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File #: 25-2712    Version: 1 Name: Ripple Fiber LLC Public Way License Agreement
Type: Public Way License Agreement Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/28/2025 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 5/15/2025 Final action:
Title: PROPOSED PUBLIC WAY LICENSE AGREEMENT Department: Department of Real Estate Management Request: Request to Approve Public Way License Agreement Grantor: County of Cook Grantee: Ripple Fiber, LLC Term: 6/1/2025 - 6/30/2035 Annual License Fee: The total fee for the first month of the term (June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025) shall be $409.92 based on the 2024 annual license fee of $4,919.08. The remaining fee for the term (July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2035) will have a base fee of $3,375, and shall be adjusted July 1 of every year, during the term. The amount of such Increase shall be the percentage Increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (utilizing the Index which Includes Cook County) from September 1, 2006, to April 1 preceding the effective date of such adjustment. The amount of such Increase will be calculated by the Division of Real Estate Management. Summary: Requesting approval of a Public Way License Agreement between the County of Cook, a bod...
Indexes: JAMES ESSEX, Director, Real Estate Management
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PROPOSED PUBLIC WAY LICENSE AGREEMENT

 

Department:  Department of Real Estate Management

 

Request:  Request to Approve Public Way License Agreement

 

Grantor:  County of Cook

 

Grantee:  Ripple Fiber, LLC

 

Term:  6/1/2025 - 6/30/2035

 

Annual License Fee:  The total fee for the first month of the term (June 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025) shall be $409.92 based on the 2024 annual license fee of $4,919.08. The remaining fee for the term (July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2035) will have a base fee of $3,375, and shall be adjusted July 1 of every year, during the term. The amount of such Increase shall be the percentage Increase in the Consumer Price Index for Urban Consumers (utilizing the Index which Includes Cook County) from September 1, 2006, to April 1 preceding the effective date of such adjustment. The amount of such Increase will be calculated by the Division of Real Estate Management. 

 

Summary: 

Requesting approval of a Public Way License Agreement between the County of Cook, a body politic and corporate of the State of Illinois, as Grantor, and Ripple Fiber, LLC, an Illinois limited Liability Corporation, as Grantee. Upon issuance of this License, the Grantee shall have the authority to apply for permits to construct, install, replace, relocate, modify, maintain, and remove its facilities located in the public ways of Cook County.  

 

This license is in accordance with Cook County Code Chapter 66, Road and Bridges, Article 3, Public Way Regulatory Ordinance, enacted by the Board of Commissioners on June 19, 2007. The license fees, commencement, and expiration dates are all set by ordinance.

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