VILLAGE OF ORLAND PARK - File #: 2009-0288

• File #: 2009-0288
• Version: 4
• Name: General Policy for Co-Locating Wireless Communication Facilities (WCF) on Village-Owned Property
• Type: MOTION
• Status: IN BOARD OF TRUSTEES
• File created: 6/9/2009
• In control: Board of Trustees
• On agenda: 6/21/2010
• Final action: 6/21/2010
• Title: /Name/Summary General Policy for Co-Locating Wireless Communication Facilities (WCF) on Village-Owned Property

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/21/2010	8	Board of Trustees	APPROVED	Pass
6/15/2010	8	Public Works Department	INTRODUCED TO BOARD
6/7/2010	7	Public Works and Engineering Committee	RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL	Pass
4/16/2010	7	Public Works Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE
4/5/2010	6	Board of Trustees	REFERRED	Pass
3/31/2010	6	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO BOARD
3/22/2010	5	Development Services & Planning Committee	NO ACTION
3/18/2010	5	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE
2/1/2010	4	Board of Trustees	APPROVED	Pass
1/28/2010	4	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO BOARD
1/25/2010	3	Development Services & Planning Committee	RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL	Pass
1/19/2010	3	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE
11/23/2009	2	Development Services & Planning Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
11/22/2009	2	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE
9/28/2009	1	Development Services & Planning Committee	CONTINUED	Pass
9/27/2009	1	Development Services Department	INTRODUCED TO COMMITTEE
6/22/2009	0	Development Services & Planning Committee	NO ACTION

Title/Name/Summary
General Policy for Co-Locating Wireless Communication Facilities (WCF) on Village-Owned Property

History
On November 23, 2009, the Development Services and Planning Committee of Trustees discussed the wireless communication facility co-location policy for Village infrastructure. At that meeting, the Committee requested additional information before making a recommendation. The Committee requested that staff find the capital value of private wireless communication facility lease rates in the Orland Park area in order to compare with proposed/ area municipal rates and bring the suggested base lease rate for Orland Park’s infrastructure closer in line with the overall market rate. The policy was continued to the January 25, 2010 Committee meeting.

On January 25, 2010, the Development Services and Planning Committee of Trustees moved 2-0 to recommend to the Village Board to approve the policies outlined in this report titled “Co-Locations on Village Land in ComEd Transmission Towers”, “General Policy for Co-Locating Wireless Communication Facilities (WCF) on Village Property”, and “Water Tower Co-Location Planning Criteria”, prepared by the Development Services Department, dated January 25, 2010 and as discussed and amended by the Committee.

At the meeting the Committee of Trustees discussed the wireless communication facility co-location policy for Village infrastructure. The discussion largely centered on balancing an appropriate monthly fee or price for wireless communication companies to pay the Village when they co-locate on Village infrastructure (e.g. water towers, buildings, lattice towers etc.).

The report to the Committee initially indicated $3,500 per month with an annual escalator of 4% each year for the first 10 years and 5% each year thereafter. This model was based on research conducted by the American Planning Association’s Planning Advisory Service, the Village of Glen Ellyn and the Village of Orland Park. The model largely c...