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Council approves easements and subordination agreements to advance downtown utility burial project
Summary
Council approved a series of subordination agreements and property easements with Toledo Edison to clear title and enable the undergrounding of utilities in the downtown transportation improvement project; financial terms for relocation remain under negotiation.
The City Council on Sept. 15 approved a set of easements and a subordination agreement with Toledo Edison to support the downtown utility burial and streetscape project.
Service staff described the subordination agreement as the final non‑financial document required to move the buried‑utilities phase into advertisement; City attorney and service staff will return with a final cost authorization once negotiations with Toledo Edison conclude. Councilmembers were shown three parcel locations for easements: the historical museum site at 5727 Main Street (historical village/train barn), 5734 Lane Drive (museum complex parcel), and 6501 Monroe Street (Joe's Tire) that will accommodate above‑grade electrical equipment and allow the project to reduce the number of poles on Maplewood.
Service Director Joe Shaw said the easements allow the project to locate transformers and sectionalizers in constrained areas without creating additional visual clutter on Main Street. He described a plan that uses the Joe's Tire parcel to eliminate roughly four poles that would otherwise be required.
Council passed three ordinances authorizing the mayor and finance director to execute subordination and easement agreements with Toledo Edison; the measures were introduced and approved as emergency measures. Council members asked hypothetical scenarios (e.g., street widening) in which the utility layout might later require relocation; staff said such scenarios are unlikely and that any future relocations would follow established procedures.
Outcome: ordinances authorizing subordination and three easements were approved and recorded; staff will return with a cost amount for Toledo Edison’s relocation work before the city advertises the buried‑utilities construction package.
