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ATTACHMENT A RESOLUTION NO. 1 3 -19 SUMMARY OF ORDINA N CE NO. 0 6 -12 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., DBA CENTE RPOINT ENERGY MINNESOTA GAS (“CENTERPOINT ENERGY”), ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, REPAIR , AND MAINTAIN A GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, INCLUDING NECESSARY GAS MAINS, PIPES, AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE T RANSPORTATION, D ISTRIBUTION, AND SALE OF GAS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUND S OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES FOR SUCH PURPOSE; AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. The following is the official summary of Ordinance No. 0 6 -12 approved by the Lino Lakes City Council on February 25 , 2013 . The purpose of the ordinance is to grant CenterPoint Energy a 20 -year nonexclusive franchise to operate, repair , and maintain a natural gas distribution system within the city limits of the City of Lino Lakes . The terms and conditions of service and the rates to be charged by CenterPoint Energy for natural gas energy are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The ordinance provides for a method of dispute resolution if either the City of Lino Lakes or C enterPoint Energy asserts that the other party has defaulted in the terms of the gas franchise ordinance. The ordinance provides that all gas facilities shall be located, constructed, and maintained so as not to interfere with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel along and over public ways. The ordinance also provides that C enterPoint Energy shall indemnify and hold the City of Lino Lakes harmless from liability on account of injury to persons or damage to property occasioned by the construction, maintenance, repair, inspection, the issuance of permits, or the operations of the Gas Facilities located in the City of Lino Lakes ’s public rights of way and public grounds. Published in the Quad Community Press on _____________________.