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• 3.5 Company Protection of Gas Facilities in Public Ways. The Company must take reasonable measures to prevent the Gas Facilities from causing damage to persons or property. The Company must take reasonable measures to protect the Gas Facilities from damage that could be inflicted on the Facilitates by persons, property or the elements. The Company must take protective measures when the City performs work near the Gas Facilities, if given reasonable notice by the City of such work prior to its commencement. 3.6 Notice of Improvements. The City must give the Company reasonable notice of plans for improvements to Public Ways or Public Ground where the City has reason to believe that Gas Facilities may affect or be affected by the improvement. The notice must contain; (i) the nature and character of the improvement, (ii) the Public Ways or Public Grounds upon which the improvements are to be made, (iii) the extent of the improvements, (iv) the time when the City will start the work, and, (v) if more than one Public Way or Public Ground is involved, the order in which the work is to proceed. The notice must be given to the Company a sufficient length of time in advance of the actual commencement of the work to permit the Company to make any necessary additions, alterations, or repairs to its Gas Facilities. If streets are at final width and grade and the City has installed underground sewer and water mains and service connections to the property line abutting the streets prior to a permanent paving or resurfacing of such streets, and the Company' s main is located under such street, the City .may require the Company to install gas service connections prior to such paving or resurfacing, if it is apparent that gas service will be required during the five years following the paving or resurfacing. SECTION 4. RELOCATIONS. 4.1 Relocation of Gas Facilities in Public Ways. The Company shall comply with Minnesota Rules, part 7819.3100 and applicable City relocation ordinances consistent with law. 4.2 Relocation of Gas Facilities in Public Ground. The City may require the Company to relocate the Gas Facilities within or remove the Gas Facilities from Public Ground, upon a finding by City that the Gas Facilities have become or will become a substantial impairment of the public use or enjoyment to which the Public Ground is or will be put. The relocation or removal will be at the Company's expense. The provisions of this Section 4.2 apply only to Gas Facilities constructed in reliance on this franchise and the Company does not waive its rights under an easement or prescriptive right in the Public Ground. 4.3 Vacation of Public Ways. The City shall give Company at least two weeks prior written notice of a proposed vacation of a Public Way. The City and the Company shall comply with Minnesota Rules, 7819.3200 and applicable ordinances consistent with law. 4.4 Projects with Federal Funding. Relocation, removal or rearrangement of any Gas Facilities made necessary because of the extension into or through the City of a federally -aided highway project shall be governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 161.46.