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• City, within 30 days after publication of said franchise, a <br />• <br />• <br />written acceptance thereof by the Utilities Commission, and a <br />written acceptance by the City Council of the Grantee of the <br />provisions of this ordinance relating to the City's option to <br />purchase the Grantee's gas distribution system in the City. The <br />written acceptance by the Utilities Commission shall also <br />surrender all of its rights and privileges under the 1961 <br />franchise. <br />2.2. Non -Exclusive Grant. The rights hereby granted are <br />not exclusive and the City may grant like rights to other persons <br />during the term of this franchise. <br />2.3. Area. The rights hereby granted extend throughout the <br />entire geographic area of the City, as said area currently exists <br />and may be changed. Grantee may, from time to time, make <br />reasonable additions and extensions to its existing gas <br />distribution system in the City. The City and the Grantee shall <br />cooperate to permit the development and expansion of Grantee's <br />gas distribution system in the City. The Grantee shall comply <br />with the underground permit requirements of the City. <br />Section 3: Rates. <br />Rates charged by the Grantee to its customers for service <br />hereunder shall not be higher, for comparable classes of <br />customers, than the rates Grantee charges its customers in the <br />City of Circle Pines. <br />Section 4: Franchise Fee. <br />The Grantee shall annually pay the total of the following to <br />the City as a franchise fee: <br />-4- <br />