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ORDINANCE NO. 07 - 88 AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY, A MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, PERNIISSION TO ERECT A GAS PLANT AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF SAID CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING, ENLARGING, OPERATING, REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING IN THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA, THE NECFSSARY GAS PIPES MAINS AND APPURTENANCES FOR THE FURNISHING OF GAS TO SAID CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS AND OTHERS AND TRANSMITTING GAS INTO AND THROUGH SAID CITY. THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, ANOKA COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN: SEei'LON 1. Definitions Subd. 1. In this Ordinance "City" means the City of Lino Lakes, County of Anoka, State of Minnesota. Subd. 2. "City Utility System" refers to the facilities used for providing any public utility service owned or operated by City or agency thereof, including sewer and water service. Subd. 3. "Campany" means Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota • corporation, its successors and assigns. • Subd. 4. "Gas" as used herein shall be held to include manufactured gas, or other form of gaseous energy. Subd. 5. "Notice" means a writing served by any party or parties on any other party or parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the Regional General Manager thereof at 825 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55117. Notice to city shall be mailed to the CITY CLERK Subd. 6. "Public grounds" means city parks and squares as well as land held by the City for the purpose of open space. Subd. 7. "Public ways" means streets, avenues, alleys, parkways, walkways, and other public rights of way within the City. SECTION 2. Grant of Franchise City hereby grants Company, for a period of 20 years from the date hereof, the right and privilege of erecting a gas plant and using the public ways and public grounds of City for the purpose of installing, operating, repairing, and maintaining, in, on, over, under, and across the same, all gas pipes, mains, and appurtenances, usually, conveniently, or necessarily used in in connection therewith, for the purpose of transmitting and furnishing gas for public and private use within and through the limits of City as its boundaries exist or as they may be extended in the future. Company may also do all reasonable things necessary or customary to accomplish these purposes subject, however, to the further provisions of this franchise.