HomeMy WebLinkAbout2012-114 Council ResolutionCITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 12 -114
RESOLUTION APPROVING A SUMMARY OF
ORDINANCE NO. 09-12 FOR PUBLICATION
WHEREAS, the City Council has approved the first and second reading of Ordinance No. 09-
12, granting a nonexclusive gas franchise to Circle Pines /Centennial Utilities; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 09 -12 is lengthy and Minnesota Statute 412.191 provides for a city
to publish a summary of an ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that the summary clearly informs the public of the
intent and effect of the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the publication is the official newspaper will include a notice that a complete copy
of the ordinance is available at City Hall.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes
approves the summary in Attachment A for publication according to state law and the City
Charter.
' Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 26th day of November 2012.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member
RnPSpr and was duly seconded by Council Member Rafferty and upon vote being
taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Roeser, Rafferty, O'Donnell, Stoesz, Reinert
The following voted against same:
none
ATTEST:
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ATTACHMENT A
RESOLUTION NO. 12 -114
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 09 -12
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO CIRCLE PINES UTILITES, DBA CENTENNIAL
UTILITIES, A MINNESOTA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ITS PERMITTED
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A NONEXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT,
OPERATE, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE
TRANSPORTATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE AND SALE OF GAS
ENERGY FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE USE AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND
PUBLIC GROUND OF THE CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA, FOR SUCH
PURPOSE; AND PRESCRIBING CERTAIN TERMS AND CONDITIONS THEREOF.
The following is the official summary of Ordinance No. 09 -12 approved by the Lino Lakes City
Council on November 26, 2012. The purpose of the ordinance is to grant Circle
Pines /Centennial Utilities 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 ordinance
provides for a method of dispute resolution if either the City of Lino Lakes or Circle
Pines /Centennial Utilities 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 Circle Pines /Centennial Utilities 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.
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