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4 DOCSOPEN\LA515\143\999832.v2-1/7/25 Facilities may affect or be affected by the improvement. The notice must contain: (i) the nature of the improvements, (ii) the Public Grounds and Public Ways upon which the improvements are to be made, (iii) the time when the City will start the work, and (iv) if more than one Public Ground or Public Way is involved, the order in which the work is expected to proceed. The Notice must be given to Company a sufficient length of time in advance of the actual commencement of the work to permit Company to make any necessary additions, alterations or repairs to its Gas Facilities. 3.7 Mapping Information. The Company shall provide mapping information for any of its Gas Facilities in accordance with the requirements of Minnesota Rules Parts 7819.4000 and 7819.4100. SECTION 4. RELOCATIONS. 4.1 Relocation of Gas Facilities in Public Ways. Company and City shall comply with the provisions of Minnesota Rules 7819.3100 with respect to requests for the Company to relocate Gas Facilities located in Public Ways provided, however, that if a relocation is ordered within three (3) years of a prior relocation of the same Gas Facilities made at Company expense, the City shall reimburse the Company for non-betterment costs on a time and materials basis except for a relocation required to accommodate the extension of a City Utility System to serve an unserved area. 4.2 Relocation of Gas Facilities in Public Ground. City may require Company, at Company’s expense, to relocate or remove its Gas Facilities from Public Ground upon a finding by City that the Gas Facilities have become or will become a substantial impairment to the existing or proposed public use of the Public Ground. 4.3 Projects with Federal Funding. City shall not order Company to remove or relocate its Gas Facilities when a Public Way is vacated, improved or realigned for a right-of- way project or any other project which is financially subsidized in whole or in part by the Federal Government or any agency thereof, unless the reasonable non-betterment costs of such relocation are first paid to Company. The City is obligated to pay Company only for those portions of its relocation costs for which City has received federal funding specifically allocated for relocation costs in the amount requested by the Company, which allocated funding the City shall specifically request. Relocation, removal or rearrangement of any Company Gas Facilities made necessary because of a federally-aided highway project shall be governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, Section 161.46, as supplemented or amended. It is understood that the rights herein granted to Company are valuable rights. 4.4 No Waiver. This Franchise shall not be construed to waive or modify any rights obtained by Company for installations within a Company right-of-way acquired by easement or prescriptive right before the applicable Public Ground or Public Way was established, or Company's rights under state or county permit. SECTION 5. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]