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1 .5 Notices. Any notice required by this franchise shall be sufficient if, in the case of notice to the Company, it is delivered to Northern States Power, attention Vice President Gas Utility, 825 Rice Street, St. Paul, Minnesota, 55117. Notice to the City shall be delivered to the City Administrator. 1 .6 Public Ground. All streets, alleys, public ways, utility easements and public grounds of the City to which it has the right to grant the use to the Company. Section 2. FRANCHISE 2.1 Grant of Franchise. The City hereby grants Company, for a period of twenty (20) years from the Effective Date, the right to import, manufacture, transport, distribute and sell gas for public and private use in the City, and for these purposes to construct, operate, repair and maintain in, on, over, under and across the Public Ground of the City, all facilities and equipment used in connection therewith, and to do all things which are necessary or customary in the accomplishment of these objectives, subject to zoning ordinances, other applicable ordinances, permit procedures, and the provisions of this franchise. 2.2 Effective Date: Written Acceptance. This franchise shall be in force and effect from and after its passage and publication as required by law (and the City Charter), and its acceptance by the Company in writing filed with the Municipal Clerk within 60 days after publication. 2.3 Nonexclusive Franchise. This is not an exclusive franchise. 2.4 Publication Expense. The expense of publication of this ordinance shall be paid by the Company. 2.5 Default. If either party asserts that the other party is in default in the performance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall noti yfthe other party of the default and-the desiredxedy. The notification shall be written. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 2