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MEMORANDUM <br />TO:Mayor and City Council <br />Charlie Yunker, City Manager <br />FROM:Jay R. Lindgren, City Attorney <br />DATE:17 July 2023 <br />RE:CenterPoint Energy Renewal Ordinance <br />The City currently has a franchise ordinance allowing CenterPoint Energy a nonexclusive right <br />to use public grounds and rights of way to distribute natural gas to customers within the City. <br />The current ordinance expires soon and requires consideration of a new ordinance for a <br />20 year period. <br />The attached proposed franchise ordinance is similar to the current ordinance in that it requires <br />(1)agreement with the City about location of gas utilities,(2)allows the City to charge a <br />franchise fee to be established as part of your annual fee schedule (as long as consistent with <br />Minnesota Public Utilities Commission),(3)allows the City to charge permit fees consistent <br />with an annual schedule,and (4)allows the City to require escrow deposits,prior to disturbing <br />any public ground. <br />Based on this,there should be no substantial changes to way the franchise operates over the <br />next 20 years.