HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993.11.15 ORD 1993-288 CITY OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO, 93-288
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO ANOKA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, A
MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS,
PERMISSION TO CONSTRUCT, OPERATE, REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN
THE CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION LINES, INCLUDING NECESSARY POLES,
POLE LINES, FIXTURES AND APPURTENANCES, FOR THE FURNISHING
OF ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS,A AND
OTHERS, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF
SAID CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA, DOES ORDAIN:
SECTION 1. Definitions
Subd. 1. In this ordinance "City" means the City of Hugo, County of
Washington, 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. "Company" means Anoka Electric Cooperative, a Minnesota
corporation, its successors and assigns.
Subd. 4. "Notice" means a writing served by any party or parties on any other
party or parties. Notice to Company shall be mailed to the General Manager, Anoka
Electric Cooperative, 2022 N. Ferry St., Anoka, MN 55303. Notice to City shall be
mailed to the City Clerk.
Subd. 5. "Public grounds" means city parks and squares as well as land held
by the City for the purpose of open space.
Subd. 6. "Public ways" means streets, avenues, alleys, parkways, 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 to transmit and furnish electric energy for light, heat, power and other purposes
for public and private use within and through the limits of City as its boundaries now
exist or as they may be extended in the future. For these purposes, Company may
construct, operate, repair and maintain electric distribution system and electric
transmission lines, including poles, pole lines, duct lines, fixtures, and any other
necessary appurtenances in, on, over, under and across the public ways and public
grounds of City. Company may do all reasonable things necessary or customary to
accomplish these purposes, subject, however, to the further provisions of this franchise.
SECTION 3. Restrictions
Subd. 1. Company facilities included in such electric distribution system,
transmission lines and appurtenances thereto, shall be located and constructed so as not
to interfere with the safety and convenience of ordinary travel along and over said
public ways. Company's construction, operation, repair, maintenance and location of
such facilities shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as may be imposed by
City to pursuant to charter, ordinance or statute.
Subd. 2. Company shall not construct any new installations within or upon any
public grounds without receiving the prior written consent of an authorized
representative of City for each such installation. This provision is not applicable for
installations within a Company right-of-way acquired by easement or prescriptive right.
Subd. 3. Company shall provide field locations for all its underground facilities
when requested by City with a reasonable period of time. The period of time will be
considered reasonable if it compares favorable with the average time required by the
cities in the County to locate municipal underground facilities for Company.
("County" refers to the County in which City is located.)
SECTION 4. Tree Trimming
Company is also granted the permission and authority to trim and/or spray, with
herbicides approved by the Environmental Protection Agency, all trees and shrubs in
the public ways and public grounds of City interfering with the proper construction,
operation, repair and maintenance of any poles, pole lines, and fixtures or
appurtenances installed in pursuance of the authority hereby granted, provided that
Company shall save City harmless from any liability in the premises.
SECTION 5. Service Rates and Area
The company will provide electric service at published rates which fairly reflect
the cost of doing business on its utility system and as approved by the Rural
Electrification Administration, Washington, D.C. The area within the City in which
the Company may provide electric service currently is subject to the provisions of
Minnesota Statutes, Section 216B.40.
SECTION 6. Relocating
Subd. 1. Whenever City shall grade, regrade, or change the line of any public
way, or construct or reconstruct any City utility system therein and shall, in the proper
exercise of its police power, and with due regard to seasonable working conditions,
when necessary, and after approval of its final plans have been obtained, order
Company to relocate permanently its lines, services and other property located in said
public way, Company shall relocate its facilities at its own expense. City shall give
company reasonable notice of plans to grade, regrade or change the line of any public
way or to construct or reconstruct any City utility system therein. However, after
Company has so relocated, if a subsequent relocation or relocations shall be ordered
within five (5) years from and after first relocation, City shall reimburse Company for
such non-betterment relocation expense which Company incur on a time and material
basis; provided, if subsequent relocations are required because of the extension of City
utilities to previously unserved areas, Company may be required to relocate at its own
expense at any time.
Subd. 2. Nothing contained in this franchise shall require company to relocate,
remove, replace or reconnect at its own expense its facilities where such relocation,
removal, replacement or reconnection is for convenience and not of necessity in the
construction of a City utility system or extension thereof. The provisions of this
Section 6 requiring Company to relocate apply only to electric facilities constructed in
reliance on a franchise and the Company does not waive its rights under an easements,
prescriptive right or state or county permit.
Subd. 3. Any relocation, removal, or rearrangement of any Company facilities
made necessary because of the extension into or through City of a federally aided
highway project shall be governed by the provisions of Minnesota Statues Section
161.46 as supplemental or amended; and further, it is expressly understood that the
right herein granted to Company is a valuable property right and City shall not order
Company to remove or relocate its facilities without compensation when a public way
is vacated, improved or re-aligned because of a renewal or a redevelopment plan 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 and the loss and
expense resulting therefrom are first paid to Company.
Subd. 4. Nothing contained herein shall relieve any person, persons, or
corporations from liability arising out of the failure to exercise reasonable care to avoid
injuring Company's facilities while performing any work connected with grading,
regrading, or changing the line of any public way, or with the construction or
reconstruction of any City utility system.
SECTION 7. Indemnification
Company shall indemnify, keep and hold City free and harmless from any and
all liability on account of injury to persons or damage to property occasioned by the
construction, maintenance, repair or operation of Company's electric facilities located
in, on, over, under, or across the public ways and public grounds of City, unless such
injury or damage grows out of the negligence of City, its employees, or agents, or
results from the performance in a proper manner of acts reasonably deemed hazardous
by Company, but such performance is nevertheless ordered or directed by City after
notice of Company's determination. In the event a suit shall be brought against City
under circumstances where the above agreement to indemnify applies, Company at its
sole cost and expense shall defend City in such suit if written notice thereof is promptly
given to Company within a period wherein Company is not prejudiced by lack of such
notice. If such notice is not reasonably given as hereinbefore provided, Company shall
have no duty to indemnify nor defend. If Company is required to indemnify and
defend, it will thereafter have complete control of such litigation, but Company may
not settle such litigation without the consent of City, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. This section is not, as to third parties, a waiver of any defense
or immunity otherwise available to City; and Company, in defending any action on
behalf of City shall be entitled to assert in any action every defense or immunity that
City could assert in its own behalf.
SECTION 8. Vacation of Public Ways
The City shall give the Company at least two weeks' prior written notice of a
proposed vacation of a public way. Except where required solely for a City
improvement project, the vacation of any public way, after the installation of electric
facilities, shall not operate to deprive Company of its rights to operate and maintain
such electrical facilities, until the reasonable cost of relocating the same and the loss
and expense resulting from such relocation are first paid to Company. In no case,
however, shall City be liable to the Company for failure to specifically preserve a
right-of-way, under Minnesota Statutes, Section 160.29.
SECTION 9. Written Acceptance
Company shall, if it accepts this ordinance and the rights and obligations hereby
granted, file a written acceptance of the rights hereby granted with the City Clerk
within ninety (90) days after the final passage and any required publication of this
ordinance.
SECTION 10. Provisions of Ordinance
Subd. 1. Every section, provision, or part of this ordinance is declared separate
from every other section, provision, or part; and if any section, provision or part shall
be held invalid, it shall not affect any other section, provision or part. Where a
provision of any other City ordinance conflicts with the provisions of this ordinance,
the provisions of this ordinance shall prevail.
Subd. 2. If either party (City or Company) asserts that the other party is in
default in performance of any obligation hereunder, the complaining party shall notify
the other party of the default and the desired remedy. The notification shall be written.
If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days of the written notice, either party may
commence an action in District Court to interpret and enforce this franchise or for such
other relief as may permitted by law or equity for breach of contract, or either party
may take any other action permitted by law.
Subd. 3. This ordinance constitutes a franchise agreement between the City and
the Company as the only parties and no provision of this franchise shall in any way
inure to the benefit of any third person (including the public at large) so as to constitute
any such person as a third party beneficiary of the agreement or of any one or more of
the terms hereof, or otherwise give rise to any cause of action in any person not a party
hereto.
. SECTION 11. Public Expense
The expense of any publication of this franchise required by law shall be paid
by Company.
SECTION 12. Effective Date
This ordinance is effective as provided by statute or charter, and upon
acceptance by Company as provided in Section 9.
Passed and approved: November 15 19 93
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Mayor
Attest:
101, Clerk '
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REVISED BY: PLS DATE: 11-1-92
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AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
STATE OF MINNESOTA ss
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
Duane A. Rasmussen, being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the
publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the
newspaper known as The Times, and has full knowledge of the facts
which are stated below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements con-
stituting qualification as a legal newspaper, as provided by Minnesota
CITYOFHUGO Statute 331A.02, 331A.07 and otherapplicable laws, as amended.
The Hugo City Council will hold a pub-
lic
hearing on Monday, November 15,
1993,at 7:05 p.m.,Hugo City Hall,to con-
/B The
sider adoption of the following proposed \ ) printed
ordinance: An ordinance granting to
Anoka Electric Cooperative,a Minneso- I lh l i c notice
to corporation, its successors and as- —
signs permission to construct, operate,
repair and maintain in the City of Hugo, which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and
Minnesota,an electric distribution sys-
tem
tem and transmission lines, including
necessary poles,pole lines,fixtures and was printed and published once each week, for one successive
appurtenances, for the furnishing of
electric energy to the City and its inhab-
itants,and others,and to use the public weeks; it was first published on Thursday , the 4 day
ways and public grounds of said City for
such purposes.A full and complete copy
of the proposed ordinance is available in of November 19 93, and was thereafter printed and published
the office of the City Clerk for review.
Any one wishing to comment on this
-natter will be heard at this time. each week to and including Thursday 'the 4 day
/s/Mary Ann Creager
Mary Ann Creager
City Clerk of November , 1993
(Published in THE TIMES
November 4,1993)
By: ' -a:,‘A-44.,4.- 0.0t14-14-4-14.2.4.--V.
TITLE: Publisher
Subscribed and sworn to before me on
this fourth
day of November , 19 93
�f01, ARD D LESTRUD
,* ' , , NI TARP PLI e• MINNESOTA
,. gA
"` ( N COUNTY
-'�""�''• MY COMMISION EXPIRES
• • .w;.v- APRIL 18, 1995
(1)Lowest classified rate paid by commercial
users for comparable space $ 5.30 col.inch
(2)Maximum rate allowed by law for the above
matter $ 5.61 col.inch
(3)Rate actually charged for the above matter $ 5.30 col.Inch
(4)Rate actually charged for additional
insertions $ 2.65 col.Inch
AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION
CITY OF HUGO STATE OF MINNESOTA ss
COUNTY OF WASHINGTON
CITY OF HUGO,WASHINGTON
COUNTY,MINNESOTA
ORDINANCE NO.93-288 Duane A. Rasmussen , being duly sworn, on oath says that he is the
AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO
ANOKAELECTRICCOOPERATIVE,A publisher or authorized agent and employee of the publisher of the
MINNESOTA CORPORATION, ITS
SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, PER-
MISSION TO CONSTRUCT,OPERATE, newspaper known as The Times, and has full knowledge of the facts
REPAIR AND MAINTAIN IN THE.
CITY OF HUGO, MINNESOTA, AN
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM which are stated below:
AND TRANSMISSION LINES, IN-
CLUDING NECESSARY POLES,POLE
LINES, FIXTURES AND APPURTE- (A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements con-
NANCES,FOR THE FURNISHING OF
ELECTRIC ENERGY TO THE CITY
AND ITS INHABITANTS, AND OTH- stituting qualification as a legal newspaper, as provided by Minnesota
ERS, AND TO USE THE PUBLIC
WAYS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS OF
SAID CITY FOR SUCH PURPOSES. Statute 331A.02, 331A.07 and other applicable laws,as amended.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUGO, WASHINGTON COUNTY,
MINNESOTA,DOES ORDAIN: (B)The printed
SECTION 1.Definitions
Subd. 1. In this ordinance "City"
eans the City of Hugo,County of Wash- public nofice
;ton,State of Minnesota. ,
Subd.2. "City Utility System"refers
to the facilities used for providing any which is attached was cut from the columns of said newspaper, and
public utility service owned or operated
byCity or agency thereof, including
sewer and water
service. was printed and published once each week, for one successive
se
Subd. 3. "Company" means Anoka
ElratCooperative,sa Mand sota
cor-
poration, weeks; it was first published on Thursday ,the 25 day
its successors and assigns.
Subd. 4. "Notice" means a writing
served by any party or parties on any of November 19 93 and was thereafter printed and published
other party or parties.Notice to Compa-
ny shall be mailed to the General Man-
ager,Anoka Electric Cooperative,2022 each week to and including Thurs
N.Ferry St.,Anoka,MN 55303.Notice to day ,the 2 5 day
City shall be mailed to the City Clerk.
Subd.5."Public grounds"means city of November 19 93
parks and squares as well as land held
by the City for the purpose of open
space.
Subd.6"Public ways"means streets,
avenues, alleys, parkways, and other BY: (2, vv,
public rights of way within the City.
SECTION 2.Grant of Franchise
City hereby grants Company,for ape- TITLE: Publisher
rind of 20 years from the date hereof,the
right to transmit and furnish electric en-
ergy for light, heat, power and other
purposes for public and private use with- Subscribed and sworn to before me on
in and through the limits of City as its
boundaries now exist or as they may be this twenty-fifth
extended in the future.For these purpos-
es, Company may construct, operate,
repair and maintain electric distribution dayof November93
system and electric transmission lines, , 19
including poles, pole lines, duct lines,
fixtures,and any other necessary appur-
tenances in,on,over,under and acros &1.--(A_„0
tht wnys and public grreasonsable
ole 6.
City. Company may do all reasonable
things necessary or customary to ac- Notar Public
complish these purposes,subject,how-
ever, to the further provisions of this
franchise. T HOWA D 4Q LESTRUD
SECTION 3.Restrictions (NAtAAhab 9CY• MINNESOTA
Subd. 1. Company facilities included ! � WASHINGTON COUNTY
,n such electric distribution system, MY GOMMISION EXPIRES
transmission lines and appurtenances i
thereto,shall be located and constructed APRIL 16. 1995
so as not to interfere with the safety and (
convenience of ordinary travel along users for comparable space $ 5.30 col.inch
and over said public ways. Company's
construction,operation,repair,mainte-
nance and location of such facilities (2)Maximum rate allowed by law for the above
shall be subject to such reasonable regu-
lations as may be imposed by City to matter $ 5.61 col.inch
pursuant to charter,ordinance or stat-
ute.
Subd.2.Company shall not construct (3)Rate actually charged for the above matter $ 5.30 col.Inch
any new installations within or upon any
public grounds without receiving the pri-
- or written consent of an authorized rep- (4)Rate actually charged for additional
resentative of City for each such instal- insertions $ 2.65COI.Inch
lation.This provision is not applicable
for installations within a Company
right-of-way acquired by easement or
prescriptive right.
Subd.3. Company shall provide field Subd. 4. Nothing contained herein
locationstieswhen
for alle itsoby underground witar facili- shall relieve any person,persons,or cor-
sonabl enrequested by.City with i leo- Where aprovision of anyother City
period of time. The period of potations from liability arising out of the ordi-
time will be considered reasonable if it failure to exercise reasonable care to nance conflicts with the provisions of
compares favorable with the average avoid injuring Company's facilities this ordinance,the provisions of this or-
timewhile performing any work connected dinance shall prevail.
locate required by the cities in the County with grading, regrading, or changing Subd.2.If either party(City or Corn-
tiesto municipal undergroundCyfacili- an (asserts that the other partyis in
for Company. ("County" refers to the line of any public way,or with the pany
construction or reconstruction of any default in performance of any obligation
theSECCounty in which Cityis located.) City utility system. hereunder,the complaining party shall
pi4.s Tree Trimming notifythe other partyof the default and
Company is also granted the permis- SECTION 7.Indemnification
Company shall indemnify, keep and the desired remedy. The notification
withon and authority top trim and/or the spray, shall be written.If the dispute is not re-
herbicides approved by Envi- hold City free and harmless from any P
re-
ronmental Protection Agency,all trees and all liability on account of injury to solved within 30 days of the written no-
and shrubs in the public ways andpublic persons or damage to property occa- lice,either party may commence an ac-
groundssioned by the construction, mainte- lion in District Court to interpret and
of City interfering with the enforce this franchise or for such other
proper construction, operation, repair nance,repair or operation of Company's
electric facilities located in, on, over, relief as may permitted by law or equity
and maintenance of any poles, pole under, or across the public ways and for breach of contract, or either party
lines,and fixtures or appurtenances in- maytake anyother actionpermitted
stalled in pursuance of the authority public grounds of City,unless such inju- by
'iereby granted,provided that Company ry or damage grows out of the negli- law..
-hall save City harmless from any liabil- gence of City,its employees,or agents, Subd.3.This ordinance constitutes a
or results from the performance in a franchise agreement between the City
ity in the premises. proper manner of acts reasonably and the Company as the only parties and
SECTION 5.Service Rates and Area P provision of this franchise shall in
The company will provide electric ser- deemed hazardous by Company, but no
vice at published rates which fairly re- such performance is nevertheless or- any way insure to the benefit of any
fleet the cost of doing business on its dered or directed by City after notice of third person (including the public at
Company's determination.In the event large)so as to constitute any such per-
utility system and as approved by the a suit shall be brought against City un- son as a third party beneficiary of the
Rural Electrification Administration, der circumstances where the above agreement or of any one or more of the
Washington,nwhich, D.C. The area may
within the terms hereof,or otherwisegive rise to
City in the Company may provide agreements indemnify an axpe s, shall anycause of action in anyrson not a
pany at its sole cost and expense shall Pe
defend City in such suit if written notice party hereto.
thereof is promptly given to Company SECTION 11.Public Expense
electric service currently is subject to within a period wherein Company is not The expense of any publication of this
the provisions of Minnesota Statutes, prejudiced by lack of such notice. If franchise required by law shall be paid
Section 2168.40. such notice is not reasonably given as by Company.
SECTION 6.Relocating hereinbefore provided, Company shall SECTION 12.Effective Date
Subd. 1. Whenever City shall grade, have no duty to indemnify nor defend.If This ordinance is effective as provided
regrade,or change the line of any public Company is required to indemnify and by statute or charter,and upon accep-
way, or construct or reconstruct any defend,it will thereafter have complete lance by Company as provided in Sec-
City utility system therein and shall,in control of such litigation,but Company lion 9.
the proper exercise of its police power, may not settle such litigation with the 1993PPassed and approved: November 15,
and with due regard to seasonable work- consent of City,which consent shall not
ing conditions,when necessary,and af- be unreasonably withheld.This section /s/Walter L.Stoltzman
ter approval of its final plans have been is not,as to third parties,a waiver of Mayor
obtained, order Company to relocate any defense or immunity otherwise Attest:
permanently its lines,services and oth- available to City; and Company,in de- Mary Ann Creager
er property located in said public way, fending any action on behalf of City shall City Clerk
Company shall relocate its facilities at be entitled to assert in any action every (Published in THE TIMES
its own expense.City shall give compa- defense or immunity that City could as- November 24.1993)
ny reasonable notice of plans to grade, sert in its own behalf.
regrade or change the line of any public SECTION 8.Vacation of Public Ways
way or to construct or reconstruct any The City shall give the Company at
City utility system therein.However,af- least two weeks'prior written notice of a
ter Company has so relocated,if a sub- proposed vacation of a public way.Ex-
sequent relocation or relocations shall cept where required solely for a City im-
be order within five(5)years from and provement project,the vacation of any
after first relocation, City shall reim- public way,after the installation of elec-
burse Company for such non-better- Eric facilities, shall not operate to de-
ment relocation expense which Compa- prive Company of its rights to oprate
ny incur on a time and material basis; and maintain such electrical facilities,
provided,if subsequent relocations are until the reasonable cost of relocating
required because of the extension of City the same and the loss and expense re-
utilities to previously unserved areas. suiting from such relocation are first
Company may be required to relocate at paid to Company.In no case,however,
its own'expense at any time. shall City be liable to the Company for
Subd. 2. Nothing contained in this failure to specifically preserve a right-
franchise shall require company to relo- of-way,under Minnesota Statutes,Sec-
cate,remove,replace or reconnect at its tion 160.29.
own expense its facilities where such re- SECTION 9.Written Acceptance
location,removal replacement or recon- Company shall,if it accepts this ordi-
nection is for convenience and not of nance and the rights and obligations
necessity in the construction of a City hereby granted, file a written accep-
utility system or extension thereof.The tante of the rights hereby granted with
provisions of this Section 6 requiring the City Clerk within ninety(90)days af-
Company to relocate apply only to elec- ter the final passage and any required
tric facilities constructed in reliance on publication of this ordinance.
a franchise and the Company does not SECTION 10.Provisions of Ordinance
waive its rights under an easements, Subd. 1.Every section, provision, or
prescriptive right or state or county per- part of this ordinance is declared sepa-
mit. rate from every other section,provision,
Subd. 3. Any relocation, removal, or or part;and if any section,provision or
rearrangement of any Company facili- part shall be held invalid,it shall not af-
ties made necessary because of the ex- fect any other section,provision or part.
tension into or through City of a federal-
ly aided highway project shall be
governed by the provisions of Minnesota
Statues Section 161.46 as supplemental
or amended;and further,it is expressly
understood that the right herein granted
to Company is a valuable property right
and City shall not order Company to re-
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move or relocate its facilities without
compensation when a public way is va-
cated, improved or re-aligned because
of a renewal or a redevelopment plan
which is financially subsidized in whole
or in part by the Federal Government or
any agency thereof, unless the reason-
able non-betterment costs of such relo-
cation and the loss and expense result-
ing therefrom are first paid to Company.