2016-01-27 CC Packet - **REPLACEMENT**

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Franchise Ordinance Centerville—NSP (gas)version kg 01-20-2016 9.4.2 "Fee Schedule" refers to the Schedule in Section 9.1 setting forth the various customer classes from which a franchise fee would be collected if a separate ordinance were implemented immediately after the effective date of this franchise agreement. The Fee Schedule in the separate ordinance may include new Customer Classes added by the Company to its gas tariffs after the effective date of this franchise agreement. 9.4.3 Therm shall be a unit of gas providing 100,000 Btu of heat content adjusted for billing purposes under the rate schedules of Company on file with the Commission. 9.5 Equivalent Fee Requirement. The separate ordinance imposing the fee shall not be effective against Company unless it lawfully imposes and the City monthly or more often collects a fee or tax of the same or greater equivalent amount on the receipts from sales of energy within the City by any other energy supplier, provided that, as to such a supplier, the City has the authority to require a franchise fee or to impose a tax. The "same or greater equivalent amount" shall be measured, if practicable, by comparing amounts collected as a franchise fee from each similar customer, or by comparing, as to similar customers the percentage of the annual bill represented by the amount collected for franchise fee purposes. The franchise fee or tax shall be applicable to energy sales for any energy use related to heating, cooling or lighting, or to run machinery and appliances, but shall not apply to energy sales for the purpose of providing fuel for vehicles. If the Company specifically consents in writing to a franchise or separate ordinance collecting or failing to collect a fee from another energy supplier in contravention of this Section 9.5, the foregoing conditions will be waived to the extent of such written consent. 9.6 City Use and Retorting of Franchise Fee Revenue. The City shall deposit said franchise fee revenue into a City fund titled "Street Use Revitalization Fund (SURF)" of which all franchise fee proceeds shall be used for the specific use of preserving and repairing city streets including,but not limited to,methods such as crack seal, fog seal,mill and overlay,hot in place recycle, cold in place recycle, and full depth reclamation. Unless otherwise included in the City's annual audit, each year the City shall prepare and publish a report detailing the additional preservation and repair projects able to be completed with said franchise revenue. SECTION 10. PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE. 10.1 Severability. 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 or state law conflicts with the provisions of this Ordinance, the provisions of this Ordinance shall prevail. Unless specifically exempted by the language of this agreement, Minnesota Statutes Chapter 216D, and Minnesota Administrative Rules Chapter 7819 shall still govern the relationship between the parties. 10.2 Limitation on Applicability. This Ordinance constitutes a franchise agreement between the City and 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. 7 21