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CITY ORDINANCE NO. /8ff AN ORDINANCE GRANTING TO MINNESOTA POWER, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, THE RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY OF PEQUOT LAKES, MINNESOTA Section 1. The City of Pequot Lakes hereby grants to Minnesota Power, Inc., its successors and assigns, (hereinafter referred to as "Company") the right to enter upon and construct, operate and maintain upon the streets, alleys, highways and public grounds of the City, poles, wires, conductors, lines, cables, insulators, communication lines, bases, crossarms, braces, lamps, conduits, underground cables, transformers, and other usual appurtenances and appliances for transmitting and distributing electric power and energy, and for other compatible uses and applications, including but not limited to transmission of data and other information, telecommunications, and electric load dispatch and control. This Ordinance shall remain in effect for a period of twenty (20) years from and after passage of this Ordinance. Section 2. All poles, wires and other appliances shall be constructed and maintained by Company in as safe and secure a manner as reasonably possible and so as not to unnecessarily interfere with the public use of the said streets, alleys, highways and public grounds, and which shall at all times be subject to the reasonable regulation by the City. Clearance for the moving of buildings and other objects shall be made within a reasonable period of time by Company when permission to move through the streets is given anyone by the City, provided that payment for the Company's cost is guaranteed to the Company's satisfaction and subject to the terms of Section 3. below. Section 3. The City shall in no way be liable or responsible for any accident or damage that may occur in the construction, operation and maintenance by the Company of its lines and appurtenances hereunder unless caused by the City. The