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COUNTY OF HENNEPIN)
Richard Hendrickson, being duly sworn on an oath states or affirms, that he is the Chief
Financial Officer of the newspaper known as Sun -Post and has full
knowledge of the facts stated below:
(A) The newspaper has complied with all of the requirements constituting qualification as a
qualified newspaper, as provided by Minn. Stat. §331A.02, §331A.07, and other applicable
laws, as amended.
(B) The printed public notice that is attached was published in the newspaper once each week,
for one successive weeks; it was first published on Thursday, the 20 day of
November
2003, and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to and
including Thursday, the day of
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BY
Notary
MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM
NOTARY PUBLIC-MINNESOTA
MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 1314005
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City of Brooklyn Center
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held on
the 8th day of December 2003, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon there-
after as the matter may be heard at City Hall, 6301 Shin-
gle Creek Parkway, to consider a natural gas franchise fee
ordinance. Auxiliary aids for handicapped persons are
available upon request at least 96 hours in advance. Please
notify the Deputy City Clerk at 763- 569 -3300 to make
arrangements.
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A NATURAL GAS
FRANCHISE FEE ON CENTERPOINT ENERGY
MINNEGASCO'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY
'OF BROOKLYN CENTER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF BROOKLYN CENTER, HEN
NEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA, DOES "ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The City Code is hereby amended to include
the following Special Ordinance.
Subd. 1. Purpose. The Brooklyn Center City Council has
determined that it is in the best interests of the City to im-
pose a franchise fee or equivalent fee on those public utili-
ty companies that provide gas or electric services within
the City. Pursuant to City Ordinance No. 2003 -06, a Fran-
chise Agreement between the City and CenterPoint Ener-
gy Minnegasco "CENTERPOINT"), the City has the right
to impose a franchise fee.
Subd. 2. Franchise Fee. A franchise fee "Fee is hereby
imposed on CENTERPOINT under its natural gas Fran-
chise as set forth in the fee schedule attached hereto and
incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit "A commenc-
ing with the CENTERPOINT January 1, 2004 billing
month.
Class
Residential
Commercial A
Commercial Industrial B
Commercial Industrial C
SVDF A
SVDF B
LVDF
EXHIBIT A
CENTERPOINT ENERGY GAS FRANCHISE
FEE SCHEDULE
Fee Per Premise
$1.48 per month
$1.53 per month
$5.00 per month
$20.00 per month
$50.00 per month
$96.00 per month
$96.00 per month
This fee is an account -based fee on each premise and not a
meter -based fee. In the event that an entity covered by this
ordinance has more than one meter at a single premise, but
only one account, only one fee shall be assessed to that ac-
count. If a premise has two or more meters being billed at
different rates, the Company may have an account for each
rate classification, which will result in more than one fran-
chise fee assessment for electric service to that premise.
If the Company combines the rate classifications into a sin-
gle account, the franchise fee assessed to the account will
be the largest franchise fee applicable to .a single rate clas-
sification for energy delivered to that premise. In the event
any entities covered by this ordinance have more than one
premise, each premise (address) shall be subject to the ap-
propriate fee. In the event a question arises as to the prop-
er fee amount for any premise, the Company's manner of
billing for energy used at all similar premises in the city
will control.
Subd. 3. Payment. The Fee shall be payable to the City in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Franchise
Subd. 4. Surcharge. The City acknowledges that CEN-
TERPOINT may choose to add the full amount of the Fee
as a customer surcharge to reimburse the Company for the
Fee. CENTERPOINT shall provide to the City a copy of
the proposed customer bill line item describing the Fee
thirty days before the first bill collecting the Fee is sent to
customers.
Subd. 5. Proof of Customer Usage. CENTERPOINT shall
make each payment when due and shall quarterly furnish
a complete and correct statement of gross operating rev-
enues for said quarter. CENTERPOINT shall permit the
City and its designated representative reasonable access
to the company's records for the purpose of verifying such
statements.
Subd. 6. Enforcement. Any dispute, including enforce-
ment of a default regarding this ordinance will be resolved
in accordance with the Franchise.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall become effective after
adoption and upon thirty (30) days following its Iegal pub-
lication.
Adopted this day of 2003.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk
Date of Publication:
Effective Date:
(Nov. 20, 2003)PI/GasFee