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MERIDEL M. HEDBLOM
NOTARY PUBLIC-MINNESOTA
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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 2 day of
October 2003, and was thereafter printed and published on every Thursday to and
including Thursday, the day of 2003; and printed below is a copy of the
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City of Brooklyn Center
ORDINANCE NO.
(Official Publication)
CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held
on the 27th day of October 2003, at 7:00 p.m. or as soon
thereafter as the matter may be heard at City Hall, 6301
Shingle Creek Parkway, to consider a natural gas fran-
chise fee ordinance. Auxiliary aids for handicapped per-
sons are available upon request at least 96 hours in ad-
vance. Please notify the Deputy City Clerk at. 763 -569
3300 to make arrangements.
AN ORDINANCE IMPOSING A NATURAL GAS FRAN-
CHISE FEE ON CENTERPOINT ENERGY MIN-
NEGASCO'S OPERATIONS WITHIN THE CITY OF
BROOKLYN CENTER
THE CITY COUNCIL OF BROOEI YN 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. harm& 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 util-
ity 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 in the amount of 3:00* of the gross revenue of CEN-
TERPOINT operations within the City applied to each
customer on an equal percentage basis, commencing with
the CENTERPOINT January 1, 2004 billing month.
1 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 I )safe, 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 pernut 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 legal pub
lication.
Adopted this day of
ArF ST
City Clerk
Mayor
Date of Publicatio
Effective Date
2003.
(Underline indicates new matter, brackets indicate matter
to be deleted.)
(Oct 2, 2003)P1/Gas Franchise Fee