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Ord 100-95 9/19/1995r' ORD INANCE NO. I 0 � — G AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, GRANTING TO SAGINAW PIPELINE COMPANY, L.C., A CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS TO INDUSTRIAL CUSTOMERS IN THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, AND THE ENVIRONS THEREOF; FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT THE MEETING AT WHICH THIS ORDINANCE WAS DISCUSSED WAS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AS REQUIRED BY LAW. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS, THAT: SECTION 1. There is hereby granted to Saginaw Pipeline Company, L.C., its successors and assigns (hereinafter called "Company "), the right, privilege, franchise and consent, for a period of twenty (20) years from the date this ordinance becomes effective, to use and occupy the present and future streets, alleys, highways and public places of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, for the purpose of laying, maintaining, constructing, operating and replacing therein and thereon pipelines and all other appurtenant equipment needed and necessary to deliver and sell gas to industrial customers within and beyond the City's corporate limits. An industrial customer shall be defined in conformity with Lone Star Gas Company Rate Schedule 200, attached hereto as Exhibit "A." SECTION 2. The Company shall lay, maintain, construct, operate and replace its pipes, mains, laterals, and other equipment so as to interfere as little as possible with traffic, and shall promptly clean up and restore, to an approximate original condition or better, at its costs, all thoroughfares and other surfaces which it may disturb. The location of all mains, pipes, laterals and other appurtenant equipment shall be fixed under the supervision of the City Council or an authorized committee or agent appointed by said Council. SECTION 3. At any time Company desires to make excavations along, across or in any of the streets, avenues, thoroughfares, sidewalks or other public places of City, Company shall give City prior notice thereof, and all such places in any manner excavated or disturbed by Company shall be by Company, at its own cost and expense, restored to their original condition, as nearly as practical, whether the same shall be paved, unpaved or gravel streets, avenues, thoroughfares, sidewalks or other public places. Company shall make all repairs, including compacted backfill and surface restoration, in compliance with standards set by City. Company shall obtain permits for all repairs in the public right -of -way as set forth by City ordinances, but no fee shall be charged for such permits. Company shall have the right to work within the public right -of -way without permits only to correct an emergency situation, and shall obtain the necessary permits on the next business day. SECTION 4. The Company shall indemnify, become responsible for, and forever save harmless the City of Wichita Falls from any and all damages, judgments, decrees, costs and expenses, including attorney's fees, which the City of Wichita Falls may legally suffer or incur, or which may be legally obtained against the City of Wichita Falls, for or by reason of the use and occupation of any street, alley, avenue or other public place in the municipality by the Grantee pursuant to the terms of this ordinance or legally resulting from the exercise by the Grantee of any privileges herein granted. SECTION 5. This franchise is subject to the Constitution and Laws of the State of Texas and to all valid provisions of the Charter of the City of Wichita Falls, and cannot be assigned without the approval of the City Council of the City of Wichita Falls. SECTION 6. Should the City of Wichita Falls determine to acquire the properties of the Company located within the City under rights given herein, or under the provisions of the City Charter of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, or under the Laws and Constitution of the State of Texas, it shall only be required to pay just compensation for such properties used and useful in serving the inhabitants of the City and, in arriving at the price to be paid by City for such properties, there shall be excluded the value of this franchise. This purchase privilege may be exercised effective at the date of termination of this franchise upon the City giving Company no less than six (6) months', nor more than eighteen (18) months', prior written notice of its desire to conclude such purchase. Upon the failure of Company and City to reach an agreed purchase price, the procedure established by the Texas Laws in eminent domain proceedings shall be followed. SECTION 7. This franchise is not exclusive, and nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent the City from granting other like or similar rights and privileges to any other person, firm or corporation. SECTION 8. The Company, in providing service hereunder, shall be subject to all reasonable rules and regulations with respect to such service as the City of Wichita Falls may make from time to time as authorized by law. SECTION 9. The Company may make and enforce reasonable rules and regulations from time to time, and may require reasonable security for the payment of its bills. Company rules and regulations, before becoming effective, shall be filed with the City Clerk of the City of Wichita Falls. SECTION 10. In the event that at any time during the period of this franchise the City shall lawfully elect to alter or change the grade of any street, alley or other public way, the City may require the Company, upon reasonable notice by the City, to remove, relay and /or relocate its mains or service pipes, manholes or other gas fixtures at its own expense. SECTION 11. The Company shall file its written acceptance of this franchise within sixty (60) days after its final passage and approval. SECTION 12. The service furnished by the Company and the facilities necessary to provide the service shall be first class in all respects. SECTION 13. The Company shall, within one (1) year after the granting of this franchise, file with the City Manager of Wichita Falls a map or maps in convenient sectional form showing distribution mains and pipelines in the City of Wichita Falls, and such other .information with respect to the pipe location and depth as the Company has available in records available to it, and thereafter the Company will correct and bring such map or maps up -to -date annually. Such map or maps shall be copies or duplicates of the standard system maps used by the Company in the operation of its business. SECTION 14. In addition to the rates charged for gas supplied, the Company may make and enforce reasonable charges, rules and regulations for service rendered in the conduct of its business, including a charge for services rendered in the inauguration of natural gas service, and may require, before furnishing service, the execution of a contract therefor. The Company shall reference to the installation of, and payment for, any and all of the gas piping from the connection hereof with the Company's main in the streets or alleys to and throughout the consumer's premises. The Company shall own, operate and maintain all "service lines," which are defined as the supply lines extending from the Company's main to the customer's meter where gas is measured by the Company. SECTION 15. In consideration for the rights and privileges herein granted, the Grantee, its successors and assigns, shall pay to the City during the term of this franchise an amount equal to three (3 %) percent of the gross receipts received by the Grantee from the sale of gas within the City; three (3 %) percent of any fees received by the Wichita Falls Distribution System for the transportation of gas within the Grantee's lines into the corporate limits of the City (excluding gas sold or transported to another gas utility franchise in the City for resale to its customers within the City); and three (3%) percent of the customer purchase price of any and all gas transported by the Grantee into the corporate limits of said City (excluding gas sold or transported to another gas utility franchise in the City for resale to its customers within the City), to be paid quarterly on the first day of May, the first day of August, the first day of November, and the first day of February of each year for the three -month periods ending, respectively, on the first day of the months of March, June, September and December next preceding. For purposes of this section, gas sold or transported to any industrial customer having a valid non - annexation agreement with the City shall be deemed sales or transportation revenues derived from a customer located within the City. The compensation set forth in this paragraph shall be paid in lieu of any license, charge, fee, street or alley rental, or other character of charge for the use and occupation of the streets, alleys or public ways of the City or any occupation or privilege tax. In order to determine the charge for the use of the City streets and alleys, each transportation customer of the Grantee shall disclose to the Grantee the purchase price of said gas on a quarterly basis. Should a transportation customer refuse to furnish the Grantee its gas purchase price, the Grantee shall estimate same by utilizing Saginaw Pipeline Company, L.C.'s monthly industrial weighted average cost of gas ( WACOG), as reasonably near the time the transportation service is performed, at the rate of three (3%) percent of the WACOG for each Mcf of such transported gas, until such time as the Grantor is able to obtain the actual gas purchase price; and, if the transportation customer should refuse to pay the franchise fee on the estimated or actual purchase price, and the Grantee is unsuccessful in collecting the franchise fee, the Grantee shall not be obligated to pay the franchise fee on the purchase price of transported gas. However, the Grantor shall be authorized to file suit in its and the Grantee's behalf to collect the franchise fee on the purchase price of transported gas. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 14, in the event Section 182.025 of the Texas Tax Code is amended to provide that the aggregate amount which a City may charge a public utility for the use of its streets, alleys and public ways may exceed the equivalent of three (3 %) percent of the gross receipts of such utility within such municipality, the City may, upon sixty (60) days' written notice to the Grantee, increase prospectively the amount of compensation provided for in this Section 14 to an amount not to exceed that established by said Section 182.025 as amended. Provided, further, that in the event the franchise fee by any franchised public electric utility shall exceed three (3 %) percent, then IN SUCH EVENT the Grantee shall, within the thirty (30) days of being so notified, increase its franchise fee payment a like amount. SECTION 16. It is hereby officially found and determined that the meeting at which this ordinance is passed is open to the public as required by law and that public notice of the time, place, and purchase of said meeting was given as required. PASSED AND APPROVED this the �' day of A� , 1995. M A I V M ATTEST: aw* ) h LAAA". 0 City Clerk k�AHIBil' A LONE STAR GAS COMPANY RATE SCHEDULE NO. 200 ESTABLISHING SIC ODES FOR DETERSIINItiG RATE ELIGIBILITY (1) Any customer who has a Standard Industrial Classification Code of 01, 02, 07, 08, 09, 15, 16, 17, 40 through 49 (except electric generation) and all above 49, will be considered commercial customers and receive service under the Residential - Commercial Rate. (Exception - See (2) below). Classification Codes are identified as follows: 01. Agricultural production - crops. 02. Agricultural production - livestock. 07. Agricultural services. 08. Forestry. 09. Fishing, hunting, and trapping. 15. Building construction - general contractors and operative builders. 16. Construction other than building construction - general contractors. 17. Construction - special trade contractors. 40. Railroad transportation. 41. Local and suburban transit and interurban highway passenger transportation. 42. Motor freight transportation and warehousing. 43. U.S. Postal Service. 44. Water transportation. 45. Transportation by air. 46. Pipe lines, except natural gas. 47. Transportation services. 48. Communication. 49. Electric, gas, and sanitary services. (Except Electric Generation). .-, 50. -51. Wholesale trade. 52. -59. Retail trade. 60. -67. Finance, insurance, and real estate. 70. -89. Services. 91. -97. Public administration. 99. Nonciassificable establishments. (2) Any customer who has a Standard Industrial Classification Code as outlined in (1) above, may receive service under the Schedule of industrial Rates, provided the customer has standby equipment for the use of other fuel and capacity at least equal to that normally required by the customer, and fuel in storage in an amount adequate to fulfill customer's fuel requirements during periods of curtailment, interruption, and discontinuance of gas service. (3) Any customer who has a Standard Industrial Classification Code of 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 20 - 39 and 49 (electric generation only) will be considered an industrial customer and receive service under the schedule of industrial rates yDIM the customer's consumption during any month of its contract year is less than 125 Mef. A customer whose consumption in any month of its contract year is less than 125 Mcf may elect to receive service under the commercial rate at the end of such contract year. Classification Codes are identified as follows: 10. Metal Mining. 11. Anthracite mining. 12. Bituminous coal and lignite mining. 13. Oil and gas extraction. 14. Mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals, except fuels. .•, 20. -39. Manufacturing. 49. Electric generation only. 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DEPOSITORY CON - TRACT!,:WITH BANK ONE, ru =J:C �NMMC- THE Affidavit of Publication THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF WICHITA 700642047 On this 17 th day of nctober A.D...... 19.9 5 .. personally appeared before me, the undersigned authority Linda McCoy bookkeeper for the Times Publishing Company of Wichita Fails, publishers of the Wichita Falls Times /Record News, a newspaper published at Wichita Falls in Wichita County, Texas, and upon being duly sworn by me, on oath states that the attached advertisement is a true and correct copy of advertising published in One ( 1 ) issues thereof on the following dates: 0 char 7, 1 9 9.5 Bookkeeper for Times Publishing Company of Wichita Falls Subscribed and sworn to before me this the day and year first above written: ORDINANCE ORDINANCE I_ THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO AN ADDENDUM j PTO THE, . 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