If, during the term of a franchise, the City, a public utility, a sanitary district or any other similar special district elects to alter, repair, realign, abandon, improve, vacate, reroute, or change the grade of any street or to replace, repair, install, maintain, or otherwise alter any aboveground or underground cable, wire, conduit, pipe, line pole, wire-holding structure, or other facility utilized for the provisions of utility or other services or transportation or drainage, sewage or other liquids, the grantee shall, except as otherwise hereinafter provided, at its sole expense, remove or relocate as necessary its poles, wires, cables, underground conduits, manholes and any other facilities which it has installed. If such removal or relocation is required within the subdivision in which all utility lines, including those for the system, were installed at the same time, the entities may decide among themselves who is to bear the cost of relocating; provided, the City shall not be liable to a grantee for such costs. Reasonable advance written notice shall be mailed to the grantee advising the grantee of the date or dates that the removal or relocation is to be undertaken.