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The Company shall construct, extend, operate and maintain its facilities in accordance with the applicable regulations of the Iowa Utilities Board or its successors and, to the extent not inconsistent, with lawful City ordinances. Additionally, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to serve the entire corporate limits of the City.
The Company shall have the right to erect all necessary poles and to place thereon the necessary wires, fixtures and accessories as well as to excavate and bury conductors for the distribution of electric energy and communications signals in and through the City, but all of said conduits and poles shall be so placed as not to interfere with the construction of any water pipes, drain or sewer, or the flow of water therefrom, which have been or may hereafter be located by authority of the City.
The Company is authorized and empowered consistent with this franchise to prune or remove at Company expense any tree extending into any street, alley, right-of-way or public grounds to maintain electric reliability, safety, to restore utility service and to prevent limbs, branches or trunks from interfering with the wires and facilities of the Company. The pruning shall be completed in accordance with nationally accepted safety and utility industry standards, ANSI A300-2001, American National Standard for Tree Care Operations, and ANSI Z133-2006 Pruning, Repairing, Maintaining and Removing Trees, and Cutting Brush Safety Requirements, or subsequent revisions to these standards.
During the first quarter of each year, the parties shall cause their respective representatives to meet to discuss each party’s planned construction projects for the remainder of the year in order that each can be coordinated with the plans of the other to the extent practicable.
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