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3.3. Emergencies. The requirements for obtaining permits from the City pursuant to Section 5.2 shall not apply if (i) an emergency exists requiring the immediate repair of Electric Facilities and (ii) the Company gives telephone notice to the City before, if reasonably possible, commencement of the emergency repair. Within two (2) business days after commencing the repair, the Company shall apply for any required permits and pay any required fees. 3.4. Restoration. Following the completion of any work, the Company shall promptly and diligently restore the affected Public Ways and /or Public Ground to as good a condition as before the work commenced. If the Company fails to promptly restore such Public Ways and /or Public Ground within ten (10) days of Notice by the City, the City may engage an independent contractor at the expense of the Company to perform the restoration of the Public Ways and /or Public Ground as required under: this Section. The Company shall pay to the City upon demand the cost to the City of affecting such restoration including the City's administrative expenses and overhead. 3.5. Avoidance of Damage. The Company must take reasonable measures to prevent the Electric Facilities from causing damage to persons or property. The Company must take reasonable measures to protect the Electric Facilities from damage that could be inflicted on the Electric Facilities by persons, property, or the elements. The Company must take protective measures when the City performs work near the Electric Facilities, if given reasonable Notice by the City of such work prior to its commencement. 3.6. Field Locations. The Company shall provide field locations to the City for all its underground Electric Facilities within the City consistent with the requirements of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 2161). 3.7. Shared Use of Poles; Street Lights. The Company shall make space available on its poles or towers for City fire, water utility, police or other City facilities whenever such use will not interfere with the use of such poles or towers by the Company or the existing facilities, if any, of another Utility Service Provider. The installation and placement of any of the foregoing shall comply with the National Electric Safety Code, subject to a mutually agreeable pole attachment agreement. 3.8. Tree Trimming. Subject to such reasonable regulations as the City may establish, the Company may, at its cost, trim all trees and shrubs in the Public Ways located within the Company Service Area to the extent the Company finds it necessary to avoid interference with the proper construction, operation, repair and maintenance of any of the Company's Electric Facilities installed or maintained hereunder. 3.9. Notice of City Improvements. The City will give the Company reasonable advance Notice of plans for improvements to Public Ways and Public Ground in the Company Service Area where the City has reason to believe that the Company's Electric Facilities may affect or be affected by such improvements. The Notice will contain: (i) the nature and character of the improvements, (ii) the Public Ways and /or Public Ground upon