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SECTION 10. AMENi IV LNT PROCEDURE. . The Company's rights hereunder are subject to the police power of the City to adopt and enforce ordinances necessary to the health, safety, and welfare of the public, and this Franchise may be amended or repealed by the City as deemed necessary or appropriate in the exercise of such power. If this Franchise is repealed, any franchise fee imposed on the Company by the City shall terminate immediately. 11. 1. Governing Law. This Franchise is granted and is intended to be performed in the State of Minnesota and shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota. The Company shall be subject to personal jurisdiction in the State of Minnesota. All actions related to this Ordinance or its enforcement shall be venued in Sherburne County District Court. 11.2. Limitation on Applicability. This Ordinance constitutes a franchise between the City and the Company as the only parties and no provision of this Franchise shall in any way inure to the benefit of any third person (including the public at large) so as to constitute any such person as a third party beneficiary of the agreement or of any one or more of the terms hereof, or otherwise give rise to any cause of action in any person not a party hereto. 11.3. Assignment. The Company may assign this Franchise without the prior approval of, but upon not less than thirty (30) days' prior Notice to, the City. Such Notice shall include the identity of and contact information for, the assignee and the statement of the assignee's plans and intentions for the operation of the Electric Facilities under this Franchise. 12.1. Acceptance by the Company. The City shall provide written notice by certified mail to Company of the adoption of this Ordinance or any proposed amendment, The Company shall, within thirty (30) days after adoption of this Ordinance or any amendment thereto, file with the City Cleric in writing its acceptance or rejection as provided in Section 12.2. If such acceptance is not filed within said period, the Company shall be deemed to have accepted the terms and conditions of this Franchise. If the Company rejects the Franchise or any amendment hereto, it shall proceed in accordance with Section 12.2. 12.2. Rejection Procedures. A rejection of this Franchise or any amendment hereto may be made by the Company only upon the grounds that the terms and conditions hereof or of such amendment exceed the lawful authority of the City under the Constitutions or Laws of the United States or the State of Minnesota or are otherwise unlawful. Any rejection shall be submitted in writing to the City, stating with particularity the points and authorities of law upon which the Company relies. If the City fails to amend this Franchise or otherwise satisfy the Company's objections as stated within thirty (30) days of its receipt