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152 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1989 (4) Whenever the city shall pave or repave any street or shall change the grade or line of any street or public place or shall construct or reconstruct any conduit, water main, sewer or water connection, or other municipal public works or utility, it shall be the duty of the grantee, when so ordered by the city, to change its mains, services, and other property in the streets or public places at its own expense so as to conform to the established grade or line of such street or public place and so as not to interfere with the conduits, sewers, and other mains as constructed or reconstructed. However, the grantee shall not be required to relocate pipes, mains and appurtenances when the street, alley, or public ground, in which they are located, is vacated for the convenience of abutting property owners and not as an incident to a public improvement, unless the reasonable cost of such relocation and the loss and expense resulting therefrom is first paid to the grantee. (5) The city may at its discretion assign personnel for inspection or supervision of excavation and related work being performed by the grantee. (c) Extension on Non-Public Street.. Where any gas line is presently or in the future laid anywhere in the corporate limits of the city, as now constituted or as hereafter extended, not in a public street and a street shall thereafter be opened or dedicated so as to include said line within the right-of-way of such street, said gas line shall be required to be operated and maintained under the terms of this Ordinance. SECTION 8. RATES. The grantee shall supply gas t0 consumers within the city at ~easonable rates. It is recognized that under the statatues of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State Corporation Commission is vested with legal authority to supervise, fix or change rates and charges authorized to be charged by the grantee to consumers of natural gas. It shall also be recognized by both the grantee and the city that matters involving rate changes and charges are local in their application and effect and that the city through its City Council shall be within its privileges and municipal responsibilities in making inquiries, expressing interest or adopting position in matters of rate changes or charges of the grantee. Simultaneously, with the filing by the grantee of a general rate increase application with the State Corporation Commission, or any other regulatory body invested by law with authority and jurisdiction to authorize change of rates and charges, the grantee shall file with the City Manager of the city a written notice stating that it intends to make such application for a rate increase. The notice to the City Manager shall state in a clear and definite way the amount of such increase of rate to be requested as applied to each class of consumer use..