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E. The City's annual capital improvements plan as well as any updates or changes as
<br />soon as the plan, update, or change will be made available to Company. City shall notify
<br />Company as soon as reasonably possible of any projects that will affect Company's System
<br />Facilities located in the Public Rights -of -Way.
<br />F. Any and all excavations and obstructions in and upon the streets, alleys, and other
<br />public places in the City caused by the Company's operations under this ordinance shall be
<br />repaired and removed as quickly as is reasonably possible under the circumstances. All
<br />excavations shall be repaired in a good and workmanlike manner and restored to the approximate
<br />condition that existed prior to the excavation. Replacement of sod is to be of like kind, smoothed,
<br />shaped, rolled, and compacted for proper landscape maintenance. The public shall be protected
<br />by barriers and lights placed, erected, marked, and maintained by the Company in accordance
<br />with the standards set forth in the current Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices
<br />( "TMUTCD "), as well as any other applicable local, state, and federal requirements. Company
<br />warrants that any such restoration work performed in the Public Rights -of -Way shall be in
<br />satisfactory condition pursuant to Paris's right -of -way management ordinance. In the event that
<br />the Company fails to repair or restore an excavation site within fourteen (14) calendar days after
<br />receipt of written notice from the City of a deficiency, the City may, at its option, perform the
<br />needed repair or restoration and the Company shall promptly reimburse the City for the
<br />reasonable cost of such repair or restoration. Except for repairs, day to day maintenance, or in
<br />cases of emergency conditions, work conducted within the Public Rights -of -Way shall require an
<br />approved permit issued by the City prior to commencement of work. In no instance shall
<br />Company be required to pay fees or bonds related to its use of the Public Rights -of -Way.
<br />G. The City reserves the right to lay, and permit to be laid, any City -owned facilities,
<br />such as storm water, sewer, gas, water, wastewater and other pipe lines, cable, and conduits, or
<br />other improvements and to do and permit to be done any underground or overhead work that
<br />may be necessary or proper in, across, along, over, or under Public Rights -of -Way occupied by
<br />Company. The City also reserves the right to change in any manner any City -owned curb,
<br />sidewalk, highway, alley, public way, street, and City -owned utility lines, storm sewers, drainage
<br />basins, drainage ditches, and other City facilities.
<br />H. If City, in constructing, reconstructing, improving, widening, or straightening its
<br />Public Right -of -Way, sewers, drainage, water lines, or other utilities, including modifications to
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