MySql.Data.MySqlClient.MySqlConnection.CreateCommand C# (CSharp) Method

        public new MySqlCommand CreateCommand()
        {
            // Return a new instance of a command object.
            MySqlCommand c = new MySqlCommand();
            c.Connection = this;
            return c;
        }

 public IList<City> Load()
 {
     using (MySqlConnection conn = new MySqlConnection("server = localhost; user id = root; password = ; database = test"))
     {
         conn.Open();
         var cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
         cmd.CommandText = "set character set 'utf8'";
         cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
         var cmdText = @"select * from dol_city";
         cmd = conn.CreateCommand();
         cmd.CommandText = cmdText;
         var reader = cmd.ExecuteReader();
         var cityList = new List<City>();
         while (reader.Read())
         {
             var city = new City()
             {
                 ID = reader.GetInt32("id"),
                 Name = reader.GetString("city_name"),
                 X = reader.GetFloat("x"),
                 Y = reader.GetFloat("y")
             };
             cityList.Add(city);
         }
         reader.Close();
         return cityList;
     }
 }