CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA (CASA) (2019-2022)

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EXHIBIT B (Continued) If the parties have failed to resolve all their disputes through mediation within fifteen (15) days after the mediator commenced meetings with the parties, the parties may agree to submit the Issues in dispute directly to the City Council. In that event, the City Council shall finally determine the Issues after conducting a public hearing thereon and after such further investigation of the relevant facts as it may deem appropriate. If the parties have exhausted the mediation process, the matter shall be submitted to the City Council for resolution. Section 20: Construction This Resolution shall be administered and construed as follows: Nothing in this Resolution shall be construed to deny to any person, employee, organization, the City, or any authorized officer, body or other representative of the City, the rights, powers and authority granted by Federal or State law or City Charter provisions. Nothing in this Resolution shall be construed as making the provisions of California Labor Code Section 923 applicable to City employees or employee organizations, or of giving employees or employee organizations the right to participate in, support, cooperate or encourage, directly or indirectly, any strike, sickout, other total or partial stoppage or slowdown of work or any other interference with the conduct of the City's operations. Nothing contained In this Resolution shall abrogate any written Memorandum of Understanding between any employee organization and the City in effect an the effective date of this Resolution. All such agreements shall continue in effect for the duration of the term specified therein unless modified or rescinded by mutual agreement of the parties thereto. Whenever written notice is required by this Resolution, such notice shall deem to have been received on the day immediately following the day on which it was mailed (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays on which the offices of the City are closed) provided the some was sent by first class or certified mail, postage prepaid to the City at 20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, California 92701, or to any employee organization at its last address furnished to the City. Section 21: Severability In any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Resolution, or the application of such portion to any person ar circumstance, shall be held invalid by a decision of any court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this Resolution, or the application of such portion to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. The City CONFIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION OF SANTA ANA ICASAI MOU; JANUARY 1, 20191'I-IROUGH JUNE 30, 2022 Page 98 910865v2