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EXHIBIT 3 Appendix D Page 2 (d) Upon the consolidation of the City of San Leandro Fire Department with the Alameda County Fire Protection District, the former firefighter employees of the City shall become firefighter employees of the District with all rights and benefits accorded to them pursuant to memoranda of agreement between International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1428 and the District, District rules and regulations and applicable law. Beginning December 31, 1996, with the expiration of the existing Memoranda of Understanding between the District and International Association of Fire Fighters, Local 1428, and for any successor memoranda of understanding, the parties shall exchange their written demands at least 180 days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award. Collective negotiations shall commence at least 150 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliation award. (e) An agreement reached between District representatives and the representatives of the recognized employee organization(s} shall be submitted in writing to the District Board for its approval, modification, or rejection. All phases of negotiations, mediation and conciliation, including the final binding decision of the conciliator shall be completed at least 25 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award. (ij All parties shall select and schedule a person to act as both mediator and conciliator (hereafter IIconciliatorll) at least 200 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award. If they are unable to agree upon a conciliator, they shall select such person from a list of seven names to be provided by an impartial third-party service mutually acceptable to the parties. The parties shall provide the service with sufficient notice to ensure receipt of the list at least 190 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award. If at least 180 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award the parties still cannot agree upon a conciliator. they shall immediately alternately strike names from the list, the choice of the first strike to be determined by lot. The last remaining unstruck name shall be selected and scheduled as conciliator. (g) If 90 calendar days before the expiration of the then current agreement or conciliated award no agreement can be reached, or if the Board refuses to ratify the agreement arrived at or modifies such agreement in any manner unacceptable to the employee organization, the parties shall commence mediation. (h) If no agreement between the parties has been reached within 14 calendar days after the start of mediation, the conciliator shall thereupon commence conciliation proceedings to deal with the issues still in dispute. Each party shall put in writing its last best offer on each of the issues still in dispute within 14 calendar days after the start of the conciliation proceedings, and these offers shall immediately be made public. The parties shall submit no more than five disputed issues to the conciliator. Upon mutual agreement of the parties, the number of issues may be changed. In the event the issues submitted by the parties are not identical, each party shall submit its last best final offer on those issues in dispute. The conciliator shall hear the evidence presented and consider all factors relevant to the issues from the standpoint of both employer and affected employees, including the interests and welfare of the public and the financial ability of the Board to meet those costs. If one of the IAFF, LOCAL 55A January 1, 2000 - December 31, 2003 -45-