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Eo <br /> <br /> DRAFT - 3/6/97 <br /> <br />The Authority or member shall provide written response to notice with 7 <br />days of receipt of notice. <br /> <br />The parties shall meet within 14 days of receipt of response with a neutral <br />facilitator. The neutral facilitator will be a representative from the Minnesota <br />Office of Dispute Resolution. <br /> <br />At the first meeting, the neutral facilitator will assist the parties in identifying <br />the appropriate parties and participants in the dispute resolution process, <br />their concerns, a meeting agenda and design for any subsequent meetings. <br />The parties shall agree on a process for resolving the problem that would <br />involve additional negotiations, mediation or arbitration. <br /> <br /> In developing the process, the parties will be guided by the following <br /> <br />principles: .. <br /> <br />1) 'The parties will attempt in good faith to reach a negotiateci settlement. <br /> <br />2) The parties agree that there must be fair representation of the parties <br /> directly involved in the dispute. <br /> <br />3) The parties will use legal proceedings as a last resort. <br /> <br />4) In the event the parties are unable to resolve the dispute, each party <br /> retains all rights, remedies or defenses it had prior to entering the <br /> process. <br /> <br />The parties will report to the Authority within 60 days of their first meeting <br />on the resolution of the dispute or a recommendation to commence legal <br />proceedings. <br /> <br /> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have hereunto set <br />their hands on the date written below: <br /> <br /> <br />