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EXCEl,.l,ENCE ~NTEGI~iTY $Ef~~V!CE CRF":ATIVnry 7A1 Page 8 ~!lta.~ J[ - REDWOOD CITY \i:.H...HLr)'ING A GR!';'i:A T C:(,Hv~MUNflY "'r()GE:THER April 15, 2009 Dear Service Employees International Union (SEIU), This will confirm our understanding of the recent agreement reached with SEIU with respect to a general freeze on the Salary Plan as set forth in section 15.1.1 and 15.1.2 of the SEIU Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and extending the term of the current MOU to January 31,2011. As I am sure you are aware, to become effective, this agreement must be approved by the City Council in public session. On March 25,2009, I had the opportunity to speak with the collective representatives of all of the bargaining units representing employees of the City of Redwood City. At that time, I shared the City's current financial difficulties and management's plan to address them. As I made clear at that time, the City was not asking any or all of the bargaining units to re- open their respective contracts. The City fully acknowledges each of those agreements to be final and binding on the parties. However, after our discussion and recognizing the current financial difficulties facing the City, the bargaining unit representatives each agreed to place before their membership the question of whether a majority of the membership would agree to a general freeze on their respective Salary Plans. On or about April 10, 2009, you advised me that a majority ofthe SEIU membership had expressed agreement to a general freeze on their Salary Plan to be effective February 1 , 2010 and continuing up to January 31, 2011; however, the membership also desired to have the ending date of the existing MOU extended to January 31, 2011 with all other terms and conditions set forth in the MOU remaining in effect until such date. Having now met with the City Council of the City of Redwood City, I now confirm that City is amenable to such an accord. Please confirm approval of this side letter of agreement no later than April 20, 2009 or as soon as reasonably possible, this Side Letter Agreement between the City of Redwood City and SEIU will be placed on an agenda of the City Council. If the above is a consistent with your understanding, please execute below this Side Letter Agreement. Acknowledged, Agreed and Accepted: Union City of Redwood City By: Robert Bell, HR Director Dated: Molly Sp ef, SEIU Dated: # --~ Human Resources Department www.redwoodcity.org/hr 1017 Middlefield Road 650-780-7281 Redwood City, CA 94063 Job Hotline 650-780-7282