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EXHIBIT A SIDE LETTER BETWEEN CITY OF REDWOOD CITY AND SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION LOCAL 521 (SEIU) RE: DISPATCHER REST AND MEAL PERIODS This side letter is by and between City of Redwood City ("City") and the Service Employees International Union Local 521 ("Union") (collectively referred to as the "parties"). The side letter is a tentative agreement subject to ratification of the bargaining unit and final approval of City Council. WHEREAS, the City and Union entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) effective February 1, 2019 —January 31, 2022; WHEREAS, the parties acknowledge that the rest and meal period rules described herein have informally applied to Dispatchers; WHEREAS, the parties are mutually interested in documenting current Communications Dispatcher rest and meal period practices; NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereby agree to the amend MOU Section 16.1 entitled "Hours of Work' as follows: ARTICLE 16 - HOURS OF WORK, OVERTIME, PREMIUM PAY 16.1 Hours of Work 16.1.1 Full-time employees are those employees regularly assigned to work forty (40) hours in a seven (7) day work period. 16.1.2 The regular work period shall consist of a seven (7) day workweek which begins Monday morning at 12:01 a.m., and ends Sunday night at Regular full-time employees will usually be assigned to work five (5) consecutive days served in units of eight (8) hours per day during the seven (7) day work period. For employees on alternate work schedules, the regular work period shall consist of beginning and end times determined in accordance with the employee's regular schedule. 1. For employees working a 9/80 work schedule (with a regular day off every other week), each employee's designated work week shall begin exactly four (4) hours after the start of his/her eight (8) hour shift on the day of the week that corresponds to the employee's alternating regular day off. For Communication Dispatchers on a 3/12 work schedule, the designated work week for each employee on "A Shift" (who work a shift of 7 pm to 7 am) shall begin at 11:00 pm on Saturday and end at 10:59 pm on the following Saturday. The designated work week for each employee on "B Shift" (who work a shift of 7 am to 7 pm) shall begin at 11:00 am on Saturday and end at 10:59 am on the following Saturday. The designated work week for each employee on "C Shift" (who work a shift of 1 pm to 1 am) shall begin at 5:00 pm on Saturday and end at 4:59 pm on the following Saturday. 16.1.3 All employees shall be granted and take a rest period of fifteen (15) minutes during each regularly scheduled four (4) hour work period. Rest periods shall be considered as time worked for pay purposes Page 1 of 4 ATTY/RESO.0055/EXHIBIT A - SEIU DISPATCHER BREAKS SIDE LETTER REV: 07-20-2021 MI