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termination date stated in the notice. <br />19. Dispute Resolution <br />a. Notice & Conferences. If a party believes that the other has not met, or is not meeting, <br />an obligation under this Agreement, the party will contact the other's contact person listed in <br />Section 19 to discuss the issue. If discussions do not resolve the issue, then the party will notify the <br />other in writing of the complaint with reasonable detail to permit the other party to address the <br />issue. The other party will then have a reasonable time --ordinarily not to exceed 14 calendar <br />days—to address and improve its performance. <br />If these discussions do not resolve an issue, then the City and CARTS shall select designees <br />to meet in person to discuss and try to resolve any issue. This process should take no more than five <br />business days, unless the parties agree otherwise. By enacting and adopting this Agreement, the <br />City and CARTS authorize said designees to resolve such issues without separate contemporaneous <br />approval, so long as they do not materially increase the obligations assumed by their respective <br />principals in this Agreement's express terms. <br />If these efforts don't resolve the issue, then the parties on each side of a dispute may write <br />a letter to the others' governing body. Each party will circulate the other's letter to its governing <br />board. <br />b. Prerequisites to a Lawsuit or Other Proceeding. The parties recognize that each are <br />bound to the Texas Open Meetings Act and other regulations which may, in some cases, result in <br />delays in the parties' respective, designees securing authority necessary to resolve a dispute. No <br />party may file a claim or lawsuit in any forum before the parties are finished using the above <br />procedures, have had an opportunity to deliberate on the matter at a properly noticed meeting of <br />its governing body, and the parties have participated in mediation with a mediator qualified and <br />experienced in public -safety contracts of this or a similar nature. A court or other authority may <br />stay a proceeding or dismiss a claim pending the parties' use of these procedures—except that a <br />party may ask the court or authority to appoint a mediator if the parties cannot agree on one. <br />c. Emergency Exception. As an exception, party may file a petition and an application <br />for a temporary restraining order, preliminary injunction, declaration, or similar equitable relief in <br />the event of an emergency and to continue or restore the status quo that existed prior to the dispute. <br />20. Miscellaneous <br />a. Compliance with Laws. In carrying out is obligations under this Agreement, the Parties <br />shall comply with all applicable state, federal and local transportation, safety and other laws, <br />rules, regulations. <br />b. Entire Agreement. This Agreement is the entire agreement of the parties on this <br />subject matter, and may be amended only by a written document executed by the authorized <br />