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142. Executive Review. Upon receipt of a Notice of Dispute, the University's Director <br /> of Energy Services and the Assistant County Manager shall meet in person and,unless the Parties <br /> mutually agree in writing to a different time period, shall have thirty(30)calendar days to discuss, <br /> consider and attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute. If, upon the expiration of such time <br /> period,the University's Director of Energy Services and the Assistant County Manager have been <br /> unable to resolve the Dispute,then they shall immediately submit the dispute for Senior Executive <br /> Review in accordance with Paragraph 143 of this Agreement. <br /> 143. Senior Executive Review. For disputes that are submitted for Senior Executive <br /> Review pursuant tofollowing the Executive Review process described in Paragraph 142 of this <br /> Agreement,142,the University's Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services(or higher-level <br /> authority)and the County Manager(or higher-level authority)shall meet in person and,unless the <br /> Parties mutually agree in writing to a different time period, shall have thirty(30) calendar days to <br /> discuss, consider and attempt in good faith to resolve the Dispute. If,upon the expiration of such <br /> time period, the University's Associate Vice Chancellor for Campus Services (or higher-level <br /> authority) and the County Manager (or higher-level authority) have been unable to resolve the <br /> Dispute, then the Dispute shall be submitted to non-binding mediation in accordance with <br /> Paragraph 144 of this Agreement. <br /> 144. Non-Binding Mediation. If the Executive Review and Senior Executive Review <br /> dispute resolution processes are unsuccessful, the Parties shall be obligated to submit the Dispute <br /> to non-binding mediation through the use of a neutral, independent, disinterested mediator <br /> selected by the Parties from a professional mediation firm. If such Dispute is not resolved through <br /> the non-binding mediation process within one hundred twenty (120) days after the date of the <br /> Notice of Dispute or Notice of Termination(or such other time period as mutually agreed to by the <br /> 47 <br /> {00018638.DOC 24241 <br />