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Exhibit A <br />Memorandum of Agreement between <br />Orange County and Dispute Settlement Center (DSC) <br />September 6, 2019 <br /> <br /> <br />1. DSC will provide facilitation services to Orange County in support of its Schools Collaboration Project. The <br />overarching purpose of this project is to strengthen collaboration between Orange County and its school <br />districts via quarterly meetings with representatives from the Boards of Education and the Board of Orange <br />County Commissioners. <br /> <br />2.DSC will designate Maggie Ellis Chotas as the lead contact for this project. <br /> <br />3. In order to reach the goals of the project, Maggie Chotas of the DSC will conduct meetings with the School <br />Collaboration Team which will consist of the following steps: <br /> <br />x Schedule two-hour meetings with the team quarterly. <br />x Solicit agenda items from members in advance. <br />x Draft agendas for each work group based on input from members and share with the County Manager’s <br />office. <br />x Finalize agendas that incorporate input. <br />x Facilitate meetings and provide summary notes within two weeks of meetings. <br />x Evaluate each work group via an electronic survey distributed to members. Summarize evaluation data per <br />meeting. <br /> <br />4. Orange County will provide or reimburse DSC for all materials and logistics necessary for this project, including <br />but not limited to meeting space, supplies and parking. <br /> <br />5. In consideration for DSC’s services described herein, Orange County will pay DSC $150 an hour for all time <br />provided by DSC to this project, including but not limited to time in travel, preparation, planning, consultations, <br />set up, follow-up, evaluation. The not-to-exceed cost for this proposal is $5,400, which includes scheduling, <br />design, facilitation, summary notes and evaluation for three meetings for FY 2019-2020. <br /> <br />6. Orange County will pay DSC’s invoices within 30 days of receipt. Checks will be made payable to the order of the <br />Dispute Settlement Center and mailed or delivered to DSC, 302 Weaver Street, Carrboro, NC 27510. DSC <br />federal tax identification number is F56-1216584. <br /> <br />7. If one or more disputes related to this contract emerge between DSC and Orange County, then all relevant <br />parties will seek resolution of the dispute by face-to-face problem-solving, facilitated by a mutually agreeable <br />third party if necessary, before taking the grievance for resolution to any outside authority. <br /> <br />Accepted by: <br /> <br />_______________________________________________________ Date: _________ <br />Bonnie Hammersley, Orange County Manager <br /> <br />_______________________________________________________ Date: _________ <br />Frances Henderson, DSC Executive Director <br /> <br />DocuSign Envelope ID: 528CCFFB-7CA4-441C-AC6B-0A89AEFD9B15 <br /> <br />