A. This chapter is not intended to, and shall not be interpreted to, conflict with federal law, or matters of statewide concern under state law, and shall be interpreted to be compatible with federal and state enactments, not limited to those dealing with employee/employer and labor relations, and in furtherance of the public purposes which those enactments encompass.

B. This chapter does not require any Developer to be unionized or to recognize a particular Labor Organization, or any particular recognition process, nor does it mandate that employees unionize.

C. This chapter does not require any Developer to make any particular promise in order to secure a Project Labor Agreement. The terms of any Project Labor Agreement are to be negotiated directly by the Negotiating Parties, subject to the minimum requirements of this chapter.

D. This chapter is not intended to, and shall not be interpreted to, favor any particular outcome in the determination of whether employees are represented and, if so, by which Labor Organization.

E. Nothing in this chapter permits or requires the City or any Developer to enter into any agreement in violation of the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, approved July 5, 1935 (49 Stat. 449; 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.).

F. There shall be no criminal or administrative penalty for violation of this chapter. (Ord. 3554 § 2, 2023).