8. EDSR 08-08-2011 - Laserfiche WebLink

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Any gains associated with such relocations come at the expense of a partner community and/or county. Therefore, regional partners should not initiate contact for the purpose of business recruitment with an existing business located in the jurisdiction of another partner without permission, except in such cases where the existing business also maintains a presence within the initiating partner's jurisdiction (multiple facilities) and has been contacted by said business. The above paragraph notwithstanding, it is recognized that situations may arise where an existing business is contemplating an expansion or relocation, and due to labor, transportation, real estate, or other factors, may elect to initiate contact with other states or communities -including other Minneapolis -Saint Paul region economic development organizations - as part of an internal site selection process. As such, regional partners should accept that one partner's retention client could, under the circumstances described above, legitimately become another partner's recruitment prospect. Therefore, a partner may respond to a request from a business located in another partner's jurisdiction, provided that the prospect is promptly advised that prior to providing assistance of any kind, the contacted partner will notify, only with permission from the company, the partner in the company's present jurisdiction that acompany-initiated contact has occurred. If such permission has been granted, the notifying partner is not obligated -and may not be permitted due to a written or verbal confidentiality agreement - to share project details beyond the company name, initiating contact person, and date that contact occurred. Following this notification, it is understood that each partner will respond independently as they deem appropriate, with no further obligation to communicate project status or the content of their community's proposal. In the event that the company objects to this notification, the contacted partner will 1) respect the company's request and keep all information related to the contact strictly confidential, and 2) may continue discussion/assistance until such time that the company will permit notification as described above. Insomuch as possible, a regional partner should notify another partner(s) prior to public announcements that have community impact. Ca~T~F% "" ' ~ Regional Economic Development Partnership 6 ~ ~~rl f;