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• Request for a Temporary (1-year) Expansion <br /> Pros: Cons: <br /> 1) Less paperwork for Minneapolis 1) Same amount of paperwork for <br /> SBA office. CRDC. <br /> 2) Decision can be made locally. 2) CRDC would have to repeat <br /> 3) Written letters of support from paperwork in one year. <br /> Counties may carry greater 3) Permanent expansion is NOT <br /> weight. guaranteed. <br /> 4) "Try before you buy" <br /> opportunity for both CRDC and <br /> new Counties. <br /> 5) Technically, the new OMNI <br /> would be given a chance to <br /> perform. <br /> Whatever course of action CRDC chooses - temporary or permanent expansion, the <br /> • Board should be aware that the Minneapolis SBA would prefer NOT to be forced to <br /> choose among the competing development companies; the SBA would like to see this <br /> issue go away. Furthermore, the work volume is so high at the SBA and that office <br /> is so understaffed, that any issue which causes a great deal of research or paperwork <br /> on the part of the SBA will not be welcomed. <br /> There is nothing in the regulations which would prohibit CRDC from requesting a <br /> temporary expansion if we are denied a permanent expansion first. However, we <br /> need to be aware that this strategy could backfire on us in that we would be taking <br /> an over-worked SBA staff and asking them to perform a great deal of extra paperwork <br /> and analysis. It could be easier, from a workload standpoint, to simply deny our <br /> request. <br /> • <br />