Opportunity Zone Communications

Dear Mr. Banister,

We are in receipt of your request and I wanted to get back to you with a
few questions.

I have not had a chance to check with many of my colleagues who are out for
the holiday, but after some initial discussions, we are confident that your
request, as written, will produce hundreds if not more than 1,000
responsive documents that will have to be reviewed individually to
ensure we are not releasing anything protected by the PIA. The reason for
this is that when we do a search for documents related to Opportunity
Zones, that could pull up documents related to the Opportunity Zones
Leadership Task Force, of which our Secretary is a member. We also expect
to have a significant number of emails related to the Maryland Opportunity
Zones Enhancement Credit legislation, which our department worked on and
administers.

Please note that we would need to charge for time researching and reviewing
documents. For research and review, the first two hours are free, and a
conservative estimate for the additional review time fee would be about
$4,000, though this could certainly increase or decrease depending on how
many documents are produced. In addition, we would need to charge for
copying, which is 20 cents per page, as we would not be able to fulfill
this request electronically. Again, based on an estimate of 1,000 pages,
that would be $200.

I also need to advise that given the volume of documents, it is likely that
we will exceed the 30 days as set forth in the Act in order to provide you
with all responsive documents.

If you wish, you can narrow your request and that may change the
research/review time and copying fees. If you wish to discuss with me over
the phone, I am happy to do so. I am here today and tomorrow if you'd like
to call me at the number below.

Please let me know how you wish to proceed and again, happy to work with
you on this.

Best,
Karen

Karen Glenn Hood
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Maryland Department of Commerce
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I will be out of the office starting January 2 and returning January 14.

If you need immediate assistance or for any media inquiries please
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Thank you!

Karen

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Karen Glenn Hood
Director
Media Relations and Public Affairs
Maryland Department of Commerce
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O 410-767-6318 | C 443-463-8129

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Thank you! I was also out of the office until yesterday, so wanted to get
back to you. Just curious...did you also contact the Maryland Department of
Housing and Community Development? They have taken the lead on this
initiative so just wanted to see if you had reached out as they are also
likely to have responsive records.

Also, are you only looking for records related to the selection of the OZs?
If so, that will certainly help to narrow our search.

Thanks!

Karen

Karen Glenn Hood
Director
Media Relations and Public Affairs
Maryland Department of Commerce
401 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
O 410-767-6318 | C 443-463-8129

<http://commerce.maryland.gov/>

<https://www.facebook.com/marylandbiz> <https://twitter.com/mdbiz> [image:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/maryland-commerce/]
<https://www.linkedin.com/company/maryland-commerce/>
<https://www.youtube.com/user/MarylandBiz>
<http://commerce.maryland.gov/media/subscribe> <https://open.maryland.gov/>

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Hi Jon,

Per our last email, we are working on reviewing responsive documents on
Opportunity Zones between Dec. 1, 2017 and April 25, 2018. I expect to have
them to you by next week.

Let me know if you have any questions in the meantime.

Thanks,
Karen

Karen Glenn Hood
Director
Media Relations and Public Affairs
Maryland Department of Commerce
401 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202
O 410-767-6318 | C 443-463-8129

<http://commerce.maryland.gov/>

<https://www.facebook.com/marylandbiz> <https://twitter.com/mdbiz> [image:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/maryland-commerce/]
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<https://www.youtube.com/user/MarylandBiz>
<http://commerce.maryland.gov/media/subscribe> <https://open.maryland.gov/>

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Hi Jon,

I wanted to get back in touch with you. I have some documents to send you
but I think it would be best if I could mail them to you. Can you advise
where best to send?

Thanks much,
Karen

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Karen Glenn Hood

Director, Office of Communications

Department of Commerce <https://commerce.maryland.gov/>

401 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

karen.glennhood@maryland.gov

(410) 767-6318 (O)

(443) 463-8129 (M)

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Got it...I will get these out to you.

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Karen Glenn Hood

Director, Office of Communications

Department of Commerce <https://commerce.maryland.gov/>

401 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

karen.glennhood@maryland.gov

(410) 767-6318 (O)

(443) 463-8129 (M)

Website <https://open.maryland.gov/> | Facebook
<https://facebook.com/marylandbiz> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/mdbiz>

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<http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?agencycode=Commerce&SurveyID=86M2956>
to complete a three question customer experience survey.

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Dear Jon,

We did mail the responsive docs to you a few weeks ago....please let me
know if you didn't receive them.

Thanks!

Karen

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Karen Glenn Hood

Director, Office of Communications

Department of Commerce <https://commerce.maryland.gov/>

401 E. Pratt Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

karen.glennhood@maryland.gov

(410) 767-6318 (O)

(443) 463-8129 (M)

Website <https://open.maryland.gov/> | Facebook
<https://facebook.com/marylandbiz> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/mdbiz>

Click here
<http://www.doit.state.md.us/selectsurvey/TakeSurvey.aspx?agencycode=Commerce&SurveyID=86M2956>
to complete a three question customer experience survey.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: This email may contain confidential or privileged
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