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the business, through cold calls, visits, mail solicitations, or marketing directed specifically at <br />that business. This does not preclude a community from generally marketing itself as a good <br />place to do business or generally advising its residents about the benefits of locating their <br />businesses in their home communities. <br />4. Protocol in the Event a Business Indicates That It Is Considering a Re- Location: The following <br />protocol applies to businesses with 25 or more full -time employees. In the event such a business <br />residing in a different participating community contacts the mayor, manager, trustee, or <br />economic development director of the undersigned community, either directly or through a <br />representative, to discuss a possible re- location, we agree to follow the following protocol: <br />a. We will advise the business that we want to assist the business so that they are <br />successful. <br />b. We will ask the business whether it has advised the community in which it is currently <br />located that it is considering a re- location and, if not, whether it objects to our advising <br />the home community of the inquiry. if the home community has not been advised and <br />the business does not object, we will promptly notify the mayor, manager, or trustees of <br />the home community in writing of the inquiry. <br />c. We will not publicly propose or offer incentives to the business in support of a re- <br />location until either the business verifies that it has notified the home community of the <br />possible re- location or we have given that notice. <br />d. We will advise the business, if asked, that Cuyahoga County may condition the awarding <br />of county incentives and assistance on the receipt of consent from the community in <br />which the business is currently located. <br />e. We will agree to discuss the possible relocation with the mayor, manager, or trustees of <br />the affected home community if asked by those officials. <br />f. Without making any commitment to revenue share and noting that some signatories do <br />not favor revenue sharing, we will agree to have a discussion about the possibility of a <br />revenue sharing agreement with the mayor, manager, or trustees of the affected home <br />community if asked by those officials. <br />