COMMONWEALTH OF OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR HARRISBURG November 27, 2017 Via Electronic Transmission to (dale@publicsource.org) J. Dale Shoemaker Public Source 746 East Warrington Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15210 Re: Right-to-Know Law Request - dated October 20, 2017 Internal No. C-2017-076 Dear Mr. Shoemaker: On October 20, 2017, the Of?ce of the Governor (Of?ce) received your request for information pursuant to the Right-To-Know Law, 65 PS. 67.101, et seq. (RTKL), wherein you requested: full copy of the proposal the Commonwealth, the City of Philadelphia and its partners submitted to Amazon Inc. on Oct. 19, 2017 to be the home of the company?s second headquarters as well as all supplementary materials. - All documents related to the sites the city proposed Amazon Inc. could occupy. - All documents related to the incentives offered by the state of and the city of Philadelphia ?to offset initial capital outlay and ongoing operational costs? of Amazon, as detailed in Amazon?s request for proposals. -A full copy of the proposal the Commonwealth, Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh and its partners submitted to Amazon Inc. on Oct. 19, 2017 to be the home of the company?s second headquarters, titled ?Future. Forged. For All.? This should also include all supplementary materials. - All documents related to the sites the city proposed Amazon Inc. could occupy. - All documents related to the incentives offered by the state of the city of Pittsburgh and/or Allegheny County ?to offset initial capital outlay and ongoing operational costs? of Amazon, as detailed in Amazon?s request for proposals.? By letter dated October 27, 2017, this Of?ce informed you that it would require an extension of time, until no later than November 27, 2017, to review your request. After review, your request is hereby denied. Initially, please note that the Of?ce of the Governor did not submit a proposal to Amazon. Rather, the Of?ce understands that various metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) did submit such proposals. The MSA's proposals are not records of this Office, as they do not document a transaction or activity of the Office. See 65 RS. 67.102. Further, to the extent that the Office may possess information regarding proposals to Amazon, such records are not "public records" under the RTKL because they "constitute[s] or revealis] a trade secret or con?dential proprietary information." 65 PS. Nevertheless, the Of?ce has corresponded with Amazon to support the MSA's proposals. Such correspondence may be found here: l_i_t_l a. The Department of Community and Economic Development may possess responsive records. Their open records of?cer can be contacted at: Jennifer Fogarty Deputy Agency Open Records Of?cer Department of Community and Economic Development Commonwealth Keystone Building 400 North Street, 4th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17120 Phone: 717.783-8452 Fax: 717.772.3103 Email: We have copied the agencies on this letter and included a copy of your request. However, these agencies are not required to respond to this reierral. If you wish to request records from these agencies under the RTKL, you must ?le a new request with each agency. You have the right to appeal this response to the Of?ce of Open Records. If you choose to ?le an appeal, you must do so in writing and within 15 business days of the mailing date of this response and simultaneously send a copy of the appeal to me in the same manner as the appeal is sent to the Of?ce of Open Records e-mail, fax, and regular US. mail or hand delivery.) Please direct your appeal to the Executive Director, Of?ce of Open Records, Commonwealth Keystone Building, 400 North Street, 4th Floor, and Harrisburg, PA 17120. If you choose to ?le an appeal, you must include the following: (1) a copy of your request; (2) a copy of this response; and (3) the reason(s) in support of your appeal and/?or why you believe the agency is in possession of records, or unable to meet any of the exemptions as stated in this response. For your convenience, the Of?ce of Open Records has an appeal form available on its website at: recordsf4434fformsr?4653 95. 2'12; Thank you for your patience as we processed your request. Should you have any questions or require any further assistance, please do not hesitate to contact me via e-mail at RA- gov Respectfully, a44? Maro Eisenstein Agency Open Records O?icer 3 ?agc