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49 <br /> The commencement of a civil action to obtain injunctive relief <br /> shall not affect the continuation of the Commission staff 's <br /> investigation or the initiation of a separate civil action provided <br /> for in this Ordinance. <br /> (m) Complaints may be resolved at any time by informal <br /> conference, conciliation, or persuasion. Nothing said or done in <br /> the course of such informal procedure may be made public by the <br /> Commission or used as evidence in any subsequent proceeding without <br /> the written consent of the person concerned. However, all <br /> resolutions of complaints shall be reduced to writing, shall be <br /> signed by the Complainant, the Respondent, and by the Commission <br /> staff and shall be enforceable as a binding contract by the <br /> Commission pursuant to the applicable provisions of North Carolina <br /> law, statutory and common. <br /> Sec . 8 . 2 Reasonable Cause, Conciliation Efforts, <br /> and Right to Sue Letters <br /> (a) If the Complaint is not sooner resolved, the Commission <br /> staff shall, upon completion of the investigation, determine <br /> whether or not there is reasonable cause to believe that an <br /> unlawful discriminatory practice has occurred, is occurring, or is <br /> going to occur. <br /> (b) The Commission staff shall make its determination on <br /> reasonable cause as promptly as possible and, so far as <br /> practicable, no later than 100 days after the Complaint was filed. <br /> If the Commission staff is unable to complete the investigation <br /> within 100 days after the filing of the complaint the Commission <br /> 44 <br />