HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 17-2586
Renee Basel
From:dan@datarole.com
Sent:Sunday, August 27, 2017 8:22 PM
To:Rita Taylor
Subject:Gulf Stream town Building Permits - Public Records Request
Dear Rita Taylor,
FL.33483.1900
Pursuant to Article I, section 24 of the Florida Constitution, and chapter 119, F.S., I am requesting copies of
public records for your building permit report or log dating back as many years as you have on file. Ideally, this
report or log would contain the physical addresses, issue dates, type/category of work, description of work,
all
contractor, and other items for building permits.
An electronic copy in Excel or CSV format is preferred, but we will accept the report in whatever format you
have it and for all information fields you have available. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or
concerns.
Thank you very much for your time.
Dan Sweatt
Director of Data Acquisition, DataRole
100 W 5th St, Cincinnati, OH 45202
dan@datarole.com
Should you deny any part of this request, you must state in writing the basis for the denial, including the exact
statutory citation authorizing the denial as required by as required by s. 119.07(1)(d), F.S. Your office has 30
days (21 business days) to satisfy this request, should you fail to reply we will notify the Florida Attorney
General's office, and you will be subject to civil action and criminal penalties pursuant to Section 119, F.S.
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TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
August 30, 2017
Dan Sweatt [mail to: dan@datarole.com]
Re: GS #2586 (Gulf Stream Town Building Permits)
Pursuant to Article I, section 24 of the Florida Constitution, and chapter 119, F.S., I am
requesting copies of public records for your building permit report or log dating back as many
years as you have on file. Ideally, this report or log would contain the physical addresses, issue
dates, type/category of work, description of work, contractor, and other items for all building
permits.
An electronic copy in Excel or CSV format is preferred, but we will accept the report in
whatever format you have it and for all information fields you have available.
Dear Dan Sweatt [mail to: dan@datarole.com]:
The Town of Gulf Stream has received your public records request dated August 27, 2017. You
should be able to view your original request at the following link:
http://www2.gulf-stream.org/weblink/0/doc/112791/Page1.aspx
Please be advised that Chapter 119 Fla. Stat. “provides a right of access to inspect and copy an
agency’s existing public records; it does not mandate that an agency create new records in order
to accommodate a request for information from the agency.” See Government-in-the-Sunshine
Manual at 152 (2017). “[T]he intent of Ch. 119 F.S. is ‘to make available to the public
information which is a matter of public record, in some meaningful form, not necessarily that
which the applicant prefers.’” Id. (citing Seigle v. Barry, 422 So. 2d 63, 66 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982)).
The Town estimates that to fully respond to your request will require approximately six hours of
administrative support at $38.54 per hour, the labor cost of the personnel providing the service,
per Fla. Stat. § 119.07(4)(d). If the costs of producing these documents will exceed your deposit,
the Town will provide you with an initial production of responsive records and an estimate for
the production of any additional responsive records. If the costs of production are less than the
deposit, the Town will provide you with the responsive records and a refund.
(Six hours @ $38.54) – (.25 @ $38.54) = Deposit Due: $221.60 in cash or check.
Upon receipt of your deposit, the Town will use its very best efforts to further respond to your
public records request in a reasonable amount of time. If we do not hear back from you within
30 days of this letter, we will consider this request closed.
Sincerely,
Reneé Rowan Basel
As requested by Rita Taylor
Town Clerk, Custodian of the Records