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Your original request, dated June 5, 2014, is reproduced in the space below:
From: Chris O'Hare < chrisoharegulfstreamCa @gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:21 AM
Subject: 2765 Cardinal Cir. permit
To: bthrasher@ gulf- stream.org.didtheyreadit.com, RTaylor@ gulf- stream.org.didtheyreadit.com
Dear Mr. Thrasher,
During my occasional walks through Place Au Soleil neighborhood I have observed a number of times
that construction activity apparently is being conducted to the interior of the structure located at 2765
Cardinal Circle. I have witnessed workers going in and out the front door, construction vehicles parked
on the property, and heard banging and sawing sounds coming from inside the home. A large
construction dumpster partially filled with what appears to be framing, drywall and other construction
debris is located in the front yard. I also observed Police officers routinely parked nearby so they have
no doubt also made you aware of this activity. I last observed this activity this morning as I was leaving
Place Au Soleil.
Please forward this email to the Custodian of Records for your agency in order for me to make record
requests in regard to this matter.
Sincerely,
Chris O'Hare
PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST
Pursuant to Article 1, Section 24 of the Florida Constitution and Chapter 119.07 of the Florida
Statutes I wish to make a public records request of your agency for the following records:
The first page of any permit application for all permits applied for, or granted by the Town for work
to the property located at 2765 Cardinal Circle. Please limit the responsive records to only those
records created or received by the Town after Jan. 1 2014.
If you contend that any of the records I am seeking, or any portion thereof, are exempt from
inspection or disclosure please cite the specific exemption as required by 5119.07(1)(e) of the
Florida Statutes and state in writing and with particularity the basis for your conclusions as
required by 6119.070)(f) of the Florida Statutes.
Please take note of 6119.07(c) Florida Statues and your affirmative obligation to (1)
promptly acknowledge receipt of this public records request and (2) make a good faith effort
which "includes making reasonable efforts to determine from other officers or employees within
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the agency whether such a record exists and, if so, the location at which the record can be
accessed." I am, therefore, requesting that you notify every individual in possession of records
that may be responsive to this public records request to preserve all such records on
an immediate basis.
If the public records being sought are maintained by your agency in an electronic format please
produce the records in the original electronic format in which they were created or
received. See 6119.01(2)(8, Florida Statutes.
If you anticipate the production of these public records to exceed $1.00 please notify me in
advance of their production with a written estimate of the total cost. Please be sure to itemize any
estimates so as to indicate the total number of pages and /or records, as well as to distinguish the
cost of labor and materials. Do not incur any expense responding to this public record request
without first obtaining my consent to pay such expense.
All responses to this public records request should be made in writing to the following email
address: chrisoharegulfstream(dgmail.com
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
Delivered via e-mail
June 6, 2014
Chris O'Hare
Re: 2765 Cardinal Cir. permit
Dear Mr. O'Hare,
Thank you for your public records requests. Please be advised that the Town of Gulf Stream is not
required to provide information or legal advice from our records.
The Town of Gulf Stream notes that you have now made over 550 public records requests since August
of 2013. To date the Town has completed/closed 308 of these requests. Town staff has already spent
more than 200 hours, without recovery of costs, responding to your requests. Your public record
requests continue to accumulate, but you still have not paid a deposit to cover the costs for the Town
to respond to your requests. The Town will not proceed with further production of documents
responsive to your outstanding requests until you pay the required deposits.
This is not the first time the Town has requested a deposit. On January 23, 2014, the Town asked for a
deposit related to 146 public record requests. Despite that request, and as a courtesy, during the period
between January 23 and February 19, 2014, the Town also responded to 21 more public records
requests without receipt of a deposit. On February 20, 2014, the Town sent another letter, emphasizing
that no additional requests would be processed until your deposit is paid. Again on March 19, 2014,
the Town sent you a letter in response to 197 additional public records requests, which also emphasized
that no additional requests would be processed until you're a deposit is paid.
The Town remains prepared to produce public records, as required, upon receipt of proper deposits
and payments. These payments represent the special service charge needed for extensive use of
information technology resources, clerical assistance, and supervisory assistance under Fla. Stat. §
119.07 (4)(d). Once the Town has received your payments and deposits relating to the letters sent to
you on January 23, February 20, and March 19 of 2014, the Town staff will proceed with processing
your requests below. Please note that should you elect to withdraw your public records requests, the
Town will still be entitled to bill you for any work completed to date in order to respond to said
requests.
Your request is reproduced below for your convenience.
Sincerely,
Town Clerk
Custodian of the Records