HomeMy Public PortalAboutPRR 05 28 13 2586 Ave Au SoleilLouis L. Roeder, Esq.
7414 Sparkling Lake Rd
Orlando, FL 32819
407- 352 -4194
cell 407-758-4194
lou @louroeder.com
Delivered via E -Mail
May 28, 2013
Rita Taylor
Town Clerk
TOWN OF GULF STREAM
100 Sea Road
Gulf Stream, FL 33483
Re: Public Records Request
2586 Avenue Au Soleil, Gulf Stream, FL
Dear Rita:
This letter is a follow up to your most recent letter of May 27, 2013 (copy attached).
Regarding the electrical /landscape lighting work at 2586 Avenue Au Soleil, and per the subject
of my original Feb. 5, 2013 Public Records Request, Mr. O'Hare had observed the electrician for
2586 Avenue Au Soleil trenching across that lawn and installing electrical conduit and lighting
where none had previously existed. In my letter, I asked if Mr. O'Hare could install landscape
lights in the Town's ROW along his property, as the owner of 2586 Avenue Au Soleil had just
installed on the ROW adjacent to that property.
In Mr. Thrasher's Feb. 7, 2013 response (copy attached), he stated that the Town had asked the
owner at 2586 Avenue Au Soleil to remove the lighting recently placed farther into the Town's
ROW; and at the owner's request, the Town agreed to allow the owner to place the lighting
within the existing planted area since "there was no further infringement into the Town's ROW."
Mr. O'Hare then observed that the lights had been relocated adjacent to the existing plantings
already within the ROW.
Mr. O'Hare then checked the Delray Beach permit records and found that no electrical permits
for such work had ever been issued. I then made another public records request on Mr. O'Hare's
behalf on Feb. 8, 2013 requesting documents pertaining to the Town's handling of the electrical
work at 2586 Avenue Au Soleil - apparently done without a permit.
In your most recent letter of May 27, 2013, you responded that "no permit was required for this
[work because] there was an existing circuit in place." This is confusing. As such, Mr. O'Hare
would like further clarification.
Pursuant to the Public Records Act, Chapter 119 of the Florida Statutes, I am herewith making a
public records request for copies of the following items:
Letter to Rita Taylor
Public Records Request
May 28, 2013
Page 2 of 2
Any and all electrical permits for 2586 Avenue Au Soled as it relates to the
landscape lighting as referenced above, and as the Town allowed and/or
directed to be relocated.
If you refuse to provide this information, Chapter 119 requires that you advise me in writing and
indicate the applicable exemption to the Public Records Act. Also, please state with particularity
the reasons for your decision, as required by Section I I9.07(2)(a). If the exemption you are
claiming only applies to a portion of the records, please delete or redact that portion and provide
photocopies of the remainder of the records, according to Section 119.07(2)(a).
If you can provide an estimate of the cost of duplication, I would appreciate it. If acceptable, I
will pay the actual cost of duplication as defined in Section 119.07(1)(a). However, if you
anticipate that in order to satisfy this request, "extensive use" of information technology
resources or extensive clerical or supervisory assistance as defined in Section I I9.07(1)(b) will
be required, please provide a written estimate and justification.
I would ask that you provide all the above requested records no later than this WEDNESDAY.
JUNE 5.2013.
If you have any questions or need more information in order to expedite this request, please call
me at my cell phone at 407 - 758 -4194.
Respectfully,
Louis L. Roeder, Esq.
CC. Chris O'Hare
Attachments: Taylor Letter, dated May 27, 2013
Thrasher Letter, dated Feb. 7, 2013