Agency Settlements (Philadelphia Law Department)
| Tracking # |
45568-84361171 |
| Multi Request | Agency Settlements |
| Submitted | Nov. 6, 2017 |
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Communications
From: Beryl Lipton
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to Pennsylvania Right to Know Act, I hereby request the following records:
Absolutely any and all logs, reports, spreadsheets, databases, or other materials detailing all settlements or similar dispute resolutions to which this agency, or any division thereof, was a party, including, but not limited to, all conciliatory agreements related to complaints or court or legal proceedings against any representative of or office of this agency. Please include all available segregable data, including the entities involved, the date on which the initial complaint or court action was brought, the nature of the charge or complaint, the nature of the dispute resolution (i.e. in-court, out-of-court, in-agency mediation, third-party, etc.), any financial agreements associated with the settlement, and the date on which the case was closed.
Please provide all available materials from January 1, 2010 through October 31, 2017.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 5 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Beryl Lipton
From: Philadelphia Law Department
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Dear requests@muckrock.com,
Thank you for your correspondence. This is an automatic response to let you know that the City will process your request and respond further within 5 business days of its receipt by an Open Records Officer. Please note that requests received after 5PM are deemed received the next business day.
Did you know that the City already releases a lot of information and open data online? You might be able to find the answer to your inquiry right now!
Here are some common types of requests we receive and where to find this information online right now:
* Search for a property's L&I related permits, licenses, violations, and appeals with the L&I property history tool. (http://li.phila.gov/)
* Search for a property's Real Estate Tax Balance with the Revenue Department's tax real estate lookup tool. (http://www.phila.gov/revenue/RealEstateTax/)
* Find all of the City of Philadelphia's open data sets on Open Data Philly, the Philadelphia region's open data portal. (https://www.opendataphilly.org/)
* Search information about professional service contracts online at eContract Philly. (https://secure.phila.gov/eContract/)
* Search information about procurement contracts online with PHL Contracts. (https://www.phlcontracts.phila.gov/bso/)
* Search City legislation and related hearings online with Legistar. (https://phila.legistar.com/)
* Obtain financial disclosure forms from the Department of Records. (http://fdswebsearch.phila-records.com/Default.aspx)
If you are seeking a police incident report, you can
obtain the proper form from the Department of Records. Please note that police incident reports cost $25.00. (http://www.phila.gov/records/PoliceFire/Reports.html)
The City of Philadelphia is often confused with other entities, such as the ones below. If you want to submit a request to one of these entities, please click the links below to be directed to their Open Records Policies:
Philadelphia Parking Authority (http://philapark.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/PPA-RTKL-Policy-June-2013.pdf)
School District of Philadelphia (https://www.philasd.org/generalcounsel/programsservices/right-to-know-law/)
City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (http://www.phila.gov/districtattorney/aboutus/Pages/RightToKnow.aspx)
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority (https://www.philadelphiaredevelopmentauthority.org/right-know)
First Judicial District (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas) (https://www.courts.phila.gov/publicaccess/)
If one of these sources has solved your inquiry, please let us know! Otherwise, thank you for your patience, and we will be in touch soon.
Sincerely,
The City of Philadelphia
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From: Philadelphia Law Department
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT One Parkway Building 1515 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Sozi Pedro Tulante City Solicitor Re: FW: Right to Know Request: Agency Settlements (Philadelphia Law Department) Request #: 195 Dear requests@muckrock.com: Thank you for writing to the City of Philadelphia (“City”) with your request for information. A brief description of your request(s) as well as the City’s internal tracking number can be found below. This letter serves as an acknowledgement of receipt of your request and notice of the City’s Open Records Policy pursuant to the Right to Know Law. Please note at the outset that written requests for records to state and local agencies in Pennsylvania are generally governed by the Commonwealth’s Right to Know Law (the “Act” or “RTK Law”), 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104. In accordance with the Act, the City has promulgated an Open Records Policy, which requires the standard statewide Right to Know Form be used for the submission of written requests pursuant to the Act (“RTK Requests”). See 65 P.S. § 67.504(a); Dekok v. Lancaster County, AP 2010-1197, 2011 PA O.O.R.D. LEXIS 25 at *5 and n.1 (Pa. O.O.R. Jan. 17, 2011) (holding that in accordance with the Right to Know Law, an agency may adopt a policy requiring the use of the standard statewide form established by the Office of Open Records in order to file a Right to Know Request); accord Pa. Gaming Control Bd. v. Office of Open Records, 48 A.3d 503 (Pa. Cmmw. 2012). As your request was not submitted on or with the standard statewide form, the City does not consider your request to be a RTK Request pursuant to the Act and will process it as an informal request. You do not have to resubmit your request for the City to respond unless you are specifically informed otherwise. The City reserves the right to require a formal RTK Request be submitted pursuant to the Act before releasing records. The City is continuing to process the request you have submitted as an informal request outside the Act and will be in touch with you further to respond to your request. However, if you would like to file a RTK Request, please submit your request on or with the standard statewide Right to Know Form and address your request to the appropriate open records officer in accordance with the City’s Right to Know Policy. Please include this notice with your RTK Request. Please note that if you resubmit your request as a written request pursuant to the Act the City will deem your informal request to have been withdrawn. The City’s Open Records Policy can be found here: http://www.phila.gov/privacy/pdfs/FinalCityOpenRecords.pdf The statewide form appears at the end of the City’s Right to Know Policy. If you require a hard copy of the form and/or policy, please let me know and one will be provided. The City reserves the right to assert any and all grounds of denial in its final response to your request. Respectfully, Jill I. Freeman Deputy City Solicitor (215) 683-5457 (215) 683-5069 (fax) jill.freeman@phila.gov Tracking #: requests@muckrock.com 195 Request Summary: Settlement data from January 1, 2010 through October 31, 2017. Original Request:
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton,
Please call me at my number below to discuss your pending request for information regarding City settlement data.
Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esq.
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton,
Could you call me at your earliest convenience regarding your above-captioned request for information pertaining to City settlement data?
Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esq.
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton,
Please contact me regarding your pending request for information. If you do not respond by 3/30/18, your request will be closed with our office.
Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esq.
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello Mr. Crotts,
Thank you so much for your message. I will give you a call this week.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Muckrock Staff
Hello Mr. Crotts,
Thank you so much for your time this morning. I've attached the form for the formal request to this email. On this version, I update the timeframe to extend to March 31, 2018; if this will affect anything negatively, please let me know. And if you have any questions, please feel free to call me in the MuckRock office at 617-299-1832.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Philadelphia Law Department
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Dear requests@muckrock.com,
Thank you for your correspondence. This is an automatic response to let you know that the City will process your request and respond further within 5 business days of its receipt by an Open Records Officer. Please note that requests received after 5PM are deemed received the next business day.
Did you know that the City already releases a lot of information and open data online? You might be able to find the answer to your inquiry right now!
Here are some common types of requests we receive and where to find this information online right now:
Search for a property's L&I related permits, licenses, violations, and appeals with the L&I property history tool.
Search for a property's Real Estate Tax Balance with the Revenue Department's tax real estate lookup tool.
Find all of the City of Philadelphia's open data sets on Open Data Philly, the Philadelphia region's open data portal.
Search information about professional service contracts online at eContract Philly.
Search information about procurement contracts online with PHL Contracts.
Search City legislation and related hearings online with Legistar.
Obtain financial disclosure forms from the Department of Records.
If you are seeking a police incident report, you can obtain the proper form from the Department of Records. Please note that police incident reports cost $25.00. The City of Philadelphia is often confused with other entities, such as the ones below. If you want to submit a request to one of these entities, please click the links below to be directed to their Open Records Policies:
Philadelphia Parking Authority
School District of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
First Judicial District (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas)
If one of these sources has solved your inquiry, please let us know! Otherwise, thank you for your patience, and we will be in touch soon. Sincerely, The City of Philadelphia Please Note: To help make sure that future emails from us don't end up in your spam or junk folder, please add this email address to your safe sender list.
From: Philadelphia Law Department
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA LAW DEPARTMENT One Parkway Building 1515 Arch Street Philadelphia, PA 19102 Marcel S. Pratt Acting City Solicitor Re: FW: Pennsylvania Right to Know Act Request #45568-84361171 Request #: 1259 Dear Beryl Lipton: Thank you for writing to the City of Philadelphia (“City”) with your request for information. A brief description of your request(s) as well as the City’s internal tracking number can be found below. Please note at the outset that requests for records to state and local agencies in Pennsylvania are generally governed by the Commonwealth’s Right-To-Know Law, 65 P.S. § 67.101 et seq., (the “Act” or “RTK Law”). Be advised that we will be asserting the City’s right to an additional thirty (30) calendar days to review the request as provided for by the Act. This right is being asserted for the following reasons: a) Bona fide staffing limitations (in retrieving and reviewing the record(s) requested); b) A legal review is necessary to determine whether the record(s) is a record(s) subject to access under the Act; c) To determine if the request requires the redaction of a public record(s); d) The extent or nature of the request precludes a response within the required time period. We will contact you regarding this request within thirty (30) calendar days as required by law. Respectfully, Jill I. Freeman Deputy City Solicitor (215) 683-5069 (fax) Tracking #: Lipton 1259 Request Summary: City settlement data from 1/1/10 to 3/31/18. Original Request:
Received: 4/9/18
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Pennsylvania Right to Know Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Nov. 6, 2017. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed. You had assigned it reference number #45568-84361171.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Philadelphia Law Department
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Dear Beryl Lipton,
Thank you for your correspondence. This is an automatic response to let you know that the City will process your request and respond further within 5 business days of its receipt by an Open Records Officer. Please note that requests received after 5PM are deemed received the next business day.
Did you know that the City already releases a lot of information and open data online? You might be able to find the answer to your inquiry right now!
Here are some common types of requests we receive and where to find this information online right now:
Search for a property's L&I related permits, licenses, violations, and appeals with the L&I property history tool.
Search for a property's Real Estate Tax Balance with the Revenue Department's tax real estate lookup tool.
Find all of the City of Philadelphia's open data sets on Open Data Philly, the Philadelphia region's open data portal.
Search information about professional service contracts online at eContract Philly.
Search information about procurement contracts online with PHL Contracts.
Search City legislation and related hearings online with Legistar.
Obtain financial disclosure forms from the Department of Records.
If you are seeking a police incident report, you can obtain the proper form from the Department of Records. Please note that police incident reports cost $25.00. The City of Philadelphia is often confused with other entities, such as the ones below. If you want to submit a request to one of these entities, please click the links below to be directed to their Open Records Policies:
Philadelphia Parking Authority
School District of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
First Judicial District (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas)
If one of these sources has solved your inquiry, please let us know! Otherwise, thank you for your patience, and we will be in touch soon. Sincerely, The City of Philadelphia Please Note: To help make sure that future emails from us don't end up in your spam or junk folder, please add this email address to your safe sender list.
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton, I am still waiting to receive updated responsive records to your request from the Law Department units that process settlements. Would you please grant the City a two (2) week extension, until 5/30/18, to provide you with a final response to your request? If I am able to provide you with a final response and responsive records prior to 5/30/18, I will do so. Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esquire
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton, Just forwarding my email below to your attention. Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esquire
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
From: Beryl Lipton
Hello!
Thank you so much for this. An extension of time to fulfill this request is no problem at all. I appreciate you letting me know, and I'll look forward to hearing from you again.
Best wishes,
Beryl
From: Philadelphia Law Department
THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Dear Beryl Lipton,
Thank you for your correspondence. This is an automatic response to let you know that the City will process your request and respond further within 5 business days of its receipt by an Open Records Officer. Please note that requests received after 5PM are deemed received the next business day.
Did you know that the City already releases a lot of information and open data online? You might be able to find the answer to your inquiry right now!
Here are some common types of requests we receive and where to find this information online right now:
Search for a property's L&I related permits, licenses, violations, and appeals with the L&I property history tool.
Search for a property's Real Estate Tax Balance with the Revenue Department's tax real estate lookup tool.
Find all of the City of Philadelphia's open data sets on Open Data Philly, the Philadelphia region's open data portal.
Search information about professional service contracts online at eContract Philly.
Search information about procurement contracts online with PHL Contracts.
Search City legislation and related hearings online with Legistar.
Obtain financial disclosure forms from the Department of Records.
If you are seeking a police incident report, you can obtain the proper form from the Department of Records. Please note that police incident reports cost $25.00. The City of Philadelphia is often confused with other entities, such as the ones below. If you want to submit a request to one of these entities, please click the links below to be directed to their Open Records Policies:
Philadelphia Parking Authority
School District of Philadelphia
City of Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office
Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority
First Judicial District (Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas)
If one of these sources has solved your inquiry, please let us know! Otherwise, thank you for your patience, and we will be in touch soon. Sincerely, The City of Philadelphia Please Note: To help make sure that future emails from us don't end up in your spam or junk folder, please add this email address to your safe sender list.
From: Philadelphia Law Department
Dear Ms. Lipton, Please see attached for the City's final response to your Right to Know Law request. Best,
Russell T. Crotts, Esquire
Assistant City Solicitor, Right to Know Division
City of Philadelphia Law Department
1515 Arch Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
(215) 683-5403 (Phone)
(215) 683-5069 (Fax)
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