Municipal materials re: gas leak identification and replacement. (Ashland Town Clerk)

I am in receipt of your e-mail regarding a FOIA records request.

I am forwarding this onto the Town Manager, the Assistant Town Manager and
the DPW Director David Manugian.

Thank you,

Tara

Tara M. Ward, CMC/CMMC
Ashland Town Clerk

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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <requests@muckrock.com>
Date: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 11:41 AM
Subject: Freedom of Information Request: Municipal materials re: gas leak
identification and replacement. (Ashland Town Clerk)
To: tward@ashlandmass.com

June 30, 2015
Ashland Town Clerk
Office of the Town Clerk 101 Main Street 1st Floor Ashland MA 01721

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Public Records Law, M.G.L. c.66, §10, I
hereby request the following records:

• All policies regarding the identification and replacement of gas line
infrastructure within the municipality

• All requests made to the Massachusetts Department of Public Works for
information related to gas leaks, as allowed for by the Massachusetts
General Laws (
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2014/Chapter149)

• All available gas line information regarding the location and severity of
gas leaks within this jurisdiction

• The existing schedule of planned or proposed municipal construction
projects to occur in the year 2015

• All notifications made to relevant gas companies regarding "the
undertaking of a significant project on a public way exposing confirmed
natural gas infrastructure," as required by Massachusetts law.

• All "repair and replacement" schedules of gas leaks provided to the
municipality by gas companies within this jurisdiction, as provided for by
Massachusetts General Laws

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as we believe this
request is in the public interest, as suggested but not stipulated by the
recommendations of the Massachusetts Supervisor of Public Records. The
requested documents will be made available to the general public free of
charge as part of the public information service at MuckRock.com, processed
by a representative of the news media/press and is made in the process of
news gathering and not for commercial usage.

I expect the request to be filled in an accessible format, including for
screen readers, which provide text-to-speech for persons unable to read
print. Files that are not accessible to screen readers include, for
example, .pdf image files as well as physical documents.

In the event that fees cannot be waived, 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 10 calendar
days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Beryl Lipton

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Hi Tara,

We have no information related to this request.

Thanks

David

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David Manugian
Public Works Director
20 Ponderosa Road
Ashland, MA 01721
508.881.0120 ext7941

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