Records of Disorderly Houses • MuckRock

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From: Transparency Inc

08/25/2018

Subject: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to the Maine Freedom of Access Act, I hereby request the following records:

- All records of police visits which have formed the basis for designating a building as a disorderly house as defined in section 6-200 of the city code,
- all written notifications that have been sent to owners of disorderly houses under 6-201,
- all documentation that owners have brought to the mandatory meetings after being given written notifications,
- all written agreements that have been made at the conclusions of the meetings,
- all complaints filed in court against owners who failed to attend meetings or who failed to enter written agreements under 6-201,
- all records of police responses for which owners were required to pay under 6-203(a),
- all records of penalties imposed for failure to pay under 6-203(b),
- all records of legal action filed against owners under 6-202, and
- all records related to condemnation of disorderly houses and notices of condemnation posted to disorderly houses under 6-202 and 6-121 of the city code.

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 1 M.R.S.A. § 408(6). 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.

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.

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.

From:

08/25/2018

Subject: Out of Office - Vacation Re: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

Thank you for your email. I will be out of the office the week of
August 20. If you have an urgent media inquiry, please contact Mike
Murray at msm@portlandmaine.gov or 207-756-8288.

Thank you,

Jessica

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Jessica Grondin
Director of Communications
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
o: 207.756.8173
c: 207.272.7885
jgrondin@portlandmaine.gov

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From: FOAA Officer

08/27/2018

Subject: Re: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

This email is to acknowledge our receipt of your recent Maine Freedom of
Access request.

We are reviewing your request and working on gathering the non-confidential
information requested. To the extent the documents you requested are
confidential, we reserve the right to deny your request in whole or in
part. Once we have gathered the non-confidential documents, we will make
arrangements to get you the information either digitally or in hard copy.
We will also include an invoice, if applicable, for the reasonable costs of
copying and $15 per hour, after the first hour, for the time involved in
searching for, retrieving and compiling the requested information as we are
entitled to under 1 M.R.S.A. § 408-A.

Sincerely,

Jessica Grondin

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Jessica Grondin
Director of Communications
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
o: 207.756.8173
c: 207.272.7885
jgrondin@portlandmaine.gov

From: FOAA Officer

08/27/2018

Subject: Re: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

Is there a time frame for this requested info?

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Jessica Grondin
Director of Communications
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
o: 207.756.8173
c: 207.272.7885
jgrondin@portlandmaine.gov

From: Transparency Inc

08/30/2018

Subject: RE: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

Can you estimate the cost for records from 2008 to the present? Will you be waiving fees? How long have records generally been kept electronically already?

I'd like to also amend the request to include a copy of the city code as it was on 5-21-81, and records of the original enactment of the disorderly houses ordinance.

From: Muckrock Staff

09/17/2018

Subject: RE: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Maine Freedom of Access Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: FOAA Officer

09/17/2018

Subject: Re: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

We are still reviewing your request and will be in touch with an estimate
very soon.

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Jessica Grondin
Director of Communications
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
o: 207.756.8173
c: 207.272.7885
jgrondin@portlandmaine.gov

From: Muckrock Staff

10/02/2018

Subject: RE: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Maine Freedom of Access Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: Muckrock Staff

10/17/2018

Subject: RE: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Maine Freedom of Access Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 25, 2018. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response.

Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.

From: FOAA Officer

10/17/2018

Subject: Fwd: Maine Freedom of Access Act Request: Records of Disorderly Houses

Hello,

Please see attached for what we have that is responsive. Compiling all the
police reports associated with these disorderly house notices and court
cases would take a minimum of 20 hours and consist of over 500 pages.

The files are attached in a .zip file. This was two hours of time.
FOAA Request - Muckrock.zip
<https://drive.google.com/a/portlandmaine.gov/file/d/18Bv_mhnQcMYHyDe_2xA8J71vSdOfSk0Y/view?usp=drive_web>

Richard M. Bianculli Jr., Esq.
Neighborhood Prosecutor
Portland Police Department
109 Middle Street
Portland, Maine 04101
P - 207.756.8350
F - 207.874.8521
richb@portlandmaine.gov

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Jessica Grondin
Director of Communications
City of Portland
389 Congress Street
Portland, Maine 04101
o: 207.756.8173
c: 207.272.7885
jgrondin@portlandmaine.gov