Seattle Public Utilities: E-mail search for ARAR Act and Rain Gardens

Dear Mr. Robert Delaware:

Please see attached acknowledgment of your recent public disclosure request.

Sincerely,

J. Norman Dizon

Dear Mr. Delaware:

We have compiled a 446-page stack of e-mails that are responsive to your request, as well as 151 e-mails in electronic format that we are still reviewing. The copy cost charge for photocopying the stack is approximately $33 plus shipping. Please let us know if you would like us to proceed with the copying and I will send you an invoice. You also have the option to inspect the documents at our office but I realize that you are based in the East Coast so this may not be feasible.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Sincerely,

J. Norman Dizon
Public Disclosure Officer
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Seattle Public Utilities
700 Fifth Avenue
Suite 4900
P.O. Box 34018
Seattle, WA 98124-4018

Phone: 206-733-9836
Fax: 206-470-6868
JNorman.Dizon@seattle.gov
http://www.seattle.gov/util

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April 10, 2013

Seattle Public Utilities

This is a follow up to a previous request:

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:

Any emails from SPU that mention the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act", the "stimulus package", the "massive stimulus package" and the Ballard Rain Garden project.

I am specifically requesting any emails from February 2009 to April 2013 that mention the spending of stimulus money funds on rain garden projects in the Ballard neighborhood.

Even more specifically, I would like to know any emails that mention the use of the ARAR funds for the project that was installed, and then subsequently removed at taxpayer expense:

http://www.seattlepi.com/local/environment/article/Ballard-s-rain-gardens-A-bad-green-experiment-1345766.php

I also request that, if appropriate, fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest. 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 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 5 business days, as the statute requires.

Sincerely,

Robert Delaware

Dear Mr. Delaware:

In case you did not receive my e-mail below, I am resending it. Please let me know by May 24 if you are still needing the records. If we don’t hear from you, we will consider your request closed.

Thank you.