Complaints received by City of Seattle about Occupy Seattle
| Submitted | Oct. 11, 2011 |
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From: Phil Mocek
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:
Complaints received by the City of Seattle about to the Occupy Seattle encampment at Westlake Park and responses to those complaints, along with associated metadata.
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,
Phil Mocek
From: "Cramer, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Cramer@seattle.gov>
Dear Mr. Mocek,
Please use this email as acknowledgment of your public disclosure request sent to our office on October 11,2011. In that email you say:
"I hereby request the following records:
Complaints received by the City of Seattle about to the Occupy Seattle encampment at Westlake Park and responses to those complaints, along with associated metadata".
I estimate that it will take about 1-2 weeks to locate any responsive records and get them emailed to you, as you have requested.
Regards,
Jennifer Cramer
City of Seattle, Office of the Mayor
Executive Assistant to:
Carl Marquardt, Mayor's Legal Counsel
600 Fourth Avenue, 7th Floor
PO Box 94749, Seattle, WA 98124
Direct Line: 206. 233.2597
Fax Line: 206.684.5360
From: "Cramer, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Cramer@seattle.gov>
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Occupy_Seattle_complaints_-_correspondence.xlsx
From: "Cramer, Jennifer" <Jennifer.Cramer@seattle.gov>
Dear Mr. Mocek,
The records related to your public disclosure request of October 11, 2011, in which you ask for complaints received by the City of Seattle regarding the Occupy Seattle encampment at Westlake Park are attached to this email. Attachment "Occupy Seattle Complaints" lists the written records we have located in the Mayor's office. The response sent to each of the writers is the following:
"Thank you for writing. I respect the desire by Occupy Seattle participants to create a forum for the public to express their viewpoints. It is our obligation as public officials to insist they do so in a way that complies with the laws and rules, in order to protect public safety. That includes compliance with noise ordinances. The Seattle Police Department uses their discretion based on the situation when enforcing these rules to protect public safety. We continue to make City Hall available, which is an appropriate facility for camping associated with protests.
Thank you again for writing. Please feel free to write me in the future about this or any issue."
I am also attaching records from the Customer Service Bureau and the Parks Department "Mocek PDR PDF". I will now consider your request closed.
Regards,
Jennifer Cramer
City of Seattle, Office of the Mayor
Executive Assistant to:
Carl Marquardt, Mayor's Legal Counsel
600 Fourth Avenue, 7th Floor
PO Box 94749, Seattle, WA 98124
Direct Line: 206. 233.2597
Fax Line: 206.684.5360
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