Intergovernmental Agreements (Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events)
| Multi Request | Intergovernmental Agreements |
| Submitted | June 30, 2019 |
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From: Matt Chapman
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
A copy of all intergovernmental agreements.
An example of an intergovernmental agreement is: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/tif/T_014_CTACentralLoopIGA.pdf
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,
Matt Chapman
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Illinois Freedom of Information Act. request, copied below, and originally submitted on June 30, 2019. 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: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Dear Mr. Chapman,
On behalf of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), I am responding to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request received by this department on July 1, 2019, for the following.
* A copy of all intergovernmental agreements
As written, your FOIA request is unduly burdensome because you do not specify a time frame of the records that you are seeking. However, DCASE would like to assist you with narrowing your request. Please email me or contact me at the number listed below so we can discuss ways to reduce the request to manageable proportions.
The FOIA provides in 5 ILCS 140/3(g) that requests for all records falling within a category shall be complied with unless compliance with the request would be unduly burdensome for the complying public body and there is no way to narrow the request and the burden on the public body outweighs the public interest in the information.
If you agree to narrow your request, please submit a revised written request to my attention.
In the event that we do not receive a narrowed request and your current FOIA request is therefore denied, you have a right of review by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, who can be contacted at 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62706 or by telephone at (877) 299-FOIA. You may also seek judicial review of a denial under 5 ILCS 140/11 of FOIA.
Sincerely,
Christine Carrino
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
(312) 744-0573
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From: Matt Chapman
07/01/2019
Subject: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Intergovernmental Agreements (Chicago Department of Finance)
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act., I hereby request the following records:
A copy of all intergovernmental agreements.
An example of an intergovernmental agreement is: https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/tif/T_014_CTACentralLoopIGA.pdf
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,
Matt Chapman
From: Muckrock Staff
07/08/2019
From: Chicago Department of Finance
07/08/2019
Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Intergovernmental Agreements (Chicago Department of Finance)
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Dear Matt Chapman,
Please see the attached.
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Kristen Cabanban
City of Chicago
Director of Public Affairs
Office of Budget and Management / Department of Finance
312-744-0881
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From: Matt Chapman
07/08/2019
Subject: RE: Illinois Freedom of Information Act. Request: Intergovernmental Agreements (Chicago Department of Finance)
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The records that I am seeking are those agreements that were created to satisfy the statutory requirements from (5 ILCS 220/) Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and other acts which include references to intergovernmental agreements, their creation, or maintenance. Of note, (5 ILCS 220/3.2). I am not sure how much further narrowing you'll need, as these are standard agreements throughout Illinois that should be readily available to maintain statutory requirements. Please reach out to the respective director, as defined by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
Furthermore, the records responsive to this request will be used to build a greater public understanding of Chicago's decisions, policies, procedures, rules, standards, and other aspects of government activity that affect the conduct of government and the lives of any or all of the people. As such, I humbly ask that the unduly burdensome exemption be waived, as the public interest greatly outweighs the burden on the public body. Consider that the burden is placed on the public body to show that the burden on the public body is outweighted by the public's interest.
From: Matt Chapman
Pardon - copy paste error.
The records that I am seeking are those agreements that were created to satisfy the statutory requirements from (5 ILCS 220/) Intergovernmental Cooperation Act and other acts which include references to intergovernmental agreements, their creation, or maintenance. Of note, (5 ILCS 220/3.2). I am not sure how much further narrowing you'll need, as these are standard agreements throughout Illinois that should be readily available to maintain statutory requirements. Please reach out to the respective director, as defined by the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act.
Furthermore, the records responsive to this request will be used to build a greater public understanding of Chicago's decisions, policies, procedures, rules, standards, and other aspects of government activity that affect the conduct of government and the lives of any or all of the people. As such, I humbly ask that the unduly burdensome exemption be waived, as the public interest greatly outweighs the burden on the public body. Consider that the burden is placed on the public body to show that the burden on the public body is outweighted by the public's interest.
From: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Dear Mr. Chapman
Your FOIA request is still unduly burdensome, as written, because you do not specify a time frame of the records that you are seeking. Without a time frame, DCASE would need to review decades of records to fulfill your request.
The FOIA provides in 5 ILCS 140/3(g) that requests for all records falling within a category shall be complied with unless compliance with the request would be unduly burdensome for the complying public body and there is no way to narrow the request and the burden on the public body outweighs the public interest in the information.
If you wish to narrow your request, please submit a revised written request to my attention.
In the event that we do not receive a narrowed request and your current FOIA request is therefore denied, you have a right of review by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, who can be contacted at 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62706 or by telephone at (877) 299-FOIA. You may also seek judicial review of a denial under 5 ILCS 140/11 of FOIA.
Sincerely,
Christine Carrino
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
(312) 744-0573
From: Matt Chapman
Makes sense - thank you for expanding on that. Please provide those from 1990 to the present.
From: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Dear Mr.Chapman,
From: Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
Dear Mr. Chapman
On behalf of the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), I am responding to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request received by this department on July 18, 2019, for the following.
* Copies of all intergovernmental agreements executed by DCASE since 1990.
Following a diligent search, please find attached the responsive documents in possession of DCASE.
Please note that DCASE was established as a department in 2011, and therefore we do not maintain records prior to that year.
To the extent your FOIA request is denied, you have a right of review by the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor, who can be contacted at 500 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62706 or by telephone at (217) 558-0486. You may also seek judicial review of a denial under 5 ILCS 140/11 of FOIA.
Sincerely,
Christine Carrino
Director of Public Relations & Marketing
Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events
(312) 744-0573
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