Opportunity Zones: Englewood Neighborhood in Chicago (Chicago Housing Authority)

Good morning,
CHA received your request on September 23 (attached for reference) and we will respond in accordance with the Illinois FOIA.

Sincerely,

Nathaniel Tortora
FOIA Office
Chicago Housing Authority

Good afternoon,
On behalf of CHA I am responding to your FOIA request dated and received by CHA on September 23, which is detailed below. At this time, pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/3(e), we are required to utilize an extension of an additional five business days for the following reasons:

 the requested records have not been located in the course of routine search and additional efforts are being made to locate them;
 the request for records cannot be complied with by the public body within the time limits prescribed by paragraph (c) of this Section without unduly burdening or interfering with the operations of the public body;

CHA will respond to your request by October 7.

Sincerely,

Nathaniel Tortora
FOIA Office
Chicago Housing Authority

Good morning,
At your convenience, can you please clarify what you intend by "ongoing or proposed development projects." We interpret that as new construction projects, however we just want to make sure.

Thank you

Sincerely,

Nathaniel Tortora
FOIA Office
Chicago Housing Authority

Dear Ms. Gadlin,
This email is concerning your FOIA request in which you asked CHA for:

1) Written or electronic communications to and from the City of Chicago Department of Business and Economic Development and the Chicago Department of Planning from Jan. 1, 2016, through today (September 21, 2021) relating or referring to the Opportunity Zones program created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 and its relationship to the community of Englewood (Census tracks 6801 through 6814).
2) Written or electronic communications or other records from Jan. 1, 2016, through today (September 21, 2021) relating or referring to potential investments in designated opportunity zones in Englewood (Census tracks 6801 through 6814) and or Qualified Opportunity Zones businesses in the state of Illinois located in said Chicago-based census tracks.
3) Written or electronic communications or other records from January 1, 2018, through today (September 21, 2021) relating or referring to ongoing or proposed development projects in the Englewood neighborhood (Census tracks 6801 through 6814).
4) A written list or electronic communication or other related records identifying all upcoming and proposed development projects in Englewood proposed after January 1, 2010, through today's date (September 21, 2021), and the status of said project.

Your request has been granted. For items 1 and 2, CHA has no responsive documents. For items 3 and 4, the attached email is responsive. Within the responsive email, a redaction has been applied pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(b), exempting the release of private information contained within public records, as defined by 5 ILCS 140/2(c-5). The attached email refers to a spreadsheet and that spreadsheet is fully exempt from disclosure pursuant to 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(f) which allows for a public body to withhold, "[p]reliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed, or policies or actions are formulated..." The spreadsheet is both preliminary in nature and utilized to formulate actions.

Sincerely,

Nathaniel Tortora
FOIA Office
Chicago Housing Authority