Hookah Smoking - Danbury, Connecticut Health Department
| Submitted | April 6, 2022 |
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From: Kevin Paige
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act, I hereby request the following records:
All documents, electronic or written, in connection with Health inspections conducted that included hookah smoking at establishments in Danbury, CT in 2021 including any orders issued by the City of Danbury departments, inspection reports, memos, referral letters to state agencies, photos, and references to other Danbury city departments.
I also request that, if possible and pursuant to Conn. Gen. Stat. § 1-212(d), fees be waived as I believe this request is in the public interest and not made for commercial gain. The requested documents will be processed by a representative of the news media/press and made available to the public at MuckRock.com.
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 4 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Kevin Paige
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
To Whom it May Concern,
I am in receipt of a FOIA request on behalf of Kevin Paige, received
4/7/2022, referencing all documents, electronic or written, in connection
with Health inspections conducted that included hookah smoking at
establishments in Danbury, CT in 2021 including any orders issued by the
City of Danbury departments, inspection reports, memos, referral letters to
state agencies, photos, and references to other Danbury city departments.
Please allow for a processing period of 30 days.
Thank you,
Tiziana
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*Tiziana Covacci*
Associate Director of Environmental Health |
*City of Danbury Health & Human Services*
(203) 797-4625 <(203)+797-4625+x7356> | t.covacci@danbury-ct.gov
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155 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury, CT 06810
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From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 6, 2022. 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
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 6, 2022. 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: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, the Health Department is working on your request and we will follow
up with you shortly.
Dianne
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, attached are documents responsive to your FOI request below.
Sincerely,
Dianne Rosemark
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Kevin Paige
Dianne,
Thank you for your response. Can you please add copies of attachements to emails and a list of exempt documents with reason for exemption?
Thank you
Kevin Paige
From: Kevin Paige
Dianne, the documents are cropped from full size. Can you resubmit the documents revealing the entire page?
Kevin Paige
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, the attachments to the emails were included in the pdf we sent you.
I did withhold one email as attorney client privileged communication.
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Kevin Paige
Dianne, can you please provide documents in an uncropped state? Additionally, please provide exempt email with redactions.
Kevin
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, we will get back to you on this.
Dianne
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 6, 2022. 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:
I am out of the office from 6/1-6/7. If you need assistance, or if you have a question regarding a Freedom of Information request, please contact Robin Shepard at 203-797-4518 or at r.shepard@danbury-ct.gov. Thank you. (mailto:r.shepard@danbury-ct.gov)
--
Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and
privileged information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel.
This information is intended for the use of the person named and is to
be read only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the
intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the
contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this
message in error, please notify the sender immediately.
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 6, 2022. 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
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Connecticut Freedom of Information Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 6, 2022. 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: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, per your request, attached are the documents responsive to your FOI
request below. They have been reprinted. I have also included the
attorney-client privileged email, redacted.
Sincerely,
Dianne Rosemark
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Kevin Paige
Hi Dianne,
Thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Can you please confirm that there were no referrals to state agencies in any of these emails? A closure order for an establishment usually is referred to
other agencies.
Sincerely,
Kevin Paige
From: Kevin Paige
Hi Dianne,
I have reviewed much of the responsive documents. I am confused as to what has been redacted that you refer to in previous correspondence. It is customary to mask redacted information in black (contrasting the document background). Can you please update the document with the customary black masking? Thank you for your help in this matter?
Kevin
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, I used white redacting tape. The redactions were made to one email
which contains the words "corporation counsel."
There is no requirement under the FOI Act that redaction be black.
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Kevin Paige
Dianne, I am not objecting to the use of white opaque tape. However, it is not obvious to the casual reader viewing this document what has actually been redacted. This request is on a google searchable website and at the minimum, a black box showing what part of the document is not original and/or a description of the exemption number you are claiming would be the best practice in providing these documents.
I politely request the document be provided in a format that allows your redaction claim to be assessed. My objection would be satisfied with an outline of the area of the document that is being redacted. I am including some examples of my request.
Thank you for your understanding,
Kevin
From: Health And Human Services Danbury
Kevin, I disagree that there is any requirement to redact a document as you
indicate under the FOI Act, but in an effort to bring this matter to
conclusion, I have re-redacted the pages for the email in question. See
attached.
Please remit a check made payable to the City of Danbury in the amount of
$2.00 (4 pages x $.50- invoice attached) for such redacted pages to: City
of Danbury, Office of the Corporation Counsel, 155 Deer Hill Avenue,
Danbury, CT 06810. *See* *Stedman v. Regional School District #1*, #FIC
2018-0293 (February 13, 2019) FN 2, *citing* *Kozlowski v. Freedom of
Information Commission*, superior court, docket number CV-960556965 (JD
Hartford-New Britain) July 29, 1997. " . . .[i]f a public agency receives
a request for a copy of, or to inspect, a record that contains information
that is required by law to be redacted, and the public agency must make a
copy of the record in order to redact such information, the public agency
may charge the requester the statutory fee for that copy."
As to your question about referrals to state agencies, the Health
Department confirmed that there are no other records.
Accordingly, the City considers this FOI request concluded.
Sincerely,
Dianne Rosemark
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Dianne Rosemark
Assistant Corporation Counsel
City of Danbury
203-797-4518
The information contained in this message is confidential and privileged
information from the Office of Danbury Corporation Counsel. This
information is intended for the use of the person named and is to be read
only by the person to whom it was addressed. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of
this information is prohibited. If you have received this message in error,
please notify the sender immediately.
From: Kevin Paige
To Whom It May Concern:
Please find enclosed a check for $2.00 to satisfy the fee associated with the attached public records request.
Thank you.
From: Kevin Paige
Thank you, Dianne.
Kevin
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