Kansas Freedom of Information Act. Request: Kansas Freedom of Information Act. Request: Pepsi and Coke (University of Kansas)

Dear Kayla Henson,

On January 23, 2023, the University of Kansas received your email of the same date requesting records access pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA). As required by KORA, the University will respond to your request on or before January 26, 2023, the third business day following its date of receipt.

You can learn more about KU's policies and procedures for KORA requests in our online brochure: https://generalcounsel.ku.edu/kansas-open-records-act.

Thank you for your attention and cooperation.

Sincerely,
/s/
Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas

Kayla Henson
MuckRock News
DEPT MIR 139155
263 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
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Dear Kayla Henson,

On January 23, 2023, the University of Kansas received your email of the same date requesting records access pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA). As required by KORA, the University is responding to your request within the third business day following its date of receipt.

Your request states, in relevant part:

Pursuant to the { Kansas Freedom of Information Act }, I hereby request the following records:
- A copy of any and all contracts (including associated amendments and exhibits) awarded to Pepsi, Coca-Cola, or any subdivision thereof, for the provision of beverages or other goods in any facilities under the purview of this organization, including all activities and buildings associated with athletics, sports, dining services, or otherwise. If this agency does not have a contract with either of the named companies, please provide the equivalent agreement with the currently employed company.
- If the contract(s) was cancelled, any and all materials related to its cancellation.
- If the contract was cancelled, the statement from the university about cancellation.

University personnel have been assigned to retrieve records responsive to your request; our goal is to produce available records in accordance with the law as quickly as possible. However, personnel limitations preclude the records' immediate production as well as a total estimate of the fees incurred to produce them.

We will contact you on or before February 2, 2023 regarding the status of your request, at which time we may include determinations of availability and an estimate of fees incurred to produce available records. Please note that the University requires payment in advance for any documents produced.

Thank you for your attention and patience.

Sincerely,
/s/ Jennifer S. Kellogg, Paralegal
for Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas

Kayla Henson
MuckRock News
DEPT MIR 139155
263 Huntington Ave.
Boston, MA 02115
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Dear Kayla Henson,

On January 23, 2023, the University of Kansas received your email of the same date requesting records access pursuant to the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA). As required by KORA, the University responded to your request within the third business day following its date of receipt, on January 26, 2023, and promised further response on or before February 2, 2023.

Your request states, in relevant part:

Pursuant to the { Kansas Freedom of Information Act }, I hereby request the following records:
- A copy of any and all contracts (including associated amendments and exhibits) awarded to Pepsi, Coca-Cola, or any subdivision thereof, for the provision of beverages or other goods in any facilities under the purview of this organization, including all activities and buildings associated with athletics, sports, dining services, or otherwise. If this agency does not have a contract with either of the named companies, please provide the equivalent agreement with the currently employed company.
- If the contract(s) was cancelled, any and all materials related to its cancellation.
- If the contract was cancelled, the statement from the university about cancellation.

The University charges all requestors in advance for the time required to retrieve, review, and produce available public records as allowed by K.S.A. §45-219(a). However, the records responsive to the first bullet of your request were readily available; the employee time expended to produce is determined to be de minimis (less than thirty minutes or 15 dollars in value). Therefore, no fees will be charged.

Accordingly, you may access the responsive records from our secure file storage system at the following link: [?pdf icon] KORA 2023-204 000001-84.pdf<https://kansas.sharepoint.com/:b:/t/OpenRecords/Ec_TyOqirxlAjtQ9BIakKIsBZpRp1U3cAZu92kvQjMqHww?email=139155-26641410%40requests.muckrock.com&e=bIasf8>. This link will be functional for seven (7) days.

Please note that certain information was redacted pursuant to the following exceptions under K.S.A. 45-221(a), which provides in pertinent part that the public agency shall not be required to disclose:

(30) Public records containing information of a personal nature where the public disclosure thereof would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.

Please be advised that the University possesses no responsive records for the second and third bullets of your request.

Thank you for your attention and patience. We consider this request closed.

Sincerely,
/s/ Jennifer S. Kellogg, Paralegal
for Jen Arbuthnot
Custodian of Public Records
The University of Kansas