Port of Seattle Police Civil Service Commission meetings 2012-05 - 2013-04

To Whom It May Concern:

Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:

Agenda and minutes from all meetings of Port of Seattle Police Civil Service Commission between May 1, 2012, and the time of processing of this request.

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

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 25, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 25, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

To Whom It May Concern:

I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on April 25, 2013. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.

Thank you for your help.

RE: my records request of April 25, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam:

I appeal.

On June 17, 2013, Vanessa Ressler wrote, "All of our final and approved minutes for the meetings are posted on line on the Police Civil Service section of the Police Department Website." Though it is possible that such is accurate at some point in time, no such minutes were posted to the site at the time I placed my request for them. Thus, I am reluctant to trust that whatever happens to be posted to the site at any time as being accurately indicative of what records exist.

Furthermore, directing a requester to your online index of documents, while likely a genuine attempt at helpfulness, is not compliance with our state's Public Records Act unless the request was for that index. I did not request an index.

As you probably know, section 520 of the PRC (RCW 42.56.520) requires you to do one of the following:

1. Provide the record

2. Provide an internet address and link on the agency's web site to the specific records requested, except that if the requester notifies the agency that he or she cannot access the records through the internet, then the agency must provide copies of the record or allow the requester to view copies using an agency computer

3. Acknowledge that the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives has received the request and provide a reasonable estimate of the time the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives will require to respond to the request;

4. Deny the public record request

None of those has happened.

Cordially,
Phil Mocek

RE: my records request of April 25, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam:

I appeal.

On June 17, 2013, Vanessa Ressler wrote, "All of our final and approved minutes for the meetings are posted on line on the Police Civil Service section of the Police Department Website." Though it is possible that such is accurate at some point in time, no such minutes were posted to the site at the time I placed my request for them. Thus, I am reluctant to trust that whatever happens to be posted to the site at any time as being accurately indicative of what records exist.

Furthermore, directing a requester to your online index of documents, while likely a genuine attempt at helpfulness, is not compliance with our state's Public Records Act unless the request was for that index. I did not request an index.

As you probably know, section 520 of the PRC (RCW 42.56.520) requires you to do one of the following:

1. Provide the record

2. Provide an internet address and link on the agency's web site to the specific records requested, except that if the requester notifies the agency that he or she cannot access the records through the internet, then the agency must provide copies of the record or allow the requester to view copies using an agency computer

3. Acknowledge that the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives has received the request and provide a reasonable estimate of the time the agency, the office of the secretary of the senate, or the office of the chief clerk of the house of representatives will require to respond to the request;

4. Deny the public record request

None of those has happened.

Cordially,
Phil Mocek

RE: my records request of April 25, 2013, and appeal of June 24, 2013

Dear Sir or Madam:

Given the fact that I did not request all minutes and agendas from Port of Seattle Police Civil Service Commission, a reference to an index of all minutes and agendas is not "an internet address and link on the agency's web site to the specific records requested" any more than a link to the homepage of your agency would be, or than a reference "to the World Wide Web" as a whole would be. You have not taken any of the actions required of you by RCW 42.56.520.

I look forward to notification of determination of outcome of my appeal.

Cordially,
Phil Mocek