Ring promo, Rancho Palos Verdes
Submitted | Aug. 12, 2019 |
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From: Caroline Haskins
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the California Public Records Act, I hereby request the following records:
Reporting shows that your city government has entered a Promotional Discount Agreements with Ring, Amazon's home security camera company. (https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3ag37/us-cities-are-helping-people-buy-amazon-surveillance-cameras-using-taxpayer-money) These agreements direct city funds toward providing a discount on Ring products, such as doorbell cameras.
Therefore, I hereby request the following records related to the Ring Promotional Discount Agreement:
1) All calendar invitations, instructional materials, presentations and presentation materials (including recorded video and audio, PowerPoint files, prepared remarks, and slides formats), and other documents that mention Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app. This includes A) any minutes/notes taking during meetings that discussed the use of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app, B) any explanations (whether internally or externally generated) of how Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app work, and C) any other document that has been used to help explain the use, marketing, or promotion of Ring devices and/or the Neighbors app to any party, including internal documentation, public relations materials, and executive summaries.
2) A copy of any privacy impact assessments, use policies, standard operating procedures, data retention policies, legal opinions, warranties, non-disclosure agreements, contracts, liability waivers, insurance agreements, Promotional Discount Agreements, Requests for Proposals, Responses to Requests for Proposal, Memorandums of Understanding, Letters of Interest, usage policies, or informal agreements between the city and Ring.
3) A copy of any funding opportunity announcements, grant applications and grantor status/progress reports, reports to legislative bodies, annual reports that mention Ring or the Neighbors app, as well as audit records, including but not limited to security audits of the software, misuse reports, and reports to oversight bodies.
4) Any digital communications including but not limited to emails and text messages) as well as documents, (including but not limited to PDF, word processing, excel, and slide documents) that mention Ring or the Neighbors app.
5) Any digital communications (including but not limited to emails and text messages) with Ring representatives.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes. It will be used in the course of reporting for Motherboard, VICE’s science and technology website (www.motherboard.vice.com).
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 10 calendar days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Caroline Haskins
From: City Clerk's Office
Hello Ms. Haskins,
Your request has been received and forwarded to the proper staff. You will receive a response regarding your request on or before Thursday, August 22, 2019.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at cityclerk@rpvca.gov<mailto:cityclerk@rpvca.gov> or (310)544-5217.
Thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
From: Caroline Haskins
Great, thanks for your help!
From: City Clerk's Office
Hi Ms. Haskins,
Please see link down below for the following minutes, contracts and staff reports.
https://rpv4.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/EcjJCJttB6RMul5cVP_NRxwBjXZTCU5u0Jaa7NpW58Z2nw?e=6qApwk
we are still working on the remainder request.
Thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
From: City Clerk's Office
Hello Ms. Haskins,
Please see attachment for further information in regards to your records request.
Once viewed, please confirm that you had read the attachment.
Thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
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From: City Clerk's Office
Hello Ms. Haskins,
Please see attachment for further information in regards to your records request.
Once viewed, please confirm that you had read the attachment.
Thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
310.544.5217
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From: City Clerk's Office
Hello Ms. Haskins,
The documents responsive to your public records request can be viewed in the link down below. This will complete your request.
Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact our office at cityclerk@rpvca.gov<mailto:cityclerk@rpvca.gov> or (310)544-5217<tel:(310)%20544-5217>
Ring:
https://rpv4.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/EVgZYotJ8YpEjyj6d_b_xr8Ba1ik4HM4axE3ZcSvXIyrtg?e=vrp2th
thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
310.544.5217
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From: Caroline Haskins
Hi, thanks so much for your help with this request! I really appreciate it.
Sincerely,
Caroline
From: City Clerk's Office
HI
Just to clarify.. is the follow up for the links that were sent to you? Are you unable to open?
Please advise.
Teri
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From: Caroline Haskins
I was able to open it all!
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
I'm following up on the following California Public Records Act request, copied below, and originally submitted on Aug. 12, 2019. You had previously indicated that it would be completed on Sept. 10, 2019. I wanted to check on the status of my request, and to see if there was a new estimated completion date.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: City Clerk's Office
Hello Ms. Haskins,
Your request was fulfilled on September 9.
Please view link down below .
https://rpv4.sharepoint.com/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2FShared%20Documents%2FProduce%2Ezip&parent=%2FShared%20Documents&p=true&originalPath=aHR0cHM6Ly9ycHY0LnNoYXJlcG9pbnQuY29tLzp1Oi9nL0VWZ1pZb3RKOFlwRWp5ajZkX2JfeHI4QmExaWs0SE00YXhFM1pjU3ZYSXlydGc_cnRpbWU9dVZRa3plOUYxMGc
if you are having trouble viewing these documents, please let me know so that I can further assist you.
Thanks,
Enyssa Momoli
Administrative Assistant
City Clerk’s Office
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