Uber Lobbying Documents - (Seattle City Council)
| Submitted | July 3, 2015 |
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Communications
From: Bernard Rodriguez
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to RCW Ch. 42.56 (Public Records Act), I hereby request the following records:
1. All correspondence between city-issued email addresses of members of the City Council and Uber Inc.
2. Records created or received by the City Council and Uber Inc, Brooke Steiger General Manager of Uber Seattle, or any representatives of Uber Inc.
With specific regard to Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc.
Including but not limited to invoices, purchase orders, contracts, loan agreements, evaluation agreements, solicitation letters, correspondence with Uber and public agencies.
3. Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc.
4. All nondisclosure agreements with Uber Inc.
Please include in your search, any and all documents, correspondence, emails, training presentations, PowerPoint slides, and Microsoft Word documents, which discuss and/or solicit Uber Inc. "ride-share" service.
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, and is not being made 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,
Bernard Rodriguez
From: Johnson, Sharon
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Legislative Department
Seattle City Council
July 13, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Via E-Mail Message
RE: Public Records Request No. 2015-155 Public Records Act request regarding Uber Lobbying Documents for Seattle City Council
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
In accordance with RCW 42.56.520, this e-mail formally acknowledges receipt of your Public Records Request to the Seattle City Council dated July 2, 2015 @ 10:54 PM and received on July 6, 2015. Therein, you requested the following:
1. All correspondence between city-issued email addresses of members of the City Council and Uber Inc.
2. Records created or received by the City Council and Uber Inc., Brooke Steiger General Manager of Uber Seattle, or any representative of Uber Inc.
With specific regard to Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc. [I]ncluding but not limited to invoices, purchase orders, contracts, loan agreements, evaluation agreements, solicitation letters, correspondence with Uber and public agencies.
3. Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc.
4. All nondisclosure agreements with Uber Inc.
Please include in your search, any and all documents, correspondence, emails, training presentations, PowerPoint slides, and Microsoft Word documents, which discuss and/or solicit Uber Inc. "ride-share" service.
I note that there is no specified time frame for your records request. As you are seeking Uber lobbying documents for Seattle City Council, I imagine you are interested in correspondence and documents in the time period leading up to and for some time since the passage of ordinances regulating transportation network companies such as Uber. Please contact me to clarify the time range for which you are seeking records.[1]
I anticipate we will have documents responsive to your request. Upon clarification of the date range of records you are seeking, we will search our email database, electronic files, and paper files for any documents that may be relevant. These will be reviewed for responsiveness and exemptions under the Public Records Act (PRA). Should we assert any exemptions, we will provide a log explaining why documents were withheld or redacted.
I look forward to hearing from you. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at (206)733-9597 or Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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[1] The following dates may be helpful in making this determination: the Seattle Taxi, For-hire and Limousine Regulations Committee began meeting in March 2013, Ordinance 12441 was passed on March 17, 2014 and subsequently repealed on July 7, 2014 by Ordinance 124526, and Ordinance 124524 was passed on July 14, 2014.
From: Craver, Nancy
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
I am corresponding regarding your request sent to the Legislative Department on July 2nd. I understand that they are collecting records related to the City Council members and their communications with Uber. As coordinator for the Executive Department, I will be responding to items 3 & 4 of your request. I estimate that we can have any responsive records available on or about August 7.
Sincerely,
Nancy Craver
Public Records Act Program
Communications and Customer Relations
206 684-7029
From: Bernard Rodriguez
Ms. Johnson,
Thank you for your reply. Regarding your request for clarification, I agree with your time frame. "Jan 01, 2013 — July 6, 2015".
City Council Sign In Sheets for the 2013-15 period show forty-one (41) meetings between Uber representatives and Seattle City Council members. These fall into the above time frame and members of the Council, I imagine they will be included in responsive documents.
To aide in your search I've compiled a list online via a Google Sheets document.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13dU2eX-oJsxbNP7MrKsyPhrf2k0TJneaBJAO8IrhWvE/edit?usp=sharing
Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you once more for your attention to this request.
Regards,
Bernard Rodriguez
From: Craver, Nancy
Dear Bernard,
I am forwarding your clarification to the Legislative Department.
Thanks,
Nancy Craver
Public Records Act Program
Communications and Customer Relations
206 684-7029
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thank you for your help.
From: Johnson, Sharon
Good Morning Mr. Rodriquez,
Thank you for your clarification. Our office is currently collecting records in response to your request concerning Uber Lobbying Documents. Records will be delivered as rolling productions as they become available. We have scheduled a date of August 20, 2015 for delivery of an initial production of records.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have.
Sincerely,
Sharon
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From: Craver, Nancy
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
Attached please find records that respond to items 3 & 4 of your July 3, 2105 request copied below. Please let me know that you have received this email and the records and if this satisfies your request regarding items 3 & 4. I forwarded your August 4 email on to the Legislative Public Disclosure Officer, Sharon Johnson, regarding items 1 & 2. Have you heard back?
1. All correspondence between city-issued email addresses of members of the City Council and Uber Inc.
2. Records created or received by the City Council and Uber Inc, Brooke Steiger General Manager of Uber Seattle, or any representatives of Uber Inc.
With specific regard to Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc.
Including but not limited to invoices, purchase orders, contracts, loan agreements, evaluation agreements, solicitation letters, correspondence with Uber and public agencies.
3. Records regarding any offer, proposal, arrangement, agreement, or memorandum of understanding with Uber Inc.
4. All nondisclosure agreements with Uber Inc.
Please include in your search, any and all documents, correspondence, emails, training presentations, PowerPoint slides, and Microsoft Word documents, which discuss and/or solicit Uber Inc. "ride-share" service.
Sincerely,
Nancy Craver
Public Records Act Program
Communications and Customer Relations
206 684-7029
From: Bernard Rodriguez
Ms. Craver,
Thank you for your response. I have received the documents attached in your last email.
I have not been contacted,by Legislative Public Disclosure Officer, Sharon Johnson, regarding items 1 & 2. Please forward her this request, and my contact information.
Thank you once again for your cooperation.
From: Johnson, Sharon
Dear Mr. Rodriquez,
Our office received the attached delivery failure notice related to your public records request due to maximum size limitations. Therefore, I am resending the documents in two emails to ensure successful delivery.
Should you have any questions concerning this production, please do not hesitate to contact me directly.
Sincerely,
Sharon
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: (206) 733-9597
Fax: (206) 386-9025
sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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From: Johnson, Sharon
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Legislative Department
City of Seattle
August 19, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Via E-Mail Message
RE: Public Records Request No. 2015-155 (Initial Production)
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
As a follow-up to my emails of July 13 and August 5, the purpose of this communication is to provide you with a status update of our search efforts and an initial production of records concerning Uber Lobbying Documents. Our office has made considerable progress in collecting potentially responsive documents. A thorough review of those records is currently underway to determine their responsiveness. Already reviewed records responsive to your request are being made available to you today as attachments to this email.
Today's production of records is comprised of hardcopy records and notes from the Offices of councilmembers Licata and Bagshaw and the Office of the City Clerk.
A second production date of September 30, 2015 has been scheduled.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
From: Johnson, Sharon
For delivery purposes only.
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
Phone: (206) 733-9597
Fax: (206) 386-9025
sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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From: Johnson, Sharon
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Legislative Department
City of Seattle
September 30, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Via E-Mail Message
RE: Public Records Request No. 2015-155 (Installment II)
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
Today's email is to provide you with a second installment of records concerning Uber Lobbying Documents and a status update of our search efforts.
Today's production of records is from the Office of Councilmember Mike O'Brien. Additional responsive records from Councilmember O'Brien's Office could not be included in today electronic delivery due to their lengthy file path. The records are form letters submitted via Uber.org entitled "Don't' cap innovation! Save UberX! Represent your voters not the status quo."
Should these messages be of interest to you, I am happy to set up FTP access and provide you instructions on how to retrieve the records electronically. Please let me know if this method is acceptable to you.
Our office has scheduled a third production delivery date of November 11, 2015. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
From: Bernard Rodriguez
Ms. Johnson,
Thank you for your response. I have received the documents attached in your last email (2015-155_Ubber_Lobbying_Documents_Installment_II_-_OBrien_Office.zip).
Regarding letters submitted via Uber.org entitled "Don't' cap innovation! Save UberX! Represent your voters not the status quo": Please send these documents as soon as possible.
Thank you once again for your cooperation.
From: Johnson, Sharon
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Legislative Department
City of Seattle
October 5, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Via E-Mail Message
RE: Public Records Request No. 2015-155 (Installment II)
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
As a follow-up to our phone conversation Friday, October 2, 2015 concerning your ability to access the form letters submitted via Uber.org. Our office has agreed to create an FTP account for you to access the letters online.
The files are located here: ftp://ftp.seattle.gov/exchange/legpdr/155/2015-155/
Login: seattle\155
Password: Cafe$$!!
There is a file in the directory "2015-155.7z. This is a compressed version of all the files. Similar to WinZip it can be opened used the free software 7-Zip (www.7-zip.org<http://www.7-zip.org>). Many of the file names include special characters and WinZip and Windows native ZIP tools won't work. All of the MSG files are also in the directory.
As noted in our communication of September 30, 2015, a third production delivery date of November 11, 2015 remains.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns or if you encounter problems accessing the documents.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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From: Bernard Rodriguez
Ms. Johnson,
Thank you very much for the FTP access. I was able to download the documents easily.
Am I correct in assuming there are still more documents pending from the remaining council members and I should expect them during the scheduled date November 11, 2015?
Thank you once more for your continued assistance and cooperation.
From: Johnson, Sharon
October 19, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
You are correct in assuming that additional records remain. Our office is continuing to review records collected in response to your Public Records Request concerning Uber Lobbying Documents. We are on schedule to meet our previously scheduled deadline of November 11, 2015 for a third production of responsive records.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department – Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: MuckRock.com
To Whom It May Concern:
I wanted to follow up on the following Freedom of Information request, copied below, and originally submitted on July 3, 2015. Please let me know when I can expect to receive a response, or if further clarification is needed.
Thanks for your help, and let me know if further clarification is needed.
From: Johnson, Sharon
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Legislative Department
City of Seattle
December 3, 2015
Bernard Rodriquez
MuckRock News
DEPT MR 19383
PO Box 55819
Boston, MA 02205-5819
requests@muckrock.com<mailto:requests@muckrock.com>
Via E-Mail Message
RE: Public Records Request No. 2015-155 (Installment III)
Dear Mr. Rodriquez:
Below is FTP account information for access to the third installment of records concerning Uber.org.
The files are located here: 7-Zip: http://www.7-zip.org/
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns or if you encounter problems accessing the documents.
A small number of records remain and are currently being reviewed to determine whether or not they are responsive. Our office will provide a concluding response on or before January 14, 2016.
Sincerely,
Sharon Johnson
Sharon Johnson, CPRO, MPS
Certified Public Records Officer
Legislative Department - Office of the City Clerk
600 Fourth Avenue, Floor 3
PO Box 94728
Seattle, WA 98124-4728
(206) 733-9597
Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov<mailto:Sharon.johnson@seattle.gov>
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