Herman, Colman v. Redevelopment Authority (SPR 20150183)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords May 7, 2015 SPRlS/183 Mr. Nicholas Martin Director of Communications Boston Redevelopment Authority One City Hall Square; Room 721 Boston, MA 02201 Dear Mr. Martin: I have received the petition of Colman Herman appealing the non-response ofthe Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Herman requested copies of all records of correspondence and/or electronic communications between the BRA employees and the Boston Red Sox major league baseball team regarding potential development in the Fenway section of Boston. After an initial response, Mr. Herman appealed the lack of substantive response. Under the Public Records Law and the Access Regulations (Regulations) all requests for public records must be met with a response within ten (1 0) days of the request. G. L. c. 66, § 1O (b ); 950 C.M.R. 32.05. The response may be an offer to provide records, a fee estimate for provision of the records, or a denial. The BRA is advised that all records custodians must comply with both the Public Records Law and the Regulations with respect to the timeliness of response. Subsequent to the intervention of this office, on April28, 2015, you informed an attorney on my staff that you provided Mr. Herman with the opportunity to review these records at your office. Accordingly, I will consider his administrative appeal c osed. lyrl~ ·. tr rs, ' I I / ', ' a Supervisor ofRecords cc: Mr. Colman Herman One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre