Leval, Jeremy v. Boston, City of - Transportation Department (SPR 20150413)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords July 3, 2015 SPRlS/413 Ms. Tracey C. Ganiatsos Boston Transportation Department Boston City Hall One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Ms. Ganiatsos: I have received the petition of Jeremy Leval appealing the nonresponse of the Boston Transportation Department (Department) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § 1O (b ); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Leval requested records regarding parking in the City of Boston. Having received no response, Mr. Leval petitioned this office. 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, § 10(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 Department 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 by a member of my staff, this office was notified that a response was provided, dated June 22, 2015. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Department's failure to provide a written response, I will now c nsider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Leval may appeal the substantive nature of the De artment's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). rs, Supervisor of Records cc: Mr. Jeremy Leval OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma.us/pre