Saklad, Don Kempner Warner v. Boston, City of - Zoning Board of Appeal (SPR 20150450)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Shawn A. Williams Supervisor ofR ecords July 6, 2015 SPRlS/450 Mr. Derric Small City of Boston Zoning Board One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Mr. Small: I have received the petition of Don Saklad appealing the nonresponse of the City of Boston Zoning Board (Board) to his request for public records. G. L. c. 66 § IO(b); see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). Specifically, Mr. Saklad requested minutes of the most recent public meeting of the Board and the minutes of the previous to most recent public meeting of the Zoning Board. Having received no response, Mr. Saklad 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 (10) 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 Board 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 16,2015. Whereas this matter was opened based upon the Board's failure to provide a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Saklad may appeal the substantive nature of the Board's response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(2). cc: Mr. Don Saklad OneAshburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 · (617) 727-2832 ·Fax (617) 727-5914 www.sec.state.ma. us/ pre