Laura H. Ortiz v. Lynn, City of - Office of the City Solicitor (SPR 20220106)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records January 25, 2022 SPR22/00106 James P. Lamanna, Esq. Assistant City Solicitor City of Lynn Lynn City Hall 3 City Hall Square; Room 406 Lynn, MA 01901 Dear Attorney Lamanna: I have received the petition of Laura Ortiz appealing the nonresponse of the City of Lynn (City) to a request for public records. G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On December 22, 2021, Ms. Ortiz requested the following: [1] [A]ll inspection records related to wholesale vendors Revolution Foods and/or Garelick LLC regarding food, meals, snacks or milk products; as well as Chartwells management practices and/or City of Lynn Maintenance issues[.] [E]mails, letters or notes sent: intra City, intra departments. . . . For School Years 2021-2022; 2020-2021; 2019-2020 and 2018-2019 . . . [2] [A]ll inspection reports related to wholesale vendors Revolution Foods and/or Garelick LLC regarding food, meals, snacks or milk products; as well as Chartwells management practices and/or City of Lynn Maintenance issues . . . For School Years 2021-2022; 2020-2021; 2019-2020 and 2018-201 . . . [3] [A]ll correspondence between the City of Lynn and the Lynn School Department for: ANY records that were produced that were responsive in any way (regardless the departments from the City of Lynn) to our October 18th (or if considered 19th) public records requests as well as any narrowing scope records requests we made or new ones etc to Lynn Public Schools since then so October 18 2021-December 22, 2021 dates. [E]mails, letters, notes and all attached records sent to/from. . . . Claiming to not yet have received a response, Ms. Ortiz petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR22/0106, was opened as a result. One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston, Massachusetts 02108 • (617) 727-2832• Fax: (617) 727-5914 sec.state.ma.us/pre • pre@sec.state.ma.us

James P. Lamanna, Esq. SPR22/0106 Page 2 January 25, 2022 It is my understanding that the City provided a response to Ms. Ortiz’s appeal on January 25, 2022. Accordingly, I will consider this administrative appeal closed. Ms. Ortiz may appeal the substantive nature of the City’s January 25th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Rebecca S. Murray Supervisor of Records cc: Laura Ortiz