Joshua Bloom v. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (SPR 20231701)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 4, 2023 SPR23/1701 Thomas Mastuszko Records Custodian Berkshire Regional Planning Commission 1 Fenn Street, Suite 201 Pittsfield, MA 01201 Dear Mr. Mastuszko, I have received the petition of Joshua Bloom appealing the nonresponse of the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission (Commission) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On June 1, 2023, Mr. Bloom requested “[a]ll your communications with Counsel regarding your efforts to seek ‘legal advice to determine how to handle []’ my request.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Bloom petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1701, was opened as a result. Subsequently, a representative of the Commission provided a response on July 26, 2023 to Mr. Bloom’s request. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Commission’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Bloom may appeal the substantive nature of the Commission July 26th response within 90 days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Joshua Bloom 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