Laura H. Ortiz v. Boston, City of - Fire Department (SPR 20231898)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records August 21, 2023 SPR23/1898 Shawn A. Williams, Esq. Director of Public Records Records Access Officer City of Boston One City Hall Square Boston, MA 02201 Dear Attorney Williams: I have received the petition of Laura H. Ortiz appealing the nonresponse of the Boston Fire Department (Department) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On July 27, 2023, Ms. Ortiz requested the following records: 1. Copy of any Department inspections, State inspections or safety inspections including the requests as well as completed inspections and Sign Offs for the [identified] property address, Boston MA 02108 and if applicable all of its buildings, responsive for 2023 and 2022 ... [and] inspections also for the fire alarm systems ... 2. Copy of Department records showing the response times by [identified parties] or any applicable electrical or cable utility, showing their contacted time by BFD ... as well as their utilities arrival times to the [identified] property address Boston MA 02108 to shut off utilities after Department or Police or other Emergency Department notified the utility company ... our scope is January 1 2023-July 27, 2023. 3. Copy of any directives, agreements or other from City of Boston and/or Commonwealth of Massachusetts to [identified parties] that are responsive to anything requiring these utilities to come to the [identified property address] Boston MA 02108 or any other state governmental building in Boston to shut off utilities after Department or Police or other Emergency Department notifies the utility company that were in effect for 2023 ... 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

Shawn A. Williams, Esq. SPR23/1898 Page 2 August 21, 2023 Claiming to not yet have received a response, Ms. Ortiz petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR23/1898, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Department intends on providing a written response to Ms. Ortiz. Accordingly, the Department is ordered to provide Ms. Ortiz with a response in accordance with the Public Records Law, its Regulations and this order within ten business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of this response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Ms. Ortiz may appeal the substantive nature of the Department’s response within ninety days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Laura H. Ortiz