Robert Bland v. Rockport, Town of (SPR 20240962)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 2, 2024 SPR24/0962 Melanie Waddell Town Clerk Town of Rockport 34 Broadway Avenue Rockport, MA 01966 Dear Ms. Waddell: I have received the petition of Robert Bland appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Rockport (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On February 28, 2024, Mr. Bland requested, “[r]ecords that any of the roads shown on the May 1935 plan may have become public either by statutory compliance with G.L. c. 82, §§ 1-32 or by an adjudication of prescriptive public rights.” Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Bland petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/0962, was opened as a result. Subsequently, I learned that the Town provided Mr. Bland with a response dated March 28, 2024. Where this appeal was opened as a result of the Town’s lack of a written response, I will now consider this administrative appeal closed. Mr. Bland may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s March 28th response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Robert Bland 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