Robert Bland v. Rockport, Town of (SPR 20242929)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records November 5, 2024 SPR24/2929 Melanie Waddell Town of Rockport Town Hall 34 Broadway 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 September 26, 2024, Mr. Bland requested the following records: [1] Rights of Way Committee records stored on the Town’s Google Gsuite platform under the ‘Shared with me’ in the ‘Rightsofway-Share’ folder, including but not limited to the following subfolders: o Annual Records subfolder; o General Operations and Admin subfolder; o Project and Event Records subfolder; o Reference Documents subfolder; o Temporary Working Folder subfolder. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Bland petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR24/2929, was opened as a result. Despite being notified of the opening of this appeal, it remains unclear whether the Town has provided a response. Accordingly, the Town is ordered to provide Mr. Bland with a response to his request, provided in a manner consistent with this order, the Public Records Law and its Regulations within ten (10) business days. A copy of any such response must be provided to this office. It is preferable to send an electronic copy of the response to this office at pre@sec.state.ma.us. Mr. Bland may appeal the substantive nature of the Town’s response within ninety (90) days. See 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). 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

Melanie Waddell SPR24/2929 Page 2 November 5, 2024 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: Robert Bland