Yang, David v. Wellesley, Town of - Town Clerk (SPR 20261055)

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts William Francis Galvin, Secretary of the Commonwealth Public Records Division Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records April 3, 2026 SPR26/1055 K.C. Kato Records Access Officer Town of Wellesley 525 Washington Street Wellesley, MA 02482 Dear Mr. Kato: I have received the petition of David Yang appealing the nonresponse of the Town of Wellesley (Town) to a request for public records. See G. L. c. 66, § 10A; see also 950 C.M.R. 32.08(1). On February 23, 2026, requested: …an electronic copy of all abatements that the Board of Assessors has granted at least in the last ten years. If you can easily create the file for the last 20 years (or as far back as you can go, outputting the same digital file) I would appreciate it. I am interested in an Excel, csv, or other structured data file listing these abatements. I understand that abatement applications recently filed have not yet been determined. I am interested in all fields you have on the granted abatements, including filing dates, decision dates, assessed values, abatement amounts, etc. In addition to the address information of the property. If you have the information in your abatement log about the parcel id or map, block, and lot information, I would like that as well. Claiming to not yet have received responsive records, Mr. Yang petitioned this office and this appeal, SPR26/1055, was opened as a result. Subsequently, on March 24, 2026, I learned that the Town intends on providing a response. 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. Yang 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

K.C. Kato SPR26/1055 Page 2 April 3, 2026 Sincerely, Manza Arthur Supervisor of Records cc: David Yang