City of Asheville Submitted: June 3, 2022 | Updated: June 24, 2022

(June 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC Government: “Staff time for Park bans” 01/11/22 – 05/16/22 (or present day)

Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (Records Officer),

I'd like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.
Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

Related to “Staff time for park bans”.

If applicable – Please provide the amount of staff time spent, and dollars spent, on banning the Aston Park defendants from all City Parks during the specific time period of 01/11/22 through 05/16/22 (or as of the date the query is performed).

I believe that each defendant may have had an individual appeal meeting involving staff from multiple departments -- if this is the case there would obviously be some coordination dating back to before the defendants received their original ban letters that may have involved Parks and Rec, Asheville Police, the Legal Team, and the City Manager's office.

The responsive timeline for the records requested should include 01/11/22 through 05/16/22 (or as of the date the query is performed).

I am requesting totals only. Please DO NOT include any personally identifiable information such as name, home / email address, phone #, case #, citation #, etc. Sunshine Request will not post this type of info on their site.

Please ensure that my request is made “public” and is “published” on the City’s Next Request portal, and, that ALL my communications / files / documents exchanged, are published in their entirety so the public can view.

** I do not have any additional information to further clarify or narrow the scope of this request. If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

Thank you for your assistance!

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Status: Completed

Activity:

  • June 24, 2022 11:44 am

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Jun 24, 2022, 11:44 AM
    subject: Your City of Asheville public records request #22-287 has been closed.

     

    Record request #22–287 has been closed and published. The closure reason supplied was:

     

    This information is not contained in a record already created/maintained by the City of Asheville, therefore the City does not have any records responsive to your request. As outlined in N.C. General Statute § 132-6.2, we are not required to compile information or create a record that does not exist. Your request is now closed. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

     

    Status: Completed
  • June 6, 2022 4:55 pm

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Jun 6, 2022, 4:55 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-287

     

    Your public records request has been received by the City of Asheville and has been assigned to the appropriate person(s) for processing. Once processing is complete, you will receive any responsive records. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • June 6, 2022 4:46 pm

    1 year ago

    **Editor’s Note: This request was sent in via Asheville City Government’s public records request portal. As we receive updates, we will post them here on our website. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

     

    Hello City of Asheville Public Records,

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for information that may be available in your office.

     

    If you’re not the appropriate party to contact about the request, please provide the correct name and email address of whom I should send it to.

     

    Please confirm receipt to let me know the request will begin processing, and if possible, please provide a rough estimate of when the request may be completed. I will plan on following up again around the end of the month if I have not heard back before then.

     

    Here are the details of the request:

     

    Subject: (June 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC Government: “Staff time for Park bans” 01/11/22 – 05/16/22 (or present day)

     

    Message: “Hello City of Asheville, NC Government (Records Officer),

     

    I’d like to make a public records request for the following information under NC Public Records Law.

     

    Ref: https://www.ncleg.net/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bychapter/chapter_132.html

     

    Related to “Staff time for park bans”.

     

    If applicable – Please provide the amount of staff time spent, and dollars spent, on banning the Aston Park defendants from all City Parks during the specific time period of 01/11/22 through 05/16/22 (or as of the date the query is performed).

     

    I believe that each defendant may have had an individual appeal meeting involving staff from multiple departments — if this is the case there would obviously be some coordination dating back to before the defendants received their original ban letters that may have involved Parks and Rec, Asheville Police, the Legal Team, and the City Manager’s office.

     

    The responsive timeline for the records requested should include 01/11/22 through 05/16/22 (or as of the date the query is performed).

     

    I am requesting totals only. Please DO NOT include any personally identifiable information such as name, home / email address, phone #, case #, citation #, etc. Sunshine Request will not post this type of info on their site.

     

    Please ensure that my request is made “public” and is “published” on the City’s Next Request portal, and, that ALL my communications / files / documents exchanged, are published in their entirety so the public can view.

     

    ** I do not have any additional information to further clarify or narrow the scope of this request. If you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for denial is justified under NC Public Records Law. **

     

    Thank you for your assistance!”

     

    Thank you!

     

    ** Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

    Status: Sent to Government
  • June 3, 2022 3:19 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending