Other (indicate in message) Submitted: March 28, 2023 | Updated: March 31, 2023

(March 2023) Request for Woodfin, NC Water District: Board of Trustees meeting recording from 09/19/2022.

Hello Woodfin, NC Water District [Board of Trustees][or 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

I could not locate email contacts on your website for “Woodfin Water District Board” or Trustees, or Sarah Gassaway, or anyone else to email directly. This is why I’ve used your general “Contact Us" form to submit my request. https://www.woodfinwater.com/contact-us
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This request is related to the Minutes of Woodfin, NC Water District's Board Meeting (this is a stand alone water district, not sanitary sewer and not part of MSD) with publicly elected Trustees. This board has stated publicly that until February 2023, all Trustee meetings were recorded by Dr. Joe Martin, then Executive Director of the District. A summary of minutes is then put on the website www.woodfinwater.com.

Please provide the video and/or audio recording [whichever is applicable] of the Woodfin Water District’s Board of Trustees meeting from September 19, 2022. There is an unexplained difference between what actually occurred at the September meeting, and what is on the website.

** Please Note: I am simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic record, if one exists. I am NOT asking to come in person to inspect this electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be provided to me via an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of this record should already exist).

I do not have any additional or further clarifying info I wish to provide to narrow this request, other than what you see in the message above. If it is unclear, or you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request, please specifically cite where a reason for its denial is justified under NC Public Records Law.**
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Please note that by submitting this request, I am NOT agreeing to pay any potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me know the itemized potential cost and explanations for those charges upfront, and DO NOT proceed until I can respond.

By Law I am not required to provide a name or address to associate with a public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to clarify that this request is being made by:

Sunshine Request
PO Box 17391
Asheville, NC 28816

The request has been sent solely from the email address [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me or my Team. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

Thank you for your assistance!

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Editor’s Note: Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

03/31/23. Editor’s Note to Sender:

This info. comes from our FAQs page:

Who should I contact if I think there are results of requests that have been improperly disclosed or should be redacted?
The results of all Completed requests are published on our site, and have been provided to Sunshine Request directly by the disclosing government agency (government entity).

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If the disclosing agency, after a review of your case, determines that confidential information was improperly disclosed, and notifies us of such disclosure, we will then be able to review your case.

Similarly — Sunshine Request has reviewed any info given to us from Woodfin, NC Water District to determine if it satisfies the initial request. We make no claim as to the veracity of records / responses we receive from Entities. If you have reason to believe Woodfin, NC Water District has improperly disclosed (or is not disclosing) all available public records in accordance with NC Public Records Law, we encourage you to reach out to them directly.

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Status: Completed

Activity:

  • March 31, 2023 12:46 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: Brian Goldstein <[email protected]>
    cc: [email protected]
    date: Mar 31, 2023, 12:46 PM
    subject: Re: Form submission from: Contact Us

     

    Good afternoon Brian (and Angela CCed),

     

    Thank you for providing that explanation.

     

    I will mark this request as “Completed” on our website.

     

    Thank you for your help.
    Have a great weekend!

     

    ~ The Sunshine Request Team


    Status: Completed
  • March 29, 2023 2:37 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Brian Goldstein <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Mar 29, 2023, 2:37 PM
    subject: Fwd: Form submission from: Contact Us

     

    In response to your request, Dr. Martin said that meetings were not
    recorded, and the minutes that were approved by the Board of Trustees
    are the official record of the meeting. Minutes are posted on our
    website. www.woodfinwater.com

     

    Thank you.

     

    ———- Forwarded message ———
    From: Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com) <[email protected]>
    Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 3:43 PM
    Subject: Form submission from: Contact Us
    To: <[email protected]>

     

    Submitted on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 – 15:43
    Submitted by anonymous user: [69.151.218.106]
    Submitted values are:

     

    Name: Sunshine Request (www.sunshinerequest.com)
    Email: [email protected]
    Phone: N/A
    Service Address: Asheville, NC
    Subject: General Question
    Message:
    Hello Woodfin, NC Water District [Board of Trustees][or 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

     

    I could not locate email contacts on your website for “Woodfin Water
    District Board” or Trustees, or Sarah Gassaway, or anyone else to email
    directly. This is why I’ve used your general “Contact Us” form to submit
    my request. https://www.woodfinwater.com/contact-us
    ——–

     

    This request is related to the Minutes of Woodfin, NC Water District’s Board
    Meeting (this is a stand alone water district, not sanitary sewer and not
    part of MSD) with publicly elected Trustees. This board has stated publicly
    that until February 2023, all Trustee meetings were recorded by Dr. Joe
    Martin, then Executive Director of the District. A summary of minutes is then
    put on the website www.woodfinwater.com.

     

    Please provide the video and/or audio recording [whichever is applicable] of
    the Woodfin Water District’s Board of Trustees meeting from September 19,
    2022. There is an unexplained difference between what actually occurred at
    the September meeting, and what is on the website.

     

    ** Please Note: I am simply requesting an electronic copy of an electronic
    record, if one exists. I am NOT asking to come in person to inspect this
    electronic record. I’m requesting explicitly that any responsive info be
    provided to me via an electronic medium / format (in which the copy of this
    record should already exist).

     

    I do not have any additional or further clarifying info I wish to provide to
    narrow this request, other than what you see in the message above. If it is
    unclear, or you are unable to fulfill any or all parts of this request,
    please specifically cite where a reason for its denial is justified under NC
    Public Records Law.**
    ——————

     

    Please note that by submitting this request, I am NOT agreeing to pay any
    potential fees or associated costs related to my request. If it is not
    possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let me
    know the itemized potential cost and explanations for those charges upfront,
    and DO NOT proceed until I can respond.

     

    By Law I am not required to provide a name or address to associate with a
    public records request, but in order to move things along I’d like to
    clarify that this request is being made by:

     

    Sunshine Request
    PO Box 17391
    Asheville, NC 28816

     

    The request has been sent solely from the email address
    [email protected] . If anyone other than that email address
    contacts you to pursue a similar request, it did not come from me or my Team.
    Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of my
    request – I intend to continue to pursue my request.

     

    Thank you for your assistance!

     

    … Sunshine Request makes no claim as to the veracity of any statements or
    information contained in any of the requests, or public records, we receive.

     

    The results of this submission may be viewed at:
    https://www.woodfinwater.com/node/10/submission/10949

     


    Angela Webb
    Office Manager
    Woodfin Sanitary Water & Sewer District
    122 Elkwood Avenue, P.O. Box 8452
    Asheville, NC 28814
    (828) 253-5551
    www.woodfinwater.com

     


    Brian Goldstein, Executive Director
    Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer District
    122 Elkwood Avenue
    P.O. Box 8452 Asheville, NC 28814
    828-253-5551
    www.woodfinwater.com


    Status: Response Received from Government
  • March 28, 2023 3:43 pm

    1 year ago

    **03/28/23 Editor’s Note to Sender: We submitted the request to Woodfin Water District’s contact form at 3:43pm EST on 03/28/2023.

     

    https://www.woodfinwater.com/contact-us

     

    You can see screenshots of the message we provided, as well as the form response from their website, above in our “Documents” section (File Names: “Form submission 03/28/23, 343pmEST” and “Form submission confirmation 03/28/23, 343pmEST”).

     

    As of this writing, we have not received an actual emailed reply. We will follow up again (via the contact form) in another week or so, if we haven’t received a response.

     

    Thank you for using Sunshine Request!


    Status: Sent to Government
  • March 28, 2023 3:39 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending