City of Asheville Submitted: November 11, 2022 | Updated: February 15, 2023

(November 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC: All communications 01/01/2021 – 11/09/2021 related to proposed bike lanes in the area of Patton Avenue, Haywood Street, College Street and Pritchard Park.

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

Please provide ALL communications [memoranda, documents, emails, electronic communications, SMS texts, Google Chat messages, Facebook Messenger, Social Media correspondence] from January 01, 2021 through November 09, 2022 sent to, sent from, and sent between any and all of the following: City of Asheville Employees, City Contractors, City Agents, City Council Members, representatives of any organization or advocacy group (including but not limited to: Asheville on Bikes), Downtown Commission, and specifically Jessica Morriss -- Assistant Director of Transportation, a City of Asheville employee.

Specifically as relates to the subject matter of proposed bike lanes in the area of Patton Avenue, Haywood Street, College Street and Pritchard Park.

I am not requesting to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain printed copies of, electronic records. In accordance with NC Public Records Law, I’m requesting explicitly that all responsive records be provided via an electronic medium / format (in which the records should already exist), such as an email, file share, google drive folder, mailed flash drive if necessary, etc.
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[**Editor’s Note to Allison: We do not have any additional or further clarifying info to provide other than what you see in the message above. If the request is not specific enough and 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.**]

This 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 our Team. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of our request – We intend to continue to pursue our request.

Please note that we cannot commit to sign any forms or pay any potential fees / associated costs related to any request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let us know the itemized potential cost.

Thank you for your assistance!

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11/11/22 Editor’s Note: The request above has been revised for some clarity.

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Status: Completed

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  • February 15, 2023 3:58 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 15, 2023, 3:58 PM
    subject: Re: Your City of Asheville public records request #22-540 has been closed.

     

    Good afternoon City of Asheville Public Records,

     

    Thank you for your help with this request!

     

    I’ve marked it as completed on our site.

     

    Have a good day.

     

    **02/10/2023 Editor’s Note: This request is now public on the City’s public records portal (Next Request) and can be viewed here: https://cityofashevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/22-540

     

    Additionally, the files the City sent were too large to upload directly to our website so we’ve made our own mirrored Google Drive folder that can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1cfL2supUi4ZFX6IWui05cnlzXvvEd3jF

    Status: Completed
  • February 10, 2023 2:20 pm

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 10, 2023, 2:20 PM
    subject: Your City of Asheville public records request #22-540 has been closed.

     

    The records responsive to your request are available here.

     

    All records responsive to your request have been released in accordance with the North Carolina Public Records Act. Your request has been fulfilled and is now closed. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • February 8, 2023 3:43 pm

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 7, 2023, 3:43 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-540

     

    City of Asheville Public Records

     

    A message was sent to you regarding record request #22-540:

     

    Hi Sunshine Request,

    Yes, I will make sure to make the link to the records public when the request is finalized and closed.

     

    View Request 22-540

     

    **2/13/2023 Editor’s Note: This request is now public on the City’s public records portal and can be viewed here: https://cityofashevillenc.nextrequest.com/requests/22-540 We have marked it as completed on our site. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Completed
  • February 7, 2023 3:04 pm

    1 year ago

    from: Sunshine Request <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 7, 2023, 3:04 PM
    subject: Re: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-540

     

    Good afternoon City of Asheville Public Records,

     

    Thank you for the update and for providing these files.

     

    Once you finalize the request can you please make it public on NextRequest?

     

    We will mark as completed when you reply and confirm.

     

    Thank you!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • February 6, 2023 5:28 pm

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Feb 6, 2023, 5:28 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-540

     

    Records responsive to your request are available here.

     

    I am in the process of finalizing this request and making sure there are no additional responsive records. I hope to have this completed by the end of the week. As all email records have been produced, this request will be removed from the City of Asheville Email Search Queue. If you have any questions, please reply to this email or contact [email protected].

     

    **Editor’s Note: The files the City sent were too large to upload directly to our site so we’ve made our own mirrored Google Drive folder that can be viewed here: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/1cfL2supUi4ZFX6IWui05cnlzXvvEd3jF

    Status: Response Received from Government
  • January 25, 2023 5:14 pm

    1 year ago

    **1/25/23 Editor’s Note: This request is now #3 on the City’s email queue spreadsheet. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • January 18, 2023 11:27 am

    1 year ago

    **1/18/23 Editor’s Note: This request is now #4 on the City’s email queue spreadsheet. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • January 9, 2023 2:15 pm

    1 year ago

    **1/09/23 Editor’s Note: This request is now #5 on the City’s email queue spreadsheet. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • December 13, 2022 4:17 pm

    1 year ago

    **12/13/22 Editor’s Note: This request is now #26 on the City’s email queue spreadsheet. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • November 17, 2022 12:16 pm

    1 year ago

    **11/17/22 Editor’s Note: This request is now #27 on the City’s email queue spreadsheet. Thank you for using Sunshine Request!

    Status: Government Processing Request
  • November 14, 2022 3:21 pm

    1 year ago

    from: City of Asheville Public Records <[email protected]>
    to: [email protected]
    date: Nov 14, 2022, 3:21 PM
    subject: [External Message Added] City of Asheville public records request #22-540

     

    Your public records request has been received by the City of Asheville. Email requests are processed in the order they are received. Your request is number 29 in the email queue; you can view the queue document at any time to see the position of your request. Once the emails are collected and reviewed, you will be sent any responsive records. Please reply to this message or contact [email protected] if you have any questions.

    Status: Government Processing Request

  • 3 hours 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 (Records Officer),

     

    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: (November 2022) Request for City of Asheville, NC: All communications 01/01/2021 – 11/09/2021 related to proposed bike lanes in the area of Patton Avenue, Haywood Street, College Street and Pritchard Park.

     

    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

     

    Please provide ALL communications [memoranda, documents, emails, electronic communications, SMS texts, Google Chat messages, Facebook Messenger, Social Media correspondence] from January 01, 2021 through November 09, 2022 sent to, sent from, and sent between any and all of the following: City of Asheville Employees, City Contractors, City Agents, City Council Members, representatives of any organization or advocacy group (including but not limited to: Asheville on Bikes), Downtown Commission, and specifically Jessica Morriss — Assistant Director of Transportation, a City of Asheville employee.

     

    Specifically as relates to the subject matter of proposed bike lanes in the area of Patton Avenue, Haywood Street, College Street and Pritchard Park.

     

    I am not requesting to come in person to inspect, nor to obtain printed copies of, electronic records. In accordance with NC Public Records Law, I’m requesting explicitly that all responsive records be provided via an electronic medium / format (in which the records should already exist), such as an email, file share, google drive folder, mailed flash drive if necessary, etc.

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    [**Editor’s Note to Allison: We do not have any additional or further clarifying info to provide other than what you see in the message above. If the request is not specific enough and 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.**]

     

    This 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 our Team. Please do not commingle or treat that as an alteration or cancellation of our request – We intend to continue to pursue our request.

     

    Please note that we cannot commit to sign any forms or pay any potential fees / associated costs related to any request. If it is not possible to process the request without incurring fees, then please let us know the itemized potential cost.

     

    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
  • November 11, 2022 4:07 pm

    1 year ago

    Submitted to Sunshine Request
    Status: Pending