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From: Mary Mills
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2012 10:26 AM
To: Angela Podufalski
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information Law Request - August 24, 2012
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08/30/2012
From: Jenny Stein [mailto:jenny@tribeofheart.org]
Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 2:37 PM
To: Mary Mills
Subject: Freedom of Information Law Request - August 24, 2012
August 24, 2012
Dear Trustees:
Under the provisions of the New York Freedom of Information Law, Article 6 of the Public Officers Law, I
hereby request a copy of records or portions thereof pertaining to (or containing the following):
From January 1, 2011 to the present, all communications/correspondence/memos/emails (including all
notes regarding conversations in person or by phone or by video chat) between Village officials/Village
appointees/Village employees and any village residents and/or property owners related to the topics of:
a) Actual or potential sites within and/or around Cayuga Heights for activities related to deer
management; and
b) Permission forms/release forms related to deer management activities, including documents that
have been completed and/or signed and submitted by individual residents and property owners.
Under current New York State law, if an agency has the ability to scan records in order to transmit them
via email and doing so will not involve any effort additional to an alternative method of responding, it is
required to do so. In that instance, transferring a paper record into electronic format would eliminate
any need to collect and account for money owed or paid for preparing paper copies, as well as tasks that
would otherwise be carried out. In addition, when a paper record is converted into a digital image it
remains available in electronic format for future use.
If all the requested records cannot be emailed to me, please inform me by email of the portions that
cannot be emailed and advise me of the cost for reproducing the remainder of the records requested. If,
for any reason, any portion of my request is denied, please inform me of the reasons for the denial in
writing and provide the name and address of the person or body to whom an appeal should be directed.
As you know, the Freedom of Information Law requires that an agency respond to a request within five
business days of receipt of a request. Therefore, I would appreciate a response as soon as possible and
look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Sincerely,
Jenny Stein
PO Box 149
Ithaca, NY 14851