Sunday, February 19, 2012

Stephanie Buffum - Welcome to Use the CDPD Database as Lisa Brown

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From: Stan Matthews [mailto:StanM@sanjuanco.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:47 PM
To: 'stephanie@sanjuans.org'
Subject: re Your Public Records Request about Shoreline Structures

It does not appear that we have documents which directly provide the information you are requesting. Please see Lisa Brown’s note below, including her reference to the attached spreadsheet.

She indicates that the older data can be made available for your lookup and perusal through an aging database system.

Please review her suggestions and the attached material, and let me know how you would like to proceed.

Stan Matthews
Public Records Officer
Voice: 360-370-7405
Mail: 350 Court St #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

-----Original Message-----
From: Lisa Brown [mailto:lisab@sanjuanco.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 11:47 AM
To: Stan Matthews
Cc: Rene Beliveau; Chris Laws
Subject: RE: Public Records Request for Shoreline Structures

Hi Stan - I have listed all code investigations from our three databases and have gone so far as to pull out the obvious shoreline investigations and compile them on separate sheets. Unfortunately there is no way to differentiate shoreline from upland in the Paradox DB. Be sure to advise Stephanie that not all of these actions resulted in violations, but that information is only available by either viewing the record online, or looking at the hard file, which would require possible redaction of information in each file. If you don't see any issues with Stephanie coming in to review the Paradox information under my log-in, I can set her up so that she can search the individual files in Paradox to get the tax parcel numbers and then do her own research through Polaris to see if the parcels are in the shoreline.

The attached is a spreadsheet includes the following information on separate worksheets:

1) All Code Investigation (CI) records from EDEN (October 20, 2009 - present)
2) Obvious shoreline investigations (may not include all)
3) All Code Investigation (CI) records pertaining to Land Use in Access (1999-2009)
4) Obvious shoreline investigations (may not include all)
5) All Code Investigation (CI) records pertaining to Land Use in Paradox (1994-1999)

Please let me know if this will satisfy her request. Thanks, Lisa

Lisa J. Brown, Office Manager
San Juan County
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING
360-378-2354 | 135 Rhone Street | PO Box 947 | Friday Harbor, WA 98250

From: Stan Matthews
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:51 PM
To: Lisa Brown
Subject: RE: Public Records Request for Shoreline Structures

Thanks.

Stan Matthews
Public Records Officer
Voice: 360-370-7405
Mail: 350 Court St #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250

From: Lisa Brown
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:50 PM
To: Stan Matthews; Rene Beliveau
Subject: RE: Public Records Request for Shoreline Structures

I'll see what I have, or easily have capability to pull.

Lisa J. Brown, Office Manager
San Juan County
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING
360-378-2354 | 135 Rhone Street | PO Box 947 | Friday Harbor, WA 98250

From: Stan Matthews
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:49 PM
To: Lisa Brown; Rene Beliveau
Subject: FW: Public Records Request for Shoreline Structures

Stephanie Buffum has filed a public records request that reads like an information request (see below).

Please let me know if we have the information she is requesting in some index or report format, or if it is reasonably ascertainable from existing documents, which we could provide her.

We do need to be as helpful as possible, but we are under no obligation to prepare reports or create documents that don't already exist (i.e. we don't need to undertake a research project to compile information).

Thanks,

Stan Matthews
Public Records Officer
Voice: 360-370-7405
Mail: 350 Court St #5, Friday Harbor, WA 98250
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From: Stephanie Buffum [mailto:stephanie@sanjuans.org]
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2011 2:05 PM
To: Stan Matthews
Subject: Public Records Request for Shoreline Structures

Since 1994, how many SJC enforcement actions have been issued in the marine shoreline?

Of these actions, how many required the removal of a shoreline home or any overwater structure (e.g. bulkheads, boat ramps, barge landings, marine railways. Please specify the date that the structure was removed.

Stephanie


Stephanie Buffum Field
FRIENDS OF THE SAN JUANS
Executive Director
360. 378.2319 office
360.472.0404 cell
Stephanie@sanjuans.org

3 comments:

  1. I'm sure all islanders are welcome to go to CDPD and use their computer terminals for research.

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    1. Yes, Ms. Manning, as someone to whom San Juan County has provided thousands of pages of documents at taxpayer expense, you are aware of the lengths that we go to to make public information accessible to interested citizens. There was no confidential information in the computer index file that we offered Ms. Buffum. If you would like to view it, give me a call and we will arrange it. You know my number and you know we believe in transparency.

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  2. Yes, Peg, we would make the exact same offer we made to Ms. Buffham to anyone who asked for that information she asked for. We don't try to hide public information - as you well know.

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