[nfbmi-talk] Fw: FOIA Response Taking Extension - Info on Tim Hortons

joe harcz Comcast joeharcz at comcast.net
Thu Sep 12 22:58:34 UTC 2013


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
To: "Haynes, Carla (LARA)" <haynesc at michigan.gov>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: FOIA Response Taking Extension - Info on Tim Hortons


> Say could you simply point me to an accessible url for this contract on 
> the DTMB web site? Or doesn't LARA/BSBP/BADP have a franchise contract 
> with Tim Hortons (The TDL Group)?
>
> It's a simple question don't you think?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Haynes, Carla (LARA)" <haynesc at michigan.gov>
> To: "joe harcz Comcast" <joeharcz at comcast.net>
> Cc: "Rodgers, Edward (LARA)" <rodgerse at michigan.gov>; "Luzenski, Sue 
> (LARA)" <LuzenskiS at michigan.gov>; "Pemble, Mike (LARA)" 
> <PembleM at michigan.gov>; "Belknap, Katie (LARA)" <BelknapK at michigan.gov>; 
> "Essenberg, Rob (LARA)" <EssenbergR at michigan.gov>; "Zanger, Connie (LARA)" 
> <zangerc at michigan.gov>; "Hull, James (LARA)" <hullj at michigan.gov>; "Duell, 
> Elsie (LARA)" <DuellE at michigan.gov>; "Edmonds, Lucy (LARA)" 
> <edmondsl2 at michigan.gov>
> Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2013 2:39 PM
> Subject: FOIA Response Taking Extension - Info on Tim Hortons
>
>
> September 12, 2013 (Emailed and Mailed in the US Mail, Prepaid on this 
> date)
>
> Mr. Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
> E-mail: joeharcz at comcast.net
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
>
> Re:  FOIA Response to Request for Information on Tim Hortons
>
> Dear Mr. Harcz, Jr.:
>
> This email is in response to your September 5, 2013, email request for 
> information under the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), MCL 
> 15.231 et seq, received by this office on September 6, 2013.
>
> You have requested information as described in your email as:
>
> "I am writing you today to request any e-mail correspondences between 
> yourself and the franchise known as Tim Horten's (sic) regarding the 
> establishment of a franchise in the Michigan State Capitol and/or the 
> "Anderson Building". At a minimum I wish for all documents related to 
> contractural arrangements, franchise fees and the existing contract 
> itself."
>
> In order to determine the extent of the research time, the size and number 
> of records of nonexempt information within BSBP responsive to your 
> request, a search must be undertaken.  For this reason, it is necessary to 
> extend the time for response, as permitted by Section 5(2)(d) of the FOIA, 
> through September 25, 2013.
>
> If it is determined that there is a cost involved in the processing of 
> this request, you will be sent a letter which will include an invoice 
> outlining the cost (before or no later than September 25, 2013).  This 
> letter may either request a deposit (if the cost is over $50.00) or 
> request payment of the total cost if the amount is under $50.00.
> FOIA Response - P.J. Harcz, Jr.
> September 12, 2013
> Page 2 of 2
>
>
>
>
> Nothing within the ADA or Section 504 states that you will receive your 
> requested information free of charge.  It is a two-step process in the 
> determination of costs.  First, the Michigan FOIA (MCL 15.231 et seq), 
> allows an agency to charge for costs under Section 15.234, Section 4. 
> Second, while the ADA and Section 504 mandate that the material be 
> produced in an accessible format upon request and without charge neither 
> the ADA or Section 504 preclude us from charging costs under the Michigan 
> FOIA.  We do not charge for the labor cost to convert documents into an 
> accessible format.
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
>
> Carla Miller Haynes, FOIA Coordinator
> Bureau of Services for Blind Persons
>
> Attachment:  Email Request for Information
>
>
> cc: Edward F. Rodgers II
> Sue Luzenski
> Mike Pemble
> Katie Belknap
> Rob Essenberg
> Constance Zanger
> James Hull
> Elsie Duell
> Lucy Edmonds
>
>
> From: joe harcz Comcast [mailto:joeharcz at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, September 05, 2013 10:31 AM
> To: Rodgers, Edward (LARA)
> Cc: Luzenski, Sue (LARA)
> Subject: tim horten's foia, ada, 504 etc
>
> September 5 2013 to Rodgers Regarding Tim Horten'ss
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
> 1365 E. Mt. Morris Rd.
> Mt. Morris, MI 48458
> joeharcz at comcast.net
> 810-516-5262
>
> To:
>
> Ed Rodgers, Director BSBP
> (Via e-mail)
>
> Dear Mr. Rodgers,
>
> I am writing you today to request any e-mail correspondences between 
> yourself and the franchise known as Tim Horten's (sic) regarding the 
> establishment of a franchise in the Michigan State Capitol and/or the 
> "Anderson Building". At a minimum I wish for all documents related to 
> contractural arrangements, franchise fees and the existing contract 
> itself.
>
> In addition being blind I am again requesting without surcharge this 
> information in accessible format pursuant to Title II of the ADA, and 
> Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended.
>
> To wit: simply send those requested documents to my e-mail address listed 
> above as either/or Word attachments or plain text enclosures without again 
> a surcharge for said as that is a civil rights violation.
>
> I thank you as always for your prompt and accessible response.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Paul Joseph Harcz, Jr.
>
> Cc: file
> Cc: several
>
>
>
>
>
> Carla Miller Haynes
> LARA Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (BSBP)
> 201 N. Washington Square, 2nd Floor
> P.O. Box 30652
> Lansing, MI  48909
> Telephone:  517-373-2063 or Toll-Free 1-800-292-4200
> Fax:  517-335-5140
>
> www.michigan.gov/bsbp
> 





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