Customer Name:
Yvonne Mayer
| The June 16| 2020 letter from Saxman and Nuñez produced at pages 7-8 of the FOIA response to FOIA Request R000923-092021 on the D86 FOIA log| states in the last paragraph: “Once we are able to finalize the project scope| we will submit a contract and invoice.” Please produce PDF’s (electronic copies) of the following documents: 1. The contract and invoices referenced in the June 16| 2020 letter. 2. Any emails or other correspondence dated on or after August 1| 2021 through the date of this FOIA request| to/from/between ANY current board member (Walker| Hirsman| James| Levinthal| Waters| Held| Hanson)| Superintendent Prentiss and/or Deb Kedrowski that reference the contract mentioned in the June 15| 2020 letter — i.e. the first contract D86 entered into with Saxman and Nuñez (also known as ANEW). 3. Any emails or other correspondence dated on or after August 1| 2021 through the date of this FOIA request| to/from/between ANY current board member (Walker| Hirsman| James| Levinthal| Waters| Held| Hanson)| Superintendent Prentiss and/or Deb Kedrowski that reference any other contract with Saxman and ANEW that was presented for board approval at the August 12| 2021 board meeting. |
Response:
| Responsive records are provided with the following information withheld or redacted: Private information| including signatures| personal email addresses| home addresses| and personal phone numbers| pursuant to Section 7(1)(b) of FOIA; Personal information that would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy| such as health and family information and the identities of private citizens who communicated personal opinions| pursuant to Section 7(1)(c) of FOIA. 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(c); see Chicago Alliance for Neighborhood Safety v. City of Chicago| 348 Ill. App. 3d 188| 209| 211 (1st Dist. 2004) (“[T]he core purpose of the FOIA is to expose what the government is doing| not what its private citizens are up to.”); Preliminary drafts| notes| recommendations| memoranda and other records in which opinions are expressed| or policies or actions are formulated| pursuant to Section 7(1)(f) of FOIA; this includes “predecisional and deliberative material” which the Attorney General has repeatedly stated falls within the Section 7(1)(f) exemption. Harwood v. McDonough| 344 Ill. App. 3d 242| 247 (1st Dist. 2003); and Communications between a public body and an attorney representing the public body that would not be subject to discovery in litigation| pursuant to Section 7(1)(m) of FOIA. The district has revised its response per clarification from the requester. |