BALTIMORE CITY
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Stephanie Rawlings Blake Marnell A. Cooper ‘Tammy 1. Turner, Esq,
Mayor, City of Baltimore Chair, Baltimore City Board of Acting Chief Executive Officer
School Commissioners
Office of Legal Cons
Suite 208,
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IL ONLY:
ParentsCoalitis @ om
29 June 2016
RE: Request Pursuant to Maryland’s Public Information Act (“Act”)
Dear Ms. Sartucci
This letter is in response to your email to Tammy L. Tunes, Acting Chief Executive Officer, dated
10 June 2016, in which you requested “the address for each telecommunications tower{] the
vendors /companies/providers that are installed on each telecommunications towerl] a copy of the
leases for each tower(3] a copy of the leases for each vendor on each tower[; and] the Maryland State
property tax identification number for each vendor and each tower”. Baltimote City Public Schools
(“City Schools”) has interpreted your request pursuant to Maryland’s Public Information Act
(“Act”), MD. CODE ANN., GP § 4-101, 9.
"The Act requires a custodian of public records to provide access to and copies of the records in
response to a written request, subject to enumerated exemptions from disclosure, Pursuant to § 4-
206(b) of the Act, City Schools may chatge a reasonable fee fot the search for, preparation of, and
reproduction of a public record. However, City Schools may not charge a fee for the first two (2)
hours that are needed to search for a public record and prepare it for inspection. § 4-206(c). For
requests pursuant to the Act, and in accordance with Baltimore City Boaed of Schoo!
Commissioners (“Boatd”) policy and district administrative regulation, City Schools charges $0.40
per page. For additional fee information, the Boatd’s policy (KDA) and the administrative regulation
(KDA-RA) may be found on the district’s website at the following location:
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s/board.nsf/ public.
‘The custodian has assembled a listing of the vatious wireless providers, and copies of the leases.
‘These documents accompany this letter. Please be advised that custodian has indicated that his
office does not maintain records of the Maryland State property tax identification number for the
vendors and towers.
‘Thete is no seatch ot preparation fee associated with your request since the search for and
preparation of documents did not exceed two (2) hours. The total number of pages compiled for
you is 585. Because they are being provided to you electronically, the $234 fee for copies is not
applicable.
200 East North Avenue * Baltimore, Maryland 21202 + Visit us on the web at www.baltimorecityschools.orgMs. Janis Z. Sartncci
29 June 2016
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If your request results in litigation, the custodian reserves the tight to rely upon any and all
exemptions from disclosure permitted by the Act. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate
to contact me.
Sincerely,
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Senior Counsel — School Services
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200 East North Avenue * Baltimore, Maryland 21202 + Visit us on the web at wwibaltimorecityschools.org,