Please see the attached documents in response to your OPRA request
regarding correspondence to/from the Village Attorney and residents, NJ
State Forester and/or DEP related .

As we discussed, the Village of Ridgewood would not have records of
correspondence between residents and any State agency or individual.

Please note that information has been redacted in the documents provided
in accordance with OPRA Exemptions – N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1.1 – Item 16
regarding unlisted telephone numbers and personal identification
information.  N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 OPRA Exemptions Item #24 Privacy Interest
provides that “a public agency has a responsibility and an obligation to
safeguard from public access a citizen's personal information with which
it has been entrusted when disclosure thereof would violate the citizen's
reasonable expectation of privacy…”

At this time, we will consider this request closed and our obligation
satisfied.

Eileen Young

Deputy Village Clerk

Village of Ridgewood

131 North Maple Avenue

Ridgewood NJ 07450

201-670-5500 x2205

Notice: You are advised that copies of correspondence, including e-mail
correspondence and attachments, between the public and the Village of
Ridgewood are obtainable by any person filing a request under the Open
Public Records Act (OPRA) unless subject to a specific OPRA exception.
There should be no expectation that the content of emails exchanged
between the public and municipal officials and employees will remain
private.