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Dear Michael windsor,

Thank you for registering with the Jersey City OPRA Center. Below you will
find your login and password information. Please log in to the [2]Open
Public Records Center to update any contact or password information and to
track the progress of your requests.

Login: [OPRA #7882 email]
 
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in response to your request.
 
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Jersey City, NJ
 
 
 
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Dear Michael windsor:

Thank you for your interest in open public records of Jersey City OPRA
Center.  This will serve to acknowledge receipt of your Open Public
Records Act (OPRA) request.  Your request was received in this office on
11/6/2019.  Kindly refer to the reference number R003319-110619 when
communicating with our office in this regard.  Your request mentioned:

Dear Jersey City: This is a request for public records made under OPRA
and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an
official form. Please acknowledge receipt of this message. Records
requested: Any and all available dog licensing and registration data
for dogs within your jurisdiction (all dogs actively registered for
2018 or 2019 or terminated in 2018 or 2019 (for 2019 up to and
including 11/5/19). Please include all available data, including but
not limited to: • the breed of the dog • the color of the dog • the
dog's date of birth • the dog's name • the owner's name • the owner's
address and applicable zip code • any other available notes (rabies
vaccine status, spay/neuter status, license #) I would prefer the
request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available. If
your pet licensing is all in one database (cats, dogs) I am happy to
receive it all. Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation
in this matter. Yours faithfully, Michael Windsor

Your request will be forwarded to the relevant City department(s) to
locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs
associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the
availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question.
 PLEASE NOTE: The State Public Information Act does not require a
governmental body to create new information, to do legal research, or to
answer questions.

You can track and monitor the progress of your request at the link below
and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. Again,
thank you for using the Jersey City OPRA Center.

Jersey City, NJ

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RE: OPEN PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of November 06, 2019, Reference #
R003319-110619

Michael windsor:

The City received a public information request from you on November 06,
2019. Your request mentioned:

Dear Jersey City:
This is a request for public records made under OPRA and the common
law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message.
Records requested:
Any and all available dog licensing and registration data for dogs
within your jurisdiction (all dogs actively registered for 2018 or
2019 or terminated in 2018 or 2019 (for 2019 up to and including
11/5/19).

Please include all available data, including but not limited to:

• the breed of the dog
• the color of the dog
• the dog's date of birth
• the dog's name
• the owner's name
• the owner's address and applicable zip code • any other available
notes (rabies vaccine status, spay/neuter status, license #)

I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment
if available. If your pet licensing is all in one database (cats,
dogs) I am happy to receive it all.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter.

Yours faithfully,

Michael Windsor

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1, John Does & PKF-Mark III, Inc v. City of
Trenton Dep't of Pub. Works – Water Div., 565 F. Supp. 2d 560 (D.N.J.
2008), Bernstein v. Borough of Park Ridge, GRC Complaint No. 2005-99 (July
2005) and Knehr v. Township of Franklin, GRC Complaint No. 2012-38
(December, 2012), your request is denied.

N.J.S.A. 47:1A-1 specifically states 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.” In this particular instance, “public disclosure of registered
dog owners would jeopardize the security of the dog owner, the security of
the non-dog owner, the property that the dog may be protecting and the dog
itself from burglary, theft and other criminal activity. Many homeowners
use their dogs as a means of security and that others have valuable dogs
that could be subject to theft.” Bernstein v. Borough of Park Ridge, GRC
Complaint No. 2005-99 (July 2005). As a result, the responsive documents
in the possession of the City are exempt from disclosure pursuant to OPRA.
Therefore, your request is denied.

Sincerely,

Amanda Bransky

RMC, CMR

Office of City Clerk

 
 
 
 
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