I will be on vacation from July 15 - July 21.  For immediate assistance,
please contact Deputy Clerk Nicole Sarna via email at
[email address].

City Clerk's Office main number is 908-273-6400.

If you are submitting an OPRA request, kindly consider submitting your
request through our city website at
[1]https://main.govpilot.com/web/public/b25....

Sincerely,

Rosemary Licatese

City Clerk - City of Summit, NJ

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City of Summit

Open Public Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2020-01116

Dear Benjamin MacLuckie,

The City of Summit has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 7/20/2020 10:32:00 AM. Your request is in review and will be
responded to within 7 business days.

During the review process you will be contacted if there is a need for
clarification of the requested records or if an extension of the response
deadline is needed.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:

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: RIDER TO OPRA
REQUEST 1. Huntley Taverne, Harvest Associates LLC, License No.
2018-33-019-006, 3 Morris Avenue Summit NJ 07901 2. Roots Steakhouse,
Roots Steakhouse LLC, License No. 2018-33-017-010, 401 SPRINGFIELD AVE
SUMMIT, NJ 07901  For each of the above referenced businesses/licenses,
please provide the following documents: 1) Their “long-form” 12-page
Liquor License Application 2) Any amendments to the 12-page Liquor License
Application 3) Any attachments to items 1 or 2 evidencing or identifying
the owners, members, shareholders, partners, parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a direct or indirect
interest in the business or license  4) Any other documents on file
evidencing or identifying the owners, members, shareholders, partners,
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a
direct or indirect interest in the business or license 5) Resolutions
approving the transfer of the license to each of the above referenced
businesses/licensees.

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the City of Summit to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court
of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
(GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.  You may contact
the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819,
Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at their web site
at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions about the
law.  All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court should be
directed to the Court Clerk in your County.

Sincerely,

Rosemary Licatese

City Clerk

Dear Benjamin MacLuckie,

I am writing in response to your request pursuant to the Open Public
Records Act (“OPRA”) received July 20 2020.  The City is timely responding
to your request within seven (7) business days after receipt of your
request in accordance with New Jersey law.  See N.J.S.A. 47:1A-5.

Your request is as follows: 

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: RIDER TO OPRA
REQUEST 1. Huntley Taverne, Harvest Associates LLC, License No.
2018-33-019-006, 3 Morris Avenue Summit NJ 07901 2. Roots Steakhouse,
Roots Steakhouse LLC, License No. 2018-33-017-010, 401 SPRINGFIELD AVE
SUMMIT, NJ 07901  For each of the above referenced businesses/licenses,
please provide the following documents: 1) Their “long-form” 12-page
Liquor License Application 2) Any amendments to the 12-page Liquor License
Application 3) Any attachments to items 1 or 2 evidencing or identifying
the owners, members, shareholders, partners, parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a direct or indirect
interest in the business or license  4) Any other documents on file
evidencing or identifying the owners, members, shareholders, partners,
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a
direct or indirect interest in the business or license 5) Resolutions
approving the transfer of the license to each of the above referenced
businesses/licensees.

There is no date range for any of the records you have requested.  Absent
a specific date or range of dates, a request is overly broad and invalid. 
See Love v. Spotswood Police Department, GRC Complaint No. 2014-223 (May
2015). New Jersey courts have consistently held that “OPRA does not
countenance open-ended searches of an agency’s files.”  See MAG Entm’t,
LLC v. Div. of ABC, 275 N.J. Super. 534, 549 (App. Div. 2005).
Consequently, a proper request under OPRA must identify with reasonable
clarity those documents that are desired, and a party cannot satisfy this
requirement by simply requesting all of an agency’s documents.  See Bent
v. Twp. of Stafford Police Dep’t, 381 N.J. Super. 30, 37 (App. Div. 2005).

Accordingly, please clarify your request so that the City may conduct a
search for identifiable government records.  Please provide the requested
clarification, date range, by the close of business on Monday, July 27,
2020.   Upon receipt of your clarification, the City will advise you in
writing of the anticipated response time.  If a clarification is not
received, your OPRA request will be deemed answered and closed.

Thank you,

Nicole Sarna

From: [email address] <[email address]>
Sent: Monday, July 20, 2020 10:46 AM
To: Nicole Sarna <[email address]>; Licatese, Rosemary
<[email address]>; Deborah Perez Santalla
<[email address]>;
[OPRA #15078 email]
Subject: City of Summit: OPRA Request received

City of Summit

Open Public Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2020-01116

Dear Benjamin MacLuckie,

The City of Summit has received your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 7/20/2020 10:32:00 AM. Your request is in review and will be
responded to within 7 business days.

During the review process you will be contacted if there is a need for
clarification of the requested records or if an extension of the response
deadline is needed.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:

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: RIDER TO OPRA
REQUEST 1. Huntley Taverne, Harvest Associates LLC, License No.
2018-33-019-006, 3 Morris Avenue Summit NJ 07901 2. Roots Steakhouse,
Roots Steakhouse LLC, License No. 2018-33-017-010, 401 SPRINGFIELD AVE
SUMMIT, NJ 07901  For each of the above referenced businesses/licenses,
please provide the following documents: 1) Their “long-form” 12-page
Liquor License Application 2) Any amendments to the 12-page Liquor License
Application 3) Any attachments to items 1 or 2 evidencing or identifying
the owners, members, shareholders, partners, parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a direct or indirect
interest in the business or license  4) Any other documents on file
evidencing or identifying the owners, members, shareholders, partners,
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a
direct or indirect interest in the business or license 5) Resolutions
approving the transfer of the license to each of the above referenced
businesses/licensees.

If your request for access to a government record has been denied or
unfilled within the seven (7) business days required by law, you have a
right to challenge the decision by the City of Summit to deny access. At
your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the Superior Court
of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government Records Council
(GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form.  You may contact
the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at P.O. Box 819,
Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [1][email address], or at their web
site at [2]www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other questions
about the law.  All questions regarding complaints filed in Superior Court
should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.

Sincerely,

Rosemary Licatese

City Clerk

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2. http://www.state.nj.us/grc

City of Summit

Open Public Records Request

Reference # OPRA-2020-01116

Dear Benjamin MacLuckie,

The City of Summit has fulfilled your Open Public Records Act (OPRA)
request dated 07/20/2020. The official Records Custodian received your
request on 07/20/2020. As such, the seven (7) business day deadline to
respond to your request is 07/29/2020.

Your OPRA request sought access to the following information:

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: RIDER TO OPRA
REQUEST 1. Huntley Taverne, Harvest Associates LLC, License No.
2018-33-019-006, 3 Morris Avenue Summit NJ 07901 2. Roots Steakhouse,
Roots Steakhouse LLC, License No. 2018-33-017-010, 401 SPRINGFIELD AVE
SUMMIT, NJ 07901  For each of the above referenced businesses/licenses,
please provide the following documents: 1) Their “long-form” 12-page
Liquor License Application 2) Any amendments to the 12-page Liquor License
Application 3) Any attachments to items 1 or 2 evidencing or identifying
the owners, members, shareholders, partners, parent companies,
subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a direct or indirect
interest in the business or license  4) Any other documents on file
evidencing or identifying the owners, members, shareholders, partners,
parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, or any other person having a
direct or indirect interest in the business or license 5) Resolutions
approving the transfer of the license to each of the above referenced
businesses/licensees.

The records are being transmitted to you via Email. Pursuant to N.J.S.A.
47:1A-5.b. the cost associated with this request is $0.00.

You have a right to challenge the decision by the City of Summit to deny
access. At your option, you may either institute a proceeding in the
Superior Court of New Jersey or file a complaint with the Government
Records Council (GRC) by completing the Denial of Access Complaint Form. 
You may contact the GRC by toll-free telephone at 866-850-0511, by mail at
P.O. Box 819, Trenton, NJ, 08625, by e-mail at [email address], or at
their web site at www.state.nj.us/grc. The GRC can also answer other
questions about the law.  All questions regarding complaints filed in
Superior Court should be directed to the Court Clerk in your County.

Sincerely,

Rosemary Licatese

City Clerk