Dear Howell Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

1. Emails from August 2025 through today between and among Township Manager Festino or Gross, attorney (redact privileged materials) Engineering/community Development and Governing Body regarding "parking," "residential site improvement standards," "RSIS," or roadway width.

2. Documents from August 2025 through today referring reflecting or relating to safety concerns about two sided parking including, but not limited to lack of space for emergency access.

3. List of accidents from 2020-today that refer reflect or relate to accidents caused by two sided parking.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Tommy Shelby

Jill Abernathy, Howell Township

Good morning,

Your OPRA request is under review. You should receive a response by the end of business on 5/27/26.

Thank you.

JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241

-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91540 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:31 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Parking

Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91540 email]>

You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.

Dear Howell Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

1. Emails from August 2025 through today between and among Township Manager Festino or Gross, attorney (redact privileged materials) Engineering/community Development and Governing Body regarding "parking," "residential site improvement standards," "RSIS," or roadway width.

2. Documents from August 2025 through today referring reflecting or relating to safety concerns about two sided parking including, but not limited to lack of space for emergency access.

3. List of accidents from 2020-today that refer reflect or relate to accidents caused by two sided parking.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Tommy Shelby

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Jill Abernathy, Howell Township

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Good afternoon,

OPRA request 26-1182 has been reviewed, all requests included are considered overly broad. We are unable to limit the search based on the terms provided.

Please note that a search for item 1 resulted in several thousand emails for parking and residential parking alone. Item 2 is overly broad as specific documents were not requested. And for item 3 a report cannot be produced for accidents caused by two-sided parking.

This request is closed.

Thank you.

JillAbernathy
Office of the Municipal Clerk
Township of Howell
4567 Route 9 North, 2nd Floor
Howell, NJ 07731
732-938-4500 ext. 2241

-----Original Message-----
From: Tommy Shelby <[OPRA #91540 email]>
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2026 10:31 AM
To: clerkforms <[Howell Township request email]>
Subject: OPRA request - Parking

Warning: Unusual sender <[OPRA #91540 email]>

You don't usually receive emails from this address.
Make sure you trust this sender before taking any actions.

Dear Howell Township,

Please accept this electronic request for public records made under OPRA and the common law right of access. I am not required to fill out an official form or use a particular software platform to submit my request per NJSA 47:1A-5(f), which states that an email from a requestor including all of the information required on the adopted form shall suffice in place of a completed form as a valid government record request.

I HAVE NOT been convicted of any indictable offense under the laws of New Jersey, any other state, or the United States.

I WILL NOT use the requested government records for a commercial purpose.

I AM NOT seeking records in connection with a legal proceeding.

Records requested:

1. Emails from August 2025 through today between and among Township Manager Festino or Gross, attorney (redact privileged materials) Engineering/community Development and Governing Body regarding "parking," "residential site improvement standards," "RSIS," or roadway width.

2. Documents from August 2025 through today referring reflecting or relating to safety concerns about two sided parking including, but not limited to lack of space for emergency access.

3. List of accidents from 2020-today that refer reflect or relate to accidents caused by two sided parking.

My preferred delivery method for response(s) to this request is by E-mail as attachments. Please confirm you have received this request. If you are not the custodian of records, please forward my request to that person and provide their email address to me for future reference.

Yours faithfully,

Tommy Shelby

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Please deliver records electronically via email to the below UNIQUE address for all replies to this request:

[OPRA #91540 email]

Is [Howell Township request email] the wrong address for OPRA requests to Howell Township? If so, please contact us using this form:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

View this OPRA request & responses online:

https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=ht...

Please note that in some cases publication of requests and responses will be delayed.

If you find this service useful as an OPRA custodian, please ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's website.

"OPRAmachine’s mission is to give people easy and affordable access to New Jersey public records.

For more information, contact us at: ‪(732) 707-1628‬ or PO Box 3180, New Brunswick, NJ 08903."

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NOTICE OF CONFIDENTIALITY
This message, including any prior messages and attachments, may contain advisory, consultative and/or deliberative material, confidential information or privileged communications of the Township of Howell. Access to this message by anyone other than the sender and the intended recipient(s) is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken or not taken in reliance on it, without the expressed written consent of the Township, is prohibited. If you have received this message in error, you should not save, scan, transmit, print, use or disseminate this message or any information contained in this message in any way and you should promptly delete or destroy this message and all copies of it. Please notify the sender by return e-mail if you have received this message in error.

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