FOIA Request to Town of Summerville Re. Lowcountry Rapid Transit, Feb. 4, 2002

Freedom of Information Act Request to the Town of Summerville Regarding Lowcountry Rapid Transit

Summerville Town Council Meeting

The following freedom of information Act Request will be served on the Town of Sumemrville by Linda Saylor and Daniel Dewald at 10 am on Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. . The group will also attempt to deliver a list of public transit demands and a pancake breakfast to the Mayor. This is beng done as part of a full day of activities  for better public tranist in the Lowcountry on Transit Equity Day, the Birthday or Rosa Parks.  For a full, updated schedule see https://bfltransit.blogspot.com/2022/01/rise-with-rosa-ride-with-rosa-transit.html

Freedom of Information Act Request
Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit and Linda Saylor
To the Town Government of Summerville

Transit Equity Day, Feb. 4, 2022

Best Friends of Lowcountry Transit, Inc., acting by and through his undersigned attorney would request that the Town of Summerville, it's authorized agents, Departments and Contractors creating or maintaining records prepared by or for the Town to produce and disclose the following information and documents, be that kept as paper records, electronic files or in other form as provided for in the SC Freedom of Information Act, SC Code 30-4-10 Et seq (1976, as Amended)

Carol Dotterer talking to CARTA Board Member

This request shall apply to records maintained in paper form, in electronic files or in any other way which can be read, processed or used by any person or data processing system.

Prior to the production of these records, we request an itemized, written statement setting out the approximate cost for the production of the materials and information set out herein. 

In the event that these records are maintained in electronic form, the requestor would ask that they be produced in electronic form either on CD Rom or by delivery an a removable memory drive, which we would be happy to provide. The preferred format for written documents would be PDF, but Microsoft Office files of all types are also fine.

This request is continuing and shall apply to any new records produced or coming into the possession of the City of North Charleston.

The materials requested are:

1. 

   Roadside Campaign, Ladson, Oct. 2016

   Meeting minutes, recordings or records regarding any meeting of Town Council, Town Staff or any other organization with which the Town has participated which discussed, decided or considered any issue regarding Lowcountry Rapid Transit in since January 1, 2018.
2. Any communications, correspondence, records or information received by the town discussing Lowcountry Rapid Transit since January 1, 2018. 
3. Any petitions, letters, recordings, records or material written, stated or presented by the Mayor of Summerville currently serving since November 1, 2019 regarding any attempt to retain, preserve, change or cancel plans to extend, run or connect the planned Lowcountry Rapid Transit Line to the Town of Summerville, located stops for said line in the Town of Summerville or operated Lowcountry Rapid Transit or any other public transportation service within the Town of Summerville since January 1, 2019.
4. Any communications received by the Town of Summerville regarding Lowcountry Rapid Transit including communications from the State Department of Transportation, US Department of Transportation, Dorchester County Government, The Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Council of Governments or Charleston County Government or any contractor, organization or association contracted with any of said governments for work on the Lowcountry Rapid Transit Project since January 1, 2018. 

The undersigned anticipates extending and renewing this request for information in the near future. The Town should also be advised that the materials being requested here are intended to be shared with the public and media.

Full information on our organization may be found at www.bfltransit.com.  

Respectfully Requested

William J. Hamilton, III
Attorney at Law, SC
32 Sowell St.
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
(843) 870-5299
wjhamilton29464@gmail.com