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09/21/2010
ORDINANCE NO. 3812
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS,
WASHINGTON RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS;
AMENDING SECTION 1.20.020 OF THE EDMONDS CITY
CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND FIXING A
TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
WHEREAS, under Chapter 69, Laws of 2010, the state legislature amended
RCW 42.56.520 to authorize agencies to respond to public records requests under the Public
Records Act by providing online access to requested records; and
WHEREAS, section 1.20.020 of the Edmonds City Code relating to disclosure of
public records should be revised to make the same consistent with the 2010 legislation; NOW,
THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON, DO
ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Amendment of Section 1.20 ECC. Section 1.20.020 of the Edmonds
City Code is hereby amended as follows:
1.20.020 Response or denial of request.
A. Responses to requests for public records shall be made
promptly and pursuant to guidelines established in Chapter 42.56
RCW. Within five business days of receiving a written public
record request, the city must respond by either:
1. Providing the record; or
2. Providing an internet address and link on the cites
website to the specific records requested, except that if the
requester notifies the city that he or she cannot access the records
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through the internet, then the cites provide access to copies or
allow the requester to view the records using a city computer; or
23. Acknowledging that the city has received the
request and providing a reasonable estimate of the time the city
will require to respond to the request; or
-34. Denying the public record request. Denials must be
accompanied by a written statement of specific reasons therefor.
B. Public records may be made available on a partial or
installment basis as records that are part of a larger set of requested
records are assembled or made ready for public inspection or
disclosure. Additional time required to respond to a request may be
based on the need to clarify the intent of the request, to locate and
assemble the information request, to notify third persons or
agencies affected by the request, or to determine whether any of
the information requested is exempt and that a denial should be
made as to all or part of the request. The city may ask the requestor
to clarify what information the requestor is seeking. If the
requestor fails to clarify the request, the city need not respond to it.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, sentence, clause or phrase of this
ordinance should be held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction,
such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of any other
section, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance.
Section 3. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take effect five days after
passage and publication of an approved summary thereof consisting of the title.
APPROVED:
AYOR MIKE CO PER
ATTEST /AUTHENTICATED:
ITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
OFFICE OF H Y AT RNEY:
BY
W. SCOTT SNYDER
FILED WITH THE CITY CLERK: 10/15/2010
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL: 10/19/2010
PUBLISHED: 10/24/2010
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/29/2010
ORDINANCE NO. 3812
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 3812
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 19th day of October, 2010, the City Council of the City of Edmonds,
passed Ordinance No. 3812. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title,
provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHINGTON
RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; AMENDING SECTION 1.20.020 OF
THE EDMONDS CITY CODE; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY AND
FIXING A TIME WHEN THE SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 20th day of October, 2010.
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CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE
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SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO- 3812
of the City of Edmonds, Washington
On the 19th day of October, 2010, the City Council of the City of
Edmonds; passed Ordinance No. 3812. A summary of the content
of said ordinance, consisting of the tifle, provides as follows:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF EDMONDS, WASHING-
TON RELATING TO PUBLIC RECORDS; AMENDING SEC-
TION 1.20.020 OF THE EDMONDS CITY CODE; PROVID-
ING FOR SEVERABILITY AND FIXING A. TIME WHEN THE
SAME SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.
DATED this 20th day of October, 2010.
CITY CLERK, SANDRA S. CHASE -
Published: October 24, 2010.
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Affidavit of Publication
S.S.
The undersigned, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and says that she is Principal Clerk of
THE HERALD, a daily newspaper printed and published in the City of Everett, County of
Snohomish, and State of Washington; that said newspaper is a newspaper of general
circulation in said County and State; that said newspaper has been approved as a legal
newspaper by order of the Superior Courtof Snohomish County and that the notice
Summary of Ordinance No. 3812
Relating to Public Records
a printed copy of which is hereunto attached, was published in said newspaper proper and not in
supplement form, in the regular and entire edition of said paper on the following days and
times, namely:
October 24, 2010
and that said new per was regularly distributed to its subscribers during alt of said period
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Principal Clerk
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 25th
day of October, 2010
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Notary Public in and the
County.
Account Name: City of Edmonds Account Number:
Snohomish
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