Ordinance 2367-99 - Laserfiche WebLink

G. Except as provided by RCW Ch. 8.26,the contents of real estate appraisals made for or by any agency relative to the acquisition of property until the project is abandoned or until such time as all of the property has been acquired,but in no event shall disclosure be denied for more than three years after the appraisal; H. Valuable formulae, designs, drawings and research data obtained by any agency within five years of the request for disclosure when disclosure would produce private gain and public loss; I. Preliminary drafts, notes, recommendations, and intra-agency memorandums in which opinions are expressed or policies formulated or recommended except that a specific record shall not be exempt when publicly cited by city in connection with any city action; J. Records which are relevant to a controversy to which a city is a party but which records would not be available to another party under the rules of pretrial discovery for causes pending in the superior courts. is hereby amended to read as follows: Records exempted from public inspection or copying pursuant to state or federal law shall be exempt from public inspection or copying. Such exemptions include, but are not limited to, those exemptions stated in RCW Chap. 42.17 or its successor. Section 2. Subsection E of section two (2) of Ordinance No. 1322-87 (EMC §2.92.080), which reads as follows: The city shall not be required to permit public inspection and/or copying of any record to the extent public disclosure is prohibited, restricted or limited by state or federal laws, statutes or regulations. is hereby deleted. Section 3. The City Council hereby declares that should any section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared invalid for any reason, it is the intent of the City Council that it would have passed all portions of this ordinance independent of the elimination herefrom of any such portion as may be declared inv.--lid. 10144, 401.1"Mr('' , Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk 2