Ms. Bryant,
Thank you very much for the update and for the time and care spent
reviewing the emails identified by IT. I truly appreciate your continued
assistance with this request.
To help clarify how I would like to proceed, I wanted to briefly restate
the original scope and intent of PRR-726-2025. The request seeks
communications *concerning or relating to* the properties at 2740 and 2746
Grove Street NE, Brookhaven, Georgia, and was not intended to be limited
only to instances where the full street addresses appear verbatim within an
email.
In my experience, communications related to these properties often
reference associated individuals, firms, projects, or legal matters rather
than the full street address itself. With that in mind, the request
contemplates records involving, by way of example, communications with or
referencing:
-
Todd Shoemaker (todd@toddshoemaker.com)
-
Brett Ledermeier (bledermeier@mmatllaw.com)
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Jeremy Berry (jberry@cglawfirm.com), City Attorney — including
communications involving the City’s legal counsel acting on behalf of the
City, regardless of email domain used
-
Frank and Al Gaddy (frank@gaddysurveydesign.com; al@gaddysurveydesign.com
)
For clarity, the absence of a full street address within an email should
not, on its own, be treated as determinative of responsiveness where the
context of the communication reasonably relates to the Grove Street
properties, including matters such as survey work, permitting, development
review, drainage, legal issues, or related municipal actions.
Additionally, and as part of the original request, PRR-726-2025 includes
responsive records originating from or maintained by Community Development,
including communications, applications, reviews, staff notes, and
supporting materials related to variances, zoning, permitting, development
review, and any associated approvals or denials concerning the Grove Street
properties. As with email records, these materials may reference the
properties contextually rather than by full street address.
With this clarification, I am very open to working collaboratively with you
to refine or supplement the search terms in a way that captures responsive
records efficiently and avoids unnecessary review time. If a modified or
additional search is recommended, I would appreciate receiving a revised
written estimate in advance so I can thoughtfully evaluate next steps.
Thank you again for your continued help. I sincerely appreciate your
assistance in ensuring the request is fulfilled consistent with GORA.
Warm regards,
Sarah Zeeman
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 4:12 PM Sandra Bryant (Brookhaven, GA) <
BrookhavenGA@request.justfoia.com> wrote:
> Mrs. Zeeman,
>
> I have spent eight hours reviewing all of the emails provided by IT. Of
> the nearly 1,000 emails, about 350 pages included references to the “Gaddy”
> email addresses. After reviewing those pages, there were no results related
> to the specific addresses at 2740 Grove Street NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319, or
> 2746 Grove Street NE, Brookhaven, GA 30319.
>
> Please let me know how you would like to proceed. Would you like us to
> conduct an additional search, or is it possible the emails may have
> originated from different email address(es)? Let me know how you would like
> to move forward with this request.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sandra Bryant
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 02, 2026 at 1:32 pm, Sarah Zeeman wrote:
>
>
> Ms. Bryant,
>
> I hope you’re doing well. I wanted to follow up on *PRR-726-2025*.
>
> As noted below, I approved the revised 12-hour estimate last Wednesday so
> the request could move forward. I just wanted to check in to see whether
> there is an anticipated timeline for production or a status update you
> could share.
>
> Thank you very much, and I appreciate your help.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sarah Zeeman
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 9:22?AM Sarah Zeeman <szeeman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Ms. Bryant,
>
> Thank you for the clarification, and I appreciate you following up with IT.
>
> I’m comfortable approving the revised estimate of 12 hours so that
> PRR-726-2025 can move forward. This approval and any associated payment are
> made with a full reservation of my rights under the Georgia Open Records
> Act.
>
> Thank you again for your help and coordination.
>
> Warm regards,
> Sarah Zeeman
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2026 at 1:55?PM Sandra Bryant (Brookhaven, GA) <
> BrookhavenGA@request.justfoia.com> wrote:
>
> Mrs. Zeeman,
>
> The IT Department has verified that the search is correct with the dates
> and names requested.
>
> As per the time, we are estimating 12 hours to review and redact any
> responsive documents. We have no way of knowing that every single file is
> responsive to your request until we complete the process.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Sandra
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 21, 2026 at 2:45 pm, Sarah Zeeman wrote:
>
>
> Ms. Bryant,
>
> Thank you so much for the update, and I appreciate you coordinating with
> IT.
>
> Before approvin