Dear R. Brian Black, &nbsp; Thank you for registering with the Maui County Hawaii Records Portal. &nbsp; Your Login ID is: <<email address>> &nbsp; If you did not submit your request through the UIPA portal but are receiving this email, an account has been created on your behalf where you can track and monitor the status of your request, and receive any documents in response to your request. &nbsp; If you have never used this system or cannot remember your password you may request a temporary password here:&nbsp;Request Temporary Password &nbsp; Please login to My Records Center to update your account information, track the status of your request and receive requested records when they become available. &nbsp; &nbsp; This is an auto-generated email and has originated from an unmonitored email account. Please DO NOT REPLY. &nbsp;

Dear R. Brian Black: Thank you for your interest in public records of Maui County Hawaii. Your request has been received and is being processed in accordance with the Uniform Information Practices Act. &nbsp; Your request was received in this portal on 10/7/2024 and given the reference number R003181-100724 for tracking purposes. Records Requested: The contract executed between Next Request/Civic Plus and the Maui Police Department. Your request was forwarded to the department you selected.&nbsp; The department will try to locate the information you seek and determine the volume and any costs associated with satisfying your request. &nbsp; You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. Again, thank you for using the Public Records Center. Maui County Hawaii To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the&nbsp;Public Records Center

--- Please respond above this line --- Aloha R. Brian Black,&nbsp;The County of Maui is transitioning to a new online UIPA records management portal for the departments most impacted by the unprecedented high volume of UIPA requests relating to the August 2023 Maui Wildfires. This portal will allow you to track and monitor the status of your request, as well as receive any documents in response to your request.&nbsp;&nbsp;The departments included are: Department of Fire &amp; Public Safety, Maui Police Department, Maui Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), Office of the Mayor, Department of Management, Department of Planning, Department of Public Works, Department of the Corporation Counsel, and Department of Water Supply.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You are receiving this email because you have submitted a UIPA request to one or more of these Departments that is still pending. The County has uploaded your open UIPA request to the portal and created an account on your behalf.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Your Login ID is: <<email address>> may request a temporary password here:&nbsp;Request Temporary Password.&nbsp; Please login to&nbsp;My Records Center&nbsp;to update your account information, track the status of your request and receive requested records when they become available.&nbsp;Beginning on January 24, 2024, you will be able to enter new UIPA requests on the portal to the departments listed above.&nbsp; The County also plans to expand the UIPA portal to all departments in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;Thank you for your patience and understanding during this transitional period, as the County continues to work towards a more efficient and streamlined process to address UIPA requests.&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to the department representative and/or email address you previously corresponded with. To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the&nbsp;Public Records Center

--- Please respond above this line --- ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO REQUESTER&nbsp;To: R. Brian Black, <<email address>> Stacey Vinoray, FinanceDate Request Received: 10/7/2024Request Reference Number: R003181-100724Date of Acknowledgement: 10/23/2024Government Records You Requested: The contract executed between Next Request/Civic Plus and the Maui Police Department.&nbsp;This acknowledgment is provided in accordance with section 2-71-13, Hawaii Administrative Rules (&ldquo;HAR&rdquo;), because the following extenuating circumstance(s) exist:&nbsp;____Agency must consult with another person to determine whether the record is exempt from disclosure under chapter 92F, HRS.__XX__Request requires extensive agency efforts to search, review, or segregate the records, or otherwise prepare the records for inspection or copying._XX___Agency requires additional time to respond to the request in order to avoid an unreasonable interference&nbsp;with its other statutory duties and functions.&nbsp;&nbsp;____A natural disaster or other situation beyond the agency&rsquo;s control prevents the agency from sending a&nbsp;notice or responding to the request within ten business days. &nbsp;Due to these extenuating circumstances, the agency will send you the written notice required by section 2-71-14, HAR, within a reasonable time not to exceed twenty business days following the date when the agency received your request.&nbsp; Among other things, this notice will inform you whether the agency intends (1) to disclose the record; (2) to deny access to all or part of the information in the requested record, identifying the portions that will not be disclosed and justifying the nondisclosure; or (3) that the agency is unable to disclose the record for the reasons given.&nbsp; The notice will also include&nbsp;the agency&rsquo;s good faith estimate of all fees that will be charged to the requester under section 2-71-19, HAR and the amount of prepayment required by the agency, if any.&nbsp;&nbsp;If the agency is providing access to records, the agency will then:&nbsp; Disclose the requested records within five business days after providing notice or, when applicable, after&nbsp;receiving a prepayment as provided for under section 2-71-19, HAR; &nbsp;Disclose the requested records in increments because the requested records are voluminous.&nbsp;See HAR &sect; 2-71-15.&nbsp; &nbsp;Each increment will be disclosed within twenty business days after either (A) the&nbsp;prior incremental disclosure (if one prepayment of fees is required and received) or (B) receipt of each incremental prepayment required.For questions about this acknowledgment, please respond to this message.&nbsp; Questions regarding compliance with the UIPA may be directed to the Office of Information Practices at 808-586-1400 or <<email address>> VinorayFinance&nbsp; To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the&nbsp;Public Records Center

--- Please respond above this line --- Aloha Brian,&nbsp;We cannot locate any contracts under the names Next Request or Civic Plus with the Maui Police Department.Please let me know if you want me to research other names.&nbsp;Should you have any questions, please contact me at (808) 270-7722.&nbsp;Mahalo,Stacey VinorayFinance To monitor the progress or update this request please log into the&nbsp;Public Records Center

Aloha Brian, Thank you for your response and I'll go ahead and close this request. Mahalo, Stacey Vinoray Secretary, Director's Office County of Maui, Department of Finance 200 S. High St., Wailuku, HI 96793 (808) 270-7476 or Ext. 7476 Email: <<email address>> >>> "R. Brian Black" < <name and email address> > 10/23/2024 5:35 PM >>> Aloha Stacey, interesting. Some other records we received indicated that MPD had a contract for NextRequest, but perhaps those plans were never finalized. Thank you for the response. This request can be closed. Best, Brian