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All data / documentation / information in regards to Parking Garage Validation #01 for April 2018 including ,but not limited to, copies of cashier shift reports and copies of both the front & rear of the validated garage tickets.
I am looking for a list of validation numbers used in the year 2018 at North & South Garages. I am looking specifically for the numbers that were not billed / charged to any account or person or organization [i.e. #01, #56, etc.].
FOI #23-136 (03-22-23, 1:36 am) - Subject - Security Camera Data - South Parking Garage
Name - Kenneth Kulo
Affiliation -
Data / information pertaining to the installation of the security camera on the 5th floor of the South Garage near the bottom of the ramp to the 6th floor [outside of booths covering entrance lanes].
All policies & procedures, operations manuals, work instructions, decision matrices, rules & regulations, and/or applicable literature pertaining to Parking Enforcement by, or on behalf of, UCONN Police Department.
All policies & procedures, operations manuals, work instructions, decision matrices, rules & regulations, and/or applicable literature pertaining to Parking Enforcement by, or on behalf of, Parking Services.
I am requesting a copy of the contract or contracts with LAZ Parking and their respective pricing exhibits [if not already attached to the respective contracts] along with all subsequent amendments covering the time period May 1, 2014 through & including May 31, 2017.
I am also requesting copies of all LAZ Parking invoices for the same time period along with any attachments, such as personnel time sheet data.
The invoices / invoice line-items of specific interest are related to maintenance services rendered for events. For clarification, relevant maintenance services include [but are not limited to] event signage & traffic control tasks such as: VMS towing/setup/takedown/programming, Windmaster related tasks (i.e. frame and/or insert transport and/or setup/takedown), barricade and/or cone & chain transport/setup/takedown.
All data / information (i.e. permit types, emails, meeting and/or committee minutes, etc.) pertaining to classes of persons / drivers / vehicles that received and/or are entitled to receive no-cost / free parking permits and/or rights / privileges (i.e. Facilities Contractors, Student Athletes while traveling for away games, Employees of LAZ Parking, National Guard members, attendees of specific events / functions, etc.)