Exemption log
The records provided to you contain exempt material. Please refer to this table for the exemption relating to each redaction/withholding.
Exemption Code	Exemption	Brief Explanation
1	Attorney-Client Privileged Communications - RCW 42.56.070 and 5.60.060	Records reflect communication between a client and an attorney for the purpose of seeking or providing legal advice.
2	Deliberative Process - RCW 42.56.280 exempts “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 an agency in connection with an agency action.”	The records contain predecisional opinions or recommendations expressed as part of the deliberative process, disclosure of which would be injurious to the deliberative process, and disclosure would inhibit the flow of recommendations, observations and opinions. The records reflect policy recommendations and opinions and not raw factual data on which a decision is based. See Progressive Animal Welfare Society v. University of Washington, 125 Wn.2d 243, 256, 884 P.2d 592 (1994)
3	Attorney Work Product (Controversy Exemption) - RCW 42.56.290 exempts records that are relevant to a controversy to which an agency is a party but which would not be available to another party under the rules of pretrial discovery for causes pending in the superior court.	Disclosure of the records would reveal an attorney’s mental impressions and thought processes in connection with completed, existing, or anticipated litigation.
4	Performance Evaluations that Do Not Discuss Specific Incidents of Misconduct - RCW 42.56.230(3); Dawson v. Daly, 120 Wn.2d 782, 845 P.2d 995 (1993)	Disclosure of performance evaluations, that do not discuss specific instances of misconduct, is presumed to be highly offensive and of no legitimate interest to the public.
5	Highly Offensive and Unsubstantiated Allegations of Employee Misconduct - RCW 42.56.230(3)	The record contains highly offensive and unsubstantiated allegations of misconduct, which qualifies as personal information in a file maintained for an employee, appointee, or elected official of a public agency. Disclosure of this information would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and is not of legitimate concern to the public.
6	Employee ID numbers - RCW 42.56.230(3); Tacoma Public Library v. Woessner, 90 Wn. App. 205, 221-22, 951 P.3d 257 (1998)	Employee numbers are exempt when disclosed with employees’ names. Tacoma Public Library v. Woessner, 90 Wn.App. 205, 219, 951 P.2d 357 (1998). Disclosure could violate an individual’s right to privacy, and could be used for identity theft, fraud, or other criminal activity.
7	Personal information in files maintained for employees, appointees, or elected officials of a public agency - RCW 42.56.230(3)	The record contains personal information in a file maintained for an employee, appointee, or elected official of a public agency. Disclosure of this information would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and is not of legitimate concern to the public.
8	Agency Employees’ Personnel, Employment-Related Information in Personnel Records, Employment-related Records, or Volunteer Rosters/lists - RCW 42.56.250(4)	The following information held by any public agency in personnel records, public employment related records, volunteer rosters, or included in any mailing list of employees or volunteers of any public agency is exempt from disclosure: Residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, personal wireless telephone numbers, personal email addresses, social security numbers, driver's license numbers, identicard numbers, and emergency contact information of employees or volunteers of a public agency, and the names, dates of birth, residential addresses, residential telephone numbers, personal wireless telephone numbers, personal email addresses, social security numbers, and emergency contact information of dependents of employees or volunteers of a public agency.
9	Test questions, scoring keys, and other examination data used to administer a license, employment, or academic examination - RCW 42.56.250(1)	The record contains test questions, scoring keys, or other examination data used to administer a license, employment, or academic examination.
10	Applications for public employment, including the names of applicants, resumes, and other materials submitted with respect to applicant - RCW 42.56.250(2)	The record contains an application for public employment, including the name of an applicant, a resume, or materials submitted with respect to an applicant.
11	Social Security Numbers - RCW 42.56.250(4) applies to SSNs of employees and volunteers; 42 USC § 405(c)(2)(C)(viii)(I) applies to all SSNs	Disclosure of social security numbers (SSNs) is prohibited by federal law, and SSN’s could be used for identity theft, fraud, or other criminal activity
12	Personal Information in Files Maintained for Students in Public Schools, Patients or Clients of Public Institutions or Public Health Agencies, or Welfare Recipients - RCW 42.56.230(1)	The records contain personal information and are found in files maintained for students in public schools, patients or clients of public institutions, patients or clients of public health agencies, or welfare recipients.
13	Credit card numbers, debit card numbers, electronic check numbers, card expiration dates, account numbers and balances; bank information, and other financial information (as defined in RCW 9.35.005) - RCW 42.56.230(5)	Disclosure would violate an individual’s right to privacy, and could be used for identity theft, fraud or other criminal activity.
14	Driver’s License Numbers, Driver’s Permit Numbers, and State Identicard Numbers - RCW 42.56.230(5); see also RCW 9.35.005	Disclosure would violate an individual’s right to privacy, and could be used for identity theft, fraud or other criminal activity.
15	Medical Care and Mental Health Care Records - RCW 70.02.020(1); RCW 42.56.360(2)	Record contains medical and/or mental health care information exempt from disclosure to third parties without the patient’s written authorization.
16	Intelligence Information or investigative records - RCW 42.56.240(1) Record includes specific intelligence information or investigative records, the non-disclosure of which is essential to effective law enforcement	Disclosure would reveal law enforcement techniques, capabilities, limitations, and/or the extent of law enforcement knowledge which would jeopardize investigations/prosecutions and/or assist individuals in criminal activity.
17	Intelligence Information or investigative records - RCW 42.56.240(1) Record includes specific intelligence information or investigative records, the non-disclosure of which is essential to protection of privacy	Record includes specific intellience information or investigative records the nondisclosure of which is essential to the protection of a person's right to privacy as defined by RCW 42.56.050. Disclosure of the information would be highly offensive to a reasonable person and is of no legitimate interest to the public.
18	Complainants, Witnesses, & Victims Who Request Nondisclosure at Time of Complaint - RCW 42.56.240(2)	The complainant’s, victim’s, or witness’s indication at the time of the complaint controls the determination whether to disclose the individual's identity.
19	Complainants, Witnesses, & Victims Who DID NOT Request Nondisclosure at Time of Complaint - RCW 42.56.240(2)	Disclosure of the individual's identity will endanger any person's life, physical safety, or property.
20	Records assembled, prepared, or maintained to prevent, mitigate, or respond to criminal terrorist acts - RCW 42.56.420(1)	The records at issue were assembled, prepared, or maintained to prevent, mitigate, or respond to criminal terrorist acts, and public disclosure would have a substantial likelihood of threatening public safety.
21	Employees' full names associated with birthdates - Wash. Const. article I, section 7; See Washington Pub. Employees Ass'n v. Washington State Ctr. for Childhood Deafness & Hearing Loss, 404 P.3d 111 (Wash. Ct. App. 2017)	The records contain City employees’ full names associated with their corresponding birthdates, and disclosure would violate the employees’ constitutionally-protected right to privacy.
Redacted Documents
Exemption Code (See above for exemption and brief explanation)	Title/Subject Line/File name/Description	Document Type	Date	Author/ Sender	Recipients (Including cc's)	Bates Number or page number	Location of redaction on page (if applicable)
Redaction is not covered under PRA exemption. Requester granted PDO permission to redact the personal information (First and lasr name, phone number, and email) for community members participating in a survey. Disclosure of this information may be offensive to the public.	690 Comments collected through 1-14-2016.redacted	Excel Workbook	1/14/2016	Tivoli, Leah	N/A	Form Responses 1 Sheet	Form Responses 1 Sheet, Columns B-E