CITY OF AUSTIN LAW DEPARTMENT'S STILL-UNANSWERED AUGUST 19, 2020, SIGNED OFFICIAL REQUEST FOR A RULING FROM THE TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL IN REGARD TO ME, HAS PROMPTED A FOLLOW-UP PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST FROM ME THIS EVENING FOCUSED EXCLUSIVELY ON THE CITY LAW DEPARTMENT AND ME

Below is my most recent public-information request focused on the City of Austin Law Department and me---a request I've submitted online at the City of Austin website at 8:08 p.m. today (Friday, October 9, 2020).

I decided to submit this follow-up public-information request to the City of Austin after my most recent prior request of that type to the City of Austin Law Department, submitted by me online at the City of Austin website at 1:30 a.m. August 6, 2020, prompted an assistant city attorney of Austin to then send an August 19, 2020-dated signed legal letter to Attorney General Paxton that sought official permission from the Attorney General for the City to withhold from me several or more very recent cited responsive legal documents on file with the City Attorney's Office that each refer to me by name.

As of today, October 9, 2020, the Attorney General of Texas has not yet responded in writing to City of Austin Law Department Assistant City Attorney Zachary Brown's August 19, 2020-dated signed legal letter of appeal to that state agency in Austin, according to information provided to me online today at my public-information requests center portal at the City of Austin's official website.

That August 19-dated signed official two-page legal letter from the City of Austin Law Department to Attorney General Paxton contained the following statement:

"The information at issue consists of e-mail communications (each of them referring at least once in any manner to public-information requestor John Kevin McMillan of Austin) between attorneys in the City's Law Department and City employees in their capacity as client representatives. These communications were made in order to facilitate the rendition of legal services to the City. These communications were intended to be confidential and have remained confidential. According, the City may withhold the information under Section 552.107(1) of the Government Code."

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From: Austin Public Records Center <austintx@mycusthelp.net>

To: mcmillanj@att.net <mcmillanj@att.net>

Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020, 08:14:39 PM CDT

Subject: Public Information Act Request :: C082019-100920

Dear Mr. John Kevin McMillan:

Thank you for contacting the City of Austin. Your request was received in this office on 10/9/2020 and given the reference number C082019-100920 for tracking purposes. Your request will be forwarded to the relevant City departments to locate the information you seek.

Records Requested: I am seeking a copy of any and all written communications, including e-mail communications, that directly referred at least once in any manner to myself, John Kevin McMillan of Austin, Texas, and that were typed, produced, generated, received, sent, mailed, forwarded, or FAXed at any time or date from 8:01 a.m. August 6, 2020, through 8 a.m. October 12, 2020, on behalf of or by any attorney or administrator or other staff member employed in or by the City of Austin Law Department or City Attorney's Office here in Austin, Texas.

EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF THIS PUBLIC-INFORMATION REQUEST ARE ANY AND ALL DOCUMENTS THAT WERE EXCLUSIVELY OR SOLELY WRITTEN BY MYSELF, OR WERE DIRECTLY E-MAILED TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BY MYSELF, JOHN KEVIN McMILLAN OF AUSTIN.

My legal name is John Kevin McMillan. I was born on April 27, 1957, at Lincoln, Nebraska. I have most recently resided in Austin proper on a continuous and uninterrupted basis ever since mid-March 1997.

I am a gainfully employed, permanently-drinking-alcohol-free (ever since 1990), lifelong-tobacco-free and anti-tobacco-minded, permanently-marijuana-free (ever since 1984) and anti-marijuana-minded, lifelong-illicit-drug-free in regard to any and all illicit drugs other than marijuana, single adult white non-Hispanic Anglo-Saxon male Austin resident of English, Scottish, and German ancestry.

Throughout the entire multi-month time period applicable to this public-information request, I have been and continue to be the only official tenant and only apartment-management-team-approved occupant residing inside the second-floor, eastside, efficiency-apartment-unit Apartment 2418 of Building 17 at Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, in northeast Austin.

Building 17 is situated in the northeastern corner of this gated-community apartment complex where I reside alone as the only rent-paying official tenant for my own rental unit.

I have maintained the same primary e-mail address throughout the entire multi-month period applicable to this public-information request. That e-mail address is: mcmillanj@att.net . My other e-mail address, which I have occasionally used through my new cell phone service with AT&T, is: goody2shoes2019@gmail.com.

My landline home phone number has remained the same throughout the entire multi-month period applicable to this public-information request. That phone number for me is: (512) 342-2295. My cell phone number, which I have had ever since I obtained my first-ever cell phone through AT&T in August of 2019, is: (512) 993-7305.

Thank you in advance for your very diligent and authoritative and thorough reply letter providing me with any and all responsive legal documents.

Sincerely and Best Wishes,

John Kevin McMillan, public-information requestor.

My home address ever since June 21, 2019: Pebble Creek Apartments, 8805 North Plaza Drive, Apt. 2418, Building 17, Austin, TX 78753. My blog: http://www.johnkevinmcmillan.blogspot.com

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Pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act, you will receive communication from the City of Austin within 10 business days informing you of one or more of the following:• The date the information will be available or a copy of the records sought• A cost estimate/invoice• A letter advising there is no responsive information for your request or that some/all the responsive information may or must be withheld by the City of Austin in accordance with the law• The need for clarification from you.

Please note your request must ask for records that already exist. The Texas Public Information Act does not require a governmental body to create new information, perform legal research, or answer questions.

You can monitor the status of your request using the "My Request Center" menu option at the Austin Public Records Center.

You will receive an email once your request is complete.