October 12, 2023

Via Email
davidgiuliani@patch.com

RE: Village of Hinsdale –Response to FOIA Request #2023-295

Dear Mr. Giuliani:

On behalf of the Village of Hinsdale (the “Village”), I am responding to your October 5,

2023 request for records, made pursuant to the Illinois Freedom of Information Act, 5
ILCS 140/1 et seq. (“FOIA”). Your FOIA request seeks a copy of:

Village’s Response:
Attached are the responsive records to your FOIA request. This request is denied in
part and granted in part pursuant to the below sections of FOIA:

• Section 7(1)(b) of FOIA: Certain private information, as defined in Section 2(c-5)

of FOIA is exempt. 5 ILCS 140/7(1)(b). Private information, as defined by FOIA,
includes a person’s home address, home phone number, driver’s license number,
license plate number and personal financial information. 5 ILCS 140/2(c-5).
• Section 7(1)(c) of FOIA: Personal information contained within public records, the
disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal
privacy, unless disclosure is consented to in writing by the individual subjects of
the information.
• Section 7(1)(m): Communications between a public body and an attorney or
auditor representing the public body that would not be subject to discovery in
litigation, and materials prepared or compiled by or for a public body in
anticipation of a criminal, civil, or administrative proceeding upon the request of
an attorney advising the public body, and materials prepared or compiled with
respect to internal audits of public bodies.

Village Attorney Mallory Milluzzi was responsible for this partial denial.

You have a right to have your request reviewed by the Public Access Counselor (PAC)
at the Office of the Illinois Attorney General. 5 ILCS 140/9.5(a). You can file your Request
for Review with the PAC by writing to:

Public Access Counselor

Office of the Attorney General
500 South 2nd Street

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Springfield, Illinois 62706
Fax: 217-782-1396
E-mail: publicaccess@atg.state.il.us

If you choose to file a Request for Review with the PAC, you must do so within sixty (60)
calendar days of the date of this denial letter. 5 ILCS 140/9.5(a). Please note that you
must include a copy of your original FOIA request and this denial letter when filing a
Request for Review with the PAC.
Sincerely,
Emily Tompkins
Village of Hinsdale

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From: David Giuliani <david.giuliani@patch.com>
Sent time: 10/05/2023 10:46:14 AM
To: Emily Tompkins
Subject: Public Records Request-Parking Garage Issue
Attachments: Parking Garage2.png Parking Garage1.png

Hello,

This is a public records request under the Freedom of Information Act.

I am seeking public documents that detail the dripping problem in the village's parking garage, with
some spots now apparently blocked because of it. I received messages from a resident concerned about
this issue. In the alternative, if you or someone else could provide me an explanation for what's going
on, that would be great. In that case, I wouldn't need any records.

If you have any questions about this request, please feel free to contact me.

Thanks,

--
David Giuliani
Reporter
Patch.com
505-426-5067
Covering Elmhurst, La Grange, Hinsdale, Darien, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills
From: Kathleen Gargano
Sent time: 07/10/2023 11:22:50 AM
To: Andrianna Peterson
Subject: Fwd: Parking garage dripping

Kathleen Gargano
Village Manager
Village of Hinsdale

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gmail >

Date: July 10, 2023 at 9:35:50 AM CDT
To: Kathleen Gargano <kgargano@villageofhinsdale.org>
Subject: Parking garage dripping

Good morning Kathleen.

I wanted to share some pictures of my car that I’ve parked in the “new” garage, adjacent to the Jr.
High.
It’s been happens for quite awhile, and I think that it was believed to have been fixed.
The top of my minivan was affected on June 21st. It had been dry for quite awhile, so I’m not sure
where the water was coming from. I was parked along the far wall, facing west.

I’ve been able to remove most stains (I’ve had many). I took a picture of the rubber seal around the
window, to show that whatever is dripping, does NOT come out of the rubber.

Hopefully whatever is going on can be resolved before the real rainy/snow season sets in.

Thank you,
Sent from my iPhone
From: Karen Buccieri
Sent time: 06/14/2023 04:26:33 PM
To: George Peluso
Subject: dripping in the parking garage

George, I had a resident call today at 4:00 to say that there has been dripping from the ceiling in the parking
garage lot and it is getting all over their cars. Her name is and she owns and her number is
- Thanks, Karen

Karen Buccieri
19 E.Chicago Ave.
Hinsdale,IL 60521
630-789-7020
kbuccieri@villageofhinsdale.org
From: Andrianna Peterson
Sent time: 03/15/2023 03:24:13 PM
To: George Peluso; Kathleen Gargano
Cc: Kathleen Gargano; George Peluso
Subject: RE: Parking garage leaking
Attachments: RE: Hinsdale Parking Deck Outstanding Issues

Hi George - here is the last correspondence on this item that I am aware of. It does not appear that we received a response.
Do you want me to follow up with Wight?

Also, John Finnell asked about a request from the High School to plant some flowers in the planters. Based on my
understanding that the weep holes still need to be taken care of, I suggested to him that he speak to you but that it seemed
like we needed to get the matters addressed before adding more plants. I am sure you have more information and
background on this that would be helpful.

Thank you -

Andrianna Peterson
Assistant Village Manager
Village of Hinsdale
19 E. Chicago Avenue
Hinsdale, IL 60521
(630) 789-7005

-----Original Message-----
From: George Peluso <gpeluso@villageofhinsdale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 2:56 PM
To: Kathleen Gargano <kgargano@villageofhinsdale.org>; Andrianna Peterson <apeterson@villageofhinsdale.org>
Subject: FW: Parking garage leaking

Hello,

I plan on calling this person back this week to determine location. Not sure where we left everything with Wight.

Thank you,
George

-----Original Message-----
From:
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 1:43 PM
To: George Peluso <gpeluso@villageofhinsdale.org>
Subject: Re: Parking garage leaking

Hello,

Just following up on my email from a month ago, wondering if any progress has been made on fixing the leaks?

I unfortunately have parked there a few times since. I had my car washed at Fuller’s today, and stains from the parking
garage leaks are still visible in several places. As I stated before, the stains are very hard to remove.

Thanks for your time,

> On Feb 16, 2023, at 5:41 PM, > wrote:

>
> Mr. Peluso,
>
> I have noticed that when it rains, there are a lot of places in the lower level of the new parking garage that are leaking. In
some places these leaks drip down onto any unfortunate car that happens to be parked below the leak. If it were just water it
wouldn’t be so bad, but the wet substance that drips down is sort of sticky, and difficult to remove from cars. I experienced
this firsthand the other day at Fuller’s Car Wash.
>
> Below are just two pictures I took at the end of the day today 2/16/23. The second picture is a close up of the rear window
of my car after I got home and parked in my garage.
>
> Hopefully you are working to address this issue. As a Hinsdale resident for many years, I appreciate the hard work and
dedication of your department.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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From: Robert McGinnis
Sent time: 09/09/2020 07:43:07 AM
To:
Cc: Bradley Bloom
Subject: FW: Parking garage
Attachments: 20200908_102657_resized.jpg 20200908_102617_resized.jpg

Thanks for the pictures. We are aware of the leaks and have it on Wight’s punch list.
Robb-

Robert McGinnis, MCP

Village of Hinsdale
Director of Community Development/
Building Commissioner
Office 630-789-7036
Fax 630-789-7016
rmcginnis@villageofhinsdale.org

From: ]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 7:00 PM
To: Robert McGinnis
Subject: Parking garage

Your garage has sprung a leak. Check out the photos. I parked my car underneath one of the joints and
when I came out at 10:30 my car is soaking wet from what stripping through the ceiling. I don't recall
this being a standard parking garage issue but it seems like there's several joints that are leaking or
dripping.

I just thought I'd bring it to your attention

From: Robert McGinnis
Sent time: 09/09/2020 07:43:07 AM
To:
Cc: Bradley Bloom (bbloom@villageofhinsdale.org) <bbloom@villageofhinsdale.org>
Subject: FW: Parking garage
Attachments: 20200908_102657_resized.jpg 20200908_102617_resized.jpg

Thanks for the pictures. We are aware of the leaks and have it on Wight’s punch list.
Robb-

Robert McGinnis, MCP

Village of Hinsdale
Director of Community Development/
Building Commissioner
Office 630-789-7036
Fax 630-789-7016
rmcginnis@villageofhinsdale.org

From: ]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2020 7:00 PM
To: Robert McGinnis
Subject: Parking garage

Your garage has sprung a leak. Check out the photos. I parked my car underneath one of the joints and
when I came out at 10:30 my car is soaking wet from what stripping through the ceiling. I don't recall
this being a standard parking garage issue but it seems like there's several joints that are leaking or
dripping.

I just thought I'd bring it to your attention

From: Gmail >
Sent time: 07/10/2023 09:35:38 AM
To: Kathleen Gargano
Subject: Parking garage dripping

Good morning Kathleen.

I wanted to share some pictures of my car that I’ve parked in the “new” garage, adjacent to the Jr. High.
It’s been happens for quite awhile, and I think that it was believed to have been fixed.
The top of my minivan was affected on June 21st. It had been dry for quite awhile, so I’m not sure where the
water was coming from. I was parked along the far wall, facing west.

I’ve been able to remove most stains (I’ve had many). I took a picture of the rubber seal around the window, to
show that whatever is dripping, does NOT come out of the rubber.

Hopefully whatever is going on can be resolved before the real rainy/snow season sets in.

Thank you,
Sent from my iPhone
From: >
Sent time: 09/08/2020 07:00:04 PM
To: Robert McGinnis
Subject: Parking garage
Attachments: 20200908_102657_resized.jpg 20200908_102617_resized.jpg

Your garage has sprung a leak. Check out the photos. I parked my car underneath one of the joints and
when I came out at 10:30 my car is soaking wet from what stripping through the ceiling. I don't recall
this being a standard parking garage issue but it seems like there's several joints that are leaking or
dripping.

I just thought I'd bring it to your attention

From: Kathleen Gargano
Sent time: 07/10/2023 11:25:03 AM
To: Andrianna Peterson; Nicholas Sleboda <nsleboda@wightco.com>
Subject: Fwd: Parking garage dripping

FYI
Kathleen Gargano
Village Manager
Village of Hinsdale

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gmail
Date: July 10, 2023 at 9:35:50 AM CDT
To: Kathleen Gargano <kgargano@villageofhinsdale.org>
Subject: Parking garage dripping

Good morning Kathleen.

I wanted to share some pictures of my car that I’ve parked in the “new” garage, adjacent to the Jr.
High.
It’s been happens for quite awhile, and I think that it was believed to have been fixed.
The top of my minivan was affected on June 21st. It had been dry for quite awhile, so I’m not sure
where the water was coming from. I was parked along the far wall, facing west.

I’ve been able to remove most stains (I’ve had many). I took a picture of the rubber seal around the
window, to show that whatever is dripping, does NOT come out of the rubber.

Hopefully whatever is going on can be resolved before the real rainy/snow season sets in.

Thank you,
Sent from my iPhone