{"id":8264,"date":"2021-04-19T13:03:52","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T19:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8264"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T16:02:00","slug":"echo-grama-appeal-to-utah-state-records-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8264","title":{"rendered":"The ECHO-Association – GRAMA Appeal to Utah State Records Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com><\/span><\/strong>
\nDate: April 19, 2021 at 11:58:07 AM PDT<\/span><\/strong>
\nTo: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/span><\/strong>
\nCc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org<\/span><\/strong>
\nSubject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: Legal Invoices of the Salt Lake City Law Firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Rebekkah Shaw<\/strong><\/span>
\nSRC Executive Secretary<\/strong><\/span>
\n346 S. Rio Grande<\/strong><\/span>
\nSalt Lake City, UT 84101-1106<\/strong><\/span>
\nPhone: 801-531-3851<\/strong><\/span>
\nFax: 801-531-3867<\/strong><\/span>
\nEmail: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We hereby appeal the \u201caffirmed denial\u201d of the Chief Administrative Officer of Emigration Improvement District (\u201cEID\u201d aka Emigration Canyon Improvement District aka ECID) under Utah Code Ann. 63G-2-403 regarding the de facto refusal to disclose legal invoices of the Salt Lake City law firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C. affirmed to be maintained at the private residence of Emigration Canyon Deputy Mayor Jennifer Hawkes (\u201cDeputy Mayor Hawkes\u201d) and EID General Manager \/ EID Financial Manager Eric Hawkes (\u201cMr. Hawkes\u201d) of the Simplifi Company.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please note the following for the purpose of this appeal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Name: Mark Christopher Tracy dba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association (\u201cThe ECHO-Association\u201d)<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mailing Address: 1160 E. Buchnel Dr., Sandy, Utah 84094<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Daytime Phone Number: 929-208-6010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Request: February 11, 2021 (see email correspondence to EID certified public records officer Eric Hawkes available at website maintained by The ECHO-Association at https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=7634<\/span><\/a>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Denial: February 24, 2021 (see email correspondence of Utah Attorney Jeremy R. Cook of the Salt Lake City law firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C available at website maintained by The ECHO-Association at https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8208<\/span><\/a>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Appeal: March 23, 2021 (see email correspondence to EID Trustee Chairman and EID Chief Administrative Officer Michaels Scott Hughes available at website maintained by The ECHO-Association at https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8208<\/span><\/a>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Decision of the Chief Administrative Officer: No response.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Relief Sought \/ Grounds for Appeal:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Under Utah Code Ann. sec. 63G-2-201(1)(a) \u201ca person has the right to inspect a public record free of charge, and the right to take a copy of a public record during normal working hours\u201d if the record is not privileged or confidential while the intentional refusal to disclose public records may be a criminal offense under Utah Code Ann. sec. 63G-2-801(3)(a).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We have reason to believe that EID Financial Manager Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company may be improperly diverting taxpayer funds for the private legal defense of himself, the Simplifi Company and Deputy Mayor Hawkes in litigation currently pending with the Utah Supreme Court and the Utah Court of Appeals (see<\/em> https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8254<\/span><\/a>; see also<\/em> https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8200<\/span><\/a>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Kind Regards,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Christopher Tracy<\/strong><\/span>
\ndba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association<\/strong><\/span>
\nTel. 929-208-6010<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> Date: April 19, 2021 at 11:58:07 AM PDT To: SRCsecretary@utah.gov Cc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org Subject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: Legal Invoices of the Salt Lake City Law Firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C. Rebekkah Shaw SRC Executive Secretary 346 S. Rio Grande Salt Lake […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8264"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8264"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8616,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8264\/revisions\/8616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}