{"id":8350,"date":"2021-05-03T18:26:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-04T00:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8350"},"modified":"2021-05-03T18:47:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T00:47:22","slug":"the-echo-associations-grama-appeal-to-the-utah-state-records-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8350","title":{"rendered":"The ECHO-Association’s Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com><\/span><\/strong>
\nSubject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: FIRE FLOW TEST RESULTS<\/span><\/strong>
\nDate: May 3, 2021 at 5:22:21 PM 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><\/p>\n

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

Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/span><\/strong><\/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 fire-flow test results of water system 18143 owned by EID and operated by the Simplifi Company (\u201cSimplifi\u201d) through Emigration Canyon Deputy Mayor Jennifer Hawkes and her spouse EID General Manager \/ EID Financial Manger \/ EID Records Custodian \/ EID Certified Records Officer Eric Hawkes (\u201cMr. Hawkes\u201d) as the verified Public Records Office of EID under Utah Code Ann. Utah Code Ann. \u00a7 63G-2-103(11)(b)(i).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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

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

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

Date of GRAMA Request to the EID Certified Public Records Officer: February 11, 2021 (see<\/em> https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=7583<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Denial: February 24, 2021 (see<\/em> https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8213<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Appeal to Chief Administrative Officer: March 24, 2021.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Relief Sought \/ Grounds for Appeal: Access to fire flow test results of water system 18143 owned by EID and operated by the Simplifi Company through Deputy Mayor Hawkes and Mr. Hawkes.<\/span><\/strong><\/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.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

During the EID trustee meeting on June 11, 2020, Emigration Canyon Mayor and EID Operations Manager Joe Smolka reported that EID water distribution lines in the area of Littletree Road are 3 inches in diameter and are thus both contrary to information provided by the Simplifi Company in the 2018 Sanitary Survey and are unable to provide adequate fire flow during an emergency under the federal Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (see<\/em> Water System 18143 Report responses at Nr. 56 and Nr. 58A available at The ECHO-Association website available at https:\/\/echo-association.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018-Sanitary-Survey-1.pdf<\/a><\/span>; and https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=7603<\/a><\/span>.)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Moreover, during the EID trustee meeting on September 10, 2020, Mr. Hawkes of Simplifi confirmed that he had \u201cfrom time to time\u201d manipulated the pressure reducing valves of water system No. 18143 but then refused to elucidate the reasons for taking such unusual and potentially dangerous action.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

Mark Christopher Tracy<\/span><\/strong>
\n\u2013 qui tam<\/em> Relator \/ ECHO President<\/span><\/strong>
\nTel. 929-208-6010<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> Subject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: FIRE FLOW TEST RESULTS Date: May 3, 2021 at 5:22:21 PM PDT To: SRCsecretary@utah.gov Cc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org Rebekkah Shaw SRC Executive Secretary 346 S. Rio Grande Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1106 Phone: 801-531-3851 Fax: 801-531-3867 Email: […]<\/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\/8350"}],"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=8350"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8356,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8350\/revisions\/8356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}