{"id":8585,"date":"2021-07-28T10:09:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T16:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8585"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T23:44:25","slug":"grama-appeal-eid-advisory-committee-emails-testing-invoices","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8585","title":{"rendered":"GRAMA Appeal – EID Advisory Committee Emails \/ Testing Invoices"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com><\/strong><\/span>
\nSubject: GRAMA Appeal – EID Trustee and Advisory Committee Emails \/ Laboratory Testing Invoices \/ Possible Violation of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1512(c)(1)<\/strong><\/span>
\nDate: July 28, 2021 at 9:05:25 AM PDT<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo: eric@ecid.org<\/strong><\/span>
\nCc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org, Jeremy Cook <JCOOK@ck.law><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dear Certified Public Records Officer Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The attached email correspondence was received from Utah Attorney Jeremy R. Cook (\u201cUtah Attorney Cook\u201d) of the Salt Lake City law firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C. regarding our request dated June 18, 2021 under the Utah Government Records Access and Management Act (\u201cGRAMA\u201d) to inspect email correspondence between private land-developers and public officials believed to document the possible misuse of public funds by the Simplifi Company, trustees of Emigration Improvement District (\u201cEID\u201d aka Emigration Canyon Improvement District aka ECID\u201d) and\/or Utah Attorney Cook (see attached Exhibit A). We have furthermore requested inspection of water testing invoices believed to document active concealment of lead contamination by the same.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As required for further judicial action, we hereby appeal denial of the GRAMA request to the Chief Administrative Officer.<\/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

Relief Sought \/ Grounds for Appeal: We have reason to believe that Utah Attorney Cook, the Simplifi Company, its shareholders, and\/or trustees of EID may be concealing the misuse of public funds for private profit including active concealment of lead contamination of a public drinking water system.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We note that Utah Attorney Cook has expressly verified that the Simplifi Company and its shareholders Emigration Canyon Deputy Mayor Jeniffer Hawkes (\u201cDeputy Mayor Hawkes\u201d) and EID certified public records officer Eric Hawkes are the \u201cEID Public Records Office.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As the willful refusal to disclose public records is a criminal offense in the State of Utah under Utah Code \u00a7 63G-2-801(3)(a) we have provide a copy of the initial request to all EID trustees and Deputy Mayor Hawkes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, as the requested public documents are directly related to pending federal litigation against EID trustees and Mr. Hawkes, we further note that the corrupt intent to conceal a document from an official proceeding is a federal offense under 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1512(c)(1).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In sum, there is simply no legal basis for a public entity to deny access to government records because a courtesy copy of the request was also provided to the officer and director of the public entity\u2019s records office.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We await the decision of the Chief Administrative Officer.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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

Mark Christopher Tracy<\/strong><\/span>
\ndba Emigration <\/strong>Canyon Home Owners Association<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

EXHIBIT A<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

From: Jeremy Cook <jcook@ck.law><\/strong><\/span>
\nDate: June 28, 2021 at 10:02:59 AM PDT<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com><\/strong><\/span>
\nCc: “Eric Hawkes (eric@ecid.org)” <eric@ecid.org><\/strong><\/span>
\nSubject: FW: GRAMA – EID Trustee\/Advisory Committee Emails & Invoices for Laboratory Testing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Tracy,<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Emigration Improvement District has indicate numerous times that it will not respond GRAMA requests that include Mrs. Hawkes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks,<\/strong><\/span>
\nJeremy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jeremy R. Cook<\/strong><\/span>
\n111 East Broadway, 11th Floor <\/strong><\/span>
\nSalt Lake City, Utah 84111 <\/strong><\/span>
\nPhone: 801.363.4300 (after hours ext. 133) | Cell: 801.580.8759<\/strong><\/span>
\njcook@cohnekinghorn.com<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> Subject: GRAMA Appeal – EID Trustee and Advisory Committee Emails \/ Laboratory Testing Invoices \/ Possible Violation of 18 U.S.C. \u00a7 1512(c)(1) Date: July 28, 2021 at 9:05:25 AM PDT To: eric@ecid.org Cc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org, Jeremy Cook <JCOOK@ck.law> Dear Certified Public Records Officer Eric Hawkes of the […]<\/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\/8585"}],"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=8585"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8632,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8585\/revisions\/8632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}