\nSubject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee (Legal Invoices of the Salt Lake City Law Firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C.)<\/strong>
\nDate: August 24, 2021 at 10:32:10 AM PDT<\/strong>
\nTo: SRC Secretary <srcsecretary@utah.gov><\/strong>
\nCc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, Eric Hawkes <eric@ECID.org>, mike <mike@ecid.org>, dave@ECID.org, brent@ECID.org<\/strong><\/p>\n
Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/strong><\/p>\n As noted in the hearing before the Utah State Records Committee on August 12, 2021, we are still awaiting disposition of our appeal regarding legal invoices of the Salt Lake City law firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C. demanding payment of public finds from Emigration Improvement District (see<\/em> confirmation email correspondence below).<\/strong><\/p>\n Please let us know the status of this appeal to the State Records Committee at your earliest convenience.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kind Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark Christopher Tracy<\/strong> <\/p>\n On Apr 21, 2021, at 10:58 AM, The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n Perfect. Thanks for confirming.<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark T.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Apr 21, 2021, at 10:57 AM, SRC Secretary <srcsecretary@utah.gov> wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n I did, thank you.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Tue, Apr 20, 2021 at 2:18 PM The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Shaw,<\/strong><\/p>\n Did you receive the appeal below?<\/strong><\/p>\n I know you were having some issues with emails going to your spam folder.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kind Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark T.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Apr 19, 2021, at 11:58 AM, The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> wrote:<\/strong><\/p>\n Rebekkah Shaw<\/strong> Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/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 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><\/p>\n Please note the following for the purpose of this appeal:<\/strong><\/p>\n Name: Mark Christopher Tracy dba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association (\u201cThe ECHO-Association\u201d)<\/strong><\/p>\n Mailing Address: 1160 E. Buchnel Dr., Sandy, Utah 84094<\/strong><\/p>\n Daytime Phone Number: 929-208-6010<\/strong><\/p>\n Date of GRAMA Request: February 11, 2021 (see<\/em> 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<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/p>\n Date of GRAMA Denial: February 24, 2021 (see<\/em> 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<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/p>\n Date of GRAMA Appeal: March 23, 2021 (see<\/em> 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<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/p>\n Date of GRAMA Decision of the Chief Administrative Officer: No response.<\/strong><\/p>\n Relief Sought \/ Grounds for Appeal:<\/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 while the intentional refusal to disclose public records may be a criminal offense under Utah Code Ann. sec. 63G-2-801(3)(a).<\/strong><\/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<\/a><\/span>; see also<\/em> https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8200<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/p>\n Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Kind Regards,<\/strong><\/p>\n Mark Christopher Tracy<\/strong> From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> Subject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee (Legal Invoices of the Salt Lake City Law Firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C.) Date: August 24, 2021 at 10:32:10 AM PDT To: SRC Secretary <srcsecretary@utah.gov> Cc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, Eric Hawkes <eric@ECID.org>, mike <mike@ecid.org>, dave@ECID.org, brent@ECID.org Dear Ms. Shaw, As noted in 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\/8617"}],"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=8617"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8622,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8617\/revisions\/8622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\ndba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association<\/strong>
\nTel. 929-208-6010<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nSRC Executive Secretary<\/strong>
\n346 S. Rio Grande<\/strong>
\nSalt Lake City, UT 84101-1106<\/strong>
\nPhone: 801-531-3851<\/strong>
\nFax: 801-531-3867<\/strong>
\nEmail: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/strong><\/p>\n
\ndba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association<\/strong>
\nTel. 929-208-6010<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Image-Plumb-Nr.-2.jpg\")
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