{"id":8626,"date":"2021-09-07T17:24:51","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T23:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8626"},"modified":"2021-09-07T17:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T23:40:27","slug":"the-echo-association-grama-appeal-to-utah-state-records-committee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8626","title":{"rendered":"The ECHO-Association \u2013 GRAMA Appeal to Utah State Records Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com><\/strong><\/span>
\nSubject: Subject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: EID Trustee \/ Advisory Committee Emails<\/strong><\/span>
\nDate: September 7, 2021 at 4:16:08 PM PDT<\/strong><\/span>
\nTo: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/strong><\/span>
\nCc: Jennifer Hawkes <hawkes@ecmetro.org>, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org<\/strong><\/span><\/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 EID Trustee & EID Advisory Committee Emails.<\/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: June 18, 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=8483<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Denial: June 28, 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=8585<\/a><\/span>).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Date of GRAMA Appeal: July 28, 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=8585<\/a><\/span>).<\/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 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 Emigration Canyon Deputy Mayor Hawkes.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, as the requested public documents are directly related to pending federal litigation against EID trustees, Mr. Hawkes and land-developer and EID Advisory Committee Chairman R. Steve Creamer, 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

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

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

From: The ECHO-Association <m.tracy@echo-association.com> Subject: Subject: Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: EID Trustee \/ Advisory Committee Emails Date: September 7, 2021 at 4:16:08 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 […]<\/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\/8626"}],"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=8626"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8631,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8626\/revisions\/8631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}