{"id":8830,"date":"2021-11-24T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8830"},"modified":"2021-11-24T13:01:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T20:01:28","slug":"status-request-utah-state-records-appeal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8830","title":{"rendered":"Status Request &#8211; Utah State Records Committee Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">From: The ECHO-Association &lt;m.tracy@echo-association.com&gt;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date: November 24, 2021 at 11:53:32 AM PST<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">To: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cc: Jennifer Hawkes &lt;hawkes@ecmetro.org&gt;, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Subject: Status Request &#8211; Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: Water Lease Payments &amp; Water Letters for New Construction in Emigration Canyon<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We were doing some housekeeping this morning and it does not appear that we received a response from the Utah State Records Committee regarding this appeal.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Can you please confirm receipt and possible disposition of the same? I know that we had problems in the past with emails going to the junk file during the COVID-19 lockdown.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kind Regards,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mark Christopher Tracy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">dba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tel. 929-208-6010<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On Feb 23, 2021, at 12:10 AM, The ECHO-Association &lt;m.tracy@echo-association.com&gt; wrote:<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rebekkah Shaw<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">SRC Executive Secretary<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">346 S. Rio Grande<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1106<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Phone: 801-531-3851<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fax: 801-531-3867<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Email: SRCsecretary@utah.gov<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dear Ms. Shaw,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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 refusal to disclosure Water Lease Payments and Water Letters issue for new construction affirmed to be maintained at the private residence of Emigration Canyon Deputy Mayor Jennifer Hawkes and EID General Manager Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please note the following for the purpose of this appeal:<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Name: Mark Christopher Tracy dba Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association (\u201cThe ECHO-Association\u201d)<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mailing Address: 1160 E. Buchnel Dr., Sandy, Utah 84094<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Daytime Phone Number: 929-208-6010<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date of GRAMA Request: Email correspondence to EID certified public records officer Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company on January 19, 2021 (<em>see<\/em> <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=7969\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=7969<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date of GRAMA Denial: February 9, 2021 (see email correspondence of Utah Attorney Jeremy R. Cook of the Salt Lake City law firm Cohne Kinghorn P.C. available at <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8087\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8087<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date of GRAMA Appeal: Email correspondence to EID Trustee Chairman and EID Chief Administrative Officer Michaels Scott Hughes on February 9, 2021 (<em>see<\/em> <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8087\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=8087<\/a><\/span>; <em>see also<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=1661\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=1661<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Date of GRAMA Decision of the Chief Administrative Officer: No response.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Relief Sought \/ Grounds for Appeal:<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">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).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Financial records previously obtained by The ECHO-Association reveal that EID promised future water service to at least 97 vacant parcels including private land-developers and \u201cEID Advisory Committee Members\u201d R. Steve Creamer and Walter J. Plumb III, Steve Hook to include EID contractor Bill Cutting despite the fact that EID itself had established a buildout limit of 700 homes in June 1996 and EID\u2019s proposal to allowi for the construction of over 500 new homes is currently pending with the Utah Court of Appeals (<em>see<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=6589\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=6589<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=6994\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=6994<\/a><\/span>).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Moreover, it appears that EID issued water letters for the construction of the private residences of current EID trustee David Bradford and EID trustee Brent Tippets. To date, EID General Manger Eric Hawkes of the Simplifi Company has failed to provide documentation of proper payment for water rights reported to the Utah State Engineer as leased to EID trustee Bradford from EID (<em>see<\/em> <span style=\"color: #003366;\">https:\/\/echo-association.com\/?page_id=5945<\/span>).<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please feel free to contact me directly with any questions.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Kind Regards,<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mark Christopher Tracy<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Emigration Canyon Home Owners Association<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">Tel. 929-208-6010<\/span><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From: The ECHO-Association &lt;m.tracy@echo-association.com&gt; Date: November 24, 2021 at 11:53:32 AM PST To: SRCsecretary@utah.gov Cc: Jennifer Hawkes &lt;hawkes@ecmetro.org&gt;, eric@ecid.org, mike@ecid.org, brent@ecid.org, dave@ecid.org Subject: Status Request &#8211; Appeal to the Utah State Records Committee \u2013 Ref: Water Lease Payments &amp; Water Letters for New Construction in Emigration Canyon Dear Ms. Shaw, We were doing some [&hellip;]<\/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\/8830"}],"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=8830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8832,"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8830\/revisions\/8832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echo-association.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}