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HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-23-2024 - City of Renton's Preliminary Witness & Exhibit List CITY OF RENTON’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS AND EXHIBIT LIST - 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP 1191 SECOND AVENUE SUITE 2000 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3404 TELEPHONE: (206) 245-1700 FACSIMILE: (206) 245-1750 CITY OF RENTON OFFICE OF THE HEARING EXAMINER In Re Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. Appeal of B&O Tax Determination and Assessments CITY OF RENTON’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS AND EXHIBIT LIST The City of Renton submits the following preliminary lists of witnesses and exhibits. I. WITNESSES 1. Fred Hall, Tax & Licensing Manager at City of Renton 1055 S Grady Way Renton, WA 98057 (425) 430-6858 FHall@rentonwa.gov Mr. Hall is expected to testify generally regarding administration of the City of Renton’s business & occupation tax and specifically regarding application of the business & occupation tax provisions of the Renton Municipal Code (Title V, Finance and Business Regulations), and Washington state law, and to the business activities of Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. (“Spirit”) conducted within the City of Renton. Estimated duration of Mr. Hall’s testimony: 2.5 hours (approximately) 2. The City reserves the right to amend this list and to add or remove witnesses, including without limitation to add additional witnesses revealed, discovered, or identified through discovery. The City also reserves the right to call any and all witnesses identified by Spirit in its Preliminary Witness List or Final Witness List. CITY OF RENTON’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS AND EXHIBIT LIST - 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP 1191 SECOND AVENUE SUITE 2000 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3404 TELEPHONE: (206) 245-1700 FACSIMILE: (206) 245-1750 II. EXHIBITS Description Date Bates 1 General Terms Agreement between The Boeing Company and Mid-Western Aircraft Systems, Inc. 06/16/2005 RENTON_00000111- 00000154 2 Special Business Provisions between The Boeing Company and Mid-Western Aircraft Systems, Inc. SPARES-65132- 0270 06/16/2005 RENTON_00001455- 00001938 3 Order change for Order 614G0002619 Change Order Sequence 0004 11/18/2011 RENTON_00001450- 00001451 4 Notice of Assessment (Estimated Taxes) 06/19/2019 RENTON_00000089- 00000090 5 City of Renton letter to Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. regarding Tax Determination 03/09/2021 RENTON_00001983- 00001990 6 Deloitte letter to City of Renton, Tax and License Division regarding Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. UBI: 602 493 084 05/07/2021 RENTON_00001992- 00002047 7 Administrative Order 07/30/2021 RENTON_00000002- 00000005 8 Order 614G002885 11/13/2021 RENTON_00001452- 00001454 9 Administrative Order 10/10/2022 RENTON_00000015- 00000017 10 Administrative Order 11/09/2022 RENTON_00000018- 00000020 11 Notice of Third Administrative Order Seeking Records 06/21/2023 RENTON_00000073- 00000074 12 Third Administrative Order 06/21/2023 RENTON_00000075- 00000076 CITY OF RENTON’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS AND EXHIBIT LIST - 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP 1191 SECOND AVENUE SUITE 2000 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3404 TELEPHONE: (206) 245-1700 FACSIMILE: (206) 245-1750 Description Date Bates 13 B. Durbin letter to F. Hall regarding review of unredacted Boeing contracts 10/17/2023 RENTON_00000077- 00000080 14 Preliminary Tax Determination 03/15/2024 RENTON_00001941- 00001942 15 City of Renton letter to Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. regarding City of Renton B&O Preliminary Tax Determination (Spirit AeroSystems, Inc 2019-2023 Tax years) 04/12/2024 RENTON_00001945- 00001949 16 Appeal of B&O Tax Determination & Assessments 05/01/2024 RENTON_00001959- 00001966 DATED this 23rd day of September, 2024. PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP s/ Shweta Jayawardhan Kai A. Smith, WSBA #54749 Shweta Jayawardhan, WSBA #58490 Attorneys for City of Renton CITY OF RENTON’S PRELIMINARY WITNESS AND EXHIBIT LIST - 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PACIFICA LAW GROUP LLP 1191 SECOND AVENUE SUITE 2000 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98101-3404 TELEPHONE: (206) 245-1700 FACSIMILE: (206) 245-1750 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE On the 23rd day of September, 2024, I caused to be served, via electronic mail, a true copy of the foregoing document upon the parties listed below: Office of the Hearing Examiner: Phil Olbrechts, Hearing Examiner Cindy Moya, City Clerk Specialist olbrechtslaw@gmail.com cmoya@rentonwa.gov Spirit AeroSystems Inc.: Kimba Sjogren Spirit AeroSystems kimba.sjogren@spiritaero.com Legal Respresentatives – Lane Powell: Brett Durbin Scott Edwards DurbinB@LanePowell.com EdwardsS@LanePowell.com Deloitte Tax LLP – Outside Representatives: Carlo Alba Robert Wood – caralba@deloitte.com robwood@deloitte.com City of Renton: City Attorneys: Shane Moloney smoloney@rentonwa.gov Melissa Carissa Blythe Phillips legaladmin@rentonwa.gov Finance: Fred Hall Kari Roller Kristin Trivelas fhall@rentonwa.gov kroller@rentonwa.gov ktrivelas@rentonwa.gov City Clerk: Jason Seth jseth@rentonwa.gov DATED this 23rd day of September, 2024. Sydney Henderson