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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOR 16 - Second Declaration of Leslie Clark COR 16 Second Declaration of Leslie Clark SECOND DECLARATION OF LESLIE CLARK IN SUPPORT OF  CITY’S FINDING OF VIOLATION – Page 1  Renton City Attorney 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057-3232 Phone: 425.430.6480 Fax: 425.430.6498 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                       IN PROCEEDINGS BEFORE THE CITY OF RENTON HEARING EXAMINER      IN RE THE MATTER OF THE REQUEST FOR  HEARING BY RENTON HOTEL INVESTORS, LLC  AND KING COUNTY     NO.  CODE‐20‐000321    SECOND DECLARATION OF LESLIE CLARK IN  SUPPORT OF CITY OF RENTON’S FINDING OF  VIOLATION REGARDING RED LION DE‐ INTENSIFICATION SHELTER           I, LESLIE CLARK, declare as follows:   1. I am employed by the City of Renton as a Senior Assistant City Attorney.  I make  this declaration in my role as a member of the City Attorney’s Office, and I have personal  knowledge of the facts stated herein.  2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the pdf of a webpage  as it existed on August 9, 2020.  This webpage is from kingcountywa.gov and details the COVID‐ 19 Response and Recovery Funding King County has received from federal and state agencies.  3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of an email string and its  SECOND DECLARATION OF LESLIE CLARK IN SUPPORT OF  CITY’S FINDING OF VIOLATION – Page 2  Renton City Attorney 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057-3232 Phone: 425.430.6480 Fax: 425.430.6498 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 attachment from King County’s Thomas Barringer to Craig Koeppler (dated May 6, 2020), then  forwarded to me by Mr. Koeppler on August 11, 2020.  The May 6, 2020 portion of the email  attached a copy of the same document titled “License Agreement” and dated April 2, 2020 that  the City disclosed and produced in its August 5, 2020 exhibit list labeled as “COR 10.”    Signed at Olympia, Washington, this 12th day of August, 2020, under penalty of perjury  under the laws of the State of Washington.               By: /s/ Leslie C. Clark           Leslie Clark, WSBA No. 36164          SECOND DECLARATION OF LESLIE CLARK IN SUPPORT OF  CITY’S FINDING OF VIOLATION – Page 3  Renton City Attorney 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057-3232 Phone: 425.430.6480 Fax: 425.430.6498 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 DECLARATION OF SERVICE  I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of Washington that on  August 12, 2020, a true and correct copy of the foregoing document was served upon the parties  listed below via the method indicated:      Renton Hotel Investors, LLC:    Sumeer Singla   Williams, Kastner & Gibbs PLLC  ssingla@williamskastner.com    [X] E‐mail [ ] United States Mail [ ] Legal Messenger [ ] E‐Service      King County:    Howard Schneiderman  Senior Deputy Prosecuting Attorney  Howard.Schneiderman@kingcounty.gov    Youn‐Jung Kim  Deputy Prosecuting Attorney  Jina.Kim@kingcounty.gov    Lena Madden  Deputy Prosecuting Attorney  Lena.Madden@kingcounty.gov      [X] E‐mail [ ] United States Mail [ ] Legal Messenger [ ] E‐Service  SECOND DECLARATION OF LESLIE CLARK IN SUPPORT OF  CITY’S FINDING OF VIOLATION – Page 4  Renton City Attorney 1055 S. Grady Way Renton, WA 98057-3232 Phone: 425.430.6480 Fax: 425.430.6498 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 DESC:  Daniel Malone  Downtown Emergency Service Center (DESC)  dmalone@desc.org  [X] E‐mail [ ] United States Mail [ ] Legal Messenger [ ] E‐Service DATED this 12th day of August, 2020, at Maple Valley, Washington.  /s/  Stephanie Rary   Stephanie Rary, Paralegal   With a copy to:  Elaine L. Spencer, WSBA #6963  Northwest Resource Law PLLC  espencer@nwresourcelaw.com  Lisa Chaiet Rahman, WSBA #51531  Northwest Resource Law PLLC  lrahman@nwresourcelaw.com   [X] E‐mail [ ] United States Mail [ ] Legal Messenger [ ] E‐Service EXHIBIT A COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding - King County https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance-strategy-budget/budget/COVID-19-Spending.aspx[8/9/2020 9:14:35 PM] Many King County facilities are closed to the public. Learn how to access services remotely or while following social distancing guidelines.  How do I...Services More   Menu Home  Office of the Executive  Performance, Strategy & Budget  Budget  COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding With health and safety as our top priorities, King County has invested more than $113 million in our response to the COVID- 19 pandemic and our community’s recovery. Below is a high-level summary of the federal and state funding we have received, emergency funding passed by the King County Council for response and recovery efforts, and our actual spending as of May 31, 2020. King County has received the following funding from federal and state agencies: Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act: $530 million* The CARES Act provides for payments to state, local, and tribal governments navigating the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. Washington State Department of Commerce - COVID- 19 Outbreak Emergency Housing Grant: $10.7M Funding for local governments to create housing necessary for quarantine, isolation, and additional sanitation to address the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington State Department of Health COVID Funding: $5M Funding for state, local, territorial and tribal health departments to carry out surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory capacity, infection control, mitigation, communications and other preparedness and response activities for COVID-19. Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund: $1.5M Quick Links: King County Office of Economic and Financial Analysis COVID-19 Response Fund Key Economic, Social and Overall Health Impacts in King County COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding - King County https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance-strategy-budget/budget/COVID-19-Spending.aspx[8/9/2020 9:14:35 PM] Funding to increase testing capacity and support ongoing response efforts. King County expects to receive additional funding from FEMA. Through two supplemental budget processes, the King County Council has approved $181.1 million to support response and recovery efforts. Funding Approved by King County Council Actual Spending as of: June 30 Public Health COVID-19 Response $41.1M $33.2M COVID-19 Care Sites and Shelter De-intensification $64M $58.3M Grants and Economic Development $58M $900,000 Continuity of King County Operations $18.1M $20.8M Spending exceeds appropriations in some categories because agencies are using existing appropriations to pre-pay some costs. Additional appropriations may be sought from the County Council for these expenditures. *Includes funding from the U.S. Department of Treasury, Federal Transit Administration, HUD, Federal Aviation Administration, HRSA, PHSSEF and Telehealth. This page will be updated monthly to reflect current appropriationsand expenditures. Last Updated June 17, 2020  Share  Tweet  Email  Print COVID-19 Response and Recovery Funding - King County https://www.kingcounty.gov/depts/executive/performance-strategy-budget/budget/COVID-19-Spending.aspx[8/9/2020 9:14:35 PM] Informationfor Residents Businesses Job seekers Volunteers King County employees Do moreonline Trip Planner Property tax information & payment Jail inmate look up Parcel viewer or iMap Public records More online tools... Get help Contact us  Customer service Phone list Employee directory Subscribe to alerts  Languages En Español © King County, WA 2020 Privacy Accessibility Terms of use EXHIBIT B 1 Leslie Clark From:Craig Koeppler <ckoeppler@msandorffy.com> Sent:Tuesday, August 11, 2020 2:23 PM To:Leslie Clark Subject:FW: Response to KCDES public records request - Koeppler, Craig [ISS-80623-V3B8L6] Attachments:Red Lion Lease.pdf Regards, Craig R. Koeppler Vice President Parkway Capital, Inc. 15 South Grady Way, Suite 400 Renton, WA 98057 206.682.6868 x 140 (O) 206.683.6972 (M) From: Barrington, Thomas <TBarrington@kingcounty.gov>   Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2020 12:52 PM  To: Craig Koeppler <ckoeppler@msandorffy.com>  Subject: Response to KCDES public records request ‐ Koeppler, Craig [ISS‐80623‐V3B8L6]  Department of Executive Services  Thomas Barrington, Senior Public Records Analyst  ADM-ES-0320 500 Fourth Avenue, Suite 0320 Seattle, WA 98104  206.263.0938  tbarrington@kingcounty.gov  May 6, 2020  Craig Koeppler Email: ckoeppler@msandorffy.com Good afternoon Mr. Koeppler. I am writing in response to your public records that was forwarded to the King County Department of Executive Services (DES) for the following records: Copy of the King County and Renton Hotel Investors LLC (franchisee of Red Lion Hotels) have executed an agreement at: Red Lion Hotel, 1 South Grady, Renton, WA 98057 The attached record is responsive to your request and provided by the King County Department of Executive Services, Facilities Management Division. 2 Withholding log: No existing records identified as responsive to your request have been redacted from the attached file. If you require any additional information or wish to file a future public record request for identifiable, existing records from a King County Executive Branch agency, please submit your request to PRA.Requests@kingcounty.gov. This ensures that your request will be centrally logged into King County’s Public Records Request Tracking System and will be distributed to all potential Executive Branch record sources identified in your request. I now consider this request closed. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. Sincerely, Thomas Barrington King County Department of Executive Services Public Records Officer