The Summit County Council is visiting about the Mountain Accord and signing an interlocal agreement committing the county to $150,000 over 3 years. Here are some of the item stated during the meeting… Utah County request deferral of any actions impacting Utah County 1100 acres that snowbird was giving up to get 400 acres in …

Provo’s Herald newspaper is reporting that Utah County has told the Mountain Accord to back off on plans to incorporate American Fork Canyon into the Mountain Accord process. It appears that Mountain Accord officials planned on incorporating American Fork Canyon into the project but that they hadn’t fully consulted Utah County, its cities, and other stakeholders. The …

I received an anonymous comment about yesterday’s Park City City Council Meeting on Mountain Accord. The person makes a very good point about how the Mountain Accord may play itself out, given how the city council is approaching the issue. It seems the only council member not willing to risk a bad outcome for Park City …

On Wednesday, County Deputy Attorney Dave Thomas provided an overview of how the Mountain Accord came into being, shifted its organizational structure, and major decisions it made. In some ways I felt like I was watching the trial of a mafia family… and I say that in a good way. The topic of the connection …

Yesterday’s Summit County Council meeting on the Mountain Accord presented a number of interesting angles on the Accord. I’m going to try to cover a few of those today. Perhaps the most interesting, and overarching, was the discussion over whether the Mountain Accord process is legally binding. “Legally binding” can take many forms but a …

Today the County Council discussed the Mountain Accord and specifically how they want to participate in the program. It was a very interesting discussions that brought up a number of topics I hadnt heard before. The discussion is below:

The anonymous citizen who provided us with the Draft Mountain Accord document included a number of his/her concerns with the new agreement. I would summarize that person’s concerns in a few of statements: The tunnel between Big Cottonwood Canyon and Park City is still on the table. If “studies” done as part of the next phase …

Early Friday morning I received a copy of an outline of the newest Mountain Accord agreement.This document is likely the predecessor to the next Mountain Accord Blueprint and was what was being discussed at a Mountain Accord retreat yesterday. As previously mentioned, there are a number interesting aspects to the outline. One of the most interesting however …

Last night, thanks to an anonymous citizen, I received a copy of the Mountain Accord’s latest plan for the Wasatch. This is the plan that Mountain Accord executives are discussing today at a retreat. As you may be aware, Mountain Accord is a group comprised of 30 different players from across the Wasatch with the …