The Mountain Accord â a group created to plan for land and population issues in the Wasatch Mountains â is a public body that is subject to open meetings laws, a judge ruled Monday. Third District Judge Laura Scott refused to dismiss a lawsuit filed in January by a group of Big Cottonwood Canyon residents and landowners who say they were illegally barred from participation in the $8 million planning project that was finalized in 2015. Salt Lake County attorneys representing the accord and Salt... <iframe src="http://www.sltrib.com/csp/mediapool/sites/sltrib/pages/garss.csp" height="1" width="1" > </frame>