Jami Hewlett
Heber City Council
Responsible Growth
Protect and enhance Heber City's small town feel. Protect access to nature and open space while creating opportunities for new families moving into the valley. This won't happen by accident. Let's be proactive about how the city grows by taking the following actions.
1. Concentrate growth into mixed use downtown.
2. Preserve the majority of land as open space with shared public access by updating zoning.
3. Cluster developments to prevent sprawl.
4. Expand our sensitive lands ordinance to better protect our springs, wetlands and waterways.
5. Build trails and multi use paths connecting communities and access to open space.
6. Protect the North Fields by advocating to UDOT for a solution that won't put a freeway through the North Fields.
7. Increase requirements for developers to account for water rights, traffic, fire hydrants, sewer, water, maintenance, city services and pedestrian access.
Some resources for more information and research:
Value Per Acre: https://youtu.be/syP8g8HBcy4?si=rm121SHU2sLnkXK9
Creating a Community Living Room: https://idahobusinessreview.com/2019/10/17/downtown-should-be-community-living-room-consultant-says/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvdQ381K5xg
The Problem With Sprawl:
https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/5/14/americas-growth-ponzi-scheme-md2020
Principles To Lead With
Listening to Residents
We are available through phone, email, and text to hear your ideas and concerns.
Preserve Open Space
Preserve the open space that is left in our valley for all.of us to enjoy.
Improve Police and Fire Response Time
Improve response time and improve the safety of our citizens.
Transparency
Making decisions with full disclosure and openness.
Generational Mindset
Taking the long view as to what the consequences of our decisions will be generations from now.
Positive Public Interactions
Working together with our residents to communicate clearly and work together on all the great opportunities we have in our valley.
Fiscal Responsibility
Practice zero-based budgeting and carefully use residents tax dollars entrusted for our city.
Improve City Services
Make residents life easier and better by keeping our services modern and easy to use.
Public Works
Keep our public infrastructure up to date, maintained and functioning.
Protect Natural and Cultural Heritage
Heber City has a great natural and cultural heritage we will work to preserve.