June 5, 2025

Mayor Heidi Franco declares candidacy.

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Today, Mayor Heidi Franco filed for re-election as Heber City Mayor. She stated:

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Leadership

“Heber City needs steady leadership in this time of high growth. Our city needs a mayor who respects all and who consistently reaches out and listens intently to citizens. This is my constant focus.

 

No Conflicts of Interest

I do not have any conflicts of interest, so I serve only the citizens—not myself or any particular group.

 

I will continue to keep my campaign promises to protect our wonderful quality of life, our peace and safety, and the water quality, air quality, and incredible open space that we love in this city and valley.”

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Traffic Solutions NOW

Mayor Heidi Franco believes that given the city’s rapid growth, it is time to focus on traffic solutions. She said:

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“UDOT’s bypass road will help Main Street traffic, but the final route hasn’t been chosen yet. It’s also not engineered or funded yet. It will take years to build, even after it is funded. Most evenings, I see Main Street backed up from 900 North to 1200 South. The city needs to find north - south traffic solutions for Main Street now and not wait for UDOT.”

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CITIZEN SURVEYS

To gather citizen feedback on potential traffic solutions for Main Street, the Mayor issued a short Citizens Survey for all residents to take. There is also a Spring Business Survey for Heber business owners to take.

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Each survey takes five minutes with one response per ISP address. The surveys allow residents to rank several traffic options, as well as provide input on downtown revitalization plans for Main Street Park, zoning proposals, business climate, and more.

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• Citizens’ Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MayorSpringSurvey    

• Spring Business Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MayorSpringBusinessSurvey 

Surveys close on June 30, 2025. More citizen and business surveys are planned for the summer and fall.

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This demonstrates Mayor Franco’s ongoing commitment to listening to residents on important city issues. She added:

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“My record shows that I’ve reached out to citizens on critical issues such as ranked choice voting, the airport, bypass routes, city department services and performance, and open space. These latest surveys focus on important issues where we need citizen input. I ask all Heber citizens to let their voice be heard!”

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Traffic solutions are also urgent due to recent city council proposals aimed at redeveloping Main Street Park and the downtown into a destination location.

 

Downtown Redevelopment

Mayor Franco explained:

“Citizens need to understand how much it will cost to redevelop Main Street Park into a new gathering place. This revitalization is to bring both citizens and tourists downtown, which will impact traffic and parking. These plans, along with proposed zoning changes for downtown and central neighborhoods are included in the survey questions.”

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Mayor Franco asks:

“What kind of city do Heber citizens want—and especially want to pay for? I want to know. I will continue to work with collaborative council members, city staff, the county government, and other cities to protect and enhance our quality of life.”

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2034 Winter Olympics

Mayor Franco also served as the Wasatch County Representative for Strategic Board, Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the 2034 Olympic Games (2022-2024). On this Board she met with Olympic officials and athletes, discussing key county and city issues. Beginning this month, she will serve on the new 2034 Olympic Host Cities Committee.

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Learn more about Mayor Franco’s service:

• http://www.vote4mayorfranco.com

• https://heidifrancoheber.com/about-me/

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June 21, 2025

Heber City Mayor Heidi Franco Opens New Coyote Springs Park

 

    On June 21, 2025, Mayor Heidi Franco opened the new Coyote Springs Park at 1651 North Ostler Peak Road, Heber City, UT; as the last event for Heber City’s Unity Week. 

 

   The ribbon cutting ceremony started with a Fun Walk on the new city trail from the Cove Park on Valley Hills Boulevard down to the Coyote Springs Park.  It’s about a ten-minute walk on an ADA compliant hard surface trail from one park to the other along the Timpanogos Canal.  

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      About 50 people joined the Mayor on the Fun Walk, with another 100+ attending at the park.  Children drew chalk art pictures, names, and other drawings on the new trail.  The City offered games, popsicles, and prizes for those that attended.   

 

   The new park has one large pavilion by the new pond, and two smaller pavilions located along the park trail’s switchbacks on the east side of the new park.  All have great views of the North Fields and Timpanogos. 

 

   The new Coyote Springs Park features a year-round spring, pond with small ‘beach’, an enormous all abilities playground with four slides, drinking fountains, plenty of grass and benches, trees, and decorative rocks.  The spring water is not treated with chlorine, so no swimming is allowed.  This spring water flows into the North Fields for ranches and farms there.

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At the ribbon-cutting ceremony, the Mayor thanked the Vera and Ray Hutchinson family who owned a dairy farm on that property before it was sold to the developers. 

 

   Mayor Franco said, “I remember taking the City Manager, Matt Brower to this area when it was first being annexed and designed.  I told him and the City Council this needed to be a city park so all could enjoy these year-round springs.  It took almost six years, but with the support of the City Council, expert City staff and contractors, now we all can enjoy this beautiful new park.”  

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    Mayor Franco also thanked those who built the park for their incredible work.  The City’s design consultants are Sunrise Engineering, plus the contractors are Perco Rock, and their subcontractors, S&S Industries and TrueCo.

 

   Mayor Franco took a poll of the many children in attendance, and the children liked best the two large slides and fun musical play stations.   All are invited to visit Heber City’s Coyote Springs Park.

 

Upcoming Election Dates

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Register to Vote at: https://secure.utah.gov/voterreg/index.html ​

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Primary Election Ballots Mailed:  Tuesday, July 22, 2025

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Primary Election Ballots Postmark Deadline:  Monday, August 11, 2025

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Primary Election:  Tuesday, August 12, 2025, 7 am to 8 pm at City Hall, 75 N Main, Heber City.

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Deadline for Write-In Candidates:  Tuesday, September 2, 2025

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General Election Ballots Mailed:  Tuesday, October 14, 2025

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Early Voting:  Tuesday, October 21, 2025 - Friday, October 31, 2025, at City Hall.

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General Election:  Tuesday, November 4, 2025

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Election Results Certified:  by November 12, 2025.

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Oath of Office Ceremony:  Tuesday, January 6, 2026.

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