The Heber City Council's October 20 amended agenda included a traffic calming and sidewalk package for 100 West and areas near schools, a Wasatch County memorandum of understanding amendment to exclude North Fields from Heber's annexation area, and a discussion regarding downtown city-owned properties.
Staff proposed a traffic calming and pedestrian safety package involving striping and sidewalk gap fills on the west side of 100 West between 600 South and 1000 South. The proposal includes approximately 1,100 linear feet of 5-foot sidewalk and school crosswalks with bulb-outs at 910 South and 100 West and at 910 South and 300 West. The latter location would include pedestrian-activated flashing beacons. Additional bulb-outs were proposed near 640 North and 380 North Mill Road and near Willow Way and Valley Hills Drive. Implementing these improvements would result in the loss of street parking.
A $200,000 change order was requested for an unnamed contractor currently building the 300 South Trail. The bid for that project was 12% below the next bidder and 27% below the average. Staff requested an exception to the three-quote rule for this change order, which would be paid from FY27 Transportation Tax funds.
An amendment to Section 6 of the 2019 memorandum of understanding with Wasatch County was on the agenda to exclude the North Fields from Heber City's annexation boundary. The North Fields is a rural agricultural area bounded by North US 40, Highway 113, the planned Heber Valley Western Corridor, and 900 North. Under the amendment, Wasatch County would zone the area only for rural agricultural residences, and both governments would pursue conservation easements and a stronger interlocal agreement. The Wasatch County Council has already approved the amendment.
The Community Reinvestment Agency (CRA) discussed strategies for several city-owned properties in the downtown Heber CRA project area. Options for the sites include razing for parking, short-term leases, sale with a redevelopment covenant, or a redevelopment request for proposals.
Properties under discussion include the razed HL&P building site, the former WAVE buildings on approximately 0.54 acres purchased in 2025, and the Wasatch County fire station, which is about 8,500 square feet. A purchase agreement for the fire station is being negotiated with the county. Projected costs to raze the WAVE flex building is $79,968, the WAVE warehouse building is $49,400, and the county fire station is $113,050. Phase II environmental work on the fire station began in September 2026.
Other items on the agenda included a communications policy amendment presented by Council Member Mike Johnston, which offered two versions regarding official publications and written communications. The council also discussed the pickleball project road impacts at 790 South and 150 East and a compensatory time payout policy (Resolution 2026-21) that would change the payout of unused compensatory time to the first full pay period of November.
Minutes for the October 20 meeting were not yet available as of October 21, 2026.
