Christine Mikell Cottonwood Heights City Council District 4

I want to acknowledge how grateful I am for all the friends, colleagues, neighbors, and Cottonwood Heights residents who supported my run for city council this year. Many people offered time and energy to my campaign, canvasing for me, attending honk and waves, offering website support, organizing events, and campaigning on social media on my behalf. We truly are better when we are working together for a stronger, healthier, and more livable community.

I've listened to your many ideas and am excited to begin the process of bringing those ideas to fruition on the city council. I hope we can produce a detailed master plan for the future of Cottonwood Heights that includes biking and hiking trails, a city center, innovative plans for the Gravel Pit and so many other wonderful possibilities that I heard while talking to all of you.

Finally, I want to acknowledge my opponents in both the primary and the general elections. They care deeply about community issues and the quality of life in Cottonwood Heights. I hope to work with them in building the future of our community. Thank you everyone for making The City Between The Canyons a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

The desert is a good reminder why I choose to run for office. It was a trip that was needed after recent weeks. I love sharing the outdoors with my family and hope to leave a legacy of being able to access the outdoors outside our backdoor in Cottonwood Heights.

Thank you to all of you who knocked on doors, honked and waved, handed reusable grocery bags, came to my ice cream social, helped with my website, signs and mailers and for those who supported me--it took a village.

Don't forget to vote. It is our civic duty.

The buddha said: A generous heart, kind speech, and a life of service and compassion are the things that renew humanity. I would add that renew humanity and community.

There are three reasons why I believe that you may want to help me become your Cottonwood Heights District 4 City Council Representative and two important things I am asking you do this week to make it happen.
1. I have proven that I get the things done in government and in private business… things that many of us in District 4 have said we want done. In 2008, when I developed the first successful utility-scale wind farm project in Utah, along with the current Mayor, we brought together politicians, Spanish Fork business leaders and community members to create a win-win situation for all. Since 2010, I’ve developed two out of three of the utility-scale wind farms in Utah. My experience working with city councils, county commissioners, legislators, business leaders, and residents to get my projects responsibly located means I understand all sides of local development issues.

2. I represent your values. In 2002, air quality issues in the Salt Lake Valley inspired me to organize the first Utah Wind and Solar Conference designed to collaborate with the state legislature to promote clean air policies in the Salt Lake Valley. Cottonwood Heights prides itself on its quality of life. I work to balance the changes that accompany rapid growth with the benefits of open space.

3. Isn't it time for your voice to be heard, not just at election time? In addition to being founder and CEO of my own renewable energy company, Enyo-Energy, I am also a mother of three children in our public schools and a 13-year resident of Cottonwood Heights. As your neighbor, I will encourage you to share your opinions, your suggestions and your partnership on issues important to our neighborhood and to our city. I offer you the opportunity to join me to make a strong team for you, for me and for our families.

Now, I am asking you to do two things to help us win this election:

1. If you haven't mailed in your completed ballot, please do it as soon as possible. I need every vote I can get.

2. Once you have voted, please encourage your registered relatives, your friends and neighbors in our District 4 to complete the mail-in voting process.

Thank you. As your council member, I will continue to include you and your ideas to ensure a bright future for all of us in Cottonwood Heights.

Thank you Joni for hosting this with Tiffany Starbuck.

Thank you Ronna for joining me and my girls for another fun Honk and Wave. Look forward to another one tomorrow night. Thanks to my neighbors who have offered to join me!

Thank you Brighton Dental for letting me post a sign at your office. Our teeth are thankful for you too.

The whole family (Jeff, Townsend, Sara Jane, Georgia and our dog pfeiffer) and Theo our neighbor, putting up signs.

Mail in ballots go out tomorrow. Remember to vote.

I chose to run for city council because I believe that I can offer a unique perspective to the current city council, as a woman, a mother (the proverbial soccer mom who drives a minivan) and as a small business owner with a company in renewable energy.

One of the things that I appreciate most about our City Council race is that it is nonpartisan. It doesn't matter what party you are registered with because the issues we will work on are local--roads, sewers, traffic, open space. I see City Councils all over the country as places to mend fences in the divisevess that we find ourselves. This is the time and the place to rebuild our relationships and remember that we are all just people who have similar values and 90 percent of the time we agree on things.

As a candidate, I have been supported by both democrats and republicans, local, county and statewide. This can be seen on my financial disclosure page or you can call me and I would be happy to share this with you (801-455-1045). My company website www.enyo-energy.com has a testimonial page where you can see the support that I have gained professionally. I have ranchers, republican county commissioners, environmentalists and professors speaking to my integrity. One rancher said, "Christine is up front. She tells it like it is. If you ask a question and she doesn't know the answer, she'll find out."

I have support of the current city council because when I decided to run I went to meet with them to learn the issues that are facing our community. Without understanding where we have been makes it more difficult to navigate where we want to go.

My career has been focused on building collaboration between residents, local governments and industry. I have spent more than a decade working with and presenting to city councils and I fully value and understand the perspectives and needs of both the city council in its duties to manage local interests, as well as the residents and industry who are coming before it.

Ballots arrive on Monday so please check out my www.christinemikell.com and enyo-energy.com websites.

Don't forget to vote as this is what makes our democracy stronger.

Enyo Renewable Energy | Solar and Wind Development Enyo Renewable Energy is an independent solar and wind company that specializes in developing industrial-scale renewable energy projects in the Intermountain West. Enyo understands what it takes to site and complete solar and wind projects in the region’s vast deserts and mountain valleys. Christine...

I thought I would repost this given its impact on CH district 4

Dear Alta Skiers,
We are careful about what we share with you- hoping most of the information is what you want to read about.
On September 15, 2017 the Transportation Commission discussed the Recreation Hotspots Program and identified four areas across our state for further evaluation. The four areas include:
Little Cottonwood Canyon
Zion National Park / St. George
Arches National Park / Moab
Bear Lake / Garden City
The Transportation Commission is currently seeking public comments on these recommendations and any others that they feel should be included.
The purpose of identifying these areas is to gather, coordinate and identify transportation solutions that support congestion mitigation and economic development activities in recreation and tourism areas.
The Commission is now asking for public input on these areas and other ideas the public may have as they relate to the Recreation Hotspots Program. The comment period is open until October 13, 2017 when the Commission meets again and will review all comments.

Recreation Hotspots Sept. 2017 Presentation

Recreation Hotspots Comment Form

Recreation Hotspots Received Public Comments

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