As we start the New Year I am pleased to report to you on a few of the major achievements made throughout the past 12 months:

• The completion of the new Public Safety Building on Main Street.  This is the first time in history that we have been able to house all of our Public Safety Personnel and equipment, together with one facility (Police, Fire and Ambulance).  The building was paid for in full without borrowing any money.
• Mapleton City purchased a new Fire Tender Pumper Truck in 2012.  The City paid $25,000 and the Fire Department was able to secure a $200,000 FEMA Grant that paid for the balance of the new truck.  This new truck will allow the city to replace our obsolete 1952 Studebaker Pumper Truck.
• The boundary adjustment into Mapleton City of 600 acres of land extending the city’s boundary southwards to include all the land up to Spanish Fork Canyon at Highway 6.  This opens the way for great opportunities for commercial/retail and residential development along the east side of Highway 89.
• The construction of a 10 acre Irrigation Pond and Pump House between Maple Street and Dogwood Drive (east of Aspen Drive) to store and pressurized water for the city’s expanded Pressurized Irrigation System, without borrowing any money.
• A new Inter-local Agreement with Nebo School District assuring continued community use of school buildings with Mapleton City and the new Maple Mountain High School.  The agreement will allow us to continue using the gyms, classrooms and fields for recreation uses and activities.
• $2.17 million grant to develop a pedestrian trail (north-south) on top of the current Mapleton Canal.  This will become the mainstay trail throughout the city feeding into the other proposed city wide trail network.  The design work will be completed on this in 2012 with construction scheduled for 2013.
• Obtained a “Double A” credit rating for the City.  This is the highest credit rating Mapleton City has ever been able to obtain.
• With our new “Double A” credit rating Mapleton City was able to restructure repayments of two financial bonds.  One of the existing 20 acre future Recreation sites on the east side of Highway 89 and the second was the recently constructed 4 million gallon Crowd Canyon water tank.  By restructuring these two bonds Mapleton City will be able to realize a savings in excess of $50,000 a year for the life of the bond.

Our plans for 2012 include:

• Continued expansion of Phase II of the Pressurized Irrigation Water System.  This will add approximately 1,000 more homes to the system helping to reduce the use of culinary water for outside watering purposes.
• Continued work to obtain and develop our first 10 acre city cemetery.

Mayor Brian Wall
(801) 489-5655 ext. 105
mayorwall@mapleton.org