2024 STATE OF THE CITY
2020 - Present
Crime
- Crime continues to decline
- Youth Impact Programs
- Monroe Police Aspiring Change
- Expanded Boys & Girls Club at Recreation Centers
- Academy Graduates, Both Police and Fire
- Citizens Academy
- $10,000 Hiring incentive for post-certified officers
- Expanded use of state-of-the-art technology
- ShotSpotter
- Drone Technology for Law Enforcement
- Use of Phone Analysis Software
- 50+ Fleet of New Vehicles
- Quarterly De-escalation Training provided to all officers
- Diversity Training provided to all officers
- Implementation of Peer Support Groups for Times of Crisis
- Department-wide pay raises
Economic Development
- Hired economic developer
- $8.9 Million Airport Project
- Sanitation workers given full-time employee status
- City Rebrand
- Early Education Focus
- MyGov/311 In progress
- Marina Project – $4,767,763
- Forsythe Parking Lot Overlay
- DEDD TIF Districts
- $2.9 Million Flood Mitigation
- Louisiana Purchase Exhibition Phase 1 The Swamp – $2,687,405
- Forsythe Tennis Court – $6,147,896
- Recreation Centers (Various) HVAC System Upgrades – $950,000
- Banquet Hall Air Handing Unit Repairs – $618,000
- Chennault Golf Cart Path Improvements – $296,400
- Downtown Strategic Plan Phases 1, 2, and 3 Completed
- Americans for the Arts: Arts & Economic Prosperity
- Monroe & Ouachita Music Strategy Initiative
Quality of Life
- Bus Benches / Shelters
- Civic Center Facelift
- ULM/Delta Flags Installed
- Bike Giveaway
- Trash Collection / Litter Cleanup
- Tennis Courts
- Free Wi-Fi on Buses
- Zoo Cleanup / Donations
- Berg Jones Shoe Giveaway
- Cleanest City Award
- Free Tennis & Swimming Lessons at Rec Centers
- Annual Mayor’s Cup Scholarship
- 8 murals, 13 artists, Candy Company Public Art Project
- Louisiana Percent for Art Program, Funding for 2 Basketball Court Murals
- Divine 9 Cultural Arts District Designation Granted
- Riverside Cultural District Expansion
- Parks and Rec Center Re-envisioning Completed
- Keep Monroe Beautiful revitalized and accredited
Infrastructure
- House Bill 2 Funding
- Sidewalk Projects
- Jackson Street Corridor Improvements – $3,360,316
- Winnsboro Road Corridor Improvements – $2,366,561
- Lee Avenue Street Improvements – $3,754,338
- South Grand Street Improvements – $3,924,820
- Parkview Street Improvements – $1,987,211
- East Street & Parkview Sidewalk Enhancement – $743,567
- Desiard Street Beautification Project – $3,500,00
- I20 Widening, Kansas Lane Extension Phases 1,2,3 – $66,454,334
- Entergy Grants – $100,016
- Vehicle Fleet System
- Young’s Bayou Retention
- Phase 1 – $1,129,750
- Phase 2 – $10,246,250
- Young’s Bayou Enhancement of Channel Capacity – $11,400,000
- Calypso Street Pump Station Relocation – $12,000,000
- Georgia Street Pump Station – $10,020,056
- I20 Frontage Road Improvements – $1,440,903
- Kansas-Garrett I20 Connector – $46,364,455
- Downtown Sewer Collection Cleaning, Engineering Evaluation – $350,000
- North 6th Street Improvements – $1,262,768
- West Parkview Drainage Improvements – $3,557,374
- Central Avenue & Kansas Lane Mast Arm Signals – $313,404
- City-Wide Storm System Cleaning, CCTVing, Engineering Evaluation – $6,937,968
- Water Treatment Plant Renovation & Expansion – $47,778,000
- Texas-Standifer Sewer Trunk Line Repairs – $12,426,609
- Texas-Standifer Emergency Repairs – $35,049,263
- Hadley Gravity Sewer Trunk Line – $2,623,078
- Ruffin Drive Water Distribution Improvements – $781,270
- WPCC – UV Disinfection System – $1,601,625
- WPCC – EQ Basin Aeration System – $798,618
- WPCC – EQ Basin Dredging – $3,340,813
- Benoit Recreation Center Parking Lot Improvements – $707,700
- Benoit Community Center Improvements – $914,060
- Benoit Playground – $289,623
- Bayou Bartholomew Pump Station Bar Screen – $130,350
- Bayou Bartholomew Pump Station Pump & Motor Repairs – $217,120
- CenturyLink Bridge Over Bayou Desiard – $85,172
- City Striping Phase V – $755,895
- City of Monroe Guardrail Systems – $128,306
- Deborah Drive Cross Drain Repairs – $681,232
- Forsythe Boat Ramp & Parking Lot Improvements – $406,389
- Forsythe Pool Demolition – $213,135
- Kansas Lane Drainage Improvements – $165,690
- Magellan – Broadmoor Drainage Improvements – $1,356,762
- North 18 Street Rehabilitation – $547,535
- Park Avenue Emergency Substation Improvements – $73,950
- Renwick Pedestrian Bridge Overpass – $785,777
- Renwick Pedestrian Bridge Lighting – $50,000
- Richwood Road No. 2 Sewer Improvement – $298,177
- Riverbarge Street Improvements – $123,389
- WPCC Clarifier No. 3 – $486,000
- Zoo Parking Lot Improvements – $788,675
- WTP High Service Control Vault Repairs – $259,500
- WTP Potable Water Storage Tank Modifications – $267,489
- WTP Renovation & Expansion – $54,291,287
- WTP River Pump Station – $3,000,000
- East Side Sewer Package Plant – $6,000,000
- Millhaven Industrial Park Interchange – $85,000,000
- Hwy 165 Lighting (Desoto St. to Horseshoe Lake Rd.) – $4,500,000
- North 18th Street Pedestrian Improvements – $500,000
- Saul Adler Parking Lot Improvements – $339,394
- Office Motor Vehicles Wall Repair – $57,000
- Airport Canal Drainage Improvements – $1,650,000
- Booker T. Washington Stormwater System Evaluation and Upgrades – $5,000,000
- Chennault Golf Course Irrigation – $225,000
- MLU Offsite Drainage Improvements – $5,582,800
- Oregon Trail Floodwall – $1,707,560
- U.S. 165 South Improvements (Zoo Entrance) – $5,442,823
- U.S. 165 South Hadley Sewer Gravity Main – $3,289,907
Funding Received 2020 - Present
Total Grant Funding: $67,795,880
Federal/State Funding: $45,398,903
- $7,362,952 – Louisiana Watershed Initiative
- $8,888,888 – MLU Flood Mitigation
- $1,445,110 – FAA COVID-19 Relief Funds
- $872,900 – Environmental Protection Agency
- $3,500,000 – Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, FEMA
- $18,100,000 – American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
- $229,053 – FEMA Assistance to Firefighters
- $5,000,000 – Louisiana Water Sector Program
Transit: $8,926,024
- $1,694,502 – Annual Transit Operations, FTA
- $1,900,000 – American Rescue Plan, FTA
- $1,500,000 – State of Louisiana, FTA (3 new buses)
- $658,613 – FTA, new bus terminal
- $794,982 – CARES Act, FTA
- $1,340,162 – Homeland Security & Emergency Preparedness, FTA
- $1,037,765 – FEMA Transit Formula Grant
Planning and Urban Development: $3,799,376
- $4,000 – Bancorp South
- $1,563,565 – HUD CDBG Entitlement
- $2,055,404 – HUD HOME
- $134,387 – DOJ PUD CARES
- $42,020 – Waste Tire Cleanup Pilot Program
Police: $295,860
- $76,810 – Project Safe Neighborhoods
- $50,000 – DARE Grant
- $49,280 – LA Highway Safety Commission (overtime)
- $18,692 – BVP Bulletproof Vest Partnership, DOJ
- $5,405 – Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
- $19,995 – COVID-19 Supplemental Funding
- $13,012 – HIDTA
- $47,040 – Victims of Crime Assistance
- $15,626 – Bureau of Justice Assistance
Miscellaneous: $2,875,717
- $118,105 – EDA Venable Lane Expansion
- $99,000 – USDA Rural Business Development
- $33,000 – Verizon Wireless Rebate
- $100,000 – Entergy Open Grant
- $460,000 – Conventions and Visitors Bureau
- $75,000 – CFE Fund CityStart
- $85,700 – LPG&Z Society
- $5,000 – KONA Ice
- Safe Routes to Public Places – $500,000
- Louisiana Transportation Alternatives Program (2020 for Jackson St) – $916,412
- NPS Save America’s Treasures Grant – $483,500
Congressional Appropriations:
- $6,000,000 – Congresswoman Letlow (FY22 Texas Standifer &FY23 Calypso St Pump Station)
- $500,000 – Senator Cassidy (FY22 Calypso St Pump Station)
DOT Thriving Communities Technical Assistance
T4A Champions Institute Technical Assistance
