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Hello friends family and residents of
our beautiful city of
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Gonzalez as you may know after much
prayer and consideration I've made the
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difficult decision to resign from my
role as the mayor of
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Gonzalez over the last 16 years with you
at my side we have learned what it takes
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to build a thriving City to invest in
our community culture and resources and
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set the stage for future prosperity it's
been the honor of a lifetime to take
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this journey with you the Investments
we've made in our city has boostered our
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way of life and transformed Gonzalez
into a community that people are proud
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to call home since taking office our
population has grown by
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35.5% and we've seen the Investments of
many new businesses in our community not
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only has our po population and business
Community grown but the estimated total
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market value of property in our city has
grown
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81.9% putting us just above $674
million to support our rapid growth and
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prepare for our future needs my
Administration has consistently
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prioritized investments in our
infrastructure we've secured over $21
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million in grant funding to to support
critical infrastructure projects and
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doubled the city's water and Waterway
system
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capacity and our infrastructure planning
expands beyond our City's borders we
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have worked closely with Mayors across
the state legislators at the state and
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federal level and partners like the
southern rail commission to make
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regional passenger rail a reality I work
in supporting multimodal Transportation
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will help expand economic and cultural
opportunities for our residents our
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neighbors and Visitors by expanding
connectivity like never
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before together we've invested in our
way of life through expanding improving
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and developing Community parks and
recreational facilities and developing
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Ascension parish's only state-of-the-art
Performing Arts Conference Center
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in
2023 we became the second City in the
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state to establish a climate action plan
we've embraced this plan in our everyday
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operations and have made great strides
to enhance our City's tree canopy
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implement solar power generation at our
sewer treatment facility to reduce
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single use Plastics make Recycling and
available for all residents and more
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these projects represent a fraction of
the work we've accomplished together in
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the last 16 years and I have no doubt
that they've enhanced our quality of
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life and prepared our community for
continued growth and
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prosperity and as we look to Gonzalez's
future I would like to share an Insight
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on my future with all of you effective
April 30th my time as your mayor will
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come to a close sir serving as your
mayor was more than a job it was a
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commitment a commitment to serve lead
and represent each and every one of you
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it's been the ultimate labor of love
where I've had a unique opportunity to
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work hand inand with the residents who
make me proud to call Gonzalez
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home and while I will undoubtedly miss
the day-to-day functions of running our
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great City I am excited for the
opportunity to bring my experience to a
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new Road
as the executive director for the
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Louisiana Municipal Association where I
will work alongside leaders to bring
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prosperity to communities across the
great state of
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Louisiana this community has supported
me throughout my career and I hope that
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as I move forward I can count on your
support in this endeavor to build
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prosperity for every corner of our state
and I want you to know that while my
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time as your mayor is ending I will
always be in your corner rooting for the
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continued growth and success of our
community thank you from the bottom of
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my heart for the privilege of serving
you as mayor God bless you all and God
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bless Gonzalez