CITY NEW ORLEANS .?Iih'lr?i. Ian-Int?. ?no; END OF YEAR 2015: WRAP UP In 2015, the Landrieu Administration made great strides in public safety, improving infrastructure, creating jobs, offering new recreational opportunities for children and families and providing pathways to prosperity for all residents. New Orleans is on a roll and the recovery is on track. Our population is growing, property values are up and neighborhoods across the city are coming back strong. COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY Continued to reform NOPD by investing nearly $12.3 million in the Consent Decree for better training, equipment and police monitoring Passed a 15% across the board pay increase for all NOPD officers. Continued to implement our comprehensive murder reduction strategy, NOLA FOR LIFE by advancing 35 initiatives targeted toward enforcement, prevention, intervention and rehabilitation. CeaseFire increased outreach to high-risk individuals by 62% (from 55 to 89) Continued federal, state and local resources to operate the Multi?Agency Gang Unit leading to more than 110 convictions from 12 groups/gangs since 2012 Since May 2014, purchased and implemented the use of 828 body-worn cameras strengthening our commitment to improve NOPD transparency Invested $500,000 more in an aggressive NOPD recruitment campaign, increased the number of applications to over 4,400 and cut application processing time by 1/3 Added 50 new police cars totaling 450 new police cars purchased since 2013 and fund license plate readers to help NOPD investigations Over $4.3 million increase for NOFD includes funds for 40 new recruits for 2018 Additional $5 million from City?s Capital Budget for 12 new firefighting apparatuses Funds $1 million more for 911 call center for more 911 call-takers operators and support future consolidation of NOPD, NOFD and EMS call services to improve dispatch and response times Increased fire safety and prevention efforts by installing 5,984 in?home smoke alarms and educated 33,110 residents at NOFD Community Outreach Events Implemented the Restorative Approaches project to promote conflict resolution in 14 schools and trauma?informed approaches to promote youth well?being at 8 schools CREATING JOBS OPPORTUNITIES Since 2010, over 10,000 new jobs created. Attracted new businesses like Cobalt, Cajo Technologies and Viking River Cruises. Welcomed new tech companies Torsh, inXiIe Entertainment and Smashing Boxes. With City Council, approved Ride-Sharing Ordinance allowing companies like to Uber to operate in New Orleans. Nearly 30 new retailers announced or opened stores in New Orleans in 2015. New Orleans on track to surpass $200 million in sales tax revenues in 2015 and rise to $210 million in 2016. Opened $24.4 million Magnolia Marketplace housing over 10 national retailers in Central City. New CVS/Pharmacy in the Lower Ninth Ward, the first major retailer to commit to this neighborhood since Hurricane Katrina, is under construction. South Market District coming online bringing new residential and commercial development in CBD. In keeping with previous growth, announced Copa and Glo airlines at the Louis New Orleans International Airport. Implemented the Mayor?s Economic Opportunity Strategy to connect disadvantaged job seekers and businesses to new opportunities. Launched StriveNOLA to promote work readiness and connect to jobs and opportunities. Launched initiative to prepare businesses for sustainable growth and connect to contracting opportunities. With City Council, implemented ordinance requiring City contractors to ensure a percentage of jobs are directed to New Orleanians. Increased DBE participation to 35%; improved enforcement. BUILDING BACK BETTER THAN BEFORE Announced final $2 billion settlement with FEMA to fund repairs to roads and subsurface infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Continued to advance the city?s recovery by meeting with FEMA over 825 times since 2010 to produce $949 million in new funding to rebuild and repair public facilities and streets. Organized Fix My Street Financing Working Group comprised of city leaders and residents to find solutions to pay for interior street repairs. Completed priority $89.3 million capital improvement projects: Sanchez Center in Lower Ninth Ward, Stallings St. Claude Center, and Rosenwald Center in B.W. Cooper, Carrolton Senior Center, Parisite Skatepark, St. Roch Market 8 NOPD Stables. Completed 55 roadway projects with a total funding investment of over $81 million resulting in 13 miles of newly repaved streets and over 5 miles of new bike lanes. With completion of Lafitte Greenway, New Orleans now has over 100 miles of bikeways connecting neighborhoods in an unprecedented way. Conducted major quality of life improvements including filling over 75,000 potholes; cleaning over 5,800 drainage catch basins and over 73 miles of drain lines and installing over 5,400 new permanent traffic signs and over 2,200 street name signs. Repaired over 9,000 streetlight outages (95% of the City?s streetlights operational). Installed over 3,900 energy-efficient LED streetlights, bringing total to over 40,000 LED streetlights to represent 75% of the city?s streetlight system. CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH KIDS Continued the job creation focus on young people (ages 14-21) by employing 1,949 youth (880? NOLA Youth Works and Offered 39 youth camps through NORDC serving nearly 3,308 kids and hosting 10 teen camps that provided 856 teens with recreational and enrichment activities. Continued NOLA FOR LIFE Midnight Basketball, which focuses on providing safe recreational opportunities in crime hot spots for young men through basketball, mentorship and support. Over course of 10 seasons, 9,000 participants since 2012. Opened 3 new NORDC recreations centers: Sanchez Center in Lower Ninth Ward, Stallings St. Claude Center and Rosenwald Center in B.W. Cooper. Opened new Parisite Skatepark in St. Bernard Area. Offered free recreation activities to over 16,000 residents including Zumba, CrossFit NOLA Boot Camp, hula hooping, creative walking and line dancing and hosted Movies in the Park attended by more than 1,300 moviegoers. Partnered with the American Red Cross to provide professional instruction to more than 5,000 swimmers. MAKING GOVERNMENT WORK Balanced every budget proposed to the City Council since taking office will do so again in 2016. Held Budgeting for Outcomes community meetings in every City Council district to hear the people?s priorities. Increased the living wage to $10.50 for contractors working for the City. Issued nearly 80% of building permits within 48-hours average wait time for any permit in the One-Stop Shop reduced to 10 minutes. Construction investments for multi?family residences up 25.3% single family up Commercial building permits up 16.5% and construction investments up 27.7%. Sale tax revenue collections, hotel/motel sales tax revenues, motor vehicle sales tax revenues and occupational licenses tax all up from 2014. TAKING STEPS TOWARD OUR FUTURE With City Council, passed a Smoke?Free Ordinance for bars and clubs Approved a new Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance that promotes development of more affordable housing and increased stormwater management. Settled 34-year old Firefighters Pension dispute; saves hundreds of millions, reforms structure. Raised City's credit rating saving taxpayers money. Became first city in the nation to End Veteran Homelessness. Released first-ever Resilient New Orleans strategy - global model for resilience by 2018. Leading on issues of race and reconciliation through community building by bringing different communities together through the Welcome Table New Orleans. PROMOTING OUR CULTURAL ECONOMY Hosted over 400 festivals, events, parades and markets including the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, ESSENCE Festival and French Quarter Festival. Hosted 41 tax credit TV and film projects in New Orleans with an estimated spending of more than $583 million, including major productions like: Scream Queens, The Long Night, The Big Short, Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Daddy?s Home. Developed 24 educational and workforce development programs around digital arts crafts, film, culinary arts, design, music, literary arts humanities, historic preservation and traditional culture bearers, and partnered with local film industry businesses to train 70 individuals from the New Orleans region forjobs in the film industry.