ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  • Established Temporary Bernalillo County Positions/Jobs ($500,000)
  • Reduced Impact Fees by 75%
  • Increased the Operating Budget and Staff Levels of the Economic Develop-ment Department ($200,000)
  • Bridge Street Sector Plan Including Historical Overlay Zone to Attract More Business($900,000)
  • US Foods: Four-State Regional Food Warehouse Complex
  • Sponsored two Business Summits
  • Small Business Revolving Micro-Loans ($1M)
  • Employment Seminar and Job Fair
  • West Central Avenue Sector Plan ($100,000)

HEALTH & PUBLIC SAFETY

  • Pajarito Mesa Water Line Extension
  • Funded Purchase of Rugged Terrain Fire Truck ($250,000)
  • Established Public Safety Forums
  • Crackdown on Illegal Roadside Vendors
  • Renovated/Opened First Choice South Broadway Health Clinic on William St SE
  • Secured MDC Public Information & Outreach Officer to Support and Inform Citizens
  • Established Animal Care Citizen Advisory Committee
  • Commissioned County-Wide Lighting Study ($162,800)
  • Secured Portable Building from APS, Portable Renovation and Utility Hook-up at Pajarito Mesa ($100,000)

COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION

  • Increased Community Clean-ups Throughout District 2 ($45,000)
  • Scheduled Regular Maintenance of County Road-ways and Shoulders
  • Established County Graffiti Cleanup Program; call 24-ERASE ($360,000)
  • Increased Funding for Equipment for Community Corrections Clean-up Program

OPEN SPACE

  • Purchased Additional 4 Acres for the Pajarito Open Space ($745,340)
  • Purchased 5.9 Acres at Hubble North on Isleta Boulevard SW ($818,749)
  • Set-Aside Funding for 570-acre Price’s Dairy in South Valley ($5M)

PARKS AND RECREATION

  • Re-Established After-School Programs At Community Centers
  • Re-Established Use Of County Vans For Transporting Children From Community Centers
  • Completed Construction of Gateway Park ($1.8M)
  • Constructed And Opened The South Valley Multipurpose Center/Senior Meal Site ($7.2M)
  • Eliminated Fees For Senior Citizens At County Fitness Centers
  • Introduced Youth Anti-Bullying Commission Resolution And Policy
  • Westside Community Center Boxing Program
  • Created Youth Academic Incentive Program (ACES)
  • Founded Children’s Book Holiday Giveaway Each Winter & Spring
  • Reconstructed Children’s Wading Pool At RGHS Pool
  • Constructed Adobe Acres Dog Park ($43,000)
  • Constructed Clinton P. Anderson Park

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

  • Responsive, Timely Constituent Support in-person, phone, and email
  • Created Hand-In-Hand Event Introducing County Officials and Bringing Government to the People
  • Established Working Relationships with City Councilors, State & Elected Officials and Federal Delegation
  • Participate in Multiple Community Meetings & Events
  • Honor Individuals and Groups with County Proclamations & Recognitions
  • Created Award-Winning County and City-Wide Neighborhood Association Grants Program ($100,000)
  • Established Burials of Unclaimed Veteran Remains at Santa Fe National Cemetery in Collaboration with State of New Mexico
  • Secured $100,000 for Manuel Mora and Pete Padilla/Vietnam

PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS

  • $12.5M of $25M of the 2010 County’s General Obligation Bond Cycle Dedicated to District 2
  • Southwest Valley Flood Reduction ($24M)
  • Reconstructed & Widened the Isleta, Armijo, & Los Padillas Drains
  • New Channel Construction to Connect and Discharge to the Rio Grande Via the Durand Open Space
  • Vista Del Rio Storm Drainage ($8.5M)
  • Multi-Phase Project to Improve Storm Drainage and Remove Flood Plain Reducing Home/Property Insurance Costs
  • Nine-Phase South Valley Drinking Water Project
  • Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority (ABCWUA) Improvements to the Second St Reclamation Plant Over the Next 10 Years ($27M)
  • Bridge Boulevard Reconstruction ($23M)
  • Multi-Phase Project to Improve Bridge Blvd from the Rio Grande to New Coors
  • Bridge & Isleta Blvd Intersection Safety Improvements to Improve Vehicular & Pedestrian Safety ($970,000)
  • Unpaved Roads Project, Phase II ($1.3M)
  • Road improvements to Isleta Blvd, Corfield Ln, Clear Rd, Pinto Pl, Rosita Pl, Onate Pl, Rael St & Ygnacio Rd
  • Blake Roadway Improvements ($600,000)
  • Sage/Coors Intersection Safety Improvements ($516,000)
  • Bosque Del Rio Trail ($1.1M)
  • Roundabout Construction at Sunset Rd and Don Felipe Rd

Many of the projects listed were sought and secured by Commissioner De La Cruz through Bernalillo County Commission and/or other governmental approval and funding.