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Carencro City Council backs $16 million road safety grant, amends budget and allocates $450,000 TIF for Walk‑On’s turn lane
Summary
At its May 19 meeting the Carencro City Council approved a resolution supporting a $16 million roadway realignment application to the U.S. DOT SS4A program with a $3.2 million local match, adopted a $55,000 police salary budget amendment, and approved a $450,000 TIF allocation for a Walk‑On’s right‑turn lane.
The Carencro City Council on May 19 approved a package of measures that includes support for a federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant application, a budget amendment for police salaries and a TIF allocation to build a right‑turn lane for a Walk‑On’s development.
CH Fenstermaker engineer Andy Sellers told the council the proposed roadway project would realign the West Gloria Switch doglegs and install roundabouts at Louis Arceneaux Road and Walter Drive; he estimated the total project cost at $16 million and said the city’s required 20% match would be $3.2 million. The council approved Resolution No. 2025‑026, which supports submitting an application to the U.S. Department of Transportation SS4A program and formally commits the city to a "vision zero" goal of eliminating roadway fatalities and serious injuries.
Councilmembers also approved Resolution No. 2025‑027 authorizing the mayor to execute a contract with Lafayette Council on Aging, Inc. and Lafayette Elderly Housing Development Corp. to operate and manage senior‑citizen activities. The council accepted Water Sector Funds from the State of Louisiana and voted to follow recommendations from a sewer rate study by approving Resolution No. 2025‑028. The council amended the 2024–2025 general fund operating budget by $55,000 for police salaries under Resolution No. 2025‑029.
Separately, the council approved Resolution No. 2025‑030 to allocate $450,000 from the city’s TIF district sales tax for construction of a right‑turn lane serving the Walk‑On’s development. Council members moved and seconded each measure during the meeting and recorded motions as approved in the minutes; no roll‑call vote tallies are listed in the minutes.
The council introduced two ordinances: Ordinance No. 2025‑007 (correction to an annexation property description on Moss Street/Saddle Creek) and Ordinance No. 2025‑008 (a non‑exclusive franchise agreement with Southwest Louisiana Electric Membership Corporation, SLEMCO). Ordinance No. 2025‑009, which would have amended the police department’s salary schedule, was removed from the agenda after a council motion (one member recorded a nay on the removal but the motion carried).
Why it matters: The SS4A application, if funded, would reshape intersections on key local roads and requires a substantial local match; the TIF allocation and the budget amendment affect near‑term capital and operating spending. The minutes do not record exact vote tallies or a timeline for the grant application or contract execution.
Next steps: The minutes show the council approved the resolutions; the city will proceed with the grant submission process and the mayor is authorized to execute contracts where specified. The meeting adjourned at 7:04 p.m.
