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Renard Johnson: “We have a once in a lifetime opportunity with the Deck…”

Featuring: Renard Johnson, Mayor of El Paso | Texas

Mayor Johnson outlines 2026 priorities at El Paso 'State of the City' address

Published March 25, 2026 | Video Starts at 39:41

Wow, that's a great question. So I, I think the, the first thing that's going to come to mind is We have a once in a lifetime opportunity with the Deck Plaza. Once in a lifetime. Many of us in this room may not ever see it but happen, but we have to give it a chance. Okay? We have to give that a chance. (39:41–39:46)

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Asserts that the Deck Plaza project is a unique opportunity for the community.

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“Fort Bliss has some of the largest water buffaloes or water hippos in the Nation.”
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“Winterfest, over 600,000 people in downtown El Paso over a six week period.”
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“We are number three in the US for our foreign trade zone, which is located out near the, the airport, which has thousands of jobs and has a…”
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“The Clyde Warren Deck plaza in Dallas, the number one tourist destination in the city of Dallas.”
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“Do you know you're the first black mayor along any major U.S.-Mexico border in the history of the United States?”
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“El Paso continues to be recognized as one of the safest cities in America.”
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“We are investing in a new police and fire public safety complex which is going to be located near the airport.”
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“The city of El Paso was selected to participate in the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative.”
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“We had over 800 events and meetings throughout the year.”
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“We've got over 6,000 employees here at the city and they work hard.”
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“Public safety is one of my numbers one priorities.”
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“We've had three police academies graduate since I've been in office. An additional 109 officers that are now in the El Paso Police…”
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“We've had about 37 to 40 graduate from El Paso Fire.”
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“For the first time ever, El Paso received a Grant called the COPS grant, which was about $2.5 million, which we received 18 new officers…”
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“We had a safer grant for the El Paso Fire Department that had an additional 15 firefighters that they received through a grant too.”
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“We are still one of the safest communities in the United States.”
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“We had a police and fire training headquarters that we're going to be breaking down on soon. So it's going to be out near the airport. It's…”
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“Fort Bliss has 35 to 40,000 active duty military personnel with their families.”
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“70% of [Fort Bliss's active duty military personnel] live in the El Paso community.”
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“Ranked number one in Newsweek, ranked number two in USA Today as best holiday events right here in the city of El Paso, Texas.”
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“The city has also made a real big effort in investing in our parks, our bike trails, our biking trails.”
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“In December, we had the record number of sales tax that we've ever collected in the city of $16.6 million.”
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“We are looking to recruit aerospace and defense companies to go into this new [advanced manufacturing district].”
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“The Yasleta Bridge is one that we're looking at for expansion.”
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“Right now they're talking about widening it and we're talking about putting in the support beams to hold a Deck Plaza in the future.”
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“We have lost $70 million because our convention center is not capable of holding the size of conventions that it should.”
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“We're in competition against Austin, Dallas, Houston, Waco, and I can name a few more that already have their convention spaces under…”
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“Expanding our convention center will be good.”
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“We talked about lowering yourselves, your property tax through sales tax, more conventions.”
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“I know, and I know this for a fact, that the best days for El Paso are still ahead of us.”
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“We are looking for federal funding. We are looking for additional funding to make this [Deck Plaza] a reality.”
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“We can do better than putting 60,000 people or 600,000 people in downtown El Paso with the green space as small as this stage.”
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“I am black and I'm an African American. But I think it speaks more volumes about El Paso to elect the first black mayor in El Paso's history…”
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