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MORNING EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE. WHAT MONTH IS THIS. FEBRUARY MEETING. FEBRUARY MEETING OF THE BROWARD MPO. A NUMBER OF OUR MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS ARE NOT HERE
[1. Moment of Silence for the One-Year Anniversary of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting]
TODAY ATTENDING A CELEBRATORY MSD EVENTS. AND WE WILL TOO AS WE PLEDGE THE FLAG THIS MORNING PLEASE KEEP THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THAT HORRIFIC EVENT IN YOUR MINDS SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.[2. Call to Order and Pledge]
BEFORE WE START I NOTICED WE HAVE THESE 25 CENT PENS ON OUR DESK AND WE USED TO HAVE REALLY FANCY PENS. THEY RETRACTED AND THEY WERE BLUE AND THEY HAD MPO ON THEM AND I GUESS THE BUDGET'S BEEN CUT THIS YEAR FOR PENS. WE'RE BEING A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE ON THE PEN BUDGET BUT WE CAN AMP THAT BACK UP. NO IT'S FINE. ANYWAY MAYOR ORTIS IS COMPLAINING IT'S A LITTLE COLD IN HERE TODAY BUT THAT WE HAVE TO RESPECT THAT HIS BLOOD IS A LITTLE THINNER THAN IT USED TO BE SO MAYBE THAT'S THE CAUSE.VERY COLD. I WAS THERE WITH YOU. I LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE DID THAT ALREADY AND WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THE ELECTRONIC ROLL PLAY. WE HAVE SOME SOME
[3. Electronic Roll Call]
NEW MEMBERS. LET ME LET ME INTRODUCE THEM NOW BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO DO A LITTLE TRAINING. CARL ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT OR DAVID OR NOT. HOW TO USE THAT SYSTEM. YEAH WE'VE BEEN THROUGH SOME OF HOW IT WORKS WITH DURING THE BOARD MEMBER ORIENTATION BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND WALK EVERYBODY THROUGH THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL THIS MORNING. OK. SO LET'S DO THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL. ALL RIGHT. SO FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR NEW MEMBERS IF YOU JUST REFER TO THE PANEL ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE AND THEN HIT THE YES KEY NOW YOU WILL SIGN YOURSELF IN ELECTRONICALLY. YOU CAN VERIFY THAT YOU'RE IN ON THE MONITORS BEHIND YOU OR YOU CAN HIT YOUR CHANGE VIDEO BUTTON THAT'S ON THE BOTTOM CENTER BUTTON ON YOUR PANEL. IT'LL SWITCH TO THE SAME DISPLAY YOU'RE SEEING ON THE BIG MONITORS HERE AND I'LL JUST GIVE EVERYBODY A SECOND TO DO THAT AND TURN IT BACK TO THE CHAIR AFTERWARDS. YES. SO ONCE AGAIN IT'S THE YES KEY ON THE PANEL ON YOUR RIGHT HAND SIDE. OK. THANK YOU ALL. MOTION TO APPROVE[4. Approval of Minutes - December 6, 2018]
THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING. COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE YOU HAD A QUESTION ON THE MINUTES. OK ON THE MINUTES FROM DECEMBER ON THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE WITH THE TENTATIVE DRAFT. I PUSHED THE WRONG BUTTON. I'D LIKE TO CHANGE THAT FROM A YES OR NO. WE ALWAYS SAY YOU PUSHED THE WRONG BUTTON. ALL RIGHT. BUT THOSE OF THAT'S YOUR VOTE THAT YOU HAVE IF THE MINUTES CAN REFLECT IN TODAY'S CONVERSATION THAT THAT WAS YOUR INTENTION. BUT THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE.THEY'RE SEALED ONCE THE VOTES ARE CLOSED. OH I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE TODAY. I TRIED TO DO THAT THE SAME DAY BUT I COULDN'T PUSH THE RIGHT BUTTONS. THERE WAS A RECONSIDERATION. ATTORNEY, THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES AND THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. IT CAN BE IN THE MINUTES I HAVE SAID THAT WOULD BE FINE. BUT IT STILL WILL REFLECT THE VOTE. I UNDERSTAND. I BELIEVE THE COMMISSIONER WOULD. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER THE VOTE SO YOU COULD REVOTE ON IT. CAN WE DO THAT RIGHT. YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] ON THE PREVAILING SIDE AS IT WAS LAST VOTE.
YEAH. SO IT'S A YES. IT SHOWS AS A YES. NO NO MA'AM YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO DO RECONSIDERATION. YOU ARE WE'RE NOT ON THE PREVAILING SIDE. IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUT IN THE ONE THAT SAID THAT THERE WAS A DECISION ON THAT. RIGHT NOW IT'S COMING ON THE MINUTES. THIS WILL REFLECT THAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE.
ANY OTHER CHANGES OR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE MINUTES. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND? OK. NOW WE HAVE TO VOTE. GO BACK TO THE YES VOTE OR NO VOTE. LOOKS LIKE THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONER
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BELVEDERE ARE YOU VOTING? HERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.MINUTES APPROVED THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY THERE ARE NO CHANGES.
[5. Approval of Agenda]
CORRECT MR. STUART. MR. CHAIRMAN YOU HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU AGREE THAT YOU WERE GOING TO PULL FROM EXECUTIVE THOSE BEING THE DISCUSSION OF THE SALES TAX INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE BROWARD MPO AS WELL AS DISCUSSION AND MOTIONS FOR THE FOURTH AMENDMENT. AND THOSE ARE BEING PULLED BECAUSE WE WERE NOT READY. CORRECT SIR. AND THEY'VE BEEN SET FOR A TIME CERTAIN IN THE FUTURE. NO. NO SIR. OK. THANK YOU. SO THERE ARE TWO CHANGES. WHAT ARE THE ITEM NUMBERS. ACTION ITEM 3 AN ACTION ITEM 4. ACTION ITEMS 3 AND 4 BEING WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA. ANY OTHER CHANGES. IF NOT ONCE AGAIN VOTE PLEASE TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. OK, THE AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE HAVE EXCUSED[Additional Item]
ABSENCES TODAY FROM MAYOR HUNSCHOFSKY, COMMISSIONER GOOD, COMMISSIONER VIGNOLA MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THOSE THREE MEMBERS. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE IT. WE GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. ONE MORE TIME TO VOTE. HUNCHOFSKY, GOOD AND VIGNOLA.NORTHWEST COUNTY. OKAY WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. WE HAVE I BELIEVE FOUR MEMBERS WHO
[7. Comments from the Chair]
ARE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME ALTHOUGH THEY MAY HAVE BEEN HERE AS OBSERVERS IN THE PAST AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MAYOR LYNN STONER FROM PLANTATION. [APPLAUSE]. MAYOR ANA ZIADE. HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE IT? ZIADE. FROM NORTH LAUDERDALE. [APPLAUSE]. MICHAEL CARN FROM OAKLAND PARK. [APPLAUSE] AND BARRY MOSS FROM POMPANO I THINK RIGHT. [APPLAUSE]. VERY GOOD.WELCOME. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT. HAVING BEEN TO WASHINGTON
[Introduction of South Florida Regional Transportation Authority Executive Director Steven L. Abrams]
I BET THIS IS GOING TO BE A GOOD ONE. YES IT IS. AND I'VE ACTUALLY WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS START WITH MR. ABRAMS WHO IS TAKING OVER AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF OUR FRIENDS AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHICH IS TRI RAIL FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW THAT MR. ABRAMS. [APPLAUSE]. MR. ABRAMS WELCOME. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE INCLUDED THIS IN YOUR PRESENTATION BUT GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND WHO YOU ARE WHAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR LIFE. THEN I WON'T GET THE APPLAUSE.MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, STEVEN ABRAMS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND PRIOR TO THAT IS A LONGTIME ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THE COUNTY TO OUR NORTH PALM BEACH COUNTY WHERE I SERVED ON THE PALM BEACH COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PAST ABOUT 10 YEARS AND PRIOR TO THAT LONGTIME ELECTED OFFICIAL IN BOCA RATON. COUNCIL MEMBER AND THEN MAYOR FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS.
SO I'M NOW YOU KNOW RECOVERING FROM ALL OF THAT POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY TAKING OVER SFRTA AND PEOPLE ASK OH YOU'RE WHAT'S YOUR NEW TITLE. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHICH BY THE WAY I SERVED ON AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR EIGHT YEARS AND THEY KIND OF THEIR EYES GLAZE OVER AND THEN I EXPLAIN. WE OPERATE TRI RAIL AND THEN THEY LIGHT UP AND SAY OH YES OF COURSE YOU KNOW I TOOK TRI RAIL TO THE AIRPORT MY KID TAKES TRI RAIL TO CLASSES AT FAU. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE SERVING ON THE MPO WHICH I ALSO DID YOU KNOW WHEN YOU EXPLAIN IT TO PEOPLE THE MP WHO THEN THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND AT ALL WHAT YOU DO UNTIL YOU HAVE TO EXPLAIN THAT YOU KNOW WE PLAN THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR BROWARD COUNTY THEN YOU KNOW THEY I DON'T KNOW IF THEY LIGHT UP BUT THEY CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DO. BUT BROWARD COUNTY OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT TO SFRTA OUR OPERATION CENTER IS LOCATED IN POMPANO BEACH SO I NOW GO TO WORK EVERY DAY IN BROWARD COUNTY AND
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BROWARD IS THE ONLY COUNTY OF THE THREE THAT WHERE WE WHICH WE SERVE BORDER TO BORDER. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES PALM BEACH AND MIAMI DADE ARE VERY JEALOUS OF THAT AND MORE THAN JEALOUS THEY'RE LIKE DEMAND THAT WE SERVE THEIR ENTIRE COUNTIES AS WELL. WE RECENTLY HAD OUR 30TH ANNIVERSARY LAST MONTH. WE'RE IN BUSINESS 30 YEARS AND HAVE TRANSPORTED IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME OVER 92 MILLION RIDERS. SO THAT MEANS 92 MILLION TRIPS OFF OF THE ROAD WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF UP TO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC OFF OF I-95 EACH AND EVERY DAY. IT'S ABOUT 15 THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY THAT WE GET TO WORK AND TO SCHOOL AND INCREASINGLY TO THE AIRPORTS A VERY POPULAR PART OF OUR SERVICE NOW AND REALLY OPEN UP A LOT OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE ALONG THE CORRIDOR BOTH WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS. SO YOU CAN LIVE IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND GET ON THE TRAIN TO WORK IN WEST PALM BEACH OR DEERFIELD BEACH AND WORK IN IN MIAMI AND ALL OVER THE CORRIDOR. SO REALLY OPENS UP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERYONE AND IT ENABLES SOUTH FLORIDA ESPECIALLY IF WE CAN EXPAND OUR MASS TRANSIT OFFERINGS IN THIS REGION THE OPPORTUNITY TO BID ON THESE AMAZON HEADQUARTERS AND ALL OF THE REST AND ACTUALLY PREVAIL BECAUSE YOU KNOW I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THAT IS IF NOT THE NUMBER ONE FEATURE THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IT'S AMONG THE TOP COUPLE THAT THESE GIANT CORPORATIONS ARE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY ARE CONSIDERING OPENING HEADQUARTERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND SO YES WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING TO EXPAND OUR SERVICE. WE HOPE TO FINALLY BE IN THE MIAMI CENTRAL STATION BY THE END OF THE YEAR WHICH WOULD GIVE FOLKS A ONE SEAT RIDE FROM BROWARD COUNTY INTO DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE THE FIRST STATION OF TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK WHICH IS OUR GOAL IN THE FUTURE TO EXTEND OUR SERVICE UP THE FEC CORRIDOR THROUGH THE DOWNTOWNS OF ALL OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES. ALL OF IT IS REALLY JUST DEPENDENT ON FUNDING. THE AMBITION IS THERE AND THE PLANS ARE THERE. IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING OUR SOURCES ARE THE COUNTIES THAT WE SERVE THE STATE FOR OUR OPERATIONS AS WELL AS OF COURSE OF OUR PASSENGERS WHO PAY THEIR FAIR. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD MR. CHAIRMAN TO WORKING WITH THE MPO AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HANGING OUT MORE IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND WITH THAT I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE. YES SIR.COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. GLAD YOU'RE ON BOARD. I WAS ACTUALLY ROOTING FOR YOU TO GET THE JOB BECAUSE IT MADE MORE SENSE THAN SOMEBODY ELSE THAT DIDN'T KEEP THEIR EYE ON THE BOOKS FOR EIGHT YEARS. AND ALSO THE PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT YOU HAVE THAT YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THE INSIDER KNOWLEDGE YOU KNOW THAT HELPS THAT YOU CAN JUST COME ON BOARD AND RUN WITH IT IMMEDIATELY. AS CHAIR OF [INAUDIBLE] WE ACTUALLY SENT A LETTER UNANIMOUSLY OBJECTING TO THE DOT REMOVING TRI RAIL FROM THE CIS. AND SO AND AND SINCE I'M ALSO ON THE FLOOR TRANSPORTATION PLAN CIS COMMITTEE IN TALLAHASSEE I REITERATE THAT EVERY TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP ALL OF OUR FUNDING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE THAT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BUT I WOULD ADD MY THOUGHTS TO THOSE OF COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. WE'RE REALLY GLAD THAT INSIDER GOT AN OPPORTUNITY TO DEMONSTRATE MORE LEADERSHIP ADDITIONAL LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND WE WELCOME YOU LOOK FORWARD TO A GREATER RELATIONSHIP. POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL PLEASE. YES WE'RE VERY POSITIVE ABOUT POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU STEVE. I MADE A MISTAKE I FORGOT TO ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. YES I KNOW I KNOW. IS THERE ANYONE HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TODAY ON ANY ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. IF NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. AND THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME, CARL. MR. STUART YOU HAVE MORE? YES I DO. YES I DO. HAVING SPENT THE
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LAST FIVE DAYS IN WASHINGTON D.C. I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW MAYOR ORTIS AND OUR MEMBERS FROM THE LEAGUE OF CITIES WERE UP AT THE SAME TIME. UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T CROSS PATHS BECAUSE IT WAS SO FRICKIN COLD. HOW COLD WAS IT? FRICKIN COLD.[00:15:02]
THE COLDEST DAY WAS A DAY LIKE TODAY WHERE IT WAS SUNNY AND WE WERE STANDING AT THE SOON TO BE NEW LOCATION FOR THE AMAZON HEADQUARTERS AT 22 DEGREES AND YES MR. THE VICE CHAIR AND I WERE BOTH SHAKING TO THE POINT WHERE THERE'S GREAT EXERCISE. BUT THAT SAID IT WASN'T EXACTLY SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD WANT TO DO AS PART OF EVERY DAY. I WANT TO GIVE YOU ALL A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED LAST NIGHT THAT IS ALSO MIRACULOUS THE CONGRESS ACTUALLY PASSED THE 20 19 OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS MEASURE WHICH INCLUDED ANOTHER 325 BILLION DOLLARS IN DISCRETIONARY APPROPRIATIONS HAVING NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WALL BUT HAVING EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THE HOUSE VOTE ON THE LEGISLATION WAS IS THIS EVENING THE SENATE WILL VOTE TOMORROW. PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL SIGN IS EXPECTED TO SIGN THE BILL INTO LAW FRIDAY NIGHT TO AVERT ANY SHUTDOWNS. BUT THE CONFERENCE REPORT INCLUDED 900 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WILL GO TO THE BUILD GRANT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO CONSIDER WITH OUR PARTNERS HERE TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COULD BE SUBMITTED TO GET IN QUEUE FOR THE BUILD GRANT. 3.25 BILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL AID TO FEDERAL AID HIGHWAYS.THAT IS PART OF OUR FUNDING TO THIS ORGANIZATION AS WELL AS THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WE'RE SPENDING HERE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA ON OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ON THE ROADSIDE. 10.6 BILLION DOLLARS FOR FTA FORMULA GRANTS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR PARTNERS NOT ONLY AT TRI RAIL BUT ALSO AT BCT BECAUSE THEIR FUNDING WAS IN SOMEWHAT QUESTION AT THAT MOMENT AND THEN 2.5 BILLION FOR CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS AND THAT'S SOMETHING TO ALSO LOOK AT AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. THIS ORGANIZATION ALONG WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY ALONG WITH EVERY MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO START THINKING ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO START LEVERAGING THE FEDERAL SHARE WHILE WE WERE THERE THE VICE CHAIRMAN AND I MET WITH THE DEPUTY SECRETARY OF POLICY WHO IS BASICALLY WRITING ALL THE DOT SIDE OF GRANTS AS WELL AS THE CIRCULAR AND THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND BASICALLY YOU KNOW WE I THINK WE STRUCK A VERY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH MR. FINCH EXACTLY AND MR. FULTON IS HIS LAST NAME AND THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH IN LOOKING FOR MATCHING SHARE FOR MORE INNOVATION. PART OF THE CONVERSATION ON INNOVATION WAS ACTUALLY NOT GOING WITH 3G OR 5G OR YOU KNOW WHATEVER THE NEXT G IS GOING TO BE OF YOU KNOW OF INTERNET CONNECTIONS IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ALL ABOUT THE FIBER AND MAKING SURE AT THE MINIMUM THE CONDUIT IS IN PLACE AS WE START REPLACING OUR FACILITIES FOR THE FIBER TO GO IN BECAUSE THAT FIBER IS ACTUALLY WHAT THEY'RE USING FOR THE AV OR ACS AUTONOMOUS AND CONNECTED VEHICLES AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LEGISLATING IN RIGHT NOW TO ALL THE BUS CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE BUILDING AUTOMOBILES BOTH DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY. SO ALL OF THAT NEEDS TO TIE BACK. THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY TIE IN TO ALL THE UPCOMING EMS VEHICLES THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT OUT THERE WHETHER THEY'RE POLICE AND FIRE WHETHER THEY'RE JUST PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE RECOGNIZING AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THE SALES TAX. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. YOU KNOW THERE IS LEVERAGE THAT WE CAN GO AFTER FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT IT IN A LEADERSHIP ROLE AND THAT I THINK IS ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT. SOME OF THE OTHER CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAD A CHANCE TO DO WHILE WE'RE IN WASHINGTON IS MEETING WITH STAFF OF EPW THAT'S ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC WORKS. THEY ARE ON THE ROADWAY SIDE OF THE TRANSPORTATION BILL AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY PLANNING ON ISSUING A NEW TRANSPORTATION BILL BEFORE THE END OF SPRING. THAT TRANSPORTATION BILL THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT THERE BEFORE THE 2020 MADNESS BEGINS. THERE IS A DESIRE ON BOTH REPUBLICAN AND HOUSE MAJORITY AND MINORITY DEPENDING ON WHICH SIDE OF CONGRESS YOU'RE ON LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING IN AND FUNDED RIGHT NOW OUR FUNDING BILL ENDS IN 20 FISCAL YEAR 21 FOR US AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO DO EITHER A COMPLETELY NEW BILL WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL THAT BITES AROUND THE EDGES TO INCREASE FUNDING IN BOTH THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THINGS WHICH IS THAT THE MONEY THAT COMES TO THIS MPO AND IS THEN ALLOCATED AS WELL AS INTO HIGHWAY PROGRAMMING WHICH IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE THEN COORDINATE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ACTUALLY ENSURE THAT OUR ROADWAYS ARE ACTUALLY OPERATING AT LEVELS THAT ARE GOOD. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS THAT OUR FRIENDS DID AT BROWARD COUNTY WITH THE SALES TAX. SO THERE'S SOME REAL OPPORTUNITY AND SYNERGY THERE. THERE'S INFRA GRANTS ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ANNOUNCED ON DECEMBER 21ST ON SOLICITATION SIDE OF THINGS. BASICALLY THEIR MINIMUM GRANT
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AMOUNT ON THAT IS 25 MILLION. AND THEN I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO TALLAHASSEE OR FLY DOWN TO TALLAHASSEE WHICH IS JUST AS COLD AND SAY BOLD VISION FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE BUDGET THAT OUR GOVERNOR DESANTIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN HAS ISSUED. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ENVIRONMENTAL WATER QUALITY AND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE. SO AGAIN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MATCHING WITH THE LOCAL SALES TAX OR WHATEVER MECHANISM WE MAY HAVE THERE IS GREAT POSSIBILITY THAT WE CAN GRAB ON TO EVEN ADDITIONAL STATE FUNDING AS WE MOVE FORWARD ON THE TECHNOLOGY SIDE. KEVIN THIBAULT WAS ACTUALLY NAMED SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION I WON TWENTY DOLLARS ON A BET WITH THAT ONE. SO I'M VERY HAPPY THAT SAID THAT WAS GOVERNOR DESANTIS'S CHOICE AND THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF PUSHBACK IN THE LEGISLATURE BUT THAT MR THIBAULT IS COMING FROM TRAN SYSTEMS AND ALSO WORKED AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION VERY PROGRESSIVE. DISTRACTED DRIVING BILL IS BACK UP IN THE LEGISLATURE AS WELL AS SUNPASS SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING IN TO HOW THE INVOICING SYSTEM ON SUNPASS IS MOVING THAT WILL HAPPEN AS WELL AS WE HAVE OUR FRIENDS AT TSC ARE MONITORING SEVERAL LEGISLATIVE ITEMS ONE OF WHICH ACTUALLY WAS CHANGED LAST NIGHT AS WELL AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE COUNTY SALES TAX. IRONICALLY THERE WAS A BILL THAT WAS PUT INTO THE LEGISLATURE THAT OUR FRIENDS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH HILLSBOROUGH TPO OVER THERE TO ACTUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THIS BILL THE WAY IT WAS INITIALLY WRITTEN IT WAS RETROACTIVE AND ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN OUT ANY POSSIBILITY OF THE SALES TAX BEING USED FOR MAINTENANCE BEING USED FOR STAFFING BEING USED FOR ENGINEERING AND EXCLUSIVELY TO BE USED WITH FIXED GUIDE WAY PROJECTS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY PROBLEMATIC FOR ALL OF US IN DEALING WITH TSM&O WHERE THE TRAFFIC SIDE OF SYNCHRONIZATION. SO WE'RE HAPPY THAT THAT LEGISLATIVE ITEM HAS BEEN MODIFIED BUT OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT. THAT IS PART OF WHAT OUR LEGISLATIVE TEAM DOES UP IN TALLAHASSEE. IT ALSO CHANGED THE CRITERIA ON PASSAGE OF A SUPERMAJORITY TO EVEN SUPER SUPERMAJORITY. LIMITS. BASICALLY THE BILL WAS MODIFIED SO BROWARD, HILLSBOROUGH AND OUR PARTNERS IN DUVAL WHICH IS JACKSONVILLE NORTH FLORIDA TPO THOSE WOULD BE EXEMPTED FROM THE CHANGES TO THE LAW.FINALLY I'VE GOT ALSO GOT A BILL THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING WHICH HAS TO DO A LOT WITH DEALING WITH CENTRAL OFFICE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE LOOKING TO CENTRALIZE A LITTLE BIT OF THE OPERATIONS IN THE DISTRICT LEVEL AND MOVE IT BACK UP TO TALLAHASSEE AND THEN THE OTHER THING WHICH IS HOT ON MAYOR TRANTALIS'S PLATE WHICH IS MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS. YOU KNOW WE HAVE TO CONGRATULATE THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE WITH THEIR PROGRESSIVE STANCE ON THE NUMBER OF SCOOTERS AND RIDES. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW WE'RE GONNA BE MONITORING ALL THIS BECAUSE OVER THE MORE THAN 200,000 RIDES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS THAT EXTRAPOLATING INTO LESS TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAY AND YES THE FATALITIES ARE UP ON THOSE SCOOTERS OBVIOUSLY BUT ALSO THOSE FOLKS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN VEHICLES AND DURING THE SAME TIME PERIOD WE HAD MULTIPLE CAR ACCIDENTS WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES THAT FOLKS WERE HOSPITALIZED AND AS WELL AS YOU KNOW FOLKS THAT READ THE NEWSPAPER KNOW THAT THERE'S COMAS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT FOLKS HAVE BEEN IN. SO YOU KNOW WE RAISE ISSUES ON THE SCOOTERS BUT THEN WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE HAVING PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES WE'RE HAVING BICYCLE FATALITIES THEME OF THE DAY TODAY AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE NEED TO REBUILD OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NOT ONLY TO RECOGNIZE THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT BUT ALSO THE SCOOTER ENVIRONMENT AS WELL. AND FINALLY AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH MAYOR ORTIS, COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER BATTLE WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IRONICALLY WITH A COMPANY OUT OF CALIFORNIA THAT WOULD LIKE TO OPERATE A AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEM WITHIN GATED COMMUNITIES. AND THERE IS SOME. COMMISSIONER PLACKO AS WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY VERY INTERESTED IN COMING IN AND PUTTING IN A SYSTEM WITHIN A GATED COMMUNITY IT'S CALLED VOYAGE WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOU ALL AS WELL AS YOUR CITY MANAGERS TO BEGIN THE DIALOGUE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS CURRENTLY OPERATED IN A FIXED SYSTEM IN THE VILLAGES AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THAT WITHIN A GATED AREA BECAUSE A DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS THESE TYPE OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS WILL THEN GEAR TOWARDS ONE DAY HAVING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES
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ON OUR DOWNTOWN CORE AREA AS WELL AS REACHING OUT INTO THE CORRIDORS OF THE REST OF THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY KIND OF NEAT TO SEE HOW THAT'S WORKING. LET'S SEE. CAN I GET THE OTHER CONTROL BOOTH. THANK YOU. I ALSO THEN NOW WANT TO GO INTO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE. THIS IS WORTH STANDING FOR. SO EVERY FEW[Dangerous By Design]
YEARS OUR FRIENDS UP IN WASHINGTON THROUGH TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA LOOK AT AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ACTUALLY SAY WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR AND THE ACCIDENT LEVEL. THAT SAID WHOOPS AS I GO THE WRONG DIRECTION SORRY GUYS. THAT SAID WE ACTUALLY HAVE MAJOR ISSUES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND IT IS NO COINCIDENCE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING CONSTANTLY. TWO NIGHTS AGO A MAN ELDERLY GENTLEMAN. JUST A SEC. SURE. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE STILL KIND OF NEW TO THIS TECHNOLOGY IF YOU HIT THE BUTTON THAT SAYS CHANGE VIDEO YOU'LL SEE THE POWER PLATE ON YOUR SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU. THANK YOU SIR. YEAH I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THESE ARE NATIONAL AVERAGES ISSUES THAT ARE GOING ON NATIONALLY. WE HAVE RANKED AND WE STARTED OUT TEN YEARS AGO RANKING NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION. WE'VE FALLEN DOWN TO 14. BUT ALL THE EFFORT AND THE 300 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR FOLKS DEEP DIVED INTO THIS IS UNDERSTANDING THAT EVEN THOUGH WE'RE PUTTING ALL THIS IN AND YES WE'VE DROPPED DOWN IN THE RANKINGS WE'VE DROPPED DOWN BUT IT'S THE TOTAL VOLUME HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD THING. TWO NIGHTS AGO IN FORT LAUDERDALE ELDERLY GENTLEMAN WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR AT A FOUR WAY STOP. AND THERE'S YOU KNOW MAJOR ISSUES WHEN YOU KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON. AND YOU KNOW I WAS E-MAILED FROM A PERSON THAT WAS THERE WATCHING THIS HAPPEN. HE TALKED TO THE PERSON THAT RAN INTO THE OLDER GENTLEMAN. AND HE GOES YEAH I TALKED TO THE DRIVER AND HE JUST SAID WELL THE GUY WALKED IN FRONT OF MY CAR SO THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO KIND OF WORK ON THE EDUCATION SIDE AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE SIDE IN DEALING WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO UNDERSTAND THAT MORE PEOPLE WILL BE WALKING. AND THEN WITH THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES SITUATION COMES IN THEY'LL ACTUALLY LIKELY BE MORE PROTECTED. BUT UNTIL THAT DAY ARRIVES AND THAT DAY IS PROBABLY 10 TO 15 YEARS OFF WE REALLY NEED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE COMMUNITY AND HOW WE ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT AND MOVING INTO THAT. THAT'S YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LATER TODAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION IN ADOPTING THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WHICH THEN IDENTIFIES A SERIES OF PROJECTS THROUGHOUT OUR COUNTY. THE ANALYSIS THAT WENT IN THAT WAS ALL THE CRASH DATA AND ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE NEED TO WORK ON AND WORRY ABOUT. AND THAT WHOLE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE MOVE FORWARD IN FUNDING OVER THE NEXT DECADE. THAT SAID I ALSO[Board Engagement Forum Recap]
WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM I WANT TO THANK ALL THE MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED. IT WAS OBVIOUSLY WELL ATTENDED THAT WE GOT SOME REAL GOOD TRACTION OUT OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WHETHER IT'S A STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN OUR MTP. THE PENNY FOR TRANSPORTATION THAT PENNY SURTAX AS WELL AS THE TSM&O SIDE OF THINGS THE CONTROL OF OUR LIGHTS AND OUR SIGNALIZATION PROGRAM ALL OF THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. SO IN FRONT OF YOUR SCREENS AND I WANT YOU CONCENTRATE ON THAT AS THE FOUR THEMES THAT BASICALLY YOU ALL SAID YOU WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF AND THOSE ARE THE ACTIONS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DEALING WITH. BUT I WANT TO ALSO TALK ABOUT MEETING FORMAT BECAUSE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WE TOOK A RISK IN ACTUALLY HAVING YOU ALL MEET ON THOSE SIDE ROOMS SEPARATELY AND MOVING YOU THROUGH A PIPELINE OF PROJECTS. WITH THAT WE GOT GREAT FEEDBACK. MORE INTIMATE SPACE SO IN PROBABLY THE APRIL MEETING WE'RE GOING TO ROLL OUT AN INFORMATIONAL FORUM THAT WILL OPERATE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO YOU CAN MOVE FROM ROOM TO ROOM GET INFORMATION AND THEN THE ACTION ITEMS WILL THEN COME BACK TO THIS BOARD AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR VOTING AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A PRESENTATION FROM HERE ON THE PODIUM AND THEN THE TSM&O SIDE WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT TRAFFIC SIDE THERE WAS A REQUEST DURING THE LUNCHEON AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WE DID WITH THE SIGNALIZATION AND THE PROGRAM WAS WHAT ARE YOUR ISSUES AND WHERE CAN WE DEAL WITH THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING IT IN VERBAL. WE HAD THE MEMBERS ACTUALLY WRITE DOWN THE AREAS. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND OUR PARTNERS WITH THE DOT ARE GONNA BE BUSY REACHING OUT TO EACH OF YOU ON THESE ISSUES AND LOOKING TO COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ESPECIALLY IN THE OPERATIONS SIDE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNALIZATION. AND IF YOU DO SEE SOMETHING ON THERE THAT YOU NEED TO THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDED FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T ATTEND[00:30:03]
WILL PLEASE BE REACHING OUT TO MYSELF OR ASK OUR TEAM YOUR TEAM BASICALLY AND SAY THESE ARE ISSUES WE'D ALSO LIKE TO BE ADDRESSED. WE WILL BE IN THIS NEXT FISCAL YEAR BRINGING IN ACTUALLY TRAFFIC CONTROL MONITORING INTO THE FACILITY HERE. SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE INTERSECTIONS AND HOW THINGS ARE FLOWING OUR PARTNERS DOWN IN HALLANDALE BEACH ACTUALLY HAVE A. WELL THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTUALLY AHEAD OF EVERYBODY. SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY THEY'RE GOING IN AND PUTTING IN A MONITORING SYSTEM THEY'RE WORKING WITH FDOT AS WE SPEAK. SO THAT WAY THEY'LL HAVE A STAFFER PRESENT AT THE FACILITY THERE ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AS WELL AS REMOTELY FROM TOWN HALL TO BE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND WHAT IS GOING ON ON HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD BECAUSE THERE SOME MAJOR TRAFFIC IMPACTS. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH EACH OF THEM EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOUR CITIES TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE THAT TYPE OF PARTICIPATION INTO THE FUTURE BECAUSE REALLY AGAIN THAT GOES BACK TO EVEN LAYING FIBER ALL OF THIS INTERCONNECTS AND IT IS INTERRELATED. IF WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM THAT BEST UTILIZES THE SYSTEM THAT WE OUR ROADWAY NETWORK THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE AND WITH THAT MR. CHAIR I AM DONE AND I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN. NO YOU'RE NOT. WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS HAVE SOME POINTED QUESTIONS FOR YOU STARTING WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. AND THE BATTER'S BOX IS MAYOR ORTIS. YOUR TWO FAVORITE. YOU'RE ALL MY FAVORITE. I WAS TRYING TO GET SOME OF YOUR CREDIBILITY FRANK. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE WERE IN WASHINGTON HOW OUR LOBBYIST GOT VERY KEY MEETINGS. AM I AT LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT THE PILOT PROGRAM. YES. YES. OK GREAT. SO WE'RE MEETING WITH SENATE HIGHWAY STAFF THEY WERE A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK LIKE WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE AND WHY DID THEY WANT TO PUT INPUT ON THE BILL. AND AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WE HAD A NEED FOR FUNDING LIKE EVERYBODY. AND THEY SAID WELL IF WE GET THIS MONEY DIRECTLY TO THE MPO HOW DO YOU THINK YOUR DOT IS GOING TO LIKE IT. AND HE SAYS AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TOUCH THE MONEY THAT THEY'RE GETTING I THINK THEY'LL BE OKAY WITH IT. AND THEY WERE OPEN TO THE IDEA IT'S GOING TO WAIT TO SEE IF IT HAPPENS. BUT WE ASKED THEM TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM FOR MPOS LARGER THAN 1 MILLION IN POPULATION WHICH WOULD DROP IT DOWN I DON'T KNOW 400 MPOS. AND THE U.S. WOULD DROP IT DOWN TO 22, 4 OF WHICH IS HERE IN THIS AREA.SO AND THEY WERE OPEN TO THE IDEA OF DOING THAT AS A PILOT PROGRAM TO CHECK TO SEE IF THEY WERE IF WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE MORE FORTHCOMING WITH IMPLEMENTING AND FINISHING PROJECTS RATHER THAN A DOT. SO THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT AND EVALUATE IT AND WORK WITH OUR STAFF OUR LOBBYIST STAFF EVEN THOUGH WE WON'T BE THERE TO CRAFT SOMETHING IN THAT NEW OMINOUS BILL THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET DONE BEFORE 2020 ROLLS AROUND. AND THEN SECOND AS YOUR MPOAC REPRESENTATIVE WHEN I WENT TO ORLANDO FOR THIS MEETING A MIAMI LEGISLATOR. THIS IS AN UNPRECEDENTED MOVE. THEY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THE BROWARD MPO AND THE WEST PALM BEACH OR MPO WE'RE VERY SIMILAR. IT'S 20 PERCENT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS 80 PERCENT MUNICIPAL AND DADE IS DIFFERENT. THEY HAVE 19 COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THEY HAVE YOU KNOW 6 CITIES AND A STATE REPRESENTATIVE FILED A BILL IN TALLAHASSEE TO MAKE DADE'S COMPOSITION LOOK MORE LIKE PALM BEACH AND BROWARD AND IT HAS REALLY ANGERED THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DOWN IN DADE COUNTY. AND SO WE DID SEND AN OFFICIAL OBJECTION UNANIMOUSLY TO THE STATE SAYING THAT WHATEVER YOUR MPO IS LET YOU GOVERN IT AS A HOME RULE RATHER THAN HAVE STATE LAW CHANGE IT BECAUSE THE THOUGHT WAS IF THEY DID THIS TO DADE COUNTY THEY COULD ALSO DO IT TO US NEXT TIME. SO I JUST WANT TO KEEP YOU APPRISED OF THAT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN THAT'S REALLY GOOD ESPECIALLY THE FIRST PART I LIKE THE IDEA OF A PILOT PROGRAM AND I MAY EXTRAPOLATE FROM THAT THAT THIS WOULD GIVE THE MPO AN OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH MEASURE ITSELF AND ITS PERFORMANCE AGAINST FDOT. I THINK I KNOW WHO WINS. MAYOR ORTIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. COUNCILMAN CALETKA, YOU'RE EVERY PLACE. I'M FOLLOWING YOU. I TELL YOU WHAT. YOU'RE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS MPO. FOR ALL OF THE THINGS THAT YOU DO I'M AMAZED EVERY PLACE I GO YOU'RE THERE. SO. FOLLOWING YOU.
SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I COULDN'T MAKE THAT MEETING THAT YOU JUST PUT ON THE SCREEN.
WE DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH PEMBROKE PINES THAT I WANT TO GIVE TO YOU ONE OF THEM IS
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EDUCATION. WE HAD A 22 YEAR OLD GET KILLED ON PINES BOULEVARD BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WALK THE CROSSWALK. THEY WALKED RIGHT. I MEAN NOT WALKING CROSS WALK DOWN PINES BOULEVARD, THIS IS THE RESULT OF WHAT HAPPENED. WE MET WITH IN OUR FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES [INAUDIBLE] COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH IS WHY I WAS IN WASHINGTON. WE MET WITH SEVERAL LEGISLATORS AND WE HAD A VERY GOOD MEETING WITH MARCO RUBIO AND WE TOLD HIM EVERYONE HAD FIVE OF US THAT WAS THE LEADERSHIP HAD THINGS THAT THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON AND MINE WAS INFRASTRUCTURE YOU KNOW HUGE HUGE THING ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE. AND I TOLD SENATOR RUBIO THAT THERE'S 111.8 MILLION PEOPLE VISIT FLORIDA EVERY YEAR AND THERE'S A THOUSAND A DAY MOVING TO FLORIDA WE NEED INFRASTRUCTURE HELP. AND HIS COMMENT WAS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY. THAT WAS HIS COMMENT TO US. SO I TOLD HIM WE'RE PART OF THE MPO HE SAYS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU GET THE FEDS AND THE STATE MONEY TO THE MPO AND THEN TO THE MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE STATE COUNTY AND OTHER ENTITIES HAVE VEHICLES TO DO THAT. MUNICIPALITIES DO NOT SO IT WAS A IT WAS A GOOD MEETING. SO WE HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT FOR US. WELL BECAUSE THE FEDS APPARENTLY JUST DON'T GIVE MONEY DIRECTLY TO MUNICIPALITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS: ROADS, LIGHTING, THEY JUST DON'T. AND THEY DON'T UNLESS IT'S ON FEDERAL PROPERTY. EXACTLY. AND IT FLOWS THROUGH THE ORGANIZATION JUST TO SHARE WITH THE MAYOR ONE OF THE AND THE REST OF THE BOARD ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE DID HAVE THROUGH THE CONFERENCE THAT I WAS OUT WITH MY COLLEAGUES FROM THE OTHER 400 MPOS AROUND THE NATION IS IF THERE IS AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IT WILL LIKELY TAKE THE FORM OF SIMILAR TO WRDA WHICH WILL BE DIRECT EARMARKING TO COMMUNITIES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO ALSO PAY ATTENTION TO. I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IT PASSING THE SENATE IN THAT TYPE OF STRUCTURE. AS YOU KNOW SENATOR RUBIO WAS MENTIONING NOW THE SENIOR SENATOR FROM FLORIDA. AND YOU KNOW THERE IS DISCUSSION THAT WE'LL NEED TO HAVE LONG TERM BUT WE'LL FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. JUST JUST A COMMENT QUESTION FOR MR. STUART AS WELL AS MAYOR ORTIS. THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS THAT THE MAYOR MAY HAVE IN PEMBROKE PINES AND WE MAY ALL HAVE IN OUR OWN CITIES NEED TO NEED TO BE ADDED TO THE SURTAX INVENTORY.WHAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED BY ALL OF OUR CITIES FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE THE SURTAX PARDON ME IS ONLY A ONE YEAR SNAPSHOT BASICALLY OF WHAT YOU WERE ASKED TO SUBMIT BUT WE'RE NOT PROHIBITED IN THE SURTAX LEGISLATION FROM SUBMITTING OTHER PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY AND THE MPO TOGETHER NEED TO GET OUT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT THERE'S A SECOND FLIGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT SUBMITTED THE FIRST TIME. MY SENSE IS THAT MANY OF THOSE 709 PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE CITIES REPRESENT WHAT WAS CREATED FOR THE 2016 INFRASTRUCTURE SURTAX THAT DID NOT PASS AND AT LEAST I KNOW THAT'S THE CASE IN MY CITY AND A FEW OTHERS THAT I'VE TALKED TO YOU. BUT THAT'S ONLY. THIS IS THE SURTAX IS A 30 CORRECTION MAYOR? 30 YEARS? THOSE 709 PROJECTS SHOULD STILL BE DONE WITHIN 5 TO 10 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU DO NEXT. SO CITIES WILL NEED WE ALL NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO BEGIN TO DEVELOP THE PROCESS SO THAT OUR FUTURE NEEDS. AND BY THAT I MEAN ANYTHING THAT HASN'T BEEN SUBMITTED GETS SUBMITTED AND INTO THE SYSTEM FOR THE SECOND AND THIRD AND FOURTH AND FIFTH FLIGHTS SURTAX MONEY. IN ADDITION THIS MIGHT FIT IN WITH WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR REPORT THAT SHOULD ALL THESE BILLS PASS WHERE ADDITIONAL FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE. A LOT OF THAT MONEY I WOULD GUESS WILL FLOW INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH GIVES CITIES AGAIN AN OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY FOR THOSE FUNDS. WE KNOW IT TAKES TIME TO GET APPROVAL IT STILL TAKES FIVE YEARS BEFORE PD&E BEGINS AND SO FORTH BUT THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THERE OUT THERE THROUGH THE SURTAXES THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WE NEED TO CAPTURE AND I THINK THIS IS NOT A CHALLENGE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE MPO STAFF IS REALLY SHARP AND ON THAT ON THIS BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO KEEP ADDING TO THAT PILE OF PROJECTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED THROUGH ALL THESE SOURCES. I ALSO
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WANTED TO COMMENT ON YOUR REMARKS ABOUT INNOVATIVE MONEY FOR INNOVATION. MR. STUART MAY HAVE BEEN A YEAR AGO THAT STAFF YOUR STAFF ASKED CITIES TO COME UP WITH PROJECTS THAT WERE OUT OF THE BOX PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT YOU YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IN YOUR CITIES BUT YOU NEVER COME FORWARD WITH THEM BECAUSE TOO EXPENSIVE WAY OUT OF THE REALM OF THINKING BUT THINGS THAT COULD CHANGE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE COMMUNITY AND MAYOR TRANTALIS IN FORT LAUDERDALE THE PROJECT CAME FORTH WHICH IS STILL SOMETHING TO BE THOUGHT OF IS A FLY OVER ON SUNRISE. THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS WHICH ARE INNOVATIVE OUT OF THE BOX NEVER BROUGHT FORWARD BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO EXPENSIVE AND TAKES A LOT OF ENERGY ARE THE THINGS THAT WOULD IF THERE'S IF THERE'S AN INNOVATION SOURCE OF MONEY COMING DOWN WE NEED TO BE READY TO CAPTURE. SO I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU AND OUR STAFF TO TO LOOK TO REVITALIZING THE EFFORT TO IDENTIFY ABOVE AND BEYOND BRICK AND MORTAR TYPICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH MTP AND SURTAX FOR INNOVATIVE PROJECTS. COUNCIL I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE I'M SORRY. WERE YOU FINISHED, MAYOR? PLEASE. GO AHEAD THEN COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE. YOU'RE ON. MR. CHAIRMAN I'M JUST GOING TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS YOUR POINTS. SENATOR RUBIO ALSO SAID THAT THE EARMARKS ARE GONE THEY'LL NEVER COME BACK. I'VE HEARD THAT BEFORE. AND HE SAID YOU CAN BUILD A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE AND BE AGAINST IT EXCEPT IT WAS YOUR BRIDGE TO NOWHERE. HE MADE THAT POINT AND HE ALSO SAID THAT MONEYS THAT COME FROM THE FEDS TO THE STATES AND THROUGH THE MPO IF CITIES CAN HAVE THAT KIND OF A DEAL THEN GO AHEAD AND START THE PROJECT AND GET REIMBURSED. NOT ALL CASES BUT SOME CASES. SO THAT'S A VEHICLE. BUT THE TIMING OF LIGHTS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT CREATES A LOT OF HAZARDS BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GETTING IMPATIENT AND THEY JUST RUN OUT INTO INTERSECTIONS. AND THE OTHER THE OTHER POINT IS HE MENTIONED TIGER GRANTS WHICH ARE NO LONGER AROUND. BUT HE MENTIONED HOW WE HAVE TO ALL LOBBY TO GET FLORIDA THE MONIES WE DESERVE AND NOT PHILADELPHIA AND NOT THOSE OTHERS CITIES IN THOSE STATES. SO THANK YOU MAYOR.COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I ACTUALLY JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP AND PIGGYBACK ON WHAT MAYOR ORTIS SAID ABOUT EDUCATION AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT NECESSARILY PART OF MPO BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE US AS PART OF IT. I DON'T KNOW WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS AND ALL THE DRIVING SCHOOLS WHETHER THAT'S PART OF DRIVER'S EDUCATION AND HOW PEOPLE DRIVE HOW THEY WATCH OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SO ON. SO FOR ANYBODY THAT'S IN HERE THAT CAN HELP THAT TYPE OF EDUCATION. I THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT ASSET FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS FOLLOWED BY COUNCIL MEMBER OR VICE MAYOR GREEN EXCUSE ME VICE MAYOR GREEN. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE I HAD MISSED THAT MEETING ALSO AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE 441 IN OAKLAND PARK PLEASE ADDED. WE HAVE MAJOR PEDESTRIAN ISSUES ON THAT STREET. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR GREEN. I JUST WANTED TO GET BACK TO YOUR COMMENT ABOUT THIS FUNDING IS GOING TO GO ON FOR 30 YEARS AND WE WILL HAVE DONE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF THAT. BUT I ALSO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT DURING THAT TIME WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE ANOTHER MILLION PEOPLE ADDED TO BROWARD COUNTY. SO I SUSPECT THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT PEOPLE NEED AND WANT WITH THAT FUNDING THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON MR. STUART'S REPORT. IF NOT WE WILL GO TO THE GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT. THANK YOU MR.
[10. General Counsel’s Report: http://browardmpo.org/index.php/about-the-mpo/legislative-initiatives]
CHAIRMAN BOARD MEMBERS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY NEW MEMBERS TODAY. I'M GONNA JUST GIVE YOU A QUICK DISSERTATION ON THE MEMBERSHIP AND WHO WE ARE AS AN MPO AND ALSO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE VOTING SO THAT YOU'LL UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS AND WHY WE HAVE SUCH. I WON'T CALL THEM STRICT RULES BUT RULES THAT WE FOLLOW. FIRST OF ALL THE BROWARD MPO IS MADE UP OF 38 MUNICIPAL AND NON MUNICIPAL MEMBERS NOT[00:45:01]
MUNICIPAL MEMBERS ARE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER WITH THE REMAINING BEING MUNICIPAL MEMBERS AS YOU KNOW THE STATE OF FLORIDA LIMITS THE VOTING TO THE MPO OF 25 MEMBERS. SO THOUGH WE HAVE 38 ANYTIME WE DO A VOTE YOUR VOTE DOES COUNT IT GETS REGISTERED BUT WE DO A BACK OUT THOSE BASED UPON POPULATION THOSE THOSE CITIES OR GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE BECAUSE OF WHATEVER THE RULES MAY BE. TO THAT POINT WE HAVE 28 MEMBERS PRESENT TODAY MEANS THAT 3 CITIES CANNOT VOTE TODAY AT THE MOMENT AND BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOVING FLOWING ROOM THE VOTE CHANGES WHATEVER WE TAKE A VOTE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE TRY TO KEEP STRICT ON WHATEVER THE MACHINE IS VOTE AND LOCKED. THAT'S THE VOTE. IF YOU PLEASE CHECK YOUR VOTE IF IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS OR EXPECTED TO BE SPEAK UP BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO LIVE WITH. TODAY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE 20 25 MEMBERS IN HILLSBOROUGH AND LIGHTHOUSE POINT AND WILTON MANORS ARE THE CITIES BASED UPON POPULATION THAT ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE TODAY AT THE PRESENT TIME. YOU MEAN THAT THEY THEIR VOTE WILL NOT BE COUNTED AS FAR AS TOWARDS THE TOWARDS THE FINAL TALLY. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. ALSO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT I ALWAYS SUBMIT A SUMMARY A MONTHLY SUMMARY OF THE WORK THAT I PERFORM ON BEHALF OF THE MPO. THAT SUMMARY IS INCLUDED IN THE BACKUP OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL REPORT. YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS DECEMBER AND JANUARY ARE THE TWO MONTHS THAT ARE LISTED FOR YOU TODAY. ANY QUESTIONS. ONE OTHER THING. IF THE BECAUSE WE'RE HAVING QUESTIONS ABOUT VOTING I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE VOTING PROCEDURE AND LOOK TO A MODIFICATION IN THE RULES SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST HAVE THAT COME FORWARD AS A CONVERSATION AND WHEN WE BRING IT BACK THEN ONE OF THE NEXT REVIEWS WILL HAVE THAT INCLUDED AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALAN. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. EVEN THOUGH THOSE COMMUNITIES LISTED BY GENERAL COUNSEL THEIR VOTE WON'T COUNT. YOU'RE ENCOURAGED TO DO SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS AFTER THE VOTE OCCURS SO MANY MIGHT BE AWAY FROM THEIR CHAIR. IT MIGHT ACTUALLY OFFICIALLY COUNT. SO EVEN THOUGH IT MAY NOT COUNT PLEASE DO VOTE AND REGISTER IT FOR THE RECORD. THANKS FOR THE CLARIFICATION. 2045 METROPOLITAN[11. 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://www.browardmpo.org/index.php/commitment-2045-metropolitan-transportation-plan]
TRANSPORTATION PLAN. MR. GIES. PETER GIES. GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I'LL TRY AND KEEP THIS BRIEF BECAUSE I KNOW WE NEED TO GET ONTO OUR ACTION ITEMS BUT FOR THE NEW MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE JUST A QUICK UPDATE OR REFRESHER FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE GONE THROUGH THE BOARD ORIENTATION THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS ONE OF THE MPOS THREE CORE PRODUCTS AND IT'S REALLY OUR GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR HOW STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS ARE SPENT. IT HAS A 25 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON. SO WE TRIED TO LOOK OUT 25 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE OF WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM ARE GOING TO BE AND ASSIGN FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING BASED ON THE TECHNICAL PROCESS TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS BUT ALSO WORK INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES TO IDENTIFY YOUR NEEDS. SO CHAIR BLATTER I KNOW YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WHERE DO THOSE PROJECTS GO THAT ARE SORT OF ABOVE AND BEYOND. YOU KNOW THOSE BIG THOSE OUT OF THE BOX PROJECTS. THOSE OFTEN GET LISTED AS NEEDS IN THIS PLAN AND YOU CAN FALL BACK ON THOSE PROJECTS WHEN YOU'RE APPLYING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS AND SHOW THAT THEY ARE LISTED IN A PLAN. WE UPDATE THIS PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE UPDATE CYCLE. WE'RE TARGETING ADOPTION OF THIS PLAN IN DECEMBER OF 2019. AND RIGHT NOW IS A REALLY CRUCIAL TIME FOR THIS PLAN BECAUSE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS THAT WE DO UPFRONT. WE TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SOCIOECONOMIC DATA TRY TO PROJECT THAT OUT AGAIN 25 YEARS LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MODEL AND SEE WHERE THE NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE IN THE 25 YEARS BASED ON THAT DATA. I BELIEVE VICE MAYOR GREEN TALKED ABOUT THE EXPANSION OF RESIDENTS AND PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE LIVING IN BROWARD THAT HAS A MASSIVE EFFECT ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. AND WE TRIED TO USE THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA TO TAKE A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE AND SEE WHERE OUR NEEDS ARE GOING TO BE. SO I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE AT A CRUCIAL POINT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'VE COLLECTED ALL THE DATA AND WE HAVE A LIST OF NEEDS AND PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US BY YOU ALL AND YOUR TECHNICAL STAFF AND WE'RE STARTING THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. SO WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT ADOPTION OR ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS TO PRESENT TO YOU SHORTLY. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE ON SOME OF THOSE TASKS. AND AS MENTIONED IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT REVIEWING THAT DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS WHICH WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONTH. WE HAVE A FINANCIAL FORECAST THAT HAS BEEN COMPLETED THE FINANCIAL FORECAST RAN INTO A LITTLE BIT OF A WRINKLE I WILL SAY A GOOD ONE BECAUSE OF THE PASSAGE OF THE COUNTY SURTAX. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACCOUNT FOR THOSE LOCAL FUNDS AND THE REVENUE FORECAST AND WE SHOW THOSE IN THE PLAN AS AVAILABLE TO THE REGION FOR FUNDING ON TRANSPORTATION. WE'RE ALSO[00:50:06]
GOING TO BE DOING SOME SCENARIO PLANNING THAT WORK HAS BEEN WAITING FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE MODEL THE SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PLANNING MODEL AND WE'VE JUST LEARNED THAT THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS ON THAT MODEL IS COMPLETE AND WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH A SCENARIO PLANNING. IT TENDS TO COME IN A LITTLE BIT LATER EVERY UPDATE CYCLE FOR SOME REASON WE HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT HOW TO MAKE IT COME EARLIER THE RESULTS BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE SCENARIO PLANNING COMPONENT WHERE WE TAKE THOSE OUTPUTS AND USE THEM TO TEST SCENARIOS WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN IN A SHORTER TIMEFRAME. AND LASTLY THE TRANSIT SYSTEMS PLAN IS A NEW COMPONENT TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHERE WE WANT TO KIND OF SET A VISION FOR TRANSIT AND TRANSPORTATION IN GENERAL INTO THE FUTURE WHERE WE LOOK BEYOND THE 25 YEAR PLANNING HORIZON AND MAYBE LOOK TO A TIME FRAME OF 2100 AND SEE WHAT AS A REGION WE CAN COLLECTIVELY GET BEHIND AND WHAT THE CORRIDORS ARE THAT WE NEED TO BE FOCUSING ON BECAUSE GROWTH IS GOING TO CONTINUE HAPPENING BEYOND 2045 AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN AND A VISION OF WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. WE'VE MET WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT THIS PAST MONTH TO REVIEW SOME OF THOSE DRAFT VISION MAPS AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT SHORTLY WITH YOU IN THE COMING MONTHS AS WELL. GREG WENT OVER THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM SPECIFICALLY ON THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM. WE WENT OVER THE PROPOSED FUNDING PROGRAM PROCESS FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING SOME NEW PROGRAMS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ALSO CARRYING FORWARD SOME OF OUR EXISTING PROGRAMS WHICH I WOULD CALL DISCRETIONARY PROGRAMS THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND MOBILITY HUBS. THOSE HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE FUNDING THOSE EFFORTS. AND WE REVIEWED HOW THOSE PROGRAMS WERE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE ALSO PRELIMINARILY CONDUCTED AN INTERACTIVE POLL ON FUNDING AND WHERE WE WOULD LIKE THOSE WHERE YOU AS A BOARD WOULD LIKE THOSE FUNDS TO GO. AND THESE WERE THE RESULTS OF THE POLL SO YOU SEE THE SIX PROGRAMS I MENTIONED THE LAST THREE THE CSLIP MOBILITY HUBS AND COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND THEN THE THREE NEW PROGRAMS HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS OF MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT AND WE RECEIVED YOUR FEEDBACK ON GENERALLY WHAT THE FUNDING PRIORITIES ARE. NOW I THINK I MADE IT CLEAR AT THE MEETING THAT THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY AND MAYBE A LITTLE TOO EARLY TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BUT WE WANTED TO USE THESE NUMBERS AS A GUIDE AS WE START ASSIGNING FUNDING TO THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THAT BASED ON THIS PRIORITY SO TO SPEAK HOW THE PROJECTS PLAY OUT AND WHAT PROJECTS WE CAN ACTUALLY FUND USING THOSE DIFFERENT FUNDING LEVELS. WE PLAN TO PRESENT ACTUALLY THREE TWO TO THREE OTHER FUNDING SCENARIOS. AND HAVE YOU PICK WHAT YOU THINK REFLECTS THE BOARD'S PRIORITIES IN GENERAL FOR FUNDING. SO THIS PROVIDES US A REALLY GREAT START AND YOU'LL BE SEEING MORE OF THAT IN THE APRIL TIMEFRAME. SO I MENTIONED THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON OUR DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS. WE'VE ALSO BEEN RECONCILING PROJECTS BECAUSE WE RECEIVED CLOSE TO A THOUSAND PROJECTS FROM LOCAL PARTNERS OUR OWN NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT ESPECIALLY WITH THE COUNTY SURTAX AND THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DOUBLE COUNT PROJECTS AND THAT WE'RE PUTTING PROJECTS IN THE RIGHT FUNDING POT AS WELL. SO WE HAVE MET WITH COUNTY STAFF ON THE OVERLAP BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN CANDIDATE PROJECTS AND THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE LOCALS FOR THE SURTAX.AND WE HAVE DONE SOME OF THAT RECONCILIATION. WE'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING INTERNALLY TO DO SOME RECONCILIATION BETWEEN OUR OWN PLANS AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND SEEING WHAT PROJECTS WERE PROPOSED AS THAT STUDY AND MAKING SURE THAT IF THEY OVERLAP WITH PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY GO INTO THE APPROPRIATE FUNDING POT. WE ARE ALSO STARTING THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AS I MENTIONED THAT WAS ENDORSED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR AND WE'RE STARTING TO APPLY THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA TO THAT DRAFT LIST OF 1000 PROJECTS AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT TO YOU BY NEXT MONTH SO THAT YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE RAW SCORE OF PROJECTS AND THEN WE MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE TO ACTUALLY PLACE THEM INTO FUNDING PROGRAMS AND TALK ABOUT HOW MUCH WE CAN ACTUALLY FUND WORKING INTO APRIL AND MAY SO I KIND OF LAID THIS OUT THAT IN MARCH 2019 NEXT MONTH YOU'LL SEE THAT DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS. THEN WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT DRAFT LIST AND MOVE THAT FORWARD TO DEVELOPING A COST FEASIBLE PLAN WHERE WE APPLY THE REVENUE FORECAST TO THAT DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH A LIST OF PROJECTS WE CAN REALISTICALLY FUND OVER THE 25 YEARS AND THEN WE'LL WORK TOWARDS ENDORSEMENT OF THAT COST FEASIBLE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN START GOING OUT TO MUNICIPALITIES AND GETTING THOSE PROJECTS PROGRAM READY MEANING THAT WE OBTAIN A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT WE WORK WITH PARTNERS WHO THE PROJECT MAY AFFECT THAT WE NAIL DOWN THE COST ESTIMATES AND GET A GOOD SCOPE OF WORK GOING FOR THAT PROJECTS SO THAT IT CAN BE READY TO BE PROGRAMMED IN THE PLAN WHEN IT COMES UP FOR FUNDING.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE SUPPLEMENTAL ITEMS DURING THOSE MEETINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST WHICH SHOULD REFLECT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO YOU SEE IN APRIL WE HAVE THE
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DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN THAT YOU'LL BE REVIEWING AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MONTH IN MAY WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO INCLUDE THE PROJECTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT COST FEASIBLE PLAN BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MOVING INTO NEXT YEAR THE NEW METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN PROJECT PRIORITIES ARE IN THAT PRIORITY LIST WHEN WE SUBMIT THEM TO FUNDING FOR FDOT. WE'LL ALSO THEN HAVE THE ADOPTION OF THAT MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST FOLLOWING THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN IN MAY. SO YOU SEE IT'S KIND OF A STAGGERED CYCLE BUT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT LINE UP SO THAT WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS FUNDING YEAR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET PROJECTS FUNDED IN THE NEXT CYCLE RATHER THAN HAVING TO WAIT ANOTHER CYCLE. SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT. WITH THAT HERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION ALSO THE CONSULTANT CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE AT THE CONTACT INFORMATION HERE AND WE POST ALL OF OUR TECHNICAL REPORTS AND INFORMATION ALSO ON THE WEBSITE. SO FEEL FREE TO VISIT COMMITMENT2045.ORG TO STAY UP TO DATE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU PETER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. WE'RE ON THE CONSENT ITEMS. BOTH OF[CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment)]
THESE ITEMS ARE OPEN TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC WISHES TO SPEAK ON OR PULL EITHER OF THE CONSENT ITEMS. PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.SECOND? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE IT BY YOUR VOTE. MR. CHAIRMAN WE HAVE THE VOTE ON THE VIDEO. YEAH IT'S UP THERE.
HE'S GONE. OK. THANK YOU. THAT MOTION PASSES. CONSENT AGENDA IS APPROVED. ACTION ITEMS MOTION TO APPROVE THE MPOS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.
[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the Broward MPO’s Public Participation Plan (PPP)]
MR. GABRIEL. THAT'S CORRECT SIR THIS IS A MOTION FOR THE FOR YOUR ACTION TO APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION PLAN. AND MR. STUART. ERICA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? CHAIRMAN MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. GOOD MORNING ERICA LYCHAK WITH THE BROWARD MPO AND YES I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. AS A FEW OTHER FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED, WE DO HAVE NEW MEMBERS ON THE BOARD. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THIS IS AND WHY WE DO IT BUT ALSO FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE THIS IS SOMETHING IT'S A CORE PRODUCT OF THE BROWARD MPO BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE UPDATE EVERY FOUR YEARS AND WE DO THAT AS PART OF THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS THAT'S CONDUCTED WITH THE FHWA WHICH IS THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS THE FTA THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. AND AGAIN AS I MENTIONED A CORE PRODUCT OF THE MPO AND IT'S A FRAMEWORK DOCUMENT WE USE THIS REALLY AS GUIDELINES FOR HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE OPTIMUM PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WITH THAT WE ALSO INCLUDE ASSESSMENTS AND HOW WE CAN SORT OF GAUGE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF OUR PROGRAMS. IT REALLY HELPS TO SHAPE A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS. SO THE GOALS OF THIS PPP WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU HERE AND I'LL BE REFERRING TO IT JUST AS THE PPP. SO BEAR WITH ME. FOUR GOALS WITH WHAT WE DO.THE FIRST IS TO INFORM. WE WANT TO BE INFORMING THE PUBLIC OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROCESS OF MEETINGS, OF RELEVANT EVENTS. THE PUBLIC REALLY DOES NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE ROLE THEY PLAY IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. THE SECOND IS TO INVOLVE THE PUBLIC BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO ENGAGE THROUGHOUT THAT AGAIN TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING PROCESS. THE THIRD IS TO INCLUDE ALL COMMUNITIES.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE IN THE PLANNING AREA THAT THEY ARE INVOLVED THAT THEY ARE INFORMED. BUT WE'RE ALSO PAYING SPECIAL EMPHASIS TO THOSE COMMUNITIES WHO TRADITIONALLY MAY HAVE BEEN UNDERREPRESENTED OR UNDERSERVED. AND THE LAST FOURTH IS TO IMPROVE OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS AGAIN IDENTIFYING AND BEING SURE THAT WE HAVE NEW STRATEGIES AND NEW TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE. VERY BRIEFLY JUST A COUPLE OF UPDATES SINCE FOUR YEARS PREVIOUS WE'VE GIVEN IT A FACELIFT. WE'VE MADE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE GRAPHICALLY VISUALLY PLEASING KIND OF SOME LITTLE DID YOU KNOW SOUND BITES SO THAT YOU KNOW I'M HOPING PEOPLE MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE DOCUMENT. WE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED SOME FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR LAST FEDERAL CERTIFICATION. ONE OF THE EXAMPLES I CAN GIVE YOU IS THAT WE ADDED THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION'S PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT POLICIES INTO THAT AGAIN TO MARRY THOSE TWO A LITTLE BIT. WE HAVE UPDATED INFORMATION I KNOW BOARD STRUCTURE HAS CHANGED NUMBER OF MEMBERS THE LIKE. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS IS ABSOLUTELY CURRENT AND KIND OF SHOWING US IN THE CURRENT STATE THAT WE FIND OURSELVES. SO LASTLY I DO WANT TO MENTION WHAT YOU CAN SEE BEHIND ME. THIS IS OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR TRAVELING BOOTH AND THIS IS ONE OF ONE OF OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS AS AN EXAMPLE. AND I WANT TO KIND OF PUT THIS
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ALL OUT TO YOU A LITTLE BIT. WE CAN'T EVER DO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION OR PUBLIC OUTREACH ON OUR OWN. SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE USING THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE WITH ALL OF YOU. SO IF YOU HAVE PLACES THAT WE COULD COULD BRING OUR BOOTH OR SUGGESTIONS OF PLACES WHERE WE COULD CONDUCT OUTREACH. AGAIN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY ENGAGING TO THE FULL EXTENT WITH ALL OF YOU AND YOUR YOU KNOW THE MEMBERS OF YOUR CITIES AND THE LIKE. SO WITH THAT I'LL OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE. COMMISSIONER BATTLE FOLLOWED BY MAYOR ORTIS. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR I WAS FIRST OF ALL I'M I'M VERY PLEASED TO SEE THIS DOCUMENT AND THE FACT THAT IT'S VERY INCLUSIVE. WE TALK A LOT ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND I DO SEE THAT HERE. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE I WAS FLIPPING THROUGH THESE PAGES AND THE INDEX IS NOT MATCHING UP WHERE THE WITH THE BODY OF THE DOCUMENT IS SO IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO CATCH UP WITH THE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE BODY OF THE DOCUMENT. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING SO PRECISE IN TERMS OF THIS DOCUMENT AND INCLUDING THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE OFTEN OVERLOOKED. THANK YOU. MAYOR ORTIS FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER LAZAROW. THANK YOU. AND GREAT PRESENTATION. QUICK QUESTION ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. WE'RE ALL FOR THAT CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. WE JUST HAD THE STATE COME TO ONE OF OUR MEETINGS AND PRESENT A PLAN THAT KIND OF TOOK US BY SHOCK. WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS EVEN HAPPENING ON I 75 AND PINES BOULEVARD THEY'RE DOING THE NEW EXPRESS LANES AND DOING PLUS A PARK AND RIDE WELL WE DIDN'T IT WAS KIND OF A SHOCK TO US AS THEY WERE EXPLAINING IT AND THEN I ASKED WHAT BUS COMPANY AND IT'S GONNA BE BCT DOING THE EXPRESS LANE TO AN EXPRESS BUS. I JUST THINK WE NEED TO BE A LITTLE MORE INFORMED. I LOVE THE IDEA BUT I MEAN WE NEED TO BE GELLING TOGETHER BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS A HUGE PROJECT AND WE HAVE A LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY I'M SURE WE WANT TO GO TO ALL THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE AFFECTED BY IT AND THE BUSINESSES TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE ON BOARD SO WE DON'T JUST SAY WE'RE THE ONES DOING IT. WE WANT A COMMUNITY. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT. SO FRANK THAT NO ONE PUBLIC NOTICES IN YOUR COMMUNITY FOR THIS. NO, NO. AND THE VICE MAYOR IS SHAKING HIS HEAD. NO IT WAS JUST KIND OF A SHOCK AND I'M NOT COMPLAINING. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET US TOGETHER. IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THE CHAIRMAN AND I ARE HAVING LUNCH OR SUPPOSED TO HAVE LUNCH WITH A SECRETARY OR DISTRICT SECRETARY O'REILLY. AND I LOVE HIM. YEAH. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING I WASN'T TALKING TO HIM ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE AND THE PUBLIC MEETING WAS SCHEDULED AND NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT AGAIN IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT FOR ANOTHER PROJECT. SO THIS SEEMS TO BE A RECURRING THEME ON THE COMMUNICATION SIDE. COMMISSIONER LAZAROW. MORNING THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WHEN YOU SAY BRING YOUR BOOTH AND DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS THERE A MINIMUM THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SET UP IN. IS THERE AN EVENT THAT YOU WOULD PREFER. I MEAN IS THERE A YOU DO A LOT OF EVENTS BUT I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE YOU KNOW 50 PEOPLE IF IT'S ENOUGH IF YOU NEED MORE THAN THAT. WE'RE CERTAINLY OPEN TO CONVERSATIONS ABOUT YOU KNOW JUST ABOUT ANY OF THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE. WE CAN WE CAN CHAT ABOUT AND AGAIN WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS IF IT'S AN EVENT THAT YOU EXPECT TO HAVE A CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC KIND OF REPRESENTED YOU KNOW IF THERE'S YOUNGER FOLKS OR OLDER FOLKS WE WOULD KIND OF TAILOR WHAT WE BRING. AND IN TERMS OF KIND OF THE MESSAGE THAT WE WOULD BRING TO THAT MEETING BUT WE'RE OPEN TO HAVING CONVERSATIONS JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE THAT YOU FEEL LIKE WE COULD HAVE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY. A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE NOT AS CONCERNED WITH MEETING A CERTAIN THRESHOLD OF NUMBERS.IT'S REALLY ABOUT FINDING AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES AS WE CAN TO TO ENGAGE. SPACE WISE THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS YOU CAN SEE THE DIMENSIONS PHYSICALLY OF THE BOOTH. SO JUST THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND. THANK YOU THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER CARN. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I WANTED TO THANK YOU AS WELL FOR THE PRESENTATION HOW MUCH ALERT TIME DO YOU NEED BEFORE YOU CAN HAVE ONE OF THESE AT AN EVENT. WE'RE HAVING THE TASTE OF OAKLAND PARK ON FRIDAY WHICH IS ONE OF OUR VERY WELL ATTENDED EVENTS AND I'D LOVE TO HAVE THAT THERE. LET'S LET'S TALK AFTER THE MEETING OK. ABSOLUTELY. WE INVITED OF COURSE? $20 IS THE ADMISSION FEE BUT $50 FOR YOU. OH I'LL KICK IN $20 OF THE $50. THANK YOU ERICA. ALL RIGHT. NEXT
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ITEM. OH WAIT. WE HAVE TO APPROVE THIS SO MOTION TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN. MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE OK VERY GOOD.OK THANK YOU VERY MUCH SANDY YOU MADE THE CORRECTION JUST IN TIME. THAT MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND NOW FINALLY AFTER HOW MANY FALSE STARTS RICARDO? LOCK THE DOOR. NO ONE GETS TO LEAVE THIS ROOM TILL RICARDO MAKES HIS PRESENTATION SINCE HE'S BEEN CUT OFF TWICE BEFORE. YEAH I WAS ACTUALLY I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THREE TIMES AT YOUR BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM LAST JANUARY.
SO THAT WAS A GOOD. IT MADE UP FOR THE TIMES THAT ACTUALLY I WAS. ALL RIGHT CHAIRMAN IF I MAY INTRODUCE THIS ITEM. MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPLETE
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE the Complete Streets Master Plan (CSMP)]
STREET MASTER PLAN. RICARDO YOU'RE ON. YEAH. GOOD MORNING. CHAIR BLATTNER, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. MY NAME IS RICARDO [INAUDIBLE] PART OF YOUR STAFF. TODAY WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR APPROVAL OF THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN. THIS MASTER PLAN AS I SAID EARLIER WAS ACTUALLY PRESENTED TO YOU LAST AT THE BOARDING ENGAGEMENT FORUM EVEN THOUGH WE HAVEN'T MADE MANY PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN. SO JUST THE GENERAL JUST A REMINDER WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN IS THIS IS TO GUIDE FUTURE INVESTMENTS ON COMPLETE STREETS IN BROWARD BY DEVELOPING A LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS BASED ON TECHNICAL ANALYSIS. OF COURSE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE BROWARD MPO TO HAVE COMMUNITY PUBLIC INPUT AS WELL AS A LOCAL PARTNER INPUT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND FINALLY SOME RECOMMENDATIONS. ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PLAN IS ACTUALLY THE DEMAND HOW WE SELECTED THE AREAS OF INVESTMENTS THAT BASICALLY THESE WERE BASED ON A DEMAND IN EQUITY ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED BY CONSULTANT. REALLY TARGETED THOSE AREAS THAT HAD THE GREATEST NEED FOR THIS TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS. PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY WALK AND BIKE OUT OF NECESSITY NOT NECESSARILY AS A CHOICE AND MATCHING THAT OVERLAYING ANALYSIS WHICH ACTUALLY HAS A GREATER NUMBER OF DESTINATIONS. SO THAT MATCH GAVE US WHAT YOU SEE HERE TODAY IT IS THE RESULT OF OUR ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED AS 12 BUNDLE AREAS WHERE WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE OUR INVESTMENTS. JUST TO NOTE HERE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD THROUGH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH THE PUBLIC REALLY WANTED THREE THINGS THREE THINGS TO IT FOR THEM TO ACTUALLY WALK MORE BIKE MORE AND OR EVEN CONSIDER WALKING OR BIKING IF THEY'RE NOT DOING SO. THEY WANT BASICALLY COMFORT THAT ONE SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC. BASICALLY BASICALLY HAVE SEPARATION TRAFFIC. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WANT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO HAVE THAT. THEY ALSO WANT CONNECTIVITY. THEY WANT CONNECTED NETWORKS OF FACILITIES WHICH WE ADDRESS THROUGH THE BUNDLE APPROACH THAT WE ARE PROPOSING TODAY. AND ALSO THEY WANT ACCESS TO EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES ACCESS TO DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY. NOT NECESSARILY JUST TO GO TO WORK BUT ACCESS TO SHOPS TO RECREATION AREAS TO SCHOOLS AND TRANSFER FACILITIES AND OTHER SIMILAR DESTINATIONS. WE PRESENTED A PLAN BACK TO YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEE BACK IN NOVEMBER 28TH AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM WE RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK WHAT THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN THAT YOU SEE TODAY. AGAIN WE PRESENTED TO YOU GUYS ON JANUARY 10TH FOR AS AN INFORMATION ITEM. WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK AT THAT TIME. WE WENT BACK TO YOUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES THE CAC AND THE TAC ON JANUARY 23RD YOUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTUALLY MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MPO TO APPROVE THE PLAN. HOWEVER TAC MADE A MOTION TO DEFER AND I THINK THAT I'LL EXPLAIN WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT ACTUALLY DURING THAT MEETING THERE WAS A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. HOWEVER TO BE TRANSPARENT AT THE MEETING DURING OUR PRESENTATION WE MADE WE COMMENTED THAT WE ACTUALLY RECEIVED COMMENTS SEPARATELY FROM OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY. THOSE COMMENTS WERE ACTUALLY ADDRESSED AND INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN. HOWEVER WE WERE GOING TO MEET WITH THE COUNTY A WEEK AFTER THAT TAC ON JANUARY 31ST. SO OF COURSE RIGHTFULLY SO THAT RAISED SOME CONCERN FOR THE TAC MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY WERE READY TO MOVE FORWARD THE PLAN THEY WERE AS PRESENTED THAT HOWEVER THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT CHANGES COULD BE MADE AT THIS MEETING WHERE OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY ON JANUARY 31ST SO THEY WOULDN'T MOVE AHEAD, MADE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM. SINCE THEN WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT MEETING WITH BROWARD COUNTY. WE WE HAD[01:10:05]
A REALLY GOOD DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MASTER PLAN. NO CHANGES WERE MADE TO THE PLAN. AT THAT MEETING THAT OUR COUNTY PARTNERS ACTUALLY CONFIRMED THAT PLAN PROPERLY ADDRESSED ALL THE COMMENTS AND THE CONCERNS. SO ACTUALLY WE RECEIVED A LETTER THIS WEEK FROM THE COUNTY COMPLETE STREETS TEAM EXPRESSING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE PLAN. THAT CONCLUDES MY VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. SO RIGHT NOW WE'LL TAKE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. OH I'M DISAPPOINTED. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A MUCH LONGER REPORT. WE COULD HAVE SNUCK THIS IN ON ANY ONE OF THOSE OTHER THREE MEETINGS. COMMISSIONER BATTLE. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. VERY COMPREHENSIVE REPORT. HOWEVER APPENDIX C WITH MY OLD EYES. I REALLY COULDN'T MAKE HEADS OR TAILS OF THOSE PROJECTS. IN THE FUTURE WE COULD MAYBE BOLD THEM OR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW WHO ELSE HAD THE PROBLEM. WE HEARD THAT WE HEARD THAT SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE THAT CHANGE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY GOOD. NOW ON THAT I FORGET WHAT SECTION IT IS BUT IT'S TABLE 2 AND YOU HAVE WE HAD A PROJECT CALLED MLK. YOU HAVE IT LISTED AS UNDER CONSIDERATION. I THOUGHT WE DID EVERYTHING WE NEEDED TO DO ON THAT AND IT WAS READY TO GO. ACTUALLY THAT PROJECT'S ALREADY FUNDED THROUGH OUR TIGER PROGRAM. OKAY SO IT'S ALREADY MOVING FORWARD. IT'S A NEW PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED IN THE MASTER PLAN SO THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. OKAY THAT ONE'S MOVING FORWARD.CORRECT. OKAY. I HAVE SOME OTHERS ON HERE THAT YOU DON'T GIVE ME. GOSH I COULDN'T I COULDN'T READ THOSE THINGS.
TRYING TO STRAIGHTEN THEM OUT. THERE WERE SOME WHERE YOU DIDN'T GIVE A SYNOPSIS OF LET ME SEE IF I COULD FIND ONE. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS ALREADY PROGRAMED. RIGHT. SO FUNDING HAS BEEN ASSIGNED SO WE DON'T HAVE A SCOPE FOR THAT BECAUSE IT IS ALREADY FUNDING I ALREADY BEEN ASSIGNED TO THOSE PROJECTS SO THE SCOPE ELEMENTS IDENTIFIED FOR NEW PROJECTS BUT THE ONES THAT DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DEFINITIONS OR DESCRIPTIONS THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMMED. OK SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR US TO SUBMIT THAT. IT'S ALREADY PROGRAMMED IT'S IN OUR TAB. DID YOU HEAR THAT TOM? WE'RE GOOD. ALL PROBLEM SOLVED. FRANK. YEAH. IT'S ALL GOOD. YEAH. STOP. STOP. WHERE'S THE SERGEANT OF ARMS WHEN YOU NEED HIM. I'M SORRY SIR. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE BUFFER FOR BICYCLE LANES.
WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL ARE YOU LOOKING AT FOR THOSE AND ARE WE LOOKING AT STANDARDIZING THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY AT SOME POINT? WELL TYPICALLY WE WILL RECOMMEND SOME HIGH VISIBLE TYPE OR SEPARATIONS BUT WE RELY ON THE LOCAL PARTNERS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS TO DO THAT. BOTH THE COUNTY AND STATE HAVE DIFFERENT STANDARDS. SO ALL DEPENDS ON WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED. IT COULD BE. I KNOW THE COUNTY IS LOOKING INTO MORE OF OUR HIGH END SO TO SPEAK SEPARATION NOT JUST SOME STRIPING. WE COULD BE ACTUALLY SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN DOES HAVE SOME PHYSICAL BARRIERS AS WELL. BUT THERE'S NO IT'S UP TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO DETERMINE WHAT CAN WE BUILD IN THOSE CORRIDORS. SO FOR PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR WE CAN WE CAN SUGGEST THAT YOU BUILD SOME SORT OF A HIGH BARRIER INSTEAD OF INSTEAD OF JUST A VISIBLE FLAT BARRIER. ABSOLUTELY. WE LIKE THAT AND WE WE HEARD FROM [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT AND DEFINITELY IT DEPENDS IF IT'S A CITY ROAD. EVERYTHING'S ON THE TABLE IT'S WHATEVER YOU GUYS WILL ALLOW US TO BUILD. VERY WELL. SO AT WHAT POINT DO WE HAVE THIS INPUT? THIS IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS MEETING TODAY AS ONCE WE GET APPROVED WE'RE GONNA START WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IMMEDIATELY TO DEVELOP OUR FINAL SCOPE. SO WE'RE GONNA SET UP MEETINGS WITH A HIGH RANKING PROJECTS PER BUNDLE AREA TO DETERMINE WHAT THE SCOPE IS REALLY GOING TO BE. OKAY THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE BICYCLE LANES ARE A REALLY GOOD IDEA BUT WE REALLY REALLY NEED TO MAKE THEM SAFE. YEAH AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC IS YOU KNOW THERE'S BICYCLISTS ARE GOOD BUT THEY WANT THAT COMFORT THEY WANT THE SEPARATION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY LOOK TO HAVE. SO IT'S MORE AN ENCOURAGEMENT FACTOR BASICALLY BECAUSE THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.
THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY'RE RIDING ALONGSIDE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING 55 MILES PER HOUR SO DEFINITELY THAT CONSIDERATION NOT SAYING THEY AREN'T SAFE BUT NOBODY'S
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DOING NOBODY'S USING THOSE FOUR FOOT BIKE LANES. EXACTLY AND WE ARE WE ARE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY TO PUT THEM IN. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE IT SO THAT IT WILL BE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE SO THAT THEY WILL BE USED AT SOME POINT. OTHERWISE IT'S. IT REALLY DOES AND DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THE OTHER PORTION TO THAT IS YOU KNOW AS YOU WERE TALKING EARLIER IT'S EDUCATION. I ACTUALLY SAW SOMEONE RIDING A BIKE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE TRAFFIC. VERY DANGEROUS. IN THE BICYCLE LANE AND I KNOW MY HEART JUST DROPPED. I'M LIKE I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S GONNA MAKE IT DOWN THE BLOCK. THAT IS VERY VERY VERY DANGEROUS. SO I GUESS MY QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO TO EDUCATE THE RIDERS THE BICYCLE RIDERS ON A DIFFERENT TYPE OF BARRIERS AND EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING AND HOW TO USE THE LANES. GREAT QUESTION COMMISSIONER. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE NEXT PHASE OF OUR MASTER PLAN IS ACTUALLY COMBINING OUR EFFORTS TO DO MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN. WE WANT TO WORK WITH FDOT COUNTY PARTNERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO START PUTTING OUT THE WORD OUT THERE. WHAT ARE THE SAFE WAYS TO RIDE A BICYCLE. WHY THE TYPE OF CITIES THAT WE HAVE SO IT IS THE NEXT PHASE OF WHERE OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN. WE GOTTA DO THAT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. VERY IMPORTANT, THANK YOU. RICARDO I HAVE A QUESTION. WE'VE TALKED BEFORE ABOUT EMPHASIZING SAFETY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPLETE STREETS AND THE BIKE LANES. IS THERE MORE EMPHASIS FROM YOUR ON YOUR INITIATIVE TO INVESTIGATE WHAT WHAT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS CAN BE IMPOSED OR APPLIED BEYOND THE SIMPLE GREEN PAINT AND ANY OTHER BUFFERING METHODS THAT CAN IMPROVE SAFETY FOR BIKE LANES. ABSOLUTELY WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES INNOVATIVE DESIGNS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ACTUALLY AND WE MAKE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN. YOU'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES IN THE PLAN THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THOSE PHYSICAL BARRIERS AND YOU HAVE THEM THERE BECAUSE THEY DO PROVIDE SOME SORT OF COMFORT LEVEL SO THE CYCLISTS AND ALSO MAKES THE MOTORISTS AWARE THAT THE CYCLISTS ARE THERE. SO WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT HOWEVER AGAIN IT GOES BACK TO LOCAL STANDARDS.WHAT CAN WE BUILD. SO MAYBE THIS IS THE FOLLOW UP QUESTION IF YOU'VE MADE A RECOMMENDATION AND THE CITY WANTS TO FOLLOW THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE THEY GOING TO RUN INTO A ROADBLOCK BAD WORD HERE FROM FDOT OR ANY OTHER AGENCY SAYING NO YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON THIS PARTICULAR ROADWAY. THAT COULD HAPPEN THAT COULD HAPPEN. HOWEVER WE THE COUNTY AND BOTH HAVE BEEN VERY PROGRESSIVE AND SO HAS FDOT AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND LOOKING AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO MOVE VEHICLES AND CYCLISTS AS WELL. SO THERE IS THAT COULD BE A ROADBLOCK. BUT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW I THINK WE'RE IN A GOOD PLACE WHERE WE CAN START PROPOSING THOSE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SAFETY FOR THE CYCLISTS. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. COMMISSIONER BATTLE AND THEN MAYOR STONER.
OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. AND I PROMISE YOU. FRANK THIS IS MY FINAL PROBLEM. DO WE HAVE ANY METHOD OF ADDRESSING SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY IN PLACE THAT'S VERY DANGEROUS. FDOT AND WHAT IS IT TOM. HELP ME HERE FDOT. AND THE ONE THEY JUST COMPLETED WHERE THEY PUT THE ROAD ON A DIET LET'S SAY HILLSBOROUGH AND THE BICYCLISTS PART OF THE ROAD IS A SHARE TYPE THING. BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING THERE. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH LAND. AND THEN AS YOU GET TO THE RAILROAD TRACK DIXIE HIGHWAY THE BICYCLIST IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET COMPLETELY YOU KNOW AND AND I RAN HIM OVER THE OTHER DAY. BECAUSE YOU KNOW I COULDN'T NAVIGATE THE LANES PROPERLY TO GET TO CITY HALL. AND IT'S JUST. NO. NO. YEAH I SAW THE CYCLISTS. I WAS IN THAT LANE WHEN IT IS MARKED FOR THE CYCLISTS. SO IS THERE ANY WAY FOR US TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES WITH FDOT WHEN THEY COME IN AND PUT IN SOMETHING STUPID LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A MAJOR PROBLEM THERE. BUT WE CAN DEFINITELY GO BACK TO THE FDOT SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. TYPICALLY WHERE THERE'S CONSTRAINT AREAS. WE WE SHARE IT THROUGH THOSE AREAS BUT RIGHT NOW LET'S GO BACK AND WE'LL TALK TO FDOT AND SEE WHAT IF THERE'S SOMETHING CAN BE ADDED OR IMPROVED FOR THAT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CYCLISTS ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU I APPRECIATE IT. MAYOR STONER. THANK YOU. AND SO I'M ON RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. RECENTLY I WAS ELECTED IN NOVEMBER. BUT ON THE
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COUNCIL FOR THE EIGHT PREVIOUS YEARS FDOT SENT AN OUTREACH EVENT TO US A WEEK BEFORE THEIR EVENT. AND OF COURSE IT WAS SCHEDULED ON THE EVENING OF ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND VERY GOOD. YEAH. AND SO I THINK IT WAS MY FIRST STERN E-MAIL THAT I DIDN'T APPRECIATE THAT BEING HAPPENING AS WELL AS THE DESIGN OF THEIR BIKE PATH ON ONE OF OUR OUR VERY VERY BUSY STREETS THAT HAS QUITE A BIT OF CONSTRUCTION ON IT. SO NO ONE ASKED FOR OUR INPUT. NO ONE ASKED FOR ANYTHING AT ALL. AND WHILE I DON'T NECESSARILY NOT WANT A BIKE PATH I WANT INPUT AS TO THE SAFETY SINCE IT'S IN OUR CITY AND THE THEY'RE NOT GETTING OUR BUY IN AT LEAST NOT IN OUR CITY. ACTUALLY I'M AWARE OF THAT PROJECT AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION THAT HAPPENED DEFINITELY WITH US AS WE MOVE FORWARD YOUR INPUT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. CLEARLY I'M HEARING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE. SO IT'S IT'S I'M NOT THE SOLE THING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A COLLECTIVE BODY HERE THAT CONVEYS THE THE RESPONSE THAT WE WANT AND ARE DEMANDING. SO WHY WHY ARE YOU SAYING RESPECTFULLY YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND BUT I UNDERSTAND DOESN'T SEEM TO BE RESULTING IN ANY ACTION. MAY I. SO BECAUSE POOR RICARDO ON THIS ONE. MAYOR AND OTHER MEMBERS WE KNOW THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM AND YOU KNOW DOT IS A GREAT PARTNER WITH US. THEY HAVE BEEN BUILDING GREAT FACILITIES FOR US BUT SOMETIMES THEY FORGET THE OUTREACH SIDE OF THINGS. THE PPP PLAN THAT WE HAD INCORPORATING THEIR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS THEY MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PROCESS AND WORK A LITTLE HARDER AND SCHEDULING AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY. BUT ONCE THE MONIES ARE SCHEDULED HERE IN THIS ORGANIZATION THEY MOVE OVER TO OUR PARTNERS AT DOT AND THEY KIND OF DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. SO WE'RE GOING TO THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE THAT THE CHAIRMAN AND I WILL BRING UP WITH SECRETARY O'REILLY AND IT'S A CONTINUING THEME UNFORTUNATELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMONE AND THEN COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. FORMER PRESIDENT JOHNSON. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO ECHO SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID. WE HAD A PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO COME THROUGH MARGATE AND I HAD ASKED ABOUT SOME SAFETY FOR THE BICYCLISTS ON THE ON THE PATH AND FDOT TOLD US THAT THEY COULD NOT PUT ANYTHING THERE ANY OTHER BARRIER THAT IT WAS JUST GONNA BE PAINTED ON THE ROAD. AND SO ULTIMATELY THE PROJECT FAILED BECAUSE OF THAT REASON BECAUSE THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED BETTER SAFETY FOR THE BIKE PATH. AND FDOT SAID IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE THEY WOULD NOT DO IT. SO THIS IS A THIS IS A CONCERN. YES. SO WE BROUGHT THAT UP. SOMETHING LIKE THAT BEFORE THE WHY CAN'T WE PUT UP THE SAME KIND OF POLLS WE HAVE ON I 95 TO DEMARCATE THE EXPRESS LANES FROM OTHER LANES AND OTHER CITIES I THINK HAVE DONE THAT MAYBE ON THEIR OWN AND ANYWAY. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT YOU'RE RIGHT. WHAT CAN WE DO THAT WE'RE PUSHING FOR THAT. I THINK WE'RE A GOOD POINT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY MAKE THOSE REQUESTS. WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WE COULDN'T GET A BIKE LANE ANYWHERE BASICALLY. SO WE MAY HAVE MADE SOME SERIOUS PROGRESS SO FAR. SO NOW THE NEXT STEP IS TO GET THOSE QUALITY FACILITIES THAT WE ALL WANT. SO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON. YES. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAD A SIMILAR PROJECT HAPPEN IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT AS WAS REFERRED TO BY THE MAYOR OF PLANTATION AND WE HIT THE ROOF BECAUSE IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WE DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS HAPPENING WE WERE GOING TO LOSE 200 AND SOME ODD TREES DOWN FEDERAL HIGHWAY GIANT ROYAL PALM TREES AND ALL BUT WITH THE HELP OF THE MPO AND THE COOPERATION AT FDOT THEY MET WITH US. WE HAD MEETINGS AND IT ALL GOT SQUARED AWAY. AND TO OUR LIKING AND IT WE'RE GOING TO NOW LOSE 11 TREES 7 OF WHICH CAN BE TRANSPLANTED. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOSE FOUR AND THEY MOVED WHERE THE BIKE LANE WAS AND THEY WERE VERY VERY COOPERATIVE ALTHOUGH THEY DID COME TO OUR COMMISSION MEETING TUESDAY NIGHT AND TELL US AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ALL THE PUBLIC OUTREACH ON IT ALL WAS THE NIGHT OF OUR NEXT COMMISSION MEETING. SO NONE OF US COULD ATTEND BUT THEY WERE VERY COOPERATIVE ONCE YOU KNOW WE FOUND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO THERE'S HOPE FOR YOU AND THE MPO IS WONDERFUL REALLY. THEY THEY HELP SMOOTH IT ALL OUT SO THANK YOU ALL. I SEE NO OTHER REQUEST FOR COMMENT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ACCEPT THE REPORT APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE
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MOTION A SECOND SO PLEASE VOTE. LOOKS LIKE THE ABSENTS HAVE IT. THE MOTION PASSES.THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE. OK TRY IT AGAIN MIKKIE. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU.
MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT THAT IS OUR FINAL ACTION ITEM TODAY. TURN THE PAGE HOWEVER THERE
[1. Report From Partner Agencies - South Florida Regional Transportation Authority - South Florida TOD Grant Update]
ARE TWO NON ACTION ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. MR. STUART.THE REPORT FROM SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION. THAT IS NOT THE REPORT THAT MR. ABRAMS MADE RIGHT? NO IT IS NOT SIR. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS SFRTA WAS AWARDED A FTA GRANT CALLED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GRANT. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS AT THE CITY COMMISSION BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE NOT THERE. THIS IS PARTICULAR TO ALL OF THE BROWARD LOCATIONS THAT THEY'RE STUDYING. AND WITH THAT LORAINE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO. GOOD MORNING LORAINE CARGILL WITH THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. SO THIS MORNING WE WILL PROVIDE THE BROWARD MPO WITH AN OVERVIEW OF OUR EFFORTS RELATED TO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FEC CORRIDOR ALSO KNOWN AS THE TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR. I WILL PROVIDE A BRIEF BACKGROUND AND I WILL BE FOLLOWED BY DR. KIM DELANEY WITH THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WHO WILL DIG A LOT MORE INTO THE EFFORTS THAT ARE ONGOING. SO HOW DO I ADVANCE THE SLIDES. OK. ONE TO THE RIGHT. THIS ONE. OK. SO IN 2016 SFRTA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS BOTH THE SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL WERE AWARDED A 1.25 MILLION DOLLAR GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION. SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT GRANT WAS TO HELP OR CONTINUE TO SUPPORT LEVERAGE AND ADVANCE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT OR TOD ALONG THE COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR. THE GRANT FUNDS TWO MAIN ACTIVITIES. THE FIRST ONE I'LL TALK ABOUT IS THE CORRIDOR LENGTH WORK THAT IS BEING DONE BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. THEY ARE THE LEAD FOR THOSE EFFORTS AND THAT WORK INCLUDES DOING AN ANALYSIS OF WATER AND SEWER CAPACITY ALONG THE COAST LINK CORRIDOR. ALSO IN HOUSING EQUITY ANALYSIS. THEY WILL BE DEVELOPING A TOD BUSINESS FUND AND THEY WILL BE LOOKING AT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AROUND STATION AREAS THAT ARE BEING LOOKED AT AS PART OF THIS EFFORTS.
SO THE SECOND ACTIVITY IS THE STATION AREA PLANNING WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND THAT'S BEING LED BY THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL. AND JUST TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THAT IN 2017 THE SFRTA ISSUED REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS FROM CITIES ALONG THE TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR WHO WERE INTERESTED IN STATION AREA PLANNING BEING DONE ON THEIR PROPOSED THE STATIONS. OF THE 14 CITIES THAT APPLIED, THERE WERE SEVEN CITIES THAT WERE AWARDED GRANTS. TWO IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, THREE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND TWO IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. AND SO THE PURPOSE OF OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING WILL FOCUS ON THE STATION AREA PLANNING ACTIVITIES AND WE'LL CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHT THE ONES IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO DR. KIM DELANEY WHO'S GOING TO DIG MORE INTO THOSE EFFORTS. SO GOOD MORNING AND THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT. WE IN CARRYING OUT THIS WORK IT'S IT'S INTERESTING THE RTA AND THE COUNCILS JUST DID A FIELD TOUR UP TO THE SUNRAIL CORRIDOR TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE STATIONS WERE DEVELOPED AND REALLY PLANNED IN ADVANCE OF SUNRAIL STATIONS HAPPENING. AND THIS EFFORT BY THE BY THE FTA REALLY TAKES A PAGE OUT OF THAT PLAYBOOK EXACTLY WHICH IS TO GET THE ZONING AND LAND USE AND DENSITIES AND INTENSITIES IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN COMPEL TOD AROUND STATIONS EVEN BEFORE THEY COME. HAVING THE WRONG USE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION SOMETIMES IS WORSE THAN HAVING NO USE IN THE RIGHT LOCATION BECAUSE THEN YOU HAVE TO USE THAT YOU HAVE TO RETROFIT AND CHANGE OVER TIME. AND SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE SEVEN STATION LOCATION EFFORTS THAT ARE UNDERWAY. THE FIRST ONE IN HOLLYWOOD WAS RECENTLY
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FINISHED. IT INCLUDED A SERIES OF CHARETTES THAT BEGAN IN DECEMBER OF 2017. THE STATION LOCATION. AND GREG IF I PRESS THE GREEN DOES THIS HIGHLIGHT? NOT SO MUCH. SO THAT'S A TECHNOLOGY TOO FAR. OH I APOLOGIZE FOR OLD EYES. IF THE SLIDE IS A LITTLE TIGHT BUT IF I CAN JUST POINT OUT THE STATION LOCATION THE CITY HAD IDENTIFIED IS IN THAT BLUE OVAL JUST NORTH OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD AND SO ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOW THAT IS SO MUCH BETTER. SO SO THAT STATION LOCATION HAD HISTORICALLY BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE CITY AND TOD BY DEFINITION LOOKS AT THE HALF MILE AREA AROUND STATION LOCATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S TYPICALLY THE WALKING SHED IN ALL OF THE EFFORTS WE WENT OUT AT LEAST A MILE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONNECTS TO THE HALF MILE SO WE CAN GET THE BEST LEVERAGE OUT OF THAT LAND USE ANALYSIS AROUND STATIONS. SO IN HOLLYWOOD THERE AGAIN WERE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS THAT TOOK PLACE IN DECEMBER OF 2017 A SERIES OF COUNCIL AND CRA PRESENTATIONS BOTH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AND THE HOLLYWOOD CRA WERE FUNDERS OF THE EFFORT. AND SO BOTH BOARDS WERE ENGAGED IN THE PROCESS ALL THE WAY THROUGH. WE JUST FINISHED THE MASTERPLAN FINAL PRESENTATION IN NOVEMBER WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CRA BOARD AND THE CITY COUNCIL. THE IMAGE AT THE BOTTOM ILLUSTRATES THE TYPE OF SCALE THAT CITIZENS INDICATED WAS THE APPROPRIATE SCALE IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD. IT'S JUST NORTH OF THE DOWNTOWN. AND WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT THE SECTION OF HOLLYWOOD IS IT HASN'T SEEN THE TYPE OF INVESTMENT YET THAT'S PRESENT TO TO THE SOUTH. ONE OF THE ISSUES WE TOOK AWAY IN HOLLYWOOD IS NOT ONLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO INFILL WITH HOT MUCH HIGHER INTENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT BUT ALSO THE NEED TO RETAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING INDUSTRIAL THAT EXISTS JUST TO THE JUST TO THE WEST OF THE STATION AREA. AND SO THESE SLIDES KIND OF ILLUSTRATE THE SCALE IF YOU WILL OF NEW TOD DEVELOPMENT A STATION BEING LOCATED ON THE ON THE FEC CORRIDOR AND EIGHT TO TEN STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS FLANKING THAT CORRIDOR AS IT AS IT EXTENDS THROUGH THE CITY. THE STATIONARY MASTERPLAN IF YOU CAN GET AN IDEA THIS IMAGE IS IN THE AIR KIND OF ABOVE HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD LOOKING TO THE NORTH. AND SO AS INFILL DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE OVER TIME WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS AGAIN A SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT REALLY CORRESPONDS BOTH TO THE DOWNTOWN WHICH LIES IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH IN THAT IMAGE AS WELL AS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S PRESENTED BY THE NEW STATION AND THEN THAT INTENSITY STEPS DOWN AS IT GETS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY PROXIMATE. SO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS ARE STILL MAINTAINED THEY WILL RISE IN VALUE BASED ON ALL OF THE TOD RESEARCH THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO THAT WE THAT WE ANALYZED AS WE LOOK AT TOD EXAMPLES ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND ALSO THIS SCALE TRANSITION GIVES US A CHANCE TO RETAIN THINGS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING INDUSTRIAL AGAIN THAT WAS A BIG TAKEAWAY IN THIS STATIONARY MASTERPLAN BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT USE LOCALLY. MOVING A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG THE CORRIDOR IN THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS. WE FINISHED A PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS IN OCTOBER OF LAST YEAR AND I DON'T WANT TO PRE-EMPT THE PRESENTATION TO THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 20. SORRY. OH HE'S ALREADY GONE.ALL RIGHT WELL THEN HE'LL SEE IT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. SO IN TWO WEEKS ACTUALLY WE'LL BE PRESENTING FOR THE FIRST TIME THE IMAGERY FOR THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS. WHAT WE FOUND IS STRONG OPPORTUNITY FOR A STATION LOCATION TO BE LOCATED JUST ALONG 26 JUST SOUTH OF OF OAKLAND PARK. NOT AT THE CITY OWNED PARCELS WHICH EXIST AT THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY BUT MORE CENTRAL IN THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS. AND SO AGAIN I DID I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO TAKE A CHANCE TO PRE-EMPT THE MATERIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY IN JUST TWO WEEKS. THERE IS A FAIRLY STRONG MARKET FOR HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL WE FOUND IN THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS AND AND THE STATIONERY MASTERPLAN SHOWS THE THE WILL SHOW THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OF THAT NEW DENSITY AND INTENSITY IN THE CITY.
MOVING A LITTLE FURTHER TO THE NORTH IS THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK. WE ARE UNDERWAY WITH WITH INTERVIEWS IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK FOR A PLANNING CHARETTE THAT WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS. THAT WILL LOOK AT A STATION LOCATION IN OAKLAND PARK THAT'S JUST NORTH OF THE THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN AT THE NORTHERN END WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY A FARMER'S MARKET. THE CITY HAD IDENTIFIED THAT LOCATION HISTORICALLY AND THAT LOCATION IS BEING TESTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW IT CAN CORRELATE TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SURROUND IT WITH WITH INFILL RESIDENTIAL ANTICIPATED. WE HAVEN'T FINISHED THE MARKET STUDY YET TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CAPACITY IS FOR THAT LOCATION. AND SO THAT'S IN PROCESS.
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WE'RE A LITTLE FURTHER AHEAD IN THE OTHER LOCATIONS AND SO THERE'S MORE INFORMATION TO PRESENT FOR THOSE OTHER CITIES. IN PALM BEACH GARDENS THE STATIONARY PLANNING WORK IS COMPLETED. IT'S A SUBURBAN TO URBAN EXAMPLE. THE STATION LOCATION IS AT PGA BOULEVARD JUST EAST OF I-95. THE CITY HAD LONG IDENTIFIED THAT LOCATION THROUGH A TOD AGREEMENT. THERE'S OPPORTUNITY TO RETROFIT FOR EXAMPLE AT THE PALM BEACH GARDENS MALL ABOUT A TWO THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL UNITS IN AN EXISTING MALL THAT HAS 7000 PARKING SPACES. IT'S A MODEL THAT WE CAN USE AROUND THE REGION TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE CAN TAKE SURFACE PARKING LOTS AND RETROFIT THEM INTO PRODUCTIVE USE. THE STATION LOCATION LOCATED JUST IN THE FEC CORRIDOR IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS ADJACENT TO THE LARGEST PARCEL IN THE CITY IN NORTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE A CONFERENCE HOTEL AND THAT'S ILLUSTRATED IN THE SLIDE AT THE BOTTOM. IN THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH, THE PROCESS WAS SHIFTED TO LOOK AT A FAIRLY SMALL ASSEMBLAGE OF PROPERTY 1.5 ACRES OWNED BY THE CITY OF DELRAY BEACH JUST NORTH OF ATLANTIC AVENUE. THAT PROPERTY HAD LONG BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A STATION LOCATION BY THE CITY. THERE IS AN ADJACENT 400 SPACE PARKING GARAGE THAT'S UNDER UTILIZED AND SO THE CITY ASKED IN THE PROCESS TO TEST DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR WHAT COULD HAPPEN ON 1.5 ACRES. THERE WERE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WERE DEVELOPED FOR THE CITY'S CONSIDERATION A VERY LIGHT TOUCH. REALLY KEEPING JUST SURFACE PARKING IN A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL TO INCREASING SCALES OF RESIDENTIAL MIXED USE AND PARKING ON THAT SITE. SO THE CITY CAN PUT IT OUT TO AN RFP. THE CITY HAS SINCE ADOPTED THE PLAN IS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING IT OUT FOR AN INVITATION TO NEGOTIATE. AND THEN FINALLY IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY WE FINISHED A STATIONARY MASTERPLAN FOR THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH BACK IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONTINUED DISCUSSION IN THE CITY OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH. THE HISTORIC STATION LOCATION HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED AT 163RD STREET AT THE END OF HANSFORD BOULEVARD WHICH IS THE HISTORIC DOWNTOWN. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL STATION LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED DURING THE PUBLIC PROCESS LOOKING TO THE SOUTH ALONG 161ST, 159TH AND A NEW LOCATION THAT WAS JUST IDENTIFIED AT 151ST. AND SO THE CITY'S PRESENTATION MATERIALS ARE ACTUALLY IN PROCESS TO THEM TO CONSIDER A RECOMMENDED STATION LOCATION AS PART OF THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR CHARETTE PROCESS THAT'S UNDERWAY BY MIAMI DADE TPO TO EXTEND TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK UP TO AVENTURA. THIS STATION LOCATION IS LIKELY TO BE POSITIONED NEAR THE BORDER OF NORTH MIAMI BEACH AND NORTH MIAMI TO MAXIMIZE THE ACCESS TO THAT LOCATION AND TO PENDING REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S TAKING PLACE ACROSS THE STREET. SO AND THEN FINALLY IN THE CITY OF MIAMI. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT STATION LOCATIONS THAT WERE EVALUATED AT THE LITTLE RIVER STATION AT 79TH STREET IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE STATIONARY MASTERPLAN. AT MIDTOWN, MIAMI DADE ASKED US TO LOOK AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT LOCATIONS ALONG THE CORRIDOR BOTH IN MIDTOWN NEAR WYNWOOD AT THE SOUTHERN END OF WYNWOOD AND THEN IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI. THE FOCUS WAS WALKABILITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO MAXIMIZE ACCESS TO THE TO THE BRIGHTLINE CENTRAL STATION MIAMI CENTRAL STATION WHICH WILL DRAW A BRIGHTLINE SERVICE TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S A LOT OF DETAIL WITH RESPECT TO ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATION LOCATIONS.WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT AND WHAT ARE THE BIG LESSONS LEARNED THAT WE CAN TAKE AND REPLICATE ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THE FIRST ONE THAT WE LEARNED AS WE REACHED OUT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS IS THAT TOD HAS A REAL VARIANCE IN WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT WITH RESPECT TO WHAT MAKES SENSE IN THEIR STATION. THERE'S NOT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL. AND SO CONTINUING THE EDUCATION OF THE TYPE OF DENSITY AND INTENSITY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR WALKABILITY IS A CONTINUING NEED. AND ALL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR. THE SECOND IS NOT TO UNDERDEVELOP TOD. AGAIN THE WRONG DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT LOCATION TAKES AWAY THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE THE IDEAL 30 OR 40 THOUSAND RESIDENTIAL UNITS THAT CAN ACCESS A STATION LOCATION. AND SO RAISING EXPECTATIONS ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD SEE IN STATION AREAS IS THE BETTER PLAN FOR EFFICIENTLY UTILIZING THE CORRIDOR AND THE FINAL THE FINAL BIG TAKEAWAY IS THAT ACTING LOCALLY WITH RESPECT TO TOD IS THE WAY TO MAXIMIZE THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT STATIONARY PLANNING IS THAT EVERY STATION CONNECTS TO ALL THE OTHER STATIONS AND SO IT'S NOT CANNIBALISTIC WHEN YOU HAVE TOD DEVELOPMENT COMING INTO A REGION. IF EVERY OTHER STATION IS DEVELOPED TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THEN EVERY INDIVIDUAL STATION IN YOUR CITY HAS MUCH MORE ACCESS. SO REALLY RAISING THE BAR FOR DEVELOPMENT CAPACITY IS IS THE BEST REGIONAL SOLUTION. AND SO WITH THAT
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I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM. SORRY, MAYOR TRANTALIS AND COMMISSIONER MOSS AND THEN COMMISSIONER BATTLE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING PROPOSAL THAT CONTINUES TO COME BEFORE CITIES ABOUT THE ADDING ANOTHER LAYER OF TRANSPORTATION ON EXISTING TRACKS. SO SO OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD THE FREIGHT TRAINS AND NOW WE HAVE VIRGIN TRAINS AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE THE THE COASTAL LINK. SO HOW MANY MORE TRAINS DO YOU THINK IS GOING TO ADD TO THE TRAFFIC ON THE TRACKS ON A DAILY BASIS. YEAH. CURRENTLY ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR WE HAVE 50 TRAINS THAT OPERATE ON THAT CORRIDOR FOR COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR. IT'S HARD TO SAY. I MEAN THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL NEED TO WORK OUT. 2 TRAINS, 20 TRAINS? I WOULD THINK 20 IS PROBABLY CLOSER. 20 MORE TRAINS. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW ARE WE GOING TO INTEGRATE THIS SYSTEM. AND IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM. HOW ARE WE GOING TO INTEGRATE THIS WITH THE EAST-WEST TRAFFIC THAT IS NOW GOING TO BE SHUT OFF 20 MORE TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF THE DAY ON TOP OF WHAT'S ALREADY THERE FRUSTRATING EAST-WEST TRAFFIC BOTH ON THE ROADS AND THE RIVERS. I KNOW THAT FORT LAUDERDALE IS CONTEMPLATING SOMETHING AND I'VE SAID IT BEFORE HERE AND OTHER PLACES ABOUT BUILDING A TUNNEL THROUGH THE CITY TO BRING THE TRACKS BELOW GRADE. WE NEED TO. SO THE QUESTION I HAVE IS MORE RHETORICAL. WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT THIS COASTAL LINK IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT ALREADY IS IN PLACE AND HOW WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MERGE THESE THESE COLLECTIVE FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION SO THAT IT WORKS FOR THE CITY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW ADDING 20 MORE TRAINS ACROSS THOSE TRACKS DOES NOT WORK FOR MY CITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE FOR HOLLYWOOD AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE FOR POMPANO. BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO ABSORB 20 MORE YOU KNOW LANE CLOSURES WITH WITH THE GATES COMING DOWN ASSUMING THE HORNS ARE GONNA BE TAKEN OFF. YEAH ANY DAY I'VE BEEN HEARING THAT FOR TWO YEARS. OK SO. SO THIS IS SOMETHING I NEED YOU KNOW PUT THIS IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND THAT WE NEED TO START CONSIDERING AS THE CHAIR HAS SAID OUT OF THE BOX CONSIDERATIONS AS TO WHERE TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES CLEARLY PRESENT THEMSELVES. SO I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFICULT CHOICE TO MAKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. CAN I ADDRESS THE NON RHETORICAL PART OF THAT WHICH IS THE HORNS AND THIS IS TO EVERYONE THAT IS ALONG THE FEC AS THE MEETING STARTED I GOT A TEXT FROM OUR FRIENDS AT ALL ABOARD FLORIDA AND THEY SAID QUIET ZONE UPDATE. WE HAVE ONE CROSSING LEFT IT'S A COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND THEY ARE WORKING ON IT AS WE SPEAK. IT MAY CONTINUE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK THE END AND THIS IS IN CAPITAL IS IN SIGHT. I PROMISE. I WILL KEEP UPDATING YOU AND PAUL MENTIONED TO HIM YESTERDAY. SO IF THIS DOES GET DONE AND WE HAVE TO VERIFY WITH THE CITY OAKLAND PARK BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY IS IN OAKLAND PARK THAT THE FACILITIES ARE IN PLACE. FORT LAUDERDALE HAS ALL THE FACILITIES ARE IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THEN WE WILL BE SUBMITTING TO THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION AS LONG AS THEY'RE OPEN AND THEN 15 DAYS LATER 20 DAYS LATER YOU WILL HAVE A QUIET ZONE IN PLACE. WE DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM. YES WE KNOW. AREN'T YOU LUCKY. WE COULD PUT RAIL IN PEMBROKE PINES. I'D LIKE THAT. COMMISSIONER MOSS.THANK YOU. MAYOR TRANTALIS ASKED ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I WAS GOING TO ASK. SO THANK YOU. IT'S A CONCERN IN POMPANO TOO. EXCUSE ME IT'S MY FIRST MEETING. HAPPY TO BE HERE. NICE PRESENTATION. BUT WHAT IS A CHARRETTE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. A CHARRETTE IS A PUBLIC PLANNING WORKSHOP. THAT INCLUDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO WORK AT TABLES WITH MAPS TO SHARE THEIR IDEAS WE COLLECT THOSE IDEAS AND BRING BACK A MASTER PLAN. SO A IT'S AN INPUT TECHNIQUE. IT'S A FANCY FRENCH WORD. THANK YOU. YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY. THANKS. NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WILTON MANORS STATION AND THE OAKLAND PARK STATION.
BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO ME THE FRONT OF THE TRAIN COULD BE AN OAKLAND PARK WHILE THE BACK OF THE TRAIN IS IN WALTON MANORS. VICE MAYOR GREEN HAS LEFT THE ROOM. NOT FAR. DO
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WE KNOW? ONE MILE, TWO MILES, THREE MILES. IT'S ROUGHLY TWO MILES. IT'S ROUGHLY TWO MILES AND THOSE TWO STATION LOCATIONS ARE BEING CONSIDERED AS STATION PAIR. IT'S A STATION PAIR ALONG THE CORRIDOR. SO THE TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK HAS A TOTAL OF 30 STATION LOCATIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AT THIS POINT WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT 25 OF THEM WOULD ULTIMATELY LIKELY BE DEVELOPED. AND SO THERE ARE SEVERAL THAT ARE STATION PAIRS BECAUSE EACH CITY HAS IDENTIFIED A FUTURE STATION LOCATION AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR EACH OF THOSE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS. BUT WE KNOW THAT IT'S NOT ENTIRELY LIKELY THAT BOTH STATIONS WILL CERTAINLY ARRIVE AT THE SAME TIME. IT COULD BE PHASED OVER TIME. IT IS THERE'S STATION SPACING IN DOWNTOWN ORLANDO WHERE THERE ARE THREE STATIONS IN TWO MILES.IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT BUT THERE ARE DIFFERENT EXAMPLES THAT HAPPEN IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. SOME STATIONS ARE SKIP STOP STATIONS WHERE SERVICE DOESN'T STOP AT EACH STATION. WE DID LOOK AT A STATION LOCATION IN BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES TO TRY TO FIND ONE CENTRAL SPOT. BUT IT'S KIND OF A NO MAN'S LAND IN BETWEEN THE TWO. IT'S A THERE'S JUST A LACK OF DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL UNFORTUNATELY. SO. SO THERE'S A STRONG OPPORTUNITY IN WILTON MNORS AND THERE'S A STRONG OPPORTUNITY IN OAKLAND PARK. ONE OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER ABOUT TOD THOUGH VICE MAYOR IS THAT WHAT WE KNOW FROM A TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY STANDPOINT IS THAT BETTER PLANNED URBAN DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS GOOD WALKABLE CHARACTERISTICS AND INTENSITY TAKES TRIPS OFF THE ROADWAY NETWORK BECAUSE YOU GET A PARK ONCE MIXED USE ENVIRONMENT WITH WITH MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS AND INTENSITY. SO THAT'S JUST AN EFFICIENCY RELATIONSHIP WITH TRANSPORTATION. AT THE PLANNING COUNCIL AS WE LOOK AT CERTAINLY DOWNTOWNS AND URBAN AREAS WE KNOW THE BETTER JOB WE CAN DO WITH URBAN REDEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THE MORE EFFICIENT OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS WILL BE WHETHER THEY HAVE A TRAIN STATION OR NOT THEY'RE STILL MORE EFFICIENT CONDITIONS. THEY ALL ARE DESIGNED ALSO TO RECEIVE AND UTILIZE BUS SERVICE. MANY OF THEM HAVE TROLLEY SERVICE. THERE'S ALSO RIDE SHARING THAT'S INCREASING OF COURSE IN POPULARITY ALL THROUGH THE REGION. AND SO ALL OF THOSE OTHER MODES STILL CONTRIBUTE AND BENEFIT FROM A BETTER TOD PATTERN THAT HAS A CENTRAL POINT OF FOCUS IF YOU WILL WHETHER IT'S A TRAIN STATION OR COULD BE AN INTERMODAL HUB AND WE STILL GET BETTER EFFICIENCY OUT OF THAT. SO EACH OF THOSE TWO LOCATIONS WILTON AND OAKLAND PARK APPLIED. THEY'RE BOTH WORTHY LOCATIONS AS WE'VE TESTED THEM TO UNDERSTAND THEM.
OAKLAND PARKS WORKSHOP COMING UP COMING IN TWO WEEKS BUT WE KNOW FROM THE PRELIMINARY DATA EITHER OF THEM COULD WORK AS THE TRI RAIL COASTAL LINK PROJECT ADVANCES ONE OF THE OTHER PIECES OF THE EQUATION WILL BE THE FINANCING. AND SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ULTIMATELY A NEED FOR LOCAL FINANCING AND SO THIS GIVES THE CITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO START TO PROJECT WHAT REVENUES MIGHT OCCUR AND PUT MECHANISMS IN PLACE TO START TO CAPTURE THOSE REVENUES IF THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO DIVERT THEM INTO FUNDING TO HELP PAY FOR THE STATION. SO IT GIVES THEM A BIT MORE OF A GAIN OF A FOOTPRINT A BLUEPRINT SORRY IF YOU WILL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR FINANCIAL TRAJECTORY COULD BE. AND I WOULD TAKE IT THAT YOU HAVE LOOKED AT AND ARE CONSIDERING THE STATION IN OUR NEW DOWNTOWN POMPANO BEACH AND THE INNOVATION DISTRICTS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING. YES. POMPANO EACH HAS BEEN ONE OF THE STATIONS THAT'S PROPOSED ON THE COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR. WELL, I'LL DO MY HOMEWORK AND BE BETTER INFORMED NEXT TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BATTLE.
YOU MR. CHAIR. I HOPE YOU ARE CONSIDERING I KNOW WE HAVE A TRI RAIL STATION IN DEERFIELD BEACH BECAUSE I DO USE IT QUITE OFTEN. AND IF YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE. I DON'T KNOW HOW FEASIBLE IT WOULD BE TO PUT ONE ON THE EAST SIDE OF TOWN ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. HERE'S MY QUESTION THOUGH EFFICIENCY WISE. I HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT COMING UP AND THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH TRI RAIL I HAVE A BIG DEVELOPMENT COMING UP RIGHT THERE AT THE RAIL STATION. BUT IN ORDER FOR MY PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING TO CATCH THE TRAIN GOING SOUTH THEY HAVE TO WAIT. OK. BECAUSE THEY CAN'T GET ACROSS THE TRACKS IN PALM BEACH. I KNOW BECAUSE I TAKE THAT ROUTE QUITE OFTEN. THERE'S NO WAY FOR THE PEOPLE TO GET UP AND OVER. ARE YOU GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WHEN YOU PUT IN THESE NEW RAILS. THAT'S BECAUSE IT
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MATTERS THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO GET UP YOU KNOW BY ELEVATOR AND GO ACROSS THE TRACKS SO THEY CAN CATCH THE TRAIN GOING SOUTH OR COMING NORTH. SO ON OUR SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR WE HAVE A LOT OF THE UP AND OVER. DEERFIELD IS ONE OF THE FEW STATIONS THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PEDESTRIAN OVERPASS. BUT FOLKS CAN ACCESS THE STATION FROM THE NORTHERN END NEAR THE ROADWAY. SO THAT'S WHERE THEY CROSS AND WALK OVER. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE YOU KNOW DOING THAT. OK. BUT HERE'S THE PROBLEM AGAIN IF YOU BECAUSE THE PARKING STATION FOR THE TRAIN GOING SOUTH IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TRACKS. SO I HAVE CARS JUST STACKED UP ALL THE WAY BACK TO 95 BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET ACROSS THAT TRACK BASICALLY AND SOME OF THESE SAME PEOPLE IF THEY HAD A PLACE APART AND GET OVER BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT BUT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PARK BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT'S FILLED. WE NEED A WAY TO GET UP AND OVER SOME JUST YOU KNOW JUST A REMINDER THAT WHEN YOU PUT IN THESE STATIONS YOU NEED TO CONSIDER THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO I THINK THE GOAL ON THE FEC CORRIDOR AND CERTAINLY THIS WILL BE UP TO FEC BUT WE'RE LOOKING AT A LOT MORE AT GRADE CROSSINGS ON THAT CORRIDOR AND MORE YOU KNOW AT LEAST TWO POSSIBLY THREE CROSSINGS SO PEOPLE CAN EASILY GET FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER. SO WHAT WE FIND ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THOSE ELEVATORS A LOT OF TIMES ELEVATORS ARE AN ISSUE. AND SO THE MORE AT GRADE CROSSINGS WE CAN HAVE I THINK IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. I DON'T THINK SO. AND YOU HAVE LIKE I SAID I GOT A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT COMING RIGHT LOTS OF CARS AND I NEED A PLACE FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO GET UP AND OVER.I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WANT TO DO AT GRADE CROSSING WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF COULD BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING. SEE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE HAVING NOW WITH TRI RAIL AND NOT TRY REAL BRIGHTLINE WITH PEDESTRIANS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO THE MORE YOU CAN SHIELD PEDESTRIANS OR PROVIDE THEM THAT SAFETY THAT THEY NEED AND EXPECT THE BETTER IT'LL BE FOR RAIL IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HOLNESS. YES THANK YOU. THE QUESTION I HAVE IS WHAT ARE WE DOING TO LINK THE FEC CARD TO THE CURRENT TRI RAIL CARD. ESPECIALLY AT POINTS WHERE THEY COME CLOSE TOGETHER. DOWN GRIFFIN ROAD AT CYPRESS CREEK RIGHT HERE UP IN POMPANO. THOSE TRACKS ARE PRETTY CLOSE. IF I THINK IF WE DO SOMETHING TO TIE THOSE TOGETHER AND PUT STATIONS CLOSE TO THOSE POINTS OR AT THOSE POINTS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE EAST-WEST TRAFFIC THAT MAYOR TRANTALIS IS TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THEN YOU COULD BECAUSE ONE IS TO THE WEST AND ONE IS TO THE EAST. YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE TO MAKE THAT MANY TRIPS ACROSS ON THE OTHER EAST-WEST PORTION OF OUR ROADS. IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THAT? THERE IS CONSIDERATION FOR A CROSSOVER IN POMPANO. THAT IS ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE THE TRACKS DO COME CLOSE. WE'RE LOOKING AT. IT'S ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED ON THE COASTAL LINK CORRIDOR. POMPANO CROSSOVER AND ACTUALLY WE'RE CONTINUING TO TALK ABOUT THAT PROJECT GOING FORWARD BUT FUNDING IS IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
ACTUALLY THAT SUBJECT MATTER IN POMPANO IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER BUT INTERNALLY WE'RE WORKING WITH TRI RAIL AND FDOT TO DEAL WITH A PARTICULAR CROSSOVER IN POMPANO THANK YOU. IF I MAY COMMENT ON SOME OF THE REMARKS THAT THE MAOR TRANTALIS MENTIONED. WHETHER IT'S A BRIDGE OR A TUNNEL IS AN ISSUE THAT THE MPO NEEDS TO TAKE A LEADERSHIP ROLE IN WORKING TO DETERMINE WHICH WORKS BETTER AND HOW TO FUND IT WHICH IS A MAJOR MAJOR CHALLENGE.
WELL MY OPTIMISM IS ONLY THAT WE HEARD TODAY THAT THERE MAY BE MORE FEDERAL
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FUNDING COMING FOR PROJECTS. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO SOLVE EVERYBODY'S DILEMMA. YOU CAN'T ADD MORE TRAINS INTO FORT LAUDERDALE WITHOUT ADDRESSING THIS. THE SECOND THING IS LONGER TERM LONGER TERM IS THE FREIGHT NEEDS TO MOVE TO 27. FREIGHT NEEDS TO MOVE WEST TO GET IT OUT OF RUNNING THROUGH THE CITIES. IF WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE TRAINS AND WE ARE AND WE WILL AND HOPEFULLY BRIGHTLINE AND THE LOCAL TRAFFIC WILL GENERATE MORE TRAINS. THE ONLY OPTION IS MOVE FREIGHT AND THAT'S MASSIVELY EXPENSIVE MASSIVELY EXPENSIVE AND PROBABLY WON'T TAKE PLACE IN MY LIFETIME OR MAYBE OTHERS LIFETIME BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. SOME OF YOU REMEMBER WE HAD A WONDERFUL MEMBER OF OUR BOARD FROM HILLSBORO. JAVIER WHO TALKED ABOUT THIS 5-10 YEARS AGO WE ALL LAUGHED BUT HE WASN'T WRONG ABOUT IT. AND AGAIN INNOVATIVE MONEY THAT'S COMING THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS PART OF HOW THAT MONEY SHOULD BE SPENT AND PLANNING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MY FINAL COMMENT IS THIS: THAT EVERYBODY SITTING HERE INCLUDING THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT WHO LIVE IN THE CORRIDOR WANT PASSENGER RAIL AND THE FACT THAT GRANTS WERE GIVEN TO DO WHAT YOU PRESENTED TODAY SHOW THE RESULTS OF THE STUDIES ONLY INDICATES THAT EVERYBODY ALONG THE CORRIDOR RECOGNIZES THE POTENTIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR DOWNTOWN CORES THESE ARE THE OLDEST CITIES IN BROWARD. THE ONES THAT REALLY CAN BENEFIT SIGNIFICANTLY FROM THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE AROUND THOSE STATION SITES. SO HAS THIS PRESENTATION BEEN MADE TO FECI OR WHATEVER IT IS WHATEVER THE ENTITY IS TO SHOW HOW WELL-PREPARED WE ALL ARE TO SEE THAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WHEN AND IF THEY'RE READY TO RUN THE TRAINS. I'M NOT SURE THAT THEY DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT THERE IS A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT FOR PASSENGER RAIL BUT HAS THIS PRESENTATION BEEN MADE TO THEM? THIS PRESENTATION HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE. PARDON ME. BUT WE'VE COORDINATED WITH BRIGHTLINE WITH EVERY ONE OF THE STATION AREA PLANNING WORKSHOPS. SO THEY'VE BEEN INPUTTING THEIR NEEDS IF YOU WILL INTO THE STATION AREA PLANS. THE OTHER BENEFIT AS YOU NOTED IS THE ECONOMIC YIELD THAT COMES AROUND THESE STATION LOCATIONS AND IT'S SUBSTANTIAL. TO THAT POINT WITH THE FREIGHT ARRANGEMENT IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE'S NOW THE CONNECTION THE [INAUDIBLE] CONNECTION BY THE PORT OF MIAMI AND THERE'S ALMOST COMPLETELY CONSTRUCTED NOW AN INTERCONNECT AT 25TH STREET IN WEST PALM BEACH WHICH IS THE NORTHWOOD CONNECTION. SO THAT LETS SOME OF THE FREIGHT AT A FUTURE POINT WITH ASSISTANCE RIGHT GET OUT OF THE MOST TRAFFIC BUSY PORTION OF THE CORRIDOR RIGHT WHICH IS MIAMI DADE AND BROWARD COUNTIES UP AND THEN INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY OR UP INTO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND THEN WEST TOWARDS LAKE OKEECHOBEE. SO THAT'S ONE OPTION TO RATIONALIZE FREIGHT WHICH IS KIND OF AT A LARGER SCALE ONE OF THE CONVERSATION THAT'S BEING HAD. IF WE HAVE AN EXISTING RAIL CORRIDOR WITH ALL OF THIS VALUE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND PEOPLE DO WE WANT TO ALSO USE THAT CORRIDOR FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC THROUGH FREIGHT. THAT'S NOT STOPPING OF THE 18 TRAINS A DAY I THINK 12 TO 14 TEND TO BE THROUGH TRAINS AND 4 TO 6 TEND TO HAVE LOCAL SERVICE.AND SO THOSE THROUGH TRAINS IF THEY CAN BE RELOCATED AND THERE ARE THE LARGER ONES THEY ARE THE HUNDRED CARS, TWO TO THREE ENGINES, CLOSE THE GRADE CROSSING FOR 4 TO 6 MINUTES. IF THOSE TRAINS CAN BE SHIFTED IN A REGIONAL RAIL NETWORK THEN WE OPEN UP CAPACITY FOR DIFFERENT SERVICE LIKE A TRI RAIL SERVICE. AND THAT'S ONE PIECE OF THE EQUATION IF YOU WILL WITH RESPECT TO DISTRIBUTING THE MOVEMENT OF GOODS AND PEOPLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY IS US 27 AS YOU MENTIONED AS WELL AND THE COUNCIL'S BEEN WORKING WITH THE DOT LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY. IT IS A LONG TERM PLAY US 27 THERE'S LOTS OF ADVANTAGES AND THERE'S LOTS OF CHALLENGES. BUT AS A LONG TERM SOLUTION THAT'S ANOTHER CORRIDOR THAT'S BEING EVALUATED AT THIS POINT. SORRY KIM I JUST ALSO WANT TO GET ON THAT CONVERSATION. SO WE HAVE THE IMMEDIATE ISSUE IF WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FREIGHT OUT OF MIAMI IS ONE THING BUT WE HAVE EVERGLADES AND WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT
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EVERGLADES AS YOU KNOW OUR HOME PORT. SO MOVING THAT FREIGHT FROM EVERGLADES IT'S STILL GOING UP THE FEC CORRIDOR OR MOVING IT OUT TO THE CSX WILL HELP. THERE IS A BRIDGE THERE AND THERE'S ALSO THE DRAW. SO YOU KNOW BOTH OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE THINGS WE NEED TO THINK. US 27 MUCH MORE CONTROVERSIAL. IT WILL MAKE OUR ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF PORT EVERGLADES EVEN MORE DIFFICULT AGAINST MIAMI BECAUSE OF MOVING FREIGHT UP AND OUT 27 WHILE WE ALL ARE WORKING TOGETHER ON THAT EFFORT AND DISCUSSION WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS OF OUR OWN PORT WHERE WE'VE INVESTED BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IRONY OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AND THAT IS FREIGHT WILL NOT GO SOUTH TO GO NORTH FROM PORT EVERGLADES DOWN TO MIAMI AND THEN BACK OUT WEST. SO WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHETHER IT'S A GRIFFIN ROAD CONNECTION OUT TO THE WEST OR IF IT'S YOU KNOW SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN. ALL RIGHT. AS I LOOK AT THE MAN FROM DAVIE YOU KNOW. SO BUT YOU KNOW THIS I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT IT. SO YOU KNOW WE RECOGNIZE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA IS RUNNING AWAY RIGHT. YEAH BUT I DIDN'T MEAN TO THROW YOU KNOW.NO NO. BUT IT'S JUST THAT THOSE ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT CONSIDERATIONS AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS BUT THAT IS A MUCH LONGER TERM CONVERSATION. IT'S A 20 YEAR CONVERSATION IT'S NOT TOMORROW. SO I JUST. WELL THANK YOU DR. DELANEY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND PRESENTATION. ANYBODY ELSE. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION ITEM TO THE BOARD AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A REPORT FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY
[2. Report From Partner Agencies - I-95 at Broward Blvd PD&E Study]
BEING THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THEIR CONSULTANT TEAMS AT HDR. THIS IS FOR I-95 AT BROWARD BOULEVARD AND MANY OF US GET STUCK THERE A LOT. GOOD MORNING BOARD MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANSON SONNET. I'M A PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE FDOT. WE'RE HERE THIS MORNING TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON PD&E OR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY ON THE INTERCHANGE OF I-95 AND BROWARD BOULEVARD. PD&E STUDY IS THE PHASE OR THE STEP IN A TRANSPORT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT COMES BEFORE FINAL DESIGN. THIS IS WHERE WE NAIL DOWN THE CONCEPT THAT WE ACTUALLY WANT TO BUILD THE NEXT PHASE WOULD BE THE FINAL DESIGN AND WE ARE WRAPPING THAT UP. THIS IS THE PROJECT LOCATION MAP I'M ASSUMING PROBABLY MOST PEOPLE ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS INTERCHANGE. THERE'S BROWARD BOULEVARD AND I 95. NORTH-SOUTH IS UP AND DOWN AND THE YELLOW INDICATES THE LIMITS OF THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ANY PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDY OR PD&E STUDY HAS TO HAVE A PURPOSE AND NEED. THE PURPOSE IS KIND OF THE YOU KNOW THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY AND THIS ONE HAS THREE MAJOR ONES. ONE IS TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO AND FROM I 95 THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES TO BROWARD BOULEVARD. SECOND IS TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY WITH 95 EXPRESS AND BROWARD BOULEVARD. THE THIRD IS TO IMPROVE INTERMODAL CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS. INTERMODAL REFERS TO THE OTHER MODES OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES VEHICLES AND THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT AREA FOR THAT YOU HAVE THE EXPRESS BUS, COUNTY BUS, TRI RAIL, AMTRAK AND OF COURSE BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO SAFELY THROUGH THE INTERCHANGE. THE NEED IS TO IMPROVE THE CONNECTIVITY FOR ALL THESE MODES AND ALL THESE. THIS IS JUST TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE 95 EXPRESS CONNECTIVITY OVERALL IN THE COUNTY AND IN PALM BEACH. EVERYTHING SHOWN HERE IS EITHER BUILT OR UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT FUTURE FOR THE TRAFFIC IN THIS REGION. AND NOW I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER TO WILL [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER FROM HDR AND HE'LL WALK THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW NEXT MONTH AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING ON MARCH 18TH THANK YOU ANSON AND GOOD MORNING. SO ANSON SHOWED YOU A SLIDE THAT HAD THE STUDY LIMITS ON THIS SCREEN ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE YOU SEE FROM SOUTH OF DAVIE BOULEVARD TO BROWARD BOULEVARD AND THEN THE RIGHT PANEL IS BROWARD BOULEVARD NORTH. SO JUST TO MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO READ. WE HAVE TWO SIDED. AND THE MAIN POINT OF THIS SLIDE IS PICKING UP ON THE PRIOR SLIDE WHERE ANSON SHOWED YOU ALL OF THE CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN 95 EXPRESS AND THE GENERAL USE LANES THROUGHOUT BROWARD AND INTO SOUTHERN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THIS SLIDE FOCUSES ON THE STUDY AREA AND WHAT WE'RE REFLECTING HERE ARE NEW CONNECTIONS THAT DO NOT EXIST TODAY. SO THIS IS ABOVE AND BEYOND THE PRIOR SLIDE AND STARTING ON THE LEFT SIDE THE NORTH BOUND A RED IS AN[02:05:05]
EGRESS POINT FROM THE EXPRESS LANES. IF YOU'RE COMING FROM MIAMI LET'S SAY THAT YOU WOULD LEAVE THE EXPRESS LANES AND YOU COULD EXIT TO BROWARD BOULEVARD TO GET TO THE SERVICE INTERCHANGE OF BROWARD BOULEVARD TO GO EASTBOUND OR WESTBOUND AS OPPOSED TO CIRCULATE IN THROUGH THE PARK AND RIDE LOT. AND ALSO ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE NEAR THE TOP RIGHT NEAR BROWARD IS THE REVERSE OF THAT MOVEMENT THAT'S A INGRESS FROM BROWARD BOULEVARD TO GO STRAIGHT TO 95 EXPRESS AGAIN WITHOUT HAVING TO CIRCULATE THROUGH A LOT. THEN ON THE RIGHT PANEL IT'S THE REVERSE OF THOSE MOVEMENTS. NOW TO AND FROM THE NORTH ON THE RIGHT SIDE WHAT YOU HAVE IS A NORTHBOUND INGRESS FROM BROWARD FROM THE GENERAL USE RAMP TO GET INTO NORTHBOUND 95 EXPRESS AND THEN A SOUTHBOUND EGRESS FROM EXPRESS TO GET STRAIGHT TO BROWARD. AGAIN IT'S ALL ABOUT PROVIDING MORE DIRECT CONNECTIVITY FOR 95 EXPRESS TO AND FROM BROWARD WITHOUT HAVING TO CIRCULATE THROUGH A PARK AND RIDE LOT SEPARATE IN THE MOVEMENTS FOR THOSE THAT ARE TRANSIT AND MULTI-MODAL GENERATED WITHIN A LOT VERSUS THOSE LOOKING STRAIGHT TO BROWARD. SO THIS EXHIBIT FOCUSES ON THE PRIMARY BESIDES THOSE CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM THE RAMP SYSTEM. THIS SHOWS YOU WHAT'S GOING ON ON BROWARD BOULEVARD. BROWARD IS EAST-WEST ON THE SLIDE TO THE RIGHT YOU CAN SEE THE NORTH FORK OF THE NEW RIVER NORTHWEST 24TH AVENUE IS THE WESTERN LIMITS OF OUR STUDY AREA. AND THEN JUST EAST OF 18TH AVENUE THAT'S THE EASTERN LIMITS OF OUR WORK ON BROWARD BOULEVARD. SO IT'S REALLY CONCENTRATED IN THAT APPROXIMATELY HALF MILE SEGMENT OF BROWARD. YOU CAN SEE THE PARK AND RIDE LOT AND THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST QUADRANTS AND YOU CAN SEE THE PREDOMINANT INTERCHANGE CONFIGURATION REMAINS AS IT IS TODAY. EVERYTHING WE'RE ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS ESSENTIALLY KEEPS THE CONFIGURATION JUST PROVIDES THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON BROWARD AND TURN LANES AND EXIT RAMPS TO HANDLE TRAFFIC TO THE YEAR 2040. SO THE NEXT FEW SLIDES ARE INTENDED TO JUST SHOW AND EXPLAIN THE CONNECTIONS FROM GENERAL USE RAMPS OR EXPRESS RAMPS TO AND FROM BROWARD THIS FIRST ONE IS TRAFFIC THAT'S EXITING IN THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION FROM EITHER GENERAL USE OR EXPRESS LIKE I SHOWED IN PRIOR SLIDE WHEN THEY HIT BROWARD THEY GO EASTBOUND LIKE THEY DO TODAY THAT'S ON THE RIGHT SIDE AND IF THEY'RE GOING TO GO WESTBOUND ON BROWARD THE ONLY INTERCHANGE CONFIGURATION THAT'S PROPOSED IS WHAT IS REFLECTED THERE ON THE NORTHBOUND TO WESTBOUND. IT'S A CONTINUOUS FLOW MOVEMENT WHERE NORTHBOUND WOULD ACTUALLY CROSS I-95 ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BROWARD AND THEN HEAD WESTBOUND USING THE WEST RAMP TERMINAL INTERSECTION. THE NEXT SLIDE SHOWS YOU EASTBOUND AND WESTBOUND BROWARD BOULEVARD. HOW IT GETS TO NORTHBOUND 95 GENERAL USE LANES. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT IS IN PLACE TODAY WITH JUST THE EXTRA CAPACITY FOR A STORAGE SOUTHBOUND EXIT. SAME STORY THE INTERCHANGE FUNCTIONS LIKE IT DOES TODAY WITH MORE CAPACITY FOR STORAGE. MAKE SURE WE KEEP TRAFFIC OFF OF THE MAIN LINE OF THE INTERSTATE AND THEY CAN STACK BETTER AT THE EXIT RAMP. AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS TRAFFIC FROM THE WEST SO EASTBOUND TRAFFIC THAT'S LOOKING TO GO SOUTHBOUND. THEY CAN EITHER GO SOUTHBOUND 95 EXPRESS THROUGH THE STREET THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE PARK AND RIDE LIKE THAT SOUTHWEST 1ST STREET OR THEY WOULD USE THE EXISTING RAMP THAT GETS THEM TO STOP ON 95 GENERAL USE OR 595 SO YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE WEST TO GO SOUTH.AND AGAIN THAT'S WHAT'S IN PLACE TODAY. FINALLY THE TRAFFIC FROM THE EAST SO WESTBOUND BROWARD BOULEVARD TRAFFIC HAS A CHOICE TO MAKE DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO GENERAL USE OR 595. THAT IS THE RIGHT OF THESE TWO LEFT ARROWS IF THEY WANT TO GO STRAIGHT TO 95 EXPRESS. THEN THEY WOULD USE THE INSIDE.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REFLECTING HERE WOULD BE A TRIPLE LEFT TURN THE OUTER TWO WOULD GO TO A GP AND 595 THE INNER ONE WOULD GO TO 95 EXPRESS SO BACK TO THE SLIDE JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW IT ALL FITS TOGETHER TO REASON THOSE MOVEMENTS ARE THERE IS TO BETTER FACILITATE 95 EXPRESS TO AND FROM BROWARD.
THE LAST TWO SLIDES JUST SHOW WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE PARK AND RIDE LOT WHEN THE 95 HOV SYSTEM WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 80S EARLY 90S, THE INVESTMENT OF THOSE PARK AND RIDE DIRECT CONNECT RAMPS FOR HOV FOR PARK AND RIDE COMMUTER SERVICE CARPOOLING AND OF COURSE TRANSIT INTERCONNECTIVITY THOSE RAMP SYSTEMS REMAIN. IN THIS CASE YOU CAN SEE HOW YOU GO FROM THE PARK AND RIDE LOT TO EXPRESS OR IN THIS CASE FROM EXPRESS TO THE PARKING LOT. BUT ALL OF THE TRANSIT SERVICES THAT ARE THERE TODAY ARE ACCOMMODATED BY THESE SERIES OF RAMPS AND OF COURSE BY CONNECTIONS TO BROWARD. SO LIKE ANSON MENTIONED WE'VE GOT A PUBLIC
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HEARING COMING UP THIS SHOWS YOU APPROXIMATELY THREE YEAR TIMEFRAME FROM WHEN WE BEGAN TO STUDY. PUBLIC AND ELECTED OFFICIAL KICKOFFS IN 2016. WE HAD TWO ALTS WORKSHOPS IN THE FALL OF 17 BECAUSE IT GOT COMPLICATED WITH THE STORM SO WE WANTED TO MAKE TAKE AN EXTRA OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC HAD A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE. WE WORKED ON THE DOCUMENTS AND FINE TUNE WITH VALUE ENGINEERING IN 2018 AND WHAT'S PRESENTED HERE TODAY IS A PREVIEW OF WHAT WILL BE SHOWN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IN MARCH AND THEN THIS STUDY IS SCHEDULED TO FINISH THIS SUMMER AND THEN ONCE A STUDY OF THIS NATURE IS COMPLETED THEN IT'S ELIGIBLE TO GO INTO THE FINAL DESIGN PHASE THAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THAT 2021 TO 2022 TIMEFRAME. WHERE THE FUNDING SITS RIGHT NOW IT COULD BE FINISHED IN DESIGN AND BE READY FOR CONSTRUCTION BY 2024 AND IT'S A COMPLICATED INTERCHANGE RECONFIGURATION YOU HAVE TO REPLACE BRIDGES OVER I-95 AND RAILROAD. SO IT'S APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION SO IT COULD BE OPENED BY 2028. AND MR. SONNETT'S CONTACT INFORMATION WE DO HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE LISTED THERE ON THE BOTTOM AND WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. YES THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. COULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE MOVEMENT OF THE VEHICLES GOING WEST ON BROWARD BOULEVARD TO GET ONTO THE EXPRESS LANES WHERE THEY HAD THE CHOICE TO MAKE.THE ONLY REASON I WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A VERY THIN LINE DIVISION IS IT GOING TO BE A COMPLETELY NEW RAMP OR ARE YOU GOING TO BUILD ON TO THE EXISTING RAMP. SO ON WHEN YOU'RE ON BROWARD BOULEVARD WESTBOUND. YES TRIPLE LEFT, THOSE LANES WILL BE ON BROWARD BOULEVARD. THEY'LL BASICALLY BE SIDE BY SIDE BUT YOU WILL POSITION YOURSELF TO THE INSIDE LANE IF YOU'RE GOING TO EXPRESS OR THE OUTER TWO IF YOU'RE GOING GP AND THEN THERE IS A NEW BRIDGE ONCE YOU MAKE THE LEFT TURN AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ARCHED MOVEMENT THAT WOULD BE A NEW STRUCTURE OVER SOUTHBOUND I-95 THAT WOULD LAND YOU IN THE SOUTHBOUND 95 EXPRESS. THE ONLY SUGGESTION THAT I'D HAVE BASED ON HAVING SEEN THESE FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES NOW IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AN ENTIRELY NEW RAMP WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IF YOU DOUBLE THE CAPACITY IT DOESN'T DOUBLE THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND THEN THAT WAY THE THE MIDDLE LANE CAN CHOOSE TO GO TO EXPRESS AND THEN WIND IT DOWN TO JOIN THE EXPRESS LANES OR THEY COULD CHOOSE THE MOVEMENT TO GO TO THE REGULAR 95.
AND THE REASON WHY IT'S IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH STACKING IN THIS INTERSECTION BETWEEN THAT LIGHT AT 18TH THAT CAN OCCUR AND IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE LANE THAT IS ONLY GOING IN THAT DIRECTION IT MIGHT CAUSE SOME BACKUP IN THAT DIRECTION. THAT'S THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT AND A HUNDRED PERCENT ACCURATE OBSERVATION THAT ANYWHERE YOU CAN BUILD A TWO LANE RAMP DO IT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THAT THE TRAFFIC WILL COME. THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE LOCATION FOR A FEW REASONS AND I'LL TRY TO TOUCH ON A VERY HIGH LEVEL WE NEED TO POSITION PEOPLE IN ONE OR THE OTHER AS YOU'RE GOING TO WESTBOUND. THE DECISION POINT TO GO EXPRESS VERSUS GP NEEDS TO BE BEFORE YOU MAKE THE TURN TO GO SOUTHBOUND BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY FOR EASTBOUND BROWARD TO MAKE THE RIGHT TURN AND GO SOUTH BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SIGN IT AND THEN YOU'D HAVE A LOT OF MOTORISTS CONFUSION WHEN THEY TURN RIGHT THEN THEY'D ONLY HAVE ABOUT 100 FEET TO DECIDE EXPRESS OR GP. SO THIS ONLY WORKS IN THE WESTBOUND. THERE'S THERE'S I THINK THE THE COMFORT WE HAVE IS THAT THE EXPRESS IS SOMETHING OF A METERED SYSTEM. WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO EXPRESS LANES AND THEY'RE CONTROLLED WITH VARIABLE PRICE AND ITS MANAGED LANES SO WE OPTIMIZED OPERATING SPEED BASED ON THE VARIABLE PRICE. SO IT'S SOMETHING OF A METERED SYSTEM ANYWAY. WHILE YOUR POINT IS PERCENT ACCURATE, CHANCES ARE YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO REALLY HAVE THAT MUCH DEMAND. THE LAST POINT QUICK WE'VE ADDED ADDITIONAL STORAGE WE'VE PUSHED THE WESTBOUND QUEUE. THEY HAVE TRIPLE LEFT GOING ALL THE WAY TO 18TH AND EVEN BE ABLE TO POSITION YOURSELF EAST OF 18. SO THAT FOR THAT REASON FOR THAT EXACT REASON YOU POINTED OUT WE'VE MAXIMIZED STORAGE AT THIS LOCATION. GOOD. WELL AT LEAST YOU'RE TAKING IT IN CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THE INTERSECTION TO THE SOUTH THAT THERE AT DAVIE BOULEVARD YOU KNOW IT'S TWO RAMPS AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S LAST MINUTE EVERY SINGLE TIME YOU SEE PEOPLE MANEUVERING EVEN THOUGH THEIR PREVIOUS STACKING WAS IN A DIFFERENT LANE AT THE SIGNAL. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HOLNESS. YES, YOU MENTIONED ON THE SOUTHBOUND EXIT GOING EAST THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT MORE STACKING IN. I TAKE THAT EXIT FROM TIME TO TIME. I DON'T KNOW IF STACKING IS GOING TO HELP ME GET THROUGH THAT TRAFFIC SIGNAL ANY QUICKER.
IT IS IT IT TAKES A LONG TIME ALMOST ANY TIME THAT I EXIT. THERE'S ALWAYS A BACKUP AND A JAM FOR ME TO GET EAST EXIT AND SOUTH. AND THE 20 40 TRAFFIC AT THIS LOCATION WARRANTED THAT WE GO TO A TRIPLE LEFT. IF DOT COULD
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ACCOMMODATE TRIPLE LEFT ON A CURRENT THEY WOULD BUT YOU HAVE A NARROWER BRIDGE SECTION SO YOU CAN'T SAFELY BRING THE TRIPLE LEFT TO GO SOUTHBOUND EASTBOUND.IN THIS CONFIGURATION WE'VE ADDED A THIRD LEFT TURN LANE SO WE'VE GOT BASICALLY 50 PERCENT MORE CAPACITY. BECAUSE YOUR BASIS WE HAVE A NEW BRIDGE. THAT WILL HELP. GREAT QUESTION. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS GO IN SOUTH TO 595 RIGHT. MY ISSUE IS NOT SO MUCH MAKING THAT TURN.
IT'S WHEN I MAKE THAT TURN AGAIN. I DIDN'T GET INTO TRAFFIC FROM THERE ALL THE WAY OUT TO ALMOST 441 HITTING 595. IT SEEMS AS IF WE WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS MERGING 595 COMING OFF THAT 95 EXIT GOING WEST. YEAH. SO WHERE YOU'RE WHERE YOU'RE DESCRIBING A COUPLE OF THINGS IF YOU'RE A MOTORIST THAT'S LOOKING TO GO WEST ON 595 AND YOU'RE ON BROWARD AND IF YOU GO TO THE EXPRESS LANES AS YOUR CHOICE AS OPPOSED TO THE GP THAT GETS YOU TO THAT CD ROAD YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTO THE EXPRESS LANES AND THEN GO FROM EXPRESS LANES TO 595. THAT IS A NEW CONNECTOR THAT IS PART OF A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY GOING TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION LATER THIS YEAR. OK. SO IT'S BASICALLY GOING TO RESOLVE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO ABOUT SOUTHBOUND CD ROAD WHEN THIS COMES ON LINE. THANK YOU. YEAH. MAYOR TRANTALIS. YES THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO PICK UP ON WHAT COMMISSIONER CALETKA HAS TALKED TO YOU ABOUT. MANY OF US STRUGGLE WITH THAT GOING SOUTH ON 95 BY TRYING TO NAVIGATE OUR ABILITY TO GET ONTO THOSE TURN LANES THAT GO SOUTH. AND YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN THERE LATELY? MANY MANY TIMES.
OK. SO YOU KNOW IT'S A NIGHTMARE TODAY. AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO REDUCE THE REGULAR TRAVEL THOSE THAT ARE NOT GOING IN THE IN THE EXPRESS LANE. YOU'RE GONNA REDUCE THAT FROM TWO LANES TO ONE LANE. NO. IT REMAINS TWO. IT REMAIN TWO. YES. TODAY'S MOVEMENT TO GO WESTBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND I 95. RIGHT. WHICH THEN HAS A SPLIT OFF TO 595.
THAT MOVEMENT IS TWO LANES TODAY. IT REMAINS TWO AND BUT WE JUST LIKE IN THE OTHER DIRECTION I MENTIONED 50 PERCENT MORE CAPACITY. NOW WE HAVE THREE LEFT TURN LANES TO GO SO FAR. SO YOU ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 50 PERCENT THE CAPACITY OF THIS INTERCHANGE TO ACCOMMODATE WESTBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND. WHERE DOES THE THIRD LANE MATERIALIZE. ON THIS GRAPHIC HERE THE ARROW THAT IS FURTHEST TO THE LEFT THE ONE THAT GOES STRAIGHT. THAT IS THE MOVEMENT THAT YOU'RE USED TO TODAY. RIGHT. THAT IS WESTBOUND BROWARD TO GO SOUTHBOUND 95. THEN YOU GET THE CHOICE 595. THE OTHER ONE THAT HAS TO TURN THE OTHER TURN AFTER YOU ARE HEADING SOUTH.
THAT ONE IS A NEW RAMP THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO 95 EXPRESS RIGHT THERE NEAR BROWARD BOULEVARD. SO YOU'RE BASICALLY IN 95 EXPRESS WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF THE INTERCHANGE ITSELF WHEREAS THE OUTSIDE ONE DOES WHAT IT DOES TODAY.
SO IT SPLITS OFF AT THE TURN. YOU ACTUALLY WE HAVE A TRAFFIC SEPARATOR IN THE WESTBOUND DIRECTION OF BROWARD. OK. AND WE HAVE OVERHEAD SIGN IN ALONG BROWARD BOULEVARD WESTBOUND APPROACHING THAT DECISION POINT. SO MOTORISTS KNOW WE HAVE TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE INSIDE LANE GOES TO EXPRESS AND WHAT THE PRICE IS.
AND ALL THAT STUFF HAS TO HAPPEN ON BROWARD BOULEVARD WESTBOUND BEFORE THEY START TO MAKE THAT TURN. RIGHT. BUT BUT THIS WE'RE STILL WITH TWO LANES. NO. 3. SO YOU'RE ADDING A LANE. YES. YES. THE ONE ARROW THAT GOES WHAT IT DOES TODAY REMAINS AS TWO SEPARATE FROM THE THIRD LANE. SO YOU HAVE A TRIPLE LEFT TURN OK. BUT THE SEPARATOR HAS ONE LANE ON THE LEFT, TWO LANES ON THE RIGHT. ARE YOU TAKING ONE LANE OUT THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO STRAIGHT. NO THAT'S COMPLETELY SEPARATE. WE STILL HAVE THREE THROUGH LANE WE'RE REPLACING THE BRIDGE. IT'S A NEW BRIDGE. A WIDER BRIDGE. OK. BRAND NEW BRIDGE. HIGHER. I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. BIKE LANES, YEAH. TOTAL BRIDGE REPLACEMENT. SORRY. OK. NO PROBLEM. I WANT TO ADD TO THIS TOO BECAUSE THIS IS KIND OF REALLY NEAT PART OF THIS PROJECT. I MEAN I DO THIS TRIP A LOT IS WESTBOUND. AND THEN BECAUSE WE TAKE 595 WEST A LOT TO VISIT IN-LAWS BECAUSE OF THIS GOING INTO THE MANAGE LANES THEN ACTUALLY HAVE THE OPTION OF 595 TO GET IN THE WESTBOUND MANAGE LANE AS WELL AS FROM THE MANAGE LANES GOING SOUTHBOUND. SO A LOT OF THE WORKERS THAT ARE IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO SIT IN THE BACKUP THAT IS THE 595 RAMP BECAUSE THAT'S THE THING THAT BACKS UP ALL THE TIME. SO THIS IS A HOPEFULLY WE'LL ADDRESS THE FUTURE GROWTH
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OF DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AS AN OFFICE VIABLE OFFICE MARKET. THANK YOU.COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. YES SORRY FOR ROUND TWO AND I APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER HOLNESS. BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT MY RESIDENTS GO THROUGH EVERY DAY GOING ON THAT 595 RAMP. BUT ONE OF THE. YEAH. AND WE WELCOME YOU ANYTIME, STOP BY MY HOUSE. SO THEY HAVE THE THING THAT YOU JUST SAID IS THAT THERE'S GOING TO YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IN ON THE BRIDGE A SEPARATION SO SO IT KIND OF SCARES ME THAT YOU SAID THE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PHYSICAL SEPARATION BECAUSE THAT MEAN WHEN I SEE THE JOCKEYING THAT GOES ON LAST MINUTE IF YOU GET INTO THAT LEFT LANE YOU'RE GOING ON THE EXPRESS LANES WHETHER YOU MEANT TO OR NOT. AND THERE'S NO WAY OUT OF IT. AND IF IT'S A SEPARATION LIKE THOSE CONES THAT ARE ON 95 EXPRESS WHERE PEOPLE JUST KIND OF RUN THEM OVER TO GET OVER LAST MINUTE THAT'S EVEN MORE HAZARDOUS IN MY OPINION. SO WHERE WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS. LET ME GO TO A LITTLE BETTER SCALE DRAWN SO THAT INSIDE LANE THOSE THAT TAKES YOU TO EXPRESS WHEN I MENTIONED A SEPARATOR FROM THE OUTSIDE TO IT THROUGH TODAY'S MOVEMENT.
MOTORISTS ARE NOTIFIED WITH OVERHEAD SIGN AND DOWN ARROWS. DRIVER FAMILIARITY. THIS IS A COMMUTER ROUTE. EVENTUALLY THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WILL JUST BE ACCUSTOMED TO IT AND IT'S HONESTLY NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY INTERCHANGE. PEOPLE JUST UNDERSTAND IT THROUGH EXPERIENCE. BUT WE HAVE WE HAVE IT FOOLPROOF FOR VISITORS AS WELL AS LOCALS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS IT'S PAINTED SEPARATOR IT'S CHEVRON FIRST. IT'S GOT THE OVERHEAD SIGNS THE DOWN ARROWS THE PHYSICAL SEPARATOR IS ONLY IN THE LAST HUNDRED FEET OR SO. AND THE REAL REASON FOR IT. THE REAL NEED FOR IT IS TO PREVENT WESTBOUND SORRY EASTBOUND TO SOUTHBOUND FROM BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THAT INSIDE LANE. WE DON'T WANT TO ALLOW THAT MOVEMENT BECAUSE THOSE FOLKS ARE THE ONES THAT WOULD HAVE THE CRISS CROSS CONCERN AND THE CONFUSION AND A JOCKEYING FOR SPACE. SO IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL BUT WE'VE APPLYING THE BEST PRACTICES FOR MOTORISTS AWARENESS THAT PUT THEM IN THE RIGHT LANE BEFORE THEY GET TO THAT POINT. HERE'S A HOPE FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. SO HUGE HUGE EXPENSE HUGE CONSTRUCTION COST. AND ANOTHER SOLUTION IS JUST GET RID OF [NAUDIBLE] LANES. NEVERMIND. TOO LATE. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? THAT HURTS. GLAD YOU CAUGHT IT, A LITTLE LATER. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, WILL. THANK YOU. THAT COMPLETES OUR ITEMS ACTION ITEMS AND NON ACTION ITEMS TODAY THERE ARE OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR MEMBERS AT THEIR DISCRETION. THERE'S ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD? I HAVE ONE COMMENT
[1. Member Comments]
SIR. COMMISSIONER. COUNCIL MEMBER. SO IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT MIAMI DADE IS MAKING SOME REALLY SMART MOVES DOWN THERE WITH THEIR MASS TRANSIT ONE OF WHICH THERE IS A PROPOSAL THAT'S BEING CAREFULLY CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW TO PUT RAIL UP TO THE COUNTY LINE ON UNIVERSITY. AS YOU KNOW UNIVERSITY GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND I KNOW THAT DAVIE HAD IN THE PAST OBJECTED TO THE NORTHERLY PORTION OF UNIVERSITY HAVING RAIL BUT GIVEN THAT WE HAVE THE SALES TAX WE ARE OPEN TO CONVERSATION. THAT'S MY INVITATION TO THE COUNTY. YEAH. SO IF YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE A GREAT ENHANCEMENT TO HAVE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE A BLOCKADE BUT WE DO WANT TO HAVE RESERVE RIGHT FOR COMMENTS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BUT THAT CONVERSATION CAN BEGIN IF THE COUNTY DESIRES I SEE MR. [INAUDIBLE] BACK THERE. SO JUST I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME RAIL IN YOUR PLAN AND MAYBE THAT MIGHT BE WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FROM OUR SIDE. AND IF IT IS WE'RE OPEN TO CONVERSATION. THANK YOU. WELL THIS IS A SHOCKING WAY TO END THE MEETING. FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE LONG ENOUGH AND HAVE HEARD THAT DAVIE DOESN'T WANT TO HAVE ANY RAIL IN IT'S CITY AT ALL. THIS IS A MEMORABLE MEMORABLE AND SHOWS HOW FLEXIBLE AND MATURE. MIGHT BE A BRIDGE. WAIT. WITH THAT I'M ADJOURNING THE MEETING.
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