Sep 27, 2023 Technical Advisory Committee

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

IT IS THE BROWARD MPO PLANNING ORGANIZATION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023.

IF WE CAN HAVE THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

MM. IT'S NOT LETTING US CLICK YET.

OKAY. THERE WE GO.

OKAY, EXCELLENT.

WE HAVE QUORUM IN PERSON AND WE HAVE REBECCA, YOU SAID WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN PEOPLE ONLINE JOINING US AS WELL.

SO EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO'S HERE.

[3. Approval of Minutes - August 23, 2023]

IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

OH. HOLD ON.

WE CURSED AT THIS TODAY, REBECCA.

MY APOLOGIES, CHAIR.

I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON AND I NEED TO DO ROLL CALL AGAIN.

OKAY. WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HOW FANCY AND GREAT THIS IS AND WHEN IT WORKS.

THIS TIME I WILL ADMIT IT WAS THE PERSON IN THE CHAIR.

NO COMPUTER WAS THE COMPUTER.

IT WAS THE COMPUTER. OKAY.

RECORD. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO THE REGULAR ITEM OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IF I COULD HAVE A MOTION BY JENNA, SECONDED BY MAQSOOD.

ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES? NO SEEING NONE.

CALL FOR THE VOTE NOW, PLEASE.

OH, LISA, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? LISA? NO.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES.

NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

SECONDED BY EMILY.

ANY COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED AGENDA? SEEING NONE CALL FOR A VOTE ON THAT, PLEASE.

MOTION CARRIES.

[5. Public Comments Please submit to info@browardmpo.org at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.]

REBECCA DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OF ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA? PREVIOUSLY? NO. SEEING NONE.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER SIX ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS THE 2050 MTP UPDATE.

[6. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

NO. OKAY.

THERE YOU ARE. THERE WE GO.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

I AM ONE OF THE CO PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE 2050 MTP, ALSO KNOWN AS ROUTE TO 2050.

AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE.

AND WHEN I MEAN QUICK, IT'S JUST TWO SLIDES.

SO HOLD ON TIGHT.

ON WHAT WE ARE DOING FOR THE 2050 MTP OR SOME UPDATES UP TILL NOW.

I DON'T KNOW. GREAT.

OKAY. SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE SOME UPDATES ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU HAVE NOT GONE TO OUR WEBSITE YET, IT'S CALLED ROUTE TO 2050.ORG.

AND ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A TAB CALLED RESOURCES.

AND ON RESOURCES IS WHERE WE'RE SAVING ALL OF OUR TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS AS WELL AS SOME OTHER THINGS TOO, THAT MIGHT INTRIGUE YOUR CURIOSITY.

THINGS LIKE OUR EQUITY STORY MAP AND THEN SOME VIDEOS THAT WE ARE PREPARING BASED OFF OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS.

SO NEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE UP.

THERE ARE TWO TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS.

WE HAVE OUR GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS AND ALSO OUR SAFETY ANALYSIS.

OUR SAFETY ANALYSIS IS REALLY COOL.

A LOT OF REALLY GOOD INFORMATION THERE.

SOME COOL STATISTICS OF CRASH DATA WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THAT, DEFINITELY CHECK THAT OUT.

AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE THREE VIDEOS THAT KIND OF GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIKE A RESUME OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS OF THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IN OUR PLAN.

SO THEY'RE ALL ON YOUTUBE.

SO IF YOU ALSO WANT TO BYPASS THE WEBSITE AND GO TO OUR SPEAKUP BROWARD YOUTUBE PAGE, THERE WILL BE HOSTED THERE AS WELL.

AND THEY ARE FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, HOUSING AND SAFETY.

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SO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS IS ALREADY DONE THAT RAN FROM JANUARY TO MAY.

CURRENTLY WE'RE IN OUR MPO NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT'S WRAPPING UP VERY, VERY SOON IN OCTOBER.

SO THAT'S US LOOKING AT ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT EMPHASIS AREAS, START PLANNING OUR PROGRAMS AND BEGINNING THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WHICH I'VE BEEN SHARING WITH YOU THESE PAST TWO MEETINGS. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

WE EXPECT TO BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THIS YEAR OR THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE'LL START DEVELOPING OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, SEEKING RESOLUTIONS IN THE SUMMER OF 2024, AND THEN HAVE A DRAFT PLAN RIGHT AFTER THAT.

SO THAT WAS THE QUICK UPDATE.

HOPEFULLY THAT WAS NOT TOO FAST AND I'LL BE STICKING AROUND FOR THE NEXT ITEM.

EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE UPDATE FOR CHRISTOPHER? NO. OH.

CHRISTOPHER HAS A QUESTION FOR CHRISTOPHER.

LAST MONTH AT THE WORKSHOP YOU TALKED ABOUT, OR AT LEAST I DID, PROXIMITY FOR PROJECTS TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

WERE YOU ALL ABLE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE.

YES. SO THE QUESTION WAS, IF WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING INTO OUR PRIORITIZATION THROUGH OUR CRITERIA, PROXIMITY TO PUBLIC HOUSING.

SO YES, WE DO HAVE A CRITERIA WITHIN ONE OF OUR PLANNING FACTORS THAT DOES ACCOUNT FOR PROXIMITY TO HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS.

YES. EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE the Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Project Prioritization Process]

AND THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO ENDORSE THE ROUTE TO 2050 MTP PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

SO I THINK THAT MIGHT ANSWER SOME MORE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

CHRISTOPHER. YEP. YEP.

GREAT, GREAT SEGWAY.

SO HERE IS PART THREE OF OUR TRILOGY OF OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING TOO NEW HERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A RECAP OF EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT FOR THE PAST TWO PRESENTATIONS.

AND THEN ALSO, LIKE THE CHAIR SAID, GOING IN FOR THAT VOTE TO ENDORSE THIS PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

SO LET'S GET STARTED.

SO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROCESS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SIPHONING PROJECTS INTO SIX DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. WE HAVE OUR COMPLETE STREETS, OUR ROADWAY, TRANSIT AND HUBS TECHNOLOGY, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE OUR SAFETY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAMS. OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS IS GOING TO FOCUS ON THE FOUR PROGRAMS TO THE LEFT.

SO COMPLETE STREETS THROUGH TECHNOLOGY.

SO WHEN WE DID OUR WORKSHOP AND WHEN WE'VE DONE OUR PRESENTATIONS TALKING ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA THEY'RE APPLYING TO THOSE FOUR PROJECTS, I MEAN, SORRY, FOUR PROGRAMS. SO LET'S REVIEW WHAT THOSE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA ARE.

HERE IS A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE SIX DIFFERENT PRIORITIZATION FACTORS, AND BELOW THEM ARE THE CRITERIA THAT WE'LL BE USING FOR ACCESSIBILITY.

WE HAVE FOUR CRITERIA THAT'S TRANSIT, HOUSING ACTIVITY CENTERS AND THEN NON-AUTO FOR MOBILITY.

WE HAVE THREE CRITERIA SINGLE OCCUPANCY, VEHICLE ALTERNATIVES, TRAVEL TIME REDUCTION, AND THEN IT'S IMPROVEMENTS FOR SAFETY.

WE'RE BASING IT ALL ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

SO THE THE PROXIMITY OF A PROJECT TO THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHETHER IT'S ON THE FULL CORRIDOR, INTERSECTS A CORRIDOR OR INTERSECTION OR IS WITHIN 200FT OF A CORRIDOR OR INTERSECTION. EQUITY WILL BE USING OUR EQUITY TOOL.

AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER CRITERIA WILL BE IF IT HAS ANY NEGATIVE EFFECTS TO COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR RESILIENCY, WE'LL BE USING OUR RESILIENCY NETWORK THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING.

AND THEN ALSO, IF IT HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO A NATURAL OR BUILT RESOURCE AND THEN FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY, IT'S OUR PROXY FOR CREATING JOBS, LIKE USING AN OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE POINTS TO THOSE FREIGHT PROJECTS.

SO FREIGHT AND GOODS IS ONE OF THEIR CRITERIA.

AND THEN ALSO BASED OFF OF OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR FOR THOSE ROADWAYS.

SOME CHANGES THAT WE MADE FROM FROM OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD LAST TIME.

THERE WAS A COMMENT TO REMOVE THE THE SUPPORTS ACCESSIBILITY TO PORT EVERGLADES OR FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THERE WAS SOME DISCOMFORT THAT IT MIGHT FAVOR ONE CITY IN PARTICULAR.

SO WE'RE REMOVING THAT AS PART OF THE FREIGHT AND GOODS CRITERIA.

AND THEN ALSO FOR OUR NATURAL AND BUILT CRITERIA, WE'RE REMOVING THE WORD FLOODPLAINS.

SO THE CRITERIA WILL BE WILL NOT HAVE WILL NOT IMPACT WETLANDS, NATURAL HABITATS OR HISTORIC RESOURCES.

SO THE PRIORITIZATION FACTOR WEIGHTING.

SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH ON HOW WE SHOULD WEIGHT THESE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE DID FOR THE 2045 PLAN.

WE ALSO DID A SURVEY TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS THAT WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT FOR THE 2050 PLAN.

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TAKING ALL OF THAT INFORMATION TOGETHER, US AS STAFF ARE RECOMMENDING THE FOLLOWING SLIDE AS OUR PRIORITIZATION WEIGHTING.

SO WE HAVE ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY AND MOBILITY THAT HAVE COME OUT AT THE TOP.

AT EACH ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS I JUST SAID WITH ACCESSIBILITY MOSTLY COMING UP TO THE TOP AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, SAFETY IS AN EMPHASIS AREA FOR US.

SO WE AGREE THAT THIS SHOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE PRETTY MUCH, IF NOT FIRST PLACE, SECOND PLACE, AND THEN MOBILITY AS ALSO AS OUR OBJECTIVE OF REMOVING CONGESTION FROM OUR ROADWAY.

SO IT HELPS ACCESSIBILITY RESIL URGENCY AND EQUITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY ARE MORE OF OUR SUPPORTING FACTORS AND WE ARE WEIGHING THEM ALL EQUALLY WITH 12 POINTS EACH.

SO THE TOTAL WILL BE A FULL 100.

OKAY. SO WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY IS THIS PRIVATIZATION PROCESS, OUR COLLECTION OF PROJECTS FROM OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS OR OUR SIPHONING OF PROJECTS INTO THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS, USING THOSE PRIVATIZATION FACTORS FOR WEIGHTING, USING THE CRITERIA FOR APPLYING SCORES TO THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THEN WHEN THAT'S ALL DONE, WE'LL HAVE A FULL LIST OF PROJECTS AND EACH ONE OF THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS. AND THAT IS IT.

THANK YOU. LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER? CHRISTOPHER, GO AHEAD. I'M JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THIS ALL DAY.

YEAH, NO, I THINK IT'S BEEN MADE CLEAR TO THE TAC THAT IN THIS NEW PLAN AND THE PRIORITY RANKING THAT THERE IS BEING THERE IS COMING A SHIFT OF THE TYPE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT PROJECTS THAT ARE OUT THERE AWAY FROM OUR SEA SLIP PROGRAM AS IT IS NOW TO SOMETHING MORE TOWARDS TECHNOLOGY.

I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE MADE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR BY STAFF TO THE BOARD.

OKAY. YEAH, BECAUSE THE REASON BEING IS THAT CITIES, YOUR MEMBER ENTITIES HAVE COME TO RELY ON THAT FUNDING POOL FOR COMPETITIVE GRANTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND MATCHING FUNDS FROM OUR CITIES.

AND WHEN WE SHIFT AWAY FROM THAT, I DON'T WANT IT TO BE SOME BIG SURPRISE FOR THE ELECTED OFFICIALS.

AND I'D ALSO SAY IT'S INCUMBENT UPON US AS STAFF TO INFORM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO THEY'RE AT LEAST GETTING IT FROM TWO SOURCES.

SURE. YOU AND US.

YEAH, I'LL JUST GO BACK REALLY QUICKLY TO THOSE PROGRAMS. SO WE DO INTEND ON KEEPING THE PROGRAM WITHIN THE COMPLETE STREETS TO HAVE THAT COMPETITIVE FUNDING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LOCAL AGENCIES.

AND WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO COMMUNICATE THAT TO THE BOARD THAT THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

OKAY. SO THAT'S CHANGED SINCE PREVIOUSLY BECAUSE IT WAS MENTIONED THAT CECIL WAS GOING AWAY.

YES. SO WE ARE GOING TO KEEP CECIL.

EXCELLENT. BUT IT WON'T BE CALLED CECIL.

WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHAT THE TERMINOLOGY FOR THAT IS.

YEAH. YEAH.

EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED PRIORITIZATION? NO, I WILL SAY I REALLY APPRECIATE THE PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH AND BEING ABLE TO TALK THROUGH IT AND SHARE OUR OPINIONS.

AND THEN THAT YOU TOOK IT INTO ACCOUNT AND MADE SOME CHANGES WAS EXCELLENT.

IT WAS A GOOD PROCESS FOR THOSE OF US WHO ENJOY IT.

I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED.

I THINK IT WAS REALLY USEFUL TO GET THERE AND WE'LL HAVE A GREAT PROGRAM THIS YEAR, HOPEFULLY.

SO SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS, I WILL REQUEST A MOTION AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE MPO ENDORSE THE MTP'S PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

THE MOTION IS MADE BY LEWIS AND SECONDED BY MAQSOOD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE. THEN I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

EXCELLENT MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE MOVE ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Federally Mandated Performance Measures and Targets]

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE TAC PAUL FLAVIAN WITH THE BROWARD MPO DATA SERVICES MANAGER.

THE STAFF MEMBER TASKED WITH KEEPING THE MPO IN LINE WITH FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE REGULATIONS.

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OKAY, SO WHY PERFORMANCE MEASURES, RIGHT? SOME OF YOU WHO'VE I GUESS WHO'VE BEEN HERE ON THE ON THE TAC FOR A WHILE, YOU KNOW, I DO THIS PRESENTATION EVERY YEAR ESSENTIALLY, AND THESE ARE THE TWO ENABLING LEGISLATIONS WHICH ESSENTIALLY WILL REQUIRE TO DO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, RIGHT? THE MAP 21 AND 2012 AND THE FAST ACT IN 2015.

PER THOSE LAWS.

ESSENTIALLY WE HAVE TO DO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THERE WERE RULES ACTUALLY WRITTEN BY FHWA AND FTA, AND I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT AS WE GO ALONG IN THE PRESENTATION.

SO WHY PERFORMANCE MEASURES WANTED TO ENSURE THAT THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY AID PROGRAM, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS THE MONIES THAT MPOS GET IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO PROJECTS ON THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S AN EFFICIENT INVESTMENT OF THOSE FUNDS.

THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION GOALS.

THEY WANTED TO INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY AND TO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING THROUGH THAT PERFORMANCE BASED PLANNING.

SO WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO MEASURE PER THOSE LAWS AND STATUTES? THE FIRST 1 P.M.

ONE SAFETY.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME OUT IN 2018.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO US AND PROBABLY MOST OF YOU.

SECOND ONE IS BRIDGE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS ESSENTIALLY.

AGAIN, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITION BRIDGES ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.

NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM. WHEN I SAY NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM, ESSENTIALLY I'M TALKING ABOUT ARTERIALS AND HIGHWAYS AND FREEWAYS.

ESSENTIALLY THE BIG ONES LIKE OAKLAND PARK STATE ROAD SEVEN I 95 FIVE 7575.

THOSE TYPES AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE ESSENTIALLY TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY ON THE HIGHWAYS AND ON THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM NON HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND THEN THE TWO FTA REGULATIONS TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT ESSENTIALLY HOW HOW ARE THE TRANSIT AGENCIES KEEPING THEIR ASSETS VIABLE AND HOW ARE THEY PROGRAMING FUNDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ASSETS ARE VIABLE IN THE LAST ONE WAS TRANSIT SAFETY.

SO. THIS SLIDE HERE ESSENTIALLY TALKS ABOUT WHEN WE'RE REQUIRED TO ADOPT.

NOW, THE SECOND COLUMN ESSENTIALLY TELLS YOU WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO ADOPT, BUT THIS MPO, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN LINE WITH THE WORK PROGRAM.

SO TYPICALLY YOU'LL SEE US IN DECEMBER ADOPT WELL, OCTOBER, DECEMBER CYCLE FOR THE BOARD, MAKING SURE THAT WE ADOPT WITH THE WORK PROGRAM SO THAT WAY THOSE THINGS ARE CONSISTENT.

SO THIS YEAR WE'LL PROBABLY BE WE'LL BE ADOPTING IN NOVEMBER BECAUSE AGAIN, THE WORK PROGRAM YOU'LL THE BOARD WILL BE ADOPTING IT IN NOVEMBER.

SO AND THE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, I GUESS THAT'S YELLOW.

THOSE ARE YEARLY PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS THAT WE HAVE TO ADOPT.

SO SAFETY, TRANSIT, SAFETY AND TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT ARE YEARLY THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO.

NOW THE OTHER TWO, PM TWO AND PM THREE PAVEMENT CONDITION, BRIDGE CONDITION AND TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

THOSE ARE FOUR YEAR MEASURES.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST DECEMBER WE ADOPTED THOSE FOUR YEAR TARGETS, SO WE WON'T BE DOING THAT AGAIN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

SO 2026.

UM, AGAIN, I JUST TALKED ABOUT THAT TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY.

NOW FOR SAFETY, OUR ADOPTED TARGETS ARE WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A VISION ZERO.

THE STATE HAS A VISION ZERO TARGET.

WE'RE SUPPORTING THE VISION ZERO TARGET IN THE LAST COLUMN YOU SEE THERE ON THE SLIDE.

IT'S THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE, AREAS THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MONITOR AND SET TARGETS FOR NUMBER OF FATALITIES, NUMBER OF SERIOUS INJURIES, FATALITY RATES, SERIOUS INJURY RATES AND NON-MOTORIZED, MEANING BIKE AND PED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

NOW, I WANTED TO DRILL A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE SAFETY ISSUE.

SO THE SLIDE HERE, WHICH YOU SEE, WE HAVE DATA GOING BACK TO 2012 AND THE LAST FULL YEAR WORTH OF DATA THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY 2022. SO I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE YEAR BY YEAR ESSENTIALLY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER LIKE BACK IN 2010, THERE WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE LAST ECONOMIC DOWNTURN, REAL ESTATE WENT DOWN.

SO AND THAT LASTED TILL ABOUT 2014.

SO YOU KIND OF SEE FEWER PEOPLE DRIVING, PEOPLE GOING TO WORK.

YOU KIND OF SEE DEATHS SORT OF WENT DOWN ALONG WITH THAT.

AND AS THE ECONOMY PICKED BACK UP, YOU KIND OF SAW DEATH SORT OF UNFORTUNATELY GOING BACK UP.

AND ALSO YOU SEE THE COVID YEARS THERE AS WELL IN THESE NUMBERS, 2020 AND 2021.

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AND ONE OF THE THINGS YOU NEED TO TAKE ALSO INTO ACCOUNT IS ALL THE EFFORTS HERE AT THE MPO SEE SLIP AND FOCUS ON SAFETY.

THOSE EFFORTS ABOUT 2018, THEY STARTED TO BE PROGRAMED AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION STARTED AROUND 2020, 20 2021 THAT AREA.

SO. LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND.

SO THE SECOND SLIDE HERE IS ESSENTIALLY THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA.

NOW YOU SEE THE TREND LINE IS ACTUALLY NOT GOING IN THE DIRECTION THAT WE WANT IT.

BUT AGAIN, FULL TRANSPARENCY HAVE TO SHOW THE DATA.

NOW I BROKE OUT THE NON MOTORIZED BIKE PED FATALITIES AND AS YOU SEE HERE AGAIN PRETTY STEADY UNTIL YOU SEE ESSENTIALLY THAT 2021 COVID YEAR IT REALLY WENT UP AND THEN 2022 IS COMING BACK DOWN.

SO AGAIN.

NOW, THIS IS A FIVE YEAR DATA FOR THE BIKE PED FATALITIES.

AGAIN, THE TREND LINE IS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

OBVIOUSLY, SERIOUS INJURIES.

NOW, THIS IS ALL ALL SERIOUS INJURIES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.

RIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT'S BEEN TRENDING DOWN, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE TWO YEARS HERE AND IT'S BEEN STEADILY TRENDING DOWN. THE FIVE YEAR DATA AGAIN SHOWS THE SAME THING.

THE TREND LINE IS COMING BACK DOWN.

NOW THESE ARE BIKE AND PED SERIOUS INJURIES.

AGAIN, SAME KIND OF THING, EXCEPT AGAIN FOR THE COVID YEAR WHERE YOU SEE THE 2021 WHERE IT'S IT REALLY SPIKED UP.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S COMING DOWN IN 2022.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE TREND LINES AS YOU SEE HERE, GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

SO THE DEATHS, WE REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS IN THE SERIOUS INJURIES GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, KEEP INTENSIFYING OUR EFFORTS.

NOW THE PM TO PM THREE BRIDGES AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS.

NOW, ONLY ONE AREA THAT WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY MEETING, OUR CURRENT TARGET, WHICH IS NON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PAVEMENTS THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.

SO AGAIN, AS YOU SEE TOWARDS THE END, YOU SEE WHAT EFFORTS THAT WE'RE DOING ACTUALLY TRY TO MEET, MEET THOSE TARGETS.

THIS IS THE REGIONAL TARGETS FOR TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT.

NOW, THIS HERE.

THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WE GET OUR INFORMATION FROM BKT AND SFMTA AND WE ESSENTIALLY COLLATE THAT INFORMATION AND THEN WE ESSENTIALLY DEVELOP A TARGET FOR THE REGION BECAUSE OF THE FOR THOSE TWO TRANSIT AGENCIES.

AND TRANSIT SAFETY AGAIN.

NOW FOR TRANSIT SAFETY.

IT'S ONLY FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BECAUSE SF, RTA IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO ADOPT TARGETS FOR THAT.

SO AND WE ALWAYS END THE PRESENTATION WITH WHAT ARE WE DOING, WHAT IS IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ALL OF THESE EFFORTS.

NOW FOR SAFETY, 143 PROJECTS, $425 MILLION.

I DO HAVE THERE IS A CAVEAT HERE.

WHEN I MADE THIS SET UP, THIS PRESENTATION TWO WEEKS AGO, I THERE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY A TIP AMENDMENT TO ACTUALLY INCLUDE SS4A, THE $5 MILLION GRANT. SO THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THAT NUMBER.

SO IT SHOULD BE $430 MILLION IN 144 PROJECTS.

SO FULL DISCLOSURE AGAIN, PGM2 PGM3 TARGETS.

YOU SEE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, YOU SEE THE NUMBER NUMBER OF DOLLARS THAT WE'RE SPENDING IN TRANSIT SAFETY AND TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT.

AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

I HAVE TAKEN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAUL, AND QUESTIONS.

LEWIS HI, PAUL.

HOW ARE YOU HERE? HEY, LEWIS. PAUL.

QUESTION I HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE IN ELECTRIC SCOOTERS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.

DO YOU KNOW IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC CLASSIFICATION FOR THAT OR ARE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS PART OF THE PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLES OR NONE? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'LL HAVE TO RESEARCH IT.

BUT I KNOW IN THE IN THE SAFETY DATA THAT WE HAVE, YOU HAVE A CATEGORIES FOR MOTORCYCLES, YOU HAVE CATEGORIES FOR BICYCLES.

BUT I DON'T THINK THEY HAVE A CATEGORY FOR THAT.

SO IT MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE PROBABLY BICYCLE.

SO AGAIN, I WILL RESEARCH THAT, THOUGH, AND GET BACK TO YOU ABOUT THAT.

THANK YOU. SURE.

RICHARD? RICHARD.

OH. THAT OUT THERE ON.

YEAH. KNOW WHERE IT GOES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU PAUL, FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST HAD A QUESTION CONCERNING FATALITIES AND HOW DOES LIKE THE INCREASE IN POPULATION AND INCREASE OF VOLUME OF TRAFFIC FACTOR IN

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SO IT SOMETIMES IT DIDN'T I DIDN'T SEE IT IN THERE, BUT MAYBE IT WAS THAT'S THAT'S WHY ULTIMATELY WE CALCULATE THE RATES.

OKAY. GOTCHA. TO NORMALIZE IT.

SO YOU HAVE FATALITY RATE PER 100 MILLION VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

OKAY. SO SAME THING FOR SERIOUS INJURY.

THAT'S WHY WE CALCULATE THE RATE.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW, A REGION LIKE BROWARD CAN BE COMPARED TO, LET'S SAY, SOMEPLACE LIKE LEON COUNTY AND TALLAHASSEE.

RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

IN SOME WAYS. I KNOW YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN SOMEWHAT, BUT, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES IT'S MISLEADING BECAUSE THE RATE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, ANDREW.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

PAUL, JUST I MY QUESTION WAS SIMILAR TO RICHARD'S AND IN IN REFERENCE TO IF WE HAVE THIS DATA FROM OTHER MPOS TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST TO IN TERMS OF THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ACTUALLY WHAT WE DO, WE HAVE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD THAT WE KEEP HERE AT THE MPO.

IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.

WE ACTUALLY JUST COMPARE OURSELVES WITH WITH PALM BEACH AND MIAMI DADE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE IN THE SAME URBANIZED AREA, BUT THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE FOR THE ENTIRE STATE BECAUSE THE ENTIRE ALL THE MPOS IN THE STATE ARE REQUIRED TO DO JUST WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE NOW.

THANK YOU, BRITTANY.

IS THIS ON? OKAY. HI.

MY QUESTION IS ALSO SIMILAR IS, IS THE INCREASE IN THE BIKE PED FATALITIES ALSO BECAUSE WE'RE ADDING MORE BIKE LANES WITH OUR PROJECTS OR DO YOU KNOW? ARE WE INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITY FOR IT? I WOULD SAY NO.

IT'S TYPICALLY WHAT THE RELATIONSHIP IS, THE MORE VOLUME.

IT'S THE VOLUME ON THE ROAD.

THE MORE PEOPLE DRIVING.

THEN YOU TEND TO HAVE MORE.

THAT CAUSES MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR FOR ACCIDENTS TO HAPPEN, FOR THOSE THINGS TO HAPPEN.

IT'S NOT THE PRESENCE OF THE BIKE LANE NECESSARILY, IT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON THERE ON THE STREET.

TWO. OKAY. SO MAYBE.

NO, GO AHEAD. I'M JUST CURIOUS.

IN MY MIND, IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE'RE ADDING THE BIKE LANE WE'RE IN BECAUSE I LIKE TO USE THOSE MYSELF, BUT WE ARE SORT OF INVITING.

WELL, AND THERE'S OTHER THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT TOO AS WELL.

SPEED BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAW DURING THE COVID YEAR, RIGHT, WHERE THAT SPIKE BECAUSE AGAIN, NOT WELL, I GUESS I JUST SORT OF CONTRADICTED MYSELF.

THERE WAS THERE WERE ACTUALLY FEWER CARS ON THE ROAD, BUT PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING AT HIGHER RATES OF SPEED.

SO WHEN THOSE SORT OF ACCIDENTS HAPPEN, THEN YOU TEND TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A MORE BAD OUTCOME, I.E.

DEATH, RIGHT? SO YEAH, I THINK IT SPEED.

SPEED AND VMT HAVE A LOT TO DO AFTER THAT, TOO.

YOU'RE DOING FINE. OH, GO AHEAD.

WOULD BE ALSO INTERESTING JUST TO COMPARE, YOU KNOW.

WELL, AND IF YOU NOTICE IN THE DATA THAT I HAD, SERIOUS INJURIES ARE ACTUALLY GOING DOWN.

BUT DEATHS IN SPECIFICALLY DURING THE COVID YEAR WENT UP.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I THINK IN MY MIND IT'S MORE RELATED TO THE SPEED AT WHICH THAT CRASH HAPPENED.

RIGHT? SO I CAN SHARE FROM FORT LAUDERDALE EXPERIENCE.

I'M MONITOR ALL THE SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES.

USUALLY BIKE CRASHES ARE NOT RELATED TO BIKE LANES.

IT'S WHERE THERE AREN'T BIKE LANES AND PEOPLE TRYING TO SHARE THE ROAD AND GETTING HIT THAT WAY OR CROSSING INTERSECTIONS.

AND THEN BECAUSE PAUL AND I ARE BOTH DATA GEEKS, TOO.

SO I LOOKED AT WHEN THE COVID HAPPENED, OUR CRASHES STAYED THE SAME.

WE AVERAGE HIGH 30 TO 40 FATALITIES A YEAR IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

OUR THE FATALITIES STAYED THE SAME DURING COVID, BUT THEY WERE THEY FLIPPED OF WHO WAS INVOLVED.

SO IT WAS MOSTLY CAR CRASHES RELATED IN COVID AND LESS BIKE PAD.

BUT USUALLY AND IT'S NORMALIZED BACK AGAIN.

USUALLY THE MORE VULNERABLE USERS WERE THE ONES THAT WERE GETTING KILLED ON THE ROAD.

BUT DURING THAT, THOSE COVID YEARS, IT WAS HIGHER VEHICLES GOING TOO FAST, GOING OFF THE ROAD, HITTING OTHER CARS, THINGS LIKE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN WHEN YOU REALLY DIG INTO THE DIG INTO THE DATA, YOU KNOW, YOU LOOK AT LIKE CHARACTERISTICS OF, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN IT.

IT WOULD PAINT A OLDER MEN A BETTER PICTURE, TEND TO GET HIT.

YEAH. REAL QUICK, I'M WITH YOU, KAREN.

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I KNOW IT'S ALL YOU, JAMES.

NO, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION AND PAUL WAS DOING A GREAT JOB EXPLAINING IT.

I'LL BE LEADING WITH OUR TEAM HERE.

RICHARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT FUNDING, THE $5 MILLION AND THE COUNTY'S LOCAL MATCH OF 1.25.

AND SO WE WANT TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING.

AND FROM THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THEY TOLD US WE NEED TO HAVE EVIDENCE BASED SOLUTIONS.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD DATA THAT IS EXPLAINING STUFF.

SO PAUL WAS GOOD IN TALKING ABOUT LIKE THERE WERE DIFFERENT THINGS WITH COVID.

THERE WERE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN FEWER LOWER VEHICLE MILE TRAVEL, FEWER CARS, BUT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN GOING FASTER.

BILL ULTRA BILL ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE'S AN IDEA ABOUT CAR DESIGN THE CARS.

NOW TYPICALLY IF THEY'RE HIGHER AND BIGGER AND MORE SOLID IN THE US, THEY'RE KIND OF BUILT FOR THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE CAR, BUT NOT ON THE OUTSIDE COMPARED TO MAYBE SOME OTHER PLACES WHERE THE CARS ARE A LITTLE MORE FORGIVING.

SO THAT'S THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE FACE HERE, TOO.

BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE, AND I'M GLAD KAREN MENTIONED HER THING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE ISSUES ARE.

I REMEMBER READING A REPORT THAT SOMEBODY DRAFTED SAYING THE MORE PEOPLE WALK AND BIKE, THE MORE THEY'RE GOING TO DIE.

AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY TRUE BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT SOME PLACES THAT HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF BICYCLE RIDERSHIP OR PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME STATISTICS. SO THERE ARE SOME OTHER FACTOR THAT'S COMING INTO PLAY HERE.

AND EVEN WITHIN BROWARD, I'M THINKING OF PLACES LIKE THE BROAD WALK IN HOLLYWOOD OR EVEN ALONG FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH, A1-A YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING AND BICYCLING, AND THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY WHERE THE PREPONDERANCE OF OF THE THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING.

SO I'M GLAD YOU RAISED THE QUESTION.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE EXPLORE AND COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS AS AS WE GET OUR CONSULTANT ON BOARD.

AND WE'LL BE DOING MORE DATA ANALYSIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THESE THINGS.

YEP. AND SHAMELESS PLUG.

GO TO OUR WEBSITE FOR THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD.

WE ALSO HAVE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK THERE AS WELL.

SO. SO GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO SEEING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE ON. THANK YOU.

[2. Federal Grants Update]

HELLO. HI.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'M JENNIFER TOOSIE.

I'M PART OF THE TEAM.

THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM HERE.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU THE GRANTS AWARD UPDATE FOR SEPTEMBER 2023.

I APOLOGIZE FOR ANY NERVOUSNESS.

THIS IS MY FIRST TIME FACING YOU GUYS, SO JUST TAKE IT REALLY EASY.

APPRECIATE IT. WE'RE NICE.

IT'S OKAY. TEAM SO FAR.

I REALLY LIKE IT. ALL RIGHT.

AS A REGION, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH GRANTS.

WE'VE ENHANCED THE PRESENTATION TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF THE GRANTS WE'VE WON IN ADDITION TO OPEN AN UPCOMING GRANT APPLICATIONS.

AND I HOPE YOU ENJOY THE NEW FORMAT OF THE SLIDES.

YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, THERE'S A TRACKER SHOWING WHERE WE ARE IN THE GRANT PROCESS.

THE OTHER INFO ON THE SLIDES WILL BE A BRIEF PROJECT DESCRIPTION, THE CURRENT STATUS AND THE MPO POINT OF CONTACT IF YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. STARTING OFF SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.

WE ARE AT THE MIDDLE, FINAL STEP OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

WE ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT AND NOW UNDER PROCUREMENT.

WE CAN'T SAY MORE UNTIL CONSULTANT HAS BEEN SELECTED.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT JAMES CROMAR.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE 90 DAY ASSESSMENT.

YOUR CITY MANAGERS WILL BE RECEIVING A SURVEY SOON WHICH WILL HELP STRUCTURE THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT THAT YOU WILL RECEIVE.

THERE WILL BE HEADING TO DC FOR A COHORT MEETING AT THE END OF NOVEMBER.

THE STATUS IS THE FHWA IS EVALUATING THE CONSULTANT'S PROPOSED PLAN.

IT IS A SLOW MOVING PILOT PROGRAM, SO IT FEELS THAT THERE MIGHT BE BUILDING THE AIRPLANE AS WE'RE FLYING THROUGH.

BUT IT FEELS GOOD SO FAR.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE CONTACT PAUL CAVALLUZZI.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

THE CURRENT STATUS, THIS IS ALSO A LITTLE BIT OF SLOW MOVING.

IT'S ESTIMATED ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR A DRAFT AGREEMENT FROM THE FRA.

IN BETWEEN THAT TIME.

WE'RE CONFIRMING THE SCOPE WITH THE CITIES AS WELL AS WORKING WITH CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR TO PROVIDE A LOCAL MATCH.

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AND THAT IS ALSO IN PRE-AWARD.

NEXT UP, WE HAVE PROTECT PLANNING GRANTS.

WE WANT TO THANK.

THANK YOU TO THOSE CITIES INVOLVED AND FOR TRUSTING THE MPO WITH THE PROJECT.

WE APPLIED ON OR LEVI AND THE TEAM APPLIED ON AUGUST 17TH AND IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN EARLY 2024.

AND THAT IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU NEED TO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT LEVI.

NEXT UP, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS EQUITY IS FOR THE PLANNING GRANT.

THERE'S SO MUCH MONEY AVAILABLE HERE THAT WE ARE HOPING FOR MORE WINNERS THAN WE EXPECT.

THERE'S DEFINITELY LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.

WE ACTUALLY RIGHT AFTER THIS, I WILL BE SUBMITTING OR IN THE PROCESS OF SUBMITTING OUR GRANT FOR IT.

AND WE.

GOOD LUCK TO OUR GOOD LUCK TO OUR PARTNERS WHO ARE SUBMITTING AS WELL.

PLEASE CONTACT PAUL KOWALSKI WITH ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON THAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR OPEN GRANT APPLICATIONS.

THEY ARE HYPERLINKED FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.

AS WELL AS THE UPCOMING GRANT APPLICATIONS.

WE ARE HOPING ANY OR ANY OF THE CITIES LOOKING TO APPLY FOR ANY OF THESE.

I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SMART GRANT, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR WHAT.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, I BELIEVE IT'S PARKING RELATED AND PARKING IT TYPE STUFF, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. YEAH.

EXCELLENT. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SHARE IF THEY'RE LOOKING FOR ANY OF THESE GRANTS? NO. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OR I CAN REDIRECT WHERE YOUR QUESTIONS CAN GO OR GET BACK TO YOU WITH ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW? WHAT? I LIKE THE NEW FORMAT THOUGH.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL TO SEE WHERE YOU'RE AT IN THE FLOW AND WHAT THE LATEST UPDATES ARE.

THANK YOU. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

ALL RIGHT, CHRISTOPHER.

THIS IS DIRECTED TO JAMES BECAUSE HE'S THE PERSON YOU SAID TO REFER THESE TO.

YES. UH, JUST. JUST ON THE SAFE.

SAFE ROUTES.

THE FOR GRANT.

WHERE ARE YOU GUYS IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS? SO JAMES PALMER, BROWARD.

AND WE PUT THE THE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS OUT.

I'M LOSING TRACK OF THE DATES NOW.

IN AUGUST, WE GOT THE RESPONSES BACK SEPTEMBER 12TH, WE DID A EVALUATION SELECTION COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 21ST.

HAVE THREE FIRMS COMING BACK FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS ON OCTOBER 4TH.

AND THEN WE'RE AIMING TO GET TO BE READY TO GO TO OUR BOARD IN NOVEMBER FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTRACT.

AND WE'RE TALKING TO YOU GUYS NEXT WEEK, RIGHT? YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, OKAY.

I BELIEVE THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH IS ALSO DEVELOPING THEIR OWN VISION ZERO ACTION PLAN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU GUYS, COMPARE NOTES.

EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, MADAM CHAIR.

[3. Report from Partner Agency - United Way of Broward County - ALICE in the Crosscurrents: Covid and Financial Hardship in Broward County]

SO GOOD AFTERNOON.

CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME? YES. AWESOME.

HELLO. MY NAME IS NABI CHAUDHRY, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES AT THE UNITED WAY OF BROWARD COUNTY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE ALICE REPORT.

THIS IS A BIANNUAL REPORT THAT OUR ORGANIZATION PUTS OUT EVERY TWO YEARS.

THE UNITED WAY OF NORTHERN NEW JERSEY HAS A RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KNOWN AS UNITED FOR ALICE THAT WORKS VERY DILIGENTLY WITH THOSE UNITED WAYS THAT WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AND PUT THIS REPORT OUT BI ANNUALLY AND THIS REPORT FOR THIS YEAR SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE GOTTEN SOME HARD DATA ON WHAT THE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY POST PANDEMIC.

SO THIS IS AN AMENDED PRESENTATION THAT I'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY FOR TIME PURPOSES, BUT I DO BELIEVE REBECCA HAS SENT OUT THE FULL PRESENTATION.

IT'S OVER 30 SLIDES, A LOT OF DATA, INFORMATIVE, INTERESTING STATISTICS THERE FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

[00:40:05]

SO IF YOU'RE UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TERM ALICE, IT STANDS FOR ASSET LIMITED INCOME CONSTRAINED AND EMPLOYED.

THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WHO ARE ABOVE THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL, BUT THEY STILL DO NOT MEET THE COSTS FOR THE COUNTY THAT THEY RESIDE IN OR THE AREA THAT THEY RESIDE IN, WHICH, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE DESCRIBING WHAT THE HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET IS ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THINK OF YOUR MONTH TO MONTH EXPENSES WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, CHILD CARE, TRANSPORTATION, WI-FI, ETCETERA.

THEY WORK IN ESSENTIAL JOBS AND ESSENTIAL CAREERS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH SAVINGS FOR EMERGENCIES OR INVESTMENTS TO, YOU KNOW, EXPAND THEIR WEALTH.

SO THAT'S WHAT I MEAN WHEN I REFER TO THE ALICE COMMUNITY.

SO SOME KEY TERMS AND METHODOLOGY FOR THE REPORT.

YOU'LL OFTEN HEAR ME REFER TO THE HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET.

I JUST MENTIONED IT ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.

AGAIN, THINK OF YOUR MONTH TO MONTH EXPENSES FOR THAT COUNTY OR AREA THAT YOU RESIDE IN.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR HOUSING, CHILD CARE, FOOD, TRANSPORTATION, ETCETERA.

WHEN I MENTIONED THE TERM ALICE THRESHOLD, I AM REFERRING TO INDIVIDUALS NOT ONLY WHO ARE CATEGORIZED AS ALICE, BUT ALSO INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE BELOW THE FEDERAL FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

SO WHEN I SAY BELOW THE ALICE THRESHOLD, I'M INCLUDING BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

BUT WHEN I SAY ABOVE THE ALICE THRESHOLD, IT'S INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT.

INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES THAT DO NOT FALL WITHIN THE ALICE OR BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

AGAIN, ALICE JUST EXPLAINED WHAT THAT TERM IS POVERTY OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE EARNING BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL AND THEN TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS.

WHEN I REFER TO THAT, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS AS REPORTED BY THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, WHICH IS WHERE A LOT OF THIS DATA HAS BEEN GATHERED FROM.

AND IF YOU WANT TO DIVE EVEN DEEPER INTO THESE METHODOLOGIES AND TERMS, THERE'S A LINK RIGHT THERE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

SO GETTING DOWN TO THE BASIC COSTS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET, YOU'LL SEE IT DIFFERS DEPENDING ON WHETHER YOU ARE A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, WHETHER YOU ARE A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL, A SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLD, WHETHER YOU ARE A TWO INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD OR TWO ADULTS WITH CHILDREN.

SO IT VARIES VERY DRASTICALLY.

BUT YOU'LL SEE THAT ONE OF THE MAIN MAJOR EXPENSES OF CONCERN IS HOUSING, RIGHT? I DON'T THINK THAT SERVES AS A SURPRISE TO ANYBODY SITTING IN THIS ROOM.

IT'S BEEN AN ISSUE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND POST PANDEMIC, IT'S GOTTEN EVEN WORSE.

ORIGINALLY, THE FIGURES THAT YOU'LL SEE THAT I'VE CROSSED OUT FOR HOUSING RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE CHART WERE CROSSED OFF BECAUSE THESE WERE TERMS THAT CAN BE DESCRIBED AS FAIR MARKET RENTS, AS REPORTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE FIGURES DON'T EXIST HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, LET ALONE IN ALL OF SOUTH FLORIDA.

SO THE INFO THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHART IS SOME MORE REALISTIC FIGURES.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOUSING, SPECIFICALLY RENT HERE IN BROWARD, WHEN WE LOOK AT A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH, THE AVERAGE RENT IS AROUND $2,100.

AND THAT'S NOT EVEN INCLUDING UTILITIES.

THAT'S JUST BASE RENT.

AND THAT DRASTICALLY CHANGES AN INDIVIDUAL'S ANNUAL HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET TO $45,000.

NOW, IF YOU'RE A TWO PARENT HOUSEHOLD WITH TWO KIDS PER SE, LET'S SAY YOU'RE LOOKING TO RENT A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATHROOM HOUSE OR EXCUSE ME, APARTMENT OR RENTAL UNIT, THAT'S AROUND $3,000.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S JUST FOR RENT ALONE.

AND THAT SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES YOUR ANNUAL BUDGET AND HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET.

AND THAT ALL BEING SAID, WITH AN ANNUAL MEDIAN INCOME OF ONLY $65,000 HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT IS JUST IMPOSSIBLE TO MEET. SO CAUGHT IN THE CROSS CURRENTS BELOW THE ALICE THRESHOLD POST-PANDEMIC.

HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE'RE AT 46% OF TOTAL HOUSEHOLDS BEING BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

AGAIN, THAT'S INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CATEGORIZED AS ALICE AND BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

SO CLOSE TO HALF COMPARED TO WHAT THAT NUMBER NUMBER WAS.

TWO YEARS AGO, WE WERE LOOKING AT OVER 327,000 HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE BELOW THE THRESHOLD AND POST PANDEMIC.

IT WAS CLOSE TO TWO OVER 346,000.

HERE'S WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.

THE DARK BLUE LINE CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS FOLKS WHO ARE BELOW THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL.

AND THEN THE LIGHT BLUE LINE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE CATEGORIZED AS ALICE.

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LOOKING AT SOME DEMOGRAPHIC STATISTICS IN TERMS OF FOLKS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE HIGHEST PERCENTAGE OF HARDSHIP COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE DEALING WITH THE LOWEST PERCENTAGE OF HARDSHIP, THE BLACK COMMUNITY AND AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKAN NATIVE COMMUNITY ARE AT 54% AND 49% RESPECTIVELY WITHIN THE BELOW THE ALICE THRESHOLD AND FACING HARDSHIP, INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE AGE OF 25 ARE 62% BELOW THE THRESHOLD, AND SENIORS AT 65 AND OVER ARE AT 61% BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE FEMALE LED ARE 74% BELOW THE THRESHOLD, AND MALE HEADED SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS ARE AT 63% BELOW THE THRESHOLD COMPARED TO THOSE WHO ARE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD FACING THE LOWEST AMOUNT OF HARDSHIP.

HERE IN BROWARD, WE HAVE ASIAN ASIAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES AT 38%.

WHITE FAMILIES AT 42%.

AND THEN WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT AGE SPECIFIC DEMOGRAPHICS, 45 TO 64 ARE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD AT 39%, AS WELL AS TWO PARENT MARRIED HOUSEHOLDS.

SO WHAT CAN WE GATHER? WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS THAT WE CAN GET FROM THIS REPORT IS THAT FOLKS ARE WORKING HARD, BUT THEY'RE STILL STRUGGLING HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

70% OF THE TOP 20 JOBS STILL PAY LESS THAN $20 AN HOUR.

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON OCCUPATIONS IN OUR STATE IS A RETAIL SALES CLERK, AND THEIR WAGES HAVE BARELY INCREASED POST PANDEMIC.

AND GIVEN THE HIGH COSTS AND HIGH RISING COSTS AND HOUSING, GROCERIES, ETCETERA, THAT CAN BE VERY CONCERNING IN TERMS OF TRYING TO MEET THAT HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET AND TRYING TO GET THEIR.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE THAT WAS GIVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

FOLKS, YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THE STIMULUS PAYMENTS THAT WERE FAMILIES WERE RECEIVING, AS WELL AS THE CHILD TAX CREDIT AND CHILD DEPENDENT CARE TAX CREDIT, WHICH IS NOW BEING DEBATED UP IN CONGRESS TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WHAT THOSE TWO PROGRAMS WILL LOOK LIKE, WHETHER THEY'LL BE EXPANDED OR NOT, AS WELL AS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS, AND THEN EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU WERE IN THE COUNTY AND WHETHER OR NOT YOUR MUNICIPALITY ENGAGED IN THAT.

SO WITH THOSE PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, YOU'LL SEE HERE ON THIS CHART THAT INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WERE STILL NOT ABLE TO MEET THAT HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET.

YOU'LL SEE THAT BLUE BAR THERE IS REPRESENTING WHAT THE HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET WOULD LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN THE TWO BARS ON THE RIGHT ARE SHOWING YOU WHAT A FAMILY WITH TWO FULL TIME WORKERS AS OPPOSED TO A FAMILY WITH TWO PART TIME WORKERS WOULD RECEIVE IN TERMS OF ASSISTANCE AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE MEETING THAT HOUSEHOLD SURVIVAL BUDGET.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THEY DON'T.

SO THEY FELL SHORT TO FULL TIME WORKERS, FELL SHORT BY 8900 OR 12%, AND TWO PART TIME WORKERS FELL SHORT BY 11,600 OR 17%.

SO WARNING SIGNS ON THE HORIZON.

RESPONDENTS BELOW THE THRESHOLD HAVE REPORTED THAT 18% DO NOT FEEL THAT THEY ARE FOOD SUFFICIENT OR HAVE ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THEIR FAMILIES.

16% HAVE REPORTED THAT THEY ARE BEHIND THEIR RENT OR ARE IN JEOPARDY OF LOSING HOUSING, AND 20% FEEL THAT THEY ARE NERVOUS OR ANXIOUSNESS OR FEEL THAT THEY ARE MENTALLY UNSTABLE ON A DAY TO DAY BASIS.

SO WHAT ARE YOUR NEXT STEPS AS MEMBERS IN THE COMMUNITY? I THINK ONE OF OUR NEXT STEPS SHOULD BE SOUNDING THE ALARM, RIGHT? A LOT OF THE DATA THAT I'VE SHARED IS INFO THAT I FEEL THAT OUR ELECTED LEADERS SHOULD ALREADY KNOW ABOUT.

BUT IF THEY DON'T, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO SEE THIS PRESENTATION.

AND ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO THAT IS THE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT TOOL, WHICH IS HYPERLINKED IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THIS IS AN INTERACTIVE DASHBOARD THAT IS VERY EASY TO USE AND ONE YOU GO ON THE DASHBOARD, YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT BY CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AND STATE LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT AS WELL, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE, WHAT THE NUMBERS FOR THE ALICE THRESHOLD ARE IN YOUR SPECIFIC AREA.

YOU'RE ALSO ABLE TO LOOK AT DEMOGRAPHICS, STATISTICS, AND I DO BELIEVE YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT SOME EVEN MORE SPECIFIC DATA AS IT RELATES TO TRANSPORTATION, CHILDCARE, HEALTH CARE.

ET CETERA. SO PLEASE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DASHBOARD AND I'M OUT OF TIME, SO I WILL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

NO. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, BRITNEY?

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I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY I THINK I THINK IT WAS THE SECOND OR THIRD SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE MONEY BREAKDOWN.

WHY THERE'S ONLY RENTERS? ON THE SURFACE, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY.

BUT WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, IF MAYBE A COUPLE OR A SINGLE PERSON BOUGHT A HOUSE RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC AND THEN THEY LOST THEIR JOB DURING THE PANDEMIC AND TECHNICALLY THEY WOULD MEET THIS CRITERIA, WHY ARE THEY NOT COUNTED? YEAH, IT'S AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.

WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THE BROWARD DATA SPECIFICALLY, AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE THE LARGER PRESENTATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH YOU, UM, THE, THE NUMBERS FOR RENT ARE TYPICALLY WHAT OUR MOST COMMON IN OUR COUNTY IN TERMS OF WHAT INDIVIDUALS CAN AFFORD, IN TERMS OF HOMEOWNER SHIP NUMBERS.

I THINK THE THOSE SPECIFICS AND THAT DATA IS REPORTED IN THE OVERALL STATE OF FLORIDA REPORT, WHICH CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE UNITED FOR ALICE WEBSITE THAT I MENTIONED. WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT HOMEOWNERSHIP SPECIFICALLY HERE IN THE COUNTY, THE BROWARD HOUSING COUNCIL HAS SOME GREAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE WHICH YOU CAN FIND VIA THE COUNTY IN TERMS OF WHAT THOSE NUMBERS LOOK LIKE AS ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICALLY SPEAKING, WHETHER WHAT THE AGE RANGE IS FOR THOSE THAT OWN THEIR HOMES AS WELL AS RACE SPECIFIC DATA AS WELL.

BUT YEAH, IN TERMS OF WHAT WE FOCUSED ON FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY REPORT SPECIFICALLY, WE KNEW THAT FOLKS, YOU KNOW, ARE STRUGGLING TO PAY RENT.

SO THAT WAS ONE OF OUR MAIN AREAS OF CONCERN.

I THINK, I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

IT DOES THANK YOU.

VIVIANA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS SECTION, I DIDN'T SEE ANY HISPANIC CONSIDERED FOR THE UNDER THE THRESHOLD. IS THERE ANY REASON WHY? YES. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A LOT OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS DATA WAS TAKEN FROM THE MOST RECENT US CENSUS.

THAT WAS THE DATA THAT WAS PUBLISHED FROM THAT CENSUS.

AND I WANT TO SAY, WHEN, YOU KNOW, CONFERRING WITH OUR UNITED FOR ALICE COLLEAGUES, THEY MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION AS IT RELATES TO THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY AS WHETHER OR NOT AN INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED AS LATINO OR NON-LATINO.

AND THAT MESSED UP A LOT OF DATA GATHERING ON THEIR END TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WAS CATEGORIZING THEMSELVES AS LATINO AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY FIT UNDER THAT DEMOGRAPHIC OR WHETHER THEY WERE DESCRIBING THEMSELVES OR CATEGORIZING THEMSELVES AS WHITE.

SO THERE WAS THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION THERE.

I CAN GET A MORE SPECIFIC ANSWER TO YOU ON THAT.

BUT GRANTED, I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR COUNTY DEMOGRAPHICS, THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY CERTAINLY DOES FALL INTO THE THRESHOLD BELOW THE THRESHOLD.

THANK YOU. GOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, I'LL JUST SAY. AND THE NEXUS BETWEEN WHAT WE DO WITH TRANSPORTATION, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK THE TRANSPORTATION BUDGET IS PROBABLY A LITTLE LOW, HONESTLY.

AND WHAT'S ON THERE AND HOW MUCH IT COSTS WITH INSURANCE DO ALL THE CRASHES AND UNINSURED PEOPLE WE HAVE AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE MORE MULTIMODAL SAFE ACCOMMODATIONS.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR FATALITIES HAVE BEEN SERVICE WORKERS AT NIGHT TRYING TO RIDE THEIR BIKE HOME AND GETTING HIT, UNFORTUNATELY.

SO, UM, IT'S INTERESTING, SAD INFORMATION FOR THE END OF THE MEETING.

CHRISTOPHER THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

FIRST GREAT PRESENTATION.

TWO THINGS. IF I WANTED TO GET YOU IN FRONT OF MY CITY COMMISSION, DO YOU HAVE SOME CONTACT INFORMATION OR COULD YOU, LIKE, LEAVE ME YOUR CARD SO THAT WE CAN TALK? AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM WAS, WHERE WAS I GOING WITH THAT? OH, THIS SEEMS LIKE ALL BUT A CALL TO ACTION.

YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF ANALYSIS HERE.

WHAT WOULD BE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOUR ORGANIZATION WOULD SUGGEST IN TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THESE PROBLEMS? YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.

AND YOU KNOW, FIRST, I'D LOVE TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COMMISSION AND DO THIS PRESENTATION AND REBECCA HAS MY CONTACT, SO SHE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THAT OUT WITH YOU ALL.

IN TERMS OF CALL TO ACTION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNITED WAY SPECIFICALLY, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN KNOWN AS A GREAT CONVENER, RIGHT, IN TERMS OF BRINGING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER, WHETHER THAT BE IN THE NONPROFIT SECTOR, WHETHER THAT BE IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AS WELL AS GOVERNMENT.

RIGHT. SO TRYING TO SOUND THE ALARM IS OUR MAIN GOAL.

BUT THEN ALSO OUR UNITED WAY HERE IN BROWARD IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE WE ALSO OFFER DIRECT SERVICES.

WE DON'T JUST FUND ORGANIZATIONS AND GIVE THEM MONEY TO PROVIDE THEIR SERVICES.

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AND I THINK FOR US SPECIFICALLY, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT TO TACKLE, BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IS HOUSING, RIGHT? IS HOW CAN WE DIVE DEEPER INTO THE HOUSING CONVERSATION, WHETHER THAT BE WORKING WITH INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPALITIES FOR A FIRST TIME HOMEBUYER PROGRAM SO THAT RESIDENTS CAN ACTUALLY OWN A HOME AND FEEL THAT SENSE OF INVESTMENT, OR WHETHER IT BE CREATING MORE RENTAL UNITS? RIGHT. MY MY JOB AS PUBLIC POLICY DIRECTOR, I DON'T WORK HERE LOCALLY, BUT I ALSO WORK AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH OUR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION LOOKING AT WHAT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT HAS TO OFFER.

I KNOW DEPENDING ON A LOT OF THE A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE ROOM HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THE ACT AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE CERTAIN STANCES AS AS PAUL HAS HAS LET ME KNOW AND I INTERACT WITH PAUL CALABRESE FROM THE BROWARD MPO ON A ALMOST MONTHLY BASIS.

HE SITS ON OUR PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE AS WELL.

BUT THERE'S ALL SORTS OF AVENUES FOR US TO EXPLORE.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE A CONVENER, BUT WE'RE ALSO OPEN TO IDEAS TOO.

SO REALLY JUST LOOKING TO WORK WITH WHATEVER CITY ORGANIZATION IS WILLING TO COME TO THE TABLE TO HELP RESOLVE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES.

MHM. BRITTANY.

WELL, THIS THAT YOU JUST ADDED.

I WOULD CONSIDER ALSO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, TOWNHOMES, CONDOS.

THOSE ARE A BIT MORE FEASIBLE FOR THE YOUNGER GENERATIONS, EVEN THOUGH HOUSING PRICES ARE COMPLETELY OUTRAGEOUS AT THIS POINT.

BUT ONE THING THAT I THINK STOPS A LOT OF YOUNG COUPLES OR SINGLE FOLKS FROM BUYING THOSE IS THE HOA FEES, BECAUSE THERE IS JUST NO STOPPING THEM FROM FROM, YOU KNOW, CHARGING YOU $700 A MONTH FOR WHAT? YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S REALLY A PROBLEM.

AND IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANT TO TO MAKE THAT INVESTMENT, BUT YET THEY'RE STUCK IN THAT RENTAL CATEGORY FOR EVER.

SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION IS TO THAT, BUT SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

THAT WAS A GREAT POINT TO BRING UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, I COULD I COULD STAND UP HERE ALL DAY TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE FEES AND OPTIONS.

I THINK FOLKS IN THE ROOM KNOW ABOUT OUR HOMEOWNERS INSURANCE DILEMMA AND PROPERTY INSURANCE DILEMMA AND HOW DISASTROUS THAT HAS BEEN.

BUT YEAH, 100%.

ABSOLUTELY. TAKING A LOOK AT THOSE MEASURES, TOO.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. GREAT PRESENTATION.

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BILL. ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL THINGS TO SHARE FOR THE GOOD OF THE ORDER? YEAH. THANK YOU. CHAIR BILL CROSS BROWARD MPO.

SO, YEAH, JUST JUST REAL BRIEFLY, KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT.

SO NEXT MONTH, AS YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE BRINGING THE DRAFT TENTATIVE BECAUSE OF SOME CHANGES IN SCHEDULES AND SUCH.

WE ARE REALLY EXPECTING ALMOST NO TIME, MAYBE TWO DAYS TO REVIEW THIS CYCLE.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, YOUR THAT YOU'RE HERE AND PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY AN IMPORTANT RIGHT NEXT MONTH'S TAC IS IMPORTANT.

WE MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU.

HOWEVER, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TIMEFRAMES, WE'RE ALSO THEN GOING TO HOLD A NOVEMBER TAC.

WE WILL NOT BE HAVING CAK AND THE DECEMBER BOARD IS BEING CANCELED, BUT WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MEET BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SEE SLIP THAT NEEDS TO BE HANDLED TIMELY.

SO THAT'S WHEN THE SEE SLIP WILL COME BACK.

I THINK WE'LL HAVE A VERY FOCUSED AGENDA FOR YOU AND HOPE TO GET YOU OUT EARLY IN NOVEMBER.

SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS FROM MY EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. BUSY TIME AND THE NORMAL TIME TO REVIEW STANDARD.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM ANY MEMBERS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE? NO, I THINK WE'LL SEE OCTOBER, SOME BIKE RIDES MAYBE, AND WALK THINGS IN THE MIX.

WORKING. I'VE HEARD RUMORS, SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT AND SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL CITIES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING AND COME OUT.

EXCELLENT. WELL, I WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS OCTOBER 25TH.

THANK YOU ALL. STAY SAFE.

I HEAR STORMS BEHIND US OVER THERE.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.