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[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
GOOD MORNING. WE'RE READY TO START OUR MEETING.CAN I HAVE THE CALL TO ORDER? AND WOULD WE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? LED BY THE MAYOR OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
ALL RIGHT. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS O NE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
AND YOU WANT TO TELL WHO'S ABSENT.AND WHO DO WE HAVE AS ABSENT ANY? WHERE IS. WHERE IS MY.
EXCUSED ABSENCE. ANDREA MCGEE.
VICE CHAIR JOHNSON, AND BOB HARTMAN.
IS THIS AN ELECTRONIC VOTE? WHERE AM I? ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.
WHERE'S. MINE WON'T TAKE PRESENT? OH, YEAH.
ALL RIGHT. CHAIR ORTIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLICK THE PRESENT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER WITH YOUR MOUSE.
WE UNFORTUNATELY DO NOT HAVE A TOUCH SCREEN, SO YOU DO HAVE TO USE YOUR MOUSE TO CLICK PRESENT.
THANK YOU. I NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[3. Approval of Minutes - November 2, 2023]
WE DO HAVE IT. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.AND ALSO I HAVE JABBOW MARTIN FROM LAUDERHILL WHO IS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
OKAY. AND, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ANYBODY? WHERE IS IT? OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CAPUTO.
WHAT'S THAT? YOU. WHAT? PLEASE USE YOUR MIC.
SO IT COULD BE. IT COULD BE HEARD.
YOU HAVE TO. ALL RIGHT, WE GOT YOU IN THE QUEUE.
HOW ABOUT EXCUSED ABSENCES, SIR.
WELL, WE STILL NEED TO FINISH VOTING ON THE MINUTES, BUT.
WELL HE ASKED FOR DISCUSSION, AND THAT'S WHYI ASKED TO BE IN THE QUEUE, SO I.
I DIDN'T SEE YOUR NAME, THAT'S WHY.
AND I WATCHED YOU ON THE SCREEN LAST NIGHT.
SO SEE HOW YOUR COMMISSION OPERATES.
I DID WANT TO MAKE ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE MINUTES, AND IT WAS ON THE ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO OF.
AS WE HAD THE MEETING IN NOVEMBER, AND I MADE THE REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT AND DUE TO THE IT FAILED, BUT DUE TO THE COMMENTS OF SOME OF THE COLLEAGUES ABOUT CONTINUING WITH THE PROJECT AND, ASSUMING THAT THE TURNPIKE WOULD WORK WITH US IN THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAD.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IN AS EARLY AS DECEMBER, WHEN THEY AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE SOS VILLAGES, THE GROUP OF FOSTER HOMES THAT ARE THERE AT THE CORNER OF THE SAWGRASS AND TURNPIKE, WE HEARD ONE THING ABOUT THE EIGHT LANES COMING INTO BROWARD COUNTY, AND THAT IT WOULD STAY EIGHT LANES UNTIL THE FUTURE, WIDENING LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER TOWARDS ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.
AND THEN IN OUR CITY MEETINGS IN JANUARY, IT HAD CHANGED.
IT'S NOW BECOME TEN LANES CLOSER TO THAT VULNERABLE AREA.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE'RE ALL FOR MOVING IT FORWARD AND WORKING WITH THEM.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST NOT ALWAYS WORKING WELL.
AND I APPRECIATE ANY LOCAL SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AGAIN, THAT THE INTERCHANGE THAT IS TAKING PLACE AND BEING PROPOSED FOR BLOUNT ROAD AND COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY, I MEAN, IT IS NOT ONLY FOR SAFE TRAFFIC, FOR COMMERCE, BUT WE HIGHLY SUPPORT IT BECAUSE OF, TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE AND THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT ARE THERE CURRENTLY.
SO THAT WAS MY COMMENTS, MAYOR.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE.
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I THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD A SETTLED ON AN AGREEMENT A-LINES.OKAY. GOOD MORNING, JAMES BROWN, THE MPO LIAISON OF FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.
I WILL TAKE THAT BACK TO THE PROJECT TEAM.
I DO I CAN CONFIRM WITH BOTH MEETINGS THAT WE HAD HAD WITH THE SOS VILLAGES AS WELL AS CITY OF COCONUT CREEK, AND I'LL GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT WITH REGARD TO THE EIGHT VERSUS TEN LANE.
IT MAY BE EIGHT LANES WITH, AN AUXILIARY LANE GOING IN EACH DIRECTION.
THAT MAY BE WHAT'S THE TEN LANES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
BUT I'LL GET A CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
APPROVAL OF THE EXCUSED ABSENCES.
[4. Approval of Excused Absences]
SANDY JOHNSON, ANDREA MCGEE, AND BOB HARTMAN NEEDED JUST A APPROVAL MOTION.[5. Approval of Agenda]
HOLD ON, MR. MAYOR.LET'S. [INAUDIBLE] ELECTRONIC VOTE, PLEASE.
WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR RECORDS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I'M SORRY REBECCA. PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS, MR.
[7. Municipal Capital Projects: www.my-mcps.org]
CALETKA.THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT EACH OF YOUR MUNICIPALITIES PUT FORTH.
AND I'M GOING TO DESCRIBE THAT THE NEW PROCESS THAT IS COMING FORTH FOR THIS YEAR'S, PROGRAM.
SO JUST AS A REMINDER, AND YES, THE PROPER MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR HAVE BEEN UPDATED FOR THIS SLIDE.
THE SURTAX 90% GOES TO BROWARD COUNTY.
10% IS WHAT IS CALLED THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE THAT GOES TO SERVICES PROGRAM.
OUT OF THAT 10%, THAT MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE, THOSE DOLLARS GO INTO FOUR DIFFERENT PROGRAMS COMMUNITY SHUTTLE, THE R AND M, OR WHAT THEY CALL REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE, AND ALSO A CONTINGENCY FUND.
AND THEN WE HANDLE THE MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
OUR FUNCTION IS TO RANK ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOUR STAFF PUT INTO THE PROGRAM ANNUALLY.
SO THE MONEY THAT'S LEFT OVER AFTER THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLES ARE FUNDED.
SO THIS IS THE PROCESS WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ANNUALLY.
WE DO AN EVALUATION OF EACH APPLICATION SO YOUR CITIES IMPORT IT, AND THEN WE REVIEW EACH OF THE STEPS OF THE WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS A VIABLE PROJECT. WE EVALUATE, BASED ON THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR FUNDING.
WE LEARNED THAT FROM ADMINISTRATION IN APRIL.
MID APRIL IS WHEN SHE TELLS US HOW MUCH MONEY THAT WE HAVE TO SPEND THIS YEAR.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MPO.
THERE'S RESPONSIBILITIES OF YOUR STAFF, OF BROWARD COUNTY STAFF.
AND ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, YOU SEE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD, WHICH IS AN INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT BOARD, THAT REVIEWS EACH OF THESE PROJECTS AS WE RECOMMEND THEM FOR FUNDING.
THIS IS THE WEBSITE THAT YOU CAN GO TO MY-MCPS.ORG OR MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.
THE REASON WHY I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VISIT THIS AT YOUR LEISURE IS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GEARED TOWARDS TRANSPARENCY OF THE PROCESS AS WELL AS THERE'S INFORMATION FOR THE AVERAGE JOE OR JANE ON THE STREET.
THERE'S INFORMATION FOR YOU AS ELECTED OFFICIALS.
YOU CAN GO ON THERE AND SEE ALL OF THE ACTIVITY, SUCH AS IF YOUR STAFF HAS MET WITH US OR IF THEY HAVE ATTENDED TRAINING SESSIONS OR THERE ARE UPCOMING TRAINING SESSIONS. AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A PORTAL FOR YOUR STAFF TO LOG INTO AND START BUILDING NEW APPLICATIONS, AND SUBMIT THEM FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS YEAR'S PROGRAM.
SO WHEN YOUR STAFF LOGS IN, THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT'S REQUIRED.
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WE HAVE THREE STEPS AND THEY DO STEP ONE, WHICH IS KIND OF JUST A GENERIC.THIS IS A PROJECT IN HALLANDALE.
THIS IS ON, YOU KNOW, DIXIE HIGHWAY.
THEY FILL IN THE PARAMETERS, WE REVIEW THAT INFORMATION AND THEN CLEAR THEM FOR STEP TWO.
WE USUALLY DO THAT WITHIN A 24 HOUR TURNAROUND.
AND I'M USING THAT LIGHTLY BECAUSE WE USUALLY TURN IT AROUND IN AN HOUR OR TWO.
SO THEY GET THEY UPLOAD A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.
YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN THESE, COME FORWARD ANNUALLY.
ALSO, IF THERE'S A PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC IS AT LEAST AWARE OF IT AND THAT THERE'S NO SERIOUS OBJECTIONS TO IT, THEY SUBMIT THAT WE APPROVE IT, THEY MOVE ON TO STEP THREE, AND THEY FILL OUT THE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW MUCH FUNDING THAT THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, COST ESTIMATES, WHEN IT'S GOING TO BEGIN, WHEN IT'S GOING TO END, AND THEN WHEN ALL OF THESE ARE ARE COMPLETED, WE CHECK THEM OFF AGAIN.
IT'S AS EASY AS THIS. SO THIS WHOLE PROJECT THIS WHOLE TIME DOESN'T TAKE BUT AN HOUR OR TWO TOTAL.
IT'S NOT ARDUOUS BY ANY MEANS.
IT'S GEARED TO BE EASY FOR YOUR STAFF BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL VERY BUSY.
SO WE MAKE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM.
SO FEBRUARY 9TH, THAT'S WHEN THE PORTAL OPENS AT 9 A.M..
IT CLOSES ON MARCH 8TH AT 5 P.M..
IT AUTOMATICALLY CLOSES IT SO THEY CAN'T DO IT.
SO THEY BASICALLY THEY GET AN EXTRA DAY THIS YEAR BECAUSE IT'S A LEAP YEAR.
THEY GET 29 DAYS TO SUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION.
WE THEN RANK WE RECOMMEND ON JUNE 1ST, WE PROVIDE THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR A LIST OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE BASED ON THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THAT YEAR.
SO FEEL FREE TO VISIT OUR WEBSITE.
THERE'S MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
YOU'RE YOU KNOW, MOWING THE LAWN AND YOU SAY, OH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SURTEX.
WELL, THERE'S THE INFORMATION.
THAT'S HOW YOU CAN REACH ME AT ANY TIME.
AND I'LL GET THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUESTED.
AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LAWN, YOU CAN STILL ASK.
OH, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT HEARING.
SOMEBODY'S NOT PUSHING A BUTTON.
ALL RIGHT, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER.
THANK YOU SIR. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. CALETKA. CAN YOU GO BACK? JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON SLIDE 21 WHERE IT SAYS THE 10% MAG.
COULD YOU JUST GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WOULD FALL UNDER THAT COMMUNITY SHUTTLE SERVICE, OR THE R&M OR THE CONTINGENCY, BECAUSE THOSE CAN BE SOME PRETTY BIG PROJECTS FOR OUR MUNICIPALITIES.
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULD BALLPARK THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE COSTS ARE ABOUT $20 MILLION A YEAR.
AND OPTIMAL FREQUENCY IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.
SO THAT WAY THEY'RE ALWAYS NICE NEW EQUIPMENT WITH LOW MILES, FOR EFFICIENCY.
SO WE USUALLY HAVE BALLPARK ABOUT $20 MILLION FOR PROJECTS EVERY YEAR.
AND THEN THE R&M THAT'S MORE LIKE ROADWAY MILLING PROJECTS.
SO, BUT THE R&M IS HANDLED BY THE COUNTY.
HEARING NONE. LET'S GO TO OUR CONSENT ITEMS.
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]
ITEM ONE. SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'M JUST GOING TO READ IN THE TWO ITEMS FOR THE RECORD.A MOTION TO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROWARD AND METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE CITY OF SUNRISE, FLORIDA, FOR TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING AND RELATED SERVICES. AND ITEM TWO IS MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD, THE LCB.
YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU, WHICH WILL BE A REQUEST UNDER CONSENT UNLESS YOU WISH TO PULL ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. ONE SINGLE VOTE WILL ACCOMMODATE APPROVAL OF BOTH ITEMS OR NOT.
I ALSO HAVE VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE.
IF YOU ANYONE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY IF YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST OR HAVE OPPOSITION TO THE VOTE, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP TO BE HEARD OR IT WILL BE EXPECTED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT YOU'RE VOTING WITH THE MAJORITY.
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YOU GOT A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GANZ AND SECOND BY TIM FADGEN.THIS IS TO APPROVE BOTH ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S FOR BOTH ITEMS. EVERYBODY OKAY WITH THAT? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY YES.
IT'S. THE SCREEN IS NOT SHOWING UP.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]
MTP. NEED A MOTION.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
STAFF HAS A PRESENTATION IF YOU'D BE INTERESTED.
HOLD ON A SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ALSTON.
PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION AS SUCH, BUT JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU ALL A REMINDER, SINCE I KNOW WE PRESENTED THESE MTP AMENDMENTS LAST YEAR, TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD MTP AMENDMENT REQUESTS COME FROM BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER, OR APM AND INTERMODAL CENTER IMC.
SO THEY WERE GETTING THOSE PROJECTS AMENDED INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
PER FEDERAL LAW, WHEN THEY TRIGGER OR WHEN THEY EXCEED CERTAIN THRESHOLDS FOR TIME WHEN THE PROJECT IS GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED AND ALSO COST INCREASES OR DECREASES WE HAVE TO DO A FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU ALL ARE APPROVING TODAY.
WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES BOTH FROM FDOT AND BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT HERE.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. QUESTIONS.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 - 2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 4485741 SR-A1A FROM SHERMAN STREET TO SR-822/SHERIDAN STREET B. FM# 4485761 SR-A1A FROM FRANKLIN STREET TO WALNUT STREET C. FM# 4528651 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI URBANIZED AREA (UZA) - MORSELIFE D. FM# 4511592 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM BEACH (B/WP) - CHRISTINA G SMITH COMM MHF E. FM# 4511593 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI UZA (B/WP) - CHRISTINA G SMITH COMM MHF]
ITEM TWO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR FY 2024 THROUGH 2028 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.THE TIP THERE ARE ACTUALLY SIX INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT ARE ARE PART OF THE AGENDA.
I CAN READ THOSE INTO THE RECORD OR IT'S PART OF THE AGENDA.
WHAT'S YOUR PREFERENCE? I THINK IT'S PART OF THE AGENDA.
I NEED A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AND COMMISSIONER FADGEN.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. ALL RIGHT.
ITEM THREE SIR. MR. CHAIR, YOU HAVE TWO REQUESTS TO SPEAK.
ONE FROM MAYOR COOPER AND THE OTHER ONE.
I'M IN SUPPORT OF THE ITEMS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE THESE ARE ALL UPDATES TO, DRAINAGE ISSUES, PARTICULARLY THE TOP TWO, WHICH I'M FULL SUPPORT OF. BUT, ARE WE GOING TO REEVALUATE SOME OF OUR PROGRAMS FOR THIS? I KNOW WE HAVE SOMEONE LIST CRITICALLY, BEING REDONE ON US 1 AS WELL AS MAYBE ATLANTIC SHORES.
AND I THINK COMPREHENSIVELY, PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF FLOODING AND INFRASTRUCTURE WE NEED TO TAKE A RELOOK AT A LOT OF OUR PROGRAMING OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, BECAUSE THIS IS IN MILLIONS OF DOLLARS, NOT A LITTLE CHUNK OF CHANGE.
THANK YOU. IF ANYBODY HAS FEEDBACK.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THE MIC ISN'T ON.
I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS, APPRECIATION FOR THESE, THIS ITEM PARTICULAR AS, MAYOR COOPER MENTIONED, THE FIRST TWO THE AREA IMPACTED HERE IS, IN MY DISTRICT AND IS PRETTY MUCH, IMPASSABLE, NOT ONLY IN HIGH RAINS BUT IN, HIGH TIDES. AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S AN EXAMPLE OF THE WORK OF THIS BODY, REALLY TOUCHING THE LIVES OF RESIDENTS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
FURTHER DISCUSSION. THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.
[3. MOTION TO APPROVE the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Cycle 8 Priority List of Projects, Directing MPO Staff to Work with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Staff on the Vetting and Programing of Viable Projects]
CONTINUING THEN WITH THE ITEM THREE, ACTION ITEM THREE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM.[00:20:06]
PROJECTS. I NEED A MOTION.MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIMMONS.
AND WE HAVE STAFF AVAILABLE HERE TOO.
DISCUSSION. ANYBODY WANT TO QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY WANT TO ANSWER? ALL RIGHT.
CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB PETER.
HOW ABOUT THE REGULAR ITEM, SIR? I'VE BEEN. OH, THAT'S SCREEN.
I'M NOT LOOKING AT [INAUDIBLE].
ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY GOT A MOTION, SO.
I'VE BEEN TRYING. I'VE BEEN TRYING.
I'M GOOD WITH THAT. SECOND, I JUST WANT TO SAY, SPEAKING TOWARDS THE CSLIP.
AND I KNOW THERE'S STILL PROGRAMING AND VETTING THAT HAS TO GO.
THIS ISN'T A FINAL LIST OR, YOU KNOW, A FINAL, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, JUST SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TOWARDS, THE ITEM THAT IS ON THERE FOR CORAL SPRINGS, IT'S A PART OF AN AMBITIOUS PROJECT THAT WE ARE WORKING ON CALLED THE EVERGLADES LOOP, WHICH WILL TRANSFORM NORTHWEST BROWARD COUNTY AND MOVE CLOSER TOWARDS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOURISM, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE IS GOING TOWARDS.
AND SO THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATE THIS INCREDIBLE PROJECT.
AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE EVERGLADES LOOP, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE A DESTINATION NOT JUST FOR CORAL SPRINGS, BUT FOR THE ENTIRE STATE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JAFFE.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR WORK ON PRIORITIZING THESE THINGS.
AND I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST BEFORE THE BLUE LINE, THE DEATH LINE, AND WE SAT IN THE YOU KNOW, I MY COMMUNITY HAS SAT AT THE BOTTOM AND BELOW THAT BLUE LINE AT THE BOTTOM AND AT THE LAST ONE ON THE ABOVE THE BLUE LINE.
BUT EVERYBODY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
VERY GOOD. FURTHER DISCUSSION.
LET'S GO TO REGULAR ITEMS. NO COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR EXCEPT, GOOD MORNING.
[8. Comments from the Chair]
MEMBER COMMENTS.[9. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]
ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.I HAVE ONE, SORRY. YOU HAVE TO PUSH YOUR BUTTON.
YEAH. THAT'S WHY CAN'T GET TWO MOTIONS.
I KNOW I DID. I JUST WANT TO SAY, LAST WEEK, I PARTICIPATED AN SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE, PARTICIPATED IN THE FIRST, TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY MEETING.
WE GOT TO LEARN HOW PERILOUS IT IS TO PROGRAM BUS ROUTES FROM WORK, TO HOME AND BACK AND FORTH.
AND SO, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE PROGRAM, LOOKING FORWARD TO THE REST OF THE ACADEMY.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, AND I'M DONE.
[10. Executive Director’s Report]
NOTHING ELSE. GOOD.MAYOR COOPER BROUGHT THAT IDEA UP ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND SAID, WOULDN'T THIS BE A GOOD IDEA? AND EXECUTING IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT THINGS SHE TOLD ME.
AND SHE I THINK WE GOT A THUMBS UP.
RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT PROGRAM FOR A FEW YEARS TO HAVE THE TRAINING.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE YEARS TO GO AHEAD AND JOIN THAT.
IT WILL BE IN ORLANDO OR TAMPA.
IT'S DONE THROUGH THE CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.
THEY ACTUALLY WILL, YOU KNOW, WILL FLY UP OR DRIVE YOU UP, AND YOU'LL GET TO STAY IN A HOTEL AND NO YOU CAN'T ORDER ROOM SERVICE, BUT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE A GOOD.
AND I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST BENEFICIAL PARTS FOR THAT.
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CONFERENCE, WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TRAINING FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS.YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIT WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM SAN DIEGO, FROM CHICAGO, FROM BOSTON, FROM ATLANTA, AND SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES AS MPO BOARD MEMBERS, BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING ACTUALLY WHAT'S IN THE FEDERAL LAW AND HOW THINGS ACTUALLY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OPERATING.
SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY AS WELL.
WE'LL BE REACHING OUT FIRST WITH EXECUTIVE AND THEN ULTIMATELY WITH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S A LEVEL OF INTEREST, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HAVE BUDGET AVAILABLE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN, WHICH WE'RE MAKING THAT HAPPEN.
YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT IN UPCOMING BUDGET YEARS.
BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND THAT ALSO HAS A VIRTUAL COMPONENT.
SO THAT GIVES YOU ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO EXCHANGE IDEAS.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE IN SEPTEMBER.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REGULAR BOARD MEETING.
WE'RE GOING TO DO REGULAR VOTES AND HAVE IT RECORDED.
AND THEN AFTER THAT POINT, WE'LL GO INTO ALL THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE SEE COMING IN THE FUTURE.
WE HAVE ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIKE THAT YOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, WE WERE ALL TALKING ABOUT DRIVERLESS CARS.
AND DID THAT GET THERE? NOT SO MUCH.
BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.
ACTUALLY ON MARCH 28TH, WE HAVE THE, STATE OF THE REGION ANNUAL AWARDS EVENT.
I'M HOPING THAT ALL OF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND.
WE APPRECIATE THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ALREADY BOUGHT TABLES.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, PLEASE SEE, CARYL.
SHE'LL BE VERY HAPPY TO ARRANGE FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT FOR DR.
HANBURY BASICALLY HAS DONE A LOT OF AMAZING THINGS DURING HIS CAREER FOR OUR REGION.
AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND AND SEE.
LORI BAER FROM THE PORT EVERGLADES ASSOCIATION IS ANOTHER PERSON WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING, AND THAT IS UNDER A COMMUNITY IMPACT AWARD, BECAUSE LORI WAS ACTUALLY THE FIRST FEMALE PORT DIRECTOR IN PALM BEACH, AND THEN SHE ACTUALLY WENT ON TO HER CAREER MOVING FORWARD, AS, YOU KNOW, REALLY MAKING THINGS HAPPEN AT PORT EVERGLADES.
THEN WE ALSO HAVE RUFUS JAMES, WHO RUNS THE AIRPORT JUST OUT THE WINDOW HERE.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO GIVE HIM THE CHAMPION AWARD.
ALAN IS BEING AWARDED AS A VISIONARY.
AND SOMETIMES YOU SIT DOWN AND YOU SIT AND TALK WITH HIM.
IT'S REALLY FASCINATING WHERE HE WANTS TO TAKE THINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY AGREE, YOU MAY DISAGREE ON SOME THINGS, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT.
LATER THIS MONTH, WE HAVE THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT DOWN IN MIAMI.
FOR THOSE OF YOU, WE DO NOT PAY OVERNIGHT.
IT IS IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI, SO IT'S A TWO DAY SUMMIT.
SO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IF YOU CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY.
OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS BEEN AN AMAZING YEAR AGAIN, AND WE HAVE SO MUCH MORE TO DO.
AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH OUR SMART CITIES AI PROGRAMING.
WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A MEETING WITH, THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND SEVERAL FOLKS FROM DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND ITS ROLES THAT IT CAN PLAY, FROM EVERYTHING IN TRANSPORTATION TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT TO ACTUALLY ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES LIKE STREET FLOODING AND THAT WE'RE FACING EVERY DAY WITH MEAN HIGH TIDES.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S MY UPDATE FOR NOW.
I DON'T KNOW, BRYAN, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO KIND OF GIVE TO THE BOARD.
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ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.[11. Monthly Legislative Reports]
LET ME JUST SAY THAT THE LEGISLATURE'S ALMOST DONE.THEY TELL YOU WHERE LEGISLATION IS THAT AFFECTS MUNICIPALITIES.
GOOD MORNING, PAUL CALVARESI, INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGER AT THE BROWARD MPO.
I'LL BE BACK IN A SECOND TO GIVE THE STATE UPDATE, BUT WE ARE JOINED BY ANTHONY BEDELL FROM YOUR FEDERAL ADVOCATES AT BECKER, WHO IS GOING TO GIVE OUR FEDERAL UPDATE. GOOD MORNING.
AND WHEN I FLY BACK IN A COUPLE OF HOURS, IT'S CREEPED UP TO 37.
SO WE'VE ENJOYED MY SHORT STINT HERE.
YEAH. ANYWAY, I WISH THAT I HAD MUCH MORE TO UPDATE YOU ON, BUT AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN ON TV, NOTHING MUCH HAS CHANGED FROM LAST MONTH THIS MONTH.
THEY ARE OUR CONTACTS HAVE TOLD US THEY ARE WORKING ON FY 24 APPROPRIATIONS TO BRING IT TO A CLOSE.
THEY HAVE TOP LINE NUMBERS, WHICH MEANS THEY'VE AGREED ON THE FRAMEWORK.
NOW THEY HAVE TO FILL IN THE GAPS.
SO THAT'S VERY GOOD FOR FOR THIS MPO AS OF THIS POINT.
I THINK THEY WILL COME TO A DEAL.
THE TRICK IS GOING TO BE CAN THEY GET IT OVER THE FINISH LINE, AS YOU'VE SEEN WITH SOME MACRO ISSUES WITH FUNDING FOR ISRAEL OR YOUR UKRAINE OR THE BORDER SECURITY, THEY SOMEHOW SEEM TO GET DEALS AND THEN IT ALL BLOWS UP.
SO WE'LL SEE HOW THEY WILL MANAGE ALL THAT OUT.
ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI A QUESTION.
I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT TALLAHASSEE, NOT DC.
I CAN'T THINK OF THE NAME. DO YOU REMEMBER THE HOLIDAY INN? OKAY. THEY HAD A PLAQUE IN THERE.
[LAUGHTER]. IT WAS THE TALLAHASSEE HOTEL.
IT WAS. IT ACTUALLY USED TO BE IN HOLIDAY INN WHEN I WAS A KID.
RIGHT? IT DID. IT STARTED OUT AS THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I MET CLOGGERS FOR THE FIRST TIME.
AND THE MANAGER SAID THAT IS THE QUESTION THAT WE GET ASKED BY ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT READS THAT EVERYBODY WANTS THE BICYCLES, BUT THAT WAS THE HOLIDAY INN. WE DON'T HAVE THAT, BUT EVERYBODY WANTS IT.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO USE THESE THINGS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THEM.
THANK YOU. BICYCLE IN TALLAHASSEE.
LISTEN, I WALKED, IT WAS AWESOME.
I WOULD BICYCLE IN TALLAHASSEE. WALKING IS BETTER SAFER.
ALL RIGHT. ON OUR STATE UPDATE, CHAIR.
THERE'S THE ROAD BUILDERS BILL, WHICH TAKES THE LAP PROCESS AND CODIFIES IT INTO LAW.
THERE'S ALSO THE GOVERNOR'S BILL, WHICH DOES IMPACT, MIGHT IMPACT MPO PLANNING AND PROGRAMING.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT ALSO LOOKS AT ASSESSING MPOS, CREATING PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
WE MET WITH HER WHILE WE WERE IN TALLAHASSEE FOR BROWARD DAYS.
SHE WAS ACTUALLY VERY AMENABLE.
WE PROVIDED PAGES OF COMMENTS AND REWRITES, AND SHE WENT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE LINE AND WITH US.
SO, WE DO HAVE A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR PARTNERS UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
LASTLY, THERE ARE SOME OTHER BILLS THAT LOOK AT EV CHARGING EV VEHICLE FEES.
THE SENATE IS LOOKING AT DOING A FLAT FEE FOR EV VEHICLES.
THE NEXUS BEING THAT EVS DON'T PAY TAX OR GAS TAX, THE HOUSE IS LOOKING AT DOING A STUDY ON THAT TO SEE WHAT THE REAL IMPACTS ARE. I DO WANT TO ADD ONE THING ABOUT THE BILL WITH, MCFARLAND, REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE MPOS.
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AND I TALKED TO STEVE BRAWN ABOUT THAT.I'M LIKE, WE REALLY DO YOU REALLY WANT TO DO THIS? AND HE GOES, IT BEGAN WITH AN H AND ENDED IN AN L AND SAID, NO.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE THEIR PASSION, THOUGH, OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WHAT REPRESENTATIVE MCFARLAND IS TRYING TO DO IS SHOW TRUE ACCOUNTABILITY ON GETTING PROJECTS DONE.
AND THAT IS ACTUALLY STILL IN HER BILLS AND IN THE SENATE BILL WITH MCGRUDER ON THE SENATE SIDE.
AND, YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT TO BE MEASURED IN THAT WAY.
SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW THE BILL FALLS OUT.
BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE WORK THAT OUR FRIENDS AT, TRIPP SCOTT [INAUDIBLE] HAVE BEEN DOING, DEALING WITH THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND ACTUALLY GETTING INVOLVED ON THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE WITH THAT.
THAT'S MY COMMENT. HEY, MAYOR TRANTALIS.
OKAY. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ABOUT, ELECTRIC VEHICLES? YES, SIR. YOU KNOW, IT'S YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I GO AND LOOK AT THE PRICE TAG OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE, IT SEEMS TO BE LIKE, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THAN A GAS POWERED VEHICLE.
AND YET WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH PEOPLE INTO EVS AS A WAY OF LIFE, CHANGE THE CULTURE.
WE'RE SEEING WHERE IN SOME CASES, THE MAINTENANCE OF EVS IS GREATER THAN A GAS POWERED VEHICLE.
IF YOU TRY TO GET A TESLA, YOU KNOW, IN THE 35, $40,000 RANGE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, MONTHS, SOMETIMES YEARS TO BE ABLE TO GET THAT THERE'S AND THEY'RE NOT MANUFACTURING ENOUGH TO MEET DEMAND.
WHAT POLICY DECISIONS ARE COMING FORWARD TO TRY TO, MINIMIZE THE IMPACT, THE FINANCIAL IMPACT ON THE CONSUMER, TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE MORE AND MORE DEMAND FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES BECAUSE THE AVERAGE FAMILY CANNOT AFFORD AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE.
IT'S JUST AN EXPENSIVE COMMODITY COMPARED TO A A GAS POWERED VEHICLE.
YET WE WANT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE.
WE WANT TO CHANGE THE DYNAMIC.
SPEAKING OF EVS, TELL US WHAT YOU HEAR THAT WE CAN BE ENCOURAGED TO WHERE THIS IS GOING.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL START WITH A PERSONAL STORY.
I OWN AN EV. I BOUGHT MINE USED.
I DID NOT SPEND 80 $90,000 ON IT.
BUT. I'M A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE TOO.
[LAUGHTER] PART TIME. BUT WE GO AHEAD.
THEY THERE IS A CERTAIN PRESTIGE TO IT.
I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHAT'S REALLY PUSHING THE PRICES DOWN ARE EUROPE AND CHINA.
CHINA IS HEAVILY INVESTING IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES, TO THE POINT WHERE CERTAIN CAR MAKERS, SUCH AS VOLKSWAGEN ARE ALMOST PRICED OUT OF THE MARKET BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MEET THE DEMAND AT THE PRICE POINT THAT THAT THE CHINESE MANUFACTURERS HAVE BEEN DOING THEIR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
ALSO, EUROPE IS MAKING A LOT OF HEADWAY ON ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND MAKING THEM, NORMALIZING THEM.
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH, ALTHOUGH WE FULLY SUPPORT THE EV CHARGERS, THAT THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING IN TO PUT CHARGERS IN PUBLIC AREAS, I'LL BE HONEST.
MY CAR SLEEPS. IT SLEEPS AT HOME JUST LIKE I DO.
I DOUBT WE'LL SEE A LOT OF THOSE VEHICLES ENTERING OUR MARKET.
AND SO WHAT ARE WE AS AMERICANS WHAT CHOICES ARE WE LEFT WITH IN TERMS OF TRYING TO, ADAPT TO A NEW MENTALITY OF TRYING TO BUY, YOU KNOW, ELECTRIC VEHICLES WE'RE SEEING, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING? SO I CAN ALSO SAY, WELL, ONE YOU VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS, SO AS THEY ARE, THEY DO BECOME MORE POPULAR AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING INTO THEM, THEIR PRICES ARE COMING DOWN, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. ALSO OTHER STATES ARE DOING EVEN MORE INCENTIVES.
SO FLORIDA HAS NO INCENTIVES FOR EV VEHICLES.
IF YOU TAKE A STATE LIKE NEW JERSEY.
THE EV VEHICLES CAME WITH NO SALES TAX.
IN ADDITION TOO ITS AMERICAN MADE, YOU GOT THE ADDITIONAL MONEY OFF.
THE DIFFERENCE IS, IF YOU BUY THE CAR, THE $7,500 COMES BACK IN YOUR TAXES WHEN YOU FILE THEM LATER.
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IF YOU LEASE THE CAR, YOU AUTOMATICALLY GET THAT DEDUCTION AND IT BRINGS DOWN THE PRICES.SO PART OF IT WOULD BE A POLICY CHANGE MAYBE WHERE THAT 75 COMES OFF THE TOP.
SO IF YOU DO FINANCE THE VEHICLE YOU'RE FINANCING LESS.
SO PART AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WILL SPEAK WITH OUR FEDERAL ADVOCATES TO GET THOSE THROUGH.
IT'S JUST ON THE CONSUMER SIDE.
AND THIS COMPANY CALLED JACK, WHICH IS OWNED PARTIALLY BY VOLKSWAGEN AND A CHINESE GOVERNMENT, THEY'VE ACTUALLY STARTED MANUFACTURING ELECTRIC VEHICLES IN MEXICO THAT THEY'RE EXPORTING DOWN TO BRAZIL AND VENEZUELA.
WE HAVE THAT NAFTA AGREEMENT IN PLACE.
SO EVENTUALLY JACK WILL START MOVING THINGS IN HERE.
CARLOS SLIM, WHO IS REALLY HEAVILY INVESTED IN THAT.
SO THAT ALSO PROBABLY WILL DRIVE DOWN THE COST.
BUT I'M SURE THAT OUR FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON MAY HAVE OTHER ISSUES WITH THAT TOO.
BUT WE KEEP I MEAN, YOU JUST [INAUDIBLE] CHINA AND AUTOMATICALLY YOU'RE BLACKBALLED.
EVEN THOUGH THIS IS MADE IN CHINA.
SO IS MY UNDERWEAR. BUT I CAN'T.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME.
ARE YOU DONE, MAYOR? YES, SIR. OKAY.
ANYBODY HAVE CHIPS FOR SALE? WE CAN GET THOSE CARS RIGHT AWAY.
COMMISSIONER JAFFE. THANK YOU.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN PHRASE THIS CORRECTLY MR. DIRECTOR, I DIDN'T THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE REPRESENTATIVE SPEAKING ABOUT OR HAVING THE DISTRICT SECRETARY.
YES. PERFORM THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHAIR OF THE MPO THAT YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR COMMENTS.
THE. CHAIR AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BOTH.
WAS THAT AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL? THOSE COMMENTS, BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT IN PRINT OR WAS IT DIRECTED AT SPECIFICALLY SOUTH FLORIDA? NO, IT WAS STATEWIDE. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN STATEWIDE.
OBVIOUSLY, THEY'VE KIND OF PARED IT BACK.
OKAY. THE REALITY OF THAT STATEMENT IS VERY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER SHUHAM.
OH, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE WAS BEFORE.
OKAY. NO, I PUSHED THE BUTTON THERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? NOW WE CAN.
WE WERE JUST TALKING BRIEFLY ABOUT THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, AND I WAS CURIOUS.
IN THE LIVE LOCAL ACT, THERE ARE CERTAIN PROVISIONS THAT SPECIFY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED NEAR TOD'S TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS REALLY DEFINED THERE. BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE MPO, IF YOU'RE FOLLOWING THAT LEGISLATION AND IT'S PASSED, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR, AND THAT LANGUAGE IS IN THE ORIGINAL BILL, TOO. SO, IS THERE ANY THOUGHT GIVEN TO HOW THAT MIGHT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT AND IMPACT TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT IN BROWARD? SO, I MIGHT INVITE JAMES CROMAR TO COME UP.
SO I'M LETTING YOU YES, WE ARE FOLLOWING IT.
THERE'S A CLEANUP BILL GOING ON NOW.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THAT THAT CLEANS UP.
I WOULD INVITE JAMES CROMAR, WHO LEADS OUR.
GO AHEAD. YOU TELL THEM WHAT YOU DO.
HI. JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
AND I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SOME DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION.
OUR PARTNERS UP IN THE TREASURE COAST, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFINITION TO SEE HOW THAT APPLY.
I THINK IT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MAJOR TRANSIT STOPS TOO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? AND THE DEFINITION THAT WE'VE USED.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, DO WE HAVE THIS IN OUR PRIORITY IN TERMS OF, LOBBYING THE STATE? IN TERMS OF OUR EV VEHICLES.
ARE WE ACTIVELY WORKING AGAINST THOSE LEGISLATIONS?
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I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A SPECIFIC POLICY FOR EV.SORRY. WHEN OUR, STANCE HAS COME AROUND AGAIN IN JUNE THE DRAFT.
I'LL MAKE SURE WE PUT SOMETHING IN THERE FOR THE BOARD.
OKAY. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, ARE WE ARE A LOBBYIST REALLY WORKING TOWARDS.
I KNOW THEY'RE MONITORING THESE LEGISLATIONS, BUT ARE THEY WORKING TOWARDS SUPPORTING, EV VEHICLES OR INCENTIVES FOR EV VEHICLES ? AS STAFF? WE'RE A REFLECTION OF THE WILL OF THE BOARD.
YEAH, I THINK I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE, I CERTAINLY IF I CAN MOTION THAT.
SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE'RE GOING TO JUST LOOKING FOR CONSENSUS.
WE'RE GOING TO DIRECT OUR STATE ADVOCATES TO PROMOTE POLICIES THAT PROMOTE EV USAGE.
INCENTIVES. OKAY, THAT PROMOTE AND INCENTIVIZE EV USAGE.
ANYBODY OBJECT. WE HAVE CONSENSUS.
[12. General Counsel’s Report]
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS, SO FIRST, MY MONTHLY REPORT IS ALWAYS IS ALWAYS PART OF YOUR AGENDA.I DON'T ALWAYS TALK ABOUT THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP AGAIN.
ACTUALLY, THE MPO MEMBERSHIP IS MADE UP OF 38 TOTAL MEMBERS.
OF THE 38 TOTAL MEMBERS, 32 ARE MUNICIPALITIES AND MUNICIPALITY REPRESENTATIVES.
NOW, WE ALSO HAVE 31 MUNICIPALITIES.
BUT FORT LAUDERDALE IS LUCKY ENOUGH AS THE LEADING POPULATION MUNICIPALITY HAS TWO REPRESENTATIVES.
TODAY WE'RE LUCKILY ENOUGH TO HAVE 26 MEMBERS PRESENT IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY, IN THE ROOM TODAY.
AND WE ALSO HAVE OTHER VIRTUAL MEMBERS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING.
STATUTE LIMITS US TO 25 MEMBERS FOR VOTING PURPOSES.
SO IT'S A FORMULA THAT WE USE REGULARLY.
LUCKILY FOR US, MOST OF OUR VOTES ARE UNANIMOUS, OR SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSE VOTE.
SO THAT'S PART OF THE BACKGROUND.
AND THAT'S THE REASON WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT.
SO HAVE A GREAT DAY. GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN AND THANK YOU.
WELCOME BACK. YOU MIGHT CHECK THOUGH PEMBROKE PINES AT 182,000 PEOPLE.
SO THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT FORT LAUDERDALE TO SEE IF THEY WERE BEHIND US, WHICH WE THINK THEY ARE.
THE CENSUS HASN'T TAKEN HASN'T ALLOWED YOU TO TAKE OVER.
ALL RIGHT. [LAUGHTER] MPO BOARD LEADERSHIP.
[13. MPO Board Leadership Succession]
GOOD MORNING ONCE AGAIN, HONORABLE CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BRYAN CALETKA, BROWARD MPO.WE ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE A VERY TENURED CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
THEY HAVE CHOSEN NOT TO SEEK REELECTION.
SO NEXT MONTH WILL BE THEIR LAST SHOWING.
AND SO I WANTED TO GIVE THE ENTIRE BOARD AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR.
IT'LL START WITH THE VACANCIES ACCORDING TO OUR RULES, WHICH ARE RULES FOUND IN 2.0, 3.2, YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO TO OUR BROWARD MPO ORG WEB PAGE AND TYPE IN RULES, AND IT'LL SHOW UP FOR YOU.
SO I'VE ALSO PASTED IT INTO THIS, AGENDA ITEM FOR YOU TO REVIEW AS WELL.
BUT BASICALLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN IS SINCE THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR, WILL NO LONGER BE AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO ENJOY THEMSELVES, GOING SKIING AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY WANTED TO DO INSTEAD OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
SHE'LL BECOME CHAIR, WHICH WILL LEAVE THE VICE CHAIR AND THE DEPUTY VICE CHAIR.
[APPLAUSE] THAT'S WHY WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE OFFICER.
NO, WE HAD ARMSTRONG AS CHAIR FOR A WHILE TOO.
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DON'T INTERRUPT HIM. SO AT THE APRIL MEETING, WE'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT AS LIGHT AS POSSIBLE.THE INTENT IS THE ONLY ACTION ITEM SO FAR STAFF IS TO HAVE THE ELECTIONS AT THE APRIL MEETING.
SO WE WILL FILL THE VICE CHAIR AND THE DEPUTY VICE CHAIR THROUGH VOTES.
IF AN EXECUTIVE EXISTING EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FILLS ONE OF THOSE OFFICER POSITIONS, THEN WE WILL ALSO HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE TO FILL THE EXECUTIVE POSITION. SO THERE IS WE'RE GOING TO GUARANTEE TWO ELECTIONS AT THE APRIL MEETING.
AND THERE MAY BE UP TO FOUR DEPENDING ON WHO TAKES THOSE POSITIONS.
AND THEN THE ONLY THING LEFT ON THE AGENDA WILL BE INFORMATIVE AND PRESENTATIONS TO FOLLOW.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN JUNE WE HAVE TO DO A FULL ELECTION.
THAT'S WHEN WE DO OUR ELECTIONS AGAIN.
SO BUT THOSE USUALLY GO A LOT EASIER.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROCESS MOVING FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE VERY GOOD.
NOW LET'S GO TO ITEM ONE, ROUTE TWO METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Resiliency Update]
MR. RESTREPO. MR. RESTREPO.AND TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
ABSOLUTELY. I WORE THIS SUIT SO THAT I CAN MATCH YOUR TUMBLER.
SO THERE'S TWO THINGS I'M GOING TO DO TODAY.
ONE IS GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON SOME OF THE WORKINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
SO ALL OF THE PRIORITIZED CORRIDORS FOR OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
FIRST THINGS FIRST I WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE WHAT OUR PROGRAMS ARE.
RESILIENCY NOT ONLY IS AN EMPHASIS AREA FOR THE 2050 MTP, BUT IT IS ALSO GOING TO BE A PROGRAM THAT WE WILL BE SETTING ASIDE, MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS FOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THERE'S TWO PROGRAMS CALLED SAFETY AND RESILIENCY.
THEY'RE EACH GOING TO HAVE THEIR OWN FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPING WHAT PROJECTS GO INTO THE PROGRAM.
ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT FROM ALL OF THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCAL AGENCIES ARE GOING TO BE FITTING IN THE FOUR PROGRAMS YOU SEE TO THE LEFT COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY, TRANSIT & HUBS, AND TECHNOLOGY.
SO FOR RESILIENCY, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY, WE DON'T HAVE PROJECTS YET.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED THE FEEDBACK FOR TODAY.
SO TO DEVELOP THIS VULNERABILITY SCORE, WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.
THESE ARE THE PHYSICAL STRESSORS THAT THE ROADWAY NETWORK HAS.
SO SEA LEVEL RISE, EXTREME HEAT, STORM SURGE, AND ALSO FUTURE GROUND WATER ELEVATION.
AND THEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE SENSITIVITY.
BROWARD COUNTY HAS A LOT OF BRIDGES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RIVERS THAT WE CROSS OVER.
SO BRIDGE CONDITION IS A HUGE SENSITIVITY THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT'S COMING UP AT 20% OF THE TOTAL VULNERABILITY SCORE.
SO OUT OF OUR RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT, WE HAVE TWO PRODUCTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.
FIRST IS OUR VULNERABILITY NETWORK.
THIS IS A NETWORK THAT'S GOING TO BE A DATA DRIVEN.
IT'S A GIS DATABASE THAT CONTAINS ALL OF THE DATA THAT YOU SAW BEFORE.
SO RIGHT HERE, THIS VULNERABILITY SCORE, ALL THESE DIFFERENT DATA SETS PUT INTO A DATA SET THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR THE 4 FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT YOU SAW TO THE LEFT. SO ROADWAY COMPLETE STREETS, TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSIT AND HUBS.
AND IT WILL ALSO BE USED AS A ROUTE MARKER.
I'LL GET INTO THAT INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE NEXT PRODUCT THAT WE WANT TO HAVE IS OUR RESILIENCY NETWORK.
SOME OF THOSE FILTERS COULD BE OUR REGIONAL NETWORK THAT'S IDENTIFIED BY SEPTEC.
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SCORE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE A PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROJECTS TO FILL UP THE PROGRAM.SO VULNERABILITY NETWORK, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.
THE DARKER PINK IS THE HIGHEST VULNERABILITY OR THE DARKER PURPLE.
THE PINK IS THE HIGH VULNERABILITY.
AND THEN AS YOU GO DOWN THE COLORS, YOU SEE THE LOWEST VULNERABILITY AT BLUE.
THE TEAL IS A LOW VULNERABLE AND THE GREEN IS A MODERATELY VULNERABLE.
YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT A ROUTE MARKER IS.
WE ALSO HAVE IN PARENTHESES THAT IT'S CALLED A CONTEXT MARKER.
WHAT THIS WILL DO IS THAT WHEN YOU SEE A PROJECT IN OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, IF A PROJECT FALLS IN A HIGH OR HIGHEST VULNERABILITY CORRIDOR, IT'LL MARK THAT PROJECT AS AN AREA WHERE IT NEEDS A LITTLE BIT MORE, EMPHASIS WHEN IT COMES TO RESILIENCY.
IF A PROJECT FALLS ON A HIGH OR HIGHEST VULNERABILITY, IT'LL RAISE THE MARKER AND IT'LL SIGNAL TO EITHER US AT THE BROWARD MPO WHEN WE'RE DOING CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT TO FDOT, WHEN THEY'RE DOING PD&E OR A LOCAL AGENCY, WHEN THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS, THAT THEY NEED TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE SCOPE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THESE RESILIENCY ISSUES.
OKAY. THE NEXT THING IS OUR RESILIENCY NETWORK.
SO WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE FOCUS OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM ON OUR REGIONAL NETWORK.
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF ROADS A LOT OF NEEDS.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING WHERE THE MOST IMPORTANT NEEDS ARE.
THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT COULD GET PROPOSED FOR THIS, RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO ADDRESS ALL OF THAT.
SO NOW THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR ALL OF Y'ALL TODAY IS HOW DO WE DEVELOP OUR RESILIENCY NETWORK? FIRST WE CAN LOOK AT THE FILTER AT THE REGIONAL NETWORK.
OR DO WE APPLY EQUITY TO OUR PRIORITIZATION FOR THE RESILIENCY NETWORK? WHY WOULD WE LOOK AT, EQUITY FIRST WHEN WE GO TO APPLY FOR GRANTS? IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD LOOK THAT WE APPLIED THAT IN THERE.
EACH ONE OF THOSE TIERS GIVES AN ASSIGNED SCORE TO EACH ONE OF THE ROADWAYS ONE THROUGH FIVE.
FIVE BEING THE HIGHEST VULNERABILITY, ONE BEING THE LOWEST VULNERABILITY.
IF WE APPLY EQUITY TO THAT TIER, IT THEN BREAKS CERTAIN TIES WITHIN THE TIER.
SO IT BREAKS TIES IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE TOGETHER.
SO NOW LET'S LOOK AT SOME MAPS TO SEE HOW THESE TWO SCENARIOS LOOK.
THE MAP TO THE LEFT IS, WHEN YOU LOOK AT VULNERABILITY AT 100% AND 0% EQUITY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT JUST THE PHYSICAL STRESSORS, WITHIN THE NETWORK, THE MAP TO THE RIGHT IS LOOKING AT 85% PHYSICAL STRESSOR, THAT VULNERABILITY PLUS THE 15% SOCIAL EQUITY COMPONENT THERE.
OKAY. YOU CAN'T. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF BY DESIGN, RIGHT.
BECAUSE RESILIENCY IS SO IMPORTANT.
IT'S REALLY DOES HAVE THE EMPHASIS ON THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS.
NOW THERE ARE TWO ROADS THAT ARE DIFFERENT BETWEEN THE TWO MAPS.
AND I WOULD SAY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU CAN FIND IT, BUT I'LL HELP POINT THOSE OUT.
IT'S ALL THE WAY TO THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.
THEY'RE STILL VERY HIGH ON THE LIST.
THEY WOULD STILL RANK UP PRETTY HIGH.
BUT THOSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ROADS THAT DROPPED HERE.
SO BEFORE WE GET INTO THE FEEDBACK PART OF THIS, OUR NEXT STEPS FOR A RESILIENCY PROGRAM IS TO BUILD OUT THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WILL BUILD THE PROGRAM, EVALUATE THEM BASED OFF OF THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE HAVE.
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AND I'M OPEN TO HEARING YOUR SUGGESTIONS, FEEDBACK AND YES, EVERYTHING.CORRECT. THAT'S WHERE WE GOT ALL OUR DATA SETS.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED. I JUST WAS HOPING THERE WAS NOT REDUNDANCY.
I MEAN, WE'RE ASSUMING CORRECT.
YEAH. AND SECOND IS WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AND THIS IS A LITTLE OFF TOPIC, BUT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT CREATING THE ROAD AGGREGATE FOR THAT ONE AND I'M TYING THIS TO GARBAGE.
BUT THE THINGS THAT WE CAN USE, LIKE RECYCLED GLASS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE COULD USE TO MAKE, ROADS WITH IS THERE ANY IS THERE ANY TIE IN HERE, ANY TRYING TO MAKE ANY CONNECTION WITH THAT? SO, SORRY.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THE PAVEMENTS.
YEAH. YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF WAYS OF PUTTING OF CREATING ROAD AGGREGATE.
WE'RE TRYING TO GET RID OF ALL OF US ARE TRYING TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE GARBAGE.
SOME OF IT CAN GO INTO THE ROADWAY.
YOU USE, USE RECYCLED MATERIALS INTO ROAD AGGREGATE.
SO, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO BE A PART OF THIS IS WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY.
WE DO HAVE A TOOLBOX FULL OF LIKE, COUNTERMEASURES FOR MOSTLY ABOUT WATER.
YOU'LL SEE IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY THROWS EVERYTHING OUT THE WINDOW.
OH NO. BECAUSE IT ENDS ON THE ROAD.
COMMISSIONER SHUHAM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOT YET. I DON'T KNOW.
THIS THING KEEPS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
HOW IS THAT? OKAY? FIRST OF ALL, I LOVE THAT.
AND I THINK ALSO, TOO IF WE WERE TO PUT, RECYCLING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS PART OF OUR GRANT APPLICATIONS OR IN OUR PROCUREMENT POLICIES, IT WOULD REALLY BE A WOW FACTOR.
I TOTALLY DID NOT EXPECT ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO MAPS.
SO IF YOU NEED SUPPORT FROM THIS GROUP TO GO WITH PLAN B, YOU KNOW YOU GOT IT.
SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, REALLY NOT SURPRISING AT ALL.
CITIES ALSO ARE DOING VULNERABILITY STUDIES.
SO I JUST WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU COLLECT ALL OF THAT DATA.
I WANTED TO JUST TAKE THIS MOMENT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO LEVI AND HIS TEAM, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF A HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD HARDENING PROJECT THAT IN DARK PURPLE HERE, IF IT COULD GET ANY DARKER, WE WOULD TAKE THAT.
AND THAT TEAM IS DOING A REALLY OUTSTANDING JOB WITH COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND INPUT.
AND FINALLY, I HAD A FASCINATING PHONE CALL REGARDING OUR DIGITAL TWINNING, PROJECT.
AND, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY NEED THAT DATA.
AND I ENCOURAGED THAT GROUP FROM DELOITTE TO REACH OUT TO, DR.
[INAUDIBLE] AT THE COUNTY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IS GOING TO DEPEND SO MUCH ON, RESILIENCY AND SEA LEVEL RISE DATA THAT THE COUNTY IS, YOU KNOW, DEEP INTO.
THIS WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING TO SEE HOW MUCH OF THE COUNTY IS IN PINK AND PURPLE.
SO, SO IMPORTANT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND I KNOW WE'RE IN THAT DEEP PURPLE, TOO.
OUR GREATEST ISSUE IS HALLANDALE BEACH.
AND FDOT HAS NOT DONE ANY DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE ON THAT ROADWAY FOR AT LEAST 30 YEARS.
AND WHEN THEY REHABBED IT, 30 YEARS.
SAME THING WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY.
WE'RE LOOKING AT AN ACTUAL CONDUIT NOW THAT'S COLLAPSING.
THAT IS AN OCEAN OUTFALL CONDUIT.
WHICH IN MY MIND, ALL OF THEM NEED TO, DON'T SHOOT ME, BUT NEED TO BE REMOVED EVENTUALLY.
AND IT'S MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
AND THE REASON WE HAD THAT CONDUIT WAS BECAUSE OF THE ELEVATION OF US 1.
US 1 IS IMPASSABLE DURING SOME OF THESE STORMS, THE 1000 YEAR STORM.
BUT, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT, HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW.
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GREAT THEY'RE DOING PRETTY PAINT AND LINES.I DON'T SEE ANY DRAINAGE INCORPORATED IN BOTH THESE ROADWAYS.
AND THEY'RE ALSO DOING US 1 RESURFACING AS WELL.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHO TO GET WITH, WITH OUR STAFF.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME LEGACY PUMPS THAT PUMP OUT, MAYBE THERE'S SOME WAY TO OPEN UP, SOME KIND OF PROGRAM, PARTICULARLY FOR US 1 WITH DRAINAGE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AGAIN THAT THESE PURPLE ROADS ARE THERE.
I'M GLAD THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF 95, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ON OUR SIDE ROADS.
MAYOR COOPER, I HEARD YOUR COMMENTS.
I HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING WITH THE NUMBER ONE OVER AT FDOT, AND I WILL PASS ON YOUR REQUEST.
THEY HAVE THEIR SURFACE WATER PROGRAM.
SO THIS IS REALLY A LEGACY PIPE FROM FDOT THAT'S CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM.
AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD THING.
I JUST WONDERING HOW IS IT GOING TO IF IT'S APPLIED TO, I GUESS, ALL OUR PROJECTS.
I KNOW THE CITY OF MIRAMAR, WE HAVE A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT WE HAVE INVESTED A LOT IN IMPROVING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, SO THIS WOULD WORK AGAINST US, I SUPPOSE, ALL OUR INVESTMENT IN IT.
YEAH. SO RESILIENCY, THIS NETWORK THAT YOU SEE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU RIGHT HERE, ONE OF THE DATA SETS THAT WE USE IS ONE CRITERIA OF A LOT OF OTHER CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO RANK AND PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS INTO THESE FOUR PROGRAMS. OTHER THINGS YOU SEE ARE EQUITY, SAFETY, PROXIMITY TO ACTIVITY CENTERS.
ALL OF IF THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING, IS SOMETHING OF A MULTIMODAL IN NATURE, TAKING VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD, ALL OF THOSE OTHER KIND OF FACTORS GO INTO PRIORITIZING PROJECTS. SO THIS IS JUST ONE PIECE OF A LARGER PIE.
EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN, COCONUT CREEK IS NOT IN ANY OF THE PINK OR PURPLE I NOTICED TO OUR EAST THE TURNPIKE AND THEN THE SOUTHWEST 10TH AND THEN SOUTH TO POWERLINE ROAD, WHICH IS MULTIPLE, TRUCK TRAFFIC. AND I KNOW A LOT OF WORK HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON POWERLINE ROAD IN THE PAST YEAR OR SO.
AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THE TURNPIKE FROM THE SAMPLE NORTH TO THE SAWGRASS IS GOING TO BE EXPERIENCING A GREAT DEAL OF, CONSTRUCTION IN THE YEARS TO COME, AS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHWEST 10TH HOOKING UP TO THE 95.
SO HOW IS ALL OF THIS OR IS THIS A PART OF WHAT THE WIDENING AND THE EXPANSION OF THE LANES ARE WE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE VULNERABILITY, AS WELL AS WHAT THE OTHER, COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS WERE SPEAKING ABOUT THE FLOODING AND, THE MITIGATION FOR WHAT IS ALREADY THERE FOR FUTURE.
AND THEN TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT SOME OF THE OTHERS HAVE ALREADY MENTIONED, WE TONIGHT GET OUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT AS WELL AS OUR GREENHOUSE GAS REPORT. SO, I MEAN, I THINK WE DEFINITELY IN AS A REGIONAL PROJECT, NEED TO KEEP ALL EYES ON THE TURNPIKE, THE SOUTHWEST 10TH AND THEN THE POWER LINE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN MITIGATED, BUT MAYBE IT WASN'T ENOUGH BECAUSE I'VE BEEN ON POWERLINE EVEN AFTER THE IMPROVEMENTS, AND THERE'S STILL A GREAT DEAL OF FLOODING.
SO I UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S IN THE PINK.
BECAUSE IN THE PAST, MAYBE IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN A HIGH PRIORITY TO ADDRESS RESILIENCY.
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BECAUSE IT WAS APPARENT IN SOME OF THE WIDENING OF THE TURNPIKE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY GOING TO LEAVE LESS SPACE FOR ACCOMMODATIONS OF RAIN EVENTS EVEN NOT EVEN, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ADDITIONAL.SO, I MEAN, IT'S WE JUST SIMPLY CAN'T TAKE OUR EYES OFF OF IT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? NO. GO AHEAD.
DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS AT WORK.
OKAY, AS WE LOOK AT RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE CHANGE, I DON'T SEE CLIMATE STRESSORS.
I'M GOING TO USE THAT. RIGHT? I SEE AND I HEAR THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND SEA LEVEL RISE, BUT I'M NEVER HEARING ANY CONVERSATION AROUND OUR CANAL BANKS, THE CANALS.
WHERE IS THAT DISCUSSION? BECAUSE WE RECOGNIZE WATER RUNS OFF OUR ROADWAYS INTO THE CANALS TO CREATE FOR ALL OF US TO TRAVEL WHEREVER WE WANT TO GO.
THAT'S A DIFFERENT WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHERE IS THE DISCUSSIONS AROUND THE IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE ON OUR WATER? NOT JUST IN THE OCEAN.
WE HAVE CANALS BEHIND HOMES, PROPERTIES ERODING BECAUSE OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
WHERE IS THE DISCUSSION? AND THAT'S MY COMMENT FOR TODAY.
OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO RESPOND? OF COURSE. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD.
SO TO SPEAK, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE CANALS.
SO THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT'S THERE.
ALSO, WE HAVE THE STORM SURGE AND PRECIPITATION INDUCED FLOODING.
SO IF THE CANALS ARE GETTING OVERFLOWED, IF THE WATER IS SITTING FOR TOO LONG, THOSE ARE ALL CONSIDERATIONS THAT GO INTO THAT CATEGORY THAT MAKE UP ALONG WITH SEA LEVEL RISE AND FUTURE GROUNDWATER ELEVATION THE BULK OF WHAT OUR VULNERABILITY SCORE IS.
SO DO WE HAVE SPECIFIC COUNTERMEASURES FOR CANALS? I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK TO LEVI.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S HERE IF WE DO HAVE THAT.
JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LEVI AND ANDREW AND OTHERS ON THE RESILIENCY ISSUE.
SO, AND SIMILAR TO WHAT COMMISSIONER FURR MENTIONED ABOUT USING THE COUNTY DATA, YES, WE ARE COORDINATING WITH ALL OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT ISSUES WITH THE FLOW OF THE CANALS.
AND WHEN THEY OVERFLOW AND THEN WITH STORM SURGE, HOW THAT AFFECTS NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO WE'RE INCORPORATING ALL THAT INFORMATION, BUT IT'LL LOOK LIKE PRIMARILY ON THE STORM SURGE.
COMMISSIONER SHUHAM AND MR. CHAIR, I HAVE TO LEAVE.
WELL, I WANT TO, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. HOW DO WE ARTICULATE.
HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO CITIES THAT ARE ASKING THE QUESTION, WHERE IS THE DISCUSSION? WHEN ARE YOU HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS? WE WANT FOR THAT TO BE AT THE SAME LEVEL THAT WE PUT SEA LEVEL RISE, THE CANALS AND THE BACK OF OUR HOMES, OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS.
RIGHT. WHAT'S HAPPENING? THINGS ARE CHANGING.
WE WANT THAT TO HAVE THE SAME LEVEL OF URGENCY THAT WE PUT TO SEA LEVEL RISE.
AND WHEN WE'RE DOING THAT, WE WILL BE ASKING FOR FEEDBACK ON THOSE PROJECTS.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN'T INCLUDE CERTAIN COUNTERMEASURES AS PART OF A PROJECT.
SO IF WE HEAR THAT FEEDBACK, WE CAN ADD THAT TO SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS.
[INAUDIBLE] THE ONLY ONE HAVING TROUBLE WITH THAT.
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YOU'RE ON. HELLO? BEAR WITH ME HERE. HI.I'M FROM TOWN OF LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.
WHICH, A SMALL FISH IN THE POND.
BUT I WANT TO TAKE ONE MOMENT.
I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T DO THIS EARLIER, BUT, A FEW MOMENTS OF FAME AND ATTENTION TO OUR TOWN.
WE ARE ON THE FRONT COVER OF THE CURRENT ISSUE OF SOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE.
[APPLAUSE] FRONT PAGE SOLD OUT AT BARNES AND NOBLE.
YOU CAN'T GET A COPY, SO YOU HAVE TO BUY A SUBSCRIPTION.
NOT MARKETING SOUTHERN LIVING.
BUT IT'S QUITE AN ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND I THANK OUR TOWN STAFF AND AND OUR COMMISSION FOR BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE.
I'M SORRY. IS THAT NORTH FORT LAUDERDALE.
[LAUGHTER] SPEAKING OF BAYVIEW DRIVE AND COMMERCIAL.
GOOD. I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD BRING THIS UP.
SO ONE OF THE FILTERS THAT WE SUGGESTED AS STAFF IS THAT WE FOCUS ALL OF THESE BEAUTIFUL SCORES THAT YOU SEE IN THIS MAP, FILTER OUT EVERYTHING THAT'S NOT ON OUR REGIONAL NETWORK.
AND OUR REGIONAL NETWORK IS SOMETHING THAT'S AGREED UPON BY BROWARD COUNTY, MIAMI DADE COUNTY, AND ALSO PALM BEACH COUNTY THROUGH THE EFFORT THAT SEFTC IS THE THREE OF THEM COMING TOGETHER. AND THEY'VE ESTABLISHED THAT THIS IS THE REGIONAL NETWORK FOR THE REGION.
SO IF WE FOCUS ON THIS MAP, IT DOES TAKE OUT A1A AND SOME OF THE OTHER, MAJOR ROADS THAT CONNECT TO A1A FROM US 1 . PART OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF Y'ALL, IS THIS A GOOD STRATEGY? SHOULD WE BE LOOKING AT INCLUDING OTHER ROADWAYS FROM THE TAC? WE DID HEAR THAT THEY WANTED TO INCLUDE A1A AND CERTAIN EVACUATION ROUTES THAT ARE PART OF BROWARD NEXUS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SO WE CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'S UP FOR DISCUSSION HOW MUCH MONEY WE WANT TO BE SPENDING ON ALL THE ROADS, OR SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE REGIONAL NETWORK? SO Y'ALL TELL ME.
JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THE SEFTC IS THE REGIONAL MPO.
SO THESE ROADS HAVE BEEN, BASICALLY ON THAT SIDE OF THE AISLE FOR OVER 15, MAYBE 20 YEARS.
AND A1A HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABSENT ON THAT.
AND THEN IT'S LIKE, WHERE DO YOU SPEND THE MONEY? BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH MONEY WE HAVE.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT FACTOR THAT GOES INTO GETTING EMERGENCY MONEY FOR A1A BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ON OUR TOURIST ECONOMY. SO THERE'S JUST DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.
THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW HILLSBORO BEACH.
IT'S JUST A TINY BARRIER ISLAND.
AND WE'RE BETWEEN THE OCEAN AND THE INTRACOASTAL.
AND I WOULD CAUTION, MR. CALETKA, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING SO I COULD SAY WHAT I WANT.
AND, WHEN WE FIX OUR SECTION OF A1A, I STARTED THAT PROJECT.
AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, ALL THESE TOWNS ARE OLD.
WE HAVE NEW WATER LINES, NEW SEWERS, ALL OF THAT.
AND I WAS TOLD BY FDOT AND I MEAN, BASICALLY THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO KNOCK THEM, BUT THEY SAY, WELL, THEY THOUGHT AT THE LOWEST POINT, WHICH WAS THE SOUTHERN END GOING TOWARDS POMPANO BEACH, WE WOULD NEED A RAISE OF ABOUT SIX INCHES. SO I'M OUT THERE AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND I'M FIVE FOOT EIGHT, AND IF IT'S UP TO MY KNEES, YOU NEED MORE THAN SIX INCHES.
SO WHAT IT WOUND UP BEING WAS 2.5FT.
SO I'M JUST CAUTIONING ALL OF YOU THAT I KNOW THIS IS A LONG PROJECT.
WE WENT FROM THE DARKEST PURPLE OR WHATEVER THAT COLOR IS BLACK, MAYBE TO KIND OF PINKY BECAUSE
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WE DID MANAGE TO RAISE ALL OF THAT.AND THE INTERCOASTAL COMES OVER AS YOU WERE SPEAKING TO THE CANALS.
MY KITCHEN WINDOW FACES THE SAMPLE ROAD CANAL.
IT ALL JUST IT'S GOT NO PLACE ELSE TO GO AND IT ISN'T GOING TO GET BETTER.
SO YOU'VE GOT A LONG PROJECT ON YOUR HANDS, AND YOU REALLY HAVE TO GET, AN INDEPENDENT PERSON TO LOOK AT THE STATISTICS AS THEY START TO COME UP.
[2. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County Transit - Transit Development Plan]
PARTNER AGENCY FROM BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT FOR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THIS MORNING TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON A MAJOR PLANNING EFFORT THAT WE COMPLETED LATE LAST FALL, AND ALSO ONE THAT WAS APPROVED BY OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT IS A TRANSIT OPERATORS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO COMPLETE WHAT'S CALLED A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN TO QUALIFY FOR STATE BLOCK GRANT FUNDING. THIS PLAN ITSELF IS A STRATEGIC VISION PLAN, REQUIRES AN ANNUAL UPDATE AND A MAJOR UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WE'VE GOT OUR PROJECT MANAGER HERE THIS MORNING, MISS LAURA EVERETT.
OKAY, SO LAURA EVERETT, SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER WITH BENESCH.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
AS BARNEY MENTIONED, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
AND YOU DID HAVE, WE ARE THANKFUL THAT AS A KEY PARTNER, THE MPO PROVIDED STAFF FOR OUR ADVISORY REVIEW COMMITTEE AND IT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION IN DECEMBER.
SO WITH TRANSIT, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT RIDERSHIP.
SO JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT UPDATE.
WE DID DO SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OUTREACH, WHICH WAS BUILDING ON THE OUTREACH THAT WAS DONE FOR PREMO.
THE ADVISORY REVIEW COMMITTEE WORKED ON THE GOALS FOR THE TDP FOR BCT.
THEY LOOKED AT THREE PRIMARY SOURCES AND INPUTS TO THOSE GOALS, ONE BEING THE PRIOR TDP COMPLETED IN 2018, THE SECOND BEING THE MPOS, MTP, AND THEN THE THIRD BEING THE PREMO.
SO YOU HAVE THOSE ON THE SCREEN IMPROVING SAFETY AND SECURITY, IMPROVING MOBILITY FOR ALL, AND IMPLEMENTING EQUITABLE TRANSIT SOLUTIONS, STRIVING TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, ENSURING RESILIENCY AND MAINTAINING A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR AND SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING FINANCIAL STABILITY.
SO THIS IS THE IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE FOR PREMO.
THIS JUST A CAVEAT THAT THIS IS THE TEN YEARS COVERED IN THE TDP.
IN ADDITION, THERE IS BCT IS CURRENTLY UNDERTAKING A COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS.
THE COA IS GOING TO LOOK AT CHANGES TO THE NETWORK RELATED TO POST PANDEMIC TRAVEL TRENDS, AND ALSO KIND OF NETWORK SHIFTS RELATED TO IMPLEMENTING THOSE PREMIUM SERVICES RECOMMENDED IN PREMO.
SO THOSE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT NOTED IN THE TDP.
SO THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE FINANCE PLAN.
THERE ARE TWO PIECES TO THE FINANCE PLAN CAPITAL AND OPERATIONS.
YOU CAN SEE THE CAPITAL ON THE SCREEN NOW.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH FLEET REPLACEMENT AND ELECTRIFICATION.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE RELATED TO PREMO.
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IT INCLUDES SHELTERS AND BENCHES AT BUS STOPS, ALL OF THE THINGS THAT GO INTO PROVIDING SERVICE.IT IS $8.2 BILLION OVER THE TEN YEAR TIME FRAME.
THE OPERATING PLAN IS AROUND $4 BILLION, INCLUDING THAT 2.4 FROM THE CAPITAL SIDE OVER THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD, AND INCLUDES ALL OF THE CURRENT SERVICES AND ANY CHANGES RECOMMENDED TO THOSE, PLUS THE PREMO PLAN COMING INTO ALIGNMENT.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.
WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE PLEASURE OF THE CHAIR.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
NEXT WE HAVE A REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCY, MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.
[3. Report from Partner Agency - Museum Of Discovery and Science - Think Like a Planner]
THINK LIKE A PLANNER.JOE COX, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.
SO WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROWARD MPO, WHICH IS CREATING A THINK LIKE A PLANNER OUTREACH PROGRAM, WHICH IS REALLY DESIGNED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT PROJECTS LIKE COMPLETE STREETS AND WORK TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY MORE RESILIENT TO RESILIENCY STRESSORS SUCH AS SEA LEVEL RISE, FLOODING AND EXTREME HEAT.
SO WE ARE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT UNDER ONE OF OUR FOUR EDUCATIONAL PILLARS.
SO AT THE MUSEUM WE FOCUS ON EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.
SO OUR PROGRAMS ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESS.
83% OF OUR OUTREACH PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY DELIVERED AT NO COST THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS.
SO ACCESS TO OUR PROGRAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
THE MUSEUM'S GOT A LOT OF BIG ANNUAL PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS.
SO LAST YEAR WE SAW 425,000 ALMOST VISITORS TO THE MUSEUM AND ALMOST 70,000 IN OUTREACH THIS YEAR.
HAPPY TO REPORT WE'RE TRENDING 17% HIGHER IN PEOPLE THROUGH THE DOOR THAN LAST YEAR, MOSTLY SINCE WE OPENED OUR NEW EARLY CHILDHOOD EXHIBIT IN AUGUST.
SO LOTS OF GREAT THINGS WE'RE WORKING ON.
ONE WE'RE PARTICULARLY PROUD OF IS LAST YEAR WE GOT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
AND IT WAS REALLY DOWN TO TWO THINGS.
SO OUR HUB FOR RESILIENCE EDUCATION, WE STARTED THIS PROJECT AND FORMED A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO REALLY ESTABLISH A PLACE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN HEAR ABOUT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON.
SO WE PUT TOGETHER A COMMITTEE THAT'S GOT ABOUT 30 PEOPLE AND GROWING, WHICH IS OUR HUB FOR RESILIENCE EDUCATION COMMITTEE, AND THIS INCLUDES LEADERSHIP FROM MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE MPO, FPL, THE LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, EVEN THE LEGO FOUNDATION, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S SOME LEGO DOWN ON THE TABLE NEXT TO GREG.
AND SO WE ARE REALLY WORKING ON RAISING AWARENESS.
SO YOU CAN BE MY [INAUDIBLE] THAT WOULD.
AND HOW ARE WE DOING THIS? WE'VE GOT PROGRAMS AND EXHIBITS COMING SOON THAT ARE RAISING AWARENESS, AND ONE OF THE ONES THAT IS MOST VISIBLE IS OUR STEMOBILE PROGRAM. SO OUR STEMOBILE, WE HAVE FIVE OF THESE NOW DRIVING AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA DELIVERING PROGRAMS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE STEMOBILE PULLS UP OUT POP OUT TENTS, TABLES, STEM EDUCATORS AND ALL THESE COOL BELLS AND WHISTLES.
GREAT TOYS THAT WE CAN TAKE TO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS.
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AND AS I MENTIONED, OVER 80% OF THESE ARE DELIVERED FREE OF CHARGE TO SCHOOLS, COMMUNITY CENTERS, LIBRARIES.THANKS TO THE PHILANTHROPIC PARTNERSHIPS, THE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIPS, AND PARTNERSHIPS WITH CITIES LIKE THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHO'S ACTUALLY UNDERWRITING US, GOING TO EVERY SINGLE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND PROVIDING FREE PROGRAMING.
WE'RE NOW IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE TO SEE THIS PROGRAM.
WE ALSO WORK WITH BROWARD UP TO TAKE THE PROGRAMS TO THE 11 ZIP CODES THAT THEY'VE IDENTIFIED AS MOST AT NEED OF, YOU KNOW, RAISING EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT.
SO PROGRAMING ALL KINDS OF FUN STUFF, FROM CODING TO A ROBOT PETTING ZOO.
A ROBOT PETTING ZOO IS ADORABLE.
SO LOTS OF REALLY GREAT CONTENT.
AND OUR NEWEST PROGRAM IS THINK LIKE A PLANNER.
THIS IS GOING TO TRANSFORM STUDENTS INTO REAL WORLD PLANNERS, ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS.
AS WE HEARD, THESE ARE LONG TERM PROJECTS THAT THE MPO IS WORKING ON.
WE'VE GOT TO FILL THE PIPELINE SO THAT WE HAVE FUTURE ENGINEERS, FUTURE ARCHITECTS, FUTURE URBAN PLANNERS WHO CAN HELP BRING THESE PROJECTS TO LIFE. SO THE THINK LIKE A PLANNER PROGRAM, WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A ABOUT 40 PAGE CURRICULUM, WHICH WE WORKED ON WITH THE MPO TEAM THAT'S GOING TO BE GOING OUT TO SCHOOLS.
AND I HAVE TO SHOW YOU THIS BUILD A BETTER BUS STOP.
AFTERWARDS. THE KIDS DO LEGOS.
GREAT. YOU CAN BUILD IT BACK AGAIN.
AND WE'VE DEVELOPED, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LEGO FOUNDATION, A 45 MINUTE PROGRAM THAT GOES OUT TO SCHOOLS, LIBRARIES. WE DO IT AT THE MUSEUM, AND IT CAME FROM OUR HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.
AND WE SAID TO THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS AN ISSUE THAT YOU DEAL WITH? AND A LOT OF THESE INTERNS ARE TAKING THE BUS TO GET TO THE MUSEUM.
AND SO IT'S GOT COMMUNITY GATHERING SPACES.
THIS ONE HAS A LITTLE COOLING STATION.
YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO BE ACCESSIBLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY WANT TO THANK THE MPO FOR, STANDS TO BE A NATIONAL MODEL FOR HOW WE TALK ABOUT URBAN PLANNING WITH CHILDREN. SO THANK YOU.
COME SEE THIS PROGRAM IN ACTION.
I DO HAVE FOUR INDIVIDUALS IN THE QUEUE.
DO I NEED TO TAKE THOSE OR DO I NEED TO CALL ON GREG? I NEED TO OKAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
AND MPO I KNOW YOU GUYS ROCK, BUT THIS IS THE BEST, OKAY? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO BUSINESSES ABOUT MAKING SURE YOU TRAIN YOUR NEW WORKFORCE, AND THE ENGINEERS ARE NOW TAKING OFF.
BUT I AM ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT INCLUSION AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
SO TELL ME, HOW WERE YOU? WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN A SMALL CITY LIKE THE ONE I'VE LIVED IN?
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT ZIP CODE THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CITY, IT NEEDS YOUR HELP.YEAH, THAT ZIP CODE THAT EVERYONE USES TO GAIN FUNDING.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE'RE SAYING, OKAY, I LOVE THIS, BUT I NEED TO SEE WHERE YOUR PILOT PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE IF IT'S GOING TO START IN THE AREAS THAT NEEDS YOU THE MOST.
YOU KNOW, IT'S AND WE CAN GET SPECIFIC NUMBERS FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE A FTERWARDS. WE REACH OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WE'VE GOT THIS PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE FREE PROGRAMING TO EVERY OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE SCHOOLS.
AND SO THEN WE'VE GOT WE REACH OUT AND IT'S GOT TO FIT INTO THE SCHEDULE.
WE WORK WITH THE PRINCIPALS, BUT WE GO TO LIBRARIES, COMMUNITY CENTERS.
WE GO TO, YOU KNOW, PRACTICALLY EVERY YMCA.
YOU KNOW, WITH 83% OF THE PROGRAMS BEING DELIVERED AT NO COST, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A CHILD IN A YMCA AND BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB, YOU KNOW, DOESN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS PROGRAMING.
AND SO IT'S THANKS TO SUPPORT LIKE THE MUNICIPALITIES, LIKE FPL EARLY LEARNING COALITION AND CSC, SO MANY OTHERS THAT WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE. SO IF WE'RE NOT IN EVERY SCHOOL THAT WE SHOULD BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LET US KNOW AND WE'LL GET THERE.
BUT WE'LL FOLLOW UP, COMMISSIONER, AND FIND OUT WHERE WE ARE.
SO, YOU KNOW, SCHOOL BUS TRANSPORTATION IS SO INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT.
WE HAVE 850,000 BRICKS IN THE MUSEUM RIGHT NOW.
IT'S A LOT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
I DEFINITELY WANT TO CHECK AND SEE IF YOU'RE IN MIRAMAR SCHOOLS.
OH MY GOODNESS. LOVE THE LOVE THE PROJECT.
BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHILE I KNOW THAT CHILDREN THAT ARE NOT IN A, UNDERPRIVILEGED AREA COULD PAY FOR IT, BUT I THINK THEY THAT THEY COULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S GOING EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT CHILDREN ALL OVER COULD BECOME PLANNERS, COULD BECOME ANYTHING IF GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE.
AND THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S AN INCREDIBLE, DIFFERENT WAY TO APPROACH THINGS THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'S OUT THERE. AND I'D HATE FOR ANYONE TO BE LEFT OUT, SO I'D LOVE TO.
SHAMELESS PITCH. WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEAK.
AND I'D LOVE TO SEE THE THE PETTING ZOO.
THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PETTING ZOO OUT FOR YOU.
AND I WON'T NEED ALLERGY PILLS.
THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER COOPER.
I AM JUST SIMPLY IN AWE OF THIS AMAZING, OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES IN 3309 DOWN SOUTH WITH THE K THROUGH EIGHT AND A HIGH SCHOOL THAT'S STRUGGLING.
SO I'M SEEING YOU PROBABLY ARE THERE, BUT I AM GLAD I'M HEARING BECAUSE I'M SITTING HERE GOING LIKE, HOW CAN I GET MY KIDS THERE? SO DEFINITELY GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOU BECAUSE, THERE'S AMAZING THINGS GOING ON AND THE YOUNGER KIDS TODAY ARE JUST ALL OVER IT.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO BOAST A LITTLE BIT.
WE JUST OPENED A VERIZON PARTNERED AND WE HAD A FULLY OPENING FOR A VERIZON LAB, AND THEY'RE JUST ALREADY CODING AND BUILDING CARS AND, YOU KNOW, DOING, YOU KNOW, PLASTIC RECYCLING, 3D PRINTING.
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YEAH IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM, 80 PAID HIGH SCHOOL INTERNS WHO SPEND 25 HOURS A MONTH WITH US.IT'S ONLY FOUR MILES AWAY, AND THERE'S KIDS THAT HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE EXPOSURE.
YOU KNOW, THEY HADN'T GONE TO THE BEACH.
THEY HADN'T BEEN TO A BEACH PARK.
IT JUST OPENS UP THE POSSIBILITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION AND SHARING THIS.
COMMISSIONER, IS IT COMMISSIONER BOARD MEMBER JAFFE.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
IT'S AWESOME. THE PARTNERSHIP.
WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, I LOVE IT.
THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE MPO AND THE SCIENCE AND DISCOVERY.
I'VE SEEN SOME OF THE VIDEOS ONLINE OF WHAT YOU DO DOWN THERE WITH THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND ALL THE STUDENTS COMING TO VISIT, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THIS OUT IN OTHER SCHOOLS AND OTHER COMMUNITIES BESIDES WHERE YOU'RE GOING RIGHT NOW.
I THINK EVERYBODY'S GOING TO BE CALLING YOU BOARD MEMBER DANIEL.
OKAY. JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
I'M A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AND THE MOBILE HAS BEEN TO MY SCHOOL SEVERAL TIMES.
I EVEN HAVE IT AT FAMILY EVENTS.
THEY TRAINED LITTLE STATIONS FOR THE KIDS TO WORK.
IT'S FANTASTIC. IT'S ALWAYS A HIT.
SO THAT WAY WE COULD ALL MAKE SURE IT'S THERE.
YOU JUST CALL AND IT'S BASICALLY, HOW DOES YOUR SCHEDULE WORK? I LIKE THE MOBILE BECAUSE THEN I DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A BUS, EVEN THOUGH WE STILL GO TO THE SCIENCE MUSEUM.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR A BUS.
YOU COME TO US AND VERY CONVENIENT, WELL TRAINED WORKERS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU. KEEP IT UP.
VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
EXCELLENT. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
I'M GOING TO ASK STAFF TO BE IN CONTACT WITH YOU.
ARE YOU DOING ANY COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTLY WITH THE SCHOOLS OR THE SCHOOL BOARD? I SHOULD SAY.
SO WE DO. WE WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
THE SUPERINTENDENT, HAS BEEN TO THE MUSEUM, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF TIMES VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM.
WE'VE GOT REALLY GREAT CONNECTIONS WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD.
SO, DEBBIE HIXON FROM THE SCHOOL BOARDS ON OUR BOARD.
I'LL BE HAVING OUR CITY REACH OUT TO YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GREAT QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, EVERYONE.
AND GREG, YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION.
YES. VERY BRIEFLY AS, MAYOR OR VICE MAYOR KIRDAHY, BASICALLY SAID SHE IS LEAVING US AND MAYOR KIRDAHY. EXCUSE ME.
SO SHE IS RETIRING, TERM LIMITED OUT.
AND HONESTLY, IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE NUMBER OF YEARS, EIGHT YEARS OF BEING ON THIS MPO, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET THE ENTIRE A1A PROJECT, NOT JUST THROUGH THE PLANNING STAGES, BUT FUNDED AND BUILT AND.
THAT'S A GREAT STORY, BUT IT'S WHAT IT IS REALLY A GOOD STORY.
AND IN BIGGER PICTURE, YOUR VOICE IS GOING TO BE MISSED HERE.
AND A LOT OF TIMES VERY MODESTLY.
SHE GOES, OH, BUT I'M FROM A SMALL TOWN.
AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOUR PREDECESSOR ACTUALLY WE'RE GOING FORWARD WITH THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY CONNECTION BECAUSE SOMEBODY FROM A SMALL TOWN SAID, HEY, WHY DON'T WE DO THIS? AND ACTUALLY THAT MOVED FORWARD AS WELL.
AND THAT'S $1 BILLION PROJECT.
CAN I ASK THE BOARD MEMBERS TO MAYBE GATHER IN THE CENTER HERE? I'D LIKE TO PRESENT, OR I'D LIKE OUR INCOMING CHAIR TO PRESENT YOU WITH THIS LOVELY LITTLE PLAQUE OF THANKS FOR YOUR TIME WITH US, AND WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT, EVERYBODY.
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GO IN THE MIDDLE.YOU CAN ALL SQUEEZE IN AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, PLEASE.
TWO. THREE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WELL, SHE TURNED OUT SHE MIGHT NOT BE.
SHE MIGHT HAVE THANK YOU. GREAT.
WE CAN GET OFF THE ISLAND NOW.
BUT THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 11:20.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.