DO THAT. OH, IT WAS ALL RIGHT.
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ATTORNEY. WE NOW HAVE A QUORUM.YES YOU DO. YOU HAVE A QUORUM.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL TO ORDER AND STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE.
[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
VICE CHAIR. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[2. Electronic Roll Call]
[3. Approval of Minutes - February 8, 2024]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. I NEED A MOTION.I'M TRYING. DO WE HAVE TO? THERE IT IS.
DO YOU HAVE TO BE PRESENT? THIS IS TEN.
OH, YEAH. TEN. TEN, AND YOU'RE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY? OF COURSE.
WASN'T THAT EASIER, AND THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL, WE HAVE VIRTUAL MEMBERS.
ALL RIGHT. THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS I HAVE ARE BRUNSON, ARSERIO, BORGELIN.
ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY VOTE. OKAY.
WE HAVE THREE MEMBERS VIRTUAL.
WHO IS THAT? HERE. THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.
OKAY. I KNOW MINE'S NOT WORKING, BUT YOU DON'T TRY TO VOTE.
COMMISSIONER FURR IS ACTUALLY ALSO.
THANK YOU. OH, WE'RE NOT VOTING.
NO, WE'RE JUST PRESENT. EVERYONE HAS VOTED.
WE DIDN'T VOTE YET. WE JUST ROLL CALL.
THIS IS ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL, ROLL CALL.
BECCA, ARE YOU COMPLETED? YOU'VE HAD A CLEAR ROLL CALL.
IS THAT A YES. OKAY, WE GOT A MOTION BY MR. MCGEE, SECOND BY MR. MARTIN ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MIGHT, FOR THOSE WHO ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, IT IS PRESUMED THAT IF YOU ARE VOTING WITH THE MAJORITY, UNLESS YOU OTHERWISE INDICATE OVER THE INTERNET, PLEASE VIRTUALLY.
I BROUGHT THE APPROVAL OF THE EXCUSED ABSENCES.
[4. Approval of Excused Absences]
ATTORNEY. WE STILL NEED TO FINISH THE.YES, THE EXCUSED ABSENCES WE HAVE.
CAN'T HEAR YOU. REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO.
WE HAVE OUR MOTION MADE BY TIM FADGEN AND SECONDED BY COLBOURNE, AND THE ABSENCES ARE WE HAVE WHITMAN OF DAVEY LONERGAN OF OAKLAND PARK, CAUSWELL AND GANZ.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE TO APPROVE EXCUSED ABSENCES.
OKAY. LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE APPROVED.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
MAYOR I'M NOT SURE IF THEY GOT THE VIRTUAL NAMES CORRECT.
I'M ON. I'VE BEEN ON SINCE ABOUT A QUARTER PAST NINE, AND THEN JUST ANOTHER COMMENT.
ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE RECORDING THIS MEETING SO IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE BEING RECORDED? AND WHO IS THIS? BOB HARTMANNN.
YES. YOU'RE. YOU WERE IDENTIFIED AS BEING VIRTUAL.
THESE MEETINGS ARE RECORDED IN THE ROOM, INCLUDING THOSE ONLINE.
YEAH. I DIDN'T HEAR MY NAME WHEN THE VIRTUALS WERE MENTIONED.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[5. Approval of Agenda]
WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.LET'S VOTE. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.
PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY? ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK? THERE ARE NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OKAY. WE ARE NOW IN A PROCESS OF ELECTING A CHAIR.
[7. MOTION TO ELECT a Chair to the Transportation Disadvantaged (TD) Local Coordinating Board (LCB)]
THIS IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD, THE LCP.
IT IS ACTUALLY, ANY ELECTED OFFICIAL CAN BE CONSIDERED IN BROWARD COUNTY, BUT IT HAS BEEN THE TREND THAT IT ALWAYS BE A BROWARD MPO BOARD MEMBER BECAUSE THEY'RE THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY. WE'VE HAD TWO PEOPLE THAT HAVE PUT THEIR NAME IN THE HAT FOR CONSIDERATION.
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SO HOW DO WE VOTE? SO WE HAVE HOW MANY MEMBERS? TWO. TWO. SO WE'RE GOING TO PASS OUT A PIECE OF PAPER.FOR THE PURPOSES OF PUBLIC RECORD WHO YOU VOTED FOR.
SO SIGN IT AND IDENTIFY WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR, AND WE'LL COME BY AND COLLECT IT.
CHAIR? YES? CAN I JUST MAKE SOME COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE THE VOTE ON? ARE YOU ON? I'M ON.
I DID ATTEND ONE OF THE MEETINGS, AND I THINK THAT IT WAS VERY EYE OPENING FOR THE SERVICES THAT ORGANIZATION DOES PROVIDE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BROWARD COUNTY.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE PERSONAL CARS.
SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A BUS STOP, SOME PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO GET TO A TRAIN STATION, AND I FEEL THAT IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING THAT WE OFFER THAT SERVICE, AND I HOPE THE PERSON, WHOEVER WINS THE CHAIR, LEADS THAT ORGANIZATION.
I ALWAYS SAY THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL ADVANTAGED.
IT'S LIKE DISABLED. I DON'T LIKE USING THOSE WORDS WITH THAT PREFIX, AND THOSE FOLKS DO NEED SERVICES, AND I'M GLAD THAT THE COUNTY DOES PROVIDE IT WITH THE MPO LEADERSHIP ON THAT. I MEAN, CAN I SAY SOMETHING TO FRANK? FRANK? WHAT'S THAT? AM I ON? VICE CHAIR? GO AHEAD.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS IS REALLY A VERY SPECIAL BOARD, AND THE THINGS YOU LEARN FROM THIS BOARD, AS BYRON JUST POINTED OUT, ARE AMAZING, AND WHAT WE DO FOR THE DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I'M NOT SURE THEY MENTIONED THE DAY YOU WERE THERE THAT I THINK IS REALLY TREMENDOUS, IS THAT THE BUSSES STOP RUNNING, I THINK, AT 11 OR 12:00 AT NIGHT.
YOU NEED TO SAY SORRY. THANKS.
I NEED A PEN. CHAIR? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN.
HOLD ON, HOLD ON. WE GOT MR. WELCH. YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I AGREE WITH WHAT MEMBER JAFFE SUGGESTED.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ALTER THE NAME OF THAT BOARD FROM DISADVANTAGED TO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE INCLUSIVE? WE COULD TRY. IT'S ACTUALLY UNDER STATE CONTRACT FOR US TO BE DOING THIS, AND IT IS CALLED A TD BOARD.
I STATE BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I TOO ATTENDED THAT SAME MEETING, I THINK, WITH MR. JAFFE, AND WAS VERY IMPRESSED UPON WHAT THIS BOARD WAS PROVIDING AS A SERVICE, AND MY PASSION OR MY REASON FOR WANTING TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS, IS REPRESENTING THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, WHICH AGAIN FALLS SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF BROWARD COUNTY AND HAS ALREADY BEEN TAGGED AS ONE OF THE HIGHEST USING SERVICES OF MASS TRANSIT AND HAVING SUCH A HIGH NUMBER OF THESE DISADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS THAT WE TALK ABOUT.
NOW THAT I DO, IT'S, YOU KNOW, MY DUTY, I THINK, TO BE SOMEWHAT INVOLVED.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
COMMENTS. MR. CHAIRMAN, CHAIR.
HOW? FOR THOSE THAT ARE VIRTUAL, HOW DO WE VOTE? HOLD ON. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING.
HOLD ON. THANKS FOR TEEING THIS UP.
YOU'RE WELCOME. PLEASE, MRS. SHUHAM. I THANK YOU, CHAIR.
FIRST, I JUST WANT TO THANK COMMISSIONER MARTIN ALSO FOR PUTTING HIS NAME IN HERE.
I THINK THAT IT IS AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY FOR EITHER OF US TO PARTICIPATE IN A VERY UNIQUE COMMUNITY WITHIN BROWARD, AND ALTHOUGH I TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU ABOUT THE NAME HAVING DONE A LITTLE RESEARCH ABOUT IT, THERE ARE SO MANY LAYERS WITHIN THE LEGISLATURE THAT HAS THAT.
IT'D BE REALLY HARD, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T TRY AND WE SHOULD START TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
I'M EXCITED TO DO TO TAKE OVER THIS POSITION.
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IT'S BEEN DONE BEAUTIFULLY SO FAR BY OUR CHAIR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO REALLY FOCUS ON ALIGNING NOT ONLY THE NEEDS OF OUR TRANSPORTATION ADVANTAGE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WITH THE MPO AND ALSO OTHER ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN THE COUNTY, WHETHER IT BE THE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE THINGS LIKE THAT.JUST MAKING SURE WHEN WE'RE FOCUSING ON PROVIDING PROPER TRANSPORTATION TO THESE PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THAT CATEGORY, THAT WE LOOK AT IT IN A HOLISTIC WAY, AND I'M ALSO EXCITED TO WORK WITH PAUL STROBIS, WHO I HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING, AND OUR RECENT TRANSPORTATION HUB RIBBON CUTTING, AND HE IS THE GENTLEMAN THAT OVERSEES TOPS FOR THE COUNTY.
SO WHOEVER GETS THIS, I KNOW THAT WE WILL WORK VERY HARD FOR THOSE THAT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS PROGRAM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE BEST SERVICES AT BROWARD COUNTY IS ABLE TO PROVIDE. SO THANK YOU.
OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ANY COMMENTS.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WHEN YOU'RE READY, I HAVE SOME ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE.
FOR THOSE WHEN WE AFTER WE HAVE COLLECTED YOUR BALLOTS WE WILL THEN I WILL THEN TURN TO THOSE WHO ARE, WHO ARE VIRTUAL, AND I WILL INDIVIDUALLY ASK THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL, WHO THEY VOTE FOR, AND THEY'LL ANNOUNCE THAT VERBALLY AND THEY WILL BE COUNTED FOR PURPOSES OF THE VOTE.
RIGHT NOW WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL WHEN.
OKAY. SO IF EVERYONE'S READY, WE CAN COLLECT THE BALLOTS.
READY, AND FOR, AND IF THOSE WHO CAME IN LATE, IF YOU SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN A BALLOT TOO.
SO THIS IS PRACTICE FOR NEXT NEXT MEETING AND NEXT MEETING THERE'S GOING TO BE LOTS OF BALLOTS.
THERE'LL BE LOTS OF BALLOTS AND WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.
CAN I VOTE? YOU CAN COME VISIT.
OKAY. I THINK WE CAN DO THAT NOW.
OKAY. ARE YOU READY? ARE YOU READY? YES. MEMBER FURR COMMISSIONER FURR.
ARE YOU NOT PRESENT? I AM HERE. SHUHAM.
SHUHAM. ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S VIRTUAL THAT I DID NOT CALL.
SO WE HAVE THE FOUR MEMBERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL.
[1. MOTION TO APPROVE: A. Amendments to the Rules of the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO) B. Amendments to the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization Procurement Rules]
ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO ACTION ITEMS. THE MOTION TO APPROVE MR. STUART. OKAY, A AND B.WE'RE GOING TO GO. MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE MPO APPROVE AMENDMENT A TO THE RULES AND BROWARD MPO PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND B THE AMENDMENT TO THE MPO PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS PROCUREMENT RULES.
I'M GOING TO ASK MR. BOSTIC TO COME FORWARD, JUST FOR A BRIEF SECOND TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.
OKAY. HOLD ON. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
SO THERE WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS THAT WITH REGARD TO THE TWO CHANGES IN THE BOARD RULES, THERE'S TWO, TWO RULES THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED TO YOU.
BOTH ARE ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND ONLY CAN BE APPROVED AND MODIFIED BY THE BOARD.
THE RECOMMENDATION BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WAS WHERE THERE'S THE TWO MODIFICATIONS WAS TO ACTUALLY REFER IN THE BOARD RULES, A REFERENCE TO WHERE THOSE CHANGES IN THE PROCUREMENT RULE MAY BE FOUND, AND IN BOTH INSTANCES, THEY WOULD BE FOUND AT THE BROWARD MPO PROCUREMENT RULES AT CHAPTER 3 (1). SO THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ADD THAT LANGUAGE AT CHAPTER 3 (1), AND IF ANY VOTE THAT YOU TAKE OR ANY DIRECTION, WE WOULD THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS ASKING THAT YOU MODIFY THE RULES TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
OKAY. EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? GO AHEAD.
SORRY, I. MIKE IN COOPER CITY.
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TOREY ALSTON SAYS HE'S ON VIRTUALLY.DO YOU HAVE HIM? OH, HE HAS TO GO THROUGH OUR SYSTEM.
HE'S NOT SHOWING, BUT, MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN BE EXCUSED, I'M GOING TO GO ADDRESS THE VOTE COUNT.
WELL, I GUESS SOMEHOW IF YOU CAN.
HE'S TRYING TO GET ON VIRTUALLY IF YOU CAN.
OKAY. HOW DO I TELL HIM TO WORK THROUGH THAT? OKAY. THANK YOU.
CHAIR. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE A WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE A AND B.
WHERE DID THAT GO? I DON'T SEE ANYTHING YET.
NEED A MOTION? MOTION BY VICE CHAIR SANDY JOHNSON.
WE HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR A AND B.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME INTRODUCE A PERSON WHO JUST WALKED IN.
I SAW HIM, OUR COMMISSIONER FROM GREAT CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES, TOM GOOD, WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THIS BOARD? COMMISSIONER, WELCOME.
HEY, TOM. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE the DRAFT Smoothed and Adjusted 2020 Census Urban Area Boundary (UAB)]
SMOOTH AND ADJUSTED 2020 CENSUS URBAN AREA BOUNDARY UAB.RAJ. TO ACTUALLY PRESENT THIS.
IT'S NOT AS COMPLICATED AS IT SOUNDS.
WELL GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIR BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS RAJ SHANMUGAM WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
REPRESENTING THE PLANNING OFFICE.
IT'S STILL IN A DRAFT FORMAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED YOUR APPROVAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE ARE SEEKING FOR.
SO AS YOU ALL KNOW, THE CENSUS DATA COMES OUT EVERY TEN YEARS.
THE LAST ONE WE HAD IN 2010, I MEAN, 2020, THE ONE BEFORE WAS IN 2010, AND WE DO THIS URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESIGNATION OR ADJUSTMENTS ONCE EVERY TEN YEARS.
SO THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DID THIS BEFORE.
THEY'RE NOT AROUND, BUT FORTUNATELY IN OUR TEAM WE HAVE CONSULTANTS WHO HAVE WORKED ON IT.
SO I HAVE GENELIA LEW FROM OUR CONSULTANT TEAM WHO HAD DONE THIS BEFORE, AND TINA MCKINNEY FROM THE CONSULTANT AS WELL, BUT FORTUNATELY, SHE WAS AN FDOT CENTRAL OFFICE EMPLOYEE WHO WAS LOOKING AT THESE THINGS WHEN WE SENT THEM THE LAST TIME AROUND.
SO WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM IN OUR TEAM.
SO WHEN THEY PROVIDE US WITH THE CENSUS DATA YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT IT AND WE LOOK AT THE URBAN BOUNDARIES THAT HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO US, AND WE USE OUR LOCAL KNOWLEDGE TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, WHAT DO WE NEED TO MAKE ANY CHANGES? AND I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH SOME CRITERIA OR GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED.
LET ME GO BACK IF YOU NEED TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE CENSUS DATA.
THERE IS A WEBSITE THAT'S LISTED ON THIS SLIDE AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT.
YOU CAN GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO 1910 AND GET THE DATA THAT YOU NEED THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
URBAN AREA BOUNDARIES ARE DETERMINED PRIMARILY BY THE RESIDENTIAL POPULATION.
SO THIS TIME AROUND, WHEN I SAY THIS TIME AROUND 2020 THE CRITERIA THAT WAS USED IS 5000 PEOPLE WITHIN A CENSUS BLOCK, AS OPPOSED TO 2500 PERSON IN 2010 FOR A CENSUS TRACT.
SO THERE IS A DIFFERENCE, SLIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TRACT AND THE BLOCK.
IT'S GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY MUCH SAME AS WHAT WAS BEFORE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE MORE INTERESTING PART OF IT.
WE WILL BE GATHERING FEEDBACK FROM ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND THE MPOS, SO THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE INVOLVED PROCESS THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH, BUT WE HAVE GOTTEN STARTED ON THAT, BUT WE ARE NOT IN THE POSITION RIGHT NOW TO BRING ANYTHING TO PRESENT TO THE BOARD TO SHOW THIS IS WHERE WE ARE.
SO IN 2020, JANUARY 2023 OUR CENTRAL OFFICE RECEIVED THE CENSUS DATA AND IT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE DISTRICTS, AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MPO PARTNERS AND COME UP WITH THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE URBAN BOUNDARY.
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WE HAVE CREATED AN URBAN DRAFT URBAN AREA BOUNDARY, WHICH YOU WILL SEE IN A SHORT WHILE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE SENT TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND TO THE FHWA FOR THEIR APPROVAL.THAT'S GOOD. IF WE DON'T GET THE APPROVAL, IT'S GOING TO COME BACK TO US AND WE'LL BE GOING THROUGH SOME CHANGES ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY HAVE REQUESTED OR PROVIDE REASONING WHY WE WANTED TO KEEP WHAT WE HAVE DONE, BUT I'M HOPING THAT WE WILL GET THE NOD FROM AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE STEPS.
SO ONCE WE GET THE APPROVAL FROM THE CENTRAL OFFICE AND FHWA, IT GETS SIGNED.
IT WILL COME TO THE BOARD FOR YOUR SIGNATURE, AND THAT'S ENDS THE PROCESS.
OUR HOPE IS TO GET IT DONE BY MARCH.
THAT'S THE APPROVAL, AND IT SO HAPPENED, BROWARD COUNTY IS THE LAST OF THE LIST OF COUNTIES THAT WE ARE GOING THROUGH TO GET THE APPROVAL, AND IF WE GET THE APPROVAL TODAY AND WE'LL GET IT, SEND IT OUT TO THE FHWA FOR THEIR APPROVAL AS WELL.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHICH IS THE BLUE PART OF IT, WHICH IS THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESIGNATION THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE GREEN PART, WHICH IS THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
WE ARE GOING THROUGH OUR PROCESS.
I WANT THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, PATIENT, AND WE WILL BE GETTING TO YOU AND WE WILL BE TAKING YOUR FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATING THEM AS YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS.
WHAT ARE THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT I USE FOR ADJUSTING THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY? THE GUIDELINES THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN IS THAT IT SHOULD NOT SPLIT ROADWAYS OR RAMPS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THE BLOCK CENSUS BLOCK FELL AT THE MIDDLE OF A ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S THE PART OF THE EXERCISE THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH.
WE HAVE ADJUSTED THAT SO THAT IT WOULD CAPTURE THE ENTIRE ROADWAY IN THE URBAN BOUNDARY.
THAT'S ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WE HAD TO DO.
YOU WILL SEE, WHEN I SHOW THE MAP THAT CENSUS PROVIDED TO US, THAT SOME RAGGED EDGES, WE HAD TO SMOOTH THAT OUT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A REGULAR DESIGNATION.
IT SHOULD FOLLOW MUNICIPAL, BOUNDARIES, BUT THAT IS NOT A STRICT RULE WHEN IT COMES TO DISTRICT FOUR, BECAUSE WE HAVE COME ACROSS MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO HAVE BOTH RURAL AND URBAN WITHIN THE SAME MUNICIPALITY.
SO THAT'S AN EXCEPTION TO IT SHOULD INCLUDE, OBVIOUSLY AREAS WITH URBAN CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS THE AIRPORTS, INDUSTRIAL AREAS, TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS, MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THE IMPACT OF THE URBAN AREA BOUNDARY DESIGNATION.
OBVIOUSLY, IF WE CLASSIFIED AN AREA URBAN, THE ROADWAY IS GOING TO BE STARTING WITH URBAN.
IT'S AN URBAN ARTERIAL URBAN COLLECTOR.
IF IT'S IN A RURAL, IT WILL BE A RURAL ARTERIAL RURAL COLLECTOR.
SO WHAT'S THE RAMIFICATION OF THAT? THE GRANTS OR THE FUNDINGS THAT YOU GET MAKES A DIFFERENCE, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE MAIN IMPORTANT THING THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE OTHER THAN ANYTHING ELSE THAT HAPPENS.
FORTUNATELY, BROWARD COUNTY, THE ENTIRE COUNTY FALLS UNDER THE URBAN BOUNDARY.
THEREFORE, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY RURAL WITHIN THE BROWARD COUNTY.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE DONE THUS FAR.
WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE IN PURPLE IS WHAT THE CENSUS GAVE US 2020 CENSUS, URBAN AREA BOUNDARY, AND YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IT'S THE SMOOTH URBAN AREA BOUNDARY, AND TO GIVE YOU A CONTRAST BETWEEN THE TWO, WE OVERLAID IT AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AREAS THAT ARE SHOWING UP UNDERNEATH AS THE PINK AREA, THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE ADDED TO WHAT THE CENSUS GAVE US, AND WE DID SHARE THIS WITH OUR CENTRAL OFFICE. WE DID RECEIVE SOME COMMENTS AND WE ARE ADDRESSING THEM AS WELL.
THE COUPLE OF COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED ARE ONE IS ALONG THE COAST.
WE DON'T WANT TO INCLUDE THE SHARKS AND THE CRABS IN OUR URBAN AREA.
SO. SO WE HAVE REMOVED THAT PINK AREA THAT'S SHOWING OUTSIDE INTO THE OCEAN.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GONE ON THE LEFT SIDE BY THE INTERCHANGE, ANDYTOWN INTERCHANGE US 27 AND I-75, WE INSIST WE ARE INSISTING THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE THAT AREA INTO THE URBAN BECAUSE IT COVERS A CITY WHICH IS CITY OF WESTON, AS WELL AS THERE IS A MAJOR INTERCHANGE AT THAT LOCATION.
THEREFORE, IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED.
SO WITH THAT LET ME MOVE ON TO THESE ARE THE CONTACT PEOPLE.
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IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, I'M SURE THERE ARE QUESTIONS MAY COME UP.IF YOU CANNOT ASK THOSE QUESTIONS NOW, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR OUR CONSULTANT OR CALL US, AND WE'LL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO GO THROUGH AND EXPLAIN ANYTHING. SO LET ME PUT BACK THE MAPS AND OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
WHERE PART OF THE DESIGNATION FOR, LIKE, RURAL IS BASED ON A NUMBER OF MILES.
FIRST QUESTION IS, FROM YOU ALL'S EXPERIENCE, URBAN DESIGNATION VERSUS RURAL DESIGNATION.
ARE THERE POINTS, MONIES, DOLLARS ASSOCIATED TO WHICH ONE OF THOSE AREAS YOU FALL IN DIFFERENT ASPECTS? CORRECT. SO ONE OF THE MAJOR IMPACT OF THIS DESIGNATION IS THAT URBAN DESIGNATION DOES HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING.
RURAL DESIGNATION HAS LESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING.
THE OTHER CONTRAST IS URBAN DESIGNATION.
WE USE THE STANDARDS MUCH, WHICH ARE MUCH LESS RESTRICTIVE THAN THE RURAL DESIGNATION THAT AS PART OF OUR DOT OR ANY MUNICIPALITY WORKING ON ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU KNOW, WHAT STANDARDS THAT YOU HAVE TO USE THAT'S IMPACTED BY THIS AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE TWO MAJOR IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DESIGNATION, BECAUSE THE THING THAT CAME UP IN THE CONVERSATION WAS WHAT WOULD BE A 35 MILE STRETCH OF ROAD IN AN URBAN IN A RURAL MAY TAKE YOU 35, 40 MINUTES TO GET THERE.
SAME TEN MILES IN AN URBAN CAN TAKE YOU 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR TO GET THERE.
SO I KEPT I'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION BACK AND FORTH WITH THE PERSON THEY REALLY HAD NO LIKE, YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT, BUT YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT TO DRIVE, YOU KNOW, FROM OKEECHOBEE WEST, YOU CAN DO IT IN 35, 40 MINUTES.
I'M THERE. I'M STILL IN TRAFFIC FOR AN HOUR, BUT THE DESIGNATIONS ARE WHAT THEY ARE, AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE WAS SOME MAGIC, SOMETHING THAT THEY JUST PICK MILES VERSUS TIME, AND MAYBE AS WE GET MORE, YOU KNOW, THE DENSITY BECOMES EVEN WORSE AS WE KNOW IT'S GOING TO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ANOTHER DESIGNATION THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO START LOOKING AT TO SAY, OKAY, IF YOU'RE IN AN URBAN BUT YOUR TRAVEL TIME IS MORE THAN X, MAYBE WE NEED TO GIVE YOU ADDITIONAL SOMETHING BECAUSE YOU ARE SPENDING MORE TIME IN YOUR VEHICLE OR MASS TRANSIT OR WHATEVER TYPE OF TRANSIT.
YEAH. SO THERE'S NO MAGIC, ONLY LOGIC, AND.
YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE URBAN VERSUS THE RURAL, THE FUNDING URBAN AREAS DO GET TRANSIT FUNDING.
THEN IF YOU'RE IN THE RURAL DESIGNATION.
OBVIOUSLY, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T CALL OUT THOSE CRABS AND TURTLES AND FISH ON MY CITY PARTICULARLY, IS ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 10,000 PEOPLE IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS THE DIRECT QUESTION IS, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT FURTHER FUNDING FOR A1A IMPROVEMENTS, PARTICULARLY DRAINAGE AND ANY OF THAT OTHER CONTINUED DISCUSSION ABOUT RESILIENCY WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO MAINTAIN ROADS AND O&M? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A QUESTION FOR A CONSULTANT OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BUT THAT IS AN URBAN ROAD.
FIRST, LET ME MAKE AND IT'S AN EVACUATION ROUTE FOR MULTIPLE CITIES ALONG THE COAST.
THE PINK AREA THAT'S SHOWN THERE.
YES, SIR. NOT THE IT'S NOT PART OF THE BARRIER ISLAND THAT'S OUTSIDE THE BARRIER ISLAND.
IT'S NOT THE LAND AREA IS WHAT HE'S SAYING.
SO IT'S FROM IT'S FROM THE WATER'S EDGE OUT, AND I WAS VERY CONCERNED.
EAST OF THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION LINE IS STILL THERE.
OKAY, COOL. YOUR TURTLES ARE SAFE MAYOR? THANKS. OKAY, MR. JAFFE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ON THE TO FOLLOW UP ON THE FUNDING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU WERE USING URBAN RURAL, AND THESE CENSUS CHARTS ARE SHOWING URBAN AND SMOOTHED OUT TOWARDS THE WEST, WHICH YOU MENTIONED IS THE WEST WAS NOT IN THE URBAN AREA.
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IT WAS IN THE SMOOTH AREA, BUT YOU MADE, BUT EXCUSE ME, THE WEST IS NOT IN THE URBAN AREA, BUT THE SMOOTHING CHART SHOWS IT IN THAT AREA.IN TERMS OF THERE'S NO LESS FUNDING IF I'M CORRECT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSIDERED RURAL, IT'S STILL CONSIDERED URBAN, ESPECIALLY ALONG US 27, BECAUSE TEN YEARS AGO I75, HAD VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON IT NORTH AND SOUTH ROADWAY AND US 27 HAS A LOT MORE TRAFFIC ON IT TODAY THAN IT DID TEN YEARS AGO. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC TEN YEARS IN THE FUTURE.
SO I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THESE MAPS ARE NOT REMOVING ANY, THEY'RE NOT BEING ANY MERITS LESS ON US 27 FOR FUNDING FOR FEDERAL AND STATE IMPROVEMENTS. CORRECT, AND WE ARE MAKING USING THOSE LOGICAL REASONS WHY IT SHOULD BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE URBAN.
SO IN OUR INITIAL DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDED, THOUGH THEY WILL BE ACCEPTING OUR PROPOSED CHANGE.
HI. YES I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE COASTAL STUFF.
MY QUESTIONS, MY TWO QUESTIONS IS WHAT WAS THE THOUGHT PROCESS IN INITIALLY, INCLUDING THE WATER SECTION? AND WILL THIS AFFECT FUTURE FUNDING FOR SAND RENOURISHMENT PROJECTS THAT PROTECT ROADWAYS.
OKAY, LET ME BRING IN MY CONSULTANT.
THAT'S A LITTLE ABOVE MY EXPERTISE.
PLUS I DID NOT DO THE ADJUSTMENTS.
GOOD MORNING. THIS IS TINA MCKINNEY.
SO IN SMOOTHING THE BOUNDARIES ALONG THE COASTLINE, WHEN YOU'RE ZOOMED IN TOO CLOSE, YOU GET A LITTLE OVERZEALOUS, AND I LOST TRACK OF MY DISTANCE, AND I WAS, LIKE, 400FT FARTHER AWAY FROM THE COAST THAN I THOUGHT.
SO WE JUST BROUGHT IT CLOSER INTO THE LINE.
THERE'S NO IMPACT ON OTHER FUNDING.
THIS IS SMOOTH FOR TRANSPORTATION PURPOSES.
SO SO PIERS ARE STILL INCLUDED, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT VISIBLE AT THIS POINT.
[INAUDIBLE] THEY STAY ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE.
SOME OF THOSE ARE NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I'M GOING TO USE A1A IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
WHEN THAT WASHED OUT, WE NEEDED TO COME IN AND DO PILINGS ON ALL THE REST.
YES, ALL OF THAT KEEPS YOU ELIGIBLE, AND ESPECIALLY FOR EMERGENCY AID.
THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.
I DO WANT TO SHARE A QUICK STORY WITH YOU.
ABOUT A DECADE AGO YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT.
THAT WAY WE COULD SPEND SOME OF OUR URBAN ATTRIBUTABLE MONEY TO ACTUALLY DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAIL THAT'S UP ON THE LEVEE, AND IT WAS THE SIERRA CLUB THAT CAME BACK AND SAID, IF YOU DO THAT, YOU'RE EXPANDING THE URBANIZED AREA AND YOU'RE PUSHING IT INTO THE EVERGLADES, NOT THE INTENT, BUT THAT WAS THEIR CONCERN.
SO WE ALL WALKED AWAY FROM THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT AND SO THIS DOES HAVE OTHER EARS AND EYES ON IT TOO, THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WITH NOT JUST CRABS AND LOBSTER, BUT ALSO WITH BUGS AND BUNNIES AND SOME ALLIGATORS TOO.
SIMILARLY TO THE QUESTIONS ON THE EAST SIDE, ON THE WEST SIDE THERE, THAT LIGHT COLOR.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT TAKING OUT WEST MIRAMAR.
SO WHERE EXACTLY IS THAT BORDER? OH. IS THERE ANY IMPACT ON THE CITY OF MIRAMAR? NO IT'S NOT. IT'S GOING TO REMAIN EXACTLY THE SAME AS WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
IT WAS UNTIL WE SMOOTHED THE BOUNDARIES TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NEGATIVE IMPACT.
SO BUT THERE'S SOME REASON TO THIS TO LOGIC.
SO NOW IT'S ACTUALLY STILL ELIGIBLE.
OKAY. SO ALL THAT LIGHT PINK REMAINS ELIGIBLE.
IS THERE ANY AREA THAT'S NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
WHEN WILL THE CITIES BE ABLE TO PROVIDE INPUT FOR THE CLASSICAL DELEGATION, THE FUNCTIONAL DELEGATIONS? THAT WOULD BE STARTING BY MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.
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AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT TO THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, AND IF YOU AGREE WITH [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY.OKAY. I HAVE A VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.
YES, [INAUDIBLE]. SO THERE'S TWO OF THEM.
OKAY. THIS IS REBECCA SCHULTZ.
THE FIRST ONE I HAVE IS BOB HARTMANN, AND SECOND IS BEAM FURR.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS QUESTION IS FOR MR. SHANMUGAM OR FOR THE CONSULTANT, BUT OUT IN SOUTHWEST RANCHES, WE HAVE THREE CENSUS BLOCKS.
I DON'T KNOW THE DEFINITION OF PEOPLE OR WHAT.
SO HOW IS THAT? WHAT'S THE RATIONALE BEHIND INCLUDING US IN THE URBAN BOUNDARIES? SO I'M GOING TO GIVE IT AN ATTEMPT.
HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
IF NOT, I'LL BRING IN THE CONSULTANT.
THE ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE HAVE IS THAT SHOULD BE ON CONTIGUOUS AREA.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND BULLET ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW SHOULD BE ONE CONTIGUOUS AREA.
SO IF YOU WERE TO HAVE SMALL SECTION, FIVE ACRES, STILL A SMALL DISTANCE BETWEEN BETWEEN URBAN AREAS, THEN IT GETS SWALLOWED INTO THE URBAN AREA.
I HEARD ALL THAT EARLIER, BUT STILL, THE RATIONALE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THERE'S SOME CUT OUTS FROM SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT SOUTHWEST RANCHES IN THE PURPLE BLOCK JUST ABOVE THE I-75 MEDALLION, WE GO FROM THE BOUNDARY, THE LEVEE ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-27, ALL THE WAY TO FLAMINGO FROM GRIFFIN DOWN MOSTLY TO SHERIDAN STREET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE 2020 CENSUS, THIS IS NOT THE NOT THE SMOOTH.
IT'S THE CENSUS DESIGNATION INCLUDED THAT AREA.
SO MY TAKE ON THAT IS THAT THE POPULATION REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS 5000 PEOPLE WITHIN ONE CENSUS BLOCK IS LIKELY.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING THOUGH. WE ONLY HAVE 8000 PEOPLE IN IN 13MI².
SO IF YOU DO THE MATH, IT WORKS OUT TO BE A LOT LESS THAN 5000.
WE HAVE THREE BLOCKS THAT WOULD EQUAL 15,000 BASED ON YOUR BASED ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.
I THINK AT THIS POINT I NEED TO BRING IN MY CONSULTANT TO SUPPORT ME.
THANK YOU. WE COULD TAKE THIS OFFLINE AS WELL.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO YOUR MUNICIPALITIES.
WE DON'T NEED TO RESOLVE THIS TODAY.
OKAY, AND PEMBROKE PINES IS INTERESTED IN THAT LAND, SO.
LISA MALLOZZI. JUST KIDDING, JUST KIDDING.
HI, I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I AM LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THE TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY, AND AT OUR LAST SCHOOL SESSION, WE WERE TOLD THAT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR BUDGETS, YOU ALL ARE NOT YOU DON'T HAVE TO INCLUDE ROAD RESURFACING WHEN YOU ARE MAKING PLANS FOR BUILDING A ROAD.
SO WHEN YOU ARE TAKING ALL OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT, EROSION, ETC., I WANT TO KNOW HOW IN THE FUTURE YOU'RE DEALING WITH RESURFACING ROADS AND HOW THAT'S BEING ACCOUNTED FOR, BECAUSE THESE ROADS ARE BEING USED, THESE ROADS ARE BEING ABUSED AND WHERE THAT MONEY IS COMING FROM, THAT'S QUESTION ONE, AND I KNOW THAT I'VE HAD TO JUMP THROUGH HOOPS IN ORDER TO GET MY SOUND BARRIER WALL ON GRIFFIN ROAD CLEANED BECAUSE IT IS NO LESS THAN 40FT IN HEIGHT.
IT'S FILTHY, AND EACH TIME I'VE HAD TO GET IT REPAIRED AND CLEANED, I'VE LITERALLY HAD TO ACCOST YOUR EMPLOYEES, AND THIS IS WITH ALL DUE RESPECT AND SAID WITH LOVE, AND IT'S ACTUALLY BEING SCHEDULED.
THE OUTSIDE OF IT IS BEING DONE NEXT WEEK, BUT I'M NOT THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS TO FACE THESE WALLS, AND THE MORE YOU ALL EXPAND, INCREASE, ETC., THE MORE WALLS ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE, BUT YET THERE'S NO CLEAR MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE.
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SO AS FDOT AND AS ALL ROADWAYS, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IF, WHEN, IF AND WHEN YOU CAN HAVE A CLEAR AND CONCISE SCHEDULE OF EVERY SOUND BARRIER WALL THAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ON YOUR PROPERTY, NOT ON OURS.IF YOU COULD HAVE A SCHEDULE OF EVERY OTHER YEAR, HAVE THEM MAINTAINED BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR MUNICIPALITIES CANNOT MAINTAIN THEM, BUT YET THEY BECOME AN EYESORE, AND THEN THEY ALSO BECOME A HAZARD TO THE HOMES THAT THEY BACK UP TO.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THAT, BUT SINCE I HAVE YOU HERE AND AGAIN, I HAD TO LITERALLY ACCOST PEOPLE TO GET THINGS DONE, AND I STILL ONLY HAVE HALF OF MINE BEING DONE, I STILL HAVE TO WORK THROUGH TO GET THE PART THAT IS IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS DONE, AND I'LL HARASS YOU ALL LATER FOR THAT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BUT IF YOU CAN, PLEASE, I BEG OF YOU, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IN PLACE, BECAUSE WE ALL HAVE THEM IN OUR YARDS, IN OUR IN OUR CITIES, WE NEED SOMETHING DONE TO WHERE EVERY SINGLE ONE IS MAINTAINED AT LEAST EVERY TWO YEARS BECAUSE OF PLANES, CARS, TRAINS, PLANES, AUTOMOBILES, AND THEY BECOME BLACK, AND IT'S NOT DONE UNLESS WE HARASS YOU, AND WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO DO THAT.
OKAY, GOOD. ACTUALLY GO AHEAD, AND OUR DISTRICT LIAISON.
I AM THE MPO LIAISON FOR BROWARD.
SO FOR THE NOT FOR AND I WON'T I WON'T TAKE YOUR TIME, MAYOR ORTIS, BUT NOT FOR WHAT'S ON THE RESIDENTS' PROPERTY WHERE YOU ALL ARE COMING TO DO WHAT IS ON GRIFFIN ROAD, BUT AGAIN, WHAT'S ON, NOT THE RESIDENTS' PROPERTY, BUT WHAT IS ABUTTING THEIR BACKYARDS, WHICH WE ALSO NEED DONE BECAUSE IT'S BLACK, THERE'S MOLD.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO WORK INTERNALLY WITH OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, BUT I WILL BRING THE CONCERN BACK TO THE DISTRICT SECRETARY AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS, AND WE WILL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT I DON'T HAVE A REPLY AT THE MOMENT AND JUST THANK YOU FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BOARD, BECAUSE I HEARD ANOTHER REQUEST IN THERE, AND I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR FRIENDS AT THE DISTRICT PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
IT'S A GENERAL MAINTENANCE OF FOR EACH CITY, FOR PROJECTS.
THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAYING, AND SO THAT WOULD BENEFIT EVERYBODY HERE IN THE ROOM.
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE REQUEST GETS PASSED ON TO THE RIGHT PERSONNEL.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER HOW TO TURN ON THE MIC, BUT I CAN HEAR MYSELF PUSH THE BUTTON.
[INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU HEAR ME, MR. CHAIRMAN? I CAN. SO THAT MEANS I DID SOMETHING RIGHT? [CHUCKLING] OKAY. THANK YOU.
ONE, ONE TEST FOR COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
I'M TAKING, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THIS PROCESS THAT I KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT, RIGHT, BUT AFTER THE CENSUS, DURING THE CENSUS, WE WERE FULLY FOCUSED ON POPULATION AND MAKING SURE DISTRICTS ARE DRAWN EQUALLY.
NOW WE HAVE ANOTHER PROCESS THAT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MPO.
EXACTLY, AND RURAL IS WHEN IS THIS REQUIRED TO BE DONE? BECAUSE HONESTLY THIS CENSUS WAS DONE IN 2020.
THIS IS 2024, AND IF WE'RE TALKING GRANTS AND FUNDING AND OUR DESIGNATION MEANS A LOT TO HOW WE APPLY FOR DOLLARS FOR THE DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO WHAT IS THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROCESS TO BE DONE? AND ARE WE ON SCHEDULE.
SO WE'RE NOT MISSING OUT ON ANYTHING JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE ARE.
IT'S A GOOD QUESTION AND TIME IT TAKES.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE, WHICH WAS IN JANUARY OF 2023.
THE FOUR YEAR LAG OR 4 OR 5 YEAR LAG THAT YOU SEE IT GET COMPENSATED BY ON THE BACK END.
SO THE NEXT CENSUS COMES OUT IN 2033 INSTEAD OF 2030, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE THAT TEN YEAR PERIOD THAT WE CAN BENEFIT FROM THE DESIGNATION, BUT IT'S NOT THAT WE ARE SHRINKING THE TIME BY
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FOLLOWING THE STEPS AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.WITH THINKING ABOUT MAKE MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE OPTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSIONS ABOUT HAVING RAIL GO UP 27 UP TOWARD OKEECHOBEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THAT THE THAT THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT ARE INCLUDED THERE INCLUDE.
ROOM FOR RAIL ALL THE WAY UP 27 THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY.
DOES IT DO THAT? I'M GOING TO HAVE TINA.
YOU KNOW WHY? THAT THERE'S A PIECE THAT GONE OVER US27.
OKAY. SHE WAS INTERMITTENTLY, WELL, AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THE RAIL FURTHER UP BY PALM BEACH, THE RAIL IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF 27, AND I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE FOLLOWING THAT WAY ALL THE WAY UP TOWARD CLEWISTON.
SO CAN I INTERPRET YOUR QUESTION FOR THE CONSULTANT? YEAH, PLEASE. BASICALLY WHAT HE'S ASKING IS, DOES THIS PRECLUDE RAIL FROM GETTING FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING ON THE WEST SIDE OF 27 IN BROWARD? THIS IS MUCH BETTER PUT, MUCH BETTER PUT, GREG.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. WE HAVE TO HELP EACH OTHER.
THIS IS MORE ROADWAY CENTRIC IN THIS ASPECT, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA WHERE 27 GOES NORTH, THERE'S NO POPULATION FOR US TO SMOOTH THE AREA IN, AND IT WOULD NOT MAKE SENSE TO INCLUDE WHAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE EVERGLADES INTO THE URBAN AREA IN ORDER TO SMOOTH IN A RAIL. SO.
WELL, IT'S NOT IT. I MEAN, I'M REALLY ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE RIGHT OF WAY ON US 27.
WE'RE NOT TALKING VERY FAR, BUT IT DOES NEED TO BE.
I MEAN, YOU'RE REALLY PROBABLY TALKING WITHIN 100 TO 200FT, BUT THE VICE MAYOR AGAIN IS CAN YOU TAKE AND HAVE THE LINE TO THE WEST OF 27? SO THAT WAY WE CAN USE, UTILIZE URBAN ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING FOR RAIL AT LEAST UP TO I-75, AND LET ME JUST GO A LITTLE FURTHER.
THE NEXUS FOR THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF TAKING FREIGHT UP THAT WAY AND TAKING IT OFF OF THE FEC ON THE COMMUTER RAIL LINE. SO THERE'S A NEXUS THERE, IF YOU CAN, THAT MAKES SENSE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TIMELINE IS.
SO IF IT'S NOT GOING TO OCCUR WITHIN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS AT THIS POINT, IT'S MOOT.
WELL, IF IT'S NOT GOING TO OCCUR WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
NO, I'M SAYING I'M SAYING IT'S NOT MOOT.
IT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
RESEARCH. YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO DO SOME VERIFICATION AND RESEARCH ON THAT TO SEE IF ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY CORRIDOR ALONG 27 WOULD BE REASONABLE TO CARRY THAT INTO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE URBAN AREA IN ORDER TO CAPTURE ANY RAIL LINES THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED ALONG THAT ROUTE.
IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING? YES, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BE INCLUDED.
THEN WE'LL DO THE RESEARCH AND BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
GOOD DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
I HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR JOHNSON AND FADGEN.
DO WE HAVE A COUNT? YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, AND BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I HAVE TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE A TIE.
WHAT WAS TAKING SO LONG BACK THERE? WOW. LOOK AT THAT.
WOW. I THINK YOU OUGHT TO FLIP A COIN.
SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH.
WITH I'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL.
IF EVERYONE WOULD LET ME SPEAK.
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SO WE'RE GOING TO DO A SECOND BALLOT.IT WILL IT WILL START FROM SCRATCH.
THIS IS FOR THE POSITION FOR THE LET'S SEE.
TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD.
THIS IS FOR THE CHAIR OF THAT TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE GOING TO HAND OUT BALLOTS.
WOULD YOU PLEASE FILL OUT THE BALLOT CORRECTLY? CORRECTLY, AND ALSO IDENTIFYING YOURSELF AND WHO YOU'RE VOTING FOR.
I'M GOING TO WHEN THE VOTES HAVE BEEN COLLECTED, THE BALLOTS HAVE BEEN COLLECTED HERE IN THE ROOM.
I HAVE A QUESTION FROM MAYOR COOPER.
OKAY, WHILE WE'RE WAITING--I'LL SPEAK AS LOUD AS I CAN.
NO, HIT THE MIC. I'M SURE THEY CAN'T SAY I KEEP HITTING IT [INAUDIBLE].
I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, AND I'M SORRY.
I MEAN, THESE ARE CLOSED BALLOTS, AND THEY'RE NOT YELLING OUT THIS REQUEST, BUT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BEHOOVE ANYBODY THAT'S ON THE PHONE WITHOUT CALLING THEM OUT. THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.
YOU CAN'T ACTUALLY HOLD THEM OUTSIDE OF THIS ROOM? NO, I NEED TO. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. JUST SAYING. BALLOTS BECOME PUBLIC AT THE END.
OH, I'M SORRY, THE FOLLOWING PEOPLE WHO ARE, I BELIEVE, ARE VIRTUAL.
IF YOU WOULD JUST IDENTIFY IF I'M, IF YOU'RE NOT THERE, DON'T ANSWER, I GUESS.
AMBER OSARIO, YOU THERE? NO? OKAY.
YEAH. NO, I'M LOOKING AT NORTH LAUDERDALE, BORGELIN.
WOW. I DON'T THINK [INAUDIBLE].
BRUNSON. MEMBER BRUNSON, ARE YOU PREPARED TO VOTE? ARE YOU PRESENT? SHE HAS, SHE HAS.
BRONSON, ARE YOU HERE? SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER ALSTON.
YES. YES, I'M CASTING MY VOTE FOR VICE MAYOR MARTIN.
BRUNSON? NO, I HAD ASKED FOR BORGELIN BEFORE.
BRUNSON VOTED? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU AND SIMMONS.
SO WE'LL TAKE THE [INAUDIBLE].
CAN YOU HEAR ME? WHO'S THAT? BRUNSON? THIS IS BRUNSON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN. YES, MAYOR.
YES. DID YOU GET MY VOTE? YES, WE HAVE YOU.
I'M SORRY I WAS LATE. I HAD UNEXPECTED RESPONSIBILITY TO HANDLE THIS MORNING, BUT I DID WALK IN ON THIS RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS GRANTS PROGRAM VOTE, AND I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, BUT I WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE GENESIS OF THIS.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DOING A HYBRID APPROACH TO TUNNELING VERSUS A BRIDGE IN GOING THROUGH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, AND PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS UNDERGROUNDING PATHWAYS UNDER THE UNDER THE TRAIN TRACKS FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AT BROWARD SUNRISE, SISTRUNK, DAVIE BOULEVARD, THOSE MAIN CORRIDORS THAT COME IN AND OUT OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
SO IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A SHORTER BRIDGE AND ALLOW FOR A VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO BE ABLE TO GO UNDER THE TRAIN TRACKS AND ALL OF THIS HAD TO DO WITH NOT JUST USING THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOSTER THE
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COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE, BUT ALSO RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, BECAUSE, AS YOU KNOW, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ALL ABOUT RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION JUST THIS WEEK CAME OUT WITH AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO OFFERING UP TO $4 BILLION FOR HIGHWAY RECONNECT, TO TEAR DOWN HIGHWAYS THAT HAVE DIVIDED COMMUNITIES IN ORDER TO RECONNECT COMMUNITIES.SO WHAT DOES THAT TELL US? THAT TELLS US THAT THE, THE, THE MOMENTUM AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL IS TO GET RID OF HIGHWAYS THAT DIVIDE COMMUNITIES, AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING NOT BUILDING ANOTHER HIGHWAY BY VIRTUE OF A BRIDGE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY THAT WOULD, IN FACT DIVIDE THE CITY EVEN FURTHER FROM WHAT IT IS WITH THIS RAILROAD SYSTEM THAT WE'VE HAD FOR OVER 100 YEARS.
IT SHOULD BE FOR VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT UNDERGROUNDING AT VARIOUS CHECKPOINTS, WHETHER IT BE CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, WHETHER IT BE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, WHETHER IT BE ANY OF THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES IN AND OUT OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH ACCOMMODATE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE NEED TO THINK MORE AGGRESSIVELY ABOUT UNDERGROUNDING PATHWAYS, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THE HISTORY OF UNDERGROUND PATHWAYS FOR PEDESTRIANS THAT THEY'RE NOT VERY SAFE.
PEOPLE FEEL INTIMIDATED BY GOING UNDERGROUND.
PEOPLE FELT INTIMIDATED BY IT, SCARED THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO ENCOUNTER.
HOMELESS PEOPLE SOMETIMES FIND THEIR WAY IN THOSE IN THOSE TUNNELS, AND I THINK THAT GOING FORWARD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE STAFF TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE AND, AND USING THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GET THROUGH THIS STUDY TO TALK ABOUT VEHICULAR PATHWAYS UNDER THE TRACKS, NOT JUST PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE PATHWAYS.
THANK YOU. THE MAYOR IS SOMEWHAT CORRECT, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE RECORD.
IT'S NOT JUST PEDESTRIAN, MAYOR.
IT IS WHAT WE SPOKE ABOUT AND WHAT WE SAW, IS WE SAW THE VIDEOS.
[CHUCKLING] THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CORRECT FOR THE RECORD, OKAY? BADA-BING. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE, PLEASE.
[3. MOTION TO ACCEPT Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Audit Report Prepared by HCT Certified Public Accountants & Consultants, LLC]
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO BRING UP OUR AUDITOR TO PRESENT OUR SINGLE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR.WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH THIS PRESENTATION FOR YOU.
OKAY. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GENERAL COUNSEL, GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS RODERICK HARVEY, PARTNER WITH HCT.
HCT IS THE CPA FIRM OF RECORD FOR BROWARD MPO.
TODAY WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THE AUDIT YEAR ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2023.
I AM HOPING THAT OUR PRESENTATION WILL BE PUT ON THE BOARD HERE.
IT'S QUIET. WE'RE TRYING TO GET A PRESENTATION, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
OKAY. WE'RE WAITING ON THE PRESENTATION.
CAN WE JUST GET THE COUNT? WAS IT READY? THERE'S.
THAT'S WHAT CARYL SHUHAM WON IS THE VICTOR BY ONE SINGLE VOTE.
SO OUR PRESENTATION DID NOT MAKE IT TO THE PRESENTATION, SO I'LL JUST BE SPEAKING THROUGH THIS.
WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT AS OF JUNE 30TH, 2023.
WE EXPRESSED AN OPINION ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.
WE EVALUATED THE INTERNAL CONTROLS OF BROWARD MPO.
WE DO NOT EXPRESS AN OPINION ON THE INTERNAL CONTROLS.
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OUR CONSIDERATION LOOKS AT THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT AS IT RELATES TO FINANCIAL REPORTING.WE GAINED AN UNDERSTANDING OF BROWARD MPOS FINANCIAL REPORTING PROCESS, INSPECTED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR CONFORMITY WITH GAAP, GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES, AND EXPECTED THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR DISCLOSURES IN ACCORDANCE WITH RELATED ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU NUMBERS AND WE'LL DO A COMPARISON.
AS IT RELATES TO REVENUES, REVENUES FOR THE YEAR JUNE 30TH, 2023 10.7 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 10.6 MILLION FOR THE SAME PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30TH, 2022.
WE TESTED REVENUES FOR EXISTENCE, ACCURACY AND PRESENTATION.
EXPENSES FOR THE 23 PERIOD 10.7 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 11 MILLION FOR 2022.
WE TESTED A SAMPLE OF EXPENSES FOR COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY AND PRESENTATION.
CAPITAL ASSETS, THE THINGS THAT THE ORGANIZATION OWNS FOR 23 1.6 MILLION, AS COMPARED TO 1.8 MILLION FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD ENDED 2022, RECEIVABLES 2 MILLION AT THE END OF 23, 3.3 MILLION AT 22.
LONG TERM DEBT FOR THE 23 PERIOD 6.5 MILLION AS COMPARED TO 4.3 MILLION.
IN CONCLUSION, AGAIN, WE PERFORMED OUR AUDIT FOR THE YEAR END JUNE 30TH, 2023.
IF THE BOARD CHAIR ALLOWS, I WILL DO MY VERY BEST TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
A FULL COPY OF THE AUDIT REPORT SHOULD BE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE AND IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.
AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SERVE YOU AS YOUR EXTERNAL AUDITORS.
GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, QUESTIONS? THERE ARE NONE.
LET'S GO TO COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.
IF I COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
NO, SIR, YOU GOT TO APPROVE THE AUDIT REPORT.
MR. MARTIN, FADGEN, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[8. Comments from the Chair]
TONIGHT WILL BE MY LAST MEETING.I HAVE ENJOYED THIS VERY, VERY MUCH.
THE 19 TO BE 28 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN IN OFFICE.
WHEN I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST STARTED THE CITY WAS ABOUT 60,000 PEOPLE, AND I LIVED IN NEW YORK, AND I CAME DOWN AND WE HAD A HURRICANE COMING, HURRICANE ANDREW.
NEVER BEEN IN A HURRICANE BEFORE IN MY LIFE, SO I WAS VERY, VERY FRIGHTENED, AND I WAS WATCHING CHANNEL TEN, AND AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING, THE ANTENNA BLEW OFF THE ROOF OF CHANNEL TEN, AND THEY SAID THE HURRICANE WAS COMING 26 DEGREES.
SO I GOT VERY EXCITED, AND ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER IT MOVED A HALF A DEGREE AND IT WENT TO DADE COUNTY.
NOW, PEMBROKE PINES AT THE TIME HAD NOTHING BUT LAND.
THE ONLY THING OUT WEST WAS THE SPORTATORIUM, AND WE BUILT AND IT WAS EASY, I SAY, TO GET MONEY.
THEN WE HAD BEEN BUILDING I-75 AND THEY NEEDED SOME STATE, NEEDED SOME LAND.
AT THE TIME THERE WERE TIGER GRANTS, AND AT THE TIME YOU COULD GET MONEY FROM THE CONGRESS, AND A CONGRESSPERSON WOULD ASK FOR IT, AND THEN THEY WOULD ASK THE OTHER CONGRESSMEN, WHAT DO YOU NEED IN YOUR DISTRICT AND JUST HOW IT WORKED? SO WE GOT THAT MONEY, WE COMPLETED I-75, AND THEN THE PEOPLE FROM DADE COUNTY STARTED COMING UP IN DROVES.
WHAT'S THAT? IT'S YOU WE HAVE TO BLAME.
YEAH. SO WE WENT, WE WERE THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION THREE YEARS IN A ROW.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.[CHUCKLING] COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR YEARS OF SERVICE HERE ON THE MPO.
IT IS TRULY, TRULY APPRECIATED YOUR LEADERSHIP, AND I THINK EVERYONE HERE WOULD AGREE.
JUST THE WAY YOU CONDUCTED THE BOARD MEETINGS JUST KEPT IT KIND OF LIGHT.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE FUN AT THE SAME TIME AS WE GET SOME WORK DONE.
SO I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU.
I WISH YOU WELL INTO YOUR RETIREMENT.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.
I HOPE IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY AFTER THAT.
WELL, THANK YOU, MAYOR COOPER.
I, YOU KNOW, I WAS SITTING HERE AND I, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A CHANCE WITH THE MAYORS TO RECOGNIZE YOU AS WELL, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE RESIDENTS OF PEMBROKE PINES, MOST OF THEM DON'T FOLLOW LOCAL POLITICS 100%, BUT THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY GOT UNTIL IT'S GONE.
SO I'M SURE YOUR WORK, YOUR LEADERSHIP THERE HAS REALLY MADE A MAJOR MARK IN THE HISTORY OF NOT JUST PEMBROKE PARK PINES, BUT BROWARD COUNTY. THANK YOU.
GOD BLESS YOU, FRANK. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, MR. JAFFE. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LONG TIME.
YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO, YOU HAVE THAT CONNECTION WITH PEOPLE.
YOU KNOW HOW TO UNITE PEOPLE RATHER THAN DIVIDE PEOPLE, AND I LIKE WORKING HERE AT THE MPO IN TERMS OF TRYING TO CONNECT RESIDENTS THROUGH TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION, AND I THINK IT EXTENDS TO JUST HOW YOUR PERSONALITY IS CONNECTING EVERYBODY FOR SO EVERYONE HAS A CONNECTION AND THEY CAN WORK TOGETHER.
SO I WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
YES, FRANK, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE, AND REALLY, YOU'RE THE EPITOME OF A REALLY GOOD PUBLIC SERVANT AND ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US CAN KIND OF TRY TO LIVE UP TO, AND THE SAME FOR SANDY.
I KNOW THIS IS SANDY'S LAST ONE.
SO JUST FOR BOTH OF YOU ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING SUCH GOOD EXAMPLES OF GOOD PUBLIC SERVANTS.
MR. JOHNSON, DO YOU WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? YEAH, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU STARTED--YOUR MIC.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU STARTED 19 YEARS AGO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN I STARTED.
THAT'S WHEN BRYAN STARTED BECAUSE BRYAN AND I MET WET BEHIND THE EARS, BOTH OF US, HE AS A TEACHER AND ME AS JUST A RETIRED TEACHER, AND SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THE 19 YEARS, AND HE'S OVER THERE LOOKING THIS WAY.
I'M STILL THAT WAY, BUT ANYWAY, I ECHO WHAT FRANK SAID THAT THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE OF BEING MY COMMISSIONER IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT AND SERVING ON THIS BOARD HAS BEEN WONDERFUL AND ENLIGHTENING, AND I HOPE I'VE CONTRIBUTED TO IT, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET THAT 10TH STREET CONNECTOR.
I MAY LIVE TO SEE IT FINISHED, BUT I THINK I'LL LIVE TO SEE IT STARTED ANYWAY, BUT AND I'VE ENJOYED WORKING WITH BRYAN AND ABSOLUTELY WITH GREG AND WHAT HE'S DONE WITH OUR MPO, AND PEOPLE DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
SO WE HAVE WE HAVE HIM TO THANK REALLY FOR WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND SO AND I'VE LOVED MY TIME ON THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK AND I WELCOME CARYL AND SAY YOU'LL LOVE IT.
MR. ROGERS. THANK YOU, AND FRANK, I THINK, I DON'T KNOW IF I STARTED BEFORE YOU, YOU SAID WHAT YEAR, BUT I STARTED IN 28 YEARS AGO.
2004? NO, I THINK YOU STARTED IN 1996.
'96. I STARTED BECAUSE I STARTED IN [INAUDIBLE].
YES, YOU DID, AND I STARTED THEN, TOO.
SO IT WAS GOOD WORKING WITH YOU, EVEN IN YOUR POSITION AS THE CHAIR FOR THE LEAGUE OF CITIES, BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, I REMEMBER YOU NURTURING ME.
WE HAD GOOD TIMES DOING CENSUS DURING REDISTRICTING, DOING EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AS A COUNTY, AS WE GROW AS A COUNTY, YOUR LEADERSHIP, ESPECIALLY FOR ME AT THE TIME WHEN I NEEDED SOMEONE THAT UNDERSTOOD BEING NEW ON A COMMISSION, IT WAS JUST GOOD HAVING YOU THERE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
SO I WOULD JUST WANT TO WISH YOU WELL.
IS YOUR RESTAURANT STILL OPEN? YEAH. YES.
OKAY. SO WE'LL KNOW WE CAN HAVE SOME HANGING OUT TIME.
ALRIGHT. LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
THANK YOU, AND YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE BROWARD LEAGUE.
I WAS ABLE TO HAVE GOOD FORTUNE BECOMING A PRESIDENT OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE.
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SO LOTS OF LEADERSHIP.THAT'S WHY I WANTED YOU TO MENTION IT'S NOT JUST BEING THE MAYOR OF PEMBROKE PINES.
YOU HELPED BROWARD COUNTY AND THE STATE OF FLORIDA IN YOUR PARTICIPATION.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
I FORGOT TO MENTION SANDY JOHNSON AS WELL.
I SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT HERE.
IT'S BEEN GREAT SERVING WITH YOU AND YOUR MANY YEARS OF SERVICE.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST FOR RETIREMENT.
YEAH. MR. JOHNSON, I JUST WANTED TO SAY ONE THING, TOO, OF THAT WHO JUST GAVE ME THAT LITTLE TESTIMONIAL? I HAD THE HONOR TO BE HER LAST YEAR AT THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT BECAUSE SHE GOT ONE OF OUR TOP AWARDS, AND SHE WASN'T RIGHT THERE.
SO THEY ASKED ME TO ACCEPT THE AWARD FOR HER, WHICH I DID, AND SAID, THANK YOU, BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE DIDN'T GET THE PART OF ACCEPTING FOR MISS COLBOURNE.
SO THE REST OF THE DAY I WALKED AROUND AND EVERYBODY SAID, OH, CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.
I IMPERSONATED HER FOR LIKE SIX HOURS.
COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR, COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS.
ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIR, BEFORE WE DO THAT, AND WE ACTUALLY JUST GET EVERYBODY TO STEP IN, MAYBE AROUND BOTH OF YOU FOR A PHOTO OPPORTUNITY, AND THEN WE HAVE THESE TWO LOVELY GLASS THINGS.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
THE HEAVY GAVEL SHOES TO FILL.
[INAUDIBLE] PASS YOUR JOKE BOOK ON.
GO AHEAD. MEMBER COMMENTS, SIR.
[10. Executive Director’s Report]
WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LET ME GO UP THE PODIUM.[01:15:01]
YEAR'S MAYOR LAMAR FISHER, FOR ACTUALLY HELPING US GET THIS GRANT TOGETHER, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE CONNECTING COMMUNITIES ISN'T JUST THE MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE. IT OPENS UP, AS MAYOR TRANTALIS SAID, ALL OF US TO RECEIVE ABOUT $4 BILLION.SO THERE'S THAT ACCESS TO THE FUNDS TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE.
IF YOU LISTEN TO OUR LOBBYIST EARLIER THIS MORNING OR OUR ADVOCATE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HE ALSO CORRECTLY SAID, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT NEXT MONTH A LETTER FROM WASHINGTON SAYING WE RECEIVED THE SMART GRANT.
THAT IS THE THING I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE REALITY BASICALLY BUILT OF SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE RUNNING EVERY SCENARIO THROUGH, WHETHER IT'S ROADWAY SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGE, SCHOOL BOARD ISSUES, ALL OF THE THINGS, HEALTH CARE THAT'S GOING TO RUN THROUGH, WHAT WE HAVE AS THIS ULTIMATE CENTER OF TRUTH THAT WE'VE CREATED WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DELOITTE.
SO WE GET THIS $2 MILLION AWARD NEXT MONTH, OR YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT IT NEXT MONTH, BUT THAT OPENS US UP TO ANOTHER $20 MILLION IMMEDIATELY AFTER USDOT ACCEPTS THE GRANT AND OUR STUDY THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FOR $2 MILLION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M TELLING YOU, WE'RE ACTUALLY LINING UP WHAT WE NEED TO DO THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, WHICH WE WON THE $5 MILLION FOR, OPENS US UP TO ANOTHER PIGGY BANK OF MONEY UP IN WASHINGTON, DC TO ALLOW US TO DO BIKE LANES AND TO DO SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS TO BUILD SAFETY ON OUR ROADWAYS, FIX THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, AND MAKE THINGS BETTER FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
I'M PROUD OF EACH OF YOU, MAYOR VICE OR EXCUSE ME, MAYOR ORTIS.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, TOWN MEMBER.
IT HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN BRINGING MONEY DOWN TO OUR COMMUNITIES, AND I THANK YOU GUYS VERY, VERY MUCH, BUT I THINK IT'S VICE MAYOR OR IS IT JUST COMMISSIONER RIGHT NOW, OUR NEW INCOMING CHAIR, COMMISSIONER, IT'S GOING TO BE AWESOME.
WAIT TILL YOU ALL GET TOGETHER.
YOU'RE HAVING YOUR REORGANIZATION MEETING NEXT MONTH TO VOTE FOR THE VACANT POSITIONS.
SO THAT WAY WE CAN GET THAT DONE A LITTLE BIT FASTER, BUT WE TOTALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE DONE, AND A BIG SHOUT OUT TO OUR TEAM MEMBERS, BECAUSE IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM DOING THE DAILY WORK, NONE OF THESE SUCCESSES WOULD BE POSSIBLE.
SO THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
JUST WANT TO SAY TO GREG, AFTER THAT REPORT FROM THE CPA, YOU CAN'T THROW ME OFF THIS BOARD ANYMORE BECAUSE I AM GOING TO BE WATCHING THE DOLLARS, HOW THEY'RE SPENT. MY DISTRICT WOULD KNOW EVERYTHING WE TALK ABOUT AT THESE MEETINGS, BUT JUST TO EVERYONE THAT'S HERE, THIS IS AWESOME HAVING THESE COMMITMENT FOR FUNDING, AND PLEASE DON'T FORGET THE BIKE LANES.
SOME FOLKS MIGHT NOT BELIEVE THERE'S VALUE TO THE BIKE LANES.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE EVERYONE.
SO CONGRATULATIONS FOR A JOB WELL DONE, GREAT LEADERSHIP ON YOUR BEHALF.
OF COURSE WE DO OUR PART, BUT WE KNOW WHO THE DYNAMO IS.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
I JUST WANT TO PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMENTS OF COMMISSIONER ROGERS.
I BELIEVE IN BIKE LANES, BUT I ALSO BELIEVE IN SAFE BIKE LANES, AND WE HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT CREATIVE AND WILLING TO INVEST MORE MONEY INTO MAKING THOSE BIKE LANES SAFE.
BECAUSE TOO OFTEN WE SEE PEOPLE IN THEIR CARS AND THEIR TRUCKS, AND EVEN THE COUNTY BUSSES SWERVING IN AND OUT OF THOSE BIKE LANES, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A DISINCENTIVE FOR ANYONE WANTING TO RIDE A BIKE.
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BUT THERE'S SO MUCH IT'S SO TREACHEROUS TRYING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BIKE LANES, WE CAN'T JUST PAINT A STRIPE IN THE ROAD.YOU WENT TO MIAMI? I'M NOT GOING THERE.
I FORGOT THE GENTLEMAN THAT WAS THE PRESENTER, BUT WHAT HE SAID WAS, WHEN WE DESIGN BIKE LANES, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY HAVE TO BE GOOD FOR THE FOUR YEAR OLD AND THE 94 YEAR OLD, AND IN BETWEEN.
I'M TRYING TO ADDRESS EVERYONE.
YES. YOU'RE THE FOUR YEAR OLD, AND THEY HAVE TO BE SAFE FOR THE FOUR YEAR OLD AND THE 94 YEAR OLD, AND THEN HE PUT UP A PHOTO THAT I REQUESTED MR. STUART GIVE TO MYSELF AND EVERYONE HERE, AND THE IMPACT OF THAT PHOTO WAS PHENOMENAL, AND IT WAS A BIKE LANE, BUT INSTEAD OF A LINE, IT WAS LINED WITH STUFFED ANIMALS, STUFFED ANIMALS AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THAT WERE PHENOMENAL BECAUSE YOU AS AS A DRIVER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE WOULD NOT CROSS THAT, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD IMPLY, YOU KNOW, THE HARM THAT COULD DO, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED WHEN AND YOU I SEE YOU'RE THINKING.
HOW COULD YOU USE THAT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE NEED.
HOW CAN I USE THAT SLIDE TO MY ADVANTAGE? BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO WHEN WE ARE DESIGNING BIKE LANES.
IT IS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE 4 TO 94 OR 104, HOWEVER OLD YOU ARE, WHEN YOU HAVE YOUR BALANCE AND YOU CAN RIDE A BICYCLE, WE HAVE TO MAKE THEM SAFE AND A LINE OF PAINT IS NOT SAFE.
WHEN PEOPLE HAVE THEIR COFFEE, THEIR CELL PHONE, THEY'RE PUTTING ON THEIR MAKEUP AND THEY ARE WATCHING A PODCAST AND YOU'RE ATTEMPTING TO DO THAT.
SO IF WE COULD SOMEHOW TAKE THAT ONE PHOTO WITH STUFFED ANIMALS AND RUN WITH IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THAT AND CONVEY THAT MESSAGE ON HOW WE NEED TO KEEP IT SAFE, THEN THEN WE'VE WE'VE DONE A GREAT SERVICE TO PEOPLE THAT WILL USE THOSE BIKE LANES TO TRANSPORT THEMSELVES FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, CHAIR SHUHAM.
FIRST, I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO VICE MAYOR MARTIN FOR HIS GENEROUS OFFER, AND I WILL DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY BE TAKING YOU UP ON THAT, AND OF COURSE, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER JOHNSON FOR HER WORK ON THE DISABLED TRANSPORTATION BOARD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO BEING ABLE TO ATTEMPT TO FILL THOSE SHOES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, MY TAKEAWAY WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE HAD A SPEAKER TALKING ABOUT USE OF BIKE LANES IN MIAMI, AND IF I REMEMBER THE STATISTICS STATISTICS, THE QUESTION WAS WHO COULD RIDE THEIR BIKE TO WORK? AND I THINK THE RESPONSE WAS 80 SOMETHING PERCENT WHO FELT SAFE RIDING THEIR BIKE TO WORK 22%, AND IF THE MISSION OF OUR MPO IS TO HELP REDUCE TRAFFIC AND INCREASE USAGE OF BIKES, THAT WAS REALLY THE TAKEAWAY FOR ME, IS EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO FEELS LIKE THEY COULD RIDE THEIR BIKE TO WORK, AND THAT IS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OUR CLIMATE AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I THINK IT'S OUR JOB TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL SAFE RIDING THAT BIKE TO WORK.
SO I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING COMPLETELY.
I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK YOU KNOW, IN HOLLYWOOD, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THE GREAT WORK OF LEVI AND THE MPO WERE RECONFIGURING HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND RESILIENCY, BUT IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECONFIGURE PARKING AND BIKE LANES.
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JUST SIMPLE THINGS LIKE THAT ARE NOT EXPENSIVE WHERE YOU'RE USING VEHICLES AS THE BUFFER.NOT AS FUN AS STUFFED ANIMALS, BUT MIGHT WORK EVEN BETTER.
SO I AGREE, AND I APPRECIATE YOU RAISING IT.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.
GOING FORWARD, WHAT IS IT THAT WE NEED TO DO TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT MAYBE DIFFERENT STANDARDS OR SO FORTH FOR BETTER BIKE LANES SO THAT IT JUST WON'T BE US TALKING ABOUT IT AND WANTING IT, BUT THERE WILL BE SOMETHING IN PLACE WHEN WE HAVE NEW PROJECTS, AND WHILE I'M AT IT CITY OF MIRAMAR, LET'S GO BIKING.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE JOIN ME.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, MR.
[11. Monthly Legislative Reports]
CHAIR. HI, THANK YOU, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.PAUL CALVARESI, BROWARD MPO INTERGOVERNMENTAL MANAGER.
WE DID ALSO RECEIVE AN EARMARK FROM CONGRESSWOMAN WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.
I KNOW WE HAVE SO MANY OF THESE, YOU JUST FORGET, AND THAT BEING SAID, I DO WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE I WAS RECENTLY HAD THE PLEASURE OF SITTING AT A IN THE ASSOCIATION OF MPOS POLICY AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING, AND THERE'S MPOS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO WIN ONE GRANT. THEY WANTED WHAT'S THE SECRET SAUCE? WHAT DO THEY NEED TO DO? WE'VE WON FIVE IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, AND WE HAVE ONE MORE PENDING, AND THAT IS ATYPICAL FOR MPOS.
SO AND THAT'S A CREDIT TO THE GREAT WORK THAT YOU ALLOW US TO DO.
I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING ALL THIS MONEY TO BROWARD COUNTY.
ON THE STATE SIDE, YOUR REPRESENTATIVES FROM TRIPP SCOTT ERICKS WILL BE HERE NEXT WEEK TO GIVE A NEXT MONTH--I JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH MARCH [CHUCKLING]--TO GIVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE ON THE STATE.
AS ONCE WE HAVE A NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE INSTALLED IN JUNE, JULY.
NEXT MONTH, NEXT MONTH AND NEXT MONTH AND THEN OKAY, THEN AGAIN.
SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH YOU ON POLICY UPDATES AND HOW WE WANT TO APPROACH THIS MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION AND THEN ON THE FEDERAL SIDE, THEY FUNDED HALF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT IT'S THE HALF THAT FUNDS US.
SO WE'RE IN GOOD SHAPE, AND HOPEFULLY NEXT MONTH WE HAVE MORE GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.
SHE SAID OH AND WE IT'S IN THE BUDGET.
IT'S ONLY 850 MILLION OR $850,000, BUT IT IS FOR 595 GOING FROM FORT LAUDERDALE WEST OUT TO WESTON.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY WORK WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF TO DOUBLE THE EXIT.
SO THAT WAY, AS YOU'RE GETTING ON, INSTEAD OF A SINGLE LANE, IT'LL BE A DOUBLE LANE GOING ONTO 595 HEADING WESTBOUND, AND I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE. WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF NEGOTIATIONS TO DO WITH FEC, OUR FEDERAL FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY, BUT THIS IS ANOTHER GREAT EARMARK, AND IF THEY BECOME THE MINORITY BECOMES MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE SIDE.
BASICALLY, EARMARKS ARE BACK, AND MY SPECIALTY WHEN I WORKED IN WEST PALM BEACH WAS ATTRACTING EARMARKS TO MY REGION IN WEST PALM, AND BACK IN 1993, I WAS ABLE TO GET $164 MILLION TO THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH FOR ALL OF THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR TRANSPORTATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A LITTLE EXPERIENCE AT IT.
[12. General Counsel’s Report]
YES. THANK YOU.CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR JOHNSON, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE AND HONOR TO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE TWO OF YOU IN THIS CAPACITY, AS WELL AS IN OTHERS THROUGHOUT YOUR CAREERS AND MINE AS WELL.
SO I THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
MY REPORT HAS BEEN BEFORE YOU.
AS YOU SAW, WE HAD FUN TODAY WITH THE VOTE.
IT WILL BECOME MORE COMPELLING AND CHALLENGING AT OUR NEXT MEETING.
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YOU CAN SEE WHERE VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATION CAN BE DIFFICULT.AT SOME POINT, MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT AGAIN.
JUST AS A COMMENT TO YOU AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE ALLOW VIRTUAL VOTING AND OTHER THINGS ESPECIALLY MAYBE EVEN VOTING SHOULD MAYBE NOT BE ALLOWED BY VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION. JUST A COMMENT.
[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) - Safety and Technology Funding Programs Update]
CHAIR. OKAY, SO WE HAVE ROUTE TO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY FUNDING.YOU MATCH MY MUG TODAY. I DON'T MATCH YOUR MUG TODAY.
THAT'S GOOD. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, PRINCIPAL PLANNER AT THE BROWARD MPO AND ALSO ONE OF TWO CO-PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ROUTE TO 2050, ALSO KNOWN AS OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MTP FOR SHORT.
LAST MONTH WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT RESILIENCY.
HE'LL GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON TECHNOLOGY.
SO STICK ON OR HOLD ON FOR THE RIDE, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT OUR EMPHASIS AREAS, LET'S REMIND OURSELVES OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 2050 MTP. WE HAVE COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY, TRANSIT AND HUBS, TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY AND RESILIENCY.
WE'LL BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT THE TEAL COLOR AND THE YELLOW ONE THERE.
SO SAFETY WE'RE GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE DOING.
THIS WILL COME LATER TODAY, I BELIEVE.
THIS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE BEFORE WE WERE GIVEN THAT GRANT.
SO ALL OF THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL IS NOT PART OF THIS ASSESSMENT.
THIS ASSESSMENT WAS DONE EARLIER INTO IN 2023.
SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK A FIVE YEAR CRASH DATA ANALYSIS FROM THE YEARS 2017 ALL THE WAY TO THE YEAR 2021, AND WE TOOK A TOTAL OF ABOUT 300,000 CRASH DATA POINTS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY, WHERE WE WANTED TO NARROW ALL OF THAT DOWN TO INJURIES, THE SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES, 1000 OF THOSE 300,000 RESULTED IN FATALITIES AND 4000 OF THEM RESULTED IN INCAPACITATING INJURY.
SO I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRENDS THAT WE SAW WITHIN THAT ANALYSIS.
FIRST UP, WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS A GRAPH AND A CHART THAT SHOWS THE DIFFERENCES THAT WE SAW IN IN ANALYSIS BETWEEN THE ON SYSTEM ROADWAYS AND THE OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS ON SYSTEM ROADWAYS ARE CONSIDERED ROADS THAT ARE STATE OWNED THAT FDOT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND THEN OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT EITHER BROWARD COUNTY OR THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
SOME TRENDS THAT YOU CAN SEE RIGHT OFF THE BAT I HAVE IN BULLET POINTS TO THE RIGHT.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT SEVERE CRASHES IN BROWARD ARE KIND OF AN EVEN SPLIT BETWEEN ON AND OFF SYSTEM.
THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE ON SYSTEM.
SO THE STATE ROADWAYS, THERE'S A LOT LESS ROADS THAN THERE ARE OF THE OFF SYSTEM.
SO IT MIGHT BE DISPROPORTIONATELY LARGER FOR THOSE CRASHES ON THE ON-SYSTEM.
THE ON SYSTEM, FOR ON SYSTEM ROADWAYS, SEVERE PEDESTRIAN AND REAR END AND SIDESWIPE CRASHES ARE MORE PREVALENT THAN ON THE OFF SYSTEM, AND THEN ON THE OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS, WE TEND TO SEE A LOT MORE CRASHES THAT INVOLVE FIXED OBJECT AND SINGLE VEHICLE CRASHES WITH ON THOSE ROADWAYS.
SO THIS THIS CHART AND THIS GRAPH IS PART OF YOUR ATTACHMENT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO USE THIS CHART TO LOOK AT AND DISSECT SOME MORE OF THOSE TRENDS, YOU CAN OR YOU CAN CHECK OUT OUR STORY MAP THAT WE HAVE WITH A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION ON OUR ROUTETO2050.ORG BUT BEFORE YOU GET INTO THAT WEBSITE, LET'S LOOK AT SOME MORE TRENDS.
SO WHAT WE FOUND WITH OUR ANALYSIS IS THAT IF A PEDESTRIAN IS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, IT RESULTS IN 15 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE IN A SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY OF OUR TOTAL SEVERE CRASHES.
ABOUT 36% OF THOSE ARE CAUSED BY LANE DEPARTURES.
14% ARE CAUSED BY REAR ENDS AND 31% ARE CAUSED BY ANGLE OR LEFT TURN CRASHES, AND THEN ANY CRASH THAT INVOLVES SPEEDING IS LIKELY TO HAVE 11.2 TIMES HIGHER, RESULTING IN SEVERE INJURY OR FATALITY.
SO WE NEED TO DROP THOSE SPEEDS DOWN SO WE STOP ALL OF THAT NONSENSE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH ALL OF THAT ANALYSIS? WELL, WE HAVE A COUPLE MAPS.
WE HAVE SOME RESULTS FROM OUR ASSESSMENT, AND WHAT WE FIGURED OUT IS THAT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW LOCATIONS WITHIN BROWARD THAT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED, AND SO WE HAVE 58 CORRIDORS.
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SO ALL OF THOSE ARE DIVIDED INTO SEPARATE CATEGORIES BASED OFF OF THE HIGHEST TRENDS OF CRASHES.SO WE HAVE ALL THOSE LOCATIONS NOW.
NOW THE NEXT THING TO DO IS START ASSESSING WHAT KIND OF PROJECT WE CAN DO WITH THAT, BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS TAKE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION AND OVERLAY IT ON TOP OF OUR EQUITY MAP THAT WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN SEVERE INJURY AND FATALITY THAT RESULT IN CRASHES AND OUR EQUITY AREAS, AND THE ANSWER IS YES.
SO YOU'LL SEE HERE THAT THE PINK LINES ARE THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE HIGHEST PRIORITY, AND THE BLACK DOTS WITH THE YELLOW HALO AROUND THEM ARE THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE A LOT OF CRASHES.
SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? WE START GETTING THEM PREPPED FOR OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT THAT WE GOT.
SO WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
WE DON'T WANT TO THROW THAT AWAY, AND INSTEAD OF DOING THAT, WE'RE GOING TO USE THAT INFORMATION AND USE IT AS A BASIS FOR OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT, THE TEAM HAS ALL THAT INFORMATION, PLUS POTENTIAL LOCATIONS THAT ARE CRASH ISSUES, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO DEVELOP PROJECTS THROUGH THAT GRANT, AND NOW WE'VE GOT EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES. THANK YOU.
PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, THIS IS A TWO PART PRESENTATION.
TECHNOLOGY IS SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE, I'M GOING TO CALL IT ETHEREAL.
WITH TECHNOLOGY, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS.
SO HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH UNKNOWNS AND A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN? AND I THINK IT'S TALKING A LOT ABOUT CONCEPTS AND POLICIES, AND THAT'S SORT OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO OUTLINE HERE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND LOOKING OUT TO 2050 AND HOW SOME OF THAT GETS INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLANNING PROCESS.
SO WHAT WE DECIDED AS A TEAM IS THAT IT'S BEST TO THINK ABOUT TECHNOLOGY THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT LENSES, AND WE DECIDED TO GIVE THEM SOME CATCHY NAMES AS WELL, SO THAT IT CONVEYS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT, THAT MESSAGE AND NOT SUCH A TECHNICAL WAY.
SO THE FIRST TIER THAT WE LOOK AT IS POWERING THE FUTURE IS HOW WE HOW ARE WE GOING TO POWER OUR VEHICLES, AND HOW ARE WE GOING TO ALSO PROVIDE THE FUEL SOURCES, THE ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCES FOR THOSE VEHICLES? THE SECOND TIER IS THE DATA DRIVEN FUTURE, IS HOW CAN WE USE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP, HELP INFORM A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING, LIKE THE SAFETY ASSESSMENT OF THINGS, AND HOW DOES THAT THEN ULTIMATELY IMPACT THE THIRD TIER DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE AND HOW CAN WE LEVERAGE NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SKETCH PLANNING TOOLS IN ORDER TO HELP MAKE BETTER DECISIONS? SO AGAIN, WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS LIKE, YOU KNOW, POINT A TO POINT B ON A ROADWAY.
SO QUICKLY, TALKING ABOUT EACH ONE OF THESE TIERS POWERING THE FUTURE AS I MENTIONED, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE PEOPLE USING ALTERNATIVE FUELS, BOTH FROM A VEHICLE PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHARGING THOSE VEHICLES.
WE KNOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BIG RIGHT NOW BOTH AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.
SOME OF THAT GETS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED, AND YOU'LL HEAR US TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE PLAN ADOPTION IN DECEMBER, BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU KNOW, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS OPENED UP AVENUES TO FUND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL FUNDING SOURCES, SOLAR, EVEN HYDROGEN AND A COUPLE OTHER DIFFERENT FUEL SOURCES THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT TRI-RAIL STATIONS AS POTENTIAL CHARGING LOCATIONS.
YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ON THIS LIST THAT SOME LOCATIONS ARE REPEATED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THERE ARE DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THOSE LOCATIONS, SO WE'D HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THEM, BUT IN TERMS OF A REGIONAL INVESTMENT, THIS IS A GREAT START FOR US TO LOOK AT EV CHARGING OPPORTUNITIES, BECAUSE WE ALWAYS HAVE TO LOOK AT PUBLICLY AVAILABLE LANDS.
SO THAT'S ONE AREA THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT.
IN ADDITION TO WORKING WITH THE LOCALS TO FUND EV CHARGING LOCATIONS IN YOUR MUNICIPALITIES.
WE HAVE A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, BUT THE QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THAT INFORMATION? HOW DO YOU MAKE IT MEANINGFUL? AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE DATA DRIVEN FUTURE REALLY IS LOOKING TO LEAN INTO, IS USING ANALYTIC TOOLS THAT HELP US MAKE MORE SENSE OF THE DATA THAT ALLOW US TO DRILL DOWN AND DO
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PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS.SO I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT WE LOOKED AT HERE AT THE MPO AS A PILOT PROJECT IS LOOKING AT HOW WE DO PREDICTIVE ANALYZES FOR CRASHES SO WE CAN TAKE CAMERAS, LIDAR SENSORS, OTHER THINGS THAT INTERSECTIONS AND LOOK AT MOVEMENTS BOTH VEHICULAR, PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST MOVEMENT AND SEE WHAT PATTERNS ARE EMERGING ON NEAR MISSES.
SO CRASHES THAT DON'T HAPPEN BUT COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN A CRASH, AND THAT UNDERLYING TECHNOLOGY IS ABLE TO PROCESS THAT INFORMATION AND GIVE HOT SPOTS IN THE INTERSECTION OF WHERE WE MIGHT POTENTIALLY HAVE AN ISSUE.
SO RATHER THAN LOOKING AT ALL THE DATA, LIKE ALL THE VIDEO IMAGES AND ALL OF THE DATA POINTS, WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT SYNTHESIZES THE INFORMATION SAYS, HEY, AT INTERSECTION X, YOU MIGHT HAVE A PROBLEM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER, AND THEN WE CAN DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE AS THE EXPERTS AND COME UP WITH A POTENTIAL SOLUTION.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE TYPES OF TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FUNDING HERE.
PROVIDING SEED MONEY FOR THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE COORDINATION WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL, AND THEN FINALLY, DECISION MAKING IN THE FUTURE IS REALLY AN EVOLVED FORM OF THE SECOND TIER OF THE DATA DRIVEN DECISION IS ONCE WE HAVE THE DATA AND ONCE WE HAVE IT SYNTHESIZED, HOW DO WE USE THAT TO MAKE BETTER DECISIONS? AND I'LL GO BACK AGAIN TO THE PREVIOUS STATEMENT THAT I MADE THAT WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF INFORMATION, BUT USING THAT INFORMATION TO HELP CRAFT A SKETCH, PLANNING TOOLS AND SCENARIO PLANNING TOOLS WHERE WE CAN INPUT THAT DATA INTO A LARGE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL WHERE WE CAN REALLY GET SOME MEANINGFUL OUTPUTS THAT HELP MAKE BETTER DECISIONS AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT WOULD BE TO QUANTIFY OUTCOMES OF A ROADWAY PROJECT.
SO IF WE, FOR EXAMPLE, IDENTIFY A ROADWAY PROJECT ALONG A SEGMENT AND HAVE MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE COULD IMPLEMENT, MODELING AND SCENARIO PLANNING THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE OF THE IMPACTS ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, IMPACTS ON VEHICULAR MOVEMENT, IMPACTS TO SAFETY.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE AND DOING THAT ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
SO RATHER THAN ON A PROJECT SCALE, LOOKING AT THAT AT A MORE GLOBAL SCALE, REGION WIDE.
SO COUNTY AND THEN EVEN IN THE TRI COUNTY AREA.
SO PART OF THAT IS SOMETHING CALLED THE DIGITAL TWIN, AND ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS, MARK PLASS HERE, WHO JOINED THE TEAM RECENTLY, I THINK USED THE BEST EXAMPLE OF WHAT A DIGITAL TWIN IS, IS THAT WHEN YOU HAVE A CLOCK ON YOUR PHONE THAT IS A DIGITAL TWIN OF A CLOCK IN SOMEWHERE IN THE WORLD THAT IS SHOWING YOU THE TIME, AND THAT'S A VERY SIMPLISTIC VERSION OF THAT, BUT WE COULD TAKE A LOT OF THE INFORMATION THAT'S COMING OFF OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND SHOW THAT DIGITALLY IN THAT SETTING, AND BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR DECISION MAKING AS WELL.
THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER WELCH.
I REALLY APPRECIATED THE MAP OF THE CRASH REPORTS, ETC., AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT I WAS GOING TO BE A PART OF THE STATISTIC OF ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WAS CITED AT ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS, AND WAS REAR ENDED AT ONE OF THOSE [INAUDIBLE] THE VERY HIGH INCIDENT TUESDAY ON THE WAY TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND USING EXPLORING TECHNOLOGY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, PUT IT OUT THERE, AND I KNOW I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS COULD HAPPEN, BUT IF I HAD THE ABILITY WHEN I WAS HEADED OUT THAT DAY TO PLOT MY ROUTE TO WHERE I NEEDED TO GO, AND IT WOULD SHOW NOT ONLY THE FASTEST ROUTE TO GET THERE, BUT ALSO THE LIKELY THE SAFEST ROUTE.
I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT COULD HAPPEN IF THAT'S AI OR IT'S OUTSIDE THE REALM OF A GOOGLE SEARCH OR A WAZE OR WHATEVER, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I, I CLEARLY WOULD HAVE TAKEN A DIFFERENT ROUTE THAT DAY, AND INCIDENTALLY, AND IT'S NOT REALLY RELATED TO THIS, BUT SOMEWHAT, WHEN I WENT TO REPORT IT, THE ADJUSTER SAID THAT 20% OF THE CLAIMS ARE WITH REAR END CLAIMS ARE FOR NO INSURANCE WITH THE OTHER DRIVER AND HE NOT ONLY HAD NO INSURANCE, BUT HE HAD NO VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND WAS MAKING NO ATTEMPT TO STOP UNTIL HE GOT FEET FROM MY BACK OF MY CAR.
SO FORTUNATELY, MY HUSBAND I WEREN'T WEREN'T INJURED AND NEITHER WAS HIS PASSENGER, BUT JUST SAYING, IF WE HAD A WAY TO TRACK THAT AND PLOT OUT SOMEBODY'S ROUTE, EVEN LOCALLY, IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
SO I'LL LET THE MINDS THAT ARE IN A BETTER PAY GRADE THAN I AM SORT THAT OUT, BUT THANK YOU.
FURTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].
[01:45:01]
SO JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW, CARL IS GOING TO PRESENT THIS TODAY.[2. Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 - FY 2025/26 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Update]
THIS IS OUR FIRST DRAFT OF OUR UPWP.THIS IS BASICALLY OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET FOR THE OFFICE.
OKAY. SO CHAIR ORTIS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD TO GOOD TO SEE YOU AS ALWAYS.
SO I'M CARL, I'M A PROUD MPO STAFF.
AS GREG MENTIONED, I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE DRAFT UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, OR UPWP.
THIS IS, AS GREG MENTIONED, THIS IS OUR BUDGET.
IT KIND OF STRETCHED OUT TO SHOW THAT IT REALLY INCORPORATES EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE AT THE MPO, ALL OF THE CORE PRODUCTS YOU SEE ON THAT SLIDE EVERYTHING FROM THIS MEETING TO OUR MAJOR PLANNING EFFORTS ARE INCLUDED AND DESCRIBED WITHIN SO IT IS A TWO YEAR BUDGET.
WE DO THIS EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.
SO THE ONE WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, AND WE'LL RUN THROUGH JUNE 30TH, 2026, AND EVERY TWO YEARS WE ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE FOR OUR PLANNING FUNDS.
SO WHAT THE UPWP IS, IT BASICALLY ACTS AS BACKUP MATERIAL, AS A SCOPE OF WORK BETWEEN US AND OUR FUNDING AGENCIES FOR WHAT WE'LL BE DOING, AND IT INCLUDES, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE VARIOUS INFORMATION SUCH AS, YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT IS EXACTLY WE'LL BE DOING? WHO ARE WE GOING TO BE DOING IT WITH? WHAT OTHER AGENCIES ARE WE GOING TO BE COORDINATING, COORDINATING WITH ON THIS WORK? WHEN DO WE EXPECT IT TO BE DONE? HOW MUCH ARE WE ALLOCATING TOWARDS IT, AND WHAT'S THE FLAVOR OF THE FUNDING OR WHERE ARE WE GETTING IT FROM? SO IT'S A BIG DOCUMENT.
SO SECTION C IS THE PLANNING, STATE AND FEDERAL PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS OR PEA.
SO WE GET THESE EVERY UPWP CYCLE.
TYPICALLY THESE ARE UPDATED, AND IN ADDITION TO OUR PLANNING PRIORITIES THAT WE FOCUS ON, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING TO SOME DEGREE THESE STATE AND FEDERAL PEAS AS WELL.
THIS YEAR, WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY UPDATES TO THIS SECTION.
SO SECTION C ISN'T REALLY GOING TO CHANGE AS FAR AS WE KNOW, BUT IF THERE'S ONE SECTION THAT YOU LOOK AT IN THE ENTIRE DOCUMENT, THAT WOULD BE SECTION D, AND THIS IS THE PLANNING TASK. THIS IS THE REAL MEAT OF THE DOCUMENT, AND WHERE YOU CAN SEE REALLY EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE AT THE MPO.
SO WE CURRENTLY HAVE EIGHT PLANNING TASKS OUTLINED IN THE UPWP.
SO TASK ONE MPO ADMINISTRATION.
THIS IS BASICALLY OUR OPERATIONS HOW WE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON.
IT ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE OUR TRAVEL AND TRAINING BUDGETS FOR STAFF.
SO THEY CAN GO TO NATIONWIDE CONFERENCES AND PRESENT.
ALSO INCLUDES OTHER DIRECT EXPENSES.
WE COLLECT DATA, WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND SHARE DATA.
TASK THREE. PETER AND CHRISTOPHER JUST CAME UP AND TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THIS.
THIS IS OUR LARGER REGIONAL EFFORTS.
SO THINK, YOU KNOW, LARGER REGIONAL EFFORTS LIKE THAT TASK FORCE ARE COMMUNITY EFFORTS.
SO THIS IS MORE OF YOUR COMPLETE STREETS YOUR CSLIP PROGRAM.
THIS IS ANOTHER CORE PRODUCT THAT WE HAVE, AND IT GETS ITS OWN TASK, BUT IT ALSO INCORPORATES OTHER THINGS LIKE THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST AND ALSO THE TIP MUNICIPAL REPORTS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE SPLIT OUT FOR YOUR CITIES.
THOSE ARE ALSO DONE AS PART OF TASK FIVE.
SO ANY TIME THAT WE GET MONEY COMING INTO OR GOING OUT OF THE MPO FOR ANY REGIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT WE CONDUCT, LET'S SAY WITH FDOT, OR IT COULD BE MIAMI-DADE TPO, WE NEED TO SHOW THAT AND THEY HAVE TO HAVE CORRESPONDING LANGUAGE IN THEIR UPWP THAT'S, YOU KNOW, SHOWING THAT TRANSFER.
YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE'RE SENDING MONEY TO THEM.
THEY NEED TO BE SHOWING THAT THEY'RE RECEIVING IT, AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BECOME SORT OF A PROBLEM.
I WOULD SAY STATEWIDE THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF THIS, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD SO MANY ISSUES WITH IT AND IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BUT FOR SOME REASON, THERE'S JUST SOME DIFFICULTY IN COORDINATING ON THIS LANGUAGE AND GETTING IT TO BE IDENTICAL IN THE VARIOUS UPWP.
SO WE WEREN'T EVEN SURE WE WERE GOING TO HAVE IT, BUT WE ARE PUTTING IT IN THE SECOND YEAR.
WE'RE PUTTING A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
WE'RE GIVING THAT OVER TO FDOT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR SOUTHEAST REGIONAL PLANNING.
MODEL. SO THAT'S YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THEIR TASKS.
[01:50:01]
SO HERE FOR NOW BUT COULD BE GONE IN THE FUTURE.TASK SEVEN. THEN AGAIN, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BY NOW.
PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING WE DO HAS A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION COMPONENT TO IT, BUT THIS ALSO INCLUDES SPECIFIC ACTIVITIES WE WORK ON, SUCH AS THE UPDATE OF OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, ANOTHER CORE PRODUCT, THE PPP.
THAT KIND OF DICTATES HOW WE CONDUCT OUTREACH.
THEN WE HAVE A GAP AND THAT'S ON PURPOSE.
SO IT USED TO BE A BIGGER GAP WHEN SEVEN WASN'T BROKEN OUT THE WAY IT IS NOW, BUT THE INTENT BEHIND THAT IS TO SHOW BASICALLY TASKS 1 TO 7 IS STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDED. EVERYTHING IN TASK NINE IS LOCAL.
SO IN TASK NINE WE HAVE THINGS LIKE THE SURTAX.
SO THAT'S ALSO CONTAINED THERE IN TASK NINE.
THIS IS TASK FIVE TIP, AND YOU KNOW IT'S ALWAYS GOING TO CONSIST OF THESE SAME ELEMENTS.
SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR PURPOSE. WHAT IS THIS PREVIOUS WORK COMPLETED.
SO THESE ARE MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS FROM THE PREVIOUS UPWP PERIOD.
WE ALSO HAVE REQUIRED ACTIVITIES.
THIS IS BASICALLY THE DAY TO DAY THAT YOU SEE STAFF WORKING ON WORK PRODUCTS, WHAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND THEN COMPLETION DATES, WHEN ARE THEY EXPECT THEY'RE GOING TO BE DONE WITH THESE EFFORTS? SCROLLING PAST THAT, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET TO THE BUDGET TABLE.
THIS IS A VERY SIMPLIFIED ONE.
THAT'S WHY I PICKED IT JUST AS AN EXAMPLE, BUT USUALLY IT'S A LOT LONGER, BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A PERSONNEL SERVICES, HOW MUCH IS BEING ALLOCATED TO STAFF FOR CERTAIN TASKS AND THEN ALSO IF YOU'RE USING CONSULTANTS, HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED TOWARDS THEM, WHAT FUNDING SOURCE ARE YOU USING, AND THEN WE HAVE A DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE. IN THE PAST, WE HAD TO SEND ALL OF OUR SCOPES OUT TO THE FEDS FOR APPROVAL.
THAT IS. I GUESS THAT GOT A LITTLE OVERWHELMING OVER TIME.
BECAUSE NOW THEY'RE OKAY WITH JUST HAVING AT LEAST FOR THE INITIAL GREEN LIGHT.
THEY'RE OKAY WITH JUST LOOKING HERE IN THESE DESCRIPTIONS, AND IF WE HAVE ENOUGH DETAIL IN THERE, THEY'RE COMFORTABLE USUALLY WITH GIVING US THE INITIAL GREEN LIGHT ON SOME OF THESE CONSULTANT EFFORTS. SO HISTORICALLY OUR LEVEL OF DETAIL HAS BEEN ACCEPTABLE TO THEM.
WE ALWAYS KICK OFF THIS EFFORT WITH A CALL FOR PLANS AND STUDY.
SO WE DID THE SAME THIS YEAR IN JANUARY.
WE KICKED THIS OFF AND WRAPPED UP IN FEBRUARY 9TH.
SO IF YOU PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK OR YOUR CITIES DID, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
SO THE IDEA IS IT'S MEANT TO BE A UNIFIED DOCUMENT FOR THE COUNTY.
IT TENDS TO BE THE LARGER ORGANIZATIONS THAT CONTRIBUTE.
SO YOUR BCTS, YOUR SFRTAS AND SO ON, BUT THAT WE ALSO MADE THAT REQUEST AND WE HAVE THAT IN APPENDIX E, AND AS FAR AS NEXT STEPS ARE CONCERNED, THIS IS NOW DUE TO THE STATE AND THE FEDS FOR OFFICIAL REVIEW.
WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY SUBMIT TODAY.
START PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR COMMENTS THAT WE NEED TO REVIEW AND ADDRESS.
PRETTY MUCH AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE KICKING OFF THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
SO WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE CALL FOR PLANS AND STUDIES, BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN OFFICIAL PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD THAT WILL OPEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL GO OUT TO THE PAPERS AND THE VARIOUS OTHER OUTLETS THAT WE USE, AND IN ABOUT A MONTH'S TIME, WE'LL GET ALL THOSE COMMENTS BACK FROM OUR, OUR REVIEW AGENCIES, FROM THE PUBLIC, AND WE NEED TO ADDRESS THOSE PRETTY QUICKLY, BECAUSE THEN WE'RE TURNING IT AROUND AND COMING BACK TO THE TAC/CAC ON APRIL 24TH FOR FINAL ACTION, AND THEN YOU ALL ON MAY 9TH AFTER THAT, AT WHICH POINT WE'RE BASICALLY DONE WITH IT.
WE NEED TO SUBMIT IT ONE MORE TIME FOR FINAL APPROVAL, AND THEN JUST CROSS OUR FINGERS THAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, SATISFACTORILY ADDRESSED ALL OF THE STATE AND FEDERAL COMMENTS, AND THEN IF EVERYTHING WORKS OUT ACCORDING TO PLAN WE'LL BE IN BUSINESS JULY 1ST, 2024 AND THAT IS ALL I'VE GOT ON THE UPWP.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU, CHAIR ORTIS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT THE BROWN SAFETY ACTION? MR. CROMAR. GOOD MORNING.
[3. Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Update]
JAMES CROMAR. IT'S STILL MORNING, RIGHT? JAMES CROMAR, BROWARD MPO.[01:55:03]
I WANT TO SPEND A FEW MINUTES, AND I'LL BE CONCISE.SO WITH THAT JUST AN OVERVIEW.
WE ARE VERY GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY THAT ARE PROVIDING A LOCAL MATCH.
THEY ARE PAYING FOR THREE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND USING THAT TO MATCH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING, AND WE'RE INCORPORATING THE FINDINGS FROM THOSE STUDIES INTO THE ACTION PLAN ITSELF. LAST TIME WE WERE BEFORE YOU WAS IN NOVEMBER TO AUTHORIZE THE CONTRACT, AND THEN SINCE THEN, WE HAVE GOTTEN THE PROJECT STARTED UP AND ARE WORKING ON AN 18 MONTH SCHEDULE TO COME BACK TO YOU BEFORE JUNE 2025 TO GET APPROVAL OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHICH WILL THEN LINE US UP TO BE ABLE TO PURSUE MORE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.
WE DID BASIC PROJECTS, START UP KICKOFF MEETINGS, GATHERING INFORMATION.
IN SUMMARY, THERE WILL BE 29 DIFFERENT DELIVERABLES THROUGH THIS WHOLE SAFETY ACTION PLAN PROCESS.
ONE IS THAT SOME OF THESE WILL BE ONGOING MEETING REPORTS, DIFFERENT THINGS.
THE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS AND VIDEOS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR MPO AGENDA'S WEBSITE.
WE ALSO HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT PLANS.
WE HAVE 11, THAT MAKES OUR PLAN UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING NOT ONLY AN OVERALL SAFETY PLAN, BUT ALSO SPECIFIC AREAS SUCH AS LIGHTING ALONG CORRIDORS, SCHOOL ZONES, RAIL CROSSINGS AND TRESPASSING, MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS SPEED MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC INTRUSION INTO NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL THEN INFORM SOME OF THE DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THE PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT JUST THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS, BUT WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO DIFFERENT GROUPS, SUCH AS PRIVATE SECTOR BUSINESSES THE POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, EMERGENCY RESPONDERS.
THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MEETS QUARTERLY TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP MEETS EVERY MONTH.
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AT A HIGH LEVEL.
GUIDANCE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP GETS INTO DETAILS.
SO WE'RE REPORTING BACK ON THAT.
SINCE THE PROJECT STARTED OFF IN NOVEMBER, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS WE'VE COMPLETED.
WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS A STATEWIDE COLLABORATIVE.
WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE STATE THAT ALSO RECEIVED SAFETY ACTION PLAN FUNDING PLACES LIKE JACKSONVILLE, ORLANDO, SARASOTA SOME COMMUNITIES IN WEST PALM BEACH AND MIAMI DADE.
WE'RE USING THAT TO BE MORE EFFICIENT.
IF WE'VE LEARNED STUFF, THEY YOU KNOW, WE'VE LEARNED FROM THEM ALSO THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE BETTER.
IF WE CAN SHARE INFORMATION, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DO, BUT ALSO AT THE END OF THE PROCESS, WHEN WE COME UP WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS RATHER THAN JUST THE BROWARD MPO GOING TO THE STATE AND SAYING, HERE'S SOMETHING WE THINK YOU NEED TO DO, WE CAN GO AS A GROUP, AND I AND I HOPE WE HAVE MORE POWER IN TERMS OF INFLUENCING STATE POLICIES.
THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE COMING UP IN THE NEXT QUARTER, BUT I JUST WANT TO MOVE DOWN TO THE MILESTONES THAT BY SUMMER WE WANT TO HAVE OUR PRIORITIES, PRIORITIZATION OF OUR HIGH INJURY CORRIDOR, HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND IT WILL BRING IN THE EQUITY MEASURES TO SELECT CORRIDORS THERE WILL BE STARTING TO GO DO MORE OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE LOCATIONS THAT WE IDENTIFY FROM THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
BY SPRING, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FINALIZING OUR PLAN AND REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE OVERALL APPROACHES AND THEN LOOKING FOR ADOPTION FROM THE BOARD HERE IN JUNE 2025.
WE'RE DOING A LOT OF OUTREACH FOR OUR 2050 MTP, SO WE DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE ABOUT THAT, BUT WE WANT TO SAY, HEY, LIKE CHRISTOPHER DID TODAY, WE'RE DOING THIS FURTHER SAFETY STUDY, BUT RIGHT NOW, HERE'S THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.
WE'LL HOPE TO COORDINATE WITH YOU ON THAT ALSO, SO WE CAN GO TO THE COMMUNITIES AND NOT JUST COME IN ONE DAY AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO, BUT START ESTABLISH THAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP SO THAT AS WE COME, AS WE COME TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS, WE'VE AT LEAST GOTTEN THEIR INPUT ON SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITIES, AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, STARTING INTO THE SPRING WORKSHOPS TO REFINE THE ALTERNATIVES, WE WANT TO HAVE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE SUFFICIENT DETAIL THAT THEN WHEN WE APPLY FOR FUNDING, THEY'RE READY TO GO TO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
[02:00:01]
SO NOT JUST A CONCEPT, BUT FEASIBILITY IS THERE RIGHT OF WAY.WHAT IS THERE APPROVAL FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
IT'S CALL A MEETING TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS, AND WE'LL GET WE'LL BE ABLE TO CAST A WIDER NET.
MR. CHAIR, JUST REALLY QUICKLY, AND JAMES DID A GREAT JOB ENCAPSULATING THIS, I WANT TO LET EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU KNOW THAT YOUR CITIES ARE THEN GOING TO BE ABLE, AS SOON AS THIS IS DONE, TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE GRANTS PROGRAM, AND THEY ARE IMMEDIATELY INTO THE PROCESS IN WASHINGTON, DC.
THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T FLOW THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HERE IN FLORIDA.
THEY BECOME DIRECT RECIPIENTS OF THE FUNDS, AND CONSTRUCTION CAN MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
THERE IS STUFF THAT HAPPENS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT AND OUR AVAILABILITY.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT ON YOUR CITY MANAGER'S RADAR SCREEN, YOUR STAFF ENGINEERING'S RADAR SCREEN, BECAUSE THERE IS MONEY AVAILABLE, AND MOST OF OUR AREAS IN BROWARD DON'T REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH.
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE ANOTHER REALLY BIG BENEFIT, AND GREG, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
IF ANY OF YOU AT THE CITY LEVEL ARE THINKING OF PURSUING A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THE KEY IS THAT WE NEED TO SHOW THAT THERE IS AN EFFORT THAT WILL INFORM OR ENHANCE THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT WE'RE DOING. SO WE JUST NEED TO DO COORDINATION.
MAYOR COOPER YEAH, I JUST HAVE A BRIEFCASE.
AS FAR AS DATA COLLECTION ON SAFETY, ARE YOU GATHERING THOSE REPORTS FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENTS AND HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO THE GATHERING THAT AND HAS ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATED IN THAT.
THERE'S DIFFERENT AGENCIES OBVIOUSLY.
THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, WE'RE BUILDING ON WHAT THEY ALREADY DID FOR THE 2050, AND THEN WE'RE UPDATING THAT WITH NEW INFORMATION AND GOING IN AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF ANALYSIS. WE'RE USING TYPICALLY THE SIGNAL FOR REPORTING, WHICH COMES FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.
WE DO KNOW, THOUGH THAT THERE ARE ERRORS SOMETIMES WITH THAT REPORTING, LIKE THERE WAS A CRASH THAT WAS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN, WHICH DIDN'T SEEM RIGHT, AND THEN WE HAD TO GEOLOCATE THAT AND THEN BUT WE KNOW THAT CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES ARE UNDERREPORTED.
TALKING ABOUT THE HIT AND RUN I WAS INVOLVED IN ONE RECENTLY.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS, AND THAT'S THE REPORTING.
WE KNOW LIKE THE, THE CAR CRASHES ARE TYPICALLY GOING TO GET MORE REPORTED FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES.
YEAH, BECAUSE I'M THINKING EVEN AND WE SHARE OBVIOUSLY THE BOUNDARY ON A1A WHICH IS TARGETED THAT IS SO TRAVERSED BY RESIDENTS, AND WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF BIKE LANES, BUT I'M WONDERING HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T REPORTED INJURIES AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S GOING TO THE BEACH OR THEY'RE WALKING OVER THERE AND YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE IS TWO HOTELS THERE, TOO.
SO I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, IT TIES INTO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SAFETY BUT REPORTED MAYBE WE CAN ALL, YOU KNOW, HELP WITH JUST SAYING, HAVE YOU BEEN IN A NEAR-MISS.
YOU KNOW, DID YOU GET STRUCK BY A CAR OR SOMEBODY CUT YOU OFF ON YOUR BIKE OR GET THAT DATA IN THAT'S MORE SOFT DATA RATHER THAN THE HARD POLICE REPORTS? THERE ARE TWO THINGS WE WANT TO I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THEN.
SO WE ARE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE LANE CONFIGURATION, THE SPEEDS, THE LAND USE, AND SO ARE THERE CERTAIN PLACES THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CRASH STATISTICS MAY OR MAY NOT BE SHOWING, LIKE IF THERE'S 20 NEAR MISSES, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SHOWING UP AS ZERO CRASHES, BUT WE WANT TO BE AWARE OF THOSE.
SO WE'LL WE'LL COME BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION AND OKAY, I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE INCOMPLETE, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN TRY TO GET BETTER.
[02:05:01]
THANK THANK YOU. GOOD. WE HAD A FEW PEOPLE FROM PEMBROKE PINES GOING TO THE BEACH WALKING.JUST WALKING? [CHUCKLING] COMMISSIONER MARTIN.
YEAH, IT'S A QUICK QUESTION AND THIS IS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OFF SCOPE, BUT I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME TECHNOLOGY THAT THE MPO IS LOOKING AT THAT WOULD ALLOW CITIES TO PUT IT BASICALLY DOES AN OVERLAY OF THE WHOLE COUNTY AND IT WOULD GIVE YOU INFORMATION.
SO IF I WANT TO PUT A BUILDING HERE, WE'LL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHAT THE IMPACT OF THAT WOULD BE.
IS THIS KIND OF THE SAME THING IN THAT STEP IN THAT DIRECTION, OR WHERE IS THAT PROCESS AT AT THIS POINT? AND I'LL LET MAYBE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS COMMENT ON THAT ALSO, BUT THE IDEA IS TO USE THIS DATA AND HELP FEED THAT INTO CREATING THAT MODEL.
SO WE'RE HAVING THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF INFORMATION STEP TOWARDS GETTING THAT BIGGER MODEL IN PLACE.
SO THAT'S WHAT THAT $2 MILLION AWARD WAS FOR IS SETTING THE MODEL UP.
SO ALL THE MODELS FIT INTO IT AND ACTUALLY TALK TO EACH OTHER.
I JUST WANT TO SAY I THINK THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND I'M GLAD WE GOT THIS GRANT, THAT WE MAKE THIS AWARENESS PROGRAM AND WE INCORPORATE IT WITH THE SAFETY AND IT TECHNOLOGY THAT PETER AND CHRIS WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE, ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEBODY LIKE COMMISSIONER WELCH WHO HAD THE CAR ACCIDENT.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET PEOPLE REALLY FROM NOT GOING THROUGH THESE HIGH LEVEL INTERSECTIONS OR HIGH TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS, BUT WE CAN MAKE THEM MORE AWARE THAT WHEN THEY GO THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED THAT YOU MIGHT BE YOU MIGHT NOT WANT TO BE ON YOUR PHONE.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO PAY MORE ATTENTION.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN I'M OUT WEST, WE ALL KNOW WHERE WE LIVE, WHAT OUR INTERSECTIONS, WHERE THERE'S MORE ACCIDENTS, AND MAYBE IT'LL REMIND PEOPLE WHEN YOU'RE GOING THROUGH THOSE INTERSECTIONS, BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CAUTIOUS.
DON'T BE ON YOUR PHONE, YOU KNOW, HAVE MORE SA.
I WAS THINKING, AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING, I WONDER, BUT I GOT DISTRACTED THERE.
I WAS WORKING ON SOMETHING ELSE.
ALL RIGHT. YOU MENTIONED OPPORTUNITIES FOR CITIES TO PARTICIPATE.
YES, AND I'M SAYING, HOW DO YOU GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE CITIES? WHAT PLAN DO YOU HAVE IN PLACE TO GET INFORMATION OUT? SO AS PART OF THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MISTER CALVARESI IS HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A REGULAR SYSTEM OF OUTPUT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE THERE.
SO I KNOW PAUL AND TEAM HOST A MEETING COUNTYWIDE ONCE A MONTH.
YEAH. INVITE PEOPLE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT, COORDINATE THE PLANNING OF GOING AFTER GRANTS AND THEN PAUL AND TEAM ALSO PROVIDE A REGULAR UPDATE TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE MPO BOARD, TOO, I BELIEVE.
SO THERE'S DIFFERENT WAYS YOU'RE DOING.
OKAY. OH DO I KNOW THAT MY CITIES ARE PARTICIPATING? DO YOU LOG THAT. DO YOU GATHER THAT INFORMATION.
WE TRY NOT TO REPORT THAT TYPE, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT DATA POINT.
YEAH. WE CAN LET YOU KNOW WHO WE'VE REACHED OUT TO AND THEN OKAY.
WE DON'T WANT TO [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, I UNDERSTAND, THAT'S LIKE PAYING YOUR MEMBERSHIP.
METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING.
[4. Metro Transportation Engineering & Construction Cooperative (MTECC) Update]
ACTUALLY, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE LOWELL CLARY, WHO IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MTECC ORGANIZATION, ORIGINALLY CALLED MOO.GLAD WE DIDN'T STAY WITH THAT ONE.
[CHUCKLING] GOOD MORNING. I'M LOWELL CLARY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH MTECC, AND I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GO THROUGH AN UPDATE, SO FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ALONG THE WAY. AS YOU HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING, YOU MAY REQUEST OR RECEIVE FEDERAL GRANTS OVER THE TIME, AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THESE RED LINES ON THIS MAP ARE FEDERALLY ELIGIBLE ROADWAYS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE ALL ELIGIBLE FOR RECEIVING THOSE GRANTS. FFOT USED TO DO A LOT MORE OF THE LAB PROJECTS.
THEY'VE KIND OF BACKED OFF OF THAT, AND SO THE CITIES DID A ROUNDTABLE, LOOKED AT THIS, AND PUT TOGETHER A WORKGROUP THAT DEVELOPED MTECC, AND SINCE THEN, MTECC HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S AN INTERLOCAL AGENCY THAT WAS CREATED BY THE CITIES, AND WE ARE A GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY, AND WE HAVE AN OPERATING BOARD THAT IS ELECTED OFFICIALS, AND I'LL GO THROUGH THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN A MINUTE.
THE INTENT IS NOT TO PICK PROJECTS, PLAN PROJECTS THAT'S DONE HERE.
THIS IS TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS, AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
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SO YOU CAN SEE THESE PROJECTS QUICKER.IT HAS A SELF GOVERNING BOARD.
IT IS SELF-FUNDED BY THE CITIES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.
THESE ARE THE FOUNDING MEMBERS CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, POMPANO BEACH AND PLANTATION.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN JOINED MTECC ARE SHOWN HERE.
WE'RE UP TO EIGHT CITIES NOW THAT ARE PART OF MTECC.
THESE ARE THE PROJECTS ON THIS SHEET AND THE NEXT SHEET FOR OTHER CITIES THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE SUPPORTED BY MTECC.
AS I MENTIONED, MTECC HAS BEEN UP AND RUNNING FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR NOW.
WE HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT ON BOARD.
WE ALSO HAVE DESIGN CONSULTANTS ON BOARD.
THAT IS AVAILABLE, AND WE DO HAVE AS OF TODAY, FIVE ACTIVE PROJECTS.
WE ADDED ONE MORE TODAY, AND THOSE COVER FOUR OF THE MTECC CITIES.
OKAY BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST WANT TO REALLY EXPRESS MY THANKS TO MR. CLEARY. HE'S BEEN AN AMAZING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SO FAR AND ALL OF THE MTECC STAFF, I KNOW WE HAVE TO KIND OF KEEP THAT CHINESE WALL, BUT THE FOLKS FROM MPO THAT ARE WORKING ON IT HAVE BEEN FANTASTIC.
IT'S AN AMAZING PROGRAM AND A REAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.
SO I JUST ENCOURAGE OTHER CITIES TO JOIN.
WE HAVE A REALLY SMALL BOARD AT THIS STAGE, BUT WE'RE PROVIDING, I THINK, CRITICAL SERVICES.
SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE IN THIS ROOM WE'RE A LITTLE REMOVED IN THAT ROOM.
I FEEL LIKE WE COULD PRACTICALLY HAVE A SHOVEL IN OUR HANDS.
SO IT'S REALLY GREAT, AND JUST A HUGE THANK YOU TO CO BOARD MEMBERS TIM FADGEN AND ANDREA AS CHAIR.
SHE'S JUST DOING A FABULOUS JOB.
SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCGEE.
I JUST WANTED TO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER HISTORY.
POSSIBLY BEING MOO, THIS IS WHAT THE WAS IT THE CITY MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS ROUNDTABLE GROUP HAD STARTED WORKING ON BACK WHEN I FIRST GOT INVOLVED WITH MPO FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS REALLY JUST TO TRY AND, YOU KNOW, EVENTUALLY, REALLY OUR GOAL IS TO THEN HELP FACILITATE REGIONAL PROJECTS WHERE IF TWO NEIGHBORING CITIES HAVE A SIMILAR PROJECT HAPPENING, WE CAN JOIN EFFORTS, GET BETTER BIDS FROM CONTRACTORS THROUGH OUR LIBRARY, ETC..
FOR THE LARGER CITIES, IT OPENS UP YOUR STAFF BY BEING ABLE TO PROCESS TO PASS OFF PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CHURNING IN A FACTORY MODE ON MTECC SIDE SO YOU CAN OPEN UP YOUR STAFF TO FOCUS ON OTHER THINGS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL HERE AND REALLY EXCITED MOVING FORWARD.
OKAY. REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCY.
[5. Report from Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation - State Road A1A Multimodal Study]
I'M GOING TO BRING FORWARD LARRY HYMOWITZ WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.I'M ON MY 17TH A1A STUDY, I THINK.
IF IT'S STILL MORNING, I'LL SAY GOOD MORNING.
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WALKER FROM KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES, WHO ARE THE ENGINEERS FOR THE STUDY.WE INITIATED THIS STUDY IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
THIS STUDY LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE 20 MILE A1A CORRIDOR IN BROWARD COUNTY WITH THE INTENT TO DEVELOP RESILIENT AND FEASIBLE MULTIMODAL SOLUTIONS. ALONG THE WAY, WE MET WITH NUMEROUS TIMES WITH AGENCY STAKEHOLDERS ALONG.
THE CORRIDOR, INCLUDING THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.
THANK YOU, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO HAND IT OFF TO WADE.
THANK YOU. WADE WALKER, KITTLESON AND ASSOCIATES.
WE'VE BEEN THE KIND OF THE LOCAL NEEDS COORDINATOR FOR THE PROJECT.
SPEAKING OF LOCAL NEEDS IN ADDITION TO A LOT OF THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS WHICH PENG WILL TALK ABOUT IN A MINUTE ONE OF THE WE REALLY KICKED THIS STUDY OFF WITH BASICALLY GOING TO ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND ASKING, WHAT WHAT DO YOU NEED? HOW DOES A1A FUNCTION FOR YOUR COMMUNITY? HOW AND WHAT WHAT KINDS OF THINGS ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE STUDY? BACK IN MAY OF LAST YEAR, MAY AND JUNE OF LAST YEAR, WE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS RIGHT ACROSS THE HALL INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL OF THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE HEARD FROM THEM WAS ONE OF THE OVERARCHING THINGS THAT WE HEARD WAS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS MAIN STREET FOR ALL THE COMMUNITY, ALL THE BEACH COMMUNITIES.
IT REALLY IS THE LIFEBLOOD FOR ALL THESE COMMUNITIES, BUT AS THAT WITH IT BEING THAT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY TOLD US WERE LACKING, ONE BEING YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO CONTINUITY ALONG THE CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE ON FOOT OR TRYING TO RIDE A BIKE, AND SO EVEN THE LEVEL OF THE FACILITIES CHANGE UP AND DOWN THAT 28 MILES AND FROM CITY TO CITY COULD BE BETTER PROVISIONS FOR MULTIMODAL TRAVEL.
SO IF YOU'RE ON BIKE OR ON FOOT ARE THERE WAYS THAT YOU CAN CATER, YOU CAN ACCOMMODATE THE NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS BUT ALSO THE TOURISTS THAT USE THIS CORRIDOR, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THEY USE, FROM BIKES TO SCOOTERS, THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND HOW CAN HOW CAN WE START TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPEN ALONG THERE WITH THINGS LIKE DELIVERY VEHICLES? FINALLY, HOW CAN WE BE MORE TRANSIT FRIENDLY? AS WE LOOK AT THAT WITH THE CROSSINGS HOW DO WE GET FROM ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO THE OTHER WITHOUT HAVING TO PLAY FROGGER? AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY LOOKED AT WAS, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN COUPLE FACILITIES TO GET ACROSS THE STREET BETTER, ALONG WITH REALLY MANAGING THE SPEED OF THE OF THE TRAFFIC ALONG THERE, IT COULD GO A LONG WAY TO HAVING PEOPLE BE ABLE TO GET FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.
FINAL THING THAT WE HEARD BIG GROUP WAS, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODING, PONDING WATER IS A BIG ISSUE, AND SO, YOU KNOW, HEARD FROM SEVERAL COMMUNITIES WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MORE RECENT EVENTS HAVE CREATED MORE ISSUES, AND SO SOME REAL OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE RESILIENCE.
SO WE HAD THOSE MEETINGS BACK IN MAY AND JUNE, AND THEN THE TEAM WENT AWAY AND DEVELOPED A WHOLE BUNCH OF IDEAS, PUT THEM ON MAPS, AND THEN BROUGHT EVERYBODY BACK IN FOR A COUPLE OF OPEN HOUSES.
THE FIRST ONE WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER OVER IN THESE ROOMS, RIGHT OVER, RIGHT OVER HERE.
THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM YOU.
ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? AND FOR THE MOST PART, WE GOT A LOT OF THUMBS UP.
WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD COMMENTS.
THE TEAM WENT BACK AWAY AND REFINED THE PLAN ACCORDING TO THOSE COMMENTS, AND THEN AT THE END OF JANUARY, WE DID ANOTHER ROUND, BROUGHT EVERYBODY BACK IN AS WELL, AND TOUCH RE TOUCH BASE WITH THE, THE AIRPORT, THE PORT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.
SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE ADDRESSED ALL OF THAT, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ON THE PUBLISHED A DRAFT REPORT, THE OTHER PART OF THAT. SO THAT'S THE LOCAL NEEDS PART.
PENG IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DATA AND THE ANALYSIS.
SO BESIDES THE LOCAL NEEDS THAT WE RECEIVED, WE ALSO CONDUCTED A REVIEW OF A
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LIBRARY DIFFERENT OF DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS PLANS AND STUDIES AND PROJECTS FROM PARTNER AGENCIES FROM CITY, COUNTY MPO DOT FOR RECENTLY COMPLETED CURRENT, ONGOING AND FUTURE PLAN EFFORTS.SO WE KNOW WHAT'S BEING PLANNED AND WHAT'S ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FOCUS FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY AS WELL, AND THEN WE WENT OUT, COLLECT DATA, DO A FIELD OF REVIEW, CONDUCT A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF ANALYSIS AND WITH A LOT OF DATA.
SO THAT ANALYSIS INCLUDED SAFETY, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE CRASHES INVOLVING PEOPLE BIKING AND WALKING ALONG A1A THOSE VULNERABLE USERS, AND ALSO TRAFFIC OPERATION IN TERMS OF ROADWAY CAPACITY AND INTERSECTION, KEY INTERSECTION OPERATIONS, THOSE BIGGER INTERSECTIONS CONNECTING A1A WITH REST OF THE MAINLINE AND ALSO WE INCLUDED TRANSIT QUALITY LEVEL SERVICE AND BIKE/PED LEVEL OF TRAFFIC STRESS ANALYSIS.
SO WE PRETTY MUCH INCLUDED EVERYBODY, ALL MODES ALONG THIS, THIS CORRIDOR.
WE LOOK AT THE EXISTING CONDITION AND FUTURE CONDITION.
THE REASON WE DO THIS ANALYSIS IS AGAIN TO PROVIDE INPUTS TO SUPPORT OUR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE TOOK ALL THAT LOCAL INPUTS, WHAT WE SEE DURING THE FIELD VISIT AND WHAT THE ANALYSIS TOLD US, AND WE COME UP WITH TWO GROUPS OF IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS.
THE TOP TWO OF THE FIRST GROUP IS NUMBER ONE.
WE WANT TO SET THE TARGET SPEED TO 30 INSTEAD OF 35, 45.
WE WANT TO SLOW THE SPEED DOWN.
NUMBER TWO IS TO SUPPORT NUMBER ONE BY PAIRING PAIRING IT UP WITH FREQUENT AND CONSISTENT.
SO THESE TWO ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
FREQUENT AND CONSISTENT SPEED MANAGEMENT DEVICES INCLUDING VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL DEFLECTION, AND ALSO ENHANCED CROSSWALK ENHANCED INTERSECTION LIKE RAISED INTERSECTION AND ALSO SOME SIGNAL SYSTEM TREATMENTS OR IMPROVEMENTS. WE BELIEVE BY DOING THAT WE HAVE GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BRING TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC AND DRIVING BEHAVIOR TO MORE IN LINE WITH THE WAY DIFFERENT PEOPLE ARE USING THIS CODE, THIS VERY UNIQUE CORRIDOR.
THEY SHOP, THEY DIE, THEY RIDE BICYCLE, THEY WALK, THEY DO SIGHTSEEING.
OF COURSE, IT'S MORE OF A DESTINATION AND ORIGINATION CORRIDOR INSTEAD OF A COMMUTE ROUTE.
SO WE ALSO ALONG WITH OUR STUDY, WE ALSO SEE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE RESILIENCY, TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCY AND ALSO TRANSIT, WHICH ARE AMONG OUR RECOMMENDATION.
NEXT GROUP IS MORE LOCATION SPECIFIC.
I WILL INVITE WADE BACK TO INTRODUCE MORE OKAY.
SO PENG TALKED ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING OVERALL ON ALL THE 28 MILES, AND THEN WE DRILL DOWN INTO SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND LOOKING AT DIFFERENT MEASURES IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, AND LIKE PENG SAID, SOME OF THOSE INCLUDED THINGS LIKE RAISED INTERSECTIONS, ELEVATE THE PEDESTRIAN REALLY BE ABLE TO CREATE A SAFER CROSSING FOR PEDESTRIANS.
ALSO RAISING CROSSWALKS A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE ROUNDABOUTS MADE AN APPEARANCE AND ALSO LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE PROTECT MORE PROTECTED CROSSWALKS.
SO THE USE OF RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS OR SIGNALS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLANDS, SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE LOOKED AT WERE BICYCLE FACILITIES BOTH SEPARATED BIKE FACILITIES AS WELL AS OFF ROUTE WITH POTENTIAL BIKE BOULEVARDS AS WELL.
SO WE HAD ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT WE CAME UP WITH, AND THEN WE LOOKED AT THOSE IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS AND HAD A WHOLE SERIES OF MAPS, AND THIS IS WHAT WE WENT OVER WITH ALL THE COMMUNITIES AND WHAT, WHAT'S REFLECTED AND WHAT WILL BE REFLECTED IN THE FINAL REPORT REALLY MAPPED ALL OF THESE AND WHERE THESE LOCATIONS WHERE EACH MEASURE WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ALL OF THE CITIES, AS WELL AS THE UNINCORPORATED PIECE OF THE CORRIDOR ARE ARE REPRESENTED.
THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE THAT SHOWS WHERE THESE DIFFERENT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT SHOWS, A SEGMENT OF WHERE THESE DIFFERENT MEASURES ARE PROPOSED, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THEM HAVE SEVERAL NUMBERS BY THEM.
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SO ONE THING THAT YOU MIGHT LOOK AT AT A MID-BLOCK CROSSING WOULD BE YOU HAVE A MID-BLOCK CROSSING WITH A PEDESTRIAN REFUGE ISLAND, THAT AND AN RRFP, A RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACON.THAT WOULD BE THREE DIFFERENT MEASURES THAT COULD HAPPEN AT THE SAME LOCATION, BUT YOU SEE THE 30 DIFFERENT MEASURES WE THINK WE USED PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THEM WITHIN THE STUDY AND CERTAINLY AND SO THIS GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAKDOWN ON WHERE A LOT OF THOSE WERE AND SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE THINGS PROPOSED FOR EACH OF THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AGAIN, FOCUSED ON, LIKE PENG SAID, REALLY LOOKING AT IN LINE WITH YOUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL LOOKING AT HOW DO WE REDUCE THE SEVERITY AND FATALITY RATES, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE VULNERABLE USERS THAT REALLY DO USE THIS CORRIDOR.
ALL RIGHT. SO THE PLAN OF IMPLEMENTATION THAT'S A.
COMPONENT. SO IT'S BEEN ORGANIZED BY VARIOUS WAYS.
SO WE TOOK THEM BY KIND OF TIME FRAME.
THERE ARE VARIOUS WAYS TO ORGANIZE THESE AND WE PROVIDE SUMMARY FOR THEM ALL.
WE ALSO INCLUDED PRELIMINARY COST ESTIMATE FOR EACH IMPROVEMENT CONCEPT AND ALSO IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT STEP IMPLEMENTATION AGENCY WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO HOLD ON TO, AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE, WE PROVIDE SAMPLE FACT SHEETS FOR THESE IMPROVEMENT CONCEPTS.
SO NEXT LARRY WILL TALK ABOUT SOME KEY STEPS OF IMPLEMENTATION.
THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR HANGING IN THERE.
SO THIS MONTH WE'RE GOING TO FINALIZE THE STUDY, BUT FOLLOWING THE FINALIZATION OF THE STUDY IMPLEMENTATION, AS PENG MENTIONED, IS THE NEXT KEY STEP, AND EACH OF THE LOCAL CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR NEEDS TO PLAY A KEY ROLE IN PARTNERING WITH FDOT AND THE MPO TO VET THE PROJECT SOME MORE BECAUSE THESE ARE PLANNING LEVEL CONCEPTS PRIORITIZE THEM AND PROGRAM THEM FOR FUNDING.
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS COULD ALSO PURSUE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS THAT ARE SHOWN ON THIS SLIDE, AND WE ENCOURAGE LETTERS OF SUPPORT THAT WILL BE VALUABLE IN PURSUING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOLLOWING, YOU KNOW, OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED IN THE PRESENTATION.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT [INAUDIBLE] LIKE, WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A COUPLE GYRATIONS OF A1A STUDIES AND SCENIC STUDIES AND FORGIVE ME, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS PARTICULAR STUDY.
I KNOW YEARS AGO WE LOOKED AT A ROAD DIET STUDY FOR A1A.
I KNOW GREG'S NOT HERE, BUT TO BRYAN, WHEN WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANTS WORKING IN OUR CITIES.
THIS IS A GLOBAL MPO OBSERVATION.
IF YOU'RE WORKING IN OUR CITIES, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT MOVING FORWARD THAT WE'RE ADDED ON.
I MEAN, WE HAVE A GREAT TRANSPORTATION PLANNER NOW.
WE ALL SURVIVED COVID AND WE HAVE PROBLEMS WITH STAFFING, BUT TO AT LEAST BE COPIED ON SOME OF THESE TAC COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO AT LEAST WE'RE KIND OF IN THE RADAR THAT WE KNOW AS MPO MEMBERS WHAT IS HAPPENING IN OUR CITIES.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE EVER INCLUDED TO THAT LEVEL, BUT CERTAINLY, AND WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT AS A PARTNER CITY, AND, YOU KNOW, ONE EASY THING, SPEED LIMIT. I MEAN, THAT SHOULDN'T TAKE FOREVER.
I MEAN, MY CORRIDOR IS RESIDENTIAL.
IT'S THREE CORRIDORS, AND OBVIOUSLY WE DID A BIKE STUDY, BUT IT WASN'T FITTING BECAUSE ALL THE INTERCONNECTIONS WITH, YOU KNOW, EGRESS AND INGRESS. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S ON OUR MAP, BUT IT GOES BACK TO THE EARLIER DISCUSSION.
I KNOW TWO PEOPLE THAT WERE HIT BY CARS AT A CROSSWALK, AND FDOT HAS BEEN GREAT.
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SEE IT 25 I'D LIKE TO SEE A WHOLE DIFFERENT DESIGN, POSSIBLY, AND USE THE CENTER MEDIAN FOR BIKE LANES IF THERE'S SO MUCH CROSSOVER.SO THERE'S OTHER DIFFERENT CONCEPTS.
SO I'D LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO THROW A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS.
SO BUT GLOBALLY, I THINK IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER LIKE, HAVE YOU HEARD OF THESE MEETINGS? I'M LIKE, NO, AND WE USUALLY, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY.
WE TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF THESE.
MISS SCHUMAN. WAIT, WAIT, HE MIGHT WANT TO RESPOND.
OH, DID YOU WANT TO RESPOND? IF YOU'D LIKE. I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU WEREN'T GIVEN MORE INFORMATION, BUT WE DID WORK WITH STAFF AT THE AT THE CITY, AND IF IT'S NOT ALREADY POSTED, THE DRAFT DOCUMENTS WILL BE POSTED ON THE MPO'S WEBSITE, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS TO YOU.
COMMISSIONER SCHULMAN. THANK YOU.
CSHUHAM@HOLLYWOODFL.ORG. I WOULD JUST ECHO THESE COMMENTS.
YEAH YOU HAVE POMPANO, HOLLYWOOD, HALLANDALE AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, SO I WOULD PLEASE DO NOT PUBLISH YOUR FINAL REPORT UNTIL YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE ELECTEDS ON THE COMMISSIONER FOR HOLLYWOOD BEACH.
IN MY CITY, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN BEGGING FOR UN-SIGNALED CROSSWALKS.
I WOULD LOVE TO SIT AND SPEAK WITH ALL OF YOU ABOUT THIS, AND EVEN BRING SOME OF MY VERY ENGAGED RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AND TRY CROSSING THE STREET EVERY DAY. SO IF I MISSED THESE NOTICES ABOUT THESE MEETINGS, MY APOLOGIES, BUT I REALLY BESEECH YOU NOT TO GO PUBLISH THE FINAL UNTIL YOU GET THE INPUT FROM THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REPRESENTING THE COMMUNITIES THERE EVERY DAY.
IN HOLLYWOOD WE HAVE BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ON BOTH SIDES OF A1A IN OUR MOST CONGESTED AREA, WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH CROSSWALKS, AND YET WE DON'T WANT MORE SIGNALED CROSSWALKS NECESSARILY.
SO I VIEW THIS REPORT AND THIS STUDY AS A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO RESOLVE THE DISCREPANCIES AND [INAUDIBLE] AND NEEDS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS CORRIDOR.
SO I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR WORK, AND I WOULD ALSO JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR, I APPRECIATE YOU SEEKING SOME CONSISTENCY IN SPEED LIMITS, BUT IN CONGESTED AREAS LIKE OURS YOU KNOW, 30 IS TOO HIGH.
THERE IS SO MUCH THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH YOU ABOUT, I THINK ALL OF THE COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
SO THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR WORK.
THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONER MCGEE. MAY I RESPOND, MR. CHAIR? I'M SORRY, BRYAN CALETKA, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SUGGESTION BECAUSE THERE ARE ACTUALLY SEVERAL CITIES THAT HAVE THEIR STAFF MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE CHAIR OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IS IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY.
SO IT WAS A UNIQUE REQUEST, BUT I KNOW STAFF IS ALWAYS WILLING TO COMPLY WITH ANY REQUESTS.
SO YOU GET A BRIEFING, AND HE STAYED IN THE AUDIENCE DURING THE BOARD MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO THAT WAY THEY THEY WERE ALWAYS ON AVAILABLE.
IF I PULLED THEM ASIDE AND SAID, HEY, WHAT IS THIS? YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU ASK, I'M SURE YOUR STAFF, YOUR TAC MEMBERS, WHICH ARE YOUR STAFF MEMBERS, WOULD BE MORE THAN WILLING TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
I THINK IT WOULD BE I AGREE WITH BOTH COMMISSIONER COOPER, MAYOR COOPER, AND MAYOR SHUHAM BECAUSE YEAH, I DIDN'T I WASN'T FLAGGED ON THESE EITHER, AND IT'D BE NICE IF ALMOST LIKE A IF THE MORE WE'RE TOLD, THE BETTER I THINK IT IS.
SO IF MPO LIKE ESPECIALLY EASY ONE LIKE A1A JUST ALL THE CORRIDORS, ALL THE ONES OF US THAT ARE ON THE BEACH IT'S EASY, I THINK, TO TRY AND JUST GIVE US A SIDE EMAIL AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS HAPPENING, YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED AND BRING YOUR STAFF MEMBER, BUT BECAUSE.
YEAH, AND IN POMPANO I THINK WE'RE ALREADY AT 30 THROUGHOUT MOST OF IT, AND THAT SEEMS TO WORK, BUT WE'RE ALREADY MOVING FORWARD WITH FDOT DOING THE BLINKING CROSSWALKS AND BEAUTIFICATION AND MEDIAN ISLANDS.
SO IT'S LIKE A LOT OF THIS IS WE'RE ALREADY FORWARD ON, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED ABOUT IN THE WORLD OF MULTIMODAL, WE'VE GONE OTHER ROUTES WITH, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KEPT SAYING SCOOTERS, AND I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES HAVE ACTUALLY BANNED SCOOTERS BECAUSE THEY END UP BEING THROWN ACROSS SIDEWALKS AND CREATE
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HAZARDS, AND THERE'S ISSUES, AND IN POMPANO, WE ON ONE OF OUR BIG BEACH AREAS WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T ALLOW BIKES ON THE SIDEWALK ANYWAYS, AND SO WE'VE IMPLEMENTED CIRCUIT AND I'VE BEEN ONE OF THE TOP PERFORMING AREAS OF THAT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SAW IT WAS SO POPULAR THAT [INAUDIBLE] BY THE SEA GOT THEIR CIRCUIT, AND LIKE, ONE OF THE ISSUES IS REALLY CROSSING CITY LINES BECAUSE YOU CAN'T CROSS IT WITH THAT.SO MY FEEDBACK WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF BEING ABLE TO INTERCONNECT CITIES FOR TOURISTS AND SNOWBIRDS TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TRAVERSE THE COUNTY, OR AT LEAST THE BEACH PART OF IT, WITHOUT HAVING TO RENT CARS, OR TAKE CARS OR TAKE UBERS AND REALLY MINIMIZE HOW MANY CARS ARE GOING OUT ON THE ROAD EVERY DAY, BUT WITH TRANSPORTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO GO OUT TO LUNCH WANT TO DO, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GO, YOU KNOW, PUT ON ALL THEIR BIKE GEAR AND DO THAT NECESSARILY, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE POPULATION TO CONSIDER AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO RIDE A BIKE ANYWHERE.
LIKE IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, YOU KNOW, AS WIDELY ACCESSIBLE AS SOMETHING LIKE A GOLF CART OR MODE OF TRANSPORTATION THAT'S NOT PHYSICAL IN NATURE. SO, YEAH, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ALL THE BEACH TOWNS CONNECTED AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE MULTIMODAL ABILITY, BECAUSE I THINK WE ARE A OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COUNTY TO REALLY GET CARS OFF ROADS BY OFFERING REALISTIC, USABLE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION TO THE TOURISTS, THE SNOWBIRDS, THEIR RETIRED, THE SENIORS, THE ONES WHO CAN TAKE IT AND HAVEN'T BEEN DOING IT YET.
THANK YOU. I HAD DINNER AT CAFE MARTORANO'S LAST NIGHT.
YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION, [INAUDIBLE].
LATE. THAT INTERSECTION IS FULL OF BENTLEYS AND ROLLS-ROYCES, AND I THINK IT'S WELL COVERED THERE.
I DROVE UP WITH MY CAR. [CHUCKLING] OKAY.
COULD YOU MOVE BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE WE HAD THE LEGEND IN THE CIRCLES AND THE NUMBERS, PLEASE? ON THE RIGHT THERE, A1A.
JUST BELOW THAT IS MY TOWN, AND A1A IS THE SPINE OF MY TOWN.
THERE'S NO OTHER ROAD THAT YOU CAN REALLY GO NORTH OR SOUTH ON UNLESS YOU'RE ON A1A.
I HAVE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR CROSSWALKS.
I AM ACTUALLY TERMED OUT IN ANOTHER MONTH, EIGHT YEARS.
WHEN I GOT ELECTED IN 2016, MY FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS A CROSSWALK AT HIBISCUS, AND I BROUGHT THIS UP BEFORE IN THIS VERY ROOM EIGHT YEARS AGO, 2016.
IT JUST GOT COMPLETED AND IT'S FLAWED.
THAT'S THE STRUGGLE THAT THE MUNICIPALITIES HAVE.
EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE SAID HERE, IT'S A STRUGGLE, AND WE'RE TAKING THE INITIATIVE WITH CIRCUIT AND CROSSING THOSE BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES BETWEEN COMMUNITIES SO WE CAN MOVE OUR RESIDENTS FREELY AND SAFELY IN A VEHICLE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MOVE FREELY AND SAFELY ACROSS ONE ROAD, AND WITH THE INVENTION OF VACATION RENTALS, THE INVENTION OF VACATION RENTALS, THE FAR WEST SIDE OF MY TOWN IS PACKED WITH VACATION RENTALS.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW OUR TOWN WELL, BUT THEY WANT TO GET FROM THAT WEST SIDE TO THAT EAST SIDE, WHICH IS OUR BEACH, AND THEY HAVE TO CROSS A1A, AND IN REAL LIFE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WHERE EVERYONE THINKS WE'RE IN PARADISE AND ALL WE DO IS GO TO THE BEACH, PEOPLE GO TO WORK EVERY DAY AND A1A AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARDS ARE CONDUITS TO GO TO WORK, AND THESE PEOPLE WITH THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR WAGONS AND THEIR UMBRELLAS AND THEIR BEACH BLANKETS ARE CROSSING A1A WHILE EVERYONE'S TRYING TO GET THE BRIDGE, GET THE LIGHT, DO THIS, DO THAT, DO THIS, DO THAT.
AND IT TAKES ME EIGHT YEARS TO GET THE CROSSWALK TO HAVE THEM SAFELY CROSS OVER.
I'VE GONE FROM THE VERY SOUTHERN END OF A1A TO THE VERY NORTHERN END.
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I STILL HAVE THE REFLECTIVE VESTS I HAD TO WEAR AND THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER.I MEAN, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE? ALL I ASKED WAS FOR A A OFF THE SHELF CROSSWALK THAT YOU COULD JUST CALL YOU UP AND HAVE DESIGN AND PUT OUT THERE.
WE'RE CROSSING THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT? EIGHT YEARS.
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A RESPONSE? NO, I REALLY DON'T BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE STUNNED.
I MEAN, YOU LOOK AT ALL THESE DOTS AND WHAT HAVE WHAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN ACCOMPLISHED AS YOU'RE PUTTING DOTS ON THE MAP AND I'M NOT MINIMIZING YOUR WORK, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE MOVING INTO THIS REGION.
I MEAN, HOW LONG DO MY RESIDENTS HAVE TO WAIT? I OKAY, THE POINT ABOUT THE SPECIFIC CROSSWALK YOU'RE MENTIONING, BUT I KNOW THAT WE CAN'T JUST GO OUT AND PUT A CROSSWALK IN WHEN SOMEONE ASKS FOR IT, AND THERE HAS TO IT HAS TO MEET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, AND SO I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THIS PARTICULAR ONE, BUT I SHARE YOUR FRUSTRATION AND I UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MUST FEEL LIKE. OKAY.
I WANT TO SAY, FIRST OF ALL, I'M SORRY THAT IT TOOK YOU EIGHT YEARS TO GET THAT, AND I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION BECAUSE I HAVE WORKED ON GETTING A SPEED REDUCTION AND TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES IN GAINESVILLE WITH A CURRENT BOARD MEMBER HERE, WHEN HE WAS THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE FDOT SECRETARY, AND THERE WERE MULTIPLE FATALITIES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR IN GAINESVILLE, AND ALTHOUGH I EVEN INITIALLY THOUGHT TO TRY TO GET THE SPEED LIMIT LOWERED WOULD TAKE YEARS, IT IS POSSIBLE IF YOU GET THE SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GET THE STAKEHOLDERS AND YOU MAKE A BIG STINK ABOUT THINGS AND THERE IS DATA TO SUPPORT THAT.
SO I UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION.
I'M SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, BUT SOMETIMES THERE ARE SITUATIONS.
IF YOU GET SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU GET MORE PEOPLE INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, THE LOUDER VOICE, I HATE TO SAY IT GETS THINGS DONE FASTER, AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, CALMING DEVICES AND LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT.
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER THAT DOES REDUCE ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES, BECAUSE THE CARS ARE TRAVELING AT A SLOWER SPEED IF THEY DO HAVE AN ACCIDENT, SO I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS ON A1A.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THOSE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALL TALKING ABOUT, AND I BELIEVE THAT LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT AND MORE TRAFFIC CONTROL CALMING DEVICES ARE AN ENHANCEMENT. OKAY, COMMISSIONER JAFFE JUST DESCRIBED COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI.
I WAS ELECTED FOR 12 YEARS TERMED OUT FOR FOUR, AND I'M BACK.
SO FOR 12 YEARS, I TRIED TO GET TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES TO NO END.
SO WE'RE GETTING THEM IN MY CITY.
SO IT TAKES TIME, AND SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO WAIT THEM OUT AND THEN COME BACK.
I'M GLAD THAT THEY ARE HAPPENING HERE.
IT'S A WIN WIN, BUT IT'S ALSO NOT JUST HERE.
IT'S EVERYWHERE THAT NEEDS THEM.
MY CITY JUST PAID AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY WE HAVE.
WE'RE STARTING THEM IN, I THINK, TEN DIFFERENT STREETS IN MY CITY, AND I NEED THEM ON 40 DIFFERENT STREETS IN MY CITY, BUT WE'LL TAKE THIS, AND YOU WILL WORK YOUR WAY OUT WEST WHERE IT IS ALSO NEEDED, WHERE THERE ARE ALSO PEOPLE THAT GET KILLED, GET HIT, ETC, BUT IT'S A START, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS.
OKAY, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, ARE WE COMPLETE? WE HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE AGENDA, SIR, AS WELL AS YOUR LAST TIME HERE TO ADJOURN.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE. THANK YOU SIR.
THANK YOU ALL, MA'AM. THANK YOU.
12:30, ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.