Nov 12, 2020 Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization Workshop

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HONORABLE CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, WELCOME TO THE NOVEMBER WORKSHOP.

WE'RE HOLDING THIS IN LIEU OF OUR REGULAR MEETING TO GIVE YOU SOME VITAL INFORMATION THAT WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE VOTE THAT YOU WILL BE EXPERIENCING IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE, JUST AS A HOUSEKEEPING ARRANGEMENT.

IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE IN ORDER TO RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND TO GET OUR ATTENTION, YOU'LL DIAL STAR NINE AND IF YOU NEED TO UNMUTED, IT IS STAR SIX.

MY NAME IS BRYAN CALETKA, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

WELCOME AND GOOD MORNING TO YOU.

IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME MR.

[1. Draft 2021 Broward MPO Federal and State Legislative Priorities ]

I'M GIVING UP ON TURNING ON MY CAMERA, I APOLOGIZE.

OK, THERE WE GO.

SO OUR. I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR JOINING US.

WE I'D LIKE TO OPEN THIS UP IN OUR SERIES OF THREE PRESENTATIONS WITH OUR 2021 FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES. NOW, THIS IS A TWO PART SESSION.

FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OUR LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE STATE INITIATIVES.

SO FOR THE FIRST HALF, I'M JOINED BY OUR LOBBYIST AT HOLLAND AND KNIGHT, LAURI HETTINGER AND LISA BARKOVIC. THEY'LL BE INTRODUCING THEMSELVES.

WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH AN UPDATE OF THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS AND HOW THAT'S AFFECTED NOT JUST THE PRESIDENT SEATS, BUT ALSO THE SENATE AND HOUSE REPRESENTATIVES.

SO THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN UPDATED ACTUALLY TWICE SINCE IT'S BEEN MAILED OUT TO YOU.

AND WE'LL MAKE SURE WE GET THAT TO YOU LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

SO WITH THAT, LET'S TURN IT OVER TO LAURI AND LISA.

THANK YOU. LAURI, LISA? GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TO PROVIDE OUR POST ELECTION ANALYSIS. NEXT SLIDE.

TRY TO. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED OFF BY TALKING ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.

PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN HAS SECURED THE 270 ELECTORAL VOTES NEEDED TO BECOME OUR NEXT PRESIDENT, BUT AS YOU KNOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS STILL HAVING SOME LEGAL CHALLENGES THAT IN VARIOUS STATES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CHALLENGING THOSE ELECTION RESULTS.

REGARDLESS, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN IS MOVING FORWARD WITH HIS TRANSITION TO THE PRESIDENCY. JUST YESTERDAY, HE ANNOUNCED HIS CHIEF OF STAFF WILL BE RON KLAIN.

AND THEN EARLIER THIS WEEK, HE ANNOUNCED HIS TRANSPORTATION AGENCY REVIEW TEAMS. IT'S GOING TO BE LED BY PHIL WASHINGTON, WHO IS THE CEO OF L.A.

METRO. OTHER NOTABLE NAMES ON THE AGENCY REVIEW TEAM FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS POLLY TROTTENBERG, WHOM THE MPO DID MEET WITH AT SOME TIMES WHEN SHE WAS WORKING AS THE UNDERSECRETARY FOR POLICY UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.

OTHER NAMES ARE TERESA MCMILLAN, WHO IS THE ACTING FTA ADMINISTRATOR UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA. SO THERE ARE QUITE A FEW THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON AND THESE AGENCY REVIEW TEAMS TAKE A DEEP DIVE INTO UNDERSTANDING WHAT IS NEEDED AT THE DEPARTMENTS AND WITHIN THE AGENCIES TO PROVIDE A SMOOTH TRANSITION COME IN JANUARY.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE ARE THE ELECTION RESULTS FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

WE HAVE 15 SEATS THAT HAVE NOT CALLED YET, BUT YOU'LL NOTE HERE IS THAT SO FAR WHAT WE HAVE IS A SLIMMER MAJORITY FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN 2021.

RIGHT NOW, DEMOCRATS HAVE 218 SEATS CALLED FOR THEM.

REPUBLICANS HAVE ALREADY INCREASED THEIR NUMBER OF MEMBERS AT 202.

WE STILL EXPECT THAT NANCY PELOSI WILL BE THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.

WE DON'T EXPECT THAT WITH THESE UNCALLED RACES BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS HAVE SECURED THE 218 NEEDED FOR MAJORITY, BUT OBVIOUSLY A SLIMMER MAJORITY FOR THE SPEAKER TO BE WORKING WITH COME 2021. NEXT SLIDE.

HERE'S JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE FLORIDA HOUSE RACE RESULTS.

MANY OF OUR SAME MEMBERS ARE RETURNING, PARTICULARLY.

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WE HAVE TWO NEW MEMBERS IN THE DELEGATION.

CARLOS GIMENEZ AND MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR WILL BE JOINING THE DELEGATION IN THE NEW YEAR.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE SENATE IS WHERE WE'RE ALL ALSO FOCUSING OUR ATTENTION RIGHT NOW.

THE REPUBLICANS ARE EXPECTED TO MAINTAIN MAJORITY AND WE STILL HAVE SOME RACES THAT ARE UNCALLED FOR. AND AS YOU CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBERS HERE, IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE DEMOCRATS BEING ABLE TO CLAIM A MAJORITY OF THE SENATE, WHICH THEN YOU'LL HAVE A SUPERMAJORITY OF THE DEMOCRATS WITH WHITE HOUSE, WITH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL LOOKING TO SEE WHAT GEORGIA DOES.

WHO KNEW THAT GEORGE WAS GOING TO BE A BATTLEGROUND STATE? BUT WE HAVE TWO RUN OFF RACES SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 5TH AND THEN WE'LL KNOW CLOSER TO WHETHER REPUBLICANS HAVE KEPT THE MAJORITY OF THE SENATE OR NOT.

AND THIS IS A BIG THOUGH, BECAUSE IT WILL DETERMINE EXACTLY WHAT THE POLICY AGENDA WOULD LOOK LIKE FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN.

HIS AGENDA WILL BE DIFFERENT IF THE DEMOCRATS CAN CLAIM MAJORITY OF THE SENATE.

NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS JUST A QUICK SHOT OF THE KEY SENATE RACES AND HOW THEY WERE CALLED.

YOU CAN SEE THE GEORGIA SEATS THAT ARE STILL LEFT OUT THERE.

NEXT SLIDE. ALSO, A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE KEY GUBERNATORIAL RACE RESULTS WERE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT, TOO, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, AS WE'VE SEEN THROUGH ALL ADMINISTRATIONS, SOMETIMES CHALLENGES TO LAWS AND LEGISLATION START AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND WHO IS YOUR GOVERNOR OF THE STATE.

SO JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT HERE THAT THERE ARE 27 REPUBLICAN GOVERNORS TO 23 DEMOCRATS AT THIS TIME. NEXT SLIDE.

AGAIN, JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL RACE RESULTS, AND WE'RE JUST MENTIONING THIS, TOO, BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, WHEN ONE ADMINISTRATION STARTS, THERE CAN BE CHALLENGES TO THE POLICY THAT CONGRESS AND THE ADMINISTRATION IS PUTTING FORWARD.

AND THIS IS KIND OF ORGANICALLY STARTS AT THE STATE LEVEL.

NEXT SLIDE, SO THAT BRINGS US TO THE CONTROL OF STATE LEGISLATURES.

WE THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A FEW MORE WINS FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO FLIP CURRENT REPUBLICAN LED STATE LEGISLATURES.

THAT ONLY HAPPENED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

SO JUST KIND OF SOMETHING TO KIND OF KEEP IN MIND MOVING FORWARD.

I'M GOING TO PASS THIS OFF TO MY COLLEAGUE LAURI TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE RESULTS OF THESE ELECTIONS, WHAT THAT WILL MEAN FOR THE LAME DUCK SESSION.

LAURI? GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

GLAD TO MEET YOU, SEE YOU AGAIN, VIRTUALLY.

WE'RE SAD WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE YOU IN PERSON.

BUT IT IS GOOD TO CATCH UP WITH ALL OF YOU TODAY.

TO SETTLE THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE LAME DUCK SESSION, AS LISA SAID, IS STILL UNCLEAR RIGHT NOW, WHICH [INAUDIBLE] LEADERSHIP OF THE SENATE, BUT IS LOOKING MORE AND MORE LIKE REPUBLICANS WILL PROBABLY RETAIN CONTROL.

CUZ LOOKS AT THE GEORGIA RACES.

ONE OF THEM IS TRENDING REPUBLICAN.

BOTH SPEAKER PELOSI AND MAJORITY LEADER MCCONNELL HAVE SAID THEY DO WANT TO TACKLE COVID THIS YEAR.

NOW THAT THE ELECTION IS OVER, HOPEFULLY IS LESS PARTISAN AND CONGRESS CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER TO GET SOMETHING DONE.

SO WE'RE VERY HOPEFUL THAT THAT CAN GET DONE.

THE SENATE JUST RETURNED ON MONDAY AND THE HOUSE IS RETURNING NEXT WEEK.

SO WE SHOULD KNOW MORE NEXT WEEK ON WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.

APPROPRIATIONS IS STILL OUT THERE OPERATING UNDER A CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL DECEMBER 11TH. THIS HOUSE HAS PASSED ALL OF ITS APPROPRIATION BILLS AND THE SENATE JUST RELEASED ITS APPROPRIATION BILLS ON TUESDAY.

DO YOU MIND GOING BACK? THANK YOU.

SORRY, JUST RELEASED ITS APPROPRIATION BILLS ON TUESDAY.

I'LL GO IN A SECOND, TALK MORE ABOUT THAT.

SO WE'RE HOPING THERE'LL BE A BIG OMNIBUS AND THEN I KNOW MANY OF YOU CARE VERY MUCH ABOUT PORTS. THE WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT CONFERENCE REPORT, WHICH PROVIDES MONEY FOR PORT INFRASTRUCTURE, WILL ALSO BE JOINING LAME DUCK.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT AS WELL.

SO THEY'RE HOPING TO ADJOURN AT THE END OF DECEMBER FOR THE HOLIDAYS.

NEXT SLIDE. LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR, AS YOU KNOW, THE FAST ACT EXPIRES SEPTEMBER 30TH, BUT THE SENATE AND HOUSE HAVE INTRODUCED THEIR BILLS THIS PAST YEAR. THE HOUSE WAS ABLE TO PASS ITS BILL.

FROM THE SENATE SIDE, ONLY ONE COMMITTEE PASSED ITS BILL, EPW ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC WORKS.

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WE STILL HAVE TWO MORE COMMITTEES ON THE SENATE SIDE THAT NEED TO CONSIDER THEIR BILL.

SENATE BANKING, WHICH OVERSEES TRANSIT.

SENATE COMMERCE, WHICH OVERSEES RAIL AND GOODS MOVEMENT.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, CONGRESS HAS NOT DECIDED HOW TO PAY FOR IT.

BOTH COMMITTEES HAVE SAID IN LEADERSHIP THAT THEY WANT TO GET THIS DONE IS SOMETHING THEY CAN GET DONE ON A BIPARTISAN [INAUDIBLE] NEXT YEAR.

WE HAD A LOT OF WINS IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS LAST YEAR, INCLUDING ONE OF YOUR TOP PRIORITIES, THE CREATION OF A PILOT PROGRAM FOR MPO'S A LARGER SLOT, A LARGER SIZE, INCLUDING BROWARD TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE MONEY FROM DOT INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE STATE DOT, FOR DOT. THAT IS IN THE HOUSE BILL.

AND WE'RE GOING TO WORK REALLY CLOSELY WITH OUR SENATORS TO MAKE SURE IS INCLUDED IN THE SENATE BILL AS WELL. NEXT, AS PRESIDENT BIDEN, PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN WILL SOON START ANNOUNCING HIS NOMINEES FOR THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE SENATE IS IN CHARGE OF CONFIRMING THAT.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES WILL HOLD HEARINGS, WITH EACH, WITH EACH OF THESE NOMINEES AND THE SENATORS WILL ALSO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM ON A PERSONAL BASIS.

SO THIS COULD GIVE US ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR BROWARD TO ASK QUESTIONS FOR SENATORS TO ASK THE DOT HEADS.

PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND CONGRESS HAS ALSO SAID AN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL IS A TOP PRIORITY AS WELL. WITH THE REPUBLICANS PROBABLY RETAINING CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO SEE A LARGE BILL LIKE ARRA, THE AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT, BUT WE STILL COULD SEE SOME TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE BILL, IF THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO DO POORLY IN NEXT QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR.

AND IF UNEMPLOYMENT CONTINUES TO BE HIGH, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL MONEY IN THE VARIOUS APPROPRIATION BILLS, OR WE COULD SEE A BILL FOR MORE MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION AND WATER AND BROADBAND AND THAT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SO WE'LL KEEP YOU CLOSELY UP TO DATE ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THE PROGRAM Y'ALL RELY ON FROM DOT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT BILL.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF COVID, THE PRIORITIES OF WHAT THE HOUSE AND SENATE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR.

BUT JUST AT A HIGH LEVEL SNAPSHOT FOR BROWARD AND FOR MANY OF YOUR COMMUNITIES, MORE MONEY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IS TOP PRIORITY.

AND SPEAKER PELOSI AND MINORITY LEADER SCHUMER HAVE SAID THAT'S THEIR TOP PRIORITY, TOO, AND THEY WON'T CONSIDER A COVID BILL UNLESS IT'S IN THERE.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK OUT WITH THE REPUBLICANS TO MAKE SURE THAT IS INCLUDED IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A COVID BILL.

NEXT SLIDE AND THEN JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF HOUSE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP.

MOST OF THE COMMITTEE WE CARE ABOUT TNI, WILL HAD THE SAME CHAIRMAN, PETER DEFAZIO OF OREGON AND THEN RANKING MEMBER SAM GRAVES, MISSOURI.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THAT.

THERE NEEDS TO BE A NEW CHAIRPERSON FOR THE HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ HAS PUT HER NAME IN TO BE THE NEXT CHAIRMAN.

THERE WILL BE A RACE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN SEE ON OUR LIST HERE, CONGRESSWOMAN DELAURO FROM CONNECTICUT, MARCY KAPTUR FROM OHIO, ALSO WANT TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THAT CHAIRMANSHIP SLOT.

SO IT WOULD BE GREAT IF WE COULD GET THE CONGRESSWOMAN AS CHAIRWOMAN.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE DAYS LONG AGO WHEN BILL YOUNG FROM PINELLAS COUNTY WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, HE REALLY TOOK A APPROACH THAT HE REPRESENTED ALL OF FLORIDA WHEN HE WAS CHAIRMAN.

BUT PARTICULARLY IF WE WOULD HAVE CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ FROM BROWARD, THAT WOULD BE TOP NOTCH.

THANK YOU, LISA. NEXT SLIDE.

NEXT SLIDE.

JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW. THERE ARE GOING TO BE THE SENATE COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP, THERE ARE GOING TO BE A NUMBER OF CHANGES IN COMMITTEES.

REPUBLICANS REQUIRE MEMBERS TO BE TERM LIMITED ON THEIR COMMITTEES.

WE ALSO HAVE A FEW RETIRING MEMBERS TOO.

THE COMMITTEE WE CARE ABOUT ENVIRONMENT PUBLIC WORKS, WILL HAVE A NEW CHAIR.

SENATOR BARRASSO IS GOING TO MOVE OVER TO THE ENERGY COMMITTEE.

IT WILL BE SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO.

BOTH LISA AND I HAVE GREAT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THAT OFFICE.

SHE IS SHE WORKS VERY WELL WITH THE RANKING MEMBER, TOM CARPER OF DELAWARE, WHO WILL REMAIN RANKING MEMBER.

SHE CARES VERY MUCH ABOUT ROADS AND BRIDGES AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THAT IN RAIL.

AND WE THINK SHE COULD BE A GREAT ALLY FOR US.

NEXT SLIDE. I THINK THAT'S IT.

I THINK WE'RE OPEN FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

WELL, ACTUALLY, AT THIS TIME, NO PROBLEM. SO NOW THAT WE SET THE STAGE THAT THERE'S EFFECTIVELY A LOT OF CHANGE COMING,

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SO THE FIRST SLIDE ARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND MAKING GAINS ON AND THEN THE NEXT SLIDE ARE OUR NEW PROPOSALS BASED ON THIS CHANGE IN THESE CHANGES IN LEADERSHIP.

I'LL DO THE FIRST ONE LISA, IF YOU WANT TO DO THE SECOND ONE.

SURE.

INCREASING THE MONEY FOR THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR BROWARD BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

THIS IS THE MONEY IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE FORM OF PROGRAM THAT EXISTS FROM DOT.

SO THIS MONEY CAN BE SPENT ON ROADS OR BRIDGES.

IT ALSO CAN BE USED FOR TRANSIT, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO FLUX OVER THAT MONEY, TOO.

IT CAN BE USED FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO.

GOOD NEWS. BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS DO HAVE A GOOD INCREASE FOR THIS PROGRAM.

IT IS VERY POPULAR.

RIGHT, THE SECOND INITIATIVE IS TO CREATE A PILOT PROGRAM TO ALLOW MPOS WITH LARGE URBANIZED AREAS LIKE BROWARD, WITH A POPULATION OF AT LEAST FIVE MILLION.

AND THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 10 OF THESE MPOS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WITH A POPULATION OF AT LEAST FIVE MILLION, TO DIRECTLY RECEIVE 50 PERCENT OF THEIR STVG APPORTIONMENT.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THIS ONE, IT INCREDIBLY SPEEDS UP THE TIME PROCESS ON THIS.

AND TWO, THERE'S NO MONEY THAT'S TAKEN OFF THE TOP BECAUSE THE STATE IS THEN ADMINISTRATING YOUR 50 PERCENT PORTION OF THE STPD.

SO RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THIS LANGUAGE IN THE FAST ACT REAUTHORIZATION BILL THAT THE HOUSE PASSED EARLIER THIS YEAR.

THERE IS SIMILAR LANGUAGE.

THEY EDITED IT A BIT IN THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

AND SO BECAUSE WE'RE WAITING ON, WELL THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REINTRODUCE THE FAST ACT REAUTHORIZATION BILL NEXT CONGRESS.

SO THIS IS WHY THIS IS ON THE LIST, BECAUSE THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL LANGUAGE, IT'S NOT AS FINAL AS WE WOULD LIKE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CONTINUING TO WORK THIS INTO THE NEXT FAST ACT REAUTHORIZATION. AND I'LL QUICKLY GO OVER THE LAST THREE BEFORE I GO TO THE NEW ONES.

THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM, TAP IS ANOTHER VERY FLEXIBLE SOURCE THAT'S ALLOCATED FROM THE STBG PROGRAM AND THAT WAS INCLUDED IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE BILLS.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO ASK FOR INCREASING THE FEDERAL GAS TAX.

PERHAPS IT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR.

CHAIRMAN DEFAZIO, OF HOUSE TNI IS VERY SUPPORTIVE.

SENATE REPUBLICANS HAVE COME AROUND TO POSSIBLY INDEXING IT TO INFLATION, AS MENTIONED ON THE PRIORITY. IF WE HAVE A DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN AND ADMINISTRATION AND HE OFFERS SUPPORT FOR THIS, THIS VERY WELL COULD BE FEASIBLE.

THESE PAST FEW YEARS, PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT SUPPORTING IT AND ACTUALLY OPPOSED IT.

SO THAT MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR REPUBLICANS TO SUPPORT IT.

AND THEN ALSO JUST CONTINUING FUNDING FOR FREIGHT AND GOODS MOVEMENT, WHICH HAS BEEN SO IMPORTANT TO PORT EVERGLADES.

AND THAT ALSO WAS INCLUDED IN BOTH AUTHORIZATION APPROPRIATIONS BILLS TWO.

OK, THANK YOU.

AND LIKE I SAID PREVIOUSLY, THESE ARE THE OUR PRIORITIES THAT WE ARE MAKING STRIDES HAVE BEEN MAKING STRIDES IN ALREADY.

THIS NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO REALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AND THE. NEW MENTALITIES COMING INTO THE ADMINISTRATION.

PARDON ME, MR. CALVARESI, JUST REAL QUICK, WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM BOARD MEMBER CARN.

BY ALL MEANS, MR. CARN. COMMISSIONER CARN? UNMUTE, CAN YOU [INAUDIBLE]? YES, SIR. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY, AND THANK YOU FOR THE WEBINAR.

THE ONE TWO THREE BLOCKS DOWN TALKS ABOUT TAP FUNDING, REDUCING RESTRICTIONS ON USING THIS PROGRAM. COULD YOU I GUESS SOMEBODY FROM THE MPO GIVE US SORT OF WHAT THE RESTRICTIONS ARE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO LOOSEN.

SO RIGHT NOW THAT FUNDING IS REALLY SPECIFIC TOWARDS CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO EXPAND IT TO MORE OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT OUR LOCALS WOULD LIKE FUNDED.

SO EXPANDING INTO MORE COMPLETE STREETS TYPE PROJECTS.

SO THAT WE CAN CREATE A WHOLE PACKAGE AND A WHOLE CORRIDOR AND NOT JUST ELEMENTS OF, AND THEN THE OTHER PART IS THAT WE SUPPLEMENT WITH OTHER FUNDING SOURCES.

OK, THAT'S THE TERSE ANSWER, BUT I'LL TALK TO YOU LATER ABOUT THAT OFFLINE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LADIES.

PAUL, DID YOU WANT US TO START WITH THIS, THE NEW ONES?

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AND BOTH BILLS INCLUDE A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR RESILIENCY.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY SINCE REPUBLICANS CONTROL THE SENATE.

THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF DOING THIS.

THERE'S MORE MONEY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR IF YOU HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER, WHICH BROWARD ALWAYS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF EXPEDITING THEIR MONEY FROM THE FEDS TO GET THE ROADS CLEANED UP AND RECONSTRUCTED.

BUT THERE'S NEW COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR THAT.

THERE'S NEW COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS FOR CARBON REDUCTION AS WELL.

AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE INCLUDED THAT.

SORT OF GROUND ZERO HERE, A RESILIENCY WITH SEA LEVEL RISE.

THE NEXT ONE IS, AS PAUL JUST MENTIONED ON THE OTHER, THE TAP ONE IS MORE MONEY PROVISIONS ZERO AND HIGHWAY SAFETY.

BROWARD HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES ON IMPROVING THEIR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PROJECTS, INCLUDING RECEIVING A BUILD GRANT A FEW YEARS AGO FOR ITS COMPLETE STREETS.

AND SO ADDING MORE MONEY, OF COURSE, FOR THIS BOTH INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION IS VERY HELPFUL. THAT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THESE RECENT REAUTHORIZATION BILLS AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY.

THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN BROWARD AND ALSO ACROSS THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND ACROSS THE STATE, ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

SO WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR MORE MONEY BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S LIKE TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ALLOCATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY UNDER A [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM AND FLORIDA DOT LIKE MANY OTHER STATES, ARE `ALLOCATING THE MONEY MORE FOR RURAL AREAS.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, BROWARD IS USING ITS OWN MONEY FOR THESE IMPORTANT PROJECTS.

SO ADVOCATING FOR MORE MONEY JUST FOR GRADE CROSSINGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. TO CLARIFY, THE HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSINGS ARE FOR OUR RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

THEY'RE RUN THROUGH OUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWNS IN OUR DENSEST PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

LISA, DO YOU MIND TAKING SMART CITIES? SO IF WE RECALL, THE SMART CITY PROGRAM STARTED UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA.

AV'S TECHNOLOGY HAS MOVED FORWARD.

SO THIS IS BACK ON THE LIST BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL BE SOME REJUVENATION AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND WITH A NEW ADMINISTRATION TO REALLY START TO TALK ABOUT SMART CITIES AGAIN.

AND SMART CITIES HAD KIND OF BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A DIRTY WORD OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS. AND SO WE TALKED ABOUT THINGS IN A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WAY.

BUT OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE FUNDING FOR SMART CITIES AND TECHNOLOGY DEPLOYMENT, ITS TO COME BACK STRONGLY OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND THEN INCREASE FUNDING FOR VISION ZERO. OBVIOUSLY, THIS HAS BECOME A BIG ISSUE FOR FLORIDA AND OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU HAVE AN UPTICK IN PEDESTRIAN DEATHS.

AND SO REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING ON THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN GET FUNDING FOR TO HELP IMPROVE INTERSECTIONS, CROSSWALKS AND YOU KNOW.

ACHIEVE THE VISION ZERO OF VISION ZERO DEATH.

AND I WANT A QUICK CLARIFICATION ON THIS SECOND PRIORITY LISTED ON THIS PAGE, I BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IS REPETITIVE.

WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT IS WE AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, FOR NEXT YEAR, WE REALLY ARE HOPING CONGRESS AND ADMINISTRATION PROPOSE INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION FOR TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO WE TRY TO PUT ALL OF OUR PRIORITIES INTO THAT ROW.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM BOARD MEMBER TRANTALIS.

NOW, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

OK, VERY GOOD.

SO FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOLKS FOR THIS REALLY WONDERFUL PRESENTATION.

AND BUT AT THIS POINT, WITH OUR PRIORITY INITIATIVES, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AN ISSUE THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UP BEFORE THE THIS BOARD.

AS YOU KNOW, THERE IS A CONVERSATION HAPPENING NOW BETWEEN THE COUNTY, STATE AND BRIGHTLINE, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

ABOUT A POSTAL LINK IS PUTTING INCREASED THE NUMBER OF TRAINS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TRAVELING ON THE EAST RAILROAD LINE THAT'S OWNED BY BRIGHTLINE AND IN CONCERT WITH MARINE INDUSTRIES.

THERE'S A DISCUSSION ABOUT BUILDING A STRUCTURE OVER THE WATER OF THE NEW RIVER TO

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AND SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT BUILDING A BRIDGE THROUGH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. I HAVE TALKED ABOUT AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH, WHICH IS CONSIDERING BUILDING A TUNNEL INSTEAD OF A BRIDGE, AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY NOW THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE THIS SUBJECT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARTIAL FUNDING FOR SUCH A PROJECT? AND HOW WOULD WE INTERJECT OURSELVES INTO THAT INTO THAT PROCESS IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY AVAILABLE FUNDS AND IDENTIFY EVEN AN INTEREST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL IN THIS UNDERTAKING? GREG AND PAUL, DO YOU WANT TO START AND THEN WE COULD PROVIDE SOME POSSIBLE IDEAS? OR DO YOU WANT US TO TAKE IT? ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LAURI AND LISA, IF YOU DON'T MIND TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT, BUT, YOU KNOW, AS THE MAYOR KNOWS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE CONDUIT TO THE FEDERAL SIDE OF THE FUNDING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY A TUNNEL WILL NOT NECESSARILY IT'S MORE EXPENSIVE, BUT IT DOESN'T RIP THE URBAN FABRIC APART OF THE CITY.

SO MAYBE YOU CAN JUST TOUCH ON WHAT TYPE OF AVAILABLE FUNDING MAY BE USEFUL FOR THIS PROJECT, SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE LARGE STARTS PROGRAM AND THE TRANSIT SIDE OF THE WORLD.

SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PROGRAMS AND BRIGHTLINE, AS YOU KNOW, IS DOING THIS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, THEY'RE ALSO DOING IT IN LAS VEGAS, THEY'RE DOING IT IN CALIFORNIA, TOO.

SO IT WOULDN'T BE THIS WOULD BE A PROGRAM THAT MANY MUNICIPALITIES COULD COMPETE FOR, NOT JUST WILL BE EARMARKED JUST FOR BROWARD.

THERE'S A BID, THE FEDERAL TRAINS ADMINISTRATION HAS A PROGRAM CALLED THE CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM, AND THIS IS FOR TRANSIT SUCH AS LIGHT RAIL, COMMUTER RAIL.

AND THAT COULD BE ONE POTENTIAL PROGRAM.

NEW STARTS IS FOR PROJECTS THREE HUNDRED MILLION AND OVER, AND SMALL STARTS FOR PROJECTS UNDER THREE HUNDRED MILLION.

THERE IS AN APPLICATION THAT YOU MUST DO WITH FTA TO GET INTO THE PIPELINE.

AND THEN CONGRESS PROVIDES APPROPRIATIONS EACH YEAR FOR THAT PROGRAM.

AND THEN ONE OTHER IDEA FOR IT.

AND A BRIGHTLINE HAS BEEN PURSUING FOR OTHER PROJECTS IS A TIFA PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE BOAT AMERICA BUREAU AT DOT, AND THIS IS A LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM THAT YOU COULD DO FOR 20, 30 YEARS AT THE TREASURY RATE, WHICH IS PRETTY LOW RIGHT NOW, AT ONE POINT FIVE PERCENT.

AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR CAN ACTUALLY PAY THE MONEY BACK.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER RAIL LOAN TO THROUGH FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE IDEAS, BUT WE'D LOVE TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON THESE PROPOSALS OF THE TUNNEL VERSUS A BRIDGE, AND WE CAN BRAINSTORM AND LISA, AM I MISSING ANYTHING ELSE? NO.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, I THINK THE COST OF A TUNNEL WILL BE PROHIBITIVE TO SEEKING FUNDING THROUGH THE BUILD GRANT PROGRAM OTHERWISE KNOWN PRIOR THE TIGER GRANT PROGRAM.

I THINK IT'S A WAY TO KIND OF MAYBE GET SOME OF THE LAST DOLLARS IN TO PAY FOR IT.

I MEAN, IF YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND ALL THE OTHER MONIES FROM OTHER PARTS AND YOU JUST NEEDED TWENTY FIVE MILLION TO BE THE LAST DOLLARS IN TO ADVANCE THROUGH THE BUILD GRANT PROGRAM, THAT COULD BE AN OPTION.

BUT WE'D LOVE TO BRAINSTORM MORE MAYOR ABOUT THIS AND PRESENT SOME MORE IDEAS TO GREG AND PAUL FOR YOU. OK, THAT WOULD BE GOOD BECAUSE I MEAN, THE TWENTY FIVE MILLION IS NOT REALLY THE AMOUNT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

BUT JUST SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PRIORITIES AND SINCE THIS IS VERY MUCH A FRONT BURNER ITEM WITHIN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY AT THIS POINT, I REALLY WANT TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS OF INVESTIGATING WHAT'S ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY'RE HUGE NUMBERS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS INFRASTRUCTURE BILL. AND IF WE ARE ABLE TO SECURE LEADERSHIP LOCALLY OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE IN THE HOUSE, AND IF AND YOU DO SAY YOU HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR IN THE SENATE OR WHATEVER, THE RELATIVE THE RELEVANT COMMITTEE IS IN THE SENATE, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO STRIKE AT THIS MOMENT TO TRY TO GET THAT TRY TO, YOU KNOW, PUT OUR PUT OUR APPLICATION IN, SO TO SPEAK, AND MAKE PEOPLE

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AND I KNOW THE MPO VERY EAGER TO SEE THAT PROJECT MOVE FORWARD.

SO. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS VERY EXCITING.

SO MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A WORKSHOP, AND SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T HAVE THE CAMERA ACTIVATED.

BUT IF YOU RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, YOU CAN ASK A QUESTION.

AND THIS IS THE TIME TO ASK A QUESTION OF OUR FEDERAL ADVOCATES.

SO IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER, ANY ATTENDEE THAT HAS A QUESTION, RAISE YOUR HAND NOW.

OK, I DON'T SEE ANY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION, LADIES.

THANKS FOR DOING A GOOD JOB.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OK, SO WITH IT, I'D LIKE TRANSITIONING TO OUR 2021 FLORIDA STATE OF FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES, NOW, ONCE AGAIN, WE'VE HAD A SLIGHT LEADERSHIP CHANGE WITH A NEW SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. SO WITH THIS, WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR, A COMBINATION BETWEEN OUR INITIATIVES FROM LAST YEAR AND SOME NEW ONES AND THESE WE'VE ACTUALLY STAFF IS RANKED IN ORDER OF PRIORITY.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STATE, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY RESOURCES.

THERE'S A LIMIT ON HOW MANY BILLS CAN BE CAN BE INTRODUCED.

SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE ROBERT HOLROYD FROM TRIPP SCOTT ERICKS AS PART OF OUR TEAM. WELL, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

GOOD TO VIRTUALLY SEE OR KIND OF SEE EVERYBODY.

JUST WANTED TO GIVE, BEFORE WE DIVE INTO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES, JUST WANTED TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE SAW IN SOME OF THE ELECTIONS.

AS PAUL SAID, WE DO HAVE A NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM THAT'S IN PLACE WITH THE NEW LEGISLATORS THAT ARE COMING IN IN THE SENATE.

WE'VE GOT SENATOR WILTON SIMPSON.

THAT'S ASSUMING THE SENATE PRESIDENCY IN THE HOUSE.

YOU'VE GOT SPEAKER CHRIS SPROWLS THAT WILL BE ASSUMING THE HOUSE SPEAKERSHIP.

WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING ABOUT BOTH OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, BOTH OF THEM HAVE REALLY TAKEN A COMMITMENT TO TAKING AN INTEREST IN SEA LEVEL RISE AND RESILIENCY.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY BELIEVE IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON FROM THE MPO'S PERSPECTIVE.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH PAUL AND THE MPO TEAM AS WE GO INTO THIS.

THE ELECTION LAST TUESDAY SHOWED A SLIGHT CHANGE WITH REPUBLICANS GAINING FIVE SEATS IN THE HOUSE AND POTENTIALLY GAINING ONE SEAT IN THE SENATE.

AS YOU MAY KNOW, THERE'S AN ELECTION DOWN IN MIAMI THAT'S IN A RECOUNT RIGHT NOW.

I THINK IT'S WITHIN 20 VOTES LAST TIME I CHECKED AND OF TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND.

SO IT'S VERY, VERY CLOSE.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO INTO SOME OF THE PRIORITIES AND WORKING WITH STAFF, AS PAUL SAID, THERE WAS THE TEAM PRIORITIZED THE POLICIES FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND WHILE HOUSE MEMBERS ARE LIMITED ON HOW MANY BILLS THEY CAN ACTUALLY FILE, IN SPEAKER SPROWLS'S NEW PROPOSED RULES, HOUSE MEMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY FILE SEVEN BILLS NOW INSTEAD OF THE PREVIOUS SIX BILLS.

SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THAT WILL ACTUALLY PROVIDE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS TO DRIVE THEIR POLICIES FORWARD.

SO WITH THAT, THOUGH, WE'LL START WITH OUR PRIORITIES.

OUR HIGH PRIORITY IS TO REGULATE DISTRACTED DRIVING AS A PRIMARY OFFENSE.

WE KNOW THAT TEXTING AND DRIVING IS A PRIMARY OFFENSE IN THE STATE AND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, DISTRACTED DRIVING IS THE PRIMARY OFFENSE.

BUT WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME GOAL OF OUR BROWARD MPO TO ENSURE THAT DISTRACTED DRIVING AT ALL TIMES IS A PRIMARY OFFENSE.

I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE IS A TREMENDOUS APPETITE FOR IN THE LEGISLATURE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK REALLY AGGRESSIVELY WITH THE ADVOCATES AROUND THE STATE ON.

SO THE SECOND THING, AND THIS IS THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF A THEME IN KIND OF THE WAY THAT WE'RE APPROACHING THIS UPCOMING YEAR.

AND WHEN WE MET WITH SPEAKER SPROWLS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, HE USED A GREAT EXAMPLE.

HE SAID, YOU KNOW, WHEN TIMES ARE GOOD, YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE ROCKING THE BOAT.

AND RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE FACED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE BOATS ALREADY ROCKING.

SO IT'S CREATING SOME REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO EXPLORE FLEXIBILITY AND TO REALLY TAKE SOME NEW INNOVATIVE APPROACHES.

SO WITH THAT, WE KNOW IN BROWARD THAT THE STATE FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE WAY TOO RESTRICTIVE

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SO WE REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH THE LEGISLATURE ON NOT NECESSARILY ASKING FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING, ALTHOUGH, OF COURSE, WE WILL NEVER TURN THAT DOWN, BUT REALLY LOOKING AT EXISTING FUNDING SOURCES AND SEEING HOW WE CAN ACTUALLY RESTORE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THAT.

WHAT WE PUT PARTICULARLY ON HERE WAS RETURNING TO ACTUALLY, SAY, RETURNING TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF SIS FUNDS TO TMAS FOR DIRECT PROGRAMING.

BECAUSE SIS FUNDS PREVIOUSLY WERE PROVIDED AS DIRECT FUNDING.

I'M SORRY FOR DIRECT PROGRAMING AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANT THAT FLEXIBILITY AGAIN.

WE DO KNOW THAT THE MONEY SPENT ON TRANSIT AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ON COMPLETE STREETS ARE GOING TO HAVE A GREATER, A GREATER IMPACT THAN MONEY SPENT ON HIGHWAYS.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT.

AND IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE AND I'M SORRY I FORGOT TO FURTHER INTRODUCE THE REST OF MY TEAM WHO COULDN'T BE HERE.

MY COLLEAGUES, CANDICE ERICKS AND LAUREN JACKSON ARE UNFORTUNATELY AT THE LEAGUE, THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES CONFERENCE, THE POLICY CONFERENCE UP IN ORLANDO.

SO THEY WISH THEY COULD BE HERE WITH US TODAY.

BUT THEY'RE UP THERE WORKING WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS AROUND THE STATE.

AND WHEN I SPOKE WITH LAUREN A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, SHE WANTED ME TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS TEAM THAT THE FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES HAS THIS PARTICULAR POLICY AGENDA OF CREATING FLEXIBILITY WITHIN THESE FUNDING STREAMS ON THEIR POLICY PLATFORM THAT THEY'LL LIKELY BE ADOPTING TODAY. SO JUST IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE, PAUL. PLEASE. AWESOME.

SO, AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S GOING TO BE JUST SOME SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPLORING FLEXIBILITY WITHIN EXISTING FUNDING STREAMS. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE TRIP PROGRAM AS ONE OF OUR AS ONE OF OUR MEDIUM PRIORITIES AND ALSO EXPLORING WHAT WE KNOW IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US HERE IN BROWARD, EXPANDING THE BOARD VOTING MEMBERSHIP BEYOND TWENTY FIVE MEMBERS AND OF COURSE, OPPOSING ANY EFFORT TO REDUCE IT BELOW TWENTY FIVE MEMBERS.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT SPEAKER SPROWLS HAS TAKEN AN INTEREST IN TRANSPORTATION AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN ENSURE THE MPOS ARE OPERATING AS EFFECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE.

SO WE THINK THAT THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS GOING FORWARD.

IN TERMS OF THE TRIP PROGRAM.

WE DO BELIEVE THAT IN PARTICULAR, THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING WITH THE TRIP PROGRAM IN THE HOOPS THAT THE MPO HAS TO JUMP THROUGH MAKES IT SO THAT IT'S NOT THE MOST EFFICIENT AND EFFECTIVE USE OF TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT THE GOAL WITHIN THIS IS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND TO GET DIRECT FUNDING DIRECTLY TO THE MPO AND SORRY TO THE TMAS AND MPOS TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY GET THAT MAXIMIZED FUNDING.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THE LOW PRIORITIES.

SO WE HAVE THESE LOW PRIORITIES.

WHILE THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO US, WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH THE STATE HAVING AN APPETITE FOR THESE TWO PARTICULAR PRIORITIES.

NUMBER ONE, WE KNOW THAT THE FUEL TAX THAT'S GOING TO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS INDEXED TO INFLATION, BUT THE FUEL TAX THAT GO TO THE LOCAL ENTITIES ARE NOT.

AND WHILE WE ACTUALLY WE KNOW IT MAKES SENSE ON THE SURFACE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY DO WANT TO PUSH FOR AND WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PUSH FOR.

WE KNOW IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT THE LEGISLATURE VIEWS THAT AS A POTENTIAL TAX INCREASE, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THERE HAS NOT BEEN AN APPETITE FOR IN THE REPUBLICAN LED LEGISLATURE. THE SECOND THING IS TO JUST TO BE IS TO REALLY BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WHEN WE'RE INVESTING IN HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT, THAT WE'RE LINKING IT TO A TO THOUGHTFUL LAND USE POLICIES.

AND THAT'S, WE HAVE THIS, AGAIN, AS A LOW PRIORITY, BECAUSE THE STATE LEGISLATURE HAS REALLY NOT SHOWN AS MUCH OF AN INTEREST IN ACTUALLY DOING AND SETTING FORTH LAND USE POLICIES. BUT AGAIN, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT LINKING THE TWO TOGETHER.

AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS ON HERE AS ONE OF OUR POLICY INITIATIVES.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL BRING PAUL BACK OUT AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THESE SECOND LOW PRIORITY, THIS WAS AN ADOPTED POLICY FROM THE 2045 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

BUT THE REASON WE LISTED AS A LOW PRIORITY IS BECAUSE OF THE CONTEXT OF PROMOTING IT TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE.

IT IS STILL A PRIORITY FOR US LOCALLY.

BUT IT'S BUT WE BRING IT TO TALLAHASSEE, THE OTHER INITIATIVES, WE THINK WE CAN GET MORE OUT OF THEM. THANK YOU.

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OH, THE TRIP PROGRAM WAS A PROGRAM THAT FDOT CREATED, ONCE THEY TOOK AWAY SOME OF OUR FUNDING. THEY CREATED THIS TRIP PROGRAM WHERE THE MPOS CAN THEN ESSENTIALLY REAPPLY FOR THEIR FUNDING.

THE TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM AND THE STRINGS ATTACHED WITH THIS PROGRAM IS THAT IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THESE FUNDS, THE PROJECT MUST BE ON A PRE-IDENTIFIED FACILITY, SO THERE'S A REGIONAL NETWORK MAPS.

THE PROJECT HAS TO BE ON ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES ON THE REGIONAL NETWORK MAP.

IT NEEDS TO INCREASE CAPACITY.

OUR DISTRICT HAS INTERPRETED THAT AS INCREASING SPECIFICALLY ROADWAY CAPACITY.

AND IT CAN BE NO MORE THAN 50 PERCENT MATCH, AND BECAUSE THESE ARE STATE FUNDS, THE OTHER 50 PERCENT MATCH CAN ONLY BE FEDERAL OR LOCAL.

GIVE US AN EXAMPLE OF AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT THAT WE'VE USED THESE FUNDS.

UNIVERSITY DRIVE NORTH OF WILES WHERE WE'RE DOING A ROADWAY EXPANSION, SO WE'RE GOING FROM FOUR LANES TO SIX LANES, IS A PREVIOUS TRIP PROJECT.

OK, SO YOU GOT TO BEING, PUT MORE CARS ON THE ROAD? THAT'S AND THAT'S BEEN THE INTERPRETATION OF OUR DISTRICT.

WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE THAT OTHER DISTRICTS INTERPRET CAPACITY AS ANYTHING THAT ADDS THAT, ANYTHING THAT ADDS ROOM FOR PEOPLE TO USE.

BUT OUR DISTRICT HAS BEEN VERY NARROW IN THEIR FOCUS.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND ALL OF THAT? NOTHING IN HERE TO TALK ABOUT.

CAPACITY COULD BE MOVING PEOPLE VERSUS A VEHICLE.

SO HOW DO WE APPROACH? I THINK WE ARE BIFURCATED IN OUR COMMITMENTS HERE TO THE PLANET WHEN WE JUST KEEP TALKING ABOUT ADDING LANES TO ROADS.

IS THAT THE OVERALL? PHILOSOPHY MOVING FORWARD? I DON'T LIKE IT.

THAT'S THE ACTUAL STATE PRIORITIES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE STATE AND FEDERAL.

LIKE EVEN GOING BACK TO THE TAP PROGRAM.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ARE ALLOWABLE ARE MITIGATION FOR RESILIENCY, BUT IT HAS TO BE LIMITED TO BASICALLY NON-DRIVING INDIVIDUALS, SUCH AS BICYCLISTS OR PEDESTRIANS.

IT'S ALSO TO IMPROVE SAFETY.

SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, IT'S RECOGNIZED AS A GOAL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE WE WERE LOOKING FOR IS TO RELEASE SOME OF THE STRINGENCY THAT THEY CURRENTLY HAVE.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE AN INTERSECTION THAT HAS A HIGH NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN STRIKES, YOU CAN REDESIGN THE TRAIL OR THE SIDEWALK ADJACENT TO THE INTERSECTION, BUT YOU CANNOT USE THAT TAP MONEY TO ACTUALLY REDESIGN THE WHOLE INTERSECTION.

SO WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROVIDES SOME ASSISTANCE WITH RESILIENCY AND NON MOTOR VEHICLE PROJECTS, THE STATE PROVIDES FOR CAPACITY.

SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH AVENUES AS A SOURCE FOR WHATEVER YOUR CONCERNS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. OK, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU. SO I THINK WE'RE GETTING TO THE.

QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION.

IF THERE'S ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT WOULD LIKE TO ASK A QUESTION OF OUR STATE ADVOCATES, NOW'S THE TIME TO DO SO.

JUST RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

OK, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. HOLROYD, GREAT JOB AND THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING OUR STATE ADVOCATES TODAY.

THANK YOU. OK, THANK YOU, MR. CALVARESI, AS WE SAW, THAT WAS HIS CONTACT INFORMATION.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION COME UP AFTER THE SEMINAR HAS ENDED.

[2. Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Municipal Reports ]

WE HAVE MR. CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE A LIVE DEMONSTRATION ON HOW YOU CAN

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MR. RESTREPO? ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

THANK YOU, BRIAN. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

I WORK IN OUR PLANNING AND PROGRAMING SECTION OF BROWARD MPO.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES JUST TO SHOW YOU A DEMONSTRATION OF HOW YOU CAN ACCESS THE MUNICIPAL REPORTS THAT WE'VE CURATED FROM OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR EACH INDIVIDUALIZED MUNICIPALITY IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO BEFORE I GET INTO ALL OF THAT, JUST A QUICK LITTLE REFRESHER OF WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS.

AND LIKE BRYAN SAID EARLIER, IT IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM THAT PRIORITIZES AND DOCUMENTS ALL THE FUNDING OF TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WITHIN OUR REGION, SO OUR REGION, BROWARD COUNTY. AND YOU SEE THAT PROCESS AND SEEING THE FUNDING COMMITTED THROUGHOUT FIVE YEARS. SO THIS YEAR IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO 2025.

THE PROJECTS IN THIS LIST INCLUDE EVERYTHING FROM RECONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, OPERATIONS OF MAJOR HIGHWAYS, ARTERIALS AND INTERSECTIONS.

AND IT ALSO INCLUDES THE MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF POTENTIAL PUBLIC TRANSIT, AVIATION AND PORT SYSTEMS. AND THEN ALSO ALL OF OUR FAVORITE PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE BICYCLE PATHS AND PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS LIST AS WELL.

SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS TO HELP MUNICIPAL PARTNERS REVIEW AND MONITOR THE PROJECTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE'VE CREATED THESE REPORTS THAT YOU CAN EASILY ACCESS AND TAKE WITH YOU TO ANY MEETING THAT YOU HAVE OR IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU'RE CURIOUS FOR WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE WITHOUT HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF WAITING FOR UPDATES HERE. SO TO ACCESS THOSE, THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AND YOU CAN FOLLOW ALONG WITH ME AT HOME IS GO TO OUR BROWARD MPO WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S BROWARDMPO.ORG.

AND YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT I'M SHARING WITH YOU RIGHT NOW.

ON THIS WEBSITE, YOU'LL HOVER OVER THE TAB THAT SAYS WHAT WE DO.

AND IN HERE YOU'LL CLICK ON THE TIP TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUTTON.

CLICKING ON THAT TAKES YOU TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WEB PAGE.

AND ON HERE, YOU'LL SEE IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A QUICK LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE TIP IS.

AND THEN BELOW THAT, A BOX THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANT LINKS.

VERY IMPORTANT HERE SO THAT YOU DON'T GET LOST IN ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF OUR WEB PAGE IS THAT YOU'LL SEE THE FIRST LINK THAT'S CLICKABLE IS OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND WHAT THIS IS, IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT'S OUR MAIN DOCUMENT THAT HOSTS ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO YOU SEE AT THE TOP THAT IT'S FIVE HUNDRED AND NINE PAGES.

COULD BE FUN TO GO THROUGH.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT EXCITED ABOUT GOING THROUGH SO MANY PAGES OF SO MANY PROJECTS, YOU CAN GO TO THE INDIVIDUALIZED MUNICIPAL REPORT.

BUT I'M GOING TO QUICKLY SCROLL THROUGH HERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE MAIN DOCUMENT HOSTS AND YOU CAN SEE THAT HERE ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.

BUT WHAT'S REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT IS IT PROVIDES YOU AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND IN HERE IT WILL GIVE YOU A QUICK RECAP OF EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS DOCUMENT WITH A COUPLE OF LITTLE CHARTS TO SHOW HOW FUNDING IS DISTRIBUTED WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. BUT IF WE GO BACK TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WEB PAGE . BELOW THE IMPORTANT LINKS OR BELOW THE MAIN DOCUMENT OF THE TIP, YOU'LL SEE A COUPLE OTHER LINKS THAT TAKE YOU TO THE INTERACTIVE TIP AND THEN ANY NEW AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE DONE TO THE TIP HOSTED RIGHT BELOW THE MAIN DOCUMENT LINK.

BELOW THAT, YOU'LL SEE THE INDIVIDUALIZED MUNICIPAL REPORTS.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE HERE IS WE'VE LISTED THEM IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, IN THE TABULAR FORMAT SO THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON THE REPORT THAT YOU ARE MOST INTERESTED IN.

LET'S TAKE POMPANO BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE.

SO WE'LL CLICK ON THAT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER WEB PAGE WHERE YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS PDF VERSION OF THE MUNICIPAL REPORT.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT BY HOVERING UP HERE AND CLICK THE DOWNLOAD BUTTON AND IT'LL SAVE ONTO YOUR DESKTOP. BUT WHAT THE REPORT CONTAINS IS A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND A CHART THAT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT ALL YOU'RE SEEING.

SO EACH PROJECT HAS ITS OWN INDIVIDUALIZED TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PAGE AND WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT FIRST, COVERED IN A IN THE PURPLE HERE, IS THE FM NUMBER AND THE PROJECT NAME. SO HERE IN THIS EXAMPLE, CITY OF COCONUT CREEK VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

THEN YOU HAVE THE PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS THAT GIVE YOU EVERYTHING FROM WORK SUMMARY, THE LEAD AGENCY, THE LENGTH AND HOW YOU CAN REFERENCE IT INTO OUR MTP WHICH IS OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND THEN IN GREEN, YOU HAVE ALL THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING FROM PHASES, FUNDING SOURCES AND THE YEAR IT'S EXPECTED TO BE SPENT.

BELOW THAT, YOU HAVE AN EXTRA LITTLE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT AND THAT'S COVERED IN COVERED IN THE ORANGE BOX DOWN HERE IN D, AND IT GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN'T GET QUITE FROM THE PROJECT NAME.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, A REALLY EXCITING PART IS THAT WE HAVE A PROJECT LOCATION MAP TO THE LEFT AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A HIGHLIGHTED SECTION OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY. AND THEN IF YOU'RE CURIOUS TO DOWNLOAD YOUR OWN REPORT, WHICH WE'LL GET

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HERE, THE FIRST SECTION FOR POMPANO BEACH, IS SECTION ONE HIGHWAYS, AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL OF THE PROJECTS WITH THEIR INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.

WITHIN THE HIGHWAY SECTION LISTED IN HERE, AND IF WE KEEP SCROLLING DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE'LL PROBABLY GET INTO ANOTHER SECTION.

[INAUDIBLE] SO THE NEXT SECTION WOULD BE NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS TURNPIKE.

SO HERE IN THIS SECTION, IT'LL HAVE ON THE TURNPIKE RELATED PROJECTS AND THEN WE GET INTO TRANSIT. SO IT FOLLOWS THAT THEME, JUST LIKE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

OK, SO WE GO BACK TO THE WEB PAGE THAT HOSTS THE TIP, UNDER THE IMPORTANT LINKS, I BRIEFLY MENTIONED INTERACTIVE TIP.

SO IF YOU CLICK ON THIS LINK, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO OUR INTERACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO SEARCH THE TIP FOR ANY PROJECT YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT. BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO THE MOST UPDATED MUNICIPAL REPORTS, WHICH IS WHAT I'M HERE TO SHOW YOU TODAY, YOU WOULD GO TO SEARCH TIP.

WAIT FOR IT TO LOAD.

YOU WOULD SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GEOGRAPHIC SECTION UNDER HERE UNDER LAYER NAME, YOU WOULD CLICK CITIES, THIS WILL PROMPT A NEW FIELD, WHICH IS CALLED THE FIELD VALUE.

YOU WOULD CLICK ON THAT FIELD VALUE AND SELECT ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT YOU'RE CURIOUS ABOUT. LET'S CLICK DEERFIELD BEACH.

YOU WOULD THEN SEARCH.

AND THIS WILL SEARCH FOR ALL THE PROJECTS IN THE TIP THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY, AND HERE YOU HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS.

SCROLL THROUGH, BUT DOESN'T LOOK REALLY CUTE, SO YOU GO TO GENERATE REPORT AND UNDER GENERATE REPORT. YOU DON'T NEED A COVER PAGE.

YOU REMOVE THAT AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT BY SECTION WITH A MAP, YOU CAN AND YOU WOULD HOVER AT ONE OF THESE TWO. BUTTONS UP AT THE TOP AND IT WOULD PRODUCE THE MAPS, BUT IF YOU PREFER NOT TO HAVE THE MAP BECAUSE YOU WANT FEW PAGES PRINTED, YOU WOULD CLICK THE ONE WITHOUT MAPS SO THE ONE RIGHT BELOW IT.

YOU'D RUN THE REPORT. DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AND IT'LL JUST PROMPT THIS INTO ANOTHER SCREEN.

IT'S NOT ACTUALLY DOWNLOADING AND IN HERE YOU CAN REVIEW ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARIES THAT YOU SELECTED.

AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO DOWNLOAD IT, JUST LIKE THE OTHER REPORT, YOU CAN CLICK PHOTO DOWNLOAD BUTTON AND IT'LL ASK YOU TO DO THAT, SO.

AND THAT IS MY DEMONSTRATION.

YOU GUYS HAVE FUN AND YOU ENJOY IT, AND I CAN'T WAIT TO HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT.

THANK YOU, MR. RESTREPO.

IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD, JUST RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND AT THIS TIME. YES, BOARD MEMBER WELCH? I DID LOOK AT IT, AND IT IS INTERESTING BECAUSE WE CAN DIAL IT DOWN BY OUR CITY.

I DID HAVE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE PROJECTS SPECIFIC TO OUR CITY.

NOW, IS THIS THE TIME TO DIRECT THOSE OR ARE WE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PART, CHAIR? SURE, IF YOU HAVE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT A PROJECT, I CAN TAKE THEM AND I CAN TALK WITH MY TEAM AND WE CAN GET YOU A GOOD ANSWER, BUT THIS IS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW TO DOWNLOAD THE PROJECT. GO FOR IT AND I'LL TRY TO COMMUNICATE THAT.

OK, BUT I BY ITEM NUMBER 15 2 2 THE SAWGRASS LYON ROAD EXCHANGE, I WAS INTERESTED SPECIFICALLY IN THE SCOPE OF THE WORK.

I KNOW THE FUNDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION IS DUE TO HAPPEN, FY 21 AND ALSO THE 15 2 5, THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE SAWGRASS EXCHANGE.

I KNOW IT'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF DOLLARS, BUT I REALLY WANTED TO KNOW, AGAIN, THE SCOPE OF THAT WORK AND WHAT IT ENTAILED IF I COULD.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DON'T HAVE ANSWERS FOR THOSE QUESTIONS RIGHT NOW.

BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOMEBODY ON THIS CALL THAT WILL.

[LAUGHTER] OK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, JUST RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

GREAT JOB, MR. RESTREPO, THANK YOU FOR THE DEMONSTRATION, MUCH APPRECIATED AS ALWAYS.

[3. Report From Partner Agencies - Florida Department of Transportation - SW 10th Street Connector and I-95 PD&E Study ]

I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. PHIL SCHWAB TO KICK OFF THIS CONVERSATION.

OH, LOOKS LIKE MR. BOSTIAN IS GOING TO LEAD US IN OUR PRESENTATION.

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I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE TWO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES.

AND HOPEFULLY I CAN, I GUESS, [INAUDIBLE] UP SO I CAN SEE THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF KICK OFF THE PRESENTATION AND TURN IT OVER TO PHIL.

BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS REALLY JUST A SHORT UPDATE.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE OF THE PROJECT AND FOLLOWING IT FOR A CONSIDERABLE TIME.

I KNOW THE BROWARD MPO AND THE CITY OF DEERFIELD SPECIFICALLY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED, I'M SURE, OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS GETTING LOOKING AT THE PROJECT, FORMING THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT AND TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE, THE CO-COMMITTEE, AND KIND OF GETTING THAT KICKED OFF AND THEN COMING TO THE MPO FOR THE NEXT PHASE TO MOVE IT INTO THE PD&E STUDY.

SO WE MOVED THESE PROJECTS INTO PD&E STUDIES TWO PD&E STUDIES ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TIME FRAME FOR EACH OF THEM.

BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE SAME TIME FRAME.

SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE TODAY, KIND OF REALLY WHAT MOST RECENTLY HAD HAPPENED. AND A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON PUBLIC OUTREACH.

THERE ARE A LOT OF THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT AND OUR WEBSITES GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION.

AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO TODAY IS IF WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH WE'VE DONE RECENTLY, INCLUDING OUR PUBLIC HEARING, AS WE DO HAVE A SHORT VIDEO.

SO THAT'LL KIND OF GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ROLLING OUT IN TERMS OF WHAT IT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND FEELS LIKE.

AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.

SO I'LL GO INTO THE NEXT SLIDE.

PLEASE. JUST GIVE YOU A. THIS REALLY JUST KIND OF I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SEEING THIS, THIS IS REALLY JUST A VIEW OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN NORTH PART OF BROWARD COUNTY WITH THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AT THE TURNPIKE, WHERE IT CURRENTLY TERMINATES.

AND THEN YOU GOT I-95.

SO AT THE INSET IS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE LIMITS OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS IN BLUE.

IT'S THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET CONNECTOR PD&E STUDY GOES FROM REALLY THE TURNPIKE TO MILITARY TRAIL. AND THEN WHAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN IS ALONG I-95.

AGAIN, IT'S A SEPARATE STUDY, BUT THEY ARE GOING ON CONCURRENTLY.

AND I-95 STUDY GOES FROM NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD TO SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET. SO [INAUDIBLE] ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO MANY OF YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN MEETING REALLY CONSISTENTLY WITH THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

WE'VE MADE SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROJECT SINCE A YEAR AGO.

WE COME TO THE MPO AND PRESENTED THE PROJECT.

AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ITEMS THAT FROM THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH REPRESENTING THEIR STAKEHOLDERS, LONG [INAUDIBLE] THEY THOUGHT WERE LEFT OUT.

SO WE MET WITH THEM OVER A PERIOD, A COUPLE MONTHS INITIALLY TO REALLY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE CONCERNS AND WHAT KIND OF MODIFICATIONS WE COULD LOOK TO ANALYZE AND LOOK TO BRING IT INTO THE PROJECT IN ORDER FOR US TO KIND OF MOVE THINGS FORWARD IN A MORE BALANCED PROJECT, REALLY A BETTER WAY TO FULFILL THE NEEDS OF BASICALLY ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, BOTH LOCALLY AND REGIONALLY.

SO WE MET REALLY CONSISTENTLY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

WE CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE CITY STAFF AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, UNCERTAIN TIMES.

AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED AS MUCH OF THESE MODIFICATIONS AS WE CAN.

AND WE'VE KIND OF UPDATED THE PROJECT AND WE UPDATED THAT THROUGH OUR STAKEHOLDERS, THROUGH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEETINGS.

AND WE'LL GET ON TO THAT INTO THE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES.

BUT ONE LAST THING. THE CITY'S ALSO BEEN VERY HELPFUL AS FAR AS DEVELOPING THE OUTREACH AND HOW WE CAN PRESENT THAT.

WE'VE KIND OF GOT IT SHOWN HERE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH HAS A LOT OF REALLY GOOD AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, YOU CAN IMAGINE WITH THE AMOUNT OF INFORMATION, SOMETIMES IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO NAVIGATE AND TRY TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. BUT WHEN WE THINK WE'VE DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB OF SETTING IT UP TO MAKE FOR THE USER TO BE USER FRIENDLY, TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE INFORMATION, AND THAT'S ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL WITH US, HELPING US DEVELOP AN APPROACH THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THE STAKEHOLDERS AND ALL THOSE INTERESTED PARTIES TO KIND OF GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND HAVE THEIR QUESTIONS ADDRESSED.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN THIS OVER TO PHIL SCHWAB WITH [INAUDIBLE] AND MANAGING OUR SOUTHWEST [INAUDIBLE] PROJECT, AND HE'LL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE DETAILS OF THE KIND OF OUTREACH THAT WE'VE HELD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, INCLUDING THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANKS, ROB.

AND AS ROB MENTIONED, THE CITY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN REVIEWING SOME OF OUR EXHIBITS AND OUR APPROACH ON PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

AND WE RAN INTO A BIG CHALLENGE WHEN IT CAME TO COVID AS FAR AS HOW DO WE PROVIDE ALL THIS INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC NOW THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE RESTRICTIONS ON MEETINGS AND SO FORTH. BUT WE WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN CONDUCTING THREE MAJOR PUBLIC UPDATE WEBINARS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WHERE WE HAD ALMOST EIGHT HUNDRED ATTENDEES THROUGHOUT THE THREE SESSIONS. ALL THE SESSIONS WERE SIMILAR.

BUT AS PART OF THAT SESSION, WE ASKED FOR QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE.

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WE HAD Q&A SLIDES OUR QUESTION AND ANSWER SLIDES AND MATRICES, WHICH WE PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THOSE WEBINARS AND ALL THAT INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE QUESTION AND ANSWER ASPECT AND WRITTEN RESPONSE TO THOSE QUESTIONS, IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE.

AND WE PROVIDED THOSE TO THE PEOPLE THAT ASKED THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO ALL THAT INFORMATION IS ON THE WEBSITE.

BUT ONE OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF IT WAS HOW EFFECTIVE WE WERE WITH THE VIRTUAL WEBINAR. WE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY AT THE END AND HAD A VERY GOOD RESPONSE RATE. BUT AS PART OF THAT RESPONSE, WE SAW THAT MOST PEOPLE WANTED THE VIRTUAL MEETING VERSUS THE IN-PERSON IF THEY HAD A CHOICE.

SEVENTY SIX PERCENT WOULD PREFER THE IN-PERSON.

SO IT IS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO GET THE WORD OUT AND EXPLAIN THE PROJECT AND THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT TO PEOPLE.

SO AFTER THOSE SUMMER WEBINARS, WE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER WITH HOA MEETINGS TO INDIVIDUAL GROUPS.

WE ACTUALLY DID A HYBRID MEETING FOR ONE OF THEM, WHICH AGAIN WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.

AND IT GOT IT ALLOWED US TO HAVE MORE OF A DIALOG DURING THOSE MEETINGS, WHEREAS IN THE LARGER PUBLIC WEBINARS THAT WE WERE DOING, IT WAS MORE GETTING THE QUESTIONS IN ADVANCE AND NOT HAVING A TRUE DISCUSSION.

SO WE CONTINUED THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER TO MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING DIFFERENT BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS, GIVING UPDATES TO SOME OF THE SURROUNDING CITIES THAT HAD ASKED FOR IT. AND AGAIN, THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH BEEN VERY ACCOMMODATING AND PROVIDING INPUT AND INSIGHTS TO HELP US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

IN FACT, EVEN WHEN WE GOT TO A TIME TO DO A PUBLIC HEARING, WE PROVIDED MULTIPLE SESSIONS. SO WE HAD NINE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

SO WE HAD THREE DAYS OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS WHERE WE HAD THREE SESSIONS A DAY.

WE HAD WE HAD THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY ATTENDEES ON THOSE AND THE IN-PERSON MEETING WE HAD FOUR SESSIONS, WHICH HAD TWENTY SEVEN ATTENDEES.

AND PRIOR TO THIS WE HAVE ALL THE PUBLIC DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY.

SO AS FAR AS THE FORMAT OF A VIRTUAL SESSION OR EVEN THE IN-PERSON SESSION, THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, AGAIN, IN THE TYPICAL PUBLIC HEARING, WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME EARLY, HAVE TIME WITH PROJECT STAFF TO ASK QUESTIONS, SEEK CLARIFICATIONS.

SO WE WANTED TO REPLICATE THIS IN A VIRTUAL MEETING.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS TAKE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON TOPICS, PROVIDE A BRIEF EXPLANATION ON THAT, BUT THEN OPEN UP THE MICROPHONE SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION AND CLARIFICATIONS PROVIDED.

SO THAT WENT VERY WELL, EVEN WITH SOME OF THE LARGER GROUPS THAT WE HAD IN A VIRTUAL SESSION. IF THERE WAS TIME PERMITTING AT THE END OF THAT OPEN HOUSE, WE WOULD GO AHEAD AND SHOW ONE OF THE FLY THROUGHS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU IN JUST A MINUTE HERE.

BUT AFTER THE OPEN HOUSE PERIOD CONCLUDED, IT WOULD GO INTO THE FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION, WHICH IS A PRERECORDED PRESENTATION.

THAT'S ABOUT 47 MINUTES.

IT COVERS BOTH THE NINETY FIVE PROJECT AND SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET PROJECT.

AND IT TELLS THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE ALTERNATIVES, THE IMPACTS AND BENEFITS OF THE ALTERNATIVES, INCLUDING AN EVALUATION MATRIX THAT INCLUDES THE NO BUILD ALTERNATIVE.

AND THEN IT GOES INTO THE FORMAL COMMENT PERIOD WHERE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE A VERBAL COMMENT.

WE'VE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE COMMENTS CAN COME IN BY EMAIL BY OR A HARD COPY MAIL AS LONG AS IT WAS POSTMARKED BY NOVEMBER 4TH, WHICH IS 20 DAYS AFTER WE GAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME BECAUSE OF THE DYNAMICS OF THE COVID AND THE MEETINGS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TIME TO FORMULATE THEIR COMMENTS AND SUBMIT THOSE SO THAT THAT PERIOD JUST CLOSED AT THE END OF LAST WEEK. AND AS PART OF THE VIRTUAL MEETINGS, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH HAD REQUESTED WE DO ONE IN THE CITY LOCATION.

SO THEY ACTUALLY ORGANIZED A COMMISSION CHAMBERS SESSION WHERE THEY SIMULCAST THE VIRTUAL MEETING. SO THEY ALLOWED PEOPLE THAT MAY WANT TO MEET IN A GROUP, SOCIALLY DISTANCE AND SO FORTH TO ATTEND THAT.

AND THEY COULD USE THE AUDIO FUNCTION AND IN THE CHAMBERS THERE.

SO THAT WORKED OUT WELL.

AND WE'RE GLAD THE CITY HAD TAKEN THE INITIATIVE FOR THAT.

SO THE IN-PERSON SESSIONS, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM SOME OF THE PICTURES, WE HAD A LOT OF SPACE AT THE FDOT DISTRICT OFFICE.

WE USE THAT FOR THE IN-PERSON SESSIONS, ALL FOUR OF THEM.

THAT GAVE US A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT WE WERE ABIDING BY SOCIAL DISTANCING.

WE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

TYPICALLY, WE HOLD THESE IN HOTEL LOBBY AREAS, BALLROOMS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON THAT WE DON'T HAVE MUCH CONTROL OVER.

SO HOLDING IT AT THE DISTRICT OFFICE GAVE US A LOT OF ABILITY TO DO THE PROPER SPACING

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WE ALSO HAVE HAD THE ABILITY TO SANITIZE THE ROOMS AFTER EACH SESSION.

SO IT VERY BENEFICIAL TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WAS SAFE AND COMFORTABLE.

AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE ROOMS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE PEOPLE GO IN THE OPEN HOUSE ROOM AND THEN WHEN THEY WERE READY, THEY COULD GO TO A PUBLIC HEARING PRESENTATION ROOM WHEN THAT TIME CAME UP FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE COULD GO AHEAD AND LET THEM LISTEN IN ON THE ON THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAD TOUCHLESS SIGN INS. AND WE ALSO HAD A COURT REPORTER THERE.

PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE THEIR COMMENT TO A COURT REPORTER.

SO SOME OF THE DATA WE ALSO IN THE VIRTUAL SESSION AS A CLOSING, WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE ARE REACHING PEOPLE.

SO WE GOT VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC THAT TOOK THE SURVEY.

AS FAR AS THE GENERAL PORTION OF THEM REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO HEAR ABOUT THE PROJECT. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THEIR QUESTIONS ANSWERED FOR THE MOST PART.

AND THEY THEY ALSO THOUGHT THAT THE PRESENTATION AND THE VIDEOS WERE CLEAR.

SO THAT WAS GOOD TO HEAR.

AND WE CONTINUE TO ADAPT.

AND I KNOW FROM OUR LAST VIRTUAL MEETING TO OUR FROM OUR FIRST TO OUR LAST, DEFINITELY A LITTLE BIT OF A LEARNING CURVE AND WE IMPROVED AS WE CONTINUE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

BUT WE HAVE FOUND IT TO BE A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO REACH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON COMPLICATED PROJECTS AND ISSUES TO HELP EXPLAIN THEM IN MORE DETAIL, EVEN MORE SO THAN THE IN-PERSON MEETING WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE GROUPS THAT DON'T ALWAYS HEAR OR SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE POINTING AT. SO NEXT, I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND GO TO A VIDEO.

THIS IS A FLY THROUGH OF THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET PROJECT.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST HAVE TO EXIT OUT OF THIS POWERPOINT AND GO TO A YOUTUBE VIDEO.

AND THIS IS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, BUT IT IS NARRATED AS WELL.

SO SOMEBODY PLEASE CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN HEAR THAT.

[VIDEO] PHIL, WE CAN HEAR.

WE LOST THE VIDEO AUDIO.

[VIDEO] CAN YOU HEAR THE AUDIO? YEAH. [VIDEO] WHEN YOU MUTED, MUTED THE AUDIO AS WELL.

[VIDEO]

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BUT I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT VIDEO IS LOCATED ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AS WELL AS YOUTUBE, AND THERE'S LINKS IN THE SLIDES IF YOU'RE ABLE TO ACCESS THE SLIDES.

WE DID HAVE THAT SLIDE UP JUST A SECOND AGO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SWITCHED SLIDES, THE NEXT STEP SLIDE WAS UP. [INAUDIBLE] NOW, THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, [INAUDIBLE] RUNNING NOW.

SO AS FAR AS OUR NEXT STEPS, AND ROB CAN ELABORATE EVEN FURTHER ON THIS, BUT WE DO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'VE GOTTEN IN ALL THE COMMENTS AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH SUMMARIZING THOSE AND CATEGORIZING THOSE.

WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH TO GO OVER THOSE COMMENTS AND PROVIDE THEM THE TECHNICAL EVALUATION THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND HAVE SOME INTERNAL ASSESSMENT OF

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AND WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING ON RESPONSES TO ALL THOSE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND CONSIDER ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK PRIOR TO FINALIZING THAT EVALUATION MATRIX AND THEN MAKING A SELECTION.

WE ANTICIPATE SOMETIME IN THE SPRING FOR OUR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

WE'LL BE UPDATING THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH AND THE STAKEHOLDERS OF THAT DECISION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING AN UPDATE TO THE MPO BOARD ON THE FDOT DECISION ON A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. WE'VE ALSO COMMITTED TO NOTIFYING ALL THE PUBLIC HEARING PARTICIPANTS SINCE MOST EVERYBODY HAD PREREGISTERED OR SIGNED IN FOR THE HEARINGS.

WE WOULD SEND THEM INFORMATION ON THE ON ANY SELECTION OF A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE'D BE UPDATING THE PROJECT DOCUMENTS AND SUBMITTING FOR LOCATION DESIGN CONCEPT ACCEPTANCE, WHICH WE WOULD ANTICIPATE THE SUMMER 21 POTENTIALLY FALL OF 21 DEPENDING ON HOW LONG IT TAKES TO GET TO THAT POINT.

NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THAT.

YEAH, THANKS [INAUDIBLE].

I GUESS NOW WE JUST KIND OF OPEN UP TO ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE CAN ANSWER OR.

YES, THERE ARE SEVERAL QUESTIONS, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH BOARD MEMBER GANZ.

THANK YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.

LOUD AND CLEAR. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. I APOLOGIZE.

I AM TRAVELING AT THIS TIME AND I'M CHEATING A LITTLE BIT.

SO MY APOLOGIES.

THE I DO WANT TO THANK FDOT, WE'VE COME A LONG WAY IN THESE FIVE YEARS ON HOW WE DO PUBLIC OUTPUT, TAKE PUBLIC INPUT.

AND IN THE EFFORTS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS, THE BUSINESSES, AND I REALLY WANT TO THANK FDOT, THIS HAS NOT BEEN AN EASY ROAD TO GET TO TRAVEL DOWN. BUT WE ARE.

WE ARE SUCH A BETTER PLACE THAN WE WERE FIVE YEARS AGO, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON THIS.

WE HAVE HAD INPUT THAT HAS COME IN HERE LATE.

AND WHILE WE'RE STILL TAKING A PUBLIC INPUT, I HOPE THAT.

EVEN IN THIS LATE STAGE, THE INPUT THAT WE'RE GETTING IS STILL GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THE DESIGN OF THIS PROJECT.

I KNOW THE UM SYLVESTER CANCER CLINIC THAT HAS DONE THE EXPANSION OVER THE NEWPORT CENTER HAS NOW COME FORWARD WITH SOME SERIOUS ISSUES THEY HAVE WITH HOW WE'RE HANDLING THE TRAFFIC THERE THROUGH THE NEWPORT CENTER.

AND I HOPE THAT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM STAFF THAT FDOT IS OPEN TO THIS.

I HOPE WE TAKE THEIR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS TO HEART AND LOOK FOR A SOLUTION THAT CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR ISSUES THAT THEY HAVE.

THIS PROJECT, NO MATTER WHAT, THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO HAVE A, IT'S GOING TO BE A TREMENDOUS BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THROUGH THIS PHASE.

WE REALIZE THAT RIGHT NOW THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE.

IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BEAR A LOT OF FRUIT DOWN THE ROAD, BUT IN THE SHORT TERM IT'S GOING TO BE IT'S GOING TO BE BRUTAL FOR THE RESIDENTS OVER HERE WITH CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING. AND I HOPE THAT SAME COOPERATIVE SPIRIT THAT WE'VE NOW GOT WITH FDOT WILL CONTINUE FORWARD.

I'M CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL.

I KNOW THERE'S STILL SOME ISSUES REGARDING WHERE SOUND WALLS WILL GO.

SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL THINGS I THINK WE CAN WORK OUT.

I WILL SAY THIS.

I THINK IT'S A LITTLE DISINGENUOUS AT THIS POINT TO CONTINUE TO TELL RESIDENTS THAT A NO BUILD OPTION IS AN OPTION.

I BECAUSE I SERIOUSLY DOUBT UNLESS FDOT COMPLETELY THROWS OUT ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE AND TAKES A HARD TURN ON THIS, THAT THE MPO WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT.

I REALIZE THAT. AND I THINK WE HAVE TO CAUTION, YOU KNOW, HOW WE PRESENT THAT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT NO BUILD OPTION.

WOULD BE AT BEST, AN EXTREME CHANGE IN PLANS.

SO, GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND LET'S HOPE WE CAN KEEP THIS TYPE OF.

CONNECTION WITH THE COMMUNITY IN PLACE.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, FOR OUR FDOT PARTNER, THE FIRST ISSUE WAS THE UM SYLVESTER COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.

THE SECOND WAS WHERE THE SOUND WALLS MAY GO OR NOT GO.

AND FINALLY, IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THE NO BUILD OPTION FOR [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. SO WE MET JUST A FEW DAYS AGO WITH THE UM SYLVESTER CANCER INSTITUTE.

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SO WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AND TO MAYOR GANZ.

WE CERTAINLY WILL TAKE THAT INPUT AND APPLY THAT TO IMPROVE THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND HOW BEST TO ADDRESS THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE IN THAT AREA.

SO WE APPRECIATE THAT FEEDBACK AS WELL AS FEEDBACK THAT WE CONTINUE TO GET THE PROJECT.

IT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT TO US AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE THIS PROJECT AS WE MOVE FORWARD. I KNOW THE MAYOR KIND OF ALLUDED TO YOU WANT US TO MOVE FORWARD AS WE THE PROJECT PROGRESSES AND CONTINUE THE OUTREACH WITH BOTH THE CITY STAFF, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS, AS WELL AS THE STAKEHOLDERS.

AND WE WILL DO THAT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS AS WE DEVELOP THE PROJECT FURTHER AND GET MORE DETAILS, THAT THAT TYPE OF FEEDBACK WILL HELP US JUST HAVE A BETTER SOLUTION MOVING FORWARD.

THE SOUND WALL, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS ACTUALLY TOUCHED ON THIS, BUT THIS SOUND WALLS ARE WARRANTED FOR ALL THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

SO THAT PUTS US IN A POSITION THAT WE CAN LOOK AT EACH INDIVIDUAL AREA, EITHER HOA OR PARTICULAR SITUATION, WORK WITH THEM DIRECTLY TO COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AS FAR AS THE PLACEMENT, THE HEIGHT, THE ESTHETIC TREATMENTS.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL HANDLE AND PROJECT MOVING FORWARD INTO THE DESIGN PHASE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY GOTTEN SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON THE SOUND WALLS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO GET MORE AS MORE DETAILS ARE DEVELOPED.

AND THE NO BUILD AS PART OF THIS IS A PROJECT OF SOME ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY.

SO TECHNICALLY, WE DO CARRY THE NO BUILD ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE STUDY BECAUSE IT EVEN THOUGH IS AS THE MAYOR, I THINK, VERY WELL EXPLAINED, IT'S AN UNLIKELY OPTION AT THIS POINT. IT IS STILL A POSSIBILITY.

THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS A PREFERRED OPTION, AND THAT IS THE BUILD OPTION.

SO THAT IS WAS PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO EXPRESS THAT TO THE PUBLIC, TO MAKE SURE THEY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING A BUILD OPTION FOR THIS.

BUT WE ARE STILL COLLECTING FEEDBACK AND WE'RE STILL EVALUATING ANALYZE ALL THE FEEDBACK BEFORE THE FINAL DECISION IS MADE.

SO HOPEFULLY ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. BOSTIAN. BOARD MEMBER GANZ, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HOPEFULLY HE'S FOCUSED ON THE ROAD NOW.

I AM. OK, THANK YOU, BOARD MEMBER.

OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM DEPUTY VICE CHAIR JOHNSON.

YES, GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, MA'AM. LOUD AND CLEAR.

OK, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, BUT I JUST WANTED TO COMMEND THE [INAUDIBLE] MR. BOSTIAN AND HIS STAFF FOR THE WORK AND ALSO MAYOR GANZ AND ALL THE DEDICATION THAT DEERFIELD HAS PUT INTO THIS.

YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE KNOW THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR MANY YEARS, AND I'M JUST SEEING THE FRUITS OF THE LABORS OF EVERYBODY REALLY, REALLY PUTTING THEIR HEARTS AND SOULS INTO IT. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU ALL AND KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY VICE CHAIR.

OUR NEXT QUESTION COMES FROM BOARD MEMBER WELCH.

YES, AND I TOO ECHO BOARD MEMBER GANZ AND OUR NEIGHBORING MAYOR FOR ALL THE PROGRESS THAT HAS TAKEN PLACE OVER THE FIVE YEARS AND THE REALLY ROBUST INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE LISTENING PROCESS THAT TOOK PLACE, I ATTENDED JUST A MINIMAL PART OF THOSE PROCESSES.

AND IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT A LOT OF MUCH HAS BEEN DONE.

SO THE VIDEO WAS AMAZING.

THIS IS ON A LITTLE SELFISH NOTE, NOT JUST TO GIVE ACCOLADES TO EVERYONE, BUT IS THERE ANY THOUGHT INTO CONNECTING THE STUDIES FOR THE SOUTHWEST CONNECTOR CONSTRUCTION TOGETHER WITH THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE AND THE SAWGRASS WIDENING? OR IS THAT GOING TO BE ENTIRELY SEPARATE? [INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER WELCH, THE TURNPIKE, AS YOU MENTIONED, DO HAVE A SEPARATE PD&E STUDY THAT'S CURRENTLY ONGOING TO ADD CAPACITY OR WIDEN THE TURNPIKE EXPRESSWAY, AS WELL AS THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED FOR THE PD&E STUDY, BUT IT IS CURRENTLY UNFUNDED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE THAT THAT PROJECT WILL MOVE FORWARD IN THE SAME TIME LINES THAT THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET CONNECTOR PROJECT WOULD MOVE FORWARD.

SO ALTHOUGH WE DO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE VERY CLOSELY WITH THE TURNPIKE, WE HAVE A

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WE BASICALLY WORK WITH THEM ON THEIR PROJECT AND THEY'RE INTERFACING BETWEEN THE TWO BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS. AND I ALSO KNOW THAT OBVIOUSLY THE TURNPIKE PROJECT IS IMPORTANT TO OTHER CITIES.

CERTAINLY COCONUT CREEK [INAUDIBLE] DEERFIELD BEACH AND THEY HAVE MET WITH THOSE CITIES AS WELL. AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR STUDY FURTHER.

ONE THING ABOUT THEIR STUDY IS IT'S THEY HAVEN'T HAD THEY CALL THEIR ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC WORKSHOP YET. SO THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES, STILL ANALYZING A NUMBER, I THINK I KNOW THEY STARTED WITH CLOSE TO WELL OVER 50 ALTERNATIVES, I THINK WAS CLOSE TO ONE HUNDRED, CERTAINLY PARED IT DOWN.

AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE KIND OF GOTTEN THEIR ANALYSIS TO A CERTAIN POINT, THEY'LL BE MEETING PUBLICLY AND SHOWING THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES THEY HAVE AND BEGIN THEIR FEEDBACK PROCESS.

SO I KNOW THAT THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PROJECT AND I CAN ENVISION THAT THAT PROJECT IS CERTAINLY GOING TO GO THROUGH A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR EVEN SEVERAL YEARS IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH THE BEST SOLUTION BEFORE THAT PROJECT MOVES INTO CONSTRUCTION. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBERS THAT HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

OK, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOUR HARD WORK ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO PRESENT IT.

AND THE QUESTION QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, IT IS MY HONOR TO INTRODUCE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MR. GREGORY STUART. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY THAT PARTICIPATED TODAY.

IT WAS PHENOMENAL TO ACTUALLY HAVE THIS WORKSHOP.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AT THE MPO IS MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF IN-PERSON MEETINGS FOR THE MPOS. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A SERIES OF THESE WORKSHOPS FOR THE NEXT PROBABLY SIX TO EIGHT MONTHS AND MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF ACTUALLY BOARD MEETINGS.

WE'LL BE HAVING ONE BOARD MEETING IN DECEMBER AND ANOTHER IN-PERSON BOARD MEETING IN JANUARY TO ADOPT THE WORK PROGRAM.

AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING INTO A SERIES OF WORK WORKSHOPS SLASH MEETINGS, DEPENDING ON HOW THE VIRUS PANDEMIC CONTINUES IN FEBRUARY, IN MARCH, APRIL AND MAY.

SO WITH THAT, I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY.

YOUR INPUT IS UNBELIEVABLY VALUABLE.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING THIS TAPED VERSION ONLINE.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU NEED TO ANY OF THE STAFF MEMBERS HERE AT THE MPO.

FOR COMMISSIONER WELCH, WE'LL GET YOU THE INFORMATION ON THE SPECIFIC PROJECT YOU ASK FROM THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY OR ENTERPRISE.

SO THAT WAY YOU'RE AWARE OF THE LATEST AND WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY THAT WAS ON THE MEETING TODAY AS WELL.

WITH THAT, IT'S OUR GREAT HONOR TO BE SERVING YOU.

WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY ROBUST YEAR IN WASHINGTON AS OUR ADVOCACY TEAMS PROVIDED YOU INFORMATION.

I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL THIRTY ONE CITIES, THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, TO GO AFTER DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BASICALLY GET AFTER FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS.

AND WITH THE SURTAX ON TOP OF STATE FUNDING, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY CAPTURE SOME FEDERAL FUNDS TO BRING TO OUR REGION.

I LOOK FORWARD TO ALL OF US WORKING TOGETHER WITH BROWARD COUNTY AS THEY PROPOSE THEIR TRANSIT AND MOBILITY PROJECTS TO MOVE OUR CITIZENS AROUND AND CONNECT TO MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH VIA THE TRI-RAIL COASTAL LINK.

MAYOR, MAYOR TRANTALIS NAILED THAT RIGHT ON THE HEAD.

THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE TRANSFORMATIONAL PROJECTS THAT REALLY ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE WAY OUR REGION OPERATES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HERE AT THE MPO FOR A GOOD TWO DECADES.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M HOPING TO BRING ALL THOSE THINGS TO REST IN OUR COMMUNITY, INCLUDING 10TH STREET, AND MOVE ON TO A BRIGHTER AND MUCH MORE MOBILE FUTURE.

AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION POLICY, MR. CALETKA. IT'S YOURS.

THANK YOU AND I SEE THAT BOARD MEMBER GANZ HAS ALSO RAISED HIS HAND AT THIS TIME.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

AND I'LL BE VERY BRIEF, I JUST WANT TO LET THE BOARD KNOW.

ON TUESDAY NIGHT, THE CITY COMMISSIONED AND DEERFIELD BEACH VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT FORWARD AN OBJECTION TO THE CHANGE FROM SEA SLIP TO THE LAB PROCESS.

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AND WE FEEL VERY STRONGLY ABOUT IT.

AND THEY'RE STILL, IN MY OPINION, A LOT OF CLARITY THAT NEEDS TO BE PROVIDED ON HOW YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THIS.

BUT IT IS REALLY AN UNDUE BURDEN.

I WANTED TO SHARE THAT, THAT THE CITY COMMISSION HAS TAKEN AN OFFICIAL POSITION ON IT.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, MR. SCHWAB AND MR. BOSTIAN ARE STILL ON THE MEETING, SO I'M SURE THEY'LL TAKE THAT FEEDBACK.

I DO KNOW THAT NO OFFICIAL POSITION HAS BEEN SET IN STONE AT THIS TIME, THOUGH THE ADDITIONAL INPUT AND ALONG WITH YOUR CITY COMMISSION RESOLUTION WILL HELP FORMULATE THE POLICY MOVING FORWARD.

SO THANK YOU BOARD MEMBER GANZ.

AND IF YOU CAN PUT THE POWERPOINT ON, WE JUST HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.

WE CONCLUDE I'LL MAKE IT QUICK AND PAINLESS FOR YOU.

IF YOU CAN PULL UP THE POWERPOINT.

THANK YOU. THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM APPLICATIONS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED, THE DUE DATE FOR COMPLETED APPLICATIONS THIS NOVEMBER 18TH AT FIVE P.M..

AND I SEE BOARD MEMBER GANZ YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP AGAIN.

NO, I DO NOT. I APOLOGIZE.

OK, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER CARN? THANK YOU, MR. CALETKA. I WANTED TO RECALL THAT IN MY LAST I THINK IT WAS MY LAST IN-PERSON MEETING OR THE ONE BEFORE WE HAD QUITE AN EXTENSIVE EXCHANGE WITH FDOT ABOUT THE LAT VERSUS C SLIP DELIVERY METHOD. AND THANK YOU, MAYOR GANZ, FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THE RESOLUTION.

I WANTED TO. AND I CAN'T INFLUENCE THE GROUP, BUT SHOULD ALL OF OUR CITIES WHO ARE OPPOSED TO THIS MOVE SUBMIT RESOLUTIONS, FOLLOW SUIT? I'LL GO WITH BOARD MEMBER GANZ, SINCE WE CAN ONLY I KNOW YOU MIGHT PUT YOU IN AN AWKWARD POSITION, MR. CALETKA, TO MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.

SO I BELIEVE THE DISTRICT IS WELCOMING ALL INPUT FROM EVERYBODY ON THIS ISSUE.

IT'S JUST THAT APPARENTLY DEERFIELD BEACH IS THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE AN OFFICIAL POSITION.

AND I'M JEALOUS BECAUSE I OAKLAWN PARK SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST.

WE WILL GET SOMETHING TO YOU.

MAYOR GANZ, IF YOU COULD SEND ME A COPY OF YOURS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU, MR. CALETKA. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT, THE SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS, IS WE HAVE AN ONGOING SCAVENGER HUNT THAT IS BEING SPONSORED AND DEVELOPED BY MANY PARTNERS.

AND IT'S DIVIDED BY DISTRICTS THAT YOU CAN LOOK IT UP ON THE WEB PAGE, MPO WEB PAGE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

NEXT SLIDE. AND THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO BE VIRTUALLY IT'S IN JANUARY, THE TWENTY EIGHTH AND TWENTY NINTH.

SO JUST A REMINDER THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING SOON.

AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE END OF THE ANNOUNCEMENTS.

OR IS THERE ONE MORE? OK, OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS SET TO BE DECEMBER 10, 2020.

AND WITH THAT, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

I THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED AND THE CONVERSATION, THE GREAT PRESENTATIONS BY OUR PRESENTERS.

AND WITH THAT, IT IS 11 00, 4:00 A.M.

AND I'M CONCLUDING THIS WORKSHOP.

THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT DAY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.