Mar 24, 2021 Technical Advisory Committee

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[1. Call to Order]

I AM GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

TODAY IS A WORKSHOP FORMAT AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS THAT REQUIRE VOTES.

SO WE WILL JUMP RIGHT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS TO SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS NOT RELATED TO ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS. AND IF, REBECCA, WE'VE RECEIVED ANY PRIOR TO THE MEETING? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PRIOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE ATTENDEES LIST NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

SEEING NONE.

YOU CAN CONTINUE.

SURE. SO NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE MPO SURTAX SERVICES UPDATES MR.

[3. MPO Surtax Services Updates: http://www.browardmpo.org/index.php/current-projects-studies/surtax]

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, THANK YOU, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE BEFORE YOU GIVING YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR SURTAX SERVICES.

JANUARY 28TH, THE BOARD ADOPTED THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE ILA BETWEEN US, THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY, AND SO WE STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD AS OF, I BELIEVE, THIS WEEK, IT HAS BEEN FILED AND IT IS RECORDED AND ACTIVE AT THIS POINT.

SO A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES ACCORDING TO THE SECOND ILA IS THERE ARE NO SWAP OUTS, THE PROCESS MUST START BY APRIL 1ST.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NO REHAB AND MAINTENANCE APPLICATIONS TO BE ACCEPTED UNTIL THE CURRENT LIST OF SIXTY ONE PROJECTS IS COMPLETED.

WE WILL BE USING THE SAME RANKING PROCESS AS USED IN CYCLE ONE.

AND THE FIVE YEAR PLAN WILL FUND BE FUNDED BY THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE.

ALL NEW PROJECTS, INCLUDING THOSE THAT WERE RANKED ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN AND HIGHER, ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE CONSIDERED NEW PROJECTS AND IT WILL GENERATE A SECOND LIST.

SO IT'S BEEN ADOPTED.

WE KNOW THE SCOPE OF WORK TO BE DELIVERED.

ON THE APRIL 1ST EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING COMING UP A WEEK FROM TOMORROW.

WE HAVE A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP TO PROVIDE NECESSARY SERVICES TO DELIVER THE REQUIRED GOODS TO BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH THEIR DEADLINE, ACCORDING TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, IS JUNE 1ST, 2021.

AND BEFORE I GO TO ANY QUESTIONS, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE ALL RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM ME RECENTLY ABOUT THE TRAINING SESSION THAT IS GOING TO OCCUR TOMORROW BETWEEN ONE AND THREE.

IT WILL BE RECORDED AND IT WILL BE ON OUR LANDING PAGE FOR YOU TO VIEW.

AND ON FRIDAY, WE ARE OPENING THE PORTAL.

WE WILL BE ALLOWING YOU TO SUBMIT ANY NEW PROJECTS FOR US TO WORK THROUGH FOR TWENTY EIGHT DAYS OR FOUR WEEKS.

AND THEN THEY WILL BE DELIVERED TO THE COUNTY FOR AN INITIAL REVIEW BY THEIR LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM AT THIS TIME.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CALETKA? I DO NOT SEE ANY.

CAN YOU JUST CLARIFY IN TERMS OF THE OTHER HUNDRED AND ELEVEN, DO THE CITIES HAVE TO RESUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS AGAIN WITH UPDATED INFORMATION OR ARE THEY STILL ON THE LIST? SO THEY ARE STILL ON THE LIST.

I'VE TRIED TO MAKE IT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITIES, YOUR CITY HAS THE MOST.

SO. IT WOULD OVERWHELM YOU, BUT SO WE ARE LEAVING THEM IN THERE UNLESS YOU GO INTO THE PORTAL AND WITHDRAW THEM.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE LINK THAT SAYS WE NO LONGER WANT THIS PROJECT, WE'RE WITHDRAWING THEM. BUT THE GREAT THING ABOUT THIS DATABASE IS THAT IT'S GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES, EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE PORTAL OPENING PERIOD FOR YOU TO GO AND UPDATE AS NEEDED.

SO IF YOU GET SOME MORE DESIGN DONE AND YOU CAN UPDATE THAT, IT WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FOLLOWING ROUND FOR RERANKING.

GREAT, AND THEN HOW MANY IS IT GOING TO BE THE NEXT FIVE YEAR PLAN, OR ARE YOU PROGRAMING A YEAR AT A TIME? HAVE YOU FIGURED THAT OUT? SO WE HAVE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

SO WE ARE GOING TO BE UPDATING THE FIFTH YEAR OF THIS PLAN BY JUNE 1ST.

AND ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL COME DIRECTLY FROM CYCLE ONE, WHICH WERE THE ONE THROUGH

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AND THEN ONCE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS OF CYCLE ONE HAVE BEEN FUNDED, THEN WE MOVE TO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, UPDATING FROM THE NEW PROJECT LIST THAT WE'RE GENERATING.

OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CALETKA? I SEE NONE.

THANK YOU. LOOK FORWAR TO SEEING YOU THERE.

OK. GREAT.

MOVING ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MPO'S TACTICAL

[1. Tactical Urbanism Program]

YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH, KAREN.

IF YOU GO THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, I'M STEPHANIE GARCIA, AND WITH THE BROWARD MPO, I'M THE [INAUDIBLE] MANAGER AND I'M LEADING THIS EFFORT.

THE BROWARD TACTICAL URBANISM PROGRAM, MOST KNOWN AS B TACTICAL.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

OK, SO HOW EVERYTHING STARTED.

RIGHT. THESE ARE THE QUESTION, AND THE BROWARD MPO ACTUALLY IDENTIFY THESE QUICK BUILD PROJECTS BACK IN 2018 AS PART OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACTION PLAN AS PRIORITY ACTION ITEM. SO FIRST, WE STARTED WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] MASTER PLAN TO SET THE STAGE, IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS, THAT IT WOULD BE IDEAL TO ADD TO THE NETWORK, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THEN WE THOUGHT, OK, HOW CAN WE IMPLEMENT PROJECTS QUICKER? SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS THROUGH THAT TACTICAL URBANISM.

SO AND I THINK AS SOME OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PICTURE IN THE IN THE RIGHT, WE A TTENDED OUR COMMUNITY [INAUDIBLE] BACK IN 2019.

AND ONE OF THE GOALS IDENTIFIED AS PART OF THE PLAN WAS TO IMPLEMENT [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM AS PART OF THE MPO WITH THE SUPPORT OF ELECTED OFFICIALS, [INAUDIBLE] MEMBERS AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS.

IN THE PICTURE, YOU WILL SEE [INAUDIBLE] REPRESENTATION THE CAC CHAIR AND ALSO ARP REPRESENTATIVE FOR FLORIDA AND AN ELECTED OFFICIAL IN THESE CASES IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR, COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] AND OF COURSE, THE BROWARD REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, HEALTH COUNCIL. AND SO THIS IS ALL HAPPENING 2018, 2019 AND FINALLY 2021.

WHAT WE DO HAVE A PROGRAM AND I WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR GREAT TEAM, KIMLEY HORN, AND TO INTRODUCE THE ENTIRE TEAM THAT WILL BE WORKING WITH US IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE FIRST [INAUDIBLE] FOR 2021.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, STEPHANIE, AND GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE, STUART ROBERTSON HERE WITH KIMLEY HORN.

WE ARE SO HAPPY TO REMAIN INVOLVED WITH THE MPO'S COMPLETE STREETS INITIATIVE, HAVING COMPLETED THE MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS UPDATING THE COMPLETE STREETS DESIGN GUIDELINES 2.0, GETTING THAT PUBLISHED, WE ARE NOW READY TO MOVE IN TO B TACTICAL.

AND I THINK THIS WILL BE A GREAT WAY TO SHOWCASE A SAFE STREETS IMPROVEMENT IN BROWARD.

WE HAVE TEAMED WITH STREET PLANS COLLABORATIVE, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. TONY GARCIA, WHO LITERALLY HAS WRITTEN THE BOOK ON TACTICAL URBANISM.

NOT ONLY IS TONY A COAUTHOR OF THE TACTICAL URBANISM BOOK, BUT ALSO IS WITH STREET PLANS COLLABORATIVE, WHO SPECIALIZE IN HELPING JURISDICTIONS TO IMPLEMENT TACTICAL URBANISM AND CREATE SHOWCASES FOR WHAT IS THE ART OF THE POSSIBLE FOR SAFE STREETS IMPROVEMENTS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TONY TALK ABOUT OUR TACTICAL URBANISM PLANS FOR THIS PROJECT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU, STUART AND STEPHANIE AND BOARD MEMBERS, EVERYONE, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. I'M REALLY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO WORK MORE OR LESS IN MY BACKYARD.

I'D REALLY TRAVEL ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY DOING THIS WORK AND HAPPY TO SEE IT STARTING TO TAKE OFF IN MY HOME TURF.

I'M LOCATED IN SOUTH MIAMI, BUT I HAVE AN OFFICE AS WELL IN BROOKLYN.

AND LIKE I SAID, WE MOSTLY WORK OUTSIDE OF OUR JURISDICTIONS, OUTSIDE OF OUR HOME BASE.

SO THIS IS A REAL TREAT.

GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. AS STUART SAID THIS IS REALLY ARE OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

IT'S WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.

I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNER.

I'M AN ARCHITECT BY LICENSURE AND BY TRAINING AND SORT OF BACKED INTO TACTICAL URBANISM AS A WAY OF GETTING OUR PLANS OFF THE SHELF.

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AND WE STILL THAT'S THE THE CORE PART OF OUR BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. AND WE DO TACTICAL WORK TO ADVANCE AND ACCELERATE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S IMAGES.

THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT WE'VE WORKED ON THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE BUILT WITH MY OWN TWO HANDS. AND AND I'LL GO BACK TO THAT SUBJECT FREQUENTLY THAT THAT THIS IS A HANDS ON PARTICIPATORY PROCESS.

IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING A MEETING, A WORKSHOP WHERE WE MEET ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT A LIBRARY SOMEWHERE.

THAT HAS TO HAPPEN TOO.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF THAT HAPPENS IN THE LEAD UP TO THIS.

BUT WE ALSO GO OUT AND BUILD STUFF.

AND THAT'S I THINK THE THE FUN PART OF THIS WORK IS PUTTING BRINGING PLANS OFF OF PAPER AND INTO THE REAL WORLD.

SO HERE'S JUST A SLICE OF THOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT COULD BE BIKE LANES OR CURB EXTENSIONS OR SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS.

AND THERE ARE TECHNICAL DRAWINGS AND THERE IS AN ELEMENT TO THIS THAT THAT IS UNSEEN TO GET TO THIS POINT. IT'S NOT IT'S REALLY NOT ABOUT GUERILLA URBANISM.

THIS IS NOT ABOUT A GROUP OF PEOPLE GOING OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND DOING SOMETHING. THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING AND CARE THAT GOES INTO EXECUTING THESE PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE THEM LOOK AS POLISHED AND PROFESSIONAL AS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

AS STUART SAID, WE'VE DOCUMENTED THIS ALL AROUND THE WORLD AND WE DO PUBLICATIONS ON AN ONGOING BASIS. SOME OF THE THE MOST RECENT ACTUALLY WERE FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND AND BLOOMBERG. WE'RE ONE OF THE BLOOMBERG TECHNICAL CONSULTANTS FOR MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE LOOKING TO THERE'S A GRANT PROGRAM ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW THAT BLOOMBERG'S RUNNING FOR TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO DO ASPHALT ART PROJECTS.

SO THAT MIGHT BE A FUNDING MECHANISM.

AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, I WILL HAVE TO RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE REVIEWERS, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TO ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBER CITIES AND SOME OF THESE APPLICANTS TO TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO WHAT IS TACTICAL URBANISM? IT'S SUCH A WONKY TERM.

RIGHT. AND IT REALLY IS ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE SHORT TERM, LOW COST, SMALL SCALE THAT ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE A LONG TERM GOAL.

AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE WHEN WE SEE AND WE THINK ABOUT WHAT WHAT TACTICAL PROJECTS ARE, THEY HAVE FOUR MAIN QUALIFICATIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS.

ONE IS THAT THEY'RE INEXPENSIVE.

AND THAT COULD MEAN STILL IN THE IN THE RANGE OF TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS.

WE'RE WORKING ON A PROJECT IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW THAT IS ALMOST SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS OF MATERIAL EXPENSES.

BUT BUT IN OUR WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHAT WE TALK ABOUT MILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS, WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE WORK.

THESE PROJECTS ARE TEMPORARY.

AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THEY GO AWAY AFTER A DAY.

THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT GO AWAY AFTER A DAY.

THOSE POP UP TYPE PROJECTS, THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE ARE JUST NOT PERMANENT. WE'RE NOT MOVING CURBS AND GUTTERS.

WE'RE NOT DOING ANY SORT OF CONCRETE OR OR CHANGES TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.

WE'RE WORKING WITHIN THE EXISTING CURB TO CURB LINES.

BUT THE MATERIALS ARE GOING TO LAST FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEY SHOULD LAST FOR SEVERAL YEARS. THAT'S WHAT TEMPORARY MEANS.

AND I THINK IMPORTANT FOR THIS CROWD, THE MPO WAS ONE OF THE MAIN ROLES IS TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS AND PLANNING EFFORTS THAT THAT LEAD TO REAL WORLD RESULTS.

TOO OFTEN IN OUR PROFESSION, WE SEE THOSE PLANS JUST SIT ON THE SHELF.

SO WE USE THIS EFFORT AND THIS METHODOLOGY AS A WAY OF GETTING THOSE PLANS OFF THE SHELF AND WE BASE OUR WORK OFF OF EXISTING PLANS.

SO THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, AS STUART WAS SAYING, IS ONE OF THE CRITERIA HERE AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADVANCE.

AND FINALLY, IT'S PEOPLE DRIVEN.

WE GET PEOPLE OUT OF THE THE VERY PASSIVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.

EXERCISES THAT WE NORMALLY DO AS PLANNERS TO GET OUT AND HELP DO THE WORK, AND WE DO THIS TO LEARN FROM FROM PEOPLE AS THEY'RE DOING THE WORK AND ALSO TO GET THEM TO BUY INTO IT, BECAUSE TOO OFTEN WE SEE PEOPLE PEOPLE GET UPSET ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE AS PLANNERS DO, ONLY TO FIND THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE INVOLVE THEM IN THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION, THEY TEACH US SOMETHING AND THEN THEY BECOME OWNERS OF THE PROJECT AND DEFENDERS.

AND I HAVE SO MANY STORIES OF THAT HAPPENING.

PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET AT THE START OF A PROJECT.

WHEN THEY SEE ME OUT THERE PAINTING SOMETHING, SOMEBODY WILL COME OUT OF THEIR HOUSE AND GET UPSET. AND WHEN YOU GIVE THEM THE CAN AND WE EXPLAIN WHAT TO DO AND THEY GO DO IT, THEN YOU JUST WON SOMEBODY OVER.

AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME.

YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO IN TERMS OF THE NOMENCLATURE, AND I KNOW THIS IS ALL IS VERY WONKY AND WE'RE TRYING TO BE MORE DISCIPLINED ABOUT THE TERMINOLOGY THAT WE USE.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TACTICAL URBANISM.

THERE ARE A RANGE OF OF TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THEY RELATE TO THE DURATION OF THE MATERIALS, THE DURABILITY OF THOSE MATERIALS AND THE THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT, THE AMOUNT OF TIME INVESTED ON BEHALF OF CITY STAFF AND ALSO THE POLITICAL INVESTMENT.

SO MOST PEOPLE AND MUNICIPALITIES ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

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THEY GO AWAY AFTER A DAY OR TWO.

WE USE TEMPERA PAINT, IT WASHES AWAY.

NOTHING IS BOLTED INTO THE GROUND.

THERE'S NOTHING LOST IN TERMS OF THE EXECUTION OF THOSE PROJECTS.

IT'S JUST A PROOF OF CONCEPT THAT'S VERY QUICK.

BUT THERE ARE THESE OTHER INCREMENTS.

AND WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO SAY IS LET'S NOT JUMP INTO PERMANENT DESIGN.

TOO OFTEN OUR PROJECT PLANS AND OUR ENGINEERING JUMPS RIGHT TO PERMANENT.

AND WE SPENT DECADES AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOING THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE CONSTRUCTED ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY DON'T WORK THE WAY THAT THAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO WORK. SO HOW CAN WE BREAK DOWN PROJECT DELIVERY INTO SMALLER INCREMENTS? AND SO WE LIKE TO WORK IN THE PILOT AND INTERIM DESIGN PHASE.

AND FOR THIS PROJECT, WE'RE GOING TO BE SQUARELY IN THE PILOT CATEGORY, WHICH IS REALLY SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR, NOW.

THERE'S NOT A PAINT TYPE THAT'S GOING TO ONLY LAST SIX MONTHS.

ONCE WE JUMP FROM DEMONSTRATION TO PILOT, WE'RE WORKING WITH REAL MATERIALS, THEY'RE GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE.

WE'RE NOT MOVING CURBS AND GUTTERS, AS I SAID, AND THERE'S JUST A DIFFERENT EXPECTATION.

SO BETWEEN PILOT AND INTERIM DESIGN, THERE IS ROOM TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS AND CHANGES AS YOU GO TOWARDS PERMANENT DESIGN.

SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, AND THIS IS REALLY A VERY HIGH LEVEL 101 FOR YOU FOLKS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, THE REASONS WE DO THIS WORK ARE MANY.

BUT HERE IS JUST A SUMMARY.

AND FOR ME, AS SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN DOING THIS SINCE MY MID TWENTIES, I JUST TURNED 40.

I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY THAT, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS, IS TO EXPEDITE THE DELIVERY OF PUBLIC BENEFITS.

I, I FEEL AS A AS A AS AN ADVOCATE MYSELF IN MY COMMUNITY, I DON'T WANT TO WAIT 20 YEARS FOR THINGS TO GET OFF OF THE OFF OF THE LONG TERM PLAN INTO REALITY.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO WAIT.

SO THERE'S WAYS OF ACCELERATING THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND ALSO, NUMBER TWO, AS A PLANNER, I WANT TO TEST THINGS OUT.

I GO INTO THIS WORK WITH A LITTLE BIT OF HUMILITY, KNOWING THAT I KNOW THAT I DON'T KNOW EVERYTHING AND NO ONE HERE DOES.

SO LET'S LET'S GO WITH SMALLER STEPS TO TRY TO GET TOWARDS A LONGER TERM GOAL.

AND NUMBER THREE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

AND ESPECIALLY WE AS PLANNERS, WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS.

YOU KNOW, YOU PUT OUT A PLAN OUT THERE AND IT'S GOING TO IMPACT SOMEBODY'S STREET.

PEOPLE WHO OWN THE STREET.

THEY REALLY FEEL A SENSE OF PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP OVER THE STREET THAT'S IN FRONT OF THEIR SHOP OR THEIR HOME.

AND WHEN YOU TRY TO MAKE A CHANGE TO IT, IT'S HARD.

SO SHOWING PEOPLE WHAT THAT CHANGE MIGHT BE IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS OF REACHING SOME SORT OF FINAL NEGOTIATED COMPROMISE AND THEN FINALLY WIDENING PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT AND GATHERING REAL WORLD DATA. TOO OFTEN WE RELY ON ALGORITHMS AND CALCULATIONS THAT ARE DISCONNECTED FROM THE REAL WORLD OF REALITY.

AND YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SIDE.

THIS IS THIS IS THE HEART OF IT.

I LOVE SHOWING THIS IMAGE BECAUSE WE AS PLANNERS AND I AND I INCLUDE MYSELF IN THIS, WE WE IMPOSE LINES ON A MAP THAT ARE RECTILINEAR THAT THAT IS LIKE I AM THE ARCHITECT OR THE PLANNER, AND THIS IS THE WAY IT HAS TO BE BECAUSE THE STANDARD SAYS OR BECAUSE I THINK IT SHOULD BE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE A WAY OF DETERMINING WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE AND THEY HAVE A WAY OF TEACHING US AS PLANNERS.

SO LET'S GO INTO THIS WITH HUMILITY.

THERE'S A SENSE OF WE HAVE TO ACCEPT AND EXPECT THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ELEMENTS IN THESE PROJECTS THAT DON'T WORK.

THERE'S AN ELEMENT OF FAILURE THAT IS OK THAT WE LEARN FROM.

AND WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND THAT'S OK BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO GET TO IT.

AND THAT'S TO WRAP UP MY BRIEF EXPLANATION HERE.

WE DO THIS IN ALL SORTS OF ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES.

OUR DEVICES, OUR PHONES GO THROUGH PROTOTYPING AND TESTING FOR THINGS THAT ARE A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.

BUT WE DON'T DO THIS WITH OUR CITIES AND OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND WHAT THIS METHODOLOGY ALLOWS US TO DO IS BREAK DOWN PROJECT DELIVERY INTO SMALLER PROTOTYPES, TEST WHAT WORKS, EVALUATE WHAT WORKS.

SO THERE'S A DATA COLLECTION COMPONENT.

THAT STEPHANIE'S GOING TO GET INTO IT AND THEN DO BETTER THE NEXT TIME.

SO YOU TEST BEFORE YOU INVEST.

AND THAT'S REALLY THE HEART OF THIS WORK.

SO LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND REALLY DIVING INTO THIS AND AND GETTING OUR HANDS DIRTY. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, TONY, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE SOME QUESTIONS TO TONY DIRECTLY, BUT LET'S CONTINUE WITH THE PRESENTATION.

AND SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS ALSO TO ANSWER IS HOW WILL THE MPO SELECT THE FINAL [INAUDIBLE] FINAL PRODUCT FOR 2021? THIS MEANING THAT THERE WILL BE MORE PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE THROUGH THE TACTICAL URBANISM PROGRAM. SO FIRST OF ALL, WE, OF COURSE, TOOK SOME OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN.

SOME OF THEM ARE LISTED IN IN THIS SLIDE, CONNECTIVITY, MOBILITY, SAFETY AND ECONOMIC

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IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

WHAT OTHER CRITERIA? JURISDICTION, IF IT'S A LOCAL, STATE OR COUNTY ROAD? ALSO, THERE IS THERE IS INFORMATION, IF YOU HAVE AN [INAUDIBLE] MY SIDEWALK HAS A [INAUDIBLE] THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

REALLY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY, CRASH DATA AND HOTSPOTS.

SO WE USE A HIGH INJURY NETWORK IN ORDER TO ALSO OVERLAP THEIR INFORMATION AND IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS THAT ARE LESS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE.

AND FINALLY, AND IT IS WITH THE SAME IMPORTANCE ACTIVITY CENTERS.

SO WHAT WE DID WAS USING THE INFORMATION FROM THE BONDED AREAS OF THE MASTER PLAN AND ALSO OVERLAP THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT BOTH NOT ONLY WE IDENTIFY THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, BUT WE ALSO REQUEST TO THE MUNICIPALITIES AND IF WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT SLIDE. YOU WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE FAMOUS SURVEY.

SO WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY BACK IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

AND WE HAVE GREAT SUBMITTALS FROM 11, NO, 10 CITIES, WE GOT 11 PROJECTS IN TOTAL.

SO WE CONDUCTED A SURVEY WITH THE GOAL OF UNDERSTANDING WHAT EXACTLY ARE THE NEEDS OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, WHERE AND WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS ARE THEY LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT THROUGH QUICK BUILD PROJECTS.

AND IF YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE WE RECEIVE PROJECTS FROM DEERFIELD BEACH, FORT LAUDERDALE, WEST PARK, COOPER CITY , MIRAMAR, WILTON MANNERS AND EVEN PROJECTS FROM BROWARD COUNTY.

AND IF WE GO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE TYPOLOGY, THIS IS I WAS EXPECTING THIS, I WAS LIKE, I KNEW YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY [INAUDIBLE]. SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVE ARE WITHIN THESE A FRAME.

SO WE WE GOT INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS FILLING THE GAPS.

SO MUNICIPALITIES REQUESTED TO FILL THE SIDEWALK GAPS OR THE BIKE LANES, A GAP WITHIN THE NETWORK, MID BLOCK CROSSINGS, BUS STOP ENCASEMENTS, AND OTHER.

THE OTHER ARE POP UP GLASSES, PICK UP DROP OFF AREAS FOR UBER OR LYFT AND TRAFFIC COMING.

SO IT IS REALLY INTERESTING AND WE ARE GLAD THAT WE CONDUCTED THE SURVEY BECAUSE WITHOUT THE SURVEY, WE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WHAT EXACTLY THE CITIES WERE NEEDING.

AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT AS PART OF THE SURVEY, WE INCLUDED CERTAIN CRITERIA IN ORDER TO CHECK THE LIST.

SOME OF THE CRITERIA, OF COURSE, WERE THE ONES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, HIGH IN YOUR NETWORK, JURISDICTION, BUT ALSO WE INCLUDED THE PUBLIC SUPPORT.

SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE INCLUDED WAS, IS THIS PROJECT PART OF A PLAN OR EXISTING STUDY? THESE PROJECTS SUBMITTED HAS ANY PUBLIC SUPPORT OR AN ELECTED OFFICIAL'S SUPPORT.

SO THESE QUESTIONS ARE KEY FOR US BECAUSE IT WILL HELP US PRIORITIZE THIS LIST AND COME UP WITH UP TOP. LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE HAVE MET WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT SUBMITTED PROJECTS, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND, TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY ARE THEY ASKING.

BECAUSE ONE THING IS ONE THING IS READING FROM AN EXCEL SPREADSHEET THAN DISCUSSING AND ACTUALLY GOING TO THE SITE.

AND SO THIS IS A IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COLLABORATIVE APPROACH BETWEEN THE MPO AND THE MUNICIPALITY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE MPO DOESN'T OWN ANY FACILITY.

SO THIS IS A PARTNERSHIP.

OF COURSE, WE WANT TO PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO ANY MUNICIPALITIES IN TERMS OF AND I WILL LIST IT HERE, THE STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION.

SO THIS MEANS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS LOCATED IN THE AREA THAT THE CITY PROPOSED, SO FOR EXAMPLE, SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND BUSINESS OWNERS, HOA, ETC.

OF COURSE, A WALKING AUDIT AND A WORKSHOP, BECAUSE WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE FROM THE COMMUNITY IN ORDER TO COME UP WITH A CONCEPTUAL PLAN.

THEN WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THIS PARTICULAR SECTION IS STATING THE PLAN, MAKING A CHECKLIST OF MATERIALS AND THE INSTALLATION ITSELF.

THE MPO WILL BE THERE HELPING TO BUILD THIS IDEA, THE ON SITE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION COLLECTING DATA AND OF COURSE, CREATING A REPORT BECAUSE WE NEED TO REPORT BACK.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION THAT WE HAD THERE IN THE MEETINGS IS, OK, SO WHAT IS THE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF THE MUNICIPALITY THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP? AND WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS BASICALLY PROVIDING KIND TIME IN KIND OF A TOUGH TIME.

SO WE ARE ASKING YOUR SUPPORT IN CERTAIN MATTERS THAT WE, US THE MPO DOING, YOU KNOW, A

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AND OF COURSE, THE INTERNAL COORDINATION WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.

SO WORKING INTERNALLY WITH THE PARKS AND RECREATION, WITH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH DEPARTMENT, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. SO THIS MEANS THAT THE CITY WILL HAVE OR ASSIGN ONE PROJECT COORDINATOR THAT WILL BE COORDINATING THE ENTIRE PROJECT WITH THE MPO AND, OF COURSE, [INAUDIBLE] AND KIMLEY HORN.

THE EXAMPLE THAT YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

SORRY, LET'S GO BACK.

PERFECT, THE EXAMPLE THAT WE SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THIS SLIDE IS THE CITY OF MIRAMAR.

SO WE ACTUALLY CONDUCTED IMPLEMENTED THE FIRST PILOT OF THE PILOT BACK IN 2019.

THANK YOU. THANKS TO THE LET'S GO BACK TO SCHOOL EVENT WEEK.

THEY'VE IMPLEMENTED A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT THAT LASTED THREE DAYS.

WE HAD THREE DIFFERENT RAINS THAT WEEK, SO IT LASTED JUST THREE DAYS.

IT WAS A GOOD EFFORT.

WE PARTNERED WITH BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOLS.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] SCHOOL LOCATED IN THE AREA.

WE PARTNERED WITH THE CITY OF MIRAMAR, WITH THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTOS, THIS WAS A TEAMWORK.

WE WERE TOGETHER FOR MORE OR LESS, THREE MONTHS, AND THIS WAS REALLY SUCCESSFUL AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF IT. SO WE ARE RESPECTING TEAMWORK.

NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE SOME OF THE RESPONSIBILITIES LISTED HERE.

OF COURSE, IT IS NEGOTIABLE ACCORDING TO THE CAPABILITIES AND AVAILABILITY OF EACH CITY.

IN THIS CASE, WHEN WE SELECT THE FIRST PILOT PROJECT FOR 2021 AND THE CITY IS [INAUDIBLE] CITY, OF COURSE, WE WILL SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS WHAT EXACTLY HOW CAN WE PARTNER AND WHAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.

NEXT SLIDE. THE TIMELINE OF THE PROJECT.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE IN THE IN THE IN THE STAGE OF SELECTING THE PILOT PROJECT, WE ALREADY MET WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT SUBMITTED PROJECTS.

SO NOW WE ARE EVALUATING YOU KNOW, THE DIFFERENT CRITERIA.

IF THEY CHECK THE BOX, LET'S SAY, AND NEXT WEEK WE WILL GO IN AND FILL THESE SEATS IN ORDER TO GO THERE, EXPERIENCE THE AREA WITH THE TACTICAL URBANISM EXPERT THAT WILL BE [INAUDIBLE] IN ORDER TO SELECT THE PROJECT THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN 2021.

NEXT WOULD BE, OF COURSE, A CONFIRMING THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY SELECTED THROUGH A LETTER OF SUPPORT OR OTHER TYPE OF AGREEMENT THAT COULD BE, AGAIN, NEGOTIATED AND THEN KICK OFF THE PILOT PROJECT.

SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO MENTION IS THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WILL BE THERE FOR AT LEAST SIX MONTHS. WE WANT TO COLLECT DATA.

IF WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO WE ARE AIMING TO COLLECT THIS TYPE OF DATA, AS YOU CAN SEE, TRAFFIC VOLUMES, CAPACITY, SPEED, CRASH TYPE OF SAFETY AND BIKE/PED COUNTS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO EVALUATE THE IMPACT OF THE PROJECT IN THE AREA SELECTED IN ORDER TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND ADJUST THE FINDING THE SCOPE FOR THAT, A LONG TERM PROJECT THAT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH SURTAX [INAUDIBLE] OR THE MASTER PLAN.

SO THERE ARE MANY POSSIBILITIES, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT WE COME FROM A PILOT TO A LONG TERM PROJECT. THAT'S THE GOAL OF THE TACTICAL URBANISM PROGRAM OF THE BROWARD MPO.

NEXT SLIDE. AND OF COURSE, IT IS POSSIBLE THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION, YOU ALWAYS CAN CONTACT ME THROUGH EMAIL OR WE CAN JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT.

AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT GREAT PRESENTATION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? EVERYBODY IS VERY QUIET TODAY WITH THE QUESTIONS, OK.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHICH PROJECT IS PICKED FOR THE THE PILOT AND ABOVE.

I KNOW I SUBMITTED A FEW TO YOU.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THAT.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT IT.

SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE IT TO COME TO FRUITION.

THANK YOU ALL. SO NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

[2. 2021 Broward MPO Federal & State Legislative Priorities]

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GO AHEAD, PAUL. THANK YOU CHAIR, PAUL CALVARESI, BROWARD MPO.

I'M TRYING TO SWITCH MY SCREEN AROUND, SO.

I LOOK SMALL AND THE POWERPOINT LOOKS LARGE.

SO THANK YOU, SO.

I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR FEDERAL AND STATE PRIORITIES AND WHERE THEY'RE AT. KEEP IN MIND THAT EVERYTHING IS AS OF MONDAY, WE KNOW HOW SOMETIMES SLOWLY AND THEN VERY QUICKLY BOTH.

BOTH GOVERNMENTS CAN MOVE.

SO LET'S GET STARTED.

ON THE FEDERAL UPDATE, THIS IS THIS HAS BEEN VERY PROMISING, SO THE NEXT THREE SLIDES ARE THE BROWARD MPO'S ADOPTED LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES AND WE'VE BROKEN THE DOWN TO HEADERS.

SO SAFETY LOOKING AT MORE FUNDING FOR PROVISION ZERO, ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY GRADE CROSSING SAFETY RAIL, AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN INCREASE OUR FUNDING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THAT WE CAN ALSO APPLY TO SAFETY PROGRAMS. AND THEN IN THE NEXT ONE. ONCE AGAIN, FUNDING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING HERE IS FOR FLEXIBILITY IN FUNDING.

AND THIS REALLY PARALLELS WHAT YOU'VE HEARD THROUGH OUR NTP PROCESS, WHICH IS WHERE PRETTY MUCH OUR FUNDING DICTATES SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN SELECT.

WE WANT TO GIVE AS MUCH FLEXIBILITY TO OUR TECHNICAL, OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEES AND OUR BOARD AS POSSIBLE TO PROGRAM THE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEEDED.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE WE DIVIDE INTO INFRASTRUCTURE AS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS BUT THE BROWARD MPO LEADS THE STATE IN OUR FREIGHT AND OUR STATEWIDE FREIGHT COMMITTEE.

THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, STBGP, SORRY IT'S A LOT OF RHYMING LETTERS, IS OUR MAJOR SOURCE OF FUNDS THAT WHAT'S FUNDED THROUGH THE GAS TAX, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE INCREASE THOSE ALLOCATIONS TO OUR URBANIZED AREAS.

AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER ONES IS [INAUDIBLE] AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, PETE BUTTIGIEG WAS APPOINTED THE SECRETARY FOR USDOT, AT THE MPO.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE AS A MAYOR OF SOUTH BEND, HE DID SERVE ON MPO AND HE WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND VISION ZERO WHILE A MAYOR.

SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING TO HAVE HIM IN THIS TOP POSITION.

SO NOW WHAT'S GOING ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL? SO EARMARKS HAVE RETURNED.

THAT'S WHERE LEGISLATURES CAN SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR SPECIFIC LOCAL PROJECTS, AND THIS IS GOOD, SO THE MPO'S LOOKING AT SUBMITTING FOUR PROJECTS.

ONE IN ALCEE HASTINGS'S DISTRICT, TWO IN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ'S DISTRICT AND ONE IN TED DEUTCH'S DISTRICT. NOW, IF ANY OF OUR CITIES, ANYBODY ON THE CALL IS ALSO PLANNING ON SUBMITTING EARMARKS FOR TRANSPORTATION, PLEASE LET US KNOW SO WE CAN COORDINATE THAT WITH OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM.

IF YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE NEWS, YOU SEE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE'S BEEN A BIG PUSH FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION AND WHAT'S REALLY EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS HOW BROADLY THEY'RE EXPANDING THE TERM INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE ROADS, BUT ROADS AND BRIDGES, BUT ALSO LOOKING AT THE WATER SYSTEMS IN RELATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE.

OK, COMPLETE STREETS AND SAFETY AND THEN EVEN AT SOME POINT BUNDLING BROADBAND.

INTO OUR ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

SO LET'S KEEP GOING.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS IS A PILOT PROGRAM WHERE LARGE TMAS TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT AREAS, SO THOSE YOU DON'T KNOW, BROWARD, PALM BEACH, MIAMI, WE ARE THE SIXTH LARGEST URBAN AREA IN THE COUNTRY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE DIRECTLY GET OUR STBGP FUNDING? AND THEN THIS WAY WE CAN PROGRAM FASTER AND RESPOND BETTER TO THE NEEDS OF OUR OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES. AND THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN CREATED AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING WITH THE USDOT STAFF TO CRAFT THE ENABLING LANGUAGE, THE REGULATORY LANGUAGE AROUND IT, HOW THIS PROGRAM IS EXECUTED. AND SO NOW IN THE STATE SIDE, SO SAME THING WE GO THROUGH OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.

OK, [INAUDIBLE] SAFETY, REGULATE DISTRACTED DRIVING AS A PRIMARY OFFENSE.

AND A NEW ONE FOR THIS YEAR IS LOOKING AT CLIMATE MITIGATION.

THOSE THAT REMEMBER, FOR A FEW YEARS, WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO USE THE WORD CLIMATE CHANGE.

OUR NEW GOVERNOR, GOVERNOR DESANTIS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THAT.

LET'S KEEP GOING. OK, ONCE AGAIN THESE PARALLEL THE FEDERAL ONE, FUNDING FLEXIBILITY.

OK, HOW CAN WE GET THE FUNDING? HOW CAN WE GET APPLIED FUNDING TO THE PROJECTS WE NEED?

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YOU'RE A LITTLE BIT OF TRIVIA FOR THE DAY IS THAT FLORIDA HAS MORE MPOS THAN ANY OTHER STATE IN THE NATION. AND JUST LOOKING AT HOW DOES THAT AFFECT REGIONAL COORDINATION THROUGH OUR STATE? SO JUST GIVING ONE OF THEM TO GIVE THE MPOS MORE OPTIONS AND THEN AS OUR STATE GROWS, WE RUN THE RISK OF HAVING EVEN MORE MPOS.

LET'S LOOK AT THE STATE ONE.

SO THESE ARE THE BILLS WE'RE FOLLOWING, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH ONE IN DETAIL.

KAREN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SIT THROUGH THAT TWICE.

BUT I'M GOING TO GIVE REALLY HIGHLIGHTS ON THIS ONE.

THE FIRST ONE WE'RE WATCHING ON REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS.

THERE'S A BILL WHICH IS GOING TO MAKE THEM OBSOLETE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE WATCHING.

WE'RE WATCHING DUE TO OUR RPC PARTNERSHIPS.

THE STATE LEADS ONE OF LOOKS AT AV AND EV IN THE NATION.

SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF BILLS ON HERE WITH REGARDS TO.

USING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, THIS ONE GOES BACK TO THE [INAUDIBLE], GOES BACK TO THE MPOS. INITIATIVE OF REGULATING DISTRACTED DRIVING, THIS HAS SHOWN UP EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND EACH YEAR GETS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO A TO BEING ENACTED.

LAST YEAR, THIS WAS ENACTED, BUT WITH SEVERAL RESTRICTIONS.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE. SO, LIKE I SAID, ELECTRIC VEHICLES, YOU SEE.

SENATOR, SENATOR BRANDES OUT OF TAMPA, [INAUDIBLE] SPONSORS A LOT OF EV AND AV LEGISLATION. LET'S KEEP GOING.

TRACKING THE HAZARDS, WALKING CONDITIONS WITH SOME OF THE MPO WORKS WITH IN COORDINATION WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.

REALLY LOOKING LOOKING AT THESE VULNERABLE USERS.

USER ROAD ACT, OK.

AS IT RELATES TO ENFORCEMENT ON OUR ROADS.

NEXT. CHILD RESTRAINTS, THIS IS ALSO COMING FROM OUR LOCAL SENATOR, SENATOR PERRY.

THE IMPACT FEES, THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY GETTING A LITTLE MORE A LITTLE MORE MOVEMENT, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT CREATING A MOBILITY FEE IN ADDITION TO IMPACT FEES.

SO FOR ANOTHER.

ANOTHER MEANS BY WHICH OUR MUNICIPALITIES CAN COLLECT FUNDING FOR THE IMPACTS CREATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU MIGHT RECOGNIZE.

THE NAME OF A SECOND ONE, REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY, FORMERLY OF PARKLAND, A FORMER MPO ALUM. OK, WITH WITH SENATOR BOOK COSPONSORING A BILL FOR.

FOR SAFETY AND BICYCLES AND THEN ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

AND LOOKING AT THESE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FROM GREGORY, THIS ONE WE'RE FOLLOWING VERY CLOSELY, BECAUSE IT GIVES VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS TO DOT ON HOW AND WHERE THEY CAN SPEND MONEY, PARTICULARLY ON PLANT MATERIALS.

THAT MEANS LANDSCAPING. SO IT SETS A SETS A MINIMUM FOR DOT TO SPEND ON LANDSCAPING, BUT WE'RE AFRAID THAT THAT MINIMUM MIGHT BECOME THE MAXIMUM OPERATIONAL.

SO WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS BILL VERY CLOSELY.

I'M GOING TO CALL ATTENTION TO TOP ONE, THE TRAFFIC PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, ONCE AGAIN BY SENATOR PERRY PART OF THE BROWARD DELEGATION.

THIS CAME THROUGH THE LEGISLATION LAST YEAR, BUT DID NOT PASS BECAUSE IT WAS SAID TO BE AN UNFUNDED MANDATE AND WOULD HAVE COST OUR OUR CITIES AND COUNTIES MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO ENACT.

CAME BACK THIS YEAR. WE DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S GOING TO PASS, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD BE ADDED OR CHANGED TO IT.

AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE I SAID, DO A HIGH LEVEL, THIS IS ABOUT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY SPECIFIC BILLS SHOOT ME AN EMAIL.

GIVE ME A CALL AND WE CAN DISCUSS IT.

GREAT, THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO, AGAIN, I DO.

THE EV ONES THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT. ARE REALLY INTERESTING.

DO YOU HAVE A FEEL FOR IF YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AND BE APPROVED THIS YEAR OR? [INAUDIBLE] I THINK SOME VERSION OF THEM IS GOING TO BE APPROVED.

THEY'RE COMING FROM SENATOR BRANDES OUT OF TAMPA AND HE HAS ONE.

HE'S A REPUBLICAN OUT OF TAMPA, AND TWO IS A VERY GOOD BATTING AVERAGE ON THESE.

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AND HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL ABOUT PREPARING FOR IF THAT FUNDING COMES DOWN AND WHAT OUR EV CHARGING STATION NEEDS ARE AS A REGION? [INAUDIBLE] SO GOING GOING BACK TO THAT ONE BILL THAT HAD THE DOLLAR AMOUNT ATTACHED, THAT ONE PROBABLY WON'T PASS. OK.

[INAUDIBLE] I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE REGULATIONS FOR THE ONE BILL THAT HAS A DOLLAR VALUE, PROBABLY WON'T PASS BECAUSE WE'RE IN A BUDGET CRUNCH.

SO EVEN IF IT DOES PASS THE HOUSE AND SENATE, ODDS ARE THE GOVERNOR WOULD VETO IT.

AND THAT'S STRICTLY BECAUSE IT DICTATES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING TO COME DOWN.

OK. BUT ARE THERE ARE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THINKING ABOUT IT AS A REGIONAL LEVEL OF EV CHARGING STATIONS IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO COME FORWARD? AS WE GO THROUGH EVERY YEAR AND LOOK AT OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, EV AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING WRITING INTO THE SCOPE FOR THE 2050 RTV. OK, GREAT.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FINAL PRESENTATION FOR OUR WORKSHOP TODAY, AND IT IS ON THE METRO

[3. Metro Transportation Engineering & Construction Cooperative (M-TECC)]

BILL IS GIVING THE BILL CROSS HERE, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, BROWARD MPO AND PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO SHARE WITH YOU AN EFFORT THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS NOW. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OK, SO ALL THE WAY BACK IN APRIL OF 2018, SO I GUESS WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING CLOSER TO THREE YEARS NOW. WE WE JOINTLY HOSTED A MAYOR'S ELECTED OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE AND ONE OF THE OUTCOMES OF THAT WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT CREATING A SUBCOMMITTEE STEERING COMMITTEE TO WORK ON SOME RELEVANT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS WAS THE INITIAL GROUP THAT SELF SELECTED AND VOLUNTEERED TO MAKE UP THAT GROUP. AND YOU COULD SEE THEY'RE ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, IN MANY CASES, THE MAYORS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES.

AND WE STARTED FAIRLY REGULAR MEETINGS.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE MONTHLY, BI MONTHLY FROM TIME TO TIME.

WE WENT A LITTLE BIT, HAD FURTHER BREAKS, BUT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE COULD COLLECTIVELY WORK TOGETHER TO TACKLE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO ONE OF THE KEY ISSUES THAT STARTED TO TO BUBBLE UP IN THIS GROUP AND SEEMS TO BE A SHARED CHALLENGE OF MANY OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES, IN PARTICULAR, SOME OF THE SMALLER ONES, IT REALLY RELATES TO THEIR CAPABILITIES IN-HOUSE AND THE RESOURCES THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE TO HELP DELIVER PROJECTS.

OF COURSE, MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE MPO CSLIP PROGRAM.

THIS GIVES CITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROPOSE GENERALLY SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS WITHIN THEIR LOCAL JURISDICTION.

AND FOR MANY YEARS THOSE PROJECTS WERE DELIVERED BY FDOT.

BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE THE CASE MOVING FORWARD.

AND THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED THAT AS BEING A CHALLENGE BECAUSE FOR THEM TO RAMP UP SCALE AND BRING ON STAFF AND SUCH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT COST TO THAT.

AND THE PROJECTS THAT MIGHT COME TO A GIVEN CITY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE INFREQUENT.

THERE MIGHT BE A PROJECT EVERY ONCE A DECADE IN A SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES.

SO THERE'S SOME CHALLENGES TO HOW DO THEY DELIVER THE PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO THIS SUBCOMMITTEE DECIDED TO EXPLORE AND SPENT THE BETTER PART OF TWO YEARS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT COULD ALLOW THEM TO BASICALLY POOL RESOURCES TO GET SOME OF THESE PROJECTS DONE.

AND THESE WERE SOME OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT WERE EXPLORED.

I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THE DETAILS, BUT LET'S KEEP MOVING.

THE THE ONE THAT WE WE ULTIMATELY KIND OF SETTLED ON WAS THIS FLORIDA INTER LOCAL

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AND FUNDAMENTALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT I'VE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN RED IS IT MAKES THE MOST EFFICIENT USE OF THEIR POWERS, MEANING THE CITY'S POWERS TO ENABLE THEM TO COOPERATE WITH OTHER LOCALITIES ON A BASIS OF MUTUAL ADVANTAGE.

AND WE FELT THAT AND CERTAINLY OR STEERING COMMITTEE FELT THAT THIS WAS CONSISTENT WITH THEIR INTENT OF TRYING TO LEVERAGE EACH OTHER'S LOCAL POWERS TO BETTER DELIVER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THIS IS THE PROPOSED PATH FORWARD IS THAT IT'S A WELL-ESTABLISHED AND LEGALLY KNOWN PROCESS.

THERE'S A LONG HISTORY OF LEGAL DECISIONS.

SO THIS IS MOSTLY THOUGHT OUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN AROUND A LONG TIME AND WELL UNDERSTOOD.

IT HAS A FAIRLY SIMPLE FORM.

IT'S IT'S A SIMPLE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT YOU CAN UTILIZE TO SET THE TERMS OF THE STRUCTURE FOR WHAT THAT COOPERATION LOOKS LIKE.

AND IT ALSO, IT'S A VERY FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW WE PROBABLY WON'T GET IT EXACTLY RIGHT IN THE FIRST ITERATION.

BUT THIS STRUCTURE PROVIDES US GOOD FLEXIBILITY TO KIND OF ADJUST AND TO MEET THE REAL WORLD CHANGES THAT THAT WE MIGHT DISCOVER AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS THERE'S A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION OF WHY DO THIS AND I TOUCHED ON A LITTLE BIT OF IT EARLIER, BUT LET ME JUST HIT THE BULLET POINTS HERE. THE SUBCOMMITTEE FELT THE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TYPE OF AN EFFORT IS THAT CENTRALIZED ENGINEERING COULD BENEFIT ALL OF THE CITIES BECAUSE THEY COULD OVER TIME CREATE AN EXPERTISE, AS WELL AS EFFICIENCIES OF UNDERSTANDING HOW TO DO THE DESIGN AND THE BIG PACKAGE, PREP, CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT, ET CETERA, ON A CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, SMALLER SCALE PROJECTS AND ONCE AGAIN, FEDERALLY FUNDED.

SO THEY HAVE ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ATTACHED TO IT.

AN ADDITIONAL BENEFIT IS THE CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT OF MANY OF THE CITIES EXPRESSED CONCERN OVER THEIR ABILITIES TO TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH DELIVERING A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT AND ENSURING THAT THEIR PROCUREMENT MET ALL OF THOSE THOSE STANDARDS.

AGAIN, COULD THEY DO IT.

ABSOLUTELY. IS THE EFFORT OF THEM MAKING SURE THAT THEY DOT ALL THEIR I'S AND CROSS ALL THEIR FEDERAL T'S FOR A PROJECT ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS? YOU KNOW, IT'S A LEARNING CURVE.

THEY FELT THAT THIS COULD DO IT MORE EFFICIENTLY.

OF COURSE, EFFICIENT AND TIMELY PROJECT DELIVERY.

THAT WAS THAT'S CERTAINLY PART OF THE GOAL OF A CENTRALIZED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT TEAM COULD BE AVAILABLE. AND AGAIN, THE BENEFIT HERE IS THAT CITIES WHO JOIN THIS, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT LOCKING THEMSELVES INTO HAVING TO USE THIS ORGANIZATION TO DELIVER PROJECTS.

IT BECOMES AN OPTION FOR THEM AND THEY ONLY BUY THE SERVICES THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN HAVING THIS ORGANIZATION DELIVER FOR THEM.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OK, SO WE HAVE THIS LITTLE HANDOUT, A LITTLE FLIER THAT KIND OF TALKS ABOUT MTECC AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE BENEFITS AND KIND OF WHAT THE ORGANIZATION LOOKS LIKE, WHO SOME OF THE THE KEY CONTACTS ARE, THE FOUNDING CITIES.

THEIR LOGOS ARE THERE ON THIS SHEET, ET CETERA.

AND THAT'S AN ATTACHMENT, A SECOND ATTACHMENT TO THE AGENDA HERE TODAY.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE FOUNDING PARTNER, SO WE HAVE FIVE CITIES THAT HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN BEING FOUNDING PARTNERS, AND THAT COMES WITH BOTH A LITTLE BIT EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY AS WELL AS A LITTLE BIT EXTRA BENEFITS.

SO THE EXTRA RESPONSIBILITY IS THAT THEY WILL BE BRINGING A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO THE TABLE TO HELP SET THE ORGANIZATION UP, KIND OF A SEED MONEY TO GET GET THINGS STOOD UP.

IN RETURN FOR THAT, THEY WILL BE THE FIRST FIVE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD THAT GOVERNOR THAT GOVERNS THIS ORGANIZATION.

AND THEN BEYOND THAT INITIAL BOARD, THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, A SET OPPORTUNITY FOR ROTATION OF BOARD MEMBERS OVER TIME AS AS OTHER CITIES JOIN.

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THIS IS A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT IS CREATED AND ALLOWED UNDER 163, WHICH IS THE POWERS OF THE CITIES. SO IT IS A IT IS A GROUP, A COOPERATIVE OF OF CITIES THAT ARE JOINING TOGETHER. THE MPO, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN PROVIDING SUPPORT TO GET THIS THING STARTED.

SELF FUNDING BY MEMBERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, AGAIN, THERE'S SEED MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED BY THE FOUNDERS.

BUT ONCE THIS GETS UP AND RUNNING, YOU KNOW, IT WILL FUND ITSELF THROUGH THE COST OF DELIVERING THE PROJECTS AND THE THE ADMINISTRATIVE FEES THAT ARE ALLOWABLE WITH THE WITH THE FEDERAL GRANTS. THERE WILL ALSO BE SOME LEVEL OF MEMBER ANNUAL DUES.

SO CITY THAT'S A MEMBER WILL HAVE TO PAY AN ANNUAL DUE.

AND WHO WILL DO THAT WILL COVER OVERHEAD EXPENSES.

THE THE WAY THIS ORGANIZATION IS STRUCTURED IS THAT.

THE BOARD WILL MEET EACH YEAR TO REVIEW THE FINANCES OF THE ORGANIZATION AND DEPENDING ON THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAKNESS OF THE OF THE CASH BALANCE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION, THEY WILL THEN SET THE ANNUAL DUES EACH EACH YEAR.

I BELIEVE THE TIME FRAME IS AROUND MARCH IN ORDER TO GIVE THE CITIES PLENTY OF TIME TO BUDGET FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO THE NEXT ITEM ON HERE HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE THIS WAS ORIGINALLY DRAFTED.

SO MANY OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES THIS GROUP HAS DECIDED THEIR PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO PURCHASE INSURANCE, LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT THROUGH THE MPO.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAD CERTAINLY WORKED WITH THOSE FIVE FOUNDING CITIES TO TRY TO FIND A MEMBER THAT WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE THAT TO SUPPORT THIS ORGANIZATION.

BUT YOU KNOW THE PREFERENCE OF THE GROUP WAS THAT THAT FOR NOW WE START OUT WITH THE MPO SUPPORTING THAT. THAT WILL, OF COURSE, TAKE AN ACTION OF THE BOARD.

AND SO THAT'S A FUTURE DISCUSSION THAT THAT STILL HAS TO OCCUR.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OK, SO THIS IS, AGAIN, KIND OF THAT ONE PAGER THAT'S IN THE IN YOUR SECOND ATTACHMENT, IT'S MEANT TO BE KIND OF THE ELEVATOR PITCH AND, YOU KNOW, THE HAND OUT. OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, AGAIN, THAT WERE LEADING THIS EFFORT, ASKED FOR US TO DEVELOP SOME KIND OF A QUICK AND QUICK HANDOUT THAT THEY COULD SHARE WITH PEOPLE WHEN DISCUSSING THIS. SO THAT WOULD HELP THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION WAS ALL ABOUT.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OK, SO WE WILL BE HAVING AT SOME POINT AND OTHER MAYORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING, THAT DATE IS STILL TO BE DETERMINED.

WE ARE LOOKING AT HOPEFULLY SOMETIME LATER IN IN APRIL.

IT MAY WIND UP BEING MAY.

AND WE'RE HOPING AT THAT POINT THAT WE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, START THE PROCESS OF OF ADOPTING THE THE ORGANIZING AGREEMENT, THE ILA.

AND THEN BEGIN GETTING SIGNATURES FROM THE CITIES AND ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

OK, SO THAT'S THAT'S KIND OF AN UPDATE AS TO WHERE MTECC STANDS AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK TO EVERYONE HERE TODAY AND BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU, BILL. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING MTECC? WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM AN ATTENDEE CHRISTOPHER [INAUDIBLE].

GO AHEAD, [INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU, KAREN. I WOULD JUST SAY FROM A AN OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVE, NOT HAVING BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROCESS FROM THE BEGINNING, THIS LOOKS TO BE A VERY EFFICIENT DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR VARIOUS LAP PROJECTS.

WITH THAT, I HAVE A QUESTION.

FDOT HAS SIGNALED THAT EACH CITY IS LIMITED TO APPROXIMATELY TWO LAP PROJECTS AT THE SAME

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IT'S AN EXCELLENT ONE.

SO THE ONE THING I DIDN'T TALK ABOUT TOO MUCH AND LET ME GIVE THIS AS BACK AROUND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THE THE INTENT OF THIS ORGANIZATION IS THAT IT WILL BE MOSTLY ON-CALL CONSULTANTS RESOURCES, AND SO THEREFORE IT'S VERY SCALABLE.

SO AND TO DIRECTLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, YES, WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH DOT AND THE INTENT IS TO MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION SCALABLE SO THAT IT CAN HANDLE BASICALLY WHATEVER THE NEEDS ARE OF IT TO HANDLE.

DOT HAS BEEN TO DATE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT APPROACH.

AND AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S CONSULTANT RESOURCES, THIS ORGANIZATION CAN SCALE UP OR SCALE DOWN DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS.

THE ONE OTHER COMMENT I'LL MAKE TO TRY TO FULLY ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS THAT IT MAYBE THIS IS TANGENTIAL TO YOUR QUESTION, BUT I FEEL LIKE I WANT TO ANSWER IT ANYWAY.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ORGANIZATION CERTIFIED FOR LAP DELIVERY.

SO IT'LL BE BEYOND JUST A PROJECT BY PROJECT LAP CERTIFICATION.

SO THAT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITY.

CHRISTOPHER, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.

IT DID. AND JUST AS A FOLLOW UP, BILL, WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY MORNING, 10:30 ISH TO MAYBE NOON TO DISCUSS THIS WITH OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT TEAM IN CORAL SPRINGS? AND THE REASON I ASK THAT IS I THINK THIS IS MORE OF AN EFFICIENT DELIVERY METHOD FOR LAP PROJECTS. AND WE HAVE.

MANY IN THE QUEUE, IT SEEMS LIKE, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WOULD BE THE WAY TO GO GIVEN OUR. STAFFING LEVELS AND FUNDING CONSTRAINTS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

SURE. SO SO THROUGH THE CHAIR.

CHRISTOPHER, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

I JUST TOOK A QUICK GLANCE HERE AT MY CALENDAR.

SO THAT'S THAT DATE.

AND TIME IS PROBABLY A CHALLENGE FOR ME.

BUT THANK YOU FOR MOVING FORWARD, REBECCA, ON THE SLIDE.

SO MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS HERE.

CHRISTOPHER, IF YOU DON'T MIND SENDING ME AN EMAIL, I ABSOLUTELY WOULD LOVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU FURTHER ABOUT THE PROGRAM.

AND I'M NOT SURE IT CAN BE FRIDAY.

BUT IF YOU IF YOU SEND ME YOUR EMAIL, THEN I WILL REACH BACK OUT TO YOU AND WE'LL ARRANGE A DATE AND TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

BILL, OUR LAP PROJECTS ARE A FEW YEARS OUT, SO I THINK WE'VE GOT SOME TIME TO DISCUSS IT.

THANK YOU FOR THE FOLLOW UP AND WE'LL REACH OUT TO YOU.

THANK YOU. OK, THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR BILL? NO, SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT UPDATE.

IT'S EXCITING TO SEE THAT MOVING FORWARD.

OK, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU. THE REST OF OUR ITEMS ARE ADMINISTRATIVE, JUST COMMITTEE REPORTS.

GO AHEAD FLIP THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM.

MEMBER COMMENTS. OK.

OK. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

NO SEEING NONE, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.

JUST IT IN STANDARD AGENDA, WE HAVE OUR PARTICIPATION RECORDS, THE OUTREACH EVENTS THAT THE MPO STAFF HAS DONE.

THERE'S AN ITEM ABOUT FUNCTIONAL CLASS.

[4. The Broward MPO and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plan to jointly perform an interim roadway functional class assessment, with special emphasis placed upon public roads not currently eligible for federal aid funds from FHWA for disaster recovery and other purposes. Municipalities interested in participating in the interim assessment, please visit: http://browardmpo.org/index.php/federal-functional-classification]

SO WE PUT THIS ON KIND OF QUARTERLY.

FDOT ASKED US TO DO THAT, THAT IF THERE IS A NEED TO CHANGE THE FUNCTIONAL CLASS OF A ROAD OF A ROADWAY IN YOUR CITY THAT JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT THAT'S ALWAYS OPEN AND THEY WANT US TO NOTIFY OUR BOARDS OF THIS. SO WE PUT IT ON QUARTERLY.

THERE'S A LINK THERE FOR THE CONTACT.

AND YOU CAN ALSO REACH OUT TO US IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN AN INTERNAL ASSESSMENT. OK, GREAT.

THERE'S A CALENDAR OF OUR MEETING DATES, THEN A NOTICE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGE FOR A

[6. Notice of Administrative Modification to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 - 2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)]

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IT IS TO ADD RAILROAD AND UTILITIES PHASE TO THE PROJECT ON WASHINGTON STREET AND SEVENTY SECOND AVENUE. AND THEN LET'S GO BIKING.

[7. Let's Go Biking!: Virtual Challenge - March 1-31, 2021]

SO WE DO HAVE A [INAUDIBLE] HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IS MARCH, OF COURSE, WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO OUT AND ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND WHY NOT GO ON A BIKE RIDE? SO THE CHALLENGE IS OPEN TILL THE END OF MARCH.

SO YOU STILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO WIN ONE OF THE WONDERFUL PRIZES THAT WE HAVE.

WE DO HAVE TWO CATEGORIES TO PARTICIPATE.

ONE IS IF YOU REALLY LIKE BIKING AND YOU HAVE THOSE A SPECTACULAR BIKES TO RIDE, I DON'T KNOW ONE HUNDRED MILES.

IF YOU SEE THAT PERSON AT THE TOP OF THE RIDICULOUS HOW MUCH HE IS RIDING. IT IS RIGHT.

SO IF YOU REALLY ENJOY RIDING AND THAT'S YOUR HOBBY, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY REGISTER FOR CATEGORY NUMBER ONE, BECAUSE WHOEVER WINS THE FIRST PLACE WILL GO ON TO WIN AT ONE NIGHT STAY AT THE [INAUDIBLE] HOTEL IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND IF YOU ARE MORE LIKE YOU ENJOY BIKING AND YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES OF THE LANDSCAPE OR YOU JUST WANT TO TEACH YOUR DAUGHTER OR YOUR SON HOW TO BIKE RIDE A BIKE SO YOU CAN JUST TAKE A PICTURE OF THE LANDSCAPE OR THE BEACH WITH YOUR BIKE, AND THEN YOU INCLUDE THE HASHTAG LET'S GO BIKING AND TAG [INAUDIBLE] AND THEN YOU ARE IN REGISTER FOR THE FOR THE EVENT.

AND THOSE WHO REGISTER FOR CATEGORY NUMBER TWO, CAN WIN A TUNE UP FOR YOUR BIKE, CAN WIN A BICYCLE MEMBERSHIP AND A MEMBERSHIP.

SO IMAGINE GOING TO FLORIDA OR THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, NOT HAVING TO PAY FOR A BIKE SHARE SERVICE. SO, YEAH, THERE ARE DIFFERENT PRICES AND GIVEAWAYS, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART IS JUST GO HAVE FUN, ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND BE ACTIVE.

YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE LET'S GO BIKING EVENT.

YOU CAN ALWAYS FOLLOW US [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE A TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, FACEBOOK ACCOUNT AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE.

THANKS TO OUR [INAUDIBLE] TEAM.

YES, GREAT JOB, I'VE BEEN SEEING IT ALL OVER, I'VE BEEN DOING MY PART AND TAKING MY SELFIES BECAUSE I KNOW I WILL NEVER COME CLOSE TO BEING ON THE TOP OF THAT LIST FOR MILEAGE. DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE WRAP UP? NO, GREAT ON THAT, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

THAT'S THE END OF THIS MEETING.

WE WILL COME TOGETHER AGAIN ON APRIL TWENTY EIGHTH.

GREAT, GREAT, THANKS. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.