[2. MOTION TO APPROVE the Subrecipient Agreement Between Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and South Florida Regional Transportation Authority for Fare Interoperability]

THE SUB RECIPIENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR FAIR INTEROPERABILITY AND CHADWICK BLUE FROM THE MPI STAFF IS GOING TO SPEAK TO US ON THAT ITEM, CHADWICK.

GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU.

WE'RE SEEKING BOARD APPROVAL TO RELEASE ONE $1.6 MILLION TO SFRTA FOR A FAIR INTEROPERABILITY PROJECT, YOU MAY RECALL FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS

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TO THE BOARD.

PREVIOUSLY, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, WHICH ALLOWED THE COUNTY TO UPGRADE OVER FOUR HUNDRED OF THEIR FARE BOXES TO ALLOW FOR CONTACTLESS PAYMENTS.

THEY WERE ALSO ABLE TO UPDATE THEIR MOBILE TICKETING APPLICATION.

AND SINCE THEN, THAT PROJECT HAS CONCLUDED AND WE HAD FUNDS THAT WERE LEFT OVER.

SO IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SFR TA, THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY HAD A PROJECT OUTLINED THAT SATISFIED MANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS.

SINCE WE'RE USING FTA FUNDING FOR THIS, AND SO YOU'LL SEE FROM THE AGREEMENT THERE'S A SCOPE OF WORK.

WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER FROM SFRTA, MR. LEE TAYLOR HERE, WHO CAN ALSO SPEAK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THAT SCOPE OF WORK, BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY'LL BE UPDATING THEIR OWN MOBILE TICKETING APPLICATION.

ALSO BUYING THE BACK END SOFTWARE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO PROCESS THEIR OWN MOBILE FARES.

CURRENTLY, THEY'RE USING MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY'LL ALSO BE INCLUDING SOME TRIP PLANNING, LAST MILE CONNECTIONS THAT MR. TAYLOR CAN TALK ABOUT FURTHER DETAIL IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

MR. FURR, QUESTION FOR THE GENTLEMEN? THANK YOU.

I KNOW WE HAD TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WHAT THIS IS GOING TO BE DOING AS ALLOWING LIKE A TRANSFER TO GO FROM TRI RAIL TO THE BUS SYSTEM, CORRECT? YES, IN THEORY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO BUY VARIOUS TICKETS FROM OTHER TRANSIT PROVIDERS THROUGH THE TRI RAIL APP USING ONE SINGLE APP.

OK, AND WE WERE TOLD EARLIER TODAY THAT THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS SOMEWHERE IN THE FUTURE, HOWEVER, AND BECAUSE THE INTEROPERABILITY IS NOT WORKING YET BETWEEN COUNTY, COUNTY AND COUNTY.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO DO IT JUST IN BROWARD? YES, SIR.

IT YOU COULD DO IT WITH ANY OF THE TRANSIT PROVIDERS, AND IT'S ACTUALLY EASIER AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO LINK PALM TRAN TOGETHER WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BECAUSE THEY USE GEN FARE YEAH, AS THEIR SYSTEM.

THOUGH, SO EARLIER WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS IS A WAY IN THE FUTURE.

CAN WE DO THIS NOW WITH BETWEEN PALM BEACH AND BROWARD AND TRI RAIL? I BELIEVE SO, I SPOKE TO MR. GARLING EARLIER THIS WEEK TO LET HIM KNOW ABOUT THIS ITEM, AND HE HAD MENTIONED THAT THE COUNTY IS STILL MOVING FORWARD INDEPENDENT OF THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE DONE WITH THE MPO TO LINK IN WITH PALM TRAN AND EVENTUALLY WITH MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT.

MIAMI-DADE USES A DIFFERENT SYSTEM.

AND FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE CITY IS GOING OUT TO BID FOR A NEW SYSTEM.

SO WHAT KIND OF TIMELINE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? [INAUDIBLE] HAS BEEN GIVEN THREE YEARS TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT? ALL RIGHT.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, I BELIEVE, STARTED IN 2014.

SO WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE FASTER, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE COMPETING SYSTEMS. I MEAN, OK, I MEAN, IT'S I KNOW THAT .. MAYOR KAPLAN.

IT JUST BOGGLES ME SOMETIMES.

MAYOR KAPLAN ACTUALLY STARTED THIS EFFORT BACK IN THE DAY WHEN HE WAS CHAIR OF THIS MPO AND WE WERE ACTUALLY STILL IN THE COUNTY.

I MEAN, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE YOU COULD LIKE YOU GET ON TRI RAIL AND, OK, YOU'RE GOING TO CATCH THE BUS, HERE'S A TRANSFER TICKET.

THAT'S ALL, I MEAN, THAT'S ALL, THAT'S ALL IT IS IT'S JUST A LITTLE HERE, GO GET A BUS.

WE APPRECIATE ANY SUPPORT THAT WE CAN GET FROM THE COMMISSION.

OK, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR GO GRAY.

MR. CARN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

WHERE DO I BEGIN? WHERE I'M BEGINNING IS MY BACKGROUND IS SOFTWARE SYSTEMS ENGINEERING.

MY COMPANY DID SOME WORK FOR SUN PASS WHEN IT FIRST STARTED BACK IN THE DAY.

I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WITHOUT HAVING A PRESENTATION IN FRONT OF ME WITH SOME DESIGN, SOME METRICS, SOME GOALS.

JUST I BELIEVE IT IS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S JUST NOT SUFFICIENT TO ME AS A BOARD MEMBER TO GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT TODAY THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR.

I THINK WE DESERVE MORE THAN THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR MONEY INCLUDES DESIGN THAT YOU HAVE A PHASE WHERE YOU CAN BRING IT BACK TO US TO MAP IT OUT, OR DO YOU NEED OUR APPROVAL TO DO THAT? AND PERHAPS I DON'T KNOW IF MR. TAYLOR MIGHT...

FEASIBILITY DESIGNED OR DO YOU HAVE NEED OUR MONEY TO DO THAT? OR DO YOU HAVE MONEY TO DO THAT? I MAY REFER THIS QUESTION TO LEE TAYLOR, SINCE HE'S GOING TO BE THE STAFF WHO'S GOING TO LEAD THIS EFFORT ON SFRTA SO...WHOEVER CAN ANSWER.

OK, BUT BEFORE I ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION, I JUST LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE FIRST

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GENTLEMAN'S COMMENTS TRANSFERRING FROM ALL THREE COUNTY TRANSIT AGENCIES TO TRI RAIL AND BACK AND FORTH ALREADY EXISTS.

IF YOU HAVE A PROOF OF TRANSFER WHICH YOU GET FROM A COUNTY BUS, YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO PURCHASE REDUCED FARE.

A TRANSFER FARE WHICH IN THE CASE OF A SIX ZONE PRODUCT OR OUR HIGHEST PRODUCT, TAKES TWO DOLLARS OFF AND THAT DISCOUNT IS REDUCED AS YOU MOVE DOWN TO ONE ZONE, SO THAT ALREADY EXISTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ARE FIELDING A REQUEST RIGHT NOW FROM PALM TRAN, WELL, WHEN THEIR SYSTEM GOES IN PLACE, THEIR NEW SYSTEM GOES LIVE AND THEY'RE USING ESSENTIALLY THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE SMART CONTACTLESS PAYMENT CARD THEY INTEND OR ONE OF THEIR INTENTIONS IS TO STOP ISSUING PAPER TICKETS, AND THEY WANT US TO WORK WITH THEM SO THAT OUR POLICIES DICTATE THAT A PRESENTATION OF THIS CONTACTLESS SMART CARD IS ASSUMED TO BE A TRANSFER THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO PURCHASE A TRANSFER PRICE DISCOUNT TICKET.

NOW, YOU DON'T NEED A TRANSFER TO WALK UP TO ONE OF OUR TVMS AND PURCHASE THE DISCOUNT FARE.

BUT YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR THAT FARE HAS TO BE PRESENTED WHEN YOU WHEN YOU MEET A FARE INSPECTOR ON OUR TRAIN.

SO JUST JUST SO IT'S UNDERSTOOD YOU CAN TRANSFER FROM FROM TRI RAIL TO ANY OF THE COUNTY TRANSIT AGENCIES RIGHT NOW.

AND IT'S BEEN THAT WAY TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE SINCE AT LEAST 2009.

OK, UM TO THE OTHER GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION, WHAT SORT OF TECHNICAL DETAILS ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS MOVE IN THREE PHASES TOWARD ESSENTIALLY A REGIONAL APPLICATION, WHICH WOULD NOT ONLY PROVIDE EACH OF THE TRANSIT AGENCIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO SELL THEIR OWN FARE ON THAT APP, BYPASSING SOME OF THE ISSUES WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, SUCH AS WHO GETS TO HOLD THE MONEY BY CONTRACTING WITH SOMEONE WHO'S ALREADY PROVIDING THIS AS A COMMERCIAL SERVICE AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OUT THERE.

BASICALLY, IF I BUY FARE FROM BCT ALONG WITH MY TRI RAIL TICKET, THE FUNDS FOR THE BCT PURCHASE GO IMMEDIATELY TO BCT.

THE FUNDS FOR THE TRI RAIL PURCHASE GO IMMEDIATELY TO TRI RAIL.

UNLIKE EFFORTS IN THE PAST, WE'RE NOT LOOKING IMMEDIATELY FOR A MULTI-AGENCY FARE PRODUCT.

WE'RE ALLOWING EACH AGENCY TO SELL THEIR CURRENT FARE PRODUCTS.

THIS ISN'T THE FINAL PHASE, AND WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THAT WITH FEATURES THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN OUR OWN APP, WHICH IS VEHICLE ARRIVAL PREDICTIONS, SCHEDULES, AVAILABILITY OF POLICIES, SPECIAL RIDER ALERTS AND GENERAL POLICY ANNOUNCEMENTS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR EVERYBODY THAT RIDES IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION.

ALSO, AS A VALUE ADDED, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PROVIDER THAT DOES THIS IN OTHER CITIES.

SO FOR INSTANCE, IF I TAKE BCT TO TRY RAIL AND TAKE TRI RAIL TO TO AN AIRPORT AND LAND IN ANOTHER CITY WHERE THAT PROVIDER ALSO PROVIDES SERVICE, I CAN CONTINUE USING THE EXACT SAME APP TO CONTINUE MY COMMUTER TRAVEL WHEREVER I END UP.

SO WE'RE IN OUR FINAL PHASE.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR A GIANT VALUE ADDED PACKAGE WITH ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE TO MOVE BETWEEN COUNTIES IN THE REGION.

I APPRECIATE THE VERBAL EXPLANATION, BUT I ALSO I LIKE TO HAVE CONCEPTUAL CONFIGURATIONS.

YOU KNOW WHO'S CONTROLLING WHAT? THAT'S JUST A PART OF MY DNA.

AND I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR BOTH SIDES SO THAT THERE'S SOME ACCOUNTABILITY IF MISSION CREEK HAPPENS OR, YOU KNOW, BUDGET OVERRUN.

OOPS, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING FOR THAT.

AND I THINK IT'S NOT HARD.

I THINK IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYBODY SO THAT WE COULD LEARN FROM THE SYSTEM AND ABOUT THE SYSTEM AND MAYBE MAKE SOME CONTRIBUTIONS TO WHAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING.

I SEE A MR. STUART KEEPS WAGGING HIS PEN AT ME.

I ACTUALLY I WANT TO KIND OF CLARIFY THIS.

THIS IS INITIALLY THE GRANT AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING BACK THE UPDATES.

IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT GRANT.

SO IF THEY SPEND MONEY AND IT DOESN'T FOLLOW WHAT WE NEED IT TO DO, THEN THERE'S THERE'S A DIFFERENT ISSUE GOING ON.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT, PROBABLY.

WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TWO YEARS? I THINK THE THE EACH PHASE IS ROUGHLY 12 MONTHS, NOT EXACTLY, BUT EACH PHASE IS ROUGHLY 12 MONTHS.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS OVER AND OVER

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AGAIN.

AND IF YOU WANT AND BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT BOARD MEMBERS, WE CAN DO A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THIS EVEN, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN KIND OF GET MORE INTO THE WEEDS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS MAY WANT TO.

YOU KNOW, WE DO ALL ALL OF OUR PROJECTS MR. STUART, WE HAVE SCHEMAS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS A DEEP DIVE TO A WEEDS.

I JUST THINK IT'S A GOOD WAY TO DO BUSINESS IN A GOOD WAY, TO PRESENT TO A BODY LIKE THIS, TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF SCHEMA BEFORE US SO THAT WE CAN REFER BACK JUST LIKE WE DO OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANS AND THOSE YOU EXPLAIN THAT TO US.

EVERY TIME WE GET A NEW SET OF MONEY TO SPEND, WE GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING, WHAT OUR GOALS ARE, WHAT OUR HOW WE FOLLOW.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING AND WOULD APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS.

I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR REQUEST BACK TO OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S NO OTHER FOLKS IN THE QUEUE.

SO IF WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO PASS AND A SECOND, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.

ACTUALLY, CHAIR JOHNSON, THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT.

OH, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT TO ASK YOU.

THERE IS A PUBLIC COMMENT BY SUSAN SPARROW.

SUSAN, YOU'RE ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS A TIM GIRLING FROM BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

WAS NOT SUSAN SPARROW.

HEY, JUST REAL BRIEFLY, I DO WANT TO SORT OF TALK ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT WITH BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE INTEROPERABILITY.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE IMPLEMENTED OUR MOBILE TICKETING.

WE'VE BEEN USING THAT SINCE 2019.

WE'VE GOT ALL OF OUR FARE BOXES IN.

WE'RE IN ACTIVELY WORKING WITH MIAMI-DADE ON A INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO CREATE BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND MIAMI-DADE A REGIONAL PASS BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES.

AND WE'VE ALSO HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH PALM TRAN SINCE THEY'RE MOVING ALONG WITH THEIR PROJECT ON A SIMILAR ACTION.

AND CERTAINLY WITH THE EFFORTS THAT WE SEE HERE, WORKING WITH THE TRI RAIL, WE CAN REACH OUT AND INCLUDE THEM IN WHAT WE'RE DOING AS WELL.

SO I DON'T THINK THE WEIGHT IS ANYWHERE CLOSE TO TWO TO THREE YEARS TO SORT OF GET THESE INTEROPERABILITY APPLICATIONS OUT AND IN USE.

SO THINGS ARE PROGRESSING MAYBE FASTER THAN THAN IT APPEARED FROM THE FROM THE DISCUSSION, AND WE'RE NOT TOO FAR AWAY.

TECHNICALLY, MOST OF THE ISSUES ARE WORKED OUT.

WE ARE ABLE TO INTEROPERATE BETWEEN THE APPS AND THE VARIOUS AGENCIES I WOULD EXPECT WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH TRI RAIL AS WELL.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EXTRA INFORMATION.

SO WE CAN GO AHEAD NOW, PLEASE, AND HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

OK, WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. UDINE, AND A SECOND BY MAYOR ZIADE.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE NOW, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, THANK YOU.

MOVING ON TO OUR NEXT ACTION ITEM, AN AGREEMENT FOR BROWARD COUNTY SURTAX

[3. MOTION TO APPROVE an Agreement for Broward County Surtax Program Support Services Between Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Whitehouse Group, Inc. In an Amount Not To Exceed $1,300,706]

PROGRAM SUPPORT SERVICES BETWEEN BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND WHITE HOUSE GROUP INC IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SIX DOLLARS.

MR. CALETKA, WOULD YOU PLEASE SPEAK TO US ON THAT? YES, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU.

THIS IS AN ONGOING CONTRACT, IT'S GOING TO LAST THROUGH FOUR CYCLES.

EVERY YEAR, THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT YOU REPRESENT PUT IN FOR PROJECTS, AND THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERABLES TO BROWARD COUNTY MAP ADMINISTRATION, THE MOBILITY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SURTAX OVERVIEW.

QUESTIONS, MR. FURR.

LOOK, THIS IS MORE MONEY THAN WE HAD BEEN SPENDING, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS GOING TO HELP.

THE EXTRA MONEY IS GOING TO BE USED FOR TECHNICAL SERVICES, FOR THE CITIES TO HELP THEM WITH THE GRANTS.

AM I CORRECT ON THIS? YES, SIR, AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST LET THE BOARD KNOW THAT FROM LAST YEAR'S CONTRACT, WE ACTUALLY ONLY UTILIZED 89 PERCENT OF THE ALLOCATED FUNDS.

SO WE'RE SPENDING IT JUDICIOUSLY.

OK? AND IT ALSO WILL BE ELIMINATING POTENTIAL CONFLICTS, MUCH LIKE WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT CONTRACTS WITH FORT LAUDERDALE.

IN FACT, I GUESS WE'RE ABLE TO DO THE CONTRACT WITH FORT LAUDERDALE TODAY BECAUSE WE'RE DOING THIS.

AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THAT IS CORRECT.

THERE IS A PROVISION CLEARLY OUTLINED IN THERE THAT SAYS THAT THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP WILL NOT WORK WITH ANY MUNICIPALITIES ON SURTAX THAT WILL ENSURE AN INDEPENDENCE LEVEL THAT GIVES THE COMFORT THAT THE COUNTY AUDITOR AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATIVE ADMINISTRATION HAS REQUESTED.

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AND LASTLY, WHITE HOUSE HELPED DEVELOP THE RANKING SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE GOING WITH THEM.

CORRECT, THEY ALSO CREATED A UNIQUE DATABASE FOR THE ENGINEERS AND PLANNING STAFF OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TO SUBMIT THE PROJECT, AND THAT DATABASE IS MAINTAINED AND UPDATED REGULARLY.

THEY CREATED IT FROM NOTHING, SO THEY ARE THE ONLY REASONABLE SOURCE FOR THIS CONTRACT.

OK, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, WE HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM SANDRA WELCH.

YES, THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE IT.

MR. CALETKA.

SO THE WHITE HOUSE CONSULTING GROUP WILL COME AS A COST SAVINGS.

I KNOW WE'RE ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH IS LEFT.

WE TALKED ABOUT FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

SO YES, MA'AM, I PERFORMED AN ANALYSIS ON WHETHER TO DO IT IN-HOUSE OR THROUGH A CONSULTANT.

AND EVEN IF WE HAD HALF TIME STAFF, WHICH WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN JUST A HALF TIME STAFF FOR TWO OR THREE POSITIONS, THERE'S STILL A COST SAVINGS IN THOSE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

CORRECT, SO THERE'S AN OVERHEAD WITH STAFF OF 52 AND A HALF PERCENT, AND THAT IS NOT TRUE OF THE CONSULTANT.

THE COST IS THE ACTUAL COST, BUT THEY SURE HAVE HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE.

SO CORRECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, REBECCA.

IS THERE ANYBODY ON ZOOM OR PUBLIC THAT HAS ANYTHING TO SAY? ALL RIGHT, SO SEEING NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE TO PASS THIS? MOTION BY SANDRA WELCH, SECONDED BY MS. I'M GOING TO MESS UP THAT NAME LOU LEWELLEN.

SORRY, ALL RIGHT, PLEASE VOTE.

YES.

ALL RIGHTY.

IT LOOKS NOW LIKE NOW WE GO ON TO COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.

[7. Comments from the Chair]

YOU'RE ON.

YOU'RE THE CHAIR.

OH ME, OH MY, I WAS THINKING..

MADAM PRESIDENT, YES YOU ARE.

.. I'M NOT USED TO ALL THIS GLORY.

I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS EXCEPT TO SAY THAT I'M GETTING THROUGH THIS FOR MY FIRST TIME AND SO I'M FEELING REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE MY GRANDSON AND GRANDDAUGHTER SAY I'M TECHNOLOGY IMPAIRED.

SO I APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS, THANK YOU.

OH ALL RIGHT, MEMBER COMMENTS? THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS THAT HAVE A COMMENT HERE? I GUESS YOU WOULD HAVE HAD TO SUBMIT A COMMENT TO THE BOARD FIRST, SO SEEING NONE, WE CAN MOVE ON, NOW THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT.

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

SO I ACTUALLY WANT TO BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WANT TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU WHO SHOWED UP TODAY.

BRIAN AND I WERE DOING A QUORUM CALL BECAUSE WE WERE A LITTLE CONCERNED WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY MAKE QUORUM.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY THAT SHOWS YOUR DILIGENCE AND YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE ORGANIZATION.

I APPRECIATE IT.

SECONDLY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ACTUALLY GOT THIS SPECTACULAR AWARD FROM THE U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

THIS IS A NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY AWARD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.

THIS TYPICALLY GOES TO A STATE DOT OR TO A CITY.

THIS PARTICULAR AWARD IS FOR OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN PROGRAM AND ALSO THE COMMITMENT IN THIS CITY OF MANNERS.

THE WILTON DRIVE PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, AND THAT ONE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY AMAZING.

I JUST KIND OF GIVE THEM A LITTLE CONGRATULATIONS HERE.

SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS TO US VIRTUALLY.

MYSELF AND THE TEAM WERE OUT IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, MAKING PRESENTATIONS ON OUR PROGRAM TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MPOS.

AND THIS CAME THROUGH, AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY VERY BIG DEAL.

THIS IS AN UNUSUAL SITUATION.

THE STATE OF FLORIDA DOT ALSO WON THIS LAST YEAR FOR THEIR ARRIVE ALIVE PROGRAM, WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHICH ONE OF THE 50 PEOPLE DO YOU WANT TO SEE DIE IN A CAR ACCIDENT? AND THIS IS ACTUALLY WHEN YOU KIND OF REALIZE WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO DO.

IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE THAT THE DRIVE IN PARTICULAR, IS SOMETHING I KIND OF WANT TO FOCUS ON BECAUSE THAT THE NUMBERS AND THIS IS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, ACTUALLY A HOME DEPOT FOR SUNRISE ALL THE WAY THROUGH WILTON MANORS, UP TO FIVE POINTS.

WE ACTUALLY SAW A SIXTY SIX PERCENT DECREASE IN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES.

THAT'S A FREAKING HUGE NUMBER AND A SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT REDUCTION IN SEVERE INJURY CRASHES, WHICH AGAIN, IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T ISN'T UNHEARD OF NATIONALLY ON INTERNATIONALLY.

AND THEN SOMETHING THAT ALSO HAPPENED, WHICH IS COMPLETELY COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ANYBODY'S THOUGHT PROCESS, WAS BETWEEN FORT LAUDERDALE

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HIGH SCHOOL AND THE HOME DEPOT, THERE WAS ACTUALLY A 30 PERCENT INCREASE IN THROUGHPUT OF TRAFFIC, EVEN THOUGH WE ELIMINATED A TRAVEL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

SO WE WERE ACTUALLY ABLE TO CARRY MORE TRAFFIC ON A SINGLE LANE THAN WE WERE ON FOUR LANES OF OF ROADWAY THERE.

IN WILTON MANORS, IT ACTUALLY THE THROUGHPUT INCREASED BY 50 PERCENT.

SO NOT ONLY WERE WE ABLE TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN ABLE TO MOVE MORE CARS THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR THAN ACTUALLY DID ON A FIVE LANE FACILITY.

THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WAS COMPLETELY COUNTERINTUITIVE TO ALL OF US.

WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE SOME CAPACITY THERE, AND WE THOUGHT THERE WOULD BE ISSUES WHEN YOU ELIMINATED A LANE.

BUT WHAT THAT ACTUALLY PROVED OUT IS THAT WE INCREASED THE THROUGHPUT.

AND COMMISSIONER CAPUTO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING TO THAT.

SOME SOME PART OF THE CHANGE ACTUALLY INSPIRED THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC? WE'RE ACTUALLY TAKING THAT NEXT STEP LEVEL DEEP DIVE INTO THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN INCREDIBLE NUMBER, AND EVEN U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS LOOKING AT THIS GOING, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? BECAUSE IT AGAIN GOES BACK TO THAT COUNTERINTUITIVE.

WE FIGURED THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE MORE CONGESTION, NOT LESS.

AND THE THROUGHPUT WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE WEREN'T CONCERNED THAT IT WAS GOING TO THROW THE ROADWAY OVER LEVEL OF SERVICE, BUT IT JUST IF THE THROUGHPUT IS JUST PHENOMENAL.

MAYOR MAYOR, YOU.

RIGHT, OK SO A COUPLE OF THINGS, I HAVE MY OFFICE ON THAT CORRIDOR AND SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF OBSERVATIONS.

FIRST, WITH REGARD TO THE IMPROVED LEVEL OF TRAFFIC.

I THINK THAT THE DEFINING MOMENT WAS WHEN YOU ISOLATED A LANE SPECIFICALLY FOR PARENTS AND BUSSES TO LINE UP IN THAT SINGLE LANE, THEY'RE NOT ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND IT ALLOWED IT ALLOWED THE OTHER TWO LANES TO BECOME DEDICATED TO THE TO THE TRAFFIC.

SO BECAUSE I TRAVELED UP AND DOWN THERE ALL DAY LONG AND IT HAD ALWAYS BEEN EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING TRYING TO GET THROUGH THERE WHEN ESPECIALLY WHEN SCHOOL WAS OUT, SO YOU KNOW MY HAT'S OFF TO THE PLANNERS WHO FIGURED SOMETHING OUT THERE AND IT REALLY, REALLY WORKED.

SECONDLY, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO GET TREES ON WILTON DRIVE? I MEAN, BECAUSE, YEAH, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN I'VE BEEN MY OFFICE HAS BEEN ON THAT STREET FOR TWENTY ONE YEARS.

AND FINALLY, YOU NARROW THE STREET TO WHERE IT BECOMES SAFE TO TO WALK ACROSS THE STREET.

BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THERE ARE ISLANDS OF DUST AND DIRT THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW THAT WE'RE HOPING THAT SOMEDAY FDOT AND MPO WILL BE ABLE TO FINALLY PLANT SOMETHING THERE.

I'M ACTUALLY WORKING WITH STEVE BRAUN OVER AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO BACK FUND BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT SAME SITUATION IN HOLLYWOOD IN THE PARTICULAR COMPLETE STREETS EXAMPLE TO THE CITIES HAD SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PLANT MATERIALS IN THERE INITIALLY.

AND SO THE DOT DIDN'T NECESSARILY PROGRAM FUNDING FOR IT, BUT WE'RE...WE WERE TOLD THAT FDOT REFUSED TO ALLOW THEM TO PLANT.

YEAH, I'M TRYING TO POSITIVE SPIN, I'M TRYING TO PUT A POSITIVE SPIN.

I JUST IT'S LIKE EVERYONE'S PASSING THE BUCK HERE.

BUT THE REALITY BECAUSE WILTON MANORS HAS HAD THE FORESIGHT TO CREATE A BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WHICH INTO WHICH I PAY EVERY YEAR.

THANK YOU.

AND THERE'S STILL NO TREES.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON IT, MAYOR, I PROMISE YOU THAT AND WE WILL GET TO IT.

COMMISSIONER HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.

YEAH, GO AHEAD.

SO, SO THANK YOU THANK YOU FOR [INAUDIBLE] YOU'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THE RFP IS ACTUALLY OUT FOR THE TREES.

THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD WAS WAITING ON BROWARD COUNTY, AS I UNDERSTOOD IT, BROWARD COUNTY.

THAT PROCESS FOR SURTAX HAD A LOT OF THINGS GO ON FOR A WHILE, IF I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY.

THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS AND PIECES.

I KNOW.

TEN YEARS, TEN YEARS, MINIMUM.

THREE YEARS, RIGHT? THAT'S THREE YEARS.

I KNOW.

BUT AGAIN, I WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY HERE FOR SHOWING UP TODAY AS WELL.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

AGAIN, A REMINDER WE'RE HAVING OUR AWARDS BANQUET IT THE SECOND FRIDAY OF NOVEMBER AND LOOK FORWARD, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SIGNATURE GRAND IT WILL BE AT LUNCH.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT PRESENTATION THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING AN AWARD TO REPRESENTATIVE HUNSCHOFSKY, THE FORMER BOARD MEMBER, ON ACTUALLY CARRYING FORWARD WITH PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE LANGUAGE AT THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

IT WAS A BILL THAT WAS STALLED FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.

SHE WAS ABLE TO MOVE IT AS A FRESHMAN, THAT'S EXTREMELY UNUSUAL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE AWARDING COMODO ABOUT MINORITY PARTICIPATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MOVING THAT HAVE BEEN MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE GOING TO BE GIVING DICK BLATTNER, FORMER COMMISSIONER OF HOLLYWOOD AND BOARD CHAIR, A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR HIS EFFORTS NOT ONLY HERE AT THE

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MPO, BUT THE $135 MILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS THAT WERE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD DURING HIS TENURE ON THE MPO.

AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MPO DOLLARS FOR THAT.

AND SO WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY THERE IN NOVEMBER.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE OUR BOARD MEETING NOVEMBER 4TH.

THAT'S AN UNUSUAL THING.

IT'S MOVING UP.

WE WILL BE PRESENTING THE DOT WORK PROGRAM FOR BOTH THE STATE DOT OFFICE HERE ON COMMERCIAL AS WELL AS THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY.

SO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE TRAVELING NEXT MONTH ON NOVEMBER 4TH, WHICH AGAIN IS A WEEK EARLIER THAN WE NORMALLY MEET.

WILL YOU BE SENDING OUT SOMETHING TO MAKE A RESERVATION FOR THE LUNCHEON? ABSOLUTELY, YOU'LL BE SEEING A BUNCH OF COMMUNICATIONS COMING OUT.

COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE ACTUALLY ASKED FOR US TO SEND OUT A CALENDAR OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE DO.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY KIND OF PRETTY IT UP AND SEND IT OUT.

SO THAT WAY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE NOT JUST BOARD MEETING DATES, BUT HERE'S THIS EVENT HERE'S A COMPLETE SAFE STREET SUMMIT EVENT.

HERE IS OUR WORKSHOP ON GRANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HOLDING.

AND THEN AS WE MOVE INTO 2022 TO ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON AND I'VE ALREADY ACTUALLY WE'RE ALREADY PLANNED OUT THROUGH TWENTY TWENTY THREE.

WE'LL BE HAVING AN AWARDS BANQUET AS WELL AS A SAFE STREET SUMMIT SHOULD THE CONTRACT GO FORWARD WITH THE DIPLOMAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THAT IN 2023, AND THAT IS ACTUALLY, I GUESS, IN FEBRUARY, I THINK IT IS YEAH SO OF TWENTY THREE, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE DATES PLANNED OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THAT OUT TO EVERYBODY SO YOU CAN PLAN YOUR CALENDARS ACCORDINGLY.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SIT DOWN, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. STUART? ALL RIGHT, NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR MONTHLY FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE

[10. Monthly Federal and State Legislative Reports: https://browardmpo.org/13-who-we-are/13-legislative-priorities]

REPORTS FROM MR. CALVARESI AND MR. SALLOUM.

HI, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

GREAT.

YOUR AMAZON WAS OPEN, WHO KNOWS WHAT I WOULD HAVE BOUGHT? SO THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

SO FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, THERE'S NOT MUCH NEWS TO UPDATE AS LAST MONTH, WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS SORRY LAST MONTH WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS SUPPOSED TO PASS THE TRANSPORTATION BILL.

THEY ESSENTIALLY KICKED THE CAN TO HALLOWEEN SO AS EVERYBODY'S TRICK OR TREATING AND ENJOYING THEIR CANDY.

AND WHAT I LIKE TO CALL HALLOWEEN IS PEDESTRIAN APPRECIATION DAY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE REWARD OUR CHILDREN FOR WALKING AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE WILL ALSO BE THINKING ABOUT WILL WE BE ABLE TO KEEP THE DOORS OPEN ON NOVEMBER 1ST? NOW, IF THEY CAN'T PASS SOMETHING, MOST LIKELY THEY WILL PASS AN EXTENSION.

WE'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN SEVERAL TIMES JUST TO PUT EVERYTHING IN PERSPECTIVE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT AND I KNOW GREG THROUGH A BUNCH OF DATES THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO THROW EVEN MORE AT YOU.

SO WE KNOW THAT OCTOBER 31ST IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION BILL.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS OUR LIGHTS ON.

THAT'S WHAT KEEPS THIS BOARD RUNNING.

THIS IS THAT'S WHAT KEEPS OUR MISSION GOING.

ADDITIONALLY, YOU'RE SEEING THE DECEMBER 3RD DATE THAT'S FOR THE REST OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO IT'LL BE VERY INTERESTING FOR USDOT TO BE FUNDED, BUT NOT THE TREASURY THAT GIVES US OUR MONEY.

SO THEY ARE I MEAN, THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY PLAYING CHICKEN WITH DATES AND THAT'S THE REALITY WE LIVE IN.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE THINK THEY'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH BY PASSING EXTENSIONS AND DOING WHAT THEY DO BEHIND THE SCENES.

SO YOU SAW THIS, YOU SAW THIS LAST MONTH.

THANKFULLY, THIS PACKAGE HASN'T CHANGED.

THE SENATE PASSED THEIRS.

IT WENT TO THE HOUSE.

IF THE HOUSE MAKES CHANGES EVEN A SENTENCE, IT NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE SENATE AND WE START ALL OVER AT SQUARE ONE.

SO WE KNOW THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE KNOW WHAT'S IN THE SENATE BILL IS WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.

IT'S A GOOD BILL.

IT'S 30 PERCENT MORE FUNDING THAN WE HAVE BEEN RECEIVING.

ONCE IT GETS PASSED, THIS BOARD WILL BE ABLE TO DO A LOT MORE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO ADVANCE ITS PROGRAMS, ITS INITIATIVES AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND ITS REACH.

AND THAT'S FANTASTIC.

OK, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE ARE IN 2021 UNDER THE FUNDING AND WHAT'S PROJECTED TO MOVE UP, OR SO OUR HOUSE PROJECTED TO CHANGE YEAR OVER YEAR FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THANKFULLY, ONCE THIS PASSES, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS.

OK, AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AS FAR AS THE NEW FUNDING GOES, INSTEAD OF CREATING NEW DEDICATED FORMULA FUNDING, WHICH WE LIKE FORMULA, IT'S PREDICTABLE, WE KNOW HOW MUCH WE'RE GETTING.

THE SENATE PUT INTO DISCRETIONARY SO GRANTS FUNDING THAT WE NEED TO APPLY FOR THAT.

WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER TO BRING BACK TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

SO ONCE AGAIN, SO THAT DATE IS THE DATE WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS OCTOBER 31.

SEE IF THEY PASS IT.

OK, ADDITIONALLY, SO REMEMBER, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DISCRETIONARY

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GRANTS ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE MPO HAS TWO EVENTS HAPPENING, WHICH I TOLD YOU, I'M GOING TO THROW A LOT OF DATES AT YOU.

IN THE MORNING WE HAVE OUR GRANTS WORKSHOP, BROWARD MPO STAFF AND OUR SORRY AND OUR CONSULTING EXPERTS WILL DO AN HOUR AND A HALF WORKSHOP ON WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO APPLY FOR A GRANT? WE'RE TALKING SOUP TO NUTS.

HOW IS IT PLANNED? DO YOU HAVE DATA? DO YOU HAVE PERSONNEL AND STAFF AVAILABLE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE THE GRANT APPLICATION PROCESS? AND THEN ONCE THE GRANT IS SUBMITTED, WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL CONTINGENCY AND IF YOU HAVE ANY ADVOCACY FIRMS UP IN D.C.

TO KEEP PUSHING THE MESSAGE AND THEN AFTER THAT, WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO WIN? WHAT IS THE COST OF WINNING? OK.

CAN YOU ADMINISTER THE GRANT? AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER ALL OF THAT IN THE MORNING OF NOVEMBER 3RD.

OK.

ALSO, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ANOTHER ITEM, NOT GRANT RELATED, NOT FEDERAL RELATED, BUT OUR COMPLETE STREETS TEAM IS DOING AN OPEN STREETS WEBINAR IN THE AFTERNOON.

SO A LOT OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES COMING FROM THE BROWARD MPO ON NOVEMBER 3RD, THE DAY BEFORE YOUR NOVEMBER 4TH BOARD MEETING.

SO I TRIED TO BE AS SUCCINCT AS POSSIBLE, AND IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

WHAT TIME IS THAT GRANT WORKSHOP START ON NOVEMBER 3RD A.M.? 10:30.

AND THE AFTERNOON SESSION? THREE O'CLOCK.

OK, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? MR. CARN.

WELL, THANK YOU, I HAD A JUST A QUESTION, WOULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT OPEN STREETS MEANS? I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP AN EXPERT.

CAN I HAVE SOMEBODY FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS TEAM? WELL, I CAN ONLY SEE HALF A FACE, SO IT TAKES ME TWICE AS LONG TO PROCESS WHO I'M LOOKING AT, I WAS COMING UP AND I KNOW, RIGHT? GOOD MORNING, JAMES CROMAR, WE WERE JUST CONFERRING WITH THE TEAM ABOUT WHO COULD TALK MOST ABOUT THIS CONCEPT.

THE OPEN STREETS IS TIED TO A PROGRAM THAT STARTED OFF IN COLOMBIA CALLED [INAUDIBLE] THERE'S THE IDEA OF TAKING A STREET AND CLOSING IT OFF TO AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC, BUT OPENING IT UP FOR OTHER USES.

SO IN COLOMBIA EVERY SUNDAY MORNING, THEY WOULD CLOSE OFF CERTAIN STREETS FOR A FEW HOURS AND YOU'D HAVE NOT ONLY PEOPLE BICYCLING AND WALKING, BUT ALSO YOGA CLASSES, VENDORS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.

AND THIS KIND OF IDEA OF OPEN STREETS HAS KIND OF SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD.

WE SAW VARIATIONS ON IT DURING COVID, WHERE CERTAIN LANES MIGHT BE CLOSED OR CERTAIN AREAS CLOSED OFF TO CARS TO ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT USES OF THE STREET SPACE.

AND SO WE'LL BE LOOKING TO SET UP A PROGRAM IN BROWARD TO INAUGURATE SOME TYPES OF [INAUDIBLE] EVENTS.

AND SO THE INITIAL OUTREACH HAS BEEN SURVEYED TO SOME OF OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST.

AND THEN ON THE THIRD, THERE WILL BE A WEBINAR WITH SOME EXPERTS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES THAT WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE PARTICULAR PROGRAMS AND SOME IDEA RAISING ABOUT WHAT WE CAN BE DOING IN BROWARD.

WE EXPECT TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU SHORTLY WITH WHAT WE WANT TO BE HAPPENING HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY.

BUT AGAIN, THE IDEA IS TO TAKE SOME OF THE STREETS, CLOSE THEM OFF FOR ALLOWING PEOPLE TO USE THE STREETS IN DIFFERENT WAYS, FOR MOVING ABOUT, FOR STANDING, SELLING ITEMS, BUYING FOOD, THINGS OF THAT SORT.

OH, THERE YOU GO.

DO YOU SUPPLY BULLETPROOF VESTS WITH THIS PROGRAM? THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT QUESTION, AND WE CAN CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THE BUDGET.

I THINK YOU KNOW THAT COMMUNITIES GO UP IN ARMS WHEN YOU SAY CLOSE ANYTHING? WELL, AND THANK YOU.

I'M GLAD YOU RAISE THAT POINT TOO.

AND THAT IS PART OF THE OUTREACH THAT NEEDS TO OCCUR IS MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT'S HAPPENING.

I'M THINKING OF SOME OF THE STREETS, AND I THINK IT'S A QUESTION OF HOW WE COMMUNICATE.

IT'S CLOSING THE STREET TEMPORARILY.

SO FOR A FEW HOURS, THERE ARE SOME STREETS THAT CLOSE OFF FOR RACES, FOR SPECIAL EVENTS, FOR FAIRS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.

OF COURSE, WE WOULD CONFER WITH OUR COMMUNITIES.

WE WOULD NOT COME INTO YOUR COMMUNITY MR. CARNS AND JUST CLOSE OFF THE STREET WITHOUT HAVING PROPER CONVERSATIONS IN COORDINATION WITH POLICE AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT.

OK, SO THE WHOLE BALL OF WAX YOU'LL TELL US ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR WHAT AND ALL THE ... HMM-MM AND HOW MUCH WE CAN ASK FROM OUR PARTNERS.

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A JOB FOR YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? MIKE, WHAT MY QUESTION IS, WHERE IS THE COORDINATION HAPPENING TO LEVERAGE THE

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SURTAX ON ALL THESE GRANTS? OK.

IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE GRANTS WERE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME LOCAL INPUT, LOCAL FUNDING OR SHARE SHARE OF THAT.

THAT'S WHERE THE SURTAX COULD OR SHOULD COME IN.

AND NOW THAT WE HAVE IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO TRY TO LEVERAGE IT.

BUT IF EVERYBODY'S KIND OF GOING WILLY NILLY ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE APPLYING FOR WITHOUT A COORDINATED RESPONSE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE MIGHT BE SHOOTING OURSELVES IN THE FOOT.

SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A COORDINATED RESPONSE? BRIAN, DO YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT? I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MAP ADMINISTRATION, BUT THE 10 PERCENT THAT GOES, THAT'S FOR MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

THE OTHER 90 PERCENT, THE WAY THAT I UNDERSTAND BURKE CORRECT IS THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY HAD SOMETHING TO LEVERAGE SURTAX, THEN THEY WOULD ACTUALLY JUST WRITE MAP ADMINISTRATION DIRECTLY WITH THE INFORMATION THAT'S RELEVANT FOR CONSIDERATION.

OK, AND THAT'S BEING DISPERSED THAT INFORMATION WITHIN CITIES IN THE PROCESS OF YES, WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE LAST CONTRACT.

AND THAT'S OUR GOAL.

OK, GREAT, THANK YOU.

OH, MR. SCUOTTO.

OH YEAH, I JUST WANT TO TOUCH ON WHAT THE GENTLEMAN JUST WENT UP THERE AND SAID ABOUT THE STREET THING, WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF SUNRISE ON SUNSET STRIP, WE'RE BURYING ALL THE FP&L LINES WE HAVE PUT IN BRICK PAVERS IN THE STREET.

WE'RE GOING TO CALL IT AN ART PLAZA ON THE WEEKEND.

LIKE ON SATURDAY, WE'RE GOING TO SHUT IT DOWN FOR A FARMERS MARKET AND THEN AFTER A COUPLE OF HOURS, WE'LL JUST OPEN IT RIGHT BACK UP.

SO WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF DOING THAT RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

AND WE'D LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT.

HOW SOON IS THAT GOING TO BE STARTING? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.

RIGHT NOW WE'RE GOING OUT.

OK? I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

I WANTED TO MENTION ALSO, THERE'S A FLIER IN THE BACK TALKING ABOUT THIS, THIS EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING ON THE THIRD.

THERE'S THIS DISCUSSION ITEM, BUT THAT'S GREAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE OUR STREETS THAT CARRY A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT CERTAIN TIMES THEY DON'T.

AND SO ARE THERE SMARTER WAYS TO USE THIS SPACE THAT'S THERE, THAT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AND AND BE WISE AND ENCOURAGE OTHER THINGS TO DO.

SO THAT'S GREAT.

WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.

OK.

MS. WELCH HAS A COMMENT.

COME ON, IT'S JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT, I DO WANT TO KNOW THE DETAILS ABOUT THAT COMMISSIONER SCUOTTO, BUT IS ARE WE ONLY TALKING ABOUT CITY STREETS OR ARE WE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING COUNTY AND STATE AS WELL ROADS? YES, THAT'LL BE SOME OF THE DISCUSSION.

OK, MORE TO COME, THANKS.

ACTUALLY, REAL QUICK UPLOAD FOR DURING COVID, FORT LAUDERDALE CLOSED EIGHT PARTS OF A1A TO ALLOW FOR MORE PUBLIC SPACE.

AND IT WAS A IT'S OBVIOUSLY STATE AND FEDERAL FACILITY, SO THERE'S SOME EXPERIENCE THERE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHTY, CARYL SHUHAM.

THANK YOU, I JUST WANT TO ADD, HOLLYWOOD DOES THIS SEVERAL TIMES A MONTH.

WE CLOSE HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY AN FDOT STREET FOR ANTIQUE CAR SHOWS.

WE CLOSE HARRISON STREET FOR AN ART WALK, WHICH WILL HAPPEN THIS SATURDAY NIGHT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO COME AND SEE FABULOUS DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD.

AND IT'S FANTASTIC.

SO I ENCOURAGE ANY CITY THAT HAS A GROWING OR INTERESTING DOWNTOWN TO CONSIDER THIS.

THE ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING IN HOLLYWOOD SURF ROAD ALONG THE BEACH, WHICH IS IN THE NORTH PART OF OUR BEACH, A NARROW STRIP THAT HAS VERY LITTLE CAR TRAFFIC AND TONS AND TONS OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.

AND WE ARE WORKING A WITH CONSULTANT NOW TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT IT WOULD NEVER BE SHUT DOWN TO AUTOMOBILES, BUT IT WOULD BE PRIORITIZED IN A WAY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.

SO I'M JUST ASKING IF THIS WOULD ALSO BE DEEMED AN OPEN OPEN STREET.

SO SOME OF OUR STAFF WENT TO LOS ANGELES TO OBSERVE THEIR SIKH LIBYA THAT HAPPENED LAST WEEKEND, AND THEY BROUGHT BACK PHOTOS, AND ONE OF THE PHOTOS WAS OF A STREET THAT HAS A PARKING GARAGE ENTRANCE AND EXIT AND AS PART OF THE ROUTE.

SO THEY HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE MOVEMENT OF THE MOTOR VEHICLES, ALONG WITH MAKING IT SAFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE WALKING OR BICYCLING OR THINGS OF THAT SORT.

SO, YEAH, THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THIS CAN HAPPEN, AND THERE ARE LESSONS THAT WE CAN LEARN FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

THAT'S PARTLY WHY THE STAFF WENT TO LOS ANGELES TO LEARN FROM THEM.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO US HERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BRING IN TO.

SO I ALSO JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU, BACK YEARS BEFORE I WORKED FOR THE MPO IN THE COUNTY, I WORKED IN THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH, AND WE ACTUALLY DESIGNED SEVERAL STREETS THAT WERE PEDESTRIAN STREETS THAT ALLOWED FOR VEHICLES.

SO IF YOU, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL UP TO WEST PALM BEACH, THERE'S A ROSEMARY PLACE, WHICH IS CITY PLACE.

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ORIGINALLY JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE PUBLIX, THERE IS A PARTICULAR STREET THAT HAS ACTUALLY A PEDESTRIAN DESIGN STREET THAT HAPPENS TO CARRY CARS.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT THAT AS YOUR CONSULTANTS DESIGN THE PARTICULAR FACILITY ON SURF ROAD.

THANK YOU.

THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY MORE REQUESTS THAN IN THE CUE, SO IT LOOKS LIKE.

HAVE ANYTHING ELSE FOR US, MR. CALVARESI? NO, THE INVITE FOR THE GRANTS WORKSHOP, WILL BE GOING OUT THIS AFTERNOON AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING AS MANY PEOPLE THERE AS POSSIBLE, THANK YOU.

IT'S VIRTUAL? ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

BEFORE MR. GABRIEL MAKES THIS REPORT, I JUST WANT TO APOLOGIZE THAT I DON'T KNOW EVERYBODY'S TITLE, WHETHER YOU'RE COMMISSIONER OR VICE, MAYOR OR MAYOR OR WHATEVER.

SO I APOLOGIZE IF I HAVEN'T GIVEN YOU PROPER RECOGNITION FOR WHO YOU ARE AND IF I MURDERED YOUR NAMES.

SO THIS ALL CAME ON ME RATHER SUDDENLY TODAY SO...

NO WORRIES.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, MR. GABRIEL, PLEASE, YOUR REPORT .

[11. General Counsel’s Report]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

GOOD MORNING, ALAN GABRIEL, YOUR GENERAL COUNSEL.

SO I ALWAYS PRESENT A MONTHLY REPORT THAT'S PART OF YOUR BACKUP THAT IDENTIFIES THE MATTERS THAT BASICALLY I'VE WORKED ON OR MY OFFICE HAS WORKED ON THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE MONTH.

IT DOES GIVE YOU AN INSIGHT AS TO WHAT SOME OF THE ITEMS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.

IT ALSO TELLS YOU SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WILL BE COMING YOUR WAY.

IF YOU EVER LOOK AT THAT AND YOU HAVE A QUESTION, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CALL AND JUST DISCUSS WITH ME WHAT'S HAPPENING IF I AM NOT ABLE TO ANSWER, I CAN, I'LL GET SOMEONE FROM STAFF AS WELL TO TALK TO YOU.

ONE THING I WANT TO TALK ABOUT, TOO, IS TODAY, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESIDENT, OF COURSE, FOR EVERY MEETING IN THE BOARDROOM SO THAT WE CAN CONDUCT THE BUSINESS AT HAND IF WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM, WHICH FOR BOARD PURPOSES IS 14.

WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 14 PEOPLE HERE TO CONDUCT OUR OFFICIAL BUSINESS.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THAT QUORUM, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE VOTES AND MOVE FORWARD, AS YOU WELL KNOW, BEING ELECTED OFFICIALS HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS BECAUSE WE ONLY MEET ONCE A MONTH, IF WE IF WE MISS A MEETING, THAT WORK IS NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD, IT'S STYMIED AND IT CAN CAUSE SIGNIFICANT TROUBLES FOR US AS AN ORGANIZATION BECAUSE WE HAVE TO MEET CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, DOLLARS AND OTHER BUDGETARY PURPOSES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT TO THAT BECAUSE YOU HEAR US TALK ABOUT THE QUORUM AND WE COUNT THE NUMBERS.

YOU SEE ME COUNTING CONTINUOUSLY THROUGHOUT THE MEETING AT THE END OF THE MEETING, AND WE STILL HAVE ACTION ITEMS AND THAT WE'RE DOWN BELOW THE 14, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY STOP FUNCTIONING AND MOVE ON.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR ISSUE, CERTAINLY COME.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR ISSUE AND IF YOU JUST ADVISE US SO THAT WE CAN, WE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

WE CAN TRY TO MANAGE THE MEETING FOR THE PURPOSES OF CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

HAVE A GOOD DAY.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

OK, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NON-ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Report From Partner Agencies - Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Policy Plan Update]

REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCIES FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM POLICY PLAN UPDATE, CHRISTINE FASISKA.

WE'LL VISIT PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

GOOD MORNING.

MORNING, CHRISTINE FASISKA, TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DISTRICT FOUR, AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM OR THE SIS POLICY PLAN UPDATE.

SO MY GOAL TODAY WILL BE TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN, WHY IT MATTERS, HIGHLIGHT THE PLAN ELEMENTS AND EMPHASIS AREAS, AND THEN DISCUSS THE PROPOSED FOCUS AREAS AND TO GET YOUR INPUT.

SO THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM, OR THE SIS, IS A STATEWIDE NETWORK OF PRIORITY, HIGH PRIORITY TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE STATE'S LARGEST AND MOST SIGNIFICANT AIRPORTS, SPACE PORTS, PUBLIC SEAPORTS, FREIGHT RAIL TERMINALS, PASSENGER RAIL AND INNER CITY BUS TERMINALS, RAIL CORRIDORS, WATERWAYS AND HIGHWAYS.

THE FLORIDA ESTABLISHED THE SIS IN TWO THOUSAND THREE FOR MANY REASONS AND ALL OF WHICH ARE STILL RELEVANT TODAY.

A PRIMARY REASON WAS TO HELP MEET GROWING DEMAND OF MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS AND FREIGHT ON ALL MODES AS OUR POPULATION AND ECONOMY CONTINUE TO EXPAND.

THE SIS WAS ENVISIONED TO SUPPORT FLORIDA'S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS BY CONNECTING OUR REGIONS TO MARKETS WITHIN OUR NATION AND WORLDWIDE.

MANY INDUSTRIES REQUIRED ACCESS TO MULTIPLE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, PROVIDING SEAMLESS MOVEMENT OF BOTH PEOPLE AND GOODS.

AND IN ADDITION, THE SIS WAS INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE STATE'S COMMUNITY PLANNING GOALS BY FOCUSING TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS ON EXISTING TRANSPORTATION HUBS AND

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CORRIDORS SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

AND FINALLY, THE SIS WAS INTENDED TO FOCUS OUR ESSENTIAL STATE RESOURCES ON THOSE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES MOST CRITICAL TO FLORIDA'S ECONOMY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.

SO FLORIDA STATUTE REQUIRES THE DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE THE CIS POLICY PLAN AT LEAST ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS FOLLOWING THE UPDATE TO THE FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLAN OR THE FTP.

THE PLAN IS DEVELOPED BY REVIEWING THE MOST RECENT FTP GOALS AND OBJECTIVES TO ENSURE THE CIS POLICY PLAN IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FTP AND IN ADDITION, THE PROCESS CONSIDERS CURRENT TRENDS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING APPLICABLE PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO ENSURE THE PLAN ADDRESSES KEY ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SIS.

THE PROCESS REQUIRES COLLABORATION AND INPUT GATHERED THROUGH VARIOUS PARTNER AND PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, SUCH AS PARTNER BRIEFINGS, SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH, VIRTUAL OUTREACH AND SURVEYS, AND THERE'S A THIRTY FIVE MEMBER STEERING COMMITTEE THAT GUIDED THE UPDATE OF THE FTP AND THAT HAPPENED IN TWENTY TWENTY, AND THEY'RE ASSISTING WITH THE UPDATE OF THE SIS POLICY PLAN THIS YEAR.

THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE SCHEDULE A LITTLE LATER ON, BUT THAT'LL ACCOMPANY THE DRAFT FINAL PLAN.

AND THEN FOLLOWING THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND FINAL MANAGEMENT APPROVAL, THE FINAL PLAN WILL BE ADOPTED.

SO THE SIS IS MADE UP OF TWO BASIC COMPONENTS, SIS FACILITIES, WHICH MEET HIGH LEVELS OF PEOPLE AND GOODS MOVEMENT, GENERALLY SUPPORTING MAJOR FLOWS OF INTER-REGIONAL, INTERSTATE AND INTERNATIONAL TRIPS, AND THEN STRATEGIC GROWTH FACILITIES WHICH ARE SMALL IN NATURE AND ARE GENERALLY DESIGNATED TO SUPPORT NICHE MARKETS, UNDERSERVED GEOGRAPHIC AREAS OR OTHER UNIQUE ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN THE SIS INCLUDES THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF FACILITIES HUBS, CORRIDORS AND CONNECTORS.

HUBS ARE FOR FACILITIES LIKE AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS AND OTHER TYPES OF TERMINALS.

CORRIDORS ARE HIGHWAYS, RAIL LINES AND WATERWAYS, AND THEN THE CONNECTORS LINKS THE HUBS TO THE CORRIDORS OR HUBS TO OTHER HUBS, AND THEN ALSO MILITARY ACCESS FACILITIES TO CORRIDORS.

SO THIS MAP SHOWS THE FACILITIES CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE SIS WITHIN DISTRICT FOUR.

AND SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE ON HERE IS DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRPORTS AND GENERAL AVIATION AIRPORTS, DIFFERENT RAIL CORRIDORS, HIGHWAY CORRIDORS.

AND ALTHOUGH THE OUTLINE OF THE PLAN HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS, THE POLICY DOCUMENT GENERALLY ADDRESSES AND INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING TOPICS IT DEFINES OBJECTIVES FOR HOW WE PLAN AND MANAGE THE SIS.

CONSISTENT WITH THE BROADER GOALS OF THE FTP, IT OUTLINES FOCUS AREAS FOR THE SIS THAT ARE TO BE ADDRESSED OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

AS PART OF THE PLAN UPDATE, IT SETS FORTH POLICIES OR STRATEGIES DIRECTED TOWARDS THOSE OBJECTIVES AND FOCUS AREAS.

AND LASTLY, IT SETS FORTH IMPLEMENTATION GUIDANCE ON HOW TO CARRY THE PLAN FORWARD.

SO THESE ARE THE CURRENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE TWENTY SIXTEEN SIS POLICY PLAN, THESE OBJECTIVES STILL CORRELATE TO THE CURRENT FTP GOALS AND RELATED MOBILITY, TRANSPORTATION CHOICES AND ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS, AND REPRESENT THE LONG STANDING FRAMEWORK OF THE SIS IN ITS ORIGINAL INTENT.

THE 20202 SIS POLICY PLAN WILL FOCUS ON THESE FIVE AREAS.

FIRST IS SAFETY AND IT'LL LOOK AT HOW DOES THE SIS AS A KEY ELEMENT OF THE STATE'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR VISION OF ELIMINATING FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON FLORIDA'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM? IT'LL LOOK AT RESILIENCE.

HOW CAN WE REDUCE VULNERABILITIES OF CIS INFRASTRUCTURE TO RISKS, INCLUDING EXTREME WEATHER, SEA LEVEL RISE, COASTAL AND INLAND FLOODING, WILDFIRES IN EXTREME HEAT? IT'LL LOOK AT TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION.

HOW DO WE PREPARE FOR SIS FOR EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS ACS OR AUTOMATIC AUTOMATED, CONNECTED, ELECTRIC AND SHARED VEHICLES? IT'LL LOOK AT URBAN MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

HOW DO WE ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF CONGESTION IN BOTH MAJOR AND DEVELOPING URBAN AREAS

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ON THE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF THE SIS? FOR INTER-REGIONAL TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WHERE THERE ARE LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING CAPACITY TO SIS CORRIDORS OR LIMITED MODAL ALTERNATIVES TO THE SIS HIGHWAY.

AND THEN LASTLY, IT'LL LOOK AT RURAL MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

HOW CAN THE SIS SUPPORT RURAL REVITALIZATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FACILITATE EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND RESPONSE WHILE SUPPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP GOALS AND COMMUNITY VISIONS? SO WITHIN THOSE FIVE FOCUS AREAS, THE SIS POLICY PLAN WILL IDENTIFY THREE SETS OF SIS RELATED POLICIES.

DESIGNATION POLICIES WILL DEFINE WHICH TYPES OF FACILITIES ARE OF STATEWIDE SIGNIFICANCE AND SHOULD BE PART OF THE SIS, AND WHAT CRITERIA SHOULD BE USED TO DESIGNATE THESE FACILITIES? THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIZATION POLICY, WHERE WE WILL ASK WHAT TYPE OF INVESTMENT SHOULD BE FUNDED THROUGH THE SIS PROGRAM AND WHAT FACTORS SHOULD BE USED TO SET PRIORITIES? AND THEN ALSO THE PLANNING AND COLLABORATION POLICY.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE'LL ASK HOW SHOULD WE WORK WITH MPOS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MODAL AND OTHER PARTNERS TO ACCOMPLISH THE SIS OBJECTIVES? SO FOR THE SAKE OF TIME TODAY, WE'LL JUST FOCUS SOLELY ON THE FOURTH FOCUS AREA, WHICH IS THE URBAN MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE'D LIKE TO GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AND GATHER YOUR INPUT.

SO THE KEY ISSUE HERE IS THE IMPACT OF CONGESTION ON THE EFFICIENCY AND RELIABILITY OF THE SIS AND THE ABILITY OF THE SIS TO PLAY ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING INTER-REGIONAL TRAVEL.

MORE THAN EIGHTY SIX PERCENT OF ALL DELAY ON THE SIS IS FOCUSED IN THE SEVEN LARGEST MPOS AND IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE HAVE TWO OF THOSE MPOS, WHICH IS BROWARD MPO, AND THEN ALSO THE PALM BEACH TPA.

THE TOTAL DELAY ON SIS HIGHWAYS IN THE SEVEN LARGEST MPOS IS HIGHER THAN IT WAS FIVE YEARS AGO.

CONGESTION CAN IMPEDE THE FLOW OF INTER-REGIONAL TRIPS, PARTICULARLY IN URBAN AREAS, WHERE THERE ARE LIMITED OPTIONS FOR ADDING CAPACITY TO SERVICE CORRIDORS AND FEW MODAL ALTERNATIVES, EITHER FOR THROUGH TRIPS OR FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL TRIPS THAT CURRENTLY USE THE SERVICE.

AND BECAUSE THIS IS A COMPLEX ISSUE, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT SOLUTIONS AND WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THE STATUTORY PURPOSE OF THE SIS IS TO SUPPORT STATEWIDE AND INTER-REGIONAL TRAVEL.

AND WE ALSO NEED TO REMEMBER THE CURRENT STATUTES, POLICIES AND WORK PROGRAM.

INSTRUCTIONS GENERALLY LIMIT THE USE OF SIS FUNDS TO THOSE FACILITIES DESIGNATED AS PART OF THE SIS.

SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TO BETTER ADDRESS THIS MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY TO URBAN AREAS UNDER DESIGNATION.

THERE IS NO STANDARD DEFINITION OF INTER-REGIONAL SINCE THE ECONOMIC REGIONS ORIGINALLY USED WERE SUNSET A FEW YEARS AGO.

THE CURRENT SIS DESIGNATED CONSIDERS CONNECTIONS BETWEEN URBANIZED AREAS, AND WE NEED TO ASSESS CHANGES AS THE URBANIZED AREA AND MPO BOUNDARIES ARE ADJUSTED OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS.

WE ALSO CAN EXPLORE WHETHER BETTER REAL TIME AND LOCATION BASED DATA CAN BE BETTER IDENTIFIED AND THE FACILITIES THAT ACTUALLY CARRY SIGNIFICANT INTER-REGIONAL FLOWS OF PEOPLE AND FREIGHT.

SO NOT JUST THOSE THAT CROSS THE BOUNDARIES .

AND UNDER THE NEEDS AND PRIORITIZATION POLICIES, WE CAN LOOK AT REDEFINING CAPACITY PROJECTS TO INCLUDE MOBILITY AND RELIABILITY IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS THE USE AS TSMNO.

STRATEGIES, WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT BALANCING INTER-REGIONAL WITH INTRA REGIONAL SO REGIONAL VERSUS LOCAL NEEDS, AND RECOGNIZING THAT IN URBAN AREAS, THE SIS FACILITIES OFTEN PLAY DUAL ROLES.

SO IMPROVING MOBILITY FOR BOTH PURPOSES IS KEY.

AND THIS MIGHT INCLUDE PROJECTS TO CREATE, EXPRESS OR THROUGH LANES.

CREATE BYPASSES OR OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO BOTTLENECKS.

SUPPORT TRUCK PARKING OR OTHER FREIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS.

THIS ALSO MIGHT INCLUDE PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS FOR TRAVEL WITHIN AND BETWEEN FLORIDA'S URBAN AREAS.

WE COULD ALSO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF SIS FUNDS TO SUPPORT EMERGING MOBILITY SOLUTIONS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, FIRST AND LAST MILE SOLUTIONS FOR SIS HUBS, ANOTHER OPTION

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IS TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY FOR USE OF SIS FUNDS OFF SYSTEM WHEN THAT IS THE BEST OPTION TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF THE SIS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A SIS CORRIDOR IS HEAVILY CONGESTED AND THERE'S NO VIABLE OPTION TO ADD CAPACITY TO THAT CORRIDOR, USE SIS FUNDS TO IMPROVE A PARALLEL ARTERIAL OR TRANSIT CORRIDOR.

IF THAT IMPROVEMENT WILL POOL LOCAL TRIPS OFF THE SIS AND PRESERVE CAPACITY FOR LONG DISTANCE TRAVEL, AND THEN UNDER THE PLANNING AND COLLABORATION POLICIES, THE OPTIONS TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION WITH MPOS AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ON SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT END TO END TRIPS.

WE'D LIKE TO STRENGTHEN COORDINATION ON MULTIMODAL CORRIDOR PLANS THAT WOULD PROVIDE INTEGRATED SOLUTIONS FOR ADDRESSING BOTH SIS AND OFF SIS FACILITIES AND THEN REFLECT COMPATIBLE LAND USES.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE I-95 CORRIDOR MOBILITY PLANNING PROJECT IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.

AND THEN ALSO IMPROVE COORDINATION OF SIS INVESTMENT AND LOCAL LAND USE DECISIONS.

SO THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE YOUR INITIAL THOUGHTS ON THE DRAFT PLAN.

WE'D LIKE TO KNOW AND GET YOUR FEEDBACK IS ARE WE ON THE RIGHT TRACK? WHAT ARE WE MISSING? AND TO GET YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND CONCERNS, AND WE APPRECIATE AND VALUE YOUR INPUT AND WE'LL BE COLLECTING ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPEN HERE AND DOCUMENTING THOSE.

AND WE HAVE FOLKS ONLINE THAT'LL BE TAKING DOWN SOME COMMENTS AS WELL.

AND THAT WILL ALL BE COLLECTED AS WE GO TO OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER OUTREACH AND BE COLLECTING ALL OF THAT.

YOU CAN.

SORRY, ARE YOU FINISHED? WELL, AND I CAN CONTINUE, THEN WE CAN DISCUSS AT THE END IF THAT'S OK.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MAYOR TRANTALIS, HAD A COMMENT.

WELL, I THOUGHT SHE WAS, I THOUGHT SHE WAS WRAPPING UP.

SO THAT'S WHY.

OH, SHE STOPPED.

I THOUGHT, I CAN CONTINUE.

I'M SORRY.

I MISUNDERSTOOD YOU.

MY EARS DON'T WORK AS WELL AS MY MOUTH.

NO WORRIES.

I'LL WAIT TO THE END.

CLICK YOURSELF BACK IN AGAIN.

THANK YOU.

SO THERE'S ALSO OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE INPUT, AND IT INCLUDES THE USE OF A SIS VIRTUAL ROOM.

THE SIS VIRTUAL ROOM IS AN ONLINE PUBLIC WORKSHOP, WHICH PROVIDES VISITORS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO WALK THROUGH FIVE FOCUS AREAS, STATIONS AND PROVIDE INPUT ON THE DRAFT WORKING LIST OF POTENTIAL POLICY CHANGES FOR EACH STATION.

AND IT'LL BE OPEN 24 HOURS A DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

AND WE ENCOURAGE AND VALUE EVERYONE'S INPUT BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, THE SIS CANNOT REFLECT THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR PARTNERS IN THE PUBLIC.

SO AS I HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS THE SCHEDULE.

THE TARGETED OUTREACH IS HAPPENING NOW THROUGH OCTOBER, AS THE DRAFT SIS POLICY PLAN IS BEING UPDATED THROUGH NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR AND IN FOLLOWING THE OUTREACH EFFORTS, DRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS WILL BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAN BASED ON THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVE.

THE INFORMATION WILL BE REVIEWED WITH THE FTP AND THE SIS IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE AND FDOT MANAGEMENT.

AND THEN IN MID-DECEMBER, THE DRAFT SIS POLICY PLAN WILL BE POSTED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE FINAL PLAN IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ADOPTED BY EARLY 2022.

AND JUST IN CLOSING, I WANTED TO ALSO INCORPORATE A SAFETY THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

AND JUST TO HELP US ALL KEEP FOCUS ON OUR GOAL OF VISION ZERO.

MADAM CHAIR, JUST VERY BRIEFLY, BEFORE YOU GET INTO THE QUESTIONS OF THE BOARD MEMBERS, THERE IS IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE, THERE IS A LETTER SIGNED BY MYSELF, MY COLLEAGUE IN PALM BEACH AND MY COLLEAGUE IN MIAMI-DADE REGARDING THE SIS PROGRAM AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND I DO WANT TO REPORT THAT IN SCOTTSDALE, I GOT TO MEET WITH THE STAFF RUNNING THE SIS FOR THE STATE AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY THEY HAVE ADDRESSED ALL OF OUR COMMENTS AND TO THE POSITIVE, AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME OTHER THINGS COMING OUT WITH THAT AS WELL.

SO JUST BEFORE THE CONVERSATION ON THE SIS, THANK YOU.

NOW.

MAYOR TRANTALIS, IS HE STILL? I THINK YOUR MIC IS ON, BECAUSE HE DROPPED A SECOND AFTER.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.

AND AS FAR AS MOVING PEOPLE, I MY PREFERENCE IS NOT TO ALWAYS ADD MORE CONCRETE AND

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THEN IN THE FORM OF LANES, BECAUSE TODAY WE'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF WAYS THAT CREATIVELY DIMINISHED LANES AND HAD A BETTER THROUGH OF TRAFFIC.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT THAT STAYS IN THE FOREFRONT BECAUSE THAT IS NOT ALWAYS THE IMMEDIATE MAY.

MAYBE THE EASIEST, BUT IT'S NOT SHOULD NOT BE THE IMMEDIATE ANSWER.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU.

OK, GREAT, THANK YOU.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS MORNING.

IT'S VERY INFORMATIVE AND ACTUALLY ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT, YOU KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THINKING AHEAD.

A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, THOUGH.

YOU USE THE PHRASE YOU TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE HAVE CONGESTED HIGHWAYS THAT THE FDOT IS CONSIDERING QUOTE ALTERNATIVE ARTERIAL ALTERNATIVES.

WHAT DID YOU MEAN BY THAT? SURE.

SO CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW, SIS FUNDS CAN ONLY BE APPLIED TO SIS FACILITIES.

SO WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT NOW IS CHANGING SOME OF THOSE POLICIES SO THAT SIS FUNDS COULD BE USED OFF OF A SIS FACILITY IF IT HELPS THE SIS FACILITY FUNCTION BETTER.

SO MAYBE HAVING A ALTERNATIVE CORRIDOR OR A PARALLEL CORRIDOR THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A SIS FACILITY, BUT SIS FUNDING COULD BE USED FOR IT.

SO WHEN YOU SAY CORRIDOR, GIVE ME SOME DEFINITION, IS THAT LIKE ANOTHER ROAD? IS THAT A IS THAT A TRAIN TRACK? IS THAT I MEAN, TELL ME IN REAL TERMS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HOW WE.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TO DO HERE WITH SIS PLANNING, WHICH TO ME, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH TRAFFIC IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE'RE BECOMING AN EXTREMELY POPULAR PLACE, ESPECIALLY OF LATE.

AND SO I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS YOUR DEPARTMENT THINKING IN TERMS OF HOW TO DEAL WITH THE CONGESTED ROADWAYS? AND YOU SAID ALTERNATIVE ULTERIOR PATHWAYS.

WHAT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN REAL TERMS? DOES THAT MEAN ELEVATED ROADWAYS? DOES IT MEAN HAVE YOU GOTTEN THAT FAR IN YOUR PLANNING? NO.

I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A WAY TO BE ABLE TO FUND OTHER ALTERNATIVES, AND I THINK THE ALTERNATIVES WOULD BE BASED ON THE SPECIFIC LOCATION SPECIFIC AREAS.

SO IT'S NOT REALLY A ONE SIZE FITS ALL AND IT CAN BE LOOKED AT DEPENDING ON WHAT THE SITUATION IS, WHAT, WHERE THE CONGESTION IS.

SO IT'S NOT LIMITED TO JUST ROADWAY CORRIDORS.

IT COULD BE TRANSIT CORRIDORS, IT COULD BE RAIL CORRIDORS.

SO IT REALLY IS JUST A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF WHERE THE FUNDING CAN GO BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE FUNDING WAS VERY LIMITED.

SO COULD FUNDING.

SO IF WE IF IF WE'RE CONSIDERING DOING A COASTAL LINK, SAY HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, RIGHT BETWEEN MIAMI AND WEST PALM COULD AND WE'RE DISCOVERING THAT THE OPPORTUNITIES OF TRYING TO REDIRECT TRAFFIC AWAY FROM CARS AND ONTO TRAINS, COULD SOME OF THE SIS FUNDING BE USED FOR TUNNEL CONSTRUCTION TO ASSIST IN THE ABILITY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, THIS COASTAL LINK PROJECT FORWARD? SO NOT TO BE SPECIFIC TO ANY PROJECT, BUT YES, IT'S TO LOOK AT OTHER OPTIONS TO APPLY SIS MONEY ON AREAS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY CONSIDERED A SIS FACILITY.

SO, SO YOU SO THAT SO TUNNELING UNDER THE NEW RIVER OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FOR EXAMPLE, OR UNDER SOME OF OUR EAST-WEST CORRIDORS WHERE COMMUTERS ARE USING TO GO IN AND OUT OF OUR CITY SIS FUNDING COULD NOW CONTEMPLATE THE PROJECTS SUCH AS THAT? IF THE POLICY IS ADJUSTED TO INCORPORATE THAT.

YES.

AND IS YOUR POLICY BEING ADJUSTED TO INCORPORATE THAT? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THIS PLAN UPDATE IS DOING, IT'S LOOKING AT THIS AT THESE DIFFERENT POLICIES AND TRYING TO INVESTIGATE WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT IS THAT CAN THE FUNDING BE APPLIED TO OTHER CORRIDORS? OK, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, I SEE NO MORE QUESTIONS, SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ... MADAME CHAIR, IF I MAY.

YOU'RE NOT ON THERE.

YOU'VE GOT TO PUSH A BUTTON.

BUT I GUESS YOU COULD TALK, OH, OH YES, I'M SORRY.

MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO SAY..

I THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.

FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE BOARD, IT'S ALWAYS NICE THAT THEY WOULD INCLUDE ANCILLARY

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PROJECTS FOR INCLUSION FOR SIS FUNDING.

THE BOARD SHOULD CONSIDER THAT THAT IT DOES MOVE FORWARD, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE OF REMOVING THINGS FROM THE SIS.

LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, TRI RAIL IS FUNDED PARTIALLY BY SIS FUNDING.

IT'S A SIS FACILITY.

SO IF THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE THAT FROM FUNDING FROM THE SIS FUNDING TO FUND SOMETHING ELSE, IT SHOULD BE THAT THERE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL SIS FUNDING TO FUND EVERYTHING THAT IT CURRENTLY EXISTS AND ANY OF THE ANCILLARY CORRIDORS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

OK, OUR NEXT REPORT IS FROM THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE ATLANTIC

[2. Report From Partner Agencies - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - Atlantic Boulevard Interchange Improvements at Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869)]

BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE AT THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

AND THAT WOULD BE MS. TERESA PRICE.

YES, TERESA PRICE IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER.

MY NAME IS VICTORIA WILLIAMS. I'M THE LIAISON TO THE MPO AND WE HAVE A VERY INTERESTING PROJECT ON SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE.

AND TERESA WILL SPEAK OF IT ALONG WITH HER BACKUP WITH ROBERT CROMAR.

THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR CURRENT PROJECT UPDATE WITH YOU AS FAR AS OUR ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS AT OUR ATLANTIC INTERCHANGE WITH ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE AT SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

SO TODAY I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THE PROJECT BACKGROUND, OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS DETAILS REGARDING MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, LANE CLOSURES, TEMPORARY DETOUR ROUTES AND THEN FOLLOWED UP BY THE PROJECT'S SCHEDULE AND THEN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE TODAY.

ALSO, I WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE DID PROVIDE SEVERAL DETAILED TEMPORARY TEMPORARY ROUTES SLIDES.

SO THAT'S BEEN IN YOUR PACKAGE AS FAR AS BACK UP INFORMATION IN YOUR BOARD PACKAGE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, THE FLORIDA FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE FOLLOWS A FIVE PHASE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND DELIVERING NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THIS PROCESS CONSISTS OF FIVE PHASES PLANNING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, DESIGN RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION.

THE PLANNING PHASE IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT'S PURPOSE AND NEED.

A PROJECT BEGINS BY IDENTIFYING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR DEFICIENCIES THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS THAT PRIORITIZES SHORT AND LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS.

THE PD&E STUDY PHASE IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN THE PLANNING AND THE DESIGN PHASE AND HELPS GUIDE DECISION MAKING BY EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MAY HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

AND IT IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH THE PD&E STUDY.

THE PD&E STUDY FOR THE SAWGRASS CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO SOUTH OF U.S.

R7, US 441 WAS COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2017.

THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

THE DESIGN PHASE IS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN'S SPECIFICATIONS AND FINAL ESTIMATES TO BUILD A PROJECT ARE DEVELOPED, WHICH ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THE NEXT STEP IS THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASE WHEN NEEDED, PROPERTY IS PURCHASED FOR THE PROJECT AND THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS CONSTRUCTION PHASE WHEN THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY BUILT.

THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY IS A TWENTY ONE MILE LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY THAT IS A PART OF THE FLORIDA STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM.

SO YOU ALL ARE EXPERTS NOW ON SEER.

GREAT PRESENTATION BEFORE US AND ALSO THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

THE WIDENING OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM SOUTH OF NORTHWEST H STREET, MILEPOST ZERO TO WEST OF STATE ROAD SEVEN IN U.S.

441 MILE POST 18.

AND THE CORRESPONDING INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH A SERIES OF PROJECTS, AS SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE.

SO WE HAVE A TOTAL OF SEVEN PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE PROJECT THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU TODAY.

THE PROJECT LOCATION THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY IS SHOWN HERE IN AQUA ALONG, WHICH IS THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS.

IT'S ALONG THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM MILEPOST SEVEN POINT NINE SEVEN POINT FIVE NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO MILEPOST EIGHT POINT NINE NORTH OF ATLANTIC

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BOULEVARD, INCLUDING THE INTERCHANGE OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

THE PROJECT SEGMENT IS LOCATED IN THE CITIES OF CORAL SPRINGS AND TAMARACK.

HERE WE'RE SHOWING OUR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS.

THE LANES WITHIN THE LIMIT WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE WIDENED FROM SIX TO 10 LANES TO MEET THE ULTIMATE TYPICAL SECTION OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, WE HAD DISCUSSED EXPRESS LANES, WHICH THOSE ARE NO LONGER A PART OF THE THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.

SO THIS IS A STRICT WIDENING THE SAWGRASS FROM SIX TO 10 LANES SINCE THE REMAINDER OF THE SAWGRASS WILL NOT BE WIDENED UNTIL A LATER DATE.

THE TWO INSIDE LANES IN EITHER DIRECTION WILL BE WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADJACENT WIDENING PROJECTS, AND SO WE'RE SHOWING THOSE HASHED IN THIS GRAPH HERE.

THE PROJECT ALSO CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES, BOTH THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD ARE BEING RAISED TO ENHANCE FLOOD PROTECTION AT THE INTERCHANGE.

THERE WILL BE RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE, INCLUDING CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW BRIDGE OVER ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

THERE'LL BE CONSTRUCTION OF A BULKHEAD WALL, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE IN RED, AROUND THE POND WEST TO THE INTERCHANGE, THERE WILL BE WIDENING OF THE ON RAMP AND OFF RAMPS FROM THE SINGLE LANES TO TWO LANES.

AND THEN WE'LL BE REPAIRING THE EXISTING BRIDGE CULVERT AND WE WILL BE INCLUDING NEW DRAIN PIPES, WHICH ARE THE ORANGE CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPH HERE.

AS FAR AS OUR IMPROVEMENTS ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, THEY'LL CONSIST OF ADDING THE ADDITION OF A LEFT AND RIGHT TURN LANE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND LAKEVIEW DRIVE.

WE'LL BE ADDING BIKE LANES ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD FROM WEST OF THE INTERCHANGE TO NORTHWEST 120 SECOND STREET AND THE EAST DIRECTION, AND THEN WILL BE MAKING SEVERAL SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL.

THE EXISTING SIX LANE SAWGRASS MAIN LINE WILL BE WIDENED TO 10 LANES, AND THE EXISTING GRASS MEDIAN WILL BE CONVERTED TO A PAVED MEDIAN WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER WALL.

THE INSIDE LANES WILL BE STRIPED SINCE THEY WILL NOT BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC UNTIL AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADJACENT PROJECTS.

THE TWO EXISTING SAWGRASS MAINLINE BRIDGES OVER THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD WILL BE REPLACED WITH ONE MAIN STRUCTURE THAT WILL CONSIST OF FIVE 12 FOOT LANES WITH 12 FOOT SHOULDERS ON EITHER SIDE IN EACH DIRECTION.

THE PROPOSED ROADWAY TYPICAL SECTION ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD BENEATH THE SAWGRASS ACCOMMODATES THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND INCLUDES PROVISIONS OF SEVEN FOOT BICYCLE LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

THE PROPOSED ROADWAY, TYPICAL SECTION ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD FROM THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY TO LAKEVIEW DRIVE, ACCOMMODATES THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND HAS PROVISIONS FOR FIVE TO SEVEN FOOT BICYCLE LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROAD AND A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

WHEN THE PROJECT REACHES THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, SIGNAGE WILL BE PLACED TO INFORM DRIVERS OF DETOURS BEFORE THE WORK BEGINS.

THE TURNPIKE WILL CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT.

TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING CONSTRUCTION TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE WILL OCCUR IN PHASES.

EXISTING MAINLINE TRAVEL LANES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING PEAK PERIODS, AND LANE CLOSURES WILL OCCUR WHEN NEEDED DURING OFF PEAK HOURS.

THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD BRIDGE WILL BE CONSTRUCTED IN PHASES, MAINTAINING THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AT ALL TIMES.

TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES OF THE SAWGRASS ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND RAMPS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES AS NEEDED.

THESE CLOSURES ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THE TURNPIKE DURING HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE APPROVED TEMPORARY LANE CLOSURES, ALONG WITH A LONG ALTHOUGH BEGINNING THE BEGINNING OF THE TIME FRAMES VARY ALL CLOSURES WILL END BY SIX A.M..

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TEMPORARY DETOUR ROUTES WILL BE REQUIRED WHEN THE SAWGRASS AND RAMP LANES NEED TO BE CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ACTIVITIES SUCH AS ERECTION OF NEW OVERHEAD SIGNS, STRUCTURES, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES, MILLING AND RESURFACING AND MISCELLANEOUS RAMP ACTIVITIES, TEMPORARY DETOURS ARE NOT PERMITTED BY THE TURNPIKE DURING HOLIDAYS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.

THIS TABLE SHOWS THE APPROVED DAYS AND TIMES FOR TEMPORARY DETOURS, WHICH IS FROM 12:30 A.M.

TO 5:00 A.M.

HERE WE'RE SHOWING THE TEMPORARY DETOURS.

TWO OF THEM, THE PURPLE DASHED SHOWS WHERE THE DETOUR WILL OCCUR BETWEEN WEST SAMPLE ROAD AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

THIS WILL BE USED BY SOUTHBOUND TRAVELERS DURING CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAWGRASS SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP.

INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

THE TEMPORARY DETOUR SHOWN IN AQUA BETWEEN ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND WEST SAMPLE ROAD WILL BE USED BY NORTHBOUND TRAVELERS DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAWGRASS NORTHBOUND ON RAMP AND INSTALLATION OF OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES ON THE SAWGRASS.

THIS SLIDE IS SHOWING THE SAME THING.

THE DASH YELLOW IS FOR THE SOUTHBOUND TRAVELERS FOR THE NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP AND THEN THE BLUE IS SHOWN FOR THE NORTHBOUND TRAVELERS, FOR THE SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP AND OTHER CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES.

ACTIVITIES THAT WILL TAKE PLACE.

SO THE FOLLOWING LOCAL COORDINATION HAS OCCURRED FOR THE PROJECT.

THE TURNPIKE TOOK A HYBRID FORMAT FOR OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS, AND SO OUR VIRTUAL MEETING WAS HELD ON JULY THE 8TH AND OUR IN-PERSON MEETING WAS HELD ON JULY 15TH, ACTUALLY IN DOWN IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

WE MET WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS REGARDING OUR MOT, MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, AND THAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER THE 1ST.

AND THEN WE ALSO MET WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC, AND THAT WAS ON SEPTEMBER THE 14TH AS WELL TO GO OVER THOSE DETOURS AND HOW TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED.

HERE WE'RE SHOWING THE THE PROJECT SCHEDULE, I'M PLEASED TO REPORT ACTUALLY OUR RIGHT AWAY ACTIVITIES ARE COMPLETED.

THEY WERE COMPLETED AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND THEN OUR DESIGN IS ON SCHEDULE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF DECEMBER.

OUR LETTING DATE IS MARCH TWENTY SECOND OF TWENTY TWO AND WE'LL ADVERTISE FOR THE PROJECT AT THE BEGINNING OF JANUARY.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT WILL BEGIN IN AUGUST AND IT'S ANTICIPATED TO TAKE THREE YEARS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LONG TIME, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW.

SORRY, Y'ALL.

AND THAT'S JUST THE START OF THE PARTY.

THIS IS SHOWING YOU THE WHOLE PARTY RIGHT HERE.

THIS IS THE WHOLE PARTY FOR THE SAWGRASS BLESSING MY LIFE SO MUCH SO RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS SLIDE BASICALLY IS SHOWING OUR TENTATIVE STARTING, OUR LETTING DATE AND THE CONSTRUCTION DURATION FOR ALL OF THE TEN LANE WIDENING PROJECTS ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM SOUTH OF NORTHWEST 8TH ST TO TO STATE ROAD SEVEN U.S.

FOUR FORTY ONE, THE GREEN BAR IS SHOWING THE SCHEDULE FOR THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL OCCUR AND THEN THAT WILL BE THE ACTUAL FIRST PROJECT TO COMPLETE, TO BE COMPLETED IN THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN THE ADJACENT WIDENING PROJECTS WILL BEGIN AND WE ARE ANTICIPATING THEM TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 2025 TO 2028.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION ON THE ON THE SAWGRASS.

AND AS YOU LOOK AT HOW THE BARS ARE SHOWN HERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF CONSISTENT TRAFFIC.

WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR CONSULTANTS AS WELL AS OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING A GOOD FLOW AND IMPLEMENTING NEW DEVICES, SMART TECHNOLOGY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE SO THAT WE CAN KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING ALONG THE THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

AS FAR AS WHEN WILL WE OPEN THE 10 LANES AS WE HAD SHOWN IT'S GOING TO BE ONCE ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS GET COMPLETED AND THEN WE WILL WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTORS AS FAR AS WHEN IT WILL ACTUALLY BE OPEN FOR THE 10 LANES BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT A WIDE, WIDE GO IN AND GO OUT AND GO IN AND GO OUT.

SO THAT'S MY PRESENTATION.

I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL HAVE AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THOSE OF US THAT ARE OLD TIMERS HERE, WHEN THE

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SAWGRASS WAS FIRST BUILT, IT WAS LIKE AN EMPTY HIGHWAY.

SO WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.

MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE BRIDGE OVER ATLANTIC BOULEVARD GOING EAST WEST.

YOU CHOSE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD SPECIFICALLY TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S ALSO BICYCLE USE OF BICYCLE OR THAT JUST HAPPENS TO BE.

SO WE HAD COORDINATION WITH THE COUNTY.

AND ROBERT, YOU CAN COME UP IF I'M SAYING ANYTHING.

SO WE COORDINATED WITH WITH CORAL SPRINGS AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY AND OVERALL MASTER PLAN AS FAR AS BICYCLE LANES ARE CONCERNED, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO THE LEVEE SO AS SO THAT WE'VE GOT THAT BICYCLE TRAFFIC THAT'S ABLE TO GET TO THE LEVEE AND BE SAFE AS FAR AS TRAVELING ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

AND THEN YOU ALSO SAID YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF FLOODING IN THE AREA.

YES.

BUT THEN YOU ALSO STATED THAT THE MEDIAN IS GOING TO BE CONCRETE ON THE SAWGRASS.

YES.

SO HOW IS THAT DRAINAGE GOING TO HAPPEN? SO THAT DRAINAGE, WE'RE TAKING ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, AND I'LL LET LET ROBERT SPEAK TO THAT FROM FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT.

YEAH, BASIC.

BASICALLY, WHAT WE DID WAS WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE COUNTY AND A LOT OF COMMUNITIES HAVE A DESIRE TO INTERCONNECT THEIR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SYSTEMS TO THE LEVEE.

SO DIFFERENT PROJECTS ARE GOING IN WELL.

WE MADE SURE WAS IN OUR DESIGN ELEMENTS.

WE WEREN'T PRECLUDING ANY OF THAT FROM HAPPENING.

SO WHERE WE COULD PUT FACILITIES IN THAT MADE SENSE, WE DID THAT AND WE MADE SURE WE WEREN'T PRECLUDING THINGS.

AND THEN FROM A DRAINAGE STANDPOINT, THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD SPECIFICALLY HAS SIGNIFICANT FLOODING EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

AND SO WHAT WE ENDED UP DOING WAS WE ROSE THE GROUND ABOUT TWO FEET AND, YOU KNOW, HAD TO RAISE THE EXPRESSWAY AS WELL, ABOUT TWO FEET AND THEN THE POND THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT A SEEPAGE BARRIER INSIDE THE BERM BETWEEN THE CANAL.

AND IF YOU NOTICE OUT THERE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY BUILT THAT OUT THERE, THEY KIND OF DUG THE CANAL AND IT MADE THAT BERM VERY NARROW.

SO WE PUT A SEEPAGE BARRIER IN THERE TO HELP WITH ANY SEEPAGE COMING INTO THE POND.

AND THEN WE'RE ACTUALLY PUTTING IN THE BARRIER CONTINUES AND STICKS UP UP ABOVE THE GROUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE POND A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT ALLOWS US TO STORE A LITTLE MORE WATER IN THAT POND.

AND SO WHAT WE DID WAS WE DID A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

THE TWO, YEAH, THE TWO LITTLE ORANGE.

DOTS ARE TWO ADDITIONAL OUTFALLS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN AT AT GRADE LEVEL, AND THE WHOLE IDEA WAS THERE ARE TWO OUTFALLS RIGHT NOW THAT KIND OF DRAIN THAT AREA THERE BY HAVING THE FOUR IN THERE, WE KIND OF CONTROL THE LEVELS OF THE WATER A LITTLE BETTER.

AND YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH ALL OUR PERMITTING PROCESS WITH CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND SOUTH FLORIDA ON THAT.

AND THEN WHAT WE DID WAS WE DISCONNECTED ALL THE DRAINAGE THAT WAS COMING FROM THE MAIN ROAD, FROM THE EXPRESSWAY WAS COMING INTO THE AT GRADE AREA.

WE NOW HAVE IT SO THAT THAT GOES STRAIGHT TO THE POND AND THE AT GREAT AREA, THE LOWER AREA DISCHARGES DIRECTLY TO THE CORAL SPRINGS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS L 202 CANAL, SO THAT WAY IT SEPARATES THE TWO SYSTEMS. SO BY, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE IMPOUNDMENT AREA, CREATING MORE STORAGE, RAISING THE ROAD, SEPARATING THE DRAINAGE AND ALSO DOING SOME REPAIRS ON THE CULVERT BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE PROJECT FOR A MILE, BUT IT'S GOT A LOT OF ISSUES IN IT.

BUT WE PUT ALL THIS STUFF TOGETHER TO ADDRESS THE FLOODING ISSUES THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING OUT THERE.

AND SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GO LEADING INTO THAT IS A LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHEREAS COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD IS ALL COMMERCIAL WHERE SO I'M THINKING OF TRUCKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THERE'S I DIDN'T HEAR ANY MENTION OF ANYTHING HAPPENING ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD EXCEPT FOR ON THE ACTUAL HIGHWAY.

CORRECT.

UNDERSTOOD.

AND THEN AND THEN THE DETOUR IS GOING TO GO THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS.

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THE DETOUR WILL WILL GO OFF OF OR GO THROUGH COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND IT'LL GO UP NOB HILL ROAD.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE WILL BE CORAL, CORAL RIDGE DRIVE.

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE WE DO THOSE DETOURS.

YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AT NIGHT, AND THE THING IS IS THERE ARE CERTAIN ACTIVITIES THAT WE CAN'T DO SAFELY WITHOUT DETERRING THE TRAFFIC.

SO WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT POSSIBLE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO THAT REQUIRED DETOURS.

AND YOU KNOW, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND PRESENTED THOSE TO THEM AS PART OF OUR COORDINATION PROCESS WITH THE AGENCIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND I'M GLAD THAT MAYOR ZIADE BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CONNECTION TO THE LEVEE AND BUT I DID WANT TO SAY I DIDN'T SEE ON YOUR TIMELINE WHERE THAT WAS GOING TO FALL.

I'M RIGHT.

OUR PROJECT IS NOT GOING TO HAVE A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER ENTITIES THAT ARE DESIRING TO HAVE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES ACROSS THE SAWGRASS, AND THE TURNPIKE IS COORDINATING WITH THEM AS NEEDED.

BUT OUR PROJECT WILL NOT.

SO WHO DO WE GET THE STATUS THAN THAT FROM? SO WE'VE BEEN BROWARD COUNTY HAS ADVISED US OF OF A PARTICULAR LOCATION THAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING FOR A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.

AND THEN, UM, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH CORAL SPRINGS AND THEN COCONUT CREEK.

AND THEN...

YOU WANT TO STOP STEP OVER TO THE MICROPHONE.

SO WE'RE SURE THAT EVERYBODY CAN HEAR.

I'M SORRY, SO WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY AS WELL AS COCONUT CREEK AND THE MPO.

WE'VE HAD A MEETING, VICTORIA WAS A PART OF THAT MEETING AS WELL.

SO THE OVERSIGHT IS WITH ALL OF THEM.

BUT WITH YOU BEING A PART OF THE CONVERSATIONS, WE ARE A PART OF THE CONVERSATION AND WE'VE ADVISED AS FAR AS OUR WITH THE WITH ATLANTIC BOULEVARD COMING OUT AS SOON AS IT IS IN MARCH, THAT WE CAN'T ADJUST OUR DESIGN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OUR PLANS HAVE TO BE FINALIZED BY DECEMBER.

AND SO WE'VE HAD THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND WE'RE COORDINATING, BUT IT REALLY WILL TAKE APPROVAL FROM THE DOT AS FAR AS THERE'S A PARTICULAR APPROVAL PROCESS IN ORDER FOR THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO GO OVER THE SAWGRASS.

OK, WELL, NOW WE KNOW WHERE TO GO.

YES, MA'AM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND YOU CAN DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO ME OR VICTORIA, AND THEN WE CAN WE CAN HELP FACILITATE THOSE CONVERSATIONS, PROVIDE ANY INFORMATION TO CONSULTANT TEAMS, FIRMS THAT ARE DESIGNING IN A PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE'LL DEFINITELY COLLABORATE ON THOSE EFFORTS.

THE SAWGRASS YEARS AGO WAS THE THE ROAD TO NOWHERE, SO IT'S CERTAINLY TAKEN ON A BE TAKING ON A WHOLE NEW VIEW.

THANK YOU.

MR. SCUOTTO.

YOU ANSWER MY QUESTION, I GUESS, BECAUSE TAMARACK ASKED YOU THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON WITH COMMERCIAL.

AND MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE WHAT WAS GOING TO BE WITH H STREET AND PAT SALERNO.

BUT SINCE YOU SAID YOU'RE ONLY HERE FOR ATLANTIC, THAT WAS WHAT I PUT.

BUT WE'RE HAVING A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PAT SALERNO DRIVE RIGHT NOW.

SO AGAIN, AND THAT'S REALLY WHY WE CAN'T PRESENT THAT TO YOU YET, BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING VERY FLUID DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY OF SUNRISE, BROWARD COUNTY AND JUST WORKING ON THOSE EFFORTS AS FAR AS THE DESIRE FOR THE FULL CHANGE AT THE PAT SALERNO DRIVE.

AND SO WE'RE WORKING AS PARTNERS, BUT ALSO STILL KEEPING OUR SCHEDULE IN MIND AS FAR AS THE NEEDS THAT ARE PROJECTED FOR THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, AND THAT'S BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO ALL PARTNERS.

SO WE ARE I AM THE LEAD OF THAT, SO AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE AWARE OF, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME.

WE DID, I GOT A CALL FROM THE THE CITY ENGINEER FOR TAMARACK.

SO WE'VE INCLUDED THEM ON OUR REVIEWS.

WE'LL BE DOING THAT AND AND JUST MAKING SURE EVERYBODY'S A PART OF THE PROCESS, ABSOLUTELY.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

THANK YOU, AS TAMARACK, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD, THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET IS SUNRISE, THE NORTH SIDE IS TAMARACK.

SO WE HAVE TWO CITIES INVOLVED THERE AND I KNOW YOUR SCHEDULE IS WHAT YOUR SCHEDULE IS.

BUT DO YOU ALL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT TRAFFIC AT SCENE AT SEASON TIME? THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIFIC, AS IS, AND THEN YOU HAVE SNOWBIRD SEASON AND IT GETS TWICE AS BAD.

DO YOU ALL EVER TAKE THAT INTO ACCOUNT? THE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS DO LOOK AT SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS, AND THEY TAKE THAT

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INTO CONSIDERATION, AND WE HAVE PROCEDURES ON ON HOW WE EVALUATE THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DETOURS.

I MEAN, IT IS GOING TO BE AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE GOING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITH DETOURS, BUT WELL, BUT THE DETOURS ARE MEANT TO BE SHORT TERM.

THERE MAY BE A SITUATION OR TWO THAT WE NEED TO EXTEND THAT OVER A COUPLE OF DAYS BECAUSE OF A SPECIFIC ACTIVITY.

BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'RE THEY'RE LITERALLY SHORT TERM NIGHTTIME DETOURS.

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER SHORT TERM? WILL BASICALLY DETOUR THEM, SAY AT MIDNIGHT AND OPEN IT UP BY 6:00 A.M..

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A DAY.

SOME OF THEM WILL BE A DAY.

OK.

OR IT COULD BE DAYS, RIGHT? SO BUT THE DETOUR WOULD JUST BE FROM THAT 12:30 A.M.

TO 5:00 AM RIGHT LATE AT NIGHT.

AND SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, WE'LL YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE AN ACTIVITY THAT MAY EXTEND A FEW DAYS, WE'LL TRY AND DO IT OVER A WEEKEND.

I MEAN, WE LOOK AT THAT AND THE CONTRACTOR ACTUALLY GOES AND YOU KNOW, ON TOP OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY COORDINATED, YOU KNOW, HE'LL BE PULLING A PERMIT WITH EACH OF THE ENTITIES AS WELL.

SO THERE'LL BE A LOT OF ADVANCE NOTIFICATION, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF ADVANCE DISCUSSION ON HOW THESE HAPPEN BECAUSE THE WHOLE IDEA IS TO TRY AND MINIMIZE IMPACTS TO THE RESIDENTS, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

YOU WILL NOTICE ANY RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED BY IT? YES.

YES.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN AS THIS PROJECT MOVES ALONG.

YES MA'AM, THANK YOU ALL, HAVE A GREAT REST OF THE DAY.

ALL RIGHT, NEXT, A REPORT FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY BRIGHTLINE, ALLIE SEWELL,

[3. Report From Partner Agencies - Brightline - Update to MPO Board]

UPDATE TO THE MPO OR TO ALL OF US ON BRIGHTLINE.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

WHEN I GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON BRIGHTLINE TO THIS BOARD, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO

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ANNOUNCE

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THAT IN A FEW DAYS AND YES, DAYS WE ARE COMING BACK.

SO STAY TUNED FOR SOME VERY EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENTS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS

[4. Report from Partner Agencies - Florida Department of Transportation - Broward Commuter Rail (BCR) Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study]

ABOUT WHEN THAT DATE WILL ACTUALLY BE.

SO IN EARLY NOVEMBER, WE WILL RELAUNCH SERVICE BETWEEN MIAMI, FORT LAUDERDALE AND WEST PALM BEACH.

BUT WHILE WE WERE TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED, WE ABSOLUTELY DID NOT STOP WORKING.

WE FOCUS OUR EFFORTS ON A NUMBER OF THINGS, INCLUDING OUR PHASE TWO EXTENSION TO ORLANDO.

WE ARE ACTUALLY WORKING TO ACCELERATE CONSTRUCTION AND MOVE IT FORWARD.

WE'VE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR AND IMPLEMENT A FEW ADDITIONAL

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SAFETY INFRASTRUCTURE COMPONENTS AND PROGRAMS. WE'RE WORKING ON OUR ADDITIONAL TWO IN-LINE STATIONS IN AVENTURA AND BOCA.

AND THEN WE HAVE ALSO BEEN COORDINATING WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND BROWARD COUNTY ON THE COMMUTER RAIL PROPOSAL.

SO WHEN WE RELAUNCH, WE WILL RELAUNCH WITH THE SAME GREAT SERVICE.

BUT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY ELEMENTS THAT WILL HAVE BEEN CHANGED AND UPDATED TO REFLECT OUR CURRENT, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT STATE OF THE WORLD BEFOREHAND.

BRIGHTLINE WAS ALWAYS THE CLEANEST.