Feb 10, 2022 MPO Board Meeting

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OK. THIS IS OUR REGULAR MEETING.

[1. Call to Order and Pledge]

THANK YOU FOR ALL FOR SHOWING UP.

WE ARE NOW GOING TO CALL FOR ORDER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

VICE CHAIR, PLEASE STAND.

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, MR. GABRIEL. WE ARE DOING ROLL CALL BY VOTING.

ACTUAL VOTING ON THE COMPUTERS.

IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARDROOM? SELECT YOUR RTS MIC IN THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER OF YOUR MIC TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE. FOR BOARD MEMBERS ON ZOOM, WE HAVE FOUR PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

FOR VOTING MEMBERS IN THE BOARDROOM WILL USE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM.

MEMBERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND YOUR VOTE WILL BE RESPECTED AND UNDERSTOOD TO BE A CONSENT TO THE ITEM TO APPROVAL.

IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO AN ACTION ITEM BEING ON THE ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND AND WE'RE READY FOR ELECTRONIC VOTE IF YOU WILL PLEASE THOSE IN THE ROOM.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

WE DO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT, BY THE WAY.

GOOD MORNING, CHAIR, THIS IS REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO OVER HERE IN THE CORNER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE CHECK IN ON WHICH PEOPLE IN THE ROOM, IF YOU COULD, PLEASE CHECK IN WITH YOUR ELECTRONIC VOTING PANEL PRESSING THE YES IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER.

THOSE THAT ARE ON VIRTUALLY, WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THE MEMBERS SO THAT YOU ARE COUNTED IN ATTENDANCE SO YOU DO NOT NEED TO RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

YOU ARE IN GOOD STANDING ON OUR LIST.

THANK YOU. OK.

ALL RIGHT, MR. GABRIEL, DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YES, SIR, WE DO. ALL RIGHT.

QUESTION VICE CHAIR.

QUESTION. WHO IS MEMBER VIRTUAL RAISED HAND? REBECCA SCHULTZ BROWARD MPO AGAIN.

THERE WE GO. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

WELL, IT IS ME AND SO FOR OUR MEMBERS THAT ARE ON ZOOM, ONE OF THE THINGS, WHILE WE'RE IN INTERMEDIATE BEFORE WE UPDATE OUR SYSTEM FULLY BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE A NEW SYSTEM WORKING SHORTLY, HOPEFULLY WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS HERE.

AND SO THE INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE ON ZOOM, IF THEY RAISE THEIR HAND, I WILL PRESS MY BUTTON HERE THAT WILL GIVE NOTIFICATION TO YOU TWO UP FRONT THERE TO SEE THAT SOMEONE ON ZOOM IS RAISING THEIR HANDS. SO THE WAY I'M NOT SITTING HERE WAVING MY HANDS FOR YOU TO CALL ON ME. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING.

OKAY. SORRY? TWO MEMBERS THAT CAME. WHAT'D YOU SAY? THEY CAME IN. OK.

TWO MEMBERS THAT CAME IN IDENTIFY YOURSELF, PLEASE.

IT'S ON. THERE WE GO.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. TOREY ALSTON, A NEW COUNTY COMMISSIONER.

GLAD TO JOIN THIS ESTEEMED GROUP.

MR. CHAIR, MADAM VICE CHAIR.

[APPLAUSE] THANK YOU. WELCOME. WELCOME.

THE OTHER MEMBER WALKED IN.

IS THERE ANOTHER MEMBER WALKED IN? YES. WHAT'S THEN.

TRYING TO GET MY MIC ON, THERE I AM. GOOD MORNING.

FELICIA BRUNSON, MAYOR FROM THE CITY OF WEST PARK.

OK, WE'RE SET.

LET'S HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - December 9, 2021 Meeting and January 13, 2022 Board Engagement Forum]

YES. YES, SIR.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES PLEASE VOTE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION WE'RE IN PROCESS OF VOTING.

PLEASE VOTE. THERE WAS A MOTION BY YVETTE COLBOURNE AND MICHAEL CARN SECOND, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF VOTING.

AGAIN, THOSE WHO AREN'T VIRTUAL, IT'S ASSUMED THAT YOU ARE VOTING WITH THE WITH THE GROUP IF YOU DO NOT RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.

ALL RIGHT. BY MY BOARD, WE'RE APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

IS THERE A MOTION? MICHAEL CARN, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

DISCUSSION, LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT.

WHAT THEY WANT? MR. CARN, ARE YOU HERE?

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NOW IT'S NOW IT'S UP, SEE.

SO HE DIDN'T, NO.

IT'S YEAH, IT'S OPEN PARK.

OK, HERE WE GO.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THE MOTION.

MOTION IS APPROVED.

COMMISSIONER ALSTON, WELCOME TO OUR MEETING.

WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GET BACK TO OUR AGENDA.

PUBLIC COMMENTS SIR.

[5. Public Comments Please submit to info@browardmpo.org at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.]

YES, I HAVE ONE. SHEILA ROSE ON A TURNPIKE ITEM NUMBER ONE.

SHEILA ROSE.

WE SINCE AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS AS PUBLIC COMMENT FOR NON AGENDA ITEMS? SOMEBODY HANDED THIS TO ME.

IT WOULD BE FOR THE SPECIFIC AGENDA, THE NON-ACTION AGENDA ITEM RELATED TO THE TURNPIKE.

OK. I'LL WAIT THEN.

ALL RIGHT. JUST [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON NON AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, MR. CHAIR. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE ON CONSENT ITEMS, ITEM ONE.

[6. Approval of Excused Absences]

RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR EXCUSED ABSENCE? WE HAVE MEMBERS ASKING FOR EXCUSES.

SANDY JOHNSON, TIM RYAN AND MICHAEL UDINE.

ALRIGHT WE HAVE A MOTION BY MAYOR ZIADE AND SECOND BY MICHAEL CARN.

ZIADE. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.

HERE WE GO AGAIN. NICE.

THANK YOU. THE BEST IN THE WHOLE WORLD.

OK. [INAUDIBLE] ALRIGHT HERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY VOTE, PLEASE.

CONSENT ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPROVE MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRANSPORTATION.

NO, NO. WE'RE VOTING ON THIS.

EXCUSED ABSENCES.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. GO GO AHEAD, MR. GABRIEL. THANK YOU.

OK. LIKE HERDING CATS, I GUESS.

I'M TELLING YOU. I'M TRYING.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST ITEM ON THE CONSENT ONLY ONE ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP

[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]

CAN I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ZIADE.

MAYORS ZIADE, MAYOR ZIADE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCGEE.

ANY DISCUSSION? LET'S VOTE. AGAIN, THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL, PLEASE, IF THEY WISH TO VOTE, CONTRARY TO THE. MAYOR COOPER YOU HAVE TO PRESS YOUR BUTTON.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] VERY SENSITIVE, AS YOU CAN TELL.

I SAW IT. YOU KEEP PUSHING THEM.

JUST IT'S ON. IT'S OFF.

IT'S ON, IT'S OFF. ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE NOW ON.

IT'S APPROVED AND WE GO. ITEM ONE TO APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREETS.

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Cycle 6 Priority List of Projects, Directing MPO Staff to Work with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Staff on the Vetting and Programing of Viable Projects]

PRIORITY PROJECT LIST DIRECTING THE MPO STAFF TO WORK WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FDOT STAFF ON VETTING AND PROGRAMING THE VIABLE PROJECTS.

MS. MACNEIL WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THE PRESENTATION? FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS IN HERE, THAT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR ON THE MIDDLE BOTTOM OF YOUR VOTING MACHINE, THERE IS A CHANGE SCREEN OPTION SO THAT CAN BRING YOU BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE WHAT'S PRESENTED AND WHAT YOU COULD BE LOOKING AT.

VIDEO. OK, GO AHEAD.

GOOD MORNING. KERRIE MACNEIL, BROWARD MPO COMING TO YOU TODAY WITH OUR ACTION ITEM, THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVE PROGRAM APPROVAL OR REQUESTING APPROVAL OF THE CYCLE SIX DRAFT PRIORITY LIST.

SO JUST A QUICK REFRESHER THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM THE CSLIP PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING FOR SMALL LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHICH IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION USERS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM CAN FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS OBVIOUSLY COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, MOBILITY HUBS, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS AND SO ON.

SO THE AGENDA FOR THE PRESENTATION TODAY IS FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO RECAP THE FINAL RESULTS FROM CYCLES FOUR AND FIVE.

THAT'S CYCLES FOUR FROM 2020 AND FIVE FROM 2021 AND THEN GO INTO THE CYCLE SIX UPDATE, WHICH IS THE CURRENT CYCLE NOW THAT WE'RE IN.

WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER THE APPLICATION CYCLE OVERVIEW AND THEN THE RANKINGS AND THEN CSLIP MOVING FORWARD. SO THE CSLIP CYCLE FOR FINAL RESULTS, FIVE PROJECTS WERE FUNDED FROM FIVE DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND FOR A TOTAL OF 13.9 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING, AND THAT IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS FOR ALL THE FIVE PROJECTS THAT WERE FUNDED.

THEN CYCLE FIVE WE FUNDED FOUR PROJECTS FROM FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES FOR A TOTAL OF 6.1

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SO AWARD LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT TO THE AGENCIES WITH AWARDED PROJECTS AND THE LIST OF PROGRAM PROJECTS FOR BOTH CYCLES FOUR AND FIVE CAN BE FOUND ON THE CSLIP WEBSITE.

THIS IS A HYPERLINK IN THE PRESENTATION, SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THAT, YOU CAN DO SO. AND THE DETAILED FUNDING INFORMATION, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IT, CAN BE FOUND IN THE BROWARD COUNTY CITIZENS REPORT.

THIS IS ALSO A HYPERLINK AS WELL, SO THE MPO AND FDOT WILL BE WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES AS THEIR PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE DIFFERENT STAGES.

MOTIONS.

SO DO YOU WANT TO TAKE QUESTIONS NOW OR? OK, SO THE CYCLE SIX UPDATE IS THE WINDOW IS CLOSED.

IT CLOSED ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2021, WE RECEIVED 16 COMPLETE APPLICATIONS FROM 13 DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND THE MPO HAS BEEN EVALUATING AND PRIORITIZING THE PROJECTS OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS. SO WE HAVE THE FIRST HERE, THE OBJECTIVE RANK ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, THE COLUMN HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.

THAT IS THE RANK THAT THAT THE PROJECT'S GOT AFTER THEY WERE RUN THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE RANKING TOOL, THE GEOGRAPHIC BASED RANKING TOOL.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP IS TO APPLY THE ROUND RANK AND THE ROUND RANK REPRESENTS THE ROUNDS OF FUNDING.

SO IF A PROJECT AND YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT, THIS BLUE LINE WILL COME UP SO THAT BLUE LINE, THE HORIZONTAL BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE FUNDING ROUND.

SO IF AN AGENCY SUBMITTED MORE THAN ONE PROJECT IN ONE CYCLE, THEIR LOWER RANKING PROJECT OF THE TWO WOULD DROP DOWN TO THE FUNDING ROUND TWO.

SO AND THEN THE THE THIRD STEP IS THE POLICY RANK.

AND IN THIS CASE, FOR THIS CYCLE, THE POLICY RANK IS GOING TO BE THE SAME AS THE ROUND RANK BECAUSE THE ONLY CITY THAT SUBMITTED THAT BOTH PROJECTS WERE RANKED THAT SUBMITTED IN THEIR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, A PRIORITIZATION BETWEEN THE TWO PROJECTS.

IT JUST ENDED UP THAT THE PROJECTS ENDED UP SCORING IN THAT ORDER ANYWAY, AND THAT WAS THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD. SO THIS IS THE FINAL RANK AND THE FINAL LIST HERE IN THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, ONE THROUGH EIGHT IS ON THE FIRST SLIDE.

AND THEN NINE THROUGH 16 IS ON THE SECOND SLIDE, AND AGAIN, THERE'S THAT HORIZONTAL BLUE LINE REPRESENTING THE SPLIT BETWEEN FUNDING ROUND ONE AND FUNDING ROUND TWO.

WHAT SLIDE IS PEMBROKE PINES ON? WHAT SLIDE? [LAUGHTER] I DON'T THINK WE HAD AN APPLICATION.

THE CITY [INAUDIBLE] THE CITY DIDN'T APPLY FOR FUNDING.

REALLY? AND SO LASTLY, JUST CSLIP MOVING FORWARD.

SO PENDING THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, APPLICATIONS WILL BE VETTED BY THE MPO AND FDOT STAFF, AND CYCLE SIX SITE VISITS WILL TAKE PLACE IN THIS SPRING, SUMMER OF THIS YEAR AND THEN THE NEXT CYCLE OF CSLIP APPLICATIONS CYCLE SEVEN WILL I ANTICIPATE IT TO BE DUE IN NOVEMBER 2022 THIS YEAR, SO IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START WORKING ON THE APPLICATIONS FOR OR SORRY NEXT YEAR, AS IN THE NEXT CYCLE.

MY APOLOGIES, BUT I AND JUST TO REMIND YOU THAT PARTNER RESOLUTIONS AND FDOT LETTERS OF SUPPORT CAN TAKE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS OR LONGER.

AND THEN ALL CSLIP UPDATES WILL OF COURSE, BE POSTED ON THE CSLIP PAGE.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY OF THE SLIDES.

REPORT QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. I HAVE COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU.

CAN YOU GIVE ME THE PARAMETERS OF TRAFFIC CALMING? WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER TRAFFIC CALMING? SURE. SO AN EXAMPLE OF TRAFFIC CALMING COULD BE A SPEED TABLES, SPEED HUMPS, CHICANES, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF.

I MEAN, THERE'S THERE'S A PRETTY BIG VARIETY OF THINGS THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TRAFFIC CALMING. SO IF YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC EXAMPLE OR QUESTION ABOUT ELIGIBILITY, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS IT WITH YOU.

OK, AS LONG AS I KNOW THE THE PARAMETER IS WIDE, IT'S NOT JUST ONE PARTICULAR ITEM.

THAT'S CORRECT.

YEP. SUPER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VICE CHAIR GOOD? YES, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO CONFIRM THAT IF THE PRIORITIES CHANGE IN ANY WAY, THAT THEY WILL COME BACK BEFORE THIS BOARD, SO THAT WE'RE ADVISED OF ANY CHANGES.

THAT IS CORRECT. FOR THE LAST TIME WE CAME TO THE BOARD, WE DID INCORPORATE INTO THE POLICIES THAT ANY CHANGES IN THE THE PRIORITY LIST WOULD COME BACK TO THE BOARD.

I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'LL DO.

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THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I KNOW THE WE CALL THESE CSLIP PROGRAMS SMALLER PROJECTS, BUT IN REALITY, A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY AND ENHANCES ALL THESE LITTLE, THESE OTHER THESE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE DO THIS AND I WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR THEIR RANKINGS ON THE PROJECTS AND OUR MUNICIPALITY ON CYCLE FOUR AND CYCLE FIVE.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHICH ONE WE WERE BELOW THE I CALL IT.

WE CALL IT THE BLUE DEATH LINE, THE [INAUDIBLE] LINE. BUT YOU PROMISED US THAT ON THE NEXT ROUND, NEXT CYCLE OF THE FUNDING AND AROUND, WE WOULD BE BACK UP IN THAT ABOVE THAT BLUE LINE TO GET THOSE PROJECTS DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO I DO APPRECIATE THAT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR TO EVERYBODY.

WE ALL SIT HERE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE TOTALITY OF THE COUNTY AND ALL THE PROJECTS, AND WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

BUT IF YOU'RE BELOW THE BLUE DEATH LINE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE PROJECT IS OUT OF COMMISSION. IT JUST MEANS IT'S NOT BEING FUNDED AND IT'S GOING TO BE.

YOU'LL PROBABLY GET BACK IN THE NEXT ROUND OF FUNDING OR THE NEXT CYCLE.

THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

GOOD MORNING. AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY A LOT OF HILLS, NUMBER ONE.

AND I THINK WHEN I JOINED THIS BOARD, IT WAS VERY CLEAR OF MY INTENTIONS TO KIND OF FIGHT TO GET US IN THAT IN THE RUNNING.

SO I'M VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY AND STAFF AND THE TIME THEY PUT IN AND MS. STUART. I MEAN, Y'ALL ARE WELL AWARE OF THE HOOPS WE JUMP THROUGH TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SO HOPEFULLY IT'S JUST ONE OF MANY AND JUST TAKING A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK THAT MUST THAT THE CITY STAFF DID TO GET US TO THIS POSITION AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING OUR PROJECT OFF THE GROUND.

AND THANK YOU, MPO.

IT WAS REALLY REFRESHING WORKING WITH THEM TOO.

MAYOR COOPER CHAIR.

CURIOUS, LITTLE RUSTY IN THE PROCESS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN A WHILE, WE HAVE OUR PROJECTS RANKED. THANK YOU.

BUT I'M CURIOUS WHEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT DOLLARS CONTRIBUTIONS.

IS THIS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR JPA TO GET EXPEDITED PROCESS TO MOVE IT FORWARD? SO IF YOU HAVE A LOCAL CONTRIBUTION LIKE A DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENT.

YEAH THAT CAN BE COMBINED WITH THE FEDERAL DOLLARS TO ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, ENHANCE A PROJECT.

I KNOW IT CAN BE ENHANCED, BUT IF WE CAN UP.

WHAT'S THAT WE'LL HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW SINCE THERE'S A FIVE YEAR FUNDING BILL.

MM HMM. ONCE THEY DO, THE GO FROM CR TO OMNIBUS, THE TYPICALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADVANCE FUND KNOWING THAT THAT MONEY WILL COME BACK.

THAT SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS FALLS IN THE FIVE YEAR FUNDING CYCLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN OUTSIDE PARAMETER THAT THAT HASN'T THAT HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, AND WE COULD PROBABLY ARRANGE IT DEPENDING ON WHERE IT FALLS IN.

THANK. THANK YOU. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER SHUHAM.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

WE JUST WANTED TO EXTEND OUR APPRECIATION FOR THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO THIS, BOTH OUR STAFF AND THE MPO STAFF.

AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO BEING NUMBER TWO, WE'LL TAKE IT THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE TO BE NUMBER ONE, LIKE PEMBROKE PINES.

ON PAGE THREE. THANK YOU.

OK, WELL, LET'S ALL WELCOME MAYOR UDINE, MAYOR.

ACTUALLY, WE HAD TWO MEMBERS SHOW UP IF WE WANT TO ADD TO THIS AS MAYOR UDINE AND VICE MAYOR SHUHAM. OK.

ME, TOO, I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU.

YEAH, EXACTLY. I HAVE A VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.

OH YEAH, ACTUALLY, I WANT TO BRING THAT UP TOO COMMISSIONER HARTMANN.

I BELIEVE THAT IS THE VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.

HE EMAILED ME, SAYING THAT HE WANTED TO HAVE A COMMENT.

WELL, MY COMMENT ACTUALLY WAS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE ABOUT 33 AND I HAVE BEEN MARKED ABSENT FOR THE VOTES EVER SINCE REGULAR BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

SO PLEASE MARK ME YES ON THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN VOTED ON FROM THAT POINT FORWARD.

THANK YOU. CLERK IS ACKNOWLEDGING, ALTHOUGH THE ATTORNEY'S SHAKING HIS HEAD.

ALAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO OPINE? YES. IF YOU'RE ON VIRTUALLY BY THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT OBJECT, AND THAT MEANS THAT YOU VOTED AND VOTED IN CONSENT WITH THE GROUP.

BUT ACTUALLY, WE DO NOT GO BACK BECAUSE WE TAKE EVERY VOTE IS ELECTRONIC.

YOUR VOTE COUNTS AS ITS INPUT INTO THE ELECTRONIC BOARD.

IT IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO BE CHANGED AT ANY TIME AFTER THE MEETING OR SUBSEQUENT TO THE VOTE.

SO ONCE IT'S DONE, IT'S DONE.

PLEASE RECOGNIZE THAT.

OK, SO THE I'M SORRY THE ISSUE WAS THAT I WAS HERE.

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I WAS MARKED ABSENT ON THE BOARD AND THERE'S BEEN SUBSEQUENT VOTES THAT HOW COULD YOU MARK ME ONE WAY OR THE OTHER? I'M HERE, BUT I WAS MARKED ABSENT ON THE BOARD, SO I COULDN'T VOTE.

WHEN YOU COME ON THE ON THE ZOOM, WE ARE ABLE TO IDENTIFY YOU ON THE ZOOM CALL AND WE SHOW YOU AS BEING PRESENT. YOU DON'T NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED FORMALLY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. WE DO KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE.

PERFECT. SO THEN I GUESS I VOTED ON THE PRIOR ITEMS FROM FOUR ON.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LEGALESE CAN CHANGE.

HEARING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. MS. ROSE, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK NOW ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT? ON THE ITEM, LET'S HAVE A MOTION.

WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AND SECONDED BY MAYOR ZIADE.

LET'S VOTE. PLEASE VOTE AGAIN IF YOU'RE ON VIRTUAL, IF YOU OBJECT OR HAVE A COMMENT, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP NOW. RAISE YOUR HAND.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IS IN.

NO. WHO'S PUSH A BUTTON. STOP TRYING TO GET MONEY.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT. MOTION ACCEPTED AND PASSED, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. GO ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, PLEASE.

WE'RE THROUGH WITH ACTION ITEMS AND WE MOVE TO REGULAR ITEMS. OK. ITEMS FROM THE CHAIR JUST WELCOME EVERYBODY.

[7. Comments from the Chair]

AND THANK YOU ALL AND I'M GOING TO GO BACK AND ASK STAFF WHY WE DIDN'T APPLY FOR THAT.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO PAY THE PRICE.

YEAH. SIDEBAR.

ALL RIGHT MEMBER COMMENTS, YOU HAVE TO CLICK.

[8. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED.

I DON'T THINK COUNCIL SAID IT EARLIER REGARDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM, AND THAT TODAY MARKS THE FIRST MEETING OF AN ALLOCATED AMOUNT THAT YOU CAN PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM. AND I WAS INTENDING TO DO THAT.

DO THAT DURING YOUR REPORT.

OK, WELL, THERE YOU GO.

VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR YOUR REPORT.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE MARCH AND APRIL AND THEN YOU CAN'T DO ZOOM AFTER THAT.

AND WHILE THE SUBJECT IS UP, I MIGHT AS WELL JUST FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEW.

IF YOU INTEND OR WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN ZOOM, YOU MUST IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND TELL THE CHAIR, I'M SORRY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OR THE OFFICE THAT YOU INTEND TO DO THAT SO THAT WE CAN COUNT YOU AS DOING THAT AND PARTICIPATE THAT WAY.

NO MORE THAN 10 MEMBERS CAN PARTICIPATE IN ZOOM AT ANY ONE TIME, AND YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE TIMES AT THE MAXIMUM ANY GIVEN CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD AND TECHNICALLY SUPPOSED TO HAVE A GENERALLY GOOD EXCUSE AS TO WHY YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO PARTICIPATE. THAT'S BY LAW, NECESSARILY BY STATE LAW.

SO PLEASE, THIS IS A DIFFICULT PROCESS TO FOLLOW WITH SO MANY MEMBERS.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, SOMETIMES THERE IS SOME CONFUSION.

SO JUST BEAR WITH US.

IT WILL BECOME EASIER WHEN WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM IDENTIFIED FOR ZOOM MEMBERS AS WELL. THANK YOU.

SO.

IT IS. [INAUDIBLE] SO TO YOUR POINT, YOU SAID TECHNICALLY, BUT I BELIEVE OUR RULES STATE THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE IN ZOOM, YOU MUST PROVIDE A REASONING, AND IT HAD TO BE IN CONFLICT WITH WHAT.

RULES ARE CONFORMING WITH THE STATE LAW.

OK. SO IT'S NOT A TECHNICALLY THING.

IT'S WE SHOULD.

YES, I BELIEVE MY COMMENT WAS RELATED TO THIS IS A TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE AND THAT WE SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT.

I THINK THAT THAT'S WHAT I WAS INTENDING.

OH. NOT UNDERSTOOD THAT WAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT MEMBER COMMENTS ANY MEMBER COMMENTS? HEARING NONE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT.

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

WE ACTUALLY CAME INTO THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH AND ACTUALLY PAINTED A ROADWAY BY NARROWING IT, AND IT WAS ONE OF PROBABLY THE BEST EXPERIENCES I'VE HAD IN MY 30 SOME ODD YEAR CAREER WHERE PEOPLE WERE ACTUALLY COMING OUT OF THEIR HOUSES AND SAYING THANK YOU.

AND USUALLY TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THEY JUST EXPECT THIS AND THEN THEY MOVE ON AND THEY ONLY COME AND TALK TO YOU, ESPECIALLY MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.

AND IT WAS A REALLY WONDERFUL THING.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYOR, IF YOU WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCES FROM IT, BUT HONESTLY, WHAT A COMMUNITY BUILDING EXERCISE.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP IN APRIL IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

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IT WAS GREAT TO HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COME OUT AND THANK US FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING. OF COURSE, THE PEOPLE THAT USUALLY SPEED THROUGH THAT AREA WERE NOT EXACTLY THANKING US OR USING A CERTAIN TYPE OF SIGN LANGUAGE WE WON'T TALK ABOUT.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH SIMPLY PAINTING A ROAD TO KIND OF GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD BE BEFORE YOU MAKE A PERMANENT DECISION, HOW GREAT IT WOULD BE IF EVERY FORM OF GOVERNMENT WE HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO DO A TEST RUN ON SOMETHING TO SEE WHAT THE IMPACT IS, AND WE GET TO WATCH THAT IN REAL TIME AND SEE HOW THAT HAPPENS AND IT HAS MADE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

NOW, CERTAINLY THERE ARE COMPLAINTS THAT COME UP AFTERWARDS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO ENCOUNTER THAT.

BUT I ENCOURAGE ANYBODY WHO GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT IN THEIR CITY IS TO DO THIS BECAUSE I CAN TELL YOU, I HAD TO SIGN ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY CERTIFICATES OF THANK YOU TO STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO CAME OUT TO VOLUNTEER ON THIS PROJECT.

THAT'S TREMENDOUS.

IT WAS WELL WORTH MY PAIN IN MY HAND AFTERWARD.

SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND YOUR STAFF FOR DOING THAT.

IT'S AN OUTSTANDING PROJECT AND GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT.

WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THIS ACTUALLY SEE IT.

TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THIS IS THE FIRST OF HOPEFULLY MANY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PROGRAMING FUNDING WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO CONTINUE THIS. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE TWO PILOTS AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GET IN TO ACTUALLY TESTING THINGS BEFORE WE ACTUALLY PUT HARD INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE GROUND, WHICH IS A SUPER GREAT EXPERIENCE.

IF YOU GET A CHANCE I THINK IT'S AN AVENUE, RIGHT? WHICH THE STREET? IT'S THIRD. YEAH, THIRD AVENUE IN DEERFIELD BEACH, OVER BY THE HOSPITAL.

REALLY INCREDIBLE YOU KNOW, JOB.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THE NEXT ONE ON FIFTEENTH AVENUE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND YOU'LL BE SEEING THAT IN APRIL.

WE'RE EXPECTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SMALLER PIECE, BUT WE'RE EXPECTING SIMILAR RESULTS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE GREAT.

MAYOR TRANTALIS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

MR. CHAIR. OK, THANK YOU.

I THINK I'D LIKE TO ECHO THE COMMENTS OF BILL BECAUSE JUST STARTING THESE PROJECTS WITH PAINTING ON THE ROADS AND SO FORTH IS A WAY TO SORT OF SLOWLY MOVE PEOPLE INTO CHANGING THEIR HABITS. I DO WANT TO COMMENT, THOUGH, ON THE PAINT JOB ON 15TH AVENUE.

DO A SECOND COAT.

ACTUALLY, THE CITY CAME IN AND DID THAT INITIAL COAT.

DID THAT OK? YEAH, UH OH.

HOWEVER, WE AND WE APPRECIATE THEM DOING THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK. AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS WAS NOT SCRIPTED.

COULD YOU TURN HIS MIC OFF, PLEASE? THANK YOU, MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. SO, IT'S SO IT'S SO IS SOMEONE COMING OUT THERE AGAIN TO? OH, WE'RE PLANNING TO HAVE A WHOLE THERE'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE CONTINGENCY OF PEOPLE OUT THERE IN APRIL. WE'RE GOING TO REPAINT THE LANES AND REPAINT THE BIKE LANES AND PUT IN CROSSWALKS. AND THERE'S OK, BECAUSE CHANGING HABITS IS NOT AN EASY THING.

BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY SEE [INAUDIBLE] I THINK IT'S I THINK CARS ARE CARS ARE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, ABIDING BY THE SINGLE LANE GOING NORTH AND SOUTH. AND YOU KNOW, I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY YOU PUT THE BIKE LANES SO CLOSE TO THE TRAVEL LANE. I THOUGHT YOU'D WANT TO PUT THAT CLOSER TO THE SIDEWALK, BUT.

WE'RE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF ON THAT.

ON THAT ONE, OK? BECAUSE PEOPLE JUST DON'T RESPECT BIKE LANES UNLESS THERE'S, YOU KNOW, UNLESS THEY'RE GREEN OR SOME KIND OF ALTERNATE COLOR.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME COLORS SHOWING UP IN APRIL, LIKE I SAID, BUT ONE OF THE IF YOU WANT AND I MEAN, I'M GOING TO GO TO THE HOMEOWNERS OR THE MEETING ON SATURDAY AT ARTSERVE, IT'S AT 2:00 P.M.

AND HOPING A BUNCH OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA ARE GOING TO BE OUT AND TALKING.

I DO KNOW THAT SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO ARE IN BROWARD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, NOT BOARD MEMBERS, BUT TEACHERS, THEY'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING SOME OF THEIR STUDENTS IN FOR SERVICE HOURS AS WELL.

SO REAL EXCITING OPPORTUNITY TO BEAR.

IT'S JUST BRINGING EVERYBODY TO BEAR ON THIS, AND THAT'S REALLY EXCITING.

GOOD. OK, THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER CARN, HE'S MOVED UP TO MAYOR NOW.

COMMISSIONER CARN. COMMISSIONER CARN.

OH, COME ON. IT'S A STANDOFF.

HARD FOR ME TO. I KNOW [INAUDIBLE].

MAYOR CARN.

YOU GET A PASS A CERTAIN AGE I UNDERSTAND HOW TO [INAUDIBLE] BUT THE.

NEXT SPEAKER.

MY COMMENT IS I'M MAKING A REQUEST.

WE ARE ALL IN AWE IN LISTENING TO THESE PROJECTS, THE PAINTING.

COULD WE DOCUMENT THESE THINGS AND BRING THEM FOR A PRESENTATION? YES, WE CAN. THE BOARD NEXT TIME, I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE.

THANK YOU. YEAH,

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COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.

OK. I DON'T HEAR ANY.

MAYOR ZIADE.

HELLO. OH, OK. YES.

WHEN YOU DO SPEAK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT, IT WOULD BE GREAT IF I COULD SEE IT.

I'M ACTUALLY ON YOUR WEBSITE AND I DON'T FIND IT EITHER.

YEAH, MY SOCIAL MEDIA FEED AND OUR SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS, SORRY.

SO IF YOU ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE SPEAK UP BROWARD, IT'S THAT'S WHERE IT RESIDES.

THERE WAS A BUNCH OF WE HAD DRONES FLYING IT.

THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME BY WITH SANTA CLAUS.

IT WAS REALLY GREAT. AND I MEAN, YOU JUST WATCH THIS THING AND IT'S AMAZING.

WE'LL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT.

I WHEN I PREPARE A REPORT TO YOU ALL THIS IS JUST, HEY, I'M GIVING INFORMATION AS BE TACTICAL PROGRAM COMES OUT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE PRESENTATIONS COME UP, YOU KNOW, AS WE GO.

WELL. I'M GLAD YOU'RE TAKING INTEREST BECAUSE THIS IS CLEARLY SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO SHOW A LOT OF.

WELL, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THAT.

YOU KNOW, A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE WONDERFUL JUST TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE AS FAR AS TRAFFIC CALMING, ESPECIALLY SO AND GETTING THE COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

SO JUST A REQUEST.

YEAH, NO PROBLEM. LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THIS IS GOOD FEEDBACK BECAUSE WHEN WE DID THE ORIGINAL BE TACTICAL PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS LIKE FOUR MONTHS AGO, FIVE MONTHS AGO, IT DIDN'T GET A LOT OF RESPONSE.

SO NOW THAT IT'S I'M SEEING THIS, THIS IS REALLY WONDERFUL TO HEAR.

ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR COLBOURNE.

YES, WE HAD SOMETHING SIMILAR DONE IN MIRAMAR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

SO I KEEP HEARING THIS IS A FIRST, SO I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT WAS MIRAMAR.

WHAT WAS MIRAMAR? BUT IT WAS IT WAS A VERY, VERY IT WAS VERY SHORT LIVE, I SHOULD SAY.

IT WAS VERY TEMPORARY AND WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO KNOW WHERE WE CAN GET SOMETHING PERMANENT THERE. AND BASICALLY, WE DID THAT WITH THE WALK TO SCHOOL DAY WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD. AND THAT WAS JUST A TEMPORARY PAINTING FOR A CROSSWALK.

WHAT WE DID IN DEERFIELD BEACH WAS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL LAST FOR PROBABLY A GOOD YEAR MAYBE TWO, POTENTIALLY THREE.

WE'LL SEE. I MEAN, THE PAINTING WAS REALLY DONE WELL.

SO IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHEN I KIND OF GIVE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FOLKS A SHOUT OUT BECAUSE THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, WILLING TO LET US DO THIS.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO PARTICIPATED AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS TO DO MORE PERMANENT AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS ROLLOUT AS A HOPEFULLY NOW THAT I'M HEARING ALL THIS POSITIVE FEEDBACK.

THIS IS GOING TO ROLL OUT AS A LONG TERM PROGRAM FOR US.

SO WE'LL SET UP A WHOLE PROCESS FOR IT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE, ARE YOU ON? NO. ACTUALLY HAVE A DIFFERENT ONE.

OH, SORRY. MAYOR HARTMANN.

MAYOR HARTMANN, I JUST GOT A PROMOTION.

COUNCIL MEMBER HARTMANN.

SO WE JUST STARTED A CITIZEN'S ADVISORY BOARD ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND TRAFFIC.

AND I THINK THESE ARE WONDERFUL IDEAS.

I'D LIKE TO DO A FIELD TRIP WITH THE GROUP OUT THERE.

I HEARD THIRD AVENUE IN DEERFIELD, BUT WHAT'S THE CROSS STREET? BECAUSE THIRD AVENUE AND 15TH AVENUE ARE BOTH PRETTY LONG ROAD.

SO IF THERE ARE CROSS STREETS, I'D LOVE SOME HELP THERE.

SAMPLE ROAD TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROJECT ON THIRD IN DEERFIELD.

AND THEN IN FORT LAUDERDALE BETWEEN SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND 13TH STREET.

ALL RIGHT IN 13TH.

AND THEN I HEARD ONE IN MIRAMAR AS WELL.

THAT'S CLOSE BY AS WELL, SO WE'D LOVE TO GO SEE IT.

THAT ONE UNFORTUNATELY DISAPPEARED OVER TIME.

IT WAS A IT WAS.

IT WAS A TEMPORARY, A VERY, VERY TEMPORARY CROSSWALK.

COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] TALK ABOUT IT.

OK VICE CHAIR GOOD. YES.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND I PARTICIPATED IN THAT MIRAMAR ONE.

SO IS THE ISSUE THE QUALITY OF THE PAINT, THE PAINT USED THAT, YOU KNOW, AND CAN WE JUST ENSURE THAT WE USE PAINT THAT COULD BE LONG LASTING? WHEN WE DID THE ONE IN MIRAMAR, THAT WAS ACTUALLY EVERYBODY'S NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THIS PERMANENTLY.

AND IT'S TAKEN THAT MANY YEARS.

THINK ABOUT WHEN WE DID IT THREE YEARS AGO, TWO YEARS AGO TO TODAY TO ACTUALLY GET EVERYBODY TO AGREE. YEAH, THAT NO ONE.

THAT WAS A POSITIVE EXPERIENCE.

AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY AND WE HAD A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE ADJACENT SCHOOLS AND WE HAD STUDENTS OF ALL AGES COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO ASK AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

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BUT DEFINITELY AT THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL, I'M SURE THEY'D LOVE TO PARTICIPATE.

EVEN IN SUNRISE MIDDLE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS NEXT PROJECT IN FORT LAUDERDALE. THIS IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

YES, I'M SO GLAD TO BE HEARING THIS TYPE OF FEEDBACK.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA BECAUSE THIS IS THIS WAS OUT OF THE BOX THINKING FOR AN MPO BECAUSE IT REALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPHS ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA, IT REALLY DOES LOOK PHENOMENAL. IT'S BRIGHT, IT'S CHEERY AND LOOKS REALLY MODERN.

AND SO I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY WANTING THAT TYPE OF ARTISTIC FLAIR.

THANK YOU. AND HONESTLY, THANKS TO STEPHANIE GARCIA AND RICARDO GUTIERREZ AND EVERYBODY ON STAFF BECAUSE THEY JUST DID SUCH A GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, LEANING FORWARD WITH THIS AARP IN THE DEERFIELD BEACH PROJECT TOO THEY GAVE US A GRANT. SO THERE WAS JUST ALL THESE DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

I MEAN, SO MANY TO BEGIN WITH.

SO THIS GREAT FEEDBACK FROM Y'ALL, I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THIS.

HEY, IT'S WELCH.

THANK YOU. WAS THIS ALSO TO BE CONSIDERED FOR CITY STREETS, OR IS IT WAS YOUR STREET CITY MAYOR GANZ OR WAS IT A COUNTY? IT'S A CITY. YEAH.

OK. YEAH, THE COUNTY ACTUALLY HAS STRIPING AUTHORITY THROUGH THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT EVERYBODY SIGNED WITH THEM.

BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY HAD TO COME TO BEAR AND AGREE THAT WE WERE GOING TO DO THIS. I CAN THINK OF SOME APPLICATIONS IN OUR OWN CITY.

WINK, WINK. SHEILA, YOU'RE HERE.

THANK YOU. OH, SORRY, MORE WORK.

THAT SAID, I ALSO RICARDO JUST MENTIONED TO ME, IF YOU GUYS WANT A DIFFERENT WAY OF LOOKING AT IT TOO IS ON GOOGLE EARTH.

APPARENTLY, THEY'VE ALREADY FLOWN OVER IT AND PUT IT OUT THERE, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT THAT WAY AS WELL. OK.

MR. STEWART, ANYTHING ELSE? YEAH, JUST REALLY BRIEFLY, TOO.

AND THIS IS MORE OF THE FUNDING MATRIX.

I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE THIS MORNING.

BASICALLY, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT RELEASED ALL OF THE NEW BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO OUR TEAM MEMBERS IN THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMING AREA HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DISTRICT FOUR PROGRAMING TO MOVE THINGS AROUND, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT NEXT MONTH.

SO THAT WAY, AS WE WAIT FOR THE DELAYED MONEY BEING RELEASED FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY, WE'RE JUST MOVING SOME FUNDING POTS AROUND AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING TRYING TO DO OUR BUDGET BECAUSE WE DO A TWO YEAR BUDGET ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET, NOT KNOWING WE KNOW THE MONEY'S OUT THERE AND IS GOING TO COME TO US, BUT IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN RELEASED.

CENTRAL OFFICE I WORKED WITH THEM TWO WEEKS AGO TO AT LEAST RELEASE OUR PL, OUR 5305 D MONEY. I'M GOING TO WORK WITH GABE UP THERE AS WELL AND SEE IF I CAN GET THAT RELEASED BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW MUCH IT SHOULD BE.

BUT THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE C.R.

THAT'S IN PLACE RIGHT NOW WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AND THEN THERE WAS ANOTHER C.R.

THAT WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY BY THE HOUSE.

IN THE EVENING, THE SENATE AGREED TO WHAT LOOKS LIKE IS GOING TO BE AN OMNIBUS BILL.

ONCE THAT HAPPENS AND THAT PASSES, THEN REALLY, WHAT FEDERAL HIGHWAY THE STATE FEDERAL HIGHWAY OFFICE IS SAYING IS THAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR GUIDANCE FROM USDOT ON HOW TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS.

NOT EXACTLY SURE THEIR LEGACY FOR US.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'D BE WAITING, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ALL THIS PAGINATION HAPPENING WITH FUNDING UP AND IN BETWEEN WASHINGTON, TALLAHASSEE AND US.

BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE GOING TO EXPECT A FLOOD OF CASH IN THE LAST TWO YEARS OF THAT FUNDING BILL. AND SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR PROJECTS LINED UP AND OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE WORKING ON THAT. YOU KNOW, WITH GREAT, FIERCE PASSION TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN HERE IN OUR AREA.

MAYOR GANZ.

THERE WE GO. I JUST WANT TO SAY IT IS, IF YOU GO TO PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION FOR THE BE TACTICAL.

SORRY TO BACKTRACK ON SOMETHING.

OK, THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER MS.? OK. LET'S GO TO NUMBER 10, SIR.

GENERAL COUNSEL, OH WAIT THE MONTHLY FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE UPDATE, PAUL?

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

SO AS GREG WAS SAYING, WITH THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION, THE IIJA, THE BIL, THE TWO NAMES, ONE BILL DID TWO THINGS, IT CONTINUED AND ENHANCED PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXIST AND CREATED NEW PROGRAMS. THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION FUNDS, THOSE PROGRAMS THAT ALREADY EXIST THROUGH THE

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SO AS GREG WAS SAYING, WHAT'S GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE WITH THE FUNDING, IT'S THINGS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING.

AND THEN WHEN CONGRESS APPROPRIATES FUNDING FOR ALL THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL GET EVEN MORE FUNDING.

SO GREG SAID HE'S BEEN WORKING TALLAHASSEE, WE ALSO HAD A MEETING WITH DEBBIE WASSERMAN WITH CONGRESSWOMAN DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ THIS WEEK, WHERE HE EXPRESSED THE CONCERN THERE. SO WE ARE WORKING ON THIS FROM MULTIPLE FRONTS.

IT WAS A VERY PRODUCTIVE CONVERSATION WITH THE CONGRESSWOMAN, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.

DURING THAT CONVERSATION, WE MENTIONED ALL THE NEW DISCRETIONARY GRANTS THAT ARE COMING OUT. WE SAID, OK, RAISE, WHICH IS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, IS OUT.

THE CONGRESSWOMAN IS VERY CLEAR IN ASKING OUR REGION NOT TO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE RAISE GRANT FOR OUR COUNTY.

LAST YEAR WE SUBMITTED FIVE, WHICH IS FOUR TOO MANY.

SO THE MPO IS WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, AT OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO COORDINATE THIS, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WORKING AS ONE BROWARD OK.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO BRING FUNDING BACK TO BROWARD AND I'M EMPHASIZING THE BACK TWO.

[INAUDIBLE] THANK YOU, SO ON THIS ON THE STATE SIDE.

THE BUDGET THE PROPOSED BUDGET IS GOING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE, SO WE'RE HAPPY TO HEAR THAT FDOT'S WORK PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED IN THE BUDGET.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME NEW ITEMS. THERE'S $2 BILLION FOR COST OVERRUNS.

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THAT BUDGET WAS THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSED BILLION DOLLAR GAS TAX HOLIDAY. AS FAR AS TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, THERE WAS A THERE IS A BILL UP IN TALLAHASSEE THAT CAPS THE A TWENTY FIVE SORRY TWENTY FIVE PERCENT OF THE FUNDING ON PUBLIC TRANSIT.

KEEP IN MIND, PUBLIC TRANSIT IS NOT AS DEFINED BY THE STATE WAS NOT JUST BUSSES IT ALSO INCLUDES OUR PORTS.

SO THAT'S AIRPORT, SEAPORT AND ARE WHAT WE THINK OF OUR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT SYSTEM WOULD ALL BE IN THAT SAME THAT SAME TWENTY FIVE PERCENT CAP.

FDOT IS NOW ACTIVELY OPPOSING THAT BILL.

OK. ALSO EXCITING NEWS, AND THIS IS A COMPLETE 180 FROM A PREVIOUS GOVERNOR IS THAT THERE'S A BILL FOR A SEA LEVEL RISE WHERE FDOT WOULD HAVE TO CREATE A STATEWIDE RESILIENCY PLAN, WHICH IS GREAT NEWS FOR US THAT ALSO PERFECTLY ALIGNS WITH THE IIJA BIL.

WHAT'S EXPECTED OF US AS AN MPO IN A STATE.

OK.

WE'VE HEARD SORT OF HEARD OK, AS FAR AS THE NEW FUNDING COMING THROUGH TALLAHASSEE, REMEMBER IT'S MULTIPLE FRONTS THAT FDOT IS WAITING FOR GUIDANCE ON HOW TO SPEND THE NEW FUNDING. OK.

ONCE AGAIN, NEW FUNDING, NEW PROGRAMS. THIS IS EXCITING FOR US.

THE MPO IS WORKING WITH OUR PEER AGENCIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO FORM WORKING GROUPS TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE TO USDOT ON HOW THESE FUNDS SHOULD BE DISTRIBUTED, SPENT WHAT THE RULES SHOULD BE. AND WE'RE DELIVERING THIS AS ONE VOICE ALL WHAT 400 SOMETHING MPOS.

OK. AND LASTLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD, BUT SECRETARY TEBOW IS RESIGNING HIS POSITION AT FDOT.

SOMEBODY ELSE DID, TOO.

TALLAHASSEE'S COLD, AND THEY DON'T GET TO SEE YOU AS OFTEN.

LET ME JUST ADD, IF YOU NEED SIGNATURES FROM THIS BOARD FOR TALLAHASSEE, THANK GOD, IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS MORE.

BUT IF YOU NEED ANY HELP FROM US FOR A PARTICULAR SUBJECT WOULD BE GLAD TO DO IT.

ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO BRING UP.

THERE'S A LOT OF BILLS GOING GOING THROUGH.

I KNOW YOU SEE THEM.

WE TRY TO FILTER THEM THROUGH TRANSPORTATION IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED US TO REACT TO OR HELP ON YOUR SIDE.

ONCE AGAIN, SPEAKING WITH ONE VOICE IS VERY HUGE, AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERS AT [INAUDIBLE], WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY PARTNER WITH REPRESENTATIVES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WHO HAVE SPECIALTIES AND OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS IN TALLAHASSEE.

GREAT.

FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. MS. ROSE IS NOW THE TIME? NO, NO. WELL, I'VE ONLY GOT ONE ITEM LEFT.

ALL RIGHT, GENERAL COUNSEL.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS.

I ACTUALLY PROVIDED YOU MY INFORMATION EARLIER TODAY.

MY MONTHLY REPORT IS PART OF THE BACKUP FOR YOUR AGENDA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY DON'T HESITATE TO BE IN TOUCH WITH ME.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS TO GENERAL COUNSEL? ALL RIGHT, MR. GABRIEL.

NEXT ITEM IS THE MPO SURTAX SERVICES UPDATE AND BEING PRESENTED BY TODD BROWER, OUR

[12. MPO Surtax Services Updates: www.my-mcps.org ]

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ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, TODD BROWER WITH WHITE HOUSE GROUP.

AND AS YOU'VE HEARD, WE STAFF BRYAN CALETKS'S GROUP TO DO THE SURTAX.

SO I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A QUICK UPDATE AS TO WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE LAST TIME I TALKED TO YOU. OF COURSE, THE LAST TIME WE WENT OVER THE WEBSITE TELLING YOU ABOUT THE NEW TOOLS ALSO INTRODUCED US AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE US EACH TIME.

SO THAT WAY, YOU KNOW WHERE THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADED.

SO THIS YEAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR OPEN APPLICATION PERIOD, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A ROBUST COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.

SO NOT JUST A WEBSITE, BUT THE ABILITY FOR ALL OF YOUR STAFFS TO WORK WITH US DIRECTLY, TO MEET WITH US ONE ON ONE AND TO CONTINUE TO HAVE THIS LINE OF COMMUNICATION TO HELP YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. I'M VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE MET WITH MANY OF YOU ALREADY WITH MANY OF YOUR STAFFS MORE THAN ONCE.

ALREADY, WE'VE HAD 16 CITIES THAT WE'VE MET WITH.

THEY'VE BEEN ONE ON ONE.

WE GIVE THEM ONE ON ONE TREATMENT.

SO ARE YOU GETTING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO THROUGH ALL OF YOUR APPLICATIONS TO TALK ABOUT PROJECT ELIGIBILITY, WHAT PROJECTS YOU'D LIKE TO DO, GET FEEDBACK FROM US, THE INFORMATION WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND TAKE YOU THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.

NOW THE OTHER ITEMS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR AND YOU'LL SEE THIS LATER ON THE PRESENTATION IS YOUR CYCLE ONES, BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PRIORITY OF THE COMMISSION OF THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON, AND IT'S GETTING THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH. SO WE'VE GIVEN RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'D ACTUALLY WORKED WITH MS. [INAUDIBLE]. WE HAD FIVE ADDITIONAL ONES THAT WE LOOKED AT.

BACK IN DECEMBER, IN JANUARY, THE FIVE YEAR PLAN WAS UPDATED TO INCLUDE THEM.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR THAT OR VERY EXCITED TO REPORT AND YOU'RE EXCITED TO HEAR THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A LOT OF THOSE CYCLE ONE PROJECTS AND THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD AND THEN CLEANING THAT DATABASE FOR THE NEW MCPS.

NOW I LIKE TO ALWAYS PUT THIS IN THE ROLE OF THE MPO SO THAT WE GET A SENSE OF WHERE IS OUR LANE? WHAT ARE WE LOOKING TOWARDS? BECAUSE WHEN WE MEET WITH YOU, THE SURTAX HAS A LOT OF PROGRAMS. THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS DOING WITH THAT SURTAX MONEY WITH THE SECOND AMENDMENT THAT WE LIKE TO START WITH.

HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THIS IS THE PROGRAM AND HOW WE LOOK AT THESE PROJECTS AND THAT IS REALLY FITTING WITHIN THE MAG. THAT IS THE ROLE IN WHICH WE HAVE IS LOOKING AT THE 10 PERCENT, BUT THAT 10 PERCENT THEN IS ALSO DIVIDED INTO FOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUNICIPAL BENEFITS THAT ARE PART OF THAT MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE.

THE FIRST ONE IS COMMUNITY SHUTTLES, THEN THE PROGRAM THAT WE WORK WITH MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND THEN THE MUNICIPAL REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, WHICH IS SEPARATE FROM OURS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THE ONE ON ONES IS BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO THEN GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT THOSE PROGRAMS AND THEN GIVE THEM TO MS. [INAUDIBLE] IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO THAT WAY THEY HEAR WHAT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES ARE WITH THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WERE NOT INVOLVED IN.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A CONTINGENCY.

SO WHERE WE FIT WITHIN THAT PROGRAM, THEN IS KIND OF A QUARTER OF 10 PERCENT.

BUT IT'S AN IMPORTANT PROGRAM BECAUSE WE'RE RANKING A LOT OF PROJECTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT WITH CYCLE ONE YOU HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND TEN PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THAT INITIAL CYCLE.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THAT WILL LIKELY BE PART OF THIS NEXT CYCLE FOR 2022.

WITH THAT, THEN ONCE WE EVALUATE AND RANK, WE THEN DO A RECOMMENDATION TO SAY THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO WITHIN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE 2022 CYCLE, WE'RE REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE 2027 FUNDING PERIOD, THOUGH. SO THAT'S WHEN THE ALLOCATION WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO JUST LIKE WITH YOUR MPO PRODUCTS, THERE IS SOME LAG TIME BETWEEN OUR RECOMMENDATION AND THEN THE ACTUAL FUNDING OF THAT.

BUT AS I TELL EVERYONE THAT WE MEET WITH, THAT IS YOUR FIRST HURDLE.

GET INTO THE FIVE YEAR PLAN BECAUSE THERE IS OPPORTUNITIES AS SOME OTHER PROJECTS LAG, THEY GET CHALLENGES, IN SOME CASES ARE BEING WITHDRAWN.

THERE IS SLOTS OPENING UP WITH IT, SO GETTING INTO THAT FIRST, AS I THINK I'D HEARD THE BLUE LINE OF DEATH.

WELL, THAT'S SO OURS IS THE BLUE LINE OF OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR HOW CAN WE ELEVATE THOSE PROJECTS UP AS THEY SHIFT AROUND.

NOW, AS WE TALKED ABOUT THAT CYCLE ONE,THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY AND THAT'S WHAT'S VERY EXCITING ABOUT IT.

BUT I WAS LIKE AGAIN, EMPHASIZE THAT THE CYCLE ONE IS THAT FIRST HUNDRED AND TEN PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THE INITIAL EVALUATION THAT WAS DONE AS PART OF THE THE INITIAL PROCESS. RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING ON NEW MCPS.

SO WE'RE HEARING THAT THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR US TO LOOK AT, NOT JUST CYCLE ONE AGAIN, CROSS YOUR FINGERS.

WE DON'T HAVE THE MAG YET, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE DOLLARS LOOK LIKE.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT NEW MCPS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE MEETING WITH ALL OF YOUR STAFFS DIRECTLY, ONE ON ONE TO GET THEM READY TO APPLY FOR THIS YEAR AND GETTING THEIR NEW PROJECTS OUT THERE.

NOW THIS I SHOW BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO SEE HOW THINGS ARE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE AGAIN, ALL OF THIS IS DEPENDENT ON HOW ARE THOSE CYCLE ONE PROJECTS GOING? WELL, THEY'VE GOT TO GET THAT INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT.

GETTING THAT FUNDING AGREEMENT IS ESSENTIAL TO GETTING THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD.

IF THE AGREEMENTS AREN'T OCCURRING, THEN THAT'S WHEN SLOTS CAN OPEN UP.

I MONITOR THE WEBSITE PRETTY MUCH EVERY MONTH NOW THIS IS FROM NOVEMBER, BUT THEY ACTUALLY JUST UPDATED IT FOR JANUARY SO I'LL UPDATE MY NUMBERS RELATED TO IT, BUT IT'S

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SO THE REAL MESSAGE OF THIS SLIDE IS WE NEED TO GET READY FOR NEW MCPS.

WE NEED TO GET READY FOR NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND NEW PROJECTS.

SO WITH THAT, THAT IS WHEN WE'LL BE OPENING UP THE APPLICATION PERIOD OPENS THE SECOND FRIDAY IN MARCH, SO THAT'S MARCH 11TH.

SO WE'RE MEETING WITH ALL OF THE CITIES.

OUR HOPE IS TO GET EVERYBODY IN AT LEAST ONE TIME BEFORE THAT OPENS UP THAT APPLICATION NOW. THE NICE THING IS, THOUGH, IS THE DATABASES ONLINE AND IT'S AVAILABLE TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, THREE SIXTY FIVE.

WE'VE BEEN DOING SOME MAINTENANCE BECAUSE WE WORKED WITH COUNTY EMPLOYEES BACK IN OCTOBER, GETTING SOME IDEAS OF WHAT WE COULD DO A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY, AND WE'VE BEEN IMPLEMENTING THAT APPLICATION PROCESS.

SO IT IS UNDER MAINTENANCE, BUT IT WILL BE RELEASED SOON.

THERE WILL BE A NEWS ITEM RELATED TO THAT.

SO YOUR MUNICIPALITIES CAN GET RIGHT IN THERE.

THERE ARE ALSO BE 70 PRELOADED PROJECTS THAT WERE EITHER DEEMED ELIGIBLE OR INVESTIGATION THAT'S ALREADY THERE. SO YOUR CITIES WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE APPLICATIONS FORWARD A LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY BECAUSE THEY'RE ALREADY PRE-LOADED FOR THEM.

THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT IT WILL GO THROUGH.

SO ONCE WE START THAT ON MARCH 11TH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.

THE COLORS INDICATE WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH PIECE.

THE IMPORTANT PART OF THIS IS THAT WE ARE A COLLECTIVE.

EVERYBODY HAS A ROLE TO PLAY IN THIS PROCESS, AND WE'VE BEEN EXCITED TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY, TO GET THEM STARTED, TO GET THOSE NEW APPLICATIONS FOR US TO GO THROUGH OUR PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE READY TO GO AND DOING ACTUALLY PRELIMINARY REVIEWS.

ANGELA [INAUDIBLE] HAS AGREED TO DO SOME PRELIMINARY ELIGIBILITY REVIEW, SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT PROJECTS HAVE A REVIEW CYCLE BEFORE THEY'RE GOING TO YOUR COMMISSIONS FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN YOU ALL GETTING A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT ON A PROJECT THAT WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS PROGRAM YOU KNOW AGAIN WITHIN OUR LANE. SO THIS SHOWS THAT ENTIRE PROCESS AS WE GO ALONG, AND THE IMPORTANT ELEMENT HERE IS THE COLLABORATION SIDE OF IT.

NOW, WITH ALL OF THAT, THEN ONE OF THE MAJOR CHANGES THAT WE'VE DONE WITH THE APPLICATION IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THE ELIGIBILITY SIDE OF IT.

SO NOW YOU'LL SEE TRAFFIC COMING PROJECTS ON HERE.

I WANT TO NOTE THAT AS PART OF A NEWS ITEM AND THE MYMCP.ORG IS, WE LINK IT TO USDOT GUIDANCE ON TRAFFIC CALMING.

SO IT HAS A FACT SHEET ON EVERY TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING THAT EXISTS AND THAT IS THROUGH U SDOT SO FEDERAL HIGHWAY.

SO IT'S ALREADY SANCTIONED BY THEM TO DETERMINE WHAT THEY ARE.

SO IT'S FOCUSING ON THOSE ROADWAYS.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THROUGH THAT, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT CAN BE FUNDED WITH THAT. SO THAT'S ALL PART OF THE NEW PROCESS AND PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS. AND WITH THAT, BRYAN AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER JAFFE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES, I WAS JUST SAYING TO OUR WHILE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE BLUE LINE OF DEATH, AND I WILL CHANGE THAT NOW TO THE BLUE LINE OF OPPORTUNITY.

I WAS JUST CHECKING WITH OUR CITY MANAGERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE MET WITH YOU ON THE SURTAX CYCLE ONE. SO BUT I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND I WANT TO ALSO THANK OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER REPRESENTATIVES HERE BECAUSE THE SURTAX THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING IT FOR A LONG TIME AS IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED AND WE'RE THANKS TO OUR COUNTY COMMISSION, WE'RE ABLE TO WORK OUT AN ADEQUATE PROGRAM FOR THESE PROJECTS FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES.

THANK YOU, MAYOR CARN.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ORTIS.

I'D LIKE TO ASK.

NEXT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF WHAT THE MAG FUNDS WERE FOR CYCLE ONE? WELL, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE FUNDING YEAR.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE FUNDING ABOVE THE MAG AT THIS POINT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL MCP PROGRAM, THAT'S IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN, IT'S ABOUT $60 MILLION TOTAL.

SO THAT'S COVERING 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 AND THEN LAST YEAR WE FILLED IN 26.

AND SO AS CYCLE ONE PROJECTS THAT ARE APPROVED, THEY MOVE ALONG IN NOBODY CONSTRUCTS ANYTHING IN ONE DAY OR ONE YEAR, THEY MOVE ALONG.

SO IT'S A SLIDING FUNDING WINDOW, BUT UP TO 60 MILLION.

YES, RIGHT NOW THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

NOW THE COMMISSION BUDGETS FOR ONE YEAR, SO THAT'S WHY YOU CAN GET SOME SHIFTING IS BECAUSE YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT AS A KNOWN DOLLAR AMOUNT FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SOMEWHAT FLEXIBLE TO MOVE BACK AND FORTH, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS ARE PROVIDED.

ANY ANTICIPATION OF WHAT THE NEXT.

I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW YET, BUT ANY ANTICIPATION.

I KNOW SOMEBODY SNOOP SOMEBODIES HARD IN ANTICIPATION.

BRYAN, GO AHEAD. I'LL JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IT DOES COME FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, BUT I WILL GIVE YOU FOR THE 2026 REVENUE STREAM, THE 10 PERCENT MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE WAS 39.2 MILLION. AND THEN ABOUT 20 OF THAT WENT TO THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLE, LEAVING US 19 AND A HALF TO FUND PROJECTS.

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MAYOR TRANTALIS.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. I APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND I APPRECIATE YOUR BEING ON TOP OF THIS.

ALL THOSE FUNDING APPLICATIONS I KNOW ARE DRIVING YOU CRAZY.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO LET ME ASK YOU THIS, THOUGH PROCEDURALLY, DOES THE MPO GET INVOLVED WITH THE ALLOCATION AND THE EXPENDITURE OF THE OTHER 90 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS? AND IF NOT, DO OR DO WE GET A REPORT AT ALL AS TO HOW THOSE MONEYS ARE BEING SPENT? YEAH. BRYAN, DO YOU WANT TO OR DO YOU WANT ME TO START AND THEN YOU FILL IN? OK, YEAH. SO I AM HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WORK WITH BROWARD COUNTY STAFF ON.

AND WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT ABOUT MESSAGING AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE REPORTING ON OUR LANE, THE [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE WORK IN AND ACTUALLY WORKING WITH MS. [INAUDIBLE] TO START LAYING OUT, OK, WHAT ARE ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING THAT ARE GETTING FUNDED THROUGH THAT? AND I BELIEVE AT YOUR COMMISSION, SHE'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING ALL OF THE DOLLARS BESIDES JUST WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MCPS TO YOUR COMMUNITY ON THE 15TH.

RIGHT. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, DOES THE MPO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FUNDS OR AT LEAST KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THEY'RE IMPACTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M SURE THE OTHER CITIES WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THOSE PROJECTS MIGHT INTERFACE WITH THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.

IF THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO ASK FOR ANY TYPE OF STATE OR FEDERAL MATCH THAN THE MPO WOULD BE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF THE REST OF IT THAN 90 PERCENT.

AND THEN, I DON'T KNOW. BRYAN, DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING MORE TO THAT? I KNOW. I DO KNOW THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR TRANSIT MASTER PLAN, AND THEY WILL BE PRESENTING THAT TO YOU AT THE MARCH 10TH MEETING IS MY UNDERSTANDING. OK, OK, GREAT.

THANK YOU. MAYOR ZIADE.

YES, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT THAT EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A BLUE LINE OF DEATH FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN PURGATORY, THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MOVING UP BECAUSE A PROJECT DOESN'T GO THROUGH. SO DON'T THINK THAT BECAUSE YOU ARE IN PURGATORY THAT YOU WILL BE THERE FOREVER BECAUSE IT DOES HAPPEN.

YOU DO. WE'RE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT HAPPENING, ACTUALLY.

SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

WHAT I REALLY WANT TO GIVE COUNTY A LOT OF PROPS WITH THAT BECAUSE WHEN WE NEGOTIATED THE CONTRACT, THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT BRYAN AND I TALKED WITH STAFF AND SAYING, HEY, HOW CAN WE DO BETTER? AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE GO OUT.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR FIRST CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE IS HOW DO WE MOVE YOUR PROJECTS FORWARD? AND I AM SO HAPPY TO REPORT.

WE'RE REALLY SEEING A LOT OF MOVEMENT FROM THAT AND WE'VE SEEN WITH THE OVERSIGHT BOARD WORKING WITH THEM. THINGS ARE MOVING UP AND AS I TOLD THEM, BUCKLE UP BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING PROJECTS.

AND SO FAR THAT'S BEEN HAPPENING.

WE'RE READY. YEAH, GET YOUR APPLICATIONS IN.

OH, OH, OK, THAT WAS A LOW BLOW.

I APOLOGIZE. RING'S READY.

VIRTUAL RAISE HAND.

COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. SORRY THAT I'M NOT THERE IN PERSON.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE TO MISS THESE MEETINGS, BUT I'M WORKING SOME KINKS OUT ON MY PROFESSIONAL LIFE SO THAT I CAN BE AT ALL THE THINGS I NEED TO BE AT.

SO I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUNCTURE THIS POSITIVE ENERGY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IN THE ROOM BECAUSE I THINK I'VE BEEN PRETTY CONSISTENT AND CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD ABOUT MY FEELINGS WITH THE PROCESS WHEN IT COMES TO THE SURTAX PROCESS.

AND SO THE FIRST QUESTION I HAVE, IF ANYONE CAN ANSWER, IS JUST ASKING THIS QUESTION, IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT IS HOW IS THE OVERSIGHT BOARD SET UP? I CAN DO MY BEST ON THIS, AND IT MAY BE ONE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT WANT TO BRING THAT UP BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST KIND OF GIVING YOU OUR OPINION RELATED TO IT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE NOT IN CHARGE.

THE BROWARD MPO IS NOT IN CHARGE OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD, BUT IT'S MADE UP OF MULTIPLE PROFESSIONALS, EVERYTHING FROM FINANCE TO URBAN DESIGN TO ARCHITECTURE THAT MAKES UP THAT OVERSIGHT BOARD THAT ARE CONSTANTLY REVIEWING PROJECTS AND HELPING YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. OH OK, PERFECT.

WALLACE HAS HER HAND UP, SO I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE TO COMMISSIONER SIMMONS. AM I BEING RECOGNIZED? YOU ARE. GOOD MORNING MS. WALLACE.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

SO IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION REGARDING THE OVERSIGHT BOARD, SO THESE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX ORDINANCE IS FOUND AT 31 1/2-75 THE BROWARD COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES AND IT PROVIDES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND IT PROVIDES FOR THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

SO THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY IS MADE UP OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN

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SO THE COUNTY COMMISSION DOES NOT APPOINT MEMBERS OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY.

THERE'S ONE, I MEAN OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

THERE'S ONE POSITION THAT'S CREATED BY ORDINANCE, WHICH IS OCCUPIED BY THE PERSON WHO IS EMPLOYED WITH THE BROWARD, BROWARD COLLEGE IN THEIR ECONOMIC POSITION, WHAT IS IT? SO THE COMPOSITION IS A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD OF ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, LAND USE AND URBAN PLANNING, ENGINEERING, ARCHITECTURE, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A FORMER CITY OR COUNTY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR OF BROWARD COLLEGE OFFICE OF SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP AND DIVERSITY. SO WHICHEVER PERSON IS OCCUPYING THAT PARTICULAR POSITION FILLS THAT POSITION ON THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD ARE SELECTED BY THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY AND THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY, AND THERE'S AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE ORDINANCE AND THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY MEMBERS REVIEW AND CONSIDER APPLICATIONS AND MAKE THE SELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO THE MEMBERS OF THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY ARE, THEY THEY THEY ARE SELECTED BY THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS.

THE BROWARD WORKSHOP, BROWARD COUNTY COUNCIL OF CHAMBERS AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HAS ONE DESIGNEE.

THE CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AT FAU HAS A DESIGNEE.

THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE URBAN LEAGUE OF BROWARD COUNTY CAN PROVIDE, CAN PARTICIPATE OR THAT PERSON'S DESIGNEE, THE CEO OF HISPANIC UNITY OF FLORIDA AND A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES.

THOSE ARE THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROVIDE REPRESENTATIVES ON THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY WHO REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS AND MAKE THE SELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE OVERSIGHT BOARD.

ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR COLBOURNE.

THANK YOU. SORRY, WAIT, I WASN'T DONE, I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. MAY I CONTINUE? YES SIR.

OK, THANK YOU. SORRY, SORRY, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND. I WON'T.

I WON'T TAKE UP TOO MUCH MORE TIME.

AND SO I JUST FOR THE FOR THE COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS IN THE ROOM.

I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND OR AT LEAST TAKE FROM OUR EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN AT THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD.

AND I THINK IT'S PRETTY UNFAIR FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR A CITY LIKE CORAL SPRINGS TO GO TO THIS BOARD HAVE SOME LEGITIMATE QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS AND THEN TO BE COMPLETELY DISRESPECTED AND TO BE BLAMED, BE BLAMED FOR HOLDING UP AN ENTIRE PROCESS.

AND I THINK THAT'S UNPROFESSIONAL AND IT'S UNFAIR.

AND IT'S WRONG BECAUSE LIKE MANY OF YOU CORAL SPRINGS, GO WILLINGLY INTO, YOU KNOW, HELPING PROMOTE THE SURTAX, HELPING IT PASS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE WAS NEEDED TO PROMOTE THE SURTAX CORAL SPRINGS DID IT, AND ONCE WE SUBMITTED OUR APPLICATIONS AND WE MADE IT THROUGH THE INITIAL ROUND, I GUESS SOME SOME THINGS WERE CHANGED AND UPDATED.

AND AFTER, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OF SOME CHANGE AND PROMOTING, YOU KNOW TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE GETTING ALL THESE IMPROVEMENTS DONE AND IT'S NOT COMING AT THE COST OF, YOU KNOW, US RAISING THEIR FEES TO COVER THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE NOW BEING TOLD THAT THOSE PROJECTS WILL NO LONGER BE FUNDED.

AND THEN BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO WORK TO MAKE SURE THOSE PROJECTS CAN COME INTO WHATEVER NEW REALM THEY NEED TO BE PUT IN TO BE FUNDED.

WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT WE ARE HOLDING UP PROJECTS AND BEING OPENLY DISRESPECTED AT THIS OVERSIGHT BOARD.

AND SO AGAIN, AS I STARTED OFF, I'VE BEEN PRETTY CLEAR AND ON THE RECORD ABOUT I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT BEEN AN EASY PROCESS TO GET THIS SITUATED AND WORKED OUT.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME KINKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WHAT I WILL NOT TOLERATE AND NONE OF YOU SHOULD TOLERATE IS YOUR CITIES WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THESE ORGANIZATIONS TO GET THESE PROJECTS FUNDED BECAUSE THEY ARE NECESSARY AND NEEDED.

AND WE ASK OUR RESIDENTS AND THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR US TO PAY MORE TAXES, RIGHT, TO PAY MORE TAXES TO GET THESE PROJECTS DONE.

BUT THEN WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AND GET THIS STUFF DONE, BEING SHUT DOWN AND BEING DISRESPECTED, THAT DOES NOT NEED TO HAPPEN.

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I AM ASKING YOU TO WORK WITH US TO GET THESE PROJECTS FUNDED LIKE WE BELIEVE THEY WERE TO BE FUNDED. I'M DONE WITH MY COMMENTS MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND IF I CAN, MR. CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO SAY VERY QUICKLY THAT I MAKE MYSELF PERSONALLY AVAILABLE.

SO IF MR. CALETKA HAD GIVEN MY PERSONAL CELL PHONE, I'M SURE BRYAN AND I WOULD BE HAPPY TO MEET AND DISCUSS THAT BECAUSE WE WANT TO TACKLE ANY PROBLEM THAT COMES TO US RIGHT AWAY.

VERY GOOD. MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, THIS IS BRYAN CALETKA AND I ATTEND ALL OF THE OVERSIGHT MEETINGS, WHETHER IT'S VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON, AND I HAVE NO RECOLLECTION OF ANY DISRESPECT TO YOUR COMMUNITY AT AN OVERSIGHT BOARD MEETING.

ALL RIGHT. VICE MAYOR COLBOURNE.

YES, THANK YOU. YOU MAY NOT HAVE ANY RECOLLECTION OF IT, BUT MY STAFF DOES, AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PERCEPTION IS REALITY.

IF MY STAFF FELT THAT WAY AND I KNOW THESE FOLKS VERY WELL, WE ALL KNOW OUR STAFF, WE ALL KNOW HOW THESE GO. YOU'VE BEEN IN THIS POSITION BEFORE, BUT IF THEY'RE TELLING ME SOMETHING, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE TRYING TO BE NEFARIOUS AND TO TRY TO WIGGLE AROUND AND LIE TO ME JUST TO GET ME TO COME ON HERE AND USE ONE OF THE FEW TIMES.

I'M VERY CORDIAL WITH EVERYBODY, BUT TO ACTUALLY BEAR SOME TEETH AND GETTING SOMETHING DONE AND WORKED OUT FOR THEM.

SO.

WE'LL GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

VICE MAYOR COLBOURNE, YES, THANK YOU.

I WAS GOING TO SAY PERHAPS STAFF COULD SPEAK TO THE FOLKS OVER AT CORAL SPRINGS TO SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS, WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THE PROCESS THAT FLOWCHART THAT YOU SHOWED YOU KIND OF JUST WENT THROUGH IT.

I DID GO THROUGH IT SINCE, AND I THINK SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED SO PROBABLY JUST LEADS TO DETAILS THAT WERE NOT GIVEN WITH THAT.

THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD ALSO IS ON THE 90 PERCENT, IT'S CLEAR ON THE 10 PERCENT THAT WE HAVE ONE FOURTH FOR EACH FOR FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW ON THE 90 PERCENT HOW IS THAT SPLIT? WHAT'S THE SPLIT ON THAT? AND ARE THERE ANY SPECIFIC GRANTS THAT CITY CAN APPLY FOR FOR THE 90 PERCENT? SO I LOOK FORWARD TO A REPORT ON THAT.

DID YOU WANT ME TO GIVE A BRIEF ANSWER NOW ON SOME OF THE ITEMS AND THEN? YES. OK. SO FROM AN APPLICATION STANDPOINT, THE ONLY APPLICATIONS THAT THE MPO RECEIVES IS FOR THE MCPS AS IT RELATES TO THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT ARE BEING DONE BY BROWARD COUNTY.

THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PROGRAMS, SO ONE OF THEM IS THE REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE PROGRAM. THEY HAVE THAT AS WELL THAT THAT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED AT THIS MOMENT.

BUT BROWARD COUNTY ACTUALLY OPENED UP THAT APPLICATION PERIOD AT ONE TIME AND RECEIVED ABOUT 60 APPLICATIONS.

I THINK LOOKING AT ROUGHLY FUNDING 40 OF THEM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH COUNTY STAFF ON IS HOW DO WE GET THE MESSAGING OUT ON ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE OCCURRING AS IT RELATES TO THE PROCESS.

I'M CERTAINLY MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO GET REALLY INTO THE WEEDS ON IT. AND AS PART OF YOUR PREPARATION FOR THAT MEETING, AND AGAIN, I'M PERSONALLY AVAILABLE TO YOU. I'LL MEET WITH YOU WHEREVER, WHENEVER YOU NEED.

BUT IN PREPARATION FOR THAT, WE ALSO PUBLISH ALL OF OUR PROCEDURES AND POLICIES ON THE WEBSITE. SO YOU'LL SEE EACH PROCEDURE HAS THE POLICIES WRITTEN OUT ABOUT WHAT WE ALL DO WITH THE PROCESS, AND THAT CAN HELP OUR CONVERSATION.

I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU. AND VICE MAYOR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I AND TODD AND HIS TEAM ARE MEETING WITH EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY WE HAVE MET WITH 16.

SO WE WILL MAKE CORAL SPRINGS A PRIORITY AND MAKE SURE WE REACH OUT TO THEM.

WE HAVEN'T MET WITH THEM YET AND WE WILL ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.

DID YOU? VERY GOOD. CITY OF MIRAMAR AS WELL? WE DID. YEAH. YEAH, IT WAS A WONDERFUL MEETING.

YEAH, NO. JUST THANK YOU. YES, SO NOT IN FOR ANY PARTICULAR SUBJECT MATTER, BUT I ALSO HAVE HEARD NEGATIVE COMMENTS BEING RAISED AT THOSE MEETINGS REGARDING THIS MPO BOARD, SO I WOULD JUST ASK YOU MAY HAVE A GREATER LEVEL OF TOLERANCE.

BUT I DO BELIEVE THAT IF COMMENTARIES ARE BEING MADE ABOUT THIS GROUP, ANY DELAY OF BECAUSE OF OUR PART OR ANY MUNICIPALITY THAT'S PART OF THIS GROUP, I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO KNOW FROM YOU, MR. CALETKA OR MR. STEWART WHAT IS THE BEST WAY THAT THIS BOARD CAN BE MADE AWARE OF THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK ANY TYPE OF DISRESPECT SHOULD BE TOLERATED.

CALETAKA. MADAM VICE CHAIR I WILL SAY THAT THERE WAS A TIME PERIOD WHEN WE WERE NOT ON

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AND I AM VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE ARE ON THE SAME PAGE AT THIS POINT, AND I FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE WORKING WITH THE STAFF MEMBERS FROM BROWARD COUNTY THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED TO THIS PROGRAM. SO CAN ANY MEMBER OF THIS GROUP ATTEND THE MEETING AS A AS A PUBLIC MEETING? CORRECT. CORRECT.

OK. SO CAN WE JUST BE PROVIDED JUST A HEADS UP ON WHEN THE MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED? SHOULD ANY ONE OF US WISH TO GO NOT AND LISTEN AND SIT IN? YEAH. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO SO THROUGH THE WEBSITE, YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWS ITEMS. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RELEASE IS EVERY EVENT THAT WE ATTEND THAT WE PRESENT AT, INCLUDING NEWS ITEMS, WE DEALT WITH TRAFFIC CALMING.

SO IF YOU GO TO MYMCPS.ORG, YOU CAN SIGN UP.

AND ANY TIME THAT WE PUBLISH ANYTHING ON THE WEB, INCLUDING EVENTS, IT WILL POP UP THERE WITH THE AGENDA, THE TIME AND THE LOCATION.

OF THESE. THAT'D BE A GREAT WAY TO DO IT.

OK, SO WE CAN SIGN UP THAT WAY.

YEAH. BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF WHEN THESE MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. FLORIDA TURNPIKE.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCIES, THE FLORIDA

[1. Report from Partner Agencies - Florida Department of Transportation - Florida's Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Master Plan]

SORRY. ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE MASTER PLAN.

AND WHILE I THINK APRIL IS APRIL, SHE'S GOING TO PRESENT VIRTUALLY.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT FOR US TO PAY ATTENTION TO BECAUSE THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING COMING DOWN AND THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT WILL ACTUALLY DEAL WITH AN ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING.

THEY'RE COMING OUT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS SOMETIME NEXT WEEK UP IN D.C., AND WE'D LIKE TO PROBABLY GO WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HERE TO GO AFTER SOME OF THOSE FUNDS LOCALLY TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AND TO THE VICE CHAIR.

I ACTUALLY HAVE VERY SPECIFIC CONVERSATION WE NEED TO HAVE WITH YOU ON ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES BECAUSE THERE'S A HUGE AMOUNT THAT'S GOING TO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION FOR YOU BE ABLE TO PURCHASE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES.

I REMEMBER SEEING THAT AT OUR I REMEMBER SEEING THAT AT OUR EVENT.

YES, THEY WERE THERE, THE BUSSES THERE.

ALL RIGHT. FURTHER, APRIL, ARE YOU READY? I AM READY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

AND AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THE FUNDS COMING DOWN FROM THE BILL FOR EV INFRASTRUCTURE.

FLORIDA IS SCHEDULED TO GET $198 MILLION IN THE FORMULA FUNDS.

AND THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE 2.5 BILLION FOR COMPETITIVE FUNDS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STATE TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO I AM GOING TO GET STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE EV MASTER PLAN AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE DID WITH THAT. SO WE WERE DIRECTED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE TO CREATE THIS PLAN IN OUR CHARGE WAS TO IDENTIFY FUTURE CHARGING LOCATIONS, IDENTIFY BARRIERS TO ADOPTION AND QUANTIFY REVENUE IMPACTS FOR THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE TRUST FUND.

AND WE WERE ALSO TO IDENTIFY IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES DURING THIS PROCESS FDOT WORKED WITH OTHER STATE AGENCIES LIKE FDEP AND DEM.

WE ALSO WORKED WITH 150 PLUS STAKEHOLDERS AND INCLUDED EXTENSIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GET STARTED AND TALK ABOUT WHAT AVAILABLE EV CHARGING LOCATIONS WE HAVE IN THE STATE.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS EVERYTHING, LEVEL TWO PROPRIETARY NETWORKS, INCLUDING TESLA AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TOTAL LANDSCAPE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW TESLA IS THE NUMBER ONE CAR IN FLORIDA.

THIS MIGHT CHANGE AS MORE MANUFACTURERS ARE PUTTING GREAT VEHICLES ON THE ROAD WITH LONG RANGES GOOD LOOKING CARS THAT FOLKS WANT TO DRIVE, BUT SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE TEAL IS THE LEVEL TWO, TESLAS ARE THE YELLOW DOTS.

SO THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF LEVEL TWO IN THE STATE, BUT WHAT WE FOCUSED ON WAS THE DC FAST CHARGING, WHICH IS THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO AS MANY OF DC FAST CHARGING IS MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE THAN LEVEL TWO.

THERE'S MORE POWER THAT'S REQUIRED MORE INFRASTRUCTURE.

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YOU CAN CHARGE UP MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS WHAT WE HAVE FOR DC FAST CHARGING ONLY FOR TRULY PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DCFC.

SO THIS DOES NOT INCLUDE PROPRIETARY NETWORKS LIKE TESLA.

SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GREEN AND THE ORANGE IS THE ORANGE IS WHAT'S IN THE GROUND RIGHT NOW. THE GREEN IS WHAT WE HAVE EITHER IT COULD BE IN THE GROUND, BUT WHAT FOR THE VW SETTLEMENT FUNDS OR WHAT IS COMING AS A RESULT OF THAT? SO YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR CORRIDORS ARE IN A PRETTY GOOD PLACE AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF OTHER SOUTHEAST STATES AS WELL AS OTHER STATES IN THE COUNTRY AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR CORRIDORS LOOK A LOT BETTER AND WE'VE DONE A LOT MORE PLANNING THAN A LOT OF OTHER STATE. SO WE ARE AHEAD OF THE PACK IN THAT REGARD AS FAR AS STATES GO, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE NEED TO REST ON OUR LAURELS.

THERE'S STILL A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE AND WHERE WE THINK EV ADOPTION IS GOING TO BE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND DECADES.

SO TALKING ABOUT EV MARKET ADOPTION, RIGHT NOW AS A STATE, WE ARE AT ZERO POINT FOUR ONE PERCENT. I KNOW THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT THAT PUTS US AT NUMBER TWO IN THE NATION FOR EV ADOPTION.

THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND CALIFORNIA AND CALIFORNIA AS A WHOLE DIFFERENT MARKET, BUT THAT'S NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER TWO IS NOT BAD.

SO WE ARE FOLLOWED BY TEXAS AND WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, WE DID SOME MODELING TO SEE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO BE OUT TO 2040.

WE DID THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

WE DID A CONSERVATIVE, MODERATE AND AGGRESSIVE AND SOME THINGS THAT I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS MAP ARE WHAT AUTO MANUFACTURERS ARE SAY THEY'RE DOING AND 2030, FORD SAYS 40 PERCENT OF ALL ITS GLOBAL SALES WILL BE EV.

THAT'S PRETTY STAGGERING.

2035, GM SAYS ALL LIGHT DUTY CARS AND SUVS WILL BE EV AND SINCE THEN, SINCE WE RELEASED THE EV MASTER PLAN, MORE AND MORE MANUFACTURERS HAVE COME OUT WITH SIMILAR STATEMENTS LIKE THIS.

SO WE ONLY SEE THIS KIND OF GOING UP AND THE REQUIREMENTS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE GOING UP.

SO THE NEXT SLIDE HAS EV ADOPTION RATES BY COUNTIES.

SO THIS ISN'T ANYTHING SURPRISING TO ANYONE, BUT WHAT WE DO NEED TO THINK ABOUT IS AS AS A STATE LEVEL YOU'LL SEE YOUR AREAS VERY HIGH ADOPTION RATES COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE STATE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE IN BROWARD COUNTY CAN TRAVEL THE REST OF THE STATE AND LEAVE THE STATE AND THAT THOSE CORRIDORS ARE CONNECTED FOR FOR THEM AND ESPECIALLY ONE THING THAT IS ON THE TOP OF OUR MINDS IS EVACUATIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT EVACUATION ROUTES ARE APPROPRIATELY HANDLED, WHICH I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT HERE LATER ON. SO HERE AFTER WE DID SOME MODELING TO DETERMINE WHAT THE POTENTIAL EV LOCATION SITES WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE GOALS OF THE MASTER PLAN, WE WERE LOOKING AT BOTH LONG RANGE AND SHORT RANGE OF TRAVEL, ENCOURAGING THE USE OF EVS IN THE STATE AND SERVING EVACUATION ROUTES.

SO ONCE AGAIN, I WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THE SCOPE OF THE MASTER PLAN JUST FOCUSED ON ON FAST CHARGING.

LEVEL TWO DEFINITELY HAS A BIG PLACE FOR EV ADOPTION, BUT WHEN LOOKING AT CONNECTING THESE CORRIDORS JUST FOCUSED ON THE FAST CHARGING.

SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT, PRIMARILY WHEN YOU KNOW OUR MODELING IT WAS THE LACK OF EXISTING EV

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SO ON OUR WEBSITE, AT FDOT, WE HAVE STORY MAPS ON THERE THAT ALLOW YOU TO LOOK AT THIS INFORMATION MUCH MORE GRANULAR.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE THAT, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT.

I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY A GREAT TOOL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ALSO FOUND THAT IS STILL ONE OF THE BIGGEST BARRIERS IS EDUCATION AND OUTREACH.

SO IT SEEMS LIKE EVS ARE EVERYWHERE.

I KNOW, LIKE THEY'RE IN MY NEWSFEED CONSTANTLY, I THINK GOOGLE PROBABLY HAS A PIN ON ME AND WHEN I'M GOOGLING, BUT I SEE IN COMMERCIALS, THEY'RE IN THE HEADLINES.

THEY'RE FUNDING IS IN THE BILL.

SO THEY'RE BEING TALKED ABOUT, BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF MISCONCEPTIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU KNOW IS STILL A BIG DEAL TO PEOPLE IS THE RANGE ANXIETY, BUT NOW WE ARE HAVING VEHICLES WITH EXTENDED RANGES.

SO I THINK AS WE MOVE FORWARD, CONVERSATIONS AND EDUCATION MATERIALS STILL NEED TO BE COMING FROM TRUSTED SOURCES LIKE STATE GOVERNMENT AND LIKE OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHERE OUR RESIDENTS CAN GO FOR TRUSTED INFORMATION.

SO NEXT, THE RESILIENCY AND EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ALL FLORIDIANS BEEN LEFT WITHOUT POWER HOW TO MAKE REPAIRS TO MY HOME.

SO WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THIS, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE PLANNED FOR AND BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY. WHEN I TALK ABOUT EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS IN TERMS OF EVS, I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HURRICANE IRMA.

IN 2017, SIX POINT EIGHT PEOPLE HAD TO EVACUATE.

THAT STORM LEFT 60 PERCENT OF THE STATE WITHOUT POWER AT ITS PEAK, AND THEN A WEEK LATER, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND CUSTOMERS WERE STILL WITHOUT POWER.

SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT EVS AND EVACUATIONS, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TRADITIONAL GASOLINE POWERED VEHICLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT GETTING FOLKS OUT OF THE AREA AFTER THE STORM WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE AN ELECTRICITY SUPPLY.

YOU CAN'T GET PEOPLE BACK TO THEIR HOMES AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IS LIKE, IS MY HOME STILL THERE? WHAT IS THE DAMAGE? SO IN THIS SLIDE, I THINK THERE'S SOME REALLY GREAT VISUALS OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT AS FAR AS EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF WE HAD ANOTHER IRMA AND THE ADOPTION RATES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE NOT WHERE WE NEED TO BE.

AND SO WE NEED TO DO SOME REALLY GOOD THINKING AND PLANNING, SO WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.

ONE LAST THING ON THAT SLIDE I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS THE MOBILE, AT THE BOTTOM THERE, THE MOBILE EMERGENCY RESPONSE.

YOU CAN SEE THE GENERATORS THERE, AND THOSE ARE GREAT THINGS THAT WE COULD HAVE AT PLACES LIKE OUR REST AREAS.

SO WHEN WE ARE HAVING LARGE VOLUMES OF EVACUATIONS WE CAN MOVE THOSE AROUND AND PARK THEM THERE. ALSO IN THE MAP, YOU SEE REDUNDANT POWER FEEDS.

SO WHEN WE'RE PUTTING IN SOME OF THESE CHARGERS THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN GENERATORS AS WELL AS MAYBE SOME ONSITE SOLAR PANELS TO HELP POWER THOSE GENERATORS AND HAVE SOME POWER DURING THE TIME OF POWER OUTAGES.

NEXT, TALKING ABOUT THE RURAL ENVIRONMENTS, THESE ARE AREAS THAT YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW HAVE VERY LOW UTILIZATION RATES, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF EV INFRASTRUCTURE IN THEM.

SO ANY INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDERS ARE PUTTING INFRASTRUCTURE WHERE THEY CAN GET A GOOD ROI.

THAT'S GREAT. WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES HERE IN FLORIDA TO DO WELL, AND WE SUPPORT THAT, BUT FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE, WE ALSO WANT SOME EV INFRASTRUCTURE IN THESE RURAL AREAS ONCE AGAIN FOR EVACUATIONS AND TO CONNECT OUR CORRIDORS.

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SO THIS IS AN AREA WHERE FUNDING FROM THAT INFRASTRUCTURE BILL CAN HELP ONCE AGAIN, THAT'S $198M COMING TO FLORIDA IN FORMULA FUNDS AND COMPETITIVE FUNDS, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO GO AFTER.

SO WITH THAT, I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT, YES, WE ARE WAITING VERY PATIENTLY TO HEAR WHAT THAT GUIDANCE SAYS, AND WE WILL BE PUTTING TOGETHER A PLAN, BUT ONCE AGAIN FLORIDA IS IN A DIFFERENT POSITION THAN A LOT OF OTHER STATES.

I READ THIS MORNING THAT SOME OTHER STATES HAVE GOTTEN THE GO AHEAD AND STARTED PLANNING THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT FLORIDA IS MUCH MORE DYNAMIC, AND I THINK WE NEED TO BE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AND MAKING THE BEST DECISIONS WITH THIS MONEY.

SO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS FUTURE PROOFED AND WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE AS BEST WE CAN.

SO WITH THAT, ONCE AGAIN, I'M APRIL COMBS.

REMEMBER, PUT YOUR PHONE DOWN.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

TOO MANY WRECKS ARE CAUSED BY DISTRACTED DRIVING AND I AM HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, APRIL, VERY MUCH FOR THAT.

MR. CHAIR, I THINK THERE IS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, BUT BEFORE WE DO THE QUESTIONS WITH THE MEMBERS, APRIL, CAN YOU SWING BACK TO THE PICTURE OF THE STATE WHERE YOU HAD PRIORITY FUNDING? THERE YOU GO.

ONE BACK.

OK, PROPOSED LOCATIONS AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO REALIZE BECAUSE THIS IS AN ASPECT OF BROWARD THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WE'RE KIND OF IN THEIR LOWEST PRIORITY AREA AND THIS IS WHY I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD MPO AND THE 31 CITIES AND THE SCHOOL BOARD WORKING TOGETHER TO GET OUR OWN PRIORITIES PUT IN PLACE TO HAVE EV CHARGING STATIONS PUT INTO OUR REGION IN A WAY.

I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, WE'VE ALREADY STARTED CONVERSATIONS WITH FPL ON POTENTIAL CHARGING LOCATIONS IN AREAS THAT WE MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY THINK OF, LIKE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WHERE PEOPLE SPEND EIGHT HOURS AT SO WE CAN HAVE A SLOWER DRIP SYSTEM PUT IN THERE AND FASTER CHARGE STATIONS ON FACILITIES LIKE EVEN RIGHT HERE, WHERE IF YOU'RE HERE FOR 30-40 MINUTES, YOU CAN GET YOUR CAR CHARGED AND MOVE ON.

SO I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING THAT FORWARD TO UNDERSTAND THE RAMIFICATIONS TO US.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE AND TORI YOU WORKED UP AT FDOT FOR A WHILE.

IF YOU LOOKED UP AT THE MAP, IT'S JUST LIKE IT'S OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE.

SO WE ARE THAT AREA IN BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE AND AND PALM BEACH, AND WE NEED TO KIND OF WE'RE GOING TO BE SWIMMING ON OUR OWN ON THIS ONE.

SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE I'M GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS EV CHARGING IDEAS AND CONCEPTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO AFTER THE COMPETITIVE MONEY TO BRING DOWN TO OUR REGION TO FUND THE DONUT HOLE THAT IS BEING CREATED THERE.

WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, YOU THINK YOUR BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS? [INAUDIBLE]. YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE ONE THAT HAD THE PARKING AREA.

THAT ONE. SO OBVIOUSLY WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ARE MAIN THOROUGHFARES, BUT LIKE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS JUST SPEAKING THAT WE WANT THIS WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS AS WELL.

IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IN MY CITY, WE'RE PRETTY MUCH BUILT OUT, BUT I DO HAVE A PLOT OF LAND THAT IS BIG ENOUGH AND SMALL ENOUGH TO HOUSE SOMETHING LIKE THIS IN THE MAIN INTERSECTION. WHAT IS THE INCENTIVE FOR A PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER TO DEVELOP THIS? APRIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS, SO THIS AGAIN GOES BACK TO MY OPENING STATEMENT AFTER SHE WAS DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT LOCATION AND SEE IF WE CAN BRING FEDERAL FUNDING TO BEAR TO THESE LOCAL PRIVATE LOCATIONS.

AND THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS AND I PLAN ON, LIKE I TOLD YOU, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE ELECTRIC VEHICLES COMING OUT AND PROBABLY BY 2035 MORE THAN 70 PERCENT OF ALL NEW VEHICLES WILL BE ELECTRIC. SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THAT IN A WAY THAT IS VERY DYNAMIC FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PUBLIC INVESTMENT IN A PRIVATE AREA IS GOING TO HAVE TO ALLOW FOR

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SO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO THAT THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH FPL.

THAT'S WHY IT'S GOING TO BE IMPORTANT SINCE THEY ARE A PRIVATE POWER PROVIDER.

MAYBE WE CAN INCENTIVIZE THEM TO GO INTO PRIVATE LOCATIONS.

YEAH, BECAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE IN BETWEEN THE TURNPIKE AND SAWGRASS.

SO THAT WOULD BE AN IDEAL LOCATION, IN MY OPINION AND I DO HAVE A PLOT OF LAND THAT'S PRIVATELY OWNED THAT I'M THINKING THIS WOULD BE IDEAL FOR.

SO I'LL REACH OUT TO THEM AND HAVE THEM REACH OUT TO YOU AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYOR COOPER.

THANK YOU. YES. [INAUDIBLE] MAYOR [INAUDIBLE], AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE VERY ANXIOUS TO GET OUR BUSSES IN AND OUR SOLAR, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS IN AN EXISTING SITUATION LIKE THAT, IF THEY WOULD EXPAND IT BECAUSE IT'S AT A PARK AND HAS EXISTING PARKING, IF THERE WOULD BE FUNDING TO ACTUALLY EXPAND OUR SOLAR THROUGH THESE TYPES OF PROGRAMS IN THAT PARTICULAR PARK FACILITY.

APRIL, THAT ONE'S YOURS.

THANK YOU. IT DEPENDS ON THE LOCATION BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THAT THE BILL LANGUAGE READS IS THAT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO BE ON AN ALT FUEL CORRIDOR, BUT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DESPERATELY WAITING ON THIS INFRASTRUCTURE OR THIS GUIDANCE FOR THE EV FORMULA FUNDS TO COME OUT BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING WE'VE ASKED LIKE FLORIDA HAS A PRETTY DECENT INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT OUT ON OUR ALT FUEL CORRIDORS, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE AND HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO GO TO OUR STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

SO I THINK THAT'S ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND.

VERY MUCH SO WITH THE FORMULA FUNDS IS RIGHT NOW IT'S ON AN ALT FUEL CORRIDOR.

THOSE CORRIDORS ARE RIGHT NOW LISTED ON THE USDOT PAGE FOR ALT FUEL CORRIDORS.

HOPEFULLY, THERE'S GOING TO BE AROUND SIX THAT COMES OUT, BUT BASICALLY ALL OUR INTERSTATES IN FLORIDA ARE EITHER ALT FUEL CORRIDORS OR ALT FUEL CORRIDOR READY.

NOW YOUR PARTICULAR AREA, WHICH YOU MENTIONED, IT COULD BE AN EXCELLENT CANDIDATE FOR THE COMPETITIVE FUNDING.

NOW THERE'S TWO POTS IN THE COMPETITIVE FUNDING.

HALF OF THE POT IS GOING ONCE AGAIN FOR ALT FUEL CORRIDORS.

THE OTHER POT IS BEING TARGETED FOR LOW INCOME AREAS, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING. YOU CAN PUT THEM ON PUBLIC LANDS LIKE LIBRARIES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE LAND TO PUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY INTERESTING KIND OF SET ASIDE THAT THEY'VE MADE THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE REALLY THE USDOT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS REALLY TRYING TO GET AFTER SOME OF THE EQUITY ISSUES AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOW INCOME AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF IN THAT WAY, BUT IT MIGHT BE ALSO A GOOD POINT TO TRY TO USE THOSE EV SCHOOL BUSSES.

FPL IS DOING A GREAT PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WHERE THEY'RE DOING THE ELECTRIC SCHOOL BUSSES TO GRID. SO PART OF THIS AND WHAT I KEEP HEARING OVER AND OVER AGAIN WHEN I SIT IN THESE WEBINARS FOR THIS BILL FUNDING IS ABOUT HOW THESE PROJECTS WILL POSITIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITIES. SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES AND HOW WE TRADITIONALLY THINK AND TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES ABOUT CAPACITIES, BUT REALLY THE IMPACT TO THE COMMUNITIES. SO KIND OF MAYBE MIXING IN THAT A LITTLE BIT WOULD BE A REALLY GREAT IDEA.

THROUGH THE CHAIR JUST AS A FOLLOW UP.

WE CHECKED OFF A LOT OF THOSE BOXES AND WE'RE RIGHT OFF LIKE TWO BLOCKS OFF THE MAIN CORRIDOR AND NINETY FIVE.

SO THANK THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

ALSTON.

ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU, APRIL, FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

I THINK I'VE SEEN THIS POWERPOINT AND KNOW SOME OF THE DETAILS.

THANK YOU ALSO, MR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

APRIL, I WAS GOING TO ASK IF YOU COULD MAYBE FOR THE GROUP, SO I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO YOUR SLIDE NUMBER FIVE? FOUR? WELL, IF YOU COULD JUST TALK FOR THE GROUP OF THE STATE'S INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM, PRIMARILY AND ALSO FOCUSING AS I LOOK AT THE VICE MAYOR AT THE POMPANO

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I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS IN PLACE WITH THE STATE FPL AND DUKE.

SO COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL ALONG THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES? SO I KNOW SOME OF THE [INAUDIBLE] SETTLEMENT FUNDS WERE USED ALONG THERE AND THAT FPL AND DUKE ARE IN THAT PARTNERSHIP.

IS THERE A SPECIFIC QUESTION THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO ANSWER REGARDING TECHNOLOGY OR? SORRY, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

MY APOLOGIES. NO WORRIES, APRIL, IF YOU COULD JUST HIGHLIGHT ALONG THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE POMPANO BEACH SERVICE PLAZA, THOSE VARIOUS CHARGERS THAT ARE THERE AND ACROSS THE NETWORK.

I THINK JUST BASED ON A COMMENT, I THINK I HEARD FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MAYBE GOOD FOR THIS BODY TO UNDERSTAND ALONG THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES, ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS THERE TODAY AND WHAT IS PLANNED FORWARD.

TURNPIKES HERE.

YEP, I KNOW.

[CHUCKLING] ONE OF THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT WHAT I'VE SEEN IN SOME AREAS LIKE THE TURNPIKE THAT WORKS VERY WELL IS THE LOCATION OF CO-LOCATING TESLA CHARGERS ALONG WITH AN OPEN NETWORK CHARGER.

SO YOU HAVE A BIG BANK OF CHARGERS.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE BILL IS THAT THINGS HAVE FOUR PORTS, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM DRIVERS IS THAT ON A BUSY HOLIDAY WEEKEND AND YOU'RE TALKING FLORIDA WE HAVE DEPEND ON OUR TOURISM DOLLARS IS THAT YOU PROBABLY NEED MORE THAN THAT AND ONE OF THE THINGS IS VISIBILITY HAVING A NICE BIG BANK OF CHARGER.

SO, ONE, THEY'RE VISIBLE, TWO, YOU, HAVE SOME REDUNDANCY THERE IN CASE ONE OF THE PORTS DOES GO OFFLINE, YOU HAVE MORE.

SO I THINK LOOKING AT IT FROM THOSE KIND OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA LIKE BROWARD THAT IS BUSY, YOU HAVE LOTS OF LIKE EV DRIVERS REGISTERED THERE, BUT YOU HAVE A LOT OF VISITORS AND IF I CAN MAKE KIND OF ONE POINT THERE BECAUSE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ALL OF OUR DATA THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT AS FAR AS ADOPTION KIND OF RATES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REGISTRATION DATA AND THAT DOESN'T GIVE THE ENTIRE FULL PICTURE FOR FLORIDA BECAUSE AS WE GET SO MANY VISITORS.

SO ONE OF OUR OFFICES HERE AT DOT, THEY'VE DEVELOPED SOME TECHNOLOGY WHERE THEY CAN SEE ACTUALLY WHAT EVS ARE ON THE ROAD AND CAN COUNT THEM THAT WAY TO GIVE AN ACTUALLY MORE ACCURATE IDEA OF HOW MANY EVS WE HAVE ON THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I COULD LAST POINT, MAYBE A GOOD TAKE AWAY, I'M NOT SURE IF THE TURNPIKE IS GOING TO ANSWER THIS, MAYBE FOR THE GROUP, IF FDOT, IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THROUGH THE TURNPIKE THE ACTUAL DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS ALL THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES, INCLUDING POMPANO AND YOU MAY BE ABOUT TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION.

SO I DEFER TO THE CHAIR AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

GO AHEAD. ACTUALLY BEFORE YOU DO, ONE OTHER THING.

MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH.

WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED A LETTER BOTH TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE OF THE EV CHARGING, SO ALL THREE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS FROM OUR TMA ARE IN AGREEMENT ON, THEY'VE DONE A YEOMAN'S LIFT ON THE TURNPIKE, BUT WE HAVE OTHER ISSUES WE'RE GOING TO FACE. THANK YOU.

VICTORIA WILLIAMS, I'M THE LIAISON FROM TURNPIKE TO THE MPO.

I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ON THE FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE WEBSITE, IN THE SECTION OF TRAVELER INFORMATION, WE LIST ALL EIGHT SERVICE PLAZAS AND JUST A QUICK RECAP.

THERE ARE 28 OF THE LEVEL 3S.

THERE ARE 64 TESLAS SPREAD THROUGH THOSE AND WE ALSO HAVE A ONE DOWN AT SNAPPER; IT'S A LEVEL TWO. IN OUR PLANS, WE HAVE FOUR ADDITIONAL LEVEL THREE CHARGING STATIONS COMING.

WHEN YOU GO ONLINE, YOU CAN SEE A GRAPHIC MAP OF ALL THOSE PLAZAS AND EXACTLY HOW MANY ARE AT EACH.

I HOPE THAT RESOURCE IS HELPFUL.

THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT, MISS MCGEE.

HELLO? I JUST WANTED TO ASK ARE WE ONLY TALKING PERSONAL VEHICLES OR ARE WE KEEPING EYES ON TESLA'S EVENTUAL SEMITRUCK HYBRIDS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE READY TO DO THAT? AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SUPER IMPORTANT FOR COMMERCE AND WE WERE ON THE STATEWIDE FREIGHT COMMITTEE FOR ALL THE MPOS, AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING

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THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING SUBJECT AND WE COULD DEDICATE PROBABLY THREE WEEKS TO IT BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING A LOT COMING OUT OF OUR OFFICE AND NO, I'M NOT GOING TO DO A THREE WEEK THING.

I HAD A FOLLOW UP WITH TURNPIKE, ACTUALLY.

THE CHARGERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AT THE DIFFERENT TURNPIKE LOCATIONS.

IS THERE A WAY OR MAYBE OR ARE YOU LOOKING INTO A WAY THAT YOU COULD ALMOST SEE, LIKE IF I'M DRIVING DOWN THE TURNPIKE, IF I KNOW THERE'S ANY AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT STATION OR IF I SHOULD WAIT FOR THE FOLLOWING ONE, AND MAYBE EVEN WE CAN LOOK INTO SYNCING IT WITH SOME OF THE APPLE CARPLAY OR OTHER VEHICLE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS. EXCELLENT POINT, BOARD MEMBER MCGEE AND OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE DOES TRY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND MANY OTHER TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ROLL OUT TO CHECK TIRES, ET CETERA.

SO ANY OF THESE TYPES OF NEW ENHANCEMENTS WITH TURNPIKE, I'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND WE'LL TRY AND HIGHLIGHT THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

GOOD, MS. [INAUDIBLE]. HERE WE GO.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR THE FDOT REPRESENTATIVE.

IT SEEMS LIKE WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTATION, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A PERFECT P3 SCENARIO, AND I'M CURIOUS IF FDOT IS PUTTING TOGETHER ANY SORT OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS AND IF SO, ARE THEY DIVIDED BY REGION? OR WOULD YOU BE LOOKING TO DO THE STATE AN ALL ENCOMPASSING PROGRAM? I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT THE THOUGHT IS AS FAR AS ACTUALLY MOVING THIS FORWARD WITH PRIVATE PARTNERS. THANK YOU.

THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.

FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE IS SEPARATELY FUNDED MECHANISMS. WE HAVE OUR CONCESSIONAIRES THAT'S RUNNING THROUGH, SO I'M NOT SURE IF FDOT'S REPRESENTATIVE HAS ANY FURTHER INPUT ABOUT THE P3 POSSIBILITIES.

IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH FREIGHT COORDINATORS THAT WE HAVE DESIGNATED IN FDOT TO BE WORKING ON THAT. SO I KNOW THAT THESE COMMENTS WILL COME BACK TO THOSE TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL. SO THANK YOU.

MR. MARTIN. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

QUESTIONS KIND OF ALONG THE SAME LINE OF CONVERSATION.

BASICALLY, IS THERE A REAL STRATEGIC PLAN RIGHT NOW? I GUESS WE'RE FOCUSING SOLELY IN BROWARD COUNTY WHERE WE ALL ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR PARTICULAR MUNICIPALITIES.

IS THERE A STRATEGIC PLAN OR ARE WE NOW GOING BACK TO OUR CITIES AND LOOKING FOR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIPS THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN BECOMING CHARGING STATIONS OR HAVING ACCESS TO AVAILABLE LAND FOR SAME? I KNOW FPL IS PROBABLY GOING TO PLAY A BIG PART IN THIS, AND I KNOW THE OTHER PART WOULD BE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE BIG CAR DEALERSHIPS WHERE THESE CARS WILL BE COMING TO SEE IF THEY'RE GOING TO PONY UP TO THE TABLE AND BE A BIG PART OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE'RE BEING KIND OF TASKED TO GO BACK TO OUR CITIES AND JUST START LOOKING FOR WHOEVER IS WILLING AND WANTING TO BE A PART OF THIS MOVEMENT, BRINGING IT BACK HERE OR IS THE MPO LEADING THIS CHARGE? OR ARE WE ALL OUT FOR THE SAME BUCKET OF MONEY? GIVE ME A JUST A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.

UNITY IN A SINGLE VOICE IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST THING WE CAN DO, AND THE MPO STAFF, I MEAN, THAT'S ONE OF OUR PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THE WORK PROGRAM THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THAT IS GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF THIS ORGANIZATION TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH A REGIONAL-WIDE AND I DO MEAN REGIONAL, IT'S NOT JUST US, IT'S MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH AS WELL TO FIGURE THIS WHOLE THING OUT AND WHERE WE CAN GO AND WHERE WE NEED TO PUT THINGS.

ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

SO AS WELL THIS ORGANIZATION, AND THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS AS WELL.

SO PUTTING EV CHARGERS INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AREAS OR EQUITY AREAS IS GOING TO BE A HUGE THING FOR US AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, LIKE I SAID, I PROMISE YOU IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DISORGANIZED OR I'M GOING TO TRY THE BEST.

ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

IN SOME MUNICIPALITIES, THE DEVELOPERS ARE DEVELOPING ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND THEN THE CITY IS JUST RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CHARGE.

IN FACT, OUR NEW CITY HALL, WE'VE GOT FOUR SET UP ALREADY.

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ACTUALLY, WHEN WE DID OUR LEASE HERE, I REQUIRED TWO FOR US TO SIGN THE LEASE WITH THIS BUILDING. SO, OK, WE HAVE A VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.

COUNCILMEMBER HARTMANN.

COUNCILMAN? THANK YOU. FIRST, FROM A PERSONAL PERSPECTIVE.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THIS THE PROGRESS BEING MADE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CONSIDERING EVS FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS NOW AND THE CONCERN HAS ALWAYS BEEN INFRASTRUCTURE.

THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND YOU RUN OUT OF ELECTRIC UNEXPECTEDLY OR YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION AND THAT KIND OF LEADS TO MY QUESTION AS I'VE DRIVEN THE HIGHWAYS FOR YEARS, YOU SEE, THE ROAD RANGERS HELPING PEOPLE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH TIRES, AND PROBABLY THE HIGHEST FREQUENCY IS PEOPLE RUNNING OUT OF GAS.

I CAN'T THINK OF HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN THE GUY OUT THERE WITH THE LITTLE TWO GALLON CAN FILLING THEM UP TO GET THEM BACK ON THEIR WAY AND OFF THE HIGHWAY TO A GAS STATION.

IS THERE ANY CONSIDERATION FOR THE ROAD RANGERS TO PROVIDE THEM TECHNOLOGY THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO PROVIDE A QUICK CHARGE TO AN EV MOTORIST THAT WOULD GET THEM, SAME THING OFF THE HIGHWAY AND TO A CHARGING STATION? MR. CHAIR. APRIL, GO FOR IT.

THANK YOU. THAT IS A TERRIFIC QUESTION AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT HERE AT CENTRAL OFFICE.

WE HAD THAT IN SOME OF OUR COMMENTS THAT WE SENT BACK TO USDOT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE WAY THAT THE LANGUAGE IS STRUCTURED, IT'S UNCLEAR IF THAT WOULD BE AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY, BUT WE THINK THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS GREATLY NEEDED AND COULD BE A GOOD SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF FLORIDA.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE WAITING FOR GUIDANCE.

I ALSO WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT STATES ARE REQUIRED TO DO IS TO SUBMIT A PLAN TO THE USDOT SECRETARY OF HOW WE INTEND TO USE THE FORMULA FUNDS.

SO, IT WILL BE VERY A CLEAR PROCESS.

IT WON'T BE JUST UNDER THE DARK.

THIS IS $198 MILLION WILL BE SPENT AND I'M A FIRM BELIEVER OF THINGS ARE BETTER WHEN THERE IS INVOLVEMENT AND COLLABORATION.

COMMISSIONER MCGEE.

I ACTUALLY DIDN'T HIT IT AGAIN, BUT I DID HAVE A QUESTION BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE CAN ANSWER. IS THERE ANY MOVEMENT, I GUESS WOULD BE AT FEDERAL OR AT MANUFACTURER LEVEL TO SORT OF AGREE ON ONE TYPE OF PLUG? I'M A CAR FANATIC, SO THE ANSWER TO THAT IS, YEAH, THERE'S LOTS OF CONVERSATION, BUT NO ONE HAS GOTTEN TO THAT POINT WHERE THERE'S AN AGREEMENT.

OK. [INAUDIBLE] I THINK OBVIOUSLY EVERY TYPE OF PLUG THAT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE COSTS MORE TO--WELL, LIKE THE TESLA PLUG IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I HAD ON MY CADILLAC SUV, THE ELECTRIC, AND YOU HAVE THESE THINGS YOU CHANGE OUT AND PUT IN AND YEAH, WE'LL GET THERE.

I MEAN, EVEN FOR PUTTING IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS AT EACH PLACE AND HAVING THE PLUG, IT REMINDS ME OF A BLACK MIRROR EPISODE WHERE SHE'S LIKE TRYING TO TRYING TO PLUG IT IN AND THERE'S NO PLUG FOR HER.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONER ALSTON, I'M SORRY, WERE YOU DONE, MR. STUART? I'M DONE AND IT LOOKS LIKE COMMISSIONER ALSTON, YOU GOOD? OK. COMMISSIONER JAFFE, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT COMMENT THAT FOR THE UNIVERSAL OR THE INDEPENDENT CHARGING PLUGS THAT TESLA DID APPROACH OUR MUNICIPALITY AND THEY WANTED TO PUT IN 14 STATIONS AND IT WAS ONLY EXCLUSIVE TO TESLA.

YEAH, WE WORKED WITH THEM ON A COUPLE OF COMMERCIAL SITES AND IT'S LIKE, OH, IT'S ONLY FOR TESLA DRIVERS.

ONE THING WE HAVE TO DO IS WE HAVE TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER FURR.

HE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, SO IF EVERYBODY AGREES, WE'LL EXCUSE COMMISSIONER FUR.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY VICE CHAIR GOOD SECOND BY MS. MCGEE. ANY OPPOSITION? LET'S VOTE ON IT.

OK, WE'RE GOOD.

AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MISS ROSE.

NOW IS THE TIME.

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I'M SORRY. YEAH, VERY SHORT MEETING TODAY.

DO YOU WANT THE PRESENTATION FIRST FROM THE TURNPIKE BEFORE?

[2. Report from Partner Agencies - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - South of I-595 to Wiles Road PD&E]

GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, IF YOU DON'T MIND IF I REMOVE MY MASK.

GOOD MORNING, SHEILA ROSE, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF THE BEAUTIFUL CITY OF COCONUT CREEK AND YOU'RE ABOUT TO HEAR A PRESENTATION ABOUT A PROPOSAL TO WIDEN FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE FROM I-595 TO WILES ROAD.

THIS IS ONE OF MANY PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING FORWARD IN THE PLANNING STAGES AND IN COCONUT CREEK. THIS PROJECT INVOLVES THE TENTH STREET CONNECTOR, A FUTURE CONNECTOR TO THE TURNPIKE AND ALTHOUGH THESE ARE ENORMOUS PROJECTS, THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS HAS BEEN ONGOING, BUT IN A LITTLE BIT OF A PIECEMEAL FASHION IN COCONUT CREEK, WE ARE IN A BIT OF A SANDWICH.

THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL COMING TOGETHER AND BEGINNING TO SQUEEZE WHERE WE ARE SEEING TREMENDOUS IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY OR THE POTENTIAL FOR TREMENDOUS IMPACTS TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT AS YOU LOOK AT THESE PRESENTATIONS.

YOU THINK ABOUT A COUPLE OF REAL BIG POLICY ISSUES FROM FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE.

I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER WHETHER WHEN YOU SEE THIS PRESENTATION THAT WHETHER WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR ROADWAY EXPANSION TO THE YEAR 2045.

WE'VE HEARD ALL DAY ABOUT THE FABULOUS PROGRESS IN MULTIMODAL PROJECTS.

EVERY MULTI-MODAL PROJECT IS DISADVANTAGED WHEN WE BUILD PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE FOR YEARS AND THROUGH THAT WORK WE HAD RECEIVED COMMITMENTS THAT THERE WOULD BE AN EIGHT LANE ALTERNATIVE CONSIDERED.

WHAT YOU WILL HEAR TODAY IS THAT THEIR PLAN IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A PLAN FOR 2045 AND THAT REQUIRES 10 LANES.

THE IMPACTS OF THIS TYPE OF PROJECT IS REAL WHEN IT COMES TO PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, WHEN IT COMES TO THE COMMUNITY AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SURFACE STREETS IS THE NEXT ALTERNATIVE.

WHEN THE TURNPIKE IS EXPANDED IS TO EXPAND ALL OF OUR STATE ROADS TO 10 LANES.

I JUST ASK YOU WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS PRESENTATION, PUT YOUR POLICY HATS ON AND THINK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES AS WE ARE MOVING FORWARD AND BUILDING A BETTER BROWARD.

WE ARE WORKING SO HARD TO SUPPORT MASS TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL, WALKABLE BIKE, ABLE STREETS AND EVERY TIME WE MAKE IT EASIER AND EASIER AND EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO JUMP IN THEIR CAR, ALL BY THEMSELVES AND DRIVE TO MIAMI.

WE ARE MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR US TO CROSS OUR INTERSECTIONS ON OUR BIKE OR ON OUR FEET. SO I JUST ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THOSE THOUGHTS AS YOU ARE HEARING THIS PRESENTATION.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OK, CAN WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION? MISS WILLIAMS. [INAUDIBLE] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THIS PROJECT.

MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE] HAYWOOD.

I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM TURNER TURNPIKE, IN-HOUSE CONSULTANT WITH ADKINS.

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO INTRODUCE ANDREW VELASQUEZ, WHO IS GOING TO BE HELPING ME ANSWER QUESTIONS AT THE END.

SO THE STUDY LIMITS ARE FROM SOUTH OF I-595 TO WILES ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 17 MILES, THE POMPANO BEACH SERVICE PLAZA IS WITHIN THE LIMITS AND WE HAVE SIX EXISTING INTERCHANGES ALSO WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.

WE HAVE BEEN PERFORMING A LOT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND LOCAL AGENCY OUTREACH.

THE LOCAL AGENCIES ARE SHOWN OR HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS SLIDE THAT ARE WITHIN OUR LIMITS.

STARTING FROM TOWN OF DAVIE TO THE SOUTHERN END TO COCONUT CREEK AND DEERFIELD BEACH ON THE NORTHERN END, DEERFIELD BEACH REALLY DOESN'T TOUCH THE LIMITS.

SO THIS ALSO INCLUDES OUR COORDINATION WITH BROWARD COUNTY, BROWARD MPO.

WE'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS TO THE COMMITTEES PRIOR TO COMING TO THIS BOARD MEETING, AND WE'VE ALSO BEEN COORDINATING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DISTRICT FOUR.

SO WHY ARE WE PROPOSING TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TURNPIKE WITHIN THESE LIMITS? THEY'RE SHOWN HERE.

FIVE OF THEM STARTING WITH ENHANCING SAFETY.

THIS PLANNING STUDY LOOKS OUT TO 20 YEARS ON A 20 YEAR HORIZON, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO

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WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO IMPROVE TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND ENHANCE EMERGENCY EVACUATION AND RESPONSE TIME.

SO THESE ARE THE REASONS.

THESE LAID THE FOUNDATIONS FOR THE TEAM DEVELOPING AND EVALUATING PROJECT ALTERNATIVES.

THE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES.

THIS ONE SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO, WHICH IS TO WIDEN THE MAINLINE TO 10 LANES WITH CONSIDERATION FOR MANAGED LANES.

WE'LL GET TO THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE, PROVIDING A CONTINUOUS AUXILIARY LANE AS NEEDED BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGES, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THOSE EXISTING INTERCHANGES.

RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE IN A TRUMPET STYLE CONFIGURATION, SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEPARATE THE MOVEMENTS, THE SOUTHBOUND AND ON MOVEMENTS AT SOME OF THEM TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC OPERATIONS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO ADD TWO NEW INTERCHANGES TO RELIEVE THE EXISTING INTERCHANGES AT THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD LOCATION AND CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, MCNAB ROAD.

I MENTIONED GETTING MORE INTO THIS MANAGE LANE.

ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE WILL BE NO EXTRA TOLL TO USE THIS LANE AS IT COMPARES TO ANY OTHER LANE ON THE TOLL ROAD.

THERE WILL BE LIMITED POINTS OF ENTRY AND EXIT, SO IT SERVES FOR THOSE LONGER TRIPS.

THERE WILL BE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS AND ONE WOULD BE SUNPASS-ONLY.

NO TRUCKS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO USE THOSE LANES, BUT WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT PROVIDES AN ENVELOPE FOR MASS TRANSIT.

AS A TEAM DEVELOPED PROJECT ALTERNATIVES, WE HAD TO CONSIDER A MAJOR CONSTRAINT WITHIN THE PROJECT CORRIDOR.

THAT BEING FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION, YOU'LL HEAR ME REFER TO THAT AS FGT.

IN 2013, THE DEPARTMENT FDOT AND FGT ENTERED INTO A LEGAL AGREEMENT TO ESTABLISH AND CLARIFY THE LIMITS, USES AND OBLIGATIONS OF FGT AND FDOT AS IT RELATES TO THE GAS LINE.

THE AGREEMENT ALSO SPECIFIED OR DEFINED A SPECIFIED WIDTH, WHICH IS AN AREA ON EITHER SIDE OF THE LINE WHERE CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS SHOULDN'T ENCROACH INTO THAT SPECIFIED WIDTH.

SO WHAT'S SHOWN HERE IS THE SEGMENT FROM I-595 TO ATLANTIC BOULEVARD.

THERE'S ONE GAS LINE.

THAT SPECIFIED WIDTH IS THIRTY THREE FEET, BUT IN THIS AREA, THE GAS LINES ARE LOCATED NEAR THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

SO IT'S REALLY NOT CONSTRAINED IN THIS PORTION.

THE PORTION FROM ATLANTIC BOULEVARD TO WILES ROAD, THERE ARE TWO GAS LINES, ACCORDING TO THE LEGAL AGREEMENT. THAT SPECIFIED WITH EXPANDS TO 60 FEET.

THE LINES THEMSELVES ARE CLOSER TO THE MAINLINE, AND THAT SPECIFIED WIDTH SPANS THE NORTHBOUND PAVED SHOULDER.

SO ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE SPECIFIED WIDTH WOULD TRIGGER THE NEED FOR FGT TO RELOCATE THEIR GAS LINES AND ACCORDING TO THE AGREEMENT, IF THERE ARE TWO GAS LINES, THEY NEED 60 FEET OF UNOBSTRUCTED RIGHT OF WAY OUTSIDE THE FDOT RIGHT OF WAY, AND AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IN THIS AREA IS DENSELY DEVELOPED ON EITHER SIDE.

SO NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO THE PROJECT ALTERNATIVES, WHAT ARE WE PROPOSING ON THE MAINLINE FROM SOUTH OF 595 TO ATLANTIC BOULEVARD? THIS ISN'T IN THE AREA WHERE THE GAS LINES DON'T REALLY CONSTRAIN WHAT WE CAN DO.

THE BLUE SHADING SHOWS THE AREA OF THE WIDENING.

SO IN THIS AREA, WE'RE LOOKING TO WIDEN TO THIS TO THE OUTSIDE.

IN BOTH DIRECTION, WE CALL IT CENTER WIDENING AND THIS WILL PROVIDE FOR GENERAL USE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION THAT MANAGE LANE THAT ONE LANE DOWN THE CENTER IN EACH DIRECTION, AND AT THE END, THE OUTSIDE LANES WOULD BE THAT AUXILIARY LANE THAT'S NEEDED IN THE SEGMENT BETWEEN THOSE INTERCHANGES.

NOW FROM ATLANTIC NORTH TO WILES ROAD, WANT TO TAKE A STEP BACK? THIS PROJECT KICKED OFF IN 2019.

SO WE HAD A PUBLIC KICKOFF MEETING TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE PROJECT THE STUDY COMMENCED AND PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE ENGAGED THROUGHOUT THE STUDY PROCESS.

WE HEARD SUBSTANTIAL COMMENTS FROM WYNMOOR VILLAGE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CONCERNS INCLUDE WIDENING OF TURNPIKE TOWARDS THE WEST, TOWARDS THE WYNMOOR VILLAGE AND THEIR TOP CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD WERE NOISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPACTS AND THE WIDENING TO THE WEST.

SO BASED ON THAT INPUT, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THAT SEGMENT, NOT JUST THAT ONE ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU SAW TO THE SOUTH, BUT LOOKING TO WIDEN TO THE WEST WITHIN EXISTING STATE RIGHT OF WAY.

WIDENING ON THAT CENTRAL ALIGNMENT TO THE OUTSIDE IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND WIDENING TAKING

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ALL THREE OPTIONS WOULD PROVIDE THE SAME NUMBER OF LANES.

IN THIS SECTION, WE NEED FIVE LANES, TYPICALLY, IN EACH DIRECTION, BUT EACH, OF COURSE, WOULD HAVE ITS OWN IMPACTS AND DIFFERENT COSTS.

SO WE KIND OF COMPRESSED ALL THE ALTERNATIVES IN THIS SEGMENT ONTO ONE SLIDE, THE TOP SLIDE IS THE WIDENING TO THE WEST.

SO AGAIN, THE BLUE SHOWS THE AREA OF OF NEW PAVEMENT AND THE YELLOW SHADING SHOWS THAT SPECIFIED WITH THAT FGT SPECIFIED WIDTH TO THE TOP ALTERNATIVE WOULD STAY WITHIN EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY AND NOT TRIGGER THE NEED TO RELOCATE THE GAS LINES.

THE BOTTOM TWO THE WIDENING ON A CENTRAL ALIGNMENT AND THE WIDENING TO THE EAST WOULD TAKE PAVEMENT OVER THE GAS LINES, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THEY NEED TO RELOCATE AND IN OUR STUDY, WE ASSUME THAT THE RELOCATION WOULD HAPPEN OUTSIDE OF DOT RIGHT OF WAY ON THE EAST SIDE, WHICH WOULD MEAN RELOCATIONS OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.

SO THE BOTTOM TWO WOULD BE MORE IMPACTFUL AND MORE COSTLY AND WE DEVELOPED AN EVALUATION MATRIX THAT SHOWED AT THE END OF THE DAY THAT THE WIDENING TO THE WEST SHIFTING TURNPIKE TO THE WEST, ADDING THE LANES ON THE WEST SIDE WITHIN EXISTING STATE RIGHT OF WAY, WOULD HAVE THE LEAST IMPACTS AND THE LOWEST COST.

ALL RIGHT, SO I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE SIX EXISTING INTERCHANGES AND TWO POTENTIAL NEW.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER ALL OF THEM TODAY.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO COVER THE POTENTIAL NEW INTERCHANGES THAT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND CYPRESS CREEK ROAD AND THEN THE TEAM DID, WE ARE PROPOSING SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY AND WE'LL GET TO THAT.

SO, THREE LOCATIONS ONLY.

SO THIS GRAPHIC HERE SHOWS WHAT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD THE OVERPASS CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE AND THIS RENDERING SHOWS WHAT A FULL INTERCHANGE COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE AT THIS LOCATION. SO IT WOULD PROVIDE FOR ALL MOVEMENTS ON AND OFF THE TURNPIKE.

THAT MOVEMENT WILL BE DIRECTED OR FUNNELED ONTO A RAMP CONNECTOR, WHICH THEN CONNECTS TO ROCK ISLAND ROAD, WHICH THEN CONNECTS TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

AT THIS LOCATION, WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL AND THE [INAUDIBLE] ASSOCIATION, AND WE ALSO MET WITH THE FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER.

SO OVERALL, WE HAVE SUPPORT.

OF COURSE, THE CITY AND THE [INAUDIBLE] ASSOCIATION THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THE REMAINDER OF THE PARCEL, WHAT THE TURNPIKE DOESN'T NEED FOR THE INTERCHANGE, AS A PARK.

NOW THIS IS THEIR SECOND LOCATION FOR NEW POTENTIAL INTERCHANGE AND THIS IS AT CYPRESS CREEK ROAD, MCNAB ROAD.

THE DIFFERENCE HERE IS WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING A PARTIAL INTERCHANGE, SO ONLY PROVIDING THAT SOUTHBOUND ON AND NORTHBOUND SORRY SOUTHBOUND OFF AND NORTHBOUND ON MOVEMENT AT THIS LOCATION. THE LAST LOCATION IS COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY.

THE RED X'S SHOW THAT WE'VE LISTENED TO THE RESIDENTS WE HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.

WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE THAT EXISTING LOOP RAMP.

SO TAKING IT AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS WITHIN WYNMOOR VILLAGE.

SO THAT MOVEMENT WE'RE ADJUSTING TO MOVEMENTS, THAT SOUTHBOUND ON WILL BE RELOCATED TO THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT.

SO DRIVERS TRAVELING IN EITHER DIRECTION, EAST AND WEST ON COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THAT ON RAMP AND THEN WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THE SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP IS PULL IT CLOSER TO THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE AGAIN AWAY FROM THE BUILDINGS AND WYNMOOR VILLAGE. THE GRAPHICS ON THE RIGHT.

SHOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY SO THAT THERE'S THAT LOOP RAMP THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO REMOVE IN THE FUTURE AND THE BOTTOM GRAPHIC SHOWS WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, WHICH IS THE LOOP RAMP IS GONE. IT'S FURTHER AWAY FROM THE WYNMOOR VILLAGE, AND THERE GOES THAT REALIGN SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP.

WELL, I ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO HIGHLIGHT THE POTENTIAL NOISE WALL THAT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED AT ALONG DOT'S RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THE LANDSCAPING THAT IS SHOWING THERE, THAT'S GOING TO WYNMOOR VILLAGE PROPERTY AND IT WILL REMAIN IN THE FUTURE.

OK, SO WE DID HAVE I MENTIONED THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT EFFORT, THE MOST RECENT BEING A PUBLIC MEETING THAT WE HAD.

WE PROVIDED INTERESTED PERSONS THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN VIRTUALLY ON JANUARY 18TH AND IN

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I'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE OR FIRST LET ME GET TO THE ATTENDANCE.

SO IN PERSON, WE HAD ABOUT 54 AND VIRTUALLY WE HAD ABOUT 190.

MOST WERE FROM THE WYMOOR VILLAGE FOR A TOTAL OF AND WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 363 COMMENTS . GOING THROUGH THEM, MOST OF THE CONCERN WAS REGARDING NOISE, PROPERTY VALUES AND QUALITY OF LIFE. NOW I'D LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE COMMENTS, AND THE TEAM IS DEVELOPING RESPONSES TO ALL THE COMMENTS.

WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS POST ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND THE TURNPIKE'S RESPONSE.

SO IF SOMEONE SUBMITTED ONE QUESTION, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO NOT ONLY SEE OUR RESPONSE TO THEIR ONE QUESTION, BUT SEE WHAT THEIR OTHER COMMUNITIES HAVE ASKED AND THE DOT'S RESPONSE TO THAT QUESTION.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO TAKE THIS TIME TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LETTER THAT THE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED FROM COCONUT CREEK, THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK, WITH THEIR CONCERNS BEING PROJECT LIMITS, TRAFFIC TOLLING CONCEPTS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIOCULTURAL EFFECTS, RELOCATION, POTENTIAL NOISE, VIBRATION ANALYSIS AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.

AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON A RESPONSE TO THAT LETTER, AND THE RESPONSE WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO ALL COPIED ON THE ORIGINAL EMAIL.

WITH THAT, ANDREW AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME PRESENTATION. QUESTIONS? MISS WELCH. SANDRA WELCH? YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.

I FEEL LIKE HERE AT THE MPO, IT'S WE'RE HERE TO SET POLICY AND LOOK AT TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ALL OVER THE COUNTY ON EVERYONE'S BEHALF AND I NEVER ONCE HEARD OUR ROLE WAS TO SOLVE ANY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO MOVE TRAFFIC BY ALWAYS JUST BUILDING OR ADDING MORE ROADS, BUT WHATEVER WAS PRESENTED BEFORE US, WE SHOULD LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES OR OTHER OTHER MEANS AND HAVE A SENSE OF INPUT FOR THAT AND I THINK WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE IS WE'VE RECEIVED AN AWFUL LOT OF INFORMATION AND A LOT OF DETAIL.

AND TO ME, THE DEVIL MAY BE IN SOME OF THOSE DETAILS BECAUSE THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING WE HELD WAS HELD, WHICH IS NOT LISTED ON THIS OUTREACH SCHEDULE, IN WHICH SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE ATTENDED AND HEARD A PRESENTATION AND COCONUT CREEK HAD TWO MAJOR AREAS OF CONCERN FOR THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT SUBSEQUENTLY HAPPENED, AND YOU SUGGESTED THERE WERE THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE COMMENTS, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THERE WERE MORE. WE'VE YET TO HEAR ANY RESPONSE IN ANY WAY, BUT TO YOUR CREDIT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT YOU DID LISTEN LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THOSE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP AT THE INFORMATIONAL MEETING AND CHANGE THE RAMP STRUCTURE AND DESIGN FOR THE COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY INTERCHANGE FOR THOSE 9000 WYNMOOR RESIDENTS.

HOWEVER, THE SLIDE THAT YOU HAVE UP HERE DOESN'T SHOW SOUTH OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF SOUTH FLORIDA, ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT, UNBEKNOWNST TO THEM, IS NOT QUITE AS POPULOUS AS THOSE 9000 RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN WYNMOOR, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING AT IT IN CONTEXT. FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ALL OF US ALL ACROSS THE NATION HAVE LISTENED TO THOSE SOCIAL UNREST OCCURRENCES AND HAVE TRIED TO FIND WAYS TO ADDRESS EQUITY AND DIAL IT DOWN INTO OUR COMMUNITIES.

SO MUCH SO THAT IN COCONUT CREEK, IT'S PART OF OUR METRICS FOR PLANNING PROJECTS FOR THE FUTURE, CURRENT AND OTHERWISE.

AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT.

SO, I AM STUNNED THAT EQUITY SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED ON EVEN A PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE BECAUSE THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN SUNSHINE DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT HAVE LONG BEEN AFFECTED BY THEIR CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE EXISTING SIX LANES OF TRAFFIC ON THE TURNPIKE, AND TO CONSIDER THAT FOUR ADDITIONAL LANES ARE NOW GOING SUGGESTED TO PROPOSED

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THEY CURRENTLY HAVE NO BARRIERS OF ANY KIND FOR NOISE OR AIR OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY, AND FOUR LANES WILL LITERALLY THEY CAN LOOK OUT THEIR BACK DOOR AND MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH SOME OF THOSE DRIVERS GOING BY IN THIS 10 LANE DESIGN.

SO IN ORDER TO LOOK AT THINGS EQUITABLY AND THIS IS A VERY OLDER, MUCH OLDER AND FRAGILE AREA OF OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, THEY DON'T HAVE THE QUANTITY AND VOICES ABLE TO SPEAK LIKE THE WYNMOOR PEOPLE DID, BUT IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF AND THEY TOO DESERVE AN EQUITABLE VOICE AND BE HEARD AND THE TWO MANAGED LANES THAT ARE BEING SUGGESTED THAT WE'LL HAVE LIMITED ACCESS ONCE FOLKS GO ON THEM.

PREVIOUSLY IN PRESENTATIONS, THOSE WERE GOING TO BE TOLL LANES.

NOW THEY'RE BEING SUGGESTED TO BE MANAGED LANES.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST AND PLEASED TO BE CONSIDERED AND RESPONDED TO IS ARE THOSE TO MANAGE LANES REALLY NECESSARY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE PREVIOUSLY EIGHT LANES WAS SUFFICIENT AND I THINK IT WOULD BE AMENABL E TO THOSE RESIDENTS LIVING THERE AND THEIR QUALITY AND FULLY MITIGATE THEM, BUT NOT 10 LANES, ESPECIALLY ALL FOUR LANES GOING TO THE WEST AND RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.

THEY REALLY MUST BE CONSIDERED.

SO THAT'S MY SUGGESTION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

MAYOR GANZ, CERTAINLY, I CAN EMPATHIZE WITH ANY CITY THAT HAS A MAJOR PROJECT LIKE THIS COMING THROUGH IT AND HAVING BEEN THROUGH IT, I CAN SHARE SOME EXPERIENCES, BUT AS A BOARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS REGIONALLY, AND I THINK WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT WE ALSO HAVE TO REALIZE WE'RE NOT GOING BE ABLE TO PAVE OUR WAY OUT OF EVERY SITUATION.

AS WE GET FURTHER DECADES DOWN THE ROAD WHEN MANY OF US WILL BE GONE, YOU'RE GOING TO REACH A SITUATION WHICH WE CAN NO LONGER EXPAND OUR ROADS AND WE NEED TO START THINKING ABOUT THAT NOW. SO IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR ALTERNATIVES, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW INSTEAD OF JUST GOING FOR THE SIMPLE SOLUTION OF EXPANDING IT.

I WOULD CAUTION ALL THE CITIES, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE TURNPIKE MAKES THIS APPARENT EARLIER IN THE PROJECT THAT ANY ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS PROJECT WORK. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT BE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE HANDLED IN WHICH PROPERTIES ARE COMING OFF THE TAX ROLLS FOR THOSE MUNICIPALITIES, THAT'S KEPT IN MIND.

TENTH STREET, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PD&E STUDY, WE DID NOT HEAR THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AS FAR AS HAVING THE ABILITY TO RELOCATE WATER FOR RUNOFF.

NOW WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ACQUIRE LAND JUST TO BE ABLE TO STORE THAT WATER AND IT'S TO THE TUNE OF $100000 PER YEAR FOR THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH IN LOST TAXABLE DOLLARS.

THAT'S AS OF TODAY.

SO THAT WILL ONLY GET WORSE.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND EARLY ON IN THE STUDY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IMPACT IS GOING TO BE BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT MORE FINGERS TO THIS PROJECT THAN YOU MAY REALIZE AT THIS MOMENT. CERTAINLY, I SUPPORT THESE MUNICIPALITIES AND MAKING SURE WHATEVER PROJECT IS PUT THROUGH THE RESIDENTS IN THE HEALTH OF THOSE RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO THE FINANCIAL HEALTH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED ARE TAKEN INTO MIND.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THIS PROJECT STOPS AT WILES ROAD AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO THE COUNTY LINE FOR A PARTICULAR REASON.

IS THAT BECAUSE THERE'S ANOTHER PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING TOWARDS THERE? YES, THERE IS A SAWGRASS PD&E.

SO THOSE LIMITS ON THE TURNPIKE ARE FROM WILES ROAD, I THINK, TO NORTH OF HILLSBOROUGH.

YES. OK. SO YEAH, THAT PROJECT WAS ON PAUSE THAT STUDY, I SHOULD SAY, WAS ON PAUSE, BUT IT'S GETTING RE MOBILIZED AT THIS POINT.

OK, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE IN COORDINATION WITH HOW THOSE END UP, THAT WE'RE NOT JUST PIECEMEALING EACH PROJECT THAN THEY ALL ARE GOING TO MELD TOGETHER IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF THE PROBLEMS YOU'RE HAVING THERE NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT'S A SMALL PORTION, BUT IT CERTAINLY WILL BE IMPACTFUL FOR YOUR CITY AND MY CITY AS OTHERS AND I HAVE BEEN REASSIGNED TO THAT PD&E STUDY.

SO, YEAH, THERE WILL BE A MELDING.

MS. MCGEE. I GUESS PART OF MY CONCERN WOULD BE IS THE CONFLICTING MESSAGING WHERE

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JUST SOME SORT OF CROSS SHUTTLES OR CROSS ACCESS POINTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT LINES AND TRULY GETTING PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO TAKE MULTI PERSON TRANSPORT ALL AROUND AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S A CONFLICTING MESSAGING AND THEN ALSO CONFLICTING MESSAGING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ELECTRONIC VEHICLES AND ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS, BUT THEN PAVING OVER MILES AND MILES OF GRASS.

SO, I THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON WHAT GOALS WE'RE REALLY PURSUING.

MAY I, MR. MAYOR? I'LL NEVER FORGET, I WENT TO DEERFIELD BEACH 15 YEARS AGO AND I'M LIKE, YEAH THERE'S SAWGRASS CONNECTOR, THIS IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

IT HASN'T HAPPENED YET, BUT IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PARTS OF THIS TYPE OF JOB TO ACTUALLY WATCH BECAUSE YOU WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THIS ONE THING AND THEN YOU HAVE ALL THESE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO DO AS WELL AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST FASCINATING PART BECAUSE THE SAWGRASS CONNECTOR IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW NEEDS TO HAPPEN. WE KNOW THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRAFFIC, THESE ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND THEN DRIVERLESS VEHICLES AND ALL THE REST, IT'S JUST GOING TO COMPOUND ON EACH OTHER AND AS WE BECOME MORE AND MORE DENSE, IT JUST GETS WORSE AND WORSE AND YET WE DON'T WANT THAT AND NONE OF US DO AND YET IT'S STILL GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S LIKE THE HARDEST THING.

WHEN I WAS A KID AND GROWING UP IN BOCA RATON, WHICH IS THIS LITTLE TINY TOWN THAT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE IS AS BIG AS IT IS, NO ONE EVER WANTED MORE PEOPLE.

THEY WERE LIKE, OK, THAT'S IT.

WE'RE GOING TO BUY ALL THE BEACHFRONT.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS NO INCREASED POPULATION AND THAT CITY IS BIGGER THAN MOST CITIES HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

SO IT'S THAT WE SAY THESE THINGS, BUT HOW DO WE DEAL WITH THE WHOLE? AND I THINK THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF THE BIGGER PROBLEM.

I DO, MR. CHAIR, HAVE ONE QUESTION JUST FROM STAFF.

BRIAN, ACTUALLY, YOU HAVE A PERSONAL QUESTION.

IT'S MORE OF IT MAY BE TWO QUESTIONS, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. THE FIRST IS I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT AT THE CYPRESS CREEK, THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT IF YOU DEPENDING ON IF YOU LOOK FROM THE NORTH OR THE SOUTH, AND IF YOU WANTED TO SAY, COME TO THIS BUILDING, YOU'D BE ABLE TO COME INTO WORK BUT NOT GO HOME USING THE CYPRESS CREEK INTERCHANGE? YES, WELL, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE, IF YOU'RE HEADING SOUTH, THEN NO, BECAUSE IT ONLY PROVIDES A NORTHBOUND ON AND THEN THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] AND SO MY SECOND QUESTION IS IS HOW MANY OF THESE TYPES OF INTERSECTIONS ARE ON THE TURNPIKE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? MANY PARTIAL INTERCHANGE ANDREW COULD HELP ME, BUT ATLANTIC BOULEVARD CURRENTLY AT THE POMPANO BEACH SERVICE PLAZA, IS ONLY A PARTIAL INTERCHANGE.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED FOR THE RECORD.

THANK YOU. YES.

AND JUST THAT GOES BACK TO THIS DICHOTOMY BECAUSE WE HAVE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS HERE, AND A LOT OF THEM LIVE IN WESTON AND OUT IN SUNRISE AND IN DAVIE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE THIS EXIT THAT KIND OF WORKS, BUT DOESN'T WORK.

AND AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO THIS IS A REALLY DIFFICULT JOB.

IT REALLY IS FOR ALL OF US, INCLUDING THE TURNPIKE FOLKS AND DEERFIELD AND COCONUT CREEK.

I NEVER GOT TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER WELCH'S COMMENT.

CAN I? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I POINT OUT THAT SUNSHINE DRIVING DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS THE SENSITIVITY AROUND SUNSHINE DRIVE, A SOCIOCULTURAL EFFECTS EVALUATION AND WILL BE PERFORMED FOR THE ENTIRE STUDY, BUT YOU SPOKE ABOUT THEM NOT HAVING A VOICE, NOT BEING AS LARGE AS WYNMOOR VILLAGE.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOCUS GROUP MEETING, BUT JUST THE RESIDENTS AND HEAR THEIR FEEDBACK.

WE DIDN'T GET THEM ENGAGED.

SO FAR, WE GOT ONE RESIDENT SHOWED UP AT THE PUBLIC MEETING OPPOSED TO THE WIDENING, AND WE RECEIVE ONE COMMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE NEED OF A NOISE WALL.

SO WE'RE GOING TO REACH OUT TO THEM SPECIFICALLY.

WILL WE BE INVITED? YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GREAT REPORT. THANK YOU.

NOW IN COMPLETE STREETS AUDITS, MR. CHAIR, IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT OR WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE FOLLOWING, WE CAN MOVE IT TO APRIL. LET'S MOVE IT TO APRIL.

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CONSULTING CONTRACTS.

I'M SORRY, MR. JAFFE. [INAUDIBLE].

I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

I'VE SAT HERE AND LISTENED TO MAYOR GANZ'S SERMONS ON THE SOUTHWEST TENTH STREET CONNECTOR, AND I CAN DEFINITELY EMPATHIZE WITH HIM AND ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME AND TALKED ABOUT THAT AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE I WE ALL TRAVEL ALL THE HIGHWAYS PRE-COVID DURING COVID AND POST-COVID AND WHEN I'M DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAYS, I'M SURE I'M LOOKING FOR LOCATIONS THAT HAVE EXPRESSED OR MANAGE LANES.

MY TWO QUESTIONS THE MANAGED LANES THAT ARE IN THIS PROPOSAL, ARE THEY CONFIRMED TO STAY IN THE PROPOSAL IF IT GOES FORWARD? YEAH, I CAN ANSWER THAT, SO--IDENTIFY YOURSELF, FOR THE RECORD.

THIS IS ANDREW VELASQUEZ, I'M WITH [INAUDIBLE] TURNPIKE PLANNING OFFICE.

YEAH, THAT IS PART OF THE PROPOSAL.

THE WIDENING DOES INCLUDE DEDICATING TWO LANES, ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION FOR MANAGE LANES. WE HAVE TO WIDEN REGARDLESS.

OUR TRAFFIC DEMANDS SHOW A NEED FOR ALL 10 LANES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AND WE'RE PROVIDING THAT ONE LANE TO GIVE YOU THAT EXTRA AVAILABILITY IF YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH THE AREA AND YOU DON'T WANT TO GET MIXED WITH THE LOCAL TRAFFIC.

ALSO, FOR TRANSIT SUPPORT IN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THERE IS A VISION FOR EXPRESS BUSSES THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE SEE IS THE TURNPIKE'S COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE THAT ENVELOPE FOR TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION WAS ON THE OPTION OF MOVING THE TURNPIKE TO THE WEST, WHICH IS THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE IN TERMS OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE. I DON'T SEE ANY REPORTS IN HERE ABOUT ANY NOISE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE DURING THIS PROPOSAL, SPECIFICALLY CURRENTLY WITHOUT A NOISE BARRIER WALL AND WHAT THE ESTIMATION IS WITH MOVING THAT PROJECT TO THE WEST [INAUDIBLE] WITH A NOISE BARRIER WALL. THERE'S NO SPECIFIC NOISE STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE.

NOT YET. SO THE STUDIES, THE ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT ARE DONE IN A PD&E PROCESS ARE DONE AFTER WE SELECT OR DEPARTMENT SELECTS THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

SO WE HAD THE PUBLIC MEETING, WE HEAR ALL THEIR INPUT AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO SELECT A PRELIMINARY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE ON WHICH ALL THOSE STUDIES WILL BE DONE.

SO BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE INTERESTED PERSONS WILL BE ABLE TO VIEW THE NOISE STUDY REPORT 21 DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING.

SO THAT'S ALL IN PROGRESS.

BUT WE WON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL NOISE DATA IS PRIOR TO THAT? YES, TWENTY ONE DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING, THAT NOISE STUDY WILL BE RELEASED.

MAYOR GANZ? THANK YOU. CAN I POINT OUT SOMETHING? MY NAME IS [INAUDIBLE], I'M THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENGINEER.

THE TURNPIKE PERFORM A NOISE TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THIS PD&E STUDY AND [INAUDIBLE] AT THIS POINT, THE COMMUNITY THAT IS CLOSE TO THE TURNPIKE QUALIFY FOR EVALUATING THE WORK DURING THE DESIGN PHASE. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAY WE HAVE IT UP TO NOW, THE COMMUNITY QUALIFY FOR A TWENTY TWO FOOT HIGH WALL THAT COULD PROVIDE MITIGATION TO THOSE LOCATIONS THAT ARE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW, WHERE THEY CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC PASSING BY VERY CLOSE TO THEIR HOMES. WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE A TWENTY TWO FOOT HIGH WALL THAT IS GOING TO PREVENT THEM TO SEE THE TRAFFIC AND ALSO TO LOWER THE NOISE DRASTICALLY.

AND THAT'S IN YOUR PROPOSAL.

I SEE THAT ON THE DRAWINGS.

YES. THE QUESTION I WAS ALSO ASKING WAS, DO WE KNOW HOW MUCH THAT WOULD MITIGATE AND WOULD IT MAINTAIN THE SAME NOISE LEVEL CURRENTLY? OR WOULD IT STILL INCREASE? WE DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW YET, BUT DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTIES, THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE A HIGHER BENEFIT THAT PROBABLY THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW.

IF THEY ARE CLOSER TO THE WALL, THOSE WALLS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE AND THEY CAN MITIGATE FOR NOISE QUITE A BIT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. STUART, IF I MAY, CHAIR.

MAYOR GANZ? YEAH, I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK.

HE CAME UP TO--OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S OK.

YOUR RESPONSE TO SOMETHING BROUGHT UP ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE.

YOU SAID THAT THE MANAGED LANES WERE A NECESSITY, THE MANAGED LANES GOING IN, WE HAVE A

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THESE LUXURY LANES TO GET PUT IN AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR BUS SERVICE TO BE USED FOR THOSE LANES. IS THAT WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY? YEAH. SO AS [INAUDIBLE] EXPLAINED EARLIER ABOUT THE TURNPIKE'S MANAGED LANE VISION, IT'S A DIFFERENT OPERATIONAL COMPONENT THAN WHAT YOU SEE ON NINETY FIVE EXPRESS.

SO PER OUR TURNPIKE POLICY, WE ARE NOT CHARGING ANY ADDITIONAL TOLL TO USE THESE MANAGE LANES. WE BRAND THEM AS THROUGH LANES.

IT PROVIDES SEPARATION LIKE YOU DO SEE ON NINETY FIVE EXPRESS HAS SOME OF THE SAME LIMITING FEATURES IN TERMS OF LIMITED ACCESS POINTS.

SO THERE ISN'T AN ADDITION. THERE'S NO ADDITIONAL TOLL ON THIS.

OK. THAT'S OK, SO MY QUESTION IS THIS YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING TRUCKS IN THOSE TWO LANES.

MOST OF THE THROUGH TRAFFIC YOU HAVE IS COMMERCE THAT'S COMING THROUGH TO GETTING TO OTHER AREAS. SO YOU'RE PUTTING THOSE IN THE LANES IN WHICH MOST PEOPLE, THE LOCAL TRAFFIC IS GOING TO HAVE TO GET OFF.

THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STAY TO THE RIGHT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOUR EXITS ARE AT, FOR THE MOST PART. SO NOW YOU'RE FORCING THEM THOSE TRUCKS INTO THOSE LANES AND KEEPING THOSE OTHER TWO OUTSIDE LANES FOR WHO AND WHY AND HOW DOES THAT HELP US WITH THE NEED? THE EXCUSE ALWAYS IS WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS BECAUSE WE NEED IT FOR THE ECONOMY AND WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND EXPAND COMMERCE.

BUT IF YOU'RE NOT ALLOWING TRUCKERS WHO ARE TRYING TO GO TO USUALLY FROM MIAMI TO MAYBE JACKSONVILLE OR TURNPIKE DOESN'T TAKE THEM THERE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, HOW DOES THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEM? SO IF YOU'VE DRIVEN THE TURNPIKE RECENTLY OR YOU KNOW THE PORTIONS, LET'S SAY, IN NORTHERN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH, YOU START TO SEE SIGNAGE THAT SAY NO TRUCKS ALLOWED IN THE LEFT LANE. THAT'S AN EXISTING POLICY WHEN WE HAVE SIX LANES OR MORE.

SO WE ALREADY RESTRICT TRUCKS TO NOT USE THE INSIDE LANE.

THAT'S ALREADY A POLICY.

THIS JUST FORMALIZES THAT.

BUT IT DOES PROVIDE FOR THOSE OTHER TYPES OF MODES TO HAVE THAT LIMITED POINTS OF ENTRY AND EXIT. UNDERSTOOD.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MR. STUART. OK, GREAT.

JUST YOU HAVE YOUR CORRESPONDENCE, YOUR FINANCIAL REPORTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. IF YOU LOOK INTO CORRESPONDENCE, WE GOT A LOT OF CORRESPONDENCE ON THIS PROJECT AND SO PLEASE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THEM.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE MAKING ANY DECISIONS ON THIS OR SEEING THIS IN THE WORK PROGRAM ANYTIME SOON, BUT IT'S GOOD TO BE AWARE AND MAYBE ONE DAY WE'LL CONVERT THE MANAGE LANES INTO TRANSIT LANES AND WE'LL SEE HOW THAT WORKS, BUT UNTIL THAT DAY HAPPENS, WE ARE WHERE WE ARE.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND.

I JINXED IT [INAUDIBLE] AN HOUR AND TWENTY MINUTES.

"RECORDING STOPPED."

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.