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YES, WE DO. OK, THANK YOU, MR. GABRIEL. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AND IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
THE PLEDGE AND IF I CAN HAVE A MEMBER WILLIAMS, AS PRESIDENT OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE MA'AM, GOOD MORNING.THANK YOU, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MEMBER WILLIAMS, AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING, IF THERE'S ANY COMMENTS FOR THOSE ON THE BOARD.
REMEMBER TO PRESS YOUR MIC ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER.
I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS HOW TO DO THAT NOW, BUT FOR ANY NEW MEMBERS JUST TRYING TO REMIND YOU A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN FOR THOSE MEMBERS ON ZOOM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND WHEN YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
FOR VOTING, MEMBERS IN THE BOARDROOM WILL USE THEIR ELECTRONIC SYSTEM TO VOTE, AS WE ALL KNOW, AND FOR MEMBERS THAT ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, IF YOU DO NOT RESPOND.
YOUR VOTE WILL BE TAKEN AS CONSENT.
AND IF YOU'RE OPPOSING THE ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.
SO CAN WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, PLEASE?
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
SO I BELIEVE EVERYONE THAT'S PRESENT HAS BEEN MARKED, THANK YOU, IS THAT CORRECT, MR. STUART, STAFF? THEY'RE GOOD. CORRECT, REBECCA.DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ON LINE? DO WE WANT TO READ THEM IN? CAN THEY JUST PLEASE SAY HELLO? THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE.
YES. HI, THIS IS MAYOR ARSERIO, CITY OF MARGATE.
ANYONE ELSE? I ALSO HAVE JOY COOPER.
MAYOR COOPER, MAYOR PAUL, COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE, I'M TRYING TO GET THEM ALL IN.
DON'T WORRY, GUYS. COMMISSIONER PLACKO.
SO CAN WE HAVE THE MEMBERS JUST ACKNOWLEDGE AND SAY HELLO SO WE CAN HEAR THEM? THE SYSTEM IS BEING A LITTLE SLOW ON ZOOM, SO I DO APOLOGIZE.
NO WORRIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE SAYS HELLO AND WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE LISTENING AND ABLE TO HEAR US.
I ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER LLEWELLYN, SO WE GOT SEVERAL.
MAYOR MCGEE. IS ANYONE OUT THERE LISTENING THAT CAN VERIFY THAT THEY ARE? HELLO. YES.
WHO'S THIS? COMMISSIONER LORI LLEWELLYN FROM DANIA BEACH? MAYOR COOPER'S HERE, HALLANDALE BEACH.
THANK YOU MAYOR. ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER ANDRE MCGEE, POMPANO BEACH.
ANYONE ELSE? I ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER SCUOTTO FROM SUNRISE.
OK, WELL, I KNOW COMMISSIONER SCUOTTO CAN SPEAK UP, SO COMMISSIONER SCUOTTO? YEAH, I'M HERE.
OK. SO IS THAT EVERYONE THAT'S YOU CAN SEE.
SO WE HAVE THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
[3. Approval of Minutes - February 10, 2022]
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THAT? AND IF THERE'S NOT, PLEASE USE YOUR YOUR PANEL TO MAKE A MOTION.SO IT WAS MOVED BY A MEMBER, JAFFE, AND SECONDED BY MEMBER ZIADE, ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. PLEASE USE YOUR PANEL TO VOTE.
OK, I BELIEVE EVERYONE THAT'S PRESENT HAS VOTED AND THOSE THAT ARE VIRTUAL, I WOULD ASSUME IF YOU ARE IN OPPOSITION, PLEASE USE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.
OTHERWISE, WE WILL MARK YOU IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
MOVING ON TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
CAN HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE? WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER ZIADE, SECONDED BY MEMBER COLBOURNE, SWITCHED SO QUICK ON ME THAT I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS THE SAME TWO PEOPLE.MOTION BY MEMBER ZIADE AND SECONDED BY MEMBER COLBOURNE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE. PLEASE USE YOUR PANEL TO VOTE.
OK. AND I THINK MEMBER MELTZER, IF YOU COULD PLEASE TRY ONE MORE TIME.
THERE WE GO. OK, SO MOTION PASSES.
THANK YOU. NOW WE GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE MPO?
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MR. STUART, DO YOU HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP ANYTHING? NOPE, YOU'RE FREE.OK. LET THE RECORD SHOW MEMBER GANZ ARRIVED.
[6. Approval of Excused Absences]
OH, I REMEMBER YOU, DEAN. MY APOLOGIES.THANK YOU. SO MOVE ON TO THE AGENDA FOR APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES.
I BELIEVE CHAIR ORTIS, WE WERE CERTAINLY FEELING HIS ABSENCE HERE TODAY AND THEN A MEMBER CARN AND MEMBER MARTIN AND THE OTHERS THAT WE NEED TO ADD.
I KNOW THERE WAS SOME, SOME CHANGES HERE AT THE LAST MINUTE.
SEEING NONE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEIR ABSENCES PLEASE? MEMBER COLBOURNE MOVED IT AND SECONDED BY MEMBER ZIADE.
YOU TOO ARE JUST LIKE, YOU'RE LIKE [INAUDIBLE] IT'S LIKE, YOU'RE THE I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A THING. IT'S LIKE, I KEEP LOOKING AT IT.
IT'S THE SAME MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
I KNOW, I KNOW I GOT, I GOT MY MONEY ON THESE TWO LADIES.
EVERYONE, PLEASE VOTE USING YOUR YOUR BUTTONS THERE.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE HAS VOTED, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND THEY HAVE BEEN EXCUSED, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ACTION ITEMS.
[1. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 - 2026 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): 1. Broward MPO Request to Program Additional Funding Allocated to the Broward MPO in the Recently Passed Federal Transportation Bill - Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA): A. FM# 4393243: BROWARD MPO FY 2020/2021 - 2021/2022 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) B. FM# 4393244: BROWARD MPO FY 2022/2023 - 2023/2024 UPWP 2. FDOT Request to Add Five New Projects and One Phase to an Existing Project: C. FM# 4495231: Advanced WWD Detection Systems Broward County D. FM# 4492821: SR-7/US 441 AT ROYAL PALM BLVD/COPANS ROAD E. FM# 4504511: 5310 ARPA - City of the Pembroke Pines - Southwest Focal Point Senior Center F. FM# 4504541: 5310 ARPA - Woodhouse Operating Assistance G. FM# 4504741: 5310 CRRSAA - Henderson Behavioral Health, Inc. H. FM# 4358085: SR-9/I-95 MOBILITY HUB AT CYPRESS CREEK]
AND YES, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR FY 2022 TO 2026 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TIP.AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON THAT LIST THAT ARE BEING IDENTIFIED.
AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THOSE INDIVIDUALLY AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU FOR VOTING.
BASICALLY, WHAT I WANT TO SAY BEFORE MR. GIES GIVES THE PRESENTATION IS ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS THE MPO REQUEST PROGRAM, ADDITIONAL FUNDS ALLOCATING TO THE BROWARD MPO AND THE RECENTLY PASSED FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION BILL, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS IIJA.
THERE WERE TWO FM NUMBERS THAT WE WERE REQUESTING BECAUSE THE OMNIBUS BILL HAS NOT PASSED AND WE'RE STILL WAITING.
THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OFF UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SEE THAT PASS, HOPEFULLY ON TUESDAY OUT OF THE SENATE AND TO THE PRESIDENT'S DESK FOR SIGNATURE.
MR. GIES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE IT FROM HERE? ALL RIGHT, I'M GETTING THE THUMBS UP.
THANK YOU, MR. STUART. THANK YOU.
MS. CHAIR, PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
I'M GOING TO GIVE A SHORT PRESENTATION ON THESE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AMENDMENTS. AS GREG MENTIONED, THE FIRST SET OF AMENDMENTS ARE GOING TO BE REQUESTED TO BE TAKEN OFF FOR THE REASONS THAT HE STATED.
BUT THEN THE REMAINING AMENDMENTS ARE ACTUALLY REQUESTS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO JUST AS A REMINDER, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW OUR CORE PRODUCTS GRAPHIC.
SO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS THE BLUE BOX IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
THIS IS THE LAST STAGE OF THE PROJECT ID DELIVERY PROCESS, SO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE TODAY ARE ACTUALLY FUNDED AND MOVING FORWARD, AND THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE SOME TYPE OF AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THEIR PROCESS ON THROUGH DELIVERY.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, ORIGINALLY WHEN YOU SAW THIS ITEM WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED, THERE WERE REQUESTS MADE BY THE BROWARD MPO AND ALSO REQUESTS BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AS YOU WILL SEE HERE IN STRIKETHROUGH, THE PROPOSED TIP AMENDMENTS REQUESTED BY THE BROWARD MPO ARE BEING REQUESTED TO BE PULLED, AS MR. STUART MENTIONED. THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
WE'RE COORDINATING WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL IN ORDER FOR THE AUTHORIZATION TO BE ALL IN PLACE.
WE THOUGHT SURELY BY THIS TIME WE WOULD HAVE FUNDING AVAILABLE AND WE'D BE ABLE TO PROGRAM IT AND WE WANT IT TO BE AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, TIMING SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK OUT.
SO FOR THIS MEETING, WE ARE GOING TO PULL THESE ITEMS AND YOU WILL SEE THEM RETURN THEN IN A FUTURE MEETING ONCE ALL OF THOSE AUTHORIZATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT HAVE SORTED THEMSELVES OUT.
IT MAY ALSO BE AS PART OF OUR UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT YOU WILL SEE IN JULY. SO DEPENDING ON THE TIMING, WE MAY SEND IT AS A SEPARATE AMENDMENT WHERE IT MAY ACTUALLY TRAVEL WITH THE UPDATE TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IN JULY. AS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AMENDMENTS, THESE WERE ALL REQUESTED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THEIR PROJECTS.
THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PRESENT TODAY IN THE ROOM IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS, YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'RE OPERATING FOR FIXED ROUTE.
SO THESE ARE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO SUPPORT FIXED ROUTE.
IN THIS CASE, TRANSIT OR COMMUNITY CIRCULATORS WITHIN BROWARD AND THE OTHER TWO PROJECTS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST ARE SAFETY PROJECTS AT THE STATED LOCATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE MOBILITY HUB AT CYPRESS CREEK, THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT FEE THAT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED INTO THE PLAN.
IT IS FOR TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
BUT BECAUSE IT IS IN CURRENT YEAR AND BECAUSE IT IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERMIT THAT IS REQUIRED ACCORDING TO THE LAW, WE MUST THEN BRING THAT FORWARD AS A TIP AMENDMENT.
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SO AS MENTIONED, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE FDOT STAFF IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND PROBABLY SOME OF THE PROJECT MANAGERS ARE ON LINE.IN CASE YOU DO HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND HAPPY TO RESPOND.
OKAY. WELL, I DON'T SEE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE, SO SEEING NONE DO I HAVE A MOTION.
SO, MADAME CHAIR, IF THE MOTION IS FOR ITEM TWO, THE RECORD IS GOING TO REFLECT THAT ITEM ONE WAS WITHDRAWN BY BY STAFF.
YES, AND IT'S ITEM TWO, ALONG WITH ALL THE ITEMS LISTED.
C THROUGH H CORRECT? CORRECT. OK. SO THERE'S A MOTION BY MEMBER WILLIAMS AND SECONDED BY MEMBER SHUMAN.
PLEASE SIGNIFY BY HITTING YOUR PANEL, PRESSING YES.
IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE, NOPE, NOPE.
YES, EVERYONE HAS VOTED, SO MOVING ON THEN NOW TO DID WE CHECK ONLINE? WE'RE GOOD. EVERYONE'S GOOD, EVERYONE'S STILL PRESENT.
CORRECT. OK, SO THOSE ONLINE, IF YOU HAVEN'T RAISED YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, WE WILL TAKE YOU AS A YES. SO MOVING ON TO ITEM TWO.
[2. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]
IT'S A PUBLIC MEETING. YES, AND THIS IS ALL OUR MEETINGS, ALL OUR ITEMS, OF COURSE, ARE PUBLIC AND PUBLIC CAN COMMENT.BUT HOWEVER, THIS IS A ACTUAL ADVERTISED PUBLIC MEETING.
SO WE'RE MAKING SPECIAL NOTE OF THAT.
THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE MTP. OK, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING ONCE AGAIN.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAI,R PETER GIES AGAIN WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. YOU'RE GOING TO BE STUCK WITH ME NOT ONLY FOR THIS PRESENTATION, BUT A LATER ONE AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
SO YOU'LL BE SEEING A LOT OF ME.
YES SO THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE THE MPO BOARD ON DECEMBER 9TH WITH REQUESTED AMENDMENTS BY A COUPLE OF OUR PARTNERS.
I DON'T HAVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION TODAY.
THE ONLY THING THAT I WILL MENTION IS THAT SINCE THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE HAD ON DECEMBER 9TH, BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT DID SEND US A LETTER TO WITHDRAW THEIR AMENDMENT REQUEST. WE WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THEM AS PART OF THE NEXT MTP AMENDMENT CYCLE TO IDENTIFY TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING FOR THROUGH THE IIJA.
AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO SEE WHERE WE CAN APPLY THEIR PROJECTS WITHIN OUR PLAN SO THAT THEY CAN LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS.
AND WE ALSO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO REMOVE ONE OF THEIR REQUESTS, GRIFFIN ROAD, WHICH WILL ALSO RETURN THEN AS PART OF A PRESENTATION AND THEN LIKELY THE NEXT AMENDMENT CYCLE AS WELL.
BUT THE REMAINDER OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU ON DECEMBER 9TH ARE STILL MOVING FORWARD.
BEFORE I DO CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION, I KNOW THE PORT DIRECTOR JONATHAN DANIEL SHOULD BE ONLINE VIRTUALLY, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS RELATED TO THE AMENDMENT THAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE PORT.
THEY'VE RECENTLY UPDATED THEIR PORT MASTER VISION PLAN AND AS A RESULT, ONCE AGAIN, IN ORDER TO ENABLE THEM TO PURSUE CERTAIN FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.
THEY'RE INCORPORATING THOSE PROJECTS INTO OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS, AND I BELIEVE HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ONE OF THOSE.
SO I WILL INTRODUCE MR. DANIELS FROM THE PORT AND REBECCA AND/OR TEAM.
IF HE COULD BRING HIM ON LINE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MR. DANIELS, I THINK, CAN YOU CAN YOU CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN THANK YOU.
WE CAN EVEN I THINK WE CAN SEE YOU THERE.
THANK YOU AND CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE WITH YOU HERE THIS MORNING TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS, COMMISSIONERS THAT WE HAVE, MADAM CHAIR.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE WITH YOU.
BRIEFLY TODAY, WAS PROVIDED TWO TO THREE MINUTES.
I'LL DO MY BEST TO STAY WITHIN THAT.
FIRST OF ALL, AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE MPO AND THE PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE ON THE AMENDMENT.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE MASTER AND VISION PLANNING PROCESS.
WE ARE BEGINNING IN 2023 TO GO THROUGH THE NEXT THE FOURTH ITERATION, THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, TO THE MASTER VISION PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL THUS FAR AND ALLOWING THAT OPPORTUNITY OR ALLOWING THAT PLAN TO SERVE AS THE GUIDELINE FOR US CURRENTLY WITHIN OUR PHASE ONE, LOOKING AT PHASE TWO AND PHASE THREE, MOVING DOWN THE LINE.
SO THE ASSISTANCE OF THE MPO AND ALLOWING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE AND AMEND IS NECESSARY IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THE GRANT PROCESS, WORKING THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITERATIONS AND SEVERAL DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH THE MARITIME ADMINISTRATION THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, BUT WE CONTINUE TO PUSH FORWARD.
WE DID JUST GO THROUGH A DEBRIEF YESTERDAY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON RAISED FUNDING. DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR THAT MOVING FORWARD.
IT JUST DOES NOT APPEAR THAT OUR PROJECT THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW TRULY FITS THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE UTILIZATION OF FUNDS FOR THAT.
AND WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES FROM BULKHEAD REPLACEMENTS TO
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THE SLIP ONE ENERGY AND PETROLEUM PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE GOING ON.WE HAVE ALL OF THIS, THOUGH, AND I THINK I'D BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT TO ALL THE GRANTS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING FOR ALL THE INVESTMENTS THAT'S BEING MADE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COMMISSION REALLY DOESN'T TIE ALL TOGETHER UNTIL WE GET THE DEEPENING AND WIDENING PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.
THANKFULLY, JUST A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, WE DID HAVE OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR THE ADDITIONAL DRAFT, A SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THIS IS THE SECOND DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, AND WE ARE PUSHING TOWARD A RECORD OF DECISION IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THAT FOR TWENTY SIX YEARS.
THE PRICE OF THAT PROJECT AND THE COST OF THAT PROJECT HAS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
BUT WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW ON THE BENEFIT COST RATIO AND WITH THE ULTIMATE BENEFITS THAT WE ARE SEEING IN THE PROJECT, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE WELL ABOVE THE ONE THRESHOLD THAT'S NECESSARY TO ALLOW FOR THIS PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH YOU AS PARTNERS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO BE A PART OF THIS PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD.
I'D BE WILLING TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OTHER MEMBERS MAY HAVE.
THERE'S SOMEONE IN THE QUEUE MR. GIES. ANYTHING ELSE? ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE A MEMBER, MEMBER JAFFE AND GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. MR. STUART COULD COMING ON.
THIS IS COMING RIGHT AFTER THE FIVE YEAR TIP AMENDMENTS THAT WE MADE.
COULD YOU FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE AND ALSO FROM MY OTHER FOR MY KNOWLEDGE? EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE, IF ANY, BETWEEN THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR THE FIVE YEAR TIP PLAN VERSUS THE FURTHER OUT MTP PLAN.
HOW HOW THE FUNDING IS ALLOCATED, HOW WE LOOK AT THAT AND HOW THAT AFFECTS ALL THESE PROJECTS. AND MR. GIES IS REALLY GOOD AT THIS.
OKAY, THANK YOU. SURE, SURE THING.
VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND OFTEN ONE THAT WE GET FROM THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TIP AND THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO IF YOU REMEMBER MY CORE GRAPHIC, CORE PRODUCTS GRAPHIC THAT I SHOWED EARLIER WITH THE BLUE BOXES AND THE GREEN BOXES, WE CALL THAT THE CONVEYOR BELT OF PROJECT PROGRAMING.
SO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS REALLY THE FIRST PIECE.
IN ORDER FOR A PROJECT TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING, IT MUST BE LISTED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
SO EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT GETS FUNDED WITH MPO DOLLARS IS LISTED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
IT IS A VERY HIGH LEVEL PLANNING DOCUMENT THAT LOOKS OUT TWENTY FIVE YEARS, BUT IT IS COST CONSTRAINED, WHICH MEANS THAT WE LOOK AT FINANCIAL FORECASTS PROVIDED TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING THAT WE CAN REASONABLY ANTICIPATE OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
WHAT HAPPENS THEN, IS EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS WHERE WE PULL PROJECTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ACTUALLY BEGIN TO ASSIGN THE FUNDING TO IT.
AND THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO THINK OF IF I CAN, IF I CAN MAKE THIS RELATABLE.
THINK OF THIS AS YOUR SORT OF HOUSE PROJECT LIST, RIGHT? YOU HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF THEM ARE BEING FUNDED, BUT EVERY YEAR YOU PROBABLY SIT DOWN AND YOU SAY, OK, I'M GOING TO REPLACE THE ROOF THIS YEAR AND I'M GOING TO DO THE DRIVEWAY THIS YEAR.
AND THAT'S THEN WHAT YOU ACTUALLY WILL BUDGET THE MONEY FOR AND SPEND MONEY ON THE REST OF THE PROJECTS WILL STILL REMAIN THERE, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS. IT'S THAT BUCKET OF PROJECTS THAT BASICALLY SAYS THESE PROJECTS ARE READY FOR FUNDING.
AND THEN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS WHERE YOU ACTUALLY BEGIN TO APPLY THOSE DOLLARS USING YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, USING YOUR FUNDS IN ORDER TO SPEND THEM.
SO THE AMENDMENT THAT WE DID EARLIER IS TO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GETTING READY TO BE BUILT, DESIGNED, WHATEVER PHASE OF THE PROCESS THEY WERE IN.
AND THEN ALSO THE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE REMAINING COST CONSTRAINED OVER THAT LONG TERM, THAT 25 YEAR TERM AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING CONTINUE TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE FUNDING AS WELL.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION.
THANK YOU, PETER. YES, MR. STUART. YOU'RE RIGHT. HE WAS THE ONE TO ANSWER THAT.
YEAH, AND THE ROOF ANALOGY IS GREAT ROOF AND DRIVEWAY YOU USUALLY DON'T DO IN THE SAME YEAR. THANK YOU, MEMBER JAFFE.
GOOD MORNING, PORT DIRECTOR WITH THE COMMISSION ON MARCH 8TH THE OTHER DAY.
WAS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAME UP AS A SURPRISE FROM THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT? IT WAS. IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SURPRISING THAT WE DID NOT SEE THE TYPE OF COMMENTS THAT WE ANTICIPATED. CERTAINLY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OPPONENTS TO THE PROJECT.
WE FEEL THAT DURING THE LAST YEAR TO YEAR AND A HALF WITH THE ARMY CORPS HAS DONE AND CERTAINLY IT TRANSLATES INTO AN INCREASED COST IS THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THE SIGNIFICANT ISSUES THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD REGARDING POTENTIAL INDIRECT IMPACTS.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY HAVE GONE, THEY'VE DONE A DEEPER DIVE IN LOOKING AT MITIGATION
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AND REMEDIATION PROGRAMS AND MINIMIZATION PROGRAMS THAT NOW ALLOW US THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY HAS WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH THE INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP.THEY'VE DONE AN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC JOB AND WE TRULY DO HAVE A SCIENCE BASED DREDGING AND DEEPENING AND WIDENING PROGRAM.
THIS WILL BE THE MOST SCRUTINIZED DREDGING PROJECT EVER UNDERTAKEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAS LED TO A LITTLE BIT OF FRUSTRATION, BUT IN THE END, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN BE EXTREMELY PROUD OF.
WE HAVE A VERY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR THIS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENT, AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE OBLIGATIONS.
WE'RE WILLING TO TAKE ON THOSE OBLIGATIONS AND THE PLAN THAT THE ARMY CORPS NOW HAS IN THE PORT IN THE COUNTY IS A NON FEDERAL SPONSOR.
I THINK THAT IT'S REALLY COME TOGETHER.
THE ONE QUESTION THAT CAME OUT, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE WOULD COME OUT AND ASK A QUESTION WAS IMMEDIATELY ANSWERED, AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH WHETHER THE TRIGGER POINTS OF TURBIDITY WITHIN THE ICW AND WITHIN THE CHANNEL AND WITHIN THE PROJECT LIMITS ITSELF, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ARMY CORPS BASICALLY TO SHUT THE PROJECT DOWN FOR A PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL THE TURBIDITY LEVELS DECREASED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE EXHIBITS GOES EXHAUSTIVELY INTO THE TRIGGER LIMITS WITHIN THAT, SO ALL OF THAT HAS BEEN COVERED.
SO THAT'S A LONG WINDED WAY OF SAYING THERE WERE NO SURPRISES.
AND IN FACT, A COUPLE OF THE OPPONENTS ACTUALLY WERE DID COME ONLINE AND APPLAUDED THE ARMY CORPS AND THE PORT FOR GOING THIS EXTRA STEP TO TRY AND ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A YEAR AGO.
SO WE CAN WE WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN MEET THOSE THRESHOLDS THAT THEY'RE ASKING.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. WE YES, YES, SIR.
WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT RIGHT NOW AND AGAIN, AND IT IS THE TYPE OF MONITOR GREEN THAT'S NOW GOING TO BE NECESSARY AS OPPOSED TO WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE PROJECT DOWN TO THE SOUTH OF US. THERE IS THERE'S TRULY A BELT AND SUSPENDERS PROCESS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT THE DREDGING COMPANY DOING THE MONITORING, BUT A THIRD PARTY COMPANY THAT WILL BE COMING IN AND MONITORING THE DREDGING COMPANY AND THE CONTRACTOR TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE.
THANK YOU MEMBER. THANK YOU, SIR.
GOOD MORNING, MR. MAYOR. SO GOOD.
WE'RE HEARING ALL THIS AND YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND EVERYONE APPRECIATES IT.
BUT WHEN ARE WE GOING TO START TO DIG? WHEN IS IT? IT'S A GREAT QUESTION THAT ONE WE WE ENJOY ANSWERING BECAUSE IT DOES PUT THE ARMY CORPS ON ON THE SPOT THE WAY WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND GOING THROUGH THIS LAST ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT PROCESS, THE RECORD OF DECISION WILL BE ISSUED THIS FALL THAT ALLOWS US THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO OUT TO BID ON THE FIRST PORTION OF THE PROJECT.
AND THAT IS THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE COAST GUARD STATION.
WE ANTICIPATE NEXT TO MARCH OR APRIL THE PROCUREMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THE ARMY CORPS FOR THAT PROJECT AND THEN APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR LATER TO TWENTY TWENTY FOUR SPRING OF TWENTY TWENTY FOUR, THE PROCUREMENT WILL GO OUT FOR THE ACTUAL DIGGING COMPONENT AND THE HEAVY CONSTRUCTION COMPONENT.
THE PROJECT WILL TAKE SIX YEARS AND A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE MIGRATION OF THE MANATEES, IS THE AMOUNT OF BLASTING THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY AND THERE'S 280 INDIVIDUAL BLASTING COMPONENTS.
WE CAN ONLY DO THAT DURING CERTAIN PARTS OF THE YEAR, SO IT PUSHES THE PROJECT OUT FOR SIX YEARS. SO WE START DIGGING 2024 AND SHOULD END IN 2030.
SO 2024, WE SHOULD BE OUT THERE WITH OUR BINOCULARS WATCHING YOU DIG.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 2030, SO WE'RE TALKING EIGHT YEARS FROM NOW.
THE PROJECT SHOULD BE. YES SIR.
BECAUSE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVITY.
I GET ALL THAT, BUT THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR HOW MANY DECADES.
IT'S WE'RE 20, CURRENTLY WE'RE 26 YEARS.
OK. OK. WE'RE NOT IN A HURRY, THOUGH.
ALONG WITH THAT, I THINK CERTAINLY WE HAVE SEEN SUCCESS BEYOND THAT IN WAITING.
THE DESIGN VESSEL ITSELF WAS CALLED THE SUSAN MAERSK, AND SHE WAS SET AT ABOUT EIGHTY FIVE TO EIGHTY HUNDRED TEUS, AND THAT'S THE MEASUREMENT THAT DENOTE THE SIZE OF THE VESSEL. WE'RE ALREADY BRINGING NINETY SEVEN HUNDRED TEU VESSELS IN.
FACT, THERE'S ONE DOWN AT THE DOCKS RIGHT NOW IN SOUTH PORT.
SO WE HAVE PUSHED THE CHANNEL AS FAR AS WE CAN AND STILL MAINTAIN THE LEVEL OF SAFETY THAT WE REQUIRE.
SO WE NEED THAT CHANNEL TO TO IMPROVE.
WE NEED THAT CHANNEL TO DEEP AND WE NEED TO WIDEN IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THIS HOME.
MR. DANIELS. WE CERTAINLY ARE.
I THINK WE'RE ON THE LAST WE'VE GOTTEN OVER ONE OF THE LAST HURDLES.
AND WE HAD A MOTION BY MEMBER WILLIAMS SECONDED BY A MEMBER.
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COLBOURNE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.EXCUSE ME MADAM CHAIR BEFORE YOU DO.
IF YOU WOULD JUST CALL FOR THE PUBLIC SEE OF ANY.
ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
IT WAS A PUBLIC NOTICE MEETING.
SO IF EVERYONE COULD PLEASE USE YOUR PANEL AND VOTE? I WAS LIKE, WOW.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE PRESENT HAS VOTED, AND THOSE VIRTUALLY HAVE THEY ALSO VOTED.
OK, GREAT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE AND ITEM.
[3. MOTION TO APPROVE : A.) Agreement Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Whitehouse Group, Inc. for Advancing Strategic Initiatives RFP No. 22-02 in an Amount Not to Exceed $2,000,000 B.) Task Work Order No. 1 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO) and Whitehouse Group, Inc. for the Strategic Business Plan Update in an Amount Not to Exceed $90,768.24 ]
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MR. DANIELS. THERE'S TWO ITEMS ON THIS.ITEM A IS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP INC FOR ADVANCING STRATEGIC INITIATIVES RFP NUMBER 2022-02 IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION.
AND ITEM B IS TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE BETWEEN THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP FOR THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE, AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $90,768.24.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE AN ITEM A AND B.
NO ONE HAS A MOTION CAN HAVE A MOTION, PLEASE.
I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ACTUALLY TAKE, ADOPT FIRST A.
IN THIS CASE AND THEN MOVE TO B AND ADOPTED.
OK, SO WE'RE TAKING ITEM A AS READ INTO THE RECORD AND WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER WELCH, SECOND BY A MEMBER OF GANZ.
NO ONE IN THE, OH WE HAVE ONE IN THE QUEUE MEMBER MELTZER.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION.
UNDER THE MPO STAFF, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A.
MPO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE APPROVED AGREEMENT BLAH BLAH BLAH AND AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $2 MILLION FOR THE FULL TERM OF THE CONTRACT.
DOES THAT FULL TERM INCLUDE THE TWO OPTION YEARS? YES, AS WELL. SO ARE YOU LOOKING AT $400000 PER YEAR? YES. ALL RIGHT, THANKS VERY MUCH.
SO IF EVERYONE COULD USE YOUR THEIR PANEL AND VOTE.
I THOUGHT WE HAD A A MOTION ALREADY, BUT WE HAVEN'T.
GIVE ME A MOMENT, PLEASE, MADAM CHAIR.
WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT PEOPLE SECOND IT NOW.
AT THIS POINT, IT KEEPS CHANGING.
SO WE'RE GOING TO LET EVERYBODY HAVE A CHANCE AT IT.
AND IT WAS SECONDED BY MEMBER GANZ AND EVERYONE.
PLEASE VOTE. GO PLAY THE LOTTO.
IT SEEMS LIKE EVERYONE THAT'S PRESENT HAS VOTED AND THOSE VIRTUAL AND NO CHANGES VIRTUALLY NONE.
OK. SO ITEM A PASSES MAY I HAVE A MOTION NOW ON ITEM B, PLEASE.
AND WE HAVE MEMBERS ZIADE, THE TEAM ZIADE, COLBOURNE TEAM HAS MOVED AND SECONDED THE ITEM. CAN YOU PLEASE NO ONE IN THE QUEUES? CAN WE JUST HAVE EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE, THANK YOU.
AND VIRTUAL, EVERYONE STILL PRESENT.
OK, SO ITEM PASSES UNANIMOUSLY, SO NOW WE MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR.
[4. MOTION TO ACCEPT the Audit Report Prepared for the Broward MPO]
ITEM FOUR IS A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE AUDIT REPORT PREPARED FOR THE BROWARD MPO.AND I THINK MR. CALETKA, YOU'RE GOING TO BE SHARING SOME INFORMATION OR NOT.
OK. WE HAVE INVITED OUR AUDITORS HERE TO SPEAK WITH YOU DIRECTLY.
SURE. SO IF WE CAN HAVE A CONCISE PRESENTATION, WE'D APPRECIATE IT BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW HOW AUDITORS LIKE TO MAKE PRESENTATIONS.
[LAUGHING] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
NO PROBLEM. I'M THE MANAGING PARTNER AT KEITH MCCULLOUGH, THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS FOR THE MPO. YES, SIR.
WITH ME TODAY IS MARK GRACE, ONE OF OUR ASSURANCE PARTNERS, AS WELL AS ROBERT DUNCAN, ONE OF OUR ASSURANCE MANAGERS, AND THEY OVERSEE THE ACTUAL ENGAGEMENT.
WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE FINANCIALS, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE'D LIKE TO DISCUSS JUST BRIEFLY.
WE GAVE AN UNMODIFIED OPINION.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE GO THROUGH A BUNCH OF THINGS, A BUNCH OF TESTING.
WE HAVE TO DO DEEP DIVES INTO ALL THE GRANTS THAT THE MPO GETS.
WE DIDN'T FIND ANY DEFICIENCIES AND [INAUDIBLE] WEAKNESSES WHEN WE DID THAT.
WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MISSTATEMENTS WHEN WE WERE CONDUCTING THE AUDIT.
ANOTHER GOOD THING. EVERYONE HERE, YOU KNOW, WE SAY WHEN WE ASKED FOR THINGS, THEY PROVIDE IT QUICKLY TO US.
SO WHATEVER THEY'RE PROVIDING YOU ON A MONTHLY BASIS, YOU CAN RELY ON THAT, WHICH IS HELPFUL. WE'RE NOT COMING IN AND DOING A BOOKKEEPING JOB.
WE'RE ACTUALLY GETTING TO AUDIT THE INFORMATION.
LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE ANY DISAGREEMENTS WITH ANYBODY.
IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP.
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WE SPEAK OUT, SPEAK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.WE DID WANT TO TOUCH ON ONE THING THAT WE DID RECOMMEND.
I DON'T KNOW IF BILL WANTS TO.
WE HAD ONE OBSERVATION LOOKING AT YOUR MPO AND WE ACTUALLY COMPARE YOU TO OTHER MPOS AND OTHER MAJOR CITIES.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE DUES AT THE BROWARD MPO ARE BETWEEN EIGHT AND 10 CENTS PER PERSON AND IT'S VERY, VERY LEAN.
I MEAN, THE DUES ACROSS THE ENTIRE ORGANIZATION, ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES LAST YEAR, WE'RE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A REFERENCE POINT ON THE EIGHT CENTS, ORLANDO IS 50 CENTS.
AND WHAT HAPPENS IS WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN.
MOST ALL OF OUR GRANTS ARE COST REIMBURSEMENT GRANTS, SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY DISCRETIONARY SPENDING AT ALL.
SO WE HAD ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND IN DUES.
WE SPENT ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND WITH LOBBYISTS.
YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE ONE PENNY TO DO ANY TRAVEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT WITH THE STAFF.
SO WE SAID WE REALLY NEED TO DO IS GET OUR DUES AND IT'S NOT REALLY INTENDED TO BE PUNITIVE, BUT WE NEED TO GET IT MORE IN THE GAME.
OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DO AN EVALUATION OF YOUR DUES RELATIVE TO OTHER MAJOR MPO DUES.
AND I MEAN, I'LL GIVE YOU A REFERENCE POINT.
THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH PAYS $500.
SO EVEN IF YOU 2500, EVEN YOU DOUBLED IT.
IT TRIPLED. IT EVEN QUADRUPLED IT.
I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE PUNITIVE TO ANY ONE MUNICIPALITY, BUT I THINK WITH THE LEVEL OF PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE BACKLOG RIGHT NOW, I THINK YOU SHOULD DO A SERIOUS EVALUATION IF YOU REALLY WANT TO BE ON TOP OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, SCHEDULED TO HAPPEN.
AND THAT WAS OUR RECOMMENDATION, AND WE DID RUN THAT BY MR. STUART. AND HONESTLY, HE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT.
BUT BUT THE INTENT OF OUR RECOMMENDATION IS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT THINGS UNTIL KIND OF THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY.
SO EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT HE DOESN'T LIKE, WE..
I'M SURE HE LIKED THAT. WE WORK FOR THE BOARD.
OK? AND ACTUALLY, WE UNDERSTAND FINANCIALS, AND OUR GOAL IS TO TURN AROUND AND KEEP THE ORGANIZATION IN GOOD STEAD.
MR. STUART BEFORE I GO TO MY COLLEAGUES, JUST THE THE DUES THAT HE'S REFERENCING, ISN'T THOSE FOR LOBBYING PURPOSES? IT'S ACTUALLY LOCAL.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE BEEN USING THEM FOR THE LOBBYING.
BUT YEAH, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LOBBY.
THANK YOU. CORRECT. I APOLOGIZE FOR ADVOCACY, BUT I WASN'T UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THOSE FEES WERE TO BE USED FOR ANY TRAVEL EXPENSES.
THERE, ACTUALLY, YOU DO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE THEM FOR TRAVEL.
YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO USE THEM LIKE WE USE THEM FOR COFFEE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE AVAILABLE. BASICALLY, WE ARE AT A COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE.
MIAMI-DADE'S DUES, ARE $100000 PER COUNTY COMMISSIONER.
AND THEN EACH CITY IS THEN ANOTHER HUNDRED THOUSAND.
SO THE THE MARKET GENERATION FOR LOCAL FUNDS FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO DO THINGS IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.
BUT IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE BROUGHT UP WHEN WE HAVE OUR KIND OF WORKSHOP SETTING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT SO WE CAN HAVE A MORE ENGAGED CONVERSATION ABOUT IT, RATHER THAN JUST BRINGING AN ITEM FORWARD AND HAVING AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO EVALUATE IT ACROSS THE, YOU KNOW, THEY BROUGHT IT UP.
OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO MAKE AN EVALUATION, HAVE STAFF COME UP WITH A RECOMMENDATION AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE DATA THAT THEY FIND AND THEN HAVE THE MEMBER KIND OF WEIGH IN ON IT.
THAT WAS AS SIMPLE A SIMPLE RECOMMENDATION.
I APPRECIATE IT, WELL I HAVE TWO MEMBERS AND I WAS JUST MAKING MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HAVE AND AND ONE OF THOSE SETTINGS WHERE WE CAN HAVE GREATER CONVERSATION THAN DURING ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.
YES. THANK YOU. SO, MADAM CHAIR, YOU TOOK CARE OF MY QUESTION PRETTY MUCH.
I JUST WAS CURIOUS, WHAT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION? ALL RIGHT. IT WAS TO BASICALLY UNDERTAKE AN EVALUATION OF IT THAT OUR OBSERVATIONS SEEMED AS THOUGH IT NEEDED SOME REVISION.
BUT OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S QUITE A BIT THAT WOULD DEFINITELY IMPACT OUR UPCOMING BUDGET MEETINGS IF IT WAS INTENDED FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR FOR THE CITY.
YES, MA'AM. AND IT WAS BRIEF AND CONCISE.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. I HAVE A MEMBER, ZIADE.
YEAH, JUST PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT'S BEEN SAID ALREADY.
THAT'S WHO I REPRESENT, AND THAT'S WHO I AM.
SO JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, LARGER CITY VERSUS SMALLER CITIES.
AND AS I SAID, I FELT AS THOUGH EVEN IF WE MOVED IT CLOSER TO WHAT WE SAW AS SOME SOME OF THE OTHER MARKET RATES, I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS FINANCIAL IMPACT ON ANY ONE CITY.
AND WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THE PEOPLE.
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HERE ARE OUR CLIENTS, PROBABLY HALF OF THEM.AND AS A RESULT, WE'RE NOT ONE OF THEM.
YEAH, I KNOW THAT AND I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE IT DIFFICULT, REALLY.
I'M TRYING TO TURN AROUND AND REALLY KEEP BOTH BOTH PARTIES FUNCTIONING, YOU KNOW? WELL, YOU KNOW, AND LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS BECAUSE SMALL CITIES WERE A SMALL CITY, BUT SO IS PARKLAND. AND SO TO REALISTICALLY COMPARE OUR CITY OR NORTH PARK OR U.S.
I'M SORRY TO CALL OUT ON PARKLAND, BUT YOU'RE YOU'RE THE CLOSEST SMALL CITY THAT HAS QUITE A TAX BASE.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M MENTIONING IT.
JUST CAN I, MADAM CHAIR? YES, WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE MEMBERS.
I MEAN, BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS GET INTO THAT CONVERSATION AND WE'VE AVOIDED THE RAISING OF THE DUES NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE AUDITING TEAM, THE RECOMMENDATION, I CAN'T DISAGREE. I THINK WE CAN'T GET TO 50 CENTS NEXT YEAR THAT'S JUST NOT TENABLE.
NOR CAN WE GET IT INTO YOUR BUDGET THIS YEAR AND YOU'RE DOING BUDGETING AS WE SPEAK.
BUT I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO HAVE A REALISTIC CONVERSATION ON WHAT WE WHERE WE ARE A COMPETITIVELY AGAINST OUR PEERS, NOT JUST HERE IN THE STATE BUT NATIONALLY, AND BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE REALISTICALLY, ORLANDO IS LIKE, YOU KNOW, CLEANING HOUSE AS COMPARED TO THE REST OF US.
AND THAT MIGHT HELP WITH THE MOUSE.
BUT YOU NEVER KNOW. YOU KNOW, SO YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO HAVE THAT DISCUSSION, AND I DON'T WANT TO BE PUNITIVE ON THE SMALLER CITIES.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN FIND A WAY TOGETHER TO, YOU KNOW, THE ENTIRE BOAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. STUART. AND ALSO JUST TO REMIND HER THAT IT'S NOT ONLY MUNICIPALITIES, BUT ALSO THE SCHOOL BOARD PAYS IN AND SO DOES COUNTY COMMISSIONS.
SO MEMBER MELTZER AND ONE SECOND, THERE WE GO.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE PUT ON A FUTURE AGENDA WITH BACKUP AND WE'LL DISCUSS AT THAT TIME.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, AND MR. CALETKA, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DROPPING OFF THE BUDGET.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
BUT HOW DO WE WHERE DO WE ACCESS INFORMATION REGARDING THE CURRENT DUES STRUCTURE, A LIST OF MUNICIPALITIES, THE SCHOOL BOARD, THE COUNTY COMMISSION? WHO'S PAYING WHAT RIGHT NOW? AND AND I GUESS WHEN WHEN THIS GETS PUT ON AN AGENDA, WE'LL I KNOW, I ASSUME WE'LL WANT TO KNOW HOW THE ADDITIONAL MONEY WILL BE SPENT.
WHAT BENEFITS WILL BE DERIVED, YOU KNOW, BY THE COUNTY, ET CETERA.
SO I GUESS I GUESS IMMEDIATELY, I JUST LIKE TO SEE THE THE DUES STRUCTURE AND WHERE THE MONEY IS COMING FROM CURRENTLY.
YES, SIR. THAT COULD BE PROVIDED.
FOR BROWARD MPO ON OUR AGENDA AT THE VERY BOTTOM IN THE INFORMATION SECTION, YOU HAVE THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION AND EXPENSE REPORT, SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE WHAT YOUR CONTRIBUTION FOR YOUR MUNICIPALITY IS AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE CURRENT.
I'M SORRY. SAY AGAIN, WHERE CAN I FIND THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA.
AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN TO FINANCIAL REPORTS, IT'S NUMBER TWO.
THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION AND EXPENSE.
THE BOARD'S KNOWLEDGE, WE ACTUALLY PUT THAT THERE EVERY MONTH.
IT'S NOT QUARTER, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF ALSO WE CAN PROVIDE SINCE MEMBER MELTZER'S NEW, PROVIDE HIM A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY OF HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
I THINK IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE'VE MODIFIED THE PAYOUTS A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT? CERTAINLY, I KNOW WHAT SCHOOL BOARD WAS PAYING, WHAT THE COUNTY WAS PAYING AND MUNICIPALITIES I THINK.
SO IF WE CAN PROVIDE HIM, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOME MINUTES OF THE MEETING SO HE CAN HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT TRANSPIRED THAT'D BE GREAT FOR HIM AS WELL.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE AUDITOR IS, YOU KNOW, WE TAKE A DOLLAR IN AND WE SPEND A DOLLAR.
AND SO IF THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE COLLECTION, THEN WE HAVE A PROBLEM IMMEDIATELY WITH PAYING OUR BILLS FOR OUR ADVOCATES.
SO THE IDEA WAS YOU NEED TO HAVE A LARGER REVENUE STREAM THAN YOUR EXPENSES AND IT IS ACTUALLY OK TO HAVE A BALANCE ROLL FORWARD AND WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE THAT.
MEMBER MELTZER DID YOU HAVE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY'S TRYING TO HANDICAP YOU.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO HANDCUFF YOU AND NOT LET YOU DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS.
JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS GOING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE BETTERMENT OF OUR COUNTY AND I'M SURE IT IS, SO THANKS AGAIN.
THANK YOU, SIR. SO I HAVE A MEMBER FURR.
THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I JUST WONDER IF WITHIN THAT RECOMMENDATION YOU TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION.
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THE COUNTY HAS A PRETTY HEALTHY ADVOCACY BUDGET.AND I WONDER IF BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OVERLAP THERE, I THINK WITH TRANSIT AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS, IS THAT WAS THAT TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION? WELL, FROM OUR AUDIT PERSPECTIVE, WE DID NOT SEGREGATE, YOU KNOW, THE MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE COUNTY OR THE SCHOOL BOARD.
WE JUST LOOKED IN TOTALITY AND SAID IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN YOUR MPO AND SOME OTHERS.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF A MULTIFACETED THING.
OUR SHORT REPORT IS SLOWLY BECOMING A LONGER REPORT HERE, BUT WE BASICALLY WANTED TO HAVE AN UNDERTAKING AND THEN GIVE THE MUNICIPALITY THE OPTION TO DECIDE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER THEY THOUGHT IT SHOULD BE ADJUSTED.
OK, I GUESS I JUST SAY THAT BECAUSE OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES DO HAVE A LOT OF THINGS IN COMMON, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF OVERLAP THERE THAT MIGHT SKEW THE RECOMMENDATION A LITTLE BIT.
THANK YOU. AND I THINK, YES, SIR.
AND THEN WE JUST TO JUST DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL.
IN ORLANDO AS THE EXAMPLE, SEMINOLE AND ORANGE COUNTY PROVIDE DUES TO METROPOLITAN ORLANDO. THEY ALSO HAVE VERY ROBUST FEDERAL ADVOCACY AND STATE ADVOCACY.
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE DUPLICATION IS A BAD THING.
IT'S MORE VOICES, MORE MORE ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
SO THAT, I THINK, IS, YOU KNOW, PART AND PARCEL OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT. I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS.
IT WAS YOUR RECOMMENDATION THAT REALLY THREW IT OFF.
AND LAST, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT DISTINCTION.
MEMBER JAFFE? THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST TO FOLLOW UP MR. STUART, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BROUGHT BACK TO US ON ANOTHER LATER DATE ON THE AGENDA ITEM WITH BACKUP, IF WE CAN SEE POSSIBLY ALSO WHAT THE DUES ARE FOR OTHER FOR OTHER COUNTIES, LARGE COUNTIES THAT ARE SIMILAR TO BROWARD COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHERE WE FIT IN WITH THE ENTIRE COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA THAT ARE THE SAME LEVEL AS BROWARD COUNTY AND MIAMI-DADE LIKE YOU SAID, YEAH, WE'LL BRING TO YOU, FLORIDA, WE'LL BRING TO YOU, THE REST OF THE COUNTRY.
YOU KNOW, LOOK AT OUR LOOK AT OUR COMPETITION BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY THE BIGGER THING.
AND THEN WE CAN EVEN SHOW YOU WHAT MAYBE THE OUR COMPETITION BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ADVOCACY AS WELL.
SO WE CAN KIND OF SHOW THAT HOW THAT PLAYS OUT.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST FOR ADVOCACY.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THE FUNDS ARE DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO USE FOR.
THANK YOU. SO THERE'S NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE REPORT AND A SECOND PLACE MOTION BY MEMBER WELCH.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE VOTE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU. AND MEMBER COLBOURNE IS SO MEMBER WILLIAMS CAN YOU PRESS ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE? AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEMBERS THAT HAVE LEFT MEMBER HARTMAN IS NO LONGER HE'S NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT.
AND MEMBER, TRANTALIS ALSO STEPPED OUT.
SO WE ARE DONE AND MOTION PASSES.
SO GOING DOWN TO THE REGULAR ITEMS, COMMENTS FROM THE VICE CHAIR, I JUST WANT TO TAKE A
[7. Comments from the Chair]
MOMENT, REALLY. THIS IS WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH AND IT WAS PRETTY EXCITING TO HAVE AN EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING TODAY AND IT WAS ALL WOMEN.BUT. BUT REALLY, WE HAVE SO MANY WOMEN ON THIS MPO, I REALLY CONGRATULATE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. WE HAVE MAYORS, VICE MAYORS, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE STAFF HERE FROM MPO WHO ARE PHENOMENAL WOMEN AND DO A TREMENDOUS JOB FOR TRANSPORTATION IN THIS COUNTY.
AND I JUST WANT TO TAKE A SECOND REALLY TO ACKNOWLEDGE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THIS COUNTY.
[APPLAUSE] AND BEING VICE CHAIR OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ON AN ALL WOMAN BOARD WITH A WOMAN SUPERINTENDENT, I WANTED TO JUST THROW THAT IN AT THE VERY END.
[8. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]
DID WE HAVE ANY THING THAT ANY MEMBERS HAD SUBMITTED ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SAY, TYPICALLY WE HAVE THEM SUBMITTED? YES, MR. GABRIEL, DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? OH, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU WANTED TO JUST JUMP IN? OK, SO SEEING NONE.WE HAVE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT.
DID I MISS SOMEONE? I'M SHOWING TWO PEOPLE IN THE QUEUE.
I APOLOGIZE. MEMBER WILLIAMS? I GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU ALL KNOW A UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION OFFICE GRADUATE, AND I'M A PART TIME FARMER IN THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE MAGAZINE APRIL-MAY EDITION.
WE ARE GOING, MY CITY, LAUDERDALE LAKES, IS BEING HIGHLIGHTED.
SO MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT MAGAZINE.
THANK YOU. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, AND WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, WHO'S ALSO A WOMAN, MS. WILLIAMS. SO THANK YOU, MA'AM, FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP.
[APPLAUSE] AND NOW TO MEMBER SIMMONS.
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THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR.GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I, FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE HERE, I GUESS WHEN I FIRST GOT ON THE BOARD, I THINK MY FIRST COMMENT I MENTIONED WAS, I AM HERE FOR CORAL SPRINGS AND I'M HERE FOR CORAL SPRINGS. AND I'M GOING TO ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CORAL SPRINGS WHEN I'M HERE AT THESE MEETINGS AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE LEVEL SET A LITTLE BIT WITH THIS BOARD AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT A RUBBER STAMP BOARD, RIGHT? WE'RE MAKING VERY IMPORTANT AND CRITICAL DECISIONS FOR THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE COUNTY.
AND I DON'T EXPECT FOR US TO ALWAYS HAVE NICE AND WARMING CONVERSATIONS AROUND THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE MAKING.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT WE DO HAVE A JOB AS BOARD MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GUIDING THIS ORGANIZATION IN THE DIRECTION THAT BENEFITS ALL OF THE RESIDENTS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
AND SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE BRING ISSUES FORTH, IT'S NOT TAKEN IN A NEGATIVE LIGHT. IT'S NOT TAKEN TO BE COMBATIVE.
IT'S NOT TAKEN TO SAY SOMEONE DIDN'T DO THEIR JOB, POINT FINGERS.
IT'S TO SOLVE PROBLEMS. IT'S TO FIND THE SOLUTION, FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON AND GET IT DONE SO WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET BACK TO THE BUSINESS OF GUIDING THIS COUNTY IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BECAUSE I KNOW THE LAST TIME DURING WHEN I WAS HERE, I'M SORRY IF IT SOUNDED LIKE I WAS SHOUTING, I WAS OUTSIDE.
THERE WAS CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, ALSO ADDING A LITTLE MIX OF PASSION.
GET, YEAH, YOU GET IT SOUNDING LIKE I WAS JUST FULL-THROATEDLY YELLING.
AND TRUST ME, THAT WAS NOT MY FOOTBALL VOICE WHEN I WAS ON THE PHONE.
BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT A LOT OF TIMES THERE AREN'T MANY COMMENTS.
THERE ISN'T MUCH DISCUSSION AROUND DECISIONS BECAUSE THE MPO, THE ORGANIZATION DOES A GREAT JOB OF GIVING US THE INFORMATION BEFOREHAND.
BUT THIS IS NOT A RUBBERSTAMP ORGANIZATION, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GO THROUGH EVERYTHING WITH A FINE TOOTH COMB AND WHEN THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR WHETHER THERE IS SOMETHING IMPORTANT THAT HAPPENS BACK IN OUR CITIES WITH OUR STAFF, THAT WHEN WE BRING IT FORTH, IT'S BECAUSE IT'S CRITICAL TO US AND IT'S IMPORTANT. AND SO I WILL CONCLUDE MY COMMENTS.
THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR, AND I HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT DAY TODAY.
THANK YOU, MR. SIMMONS AND I WELCOME THOSE ROBUST CONVERSATIONS, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT TODAY AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE ASKED TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME. SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE HERE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL.
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD CERTAINLY DOES THAT ALSO.
SO MR. STUART, DO YOU HAVE A REPORT?
[9. Executive Director’s Report]
THANK YOU. AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE BRIEF BECAUSE ACTUALLY, I WANT YOU TO HEAR THE FEDERAL AND STATE UPDATES AS WELL.THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, YOU KNOW, HAD A VERY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON SEVERAL THINGS THIS MORNING, WHICH IS ALWAYS GREAT.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, SHOW UP AT 8:30 IF YOU LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I ACTUALLY WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TWO WALKING AUDITS.
THE CITY OF MIRAMAR IS AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, APRIL 12TH, WE'LL BE MIRAMAR AND APRIL 15TH WILL BE IN FORT LAUDERDALE TO DO SOME WALKING AUDITS.
WE ALSO HAVE A STREET PAINTING OPPORTUNITY.
MAYOR GANZ, WHAT WE DID IN DEERFIELD, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING IN FORT LAUDERDALE NEXT SMALLER SEGMENT, BUT IT'S YOU'RE ALL WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE.
THE VERY FIRST DESIGN WORKSHOP OR SECOND DESIGN WORKSHOP RATHER IS APRIL 2ND AND THEN.
PAINTING WILL HAPPEN SOMETIME IN EARLY MAY, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, IF YOU WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET A PICTURE OF YOURSELF PAINTING THE STREET IN THE LOVELY CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
I CAN TELL YOU THAT IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.
AND THAT SAID, I MEAN, YESTERDAY IT TOOK ME FIVE AND A HALF MORE EXTRA MINUTES TO LEAVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE ROAD NARROWING.
SO I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND WHERE MAYBE SOME OF THE PEOPLE MIGHT SAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S TAKEN ME TIME. BUT REALITY IS LIKE PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY CROSS THE STREET NOW, AND THAT ISN'T A BAD THING AS WELL.
SO THAT SAID, WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH ON THE RES GRANT.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR THE PORT DIRECTOR SAY THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO GO FOR ANOTHER RAISE GRANT BECAUSE WE HAVE BRIGHT LINE THAT IS LOOKING TO DO A REGIONAL GRANT RAISE GRANT, WHICH WOULD PUT IN SOME ARTICULATORS AND SOME OTHER THINGS INTO THE CORRIDOR FROM MIAMI-DADE ALL THE WAY UP TO COCOA BEACH.
THERE ARE MENDING THAT APPLICATIONS.
TAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO JACKSONVILLE.
RICKY FITZGERALD, WHO'S IN THE RAIL OFFICE UP IN DOT, IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE PROJECT LEAD ON THIS APPLICATION.
AND SO THE STATE WILL TAKE THAT MOVING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY HELP I'VE CONVENE PERSONALLY, THE ALL THE MPO DIRECTORS UP TO DAYTONA TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT THEIR
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COMMUNITIES ARE PLANNING ON ASKING FOR AND IF WE CAN MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF RAYS GRANTS THAT PEOPLE WOULD BE APPLYING FOR IN THE STATE.SO THAT WAY IT WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR THE BRIGHT LINE BEING ONE OF THE STATE APPLICATIONS.
MIAMI-DADE, WE, YOU KNOW, HAD THE CONVERSATION AND MAYOR FURR, YOU WERE THERE FOR THAT ON THEIR RAISE GRANTS AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY ROBUST TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH AND EVERY OPPORTUNITY THEY'RE MATCHING.
SO WE MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISSUE IN MIAMI-DADE, BUT NOT A LOT.
AND THEN TRI RAIL IS ALSO ASKING FOR THE CONNECTION MONEY FOR WHAT IS CALLED MR. MICKEY, WHICH IS A CONNECTION POINT DOWN IN MIAMI-DADE FOR TRI RAIL, MOVING OVER TO THE FEC TRACKS TO GO INTO DOWNTOWN MIAMI.
THAT FOR US IS VERY IMPORTANT AS WELL FOR REGIONAL CONNECTIONS HERE FROM THIS OFFICE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS UP TO PALM BEACH.
SO I'M GOING TO BE BASICALLY, THEY'VE ASKED ME TO SIGN A LETTER OF SUPPORT, AND IF I DON'T HEAR OBJECTION TODAY FROM ANYBODY HERE, I WILL GO AHEAD AND SAY, GIVE THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE TRI RAIL AND THEN OFFER LETTER OF SUPPORT TO BRIGHTLINE.
WE WERE WORKING WITH CITY OF HOLLYWOOD FOR A RAISE GRANT THERE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OFFICIAL DEBRIEF YET FROM USDOT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, REALM.
IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE FEDERAL HIGHWAYS GRANT.
SO WE MAY HAVE SOME MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT AS WELL, DEPENDING ON HOW THE DEBRIEF GOES WITH USDOT.
I KNOW THAT CITY OF POMPANO BEACH IS ALSO INTERESTED IN A POTENTIAL RAISE, BUT WE'VE PROVIDED THEM ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES WITH DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.
WE MAY, IF THE OMNIBUS BILL PASSES, BE ABLE TO GO AFTER PROTECT MONEY FOR THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD CLIMATE CHANGE GRANT AND ACTUALLY DEAL WITH THAT IN A DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNDING SOURCE AS WELL. SO I WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW ON THAT AND I DON'T KNOW COMMISSIONER FURR IF YOU WANT TO DISCUSS IT, BUT WE DID HAVE A SELF TECH MEETING.
THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL DOWN IN MIAMI-DADE WAS TWO WEEKS AGO AND THE SUBJECT CAME UP ON THE BROWARD RAIL CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IN MIAMI-DADE. I REACHED OUT TO JERRY O'REILLY, THE SECRETARY OF DISTRICT FOUR, YESTERDAY TO SEE IF HE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE CONSULTANTS FOR A WORKSHOP.
WE'D LIKE TO HAVE A REGIONAL WORKSHOP WITH MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND POTENTIALLY PALM BEACH TO DISCUSS THAT RAIL SYSTEM, WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE, WHAT IMPLEMENTATION, HOW FAZING COULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT NECESSARILY DISCUSSED THE OVER UNDER ISSUE ON THE NEW RIVER, BUT IT IS A VITAL LINK TO EVERYTHING.
SO THAT'S WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DEAL WITH THAT AS WELL AT A REGIONAL LEVEL, AND WE'D INVITE ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ON THE FEC CORRIDOR TO PARTICIPATE.
SO FROM DEERFIELD BEACH ON SOUTH, WE'LL LOOK TO BOCA RATON AND ALL THE REST WITH THE PALM BEACH TPA TO INVITE.
BUT THAT'S AN AREA AND COMMISSIONER FURR I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
JUST TO SAY THAT THIS IS A SELF TECH FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, IT'S WITH MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH, AND IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO BRING EVERYBODY ON BOARD TO APPLY FOR GRANTS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL WITH REGARD TO THE BRIGHT LINE AND FOR THE ENTIRE COASTAL LINK. AND IT SEEMED IT FELT LIKE EVERYBODY WAS ON BOARD.
I THINK THEY UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE EQUATION IS HOW MANY HOW MANY PASSENGERS DO YOU HAVE PER FOR THE MONEY? WELL, OBVIOUSLY IF YOU START TO INCLUDE ALL THE ONES FROM ALL COUNTIES, YOU'VE GOT A BETTER EQUATION GOING ON AND THEY RECOGNIZE THAT.
AND SO HOPEFULLY, I THINK THE THREE COUNTIES WILL END UP WORKING TOGETHER ON THIS APPLY FOR SOME OF THE LARGE GRANTS FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE MONEY.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE THE KEY TO TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
SO GLAD I WAS GLAD TO SEE THE COOPERATION.
BUT USING SELF TECH THE WAY IT WAS INTENDED.
AND NOW WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
[10. Monthly Federal and State Legislative Reports: https://browardmpo.org/13-who-we-are/13-legislative-priorities]
IF WE CAN HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCISE REPORT THERE, THAT'D BE APPRECIATED.SO, GREG, THANK YOU FOR COVERING THE GRANTS.
SO AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, AS WE'RE ALL AWARE, BACK IN NOVEMBER, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PASSED OUR TRANSPORTATION BILL.
THEY DID NOT APPROVE THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
THE APPROPRIATIONS PASSED LAST NIGHT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE OPERATING UNDER A CR OR CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL MARCH 15TH TO GIVE THE HOUSE, SENATE AND THE PRESIDENT TIME TO SIGN THE APPROPRIATIONS.
BUT ALL THAT NEW FUNDING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WILL FINALLY BECOME AVAILABLE.
SO THAT MEANS A LOT MORE FUNDING COMING TO THIS BOARD TO PROGRAM.
AT THE STATE LEVEL, THANK YOU FOR PERMISSION TO BE CONCISE ON THAT.
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SO THE BUDGET WAS FINALIZED LAST NIGHT AS YET TO BE PRINTED.THERE'S A 72 HOUR COOLING OFF COOLING OFF PERIOD, SO IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WILL BE APPROVED ON MONDAY. SOME HIGHLIGHTS IN THAT ARE A $200 MILLION GAS TAX HOLIDAY STARTING IN OCTOBER. THE REASON BEING THAT THAT'S THE LOWEST, LOWEST TIME OF THE YEAR FOR TOURISTS, SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT BENEFITS FLORIDIANS MORE.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF FUNDING IN THIS FOR GRANTS FOR RESILIENCY.
SOME OTHER HIGHLIGHTS ON BILLS EV EV PACKAGE HAS PASSED.
THE TRANSPORTATION OMNIBUS PACKAGE PASSED NOT MUCH IN THERE THAT WE WERE FIGHTING AGAINST OR FOR. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE WERE ACTIVELY SEEKING WAS TO THE FORMULA ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THEY WOULD CAP FUNDING AT 25 PERCENT.
THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE STATE GROUPS ALL PORTS WITH PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, SO BUSSES, AIRPORTS AND SEAPORTS WOULD HAVE FALLEN UNDER THAT 25 FIVE PERCENT CAP.
OK. WE ARE MONITORING THERE IS A NEW THERE WILL BE A NEW FDOT SECRETARY AND WE'RE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY.
AND THEN JUST THREE MORE POINTS, MADAM.
MM HMM. SO FOR MORE FEDERAL UPDATES, SO NOW THE APPROPRIATIONS BILL IS PASSED, WE ARE LOOKING AT MEMBER PROJECTS COMING OUT AT THE END OF THE MONTH.
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS EARMARKS, THE MPO IS TAKING A VERY MEASURED APPROACH ON THIS.
LOOKING AT OUR TIP FOR PROJECTS IN THERE WHICH MEET THE CRITERIA FOR APPROPRIATIONS, SHOULD WE GET THOSE THAT FREES UP FUNDING SO THAT WE CAN THEN ADVANCE PROJECTS FURTHER DOWN OUR TIP AND MAP? ADDITIONALLY, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR THAT OUR FLORIDA DELEGATION OK NEEDS NEEDS TO BE SEEN WITH INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR, AND OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS YOU'LL BE SEEING US PUSH OUT MORE EVENTS CELEBRATING OUR WINS ON INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU.
SO, MR. GABRIEL, YOU HAVE ANY REPORT, ANY I'VE.
[11. General Counsel’s Report]
YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR MEMBERS.SO TYPICALLY EVERY MONTH I REPRESENT A GENERAL COUNSEL MONTHLY REPORT THAT'S PART OF THE BACKUP TO YOUR AGENDA MATERIAL.
SO I DON'T REALLY GO INTO ANY DETAILS.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
BUT ONE THING I DO, I DON'T COMMENT ON THIS REGULARLY, BUT I DO WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT OUR VOTING AND VOTING MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE BY STATUTE.
WE'RE LIMITED TO 25 MEMBERS VOTING AT ANY GIVEN TIME, SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE 38 MEMBERS.
PART OF THAT IS 32 MUNICIPALITIES, 32 MUNICIPAL MEMBERS.
WE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, HAS TWO MEMBERS.
WE ALSO HAVE SIX NINE MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES, SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SF RTA.
PART OF THAT, AND THOSE MEMBERSHIPS ARE MADE UP BY ACTUAL REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS AND ALTERNATES. SO WHEN YOU'RE VOTING, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COUNT YOU IN.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY WE DO THE ELECTRONIC VOTING.
AND WHEN YOU'RE NOT IN THE SEAT AND IT DOESN'T COUNT YOU, YOU'RE NOT COUNTED.
SOMEBODY ELSE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE COUNTED.
PRESUMABLY, OUR VOTING MEMBERS ARE ALWAYS CHANGING IN A GIVEN TIME AT ANY TIME IN THE IN THE ROOM. WE STARTED WITH 19.
WE WENT TO 20. WE WENT TO 19 AND WE HAVE VIRTUAL MEMBERS AS WELL WHO ARE VOTING.
SO THERE'S ALWAYS SOMETHING HAPPENING AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE ALWAYS ASKING YOU TO IN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE VOTING. THAT'S WHY WE APPRECIATE YOU.
I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT.
THERE ARE SOME MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
THERE ARE STARTING TO PUSH TO THE LIMIT OF WHAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT.
WE ARE LIMITED BY OUR RULES AS TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES IN A YEAR THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THAT AT CALENDAR YEAR. THANK YOU.
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP.
AND SO TO THOSE MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED THE LIMITATIONS THAT THAT OUR BYLAWS DICTATE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SEND THEM, YOU KNOW, SOME CORRESPONDENCE ADVISING THEM THAT AT THIS POINT, THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM AND THAT WHEN THAT DOES HAPPEN, WE WILL PRESENT THAT NOTICE BECAUSE SOONER OR LATER, THERE'LL BE SOME ISSUE THAT WILL BE A SERIOUS ISSUE.
AND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, TO COMMISSIONER SIMMONS POINT, IF SOMEONE'S PARTICIPATING ON ZOOM AND THEY'RE NOT REALLY SUPPOSED TO BE VOTING ONLINE, THAT CAN BECOME A PROBLEM.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK, I THINK IT'S BETTER THAT WE JUST LET THEM KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
THEY HAVE REACHED THEIR LIMITATIONS.
HARTMAN YEAH, PERHAPS YOU CAN POINT ME TO WHERE HIS MIC IS NOT ON.
AND ALTHOUGH I DID PUT HIM IN THE QUEUE, WELL, YOU NEED TO USE THAT SOUTHWEST RANCHES KIND OF VOICE. ALL RIGHTY.
THERE YOU GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? HERE YOU GO. THIS IS FROM THE DAIS NOW.
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IN TERMS OF THE VOTING AND THE ZOOM PARTICIPATION, CAN YOU POINT ME TO WHERE IN THE BYLAWS THAT IS BECAUSE I'VE DONE A BUNCH OF ZOOM MEETINGS? YES. WELL, OUR VOTING MEMBERSHIP IS STATUTORILY REGULATED, AND THAT'S THREE THIRTY NINE POINT ONE SEVEN FIVE.THE ACTUAL RULES AFTER I HAVE IT HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU THE SECTION THAT IT'S IN.
THANK YOU. AND IF TO THAT POINT, MAYBE WHEN YOU CORRESPOND TO THOSE MEMBERS THAT HAVE REACHED THEIR LIMITATION, IF YOU CAN INCLUDE THE BYLAWS AND INDICATE SO THAT THEY HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING, AND MAYBE THEY THEY DIDN'T REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE SOME SOME LIMITATIONS ON THAT.
AGAIN, WE NEED TO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
AND I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE REASONING.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT TO OCCUR.
SO AND YOU'RE ALSO SUPPOSED TO PROVIDE THE REASONING FOR THE ABSENCE.
[12. MPO Surtax Services Updates: www.my-mcps.org]
NUMBER 12, WE HAVE AN EMPLOYER SURTAX SERVICES UPDATE.INTERESTING. BUT I WAS PLANNING ON BREVITY ON THIS ONE.
I LIKE THAT IT WAS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT.
THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THE SHORTEST UPDATES THAT WE WOULD GIVE YOU THROUGHOUT.
I WOULD HAVE HIT A HOME RUN HAD I WORN MY PRODUCT OF A STRONG WOMAN'S SHIRT THAT OFTEN WEAR ON SUNDAY. SO I APOLOGIZE.
I DID NOT DO THAT. BUT SO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING SINCE I LAST TALKED TO YOU LAST MONTH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU TO HELP START DEVELOPING YOUR APPLICATION.
SO WE'VE MET WITH OVER 90 PERCENT OF ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AT EITHER A WORKSHOP OR A ONE ON ONE TRAINING, AND WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON HELPING FIND PROJECTS THAT MEET THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS AND THE GUIDANCE THAT ANGELA WALLACE IS HERE.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY HAS GIVEN US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FINDING THE BEST PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON ROADWAY PROJECTS, NEW ROADWAYS, EXPANDED ROADWAYS, BUT ALSO TRAFFIC CALMING, THEN LOOKING AT THOSE OTHER ANCILLARY PRODUCTS THAT CAN ALSO BE PART OF THAT WITH LANDSCAPING ADA.
SO WE'VE WORKED WITH ALL OF YOUR MUNICIPALITIES TO DO THAT.
SO AGAIN, 90 PERCENT OF THEM WE'VE ALREADY DONE TRAINING WITH AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GREAT SUCCESS WITH THAT.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE DATED BECAUSE WE STARTED WITH ESSENTIALLY 70 PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY HOLDOVERS FROM THE 2021 ONE PROCESS.
SO THOSE WERE ONES THAT HAD ALREADY BEEN DEEMED AT LEAST SOME LEVEL OF OF ELIGIBILITY AND THAT THEY COULD MOVE FORWARD SO THAT THEY COULD SUBMIT AGAIN.
WE'VE HAD, THOUGH, THROUGH THIS TRAINING ANOTHER 24 THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN ADDED TO THE DATABASE. SO VERY ACTIVE.
WE'RE ALMOST UP TO 100 THAT WE'VE HAD NOW PUT IN THE DATABASE.
AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT JUST GAVE ME THE NUMBERS WE HAVE HAD.
25 OF THEM HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH A PRELIMINARY LEGAL REVIEW.
SO ANGELA, WE'VE ASKED THEIR TEAM PART OF THE FIRST STEP IN WHAT THEY DO IS DO A QUICK OVERVIEW TO MAKE SURE, HEY, THIS IS AN ALIGNMENT.
WE'VE HAD 24 25 OF THEM THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THAT PROCESS, SO THEY'RE MOVING ALONG WITH ANOTHER 10 THAT IT'S ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE COMMITMENT AND THE SUPPORT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS MOVING ON BECAUSE I'M HAPPY TO REPORT DATES TO REMEMBER.
TOMORROW STARTS THE PERIOD WHEN YOU CAN START TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THIS IS MY APPLICATION.
I WANT CONSIDERED FOR RANKING AND RECOMMENDATION THIS YEAR.
THE APPLICATION PERIOD CLOSES APRIL 8TH AND WE HAVE TO HAVE OUR LIST OF RANKED PROJECTS TO THE COUNTY, TO THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR BY JUNE 1ST.
SO I TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE BRIEF, BUT AGAIN, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE MUCH LONGER.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? NO ONE IN THE QUEUE? SEEING NONE.
AND WE HAVE JUST THREE NON-ACTION ITEMS AND AND I THINK WE'LL WRAP THIS MEETING UP.
[1. Draft 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Scope of Services]
MR. GIES. THIS IS THE DRAFT 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN SCOPE OF SERVICES.THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MR. STUART, MADAM VICE CHAIR LET ME GUESS I SHOULD BE BRIEF RIGHT NOW. PLEASE FEEL FREE.
I WILL BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN BE.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WORK PRODUCT FOR THE MPO.
AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS THE ONE GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR ALL OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING, SO WE JUST DID AN AMENDMENT TO THE TWENTY FORTY FIVE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
BUT WE'RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT THE UPDATE TO THAT BECAUSE WE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO UPDATE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS WITH A NEW HORIZON.
SO WE LAST UPDATED OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN 2019.
SO BY 2024, WE HAVE TO HAVE A NEW METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN PLACE, AND THERE'S TYPICALLY A TWO YEAR DEVELOPMENT PERIOD BETWEEN WHEN WE START THE PROCESS AND WHEN WE ACTUALLY ADOPT.
SO WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THE PROCESS OF PUTTING TOGETHER A SCOPE OF WORK AND WHAT WE MIGHT SEE IN THE NEXT 20 50 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE.
I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID NOT MENTION THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL PAY ATTENTION TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR YOUR PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT PROJECT MAY BE, IT MUST BE LISTED IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES THAT.
SO EVEN FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN YOU HEAR US TALKING ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED
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INITIATIVES PROGRAM THAT A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES APPLY FOR ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, THAT PROGRAM STARTED ITS LIFE IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.WE ALLOCATED MONEY FOR THAT PROGRAM AND WE ALLOCATED THE TERMS FOR THAT PROGRAM WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THEN YOU HAVE SOME OF YOUR LARGER PROJECTS THAT ARE LISTED BY NAME.
THESE ARE TYPICALLY YOU'RE WIDENING PROJECTS OR YOUR LARGER BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS AND THOSE ALSO SIT IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SO IF THERE'S ONE TAKEAWAY HERE FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IT'S PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE ELEMENTS OF IT AND UNDERSTAND HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR CITY.
BECAUSE IF YOU WOULD LIKE FUNDING THROUGH THE MPO FOR YOUR PROJECTS, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THIS PLAN UPDATE.
SO I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE DID AS PART OF THE TWENTY FORTY FIVE. THAT'S SORT OF THE FOUNDATION I'VE ALWAYS SAID TO THE TEAM AT THE MPO, AND I'LL SAY IT TO THE BOARD AS WELL, THAT A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE SHOULDN'T BE A FRESH START. IT'S AN UPDATE.
SO WE BUILD OFF OF THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE TWENTY FORTY FIVE, THE TWENTY FORTY FIVE. WE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FUNDING IMBALANCE IN TERMS OF HOW OUR FUNDING IS ALLOCATED THROUGH THE STATE FOR PREDOMINANTLY ROADWAY WIDENING PROJECTS.
WE WANT TO INTRODUCE MORE FLEXIBILITY, ESPECIALLY FOR AN URBAN REGION LIKE BROWARD, AND WE'VE MANAGED TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH THAT WAS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE HAD OUR VISION TWENTY ONE HUNDRED EFFORT WHERE WE LOOKED OUT TO THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND WHAT OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COULD LOOK LIKE.
ALSO, LOOK AT SOME NEW CONCEPTS RELATED TO RESILIENCY AND AUTOMATED CONNECTED ELECTRIC VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY, AND ALSO ESTABLISHED OUR SAFETY AND RESILIENCY PROGRAM.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH FOR THE 20 50 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THIS IS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AS IT SITS WITHIN THE LAW. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME ON THIS SLIDE, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THE BLUE COLUMN ARE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGISTER.
SO THIS IS WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO DO AS PART OF A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
BUT THEN ALSO EVERY FIVE YEARS, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION RELEASES WHAT THEY CALL PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS.
SO THE STUFF ON THE LEFT IS YOUR TYPICAL STUFF THAT YOU'VE GOT.
YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE NETWORK, YOU'VE GOT TO SEE WHERE YOUR DEFICIENCIES ARE.
YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROGRAMING PROJECTS TO ADDRESS THOSE DEFICIENCIES, WHEREAS ON THE RIGHT, THAT'S FEDERAL HIGHWAY SAYING, THESE ARE THE HOT TOPICS THAT WE WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT. SO REALLY FOCUSING ON THAT GREEN COLUMN, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT EQUITY JUSTICE 40, WHICH IS A NEW U.S.
DOT INITIATIVE TACKLING THE CLIMATE CRISIS, COMPLETE STREETS, DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE COORDINATION THOSE ARE ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO FOCUS ON AS PART OF THIS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A BIG COMPONENT OF THAT IN THE SCOPE OF WORK AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RESPOND TO BOTH THE BLUE AND THE GREEN COLUMN AS PART OF OUR 2050 MTP DEVELOPMENT.
SO HERE ARE SOME THEMES THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THROUGHOUT THE SCOPE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE CONTINUE TO RANK VERY HIGH IN OUR SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES FOR BOTH VEHICULAR AND NON VEHICULAR CRASHES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS ADOPTED WHAT'S CALLED IT SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH.
THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO EMULATE, AND WE WANT TO INCORPORATE THOSE COMPONENTS INTO THE 20 50. WE WANT TO CONTINUE SUPPORTING OUR SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS THE TARGET OF ZERO, WHICH HAS BEEN SET BY THIS MPO BOARD AND THEN LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BALANCE SAFETY WITH CONGESTION RELIEF BECAUSE SOMETIMES THOSE TWO CAN BE AT ODDS AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALLOCATING FUNDING TO ADDRESS BOTH OF THOSE THINGS.
SECONDLY, ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENT, THIS IS A VERY TECHNICAL CONCEPT, AND THE BEST WAY I CAN BREAK IT DOWN IS THAT THE WAY WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS USING A METRIC CALLED LEVEL OF SERVICE, WHERE WE BASICALLY SAY THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF LANES OUT HERE ON THE ROADWAY.
THIS IS HOW MUCH HOW MANY CARS THAT THE ROADWAY CAN CARRY.
AND THEN WE RANK IT ON AN EIGHT TO F PERSPECTIVE.
BUT WE WE THEN ADDRESS CONGESTION BEYOND THAT IN THE D, E AND F RANGE.
THAT IS A VERY ONE DIMENSIONAL LOOK AT HOW OUR ROADWAYS FUNCTION.
WE KNOW THAT OUR ROADWAYS CAN FUNCTION MANY OTHER WAYS, NOT JUST FOR VEHICULAR THROUGHPUT. THERE'S BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN THROUGHPUT, THERE'S TRANSIT THROUGHPUT.
AND WHAT ACCESSIBILITY MEASUREMENT BASICALLY STATES IS, HOW WELL DO THOSE ROADS PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT PEOPLE NEED? BECAUSE THE PRIMARY GOAL OF TRANSPORTATION IS FOR YOU TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B, NOT NECESSARILY HOW WELL YOU CAN DRIVE ON THAT ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND INCORPORATE AS PART OF THIS PLAN.
LOOKING AT NEW INNOVATIVE PUBLIC OUTREACH MEASURES, THE PANDEMIC HAS CERTAINLY TAUGHT US DIFFERENT WAYS TO INTERACT WITH FOLKS.
BUT I ALSO DON'T WANT TO FORGET THOSE OTHER TYPES OR THE TRADITIONAL TYPES OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT. WE LIKE TO CALL THOSE HIGH TOUCH WHERE WE GO OUT AND WE GO INTO THE COMMUNITIES. WE MAKE SURE THAT WE GO TO HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, PIGGYBACK ON EXISTING COMMUNITY EVENTS SO THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING OUT AND TALKING TO PEOPLE FACE TO FACE.
SO WE'LL DO A LITTLE BIT OF A SORT OF 50 50 BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TWO EFFORTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE SOME EMPHASIS AREAS.
YOU'LL SEE SAFETY HERE AGAIN BECAUSE THAT RELATES BACK TO OUR SAFETY PROGRAM.
BUT WE HAVE RESILIENCY EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND HOUSING.
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QUICK SCHEDULE HERE.I THINK THE PART THAT I REALLY WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO IS THE FIRST ITEM IN THE GREEN BOX, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE IN EARLY TWENTY TWENTY THREE.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ME COME UP TO THIS PODIUM MANY TIMES PRIOR TO NEXT YEAR, BUT I'M GOING TO BE ASKING FOLKS TO GET THEIR PROJECTS READY TO APPLY FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE MTP. SO, MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTY, ALL THOSE FOLKS PLEASE START THINKING ABOUT WHAT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND THESE CAN BE IN LARGE SCALE, I MEAN, THEY'RE NOT JUST ONE OR $2 MILLION PROJECTS, THEY CAN BE 10, 20, $30 MILLION PROJECTS.
PLEASE BE PREPARED TO BRING THOSE TO US WHEN WE BEGIN HAVING HAVING THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN EARLY 2023.
I'LL BE PROVIDING A LOT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING ONE ON ONE WITH MUNICIPALITIES AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING THAT PROCESS.
BUT IT WILL BE VERY ROBUST AND THAT'S REALLY YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO GET THOSE PROJECTS [INAUDIBLE] INTO THE PLAN FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE ADVERTISING FOR PROCUREMENT, OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S HAPPENING A LOT THIS YEAR.
CORRECT? YEAH, THAT'S IN THE BLUE BOX, RIGHT UP JUST 2.2.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T GOING BACK IN TIME.
THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT. I APOLOGIZE.
YES, THE ADVERTISEMENT IS HAPPENING HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE KICKOFF IN FALL OF 2022.
JUST QUICKLY, SOME OF THE TASKS I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE TASKS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I'M GOING TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF THESE JUST VERY QUICKLY.
I MENTIONED ALREADY ABOUT PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE USING SPEAK UP BROWARD, WHICH IS A VERY ESTABLISHED PROGRAM HERE AT THE MPO FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGNS, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND ALSO LOOKING AT DEVELOPING INTERACTIVE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO ENGAGE WITH US.
SO THROUGH OUR WEBSITE ON INTERACTIVE MAPS, STORY MAPS, INFOGRAPHICS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL BE A BIG COMPONENT OF OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, REVENUE AND FINANCE.
AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT AD NAUSEUM TODAY, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A BIG, A BIG CHANGE FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT'S IN THAT NEW BILL.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND ALL THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING PROGRAMS, AND WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH IN MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN STANDARDIZE OUR REVENUE FORECASTS AS WELL AND WORK TOGETHER ON SOME OF THESE EFFORTS THAT ARE IN THE IIJA.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR TASK SEVEN, WHICH IS OUR EMPHASIS AREAS, AND I MENTIONED BEFORE THAT OUR SAFETY AND RESILIENCY EMPHASIS AREAS.
THOSE ARE CARRYOVERS FROM OUR 2045 PROGRAM WHERE WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT ESTABLISHING AN MTP SAFETY NETWORK AND AN MTP RESILIENCY NETWORK WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO FOCUS FUNDING ON CERTAIN KEY CORRIDORS.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO IN ISOLATION.
WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE AT THE COUNTY.
THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY OUR PARTNERS AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT IN THOSE EMPHASIS AREAS.
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES IS ANOTHER AREA WHERE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED US TO DO KIND OF A DEEPER DIVE.
WE'RE LOOKING TO EXPLORE A COUNTYWIDE MASTER PLAN FOR AUTOMATED, CONNECTED, ELECTRIC AND SHARED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY.
AND THE FINAL COMPONENT THAT YOU SEE HERE IS HOUSING.
THIS IS A VERY NEW AREA FOR MPOS TO GET INVOLVED IN.
THIS IS TYPICALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT THE MPO DABBLES IN, BUT THE CONNECTION BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND LAND USE AND HOUSING IS EXTREMELY STRONG.
AND I THINK THIS IS WHY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. WE FULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS A LOT OF WORK ALSO BEING DONE IN THE LAND USE REALM AND IN THE HOUSING REALM, AGAIN AT THE COUNTY LEVEL THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND INCORPORATE. BUT I THINK WHAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S CHARGE IS TO LOOK AT HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE IMPACTING ACCESS TO ATTAINABLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HOW IT IS IMPACTING LAND USE ALONG OUR KEY CORRIDORS.
AND WE WANT TO TRY AND WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO PROMOTE LAND USE CHANGES ALONG OUR MAJOR TRANSIT CORRIDORS, WHETHER THEY BE FOR BUS, FOR RAIL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO I THINK THE ENVIRONMENT IS RIPE WITH A CONVERSATION THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL WITH THE NEW TRANSIT SYSTEMS PLAN.
I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD WORK BEING DONE BY THE THE BROWARD COUNTY PLANNING BOARDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE THAT RELATIONSHIP AND REALLY BUILD OFF OF WHAT'S BEEN DONE AND SEE HOW WE CAN ENHANCE THAT.
FINALLY, THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT HERE, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A CALL FOR PROJECTS ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH OUR MEMBER AGENCIES, BUILD OFF OF WHAT WE DID IN TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED FOR THE VISION AND THEN ALSO WORK WITH BROWARD COUNTY BECAUSE THEY'RE WRAPPING UP THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEMS PLAN AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING TO PURSUE FEDERAL GRANTS FOR THE PROJECTS THAT THEY IDENTIFY THROUGH THAT PLAN.
AND IF THEY WANT TO PURSUE FEDERAL GRANTS, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
I'VE ALREADY HAD SOME GREAT CONVERSATIONS WITH STAFF AT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
THEY'RE WELL AWARE OF WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO OFFER OURSELVES AS SORT OF A COORDINATING ENTITY BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES, BUT ALSO BETWEEN THE FEDERAL
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GOVERNMENT AS WELL. WE'RE VERY WELL AWARE OF HOW YOU FUND PROJECTS USING FEDERAL DOLLARS.WHAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN IN THE PLANS AND WE WANT TO SORT OF EXTEND OUR HAND AND MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN TAKE THE WHOLE COUNTY THROUGH THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
EQUITY IS ANOTHER AREA THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING TO INCLUDE HERE. BUT I MENTIONED USDOT ALSO HAS THEIR JUSTICE 40 INITIATIVE THAT WE WANT TO INCORPORATE AS PART OF OUR EQUITY ANALYSIS, BOTH ON THE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION END AND THEN FINALLY, WHEN WE CREATE OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN, HOW IS THAT IMPACTING I'M SORRY, EQUITY AREAS.
AND I TOUCHED ON THE ACCESSIBILITY PIECE, THIS IS AGAIN VERY TECHNICAL, BUT THERE IS A VERY GOOD LINK THAT YOU'LL SEE UNDERNEATH THE PICTURE THERE FOR A WHITE PAPER ON HOW ACCESSIBILITY IS MEASURED AND HOW IT'S BEING INCORPORATED IN A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. AGAIN, THE PIECE THAT I WILL EMPHASIZE IS THAT WE WILL WANT TO LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FROM A GEOGRAPHIC POINT OF VIEW, RATHER THAN JUST A NETWORK POINT OF VIEW. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IS SERVING THE DESTINATIONS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO, NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION FOR TRANSPORTATION SAKE.
SO IT BASICALLY ADDS ANOTHER ELEMENT ONTO OUR ANALYSIS.
AND THEN FINALLY, SAFETY OUR FHWA SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE PROMOTING WHAT WE'VE DONE AS PART OF THE MTP SAFETY PROGRAM, FUNDING PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESS SAFETY AND HITTING OUR TARGET OF ZERO THAT HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY THIS MPO BOARD.
SO WITH THAT, MADAM VICE CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU AND GREAT REPORT AND I HAVE COMMENTS FROM MEMBER WELCH.
THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ON TASK SEVEN.
A COUPLE OF AREAS I KNOW YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND THE SHARED RIDES, ET CETERA. BUT HOW DOES THE CHANGE IN DRIVERS BEHAVIOR? WILL THAT BE IN YOUR CONTINUATION OF THE DRAFT? I MEAN IT? OR IS THAT ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED? NO, I THINK THIS IS THE TIME TO START HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.
AS PART OF THE LAST PLAN, WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT WHAT THE TECHNOLOGY WAS DOING, BUT I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT WHAT THE PUBLIC'S APPETITE IS FOR AUTOMATED VEHICLES AND ALONG THAT SAME VEIN IN YOUR EMERGING UNDER YOUR BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT SLIDE, IT ANSWERS THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES ALSO.
WELL, I JUST LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT.
I'M ASSUMING THIS IS GOING TO BE FORECASTING THE TRAFFIC.
ALL THOSE TOOLS. SO IT'S MORE TO COME.
ABSOLUTELY. OK, WE'LL KEEP IT BRIEF.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MEMBER WELCH, MEMBER UDINE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, VICE CHAIR.
JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION ON THE EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES PIECE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND MEETING WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING.
AND SINCE THIS IS TALKING INTO 2050, LOWER LEVEL UNDER THE FAA, USING THE AIR FOR FOUR MULTI MOBILITY, IS THAT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE? BUT BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS THERE'S NO ONE COORDINATING THE PLAN AS FAR AS WHAT'S GOING ON WITH DRONES THAT ARE DROPPING OFF PACKAGES, YOU KNOW, SINGLE USE.
WHATEVER IT'S ALL CALLED, MR. MAYOR, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT THING, I ACTUALLY WAS ON A PANEL IN ARIZONA ON THE AIR MOBILITY SIDE, YOU KNOW, BELOW THE FAA LEVEL FAA, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAA.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP A LOT.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY DOING A PILOT AS WE SPEAK IN PALM BEACH COUNTY FOR THE AIR MOBILITY FOR DRONE DROP OFF.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO SEE US HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COUNTY AND WITH ALL THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS.
BECAUSE WHERE YOU'RE SEEING AMAZON LOCATIONS, THESE LARGER WAREHOUSE FACILITIES GOING IN THE NEXT STEP FROM THAT IS GOING TO BE ACTUALLY OUR DRONE DROP OFF AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTING OUR SKIES.
IT'S GOING TO BE VERY FASCINATING BECAUSE THERE'S NO REGULATION IN BETWEEN, AS YOU SAID.
OK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. A LOT OF INFORMATION.
APPRECIATE IT. SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS, IF WE CAN.
I THINK MR. CALETKA IS GOING TO PROVIDE US THE NEXT ONE AND THEN MR.
[2. Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2022/23 - FY 2023/24 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Update]
STUART WILL WRAP IT UP.WHAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU NOW IS OUR UPWP.
IT'S DEFINED AS OUR BUDGET AND IT'S A TWO YEAR BUDGET.
AND WHEN I USED TO SIT OVER THERE, I IT TOOK ME A WHILE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WERE THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A MUNICIPAL BUDGET AND THE NPOS BUDGET.
SO I'M GOING TO START OFF WITH LETTING YOU KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN A
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MUNICIPALITY, IT'S FIVE, SOMETIMES SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS.AND IF YOU GET THREE OR FOUR VOTES, THEN THAT'S THE BUDGET THAT'S ADOPTED AND THAT'S THE END OF IT. IN THE CASE OF THE COUNTY, IT'S FIVE.
OUR BUDGET DOESN'T ACTUALLY OPERATE THAT WAY.
WE HAVE TO GET YOUR APPROVAL FOR EVERYTHING, FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT WE SPEND, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GET APPROVAL BY OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.
ON TUESDAY, THIS BUDGET WITH WITH THAT I'M PRESENTING TO YOU NOW.
IT IS DUE TO OUR STATE PARTNERS FOR THEM TO START THEIR REVIEW AND BOTH OUR STATE, YOURSELVES AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS ALL HAVE VETO AUTHORITY.
AND SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE ALL KIND OF HAVE TO AGREE AND IT'S FAIR BECAUSE THEY'RE PROVIDING US WITH THE MONEY.
SO THE PERSON WITH THE GOLD PROVIDES THE RULES.
SO WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, IN A MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT, IF YOU SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 100 POLICE OFFICERS AND WE ONLY NEED 98, YOU CAN MAKE THAT CALL BY YOURSELVES.
IF YOU SAID, HEY, WE DON'T WANT TO FUND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WELL, WE HAVE TO GET OUR STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS TO AGREE TO THAT.
SO THEY IF YOU REMOVED IT AS A BOARD, THEY CAN PUT IT BACK IN.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE THREE YESES, THE BOARD, THE STATE AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.
AND SO LUCKILY, PETER MADE MY JOB A LOT EASIER BECAUSE HE JUST PRESENTED ON WHAT'S GOING TO BE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOVING FORWARD.
AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF THOSE WHAT THEY CALL P'S OR PLANNING EMPHASIS.
AREAS ARE ALSO IN OUR NEXT TWO YEAR BUDGET AS WELL.
SO OUR GROUP IS ONE OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS.
WE HAVE TO DO THAT TO STAY IN COMPLIANCE.
IF WE DON'T, THE SECRETARY BUTTIGIEG OR OUR NEXT SECRETARY COULD SAY, MR. STUART, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
HAVE A NICE DAY. WE'RE GOING TO PUT SOMEBODY ELSE IN HERE UNTIL YOU CAN GET A WORKING UPWP.
SO OUR BUDGET WORKS FOR TWO YEARS STARTS JULY 1ST.
TWENTY TWENTY TWO GOES THROUGH JUNE 30TH.
AND THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES THIS YEAR, SO I RECENTLY DROPPED OFF A BUDGET TO OUR BOARD MEMBER AND IT WAS ON THE ORDER OF ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SOMETHING PAGES.
OUR NEW BUDGET IS UNDER 100, BUT COUNTERINTUITIVELY WE HAVE INCREASED THE INFORMATION IN OUR BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE LOWERED AND MADE IT MORE SUCCINCT.
AND THE PRESENTATION PART OF THAT IS OUR STATE AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS HAVE ALL ASKED FOR CERTAIN THINGS TO BE INCLUDED.
THOSE THINGS ARE THE SAME PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS THAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE MDP PRESENTATION BY MR. GIES. THE GENERALITY OF IT IS THIS IS WHAT EVEN THOUGH IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED, IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN 100 PAGES.
IT BASICALLY GOES IN A CERTAIN ORDER AS DICTATED BY STATE STATUTES.
WE HAVE EIGHT TASKS LABELED ONE THROUGH NINE.
THERE ISN'T AN EIGHT, THAT'S JUST BASICALLY BECAUSE TASK NINE ARE LOCAL ACTIVITIES LIKE THE SURTAX SERVICES THAT WE PROVIDE FOR OUR COUNTY GOVERNMENT.
IT'S NOT A FEDERAL PROCESS, SO WE'VE MOVED IT AND SEPARATED IT.
THAT'S WHY WE DON'T HAVE TASK EIGHT, BUT IT COVERS EVERYTHING FROM OUR ADMINISTRATION TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, WHICH IS BIG DATA.
I KNOW THE COUNTY RECENTLY HAD A PRESENTATION ON THAT.
THE COMMUNITY PLANNING, THAT'S EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING IN HERE FOR THE REGIONAL PLANNING.
THAT'S EVERYTHING IN THE TRI COUNTY AREA AND FURTHER, EVEN INCLUDING THE DISTRICT AND OUR CORE PRODUCTS, SUCH AS THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WE HAVE TO ALWAYS INCORPORATE THAT IN ITS A STATE AND FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
SO YOU HAVE A NARRATIVE OF WHAT EXACTLY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO DO.
SO WE WRITE OUT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO STUDY THIS PARTICULAR AREA AND THEN OUR STATE PARTNER HAS ASKED US TO ALSO MATCH UP NOT ONLY THE NARRATIVE, BUT A TIMELINE AND ALSO THE DELIVERABLES. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS GRANT REIMBURSED.
SO WE HAVE TO SHOW THESE PRODUCTS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DONE IN ORDER TO REIMBURSE AND GET THAT MONEY BACK TO PAY OUR STAFF.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE BUDGET PAGES THAT WE HAVE, WE HAVE WE ARE GRANT FUNDED, SO WE HAVE DIFFERENT GRANTS.
ONE OF THEM IS ISSUE, ONE IS GVSU, WHICH IS GOING TO BE THE CARES ACT FUNDING.
SO WE HAVE TO PUT TO THE DOLLAR EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING FOR THAT TASK.
AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF TASK FIVE, AND IT'S SHOWING BASICALLY THAT AT THIS TIME, IT'S FOR SALARIES ONLY TO WORK THESE PRODUCTS IN-HOUSE.
AND FINALLY, THESE ARE THE P'S, THE PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS THAT PETER HAD ALREADY COVERED. IT JUST SHOWS THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE INCREASED IN OUR ASK BECAUSE OUR
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STATE PARTNERS SAID, HEY, WE WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THESE AREAS.SO THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT WE ARE GOING TO STUDY BECAUSE THEY TOLD US TO.
AND WITH YOUR BLESSING, WE WILL ADOPT THIS IN OUR NEXT UPWP IN MAY.
WE HAD A CALL FOR IDEAS, THIS IS WHERE WE REACH OUT TO YOUR STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF AND SAY, WHAT DO YOU WANT US TO DO? AND THAT REACH OUTREACH EFFORT ENDED ON FEBRUARY 11TH.
WE DID RECEIVE FEEDBACK AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED THAT INTO OUR PLAN.
SO AT THIS POINT, WE'VE ASSEMBLED ALL OF THE TASKS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
ALL EIGHT OF THEM AND WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT IT TO YOU IN MAY FOR YOUR BLESSING.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE QUEUE, SO I APPRECIATE IT.
[3. Metro Transportation Engineering and Construction Cooperative (MTECC) Update]
STUART. OK, IT IS THE LAST ITEM.AND THEN YOU OK AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS.
JUST THAT SAID, THIS IS A QUICK PRESENTATION ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE.
THIS ACTUALLY THIS EFFORT CAME OUT.
I CANNOT. I'M GOING TO STAND UP THERE.
I THINK I CAN MOVE IT. THIS EFFORT ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THE MAYORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE, TWO THINGS CAME FROM THAT EFFORT.
ONE WAS THE PENNY SURTAX FOR TRANSPORTATION HERE IN BROWARD, AND THE SECOND IS THE MTECH CONVERSATION. WHAT BORE THE CONVERSATION INITIALLY WAS THE FACT IS, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE MONEY, HOW ARE WE GOING TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS? I ALREADY HAVE A HARD TIME DOING IT AS IT IS.
MAYOR STONER LED THAT EFFORT ALONG WITH SEVERAL OTHER MAYORS FROM OUR CITIES, SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT? THIS IS VERY DIFFICULT TO DO THE LAP PROGRAM, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE USE THE DISTRICT STAFF TO DELIVER LAP PROJECTS.
THE LAP PROJECTS THEMSELVES ARE ACTUALLY A REALLY HARD THING TO DO.
THE FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS ON THE DELIVERY OF FEDERAL FUNDS DON'T MAKE A LOT OF SENSE TO PEOPLE, BUT THEY ARE REQUIREMENTS AND YOU MUST DO THEM.
AND THIS BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT WHEN YOU GET ONE PROJECT EVERY TWO TO THREE YEARS.
SO WHAT WE HAD HAPPENED IN THE PAST AND I'VE BEEN AROUND NOW FOR ALMOST 15 YEARS DOING THIS, IS THE CITY'S ACTUALLY DURING THE LAST ECONOMIC CRISIS, WHEREAS THEY WEREN'T CAPABLE OF DELIVERING BECAUSE THEY HAD TO DO BUDGET CUTS.
THEY HAD TO DO THINGS THAT WERE UNCOMFORTABLE FOR THEM AND COULD NOT NECESSARILY DELIVER STATE AND FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS SO THAT WE TURN TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THE DISTRICT THEN WORK PROGRAM.
STACEY MILLER ACTUALLY TURNED TO ME AND SAID, I CAN'T HAVE ANY MORE OF THESE EOG AMENDMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, A MILLION, $2 MILLION.
THEY'RE REALLY LITTLE AND WE DON'T LIKE THAT AND I'M LIKE, I'M GETTING DINGED, SO WE'RE OK. WELL, LET'S STOP GETTING DINGED.
LET'S HAVE THE DISTRICT DELIVER THE PRODUCTS.
WELL, THE DISTRICT DID FOR A WHILE.
THE DECISION ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WAS TO ACTUALLY STOP DELIVERING LOCAL PROJECTS.
THAT'S FINE. THE DISTRICT SAID THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH RESURFACING PROJECTS AND RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS THAT THEY'RE BEING TAXED AS IT IS THEIR STAFF.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THAT LEFT US WITH IS WHAT TYPE OF ORGANIZATION CAN DELIVER THIS BECAUSE EVEN OUR LARGEST MUNICIPALITY IN THIS, IN THIS COUNTY HAS DIFFICULTY DELIVERING LAB.
AND IN FACT, YOU WERE ON SUPER SECRET PROBATION FOR A WHILE.
THAT SAID, WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT WAYS.
MATT, WHO IS WITH OUR LAW FIRM, WORKED WITH THE BOARD AND ACTUALLY LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES THAT BEING A C CORP, A CO-OP OR USING CHAPTER ONE, SIXTY THREE OR ONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT MOST LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PROVIDE AID BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER.
THAT SAID, THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT ACT IS THE ONE THAT WAS SELECTED BY THE COMMITTEE.
IT'S REALLY FOCUSING DOWN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ABILITIES TO WORK TOGETHER COOPERATIVELY TO ACTUALLY DO WORK.
SO IT WAS NICE, TIGHT LANGUAGE THAT CAN ACTUALLY SAY HERE IN THIS GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THIS IS HOW YOU CAN WORK TOGETHER.
THE ACT ITSELF IS A KNOWN PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN AROUND SINCE SIXTY NINE.
THE FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES THAT ALLOWS FOR FOR THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS OR THE MEMBER GOVERNMENTS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LIMITED TO MUNICIPALITIES, CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER AND PROVIDE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS BASICALLY, THE BENEFITS TO MTECH IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EXPERTISE IN PROJECT DELIVERY.
HOW YOU BID PACKAGES PUT TOGETHER.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS THAT FDOT HAD IN OUR LAST GO AROUND WITH THE LAP PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DON'T NECESSARILY EVEN SOMETIMES THE COUNTY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT PROCUREMENT LANGUAGE NECESSARY TO ACTUALLY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE EARMARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT BASICALLY HAS BECOME A REALLY BIG ISSUE FOR DELIVERY.
CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT IS A KEY COMPONENT TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PARTICULAR ORGANIZATION
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THAT IS NOT PART OF THE BROWARD MPO, IT'S A STAND UP ON ITS OWN ORGANIZATION.IT WILL ULTIMATELY PROVIDE EFFICIENT AND TIMELY PROJECT DELIVERY, WHICH IS ALSO IMPORTANT FOR THE DELIVERY OF THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING DOWN FROM WASHINGTON.
THE LAST THREE YEARS OF THE IIJA, I KNOW AD NAUSEUM IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FOR PROJECT DELIVERY.
WE HAVE TO BE READY TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND DELIVER THAT ON PROJECTS AND EACH LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD, HAVE TO BE READY TO ACTUALLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE.
WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO LOOK TO CENTRALIZE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.
SO THAT WAY, THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS IN OAKLAND PARK IS THE SAME AS IT IS IN MIRAMAR. AS THE SAME IT AS IS IN HOLLYWOOD IS THE SAME AS IT IS IN DAVIE, AS SAME AS IT IS IN DEERFIELD BEACH.
SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR THE TRANSPARENCY SIDE TO BE GREAT ON THE FINAL THING. IT ALSO ALLOWS THE CITIES TO MAKE CHANGES LATER IN THE WORK IN THE ACTUALLY PROJECT DELIVERY SIDE WITHOUT CHANGING ISSUES WITH THE WORK PROGRAM.
ONE OF THE LARGEST COMPLAINTS THAT HAD COME FROM THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS DURING FDOT'S PROJECT DELIVERY SIDE WAS THE FACT THAT IF THEY NEEDED TO MAKE A CHANGE, IT BECAME.
VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, DEBT DOESN'T TURN ON A DIME.
MOST ORGANIZATIONS DON'T, IN DEERFIELD BEACH'S CASE, THOSE ARTICULATED DOMES THAT WERE THERE FOR SIDEWALKS.
THEY WANTED TO HAVE A PROJECT FROM YELLOW, THEY HAVE THEIR YELLOW IN MOST LOCATIONS.
THEY WANTED TO USE A DIFFERENT COLOR.
THAT CREATED A ABSOLUTE FIRESTORM OVER AT THE DISTRICT, AND IT TOOK HOURS AND HOURS OF STAFF TIME, NOT JUST MINE, BUT AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL OF THE CITY LEVEL.
I, IF I WAS BUILDING TO THAT, I WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU THAT IT COSTS MORE THAN THE UNIT ITSELF COSTS TO BE INSTALLED.
SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO, THAT'S WHY THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ORGANIZATION.
BUT THE CITIES ARE STILL ON THE HOOK FOR THAT DELIVERY.
IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DESIRE, THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO IT WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY IN THE CONTRACT.
SO THAT'S AGAIN, AN IMPORTANT FUNCTION.
IT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO HAVE A SELF-GOVERNING BOARD.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S THE CITY OF, WELL, I'M GOING TO GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
IT IS SELF-FUNDED BY THE MEMBERS, THE PARTIES AND BASICALLY THE PRIMARY AWARDS ACTUALLY WILL BE THROUGH THAT ORGANIZATION AND THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT WILL ACTUALLY PAY DUES TO COVER IT, THE OVERHEAD OF THE ORGANIZATION.
OUR FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE HOLLYWOOD, PLANTATION AND POMPANO, THEY WILL MAKE UP THE INITIAL BOARD MEMBERS. THEY HAVE THE OPTION IN THEIR INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT TO EXPAND THE BOARD AS NECESSARY AS THEY SEE FIT.
THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GOING TO BE A TEAM LED EFFORT ON THE PROJECT DELIVERY.
RIGHT NOW, THE FOUNDING MEMBERS HAVE COMMITTED IN THEIR BUDGETS AND THIS YEAR ACTUALLY $100000 TO SET UP THE ORGANIZATION.
THEY DRAW DOWN ON THAT CASH IF IT'S SET UP FOR THAT ORGANIZATION OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
NON FOUNDING MEMBERS AND WE HAVE MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTS, DEERFIELD BEACH BEING ONE, DAVIE BEING ANOTHER LOOKING TO ACTUALLY JOIN AS WELL.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE AT A $50000 INITIAL AND THEN AN ANNUAL FEE OF ABOUT 25000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
THAT SAID, THE BOARD CAN ADJUST THAT UP OR DOWN DEPENDING ON ITS NEEDS, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE A DETERMINATION THAT BOARD WILL HAVE TO DO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT INNER LOCAL AGREEMENTS.
THOSE IN OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN PROCESSED WITH HOLLYWOOD PLANTATION AND POMPANO.
THEY'RE DOING A SLIGHT MODIFICATION BECAUSE TAMARACK ACTUALLY FELL OUT OF IT.
THAT SAID, THE INNER LOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MPO AND MTECH IS GOING TO BE NEXT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING SOME OF THE GUIDANCE ON PROCUREMENT SIDE, BUT MOST OF THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE DONE OVER ON THE MTECH SIDE AND ACTUALLY PROVIDED BY PRIVATE SECTOR CONSULTING. THAT WAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRAINING PEOPLE ON THEM LEAVING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE PURPOSE OF THE THREE FOUNDING MEMBERS THERE TO FACILITATE THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THIS IS EXCLUSIVE TO FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING COMING TO THIS REGION.
A FIREWALL BETWEEN THIS MPO AND MTECH WILL EXIST TO MAKE SURE THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THIS ORGANIZATION DO NOT GET MUDDLED WITH THE PROJECT DELIVERY SIDE OF MTECH.
SO THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FIREWALL TO HAVE AND ALSO FOR YOU ALL, BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT LIABILITY BECAUSE IF THERE IS A PROJECT LIABILITY, YOU DON'T WANT IT TO COME BACK ON THIS ORGANIZATION. IT HAS TO GO BACK TO THE FOUNDING ORGANIZATION.
AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES IS GOING TO BE THE LAP CERTIFICATION, THE FEDERAL AID SIDE, AS WELL AS THE LIABILITY FOR PARTIES FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECTS.
THE LOCAL PRODUCT PROJECT ADMINISTRATION IS GOING TO BE PROVISION OF SERVICES TO THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PAYMENT FOR SERVICES AND THEN OBVIOUSLY SELECTION OF SERVICES.
SO THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING SETUP AND I'M GOING TO TURN TO MAYOR STONER IN A MINUTE TO
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LET HER ALSO ADDRESS SOME OF THIS.THE FEDERAL AID PARTICIPATION, THE LAPP PROGRAM.
THIS IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE RIGHT NOW THE WAY THE LAP PROGRAM ACTUALLY FUNCTIONS IN OUR REGION FOR OUR 31 MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS IS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET LAP CERTIFIED PER PROJECT BY DESIGN.
THAT'S ONE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION.
SO LAP CERTIFICATION IS CONTINUAL AND IT'S IT'S COSTLY.
IT'S ABOUT A HUNDRED THOUSAND TO TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS PER PROJECT.
SO YOU REALLY ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A REAL SUBSTANTIAL ISSUE TO DELIVER THE ADDITIONAL MONEY THAT'S COMING FROM WASHINGTON, D.C..
THE LOCAL PROJECT ADMINISTRATION IS ACTUALLY AT AN OPTION TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT, THEY COULD CHOOSE TO USE THAT DELIVERY METHOD.
THEY COULD CHOOSE NOT TO USE THAT DELIVERY METHOD.
PROJECT COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AGAIN ARE BY THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT AND BASED ON AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FDOT, MTECH AND THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE MPO IS NOT A PARTY TO ANY OF THE AGREEMENTS AND WILL NEVER BE A PARTY TO THOSE AGREEMENTS. BASICALLY, WHAT WE WILL BE OFFERING THEM IS IN-HOUSE SUPPORT ON THE FINANCIAL SIDE, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE DOCUMENTS ARE MOVING FORWARD, AS WELL AS ANY TYPE OF ENGINEERING SUPPORT THAT'S NECESSARY.
RFP FOR PROFESSIONAL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT IS GOING TO GO OUT.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO ACTUALLY BE MOSTLY THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART, BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY ALSO LOOKING TO MAKE SURE MTECH DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE EMPLOYEE BASE.
IT MUST BE SMALL, LEAN AND VIABLE.
SO BASICALLY, THE IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE WE'RE UNDERWAY WITH THE FOUNDING MEMBERS.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT BETWEEN MTECH AND THE MPO SHOULD SHOW UP HERE SOMETIME IN SPRING, APRIL, MAY, JUNE.
THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRAFT OF MTECH POLICIES THAT THE BOARD, THE MTECH BOARD, WILL ACTUALLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO MOVE FORWARD.
THEN MTECH OPERATIONS BEGIN SECOND QUARTER OF TWENTY TWO.
WE'RE GOING TO BE OBTAINING LAP CERTIFICATION SOMETIME OVER THE SUMMER.
THAT ORGANIZATION, I SHOULDN'T SAY WE.
AND PROCUREMENT KEY CONSULTANT RESOURCES WILL ALSO BE DONE IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF TWENTY TWO. WE EXPECT MTECH TO START DELIVERING PROJECTS STARTING STATE FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY THREE, WHICH IS JULY ONE.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HERE FOR ANY TYPE OF QUESTIONS, AS WELL AS MATT PERL AND CHRIS ROSS, WHO IS GOING TO BE ON THE PROCUREMENT SIDE.
MEMBER STONER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO ADD? I KNOW THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH THIS.
AD NAUSEUM. WAIT, I'M SORRY, I GOT LET ME SEE IF I COULD DO THIS.
TRY IT. THANK YOU. WE HAD BRIEFLY DISCUSSED THIS AT THE EXECUTIVE MEETING THIS MORNING.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME AFTER THE FACT WAS THERE'S ADDITIONAL VALUE IN THIS, NOT JUST IN BEING CONSISTENT AND DEVELOPING THE RELATIONSHIPS.
SO PROJECTS RUN A LITTLE MORE SMOOTHLY THAN WHEN YOU HAVE ALL DIFFERENT HANDS IN THE POT, SO TO SPEAK. BUT SO IF I HAVE A PROJECT IN PLANTATION AND THERE'S A SIMILAR PROJECT IN SUNRISE, WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY'RE SCHEDULED TOGETHER SO THE SIDEWALKS ACTUALLY MEET WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT PIECE.
WHY SHOULD ANYBODY PAY TO REMOBILIZE THE CREW, THE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? IT'S IT'S A HUGE SAVINGS, BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE FUNCTION ON OUR OWN CITY AND OR COUNTY BUDGETS, NO ONE TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
WE'RE ONLY, YOU KNOW, CONCERNED WITH OUR BOXES, WHICH I GET.
BUT THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO NOT JUST BE CONSISTENT, BUT TO BE PRODUCTIVE AND PROACTIVE IN HOW WE APPROACH THESE PROJECTS.
OUR PAY APPLICATIONS ARE ALL THE SAME.
SO WHEN IT'S SUBMITTED, WHOEVER RECEIVES THEM UNDERSTANDS THAT THEY'RE ONLY DEALING WITH ONE PERSON.
I'M ONLY DEALING WITH ONE PERSON TO MAKE THEM HAPPY.
I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE FIVE HUNDRED PEOPLE AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THIRTY ONE CITIES HAPPY. SO IT WAS ALL ABOUT BEING, YOU KNOW, EFFICIENT, PRODUCTIVE, SAVING US MONEY, HAVING A LITTLE MORE PROJECT MANAGEMENT INPUT AS TO HOW THE PROJECTS ARE DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, WITH A BACKGROUND IN CONSTRUCTION, THINK IT'S AN INVALUABLE SERVICE.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE LAP CERTIFIED.
I AM TELLING YOU, IS THE KISS OF DEATH WHEN YOU TELL SOMEBODY IN YOUR ENGINEERING PART DEPARTMENT, THEY HAVE TO GO GET LAP CERTIFIED.
SO IF WE HAVE SOMEONE LAP CERTIFIED AT MTECH, THAT'S ALL WE NEED.
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WE DON'T NEED THIRTY ONE PEOPLE.AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO PRESERVE YOUR STAFF, WHICH EVERYONE IS HAVING AN ISSUE WITH GETTING QUALIFIED STAFF.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE MTECH AND AND I'VE MET OUR PROCUREMENT PERSON HERE, MR. ROSS. ROSS.
AND PROCUREMENT IS SO IMPORTANT.
PLUS WE'RE INCORPORATING THE CBE OF SMALL BUSINESS STANDARDS INTO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS.
AND WHILE WE HAVE A COLLECTIVE GOAL, ALWAYS IT'S A GOAL.
MOST PEOPLE SURPASS THOSE GOALS, BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CREATE LIBRARIES AND AND EVERYTHING FOR SPECIFIC, SO EVERYONE'S ON BOARD AS TO WHAT WE NEED.
SO I MEAN, WE HAVE BIG IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER, AND WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT. SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL PARTICIPATE.
EXCELLENT. SO WE HAVE A FEW MEMBERS.
THANK YOU VICE CHAIR, WHAT SHE SAID.
I MEAN, HOLLYWOOD IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS AND THE EFFICIENCIES THAT THOSE COLLECTIVE EFFORTS CAN MAKE. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT YOU SAID, IT IS SO DIFFICULT TO GET A GOOD TECHNICAL STAFF AND IN WOMEN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S MONTH.
I'M ALSO A WOMAN IN CONSTRUCTION AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY WITH RESPECT TO DESIGN SHARING DESIGNS, OFTENTIMES CITIES ARE DOING VERY SIMILAR PROJECTS, AND I HEARD ABOUT ONE YESTERDAY BECAUSE WE WERE ON A CALL WITH FDOT AND THEY SAID, OH, POMPANO IS DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE CUT OUT HAVING TO ASK FDOT, WHO'S DOING IT WE'LL BE SITTING IN THE SAME ROOM TOGETHER. SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION.
IT MAY BE FOR COUNSEL AND FORGIVE ME BECAUSE I'M KIND OF JUMPING ON LATE INTO THE DECISION ON THE STRUCTURE, WHICH I LOVE AND I'VE NEVER PARTICIPATED IN ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH THAT ONE SECTION ONE SIXTY THREE BEFORE OTHER THAN I THINK I'VE SEEN IT WHEN CITIES OR ENTITIES MAY HAVE TO SUE EACH OTHER.
BUT MY QUESTION IS, IF WE GET THIS ALL UP AND RUNNING AND IT'S WORKING GREAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE RIGHT WHEN THE STATE STEPS IN AND SAYS, OH BOY, IT'S WORKING WELL FOR MUNICIPALITIES, WE'RE GOING TO END IT.
RIGHT? SO MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE SOME WAY TO GRANDFATHER THIS ENTITY IN SO THAT IF THE STATE STATUTE CHANGES IN A WAY THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THIS ANYMORE, WILL THE ENTITY ITSELF BE ABLE TO CONTINUE NOTWITHSTANDING SOMETHING CHANGING IN THE STATE STATUTE? IT IS AN EXCELLENT QUESTION.
THE ACT THAT PROVIDES FOR THIS HAS BEEN IN PLACE.
I THINK IT WAS REFERENCED IN THE PRESENTATION SINCE 1969 AND IT IS COMMONLY USED.
IF THEY WERE IF THE STATE WERE TO STEP IN, IT WOULD HAVE FAR REACHING IMPLICATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE, I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE SAME WAY, I MEAN, I'M LOOKING AT LIKE A THOUSAND DIFFERENT ENTITIES STATEWIDE THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT ON INCLUDING THIS ENTITY.
OK, GREAT. SO THERE'S A LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE THERE THAT THIS IS.
I DON'T HAVE AN OVERWHELMING CONCERN ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ISSUE.
OK. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION AND AGAIN, FORGIVE ME IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR MTECH AND I KNOW THAT YOU'RE JUST WRITING THESE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES NOW, BUT DO YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE CITY STAFF OR CITY ELECTIVES? NO, I EXPECT THEM TO BE CITY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
OKAY. CITIES WILL SELECT FROM AMONG THEIR MEMBERSHIPS WHO THEY WOULD LIKE TO ASSIGN TO.
OK. WILL, MTECH, THE ENTITY ITSELF BE REQUIRED TO CARRY LIKE PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE? OK. AND THAT'S IT.
THANKS. SO I HAVE MEMBER WELCH AND THEN MEMBER FURR.
I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION WHAT IS THE TIMELINE WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE ILA, FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE INTERESTED? YEAH ACTUALLY, FOR MEMBERS THAT ARE INTERESTED IN JOINING THE $50000 LEVEL YOU BUDGETED IN FOR YOUR NEXT YEAR.
YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS AND WHAT'S THE CRITERIA FOR THE 25000? I'M NOT LOOKING FOR THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING WHAT? TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND IS IN THE ANNUAL SO.
[INAUDIBLE] UP FRONT AND THEN TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND A YEAR.
SUBSEQUENT, OK AND A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT.
OK. AND WE TALKED TO YOUR CITY MANAGERS.
I HAVE MANY OF US HAVE TALKED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST.
YES, WE DO NOT ALL WANT TO BE LAP CERTIFIED.
THANK YOU. SO NEXT TO HAVE AH MEMBER FURR AND THEN MEMBER JAFFE.
JUST MAKING SURE THIS IS OPEN TO THE COUNTY AS WELL.
CORRECT? I ACTUALLY SAID THAT.
I THINK YOU DID. I THINK YOU DID.
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YOU ARE WELCOME.BUT WHAT MAYOR STONER SAID ACTUALLY MADE SOME SENSE IN TERMS OF WHEN, YOU KNOW, JOINING THE SIDEWALKS. AND WHAT I'M THINKING OF IS A SYNERGY WITH THE SURTAX AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO KNOW WHAT ALL THE PROJECTS ARE.
I THINK PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING DRIVES RESIDENTS CRAZIER THAN THEY SEE US DIGGING UP SOMETHING THAT WAS JUST DONE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE MORE THAT WE CAN BE COORDINATED AND ALL THAT, THE BETTER.
AS WELL AS WITH FEDERAL FUNDS, WE'RE ALREADY SEEING A TREMENDOUS LEVERAGING OF SURTAX MONEY. THAT THAT MONEY IS GOING AWAY MUCH FURTHER THAN WE THOUGHT IT COULD BECAUSE OF BEING ABLE TO LEVERAGE IT ON THE WAY.
AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR THAT IN MANY MULTIPLYING FACTORS.
SO THANK YOU MEMBER FURR, AND THEN I HAVE A MEMBER JAFFE AND THEN SOMEONE THAT'S PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK MAYOR STONER AND THESE THREE FOUNDING MUNICIPALITIES FOR BEING THE LAUNCHPAD FOR THIS ORGANIZATION.
I THINK IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE COUNTY DRAMATICALLY AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FUNDING FOR THE LAP PROGRAMS AND THE LAP CERTIFICATION.
FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN HERE A WHILE, WE KNOW THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A SENSITIVE ISSUE. WHEN A MUNICIPALITY GETS A PROJECT IN THE MTP AND THEN IT GOES IN THE TIP, AND THEN WE FIND OUT LATER ON THAT SOME OF THAT FUNDING IS NOT AVAILABLE AND THAT AND IT FALLS UPON THE MUNICIPALITY TO COMPLETE THOSE PROJECTS.
AFTER WE GO OUT AND TELL OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT IT AND THEN STAFF DOESN'T, IT MIGHT NOT BE IN OUR BUDGET FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR.
AND I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT AVENUE THAT THIS NEW ORGANIZATION SHOULD FOCUS ON.
AND I THANK YOU, MAYOR STONER.
THANK YOU. AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE VIRTUALLY WHO'S PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
OK, MEMBER COOPER? GOOD AFTERNOON.
IS IT AFTERNOON. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M SO INTRIGUED BY THIS PROCESS.
IF A CITY DOESN'T JOIN UP FRONT, YOU WILL BE OPENING MEMBERSHIP UP, AND WOULD IT BE SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD JOIN THAT WOULD BE BASICALLY A PROJECT DRIVEN MEMBERSHIP GOAL AND THEN DROP OUT? OR I GUESS THAT'S BASICALLY MY QUESTION.
ADMISSION IS ROLLING, AND SO IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A PARTICULAR MUNICIPALITY DOESN'T HAVE A PROJECT ON THE HORIZON FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT THEY SEE SOMETHING IN YEAR THREE THAT THEY THINK THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THEM TO JOIN SO THEY COULD AVAIL THEMSELVES OF THE SERVICES.
MEMBERSHIP WOULD BE OPEN WITH RESPECT TO DROPPING IN AND OUT.
THE AGREEMENT IN THE ORGANIZATION IS SET UP TO DISSUADE PEOPLE FROM LEAVING THE ENTITY.
YOU HAVE THE COMMITMENT WITHIN THE AGREEMENT FOR THE TO HAVE BOARD [INAUDIBLE] BECOME A BOARD MEMBER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME. YOU ALSO, IF YOU LEAVE THE ORGANIZATION, YOU LOSE YOUR ACCESS TO THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICES THAT THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES.
SO THERE ARE REASONS TO MAINTAIN MEMBERSHIP RATHER THAN JUMP IN AND OUT.
WONDERFUL, I'M REALLY INTRIGUED BY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING AND WE KEEP, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LEAVING OUR ENTITY.
I THINK THE CONTINUITY WILL REALLY BE AN AMAZING ASSET TO ANY MUNICIPALITY SO THANK YOU FOR THIS AND WHOEVER SPIRITED KUDOS.
THANK YOU MEMBER COOPER? AND I JUST LASTLY, I BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
THE FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT IS A COMMITMENT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, BUT THERE IS NO NOTHING IN THE AGREEMENT ITSELF THAT PENALIZES AN ENTITY FROM LEAVING THE AGREEMENT.
ALTHOUGH YOUR DESIRE IS THERE BE A FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT, THERE'S NOTHING THAT'S GOING TO HOLD A PARTICULAR ENTITY FROM STAYING WITHIN THE.
WELL THERE ISN'T A FINANCIAL PENALTY.
I MEAN, I DON'T FORESEE THE ORGANIZATION GOING AROUND AND TRYING TO COLLECT FROM ITS MEMBERS. BUT I THINK THE STRONGEST DISINCENTIVE FROM JUMPING OUT IS IF YOU WERE WHEN YOU ARE PRESENTED WITH A LAP FUNDED PROJECT, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AGREEMENT WHEREBY THE MUNICIPALITY IS NOT THE CERTIFIED ENTITY.
AND IF THEY ARE NO LONGER WORKING WITH MTECH, YOU KNOW THAT COULD PLACE THEIR PROJECT IN SIGNIFICANT PERIL.
BUT JUST A FULL DISCLOSURE, ALTHOUGH THERE'S A DESIRE FOR WHOEVER PARTICIPATES TO BE THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, SO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
YES, THERE'S NOTHING TO PROHIBIT THEM FROM LEAVING.
SHOULD SOMETHING OCCUR WITHIN THAT MUNICIPALITY THAT THEY THEY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PENALTIES WITH RESPECT OTHER THAN LOSING THEIR ACCESS TO THIS.
CLEARLY, THEY WOULDN'T GET ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE FROM THE GROUP.
AND THEN WITH REGARD TO THE MEMBERSHIP ITSELF OR THE MEETINGS, PUBLIC MEETINGS, SUNSHINE
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MEETINGS. YES. OK.AND HOW WILL THE MUNICIPALITIES BE ADVISED TO SELECT THEIR MEMBERSHIP AS THEIR REQUIRED FORMAL ACTION BY THEIR CITY COMMISSION OR A COUNTY OR COMMISSION IN EVERY CITY WILL WORK DIFFERENTLY? AND SO THE ORGANIZATION'S AGREEMENT DOESN'T MICROMANAGE THAT PROCESS.
WHAT IT DOES STIPULATE IS THAT THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS WILL APPOINT FROM AMONG THEIR MEMBERSHIP THE PARTICIPANT IN THE IN THE MTECH BOARD.
RIGHT. SO SOME KIND OF FORMAL NOTICE WILL BE PROVIDED BY THE VARIOUS ENTITIES ON WHO'S THE DESIGNEE. CORRECT.
AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR EVERYONE TO LOOK THROUGH.
THE CORRESPONDENCE COMMITTEE REPORTS, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. SO SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS IS THERE.
IS THAT IT? MR. STUART, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? CAN USE YOUR NICE LITTLE PANEL.
AND WHAT HAPPENED? COLBOURNE, ZIADE, WOW WE HAVE MEMBER GANZ AND MEMBERS SIMMONS.
MOTION MADE BY GANZ AND SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
THANK YOU. GREAT MEETING.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.