Mar 23, 2022 Technical Advisory Committee

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I DON'T THINK-- IT SAYS IT'S ON.

GOOD? [LAUGHTER] THE [INAUDIBLE]. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

NEXT, WE'LL DO THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

WE DO HAVE QUORUM.

SO WE'LL DO OUR ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

IF YOU JUST HIT YES ON YOUR BUTTONS.

EVERYBODY HERE JUST AGAIN, IF YOU CAN HIT YOUR YES ON YOUR BUTTON IF YOU'RE HERE.

WHERE'S THE 'YES'? IT IS CONNECTED TO YOUR MICROPHONE, THERE'S A YES BUTTON.

FOR THOSE THAT ARE OUT ON ZOOM, WE ARE COUNTING WHO'S HERE ON ZOOM.

THANK YOU. SO, YOU DON'T NEED TO RAISE YOUR HAND OR SAY YES OR ANYTHING.

WE HAVE THAT COUNTED.

THIS IS REBECCA, BROWARD MPO.

ALL RIGHT. [INAUDIBLE] MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, IF I

[3. Approval of Minutes - February 23, 2022]

MOTIONS MADE BY MAQSOOD, SECONDED BY MICHAEL.

THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS? [INAUDIBLE]. NICK, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? VERY, VERY SMALL SCRIVENERS THERE.

MY FIRST NAME IS SPELT WRONG ON THE FIRST PAGE, BUT IT'S RIGHT EVERYWHERE ELSE.

SO JUST ADD THAT H IN THERE.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR SHARING.

IF YOU COULD VOTE WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

GREAT MOTION.

WE GOT, EVERYBODY? YEP.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

AND THE NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

MOTIONS MADE BY MYRIAM, SECONDED BY JEAN-PAUL.

ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS? OTHERWISE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM NOT ON THE AGENDA? NO? SEEING NONE. HEARING NONE.

THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ABOUT MPO SURTAX

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

AND KAT WILL BE PROVIDING THAT FOR US TODAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS KAT REGNIER.

I'M THE APPLICATION AND READINESS REVIEW LEAD FOR ALL THINGS RELATED TO SURTAX MCPS.

PLENTY OF YOUR MUNICIPALITIES HAVE MET WITH ME ALREADY, I THINK I'VE MET WITH OVER 90% OF YOU GUYS AT THIS POINT.

TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE PROVIDING A WALKTHROUGH OF THE APPLICATION, I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY ABOUT STEP THREE.

SO I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT AT THAT POINT IN THE APPLICATION.

SO. YEAH.

WE'RE READY NOW.

SO MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH THE HOME PAGE.

IT'S MY-MCPS.ORG.

FROM THERE, YOU CLICK ON NEW MCPS PORTAL.

I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG IT'LL BE HERE ON THE HOME PAGE, BUT IT'LL ALWAYS BE ON THIS TOP RIGHT CORNER. ONCE YOU CLICK THERE, IT BRING YOU TO THIS PAGE, WHICH IS THE ACTUAL NEW MCPS APPLICATION PORTAL HOME PAGE.

FROM THERE YOU WOULD BE CLICKING A MUNICIPAL SIGN IN AND THE BROWARD MPO OR BRIAN PROVIDES THE PASSWORDS AFTER MEETING WITH US ON A ONE ON ONE MEETING.

AND THE PASSWORDS ARE PROVIDED TO YOUR POINT OF CONTACT THAT WE HAVE IN OUR DATABASE.

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SO DEPENDING ON YOUR CITY, YOU WILL HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE BUILDING WITHIN THE DATABASE. THERE IS SOME CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR, IT'S NOW A THREE STEP REVIEW PROCESS.

THE FIRST STEP IS CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY'S LEGAL TEAM, WHICH I KNOW MANY OF YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH. SO THEY BASICALLY LOOK AT THE PROJECT DESCRIPTION, YOUR SCOPE AND ENSURE THAT IT WOULD AT LEAST BE ELIGIBLE, THE APPLICATION.

FROM THERE, AND JUST TO KIND OF PROVIDE YOU WHAT STEP ONE LOOKS LIKE.

SO WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR BASIC INFORMATION THAT IT ASKED YOU IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

ONE THING THAT CHANGED IF YOU ALREADY STARTED ENTERING THE DATABASE IS WE ADDED A AREA WHERE YOU CAN UPLOAD A MAP.

SO IF--.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED, BUT WE DO ENCOURAGE YOU TO UPLOAD ONE IF YOU THINK YOUR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS ARE HARD TO DESCRIBE.

AFTER THAT, YOU PRESS REQUEST REVIEW, YOU WAIT A DAY OR TWO, AND THE COUNTY IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB AT TURNING THESE THINGS BACK AROUND.

FROM THERE, YOU ARE PROMPTED TO GO TO STEP TWO.

WE CONFIRM THAT YOU HAVE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND ALSO A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ONE ALREADY SIGNED.

IF YOU DO, YOU UPLOAD IT, BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU WILL PROVIDE A DATE THAT YOU PLAN TO PRESENT IT TO YOUR GOVERNING BODY FOR APPROVAL.

JUST KEEP IN MIND THAT BECAUSE THE RANKING LIST IS DUE BY JUNE 1ST TO THE COUNTY, BY MAY 15TH IF IT'S NOT SIGNED, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE YOUR APPLICATION WON'T RANK HIGH ENOUGH.

FROM THERE, THE REVIEW IS CONDUCTED BY THE MPO, AND YOU'RE PROMPTED TO MOVE TO STEP THREE. DEPENDING ON THE PHASES YOU SELECTED BACK ON STEP ONE, PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION PHASE, YOU'LL BE PROMPTED THIS TABLE, AND FROM THERE YOU WILL ENTER SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION INFORMATION.

OOPS. OOPS.

YEAH. SO YOU WILL--.

CONNECT TO THE INTERNET. BUT YOU WILL ENTER ON SPECIFIC INFORMATION RELATED TO YOUR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH IS YOUR SCOPE OF WORK, HOW MUCH YOU'RE ASKING FOR FROM SURTAX FUNDING, AS WELL AS WHETHER YOU HAVE LEVERAGED OTHER FUNDING SUCH AS FROM FDOT, AND IF YOU HAVE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO UPDATE THAT DOCUMENTATION SO WE CAN REVIEW THE RESTRICTIONS, BUT AFTERWARDS THE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW YOU TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION.

FORTUNATELY, I'M NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

BUT FROM THERE YOU'LL BE PROMPTED TO SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, THAT SUBMIT BUTTON WERE TURNED GREEN, AND FROM THERE YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO? NOW'S THE TIME. EVERYBODY GET YOUR STUFF IN.

RUN FAST.

GREAT. THANK YOU, KAT. WE HAVE NO [INAUDIBLE].

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE MOBILITY HUBS PROGRAM CYCLE ONE

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO BOARD APPROVE the Mobility Hubs Program Cycle 1 Priority List]

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE TAC.

MY NAME IS CHADWICK BLUE, I'M A PROJECT COORDINATION MANAGER HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO, AND I HELP MANAGE THE MOBILITY HUBS PROGRAM.

SO TODAY I BROUGHT THE CYCLE ONE PROJECT RANKINGS TO YOU AND I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THAT WITH YOU. SO WITH THAT SAID, JUST REAL QUICK, AS A REMINDER, WHAT IS A MOBILITY HUB? IT'S AN AREA WITH HIGH TRANSIT ACTIVITY THAT INCLUDES TRIP TRANSFERS, ALSO IN AN AREA THAT'S EITHER RIPE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OR ALREADY UNDERGOING SOME TYPE OF ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT. AND SO THE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE PROJECT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED ACROSS FROM CITY HALL NEXT TO THE BCT BUS TERMINAL. THE PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM IS TO OFFER TWO DIFFERENT OPTIONS OF FUNDING TO FUND MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLANS, BUT ALSO FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

TODAY WE'RE SEEKING A MOTION FROM THE COMMITTEE TO APPROVE THE CYCLE 1 PROJECT LIST.

THIS SLIDE HERE JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE CYCLE AND SOME OF THE IMPORTANT STEPS FOR CYCLE ONE. SO WE OPENED UP THE CYCLE IN THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.

WE CLOSED IT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY.

THAT THEN GAVE STAFF TIME TO REVIEW AND EVALUATE THE APPLICATIONS, AND THEN, OF COURSE, BRINGING THEM TO YOU TODAY ALONG WITH THE CAC LATER ON THIS EVENING.

AND THEN THEY WILL GO TO THE MPO BOARD ON APRIL 14TH FOR AWARD.

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SO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, YOU MAY RECALL I PRESENTED TO YOU RIGHT BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS LAST YEAR. I DID AN IN-DEPTH PRESENTATION ON THE EVALUATION CRITERIA, BUT ESSENTIALLY WE FOCUSED ON NETWORK READINESS, MARKET READINESS AND SPONSOR READINESS.

THE APPLICATION ITSELF IS 110 POINTS.

100 OF THOSE POINTS ARE SPENT ON NETWORK AND MARKET READINESS, AND THE REMAINING TEN ARE SPONSOR READINESS.

AND FROM THAT, WE TRY TO TIE THEM BACK INTO METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THEMES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE BLUE BOX RIGHT THERE AND MORE INFORMATION AND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE.

AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING OPTIONS.

WE OFFER UP TO $400,000 FOR MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLANS, BUT THEN WE ALSO OFFER FUNDING FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A MAXIMUM FOR THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM ASK OF AT LEAST $1,000,000 FOR THAT.

AND AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE PHASES REQUIRE US TO WORK WITH FTA STAFF AND TRAMS IN ORDER TO PUT AN APPLICATION IN AND GET APPROVAL FROM FTA.

SO ONCE THE AWARD IS DONE, THAT'S [INAUDIBLE] DATE, TYPICALLY BETWEEN 3 TO 6 MONTHS.

WE RECEIVED ONE APPLICATION FROM THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK FOR A MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN. WE HAVE $217,000 AVAILABLE FOR THIS STUDY AND THE FOCUS WILL BE PRIMARILY AROUND SAMPLE. IN 441, THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING SERVICED IN THIS AREA. THE CITY HAS SEVERAL DIFFERENT COMMUNITY SHUTTLES AND THEN AS WELL AS SEVERAL DIFFERENT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT LINES.

AND WE, OF COURSE, HAVE MR. RIGHETTI SITTING ON THE BOARD FROM COCONUT CREEK WHO CAN ANSWER MAYBE ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE BOARD MAY HAVE DETAILING THAT PLAN.

BUT, YES, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING A MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN WITH THEM.

TYPICALLY WHAT WE LOOK AT IS EXISTING CONDITIONS, WE LOOK AT ALL THEIR EXISTING PLANS, WE DO A MARKET ANALYSIS, SURVEY OF TRANSIT RIDERS, AND THEN AS PART OF THE MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN, THE SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM CAPITAL PROJECTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED FROM THAT.

AND SO IF THE CITY WERE TO RECEIVE THIS MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN, THEY COULD COMPLETE IT, AND THEN COME THE NEXT CYCLE THEY COULD RETURN BACK AND APPLY FOR CAPITAL AND DESIGN FUNDING. SO THE NEXT STEPS, AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE SEEKING A MOTION FROM THIS BOARD AND ALSO THE CAC LATER ON THIS EVENING.

AND THEN ULTIMATELY THIS ITEM WILL GO TO THE MPO BOARD AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.

AWARD LETTERS WILL BE SENT OUT IF EVERYTHING GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN.

AND THEN MPO STAFF WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH CITY OF COCONUT CREEK STAFF TO WORK ON THE SCOPE FOR THE MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN.

[INAUDIBLE]. AND AS I MENTIONED, YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAM USING OUR WEBSITE. WE HAVE A NICE, LONG MOBILITY HUB SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT OUR CURRENT AND PAST PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR CYCLE ONE INFORMATION.

SO WITH THAT, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THE BOARD MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, CHADWICK.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NICK? THANK YOU, CHADWICK.

SO THIS SITE 441 AND SAMPLE AS THE PRIMARY AREA AROUND THE HUB.

MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE MUNICIPALITIES INTERSECT THAT INTERSECTION.

WHAT ARE THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN IT? WAS THERE COORDINATION? IS THIS A JOINT APPLICATION WITH THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK AND THE OTHER MUNICIPAL PARTNERS SUCH AS MARGATE ON THAT CORNER? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK YOU CAN REALLY GET A FULL MASTER PLAN WITHOUT HAVING THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED THAT INTERSECT AT THAT CORNER.

I THINK THERE'S THREE, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY.

YOU KNOW, AND SO HOW DOES THIS WORK IF YOU ONLY HAVE ONE MUNICIPALITY LEADING THE CHARGE AND YOU HAVE HALF THE INTERSECTION, SOME OTHER MUNICIPALITY? CURRENTLY, WE DON'T HAVE THE APPLICATION SET UP TO DO A JOINT APPLICATION.

IT HAS TO FALL UNDER ONE MUNICIPALITY, BUT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO COORDINATE THOSE EFFORTS.

SO AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION, THEY DID MENTION SOME OF THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED, AND SO, YEAH, WE'RE GOING--.

MUNICIPALITIES AROUND THAT HUB AREA? SORRY. HI, JAMES CROMER WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

I'M GOING TO TURN TO MICHAEL RIGHETTI ALSO TO ADD SOME COMMENTS ON THIS.

ALSO, WE DESCRIBED IT AS THE AREA AT SAMPLE AND STATE ROAD 7, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE AREA EAST OF STATE ROAD 7 ALONG SAMPLE SORT OF GOES FROM STATE ROAD 7 TO LYONS ROAD.

AND IT'S SAMPLE TO--.

I FORGET--. WILES, I FORGOT THE NAME OF IT.

SO IT'S MORE OF A CONCENTRATION ON THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON AROUND THAT AREA IN COCONUT CREEK AS OPPOSED TO--.

YOU'RE VERY CORRECT, [INAUDIBLE] THAT INTERSECTION THERE HAS CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE AND COCONUT CREEK. SO IT'S NOT THAT INTERSECTION AS MUCH AS THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE GOING ON TIED TO SOME LAND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AS PART OF THE MAIN STREET PROJECT FOR COCONUT CREEK, AND MICHAEL, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT.

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JUST TO CLARIFY, THE LOCATION WAS MAYBE A GENERAL LOCATION OF WHERE THE ANALYSIS WOULD BE USED FROM, BUT AT THAT BOUNDARY OF WHAT WE'RE DESIGNATING AS CITY OF COCONUT CREEK'S MAIN STREET CONSISTS PRIMARILY OF ALMOST 200 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED LAND ADJACENT TO A REGIONAL DESTINATION, BEING THE CASINO PROXIMITY TO A SCHOOL WHICH WAS ALSO PART OF THE APPLICATION. ADJACENT TO THE CORRIDOR OF STATE ROAD 7.

THE SAMPLE ROAD PRIORITIES FOR BCT.

THERE'S BCT LINES THAT RUN ON LYONS.

WE HAVE TWO SHUTTLES THAT SERVE IN THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.

OUR DEMARCATION LINE FOR THE NORTH SHUTTLE AND THE SOUTH SHUTTLE HAPPENS TO RUN ON SAMPLE ROAD. SO WITH THE UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IN THAT 150 TO 200 ACRES, SOME OF IT WHICH IS CITY OWNED LAND, WE'RE LOOKING FOR A LOCATION THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVE ALL OF THOSE TRANSIT ROUTES, PROVIDE THAT CONNECTIVITY, BE PART OF THE ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR THERE, AND OFFER A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE RIDERSHIP FOR A MOBILITY HUB. SO IF THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION ON PICKING THE INTERSECTION OF SAMPLE AND 441, I HOPE I'VE CLARIFIED THAT.

THANK YOU. THE OTHER JUST COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYONE'S AWARE OF BROWARD COUNTY, WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF DOING A TRANSIT SYSTEM WIDE PLAN THAT'S GOING TO BE PRIORITIZING OUR RAPID BUS BRT NETWORK AND POTENTIALLY LIGHT RAIL CORRIDORS FOR A 30 YEAR DURATION PLAN.

THAT PLAN IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT WITH RECOMMENDATIONS BY THE END OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, AND THEN THAT WILL FEED IN TO ACTUALLY THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN CALL FOR PROJECTS EARLY NEXT YEAR.

MY, I GUESS, MY CONCERN SOMETIMES IN HAVING SOME OF THESE MOBILITY HUB PLANS RIDE AHEAD OF A LOT OF THE CORRIDOR PLANNING THAT'S GOING TO BE DONE BECAUSE EVEN ONCE I HAVE THE SYSTEMS PLAN, THAT'S STILL GOING TO BE THE VERY HIGH LEVEL.

YOU KNOW, THESE CORRIDORS SUCH AS UNIVERSITY AND SAMPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH MORE IN-DEPTH ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS AND PD&ES AND DESIGN, AND THAT'S WHEN YOU REALLY GET DOWN TO SEEING WHAT'S POSSIBLE.

SO I GUESS I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS OVER, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH TRANSIT YOU REALLY COULD HAVE A GOOD IDEA OR A SOLID FOUNDATION TO SERVE AS THE BASIS OF YOUR ASSUMPTIONS WHEN YOU DO THIS MOBILITY HUB, YOU KNOW.

WE'LL OBVIOUSLY WANT TO BE AT THE TABLE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME JUST CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE DONE SOME MOBILITY HUB PLANNING IN THE PAST, YOU KNOW, AND SOMETIMES THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING AND PLANNING ON THE TRANSIT SIDE VERSUS SOME OF THESE STUDIES MOVING AHEAD.

NO, AND THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT.

WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THE SYSTEM WIDE PLAN THAT BCT IS WORKING ON, AND WE KNOW THAT WE CAN'T REALLY BUILD THE MOBILITY HUB SOMEWHERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, BCT THE LARGEST TRANSIT PROVIDER IN THE COUNTY IS NOT GOING TO SERVICE.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO COORDINATE OUR EFFORTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING.

YEAH, I MEAN, CERTAINLY WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS CORRIDOR, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS INTERSECTION, IT'S A VERY PIVOTAL INTERSECTION IN THE REGION OR IN THE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALL QUADRANTS OF THIS INTERSECTION, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST ONE QUADRANT OF IT. SO FOR US, IT'S GOING TO BE THE BROAD VIEW, IS THE VIEW THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE, WHICH INCLUDES THE OTHER TWO MUNICIPALITIES AT THE TABLE IN TERMS OF HOW WE FACILITATE CONNECTIVITY IN THAT AREA.

AND I THINK, NICK, TO BUILD OFF THAT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU COULD SHARE WHEN YOU'RE IN A PLACE WITH YOUR PLAN AND COME AND PRESENT TO US SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE, FOR THOSE OF US WHO ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT IS ON MY LIST OF THINGS TO DO.

I'M TRYING TO GET TO MY--.

I HAVE TO BRIEF MY COMMISSIONERS FIRST BEFORE I BRIEF THE MPO.

SO I'M TRYING TO GET THOSE COMMISSION BRIEFING SET UP.

THERE'S, AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE HAVE A NEW COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, SO THERE ARE SOME NEW PROCESSES IN PLACE, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.

GREAT. AND EVEN, I KNOW I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE, YOUR NIGHTTIME SERVICE, IF WE CAN TIE THAT IN, IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT, LOOK INTO IT.

IT'S GOING TO BE EXCELLENT.

SO THANK YOU. YEP.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? PETE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

FIRST OF ALL, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF COCONUT CREEK'S APPLICATION.

WHEN THE TIME IS APPROPRIATE, I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKING AT THE NEXT CYCLE AND A MOBILITY HUB MASTER PLAN WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE THINKING ABOUT SUBMITTING FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.

SO THANK YOU, COCONUT CREEK FOR SHOWING US THE WAY AND THIS KIND OF ANSWERS QUESTIONS A

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I BELIEVE IT WAS ONE OF JAMES CROMER'S FIRST PROJECTS AT THE MPO BACK IN THE DAY, AND I REMEMBER BEING ON THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THAT LONG RANGE PLAN AND HOW THE MOBILITY HUB CONCEPT IS KIND OF CHANGED AND MORPHED OVER THE YEARS.

SO THE FACT THAT YOUR ACTIVITY CENTER IS REALLY GOING TO BE THE FOCUS OF IT REALLY HELPS ME WITH OUR DOWNTOWN ACTIVITY CENTER BEING THE FOCUS OF WHERE WE WANT TO CONCENTRATE OUR MOBILITY HUB. SO I DO APPRECIATE I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT COMMENT FOR THE RECORD AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WHEN IT'S APPROPRIATE.

GREAT. THANK YOU, PETE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NO? SEEING NONE, THEN I WILL ASK FOR THAT MOTION.

MOTIONS MADE BY PETE SCHWARZ SECOND AND BY JEAN-PAUL.

THERE ANY COMMENTS? CONCERNS? OTHERWISE, WE WILL TAKE OUR VOTE.

AND THE MOTION PASSES.

THE MOTION PASSES TO RECOMMEND TO THE BROWARD MPO TO APPROVE THE MOBILITY HUB CYCLE ONE PRIORITY LIST.

GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ACTION ITEM, WHICH IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE an Interlocal Agreement (ILA) Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and the Municipalities of Hollywood, Plantation and Pompano Beach for the Creation of the Metro Transportation Engineering & Construction Cooperative]

AND WE HAVE BILL HERE TO START US OFF.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

BILL CROSS, BROWARD MPO, AND THIS IS CHRIS BROSS, ALSO BROWARD MPO.

I'M JUST GOING TO GET US STARTED HERE BRIEFLY AND THEN I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER TO CHRIS TO DO THE MAIN BODY.

I'M BASICALLY JUST GOING TO REMIND US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY AND JUST START WITH THAT, BECAUSE THIS IS AN EFFORT THAT REALLY STARTED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2018 WHEN WE PULLED TOGETHER THE MAYORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS ROUNDTABLE.

IT WAS A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WERE INTERESTED IN TRANSPORTATION AND BROWARD COUNTY IN TRYING TO TACKLE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT THEY PERCEIVE AS US HAVING.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THAT GROUP NOW FOR MANY YEARS, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY THIS IS I'M GOING TO SAY, KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF MANY YEARS OF EFFORT NOW, WHICH WAS HOW DO WE BETTER PROVIDE SERVICES AND EQUITY BETWEEN ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SIZED MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENT CAPABILITIES AND DIFFERENT FINANCIAL RESOURCES? AND ONE OF THE THOUGHTS THERE WAS, HEY, MAYBE WE CAN PUT TOGETHER SOME KIND OF A COLLABORATIVE GROUP TO HELP DELIVER PROJECTS.

THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK YOU'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF IS ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, OUR FRIENDS AT FLORIDA DOT FELT THAT THEY COULD NO LONGER DELIVER THE FEDERALLY FUNDED OFF SYSTEM PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE MPO ANY LONGER.

AND THAT KIND OF PUT US INTO A PROJECT BY LAP DELIVERY SITUATION.

AND SO THIS MTECC IS ALSO EXPECTED TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THE EFFORT THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH DELIVERING PROJECTS THROUGH LAP.

SO JUST BRIEFLY, AGAIN, THIS GROUP MET FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS KIND OF WITH A SET OF ATTORNEYS THINKING ABOUT HOW COULD WE STRUCTURE THIS? AND, YOU KNOW, AT ONE POINT THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION OF DO WE TRY TO HOUSE IT WITH A MUNICIPALITY? DO WE TRY TO HOUSE IT WITH THE MPO? AND THE DECISION WAS PARTLY THROUGH CONSULTATIONS WITH FLORIDA DOT THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE HOUSED WITH ANY ONE MUNICIPALITY AND IT CERTAINLY SHOULDN'T BE HOUSED WITH THE MPO.

WE'RE PLANNING NOT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE STARTED TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND WE LOOKED AT C-CORPORATIONS COOPERATIVES AS WELL AS THE FLORIDA INTERLOCAL COOPERATION ACT.

YOU NOTICE THAT IT'S 1969, IT'S ONE OF THE OLDEST AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA 163.

IT'S UTILIZED WIDELY AROUND THE STATE, MAYBE FOR JOINTLY PROVIDING WATER SERVICES TO TWO COMMUNITIES THAT HAPPEN TO BE ADJACENT, ETC..

BUT IT'S WELL KNOWN, IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED, AND SO THAT WAS ULTIMATELY THE DIRECTION THAT WE WOUND UP GOING.

AND TODAY, WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS BASICALLY AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE FOUNDING MEMBERS AND THE MPO TO ACTUALLY CREATE THIS NEW STANDALONE ENTITY, WE CALL IT MTECC, TO TO HELP SUPPORT THOSE EFFORTS.

AND I THINK AT THIS POINT--.

WELL, I KIND OF MADE THESE POINTS.

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SO THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE IT.

I'M GOING TO PASS IT OVER TO CHRIS AT THIS POINT, IF YOU WOULD TAKE IT OVER.

THANK YOU, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

MY NAME IS CHRIS BROSS.

I'M THE MANAGER OF CONTRACTS AND PROCUREMENT FOR BROWARD MPO.

SO BENEFITS OF THE NEWLY DEVELOPED MTECC ORGANIZATION IS THAT THERE WILL BE A CENTRALIZED ENGINEERING EXPERTIZE WITH DESIGN, BID PACKAGE PREPARATION, CONSTRUCTION OVERSIGHT INSPECTION RIGHT AWAY, ETC.

THERE WILL BE A CENTRALIZED PROCUREMENT PROCESS THAT WILL BASICALLY ALLOW FOR EFFICIENT AND TIMELY PROJECT DELIVERY METHODS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EFFICIENCIES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S MUNICIPALITIES THAT MAY BE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, WHERE WE CAN PUT OUT LARGER PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE BOTH INTO ONE CONTRACT TO SEEK BETTER COSTS AND BETTER ADMINISTRATION OF THOSE PARTICULAR PROJECTS.

THERE'S A CENTRALIZED PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT TEAM, AND THE CITIES ONLY BUY THE SERVICES NECESSARY WITHOUT THE NEED TO MAINTAIN STAFF.

THAT'S WHAT THE MTECC AND WITH BROWARD MPO, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE DOING FOR THOSE CITIES.

SO KEY ELEMENTS OF THE MTECC IS IT'S A SELF GOVERNING BOARD, IT'S SELF-FUNDED BY ITS MEMBERS, THE PRIMARY FUNDING THROUGH PROJECT AWARDS AND MUNICIPALITY MEMBER ANNUAL DUES TO COVER THE OVERHEAD FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

SO OUR THREE FOUNDING MEMBERS, HOLLYWOOD, PLANTATION, AND POMPANO BEACH, ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THOSE ILAS, AND WE ANTICIPATE BRINGING THOSE ILAS FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND EXECUTION UPON APPROVAL AND RECOMMENDATION TODAY TO OUR BOARD.

SO THE MTECC MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS, THOSE THREE MUNICIPALITIES I MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THOSE FOUNDING MEMBERS WILL BE CONTRIBUTING $100,000 PER MUNICIPALITY.

NON-FOUNDING MEMBER CONTRIBUTION, AND WE CERTAINLY HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE MORE CONTRIBUTION AND MORE MUNICIPALITIES COMING TO MTECC, THEIR FEE WOULD BE $50,000.

AND THEN CURRENTLY WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AN ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP FEE OF $25,000 AND A FIVE YEAR MINIMUM COMMITMENT.

NOW THAT AMOUNT, MEMBER MEMBERSHIP FEE, ANNUAL FEE MAY BE ADJUSTED BY THE MTECC BOARD ANNUALLY. SO THERE'LL BE TWO AGREEMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CREATION FOR MTECC.

ONE WILL BE THE ILAS, WHICH WILL BE BETWEEN THE MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS AND THE MPO.

AND THE SECOND WOULD BE AN ACTUAL SUPPORT AGREEMENT ILA BETWEEN THE MPO AND MTECC FOR SUPPORTING SERVICES, ESPECIALLY IN THEIR STARTUP YEARS.

AND BOTH, WE DO ANTICIPATE BRINGING THE ILAS FOR THE FOUNDING MEMBERS TO THE APRIL BOARD FOR ADOPTION. WE ARE STILL UNDERWAY WITH THE ILA FOR MPO, MTECC ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

WE'RE HOPING TO BRING THAT, AT THIS POINT, IF NOT APRIL, TO THE MAY BOARD.

SO ILAS WITH THE THREE FOUNDING MEMBERS.

THE FIRST BULLET IS DIRECTLY FROM THE ACTUAL ILA.

THE PURPOSE OF THE ILA IS TO CONSENT TO AND AUTHORIZE THE CREATION OF MTECC IN ORDER TO FACILITATE THE PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF TRANSPORTATION RELATED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR MEMBERS TO KNOW THERE'S A FIREWALL BETWEEN THE PLANNING ACTIVITIES OF THE BROWARD MPO AND DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES OF MTECC, AND THE MPO ASSUMES NO FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MTECC PROJECTS.

AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES OF MTECC, FEDERAL AID PROJECT ADMINISTRATION.

IT'S THE MTECC'S ROLE AND CERTAIN DESIRE TO BASICALLY BECOME LAP CERTIFIED AS AN AGENCY.

AND ALSO UNDER THAT PROJECT, ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL AID PROJECTS IS A LIABILITY OF PARTIES FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECT COMPLETION.

AND THEN THERE'S LOCAL PROJECT ADMINISTRATION PROVISION OF SERVICES TO THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS, PAYMENT OF SERVICES AND SELECTION OF SERVICES.

THESE ARE ALL CALLED OUT IN THE ILAS.

THE FEDERAL AID PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, THE LAP CERTIFICATION.

ON BEHALF OF THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS, MTECC MAY BECOME LAP CERTIFIED AND UPON CERTIFICATION UNDER THE LAP, THE MTECC ORGANIZATION CAN CONTRACT FOR THE PROJECT DELIVERY OF THE FEDERAL AID PROJECTS ON BEHALF OF FDOT.

AND LIABILITY OF THE PARTIES FOR FEDERAL AID PROJECT COMPLETION.

THIS IS NORMALLY THAT THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS REQUESTING THE PROJECTS.

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THIS WOULD TYPICALLY BE SOMETHING UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCE OF EXTRA WORK, MAYBE HAVE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR OUT DOING WORK AND IT'S ANTICIPATED OR IT WASN'T ANTICIPATED AT TIME OF AWARD, THERE MIGHT BE SOME EXTRA WORK AND OVERRUNS.

MPO AND MTECC WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE COSTS.

FOR LOCAL PROJECT ADMINISTRATION, MUNICIPAL MEMBERS ALWAYS RETAIN OPTION TO USE MTECC OR NOT, IT WILL ALWAYS BE YOUR CHOICE.

PROJECT COSTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ARE ADDRESSED IN INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BASED AGREEMENTS BETWEEN FDOT, MTECC, AND MUNICIPALITY.

THESE WILL BE THE THIRD PARTY, WHAT WE'RE TERMING LAP AGREEMENTS, AND THOSE WILL SET OUT THE ACTUAL AGREEMENTS FOR EACH PROJECT ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.

MPO WILL NOT BE A PARTY TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BASED AGREEMENTS, AND THERE'S NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING BEYOND THE TIP PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE MPO.

AND THE SECOND ILA, JUST TO BRIEFLY DESCRIBE THE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT SERVICES, THERE'S TWO FACETS TO THE ILA.

ONE WOULD BE THE ACTUAL IN-HOUSE SUPPORT SERVICES THAT THE CURRENT BMPO STAFF WOULD BE PROVIDING. THE SECOND WOULD BE MPO CONTRACTED SUPPORT.

SO WE ARE GEARING UP TO, AND FINALIZING A SCOPE OF SERVICES, TO PUT TOGETHER AN RFP TO GO OUT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES SUPPORT IN ASSISTING THE THE MTECC, ONCE AGAIN, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF START UP SERVICES.

AND ALWAYS LIKE TO END ON AN IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE SLIDE.

PRETTY MUCH WE ARE ON THE AGENDA TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDATION WE MOVE FORWARD AND HAVING THE ILAS EXECUTED AT OUR APRIL BOARD.

THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF FINALIZING THE DRAFTS OF THAT AGREEMENT, BUT IF NOT APRIL, AS I SAID EARLIER, WE EXPECT TO BRING THOSE THROUGH THE NEXT CYCLE OF RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVALS FOR MAY BOARD.

DRAFT MTECC POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE UNDERWAY AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE AWARE OF LAP REQUIREMENTS, THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF PROCEDURES NOT ONLY FOR LAP COMPATIBILITY, BUT AS WELL AS JUST ESTABLISHING THOSE PROCEDURES FOR THE MTECC BOARD AS AN ORGANIZATION.

THE MTECC OPERATIONS, WE ARE ANTICIPATING TO BEGIN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 2022.

OBTAIN FDOT LAP CERTIFICATION IN THE SUMMER OF 2022.

PROCURE THE KEY CONSULTANT RESOURCES NECESSARY TO TAKE ON THESE PROJECTS, SUMMER/FALL 2022.

AND STATE YEAR FISCAL 2023 IS WHEN WE WANT TO BE UP AND ROLLING AND BEGIN THE MTECC PROJECTS. AND THAT'S THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GREAT.

THANK YOU. NOW I'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS.

NICK, GO AHEAD. I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT? I GUESS I'M STILL STRUGGLING, I GUESS, TO UNDERSTAND THE ROLE OF THE MPO IN THE INITIAL AGREEMENT. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S THREE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE FOUNDERS, THEY EACH PAY INTO IT, THEY CREATE AN INDEPENDENT BOARD.

I GUESS, WHY DOES THIS NEED MPO BOARD APPROVAL AT ALL IF THESE THREE CITIES COULD COME TOGETHER, YOU KNOW, CREATE THIS COOPERATIVE AND THEN HAVE A PROCESS FOR INVITING OTHER MEMBERS INTO IT? I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE INITIAL ROLE OF THE MPO IN THE AGREEMENT. YEAH, NICK, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT ONE.

OUR ATTORNEY SAID WE NEEDED TO.

[LAUGHTER] AND PART OF THAT IS THE LEAD ROLE THAT THE MPO HAS TAKEN OVER THE LAST THREE OR FOUR YEARS IN SETTING THE ORGANIZATION UP.

THE ANTICIPATED ROLE THAT THE MPO IS GOING TO PLAY IN PROVIDING THE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES FOR MTECC.

AGAIN, MTECC AS AN ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY LIGHT, ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY--. LIKE, THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE ANY HIRED STAFF.

IT'S ALL GOING TO BE CONSULTANT RESOURCES.

AND SO THAT THAT'S REALLY THE REASONING, RATIONALE JUSTIFICATION IS [INAUDIBLE] WE'RE KIND OF THE PARENT OF THIS GROUP, SO WE FEEL A CERTAIN RESPONSIBILITY AND THE ATTORNEY SAID THAT THIS IS THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY TO STRUCTURE IT.

OKAY. BUT THAT'S SEPARATE FROM--.

SO I READ IN HERE ON POWERPOINT.

I'M SORRY. THERE'S A SECOND ILA THOUGH, THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING FORTHCOMING THAT SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THE ROLE OF THE MPO AND PROVIDING THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

SO I GUESS I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS THAT NOT IN THIS AGREEMENT IF THE MPO IS A PARTY TO THIS ONE? I CAN UNDERSTAND IF IT WERE TO [INAUDIBLE] THE THREE INITIAL ENTITIES [INAUDIBLE] THE [INAUDIBLE], THEN THEY HAVE A SEPARATE ILA AFTER THEIR FORUM TO CONTRACT WITH MPO FOR

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I GUESS I'M PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU A SATISFACTORY ANSWER SPEAKERS] TODAY OTHER THAN THESE WERE BUSINESS DECISIONS AND TERMS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED BY OUR ATTORNEYS ON HOW TO STRUCTURE THESE AGREEMENTS.

THIS SECOND AGREEMENT THAT CHRIS MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION WON'T BE COMING BACK TO THE TAC. IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S BASICALLY BUSINESS TERMS AND OPERATIONS. SO I'M NOT SURE I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN IT ANY BETTER THAN THAT [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. OKAY.

AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION IS JUST, I GUESS, CAN YOU GO IN A LITTLE BIT INTO YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED THE CONCEPT OF A FIREWALL, RIGHT? BETWEEN THE MTECC AND THE BROWARD MPO.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW THAT WORKS? BUT PARTICULARLY, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE IF THE BROWARD MPO IS MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIVATIZATIONS ON PROJECTS, BUT THEN THE MTECC GETS TO BE USED THEN, YOU KNOW, TO CONSTRUCT THOSE PROJECTS, AND AS PART OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, THEN THE BROWARD MPO IS RECOMMENDING PROJECTS AND THEN YOU'RE SUBSIDIZING BROWARD MPO STAFF FOR THOSE PROJECTS IN SOME CAPACITY.

I GUESS THAT'S THE PART I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.

SO I THINK WE TRY TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN THE AGREEMENT AND WE ALSO TRY TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN OUR PRESENTATION, NICK, THERE'S NO SUBSIDY AND THERE IS NO CONFLICT OF INTEREST HERE.

THERE IS A CLEAR FIREWALL.

SO IF YOU READ THE AGREEMENT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THAT THE MPO HAS NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY FUNDING. WE DON'T HAVE ANY LIABILITY, NOR DOES MTECC.

I MEAN, THE REALITY IS THAT MTECC IS A SHELL ORGANIZATION TO BASICALLY LIBERATE THE MUNICIPALITIES FROM THE DRUDGERY OF HAVING TO DELIVER LAP PROJECTS BY PUTTING IT INTO AN ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IN EXISTENCE IS TO FOCUS ON DELIVERING LAP PROJECTS AND HANDLING ALL THAT ADMINISTRATIVE FEDERAL PAPERWORK AND THE PAPERWORK WITH FDOT.

SO IT ACTUALLY IS COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT FROM WHAT THE MPO DOES.

THE MPO BOARD DECIDES HOW TO FUND PROJECTS.

ONCE THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED, AS WE SAID IN THE SLIDE, THE MPO HAS NO FURTHER RESPONSIBILITY FOR FUNDING THAT PROJECT.

AT THAT POINT, THE PROJECT JUST BECOMES LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT.

IT GOES OUT THERE TO DOT, IT GETS PROGRAMED IN THE WORK PROGRAM, AND AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, FDOT FOR MOST PROJECTS THAT ARE OFF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM ARE GOING TO TAG THAT PROJECT FOR LAP DELIVERY.

AND AT THAT POINT, IF A MUNICIPALITY, IF THEY'RE A MEMBER OF MTECC, AND IF THEY DECIDE AND SO DESIRE TO HAVE MTECC DELIVER THAT, THEN THEY CAN ASK FOR MTECC TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT. WE ANTICIPATE THAT THOSE AGREEMENTS WILL STILL REQUIRE THAT ANY KIND OF COST OVERRUNS, ALL THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT FDOT PUTS ON A CITY WILL STILL RESIDE WITH THE CITY. AND AS CHRIS POINTED OUT, THAT TRI-PARTY AGREEMENT WILL BE FDOT, THE CITY, AND THEN MTECC, SO, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE KIND OF GONE OUT OF OUR WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S A CLEAR SEPARATION OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, TWO SEPARATE BOARDS.

IT'S NOT THE SAME MEMBERS EVEN ON THE BOARD, SO I THINK WE FEEL EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE IN WORKING WITH FDOT, THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE, YOU KNOW.

YEAH. SO I GUESS I'LL JUST END THERE.

HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

OKAY.

AND, IF I COULD, YOUR COMMISSIONER AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING WANTS TO JOIN.

GO AHEAD, NATALIE. THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW, I SAW THAT THERE WAS THE FIVE YEAR COMMITMENT LEVEL OF MEMBERSHIP.

WHAT IS THE TIMEFRAME OF COMMITMENT FOR THE INITIAL MEMBERS? FIVE YEARS [INAUDIBLE]. IT'S FIVE YEARS.

IT'S STILL FIVE YEARS. OK.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

RICHARD [INAUDIBLE]. YEAH, I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED TWO OF MY QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST ONE WITH--.

I GUESS NICK ASKED THE QUESTION AND THE SEPARATION, SO I THINK THAT'S CLEAR THAT THERE'S DEFINITELY SEPARATION AND THERE'S A FIREWALL BETWEEN THE TWO AGENCIES.

AND THE OTHER ONE IS, CAN THE COUNTY USE THE MTECC SERVICES? BECAUSE IT SAYS CITY, CITY, CITY.

SO, I'M JUST CURIOUS AND I THINK YOU ANSWERED THAT JUST.

YEAH, I HOPE [LAUGHTER].

YOU KNOW WHAT? THANK YOU FOR ASKING IT AGAIN, BECAUSE WHEN NATALIE ASKED THE QUESTION, IT KIND OF POPPED INTO MY HEAD THAT WE PROBABLY--.

WE TALK ABOUT MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE IT IS KIND OF A MUNICIPALITY FORMED ORGANIZATION, BUT THERE'S NO PROBLEM IF THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER, IF SFRTA, FOR EXAMPLE,

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I MEAN, ALL ARE WELCOME, SO THERE'S NO LIMITATION ON THAT-- RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S JUST THAT WAS-- [LAUGHTER].

BUT YOU MENTIONED--.THANK YOU. THERE WAS SOME INTEREST AT LEAST.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION CHRIS, TOO.

VERY WELCOME. THANK YOU.

I HAD A QUESTION. SO LAST TIME WE HEARD TALK ABOUT THIS, THE MTECC, THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT IF IT COULD BE LAP CERTIFIED OR NOT AS AN AGENCY.

AND HAVE YOU WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH DOT SO THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DELIVER LAP? SO, CHRIS, DO YOU MIND IF I TAKE THIS ONE AS WELL? SO--. YOU'RE ON A ROLL.

YEAH, LET ME KEEP GOING HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT A MEETING SET UP FOR NEXT WEEK WITH WITH DOT AND THE LEGAL TEAMS TO SIT DOWN AND CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, IN ALL HONESTY, NO, WE HAVE NOT RESOLVED THAT ISSUE YET, BUT IT'S ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH. I THINK IF I HAD TO, YOU KNOW, GUESS AT THIS POINT, THE FIRST COUPLE OF PROJECTS, DOT IS PROBABLY GOING TO WANT THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS TO BE LAP CERTIFIED AS OPPOSED TO MTECC.

OUR GOAL IS CERTAINLY TO GET THE ORGANIZATION LAP CERTIFIED OVER TIME.

[INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. YEAH, JUST FROM WHAT I KNOW OF LAP AND HOW IT WORKS IN THE CERTIFICATIONS OF LIKE THE BOOKKEEPING AND ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL, I JUST DON'T--.

I CAN'T QUITE WRAP MY HEAD AROUND HOW MTECC WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY WITH FEDERAL MONEY, AND I'M SURE Y'ALL WILL WORK IT OUT.

BUT [INAUDIBLE].

YEAH, NO, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION, KAREN.

AND THAT'S WHY WE [INAUDIBLE].

BECAUSE THE CITY WILL STILL BE LIABLE IF SOMETHING FINANCIALLY HAPPENS OR THE BOOKKEEPING AND ALL THAT BECAUSE YOU SAID LIKE MTECC WOULDN'T BE LIABLE FOR THAT? YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, KAREN.

SO THE--. AND I HATE TO PUT IT AS IT'S A LIABILITY, BUT THE, I GUESS IT IS, THE RESPONSIBILITY. LET ME USE THAT.

IT'S A BETTER, MAYBE LESS THREATENING TERM.

THE RESPONSIBILITY DOES STILL REST WITH THE CITY WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN.

SO, AS CHRIS SAID, IF THE CITY COMES BACK AND SAYS, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO DO SOME EXTRA WORK WHILE YOU'RE OUT HERE AND IT'S NOT FEDERALLY REIMBURSABLE OR IT WASN'T ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THE SCOPE, AND SO THERE'S NO FUNDING FOR IT, THEN THE CITY STILL BEARS THAT RESPONSIBILITY.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, MTECC IS REALLY HERE--.

IT'S NOT A FUNDING ORGANIZATION, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHELL.

SO THERE'S NO [INAUDIBLE] THERE, THERE'S NOBODY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T GO TO MTECC AND SAY, OH, WE'VE GOT COST OVERRUNS MTECC NEEDS TO COVER THAT.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S SET UP FOR, AND THERE ARE NO FUNDS FOR THAT.

SO ULTIMATELY, THE CITY WHERE THE PROJECT--.

YOU KNOW, THE CITY THAT'S REQUESTED THE PROJECTS WILL STILL RETAIN THAT SAME RESPONSIBILITY AS THEY CURRENTLY WOULD WITH THE LAP.

MTECC IS REALLY SUPPOSED TO JUST TAKE THAT BURDEN OF THE PROJECT OFF OF THE CITIES AND TO HAVE STAFF AND TO MAINTAIN THAT UP TO DATE KNOWLEDGE.

BECAUSE, AS MEMBERS KNOW, IT'S AN INVOLVED PROCESS.

SO IS THE VISION OF EVENTUALLY THERE WOULD BE MTECC STAFF OR WOULD IT JUST BE KIND OF CONSULTANT? I GUESS IT COULD GROW AND YOU NEVER KNOW, BUT IF YOU COULD CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WHO THEIR STAFF WOULD, YOU SAID ADMINISTRATIVE BOOKKEEPING WOULD BE CONTRACT WITH THE MPO AT A FUTURE ILA DATE, BUT IN TERMS OF THAT TECHNICAL DESIGN /CONSTRUCTION SUPPORT, WHERE WOULD THAT COME FROM? [INAUDIBLE]. SURE.

SO IT'S ANTICIPATED THAT THE MTECC ORGANIZATION WILL BE PUTTING OUT ITS PROCUREMENTS FOR ITS GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, CONTINUING SERVICE CONTRACTS THAT THROUGH CONSULTANT SUPPORT, WE'D HAVE THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH FROM PROJECT CONCEPTION, THROUGH ADMINISTRATION AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO THAT IN ADDITION--.

SO IT'LL BE A MIXTURE OF BASICALLY IN, ESPECIALLY THE START UP, IN THE INITIAL START UP YEARS, IT'LL DEFINITELY BE A MIXTURE OF MPO SUPPORT, HAVING TO SUPPORT SOME OF THOSE STARTUP FUNCTIONS IN ADDITION TO PRIVATIZING SOME OF THE WORK.

AS THE ENTITY GROWS AND TAKES ON MORE PROJECTS, I MEAN, IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT THE MTECC BOARD, THE VISION AND DIRECTION IN THE FUTURE WOULD BE, BUT IT'S OUR PLAN TO HAVE AS FAR AS SET UP ALL THOSE NECESSARY RESOURCES ASSESSABLE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHARLES? YES.

IN ADDITION TO THE MEMBERSHIP FEE FOR THE MTECC SERVICES, IS IT REASONABLE TO ASSUME THERE'D BE AN ADDITIONAL FEE FOR THAT TIME AND MATERIALS, OR HOW WILL THAT WORK? YES. SO IN THE ILA IT'LL BASICALLY SPELL OUT THAT FOR THE SERVICES FOR MPO STAFF, IT WILL

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SO IT WOULD BE THAT PLUS AN ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD FEE FOR THE STAFF.

FOR FEES FOR CONTRACTS [INAUDIBLE] FOR OUR CENIS AND ALL THAT, IT'LL BE THE ACTUAL CONTRACT RATES THAT ARE UNDER CONTRACT THAT WOULD BE REIMBURSABLE.

OKAY. SO LOCAL MUNICIPALITY SHOULD INCLUDE SOME SORT OF ESTIMATE WITH THAT WHEN THEY'RE APPLYING TO GET A PROJECT IF THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT USING MTECC? I THINK ONE OF OUR GOALS WOULD BE TO KEEP ANY INCREMENTAL COST OF UTILIZING MTECC TO A MINIMUM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT HIRING STAFF TO START UP WITH.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE EXTREMELY LEAN WITH THAT, BUT UNDER EXISTING LAP AGREEMENTS, RIGHT? THE CITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR FRONTING ALL OF THOSE KIND OF COSTS AND, YOU KNOW, FIGURING OUT YOUR OWN INTERNAL STAFF, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LEAD RESPONSIBLE PERSON, AND--.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE KIND OF WENT THROUGH THE EXERCISE OF TRYING TO ESTIMATE WHAT IT WOULD COST A TYPICAL CITY TO DELIVER AND HANDLE A LAP PROJECT.

AND WE CAME OUT RIGHT AROUND $100,000 IS KIND OF OUT OF POCKET FOR A CITY TO DELIVER A PROJECT BY LAP.

SO, AGAIN, WE'RE--.

MOST OF THE EXPENSES WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH DELIVERING A PROJECT AND REALLY THE COST FOR MTECC DELIVERING THE PROJECT ON BEHALF OF THE CITY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THAT IS GOING TO BE AN ELIGIBLE EXPENSE.

SO IT CAN BE REIMBURSED THROUGH THE FEDERAL FUNDING.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ASPECTS THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT CONTINUING ADMINISTRATIVE $25,000 A YEAR FEE IS TO COVER THAT.

IT'S SMALL, BUT YOU HAVE TO COVER IT SOMEHOW.

CERTAINLY. AND I'M JUST THINKING ABOUT WHEN THE CITY PUTS IN FOR A PROJECT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO PUT A BUDGET.

SO SOME OF THAT WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED, CERTAINLY.

OKAY. YES. YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MAQSOOD? I HAVE A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION TO ASK YOU.

BASED ON THE CONVERSATION, THE UNDERSTANDING I HAVE LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ANOTHER TYPE OF CONSULTANT PROCUREMENT.

USUALLY WE HAVE TO BEAR THE ULTIMATE RESPONSIBILITY.

IF THERE IS ANY OVERRUN DUE TO THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THIS MAQSOOD, THEN STILL THE CITY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE, OR THEY ARE GOING TO OPERATE UNDER ANY KIND OF INSURANCE? HOW THEY ARE GOING TO BE AT THE LIABILITIES IF THEY DO ANYTHING WRONG AND THE PROJECT IS MESSED UP? SO I BELIEVE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, IF I'M CORRECT, BILL, THERE'S GOING TO BE INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE AS FAR AS BETWEEN--.

WELL, THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE MTECC AND MPO.

AS FAR AS THE CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE LET FOR THIS, THERE WILL BE PROPER INSURANCES IN PLACE AND INDEMNIFICATION LANGUAGE.

I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, IT IS A CITY PROJECT BORN BY THE CITY, SO THOSE THINGS WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THOSE CONTRACTS THAT WOULD BE LET.

IS THERE ANY FEASIBILITY STUDY OR ANY KIND OF COMPARISON BETWEEN USING MTECC VERSUS INDIVIDUAL CONSULTANT THROUGH CITY'S OWN PROCUREMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS--.

COMPARED AS A CONSULTANT VERSUS MTECC CONSULTANT AND THE OTHER FORM OF CONSULTANT THAT COMES THROUGH THE CITY'S PROCUREMENT.

YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

THIS IS A GOOD QUESTION.

AND I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT WE DID TRY TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT WOULD COST THE TYPICAL CITY TO DELIVER, AND THAT WAS THAT $100,000 FEE.

PART OF THE REASON THAT THE COST CAN BE SIGNIFICANT FOR CITIES, PARTICULARLY THE SMALLER CITIES, IS THAT OFTENTIMES YOU WOULD NATURALLY LOOK TO MAYBE A LIBRARY OF ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS, RIGHT, TO DO THE DESIGN PHASE, UNLESS YOU'RE DOING--.

UNLESS YOU FOLLOW THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT TO PROCURE THAT DESIGN FIRM FOR THE CITY, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE TO DO THE WORK ON A FEDERAL PROJECT.

SO YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL PROCUREMENT.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE WE SEE THE VALUE ADD OF HAVING MTECC FOLLOW ALL THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS TO PROCURE THAT DESIGN TEAM SO THAT IT'S LIKE ONE LESS HEADACHE THAT THE CITY

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BUT I BELIEVE I'VE HEARD FROM DOT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CASES OF CITIES WHERE THEY'VE ENTERED A LAP AGREEMENT, THEY'VE PAID THE MONEY UPFRONT TO HAVE ONE OF THEIR DESIGN CONSULTANTS DO THE WORK, AND THEN ULTIMATELY THEY WERE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT AND THEY GOT LEFT KIND OF HOLDING THE BAG.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF COMPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO HELP MAKE YOUR LIVES A LITTLE BIT SIMPLER WITH THIS.

THANK. THANK YOU, BILL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? BEFORE WE MOVE THIS ONE ON TO A VOTE? NO? SEEING ANY FROM ONLINE, REBECCA? NO? GREAT. THANK YOU.

THEN I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MPO AND MUNICIPALITIES OF HOLLYWOOD, PLANTATION AND POMPANO BEACH FOR THE CREATION OF THE METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE.

MOTION WAS MADE BY MAQSOOD AND SECONDED BY LISA.

ANY COMMENTS, CONCERNS BEFORE WE WROTE? NO? OKAY. AND WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, GENTLEMEN.

THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, NON-ACTION ITEM, THE BROWARD MPO MUNICIPAL

[1. Broward MPO Municipal Grants Management Assessment Survey]

AND JAD WILL BE GIVING US PRESENTATION ON THIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I HAVE A BIT OF A SINUS INFECTION, SO SORRY FOR MY VOICE.

MY NAME IS JAD SALLOUM, I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING TODAY ON THE MUNICIPAL GRANTS MANAGEMENT ASSESSMENT.

SO WE CONDUCTED A STUDY OVER DECEMBER AND JANUARY TO ASSESS BROWARD MPO MEMBER GOVERNMENT'S ABILITY TO APPLY FOR AND ADMINISTER FEDERAL GRANTS AS WELL AS ADMINISTER AND IMPLEMENT LAP PROJECTS.

THROUGH THIS SURVEY, BROWARD MPO WAS ABLE TO GAUGE THE CAPACITY OF ITS MUNICIPAL PARTNERS IN ORDER TO BETTER ASSIST IN THE DELIVERY OF FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS.

SO FOR THE METHODOLOGY, WITH TOGETHER OUR INTER-GOVERNMENTAL TEAM AND THE PROCUREMENT TEAM DESIGNED SURVEY QUESTIONS BASED ON FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS.

ARE TWO FOCUS AREAS, AGAIN, WERE FEDERAL GRANTS CAPABILITIES AS WELL AS LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM OR LAP CAPABILITIES.

WE SENT INVITATIONS FOR THE SURVEYS TO ALL OF OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENT'S CITY MANAGERS AND RESPONSES WERE RECEIVED OVER A TWO MONTH PERIOD PAST DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

THE RESPONSES THAT WE GOT WERE MADE UP OF SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE CITIES AND THE [INAUDIBLE] DURING THE ANALYSIS PHASE.

WE DIVIDED THEM BASED ON THESE METRICS.

AN EXAMPLE QUESTION FROM THE FEDERAL GRANTS FOCUSED AREA IS SHOWN HERE, AND THEN THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE QUESTION FROM THE LAP FOCUS AREA.

SO A BREAKDOWN OF THE RESULTS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

WE HAVE 17 UNIQUE RESPONSES, MEANING 17 DIFFERENT CITIES RESPONDED AT LEAST ONCE.

ALL FIVE MPO MUNICIPAL DISTRICTS WERE REPRESENTED AS WELL AS SATISFACTORY DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL, MEDIUM AND LARGE CITIES.

AND HERE'S THE OVERALL TABLE THAT SHOWS THE RESULTS OF THE SURVEY.

AS YOU CAN SEE NONE OF THE CITY SIZED GROUPS SCORED 100% ON EITHER FEDERAL GRANTS OR LAP CAPABILITIES.

AND DEPENDING ON THE FOCUS AREA, THE LARGER CITIES DID BETTER IN THE LAP CAPABILITIES THAN MEDIUM AND SMALL CITIES.

MEDIUM CITIES SCORED HIGHEST OVERALL WHEN IT CAME TO FEDERAL GRANTS APPLICATION CAPABILITIES. SO WE'LL DO A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF BOTH FOCUS GROUPS.

THE OVERALL SCORES ARE SHOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE FOR THE DIFFERENT CITY SIZE GROUPS.

AND THEN THE FOCUSING OF SOME OF THE QUESTIONS GAVE US SOME OF THESE CONCLUSIONS.

SMALL CITIES WERE LESS LIKELY TO INDICATE THAT THEY FOLLOW GOALS FIRST PLANNING AND LESS PREPARED TO IDENTIFY TRANSPORTATION RELATED ISSUES AND HOW PROJECTS WOULD ADDRESS THEM COMPARED TO THE LARGER CITIES.

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AND LARGER CITIES INDICATED GREATER ABILITY TO PROVIDE DATA REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS, TYPES OF DATA THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR APPLYING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND THEN AGAIN, SMALL CITIES SCORED HIGHEST IN THEIR ABILITY TO COMMIT STAFFING RESOURCES TO PURSUE FEDERAL GRANT AWARDS.

ANOTHER QUESTION NOW, MOVING ON TO THE LAP SECTION.

OVERALL, THREE OF THE 17 RESPONDENTS ARE CURRENTLY LAP CERTIFIED.

ALL THREE OF THEIR CERTIFICATIONS ARE EXPIRING IN 2023.

AND THEN ANOTHER BREAKDOWN OF THE LAP SECTION.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT, LARGER CITIES AND MEDIUM SIZED CITIES SCORED RELATIVELY MUCH HIGHER THAN THE SMALL CITIES.

AND WE DON'T HAVE TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAIL.

YOU CAN REVIEW ON YOUR OWN, AND ALSO IN THE BACKUP FOR THIS AGENDA IS THE FULL REPORT.

SOME OF THE CONCLUSIONS.

THE STUDY INDICATES DEFICIENCIES ACROSS MEMBER GOVERNMENTS OF ALL SIZES IN THEIR ABILITY TO APPLY FOR AND ADMINISTER BOTH FEDERAL GRANTS AND LAP PROJECTS.

NO SINGLE CITY INDICATED THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE 100% OF THE REQUIRED CAPABILITIES IN EITHER FOCUS AREA.

AND ONLY THREE RESPONDENT MEMBER GOVERNMENTS INDICATED THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY LAP CERTIFIED. THEIR RESULTS SHOW LESSER CAPACITY AMONG SMALLER CITIES VERSUS MEDIUM AND LARGE CITIES IN BOTH FOCUS AREAS.

YET THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT THESE RESULTS SHOW IS AN INCOMPLETE ABILITY ACROSS CITIES OF ALL SIZES IN BROWARD COUNTY TO FULLY IMPLEMENT COMPLEX FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS. SOME NOTES.

WE'LL BE SENDING OUT A FULL COPY OF THE REPORT TO ALL THE CITY'S CITY MANAGERS.

IT'S ALSO, LIKE I SAID, IN THE AGENDA BACKUP.

THE REPORT'S BEEN ANONYMIZED, SO YOU CAN'T VIEW OTHER EXACT CITY'S DATA, AND THAT'S JUST TO PROTECT PRIVACY.

BUT YOU CAN VIEW YOUR OWN CITY'S RESPONSES.

UPON REQUEST, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU.

AND JUST AS A DISCLAIMER, THE STUDY WAS JUST FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY.

IT HAS NO EFFECT ON THE RANKING OR SCORING OF ANY MPO COMPETITIVE PROJECTS, AND ALL THE RESPONSES ARE ALSO VOLUNTARY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? OR WE HAVE PHIL OR CHRIS HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, JAD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? NO? I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT OF THE NOBODY MET 100% BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T LAP CERTIFIED.

I COULDN'T BE LAP CERTIFIED IF I WANTED TO BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PROJECT.

SO I DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF STRUGGLE WITH HOLDING YOUR HAT ON, NOBODY COULD BE 100%, ONLY THREE CITIES ARE LAP CERTIFIED BECAUSE THE REST OF US CAN'T.

SO I JUST--.

I WOULD, IF THAT'S PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, MAYBE REWORD THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHERWISE IT'S GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MAQSOOD? [INAUDIBLE] ARE THOSE THREE CITIES LAP CERTIFIED? THEY ARE LAP CERTIFIED AS THEY ALREADY HAVE ONGOING PROJECT OR HOW THEY'RE LAP CERTIFIED RIGHT NOW? IF WE CAN PLEASE EXPLAIN THESE THREE CITIES NAME.

I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE FULL REPORT OF WHICH ONES ARE LAP CERTIFIED.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST BASED ON WHAT THE RESPONDENTS FILLED OUT IN THE SURVEY.

THE REASON I ASK THIS QUESTION, I SENT EMAIL TO DOT AND WE ARE LAP CERTIFICATION ELIGIBLE. THE RESPONSE IS THAT YES, THEY WILL CERTIFY US.

WE MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT, BUT WE ARE NOT LAP CERTIFIED YET BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROJECT RIGHT NOW. RIGHT.

SO [INAUDIBLE] YOU SAY ONLY THREE, IT GIVES [INAUDIBLE] DEFINITELY CONCUR WITH KAREN, GIVE SOME KIND OF INDICATION THAT, YES, REST OF THAT THEY DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY OR CAPACITY TO BE LAP CERTIFIED.

RIGHT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JAD.

THANKS. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS JUST THE ADMINISTRATIVE, OUR ACTION ITEMS, THE SAC ACTION,

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE CONTACTED FOR PROJECTS, REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS THAT SHOULD BE IN THE TIP, SO START THINKING ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN THERE'S A FEW EVENTS COMING UP SPONSORED BY THE MPO THAT THEY ASK THAT I SHARE.

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WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THE MPO WAS HOSTING BTACTICAL PROJECT THIS YEAR IN OUR CITY FOR NORTHEAST 15TH AVE.

IT'S A PROJECT THAT WE HOPE TO GET [INAUDIBLE] FUNDING FOR IN THE FUTURE.

SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME TACTICAL SHORT TERM ACTIVITIES.

THE SECOND IS GOING TO BE WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THE PLAN IS AND IF THEY'RE IN FAVOR AND THE ARTWORK.

AND THEN WE WILL BE ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THAT FROM MAY 12TH THROUGH THE 14TH.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HELPING PAINT AND PUT DELINEATORS UP, PLEASE JOIN US.

IT'LL BE GREAT.

IT'S A GREAT CORRIDOR, AND ALREADY WE'VE SEEN JUST THE CITY PUT LANE ELIMINATION, THE ACTUAL STRIPING DOWN FIRST AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A BIG IMPACT OF PEOPLE SLOWING DOWN.

THERE'S DEFINITELY MASS CONFUSION BECAUSE THERE'S NO DELINEATORS AND PAINT, BUT THE FOLKS WHO UNDERSTAND ARE REALLY SLOWING DOWN.

SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND LOOKING INTO SOME TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS.

AND THEN THE MPO WAS ALSO WORKING ON TWO WALK AUDITS THIS YEAR.

ONE IS IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR AND THAT WALK AUDIT WILL BE ON APRIL 12TH.

I'M NOT SURE LOCATION, BUT LOOK TO THE MPO FOR THAT INFORMATION.

AND AGAIN, FORT LAUDERDALE HAS A PROJECT TO WALK AUDIT ON SOUTHEAST 17TH STREET THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN OF THE MPO.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

IT WILL BE HOSTED BY THE BROWARD MEDICAL CENTER AND THE HOSPITAL, AND WE'LL MOVE FROM THERE AND GO OUT [INAUDIBLE] BOTH DIRECTIONS.

SOUTH EAST 17TH STREET.

IF I COULD, I'LL JUST OH, GREAT. FANTASTIC.

YOU KNOW, AFTER THE MEETING IF YOU WANT TO GO TO GET THE DETAILS.

YEAH. YEAH. STEPHANIE IS IN CHARGE.

SO SHE HAS ALL THE INFORMATION FOR YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THOSE ACTIVITIES. AND I'M SURE IT'LL BE OUT ON MOBILITY MONDAYS, WE'LL COME OUT WITH THAT INFORMATION IF YOU'RE ON THEIR LIST, IF YOU'RE NOT GET ON THE LIST.

SO WITH THAT, OUR NEXT MEETING IS APRIL 27.

AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING IN ATTENDANCE AND PARTICIPATING.

HAVE A GREAT MONTH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.