May 25, 2022 Technical Advisory Committee

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>> RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MAY 25TH MPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

TOP LEFT. [LAUGHTER] WELL, GOOD.

GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - April 27, 2022]

SECONDED BY MICHAEL, AND PRESS YES ON YOUR CONTROL PANEL IF YOU'RE IN-PERSON, IF YOU'RE ONLINE, WE ARE DOING THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF CONSENT.

IF YOU'RE GOOD WITH IT, YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

IF YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION OR CONCERN, THEN RAISE YOUR HAND.

OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.

WE MOVE ON TO

[4. Approval of Agenda]

MOTION MADE BY MAQSOOD, SECONDED BY EMILY, ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

EXCELLENT, ITEM PASSES.

THE NEXT ITEM IN OUR REGULAR ITEMS IS PUBLIC COMMENTS, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS HERE ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA?

>> NO.

>> HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY PREVIOUS, REBECCA, NO? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Multimodal Priorities List (MMPL)]

I KNOW WE HEARD THE PRESENTATION LAST MEETING, THIS IS THE FINAL ACTUAL ACTION ITEM ON THAT.

BILL IF YOU WANT TO JUST DO A LITTLE SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

>> SURE, GLAD TO, CHAIR.

YES, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, YOU SAW THE PRESENTATION LAST MONTH OF OUR MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST.

THIS IS ONCE A YEAR, THIS IS A START OF OUR YEAR LONG CYCLE TOWARDS GETTING NEW PROJECTS FUNDED.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO REMAKE THE PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE STAFF HERE AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST BEFORE WE DO THE VOTE? ANY ONLINE, REBECCA? NO. SEEING NONE, THEN WE'VE ALREADY HAD A MOTION MADE BY LEWIS AND SECONDED BY MAQSOOD.

IF THERE ARE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT MOTION? SEEING NONE, THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.

EXCELLENT, MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'LL GET STARTED ON THAT NEXT CYCLE.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO WE HAVE A FEW PRESENTATIONS AND NON-ACTION ITEMS COMING UP.

[1. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report]

>> OKAY, THERE IT GOES. AGAIN, GOOD AFTERNOON.

PAUL FLAVIAN, BROWARD MPO, THE DISSERVICES MANAGER.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING TODAY, ESSENTIALLY TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF THE DATA PRODUCTS THAT THE MPO PRODUCES, AND SPECIFICALLY THE SYSTEMS PLANNING TEAM.

WE GATHER, ANALYZE A LOT OF DATA.

A LOT OF THAT DATA IS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO DO BY FEDERAL LAW.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE CAME UP WITH, IN FACT, BACK IN 2018, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECTED US TO FIND A WAY TO SHARE OUT

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WE WORKED WITH A COMPANY CALLED MYSIDEWALK, AND WE DEVELOPED THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES DASHBOARD.

I WILL JUST GO A WALK THROUGH OF THAT PERFORMANCE MEASURES DASHBOARD.

IT LIVES ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU GO TO THE BROWARD MPO WEBSITE, RIGHT HERE, YOU WOULD GO TO WHAT WE DO, MAJOR FUNCTIONS, AND YOU WOULD GO DOWN TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

YOU WOULD SCROLL DOWN, YOU WILL SEE A LOVELY PICTURE, AND IT SAYS BROWARD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURES DASHBOARD ON IT.

YOU WILL CLICK ON THAT PICTURE, IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THIS WONDERFUL LANDING PAGE OF THIS EXCELLENT PICTURE OF A CHIRAL TRAIN.

ANYWAY, THE LANDING PAGE JUST ACTUALLY FIRST TALKS ABOUT WHAT IS THE MPO.

WE WANT TO TELL PEOPLE, HEY, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU COULD READ IT AT YOUR OWN LEISURE, IT ESSENTIALLY HAS SOME INFORMATION ABOUT BROWARD, POPULATION, NUMBER OF JOBS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

THE SECOND ONE, STATE OF THE SYSTEM.

BUT FORESHADOWING THE NEXT THING THAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOUR ATTENTION TO THE THIRD ONE, WHICH IS THE SCORECARD.

YOU CLICK ON THAT, AND THAT ESSENTIALLY TELLS YOU WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO TRACK AND SET TARGETS FOR BY THE FEDERAL LAW.

FIRST ONE, OF COURSE, IS SAFETY AND WE HAVE A VISION ZERO TARGET.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT TELLS YOU IS, ON THE LEFT COLUMN IS WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO MEASURE, WHETHER THE GOAL WAS MET, WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE DATA CURRENTLY, WHAT THE TARGET IS.

LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE A TARGET OF ZERO AND THEN ESSENTIALLY THE THIRD ONE IS A TREND LINE.

YOU COULD SEE FOR SAFETY, WE'RE TRENDING IN A GOOD DIRECTION IN SOME AREAS, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO SERIOUS INJURIES AND BIKING PED, FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

BUT IN TERMS OF OVERALL FATALITIES THOUGH, WE'RE ESSENTIALLY A VEHICLE, WE ARE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.

AGAIN, ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS WHICH IS BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, SYSTEM RELIABILITY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY FOR BOTH VEHICLES AND TRUCKS, AND THAT'S NATIONAL HIGHWAY NETWORK AND ALSO THE NON-NATIONAL HIGHWAY NETWORK.

ALSO TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY.

WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE THERE IN THAT SCORECARD.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO TAKE A REAL QUICK LOOK, YOU GO THERE, YOU GO TO SCORECARD, YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT.

IF YOU WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO IT, YOU COULD GO DOWN INTO WHERE IT SAYS PM-1 SAFETY, YOU CLICK ON THERE, IT HAS ITS OWN PAGE AND YOU HAVE ALL THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

NOW ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS, MOST OF THE INFORMATION YOU SEE HERE, IF YOU HOVER OVER THIS LITTLE ICON HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD SOME OF THIS INFORMATION.

IF IT'S A MAP YOU'D BE DOWNLOADING AS A GIS GEOJSON, ACTUALLY, OR IF IT'S TABULAR DATA, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AS A CSV.

YOU COULD REALLY PULL THIS DOWN, DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS ON IT IF YOU WANT.

AGAIN, SAFETY.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE HAVE ON HERE ARE MAPS.

THERE'S JUST A HEAT MAP HERE OF HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

WELL, IF TECHNOLOGY, RIGHT? IT'S NOT RENDERING RIGHT NOW, THERE YOU GO.

WELL, THIS IS A HIGHER ENGINE NETWORK FOR BIKE AND PED, I'M SORRY.

IT ACTUALLY ZOOMS DOWN INTO SOME SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

I'M TRYING TO SEE.

IT HAS A LOW ISSUE RENDERING.

BUT ANYWAY, YOU CAN ALSO DOWNLOAD THIS INFORMATION BY CLICKING ON THE LITTLE ICON HERE, AND YOU CAN GET AGAIN THE CSV RELATED TO THAT DATA, OR YOU CAN GET THE MAP ITSELF AND YOU COULD PUT IT IN A PICTURE, YOU COULD PUT IT IN A PRESENTATION.

YOU COULD DO WHATEVER. ONE OF THE COOL THINGS YOU COULD ALSO DO WITH THIS, YOU COULD SEND IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU WANT.

IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S WORTHWHILE TO YOU, YOU COULD DO THAT BY CLICKING ON THESE LITTLE ICONS DOWN HERE AS WELL.

AGAIN, EACH OF THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS HAS ITS OWN PAGE THAT YOU COULD GO THROUGH AND SCROLL THROUGH PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, BRIDGE'S CONDITIONS, AND ALL THAT.

AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES,

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LIKE THESE THREE LINES, YOU'LL SEE HERE THE BLACK ONE, THE BLUE ONE, AND THE GREEN ONE, AGAIN, THAT'S BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH.

IF YOU WANTED TO, LET'S SAY JUST SEE BROWARD, YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON THE LITTLE ICON UNDERNEATH AND YOU COULD JUST SEE BROWARD, LET'S SAY FOR A SPECIFIC METRIC.

AGAIN, EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREA HAS ITS OWN PAGE AND THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD ACTUALLY NAVIGATE AND IT WORKED.

AGAIN, AS I WAS SAYING, YOU COULD DOWNLOAD THIS AS A CSV, AS A PICTURE, OR ANY WAY AND YOU COULD USE IT HOW YOU MAY WANT TO USE IT.

THIS IS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES DASHBOARD, FEEL FREE TO USE IT.

IT LIVES ON OUR WEBSITE, AND AGAIN, I WOULD JUST SAY USE IT IN GOOD HEALTH.

NOW, OUR STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT.

NOW THIS REPORT WAS ALSO CREATED IN 2018 AND AGAIN, IT WAS MORE OF A STATIC, MORE OF A DOCUMENT TYPE.

AGAIN, RELATED TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUT ALSO HAS MORE OF THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM INCLUDING FREIGHT, INCLUDING AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS, AND RAIL, ALL OF THAT IS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.

AGAIN, YOU WOULD GO TO THE SAME AREA WHERE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD IS, YOU WOULD CLICK ON THIS PICTURE, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE REPORT.

AGAIN, IT LOOKS A LOT BETTER IN A DOCUMENT, WHICH BY THE WAY, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF DOCUMENTS BACK HERE FOR YOU IF YOU WANT TO HAVE YOUR OWN COPY.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE ESSENTIALLY IS THIS TWO PAGES.

BY THE WAY, IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW ALONG, YOU CAN CLICK ON, SWITCH VIEW, RIGHT REBECCA? THEY COULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S ON MY SCREEN.

ANYWAY, THE FIRST COUPLE OF PAGES ESSENTIALLY IS A GRADING FOR MY CHAIR AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND WHAT THIS DOCUMENT IS.

AGAIN, WE HAVE IN HERE LAND USE DATA, POPULATION DATA, EMPLOYMENT DATA, HOUSING DATA AND AGAIN, INFORMATION ABOUT ALL OF THE MODES OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN BROWARD.

ACTUALLY, MOST OF THIS INFORMATION COMES IN TERMS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING COMES FROM THE ACS, THE LATEST CENSUS INFORMATION.

AGAIN WE HAVE STATISTICS ON THE ROADWAY NETWORK, STATISTICS ON DAILY VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.

I'LL POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS GRAPHIC HERE WHERE IT SHOWS A PRECIPITOUS DROP IN DAILY VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED IN 2020, AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHY.

WE HAVE INFORMATION, AGAIN, ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASURE RELATED, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE INFORMATION RELATED TO TRANSIT AND NOT JUST PERFORMANCE-RELATED, BUT ALSO WE HAVE ON-TIME METRICS FOR TRI-RAIL, WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE NUMBER OF BUSES THAT BCT HAS, JUST A NUMBER OF FACTOIDS THAT MAY BE OF INTEREST TO YOU.

WE HAVE INFORMATION, OF COURSE, ON BIKE AND PED.

WE HAVE INFORMATION ON AIRPORTS.

ESSENTIALLY, WHAT WE TRY TO DO IS COMPARE FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHICH WE LOOK AT ESSENTIALLY, THE MOST POPULAR AIRPORTS THAT PEOPLE TRAVEL FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO, AND THOSE TERMS. AGAIN, YOU SEE THIS METRIC HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT HERE WHERE I'M HOVERING, YOU SEE HOW MUCH AIR TRAVEL ESSENTIALLY FELL DURING THE 2020 TRAVEL SEASON.

AGAIN, INFORMATION ON SEAPORTS, WATERWAYS, LAND, FREIGHT, AND OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AGAIN, IT'S A SMALL REPORT, IT'S A LOT OF GRAPHICS, LOT OF FACTOIDS, AND WE HAVE IT AGAIN BACK THERE, IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO TAKE A COPY FOR YOURSELF.

WITH THAT, I AM DONE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE THEM.

ALSO, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE PRODUCTS BETTER, BECAUSE AGAIN, EVERY YEAR WE REVIEW THIS AND WE UPDATE THE INFORMATION, BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD AND SOMETHING THAT'S USEFUL TO YOU AS THE TAC MEMBERS,

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>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, PAUL, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MICHAEL?

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW. JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, ON THE PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE DATA.

MOST OF THE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS OF MODES THAT YOU HAD ILLUSTRATED, FOR CARS WE SHOW VEHICLES MILES TRAVELED, AIRPORTS WE HAVE PASSENGER INFORMATION, ON THE BIKE/PED WE HAVE INCIDENTS.

HAVE WE SEEN ANY IMPROVEMENTS ON CAPTURING USER INFORMATION ON THOSE FACILITIES? I KNOW THERE'S PNEUMATIC TUBES THAT THEY PUT OUT THAT CAPTURE CYCLES, BUT THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH SOME OF THAT.

THERE'S JUST VIDEO DETECTION THAT USE, BUT THERE'S ALSO FAULT READINGS THAT COME UP SO IF YOU COULD SHARE ANYTHING THAT MAYBE WOULD SHOW THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INCIDENCE AND FREQUENCY OF USERS.

>> I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE MPO ACTUALLY HAS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY ARE CAPTURING BICYCLE COUNTS, LIKE YOU MENTIONED.

I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO BE USING VIDEO CAPTURE A LITTLE BIT IN CAPTURING THOSE BICYCLE COUNTS.

MAYBE WE CAN DEDUCE SOMETHING OUT OF THAT INFORMATION ONCE WE GET IT.

>> ON THE FIRST PROGRAM THAT YOU SENT UP ON THE SLIDE, WE HAD A LITTLE ARROWS THAT SHOW TRENDS GOING UP AND DOWN LOOK LIKE THOSE ARROWS ARE COLOR-COORDINATED.

>> RED IS BAD, [LAUGHTER] GREEN IS GOOD.

>> THOSE TRENDS ARE BASED ON AN ANNUAL TREND OR IS THAT A FIVE-YEAR TIME HORIZON?

>> WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS A FIVE-YEAR TIME HORIZON.

BUT IF YOU GO INTO THE SPECIFIC PAGE, LET'S SAY SOMETHING LIKE FOR SAFETY, YOU NOT ONLY HAVE THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE, IF YOU CLICK A SECOND TAB, YOU'LL ALSO FIND A YEARLY NUMBERS AS WELL, SO YOU CAN GET THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> YES, SIR.

>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DASHBOARD OR THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM? NO, SAYING NO. THANK YOU, PAUL.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS

[2. Federal Discretionary Grants]

JAD IS HERE VIRTUALLY WITH US TO PRESENT.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU CHAIR. CAN WE DO THIS ON THE SLIDESHOW? HELLO EVERYONE, SO MY NAME IS JACK TOLUENE, AND I WORK ON THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM GUARD MPL ALONGSIDE PAUL [INAUDIBLE].

TODAY I'M GOING TO BE TALKING TO YOU ALL ABOUT SOME OF THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE TAKING A LOOK AT AS AN ORGANIZATION AND BRIEFING SPECIFICALLY ON THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WAS RECENTLY ANNOUNCED.

THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WAS RELEASED, I BELIEVE TWO WEEKS AGO, SO WE ARE SERIOUSLY TAKING A LOOK AT OUT-OF-PLAN TO THAT. NEXT SLIDE.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF ALL OF THE FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION-RELATED GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE IN THE NEXT THREE MONTHS.

THIS IS FOR MAY, AND THEN ON THE RIGHT COLUMN YOU CAN SEE THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THESE.

NOT ALL OF THEM ARE MPO ELIGIBLE, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT OUR LOGO IS THERE FOR THE PATRIOTS, ZEROS FOR ALL GRANT.

THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MOST OF THESE ROWS, YOU CAN SEE THE CITY LOGO AND THAT INDICATES THAT MUNICIPALITIES ARE ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS AS WELL.

NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE JUST SOME OTHER FEDERAL GRANTS THAT WE ANTICIPATE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES BEING RELEASED IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND YOU CAN NOTE THERE THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM, WHICH WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE DISCUSSING BRIEFLY TOWARDS THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION. NEXT ONE.

IN CASE YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR,

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IT'S AIMED AT SUPPORTING INITIATIVES TO PREVENT DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON THE STREETS INVOLVED IN ALL REGULAR USERS.

WE'RE TALKING COMPLETE STREETS WE'RE TALKING VISION ZERO AND THESE TYPES OF THINGS THAT THE MPO IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH AND IT'S VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH OUR MISSION AS AN ORGANIZATION.

THE PROGRAM IS MADE UP OF TWO TYPES OF GRANTS.

THERE'S AN ACTION PLAN GRANT AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GRANT.

WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE IN ACTION PLAN GRANT WOULD BE MONEY TO EITHER CREATE A NEW ACTION BY NEW SAFETY, I WOULD SAY THE ACTION PLAN GEARED TOWARDS VISION ZERO GOALS OR TO COMPLETE OR MAKE YOUR ACTION PLAN ELIGIBLE IN THE WAY THAT IS DEFINED IN THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

THEN THERE'S THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, WHICH ARE MONEY TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS.

APPLICANTS MUST PROVE THEIR CURRENT APPLICATION PLAN TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS.

AS I WAS SAYING, THAT THERE'S CERTAIN ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR CURRENT PLANS IN PLACE, IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANT.

THEN THERE'S A SELF-EVALUATION WORKSHEET IN THE NO-FAULT THAT IS USED TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY.

THE MPO AND MPO'S AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE IN A UNIQUE PLACE INTO THIS PROGRAM.

WHEREAS ALL OTHER ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $1 MILLION IN TOTAL AWARD FUNDING FOR ACTION PLAN GRANTS.

MPO'S SPECIFICALLY ARE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO $5 MILLION.

THEN WITH IMPLEMENTATION PLAN GRANT THEY'RE ELIGIBLE UP TO 15 MILLION, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE OTHER ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS.

ADDITIONALLY, BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS IS NOT REQUIRED, WHICH DOES BRING THE APPLICATION COST DOWN FOR US.

WE HAVE ROUGHLY FOUR MONTHS FROM NOW BEFORE THE DEADLINE, WHICH IS LONGER THAN USUAL PERIOD OF TIME.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THIS SLIDE DEFINE THE DIFFERENT ACTION PLANNING GRANTS AND I BROKE THEM DOWN BEFORE.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY AND ANSWER.

NEXT. THEN HERE ARE SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL CRITERIA.

REALLY WHAT VOT HAS BEEN LOOKING FOR IS FOR COOPERATION AND COLLABORATION BETWEEN MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS.

IN OUR EARLY DISCUSSIONS WITH MPO STAFF, WE ARE LOOKING TO WORK WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNERS TO PUT TOGETHER A JOINT APPLICATION LED BY THE MPO TO BOOST OUR VISION ZERO AND OUR SAFETY PLANNING EFFORTS ALONG WITH OUR COUNTY PARTNER AT THE COUNTY AND ALSO ECT AS WELL FOR AN ACTION PLAN BRAND.

IN EVALUATING THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND TALKING AMONGST STAFF AND WITH OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM, WE DETERMINED THAT OUR PLANS, ALTHOUGH THEY'RE VERY ROBUST THEY DO NOT NEED ALL OF THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS OF THAT ACTION PLAN THAT THIS PROGRAM IS LOOKING FOR IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS.

WE WILL BE APPLYING FOR AN ACTION PLAN GRANT TO BE ABLE TO BOTH UPDATE OUR CURRENT PLANS, NAMELY THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND SOME OF OUR PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY PLANS.

BASICALLY UPDATE THEM AND BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THIS PROGRAM.

HOPEFULLY, IN THE LOGIC BEHIND THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS UNDER THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE.

THEN THE SECOND BULLET ON THIS SLIDE IS JUST REALLY REINFORCING THAT THE ECT WOULD LIKE US TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER.

WE CAN GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ALSO NEW AND BIPARTISAN RECESSIONAL LAW

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WE DON'T HAVE NOTICED FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AS OF YET.

THE OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY DID QUIT ON A WEBINAR THIS PAST WEEK.

THE PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE BOTH IN RECORDING AND THEIR SLIDES ARE AVAILABLE ON THEIR WEBSITE.

BUT BASICALLY THIS PROGRAM IS LOOKING AT EITHER REPLACING, RE-CONFIGURING OR MITIGATING HIGHWAY FACILITIES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THAT HAVE IN NEGATIVELY IMPACTED HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

THINKING OF SCENARIOS LIKE IN SOUTH FLORIDA CONTEXTS OVER TOWN WITH THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS THAT DESTROYED THEIR DUTIES BLACK AND IMMIGRANT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE PAST CENTURY.

TRYING TO MITIGATE THOSE TYPES OF WRONGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST.

WE ARE GOING TO GET MORE DETAILED IN THE FUTURE.

ONCE THE OPPORTUNITY COMES OUT, AND THAT SHOULD BE IN JUNE, I BELIEVE.

WE'LL BE GETTING MORE DETAILS TO YOU ON THAT, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FACILITIES IN THE BROWARD COUNTY AREA TO TRY AND SEE IF ANY WOULD BE A GOOD FIT FOR THIS PROGRAM.

NEXT SLIDE. HERE'S SOME DETAILS OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF GRANTS.

THE SAME STRUCTURE WITH OUR PLANNING GRANTS AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE.

THE TOTAL PROGRAM IS A BILLION DOLLARS OVER FIVE YEARS.

IT IS A PILOT PROGRAM.

SO THESE ARE RELATIVELY SMALL NUMBERS BUT THEY'RE REALLY LOOKING FOR I THINK SOME REALLY GOOD INDICATIVE PROJECTS TO HIGHLIGHT WITH THIS PROGRAM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM, AND BUILD TRUST IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF. IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? [NOISE]

>> YES. THANK YOU.

THAT'S EXCELLENT BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO MPO, AT LEAST TAKING THE LEAD, BUT WE WANT TO BE A PARTNER TO BROWARD COUNTY DOES.

WOULD WE BE HAVING MEETINGS OR GETTING TOGETHER STRATEGY AND COMING UP WITH A GOOD PROJECT? IT'S JUST LIKE WE DID FOR THE TIGER GRANT BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH IT AND WE MADE IT HAPPEN AND THERE WAS A FEW MEETINGS JUST TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE IT MADE SENSE.

AT LEAST THE APPLICATION WAS A BETTER APPLICATION.

IT WAS THE SECOND TIME WE WENT THROUGH IT, SO LESSONS LEARNED.

I WAS HOPING TO BE A PART OF IT, BUT I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE MPO TAKING THE LEAD.

>> SURE. IF I COULD THROW THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND AT TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS, SO LET ME JUST FIRST DIRECTLY RESPOND.

RICHARD. THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING TO BE PART OF THE GROUP THAT'S HERE, THIS GRANT UP [NOISE].

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST STEP BACK A MOMENT THOUGH AND TALK ABOUT THESE GRANTS IN A BROADER CONTEXT.

JAD IS VERY FOCUSED ON THE INDIVIDUAL.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHY WE'RE DOING IT, AND HOW IT TIES INTO THIS PARTICULAR GRANT OPPORTUNITY.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, THE NEW IIJA, THE BILL PUTS A LOT OF NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT COMING AS FORMULA FUNDS TO THE MPO WHERE WE WOULD JUST USE OUR NORMAL PRIORITIES AND PROGRAM THEM AND BUILD PROJECTS.

IT'S DISCRETIONARY AND IT'S COMPETITIVE ON THE NATIONAL SCENE.

IN ORDER TO HELP FACILITATE OPPORTUNITIES AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE BRINGING AS MUCH OF OUR GAS TAX MONEY BACK TO THIS REGION AS WE CAN THROUGH THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

WE'VE STARTED HOLDING MEETINGS EVERY OTHER WEEK ON THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, AND SO BROWARD COUNTY JOINED US AT THE LAST ONE.

WE'VE GOT F. OR TA, BCT IS PART OF THAT.

I WANTED TO OPEN IT UP AND JUST SHARE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS, THE MPO SEES OUR ROLE HERE AS BEING A CLEARINGHOUSE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE ARE NOT GOING TO GO AFTER ALL OF THEM.

SOME YOU MAY DECIDE YOU WANT TO PURSUE.

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PART OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY IS THIS IS GOING TO BE ROUTINE.

THIS IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE PROBABLY ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO YOU AND GIVE YOU UPDATES AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WORLD OF FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS SO THAT WE'RE ALL AWARE OF THINGS.

BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO JOIN AND LEARN MORE AND GET MORE INTO THE DETAILS AND TO TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES ON THESE GRANTS, I BELIEVE IT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOONS AT FOUR O'CLOCK.

YOU'VE GOT THE CONTACT INFORMATION HERE FOR JAD AND PULSEY.

THEY'RE LEADING THAT EFFORT FOR US, SO REACH OUT TO THEM.

WE'LL BE SURE TO GET YOU ON THE MAILING LIST AND FEEL FREE TO JOIN LISTENING WHENEVER YOU'D LIKE.

WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING LAST WEEK, AGAIN WITH SOME OF YOUR GRANTS FOLKS WERE ON THERE, RICHARD AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE POTENTIALLY WE'RE LOOKING AT SIX MILLION DOLLARS TO DO SOME REALLY GOOD PLANNING HERE COLLABORATIVELY THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

IT'S A GOOD ONE FIRST OUT OF THE GATE.

AGAIN, YOU'LL BE SEEING JAD AND PAUL CALVARICI PROBABLY MONTHLY FROM HERE ON OUT AND WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT GRANTS.

>> THANK YOU, BILL.

>> THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION, RICHARD.

>> ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A QUESTION, IT SOUNDS GREAT.

I LOVE THE IDEA OF SETTING OURSELVES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION IN THE FUTURE AS A JOINT COUNTY EFFORT ALTOGETHER.

I KNOW SOME OF THE PLANS AND THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN FOR FORT LAUDERDALE AT LEAST DOESN'T REALLY FOCUS ON SAFETY AND DOING THINGS FOR THAT.

IF THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES TO INCLUDE MORE SAFETY THINGS IN THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT GRANT FUNDING SOURCES REALLY FOCUS ON THE SAFETY, ON EQUITY, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

HOW DO WE DO THAT AND MAKE SURE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD PROJECTS INTO IT? WE'RE WORKING ON ONE WITH DOT AND WELL AND MANNERS.

I'M ON A REALLY CRITICAL CORRIDOR THAT WE'D LIKE TO FIX, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S IN ANY OF THOSE PLANS.

[NOISE]

>> IF I MAY JUST RESPOND TO THAT QUICKLY.

THAT IS A MAJOR PART OF THE REASON OUR CURRENT PLANS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE IS THAT IT IS MISSING THOSE SAFETY COMPONENTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, OUR CONTINGENCY MULTI-PLAN WAS LAST UPDATED, I BELIEVE IN 2017.

SO THERE'S NO WAY THAT WE COULD HAVE PREDICTED THAT THESE SETS OF CRITERIA I NEEDED TO BE MET OUT.

SO, YES, ADDING IN SAFETY DATA, THE SPECIFIC TYPE THAT IS REQUESTED IN THE SNOWFALL IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE PRIORITIES FOR US AS WELL.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, JEFF.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NON-ACTION ITEM NUMBER 3,

[3. Report From Partner Agency - Brightline - Broward County Crossing Infrastructure]

WE HAVE BEEN PART TO INTRODUCE JAD.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.

I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MY COLLEAGUE, TOMROW CABINET TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

MANY MEMBERS OF THIS BOARD AND THE BROWARD MPO ORGANIZATION HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUPPORTIVE.

OUR EFFORTS ON ENHANCING SAFETY ALONG THE BRIGHTLINE FECR CORRIDOR.

JUST AS A MATTER OF RECORD AND KIND OF CALL TO ACTION, WE ARE RELENTLESS IN ATTEMPTING TO SOLVE SOME OF THE INCIDENTS AND THE BEHAVIORS THAT WE HAVE SEEN ALONG THE FECR BRIGHTLINE CORRIDOR.

MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH BRIGHTLINE AND CERTAINLY THE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

AT THE BEGINNING OF MAY, AS JUST A MATTER OF RECORD, IN BROWARD COUNTY ALONE, WE SAW FIVE INCIDENTS IN A MATTER OF SEVEN DAYS, ALL WITH MOTORISTS DRIVING AROUND THE INTENDED CROSSING GATES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THEM.

IN ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS, WE HAD A MOTORIST DRIVE AROUND FOUR CARS THAT WERE IN FRONT OF THEM TO ATTEMPT TO BEAT THE TRAIN.

WE ARE WORKING WITH [NOISE] ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO HELP SOLVE THESE ISSUES.

WE LOOK AT THIS AS A COMMUNITY ISSUE.

THE ROADWAYS THAT GO OVER OUR RAIL TRACKS ARE ACTUALLY THAT OF STATE OR

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ONE OTHER POINT, WE WORKED WITH THE BROWARD MPO AS WELL AS THE MPOS FROM MIAMI-DADE ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH PVD COUNTY IN APRIL TO SUBMIT A RAISED GRANT APPLICATION WITH FDOT FOR A $45 MILLION INVESTMENT WHICH WOULD ALSO INCLUDE CROSSING DELINEATES AND FENCING AND CHANNELIZATION.

WE ARE INVESTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE TODAY IS WE SEE A OPPORTUNITY WITH ABOUT 30 CROSSINGS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND TOM WILL GO THROUGH THE GREAT DETAILS OF THESE TO PUT IN CENTER LINE DELINEATORS AROUND THESE CROSSINGS TO PREVENT MOTORISTS FROM DRIVING AROUND THE GATES INTO THE OTHER LANES OF TRAFFIC TO GO AROUND THE CROSSING GUARDS.

WE KNOW THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THIS MEETING HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXPEDITE THE PERMITTING PROCESS AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEKING HELP FOR, ALMOST A BLANKET PERMANENT IN BROWARD COUNTY TO DO THIS.

FIRST, I WANT TO SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE INCIDENTS THAT WE RECENTLY SAW TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMBAT.

[NOISE] YOU'LL SEE THE INCIDENT THERE WITH THE DRIVER ON THE RIGHT-SIDE DRIVING AROUND THE GATES.

MANY OF THESE MOTORIST INCIDENTS WOULD BE PREVENTED IF WE ARE ABLE TO PUT THESE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS INTO THE ROADWAYS.

I'M GOING TO HAVE TOM TALK THROUGH THE ENGINEERING ASPECTS OF THIS AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS PUTTING US INTO TODAY'S AGENDA.

>> THANKS, BEN AND THANK YOU TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AGAIN FOR THE CHANCE TO SPEAK TO YOU BRIEFLY TODAY, AND THANK YOU ALSO TO PAUL, AMANDA, AND REBECCA FOR HELPING GET THIS SETUP.

EXACTLY HAS BEN SAID, WE FEEL LIKE INSTALLING CENTERLINE DELINEATORS AT ALL OF THE CROSSINGS WHERE WE'RE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO DO SO IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH BEN JUST SAID IS ABOUT 30 CROSSINGS TOTAL, IS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DETER DRIVERS FROM DRIVING AROUND THE GATES AND ENGAGING IN THAT RISKY BEHAVIOR THAT'S LEADING TO THESE INCIDENTS.

IN A RELATIVELY QUICK MANNER, THIS IS SOMETHING WE CAN DO QUICKLY AND BYLINE THINGS WE CAN DO WITH OUR OWN FUNDING AS WELL.

WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR FINANCING TO DO THIS, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN GETTING THE PERMITTING APPROVED QUICKLY.

TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS, THIS IS AN IMAGE WHICH IS ACTUALLY IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BECAUSE THESE WEREN'T INSTALLED BY US, BUT THESE ARE THE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS.

YOU ESSENTIALLY JUST INSTALL THESE ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF THE ROADWAY AND IT AGAIN HELPS DETER DRIVERS FROM GOING AROUND THE GATES.

TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A PLAN VIEW, WE ACTUALLY ALREADY DO HAVE SOME OF THESE IN THE PIPELINE UNDER A SEPARATE PROJECT THAT WAS FUNDED BY A FEDERAL PRISON GRANT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MANY OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROAD, INCLUDING SOME IN BROWARD COUNTY, TO INSTALL CENTERLINE DELINEATORS IN A FEW CROSSINGS, AND WE'D LIKE TO, ONCE WE'VE FINISHED THESE, JUST INSTALL THEM AND ALL OF THE OTHERS.

THIS IS WASHINGTON STREET IN HOLLYWOOD AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE AGAIN OF THOSE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS.

YOU CAN SEE WITH THE ROADWAY SPACE CONSTRAINTS AND EVERYTHING, WE HAVE SPACE TO INSTALL 11 ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS AND 19 ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TRACKS, AGAIN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROADWAY HELPING DETER DRIVERS QUEUED AT THE CROSSING, WAITING TO CROSS WHEN THOSE GATES GO DOWN HELPING DETER THOSE DRIVERS FROM DRIVING AROUND THE GATES IN THE OPPOSING LANES OF TRAFFIC.

THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE AT OLD GRIFFIN ROAD, THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.

THIS IS A LOCATION WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROADWAY SPACE

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AGAIN, THE LONGER CENTERLINE DELINEATOR MEDIAN YOU CAN GET, THE HIGHER THE CHANCES ARE THAT YOU CAN PREVENT AND DETER DRIVERS FROM DRIVING INTO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANES TO GO AROUND THOSE ACTIVATED CROSSING GATES.

THEN FINALLY, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TABLE AND I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE THIS IF WE HAVEN'T ALREADY, SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN LOOK AT IT IN MORE DETAIL.

BUT THIS TABLE JUST SHOWS WHICH CROSSINGS WE'D LIKE TO MAKE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT.

WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE DONE A CROSSING-BY-CROSSING ANALYSIS OF THE CORRIDOR, LOOKED AT EVERY CROSSING THAT DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE EXIT GATES OR CONCRETE MEDIANS, OR SOME OTHER DETOURS THAT KEEPS DRIVERS FROM DRIVING AROUND THE GATES.

WE WANT TO INSTALL THESE AT THOSE CROSSINGS.

THEN YOU CAN SEE THE TABLES ARE BROKEN DOWN BY CENTERLINE DELINEATORS, AND THEN THERE'S A SPECIAL KIND OF CENTERLINE DELINEATOR CALLED INNER TRAP MEDIAN DELINEATORS AND THESE JUST GO RIGHT BETWEEN THE TWO TRAPS AT THE CROSSING ITSELF AND DETER DRIVERS FROM MAKING A U-TURN ON THE CROSSING, WHICH SOMETIMES DOES OCCUR AND HAS HAD LED TO SEVERAL INCIDENTS.

THEN ONE CROSSING, WE'RE AFTER HEARING FROM SEVERAL IN THE COUNTY THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH DRIVERS MISTAKENLY TURNING ONTO THE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT BECAUSE OF A RIGHT TURN JUST NORTH OF THE CROSSING.

WE WOULD ALSO ADD EDGE DELINEATORS THERE TO HELP THE TRUCK DRIVERS FROM TURNING ONTO THE TRACKS THERE.

THERE'S BEEN AGGRESSIVE DRIVE NORTHEAST THERE ON FORT LAUDERDALE.

SOMETHING I SHOULD MENTION TOO IS THAT BYLINE HAS SEEN A TOTAL OF 43 INCIDENTS AT THESE 31 CROSSINGS, AND AT LEAST 10 OF THOSE AND LIKELY MORE ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DRIVERS DRIVING INTO THE ONCOMING LANES OF TRAFFIC AROUND THE GATES, SO EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DETER WITH THESE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS.

IN CONCLUSION, I JUST WANT TO MAKE CLEAR THAT OUR REQUEST, AGAIN IS NOT FOR FUNDING OR ANYTHING TO INSTALL THESE BRIGHT LINERS.

WE'RE BASICALLY READY TO INSTALL THESE, WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR YOUR HELP WITH EXPEDITED APPROVAL IF IT'S POSSIBLE COUNTYWIDE BLANKET PERMIT TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL THESE.

WE THINK THIS IS REASONABLE BECAUSE ALL THE WORK IS JUST ACHIEVED WITH LANE DROPS.

INSTALLING THESE CENTERLINE DELINEATORS IS VERY SIMPLE WORK.

WE DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE THE CROSSING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE BASICALLY JUST DROP ONE LANE AT A TIME, SO VERY SIMPLE MOTIF.

THE WORK IS PRIMARILY WITHIN THE RIGHT AWAY AND THIS IS A SAFETY IMPROVEMENT.

THE SOONER WE CAN GET THESE INSTALLED, THE BETTER CHANCE WE HAVE OF PREVENTING FUTURE INCIDENTS.

WE'RE AGAIN REQUESTING A QUICK REVIEW OF THIS.

JUNE 6TH IS WHEN WE WERE HOPING THAT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT ASPIRATIONAL, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH YOU ALL ON GETTING THESE APPROVED AND START TO INSTALL THESE AND TO MAKE THE CROSSINGS SAFER AND MORE RELIABLE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND BOTH FOR THE ROADWAY AND THE RAILWAY USERS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AGAIN. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FOLKS HAVE QUESTIONS.

FIRST, WE'LL START WITH RICHARD.

>> YES, THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE CROSSINGS THAT YOU'VE MENTIONED, THEY'RE PROGRESSIVE DRIVE THAT WAS ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT AS AN ISSUE AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WAS IN PLACES.

BUT AS FAR AS OTHER COUNTY CROSSINGS, YES, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO ME.

I'M RICHARD TONY, AND WE CAN WORK ON TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THE PERMANENT PROCESS AND MAKE IT LIFE EASY FOR YOU TO GET THESE INSTALLED. BUT THANK YOU.

>> THAT'S GREAT. RICHARD, I WILL DO THAT.

I APPRECIATE IT AND GREAT TO MEET YOU.

>> MICHAEL?

>> YES. I KNOW YOUR REQUEST IS FOR EXPEDITING PERMITS, BUT JUST FROM A DESIGN PERFORMANCE, WHY ARE WE LIMITING IT TO JUST TRAFFIC SEPARATORS? MY EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT THOSE BECOME A MAINTENANCE ISSUE, AND IF THEY'RE MISSING, ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE PERFORMANCE THAT YOU EXPECT FROM THOSE DELINEATORS? AS THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK HAS NO JURISDICTION ON ANY OF THESE ROADWAYS OR SAY IN THESE CROSSINGS, BUT AS A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT, IS THIS JUST A MINIMUM STEP THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING AS OPPOSED TO A CONCRETE RAISED TRAFFIC SEPARATOR THAT WOULD SERVE IN WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE?

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>> ABSOLUTELY. THOSE ARE ALL GREAT QUESTIONS AND I'M REALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THEM UP.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU RAISED A CONCERN ABOUT DELINEATORS BEING DAMAGED OR MISSING.

WE HAVE ALREADY INSTALLED PILOT EDGE DELINEATORS AT SOME CROSSINGS AND WE'LL HELP MAINTAIN THOSE.

WE WANT TO KEEP THEM ACTIVE TO KEEP DRIVERS FROM GOING AROUND THE GATES.

BUT WE ARE TURNING TO THIS INSTEAD OF RAISED CONCRETE MEDIANS OR EXIT GATES OR OTHER LARGER MEASURES BASICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS, WE THINK THE EASIEST AND QUICKEST SAFETY IMPROVEMENT TO INSTALL THAT CAN START PREVENTING INCIDENTS RIGHT AWAY, ESSENTIALLY.

THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO TURN TO THESE.

I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

WE'D BE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH THE COUNTY OR ANY OF THE COMMUNITIES IF WE WANT TO LOOK AT OTHER MEASURES AS WELL IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE WANTING TO TAKE ACTION THAT SHOWS THE RESULTS WITHIN WEEKS OR MONTHS, NOT YEARS.

SOME OF THESE OTHER TYPES OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS LIKE CONCRETE RAISED MEDIANS OR EXIT GATES, YOU HAVE TO DO REPAVING, YOU HAVE TO MOVE SIDEWALKS, YOU HAVE TO ADD ASPHALT BECAUSE THEY'RE WIDER AND IT BECOMES A MUCH MORE COMPLICATED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT THAN JUST INSTALLING SIMPLE DELINEATORS.

DID THAT COVER EVERYTHING OR DID I MISS SOMETHING?

>> YOU PROVIDED A RESPONSE.

THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

LOOK, I DON'T WANT TO BE CRITICAL.

YOUR PICTURE THAT YOU SHOWED FOR THE FACILITY IN PALM BEACH, A PICTURE SAYS A THOUSAND WORDS.

YOU'RE ASKING FOR DELINEATORS THERE, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT PICTURE, THERE'S OTHER ISSUES THERE, JUST LOOKING AT THE PICTURE.

YOUR PED CROSSING IN THAT LOCATION LOOKS INADEQUATE, LACK OF SIDEWALKS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET.

A GATE THAT SOMEBODY CAN EASILY WALK AROUND AS A PEDESTRIAN DOESN'T PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL PROTECTION.

THERE SHOULD BE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO PROVIDING SAFE CROSSINGS.

I WOULD HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD ACHIEVE THAT AND THAT COST OR CONSTRUCTION ISSUES WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD DETER YOU FROM ACHIEVING THAT GOAL.

>> SURE, WE ARE. I APPRECIATE THAT.

IT'S GOOD THAT YOU MENTIONED THE PICTURE ACTUALLY BECAUSE THAT PICTURE WAS NOT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ACTUALLY INSTALLED.

OURS WOULDN'T HAVE A SLIGHTLY TIGHTER SPACING ON THE DELINEATORS JUST FUN ENOUGH.

THAT'S IMPORTANT ANYBODY WOULD JUST SAY NO.

WE WOULD SPACE THEM AT TWO FEET.

THE OTHER THING IS WITH THE CONCERN ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND PEDESTRIAN GATES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I HEAR YOU TOO.

WE BRIGHTLINE ACTUALLY DOES NOT MAKE THE DECISION ON WHETHER THAT'S INSTALLED OR NOT, OR HOW THAT GETS INSTALLED.

THAT'S USUALLY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES AND FEC.

BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY A FAIR COMMENT AND SOMETHING THAT IS GOOD TO KEEP IN THE CONVERSATION AS WE LOOK AT EACH ROUND OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO MAKE THESE CROSSINGS BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.

>> I WOULD ONLY ADD ONE THING TO TOM'S POINT THERE, WHICH IS FOR ANY MEMBER OF THIS BOARD WHO'S INTERESTED IN SEEING OUR HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SAFETY, WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHOW IT TO YOU.

WE LOOK AT A NUMBER OF THINGS ON EDUCATION, LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT ALSO IN ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.

WHERE WE NEED ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IS FROM THE COMMUNITIES THAT MANAGE MOST OF THE ROADWAYS AROUND THESE CROSSINGS.

WE HAVE A 180 CROSSINGS IN SOUTH FLORIDA, 60 OF WHICH HAVE QUAD GATES.

NOT ALL ARE CAPABLE OF HAVING QUAD GATES OR NEED QUAD GATES.

BUT CERTAINLY THERE IS A LOT MORE WORK THAT CAN BE DONE, BUT IT DOES INCLUDE AND DOES REQUIRE THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY OFTENTIMES TO INCLUDE BUDGET AND TO PROVIDE DOLLARS.

AS TOM MENTIONED, WITH THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR, THIS IS ONE PROJECT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR BROWARD COUNTY SPECIFICALLY THAT WE THINK CAN PROVIDE A SHORT-TERM IMMEDIATE IMPACT BASED ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING REALLY SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

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THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE PUT IN THE GROUND IMMEDIATELY TO HELP SOLVE THAT.

>> THANK YOU, ERIC.

>> HI, ERIC, OUR DIRECTOR PLAN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CITY DEERFIELD BEACH.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION AND I APOLOGIZE TO EVERYBODY ELSE FOR REPEATING THE THINGS I'VE SAID BEFORE.

CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH HAD A MEETING ON THIS ISSUE BACK IN JANUARY, AN ON-SITE MEETING, FOR A PROPERTY ON ELLER THAT WE PHYSICALLY MET WITH THEM.

THEY WANTED TO PUT A CONCRETE DELINEATE CURB BETWEEN THE THE AREA.

AT THE MEETING, OUR ENGINEERING AND THOSE ON-SITE EVEN ADMITTED THAT THAT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING TO STOP VEHICLES FROM TURNING AROUND OR GOING THROUGH, AND THAT THEY SAID THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD STOP WOULD BE A FULL MAST ARM, WHICH THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR.

I FEEL THAT IF WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE, THE FULL MAST ARMS ARE SOMETHING THAT NEED TO BE REQUIRED OR OFFER THAT WE SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE THOSE AS WELL.

I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT MEETING WAS IN JANUARY, WE'VE HAD ZERO FOLLOW-UP SINCE THAT TIME.

I RECOGNIZE THAT THESE INTERSECTIONS ARE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF BRIGHT-LINE AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

IT'S DISINGENUOUS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION, THIS MEETING HAS STILL NOT ADDRESSED SUICIDE.

WE STILL NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS ISSUE WITH PEDESTRIANS WHO ARE CROSSING THE RAILS FOR THIS REASON.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FENCING, WHICH IS A SERIOUS DETERRENT.

I REALLY NEED BRIGHTLINE, HOPE EVERYONE HERE WOULD LIKE TO AGREE THAT IT'S NOT JUST SOME CHAIN LINK FENCE, SOME FOUR-FOOT TALL FENCE, THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A FENCE THAT IS OF STATURE LIKE THE ONE THAT WE'VE CREATED AT OUR OWN CITIES COST THAT WE PUT ON RECENTLY BETWEEN HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD AND 10TH STREET THAT WE STILL NEED TO CONTINUE DOWN FOR THE LENGTH OF THE CITY.

THAT YOU ALLOW FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF DESIGN TO INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, TO POSSIBLY ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO GET VARIANCES TO GO INTO YOUR EASEMENTS SO THAT WE CAN PUT IN THESE FENCES AND LANDSCAPING BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT, THEY'RE VERY TIGHT LOCATIONS TO PUT IN FENCING.

THERE'S VARYING PINCH POINTS THAT THE DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN A FENCE AND THE INTERSECTION BE REDUCED IN THESE SITUATIONS.

IT'S 50 FEET, I BELIEVE RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS STILL A LOT OF SPACE FOR ANYONE TO WALK AROUND.

THAT PILINGS THAT ARE ALL ALONG THE FVC RAILWAY THAT THEY DON'T CLEAN UP.

THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR A PINCH POINT, THAT THEY BE MOVED.

THEY SHOULD BE MOVED REGARDLESS, BUT STILL.

WE'VE HAD DIFFICULTY WITH FVC.

THAT'S JUST THE BOTTOM LINE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DIFFICULTY.

I KNOW BRIGHTLINE IS JUST PART OF THAT, BUT WE REALLY HAVE.

IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS WORK AND TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE CURRENT BRIGHTLINE, I THINK THAT WE SHOULD INCLUDE THOSE FACTORS AS WELL. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. I'LL ECHO EVERYONE BEFORE ME COMMENTS TOO FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, I THINK THAT THE DELINEATORS THAT YOU SHOWED IN THAT PICTURE ARE NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.

I KNOW YOU SAID THAT THEY'LL BE CLOSER BUT DOING SOMETHING MORE WITH A SHORT CURB, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING.

WHERE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE BASE WHERE YOU HAVE TO GO OVER A BUMP, EVEN NOT JUST RUN OVER A DELINEATOR I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT STRONGER THAN THAT.

ALSO WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE LONG TERM IF IT'S ANOTHER CHRISTIE TYPE PROJECT THAT WE WORK ON TOGETHER, BUT THINKING THAT THE DELINEATORS ARE GOING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN THE LONG TERM ISN'T REALISTIC.

I KNOW DOING THE FOUR QUAD GATES, I WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS YEARS AGO WHEN WE PUT ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIRST TIME, AND I KNOW IT'S EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE TO DO THE FOUR QUADS AND THE CONCRETE THINGS AND IT TAKES TIME.

BUT I THINK IF WE CAN DO THE SHORT-TERM NOW, BUT STILL KEEP WORKING ON THE LONGER-TERM, MORE STURDY SOLUTIONS IN THE FUTURE OF THOSE BECAUSE I JUST DON'T THINK THAT ONE OF THE INCIDENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS PUMPING OR ONE OF THE RECENT INCIDENTS WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE VIDEO, THESE DELINEATES WOULD NOT HAVE STOPPED THAT CAR FROM GOING ACROSS THE TRACKS.

THE ONLY SOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN A FOUR QUAD GATE IN THAT SITUATION.

I THINK WE HAVE TO BALANCE VERSUS JUST MOVE THE SHORT-TERM CURB AND THEN FORGET ABOUT IT AND HOPE IT WORKS.

IF YOU CAN SEND US WHAT THOSE PLANS ARE AND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FROM EACH OF THE CITIES THAT ARE INVOLVED, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL AS WELL.

>> YEAH. GLADLY, WE CAN DO THAT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I MEAN, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I DON'T THINK WE EXPECT THAT THESE ARE GOING TO PREVENT EVERY INCIDENT.

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ALSO ABSOLUTELY, WE'RE EXCITED TO PARTNER WITH YOU ON BETTER LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS THAN JUST CENTER LINE DELINEATORS.

THIS IS NOT AN IDEAL LONG-TERM SOLUTION, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, SO IT'S A SHORT-TERM QUICK FIX UNTIL WE CAN GET THOSE LONGER-TERM SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE A VIRTUAL RAISED HAND. CLARISSA IP.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THIS IS CLARISSA FROM THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

I DO AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYONE IS SAYING HERE.

IN ADDITION, AT OUR CITY HOME, AT WHAT ARE ALL CROSSING I DO SEE IS ON YOUR LIST HERE IS GARFIELD STREET.

WE DO HAVE OTHER ISSUES JUST SAME AS WHAT MIKE EARLIER HAD POINTED OUT AT THAT WEST PALM BEACH LOCATION.

WE DO HAVE OTHER ISSUE AT THAT CROSSING AS WELL AND THEN AT FARM.

IT IS POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET TOM AND BEN'S CONTENT, MAYBE WE CAN WORK FURTHER AT THAT LOCATION SPECIFICALLY AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT, OUR CITY INTERNALLY NOW TO TRY TO SEE HOW TO GO ABOUT IT.

IF I CAN GET YOUR CONTENT, THAT'LL BE GREAT.

>> ABSOLUTELY. YEAH, WE WOULD WELCOME THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEST FOR THAT TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THE STAFF OR FOR US TO JUST GIVE IT TO YOU NOW, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY TO ENGAGE WITH YOU DIRECTLY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THE CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD GET THAT INFORMATION TO AMANDA, WHO I BELIEVE YOU WERE WORKING WITH TO GET ON OUR AGENDA, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT GETS TRANSMITTED OUT TO ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

>> THANK YOU, BILL.

>> PERFECT. WILL DO. THANK YOU.

>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> NEXT ON OUR AGENDA IS JUST WE'LL GO THROUGH COMMITTEE REPORTS,

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS - no discussion ]

I DO HAVE MEMBER COMMENTS.

I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR B TACTICAL PROJECT THAT WE WORKED ON TWO WEEKS AGO.

NOW WE FINISHED IT AND WE DID THE INSTALLATION.

I'M ESPECIALLY GIVING A SHOUT OUT AND A GREAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE TEAM HERE, WHO NOT ONLY WORKED FOR FOUR DAYS AND HOT SUN AND SWEAT, AND I'M SURE SOME TEARS OVER THOSE FOUR DAYS.

THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO IT AS WELL AND ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT, IT WAS A LOT.

WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT THEY DID.

OUR PROJECT IS ON 15TH APHIDS FROM SUNRISE TO 13TH IS THIS ONE STRETCH OF A FIVE LANE SECTION, WHERE IT'S EITHER SIDE, NORTH AND SOUTH IS JUST ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

THIS IS THE BEFORE OF ONE OF THE INTERSECTIONS OF 15TH AND 11TH.

YOU CAN SEE PERFECT FOR DOING DONUTS IN THE MIDDLE OF.

THEN THE AFTER SITUATION FROM THE DRONE AND HOW, WHAT A DIFFERENCE IT MADE TO THIS INTERSECTION.

IT WAS THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS AND THE CITY STARTED.

WORKING ON THIS IDEA THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS BEEN ASKING FOR, FOR MANY YEARS, ALMOST A DECADE NOW TRYING TO GET TOWARDS.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE STRIPING AND THE LANE ELIMINATION STUDY IN THAT PORTION, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FINISH ALL THE EXTRAS TO MAKE IT A REALLY SAFE TYPE OF SITUATION ON THE STREET.

WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THIS GRANT AND THE MPO CAME IN AND HELPED US WITH THIS TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS THAT ADDED PAINT DELINEATORS, BULBOUS, PEDESTRIAN, REFUGE, CROSSWALKS.

THERE WERE NO CROSSWALKS HERE BEFORE.

PUBLICS IS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER RIGHT THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF USE CROSSING HERE AND THERE'S A PARALLEL BIKE FACILITY FROM SUNRISE THAT COMES THROUGH THE CENTER SECTION.

THE BEFORE AND THEN IF YOU GO TO THE AFTER, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THE DIFFERENCE.

WHEN WE SAW ANECDOTALLY THERE WERE PEOPLE THAT WERE WALKING BY AND THERE WAS A GENTLEMAN WHO HAD HIS DUNKIN DONUTS INSTEAD OF.

ALL THE YEARS I'VE LIVED HERE, THIS IS THE SAFEST I'VE EVER FELT CROSSING THE STREET.

WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT RESPONSES BEING OUT THERE. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT.

THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ANGLE OF IT [NOISE] AND YOU ACTUALLY FEEL ALMOST SAFE STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, WHEN WE WERE DOING SOME OF THAT PAINTING, VERSUS WHAT IT WAS BEFORE.

IT'S GREAT AND THERE'S EDUCATIONAL SIGNAGE ON THE RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MPO ADDED TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT THESE FEATURES ARE AND WHAT THEY MEAN.

YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT.

AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER STREET, 12TH STREET, SIMILAR SITUATION, NO CROSSWALKS, NOTHING, JUST A SEA OF ASPHALT FOR DONUTS.

IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

HOW TRANSFORMATIONAL THIS REALLY IS FOR MULTIMODAL WITH THE BIKE LANES AND

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THEN THE NEXT. IT'S JUST THE SIMILAR, JUST ANOTHER ANGLE OF THAT.

IT REALLY HAS TRANSFORMED AND WE LOOK FORWARD.

THIS IS THE PILOT AND WE WERE APPLYING FOR C SLIP FUNDING AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FINAL SOLUTION AND THE HARD SCAPE TO THIS PROJECT AND ITS A GREAT WAY TO TEST OUT IS THIS WORKING? DO WE NEED TO SWITCH SOMETHING? IS THE RADII TOO TIGHT AND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

THE NEXT SLIDE. IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK.

THERE WERE OVER A 100 VOLUNTEERS AND GETTING ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS AND ORGANIZING ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS AND FEEDING ALL THOSE VOLUNTEERS, FOR FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT WAS A LOT OF WORK.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FOLKS THERE.

THE MPO REALLY DID AN AWESOME JOB AND ALL THEIR STAFF THAT WAS OUT HERE EVERY DAY WORKING HARD.

HERE'S A FEW PICTURES OF ALL THE WORK THAT WENT INTO IT AND SOME OF THE MPO TEAM THERE, RICARDO WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS BIRDS, THAT HE WAS ABLE TO PAINT ON THE PROJECT.

BENJAMIN'S THERE AS WELL.

REALLY TOOK COMMUNITY SUPPORT, BECAUSE THIS COMMUNITY WANTED IT SO STRONG AND I WOULD RECOMMEND FOR PEOPLE WHO APPLY IN THE FUTURE, MAKE SURE IT'S A PROJECT THAT COMMUNITY REALLY WANTS.

BECAUSE THEY HELPED PUSH US ALONG AND KEEP US GOING ON THIS PROJECT, AND THEY WERE VERY PROUD OF IT. THEN THE NEXT.

WE HAD POLITICAL SUPPORT THAT WAS CRITICAL TO OUR MAYOR AND OUR COMMISSIONER WERE ALL ON BOARD.

OUR MAYOR IS A BOARD MEMBER HERE.

THEY WERE OUT THERE AND WITH THE MPO DELEGATION EVENT THAT WAS HAPPENING THAT WEEK AS WELL TO HIGHLIGHT, HOW IMPORTANT THESE PROJECTS ARE? AND TO KEEP THE MONEY COMING FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE'VE GOT USER SUPPORT, LIKE I SAID, NAME OF THE GENTLEMAN WITH HIS DUNKIN DONUTS AND THESE FOLKS RIDING THEIR BIKES UP AND DOWN WHILE WE WERE DOING PROJECTS, SO WE GOT A LOT OF THANKS AND PRAISE, JUST EVEN BEING OUT THERE THAT DAY.

SOME NOT MEANT TO BE BRUTALLY HONEST.

WE GOT SOME PEOPLE COMPLAINING AS WELL THAT CAME OVER AND SAID, WHY WOULD YOU EVER DO THIS? BUT THERE WERE MORE PLUSES THAN NEGATIVES AND I JUST REALLY WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE AT THE MPO TEAM.

AGAIN, THAT WORKS SO HARD AND PUT SO MUCH EFFORT AND SWEAT INTO THIS PROJECT, AND WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT YOU.

WE'RE SUPER GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE HARD WORK AND THE LAST ONE.

WE'RE SUPER GLAD IS DONE [LAUGHTER].

I'M SURE THE WHOLE TEAM, AFTER ALL THE WORK, WE STILL KEEP GETTING GREAT PRAISE FOR THE PROJECT.

THINKING THAT WAS JUST MY QUICK LITTLE PRESENTATION.

IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS MEMBER COMMENTS TO SHARE, THEN JUST ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS WE HAVE.

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

YOU WANT TO FILL IT ALL? MENTIONED THAT.

>> SURE. KAREN. AGAIN THROUGH THE CHAIR, FIRST OFF, THE MPO WAS REALLY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME OUT THERE TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND WORK ON THE ROAD.

I KNOW THERE WERE A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.

WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE PLEASED, AND GLAD MOST OF THE CITIZENS THERE ARE HAPPY AS WELL.

FOR THE TIP, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN, WHERE THIS IS THE END PRODUCT OF AFTER WE START WITH OUR PRIORITIES AND THEN WE GET ALL THE WAY TO THE END, ITS ADOPTION OF THE TIP.

THAT'S WHERE WE ACTUALLY PUT FUNDING, TO ALL THE NEW PROJECTS AND A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.

THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING IN FRONT OF THIS GROUP SHORTLY.

IT HAS TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PUBLIC REVIEW PERIOD.

A DRAFT IS GOING OUT.

IT'S GOING TO BE PUBLISHED, TRANSMITTED TO THE LOCAL LIBRARIES, THERE'LL BE ONLINE, ETC, TO MEET FEDERAL LAW.

THAT'S REALLY WHAT THIS NOTICES ABOUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, PUBLISH AND PUBLIC NOTIFICATION PERIOD HAS BEGUN.

BUT SINCE YOU'RE THE ATTACK, YOU'RE GOING TO GET US PRESENTATION ON IT [BACKGROUND] HEAR MORE DETAILS AND SPECIFICS.

YOU'LL BE ASKED TO VENTRALLY TO ENDORSE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO OUR BOARD. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU BILL. OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 22ND. I'LL SEE YOU ALL THEN.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

NICK ARE YOU MOTIONING OR YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY. ONE SECOND.

>> I JUST WANTED TO THANK A COUPLE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE ROOM THAT HELPED US GATHER AND THE MPO FOR SUPPORTING A LOAD OF GRANT THAT WE'RE DOING WHICH IS GOING TO ELECTRIFY OUR ROUTE, IF WE WERE AWARDED, WILL ELECTRIFY OUR ROUTE NINE, WHICH IS A REALLY NICE ROUTE THAT CONNECTS DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE TO THE EDUCATION CENTER IN DAVEY AND TO YOUNG CIRCLE AT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

IF THAT GOES THROUGH, WILL BE ABLE TO PURCHASE 15 NEW FULLY ELECTRIC BUSES AND BE ABLE TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NOISE AND VIBRATION AND MISSIONS IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

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>> EXCELLENT GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU ALL.

WE WILL ADJOURN.

SEE YOU IN A MONTH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.