>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[00:00:03]
IF WE COULD PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE HEADED BY MEMBER CORBIN.>> YES, I THOUGHT YOU'D BE LIKE SURPRISED.
[LAUGHTER] GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
APOLOGIZE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF A RASPY VOICE HERE.
HOPEFULLY, EVERYONE CAN UNDERSTAND ME.
AGAIN, JUST FOR HOUSEKEEPING PURPOSES, IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS FOR THOSE IN THE BOARDROOM, REMEMBER TO PRESS YOUR MICS.
I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS QUITE A FEW TIMES.
EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE DOING.
IF YOU'RE ON VIRTUALLY, THEN PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND AND WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO AN ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL AT THIS TIME.
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
PRESS THE YES IF YOU'RE HERE.LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE WHO'S HERE HAS CONFIRMED.
BUT WE NEED, I DO KNOW WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO ARE VIRTUALLY ATTENDING IF THEY WOULD.
>> IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL, CAN YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIRTUALLY.
IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND PHYSICALLY, WE WON'T SEE IT. [LAUGHTER]
>> TARA JOHNSON, REBECCA BROWER, MPO.
I HAVE TORI AUSTIN, IRENE KIRDAHY, AND BILL HODGKINS ON.
>> REMEMBER IS OUR VIRTUAL HAND.
>> THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I THINK WE'LL TAKE A MOMENT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
WE CAN'T PROCEED THE MEETING WITHOUT SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HER.
[APPLAUSE] THAT WAS THE SHORT VERSION OF HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
[LAUGHTER] MOVING ON WITH THE AGENDA,
[3. Approval of Minutes - May 12, 2022]
WE HAVE ITEM 3, THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IF THERE ANY COMMENTS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE GO AHEAD AND VOTE.
>> WAITING ON FURR. THANK YOU.
>> AGAIN, IF YOU ARE VIRTUAL, IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE VOTE PLEASE, RAISE YOUR HAND.
>> WE ALSO HAVE MEMBER MCKENZIE, IS IT?
>> MEMBER MCKENZIE'S PRESENT AND HE SHOWS THAT HE'S VOTING FOR.
>> THE AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW WE'RE ONTO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
PLEASE, CONFIRM YES OR NO.I HAVEN'T VOTED. THAT WAS A TEST.
EVERYONE HAS VOTED? THANK YOU.
[5. Public Comments Please submit to info@browardmpo.org at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.]
NOW WE'RE INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.[NOISE] WE HAVE MR. BOYD CORBIN.
>> MORNING. MY BIRTHDAY'S TOMORROW.
>> WELL, HAPPY BIRTHDAY. THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU. TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT DENSITY TESTING. WHAT IS IT? IT'S WHEN THE ROADS ARE DUG UP TO FIX THE WATER LINE, SEWER LINE, MAYBE PUT IN A NEW FIRE HYDRANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU HAVE TO PUT THE ROAD BACK TOGETHER AGAIN, AND IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING IN BROWARD COUNTY.
FOR LAUDERDALE, ACTUALLY IS ONE OF THE WORST OFFENDERS.
WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS AFTER YOU FIX THE PIPE OR WHATEVER, YOU HAVE TO PUT THE PROPER FILL IN A LAYER AT A TIME, GET A DENSITY TEST DONE SO THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE AND YOU NEED TO TAMP IT DOWN PROPERLY.
LIKE I SAY, IT SEEMS LIKE MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
THAT'S WHEN YOU GET THESE DIPS IN THE ROAD.
IF YOU GO DOWN ANDREWS AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO BROWARD BOULEVARD, IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER IN SOME PLACES.
I JUST CAME UP HERE TODAY ON MY MOTORCYCLE AND IT'S CRAZY.
ALSO ANOTHER THING IS THAT FILL THAT THEY USE, IT NEEDS TO BE DRY, OR IT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK.
[00:05:02]
IT'S NOT GOING TO SUPPORT THE ROAD SURFACE.WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THEY'RE SENDING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT AT NIGHT MAYBE LIKE 20 PEOPLE FOR A FOUR-MAN JOB, BUT THAT'S ANOTHER ISSUE AND THEY'RE GETTING IT DONE AND THEY'RE NOT PULLING A PERMIT FROM THE COUNTY AND THEN SO THE ROAD, IT STARTS TO SAG AND THEN MORE AND MORE.
THEN ABOUT EVERY YEAR YOU HAVE TO PUT IN A FRESH LAYER OF ASPHALT.
PEOPLE SHOULD BE DOING IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME.
IT'S GOING TO SAVE A LOT OF MONEY IN THE END.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE DOING IT WRONG.
>> CAN WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT.
>> RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST PUBLIC COMMENT.
>> RIGHT. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF SOMEONE HAD SOME COMMENTS BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER.
MR. FURR SEEMS TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
>> ONE SECOND. WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENTS.
HAVE YOU COMPLETED YOUR COMMENTS, SIR?
>> I THINK SO, YEAH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU, MR. CORBIN FOR COMING TODAY.
MR. FURR, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED ADD? MEMBER FURR?
>> EXCELLENT. JUST REAL QUICK.
I ACTUALLY HAD SENTINEL CALL ME ABOUT THIS THE OTHER DAY ON A COUPLE OF PLACES AND I DID ASK OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE PLACES THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.
HE'S RIGHT. THERE ARE A COUPLE PLACES.
THERE'S A COUPLE OF ROLLER COASTERS AND IT'LL THROW YOU OFF.
JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED, YOU CAN'T COME BACK UP. SORRY.
>> RIGHT. YOU CAN PULL THE PERMITS.
>> YOU CAN PULL THE PERMITS ON THESE DENSITY TESTS.
>> I'M SORRY. YOUR COMMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED,
>> BUT I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, I HAVE ASKED OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND ADDRESS IT.
MOVING ON TO ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT I'M NOT AWARE OF. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
[6. Approval of Excused Absences]
APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES.I'LL GO THROUGH THE LIST THAT I'M AWARE OF AND THEN STAFF CAN CERTAINLY MAKE ME AWARE OF ANYONE ELSE.
WE HAVE OF COURSE, CHAIR FRANK CORTEZ.
HIS ABSENCE IS CERTAINLY FELT.
[LAUGHTER] YES, BECAUSE NO ONE IS MENTIONING PEMBROKE PINES TODAY.
MEMBERS, LAMAR FISHER, CARN, RYAN.
MEMBER RYAN ALSO REQUESTED AN EXCUSED ABSENCE LAST TIME FROM MAY 12TH.
I UNDERSTAND HE ASKED FOR IT AHEAD OF THE MEETING AND IT WAS NOT REFLECTED.
MEMBER CARN, AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I'M ASKING STAFF.
>> NO, CHAIR, THAT'S ALL. I HAVE SOMEONE ELSE WRITTEN, BUT I'M SORRY.
I CANNOT UNDERSTAND THE NOTATION.
>> I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON WHO WROTE THE COMMENT [LAUGHTER].
ANYONE ELSE THEN? SEEING THOSE, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THESE EXCUSED ABSENCES.
THERE'S A MOTION. IT WAS A MOTION MADE BY SOMEONE, BUT IT'S NOT REFLECTED, SECOND BY MEMBER MCGEE.
>> IT WAS MAYOR'S ZIADE, MA'AM.
>> THANK YOU. IT'S NOT SHOWING,
>> NOT SHOWING. WHY'S NOT SHOWING.
>> HAS EVERYONE VOTED? [LAUGHTER] IS THERE SOMEONE VIRTUALLY THAT HAS AN OBJECTION OF SOME KIND FOR THE EXCUSED ABSENCES? [BACKGROUND]
>> I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO BE SHOWN THAT I'M NOT ABSENT.
>> I'M SORRY, WHO'S THAT? [NOISE] HOLD ON ONE SECOND BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR. WHO'S THAT? [INAUDIBLE] NUMBERS ARE CONSIDERED THERE [INAUDIBLE] [OVERLAPPING]
>> BOB HARTMANN IS HERE AS WELL.
>> MEMBER LEWELLEN IS ALSO VIRTUAL.
>> MEMBER MARTIN ALSO JUST REFERENCED. [BACKGROUND]
>> THOSE WOULD BE THE FIVE, MAXIMUM NUMBER THAT IS ALLOWED FOR A PARTICULAR MEETING, FOR VIRTUAL.
>> EVERYONE VOTED? PERFECT. THANK YOU, SO MOTION PASSES.
[7. MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS to Serve for the Next Year, July 2022 Through June 2023: A. Chair B. Vice Chair C. Deputy Vice Chair D. Executive Committee - Broward County Representative E. Executive Committee - Small Municipalities Representative F. Executive Committee - At-Large Representative G. Executive Committee - At-Large Representative (if no Chair Emeritus)]
[00:10:03]
ONTO MOTION TO ELECT OUR OFFICERS, AND WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR FOR ANY NOMINATIONS FOR ANY OF THE POSITIONS.I UNDERSTAND IT WAS PROVIDED AS A SLATE, BUT AGAIN, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S PRESENT TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR ANY PARTICULAR POSITION OTHER THAN THOSE THAT ARE ON THE SLATE.
ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS? I SEE NONE IS THERE.
>> JUST ANY OF THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS THAT MIGHT WANT TO NOMINATE?
>> YES. ANY OF THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS WANT TO NOMINATE ANYONE ELSE?
>> THIS IS FOR THE CHAIR, VICE-CHAIR, DEPUTY VICE-CHAIR, THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BROWARD COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SMALL MUNICIPALITIES REPRESENTATIVE, EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE, AND EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AT LARGE REPRESENTATIVE, IF NO CHAIR EMERITUS.
I'LL GET THAT SOONER OR LATER.
THOSE ARE THE POSITIONS THAT ARE ON THE SLATE UNLESS THERE'S ANOTHER NOMINATION.
>> I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD THEN AND CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE SLATE? IS THERE A SECOND?
>> MOVING TO THE VOTING SCREEN, WE HAVE?
>> YES, IS A MOTION BY MEMBER WELCH, SECONDED BY MEMBER JAFFE.
CAN WE ALL PLEASE VOTE, PLEASE?
>> THIS IS TO APPROVE ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THOSE POSITIONS.
>> IF THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE ATTENDING VIRTUALLY IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND.
IS THERE ANY OBJECTION? MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
>> CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EXISTING BOARD, [APPLAUSE] A NEW FISCAL YEAR.
>> THAT WAS A VERY CONTESTED, [LAUGHTER] OVERWHELMING GROUP OF PEOPLE. YES?
>> I REALLY WANT TO GET ONE OF YOUR T-SHIRTS. [LAUGHTER]
>> [OVERLAPPING] I HAVE THEM IN THE CAR
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]
>> NOW WE'RE MOVING ON TO THE CONSENT ITEMS, CORRECT, MR. STEWART?
>> IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? NOT SEEING ANYONE.
ANYONE VIRTUALLY WANT TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? SEEING NONE, SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT ITEMS SINCE THEIR SECOND? THERE'S A MOTION BY MEMBER COPUTO, SECONDED BY MEMBER ZIADE.
CAN EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE, PLEASE? LOOKS LIKE EVERYONE PRESENT HAS VOTED.
ANY OBJECTIONS VIRTUALLY? REBECCA? NO? SO MOTION PASSES.
[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Multimodal Priorities List (MMPL)]
NOW ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS, SO LET THE RECORD REFLECT.SO WE'RE NOW ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS, MOTION TO APPROVE. GO AHEAD COUNCIL.
>> THANK YOU. MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR, FY2023 MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST, MMPL.
>> JUST ONE SECOND. MADAM CHAIR, WE ALSO HAVE MAYOR BRUNSON WHO'S ALSO WITH US.
>> I'M SORRY. HI, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR.
>> THANK YOU. MADAM VICE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS, GOOD MORNING.
I'M JIHONG CHEN, PROJECT PROGRAMMING MANAGER WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PROCESS THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST.
ACTUALLY, IS AN ESSENTIAL TEAM PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.
YOU MAY WONDER, WHAT IS MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST? THE PRIORITY LIST INCLUDES A LIST OF PRODUCTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND ADVERTISE THOSE PRODUCTS INTO ADVERTISE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM BY FOLLOWING THIS ORDER.
TODAY, I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2023, MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST.
THIS PRIORITY LIST WILL BE USED BY ADVERTISE TO DEVELOP, DRAFT A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND BROWARD MPO'S TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2028.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE CORE PRODUCTS OF THE BROWARD MPO.
[00:15:05]
THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.OTHER CORE PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDE; METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UNIFY THE PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN, AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO'S PLANNING PROCESS.
BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW, THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS.
BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW, THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.
PRODUCTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST, ARE THEN MOVED TO ADVERTISE DRAFT A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.
AT LAST, MOVE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST SERVE AS BRIDGE BETWEEN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE MMPL IS ORGANIZED BY MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE MMPL TRACKS FUNDS BY FEES AND THE SOURCE, AND THE MMPL ALSO MONITOR PRODUCT PROGRESS.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE MMPL ALSO MONITOR PRODUCT PROGRAM READINESS.
PROJECT PROGRAM READINESS OR PRODUCT MEETS FULL CRITERIAS, ON THIS SLIDE, WE CALL THE PRODUCT, PROGRAM READY.
A PROGRAM READY PROJECT HAS TO HAVE CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK, SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION FROM ALL PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRODUCT, GOOD COST ESTIMATE, AND PARTNER COLLABORATION.
THE BROWARD MPO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH COUNTY MUNICIPALITY AND THE PLANNING PARTNERS TO MAKE PRODUCTS IN THIS MMPL PROGRAM READY. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
MPO IS ORGANIZED BY SIX FUNDING PROGRAM.
THE PERCENTAGE OF THIS SLIDE WAS APPROVED IN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN 2045.
THOSE PERCENTAGE IS USED TO DISTRIBUTE BROWARD MPO'S ATTRIBUTE TO FUNDS AMONG THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MPO FOR THIS YEAR.
THIS SLIDE DISPLAY NUMBER OF PRODUCTS BY PROGRAM.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS UNFUNDED AMOUNT BY PROGRAM AND THE OWNERSHIP.
IN SUMMARY, TO COMPLETE THE PRODUCTS ON LOCAL ROADS NEED ABOUT $489 MILLION UNFUNDED FUNDS.
TO COMPLETE THE PRODUCTS ON STATE ROAD NEEDS ABOUT $1.6 BILLION UNFUNDED FUNDS.
BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO TRACK A PRODUCT, THE PROGRESS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS NUMBER OF FULLY FUNDED PRODUCTS.
WHAT IT'S FULLY FUNDED PRODUCT? FUNDS FOR PRODUCTS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED IN MOST RECENT THE WORK PROGRAM OR TIP.
WE CALL THE PRODUCT FULLY FUNDED.
NO FURTHER FUND NEEDED FOR THIS PRODUCT.
AS A RESULT, PRIORITY FOR PRODUCTS REMAINING IN THE MPO WERE MOST UP.
THERE ARE 24 FULLY FUNDED PRODUCTS REMOVED FROM THE PREFIX MPO NOT INCLUDED IN THIS MPO.
YOU MAY NOTICE THERE ARE 1960 REAL PRODUCTS.
AMONG THE 19 PRODUCTS, SIX REAL PRODUCTS ARE RE-PROGRAMMED LIFE PRODUCTS.
[00:20:04]
THIS MPO ALSO INCLUDE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE PRIORITY LIST, MS. VICTORIA WILLIAMS, WE'RE PRESENT LATER.YOU CAN FIND THE 10-PACK OF PRODUCT OF PRIORITY ALSO IN THE DOCUMENT, LOTS OF SANCTION OF THE MPO.
TODAY WE ARE SEEKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST. ANY QUESTIONS?
>> YES. THANK YOU DR. CHEN. I HAVE MEMBER 4.
>> THANK YOU, DR. CHEN. THE ONE THING THAT WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT DOING THIS LAST YEAR, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PUTTING MORE MONEY INTO THE MOBILITY HUBS.
THE IDEA WAS TO TRY TO MAKE MORE OF A LINK BETWEEN OUR ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND BEING ABLE TO STUDY THAT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE'RE DOING VERY GOOD ON C SLIP PROJECTS BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING ON A BIGGER PICTURE IN TERMS OF WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND HOW IS IT GOING TO INTERRELATE WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION? THOSE MOBILITY HUBS ARE WHERE WE STUDY THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE DO THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, NO MONEY WENT TO THAT LAST YEAR EVEN THOUGH I THOUGHT, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TEN OR 15 PERCENT OF OUR MONEY IS GOING THERE, NONE WENT THERE.
IF IT'S NOT OUR BIGGEST ISSUE RIGHT NOW, IT'S RIGHT UP THERE.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT THIS.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE DEDICATING MORE MONEY TO THAT AND MORE RESOURCES TO IT.
BEFORE WE ADOPT THIS, I THINK THE DISCUSSION IS WORTHWHILE OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THAT USING THAT MONEY BECAUSE THE MPO HAS DONE SOME VERY GOOD MOBILITY HUB STUDIES BEFORE.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT STUDIES THE REAL ESTATE ALL AROUND, IT GIVES POSSIBILITIES.
I THINK WE NEED TO BE DOING THAT AND FIGURING OUT WHAT'S THE BEST PLACE AND ESSENTIALLY SETTING THE TABLE FOR DEVELOPERS TO SAY BECAUSE FOLLOWING IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THAT ARE INCENTIVES FROM THE SURTAX AND DENSITY THAT ARE GOING TO BE SAYING, IF YOU BUILD HERE, YOU CAN HAVE MORE DENSITY AND THE SURTAX MONEY CAN GO INTO HELP THAT PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT TO BE HAVING THESE TWO THINGS WORK TOGETHER.
WHEN I SEE THIS, I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE FOR PUTTING MORE INTO THAT IF THERE'S A WAY TO DO THAT.
>> FOR THE RECORD, GREG STUART BROWARD, MPO.
ON THIS PARTICULAR AREA, I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS TAPE AND SEND IT TO THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION BECAUSE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'VE ASKED THEM FOR FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT WE ARE RECEIVING TO ACTUALLY TAKE WHAT WILL BE THE BROWARD COUNTY PRIMO PLAN AND ACTUALLY DO A MOBILITY HUBS STUDY IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO FOCUS ON WHERE THE MOBILITY HUBS SHOULD BE AND THEN BE ABLE TO APPLY FEDERAL CASH TO THOSE LOCATIONS.
THAT TO US IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M SO EXCITED THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND THE WAY YOU PRESENTED IT, BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH A LITTLE LEVEL OF COMFORT ON WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
JAMES CROMAR, HERE ACTUALLY SET UP THAT MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM PERSONALLY AND ACTUALLY WE HAD ONE APPLICATION THIS PAST CYCLE FROM THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK FOR MOBILITY HUB.
BUT ONCE WE GET THE PRIMO PLAN AND I THINK THAT IS OVER THERE, BASICALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY HERE'S WHERE MOBILITY HUB SHOULD BE BASED ON THE TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT YOU WANT TO BUILD.
THEN WE CAN FOCUS ON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SIDE OF THINGS WITH THAT SYSTEM. WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.
IT'S LITTLE PREMATURE TODAY, BUT WE'RE ON OUR WAY THERE THIS NEXT YEAR.
HOPEFULLY BY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE FUNDING IN THAT COLUMN.
I'LL BE LOOKING FOR YOUR DIRECTION WHEN WE COME BACK TO THIS BOARD WITH THE NEW METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO KICK OFF IN THE FALL AND SAY THIS FUNDING PART NEEDS TO BE INCREASED EXPONENTIALLY.
BUT YOU'LL AT LEAST HAVE A ROADMAP OF WHERE THESE THINGS ARE GOING TO BE AND WHERE WE CAN START PUTTING THE MONEY TOGETHER.
>> I GUESS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE MONEY THAT IS TEN PERCENT RIGHT NOW?
>> YOU'RE SAYING THAT IS ADEQUATE FOR THIS YEAR?
>> CORRECT, SIR. BUT IT'S NOT ADEQUATE FOR THE FUTURE.
>> THAT TO ME WAS THE KEY TO YOUR CONVERSATION.
WHEN WE COME BACK TO YOU WITH THE MTP, WITH THE STUDY COMPLETED OF THE MOBILITY HUBS BASED ON THE PRIMO PLAN, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GOING TO SAY, "HEY, WE NEED A LOT OF MONEY." WE MAY WANT TO PRIORITIZE A MAJORITY OF
[00:25:02]
THE MONEY THERE TO MATCH WITH THE SURTAX DOLLARS, TO MATCH WITH ADDITIONAL FEDERAL MONEY.THAT IS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T KNOW IF JAMES, YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING.
>> GOOD MORNING, JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
I'M THINKING OF THINGS THAT WE CAN TELL YOU NOW OR THAT WE CAN ROLL THEM OUT A LITTLE BIT LATER.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S NOT SHOWN UP IN THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST IS THE FUNDING THAT THE MPO PREVIOUSLY SIGNED FOR MOBILITY HUBS AND THAT WE HAVE WAITING TO SPEND ON PROJECTS.
>> BECAUSE IT'S FLEX TO FTA GETS A LITTLE BIT COMPLICATED.
IT MOVES FROM THE TIP SO IT'S NO LONGER FHWA MONEY, BUT IT'S FLEXED FROM FTA TO US.
IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS YOU WILL HEAR, I'M SORRY VICE CHAIR, GOOD.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MENTION PEMBROKE PINES [LAUGHTER]. I'M SORRY.
IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS THERE'S A CITY TO THE SOUTH THAT IT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH MOBILITY HUB IN THE END.
WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSIGNMENT ABOUT 2.6 TO $4 MILLION THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE ADDITIONAL FUNDS WAITING.
YOU'LL BE HEARING SOMETHING ABOUT THE COCONUT CREEK MOBILITY HAVE MASTERPLAN.
WE'RE CONTINUING OUR WORK WITH PROGRESSING PLANNING BUT AS OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAID, GETTING THE PRIMO PLAN WILL TURBOCHARGE THE LOCATION OF THE MOBILITY HUBS.
WE'D LOVE TO DO A LOT OF STUFF IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, BUT IT'LL BE MUCH MORE BENEFICIAL TO KNOW WHERE THE EXPECTATION IS TO SPEND THOSE CAPITAL FUNDS, WHERE THE INVESTMENT IS GOING TO GO IN SO THAT WE CAN COMPLEMENT THAT WITH THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING.
>> THAT'S FINE. I GUESS GIVEN WHAT THE COUNTY IS ABOUT TO RECEIVE WITH THE ARTERIAL STUDIES, THAT SHOULD COMPLEMENT WHERE THOSE START TO GO.
IF YOU FEEL LIKE WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR THIS YEAR WITH THE IDEA THAT NEXT YEAR WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON TURBO.
WE JUST DEVELOP SOME NUMBER SO WE'RE COMPLETING THE DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE MOBILITY HUB THERE'S A MILLION IN HOLLYWOOD 2.6 TO 4 MILLION IN THE CITY TO THE SOUTH.
[LAUGHTER] THEN ABOUT $5 MILLION IS GOING TO BE SPENT AROUND THE CYPRUS CREEK MOBILITY HUB. THOSE ARE CURRENT ONES.
>> THANK YOU MEMBER 4. MEMBER JAFFE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, IF YOU LOOK, AND THIS IS AN UNSCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT PRE-COVID TRAFFIC FLOWS AND VEHICLES ON THE ROAD, AND THEN YOU GO TO DURING COVID AND THEN YOU GO TO A POST-COVID AND THEN POST POST-COVID.
I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT THESE STUDIES ARE SO IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE POST POST-COVID TRAFFIC AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THE ROADWAYS, I BELIEVE IS A LOT HIGHER THAN IT WAS PRE-COVID NOW, BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE THE CENSUS THAT WAS DONE IN 2020 FOR THE COUNTRY, THOSE NUMBERS WERE FROM 2019 AND 2020 BUT SO MANY ADDITIONAL PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO BROWARD COUNTY SINCE 2020.
THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT REQUIRES THE VEHICLES TO MOVE SMOOTHLY HAS INCREASED DRAMATICALLY.
I MEAN, I TRAVEL FROM NORTH TO SOUTH ABOUT THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK AND IT'S WAY MORE THAN IT WAS PRE-COVID, SO THESE REPORTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO HELP US DETERMINE WHAT GOES INTO THE TIP.
ADDITIONALLY, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALSO TO MAKE A COMMENT, I SEE THERE WAS 489 MILLION IN THE C SLIP AND THE CSMP.
THOSE ARE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AFTER THE VEHICLES LEAVE THE INTERSTATE OR THE STATE ROADWAYS, THEY STILL GO ON THE LOCAL ROADWAYS AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE FUND THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP.
>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
>> THANK YOU. WE HAVE MEMBER HATTAN AND THEN MEMBER TRANTALUS.
YOU WERE ON THERE, YOU MUST HAVE PRESSED THE BUTTON NEXT TO YOU.
>> I DID, BUT I'M A NEW MEMBER HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S C SLIP IS, I'M BEING HONEST.
I DON'T KNOW THOSE ACRONYMS. WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT I WAS GOING TO TAKE IT THE FIRST TIME, COULD YOU JUST SAY WHAT THEY WERE LIKE UWP, I'M SORRY, I JUST HAVE MADE UP ON MY OWN.
>> YOU HAVEN'T HAD YOUR TRAINING.
>> EXACTLY. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU COULD.
>> WE HAVE A VERY EXTENSIVE NEW LANGUAGE FOR YOU TO LEARN.
>> THERE'S A LOT SO NO WORRIES.
>> MEMBER TRANTALUS, WAIT ONE SECOND.
THERE YOU GO. THEN MEMBER MICKEY.
>> WHAT DOES C SLIP MEAN? I'M JUST CURIOUS. [LAUGHTER] I THINK WHAT COMMISSIONER FURR HAS SAID REALLY IS IMPORTANT, BUT THERE'S A REALITY THAT THE LONGER WE WAIT THE GOALS THAT WE SEEK TO ASPIRE TO ACHIEVE ARE NOT GOING TO BE REALIZED.
WHY I'M SAYING THAT IS BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AS AN EXAMPLE, AND YOU LOOK AT THE MOBILITY HUB LIKE AT THE BRIGHT LINE AREA, THE REAL ESTATE AROUND BRIGHT LINE IS SO EXPENSIVE,
[00:30:01]
IS PROBABLY THE MOST EXPENSIVE IN THE ENTIRE CITY.AFFORDABLE HOUSING DOESN'T BECOME AN OPTION IN THOSE SITUATIONS.
I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SUBSIDIZE IT.
BECAUSE SOMEONE WHO'S SPENDING $40 MILLION AN ACRE FOR LAND IS NOT GOING TO WANT TO BUILD AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
YOU'D HAVE TO GIVE THEM SO MUCH MONEY.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE EVEN THOUGH THE DYNAMIC OF TRYING TO HOUSE PEOPLE NEAR A TRANSPORTATION HUB MAKES SO MUCH SENSE.
BECAUSE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION IS THE BEST MEANS BY WHICH PEOPLE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING NEED TO BE NEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THE THEORY MAKES A LOT OF SENSE AND I APPLAUD IT, BUT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD QUICKLY BEFORE THESE REAL ESTATE PROCESSES BECOME OUT OF REACH. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER MCGEE, FOLLOWED BY MEMBER FURR.
>> IS IT ON? NOW, TO FOLLOW AND ACTUALLY WITH, BOTH MEMBERS TRYING TO TELL US AND FURR WE'RE SAYING, WITH THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND MORE STUDIES ON THAT SHOW THAT THE BETTER ROUTE TO DO INSTEAD OF HUBS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS INTEGRATED INTO MIXED-USE BUILDING BETWEEN WORKFORCE HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE FLORIDA AND JUNE'S ALREADY FEELING LIKE AUGUST.
[NOISE] FIRST MILE, LAST MILE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION, I THINK ARE ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT TO BRING INTO THE PLAY AS YOU BRING THIS UP THE FOOD CHAIN.
BECAUSE I LOVE THE IDEA OF DOING THE STUDY FIGURING OUT HOW TO CREATE A CIRCULATORY SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE COUNTY, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALSO RUNNING THE CAPILLARIES WHERE THEY NEED TO GO, AS WELL AS THE PLACING THE BIG INTERSECTIONS, THE BIG MODES STRATEGICALLY, AND THEN ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WHERE WE CAN SUPPLEMENT IT WITH SMALLER MODES TO REALLY GIVE PEOPLE A REAL OPTION TO USE THIS MODE OTHER THAN NEEDING TO LIKE WHERE PEOPLE ARE OPTING INTO SAYING, YEAH, I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE MY CAR.
I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS AND GET FROM MY PLACE OF LIVING TO MY PLACE OF WORK AND BACK EASILY AND NOT COMPLETELY DRENCHED.
THAT'S IT. I THINK DOING BOTH CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD, BUT ALSO WITH A RESEARCH STUDY TO DO A COHESIVE PLAN IS A GREAT WAY FOR US TO START DOING THIS THAT NOT EACH CITY IS JUST DOING THEIR OWN THINGS WHEREVER THEY WANT IT TO BE, AND IT'S A COHESIVE STUDY FOR THE COUNTY I THINK IS GREAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MEMBER MCGEE, MEMBER FURR. LAST COMMENT.
>> ON THAT SAME POINT AND TO THE DEAN'S POINT, YEAH, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH A $40 MILLION-ACRE.
I THINK THE STUDY CAN SHOW, HOW DO YOU GET TO THAT HUB.
FOR INSTANCE, IN HOLLYWOOD, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING A RAIL STATION THERE.
I THINK NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING A BIKE LANE ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN DIXIE HIGHWAY, ALL THE WAY FROM HALLANDALE VOLCANO LINE ALL THE WAY UP.
THAT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET TO THE TRAIN STATION.
THOSE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO YOU LINK ALL THOSE HUBS? WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT MOBILITY HUBS NO, NOT JUST THAT LITTLE AREA AROUND IT, HOW DO YOU GET TO THOSE HUBS? HOW DO YOU MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS? I THINK THAT'S THE.
>> YEAH, THE FIRST-MILE LAST-MILE.
THAT SHOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO THAT AND I'M SURE IT PROBABLY WAS, BUT IF IT WASN'T, I HOPE IT IS.
>> I GUESS WE HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT.
MEMBER MCGEE. WAIT ONE SECOND. GO AHEAD.
>> ALSO ADDING TO THAT POINT, BEYOND BICYCLE.
[NOISE] IF YOU'RE GOING TO A JOB INTERVIEW AND YOU'RE DRESSED PROFESSIONALLY AND YOU'RE TRYING TO GET SOMEWHERE, AND IT'S JUNE, JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, YOU CAN'T AFFORD [LAUGHTER] TO RIDE YOUR BIKE OR TAKE ALL THAT.
WE NEED TO AGAIN, SMALLER TYPES ON THE BEACH IN POMPANO.
WE HAVE THE CYCLES GOING AND IT'S BEEN SPREADING, I KNOW FORT LAUDERDALE HAS IT IN PLACES.
IT'S SPREADING AND PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE IT.
THINGS LIKE THAT, SMALLER TO BIGGER MODES THAT AGAIN, SOMEONE IN PROFESSIONAL OR SOMEONE IN HEELS CAN GET TO AND FROM REALISTICALLY.
>> THANK YOU. YOU DON'T RIDE A BICYCLE IN HEELS? COME ON. [LAUGHTER]
>> MAY I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE ON ACTION ITEM 1 IN A SECOND, PLEASE?
>> DO WE STILL ASK FOR THE LARGE TURNPIKE PRESENTS?
>> CAN WE AT LEAST DO THE PRESENTATION WITH INTERPRETER? BUT YOU CAN TAKE THE VOTE, THAT'S GREAT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT.
>> I THOUGHT DR CHEN HAD COMPLETED HER PRESENTATION, I APOLOGIZE.
>> VICTORIA WAS HERE LAST MONTH, WE HAVE THIS TEED UP FOR YOU ALL TO SAY. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
>> YES, THANK YOU. VICTORIA WILLIAMS, I'M TURNPIKE'S LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR.
GLAD TO BE HERE TODAY AND GIVE YOU SOME INFO OPERATING FORWARD ON THIS SHORT PRESENTATION.
>> WE ALWAYS WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE TURNPIKE.
[00:35:03]
>> WE HAVE TWO FACILITIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, OF COURSE, THE STATE ROAD 91 AND MAINLINE AND THEN SAWGRASS, STATE ROAD 869.
THIS SHOWS ALL OF THE TURNPIKE SYSTEMS. THIS MAP DEPICTS THE OVER 500 MILES, IT CURRENTLY EXISTS UNDER DIFFERENT NAMES OF DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE RED BOX FROM THE BOTTOM.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR PLANS, OUR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE FUTURE, OUR UNFUNDED NEEDS PROJECTS.
A QUICK RECAP, AS YOU KNOW, THERE ARE NO GAS TAXES THAT ARE USED FOR THE TURNPIKE PROJECTS.
THE TOTAL REVENUE AND USER FEES FUND OUR IMPROVEMENTS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OUR CONCESSIONARY INCOME.
THE WORK PROGRAM HAS FUNDED MANY PROJECTS.
HOWEVER, IN BROWARD COUNTY, WE'RE GOING TO WORK TOWARDS IMPROVING OPERATIONS ON OUR FACILITIES.
WE DEVELOP THESE WORK PROGRAM PROJECTS BY AN ANNUAL EFFORT AND WE LOOK AT THIS ENTIRE FACILITY AND WE HAVE A TRAFFIC TRENDS REPORT, A MOBILITY SCORE, AND WE ASSESS AND RANK THESE PROJECTS BY PRIORITY.
OF COURSE, THEY HAVE TO DEMONSTRATE NEED, ANY EXPANSION HAS TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY.
AS YOU KNOW, WE DO REACH OUT FOR STAKEHOLDER INPUT WHICH WE CONSIDER AND TAKE VERY IMPORTANT COMMENTS FROM THAT.
THIS WILL SHOW YOU THE PROJECTS THAT WE THINK WOULD BE BENEFITED WITH TSM&O TREATMENT.
ANOTHER ACRONYM, I'LL EXPLAIN, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION PROJECTS.
THESE ARE A WAY TO TRY TO DO A QUICK ADDRESS TO SOME SITUATION USUALLY, A SAFETY ISSUE BACKING UP IN THE MAINLINE OF OUR LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY CAN BE QUITE DANGEROUS AND FATAL AT TIMES AND WE DON'T LIKE TO HAVE THAT OCCUR.
HOWEVER, THESE ARE OUR WISHLIST ITEMS. LET'S START AT THE LOWER LEFT AND I'LL SHOW YOU WE ARE WIDENING FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY LINE.
WE DO HAVE SOME MONEY WE'RE PUTTING IN THE DISTRICT FOR GOLDEN GLADES.
STARTING DOWN IN MIAMI-DADE AND WALKING OUR WAY NORTH FROM THE COUNTY LINE, LONG-TERM ASPIRATIONAL, WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM 6-8 LANES, ADDING AUXILIARY LANES, IMPROVING THE INTERCHANGE NEAR DOLPHIN STADIUM.
I'M GOING UP TO THE MIDDLE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT PROJECT IS HOPEFULLY GOING TO IMPROVE THE HOLLYWOOD INTERCHANGE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMMING IN 2024.
LET'S JUMP OVER TO THE RIGHT SIDE.
THAT PROJECT FOR TSM&O, THAT TREATMENT TO ADD AUXILIARY LANES AND MAKE THE OPERATIONS BETTER IS NEAR GRIFFIN ROAD, JOHNSON STREET TO GRIFFIN.
WE'RE GOING RIGHT ON UP GRIFFIN ON UP THERE TO COCONUT CREEK.
YOU CAN SEE THAT INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT.
WE MET WITH THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH YESTERDAY.
AGAIN, WE'RE STILL DOING STAKEHOLDER WORK ON OUR PLANS.
THE TSM&O IMPROVEMENT TO THE SAMPLE ROAD INTERCHANGE IS VERY INTERESTING.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ALL-ELECTRONIC TOLLING, IT GIVES US A LOT OF OPTIONS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS THAT ARE RAMPED TERMINALS.
WE LOOK AT EACH LEG AND SEGMENT OF THE RAMPS TOO IN OUR ANNUAL TRAFFIC TRENDS REPORT.
SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY UPPER RIGHT.
THIS IS THE AREA THAT GOES SOUTH.
IT'S GOING TO BE AN ACCELERATION LANE EXTENSION, AND THEN ON THE LEFT SIDE AT THE TOP, THAT'S THE PART THAT GOES NORTH RIGHT ON UP TO PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE, ADDING THOSE AUXILIARY LANES PLANNED IN 2025. NEXT SLIDE, AERIAL.
THAT ONE IS GOING TO SHOW SOME OF OUR WIDENING EFFORTS ALONG THE MAIN LINE.
THIS WILL BE TO INCLUDE MANAGED LANES.
THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE, IT'S BEEN REVIEWED ALL 25 MILES.
THE LITTLE BOX ON THE UPPER LEFT WILL SHOW THAT UNFUNDED NEED FOR AUXILIARY LANES FOR 25 MILES BASICALLY FROM THE MAIN LINE TO SAW GRASS COMING FROM STATE ROAD 821 TO MILEPOST 47 UP TO MILEPOST 71.
THAT'S NOT SHOWN ON THE MAP BUT IT DOES DEPICT THE ENTIRE AREA.
AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE DONE OUR MEETINGS ON OUR ANALYSIS, B, D, AND E. WE'VE ALREADY DONE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING AND WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY BE OUT IN THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR.
LET'S START AT THE LOWER RIGHT.
I THINK THAT'LL SHOW YOU A WIDENING AT HOLLYWOOD, WE'RE GOING TO GO FROM 8-10 LANES WITH MANAGED LANES HOPING TO MOVE FORWARD ON THAT WITH THE NEW INTERCHANGE AT STERLING REQUESTED BY OTHERS, HARD ROCK STADIUM AREA.
THEN THE WIDENING GOING NORTH 8-10 WITH MANAGED LANES FROM JOHNSON AND GRIFFIN, AND THE 16-MILE STRETCH WILL VARY FROM 6-8 AND 10-12 LANES.
[00:40:06]
NEW INTERCHANGES, IMPROVING INTERCHANGES AGAIN, WRAPPING UP THE PG&E STUDY IN THIS AREA, THE ANALYSIS HAS BEEN DONE.WE'RE CONTINUING TO DISCUSS MANAGED LANES.
LET ME JUST GIVE A QUICK OVERVIEW FOR FOLKS ABOUT MANAGED LANES AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FDOT DISTRICT MANAGED LANES AND THE FDOT TURNPIKES MANAGED LANES.
WE'RE CALLING THEM A THREE LANES.
WE'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE EXPRESS LANES.
BUT AS YOU KNOW, IT COSTS YOU A FEE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A TRANSPONDER TO GET IN THESE LANES AND THE MANAGE LANE COULD BE A SUNPASS, COULD BE A DIFFERENT PREPAID TOTAL ACCOUNT.
BUT GETTING IN THE EXPRESS LANE, YOU HAVE OPERATIONAL STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THE TRAFFIC BETTER.
THIS TREATMENT MAKES SURE THAT THE BIG TRUCKS AREN'T IN THAT LANE.
IT SEPARATES THE TRAFFIC GOING FURTHER BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGES.
ACCESS CONTROL, GETTING LESS OPPORTUNITIES TO GO IN AND OUT, YOU DON'T LEAVE AS MUCH.
WE LEAVE MORE LANES OPEN FOR OUR FRIENDS, THE TRUCKERS THAT ARE MOVING THE LARGE VEHICLES IN THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES.
ON I95, THERE'S DYNAMIC TOLLING AND THERE'S A STRATEGY THERE TO MAINTAIN THE FLOW IN THAT FAST LANE, THE EXPRESS LANE.
ON THE THREE LANES, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE SAME FEATURES.
HOWEVER, THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL CHARGE, THE SAME PRICE TO DRIVE ON THE TURNPIKE IN EITHER TYPE OF LANE.
JUST QUICK OVERVIEW, THESE ARE DEPICTING THE SIGNS.
WE ARE HOWEVER SUPPORTING TRANSIT BUSES.
WE ARE ALLOWING THEM TO USE THOSE THROUGH LANES ON THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE.
THEY WILL NOT BE ON THE SAW GRASS, BUT WE'RE ALLOWING THEM TO SUPPORT A BETTER TIMELY TRIP.
I THINK PEOPLE WILL USE THEM MORE IF THEY CAN RELY ON A MORE RELIABLE TRIP TIME.
MOVING FORWARD, THIS LAST SLIDE OF OUR PROJECTS.
SAWGRASS STATE ROAD 869, AGAIN, NO MANAGED LANES, VERY QUICKLY TO LET YOU KNOW.
WE'RE STARTING OUR REVIEW HERE.
THERE'S 11 NEW INTERCHANGES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON SAWGRASS.
QUICK OVERVIEW, YOU CAN SEE THESE AREAS WE'RE WORKING ON AND THE TIMEFRAMES.
NOW WE'RE STARTING AT ATLANTIC.
YOU ALL REMEMBER PERHAPS WE HAD A PRESENTER HERE WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGER EXPLAINING WHAT OUR PLANS WERE, DETAILS ABOUT TRAFFIC MOBILITY DURING THIS TIME, HOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FOLKS AROUND.
THAT'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF RESILIENCY WHERE THE TURNPIKE IS HELPING TO LIFT THE ROADWAY SO THAT FLOODING WON'T OCCUR AS WE WORK ON SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.
WE DO ALSO WORK ON THE ARTERIOLES AT THOSE INTERCHANGE LOCATIONS.
WELL, THAT'S REALLY AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NEEDS AND UNFUNDED.
YOU'LL SEE IT IN YOUR LIST AS A GRAPH WITH JUST LINES AND INFO.
BUT WE THOUGHT THAT SEEING IT ON THE MAP MIGHT BE MORE HELPFUL.
>> I HAVE A MEMBER WELCH FOLLOWED BY MEMBER TANTALUS. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
>> HI. THANK YOU, VICTORIA. I APPRECIATE IT.
JUST A FOLLOW UP IF I COULD FROM ACTUALLY PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS IN REGARD TO THE INTERCHANGES AT COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY AND SAMPLE.
WE WERE GIVEN TO UNDERSTAND THAT ALL OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS COMMENTS WOULD BE ADDRESSED AND RETURNED IN RELATION TO ALL OF THOSE.
I DON'T KNOW. DO WE HAVE A DIFFERENT TIMELINE BECAUSE I THINK IT HAS COME AND GONE ACCORDING TO WHAT WE HAD HEARD BEFORE?
>> IF I MAY RESTATE, I HEAR YOUR QUESTION TO BE A PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING.
>> FROM THE PG&E, FROM WILES TO I595.
>> YOU HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED THESE RESPONSES.
>> ALL RIGHT, I'LL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT WITH OUR PROJECT MANAGER.
>> THESE PARTICULAR INTERCHANGES ARE STILL UNFUNDED, SO IT'S STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE AND HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED THE AMOUNT OF LANES AT THIS TIME.
>> WE'LL RECEIVE GREAT INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND THERE HAD BEEN MODIFICATIONS MADE TO SOME OF THOSE ALTERNATIVES.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC MEANING IN THIS YEAR, SUMMER.
HOWEVER, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE MORE TIME AND CONTINUE OUR OUTREACH.
>> I DID SEE THAT ON THE WEBSITE. THANK YOU, VICTORIA.
>> OF COURSE. I'LL FOLLOW UP AND LET YOU KNOW, SIR.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. I'M LISTENING TO YOUR PRESENTATION AND AGAIN,
[00:45:04]
THE STRATEGY THAT YOU DESCRIBE IS A PATHWAY TO ADDING MORE LANES TO THE EXISTING ROADWAYS.AT WHAT POINT ARE WE GOING TO RUN OUT OF ROOM TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THIS METHODOLOGY OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH TRAFFIC? WHAT IS THE DEPARTMENTS LONG-TERM PLAN FOR DEALING WITH ADDITIONAL POPULATION? THAT RIGHT NOW YOU ARE DEALING WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AND WE ALL SEE MORE AND MORE CARS COMING TO OUR AREA.
IT'S GREAT, FLORIDA IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE POPULAR.
BUT WHAT IS THE LONG-TERM STRATEGY? WE CAN'T KEEP ADDING LANES, MANAGED OR UNMANAGED.
GIVE US SOME DESCRIPTION IF YOU COULD, OF WHAT YOUR 30-YEAR OR 20-YEAR GOALS ARE BECAUSE I FEEL WE HAVE LOST OPPORTUNITIES WITH FOCUSING JUST ON ADDING LANES, AND WE HAVE LOST OPPORTUNITIES TO INCORPORATE OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BY NOT ADAPTING ROADWAY PATHS THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE OTHER KINDS OF TRANSPORTATION LIKE LIGHT RAIL AND SO FORTH.
ARE WE JUST GOING TO KEEP ADDING LANES AND TRY TO THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SOLUTION GOING FORWARD?
>> GREAT QUESTIONS. IF I MAY, I'LL SEPARATE THIS A LITTLE BIT.
OUR TRAFFIC TRENDS REPORT DOES ANALYZE THESE PROJECTED RISE IN RESIDENTS AS WELL AS VISITORS TO THE STATE.
OUR FACILITY IS RUN BY FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE, WHICH DOES HAVE TO ANALYZE THE ENTIRE FACILITY AS FAR AS THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC AND PRIORITIZATION.
WE DO HAVE A SEGMENT HERE IN BROWARD THAT IS OWNED WITH OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT IS ALSO SHARED BY UTILITY LINE.
WE AT THIS POINT HAVE THESE PLANS AND WE'RE CALLING THEM THE ULTIMATE FOR THE TURNPIKE TO WIDEN WITHIN THE SPECIFIED WIDTHS THAT WE HAVE, MINUS PERHAPS A CLIP HERE AND THERE ON AN INTERCHANGE POSSIBILITY.
BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE FOCUSING ON TRENDS IN VEHICLES.
WE HAVE THE SUN TRACKS FACILITY, WHICH HAS BEEN FUNDED TO RESEARCH ELECTRONIC VEHICLES.
WE'RE NOT BUILDING THEM AT THE TURNPIKE BUT WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> SUN TRACKS IS A FACILITY THAT ANALYZES DIFFERENT METHODS OF MANAGING TRAFFIC.
PART OF THEIR INITIATIVE IS TO LOOK AT TRENDS IN ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND TRYING TO MAKE MORE USAGE OUT OF FEATURES THAT WOULD MAKE TRAFFIC DIFFERENT THAN IF PEOPLE WERE DRIVING THEM.
ELECTRONIC VEHICLES HAVE CERTAIN TENDENCIES TOWARDS MAKING TRAFFIC MOVE MORE EFFICIENTLY, PERHAPS.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT CONNECTED TRUCKS THAT WE HAVE A GREAT FREIGHT USERS ON OUR FACILITIES AS WELL.
WE DO ANALYZE THEM AND PRODUCE A REPORT THAT GOES OUT TO THE YEAR OF 2045, 2050.
>> FIFTY AND AT THIS POINT, WE'RE LOOKING AGAIN.
THESE ARE NORMALLY PRINTED OUT IN THE SUMMER.
I DO HAVE ONE OF OUR TRAFFIC EXPERTS HERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE ANALYZING THAT THEY DO WITH THE TRENDS IN SOUTH FLORIDA AS I SAY, WE'RE STAYING WITHIN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE FACILITIES YOU SAW ON THE MAP, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW FACILITIES WHERE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT IN ROAD FEATURES THAT WILL SUPPORT OTHER USERS, LIKE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIANS EVEN.
>> YEAH, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO RIDE A BICYCLE 20 MILES. [OVERLAPPING]
>> A TRANSIT AND LIGHT RAIL LIKE THE BRIGHT LINE FURTHER NORTH. YEAH.
>> NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ELECTRONIC VEHICLES, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST TRYING TO SQUEEZE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFICIENCY OUT OF AN EXISTING METHOD OF TRAVELING.
SOMEWHERE IN YOUR DESIGNS OF THESE ROADS, YOU'VE GOT TO ANTICIPATE SOME OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION LIKE LIGHT RAIL.
THE BIG MISTAKE THAT WAS MADE ON THE 595 WAS CONTINUING TO REBUILD 595 AND THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO SPACE WHATSOEVER TO PUT A RAIL SYSTEM IN THERE.
WHEN WE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO, THESE ARE THE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE ARE SUFFERING WITH TODAY AND IF WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TRYING TO MANAGE TRAFFIC AND TRYING TO CREATE
[00:50:01]
EFFICIENCIES WE WOULDN'T BE JUST TALKING ABOUT ADDING MORE LANES MANAGED OR OTHERWISE THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRAVEL FROM POINT A TO POINT B.IF I LIVE IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND I WANT TO GO TO SAWGRASS MILLS. IF I WANT TO GO SHOPPING.
>> THE ONLY WAY I CAN DO THAT IS BY CAR.
I COULD HAVE IF SOMEONE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT THIS SOONER, TAKEN A TRAIN FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO SAWGRASS THROUGH THE PATHWAY THAT WE NOW KNOW AS 595.
THAT OPTION IS FORECLOSED OUT ON US BECAUSE WE NEVER MADE ROOM FOR RAIL SYSTEM.
I'M ASKING IF YOU COULD IN YOUR PLANNING, INSTEAD OF JUST ADDING LANES AND SWALLOWING UP ALL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, LET'S TALK ABOUT ALTERNATIVE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE FLORIDA CANNOT SUSTAIN VEHICULAR TRAFFIC AS THE SOLE MEANS OF GETTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER IF WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ABSORB THE POPULATION THAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
I DO NOT WANT TO BECOME LOS ANGELES.
THAT IS AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE AND THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GOING.
IF YOU DON'T SEE THAT, I THINK THAT'S A MISTAKE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR ROADWAYS, THEY HAVE 10 AND 12 AND 14 LANES AND THEY'RE CHOCK FULL OF CARS THAT ARE JUST SITTING THERE HOUR AFTER HOUR WAITING TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.
WE DO NOT WANT THAT IN FLORIDA, SO HELP US HERE.
>> I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT FROM OUR PROGRAM MANAGER PLANNING IN TRAFFIC, ANDREW VELAZQUEZ.
LET'S LET HIM GIVE YOU SOME INSIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR.
>> MORNING. THIS IS ANDREW VELAZQUEZ.
I MANAGE A GROUP THAT LOOKS AT THE FORECASTING AND OPERATIONS AND WE LOOK OUT TO THE YEAR 2050 WHEN WE DO OUR PLANNING.
WHAT VICTORIA PRESENTED IS OUR VISION OF WHAT WE CONSIDER OUR ULTIMATE WIDENING OF THE TURNPIKE.
SHE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT WE DO HAVE CONSTRAINTS AND THE ABILITY TO WIDEN BECAUSE WE HAVE AN FPT LINE.
WE ARE PLANNING ON A FUTURE THAT HAS A ROADWAY THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO MANAGE VEHICLES AS WELL AS TRANSIT.
BROWARD COUNTY HAS ESTABLISHED A TRANSIT VISION PLAN.
IT CALLS FOR EXPRESS BUSES ON THE TURNPIKE, NOT LIGHT RAIL.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADHERE TO.
>> UNPOPULAR BUS HAS BEEN IN BROWARD COUNTY.
>> AGAIN, WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED BY BROWARD MPO AND WE ARE GOING BY WHAT HAS BEEN INDICATED.
IF LIGHT RAIL IS AN OPTION, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN INDICATED BY STAFF, [NOISE] THE MTP.
>> YOU ARE BLAMING US NOW FOR NOT TELLING YOU WHAT YOU SHOULD DO?
>> WELL, ALL I'M SAYING IS WE'RE FOLLOWING WHAT THE MTP SAYS IN TERMS OF THE TRANSIT VISION FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
>> ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO JUMP IN BECAUSE YOU SPOT-ON ON WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND AFTER BEING HERE FOR 15 YEARS, IT'S ALMOST LIKE DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN.
WE ACTUALLY ADVOCATED FOR LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM DOWN 595.
I KNOW BRIAN REMEMBERS THAT AS HE WAS SITTING IN THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT SAID THAT WAS FORECLOSED ON AND THE DECISION WAS NOT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT EAST-WEST RAIL LINE 15 YEARS AGO THAT WE'D LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT AGAIN AND BRING IT SOME MORE INNOVATIVE THINGS FORWARD.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WENT FORWARD WITH WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO DO A SALES TAX.
AGAIN, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, I'M WAITING FOR THE PREMIUM PRESENTATION BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S GOING TO START DEALING WITH SOME OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT YOU'VE HAD ABOUT.
I DON'T GO SHOPPING IN SAWGRASS MILLS AND NOT GET IN MY CAR.
WE DON'T WANT TO BE LA BUT WE ARE ON OUR WAY TO GET THERE, OUR PARTNERS AT THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY ARE VERY FLEXIBLE WHENEVER WE PUT SOMETHING INTO A PLAN, THEY WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN.
FINALLY, THE EXPRESS BUS SYSTEM ACTUALLY HAS BEEN REALLY SUCCESSFUL. IT REALLY HAS.
IT COMES OUT OF DAVEY AND PEMBROKE PINES AND OTHER CITY [LAUGHTER] AND MIRAMAR.
IT GETS DOWN INTO MIAMI AND ACTUALLY IS SUCCESSFUL AT WHAT IT'S DOING BUT IT'S NOT THE LONG-TERM FIX AND THE LONG-TERM FIX FOR ALL OF US IS GOING TO BE PROBABLY SOME TYPE OF TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT OPERATES, BUT WE WILL STILL HAVE TRAFFIC.
>> THE POINT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IF YOU DON'T PLAN FOR THAT FROM NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SPACE.
I'M HEARING THE COUNTY SAYING, WE'RE GOING TO PUT A LIGHT RAIL DOWN BROWARD BOULEVARD.
I MEAN, THOSE ARE OUR CHOICES REALLY.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSUME ONE OR TWO LANES OF VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TO REPLACE IT WITH A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
IS THAT A NET GAIN OR NET ZERO? WE'RE LIMITING OUR CHOICES BY NOT PLANNING FOR OUR FUTURE.
[00:55:04]
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2050, I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT OUR FUTURE IS NOT JUST VEHICULAR TRANSFER OF PEOPLE FROM ONE POINT TO ANOTHER.WE HAVE GOT TO BE MORE FORWARD THINKING.
EVEN IF WE WANTED TO BUILD TUNNELS EVERYWHERE, THERE WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH SPACE, EVEN UNDERGROUND TO ACCOMMODATE EVERYTHING.
THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT DON'T CHUCKLE, MR. COLETTE.
[LAUGHTER] THE POINT THAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE IS THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION IN THE FUTURE, PLEASE TRY TO ANTICIPATE OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES VEHICULAR TRAVEL, BESIDES JUST RELYING ON MORE EFFICIENT CARS THROUGH ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
IT'S JUST CARS AGAIN, THAT'S ALL.
BECAUSE I THINK THIS GROUP, THIS PANEL IS EMPOWERED WITH PROVIDING DIRECTION, BUT IT'S ALSO NEEDING LEADERSHIP FROM AGENCIES THAT ARE SUPERIOR TO OURS THAT SAY, "HEY, LET'S PARTNER WITH YOU TO SEE HOW WE CAN MAKE TRANSPORTATION BETTER IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
LET'S LEARN FROM THE MISTAKES OF OTHER COMMUNITIES AND LET'S BENEFIT FROM THE BEST PRACTICES THAT WE'VE SEEN HAPPENING AROUND THE COUNTRY." THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. HAVE MEMBER MCGEE.
>> I WAS JUST WAITING FOR IT TO GO. NOW I WANTED TO SAY, I AGREE SO MUCH WITH WHAT I REMEMBER TRYING TO ALICE IS SAYING.
JUST BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED 15 YEARS AGO IS NOT THE SAME BOARD WE HAVE NOW.
IF THIS BOARD WANTS TO LOOK 2050 AT THE FUTURE AND SAY, WE CAN SEE THE MISTAKES THAT WERE MADE, LET'S ALTER COURSE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE EXPRESS BUSES, I'M SURE ARE BEING USED BECAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER OPTION.
BUT ANYONE WHO NEEDS TO GET SOMEWHERE AND ON TIME CAN'T RELY ON THE BUS SYSTEM BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTED THE SAME WAY OUR CARS ARE AFFECTED.
IF THERE'S AN ACCIDENT AND THE EXPRESS LANE, IT'S STUCK.
IT'S BACKED UP IN THE EXPRESS LANE.
IT'S STUCK. IT'S NOT ON AN INDEPENDENT TRACK TO GET TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO THE SAME WAY AS THE LIGHT RAIL WOULD.
I'VE LIVED IN LA AND DC, ONE WITH HORRIBLE TRAFFIC AND EXPERIENCE THAT FOR LIVING IN WORK.
THEN THE OTHER ONE WITH A SYSTEM THAT WORKS WHERE I DIDN'T NEED A CAR AND WAS ABLE TO GET TO AND FROM EVERYWHERE.
YEAH, I THINK IF WE JUST KEEP WIDENING THE LANES, YOU GOT THE FOUR OR FIVE, WHICH HAS WHAT? I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY LANES I HAVE THERE NOW.
THEN YOU TRY AND GO SIDE STREETS, YOU GO DOWN TO PULL DATA, THAT DOESN'T WORK.
[LAUGHTER] ANYONE WHO'S DRIVEN THESE ROADS KNOWS IT AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT OPPORTUNITY IS LOOKING AT 4050, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING WHERE IT MIGHT COST MORE ON THE UPFRONT IT, BUT IF WE'RE BUILDING A ROAD THAT COULD BE CONVERTED, HAS THE INFRASTRUCTURE UNDERNEATH IT TO A RAIL EASILY OR WITH ADDITIONAL I DON'T KNOW THE ENGINEERING PART OF THAT.
THIS MIGHT BE COMPLETELY NOT ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY DOABLE, BUT CREATING SOMETHING THAT IS HYBRID OR STARTING WITH TRAINS THAT HAVE AUTO CAR WHERE YOU COULD GET YOUR CAR ONTO THE TRAIN AND TAKE IT SOMEWHERE AND START TO DO THE BACK-AND-FORTH.
BUT YEAH, I WOULD AGREE IF WE JUST KEEP WIDENING THE LANES, NOT ONLY IS IT JUST MORE TRAFFIC, MORE BACKUP, IT'S ALSO THEN DESTROYING WHAT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO BE SAVING THE GREEN SPACE.
IF IT'S JUST WIDENING AND WIDENING NOT SOLVING THE PROBLEMS, I THINK WE REALLY SHOULD TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT REAL ALTERNATIVES.
IF THE WILL OF THE BOARD IS THERE, START GOING THAT DIRECTION.
>> THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION.
WITH REGARD TO THE COMMENTS OF WIDENING THE TURNPIKE, SO IS THE LAND AVAILABLE OR IS LAND ACQUISITION STILL REQUIRED?
>> THE PLANS THAT WE HAVE TODAY OR WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMMODATE THAT WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT-OF-WAY.
AS VICKI MENTIONED THERE MAY BE ISSUES WHERE YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION AND VICINITY OF INTERCHANGES, FOR EXAMPLE.
WE COULD SEE SOME OF THAT HAPPENING FOR STORM-WATER TREATMENT, ET CETERA.
BUT IT'S NOT PERVASIVE, WE'RE PRIMARILY TRYING TO STAY WITHIN OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY WITH ALL THESE WIDENING PLANS.
>> TO YOUR POINT INTO MEMBER TREND ANALYSIS POINTS.
IF IT WAS THE MPO'S VISION OR IF WE WANTED TO PROVIDE INPUT AS TO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE COMING DOWN THE TURNPIKE AND AFFORDING THE POSSIBILITY OF SOME TYPE OF RAIL SYSTEM, HOW WOULD THAT BE AFFORDED? BECAUSE WHAT I GOT FROM JUST ONE MEMBER HERE, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE WHEN HE WAS MAKING THE COMMENTS, IT WAS AS IF IT DIDN'T COME FROM THIS BODY.
[01:00:05]
THE ISSUE OF WIDENING OR PROVIDING FOR BUS TRANSIT WAS WHAT YOU WERE FOCUSING ON.MAYBE IT'S A QUESTION FOR MR. STEWART.
IS THERE SOMETHING THIS BOARD HAS TO DO TO PROVIDE THAT FORESIGHT AND VISION?
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
I AM GOING TO HAVE MR. CHROME OR SEND YOU OUT THE VISION 2100 TRANSPORTATION TRENDS THAT DOCUMENT THIS BOARD ACTUALLY ADOPTED.
IT'S ACTUALLY INCREMENTAL TRANSPORTATION TRANSIT PLAN.
IT ACTUALLY SHOWS, AND I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, EVEN ON THE CENTRAL PRIORITIES TO WEST, THAT THERE IS AN ENVELOPE AVAILABLE FOR ELEVATED TRANSIT ALONG THE 595 CORRIDOR AS WELL.
EVENTUALLY WE WERE WAITING FOR ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO RUN OUT OF REAL ESTATE AND WE'VE DONE THAT.
NOW THE NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, DO WE FOLLOW THE TEXAS MODEL WHERE THEY ELEVATED AND DOUBLE DECK THEIR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM OR DO WE FOLLOW A DIFFERENT MODEL WHICH HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THIS BOARD MULTIPLE TIMES, WHERE WE ACTUALLY GO INTO A TRANSIT VISION AND ACTUALLY NOT FOLLOW OUR PARTNERS IN TEXAS.
THAT SAID, I THINK THAT I'D LIKE TO REALLY REMIND YOU OF WHAT YOU-ALL HAD ADOPTED AND WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED.
THIS PARTICULAR EXPANSION PROJECT, IS IT FOR THEM? IT IS THEIR ULTIMATE, AND THEN THEY'RE DONE.
NOW THE QUESTION IS, IS WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE REAL ESTATE LATER WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR AND THAT WE'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT ON WAITING FOR THE COUNTY TO COME FORWARD WITH WHAT THEY ARE PROPOSING AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO MARRY THIS THING AND START FIGURING OUT WHERE WE GO.
BUT UNTIL WE ACTUALLY SAY THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH OUR OPERATOR AND THAT IS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT THAT CONVERSATION BECOMES MORE RELEVANT TO WHERE WE'RE HEADED.
BECAUSE HONESTLY, WE CAN TAKE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BY DIRECTION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TURNPIKE, AND SAY, "THIS IS WHAT WE WANT YOU TO DO WITH THAT PART OF THE REAL ESTATE." WE REALLY ARE ASKING YOU TO DO THESE THINGS AND THEY WILL LISTEN BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, AT THE BEGINNING, IT'S 595 ACTUALLY DOES HAVE AN ENVELOPE FOR LIGHT RAIL.
IT'S ELEVATED, BUT THAT WAS STILL THERE, THAT WAS IN THE SYSTEM AND WE ACTUALLY SHOW IT.
WE'VE CONTINUED TO SHOW IT IN ALL OF OUR PLANS, JUST THE UNFUNDED SIDE.
LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MONTH BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE GREAT UNVEILING FROM BROWARD COUNTY ON WHERE THEY'RE HEADED.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, MADAM CHAIR.
>> QUESTIONS WE'RE FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.
WHEN YOU SAY ENVELOPE, ENVELOPE, MEANING PLANS OR ENVELOPE MEANING MONEY ACCOUNT.
>> ENVELOPE, MEANING THE ACTUAL WIDTH OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THEN THE PLANS THEMSELVES ARE THERE.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TRANSIT PLANS ON A LOT OF OUR CORRIDORS.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF WHEN THE OPERATOR IS READY AND TO MOVE FORWARD WITH APPLICATION WILL BE THERE.
I ACTUALLY REFER TO OUR TRANSIT VISION PLAN AND IT'S SOMETHING CALLED PLUG AND PLAY.
YOU GUYS, MAYBE WE HAVEN'T HAD A DISCUSSION IN A WHILE OF WHAT THAT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE WHEN BROWARD COUNTY COMES IN WITH ITS OPERATIONS PLAN THIS NEXT MONTH, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WE'RE GOING TO BE SAY, HERE'S THE QUARTER, IT CAN GO ON.
THIS IS WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.
WE HAVE THE ENVELOPE SPACE FOR THESE THINGS AND THAT BECOMES DO YOU REMOVE LANE? DO YOU HAVE AN ELEVATED SYSTEM? DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERGROUND SYSTEM? IT JUST REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT THE COST AND AVAILABILITY IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT OUR TOLERANCE IS GOING TO BE.
>> FOLLOW UP TO THAT ONE IS JUST THAT.
I THINK THE OTHER THING I WOULD ASK THE BOARD OR THE PEOPLE ORGANIZING IT TO CONSIDER WOULD BE IS IT POSSIBLE THAT IF FOR INSTANCE WE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO SAY A LIGHT RAIL ON TURNPIKE IS THE BETTER VISION FOR 2050.
CAN WE REALLOCATE THAT MONEY OR SAVE IT BECAUSE THE COST OF RAIL BEING SO HIGH.
>> IS IT BETTER TO JUST PAUSE AND REASSESS AND MAKE A DETERMINATION BEFORE SPENDING MONEY ON LANES AND THEN TRY AND FIND MONEY TO SPEND ON RAIL OR PUT IT TOGETHER IN ONE THING?
>> THAT BECOMES EVEN A LARGER AND A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.
WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TELL THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY THAT THEY NEED TO BUILD A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM BECAUSE THAT GOES TO TALLAHASSEE.
THAT MEANS THE DISTRICTS AND THE FDOT IN TALLAHASSEE WOULD HEY, WE'RE TELLING YOU OPERATE A LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, THAT'S NICE AND THEY PAT US ON OUR HEAD AND MOVE ALONG.
BUT IF WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING LIKE IF THAT BECOMES A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
THAT'S WHY IT'S EXCITING TO SEE WHAT THE COUNTY IS PROPOSING BECAUSE THEY ARE OUR OPERATOR,
[01:05:02]
FOR THE TRANSIT SYSTEM DOWN HERE.>> OKAY. I HAVE TWO LAST SPEAKERS.
>> CAN I JUST ADD SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT? [NOISE] WE DO HAVE A FACILITY UP IN ORLANDO WHERE WE'RE WORKING WITH ACTUALLY BRIGHT LINE TO ACCOMMODATE AND ENVELOPE ALONGSIDE PORTION OF THE TURNPIKE SYSTEM TO PROVIDE THAT TRANSIT.
ALL WE'RE DOING IS PROVIDING THE SPACE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE'RE STILL ACCOMMODATING AN ULTIMATE WIDENING AND IN THAT PARTICULAR INSTANCE, THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT A BRIGHT LINE.
THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THE TURNPIKE IS WORKING.
THAT'S BEING FULLY FUNDED BY BRIGHT LINE.
IN THIS CASE HERE FOR BROWARD COUNTY, WE DO HAVE THE FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION, WHICH HAS A CONSTRAINT.
HOWEVER, OUR PLAN IS TO GENERALLY AVOID FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION, WHICH IS ABOUT A 60 FOOT RIGHT AWAY.
IF THE POWERS THAT BE FIND A PLACE FOR FLORIDA GAS IN THE FUTURE, WE CAN STILL WIDEN AND THERE'LL BE AN ENVELOPE FOR A FUTURE TRANSIT SYSTEM IF THAT WERE TO BE THE CASE.
I THINK WE COULD STILL DO BOTH.
MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ULTIMATE WIDENING PLANTS AS WE'VE SHOWN YOU, BUT POTENTIALLY FIND A SOLUTION FOR THAT, THAT GAS TRANSMISSION LINE AND THEN PERHAPS DOWN THE ROAD, LOOK AT SOME REAL OPTION.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S BRING THIS IN FOR A LANDING.
MEMBER TRANTALIS AND THEN MEMBER WELCH.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING.
>> [LAUGHTER] LET'S CLOSE THE VIOLET.
>> MEMBER JAFFE, YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME.
>> I WAS STILL CIRCLING. YEAH. YOU'VE JUST ADMITTED TO THE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE NOW CREATED FOR OURSELVES AND THAT IS THAT WE'VE OVERBUILT.
WE'VE EXTENDED OUR HIGHWAY LANES TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN'T EXTEND THEM ANYMORE.
THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO IS GO UP, WHICH IS ALWAYS TWO AND THREE TIMES THE COST.
YES, WE HAVE PLANS FOR ELEVATED TRAVEL LANES, BUT THE COST OF THOSE THINGS ARE JUST RIDICULOUS.
THEY ARE IN THE TENS OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS.
WHY WOULD TAXPAYERS WANT TO PAY FOR THAT? WE'RE JUST TRYING TO COVER OVER MISTAKES OF THE PAST, BY NOT ACCOMMODATING OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION WHILE WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD ROADWAYS.
LET'S NOT MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN IS ALL WE'RE SAYING TODAY, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLACING GAS LINES.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD OVER GAS LINES.
YOU'VE GOT TO REDO ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE BECAUSE WE FORGOT, BY THE WAY, TO MAKE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR ANOTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
I THINK YOU'RE HEARING HERE A CONSISTENT MESSAGE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE TODAY BUT I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN TRYING TO SPEND THE LEAST AMOUNT OF MONEY TO GET THE MOST AMOUNT OF GOOD IS WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO DO HERE.
I THINK THAT ELEVATED HIGHWAYS AND ALL THAT SOUND GREAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT A PANACEA BECAUSE THE COST IS JUST ASTRONOMICAL.
WE CAN HAVE AN ELEVATED HIGHWAY FOR A SHORT PERIOD BEFORE A SHORT LENGTH OF DISTANCE, BUT YOU CAN'T ELEVATE THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
I'VE LIVED HERE NOW IN SOUTH FLORIDA FOR 40 YEARS.
I DON'T SEE THE TREND REVERSING IN TERMS OF POPULATION.
YET WE HAVE SOME SLIPPAGE OUT OF BROWARD TO OTHER COUNTIES BECAUSE PEOPLE THINK IT'S TOO CROWDED, YOU CAN'T GET AROUND HERE, TRAFFIC IS THE WORST THEY'VE EVER SEEN UNTIL THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE AND THEY SEE IT'S WORSE.
I SEE PEOPLE COMING TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND SAY, "OH MY GOD, YOUR TRAFFIC IS HORRENDOUS." THOSE PEOPLE DON'T LIVE IN LOS ANGELES.
THOSE PEOPLE LIVE IN SOME QUIET COMMUNITY IN CONNECTICUT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST WITH THE MEANS THAT WE HAVE, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S TIME TO RETHINK SOME OF OUR STRATEGIES GOING FORWARD.
I APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING TO US TODAY. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. MEMBER WELCH, LAST COMMENT AND WE'RE MOVING ON.
>> I WILL [NOISE] BRING IT IN FOR A LANDING MADAM.
WHAT I'M HEARING, THIS WAS VERY ENLIGHTENING AND I TOTALLY AGREE THAT IF WE USE UP ALL OF THE LEGITIMATE RIGHT-OF-WAY DUE TO THE CONSTRAINTS OF THE GAS LINE.
TAKING UP THAT EXTRA 60 OR SO FEET, WE HAVE RUN OUT OF OPTIONS FOR ANYTHING ELSE IF WE IMPLEMENT THE ULTIMATE MANAGED LANES PLAN.
WHY WOULD WE DO THAT? WE ARE ELIMINATING ANY OTHER FORM OF FUTURE POSSIBILITY BY PLANNING FOR ULTIMATE TURNPIKE'S LANES EXPANSION IN EITHER DIRECTION.
[01:10:02]
I'M JUST SAYING I THINK IT WAS VERY CLEAR.MEMBER MCGEE POINTED IT OUT THAT WE SHOULD WEIGH OUR OPTIONS BEFOREHAND RATHER THAN AFTER THE FACT IS WHAT I'M SAYING.
DON'T USE UP ALL OF THAT RIGHT AWAY TODAY AS THE ULTIMATE.
LET'S LEAVE SOME FOR SOME OTHER POSSIBILITIES GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU.
>> MR. STEWART, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT?
>> I WILL UNDER MY EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS' COMMENTS.
>> IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE THAT COMMENT NOW BEFORE WE VOTE.
>> THE ANSWER ON THE VOTING IS THAT WE WILL HAVE RIGHT AWAY AVAILABLE TO US IN THE CORRIDOR.
THERE REALLY IS, THAT 60 FOOT, THE GAS LINE, THAT CHALLENGE CAN BE MET.
I'M ACTUALLY MORE EXCITED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE DO WITH OUR EAST-WEST CONNECTIVITY, AS WELL AS OUR NORTH-SOUTH AND I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO SEE SOME OF THE LINES ON THE PRIMAL PLAN.
I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IT'S GOING TO ADDRESS A LOT OF THE CONCERNS AND WE DON'T NEED TO NECESSARILY TOUCH THE TURNPIKE.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION BY MEMBER ZIADE, SECONDED BY MEMBER WELCH.
EVERYONE, HAVE A GREAT DIALOGUE AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
>> ACTUALLY WHAT I WANTED TO SAY, MADAM CHAIR IS WELCOME BACK.
THIS BOARD HASN'T TALKED LIKE THAT FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I'M JUST REALLY EXCITED TO HEAR IT.
ONE SECOND. THERE WAS NO VIRTUAL HANDS PULLED.
HAS EVERYONE VOTED THAT'S PRESENT?
>> WE'RE WAITING ON BOARD MEMBER ARSERIO INFO.
>> ANY MEMBERS WHO MIGHT BE VIRTUAL, WHO MIGHT BE VOTING?
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO ASK REBECCA THAT COMMENT.
EVERYONE'S VOTED? IT APPEARS MOTION HAS PASSED.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE a First Amendment to the Agreement Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Keefe McCullough & Co., LLP for Audit Services for $23,500, Bringing the Total Not-To-Exceed Amount to $108,500]
THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE A FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND KEEFE MCCULLOUGH & COMPANY, LLP FOR AUDIT SERVICES FOR $23,500, BRINGING THE TOTAL NOT TO EXCEED AMOUNT TO $108,500.
>> OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? IT'S A MOTION BY MEMBER WELCH SECONDED BY MEMBER TRANTALIS.
ANY COMMENTS? ANYBODY VIRTUALLY? SEEING NONE CAN EVERYONE PLEASE VOTE. NO EXTENSIVE CONVERSATION ON THIS ITEM.
[LAUGHTER] HAS EVERYONE VOTED REBECCA?
[8. Comments from the Chair]
COMMENTS FROM THE VICE CHAIR, MAY YOUR ORDERS COME BACK.[LAUGHTER] JUST VERY QUICK, IT'S GRADUATION SEASON, I WILL BE LEAVING SHORTLY.
I HAVE MY LAST GRADUATION FROM THIS SEASON, BUT I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ATTENDED GRADUATIONS.
YOU HAVE SUPPORTED OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY.
I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OUR MUNICIPALITIES FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO THAT HELPS OUR SCHOOLS AND CERTAINLY IF YOU'VE ATTENDED A GRADUATION, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE AND SUPPORTING THE TEACHERS AND THE STUDENTS.
DO WE HAVE ANYTHING? I GUESS WE DON'T,
[10. Executive Director’s Report]
SO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS CAN HAVE COMMENTS.>> YES. I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF.
I'M JUST PERSONALLY VERY EXCITED WITH THE DIRECTION THE COMMENTS CAME TODAY.
TO BE HONEST WITH YOU THAT I HAVE HEARD THE BOARD ACTUALLY START TALKING ABOUT TRANSIT AND THE DIRECTION WE NEED TO GO.
IT'S GOING TO PLAY VERY WELL INTO THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE HEADED IN THE CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAVING.
WHETHER IT'S THE SELECTION OF AN LPA FOR THE FEC LINE RUNNING ON THE EAST COAST TO ACTUALLY ADD ADDITIONAL COMMUTER RAIL OR THE LPA IS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY FOR THE PRE [INAUDIBLE] PLAN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND THEN HOW WE TIE INTO MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT PROGRAMS. ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE GREAT CONVERSATION AND YOU HAD REALLY GOOD DIALOGUE AND NECESSARY DIALOGUE BECAUSE FOR US TO SET THE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR OUR PARTNERS TO ACTUALLY BUILD THAT FUTURE, WE HAVE TO GIVE THEM THAT DIRECTION.
I'LL BE HONEST, THAT IT'S BEEN AWHILE, AND BRIAN REMEMBERS THAT WE USED TO BE EVEN AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THE DISCUSSIONS AND HOURS WE WENT THROUGH FOR THE EAST WEST, THE CPE WAS CALLED THE CENTRAL PRIORITY EAST-WEST SYSTEM.
THAT IS, THE FOOTINGS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR SPACE THERE.
IF WE WANT TO GO THAT IT'S HOW DO YOU WANT TO DREAM AND HOW BIG DO YOU WANT TO DREAM IT,
[01:15:04]
AND I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.THAT SAID I JUST REALLY QUICKLY, THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION REQUESTS ARE GOING UP AS WE SPEAK FOR EACH OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS SO PLEASE IF YOU CAN TURN THOSE AROUND WE DEPRECIATE IT.
THE NUMBER IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN LAST YEAR BECAUSE THE POPULATION IS BASED ON THE CENSUS.
IF WE CAN HAVE THAT AND COMMISSIONER FOR AND MARY YOU DEAN, I THINK MIRROR LEFT.
I'M GOING TO BE HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH MONICA SO THAT WE CAN BRING YOU GUYS TO THE COMMITTED AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTION THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL.
WITH THAT, I REALLY AGAIN VERY EXCITED WHEN I HAVE JAMES CROMAR SEND OUT THE VISION 2100 AS TRANSIT SYSTEMS PLAN AND YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IN THE DIRECTION WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET OUR PARTNERS TO GO IN AND I THINK THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE FRUITS TO THAT LABOR THIS NEXT MONTH IN JULY.
JULY ALSO STARTS OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR SO EXCITED TO HAVE THAT MOVING FORWARD, AND A LOT OF GREAT EXCITING STUFF CAN HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS SO THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
[12. General Counsel’s Report]
BEFORE WE DO 11 A MINUTE TO SKIP TO 12 WITH GENERAL COUNSEL, DO YOU HAVE ANY REPORT?>> [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
ONLY THAT WANTED TO COMMENT TO THE FACT THAT WE START OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, WHICH IS GREAT AND THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RE-ELECTION FOR A NEW FISCAL YEAR.
LOOK FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF ALL THE EXCITEMENT THAT WE'VE HAD AND CONTINUE TO HAVE.
MY REPORT IS BEFORE YOU ANY QUESTIONS OF COURSE.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO NUMBER 11,
[11. Monthly Federal and State Legislative Reports: https://browardmpo.org/13-who-we-are/13-legislative-priorities]
WHICH IS THE MONTHLY FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.>> MEMBERS BOARD CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RE-ELECTIONS.
I'M GOING TO START AT THE STATE-LEVEL BRIEFLY THERE'S A SPECIAL SESSION FOR PROPERTY INSURANCE.
THE WORD WAS THAT THERE IS NO MAGIC BULLET AND THEY WERE NOT GOING TO FIX ALL PROBLEMS IN THESE SPECIAL SESSION.
THEY HAVE COME UP WITH A FEW PATCHES STILL BEING DEBATED AND HOW MUCH THIS WILL IMPACT THE REAL COST OF INSURANCE FOR RESIDENTS.
WHAT WAS UNEXPECTED TO COME OUT OF THAT SPECIAL SESSION WAS A SECTION ON CONDO REFORM.
THE BIG PART IS THAT THE BOARDS CANNOT WAIVE HAVING RESERVES FOR CONDOS.
THEN ALSO FOR THE 2023 BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR HAS USED HIS VETO AUTHORITY VARY A LOT AGGRESSIVELY THANK YOU, MAYOR AND DALLAS AS VETO, NEARLY $3 BILLION AT THE BUDGET INCLUDING ALMOST ALL LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
NOW I'M GOING TO SWITCH TO FEDERAL AND I'M REALLY JUST GOING TO FOCUS ON GRANTS FOR THIS ONE, AS YOU KNOW, AND I'M GOING TO SAY THIS EVERY MONTH AND I'M SORRY IF I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD AND YES, I'M OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE RECORD IS.
THE IIJA SORRY, THE FEDERAL FUNDING PACKAGE WHICH FUNDS THE MPO AND SENDS MONEY TO US.
BUT A THIRD OF THAT MONEY IS IN THE FORM OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS SO MONEY WE NEED TO APPLY FOR IT.
DON'T WORRY, COMMISSIONER WELCH, I'LL MAKE SURE I EMAIL THIS TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S HYPERLINKED TO NEED ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THERE TOO.
TO THE RIGHT, THE LOGOS OR WHO THE MPO THINKS WOULD BE THE BEST CANDIDATES OR PARTNERS FOR THIS, NOW I DIDN'T PUT EVERY CITY LOGO, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A LITTLE ICON THERE.
THE MPO IS WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO PURSUE THESE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.
THERE'S AN EFFICIENCY THERE AND THIS IS OPEN TO ALL CITIES WERE NOT TELLING YOU NOT TO APPLY, WE JUST WANT TO WORK AS A CLEARING HOUSE OR JUST THE CONVERSATION.
IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR A GRANT, MAYBE DAVEY IS INTERESTED IN SOMETHING, AND THEN PLANTATION SAYS, OH, I'M INTERESTED TOO, SO LET'S PARTNER ON THAT.
THAT MAKES US STRONGER APPLICATION.
GETTING BACK TO THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT, IF A MUNICIPALITY OR A COUNTY APPLIES IN THEIR OWN, THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDING.
IF THE MPO'S LEAD APPLICANT WERE ELIGIBLE FOR UP TO FIVE MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR THAT.
THERE'S AN EFFICIENCY, SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY TO PROVIDE THE LOCAL MATCH, SO THAT WE CAN ACCESS ALL FIVE MILLION DOLLARS AND DO A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
ONCE AGAIN, THESE WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO YOU, BUT IF YOUR CITY MANAGERS ARE SAYING, HEY, I'M INTERESTED IN THIS, PLEASE BRING IT TO THE BOARD OR HAVE THEIR BRING IT UP AT OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE BECAUSE WE REALLY NEED TO DISCUSS THESE AND WE REALLY NEED TO GET EVERYBODY ON THE SAME PAGE.
MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS COCONUT CREEK WANTS TO GO AFTER A GRANT, AND WEST PARK IS NOT INTERESTED IN, BUT WEST PARK IS GOING TO ISSUE A LETTER OF SUPPORT SAYING I SUPPORT THE CITY IN MY COUNTY TO GO AFTER THIS GRANT.
[01:20:02]
THAT REALLY SHOWS ON OUR DEBRIEF FROM THE RAYS GRANT FROM WAS A TWO-YEAR IS GOING TO RUN.ONE OF THE THINGS THEY POINTED OUT WAS WE APPRECIATE THAT YOU APPLY, BUT YOU ALSO SUBMIT IT FOR OTHER APPLICATIONS FOR THIS GRANT.
THE LAST THING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WANTS TO DO IS PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS FOR US.
THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS SWIMMING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
OKAY. THE STATES' RULES FOR ALL, THERE'S TWO OPTIONS, THE ACTION PLAN AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THE ACTION PLAN FIRST, AND THAT WILL PROVIDE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN THEN GO AFTER THE IMPLEMENTATION FUNDING.
OTHER UPCOMING GRANTS? YOU SEE JUNE, JULY, AND AUGUST AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU.
OKAY. ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS TO RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PILOT PROGRAM.
ALSO FOR OUR PARTNERS AT RTA AND BRIGHT-LINE, WE'RE MONITORING ALL THE PLETHORA OF RAIL GRANTS TO INCREASE SAFETY AND MOBILITY.
ON THE RECONNECTING, ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S A PLANNING GRANT WHICH I BELIEVE IS FUNDED AT 100 PERCENT AND THEN THE CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AS A RESULT OF THAT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME.
IF YOU'RE A CITY MANAGERS WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
BUT THE BIGGEST THING I REALLY WANTED TO EXPRESS IS, IF YOU'RE THINKING OF APPLYING FOR GRANTS OR YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, THIS IS THE FORM TO GET EVERYBODY TOGETHER, THEN THIS WAY THERE IS A CERTAIN STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP HERE.
[LAUGHTER] WE'RE FINISHED WITH OUR [NOISE] REGULAR ITEMS. MOVING ON, THERE ARE NON-ACTION ITEMS NOW.
BROWARD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, DASHBOARD,
[1. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report]
AND STATE OF THE SYSTEMS REPORT.>> YES. EXCELLENT. GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
JUST NEED TO SET UP MY COMPUTER HERE REAL QUICK.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS PAUL FLAVIAN, I'M THE DATA SERVICES MANAGER HERE WITH THE MPO.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS I'M TASKED WITH IS PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT I KNOW YOU SEE ME EVERY YEAR ON THE THIRD QUARTER AND WE START TALKING ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
NOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID BACK IN 2018 AFTER THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES BECAME A MANDATORY THING, OUR ESTEEM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR DIRECT THE STAFF TO FIND A WAY TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN A WAY THAT WAS VISUALLY PLEASING, ENABLED TO UNDERSTAND TO YOU, OUR BOARD MEMBERS THROUGHOUT A TAC, CAC, AND MOST IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC.
AGAIN, IN 2018, WE PARTNERED WITH A COMPANY CALLED MYSIDEWALK, AND WE DEVELOP THIS PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD.
I WILL JUST GO THROUGH IT AND SHOW YOU WHERE IT IS AND A QUICK WALK THROUGH ON HOW YOU ACTUALLY USE IT.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING WE JUST WANT TO SHOW OFF SOME OF THE WORK THAT DIRECTED BY YOU THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON YOUR BEHALF.
AGAIN, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE, ESPECIALLY YOUR PLANNERS IN YOUR CITIES MAY BE ABLE TO USE FOR SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO DO SPECIFICALLY WITH SAFETY.
WITH THAT, I WILL BE GOING THROUGH A WALK-THROUGH WITH MY PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD.
YOU WOULD GO TO OUR WEBSITE, YOU WOULD GO TO WHAT WE DO, TO MAJOR FUNCTIONS, AND YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
YOU WOULD SCROLL DOWN AGAIN, FIND THIS LOVELY PICTURE.
CLICK ON THAT, AND IT TAKES YOU INTO THIS LANDING PAGE.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO, EVERY ONE OF OUR PRODUCTS IS ONCE YOU GET TO IT, WE HAVE TO TELL YOU ABOUT WHO WE ARE, THE BROWARD MPO.
HOW WE'RE STRUCTURED ABOUT YOU, OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME STATISTICS ABOUT BROWARD ESSENTIALLY YOU WILL SCROLL THROUGH HERE.
IT WOULD GIVE YOU SOME FACTS AND FIGURES ABOUT BROWARD POPULATION, NUMBER OF JOBS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
NOW I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LEFT SIDE, RIGHT HERE.
NOW IF YOU JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW IS BROWARD MPO DOING IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A SCORECARD.
YOU WOULD CLICK ON THAT, AND EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREA WHERE WE REQUIRED TO SET TARGETS AND MONITOR LIVES RIGHT HERE.
AND YOU COULD SEE QUICK AND EASY.
FIRST COLUMN IS, WHAT IS THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREA THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO MEASURE IT AND SET TARGETS FOR, HOW ARE WE DOING? CURRENT DATA, WHAT IS THE TARGET? A TREND LINE ESSENTIALLY.
RED MEANS GOOD. I MEAN RED MEANS BAD, GREEN MEANS GOOD.
I WANT TO JUST DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO SAFETY BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SAFETY, HOW SAFE BROWARD IS OR NOT.
[01:25:02]
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU COULD DO AGAIN, YOU COULD JUST GO HERE AND LOOK AT THE SCORECARD AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING REAL QUICK.BUT EACH ONE OF THESE AREAS HERE, THE FIVE-YEAR TARGET, [INAUDIBLE] ACCOUNTS, THEY ALL ACTUALLY ALSO HAVE A FULL PAGE WITH MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION.
NOW YOU WANT TO GO THERE, YOU WOULD JUST CLICK HERE, AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THAT IN-DEPTH PAGE.
NOW WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE DATA FOR FATALITIES IN BROWARD.
NOW THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGES SINCE YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE 2009-2013 OR 2016-2020.
WHAT IT DOES IS WHEN YOU DO A FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE SMOOZE OUT.
LET'S SAY IF YOU HAVE A PEAK AND A VALLEY, AND IF YOU ACTUALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE YEARLY NUMBERS ARE IN TERMS OF FATALITIES, YOU JUST CLICK ON THIS LITTLE BUTTON HERE AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE DATA GOING BACK TO 2016, 2006, I MEAN.
YOU SEE HOW THAT [INAUDIBLE] ALL OVER THE PLACE.
WHICH IS WHY WE REALLY LIKE TO USE THE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE TO GET MORE OF A BETTER TREND LINE.
AGAIN, EVERYTHING AT SAFETY IS HERE.
ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOULD POINT OUT ALSO, IF YOU HOVER OVER THIS LITTLE BAR CHART HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPORT THIS AS A PICTURE.
AND SOME OF THIS DATA HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPORT AS A CSV.
IT'S REALLY AN EXCEL FILE THAT YOU CAN USE TO ACTUALLY DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS IF YOU WANT TO.
THIS WOULD BE MORE TARGETED AT YOUR STAFFS WHO MAY WANT TO LOOK AT THE SAFETY DATA AND DO MORE ANALYSIS ON IT.
AGAIN, EVERY ONE OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS HAS ITS OWN PAGE, AND YOU CAN JUST GO HERE AND LOOK AT THE MORE DETAILED DATA.
BRIDGE MEASURES, SAFETY CONDITIONS, TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT.
ALL OF THEM HAVE THEIR OWN PAGES AND MORE IN-DEPTH DATA THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT.
WITH THAT, WE'RE DONE WITH THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO WHAT WE CALL OUR STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT.
NOW, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WERE GIVEN THIS REPORT IN YOUR MAY MEETING.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE, WE STILL HAVE SOME COPIES BACK HERE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, ESSENTIALLY INSTEAD OF SYSTEM REPORT, WE ALSO DEVELOP THAT IN 2018.
AGAIN, IT'S A SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE.
WHEN WE SAY STATE OF THE SYSTEM, WE MEAN NOT JUST ROADWAYS, WE MEAN THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AIR, SEA, EVERYTHING.
WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEAPORT, THE AIRPORT, EVERYTHING THAT RAIL, EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT REPORT.
ESSENTIALLY, THE DATA THAT WE HAVE RUNS THROUGH 2020.
AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER REPORT THAT LIVES ON OUR WEBSITE.
I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW TO GET THERE.
YOU'D BE ON OUR WEBSITE, BROWARDMPO.ORG.
YOU GO ALMOST EXACTLY WHERE YOU WERE WITH THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE.
WHAT WE DO MAJOR FUNCTIONS, PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
SCROLL DOWN AND THEN YOU'LL SEE ANOTHER LOVELY PICTURE, STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT, YOU WILL CLICK ON THERE.
[LAUGHTER] AGAIN, FIRST PAGE IS A WELCOMING MESSAGE FROM OUR ESTEEMED CHAIR AND OUR EXTREME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, [INAUDIBLE] TELLING YOU WHAT THIS REPORT IS GOING TO BE ABOUT.
THIS OTHER PAGE HERE, ESSENTIALLY THE CONTENTS.
AGAIN, YOU WILL SEE WHERE IT SAYS SYSTEM CONDITIONS AND FACTS WE HAVE ROADWAY, WE HAVE TRANSIT PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BIKING AND PEDESTRIAN AIRPORTS, SEAPORT, AND WATERWAY LAND FREIGHT, EVERYTHING THAT A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS CONTAINED OF WE HAVE IN THIS REPORT.
AGAIN, IT'S A NICE LITTLE CLEAN REPORT.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU DOWNLOAD.
WELL ACTUALLY IT IS DOWNLOADABLE.
YOU COULD PRINT IT OUT IF YOU WANT TO, BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE COPIES BACK THERE.
I'LL JUST GO THROUGH IT REAL QUICK AND YOU SEE, IT'S VERY GRAPHIC INSENSITIVE WE DIDN'T WANT TO PUT A LOT OF UNNECESSARY WORDS IN HERE ESSENTIALLY IS FACTS AND FIGURES THAT MAY BE OF INTERESTS ABOUT THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AGAIN NO. EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE MPO, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT BROWARD LOOKS LIKE, POPULATION, HOUSING, JOBS, THINGS LIKE THAT BEFORE WE EVEN GET TO THE INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU.
IT STARTS OFF WITH THAT AND IT GETS INTO, ROADWAY MILEAGE.
[01:30:04]
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO SHOW HERE IS CONVERSATION TODAY WAS TALKING ABOUT TRAFFIC TRENDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THIS ONE HERE ACTUALLY SHOWS HOW MUCH VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED DIPPED IN 2020 BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.YOU CAN SEE THIS LINE HERE, THIS PRECIPITOUS DROP THAT SHOWN RIGHT HERE.
PERFORMANCE MEASURES HAS STATISTICS ABOUT TRANSIT ON TRY RAIL AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
A TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IT HAS A LOT OF STATISTICS ABOUT BIKING AND PEDESTRIAN USAGE IN BROWARD.
FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT AND THE OTHER AIRPORTS, NOT JUST THAT, BUT STATISTICS ABOUT EXECUTIVE AIRPORT OF NORTH PERRY, ALL OF THOSE POPULAR BEACH AIR PARK.
SEAPORTS AND WATERWAYS BECAUSE SEAPORT AND AIRPORT ARE MAJOR ECONOMIC DRIVERS HERE IN BROWARD.
WITH ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT NUMBER OF CRASHES ON THE RAIL SYSTEM AND ON THE TRACKS.
THAT'S JUST A NICE CONCISE LITTLE DOCUMENT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT WE CAN GET YOU A COPY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOULD MENTION, WE DISTRIBUTED THIS DOCUMENT AT THE ALLIANCE MID-YEAR LUNCHEON.
THERE WAS OVER FOUR OR 500 PEOPLE AT THAT LUNCH AND THAT RECEIVED THE DOCUMENT.
WE PROVIDED THAT SAME DOCUMENT TO OUR PARTNERS AT AMPO WHEN THEY HAD THEIR MEETINGS HERE IN MAY, I BELIEVE.
I SHOULD SAY THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD, WE'VE ACTUALLY PRESENTED THAT TO FHWA, THE FTA, TO A LOT OF PEER AGENCIES AND WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD RESPONSES FROM THAT TO THE POINT WHERE A LOT OF THEM ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY COPIED, BUT THEY'VE TAKEN WHAT WE'VE DONE AND USED IT FOR THEIR OWN PURPOSES AS WELL.
WITH THAT, I'M DONE IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
[INAUDIBLE] [LAUGHTER] HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE ALREADY [LAUGHTER] I GOT IT.
[LAUGHTER] IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THE SCORECARD.
ABSOLUTELY THIS IS MORE AESTHETICS, I GUESS, THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
I'M LOOKING AT THIS SCORECARD AND I SEE FIVE-YEAR AVERAGE OF FATAL CRASHES, GOAL MET, AND THEN CURRENT ACTUAL AND THEN TARGET AND THEN TREND.
I MEAN, IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY THAT WE CAN WORD THAT JOHN Q PUBLIC IS GOING TO COME AND LOOK AT THAT AND SAY WOW, THAT GOAL MET.
BUT STILL THE FACT THAT IT'S A GOAL, I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO MEET THAT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A WHILE. [LAUGHTER] IT JUST SOUNDS STRANGE THAT IT'S A GOAL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IF WE CAN WORD IT DIFFERENTLY, I GUESS MAYBE.
WE COULD WORK ON THAT. ABSOLUTELY.
YEAH. JUST TAKE OUT THE WHOLE COLUMN.
FATALITIES AND GOALS JUST DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT TOGETHER. [LAUGHTER] WE'LL WORK ON IT.
A LOT OF INFORMATION AND LIKE YOU SAID, JOHN Q PUBLIC CAN JUST COME AND CLICK AND LOOK AT ALL THIS.
I WOULD RATHER LOOK AT A CHART LIKE THIS THAN READ A PARAGRAPH BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOING TO READ A PARAGRAPH UNLESS YOU HAVE BULLET POINTS, SHORT EASY TO READ.
I LIKED THE FACT THAT THERE'S THE GRAPHS AND THE CHARTS AND IT IS VERY NICE.
THAT'S WHY WE DEVELOPED IT THIS WAY.
ONE THING I SHOULD TELL YOU, OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THEY REALLY LIKE THIS AND IN FACT, I THINK ONE MEMBER ACTUALLY JUST SEND IT TO SOME PEOPLE THAT SHE'S WORKING WITH SO I'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM IT.
[01:35:02]
YEAH. IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.THANK YOU. I THINK ALL OF YOUR GRAPHS AND EVERYTHING ARE PRETTY AND READABLE.
BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WE'RE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
I MEAN, WE CAN HAVE TARGETS OF ZERO, AND WE CAN SAY MISSION ACCOMPLISHED, BUT IT'S NOT HAPPENING.
WE'RE SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY, AND WE HAVE SUCH BRILLIANT PEOPLE COMING UP WITH ALL THESE GREAT IDEAS TO TRY TO MINIMIZE OR ELIMINATE FATALITIES AND INJURIES.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE POSTER CHILD ON ALL OF OUR BROCHURES IS WILTON DRIVE, WHICH WAS TO ME AN AMAZING DESIGN, GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I THINK IT'S MADE IT A SAFER ROADWAY IF THROUGH MY OWN EXPERIENCE.
BUT OVERALL, THE NUMBERS ARE TRENDING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION.
WHAT ARE WE DOING WRONG? IT'S A COMPLICATED [LAUGHTER] AND HONESTLY, IT TAKES, EDUCATION, IT TAKES DESIGNING THE ROADS IN A MANNER THAT MAKES THEM SAFER AND IT TAKES FRANKLY, COMMITMENT AND WILL, IN TERMS OF FUNDING, WHICH ACTUALLY IT'S NOT JUST THE MPO THAT'S HAS TO MONITOR SAFETY.
THE STATE FDOT HAS TO DO THE SAME THING.
WE HAVE COMMITTED A LOT OF FUNDS AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT ACTUALLY WERE FUNDED, BUT JUST NOT COMING ONLINE TO ACTUALLY BEING BUILT, THAT SHOULD PUSH THAT TREND.
I THINK IT GOES BEYOND THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
MY OFFICE IS ON WILTON DRIVE AND I WAS LEAVING MY OFFICE YESTERDAY TO COME TO MY CITY HALL.
I WAS DRIVING DOWN AND IN TWO PLACES, PEOPLE WERE CROSSING THE STREET, NOT AT THE INTERSECTION, NOT WITH THE LIGHT, JUST CROSSING THE STREET WITH BABY CARRIAGES AND EXPECTING ME TO STOP.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY JUST THINK THAT IT'S OKAY TO WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WITH CARS COMING RIGHT AT THEM AND EXPECTING EVERYONE TO STOP.
AM I RIGHT? [LAUGHTER] MAYBE IT'S MORE THAN JUST PAINTED GREEN STRIPES AND COLORFUL INTERSECTIONS THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING MORE.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT PARTICULAR.
[LAUGHTER] YOU'RE A FAILURE [LAUGHTER] IF YOU GO DOWN AND YOU LOOK IN FOR PERFORMANCE, THAT ACTUALLY ISN'T ENFORCEMENT ISSUE.
>> I KNOW THAT. I REALIZE THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO LIKE A CULTURAL ISSUE.
HOW DO WE CHANGE THE CULTURE? I DON T KNOW? LOOK IT'S NOT A QUESTION YOU CAN ANSWER, I GET THAT.
BUT I WANT TO BRING IT TO OUR CONVERSATION TODAY THAT WE NEED TO FIND WAYS TO TRY TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF HOW PEOPLE FEEL.
IT'S OKAY TO WALK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, PUTTING THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN AT RISK, AND THINKING THAT THE BABY CARRIAGE IS GOING TO BE THEIR SHIELD.
OKAY, YOU CANNOT VIOLATE THIS AREA HERE BECAUSE I HAVE AN INFANT HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
IRONICALLY, THE FACT THAT YOU'VE MADE WILTON DRIVE SAFER TO CROSS GIVES PEOPLE THIS FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY THAT, BECAUSE IT'S A NARROWER STREET, IT'S EASIER TO JUMP FROM ONE SIDE TO THE NEXT.
THEY CAN DO IT WITHOUT HAVING TO WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO BE IN THEIR FAVOR.
I'M JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, THAT IT'S MORE THAN JUST INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHEN I SEE THE TRENDS GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND I SEE HOW MUCH MONEY WE'VE SPENT OVER THESE MANY YEARS TRYING TO CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT.
SOMETHING WE'RE MISSING SOMEWHERE, SOMETHING ALONG THE WAY.
ANYWAY, THAT'S MY FINAL STATEMENT THIS MORNING, MADAM CHAIR.
[LAUGHTER] I'M SURE YOU ALL APPRECIATE THAT.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. I KNOW WE WENT PAST THIS PAGE 16 OF THE REPORT WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES? ARE WE TRYING TO AT THIS POINT, I'VE ASKED FOR THIS WEIRD THING.
DO WE A COUNT ON HOW MANY PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS ARE USING OUR COMPLETE STREETS AND BICYCLE LANES, BOTH IN CITY CENTERS AND THEN ALSO COMPARING IT TO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE USING ANDREWS AND DIXIE IN-BETWEEN CITY?
>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE DOING, WE DO HAVE A REGULAR TRAFFIC COUNT PROGRAM.
AS PART OF A TRAFFIC COUNT PROGRAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING COUNTS OF BIKING PAID USAGE,
[01:40:04]
AND SPECIFICALLY ON, LIKE YOU SAID, WHERE WE HAVE ACTUALLY SPENT MONEY ON INFRASTRUCTURE.WE CAN'T DO THEM ALL, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN PIECES OF IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY MONITORING, AND COUNTING.
>> BUFFY JAMES, ARE YOU ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT?
>> IT'S REALLY INTERESTING JUST TO SHARE.
WE JUST GOT THE COUNTS FOR ONE PARTICULAR THIS IS WILTON DRIVE.
THERE'S 9,000 PEOPLE CROSSING THE ROAD INTO SINGLE DAY.
THAT TYPE OF NUMBER IS ASTRONOMICAL.
WHEN YOU START LOOKING AT THE COUNTS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, IT'S JUST AMAZING. GO AHEAD, JAMES.
>> JAMES CARBURETOR. WE ARE CURRENTLY A STAFF REVIEWING A REPORT OF THE MOST RECENT BICYCLE ACCOUNTS, AND ARE SUPPOSED TO FINALIZE THAT BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.
BUT AS GREG MENTIONED, WE LOOKED AT ABOUT 20 OR 30 DIFFERENT LOCATIONS FOR THESE COUNTS.
IT WAS FASCINATING TO SEE THE LEVELS OF BICYCLING, AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
NOT EVERYWHERE AND THERE WERE CERTAIN TRENDS, BUT YEAH, WILTON DRIVE WAS PHENOMENAL.
THEY HAD TO PULL IT OUT OF THE CALCULATIONS BECAUSE IT WOULD'VE SKEWED EVERYTHING.
BUT THIS REPORT WILL BE INTERESTING.
WE TALKED ABOUT WANTING TO GET IT TO THE BOARD TO SHARE THE INFORMATION BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT THE BEHAVIOR OF BICYCLISTS, THE BEHAVIOR OF PEDESTRIANS.
ARE THEY WRITING ON THE SIDEWALK? ARE THEY RIDING ON THE LANES? THERE WERE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE THERE ARE FACILITIES THAT TRAIL OR LANES ON THE ROADWAY THAT THOSE GET USED MORE OFTEN THAN WHEN THERE'S NOT A FACILITY THAT PEOPLE WILL TEND TO RIDE MORE ON THE SIDEWALK.
ARE THEY WRITING WITH TRAFFIC? ARE THERE WRITING SAFELY? DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT SORT. WE WANT TO PACKAGE THAT INFORMATION, AND BRING IT AS A PRESENTATION TO THE GROUP HERE.
>> I'M VERY INTERESTED IN IT MY THOUGHT IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING ON THE APPROPRIATE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE APPROPRIATE AREAS.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING CITY CENTER, VERSUS MORE LIKE CONNECTOR AREAS.
>> YEAH. I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER THEM ALL OFF THE TOP MY HEAD, THE WILTON DRIVE ONE STOOD OUT.
BUT THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS THAT SEEMED A LITTLE MORE OUTLINED AND SOME ARE MORE CENTRAL MAIN ROADWAYS AND SUCH.
IT ALSO POINTS A DIRECTION FOR WHERE WE PROBABLY WANT TO DO MORE FOCUSED IN THE FUTURE.
BECAUSE I COULD SENSE MAYOR TAYLORS MIGHT WANT TO HAVE US LOOK AT LESS SOULLESS TO GET SOME COUNTS THERE TO SEE HOW THEY COMPARE TO WILTON DRIVE OR THE BROAD WALKER.
BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING HOW THE NETWORK WORKS, HOW THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO, ARE THEY GETTING USED? I KNOW OUR SITTING CHAIR RIGHT NOW WE'VE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS ABOUT WHO USES THE FACILITY. WE HAVE SOME NUMBERS.
>> DO WE DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN PEOPLE USING IT FOR EXERCISE, VERSUS TRANSPORTATION?
>> WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ON THE TIME OF DAY.
WE CAN'T TELL WHY THEY'RE USING IT.
WE CAN MAYBE START LOOKING AT WHAT OUTFITS, BUT, THERE TENDS TO BE [OVERLAPPING] [LAUGHTER].
>> I WOULD USE THE NUMBERS I KNOW, [INAUDIBLE].
>> BUT BUT THERE TENDS TO BE HIGHER BICYCLE RIDERSHIP, AND WALKING IN THE MORNING AROUND 7-8.
GOES DOWN A LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, AND THEN GOES UP AGAIN AROUND 5,6.
IS THAT COMMUTERS, IS THAT JUST EXERCISERS? IT'S HARD TO TELL.
>> I KNOW ON AN INDIVIDUAL. I WAS JUST THINKING MORE LIKE WHEN YOU GET THE WHOLE PACKS THAT YOU CAN BE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS A PACK.
>> YEAH. WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK TO SEE IF THEY DID INCLUDE PACKS.
BUT I THINK SOME OF THE LOCATIONS DIDN'T NECESSARILY GET LOCATIONS LIKE ON A1A WHERE YOU DO TEND TO GET THE PACKS.
BE READY, WE'RE GOING TO SHARE THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, AND THEN ONCE THE INFORMATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WILL HELP POINT US TO WHERE WE NEED TO GET MORE INFORMATION FOR THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. REBECCA, WE HAVE A VIRTUALLY RAISED HAND HERE.
>> GO AHEAD, PLEASE. BOARD MEMBER. WHO DID YOU SAY? [INAUDIBLE] BOARD MEMBERS IRENE OUT THERE.
[LAUGHTER] SOUNDS LIKE BEETLE JUICE. IS SHE THERE?
>> THAT WAS REALLY FUNNY. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOUR MIC MISS CARTEHE.
>> ALL RIGHT, I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO PASS THAT BY.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.
>> OH, ONE THING I DID FORGET TO SAY IS, WE UPDATE THESE REPORTS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
USUALLY THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR, IT'LL BE A BRAND NEW REPORT.
[01:45:03]
>> THIS IS A PRODUCT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES US TO PRODUCE AS PART OF FEDERAL LAW. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS A LOT.
>> IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. IT'S EXCELLENT.
>> THE PRIVATE SECTOR ACTUALLY DOES LIKE IT TOO.
THIS IS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FOLKS AT YOUR CITIES AND THAT THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE THIS DOES TALK ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES.
IF THERE ARE AREAS WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING BETTER, AND THAT'S IN PAVEMENTS.
>> NEXT, MR. CAVALRY C IS GOING TO TALK TO US ABOUT OUR BROWARD MPO,
[2. Draft 2023 Broward MPO Federal and State Legislative Priorities]
FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.>> THANK YOU, MADAM SECOND CHAIR, THIRD CHAIR [LAUGHTER].
>> ALL RIGHT. WE NORMALLY BRING THESE TO YOU IN DECEMBER THE ALIGNED WITH CALENDAR YEAR, BUT WE'VE DECIDED TO BRING THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE POLICIES TO THE BOARD STARTING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL YEAR TO BETTER ALIGN TO THE BOTH THE FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE CALENDARS.
THAT'S WHY YOU SAW THEM SIX MONTHS AGO AND YOU'RE SEEING THEM AGAIN NOW.
FROM HERE ON OUT, THE CYCLE WILL BE EVERY JULY.
WHAT'S BEFORE YOU ARE THE DRAFTS. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE.
WE'LL START WITH THE FEDERAL, THEN DIVIDE INTO THREE HIGH-LEVEL CATEGORIES.
IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS, EDIT, CHANGES, NOW'S A GREAT TIME TO BRING THOSE ABOUT.
AS THE NEXT MEETING WILL ALSO BE AN ACTION ITEM.
ON THE FEDERAL, L AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF SLIDES ON SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY.
THESE HAVE NOT CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
ALTHOUGH WE DID MAKE SOME HEADWAY IN DC WASN'T TO THE DEGREE OF WHICH WE WERE HOPING, SO WE LEFT THESE IN.
ALSO ON SAFETY AND SUSTAINABILITY, YOU SEE TWO NEW BULLET POINTS AT THE BOTTOM.
DIRECT FUNDING TO MPO'S FOR QUICK BUILD SAFETY PROJECTS.
GOING BACK TO MR. FLAVIANS COMMENTS ABOUT OUR VISION ZERO, AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THAT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE FUNDING AND RESOURCES TO GET THOSE LIFE-SAVING PROJECTS BUILT.
THE OTHER ONE IS ADOPTING AN E BICYCLE INCENTIVE KICK START PROGRAM.
E-BIKES ARE ACTUALLY VERY GOOD MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION.
WHAT THE ELECTRIC MOTOR DOES IS IT LEVELS THE PLAYING FIELD.
NO MATTER WHAT YOUR FITNESS LEVEL IS, YOU CAN ACHIEVE THE SAME RESULTS.
FOR INSTANCE, WHEN YOU GO FROM A FLAT ROAD TO AN INCLINE LIKE OVER A BRIDGE, OR A HILL, YOU ACTUALLY DON'T FEEL YOU CAN KEEP PEDALING AT THE SAME PACE AND YOU DON'T FEEL THAT HILL.
ANY COMMENTS ON THESE BEFORE I MOVE ON.
ON INFRASTRUCTURE, NO CHANGES HERE FROM LAST YEAR?
>> ACTUALLY, IF WE DO THIS IN REAL TIME, IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO KEEP TRACK. I'M SORRY.
>> SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE DURING THE EXECUTIVE MEETING BE BROUGHT FORWARD SPECIFICALLY, I GUESS, REGARDING THE ZOOM MEETINGS.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT THAT I HAVE.
>> PERFECT. I'LL MAKE SURE I BRING THAT UP.
>> THE E-BIKE THING, IS THAT TAX CREDITS FOR INDIVIDUALS BUYING E-BIKES, OR IS THAT TRYING TO DO LIKE A SCOOTER PROGRAM?
>> YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY GO TO WORK ON AN E-BIKE MAYBE.
[LAUGHTER] NOW THESE TWO BULLET POINTS ARE ACTUALLY THE SAME AS THEY WERE LAST YEAR.
TO ASSIST THE MPO WITH BUILDING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
PREVIOUS WE ADDED ENHANCEMENTS IN CLIMATE MITIGATION FOR THE BOARD.
ALSO LOOKING AT CONSOLIDATING DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE COMMISSIONER WHO BROUGHT THIS UP THAT THERE'S THE MEGA-PROJECTS WHICH THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMBINING THREE GRANT PROGRAMS INTO ONE THAT CREATES A CERTAIN EFFICIENCY FOR US APPLYING.
WE'RE HOPING THAT USDOT CONTINUES THAT TREND.
THEN ON FUNDING FLEXIBILITY ONCE AGAIN, THESE HAVEN'T CHANGED FROM LAST YEAR.
WE'VE SEEN SOME PROGRESS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION BUT NOT TO THE DEGREE THAT WE WERE HOPING.
WE WANT TO KEEP THIS ON HERE TO REALLY KEEP CHIPPING AT THAT.
NOW, MOVING FORWARD TO THE STATE, THESE FIRST THREE BULLET POINTS IS THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
ONCE AGAIN, EXPAND REGULATIONS ON DISTRACTED DRIVING.
STATE POLICY SEEKS TO MAXIMIZE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDS FOR RESILIENCY AND THEN IMPROVEMENT OF THE ELECTRICAL GRID, INCLUDING INCREASED CAPACITY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.
THIS IS AT THE BACK IN DECEMBER, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE BOARD MEMBERS ADDED IN.
NOW, THESE THREE BULLET POINTS ARE NEW TO THIS YEAR.
LOOKING AT LEGISLATION THAT MODELS
[01:50:03]
OTHER STATES THAT REDUCE PEDESTRIAN CYCLING FATALITIES.GOING BACK TO MR. FLAVIAN'S POINT OF THE VISION ZERO.
ALSO ENCOURAGING FDOT TO FAST-TRACK SAFETY PROJECTS.
FDOT HAS THE SAME VISION ZERO.
UNFORTUNATELY THEY ARE BOUND BY THE WORK PROGRAM AND ANYTIME THAT A SAFETY PROJECT IS IDENTIFIED IT HAS TO FOLLOW THE SAME 5-6 YEAR PROCESS.
WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN SINCE SAFETY IS INVOLVED, IF WE CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN FASTER.
THE LAST ONE IS TO ADD FUNDING FOR MPO'S CONDUCT DRIVER PEDESTRIAN AND SAFETY CYCLING CAMPAIGNS AND THAT WAS TO MEASURE [INAUDIBLE] POINT OF HOW DO WE CHANGE THE CULTURE.
FUNDING FLEXIBILITY ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE THE SAME FROM LAST YEAR.
WE JUST WANT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE MORE FUNDING FLEXIBILITY TO BUILD THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED.
I LIKE TELLING PEOPLE THAT PRIVATE SECTOR GETS CASH, IT ALL SPENDS THE SAME.
AT THE MPO WE GET GIFT CARDS AND THE GIFT CARDS DICTATE WHAT PROJECTS WE CAN FUND.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET A LITTLE MORE LEEWAY TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFY A NEED, NOT WHAT THE GIFT CARD SAY WE CAN FUND.
THEN ON THIS ONE THE FOURTH BULLET POINT IS NEW.
ENSURE FULL FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION IN YOUR PROJECTS INCLUDES LANDSCAPING, LIGHTING, AND AESTHETICS.
THAT'S IN RESPONSE TO THE CONVERSATION YOU HEARD A FEW MONTHS AGO REGARDING SOUTHWEST TENSOR TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE FULLY FUNDED SOUP TO NUTS AND THAT WE'RE NOT LEAVING OUT THE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE IN ALL THE RENDERINGS.
TO MAKE SURE THE PUBLIC IS GETTING EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BEING TOLD.
LAST TWO, THESE ARE THE SAME FROM LAST TIME AND WE'VE ACTUALLY CARRIED THEM OVER FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
REMEMBER, [INAUDIBLE] POINT OUT THAT WE ALLOW METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT VIRTUAL MEETINGS.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS AT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF IS IT LEGAL AND WHY DO WE HAVE THIS ON HERE? EVEN THOUGH THE BROWARD MPO COVERS ONE COUNTY, THERE ARE TWO POINTS IN THAT.
THERE IS A CARVE-OUT FOR REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCILS WHICH ARE MULTI-COUNTY AND THE MPO IS A REGIONAL BODY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE BROWARD MPO IS PART OF THE SEF TECH, THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL WHICH ARE ALL THREE MPO'S FOR THE REGION THAT GET TOGETHER AND THAT NOT ONLY AFFECTS THE MPO BUT ALSO ITS SUBCOMMITTEES WHICH TAKE VOTES AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL.
ADDITIONALLY, WE PUT THIS IN HERE AND IT IS PURPOSELY BROAD BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO SINGLE OUT ANY OF OUR MULTI-COUNTY MPO'S THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF FLORIDA SUCH AS METRO PLAN, SARAH SAID MANATEE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON OUR PARTNER'S TOES.
WITH THAT, THOSE ARE ALL THE PROPOSED 2023 FEDERAL AND STATE PRIORITIES.
I'M NOT HEARING ANYTHING BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR MY PARTNER JETSON.
THEN JUST TO LET YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE VOTING ON THIS NEXT MONTH.
THANK YOU. LOOKS LIKE THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HATE TO SAY THIS MADAM CHAIR, BUT THE LAST ITEM, THE GENTLEMAN IN TALLAHASSEE IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO ROLL THIS ITEM TO ANOTHER DAY.
MAYBE WE'LL HAVE MORE PEOPLE THERE FORD.
YEAH, THAT'S MY HOPE. [LAUGHTER] THAT'S GOOD.
MOST OF THE REST OF THE THINGS ARE SELF THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT, I JUST HAD ONE QUESTION MYSELF ON
[2. Local Contribution Collection and Expense Report]
THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS BECAUSE YOU SAID LETTERS WERE GOING OUT FOR THE NEXT YEAR AND I WAS LOOKING AT OUR REPORT THAT WE JUST GOT IN A LOT OF PEOPLE, NOT A LOT BUT THERE'S FIVE OR SIX FOLKS THAT HAVEN'T PAID YET FOR THE LAST TIME, SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THEM? [LAUGHTER] WELL, WE CALL THEM AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN.YEAH. I MEAN, THEY'RE ALREADY A YEAR BEHIND.
THAT HAPPENS AND SOMETIMES THEY CATCH UP AND IT JUST DEPENDS ON THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
CAROL, THE VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETINGS OF THE TWO GROUPS, DO WE HAVE TO FOLLOW BROWARD COUNTY'S RULES ON VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND HAVING FORUMS AND BEING ABLE TO VOTE VIRTUALLY? WE FOLLOW THE STATE OF FLORIDA REQUIREMENTS WHICH PROBABLY ARE SIMILAR HOWEVER BECAUSE THE STATE DICTATES THE GOVERNOR BASICALLY SAID THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT IN THE ROOM AND THE REMAINING PERSONS CAN PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY.
HOWEVER, JUST TO COMMENT THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OUR RULES PROVIDE FOR SOME OTHER ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS AND PARTICIPATION VIRTUALLY.
BUT THAT WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.
[01:55:02]
JUST CURIOUS, [INAUDIBLE], SOMEONE THEY DON'T ALLOW A LOT OF THAT STUFF.AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, AS YOU SEE HERE, IT'S DIFFICULT TO MANAGE VIRTUALLY.
WE HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT PRESENT.
NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I GUESS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FINISHED.
OUR NEXT MPO BOARD MEETING IS GOING TO BE JULY 14TH, AND CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADJOURN? 11:30? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR AYE.
AYE. [LAUGHTER] THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.