Jul 14, 2022 MPO Board Meeting

ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN COME TO ORDER, ALL STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1. Call to Order and Pledge]

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THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW TECHNICAL SYSTEM THIS MORNING, SO WE HOPE WE'RE GOING TO RUN RIGHT THROUGH IT.

BEFORE WE DO THAT.

ALL NEW PEOPLE, WOULD YOU STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED, PLEASE? ALL NEW COMMISSIONERS. [INAUDIBLE] SHE'S NOT A VETERAN.

I'M NOT A VETERAN. YOU SHOULD STAND UP.

[INAUDIBLE] I'M NOT NEW.

I DIDN'T MISS IT. LAST ONE.

I SAID I'M NOT GOING TO RECOGNIZE YOU.

NEVER ARGUE WITH THE PERSON WHO'S GOT THE MIC.

[2. Board Room Technology Update]

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I'M STANDING BEFORE YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE ROLLING OUT A NEW VOTING SYSTEM, WHICH ALSO MEANS THAT IT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAY THAT YOU INTERACT WITH THE PRESENTATIONS AND THE VOTING SYSTEM ITSELF.

THIS IS ALL PART OF AN IMPROVEMENT PACKAGE THAT WE'RE BRINGING FOR THE ZOOM TECHNOLOGY UPDATE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE ZOOM EXPERIENCE FOR FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE WEB A LITTLE BIT EASIER. SO THE FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE WEB, UNFORTUNATELY, AREN'T GOING TO SEE THIS THIS MEETING.

BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO SEE A SCREEN THAT'S VERY SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN FRONT OF YOU.

THEY'LL BE ABLE TO VOTE. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REQUEST TO SPEAK DIRECTLY FROM ZOOM USING THE SYSTEM.

SO IT'S QUITE A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE.

BUT WHAT WE ARE DOING RIGHT BEFORE THE SUMMER BREAK IS JUST ROLLING OUT THE PORTION THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING IN THE BOARD ROOM.

AND THE INTENT IS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT ON OUR END AS WELL.

WE'VE BEEN TESTING IT EXTENSIVELY WITH OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SO WE FELT AS THOUGH NOW'S THE RIGHT TIME TO ROLL IT OUT.

THAT MEANS TODAY EVERYTHING IS GOING TO GO WRONG ON IT THAT POSSIBLY CAN EVEN THOUGH WE'VE DONE ALL THE TESTING ON IT, IT'S JUST MURPHY'S LAW.

BUT WE HOPE THAT EVERYTHING'S GOING TO WORK.

SO IF YOU DO HAVE AN ISSUE, RAISE YOUR HAND.

BUT I'M GOING TO WALK YOU THROUGH A COUPLE OF THE SCREENS REALLY QUICK JUST TO FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF.

SO I'LL START WITH WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE YOU WILL SEE THE MPO WEBSITE.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF THE VOTING AND REQUESTS TO SPEAK ITEMS. THE FIRST THING THAT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU IS THE PRESENTATION.

SO IF YOU USE YOUR MOUSE BECAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THOSE SCREENS ARE NOT TOUCH SCREEN, BUT IF YOU USE A MOUSE AND YOU CLICK ON THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER THE PRESENTATIONS TAB, THAT'S GOING TO SWITCH IT OVER TO THE PRESENTATION VIEW.

AND YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S UP ON THE BIG SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO I'D LIKE ALL OF YOU TO DO THAT NOW SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION AS I WALK YOU THROUGH IT.

SO FROM THERE YOU'LL ALSO SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE THAT YOU NOW HAVE THE WEB PAGE AND SHOW AGENDA TABS AT THE TOP.

SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE ON THE WEB PAGE, YOU'RE ON THE MPO WEBSITE, IF YOU CLICK THE SHOW AGENDA TAB, YOU WILL SEE THE ENTIRE AGENDA, INCLUDING ALL OF THE ATTACHMENTS, INCLUDING ALL OF THE AGENDA ITEM TEXT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU NEED TO NAVIGATE TO THE AGENDA, CLICK ON SHOW AGENDA IN THE TOP SORT OF MIDDLE PART OF YOUR SCREEN WHERE YOU SEE THE WEB PAGE.

THAT'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE ONCE YOU CLICK ON THE SHOW AGENDA TAB.

AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN IS WHERE ALL OF YOUR VOTING FUNCTIONS ARE.

SO YOU CAN USE YOUR MOUSE TO THEN MAKE MOTIONS, SECOND MOTIONS AND EVERYTHING STILL WORKS ON THE VOTING PANEL AS WELL TO THE RIGHT.

SO THEY'RE KIND OF MIRRORED IN THAT REGARD.

YOU CAN EITHER USE THE COMPUTER OR YOU CAN USE THE VOTING PANEL IN ORDER TO MAKE MOTION AND ALSO TO SECOND MOTIONS AS WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN A NOTIFICATION BOX THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT AGENDA ITEM WE'RE ON.

SO YOU'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SEE THE AGENDA ITEM AS WELL AS WHO'S MADE THE MOTION AND WHO SECONDED THE MOTION.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE BEFORE.

IT WAS ONLY AVAILABLE ON THE SCREENS.

NOW IT'S GOING TO BE ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU.

YOU CAN VOTE USING THE BUTTONS ONCE AGAIN AT THE BOTTOM OR ON YOUR MICROPHONE PAD.

YOU CAN HIT YES.

YOU CAN HIT NO.

OR YOU CAN ABSTAIN FROM THERE.

GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

AND I THINK AS A FINAL ITEM, YES, I MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION TAB ALREADY TO YOU AND THAT WILL THEN ALSO SHOW THE VOTING PANEL ONCE WE GO INTO A VOTE MODE AS WELL.

SO THE MICROPHONE REQUEST IS ALSO STILL THE SAME.

YOU WILL USE THE RTS BLUE MIC BUTTON, WHICH YOU CAN USE ON THE COMPUTER, OR YOU CAN USE IT ON THE VOTING PANEL AS WELL.

ONCE YOU CLICK IT, IT WILL SAY THAT YOU ARE IN QUEUE AND IT WILL LET YOU KNOW AT THE TOP.

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WHO'S IN THE WHO'S IN THE REQUEST TO SPEAK QUEUE AS WELL.

SO AGAIN, ANOTHER FEATURE THAT WE'VE IMPLEMENTED BEFORE, ALL YOU WOULD SEE IS THE FLASHING BUTTON AND YOU JUST HOPE THAT YOU WERE IN THE QUEUE, YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ORDER YOU WERE IN. WELL, NOW YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE WHO'S IN THE SPEAKING QUEUE IN THE TOP LEFT HAND PORTION OF THE SCREEN.

ONCE YOU'VE BEEN RECOGNIZED, THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU NEED TO DO.

YOU WILL SEE THAT THE MIC IS ON BUTTON, WILL TURN GREEN AGAIN.

GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU TO SPEAK.

ONCE THE CHAIR ACKNOWLEDGES IT, WE'LL TURN THE MIC ON FOR YOU AND IT WILL ACTUALLY SHOW THE PERSON WHO HAS THE FLOOR WITH THE MIC ON AT THE MOMENT.

[3. Electronic Roll Call]

BUT WHEN WE DO THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO USE THE TOUCH PANEL ON THE SIDE.

UNFORTUNATELY, FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE BUTTON ON THE COMPUTER DOESN'T WORK ONLY FOR THE ROLL CALL.

IT DOES WORK FOR THE VOTING.

SO FOR THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, WE'RE GOING TO PRACTICE HERE AND USE THE TOUCH PANEL ON THE SIDE.

AND IF YOU ARE HERE, JUST SIMPLY HIT THE YES BUTTON.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE NOTICED AS WELL IS THAT THE AUDIBLE QUEUE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE HIT THE BUTTON IS ALSO NOT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT AS WELL.

BUT YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU ARE COMING IN AS PRESENT.

SO AGAIN, IF YOU'RE HERE, HIT THE GREEN YES.

BUTTON TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT ON THE TOUCH PANEL.

DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING.

I'M HITTING YES, AND IT DOESN'T SHOW ANYTHING.

CORRECT BUT YOU'RE COMING UP ON THE SCREEN HERE, SO.

OH, AND WHAT YOU CAN ALSO DO IS HIT THE PRESENTATION BUTTON AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS EXACT VOTING PANEL HERE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHO HAS AND WHO HAS NOT SIGNED IN [INAUDIBLE].

SO IF ANYONE'S HAVING AN ISSUE, YOU CAN JUST RAISE YOUR HAND.

OH. OKAY.

OKAY. EVEN ON THE EVEN ON THE PANEL.

OKAY. SO WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF FOLKS WHO ARE GOING TO COME AROUND.

SO AGAIN, SORRY, FOLKS. YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF WHY WE'RE ROLLING THIS OUT.

ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT OF BUG FIXES THAT WE GOT TO WORK THROUGH.

[INAUDIBLE] AND, AND THEN YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE HOME PANEL AND THEN THIS IS ACTUALLY CARL BOARD MEMBER WALKER AS WELL.

BOARD MEMBER WALKER AT THE BOTTOM ROW RIGHT THERE.

DO WE HAVE A QUORUM? YEAH. QUESTIONS? FOR THE FOLKS WHO ARE, SORRY, FOLKS WHO WEREN'T ABLE TO SIGN IN REBECCA IS GOING TO CAPTURE YOU RIGHT NOW.

SHE'S SHOWING ABSENT.

WE KNOW YOU'RE HERE.

AND YOU'VE HIT THE BUTTON ON THE ON THE TOUCH OK.

OKAY. SO I'LL LET REBECCA KNOW AS WELL FOR BOARD MEMBER WELCH.

OKAY. LET'S TRY IT.

APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

PLEASE GIVE ME A MOMENT.

[4. Approval of Minutes - June 9, 2022]

SOMEBODY MAKE A MOTION.

NO, ELECTRONICALLY. GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] SOMEBODY VERBALLY MAKE A MOTION.

WHO WAS THAT THAT MADE THE MOTION? [INAUDIBLE].

GOING BACK TO THE OLD DAYS HERE.

HERE WE GO. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO HAVE PROBLEMS AND LITTLE BUGS, SO NO PROBLEM.

[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

MAYOR ZIADE.

I HAVE MAYOR ZIADE THAT MADE THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER CAPUTO THAT MADE THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

OKAY? ANY QUESTION? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE WAY WE DO IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES?

[5. Approval of Excused Absences]

RIGHT. OH, WE'RE NOT USING THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM.

IT'S. IT'S VOCAL FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING.

OH, OKAY. IT'S GOING TO BE THE OLD WAY FOR THE WHOLE DAY.

VICE MAYOR JOHNSON MAKES THE MOTION [INAUDIBLE] MAKES THE SECOND, DISCUSSION?

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VICE CHAIR GOOD, MEMBERS ANTONIO ARSERIO, MICHAEL CARN, IRENE KIRDAHY, BYRON JAFFE AND LORI LLEWELLYN. ACTUALLY, JUST YEAH, COMMISSIONER JAFFE IS HERE, ALTHOUGH HE SAID HE WASN'T HERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE HIM.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MAKE THE CORRECTION.

OH, MR. MAYOR. MR. CHAIR, ONE OTHER THING IS, MAYOR TRANTALIS IS ALSO NOT GOING TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO IF WE CAN ADD HIM TO THAT, WE'LL ADD HIS NAME.

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE EXCUSE.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE BACK TO THAT.

LET'S GO MOST OF THE MINUTES, RIGHT? OKAY. WE HAD ALL THOSE IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. VERY GOOD.

WE GOT THROUGH THAT.

ALL RIGHT APPROVAL OF THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[6. Approval of Agenda]

NO, NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

THAT WAS EXECUTIVE, AND IT WAS FOR ONLY EXECUTIVE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FUN THIS MORNING.

I CAN SEE IT. ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE AGENDA.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. ALL RIGHT.

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

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON NON AGENDA ITEM, PLEASE.

THERE YOU GO. ALL RIGHT.

CONSENT AGENDA. OH, EXCUSE ME.

I APOLOGIZE MR. CHAIR.

IS THERE AN ONLINE WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD? NO, HEARING NO.

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ONE, SIR.

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

ONE IS IN MOTION ONE ITEM NUMBER ONE UNDER CONSENT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT 2023 MPO, FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE POLICIES.

YOU ALL HAVE ALREADY SEEN THOSE.

THOSE DID NOT CHANGE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE SECOND AMENDMENT BETWEEN THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MPO AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES.

THAT'S OUR CAPITAL FLOAT.

AND THOSE ARE THE TWO CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY, CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BOTH? OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND RIGHT HERE.

DISCUSSION, APPROVAL OF THE HEARING.

WAS THERE A QUESTION? NO, NO, NO.

WE'RE JUST SHE WAS WONDERING WHO THE SECOND WAS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED. AYES HAVE IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY.

AND PART OF OUR NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION IS THE ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR FY 2023 2027 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

TODAY, DR.

CHEN AND MR. GIES ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO YOU THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED OFF OF THE LIST OF THE TIP AND INTO CONSTRUCTION.

WITH THAT, SAID MRS. CHEN. THANK YOU.

MR. STUART. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD MORNING. I'M CEO CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO THIS TIME OF THE YEAR TO PRIORITIZE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT.

THE PROGRAM ACTUALLY IS AN IDEAL PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A FIVE YEAR PROJECT, FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT REGION EXPECT TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO THE PROJECT INCLUDES TRANSITS, RAIL, HIGHWAY, AVIATION SEAPORT AS WELL AS BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND FREIGHT RELATED PROJECTS.

TODAY WE ARE PRESENTING TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2027.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE BROWARD MPOS CORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES.

THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THE OTHER CORE PRODUCTS ALSO INCLUDE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST, UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.

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THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES MPO AND THE TIP EVERY YEAR.

PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOVED TO MPO AND DONE MORE TO FDOT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND LAST MOVED TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

ACCORDING TO STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATION, BROWARD MPO CREATED THE TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

BY FOLLOWING THIS TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THE BROWARD MPO, PREPARE TIP DOCUMENTS KICKS OFF PUBLIC [INAUDIBLE]. THE BROWARD MPO SIGNED THE APPROVED TIP TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THE FDOT BY JULY 15.

THIS TIP WILL TAKE EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST.

TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS TO PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT FOR THE TIP.

SO BROWARD MPO RELEASED PUBLIC NOTICE ON NEWSPAPERS, BROWARD MPO WEBSITES, BROWARD MPO MOBILITY MONDAY, SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE EIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THIS SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIP FOR THIS YEAR.

THE TIP WAS $5.3 BILLION TO SUPPORT 472 PROJECTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE FUNDING SUMMARY BY FUNDING SOURCE AND THE TRANSPORTATION MODE.

THE CHART ON [INAUDIBLE] DISPLAYS FUNDING SUMMARY FOR FUNDING SOURCE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL INVESTMENT. FROM THIS CHART WE CAN SEE THE STATE IS THE TOP CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TIP.

THE CHART ON RIGHT DISPLAYS FUNDING SUMMARY AND THE PERCENTAGE FOR TRANSPORTATION MODE.

THERE ARE SIX TRANSPORTATION MODELS.

THIS TIP INVITES $165 MILLION BROWARD IPO TRIBUTE FUNDS TO SUPPORT 69 PROJECTS AMONG $165 MILLION.

$100 MILLION INVESTED ON 43 [INAUDIBLE] PROJECTS.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK REVEAL ON MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAMS FOR THIS TIP.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS THREE MAJOR PROJECTS.

THE RIGHT INDICATES LOCATIONS OF THOSE PRODUCTS.

SO THREE PRODUCTS ON SOUTHWEST EXPRESSWAY, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND I-95.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS OUR FUNDING SUMMARY FOR OUR MPO FUNDING PROGRAM.

THERE ARE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND THE TOTAL FUNDING FOR EACH PROGRAM.

SO THIS TIP INVITES $1.3 BILLION TO SUPPORT 101 PROJECTS FROM THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. AFTER THE TAG CAG APPROVED THE DRAFT TIP, WE RECEIVED ONE COMMENTS FROM FDOT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS COMMENTS.

THE FDOT IS REQUESTING TO ADD $3 MILLION TO THE PRODUCTS ON THIS SLIDE TO SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND WE ALREADY INCORPORATED THIS CHANGE TO THE DRAFT TIP.

THE DRAFT TIP ON THE MPO WEB PAGE.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITORS PROJECT PROGRESS [INAUDIBLE].

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DR. CHEN, AS YOU HEARD, THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A REALLY VAST DOCUMENT THAT WE APPROVE ONCE A YEAR, $5 BILLION OF PROJECTS, $1 BILLION OF MPO PRIORITIES.

SO THAT MEANS ABOUT $4 BILLION OF TURNPIKE AND FDOT PRIORITIES.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GETS SPENT IN THIS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

BUT WHAT WE WANT TO CELEBRATE AS WELL ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WE CALL GRADUATE FROM THE TIP.

AS WE KNOW, IT'S TOWARDS THE END OF GRADUATION SEASON.

SO WE ALSO AT THE MPO HAVE OUR OWN GRADUATION OF PROJECTS THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED AND ARE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PHASE, WHICH MEANS IMPLEMENTATION.

THEY'RE MOVING INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND HERE'S A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING ON INTO DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SO FROM OUR OWN COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PLAN, WE HAVE 11 PROJECTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED TO THE TUNE OF ALMOST $34 MILLION TWO PROJECTS FROM OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, ABOUT $11 MILLION AND ONE SAFE ROUTES, THE SCHOOL PROJECT.

AND THEN THE REMAINING 35 PROJECTS ARE OTHER FDOT MAINTENANCE AND ROADWAY PRIORITIES THAT ARE THERE.

BUT WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN FRONT OF YOU ARE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THEN ALSO IN THE ATTACHMENTS.

YOU WILL SEE THE GRADUATED PROJECT LIST.

BUT HERE ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE JUST AN OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM CORAL SPRINGS, FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD, MIRAMAR, OAKLAND PARK, PARKLAND, WEST.

AND THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING ON TO IMPLEMENTATION FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FROM LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR.

SO FANTASTIC ACCOMPLISHMENT.

ALSO FROM A COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN PERSPECTIVE, WE HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD ALONG STATE ROAD 7 IN THE CITIES OF COCONUT CREEK, CORAL SPRINGS, DAVIE LAUDERHILL, LAUDERDALE LAKES, NORTH LAUDERDALE, MARGATE, MIRAMAR PLANTATION, TAMARAC, AND THEN TRIBAL AREAS IN WEST PARK, CORAL SPRINGS, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ONE.

AND WE HAVE A SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROJECT IN HOLLYWOOD.

SO THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE PROVIDING VALUE TO YOUR COMMUNITIES, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THOSE ACHIEVEMENTS OVER THE COMING MONTHS.

I DON'T KNOW, MR. STUART, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT.

THE WHOLE IDEA BEHIND ACTUALLY BREAKING THIS DOWN FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IS WHEN YOU GO HOME AND YOU'RE SITTING IN FRONT OF YOUR BOARD WITH YOUR COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN SAY THIS IS THE BACON.

AND I'M SORRY TO USE THAT TERM THAT I HAVE BROUGHT BACK TO YOU IN CORAL SPRINGS.

MR. COMMISSIONER SIMMONS, YOU ALWAYS TALK ABOUT CORAL SPRINGS [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S A CHUNK OF CHANGE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS IS I WANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO YOUR BOARDS AND ACTUALLY SAY, YES, THIS IS WHAT THE MPO BROUGHT TO YOU. THIS IS WHAT MY REPRESENTATION ON THIS BOARD MEANS.

THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE HAVING.

THE CHAIR ALWAYS GETS HECK FROM SEVERAL.

ONE OF HIS BOARD MEMBERS SAYING, WHAT ARE YOU GETTING FROM PINES? PINES ACTUALLY, EVERY CITY HERE GETS SOMETHING.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING TO UNDERSTAND.

THIS PARTICULAR GRADUATING CLASS FOCUSED ON ABOUT A QUARTER OF $1,000,000,000.

THAT'S NOT OR HALF A BILLION DOLLARS.

THAT'S NOT A BAD NUMBER TO START RINGING IN.

IF YOU REALLY START THINKING, UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHAT THIS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AT FDOT AND [INAUDIBLE] ARE BRINGING DOWN TO US, THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY BIG STEP FORWARD.

AND, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THIS IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO APPROVE FROM THIS AGENCY.

AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLIONS OF DOLLARS, THAT'S NOT IT'S NOT SMALL NUMBERS.

COMMISSIONER ALSTON CAN SPEAK FROM HIS EXPERIENCE IN UP AT FDOT IN TALLAHASSEE ONE OF THE BIGGEST BUDGETS ARE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OUT OF AN MPO.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE AREAS.

IT'S IMPRESSIVE. WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS THE OTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT WORK ON OUR BOARD HERE TO ACTUALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF FEDERAL MONEY COMING DOWN TO US BECAUSE OF THE PENNY SURTAX.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON SOME OF THE LOCAL BIT, BUT THAT ISN'T THE BIG MONEY.

THE BIG MONEY IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO BUILD A TRANSIT SYSTEM AND A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR FUTURE. AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PART AND PARCEL OF WHAT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO IN GRADUATING IN A FEW YEARS FROM NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING MORE MONEY FLOW IN OUR FEDERAL SHARE CAN INCREASE.

MIAMI-DADE IS ABOUT A 50/50 MATCH.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE A HALF PENNY DOWN THERE THAT THEY'RE USING WITH THEIR TRANSIT.

OUR FEDERAL SHARE SHOULD INCREASE CONSIDERABLY BECAUSE OF THE MATCH THAT IS AT THE COUNTY AND HOW WE MOVE THAT FORWARD.

THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT DECISIONS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAKING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND WE DO IT TOGETHER.

BUT TODAY IS ABOUT WHAT YOU BROUGHT HOME THIS YEAR AND NEXT YEAR WE'LL SHOW IT TO YOU AGAIN AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR THAT WE ADD A NEW FIFTH YEAR TO THE PROGRAM, THAT MEANS A YEAR HAS BEEN DONE AND ACTUALLY MOVED FORWARD.

MAYOR STONER KNOWS THIS FROM HER CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS.

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SO THIS IS OUR FEDERAL INVESTMENT INTO OUR FUTURE.

AND I JUST WANTED TO BRING THAT UP.

AND, YOU KNOW, PETER AND I ARE GOING TO DO A BETTER JOB WITH EVEN GRADUATION MUSIC PROBABLY NEXT TIME, SO AND MAYBE GET YOU GUYS SOME CHECKS CUT, YOU KNOW, BIG, HUGE CHECKS SAY, HEY, GIFT CARD, YOU CAN KIND OF BUILD SOME STUFF.

SO WITH THAT SAID, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER.

[INAUDIBLE] SO JUST AS A REMINDER IN THIS PRESENTATION, IT INCLUDES THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE GRADUATED.

THE LIST IN FRONT OF YOU ARE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE.

SO NOT ONLY CAN YOU CELEBRATE THE STUFF THAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, BUT YOU CAN ALSO START TO THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WILL ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS WITH THAT $5 BILLION WORK PROGRAM. SO JUST TO FINISH IT OFF AS A LAST SLIDE, WE DO HAVE LINKS TO THE DOCUMENT HERE.

YOU CAN ACCESS A DOCUMENT ON OUR WEB PAGE AS A PDF AND SEARCH IT THAT WAY.

OR YOU CAN USE OUR INTERACTIVE TIP.

BUT WHAT WE ARE REQUESTING TODAY IS YOUR APPROVAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 27 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE BUILDING ALL OF THESE GREAT PROJECTS. SO, MR. CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU AND REMIND THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT THE RTS MIKE BUTTON IS STILL WORKING.

YOU CAN USE THAT TO GET IN THE QUEUE IF YOU HAVE REQUESTS.

SO, MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

[INAUDIBLE] SO ACTUALLY THE RTS ACTUALLY WORKED.

I HAVE COMMISSIONER ALSTON AND COMMISSIONER MAYOR BRUNSON AS A SECOND.

YEAH. [INAUDIBLE] ARE YOU SEEING THE LIST OF SPEAKERS ON YOUR SMALL SCREEN THERE TO THE RIGHT? NO, NO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, OLD FASHIONED WAY FOR THE SPEAKERS, UPPER LEFT CORNER.

SO WE HAD. WE HAD.

YES. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

ALL RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE CONFUSING.

YEAH. SORRY. WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO A DISCUSSION MODE HERE.

CARL, IF YOU COULD HAVE BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS.

OH, OKAY. YEAH, THIS ONE'S DOWN.

I CAN CARRY. ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THIS IS A GREAT DOCUMENT.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING A DOCUMENT FOR ALL OF OUR CITIES SO WE CAN GO HOME AND GLOAT.

THE ONLY SUGGESTION I WOULD ASK IS BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS BACK AND GET THIS PRINTED OUT AND GIVE IT TO MY COLLEAGUES.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DO WE USE A LOT OF ACRONYMS IN HERE.

GOT TO HAVE I MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, I THINK MAYBE A YEAR AGO ABOUT HAVING SOME TYPE OF GLOSSARY OR SOMETHING IN THESE.

NO, I KNOW. NOT FOR ME, BUT I'M GOING TO GO AND TAKE THIS AND GIVE THIS TO MY COLLEAGUES.

I DON'T. YEAH, I WANT YOU KNOW, THIS IS A PUBLIC DOCUMENT, SO WE GOT TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES A QUICK THE ACRONYMS IN THIS DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING. ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK YOU'RE MENTIONING THE REPORT, RIGHT? YES. YOU HAVE IT AS PART OF THE LARGER TIP.

BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN INCLUDE THE ACRONYM LIST AS PART OF THE REPORT AS WELL.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER JAFFE, FURTHER COMMENTS, SEEING NONE ON THE SCREEN.

CHAIR.

THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO THE STAFF BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF DOCUMENTS THAT ARE PRODUCED IN GOVERNMENT AND FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.

AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE HARD TO FIND HARD TO FIND INFORMATION.

BUT I HAVE GIVEN THIS LINK TO MANY RESIDENTS IN THE CITY OF WESTON FOR WHEN THEY WANTED TO SEARCH CERTAIN DOCUMENTS OR CERTAIN PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

AND IT'S A VERY USABLE LINK.

AND I REALLY CONGRATULATE YOU.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN TERMS OF THIS DOCUMENT AND THAT HOW WE FOLLOW IT HERE AND HOW IT'S PRODUCED AND HOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GRADUATING FROM THE TIPS TO THE GRADUATING CLASS, I HAD THIS LITTLE COMMUNICATIONS ALWAYS GOING ON WITH OUR FORMER CITY MANAGER.

I'M IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY.

AND I ALWAYS SAY PLAN THE FLIGHT, FLY THE PLAN.

AND THIS IS CLEARLY EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE TIPS PRESENTING IT TO US AND GIVING THIS OPTION HERE.

AND I'VE LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS ACTUALLY FROM RESIDENTS WHO HAVE USED UTILIZED THE LINKS ON HOW TO SEARCH FUNCTIONS AND SEARCH OTHER PROJECTS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.

AND WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING AROUND AND ALL IN ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY, YOU SEE ALL THESE DOCUMENTS IN HERE, AND THEN YOU DRIVE AROUND AND YOU SEE THEM ON THE ROADWAYS.

YOU SAY, WE'RE DOING THINGS HERE.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBER AND WE'LL BE APPROACHING YOU FOR MARKETING SERVICES VERY SOON.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ALSTON, BY COMMISSIONER SECOND, BY BRUNSON.

YOU CAN USE THE SCREEN NOW TO VOTE.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT. WE'RE GOING TO TRY IT.

IT'S WORKING. IT IS WORKING.

OH, MY GOD. SO IF YOU CLICK THE PRESENTATION BUTTON AS A REMINDER, AGAIN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND SEE WHETHER YOU VOTED OR NOT AND HOW YOU VOTED.

YUP. EVERYBODY SEE THEIR NAME? EVERYBODY SEE THEIR NAME? NO. CAN WE CORRECT?

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[8. Comments from the Chair]

I THINK I'M VERY HONORED TO BE CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE.

AND WHEN WE SEE OTHERS IN THE STATE NOT DOING AS WELL AS WE ARE, IT MAKES US VERY PROUD.

SO I WOULD CONGRATULATE ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR MAKING US LOOK GOOD.

SO THANK YOU [APPLAUSE].

OK MEMBER COMMENTS.

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

ALL RIGHT. DID YOU PUSH A BUTTON? YEAH, I DON'T SEE YOU.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO PRESENT TO THE REST OF THE BOARD THOUGHTS THAT WE ARE UTILIZING IN PLANNING GOING FORWARD FOR PROJECTS THAT TOUCH ONE CITY ADJOINING ANOTHER AND BRINGING THEM FORTH AS A PACKAGE AND BEING MORE PROACTIVE RATHER THAN REACTIVE AND OBTAINING MORE, MORE FUNDS AND GETTING TO THE RESULT THAT WE ALL WANT TO BE.

AND SO BASED ON THAT, I WAS WONDERING IF SOME OF MY NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT ARE INFLUENCED BY THE PROPOSAL TO HAVE SEA GRASS TO SAWGRASS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE RIGHT AWAY HEADING OVER IN ATLANTIC TO THE SAWGRASS NEIGHBORING VICE MAYOR SIMMONS THAT WE CONSIDER IN THE WIDENING OF THE OF THE SAWGRASS THAT PROACTIVELY RATHER THAN AFTER THE FACT OF THE WIDENING AND PUT THE CENTER POST THERE IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN ANTICIPATE THIS PROJECT GOING FORWARD AND MAKING TRUE MOBILITY FROM YOUR AREA OVER THERE IN LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE EVERGLADES, DOING IT NOW RATHER THAN LATER IN THE PLANS AND IN THE FUNDING.

SO I KNOW TAMARAC IS ALSO INTEGRALLY INVOLVED IN THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT MEANS THE WHOLE COUNTY COULD HAVE THIS ACCESS AT ANY OF THESE JOINING POINTS.

SO JUST THOUGHTS FOR CONSIDERATION AND I HOPE THAT THE REST OF THE BOARD WILL THINK ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS AND MAYBE PRESENT THEIR OWN THOUGHTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBER WELCH WE DO HAVE MRS. WILLIAMS HERE FROM THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY.

YES. HI, VICTORIA.

THANK YOU. OF COURSE.

THANK YOU. YES. VICTORIA WILLIAMS, THE TURNPIKE LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR.

WE WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH CITIES THAT HAVE THIS IDEA AND IT IS A GOOD TIME TO BRING IT FORWARD WITH ALL OF THE EXPANSION PROJECTS ON THE SAWGRASS.

I REMEMBER THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR THE ATLANTIC SEGMENT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST ONE TO START MOVING DIRT.

I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA TO TRY TO WORK THROUGH THE MPO AND HAVE SOME COLLABORATIVE MEETINGS ABOUT IT.

COMMISSIONER FURR.

THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU.

AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, I THINK THE WEEK FOLLOWING, THE COUNTY COMMISSION HAD A PRETTY MOMENTOUS WORKSHOP, TO BE HONEST, BECAUSE WE DECIDED TO JOIN MIAMI-DADE IN THEIR IN THEIR COASTAL LINK AND TO BE WORKING TOGETHER TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.

AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO FOR ALL OF US IS ESSENTIALLY ESTABLISH A SPINE FOR A COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM FOR THIS COUNTY, WHICH IS PRETTY MOMENTOUS. IT'S SOMETHING I THINK EVERYBODY'S BEEN I KNOW AS A HOLLYWOOD CITY COMMISSIONER, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR 20 YEARS.

AND TO FINALLY GET A COUNTY COMMISSION CONSENSUS ON THIS WAS IS A BIG DEAL.

AND I THINK I THINK THE COUNTY IS WORKING WITH THE MPO VERY CLOSELY RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO TO PUT TOGETHER ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY THAT ALLOW US TO GO FOR MEGA GRANTS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BILLION DOLLAR GRANTS ON JUST THIS KIND OF A PROJECT.

WHAT THAT WHAT IT'S ALSO GOING TO DO IS BY ESTABLISHING THAT SPINE, IT STARTS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT WHERE TO ESTABLISH THE ARTERIALS, WHICH WOULD BE GOING UP AND DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD OR IT'S COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OR WHATEVER TO CONNECT WITH THAT.

AND SO THIS IS THE THE BEGINNING OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A OF A REAL MASS TRANSIT BEYOND THE BUSSES.

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I THINK AT THE NEXT MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO PASS THE LOCAL PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS CALLED OR NEEDED BEFORE WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT STEP.

BUT THERE WAS CONSENSUS AND THROUGH [INAUDIBLE], WHICH IS THE REGIONAL GROUP THAT HAS A BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH, THEY HAD SUGGESTED THAT [INAUDIBLE] I THINK EVERYBODY HAD APPROVED THAT WE WANTED TO DO THIS SO THAT THE LONG RANGE VISION ON THIS IS GOING ALL THE WAY FROM MIAMI, ALL THE WAY TO JUPITER.

THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT GOES.

AND THAT'S THE OLD THE OLD FLAGLER RAILROAD, REALLY.

IT'S THE 40TH THAT WENT THROUGH 41 DOWN DOWNTOWNS.

SO WE'RE WE'RE PICKING UP THE PIECES.

AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

AND IT'S IT'S EXCITING.

AND I THINK THIS BOARD WILL BE AN INTRICATE PART OF THAT.

AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS WHERE WE WILL BE PASSING THE LEGISLATION THAT GOES THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO GO FORWARD TO APPLY FOR ALL THESE GRANTS.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, TO WORKING WITH THIS BOARD ON THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER SCUOTTO.

[INAUDIBLE] IT'S ACTUALLY COMMISSIONER WELCH.

THERE'S I NOTICED THAT THAT THEY'RE SWAPPING.

ANSWER FOR YOU. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE.

YOU'RE NOW DONE. SO IF YOU WANT TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.

I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.

THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

I AM ELATED.

I HOPE WE HAVE SOME EXTRA PACKETS OF THESE THAT I NEED TO TAKE HOME.

YOU KNOW, WE EXPLAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS, I'VE BEEN HERE ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW AND IT'S ALWAYS WHATEVER'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE, IT'S GOING TO IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN YESTERDAY.

SO THEY'RE FINALLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S 4 TO 5 YEARS, WHATEVER THE PROJECTS ARE.

SO I'M HAPPY TO SAY, YOU KNOW, EVERY COMMISSION MEETING, SOMEBODY'S SAYING, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ABOUT THE SPEEDERS OR THEY'RE SPEEDING AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

YES, THANK THANK YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE PACKAGE.

I DIDN'T GET ONE FOR MIRAMAR, SO IF I CAN GET ONE FOR MIRAMAR, I'LL BE GOOD.

I THINK THAT WAS AN OVERSIGHT.

SO I'M SURE YOU'LL BE GETTING ONE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WELL, YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN IT, THAT'S WHY.

THAT'S OKAY.

[10. Executive Director’s Report]

COME ON. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE EVERYBODY HERE TODAY, BUT I DO HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONVERSATION FOR YOU AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER FURR TALKED ABOUT THE GREAT NEWS THAT ARE HAPPENING WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE COUNTY AND MIAMI-DADE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.

BUT I DO ALSO HAVE SOME SERIOUSNESS THAT WE NEED TO TALK TO THAT AT LEAST THE COASTAL CITIES AND THEN THE RESIDENTS AND THE REST OF THE COUNTY.

THAT MEANS EVERYBODY HERE.

SO THAT SAID, THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION IS EXTREMELY AGITATED BY THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON THE FEC CORRIDOR.

AND WE ACTUALLY HOSTED A MEETING HERE WITH THE QUIET ZONE ADMINISTRATOR.

UNFORTUNATELY, HE WOULDN'T LET US TAPE IT.

HOWEVER, THAT SAID, HE WAS VERY AGITATED WITH THE THE WHOLE ISSUE, AND HE MADE A RECOMMENDATION TO HIS BOSS, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF FRA, FEDERAL ROAD ADMINISTRATION, REQUESTING THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

ONE IS TO LEAVE THE QUIET ZONE IN PLACE.

TWO WAS TO TERMINATE THE QUIET ZONE, AND THREE WAS TO SUSPEND.

MYSELF AND MR. CALVARESI HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AND CAROL HENDERSON HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR AT FRA.

IT WAS VIRTUAL. SHE'S GOING TO BE COMING DOWN HERE AND ACTUALLY GOING, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A TOUR OF EVERY CROSSING.

OUR TEAM MEMBERS ARE ENGINEERING TEAM MEMBERS AS WELL AS MR. CALVARESI HAVE ALREADY STARTED LOOKING AT EVERY ONE OF THE CROSSINGS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT CONFIGURATIONS ARE WRONG, WHAT CAN BE FIXED, WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

BUT WE DID HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL SHARED EFFORT WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE TWO DIFFERENT POLICE OR THREE POLICE DEPARTMENTS ON THE CORRIDOR.

THAT WOULD BE HOLLYWOOD.

THAT WOULD BE, [INAUDIBLE] MANORS, AND THAT WOULD BE FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND ACTUALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

AND OVER 500 VIOLATIONS WERE ISSUED BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO CROSS THE RAILROAD CROSSING AND THAT OF THOSE VIOLATIONS, A MAJORITY OF THEM WERE IN THE CROSSING WHEN THE RAIL GATES CAME DOWN.

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IT ISN'T A COASTAL CITY ISSUE THERE.

THAT'S EVERYBODY THAT CROSSES THAT CORRIDOR.

YOU CAN LIVE IN PLANTATION, YOU CAN LIVE IN MIRAMAR, YOU CAN LIVE IN PEMBROKE PINES, YOU CAN LIVE IN CORAL SPRINGS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A VERY WIDE EFFORT.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE FRA IS TO ACTUALLY COME UP WITH REASONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS.

COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE, YOU GOT YOUR REPORT.

YOU ACTUALLY, EVERY ONE OF THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BY OUR CITIZENRY AND EDUCATION.

I'M GOING TO BE MEETING WITH THE CITY MANAGERS OF THE CITIES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, ALONG WITH THE FRA AND ALONG WITH THE CITY MAYORS, TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS.

AND HOPEFULLY THEY KEEP THE QUIET ZONE IN PLACE AND WE CAN ADDRESS OVER TIME CONTINUED IMPROVEMENT.

FRA DID NOT KNOW HOW OUR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES HERE WORK.

THEY WERE CONFUSED.

THEY'RE USED TO LA, THEY'RE USED TO CHICAGO, THEY'RE USED TO SAN DIEGO, WHERE THE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND WHO YOU TALK TO AND HOW THIS WORKS.

YOU KNOW HERE WE HAVE MULTIPLE GOVERNMENTS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT EFFORTS AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME COUNTY CROSSINGS OR STATE CROSSINGS OR CITY CROSSINGS.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO IN THE COORDINATION SIDE.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE HAPPENING.

IT'S A VERY BIG LIFT AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO TAKE ALL OF US.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOUR COMMUNITY IS BECAUSE EVERYBODY CROSSES EVEN LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.

I'M SURE YOU CROSS THOSE TRACKS.

YOU HAD TO DO THAT TO GET HERE TODAY.

SO WE REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH OUR RESIDENTS AND EDUCATING THEM TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE PATIENT, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE THE PIVOT.

WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUT IN CAPITAL, BUT IF YOU DON'T TEACH PEOPLE NOT TO DO SOMETHING OR HOW TO GET BETTER AT IT, THERE'S THERE'S NO AMOUNT OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT WE CAN DO TO STOP IT. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO KIND OF BRING UP IS THIS IS OUR NEW YEAR.

OUR UPWP OUR UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FOR THE OFFICE HAS ACTUALLY GONE INTO EFFECT.

WE APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORTS WITH CENTRAL OFFICE IN TALLAHASSEE AND OUR DISTRICT STAFF FROM THERE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE AS WELL IN THE THE UPWP.

WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING TO YOU WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THE UPWP NEXT IN A MONTH AND A HALF OR TWO MONTHS FROM NOW TO ACTUALLY ADD AN ADDITIONAL MILLION AND A HALF DOLLARS INTO OUR PLANNING PROJECTS.

WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY WE HAD TO SHOW WHAT WAS AVAILABLE TO US AT THE TIME.

HOWEVER, WE IDENTIFIED IN THE UPWP ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS WE WANT TO DO.

THAT DOESN'T MAKE US COMPLETELY FULL WITH THE PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE STATE DISTRICT STAFF TO FIND A LITTLE BIT MORE MONEY TO FILL IN THOSE PLANNING DOCUMENTS SIDES TO GET THINGS DONE FOR OUR REGION.

WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT IT'S A NEW YEAR AND TRUST ME, IT'S BEEN HELLACIOUS.

THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO BRING UP ONE OTHER THING, AND I THINK MR. CALVARESI IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE GET INTO SOME OF THE FEDERAL.

BUT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR TO IDENTIFY ABOUT $1,000,000 FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL PLANNING GRANT.

BASICALLY, ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT CAN APPLY FOR THAT UP TO $1,000,000.

IF YOU HAVE AN MPO AS THE SPONSOR, YOU CAN GET UP TO $5 MILLION.

WHAT THAT DOES IS PREPARE AND EDUCATE AND WE CAN KIND OF HELP WITH YOUR STAFF AT THE COUNTY LEVEL AND THE CITY LEVELS KIND OF GET READY FOR THIS BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR.

THAT'S A DISCRETIONARY MONEY FOR THAT PROGRAM.

USDOT WAS ENCOURAGED US HIGHLY TO APPLY FOR THAT.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO ACTUALLY WORKING WITH MONICA AND HER TEAM MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS AVAILABLE.

IF WE APPLY FOR THIS, THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND ACTUALLY SEE THAT HAPPEN.

AFTER THE PLANNING GRANT IS OVER WITH.

LITERALLY THE FOLLOWING YEAR, EVERY ONE OF YOU WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR IT THE COUNTY, THE CITIES AND THE TOWNS.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL TO TOUCH THE DISCRETIONARY MONEY ON SIDEWALK PROJECTS, PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, THINGS THAT NOW WE NEED TO DEAL WITH.

THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BILL THAT OUR FEDERAL TEAM IS GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT INCLUDING CONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SAFETY PROJECTS THAT CAN ACTUALLY BE FUNDED. WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

THAT OPPORTUNITY IS ONLY GOING TO BE GREAT IF WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE IT HAPPEN, AND I THINK THAT THERE IS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

MRS. SHAPIRO IS ABSOLUTELY BEHIND TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER AND MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE REGION, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED BY THAT AND THE POSSIBILITIES THAT IT HOLDS FOR ALL OF US.

AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO STAND DOWN FIRST.

OH, WE HAVE QUESTIONS. SURE THING, COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.

HELLO EVERYONE, I'M OVER HERE.

THIS IS PROBABLY MY FIRST TIME IN ALL MY YEARS OF TURNING ON MY MIC, SO MUCH SO THAT I NEEDED DIRECTION ON HOW TO GET IN.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING TO LIGHT A COUPLE OF THINGS HAPPEN HERE TODAY.

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AND I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT MY EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS AT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

I WAS ON THE BRINK OF THE DOWNTOWN LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM, AND MY COMMISSION, NOT ME, KILLED IT AT THE LAST MOMENT.

IT'S EXCITING TO HEAR THAT WE'RE HEADED DOWN THIS ROAD AGAIN.

MY FEAR OR MY RELUCTANCE TO GO THIS WAY, I WOULD SUPPORT YOU 100%, IS THAT UNLESS WE DEAL WITH THE EAST AND WEST ARTERIES, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO EVER HAVE WHAT WE HAVE.

I THINK WE BUILT OUR TOWN BACKWARDS AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PUT AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS.

BUT IF WE CONTINUE TO GO NORTH AND SOUTH, IT'S A REDUNDANCY AND I'M JUST AFRAID OF EVEN MY CITY.

WHEN YOU START GOING EAST AND WEST, IT'S AN ISSUE I'M PRAYING.

I REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE SITTING RIGHT OVER THERE AND WE HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, YOU WERE VERY RELUCTANT ABOUT IT COMING OUT WEST, BUT YOU PROBABLY WAS HEARING FROM YOUR CONSTITUENTS.

AND THIS IS HOW WE GOT HERE.

BUT UNLESS WE ARE SERIOUS, THE FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT ARE OUT WEST, THAT AREN'T DOWNTOWN ABOUT US PUTTING TRACKS PERHAPS OR CREATING LANES TO DO THIS.

I THINK WE'RE JUST SPINNING OUR WHEELS.

SO I HAVE YOUR VOICE.

I MAY OR MAY NOT BE HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, BUT I WANTED TO EXPRESS HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS.

I AM ALL IN FAVOR OF A COMMUNITY LEAGUE OR A RAIL SYSTEM, BUT WE JUST CAN'T KEEP GOING FROM MIAMI TO PALM BEACH.

WE NEED TO GO TO THE SAWGRASS MILLS MALL.

WE NEED TO GO UP AND SEE MR. [INAUDIBLE] AND PLAY SOME GOLF AND BE ABLE TO GET OFF AT A STOP THERE AND AND VISIT MY FRIENDS IN THIS ROOM.

BUT WE HAVE TO REALLY HAVE A CONVERSATION.

AND COMMISSIONER FURR AND THOSE CONVERSATIONS GOT TO HAPPEN WITH THESE CITIES.

YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A WORKSHOP.

IT'S GREAT. WE'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, THE OTHER RAIL BUT THEN SOME FOLKS ON MY COMMISSION GOT ELECTED ON KILLING THE RAIL.

SO FOLKS ON MY COMMISSION GOT ELECTED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR TRAIN SOUND OF HORN.

NOW WE'RE RIGHT BACK VISITING OR REVISITING THESE FATALITIES AT THE BRIGHT LINE RAIL SYSTEM BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR A HORN.

I'VE BEEN IN THIS TOWN ALL MY LIFE AND SOMEHOW I'VE ALWAYS BEEN BETWEEN THOSE TWO TRACKS.

I'VE BEEN HEARING HORNS ALL MY LIFE.

IT'S A PART OF MY SLEEP PATTERN.

BUT FOLKS HAVE MADE IT AN ISSUE, SO MUCH SO THAT NOW WE FOCUS ON BRIGHT LINE SO MUCH.

AND GREG, THIS QUESTION IS FOR YOU.

WHAT IS THE COMPARISON? BECAUSE I HEARD FROM MY POLICE DEPARTMENT THAT WE'RE HAVING JUST AS MANY ACCIDENTS ON THE TRI RAIL LINE, BUT WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING OR BRIGHT LINE IS UNDER THIS MICROSCOPE.

AND WHEN WE FINALLY DRILLED DOWN ON IT, WE FOUND OUT IT'S HUMAN ERROR, MORE SO THAN THIS TRAIN, THIS SPEED TRAIN TO GET US TO THE ARENA OR GET US DOWN TO PALM BEACH TO HAVE A DRINK IN THE EVENINGS.

BUT DO WE HAVE ANY NUMBERS FOR THAT? AND GOING BACK TO MY OTHER QUESTION, MY GOOD BUDDY, MR. FURR, HOW ARE WE GOING TO TACKLE THIS THIS ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, WHICH IS THE CITIES, TO REALLY MAKE A COMMUNITY LINK WORK AND GET PEOPLE OUT OF CARS BECAUSE WE KEEP EXPANDING THESE HIGHWAYS TO HANDLE MORE VEHICLES.

BUT THAT'S NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER.

BUT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THING THAT WE PACIFY OUR CONSTITUENTS WITH.

AND I'M WILLING TO MAKE THAT DECISION WHEREVER I'M GOING TO REPRESENT AND MAKING THAT TOUGH CALL IF WE WANT TO DO IT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME INCONVENIENCES, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT, AND I CAN HANDLE IT AT THE BALLOT BOX.

A LOT OF TIMES WE'RE TAKING THE PULSE OF THESE COMMUNITIES.

BUT IF WE'RE SERIOUS ABOUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, THEN YOU CAN'T SAY NOT IN MY BACKYARD.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST TIME EVER SPEAKING IN THIS ROOM.

GOOD JOB, BUT MY CITY HAS GOTTEN A LOT OF PROJECTS DONE.

I KNOW HOW TO LOBBY AND AND GET THINGS DONE [INAUDIBLE] ALWAYS HAVE TO SIT IN A ROOM AND HEAR YOURSELF TALK.

FRANK BUT HE'S A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE [INAUDIBLE].

BUT SERIOUSLY, I JUST THINK THESE TWO ISSUES COMING UP TODAY, THESE TWO ISSUES I THINK ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS TO HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT

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AND THEN MY COMMISSION WENT A STEP FURTHER TO SAY WE WANT A TUNNEL UNDER THE NEW RIVER WHEN WE STARTED OUT WITH A BRIDGE IN THIS ROOM.

AND IT JUST KEEPS DERAILING THE EFFORTS.

AND COME AUGUST, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MISSING FROM THIS ROOM.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS? HOW DO WE KEEP THE TRAIN ON THE TRACKS? WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT. [INAUDIBLE] HOLD ON, MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN AND I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE], I WANT TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS [INAUDIBLE] BUT I'VE GOT HIM IN LINE.

OKAY. NO, NO, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO RESPOND TO IT.

GO AHEAD. WELCOME BACK.

LOVE THESE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAPPENED LAST TIME.

THAT'S HAPPENING AGAIN.

GREAT COMMENTS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION IN A LITTLE BIT BY THE COUNTY ON WHAT THEY CALL THE PRIMO PLAN.

A LOT OF THAT IS ABOUT EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY.

SO I'M EXCITED TO SEE WHERE THE COUNTY COMMISSION GOES WITH THIS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF HOPEFULLY BE ABLE AS CITIES AND THE MPO PROVIDE COMMENTARY AND HELP THEM MOVE ALONG.

SO THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME THING THAT HAPPENED WITH THE WAVE EVER HAPPEN AGAIN.

A LOT OF LEARNING FROM THAT.

THE TRAIN NOISE, YOU'RE YOU'RE HITTING IT ON EVERY CYLINDER AS WELL.

WE PAUL AND I ACTUALLY HAVE DATA AND ANALYSIS SHOWING HOW MANY ACCIDENTS HAVE HAPPENED, WHERE THEY'VE OCCURRED, WHAT THAT MEANT.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE MEETING WITH FRA BECAUSE IN A TOTAL THEY'RE JUST LOOKING AND SAYING YOU HAD 54 DEATHS OR 60 SOMETHING.

SO THE REALITY IS, IS THEY'RE NOT ALL IN ONE LOCATION.

THEY'RE NOT IN ONE CITY, THEY'RE NOT.

SO THERE'S ALL OF THIS OTHER STUFF YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN CONSIDERING THIS.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO START CRACKING SOME EGGS AND SCRAMBLING THEM BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ADDRESS, BECAUSE WITH THE COASTAL LINK, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT MORE INFRASTRUCTURE IN BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THESE CONCERNS THAT FRA ARE BRINGING UP TODAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING, PAUL.

THERE ARE MORE INCIDENTS ON THE BRIGHT LINE ON THE FEC TRACKS IN WHICH BRIGHT LINE OPERATES.

A COUPLE OF REASONS. ONE, THESE RUN PARALLEL TO I-95.

SO YOU KIND OF HAVE TWO BARRIERS, I-95 AND THE TRAIN TRACKS, SO DISCOURAGES THE CROSSING.

ALSO, WHAT FRA HAS DONE IS THEY'VE ALSO MADE OUR RESPONSIBILITY TRESPASSERS, PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE TRACKS IN BETWEEN ROAD CROSSINGS.

THAT'S NOT PART OF THE QUIET ZONE RULES.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE CALCULATOR. BUT THEY'VE MADE THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AND IT'S MORE ATTRACTIVE TO CROSS THE FEC TRACKS AS THAT'S YOUR HISTORIC DOWNTOWN.

THERE'S STUFF ON BOTH SIDES.

ON THE TRI RAIL, ONE SIDE YOU HAVE THE HIGHWAY, THE OTHER IT'S JUST NOT AS ATTRACTIVE TO CROSS MIDWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE THAT NATURAL BARRIER.

AND ALSO, LET'S NOT FORGET, A BIG CHUNK OF THOSE FATALITIES ON THE FEC ARE SUICIDES.

FOR SOME REASON, IT'S MUCH MORE ATTRACTIVE AND GETS MORE NOTORIETY WHEN SOMEONE TAKES MAKES A VERY POOR SELF DECISION, POOR DECISION FOR THEMSELVES AND CHOOSES TO SOLVE A PROBLEM, SOLVE THEIR PROBLEMS ON THE TRACKS.

AND FOR SOME REASON THEY'VE THAT'S THE FRA HAS ALSO MADE THAT OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS A TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION.

SO IT'S WE HAVE A LOT OF WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES WE HAVE TO TACKLE ON THIS.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THESE CONCERNS GO FAR BEYOND THIS ROOM.

[INAUDIBLE].

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE] WELL, WE DON'T CALL [INAUDIBLE] ANYMORE.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU JUST TOUCHED ON MY QUESTION.

FIRST, OF COURSE, I WANT TO THANK STAFF VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION AND WHERE WE ARE TODAY, AND SOMEONE WHO STILL CONSIDERS THEMSELVES A NEWBIE I'M STILL LEARNING ALL OF THOSE ACRONYMS JUST VERY MUCH APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT GO INTO ALL THE PRESENTATIONS AND ALL THE WORK THAT HAPPENS BEFORE THESE MEETINGS.

BUT YOU TOUCHED ON MY QUESTION, WHICH WAS WHAT IS THE PERCENTAGE OF FATALITIES THAT ARE DUE TO SUICIDE? BECAUSE I THINK AS A CITY WITH A QUIET ZONE, THAT REASONABLE COMPROMISES CAN BE FOUND TO THESE PROBLEMS. BUT IT WILL BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO STOP INTENTIONAL DEATHS.

AND I KNOW BRIGHTLINE HAD A PROGRAM THAT THEY ROLLED OUT ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO ASSIST WITH STOPPING SUICIDES.

IN MY PERSONAL OPINION, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

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IT'S JUST PERSON ON TRACK.

IF A PERSON DRIVES THEIR CAR ONTO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD AND STOPS IN THE MIDDLE AND CLOSES THEIR EYES AND WAITS FOR A TRAIN TO GET THERE, THAT COUNTS AS A CAR CRASH.

SO IT'S HARD TO FIND THE DATA AND DIG INTO IT USUALLY THAT'S ANECDOTAL AT BEST, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD POINT BLANK BY FRA THEY DON'T CARE.

A CRASH IS A CRASH AND THEY WANT TO REDUCE THOSE.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE A TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATION.

I THINK THAT SORT OF MENTAL HEALTH MIGHT BE A LITTLE OUTSIDE MY EXPERTISE.

I JUST IT'S JUST A COMMENT THAT I THINK THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WE NEED TO PUSH FOR IN THESE EFFORTS IS THAT DISTINCTION, BECAUSE I JUST THINK IT'S EXTRAORDINARILY DIFFICULT TO EXERCISE FISCAL PHYSICAL BARRIERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR SOMEONE WHO IS WHO IS ACTING WITH WITH INTENT.

SO I'M CONCERNED THAT SOME OF THESE DECISIONS WILL BE MADE BASED ON TREATING EVERYTHING LIKE A CAR ACCIDENT OR AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH WHEN THAT'S NOT THE CASE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S MY COMMENT.

BUT AGAIN, I'M CONFIDENT WITH ALL OF THE BIG BRAINPOWER THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT THIS, THAT REASONABLE COMPROMISES WILL BE FOUND.

SO WE DID INVITE FRA DOWN FROM WASHINGTON DC TO LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR PHYSICALLY, AND WE PLAN ON HAVING THEM MEET WITH OUR BOARD MEMBERS AND WE CAN EXPRESS THOSE MULTITUDE CONCERNS BECAUSE IT IS A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A POLICE OFFICER WHO COMES TO BREAKFAST EVERY MORNING IN MY RESTAURANT AND HE'S THE PERSON THAT THEY CALL WHEN THEY HAVE AN ACCIDENT.

SO I GET A GOOD DESCRIPTION OF IT AND I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM HERE.

THAT'S HORRIFIC. BUT YEAH, YOU MIGHT WANT TO.

COMMISSIONER JAFFE. YEAH, WHILE WE'RE BY THE WAY, WHILE WE WERE TALKING, MR. STUART, I HEARD THE RAILROAD SIGNAL GOING OFF OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT.

I KNOW THESE ARE TWO PARALLEL CONVERSATIONS YOU'RE HAVING TODAY.

RIGHT NOW IS ONE IS THE EXPANSION OF RAILWAY AND THE OTHER ONE IS TRYING TO ALLEVIATE THE FATAL ACCIDENTS AT THE CROSSING SIGNALS.

AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE IN BROWARD COUNTY, BUT I KNOW THAT MAJORITY OF THE TRI COUNTY AREA RAILROAD, THE RAILROAD TRACKS USUALLY GO NORTH AND SOUTH, BUT THERE ARE SOME AREAS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY THAT GO EAST AND WEST.

AND FOR A LOT OF COMMUTER TRAVELERS I HAVE SEEN, THERE ARE CERTAIN ROUTES WHERE PEOPLE ARE CROSSING RAILROAD CROSSINGS TWICE ON THEIR DAILY COMMUTE, NOT JUST ONE WAY, EACH WAY, BUT ON ONE WAY.

THEY'RE CROSSING AN EAST AND WEST OR A NORTH AND SOUTH AT THIS ON THE SAME ROUTE.

SO IT'S A IT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

AND I COMMEND YOU FOR TAKING THE INITIATIVE TO LOOK AT THESE FATAL ACCIDENTS.

THANK YOU, SIR. YEAH. COMMISSIONER FURR.

THANK YOU. BACK ON, ON.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.

IT'S NICE TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.

AND I THINK YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT, BECAUSE WHAT THIS BODY IS GOING TO BE HAVING TO THINK OF IS THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW MASS TRANSIT WORKS IN THIS COUNTY.

AND IF WE GET TOO TIED TO PAROCHIAL INTERESTS, IT WILL NOT HAPPEN.

THAT SAID, AND THE REASON WE WERE ABLE TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH MIAMI-DADE IS BECAUSE WE STOPPED BEFORE WE GOT TO THE RIVER, BECAUSE, UNFORTUNATELY, FORT LAUDERDALE HADN'T DECIDED WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE YET.

SO RIGHT NOW, THIS PROJECT IS FROM THE RIVER TO THE END OF MIAMI DADE, AND IT'S NOT GOING OVER THAT YET.

AND AT SOME POINT, WE HAVE TO START THINKING, BECAUSE THE REST OF THE COUNTY IS GOING TO WANT MASS TRANSIT AND LIGHT RAIL AND ALL THESE WAYS OF GETTING AROUND.

SO YOU BRING UP A REALLY GOOD POINT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HEARING YOUR VOICE A LOT MORE.

[INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER MCGEE.

YOU KNOW, TO COPY ON THAT TOO.

I THINK THE EAST WEST AND THE OVERALL WHERE THIS BODY OR THE COUNTY CAN MAKE THE OVERWHELMING DECISIONS, THEN IT OPENS IT UP, OPENS THE DOOR FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES TO FOCUS ON THEIR FIRST MILE, LAST MILE PART OF THE WHOLE EQUATION.

BECAUSE ONCE YOU KNOW WHERE THE OTHER ONES ARE GOING, THEN YOU CAN PLAN HOW TO GET YOUR PEOPLE TO THE BIG RAIL STATIONS WITH POSSIBLY HOW TO TAKE A CAR EVEN FROM THEIR HOMES THERE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE CIRCUIT OR OTHER TROLLEY SYSTEMS HAPPENING TO CREATE THE REST OF IT.

BUT YOU HAVE THE EAST WEST, THE EAST WEST CONNECTIONS.

JUST THE FACT THAT EVEN JUST THE EAST WEST BETWEEN THE FEC AND THE TRI RAIL, SO YOU CAN GET FROM ONE TRAIN TO THE OTHER TO THEN MAKE THE SIDE WHERE YOU'RE STOPPING

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AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO AGREE WITH THE COMMISSIONER SHUHAM ABOUT WE NEED TO SEPARATE OUT THE SUICIDES AND THE INTENTIONAL DEATHS FROM ACCIDENTAL DEATHS BECAUSE THEY ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

A THOUGHT MIGHT BE WHAT IS A PERSON WHO GETS HIT ON THE TRACKS? WHO SURVIVES? WHAT KIND OF FINES ARE THEY LOOKING AT? I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER TO THAT.

WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOME THAT MIGHT BE AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND AN ESTATE AFTER THE FACT, BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAYBE THAT WOULD FACTOR INTO A PERSON'S CHOICE AND DECISION MAKING.

SO AS OF NOW, NONE.

SO THE THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO PUT CAMERAS AT EVERY CROSSING AND IT WASN'T EVEN GOING AS FAR AS FINDING IT WAS JUST ONCE THEY GET YOUR LICENSE PLATE, THEY'RE GOING TO SEND YOU A LETTER SAYING, HEY, YOU DID THIS AND IT WAS WRONG AND WE'RE WATCHING, JUST AS A WAY TO DISSUADE PEOPLE.

BUT THAT THAT EVEN GET THROUGH THE LEGISLATURE.

WELL, I'M SAYING THE ONES THAT ARE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A HUGE COST TO THE TRAIN TO EVERYONE ELSE WHEN THERE IS AN ACCIDENT.

MAYBE THAT'S A WAY TO LOOK INTO IT IS START CREATING A FINE SYSTEM TO HIT THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS.

COMMISSIONER, I WILL TELL YOU, THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S SON.

HE WAS FOLLOWING HIS GPS AND PULLED, IT SAID TURN LEFT AND HE TURNED LEFT ONTO THE TRAIN TRACKS.

AND IT HE TURNED TOO QUICKLY AND IT GOT STUCK AND HE KNEW TO ABANDON HIS VEHICLE AND A TRAIN CAME BY AND HIT THE VEHICLE.

THEY ACTUALLY CHARGED HIS INSURANCE COMPANY FOR THE DAMAGE TO THE TRAIN FROM THE ACTUAL COLLISION, BUT HE RECEIVED NO FINE.

LUCKILY, NOBODY WAS IN THE VEHICLE, BUT THEY JUST CHARGED THE INSURANCE COMPANY.

I'M JUST TRYING THINK OF OTHER DETERRENCE SYSTEMS TO TRY AND.

AND THE MOVEMENT THAT MR. CALETKA JUST DESCRIBED HAPPENS WEEKLY IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH WHERE LASER WOLF IS OFF OF.

[INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE A LOT OF THEM.

AND AND I KNOW THERE JUST IS A DIFFERENCE.

AND I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING WITH THE FEDERAL PEOPLE TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHY, WHETHER IT'S A GPS THING VERSUS AN INTENTIONAL.

BECAUSE UNLESS WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN MORE IN MENTAL HEALTH, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU STOP THE INTENTIONAL AND THEN I JUST AND THEN JUST THIRD I WANT TO JUST BRING TO THE ATTENTION JUST AN IDEA. THE METRO TRANSIT AUTHORITY IN MELBOURNE HAS AN APP CALLED DUMB WAYS TO DIE AND IT'S ACTUALLY A FUN LITTLE GAME AND A REALLY CATCHY SONG.

BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT RAILROAD SAFETY.

IT'S ABOUT HAVING PATIENTS AT THE TRACK ABOUT NOT, YOU KNOW, NOT STEPPING ON LINES.

IT'S LITTLE JELLY BEAN LOOKING THINGS TO SORT OF IT'S A FUN, INTERACTIVE THING.

AND AGAIN, THE SONG IS REALLY CATCHY, BUT THEY'VE HAD THAT OUT FOR YEARS.

I JUST I PULLED IT UP ON THE APP TO BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU LATER.

AND THEY'RE ON LIKE VERSION FOUR.

CAROL HENDERSON, OUR PIO DIRECTOR.

SHE BASICALLY HAS WE'RE ALREADY WORKING ON THAT IDEA.

WE'VE ALREADY I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO FOURTH DISTRICT STAFF BECAUSE THEY CAN'T, YOU KNOW, DO THAT.

BUT WE CAN THEY CAN USE THAT ONE ACROSS THE TRACK.

NO, NO. YOU PLAY IT IN GENERAL.

IT JUST MAKES YOU MORE AWARE OF IT, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKING YOU THING.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PLACKO.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU.

I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE LEFT BECAUSE I WANTED TO APPLAUD HIM FOR NOT FORGETTING THE WESTERN CITIES.

THIS HAS BEEN IN OUR LONG TERM STRATEGIC GOAL FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING NEW THAT WE HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.

ONE OF THE COMPLAINTS WE GET MOST FROM RESIDENTS IS WE HAVE NO WAY TO GO FROM WESTERN ALL THE WAY EASTERN.

WE HAD AN OUTING.

HOW LONG AND HOW DIFFICULT WOULD IT BE TO GO FROM TAMARACK TO THE BEACH? IT WAS FOUR DIFFERENT BUSSES AND OVER 4 HOURS.

IT'S JUST NOT REALISTIC.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT REALISTIC.

WE ARE INVITING NEW RESIDENTS INTO OUR CITY AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A WAY TO NOT BE IN THEIR CARS AND TO HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE BEING ABLE TO GO TO THE EAST.

SO I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA.

SO WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR MANY YEARS.

SO WE'RE ALL IN.

THANKS SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

YES. I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONSIDERING OR THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED FOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

I DON'T GO I DON'T HAVE TO CROSS THAT IN MIRAMAR ON A DAILY BASIS.

BUT I WENT OUT EAST NOT LONG AGO, AND JUST ALL THE DEATHS THAT I'VE HEARD, IT'S CERTAINLY MADE ME MORE AWARE.

CROSSING, CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS OUT THERE.

IT'S LIKE, OKAY, LET ME SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT HERE.

LET ME BE VERY CAREFUL.

BUT I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE CONSIDERED, BECAUSE I KNOW I SPEAK TO PEOPLE AND THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, MAYBE THEY SHOULD DO THIS.

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YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY NEED TO BE MORE FLASHING OR WHATNOT.

SO I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HEAR ALL OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS AND SEE HOW OR HOW SOON CAN WE GET SOMETHING IMPLEMENTED SO WE CAN STOP HEARING ABOUT THESE THE AT LEAST THE ACCIDENTAL DEATHS WHICH WE, YOU KNOW, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO REDUCE EAST TO WEST.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND GETTING TO THE WEST FROM OUT TO EAST.

I JUST WANT TO SAY NORTH TO SOUTH AND UNIVERSITY COMMUTE TOUCHES A LOT OF WESTERN CITIES AS WELL.

[INAUDIBLE] YES.

HI. I WAS JUST GOING TO WONDER IF THERE'S EVER.

I DON'T SEE TOO MANY ANY INFORMATION OF OF PEDESTRIAN CROSSOVER BRIDGES.

DO THEY DO THAT HERE? THEY DON'T THEY DON'T THINK IT'S ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE OR WHAT? WE ACTUALLY THERE'S AT THE TRI RAIL STATIONS, THERE'S PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS.

YEAH. BUT NOT WE CAN APPLY FOR MONEY FOR THAT.

THAT'S PART OF A RAIL SEPARATION.

THERE'S ACTUALLY THE ABILITY TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING UP WITH AS WELL, IS TO ASK FOR FEDERAL MONEY FOR THAT.

OKAY. GREAT COMMENTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU.

[INAUDIBLE] PAUL CALVARESI TO INTRODUCE OUR WASHINGTON PEOPLE.

YES. SO IF I MAY JUST TOUCH ON THESE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT FOR BRIEFLY.

SO THE BROWARD MPOS IN COMMUNICATIONS WITH BROWARD COUNTY STAFF TO FORM A PARTNERSHIP SO THAT WE CAN APPLY FOR THIS GRANT TOGETHER.

IF THE MPOS LEAD APPLICANT, LIKE GREG SAID, WE OPEN TO $5 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING COMBINED THAT WITH A 20% MATCH HOPEFULLY FROM OUR PARTNERS AT THE COUNTY, WE'RE LOOKING AT A $6 MILLION STUDY.

TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, THE BROWARD AND THE BROWARD MPOS MTP, OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH SETS THE 25 YEAR VISION FOR THIS COUNTY WHICH THE BOARD APPROVES THE FUNDING ON, IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.5 MILLION.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT NEARLY FOUR TIMES THE FUNDING TO REALLY DIG DOWN AND LOOK AT THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY AND THE SAFETY NEEDS OF THE COUNTY.

THIS SCOPE WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT WHAT THE GOVERNMENT'S CALLING HIGH IMPACT, LOW COST PROJECTS.

SO OUR STUDY COULD BE GEARED DIRECTLY TO PTS UP FOR FEDERAL CAPITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING AND THEN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

I KNOW A LOT OF CITIES.

YOU'VE GOTTEN THE EMAILS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

I'VE RECEIVED SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.

MY COLLEAGUES HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT SEVERAL CITIES WHO ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THIS FOR THIS GRANT.

AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT MR. CALETKA AND I HAD A DEBRIEF WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.

WE APPLIED FOR A RAISE GRANT.

WE WENT OVER THE TECHNICAL MERITS OF IT, WHICH WERE VERY STRONG.

BUT AT THE END OF THE CONVERSATION, THE PERSON, THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS DOING THE VIEW ASKED WHY DID BROWARD COUNTY SUBMIT FIVE APPLICATIONS FOR THE SAME GRANTS? AND IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT WE CANNOT COMPETE AGAINST OURSELVES AND WE WE END UP CANNIBALIZING OURSELVES.

SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE FEDERAL GRANTS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GO IN WITH ONE VOICE, ONE VISION.

SO THIS ONE ON THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS, ROADS FOR ALL.

WE'LL BE ASKING FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN ALL SPEAK WITH ONE VISION THAT THIS IS WHAT THE COUNTY WANTS.

BUT EVEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THERE'S OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE COMING UP.

AND MAYBE THIS YEAR PLANTATION GETS A CRACK AT IT AND THEY'RE SUPPORTED BY THE COUNTY.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR, POMPANO GOES UP, GOES AFTER THE SAME GRANT WITH THE SAME SUPPORT FROM THIS BOARD.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP THE COORDINATION, THE COLLABORATION AMONGST THESE GRANTS.

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

LIVE AND IN PERSON LIVE FROM THE BROWARD MPO.

OKAY. SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP LISA AND LORI [INAUDIBLE].

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIRMAN. AND MEMBERS. NICE TO SEE EVERYONE AND NICE TO NICE TO BE HERE LIVE.

I LIVE HERE. SO IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

BUT THE TWO OF THEM DON'T LIVE.

THEY LIVE IN WASHINGTON.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TO PRESENT A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE ON WHAT'S GOING ON, BOTH THE LAST NUMBER OF MONTHS AS WELL AS GOING FORWARD.

THERE'S AS MUCH OF THE DYSFUNCTION YOU SEE IN WASHINGTON, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF THAT.

ON THE POSITIVE SIDE, THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL PASSED THIS YEAR.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, IT'S THE FIRST TIME IN MANY, MANY YEARS IT GOES BACK TO WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS AND THEY COULDN'T EVEN PASS IT BECAUSE NOBODY WANTED TO PASS A GAS TAX.

FORTUNATELY, THIS YEAR DID PASS AND IT'S NOW BEING FUNNELED THROUGH, AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, MONEYS COMING DOWN, SOME DIRECTLY THROUGH GRANTS, SOME IS COMING THROUGH STATE

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WE'RE GOING TO TALK SPECIFICALLY TODAY ABOUT WHAT BROWARD MPO HAS ASKED FOR AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE AND WHAT WE SEE GOING FORWARD.

WE'RE ALSO VERY FORTUNATE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THIS.

WE HAVE A VERY GOOD CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION AS YOU KNOW.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW OR ARE FAMILIAR WITH IN THE COMMUNITY HERE.

DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE.

SHE'S A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE AND CHAIR OF ONE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEES.

SO SHE HAS A VERY HIGH LEVEL OF RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS AND HAS BEEN HELPFUL TO US.

TED DEUTCH IS A SENIOR MEMBER.

HE WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL.

YOU'LL HEAR SPECIFICALLY WHAT HE DID THIS YEAR FOR US.

WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER.

SHEILA IS ALSO AND VERY EXCITED WORKING WITH HER.

SHE'S ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE, SO SHE HAS AN IMPORTANT OPPORTUNITY TO ALSO PLAY A ROLE.

MARIO DIAZ-BALART IS FROM MIAMI-DADE COUNTY.

HE HAS AN IMPORTANT ROLE, HAS A CONNECTION TO BROWARD COUNTY.

HE ALWAYS SAYS, I WAS BORN IN BROWARD COUNTY HE HAS A UNIQUE CONNECTION HERE.

BUT HE IS A RANKING MEMBER, A VERY SENIOR MEMBER OF THE HUD COMMITTEE AND WILL ALSO PROBABLY PLAY A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE NEXT NEXT ROUND AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, OUR SENATORS, BUT THE HOUSE MEMBERS ARE ACTUALLY A LITTLE MORE ENGAGED IN THESE KINDS OF THINGS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW, IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU, IS WE'LL PRESENT TO YOU SOME INFORMATION THAT I'LL TELL YOU.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE END.

AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION, I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE SEE IN THE ELECTIONS COMING UP AND HOW WE'LL IMPACT OUR BROWARD COUNTY'S CONTINUING ABILITY TO GET THINGS DONE.

OKAY. I'M GOING TO TURN OVER TO LORI AND LISA.

GOOD MORNING. LISA BERKOVIC HERE.

JUST KIND OF A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PROVIDING YOU JUST A CONGRESSIONAL AGENDA AND OUTLOOK.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE WEEKS HERE IN WASHINGTON WORKING ON OUR APPROPRIATION BILLS AND SOME OTHER MESSAGING BILLS BEFORE THEY'LL GO INTO RECESS.

THEY'LL COME BACK IN SEPTEMBER TO FINALIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS, AND THEN THEY'LL BE RETURNING HOME TO GET READY FOR MIDTERM ELECTIONS.

AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF OUR OVERVIEW OF OUR PRESENTATION THIS MORNING.

LIKE I MENTIONED, CONGRESS RIGHT NOW IS WORKING ON THE FY 2023 APPROPRIATION BILLS.

THE HOUSE IS ALMOST DONE WITH ITS WORK.

THEY COMPLETED ALL 12 OF THEIR APPROPRIATION MARKUPS IN JUNE, AND NEXT WEEK THEY'RE GOING TO COME TO THE HOUSE FLOOR WITH A SIX BILL [INAUDIBLE].

SO THEY'LL GET HALF OF THE BILLS DONE NEXT WEEK, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION AND HUD APPROPRIATIONS BILL.

A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS ON THEIR AGENDA FOR THIS MONTH IS THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO A DEAL ON USICA, ALSO KNOWN AS THE COMPETES ACT.

THIS IS THE SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS LEGISLATION.

THEY'RE ALSO WORKING ON THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT THIS WEEK, THE WRDA BILL, THE WATER RESOURCES, AND THEN SEVERAL OTHER TYPES OF MESSAGING BILLS, THINGS THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK HOME TO THEIR DISTRICTS IN AUGUST AND TALK ABOUT JUST SOME KEY DATES TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, SEPTEMBER 30TH. AND SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION LIKE ALWAYS THAT GETS ENACTED JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THE GOVERNMENT OPEN AND LEVEL FUND IT. AND WE HAVE THE MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS WHICH THE OUTCOME OF THE MIDTERMS WILL AFFECT WHAT THAT LAME DUCK SESSION LOOKS LIKE.

AND RON, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER.

AS I'VE MENTIONED OVER THE APPROPRIATION BILLS, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU WHAT THE HOUSE SUMMARY IS.

THERE'S A HUGE INCREASE OF FUNDING THAT THE HOUSE HAS PROPOSED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO $2.42 BILLION MORE THAN LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS.

THERE WERE SEVERAL PROGRAMS THAT WERE CREATED IN THE IJA, THE BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT LORI WILL TALK ABOUT THAT DIDN'T HAVE ANY FUNDING ATTACHED TO THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THE HOUSE HAS PROPOSED TO FUND THOSE PROGRAMS FOR THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS $55 MILLION FOR THE HEALTHY STREETS PROGRAM.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT IS LOOKING AT TREE CANOPIES, INNOVATIVE PROJECTS WITH PAVEMENT.

RIGHT. SO COOL, COOL PAVEMENTS OR POROUS PAVEMENTS IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN ROADS THAT TEND TO FLOOD.

AND WHAT CAN WE THINK ABOUT INNOVATIVELY? THERE IS $100 MILLION FOR THE NEW ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT PROGRAM, WHICH IS REPLACING THE DEPLOYMENT PROGRAM THAT WAS PART OF MAP 21 FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE A NEW INNOVATIVE FACE TO THIS AND THEN $100 MILLION FOR THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN WHAT THE HOUSE IS ALSO PROPOSING IS AN ADDITIONAL $775 MILLION FOR THE RAISE PROGRAM.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE $1.5 BILLION THAT AUTOMATICALLY WILL GO TO RAISE.

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THE REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR THE MPO IS THAT WE WORKED CLOSELY WITH YOUR CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO HAVE SEVERAL OF YOUR PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THIS TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL $10.7 MILLION DOLLARS IN PROJECTS FOR THE MPO.

I HAVE TO TELL YOU, WE'VE BEEN RESEARCHING ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT GOT ADVANCED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEN GOT FUNDING INCLUDED, $10.7 MILLION IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT'S GOING TO ONE SPECIFIC ENTITY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT TO THANK OUR DELEGATION FOR ADVANCING OUR PROJECTS IN THIS VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

EACH MEMBER IS LIMITED TO MAKING ONLY 15 REQUESTS, SO AND MOST MEMBERS GOT OVER 50 REQUESTS.

SO TO GET TO BE A PART OF THAT ELITE GROUP WAS WONDERFUL.

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL TO HAVE GREG AND PAUL COME TO D.C.

AND HELP US ADVOCATE FOR THESE PROJECTS.

SO ALMOST $1.9 MILLION FOR THE AERIAL TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, $5 MILLION FOR UNIVERSITY DRIVE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS, AND $3.9 FOR LYONS ROAD PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY SAFETY.

SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS IS.

I'M SORRY TO BREAK YOUR FLOW.

I DO WANT TO I REALLY WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE THOSE ACTUALLY ADVANCE FUNDS, FUNDING THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

SO WHEN THE MONEY DOES COME BACK DOWN, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT WORK PROGRAM STAFF TO THEN BE ABLE TO MOVE OTHER PROJECTS FORWARD LIKE WE DID WITH THE [INAUDIBLE] MONEY WAY BACK IN THE DAY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE ORGANIZATION WHERE WE'RE TALKING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS ABOUT TAKING THIS EXTRA MONEY THAT WE WERE IN, THE ELITE OF ELITES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND ADVANCE EVEN MORE PROJECTS.

THANK YOU. OH, YOU'RE WELCOME.

SO JUST QUICKLY, NEXT STEPS ON THIS.

OBVIOUSLY, THE SENATE IS MUCH FURTHER BEHIND.

THEY'RE JUST GOING TO EVEN BYPASS THE MARKUP PROCESS LIKE THEY DID LAST YEAR AND JUST UNCEREMONIOUSLY RELEASE THEIR REPORTS TOWARDS THE END OF JULY.

AND THEN THEY'LL CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE THIS FALL.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL JUST HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEIR NEGOTIATIONS LOOK LIKE.

THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS WILL IMPACT HOW THEY BRING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND AS I MENTIONED, GREG AND PAUL CAME TO D.C.

THIS SPRING AND SO KIND OF WANTED TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, OUR ADVOCACY TRIP THAT WE HAD, BECAUSE WE SET UP SOME SEVERAL GREAT MEETINGS TO KIND OF HELP GIVE THE MPO A VOICE IN HOW THE INFRASTRUCTURE LAW GETS IMPLEMENTED.

SO WE MET WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE MET WITH CHARLES SMALL, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS.

WE MET WITH THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CLIMATE CHANGE AT DOT, ANDREW WISHNIA, WHO HAS FAMILY FROM PLANTATION TO TALK ABOUT THE NEW PROTECT PROGRAM THAT LAURIE WILL GET INTO IT A LITTLE BIT.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE WE'RE STAYING IN TOUCH WITH EVERY DEPARTMENT, AT EVERY AGENCY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MAKE SURE WE'RE LETTING THEM KNOW WHAT YOU ALL ARE WORKING ON AND WHAT THE MPO IS PRIORITIZING.

LAURIE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. IT'S SO GREAT TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.

AND HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR Y'ALL CAN COME BACK TO D.C.

AND SO WE'LL BE VERY EXCITED TO SEE.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR FORMULA PROGRAMS THAT YOU'LL GET THROUGH MTP, THEY CREATE A COUPLE NEW FORMULA PROGRAMS THAT WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE STATE AND THEN THE STATE WILL SUB ALLOCATE IT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TO THE MPO.

THIS FIRST ONE IS BRIDGES.

THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A BRIDGE PROGRAM BEFORE AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF NEEDS, I'M SURE, IN YOUR DISTRICTS THAT YOU'RE PAYING FOR ON YOUR OWN OR GETTING FORMULA DOLLARS.

THE STATE FDOT GOT $44 MILLION DOLLARS FOR THEIR BRIDGES AND AS YOU CAN SEE, $7.9 FOR OFF SYSTEM.

THOSE ARE BRIDGES THAT ARE NOT PART OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM.

THEY GOT THIS MONEY BACK IN JANUARY.

I KNOW GREG AND PAUL ARE TRYING TO TALK TO FDOT TO MAKE SURE BROWARD COUNTY GETS SOME OF THAT MONEY BECAUSE THEY'VE NEVER SEEN THAT MUCH MONEY BEFORE.

THE SECOND PROGRAM IS CALLED CARBON REDUCTION.

THIS WAS CREATED BY A GROUP OF MEMBERS FROM CALIFORNIA AND NEW YORK CITY.

BUT FDOT IS GOING TO USE THIS AS WELL AS THE BROWARD MPO.

SO THIS IS MONEY TO THE STATES TO REDUCE TRANSPORTATION EMISSIONS AND ALSO HELP DEVELOP STRATEGIES.

I KNOW GREG AND PAUL ARE LOOKING AT THIS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY DIRECTLY FROM THE STATE.

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AND THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH CREATED FOR FLORIDA.

GREG AND PAUL, AS SHE SAID, JUST SPOKE TO DOT ABOUT IT.

AND THIS IS FUNDING FOR THE STATE TO SUPPORT ANY KIND OF PLANNING OR CONSTRUCTION FOR EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS.

AND OF COURSE, THAT IS PART OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE AND FLOOD CONTROL AS WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE, FLORIDA GOT A SIZABLE AMOUNT.

AND JUST TO SHOW YOU SOME OF THE TRADITIONAL FORMULA DOLLARS THAT THIS MPO IS GETTING DIRECTLY HUGE INQUIRIES FOR THE STBG PROGRAM, AND THAT'S WHAT GREG AND PAUL USED TO GET TO FUND THE PROJECTS FROM MTP, WHICH THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED.

THE SECOND IS TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM, AND THIS IS THE MONEY YOU'LL GET DIRECTLY AS WELL FOR EVERYTHING FROM BICYCLES, PEDESTRIAN TRAILS, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL.

AND WHAT GREG AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR MANY, MANY YEARS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT MONEY IS ALLOCATED FOR INCREASE FOR THE POPULATION. SO THAT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BENEFIT THE MPO.

SO AS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S SO MANY COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAMS OUT THERE AND IT'S OVERWHELMING.

I THINK SOMEONE JUST SAID THEY'RE GETTING EMAILS CONSTANTLY FROM DOT AND EPA.

SO IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING.

I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW THE NEW ONES AND THAT WE'VE PUT TOGETHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO SUMMARIZE ALL OF THESE.

RAISE Y'ALL ARE APPLYING AGAIN.

THIS IS A BILLION DOLLARS MORE THAN THE PROGRAM HAS EVER GOTTEN BEFORE, AND AWARDS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MADE AROUND AUGUST 11TH.

SECOND IS SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.

WE'VE BEEN LOBBYING THIS.

IT'S BEEN ON YOUR PRIORITIES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR VISION ZERO.

AS GREG JUST SAID, YOU'RE ALSO APPLYING FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW GREG WORKED WE HAD GREG WORKED DIRECTLY TO THE COMMITTEES THAT WERE DRAFTING THIS LANGUAGE.

SO IT INCLUDES MANY OF OUR REQUESTS.

THE THIRD PROGRAM, THERE'S ALSO A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR BRIDGES, AND THAT'S OUT RIGHT NOW.

THIS FUNDING IS WHAT WE DEDICATED TO STRUCTURALLY DEFICIENT BRIDGES THAT NEED REPAIR AND HAVE SAFETY ISSUES.

AND THEN RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS CREATED TO, AS YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN CITIES AND STATES BUILT HIGHWAYS AND RAILROADS BACK IN THE FORTIES AND FIFTIES, OFTEN THAT WAS IN UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, WHICH IS BLOCKING THEIR ACCESS TO JOBS AND TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO THIS PROGRAM IS TO TEAR DOWN THESE HIGHWAYS OR TO MITIGATE THE RAILROAD SO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES ARE CONNECTED AND THERE'S A BETTER SPINE AND ACCESS. THEN THERE'S A RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR MANY YEARS FOR Y'ALL.

THERE'S NEVER BEEN A FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THIS.

SO THAT WAS ANOTHER PROGRAM WE LOBBIED OUR DELEGATION AND THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE DUE OCTOBER 4TH.

AND THEN LASTLY, THE SMART GRANTS PROGRAM.

I KNOW YOU'VE ALL BEEN WORKING ON TECHNOLOGY.

ITS FOR MANY YEARS, ONCE AGAIN, A FIRST FEDERAL PROGRAM FOR THIS.

AND WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY LATER THIS FALL.

THE THRIVING COMMUNITIES WITH DOT IS PARTNERING WITH HUD.

LISA JUST TALKED ABOUT IT, BUT THIS WAS CREATED TO HELP SUPPORT THE TRANSPORTATION, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION.

BUT MAKING SURE YOU'RE WORKING WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS WELL AND THEN PROTECT.

IN ADDITION TO THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM, THERE'S ALSO COMPETITIVE GRANTS WHICH WE ARE ALREADY LOBBYING FOR.

AND WE THANK YOU, LISA AND LAURIE.

SO AS YOU COULD TELL, OBVIOUSLY, THERE WERE SOME GOOD SUCCESSES SO FAR, WHICH IS GOOD AND A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS IS REALLY A UNIQUE YEAR COMING UP WHERE THE GRANTS WILL ROLL OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEW MONEY AND A LOT HAVE NOTICED FROM WHAT LISA JUST ROLLED OUT.

THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT IS REALLY TAILORED TO THE KINDS OF RESILIENCY, SAFE STREETS, BRIDGE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL THAT WE ALL HAVE COLLECTIVELY IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WITH YOUR PRIORITIZATION, WE'LL FOCUS OUR ATTENTION ON, YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BRING BRING THOSE DOLLARS HOME.

A QUICK LITTLE MIDTERM ELECTION.

I KNOW I'M SPEAKING TO A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS.

SO YOU PROBABLY HAVE A HIGHER LEVEL OF SENSITIVITY TO ELECTIONS COMING UP, EITHER FROM JUST A BIG PICTURE POINT OF VIEW OR FROM A PARTISAN POINT OF VIEW.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SORT OF A BIG HIGH LEVEL HAVING BEEN THERE, I CAN SORT OF GIVE YOU A LITTLE SENSE OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

SO MATHEMATICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE SENATE IT'S 50/50, WHICH IN THIS US SENATE BECAUSE IT TAKES 60 VOTES TO GET ANYTHING DONE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH AT A STALEMATE BETWEEN THE TWO. I MEAN, THERE'S A 51 WITH A WITH THE SENATE PRESIDENT, WHICH IS THE VICE PRESIDENT IF THERE'S ACTUALLY A 50/50 VOTE.

BUT YOU EVEN SEEN WITH MANCHIN HOLDING ONE ONE VOTE UP, NOTHING GETS DONE ON FROM THE DEMOCRATIC POINT OF VIEW, IT REQUIRES REAL CONSENSUS ON BOTH SIDES.

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SO THE SENATE IS PRETTY MUCH DEADLOCKED AT 50/50.

THE HOUSE IS ONLY FIVE SEATS TO THE DEMOCRAT SIDE AND OUT OF 435 SEATS, THAT'S A VERY SMALL AMOUNT.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN TO THE ELECTION COMING UP WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY AND WHETHER PEOPLE'S FOCUS IS GOING TO BE ON THE COST OF GAS OR INFLATION, IF THAT'S A PRIORITY MATTER, THAT COULD CERTAINLY SWAY CLOSE RACES TO GO REPUBLICAN IF THERE'S A UPTICK DEMOCRATS TRADITIONALLY DON'T PERFORM AS WELL IN MIDTERM ELECTIONS FOR WHATEVER REASON.

IF THE SUPREME COURT ACTIONS ON GUNS OR ROE VERSUS WADE OR SOMETHING ELSE CREATES SOME TYPE OF ADDITIONAL STIMULATION OF VOTES, THAT COULD BE A CLOSE RACE.

SO I THINK THE HOUSE IS A LITTLE MORE TIED TO SORT OF THOSE KINDS OF MOOD SWINGS.

SO IT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE LIKELY THE HOUSE MAY SHIFT, MAYBE A RELATIVELY SMALL AMOUNT, BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH.

IF THAT HAPPENS THE CHAIR POSITIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS CHANGE AND THEN YOU HAVE THE RANKING MEMBER, WHICH IS THE SENIOR MOST RIGHT NOW, THE SENIOR MOST REPUBLICAN MEMBER FLIPS AND THAT BECOMES THE CHAIR.

THEY'RE TERM LIMITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH MAY CHANGE THINGS, BUT THAT MAY CHANGE IT.

NOW, THE RANKING MEMBERS ON THINGS LIKE TRANSPORTATION, THE GOOD NEWS ON TRANSPORTATION, THIS IS NOT A HIGH LEVEL PARTISAN COMMITTEE.

THANK GOODNESS HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS ARE.

TRANSPORTATION USUALLY THEY AND APPROPRIATIONS IN PARTICULAR, THEY SHARE THE GOODS AND THEY TRY TO WORK TOGETHER AND THAT'S A POSITIVE THING.

SO WE HAVE BOTH DAVID PRICE FROM NORTH CAROLINA RIGHT NOW, WHO IS A GOOD FRIEND OF ALL OF OURS, AND MARIO DIAZ-BALART FROM SOUTH FLORIDA, GOOD FRIEND OF OURS.

SO THEY WORK WELL WITH THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS AND THAT'S A POSITIVE THING.

THE SENATE IS, THE SENATE COULD GO EITHER WAY.

AND I WOULD SAY THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE LESS TIED TO THE MOOD SWING.

IT'S MORE TIED TO CANDIDATES.

THESE ARE STATEWIDE RACES.

YOU SORT OF FOLLOW PENNSYLVANIA AND MAYBE ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO AND OHIO AND A FEW PLACES, MAYBE FLORIDA.

BUT THESE ARE STATES WHERE IT'S CLOSE AND COULD GO EITHER WAY.

BUT AGAIN, ONE VOTE TRANSLATES INTO A POWER SWITCH.

SO THAT'S THAT GOES.

NOW, ALL THAT COULD HAPPEN.

REPUBLICANS COULD TAKE OVER CONGRESS.

YOU STILL HAVE THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, WHICH RUNS THE AGENCIES FOR THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

SO CONGRESS HAS TO APPROPRIATE THEY HAVE TO FUND THE FORM OF THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THE AGENCIES THEMSELVES ACT WITH CERTAIN AMOUNT OF EXECUTIVE AUTHORITY.

SO DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH MONEY IS GIVEN OUT, AGAIN, IT'S THE AGENCIES THAT DECIDE HOW THAT MONEY IS HANDED OUT TO DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS STILL GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFLUENCE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

AND DEPENDING ON WHAT CONGRESS SAYS, I WOULD ASSUME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF ASSUME EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE SPLIT GOVERNMENT, WHICH I THINK IS THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S GOING TO BE. SO AGAIN, WE'LL KNOW MORE AS TIME GOES ON.

THERE'S STILL SOME STATES THAT HAVE PRIMARIES THAT HAVE TO RUN THEIR COURSE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, FOUR MONTHS IS ON THE ONE HAND, IT'S A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME IN OUR LIVES.

IT GOES QUICKLY. ON THE OTHER HAND, IN POLITICS, AS YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RUN ELECTIONS, IT'S AN ETERNITY.

AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND NOVEMBER AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN.

SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN WASHINGTON.

AGAIN, I'M HERE. I LIVE DOWN HERE.

I WORKED BACK AND FORTH IN WASHINGTON WITH OUR TEAM.

LAURIE AND LISA DO A TREMENDOUS JOB ALONG WITH THE REST OF OUR DEMOCRAT.

WE'RE SPLIT AT HOLLAND & KNIGHT BETWEEN OUR LAW FIRM IS HOLLAND KNIGHT.

WE'RE SPLIT BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS.

THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO FORMER MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ON ONE OF THEM ON THE DEMOCRAT SIDE, JIM DAVIS IS THE OTHER.

AND WE HAVE TWO FORMER REPUBLICANS, TOM DAVIS AND TOM REYNOLDS.

WE UNDERSTAND FROM A BUSINESS POINT OF VIEW THAT OUR CLIENTS NEED TO MAKE SURE ALL SIDES ARE COVERED.

AND AGAIN, SOMETHING LIKE TRANSPORTATION IS NOT SO MUCH OF A PARTISAN THING, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF RELATIONSHIPS.

AND WE HAVE VERY HIGH LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS.

SO WE DO APPRECIATE WHEN GREG AND PAUL AND BRYAN AND OTHERS COME UP TO WASHINGTON.

I WOULD JUST ALSO COMMEND TO YOU IF YOU'RE ABLE IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR INTEREST IN, ON ONE OF THE APPROPRIATIONS THAT WE'RE MEETING AND WE WELCOME YOU TO BE PART OF THAT TEAM THAT COMES AND SPEAKS TO WHETHER IT'S OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS LOCALLY OR OTHERS THAT WE IDENTIFY OR AGENCY PEOPLE.

IT'S HELPFUL TO US TO HAVE A LOCAL VOICE SAYING, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THIS IS WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT, AS OPPOSED TO SOMEBODY AT A 20,000 FOOT LEVEL.

IT'S VERY PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN WASHINGTON, AND THOSE KINDS OF FACT PATTERNS ARE IMPORTANT.

MR. CHAIRMAN, ANY QUESTIONS? WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TEAM.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. YOU DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, MR.

[12. General Counsel’s Report]

DAVID TOLCES WITH WEISS SEROTA HERE ON BEHALF OF ALAN GABRIEL WHO WE LET GET AWAY FOR A LITTLE BIT FOR SOME RELAXATION.

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WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF ON VARIOUS PROCUREMENT MATTERS, DRAFTING CONTRACTS, AMENDMENTS, RFQS.

AND IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO BE HERE AND SEE EVERYONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MR. STUART, OTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AND I DO WANT TO KIND OF JUST ECHO ONE THING THAT WE KEPT ON.

YOU KNOW, OUR TEAM FROM WASHINGTON KEPT ON TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE GO UP, WHEN PAUL AND I TRAVEL WITH THEM TO D.C., WE BRING OUR LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE BRING OUR TIP, WE BRING OUR NEEDS, UNFUNDED NEEDS.

AND WE SIT WITH WASHINGTON STAFF AND SAY THIS IS WHAT IS REQUIRED HERE IN BROWARD.

AND THEN BASICALLY HOLLAND & KNIGHT TURNS AROUND AND THEN GOES AND DOES WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO ACTUALLY MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR US.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GO UP, WE'RE PRESENTING JUST WHAT WE KNOW AS BEING FACTS AND THEN THEY THEN TAKE IT AND THEN TAKE IT TO THAT NEXT LEVEL, WHICH WE REALLY APPRECIATE.

THAT'S ALL FUNDED THROUGH YOUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, THAT LOCAL CONTRIBUTION LIST IS IN THE BACK OF EVERY AGENDA SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S OWED AND WHAT NEEDS TO COME IN.

SO PLEASE, PLEASE DONATE OFTEN.

THAT NEXT ITEM FROM HERE IS A REPORT FROM BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

[2. Report From Partner Agency - Broward County Transit - Broward County Premium Mobility Plan (PREMO)]

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY SUPER IMPORTANT BECAUSE THIS IS THOSE EAST WEST CONNECTIONS AS WELL AS MORE NORTH SOUTH.

WHO IS PRESENTING ON THIS ONE, ON UP? NICK SOFOUL. NICK.

HEY. HOW ARE YOU DOING, GREG? GOOD MORNING, CHAIR ORTIS, DISTINGUISHED MEMBERS OF THE MPO BOARD.

MY NAME IS NICK SOFOUL.

I'M THE TRANSIT PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR AND TASK LEAD FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING, I THINK, COULD NOT HAVE BEEN BETTER TO KIND OF SET UP FOR THIS PRESENTATION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TODAY, BECAUSE REALLY THIS PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, THOSE LINKAGES.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GET THE EAST WEST? HOW DO WE CONNECT TO THOSE REGIONAL SPINE THAT'S BEING CONTEMPLATED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FEC LINE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THE EAST? SO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN GETTING AS MUCH INPUT AS POSSIBLE FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES.

MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATION IS CRITICAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS PROJECT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER TODAY BY SEVERAL BOARD MEMBERS.

THAT COOPERATION TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS VISION IS SO ESSENTIAL FOR US TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO GIVE AN INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW OF THIS PRESENTATION OF THIS PLAN EXCUSE ME.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS BECAUSE THE PROCESS OF HOW WE GET THERE IS REALLY IMPORTANT.

WE DON'T WANT TO MOVE TOO FAR AHEAD AND JUST USE TECHNICAL INFORMATION TO GET US TO THAT PLAN.

WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU.

AND THAT PUBLIC INPUT IS CRITICAL TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL PLAN MOVING FORWARD.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR OUTREACH AND BRANDING.

LIKE I SAID WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE ACTUAL BRAND.

SO YOU'LL YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT LATER.

IT'S CALLED PREMO.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE WHY WE CHOSE THAT THAT NAME AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY SCOTT PRINGLE.

HE'S WITH WSP USA.

HE'S THE DIRECTOR OF FLORIDA TRANSIT AND RAIL DIVISION.

AND HE'S GOING TO BE LEADING THE MAJORITY OF THE CONVERSATION MOVING FORWARD, HE HAS 22 YEARS EXPERIENCE.

AND HE REALLY SPECIALIZES IN WORKING THROUGHOUT THE STATE, BUILDING THOSE PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS THAT CAN LEVERAGE FEDERAL FUNDS.

THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROGRAM IS WE DON'T JUST WANT TO HAVE A VISION PLAN THAT SITS ON A SHELF.

WE WANT TO HAVE AN ACTIONABLE PROGRAM THAT HAS BROAD SUPPORT.

AND IT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS WITH OUR [INAUDIBLE] TAX DOLLARS AND BRING THAT MONEY BACK DOWN TO BROWARD COUNTY.

ONE THING YOU WON'T SEE IN THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS THE LIST OF CORRIDORS AND LINES ON THE MAP.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THIS TIME HERE WITH YOU TODAY TO REALLY GET THAT PUBLIC INPUT SO WE CAN PUT THAT INTO THE PROCESS SO THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT OF ACTUALLY PUTTING THOSE LINES ON THE MAP, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT INPUT TO FEED INTO THAT PROCESS.

SO JUST IN FULL DISCLOSURE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE THOSE LINES YET.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR PROBABLY NEXT UPDATE TO YOU AFTER THIS WILL BE LOOKING AT THOSE LINES ON THE MAP AND TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT IS THE RIGHT WAY TO BUILD TRANSIT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY TO MAKE THOSE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS.

SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO PLAY A SHORT VIDEO AND THEN SCOTT'S GOING TO PICK UP THE PRESENTATION AFTER THE VIDEO.

TODAY, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO INVEST IN A TRULY WORLD CLASS MODERN TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR THE COUNTY.

SO HOW DO WE GET THERE TOGETHER? FUNDING ALREADY APPROVED.

NOW IT'S TIME TO IMPROVE.

THESE INNOVATIONS START WITH YOU.

WE WANT TO UNDERSTAND YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS AND BRING TOGETHER OUR COMMUNITY'S BEST INSIGHTS AND BIGGEST IDEAS.

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HERE'S HOW YOU CAN BE A PART OF THESE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS FOR TRANSIT.

ALL OF YOUR RESPONSES WILL INFORM HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE THESE GOALS FOR THE FUTURE OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

IMPROVE MOBILITY FOR ALL.

IMPLEMENT EQUITABLE TRANSIT SOLUTIONS.

IMPROVE SAFETY, SECURITY AND ENSURE ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE FINANCIAL STABILITY.

INTEGRATE AND SERVE COMMUNITIES.

WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO PREMIUM MOBILITY ACROSS BROWARD, AND WE'RE INVITING YOU TO SHARE WHERE YOU THINK WE SHOULD GO NEXT.

VISIT US AT PREMO.BROWARD.ORG.

SO, GOOD MORNING.

GREAT TO BE HERE. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS AS NICK INTRODUCED, MY NAME IS SCOTT.

SCOTT PRINGLE WITH WSP.

LOVE THE CONVERSATION THIS MORNING AS THE COMMISSIONER INTRODUCED THAT EXACTLY WHAT THE PREMO PLAN IS HERE TO DEVELOP IS THOSE CONNECTIONS FOR A TRULY WORLD CLASS MODERN TRANSIT SYSTEM FOR BROWARD COUNTY.

SO I'M GOING TO START OFF TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS THE PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

SO THE PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN, OR PREMO, AS WE'RE CALLING IT, IS THAT 30 YEAR VISION FOR TRANSIT FOR THE COUNTY.

AND WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHAT WE CALL PREMIUM TRANSIT.

IT'S IN THE NAME. WHAT PREMIUM TRANSIT IS, IS REALLY IT'S THOSE HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDORS THAT'S MODERN.

THEY'RE CONVENIENT, IT'S RELIABLE AND VERY ATTRACTIVE, OF COURSE, WHERE WE WANT TO MEET THE OBJECTIVES OF MAP BROWARD.

BUT BEYOND DEVELOPING THAT 30 YEAR VISION, A BIG PART OF THE PREMO PROGRAM IS DEVELOPING THAT PIPELINE OF PROJECTS THAT MEETS THAT 30 YEAR VISION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THAT AND SEQUENCING PROJECTS OVER TIME TO MEET THAT 30 YEAR VISION.

AND OF COURSE, WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO BE CLOSELY COORDINATING WITH THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS, WITH FDOT AND WITH ALL OF YOU.

ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THIS EFFORT AND MAKING SURE THAT WHEN WE START INVESTING IN TRANSIT, THESE PREMIUM TRANSIT CORRIDORS, THAT WE'RE DOING THE MOST EFFICIENT, COST EFFECTIVE AND COORDINATED WAY.

AS YOU SAW IN THE VIDEO, WE HAVE A SERIES OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT'S REALLY DRIVING THE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT FORWARD.

YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, IMPROVING MOBILITY FOR ALL.

THAT MEANS ALL THE COMMUNITIES ALL ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INVESTING EQUITABLY ACROSS THE COUNTY, INTEGRATING WITH THE WITH COMMUNITIES AND MAKING SURE WE'RE SERVE COMMUNITIES.

NOT THAT ONLY OUT THERE TODAY, BUT THOSE COMMUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.

BECAUSE I DO WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO CALL SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THAT, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF NATIONAL EXAMPLES THAT SHOW HOW PREMIUM TRANSIT CAN DO A REALLY GREAT JOB OF CREATING LIVABLE PLACES, HELPING TO IDENTIFY WHAT WE CALL TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT.

AND IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT CAN MOVE THE COUNTY INTO THE FUTURE AND EVEN HELP WITH THINGS LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING NEEDS AND GOALS.

OUTSIDE OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE WILL, OF COURSE, WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR INVESTMENTS ARE WISE INVESTMENTS AND THAT WE'RE DOING THEM SAFELY IN A SECURE ENVIRONMENT AND ALWAYS KEEPING AN EYE OUT IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP.

SO THIS SLIDE HERE SPEAKS TO EXACTLY THE CONVERSATION YOU JUST HAD AS THE COMMISSIONER INTRODUCED.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. THE STARTING POINT FOR THE PREMO ANALYSIS IS WE'RE REALLY LOOKING AT THOSE EAST-WEST CORRIDORS, THOSE NORTH NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDORS.

BUT THE POINT HERE IS DEVELOPING THIS NETWORK THAT CONNECTS WHAT BCT IS ALREADY OUT THERE DOING TODAY, THE LOCAL TRANSIT SERVICES ALREADY OUT THERE TODAY TO SOME OF THESE REGIONAL PROJECTS, JUST LIKE THE COMMISSIONER TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL.

THIS IS THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE LOCAL SERVICES, THOSE FIRST AND LAST MILE SOLUTIONS TO THOSE REGIONAL SERVICES.

THE WAY WE'RE GOING TO GO ABOUT DEVELOPING THE PREMO PLAN BASED ON NATIONAL BEST PRACTICES AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF EXPERIENCE I'VE HAD HERE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO ANSWERING A SERIES OF PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, FIRST, WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE NEEDS IN THE COUNTY? AND AS YOU GUYS KNOW VERY WELL, THERE ARE SEVERAL.

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ONCE WE UNDERSTAND AND HAVE ANSWERED THE WHERE AND THE WHAT.

OF COURSE, THE NEXT QUESTION TO ANSWER IN STEP E IS THE HOW.

HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THAT PROJECT? WHAT ARE THE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE FUNDING NEEDED TO MOVE THAT PROJECT FORWARD? NOW, IN THIS NEXT SLIDE, I THINK THE POINT HERE IS THAT IT'S A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

IT'S AN ITERATIVE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE NARROWING DOWN FROM THAT 30 YEAR VISION TO CREATE A SEQUENCE OF PROJECTS FOR THAT PIPELINE.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE PREMO PLAN WILL HAVE THAT PROGRAM, A PROJECT THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT TO THE MPO FOR CONSIDERATION AND INCLUSION IN THEIR 2050 MTP.

SO WE AS WE GO AND HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS, THIS PART GETS A LITTLE CONFUSING.

SO I JUST WANT TO SLOW DOWN HERE.

I TALKED ABOUT THAT PROCESS FOR DEVELOPING THE VISION IN THAT PIPELINE OF PROJECTS.

RIGHT. AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE OUT THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

HOWEVER, I KNOW BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE IN FLORIDA, WE ALL HAVE THEM.

THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR DECADES THAT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER REALLY HASN'T GOT A CHANCE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THERE MIGHT BE A LOT OF MATURITY BEHIND THAT PROJECT, A LOT OF PUBLIC CONVERSATION, SOME ACTIONS DONE BY A GOVERNING BOARD.

WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE SOME OF THOSE MORE MATURE PROJECTS THAT MAY HAVE NOT GOTTEN TOWARDS IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE THE FUNDING WASN'T AVAILABLE.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING OUTSIDE OF THE PREMO PLAN IS DEVELOPING WHAT WE CALL OUR ACCELERATED PROJECT CANDIDATES, AND THAT'S EXACTLY THAT.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING FOR PROBABLY DECADES, IF NOT LONGER, LOOKING FOR THOSE MATURE PROJECTS AND MAKING SURE THEY CHECK THE BOXES FOR OUR PREMO PLAN DEVELOPMENT, BUT THEN TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GET THEM MOVING FASTER BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS START GETTING SERVICE OUT THERE ON THE GROUND.

WE ARE ROUTINELY WORKING WITH OUR PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP.

THAT IS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND STAKEHOLDERS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

IT'S A REALLY GREAT GROUP.

WE'VE GOT A GREAT CROSS-SECTION.

EVERYTHING FROM THE URBAN LEAGUE TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES TO THE MPO HAS A REPRESENTATION AS WELL AS FDOT AND MAP BROWARD.

AND WE ROUTINELY MEET WITH THEM AND PRESENT SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT AND GET FEEDBACK FROM FROM OUR PAG.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD FOUR PAG MEETINGS TO DATE AND LOOKING TO SCHEDULE OUR FIFTH ONE HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

NICK MENTIONED THE NAME WE'RE USING PREMO PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS PREMIUM MOBILITY FOR ALL.

WE SHORTENED THAT UP TO PREMO SO THAT HOPEFULLY IT'S EASILY RECOGNIZABLE AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN USE WHEN WE'RE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THEM. SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN NOW.

WE HAVE HAD SEVERAL MUNICIPAL BRIEFINGS ALREADY, AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

TO DATE, WE'VE HAD FOURTEEN DIFFERENT MUNICIPAL BRIEFINGS ON THE PREMO PLAN.

WE'VE GOT ABOUT SIX SCHEDULED OR IN THE WORKS, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY TO GET TO THE REST OF THE MUNICIPALITIES HERE THIS MONTH AND THIS IN THIS MONTH OF JULY.

WE HAVE ALSO BEEN DOING A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT AGENCY BRIEFINGS.

WE'VE GOT A PROJECT WEBSITE, A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT'S ABOUT TO GEAR UP AND GET STARTED.

ON OUR PROJECT WEBSITE, WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP.

IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR PEOPLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE PREMO PLAN AND THAT'S OPEN 24/7, 7 DAYS A WEEK.

SO THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEONE TO ENGAGE IN THE PREMO PLAN AND PROVIDE THEIR THOUGHTS.

WE SAW OUR FIRST INTRODUCTORY VIDEO.

WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE CREATING THOSE VIDEOS.

WE'VE GOT A NUMBER.

WE'VE GOT A SURVEY THAT WE'VE BEEN TAKING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

TO DATE, WE'VE GOT ABOUT 1,300 SURVEY RESPONSES ON THE PREMO PLAN, AND WE'RE DOING A LOT OF THAT THROUGH WHAT'S OUR UPCOMING TOURISM OUTREACH, AS WELL AS WHAT WE CALL OUR COMMUNITY DROP INS.

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WE GOT BOOTS ON THE GROUND, SO PEOPLE GOING TO FARMER'S MARKETS OR COMMUNITY EVENTS ON THE WEEKENDS, AND THAT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY HELPFUL FOR US AND GETTING OUT THERE AND GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE TO THE COMMUNITY.

I THINK I LOST THE CONNECTION.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE STEPS ACROSS THE TOP.

BUT REALLY, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THE SCHEDULE IS THE FLOW OF COMMUNICATION.

YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCHEDULE HERE IS EVERY TIME WE DO A SERIES OF ANALYSIS UNDER EACH ONE OF THOSE STEPS, OUR VERY NEXT STEP IS TO GO TO OUR STAKEHOLDERS, GO TO THE PAG, DO OUR MUNICIPAL BRIEFINGS, AND GET INPUT FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP INFORM US AND HAVE A DIALOG ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN THE DATA. ONCE WE DO THAT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND GET MORE INPUT.

AND ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FROM OUR STAKEHOLDERS AND FROM THE PUBLIC INFORMS HOW WE BEST DO THE NEXT ROUND OF ANALYSIS.

SO IT'S THIS CONSTANT FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN RUNNING THE ANALYSIS, GETTING OUT THERE, HEARING WHAT THE STAKEHOLDERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE DATA AND HEARING WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS TO SAY IN TERMS OF THE DATA.

AT THE END OF THE PREMO PLAN DEVELOPMENT.

WE'RE GOING TO BRING THAT FORWARD TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION FOR ADOPTION.

AT THAT POINT, WHEN THE PREMO PLAN, IF IT IS ADOPTED, WE'D LIKE, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO BRING IT TO THE MPO FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2050 MTP.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN START GETTING INTO CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OR WHAT WE CALL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDIES.

THAT'S REALLY OUR FIRST STEP IN ENGAGING WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.

IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR FEDERAL DOLLARS TO REALLY COMPETE FOR THOSE FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS AND AT THE END OF THOSE P&ES, AS WE CALL THEM, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO HAVE THE COUNTY ADOPT A LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, VERY SIMILAR PROCESS TO WHAT THE COMMISSIONER JUST DESCRIBED IN TERMS OF BROAD COMMUTER COMMUTER PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO ASK NICK TO COME UP AND CLOSE US OUT.

SO JUST TO CLOSE THIS OUT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, YOU KNOW, PREMO IS NOT THE ONLY INITIATIVE FOR OUR COUNTY TRANSIT'S CURRENTLY WORKING ON.

WE HAVE A WHOLE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON AND REALLY PREMO IS GOING TO BE THE BACKBONE OF THAT NETWORK MOVING FORWARD OVER THAT 30 YEAR VISION.

BUT WE'RE ALREADY THINKING AHEAD ON HOW DOES THAT 30 YEAR VISION IMPACT OUR EXISTING LOCAL SERVICES AND HOW DOES IT IMPACT OUR FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS? I HEARD THAT COMMENT EARLIER TODAY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN WE DO BETTER FIRST AND LAST MILE ONCE WE GET THIS? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.

SO AS SOON AS THE PREMO PLAN GETS COMPLETED EARLY NEXT CALENDAR YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO BE INITIATING WHAT'S CALLED A COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS.

REALLY, IT'S A IT'S A CHANCE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT OUR ENTIRE LOCAL SERVICE NETWORK AND KIND OF FIND OUT, DOES THE CURRENT NETWORK CURRENTLY SERVE THE POPULATION? YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT TRAVEL PATTERNS HAVE CHANGED BETWEEN BEFORE COVID AND AFTER COVID.

WE NEED TO LOOK AT NEED TO ADJUST FOR THAT.

YOU KNOW, I HEARD THE COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE LENGTH OF CONNECTIONS THAT MIGHT TAKE TO GET FROM TAMARACK TO THE BEACH.

SO THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WILL BE LOOKED AT AS A PART OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS.

IT'S ABOUT HOW DO WE THEN TAKE THOSE OUR LOCAL NETWORK THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE THAT OPTIMIZE IT AND MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS WITH PREMO AND WITH THE REST OF THE REGIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

ALSO, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS NICE HANDOFF OF BEING ABLE TO INCORPORATE ALL THE PREMO CORRIDORS INTO OUR NEXT FIVE YEAR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

MAJOR UPDATE, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO OCCUR IN THE SAME TIMELINE.

SO WITH THE TDP AND THE MPOS 2050 MTP KIND OF HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS SYNERGY WHERE WE CAN TAKE THIS PROGRAM, A PROJECT, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TRANSITION THESE PROJECTS INTO THE OTHER PLANS AND HAVE PLANNING CONSISTENCY WHICH HELPS US WHEN WE GO TO APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON MOBILITY PILOT PROGRAMS FOR SOME OF THE CURRENT CURRENT MOBILITY ISSUES THAT ARE ACROSS THE COUNTY.

SO WE HAVE A A LATE SHIFT CONNECT PILOT PROGRAM THAT'S GOING TO BE ROLLING OUT IN THE NEXT 1 TO 2 MONTHS.

THAT'S A REALLY EXCITING PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH LOCAL AREA BUSINESSES AND THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, ESPECIALLY ON BE ABLE TO PROVIDE VOUCHERS FOR FOLKS WHO WORK OVERNIGHT SHIFTS AFTER OUR BUS SERVICE HAS SUSPENDED FOR THE EVENING AND BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM AN ABILITY, A LIFELINE TO BE ABLE TO GET TO WORK AFTER HOURS ONCE OUR SERVICE IS EXTENDED FOR THE EVENING.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MICRO TRANSIT.

I KNOW A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES ARE ALSO LOOKING AT MICRO TRANSIT RIGHT NOW AND THEY'VE DEVELOPED PARTNERSHIPS.

BROWARD COUNTY IS RIGHT ALONG WITH THEM.

WE HAVE A PROGRAM RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE PILOT TESTING MICRO TRANSIT IN FIVE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY.

SO WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD THAT TO OUR TO OUR SERVICES MOVING FORWARD AND ESPECIALLY ONCE WE HAVE SOME OF THESE PREMO CORRIDORS IN LINE, YOU KNOW, THAT MICRO TRANSIT HAS AN AMAZING ABILITY TO PROVIDE THOSE FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS FROM THOSE NODES THAT WE DEVELOPED IN THE PREMIUM NETWORK.

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IT'S QUITE COMMENDABLE WITH OUR MUNICIPALITIES TO DO COMMUNITY SHUTTLE, LOCAL CIRCUIT CIRCULATORS.

THAT PROGRAM IS GOING TO CONTINUE.

WE HAVE A CALL FOR FOR NEW AND EXPANDED PROJECTS FOR COMMUNITY SHUTTLE EVERY SINGLE YEAR IN JANUARY.

AND WE'RE LOOKING TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE CITY TO CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THAT PROGRAM.

AND ESPECIALLY AS PREMO COMES ONLINE, LOOKING AT HOW WE MIGHT NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE STRATEGIC TWEAKS TO THE ROUTING TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ROUTES CONNECT IN WITH THOSE HUBS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CREATED THROUGH PREMO.

SO WE HAVE THAT FIRST AND LAST MILE CONNECTIONS.

SO IF THAT, WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. WHAT WAS THAT? GO AHEAD.

OKAY. THERE IT IS.

I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

I REALLY APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TODAY.

A LOT OF IT IS IS VERY NEW TO ME.

I DID NOT KNOW THIS WAS HAPPENING WHEN IT COMES TO PREMO.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO COME BEFORE OUR BOARD AGAIN FOR APPROVAL AND TO BE PLACED IN IN OUR PROGRAM.

AND I IT SEEMS LIKE YOU YOU ALREADY HAVE YOU SAY WHAT, 14-1,500 RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC AND SO FORTH.

IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THIS BOARD WOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT IT BEFORE I WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, CITY OF MIRAMAR, THAT I WOULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, KNOWN ABOUT THIS SO THAT I CAN PUSH IT OUT TO MY COMMUNITY AS WELL.

AND AND I DIDN'T.

SO I'M KIND OF A LITTLE BIT TAKEN ABACK THAT IT'S ONLY NOW COMING TO US.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, IN THE SOUTH AND THE SOUTHERN PORTION, WESTERN PORTION, THAT OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY DO GET AN OPPORTUNITY, THAT WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND AND IN OUR OPINIONS AND THOSE OF OUR RESIDENTS TO BE COUNTED AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF A LOT OF EFFORTS BEEN MADE IN THAT DIRECTION, BUT I CERTAINLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CITY MANAGER, MY COMMISSION AND OUR RESIDENTS ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON TO THAT, WHATEVER IT IS THAT THAT OUR NEEDS ARE THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN.

ONE OF THE THINGS IN ADDITION TO THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED ABOUT FOR YEARS IS IS HAVING SOME SORT OF A TRANSIT GOING DOWN UNIVERSITY DRIVE NORTH TO SOUTH.

AND I RECOGNIZE THAT EAST WEST IS JUST AS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WILL BE THE TIME TO FLUSH THAT OUT AS WELL AND SEE WHETHER OR NOT IT IS WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE A PRIORITY.

SO THAT'S MY INPUT.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WANT, I CAN RESPOND REAL QUICK.

WE GOOD? WE DID SEND OUT A LETTER TO EVERY SINGLE CITY MANAGER ACROSS THE COUNTY REQUESTING MUNICIPAL BRIEFINGS.

I DON'T THINK WE'VE GOT ONE SCHEDULED YET WITH THE CITY OF MIRAMAR, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT AT ANY TIME YOU ALL ARE AVAILABLE, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO BRIEF YOUR INTERNAL STAFF AS WELL AS WE'RE WELCOME AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO COME TO THE BOARD AS WELL, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING.

SO WE'RE ABSOLUTELY OPEN TO THAT.

AND WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ARE THE BEST EVENTS GOING ON IN YOUR CITY WHERE WE CAN DO THIS COMMUNITY DROP INS IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE THOSE RESPONSES.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. THIS THIS PLAN CANNOT MOVE FORWARD UNLESS THERE IS A UNLESS THERE IS INPUT FROM EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTY.

IT HAS TO BE COMPREHENSIVE IN ITS WAY.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET PUBLIC OPINION AND OUTREACH, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO THAT.

WELL, I WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE IF THAT WAS SENT TO ME, TO MY OFFICE SO THAT I CAN MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE ARE INCLUDED.

THANK YOU. YOU HAVE.

THANK YOU. I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND AN ACRONYM.

PAG. PAG WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S OUR PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP.

IT'S MADE UP OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COUNTY AGENCIES, AND WE MEET WITH THEM ROUTINELY TO PRESENT SOME INFORMATION OR REALLY GET DIRECTION FROM THEM AND MAKE SURE WE'RE HEADING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I DO HAVE A LIST OF THOSE MEMBERS, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, I COULD KIND OF RUN THROUGH.

WELL I GUESS MAYBE ALONG THOSE SAME LINES, IT WOULD SEEM TO ME THAT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN IN THAT ANALYSIS WOULD BE INPUT FROM MPO AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES.

I GUESS MY CONCERN IS MAYBE SIMILAR NOT SO MUCH ABOUT TIMING AND AWARENESS, BUT ABOUT DUPLICATION OF EFFORTS AND CROSS WIRES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT SEEMS TO ME THERE'S A LOT OF REDUNDANCY BETWEEN WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, WHAT THE MPO IS LOOKING AT AND WHAT CITIES ARE LOOKING AT.

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YEAH. AND IN THAT SCHEDULE, I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THAT FEEDBACK LOOP BETWEEN THE ANALYSIS AND THE OUTREACH.

EVERY TIME WE'RE HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP, WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING ALL OUR INDIVIDUAL MUNICIPAL BRIEFINGS AND AGENCY BRIEFINGS AS WELL.

SO I THINK THAT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SURE WE ARE COORDINATING BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF YOU'RE GOING TO INVEST IN ONE OF THESE PREMIUM TRANSIT CORRIDORS, EVERYTHING NEEDS TO BE WORKING SEAMLESSLY TOGETHER.

YOU DON'T WANT AN EXTENDED CONSTRUCTION PERIOD OR DO AN IMPROVEMENT AND THEN HAVE TO ADJUST THAT IMPROVEMENT TO COME BACK AND DO PREMIUM TRANSIT PROGRAMS LATER.

SURE, SURE. HI.

MY NAME IS AMANDA KRISTIN.

I AM THE TRANSIT MANAGER WITH THE BROWARD MPO AND I AM A MEMBER OF THE PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO ALL OF THE MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE HAD, I HAVE BEEN AVAILABLE AND COMMENTING ON BEHALF OF ALL OF YOU AND OUR 31 PARTNER COMMUNITY.

SO I'VE BEEN AWARE OF IT THE, YOU KNOW, FOR ABOUT A YEAR THAT THEY'VE BEEN PROGRESSING WITH THIS STUDY AND REST ASSURED, THE INTERESTS OF OF BROWARD AS A WHOLE ARE BEING CONSIDERED WHEN I MAKE MY COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I WANT TO PUT THAT POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE STATEMENT, AND I APPRECIATE AMANDA MAKING THE COMMENT. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PARTICIPATING, WE'RE FOLLOWING ALONG.

BUT THIS IS NOTHING.

IT'S NOT AT THE LEVEL YET TO EVEN HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS.

IT'S WORTH THERE'S STILL THE I WOULD EVEN PUT IT IN THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING STAGE.

SO THERE YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INPUT YOU CAN GET AT THIS POINT IN TIME THAT WOULD HELP THEM UNTIL THEY START ACTUALLY PLACING LINES.

AND I, YOU KNOW, USE THIS TERM LIGHTLY, BUT ONCE YOU START PUTTING LINES ON A MAP, THEN YOU CAN ACTUALLY START REACTING AND FIGURING OUT WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.

THAT'S THE BENEFIT WE HAVE WITH THE FEC CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE KNOW WHERE IT IS.

SO ONCE THAT HAPPENS, I THINK THAT THIS BOARD WILL BE TAKING A MUCH MORE ACTIVE ROLE IN ALL OF THIS, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, I GOT IT.

NOW THIS MAKES SENSE, OR NO, THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN HOW THIS ACTUALLY MOVES FORWARD.

JUST TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY, YOU CAN GO TO OUR PLANNING PAGE AND THERE'S THE VISION 2100 TRANSPORT TRANSIT PLAN THAT LAYS OUT EVERY QUARTER THAT COULD EVER HAVE TRANSIT ON IT IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I WOULD ANTICIPATE THE PREMO PLAN WILL LOOK VERY EERILY SIMILAR TO WHAT THAT PLAN ACTUALLY LAYS OUT, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MANY PLACES YOU CAN PUT TRANSIT IN THE COUNTY, INCLUDING UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

COMMISSIONER FURR. HELLO.

THANKS. YEAH.

ON YOUR COMMENT CARD, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON THIS.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU'RE JUST STARTING OUT KIND OF IT'S BEEN KIND OF BUBBLING UP.

BUT THERE ARE, I THINK, THE MAIN THING THAT I'M WANTING TO HEAR OUT OF THIS THERE'S THREE QUESTIONS.

ONE, I WANT TO FIND OUT WHAT IT TAKES TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CAR AND ON YOUR COMMENT CARD SOMEWHERE.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR CAR AND ONTO A ONTO SOMETHING ELSE? THAT'S THE MAIN QUESTION.

AND AND WE DON'T WE'RE NOT HEARING WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THAT IS.

WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S FREE.

FREE BUS.

FREE, FREE LIGHT RAIL.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT WE NEED TO FIND OUT.

THE OTHER ONE IS, AND I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED THIS TO CHERYL IS I THINK WE NEED TO BE ON THOSE BUSSES WITH COMMENT CARDS ASKING THEM, HOW CAN WE MAKE THIS BETTER? HOW CAN WE MAKE YOUR RIDE BETTER? BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS AND WE NEED TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THEM, NOT SOMEBODY ON A WEBSITE, SOMEBODY WHO'S ON THAT BUS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND THEN AND THEN LASTLY, WE NEED TO ASK THEM, WHERE ARE YOU GOING THAT WE'RE NOT? AND DO WE? YOU KNOW, AND IF WE HEAR ENOUGH PEOPLE SAY, YOU'RE NOT GOING THERE, THEN WE NEED TO CHANGE THAT.

SO JUST I THINK THOSE THREE QUESTIONS ARE IMPORTANT.

AND BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO BECAUSE THIS IS A PART OF THE TRANSIT, PART OF THE COUNTY, NOT THAT THE MPO DOESN'T TOUCH ON AS MUCH.

IT'S REALLY MORE ON THE COUNTY SIDE, I THINK.

BUT BUT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BE KIND OF BROUGHT TOGETHER.

YEAH, WE'RE ABOUT TO GET MARRIED.

YEAH. ABOUT. YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT TO GET COME TOGETHER AND SEE HOW THIS AND SEE HOW ALL THIS GOES TOGETHER.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ACTUALLY, TO SOME OF THE CITY'S FOLKS INTO THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT STAFF AND TO CHERYL DICKEY IN PARTICULAR.

WE MIGHT ACTUALLY ALSO WANT TO GET TO THE CEOS OF ALL OF THE CITIES TO GET THIS TYPE OF QUESTIONNAIRE OUT TO LOCAL RESIDENTS NOT ONLY THAT ARE TAKING THE BUS CURRENTLY, BUT THE ONES THAT MIGHT WANT TO AND DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND IT.

SO THAT QUESTION OF WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?

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SO BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING.

SO, YOU KNOW, THAT I THINK IS PART AND PARCEL OF A REALLY GOOD QUESTION THAT WE ALL NEED TO REALLY THINK ABOUT AND HOW THAT WOULD WORK.

AND I'M VERY GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY DAMN AWESOME.

I'M SORRY FOR THE SWEARWORD.

OKAY. IT'S TELLING THAT WE SEND OUT ALL KIND OF SCHEDULES TO ALL OF OUR PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.

WE DON'T SEND OUT THESE SCHEDULES.

WE DON'T SEND OUT A BUS SCHEDULE.

WE DON'T SEND OUT A TRIBAL SCHEDULE.

WE'LL SEND OUT A GARBAGE SCHEDULE.

BUT WE BUT WE DON'T SEND.

WE NEVER SEND THESE SCHEDULES OUT.

AND SO, I MEAN, LIKE TODAY, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT MAYBE I COULD CATCH TRI RAIL.

SO I'M QUICKLY LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING, NAH, I SHOULD LOOK AT THIS A LITTLE EARLIER, YOU KNOW.

BUT BUT THAT'S THE KIND OF THING IT'S NOT IT'S NOT ON MY REFRIGERATOR TODAY.

YOU SHOULD HAVE. I SHOWED UP TODAY.

I KNOW. BUT THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE THINKING.

THESE ARE AUTOMATICALLY THINGS THAT WE SHOULD BE HANDING OUT.

SO AND HOPEFULLY WITH PREMO, WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU [INAUDIBLE] YOU STILL WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YES. YOUR NAME CAME OFF.

GO AHEAD. OH, THANK YOU.

YEAH, NO, I THINK MAYBE A SUGGESTION, TOO, BASED ON SOME OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS AS WELL, BECAUSE WHO WEREN'T AS AWARE OF THIS EITHER IS MAYBE WHEN OUTREACHING TO THE CITIES. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE ALL LOVE TRANSPORTATION AND TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER TO REQUEST THAT WE JOIN WITH THE CITY MANAGER WHERE WE CAN GO OVER WITH YOU GUYS, NOT EVEN JUST PLANS THAT ARE ON THE BOOKS, BUT HOPES OF OUR CITIES AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND REALLY THAT WAY THERE'S NOT THE REDUNDANCY AND MIGHT HELP YOU GUYS GET A BIT OF A MORE OF A JUMP ON.

THERE'S THE COUNTY AND THEN THERE'S EACH CITY'S NEEDS, PERSONALITIES.

WHETHER OR NOT YOUR POPULATION IS MORE TOURISM BASED, WHICH WOULD NEED, YOU KNOW, THEIR VEHICLES MAYBE WRAPPED CUTER OR MORE FUN, HOP ON, HOP OFF VERSUS WORKFORCE TRANSIT AND FIGURING OUT REALLY WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S SOME TRANSPORTATION ONES THAT JUST SEEM CONFUSING, SORT OF LIKE THE LITTLE THE LITTLE SHUTTLE.

WE HAVE LITTLE SHUTTLES THAT LOOK LIKE AIRPORT TO HOTEL SHUTTLES AND IT REALLY CONFUSING.

NO ONE KNOWS REALLY WHERE THEY GO.

NO ONE KNOWS THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO JUMP ON THEM.

AND SOME OF THAT, I THINK, IS THE MARKETING THING.

AND AGAIN, IT'S THE PERSONALITY OF EACH COMMUNITY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO GO AS WELL.

AND THAT MIGHT HELP YOU DRAW THE LINES TO THEN TWEAK MORE.

BUT THAT'D BE A RECOMMENDATION.

SO THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. WILLIAMS. YES. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M IN LAUDERDALE LAKES AND WE HAVE HAD COMMUNITY BUSING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS NOW.

I CAN'T TAKE THE BUS FROM MY FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD TO CITY HALL, BUT I HAD TO WALK ABOUT A HALF A MILE BEFORE, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO GET ON.

BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE US AS A COMMUNITY THAT BROWARD COUNTY WORKING ON THIS PROBLEM.

YOU KNOW, IT'S ONLY GOING TO GET WORSE.

THEY'RE SELLING MORE CARS AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE GAS IS GOING UP AND WE PROBABLY HAVE TO START USING THOSE BIKE LANES WE PUT IN.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S ALL GOOD.

BUT THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

THANK MR. JAFFE.

I JUST WANT TO RESPOND TO COMMISSIONER FURR.

HE SAID WHAT'S GOING TO WHAT IS WHAT IS GOING TO GET WHAT DOES HE THINK ARE GOING TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR CARS INTO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION? OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, $10 A GALLON OF GASOLINE.

AND ADDITIONALLY, ANOTHER THING THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF ALL THE GLOBAL OR TRI COUNTY TRANSPORTATION ISSUES THAT EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT TODAY, THAT THE DRIVING TIME FOR COMMUTERS, I THINK, REALLY AFFECTS WHETHER YOU TAKE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TONIGHT OR NOT.

BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE WHERE I WORK AT MIAMI AIRPORT, A LOT OF THOSE FOLKS WHO COME A COUPLE OF TIMES A WEEK LIVE UP FURTHER NORTH IN PALM BEACH COUNTY OR NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND IF THE DRIVE TIME EXCEEDS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME GOING AND COMING, THAT FORCES PEOPLE TO SAY MAYBE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, A TRY RAIL OR BRIGHT LINE IS A FASTER SOURCE, MORE RELAXING FOR THEM TO ENGAGE IN.

SO JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. STUART. OKAY.

WE'RE GOOD GUYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN.

GOOD PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE TWO MORE PRESENTATIONS REALLY QUICKLY FAZAL QURESHI IS GOING TO END UP PRESENTING TO YOU QUICKLY ON OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS AND THEN BRYAN CALETKA WILL

[3. Mobility Projects Update]

ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, MY NAME IS FAZEL QURESHI AS GREG JUST STATED, I'M ONE OF THE MOBILITY PROJECT MANAGERS AT THE BROWARD MPO.

HOPEFULLY I CAN TALK LESS ABOUT PLANNING AND WHAT WE ARE DOING.

SO I'M JUST GOING TO GO OVER WHERE OUR PROJECTS ENDED UP AT THE END OF FISCAL YEAR 22 AND PROJECTS THAT WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED THIS PAST YEAR.

SO MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS SLIDE MANY TIMES BEFORE.

THIS IS OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

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THERE'S ALL OF OUR PARTNERS HAVE COLLABORATED COLLABORATED WITH EACH OTHER THAT THE WORK WE'RE PROPOSING IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY AND NOT ON SOMEONE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT WE HAVE A PRETTY GOOD COST ESTIMATE THAT'S REALISTIC AND THAT WE HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM FROM THE COMMISSIONS, AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT HAS BEEN CONDUCTED FOR THE COMMUNITIES.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY, ONCE THE PROJECT GETS PROGRAM READY, IT BECOMES ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING AND EVENTUALLY IT GETS PROGRAMED AND IT GOES THROUGH THE REST OF THE LIFECYCLE UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED. SOME OF THE OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT WE ARE INVOLVED WITH ARE ALSO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.

SO FIRST I'M GOING TO GO OVER IS THE MOBILITY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AT THE MPO.

THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THREE PROJECTS FOR APPROXIMATELY $20 MILLION.

CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE NINE OR AS OF JUNE 30TH, WE HAVE NINE PROJECTS FOR $51 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS IN DESIGN FOR APPROXIMATE $140 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY TWO PROJECTS FOR $11 MILLION THAT ARE PROGRAMED.

BUT THIS IS JUST THE MOBILITY PROJECTS OR THE MOBILITY PROGRAM PROJECTS.

AND THIS PAST YEAR WE WERE ABLE TO ADD 19 MILES OF MULTIMODAL FACILITIES TO THE EXISTING NETWORK.

AND THEN THE NEXT FEW PROJECTS I'M GOING TO PROVIDE SOME PICTURES.

MANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE IN MANY OF YOUR MANY OF YOUR CITIES, SUCH AS FOR BOARD MEMBERS, SHUHAM, LEWELLEN, TRANTALIS, MCKINZIE, MARTIN AND WELCH.

THE FIRST ONE IS SOUTHWEST 40TH AVENUE IN THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH AND IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, WE'RE ADDING THESE BIKE LANES.

HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO SEE BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS ON HER BIKE, YOU KNOW, WITH US ALL THE WAY FROM LAUDERDALE LAKES.

BUT BUT WE ARE DOING SOME WIDENING OPERATIONS TO ADD SOME BIKE LANES.

WE'RE DOING SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS.

WE'RE JUST REALLY TRYING TO MAKE THAT THIS CONNECTION, WHICH CONNECTED TO A PROJECT WHICH YOU RECENTLY FINISHED ALONG SOUTHWEST 56TH AVENUE, ANOTHER PROJECT IS OUR OAKLAND PARK MOBILITY PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT ACTUALLY CONSISTED OF OVER TEN SEGMENTS OF ROADS WHERE WE WERE DOING EITHER SHERYL'S BIKE LANE SIDEWALKS OR OTHER PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT IN.

IMPROVEMENTS. THE THE PICTURES THAT ARE SHOWN ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL, ALONG INVERURIE BOULEVARD ON THE RIGHT AND SORRY IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE ON THE LEFT, WHICH IS ALONG NORTHEAST 32ND STREET, WHERE WE ADDED BIKE LANES AND WE DID SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS FOR THOSE COMMUNITIES.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IS THIS FIVE MILE LONG LYONS ROAD PROJECT, WHICH WE RECENTLY COMPLETED IN THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.

THIS COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED THAT CORRIDOR WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE SEVEN FOOT BUFFER BIKE LANES.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.

WE DID A LOT OF SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR AND WE ALSO DID A LOT OF SIGNALIZATION IMPROVEMENTS.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON PROJECTS THAT WILL BE CONNECTING INTO LYONS ROAD IN THE FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT PROJECT, THE NEXT SUPER PROJECTS I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT BRIEFLY IS THE TIGER PROJECTS.

THESE ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE CLOSELY OR ARE ALMOST COMPLETED HOPEFULLY BY NEXT YEAR ON JULY 14TH OR 13TH OR WHATEVER, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THESE FIVE PROJECTS.

SO HOPEFULLY BY NOVEMBER.

THAT'S OUR PLANE SCHEDULE.

AND AND I'M GOING TO JUST QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE PROGRESS PICTURES FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND AND THE FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT IS POWER LINE ROAD IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK WITH BOARD MEMBER CARN AND ALSO RIVERLAND ROAD WITHIN THE CITY DISTRICTS OF FORT LAUDERDALE WITH BOARD MEMBER TRANTALIS AND MCKINZIE.

AND ON BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS RIDING BIKE LANES, WE'RE DOING SOME MAINTENANCE RESURFACING WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE DOING SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NEXT COUPLE OF PROJECTS ARE NORTH WEST 31ST AVENUE AND MLK BOULEVARD.

ON THE LEFT IS IN CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE ONCE AGAIN.

BUT ON THE RIGHT IS MLK BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.

WITH BOARD MEMBER MCGEE AND BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WE'RE DOING VERY SIMILAR TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS WHERE WE'RE ADDING BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND WE'RE DOING SOME OF THE MISSING NETWORK CONNECTIONS THAT CURRENTLY EXIST.

AND HOPEFULLY AFTER THIS, AFTER THESE TWO PROJECTS WILL BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THAT NETWORK OF BIKE LANES.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS IN LAUDERDALE LAKES ALONG THE LAUDERDALE GREENWAY WITH COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS.

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THERE WAS A GREENWAY TO THE EAST AND AGREEMENT TO THE WEST.

AND WE RECENTLY BROKE GROUND A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

WHERE TO TO START INSTALLING THE THE PATH ITSELF.

AND ONCE THIS PORTION OF THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED, THERE'S GOING TO BE BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPING, THERE'S GOING TO BE A PLETHORA OF LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE PATH.

AND AND IT WILL HELP PROVIDE A MORE SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FACILITY FOR FOLKS, FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES OR FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

ALL RIGHT. LAST GROUP OF PROJECTS, I PROMISE, IS OUR CSLIP PROGRAM.

CURRENTLY, THIS PAST YEAR, NO PROJECTS WERE NO PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED, BUT THERE WERE FIVE PROJECTS THAT MOVED INTO CONSTRUCTION THIS YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF $20 MILLION, $21 MILLION.

THERE'S 22 PROJECTS CURRENTLY PROGRAM FOR SEE SLIPPED AND DESIGN AND WHERE IT SAYS PROGRAM VERSUS ZERO PROJECTS.

THANKS TO EVERYONE HERE FOR ADOPTING THE TIP.

THERE'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF 12 PROJECTS, 12 CSLIP PROJECTS, I BELIEVE IT'S SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PROJECTS THAT WILL BE SHOWN WHEN WE PROVIDE THIS UPDATE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

THE TWO PROJECTS I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO OVER IS MIRAMAR PARKWAY IN THE SOUTH WEST, 184TH AVENUE IMPROVEMENTS IN BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE'S BACK YARD.

AND WE ARE DOING A SHARED USE PATH ALONG SOUTHWEST 184TH AVENUE FROM BASS CREEK ROAD ALL THE WAY TO MIRAMAR PARKWAY AND ALONG MIRAMAR PARKWAY FROM 184 TO 17ND.

WE'RE ADDING SOME BIKE LANES AND WE'RE DOING SOME OTHER INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST IS OUR WESTERN ROAD MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS WITH BOARD MEMBER JAFFE JAFFE, WHERE WE ARE ADDING SOME BIKE LANES AND SOME WE'RE DOING SOME SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, SOME SIGNALIZATION WITH PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS AT SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS.

AND THIS WILL EVENTUALLY CONNECT UP TO THE [INAUDIBLE] IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON.

AND WITH THAT, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, IF YOU FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT AT ANY TIME OR RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. GOOD PRESENTATION, QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MR. STUART. THANK YOU.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MR.

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

GOOD MORNING BOARD. BRYAN CALETKA, BROWARD MPO.

I AM THE SURTAX MANAGER.

FIRST, I WANT TO SAY WE ARE HAVING A SMALL TECHNOLOGY PROBLEM.

WE INVITED MRS. [INAUDIBLE] OF MAP ADMINISTRATION FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO JOIN US ONLINE.

SHE'S UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND THAT'S ON OUR END.

IT'S NOT ON HER END.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR HER, WE'LL DEFER TO HER AND GET BACK TO YOU.

WE DO HAVE THE LEGAL COUNSEL AVAILABLE FROM BROWARD COUNTY MAP ADMINISTRATION AND THEN THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP, WHICH IS THE CONSULTANT.

SO WE HAVE TODD AND KAT FOR THE PRESENTATION.

WELL. THANK YOU, BRYAN.

IS THERE A PRESENTATION MISSING? I'D SAY WE RAN THE GANTLET, SO I WAS GOING TO, LIKE, CONGRATULATE ALL OF US TO MAKING IT HERE.

I CAN TOTALLY DO THAT.

WOW, THIS HAS GOT FUN.

AND KAT IS GOING TO BE PART OF THIS CONVERSATION SO YOU CAN WING IT.

YOU READY? OKAY.

SHE'S GIVING ME STRENGTH.

SO HERE WE ARE. SO VERY QUICKLY.

AND WHAT TODAY WAS REALLY ABOUT WAS GIVING YOU THE UPDATE THAT FROM THE MPO PERSPECTIVE, OUR JOB HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AS BRYAN HAD SAID.

EVERY YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

WE WORK WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, WE WORK WITH THE TEAM, GRETCHEN AND ANGELA, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HITTING EVERYTHING OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT AND HOW WE'RE EVALUATING RANKING AND RECOMMENDING NEW MCPS OR MCPS BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME CYCLE ONE PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF THE ORIGINAL PROCESS THAT ALSO GET RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING THAT'S THERE.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE WORKED WITH, AGAIN, THAT ENTIRE TEAM TO RANK OVER 100 PROJECTS.

AND SO I WANT TO BE ABLE TO BOY, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE YEAH, WITHOUT A PRESENTATION I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I SHOULD DANCE HERE.

BUT I GUESS WHAT I'LL START WITH THEN, SINCE SINCE WE ARE CREATIVE AND WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS AS I'M GOING TO HAVE KAT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE, IT WAS A LOT OF WORK AND I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE KATRINA A GREAT DEAL OF THANK YOU HERE, ALONG WITH THE TEAM THAT SHE WORKED WITH.

SHE WORKED WITH ANGELA, WITH THE TEAM.

GAVIN, I BELIEVE, IS ANGELA, WHO SHE WORKED WITH MOST, AND GRETCHEN AND HER TEAM.

THERE WERE A LOT OF.

AHA, HERE WE ARE.

YES. OH MY GOSH.

I FEEL LIKE I KIND OF WITH THAT A BIT BUT I DON'T KNOW.

[02:15:01]

BUT I DO WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME CONCEPT ABOUT REALLY WHERE WE'RE AT, BECAUSE WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE SAT DOWN AS A GROUP.

WE SAT DOWN WITH ANGELA, WITH GRETCHEN, WITH BRYAN, EVERYONE, AND SAID, ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR? AND WE KNEW THAT THERE WAS SOME REAL FOCUS NEEDING ON TEACHING, TRAINING AND SUPPORT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT WAS THERE WAS GOING TO BE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR NEW MCPS.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING PAST THE ORIGINAL 110 PROJECTS AND COULD THEN START FUNDING NEW PROJECTS AND NEW IDEAS THAT YOU HAD OR ARE RECOMMENDING THAT FUNDING.

SO THE ROLE OF THE MPO AS WE THOUGHT ABOUT TEACHING IT WAS ALSO THAT PROCESS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS THE LANE IN WHICH THE MPO IS WORKING HERE? WHAT DOES THE MPO DO RELATIVE TO THE SURTAX? THE SURTAX IS A LARGE PROGRAM, AND YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD WITH PREMO THE THINGS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR PREMIUM TRANSIT, ALL OF THE EXTRA EFFORTS THAT ARE GOING ALONG.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MAG THAT MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE, THAT'S THE 10%.

WELL, THAT IS NOT JUST THIS PROGRAM OF THE MCPS, THAT INCLUDES COMMUNITY SHUTTLES, THAT INCLUDES REHABILITATION, RESURFACING, AS WELL AS CONTINGENCY. SO WE'RE ONE PART OF THAT 10%.

SO YOU'LL HEAR ME USE THE TERM AVAILABLE MAG ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THAT'S REALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS EVERY YEAR WE'RE GIVEN AN AVAILABILITY NUMBER.

THIS IS HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE TO RECOMMEND FOR PROJECTS.

AND SO OUR PROCESS IS REALLY COUPLED PER THE SECOND AMENDMENT WHERE THE RANKING OF THESE PROJECTS AND THE RECOMMENDATION KIND OF HAPPENED IN ONE SEAMLESS PROCESS THAT WE WORK WITH. NOW, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, THOUGH, THAT AS PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE FOCUS ON THOSE CYCLE ONE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEEMED ELIGIBLE, THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THEIR EVALUATION, THAT WE'VE GOTTEN THE THUMBS UP ON.

WE FOCUS ON THOSE FIRST, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NEW MCP.

SO THE ROLE OF THE MPO THROUGH ALL OF THAT IS TO RANK AND TO RECOMMEND FOR FUNDING AND THEN GOING TO THE COMMISSION, I GUESS THE OVERSIGHT BOARD AND THEN THE COMMISSION FOR THEIR APPROVAL. SO IT IS A RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR OBJECTIVES FOR THIS YEAR, THOUGH, IS NOT JUST TO TEACH, BUT IT WAS ALSO TO BUILD SOME INFRASTRUCTURE FOR YOU ALL.

SO WE HAVE THAT NEW WEBSITE, THE MY MCPS.ORG, WHERE WE EMPHASIZE THIS IN PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS.

IT ALLOWS YOU TO SEE EVERY MEETING THAT'S OCCURRED.

WE DO NEWS UPDATES.

ANY TIME THAT WE'VE HAD SOMETHING, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF YOU THAT ARE ALREADY SIGNED UP FOR THIS PROCESS.

YOU'RE GETTING CONSTANT, REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH US, KNOWING WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS, WHAT WE'VE UPDATED ON THE WEBSITE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AS WE IN THIS PROCESS AND MOVE TOWARDS NEXT YEAR, THERE WILL BE A LOT MORE UPDATES RELATED TO THAT.

BUT WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THOSE CYCLE ONE, THOSE FIRST 110 PROJECTS THAT WERE RANKED AND RECOMMENDED THEN FOR FURTHER EVALUATION AND MOVING FORWARD IF THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR SURTAX FUNDING.

SO WE MET WITH AS MANY OF YOU ALL AS WE COULD WITH YOUR STAFF.

THAT WAS THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO SAY, WHAT DO YOU GOT ON CYCLE ONE? ARE THERE CHALLENGES THAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT WE CAN THEN WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND BRING THOSE MESSAGES BACK? SO THAT WAY IT'S A COHESIVE MESSAGE THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

AND THEN UPDATE OUR NEW MCP APPLICATION, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED FROM OUR TEST RUN OF LAST YEAR IS CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS DONE EARLIER? GETTING IN THE PROCESS, MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN VETTED NOT JUST FROM AN ELIGIBILITY STANDPOINT, BUT AS THE RESOLUTIONS THERE IS ALL THE INFORMATION THERE. SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT APPLICATION, WE CAN REALLY DEEM THAT TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE CAN WE CAN QUICKLY RANK AND RECOMMEND TO YOU ALL.

NOW THIS BECOMES OUR RECIPE.

SO THERE'S THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO.

SO WE AND NICE WAY THE SECOND AMENDMENT OUTLINES THIS IS WE'RE GIVEN SEVEN DIRECTIVES.

SO WE MADE SURE IN THE REST OF THIS PRESENTATION YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HOW WE MEET ALL OF THESE SEVEN DIRECTIVES.

WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM, NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER, BUT BY THE LETTER OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO IT INCLUDES EVERYTHING ABOUT HAVING PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EVALUATION PROCESSES, MEETING WITH YOU, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE HEARING WHAT YOUR NEEDS ARE, WORKING WITH YOU ON YOUR APPLICATIONS, STAYING WITHIN THE MAG, THE AVAILABLE MAG THAT'S AVAILABLE TO US RANKING AND ALL OF THE THINGS THAT MAKE SURE THAT YOUR PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GO FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE THOSE SEVEN.

THAT IS YOUR KEY TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.

SO WITH THAT, WE WANTED TO DO A FLOW CHART SO YOU COULD SEE HOW IT MOVED THROUGH SPACE BECAUSE IT IS ALL REALLY COUPLED TOGETHER AS BOTH A RECOMMENDATION OR A RANKING AND A RECOMMENDATION PROCESS.

SO WE OPEN UP THE APPLICATION PERIOD.

ALTHOUGH YOUR STAFF HAS AVAILABILITY TO THE DATABASE, 365 TO 24/7 TO GET INTO YOUR DATABASE.

SO IT'S ONLINE, IT'S ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO YOU.

BUT THE WINDOW IN WHICH YOU SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IS ABOUT 28 DAYS.

BUT SO WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

WE THEN GATHER ALL THE APPLICATIONS TOGETHER.

WE'VE GOT THREE STEPS THAT KAT'S GOING TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT WITH ELIGIBILITY REVIEWS, REVIEWS FROM US, MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN KAT WAS AN INTEGRAL PART IN THIS AND SPENT MANY HOURS, LATE HOURS DOING THAT WORK.

ONCE WE'VE SEEN THAT, WE'VE GOT ALL THAT PUT TOGETHER, THEN THE CITY HAS THE DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO SUBMIT IT.

[02:20:02]

WE THEN ALLOW ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE WORKING WITH ANGELA AND HER TEAM.

IS THERE ANY ELIGIBILITY ISSUES.

SEEING NONE THEN WE GO THROUGH THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MONICA, TO THEN APPLY THROUGH THAT PROCESS.

ONCE WE HAVE THEN THE PROJECTS RANKED, THOSE HIGHEST RANKED ONES BECOME OUR TOP TARGETS PER THE SECOND AMENDMENT OF WHAT WE RECOMMEND.

SO THAT'S WHY I SAY IT'S A COUPLED PROCESS TOGETHER.

IT'S THE HIGHEST RANKED.

WE BASICALLY KEEP RUNNING DOWN THE BUDGET UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF MONEY AND THEN WE STOP.

SO WE SAY, OKAY, THERE'S NO MORE AVAILABLE MAG THAT THEN IT STOPS.

SO WHATEVER NUMBER OF HIGHEST RANKED PROJECTS WE HAVE LEFT, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN WE SUBMIT THAT TO THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR BY JUNE 1ST.

SO THEN WE'RE TURNING THAT OVER TO SAY THESE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE MAG THAT YOU'VE GIVEN US.

SO A BRIEF UPDATE OVER THE OVERVIEW CYCLE, AND I'D LIKE KAT TO COME UP HERE AND GIVE THIS BECAUSE SHE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANTS.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS KATRINA [INAUDIBLE] BUT YOU CAN CALL ME KAT.

I WAS THE APPLICATION REVIEWER FOR THE 2022 APPLICATION CYCLE FOR MCPS.

I HAD THE PLEASURE OF WORKING WITH PRETTY MUCH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THROUGHOUT THIS APPLICATION PERIOD.

THEY WERE VERY RESOURCEFUL IN GIVING US INSIGHTS TO IMPROVEMENTS WE CAN MAKE TO THE SURTAX PROGRAM OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

PROVIDING OUTREACH AND EDUCATION WAS THE PRIORITY OF THE FOCUS POINT OF THE MCP LIAISON TEAM.

STARTING IN DECEMBER 2021, WE HAD TWO INFORMAL INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOPS, ONE IN DECEMBER AND ANOTHER ONE IN JANUARY.

BY THE TIME THE APPLICATION PERIOD STARTED ON MARCH 11TH, WE PRETTY MUCH MET WITH OVER 95% OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TO GAUGE THEIR INTEREST IN THE APPLICATION PERIOD AND ENTER APPLICATIONS.

SO MOVING FROM OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO THE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PHASE, ALL MUNICIPALITIES WERE REQUIRED TO MEET ONE ON ONE WITH THE MPO TO GET THE PASSWORD.

THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PREVIOUS CYCLES AND THIS ONE IS THAT THERE'S NOW A THREE STEP REVIEW, AS TODD MENTIONED.

THE FIRST STEP IS IN THE PURVIEW OF THE SURTAX GENERAL COUNSEL AND SHE SCREENS THE APPLICATIONS FOR ELIGIBILITY AND HER TEAM.

THE REMAINING STEPS ARE OTHER SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM THE MUNICIPALITIES, SUCH AS EVIDENCE OF PUBLIC SUPPORT, OR THEY'RE IN THE IMPLEMENTATION PLANS.

SO THE 2022 CYCLE OVERALL WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

THE NEW NUMBERS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S IN TOTAL $475 MILLION OF PROJECTS IN THE DATABASE, AND IT WILL PROBABLY TAKE ABOUT TEN YEARS TO GET THROUGH THEM BASED ON THE AVERAGE AVAILABLE MAG THAT TODD MENTIONED.

AMONG THE 100 APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, MOST OF THEM WERE REQUESTING INITIAL SEARCH FUNDING FOR DESIGN, WHICH MEANS MOST OF THE PROJECTS IN THE DATABASE ARE ONLY ONE PHASE AWAY FROM BEING IMPLEMENTED AND BEING SHOVEL READY FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO FROM THERE, I GATHERED ALL THE MATERIALS.

I REVIEWED THEM AND ANALYZED THEM.

AND THAT COMPILED THAT INFORMATION TO GIVE TO TODD.

AND HE PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT THE EVALUATION AND RANKING PROCESS.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND TURN IT BACK OVER TO HIM.

NOW, YOU LET YOURSELF OFF EASY THERE, THOUGH, BECAUSE I HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU COMING BACK AND FORTH WHEN WE DEALT WITH THE THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

BUT THIS IS THAT KEY.

SO ACCORDING TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE'VE GOT PRIMARY CRITERIA AND WE'VE GOT SECONDARY CRITERIA.

NOW, WHATEVER HAPPENED IS, IS THE SECONDARY CRITERIA, TOTAL POINTS NUMBERS COULD NEVER MEET MORE THAN THE PRIMARY CRITERIA PER THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

WHAT I DO IN ALL THE ELEMENTS THAT I PROVIDE TO YOU ALL ANY TIME, I'M GIVING YOU A ROSETTA STONE OR AN ANSWER KEY.

I ALSO PUT AT THE BOTTOM OF IT WHAT THE REFERENCE IS FROM THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

HOW I WEAVED ALL THAT TOGETHER, ALL OF THIS WAS DEVELOPED, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WITH THE ACCOUNT ADMINISTRATOR.

WE DO THIS EVERY YEAR.

THIS GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN AS A GROUP AND SAY WHAT WORKED WELL? ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE NEED TO MAKE? WHAT DO WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF? BUT THIS CONFORMED TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE HITTING ALL THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WAS THERE.

WE DID INCLUDE THOSE WERE WEIGHTED THAT YOU SAW THERE.

WE DID INCLUDE SOME UNWEIGHTED THAT ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

LOOKING AT THE HIGHEST PRIORITY LOCAL.

SO YOUR PROJECT THAT YOU WANTED TO SEE IF YOU HAD FIVE APPLICATIONS, WHICH ONE WAS YOUR HIGHEST RANKED?

[02:25:03]

SO WE KEPT THOSE.

THERE ARE BINARY, THERE ARE SOME RATIO NORMAL NORMALIZED.

BUT I DID FOCUS ON MAKING SURE THAT YOUR INTERESTS WERE GOING TO AT LEAST ENSURE THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU'VE SEEN AS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY GET TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO THAT IS THE EVALUATION PROCESS THAT LEADS US THEN TO THE RANKING OF THEM.

SO WE HAD 100 APPLICATIONS, ALL OF THEM GONE THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS.

THEY THEN GET RANKED 1-100.

AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT, WE'RE GIVEN BY THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR.

HERE'S HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE AVAILABLE WHICH CONFORMS THEN 100 PROJECT APPLICATIONS AND TO THIS CASE NINE, TWO CYCLE ONE PROJECTS AND SEVEN NEW MCPS THAT WERE RECOMMENDED FOR FUNDING BECAUSE THEY WERE THE HIGHEST RANKED WITHIN THAT PROCESS.

SO I'M GOING TO BRING THAT UP.

SO YOU'LL SEE THE CYCLE ONE BECAUSE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE OUR HIGHEST PRIORITIES.

WE STILL HAD MIRAMAR WITH SOME MONEY THAT WAS LEFT OVER.

THAT WAS A PROJECT THAT WENT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER PROJECT AND THAT WAS READY TO GO AS PART OF CYCLE ONE AND ALL OF THOSE BELOW THAT 1-7, THAT WAS THE RANKING.

AND THEN WE RAN OUT OF MONEY.

THE NEXT PROJECT WAS OVER $10 MILLION IN CONSTRUCTION, SO THERE WERE SOME REMAINING MAG AVAILABLE MAG THAT WAS LEFT ON THE TABLE AT THAT POINT.

SO THIS IS OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED OFF THE PROCESS AND ADHERING TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL DO QUESTIONS AND KEEP FORGETTING PEMBROKE PINES.

YEAH, RIGHT.

RIGHT. OKAY.

WE'RE WE'RE TOLD WE'RE TOLD BY MR. STUART WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS.

NO. OKAY.

MR. STUART.

WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AND INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE A WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE.

WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING A LOT ON INTERCHANGES IN BROWARD COUNTY THIS WEEKEND.

STARTING TOMORROW NIGHT, 9:00, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE SAMPLE ROAD, EXIT RAMPS, ENTRANCE RAMPS.

WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON THAT. WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IT BETTER.

AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON MONDAY, JULY 18TH, AT 5 A.M..

A LOT OF FOLKS ARE A LOT OF FOLKS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE USING THE OTHER EXITS.

WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY WITH A LITTLE MORE TRAFFIC AND GOING UP AND DOWN LINES ROAD.

BUT WE'LL HAVE GOOD SIGNS.

TELL ME IF WE DON'T LET ME KNOW AND GET THAT CONSTRUCTION UPDATE IT'S AT FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

WE CAN EVEN DELIVER IT TO YOU IF YOU SIGN UP FOR IT.

IT'S VERY HELPFUL TO GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.

THANKS. WELL, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

YES. GO AHEAD, MR. WELCH. OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. HELLO.

SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY I GOT ACTUALLY TWO NOTICES, SO I GUESS I SIGNED UP TWICE AND I COMMUNICATED IT TO OUR CITY MANAGER UNFORTUNATELY, A LITTLE TOO LATE BECAUSE SHE HAD ALREADY EXITED AT 11:00 PM AND HAD TO REROUTE UP BY THE SAWGRASS.

BUT IT IT IS A VERY TIMELY AND I GOT IT ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO, SO I RE COMMUNICATED IT.

THANKS. THANK YOU. MS. WELCH. WE'VE SEEN THE MPO PUT OUR LINK TO OUR WEEKLY CONSTRUCTION UPDATE ON THEIR WEBSITE, AND MANY CITIES MAY WISH TO DO THAT AS WELL.

COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO THANK THE MPO FOR COMING OUT TO A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION ROUNDTABLE LAST WEEK, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT ON THAT.

ACTUALLY, IF I KNEW ABOUT THIS PREMO, WE WOULD HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT FORUM TO TO REACH OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT TODAY'S MEETING WAS REALLY GOOD.

VERY, VERY INFORMATIVE.

TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR NEXT MEETING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.