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[INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

[00:00:03]

THANK YOU. LET'S GO ON WITH OUR MEETING.

[1. Call to Order and Pledge]

CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S LEAD THE PLEDGE COMMISSIONER FURR.

OKAY. ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

DOES EVERYBODY REMEMBER HOW TO DO ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL? WE'LL FIND OUT. THERE IT IS.

GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS. REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD, MPO.

I'M OVER HERE IN THE CORNER.

IN ORDER TO PLEASE PUT OR TO PUT YOURSELF IN AS PRESENT.

WE ARE USING THE MOUSE NOW AND YOU USE THE MOUSE AND CLICK PRESENT AND THAT WILL MARK YOU AS PRESENT IN THE BOARD MEETING TODAY AND THEN AS ANOTHER REMINDER IN ORDER TO TURN ON THE MICROPHONES AND PUT YOURSELF IN QUEUE.

WE'RE NO LONGER USING THE MICROPHONE STAND.

WE ARE USING THE MOUSE AND CLICKING THE MIC IS ON, MIC IS OFF TO PUT YOURSELF IN QUEUE.

IT'S ALL ON THERE AND YOU TRY AND TOUCH THE SCREEN.

NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN. OUR SCREENS ARE NOT TOUCH SCREEN AS PRETTY AS THEY ARE.

THEY'LL JUST LEAVE SMUDGES.

BUT YOU DO HAVE TO USE THE MOUSE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3. Approval of Minutes - September 8, 2022]

LET'S HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, I NEED A MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ALSO HAVE TWO VIRTUAL MEMBERS.

TWO WHAT? VIRTUAL MEMBERS.

OH, OKAY. I'M SORRY, WANT TO ANNOUNCE THEM.

I HAVE IRENE KIRDAHY AND CHRIS CAPUTO.

OKAY. WELCOME.

SURE. ALL RIGHT. WE NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, COMMISSIONER FURR [INAUDIBLE] . A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MPO CHAIR, GENERAL COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW RIVER CROSSING AND BEING ABLE TO USE OUR LIBRARY FOR FOR THEM TO LOOK LOOK TO DO A STUDY ON IT, WITHOUT OBJECTION.

ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ACTUALLY AN APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM.

THAT'S THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP.

SO THIS IS MINUTES THAT WE'RE DOING.

MINUTES FIRST. I THOUGHT YOU SAID OKAY, YOU INTERRUPTED.

I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY.

ALL RIGHT. I NEED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES, COMMISSIONER FURR MOVES, SO MOVED, IS THERE A SECOND.

BEVERLY WILLIAMS IS THE SECOND.

DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

WE'RE VOTING ELECTRONIC.

OH, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

PLEASE VOTE ELECTRONIC AND THE VIRTUAL PARTIES IF YOU ARE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION, PLEASE JUST BE SILENT.

IF NOT, SHOW YOUR VIRTUAL HAND SO WE'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE VOTING AGAINST.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[5. Approval of Agenda]

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

I NEED A MOTION.

[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS COMMISSIONER FURRS REQUEST TO AMEND.

OKAY, COMMISSIONER FURR, GO AHEAD.

YEAH. I'D LIKE TO MAKE AN A MOTION, A MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO ALLOW FOR A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MPO CHAIR, GENERAL COUNCIL AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BETWEEN THE MPO.

THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE NEW RIVER CROSSING AND USING OUR LIBRARY OF ENGINEERS.

OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER FURR MAKES THAT MOTION SECONDED BY ANDREA MCGEE.

DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER, WHAT WAS THAT.

YEP. OKAY.

AND YES. I'M SORRY.

SOMEBODY HAD THEIR HAND UP. YOU GOT A YES OR NO? OH, WHEN I SPEAK ON THE AMENDMENT.

YES, ALL RIGHT COMMISSIONER GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE COMMISSIONER.

YEAH, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE MAYOR CARN FIRST, PLEASE.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE VICE MAYOR MCKINZIE.

MAYOR CARN. [INAUDIBLE] OH, I'M LOOKING OVER HERE.

I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

BESIDES, I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM CONSENT, PLEASE.

OKAY, GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN, COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE [INAUDIBLE].

WAIT, WAIT. HOLD ON, MARY.

YOU HAVE TO PRESS THE BUTTON. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. I KNEW I WASN'T HEARING MYSELF.

THE ITEM THAT COMMISSIONER FURR ASKED THE MPO TO EXPLORE.

I'M GOING TO SUPPORT AND I HAVE BEEN SUPPORTED SINCE IT LEFT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WHICH IS THE NEW RIVER CROSSING.

BUT I ALSO ADDED TO THE RECORD BACK THEN THAT THIS WOULD NOT WORK IN MY VIEW OR VISION IF WE DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR THE

[00:05:07]

FREIGHT. IT'S ONE THING TO SEND THE PASSENGER RAIL UNDERWATER, BUT THOSE OF YOU THAT BOAT OR MARINE PEOPLE, THE MARINE INDUSTRY, THE MARINE TRAFFIC STILL WILL BE HELD UP BECAUSE OF THAT FREIGHT BRIDGE THAT'S CONTROLLED OUT OF JACKSONVILLE. AND EVERY 45 MINUTES IT'S RAISED.

AND SO YOU'LL SIT THERE FOR 45 MINUTES.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO INVEST THESE TYPE OF DOLLARS, IF WE FIND THEM, I DO THINK WE NEED TO FIND A REAL SOLUTION TO DEAL WITH THE TWO TRACKS THAT ARE WITHIN FIVE OR SIX FEET OF EACH OTHER.

TO [INAUDIBLE] ONE AND NOT DO ANYTHING WITH THE OTHER IN MY I DON'T LIKE OPINION IN MY VIEW IS A WASTE OF DOLLARS.

SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH US STUDYING AND I WANT US TO MAKE SURE WE INCLUDE THESE OPTIONS IF IT'S OKAY COMMISSIONER FURR.

ALL RIGHT. AND I KNOW WE'LL DEAL WITH IT AT OUR LEVEL, BUT I WANT IT ON THE RECORD HERE TOO.

[INAUDIBLE] OKAY.

THERE YOU GO. YEP.

YEP. OKAY.

AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE BECAUSE OF AND THIS GOES TO GRUPO, WHO OWNS THE RAILROAD.

THEY HAVE AS YOU KNOW, THEY DICTATE PASSENGER AND FREIGHT.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE A THAT IS A BIG LIFT TO GET THEM TO START TO MOVE FREIGHT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BECAUSE WE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA TO TRY TO DO THAT AT SOME POINT.

COMMISSIONER CARN MAKES A MOTION, COMMISIONER MCGEE SECONDS IT.

CHAIR ORTIS WE HAVE A MEMBER REQUEST TO MOVE NON ACTION ITEM ONE UP TO THE FIRST REGULAR ITEM, WHICH IS THE [INAUDIBLE] I HAVE TO VOTE ON THIS FIRST. YES, SIR. OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR, AS AMENDED.

AS AMENDED. GO TO YOUR SCREEN.

ON THE CONSENT [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY VOTE.

OKAY. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE VOTING ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AND THE PULLING OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

EXCUSE ME. THE APPROVAL OF IT, IF I CAN.

THIS IS WHAT THE MOTION WAS WAS FOR THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA WITH AMENDMENT.

WHEN WE COME TO THE CONSENT, WE WILL PULL ITEM ITEM TWO AND MOVE THAT [INAUDIBLE].

WHY CAN'T YOU JUST GO TO THE CONSENT AND PULL IT? WE HAVE A OUT OF ORDER AND WE HAVE A PUBLIC WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS PART OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.

OKAY, SO THE STANDBY COMMISSIONER CARN WITH ME.

ALL RIGHT, HI GOOD MORNING.

MORNING. SO WE HAVE A VOTE.

IS THE VOTE CONCLUDED FOR THE AMENDMENT FOR THE YES VOTE? YES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

SORRY. GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS JOHN CRANE.

I WORK FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND I'M THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADMINISTRATOR.

JUST BY WAY OF FIGURING OUT WHERE I COME IN THE ORGANIZATION.

JERRY O'REILLY, OUR SECRETARY, STEVE BRAUN, IS MY DIRECTOR.

AND THEN I REPORT TO STEVE, AND OUR PLANNING OFFICE HAS CHRISTINE FRANCISCA, TONY [INAUDIBLE] AND MARIA [INAUDIBLE] THAT ATTEND THESE MEETINGS.

AND WE COORDINATE WITH YOUR STAFF ON A REGULAR BASIS.

I RETURNED TO THE DOT BACK IN JANUARY OF 2020, AND WE AND ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT KEEPS COMING UP IS DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE COMING BEFORE YOU TO PRESENT THE NEXT DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM SOON.

BUT WE ARE KIND OF LOCKED INTO THIS CYCLE WHERE EVERY OTHER YEAR WE HAVE AN EARLY CYCLE AND THERE'S VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME TO REVIEW THIS ITEM. AS WE REVIEWED THE AGENDA ITEM FOR YOUR UPCOMING MEETINGS IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE NOTICED THAT WE WANTED TO POTENTIALLY REQUEST THE BOARD TO MOVE ONE OF YOUR MEETINGS, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, SO THAT WE COULD DISCUSS MOVING ONE OF YOUR MEETING DATES.

COMMISSIONER STEWART BASICALLY THE REQUEST I THINK, IS IS TO MOVE ITEM NUMBER ONE OFF OF CONSENT AND PLACE IT INTO ACTION, AND THEN THE DOT IS REQUESTING THE CALENDAR BE CHANGED FOR IS IT NOVEMBER JOHN? OCTOBER.

THE OCTOBER 12TH MEETING BE CHANGED.

AND SO THAT WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM FOR THE BOARD TO FIGURE OUT IF IT WORKS WITH YOUR CALENDARS OR NOT.

WE TYPICALLY MEET EVERY SECOND THURSDAY AND IT'S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT FOR DECADES.

THAT SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

[00:10:04]

THEY HAVE A INTERNAL DEADLINE TO SUBMIT ON THE EIGHTH.

YES. OR THE NINTH? THE EIGHTH OR NINTH. I'VE BEEN TO TALLAHASSEE IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

AND, YOU KNOW, AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU'VE DONE THIS SO MANY TIMES IN PREVIOUS YEARS, THE DEPARTMENT BASICALLY RECOGNIZED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MEET ON A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

IF YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR CALENDAR AROUND, IT'S ONLY A FEW DAYS.

SURE. ALL RIGHT.

ARE WE VOTING ON THAT OR.

WHEN IT COMES, WE'LL PULL.

WHEN WE GET TO CONSENT, WE'LL PULL ITEM ONE INTO FURTHER ACTION.

RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

HOLD ON A SECOND. I'M BEING TALKED BY 14 PEOPLE.

SHE SAID I DIDN'T DO EXCUSED ABSENCES.

I THOUGHT WE DID.

WITH THAT. WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

EXCUSED ABSENCES.

ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY.

I'M GOING TO RUN IT. THAT'S IT.

PLEASE DO. ALL RIGHT.

WE DID PUBLIC COMMENTS.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK? YES. WE HAVE ONE MORE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

OKAY. MR. CRANE. I MEAN, MR. [INAUDIBLE]. MR. CORBIN, PLEASE COME FORWARD.

GOOD MORNING. MORNING.

I'M VERY PASSIONATE AGAINST LANE ELIMINATION PROJECTS.

WILTON DRIVE DISAPPOINTED EVERYONE.

IT'S NOW MUCH MORE DANGEROUS FOR ME AS A BICYCLIST THAN WHEN WE HAD TWO LANES EACH WAY WITH THREE FOOT BIKE LANES.

NOW BIKE LANES ARE USED AS PASSING LANES, AND I REALLY DID ALMOST GET RUN OVER THAT WAY.

I GOT 800 PEOPLE TO SIGN A PETITION AGAINST WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE BASED ON A FLAWED TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO ELIMINATE A DRIVING LANE.

I ALREADY APPLIED TO SPEAK AT THE UPCOMING COMPLETE STREETS CONFERENCE SO I CAN EXPLAIN THE PITFALLS, THE PITFALLS TO AVOID.

THERE'S ALWAYS ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.

ON ANOTHER TOPIC, WILTON MANORS HAS BEEN DISCHARGING RAW SEWER INTO THE STREET IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS.

THEY KEPT THEIR FTEF CONSENT ORDER A SECRET FOR THE LAST YEAR UNTIL I EXPOSED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

WILTON MANORS IS BEING FINED $288,000 WITHOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF AN IN-KIND SETTLEMENT OF THE PENALTY.

I POSTED VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA OF TOILET PAPER FLOWING OUT OF A SEWER CLEANOUT THAT WAS OPENED ON PURPOSE BY THE CITY TO LET SEWAGE FLOW INTO A MAJOR INTERSECTION AT ANDREWS AVENUE.

CARS SPLASHED THROUGH IT.

CHILDREN WALKED THROUGH IT ON THEIR WAY TO THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON THAT ROAD.

AT THE LAST MPO MEETING I ATTENDED, DIRECTOR GREG KENNEDY WAS LAUGHING IN MY FACE AT ME BECAUSE CHRIS CAPUTO TOLD HIM IT WAS WATER COMING OUT OF THE GROUND, NOT RAW SEWAGE, AND GREG DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

AT LEAST GREG HAD THE GUTS TO TALK TO MY FACE.

I'VE ALREADY CALLED OUT CHRIS IN PUBLIC A COUPLE OF TIMES WHILE HE'S IN FRONT OF ME.

AND HE HASN'T APOLOGIZED.

HE HASN'T SAID A WORD.

I PLANNED ON HIM BEING HERE TODAY, BUT I GUESS HE WAS BUSY.

YOU SHOULD ALL VISIT WILTON DRIVE AND SEE THE CHUNKS TAKEN OUT OF THE NEW CURBS BY DOZENS OF CARS THAT RUN INTO THESE NEW CURBS WHERE THERE USED TO BE DRIVING LANES.

UBERS AND DOUBLE PARKED CARS TAKE UP THE WHOLE BIKE LANE SO CYCLISTS MUST GO INTO ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC AND THE ONE INCH TALL TREES PLANTED BY THE CITY AND THE 30 FOOT LONG PLANTERS TAKING UP A DRIVING LANE ARE JUST LAUGHABLE.

BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

STOP BY AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.

ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS FOR MR. CORBIN.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE PUBLIC? HEARING NONE LET'S GO ON TO OUR EXCUSED ABSENCES.

[4. Approval of Excused Absences]

ITEM SIX. PLEASE.

ITEM FOUR EXCUSED ABSENCES.

YOU HAVE THEM IN FRONT OF YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. DO YOU WANT ME TO MENTION IT? OK LORI LEWELLEN IS APPROVED FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES WITHOUT OBJECTION.

MIKE UDINE AS WELL.

MAYOR WE HAVE MAYOR WALKER, CARYL HATTAN, DAVEY ROSARIO, TRANTALIS SIMMONS, PLACKO, UDINE, HARTMANN,

[00:15:11]

I HAD HIM RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. I DIDN'T READ THEM.

SORRY. OK I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ABSENCES.

HOLD ON, GO ON YOUR SCREEN.

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE APPROVAL.

MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I MIGHT JUST COMMENT FOR YOU.

SURE. TO THE BOARD, WHAT APPARENTLY HAS HAPPENED IS THAT YOUR AGENDA THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU HAS ONE LISTING OF ITEMS AND THEN THE CHAIR NOTES, WHICH IS WHAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, WITH THE CHAIR, HAS A DIFFERENT LISTING OF A DIFFERENT ORDER.

AND THAT'S WHY THE CONFUSION ABOUT DIFFERENT ITEMS COMING UP.

AND WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT INTERNALLY FOR THAT ISSUE.

BUT WE'RE READY NOW TO MOVE ON THROUGH THAT TO THE CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY. I APPRECIATE THAT.

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

CONSENT ITEMS, ITEM ONE.

SO WE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED.

I'M SORRY, THE ITEMS THAT WERE PULLED.

GO AHEAD. SO ITEMS THE FIRST ITEM.

I KNOW. I KNOW. BUT WE'RE GOING TO ANNOUNCE IT FIRST.

WE HAVE. GO AHEAD.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE AND NUMBER TWO FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONSENT.

OKAY. LET'S VOTE ON THAT.

CHAIR. YES.

RIGHT. WELL, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN BEING PULLED FIRST FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONSENT.

AND WE'LL BRING WE'LL BRING THEM YEAH, WE'LL BRING THEM UP FOR DISCUSSION RIGHT AFTER RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF ACTION ITEMS. WE'LL DO THOSE RIGHT IMMEDIATELY.

SO. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS TO THIS IS TO PULL ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

THAT LEAVES THE FIRST ONE, THE TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER TWO AND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE GDM STUDY.

SO THERE'S TWO ITEMS REMAINING.

SO IF YOU APPROVE, THOSE TWO ARE MOVED, ARE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT WITH AMENDMENTS.

AND YOU HAVE AND YOU HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ANDREA MCGEE AND A SECOND BY JABBOW MARTIN.

SO, RON, ITEM ONE TO APPROVE THE MAYOR'S HEADING AND THE ITEM.

WE NEVER VOTED ON THE EXCUSED ABSENCE.

PUT YOUR MIC IN. NO, WE DIDN'T.

WE WE HAD THE MOTION AND THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

I NEED A MOTION FOR THE EXCUSED ABSENCE, PLEASE.

LET'S JUST GO. MOTION FOR THE EXCUSE ABSENCES.

OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED COMMISSIONER MARTIN AND THEN COMMISSIONER WILLIAMS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR FIRST VOTE, AND THEN WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

RIGHT. PLEASE VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

ANY MEMBER WHO IS VIRTUAL, THEY CAN RAISE THEIR VIRTUAL HAND IF THEY OPPOSE.

VERY GOOD. WE DID THAT AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO CONSENT.

BACK TO CONSENT PULLING ITEMS ONE AND TWO.

ALL RIGHT. I MADE A MOTION FOR THAT.

WELL, THOSE ITEMS ARE THOSE ITEMS ARE PULLED.

AND THEN WE AND WE HAVE FOR APPROVAL THE CONSENT THE CONSENT AGENDA WITH THE AMENDMENT REMOVING THOSE TWO ITEMS. OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THAT.

THIS IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE REMAINING ITEMS. AND YOU HAVE A MOTION MADE BY ANDREA MCGEE AND A SECOND MADE BY YVETTE COLBOURNE.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

VOTE. AND AGAIN, THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS CAN VOTE WITH THE RAISING THEIR HAND IF THEY OPPOSE EVERYBODY VOTE.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE OKAY.

THEN WE HAVE WE'LL PULL UP ITEM ONE, WHICH IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2023 MPO BOARD MEETING DATES.

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the 2023 MPO Board Meeting Dates]

AND THIS WAS A REQUEST TO AMEND THAT [INAUDIBLE] DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT, SIR.

SO THE DATE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS [INAUDIBLE] EXCUSE ME, NOVEMBER.

NOVEMBER. OKAY.

THE REQUEST IS TO MOVE IT TO NOVEMBER 2ND, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2ND.

DOES THAT FIT INTO YOUR CALENDARS? I DON'T HAVE YOUR CALENDARS.

I'M SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] CAN WE GET BACK TO YOU OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE CAN WE GET BACK TO YOU OR DOES IT HAVE TO BE TODAY? YOU HAVE A PROPOSED MEETING DATES AND AND IT'S BEING ASKED IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER CHANGING THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND. BUT A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE OUR CALENDAR WITH US.

SO YOU CAN PROCEED AS YOU WITH YOUR CALENDAR AS IT PRESENTLY IS PRESENTED AND READDRESS THE MOVING THE NOVEMBER DATE AT ANOTHER MEETING.

LET'S DO THAT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

YES. IT'S ON THE SCREEN.

IT SAYS MIKE.

YOU NEED YOUR. YOU GOT IT.

OKAY. IS NOVEMBER TWO A WEDNESDAY, OR AM I LOOKING AT MY CALENDAR WRONG? IT LOOKS LIKE NOVEMBER THREE IS A THURSDAY.

FOR. IT'S NOVEMBER 2023.

OH, OKAY. SORRY.

THAT FAR OUT. WRONG YEAR.

I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANYTHING ON MY CALENDAR IN NOVEMBER 2023.

I DO. [INAUDIBLE] I'M SORRY.

WERE YOU DONE, MR. [INAUDIBLE]? I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THE DOT NEEDS US TO CHANGE THIS DATE, BECAUSE THEY'RE PRESENTING SOMETHING TO TALLAHASSEE.

[00:20:08]

OBVIOUSLY, IT'S AN INTERIM YEAR TO APPROVE TO FIGURE THIS OUT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THIS.

AND IT'S AN INTERNAL DEADLINE.

IT'S NOT A STATUTORY.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO HELP THEM OUT AS BEST WE CAN.

I DON'T KNOW YOUR CALENDARS IN THAT FAR OFF.

I JUST CAN TELL YOU EVERY SECOND THURSDAY I ASK YOU TO SHOW UP SO.

[INAUDIBLE] SO.

SO THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO MOVE NUMBER ITEM ONE, THAT'S THE APPROVING THE MEETING DATES WITHOUT CHANGE AND THEN WE'LL BRING IT BACK AT ANOTHER AT ANOTHER MEETING FOR NOVEMBER. COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN MOTIONED, I THOUGHT, FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT AS IT IS AND THEN BRING IT BACK.

BUT CAN I JUST GET A CLARIFICATION AS TO WHY THE REQUEST AGAIN? EVERY TWO YEARS THE SESSION HAPPENS AT DIFFERENT TIMES.

AND SO WE NEED TO GET OUR PRIORITIES LIST THROUGH WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND UP TO WORK PROGRAM IN TALLAHASSEE.

IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF DAYS DIFFERENCE AND TYPICALLY WE'VE STUCK TO THE SECOND THURSDAY CALENDAR AND WE'VE BEEN THE DISTRICT HAS BEEN LATE IN PRESENTING THE INFORMATION BY A COUPLE OF DAYS TO CENTRAL OFFICE.

THAT'S USUALLY WHAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY MADE THE REQUEST.

WE HONORED IT. THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO DO THIS.

WE'LL NEED TO FIGURE OUT WITH YOUR CALENDARS IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU OR NOT, AND THIS WILL GIVE US SOME TIME TO DO SO.

WE DON'T HAVE AN OCTOBER MEETING.

THIS IS JUST THIS JUST AFFECTS NOVEMBER.

IT'S ONLY NOVEMBER. COMMISSIONER CRANE.

I MEAN. MR. CRANE. YES.

I'D JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY.

SO WHEN WE SEND UP OUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM TO BE RATIFIED BY THE FTC, WE SEND THAT UP TO CENTRAL OFFICE, AND THAT GOES UP WITH A CHECKLIST. AND THEY ASK US TO VERIFY THAT THE MPO BOARDS HAVE ENDORSED THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

AND SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT, I BELIEVE, ON NOVEMBER 3RD.

AND YOU'RE MEETING NOVEMBER 9TH.

SO BY MOVING YOUR BOARD DATE TO NOVEMBER 2ND AS AN AGENDA ITEM WITH THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO THEN MAKE THAT ASSERTION THAT WE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD.

THE BOARD HAS ENDORSED IT.

I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

[INAUDIBLE] IS IT NOT POSSIBLE TO DO THE PRESENTATION IN THE OCTOBER MEETING? I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.

SHE ASKED COULD WE NOT PRESENT IT AT THE OCTOBER MEETING? UNFORTUNATELY, THE INFORMATION DOESN'T COME DOWN TO US IN TIME TO DO THAT.

SO WE WE GET PINCHED.

WE [INAUDIBLE] WE DID ASK THAT QUESTION.

SO IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY GO TO MARCH IN JANUARY AND THE THIRD YEAR AS A MATTER A DATE.

RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR INFORMATION THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 9TH IN ORDER FOR US.

AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT DATE THAT'S GOING TO BE.

SO 8TH, 9TH, 10TH, 11TH, WE WILL THEN TAKE THAT INFORMATION AND GET IT OVER TO YOUR STAFF.

AND THEY NEED TO THEN WORK THROUGH THAT, REVIEW IT AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S IN A PRESENTABLE FORMAT FOR YOU ALL.

WE GIVE IT TO YOU IN A FORMAT THAT'S NOT AN EASILY READABLE OR A READABLE ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY A THREE WEEK WINDOW FOR ALL OUR MPOS TO THEN MEET AND GET THIS UP TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE FOR PRESENTATION TO THE FTC.

AND STAFF HAS TO DO THIS IN A THREE WEEK PERIOD.

AND WE'RE 50% OF THE TOTAL DISTRICT BUDGET FOR THIS DISTRICT.

SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE AMOUNT OF VOLUME OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DOING WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COMMITTED TO, YOU KNOW, IS EXTENSIVE FOR US.

SO EVERY DAY IS A VALUABLE RESOURCE.

EVERY 24 HOURS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.

UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DISTRICT IS ASKING FOR.

I KNOW THE PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE USUALLY KIND OF MET ON OUR TIME PERIOD BECAUSE STAFF HAS TO REVIEW IT.

WE HAVE TO PUT AN AGENDA ITEM OUT, WHICH IS TYPICALLY SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING.

SO THAT ACTUALLY GIVES OUR TEAM MEMBERS ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF TO REVIEW 50% OF A TOTAL BUDGET.

THAT HOW BIG IS YOUR BUDGET? [INAUDIBLE] I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY THIS YEAR.

YEAH. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A BILLION AND A HALF TO $2 BILLION, JUST OUR SECTION.

SO SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST MAGNITUDE OF WHAT.

RIGHT, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON? YES. AS AS LONG AS THERE'S NOT A BROWARD COMMISSION MEETING ON A THURSDAY MORNING OR OR CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS ON A THURSDAY MORNING, I DON'T SEE WHY WE DON'T GO AHEAD RIGHT NOW AND CHANGE IT, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A YEAR, WHAT, 13 MONTHS TO PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR.

SO JUST DON'T SCHEDULE ANYTHING FOR NOVEMBER 2ND.

AND SO IF IT'S GOING TO HELP US AND IT'S GOING TO HELP DOT IT SEEMS TO ME THAT WE SHOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND CHANGE IT TODAY AND NOT WORRY ABOUT DELAYING IT ANY

[00:25:04]

FURTHER AND PUT IT ON OUR CALENDAR 13 MONTHS AHEAD OF TIME.

WELL, THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK? WELL, YOU HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE WHAT YOU WHAT CURRENTLY IS PRESENTED, AND THAT'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED HAVEN'T VOTED ON IT.

SO IF YOU WANT IF THE MOTION MAKER AND THE SECOND WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THEIR MOTION AND WE MIGHT YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT AND MOVE FORWARD.

BUT OTHERWISE WE HAVE TO CALL WHAT'S THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

AND I THINK I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE THE SECOND MOTION.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE FOUR PEOPLE IN LINE REQUESTING TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO SPEAK ON THE MOTION.

[INAUDIBLE] GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. WELL, BOARD MEMBER MCGEE ASKED MY INITIAL QUESTION, BUT MY SECOND QUESTION IS THIS.

I KNOW WE'RE ALL KIND OF WEDDED TO THESE SECOND THURSDAYS.

IS IT POSSIBLE TO HAVE A SPECIAL VIRTUAL MEETING ON NOVEMBER 2ND WITH ONE AGENDA ITEM? WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE VIRTUAL MEETINGS.

EVEN FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT. [INAUDIBLE] ALL RIGHT.

THEN I PERSONALLY WOULD SUPPORT MAKING THE CORRECTION NOW SO THAT IT'S ON OUR CALENDAR FOR A YEAR AHEAD.

OKAY, MARTIN, THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION. BASED ON WHAT I JUST HEARD FROM GREG, SOUNDS LIKE THE THE WORKLOAD THEN SHIFTS TO THE MPO STAFF AND IT'S A MATTER OF WHO WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE MPO STAFF OR DOT STAFF.

IF I HEARD WHAT GREG JUST SAID, EVERY DAY IS A DAY THAT THEY NEED TO DO WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR UMPTEEN YEARS IN THE PAST.

AND IS THERE AN IMPACT WITH THE STUDY GOING UP A FEW DAYS LATE? I GUESS IT'S MY QUESTION FROM DOT'S PERSPECTIVE.

FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD THERE IS I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO WE WOULD SEND UP THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM BEFORE YOU ACTED ON IT.

SO TO THE EXTENT THAT THERE WERE CHANGES NECESSITATED, I THINK THERE WOULD BE COORDINATION THAT WOULD NEED TO OCCUR.

THIS HAPPENS EVERY OTHER YEAR.

THIS SHORT CYCLE, WE DON'T [INAUDIBLE] THIS YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE PRESENTATION IN DECEMBER.

IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

BUT EVERY OTHER YEAR WE GET THIS SHORT CYCLE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT'S A STRUGGLE EVERY OTHER YEAR.

I BELIEVE WE'VE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO JUGGLE THE DATES IN CERTAIN INSTANCES AND BEEN ABLE TO RATIFY THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM AFTER THE FACT.

ON ANOTHER OCCASION, I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT THE IF THERE COULD BE A NEGATIVE RAMIFICATION, BUT I FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OUR WORK PROGRAM, PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO SEND UP AN ENDORSEMENT BY THE MPO.

AND GREG HAS YOU KNOW MENTIONED THAT THIS IS AN INTERNAL DOT THING, BUT IT GOES UP THROUGH CENTRAL OFFICE.

IT'S NOT A DISTRICT THING.

YEAH, IT'S CENTRAL OFFICE.

AND I MEAN, BASICALLY WHEN THE LEGISLATURE WENT TO THE STAGGERED SESSION THING, THIS IS WHAT'S KIND OF THROWN EVERYTHING OFF.

THAT SAID, I WANT TO JUST REMIND EVERYBODY AND I THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER MARTIN, THAT JOHN DID BASICALLY SAY, WELL, WE GET IT BETWEEN THE 11TH AND THE 15TH, AND THEN AND WHEN WE'RE COMMITTED TO GETTING IT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE GET IT, IT'S IT BECOMES YOU KNOW, IT'S A STAFF ISSUE.

[INAUDIBLE] I UNDERSTAND.

[INAUDIBLE] I JUST WANT TO SAY I SUPPORT THIS, THE SECOND MOTION, SO IF WE JUST VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, VICE MAYOR COLBURNE.

I. MY SECOND WOULD BE TO CHANGE THE DATE TODAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY [INAUDIBLE].

NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

LET'S VOTE. THIS IS A MOTION [INAUDIBLE] TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE DATE OF NOVEMBER 7TH [INAUDIBLE] 9TH.

AND SO THE VIRTUAL ANYONE IN VIRTUALLY WOULD RAISE THEIR HAND IF THEY CHOOSE TO VOTE AGAINST THIS IS TO CHANGE THE DATE TO NOVEMBER 2ND.

ALL RIGHT. READY TO VOTE? [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

LOOKS LIKE THE MOTION PASSED.

MOTION PASSED.

WE HAVE ONE NO.

ONE NO, THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE PULLED ITEM NUMBER TWO OF THE CONSENT.

[2. MOTION TO APPROVE Task Work Order No. 2 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) And Downtown Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association (TMA) for Public Outreach and Implementation of Transportation Demand Management Study in an Amount Not to Exceed $100,000]

THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MEMBERSHIP APPOINTMENTS AND RE APPOINTMENTS TO THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD.

I DON'T RECALL WHO ASKED TO BE PULLED.

[INAUDIBLE] MAYOR.

MR. MARTIN. GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I'M PULLING THIS ITEM.

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I WANTED TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

I'VE BEEN SERVING ON BOARDS FOR 30 YEARS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

I CAME BACK HERE IN 1991 AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE ALLIANCE.

AND MANY OF YOU KNOW, I'VE SERVED ON LOTS OF BOARDS, CHAIRED SOME, AND I CURRENTLY HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF CHAIRING THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IN THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.

ONE OF MY CUSTOMS, IF ONE OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WERE HERE, WOULD LET YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE A HABIT OF PULLING ITEMS FROM CONSENT WHEN I BELIEVE THAT AN ACCOLADE OR AN EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION OR GRATITUDE IS OWED TO SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT IN SOME WORK.

SO I HAD THAT INTENT WHEN I PULLED A SIMILAR ITEM LIKE THIS IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

HOWEVER, I WAS VERBALLY ACCOSTED AT THE MEETING BY THE PERSON WHO THE EXPRESSION OF GRATITUDE WAS INTENDED.

THAT I CAN'T CONTROL.

BUT WHAT I WAS SURPRISED BY AND SORT OF DISAPPOINTED IN WAS THAT THE CHAIR OF THIS BOARD DID NOT CALL THAT MEMBER TO TASK OR TO ORDER.

VERY OUT OF ORDER.

THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR COSIGNED ON THAT ACTION AND IMPLIED THAT I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE LCB AT MY ON BOARDING.

VERY UNPROFESSIONAL.

OUR PARLIAMENTARIAN OR OUR ATTORNEY SAT QUIET WITH NO EFFORT TO CORRECT THE OUT OF ORDER BEHAVIOR.

I PULLED THIS ITEM, I'M NOT GOING TO OFFER THE ACCOLADE TODAY AND I'M NOT EXPECTING AN APOLOGY.

BUT WHAT I AM ASKING FOR IS THAT WE BE CAREFUL NOT TO COMPROMISE THE FIDELITY OF THIS BOARD.

I DON'T SERVE LIGHTLY.

I TAKE EVERYTHING THAT I DO VERY SERIOUSLY.

MY INTEGRITY IS FAULTLESS AND MY COMPASSION ABOUT WHAT I PUT MY HANDS TO IS WITHOUT QUESTION.

AND SO MPO BOARD AND BOARD MEMBERS, IF YOU SHOULD SEE ME, I'LL PUT MYSELF AS AN EXAMPLE.

IF YOU EVER SEE ME OUT OF ORDER, PLEASE PRESS THE REQUEST TO SPEAK AND TALK TO EITHER THE CHAIR OR THE PARLIAMENTARIAN AND ASK THEM TO CORRECT MY BEHAVIOR. I'M OLD ENOUGH TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PUBLIC IS WATCHING AND THAT THE PUBLIC GIVES FEEDBACK.

I RECEIVED SOME CALLS AFTER THAT MEETING.

HOW IN THE WORLD COULD THEY ALLOW NOT MY CALL.

I'M NOT THE LEADERSHIP TEAM, BUT I WANT TO ENCOURAGE US TO PLEASE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND FIDELITY OF THIS BOARD.

WE'RE ALL PUBLIC OFFICIALS.

WE HAVE A PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP OUR BEHAVIOR PROFESSIONAL AT ALL TIMES.

THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

COMMISSIONER JOHNSON.

VICE CHAIRMAN. YES, I'M I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT MR. CARN IS REFERRING TO, BUT AND I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S WANTING TO PULL THE APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR TRANSPORTATION LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD. I'M NOT REALLY SURE.

I MEAN, THESE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE'VE APPOINTED TO TAKE THE POSITIONS OF FOLKS THAT CAN'T THAT ARE ARE NO LONGER WITH US AND ALSO JUST RE APPOINTMENTS OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE STAYING. AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO ABOUT ACCOLADES AND WHY OUR BOARD THAT I'M THE CHAIRPERSON OF IS GOING TO BE LEFT WITHOUT OUR APPOINTMENTS BEING APPROVED BY OUR MEMBERSHIP.

SO I WOULD NOT LIKE TO SEE THIS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER OR MAYOR CARN.

I'D LIKE TO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE TRAINING IS NECESSARY.

PULLING AN ITEM JUST PUTS A PAUSE BUTTON IN AN ITEM.

IT DOES NOT TAKE IT FROM THE AGENDA.

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO PAUSE AND SAY, LIKE I DID BEFORE, TO SAY THANK YOU.

AND IT WAS YOU, COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, THAT I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU, BECAUSE I READ IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL THAT YOU HAD LED THIS COMMITTEE FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO DO, WAS SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE, AND THE ITEM THEN GETS MOVED AND VOTED ON AND PASSED ALONG.

I DON'T HAVE THE POWER TO TAKE SOMETHING FROM THE AGENDA.

THAT'S JUST NOT THE RULE.

AND I THINK THAT'S AN UNFORTUNATE MISUNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE PULL ITEMS. WE PULL ITEMS TO SLOW DOWN, TAKE A PAUSE, HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT, JUST LIKE WE PULLED ITEM NUMBER ZERO OR WHICHEVER WAS PULLED, ITEM ONE AND ITEM THREE, WHICH THAT'S WHY IT WAS PULLED.

SO WE COULD HAVE A DISCUSSION.

AND SO THAT'S THIS MAYOR'S INTENT WAS TO SLOW IT DOWN AND SAY THANK YOU TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO PROMOTE THIS

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ITEM. SO ONE ITEM, TOO, THAT WAS PULLED.

MR. CHAIR, CAN I GO AHEAD? I JUST WANT I FEEL BAD FOR MAYOR CARN BECAUSE TYPICALLY WHAT WE DO AND I APOLOGIZE IF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE LAST MEETING OR THE MEETING [INAUDIBLE].

WHAT WE USUALLY DO AND IT'S BEEN STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE AND BOARD MEMBER WELSH JUST ACTUALLY DID THIS LAST NIGHT WAS IT WAS DAY BEFORE I USUALLY GET AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FROM ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS SAYING I PLAN ON DOING THIS.

SO WE'RE PREPARED FOR YOU.

THAT'S THAT'S ALL.

AND SO MY MY SHOCK WAS THERE'S A TRADITIONAL NORM THAT IF A MEMBER WAS GOING TO QUESTION SOMETHING, THEY JUST SAY HERE.

SO THAT WAY IT'S NOT WE'RE PREPARED.

AND THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING.

SO MY APOLOGIES TO YOU FOR THAT.

AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T READ AHEAD.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE HAVE THOUGHTS THAT COME WHEN THEY GET HERE.

SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ON ITEM TWO, MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES.

LET'S GO TO THE NEXT CONSENT AGENDA.

ACTION ITEMS. AND WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE.

WAIT A MINUTE. WE WANT.

WE DID ONE. WE DID ONE AND TWO.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW AND THE OTHER ACTION AND THE OTHER TWO ITEMS WERE WERE DONE AS PART OF THE CONSENT.

I KNOW. I'M GETTING THERE.

YES, SIR. I JUST DID THAT ONE.

LET'S LET'S MOVE AND APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AS DISCUSSED.

CAN I GET SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION? [INAUDIBLE] WE DID THAT MOTION EARLIER AND IT WAS APPROVED.

THE OTHER TWO ITEMS WERE APPROVED.

ALL RIGHT. SO WITHOUT.

WITHOUT APPROVAL OR APPROVAL.

OKAY. EVERYBODY'S OKAY NOW.

AND SO NOW WE GO TO ACTION.

AND WE HAD AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE COMMISSIONER FURR'S MOTION, WHICH IS THE FIRST ITEM OF ACTION ITEMS. I CAN READ THE MOTIONS FOR EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE AGAIN, THIS IS A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE MPO CHAIR, GENERAL COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND ONE OF THE MPO GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANTS FOLLOWING THE MPOS APPROVED PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR TASK WORK ORDERS TO A SCOPE OF SERVICES AS MUTUALLY AGREED BY THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE NEW RIVER CROSSING, UTILIZING FUNDS TO BE PROVIDED BY THE SAME MEMBER GOVERNMENTS.

OK COMMISSIONER FERN. THANK YOU.

AND WHAT THIS IS, IS, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THE PHASE TWO OF THE COAST LINK.

AND THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE DOING A BRIDGE OR A TUNNEL.

AND THIS COULD GO THIS DOING A PROCUREMENT PROCESS COULD TAKE FOREVER ON THIS.

WE DON'T NEED TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE MPO HAS A LIBRARY OF ENGINEERS.

THIS IS AUTHORIZING THE MPO AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND BROWARD COUNTY TO SELECTIVELY DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THAT LIBRARY IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT SO WE CAN EXPEDITE IT. THAT'S ALL THIS IS.

SO WITH THAT, I ASK FOR EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT SO WE CAN MOVE THIS ALONG.

FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. AND THE MOTION.

A MOTION. WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND.

COMMISSIONER FURR MADE THE MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. SECOND BY.

WHO IS THAT? OKAY, LET'S JUST PUT THEM UP ON THE SCREEN.

WHAT'S YOUR MOTION, COMMISSIONER? ACTUALLY, THE SYSTEM JUST WENT DOWN BECAUSE IT'S ADDING TO A GREAT DAY THAT SAID.

OH, OH, FALSE ALARM.

FALSE ALARM. ALMOST THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS VERBALLY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CHAIR AND THAT WAY, IT'S ACTUALLY OLD FASHIONED.

WE'RE GOING TO DO IT OLD FASHIONED. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER FURR TO APPROVE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.

SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.

DISCUSSION [INAUDIBLE] THE OLD WAY.

WE'VE GOT TO PUSH A BUTTON.

NO SOUND.

YOU'RE OUT OF ORDER, COMMISSIONER.

[INAUDIBLE] SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO SUPPORT FORT LAUDERDALE? YOU NEED TO PUT YOUR MIC ON.

YES. OH, YOU CAN'T.

OKAY. I THOUGHT EVERYTHING WAS DOWN.

IT IS. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD.

[INAUDIBLE] WAS THAT WHAT IT IS THAT THE COUNTY WANTS TO WORK WITH FORT LAUDERDALE OR [INAUDIBLE] WHO IS THAT?

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GO AHEAD. EXCUSE ME ONE SECOND.

WE NEED. WE NEED TO HAVE A EXPLORE THE IDEA FINANCIALLY SCOPE TO SEE IF IT'S FEASIBLE.

AND THERE'S TWO OPTIONS ON THE TABLE AS WE DO THIS, NOT JUST TO SUPPORT FORT LAUDERDALE.

I AM FOR FORT LAUDERDALE FOR A COUPLE MORE MONTHS OR A MONTH AND ONE WEEK, THEN I'LL BE BROWARD COUNTY AND MY POSITION WILL STILL BE THE SAME.

WHAT'S BEST FOR BROWARD COUNTY, A OR B? WE'RE SUPPORTING THE IDEA TO GIVE IT TO THE MPO LIBRARY OF ENGINEERS TO EXPLORE FOR US.

EVERYBODY CLEAR.

LET'S VOTE. SO WE'RE VOTING THE OLD WAY.

FASTER.

ALL THOSE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF PLEASE SAY YAY AGAINST.

SO THERE'S THE AYES HAVE IT.

NO YET NO ONE AGAINST ANY VIRTUAL ANY VIRTUAL I GUESS THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS, WE DON'T HAVE ANY MORE SO.

ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. THE NEXT ITEM, WE'RE GOING TO SHOW THAT AS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY [INAUDIBLE].

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE an Amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 - 2027 Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP): Broward County Transit (BCT) Section 5339(b) Bus/Buses Facilities Program (Competitive)]

ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS THE ACTUAL ITEM NUMBER ONE MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2023 TO 2027 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BCT SECTION 5339B, BUS BUSSES, FACILITIES PROGRAM.

OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION? WE'RE BACK ON THE ELECTRONIC.

OH, GOOD. ARE WE BACK ELECTRONIC.

YEAH. IT LOOKED LIKE IT CAME BACK ONLINE.

JUST PUSH YOUR BUTTON THEN TO MAKE A MOTION.

WHAT ARE WE DOING? ARE WE YES NO.

WE'RE CONFIRMED THAT WE'RE BACK ON ELECTRONIC, BUT HE SAID HE CAN'T PUSH HIS BUTTON.

YEAH, BECAUSE THE SECOND. COMMISSIONER HODGES SHH PLEASE.

WE WILL. [INAUDIBLE] WHERE ARE WE? VIRTUAL OR.

WE'RE NO WE;RE ELECTRONIC, BUT THE RECORD WILL REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE WAS THE MOTION MAKER.

AND SECOND WILL BE ANDREA MCGEE.

OKAY, EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? ALL RIGHT, [INAUDIBLE] MOTION.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE? YOU CAN ACTUALLY USE HIS VOTE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. BY YOUR BY YOUR ACTION.

THE MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUS.

THANK YOU ALL. GO AHEAD.

[2. MOTION TO APPROVE an Agreement Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and TSE Consulting, LLC for State Legislative Liaison Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $250,000]

THIS IS ITEM NUMBER STILL ITEM NUMBER COUNTED AS NUMBER TWO ON THE AGENDA, MOTION TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND TSC CONSULTING, LLC FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE LIAISON SERVICES IN THE AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $250,000.

MR. STEWART, IN A MOTION BY BEVERLY WILLIAMS, SECOND BY MR. MARTIN, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO HAVE ANY INFORMATION? SORRY, WHAT'S THAT? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM? IT'S GOOD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S CALL THE QUESTION.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, LET'S ELECTRONIC VOTING.

I GOT IT. YOU'LL HAVE VIRTUAL MEMBERS.

ALL RIGHT. BY YOUR ACTION.

MOTION PASSES.

NEXT ITEM. OH, NOW WE GO TO REGULAR ITEMS. WE GO. OKAY, LET'S DO IT FROM THE CHAIR.

NONE. ACTUALLY, WE WERE GOING TO MOVE UP THE TURNPIKE PRESENTATION ON THE SAWGRASS AT THE REQUEST OF COMMISSIONER WALSH.

[1. Report From Partner Agency - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - Widening of Sawgrass Expressway (SR 869) from North of Atlantic Boulevard to C-5 Bridge (MP 9-12)]

OKAY. AND LET ME JUST SAY ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR, IF I OFFEND ANYBODY BY BEING SOMETIMES JUST LOOSE AND EVERYTHING, I APOLOGIZE.

THAT'S JUST THE WAY I AM.

BEEN MARRIED 28 YEARS AND THAT'S JUST HOW I'VE RUN MY MEETINGS.

SO IF I OFFEND ANYBODY, I APOLOGIZE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY ANYBODY ELSE IN THE COMMENTS? WAIT, THIS IS SPEAKER BROUGHT UP.

GOOD MORNING. BORED? YES. VICTORIA WILLIAMS. I WORK FOR TURNPIKE.

I'M THE MPO LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR AND TODAY WE HAVE WITH US THE NEW MPO LIAISON FOR DISTRICTS FOUR AND SIX, WHICH IS JAMES BROWN STANDING UP BACK THERE TO REPRESENT THE TURNPIKE WITH YOU.

FEEL GOOD, RIGHT? WE ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THAT.

AND YOU'LL FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS PRESENTATION.

IT'S A GOOD QUALITY OF INFORMATION.

LET'S WELCOME TERESA PRICE, WHO'S A SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER FOR US HERE, WORKING WITH ADKINS FOR THE TURNPIKE.

THANK YOU, TERESA.

THANK YOU, VICTORIA.

ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO GO? PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, GREAT.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT.

FANTASTIC. GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

MORNING. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS PROJECT UPDATE WITH YOU TODAY.

SO I'LL BE PROVIDING AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

THE PROJECT BACKGROUND PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL AS DETAILS REGARDING OUR MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC LANE CLOSURES AND TEMPORARY DETOURS FOLLOWED BY

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THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WAS SEVERAL DETAILED TEMPORARY DETOUR ROUTE SLIDES THAT WERE PROVIDED FOR YOUR USE IF NEEDED, AND THAT WAS INCLUDED AS SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION IN YOUR BOARD PACKAGE.

THE FLORIDA FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE FOLLOWS A FIVE PHASE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN DELIVERING NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THIS PROCESS INCLUDES PLANNING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES, DESIGN, RIGHT OF WAY, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION. THE PLANNING PHASE IDENTIFIES THE PROJECT'S PURPOSE AND NEED.

A PROJECT BEGINS BY IDENTIFYING TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OR DEFICIENCIES THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS THAT PRIORITIZES SHORT AND LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

THE PDA PHASE IS THE BRIDGE BETWEEN OUR PLANNING AND THE DESIGN PHASE AND HELPS GUIDE DECISION MAKING BY EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT MAY HAVE ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND IS DOCUMENTED THROUGH A PDA STUDY.

THE PDA STUDY FOR THE SAWGRASS CORRIDOR FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO SOUTH OF STATE ROAD SEVEN US 441 WAS ACTUALLY COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2017.

THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

THE DESIGN PHASE IS WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION PLAN SPECIFICATIONS AND THE FINAL ESTIMATE TO BUILD THE PROJECT ARE DEVELOPED AND THAT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED IN JULY OF 2023. THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PROCESS IS OUR RIGHT OF WAY PHASE WHEN NEEDED PROPERTY IS PURCHASED FOR THE PROJECT, AS SHOWN RIGHT AWAY IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT, SINCE ALL PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE WITHIN THE TURNPIKES.

LIMITED ACCESS RIGHT OF WAY.

THE FINAL PHASE OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE BUILT.

THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY IS A 21 MILE LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY LOCATED IN NORTHERN BROWARD COUNTY THAT PROVIDES A VITAL LINK TO SOUTHWEST FLORIDA, SOUTHERN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES.

THIS ROAD IS PART OF THE FLORIDA STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM AND THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM WIDENING OF THE SAWGRASS FROM SOUTH OF NORTHWEST EIGHTH STREET, WHICH IS OUR MILEPOST ZERO TO WEST OF STATE ROAD SEVEN US 441 MILEPOST 18 AND CORRESPONDING INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS WILL OCCUR THROUGH A SERIES OF PROJECTS AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP.

THE FIRST WIDENING PROJECT IS THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE THAT WAS ACTUALLY LET THIS SUMMER AND CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN FIRST QUARTER OF 2024.

TODAY, OUR FOCUS WILL BE ON THE SECOND PROJECT SHOWN HERE IN GREEN AND THAT IS LOCATED THAT THAT WILL WIDEN THE SAWGRASS FROM MILEPOST NINE NORTH OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD TO MILEPOST 12 NORTH OF SAMPLE ROAD.

THIS PROJECT SEGMENT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

THE LINES WITHIN THE LIMITS.

THE LINES WITH THE LANES.

I'M SORRY, THE LANES WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT WILL BE WIDENED FROM 6 TO 10 LANES TO MEET THE ULTIMATE TYPICAL SECTION FOUR FOR THE SAWGRASS. SINCE THE REMAINDER OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WILL NOT BE WIDENED UNTIL A LATER DATE, THE TWO INSIDE LANES, WHICH ARE HASHED HERE IN EITHER DIRECTION, WILL BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADJACENT WIDENING PROJECTS.

THE PROJECT ALSO CONSISTS OF THE FOLLOWING FEATURES WIDENING OF THE EXISTING BRIDGES OVER THE SAMPLE ROAD AND THE C-5 CANAL BRIDGE, CONVERTING THE EXISTING SAMPLE ROAD INTERCHANGE TO A PARTIAL DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE.

AND. AND.

AND WILL BE PROVIDED BY A SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW.

IN DEVELOPING A DIVERGING DIAMOND INTERCHANGE, TRAFFIC CROSSES TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROAD BETWEEN RAMPS.

THE CROSSOVER POINT IS SIGNALIZED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND TRAFFIC FLOW.

THE TRAFFIC FROM THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WILL FOLLOW THE GREEN PATH, WILL FOLLOW THE YELLOW PATH.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE TRAFFIC FROM SAMPLE ROAD WILL ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE GREEN PATH SHOWN HERE.

WE'LL ALSO BE ADDING A LANE ON A LONG SAMPLE ROAD FOR A TOTAL OF THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WILL BE REPLACING OUR EXISTING INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION AND TRAFFIC MONITORING DEVICES.

AND THEN WE'LL ALSO BE REPLACING THE EXISTING ROADWAY LIGHTING SYSTEM WITH LED LIGHTING.

THE EXISTING SIX LANE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WILL BE WIDENED AGAIN TO TEN LANES AND THE EXISTING GREEN GRASS GRASS MEDIAN WILL BE

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CONVERTED TO A PAVED MEDIAN FOR A FOR A CONCRETE WITH A CONCRETE BARRIER WALL ALSO SHOWN HERE IN BLUE.

THE INSIDE LANES WILL BE STRIPED SINCE THERE WILL NOT SINCE THESE LANES WILL NOT BE OPEN TO TRAFFIC UNTIL AFTER CONSTRUCTION OF THE ADJACENT PROJECTS.

THE TWO EXISTING SAWGRASS BRIDGES OVER SAMPLE ROAD WILL BE WIDENED.

THE PROPOSED ROADWAY TYPICAL SECTION ALONG SAMPLE ROAD SHOWN HERE IS SHOWING THE THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND IN SIMILAR CONDITIONS. THE EXISTING CONDITIONS DON'T ALLOW FOR PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, AND SO WE WILL KEEP THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS.

WHEN THE PROJECT REACHES THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, SIGNAGE WILL BE PLACED TO INFORM DRIVERS OF DETOURS BEFORE WORK BEGINS.

THE TURNPIKE WILL CONTINUE COORDINATION WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES AND THE PUBLIC DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD.

TRAFFIC WILL BE MAINTAINED DURING CONSTRUCTION TO A MINIMUM TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE SAWGRASS WILL OCCUR IN PHASES.

EXISTING TRAVEL LANES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING PEAK PERIODS AND LANE CLOSURES.

LANE CLOSURES WILL OCCUR ONLY WHEN NEEDED DURING OFF PEAK HOURS.

THE SAMPLE ROAD AND C-5 BRIDGE CANALS WILL ACTUALLY BE WILL BE OPENED IN ALL THREE LANES IN EACH THREE LANE DIRECTIONS.

AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, TRAVEL LANES WILL REMAIN OPEN DURING PEAK PERIODS.

TEMPORARY DETOURS WILL BE LIMITED TO CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE EXISTING RAMPS AND FOR THE PLACEMENT OF OVERHEAD SIGN STRUCTURES.

SO HERE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THOSE DETOURS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND IN THE PURPLE, WE'RE WE'RE SHOWING YOU WHAT WHAT WHAT THE THE TRAFFIC WILL TAKE FROM THE SOUTHBOUND AND THEN THE AQUA BLUE IS FOR THE DETOUR THAT WILL BE TAKEN FOR THE NORTHBOUND TRAVELERS ON THE SAWGRASS.

AND AGAIN, THESE DETOURS WILL ONLY BE THEY'LL BE SHORT TIME AND THEY WILL ONLY BE USE WHEN NEEDED.

THURSDAY, SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

DESIGN. PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED AND THEY ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO OCCUR OCTOBER THE 27TH, WHICH WILL BE OUR VIRTUAL MEETING. AND THEN NOVEMBER THE FIRST, A NOTIFICATION LETTERS TO APPOINTED AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WERE SENT OUT LAST WEEK.

THE PROJECT'S DESIGN WILL BE COMPLETED BY JULY OF 23, AND THIS ALLOWS US TO THE DESIGN TEAM TO ADDRESS ANY INPUT INPUT RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC DURING OUR INFORMATION MEETINGS THAT ARE COMING UP HERE AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT IS ANTICIPATED TO START BY JANUARY OF 2024 AND IS EXPECTED TO TAKE 2 TO 3 YEARS.

THIS SLIDE IS IS SHOWING OUR TENTATIVE STARCH STARTING DATE OR WHAT WE CALL OUR LETTING DATES AND OUR CONSTRUCTION DURATION FOR THE SEVEN PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE IN WIDENING THE SAWGRASS FROM 6 TO 10 LANES.

AND HERE THE DARK PURPLE AT THE TOP IS THE PROJECT THAT I'M DISCUSSING WITH YOU ON TODAY.

AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE OUR SECOND PROJECT TO BE COMPLETED ON THE CORRIDOR WITH THE ADJACENT WIDENING PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 2025 AND 2028.

AGAIN, THIS IS TENTATIVE AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE AS WE GO THROUGH OUR WORK PROGRAM CYCLES EACH YEAR.

AS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE ATLANTIC AND SAMPLE THE ATLANTIC TO SAMPLE WIDENING PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT WILL NOT BE OPEN TO THE TEN LANES UNTIL THOSE ADJACENT PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED.

ONCE THE ADJACENT PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, WE WILL WORK WITH OUR CONTRACTORS TO OPEN UP ALL TEN LANES AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

AND AT THIS TIME I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER JAFFE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. YES? I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M A WEST BROWARD MUNICIPALITY, AND EVERYBODY THINKS ALL THE TRAFFIC IS IN EAST BROWARD.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILDING UP IN TO UP TO 2019.

AND THEN IT WAS PRETTY AGGRESSIVE BACK THEN.

THEN COVID CAME, BUT NOW IT'S EXCEEDED THOSE LEVELS FOR GOING NORTHBOUND SINCE PRE COVID.

AND WHEN YOU'RE CENTRAL AND EAST BROWARD, IF YOU WANT TO GO NORTHBOUND, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS.

YOU CAN GO I-95, YOU CAN TAKE THE TURNPIKE OR 441.

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BUT FOLKS OUT IN WEST BROWARD, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE ONE WAY TO GO NORTHBOUND.

SO I'M GLAD THIS IS COMING ONLINE AND IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY AGGRESSIVE SCHEDULE AND THAT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SANDRA WELCH.

MR. MCGEE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH, COME ON.

RIGHT ON. OFF.

NO, THE REASON THAT I ASKED THAT THIS BE MOVED UP FURTHER INTO THE COURSE OF THE MEETING WAS WITH THE HOPE THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS, SPECIFICALLY OUR NEIGHBORING MEMBERS, CORAL SPRINGS, MARGATE, TAMARAC.

I KNOW WE HAVE POMPANO BEACH IN THE HOUSE ALONG THE 14.

AND IN ORDER TO DISCUSS AND GET SOME SUPPORT OR OPINIONS ABOUT CONTINUATION OR COMPLETION OF THE SEAGRASS TO SAWGRASS POSSIBILITY, WHEN THIS SAWGRASS EXPANSION WAS TAKING IN PLACE TO GET THE MOBILITY IN PLACE TO COMPLETE THAT PROJECT FOR OUR PEDESTRIANS AND OUR BICYCLISTS ALONG THOSE GREENWAYS FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER AND SEEING THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE.

I DID IT WITH GOOD INTENT, BUT I STILL LEVEL OUR SUPPORT ON ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY THAT TO ME IT ONLY MAKES SENSE WHEN WE'RE DOING THIS THAT WE PUT THE PILLARS IN PLACE TO COMPLETE TO YOUR TERM.

THE BRIDGE ACROSS TO CONTINUE FOR ALL MOBILITIES, NOT JUST FOR THOSE THAT ARE FUELED BY GAS OR OTHER FORMS, BUT OUR OWN VOLITION, EITHER BY OUR LEGS WALKING AND OR BY OUR BICYCLES UNASSISTED.

WE'RE FULLY AWARE OF THE DESIRE.

VICTORIA AND I HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE MPO AS WELL AS THE OTHER CITIES, AND SO OUR IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT PROHIBIT THAT BRIDGE, THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE TO BE CONSTRUCTED.

WE'VE SHARED AS FAR AS THE TIME FRAMING OF OF THE OF THE PROJECTS.

AND SO WE'LL JUST HAVE TO COORDINATE.

ONCE YOU ALL GET A CONSULTANT ON BOARD, GET A, YOU KNOW, A RENDERING.

AND THEN WE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION.

AS FAR AS THE APPROVAL PROCESS THAT WILL TAKE PLACE FOR THE DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THAT STRUCTURE GOING OVER THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

SO WE'RE DEFINITELY IN PARTNERSHIP AND UNDERSTAND THE DESIRE OF THE OF THE OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THAT FOR WELL, YOU YOU HAD TWO WORDS THAT I REALLY HONED IN ON.

ONE WAS THE BRIDGING AND THE SECOND WAS TIMING.

SO IT IS ALL ABOUT TIMING.

AND I APPRECIATE THAT IT IS STILL BEING CONSIDERED.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GOODELL.

YEAH, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THAT BECAUSE I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE COUNTY LAST WEEK AND THE CITY OF SUNRISE VOTED LAST WEEK TO BRING SOMETHING FORWARD AS FAR AS SUPPORTING WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AT PAT SALERNO.

YES, SIR. FULLY AWARE OF THAT.

I'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH SEAN DENEEN AND LARRY MAHONEY.

SO THEY THEY PROVIDED ME A COPY WHERE WE ARE IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE COUNTY AS FAR AS OUR AGREEMENT WITH THEM FOR THE FULL INTERCHANGE AT BARCELONA DRIVE.

SO THAT IS DEFINITELY A PART OF THE OF THE DESIGN.

WHERE DOES THAT FIT IN SO THAT THAT PROJECT, YOU KNOW, SO IT WOULD BE THE THE DARK BROWN PROJECT.

SO THAT PROJECT IS 4371551.

SO THE PAT SALERNO INTERCHANGE SITS INSIDE THAT WIDENING PROJECT.

AND AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE TURNPIKE IN 2018, WE HAVE BEEN IN COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT IT IS INCORPORATED INTO THE DESIGN AND THAT PROJECT LETTING IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER OF 24.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT REALLY HAS GOT SO MUCH IMPROVEMENTS IN IT, MULTIPLE INTERCHANGES THAT WILL BE A PART OF THAT PROJECT.

BUT YES, WE ARE DEFINITELY THAT.

YES, SIR, IT IS A PART OF THAT.

AND SO WHAT WE'RE TARGETING, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING YOU HERE IN 2028 AT THE AT THE END BARS THERE, THAT WOULD BE THE TEN LANES OPENING AS WELL AS THE PAT SALERNO INTERCHANGE.

NOT SURE ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE BECAUSE WE'RE STILL IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THAT.

BUT AGAIN, THE FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT PROHIBIT THAT PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FROM BEING A PART OF THE MOBILITY OF THE CORRIDOR ALONG THE SAWGRASS.

I JUST WANT TO SAY TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ON THIS BOARD OR THE OWNER OF THE FLORIDA PANTHERS, MR. VIOLA, SAID THAT HE WANTED TO DO A BRIDGE.

THE COUNTY OWNS THAT PROJECT EVEN THOUGH THAT IT'S INSIDE A SUNRISE.

SO I WOULD JUST WISH IF THIS EVER DOES COME BEFORE THIS BOARD, THAT YOU WOULD SUPPORT THE BRIDGE FROM THE BROWARD COUNTY ARENA ON TO THE SAME

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LEVEE THAT WOULD END UP CONNECTING TO WHAT YOU SUPPORT? BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE OUT WEST AND YOU DRIVE THE SAWGRASS WHENEVER THE SUN IS GOING DOWN, THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THAT'S ON ATLANTIC. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EVEN.

PEOPLE ARE PARKING ALONG THE HIGHWAY.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT, IF THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD WERE AWARE OF THAT, LARRY MAHONEY IS GOING TO BE COORDINATING WITH HIM AS WELL.

SO WE ARE AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT OUR IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT PROHIBIT THE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE THAT ARE DESIRED BY THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE AS THE OTHER CITIES AS WELL.

SO SO WE ARE WE'RE DEFINITELY IN COORDINATION.

YES, SIR. IN A TUNNEL OR A BRIDGE THAT IS SUPPORT OUR BRIDGE.

MR. MAGEE, I HAD A QUESTION AND IT KIND OF GOES TO, I GUESS, COUNTY MPO, TURNPIKE OR WHATEVER, AS WE'RE DISCUSSING MOBILITY.

AND I KNOW IT CAME UP WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING A DIFFERENT TURNPIKE LANE EXTENSION WITH THESE PLANS.

ARE WE STUDYING OR CONTEMPLATING AT LEAST A WESTERN RAIL SYSTEM THAT COULD EVENTUALLY CONNECT TO THE EAST COAST? SO IF WE DO DO THE BRIDGE AND LIKE, AND MAKING THE ROADS BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THE ROADS THAT WE'RE BUILDING, BE ABLE TO SUPPORT A FUTURE RAIL SYSTEM IF WE EVER COULD GET THERE. I MEAN, I TAKE A STAND.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO DEFER, AND IT MIGHT BE YEARS DOWN THE LINE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS AND I'M GOING TO START BRINGING THESE BACK TO THE BOARD TO SEE WE ADOPTED A TRANSIT VISION PLAN ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2100.

THIS PARTICULAR CORRIDOR WASN'T IN THE TRANSIT VISION TO HAVE RAIL OR, YOU KNOW, A MORE PREMIUM SYSTEM.

HOWEVER, AN EAST WEST SYSTEM IS BEING PROPOSED.

I KNOW BROWARD COUNTY IS BCT.

FOLKS HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY HARD ON THIS THING CALLED PRIMO, AND IT IS BASICALLY THE VISIONARY THING THAT YOU ALL ADOPTED.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING NEXT STEPS FOR WHAT A TRANSIT SYSTEM CAN BE.

AND IT'S ALL INCREMENTAL.

AND I DO WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO GET ALL DONE AT ONCE.

JUST LIKE THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE PIECES AND PARTS AND WE'LL PUT IT TOGETHER.

BUT THERE IS A VISION TO PUT EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE.

I WILL ACTUALLY BRING THE START BRINGING THAT FORWARD TO YOU BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO SHARE.

THAT SAID, THE TWO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES, THAT'S GOING TO BE SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO ALL BE WORKING ON.

AND, YOU KNOW, SUNRISE'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AHEAD THAN WHERE WE ARE WITH COCONUT CREEK AND TAMARACK.

THAT'S ALL EAST, WEST, THE EAST, WEST AND QUARTER STOPS AT SUNRISE.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE THERE'S THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE OC MAYOR MY QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AT THAT EXIT ON THE WEST SIDE THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT THERE THAT IS UNOFFICIALLY BEING USED BY SEMI TRUCKS TO PARK AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND I THINK IT WAS ACTUALLY BEEN BROUGHT UP WHEN DISCUSSION WAS BEING HAD ABOUT THE PARKING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE IN WESTON, WHICH IS STILL GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY.

BUT ANYWAY, IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE OR ARE YOU ACTUALLY GOING TO MAKE THAT? IS THAT A POTENTIAL PARKING SPACE FOR A PARK AND RIDE OR NOT, OR WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY? SO THAT THAT IS I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE A COUNTY PROJECT, NOT A TURNPIKE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.

YES, MA'AM. WE CAN PUT THE REQUEST INTO BCT TO PROVIDE A RESPONSE, HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. SCOOTER. TANDEM DROP OFF.

WE WERE AGAINST IT, SO IT HAD TO DO EITHER WITH THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY OR DOT OR SOMEONE BECAUSE THEY NEEDED THAT DROP OFF FOR PEOPLE GOING ACROSS TO THE WEST COAST FOR PEOPLE TO PICK UP.

OKAY. SO I DON'T PROBABLY NOT SEE THEM GETTING RID OF THAT AS FAR AS TO LEAVE IT FOR PARKING AS A PARKING RIDE, BECAUSE THE FIGHT THAT WE HAD WAS BECAUSE THEY NEEDED IT FOR THE TRUCK.

SO AND I DON'T THINK IT IS THE COUNTY.

SO BECAUSE THAT WAS OUR FIGHT, WE DIDN'T WANT IT BECAUSE IT WAS AT THE EXIT OR ENTRANCE TO, YOU KNOW, COMING INTO SUNRISE AND TAMARACK.

BUT WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THEY REALLY NEEDED IT FOR THE DROP OFFS.

FOR THE QUESTIONS FOR THE CHAIR, IF I MAY.

VICTORIA WILLIAMS TURNPIKE.

I'D LIKE TO RESEARCH THAT A LITTLE FURTHER, SEE WHAT OUR INVOLVEMENT IS.

I KNOW THAT THROUGH THE WORK PROGRAM PROCESS AND OUR VISIONING, WE WERE LOOKING FOR BETTER SPOTS FOR VEHICLES THAT LARGE TO PARK, AND OUR TANDEM RESPONSIBILITY IS STATUTORY. SO I'M GOING TO CHECK OUT A LITTLE MORE INFO AND BRING IT BACK THROUGH THE STAFF.

GREAT QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. STEWART. YES.

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I'M SORRY. WERE THERE ANY FURTHER IN MY QUESTION AND FURTHER.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT.

WELL, HAVE A GREAT DAY, EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. MR. STEWART, I AM PUTTING DOWN ALL THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE I GET THAT DOWN.

ACTUALLY, MR. GABRIEL GOES BEFORE ME, I BELIEVE.

YEAH. REMEMBER COMMENTS? I LOST IT SOMEPLACE IN MY PAPER.

GO AHEAD. REMEMBER COMMENTS.

HERE ONE. OKAY, NOW WE GO TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

MR. STEWART. WELL, WE'RE STILL IN THE MORNING AND I APOLOGIZE FOR SOME OF THE TECHNICAL ISSUES.

AS YOU KNOW, OUR COMPUTER SYSTEMS IN ARIZONA AND, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETIMES THE PINGING BACK AND FORTH KIND OF CAUSES SOME CRAZINESS.

THAT SAID IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LOVELY BROCHURE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

AND I WANT TO BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION.

OUR 2023 STATE OF THE REGIONS ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET IS GOING TO BE AT THE DIPLOMAT HOTEL ON WHAT IS THIS, FEBRUARY 2ND, AND IT SHOULD BE AROUND 6:00.

SO THE WHOLE IDEA IS THE LAST ONE THAT WE HAD WAS AT THE SIGNATURE GRANT.

THE MAYOR AND I WERE THERE, SO SEVERAL OF YOU WERE THERE.

HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO GET MORE OF YOU TO ATTEND.

WE HAD ABOUT 350 PEOPLE AT THE LAST EVENT, AND I'D LIKE TO UP THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'RE HONORING SEVERAL PEOPLE, ONE OF WHICH IS A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD LAST YEAR WENT TO RICHARD BLATTNER.

THIS YEAR IS GOING TO GEORGE PLATT.

AND ONE OF THE RATIONAL REASONS FOR HONORING GEORGE IS ONE, HE GREW UP HERE AND HAD THE VISION ENOUGH TO START THINKING ABOUT THE WAY BROWARD COUNTY SHOULD LOOK AND WHAT WE SHOULD BE LIKE.

ULTIMATELY, HE SERVED ON THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

HE WAS ACTUALLY CHAIR OF THE MPO AND SERVED MANY YEARS UNDERSTANDING WHAT TRANSPORTATION SHOULD LOOK LIKE.

MANY OF YOU KNOW HIM NOW AS A LOBBYIST AND A KIND OF RETIRING LOBBYIST AT THAT.

THAT SAID, THE REALITY IS, IS THE THE INPUT THAT HE PROVIDED TO OUR REGION IS INCALCULABLE.

HE ACTUALLY HELPED THE VERY FIRST SURTAX THAT WAS DONE FOR TRANSPORTATION WITH THE BY THE BROWARD DOES NOT THE ALLIANCE THE BROWARD WORKSHOP. I HAD A CHANCE WHEN I CAME HERE IN 2000 TO WATCH THAT MOVE FORWARD.

ULTIMATELY, IT FAILED.

IT TOOK US A FEW MORE DECADES TO GET THERE.

THAT SAID, WE GOT IT DONE.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING HIS WORDS OF WISDOM AND HIS ABILITY TO PROVIDE US WHAT HE SAW AS A CHILD CROSSING THE FREIGHT BRIDGE ON THE FEC RAILROAD IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE, BECAUSE HE USED TO TRAVERSE THAT A LOT.

THE SECOND PERSON IS GAIL BOLTON, AND SHE IS BASICALLY LOOKING AT COMMUNITY IMPACT.

AND I KNOW DEERFIELD BEACH MAY NOT BE EXACTLY HAPPY, BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR GAIL AND HER LEADERSHIP, THE SOUTHWEST 10TH PROJECT WOULDN'T HAVE COME OVER THE LINE AND WE WOULDN'T HAVE IT FULLY FUNDED IN OUR BUDGET.

GAIL HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLY A SERVANT WHEN IT COMES TO WHAT HAPPENS HERE IN BROWARD, WHETHER IT'S HER SERVICE ON OUR FREIGHT COMMITTEE, MAKING SURE THAT THE FCC PROJECTS THE CSX PROJECTS, PORT PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD, HER GOALS IN TRANSPORTATION HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE.

THIRDLY, AS A CHAMPION AWARD FOR JOSEPH YAZBECK AND THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY KNOW JOE, JOE ACTUALLY STARTED HIS CAREER HERE AT FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

TRI RAIL WOULD NOT EXIST IF IT WASN'T FOR JOE.

WHEN I WORKED IN WEST PALM BEACH AND TRI RAIL WAS JUST FLEDGLING, IT WAS A MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC PROJECT.

IT WAS BECAUSE WE WERE PUTTING ON THE VERY FIRST WIDENING OF I-95.

IT WAS HIS VISION TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE PEOPLE ALTERNATIVELY, INSTEAD OF PUTTING THEM ON MORE TRAFFIC LANES.

HIS VISION ENDED UP BEING A SERVICE.

THE SERVICE IS NOW CELEBRATING MORE THAN 25 YEARS, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO HONOR AND REALLY SAY THANK YOU BECAUSE IT WAS THAT ONE PERSON IDEA THAT MOVES FORWARD IN ITS SMALL LITTLE STEPS.

BUT IT IS ACTUALLY NOW THE BROWARD COASTAL BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM.

IT LEADS TO OTHER THINGS.

IT LEADS TO THE EAST WEST.

IT LEADS TO ALL THESE GATEWAY PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.

AND THEN FINALLY, BEVERLY WILLIAMS AND HER HUSBAND.

I REMEMBER MY VERY FIRST TIME MEETING MR. WILLIAMS AND THEN BEVERLY.

AT THAT POINT, IT WAS JUST AN AMAZING THING.

THEY ACTUALLY TALK TO ME ABOUT BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND THINGS THAT WEREN'T ANYBODY'S VOCABULARY.

WE WERE DOING ABOUT 500,000 A YEAR WORTH OF SIDEWALK PROJECTS IN THIS COUNTY.

THEIR LEADERSHIP SILENTLY AND VERBALLY HAS BEEN UNBELIEVABLE OVER THE DECADES.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE.

AND I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT BEVERLY HERSELF REALIZED HOW MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE THAT SHE'S MADE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND NOT JUST IN LAUDERDALE LAKES, A COMPLETELY

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WOMAN RUN COMMISSION, BUT IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WHETHER YOU STRETCH FROM HALLANDALE BEACH TO THE SOUTH TO CORAL SPRINGS AND PARKLAND TO THE NORTH.

THEIR IDEAS AND CONCEPTS ACTUALLY WENT TO FRUITION BEYOND THEIR OWN BORDERS BETWEEN LAUDERHILL AND LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED ON STATE ROADS.

EVAN LLOYD WAS INVOLVED WITH BEVERLY WAS INVOLVED WITH THINGS THAT WE DID AT THE PLANNING COUNCIL YEARS AGO THEY WERE INVOLVED WITH.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT THE TWO HAVE BEEN ON OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE OUR HONOREES.

I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN ATTEND.

I HOPE YOU TALK TO YOUR CITY COMMISSIONERS AND MANAGERS.

WE ALSO KNOW THIS IS SHAMELESS PLUG.

SORRY, IT'S THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FORUM.

THERE'S ACTUALLY WE NEED TO HAVE REVENUES TO PAY FOR THE BANQUET.

SO IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPONSOR A TABLE, FIND SOME FOLKS TO HELP US MOVE THIS FORWARD, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.

AND I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING SEVERAL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THERE AS WELL.

SO WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT, TOO.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO KIND OF CALL THAT ONE.

AND THEN THE LASTLY, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO A LITTLE CALVARESI AND I ARE GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BROWARD MPO AND U.S.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

COMMISSIONER FER BROUGHT THAT UP ABOUT THE SCHEDULES AND WHERE WE ARE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, PAUL, ARE YOU HERE? YEAH, COME ON UP.

BASICALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE AND THIS HAS TO DO WITH MONICA SHAPIRO AND I REALLY WANT TO STRESS THIS.

MONICA KEVIN KELLEHER, THE TEAM MEMBERS OVER AT BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE TAKING OVER IN POSITIONS ARE MAKING SMART, CALCULATED DECISIONS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH TOGETHER TO MAKE DIFFERENCES IN ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL ISN'T JUST ABOUT BIKE LANES.

IT ISN'T JUST ABOUT SIDEWALKS.

IT'S ABOUT REDOING OUR INTERSECTIONS, MAKING SURE OUR CARS ARE COMMUNICATING TO THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS, MAKING SURE QUICK DECISIONS CAN BE MADE AT THE TRAFFIC CENTER, MAKING SURE WE GET TO A VISION 0.0.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT PROCESS.

IF WE GET THAT AWARD.

IT'S $5 MILLION FOR 5 MILLION FROM THE FEDS, $5 MILLION SIX AND A QUARTER TOTAL 5 MILLION FROM THE FEDS TOGETHER WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE THAT MONEY AND PUT THE PLANS IN PLACE TO MAKE TO GO AFTER THE FEDERAL MONEY, THE DISCRETIONARY THAT FOLLOWS, THERE'S $1,000,000,000 A YEAR AVAILABLE TO BROWARD COUNTY AND EACH ONE OF THE CITIES, NOT TO US.

AT THAT POINT, IT'S YOURS AND WE'RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET THERE.

BRIDGE THAT ONCE THE PLAN IS DONE, F DOT OR US DOT IS WILLING TO PUT DISCRETIONARY MONEY INTO PROJECTS.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT ONE.

THE SECOND ONE, WHICH IS THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM, I'D LIKE TO THANK THANK THE COUNTY AND ALL THE CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR THAT ARE PARTICIPATING.

ONE CITY CHOSE NOT TO PARTICIPATE AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S GOING TO BRING ANOTHER LEVERAGE IN PAUL.

HOW MUCH IS THAT? 19 MILLION TOTAL, FOUR AND A HALF LOCAL NET THAT'S GOING TO ADDRESS OUR ISSUE WITH FREE FOR THE QUIET ZONES. IT'S GOING TO START HARDENING THE CORRIDOR, REAL ESTATE VALUES AND HOLLYWOOD REAL ESTATE VALUES IN FORT LAUDERDALE, REAL ESTATE VALUES IN DEERFIELD BEACH AND IN POMPANO ARE GOING TO BE ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE BECAUSE OF THIS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT TO HARDEN THE SITUATION AND DEAL WITH THE FATALITIES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN THAT CORRIDOR.

THIS IS ANOTHER PATHWAY TO VISION TO GETTING ACTUALLY A VISION ZERO STATEMENT.

THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER REVIEW AND CAN THANK YOU IT'S UP SO ON THE SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU IF YOU TURN OVER YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THIS THING CALLED THE SMART PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS ANOTHER UNIQUE SITUATION WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPLY WITH A COMPANY CALLED DELOITTE IN WORKING TO CREATE A DIGITAL TWIN OF OUR COMMUNITY. BASICALLY, THE ENTIRE REGION WILL BE A VIRTUAL REALITY.

SO ANY TIME YOU MAKE A DECISION ON YOUR DAIS WHETHER IT'S ADDING 150 UNITS HERE OR PUTTING IN A PARK OR ACTUALLY ADDING A TRAFFIC LIGHT, WE WILL BE ABLE TO ANALYZE WHAT THOSE IMPACTS ARE IMMEDIATELY AND REPORT BACK TO YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR A MODEL TO CHUG FOR THREE OR FOUR WEEKS AND THEN GET REPORTS AND ALL THE REST.

IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING PROPOSAL.

TOGETHER WITH SAN DIEGO, WE'RE GOING TO BE SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

SAN DIEGO, THE MPO, THEIR IS CALLED SANDAG.

THEY'RE WRITING AN APPLICATION WITH DELOITTE, WE'RE WRITING ONE WITH DELOITTE.

WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE EACH OTHER.

AND I JUST GOT CONFIRMATION OF THAT LAST NIGHT.

PEER EXCHANGES TO EXCHANGE WITH A SINGLE COUNTY MPO TO THE WEST, HOW THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKS AND WHAT THE SMART PROGRAM WILL DO.

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IT WILL LEAD THE COUNTY AND ALL THE CITIES WITH THE ABILITY, ONCE WE GET THIS PLAN IN PLACE, TO AGAIN, ACCESS MORE DISCRETIONARY DOLLARS FOR EACH OF YOUR COMMUNITIES TO PUT THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE.

TWO DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS IS OPENING UP TO THE HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF DISCRETIONARY MONEY THAT'S GOING TO BE UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

THIS ORGANIZATION IS GOING TO TAKE IT TO WHERE WE NEED TO GO.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE FINISH LINE.

THAT'S JUST THE STARTING LINE.

AT THAT POINT, EACH ONE OF YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO GO AND MULTIPLE CITIES WILL BE ABLE AND COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY JOINTLY AND SEPARATELY TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IN YOUR COMMUNITY. FINALLY, WHAT PAUL AND I HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING ON IN A MEETING WITH RALPH STONE AND BARBARA BLAKE, BOY AT THE COUNTY THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO TOGETHER THAT WILL THEN GO FORWARD WITH FUNDING ADDITIONAL CAPITAL PROJECTS IN YOUR COMMUNITIES, WHETHER IT'S AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS, TRANSIT PROJECTS, RESILIENCY PROJECTS.

THIS IS WHERE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO COME FROM.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO PARTNER.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK TO PARTNER WITH ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT COUNTY DIVISIONS, AS WELL AS DIFFERENT HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND INCLUDING THE HEALTH COUNCIL TO BRING THIS ABILITY TO OUR REGION.

THIS IS ALL THANKS TO THIS IJA OR THE BILL, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT.

THIS WAS AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

OUR FRIENDS IN WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN REALLY HELPFUL.

I KNOW I GET AHEAD OF THE CURVE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, BUT NOW THE CURVE CAUGHT UP AND WE'RE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL WITH ANOTHER GRAND OPPORTUNITY THERE.

THE LAST TWO GRANTS I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT DOES NOT REQUIRE A LOCAL MATCH.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE WORKING IN WASHINGTON WITH OUR PARTNERS UP THERE IS TO ELIMINATE THE LOCAL MATCH REQUIREMENT ON THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDING FOR THE LAST TWO PROGRAMS. IF WE CAN MAKE IT 100% JUST FUNDING FROM WASHINGTON, D.C., THAT WILL HELP EACH OF YOUR CITIES AND THE COUNTY MOVE FORWARD ON BUDGETING ITEMS THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE ADDITIONAL FUNDS COMMITTED BY YOU.

WE'RE EXCITED BY THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PUSHING THAT.

PAUL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO THIS? YEAH. SO.

SO GREG QUICKLY WENT OVER THE GRID.

GREG WENT OVER THE GRANTS.

I CAN'T REITERATE ENOUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY AND HOW INSTRUMENTAL THEY WERE IN BRINGING THESE DOWN SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAMS. A BRAND NEW PROGRAM.

IT WAS WHEN GREG AND I WERE IN D.C.

IN APRIL. THEY WERE LITERALLY WRITING IT THEN, AND WE RECEIVED DIRECTION TO APPLY FOR THE PLANNING GRANT.

WITHOUT THE HELP OF BROWARD COUNTY STAFF.

WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE LOCAL MATCHING ORDER TO APPLY FOR THAT OK RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT PROGRAM.

IF I COULD JUST TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL ORDER, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO VINCE RUSTY AT BROWARD COUNTY.

WITHOUT HIM, WE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THIS ACROSS THE FINISH LINE AND THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH ALL THE CITIES, THIS GRANT WAS PUT TOGETHER IN FIVE WEEKS.

SO ALL THE CITIES PARTICIPATING LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR HOW NIMBLE YOU WERE IN PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

THIS IS ALMOST UNHEARD OF.

GREG, WHAT ARE THE OTHER TWO THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER? THIS CAME OUT YESTERDAY.

THIS IS 24 HOURS FRESH.

THE RAIL RAIL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

OUR PARTNERS AT TRIAL WERE BOMBARDED BY AT LEAST THREE DIFFERENT EMAILS FROM US AT THREE DIFFERENT LEVELS THAT THIS IS COMING OUT THROUGH SETH TECH, THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL AND SUPPORTED BY OUR TECH.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FER.

HE'S OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THAT ONE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT TRI RAIL TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THE FUNDING NEEDED SO THEY CAN APPLY FOR THIS.

AND A GRANT LIKE THIS WOULD COMPLETELY REPLACE WOULD UPGRADE THEIR ENTIRE TRAIN STOCK.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO PROTECT IN THE EV.

WE KNOW THESE ARE COMING OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

OKAY. AND ONCE AGAIN, I CANNOT.

YOU WILL SEE THIS A LOT.

WHEN YOU SAY CORONATIONS KEY.

WE HAVE A BIWEEKLY GRANTS COORDINATION MEETING.

WE DO NOT WANT TO CANNIBALIZE EACH OTHER.

WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT OUR BEST FEET FORWARD TO BRING MONEY BACK TO BROWARD COUNTY.

WE ALSO PRESENT THIS AT OUR TDC MEETINGS OR CAC MEETINGS.

AND HERE AND I'M SORRY IF I SOUND LIKE A BROKEN RECORD AND YES, I AM OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW WHAT OUR RECORD IS.

OK, BUT ALSO SOMETHING YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW ABOUT ME BEFORE.

WHILE I WAS GETTING MY MASTER'S IN URBAN PLANNING, I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL MATH TEACHER.

I'M TELLING YOU THAT BECAUSE I'M ABOUT TO ASSIGN HOMEWORK.

SO ON YOUR IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU SEE THIS? THIS SHEET, THIS WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO YOU.

THESE ARE THE TOP TWO OF THE GRANTS THAT WE APPLIED FOR.

IT'S A FACT SHEET FOR YOU AS YOU'RE OUT.

LEAGUE OF LEAGUE OF CITIES IF YOU'RE MEETING WITH ANY.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A NATIONAL CONFERENCE IN KANSAS CITY COMING UP.

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THERE'LL BE A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM US DOT ORG.

YOU KNOW YOU GET TO MEET THEM DROP THAT WE APPLIED FOR THESE.

LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU SUPPORT IT THAT YOU WANT TO BRING THIS BACK TO TO SOUTH FLORIDA, WHICH COMES UP IN TALLAHASSEE IF YOU'RE MEETING WITH ANY OTHER MEMBERS.

I KNOW WE HAVE MIDTERMS COMING UP, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE CLINE TOLD OUR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, EVERYBODY IS BACK.

THE QR CODE WORKS.

YOU SHOULD GET A LINK. EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY'S BACK.

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE OUT THERE.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO GET SUPPORT FROM THEIR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.

LET THEM KNOW THAT WE APPLIED FOR THESE GRANTS AND WE WANT TO BRING THIS DOWN.

OKAY. OTHER BIT OF HOMEWORK.

SO WE HAVE BEEN IN A KIND OF REACTIONARY PERIOD TO THESE GRANTS.

AND FORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A CHOICE.

ALL THE GRANTS WE APPLIED TO ARE BRAND NEW.

THERE IS NOTHING, NOTHING TO GO OFF OF.

WE KNOW THAT THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY WAS COMING.

40 PAGES OF NEW INFORMATION ON HOW TO APPLY CAME OUT AND WE HAD TO REACT.

AND IT'S BEEN VERY IMPRESSIVE WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR PARTNERS AND ABLE TO GET THESE.

BUT THAT'S IT. THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR OF THIS.

NOW EVERYTHING IS REPEATED.

SO AS YOU LOOK AT YOUR PROJECTS, YOUR CIPS PROJECTS IN THE MPO PLAN THAT YOU WANT TO GET FUNDED, START COMBING THROUGH THOSE.

THERE'S GRANTS. WE CAN START GETTING THESE READY AND MAYBE YOU'RE NOT APPLYING NEXT YEAR, BUT YOU WANT TO APPLY THE YEAR AFTER.

THIS IS THE TYPE OF COORDINATION AND PLANNING THAT WE NEED AS A GROUP, AS AN MPO, IN ORDER TO SET THIS UP FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS OF THIS FUNDING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, MR. SCHUMANN.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

IT'S VERY EXCITING.

I KNOW THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD IS VERY GRATEFUL.

AND JUST TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT, WE WOULD LOVE FOR ALL OF YOU TO COME TO THE DIPLOMAT ON FEBRUARY 2ND AND SEE OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.

I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST IS FASCINATED BY THE DIGITAL TWIN IDEA.

AND I'M I LOVE THE THE CONCEPT THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE IMPACT OF A PROPOSED PROJECT.

WILL YOU BE ABLE OR WILL IT CONSIDER SEA LEVEL RISE? OH, AWESOME QUESTION.

THANK YOU. STORM SURGE, SEA LEVEL RISE.

IT ACTUALLY MODELS OUT EVERY SCENARIO POSSIBLE.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE COMPACT.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE DATA THAT'S COMING OUT OF WASHINGTON AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO MODEL IN WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

EVEN WITH A STORM SURGE, WE CAN MODEL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN STORM SURGE DEPENDING ON WHERE THE EYE OF THE STORM WOULD HIT.

WE CAN ACTUALLY MUDDLE ALL THAT.

WORKING WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAFF, WE'D BE ABLE TO PRE PREDICT WHAT ROADS WOULD BE INUNDATED, WHAT SEWER LINES WOULD FAIL, WHAT WATER LINES ACTUALLY GET IMPACTED.

BECAUSE OF THIS DIGITAL TWIN MODEL, I'D ACTUALLY BE ABLE AND THIS IS DOWN INTO THE WEEDS AND I APPRECIATE YOU ASKING THIS.

THE POWER LINES IN ALL OF US KNOW HOW IT IS WHEN THE ELECTRIC GOES OUT DURING A HURRICANE THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MODEL AS WELL AND WHICH LINES COULD GO UP AND THEN BE ABLE TO DIRECT WHERE AND WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO PHYSICALLY GO AND BE.

THIS IS AN WHEN I SAW THIS IN ACTION, IT WAS AT THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE MOST INCREDIBLE THINGS YOU CAN DO FOR A COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF HOW IT MODELS SO MANY FACTORS, SO MANY FACTORS, NOT JUST TRAFFIC LIGHTS, NOT I MEAN, YOU WOULD ACTUALLY AND, YOU KNOW, I WISH MAYOR TRANTALIS WAS HERE.

YOU COULD EVEN MODEL WHEN THE PIPES WOULD FAIL ON SYSTEMS BECAUSE IT KNOWS IT ACTUALLY CAN MODEL THAT OUT.

IMAGINE HAVING THAT FOR YOUR CIP, YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN.

IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD.

IMAGINE BEING ABLE TO HAVE THAT FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EVEN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

YOU CAN MODEL WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO AND FROM.

WE HAD DONE A DEMONSTRATION PROJECT LAST YEAR WITH BCT AND AFTER THAT ON THE COMMUTER RAIL, AND WE WERE ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO TELL THEM WHERE THE FOLKS ARE COMING FROM, WHAT INCOME LEVELS THEY ARE, WHAT TYPE OF TRIPS ARE GOING TO MOVE.

AND THEN WAS STATION LOCATION CHANGES.

IT ACTUALLY REMODELS EVERYTHING AND IT TELLS YOU HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE YOU CAN PICK UP OR HOW MANY LESS.

IT IS AN INCREDIBLY VERSATILE MODELING TOOL AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY GETTING THE AWARD THAT'S $2 MILLION.

THAT'S TO SET IT UP. THEN AFTER THAT, THERE'S MONEY TO ACTUALLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION, TO MONITOR THINGS, TO MONITOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS, TO BE ABLE TO.

MY GOOD FRIEND SCOTT BRUNER OVER AT THE COUNTY WHEN HE'S DEALING WITH TRAFFIC LIGHT ISSUES, HE'D BE ABLE TO GO ON THE FLY AND BE ABLE TO SAY, HERE'S A SCENARIO, THIS IS HAPPENING. LET'S PUSH THIS BUTTON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LIGHTS RETURN.

IT IS A TECHNOLOGY THAT IS BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY CAREER.

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SO EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

BUT THAT WHOLE CLIMATE CHANGE THING, AGAIN, WE CAN MODEL.

I MEAN, THIS IS KIND OF SCARY.

WE COULD ACTUALLY MODEL OUT WHEN HOUSES WILL GO UNDERWATER, WHAT STREETS GO UNDERWATER AND WHEN, AND AND ACTUALLY BE VERY TWO AND HALF INCH OF ACCURACY.

THE MAYOR IS YELLING, I'M SORRY.

OH, I'M SORRY. WE SAID, GO AHEAD.

CAN WE GET OUR MIKE BACK ON? I APOLOGIZE. YOU GO.

OKAY. YOU'RE ON. YEAH.

I'M SORRY. WELL, BACK TO THAT, EH? ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO HELP? OF COURSE. AND BE.

WHEN? WHEN IS THE DETERMINATION? WHEN WILL YOU KNOW? WELL, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT.

AND THAT'S THE MIDDLE DATE IS IN.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

AND ONCE THAT HAPPENS, I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW BY THE BANQUET.

MY BIG GOAL FOR THE BANQUET.

ALSO BEYOND OUR OWN PERSONAL RELATIONS TO YOU ALL FOR THANKING FOR EVERYTHING.

THE REALITY IS, I THINK THAT WASHINGTON WILL PROBABLY HAVE SOME AWARDS FOR US AS WELL.

AND THAT DOES HAPPEN.

WE'LL HAVE THE THE WASHINGTON, OUR DELEGATION, THE NEWEST CONGRESSWOMAN, AS WELL AS DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ AND THE NEW CONGRESSWOMAN FROM THE NORTHEAST OR NORTHWEST.

IT'S KIND OF EXCITING TO HAVE A BIG CHECK.

AND THAT'S PART AND PARCEL OF CELEBRATION THAT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SO.

MY SECOND QUESTION TODAY, YOU KNOW, ALL OF US I KNOW ARE SO DISTURBED AND PARTICULARLY EAST COAST CITIES WATCHING WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR SISTER CITIES ON THE WEST.

BUT I'M PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN BRIDGE FAILURES THAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THERE AND THE ROLE THAT MPO MIGHT PLAY IN SUPPORT FOR EAST COAST CITIES IN THE EVENT OF BRIDGE FAILURES.

WHAT HAPPENS? IS IT ALL ON FDOT IF, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S AN FDOT ROADWAY, IS IT ALL IN THE CITY? IF IT'S A CITY ROADWAY AND HOW IN THE WORLD ARE THEY GETTING THESE BRIDGES REBUILT SO QUICKLY OVER THERE? AND IT'S SOMETHING LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, I'M ASSUMING OTHER CITIES HAVE EMERGENCY STANDBY CONTRACTS IN VARIOUS WAYS.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT YOU REGIONALLY TO HAVE STANDBY CONTRACTS FOR EMERGENCY BRIDGE REPAIRS, FEDERAL DOLLARS DO A LOT.

YEAH. AND ACTUALLY, THAT'S IT'S KIND OF THE ROLE OF THE MPO WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE FLORIDA DOT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONIES ARE AVAILABLE.

SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE GIVEN ME AUTHORITY IN THIS CRISIS SITUATION.

LET'S SAY WE GOT WIPED OUT BY A HURRICANE AND IT JUST TOOK EVERYTHING OUT.

I HAVE THE ABILITY AND THE CHAIR HAS THE ABILITY.

BRIAN WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO BRING MONEY DOWN HERE FROM WASHINGTON, EMERGENCY MONEY THAT SAID DURING HURRICANE SANDY.

AND THAT WAS REALLY INTERESTING AND IT TESTED OUR SYSTEM, THE ONE A SEGMENT IN FORT LAUDERDALE THAT WAS WASHED OUT TO SEA.

LEE FELDMAN CALLED ME ON FRIDAY OR A SUNDAY MORNING.

IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING. AND HE'S LIKE, GREG, THEY WENT A WASHED OUT.

AND I'M LIKE THINKING TO MYSELF AND I USE THIS A LOT IN SPEECHES.

I DO EMILY AND MYSELF.

IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THERE'S NOT BARELY A CLOUD IN THE SKY.

IT WAS JUST GORGEOUS.

AND I'M THINKING, OKAY, LEE, YOU'RE ON SOMETHING AND YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING AND SOMETHING'S GOING ON.

I ACTUALLY LIVE NEAR THERE, AND I GOT ON MY BICYCLE AND I TOOK MY BIKE AND I WENT OVER TO A-ONE A OVER THE BRIDGE.

AND LO AND BEHOLD, THAT DAMN ROAD HAD WASHED OUT AND THERE WERE CITY PEOPLE ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WHAT LEE WAS LOOKING FOR IS THE DISTRICT SECRETARY'S CELL PHONE NUMBER.

THAT'S LITERALLY WHEN YOU REALIZE, OKAY, WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE NEED TO COORDINATE IT.

SO PART OF THE OTHER ROLE THAT WE PLAY IS HELP COORDINATE AND FACILITATE CONVERSATIONS WITH FDOT AFTER IT DOES A GREAT JOB.

JIM WOLFE GOT ALL OF HIS FOLKS OUT THERE.

THAT ROAD WAS SHUT DOWN.

THEY STARTED DEALING WITH IT.

JERRY O'REILLY AT THE TIME WAS OPERATIONS, THE STEVE BROWN ROLE.

NOW HE CAME UP WITH IDEAS TO PUT IN PILINGS TO MAKE SURE THE BEDROCKS WOULDN'T GO OUT TO SEA AND THAT ROAD WOULD LAST ANOTHER 30 YEARS.

WE ACTUALLY HAD AN EMERGENCY MEETING OF THIS BOARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MONEY WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS.

IT WAS NECESSARY.

THOSE ARE THINGS. AND THAT WAS ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU START REALIZING WHEN IRMA CAME THROUGH AND THE SAND WAS PUT ON A-1 A BY THE BEACH AS WELL.

MY VERY FIRST CALL WAS TO THE CITY MANAGER AND TO THE OTHER CITY MANAGERS AND THE ON THE BEACH SIDE AND SAID, PLEASE RECORD EVERYTHING YOU'RE DOING.

THE OTHER THING IS FOR FEMA, FOR REIMBURSEMENT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE PHYSICAL PICTURES, NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THAT YOU HAVE OUT THERE.

MOST OF THE CITY MANAGERS HAVE GONE THROUGH THE DRILL, BUT SOME OF THEM HADN'T.

SO AGAIN, OUR ROLE IS JUST DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION.

NOW, I'M GOING TO I HAD THE GREAT HONOR WHEN I WORKED AT BROWARD COUNTY TO SERVE AS AN INTERIM DIRECTOR OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WHILE THEY WERE LOOKING FOR I CAN'T REMEMBER THE GUY'S NAME THAT CAME DOWN, BUT.

COORDINATION IS GOING TO AND COLLABORATION IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT.

HOLLYWOOD NEEDS TO BE WORKING WITH HALLANDALE AND DANIA AND EVEN FORT LAUDERDALE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU CAN GET PUSH BUTTON CONTRACTS IN

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PLACE, BECAUSE IT'S ANOTHER THING THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO BE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER.

ALL OF YOU DO. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER, THE PRICE OF REMOVING DEBRIS, THE PRICE OF KIND OF GETTING THE SITUATION BACK IN SHAPE, YOU'RE NOT COMPETING.

AND THEN MIAMI DADE THEN COMPETES AGAINST US.

AND SO FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCES IN DOING EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PLANNING AND KIND OF PREPARING FOR IT, IT WAS ALWAYS, PLEASE WORK TOGETHER.

THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S JUST AN AREA THAT I ALWAYS ADVISE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT TYPE OF STUFF.

THERE'S YARDI. THANK YOU.

CAN YOU PUT YOUR NAME BACK UP? OKAY. AM I ON? THERE WE GO.

MIKE IS ON. MIKE IS ON? YES. WITH REGARD TO ALL THESE GRANTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, WHAT'S THE TURNAROUND TIME IN ACTUALLY RECEIVING THOSE FUNDS? BECAUSE TRADITIONALLY, WHEN WE FUND A PROJECT THROUGH THE MPO, IT'S THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

WE'RE ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.

SO HOW DO THESE GRANTS WORK? SO IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 6 MONTHS TO GET AN ANSWER.

USUALLY THOSE ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE STRATEGICALLY TIMED AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER 3 TO 9 MONTHS TO NEGOTIATION, DEPENDING ON WHICH DEPARTMENT THE GRANT IS THROUGH AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS FOR.

AND YOU HAVE THE MECHANISMS IN PLACE.

YOU BRING A REALLY GOOD POINT. THERE IS A COST TO WINNING, WHICH AS YOU'RE APPLYING FOR THESE GRANTS, YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE IN HOUSE OR DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO SOMEONE WHO CAN MANAGE THESE GRANT AWARDS BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T JUST GIVE YOU A CHECK FOR 80% OF YOUR COST, IT'S USUALLY USUALLY A 20% MATCH IS BECAUSE YOU KEEP RECYCLING IT.

IT'S A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.

YOU SPEND THAT 20%, YOU GET REIMBURSEMENT, YOU KEEP SPENDING IT, AND YOU NEED SOMEONE IN HOUSE WHO'S FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS, WHICH IS, TO BE HONEST, VERY ARDUOUS IN ORDER TO PROCESS THAT FUNDING.

SO IT COULD. SO FROM APPLICATION TO RECEIVING THE MONEY OR BEING ABLE TO DRAW DOWN COULD BE ABOUT A YEAR AND WITH AND RIGHT AND WITHIN THOSE GRANTS ARE YOU ABLE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO.

YES. WELL, THAT FUN, THAT PART OF IT.

MOST LIKELY ADMIN FEES ARE REIMBURSABLE AS PART OF THE GRANTS.

NOT ALWAYS, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. JAFFE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO THANK PAUL FOR HIS EVEN TEMPERAMENT AND ALWAYS BEING CALM DEMEANOR TO GETTING THINGS DONE.

AND I'M USE A LITTLE ANALOGY, SORT OF FLY UNDER THE RADAR, BUT YOU DO SO MANY GOOD THINGS AND BRING SO MANY GOOD PROJECTS TO OUR COMMUNITY, NOT JUST WESTON, BUT ALL OUR COUNTY.

AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.

AND NOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD US YOU'RE A FORMER MATH TEACHER, I SEE WHY YOU ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR SOLUTIONS TO AN EQUATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, MR. MARTIN. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

AGAIN, SPEAKING FROM THE LAUDERHILL PERSPECTIVE, WHERE WE'RE SURROUNDED BY SO MANY OTHER CITIES, AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT DOING A MASTER COUNTY PLAN REVIEW TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE NEEDS ARE COUNTY WISE.

SO AGAIN, GOING AFTER THESE GRANTS GOING FORWARD, YOU BETTER DO SOME INTERCONNECTIVITY OF OF NEEDS FOR INDIVIDUAL CITIES.

AND SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR MIRRORED TECHNOLOGY DOWN THE ROAD, ONE OF THE BIG CONCERNS FOR OUR CITY IS THE FACT THAT LITERALLY EVERY CITY SURROUNDING LAUDERHILL IS BUILDING AND MOST OF THE BUILDING A VERY AGGRESSIVE TIME FRAMES AND MOVING FORWARD.

AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS AS THE COMMISSIONER AND SOME OF THE CONSTITUENTS IS ARE IF OUR WANT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS KEEPING UP TO OUR ROADWAYS, KEEPING UP, AND THREE, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR CITY, BECAUSE MOST OF THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO COME THROUGH LAUDERHILL NORTH WEST I MEAN NORTH, SOUTH, EAST OR WEST.

AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS TECHNOLOGY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT, SAY, 400 PEOPLE IN THE CORRIDOR.

AND LET'S IMMEDIATELY FIND OUT WHAT THE IMPACT IS GOING TO BE VERSUS DOING A TRAFFIC STUDY WHERE WE KNOW RIGHT NOW MOST OF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS HAVE AN F RATING AS FAR AS TRAFFIC AND ANTICIPATE IT BETWEEN TAMARAC SUNRISE AND, YOU KNOW, FROM PLANTATION TO TO TO THE SUNRISE WEST.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE KIND OF STUCK IN THE MIDDLE AND FOR SELFISH REASONS, I NEED TO KNOW, HOPEFULLY, THAT THERE IS SOME CONSIDERATION THERE THAT THIS TECHNOLOGY AT LEAST WILL GIVE CITIES SOME. HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT YOUR REGION AS A WHOLE.

WHEN WE START DOING THESE THESE PROJECTS.

THE REALLY COOL PART OF THE GRANT IS ONCE WE GET IT AND WE GO FORWARD WITH A TWIN, IT'S OPEN SOURCE DATA.

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SO AT THAT POINT ANYBODY CAN RUN IT.

IF YOU HAVE STAFF CAPACITY.

IF YOU DON'T, THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO SET UP A SYSTEM TO HOW YOU GET STAFF CAPACITY TEMPORARILY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO ADD A NEW POSITION TO DEAL WITH IT.

THAT SAID, THAT WHOLE IDEA OF REGIONALISM AND UNDERSTANDING HOW ONE PIECE FITS INTO THE OTHER AND HOW ALL OF THAT IMPACTS EACH OTHER, WATER, SEWER, TRAFFIC, ALL OF IT SCHOOLS, YOU HAVE THIS ABILITY FLOODING, YOU HAVE THIS ABILITY WITH THE MODEL.

AND EVEN IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY ON THE APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO YOU, AT LEAST THE CITIES WILL BE ABLE AND THE COUNTY WILL BE ABLE TO MODEL THIS OUT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR IMPACT WILL BE SO THEY CAN AT LEAST INFORM THE PUBLIC AND LET THEM KNOW WHERE THEY NEED TO GO.

AGAIN, THAT GOES BACK TO YOUR CAPITAL PLANNING.

AT THAT POINT, YOU ACTUALLY CAN DO CAPITAL PLANNING AND KNOWING WHAT YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH.

SO THIS TAKES TRANSPARENCY REALLY TO ANOTHER LEVEL WHERE THIS MODEL CAN SAY THIS MODEL CAN SAY, I TOLD YOU SO IF YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, THEN THE ELECTED OFFICIALS START RUNNING FOR COVER.

MR. BOYD CORBIN, WHO CALLED ME MR. KENNEDY EARLIER, WHICH IS FASCINATING.

I'VE BEEN CALLED A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NEVER A KENNEDY.

THAT SAID, THAT ISSUE WITH HIS SEWER LINE, THE ISSUE WITH OVERDEVELOPMENT, THE CAPACITY ISSUES HE'S TALKING ABOUT WITH ROADWAYS CAN ALL BE MODELED OUT INSTANTLY. SO IT'S JUST LIKE, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, AND THEN YOU CAN MUDDLE IT OUT AND GO, NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY FACTUALLY INCORRECT OR IT IS CORRECT.

AND SO THAT IS ACTUALLY THE VALUE OF THIS MODEL TO AS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND SAY, I CAN GET THIS INFORMATION AND I CAN ANSWER IT TO YOU.

THEY MAY NOT LIKE THE ANSWERS.

MR. CORBIN DOESN'T LIKE A LOT OF THE ANSWERS WE PROVIDE HIM.

I KNOW HE GOES TO THE COUNTY A LOT TO AND THE CITY OF WILTON MANORS AND OAKLAND PARK AND AND FORT LAUDERDALE.

YOU KNOW, I'VE SEEN HIM IN A LOT OF PLACES THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS VERY CLEAR.

THE MODELING WITH THIS DIGITAL TWIN IS SOMETHING THAT IS EXTRAORDINARILY ACCURATE.

LIKE I SAID, THE FUTURE COMES FASTER THAN WE ANTICIPATE.

SOMETIMES I EVEN THINK ABOUT YOUR YOUR LIGHT RAIL OR YOUR TRAIN RAIL OR YOUR FAST TRANSPORTATION GOING EAST AND WEST.

IF YOU CAN SHOW YOU CAN TAKE 50,000 CARS OFF THE ROAD AND PEOPLE SAY NO TO IT AND INFORMATION'S THERE, YEAH, WE WANT IT TO GO NORTH AND SOUTH TO NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, ALL ANGLES, 75.

IT'S A GOOD PLACE. THANK YOU.

CHAIR VIRTUAL RADIOTHON.

I HAVE KAREN WERFEL.

GO AHEAD, AARON.

ONE MORE TIME. AARON WERFEL.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IT'S A GREAT MEETING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COOPERATION.

MEETING IS ADJOURNED FOR GENERAL COUNSEL.

DOESN'T GET TO TALK. OOP.

SORRY, GENERAL COUNSEL.

IT'S A HIS REPORT IS ATTACHED FOR REPORTS ATTACHED.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND PATIENCE WITH TODAY.

IT WAS AN INTERESTING MEETING, AS THEY ALWAYS ARE.

FREEZING MEETINGS ADJOURNED.

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