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[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]
I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.IT'S THE MPO TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 26TH.
RECOGNITION AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM TODAY IN PERSON AND WE WILL DO OUR ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.
JUST A REMINDER, WE'RE USING OUR SCREENS NOW AND YOU CAN CLICK THE PRESENT BUTTON.
[LAUGHTER] YOU CAN HAVE PATIENCE WHERE THIS IS A NEW SYSTEM AND WE'RE HAVING SOME IT CHALLENGES TODAY WITH NEW WI-FI AND FIREWALLS AND TECHNICAL CRAZINESS.
REBECCA IS GOING TO LOG OR ANYBODY ONLINE, ARE WE GOOD? YOU HAVE A PERPLEXED FACE.
>> HAS EVERYONE IN THE ROOM SELECTED PRESENT?
[LAUGHTER] LET ME KNOW WHEN YOU'RE GOOD.
>> IT'S ALWAYS THE LAST SECOND.
>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[3. Approval of Minutes - August 24, 2022]
IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.MOTION IN BY LOUIS SECONDED BY MIRIAM.
ANY COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? NO. THEN WE CAN VOTE AND IT'S WORKING.
>> MIRIAM, WE'RE WAITING FOR YOUR VOTE, MIRIAM. THANK YOU.
NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
IF I CAN GET A MOTION, MARY MADE THE MOTION SECONDED BY SARAH.ANY COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA? NO, HEARING NONE.
WE CAN NOW CAST OUR VOTE. TOM, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT?
>> HOW DO I DO THAT? THERE YOU GO.
>> IN ORDER TO PUT YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE TO SPEAK, YOU USE YOUR MOUSE AND CLICK "MICROPHONE IS OFF" AND IT WILL PUT YOU IN QUEUE FOR THE CHAIR TO SELECT YOUR NAME.
>> IT DOES TAKE ABOUT 30 SECONDS FOR THE SYSTEM TO FINALLY.
>> I'M GOOD, THANK YOU. I SET A VERY SIMPLE QUESTION BECAUSE WHAT I DID LIKE LAST TIME, OR THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY WAS WE COULD SEE EVERYBODY'S VOTE.
IS THERE A WAY TO SEE HOW EVERYBODY VOTED?
>> ON BEHALF OF THE CHAIR, REBECCA BROWARD, MPO. USUALLY, YES.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE SYSTEM, SO WE ARE UNABLE TO DO THAT FOR THIS SPECIFIC MEETING, BUT WE WILL HAVE IT BACK RUNNING FOR THE NEXT.
>> NOW, WE ARE AT THE VOTE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO HAS A PUBLIC COMMENT ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN AN AGENDA ITEM? REBECCA, HAVE WE RECEIVED ANY AHEAD OF TIME?
>> EXCELLENT. THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.
[1. MOTION TO ENDORSE the August 25, 2022 Resolution of the Broward County Commission Related to the Broward Commuter Rail South (BCR-South) Project]
THE ONE ACTION ITEM WE HAVE TODAY IS THE MOTION TO ENDORSE THE AUGUST 25TH, 2022 RESOLUTION OF THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION RELATED TO THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH PROJECT.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION REGARDING THAT THAT MR. SCHWAB WILL BE PROVIDING VIRTUALLY.
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CAN YOU HEAR US, PHIL?>> YEAH, I CAN HEAR YOU. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME?
>> IS THAT A YES? YOU GOT VERY FAINT.
>> GREAT. WELL, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR ABOUT THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH PROJECT AND WE ARE SEEKING AN ENDORSEMENT.
YOU GO AHEAD TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I DO WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF SOME OF THE BENEFITS WE SEE WITH COMMUTER RAIL.
>> [INAUDIBLE] SCREEN IN THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER.
>> WE'RE ALL LEARNING THE NEW SYSTEM PHIL HAVE PATIENCE WITH HER.
>> JUST LET ME KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOOD TO GO.
>> AS FAR AS SOME OF THE BENEFITS WHEN COMMUTER RAIL, IT CREATES ANOTHER MOBILITY CHOICE WHICH ALLOWS INCREASE IN TRANSIT OVERALL, PEOPLE TAKE THE BUS TO THE TRAIN STATION OR OTHER MEANS TO GET THERE, HELPS REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLES ON THE ROADS, WHICH ENHANCES THE QUALITY OF LIFE, REALLY JUST PEOPLE THOSE CHOICES AT BETTER ACCESS TO JOBS.
>> I'M SORRY, CAN I PAUSE YOU FOR A SEC? SOME OF US ARE NOT SEEING THE PRESENTATION INCLUDING MYSELF.
>> I GET A QR CODE AND OTHER PEOPLE HAVE NDI HX.
>> YOU CAN PULL UP THE PRESENTATION BACKUP ON PANEL.
>> TO THE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, IT'S ON.
TO THE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, IT DOESN'T WORK EITHER.
TO THE MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE IN THE BOARDROOM THAT ARE UNABLE TO SEE THE PRESENTATION ON YOUR SCREEN, I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHY, I DO APOLOGIZE.
IN ORDER TO SEE THE PRESENTATION RIGHT NOW, IF YOU CLICK ON THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER WHERE IT DOES SAY HOME PANEL, YOU'LL SEE THE SCREEN FOR THE AGENDAS COME UP WHERE IT SAYS WEBPAGE AND SHOW AGENDA.
ON SHOW AGENDA DOWN NEAR THE BOTTOM WHEN YOU CLICK ON THE ITEM FOR BCR, ACTION ITEM NUMBER 1 WILL BE THE PRESENTATION.
IT WILL POP UP ON THAT SCREEN.
>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU. SORRY, PHIL.
>> NO PROBLEM. ALSO, A COMMUTER RAIL IS THERE TO HELP WITH THE ECONOMIC AND RESIDENTIAL GROWTH, IT BRINGS TREMENDOUS GROWTH ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
YOU SEE THAT INCREASING THIS HELPS SUPPORT THAT WE'D HAVE THAT MOBILITY CHOICE.
IT'S A BENEFIT FOR EMPLOYERS, GIVES THEM BETTER ACCESS OR WIDER ACCESS TO A TALENT POOL.
FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, IT REALLY HELPS, FROM SUSTAINABILITY ALSO HELPS REDUCE VEHICLE EMISSIONS AND SO ON. THE NEXT SLIDE.
THE QUARTER HAS BEEN UNDER STUDY FOR QUITE A WHILE.
BACK IN THE EARLY 2000S, IT WAS SPEARHEADED MORE BY THE MPO AND THE SFRTA AS WELL.
WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT AN 85-MILE CORRIDOR, WE WERE ABLE TO BRING THAT PLANNING STUDY TO A CERTAIN POINT.
BACK IN 2014, THE COUNTIES DIDN'T HAVE THAT DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCE THAT THEY COULD COMMIT SO IT WAS PUT ON PAUSE.
DURING THAT PAUSE PERIOD, BRIGHTLINE OR ALL ABOARD FLORIDA AT THE TIME CAME ON BOARD AND STARTED PROVIDING SOME TYPE OF AN INNER-CITY SERVICE BUT THEN ALSO MIAMI-DADE STARTED TO DISCUSS COMMUTER RAIL AND SEEM TO FEEL THEY HAD THE FUNDING TO DO THAT.
THEY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT ON WHAT THEY CALL THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
AROUND 2019, FDOT CONDUCTED A NEW RIVER FEASIBILITY STUDY AS DIRECTED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE.
THEN IN 2020, WE STILL STARTED TALKING IN BROWARD COUNTY ABOUT DOING A PROJECT, AND IN 2021 FOR OUR COUNTY AND FDOT SIGN AN MOU TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.
MIAMI-DADE, WELL, IN 2021, THEY ENTERED WHAT'S CALLED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WITH FTA.
THAT'S A KEY THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE DONE THROUGH THE FTA, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, OR LARGER FEDERAL GRANTS AND YOU GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT BUT YOU HAVE TO REQUEST TO ENTER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND THEY HAVE TO LET YOU IN.
NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON THE MOU.
FDOT HAS BEEN TAKING THE LEAD IN ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS.
WE'VE BEEN DOING A LOT OF PRENUP ACTIVITIES TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE HAVE AN LPA, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN JUST A MINUTE, BUT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, LOOKING AT STATION LOCATIONS, LOOKING AT HOW TO CROSS THE NEW RIVER.
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ULTIMATELY, WHEN WE GET A PROJECT THAT WE MOVE INTO FTA'S PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WE'LL BE DOING THE FULL NEPA PROCESS THAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD AND QUALIFY FOR THE FEDERAL FUNDS.WE'LL BE WORKING ON THAT FROM AN ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, BUT IT'S REALLY A COUNTY PROJECT.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CONSENSUS BUILDING ALL THE AGREEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT, WHETHER THEY'RE WITH MIAMI-DADE, PALM BEACH, THE AXIS, AND ALSO IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION AND THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.
THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE FINANCIAL PLAN.
WE'RE SUPPORTING THOSE EFFORTS, DEVELOPING COST ESTIMATES, AND PROVIDING SOME OF OUR CONSULTANTS THAT HAVE FTA EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A SMALL START APPLICATION FOR WHAT I TELL YOU IS THE BCR SOUTH PROJECT.
THEY'LL ALSO BE OVERSEEING THE MANAGEMENT OF THE DELIVERY.
THIS IS JUST REAL QUICK ON THE MIAMI-DADE PIECE, LIKE I SAID, THEY'VE BEEN IN WHAT WE CALL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WITH FTA FOR BASICALLY A YEAR NOW.
THEY'RE MOVING TOWARD 30 PERCENT PLANTS, THEY ARE PUSHING THEIR NEPA DOCUMENTS FORWARD.
THEY'RE HAVING A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON WITHIN THEIR CORRIDOR AND THEY'RE TARGETING THIS SUMMER TO PUT IN THE FULL APPLICATION FOR FUNDING, WHICH WOULD BE AT NEW STARTS APPLICATION, WHICH IS A LARGER PROCESS TO GO THROUGH THEM, WHAT I'LL TERM AS A SMALL SEARCH PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE. SINCE WE STARTED THE MOU, WE'VE DONE SEVERAL CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, PARTICULARLY CENTERED AROUND THE NEW RIVER CROSSING.
WE HAD AN ALTERNATIVES WORKSHOP AS WELL IN JANUARY.
THEN IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR, THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION MET FOR A WORKSHOP.
THEY REQUESTED STAFF TO BRING A LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WHICH WILL BE BCR SOUTH.
I'LL EXPLAIN THE DETAILS OF BCR SOUTH.
BUT IT BASICALLY STOPS THE PROJECT AROUND 17TH STREET.
THEY FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CONSENSUS TO CROSS THE NEW RIVER, BUT THEY STILL WANT TO MOVE FURTHER NORTH.
BUT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY TO GET A PROJECT INTO THE FDA'S PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND START MOVING FORWARD WITH BASICALLY AN EXTENSION OF THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR WHICH WILL COME UP FROM AVENTURA UP TO 17TH STREET AND HAVE A FEW STATIONS ALONG THE WAY.
THEN ULTIMATELY IN AUGUST 25TH, THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION VOTED ON THE LPA, WHICH IS CALLED BCR SOUTH. NEXT SCREEN.
ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE NEW RIVER CROSSING, GOING NORTH OF BCR SOUTH CAN BE DONE IN THE FUTURE.
THE COUNTY AND CITY HAVE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS TRYING TO SCOPE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THAT'LL BE BENEFICIAL IN TRYING TO REACH A CONSENSUS AND MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD.
THE SCHEDULE TO EXTEND TO THE NORTH IS REALLY DEPENDENT ON FINDING THAT CONSENSUS TO CROSS THE NEW RIVER.
WE'LL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OAKLAND PARK AND POMPANO AND DEERFIELD WITH STATION PLANNING AS EACH ONE OF THOSE CITIES ARE AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR AREAS AROUND WHERE STATIONS ARE PLANNED.
WE'RE SUPPORTING THAT HOWEVER WE CAN.
AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, THE AXIS AGREEMENT, ANY AGREEMENTS WITH FEC THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO PARTAKE IN WILL INCLUDE THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
THEY DON'T WANT A PIECEMEAL OF THOSE TYPES OF NEGOTIATIONS.
THE IDEA IS THAT THEY WOULD ONLY PAY WHEN OPERATIONS ARE HAPPENING FURTHER TO THE NORTH, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE IT ALL IN AGREEMENT AS TO WHAT THAT WOULD BE SO EVERYBODY CAN PLAN APPROPRIATELY AND THERE WON'T BE A QUESTION OF WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT TO GO NORTH OR NOT.
NEXT SLIDE. THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE, AND THIS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE SEEKING AN ENDORSEMENT ON, IS ALONG THE FEC RAILWAY, AGAIN, IT GOES FROM AVENTURA, WHICH IS THAT CIRCLE AT THE BOTTOM THERE.
THIS IS BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW BY BRIGHTLINE.
THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR WILL ALSO HAVE A COMMUTER STOP THERE.
WE'LL HAVE A STATION STOP IN HOLLYWOOD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD AND IT'S JUST MORE TO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.
THEN THERE'LL BE ANOTHER STATION AT THE AIRPORT.
THERE'S A LITTLE CONFLICT WITH THIS GRAPHIC.
WE SAW A DASHED CIRCLE AROUND THE AIRPORT STATION.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT, BUT AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT STATION, THIS WILL BE A COMMUTER STOP.
IT WILL NOT BE A BRIGHTLINE STOP.
BRIGHTLINE HAS TOLD US OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS THAT THEY DO NOT PLAN ON STOPPING AT THE AIRPORT AT ALL.
THEY DON'T WANT US TO MAKE PROVISIONS FOR THEM TO STOP THERE.
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IT'S NOT IN THEIR BUSINESS PLAN TO STOP THERE, SO THERE WILL NOT BE A BRIGHTLINE STATION THERE.THEN WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED A STATION JUST NORTH OF 17TH STREET THAT'S RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE BROWARD MEDICAL CENTER AS OUR NORTHERN TERMINI.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDES, THESE ARE JUST BLOWUPS OF THOSE SLIDE STATIONS.
NOW THIS IS GOING FROM THE SOUTH, SO THIS IS HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE.
THERE'S SOME SHADING THERE THAT YOU SEE POPPING UP.
THOSE ARE GOING TO BE PLATFORM SIMILAR LIKE TRY ROUND, A COMMUTER STOP.
THERE'LL BE A PLATFORM THERE WITH A CANOPY, THERE'LL BE NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND TRAINS.
EACH STATION BECOMES UNIQUE BECAUSE OF THE GEOMETRY THAT IT TAKES TO GET THE TRACKS IN PLACE AND MINIMIZE ANY TYPE OF RIGHT-OF-WAY IMPACTS.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE SEE FOUR RED LINES.
WE'D ALSO HAVE TO DO WHAT'S CALLED SIDINGS.
SIDINGS ARE CREATING A NEW TRACK AS YOU APPROACH WHERE THE PLATFORM IS GOING TO BE.
THERE'S A SIDING THAT JUST SERVES THE PLATFORM.
THIS WAY, THE FREIGHT TRAINS DON'T GO BY THE PLATFORMS. THEY GO ON THOSE MIDDLE RED LINES THAT YOU SEE BETWEEN THE PLATFORMS WHERE THEY CAN HAVE THAT SEPARATION FROM THE PLATFORM.
THERE'LL BE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON ALL THOSE GRADE CROSSINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE.
THAT BLACK CIRCLE YOU SEE AROUND IS A QUARTER MILE CIRCLE.
THERE'S ALSO A HALF-MILE CIRCLE.
THERE'S CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND DENSITIES THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT'LL HELP PROMOTE OUR STATION AND OUR PACKAGE TO FTA WHEN IT COMES TO THE ECONOMICS IN THE AREA, THE POTENTIAL GROWTH IN THE AREA, WHAT THE PARKING SITUATIONS WILL BE, HOW ACCESSIBLE THE STATIONS ARE.
THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THE TEAM WILL BE WORKING INTO DETAIL WITH HOLLYWOOD TO TRY AND MAKE EVERY STATION THE BEST IT CAN BE, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETING FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
NEXT STATION. THIS IS AT THE AIRPORT.
THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA OF WHERE OLD BAY, WE ARE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
PLACING THAT PLATFORM, YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S RIGHT IN THAT DOUGHNUT AREA.
THE YELLOW LINES THAT YOU SEE THERE ARE ACTUALLY THE FUTURE APM OR AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER.
THERE'S A PLAN STATION THERE THAT WOULD HELP CONNECT PEOPLE TO THE IMC, WHICH IS THAT RED SHADING THAT YOU SEE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, THE FUTURE INTER-MODAL CENTER.
THIS WILL HOUSE PARKING AND SOME OTHER ACTIVITIES.
BUT THERE'LL BE A WALKWAY TO GET YOU TO AN APM STATION SO YOU CAN TAKE THE APM IN AND OUT OF THE AIRPORT AND IT'LL ALSO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE COMMUTER RAIL STATION.
AGAIN, I'VE MENTIONED THE PLATFORM MAY MOVE AROUND A LITTLE THERE BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS TO THE FREIGHT OPERATIONS AS WELL AS THE COMMUTER TRAIN OPERATIONS.
THAT PLATFORM COULD END UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE TRACKS.
WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND, OF COURSE, WE'LL BE WORKING WITH FEC AS WELL AS FAR AS WHAT SOME OF THE IMPACTS ARE TO SOME OF THE STORAGE TRACKS, BUT THAT'S THE BASIC AREA THAT WE'RE TARGETING SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THAT CONNECTION.
WE ARE WORKING WITH VCAT AS FAR AS A TEMPORARY CONNECTION.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE COMING IN BEFORE THE APM OR AFTER THE APM OR AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE A SAFE CONNECTION FOR PASSENGERS WITH OR WITHOUT THE APM.
WITH THE APM WILL BE MUCH BETTER ULTIMATELY, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE NORTHERN TERMINI.
THIS IS AT THE BROWARD MEDICAL CENTER, WHICH IS TO THE TOP OF THE PAGE THERE JUST ON THE EAST SIDE OF ANDREW'S AVENUE AND THIS IS AT 17TH STREET.
SINCE THIS IS THE NORTHERN TERMINI OF THE BCR SOUTH PROJECT, WE ONLY NEED A PLATFORM ON ONE SIDE, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT LESS IMPACTFUL INITIALLY TO GET THAT IN.
BUT THIS HAS A GREAT CONNECTIVITY TO THE BROWARD COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER IN PORT EVERGLADES, WHICH IS A STRAIGHT SHOT DOWN 17TH STREET, ABOUT ONE-AND-A-HALF MILES.
WE HAVE MET WITH BROWARD MEDICAL CENTER.
THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT, AS WELL AS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
WE'LL BE CONTINUING THE DIALOGUE WITH THOSE GROUPS, AGAIN, TO MAKE EACH STATION PLAN AS BEST AS WE CAN SO THAT THE CITY CAN MOVE FORWARD ON CERTAIN ASPECTS, WHILE WE ALSO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE FTA CRITERIA AND RATINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THESE TYPE OF APPLICATIONS.
GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. A LITTLE BIT OF DETAILS ON THE COSTS.
THE OVERALL CAPITAL COST OF THE BCR SOUTH PROJECT IS ALMOST 300 MILLION.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE ADJUSTED PREVIOUS ESTIMATES THAT WE HAD FROM 2021 DOLLARS.
THERE'S A BIG IMPACT WHEN IT COMES TO INFLATION.
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THE TRACK WORK, THOSE THREE STATIONS, THE VEHICLES, THE LOCOMOTIVES THAT ARE REQUIRED.WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE IN THERE RIGHT AWAY FOR POTENTIAL PARKING NEEDS.
THAT'S JUST AN ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITIES TO SEE WHERE THE PARKING IS GOING TO COME FROM AND WHETHER RIGHT AWAY IT WOULD BE NEEDED OR NOT.
BUT WE HAVE AN ESTIMATE IN THERE TO COVER THAT JUST IN CASE WE DO.
THIS COMMUTER SERVICE WILL WORK OUT IN THE HIALEAH YARD.
WE'RE WORKING WITH NORTHEAST QUARTER BECAUSE THEY'LL BE SHARING THAT AS WELL ON WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE THERE AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS HAVE TO BE MADE AND PLANNED FOR AND BUILT IN THAT AREA.
THAT PROJECT, SINCE THEY ARE AHEAD OF US, THEY'LL BE CLEARING THAT, BUT WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THEM ON THE DETAILS TO MAKE SURE IT ACCOMMODATES BOTH THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR PROJECT AND THE ULTIMATE VCR PROJECT, WHICH WILL GO FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
AGAIN, THE INFLATION IS A CHALLENGE AS WE GO THROUGH.
AS FAR AS THE NEXT STEPS, WE'RE SEEKING ENDORSEMENTS.
WE'VE PUT IN OUR APPLICATION TO FTA, SO WE'RE HOPING TO GET GRANTED ACCESS THIS FALL.
THEN WE'LL CONTINUE WITH THE NEPA AND HAVE A BIG PUBLIC MEETING IN THE SPRING OF 2023 SO THAT WE CAN WRAP UP OUR DOCUMENTS, GET APPROVALS TO MOVE FORWARD TO FINALIZE A FUNDING APPLICATION THAT CAN BE SUBMITTED TOWARD THE END OF THE SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.
AGAIN, THAT'S A SMALL STARTS PROJECT.
WITH A SMALL STARTS PROJECT, IF WE GET ACCEPTED AND MOVE FORWARD, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED AN ENGINEERING PHASE.
WE CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO DESIGN OR DESIGN-BUILD PROJECT IF WE NEEDED TO.
WHEREAS WITH A NEW STARTS PROJECT, YOU GO THROUGH AN ENGINEERING PHASE AND SEVERAL SUBMITTALS THAT MONITOR YOUR COSTS AS YOU DEVELOP THE PLANS IN GREATER DETAIL.
BUT WITH THE SMALL STARTS, WE CAN GO STRAIGHT INTO DESIGN-BUILD BASICALLY IF WE NEEDED TO.
ALL THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE TOWARD THE END OF NEXT SUMMER WHERE WE WANT EVERYBODY TO APPROVE.
WE'LL BASICALLY COME TO THE GROUP WITH A NO BUILD AND BUILD OPTIONS AND LOOK TO GET EVERYBODY'S NOD AND MOVE FORWARD AND ACTUALLY HAVE CONSTRUCTION START TOWARD 2025.
THE SYSTEM COULD BE OPERATIONAL AS EARLY AS 2028.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, PHIL.
>> YEAH. HI, PHIL PEACH WARS WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE BEEN DOING WITH US AND WITH ALL THE CITIES ALONG BOTH SIDES OF THE NEW RIVER.
CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE, AND OF COURSE, I'LL BE VOTING YES.
JUST A FEW POINTS, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL.
THERE'S A LOT OF POTENTIAL PASSENGERS ON THAT NORTH SIDE OF THAT RIVER, AND I TEND TO AGREE WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE'S STANCE ON CROSSING THE RIVER, AND UNDERSTAND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE KEEPING OUR EYE ON THE BALL FOR THE BCR NORTH.
REALLY, APPRECIATE ALL THE HELP THAT YOU'VE BEEN GIVING US ALONG WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.
THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE. THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, PETE. YES, LIKE I SAID, THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ARE WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHAT ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS THEY NEED TO REALLY DRILL INTO THE FUNDING AND COST SO THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST TALKING APPLES AND APPLES WHEN THEY MAKE ANY TYPE OF DECISIONS OR RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE DIFFERENT CROSSES BECAUSE THEY DO NEED TO FIND A CONSENSUS THAT EVERYBODY CAN AGREE TO MOVE THAT PIECE FORWARD.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HEY, PHIL TOM.
GOOD. GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE.
I SEE YOU MOVED ON TO BIGGER AND BIGGER THINGS.
>> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT TOPIC, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
>> HEY, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
I THINK IT'S SLIDE NUMBER 7, AND YOU HAVE A NOTE REFERENCING ACCESS AGREEMENTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO BE NEGOTIATED.
WHAT IS AN ACCESS AGREEMENT? WHAT IS IT?
>> SURE. THE ACCESS AGREEMENT BASICALLY, THEY'RE FTC CORRIDORS OWNED BY FVCR, THE FREIGHT COMPANY OWNS THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
BUT THEY HAVE ENTERED INTO AN ACCESS AGREEMENT OR PASSENGER RAIL, THE PASSENGER EASEMENT WITH BRIGHT LINES.
BRIGHT LINE OWNS ALL THE PASSENGER RAIL RIGHTS ALONG THE CHORD.
THE ACCESS AGREEMENT NEEDS TO BE WITH BRIGHT LIGHTS.
THEY'VE BEEN AT THE TABLE FOR QUITE A WHILE.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, AND BASICALLY, THERE'S A PAYMENT THAT WOULD BE EXPECTED ON
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A YEARLY BASIS TO PAY FOR THE RIGHTS TO HAVE COMMUTER RAIL ON THE LINE.IF WE LOOK AT COMMUTER RAIL, WE DO OUR OWN OPERATIONS MODEL.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ALL THE TRAINS THAT ARE ON THE CORRIDOR AND WHAT'S PROJECTED TO BE ON CORRIDORS SO THAT WE CAN RUN TRAIN SIMULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT ALL THE TRAINS CAN RUN ON TIME AND THERE'S NO ISSUES OR BOTTLENECKS THAT WE CAN HAVE PUT IN SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO ADDRESS THAT'LL HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY BRIGHT LINE AS WELL AS FVCR BUT THAT'S JUST PART OF IT, AND THEY'LL CHARGE FOR THE RIGHTS FOR US TO USE THAT.
MIAMI-DADE HAS BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH THEM AND THEN WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THEM.
I SAID WE REALLY AS BROWARD COUNTY, WILL BE GOING BACK AND THE GOAL WILL BE WHEN THEY WORK OUT AN AGREEMENT, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS BCR SOUTH, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT COVERS ALL BROWARD COUNTY.
THEN ON SLIDE 12, THERE'S A LOT OF NUMBERS THERE.
JUST THE FIRST QUESTION IS THE O&M COSTS.
WHO BEARS THE O&M COSTS FOR THIS?
>> THE O&M COST IS BORNE BY THE LOCALS.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LOOKS AT IT, THERE'S THE FEDERAL SHARE, THEN THERE'S A STATE SHARE.
WELL, THERE'S THE FEDERAL SHARE AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE IS LOCAL.
THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE THE STATE DOESN'T PARTICIPATE IN.
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WAS FORMED BY THE LOCALS.
>> LOCAL BEING BROWARD COUNTY, OR IS THERE A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT'S GOING TO BE CREATED? I KNOW THAT THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PLATFORMS. ACTUALLY, IT JUST INCLUDES THE OPERATION OF THE RAIL LINE.
I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THAT QUESTION, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE.
>> WELL, IT'S BROWARD COUNTY BUT HOW THEY PAY FOR THE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE, WHAT FUNDING SOURCE I KNOW WHEN WE TALK ABOUT STATIONS, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THE STATION CITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CAPITAL COST OF THE STATIONS TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AND THEN ALSO SOME ASPECTS OF MAINTENANCE OR THE STATIONS.
BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE COVERING THE OVERALL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE BEYOND THAT.
>> THEN, IN REGARDS TO A LOT OF THE DESIGN, THE PRE-WORK DESIGN DEVELOPMENT COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, FOR INSTANCE, YOU'VE GOT TO ANTICIPATED COSTS ON THIS SLIDE OF 297 MILLION.
WHO'S BEARING THAT 297 MILLION? IS THERE A SHARING OF THAT?
THE GOAL IS TO GET AS MUCH FEDERAL MONIES AS YOU CAN.
THE SMALL START PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM THERE ALLOWS UP TO $150 MILLION IN FEDERAL GRANTS TO COVER THAT 297 MILLION.
LET'S JUST SAY IT'S 300 MILLION AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUT 50 PERCENT, SO THAT'S ANOTHER 150 MILLION THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE PAID.
I'M SURE THE COUNTY WILL MOST LIKELY PUT IT IN A REQUEST FOR THE STATE CAN MATCH THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS SO THAT COULD END UP BEING THE REMAINDER COULD BE 75 MILLION STATE AND 75 MILLION COUNTY.
FROM THE 75 MILLION COUNTY, THEY MAY BE LOOKING, LIKE I SAID, TO THE STATION CITIES TO BEAR A PORTION OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY DOES AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'LL BE ONGOING DISCUSSIONS, I THINK WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WOULD ESTIMATE.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THIS ANSWER EITHER, BUT IS THE COUNTY USING THE SURTAX DOLLARS TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS?
>> YEAH. THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED USING SOME SURTAX DOLLARS, TO PAY FOR WHAT'S CALLED PD.
PD IS THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WOULD BE CONTINUING WITH THE NEPA AND THE 30 PERCENT PLANS AND SO FORTH.
THE STATE HAS AGREED TO HAVE SOME MONIES IN THERE.
THE COUNTY HAS AS WELL BECAUSE PART OF THE REQUEST TO ENTER PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, BUT FTA IS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LET YOU IN UNLESS THEY SEE THE COMMITMENT OF FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THINGS.
THEY'VE ALREADY MOVED FORWARD IN THAT PATH AND USING SOME SURTAX DOLLARS FOR A PORTION.
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>> WELL, THANK YOU, PHIL, FOR ALL YOUR HELP THERE WITH THE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SOME GENERAL STATEMENTS BASED ON THE CONVERSATION.
>> I TOO AM IN SUPPORT OF US ADVANCING OUR MASS TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
I THINK THIS IS GOING TO BE VERY HELPFUL, VERY NEEDY.
BUT I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE FACT THAT THIS IS FAR EAST WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY AND IT'S PROBABLY AN ENHANCEMENT TO ECONOMIC GENERATION ANYWHERE WHERE THESE PLATFORMS ARE IN THINGS AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
I'M CERTAIN THAT THE OPERATING REVENUES WILL PROBABLY GO TO HELP OFFSET SOME OF THESE COSTS.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT, AND ALL THIS STUFF, A LOT OF MONEY'S THERE, AND NOT THAT WE CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT NOW BECAUSE I DO INTEND TO SUPPORT AT LEAST THIS PIECE OF IT BUT GOING FORWARD, I THINK WE SHOULD BE PAYING A LITTLE BIT OF ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH MONEY COULD POSSIBLY BE SIPHONED OFF TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
THERE ARE MANY COMMUNITIES THAT WILL NEVER PROBABLY ACCESS THIS TRANSPORTATION OPTION, BUT DO HAVE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES WITHIN THEIR OWN COMMUNITIES OR WITHIN THEIR OWN REGION.
I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO TAKE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF MONEY.
IT COULD TAKE AWAY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE, AS LOCALS THAT ARE FAR AWAY FROM THIS, MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET SOME OF THEIR OWN PROJECTS, DON'T BECAUSE OF THE NEED FOR THE FUNDING IN ORDER TO SEE THIS THROUGH.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
>> THANK YOU, MR. GOOD. MR. KENNEDY.
>> YES. A QUESTION ABOUT THE 7.6 MILLION FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE TRACKS.
THAT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE STATIONS.
>> THAT SHOULD COVER THE STATIONS AS WELL AS FAR AS OUR ESTIMATES.
>> THEN THE ACCESS FEE, [NOISE] ANY ESTIMATES? IS THAT GOING TO BE 7.6 MILLION AS WELL, IS IT GOING TO BE MORE, OR YOU CONSIDER IT'S GOING TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS?
>> I DON'T HAVE ANY ESTIMATES ON THAT ACCESS FEES.
BROWARD COUNTY WILL BE DISCUSSING THAT WITH BRIGHTLINE, AND COORDINATING THAT WITH NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.
I DON'T HAVE ANY INFORMATION SHARING WHAT THAT'S PROJECTED TO BE.
>> EXCELLENT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHWAB REGARDING THIS? NO ONE.
I WILL JUST ECHO THE COMMENTS OF PETE, THAT WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK FILL ON THIS, AND CONTINUING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL INCLUDED AND INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.
FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU ON THE SOUTH PIECE, BUT I AGREE WITH MR. GOOD THAT THIS NEEDS TO JUST BE THE FIRST STEP AND WE NEED SOME EAST-WEST AND OTHER OPPORTUNITIES, AND HOPEFULLY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AND THEIR NEW STUDY THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON WILL HELP ADDRESS IT TO CONNECT PEOPLE EAST-WEST, NOT JUST NORTH- SOUTH.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
>> NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NON-ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM IS A REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCIES.
ALL OF THE GREAT CONVERSATION, I'VE MISSED THAT PART. THANK YOU.
[LAUGHTER] CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO ENDORSE THE BCR SOUTH PROJECT? THE MOTION WAS MADE BY PETE SCHWARTZ, SECONDED BY MICHAEL REGGETTI.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS REGARDING THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, NOW WE CAN VOTE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU, EVERYONE. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NON-ACTION ITEMS.
[1. Report from Partner Agencies - 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment Requests: A. City of Plantation - Plantation Midtown Bridge B. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - I-95 from Miami-Dade/Broward County Line to North of Griffin Road]
THE REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCIES, THE 2045 MTP AMENDMENT REQUESTS.THE FIRST IS THE CITY OF PLANTATION AND WE HAVE CAROLE MORRIS HERE.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
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I DID JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE THE TWO SPEAKERS HERE, AND ALSO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS TO WHY THESE ITEMS ARE COMING BEFORE YOU TODAY.WE HAVE AN ANNUAL MTP AMENDMENT CYCLE THAT CLOSES, REQUEST FOR THAT CLOSES ON NOVEMBER 10TH, 2022.
PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR REQUESTING AN MTP AMENDMENT IS THAT PROJECT SPONSORS COME FORWARD AND PRESENT THE PROJECT TO OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND MPO BOARDS.
THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT IT IS SO THAT YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF AN ADVANCED LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED AS PART OF THE AMENDMENT SO THAT WHEN WE AS MPO STAFF RECEIVE THE AMENDMENT REQUEST AND DO ALL OF OUR TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND ALL OF THAT, YOU ALL HAVE HAD AT LEAST AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON IT AND MAKE ANY SUGGESTIONS OR REVISIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT AS PART OF IT, BECAUSE BY THE TIME WE GET THE PROJECT REQUEST, WE HAVE A VERY SHORT TIMEFRAME TO TURN THAT AROUND AND GET IT ALL DONE.
WE'D LIKE TO BRING THE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO YOU BEFOREHAND, SO THAT YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INPUT.
BEFORE YOU TODAY WILL BE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
I WILL FIRST INTRODUCE CAROLE MORRIS AND JEFF WEIDNER FROM THE CITY OF PLANTATION REGARDING THE PLANTATION MIDTOWN BRIDGE PROJECT.
THEY WILL BE GIVING YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THAT PROJECT AND THEY WILL ALSO THEN BE SUBMITTING THEIR MTP AMENDMENT REQUEST BY NOVEMBER 10TH FOR INCLUSION OF THIS PROJECT INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE SOME FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FOR THIS PROJECT.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAPPILY INTRODUCE CAROLE MORRIS AND JEFF WEIDNER.
[INAUDIBLE], GIVE YOU THE POWER. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS CAROLE MORRISON, THE ASSISTANT CITY ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE CITY OF PLANTATION.
ALONG WITH ME TODAY, WE HAVE JEFF WEIDNER FROM MARLIN ENGINEERING, BETSY JEFFERS FROM MARLIN ENGINEERING, AND OUR CITY ENGINEER SAMIRA SHALON.
WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU ABOUT THE PLANTATION MIDTOWN BRIDGE PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.
THE CITY IS VERY COMMITTED TO IT TO THE POINT THAT OUR MIDTOWN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS FUNDED THE PD&E AND DESIGN OF THIS BRIDGE THUS FAR.
WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANSWERING YOUR QUESTIONS.
>> JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, MIDTOWN PLANTATION WAS DELINEATED IN 1988, AND THE MIDTOWN BOUNDARIES ARE CLEARY BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH, PINE ISLAND ROAD TO THE WEST, GENERALLY UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO THE EAST, AND THE NEW RIVER CANAL, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH.
THE PROPOSED BRIDGE IS GENERALLY LOCATED ABOUT 1,050 FEET WEST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WITHIN AN ENVELOPE OF 1,000 FEET CROSSING THE NEW RIVER CANAL.
THE PROJECT'S PURPOSE IS TO RELIEVE CONGESTION ON PINE ISLAND ROAD AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO PROVIDE NEW ACCESS TO MIDTOWN PLANTATION WITH A BRIDGE OVER THE NEW RIVER.
THE PROJECT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS.
IN THE EARLY 2000S, THE MIDTOWN PLANTATION DISTRICT DID A MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
DURING THIS PROCESS, THEY BEGAN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE NEED FOR LINKAGES BETWEEN UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND PINE ISLAND ROAD TO CREATE A LOCAL ROADWAY NETWORK.
THE NORTH-SOUTH SPINE WAS A TERM UTILIZED IN THAT PROCESS, IDENTIFYING SOME COLLECTOR ROADWAY TO RELIEVE UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND PINE ISLAND ROAD.
IN THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IT WAS FORMERLY INCLUDED IN THE NEEDS PLAN.
THE CITY IS SEEKING TO MOVE FROM THE NEEDS PLAN, WHICH IS AN UNFUNDED PROJECT TO ILLUSTRATIVE STATUS AND CONSTRUCTION-READY STATUS.
THE CITY HAS MOVED FORWARD WITH 100 PERCENT FUNDING FOR PD&E STUDY, 100 PERCENT DESIGN PLANS, AND GETTING THE PERMITS FROM FDOT IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
ALL OF THE PD&E ELEMENTS, PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, PE, TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION, LOOKING AT CONCEPTUAL ROADWAY DESIGN, AND FULL DESIGN SERVICES.
THIS IS A BRIDGE STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS, LIGHTING SURVEY, GEO-TECH.
THE CITY HAS MOVED FORWARD AND REALLY TAKEN A LEADERSHIP ROLE ON MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD.
THE PROJECT STATUS, THE PD&E, IS UNDERWAY.
THE PD&E IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE PROJECT WILL BE BREAKING
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THE LIMITED ACCESS LINE OF I-595 ALONG THIS SEGMENT, STATE ROAD 84 IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE 595 LIMITED ACCESS LINE.IN ORDER TO BREAK OR HAVE AN ENTRY POINT, YOU HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FROM FHWA AND PERFORM A PD&E STUDY.
TO DATE, WE'VE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THE BRIDGE WITHIN THAT 1,000-FOOT ENVELOPE.
WE HAD AN ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC WORKSHOP LAST DECEMBER.
THE PE DOCUMENTS, THE TRAFFIC, AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS WERE SENT OVER TO FDOT 4.
THEY'VE DONE THEIR REVIEW, AND IT'S MOVED TO CENTRAL OFFICE, AND THE STATE AGENCIES.
THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 10TH AT 5:30 AT THE CITY HALL, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND JOIN US.
WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE COMPLETE DESIGN PLANS IN THE PERMITS BY DECEMBER OF 2023, JUST ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW.
THE PROJECT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION-READY BY JANUARY OF '24.
JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR TYPICAL SECTION.
THIS IS LOOKING NORTH FROM STATE ROAD 84 INTO MIDTOWN PLANTATION.
TWO LANES IN, AND ONE LANE OUT.
TWO LANES IN, WE CERTAINLY DON'T WANT TO BACKUP ONTO STATE ROAD 84, AND OUR ANALYSIS INDICATES TWO LANES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
THIS IS A PLAN VIEW OF THE PROJECT.
ON THE SOUTH, WE HAVE WESTBOUND STATE ROAD 84 ENTERING INTO THE BRIDGE WITH A RIGHT TURN LANE, TWO LANES IN, A FOUR-WAY STOP ON 17TH STREET IN PLANTATION, AND ONE LANE EXITING HEADING SOUTH FROM 17TH STREET TO WESTBOUND STATE ROAD 84.
WELL, NOT PRELIMINARY, THE COST ESTIMATES FOR THE PD&E IS ABOUT $700,000.
THE COST ESTIMATE FOR THE DESIGN IS ABOUT $500,000, 100 PERCENT PAID FOR BY THE CITY.
THE UNFUNDED PORTION IS THE CONSTRUCTION PORTION.
THE CITY IS SEEKING ILLUSTRATIVE STATUS SO THAT THEY CAN ACCESS POTENTIAL FEDERAL FUNDING OR THE BROWARD SURTAX FUNDING.
ONE OF THE KEY CRITERIA FOR AMENDMENT TO MOVE TO ILLUSTRATIVE STATUS IS THAT THE PROJECT IS REGIONAL.
THIS WILL PROVIDE SOME SIGNIFICANT CONGESTION RELIEF.
WE'VE DONE A VERY THOROUGH TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.
IN THE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT UNIVERSITY DRIVER PETERS ROAD WILL SEE A 13 PERCENT REDUCTION IN DELAY AM AND PM.
UNIVERSITY DRIVE AT WESTBOUND STATE ROAD 84, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EXPERIENCE IT, BUT THAT IS ONE OF THE MOST CONGESTED LINKS IN THE WHOLE COUNTY, 25 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE PMP TRAVELED DELAY.
PINE ISLAND ROAD AND STATE ROAD 84 FOR ONLY ABOUT 5 PERCENT REDUCTION.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE BRIDGE WILL BE OPERATING WELL FROM C TO A MORNING AND AFTERNOON.
THIS WILL HAVE MULTIMODAL IMPACTS.
BCT ROUTE 2 AND 12 RUN ALONG UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND THEY'LL ALSO ENJOY THE BENEFITS OF THE CONGESTION RELIEF.
AS WILL THE TOWN OF DAVIE BLUE ROUTE.
ANOTHER REQUIREMENT OF THE ILLUSTRATIVE AMENDMENT IS TO ACCESS MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.
THIS WILL PROVIDE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PLANTATION, MAKE SURE ACTIVITY CENTER.
ALSO ON THE SOUTH IS THE TOWN OF DAVIE REGIONAL ACTIVITY CENTER AS DESIGNATED BY THE PLANNING COUNCILS AND LAND-USE PLANNING.
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT OF THE AMENDMENT PROCESS IS TO WORK WITH YOUR PARTNERS.
THE CITY HAS RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN OF DAVIE.
WE'VE RECEIVED A LETTER OF CONCURRENCE THAT WE WILL WORK WITH YOU FROM THE FLORIDA DOT AND FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
OF COURSE, THE MPO HAS PROVIDED A LOT OF GUIDANCE AND THE MIDTOWN PLANTATION BOARDED UP THE FIRST 1.2 MILLION DOLLARS.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE PERMITTING AGENCIES IN TALLAHASSEE.
WITH THAT, THE TEAM IS HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, JEFF, ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROJECT, RICHARD?
>> YES. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND AN EXCELLENT PROJECT.
I REALLY THINK THAT'S NEEDED IN THAT AREA.
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I MEAN, WE KNOW UNIVERSITY OF DRIVING ON THE ROAD OR OVERCAPACITY, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE IT.DO YOU ENVISION ANY IMPROVEMENTS ASIDE FROM THE LOCATION WHERE THE BRIDGE TO UNIVERSITY OR PINE ISLAND ROAD WITH A TRAFFIC WILL BE MORE OR LESS GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC THERE.
>> THE TEAM HAS DISCUSSED THIS QUITE A BIT.
THIS IS ONE PIECE OF THE PUZZLE.
THE MPO AND DISTRICT FOR RECENTLY COMPLETED THE I-595 ARTERIAL CONNECTORS STUDY, WHICH LOOKED AT ALL OF THE ARTERIOLES FROM STATE ROAD 7 I BELIEVE TO 136 AND THAT PROPOSAL SHOWS SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND NOT SO MUCH A PINE ISLAND ROAD, I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY.
BUT THIS WILL NOT CHANGE A LEVEL OF SERVICE.
IT'LL BE LESS CONGESTED, BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MINUS 25 PERCENT ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT WITH THE BRIDGE ALONE AND NO OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I JUST REALLY CREATIVE WAY OF TRYING TO RELIEVE SOME OF THAT AREA.
I KNOW THAT AREA WELL, SO I'M STILL ALIVE.
[LAUGHTER] I JUST WANTED TO ASK ABOUT THE LAST SLIDE, COLLABORATING PARTNERS.
WHAT IS COLLABORATING MEAN? I MEAN, YOU GOT THE MAP IN HERE, MAYBE APPROVAL FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND ALL THESE PARTNERS, SO TO SAY.
>> WELL, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKED TOWARDS THE MPO.
I THINK THAT'S THE EXACT WORD THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE MTP AMENDMENT PROCESS.
WE JUST SHARED WHO WERE COLLABORATING WITH AND WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE TOWN OF DAVIE.
>> THANK YOU, JEFF. PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO AGAIN.
MR. GOOD, WHAT WE ASKED FOR IS AS PART OF THE MTP AMENDMENT PROCESS TO SHOW THAT YOU ARE WORKING WITH ALL THE EFFECT OF TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS IN THIS CASE STATE WE'RE AT 84 IS NOT A CITY OF PLANTATION FACILITY, IT BELONGS TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEY ARE CROSSING SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT RIGHT-OF-WAY.
BEFORE WE PUT A PROJECT INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND BASICALLY DEMONSTRATE TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THIS PROJECT IS READY TO RECEIVE FUNDING WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADWAY OWNERS AND ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS A VESTED INTEREST IN THIS PROJECT HAS SHOWN SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
REALLY FOR US, THE IMPORTANT PLAYERS HERE ARE THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
BUT WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE THAT THE CITY OF PLANTATION IS COORDINATING WITH THE TOWN OF DAVIE TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE PROJECT AND ALSO WITH MAP BROWARD FOR POTENTIAL FUNDING SOURCES AS WELL.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE SAY COLLABORATION AMONG PARTNERS IS TO DEMONSTRATE THAT PARTICULARLY THE ROADWAY OWNERS AND ANY OTHER VESTED PARTIES ARE OKAY AND HAVE THE APPROVALS OR AT LEAST THE PRELIMINARY APPROVALS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
>> I GUESS I'M REALLY ZEROED IN ON MAP.
THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN UNIQUENESS AND WHEN YOU SAY COLLABORATION, IT'S LIKE DOES THAT MEAN THAT THEY'VE ACCEPTED A APPLICATION FOR FUNDING OR THEY'RE JUST SAYING, SURE, IT LOOKS GOOD.
>> WE HAVE APPLIED FOR SURTAX FUNDING UNDER ABOVE CYCLES TWO AND THREE, I BELIEVE. FORGIVE ME.
IT'S STARTING TO BLUR AS TO HOW MANY CYCLES WE'VE GOTTEN THERE.
BUT WE HAVE BEEN BRINGING THIS FORWARD PROJECT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, IT IS INDEED RANKED.
BUT LIKE MOST OF US WHO ARE LOOKING AT SURTAX FUNDING, WE ARE A NUMBER OF YEARS DOWN THE LINE SO WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO TRY AND FIND FUNDING SOONER.
>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT NUMBERS AND YOU TALKED ABOUT PERCENTAGES IN TERMS OF AVERAGE DAILY TRIPS.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
WHAT IS IT LIKE NUMBERS, HOW MANY PEAK HOUR TRIPS ARE YOU ANTICIPATING ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THE STRETCH OF ROAD BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND THEN HEADING NORTH INTO THE MIDTOWN.
>> I'M GOING TO REFERENCE THE STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED JOINTLY BY THE MPO AND THE DISTRICT 4 LOOKING AT THE ARTERIAL ACCESS ROADS, CROSSING AND ACCESSING 595.
AS PART OF THAT STUDY, A TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM WAS PERFORMED AND IT LOOKED AT BRIDGE, NO BRIDGE.
WHAT THE RESULTS SHOWED AND IT WAS DONE ON DAILY TRAFFIC AND IT
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SHOWED THAT 18,000 VEHICLES WOULD SWITCH TO THE BRIDGE.MOST OF THOSE VEHICLES CAME FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND FROM PINE ISLAND ROAD.
AS I'M RECALLING, 7 PERCENT REDUCTION OF DAILY TRAFFIC ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND FIVE PER CENT REDUCTION ON PINE ISLAND ROAD.
WE HAVE A VERY DETAILED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS THAT IS NOW POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE IN ANTICIPATION OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU SEND ME AN EMAIL, SARAH I'LL SEND YOU THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
>> HERE'S MY CONCERN. I DON T KNOW THAT STRETCH OF THE ROAD VERY WELL BECAUSE USUALLY TO GO OUT WEST, I TRAVELED IN BROWARD, BUT I DO TAKE 84 WHERE THERE ARE THREE CUTS AND IT'S IN THE SOUTHERN PLANTATION AREA AND THEN THE SUNRISE AREA.
THERE'S VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC THAT IS TURNING NORTH FROM 84 ALONG THERE AND THERE ARE, I'M NOT GOING TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DELAYS, BUT THE CARS HAVE TO REDUCE THEIR SPEED SIGNIFICANTLY TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO MAKE THESE TURNS IN AND OUT.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO UNIVERSITY.
THERE'S ALSO MOVEMENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING ON 84 TRYING TO GET ONTO THE FREEWAY AND SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT'S CUTTING ACROSS.
I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROJECT OR AT LEAST THE CONCEPT OF THE PROJECTS IS VERY GOOD BUT JUST LOOKING AT THOSE SAFETY ISSUES AND MAKING SURE YOU HAVE THOSE BASES COVERED WOULD BRING A LOT OF ASSURANCES FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO BE USING THOSE FACILITIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY SAFETY FIRST AND ONE OF THE KEY FACTORS IN THAT THOUSAND FOOT ENVELOPE WAS THE DISTANCE FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE DISTANCE FROM THE MERGE POINT WHERE WESTBOUND 84 GETS ONTO 595.
WE LOCATED CENTRALLY IN THAT THOUSAND FOOT ENVELOPE.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE RIGHT TURN LANE WAS ADDED EVEN AFTER OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS SHOWED THAT TWO LANES WOULD NOT BACKUP ON TO STATE ROAD 84.
NOW WE HAVE A RIGHT TURN LANE THAT CAN ABSORB ANY OVERFLOW THAT MAY BE IN THE FUTURE BUT OUR ANALYSIS SHOWS THOSE TWO LANES WON'T EVEN BACKUP INTO THE RIGHT TURN LANE.
>> THEN I WOULD JUST CONTINUE ENCOURAGING THAT ONCE THEY GET TO 17TH STREET, MAKING SURE THAT THE LIGHTS ARE COORDINATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT YOU DO ACTUALLY HAVE THE FREE FLOWS.
ONCE IT'S GREEN LIGHT AND PEOPLE ARE ZOOMING OUT AND THEN WANTING TO MAKE THAT RIGHT TURN THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE SOMEWHAT FREE FLOW OUT OF THE SYSTEM.
>> IT'S A STOP SIGN CONTROLLED A FOUR-WAY STOP.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE CAPACITY ANALYSIS DOES NOT SHOW THE NEED TO FOUR LANES 17TH STREET, AGAIN, STILL OPERATE AS A TWO-LANE ROADWAY.
WE INCLUDED IN THE COST ESTIMATE FOR MID BLOCK PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS TO BETTER CONNECT OFFICE AND RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG 17TH STREET.
>> REBECCA, ANDREW IS NEXT, BUT I CAN'T PUSH THE BUTTON.
>> GREAT. ACTUALLY, I GUESS SARAH HAS BEEN HANGING OUT WITH TRAFFIC ENGINEERS A LOT BECAUSE SHE WAS SEGUEING INTO MY CONCERNS WHICH WAS NORTHBOUND BACKING OUT.
WITH THE ALWAYS STOP, THAT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S ADDRESSED.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS LOOKED AT A POTENTIAL ROUNDABOUT RATHER THAN FOUR-WAY STOP.
MY OTHER CONCERN WAS SOUTHBOUND COMING OUT OF THE BRIDGE, WHAT THE WEAVING DISTANCE WAS BETWEEN THERE AND GETTING ONTO WESTBOUND 595.
>> ANDREW, I LOVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THE EXACT WEAVING DISTANCE.
AGAIN, ALL OF THE TRAFFIC DOCUMENTS ARE POSTED ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT INFORMATION OVER TO YOU.
>> HEY, JEFF. HOW YOU DOING? GREAT PRESENTATION.
I LIVE CLOSE BY, SO I KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL.
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I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.ARE YOU WIDENING 84 FOR THE TURN LANE OR ARE YOU UTILIZING THE EXISTING SHOULDER?
>> BETSY, MAYBE YOU CAN [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANKS, JEFF. WE'RE WIDENING 84.
>> WILL YOU BE WIDENING 84 FROM UNIVERSITY TOO?
>> ALMOST FROM UNIVERSITY, PRETTY MUCH THROUGH THAT RAMP AREA.
WE'RE WINDING TOWARDS THE RAMP, NOT TOWARDS THE CANAL.
>> UNDERSTOOD. THE SECOND QUESTION IS, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE 25 PERCENT REDUCTION IN THE PM TRAVEL DELAY FROM UNIVERSITY DRIVE IN WESTBOUND 84? WOULD IT BE THE WESTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND TURNING MOVEMENT ONTO UNIVERSITY THAT'S GOING TO BE REDUCED? BUT THEN WOULD YOU SEE AN INCREASE IN JUST WESTBOUND MOVEMENT THROUGH THE THREE LANES? BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE WILL BE UTILIZING THAT TURN LANE INTO THE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN GOING NORTH ON UNIVERSITY, CUTTING THE BACK WAY IN.
>> I BELIEVE IT'S THE CUMULATIVE WESTBOUND APPROACH, ALL THREE MOVEMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY DETAILED QUESTION AND I CAN GET YOU THE FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION.
>> ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? CAROLE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FINAL WORD?
>> YEAH. I'M JUST GOING TO JUMP IN.
YOU'VE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS, SOME OF WHICH WE ARE ACTUALLY ASKING OURSELVES AND LOOKING AT.
THE CITY HAS ENGAGED THE BROWARD MPO TO HELP US WITH A MULTIMODAL MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE'RE NOW INTO LOOKING AT SOME OF THE LONGER PHASED PROJECTS, SOME OF WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT UP.
WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THERE AS WELL.
WE JUST HAVEN'T LOCKED IN ON FINAL DETAILS.
>> THANK YOU. TOM, DID YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? [LAUGHTER] GREAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, EVERYONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND MTP AMENDMENT, WHICH IS DOT REGARDING I-95 FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO MIAMI-DADE, NORTH GRIFFIN ROAD. PETER AGAIN.
>> PETER GIES FOR THE BROWARD MPO. SORRY, I LIKE TO INTRODUCE THESE ITEMS AND GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR PRESENTATION, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION APPROACHED US BECAUSE AS A NEW FEDERAL REQUIREMENT FOR THE LAST METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SO MEANING THE 2045, THE ONE IN QUESTION HERE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR AMENDMENT, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS REQUIRED THAT ALL STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM OR SIS PROJECTS MUST BE SHOWN DISCRETELY IN THE PLAN.
WE USED TO, PRIOR TO THE 2045, JUST ADOPT THE SIS PLAN FROM FDOT BY REFERENCE AND IT WOULD BECOME SELF-AMENDING.
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAS SAID WE DON'T WANT ANY SELF-AMENDING PLANS, WE DON'T WANT ANY REFERENCES TO PLANS.
THEY WOULD LIKE THAT EACH PROJECT BE DISCREETLY INCLUDED IN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
WE WORKED THIS PAST CYCLE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PULL IN ALL OF THEIR STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM PROJECTS BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2019.
THE PLAN WAS PASSED IN DECEMBER OF 2019.
SINCE THEN, THERE HAVE BEEN A FEW CHANGES TO THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM PROJECTS.
AS A RESULT, SOME OF THEM ARE GOING TO TRIP THE MTP AMENDMENT THRESHOLD.
WE'VE ASKED ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT THAT THE DOT HAS APPROACHES ON FOR THEM TO COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.
THEY WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME DETAILS, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE HAD IN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WERE TWO DISCRETE INTERCHANGE PROJECTS.
THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT HERE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY ON I-95 IS NOW TURNING INTO A CORRIDOR PROJECT AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, A, THEY PRESENT THE LONG-TERM VISION AND PLAN FOR I-95 WITH THESE PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO WHAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE FROM WHAT IS CURRENTLY IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO NOW REFLECT THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY THERE BECAUSE THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IS CONSTANTLY CHECKING FOR CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THESE DOCUMENTS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN CONSISTENT AND ALSO USE THE FEDERAL PLANNING PROCESS THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS TO KEEP THOSE TWO DOCUMENTS CONSISTENT.
WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE CESAR MARTINEZ WHO'S GOING TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON THIS PROJECT.
>> THANK YOU, PETER. GREAT INTRODUCTION THERE, APPRECIATE IT.
CESAR MARTINEZ AGAIN WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND PLANNING OFFICE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING I-95 IN SOUTHERN BROWARD.
LIKE PETER MENTIONED, THE MAIN DISCUSSION TODAY IS REGARDING THE CONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE SIS PLAN THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS AND THE MTP.
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WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE FROM 595 ALL THE WAY TO THE MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD COUNTY LINE.THESE ARE THE LIMITS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WE HAVE MULTIPLE PROJECTS GOING ON IN THIS SEGMENT FROM 595 TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE.
ONE IS ONGOING AS THE [INAUDIBLE] STUDY THAT INCLUDES THE THREE SOLAR INTERCHANGES IN HOLLYWOOD, PEMBROKE ROAD, AND HALLANDALE BEACH.
THEN THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE STARTING THIS FISCAL YEAR A NEW BEGINNING STUDY FOR THE THREE NORTHERN INTERCHANGES FOR SHERIDAN STREET, STERLING, AND GRIFFIN ROAD.
THOSE TWO PROJECTS HAVE A MAIN PURPOSE, WHICH IS PRESERVING THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM.
THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION HAVE DELEGATED THAT TO US.
THE MAIN ROLE THAT WE HAVE AS WELL IN THE DEPARTMENT IS TO PRESERVE THE FUNCTION OF THE INTERSTATE WHICH IS MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS; ALONG WITH THAT, IMPROVING SAFETY AND PRESERVING EMERGENCY EVACUATION.
THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANNING STUDIES THAT WE HAVE DONE, WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NEED FOR IT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
WE ARE EXPECTING TO SEEING ROUGHLY A 23 PERCENT GROWTH ON MAINLINE 95, OVER 10 PERCENT GROWTH OF TRAFFIC ALONG THE [INAUDIBLE], AND SOME OF THE INTERCHANGES ARE FAILING TODAY.
LOOKING FORWARD, WE'RE EXPECTING ADDITIONAL MOVEMENTS WILL BE FAILING AS WELL, POTENTIALLY IMPACTING RAMPS QUEUING BACK TO 95, ALONG WITH MORE THAN 1,000 CRASHES IN THE LAST FIVE PERIODS THAT WE REVIEW THAT AREA.
SOME OF THE POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, IMPROVING INTERCHANGES, ALL SIX OF THEM, IMPROVING THE ACCESS IN AND OUT FROM THOSE INTERCHANGES THROUGH I-95, AND IN AND OUT THE EXPRESS LANES THROUGH THE ADDITIONAL AUXILIARY LANES OR COLLECTOR DISTRIBUTED ROADS PARALLEL TO I-95 OR THROUGH BRAIDED RAMPS TO AND FROM THE EXPRESS.
HOW DO WE ALL STARTED LOOKING AT THIS? THE DEPARTMENT ACTUALLY BACK IN 2014, WE DID A GENERAL PLANNING STUDY, WE CALL IT THE INTERCHANGE MASTER PLAN FOR BROWARD COUNTY.
WE ALSO DID ONE FOR PALM BEACH.
WE LOOKED AT ALL INTERCHANGES ON ALL TWO COUNTIES AND WE DETERMINED WHAT WILL BE THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE AREA.
THAT WAS THE BASIS TO COME UP WITH A LOT OF DESIGN PROJECTS AND PD&E PROJECTS THAT FIT INTO THE DEPARTMENT SIS COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND THE BROWARD MPO MTB.
THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE FOCUSING TODAY IS THE SOUTHERN PROJECT.
IT'S SHOWN THERE ON THE RIGHT SIDE, AND 439170-1, THAT INCLUDES THE THREE OTHER INTERCHANGES, AS WELL ALL GRIFFIN ROAD INTERSECTION THAT WE HAVE IN LFA WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO LOOK IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION.
THAT LAST PROJECT, 439170, HAD AN INCREASE IN PROJECT LIMITS.
IN ADDITION TO THE INTERCHANGES, WE INCLUDED THE EXPRESS LANE ACCESS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CORRIDOR ALL THE WAY TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE.
WE RECOGNIZE WE COULDN'T SPLIT THOSE IN TWO.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT EXPRESS LANES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AS ONE FOR THE WHOLE CORRIDOR BECAUSE WHEN CHANGED, HAS RECIPROCAL EFFECT DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM.
AS WELL, BOTH PROJECTS COST INCREASES DUE TO SEVERAL BRIDGE STRUCTURES THAT ARE NOW PLANNED AND AS WELL CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE INCREASED IN THE LAST YEAR.
THE DEPARTMENT SIS COURSES OF PLAN HAS THREE PROJECTS WHERE THE MTP HAS FOUR.
THAT'S WHERE THE INCONSISTENCY COMES FROM.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THAT FOUR PROJECT LISTED IN THE MTP PLAN.
THE FIRST TWO LISTED ARE CONSISTENT SO WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.
NOW, THE LAST TWO, THIS IS WHERE THE MAIN ISSUE OCCURS.
THE MTP LISTED I-95 AT GRIFFIN ROAD AS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
THE DEPARTMENT HAS NEVER INTENDED TO DO A GRIFFIN ROAD INTERCHANGE PLAYER BY ITSELF, ALWAYS HAS BEEN PART OF THE THREE MAIN INTERCHANGES AS ONE PROJECT, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, AT LEAST FOR A PERIOD IN HISTORY, SO THAT'S ONE.
SECOND LIMITS, LIKE I EXPLAINED EARLIER, HAVE INCREASED, SO NOW IS BEING EXTENDED ALL THE WAY TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY TO NOT ONLY INCLUDE AT THE INTERCHANGES,
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BUT ALSO THE EXPRESS LANES CONNECTIONS, OR ACCESS.WHAT OUR PROPOSAL IS REFLECTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WHICH IS THE THREE PROJECTS.
THE FIRST TO IT LIKE I SAID, IS THEY HAVE NO CONSISTENCY ISSUES, AND THEN THEY'RE 14917-1 WHICH DIRECTLY MEANS FROM MIAMI-DADE TO NORTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD.
THEN LIKE I SAID EARLIER AS WELL, THE TOTAL COST OF ALL TWO PROJECTS HAVE INCREASED FROM OVER 700 MILLIONS TO OVER ONE BILLION DOLLARS.
SO WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP FOR US? WE HAVE AN ONGOING PD&E STUDY, ONE THAT ARE ABOUT TO START.
FIRST OF ALL, WE NEED TO FINISH THOSE PD&E STUDIES.
THEN AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS, THAT ENVIRONMENT RECOGNIZING IT, THE MAGNITUDE OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE GOING BE BREAKING THIS UP IN SEVERAL DESIGN JOBS AND SEVERAL CONSTRUCTION JOBS AS WELL.
SIMILARLY TO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IN COMMERCIAL AND CYBER SECURITY INTERCHANGES.
WE LOOK AT THOSE TWO INTERCHANGES TOGETHER AS ONE IN THE PD&E LEVEL, BUT FOR DESIGN CONSTRUCTION WE ACTUALLY SEPARATED INTO FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AS WELL SO MOST LIKELY WE WILL BE FOLLOWING THE SAME APPROACH.
IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZATION, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT FUNDING FIRST THE INTERCHANGES, AND THEN IMPLEMENTS ALONG I95.
AND THEN DOWN THE LINE, LIKE I SAID, THAT SEGMENTATION MAY TRIGGER ADDITIONAL MTP AMENDMENTS WHICH WILL BE AGAIN HERE TO DISCUSS THOSE AS NEEDED.
THEN MY LAST SLIDE IS JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY TO TRAVEL SAFE AS WE APPROACHED THE HOLIDAY SEASON THIS YEAR.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU CESAR.
>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION, SLIDE NUMBER 7.
THE RIGHT SIDE, THE NOW OF THE THREE PROJECTS, THIRD ONE.
WHAT'S AN INTERIM INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT? I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE WORD INTERIM.
>> THIS ONE. THERE'LL BE AN IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT IS NOT EXPECTED TO LAST THE 20 YEAR RISE IN, BUT TYPICALLY THE DEPARTMENT PLANS FOR SO THAT WILL LAST ANYTHING BETWEEN 5-10 YEARS.
THAT PARTICULAR INTERIM PROJECT IS ASSOCIATED WITH APPROPRIATION FUNDS FROM A DEVELOPER.
>> ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD BE THE NEXT SLIDE THERE AND THIS IS ON FOR STERLING WORK.
>> A TEMPORARY IMPROVEMENT AND IT'S BEING FUNDED BY A DEVELOPER BUT YET WE'RE ASKING FOR AN MTP AMENDMENT OR SOMETHING, IS THAT RIGHT.
>> YEAH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THE MTP AMENDMENT, IT'S CONSISTENT, IS SHOWING THEM BOTH.
THE ONE THAT IS SUBJECT TO THE MTP AMENDMENT IS 439170-1.
>> WOULD SAY THAT NUMBER AGAIN PLEASE.
>> 439170-1, THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE IN THE RIGHT SIDE.
>> THOSE ARE THE PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS THEN?
>> CORRECT, THAT'S THE ULTIMATE.
>> THERE'LL BE IN, YOU SAID THAT THE INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE FROM 5-10 YEARS, CORRECT.
>> THE MTP IS A FIVE YEAR CYCLE, SO ARE WE ASKING FOR 3439170-1 TO BE AMENDED IN THE MTP AS IN TERMS OF MAYBE MOVING THE MONEY FURTHER OUT?
>> NO, THE REQUEST IS TO ADJUST THE LIMITS AND THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT.
>> I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. IF YOU'RE DOING AN INTERIM PROJECT AT STERLING ROAD, WHY WOULD YOU BE DOING THAT'S GOING TO LAST 5-10 YEARS. THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID, RIGHT?
>> YOU'RE ASKING FOR AN ADJUSTMENT WITHIN THAT FIVE-YEAR PERIOD BECAUSE THAT'S THE MTP ORDERS TO 20.
MTP IS A 20, I'M SORRY. NEVER MIND.
I GOT IT CONFUSED FOR A MOMENT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ALEXANDER GO AHEAD.
>> HI CESAR, HOW ARE YOU DOING? BASED ON SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DATES TO FINALIZING THE PD&E STUDIES AND SOME OF THE OTHER DATES TO REQUEST ADDITIONAL MTP AMENDMENTS. YOU HAVE LIKE A TIMELINE.
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>> FOR COMPLETION OF PD&E STUDY THE SOUTHERN JOB FROM HOLLAND DALE TO HOLLYWOOD, THAT ONE IS EXPECTED LDCA AS OF MAY NEXT YEAR, MAY 2023.
WE'RE MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS THAT, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ISSUES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, BUT WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS THAT DAY.
AND THEN THE OTHER PROJECT AND WITH THE THREE NORTHERN INTERCHANGES WILL START THIS FISCAL YEAR.
HOPEFULLY IN TWO-AND-A-HALF YEARS FROM NOW, WE WILL BE GETTING ALL THIS DONE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTIONS HERE. IS THE STERLING ROAD DEVELOPER DANA POINT?
>> WITH DANA POINT DEVELOPING AND GROWING THERE BETWEEN GRIFFIN AND STERLING AND TRY RAIL BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 95, ARE THERE ANY CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MAJOR INTERCHANGES OF DOING CROSS SIMILAR TO WHAT PLANTATIONS DOING OF SOME CROSS ACCESS OR AT LEAST LIKE MULTI-MODAL ACCESS UNDER OR OVER I-95?
>> I DON'T RECALL ANY CONVERSATIONS IN THAT REGARD, YES.
>> IT'D BE A GREAT THING TO THINK ABOUT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET FROM TRIAL TO DANIEL POINT SAFELY AT ALL RIGHT NOW, SO IT WOULD BE SOMETHING INTERESTING TO LOOK AT IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT.
[2. Federally Mandated Performance Measures and Targets]
NON-ACTION ITEM IS FEDERALLY MANDATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGETS AND WE GET TO HEAR FROM PETER AGAIN.>> YES. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. PETER GIES, AGAIN WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.
I'M ACTUALLY STANDING IN FOR PAUL FLAVIAN.
HE'S UP AT THE ASSOCIATION FOR MPOS DOING A PRESENTATION ON OUR FREIGHT PROGRAM UP THERE SO FORGIVE ME. I'M STANDING IN.
I'M FAIRLY WELL VERSED ON THIS TOPIC, BUT ON THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I MAY HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS IS COMING BEFORE YOU AS A NON-ACTION ITEM TODAY.
IT WILL BE AN ACTION ITEM NEXT MONTH IN ORDER TO FINALIZE OUR FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS.
WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
THEY WERE FIRST ENVISIONED AS PART OF MAP 21, MOVING AHEAD FOR PROGRESS IN THE 21ST CENTURY ACT.
THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 2012.
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MEASURING THE IMPACT OF OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS, HOW THEY'RE BEING SPENT.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WAS VERY KEEN TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY DOLLAR BEING SPENT ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COULD SOMEHOW BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF A BENEFIT, WHETHER IT WAS SAFETY, WHETHER IT WAS CAPACITY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT WAS FORMALLY OR REALLY FORMALIZED AS PART OF THE FAST ACT IN 2015, AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN LETTING US KNOW THAT, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE YOU TO ADOPT FORMAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AS PART OF ALL YOUR FEDERAL SPENDING AT AN MPO LEVEL, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT GETS SHARED OUT WITH YOUR COMMITTEES AND ALSO WITH THE MPO BOARD.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS THOSE ANNUAL ADOPTION PERFORMANCE MEASURE AND THE CYCLES THAT WE GO ON.
I THINK I JUST COVERED THAT ALL HERE BECAUSE, AGAIN, PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE REALLY THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE SPENDING THE DOLLARS WISELY AND THAT WE ARE ALSO THEN IMPROVING FUTURE DECISION-MAKING ON THOSE DOLLARS.
AS WE'RE SPENDING THE MONEY, WE SHOULD BE MONITORING THE PERFORMANCE AND THEN MAKING ADJUSTMENTS ON HOW WE SPEND THAT MONEY IN THE FUTURE BASED ON THE OUTCOMES OF THOSE PERFORMANCE METRICS.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PERFORMANCE MEASURES, THESE ARE THE FIVE MAIN PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE FIRST THREE IN THE DARK BLUE ARE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE MEASURES, SO THOSE ARE MORE ROADWAY-FOCUSED.
THE LAST TWO IN THE LIGHT BLUE ARE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, ARE MORE TRANSIT-FOCUSED.
THEY EACH HAVE THEIR OWN ADOPTION CYCLES AND THEIR OWN PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
WE AS A REGION ALSO ADOPT TARGETS FOR THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TODAY.
FOCUSING ON THE FIRST THREE, THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE MEASURES, YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE SAFETY, PAVEMENT CONDITION AND BRIDGE CONDITION, TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY, AND TRUCK TIME RELIABILITY.
ALL OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WERE ADOPTED IN 2018, IF I CAN READ THAT CORRECTLY.
SORRY, A LITTLE SMALL FOR ME HERE.
BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THEY HAVE ADOPTION CYCLES THAT ARE EVERY FOUR YEARS EXCEPT FOR SAFETY.
SAFETY IS ADOPTED ANNUALLY AND NOW BECAUSE WE'RE HERE IN 2022, WE LAST ADOPTED OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES IN 2018 FOR PM2 AND PM3, WE ARE GOING TO BE REAFFIRMING AND READOPTING THE TARGETS FOR ALL THREE: PM1, PM2, AND PM3 TO BASICALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING CONSISTENT WITH THE FEDERAL GUIDANCE THAT'S OUT THERE.
FOR OUR FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PERFORMANCE TARGETS FOR TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THOSE ARE ANNUAL PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS AND WE LAST ADOPTED THEM IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR.
NATURALLY, WE ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THESE UP FOR ADOPTION AGAIN.
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FOR THIS CYCLE, WE ARE ADOPTING ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AGAIN, BECAUSE OUR ANNUAL CYCLE COINCIDES WITH A FOUR-YEAR ADOPTION CYCLE WITH THE OTHER TWO, PM2 AND PM3.THE FIRST ONE PM1 ARE OUR SAFETY-ADOPTED TARGETS AND WE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE STATE DOT ON THESE TARGETS AND HAVE ADOPTED A TARGET OF ZERO FOR ALL OF THESE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
YOU CAN SEE THE CURRENT DATA THAT'S PROVIDED TO US BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, I SHOULD SAY THE CURRENT AVAILABLE DATA BECAUSE THE NEWEST DATA, THE 2017 THROUGH 2021 IS NOT AVAILABLE YET.
WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US BY THE END OF NOVEMBER SO THAT HOPEFULLY SHOULD COINCIDE WITH THE ADOPTION OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
IN THIS CASE, WE'RE AT THE MERCY OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO PROVIDE US THIS INFORMATION SO JUST AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT, WE WILL INCORPORATE IT.
BUT I THINK UNFORTUNATELY, THE DATA RIGHT NOW IS NOT EXACTLY TELLING A GOOD STORY.
HERE YOU CAN SEE OUR TRENDS, THIS IS THE ANNUAL DATA.
BUT THE TRENDS REALLY FOCUS MORE ON THE FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE AND YOU CAN SEE THERE'S AN UPWARD TREND LINE WITH A TARGET OF ZERO.
WE'RE NOT MEETING OUR CURRENT PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS FOR PM1 SAFETY, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE TO RECOMMEND THAT WE ADOPT THE TARGET OF ZERO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH OUR STATE DOT PARTNERS.
FOR PM2 AND PM3, YOU WILL NOTICE HERE THAT IN THIS AREA, WE'RE PERFORMING MUCH BETTER.
THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE ARE FALLING SHORT OF OUR TARGETS IS IN THE PERCENT OF NON-INTERSTATE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SAFETY PAVEMENTS IN GOOD CONDITION.
YOU CAN SEE OUR TARGET IS 40 AND WE'RE CURRENTLY AT 33.4 PERCENT SO WE'RE FALLING SLIGHTLY SHORT OF THAT TARGET, BUT EVERYWHERE ELSE WE ARE PERFORMING AT OR ABOVE THOSE TARGETS, WHICH AGAIN, ARE ALSO THE SAME ONES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADOPT NEXT MONTH.
THE TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, THE REGIONAL TARGETS, THESE COME MAINLY FROM BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS HERE.
THERE ARE SOME MEASURES THAT COME FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY WHO OPERATE TRY RAIL AND WE WILL THEN ADOPT A STANDARD NATIONAL REGIONAL TARGET THAT YOU SEE IN THE COLUMN THERE AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ON TRACK FOR ALL OF THOSE TARGETS AND WE ARE ALSO RECOMMENDING IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR PARTNERS THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE REGIONAL TARGETS SHOWN HERE.
SAME THING FOR TRANSIT SAFETY IN THIS CASE, THESE ARE ALL BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TARGETS.
THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, BECAUSE THEY REPORT TO THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION, DO NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THESE TARGETS HERE.
FROM FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION PERSPECTIVE, THEY ARE ONLY LOOKING TO BCT TO PROVIDE REGIONAL TARGETS FOR THESE MEASURES HERE.
YOU'LL SEE THE ADOPTED TARGETS IN THE MIDDLE COLUMN AND WHERE THE CURRENT DATA IS.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE WAITING ON BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TO PROVIDE US THE UPDATED DATA, BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE NOVEMBER TACCAC MEETING AND CERTAINLY, BY THE DECEMBER MPO BOARD THAT THE CURRENT DATA SHOULD BE AVAILABLE ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HOLDING THE ADOPTED TARGETS HERE AS THE GOAL THAT WE WOULD LIKE THE COMMITTEE AND THE MPO BOARD TO ULTIMATELY ADOPT.
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TARGETS AND WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE MEETING THOSE TARGETS, PART OF THAT CONVERSATION ALSO INVOLVES HOW MUCH MONEY ARE WE SPENDING IN THOSE AREAS IN ORDER TO HELP MEET THOSE TARGETS, SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TEAM TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS WITHIN THE TIP THAT ARE SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO THE DIFFERENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND YOU'LL SEE HERE SPECIFICALLY, WITH REGARD TO PM1 SAFETY, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED 140 PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM VALUED SOMEWHERE AT $350 MILLION TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS COUNTYWIDE.
NOW, THIS INCLUDES A MIXTURE OF FUNDS, INCLUDING OUR HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDING THAT COMES THROUGH THE STATE DOT, SPECIFIC SAFETY PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT DEDICATED REVENUES ON, FUNDS THAT WE AS THE MPO ALSO SPEND THROUGH OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, THAT'S ALL COUNTED IN HERE.
AGAIN, WE TRY TO LOOK AT THE SCOPE OF WORK OF THE PROJECT AND BASICALLY SAY, HEY, IF IT'S MAINLY A SAFETY PROJECT, WE THEN COUNT THAT AS PART OF THE EFFORTS THAT WE'RE MAKING IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY WITHIN THE COUNTY.'' FOR PM2 AND PM3 SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO PAVEMENT CONDITION AND BRIDGE CONDITION, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THAT WE HAVE 215 PROJECTS VALUED AT ABOUT $5.7 BILLION.
THIS IS PROBABLY AN AREA WHERE WE SPEND A GOOD CHUNK OF OUR MONEY IN TERMS OF BRIDGE INVESTMENTS AND ROADWAY INVESTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PAYMENT [NOISE] CONDITIONS ARE MEETING THE REQUIRED TARGETS AND YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN WHAT THE BREAKDOWN IS.
THE TAM AND TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS, AGAIN, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN THE TIP.
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MAINLY OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS ARE SPENDING A GOOD FTA DOLLARS ON THESE, VALUED AT CLOSE TO A BILLION DOLLARS, AROUND $959 MILLION.WITH THAT, I'LL GLADLY OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS.
I WILL JUST REMIND EVERYONE THAT THIS IS A NON-ACTION ITEM NOW SO THAT WE CAN HEAR INPUT, TAKE ANY FEEDBACK, AND WE WILL BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO YOU IN NOVEMBER FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE REGIONAL TARGETS AND GO EASY ON ME BECAUSE PAUL ISN'T HERE, BUT I WILL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION AND IF THERE'S SOMETHING SPECIFICALLY THAT I NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON, I'M HAPPY TO DO SO. MADAM CHAIR, BACK TO YOU.
>> ANY QUESTIONS? SARAH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD.
>> MAYBE I'M NOT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE FULL PICTURE HERE, BUT I DON'T SEE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FATALITIES, IT USUALLY OR VERY OFTEN INCLUDES PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
BUT NONE OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE GIVING ME ANY NUMBERS RELATED TO THAT ACTUALLY.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A DISCONNECT BETWEEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TARGET ZERO, IT'S ALL MOBILITY.
>> HOW DID THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS GET INCLUDED ON SOME OF THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND IF WE'RE NOT MEASURING IT NOW, WHEN IS THAT GOING TO CHANGE?
>> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, SARAH.
THESE ARE ALL CRASHES SO IT IS BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND VEHICULAR CRASHES AS WELL.
OUR TARGET IS ZERO ACROSS THE BOARD.
THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE GIVEN TO US, OR I SHOULD SAY, ARE MANDATED TO US BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY WANT US TO LOOK AT THEM AS A WHOLE SO WE DO NOT BREAK THEM OUT IN TERMS OF SAYING THESE ARE THE VEHICULAR CRASHES AND THESE ARE THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CRASHES.
BUT THEY ARE BEING COUNTED IN THESE NUMBERS HERE AND THE TARGETS STILL APPLY ACROSS THE BOARD AS A ZERO FOR ALL CRASHES.
>> I THINK THAT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE JUST MISSING SOME THINGS.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAVEMENT QUALITY OR THAT THERE'S NOTHING ABOUT SIDEWALKS AND HOW WELL THOSE ARE MAINTAINED [LAUGHTER] OR BIKE LANES FOR THAT MATTER.
>> I WILL JUST MAKE A COMMENT TO THAT SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY.
THAT THOSE ARE CERTAINLY GOOD MEASURES WHAT BECOMES DIFFICULT, IS THE DATA THAT'S AVAILABLE TO MEASURE THAT WITH.
I SEE LISA NODDING HER HEAD BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WE'VE HAD LONG, LENGTHY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT SIDEWALK CONSISTENCY AND CONNECTIVITY, AND QUALITY.
THAT DATA IS VERY SPOTTY AND INCONSISTENT.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE SHOULDN'T BE MEASURING IT.
BUT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S PERSPECTIVE.
THEY ARE VERY WELL AWARE THAT THAT'S NOT A NATIONAL DATASET THAT'S OUT THERE.
THE PAVEMENT CONDITION INDEX AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE THINGS THAT THE STATE IS REQUIRED TO MEASURE AND REPORT ON, AND WE HAVE THAT CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
NOW, THE ARGUMENT COULD BE THAT YOU MEASURE WHAT YOU VALUE.
THERE'S CERTAINLY AN IMPROVEMENT THAT CAN BE MADE THERE.
IT'S UPON ALL OF US TO FIGURE OUT WELL, THEN HOW DO WE AS A COUNTY, FIGURE OUT HOW TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND MEASURE ALL OF THIS.
I WELCOMED THE DISCUSSION CERTAINLY AT A HIGHER LEVEL AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO EITHER FROM THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE OR FROM A COLLABORATION PERSPECTIVE TO MEASURE THOSE THINGS.
>> JUST THE FLIP SIDE IS THAT I WAS IN A WEBINAR THIS MORNING AND THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE.
IT WAS ABOUT SAFETY FOR ALL AGES.
I THINK WE'RE DOING A BETTER JOB HERE, SO WE SHOULD PLAY THAT UP AS WELL AND THE FHWA SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT.
BUT IF WE CAN'T PUT IT IN OUR MEASURES, HOW WILL THEY KNOW?
>> THANK YOU. MR. GOOD. DO YOU? NO? ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS?
>> I JUST HAD ONE CLARIFICATION.
IS THERE A MAP THAT SHOWS THE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS? I IMAGINE SOMEWHERE.
IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN HAVE PAUL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT.
>> IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE. I KNOW DOT IS DOING A TON OF RESURFACING SOON, AND IF THAT WILL HELP US GET WHERE WE NEED TO GO.
>> ALRIGHT. I'M DONE NOW. THANK YOU.
>> [LAUGHTER] NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS WITH BILL KRAUSE.
[3. Federal Discretionary Grants]
>> WELL, WE THOUGHT WE'D MIX IT UP SINCE A LOT OF PETER HERE, I'M ALSO STEPPING IN, I HAVE SOMEBODY WHO'S OUT.
THIS WOULD NORMALLY BE PAUL CALVARISI.
BUT GOOD AFTERNOON, BILL KRAUSE, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BROWARD, MPO.
PLEASED TO BE HERE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
AS I THINK MOST OF US ARE AWARE AT THIS POINT, THE NEW BILL ACT REQUIRES US TO AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS IF WE'RE GOING TO GET OUR FAIR SHARE OF MONEY OUT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, AND I'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHERE WE ARE.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A REGULARLY OCCURRING UPDATE THAT YOU'LL RECEIVE MONTHLY FROM HERE ON OUT.
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THE FIRST GRANT THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT IS THE SAFE STREET AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT PROGRAM.THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING OPPORTUNITY.
IT WILL ALLOW US TO DO OUR SEE SLIP PROGRAM AND OUR COMPLETE STREET PROGRAM ON A MASSIVE COUNTYWIDE SCALE AND AT MORE DETAIL THAN WE'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO DO BEFORE.
THIS IS A REALLY GREAT OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE TEAMED UP WITH BROWARD COUNTY WHOS BRINGING THE LOCAL COMMITMENT THERE AS WELL AS A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS ON THE STUDY ASPECT.
WE DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION AT THIS POINT, IT'S IN WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WE'RE HOPING TO HEAR SOME POSITIVE RESULTS AS SOON AS FEBRUARY OF 2023.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON FINALIZING SCULPT DETAILS, ETC. ON HOW WE WOULD GO.
WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT THIS IS, THIS IS A PLANNING-FOCUSED GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US AGAIN TO LOOK COUNTYWIDE FOR GOOD PROJECT OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT THAT REALLY SETS US UP FOR IS THEN TO PURSUE THE PARALLEL GRANT, SAME NAME, EXCEPT IT'S FOR THE CONSTRUCTION ASPECT.
THIS IS THE FIRST STEP TO HOPEFULLY, GET A LOT MORE FUNDING DOWN TO THE REGION MOVING FORWARD.
THE NEXT GRANT OF INTEREST HERE IS THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT PROGRAM.
AGAIN, MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT SAFETY.
WELL, RAIL SAFETY IS ALSO AN IMPORTANT ISSUE WITHIN THIS REGION.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TEAMED WITH BROWARD COUNTY WHO'S BRINGING MOST OF THE LOCAL MATCH.
SOME OF THE CITIES ARE PARTICIPATING AS WELL.
THIS IS TO REALLY LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR FURTHER SEALING THE CORRIDORS TO HELP KEEP THEM SAFE, NOT ONLY FOR PEDESTRIANS BUT AUTOS AND TRAINS AS WELL.
THIS ONE, I BELIEVE WE'VE JUST SUBMITTED THIS VERY RECENTLY, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO AGAIN, A POSITIVE OUTCOME WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE RESULTS.
THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE OF OTHER GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE MPO IS LOOKING AT AND WORKING WITH, SOME OF YOU WITH PERHAPS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE SMART PROGRAM.
WE'RE ACTUALLY TEAMING UP WITH GOOGLE AND DELOITTE TO PURSUE SOME TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HERE WITHIN THE REGION.
THEY CAN POTENTIALLY HELP US WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MORE REFINED SCENARIO PLANNING AND THE LIKE.
THEY'RE BRINGING THE LOCAL CACHE, THE LOCAL MATCH TO THE GRANT.
THEY'RE TAKING THE LEAD AND WRITING MUCH OF THE GRANT.
AGAIN, AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY POSSIBILITY HERE IF WE'RE ABLE TO WIN THAT SMART PROGRAM.
ANOTHER GRANT THAT'S NEW IS THIS THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANT.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD PROVIDE FOR PEER-TO-PEER TECHNICAL SUPPORT.
OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS WORKING WITH HIS CONTRACTS AROUND THE NATION AND OTHER MPO AND OTHER GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS TRYING TO COORDINATE A BEST PRACTICE APPROACH TO THIS ONE WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO BRING SOMETHING BACK TO THE AREA.
AGAIN, THAT COULD HELP ALL OF US UP OUR GAME WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES AND SUCH.
THERE'LL BE MORE ON THIS ONE AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ALONG, IT'S STILL EARLY IN THE PROCESS FOR THAT ONE.
MOVING RIGHT ALONG, THIS IS ONE THAT JUST DROPPED MAYBE A WEEK, WEEK AND A HALF AGO WITH THE RAIL VEHICLE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.
THIS ONE IS QUITE NARROWLY FOCUSED ON RAIL VEHICLES.
THIS WOULD BE ROLLING STOCK AS WELL AS LOCOMOTIVES.
WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN THROUGH OUR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION TACK ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS A NICE OPPORTUNITY, WE'VE BEEN WORKING REGIONALLY WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PALM BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS FDOT TO IDENTIFY MPO FUNDS, SU DOLLARS TO MATCH UP WITH STATE TRIP FUNDS.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THEN TAKE THOSE FUNDS AND MATCH THEM UP WITH FURTHER FEDERAL DOLLARS AND REALLY LEVERAGE OUR LOCAL INVESTMENT IN THIS.
WE DID A LITTLE BIT OF BACK OF A NAPKIN AND I THINK WE COULD POTENTIALLY PICK THE THREE MPO TRIP FUNDS AND MAYBE EVEN LEVERAGE IT UP TO CLOSE TO $100 MILLION THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE WORKING TO PURSUE THIS.
THERE MAY BE MORE INFORMATION COMING, I'M SURE, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, BUT ANOTHER NICE OPPORTUNITY.
YOU CAN SEE THE DUE DATE UP THERE IS JANUARY 5TH.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPECTS US TO WORK THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS BASED ON THAT DATE.
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A COUPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS, THESE ARE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER OUT, BUT ALSO REALLY INTERESTING OPPORTUNITIES TO PROTECT PROGRAM.AGAIN, IT'S VERY MUCH ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THAT AND WHETHER IT'S PRIMARILY RESILIENCY WITH THAT PROGRAM.
THE EV CORRIDOR COMMUNITY CHARGING IS, I THINK THE TITLE PRETTY MUCH SPEAKS TO WHAT THAT ONE IS.
AGAIN, WE'RE MONITORING THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT IT, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO BE.
IF SOME OF YOUR CITIES ARE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THIS, THEN I'M GOING TO POINT YOU HERE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND REMIND EVERYBODY, I KNOW YOU'VE HEARD US SAY THIS MANY TIMES NOW, BUT WE DO MEET EVERY OTHER THURSDAY.
I WON'T USE THAT WORD, IT'S JUST A CASUAL CONVERSATION, ADHOC.
THANK YOU [LAUGHTER] COORDINATION OPPORTUNITIES, YOU'RE ALL WELCOME.
PLEASE JOIN US, IT'S THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
EVERY OTHER THURSDAY, WE TALK THROUGH THE GRANTS, WE LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTNERING, SEE WHERE THE INTEREST IS.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, WE DO OUR BEST THROUGH SOME OF OUR OUTREACH.
AGAIN, THAT'S PAID FOR BY THE MPO, WE TRY TO GET THE ANSWERS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO THOSE QUESTIONS, SO PLEASE JOIN US.
FINALLY, CHAIR THIS ONE, I BELIEVE IS IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION THAT YOU HAD MADE ABOUT SOME OF THE BRIGHTLINE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AS PART OF SOME PREVIOUS GRANTS THAT THEY DID.
WE WANTED TO BRING BACK THIS INITIAL MATRIX OF IMPROVEMENTS AT THIS POINT BECAUSE, WHILE WE DID MAKE A REQUEST FOR BRIGHTLINE AND COME TO SPEAK TO THIS GROUP, THEIR RESPONSE WAS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK IN THE SPRING.
I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PROVIDE US SOME MORE COMPREHENSIVE, I THINK THEY'RE HOPING FOR SOME GOOD NEWS ON SOME OF THE MORE RECENT GRANTS AS WELL, THEY CAN BRING IT ALL BACK AT ONCE THIS IS AN INTERIM RESPONSE TO YOUR INFORMATION REQUESTS, AND I THINK THAT'S IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, I'D BE GLAD TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
>> SURE ANY QUESTIONS FOR BILL?
>> I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT I APPRECIATE THAT BRIGHTLINE WILL BE COMING BACK.
THE GROUP I HAD REQUESTED SINCE BRIGHTLINE CAME ASKING US FOR HELP WITH SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND WHAT THE DELINEATE ERRORS AND WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH QUIET ZONE AND FRA.
IF THEY COULD COME BACK AND JUST GIVE US AN UPDATE SO WE UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'VE ACCOMPLISHED SO FAR IS ALL THE DYLAN AREAS AND THAT'S GREAT.
SOME ACTUAL CONCRETE MEDIANS, I'VE SEEN, THEN WHERE THEY'RE GOING FROM HERE JUST SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND? THAT'LL BE GREAT, THANK YOU, BILL.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM,
[4. Congestion Management Process (CMP)]
THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS, AND AMANDA'S HERE.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MY NAME IS AMANDA KRISTIN WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CONGESTIVE MANAGEMENT PROCESS AND WHAT WE AT THE MPO HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS TO DEVELOP AN EFFICIENT, EFFECTIVE, AND INTEGRATED CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS. I'M SURE YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS IS A FEDERALLY MANDATED PROCESS.
THE REGULATION WAS ENACTED IN 2007 FOR TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT AREAS THAT HAVE POPULATIONS OF 200,000 PEOPLE OR MORE.
WE OF COURSE, EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD.
WE'VE HAD CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS, NOT TO USE THE TERM AD HOC, BUT [LAUGHTER] CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS SINCE AROUND THAT TIME.
THE FEDERAL PROCESS ALSO REQUIRES THAT THERE IS EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER INVOLVEMENT IN THE FORM OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT PLANNERS AND THE MUNICIPALITIES.
IN OUR CASE, IT'S BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, SFRTA, THE TURNPIKE, AND ALL PEOPLE FROM THE PRIVATE REALM ALSO.
UP UNTIL ABOUT 18 MONTHS AGO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, LIKE I SAID, WE INSTITUTED CMP MEASURES THROUGH PROJECTS AND CORRIDOR STUDIES.
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WE HAVE REACHED SEVERAL PROJECT MILESTONES UP UNTIL THIS POINT.STEPS 1 THROUGH 4 WERE COMPLETED IN 2021.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE IT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT THIS IN A CLOCK FORM, STEP 1, WHICH IS DEVELOP REGIONAL OBJECTIVES, THAT IS ABOUT THE 11:00 POINT ON THAT PIE CHART THERE.
STEP 2, WHICH IS DEFINE THE NETWORK.
STEP 3, DEVELOP PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND STEP 4, COLLECT DATA.
STEPS 5 AND 6 WERE COMPLETED THIS YEAR AND WE ENLISTED THE HELP OF A CONSULTING FIRM, TYLIN TO HELP US WITH THOSE STEPS.
STEP 7 AND 8 ARE YET TO BE DETERMINED, HAVE NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED.
STEP 8 PARTICULARLY IS AN ONGOING STEP.
IF YOU SEE HERE THIS CHART OF CONGESTION CIRCUIT 2019, WHICH OF COURSE WAS THE LAST YEAR, THAT TYPICAL ACCURATE CONGESTION INFORMATION CAN BE GLEANED PRE-COVID.
THE TOP THREE; SIGNALS, RECURRENT, AND INCIDENTS.
THEY MAKE UP 61 PERCENT OF ALL TRAFFIC IN BROWARD COUNTY, WHICH IS ATTRIBUTED TO $305 MILLION ANNUALLY IN TRAFFIC DELAYS COSTS.
THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THOSE THREE FACTORS MAKING UP 61 PERCENT.
WE CAN ASSIGN THESE STEPS THROUGH QUESTIONS LIKE SOLVE QUESTIONS.
STEP 1 IS DEVELOP REGIONAL OBJECTIVES.
OUR BROWARD MPO REGIONAL OBJECTIVES ARE MOVE PEOPLE, CREATE JOBS.
CREATE JOBS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.
IT WAS DECIDED WHEN WE INITIATED THIS PROCESS TO PARALLEL AND MIRROR THOSE REGIONAL OBJECTIVES WITH THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS, IT ONLY MAKES SENSE TO REFLECT THE PRIORITIES OF THE REGION THEY HAVE BEEN AGREED UPON WITH THIS COMMITTEE AND THE MPO BOARD.
STEP 2, DEFINE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS NETWORK. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND.
THE QUESTION ASSOCIATED WITH THAT STEP WOULD BE WHAT COMPONENTS ARE THE FOCUS? WE DEFINE THE NETWORK THAT IT'S REGION-SPECIFIC AND NO TWO PLANS WOULD REALLY BE ALIKE BECAUSE IN BROWARD HAVE DECIDED TO TAKE A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO CONGESTION AND TO TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. IN THAT, SPEAKING TO WHAT SARAH SAID EARLIER ABOUT CRASHES THAT ARE NOT SEPARATED THROUGH MODE, WE HAVE MADE THAT IMPORTANT TOO.
OUR PRIORITIES ARE ON AND OFF SYSTEM ROADWAYS, BICYCLE FACILITIES, [OVERLAPPING], PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES, ETC.
STEP 3 IS DEVELOP MULTIMODAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.
NOW THIS IS HOW DO WE DEFINE AND MEASURE CONGESTION? THAT WOULD BE THE SOLVE QUESTION.
THESE ARE MOSTLY PRESCRIPTIVE FROM FHWA.
WE HAVE SOME LATITUDE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUT THEY ARE VERY MUCH PRESCRIBED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
STEP 4 OF THIS PROCESS, COLLECT DATA AND MONITOR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.
THE QUESTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS, HOW DOES THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM PERFORM? THIS STEP IS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS AND THIS IS A COORDINATED PROGRAM FOR DATA COLLECTION.
ALL OF THESE DATABASES WE GLEANED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT OUR NETWORK TO GET HOW THOSE PARTICULAR ROADWAYS ARE WORKING.
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STEP 5, ANALYZE CONGESTION PROBLEMS AND NEEDS.THE QUESTION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS IS WHAT CONGESTION PROBLEMS DO WE HAVE AND WHAT ARE SOURCES OF UNACCEPTABLE CONGESTION IN OUR REGION? JUST ANOTHER WAY OF MAKING THESE STEPS A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDABLE.
THE TOP THREE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SOLVE WITH THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS IN BROWARD ARE CAPACITY RELATED CONGESTION, UNANTICIPATED CONGESTION SO THAT'S WEATHER-RELATED CRASHES, DISABLED VEHICLES, ETC.
THE THIRD IS PLANNED EVENT RELATED CONGESTION, THOSE ARE SPECIAL EVENTS.
THEY ARE PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC IN OUR REGION BECAUSE WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPECIAL EVENTS THAT WE NEED TO PLAN FOR.
STEP 6 IS IDENTIFY AND ASSESS STRATEGIES.
WHAT STRATEGIES ARE IMPORTANT TO MITIGATE CONGESTION IN BROWARD? ON THE LEFT ARE SUPPLY-SIDE STRATEGIES AND WHAT I CONSIDER TO BE THE ENGINEERING APPROACH TO CONGESTION MANAGEMENT.
TSM&O/ITS, INCIDENT MANAGEMENT, WORK ZONE MANAGEMENT AT SOME LEVEL OF CAPACITY INCREASE SOMETIMES IN SOME PARTICULAR LOCATION, SOME PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.
ON THE RIGHT IS THE DEMAND SIDE STRATEGIES AND I CONSIDER THOSE TO BE THE MORE SOFT SCIENCE APPROACH TO CONGESTION MANAGEMENT.
THE DATA ARE DEVELOPED INTO A SET OF RECOMMENDED SOLUTIONS TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE CONGESTION.
THE ASSESSMENT IS PART OF AN ONGOING FEEDBACK LOOP SO IT'S NOT A MOMENT IN TIME PER SE.
MY SLIDES ARE NOT ADVANCING, SO I APOLOGIZE.
CONTINUING TO IDENTIFY THE STRATEGIES IN THE NETWORK.
BEAR WITH ME FOR A MOMENT HERE.
THIS MAP RIGHT HERE SHOWS FOUR DIFFERENT COLORS, AND THOSE COLORS INDICATE THE LEVEL OF OCCURRENCES THAT THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY WAS REPRESENTED IN A DIFFERENT PLAN OR STUDY, OR GUIDING DOCUMENT.
THE ORANGE IT'S ON THE 2045 MTP, SO THAT'S 29 CORRIDORS OR 60 MILES.
GREEN SHOW THAT THESE CORRIDORS ARE IN THE TSM&O MASTER PLAN, AS WELL AS IN THE SURTAX PROJECT NETWORK OR FIBER-OPTIC NETWORK, AND ARE CONSIDERED AN ACCORD OR FOR POTENTIAL HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT.
THAT'S 12 CORRIDORS, 98 MILES.
THE YELLOW ARE ROADWAYS OR CORRIDORS THAT ARE ON ANY TWO OF THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED PLANS OR PROJECTS.
THAT'S 25 CORRIDORS OR 117 MILES, SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
THEN THE FOURTH, THE BLUE WOULD BE CORRIDORS THAT ARE ON ONLY ONE OF THE ABOVE PLANS OR PROJECTS.
THAT'S 19 CORRIDORS OR 78 MILES.
THAT IS THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT NETWORK BY THE CORRESPONDING CORRIDORS OCCURRENCE WITHIN EXISTING PLANS AND STUDIES.
WE'RE LOOKING TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC CNP STRATEGIES FOR THESE ROADWAYS.
I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT THE PROCESS IS TO IDENTIFY STRATEGIES THAT GIVEN THE ROADWAY CONDITIONS, GIVEN THE TYPE OF CONGESTION ON THAT ROADWAY, THESE PARTICULAR TYPES OF CONGESTION MITIGATION TECHNIQUES HAVE PROVEN TO BE SUCCESSFUL ELSEWHERE
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OR ARE GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AS SUCCESSFUL APPROACHES TO CONGESTION MANAGEMENT ON THAT TYPE IN THAT DISCRETE SITUATION.NOW, THE BROWARD MPO IS DOING THIS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS BECAUSE IT IS FEDERALLY MANDATED BY THAT AN MPO UNDERTAKE THIS PROCESS.
WE ARE IN NO WAY GOING TO PRESCRIBE OR REQUIRE THE LOCALITIES TO EFFECT THE CHANGE THAT IS RECOMMENDED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
THESE THINGS WILL BECOME PART OF THE MTP, BUT IT'S A BACK-AND-FORTH.
THIS IS WHAT THE MPO SAYS BECAUSE THIS IS THEY'VE DECIDED THAT THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE TREATMENT FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION AND WE MUST MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. STEP 7, IS FURTHER DELINEATING WHAT THOSE STEPS WILL BE, WHAT THOSE TREATMENTS WILL BE AND NUMBER 8 IS MONITORING AND MAKING SURE THAT ONCE THOSE PROJECTS HAVE GOTTEN INTO THE MTP OR THOSE SITUATIONS HAVE BEEN EXPANDED FROM THE MTP INTO THE TIP, THAT THOSE MEASURES HAVE PROVEN EFFECTIVE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I WOULD WELCOME THEM.
MAYBE I CAN CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.
EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS, RICHARD, YOU COULD GO.
>> YES. EXCELLENT PRESENTATION, AMANDA.
>> ALWAYS INFORMATIVE AND ACTUALLY I WANT TO GO TO SLIDE WHERE IT STATES STEP 5.
>> THE EXISTING ROADWAY LEVEL SERVICE, I'M ASSUMING THAT'S THE DAILY LEVEL OF SERVICE OR THE PEAK HOUR LEVEL OF SERVERS.
THERE'S DIFFERENT CONDITIONS THAT PRESENT OURSELVES AS DAILY AND THEN THERE'S PEAK HOUR WHICH BECOMES REALLY RED.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO CLARIFY IF THAT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT NOW OR ARE THEY LOOKING AT BOTH PEAK HOUR?
>> WELL, WE TYPICALLY LOOK AT BOTH.
THE PEAK HOUR VERSUS THE DAILY WOULD BE ASSIGNED FOR DIFFERENT CONDITIONS LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, PEAK HOUR WOULD BE CAPACITY-RELATED AND UNANTICIPATED CONGESTION.
WHEREAS WITH DAILY, THAT WOULD CARRY MORE WEIGHT WITH SOMETHING LIKE A PLANNED EVENT RELATED CONGESTION.
>> YEAH. JUST A SUGGESTION JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU LOOK AT BOTH BECAUSE SOME ROADS REALLY OPERATE REALLY WELL WHEN IT'S NOT PEAK HOUR AND WHEN IT'S PEAK HOUR THEY'RE FAILING CONSIDERABLY.
>> YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THANK YOU.
>> I JUST HAD A QUESTION ON THE HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO RECOMMEND HIGH-CAPACITY TRANSIT TO ADDRESS THESE PARTICULAR ISSUES OR JUST IN GENERAL AND HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO DO THAT? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CLEAR.
>> WELL, AGAIN, WE LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE PLANS AND STUDIES IN ADDITION TO WHAT I'VE DOCUMENTED ON THIS VERY BRIEF 10-SLIDE PRESENTATION.
IF THERE IS SOMETHING AN ADOPTED PLAN OR STUDY, SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TO BCT ABOUT A CORRIDOR STUDY.
WE WOULD PUT THAT TO THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUE FOR THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR.
WHAT'S BEHIND THE SCENES HERE IS A VERY GRANULAR, NITTY-GRITTY SPREADSHEET THAT HAS ALL OF THE ROADWAYS AND ALL OF THE TYPES OF STRATEGIES THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED EFFECTIVE FOR THOSE CONDITIONS.
THAT'S WHAT WILL COME FORWARD AS WE DISTILL INTO THE PROJECT PROCESS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
>> IT DOES. I JUST WOULD WANT TO COORDINATE THAT.
>> THERE'S NO CONFLICT BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED PUTTING IN
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THE CORRIDORS IN THE MTP AND THEN THE TIP WHICH WOULD THEN BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH BCT AS WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING TO MAKE SURE THE CORRIDOR IS ALIGN.>> YES. IT WOULD BE OUR PLEASURE TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR AMANDA? NO? THANK YOU.
>> OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING,
[5. Transportation Planning Equity Assessment Update]
EQUITY, AND ASSESSMENT UPDATE BY CORO IMMA.>> GOOD AFTERNOON. CHAIR WAFFLE, MEMBERS OF THE TAC, YOU'VE MADE IT TO THE END HERE.
I'VE GOT A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR YOU TODAY.
I'M CARL EMMA BROWARD, MPO STAFF, GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS, BUT IN CASE YOU'RE NOT JUST A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY IN THE PAST, THE MPO HAD ADDRESSED EQUITY IN WELL, MAYBE YOU COULD SAY A PROGRAM-SPECIFIC.
WE USE THE PROGRAM-SPECIFIC MEANS THAT WE'RE ALMOST A PERSON-SPECIFIC MEANS DEPENDING ON WHO'S ON THE PROJECT TEAM, WHAT AGENCIES YOU'RE COORDINATING WITH.
WE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT AND HAVE A MORE STANDARDIZED, CONSISTENT APPROACH WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT EQUITY.
A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS AN APPROACH THAT IT'S RELATIVELY A SIMPLE CONCEPT.
IT USES READILY AVAILABLE CENSUS DATA TO MAP OUT AND IDENTIFY WHAT WE REFER TO AS EQUITY AREAS IN THE COUNTY.
AT THE TIME WE CAME UP WITH THIS BACK IN 2018, IT WAS A RELATIVELY NEW CONCEPT.
NOT A LOT OF AGENCIES HAD AN ASSESSMENT.
BUT FAST-FORWARD TO TODAY, GOING TO CONFERENCES AND SPEAKING WITH OUR PEERS, IT'S PRETTY APPARENT THAT OTHERS HAVE CAUGHT UP AND HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN AND EVEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW THROUGH THE JUSTICE40 INITIATIVE, ALSO HAS THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE ASSESSMENT.
HOWEVER, EVERYBODY'S GOING ABOUT IT IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAY.
WE STILL SEE A VALUE IN THE WAY WE DO IT AND THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND IT.
WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP IT RELEVANT THROUGH CONSISTENT UPDATES AND ALSO GETTING IT OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND OTHERS WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM IT.
AS YOU KNOW, THE MPO, WE TRY TO BE A RESOURCE TO YOU ALL, TO OUR PARTNERS AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER PRODUCT WE PUT OUT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO TOO FAR INTO THIS.
WE HAVE A WHITE PAPER ON OUR WEBSITE THAT EXPLAINS IT A LOT BETTER THAN I EVER COULD.
BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BASICS, WE BASICALLY START WITH INDICATOR SELECTION.
WE HAD A WORKING GROUP THAT WE FORMED TO TALK ABOUT THIS WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED.
AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, EVERYBODY HAS GOT A VERY DIFFERENT OPINION ON WHAT INDICATORS WOULD BEST ADDRESS SOMETHING LIKE EQUITY.
TO GET AWAY FROM THE SUBJECTIVITY AND THE LOUDEST PERSON IN THE ROOM SETTING THE INDICATORS, WE DECIDED THAT EVERY CORE INDICATOR SELECTED WOULD NEED TO TIE BACK TO EITHER TITLE VI LEGISLATION, FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE GUIDELINES, SOME FORM OF BASICALLY NON-DISCRIMINATION DOCUMENTATION.
THAT WAS HOW WE DECIDED WHAT THE CORE INDICATORS WOULD BE.
FOR EXAMPLE, RACE IS GOING TO BE COVERED UNDER THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.
WE'VE GOT THE AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT.
TALKS ABOUT THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE ELDERLY.
WE HAVE FOLKS WITH DISABILITIES UNDER ADA AND ETC.
EVERYTHING TIES BACK TO SOME FORM OF NON-DISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE.
ONCE YOU HAVE YOUR INDICATORS, YOU TAKE THE CENSUS BLOCK GROUP DATA AND YOU COMPARE IT AGAINST THE COUNTYWIDE WIDE AVERAGE, AND THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO CALCULATE FINALLY, A COMPOSITE SCORE.
THE END PRODUCT THEN IS WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
IT'S THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT MAP.
BLUE AREAS ARE YOUR EQUITY AREAS.
THE DARKER THE BLUE, THE HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF DISADVANTAGED POPULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE INDICATORS WE SELECT IT.
THIS IS THE PART WHERE ONE OF OUR FORMER STAFF MEMBERS AND DIRECTORS, CHRIS RYAN, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE REMEMBERED HIM, THE FELLOW WITH A BRITISH ACCENT.
HE SPEARHEADED THIS AND SO HE WAS FOND OF SAYING, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION ON EQUITY.
HE'S RIGHT AND THAT THIS IS A GUIDE, IT IS NOT A DEFINITIVE IDENTIFIER OF THESE POPULATIONS.
BUT WHAT IT DOES DO FOR US IS IT GIVES, WHEREAS WE HAD MAYBE A PROGRAM-SPECIFIC METHOD OF DEALING WITH EQUITY IN THE PAST.
THIS GIVES US A STARTING POINT.
NO MATTER WHAT YOU'RE WORKING ON AT THE MPO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING EQUITY STARTING HERE WITH THIS ASSESSMENT.
THIS SLIDE BASICALLY JUST BACKS THAT UP AGAIN AND REINFORCES THAT CONCEPT THAT YOU CAN USE THE ASSESSMENT FOR MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.
WE PERSONALLY USE IT FOR TARGETING OUR OUTREACH, SO NOT ONLY DISTRIBUTING OUR EFFORTS GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT ALSO TARGETING THOSE EQUITY AREAS AND PAYING A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO THOSE WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER OUR OUTREACH PLANS.
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ALSO, PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.A NUMBER OF OUR PRODUCTS, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, C SLIP.
WE ALL USE THIS AS IN THAT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION FOR THOSE PROGRAMS, WE ALSO USE IT TO TRACK OUR INVESTMENTS.
BUT AGAIN, THAT REGARDLESS OF HOW WE'RE USING IT, IT'S THE CONSISTENT APPROACH THAT IS THE ADVANTAGE HERE WITH THIS ASSESSMENT.
WE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT FROM FHWA/FTA WHEN WE DEVELOPED IT.
BASICALLY, WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT EQUITY THROUGH THE SAME LENS USING THIS.
RECENT UPDATES, WE HAD THE 2017 MAPS AND I THINK SOME OF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THE LATEST, THE 2020, SO THAT IS UP ON THE WEBSITE NOW, I WANT TO THANK OUR GIS PLANNER, ROGER MIRANDA.
HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US PULL THAT DATA DOWN AND UPDATE THE MAP.
WE WENT FROM THE 2017 MAP YOU SEE HERE TO THE 2020.
WHEN IT COMES TO COMPARING THE TWO, I'D SAY THAT YOU CAN'T DO AN APPLES-TO-APPLES COMPARISON BECAUSE THE NUMBER OF BLOCK GROUPS IS DIFFERENT.
BUT BASICALLY, WE'RE HAVING 167 OF THE JUST OVER 1,000 BLOCK GROUPS COMING IN AS HIGH OR VERY HIGH AND THE CONCENTRATIONS ARE ABOUT IN THE SAME AREAS WE FOUND IN THE 2017 MAPS.
AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THEY'RE DOING THROUGH THE JUSTICE FOURIER INITIATIVE, THEIR OWN VERSION OF THIS.
THEY CALL IT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.
WE'RE BASICALLY TRYING TO LOOK AT THE SIMILAR AREAS, JUST GOING ABOUT IT THROUGH SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT MEANS AND SO ARE OTHER AGENCIES.
THEY ALL HAVE A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT METHODOLOGY.
BUT WE'RE MAINTAINING AN AWARENESS OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IF I JUST FLIP BACK AND FORTH, THERE ISN'T A GOOD AMOUNT OF OVERLAP.
MAYBE IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ASSESSMENT OF YOUR OWN, WHICH THERE'S PLENTY OF AGENCIES WHO DON'T.
BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, I THINK THERE'S AN ADVANTAGE AND A STRENGTHENED IN THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING OURS AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, BUT MAINTAIN AN AWARENESS OF WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING.
SPEAKING OF FUTURE UPDATES, I MEAN, GO INTO CONFERENCES AND WEBINARS AND THINGS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
I THINK THERE'S A COUPLE OF POTENTIAL AREAS THAT WE MIGHT BE UPDATING IN THE FUTURE.
ONE OF THEM BEING, WELL, THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT WHAT'S NEXT? JUSTICE40 SAYS THAT WE'RE TO ALLOCATE 40 PERCENT OF THE BENEFITS TO THESE DISADVANTAGED AREAS OR EQUITY AREAS.
I THINK THE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE ASKING IS, WHAT'S THE FINER BENEFIT IF YOU TOUCH AN OVERPASS TO ONE OF THESE EQUITY AREAS, IS THAT A BENEFIT TO THAT COMMUNITY? THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION AS WELL AS MAYBE INCORPORATING QUALITATIVE DATA INTO THE PROCESS.
POTENTIALLY, THAT'S SOMETHING WE JUST GOT A US DOT SURVEY ON.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS CENTERED ON THAT.
DID YOU USE QUANTITATIVE QUALITATIVE DATA, A MIX OF BOTH.
THAT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AT A CONFERENCE WE WENT TO IN CHARLESTON EARLIER THIS YEAR.
I THINK FHWA AT THE CONFERENCE WAS WILLING TO PROVIDE THE FORUM FOR THOSE CONVERSATIONS TO CONTINUE.
HOPEFULLY, THAT'S THE CASE GOING FORWARD.
AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS OUT.
AS YOU SEE HERE, JUST SCROLLING THROUGH IS JUST A VIDEO I CAPTURED OF THE, A WEBPAGE WE PRODUCE THROUGH ARCGIS STORY MAP.
IF YOU'VE NEVER SEEN STORY MAP, IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE WEBSITES FROM APPLE.
IT'S NOT AS FANCY AS THAT, BUT AS YOU SCROLL THROUGH, IT TELLS YOU A STORY.
IF YOU GO TO THIS LINK THAT I HAVE HERE AND YOU SCROLL THROUGH, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT BREAKS DOWN EACH INDICATOR TALKS ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATION AT TIES TO.
IT MAPS IT OUT DIFFERENTLY AND SHOWS YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
THEN IT GOES ON TO EXPLAIN HOW THIS TIES INTO THE MTP COST-FEASIBLE PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS COMPARES WITH THAT AS WELL AS OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR TIP.
THE GOAL FOR THIS PAGE REALLY IS TO JUST BE A ONE-STOP SHOP.
IT'S HOPEFULLY A VISUALLY APPEALING WAY TO LOOK THROUGH THE DATA, GET AN IDEA OF WHAT THE STORY BEHIND IT.
THEN ALSO FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DELVE A LITTLE DEEPER AND MAYBE EVEN CREATE YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT.
WE DO LINK TO THE WHITE PAPER IF YOU'D RATHER GET INTO THE METHODOLOGY AND POSSIBLY, LIKE I SAID, CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOMIZED YOUR OWN INDICATORS AND HAVE IT SUIT YOUR NEEDS.
REALLY THE FIRST THING WE WANTED TO DO, AND WHEN WE CAME OUT WITH THIS, MAYBE WE DIDN'T DO THIS AS MUCH AS WE SHOULD HAVE.
WE DO WANT TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL FIRST AND JUST SEE IF THERE'S YOUR CITIES NEED THIS.
ARE THERE OTHER AGENCIES? WHO DO YOU THINK WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS THE MOST OR DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT IT AT ALL? WE WANTED TO STOP, OF COURSE, WITH OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR BOARD FIRST AND SEE WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS MIGHT BE.
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IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING FOR US, PLEASE LET US KNOW THIS IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION HERE.WITH THAT CHAIR WAFFLE, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU, CARL. ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS, SIR?
>> JUST GOING BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE, MAP 21 WAS REQUIRING AN EQUITY MEASURE OF SOME SORT FOR FUNDING DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
SO THE EQUITY ISSUES STARTED COMING INTO THE PICTURE.
BUT IN THE PROCESS THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, THEY WERE SEEING THAT AS MORE OF A HINDRANCE THAN AN ADVANTAGE.
BECAUSE THEY WANTED A CORRIDOR WAY FACILITY TO GO A CERTAIN WAY, AND THE MAP 21 REQUIREMENT WAS YOU'RE GOING TO GET THESE ADDITIONAL POINTS IF YOU RUN IT THROUGH THESE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, AND SO BECAME AN ISSUE OF WHAT'S IMPORTANT REGARDING THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR.
BUT I REALLY LIKED THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE REFOCUSING ON THIS, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF US AS PROFESSIONALS TO LOOK AT THIS MAP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN UNDERSTANDING THAT THESE ARE COMMUNITIES OF NEED, BUT THEIR NEEDS MIGHT BE DIFFERENT FROM SOME OF THE REGIONAL NEEDS.
SO THE NEXT STEPS MIGHT BE DELVING DOWN INTO, WELL, WHAT ARE THOSE NEEDS? IS IT WALK ABILITY TO SCHOOLS BECAUSE THESE KIDS AREN'T GETTING BUS TO THE SCHOOL, AND SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE THESE SAFE ROUTES AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? IN TERMS OF INVESTMENT AND OUTREACH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT TO BROWARD COUNTY DID A SIMILAR EFFORT, BUT IT WAS RELATED TO CENSUS AND REACHING OUT TO THOSE COMMUNITIES.
SO THE OUTREACH WAS WELL, THERE WAS ENOUGH INFORMATION IN THE MAPS THAT THE COUNTY PRODUCED WHERE WE KNEW WHAT WAS THE PREDOMINANT SECOND LANGUAGE IN THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE DID THE OUTREACH THAT WAY.
WHO ARE THE PARTNERS IN THAT COMMUNITY SO THAT WE WERE ABLE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
SO THOSE MIGHT BE OTHER LAYERS.
ONE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO SAY, THE DISTRICT HAS A D4 MODEL VIEWER THAT WE USE TO REVIEW PROJECTS, AND HAVING THIS INFORMATION IS ONE OF THE LAYERS IN THAT MODEL VIEWER WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL FOR THE STUFF THAT I LOOK AT, WHICH IS PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY.
>> WELL, SARAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT, MAYBE I CAN TALK TO YOU AFTER AND JUST GET DETAILS ON THAT.
BUT I LIKE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER BECAUSE THAT'S THAT NEXT QUESTION THAT WE NEED TO ANSWER, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO THAT.
I KNOW FDOT ACTUALLY RELEASED A DOCUMENT JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS BASICALLY ON THE PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS AND IT TALKED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING IN CERTAIN AREAS, LIKE EQUITY IS OF COURSE ONE OF THEM.
SO THEY TALKED ABOUT HOW IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS, I BELIEVE THEY WERE TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH COMMUNITIES THROUGH A PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN AND THEN COMING UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, YOU'RE RIGHT, LIKE WHAT WE SEE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS REGIONALLY.
BUT THAT MAY NOT BE IN OUR VERSION OF A BENEFIT IS NOT NECESSARILY THEIR VERSION OF A BENEFIT.
SO THAT'S STUFF IS BEING TALKED ABOUT AND I THINK IT WILL CONTINUE TO BE TALKED ABOUT UNTIL WE COME UP WITH A FAIR WAY OF KNOWING WHAT TO DO THERE.
>> JUST LOOKING AT THE TWO MAPS YOU WERE GOING IN BETWEEN.
>> AND FORGIVE ME, I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE WHITE PAPER, BUT IT'S THAT AREA OUT WEST WESTERN IN THE DISADVANTAGED COLOR.
IS THAT WHAT BOTH MAPS ARE SAYING THAT THESE ARE THE, I DON'T WANT TO BE READING THE NAME INCORRECTLY.
>> YOU KNOW IF THAT'S WESTERN?
>> SO THE QUESTION ON IT THOUGH, IS ABOUT WHY [OVERLAPPING].
>> WHY AND SOME OF THE CRITERIA.
SO I KNOW IN TERMS OF MAYBE DEMOGRAPHICS BUT INCOMES.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE CRITERIA THAT GET US TO THESE BLUE SHADES, AND IF THAT'S IN THE WHITE PAPER.
>> PLUS WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP, IT SHOULD BREAK DOWN WHAT IS THE EQUITY SCORE THERE? WHY IS THAT A GREAT SCORE BEING PRODUCED? IT'S FOR ONE INDICATOR OR ANOTHER IS LIGHTING UP PRETTY HOT THERE FOR SOME REASON.
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SO AT THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW PETER, BUT YEAH, THAT'S ONE OF THEM. [OVERLAPPING].>> IT LOOKS LIKE, CAN YOU SCROLL THROUGH THE MAPS.
IT'S ETHNIC MINORITY IS WHAT IT'S TRIGGERING.
>> AGE AS WELL. SO THE PRIMARY INDICATORS THAT WE HAVE ARE RACIAL MINORITY, ETHNIC MINORITY, YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, POPULATIONS BELOW POVERTY, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY POPULATIONS AND POPULATIONS WITH A DISABILITY.
NOW WE DO HAVE SOME SECONDARY INDICATORS THAT YOU CAN PULL IN AS WELL, BUT THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY ONES AS CARL MENTIONED THAT SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT'S OUT THERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO USE THOSE AS PART OF THE COMPOSITE SCORE.
>> [LAUGHTER] ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CARL? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, VERY INTERESTING STUFF.
>> YEAH, THANKS AGAIN. IF YOU THINK OF ANYONE WHO COULD USE THIS, PLEASE JUST REACH OUT.
>> THE REST ON OUR AGENDA IS JUST ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IN
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BROWARD COUNTY IS HOSTING SAFE STREETS SUMMIT AGAIN THIS YEAR IT'S OUR TURN.SAVE THE DATE FOR FEBRUARY 2ND AND 3RD IN HOLLYWOOD, THAT'LL BE EXCITING. IT'S A GREAT LOCATION.
THEN I DID WANT TO JUST ASK A QUESTION BILL OF YOU.
I KNOW WE MISSED A MEETING, SO WE'RE REALLY BACKLOG ON ALL OF OUR PRESENTATIONS AND THINGS, BUT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THE TDM PLAN, AND I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION AND IF THAT'S PLANNED IN THE FUTURE SO THAT WE CAN SEE THAT.
I KNOW IT ALREADY PASSED BY THE BOARD, BUT IF WE CAN AT LEAST SEE THAT PRESENTATION, THAT WOULD BE GREAT AT SOME POINT.
>> THAT WORKS. [LAUGHTER] THE PLAN IS TO BRING THAT BACK, GET A PRESENTATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT DATE IS YET, BUT ABSOLUTELY WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO PRESENT THAT TO THIS GROUP.
>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. I KNOW WE'RE ENTERING OUR BUSY SEASON FOR THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS, AND PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 30TH AND IT'S IN A DIFFERENT WEEK THAN OUR NORMAL WEEK AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR WORK PROGRAM APPROVAL.
SO THAT'LL BE AN IMPORTANT MEETING.
AS THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THIS, IT'S GOING TO BE LAST MINUTE.
BILL IS GOING TO BE WORKING OVER THANKSGIVING, REVIEWING THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OKAY.
SO WE'LL BE BUSY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THAT CONCLUDES.
ANY OTHER MEMBER COMMENTS? NO, WE WILL ADJOURN THE MEETING NOW. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.