Jan 12, 2023 Board Engagement Forum

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY.

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DO WE HAVE EVERYBODY BACK? WE'RE MISSING ONE.

RIGHT? GO AHEAD.

OH, GO AHEAD AND GO. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY, HOLD ON. BECAUSE I DO NEED YOUR ATTENTION.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO DO AND GREG HAD MENTIONED IT, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ABOUT BUILDING COLLABORATION AND BUILDING TEAMWORK.

AND PART OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IS MONICA WANTS TO SHARE THIS VIDEO WITH YOU ALL.

THIS IS FOR YOU AS BOARD MEMBERS AND THE WORK THAT WE'LL BE DOING.

AND PRESS PLAY THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO IT AUTOMATICALLY.

BUT IF YOU DO THIS, NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

WELL IT MIGHT.

SORRY I COULDN'T JOIN YOU TODAY, BUT BOTH GREG AND I, ALONG WITH OUR TEAMS, ARE LASER FOCUSED ON WORKING TOGETHER TO DELIVER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FOR ALL OF BROWARD. TOGETHER, WE HAVE ALREADY APPLIED FOR FEDERAL GRANTS TO PLAN FOR SAFER STREETS FOR ALL USERS.

RAIL SAFETY EQUIPMENT FOR OUR BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SELF PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

OUR PARTNERSHIP IN DELIVERING TRANSPORTATION START TAX FUNDS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES CONTINUES TO GROW AND EVOLVE.

[Welcome and Introduction of New Members]

AND WE WILL UNVEIL A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT WILL PROPEL ALL OF BROWARD INTO THE FUTURE.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT THE LONG TERM DIRECTIONS THE MPO WOULD LIKE TO ACHIEVE COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE COUNTY, THE STATE, AND OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

GREG AND I BOTH BELIEVE IN THE GREATER GOOD FOR BROWARD AND OUR 31 MUNICIPALITIES AND OUR STRENGTH IN WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE GREAT THINGS.

THANKS FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU AND I HOPE YOU HAVE A GREAT SUMMIT TODAY.

EXCELLENT. OKAY, SO THEN.

ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE ON TO PART TWO.

YEAH, IT BECAME A SUMMIT, SO GET READY NOW.

SO WE'VE GOT WE'VE GOT ROUGHLY ABOUT 45 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH FAIRLY QUICKLY HERE.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO START WITH FIRST AN ACTIVITY.

YOU'RE GOING TO PLAY SCATEGORIES AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING SCATEGORIES, OH, DON'T GIVE ME THE SCOWL, GIVE ME THE SMILE.

YEAH, GIVE ME THE HAPPY FACE.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE DOING SCATEGORIES IS BECAUSE COMING OUT OF THIS LITTLE EXERCISE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING SOME BRAINSTORMING WITH ALL OF YOU RELATED TO HAVING THREE OF THOSE TOPICS THAT WE LOOKED AT, THE EMERGING TOPICS, AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THEM THROUGH THEIR PACES.

SO I WANT YOU TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

YEAH. SO THIS IS REALLY JUST TO GET YOU WARMED UP, GET YOUR BRAINS MOVING, WORK TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT UNDER YOUR NUMBER TENSE ON THE TABLE IS A SHEET THAT HAS INSTRUCTIONS.

THEY ARE SIMILAR INSTRUCTIONS TO WHAT IS UP ON THE SCREEN.

SO IF YOU'RE NOT THE ONE WITH IT, BUT YOUR TABLES ARE GOING TO BE YOUR GROUPS.

SO FOR THE MOST PART, UNLESS YOU WANT TO COMBINE THEM CLOSER, BUT YOU SHOULD BE PRETTY GOOD.

WE HAVE THREE THREE AND FOUR FOUR.

SO WHAT YOU'LL FIND ON THE BACK OF THAT SHEET IS LETTERS A THROUGH Z.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 5 MINUTES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU THE DIRECTIVE WORD AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU 5 MINUTES FOR YOU AS A GROUP TO COME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF WORDS. SO YOUR TOPIC SEEMS A LITTLE CLICHE, BUT YOUR TOPIC TODAY IS GOING TO BE TRANSPORTATION . SHUT UP. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 5 MINUTES AS A GROUP TO COME UP WITH WORDS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION.

NO STARTING YET. DON'T START YET.

I SEE PEOPLE WRITING.

NO, THE ACRONYMS DO NOT COUNT.

SO LIKE, YEAH, LIKE BCT BECAUSE THEY'RE RARING TO GO.

DOES EVERYBODY KNOW HOW TO PLAY? WELL, THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT I'M WORKING.

I'M WORKING ON IT. SO. ALL RIGHT.

SO YOUR OBJECTIVE, YOUR OBJECTIVE IS TO COME UP WITH THE MOST CREATIVE WORD RELATED TO THAT LETTER, BECAUSE CHANCES ARE SOMEBODY'S GOING TO COME UP WITH A B WORD THAT'S ALL SIMILAR.

SO YOU WANT TO THINK OF SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE EVEN MORE CREATIVE.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO A THROUGH Z, AS MANY AS YOU CAN COME UP WITH IN 5 MINUTES, AS MANY AS YOU CAN COME UP WITH 3 MINUTES, 3 MINUTES.

I'M GIVING YOU THREE LETTERS, ONE WORD PER LETTER, ONE WORD PER LETTER, AND WE'RE CUTTING YOUR TIME.

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GO.

[Ice Breaker Activity: Bucket List]

YEAH.

ONE MINUTE 30 SECONDS.

YEAH. THE BIG.

30 SECONDS LEFT.

WHAT? WOW.

ESPECIALLY NOT IN 3 MINUTES.

START. GO.

TIME'S UP. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE SOME RINGERS APPARENTLY UP HERE IN THE FRONT, SO I WON'T EVEN ASK. DID ANYBODY ELSE GET ALL 26? OH, ALL RIGHT.

DUN, DUN DUN.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS VERY COMPETITIVE.

SO THE NEXT THING THE NEXT THING THAT I'M LOOKING FOR BETWEEN THE TWO OF YOU, THEN, SINCE YOU BOTH HAVE A COMPLETE LIST, IS YOUR MOST CREATIVE.

WHAT ARE YOUR MOST CREATIVE WORDS RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION? AND THEN THE GROUP IS GOING TO VOTE ON THE WINNER.

YOU DO? ALL RIGHT. WELL, HOLD ON.

LET'S SEE WHAT THEY COME UP WITH.

AND. XENOPHOBIA, XENOPHOBIA RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S TRUE.

WE'RE PROBABLY PUSHING THAT JUST SLIGHTLY, BUT IT'S A GOOD WORD.

GO WITH TEXT. OKAY.

WE HAVE THIS AWESOME OK.

LET'S HEAR ANOTHER Z.

OOH, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD ONE.

ALL RIGHT, I'LL. I'LL GO.

THAT'S. THAT'S A GOOD ONE.

FORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF YOU, YOU'RE JUST COMPETING FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS, SO.

ZEPPELIN. ZEPPELIN.

WELL DONE.

WELL DONE. ALL RIGHT, SO TODD'S GOING TO TAKE OVER

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ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT.

YEAH, WE'RE. WE'RE DOING ALL RIGHT TIME WISE, BECAUSE AGAIN, AND I WANT TO BE SENSITIVE YOUR TIME.

SO WE DO WANT TO END AT 1145.

SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO GO AS FAR AS WE CAN IN THE PROCESS.

BUT. WELL, ACTUALLY.

OKAY. SO WHO ALL VOTES FOR ZEPPELIN? YEAH. YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

ANY OPPOSED HEARING? NONE. YEAH.

ZEPPELIN. VERY, VERY GOOD.

WELL, AND THE INTENT WAS IF WE'D HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME, WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IS EACH PERSON WAS SO IS KIND OF LIKE THE GAME SHOW THAT YOU SEE WHERE EVERYBODY GETS 30 SECONDS TO SAY WHATEVER ISSUE THEY WANT.

IF WE GET A CHANCE, MAYBE WE'LL GIVE THAT TABLE A HEY, THIS IS MY WISH LIST OF WHAT I'D LIKE TO ACCOMPLISH.

THAT'S THE SPIRIT.

SO THAT WAS THAT WAS THE INTENT.

LET'S SEE HOW WE DO TIME WISE HERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS FAIRLY QUICKLY.

SO AS YOU KNOW, THE IDEA OF UPDATING YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN WAS ESSENTIALLY POLISHING IT.

WHERE WERE THE AREAS WHERE WE COULD MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE DEFINED, MAKE IT TO WHERE YOU COULD TRACK AND MONITOR PROGRESS AND PERFORMANCE AND THAT THAT REPORTING GETS BACK TO YOU.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SAY I'M UNHAPPY ABOUT THIS, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT? AND PARTICULARLY IF IT'S AN EMERGING ISSUE, BECAUSE AS GREG HAD SAID, YES, STATE STATUTE SAYS, OKAY, WHEN YOU DO AN MTP, THIS IS HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT, THE TIP AND SO FORTH.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT YOU ALL CAN DO AND YOU HAVE IDENTIFIED.

SEVEN OH, OKAY.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO PASS THAT.

THERE WE GO. YOU IDENTIFIED SEVEN REALLY KEY ISSUES THAT YOU FEEL WERE IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING, CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL EQUITY, RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, REDEVELOPMENT, INFILL, TRANSPORTATION SAFETY. SO THOSE THINGS BOILED UP FROM ALL THE ISSUES THAT YOU WERE DEALING WITH THAT SAID, HEY, IF THERE'S A WAY THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE THIS INTO THE MPO PROCESS, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I'M GOING TO GIVE MARIAH A LOT OF CREDIT HERE BECAUSE SHE LED THE RESEARCH TEAM AND SAYING, OKAY, IF WE'VE GOT THESE SEVEN ISSUES, WHAT ARE OTHER MPOS COGS AND OTHER AGENCIES DOING ABOUT THEM? SO SHE LED THE EFFORT ALONG WITH NICHOLAS WAS INVOLVED.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF YOU USE SUGAR OR NOT, BUT BUT I WILL NAME THEM BECAUSE THEY ALL THEY ALL DID HELP OUT TO BASICALLY RESEARCH OTHER PEERS THAT WERE DOING IT.

SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP HERE ARE THOSE THAT HAVE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER IDENTIFIED THOSE AS ISSUES FOR THEMSELVES AND HAVE INCORPORATED THEM INTO THEIR PROCESSES. SO IT MAY BE EVERYTHING FROM INCORPORATING IT INTO THEIR MTP, IT MAY BE DEVELOPING A OH COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS. SO MOST MPOS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY ARE ALSO A COG.

YEAH, SO YEAH, ACTUALLY THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

STATE LAW IN FLORIDA DOESN'T HAVE A THING CALLED A COG.

SO YEAH, THEY DON'T.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF.

OH SORRY. SO, SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

YEAH. IT'S THAT WHEN WE GO TO IRELAND.

BUT THE BIG THING WITH THIS IS A COG IS ACTUALLY WHAT YOU ARE, IS YOU ARE A COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.

THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE IN BROWARD THAT THE COUNTY, THE SCHOOL BOARD, EVERYBODY SITS TOGETHER WITH ALL THE CITIES AND THE COUNCIL GOVERNMENTS ACTUALLY IN THE REST OF THE COUNTRY DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE STANDARD STUFF THAT'S IN THE STATUTE.

AND SO YOU ARE A COG, BUT BY NAME ONLY YOU ARE CALLED AN MPO BECAUSE THE STATE STATUTE.

YEAH. AND BEFORE MPOS THEY WERE CALLED COORDINATING COUNCILS.

SO EVEN BEFORE THAT, A LOT OF THEM YOU WOULD SEE A COORDINATING COUNCIL.

SO WAS OUR PRECURSOR PRIOR TO 77.

THAT'S RIGHT. SO THESE WERE THE 14 THAT MARIA AND HER TEAM WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THESE IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

SO WHAT THE TEAM WAS ABLE TO DEVELOP THEN WAS TO SAY THERE'S PLAYBOOK OPPORTUNITIES.

ESSENTIALLY THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS TO DEAL WITH THESE THESE SEVEN ISSUES.

IT CAN BE A TOOLKIT OR A FRAMEWORK.

YOU CAN INTEGRATE IT INTO YOUR CORE PRODUCT.

MAYBE IT'S A PARTNERSHIP OR COLLABORATION, A PILOT PROJECT, A CAMPAIGN EDUCATIONAL.

THESE ARE THE MAIN THINGS THAT SHE SAW COMING OUT OF THIS WITH THE TEAM WORKING WITH THE MPO STAFF TO SAY, HEY THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOU.

AND REALLY, THIS WAS WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ALL ALONG, IS WE HAD NEVER USED IT AS A PLAYBOOK, BUT WE SAID, YEAH, WE ALWAYS HAVE AN END GOAL IN SIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANTED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL, BECAUSE WE'RE NOW INTEGRATING YOU ALL INTO OUR PROCESS THAT WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DOING FOR SOME TIME BECAUSE THE NEW SERVICE LINE MTECH FITS THAT.

THE CORE PRODUCT INTEGRATION CSLIP INTEGRATES INTO THE MTP, A PILOT PROJECT.

WE'D ACTUALLY DONE ONE AS A P3 PROCESS THAT WAS DONE PRIOR, I THINK, EVEN TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

SO THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN, YEAH, SOME TIME AGO THAT HAD A TOOL KIT THAT ACTUALLY TAMARACK HAD USED ON ONE OF THEIR PROCESSES.

SO WE WERE ALREADY DOING THIS AND WE THOUGHT, MAN, THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU ALL, TO SAY, HEY, WHEN YOU GUYS COME UP WITH AN ISSUE, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE.

NOW, I'M JUST GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE I WANTED YOU TO SEE ATLANTA AT PHILADELPHIA AND THEN MARC, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WHERE I STARTED MY CAREER AT THE MID-AMERICA

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AND THEN I WAS ALSO THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT EAST WEST GATEWAY, THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS FOR ST LOUIS.

I'M GOING TO GIVE HIM A LITTLE SHOUT OUT THERE FOR IT.

SO YEAH, SO THESE ARE ALL THE ONES.

AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEN THEY HAVE A BEST PRACTICE THAT THEN LEADS TO A TOOL KIT, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AN INTEGRATION.

AND WHAT I WANT YOU TO SEE HERE IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN DO THESE THINGS.

SO ALL OF THESE ISSUES CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE WITH A MULTITUDE OF TOOLS.

SO IN THIS CASE, YOU'VE GOT THREE OF THEM IN AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

ALL THREE OF THEM HAVE ACTUALLY INCORPORATED IT.

PHILADELPHIA INCORPORATES IT IN THEIR MTP.

THEY GIVE POINTS FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE NEAR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

SO THEY BUBBLE UP IN THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

THEY LOOK AT COMMUNITY IMPACTS AS A WHOLE AND THEN GIVES A SCORE RELATED TO THAT.

THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO.

SO I JUST IN THE HOPE OF TIME, I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY.

BUT EACH ONE OF THEM, CHICAGO, BOSTON, THEY'RE ALL LOOKING AT THESE.

AND THIS IS THE EXCITING THING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS THE BROWARD MPO ABSOLUTELY IS A NATIONAL STANDARD THAT SO MANY OF THEM SEE.

BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF OUR PEERS THAT ARE DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES JUST LIKE WE ARE.

AND THEY'VE THEY'VE HAD THE TIME TO START LOOKING AT THEM.

SO WE WANT TO COLLABORATE AND GET THAT WORK DONE.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A WHOLE BUNCH OF INFORMATION RELATED TO IT.

SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, YOU'RE SEEING COLLABORATIONS, TOOLKITS, CHICAGO, PHILLY, ALL OF THESE HAVE A SERIES OF TOOLKITS THAT THEY'VE USED.

SO WE HAVE A PLAYBOOK THAT WE CAN LOOK AT.

WE CAN SEE HOW WE CAN DO THAT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WHEN YOU GUYS IDENTIFY IT AND WE DO A PURPOSE IN AID, WE ACTUALLY DID SOME OF THESE ALREADY TO GET STAFF STARTED TO SAY, HERE'S THE RESEARCH ABOUT ALL THE BEST PRACTICES THAT'S HAPPENING OUT THERE.

SO YOU GET A SENSE OF THE TOOLKITS THAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO USE.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO NOW IS I'M GOING TO OF THE SEVEN HAVE YOU PICK YOUR TOP THREE.

[Our Strategic Business Plan through Time]

THANK YOU FOR CORRECTING ME.

SEE, I GOT A HELL OF A TEAM.

THANK YOU. SO YOU'RE GOING TO RANK ALL SEVEN OF THEM.

SO THEY'RE THE NEXT BIT ON YOUR YOUR MENTAL METER, WHICH I GUESS I'LL HAVE YOU GO BACK AS THE CONTROLLER OF IT.

OH, THROUGH THAT. OKAY.

SO HARD. SO WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE THERE.

YEAH. WHEN YOU HIT YOUR LITTLE HEART, THEN I CAN SEE.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I GOT A HEART LOVER HERE, BUT I ONLY HAVE 12.

BUT THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT RIGHT.

OH, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY. BUT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO.

NO. YEAH.

YEAH. YOU'RE GOING TO RANK THEM ALL FIRST AND THEN YOU'LL SUBMIT IT.

NO, THIS IS..

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SO I HAVE TWO MORE.

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AND THEN ONCE YOU'VE RANKED THEM ALL, JUST HIT SUBMIT.

YOU STILL GOING? ALL SEVEN.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY PICKED YOUR TOP THREE OR WHATEVER, JUST HIT SUBMIT.

OKAY.

TODD, DO YOU WANT TO START WITH TRANSPORTATION SAFETY? YEAH, THEY CAN CHOOSE ANY OR ALL.

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NOBODY. NOBODY.

YEAH, NOBODY COMPLETELY SHOT IT.

[Trivia: MPO History]

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YEAH AT THE VERY END, THEY CAN CARRY IT WITH THEM IF WE LOG OUT.

MIC] SNACKS AND FOOD. ME.

[Video: Changing Broward for the Better]

[Presentation: Your Updated Strategic Business Plan]

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[Trivia: MPO Process]

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NO, I WANT TO LEAVE IT THERE. I ACTUALLY WANT TO LEAVE THIS FURTHER AWAY FROM ME SO PEOPLE DON'T SPIT ON ME ANYMORE.

WHAT THEY DO, THEY WHEN THEY COME UP, ESPECIALLY BOYD CORBIN, HE WAS SPITTING AND STUFF'S COMING OUT OF HIS MOUTH.

AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT WAS LANDING ON MY PEN.

I WAS JUST LIKE, THE FURTHER AWAY, THE BETTER.

IT'D BE HARD FOR THEM TO MOVE IT FORWARD.

THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO DO, BECAUSE I LITERALLY.

I MEAN, HIS SPIT ENDED UP ON MY PEN, IT ENDED UP ON MY MOUSE.

IT WAS GROSS. AND I'M LIKE, YEAH, I KNOW, I KNOW.

SHE'LL SEE IT HAPPEN.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.