Feb 09, 2023 MPO Board Meeting

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OKAY, WE'LL CALL THE ORDER AND THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1. Call to Order and Pledge]

THANK YOU. I'M GLAD WE GOT THROUGH THAT TUNNEL, MAYOR.

SO WE THE IT'S APPROXIMATELY 9:30.

THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AND WE HAD THE PLEDGE.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

WE'RE DOING IT.

WE WILL DO ROLL CALL INDIVIDUALLY BY MYSELF AND OUR CLERK.

SO WE'RE MARKING YOU DOWN AS BEING PRESENT FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE.

AND WE'RE READY TO PROCEED TO THE FIRST APPROVAL OF AN APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[4. Approval of Minutes - December 8, 2022]

DISCUSSION. OH [INAUDIBLE] SECOND, COULD YOU SAY YOUR NAME? SPEAKING INTO THE MIC.

COMMISSIONER WOULD YOU BRING YOUR MIC OVER TO YOU SO WE CAN MAKE SURE [INAUDIBLE].

WE GOT SPOILED. I GOT TO TELL YOU.

YEAH, WE GOT SPOILED.

AND THERE'S SO MANY, IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK.

THANK YOU.

HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? WE HAVE IT.

WE NEED. WE NEED APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES [INAUDIBLE] JAFFE AND MCGEE.

[3. Approval of Excused Absences]

HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

YES, ACTUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DAVID DECK FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TRI RAIL HE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE BOARD.

ARE WE HAD IN ORLANDO YET? DIFFERENT LINE.

THINKING BRIGHT LINE.

IS THIS. HEY, WE ARE EASILY CONFUSED.

I UNDERSTAND. I WAS JUST KIDDING.

AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD, I WANTED TO.

MY NAME IS DAVID DECK.

I JUST REALLY WANTED TO COME OUT HERE THIS MORNING AND INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR FOR YOUR LONG PARTNERSHIP AND SUPPORT OF TRI RAIL.

YOU KNOW, AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ADDITIONAL AND REPLACING ROLLING STOCK AS WE WORK TOWARDS OUR LCD SIGNS, THE MPO IS AN INTEGRAL PARTNER, ALLOWING US TO DO SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ONE OF THEM HERE LATER.

BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, I WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY WHEN I WASN'T ASKING FOR MONEY TO COME HERE AND SAY HELLO.

SO WHEN'S YOUR NEXT MEETING? [INAUDIBLE] SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MY BACKGROUND.

SO I'M JUST A LIKE A CLASS ONE FREIGHT RAILROAD PERSON.

SO I FOR 23 YEARS I WORKED FOR CSX TRANSPORTATION, STARTED AS A BRAKEMAN, CONDUCTOR, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEER, SEVERAL DIFFERENT POSITIONS, ULTIMATELY AS THE ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUTER AND PASSENGER OPERATIONS.

AND THEN I SPENT I HAD A FRIEND CALLING ME AND I SPENT FIVE YEARS IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, WORKING WITH CAPITAL METRO IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.

AND AND WE HAD SOME GREAT TIMES THERE, GREAT PROJECTS THAT WE MOVED FORWARD.

THE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL PROJECT, PROJECT CONNECT, WHICH IS A $7 BILLION FULLY FUNDED TAXPAYER, TAXPAYER VOTER SUPPORTED REFERENDUM FOR LIGHT RAIL AND BRT AND ADDITIONAL COMMUTER RAIL IN AUSTIN.

SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS.

I AM VERY PLEASED TO BE HERE.

MY WIFE KEPT REMINDING ME THAT THERE WAS NO BEACH IN AUSTIN, SO SHE, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA LOOKED REALLY GOOD TO HER.

BUT I AM VERY HAPPY TO BE HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ROME WASN'T BUILT IN A DAY.

YOU KNOW, WE DIDN'T GET IN THE CONDITION WE ARE IN TODAY.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME.

BUT WE ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE FOR OUR RIDERS AND TRYING TO FIGHT TO INCREASE OUR RIDERSHIP.

SO WE WE'VE WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO A LOT OF WORK ON THE CLEANLINESS OF OUR CARS, INTERIOR AND OUTSIDE.

THAT'S THE OUTSIDE'S A LITTLE HARDER THAN THE INTERIOR, BUT WE ARE WE'VE REDOUBLED OUR EFFORTS ON MAKING SURE THAT OUR CARS ARE CLEAN, THE RESTROOMS ARE CLEAN, WE'VE INCREASED OUR OUR FARE COLLECTOR AND SECURITY PRESENCE SO THAT WHEN YOU DO COME RIDE THE TRAIN, YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS BOUGHT A TICKET.

AND AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD ON OUR STATIONS.

SO WE YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CAMERAS IN THE STATIONS.

WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING CAMERAS IN THE PARKING LOTS PARTIALLY FUNDED BY THIS COMMISSION.

AND WE YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN.

IT'S IT'S REALLY KIND OF GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE BASICS.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T WE CAN'T BE FANCY.

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO BE FANCY, BUT WE CAN AFFORD TO BE GOOD.

AND AND THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

SO I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

BUT AGAIN, I JUST REALLY WANTED TO CALL STOP BY, INTRODUCE MYSELF AND THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY.

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I'M GOING TO GET TO IT. THANK YOU, SIR.

AND WE HAVE 20 MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT.

SO WE DO, OF COURSE, HAVE A QUORUM.

GREAT. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO OVER THE MOTION I SKIPPED.

[5. Approval of Agenda]

NO, NO APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

I KNOW, BUT I HAVE THAT RIGHT IN THAT SAME SPOT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[INAUDIBLE] WE'RE ELECTRONIC.

NAME MAYOR.

NAME. YOUR MIC'S NOT ON.

THERE YOU GO.

MIKE SNYDER. ALL RIGHT.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? OKAY. NOW I NEED A MOVE OF CONSENT NUMBER THREE TO ACTION NUMBER ONE.

NEED A MOTION.

MOTION TO APPROVE [INAUDIBLE]. NAME.

HATTAN. SECOND WELCH.

OKAY ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? WE DID IT.

NOW ON CONSENT AGENDA.

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

OKAY. YOU WANT TO DO THAT NOW? ALL RIGHT, LET'S DO IT NOW.

BOYD COBURN, COMPLETE STREETS.

SORRY ABOUT THAT. HI.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON THE COMPLETE STREET PROJECT ON NORTHEAST FOURTH AVENUE AND FORT LAUDERDALE AND WILTON DRIVE IN WILTON MANORS, WHERE I LIVE. ABOUT FIVE NIGHTS AGO, AROUND 9:00 AT NIGHT, I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND FROM SUNRISE BOULEVARD TOWARDS WILTON MANORS ON MY MOTORCYCLE. AND THIS THIS RED BMW JUST OUT OF NOWHERE, ABOUT 65 MILES AN HOUR, I GUESS, JUST PASSES ME ON THE RIGHT. IT'S A ONE LANE ROAD EACH WAY.

SO THEY'RE PASSING ME ON THE RIGHT USING THE BIKE LANE.

AND THIS ISN'T YOU KNOW, ABOUT A YEAR AGO, SOMETHING SIMILAR HAPPENED PRETTY MUCH THE SAME PLACE, ONE LANE ROAD.

BUT THEY PASSED ME ON THE LEFT, SPEEDING.

AND THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IS WHERE THEY PLANT THOSE TREES AND THEY HAVE THE MEDIANS.

SO HE REALLY HAD TO CUT OFF.

I MEAN, HE WAS LIKE TEN FEET FROM TAKING ME OUT BECAUSE HE MISJUDGED IT.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S A REAL BIG DANGER.

PEOPLE ARE STILL USING THE BIKE LANES AS PASSING LANES AT NORMAL SPEEDS.

BUT I THINK I TOLD YOU GUYS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, I ALMOST GOT TURNED INTO A HOOD ORNAMENT ON MY BICYCLE WHEN ALL THE CARS ON WILTON DRIVE RIGHT DOWNTOWN WERE STOPPED AND I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN TO TO VISIT A RESTAURANT THERE.

SO I WENT IN BETWEEN THE CARS ON THE ONE LANE, OF COURSE.

AND THEN I HEARD THIS MUFFLER SOUND AND SOMEONE GUNNING THE ENGINE JUST CLEARLY USING THE BIKE LANE TO PASS ALL THE CARS THAT WERE WAITING AT THE RED LIGHT. I MEAN, I HEARD IT.

I STOPPED. I ACTUALLY SAW A COP A FEW CARS UP AND HE PULLED THE GUY OVER, BUT INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS.

NOW, I'VE BEEN RIDING MY BIKE FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS ON WILTON DRIVE, AND IT USED TO BE PERFECT.

IT USED TO HAVE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AND THEN A THREE OR FOUR FOOT BIKE LANE.

ABSOLUTELY GREAT.

BUT NOW PEOPLE ARE RIDING BIKES A LOT LESS BECAUSE OF THE DANGERS.

AND ALSO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS ALL THESE UBER DRIVERS AND ANYONE THAT WANTS TO DROP OFF SOMEONE, THEY USE THE BIKE LANE AND THEN THERE'S WHICH TAKES UP THE WHOLE BIKE LANE AND THEN THERE'S A DRIVING LANE AND THOSE ARE YOUR ONLY CHOICES.

SO AS A BICYCLIST, YOU HAVE TO PRETTY MUCH STOP AND THEN WAIT FOR A BREAK IN TRAFFIC AND THEN GO INTO THE TRAFFIC AT A SUPER LOW SPEED. REALLY DANGEROUS.

I MEAN, IF YOU TRIED, YOU COULDN'T YOU COULDN'T MAKE A MORE DANGEROUS SITUATION.

AND ONE LAST LITTLE COMMENT ABOUT BIKE LANES.

I'M ON 26TH STREET AND THEY DID PUT IN SOME BIKE LANES, WHICH IS WHICH IS GREAT.

IT'S GOOD FOR JOGGING AND FOR BIKING, BUT HALF OF THE BIKE LANE IS BEING COVERED OVER WITH GRASS.

AND I TOLD THE CITY, BUT THEY THEY REALLY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

THEY SAID IT'S UP TO THE SCHOOL TO TRIM THE GRASS AND THAT WAS ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.

SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH ALL THESE THINGS.

OH, GOOD. WARREN'S HERE.

YEAH. NICE JOB, WARREN ON THAT VOTE FOR THE P3.

HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR PIECE OF THE BILLION DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE GETTING FOR OVERSPENDING OUR TAXPAYER MONEY FROM OUR WATER BILLS.

Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD DAY.

OKAY? YOU'RE OUT OF WATER.

BY THE WAY, THAT COMMENT SHOULD HAVE SAID THAT 30 SECONDS AGO.

WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

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YEP. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY WANT TO PULL IN THE CONSENT AGENDAS? ITEMS WENT INTO OUR ON CONSENT.

AND CAN I COMMENT ON WHAT MR. [INAUDIBLE] SAID ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS FOR EXAMPLE, MR. CHAIR? GO AHEAD. SO I THINK THAT THE COMPLETE STREET VERNACULAR NEEDS TO BE REEXAMINED.

WE SEE IT NOT JUST IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND WILTON MANORS, BUT NEW YORK CITY AND CHICAGO AND AND AND PORTLAND.

AND WE SEE WHERE THE BIKE LANES SEEM TO EXIST IN PERIL TO THE TRAVEL LANES THAT OFTEN ARE MISUSED AND ABUSED.

IF YOU GO UP 15TH AVENUE, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM FORT LAUDERDALE INTO WILTON MANORS, INVARIABLY I SEE THE BUSSES JUST SWERVING IN AND OUT OF THE BIKE LANES.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FIX IS.

I DO KNOW THAT BIKE LANES NEED TO HAVE A MORE PROTECTIVE OR INSULATING BARRIER BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE TRAVEL LANES BECAUSE IT IS DANGEROUS.

IT IS THREATENING.

NOW, MR. CORBIN SAID HE HE WAS ON HIS BICYCLE AND HE WAS DRIVING BETWEEN CARS.

WELL, THAT'S ILLEGAL.

SO TRYING TO SNAKE YOUR WAY THROUGH CARS WAS PROBABLY PUTTING HIMSELF IN DANGER.

BUT THE POINT BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY THE POINT OF OF, I THINK THE WHOLE BIKE LANE ISSUE.

AND I THINK GREG YOU'VE YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE AND YOU KNOW COMPLETE STREETS THE DESIGN OF THE COMPLETE STREETS HAS TO BE RETHOUGHT BECAUSE YOU DON'T SEE MANY, MANY PEOPLE ON BICYCLES IN SOME IN SOME MEASURE BECAUSE OF THE DANGER.

NOW, WE DID A GREAT JOB ON DIXIE HIGHWAY BY PAINTING THE BIKE LANE GREEN AND THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, STAY OUT OF YOUR LANE, STAY STAY OUT OF THE BIKE LANE AND STAY IN YOUR TRAVEL LANE.

BUT THOSE GREEN PATHWAYS ARE RARE IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND SO WHATEVER WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO TRY TO ENHANCE THE SAFETY OF BIKE TRAVELERS WE SHOULD LOOK INTO, I JUST THINK THAT THE COMPLETE STREET DESIGN HAS TO BE RECONSIDERED.

THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO BORROW SOME GREEN LANES? WE SHOULD GO OUT THERE WITH A PAINTBRUSH.

YOU AND I YOU HAVE GREEN LANES, TOO? YEAH. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY ELSE THAT NEEDS TO BE [INAUDIBLE].

HOLD ON, GREG. GO AHEAD, GREG.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. REAL FAST.

JUST TO TO RESPOND TO THAT, ESPECIALLY DEALING WITH THE COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS LIKE THIRD AND, YOU KNOW [INAUDIBLE] AND CERTAIN AREAS.

WE'VE DONE THAT, POWER LINE ROAD ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE.

WE'RE WORKING WITH FDOT TO ALLOW FOR BASICALLY SOME TYPE OF BETTER BUFFER TO BE PUT IN THAN JUST SOME CHEVRONS PAINTED ON THE GROUND.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOUR CITY ON 15TH FOR THE DESIGN WORK.

THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THAT THE OTHER DAY.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

BUT THE BIGGER THE BIGGER PICTURE IS, IS THE GREEN THE CONTINUOUS GREEN LANE ON A STATE FACILITY IS ACTUALLY NOT IN THEIR HANDBOOK.

SO ANY STATE FACILITY, WE CAN'T DO THAT.

WE'RE WORKING HARD WITH OUR OUR FOLKS UP IN TALLAHASSEE TO HAVE THAT CHANGE.

WE'VE EVEN GONE TO THE MATERIAL LAB IN GAINESVILLE TO ACTUALLY DISCUSS WITH THEM A CONTINUOUS GREEN LINE ON A STATE FACILITY ON THE COUNTY FACILITIES.

THE COUNTY HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT AT ALLOWING THE CITIES TO PAINT SOME THINGS GREEN.

SO MAYBE I KNOW YOU SAID IT IN JEST, BUT MAYBE WE ALL SHOW UP ON THIRD AND ACTUALLY PAINT THAT THAT LANE GREEN [INAUDIBLE].

WELL, JUST JUST AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO EVERYBODY IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PATHWAY BETWEEN A PARKING LOT AND THE BEACH THAT NEEDS NEEDED ENHANCEMENT ON SEBASTIAN STREET.

SO TOMORROW AT 4:00, WE'RE GOING TO DEDICATE THE PROGRESSIVE RAINBOW FLAG THAT'S BEEN PERMANENTLY INSTALLED IN FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH ON ON A STRIP OF LAND NOT OWNED BY FDOT.

SO WE WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT ON OUR OWN.

BUT THAT'S PART OF THE CITY'S PHILOSOPHY IN TRYING TO RAISE AWARENESS OF DRIVERS AS WELL AS PEDESTRIANS, AS TO THE PATHWAYS OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES, THAT THAT TOO OFTEN, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THE CARS TAKING OVER LIFE, YOU KNOW, BY SEARS TOWN, FOR EXAMPLE, GOING SOUTH ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY THEY'VE RIPPED OUT ALL THOSE TREES TO WIDEN THE ROAD.

WHO WON OUT? WHO WON THERE? THE TREES LOST OUT AND THE CARS WON, YOU KNOW, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO START BUILDING A CANOPY, A TREE CANOPY, A VEGETATION CANOPY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THAT THE THAT THE CARS THEMSELVES SHOULD NOT BE DOMINATING OUR LANDSCAPE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE YOU KNOW, MY COMMISSION IS SOMETIMES GUILTY IN APPROVING CERTAIN PROJECTS THAT PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

YOU CLOSE YOUR EARS WARREN.

BUT BUT SERIOUSLY.

GOING FORWARD, I HOPE THAT WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE EXPERIENCE IN OUR COMMUNITIES SO THAT IT'S SAFER AND

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THANK YOU. OKAY.

COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI.

I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF ATTENDING THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT AND IT WAS, AS USUAL, AWESOME.

SO BUT ONE OF THE SEVERAL OF THE TAKEAWAYS THAT I GOT, BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THAT I LOVE TO BIKE, NOT THAT YOU COULD TELL, BUT I DO.

BUT SEVERAL OF THE THINGS THAT I GOT, I WAS REALLY WORKING WITH WITH, WITH AND JUST IN REFERENCE TO WHAT YOU WERE SAYING SO AND I HOPE I DON'T I HOPE I DON'T MESS UP THE, THE FIGURES BUT SO THE GREEN.

GREAT. BUT STILL, IF A CAR IS COMING AND THEY'RE GOING TO SWERVE, THEY'RE GOING TO SWERVE AND YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT IF YOU'RE A BIKE.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THE CONCRETE BARRIERS LIKE A BLOCK OF THOSE CONCRETE BARRIERS, THE ONES THAT YOU WOULD SEE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY IS SOMETHING LIKE $60,000 FOR A BLOCK.

A BLOCK. WE'RE NOT I MEAN, LIKE A CITY BLOCK IS LIKE $60,000.

SO NOW YOUR BIKE LANE IS UNAFFORDABLE BECAUSE THINK OF A BIKE LANE FOR A BLOCK AND NOW ADD A $60,000 COST. NOW, THOSE I'M SORRY FOR NOT USING THE PROPER TERM AND I SHOULD KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SIT ON THIS COMMITTEE AND I APOLOGIZE.

THE WHITE PLASTIC THINGS, NOT THE BOLLARDS, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE THAT ARE THAT SEPARATE, LIKE THE THE PAY LANES.

THE PLUNGERS. WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL THOSE THINGS.

OKAY. SO THE CITY OF MIAMI PAYS, I BELIEVE IT'S $1,000,000 A YEAR TO REPLACE THOSE WHITE PLASTIC.

YES, I KNOW. IT'S A GOOD THING YOU'RE SITTING DOWN.

SO IF YOU WERE TO PUT THOSE IN YOUR BIKE LANE TO SAVE YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR YOUR CYCLISTS AT $1,000,000 A YEAR, NOW IMAGINE THE SMALL AMOUNT OF BIKE LANES YOU HAVE COMPARED TO WHAT YOU HAVE.

I TAKE IT BACK.

IMAGINE THE SMALL AMOUNT THAT THEY USE IN MIAMI IN IN THE PAY LANES COMPARED TO ALL THE BIKE LANES THAT YOU HAVE.

SO IF THEY'RE PAYING $1,000,000, THERE'S NO WAY MUNICIPALITIES COULD AFFORD TO REPLACE THAT.

WELL, I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF RECKLESS DRIVERS IN MIAMI-DADE, AND I THINK THAT THEY PLOW THROUGH THOSE HERE.

OH, I'M SORRY. SORRY, SORRY.

AND IF I CAN ADD ONE MORE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, BECAUSE I AM BEING GOOD.

GOOD. IN REFERENCE TO THE TREES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AS A PERSON THAT IS GREEN.

[INAUDIBLE] I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BROUGHT UP TO I BELIEVE IT WAS STAFF.

AND I KNOW THAT THIS IS THIS CAN'T BE DONE.

BUT I HAD SAID, WELL, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RIDE BICYCLES.

AND A LOT OF OUR EUROPEAN CITIES, THEY HAVE THEY WERE THEY THEY HAVE THEIR MASS TRANSIT WAS DONE BECAUSE OF WORLD WAR TWO, BECAUSE THEY HAD THEY HAD TO REBUILD.

SO THEY HAVE BETTER MASS TRANSIT THAN WE DID BECAUSE WE WERE NOT COMPLETELY ANNIHILATED AND LEVELED.

BUT WHEN WE DID LIKE 595 AND WE DID THE CENTER.

INSTEAD OF MAYBE THAT, WE COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY ADDED BIKE LANES.

AND THEN MAYBE IF WE'RE THINKING OF 75, MAYBE WE COULD ADD BIKE LANES IN THE CENTER WHERE IT'S SAFER BECAUSE THERE'S GRASS.

SO MAYBE WHEN WE'RE LOOKING IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S WHERE WE CAN ADD IN A TREE.

YES. SO IF A CAR HITS A TREE, GREAT, IT WILL STOP YOU.

BUT THEN AS A MUNICIPALITY, WE HAVE A ROOT ISSUE.

WE GOT IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

MAYOR TRANTALIS. THANK YOU.

THE THE THE REPLACING THOSE SUCTION CUPS OR PLUNGERS OR WHATEVER HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR THE COUNTY FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, MAINLY BECAUSE THEIR DRIVERS ROUTINELY JUST PLOW RIGHT THROUGH THEM.

I WOULD HOPE THAT THAT WOULD NOT BE THE CASE AS BETWEEN DRIVERS AND BICYCLISTS.

I THINK THAT WHILE THEY MAY SPEND $1,000,000 A YEAR FOR, YOU KNOW, A COUNTY FOR THREE AND A HALF MILLION PEOPLE, IF WE START LOOKING TO TO IDENTIFY CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE PARTICULARLY TROUBLESOME, I THINK THAT USING THAT THAT TECHNIQUE MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING EXPERIMENT TO SEE HOW IT WORKS.

AND BUT IT WOULD AND IT WOULD ALSO RAISE AWARENESS BY THE DRIVERS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A BARRIER THERE THAT THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO VIOLATE.

I THINK THAT THAT MIGHT BE AN INTERESTING AND ESTHETICALLY I'M NOT SO SURE IT IT IT WORKS IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT NOT LIKE THAT ROW OF PLUNGERS I SEE THEM BEING USED AT RAILROAD CROSSINGS NOW.

SO BUT BUT WE NEED SOMETHING.

WE NEED SOMETHING, WHETHER THEY BE WHETHER THEY BE A ROUGHER PAVEMENT OR WHETHER THEY YOU KNOW, SOME WE NEED SOMETHING TO HELP IDENTIFY THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TRAVEL LANE AND

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THANK YOU, CHAIR. THE ONE THING I'D LIKE TO JUST PUT OUT THERE IN REFERENCE TO THIS CONVERSATION IS THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT AND . ON YOUR COMPUTER ON THE LEFT HAND.

OKAY, WE'RE BACK. WHO DID THAT? THAT WE KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT, AND I'M SURE THE MPO HAS STUDIES OR THE STATE HAS MIC]. IT'S BACK, AND I'M GONNA KEEP MY HANDS UP SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT ME.

THAT ALL COMMUNITIES ARE DIFFERENT IN THAT WE MONITOR OR TAKE A LOOK AT STUDIES THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO THIS WITH ONE BROAD BRUSH.

BECAUSE, AGAIN, I KNOW ONE OF THE FIRST MEETINGS I THINK WE HAD HERE, Y'ALL PASSED OUT THAT BIKE LANE WHEN I FIRST CAME ON, AND LITERALLY EVERY BIKE LANE IN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL HAD AN F RATING, EITHER TOO SMALL.

IT WAS OLD, IT WAS SO NOBODY'S RIDING BIKES IN LAUDERHILL, BASED ON THE ROAD CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST PEOPLE ARE RIDING THEM, BUT NOT AT THE RATE OR SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT WE KEEP THAT WHOLE CONCEPT IN MIND.

AND IF BROWARD COUNTY IS GOING TO GO ACTIVELY AT ITS CITIZENS AND SAY, WE WANT TO INCREASE THE BIKE RIDING CAPACITY, THAT WE LOOK AT THAT DUTCH STUDY THAT THEY DID DOWN IN MIAMI THIS PAST WEEK, THEY LAID OUT A PLAN AND AGAIN, IT WAS BECAUSE THEY'D GONE THROUGH GAS PRICES GOING UP BECAUSE OF WAR AND OTHER THINGS.

THEY WERE FORCED TO KIND OF TRANSITION INTO CERTAIN THINGS.

BUT SOME AREAS IN BROWARD COUNTY ARE JUST PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO BE BIKE SAFE PATTERNS FOR RIDING.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY KEEP AN EYE GLOBALLY ON HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS PROBLEM THAT AND AGAIN, I DON'T WANT ALL MY TAX DOLLARS COUNTYWIDE GOING TO ONE CITY OR ANOTHER BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF BIKE LANES AND WE DON'T AND WE'RE NOT HAVING TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE THAT SO.

GOOD DISCUSSION, THE GREAT BALANCE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE OF THIS DISCUSSION TODAY.

THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ITEMS WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO MR. MAYOR. ALL RIGHT.

DISCUSSION. YES.

IRENE KIRDAHY, HILLSBORO BEACH.

EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT A TINY TOWN THAT IS.

AND IN RESPECT TO EVERYONE'S COMMENTS, WHICH I'M CERTAIN ARE ALSO, I KNOW IT IS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, THAT'S FOR SURE.

IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF THE AT FAULT DRIVERS AND WE ALL SEE PLENTY OF THAT.

AND ON THE SUBJECT OF YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID WE GET BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THE ONE ROAD [INAUDIBLE].

WE GET A LOT OF BIKERS.

I MENTIONED THIS TO GREG AT THE LAST MEETING.

WE GET BIKE CLUBS, YOU KNOW, THEY COME DOWN 40, WHAT HAVE YOU AT A TIME AND I HAVE BEEN AND THEY KNOW IT'S IT'S ONE LANE, IT'S ONE ROAD.

AND CURRENTLY FOR THE PAST YEAR IT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEY'RE DOING A BEAUTIFUL JOB.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING CONDITIONS ON THE SOUTH END WITH SEA RISE AND EVERYTHING EVERYONE KNOWS.

SO I WON'T BORE YOU.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE CAR LANE.

THEY CUT ACROSS, THEY CUT THROUGH, THEY GO OVER YOUR MAILBOXES.

I THINK EDUCATION FOR THE BIKE CLUBS WOULD AND I KNOW IT'S DONE, BUT SOMEHOW THAT'S PART OF IT TOO.

IT NEEDS TO BE DONE BETTER.

GO OVER PLUNGERS TOO.

THEY'LL GO OVER YOU IF YOU'RE STANDING THERE EVEN WITH THEY'RE PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS RIGHT NOW AND THE BIKE LANES AND SO ON, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S BEING BUILT.

AND I ACTUALLY HAVE SAT THERE AND WHEN YOU'RE STOPPED BECAUSE THE FLAGMAN HAS STOPPED YOU, HE'S MOVING A BIG PIECE OF EQUIPMENT AND JUST THREW EVERYBODY.

THEY DON'T CARE. NO.

THEN THAT COMES BACK TO YOU CAN'T FIX STUPID.

SO GOOD LUCK WITH THAT, GREG.

DISCUSSION. THANK YOU.

OKAY, I NEED A MOTION TO MOVE THE CONSENT AN IT'S AGENDA.

HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

NOW WE WANT TO MOVE.

WE WANT TO MOVE TO ACTION NUMBER ONE ITEM THREE.

[3. MOTION TO APPROVE Task Order No. 1 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and the City of Fort Lauderdale, Florida for Assessment of Alternatives for Enabling Commuter Rail to Cross the New River on the FEC Corridor]

MOVE TO APPROVE MOTION CONSENT ITEM ONE.

CONSENT ITEM THREE TO ACTION NUMBER ONE.

THAT WAS MOVED. THAT WAS MOVED, MR. MAYOR. SO BASICALLY, YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS ITEM.

IT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE A TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER ONE BETWEEN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA, FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF ALTERNATIVES FOR ENABLING COMMUTER RAIL TO CROSS THE NEW RIVER ON THE FEC CORRIDOR.

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ALL RIGHT IS THERE A SECOND.

[INAUDIBLE] MARTIN. ALL RIGHT, DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR, AYE.

WAIT, I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. CHAIR. SORRY. SO, MR. STEWART, WHAT IS YOUR TIMETABLE IN HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH THE THE CONCLUSION OF THIS ANALYSIS? THE ACTUALLY, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING, BUT GET YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS AND THIS WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE ATTORNEY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THIS AGREEMENT PUT IN PLACE.

THE CONSULTANT HAS ALREADY BEEN SELECTED.

AND THE ONLY THING WE'RE WAITING FOR NOW IS THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM THE CITY TO THE MPO FOR ME TO SIGN THE.

I BROUGHT MY CHECKBOOK THANK YOU. I HAVE TO WAIT.

THE REASON WHY. I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO CLEAR.

OH, NO, DON'T LISTEN TO HIM.

RIGHT. THE REASON WHY I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE AS WE AS MANY OF US KNOW, THE APPLICATION PROCESS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS AROUND THE CORNER FOR THE BIG TICKET ITEMS. AND SHOULD WE FIND A PATHWAY TO BRING THIS PROJECT FORWARD, THE TUNNEL PROJECT FORWARD, WE DO [INAUDIBLE].

I WOULD HOPE THAT WE WOULD NOT LOSE OUT ON THIS FUNDING CYCLE SO THAT WE CAN AT LEAST BRING A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TO THE TO THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND QUALIFY FOR AT LEAST ENGINEERING AND DESIGN STUDY SO THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN AVOID THE POSSIBILITY OF LOCAL FUNDING FOR THIS AND TRY TO FUND IT ENTIRELY FROM THE FEDERAL FEDERAL SOURCES.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME, MR. MAYOR AND HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AT THE MPO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE EXCITED TO HELP YOU AND AND THE COUNTY MOVE THIS THING AS FAST AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.

AND MONICA AND I ARE BOTH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AS FAST AS WE CAN TOO.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, CITY ATTORNEY, THIS IS.

WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT YET.

WHAT'S THAT? I DON'T THINK WE VOTED NO I DID NOT VOTE.

I NEED A MOTION. WE HAD A MOTION, SO WE JUST WE NEED NOW JUST TO PLEASE TURN YOUR MICS ON WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO SPEAK.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE THE MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND. WE HAD A SECOND.

DISCUSSION? OPPOSED? WE'RE ON NUMBER TWO. SO THIS IS ITEM TWO WAS ONE UNDER ACTION ITEMS.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]

NEED A MOTION. SO MOVE, MARTIN.

SECOND, COLBOURNE. ALL RIGHT, DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD. ANYBODY WITH DISCUSSION [INAUDIBLE].

SHOULD BE. GREG AT THE TRANSPORTATION WORKSHOP WE HAD A COUPLE COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

YEAH. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRYING HOW DO WE GET THE COASTAL LINK ONTO THE MTP? CAN YOU TELL ME THE PROCESS FOR THAT.

ACTUALLY, THAT. WE'VE BEEN WORKING DIRECTLY WITH THE COUNTY STAFF ON GETTING IT MDOT STAFF TO GET IT INTO THE MTP.

THERE'S A COUPLE MORE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ON THE DOT STUDY SIDE.

YOU KNOW, WHEN WE ALL WENT FORWARD WITH WHAT WE CALLED THE SELECT THE ALTERNATIVE, THAT ACTUALLY WASN'T THE OFFICIAL ACTION THAT WAS NECESSARY AT THAT TIME.

THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO US TO DO THAT ONE MORE TIME AND YEAH. SO WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THAT TO HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DOCUMENTATION TO BE DONE.

AND LITERALLY WE'RE ALL ABOUT THAT.

BUT WE WILL MAKE THAT HAPPEN AS SOON AS WE GET WHAT WE NEED FROM THE STUDY SIDE OF IT SO .

BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT IN THERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, JUST LIKE MAYOR TRANTALIS WAS TALKING ABOUT.

WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THOSE CYCLES.

AND DEFINITELY NOT I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SUCH GREAT OPPORTUNITY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RAIL RIGHT NOW.

YOU KNOW, THERE REALLY ACTUALLY IS.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT HEARING NONE WE NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM ONE.

SO MOVED DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? AYES DO HAVE IT.

ITEM TWO, SIR. ITEM TWO IS MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 2027 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, THE TIP.

[2. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendment to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023-2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): FM# 450791-1: LCD Visual Monitors at Tri-Rail Stations]

I NEED A MOTION. MOTION GANZ.

THE SECOND? COOPER SECOND.

DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE ALL IN FAVOR AYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT.

AND ITEM ITEM THREE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REVISED BROWARD MPO STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE.

[3. MOTION TO APPROVE the Revised Broward MPO Strategic Business Plan Update]

NEED A MOTION. DO WE WANT A YEAH I WANT THE MOTION FIRST THEN I'LL GO TO [INAUDIBLE].

MOVE IT WELCH.

SECOND CAPUTO. OKAY, PRESENTATION.

ALL RIGHT. EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT. NOW AND I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

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NOW I KNOW AND YOU ALL KNOW MY REPUTATION.

I'M A PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD GUY.

I DON'T SLING THE BS THAT MUCH.

BUT I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT TO THIS PLAN.

BECAUSE THE MTP. RIGHT.

YOU'RE GETTING INPUT FROM YOUR YOUR STAKEHOLDERS, YOUR PARTNERS, ALL OF THOSE ITEMS THAT YOU DO, THE TIP, THE MTP, ALL OF THEM HAVE A FLAVOR OF THE REGION AND ALL OF YOUR STAKEHOLDERS. THIS DOCUMENT REFLECTS YOU.

AND I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH WITH MANY OF YOU TO INTERVIEW YOU.

THOSE THAT WERE AT THE FORUM.

YOU GOT A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH OF HOW DO WE DEAL WITH ISSUES AND CHALLENGES, HOW DO WE ASSESS THEM, HOW DO WE MOVE THEM FORWARD.

SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS AND I WANT YOU TO BE EXCITED ABOUT IT TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY YOUR DOCUMENT.

THIS IS WHO YOU ARE.

SO WHAT HAS CHANGED ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD DONE? SO YOUR LAST STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN WAS ADOPTED, I THINK A MONTH RIGHT BEFORE COVID HIT.

IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, GREG, IT WAS EITHER A MONTH OR IT WAS THE MEETING BEFORE OR MAYBE THE MEETING OF IT WAS MARCH, I THINK RIGHT BEFORE.

RIGHT, OKAY, RIGHT BEFORE.

SO ESSENTIALLY, WE HAD THIS DOCUMENT, YOU ALL HAD THIS DOCUMENT AND COVID HIT.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, NOT ONLY WERE WE IN A TIME WARP CONTINUUM BECAUSE OF IT, BUT IT CREATED A LOT OF CHALLENGES TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLAN.

BECAUSE IF YOU RECALL FROM YOUR YOUR PREVIOUS CHAIR, DICK BLATTNER, WE'RE HERE TO DO THINGS, NOT JUST TO PLAN THINGS.

AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO TELL YOU, IS THAT THIS PLAN SETS THE FRAMEWORK THAT YOUR ROADMAP FOR WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO AS AN AGENCY.

SO THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE THEN TO FRESHEN IT UP FROM THE COVID EXPERIENCE.

SO THERE'S AREAS WHERE WE'VE UPDATED IT, BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME NEW ITEMS, NEW GOALS, THERE'S A NEW EMPHASIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW TRANSPORTATION BILL AND WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT EMERGING ISSUES.

I WAS VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO AGAIN MEET WITH ALL OF YOU AND LISTEN TO WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND TIE THEM TO THE ACTIONS OF THE MPO.

AND THEN I'M VERY PROUD OF THIS.

GREG IS GOING TO SMILE BECAUSE IT COMMITS HIM TO SOMETHING WHICH IS REALLY FUN TO DO.

WHEN YOU'RE A CONSULTANT THAT YOU GET TO COMMIT YOUR CLIENT TO TO ACTION.

HE AND I WORKED TOGETHER ON A CALL TO ACTION.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS PLAN IS WHO YOU ARE? HOW IS HE GOING TO GET IT DONE? SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF OF WHAT WE'VE UPDATED .

WITH THE VALUES. YOU'VE ALWAYS HAD THREE VALUES.

YOU OBVIOUSLY HAVE YOUR MISSION AND YOUR VISION.

WE UPDATED IT SO NOW IT INCLUDES BUZZWORDS.

SO THE IDEA THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS IN AN ELEVATOR AND YOU'RE YOU'RE ASKED, WHAT DOES THE MPO DO? YOU HAVE REAL ESTATE AGENTS THAT ACTUALLY KNOW WHO THE MPO ARE AT THIS POINT.

SO NOW YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THOSE VALUES OF COMMITMENT, COLLABORATION AND CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT.

SO WE'VE WRITTEN THOSE IN A WAY THAT YOU CAN VERY EASILY SELL THIS TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO THEY UNDERSTAND THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS THE MPO.

WITH THE GOALS WE'VE ADDED A FEW NEW GOALS, SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS ACHIEVING YOUR MISSION, WHICH IS DELIVERING PLANS, RIGHT? AND YOU CAN GO LOOK, LOOK RIGHT UP THERE AS TO WHAT YOUR MISSION IS.

BUT THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES, THE DECISION MAKING, AND THEN WHAT GREG DOES WITH THE EFFECTIVE, EFFECTIVE ADMINISTRATION.

SO WE'VE NOW COLLABORATED WITH ALL OF YOU AND WITH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO SAY, OKAY, WHAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU MAKE BETTER DECISIONS IS LET'S REPORT BACK AS TO WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF PREVIOUS DECISIONS, WHAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE OF THAT, THE DOLLARS THAT YOU'RE INVESTING, HAS IT CHANGED MODE CHOICE? HAS IT CHANGED HOW PEOPLE INTERACT? HAS IT CHANGED HOW PEOPLE TRAVEL AS WELL AS THEN BEING ABLE TO MONITOR WHO'S DELIVERING THOSE PROJECTS AND DELIVERING THEM WELL? AND CAN WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION THAN WITH EACH OTHER? SO ALMOST CREATING.

AND AS A MAYOR NOW, NOW I MAYOR YES.

OKAY, GOOD. I WANT TO GET THAT RIGHT.

HAD HAD THE IDEA OF AN ACADEMY LIKE HOW DO WE TRAIN? HOW DO WE TRANSFER INFORMATION TOGETHER? SO THAT CAME OUT.

I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A CREDIT FOR THAT BECAUSE I DON'T NEED TO OWN IT, BUT THANK YOU FOR GIVING CREDIT.

WELL, I WAS GOING TO CALL THE SCHOOL, THE ACADEMY JOY COOPER ACADEMY FOR MPO TRAINING.

OKAY. WELL, ALL RIGHT. SO I GUESS THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE A LITTLE BIT.

BUT NO, IT WAS REALLY WONDERFUL BECAUSE IN THE ENGAGEMENT FORUM, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.

WELL, THANK YOU, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MONITOR HOW IS IT DELIVERED, BUT TRANSFER THAT KNOWLEDGE TO YOUR OTHER MEMBERSHIP SO YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD AND GET THOSE REALLY THOSE THINGS THAT YOU'VE LEARNED AND THAT YOU'VE DONE IN YOUR CITIES.

IT GETS TRANSFERRED TO OTHER FOLKS.

AND THEN ON THE ADMINISTRATION SIDE, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSION PLAN, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GREG AND I TALKED ABOUT IS YOU HAVE A LOT OF YOUR SENIOR STAFF THAT WILL BE GOING INTO DROP AND WILL NOT BE HERE SOON.

SO AND WHEN I SAY SOON AGAIN, THE TIME SPACE CONTINUUM OF COVID, IT'S A FEW YEARS, BUT WE'VE GOT TO PLAN FOR IT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY SENIOR? [LAUGHTER] FAIR ENOUGH.

OH, MAYOR.

YES, WELL, YOU NEED THAT MIRROR IN THE ATTIC GREG.

ALL RIGHT, SO THAT'S DORIAN GRAY.

BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

THIS PLAN INCLUDED THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NEW LEGISLATION WHICH IS GOING TO BRING A LOT OF FEDERAL DOLLARS HERE.

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YOU'VE HEARD GREG TALK ABOUT IT.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE ELIGIBLE, INCLUDING THE $5 MILLION THAT YOU JUST GOT FOR SAFE STREETS, A LOT OF OTHER WORK THAT'S COMING ALONG.

SO WE INCLUDED THOSE EMPHASIS AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MPO WAS ALIGNED WITH THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAM PROJECT DELIVERIES.

WE'RE ALSO VERY EXCITED TO INCORPORATE A NEW EMERGING ISSUES BECAUSE THESE THINGS COME UP ALL THE TIME.

NEW RIVER CROSSING, SAFETY, ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.

HOW DO WE HAVE A QUICK RESPONSE TO EACH ONE OF THOSE? SO WE'VE NOW INCLUDED A PROCESS AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID DURING THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM IS DOING A PROCESS OF WHEN SOMETHING COMES UP, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT THIS AGENCY, THAT ITS STAFF IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD IN ADDRESSING THOSE AND GETTING BACK TO YOU? SO WE HAVE A NICE FLOW CHART OF ONCE THEY GET IDENTIFIED, THERE'S AN ANALYSIS.

IT'S REPORTED BACK TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

IF THEY SAY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, THEY GIVE YOU PURPOSE AND NEEDS GOALS, REAL DIRECTION ABOUT WHAT THE IMPACT OF INCORPORATING THESE ITEMS INTO YOUR YOUR PROCESS WILL DO.

AND THEN YOU IDENTIFIED SEVEN OF THEM FOR US TO CONSIDER OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

NOW THE CALL TO ACTION.

SO IF THIS REPRESENTS WHO YOU ARE, WHAT IS GREG AND STAFF GOING TO DO? AND SO HE HAS LAID OUT AND WORKED THROUGH SIX THINGS THAT HE SEES AS HIS ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR, A SKILLS ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT, AN ACTION PLAN THAT NOW DRAWS YOUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS TO STAFF AND WHAT THEY DO ALONG WITH UPDATED JOB DESCRIPTIONS.

SO THEY'RE CLEAR ABOUT HOW DOES MY JOB IMPACT THIS AGENCY AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO WHAT YOU'VE ASKED US TO DO AS A BOARD, A HIRING PROGRAM.

SO WE CONTINUE TO BUILD THAT SKILL BASIS AND THEN DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.

HOW DO WE DEVELOP THAT STAFF? HOW DO WE MAKE THEM REALLY GOOD AT WHAT THEY DO AND THE CONTINUAL IMPROVEMENT, JUST LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO DO KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER WITH YOU ALL AND THEN PERFORMANCE MONITORING, HOW ARE WE MAKING SURE WE'RE GETTING IT DONE? SO ALL OF THOSE PIECES HAVE BEEN UPDATED NOW IN ONE DOCUMENT, IT'S STILL SHORT.

I THINK IT'S 15 PAGES, SO THAT WAY IT'S EASILY DIGESTIBLE TO REPRESENT WHO YOU ARE.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OR I'LL GIVE YOU ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

OKAY, GO AHEAD, MR. MAYOR. MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I DID I DID ATTEND THE WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD IN JANUARY, AND IT WAS IT WAS VERY INTERESTING.

IT WAS VERY GOOD.

I LIKE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS USED TO SURVEY US AND SO FORTH.

I WISHED WE HAD MORE PARTICIPATION.

SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE MORE INPUT FROM FROM EVERYONE ELSE.

PREVIOUS YEARS THERE WAS MORE PARTICIPATION, SO IT'S PROBABLY A AFTER COVID THING.

SO I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE PARTICIPATION, BUT GREAT PRESENTATION.

IT WAS OUR FIRST IN-PERSON ONE IN THREE YEARS SO YEAH.

FURTHER DISCUSSION? BUT I KNOW AS A MEMBER OF THE BOARD FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS A NEW MEMBER, EVEN AS AN OLD MEMBER, IT'S VERY DAUNTING.

SO THAT THAT WAS THE GENESIS.

LIKE HOW CAN WE CONDENSE OUR MEETINGS? HOW CAN WE LOOK AT A FORMULA AND MAKE IT WORTHWHILE TO NOT JUST US BUT OUR COLLEAGUES WHEN WE GO BACK AND AND HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE THEM TO PARTICIPATE SO THEY'RE NOT LOOKING LIKE DEER IN HEADLIGHTS WHEN WE START BRINGING UP PROJECTS OR BRING UP, YOU KNOW, HOW CRITICAL SOMETHING IS TO OUR CITIES UNITEDLY.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU FOR THAT CREDIT.

I WAS ONLY JOKING BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING [INAUDIBLE].

ALL IN FAVOR, AYE, AYE.

WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

ALL IN FAVOR AYE.

OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.

ITEM FOUR SIR.

[4. MOTION TO ENDORSE the Transportation Resiliency Framework]

NEED A MOTION.

APPROVE COLBOURNE.

SECOND. SECOND ALL RIGHT, DISCUSSION.

WOULD YOU LIKE A PRESENTATION, SIR? GO AHEAD, SIR. GOOD MORNING, LEVI STEWART FIGUEROA, BROWARD, MPO.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED IN HEALTH FOR YOU GUYS AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TO USE IT AS THE PROTOTYPE ON ONE OF THE CORRIDORS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2045 MTP. SO WE'LL GO OVER THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT, THE STUDY PROCESS, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE DEVELOPED AND THEN TALK ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN APPLICATION.

SO THE PURPOSE WAS TO DEVELOP A FRAMEWORK THAT REALLY SUPPORTED THE INCORPORATION OF PROJECT PLANNING, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TO INCLUDE RESILIENCY AND TO ENHANCE AND FURTHER INCORPORATE TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCY INTO OUR 2050 MTP.

IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, THAT'S KIND OF A BREAKDOWN OF THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, BUT IT BUILDS ON PREVIOUS RESILIENCY FRAMEWORK DONE HERE AT THE MPO.

IN 2015, WE DID A RESILIENCY ANALYSIS WITH PALM BEACH, MIAMI-DADE, AND MONROE COUNTY, IN 2016, WE TOOK THAT ANALYSIS AND FOCUSED ON BROWARD AND

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SO WE WANTED TO FIND A WAY THAT WE COULD REALLY FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT WE DON'T JUST LOOK AT THE CORRIDOR AND THE PROBLEM, THAT WE LOOK IN A HOLISTIC MANNER AT WHAT THAT MEANS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE COMMUNITIES AND TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

WE DID THIS IN WORKING WITH THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE PROJECT THAT INCLUDED THE THREE CITIES FORT LAUDERDALE, HALLANDALE BEACH AND HOLLYWOOD.

WE ALSO INCLUDED THE COUNTY FDOT, FAU, SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND A FEW OTHER PARTICIPANTS TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD A HOLISTIC GROUP OF FOLKS UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE WERE DOING AND HELPING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE APPLYING THIS IN THE CORRECT MANNER.

SO BACK TO THE 2015 AND 2016 ANALYSIS FROM THAT, WE GOT EIGHT CORRIDORS INTO THE 2045 MTP AND THIS FRAMEWORK IS GOING TO HELP US LOOK AT THOSE IN A CONSISTENT MANNER AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS.

THAT MAKES THE BIGGEST IMPACT AND HELPS THE LARGEST GROUP OF FOLKS THAT WE CAN.

THEY'RE IN NO ORDER UP HERE.

BUT THERE WERE THREE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, THREE IN HOLLYWOOD, AND TWO IN HALLANDALE BEACH.

THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE FRAMEWORK IT'S A NINE STEP PROCESS SO WE'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE STEPS.

THE PACKET THAT YOU HAVE HAS A MUCH MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION.

SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE COULD.

THERE'S ALSO A LINK TO THE STUDY AND THE AGENDA PACKAGE THAT YOU RECEIVED.

SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT, LET ME KNOW.

BUT STEP ONE WAS IDENTIFYING THE STRESSOR, PRECIPITATION, STORM SURGE, TEMPERATURE AND SEA LEVEL RISE ARE ALL KIND OF SELF EXPLANATORY.

BUT AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH THIS, WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S ANOTHER ISSUE WHICH WE CALL PROGRAMMATIC, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE DATA.

WHO HAS THE DATA? HOW GOOD IS THE DATA? SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES MAY NOT HAVE THE STAFF TO REALLY HELP GET A PROJECT THROUGH.

SO IDENTIFYING PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES EARLY ON CAN REALLY HELP MAKE THE PROJECT SUCCESSFUL IN THE END.

THE FIRST FOUR WE KIND OF LOOK AT EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS, PROGRAMMATIC IS REALLY RELATED TO STEP EIGHT, BUT WE DO KEEP THAT IN MIND THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.

STEP TWO IS IDENTIFYING THE CLIMATE RISK OR THE WEATHER RISK.

SO WE KNOW THAT STORM SURGE IS THE PROBLEM.

BUT IF THAT FLOODING, IS IT ERODING THE ROADWAY OR IS IT OVERTOPPING AND WASHING THE ROADWAY OUT? THEN WE ESTABLISH THE IMPACT.

IS IT TEMPORARY OR IS IT A LONG TERM IMPACT? AND THIS IS WHERE WE TAKE THE FIRST STEP AND LOOKING MORE HOLISTICALLY.

WE ALSO WANT TO LOOK AT THE COMMUNITY THAT SURROUNDS THE CORRIDOR.

ARE THERE ANYONE THAT ARE ANY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE NO CAR NEIGHBORHOODS? AND IF THERE'S FLOODING AND THEY HAVE TO WALK FOUR BLOCKS TO A BUS ROUTE, IS THAT PREVENTING THEM FROM GETTING TO THE DOCTOR OR GETTING THEM TO WORK? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT THE AREA AS WELL AS THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE? AND WE WANT TO IDENTIFY THE STAKEHOLDERS THAT WE NEED TO ENGAGE.

THAT FORTH LOOKING AT PROXY INDICATORS, WE CAN LOOK AT A MAP, WE CAN LOOK AT GIS, WE CAN LOOK AT MODELS.

BUT WE REALLY WANT TO UNDERSTAND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE RESIDENTS, THE CITIES, WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THE GROUND, BECAUSE JUST BECAUSE IT SAYS IT'S GOING TO FLOOD BECAUSE OF THE LOW AREA DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S NECESSARILY GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TALKING AND UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING ON A REAL LIFE SCENARIO.

WE IDENTIFY THE PHYSICAL RISKS OR PHYSICAL ASSETS AT RISK.

YOUR BRIDGES, YOUR CULVERTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND THEN WE DO A ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT FLOODING, THERE'S THE SEAWALL.

SO YOU'RE TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHERE THE FLOODING IS COMING FROM.

MAYBE THERE'S A BROKEN PIPE OR DRAINPIPE FROM A CITY THAT'S CAUSING THE FLOODING.

BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO GO IN AND RAISE THE ROAD IF THERE'S A BROKEN DRAINPIPE OR DO YOU FIX THE DRAIN PIPE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE RIGHT ISSUES SO WE THE ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS.

AND THEN WE GO TO OUR TOOLBOX AS PART OF THIS.

WE IDENTIFIED A STARTING TOOLBOX.

WE CAN ALWAYS ADD TO IT AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROJECT.

WHEN WE GO TO OUR TOOLBOX AND WE COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS FOR THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

SO IN THE TOOLBOX, WE ALSO LOOK AT AN INVESTMENT TIER.

SO HOW MUCH IS IT GOING TO COST? IS IT LOW COST, MEDIUM COST, HIGH COST? IMPLEMENTATION HORIZON.

IS IT SOMETHING WE COULD DO QUICKLY.

IS IT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE LONGER TO DO.

AND IS IT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE INDIVIDUALLY OR AS PART OF A PROGRAM? THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THAT WILL MAKE A SMALL IMPACT, BUT IF YOU DO A SERIES OF INVESTMENT OF THE SAME TYPE OF TOOL, THEN YOU CAN GET A BIGGER IMPACT.

SO HOW HOW DOES IT ALL FIT IN TOGETHER? AND THEN WE HAVE YOU LOOK AT ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS.

THIS IS WHERE WE REALLY LOOK AT THE SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, LAND USE, ZONING.

CAN THOSE BE CHANGED OR BETTER IMPACT THE PERFORMANCE OF WHATEVER WE'RE IMPLEMENTING? AND WE DO A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

THE FINAL STEP IN THE FRAMEWORK IS WE WANT TO IDENTIFY PROGRAM READY PROJECTS.

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WE KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE GOOD COST ESTIMATES.

WE KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO COST.

WE HAVE COORDINATION FOR ALL THE PARTNERS, THE OWNER OF THE ROAD, THE CITY, THE MUNICIPALITY, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYBODY IS ON BOARD.

AND THEN WE GET A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT REALLY HELPS THIS PROJECT GO FROM PLANNING TO DESIGN CONSTRUCTION AND GET IT BUILT.

AND THEN I WANTED TO POINT IT OUT IS WE DO HAVE FEEDBACK LOOPS THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INCLUDING EVERYONE AND WE'RE ADDRESSING ANY ISSUES THAT ARE IDENTIFIED ALONG THE PROCESS.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO GET TO THE END AND JUST KIND OF BE STUCK WITH WHAT WE HAD.

SO WE HAVE FEEDBACK LOOPS BUILT IN.

AND WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU IS TO APPROVE THIS TO WHERE WE CAN DO A PROTOTYPE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE EIGHT CORRIDORS IN OUR 2045 MTP.

WE'LL HAVE A PLANNING AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN STUDY BY USING THE NINE STEP METHODOLOGY.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GOING TO USE LESSONS LEARNED AS PART OF 2050 MTP TO STRENGTHEN OUR RESILIENCY EFFORTS IN THE 2050 MTP.

SO I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

GOOD PRESENTATION, DISCUSSION? MAYOR TRANTALIS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TODAY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY THAT ARE ONGOING ANYWAY? I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FORT LAUDERDALE, I KNOW HOLLYWOOD, I KNOW HALLANDALE BEACH THESE PLANNING SESSIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME. WHERE DO YOU FIT INTO THIS? I MEAN, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS HAVE BEEN MEETING, CONSULTANTS HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN HIRED, STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE, RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

THE CITY HAS ACTED ON A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY.

I KNOW IN PARTICULAR OUR VICE MAYOR.

BY THE WAY, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR VICE MAYOR, WARREN STURMAN, WHO'S NOW A NEW MEMBER OF OUR BOARD.

SO, WARREN, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

WELCOME. IN PARTICULAR, THE AREA THAT HE REPRESENTS IS VERY LOW LYING.

WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF THESE ENGAGEMENTS OVER THE YEARS THAT EVEN PREDATE ME AND IN 2050 I DON'T PLAN TO BE HERE.

MAYBE CHRIS CAPUTO WILL BE HERE.

BUT BUT THE POINT IS THAT WHERE DOES THIS FIT IN? HOW DO WE COLLABORATE? HOW DO WE SYNTHESIZE THESE EFFORTS THAT THIS THAT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVE ALREADY INITIATED FROM YEARS AGO? FIGUEROA.

I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON THAT REALLY QUICK.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE IS IT'S REALLY WONDERFUL THAT THE LOCAL CITIZENRY HAVE GOTTEN TOGETHER, EVEN THROUGH THE CLIMATE CHANGE COMPACT. THERE HAS BEEN EFFORTS THAT SAID, WHEN IT COMES TO THE THE ACTUAL DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TRANSPORTATION, THAT IS THIS BOARD'S ROLE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SEVERAL YEARS WHERE WE WEREN'T EVEN ALLOWED TO SAY CLIMATE CHANGE NOR SEA LEVEL RISE.

THAT'S THAT HAS CHANGED.

AND EVEN IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE BILL THAT IS.

BUT I'M GOING TO TAKE AWAY YOUR GAS STOVE.

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW. I'LL WAIT.

BUT YOU'RE SAYING THIS IS THIS IS IN ORDER TO ENGAGE THE FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESS, CORRECT.

NOT JUST RELY ON LOCAL OR COUNTY FUNDING FOR THIS.

OKAY. COMMISSIONER FURR.

THANK YOU. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU FOR GETTING THIS IN HERE, BECAUSE I KNOW IT WAS ONLY THREE YEARS AGO THE MATRIX FOR THE FOR EFFORT DIDN'T HAVE DIDN'T HAVE RESILIENCY. AND I THINK THIS IS THE THE AFTER PART OF THAT BECAUSE WITH WITH REGARD TO [INAUDIBLE] THEY HAD DONE ALL THE WORK ON [INAUDIBLE] WITHOUT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE RESILIENCY ASPECT OF IT AND CONSEQUENTLY THERE WAS ALL KIND OF FLOODING.

SO THIS IS THIS WAS PART OF THAT.

AND THE OTHER PART OF IT WITH REGARD TO SURTAX, SURTAX HAS A BUILT INTO IT HAS RESILIENCY.

SO WHEN WHEN ANY CITIES ARE DOING PROPOSALS, THIS IS GOING TO HELP THEM AND SOME OF THAT FUNDING FOR IT.

SO IT'S THE ONE THING I DID HAVE AN INTERESTING ON.

YOU'RE DOING HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD STUDY AND I'M SURE YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT YOU KNOW HOW IT'S ABOUT TO BE EXTENDED FROM OR TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE CIRCLE.

IS IT GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THAT PART? ARE YOU GOING TO INCLUDE THAT? [INAUDIBLE] IN OTHER WORDS, MAKE SURE THAT THE ALL OF HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD FUTURE PART IS INCLUDED IN THAT STUDY.

YEAH. SO WE'RE GOING TO PARTNER WITH THE CITY.

WE ARE AWARE OF THAT PROJECT.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, SO WE ARE GOING TO INCLUDE AS MUCH AS WE CAN TO OUR PROJECT WITH THAT.

THANK YOU. GO WEST TO PINES BOULEVARD.

YES, SIR. NOT YET.

YES. AND I WOULD JUST SAY AGAIN, AS A CITY IN INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE COASTLINE, THAT OBVIOUSLY WE BECOME AFFECTED AS THINGS BACK UP ON THE BEACH.

SO I'M NOT SURE THE RESILIENCY PLAN SPEAKS TO CITIES IN INLAND AS TO WHERE YOU ARE RIGHT NOW IN THE STUDY.

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AND WE'RE ALSO AFFECTED, AS WE WERE WITH THAT MAJOR STORM A YEAR OR SO AGO.

SO THE CORRIDORS ARE ALL OVER THE COUNTY AND LAND AS WELL.

THESE WERE THE TOP EIGHT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT INITIALLY, BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROBLEM IS COUNTY WIDE.

SO IT'S NOT JUST GOING TO BE LIMITED TO THE COAST.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YES.

THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE] FROM HOLLYWOOD.

AND LEVI, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.

I THOUGHT THE PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT.

TO THE TO YOUR POINT, COMMISSIONER, I THINK ALL OF US CAN LOOK AT THIS MAP AND EXTEND IN ANY GIVEN DIRECTION.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

SO I THINK THAT THE CRITERIA THAT YOU'RE SETTING FORTH AND THE PROCESS ARE ARE EXCELLENT.

AND AS A CITY UNDER WATER SOON, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY DISTRICT BY THE OCEAN, WE VERY MUCH LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR YOUR WORK AND YOUR CONTINUING EFFORTS ON THIS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. MAYOR COOPER.

I CONCUR WITH THOSE COMMENTS AS WELL.

AS A MATTER OF FACT, I KNOW OUR STAFF'S MEETING WITH SOME OF THE DRAINAGE AS WELL.

AND I JUST HAVE A CURIOSITY QUESTION ABOUT FUNDING.

IS THERE MATCHING DOLLARS REQUIRED FOR A LOT OF THESE GRANTS FOR TRANSPORTATION AS WELL? UM, 20% IS USUALLY WHAT YOU NEED.

I ASKED THAT QUESTION SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE AS A FORMER CHAIR OF THE U.S.

WATER COUNCIL, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR 18 YEARS.

FINALLY, IT'S ON THE RADAR, SO WE DO HAVE TO START SOMEWHERE.

BUT I'VE STARTED THE DIALOG AND JUST SHARE WITH MY COLLEAGUES.

YOU KNOW, WATER'S THREE PRONGED.

IT'S STORM WATER, WASTE WATER AND FRESH WATER.

OUR STORM WE'RE STARTING DIALOGS NOW OF EDUCATING OUR RESIDENTS ABOUT THE STORM WATER FEE .

FOR EXAMPLE, THIS THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

IF IT BREAKS, IF YOU'RE NOT FUNDING LOCAL DOLLARS FOR STORM WATER, YOU'RE YOU'RE GOING TO GET REALLY HARD PRESSED TO EVEN BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS. SO IT WAS JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT.

THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

AND I KEEP SAYING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE CIRCLE OF WATER, NOT JUST TWO COMPONENTS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

I WAS JUST WONDERING, YOU KNOW, CITIES OF MIRAMAR, PEMBROKE PINES, INLAND OR WEST, HOW MUCH OF THIS, SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED ABOUT OR WHAT PRIORITY AND YOU SAY YOU LOOK THE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY IS YOUR RATING LIKE IT'S THERE LIKE A LIST OF CLEARLY THE ONES ON THE COAST ARE NUMBER ONE AND THE CITY'S IDENTIFIED.

SOUNDS SOUNDS LIKE THE RIGHT CITIES BUT HOW MUCH PRIORITY SHOULD OUR CITIES HOW MUCH ATTENTION SHOULD WE BE BE PUTTING INTO TO THIS TYPE OF CLIMATE CHANGE? SO OUR VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT IS ONLINE.

YOU CAN LOOK AT THE RANKING THAT WE CAME UP WITH.

THE COUNTY IS ALSO WORKING ON A DIFFERENT APPROACH THAT LOOKS AT A MORE HOLISTIC APPROACH OR VIEW OF THE COUNTY AND THE VULNERABILITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY.

THEY INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT THEY'RE NOT FOCUSED ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

I THINK THAT NEXT YEAR THAT REPORT SHOULD BE OUT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING YOUR VULNERABILITY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR CITY IN GENERAL.

SO IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR VULNERABILITIES NOW, YOU CAN GET AHEAD OF IT VERSUS WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO FLOOD AND THEN BEING REACTIVE.

SO I DO SUGGEST THAT EVERYBODY THE SOFTWARE IS OUT THERE THERE'S FREE PROGRAMS TO REALLY GET A HIGH LEVEL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

WE CAN HELP YOU FIND THOSE SOFTWARES, FIND THOSE WEBSITES, UNDERSTAND.

EACH CITY ITS OWN ABILITY.

IF YOU REACH OUT TO US, WE HAVE YOU KNOW, WE CAN HELP YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN WITH HELPING YOU TO FIND WHAT YOU NEED TO FIND AND UNDERSTAND KIND OF A BASE LEVEL.

BUT YEAH, I SAY THE MORE YOU KNOW, THE BETTER, RIGHT? SO LET'S, LET'S TRY TO GET EVERYONE EDUCATED.

AND THEN WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE COMING THROUGH THEY'RE HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS, YOUR RESIDENTS ALREADY ARE AWARE OF THE VULNERABILITY.

YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO EDUCATE THEM ON THE VULNERABILITIES AND THE SOLUTION YOU'RE COMING THROUGH WITH THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM THAT THEY SEE HAPPENING.

YES, THANK YOU. AND IT WAS A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU CORRECTLY.

AND BACKING UP, YOU SAID NEXT YEAR THE FOCUS WOULD BE TOWARDS INFRASTRUCTURE.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE? BECAUSE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THE EIGHT CORRIDORS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CRACKS OR OPPORTUNITIES TO GET THEM EITHER FIXED OR REPLACED. IS THAT CORRECT? OR DID I MISS HEAR YOU? NO I THINK WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING AND HOW THAT FITS INTO THIS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT. BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'RE ONLY FOCUSING ON WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THOSE EIGHT CORRIDORS AND THEIR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

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SO HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.

OKAY. AND WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THIS AS A PROTOTYPE.

SO WE WOULD WORK WITH HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD OR HOLLYWOOD AND UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

BUT AS THIS PROGRESSES AND AS WE GO FORWARD, WE'LL APPLY IT TO A MULTITUDE OF OUR RESILIENCY PROJECTS.

SO WHATEVER CITY THAT WE'RE IN, IF THIS WORKS THE WAY THAT WE THINK THAT IT WILL AND IT'S SUCCESSFUL, THEN WE'LL APPLY IT TO OTHER RESILIENCY PROJECTS IN ALL OF THE 30 SOME MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN BROWARD.

PERFECT. THANK YOU.

YEAH, JUST REAL QUICK. YOU GLOSSED OVER REAL QUICK.

BUT JUST SO ALL THE MEMBERS KNOW, THE COUNTY IS DOING A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTY, ALL CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE, ALL ROADS, MULTIMILLION DOLLAR FOR ALL OF US SO THAT EVERY CITY AND WE'RE ACTUALLY.

SOLICITING INPUT FROM EVERY CITY.

WHATEVER YOU CAN BRING IN ON THIS.

AND BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHERE OUR WHERE OUR STRENGTHS AND OUR WEAKNESSES ARE WITH REGARD TO CLIMATE CHANGE, SEA LEVEL RISE, GROUNDWATER LEVEL RISE, ALL THOSE THINGS.

SO THAT WILL GO HAND IN HAND WITH THIS.

AND JUST REMEMBER THOSE CITIES THAT ARE NOT ALONG THE BEACH.

WE HAVE OUR FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL.

MAJOR STORM WE HAD, FIRST THEY SAID WE DIDN'T HAVE MANDATORY FLOOD INSURANCE.

NOW WE DO. AND THEY WENT FROM REDOING C 9 AND C 11 TO REMOVE THAT WATER OUT TO THE EVERGLADES.

SO WE HAVE THOSE PROBLEMS OUT WEST AS WELL.

JUST WANTED YOU KNOW.

I WILL SAY WE WORK WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

WE PARTNERED WITH THEM.

THEY WERE PART OF OUR WORKING GROUP.

SO WE'RE AWARE OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING AS WELL.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO SEE HOW ALL THOSE PIECES FIT IN TOGETHER SO.

I APPRECIATE THAT. DISCUSSION? JUST QUICKLY, QUICKLY, AND JUST LONG ISLAND, IT BUBBLES UP FROM UNDERNEATH.

SO IT'S NOT EVEN YOU'RE NOT EVEN WORRYING ABOUT YOUR PUMPS, YOUR CANALS OR YOUR YOUR LAKES.

I HAVE RELATIVES WHO LOST EVERYTHING BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY COMING UP FROM THE GROUND BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS SO SATURATED.

SO WHERE ALL BETS ARE OFF.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD DISCUSSION. FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

WE HAD A MOTION. NO, I MEAN, I NEED A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION, AND I NEED THE VOTE TO APPROVE, SOMEONE.

ALL IN FAVORAYE, AYE.

OPPOSED? AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU FOR [INAUDIBLE] MIKE.

GOOD LUCK, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.

COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.

[7. Comments from the Chair]

GOOD TURNOUT. APPRECIATE IT.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT MAKING OUR DINNER.

JUST COULDN'T DO IT.

FIRST ONE I MISSED.

ALL RIGHT MEMBER COMMENTS.

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

YES, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.

I DID RECEIVE THE SAFE STREET AWARD AND MY CITY IS VERY APPRECIATIVE.

I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE.

[APPLAUSE].

THANK YOU. I DO SEE, WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE GOING TO GET TO THAT ANYWAY, BUT IF YOU COULD INTRODUCE THEM.

AND JUST WELCOME.

WELCOME. AT LEAST FOR ME WELCOME.

NEW MEMBERS. WE HAVE.

WE HAVE VICE MAYOR. RAISE YOUR HAND.

WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? VICE MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

ANY NEW MEMBERS? YES.

A NEW OLD MEMBER. GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. [INAUDIBLE] CITY OF PLANTATION.

[INAUDIBLE] BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION.

YAY! KEISHA DANIEL TAMARAC [APPLAUSE].

TWO BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AT ONE TIME.

GREAT.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, I HAVE A COMMENT.

MAYOR TRANTALIS GO AHEAD. THANK YOU.

SO THIS SATURDAY, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS HOSTING ITS PRIDE FESTIVAL AND PARADE.

SO I WANT TO JUST INVITE EVERY MEMBER OF THE BOARD TO THERE IS GOING TO BE A GROUP OF ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MARCHING IN THE PARADE.

I HOPE TO BE THE HOST OF THAT MARCH.

AND I KNOW MAYOR ORTIS HAS BEEN PART OF THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.

I NOTICED YOU WEREN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO ATTEND THIS YEAR, BUT IF YOU CAN STILL FIND A WAY TO DO IT, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT DAY.

IT'S GOING TO BE AT NOONTIME ON THIS SATURDAY ON FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH, OUR BEAUTIFUL BEACH HERE IN OUR COUNTY.

AND SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT THAT INVITATION OUT TO EVERYBODY.

THANK YOU. I ENJOYED THAT.

I'M SORRY.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS REPORT.

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

BETWEEN WHAT WE JUST GOT FROM WASHINGTON, DC.

BUILDING ON TODAY'S CONVERSATION WITH SAFE STREETS, THE $5 MILLION AWARD AND PAUL AND I ARE GOING TO BE TOUCHING ON THIS IN A BIT.

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THAT SAID, WE WERE THE ONLY ORGANIZATION THAT ACTUALLY WROTE IT IN HOUSE, SO WE DIDN'T [APPLAUSE].

THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR TEAM AND THE MEMBERS HERE BECAUSE HONESTLY, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY SPEND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

AND WE SPENT OUR TEAM'S EFFORT TO KIND OF MOVE INTO THIS.

AND THAT WILL BUILD A LOT OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED, WHETHER IT'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN EACH OF YOUR COMMUNITIES, BIKE LANES, FAST BUILD, THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE. FINALLY, WASHINGTON, D.C.

HAS BEEN VERY POSITIVE ON MAKING SURE THAT MONEY COMES DOWN TO BROWARD AND TO ALL 31 OF OUR CITIES WHEN WE NEED IT.

AND THIS IS A TESTAMENT ALSO TO A PARTNERSHIP.

AND I REALLY WANT TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT FOR A MOMENT AS WELL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD THE CHANCE TO BOTH COME TO THE SUMMIT, AS WELL AS THE AWARDS BANQUET, MONICA AND I ARE VERY TIGHT.

THERE IS NO SPACE BETWEEN EITHER OF US ON DELIVERING PRODUCTS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I CAN HONESTLY SAY IS A 180 DEGREE TURNAROUND FROM THE WAY THINGS WERE.

AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO BOTH OF OUR BELIEF THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DELIVERING THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITIES TO MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER.

TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, I SAY THANK YOU FOR HIRING MONICA.

SHE IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH.

AND KEVIN KELLEHER AS WELL.

I CAN'T IMAGINE A DAY THAT DOESN'T GO BY THAT I DON'T HEAR FROM ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, EITHER BY PHONE OR BY TEXT.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S PART OF THAT SEA CHANGE, THEIR COMMITMENTS TO THE CITIES YOU'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

I THINK THAT THERE IS A DESIRE AT THE COUNTY LEVEL TO MAKE THINGS HAPPEN FOR THE CITIES TO FURTHER EFFORTS.

AND THAT $5 MILLION WIN THAT WE JUST GOT IS BECAUSE MONICA MADE THE DECISION TO SAY, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'LL DO A MATCH FOR YOU.

AND EVERY TIME WE DO THOSE TYPE OF MATCHES, WE WIN AND EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS GOING TO WIN FROM THIS.

IT'S GOING TO BE DEPENDENT ON HOW MUCH EFFORT YOU PUT INTO YOUR COMMUNITIES AND WHAT YOU WANT OUT FROM IT.

IF YOU LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD, MIRAMAR, POMPANO, SO FORTH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS READY TO GO.

THEY'RE SITTING ON SHELVES, READY TO POPULATE.

I'M GOING TO BE ASKING EACH OF YOU FOR EFFORTS THAT YOUR CITIES ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO, WHETHER IT'S ADOPTING A COUNTY WIDE VISION ZERO PLAN OR ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WITH ALL THE DATA AND ANALYSIS WE'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING ON ACTUALLY BUILDING SAFETY INTO YOUR INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST COUNTY INFRASTRUCTURE, NOT JUST STATE INFRASTRUCTURE, BUT YOUR LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE SUPER IMPORTANT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THAT SAID, THE ONE OF TWO DAYS OF BOTH THE SUMMIT AND OF THE AWARDS BANQUET, WE MOVED ABOUT 900 PEOPLE THROUGH DIFFERENT SESSIONS. SO IT WAS A REALLY WELL ATTENDED SUMMIT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE EVEN LARGER BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS AT US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAID, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE CAN BRING DOWN PEOPLE FROM CHICAGO, MAYBE WE CAN BRING SOME MORE PEOPLE FROM LOS ANGELES, MAYBE WE CAN BRING MORE PEOPLE DOWN FROM ATLANTA TO HAVE THE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO MAKE BROWARD COUNTY AND ALL 31 CITIES THAT PLACE OF TOMORROW.

I HAVE NEVER BEEN AS OPTIMISTIC AS I AM TODAY TALKING TO EACH OF YOU SAYING WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THINGS THAT NONE OF US WOULD HAVE EVER EXPECTED.

COMMISSIONER, FOR A WHILE AGO, AND I WANT TO SAY MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU FIRST GOT ON, YOU ASKED ABOUT STREETLIGHTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY RIGHT NOW AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO COME UP WITH A BETTER PROGRAM THAT WILL ADDRESS A LOT OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES.

THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TIMING OF OUR LIGHTS AND WHAT THAT MEANS TO EACH OF YOUR COMMUNITIES AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THROUGH THEM ON THE EXISTING ASPHALT THAT WE HAVE BETTER THAN JUST ADDING ASPHALT FOR MORE CARS.

EVERYBODY MOVES THROUGH THEM NOW [INAUDIBLE].

AND THAT INCLUDES PINES, PINES, HOLLYWOOD PINES.

THAT ROAD IS GOING TO GET A HECK OF A TREATMENT.

THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO BRING UP MY COLLEAGUE, PAUL CALVARESI, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THE MONTHLY FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE REPORT.

[10. Monthly Legislative Reports: https://www.browardmpo.org/about-the-mpo/transportation-policy/transportation-policy-resources]

LONG LIST TO COVER.

BUT LET'S START WITH GREG.

START OFF WITH WINS. WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THAT STREAK.

THE BROWARD MPO BROUGHT HOME $10 MILLION IN APPROPRIATIONS FOR PROJECTS WHERE YOU GET TO ADVANCE.

YEAH, IT'S BECAUSE OF YOU.

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OKAY. ADDITIONALLY, BROWARD COUNTY AS A WHOLE, $25 MILLION IN APPROPRIATION APPROPRIATIONS, THAT'S FROM THE HARD WORK OF YOUR STAFF AND OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES.

THE GRANTS THE [INAUDIBLE] I DIDN'T HEAR ENOUGH APPLAUSE ON THAT.

THAT IS A BIG DEAL.

AND THAT'S FROM WORKING TOGETHER [APPLAUSE].

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU? SO BETWEEN THE $5 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE ONE AND A QUARTER MILLION MATCH FROM BROWARD COUNTY, THAT'S $6.2 MILLION IN PLANNING STUDIES.

JUST TO SCALE THAT FOR YOU, THE MTP, THE 25 YEAR PLAN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE DO, THIS IS FOUR TIMES MORE FUNDING THAN WE SPEND ON THAT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOUR CITIES? WELL, ONE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A WEALTH OF DATA.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PRIORITIZED PROJECTS.

THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE VETTED.

COST ESTIMATES. YOU CAN APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS TO IMPLEMENT THEM.

SAFE, SAFE STREETS, SORRY, SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL GRANTS, PROTECT AND NOT JUST AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.

YOU'LL ALSO THAT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS IS VERY GOOD WHEN WE HAVE OUR DEVELOPERS KNOCKING AT YOUR DOOR SAYING THAT THEY WANT TO BUILD THINGS.

WELL, INSTEAD OF YOUR PLANNING DIRECTORS HAVING TO COME UP.

OH, WELL, I THINK WE NEED THIS HERE.

THEY'LL HAVE A LIST TO DRAW FROM AND YOU'LL HAVE A CONSISTENT PLAN ON HOW YOU CAN BUILD OUT.

SO THIS IS REALLY IT'S NOT JUST TRANSFORMATIVE IN WHAT'S GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTIVE, BUT IN THE ACCESS TO DATA AND INFORMATION THAT YOU THAT YOUR CITIES, THE COUNTY, AND OUR FRIENDS OF THE SCHOOL BOARD ARE GOING TO HAVE.

ON FEBRUARY 16TH OUT IN THE GREAT CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS.

I KNOW COMMISSIONER SIMMONS WOULD SAY THAT HIMSELF, SO HE'S NOT HERE, SO I'LL DO IT FOR HIM.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH TWO OF OUR FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES, REPRESENTATIVE MOSKOWITZ AND REPRESENTATIVE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ.

SHERIFF, REPRESENTATIVE SHERIFF MCCORMACK WILL BE OUT OF TOWN THAT DAY.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESS CONFERENCE WITH GREG, THE COUNTY, EVERYBODY TOGETHER SAYING HOW WE WON THIS.

AND I JUST LIKE TO BACKTRACK ON THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL TO GIVE A THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

ON HIS OWN DIME, HE FLEW UP TO D.C.

TO WATCH SHERIFF MCCORMACK NOT GET SWORN IN.

BUT WHILE HE WAS THERE, HE MADE THE MOST OF HIS TIME AND MET WITH HER STAFF.

HE BROUGHT A FACT SHEET ON THE GRANTS THAT THE MPO HAS OUT AND REALLY PUSH THAT AND REALLY PUSH THAT FORWARD.

AND IT'S THAT SORT OF EXPOSURE TO OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT HELPS MOVE THESE ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.

WE'RE TECHNICAL STAFF.

EVERYTHING WE PUT IN THERE WILL BE CORRECT.

BUT WHAT REALLY MOVES THIS FROM THE SECRETARY'S DESK TO SIGNATURE IS THE SUPPORT FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.

THAT'S IT. OTHER GRANTS.

RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM TO STRENGTHEN THE FEC CORRIDOR IN WHICH BRIGHTLINE RUNS.

SMART GRANTS, WHICH GREG HAS BEEN WORKING ON FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

OKAY. AND THEN OUR THRIVING COMMUNITIES GRANT, WHICH IS ALSO ANOTHER COLLECTIVE GRANT THAT WE LOOKED AT, THAT WE LOOKED AT AS A REGION TO APPLY FOR.

AND YOU'RE SEEING A THEME HERE THAT IS REGIONALLY.

EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS NOT A SINGLE CITY, IT'S NOT A SINGLE COMMUNITY, IT'S REGIONAL.

IT SPANS MANY, MANY MILES.

YOUR TAC MEMBERS, WE INVITE THEM TO A MONTHLY GRANTS DISCUSSION WITH ALSO THE CONVERSATION FOLLOWED UP AT THEIR AT THEIR TAC MEETING.

THOSE ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIES TO GET TOGETHER AND DISCUSS STRATEGY.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING FOR? WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE? MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE IDEAS THAT CAN BE COMBINED SO WE'RE NOT COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD US SEVERAL TIMES THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO PICK YOUR PROJECTS FOR YOU.

IF WILTON MATTERS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, HAVE EQUALLY GREAT IDEAS, GUESS WHO'S GOING TO WIN? NEITHER. BECAUSE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOESN'T WANT TO PICK ONE CITY OVER ANOTHER.

THE BETTER IDEA IS TO COMBINE THOSE PROJECTS INTO ONE.

THAT'S ALSO A METHOD.

OKAY. AND THEN LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO TOUCH ON DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY [IANUDIBLE] CAME DOWN, DELIVERED THE GREAT NEWS THAT WE WON THE $5 MILLION.

HE TOOK A BIKE TOUR IN HOLLYWOOD, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY WE TOOK HIM ON A TOUR OF OUR WATER, OF OUR WATER SYSTEM.

AND I BRING THIS UP FOR TWO REASONS BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIKE TOURS, HE WAS ACTUALLY SCARED.

AND THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE HE ASKED QUESTIONS.

HE SAID, WHY IS THIS WHAT YOU CAN DO? AND WE HAD HIM IN A CAR FOR 4 HOURS AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT THESE ARE POLICY CHANGES THAT THAT NEED TO HAPPEN.

HE'S FROM DC.

HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND NECESSARILY WHAT HAPPENS AT THE GROUND LEVEL, AND IT WAS GREAT THAT HE GOT TO EXPERIENCE IT FIRSTHAND AND THEN WE GOT TO EXPLAIN WHAT THE GAPS ARE.

AND ONCE, ONCE AGAIN, GREG STARTED WITH WINDS AND THEN HE GAVE YOU HOMEWORK.

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WE NEED THE ADVOCACY FROM OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO SAY, WELL, HERE'S THE POLICY GAPS AND HERE'S WHY WE CAN'T DO THE THINGS YOU'RE TELLING US WE NEED TO DO.

AND HERE'S THE CHANGES AND WE NEED YOUR HELP IMPLEMENTING IT.

THE WATER SYSTEM, WE TOOK THEM TO THE S 13 WATER PUMP AND SPENT AN HOUR THERE TALKING ABOUT HOW WATER IS MOVED.

AND HE WAS EXCITED ABOUT IT.

WE TOOK HIM TO BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO SPEAK WITH DR.

JENNIFER GERARDO AND DR.

GREG MOUNT, AND WE DISCUSSED WHAT OUR WATER SYSTEM DOES AND HOW TO MOVE IT, AND NOT JUST THE COASTAL AREAS, BUT ALSO THE INLAND.

HE WAS VERY AMAZED THAT WHEN THEY WERE LOOKING AT THE ELEVATION, IT WAS MEASURED IN INCHES.

AND THE REASON WE DID THAT IS TO EXPLAIN TO HIM, BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF FEDERAL PROGRAMS THAT DO REQUIRE MATCH AND WHATNOT.

BUT WHAT WE NEED IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT THEY'LL FUND.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HIM BEING HERE TO CONVEY TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE, TO CONVEY THAT MESSAGE [APPLAUSE].

AND ONE OTHER THING HAPPENED LAST WEEK WHILE WE WERE DOING THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT IN THE BANQUET.

THE VICE CHAIR AND I THE DEPUTY VICE CHAIR, AND I GOT TO WELCOME THE COUNCIL GENERAL FROM THE NETHERLANDS.

AND WHILE WE HAD THE DUTCH EMBASSY BICYCLING FOLKS AT THE SUMMIT, IT WAS ACTUALLY THEIR FOREIGN OFFICIAL WHO IS OVER IN THE NETHERLANDS THAT CAME AND MET WITH US. WE GOT TO GIVE THEM GIFT BASKETS FROM FLORIDA, MADE PRODUCTS WHICH, BY THE WAY, ARE REALLY HARD TO FIND ASK JAMES CROMAR.

BUT THE BIGGER PICTURE WAS WE HAD A REALLY GOOD PURE EXCHANGE AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE DISCUSSION.

WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION WITH THEM OF ACTUALLY GOING OVER THERE AND MEETING WITH THEM IN THE NETHERLANDS TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS ON INFRASTRUCTURE, DISCUSSIONS ON WATER MANAGEMENT, DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT WE WOULD LOOK AT FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES.

SO THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU WHO WHEN WE ALWAYS, YOU KNOW, AS PLANNERS, YOU THINK WE'RE ALL NUTS AND A LOT OF US ARE.

THAT SAID, AMSTERDAM IS KIND OF THE HOME OF THE BICYCLE RIGHT NOW.

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I USED TO GO THERE AS A KID WITH MY FAMILY, MY DAD AND MY MOM, AND THAT WAS A CLOGGED CITY WITH CARS IN ALL DIRECTIONS.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE BICYCLES THEY HAVE TODAY.

50 YEARS AGO, IT WAS AN ABSOLUTELY POLLUTED COMMUNITY.

THEY WERE SQUATTING IN BUILDINGS.

IT WAS SO UNDESIRABLE TO BE THERE.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE PLACES THAT WE NOW LOOK AT TODAY AND GO, OH YEAH, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO BE THAT.

NOW WE ARE GOING TO BE THAT.

WE HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE NEED TO MOVE WATER OUT OF OUR WAY TO KEEP OUR HOMES AND OUR VALUES ARE NECESSARY.

THE PUMP FACILITIES HAVE TO WORK CORRECTLY.

WE HAVE TO PUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT'S NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THAT NEXT GENERATION.

AND WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK YOU.

IT HAS BEEN A MOMENTOUS YEAR FOR US AS WE CONTINUE TO GET DISCRETIONARY MONEY OUT OF WASHINGTON AND WE'RE GOING TO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE THAT BEAT.

BUT AS PAUL SAID, WE NEED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO DO EXACTLY WHAT COMMISSIONER MARTIN DID AND TAKE THOSE DOCUMENTS WITH YOU UP WHEN YOU GO TO WASHINGTON, D.C.

OR TALLAHASSEE AND SAY THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED FOR OUR REGION, BECAUSE AS A PLACE WITH 2 MILLION PEOPLE, PEOPLE WILL PAY ATTENTION.

THANKS, EVERYBODY [APPLAUSE].

GOOD MORNING, COUNCIL.

[11. General Counsel’s Report]

YEAH, THAT'S BECAUSE I TELL THEM WHAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

BUT THANK YOU. MY REPORT IS BEFORE YOU.

YOU HAVE THAT. IF EVER THERE'S A QUESTION ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO EVER REACH OUT TO ME.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS THEM WITH YOU.

HAVE A GOOD MONTH.

HEY MPO SURTAX REPORT.

[12. MPO Surtax Services Updates: www.my-mcps.org]

I KNOW YOU'RE LIKE, OH, MY GOSH, HE'S BACK.

BUT I WILL BE THERE'S THERE'S BREVITY HERE.

BUT I THINK THERE'S SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS IS VERY EXCITING.

THIS HAS BEEN AN EXCITING DAY FOR EVERYONE.

AND BECAUSE WE'RE UP TO THE 2023 CYCLE AGAIN.

SO HERE WE ARE READY FOR THE RECEIVING OF APPLICATIONS, EVALUATING AND RECOMMENDING PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS EXCITING.

SO NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING ALL THIS MONEY COMING IN FROM THE FEDS, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THIS MONEY THAT BEEN COLLECTED RELATED TO THE SURTAX.

THIS IS THE MPOS PROCESS RELATED TO IT.

SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO START BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO MAJOR ELEMENTS THAT I WANT YOU TO SEE WITHIN THIS GRAPHIC THAT I JUST WANT TO HIT ON AGAIN AND AGAIN IS THE MPOS ROLE IN THIS PROCESS. SO YOU'VE GOT THE SURTAX, YOU'VE GOT THE 10%, THAT'S THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE, BUT THAT ACTUALLY FUNDS FOUR PROGRAMS, THREE MAJOR PROGRAMS AND ONE SMALLER PROGRAM. THAT'S A CONTINGENCY.

BUT THANK GOODNESS YOU HAVE IT, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, INFLATION'S BEEN CRAZY AND THEY'VE NEEDED TO TAP INTO THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN DELIVER THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THE COUNTY HAS DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN SETTING THAT UP.

BUT WE ARE ONE OF FOUR PROGRAMS THAT COME OUT OF THAT 10%.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE COMMUNITY SHUTTLES, YOU'VE GOT THE REHAB AND MAINTENANCE, MAKING SURE THAT THOSE POTHOLES AND SOME OTHER AREAS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT WITH RESILIENCY, SAFE

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SO IT'S A LITTLE SMALLER THAN THE 10%.

SO WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT THE MPOS ROLE IS, I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT IT'S ONE PROGRAM WITHIN OF FOUR WITHIN THAT 10%.

THE OTHER BIG ITEM HERE, AND THIS IS THE EXCITING PART THAT GREG WAS MENTIONING IS GREG, MYSELF, BRIAN, WE ALL GOT TO WORK WITH MONICA IN DEVELOPING THE NEW MPO IN OUR PROCESS. SO IT'S THE EVALUATION AND RANKING PROCESS.

IT WAS A JOY.

I'M TELLING YOU, THIS PROGRAM, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 30 YEARS, THE PROGRAM THAT I ALSO MANAGE UP IN PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS A $1.2 BILLION PROGRAM A YEAR, THIS ONE IS REALLY COMING TOGETHER. THAT TOOK US TEN YEARS TO GET THAT PROGRAM ONLINE.

WHAT ARE WE FIVE YEARS IN, FOUR YEARS IN, I GUESS, ON THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE REALLY SEEING THIS POLISHED BEAUTIFULLY.

I COULDN'T BE MORE HAPPY WITH IT.

THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR AND ANGELA, WORKING WITH ALL OF THEM TO GET THIS REALLY MOVING COULD NOT BE HAPPIER.

WE HAVE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS.

WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT'S ONLINE.

YOUR CITY MANAGERS, YOUR POINT OF CONTACTS CAN SEE ALL OF OUR NOTES THAT WE GIVE THEM.

WE'RE HELPING THEM WITH THEIR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT.

I'VE ALREADY MET WITH NINE OF THEM, GIVING THEM ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THIS.

I'VE GOT TWO MORE SET UP FOR TODAY, TWO MORE FOR TUESDAY AND THEN ONE ON THURSDAY.

THINGS ARE REALLY HAPPENING.

WE HAVEN'T EVEN OPENED THE PROCESS YET AND WE'VE ALREADY GOT APPLICATIONS IN DEVELOPMENT, SO I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER WITH THAT PROCESS.

SO VERY QUICKLY THOUGH, I ALWAYS LIKE TO STRESS ON THIS BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE APPLICATIONS, I GET QUESTIONS ON THIS ALL THE TIME IS WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS.

ALL OF THESE ARE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, BUT IT'S ESSENTIAL THAT THERE ARE A FEW THAT ARE FURTHER DEFINED, ALTHOUGH IT'S STATE STATUTE THAT GOVERNS THIS PROCESS.

THE SECOND AMENDMENT ALSO REFINES THESE A BIT WHEN IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE DRAINAGE, FIBER OPTICS, LANDSCAPING.

SO I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WITH YOUR STAFFS, STAFFS, SORRY TO GET THEM THERE.

AND THEY ARE DOING A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOING THROUGH ONE CITY.

WE WERE ABLE TO GO FROM STEP ONE TO STEP THREE WITHIN BASICALLY A HALF A DAY.

SO WE'VE GOT A PROCESS THAT I AM ENGAGED WITH THEM THROUGH THREE STEPS, GETTING GENERAL INFORMATION, MAKING SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS ARE COMMITTED, THAT THEY'VE GOT PUBLIC ENDORSEMENT, THAT THEY'VE GOT A RESOLUTION FROM THAT COUNTY.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT YOU ALL HAVE A SPECIAL PLACE FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS WITHIN THE MYMCP.ORG.

THERE'S A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO TO AS TO WHAT IS YOUR ROLE, WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT WE EXPECT OF YOU? AND I HAVE ALL THE DOCUMENTS THERE SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT GREG, MONICA, BRIAN AND GRETCHEN AND ANGELA AND I PUT TOGETHER FOR THE NEW PROCESS.

THE RANKING SYSTEM IS THERE.

IT'S ALL THERE FOR YOU TO SEE.

THE ONE CHANGE THAT I WANT TO EMPHASIZE FOR THIS YEAR IN THE APPLICATION IS THAT WE'RE LIMITING IT TO THREE SUBMISSIONS.

WE'RE DOING THAT BECAUSE WE DID SEVERAL ITERATIONS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING GREATER GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION BECAUSE OF THAT.

SO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING A NICE BALANCE OF WHERE THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.

SO WE'VE HEARD YOU.

WE'RE WORKING ON THAT PROCESS WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THESE PROJECTS NOT ONLY DELIVERED BUT GEOGRAPHICALLY DELIVERED IN A GREAT DISTRIBUTION.

IMPORTANT DATES ON THE 23RD, THE PORTAL WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM.

THEY ALREADY STARTED DEVELOPING THEIR APPLICATIONS.

TOMORROW AT 8 A.M., I FLIPPED THE SWITCHES, THE ADMINISTRATOR, AND THEY CAN START SUBMITTING.

AND WE DO HAVE ALREADY SOME OF THEM THAT ARE QUEUED UP READY TO GO, BUT WE GIVE THEM 28 DAYS UNTIL MARCH 10TH TO THEN SUBMIT THREE PROJECTS.

AND THEN ON JUNE 1ST WE GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATION.

SO YEAH, IT'S VERY EXCITING.

THANK YOU AND WELCOME BACK.

IT'S NICE TO HAVE YOU THERE.

SO THAT'S THAT'S IT ON MY REPORT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO FOUR OF THESE.

THIS WAS THE EXCITING.

WE'RE GETTING STARTED IN APRIL.

THESE ARE ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT.

HERE'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THEN THE EVALUATION OF THAT PROCESS, WHAT WE SUBMITTED TO THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR AND THEN THE NEXT STEPS MOVING FORWARD.

SO WE'LL HAVE THREE MORE OF THESE UPDATES FOR YOU.

GREAT REPORT. LET ME JUST SAY THAT PEMBROKE PINES, I BROKE THE GROUND FOR THE SURTAX PROJECT THREE YEARS AGO.

THE DIRT STILL THERE.

SO. SO NOW ARE YOU TELLING ME I NEED TO GET MY HARDHAT ON? BUT WE NEED SOME PROJECTS COMING OUR WAY? YES. COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD.

GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THIS GOING TO BE ON THE WEBSITE? BECAUSE IT WASN'T ON OUR SCREEN AND IT'S HARD TO SEE.

OH, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT IT WASN'T ON YOUR SCREEN.

SO IT'S IN THE BOARD PACKET.

I KNOW THAT. BUT LIKE GETTING ACCESS TO IT AND ALSO THE ALL OF THE TRAINING MATERIALS ARE ON THE WEBSITE.

SO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THIS.

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TURN IT OVER TO COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY, I HAVE TO LEAVE.

COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI HAS A QUESTION.

I SAW ON YOUR.

YOUR FUNDING YOU HAD SOUND WALLS.

AND I HAVE A PET PEEVE WITH SOUND WALLS.

IF YOU DON'T MIND.

A LOT OF TIMES HISTORICALLY, I'M GOING TO BE NICE AT LEAST A 2.0 FDOT HAS PUT UP SOUND WALLS AND THEN THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO MAINTAIN THEM.

OR WHEN MUNICIPALITIES ASK TO HAVE THEM MAINTAINED, IT'S LIKE GETTING BLOOD FROM A ROCK. SO WHEN WE FUND THESE SOUND WALLS, IS THERE ANY WAY WE CAN PUT SOMETHING IN THAT THEY MUST BE MAINTAINED OR THEY MUST BE? THERE'S THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT I CAN JUST USE MY CITY AS A AS AN EXAMPLE, WE HAVE A SOUND WALL ON GRIFFIN ROAD AND I HAVE AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE LOOKING IN DAVIE FOR ADDITIONAL SOUND WALLS.

SO I WILL TELL YOU THAT ON GRIFFIN ROAD, WE HAVE HAD TO HAVE THEM COME OUT AT LEAST ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO DO SEVERE MAINTENANCE.

I'M ITALIAN. WE KNOW THEY'RE UP HERE.

THEY HAVE ON.

THEY HAVE. THE WALL HAS BEEN BLACK THERE ARE.

THERE'S. THERE'S FOLIAGE GROWING OUT OF IT ON TOP.

THERE'S. THERE ARE TIMES WHEN THE GAPS BETWEEN THE THE PIECES OF THE WALL, YOU CAN YOU CAN FIT THERE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAD TO LITERALLY COME AND AND AND FIX THE WALL BECAUSE IT WAS COMPROMISED.

AND THIS IS A WALL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NOT JUST A SOUND BARRIER, BUT BECAUSE YOU HAVE CARS THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY DOING IN MY IN MY INSTANCE, 45 MILES AN HOUR AIR QUOTE, THEY'RE REALLY NOT THEY'RE DOING 60, 90, WHATEVER.

SO THIS IS SEPARATING SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, SOMEONE'S CHILDREN FROM A SEVERAL TON VEHICLE.

SO IS THERE A WAY WE CAN AND MAYBE THIS IS AN ALAN QUESTION PUT YOU IN THE HOT SEAT.

IS THERE A WAY WE CAN, WHEN WE APPROVE THEM, PUT SOMETHING IN THERE THAT THEY MUST MAINTAIN THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROBLEM AND WE'RE PUTTING PEOPLE AT RISK.

THANK YOU. 2.0.

DO YOU WANT ME TO START OR DO YOU WANT TO? OKAY, WELL. OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY. SO.

SO FIRST FDOT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE SURTAX PROGRAM, WHICH IS BROWARD COUNTY.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS, IS THAT THEY BUILD SOMETHING OR THEY DO SOMETHING THAT THEY PUT IN LANDSCAPING FOR YOU, AND THEN THEY HAVE AN AGREEMENT THAT YOUR COMMISSION OR COUNCIL THEN APPROVES.

SO THAT'S GENERALLY THERE IS A MAINTENANCE AREA ASSOCIATED SO THAT SPECIFIC WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THAT AGREEMENT THAT MOVING FORWARD.

WITH SURTAX, EVERY SINGLE PROJECT GOES THROUGH MAP LEGAL COUNSEL AND IT GOES TO NOT ONLY YOUR VOTING BODY, BUT IT ALSO GOES TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. IT GETS APPROVED BY BOTH SIDES.

THEY'RE CALLED SURTAX FUNDING AGREEMENTS.

SO THOSE THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO IDENTIFY WHO MAINTAINS AND WHAT THEIR THEIR PARTY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND SURTAX? OKAY. DO WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM? THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Call for Projects Announcement]

YES. GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO, AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND THAT IS WE'RE STARTING UP OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS.

SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM OUR WONDERFUL GREG STEWART, AND THE EMAIL WAS ALSO SENT TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO YOUR CITY MANAGERS SAYING THAT WE'RE SETTING UP OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS NOW AND SOME PROCESS OF WHAT TO DO TO GET A MEETING SCHEDULE WITH US SO THAT WE CAN GET YOUR PROJECTS IN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO TODAY'S PRESENTATION IS REALLY JUST TO GO OVER WHAT THAT EMAIL SAID AND SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

SO I ALWAYS LIKE TO START OUT WITH THIS SLIDE REALLY QUICKLY.

IT'S OUR CORE PRODUCT SLIDE, THE THREE RECTANGLES ON TOP, OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WE CALL THAT OUR CONVEYOR BELT OF PROJECT PROGRAMING.

SO PROJECTS NEED TO START IN THE MTP, GO TO THE MPO AND THEN FINALLY GET INTO THE VIP.

TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN OUTLINED IN THAT YELLOW RECTANGLE THERE.

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JUST TO KICK OFF THE MTP PROCESS, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW WE ARE SECTIONING OFF THE MTP AND DIFFERENT ASPECTS OR CATEGORIES, AND THOSE ARE PUBLIC OUTREACH APPROACH, ANALYSIS, ASSESSMENT AND APPROVAL.

TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE ASSESSMENT, BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT BLUE SQUARE RIGHT THERE.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THE PROCESS IS SIMPLE WITH THESE FOUR SQUARES.

FIRST, WE NEED TO PREPARE PROJECTS.

SO GATHER YOUR CONSTITUENTS, SEE WHAT THE PROBLEMS ARE, AND THEN GET SOME PROJECTS WITH SOME NAMES AND SOME SCOPE ON THEM.

ONCE WE HAVE SOME GOOD PROJECTS, WE THEN BEGIN TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.

SO YOURSELVES, YOUR TAC MEMBER AND YOUR CITY MANAGERS TO SCHEDULE MEETING WITH US WITH OUR MPO SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE PROJECTS AND KIND OF TALK THEM THROUGH AND GET THEM READY FOR SUBMISSION.

NEXT, IT WOULD BE A TENDER WORKSHOP.

WE'RE ASKING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS TO ATTEND A WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE HOSTED AT A TAC MEETING, WHICH WOULD BE MARCH 22ND SO THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO SUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS THEMSELVES THROUGH AN ONLINE APPLICATION.

AND THEN ONCE THEY'VE ATTENDED THAT WORKSHOP, THE ONLINE APPLICATION GOES LIVE AND THEN YOU CAN THEN SUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS.

SO WHAT IS IT WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR PROJECT INFORMATION? WE'RE ASKING FOR A PROJECT NAME, PROJECT SCOPE, ROADWAY OWNERSHIP.

IF COORDINATION HAS BEEN DONE WITH THAT, IT DOESN'T NEED TO RIGHT NOW, BUT IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT CAPITAL COST.

A PLANNING LEVEL. CAPITAL COST DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THAT IS, PLEASE INCLUDE THAT PRIMARY AND SECONDARY WORK MIX.

SOMETIMES A PROJECT YOU THINK IS ONE THING, BUT YOU MIGHT NEED ANOTHER WORK MIX IN THERE TO KIND OF BOOST IT UP.

SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT YOU CAN SELECT FROM.

AND THEN ALSO, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM THAT THE PROJECT ADDRESSES? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROJECT HAS A GOOD NEED FOR IT.

SO WHAT IS THE PROJECT NAME? VERY SIMPLE. IT'S THE ROAD NAME PLUS THE BEGINNING LIMIT TO THE ENDING LIMIT.

SO THE EXAMPLE I HAVE HERE IS BROWARD BOULEVARD FROM ANDREWS AVENUE TO POWERLINE ROAD.

STUPID. SO ALSO WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS TO IDENTIFY THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ROADWAY SO IT CAN BE ANYTHING FROM COUNTY, LOCAL, STATE, A COMBINATION OF THE THREE, OR IF IT'S A COUNTY PORT PROJECT OR A COUNTY AIRPORT PROJECT.

AND THEN ALSO DOES IT REQUIRE RIGHT OF WAY.

AND IF YOU DON'T OWN THE FACILITY, IT HAS COORDINATION TAKEN PLACE FOR IT WITH IT.

HERE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT WORK MIXES THAT WE HAVE.

THERE'S A GREAT VARIETY.

THERE'S A MATRIX THERE THAT SHOWS A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES.

AGAIN, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES.

YOU CAN SELECT A FIRST PRIMARY WORK MIX AND THEN ALSO A SECONDARY WORK MIX.

YOU GET TO SELECT UP TO TWO IF THE PROJECT YOU THINK DOESN'T ENCOMPASS JUST THESE TWO.

WE DO HAVE AN EXTRA INFORMATION TAB THAT YOU CAN ADD ANY ADDITIONAL SCOPE TO IT AND THAT SCOPE.

SO OUR SCOPE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN THIS DESCRIPTION ARE THE LIMITS OF THE PROJECT.

ANY KIND OF WORK ELEMENTS, WHETHER IT'S LIGHTING, SIDEWALK GRADE, SEPARATION, DRAINAGE.

DOES IT HAVE ANY CONNECTIONS TO ANY EXISTING PROJECTS OR ANY STUDIES THAT ARE ON THAT ARE ON THE WAY AND ARE THE PARTNERS INVOLVED? SO WRAPPING ALL OF THAT UP THERE.

TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE SOME EXAMPLES OF WHAT A PROJECT SCOPE THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS.

AND THIS IS ALL IN YOUR BACKUP IF YOU NEED THE REFERENCE.

ALSO, WE ARE ASKING FOR CAPITAL COSTS.

AGAIN, HAVE A MAGNITUDE OF WHAT THE DOLLARS ARE FOR THAT PROJECT AND THEN WHAT THE PROBLEM THE PROJECT ADDRESSES.

SO FOR SCHEDULING MEETINGS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE SET UP AN ONLINE APPLICATION TOOL CALLED CALLAN LEE.

AND WHAT YOU CAN WHAT WE'RE ASKING YOUR TAC MEMBERS TO DO IS TO GO ON TO THAT TOOL AND THEN SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH US.

THE MEETINGS RUN FROM JANUARY 26TH ALL THE WAY TO MARCH 16TH, SO IT'S COMING UP VERY SOON.

THEY WILL BE 60 MINUTES LONG HOSTED HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO.

AND WE'RE ASKING THAT TAC MEMBERS, BOARD MEMBERS AND CITY MANAGER AND ANY OTHER CITY STAFF COME IN AND TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS WITH US.

I CAN SAY SUCCESSFULLY YESTERDAY WE HAD OUR VERY FIRST MEETING, IT WAS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES IS VERY PRODUCTIVE.

IT WAS A GOOD TIME. AND WE ALSO HAVE A COUPLE OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE SCHEDULED THEIR MEETINGS.

THEY INCLUDE SOUTHWEST RANCHES, PEMBROKE PINES, DAVY MIRAMAR PLANTATION, FORT LAUDERDALE, LAUDERHILL AND PORT EVERGLADES.

SO IF I DIDN'T CALL YOUR NAME, TELL YOUR TAC MEMBER TO SCHEDULE WITH US, PLEASE.

ALSO THE WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE HOSTED MARCH 22ND AT A TAXI MEETING.

WE'LL WALK THEM THROUGH THE PROCESS SO THEY CAN GET THEIR PROJECTS READY FOR THE MIDDLE.

AND THEN ONCE IT'S READY, YOU CAN THEN SUBMIT AND WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING THE SUBMITTAL IN APRIL.

SO WE'LL PROBABLY GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS AFTER THE WORKSHOP.

SO HERE IS OUR SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE.

WE'RE PREPARING PROJECTS BETWEEN JANUARY AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

WE'RE HAVING ONE ON ONE MEETINGS FROM JANUARY 26TH TO MARCH 16TH.

WE'RE HAVING THE WORKSHOP MARCH 22ND, AND THEN OUR APPLICATION OPENS AND ENDS IN APRIL.

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AND ON THERE YOU CAN BE UPDATED WITH ALL THE NEW STUFF THAT'S COMING OUT FOR THE MTP.

AND ALSO THERE IS A SURVEY THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO SHARE THAT WITH ANY OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME FEEDBACK OF WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? ANY COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT ITEM IS CENTER TURN OVER PASS.

[2. Center Turn Overpass (CTO) Update ]

YES, IT IS. SO YOU GET ME A SECOND TIME? IT'S A24. SORRY.

OKAY. WELCOME BACK.

THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I'LL GO BACK TO THE FIRST SLIDE.

SO, CENTER TURN OVERPASS.

SOME OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS.

SOME OF YOU MIGHT NOT. BUT WHAT WE'LL DO WITH THIS PRESENTATION IS GIVE YOU A REFRESHER OF WHAT ONE IS.

AND IF YOU ON YOUR BACK BACKYARD SUGGEST IN THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.

BUT LET'S GO THROUGH IT.

SO THE GOAL IS TO DEMONSTRATE CONCEPTUAL IDEAS FOR A CENTER TO AN OVERPASS.

RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THAT, WE WILL GO OVER WHAT A SEATO IS, WHERE THE CTOS ARE LOCATED IN THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AND THEN FINALLY WE'LL SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES OF WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE IN SOME OF THOSE LOCATIONS OR COULD LOOK LIKE.

SO A CENTER TO AN OVERPASS.

IT'S AN INTERSECTION THAT SEPARATES LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS BY RELOCATING THEM TO AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE USING RAMPS WITHIN THE MEDIAN.

I SAY RAMPS WITHIN THE MEDIAN BECAUSE THE IDEA OF A SEATO IS TO NOT TAKE A LOT OF RIGHT AWAY.

WE WANT TO TAKE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THERE.

THIS DOESN'T WORK IN EVERY INTERSECTION.

WE MAINLY LOOK FOR INTERSECTIONS THAT HAVE EXISTING TWO LEFT TURN LANES ALREADY AND EXISTING MEDIANS SO THAT THE SPACE IS THERE TO CREATE THESE RAMPS.

BY REMOVING LEFT TURNS AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS.

AT GRADE INTERSECTIONS, MORE GREEN TIME IS AVAILABLE FOR THOSE THREE MOVEMENTS.

SO IF YOU REMOVE THOSE LEFT TURNS, YOU GET LESS PHASES AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

AND THOSE THREE MOVEMENTS AND RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS CAN MOVE CAN BE PROCESSED MORE QUICKLY.

LEFT TURN. TRAFFIC FROM THE ELEVATED INTERSECTION THEN DESCENDS FROM THERE ONTO THE SAME.

ONTO DIFFERENT RAMPS AND MERGES INTO THE THREE LANE TRAFFICS DOWN DOWN THE STREAM.

ALL PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.

THEY DO NOT USE THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE.

THEY KEEP THE AT GRADE CROSSINGS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MOVEMENT'S FIRST ONE.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE IS LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS.

AS YOU SEE, IT GOES UP THE RAMP AND THEN DOWN.

THE THREE MOVEMENTS CONTINUE AT GRADE AND THEY JUST GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS ALSO CONTINUE AT GRADE AND THEY MAKE THEIR TRADITIONAL RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS.

PEDESTRIANS CROSS AT CROSSWALKS AND THEN BICYCLISTS USE THE BIKE LANES TO GO ON THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

I DO WANT TO BRING EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION ON THE PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT.

IT'S NOT JUST BUILDING SOMETHING THAT IS AN OVERPASS.

IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES SHELTER FOR PEDESTRIANS AS THEY'RE CROSSING THE STREET RIGHT NOW.

WHEN WE IF YOU'VE EVER TRIED TO CROSS HOLLYWOOD MIRAMAR, EXCUSE ME, OUT IN PINES, FLAMINGO AND PINES BOULEVARD, YOU CAN'T GET ACROSS THAT STREET WITH THE SIGNALIZATION AND THEN YOU'RE STUCK IN A MEDIAN THAT'S ABOUT THE SIZE OF MY ARM.

AND YOU'RE LIKE, PRAYING THAT YOU DON'T GET HIT BY SOMEBODY OR BY SOMETHING FLYING OUT OF SOMEBODY'S CAR.

SO THAT RED BMW IS.

YEAH. THANK YOU. SO, YOU KNOW, THE BIG THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THAT IS, IS WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A SHELTERED ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IS MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

AND THANK YOU, GREG. SO CENTERS AND OVERPASSES, WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? WITHIN OUR 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN? WELL, TWO OF THEM ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES.

WE HAVE THEM AT PINES BOULEVARD AT FLAMINGO ROAD AND THEN PINES BOULEVARD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THE NEXT ONE IS AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AT STATE ROAD SEVEN.

THIS IS IN THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

AND THEN WE HAVE A FOURTH ONE IN POMPANO AT ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT POWERLINE ROAD.

AND WHEN I SAY WE HAVE THEM, THEY'RE STILL PLANS RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE NOT ON THE ROAD, SO YOU CAN'T GO SEE THEM.

SO THE GOALS OF A SEATO, WHY DO WE WANT TO HAVE THEM FIRST? WE WANT TO REDUCE DELAY, WE WANT TO PROCESS CARS, RIGHT? WE WANT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE WAITING A LONG TIME AT THE INTERSECTION TO GET THROUGH.

WE WANT TO MINIMIZE LAND IMPACTS.

AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO USE THE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY AS MOST AS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE WANT TO USE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT ALREADY HAVE THAT SPACE AVAILABLE FOR US.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY BY REMOVING LEFT TURN LANES.

YOU AVOID A COUPLE OF CONFLICT POINTS AT GRADE AND ABOVE GRADE AND FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL.

AND THEN WE ALSO WANT TO PRESERVE ACCESS, HAVING A TIGHT STRUCTURE.

HOPEFULLY WE CAN BE ABLE TO PRESERVE ALL THE ACCESS AT THE FOUR CORNERS THAT INTERACT WITH THE CENTER TURN OVERPASS.

SO WHY WERE THESE INTERSECTIONS? WELL, I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THREE OF THE FOUR INTERSECTIONS.

SO WE DID AN ANALYSIS FOR.

THEY ARE PINES BOULEVARD AT FLAMINGO ROAD.

OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD IS AT SEVEN AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT HARLAN ROAD.

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SO THAT'S A LOSS OF S F SORRY, LOSS OF F, AND IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY BAD.

THE THE FIRST TWO HAVE A CRASH SEVERITY OF ONE AND TWO.

SO THESE ARE THE TWO MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO WE NEED TO HAVE A FIX FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE CRASH SEVERITY FOR ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT POWERLINE ROAD IS 55, RANKED THROUGHOUT ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY.

ALL ROADS ARE ALL INTERSECTIONS HAVE STATE ARTERIALS.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THERE BECAUSE STATE ARTERIALS ARE LARGER INTERSECTIONS AND WE CAN MAYBE LEVERAGE SOME STATE DOLLARS TO GET THIS DONE.

SO THAT'S WHY IT'S ALSO A GOOD POINT FOR WHY THEY'RE SELECTED.

AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST.

FLAMINGO ROAD AT POWERLINE ROAD IS RANKED NUMBER FOUR.

OAKLAND PARK AT STATE ROAD SEVEN IS RANKED NUMBER 23, AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT HARLAN ROAD IS RANKED NUMBER 44.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT INTERSECTION ANALYSIS.

SO THE GRAPHS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU THERE FOR PM PEAK HOUR.

THE DARK BLUE IS EXISTING CONDITIONS AT GRADE, THE ORANGE IS THE 2040 ALTERNATIVE WHEN YOU DO NOT BUILD ANYTHING AT THIS INTERSECTION.

SO IF YOU KEEP IT THE SAME WAY IT IS TODAY, THAT'S WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE FOR TRAFFIC.

THE GREEN IS THE GRADE CENTER TURN OVERPASS BUILD SOLUTION AND THEN THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE INTERSECTION AT THE CENTER TURN OVER PASS THAT IS ELEVATED. SO BY LOOKING AT THIS, YOU'LL SEE AT PINES BOULEVARD, FLAMINGO ROAD, YOU HAVE ALMOST 252ND DELAY THAT YOU HAVE IF YOU DON'T BUILD ANYTHING.

BY 2040. OAKLAND PARK AND STATE ROUTE SEVEN HAS ABOUT A 252ND DELAY.

AND THEN ATLANTIC BOULEVARD HAS A REALLY HIGH ONE PASS, 402ND DELAY.

IF WE DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THAT INTERSECTION.

AND IF WE DO, YOU CAN SEE HOW THOSE NUMBERS DROP.

LOOKING AT THE GREEN AND THE LIGHT BLUE.

SO THE ELEVATED IS GREAT, HAS A GREAT LOSS.

SO HERE ARE SOME IMAGES OF WHAT A SENATOR, AN OVERPASS COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT.

LOOK LIKE. THIS EXAMPLE IS AT PINES BOULEVARD AT FLAMINGO ROAD.

YOU SEE THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WHERE YOU CAN GET CREATIVE WITH THESE STRUCTURES.

YOU CAN INJECT A LITTLE BIT OF YOUR OWN MUNICIPALITY'S FLAIR.

HERE WE HAVE PEMBROKE PINES ON THE WALL WITH ITS LOGO.

WE'VE USED THE COLORS OF THE CITY WITH THE GREEN, AND THEN UNDERNEATH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT THERE IS SOME VEGETATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO GET A GET A MORE ESTHETIC, ESTHETICALLY PLEASING ENVIRONMENT.

ONE THING THAT WE DID WHEN WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS IS WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WEREN'T CREATING STRUCTURES THAT WERE CUTTING OFF COMMUNITIES.

SO WHEN WE GO AND LOOK AT COST ESTIMATES IN OUR DESIGN PLANS, WE WANT TO HAVE THINGS THAT CAN SUPPORT A LOAD BUT STILL HAVE VISUAL SIGHTLINES UNDERNEATH THE INTERSECTION.

SO WHAT YOU SEE HERE ARE SOME STEEL STRUCTURES.

INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE CHUNKY MASONRY WALLS THAT WILL HOLD A RAMP UP.

SO BY LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION, YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION EACH DIAGONAL.

THE NEXT IMAGE IS OAKLAND PARK AT STATE ROAD SEVEN.

SO THE IMAGE TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE YOURSELF AT THE TOP OF THE INTERSECTION, MAKING A LEFT TURN, THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE AND THEN THE RAMPS THAT WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE GOING BACK DOWN INTO THE THREE LANES TO THE RIGHT.

THE ONE ON TOP IS A LITTLE DARK, BUT THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES WITH THIS WHERE YOU COULD INJECT SOME UP LIGHTING AND SOME SOME DESIGN TO THE WALLS SO THAT IF YOUR CITY HAS ANY KIND OF AN EVENT THAT'S GOING ON, YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLORS OF THOSE LIGHTS BASED OFF OF THE EVENT THAT'S HAPPENING AND HAVE SOME FLAIR WITH THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS ATLANTIC LAVADA POWERLINE ROAD.

HERE ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHAT THE COMPLETE STRUCTURE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

THE ELEVATED ABOVE THE GRADE LEVEL.

AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, YOU SEE A LITTLE CLOSE UP OF THOSE RAMPS GOING DOWN.

SO WHERE ARE WE NOW? SO ON A TIMELINE, CURRENTLY PEMBROKE PINES BOULEVARD, FLAMINGO ROAD, OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AT SEVEN SEVEN AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT POWERLINE ROAD ARE ALL ADOPTED INTO OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THEY ALL EXIST WITHIN OUR MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES LIST.

WHERE THEY START TO GO OFF IS PINES BOULEVARD AT FLAMINGO ROAD HAS BEEN INCLUDED IN FDOT DRAFT KIND OF WORK PROGRAM, AND BY THAT IT'S NOW IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND WE ARE DOING PRE WORK THROUGH THE PD AND IN THIS FISCAL YEAR FISCAL YEAR 2023.

SO THAT ONE'S MOVING ON NICELY AT THIS POINT.

AND THAT IS MY PRESENTATION ON SEATS.

OK QUESTION HERE.

I DO ON THE OVER THE SUGGESTED OVERPASS FOR THE TURN LANES IS AND THERE IS NO OPPORTUNITY FOR PEDESTRIANS TO BE IN THOSE ELEVATED TURN LANES.

RIGHT. IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF A SAFETY HAZARD TO HAVE THEM UP THERE.

WELL, GIVEN THAT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AT SOME OF THOSE INTERSECTIONS THAT YOU.

TALKED ABOUT PEDESTRIANS SPECIFICALLY.

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SO THERE WOULD BE NO LEFT TURN LANES AT GRADE, CORRECT? THEY WOULD BE ALL AT THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO GO UP THE RAMPS TO GET UP TO THE SECOND STRUCTURE AND THEN HAVE A TWO PHASE SIGNALIZED SECTION WHERE YOU WOULD MAKE THOSE LEFT TURNS INTO THE RAMPS GOING BACK DOWN INTO THE THREE LANES AND THE PEDESTRIANS WOULD BE AT GRADE.

I CAN'T STRESS THIS ENOUGH BECAUSE PEDESTRIANS DON'T LIKE GOING UP TOWERS AND CROSSING OVER.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW HOW MANY BRIDGES WE'VE BUILT FOR SCHOOLS AND THE KIDS DON'T USE THEM BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO.

REALLY? HONESTLY, THIS ACTUALLY PROVIDES SHELTER AREAS FOR PEDESTRIANS IN A WAY THAT'S REALLY GREAT.

HOPEFULLY INTO THE FUTURE AND WILL BE LIT AND WE'LL BE WELL, YEAH, WAY LIT.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE IN COCONUT CREEK AT 441, THAT'S THERE'S NO IT'S HORRIBLE.

YES, IT IS. AND UNDER THE 95 THERE BY ATLANTIC, IT'S IT'S HAS A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MARTIN AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROGERS.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO BRING TO LIGHT THE STRUCTURE AT THE CORNER OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND 441, WHICH IS A LONGTIME FLYOVER WHICH WAS BUILT AT SOME POINT, I THINK. AND WHAT IT ENDED UP SEPARATING COMMUNITIES, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE A PERFECT FIT FOR SOMETHING POSSIBLY LIKE THIS.

SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD CONVERSATION ABOUT KNOCKING IT DOWN COMPLETELY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND UPGRADE THAT'S GOING ON IN PLANTATION AND THE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IN LAUDERHILL AT THAT AT THAT JUNCTURE, YOU LITERALLY SEPARATE PEOPLE FROM THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING AT THAT CORRIDOR.

AND IF YOU COME UP AND DOWN.

441 BROWARD BOULEVARD, SUNRISE, OAKLAND PARK, WHICH NOW OAKLAND PARKS IN THE MIX ON THIS ONE, THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMERCIAL AND GOING THERE NO OTHER FLYOVERS ON THOSE CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS WORK TO THE BEST OR WHATEVER BUT WE HAVE A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER PLANTATION'S BUILDING LIKE CRAZIEST OR GATEWAY COMING UP BROWARD FROM FROM FROM BROWARD TO SUNRISE AND THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF INFRASTRUCTURE STUFF.

SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GET IN AND I KNOW WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIDGE, BUT LIKE YOU GOT PART OF WHAT YOU NEED GOING UP AND OVER EAST AND WEST.

EASY FIX, GO NORTH AND SOUTH.

AND WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE WE'RE IN THE GAME HERE.

WELL, WE DEFINITELY HAVE YOU SCHEDULED FOR A CALL FOR PROJECTS MEETING.

SO YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT THEN ON THE LIST.

TRUST ME. AWESOME. I'M ENCOURAGED TO SEE YOU STARTED THIS THING.

SO THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER ROGERS.

THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, I WAS GOING TO HAVE COMMENTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OR THE EFFECT OR THE ENHANCEMENT TO THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.

AND I SEE MY COLLEAGUES MENTIONING WHAT WE ALL FEAR, WHAT HAPPENED AT SUNRISE AND.

441 SO I WILL BE ENGAGED IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

WONDERFUL. LOOKING FORWARD. RIGHT.

YOU TOO. SORRY, COMMISSIONER SCHUMER.

THANK YOU. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

LOOKING DOWN, IT LOOKS VERY MODERN, BUT LOOKING LIKE UNDERNEATH IT KIND OF REMINDS ME OF BROOKLYN.

AND THAT'S LIKE BROOKLYN.

AND MY QUESTION AND IF YOU MENTION THIS, I APOLOGIZE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AT THE GRADE A GRADE UNDERNEATH AT NIGHT, THERE'LL BE AMPLE LIGHTING.

YES. YES. THAT'S WE'VE DONE WE'VE DONE SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH SPECIFICALLY IN PEMBROKE PINES, ALSO, AND POMPANO BEACH.

AND THAT'S BEEN THE NUMBER ONE THING, IS TO HAVE THAT LIGHTING.

I'VE ALSO PRESENTED TO THE COUNTIES BIKE PED COMMITTEE, AND THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THEY BROUGHT UP.

SO, YES, MR. TRANTALIS, THANK YOU.

SO IT'S VERY INTERESTING, THIS CONCEPT.

I THINK THAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS TO TRY TO FACILITATE THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC.

AND THE DIAGRAMS THAT YOU SHOWED US WERE KIND OF LIKE VANILLA KIND OF IDEAS, YOU KNOW, IN A IN A MAKE BELIEVE ENVIRONMENT WITH THE MAKE BELIEVE OVERPASS AND A MAKE BELIEVE IMPACT OF WHAT IT'S GOING TO HAVE ON THE ADJACENT COMMUNITIES.

BUT WE'RE NOT IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE.

AND I THINK THAT THE COMMISSIONER, MARTIN AND MIKE AND COMMISSIONER ROGERS ARE BEGINNING TO POINT OUT THE KINDS OF REALITIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR OWN COMMUNITIES THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT.

RIGHT? SO I LOOK AT OTHER OVERPASSES LIKE THE ONE ON SUNRISE.

THERE'S ALSO ONE ON IVY'S DAIRY ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, AND US ONE MAJOR INTERSECTION.

BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS BEING CONTEMPLATED IN MY OWN CITY, WHICH IS AN AREA CALLED GATEWAY.

MANY OF YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

IT'S IN FRONT OF THE GATEWAY CINEMA AND THERE'S AN THERE'S A THOUGHT TO TO BUILD AN OVERPASS GOING EAST ON SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND BUILDING AN OVERPASS TO CONTINUE GOING NORTH ON US.

ONE, I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW DEVASTATING THAT WILL THE IMPACT WILL BE ON THAT AREA.

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AND AND I THINK THAT WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT INSTEAD OF OVERPASSES, UNDERPASSES, WE NEED TO START BURYING THESE ROADS.

IF YOU WERE TO CREATE AN UNDERPASS AT THE GATEWAY AREA, JUST MUCH LIKE WHAT WE HAVE IS OUR TUNNEL UNDER LA SOLAS BOULEVARD, YOU OPEN UP THE WHOLE AREA, YOU CREATE GREENWAYS, YOU CREATE A VISUAL SIGHTLINES THAT YOU NOW CAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE AROUND THERE RATHER THAN RATHER THAN BURYING THEM UNDERNEATH.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP ON 17TH STREET CAUSEWAY IN FORT LAUDERDALE, POLITICS REIGNED AND WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A TUNNEL THAT WENT UNDER THE INTERCOASTAL INSTEAD.

AN ENORMOUS BRIDGE WAS BUILT THERE, A VERY UNSIGHTLY BRIDGE.

AND THOSE HOTELS THAT ARE IN AND AROUND THERE ARE BASICALLY LOOKING AT A BRIDGE.

IF WE HAD A TUNNEL, THEY'D BE LOOKING AT WATER, THEY'D BE LOOKING AT CRUISE SHIPS, THEY'D BE LOOKING AT THE VITALITY OF WHAT SOUTH FLORIDA IS ALL ABOUT.

SO I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO START RETHINKING THE PARADIGM OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT BRIDGES.

IT'S ABOUT TRYING TO RETHINK HOW WE CAN IMAGINE HOW WE CAN BEST USE OUR RESOURCES AND PUTTING PUTTING TRAVEL AND TRAVEL LANES BELOW GRADE, I THINK IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO START THINKING.

WE'VE ALREADY STARTED THE DISCUSSION REGARDING THE TRAINS AND WE NOW NEED TO START THINKING OF IT WITH REGARD TO VEHICLES.

MR. MAYOR, REALLY QUICKLY ON THAT ONE, BECAUSE I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR AND I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M GOING TO BE DIRECTLY IMPACTED.

YEAH. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH EFFORT ON THAT WITH THE PD IS ALSO TO LOOK AT A CUT AND COVER THIS.

THESE PD NEEDS WILL ALSO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL.

IT'S JUST GOING TO BE LITERALLY HOW DOES THIS WORK OUT? A LOT OF TIMES OUR FRIENDS ON THE CLIMATE SIDE WILL GO, OH GOD, YOU CAN'T BUILD A TUNNEL BECAUSE IT WILL FLOOD.

WE KNOW THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN AT KENNEDY, BUT THEREFORE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DISCUSSIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.

THE FORESIGHT NOT TO PUT A TUNNEL AT 17TH STREET CAUSEWAY.

I WAS A KID WHEN THAT WAS GOING ON, THAT ARGUMENT.

I REMEMBER IT VERY CLEARLY IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE NEWS.

AND I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A MISTAKE.

I MEAN, IT REALLY ACTUALLY, TRULY WAS IN THAT LOCATION THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE GOT THAT VERY LARGE BRIDGE.

THESE ARE NOT VERY LARGE STRUCTURES ON THE UPSIDE.

THAT'S THE POSITIVE SIDE.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN SCARRED.

I MEAN, WHAT THEY DID IN LAUDERHILL WITH THAT OVERPASS WAS HORRIBLE WHAT THEY DID IN COCONUT CREEK.

NOW IT'S A MATTER OF FIXING THE SINS, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO WORK ON TOGETHER IF YOU GO TO OTHER PARTS.

OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.

AND YOU LOOK AT WHAT THEY'VE BUILT WITH BRIDGES, THEY HAVE DONE LIGHTING, THEY HAVE DONE THINGS.

THEY'VE MADE THEM MUCH MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY.

THEY'VE MADE THEM MORE CONNECTIVE.

AND THAT'S THE IMPORTANT THING.

SO ULTIMATELY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS TRUE, IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS.

I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY ISSUES IN FORT LAUDERDALE BY WHERE I LIVE, WHERE EVERYTHING BACKS UP ON SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND YOU CAN'T GET THE TRACKS AND SEARS TOWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND IT ISN'T NECESSARILY THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS CAUSED THAT.

IT'S A CONFLUENCE OF, YOU KNOW, FOLKS COMING FROM THE NORTH ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN MERGING WITH A MAJOR EAST WEST ROAD.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THINGS THAT WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.

AND I LOOK, I'M THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MAYOR COOPER AND AND COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI.

ME FIRST. OH, YES.

I THOUGHT AT LEAST IN CUBA FOR ME.

FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR THIS COMMENTS.

I HAD THOSE COMMENTS WITH GREG ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THOSE OF US THAT GREW UP IN THE NORTHEAST, EVEN, YOU KNOW, IN NEW YORK AND AROUND NEW YORK SAW THAT, YOU KNOW, WHY CAN'T IT BE TUNNELS? AND IT WAS ALWAYS A DEBATE ABOUT.

IT CAME DOWN TO MONEY.

IT'S REALLY WHAT IT CAME DOWN TO AND MAINTENANCE.

I HAD A QUESTION AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE I SAW IT.

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN SAFE STREETS WHERE SOME OF THEM YOU'RE PUTTING A LIGHT ON TOP OF THESE STRUCTURES.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO INCORPORATE CIRCLES SO YOU'RE NOT BACKING UP PEOPLE ONTO THE RAMPS? AND I KNOW I SAW I THOUGHT IT WAS IN THIS PRESENTATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE I SAW IT THAT IT'S ACTUALLY AND IT'S OPEN.

IT'S NOT A DARK UNDERGROUND MASS AND IT'S MORE FUTURISTIC, IT'S LESS IMPACTFUL.

KNOW I FOUND OUT TODAY THAT OUR CITY, WHEN I WAS IN HERE POOH POOHED ONE AND I GET IT BUT WE HAVE ONE OUR MAJOR INTERSECTION WHICH IS HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD AND FEDERAL.

I MEAN WE'RE INUNDATED BECAUSE WE'RE PASS THROUGH.

AND I LOVE HOLLYWOOD, BUT YOU'RE PUTTING ANOTHER 500 UNITS ON THAT BEACH, WHICH YOU GUYS DON'T HAVE THE OVERPASS TO GO ONTO THE BRIDGE NOW, BUT THEY ALL END UP MY CITY. SO WE ARE REALLY AT A PRECIPICE THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.

BUT I KIND OF LIKE A MORE OPEN DESIGN THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CREATE.

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SO I WAS FRUSTRATED LIKE, MAYBE THIS IS TIME TO LOOK AT IT.

AND IF AS LONG AS YOU'RE INCORPORATING SOME FUTURISTIC OPEN DESIGNS THAT AREN'T CREATING ANOTHER BOTTLENECK ON A RAMP, THAT WOULD BE MY CONCERN.

THAT WAS THE ONE THOUGHT.

BUT I KNOW I SAW THAT PICTURE SOMEWHERE.

IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY.

I WILL SAY YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT THINKS THAT WAY.

SOMEONE AT THE CAC, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, HAD SUGGESTED A ROUNDABOUT AS WELL.

SO DEFINITELY THAT'S SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO WHEN WE START DEVELOPING ALTERNATIVES THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE SIGNALIZATION IS WHAT MAKES THE CENTER FOR AN OVERPASS A LITTLE BIT MORE UNIQUE THAN ANOTHER INTERSECTION IS THAT YOU CAN SYNCHRONIZE THE SIGNALS AT BOTTOM, AT GRADE AND AT THE ELEVATED STRUCTURE SO YOU CAN GET A REALLY GOOD FLOW TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CARS ARE PROCESSING QUICKLY.

YEAH, MAYBE IT DOES FIT IN THE FUTURISTIC REALM.

ALSO, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE IN FLORIDA BEFORE AND THE ONLY OTHER ONES THAT ARE KIND OF BEING THOUGHT ABOUT ARE IN NEVADA, MARYLAND AND NORTH CAROLINA.

BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN IMPLEMENTED JUST YET.

NO, I KNOW I SAW A PICTURE ON.

SO IT'S LIKE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE YOU DON'T HAVE THIS INTERSECTION, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CIRCULAR COMPONENT THAT'S OPEN TO THE AIR.

SO YOU'RE NOT CREATING THIS MASSIVE CAVERN IN THE CENTER OF OUR CITIES.

AND IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY.

I KNOW. I SAW YEAH.

INSTEAD OF HAVING IS IT THAT GREAT OR IS IT.

NO, IT'S ELEVATED.

SO IT'S STILL ELEVATED, BUT IT'S NOT THIS MASS OF BRICK AND CONCRETE AND.

I'M SORRY.

I'LL FIND IT.

I KNOW. I'VE SEEN IT SOMEWHERE.

I DON'T. YOU CAN SEND US A.

OH, IF I MAY. SOMEBODY IS RAISING THEIR HEAD.

BUT INSTEAD OF LIKE HAVING AN HOUR TRYING TO COME TO A, YOU KNOW, FREEWAY, IT'S A DIFFERENT LOOK AND MORE A MORE OPEN AIR TYPE OF SITUATION.

SORRY, COMMISSIONER MALLOZZI.

NO, I SAW IT. I DON'T THINK I DREAMED IT, BUT I KNOW I SAW IT SEVERAL, SEVERAL POINTS.

ONE IN REFERENCE TO PEOPLE NOT LIKING HEIGHT.

I'M GOING TO POINT OUT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, WHICH IS JAM PACKED AND 99.9% OF THE TIME BEEN ON IT MANY TIMES MYSELF AND ALSO THE HIGH LINE, WHICH IS AN ABOVE GROUND PARK.

BUT PEOPLE WALK IT SUMMER, SPRING, WINTER FALL AND IT'S JAM PACKED.

SO IT'S NOT THAT THEY'RE AFRAID OF HEIGHT, IT'S THAT I DON'T KNOW, BUT THEY'RE NOT BECAUSE THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE THAT DO IT ALL THE TIME.

ONE I LOVE THE UNDERGROUND COMPONENT.

NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN IN OUR TERMS, ONLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT OUR CORAL FOUNDATION WAS PROHIBITIVE AND I THOUGHT THAT MAYBE WE NEVER DID THAT BECAUSE IT WAS COST PROHIBITIVE, BUT DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOVE TO LOOK INTO.

I WANTED TO ALSO BRING OUT THAT WHEN AGAIN, SORRY, AT THE SAFE STREETS THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, I BELIEVE IT WAS OVERTOWN.

YES, YES. OH, LOOK AT THAT.

A BRAIN CELL THAT TWO BRAIN CELLS WOO THAT IN OVERTOWN WITH THE OVERPASS.

HOW THEY WERE UNDER THE OVERPASS WAS, YOU KNOW, BLIGHT AND AND HORRIFIC AND.

HOW THEY WERE REVITALIZING THAT AREA AND THEY WERE MAKING IT A GO TO DESTINATION.

SO THEY WERE PUTTING IN FOOD TRUCKS AND BAND MUSIC AREAS AND PEDESTRIAN AREAS AND FUN LIGHTING AND FUN SEATING AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO MEET AND GATHER AND SHOPS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

SO I GUESS IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OVERPASS AND A COMMUNITY, WELL, HE'S GONE NOW, BUT IF YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN OVERPASS IN A COMMUNITY MUST BE IN THE THICK OF IT, THEN MAYBE DESIGN IT SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN OVERTOWN IN MIND.

SO THAT WAY IF YOU'RE STUCK WITH THIS, THEN AT LEAST YOU'RE MAKING UNDERNEATH A GO TO DESTINATION AND YOU'RE AT LEAST GOING TO UTILIZE IT.

SO THAT WAY THE BUSINESSES CAN NOT TAKE A HIT AND THE AREA CAN STILL PROSPER.

AND IT'S NOT AN AREA THAT MISCREANTS AND AND IS GOING TO CAUSE ISSUE.

THANK YOU. GREAT COMMENT COMMISSIONER FOR.

THANK YOU. I WAS JUST WONDERING, IS THERE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THESE COSTS? DANGEROUS QUESTION. NO, I'M KIDDING.

SO WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF COST ESTIMATES IN OUR 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR CONSTRUCTION.

WE HAVE THEM SET FOR 44 MILLION.

WE HAVE AN ASSUMPTION THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS JUST A PRACTICE THAT WE DID THROUGH THE PROCESS.

DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO COST US MUCH.

BUT IT WAS 100% OF THE CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER 44 MILLION.

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WHEN YOU INCORPORATE DESIGN, BUT JUST CONSTRUCTION SHOULD BE AROUND 44.

AND CAN LIGHT RAIL GO UP? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.

GREAT QUESTION. GREAT QUESTION.

THAT'S A REALLY THAT'S A REALLY GREAT QUESTION.

AND I ACTUALLY WANTED TO BRING THAT INTO THE CONVERSATION.

SO THANK YOU. I MEAN, I OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE THE ARTERIALS, RIGHT, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO PUT LIGHT RAIL AND TO BE ABLE TO DO CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT EAST, WEST.

AND THESE WOULD YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD SPEED THINGS UP.

A LOT. SO IT'S ALMOST AS IF YOU COULD BUILD THE STATIONS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL ON TOP OF THE INTERSECTION AND THEN HAVE THIS OPERATING AND THEN HAVE PEDESTRIANS MOVING UP AND DOWN VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY.

AND I THINK I THINK THOSE REPORTS ARE COMING OUT.

I WANT TO SAY IN A MONTH OR SO, BUT IT MAY BE WORTH LOOKING AT THOSE AND SEE, YEAH, WHEN THE PD STARTS GOING THROUGH, WE'LL BRING THEM BACK AND SHOW YOU HOW THAT'S GOING. YEAH. AND HOPEFULLY IF IF WE KNOW WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL IS GOING TO BE OR WHERE YOU THINK IN THE LONG TERM.

WELL THERE'S YEAH, I MEAN THERE'S THE SUGGESTIONS ARE COMING UP I THINK.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. I CAN'T SEE YOUR NAME FROM HERE.

BILL GANZ. THANK YOU.

THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT AUTOMATICALLY BRING UP A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN.

AND I KNOW KEEPING THAT OPEN AIR AND UNDERNEATH THERE IS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AND NOT CREATE A GIANT WALL THERE FOR THEM. BUT THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU HAVE TO REACH THAT ELEVATION, YOUR YOUR YOUR RAMP TO GO UP STARTS BACK WAYS FROM THAT CORNER.

SO THAT IMPACT IS STILL THERE, BUT IT'S FURTHER ON DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE AS YOU START TO GO UP, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO CREATE A VISUAL WALL THAT'S GOING TO BE THERE WHENEVER YOU GO UP. THE OTHER CONCERN IS BY KEEPING IT OPEN AIR, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT, AND THINKING ABOUT WHEN BROOKLYN WAS MENTIONED AND SOME OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY MY COLLEAGUES IS THAT THAT NOW IS A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS.

THAT'S WHAT IT BECOMES THERE, BECAUSE NOW THEY CAN BE PROTECTED WITHOUT RAIN.

AND TO BE ABLE TO BE THERE AND MAKE THAT AN ENCAMPMENT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THAT IS ONE OF THE BYPRODUCTS OF CREATING THIS.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH YOUR GOAL OF GETTING PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO TURN FASTER.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THE SIZE OF THOSE ARE GOING TO BE COMPATIBLE FOR THE INTERSECTIONS YOU'RE LOOKING TO PUT THEM IN.

GROWING UP IN THAT AREA BY FLAMINGO ROAD, I'M REALLY SURPRISED THAT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO THERE AND FIT AND MAKE SENSE, CONSIDERING WHAT I KNOW IS BUILT UP AROUND THERE.

AND I THINK TUNNELS ARE THE ANSWER.

BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM IS, AND I'VE LEARNED THIS WITH 10TH STREET, IS THAT YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHAT TUNNELS ARE GREAT IN CONCEPT.

THERE SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS BE A WAY FOR SOMEONE TO COME AROUND AND SAY, YOU CAN'T DO A TUNNEL.

AND I'M SURE MARY TRANTALIS CAN AGREE WITH ME.

AND HAVING HAVING LIVED WITH YOU THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT A GREAT IDEA WAS A CUT AND COVER TUNNEL ON 10TH STREET.

AND AS SOON AS DOT THROUGH THE DANNY PROCESS MOVED THAT THROUGHPUT TO THE NORTH SIDE, YOU COULDN'T BUILD A TUNNEL, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, SO THERE WAS LITERALLY HOW IT HOW IT WORKED.

AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHO'S GOING TO BE IN CHARGE OF DELIVERING THE PRODUCT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ONE MORE FROM DAVEY.

THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE, IN LISTENING TO THE DISCUSSION OF PUTTING BUSSES OR ABOVE THEIR BACK HERE.

LIGHT RAIL. YEAH, LIGHT RAIL.

SORRY. I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S PLANNING TO DO STUFF LIKE THIS, TO REMEMBER THE SENIORS AND TO INCORPORATE ELEVATORS OR ESCALATORS OR WHATEVER, I I'VE BEEN TO CITIES WHERE THEY ONLY HAVE STEPS AND IT'S IT'S REALLY, REALLY HARD TO MANIPULATE IF YOU'RE WITH A CANE OR IF YOU'RE WITH A WALKER OR A WHEELCHAIR OR WHATEVER. I JUST WANT TO THROW THAT OUT THAT IT STAYS UP THERE, THAT WHEN YOU DO TRY AND DO SOME OF THIS STUFF, EVEN THESE THINGS, IF THEY BECOME SOME PEOPLE, WOULD MAKE IT. IT'LL GO UP, GO UP AND DO SOMETHING UP ON TOP THAT YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW, THE ATTA AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT NEED A THAT OUR POPULATION IS AGING.

AND I DIDN'T I DIDN'T MENTION YOU.

I DIDN'T MENTION YOU. I'M MENTIONING MYSELF.

AND YEAH, AND MANY PEOPLE JUST NEED THAT TO BE SURE OF THAT ASSISTANCE.

AND THAT'S ALL. I WAS KIND OF THINKING OF AN ELEVATOR ESCALATOR, SOME WAY OF GETTING UP WITHOUT HAVING TO USE THE STAIRS BECAUSE IT'S IT'S REALLY HARD TO MANIPULATE IF YOU'RE IN A MOBILITY IS COMPROMISED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THOSE ARE GREAT COMMENTS.

I THINK ARTS AND PUBLIC PLACES, WHEN I SEE SOMETHING THAT HUGE, WE GOT TO MAKE IT LOOK RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO SAFETY AND FUNCTIONALITY, WE GOT TO MAKE IT SOMETHING PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IN THEIR IN THEIR AREA.

SO THANK YOU.

I HAVE A NUMBER FOR.

YEAH. REPORTS FROM PARTNER AGENCY.

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OH, EQUITY MAP. I'M SORRY, CARL.

[3. Transportation Planning Equity Assessment Update]

UM. WELL, I ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE ONE, BUT ANYWAY, HERE WE GO.

SO GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.

KALIMA BROUGHT NPR STAFF HERE, JUST PRESENTING A BRIEF UPDATE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.

A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY BEFORE I GET INTO THE ASSESSMENT.

YOU KNOW, THE MPO HAS ALWAYS ADDRESSED EQUITY THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AS WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO, BUT IN THE PAST IT DEPENDED, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE PROGRAM YOU'RE WORKING ON, WHO'S PART OF YOUR TEAM, WHAT PARTNER AGENCIES YOU'RE WORKING WITH, THE METHODS COULD VARY.

AND SO A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WE WANTED TO GET AWAY FROM THAT AND HAVE A MORE STANDARDIZED, CONSISTENT APPROACH TO TO ADDRESSING EQUITY.

SO WE EVENTUALLY SAT DOWN WITH OUR CONSULTANT AND CAME UP WITH WAS THE IDEA FOR THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH IS A SIMPLE CONCEPT.

IT'S IT'S A AN APPROACH THAT USES READILY AVAILABLE CENSUS DATA TO IDENTIFY AND MAP OUT WHAT WE REFER TO AS EQUITY AREAS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

NOW, AT THE TIME WE STARTED DOING THIS, IT WAS WE WERE REALLY ONE OF THE ONLY AGENCIES AROUND TO HAVE THIS IN PLACE.

THIS WAS BACK IN 2018.

FAST FORWARD TO TODAY, IT'S IT'S BECOME APPARENT WHEN WE TALK TO OUR PEERS AND WE GO TO CONFERENCES THAT OTHERS HAVE SINCE CAUGHT UP, SOME OF THEM BY USING OUR ASSESSMENT ITSELF.

BUT AND ALSO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS NOW ENTERED THE MIX AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN VERSION OF THIS THROUGH THE JUSTICE 40 INITIATIVE.

THAT BEING SAID, WE STILL SEE A VALUE IN THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT AND THE METHODOLOGY WE'RE UTILIZING.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THIS RELEVANT WITH WITH FREQUENT UPDATES AND GETTING IT OUT TO YOU ALL AND OUR PARTNERS, AS YOU KNOW, THE MPO.

WE TRY TO BE A RESOURCE TO OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT WITH THIS PRODUCT HERE.

SO METHODOLOGY AND APPLICATION, I'M NOT GOING TO DIVE TOO DEEPLY INTO THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE A WHITE PAPER ON OUR WEBSITE DOES A MUCH BETTER JOB THAN I COULD OF EXPLAINING, YOU KNOW, THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS.

HOWEVER, JUST TO GIVE YOU THE BASICS, IT STARTS WITH INDICATOR SELECTION.

SO WHEN IT CAME TO PICKING CENSUS INDICATORS FOR THIS, WE HAD A WORKING GROUP AND AS YOU IMAGINE, EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OPINIONS ON WHAT INDICATORS WE SHOULD GO WITH TO BEST ADDRESS EQUITY.

SO IN ORDER TO GET AWAY FROM HAVING IT BE TOO SUBJECTIVE AND JUST HAVING THE LOUDEST PERSON IN THE ROOM SET THE INDICATORS, WE MADE A DETERMINATION TO TIE ALL OF OUR CORE INDICATORS TO SOME FORM OF NONDISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE OR LEGISLATION.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT OF 1975, AND SO ON.

SO THE SEVEN CORE INDICATORS THAT WE EVENTUALLY CAME UP WITH THEN DOING THAT WAS RACIAL, MINORITY, ETHNIC, MINORITY, YOUTH, OLDER ADULTS, POPULATION BELOW POVERTY, AND LEP POPULATION, WHICH IS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY POPULATION AND ALSO POPULATIONS WITH A DISABILITY.

SO THESE ONCE WE HAD OUR CORE INDICATORS, WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE LOOK AT THE CENSUS BLOCK GROUP DATA FOR THOSE INDICATORS, COMPARE IT AGAINST THE COUNTYWIDE AVERAGE, AND THEN THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO CALCULATE A COMPOSITE SCORE.

WHEN YOU APPLY THAT TO THE MAP, THEN YOU GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

THE BLUE AREAS ARE THE EQUITY AREAS.

THE DARKER THE BLUE, THE HIGHER THE SCORE THAT THEY RECEIVED.

NOW, IT'S IMPORTANT TO CALL OUT HERE AND I DON'T KNOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE BOARD A WHILE, YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER CHRIS RYAN, A BRITISH FELLOW WHO USED TO WORK FOR US. HE SPEARHEADED THIS AND HE LIKED TO HE WAS VERY FOND OF SAYING THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION ON EQUITY.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS JUST A GUIDE.

IT IS NOT A DEFINITIVE INDICATOR OF WHERE THESE POPULATIONS EXIST.

BUT WHAT IT DOES FOR US IS IT GIVES US A CONSISTENT STARTING POINT TO ADDRESS EQUITY RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A PROGRAM SPECIFIC APPROACH, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST KIND OF DRIVING THAT POINT HOME.

IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SCALE THE ASSESSMENT, USE THE ASSESSMENT IN A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WAYS.

HERE AT THE MPO, WE USE THE ASSESSMENT TO TARGET OUR OUTREACH.

SO WE SPREAD OURSELVES OUT GEOGRAPHICALLY, GEOGRAPHICALLY, BUT ALSO WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO OUR OUTREACH CAMPAIGN THOSE MOST DISADVANTAGED POPULATED AREAS.

WE ALSO USE THIS FOR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR MAJOR PRODUCTS LIKE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, COMPLETE STREETS, MASTER PLAN, COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THEIR EVALUATION CRITERIA THEY'RE USING THE ASSESSMENT.

WE ALSO USE IT TO TRACK INVESTMENTS IN ACROSS THE COUNTY.

BUT THE THE STRENGTH, AGAIN, IS THE CONSISTENCY, THE CONSISTENT APPROACH AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE ALL USING THE SAME LENS TO LOOK AT EQUITY THROUGH THIS TOOL.

SO AS FAR AS UPDATES WE'VE MADE RECENTLY, I WANT TO JUST QUICKLY THANK OUR GIS PLANNER, ROGER MIRANDA.

NOT SURE IF HE'S HERE, BUT HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING US MAKE THESE UPDATES THIS YEAR.

SO HE'S TAKEN THE LATEST CENSUS DATA, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE 2020 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, OR ACS FIVE YEAR ESTIMATES.

HE'S PLUGGED THOSE IN.

SO WE WENT FROM THIS MAP HERE TO THIS ONE.

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BUT WE'RE HAVING BASICALLY 167 OVER JUST 1000 BLOCK GROUPS COMING IN AS HIGH OR VERY HIGH IN TERMS OF THEIR EQUITY SCORE.

AND AS FAR AS THE CONCENTRATIONS, THEY REMAIN IN MOSTLY THE SAME AREA.

SO NO BIG UPDATES THERE.

ALSO I MENTIONED EARLIER THE THROUGH THE JUSTIN 40 INITIATIVE, THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THEIR OWN VERSION OF THIS.

THEY CALL IT DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, WE CALL IT EQUITY AREAS.

WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT THE SAME THING AND IN SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT WAYS LIKE OTHER AGENCIES ARE.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE GRABBED THEIR DATA AND THIS IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AGAINST BROWARD COUNTY.

SO FLIPPING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN OURS AND THEIRS, THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF OVERLAP.

SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD TOOL.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ASSESSMENT, YOU DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO PRODUCE ONE.

THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT.

BUT LIKE I SAID, WE WE DO SEE A VALUE IN THE WAY WE'VE BEEN DOING IT.

SO UNTIL WE HEAR OTHERWISE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR METHODOLOGY.

AS FAR AS FUTURE UPDATES GO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT SEEM TO RECUR WHEN WE TALK TO OUR PEERS.

ONE OF THEM IS THE WE NEED A BETTER DEFINITION OF WHAT A BENEFIT IS.

SO THE JUSTICE 40 INITIATIVE STATES THAT 40% OF BENEFITS FROM FEDERAL INVESTMENTS ARE TO BE DIRECTED TO THESE EQUITY AREAS, THESE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES ARE OR WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING THEM, AND WE WANT TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT IS A BENEFIT IF YOU TOUCH IN AN OVERPASS PROJECT TO AN EQUITY AREA? IS THAT A BENEFIT TO THAT COMMUNITY? SO THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WHEN WE WENT TO A CONFERENCE ON THIS EFFORT, CWA WAS IN THE ROOM AND SEEMED TO BE WILLING TO CARRY THIS CONVERSATION FORWARD.

IN FACT, LATE LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A US DOT SURVEY ASKING ALL ABOUT OUR ASSESSMENT AND HOW IT'S USED, AND I THINK THEY'RE DOING THAT NATIONWIDE TO FIGURE OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE FOLKS ACTUALLY DOING WITH THIS AND WHAT CAN BE WHAT IS THE NEXT STEP? HOW DO YOU USE THIS? SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT ALSO POTENTIALLY THE USE OF QUALITATIVE DATA.

HOW WOULD THAT LOOK? BRINGING THAT INTO THE PICTURE TO POSSIBLY IMPROVE ACCURACY? SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THIS OUT.

THIS LITTLE CLIP HERE IS JUST ME SCROLLING THROUGH A WEBSITE WE'VE DEVELOPED FOR THE ASSESSMENT.

SO WE WANTED TO TRY TO HOUSE EVERYTHING IN ONE PLACE, HAVE IT HOPEFULLY VISUALLY APPEALING.

AND THE WAY THIS SITE WORKS, IT'S LIKE THESE MODERN WEBSITES FROM APPLE, IT'S NOT AS FANCY, BUT AS YOU SCROLL THROUGH, IT TELLS YOU A STORY, IF YOU WILL, AND IT'S GOING TO GO THROUGH EACH OF THE INDICATORS.

IT'S GOING TO MAP THEM OUT INDIVIDUALLY, GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHAT LEGISLATION IT TIES TO, AND THEN IT'LL ALLOW YOU TO OVERLAY THE EQUITY AREAS ON TOP OF OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

SO THAT'S ALL HERE FOR THOSE WHO, YOU KNOW, HAVE A MILD INTEREST.

SCROLLING THROUGH, IT WILL GIVE YOU THE GIST OF IT.

BUT IF THOSE WHO WANT TO DIVE A LITTLE DEEPER, UNDERSTAND THE METHODOLOGY AND MAYBE EVEN USE IT TO DEVELOP YOUR OWN ASSESSMENT, WE'VE HAD AGENCIES, I THINK PALM BEACH IS ONE OF THEM, PALM BEACH, TPA, WHO HAVE TAKEN THIS AND ADAPTED IT AND MADE THEIR OWN.

AND YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO GET THIS OUT.

WE STARTED WITH OUR COMMITTEES AND OUR BOARD, OF COURSE, BUT IF THERE'S OTHERS THAT YOU THINK WE SHOULD BE REACHING OUT TO THAT MAYBE ARE UNAWARE AND COULD BENEFIT, PLEASE LET US KNOW. AND THEN THIS IS MY CONTACT INFO.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.

DEPUTY VICE CHAIR COLBURN.

THANK YOU. WE HAVE JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION, CARL, CAN YOU FLIP BACK TO YOUR EQUITY MAP THAT SHOWED THE ORANGE? YEAH, RIGHT THERE.

YEAH. JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT IS THAT AREA ON THE OCEAN THAT IS CONSIDERED AN AREA OF CONCERN.

I'M HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THAT FROM HERE.

TO BE HONEST, I DON'T KNOW. GREG, DO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A BETTER VIEW THERE? OH. SOUTH OF POMPANO.

SOUTH OF POMPANO AND NORTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

IT'S. WELL, THAT WOULD BE LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.

THEY HAVE A SMALL EQUITY AREA.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE FEDS.

YEAH. OKAY. SO WE HAVE IF WE HAVE ISSUES WITH IF YOU LOOK AT WESTON, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN EQUITY AREA.

YEAH. AND MOST OF HALLANDALE BEACH.

YES, IT IS ACTUALLY.

IT HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME.

REALLY? IT LOOKS PRETTY NICE TO ME.

THANK YOU. YEAH.

NOW WE HAVE ISSUES.

NOW WE HAVE A PRETTY FAIRLY OR WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN UNDERSERVED FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND A TON OF SENIORS ON OUR BEACH, ACTUALLY ON THE BEACH SIDE OF OUR CITY, WE HAD MORE POVERTY THAN IN THE WEST IN SOME CASES. SURE, YOU HAVE SENIORS THAT ARE LIVING ON FIXED INCOMES AND LITERALLY I'M HAVING DIALOGS WITH THEM NOW BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD WHAT THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR NOW. AND IT'S PRETTY TRAGIC BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO MOVE ANYWHERE.

IT'S IT'S IT WAS VERY I AM SPEAKING TO ME AS WELL.

THAT WAS GREATER POVERTY THERE THAN MY GRANDMOTHER IN POMPANO BEACH.

MY SHE LIVED IN THIS LITTLE APARTMENT.

SHE PAID $12,000 FOR A BY A CHURCH AND SHE MADE $600 A MONTH, INCLUDING SOCIAL SECURITY AND WHATEVER SHE GOT FROM GM.

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THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S GOING ON TODAY, AS IT DID, YOU KNOW, 30, 40 YEARS AGO WHEN ITS PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT AND BUILT AND IN THE SEVENTIES YOU KNOW AND.

YEAH. NOW THEY'RE GETTING EVERYBODY, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

I HAVE THESE. I JUST WALKED IN TODAY WITH THE DIALOG OF THE COST OF LIVING JUST IN GENERAL IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

BUT THERE'S LITERALLY, AS GREG SAID, THERE'S PEOPLE LOOKING AT ASSESSMENTS NOW OF 7 TO $800 A MONTH.

AND IF THEY'RE MAKING 1200 DOLLARS A MONTH ON SOCIAL.

YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO BUT AND THEN THERE'S THE POPULATION.

IT'S THEIR SECOND HOME.

SO I JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, IS YOUR SECOND HOME AND YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT.

WE WE HAVE NOTHING TO SELL IN THE MARKET HERE, YOU KNOW, SO IT'S KIND OF AN UNUSUAL GENTRIFICATION ISSUE THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

I HAVE A QUESTION ON ON THE JUSTICE PARTY.

THAT'S OKAY. IS THIS FOR.

DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES.

SO HOW DO WE IMPLEMENT THAT? ANY FUNDS THAT ARE COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE WE HAVE TO APPLY THIS.

AND HOW DO HOW DO WE MONITOR? HOW WOULD HOW IS THIS GOING TO BE MONITORED OR WHO IS WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? WHEN MADAM CHAIR BRIAN CLICK ABOUT MPO WHEN WE APPLY FOR FEDERAL GRANTS, ONE OF THE CRITERIA THAT THEY WANT TO KNOW IS, IS THIS PROJECT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR FUNDING IN AN EQUITY AREA OR IS IT NOT ACCORDING TO THEIR MAP? SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S USED UP FRONT IN ORDER TO TO BE QUALIFIED FOR IT TO GET THE GRANT.

OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU.

OKAY, COOL.

THAT'S IT. WE HAVE ONE MORE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

NOW IT'S THE TURNPIKE.

[4. Report from Partner Agency - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - Sawgrass Expressway From West of US 441 to Powerline Rd Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study]

GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JASON HAYWOOD.

I'M REPRESENTING THE TURNPIKE, FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE THIS MORNING.

AND WE ARE GOING TO I AM GOING TO BE PRESENTING ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM WEST OF US 441 TO POWERLINE ROAD.

PETTINE STUDY, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS FROM ALONG THE SAWGRASS AND ALONG FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE TO MEET THE PROJECT NEEDS SHOW AND IMPROVE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY, ACCOMMODATE TRAVEL DEMAND FORECAST IN THE YEAR 2045, ENHANCE SAFETY, IMPROVE TRAVEL, TIME RELIABILITY AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND EVACUATION. SO WE'VE DEVELOPED ALTERNATIVES THAT WHY DIDN'T THE SAWGRASS AND FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE AND IMPROVE THE EXISTING INTERCHANGES SHOWN IN YELLOW ON THE SLIDE US 441 LINES ROAD AND THE SAWGRASS TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS A MISSING LINK IN THEIR REGIONAL EXPRESSWAY NETWORK.

AND WE KNOW THAT DISTRICT FOUR, DISTRICT FOUR IS COMPLETING THE SOUTHWEST 10TH CONNECTOR PROJECT THAT WILL IMPROVE THAT REGIONAL LINKAGE CONNECTING SAWGRASS WITH I-95.

WE LOOK AT THE REGIONAL DAILY TRIPS.

THE THE BIGGEST ONE IS FOR THE X PATTERN ILLUSTRATES THAT REGIONAL REALLY THE REGIONAL DAILY TRIP I'M SORRY, BETWEEN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTIES AND THE THE BIGGEST MOVEMENT IS 51,000 DAILY TRIPS BETWEEN PALM BEACH, EAST OF I-95 AND BROWARD, WEST OF THE TURNPIKE.

WE LOOK AT THAT TRAVEL DEMAND.

SO I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THAT QUICKLY.

THE INCREASE IS 48 TO 89% INCREASE ALONG SAWGRASS AND THEN ALSO ALONG FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

SO LET'S GET INTO WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED, STARTING WITH THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AT THE.

AND THE INTERCHANGES THAT US FOR 41 ALLIANCE ROAD.

SO ALONG THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, IT'S BEING PROPOSED TO WIDEN TO THREE TRAVEL LANES, FOUR IN EACH DIRECTION WITH AUXILIARY LANES IS NEEDED BETWEEN THE INTERCHANGES. AND WE ARE ALSO PROPOSING A SEED OR COLLECTIVE DISTRIBUTOR ROAD.

THIS WOULD SEPARATE TRAFFIC IN THE DIFFERENT PATHS, IMPROVING SAFETY BY SEPARATING THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO THOSE CLOSELY SPACED INTO CHANGES THAT US FOR 41 LIONS FROM THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH ALONG THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO USE SOME RENDERINGS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERCHANGES.

THIS ONE HERE IS UC 441.

WE'RE LOOKING EAST TOWARDS FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

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SO THE GREEN SHOWS THE TRAVEL LANES.

AND I DID NOT MENTION ON THE SLIDE BEFORE THAT THESE IMPROVEMENTS ARE ALL WITHIN EXISTING STATE RIGHT AWAY.

SO IN THE GREEN SHOWS, THE TRAVEL LANES AND THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, THE BLUE SHOWS THOSE WESTBOUND AND EASTBOUND SEE THE ROADS.

IN CURRENT CONDITIONS.

THERE IS AN EXISTING WESTBOUND CITY ROAD, BUT IT DROPS OFF.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN EXTENSION REALLY IN THE WEST AND A NEW CITY ROAD IN THE EAST DIRECTION.

SO THOSE WOULD BE THE NEW OVERPASSES FOR THE CITY ROAD.

THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL LEFT TURNS ON US FOR 41 TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS ALONG THE 441, ALLOWING MORE STORAGE FOR FOLKS THAT WANT TO ENTER SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

AND THEN WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE ADJACENT INTERSECTIONS, REGENCY LAKES TO THE NORTH AND WINSTON PARK BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH.

THIS RENDERING IS AT LIONS ROAD.

SO WE'RE ALSO STILL LOOKING EAST TOWARDS TURNPIKE.

YELLOW IS THE LIONS ROAD.

WE SEE THE TRAVEL LANES AND SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

WE SEE THE ROADS IN BLUE AND THE ADDITIONAL THE NEW OVERPASS BRIDGES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY ROADS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING TO RECONFIGURE THE EXISTING INTERCHANGES FROM A DIAMOND SORRY TO A DIAMOND INTERCHANGE AND AGAIN, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ADJACENT INTERSECTION TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A TEXAS U-TURN.

SO RIGHT NOW WE WOULD HAVE TO TAKE SOME OF THAT EMBANKMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION AND CONSTRUCT THE TEXAS U-TURN.

AND WE'LL GET INTO THAT HERE SOME MORE.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT, SORRY, ON THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING CONDITION, SO THAT THOSE U-TURN VEHICLES THAT CURRENTLY GO THROUGH TO INTERSECTIONS, THEY'VE GOT TO GET OUT THE RAMPS INTO INTERACT WITH THE TRAFFIC ALONG LYONS ROAD, THEN GET HEAD BACK EAST TO GET ON TO THAT SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE NO CONNECT, THERE ARE NO DIRECT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE AND SOUTHWEST 10TH.

SO RIGHT NOW THE TOLL IS 217 TO 14.

IF YOU MAKE THIS MANEUVER NOW, WHAT'S TO THE RIGHT IS WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED IN THE FUTURE CONDITIONS.

SO WE WOULD TAKE THAT U-TURN MOVEMENT, TAKE IT AWAY FROM INTERACTING WITH THOSE TWO TRAFFIC SIGNALS.

AGAIN, THAT WILL REQUIRE SOME REMOVAL OF EMBANKMENT THAT'S THERE TODAY.

SO AND ALSO THE TOLL SITES WILL BE RECONFIGURED.

SO IT WILL RESULT IN A LOWER TOLLING RATE TO MAKE THIS MANEUVER IN FUTURE CONDITIONS.

LOOKING AT EXISTING TOLLING, IT WOULD BE TO 7 TO 14 VERSUS $0.52.

ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A RENDERING WHERE RIGHT NOW ON LYONS ROAD, LOOKING NORTH, THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY IS THE OVERPASS.

SO THIS GRAPHIC HIGHLIGHTS THE RECONFIGURATIONS, THE DIAMOND INTERCHANGES.

THOSE WOULD BE THE LEFT TURNS AND THE SAME DIRECTION OF TRAVEL IN FUTURE CONDITIONS.

THEN WE HAVE THAT U-TURN WHERE THERE'S A BARRIER WALL BETWEEN THE TEXAS U-TURN AND THE NORTHBOUND LYONS ROAD.

WE HAVE SIDEWALKS AS WELL AS BIKE LANES PROPOSED, AND THIS WOULD CARRY THE BIKE LANES WHERE THEY STOP NOW, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION TO THE INTERSECTION TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS I THINK IS CIRCLE.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING TOWARDS FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED THERE, AS WELL AS AT THE SAWGRASS TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE.

SO THIS IS FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS FIVE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.

SO THAT WOULD BE FOR DUAL USE LANES, AUXILIARY WHERE NEEDED, AND THEN A THROUGH LANE IN ONE IN EACH DIRECTION AS WELL.

SAWGRASS TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE.

THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS TODAY.

WE'RE LOOKING NORTH AT THE INTERCHANGE.

WE'RE ON THE TURNPIKE.

THERE ARE NO DIRECT CONNECTIONS BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

AND THEN THIS WOULD BE WHAT WOULD BE PROPOSED IN THE FUTURE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT THE IMPROVEMENTS.

THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS ARE REALLY THE SAME FOR FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT, EXCEPT HERE AT THE INTERCHANGE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO COVER ALTERNATIVE ONE AT THE INTERCHANGE AND THEN ALTERNATIVE TO ALTERNATIVE ONE, THERE PROVIDES FOR CONNECTIONS WITH THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET.

SO THAT WOULD BE WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM TURNPIKE SOUTHBOUND, YOU'LL BE DRIVE AND MOTORISTS WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET LOCAL EASTBOUND. THEN WE HAVE THE RECIPROCAL, THE OPPOSITE MOVEMENT, WHICH IS THE LOCAL SOUTHWEST 10TH TO TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND.

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SO THIS IS THAT DIRECT CONNECTION FROM TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND TO I-95.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A CONNECTOR TO SOUTHBOUND TURNPIKE.

SO THAT'S ALTERNATIVE ONE ALTERNATIVE TO ADDS TWO ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS.

SO THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND TO THE LOCAL STREET, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET.

AND THEN LASTLY, SOUTHWEST CONNECTOR, WESTBOUND TO TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND.

SO TRAVELING IN I-95, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ACCESS TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND.

BOTH ALTERNATIVES HAVE IMPACTS.

THE QUIET WATERS PARK.

WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH BROWARD COUNTY PARKS AND RECREATION.

IN FACT, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING WORKSHOP.

THEY HAVE CONCERNS.

WE HAVE SOME IDEAS TO PRESENT.

WE HAVE A WE HAVE A WORKSHOP PLANNED FOR MARCH 20TH WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

SO, SO SO HOW DOES THIS HOW DO THESE CONNECTIONS AT THE INTERCHANGE IMPACT THE LIONS ROAD U-TURN? IT'S SHOWN HERE IN 2045.

NO BELT. IF THERE WOULD BE 850 VEHICLES IN THE AM AND PM PEAK PERIODS AND MAKING THAT U-TURN BOTH ALTERNATIVES REDUCE THAT U-TURN MOVEMENT SIGNIFICANTLY. OF COURSE, ALTERNATIVE TWO BECAUSE IT PROVIDES MORE DIRECT CONNECTIONS, HAS A HAS A GREATER REDUCTION OF MOTORISTS DURING HAVING TO PERFORM THAT U-TURN MANEUVER.

OH, OKAY. SO HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS ON THE IN THE DEERFIELD BEACH AREA.

THERE WAS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTING WATERWAYS OR INDEPENDENCE A BIT MORE AND THESE RENDERINGS JUST SHOW THAT THAT'S THAT SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET, WHATEVER THE TURNPIKE COMES IN AND DOES LATER, IS GOING TO BE TOWARDS THE PARK.

LANDS. SO JUST TWO MORE RENDERINGS.

AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT YOU SEE WOULD ALREADY BE CONSTRUCTED WITH THE SOUTHWEST 10TH, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE MOVING FLORIDA FORWARD INITIATIVE.

ALL RIGHT. FOR SOME REASON, SOME OF MY TEXTS GOT MESSED UP.

NOT SURE, BUT IT'S OKAY.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE TRAFFIC BENEFITS VERSUS THE ALTERNATIVE ONE AND TWO VERSUS THE NO BUILD.

BOTH ALTERNATIVES HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT, SHOW SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS VERSUS THE NO BUILD.

ALTERNATIVE TWO HAS A HAS A LOWER U-TURN TRAFFIC MOVEMENT VERSUS ALTERNATIVE ONE.

THERE ARE BUNCH THERE ARE SEVERAL ADJACENT PROJECTS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH THAT'S HAPPENING IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THE THE DIDN'T WANT TO LABEL NUMBER ONE IS THE ONE THAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT TODAY.

ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE.

WE ARE A PART OF A CRITICAL PART OF THE STUDY PROCESS IS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.

WE HAD A VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON PUBLIC MEETING JANUARY 30TH AND 31ST.

WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY MOSTLY ABOUT THE MOST OF THE COMMENTS THUS FAR HAS BEEN REGARDING PARK IMPACTS, THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL USERS.

AND AGAIN, WE CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH BROWARD COUNTY REGARDING WHAT WHAT CAN WE DO THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO BOTH PARTIES.

WE ALSO COORDINATED WITH THE CITIES OF CORAL SPRINGS, CITY OF COCONUT CREEK, DEERFIELD BEACH AND BROWARD COUNTY.

WE HAVE WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK REGARDING SOME CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.

AND WE WE WILL THE POINT OF HAVING ALL THIS INPUT IS TO SEE IF THE TURNPIKE CAN GO BACK AND MAKE MODIFICATIONS TO THE ALTERNATIVES TO ADDRESS THAT INPUT. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

YES, WE HAVE ONE.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

FIRST OFF IS A NOTE TO STAFF.

WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS PRESENTED, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW, I THINK IT'S IT'S IN FAIRNESS TO THE CITIES THAT ARE IMPACTED BY THIS AND I'M THINKING PARTICULARLY OF COCONUT CREEK ON THIS IS THAT MAYBE THIS SHOULD BE MOVED UP A LITTLE HIGHER IN THE AGENDA.

SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE MPO BOARD MEMBERS HERE BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT AND SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT MIGHT ARISE THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR AS A BOARD WE HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.

SO SO JUST A SUGGESTION THAT WE MOVE THAT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IT IS DISAPPOINTING, YOU KNOW, WHO WE HAVE HERE AT THIS HOUR.

ONE OF THE THINGS I AM VERY SYMPATHETIC TO BECAUSE I'VE HEARD THE CONCERNS THAT COCONUT CREEK HAS.

SO AS THEIR I GUESS YOU CAN CALL ME THE MAYOR, THE MISSING LINK OVER THERE.

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YOU MAY WANT TO ADD MORE PUBLIC INPUT TO THIS AS OPPOSED TO JUST HAVING THE TWO MEETINGS BEFORE YOU JUMP TO A PROPOSED SOLUTION IN MAKING A DETERMINATION.

THIS IS A SUGGESTION BASED ON WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE MISSING LINK.

I UNDERSTOOD WE ALSO HAD A WORKSHOP WITH CLIFF COOK SORRY, COCONUT CREEK STAFF.

THEY GAVE US ABOUT SIX MODIFICATIONS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.

THAT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

SORRY, THE DATES ARE ALL MESSED UP IN MY HEAD, BUT WE ALSO MEET WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ONE ON ONE.

THAT'S NEXT WEEK ON WEDNESDAY.

SO WE WE ARE REALLY ENGAGING WITH SYLVIA COCONUT CREEK.

IT'S NOT JUST THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

YEAH. THE OTHER POINT IS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS TALKED ABOUT THE LOCAL ACCESS POINT ON THAT WILL BE PART OF THE NEW CONNECTOR OF THE MISSING LINK ON 10TH STREET.

YES. TO GO NORTHBOUND ON THE TURNPIKE.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT THE ONLY WAY FOR ANYONE TO ACCESS NORTHBOUND TURNPIKE FROM 10TH STREET WOULD BE ON THAT LOCAL THE LOCAL ALTERNATIVE AS OPPOSED TO THE THE OTHER ROAD, THE CONNECTOR THERE IS ONE I ME I SOMETIMES I WAS THE ALTERNATIVE ONE SO THERE IS FROM THE LOCAL TO NORTHBOUND.

OKAY IF THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GO NORTHBOUND ON THE TURNPIKE.

ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO THIS CONNECTOR TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE A BACKUP ON THAT LOCAL ROAD.

ALL YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS TAKE ALL THAT TRAFFIC AND PUT IT ON THE LOCAL ROAD TO GET PEOPLE NORTH ON THE TURNPIKE.

SO I HAVE A BIG CONCERN WITH THAT.

I THINK THAT'S COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT WE'VE DONE ON THE ON THE CONNECTOR.

SO FROM THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH STANDPOINT, AS THE MPO REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS KIND OF AREA, IF I COULD GET A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ON THAT, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

SO SO BOTH ALTERNATIVES AND I'M SORRY MY EYES ARE BAD, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THIS CURRENT SLIDE YOU HAVE.

NUMBER TWO IS LOCAL SOUTHWEST, TEN TO NORTHBOUND TURNPIKE AND ALTERNATIVE TWO WOULD ADD THE CONNECTOR TO THE NORTHBOUND TURNPIKE.

OKAY. YEAH. YEAH.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE ALTERNATIVE ONE SEEMS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

YES. ALTERNATIVE TWO ARE THOSE TWO ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS THAT WERE REQUESTED BY DEERFIELD BEACH.

YES. THANK YOU. BUT JUST JUST JUST FOR TRANSPARENCY, THE BROWARD COUNTY HAS CONCERNS WITH THE AMOUNT OF IMPACTS THAT THAT RAMP CAUSES.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH NOW WITH.

YEAH, I'M SURE.

THANK YOU. THANKS.

OKAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS I JUST WANTED TO SEE BECAUSE THERE WAS A MENTION AS FAR AS THIS BEING SO FAR DOWN, GREG.

THERE WAS YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT IT WAS SO FAR DOWN ON THE AGENDA.

AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MAY WANT TO DO IS TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF SOME OF THE PRESENTATION TO THAT.

FOLKS WILL KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THAT IT IS ON HERE AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY STAY FOR IT.

AND OF COURSE, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MOVE SOMETHING UP ON THE AGENDA, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THAT'S ALWAYS A PRIORITY.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE WE CAN DO.

COMMISSIONER MALONE AND THEN YOURSELF.

I JUST I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT SOMETIMES THE PRESENTATIONS ARE PUT ON THE BACK END OF THE AGENDA BECAUSE WE HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING A QUORUM BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND WE KNOW THAT WE ALL HAVE A QUORUM IN THE BEGINNING PART OF THE MEETING, BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE IT AT THE END.

SO THAT'S WHY IF IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE, THEY'LL PUT IT TOWARDS THE BACK.

NOT THAT IT'S NOT AS IMPORTANT, BUT IT'S JUST THAT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE AT THIS TIME.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ASK, BECAUSE I'M CONFUSED, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

SO IN REFERENCE TO THE IMPACT ON QUIET WATERS PARK, AND JUST BECAUSE I LOVE THAT PARK AND I APOLOGIZE, I.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN? SO YOU SEE THE RAMP THAT'S CURRENTLY HIGHLIGHTED, RIGHT? THAT'S ONE OF TWO RAMPS THAT IMPACT THE PARK LINE.

SO THE IMPACT AN ALTERNATIVE ONE WOULD BE ABOUT, I THINK IT'S SEVEN ACRES.

AND IF YOU ADD THAT SECOND RAMP, IT WOULD BE ABOUT EIGHT ACRES.

SO WHAT THIS DOES IS, IS IT IMPACTS THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS THAT OR WERE CURRENTLY RECONSTRUCTED OR OR EITHER UNDER RECONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. OKAY.

AND JUST THE JUST THE BIKE TRAILS OR IN ADDITION TO.

BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ALSO SOME OF THE WATERWAYS.

YES, THE WATERWAYS.

YES. THERE'S A SKI REASON RIGHT THERE.

SO IT GETS CLOSE TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IMPACTS ANY OF THE EQUIPMENT.

MAYBE. BUT YES, THE THE SKI REASON AND THE AND THE MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAILS WOULD BE IMPACTED.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.

THANK YOU. ONE MORE QUESTION.

WELL, IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, AND I WILL BE ONE OF THOSE FOLKS THAT YOU'LL BE MEETING WITH NEXT WEEK.

AND I KNOW WE'VE GONE ON RECORD AT THE PUBLIC MEETINGS BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY HORRENDOUS.

SITUATION ON TRAFFIC TRYING TO GET FROM SOUTHWEST 10TH.

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AND SO WE'VE SUGGESTED WAYS OTHER THAN WHAT YOU HAVE HERE THAT WILL HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT TO THE LOCAL TRAFFIC ON THAT COUNTY ROAD NORTH AND SOUTH, BECAUSE IT'S IT'S JUST NOT IDEAL FOR PEDESTRIANS, BICYCLISTS. AND AND THE THE CARS ITSELF, NO MATTER HOW.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT EXISTING TRAFFIC.

SO THERE THERE ARE BETTER WAYS TO GET.

THE FOLKS THAT WANT TO GO SOUTH ON THE TURNPIKE FROM THE SOUTHWEST 10TH TO WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT SOCIALLY AND EQUITY WISE.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR LISTENING TO THOSE ALTERNATIVES FROM THE REST OF US.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. SO DO WE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? FINANCIAL REPORTS.

UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS.

ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. LIKE ANY QUESTIONS ANYBODY HAS ON THAT? AND IF NOT, ANY QUESTIONS IN ANY OF THESE.

THAT'S IT. SOMEBODY MOVED TO ADJOURN.

TO ADJOURN. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WELL, MEETING ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.