Mar 22, 2023 Technical Advisory Committee

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>> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

I'M GOING TO CALL THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 TO ORDER 2023.

TODAY IS JUST A WORKSHOP FORMAT.

IF YOU'VE NOTICED IN THE AGENDA, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS, BUT WE HAVE SOME PRETTY IMPORTANT PRESENTATIONS TO GO THROUGH TODAY.

I WILL KICK IT OFF AND WE'LL START WITH

[1. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

>> THANK YOU, CHAIR WARFEL.

I'M JUST GOING TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE MY SCREEN.

HOPE EVERYBODY CAN SEE THAT. CAN YOU SEE THAT?

>> YES, WE CAN.

>> GREAT. AGAIN, THANK YOU.

CHAIR WARFEL, PETER GIES HERE WITH THE BIRD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION CO-PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

IF YOU ALL HAVE TAKEN A LOOK AT THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE AGENDA IS HEAVILY COMPRISED OF ITEMS FROM THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND WE'RE REALLY RAMPING UP TO GET STARTED IN THE THICK OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY THAT PERTAIN TO THAT.

THIS HERE IS JUST AN OVERALL UPDATE.

WE'LL START WITH THAT AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS DISCUSSION FOLLOWED BY PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THEN PROBABLY THE MAIN REASON WHY A LOT OF YOU ARE HERE IS WE'LL END ON A SHORT WORKSHOP ON HOW TO USE THE PROJECT SUBMITTAL TOOL AS PART OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.

WITH THAT, I'LL START WITH JUST A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW.

THE THINGS THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS NOW PERTAIN TO THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE UNDER THE ASSESSMENT PIECE IN BLUE, THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, AND THEN FINALLY AS WELL, THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND MEASURES, OR WHAT WE'RE CALLING THIS TIME AROUND GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY QUITE A FEW MORE STEPS INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS, BUT THESE ARE THE UPFRONT ITEMS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET SITUATED IN PREPARATION FOR THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET WITH US ON THE CALL FOR PROJECTS AND WE'RE GOING TO GIVE A SUMMARY OF THAT AS WELL IN THIS OVERVIEW PRESENTATION.

VERY QUICKLY ON PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE'VE BEEN GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY AND SPEAKING ABOUT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, TRYING TO SHARE OUR SURVEY AND ALSO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHY THEY SHOULD GET INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE HAVE HAD QUITE A FEW WORKSHOPS.

YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYTHING FROM TRI-RAIL'S RAIL FUN DAY, ALL THE WAY OUT TO BIKE DAY EVENTS IN PEMBROKE PINES AND IN LAUDERHILL AS WELL.

WE'VE ALSO DONE SOME INDIVIDUAL OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS WITH THE COCONUT CREEK CORAL SPRINGS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALSO BEEN OUT IN ANOTHER FORT LAUDERDALE BIKE MONTH EVENT.

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUR WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS ARE MORE EVENTS THAT WE GO OUT TO IN THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE PIGGYBACKING OFF OF OTHER EVENTS.

WHEREAS OUR PRESENTATIONS ARE PLACES WHERE WE DO A FORMAL PRESENTATION AND ACTUALLY HAVE A QUESTION AND ANSWER SESSION AT THE END OF IT.

THERE'S QUITE A FEW MORE PLANNED FOR THE FIRST PART OF THE MTP DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE ENGAGING IN NOW THROUGH ABOUT THE MID-TIMEFRAME.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MORE OUTREACH WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS COMING UP THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE SCREEN.

WE'LL BE OUT IN SUNRISE, THE EARTH DAY EVENT.

BUT WE'LL ALSO BE DOING A FEW MORE PRESENTATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTY.

PLACES LIKE THE AFRICAN AMERICAN LIBRARY, THE WESTPORT HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IN PLANTATION, HISPANIC COMMUNITY OF FLORIDA.

ALSO IN WHAT MANNER IS AND IN HOLLYWOOD COMING UP HERE.

IF THERE ARE PARTICULAR HOAS OR ASSOCIATIONS THAT YOU THINK WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HEARING ABOUT THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

OUR CONTACT INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THIS PRESENTATION HERE.

LET US KNOW. WE'RE HAPPY TO COME OUT.

AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE REALLY BEEN TRYING TO PUSH AND SHARE THE SURVEY THAT'S RELATED TO THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THE QR CODE IS HERE ON SCREEN.

THE BIG DRAW THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED IN IS IF YOU TAKE THE SURVEY AND SUPPLY YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AT THE END OF THE SURVEY, YOU CAN BE ENTERED TO WIN A $250 VISA GIFT CARD, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE HOPING IS GOING TO ENTICE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE SURVEY.

IT IS VERY SHORT. FIVE QUESTIONS.

EVEN YOURSELVES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO QUICKLY SCAN THIS QR CODE OR HEAD TO ROUTE TO 2050.ORG.

YOU CAN TAKE THE SURVEY PUTTING YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS AND BE ENTERED TO WIN THAT GIFT CARD.

NOW I'M SWITCHING GEARS A LITTLE BIT AND GOING TO THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS HERE, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND SCHEDULED ABOUT HALF OF THE MEETINGS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES.

WE HAVE A COUPLE MORE AGENCIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO MEET WITH.

THE LIST IS COMING UP IN A FUTURE SLIDE.

BUT TODAY, THE BIG EVENT OBVIOUSLY IS THE PROJECT SUBMITTAL TOOL WORKSHOP, WHICH YOU'LL GET TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE MEETING.

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THAT'S WHERE WE ARE IN THE CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS.

LOOKING AT THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, I WOULD ASK ALL OF YOU TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THIS LIST.

THIS SLIDE AND THE NEXT SLIDE MAKE SURE THAT YOUR AGENCY IS LISTED ON HERE.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, WE HAVE COMPLETED 16 MEETINGS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, INCLUDING SFRTA, AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

AMONG THAT ARE ALSO ANOTHER 14 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

HERE ON THE NEXT SLIDE ARE ONES THAT WE HAVE UPCOMING.

WE HAVE FDOT TOMORROW AND THEN A FEW MORE MUNICIPALITIES ENDING ON BROWARD COUNTY HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING AT THE BEGINNING OF APRIL.

BUT IF YOU DO NOT SEE YOUR NAME OR YOUR CITY'S NAME ON THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE, OR THE SECOND SLIDE, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU REACH OUT TO US AND SCHEDULE A MEETING TO HAVE YOUR PROJECTS CONSIDERED FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AS PART OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU MEET WITH BROWARD MPO STAFF IN ORDER TO SUBMIT YOUR PROJECTS THROUGH THE PROJECTS MIDDLE TOOL.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THAT IS WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SUBMITTING ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT WERE POINTING YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH YOUR SPECIFIC TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.

THAT WAY THEN IT STREAMLINES THE PROCESS BOTH FOR YOURSELVES AND FOR US AS WELL.

PLEASE MAKE SURE IF YOUR NAME IS NOT ON THIS LIST BETWEEN THE COMPLETED MEETINGS AND THE UPCOMING MEETINGS THAT YOU SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THOSE AND REACH OUT. HOW DO YOU DO THAT? WE HAVE A LINK THAT WAS SENT OUT TO TAC MEMBERS, THE MPO BOARD MEMBERS, CITY MANAGER, AND SOME OTHER KEY CITY STAFF THAT WE HAVE ON FILE.

THERE IS A CALENDLY LINK ON THERE WITH OPEN DATES TO SCHEDULE MEETINGS.

PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU FIND THAT EMAIL AND CAN FOLLOW UP AND SCHEDULE A MEETING.

IF YOU CAN'T FIND THAT EMAIL, YOU CAN REACH OUT TO CHRISTOPHER OR MYSELF.

AGAIN, CONTACT INFORMATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE END OF THIS SLIDE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE.

AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING OUTREACH MEETINGS.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP DOING CALL FOR PROJECTS MEETINGS.

OUR GOAL IS TO MEET WITH EVERY SINGLE MUNICIPALITY IN BROWARD ABOUT THE 2050 MTP AND TALK ABOUT THE CALL FOR PROJECTS AND UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE.

AGAIN, I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH THAT YOU SHOULD REACH OUT TO US OR USE THE CALENDLY LINK IN THE EMAIL THAT WAS PROVIDED TO YOU NOW, PROBABLY THREE OR FOUR TIMES CHRISTOPHER SENT THAT OUT AND SCHEDULED THAT MEETING WITH US.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE OVERALL PRESENTATION HERE BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS?

>> FOR THOSE OF US WHO'VE NOT BEEN VIRTUAL FOR A LONG TIME, JUST CLICK THE RAISE HAND BUTTON AND WE WILL CALL ON YOU.

EVEN THOUGH WE'RE VIRTUAL, IT'S MEANT TO BE INTERACTIVE.

LIKE PETER SAID, THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STAGE AND THIS ONLY COMES AROUND ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS, SO WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PARTICIPATING AND ACTIVE IN THIS PROCESS.

ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? ARE THERE ANY IN THE ATTENDEES, REBECCA OR LEXO? NO? WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,

[2. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Goals, Objectives, and Indicators & Project Prioritization Update A. Draft 2050 Goals, Objectives, and Indicators B. Project Prioritization Update]

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, CHAIR WARFEL.

PETER GIES AGAIN WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING A LOT OF ME FOR THE NEXT PROBABLY 20 MINUTES OR SO.

BUT AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, WE ARE LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK.

IT IS MEANT TO BE INTERACTIVE, ESPECIALLY THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION AS WE GET INTO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS, AND ALSO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THE WAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION IS THAT WE DO HAVE THIS SPLIT UP AS AN A AND B ITEM.

THE A ITEM BEING GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS, AND THE B ITEM BEING THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION INTRODUCTION.

I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THEM INDIVIDUALLY SO I WILL STOP AFTER THE PRESENTATION ON THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND WELCOME DISCUSSION, ANY QUESTIONS, OBVIOUSLY THROUGH THE CHAIR, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION DISCUSSION.

MOVING ON TO THE FIRST ITEM HERE, DRAFT GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS.

YOU MIGHT ASK YOURSELVES WHY WE'VE CHANGED THE NAME FROM GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND MEASURES TO GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS, I THINK THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'VE CHOSEN TO MAKE THIS SHIFT IS BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COMES TO THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND THE MPO BOARDS ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE.

THOSE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES ARE A VERY SPECIFIC THING.

THOSE ARE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE TO MEASURE AT AN ORGANIZATION-WIDE SCALE AND A COUNTYWIDE SCALE IN ORDER TO REPORT BACK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

A LOT OF THE MEASUREMENT THAT WE DO AS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN OVERLAPS WITH THOSE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES,

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I THINK IT'S MORE OF A SEMANTICS THING, BUT I'M HOPING IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF DISTINCTION BETWEEN OUR FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AS PART OF THIS PLAN AS WELL.

AGAIN, SOME CASES OVERLAP, IN OTHER CASES, YOU'LL SEE WE DEVIATE AS WELL SO THE MAIN REASON WHY WE'RE CALLING THESE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS THIS TIME AROUND.

JUST AS A REFRESHER FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT HAVE GONE THROUGH THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATOR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, OR YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH, AND IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU'VE DONE THAT, I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO START WITH SOME DEFINITIONS HERE OF WHAT WE CONSIDER TO BE A GOAL, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS.

TRY TO KEEP IT VERY SHORT AND SIMPLE WHERE WE'RE DEFINING A GOAL AS AN ACHIEVABLE OUTCOME THAT IS TYPICALLY BROAD AND LONG-TERM.

THESE TEND TO BE MORE VISIONARY-TYPE STATEMENTS, WHEREAS THE OBJECTIVE IS A MORE MEASURABLE OR SPECIFIC ACTION AND OFTEN INCLUDES A DIRECTION THAT WE WANT TO HEAD IN AS WELL.

YOU'LL TYPICALLY SEE WORDS LIKE INCREASE OR DECREASE OR INCREASE BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OR BY A CERTAIN VALUE.

THAT'S TYPICALLY WHAT YOU WILL SEE IN AN OBJECTIVE AND THEY HELP TO SUPPORT THE OVERALL GOAL, THAT VISION THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED.

THEN FINALLY, INDICATORS OR A DATA SOURCE OR A DATA SET THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE AND TRACK THE SPECIFIED OBJECTIVES AND SEE HOW WE'RE MEETING THE GOALS.

IDEALLY, WORKING BACKWARDS, THE INDICATOR HELPS US MEASURE THE OBJECTIVE AND THEN THE OBJECTIVE HELPS US SEE IF WE'RE ACTUALLY MEETING THE OVERALL GOAL.

AS IT RELATES TO THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, FOCUSING HERE ON TRANSPORTATION, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT REFLECT THE VISION AND MISSION OF WHAT WE WANT THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK TO LOOK LIKE IN 2050.

SOME REFERENCE DOCUMENTS THAT WE USED IN DEVELOPING THE DRAFT GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS, IN ADDITION TO FEDERAL LAW, WHICH IS A GIVEN IN OUR REALM LIKE THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WE ALSO HAVE A FEW REFERENCE DOCUMENTS HERE THAT ARE LISTED ON SCREEN.

THINGS LIKE THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS, THE FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS THE STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION PLAN DEVELOPED BY FDOT.

OUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT 2045 GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND MEASURES, OUR PREVIOUS 2045 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND ALSO THE USDOT SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH.

NOW THE USDOT SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH IS SOMETHING THAT HAS GAINED A LOT OF TRACTION WITH THIS ADMINISTRATION.

WE KNOW SAFETY IS AT THE TOP OF THE LIST FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, SO THAT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY WE INCLUDED THAT AS A REFERENCE DOCUMENT HERE.

NOW, BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS, JUST WANTED TO GIVE EVERYONE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGH-LEVEL OVERVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES HERE.

THEY ARE STILL VERY MUCH IN DRAFT FORM.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES AND SOME OF THE INDICATORS, THOSE LINKS HAVEN'T BEEN MADE YET.

IN MOST CASES, WE HAVE MORE INDICATORS THAN WE DO OBJECTIVES.

NOW THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A BAD THING.

YOU CAN USE MULTIPLE INDICATORS TO MEASURE ONE OBJECTIVE.

BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY THE GOAL THAT WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS WHEN WE COME BACK FOR ADOPTION HERE NEXT MONTH IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A GOOD DESCRIPTION ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THE GOALS, A GOOD DESCRIPTION ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES, AND THEN AT LEAST ONE INDICATOR THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE EACH ONE OF THOSE OBJECTIVES.

RATHER THAN NOODLING THROUGH ALL OF THAT WORK, THIS TIME AROUND, WE WANTED TO PRESENT ALL OF THESE IN DRAFT FORM, GET YOUR FEEDBACK.

THEN I THINK AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS MORE OF A CONNECTION BETWEEN EACH ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS AND WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MEASURE HERE.

TAKE, FOR EXAMPLE, A GOAL LIKE OUR FIRST GOAL, SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

IDEALLY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FROM THE MPO'S PERSPECTIVE IS UNDERNEATH THAT, WHAT THIS GOAL IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

WE'D HAVE A SMALL LITTLE BLURB UNDERNEATH THAT GOAL AND THE SAME THING FOR EACH ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES.

AGAIN, THE HIGH LEVEL, BEFORE I DIVE INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS, WE'VE KEPT THE THREE GOALS PRETTY CONSISTENT FROM THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE BELIEVE THAT THOSE WERE SOLID GOALS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AS PART OF THE 2040 WE'VE CARRIED FORWARD TO THE 2045 AND SOMETHING THAT WE'D LIKE TO ALSO HAVE BEEN REFLECTING THE 2051, WE WANT TO TRY AND MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT CONSISTENCY, BUT WE DID MAKE A COUPLE OF SMALL TWEAKS TO EACH ONE OF THOSE GOALS.

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WE HAVE THE THREE GOALS.

SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

I'M GOING TO START WITH THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

THIS IS CHANGED FROM LAST TIME, WHERE LAST TIME WE HAD MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS AND THAT WAS IT.

WE'VE CHOSEN TO ADD THE WORD SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE, WE'RE SAFELY INTO THAT STATEMENT SO THAT WE HAVE SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DID THAT IS BECAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS, WHICH OFTEN FOCUSES ON CAPACITY AND LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING SOME CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS DOES NOT OVERSHADOW THE SAFETY PART OF MOVING PEOPLE.

RATHER THAN BREAKING OUT SAFETY INTO ITS OWN GOAL WHERE IT OFTEN IS THEN STAND ALONE AND GETS LOST, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INTEGRATED SAFETY INTO THE ACTUAL MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS AND WHERE A LOT OF OUR FEDERALLY REQUIRED ACTIVITIES LIE, WHICH ONCE AGAIN, RELATE TO CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, WHICH RELATE TO PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, MAINTAINING TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT A LOT OF THOSE TYPES OF OBJECTIVES SURROUNDING THE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY GET OUT OF HAND AND FOCUS MORE ON THE SPEED AND THE LEVEL OF SERVICE ASPECT.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE TEMPERING SOME OF THAT WITH THE SAFETY PIECE AS WELL.

THIS GOAL HERE IS SPLIT UP INTO TWO SLIDES.

I COULDN'T FIT IT ALL ONTO ONE SLIDE, BUT YOU'LL SEE HERE SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES ON THE FIRST SLIDE RELATE HEAVILY TO THE SAFETY PIECE.

ELIMINATING TRANSPORTATION-RELATED FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR VISION ZERO GOAL THAT WE HAVE FROM THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES SIDE.

REDUCING THE NUMBER OF CRASHES WITH AN EMPHASIS ON THE MOST VULNERABLE USERS.

I THINK THAT IT ONCE AGAIN SPEAKS TO A LOT OF THE REPORTS THAT HAVE COME OUT THAT FLORIDA BEING ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS PLACES TO WALK AND RIDE YOUR BIKE.

FOR NON-MOTORIZED USERS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AS WELL THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE SURROUNDING SAFETY AS IT PERTAINS TO THOSE USERS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE HERE ENSURING ADEQUATE FUNDING BEING ALLOCATED TO MAINTAIN AND OPERATE THE EXISTING SYSTEM.

THIS HAS TO DO MORE WITH THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.

OUR FIRST TWO OBJECTIVES RELATED TO SAFETY, THE THIRD ONE HERE ON THIS SLIDE RELATING MORE TO THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR.

NOW LOOKING OVER TO THE INDICATORS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FEDERALLY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE IN HERE.

MOST OF THEM PERTAINING TO THE SAFETY PIECE, BUT THEN OTHERS PERTAINING TO THE STATE OF GOOD REPAIR IN TERMS OF BRIDGES AND ROADWAYS.

THOSE ARE THE INDICATORS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO USE IN ORDER TO MEASURE THOSE OBJECTIVES.

MOVING ON TO THE SECOND PART OF SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON THE_ MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS PART.

WHERE WOULD THE FIRST OBJECTIVE WE'RE LOOKING AT INCREASING ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRAVELS SO THAT REFERS MORE TO THE MULTIMODAL SIDE OF THINGS.

IMPROVING TRAVEL RELIABILITY AND REDUCING DELAY.

NOW YOU'LL NOTICE WE DON'T USE WORDS LIKE INCREASING LEVEL OF SERVICE OR INCREASING SPEED.

WE PURPOSELY FOCUS ON TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND DELAY REDUCTION.

BECAUSE IN A PLACE LIKE BROWARD WHERE WE ARE REALLY BUILT OUT, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAT WE ACHIEVE TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY WHICH MEANS DURING A CERTAIN TIME OF DAY, CAN YOU GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B IN A CONSISTENT TIMEFRAME? IF YOU'RE TRAVELING DOWN 95 HEADING SOUTHBOUND DURING AM PEEK TOWARDS MIAMI, CAN YOU GET FROM ONE EXIT TO ANOTHER IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME EVERY DAY, RATHER THAN SAYING, CAN YOU DO THAT WITHIN A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE OR AT A CERTAIN SPEED? WE'RE FOCUSING MORE ON THE TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY PIECE AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, REDUCING THE DELAY PART IS ANOTHER ASPECT OF INCREASING AND IMPROVING TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

MAKING SURE THAT WHEN THERE ARE INCIDENTS THAT THOSE ARE BEING CLEARED EFFICIENTLY, THAT SAFETY IS PARAMOUNT IN ENSURING REDUCING DELAY SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE THOSE ACCIDENTS.

THE THIRD OBJECTIVE HERE ON THE SCREEN, IMPLEMENTING TRANSPORTATION TECHNOLOGIES AND IMPROVE SAFETY, PROMOTE EFFICIENCY, AND MEET THE CHANGING NEEDS OF TRAVELERS.

I THINK WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE TRANSPORTATION SPACE AS IT RELATES TO AUTOMATE CONNECTED AND SHARED VEHICLES.

ENSURING THAT THERE'S TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING IMPLEMENTED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM TO HELP SUPPORT THINGS LIKE TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND THAT'S ALSO HELPING TO SUPPORT SOME OF THE SAFETY OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL.

THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING.

THIS WAS A NEW OBJECTIVE THAT WAS ADDED GIVEN THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS AND JOBS ACT, OR BI-PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED, AND THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT FUNDING THAT EXIST OUT THERE.

I THINK WE'D BE REMISS IF WE DIDN'T ADD AN OBJECTIVE THAT

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SHIFTING OVER TO THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN ON THE INDICATORS PART.

AGAIN, QUITE A FEW INDICATORS HERE COMPARED WITH THE OBJECTIVES, AND SOME OF THEM ARE RELATED DIRECTLY TO THE FEDERALLY REQUIRED PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

OTHERS ARE NOT BUT YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THAT A LOT OF THEM COME FROM THE MODEL AND THINGS THAT WE CAN CONSISTENTLY MEASURE IN ORDER TO SEE IF WE'RE HITTING THE TARGETS ON THOSE OBJECTIVES.

NOW THE SECOND GOAL HERE, CREATE JOBS.

THIS ONE HERE IS MORE OF A PROXY FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY OR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

OFTENTIMES PEOPLE ASK, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CREATE JOBS? THAT GOES BACK TO MY EARLIER COMMENTS ABOUT ADDING A LITTLE BIT MORE MEAT ON THE BONES FOR THE FINAL PRESENTATION HERE WHERE WE CAN DESCRIBE WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO MEASURE HERE WITH THE GOAL OF CREATING JOBS.

AGAIN, MORE OF A PROXY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

AS THE FIRST OBJECTIVE, WE HAVE MAINTAINING OR REDUCING TRAVEL TIME TO MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.

THE ACTIVITY CENTERS ARE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY GIS AS MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.

THESE WOULD BE THINGS LIKE LIBRARY SCHOOLS, OUR MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUBS LIKE OUR AIRPORT AND PORT.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WOULD COMPRISE OF THOSE ACTIVITY CENTERS.

SECOND OBJECTIVE OF SUPPORTING TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS CONSISTENT WITH SMART GROWTH AND TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT PRINCIPLE.

THIS IS OUR ATTEMPT AT MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE SUPPORTING LAND-USE POLICIES WITH TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT ENCOURAGE THOSE TYPES OF LAND-USE CHANGES AS WELL WHERE YOU HAVE MIXED-USE AND MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT CAN SUPPORT MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

NEXT IS INCREASED MULTI-MODAL ACCESS TO ACTIVITY CENTERS AND TOURIST DESTINATIONS.

AGAIN, VERY SIMILAR TO ABOVE, MAINTAINING AND REDUCING TRAVEL TIME TO MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.

WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING MULTI-MODAL OPTIONS TO GET TO THOSE PLACES AS WELL.

NEXT, SUPPORTING RELIABLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT.

THIS TIES IN OBVIOUSLY WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PIECE OF THE CREATE JOBS GOAL, SUPPORTING ACCESSIBILITY TO PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, TWO MAJOR TRANSPORTATION HUBS IN THE COUNTY, AND SOMETHING THAT WE CHOSE TO CALL OUT SPECIFICALLY.

THEN WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF RENEWABLE AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE.

SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW IS BIG ON THE FOREFRONT IN ADDITION TO THE AUTOMATED CONNECTED AND SHARED VEHICLES, THERE'S ALSO THE ELECTRIC PIECE.

IN SOME CASES, THERE'S ALSO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THINGS LIKE HYDROGEN AND LNG AS WELL SO THAT'S A REASON WHY THAT OBJECTIVE HAS SHOWN UP THERE.

SOME OF THE INDICATORS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ONCE AGAIN, OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION MODEL.

BUT LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TRUCK TIME RELIABILITY INDEX, SO WE CAN MEASURE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VEHICULAR TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE LINKAGES BETWEEN WHERE PEOPLE LIVE AND WHERE PEOPLE WORK USING THE MODEL AND THAT'S HOW WE CAN MEASURE HOW ACCESSIBLE SOME OF THESE DESTINATIONS ARE WITH AUTO MODES AND WITH NON-AUTO MODES AS WELL.

FINALLY, THE LAST GOAL STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

THIS HERE IS A PROXY REALLY FOR OUR RESILIENCY, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, AND EQUITY COMPONENT OF OUR PLANS AND THEY HAD BEEN IN THE PAST.

LOOKING AT THE FIRST OBJECTIVE, WE HAVE PROMOTING INCLUSIVE GROWTH TO EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS, AGAIN, RELATING DIRECTLY TO EQUITY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE INVESTMENTS THAT WE'RE MAKING BENEFIT THOSE WHO ARE ECONOMICALLY OR HAVE BEEN TRADITIONALLY OR HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED.

REDUCING PER CAPITA TRANSPORTATION-RELATED AIR QUALITY, POLLUTANTS, AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS.

THERE IS TALK IN WASHINGTON DC ABOUT CHANGING SOME OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS FOR HOW WE'RE MEASURED FOR WHAT'S CALLED BEING ATTAINMENT AREAS OF NON-ATTAINMENT AREAS.

IT LOOKS LIKE THAT WE ARE GOING TO BECOME A NON-ATTAINMENT AREA AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE SUBJECT TO NEW ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

POLLUTANTS AND GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR US TALKING ABOUT THOSE MORE AS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THERE'S ANOTHER OBJECTIVE THERE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT PREEMPTIVE IN THAT SENSE.

PLANNING AND FUNDING TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES THAT PROTECT NATURAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC RESOURCES AND MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS.

I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE LINKED WITH THE EQUITY PIECE.

WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE RESOURCES BOTH NATURAL, CULTURAL, AND HISTORIC, THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT THE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT WE MAKE DO NOT DISTURB THOSE RESOURCES.

INCREASING THE RESILIENCE OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM,

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INCREASING MULTI-MODAL ACCESS TO ESSENTIAL DESTINATIONS FOR RESIDENTS AND I THINK THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATOR THAT WE HAVE RIGHT HERE FOR THIS OBJECTIVE AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE ENSURING TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS ARE COORDINATED WITH CURRENT AND FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THE MOST RECENT BI-PARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW IS VERY SPECIFIC ABOUT MPO'S GETTING INVOLVED IN HOUSING.

THEY UNDERSTAND THE LINKAGE BETWEEN HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AND HOW TRANSPORTATION CAN OFTEN BE A BARRIER TO ACCESSING GOOD AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THEY'VE ACTUALLY ASKED MPO'S AS PART OF THIS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING CYCLE TO LOOK AT DEVELOPING WHAT'S CALLED A HOUSING COORDINATION PLAN.

THIS OBJECTIVE SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THAT REQUIREMENT FROM THE NEW FEDERAL LEGISLATION ABOUT THE HOUSING COORDINATION PLAN AND LINKING HOUSING WITH TRANSPORTATION.

LOOKING FINALLY AT THE INDICATORS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU WILL NOTICE THAT THE INDICATORS THAT WE'VE CHOSEN HERE REFLECT A LOT OF THE EQUITY AND RESILIENCY DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US, AS WELL AS THE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AS WELL AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE MEASURING QUALITY OF LIFE INDICATORS AS WELL THROUGH THIS EFFORT.

SOME NEXT STEPS. OBVIOUSLY WE WANT TO OBTAIN FEEDBACK FROM YOU-ALL OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE MPO BOARD.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE PRESENTING TO SOME OF OUR OTHER ADVISORY COMMITTEES, SUCH AS OUR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR COMPLETE STREETS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THESE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

WE WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION WILL BE SHARING THESE DRAFT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WITH THEM AND THEN FINALLY NEXT MONTH, WE'LL HOPEFULLY BRING A REFINED LIST OF GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS AND LOOK TO YOU ALL TO ADOPT OR PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT THOSE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR THE MPO BOARD DURING THAT APRIL, MAY CYCLE.

BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION INTRODUCTION, I AM GOING TO STOP SHARING MY SCREEN AND MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK FROM THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

>> THANK YOU, PETER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATORS THAT PETER SHARE?

>> I SEE ONE HAND UP.

>> YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF NOW MILOS.

>> YES, I AM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PRESENTATIONS.

JUST COUPLE OF QUICK COMMENTS ON GOALS AND OBJECTIVES, PARTICULARLY OR SPECIFICALLY TO SAFELY MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES IS TO INCREASE ALTERNATIVES TO SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLES.

I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND THAT WE BE MORE SPECIFIC IN TERMS OF THE MODE, MAYBE EMPHASIZING LITTLE MORE ON TRANSIT.

I KNOW THAT ONE OF THE INDICATORS IN HERE RELATED TO TRANSIT IS THE SYSTEM ON-TIME PERFORMANCE AND ALSO PERCENT OF FUNDS INVESTED IN NON-AUTO MODES AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH IF WE ONLY LOOK AT THE FUNDING WITH THE INCREASE IN COST OVER TIME, OUR AMOUNT OF FUNDING GOING FORWARD INVESTED IN TRANSIT MIGHT BE INCREASING EVEN THOUGH WE'RE NOT INCREASING THE LEVEL OF SERVICE, FOR EXAMPLE, THINKING ALONG THE LINES OF A SYSTEM, ON-TIME PERFORMANCE IS GREAT.

BUT I WOULD MAYBE LOOKING TO SOME ADDITIONAL INDICATORS SUCH AS MAYBE INCREASE IN TRANSIT SERVICE COVERAGE OR NUMBER OF ROUTES IMPLEMENTED, OR NUMBER OF NEW ROUTES OR WHATNOT SO SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES FOR TRANSIT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THEN ONE MORE IN TERMS OF SIGNAL PERFORMANCE AND TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND REDUCING DELAYS AND WHATNOT, JUST GENERAL, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR ROUTE 2050 OR JUST INTERNAL DISCUSSION, BUT I BELIEVE THAT EACH ONE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES SHOULD IN COORDINATION WITH THEIR BOARDS IDENTIFY GOALS AND OBJECTIVES FOR EACH ONE OF THE MAIN QUERY DOORS THROUGHOUT THEIR CITY AND ASSOCIATED PERFORMANCE MEASURE TO BE TRACKED AND WORK TOGETHER WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TO TRACK THOSE.

THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT IS THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME CONFLICTING GOALS IN HERE,

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I MEAN, THE QUESTION IS FOR WHOM THEY WANT TO REDUCE DELAY FOR VEHICLE TRAVELING EAST AND WEST.

BUT THEN THAT'S CONFLICTING WITH WALKABILITY OF A DOWNTOWN FOR EXAMPLE.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A MULTIPLE GOALS FOR THE SAME CORRIDOR BUT DIFFERENT SEGMENTS OF THE CORRIDOR, AND ALONG SOME SEGMENTS YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRIORITIZE VEHICLES ALONG SOME SEGMENTS YOU WANT TO PRIORITIZE PEDESTRIANS AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE WALKABILITY WITHIN YOUR CENTRAL CORE AND URBAN AREAS, YOU MIGHT WANT TO PROVIDE MORE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING TIME, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO PROHIBIT TURNS ON RED OR SOME SIMILAR ELEMENTS IN THERE IN ORDER TO PROMOTE SAFETY AND IMPROVE WALKABILITY. THAT'S A FEEDBACK.

>> SINCE WE ARE IN A DISCUSSION FORMAT AND THAT'S OKAY WITH THE CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO RESPOND AND ASK A QUESTION AS WELL.

IS THAT ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR?

>> ABSOLUTELY, GO AHEAD.

>> EXCELLENT POINT, ESPECIALLY ON THE LAST PIECE, IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT IMPROVING TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY AND REDUCING DELAY, THE NATURE OF THE COURT OR MATTERS WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE I95 OR I595, IT'S A NO-BRAINER THAT SERVES A SINGLE-PURPOSE.

WE KNOW WE WANT TO MOVE VEHICLES.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SOME QUARTERS AROUND THE COUNTY WHERE WE KNOW THAT SOMETIMES THAT CAN BE CONFLICTING WITH THINGS LIKE ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

I WONDER IF WE CAN MAYBE STRENGTHEN THAT A LITTLE BIT AND ADD SOME QUALIFIERS INTO THAT OBJECTIVE WHERE WE TALK ABOUT, WHERE APPROPRIATE OR ON CORRIDORS WHERE WE CAN DEFINE WHAT THE QUARTERS PURPOSES IN TERMS OF THE MODE THAT IT'S SERVING, OR THE CONTEXT AS WELL.

I THINK WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT WHEN WE GO BACK TO THE TEAM AND DEBRIEF FROM THIS.

>> PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU BOTH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I THINK THESE LOOK GREAT.

I THINK THEY MATCH UP WITH WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS A REGION AND LIKE YOU SAID, WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PLANS THAT WE HAVE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH IN ORDER TO LINE UP WITH FUNDING FROM OTHERS AS WELL.

I THINK MY CHALLENGE AND I CHATTED ABOUT IT BEFORE IS THE IMPLEMENTATION PART AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WORDS ARE ACTUALLY BEING IMPLEMENTED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY WITH THE FUNDING SO THAT'S PROBABLY MORE YOUR NEXT SECTION [LAUGHTER]

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO MOVE ON?

>> WE CAN GO AHEAD. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED OR COMMENTS.

>> MOVING INTO THE NEXT PIECE HERE, THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION, I'M GOING TO BE VERY UPFRONT AND SAY THIS IS PREMATURE ON OUR PART, BUT I FEEL LIKE LAST TIME AROUND WITH THE 2045 AND I KNOW KAREN, YOU WERE AROUND AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER MEMBERS YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT WE HAD A ROBUST DISCUSSION ON PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

WE ACTUALLY BROKE IT UP INTO THREE DIFFERENT MEETINGS, ONE WITH A WORKSHOP.

I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT PARTICULARLY THIS GROUP, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD BECAUSE THIS IS HOW PROJECTS ARE GOING TO GET PRIORITIZED, HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE, AND TO A CERTAIN DEGREE AS YOU SAID KAREN, HOW THAT MATCHES UP THEN WITH OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

I WANTED TO PREEMPTIVELY GET OUT AHEAD OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS, WHICH IS REALLY GOING TO RAMP UP HERE IN THE MAY, JUNE TIMEFRAME AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME OF OUR CHALLENGES GOING INTO THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND MAYBE GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL AS WELL IN TERMS OF WHAT ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE WHEN IT COMES TO THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT? ARE THERE THINGS THAT YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH? AGAIN, THIS PART IS GOING TO BE PRETTY SHORT.

I'M GOING TO LAY OUT A COUPLE OF PROBLEM STATEMENTS AND MAYBE WE CAN HAVE A DISCUSSION AGAIN AS A GROUP AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY INSIGHT THAT YOU ALL CAN OFFER.

LOOKING BACK TO THE PLANNING FACTORS, LAST TIME FROM THE 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE CAME UP WITH SIX DIFFERENT PLANNING FACTORS AS PART OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

WHEN THE TEAM DEBRIEFED ON THOSE PLANNING FACTORS, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THOSE REALLY ENCOMPASSED EVERYTHING THAT WE TRIED TO ACHIEVE FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION.

AGAIN, TAKING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND THEN TRANSLATING THOSE INTO PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AREAS, OR IN THIS CASE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING PLANNING FACTORS, WE FELT AS THOUGH THAT THE SIX PLANNING FACTORS DID A FAIRLY GOOD JOB IN CAPTURING ALL OF THOSE SENTIMENTS.

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THEN THERE'S ACCESSIBILITY WHICH FOCUSES MORE ON THE SHORTER TRIPS AND MULTI-MODAL CONNECTIVITY WHERE YOU FIND ROADWAYS THAT ARE IN DENSER PARTS OF THE COUNTY AND DENSER URBAN AREAS WHERE YOU SOMETIMES HAVE THOSE CONFLICTS WITH WHAT SHOULD WE BE PRIORITIZING HERE IS IT TRANSIT, IS IT VEHICLES, IS A BICYCLIST, OR THE PEDESTRIAN.

I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DISTINGUISHING IN OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION THINGS THAT SHOULD PROMOTE MOBILITY AND THINGS THAT SHOULD PROMOTE ACCESSIBILITY.

NEXT SAFETY, OBVIOUSLY HIGH ON THE LIST FOR MOST FOLKS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION AND PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THAT GOES I DON'T THINK THAT MEETS ANY EXPLANATION.

EQUITY, I THINK APPLIES TO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT'S THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE PROJECTS SO GEOGRAPHIC EQUITY AND THEN ALSO COMMUNITY IMPACTS WHICH DEALS MORE WITH DEMOGRAPHIC EQUITY, AND WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE MAKING MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS.

I USE THE WORD MEANINGFUL RATHER THAN JUST REGULAR INVESTMENTS IN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BECAUSE YOU CAN SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A HIGHWAY IN A HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY AND HIT CHECK WE'RE MAKING AN INVESTMENT, BUT THAT'S NOT TRULY PROVIDING A BENEFIT TO THOSE FOLKS.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING MEANINGFUL INVESTMENTS IN THOSE AREAS AND COMING UP WITH CRITERIA THAT REFLECT THAT.

NEXT ENVIRONMENT, DEALING WITH RESILIENCY AND SEA-LEVEL RISE, ADMISSIONS, AND PRESERVING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND FINALLY ECONOMY LOOKING AT FREIGHT AND GOODS MOVEMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.

I THINK THAT'S HOW WE SEE THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES SPITTING INTO THE SIX PLANNING FACTORS.

NOW WHEN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PRIVATIZATION APPROACH AND THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A STICKING POINT, BUT THE 2045.

IS THAT WE HAD MULTIPLE CONVERSATIONS ON THE INDICATORS THAT WE WERE USING FOR OR THE METRICS THAT WE WERE USING AS PART OF EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANNING FACTORS AND WE REALIZED THAT AT A HIGH LEVEL, WE NEED CONSISTENT COUNTYWIDE DATA THAT'S UPDATED REGULARLY OR AT LEAST IS RECENT THAT WE CAN USE IN ORDER TO HELP PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH OUR COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM, THAT WAS REALLY OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AT GOING WITH A 100% OBJECTIVE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND WE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT FOR THE 2045.

I THINK FOR THE 2050, WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THAT OBJECTIVE APPROACH AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THOSE SIX PLANNING FACTORS.

BUT THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE A BALANCE BETWEEN NEEDS AND PROJECT OUTCOMES AND I'M GOING TO HIT ON THAT IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE WANT TO CONSIDER THIS TIME AROUND IS LOOKING AT MODAL DIFFERENCES.

LAST TIME WE DID SOMETHING CALLED A MULTIMODAL PRIVATIZATION APPROACH, WHERE WE TOOK ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED AND RANKED THEM USING THE EXACT SAME CRITERIA, THE EXACT SAME WEIGHT AND WE MAY WANT TO REVISIT THAT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE MULTIMODAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION IS OFF THE TABLE BUT I THINK THERE IS A CASE TO BE MADE FOR POTENTIALLY TWEAKING THE WEIGHTS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT METRICS THAT WE HAVE DEPENDING ON THE FUNDING PROGRAM AND THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT IT IS.

WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, SHOULD WE USE THE SAME WEIGHTING PERCENTAGE FOR THE DIFFERENT PLANNING FACTORS OVER HERE, LET'S SAY THE WEIGHTING PERCENTAGE FOR MOBILITY FOR A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS AS WE DO FOR A ROADWAY EXPANSION PROJECT.

MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK AT CHANGING THE WEIGHT FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

AGAIN, A CONSIDERATION THAT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION AND I THINK WE WILL BE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER AS WE DEVELOP THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THEN FINALLY, AS I MENTIONED, LOOKING AT PROJECT OUTCOMES AND PROJECT BENEFITS, THAT'S SOMETIMES WHERE WE HAVE A REAL CHALLENGE IN OBTAINING DATA, IS WHEN YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT IN A BICYCLE LANE, WE HAVE LIMITED DATA THAT WE CAN GO OFF OF WHAT THE OUTCOME OF THAT IS GOING TO BE.

I'M HOPING THAT FOLKS CAN SAY NO, ACTUALLY, WE HAVE PLENTY OF DATA TO SUPPORT WHAT THOSE OUTCOMES ARE BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A SCOPE OF WORK THAT SAYS IMPLEMENT BIKE LANE FROM POINT A TO POINT B, I CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, SO WE CAN LOOK AT HOW THAT'S CONNECTING THE NET WORKUP, THE EXISTING BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK.

BUT WHAT ASSUMPTIONS CAN I MAKE ON SAFETY BENEFITS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? I'M NOT SAYING THAT THE TEAM IS NOT OPPOSED TO USING IT, IT'S JUST WE NEED SOMETHING CONSISTENT THAT WE CAN APPLY TO THE PROJECT SCORING.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT NEEDS VERSUS PROJECT OUTCOMES, WE HAVE ON THE NEEDS SIDE, WE CAN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE EXISTING CRASHES, POPULATION DENSITY,

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DO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT ROADWAY WIDENINGS WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS FAILING? THAT'S SHOWING US WHERE A NEED IS AND THEN WE HAVE A PROJECT TO MEET THAT NEED.

DO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT PROJECTS IN DENSE URBAN AREAS THAT HAVE HIGH CRASH RATES.

FROM A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PERSPECTIVE, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE THEN PROPOSING PROJECTS THAT MEET THOSE NEEDS FROM A BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PERSPECTIVE.

ON THE PROJECT OUTCOME SIDE, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SAYING WE SOMETIMES HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE.

WE CAN MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ON CONNECTIVITY OR WE CAN LOOK AT WHAT FACILITIES WE'RE CONNECTING UP.

BUT BEYOND THAT, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TRAVEL TIME, WE STRUGGLED SOMETIMES TO FIND DATASETS WHERE WE CAN SAY A BIKE LANE PROJECT IS GOING TO INCREASE TRAVEL TIME FOR THE CYCLIST FROM POINT A TO POINT B, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR US TO MEASURE THAT.

STATE OF GOOD REPAIR IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MEASURE AND RESILIENCY AS WELL, PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO MEASURE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND METRICS IN TERMS OF NEEDS VERSUS PROJECT OUTCOMES, I ALWAYS FIND IT EASIER OR I SHOULD SAY, I ALWAYS FIND MORE READILY AVAILABLE DATASETS IN THE NEEDS COLUMN THAN I DO THE PROJECT OUTCOMES COLUMN.

I THINK AS A TEAM WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT AND TRYING TO COME UP WITH MORE DATASETS OR TRYING TO IDENTIFY MORE DATASETS OR MORE MEASUREMENTS IN THE PROJECT OUTCOMES SECTION.

BUT I DO WANT TO SET THE EXPECTATION UP FRONT THAT LIKELY THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS GOING TO BE VERY NEEDS HEAVY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING A LOT AT COUNTYWIDE NEEDS BASED ON A LOT OF THE METRICS THAT YOU SEE HERE, CRASHES, EQUITY ACTIVITY CENTERS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WE DO WANT TO INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS OUTCOME METRICS BUT WE REALLY LOOK TO YOU ALL AND WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME RESEARCH AS WELL NATIONWIDE TO SEE WHAT SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES ARE OUT THERE.

BUT FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE, I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY NEEDS-BASED PROJECT PRIORITIZATION APPROACH.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT TODAY AND HOPEFULLY WHERE I'VE LEFT SOME BREADCRUMBS THERE FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT.

NEXT STEPS FOR US IS TRYING TO IDENTIFY SOME MORE MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIZATION METRICS ESTABLISHING THE MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME, WE CATEGORIZED ALL OF THE PROJECTS INTO DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS AND THEN WE'D LIKE TO DO SOME PROJECT PRIORITIZATION WORKSHOPS HERE IN THE SUMMER OF '23.

AGAIN, FORGIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN INFORMAL PRESENTATION, MAYBE NOT AS ROBUST AS YOU MIGHT HAVE EXPECTED TO BE BUT I THINK I WANTED TO SET UP A PROBLEM STATEMENT FOR YOU ALL TO RESPOND TO.

LET ME KNOW SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES THAT YOU'VE SEEN EITHER IN YOUR OWN CITY OR AROUND THE COUNTRY AND HOW YOU ALL MEASURE PROJECT OUTCOMES AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER GREAT DATASETS THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF OUT THERE.

WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU AND OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION.

AGAIN, LITTLE BIT OPEN-ENDED BUT I'M HOPING SOME FOLKS HAVE SOME GOOD IDEAS OR GOOD PERSPECTIVES.

>> THANK YOU, PETER. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS, BEST PRACTICES TO SHARE, THINGS TO THINK ABOUT?

>> YES, WE HAVE SARAH FARRELL IN THE AUDIENCE.

SARAH, I ALLOWED YOU TO SPEAK.

>> I DON'T SEE THE SPACES THERE.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME RIGHT NOW.

>> YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU AND THE BACKGROUND NOISE.

>> I'M SORRY, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND NOISE HERE, BUT I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE LOUD ENOUGH SO I CAN ARTICULATE MY THOUGHTS.

I REALLY LIKED MILOS'S COMMENTS EARLIER BECAUSE IT REALLY WOKE ME UP [LAUGHTER] AND THINKING ABOUT THIS PROCESS.

PETER, YOUR SLIDES ARE VERY GOOD BECAUSE IT HELPED THE THOUGHT PROCESS.

BUT THAT CONSIDERATION OF NEEDS AND OUTCOMES.

I'M GOING TO GIVE A VERY SPECIFIC CASE IN POINT AND CURRENTLY I'M REVIEWING PROJECTS FOR A BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I KEEP ENCOUNTERING IS AN ISSUE OF CONTINUITY, SO IT'S NOT ONLY CONNECTIVITY BUT CONTINUITY.

I'LL REVIEW A COUPLE OF PROJECTS.

THEY END AT INTERSECTIONS AND THE INTERSECTION IS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, WHEN YOU LOOK FROM THE BICYCLIST PERSPECTIVE OR THE PEDESTRIANS PERSPECTIVE, AND NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS MICRO-MOBILITY, YOU GET TO THE INTERSECTION AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO IMPROVEMENTS, THEY'RE NOT BEING CONSIDERED.

THEY MIGHT NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR ANOTHER 10 YEARS.

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I JUST WANTED TO ADD THE OTHER THING IS THAT I'VE HEARD SOME PRESENTATIONS EARLIER TODAY HERE IN THE COUNTY ABOUT NEW DATA SETS.

SOME OF THE NEW, I GUESS, CAMERAS AND SOFTWARES THAT ARE BEING INSTALLED ON INTERSECTIONS, ACTUALLY HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO PEDESTRIAN BICYCLE COUNTS.

I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL START USING SOME OF THAT DATA TO THEN INCORPORATE INTO THIS DECISION-MAKING PROCESS.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, SARAH.

ANYTHING THAT YOU HAVE ON THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE, PLEASE SHARE WITH US. THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>> I WILL TRY TO DO THAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE GROUP? IDEAS, THINGS WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT? ALONG THE LINES WITH SARAH, I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL AWARE ALREADY, BUT THE DOT HAS THE BLUE TOADS IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIME, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS PARTNERED WITH DOT TO EXTEND THAT NETWORK AND WE'VE PURCHASED BLUE TOADS, AND ADDED TO THE NETWORK THAT WE CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON IN TERMS OF TRAVEL TIME.

WE CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION AS WELL.

>> KAREN, IS THAT AVAILABLE THROUGH A DASHBOARD OR?

>> YEAH. IT'S THE DOTS DASHBOARD.

>> OKAY.

>> THEN WE JUST ADDED OUR STUFF TO IT.

THEN I KNOW WE STRUGGLED TO WITH THE BEFORE AND AFTER ANALYSIS OF PROJECTS.

I THINK IT'S HARD TO RANK A PROJECT LIKE YOU SAID, THE BEFORE.

YOU MAY KNOW ANECDOTALLY THAT THIS IS LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S A MISSING GAP AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT LIKE I THINK OF OLD DIXIE HIGHWAY, ON OLDER ONE FOR THOSE WHO'VE BEEN AROUND AWHILE.

THE BEFORE, IT HAD LIMITED SIDEWALKS, NO BIKE LANES, AND THE CRASH DATA WAS HIGH, BUT THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING LIKE HOW WOULD THAT QUANTITATIVELY SHOW THAT IT SHOULD RANK HIGH IN TERMS OF BIKE-PED COUNTS? IT WOULDN'T. BUT NOW, WE CAN DEFINITELY SHOW THE AFTER AND THE DIFFERENCE IT'S MADE BY PUTTING THOSE FACILITIES AND IN NORTHEAST 15TH TOO.

THE MPO HAS PARTNER WITH US TO DO THE TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS.

WE'VE SEEN THAT VIDEO DATA, MAYBE THE SAME AS THAT SARAH TALKED ABOUT WHERE BY ELIMINATING THE LANE AND PUTTING A BIKE LANE, YOU CAN SEE THE VIDEO PATH DATA WHERE ONCE BEFORE, THE BIKES AND PEDS WERE SHARING A SMALL LITTLE SIDEWALK, BUT ONCE WE PUT THE BIKE LANE, THOSE BIKES SEPARATED FROM THE PEDS AND THEY WERE IN THEIR OWN SPACE AND IT MADE A DIFFERENCE.

IN TERMS OF NUMBER, IT DIDN'T NECESSARILY MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE, AT LEAST AT THE BEGINNING.

BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING A SAFE PLACE SEPARATE, IT MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.

AS WELL AS CROSSWALKS, ADDING A CROSSWALK TO A STREET THAT DOESN'T HAVE IT, I GUESS THAT COULD BE A MEASURE.

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD.

WHERE'S THE NEAREST CROSSWALK? I REVIEW CRASH DATA AND THE PEDESTRIAN WASN'T CROSSING AT A CROSSWALK, BUT THE ONE I LOOKED AT TODAY WAS 1,800 FEET TO THE NEAREST CROSSWALK AND IT WAS AT A BUS STOP.

WHO'S GOING TO WALK ALL THAT DISTANCE TO GO AROUND TO CROSS THE STREET? NO ONE. BUT IT MAKES IT SEEM LIKE IT WAS THE FAULT OF THE PEDESTRIAN.

BUT ON MY SOAPBOX, IT WAS REALLY THE FAULT OF US NOT PUTTING AN ADEQUATE CROSSWALK WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO CROSS.

ATTRACTORS AND GENERATORS ARE NEAREST CROSSWALKS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF THERE'S A BIG GAP IN ATTRACTORS AND GENERATORS, NOT NECESSARILY EVERYWHERE LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S MORE OF AN ARTERIOLE AND TO MOVE CARS, WE DON'T NECESSARILY NEED IT, BUT IF THERE'S ACTIVITY THERE SOMEHOW TO QUANTIFY THAT.

>> KAREN, A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS RESONATING REALLY WELL WITH ME AND SOME OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE TEAM AS WELL.

JUST TO SHARE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, OR AT LEAST WHAT WE WANT TO EXPLORE AS PART OF THIS PROJECT PRIVATIZATION PROCESS IS ON THE PROJECT OUTCOME SIDE IS LET'S NOT GET TOO PIGEONHOLED AND IDENTIFYING THE PERFECT DATASET TO MEASURE IT, IS MAYBE WE CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE QUALITATIVE AND SHOW SAFETY BENEFIT HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW.

THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, HOW DO YOU APPLY THAT CONSISTENTLY? I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STILL NEED TO FIGURE OUT.

BUT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS MAYBE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE ATTRACTORS IS THAT, WILL THIS TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT PROVIDE A HIGH, MEDIUM, OR LOW SAFETY BENEFIT OR HIGH, MEDIUM, AND LOW ACCESSIBILITY BENEFIT BASED ON WHAT'S EXISTING OUT THERE?

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JUST FORESHADOWING SOME OF THAT DISCUSSION FOR THE SUMMER.

BUT I WANTED TO AT LEAST GET THE GEARS MOVING FOR YOU ALL SO THAT YOU SEE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE UP AGAINST BUT ALSO WHERE SOME OF THE PROJECTS PRIVATIZATION IS GOING TO END UP WITH THE 2050 MTP.

>> APPRECIATE IT. AGAIN, FOR THOSE OF US WHO WERE HERE FIVE YEARS AGO, WE HAD DISCUSSIONS LIKE PETER SAID, AND CHALLENGES AND SOME ANGST BECAUSE OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS, THE CALL FOR PROJECTS CAME BEFORE THE PRIORITIZATION, AND THEN AFTER, WE DIDN'T NECESSARILY PROVIDE ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO RANK THOSE PROJECTS AND IT WAS TOO LATE.

I APPRECIATE THAT YOU'RE SHARING THE IDEAS AND THE PATH THAT YOU'RE GOING IN SO THAT AS WE THINK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO SUBMIT, WE KNOW WILL THEY RANK, WILL THEY NOT, IS IT THE DIRECTION THAT THE COUNTIES AND THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO IN AS AN ORGANIZATION BEFORE WE PUT ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN? OR MAYBE THERE'S A PROJECT WE DIDN'T THINK WOULD RANK AND WE'RE ABLE TO PUT IT IN.

THAT'S CONSISTENT AND WE CAN PUT THAT IN.

>> YEAH. KAREN, ALSO GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP AND FOR EVERYONE WHO'S LISTENING ON THE CALL, AND AS WE TRANSITION INTO THE PROJECTS, THE MIDDLE WORKSHOP NEXT WITH CHRISTOPHER, I HAVE BEEN TELLING FOLKS DURING THE CALL FOR PROJECTS MEETINGS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION, YES, WE CAN TALK ABOUT DETAILS, BUT BIG PICTURE, LOOK AT OUR COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES RANKING CRITERIA.

A LOT OF THE DATASETS THAT THEY USE AND THE COMPLETE STREETS INITIATIVES PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE DATASETS THAT WE CARRY OVER HERE.

THE QUESTION IS, HOW MUCH DO WE END UP WAITING THOSE CRITERIA? I THINK THAT'S A GOOD STARTING POINT.

IF SOMEONE SAYS, HEY, I'M LOOKING AT A PROJECT, IT MEETS THE MINIMUM FUNDING THRESHOLD.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER IT'S GOING TO RANK OR NOT, A, WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO SUBMIT IT BECAUSE SUBMITTING A PROJECT IN THIS THE MIDDLE TOOL IS GOING TO BE VERY EASY.

IT'S NOT LIKE A WHOLE APPLICATION PROCESS.

B, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW, HOW ARE THINGS GOING TO PAN OUT, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES CRITERIA BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT'S A VERY HEAVILY NEEDS-BASED PRODUCT PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA AND THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD PLACE TO START.

YOU CAN ALWAYS REACH OUT TO US. THANK YOU, KAREN.

I APPRECIATE YOU ACKNOWLEDGING THAT WE ARE TRYING TO GET AS MUCH INFORMATION OUT AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL CONTINUE THE DISCUSSION.

>> EXCELLENT. THEN CAN YOU TALK ABOUT, SO THIS RANKING CRITERIA, WHAT IS IT GOING TO BE USED FOR IN TERMS OF WHICH FUNDING POTS?

>> EXCELLENT QUESTION, KAREN.

[LAUGHTER] IF YOU REMEMBER LAST TIME, FOR THE 2045, WE INTRODUCE THE FUNDING PROGRAMS HALFWAY THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MTP PROCESS BECAUSE WE REALIZED THAT GIVEN ALL THE DIFFERENT FUNDING STREAMS OUT THERE, WE HAD TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE COMPARTMENTALIZING THE PROJECTS AS A WAY TO ACCESS CERTAIN FUNDING STREAMS. NOW, THIS TIME AROUND, WE KNOW THAT THE FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE THERE AND WE ARE GOING TO WANT TO COMPARTMENTALIZE PROJECTS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE CREATED BUCKETS FOR SOME PROJECTS.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE SAFETY, WE CREATED A BUCKET AND WE SAID, HEY, WE'VE DONE A COUNTY-WIDE NETWORK SCREEN AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO WORK OUR WAY TOP TO BOTTOM AND START FUNDING PROJECTS.

WE'VE TALKED INTERNALLY THAT WE WANT TO GET AWAY FROM BUCKETS.

WE WANT TO HAVE DISCRETE PROJECTS FOR EVERY SINGLE FUNDING PROGRAM, AND THAT INCLUDES BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS, THAT INCLUDES ROADWAY PROJECTS, THAT INCLUDES TRANSIT PROJECTS.

ULTIMATELY, THIS PRIORITIZATION PROCESS IS GOING TO APPLY TO EVERY SINGLE FUNDING PROGRAM THAT WE SET UP.

AGAIN, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION I'M GOING TO SHARE WITH YOU HOPEFULLY AT THE NEXT MEETING OF WHAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMS. BUT UNLIKE LAST TIME, IT WON'T NECESSARILY JUST APPLY TO THE ROADWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDING POTS.

WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND HAVE A PROJECT PRIVATIZATION PROCESS FOR EACH ONE OF THE FUNDING PROGRAMS AND HAVE THAT BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE BOARD. THAT'S OUR GOAL.

>> SPECIFIC TO THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS IS WHAT THIS IS OVERARCHING.

>> YES AND NO. AT THE END OF THE PROCESS LAST TIME, WE ASKED HOW MUCH FUNDING SHOULD BE ALLOCATED TO EACH ONE OF THE FUNDING POTS, WHICH WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION WAITING.

THE FUNDING PIECE IS WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE MPO-ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING.

WE STILL RANKED AND PRIORITIZED STATE PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE ROADWAY AND TRANSIT PIECE.

WE WILL BE LOOKING AT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT COME TO US, EXCEPT FOR THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM, WHICH IS UNDER THE PURVIEW OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, EXCEPT FOR THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE, BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR OWN ENTERPRISE.

BUT THOSE PROJECTS GET REFLECTED IN OUR PLAN, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY RANK THEM, PRIORITIZE THEM BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY A SYSTEM TO DO THAT.

BUT ANYTHING THAT'S COMING TO US THROUGH THE CALL FOR PROJECTS WILL BE RANKED AND PRIORITIZED USING THIS PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP HERE OVER THE NEXT 6-9 MONTHS.

>> EXCELLENT.

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BUT FOR ME, SAFETY IS HUGE.

WE ARE VISION ZERO COMMUNITY IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND WE SEE AT LEAST 40 FATALITIES A YEAR ON THE STREETS IN OUR CITY, NOT INCLUDING 95, BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DATA, 90 PERCENT OF THOSE CRASHES ARE ON STREETS OWNED BY OTHERS, AND ESPECIALLY 75 PERCENT ARE DOT ROADS.

THAT WAS WHERE I WAS TRYING TO GET IS WILL THIS INFLUENCE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS AND DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY BEYOND JUST THE PROJECTS TO HAVE POLICY STATEMENTS OR VISION STATEMENTS OF WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE FUTURE, AND IT IS ONE OF OUR IDEAS AND PROJECTS THROUGH THIS.

CAN WE CREATE NEW PROGRAMS OR HAVE IDEAS WHERE CITIES CAN SUBMIT SOMETHING ON A DOT ROAD AND AS A RECOMMENDATION OR HOW WE CAN WORK THROUGH THAT BETTER BECAUSE WE TEND TO NOT DEAL WITH THE BIG SAFETY ISSUES ON THE ARTERIOLES WHERE PEOPLE ARE DYING? BECAUSE THEY'RE BIG AND THEY'RE CUMBERSOME AND IT'S DOT ROADS VERSUS CITY AREAS AND WE HAVEN'T QUITE WORKED THAT OUT AS A REGION YET.

THAT'S MY THOUGHTS ON HOW WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT IN THE FUTURE.

>> THANK YOU, KAREN. I JUST QUICKLY WILL SAY WE HAD THAT EXACT DISCUSSION WITH DOT THIS MORNING DURING ONE OF OUR COORDINATION MEETINGS AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO TRY AND SPEAK TO THEM ABOUT HOW WE CAN WORK MORE ON THE SAFETY SIDE, ON THE STATE ARTERIOLES, AND ON THE STATE ROADWAYS.

>> EXCELLENT. BILL, YOU HAVE A COMMENT?

>> YEAH. SURE. TWO COMMENTS.

ONE, I'M GOING TO DO ONE MORE SHAMELESS PLUG FOR.

PLEASE GET US YOUR PROJECTS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE RELY ON ALL OF YOU OUR MUNICIPAL AND OTHER PARTNERS TO HELP US IDENTIFY AND BRING THE PROBLEM AREAS TO THE FOREFRONT.

IF YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP, PLEASE SIGN UP.

IF YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN YOUR PROJECTS PULLED TOGETHER, PLEASE.

I'M A SHORT WORK ON THAT NOW.

WE'D RATHER HAVE ALL YOUR PROJECTS, HAVE TOO MANY PROJECTS THAN NOT ENOUGH FROM YOU, SO PLEASE, ANYTHING THAT YOU THINK IS A GOOD PROJECT MOVING FORWARD.

THE OTHER THING, JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THE SAFETY, KAREN, I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE RIGHT THAT WE AND THE COUNTY HAVE RECEIVED THAT $5 MILLION SAFE SPEED FOR OLD GRANT, AND SO I'M HOPING THAT A LOT OF THE WORK THAT IS GOING TO HELP US IN THAT ARENA IS GOING TO BE PRODUCED THROUGH THAT EFFORT AND IT IS A COUNTYWIDE, IT'S LOOKING AT ALL FACILITIES SO IT WILL HAVE SAFE COUNTY OWN LOAD.

EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE PART OF THAT EFFORT.

MORE TO COME, WE'RE STILL FIGURING OUT WITH OUR PARTNERS OF THE COUNTY AND DOT EXACTLY HOW ALL THAT'S GOING TO WORK WITH THIS PLAN.

BUT I CAN SAY FOR SURE WE'VE GOT SAFETY ON THE BRAIN AS WELL KAREN.

>> EXCELLENT. WE LOOK FORWARD TO IT MAQSOOD.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE.

>> YEAH. THANKS, KAREN.

THANKS PETER. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

JUST A QUICK COURSE AND HOW DID THAT PROJECT KNEW IN THIS CYCLE THAT IT INCLUDING, WHAT WOULD BE THE EARLIEST IMPLEMENTATION TIMELINE?

>> YEAH, VERY GOOD QUESTION AS WELL, MAQSOOD.

THE EARLIEST IMPLEMENTATION TIME-FRAME WHEN IT COMES TO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WOULD BE THE NEW FIFTH YEAR STARTING NEXT YEAR.

THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING. I'LL TRY TO PUT THAT INTO MORE LAYMAN'S TERMS. AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, SO THE FUNDS ARE COMMITTED FOR FIVE YEARS ALREADY.

THE NEW FIFTH YEAR WHEN THE MTP HAS ADOPTED, THIS MTP WILL BE ADOPTED IN DECEMBER OF 2024, WHICH MEANS WE WILL BE WORKING ON THE 2029 AS THE NEW FIFTH YEAR FOR OUR PROJECTS.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT AN EARLIEST IMPLEMENTATION TIME-FRAME OF 2029 OR 2030 AROUND THERE.

>> THANK YOU. I THINK 2030 YEARS.

THAT WILL BE DECEMBER, SO 2030 YEAR. THANK YOU.

>> YEAH, GREAT POINT.

THANK YOU MAQSOOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MATERIAL SHARED SO FAR?

>> I SEE IN THE ATTENDEES.

>> I SEE SARAH RAISED HAND.

>> GOING BACK TO THE COMMENT, KAREN THAT YOU MADE ABOUT SAFETY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE AN OBSERVATION THAT RECENTLY I'VE BEEN WORKING ON REVIEWING THE MULTIMODAL SCOPING LIST

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IT'S PROJECTS LIKE RESURFACING PROJECTS AND THEY'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE COMMENTS.

I WOULD URGE EVERYBODY TO REALLY FOCUS ON THIS CONTEXT-SENSITIVE QUARTER DESIGNATION.

THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER MAPS.

THEY'RE REALLY ROLLING THAT OUT AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL, AT THE STATE LEVEL AND THEN HAVING THOSE SAFETY CONVERSATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE'RE ROADWAYS THIS IS DESIGNATED AS.

THEN IF IT DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH THE LOCAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THAT ROADWAY SHOULD BE DESIGNATED IN TERMS OF CONTEXTS THAN HAVING THAT CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE COMMUNICATING A LITTLE BETTER ON WHAT IMPROVEMENTS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.

NOW, HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS THE PRESCOPING OR THE SCOPING PORTION OF THE PROCESS, SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS OUT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY START IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND DESIGN PHASES.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH. WE DO PARTICIPATE I AGREE.

IT'S AN EXCELLENT THING.

I'VE BEEN IN THE REGION FOR 10 YEARS AND ONCE THEY IMPLEMENTED THOSE SCOPING FORMS AND REALLY GOT ACTIVE AND WHAT THE NEW PORTAL THAT MAKES IT EASY, IT HAS MADE A DIFFERENCE.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT CHANGES THROUGH EVEN JUST RESURFACING AND NEW PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE THAT CONVERSATION IS BEING HAD EARLY, WHICH IS SO HELPFUL IN TERMS OF THE DOT PROJECTS AND BEING ABLE TO SCOPE THAT.

DOESN'T ALWAYS GO AS PLANNED SO DEFINITELY I'D RECOMMEND AS YOU CONTINUE THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION AND DESIGN, MAKE SURE THOSE THINGS ARE CARRIED THROUGH, BUT WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS SO.

I AGREE, SARAH, IF OTHERS AREN'T PARTICIPATING IN THAT, DEFINITELY MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT YOUR SCOPING FORM.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

>> IF I MAY, MADAM CHAIR, JUST ON THAT.

>> SURE.

>> SARAH, YET, I'M BRINGING UP THE CONTEXT-SENSITIVE CORRIDORS, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY THE FDA BECAUSE FDOT HAS DISTRICT WAR HAS GONE THROUGH THE EFFORT OF PROVIDING THESE CONTEXT-SENSITIVE OR THESE CONTEXTS CLASSIFICATIONS FOR EACH OF THE CORRIDORS, BOTH ON SYSTEM AND OFF SYSTEM.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM LAST TIME AND THAT'S AN AVAILABLE DATASET THAT WE HAVE COUNTYWIDE.

I THINK SOMETHING WE WOULD LIKE TO INCORPORATE AS PART OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

AGAIN, TYING THAT BACK TO PROJECT OUTCOMES WHERE WE KNOW WE'RE A LITTLE BIT SHORT ON SOME MEASURES.

I THINK THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION THAT DOT HAS OUT THERE CAN DEFINITELY HELP POINT US TO SOME MORE OF THOSE PROJECT OUTCOMES.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE LOOK AT WHERE THAT PROJECT IS LOCATED, ON WHAT THAT CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CORRIDOR IS.

YEAH. THANKS FOR THAT REMINDER.

>> THANK YOU, PETER. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM? NO. SEEING NONE WE HAVE NONE IN THE ATTENDEES EITHER RIGHT? EXCELLENT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM,

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>> EXCUSE ME. HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO DEMONSTRATE OUR PROJECT AND SOME MIDDLE TOOL.

FIRST OFF, I'LL SAY GIVE IT UP FOR PETER.

HE WENT THROUGH A LOT OF INFORMATION.

THERE WERE TOTALLY STOP IN FOR WATER ONCE, SO THAT WAS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.

BUT I HOPEFULLY YOU'VE ALL JOINED TODAY BECAUSE YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET YOUR PROJECTS INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

IF YOU WANT TO GO ON THIS JOURNEY WITH ME, I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE SOME KEY THINGS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN THIS TOOL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND I'LL HELP TROUBLESHOOT THEM WITH YOU.

YEAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PETER.

THERE'S NOT A REAL FORMAL PRESENTATION.

THESE ARE JUST SOME ITEMS ON HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH TODAY.

FIRST WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SPLASH PAGE SO IT'LL BE THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'RE INTRODUCED TO TWO ON THIS MIDDLE TOOL.

IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AS LONG AS WELL AS THE PROJECT DEADLINES.

WHEN YOUR LAST CHANCE FOR SOMEBODY IN PROJECTS ARE, IT'LL BE ON THAT SPLASH PAGE REMINDING YOU TO, MAKE SURE YOU PUT EVERYTHING IN.

WE'LL ALSO GO OVER THE GUIDE TO THE PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE THAT'LL HAVE A DETAILED INFORMATION BASED OFF OF EACH QUESTION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR US.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN REFER TO THAT FIRST AND THEN IF YOU STILL HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CONTACT ME ON IT.

WE'LL GO OVER OUR BASE MAP GALLERY JUST IN CASE YOU WANTED TO ADD SOME FLAIR TO YOUR MAP WHILE YOU'RE PRODUCING IT.

ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TOOLS SO THAT IF YOU DO FIND THAT YOU'VE CREATED THIS FANTASY MAP THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP FOR YOURSELF,

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WELL, I'LL TEACH YOU HOW TO SELECT DIFFERENT PROJECTS, HOW TO FILTER YOUR PROJECTS OUT AND THEN ALSO IF YOU WANT TO USE THE GIS TOOL TO MEASURE THE DISTANCE OF YOUR PROJECT, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

THEN FINALLY, WE'LL GO INTO THE ACTUAL DRAWING OF THE FEATURE.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DRAWING PROJECTS ONTO A MAP.

IT'LL CREATE A FEATURE LAYER FOR US AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THAT FOR OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THEN ONCE YOU'VE DRAWN THAT FEATURE, YOU WILL END UP IT'LL PROMPT YOU FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT QUESTIONS AND TO THE RIGHT ARE THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

IF WE'RE READY AND WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN AND WE'LL GET STARTED.

THIS IS OUR PROJECTS SUBMITTAL TOOL FOR ROUTE TO 2050, AKA, THE 2050 MTP.

ON THE SPLASH PAGE, I'LL GIVE YOU A QUICK BRIEFING OF WHAT TO EXPECT AND ALSO THAT DEADLINE I TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S GOING TO BE APRIL 14TH AT 05:00 P.M, SO CLOSE OF BUSINESS.

IF YOU CAN GET ALL THOSE PROJECTS IN BY THAT TIME, YOU'LL BE READY FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

ON HERE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CONTACT INFORMATION ALSO, IF YOU RUN INTO ANY PROBLEMS. THERE'S MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND MY PHONE NUMBER.

IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONE WILD, THAT'S OUT-OF-CONTROL WITH THIS ACTUAL TOOL, JUAN CANEZ, HIS INFORMATION IS THERE AS WELL.

HE'S THE PERSON WHO DEVELOPED THE APPLICATION, BUT I THINK I CAN HANDLE A LOT OF IT BEFORE YOU HAVE TO GET TO HIM.

WHAT IT'S GOING TO ASK YOU TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLICK THIS BUTTON DOWN HERE THAT SAYS I HAVE READ THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND READY TO BEGIN.

ONCE YOU DO THAT, YOU'LL HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET INTO THE TOOL ITSELF.

YOU HIT "OKAY" AND THEN YOU'RE READY TO GO.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS GUIDE TO PROJECT QUESTIONNAIRE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'LL BE ASKED FOR EACH PROJECT WITH A LITTLE INFORMATION ON IT.

IT'S ARISE BASED OFF A MEETING INFORMATION, CONTACT INFORMATION, PROJECT INFORMATION, PROJECT DETAILS, PURPOSE AND NEED.

THEN THIS WONDERFUL FEATURE THAT WE HAVE CALLED THE APPLICANT REVIEW TRACKER.

THIS, WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS LET YOU TRACK THE PROJECT'S PROGRESS AS YOU START FILLING THEM IN.

YOU CAN CATEGORIZE EACH PROJECT THAT YOU'VE CREATED BASED OFF OF NOT COMPLETED, IN PROGRESS OR COMPLETED.

IT JUST HELPS YOU ORGANIZE THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES.

FURTHER DOWN, YOU'LL FIND THINGS LIKE DOCUMENT LINK PATH IF THERE'S ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THE PROJECT TO HELP COMPLETE THE NARRATIVE OF IT. YOU CAN DO THAT.

THEN ANY NOTES THAT YOU WANT TO TYPE IN THERE THAT DOESN'T FILL WITHIN ANY OF THE ABOVE QUESTIONS. THEN ALSO ATTACHMENTS.

IF YOU WANT TO PLUG IN PDFS OR PRESENTATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, EXCEL SHEETS, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR BASE MAP GALLERY.

OVER HERE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE DROP-DOWN ARROW AND IT TAKES YOU TO THE BASE MAP GALLERY.

RIGHT NOW IT'S THE STANDARD THAT ARCGIS PRODUCES.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE ARTISTIC, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

YOU CAN DO A BLACK AND WHITE OR A GRAYSCALE.

YOU CAN DO A MID-CENTURY MAP.

THAT'S FUN AND EXCITING, ABYSS IF YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT GATEWAY PROJECT IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND YOU WANT TO FIT THAT MODEL, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MAPS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM.

IF YOU REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, YOU CAN DO JUST A GRAYSCALE SO THAT THOSE COLORS POP A LITTLE BIT MORE.

ON THE TOP LEFT-HAND CORNER OF THE MAP ITSELF, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF ICONS THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM TO ENHANCE YOUR EXPERIENCE.

YOU CAN PRINT, SO IF YOU CLICK THAT, IT'LL GIVE YOU A SCREENSHOT OF WHAT THE MAP EXTENT IS CURRENTLY.

THEN YOU CAN THEN PRINT THAT INTO EITHER A PDF OR CONNECT IT TO YOUR PRINTER SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT OUT AND READY TO GO.

AFTER PRINTING, YOU CAN ALSO SELECT PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE CREATED.

IT JUST LETS YOU KNOW IF YOU SELECT A INDIVIDUAL ONE OR IF YOU DRAG-AND-DROP, YOU CAN ALSO SELECT MULTIPLES THAT WAY.

THEN IF YOU WANT TO RELEASE THE SELECT, YOU CAN HIT "CLEAR" AND IT WILL RELEASE THE SELECTION THAT YOU DID.

FOR FILTERS, YOU'RE ONLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FILTER FOR ONE CATEGORY AND THAT'S THE PROGRESS OF THE PROJECT.

RIGHT NOW, I HAVE THREE PROJECTS ON THE SCREEN.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S GREEN, BLUE, AND RED.

THOSE ARE DIFFERENT STEPS THAT THE PROJECT IS IN.

GREEN MEANS THAT THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, BLUE MEANS THAT THE PROJECT IS IN PROGRESS, AND RED MEANS THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT COMPLETE.

WITH THIS FILTER, YOU CAN SELECT BASED OFF OF COMPLETE PROJECTS, IN-PROGRESS PROJECTS AND COMPLETED PROJECTS.

IF WE SELECT ONE JUST TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, AN IN-PROGRESS PROJECT, THEN ENTER, THERE WE GO.

IT'LL BRING YOU TO THE PROJECTS AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO

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YOU HAVE TO CLICK THIS LITTLE BUTTON RIGHT HERE AND THAT'LL BRING YOU BACK TO ALL OF THEM.

IF YOU WANT TO MEASURE A DISTANCE OF A PROJECT, YOU WOULD CLICK THIS RULER TOOL RIGHT HERE.

IF WE ZOOM IN, MUCH LIKE GOOGLE MAPS, YOU CLICK ON THE MEASUREMENT IN MILES.

THEN YOU CLICK ON THE MAP ANYWHERE.

THEN YOU DRAG AND DROP BASED OFF OF HOWEVER LONG MEASUREMENT THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE, SO THIS IS ONE MILE.

THEN TO RELEASE IT, YOU JUST DOUBLE-CLICK AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE FULL MEASUREMENT AND YOU HIT "CLEAR" TO REMOVE IT.

THEN FINALLY, IN THESE TOOLS, WE HAVE OUR LAYER MAP.

WHAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEFAULT TO OR THE PROJECTS THAT YOU CREATE YOURSELF.

THAT'S THIS FIRST LAYER HERE, CALL FOR PROJECTS BETA CITY VIEW.

WE HAVE ONE OTHER LAYER THAT'S LOADED UP ON HERE FOR REFERENCE, AND THAT IS THE ROAD JURISDICTION LAYER.

IF YOU CLICK THAT AND YOU'RE ASKING YOURSELF WHO OWNS THE ROADWAY THAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING A PROJECT FOR, YOU CAN GO ON HERE AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU HAVE THE LAYER ON HERE AND YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PROJECT ITSELF AND IT'LL GIVE YOU DETAILS ABOUT THAT OR THE ROADWAY JURISDICTION OF IT, AND IT'LL TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE PROJECT, THE SEGMENTS, AND WHO OWNS IT.

THAT'S JUR FOR JURISDICTION, AND IT'S SAYING THAT THIS SECTION HERE IS OWNED BY THE STATE.

NOW LET'S ACTUALLY REMOVE THAT LAYER.

WE'LL ZOOM OUT AND WE'LL DRAW SOME PROJECTS.

TO DRAW A PROJECT, YOU WILL GO OVER TO THE RIGHT-HAND SECTION AND CLICK ON WHAT IS CALLED CALL FOR PROJECTS SMART EDITOR.

BY CLICKING ON THAT, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THIS SCREEN AND YOU'LL CLICK "NEW FEATURE" TO DRAW A BRAND NEW PROJECT.

THE ONLY FEATURES YOU HAVE AVAILABLE TO DRAW ARE POLYLINES, WE'RE GOING TO DO AN AREA WIDE OR DOT PROJECTS.

YOU'D HAVE TO DRAW A LINE ITSELF.

IF YOU'RE DRAWING SOMETHING SMALL LIKE AN INTERSECTION, YOU CAN JUST DRAW A SIMPLE LINE AT THE INTERSECTION ITSELF.

IF YOU'RE DRAWING SOMETHING FOR AREA WIDE, YOU ONLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DRAW ONE POLYLINE, BUT YOU CAN EDIT THE VERTICES OF THEM, SUCH AS IF IT'S ONE-QUARTER, THAT'S LONG BUT THERE'S LITTLE GAPS IN-BETWEEN, JUST DRAW THE WHOLE QUARTER ITSELF.

LET'S TRY. YOU CLICK "NEW FEATURE", THEN YOU CLICK ON OUR STARTING POINT.

IT'LL GIVE YOU A STARTING LINE.

THEN YOU STRETCH IT TO HOWEVER THE EXTENT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE.

WE WILL STOP IT HERE AT 10TH AVENUE.

TO STOP THE FEATURE DRAWING, YOU WOULD DOUBLE-CLICK ON IT, AND THEN THAT GIVES YOU A COMPLETE FEATURE.

IF YOU'RE DRAWING THIS AND YOU REALIZE, I ACTUALLY WANT IT TO BE A LITTLE LONGER THAN WHAT I DREW, YOU CAN JUST CLICK ON THE VERTICES AT THE END AND STRETCH IT OUT TO THE LENGTH THAT YOU PREFER.

THERE YOU GO. ONCE YOU DRAW A PROJECT ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU ARE GOING TO BE PROMPTED.

THE FIRST ONE UP IS, HAVE YOU MET WITH MPO STAFF? IF YOU HAVE, YOU WOULD ANSWER, YES.

THEN MORE QUESTIONS WILL COME RIGHT AFTER.

IT WILL ASK YOU WHAT DATE YOU HAD MET WITH MPO STAFF.

LET'S PRETEND THAT I MET WITH MPO STAFF TODAY ON THE 22ND.

YOU FILL THAT IN AND THEN YOU WOULD SPECIFY A TIME.

IT IS 02:30.

THE NEXT FEW QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE CONTACT INFORMATION, AND THIS IS GOING TO LET US KNOW IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROJECT, WHO CAN WE CONTACT TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED? SO YOU'D FILL OUT YOUR INFORMATION.

CHRISTOPHER, AND THEN YOUR LAST NAME, AND THEN YOUR PHONE NUMBER. THERE WE GO.

THEN YOU'D ALSO PUT IN YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, ALSO YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND SO ON.

THE NEXT QUESTION IS GOING TO ASK YOU, ARE YOU THE PRIMARY CONTACT OR IF WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT, IF YOU ARE, YOU CAN JUST HIT "YES", THEN IT WON'T ASK YOU MORE QUESTIONS.

IF YOU HIT "NO", IT'S GOING TO ASK YOU WHO SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY PERSON FILLING OUT THIS INFORMATION? LET'S HOPE IT'S YES SO IT'S LESS FIELDS TO FILL OUT.

WHAT'S GOING TO ASK IS FOR A PROJECT NAME.

THIS PROJECT'S NAME IS SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND IT'S FROM 7TH AVENUE TO 10TH AVENUE.

FOR PROJECT NAME, WE WOULD LIKE THE NAME OF THE ROADWAY AND WITH ITS LIMITS FROM THE BEGINNING TO THE END.

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WE HAVE COUNTY, LOCAL, STATE, AND A COMBINATION OF ALL THOSE FUN THINGS INCLUDING AIRPORT AND PORT.

THIS IS A STATE FACILITIES, SO WE'LL FILL IT IN A STATE.

IF YOU ARE NOT THE FACILITY OWNER, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK IS HAS COORDINATION BEEN TAKING PLACE FOR THIS PROJECT? IF YOU HAVE, YOU CAN SAY YES, IF IT HASN'T, YOU CAN SAY NO.

WHAT IS THE PRIMARY WORK MIX FOR THIS PROJECT? SO IF YOU'VE FILLED OUT OUR PROJECT INFORMATION TEMPLATE, WHICH IS THAT EXCEL SHEET THAT WE HAD SENT OUT.

THERE WAS A LIST OF TYPES OF WORK THERE.

YOU CAN SELECT THE ONE THAT IS MOST RESEMBLING THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE THINKING OF.

FOR THIS, LET'S SAY IT IS A LANDSCAPING PROJECT AND IF THERE IS A SECOND TYPE OF WORK, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

LET'S SAY ITS AS WELL.

HERE YOU PUT DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECT SCOPE.

YOU CAN SAY PALM TREES ALONG SUNRISE BOULEVARD AND IF THIS PROJECT REQUIRES RIGHT AWAY, YOU CAN JUST SIMPLY SAY YES OR NO [INAUDIBLE].

IF YOU HAVE CAPITAL COSTS FOR THE PROJECT, THIS WOULD BE THE OPTION FOR YOU TO DO SO.

TO PUT THAT IN, WE CAN SAY IT'S $500,000 PUT IT THERE AND IF YOU DON'T, THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S NOT REQUIRED TO FILL OUT, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF INFORMATION SO THIS WOULD BE THE SECTION OF PURPOSE AND NEEDS SO QUESTION NUMBER 14 IS LETTING US KNOW WHAT PROBLEM THIS PROJECT IS RESOLVING.

WE'RE SAYING PRODUCES SHADE AND THEN THIS QUESTION NUMBER 15 IS THE ONE THAT LETS YOU KNOW HOW THE PROGRESS IS GOING FOR THE PROJECT THAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING.

YOU CAN SAY IT'S IN PROGRESS, IS COMPLETED OR IS NOT COMPLETED SO THAT IF YOU SAVE THIS AND YOU LEAVE AND YOU COME BACK TO IT THE NEXT DAY, YOU KNOW IF YOU FILLED EVERYTHING OUT OR NOT, OR THIS ONE WILL SAY IT'S IN PROGRESS, THE DEFAULT WILL BE IN PROGRESS.

IF YOU HAVE ANY LINKS FOR ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU HAVE POSTED ON WEBSITES, YOU CAN PUT THOSE PATHS, LINKS AND QUESTION NUMBER 16, AND THEN WE CAN THEN CLICK ON THOSE LINKS AND FOLLOW MORE INFORMATION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY NOTES TO ADD TO THIS THAT DOESN'T REALLY FIT INTO PROJECT SCOPE OR ANY OF THE OTHER THINGS.

YOU CAN PUT THOSE NOTES IN HERE AS WELL.

MAYBE, THERE IS A TYPE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE THAT'S NOT LISTED HERE AND YOU THINK MAYBE THAT TYPE OF WORK NEEDS TO BE EXPRESSED A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU CAN PUT THAT INTO THE NOTES HERE AND THEN TO SAVE THE PROJECT, YOU JUST SIMPLY HIT "SAVE." AND THEN YOU CAN CLOSE KNOWING THAT THE PROJECT IS NOW SAVED AND SAID, WOULD YOU LIKE TO, YES, YOU'D SAVE CURRENT FEATURE AND THEN YOU CAN ZOOM OUT AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECT THAT YOU'VE JUST CREATED.

GREAT.

WHAT ELSE? I'LL STOP THERE, SEE IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON PROCESS ON HOW TO PUT IN PROJECTS.

>> ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER?

>> SORRY, KAREN, JUST VERY QUICK CHRISTOPHER, WOULD YOU MIND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW HOW THEY WILL BE RECEIVING A LINK TO THIS?

>> YES. ABSOLUTELY. AFTER THIS MEETING, IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MET WITH US, YOU'VE ALREADY DESIGNATED A POINT OF CONTACT FOR US TO REACH OUT WITH THIS INFORMATION SO THAT PERSON WILL RECEIVE AN INDIVIDUALIZED LINK SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR LOCAL AGENCY SO IF YOU'RE POMPANO BEACH AND YOU'VE ALREADY MET WITH US, WE WILL GIVE YOU A LINK FOR YOU TO ONLY EDIT PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT LINK, THE APPLICATION WILL BE OPEN FOR YOU TO SUBMIT PROJECTS OR TO PUT IN PROJECTS AND THEN WITH THAT SAVE BUTTON, ONCE THE PROJECT IS CONSIDERED COMPLETE, THAT WILL BE THE OFFICIAL SUBMITTAL FOR THAT ONE PROJECT.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, MAGGIE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. GO AHEAD.

>> YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

>> YES.

>> JUST A QUESTION ABOUT THE MAP DRAWING ON YOUR DRAWING TOOLS, YOU SEEM TO HAVE LOTS OF ICONS FOR DOING THE SEGMENT TYPE WORK.

WHAT IF WE ARE DOING? I THINK LIKE WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED WHERE IT'S SIMPLY A PROJECT ON A SITE.

>> YOU'RE REFERRING TO SOMETHING SPECIFIC THAT IS JUST A SMALL AREA RATHER THAN THE FULL EXTENT OF A CORRIDOR [OVERLAPPING]

>> MORE LIKE A PROPERTY.

>> WELL, A PIECE OF PROPERTY.

[01:20:01]

LET'S SAY WE WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.

I KNOW THIS IS A BUILDING, PROBABLY SOMEBODY'S HOUSE, SORRY, IT'S NOW MTP PROJECT.

BUT BECAUSE WE ONLY HAVE THE POLYLINE TO CHOOSE FROM, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS CLICK AND YOU COULD MAKE A BOX IF YOU LIKE.

TO DO THAT, YOU CLICK TO START.

CLICK AGAIN, AND THEN THERE'S YOUR BOX TO DOUBLE-CLICK.

YOU FINISHED THE FEATURE AND THAT'LL GIVE YOU THE SITE FOR US TO FOCUS ON.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I THINK THE CAUTIONARY ITEM WITH THAT, MAGGIE, IS THAT IN THE APPLICANT NOTE SECTION OR IN THE PROJECT NAME OR LIMIT SECTION, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND THIS GOES FOR EVERYONE, PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DENOTE ALL THE FACILITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER? MAQSOOD, GO AHEAD.

>> THANKS, KAREN. IF WE DON'T OWN THAT RIGHT AWAY, THEN I SEE WE SHOULD HAVE THE COORDINATION, DOES THIS COORDINATION MEANS MEETING WITH THEM JUST TO INFORM THEM OR TO HAVE SOME COMMITMENT OR SUPPORT LETTER FROM THEM.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT COORDINATION MEANS WHAT? I NEED SOME BETTER UNDERSTANDING BECAUSE LET ME EXPLAIN TO YOU.

THE PROJECT WE PRESENTED AT THE MEETING IF YOU REMEMBER PETER, IT DOES HAVE A RIGHT OF BELONGING TO SOUTH FORT LAUDERDALE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.

THEY DON'T PROVIDE A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

NORMALLY THEY DID WITH THE PLAN.

ONCE THE PLANS ARE READY, WE HAVE TO SUBMIT TO THEM.

IT WILL GO THROUGH THEIR REVIEW AND [INAUDIBLE] ENGINEER'S REVIEW ONLY AFTER THAT THEY SHOULD PERMIT, THEY DON'T GIVE ANY SUPPORT LETTERS.

WHAT WILL BE OUR ROUTE FOR THIS KIND OF PROJECT, WHY DO YOU SAY COORDINATION.

WE DID HAVE COORDINATION WITH THEM IN THE PAST AND WE CAME TO KNOW THAT THEY WILL NOT GIVE ANY SUPPORT LATER.

>> I THINK MAQSOOD, FOR YOUR PARTICULAR CASE, YOU CAN NOTE THAT IN THE APPLICANT NOTE SECTION A WORD ABOUT THE COORDINATION WITH THE PROJECT OWNER, WHEN, JUST BECAUSE IT IS A NO, IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE PROJECT IS NOT ELIGIBLE.

WE JUST WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH A ROADWAY OWNER.

I'LL GIVE YOU A GOOD EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE PROPOSING A PROJECT ON A STATE FACILITY, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER YOU'VE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE STATE YET OR NOT.

IF NOT, WE WILL BE TAKING THAT PROJECT ALONG WITH ANY OTHER STATE PROJECT AND GOING TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.

BUT IT'S HELPFUL TO KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE ROADWAY OWNER YET OR NOT.

WHERE THIS WILL BECOME IMPORTANT IS WHEN PROJECTS ACTUALLY GET RANKED FOR THE FINAL COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

BECAUSE IF THAT PROJECT MAKES IT INTO THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE MUNICIPALITY AND THE ROADWAY OWNER TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT PROVIDED FOR THE PROJECT.

BUT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS FOR THE CALL FOR PROJECTS, WE SIMPLY JUST WANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT YOU'VE HAD A CONVERSATION.

NOT HAVING HAD ANY COORDINATION WITH THE ROADWAY OWNER IS NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR THE CALL FOR PROJECTS.

WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT YOU DO MAYBE GIVE THEM A HEADS UP.

BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO PRECLUDE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND CONSIDERATION FOR THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLANS.

PLEASE KEEP THAT IN MIND, MAQSOOD, HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING.

I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE SUPPORT, DOCUMENTATION, PUBLIC SUPPORT.

THAT MEANS OUTLETS PORTION WHEN THAT WILL BE DUE.

DID YOU THINK ABOUT IT THAT WHEN WE SHOULD SUBMIT THE PUBLIC OUTLETS DOCUMENTATION AND THE SUPPORT TO OUR PROJECT [OVERLAPPING].

>> WHAT I JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THE ROADWAY OWNER COORDINATION, THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE PUBLIC SUPPORT AS WELL.

WE RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ARE VERY GENERAL IN NATURE AT THIS POINT, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITY FOR THE PROJECT.

IF THE PROJECT GETS RANKED IN THE DRAFT COST-FEASIBLE PLANS, EXPECT THAT TO BE ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN WE [OVERLAPPING] FILL UP THE DRAFT COST-FEASIBLE PLAN.

CERTAINLY, DON'T PROPOSE ANY PROJECTS THAT YOU DON'T THINK ARE GOING TO GO OVER WELL WITH YOUR COMMISSION.

I HOPE THAT GOES WITHOUT SAYING, BUT JUST IN THE EVENT THAT YOU ARE CONSIDERING THAT, JUST KNOW THAT IF THE PROJECT GETS RANKED, WE WON'T BE ASKING FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM YOUR COMMISSION SOMETIME LIKE I SAID, ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW WHEN WE HAVE THE DRAFT COST-FEASIBLE PLAN.

BUT FOR THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, JUST LIKE THE COORDINATION WITH THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OWNER.

IT IS NOT A DEAL BREAKER.

WE JUST LIKE TO KNOW AGAIN, IT'S JUST HELPFUL FOR US.

>>THANK YOU, PETER. IT DOES GIVE ME THE ANSWER BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE IT ON ONLY A TERM.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE PLAN.

[01:25:02]

>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER OR PETER BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM?

>> I'LL MENTION TWO MORE THINGS.

RIGHT HERE THIS IS THE ATTACHMENT SECTION.

IF YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU WANT TO ATTACH THE PROJECT, YOU WILL CLICK THE "CHOOSE FILE" AND IT'LL GO THROUGH ALL THAT FOLDER STUFF.

WHEN YOU SELECT THE FILE AND IT WILL GET UPLOADED THERE.

ALSO, IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT OUR WEBSITE, ROUTETO2050.ORG, AND YOU WANT TO ACCESS IT THROUGH THIS TOOL, YOU CAN CLICK HERE, ON THIS HOMEPAGE BUTTON.

YOU CLICK ON THAT AND IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR WEBSITE ROUTE TO 2050 WHERE THERE IS A SURVEY.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE OUR SURVEY AND SHARE THAT WITH EVERYBODY, YOU CAN DO SO, PLEASE.

>> I WILL ADD, WE ALL RECEIVED THE EMAIL FROM CHRISTOPHER AFTER THE LAST MEETING WITH THE SOCIAL MEDIA CONTENT AND THE GRAPHICS TO SHARE THROUGH YOUR PIO AND NEWSLETTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I MADE A MARK TO REMIND PIO TO MAKE SURE THEY GET IT OUT AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU, KAREN.

>> WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM SEEING NO MORE COMMENTS. THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.

I THINK WE'RE ALL READY.

UNTIL WE START PUTTING IT IN, THEN WE'LL BE CALLING YOU AND HAVING QUESTIONS I'M SURE.

>> [LAUGHTER] I LOOK FORWARD TO IT. IT'S FUN.

>> EXCELLENT. OUR NEXT ITEM, NUMBER 4,

[4. Locally Funded Regionally Significant Projects for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)]

>> I THINK I'M GOING TO BE HANDLING THAT.

>> REBECCA LIED TO ME. [LAUGHTER] GO AHEAD.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, HI, I'M CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO LISTEN TO ME.

TODAY WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS GIVE YOU AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

I'LL BE ANNOUNCING THE BROWARD MPO STAFF, WHICH IT'LL BE AN EMAIL FROM ME, WE'LL SOON SEND OUT A FORMAL REQUEST VIA EMAIL WITH THE DEADLINE IN AN EXCEL SHEET FOR ALL OF YOU TO SUBMIT REGIONALLY LOCALLY FUNDED SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2024-2028 TIP.

NOT TO GET THESE CONFUSED WITH THE MTP PROJECTS.

THESE WILL BE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF PROGRAMMING.

AGAIN, 2024-'28.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE SOLELY FUNDED WITH LOCAL FUNDS THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT, SO THEY CAN BE INCLUDED INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR PLANNING CONSISTENCY PURPOSES.

YOU MIGHT ASK WHAT IS THE REGIONALLY-SIGNIFICANT PROJECT? I WILL ANSWER THAT FOR YOU.

REGIONALLY-SIGNIFICANT PROJECT MEANS A TRANSPORTATION PROJECT THAT IS ON A FACILITY THAT SERVES A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION NEED, SUCH AS ACCESS TO OR FROM AN AREA OUTSIDE OF THE REGION, MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTER WITHIN THE REGION, MAJOR PLAN DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS MALLS, SPORTS COMPLEXES, EMPLOYMENT CENTERS, OR TRANSPORTATION TERMINALS.

THESE PROJECTS WOULD NORMALLY BE INCLUDED IN A MODELING EFFORT THAT A METROPOLITAN AREA WOULD DO.

IF YOU THINK THAT THIS PROJECT IS BIG ENOUGH THAT WOULD INFLUENCE ANY OF THAT, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT PROJECT INCLUDED INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WHY DO WE DO THIS? WE DO THIS BECAUSE INCLUDING THESE LOCALLY FUNDED REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS FROM CIP IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR ESTABLISHING PLANNING CONSISTENCY AND TO ENHANCE OUR COLLABORATION AMONG ALL OF US BECAUSE WE'RE ALL ONE BROWARD, SO WE'RE ALL IN TOGETHER IN ONE PLANNING DOCUMENT, IT HELPS SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON.

AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

IT'LL BE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024-2028.

IT'S ONLY PROJECTS THAT ARE 100% LOCALLY FUNDED.

IF THERE ARE ANY PROJECTS WITH FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS ATTACHED TO IT, THEY WILL ALREADY BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH OUR FDOT STIP TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

IF YOU HAVE LOCAL FUNDS ONLY ON A PROJECT, PLEASE SUBMIT THEM TO US AND MORE ON THAT WILL COME WITH AN EMAIL, PROBABLY AT THE END OF NEXT WEEK FOR YOU ALL TO START FILLING OUT.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. IT WAS A TOOL SIMILAR TO THE MTP PREVIOUSLY?

>> IT WAS MAYBE FOUR YEARS BACK.

WE USED TO INTERACTIVE TIP TOOL TO DO THAT, BUT NOW WE'RE JUST GOING TO USE AN EXCEL SHEET TO COLLECT THAT INFORMATION.

>> MY LONG-TERM MEMORY IS GOOD, SHORT-TERM, NOT SO MUCH.

[LAUGHTER] I KNEW YOU WERE PRESENTING THIS AND I FORGOT ALREADY, [LAUGHTER] I APOLOGIZE.

>> [OVERLAPPING] IT'S A POST-COVID THING.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> THAT'S ALL.

>> ANY QUESTIONS? MONICA WILL SEE THOSE CORRESPONDENCE FROM CHRISTOPHER OR DR. CHEN IN THE FUTURE.

OUR NEXT UPDATE, AND NOW THAT MY BRAIN'S BACK WORKING,

[5. Federal Grants Update]

[01:30:01]

>> THANK YOU, CHAIR. I AM STEPPING IN TODAY FOR PAUL CALVARESI WHO NORMALLY GIVES THIS UPDATE FOR US.

AGAIN, JUST AS A REMINDER, THE GENERAL PURPOSE OF THIS IS ALONG WITH THIS TAC MEETING, WE HAVE ONE OTHER OPPORTUNITY DURING THE MONTH WHERE WE HOST A REGIONAL OPPORTUNITY TO GET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT THE LATEST FEDERAL GRANT OPPORTUNITIES.

WHETHER THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEAMING, WHETHER SOMEBODY NEEDS A HAND UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING, ETC.

THAT'S REALLY THE POINT OF THIS.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT COORDINATION.

TO MIRROR WHAT WE DO AT THE OTHER, WE JUST BRING IT UP AT A RECAP, AS WELL AS OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THESE SLIDES TO YOU.

THEY ARE IN YOUR BACKUPS.

YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU CAN SIGN UP FOR THE GRANTS COORDINATION MEETINGS.

I THINK THAT THAT WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE THERE.

MOVE IT. THAT'S THE SYMBOL THERE.

SOME OF THE OUTSTANDING GRANTS THAT THE MPO IS PARTICULARLY WORKING ON ARE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.

I MENTIONED THAT EARLIER IN ONE OF MY COMMENTS.

WE'RE COORDINATING WITH BROWARD COUNTY FEDERAL HIGHWAY AS WELL AS FDOT TO MOVE THAT FORWARD.

GET THE AGREEMENT SIGNED AND IN PLACE, THAT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF MONTHS TO GET ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING THEM.

THAT WILL BE A MAJOR EFFORT FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION, AGAIN, WE'VE APPLIED.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE WE'VE DONE WITH OUR FRIENDS AT BRIGHT LINE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THE AWARDS HAVE BEEN DELAYED UNTIL MEMORIAL DAY.

THAT'S TOO BAD BECAUSE, OF COURSE, I THINK MANY OF YOU KNOW WE HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION FROM OUR FRIENDS AT USDOT THAT THEY ARE REVIEWING THE SAFETY IN THE FEC CARGO.

WE ARE WORKING TO BE ABLE TO SHOW AS MUCH INVESTMENT IN SAFETY AS WE CAN MOVING FORWARD.

WITH THE SMART, THERE'S REALLY NO NEW INFORMATION AT THIS POINT, SIMILAR WITH THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

AS GRANTS ARE ANNOUNCED, IT'S REALLY UP TO EACH OF YOUR ORGANIZATIONS TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO APPLY, AND THERE IS A CHECKLIST THERE THAT WE'VE CREATED THAT MIGHT HELP YOU IN TRYING TO CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT A PARTICULAR GRANT MAKES SENSE FOR YOU.

I GUESS WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION AND I'M SORRY TO GO BACKWARDS.

BUT THE SMART GRANT WE DID GET NOTIFIED THAT WE DID NOT GET THAT AWARD.

I BELIEVE MIAMI DADE GOT IT FOR REAL-TIME MANAGEMENT OF THEIR CURVE.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT GET THAT.

LET ME CONTINUE ON.

LET'S GO ON TO THE UPCOMING GRANTS IF WE COULD. HERE WE GO.

THERE'S SOME THAT ARE HYPERLINKED, AND OF COURSE, THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO GO ONLINE. YOU CAN REVIEW THEM.

I WILL MENTION THE CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT IS NOW OUT.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN AN UPCOMING SLIDE.

WE CAN GO THROUGH THE NEXT ONE.

SAME THING HERE. THIS IS BASICALLY THE SAME CHART WE CONTINUE TO UPDATE.

EVERY TIME WE HEAR ANYTHING FROM OUR FEDERAL ADVOCATES, WE UPDATE THIS.

WE TRY TO KEEP IT CURRENT.

AGAIN, IF YOU'RE CHECKING IN WITH US AT THE TAC OR THE MPO BOARD OR YOU PARTICIPATE IN OUR REGIONAL GRANT MEETING, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS STUFF.

WE'RE MONITORING IT FOR YOU. WE'LL GO ON TO THE NEXT.

LET'S GO ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE IF WE COULD.

I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE A LITTLE BIT.

THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS, SOME BAD NEWS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THIS ONE ACTUALLY HAS SOME TIME TO PREPARE.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME GRANTS THAT HAVE COME OUT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH VERY SHORT TURNAROUND DEADLINES.

THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE DUE IN MAY, SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO REACT TO IT.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

[01:35:01]

>> THERE IS BILL THAT WAS JUST A WEBINAR YESTERDAY THAT I LISTENED TO AND THERE IS A MATCH.

>> THANK YOU FOR THAT KAREN, SOMEHOW THAT GOT.

IT WAS IN MY BRAIN BUT I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THE SLIDE.

I HAVEN'T SAVED SHORT-TERM MEMORY CONCERNS, I GUESS SO.

BUT THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THAT AGAIN IF YOUR CITIES ARE LOOKING FOR MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD AND YOU HAVE A PARTNER THAT COULD FUND SOME OF THIS WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU AGAIN IF YOU THINK YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE OF THESE GRANTS.

I JUST REMIND US AND I KNOW IT'S A BIT OF A BROKEN RECORD, BUT IN GENERAL, OUR FRIENDS UP AT US DOT PREFER TO SEE A REGIONALLY COORDINATED GRANT APPLICATIONS.

IF THERE'S MULTIPLE CITIES THAT THINK THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE A RUN AT THIS.

PERHAPS WE HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE PACKAGE THAT UP INTO A SINGLE UNIFIED GRANT.

BECAUSE I THINK US DOT IN THE PAST THAT'S SHOWN THERE.

THEIR WILLINGNESS IF THEY GET MULTIPLE GRANTS FROM THE SAME AREA, THEY JUST REJECT THEM ALL.

WE DON'T WANT TO FALL INTO THAT TRAP.

THIS IS AN EXCITING GRANT THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING TO COME OUT FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW.

LET'S GO AHEAD.

>> CAN I JUST ASK A QUESTION? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT IT AT THE BOARD MEETING AS WELL, THIS GRANT.

IS THERE AN INTENT FROM THE MPO SIDE TO DO A REGIONAL PLANNING EFFORT BEYOND WHAT THE DOT IS JUST DOING ON THE CORRIDORS?

>> YEAH I'M GOING TO SAY THAT WE'RE STILL EVALUATING THIS ON OUR SIDE.

WE HAVEN'T MADE ANY KIND OF FIRM DECISIONS.

WE'RE CHALLENGED WITH THAT 20 PERCENT MATCH BECAUSE OF COURSE, OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS THE MPO DOLLARS CAN'T BE USED TO MATCH FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANT FEDERAL OFFENSE.

THAT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US.

WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK FOR A PARTNER THAT WOULD HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO BRING TO THE TABLE.

THE OTHER CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING INTERNALLY IS JUST WE'RE NOT QUITE AS FAR ALONG AS WE WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EV PLAN.

QUITE A BIT OF THAT WORK IS GOING TO BE DONE OVER THE NEXT 12 MONTHS AS PART OF THE MTP.

BUT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE READY WITH THAT BY MAY.

I DON'T WANT TO THROW OUT. WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OF IDEAS AND A COUPLE OF PARTNERS BUT I DON'T THINK I WANT TO PUBLICLY NAME AND SHAME BEFORE WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO REACH OUT TO THEM.

BUT NO DECISION ON OUR PART.

BUT I THINK AT THE NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM ANYBODY WHO MIGHT LIKE TO TEAM UP AND PURSUE SOME OF THIS FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

IF NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE A GRANT THAT'S AVAILABLE ANNUALLY, AND CERTAINLY, BY NEXT YEAR, WE SHOULD, AS A REGION, BE MUCH MORE PREPARED WITH A SET OF PROJECTS TO PURSUE.

>> WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT FOR CITY PARKING LOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S GREAT.

>> I THINK HANGING FRUIT HERE IS IF YOU HAVE A FLEET AND WHETHER YOU'RE THE SCHOOL BOARD OR YOUR BROWARD COUNTY WITH YOUR TRANSIT AGENCIES, OR YOU'RE A BIG EMPLOYER THAT HAS A PARKING DECK AND THESE ARE OPPORTUNITIES.

WE DON'T WANT TO FORGET THOSE MIGHT IN FACT MAKE SOME OF THE BEST TARGETS.

[OVERLAPPING] I THINK WE'RE JUST ABOUT DONE HERE.

GO TO THE NEXT.

THE CELEBRITY TOUCHED ON THIS.

PLEASE SIGN UP FOR YOUR MONTHLY GRANTS COORDINATION.

HALF OF THE NEW FEDERAL MONEY IS ONLY AVAILABLE THROUGH GRANTS.

YOU GET IN THAT MINDSET OF THE OLD FLORIDA LOTTERY SAYING YOU GOT TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT. THINK ABOUT GRANTS.

WE GOT TO BE PURSUING THEM TO MAKE SURE OUR REGION GETS OUR FAIR SHARE.

THE NEXT BULLET IS JUST AGAIN, EMPHASIZING, MAYBE YOU WANT TO DEVELOP A PLAN.

THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF BRANDS OUT THERE AND NOBODY CAN PURSUE ALL OF THEM.

BUT THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO THAT ARE A BETTER FIT FOR YOUR CITY.

THINKING ABOUT WHICH ONES MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR YOU.

AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TO BE YOUR PARTNER.

IF YOU GET QUESTIONS WHERE YOU HAVE GET STUCK ON AN ISSUE, WE ARE GLAD TO REACH OUT TO OUR ADVOCATES AND

[01:40:01]

I THINK THAT'S IT. I THINK WE'VE GOT A CLOSING SLIDE WHICH MAY JUST SAY, HAVE A NICE DAY.

THERE WE GO. THAT'S IT FOR ME.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

>> WE HAVE ONE PERSON IN THE AUDIENCE, SARAH, AND THEN SECOND WOULD BE CARLOS.

>> HI. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT FUNDING OR FINANCING OR VERY LITTLE.

BUT I WAS AT A WORKSHOP AT THE MPLS FRIDAY.

THERE WAS A PRESENTATION ABOUT TIF FINANCING AND THAT IT COULD BE USED AS LOCAL MATCH.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAN BE USED FOR THIS AT ALL, BUT IT COULD BE SOMETHING BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

IF WE CAN FIND WAYS TO FIND THE MONEY FASTER, I THINK IT WOULD BE WORTHWHILE.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS, SARAH.

I'M NOT REALLY PREPARED TO ANSWER THAT CORRECTLY.

I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THE FIELD, BUT WE UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE DRIVING AT, AND AS STAFF WILL GO BACK AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN RESEARCH THAT A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT COORDINATION MEETING, WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE ANY OPPORTUNITIES THERE WITH EVERYONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

>> THANK YOU, SIR CROSS.

>> HE PUT HIS HAND DOWN.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?

>> HE PUT HIS HAND BACK UP.

>> OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NAVY PROGRAM WAS MENTIONED SEVERAL TIMES.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, PLEASE SEND THEM TO ME.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION ONLINE, BUT PLEASE SEND THAT TO ME AND WE HAVE A FEW POINT OF CONTACTS HERE.

WE COULD PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION THAT YOU MAY NEED.

JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE THAT OFFER TO YOU THAT WE HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, KYLE.

>> I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU KAREN.

>> THEN JAMES COMER.

>> JAMES COMER, HERE, BROWARD HILL.

SORRY, I MENTIONED THE PRESENTATION.

I WAS THERE ON FRIDAY ALSO FOR THE INTERESTS OF EVERYBODY ELSE, THE PRESENTER WAS VERY GOOD.

WE THINK WE WANT TO GET ANOTHER SESSION TO HAVE ROBERT HANIFIN IN TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

BILL JUST FEELING IN A LITTLE BIT TOO, SO MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH OUR GRANTS COORDINATION GROUP ONCE THAT IS AVAILABLE.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT WE COORDINATE THROUGH SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.

WE EXPECT WILL HAVE ANOTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT TOPIC.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I THINK THAT JUST INDICATES HOW FAST BALL THIS STUFF IS MOVING.

WE CONTINUE TO GET NEW INFORMATION ALMOST HOURLY ON THIS.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU BILL.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR FINAL PRESENTATION,

[6. Report from Partner Agency - Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) - Florida East Coast (FEC) Safety Data]

WE HAVE CAPTAIN CIRMINIELLO TO PRESENT TO US TODAY.

>> GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION REGARDING THE CRASHES AND INCIDENTS INVOLVING CRANES ALONG THE EPC LINE OF BROWARD COUNTY.

MY NAME IS JEFF CIRMINIELLO.

I'M MAJOR WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE, AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE TAC.

JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND.

LAST YEAR THE FRA, THE FEDERAL RAIL ASSOCIATION PROVIDED THE MPO WITH A LIST OF TRAIN CRASHED INCIDENTS ALONG THE RAIL SYSTEM OF BROWARD COUNTY.

THIS WAS AROUND THE TIME WHEN WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE QUIET ZONES THAT ARE RAILROAD CROSSINGS.

AFTER OBTAINING THIS LIST, WE WANTED TO CONDUCT A DEEPER DIVE INTO THE DETAILS OF EACH INCIDENT.

REMINDER, PULLING ALL THE ASSOCIATED POLICE REPORTS FOR THE CASES PROVIDED BY THE FRA, AND THEN ANALYZE SEVERAL COMPONENTS IN THESE REPORTS TO INCLUDE LOCATION, TIME OF DAY, DAY OF THE WEEK, TOP SEVEN LOCATIONS CRASH TYPES IN AN EFFORT TO RECOMMEND SOME SAFETY CHANGES.

THE FIRST THING WE DID, WE JUST DO BASIC ANALYSIS, AND LOOKING WHERE'S ARE THE BULK OF OUR ISSUES? YOU SEE THIS SLIDE, THE FIRST SLIDE GO BACK TO, IS THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH. THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST ONE.

YOU COULD SEE FOLLOWED BY HOLLYWOOD AND THEN DEERFIELD BEACH.

OVERALL, THIS TIME PERIOD THEY GAVE US WE WERE ABLE TO GET

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THAT'S NOT ALL THE REPORTS.

SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT WERE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE FOR THIS DATA POINT.

BUT IT GIVES US A GOOD SCOPE AT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

SLIDE. WHAT FEC WOULD DO IS THAT, AND I GUESS THEY HAD A TOP SEVEN INCIDENT CROSSING LOCATIONS HISTORICALLY.

THOSE TOP LOCATIONS WE LOOKED AT DID NOT CORRESPOND SO MUCH WITH THE DATA THAT WE WERE SHOWING.

IF WE COULD SEE SOME LOCATIONS THAT THEY WERE HISTORICALLY HAD BETTER SPOTS, WERE ON OUR LITTLE MAP TO THE RIGHT.

ALTHOUGH WE HAD FIVE PUBLICATIONS, WE DIDN'T HAVE CRASHES.

THESE WERE PRETTY HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS.

AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE AGAIN, POMPANO, HOLLYWOOD, AND DEERFIELD LEAD THIS.

MOST OF THE INCIDENTS WERE 33RD AND DIXIE HIGHWAY.

NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE WHAT LOCATIONS WE WANT.

SLIDE. THEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TIME AND DAY OF THE WEEK.

NOW WE WERE SURE BEFORE WE STARTED LOOKING AT THIS, IT WAS GOING TO BE THE TWO RUSH HOUR TIMES.

IT WASN'T. IT WAS ACTUALLY RIGHT IN-BETWEEN THAT 9:30-04:00 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON TIME WE HAD 22,000 INCIDENTS.

FOR SOME REASON TUESDAY WAS THE HIGHEST DAY.

NEXT. THEN WE WERE STARTING TO BREAK THIS DOWN TO PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES ON WHEN THEY WERE HAPPENING.

YOU SEE THAT RED? HIGH UNDER TUESDAY BETWEEN THOSE TIMES, THAT WAS OUR BIGGEST TIME PERIOD.

THE OVERNIGHT WAS VERY PRETTY QUIET.

BUT WE'RE STARTING TO REALIZE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES. NEXT SLIDE.

I FOUND THIS INTERESTING. 53% WERE VEHICLE ONLY.

50% OF THAT 53, THERE WERE ABSOLUTELY NO INJURIES REPORTED.

YOU COULD SEE ALMOST THE OTHER 50% HAD THE PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES.

IN A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE, WE LOOK AT THIS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

THE VEHICLES WE KNOW ARE CROSSINGS.

WE'RE DEALING WITH PRIMARILY CROSSINGS.

WITH PEDESTRIANS WE'RE PRIMARILY DOING PATHWAY CROSSINGS.

LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT GO TO THE COMMUNITY STORE.

THEY DON'T REALLY DRIVE TOO MUCH. THEY USE THE SAME PATH.

THEY USUALLY CROSSOVER THE TRACKS.

A LOT OF THESE SEEM TO BE THAT.

SOMETHING MORE INTERESTING THAT WE CAN'T GET A GOOD NUMBER ON IS ACTUAL SUICIDES.

MOSTLY THIS PEDESTRIAN ONES, WE WOULD ASSUME ARE SUICIDES.

BUT WE CANNOT REALLY PUT IT INTO A CATEGORY BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO HAVING CONCRETE EVIDENCE CALLED A QUOTE, SUICIDE.

AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER REALLY HAS TO SIGN OFF ON THAT.

BASICALLY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SUICIDE NOTE, EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE AN OBVIOUS SUICIDE, WE COULDN'T PUT IN THAT CATEGORY OF SUICIDES.

IT'S NOT A REALLY A GREAT DATA POINT FOR US BECAUSE WE KNOW A LOT OF THESE WERE SUICIDES.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET SOME INFORMATION ON WHAT THE VIDEO LOOKS LIKE.

SOMEONE GOING STANDING RIGHT FOR THE TRAIN AND LETTING IT HIT THEM.

WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT THAT 10.9% OF COLLISIONS WERE SUICIDE RELATED.

IT'S GOING TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT NUMBER. NEXT SLIDE.

THEN WE BROKE IT DOWN A LITTLE FURTHER ON WHO IS ACTUALLY GETTING INJURED BY THIS.

YOU COULD SEE A QUICK BREAKDOWN OF THAT.

ON THE 25-64 YEAR-OLD AGE RANGE WAS THE HIGHEST.

SIXTY-SIX PERCENT OF THAT WAS MEN.

WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO LOOK AT WAS HOW THESE OUT-OF-TOWN IS WHERE THEY ADDED THE COUNTRY PEOPLE, WHO IS GOING TO DRIVE IN FRONT OF A BRIGHTLINE TRAIN? IT'S PRIMARILY ALL RESIDENTS.

WE ADD 55 AT 65 OR 67, WERE BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS.

WE HAD THREE OUT OF STATUS.

TWO OF THEM LIVED IN PALM BEACH OR MIAMI, AND FOUR UNKNOWN.

WHEN SAY UNKNOWN IS THESE REPORTS WERE STILL WRONG.

WE COULDN'T USE THE DATA OR WE WEREN'T PROVIDED THE DATA ON WHO THAT WAS.

OUR YOUNGEST VICTIM WAS 17, OUR OLDEST PERSON WAS 94 YEARS OLD.

NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SOMETHING WE DID SEE SOME SUCCESSES ON DURING THIS, BSO DID A CAMPAIGN, TWO DIFFERENT CAMPAIGNS.

REALLY WAS MORE OF AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN BECAUSE PEOPLE LEARN QUICKLY WHEN THEY GET TICKETS. IT'S BEEN GOOD.

WE GAVE 328 TICKETS SPECIFICALLY TO RAIL SAFE DURING RAIL SAFETY WEEK.

JUST TO GET LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT YOU CAN'T BE GOING AROUND THE CROSSINGS.

YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE SOME OF THE CITATIONS THAT WE WERE GIVEN OUT.

BLOCKING INTERSECTIONS AND CROSSWALKS.

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DRIVING AROUND THROUGH THE CLOSED ARM GATES.

WALKING AROUND THE CLOSED ARM GATES, AND ENTERING THE GRADE CROSSINGS.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF CITATIONS THAT WERE GIVEN.

AFTER EACH ONE OF THESE CAMPAIGNS, WE'VE SEEN THE LAW AND THE ACTIVITY OF BRIGHTLINE.

IS IT AN ANOMALY? WE'RE NOT SURE.

ANOTHER THING WE NOTICED IS ONCE THE DELINEATORS SWING IN, DELINEATORS OR THE PLASTIC POLES THAT WERE AT THESE INTERSECTIONS.

I BELIEVE THAT CAME THROUGH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS THE MPO, AND SOMEONE GAVE BRIGHTLINE THE IDEA, AND FUNDING, I'M SURE, FOR THESE DELINEATORS, WHICH MADE A HUGE IMPACT AND IT'S A CHEAPER REMEDY.

PEOPLE CAN'T DRIVE AROUND THE GATES.

THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN WORKING A LOT.

WHY DID WE DO THIS? WE HAD A LOT OF POLITICIANS.

I DON'T WANT THIS WHITE ZONE TO GO AWAY.

ALTHOUGH MPO, I THINK IN 2014 WORKED HARD ON GETTING THESE QUIET ZONES IMPLEMENTED.

THE FEDERAL RAIL ASSOCIATION WANTS THESE TO GO AWAY.

I THINK THAT'S STILL A CONVERSATION NOW.

WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA, WE REALIZED THAT THE BRIGHTLINE AND EPC HAVE NOT BEEN AT FAULT FOR ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS.

HOW DO WE MAKE THAT SAFER? THAT'S THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE CURRENTLY HAVING NOW.

WE WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE DATA WHERE WE'RE AT NOW.

CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING IS WE DID REALIZE THAT THE DELINEATORS WORK VERY WELL.

THE EXTRA ARMS THAT CAME DOWN ON THE OTHER SIDE WORK, BUT THEY'RE EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE THAN I KNOW THE CITIES HAVE TO TAKE ON IN FRONT OF THAT FUNDING.

THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT FENCING THE ENTIRE RAIL LINE.

THERE'S ALSO AN IDEA THAT I THINK WOULD HELP FOR THE PEDESTRIANS BECAUSE THE MOTORIST IS REALLY JUST DRIVER STUPIDITY A LOT OF TIMES, AND NOT BRIGHTLINE'S FAULT.

THE PEDESTRIANS, WE'VE SEEN A COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT SOME OF THEM HAD EARPLUGS IN THEIR HEADS.

THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN AND THEN THEY'RE CROSSING THE TRACKS. THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN.

IF YOU'VE EVER WALKED ACROSS A RAILROAD GRADE, THOSE ROCKS, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY LOOK DOWN.

YOU HAVE TO WATCH WHERE YOUR FOOTING GOES.

ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATION WE'RE GOING TO MAKE IS PUTTING SOME LED LIGHTING SYSTEM ON THE RAILS WHEN A BRIGHTLINE OR AN FEC TRAIN IS COMING.

IF YOU ARE LOOKING DOWN AND CROSSING MAYBE THAT LIGHT WILL HELP GIVE YOU AN AWARENESS THAT A TRAIN IS COMING.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE SOME CONVERSATIONS, AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION, MAJOR.

ANY QUESTIONS? MILOS? GO AHEAD MILOS.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU, MILOS.

>> YOU CAN NOT?

>> NOW WE CAN.

>> THANK YOU. MAJOR, THANK YOU FOR PRESENTATION. JUST FEW QUESTIONS.

ONE OF THEM WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD BE THE MOST COMMON CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THESE ACCIDENTS? IS IT THE LIGHTING, IS IT NON-COMPLIANCE?

>> IT APPEARS TO BE NON-COMPLIANCE.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

IF THE DATA WAS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, WE'D BE ABLE TO BEAR DOWN ON IT.

I HATE TO DUMB THIS DOWN, BUT IT SEEMS TO BE A BRAZEN ACTIVITY BY MOTORISTS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ONE OF THESE INCIDENTS THAT WE'VE ANALYZED WHERE WE COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING BETTER.

I KNOW THE FEDERAL RAIL ASSOCIATION THINKS THAT HAVING THAT HORN GO OFF EVERY TIME IS GOING TO PREVENT THIS AND I WOULD DISAGREE BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE BELLS GOING OFF, WE'VE GOT ALARMS GOING DOWN, WE'VE GOT FLASHING LIGHTS GOING DOWN, AND EDUCATIONAL COMPONENTS.

EVERYONE KNOWS WHEN YOU GET YOUR LICENSE, WHAT TO DO WHEN A RAILROAD CROSSING GOES DOWN.

BUT I THINK WE HAVE TO FURTHER EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY THAT THIS BRIGHTLINE SO FAR HASN'T LOST ONE BATTLE AND I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE A BATTLE AGAINST THE VEHICLE.

IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT OTHER THAN DRIVER ERROR.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I'M SORRY, BUT ON THE PEDESTRIAN SIDE, WE HAVE NOTICED MENTAL ILLNESS, SUICIDE, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY HARD TO DETER.

MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDE, AND WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF DRUGS OR ALCOHOL TO THE POINT WHERE IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING THEN THAT'S A WHOLE ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS.

>> UNDERSTOOD. DURING THE LAST MONTH'S ATTACK MEETING, THERE WAS A PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THIS GENTLEMAN.

HE'S ONE OF THE PROGRAM MANAGERS AT THE BRIGHTLINE.

HE SPOKE ABOUT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT EFFORTS.

IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF ONGOING EFFORTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND

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ONE OF THEM THEY SPOKE ABOUT IS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CAMERAS AS WELL SO THAT IN CASE ACCIDENTS DOES HAPPEN, BRIGHTLINE BETTER COLLECTS DATA, AND THAT THEY CAN INFORM THEIR PROCESSES GOING FORWARD, INCLUDING PREVENTION.

ARE THERE ANY CAMERAS NOW ON THOSE TRAINS? OR HOW DO YOU GO ABOUT REVIEWING VIDEO DATA? IS IT ONLY IF IT'S AVAILABLE OR EACH TRAIN HAS SOME CAMERAS THAT THEY'RE FACING FORWARD?

>> THEY DO HAVE CAMERAS AND THEY HAVE VERY GOOD CAMERAS.

THEY HAVE A LEGACY PROGRAM WHERE THE DATA IS NOT STORED ON THE TRAIN, SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO RETRIEVE AT THE TIME.

I'VE HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH BRIGHTLINE.

THEY HAVE BEEN OUTSTANDING TO WORK WITH BECAUSE THEY ARE TRULY ON BOARD ON MAKING THIS VERY SAFE RAIL LINE.

IT'S REFRESHING TO DEAL WITH A COMPANY LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO GO TO ANOTHER SYSTEM WHERE THE DATA IS RIGHT THERE IN THE TRAIN, WHERE THE INVESTIGATORS CAN COME AND RETRIEVE IT IMMEDIATELY, WHICH WILL ALSO, AND I HEARD ONE OF THE GOALS WAS TO FREE UP OUR LINES AND GET FROM POINT A TO POINT B.

WELL, WHEN THESE CRASHES HAPPEN WE HAVE TO HOLD THAT TRAIN SOMETIMES FOR HOURS.

THAT NEW CAMERA SYSTEM WILL HELP US FREE THE TRAIN AND GO ON SO WE CAN CONDUCT OUR INVESTIGATION POST TO THE TRAIN LEAVING.

YEAH, THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING EVEN BETTER CAMERAS AS WE SPEAK.

>> THANK YOU, MAJOR.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE MAJOR?

>> YES. WE HAVE ERIC POWER.

>> GO AHEAD, ERIC.

>> HI, ERIC POWER, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ZONNING SERVICE IN CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH.

ACTUALLY, MY QUESTION WAS ABOUT CAMERAS AS WELL COMMUNICATING WITH BRIGHTLINE.

WE SPOKE ABOUT THIS BEFORE ABOUT HAVING CLOSE CAMERAS FOR THE OPERATORS OF THE TRAINS SO THEY CAN SEE ANY IMPEDIMENTS THAT MIGHT BE AT THE CROSSING THAT'S COMING UP, THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO SLOW DOWN.

HAVE YOU GUYS HAD ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT?

>> NO. THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

NO. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE HAD TALKS ABOUT IT.

I KNOW I HAVEN'T BEEN ATTENDING THOSE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I WILL BE MEETING WITH THEM VERY SOON, SO I WILL BRING THAT UP.

>> THERE ARE OTHER TRAIN SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY AND IN EUROPE WHERE CAMERAS ARE POSTED AT INTERSECTIONS AND THEN THE DRIVERS HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEE THAT INTERSECTION, SO IF A VEHICLE WAS STALLED, IF A PERSON WAS STANDING THERE, OTHER SITUATIONS, IT MIGHT BE IMPEDIMENT DOWNLINE, WHATEVER, THE CONDUCTOR OF THE TRAIN CAN ACTUALLY SEE IT.

>> THAT'S A FANTASTIC IDEA.

I WROTE THAT DOWN. THANK YOU, ERIC.

I'LL DEFINITELY PASS THAT ON.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU. ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

>> I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS THERE AN INTENT TO KEEP THIS ENFORCEMENT GOING ON A MORE REGULAR BASIS OR IS IT A ONE TIME DEAL?

>> NO, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE IT.

WE HAVE WHERE THE SHERIFF IS JUST NOW PUTTING OUT AN AGGRESSIVE DRIVING CAMPAIGN AND THIS IS GOING TO BE PART OF IT.

COUNTYWIDE, EVERYONE PROBABLY LISTENING ON THIS ZOOM CALL, THERE'S FRUSTRATION EVERY TIME WE DRIVE, WE SEE THIS IS AGGRESSIVE DRIVING.

IT'S SO OUT OF CONTROL, AND BROWARD COUNTY IS A VERY BUSY AREA, IT'S HARD TO GET ENOUGH COPS JUST TO DO THE TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT.

IT'S SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENING ON OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS.

SHERIFF TONY IS NOW COLLABORATING WITH SOME RESOURCES TO DO AGGRESSIVE DRIVING CAMPAIGN.

WITHIN THAT SCOPE, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THESE RAIL LINES IN, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT WE TARGETED IN POMPANO DEERFIELD, SOME OF OUR TOP SPOTS SO WE CAN GET THE MOST BANG FOR OUR BUCK.

BUT WE'LL ALSO DO SPECIFIC RAIL LINE ONLY AT CERTAIN OPERATIONS AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR FUNDING SO WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE GUYS OUT SPECIFICALLY TO DO THAT.

IF YOU GUYS HEAR OF ANY OF GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT OR THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, PLEASE KEEP ME IN THE LOOP ON THAT.

I KNOW WE HAVE GRANT WRITERS LOOKING FOR THEMSELVES TOO.

>> THAT'S EXCELLENT NEWS. AS YOUR ROLE JOINS OUR BOARD, WE'RE A GREAT RESOURCE TOO TO HELP WITH SUPPORT OF THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL ON A BIGGER SCALE. KEEP US IN THE LOOP.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION.

THE REMAINING THINGS ARE JUST OUR ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

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BILL, IF YOU WANT TO SAY A WORD ABOUT THAT.

>> WELL, SURE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.

FROM TIME TO TIME, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT LIKES TO COME DOWN AND VISIT WITH THE BROWARD MPO AND TAKE A LOOK AT HOW WE'RE DOING.

OF COURSE, THEY LIKE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF OUR MEMBER IN GOVERNMENTS AS WELL, SO WE ARE INVITING CERTAINLY KEY MEMBERS, SOME OF OUR BOARD.

I KNOW, CHAIR, YOU EITHER WILL OR HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED YOUR INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE.

I JUST WILL SHARE, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

IT'S GOING TO BE JUST A SINGLE DAY.

SOMETIMES THESE ARE TWO-DAY AFFAIRS, BUT THIS CYCLE IT WILL JUST BE A SINGLE DAY.

IT WILL BE HELD IN OUR BOARD ROOM, AND IT IS VERY INTERACTIVE.

AGAIN, IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, SO IF ANYBODY FEELS LIKE THERE'S SOME INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO SHARE WITH OUR PARTNERS AT USDOT, THIS WOULD BE YOUR OPPORTUNITY.

AGAIN, EVERYONE IS WELCOME.

I THINK BASED ON SOME OF THE PRE-QUESTIONS THAT WE GET AHEAD OF THIS, THERE'S A FOCUS ON OUR MPP ON ACTUALLY MANY OF THE ITEMS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER TODAY, SO THAT WOULD BE MY GENERAL SENSE OF WHERE THE DISCUSSION WILL BE ALONG THOSE LINES.

AGAIN, IF ANYBODY HAS A SPECIFIC QUESTION, FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO MYSELF OR CAROL, EMMA HERE ON THE MPO TEAM.

HE'S REALLY LEADING A LOT OF OUR CONTROL EFFORTS AND WE CAN HOOK YOU UP.

THEN, OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT A LINK RIGHT HERE ON THE PAGE FOR YOU THAT WILL BRING YOU TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DETAILS.

LET ME JUST STOP THERE, CHAIR, AND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GLAD TO TRY TO CATCH THEM.

>> WE HAVE A LITTLE TIME, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, LET CAROL KNOW MOVING FORWARD ON THAT AND CHECK OUT THE WEBSITE.

I DID SKIP OVER MEMBER COMMENTS.

I DID WANT TO THANK THE MPO AND THEIR PARTNERSHIP IN THE FORT LAUDERDALE.

BIKE MONTH EVENT, IT WAS REALLY AWESOME AND WE ADDED HISTORY LESSONS TO OUR TOUR AND PEOPLE ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT.

IT WAS REALLY ENGAGING AND COMBINED A NORMAL COMMUNITY BIKE RIDE WITH MORE OF A MOBILE WORKSHOP-TYPE FEEL TO IT.

I WANT TO THANK CAROL, IT WAS HER IDEA WITH THE HISTORY AND ADDING THAT AND SHE MADE THAT CONNECTION FOR US AND THE TEAM AT THE MPO WHO JOINED US THAT DAY.

IT WAS A LOT OF FUN AND I SAW THERE WERE OTHER RIDES AS WELL GOING ON.

IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS ANY MEMBER COMMENTS OR SOMETHING TO SHARE PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

>> CHAIR, WARFEL, IF I COULD, I JUST WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT CARLOS HAD HIS HAND UP FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY.

HE MIGHT HAVE WANTED TO TALK TO THE PRIMARY ISSUE.

>> OKAY.

>> GOOD. WONDERFUL THINGS.

>> BILL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR.

FOR THAT, I JUST LIKE TO THANK CARLO AND RENEE FOR THIS PREPARATION FOR THE CERTIFICATION REVIEW.

GOING BACK AND FORTH, I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THEY TAKE AND THE PROFESSIONALISM.

THANK YOU, CAROL AND RENEE, IF YOU'RE IN THE ROOM. APPRECIATE IT.

>> THANK YOU, CARLOS.

>> WE'LL PASS THAT GOOD WORD ALONG. THANK YOU.

>> EXCELLENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR PARTICIPATING.

I WILL CLOSE THIS MEETING.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS ON APRIL 26, AND WE WILL BE BACK IN PERSON.

THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GREAT MONTH. BYE.

>> THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.