Apr 26, 2023 Technical Advisory Committee

EVERYBODY'S A LITTLE SLAP HAPPY TODAY.

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[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

WE'RE GOOD, RIGHT? WE HAVE IN PERSON QUORUM AND WE HAVE.

HOW MANY DO WE HAVE ONLINE TODAY? FIVE PEOPLE ONLINE.

EXCELLENT. SO NEXT IS OUR ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

REBECCA WILL SET US UP AND CLICK THAT YOU ARE HERE.

PRESENT. MAYBE.

NOT YET. NOT WORKING.

NOPE. JUST A MOMENT, CHAIR.

THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO.

MEMBERS ONLINE. IF YOU COULD PLEASE ALSO DO PRESENT, CLICK PRESENT IF YOU ARE HERE.

BECAUSE IT'S NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THOUGH.

YEAH, YEAH.

WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS SCREEN, BUT I CAN SEE IF YOU HAVE PUT IT ON MY SIDE.

EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT.

AS EVERYBODY. YES.

OKAY. WE ARE GOOD.

NEXT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES, THE MINUTES OF BOTH FEBRUARY 22ND AND MARCH 22ND.

[3. Approval of Minutes - February 22 and March 22, 2023]

ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES? NO. HEARING NONE.

WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF FEBRUARY AND MARCH.

THIS ONE'S WORKING. EXCELLENT MOTION PASSES.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

I HAVE A MOTION. MOTION MADE BY ALEXANDER AND SECONDED BY JENNA FOR THE AGENDA.

ANY COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA? NO. HEARING NONE. THEN I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

WAITING ON LISA.

ALEXANDER IF YOU COULD VOTE.

AND EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. ITEM PASSES.

APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? PEOPLE HERE TALKING ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE AGENDA ITEMS OR COMMENTS ONLINE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY? NO, REBECCA IS TELLING ME NO.

THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF TODAY IS MPO SERVICES UPDATE.

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

[7. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER.

GREAT. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

YOU PROBABLY ALL SEEN ME IN OUR MOST RECENT CALL FOR PROJECTS MEETING.

SO HELLO, EVERYONE.

AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON AN UPDATE ON WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE 2050 MTP OR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO FIRST UP, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SHOW THIS LITTLE GRAPHIC TO SEE WHAT ITEMS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN THIS UPDATE.

SO TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, ALSO OUR ASSESSMENTS.

SO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, EVERYTHING THAT WE WENT OVER.

AND THEN LATER IN THE TAC MEETING, PETER'S GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION ON OUR GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

SO THAT'S WHY THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE.

SO FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE HAVE ADDED ANOTHER WORKSHOP TO OUR ACCOMPLISHED WORKSHOPS THAT WE'VE DONE FOR OUR OUTREACHES.

SO IN THE PAST WE HAD DONE OUR TRI-RAIL FUN DAYS.

VISIT LAUDERDALE SCIENCE FESTIVAL MUSEUM, PEMBROKE PINES BIKE RODEO AND BROWARD COUNTY BIKE DAY EVENTS.

SO THE MOST RECENT ONE IS OUR EARTH DAY EVENT HOSTED BY THE CITY OF SUNRISE.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HOSTING US THERE.

WHAT DIFFERENTIATES OUR WORKSHOPS FROM OUR PRESENTATIONS IS THAT OUR WORKSHOPS, WE TYPICALLY HAVE A TABLE THAT'S HOSTED AT THE EVENT.

WE HAVE LITTLE ACTIVITIES FOR PEOPLE TO COME AND LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE MPO AND WE ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE OUR SURVEYS SO THEY CAN GIVE US THEIR INPUT FOR OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO THE NEW ONE UP HERE IS THE EARTH DAY EVENT.

AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGHOUT OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

WE HAVE TEN THAT WE FINISHED, SO THE MOST RECENT ONES WERE THE CENTRAL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WILTON MANORS AND OUR LAUDERDALE LAKES COMMISSION MEETING.

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AND THEN ON MAY 15TH, WE HAVE DILLARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND THEN THE GALT HOA THAT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED AT CAFÉ VICO SO IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING IN ANY OF THOSE, LET US KNOW.

WE CAN LET YOU KNOW.

SO OUR PRESENTATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR WORKSHOPS WE GO WITH A PRESENTATION THAT GIVES A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO WHAT OUR MTP IS.

AND WE ALSO ASK PEOPLE TO TAKE OUR SURVEY SO WE CAN GET THEIR NEEDS INTO OUR PLAN.

AND THEN WHAT'S COMING UP VERY SOON.

SO THIS IS THE OFFICIAL SAVE THE DATE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE PLANS FOR MAY 18TH, MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE LINKED UP WITH US TO ATTEND OUR 2050 MTP E-TOWNHALL THAT'S GOING TO BE HOSTED SOMETIME IN THE EVENING.

WE'LL HAVE MORE DETAILS VERY SOON.

THE THEME FOR THE E-TOWNHALL IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE FUTURE OF WHAT BROWARD WILL BE WITH THOSE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS.

AND IT'LL BE A GOOD ENGAGEMENT TO HAVE PEOPLE ASK QUESTIONS AND HEAR FROM OUR ESTEEMED PANELISTS WHO WILL HAVE MORE DETAILS ON WHO THEY ARE VERY SOON.

THE EVENT ITSELF WILL BE HOSTED VIRTUALLY.

WE WILL BE HOSTING THE PANELISTS HERE AT THE MPO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKING PEOPLE TO ATTEND IT VIRTUALLY.

AND TO WRAP UP ALL OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS, WE'VE SHARED THIS SLIDE WITH YOU ALL BEFORE, BUT IT IS OUR QR CODE TO ACCESS OUR SURVEY.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN OUR SURVEY YET, OR IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE SURVEY, PLEASE SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE.

UP TO DATE, WE HAVE ABOUT 1300 RESPONSES ALREADY.

OUR ORIGINAL GOAL WAS TO HAVE 1000.

SO WE'VE ALREADY PASSED THAT, BUT WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO OVERACHIEVE IN THAT.

ALSO, IF YOU DO TAKE THE SURVEY OR ANYONE ELSE DOES TAKE THE SURVEY, THEY HAVE A CHANCE TO ENTER TO WIN A $250 VISA GIFT CARD.

AND LET'S SWITCH GEARS NOW TO TALK ABOUT CALL FOR PROJECTS.

SO THIS IS OUR FLOW CHART OF OUR PROCESS FOR CALL FOR PROJECTS.

YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH IT.

WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS WE'VE ASKED ALL OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO PREPARE PROJECTS, SCHEDULE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH US THAT WE'VE BEEN HOSTING HERE AT THE MPO AND THEN ATTEND OUR WORKSHOP, WHICH WAS A TAC MEETING WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THE APPLICATION TOOL TO SHOW AND TO DEMONSTRATE HOW TO SUBMIT PROJECTS TO THE 2050 PLAN AND THEN FINALLY TO SUBMIT THOSE PROJECTS.

SO SOME OF THE RESULTS WERE CURRENTLY IN POST-PROCESSING RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A HIGH LEVEL OF WHAT WE RECEIVED.

OH, BEFORE THAT, THESE ARE ALL THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED.

SO WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED 31 MEETINGS WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.

SO THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT.

THAT'S A BIG LIFT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING IN TO CHAT WITH US.

HERE IS A LIST OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT MET WITH US WITH THE DAYS THAT THEY MET WITH US AND THE TIMES.

SO 31.

AND NOW WE GO TO THE ACTUAL PROJECT SUBMITTALS.

SO OUR APPLICATION OPENED MARCH 22ND.

THE ORIGINAL DEADLINE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE APRIL 14TH, BUT BECAUSE WE HAD ALL OF THAT TERRIBLE FLOODING THAT HAPPENED TO US DURING THAT WEEK, WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO APRIL 18TH, WHICH ALLOWED FOR US TO COLLECT A COUPLE MORE PROJECTS, WHICH IS VERY GOOD.

FROM ALL OF OUR LOCAL PARTNERS WE RECEIVED 202 PROJECTS AND OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD 22 UNIQUE MUNICIPALITIES SUBMITTED PROJECTS TO THE PLAN. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN A POST-PROCESSING PHASE RIGHT NOW WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER ALL THE INFORMATION OF THAT PROJECT AND MAKING SURE THOSE LIMITS ARE CORRECTLY DRAWN. AND THEN ONCE WE'VE FINISHED THAT, WE'LL PRESENT BACK TO YOU EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE COLLECTED.

THE ASTERISK HERE IS THAT IT DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT FDOT AND BROWARD COUNTY HAD SUBMITTED.

SO THAT'S JUST THE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS, GUYS.

AND THAT'S IT FOR MY UPDATE.

STICK AROUND FOR OBJECTIVES, GOALS AND INDICATORS BY PETER.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? NO? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

YEAH. CHAIR? YES.

IF I COULD. SO WE HAVE APPARENTLY LOST OUR SPEAKER FOR THE SURTAX.

I AM GLAD TO STAND UP AND KIND OF WALK YOU THROUGH THE SLIDES AND THE PRESENTATION THAT IS AVAILABLE, IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

OF COURSE IT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED.

SO APOLOGIES TO THE ENTIRE TAC, BUT REALLY, CHAIR, IT'S UP TO YOU HOW YOU THINK IS WHAT MAKES MOST SENSE, HOW TO PROCEED AT THIS POINT.

IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY OR IF YOU THINK YOU'RE GOING TO FIND TODD AT SOME POINT, WE CAN DEFER IT TO LATER IN THE DAY.

BUT IF HE'S OTHERWISE OCCUPIED, THEN JUST QUICKLY RUN THROUGH.

HE'S MISSING. OKAY.

UH OH. SO WE DON'T REALLY.

[LAUGHTER] SO YOUR CALL. YEAH. IF YOU COULD JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH.

YOU'RE SO GOOD AT FILLING IN.

IT'S GOING TO BE A THEME TODAY.

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SO, MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS.

HERE WE GO. MAYBE.

OH, I'M SORRY FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S START WITH THE OVERVIEW OF THE 2023 APPLICATION PERIOD, WHICH I LOOKING AT THIS CHART APPEARS TO HAVE CLOSED ON MARCH 10TH.

IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT HALF OF THE MUNICIPALITIES DID ATTEND.

THERE WAS AN MPO LIAISON TEAM THAT MET WITH ABOUT A THIRD OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TO TALK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND ULTIMATELY 20 MUNICIPALITIES PURSUED AN APPLICATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WON'T READ THIS SLIDE TO YOU, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY HERE FOR SOME TRAINING ON THE NEW PROCESSES.

I KNOW THAT IT HAS BEEN EACH YEAR KIND OF AN EVOLUTION WITH THE SURTAX AND HOW IT WORKS.

SO I'M SURE THAT THAT WAS WHY THEY PROVIDED THAT ADDITIONAL TRAINING.

SO SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS HERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS ULTIMATELY A 52 THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR A PRETTY BIG DOLLAR NUMBER.

AND I'M SURE SOMEWHERE ON THIS SLIDE IT WILL TELL YOU HOW MUCH WAS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE.

MAYBE THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT 118 WAS REQUESTED FOR CONSTRUCTION, AND THEN THE PROJECTS IN THE PLANNING PHASE ONLY MAKE UP ABOUT 2%.

SO A VERY SMALL I'M PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE DOING SOME OF THE DESIGN IN-HOUSE TO GET YOURSELF PREPARED. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.

I CAN'T READ THAT.

HOPEFULLY YOU CAN.

I GUESS THAT'S SHOWING HOW IT IS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT CITIES BY THE DIFFERENT PHASES THERE; PLANNING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION.

A PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT PHASES THAT WERE SUBMITTED NEW.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE ACROSS THE 52 PROJECTS AND THEN ACROSS THE DOLLARS.

AND CLEARLY THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE REQUESTS WERE FOR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING AT 87% MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WE ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THOSE.

SO PROJECTS WITH THE SIDEWALKS AND OR BIKE LANES.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S AN OUTSIZED REQUEST WHICH ACTUALLY MATCHES UP PRETTY WELL WITH AN AWFUL LOT OF THE WORK THAT THE MPO IS DOING TO FUND PROJECTS OFF THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. CLIMATE CHANGE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY DID THIS ANALYSIS, BUT THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING TO SEE HERE.

YOU KNOW THAT A MAJORITY OF THESE ARE IN HIGH RISK FLOOD AREAS AND OUT OF THE DOLLAR AMOUNT, 77%.

SO VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE.

SO HOPEFULLY SOME OF THAT IS MITIGATION OF RESILIENCY TYPE IMPROVEMENTS.

OKAY. PROJECTS AND ZIP CODES.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE NOW IT SAYS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.

I THINK IN THE MPO SPEAK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE EQUITY AREAS.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL BY DOLLAR AMOUNT, 44% INTO THAT AREA, NOT QUITE 50%.

SCHOOL ZONES.

I'M GOING TO CALL THAT ALMOST 50 / 50 ON A DOLLAR BASIS THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING.

PRESUMABLY, AGAIN, PROBABLY CONNECTIONS WALK BIKE CONNECTIONS TO SCHOOL.

AND THEN SO HERE WE GO.

THIS IS THE ONE I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT.

SO YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE VERSUS HOW MUCH WAS REQUESTED.

SO IT APPEARS ONLY ABOUT $20 MILLION DOLLARS WAS AVAILABLE FOR THIS CYCLE.

AND I THINK, AGAIN, LIKE THE MPO, THEY ARE FUNDING AN OUTER YEAR.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD CALL THIS NEW FIFTH OR HOW THEY DEFINE THAT, BUT OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR NEEDS HERE IN THE REGION OUTSTRIP OUR FUNDING CAPACITY. BUT STILL, 20 MILLION IS A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF BIKE PED TYPE INVESTMENTS.

OKAY, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

WE WON'T ASK ANY QUESTIONS.

I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT DATA.

I PROMISE WE WILL TRY TO BRING BACK THE ACTUAL SPEAKER NEXT MONTH.

OKAY, EXCELLENT. I KNOW THAT'S NOT LIKE HIM, SO HOPEFULLY HE'S OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU, BILL, FOR THAT.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 23 TO 27 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 - 2027 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 4510821 SR-814/W ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT BANKS ROAD B. FM# 4524571 FTA 5310 OPERATING – MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM) – BROWARD CHILDREN’S CENTER, INC C. FM# 4524591 FTA 5310 OPERATING – MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM) – SUNRISE COMMUNITY INC D. FM# 4524632 FTA 5310 DISTRICT CAPITAL – MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM) – CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES/SW FOCAL POINT, INC E. FM# 4511381 FTA 5310 CAPITAL – MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM) – WOODHOUSE F. FM#4469971 INTERSECTION LIGHTING RETROFIT IMPROVEMENT G. Broward County Transit (BCT) Section 5339(b) Bus/Buses Facilities Program (Competitive)]

BEAR WITH ME. ITEM A IS FM NUMBER 4510821 FOR ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT BANKS ROAD.

ITEM TWO IS FM 4524571 FTA 5310 OPERATING FOR MIAMI UZA BROWARD

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ITEM C IS FM 4524591 FTA 5310 OPERATING FOR MIAMI BROWARD WEST PALM SUNRISE COMMUNITY INC. ITEM D IS FM 4524632 FTA 5310 AGAIN DISTRICT CAPITAL FOR MIAMI UZA BROWARD WEST PALM CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES SOUTHWEST FOCAL POINT INC.

ITEM E IS FM 4511381 FTA 5310 CAPITAL MIAMI UZA BROWARD WEST PALM WOODHOUSE.

ITEM F IS FM 4469971 INTERSECTION LIGHTING RETROFIT IMPROVEMENT AND ITEM G IS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT SECTION 5339 B BUS BUSES FACILITY PROGRAM WHICH IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM.

SO YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET IS ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION OF EXACTLY WHAT THOSE ENTAIL, MOST OF THEM PRETTY MINOR CHANGES TO LENGTH AND SCOPE BECAUSE OTHER PROJECTS ARE TAKING ON SOME OF THAT ACTIVITY OR THINGS ARE JUST SHIFTING A LITTLE BIT, MONEY'S BEING EXTENDED, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF THERE'S ANY, WELL, I GUESS I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION FIRST AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THOSE ITEMS, WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.

AND LET ME GO BACK TO MY HOME PANEL.

NO. THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MAQSOOD AND SECONDED BY CHRISTOPHER.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU, CHAIR. ANDREW PENNY, CITY OF MARGATE.

SO I WAS LOOKING AT ITEM A, AND I WAS HOPING SOMEONE COULD CLARIFY THE PROJECT FOR ME.

THE LAST HALF OF THE DESCRIPTOR PROVIDED FROM THE AGENDA SAYS TO PERFORM A STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF INSTALLING A LEFT TURN, YIELD ON GREEN SIGN ON THE EXISTING SPAN WIRE SUPPORT FACING WESTBOUND LEFT TURNS AT THE INTERSECTION.

AND THE INTERSECTION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS BANKS IN ATLANTIC.

FOR ANYBODY THAT'S NOT FAMILIAR, BANKS IS A COLLECTOR ROAD THAT RUNS PRETTY MUCH FROM ATLANTIC BOULEVARD NORTH TO SAMPLE ROAD.

HI, I'M FROM FDOT I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER.

SO TO HANG A SIGN.

SO IT WOULD BE IT'S NOT A PROTECTED LEFT TURN MOVEMENT.

WE WOULD HANG A SIGN NOTIFYING THAT YOU CAN TURN ON GREEN, BUT YOU SHOULD BE ADVISED THAT YOU HAVE TO YIELD TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.

RIGHT. SO AT THIS INTERSECTION, THE WESTBOUND TRAFFIC, YOUR LEFT TURN OPTION IS ONLY TO GO INTO A SHOPPING CENTER.

IS THERE AN OPTION TO GET ONE FOR EASTBOUND LEFT TURNS FOR THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC? THE EASTBOUND TRAFFIC HAS A PROTECTED LEFT TURN.

SO YOU COULDN'T MAKE THAT LIKE A BLINKER OR ANY KIND OF MODIFICATION TO ALLOW THAT.

WELL, MY SCOPE IS A LIGHTING FOR SAFETY, SO I COULD TALK TO TRAFFIC OPERATIONS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN PURSUING.

YEAH. I MEAN, SOMETIMES THERE'S BIG GAPS IN THE TRAFFIC, SO I THINK IT WOULD HELP.

OKAY. OKAY. BUT SO IT'S JUST TO FACILITATE THOSE TURNS INTO THE PLAZA AND TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A PROTECTED LEFT TURN.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER.

I COULD JUST ASK THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN NUMBER D $70, $560 AND $70.

IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BIG AMENDMENT.

THAT'S USEFUL THE [INAUDIBLE] CAMERA.

THOSE ARE SMALL THINGS EQUIPMENT TO INSTALL IN BUS.

THIS SATISFIES YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY? YES, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FROM FOLKS ONLINE? REBECCA. NO.

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE ON THESE ITEMS. REBECCA. I'M SHOWING AS ABSENT AGAIN.

THAT'S ODD, BECAUSE I HAVE YOU ON.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME VERBALLY AND I CAN ADD YOU IN? DO YOU? YES. I VOTE YES.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY ISSUES? GOOD. OKAY, MOTION PASSES.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ACTION ITEM IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ADOPT THE 2050 MTP GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ADOPT the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Goals, Objectives, and Indicators]

THANK YOU, CHAIR WARFEL.

PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

SO THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU LAST MONTH AS PART OF THE WORKSHOP FOR THE DRAFT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

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SO I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME AS I DID LAST TIME ON THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS, BUT I WILL RUN THROUGH THEM AGAIN.

THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION, OR I SHOULD SAY A SUGGESTION FROM ONE OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO BREAK DOWN THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU ALL AS WELL.

BUT AS I MENTIONED, THIS IS REALLY NOW THE ADOPTION PORTION OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

AND WE TOOK IN QUITE A BIT OF INFORMATION FROM ALL OF OUR ADVISORY COMMITTEES, INCLUDING YOURSELVES, AND MADE A FEW LITTLE TWEAKS TO THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

AND AGAIN, I'LL CALL THOSE OUT.

SO JUST AS A REFRESHER, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, I HAVE SOME BASIC DEFINITIONS HERE OF WHAT A GOAL, OF WHAT AN OBJECTIVE AND WHAT AN INDICATOR IS.

SO GOAL IN THIS CASE IS AN ACHIEVABLE OUTCOME THAT IS TYPICALLY BROAD AND LONG TERM.

SO THAT STATEMENT IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY BROAD.

THE OBJECTIVE IS A MEASURABLE OR A SPECIFIC ACTION THAT IS GOING TO HELP MEET THAT GOAL.

AND THEN THE INDICATOR IS A DATA SOURCE OR A DATA SET THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE THAT SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE.

SO SOME OF THE REFERENCES THAT WE USED FOR THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS AND AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT JUST I THINK I SAID LAST TIME, THE GREATEST HITS. SO WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION'S PLANNING EMPHASIS AREAS.

WE HAVE OUR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, EMPHASIS AREAS.

WE HAVE THE FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS PUBLISHED BY FDOT.

WE HAVE OUR PREVIOUS COMMITMENT, 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE HAVE OUR 2045 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THEN ALSO NEW MEASURES LIKE THE US DOT SAFE SYSTEMS APPROACH.

SO THESE ARE THE GOALS AS THEY ARE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY FOR ADOPTION.

SO WE HAVE OUR FIRST GOAL OF SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

AS I MENTIONED LAST TIME, WE WERE ADDING IN GOAL STATEMENTS FOR THESE AND YOU CAN SEE NOW UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THE GOALS, THERE IS A GOAL STATEMENT TO KIND OF DESCRIBE WHAT THAT GOAL IS MEANT TO ACHIEVE OR WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.

AND I DID MENTION AT THE BEGINNING OF MY PRESENTATION THAT THERE WAS A SUGGESTION THAT WAS MADE.

SO I WILL EMPHASIZE AGAIN HERE THAT THE ACTION ITEM AS IT SITS BEFORE YOU TODAY IS TO ADOPT THESE GOALS AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

HOWEVER, OUR RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, WHICH MET LAST WEEK, PROVIDED THE RECOMMENDATION TO MAKE A CHANGE TO THE THIRD GOAL.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING STRENGTHENED COMMUNITIES, THEY WANTED TO STRENGTHEN THE LANGUAGE AROUND RESILIENCY, BOTH NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND ALSO CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESILIENCY.

SO THEY CHOSE THE TERMINOLOGY OF FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, AND WE MADE A SMALL TWEAK AS WELL TO THE GOAL STATEMENT AS A RESULT.

IN MY OPINION, FUNCTIONALLY, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY CHANGE WHAT THE GOAL IS, BUT I THINK IT FOCUSES MORE ON THE RESILIENT ASPECT OF IT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE BOTH THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT MORE RESILIENT AND ALSO OUR CULTURAL AND DEMOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT MORE RESILIENT AS WELL.

SO MAKING SURE THAT THINGS LIKE EQUITY ARE INCORPORATED IN THERE.

AGAIN, ALL THINGS THAT WE'RE ALREADY AN OBJECTIVE AND HAD ASSOCIATED INDICATORS IN THIS, BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE TERMINOLOGY A LITTLE BIT.

SO AT THE RISK OF OF DOWNPLAYING WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS, I DON'T MEAN TO DO THAT, BUT I THINK IT IS A SEMANTICS QUESTION.

BUT ULTIMATELY, RATHER THAN HAVING STAFF MAKE THAT CALL AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT THIRD GOAL TO FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, WE FIGURED THAT WE WOULD PUT THAT OUT TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SINCE YOU ALL ARE THE STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO JUST TO RUN THROUGH IT AGAIN AS IT STANDS BEFORE YOU, THE ACTION ITEM IS TO ADOPT THE GOALS AS IS HERE.

IF THE COMMITTEE CHOOSES, THEY MAY AMEND THE ACTION AND CHOOSE TO INCLUDE THE RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WITH THIS LANGUAGE HERE. SO UNDER SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

WE'VE TAKEN THE OBJECTIVES THAT WE HAVE AND ASSOCIATED THEM WITH DIFFERENT INDICATORS.

SO YOU'LL NOTICE THAT HERE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID UNDER SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

I REMEMBER LAST TIME THERE WAS A COMMENT, I BELIEVE, FROM MILOS THAT WE WANTED TO TRY AND FOCUS MORE NOT JUST ON TRANSIT FUNDING, BUT HOW MUCH TRANSIT COVERAGE WE HAVE IN THE NETWORK AS A WAY TO MEASURE WHETHER OR NOT WE WERE ACTUALLY MAKING PROGRESS IN ENHANCING TRANSIT WITHIN THE REGION.

THAT IS INCLUDED AS PART OF THE OBJECTIVE.

NOW, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER IF IT WAS ON THIS SLIDE, I BELIEVE IT'S ON THIS ONE HERE.

AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT SMALL EVEN FOR ME TO READ.

BUT I KNOW IT IS INCORPORATED IN HERE IN TERMS OF NOT JUST PERCENTAGE OF FUNDING, BUT ALSO PERCENTAGE OF THE TRANSIT NETWORK I'M SORRY, THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT IS SERVED BY TRANSIT AS WELL.

MOVING ON TO CREATE JOBS ONCE AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVES HERE HAVEN'T CHANGED.

THE INDICATORS NOW ARE ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT SUPPORTING RELIABLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT AND ALSO SUPPORTING ACCESSIBILITY TO PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT AND FINDING

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ULTIMATELY, TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY WAS USED FOR SUPPORTING RELIABLE FREIGHT MOVEMENT.

AND THEN ALSO IN ORDER TO MEASURE ACCESSIBILITY TO PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, WE LOOKED AT AVERAGE TRAVEL TIME TO PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT. AND THERE'S A LITTLE NUANCE THERE WITHIN THE MODEL.

WE CAN'T NECESSARILY MEASURE TRAVEL TIME DIRECTLY TO THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT WE CAN MEASURE TRAVEL TIME TO THE TAZ'S, THE TRANSPORTATION ANALYSIS ZONES THAT THE PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT ARE LOCATED IN.

SO IT'S AGAIN, RATHER THAN MAKE IT MORE COMPLICATED AND SAY TO THE TAZ THAT HOUSES, YOU KNOW, PORT EVERGLADES AND FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CALLED OUT THAT NUANCE THERE.

AND THEN STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

AS I MENTIONED, THESE OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS HAVE REMAINED THE SAME.

THE RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION WOULD JUST CHANGE THE OVERALL GOAL, BUT THE OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS WOULD REMAIN THE SAME.

SO THESE INCLUDE THINGS LIKE RESILIENCY, EQUITY, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AGAIN, VERY MUCH THE SAME FROM AS THEY WERE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY.

AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING FROM THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE TODAY IS AN APPROVAL OF THE GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS.

AGAIN, AS A REMINDER AS THEY ARE PRESENTED TO YOU WITH THE GOALS OF SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITIES.

BUT IT IS ULTIMATELY UP TO THE COMMITTEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION AND CHANGE THE THIRD GOAL TO FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

SO, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS OR VOTE.

SURE. THANK YOU, PETER. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS IN GENERAL AND THEN WE CAN TALK ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATION OR NOT.

CHRISTOPHER. IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE LOOKED AT THE 2045 PLAN.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LONG TIME AGO.

RIGHT. BUT AS PRESENTED BY STAFF, AREN'T THE GOALS REMARKABLY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD IN 2045? EXCELLENT OBSERVATION. YES.

AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THAT IS EVEN THOUGH IT IS A 25 YEAR PLAN, WE TRY TO MAKE TWEAKS TO THE PLAN.

SO FUNCTIONALLY, THE PLAN SHOULDN'T CHANGE A WHOLE LOT.

RIGHT? SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR GOALS, OBJECTIVES AND INDICATORS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING UP WITH ALL THE LATEST GUIDANCE FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

BUT GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE GOALS THEMSELVES SHOULD REMAIN THE SAME FOR THE MOST PART.

IF YOU GO TO THE REQUEST TO SPEAK ON THE.

SARA.

[LAUGHTER] SO I THINK THE DISTINCTION IS IMPORTANT.

ADDING RESILIENCY, BECAUSE RESILIENCY IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE TALK ABOUT IN TERMS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IT'S THE ABILITY OF PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET AFTER THINGS HAPPEN.

SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR TRANSIT.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACCESS IS NOT JUST FOR THE LOWER INCOME, BUT PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT HAVE A CAR BECAUSE SOMETHING HAPPENED AND CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY UBER EVERY DAY TO GET TO WORK.

SO I THINK IT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE HAD TIME TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE THINGS ALIGNED, BUT MAYBE BE ABLE TO ENHANCE SOME OF THE POLICIES.

BUT I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY THEY ARE GENERAL ENOUGH AND OVERARCHING ENOUGH THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO USE THOSE TO GUIDE US FORWARD.

HAVING THAT TERM AND IT'S FOSTERING, IT'S REALLY HELPING COMMUNITIES TO BE RESILIENT.

SO I THINK IT'S GREAT.

IT'S A GOOD ADDITION.

AND CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST RESPOND QUICKLY IN TERMS OF THE DIRECT POLICIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT'S STILL TO COME FOR THE MTP.

WE'RE VERY EARLY ON IN THE PROCESS.

SO I THINK, AS YOU RIGHTLY SAID, THAT THESE STATEMENTS ARE HERE TO HELP GUIDE US, RIGHT.

AND GET US IN THAT DIRECTION.

WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS AREA SPECIFIC TO RESILIENCY.

AND WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE BRINGING FORWARD SOME POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT REALM AS WELL.

SO, AGAIN, STAY TUNED FOR THAT.

THANK YOU, MILOS.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MILOS [INAUDIBLE].

SO I SECOND THAT, AND I WOULD JUST APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD GO BACK TO THIS SLIDE SO WE CAN SEE HOW THE LANGUAGE HAS BEEN MODIFIED.

AND AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR THE SHORT NOTICE.

THIS WAS A MEETING THAT WE HAD LAST WEEK.

AND RATHER THAN CHANGE IT ON YOU ON THE FLY, I FIGURED WE WOULD JUST WAIT HERE AND HAVE THE DISCUSSION AT THE TAC.

ARE YOU GOOD, MILOS? YES.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?

[00:30:06]

I THINK EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST SEMANTICS, I THINK THE WORDING MORE ACCURATE REPRESENTS THE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY, NOT NECESSARILY ENVIRONMENTAL, BUT OTHERWISE AS WELL.

I LIKE THAT LANGUAGE PERSONALLY.

ANY OTHER? ANY ONLINE? OH, CHRISTOPHER.

GO AHEAD, CHRISTOPHER. SORRY.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS TODAY.

NO, THAT'S GOOD. IN REGARD TO THE AIRPORT AND THE PORT, ARE THOSE IN DIFFERENT TAZ'S.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF PAUL FLAVIN'S HERE.

I BELIEVE THEY ARE IN THE SAME TAZ.

I BELIEVE SO. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE VOTE? SO THEN I GUESS WE I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION EITHER TO ACCEPT AS IS AS PRESENTED BY THE MPO OR AS AMENDED WITH THE FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

AND ARE YOU ABLE TO DO THAT, REBECCA, ON THE FLY OR I GUESS IF SOMEBODY COULD DO IT VERBALLY TO GIVE DIRECTION? NO. YEAH.

YEAH. I THINK WHAT, REBECCA OR WHAT I IMAGINE SHE WOULD SAY IS THAT SHE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR OR THE CHAIR WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM THE FLOOR, RIGHT, TO IF THERE IS A DESIRE TO MAKE THAT CHANGE, TO AMEND IT WITH THE RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION.

CHAIR, I WOULD SUGGEST SINCE YOU HAVE ELECTRONIC MOTION MADE.

OKAY, WE'LL JUST VOTE ON THIS ONE FIRST.

AND IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES.

WE'LL CHECK WHAT THE INTENT OF HIS MOTION WAS.

OKAY. SO WE'LL VOTE FIRST ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH IS, AS IS WITH STRENGTHENING COMMUNITIES AS THE LANGUAGE.

AND THEN IF THAT DOESN'T PASS, THEN WE'LL DO THE RESILIENT.

SO IF I COULD HAVE SOMEONE MAKE A MOTION.

MADE BY SARA AND SECONDED BY ANDREW.

AND NOW WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON AGAIN THIS IS THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE.

MAGGIE.

MOTION DOES NOT CARRY.

NEXT, WE'LL CALL FOR THE MOTION WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE TO HAVE RESILIENCY IN THAT.

I COULD HAVE A VOTE OR A MOTION.

SORRY. ARE WE THERE OR NO.

MOTION MADE BY MILOS, SECONDED BY VIVIANA.

AND WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS ONE WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.

YES. HOLD ON.

THERE YOU GO. YES, I CLARIFY THAT THIS IS FOR THE AMENDMENT AMENDED MOTION OR AMENDED LANGUAGE.

YOU CAN VOTE. OH.

[INAUDIBLE] HERE WE GO. PLEASE VOTE. THERE WE GO.

THE MOTION PASSES WITH THE AMENDED LANGUAGE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Multimodal Transportation Priorities List (MMPL)]

AND DR. CHEN IS HERE TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THAT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

IT'S THE TIME OF THE YEAR TO UPDATE MULTI-MODAL PRIORITY LIST.

IT'S AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS MULTI-MODAL PRIORITY LIST.

[00:35:01]

TODAY I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2024 MULTI-MODAL PRIORITY LIST.

THIS PRIORITY LIST WILL BE USED TO PROGRAM [INAUDIBLE] TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND BROWARD MPO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR 2025 TO 2029.

YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THIS BROWARD MPOS CORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES.

THE MPO IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO PLANNING PROCESS ACCORDING TO FEDERAL LAW.

THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS, ACCORDING TO STATE LAW.

THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES MPO AND THE TIP ANNUALLY.

PROJECTS IN THE MTP MOVED TO MPO AND THEN MOVED TO FDOT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND AT LAST [INAUDIBLE] FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

THE MPO SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THE MPO IS ORGANIZED BY SIX FUNDING PROGRAM FROM METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

THE MPO TRACK FUNDS BY PHASE FUNDING SOURCE AND FUNDING PROGRESS.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE MPO ALSO TRACK PROJECT PROGRAM READINESS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS FOUR CRITERIAS.

THE PROJECT MEETS THOSE FOUR CRITERIA WE CALL THE PROJECT PROGRAM READY.

THAT MEANS THE PROJECT IS READY TO RECEIVE FUNDS.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A PRODUCT IS PROGRAM READY, HAS TO HAVE CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK, SUPPORT OF RESOLUTIONS FROM ALL PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT.

GOOD COST ESTIMATE AND PARTNER COLLABORATIONS.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTY AND PLANNING PARTNERS TO MAKE PROJECT PROGRAM READY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS FROM MTP PERCENTAGES ADOPTED IN 2045 MTP IS USED TO ALLOCATE THE BROWARD MPO'S ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS AMONG SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE [INAUDIBLE] FOR THIS YEAR.

THIS [INAUDIBLE] INCLUDES 114 PROJECTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS NUMBER OF PROJECTS BY PROGRAM.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS UNFUNDED AMOUNT BY PROGRAM AND OWNERSHIP.

IN SUMMARY, PROJECTS ON LOCAL ROAD NEEDS ABOUT $574 MILLION.

ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE.

PROJECTS ON STATE ROAD NEED ABOUT $1.6 BILLION TO COMPLETE THE THOSE PROJECTS.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITOR PROJECT PROGRESS PROJECTS FULLY FUNDED WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE MPO.

WHAT IS FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS? ALL FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAS BEEN PROGRAMED IN THE MOST RECENT DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM OR TIP.

SO WE CALL THOSE PROJECTS FULLY FUNDED.

NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED.

AS A RESULT, PRIORITIES FOR PROJECTS REMAINING IN THE MPO WILL BE MOVED UP.

SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS TOTAL FIVE PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM THE MPO.

[00:40:06]

AND THIS ITEM WE ARE BRINGING BACK TO THE NEXT MONTH'S TAC MEETING FOR APPROVAL.

ANY QUESTIONS? EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, JIHONG.

ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES LIST? MICHAEL. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

MICHAEL RIGHETTI, CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.

UNDER THE ROADWAY SECTION, THERE WAS A NEW NEW PROJECT LISTED.

IT WAS PROJECT ZERO ONE.

UM, CAN YOU EXPAND ON WHAT THAT IS? IT'S A PUBLIC EXHIBIT AND I'M ALL FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

I'M JUST CURIOUS ON THE CATEGORIES THAT YOU HAVE.

ROADWAY IS ONE OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE THAT IS LISTED.

OKAY. AND WE HAVE IN THE I'M JUST CURIOUS WHAT $1.2 MILLION PROVIDES IN A PUBLIC EXHIBIT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION.

I WILL DEFER THIS QUESTION TO MR. CROSS. YES, HI [INAUDIBLE] COULD YOU UPLOAD THE PROJECT? ROADWAY SECTION.

YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LINK.

YES. HERE.

OKAY. AND THROUGH THE CHAIR.

SO YOUR QUESTION WAS ON THAT PROJECT ZERO ONE.

YEAH. OKAY.

SO, SURE. THIS IS A NEW PROJECT THIS YEAR.

THIS WAS A PROJECT THAT WENT THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS THIS PAST WINTER, WAS APPROVED BY THE BOARD FOR ADDITION IN FEBRUARY TO THE MTP.

IT IS A KIND OF A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TEAM WITH OUR FRIENDS IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.

THEY'RE DOING AN UPDATE THAT THEY DO INFREQUENTLY, KIND OF LIKE ON A DECADE BASIS OF THEIR DISPLAYS AND WHAT THEY HAVE IN THE MUSEUM.

SO THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TO TEAM WITH THEM TO GET A TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCY BASED PROGRAM AND EXHIBIT PUT IN PLACE THAT WOULD BE THERE FOR ABOUT A DECADE.

SO IT'S AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE.

AS YOU MOST OF YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THAT MUSEUM IS VERY POPULAR WITH SCHOOL CHILDREN.

SO THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE TARGET AUDIENCE.

IT'S REALLY AN EDUCATIONAL AND AN OUTREACH PIECE FOR THE MPO.

AND AGAIN, YES, THAT'S WHY THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS RELATIVELY MODEST.

WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY BUILDING A ROAD.

SO I'LL STOP THERE AND SEE IF THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, FOLKS HERE OR ONLINE? NO. SEEING NONE EXCELLENT.

AND I WILL SAY AGAIN EVERY YEAR THAT THIS FORMAT IS SO MUCH MORE HELPFUL THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS AND EASY TO FOLLOW AND EASY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT'S BEING RECOMMENDED AND WHERE THE CUT OFF IS, AND A VERY INFORMATIVE AND EASY TO READ.

SO I APPRECIATE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[2. Federal Grants Update]

TIME, THOUGH. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

HE'LL GET HIS CHANCE TONIGHT. DON'T WORRY.

OKAY. SO PAUL CALVERESI BROWARD MPO.

I KNOW I SHOW YOU THIS SLIDE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE HAD VERY GOOD PARTICIPATION.

I THINK WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE ON TWO WEEKS AGO.

WE'VE CHANGED THE FORMAT.

SO INSTEAD OF HOLDING THIS MEETING EVERY TWO WEEKS, WE'RE HOLDING THE MEETING THIS WE'RE HOLDING OUR GRANTS COORDINATION MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH AND THEN COMING TO THE TAC AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

THE REASON WE HAVE A COUPLE OF REASONS FOR THAT, ONE OF THEM BEING IS THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT PEOPLE WHO ATTEND EACH MEETING.

SO THIS IS OUR TECHNICAL GROUP.

THE GROUP WHO TENDS TO ATTEND THE GRANTS COORDINATION MEETING TEND TO BE MORE THE GRANT WRITERS.

I'M HOPING THAT BOTH ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER AND THAT THERE'S SOME COORDINATION HAPPENING.

[00:45:05]

OKAY. UM, SO HERE IS USDOT'S DISCRETIONARY CHECKLIST.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW I'VE SHOWN THIS TO YOU BEFORE, BUT THESE ARE THE STEPS THAT USDOT WANTS YOU TO GO THROUGH BEFORE YOU EVEN DECIDE TO GO AFTER A GRANT.

AND I CAN TELL THAT EVERYBODY'S MAYORS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND CITY MANAGERS OBVIOUSLY TAKE YOU THROUGH THIS AND SAY THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT AFTER ALL TEN OF THESE THINGS, THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY READY TO GO FOR A GRANT.

THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GET A LAUGH.

I'M SORRY. HA HA HA HA.

IT'S BEEN A VERY DRY MEETING SO FAR.

OKAY. BUT AS YOU'RE RESEARCHING WHICH GRANTS TO GO, WHICH GRANTS TO GO AFTER, REALLY GO THROUGH THIS WITH YOUR LEADERSHIP, WITH YOUR ELECTED, SEE IF YOU ARE READY.

ANOTHER KEY ASPECT IS NOT ONLY ARE YOU READY TO APPLY, ARE YOU READY TO WIN? MANAGING A FEDERAL GRANT IS MUCH DIFFERENT THAN USING YOUR GENERAL FUNDS.

OKAY. WE JUST LEARNED TODAY THAT FDOT IF YOU WIN A DISCRETIONARY GRANT FOR TRANSPORTATION, THAT GRANT NEEDS TO BE IN TIP.

SO FACTOR IN A POTENTIAL TIP AMENDMENT SHOULD YOU WIN A FEDERAL GRANT.

I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT LAST WEEK I WAS IN WASHINGTON, DC WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE HAD MPOS FROM ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, VARIOUS SIZES, LARGE, SMALL, MEDIUM.

AND THERE WAS A COMMONALITY IN THE FRUSTRATION OF THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. COMMON THEMES IS THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT DEVELOPING LOCAL OR COMING UP WITH LOCAL MATCH IS A CHALLENGE.

OKAY. ALSO, THE TIMING ON THESE ONCE ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW PROGRAMS THAT WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO LOOK FOR.

THEY WOULD COME OUT AND THEN YOU'D HAVE THREE MONTHS.

YOU'D HAVE THREE MONTHS TO ANALYZE IT, RESPOND, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE CORRECT.

SO WE ARE WORKING AT A NATIONAL LEVEL TO TRY AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS TO THE US DOT TO MAKE THESE PROGRAMS WORK BETTER FOR OUR LOCALITIES.

SO GOOD UPDATE.

YOU ALL KNOW THAT WE'VE WON THESE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.

JAMES CROMAR AND HIS TEAM ARE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITIES TO DRAFT TO DRAFT A SCOPE.

I CAN'T SAY THIS ENOUGH.

WE ARE ONE OF ONLY TWO APPLICANTS TO WIN THE LARGEST AWARD FOR THE PLANNING.

ON THAT NOTE, THE PLANNING FUNDS WERE UNDERSUBSCRIBED, SO THEY ARE ROLLING OVER TO THIS YEAR.

SO WE EXPECT MORE APPLICANTS TO WIN.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, THE SAME CHALLENGE IS ON LOCAL MATCH AND WHATNOT THAT WE HAVE ARE ALSO FELT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.

THROUGH AMPO WE ARE WORKING TO SEE IF WE CAN CHANGE SOME OF THE FORMULA BECAUSE THE SPLIT BETWEEN PLANNING AND CAPITAL STAYS FIXED FOR THE ENTIRE FIVE YEARS OF THE [INAUDIBLE] AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY COULD SHIFT THAT.

SO AS THIS PROGRAM GROWS, MORE FUNDING BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR CAPITAL.

ALSO GOOD NEWS, WE WON THE THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.

THAT'S A TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE WHICH WILL HELP OUR COMMUNITIES WITH THE LINK BETWEEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING.

I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THAT.

WE HAD A WEBINAR YESTERDAY AND 59 MINUTES INTO THE WEBINAR, THEY TOLD US THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SET UP ANOTHER WEBINAR TO GIVE US MORE INFORMATION.

SO LOOK FOR THAT NEXT MONTH.

NOW WE KNOW THAT BROWARD SORRY BCT IS APPLYING FOR THE FTA LOW NO PROGRAM.

WE'VE ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT.

IF ANYONE ELSE HAS A PROJECT AND YOU'RE SEEKING LETTERS OF SUPPORT, THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BRING IT UP.

THIS IS A GREAT GROUP TO ASK.

BECAUSE YOU CAN GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM YOUR NEIGHBORING CITIES, EVEN IF YOUR PROJECTS DON'T GO IN THERE.

IT JUST SHOWS A REGIONALISM.

AND THEY LIKE THAT AT USDOT.

OKAY. THESE ARE A FEW OPEN AND CLOSED AND RECENTLY CLOSED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

I'M JUST ASKING, HAS DID ANYONE ANY OF YOUR CITIES APPLY FOR A RAISE GRANT? YES, WE DID. YOU DID? OKAY.

SO FORT LAUDERDALE.

WHICH I CAN'T READ YOUR CITY.

I'M SORRY. CORAL SPRINGS.

GOT YOU. OKAY.

AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER THE CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE ONE A LITTLE LATER.

SO NOT GOING TO READ ALL OF THESE.

IT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

THESE ARE ALL HYPERLINKS.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THESE GRANT PROGRAMS, CLICK ON THE HYPERLINK.

IT'LL TAKE YOU TO SOMETIMES A VERY GOOD PAGE, SOMETIMES A NOT SO GREAT PAGE ON WHAT THE INFORMATION IS.

[00:50:07]

AND. OKAY.

SO NOW CHARGING FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE, DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAM.

THESE ARE FOR EV CHARGERS.

I WILL TELL YOU THE BROWARD MPO AT THE STAFF LEVEL, WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF THE NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY AND THE BROWARD MPO WAS NOT IN A POSITION TO APPLY FOR THIS GRANT. IT REQUIRES A LOT OF INFORMATION.

YOU WANT MORE, PLEASE, PLEASE READ IT.

BUT WHAT WE WHAT DISSUADED US IS THAT WE NEEDED AN EV PLAN.

WE NEEDED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHICH SITES THIS WAS GOING TO GO ON.

SO CLOSE TO 90% PLANS.

AND EFFECTIVELY, THE WAY THIS GRANT WORKS IS IT'S A PASS THROUGH FROM THE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION, THE GOVERNING BODY, TO THE CONTRACTOR.

AND WE THE MPO, DOES NOT HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH AN EV INSTALLER BY WHICH TO ACCOMPLISH THIS.

SO THIS MIGHT WORK FOR FOR YOUR CITIES.

AND ONCE AGAIN, THE LINK. THE LINK IS IN THERE.

AND I JUST WANT TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

AND THESE ARE AND ONCE AGAIN, BECAUSE THIS IS A DIFFERENT GROUP THAN WE HAVE AT THE MONTHLY GRANTS MEETINGS.

OKAY. DOES YOUR CITY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN FOR IDENTIFYING GRANTS OR IS IT SOMETHING COMES ACROSS SOMEONE'S DESK AND IT GETS SENT TO YOU AND HEY, WE SHOULD DO THIS.

IS THERE A GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE THAT YOU HAVE, OR IS IT ONCE AGAIN, DOES IT JUST SHOW UP ON YOUR DESK AND SAY, DO THIS? DO YOU WANT ME TO GO FIRST? LIKE ANYBODY TO GO IN IT? SURE. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN FORMALLY FOR GRANTS, BUT WE DO HAVE A GRANTS OFFICE CITYWIDE.

AND WITHIN THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE A GRANTS MANAGER WHO REGULARLY LOOKS FOR WE GIVE HER THE PROJECTS WE HAVE ON OUR LONG UNFUNDED LIST, AND THEN SHE CONTINUALLY LOOKS FOR GRANTS AND WE MEET REGULARLY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S COMING UP NEXT.

AND ARE WE ELIGIBLE? DOES IT WORK FOR US? DOES IT MAKE SENSE? KIND OF A SMALLER VERSION OF THAT CHECKLIST.

ARE WE READY? CAN WE DO ANYTHING WITH IT? GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE.

WE DO HAVE A WHOLE PROCESS WITHIN THE CITY THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IN TERMS OF GETTING DO PRE APPLICATIONS, GETTING ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, FINANCE, BUDGET, EVERYBODY TO SIGN OFF AND IMPROVE THAT.

WE CAN EVEN APPLY.

AND IT GOES THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE.

SO HE SHOULD BE AWARE OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENING.

SO THERE IS A STRUCTURE AND PROCESS, HOPEFULLY, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AMONGST THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND WE DO EVERYTHING COMPARED TO OUR CITY'S VISION, PLAN AND GOALS.

SO WE DO LOOK AT THAT REGULARLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF MILOS, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE.

MILOS OVERSEES THE GRANTS PERSON IN OUR DEPARTMENT, SO IF I MISSED ANYTHING.

OKAY, GOOD. ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SHARE HOW THEIR CITY? IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR THING, I CAN.

PEOPLE CAN HEAR YOU.

OKAY. WE HAVE THE SAME PROCESS IN OUR CITY WHERE YOU HEARD ALMOST SAME THING.

I DON'T SEE ANY EXCEPTION.

WE DO.

WE MEET TO SEE IF WE CAN QUALIFY FOR THAT KIND OF GRANTS.

BASICALLY, WE HAVE THE PROJECT LIST AND WE GIVE THE LIST TO OUR GRANTS OFFICER TO SEARCH FOR THE POSSIBLE GRANTS TO SEE WHICH GRANTS WE CAN GO FOR.

ONCE SHE GETS THE CRITERIA, THEN WE MEET TOGETHER TO SEE IF THE PROJECT WILL QUALIFY FOR THAT OR NOT.

THEN WE MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER TO LET HER KNOW THAT WE WANT TO GO FOR THIS GRANT.

THAT'S THE WAY WE NORMALLY APPLY FOR THE GRANTS.

SOMETIMES, EVEN IF IT REQUIRES, THEN WE GO TO CITY COMMISSION TO SEEK THEIR APPROVAL AND ACCEPTANCE AT THE SAME TIME.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SHARE.

AND THAT'S, I'M SURE, WITH [INAUDIBLE] TOO.

IT'S ALL GOOD INTENTIONS AND THE WAY THE PROCESS WILL WORK.

BUT IF YOU ADD A COMMISSIONER WHO WANTS SOMETHING, IT KIND OF WAYLAYS THAT SITUATION.

ANYBODY ELSE WANT TO SHARE? BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE BOTH TWO FORWARD LOOKING MODELS NOT WAITING FOR A NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TO DROP AND THEN CHECK THE CRITERIA TO SEE IF YOU CAN FIND A PROJECT THAT FITS.

UM, WE LOOK AT EVERYTHING THAT'S LIKE THE SAME LIST THAT YOU HAVE.

WE LOOK THROUGH THAT COMING AHEAD AND WHAT MIGHT WE HAVE LOOKING [INAUDIBLE] WE MATCH THAT WITH OUR PROJECT LIST.

I HAVE A VERY LONG PROJECT NEEDS LIST AND WE SEE WHICH ONES, ARE ANY ELIGIBLE, NOT TRYING TO PUT THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT FIT, BUT JUST OKAY, WE HAVE WE HAVE THESE PROJECTS.

THESE ARE THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.

THIS IS WHAT COULD FUND. OH YEAH, WE COULD PUT THAT WITH THAT.

[00:55:04]

OKAY. AND SO THE OTHER BRANCH MEETING, WE WILL BE SHARING BEST PRACTICES AND THAT'S SOMETHING I CAN BRING BACK TO THIS GROUP AND HOPEFULLY THAT'S SOMETHING IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, YOU CAN IMPLEMENT OR WE CAN HELP YOU IMPLEMENT AT YOUR CITY.

WE'LL BE MODELED AFTER YOURS SO.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, PAUL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL BEFORE HE LEAVES? ANDREW? OH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. PAUL. IS THERE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE MPO STAFF ONE ON ONE AS THE CITY? I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME REGIONAL COORDINATION'S, BUT JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW OUR GOALS ALIGN WITH SOME OF THESE THESE GRANTS, IF WE HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

JUST SEND ME AN EMAIL.

WE'LL SET UP A MEETING. THANK YOU.

I DO. I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.

SO THE REGION GOT $5 MILLION WORTH OF GRANT AND BUT YOU EMPHASIZE HOW THERE'S A LOT MORE MONEY FOR THE PLANNING GRANTS OUT THIS YEAR.

CAN YOU TALK TO EVERYBODY ABOUT IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WOULD RECOMMEND A CITY TO DO THEIR OWN OR WE NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM THAT BECAUSE WE GOT WELL OVER OUR FAIR SHARE.

SO BECAUSE THIS WENT TO BROWARD COUNTY, TOO, AND IT'S GOING TO COVER ALL THE CITIES.

THE IDEA FOR THE PLANNING GRANT IS THAT YOU FINISH THE PLANNING GRANT AND THEN THAT LEADS INTO CAPITAL.

SO MY FEAR WOULD BE IF YOU GET THE PLANNING GRANT AND THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CONFLICTS WITH WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL OR IT CANNIBALIZES POTENTIAL CAPITAL FUNDING.

AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS FROM A REGIONAL FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT, ONCE AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, AND THIS IS A FRUSTRATION NOT JUST SHARED HERE, BUT ALSO NATIONALLY IS WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE INTENT OF A LOT OF THESE GRANTS ARE.

WE KNOW WHAT IT IS ON PAPER, BUT THERE'S ALSO THAT, YOU KNOW, CLOSED DOOR POLITICS OF IT.

AND WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE LIKE HOW THINGS ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED CERTAIN WAYS.

SO THERE'S NO HARM IN APPLYING FOR APPLYING FOR IT.

I'M NEVER GOING TO TELL YOU NOT TO.

BUT IT'S JUST WE FROM THE MPO STANDPOINT, WE'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING REGIONALLY AND HOW CAN WE BRING AS MUCH MONEY DOWN TO BROWARD AS POSSIBLE? WELL, I THINK THAT'S HELPFUL. WE'VE HAD THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT REGIONALLY AND KIND OF HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO GET TOWARDS THAT.

AND SOMETIMES IT'S WAYLAID, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THAT WAY.

AND FOR US ALL TO BE ON THE SAME PAGE OF WHATEVER THE DIRECTION IS, IF YOU'RE HEARING BECAUSE YOU HEAR A LOT DIRECTLY FROM D.C.

AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LOBBYISTS AND DON'T TOUCH THAT ONE, DO THIS ONE, WE HAVE A GOOD CHANCE AT THIS.

SO THAT'S HELPFUL TO THE TECHNICAL GROUP.

I THINK THAT NOT ALL OF US MAY HEAR IT REGULARLY AND TO BE ABLE TO RELAY TO OUR GRANT COORDINATORS OR AT LEAST TRY AND I KNOW FROM OUR THING TRYING TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH SOME ADMINISTRATION OF PLEASE DON'T DO THIS AND THE BEST WE CAN.

SO IF WE ALL HAVE THAT SAME MESSAGE, IT'LL BE HELPFUL MORE THAN JUST WHAT THE GRANTS ARE OUT.

THANK YOU. OH.

THANK YOU, KAREN.

THANKS, PAUL. I REMEMBER.

IN FACT, I SHOULD MENTION THIS.

I FORGOT TO MENTION IT AT THE CERTIFICATION DAY.

THE MEETING WE HAD WITH THE STAFF FROM ATLANTA.

YOU DO PUBLIC OUTREACH NOT ONLY FOR MPO, YOU DO THAT FOR US, TOO.

BECAUSE I REMEMBER, PETER, EVEN SOME OF YOUR STAFF, THEY COME TO OUR CITY COMMISSION MEETING, MAKE WONDERFUL PRESENTATION THAT HELPS US A LOT.

SO BASICALLY I SHOULD APPRECIATE FOR THAT ONE.

AND WHENEVER I ASK FOR ANY INFORMATION, I GET IMMEDIATE REPLY FROM STAFF, I SHOULD SAY [INAUDIBLE].

VERY, VERY HELPFUL AND I SURELY APPRECIATE THAT.

AND PAUL, I REMEMBER 31ST AVENUE, NOW IT'S A BIG PROJECT, BUT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO HELPED ME FROM THE INCEPTION WHEN WE HAD NO CLUE WHERE TO GET THE FUNDING.

AT THAT TIME, MAYOR WAS TALKING WITH OTHER CITIES TO MAKE IT A PROJECT, BUT WE HAD NO CLUE WHERE WE CAN GET THE FUNDING.

YOU HELP US ON THAT.

IF YOU REMEMBER PETER PROJECT 31ST AVENUE.

AND SO BASICALLY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN PURSUE FOR A DIFFERENT PROJECT? THAT IS A WONDERFUL ASSISTANCE FROM YOU.

I REMEMBER. SO IF THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH [INAUDIBLE] THAT WAS OUR OUR PLANNING FUNDS.

THERE ARE A THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM IS GOING TO GET A BIG BUMP THIS YEAR AND THAT HAS A PLANNING AND A CAPITAL SIDE.

THE CAPITAL SIDE IS GOING TO HAVE A HUGE BUMP.

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SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING REGIONALISM, BUT IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR PLANNING FUNDS, RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES MIGHT BE A GOOD OPTION FOR IT.

YOU COULD. THE CHALLENGE WITH SS4A IS IT'S VERY SPECIFIC.

IT'S VISION ZERO TYPE AND IT'S LOW COST, HIGH IMPACT PROJECTS, WHICH ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE WE'RE REALLY COVERING AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

I'M TRYING I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER OF OTHER CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR COMPLETE FOR COMPLETE STREETS TYPE.

SO LET ME LET ME THINK ABOUT THAT.

BUT BILL, IF I COULD SHARE LET ME LET ME JUMP IN HERE.

SO 31ST, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I WOULD POINT YOU TO YOUR BACKUP MATERIALS FOR THE MPO.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THAT HAS BECOME A TOP PRIORITY AND THAT'S GOING TO GET FUNDED.

WE'RE GOING TO FUND THAT THING THAT'S MOVING FORWARD.

I THINK THERE'S FIVE MUNICIPALITIES ALONG THAT PROJECT, SO IT'S A TOP PRIORITY.

THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU FUNDED.

THANK YOU. AND IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS, CHAIR, I DID HAVE TWO COMMENTS I NEED TO MAKE RELATED TO GRANTS.

SO FIRST COMMENT IS, IS I GOT A REMINDER FROM DR.

CHEN THAT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW AS WE'RE STARTING TO PUT TOGETHER OUR NEW TIP THAT GOES TO THE BOARD FOR JULY.

IF YOU'VE RECEIVED A DISCRETIONARY GRANT, LET US KNOW RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE WANT TO PULL IT IN RIGHT NOW AND GET THAT INTO THE NEW TIP THAT WILL BE ADOPTED JULY 1ST. AND THAT IS AS AS WAS MENTIONED, IT'S A REQUIREMENT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET YOUR FINAL AGREEMENT TO SPEND THE FIRST DOLLAR UNLESS IT'S IN OUR TIP.

SO JUST A HEADS UP ON THAT.

AND THEN MY MY SECOND COMMENT RELATED TO THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND THIS COMES FROM GREG.

HE HE WANTS ME TO REMIND ALL OF YOU, RIGHT, THAT WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE IN THIS TIME AND WHAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS ABOUT A FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF THESE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

THIS PROGRAM IS ALREADY UNDER ATTACK IN WASHINGTON, DC RELATED TO THE DEBT DISCUSSION.

IT MAY NOT BE AROUND FOREVER.

SO THE POINT IS, IF YOU'VE GOT AN OPPORTUNITY, YOU'VE GOT A PROJECT, YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT MATCHES WELL WITH THE DISCRETIONARY GRANT, DO IT NOW. DON'T WAIT BECAUSE NEXT YEAR COULD BE TOO LATE, TWO YEARS COULD BE EVEN LATER.

WE DON'T WE JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO SURVIVE THE FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD ODDS.

IT STICKS AROUND FOR FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT.

WE DON'T KNOW. SO IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING.

GO. AND WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST YOU.

PAUL IS HERE TO ASSIST YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, BILL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE, PAUL.

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[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

NO, WE HAVE PARTICIPATION RECORD.

AND THEN THE FINAL ITEM IS THE 2023 FEDERAL TMA CERTIFICATION.

AND I HAD ASKED BILL TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT.

MAKSOUD AND I WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE PART OF AT LEAST PART OF THAT DAY AND WHAT THE MPO STAFF GOES THROUGH.

I MISSED RICARDO'S PRESENTATION, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT I HEARD MANY OF THE OTHER ONES AND HOW INVOLVED IT IS AND HOW MUCH WORK THEY PUT INTO IT.

SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THAT CERTIFICATION EVEN IS AND WHAT THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THIS.

AND AND I WILL TRY TO BE BRIEF.

I WILL MENTION, THOUGH, RICARDO'S PRESENTATION WAS PACKED WITH AWARDS.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE DEFINITELY MADE ALL OF US LOOK LIKE MAYBE WE NEEDED TO BE WORKING A LITTLE BIT HARDER THERE.

BUT YEAH, IT WAS IT WAS A GREAT DAY.

AND I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK BOTH OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR OF THE TAC FOR FOR BEING THERE FOR A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF, OF THAT DAY.

AND I THINK THAT WAS MEANINGFUL.

AND IT SHOWED YOU, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT AND COMMITMENT FROM THIS GROUP TO OUR PARTNERS AT FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND FTA, WHICH OF COURSE IS VALUABLE FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE WHEN THEY VIEW US AS A HIGH PERFORMING ORGANIZATION, THAT JUST MAKES THEM MORE COMFORTABLE BRINGING DOLLARS DOWN TO OUR REGION.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY JUST A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS HERE.

SO IT WAS APRIL 11TH.

THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION TAKES PLACE ONCE EVERY FOUR YEARS.

THE CERTIFICATION CONSISTS OF A DESK AUDIT THAT CULMINATES WITH THE ALL DAY SITE VISIT.

SO THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS, A LOT OF PAPERWORK EXCHANGED HANDS BACK AND FORTH, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF BEHIND THE SCENES WORK THAT WENT ON.

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SO THAT ALL HAPPENS BEFORE WE SIT DOWN AND HAVE THAT THAT ONE DAY MEETING.

DURING THE SITE VISIT, DISCUSSIONS WERE HAD ON THE VARIOUS TOPICS IN ADDITION TO THE MPO AND TRANSIT PARTNERS, EACH HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THEIR BEST PRACTICES AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TAKING PLACE IN OUR REGION.

I'M GOING TO SAY OVERALL THE SITE VISIT WAS VIEWED AS A SUCCESS.

THE FEDERAL TEAM'S PRELIMINARY FINDINGS CONSISTED OF PRAISE NOTE OF OUR NOTEWORTHY PRACTICES, A COUPLE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT THESE WERE MINOR AND CERTAINLY THEY HAD NO CORRECTIVE ACTION.

SO A CORRECTIVE ACTION IS KIND OF WHEN THEY YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF A DEMERIT, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING TO FIX SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT QUITE DOING RIGHT TO MEET FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS. SO AGAIN, AND I THINK I DON'T WANT TO SAY THIS, I'M GOING TO LEAVE THIS FOR GREG AT SOME POINT, BUT IT'S BEEN NUMEROUS YEARS SINCE WE'VE, I BELIEVE, SINCE WE'VE HAD A CORRECTIVE ACTION.

SO WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB.

AND THE FEDS, I THINK RECOGNIZED IT.

UM, FINALLY, I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE PUBLIC COMMENT IS OPEN UNTIL MAY 12TH.

SO IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A COMMENT RELATED TO OUR FOUR YEAR CERTIFICATION PROCESS, PLEASE FEEL FREE. I BELIEVE YOU CAN FIND THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

HOW TO SUBMIT THOSE.

YEAH, IT'S UNDER THE MPO CERTIFICATION PAGE AND THERE ARE INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW YOU CAN DO THAT.

THE FINAL CERTIFICATION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TAKES A WHILE, SO MORE THAN LIKELY THEY WILL COME BACK AND GIVE A FORMAL PRESENTATION SOMETIME THIS LATER THIS YEAR, LIKELY THE FALL, MAYBE OCTOBER OR SO.

AND OF COURSE, WE'LL KEEP YOU UP TO DATE ON THAT AND LET YOU KNOW WHEN THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

BILL, CAN YOU SHARE IN TERMS OF COMMENT, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR? WHAT TYPES OF COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT JUST SO FOLKS KNOW IF THEY'RE INTERESTED, WHAT TYPE OF THING THEY SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT? I DON'T KNOW.

[INAUDIBLE] BAIL ME OUT HERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO CARL EMA BROWARD MPO STAFF.

SO YEAH, THERE WAS A LOT OF A LOT THAT WENT ON FOR THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION THAT THE COMMENT PERIOD IS 30 DAYS BEFORE OR 30 DAYS AFTER.

SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR ALL TYPES OF COMMENTS.

POSITIVE COMMENTS ARE GREAT, THAT'S NICE.

WE LIKE TO SEE THAT. BUT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR IF THERE'S CHALLENGES THAT YOU'VE ENCOUNTERED WORKING WITH US OR, YOU KNOW, THE PROCESS ITSELF, THEY'RE KIND OF LOOKING FOR ANY AND ALL COMMENTS AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THEY VALUE THAT.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS YOU CAN YOU CAN SHARE THOSE DIRECTLY WITH US OR IF YOU WOULD RATHER JUST GO STRAIGHT TO THE FEDERAL TEAM, THAT'S ALSO AN OPTION WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR CERTIFICATIONS PAGE, THE INSTRUCTIONS THERE AS WELL.

I BELIEVE REBECCA COPIED IT INTO THE AGENDA ITEM ALSO.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE WAYS TO DO THAT.

BUT OF COURSE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET US KNOW.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. CARL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE TEAM? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYONE.

I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS MAY 24TH.

THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.