May 24, 2023 Technical Advisory Committee

RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

TODAY IS MAY 24TH.

WE'LL START OFF WITH I'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND RECOGNITION OF QUORUM.

REBECCA, WE HAVE QUORUM IN PERSON, AND HOW MANY PEOPLE DO WE HAVE ONLINE JOINING US TODAY? JUST SO WE'RE AWARE, WE'LL DO THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL WHEN REBECCA QUEUES US UP.

YES FOR BEING HERE.

SO THE ONE ON THE SCREEN IS STILL MISALIGNED BUT I CAN SEE YOU SIGNING IN NOW, SO PLEASE MAKE SURE TO CLICK THE TOP LEFT HAND OR RIGHT HAND CORNER TO SAY PRESENT, AND WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.

THANK YOU. WE'RE WORKING. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3. Approval of Minutes - April 26, 2023]

IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 26TH.

MOTION BY LUIS, SECONDED BY MICHAEL.

ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? NO, HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE TO A VOTE ON THE MINUTES, PLEASE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

MOTION MADE BY CHRISTOPHER, SECONDED BY ANDREW.

ANY COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE. WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

NEXT IS PUBLIC COMMENT.

DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS ASKED TO SPEAK ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN AGENDA ITEMS TODAY? ANYBODY IN THE ROOM OR ONLINE? SEEING NONE. MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS THE 2050 MTP UPDATE AND MR.

[6. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

THERE WE GO. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

I'LL BE GIVING A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS ROUTE TO 2050.

AS ALWAYS, I START WITH THIS LITTLE GRAPHIC TO GIVE A BRIEFING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND THE UPDATES TO SHARE TODAY ARE BASED ON PUBLIC OUTREACH AND ALSO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW AND BLUE THERE, AND I REALIZE THAT I'M ALWAYS HERE TALKING ABOUT CALL FOR PROJECTS.

I PROMISE WE'RE ALMOST DONE TALKING ABOUT IT JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO FIRST UP, OUR OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS.

WE ARE OFFICIALLY DONE WITH OUR OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS FIRST HALF OF THE MTP.

SO IT'S REALLY GREAT TO GO OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, GOING OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT HOAS, PRESENTING ALL THE GOOD WORD OF THE MPO AND THE MTP.

OUR TWO MOST RECENT ONES WERE DILLARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO THE GALT HOA.

WE ALSO HAD OUR TOWN HALL LAST WEEK.

IT WAS HOSTED VIRTUALLY RIGHT HERE AT THE MPO.

SO PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO JOIN VIA PHONE AND ALSO THROUGH ZOOM.

IT WAS HOSTED ON MAY 18TH AT 6 P.M.

WE HAD A TOTAL OF 1100 TOTAL PARTICIPANTS AND WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE 873 OF THOSE PARTICIPANTS SUSTAINED ALL THE WAY UNTIL THE VERY END OF THAT TOWN HALL. SO I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD SUCCESS, RIGHT? SURE. SURE.

OKAY. THANKS. AWESOME.

IS THAT AVAILABLE SO WE CAN WATCH IT IF WE WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND.

SO WE HAVE AN AUDIO RECORDING OF IT, BUT THE ACTUAL VISUALS WE DO NOT HAVE, BUT YES, WE WILL HAVE THAT AUDIO RECORDING.

WE JUST NEED TO GET IT UP ONTO OUR ROUTETO2050.ORG WEBSITE AND ONCE IT'S THERE WE'LL SHARE IT WITH ALL OF Y'ALL.

THANK YOU. SO ALSO PART OF OUR SURVEY, OUR GOAL WAS TO HAVE 1000 RESPONSES.

WE HAVE ABOUT 1800 OF THEM.

WE'VE SURPASSED THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO BE CLOSING THE SURVEY MAY 31ST.

SO WE STILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET AN EXTRA 200 TO SEE IF WE CAN GET TO 2000.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THE SURVEY JUST YET, PULL OUT THOSE SMARTPHONES AND HIGHLIGHT THAT QR CODE AND YOU CAN DO THAT.

ALSO, I WILL ALWAYS SAY THIS.

YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN A $250 VISA GIFT CARD IF YOU DO SO.

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SO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WOULD BE A FUN LITTLE ACTIVITY TODAY TO KIND OF LIFT UP THE VEIL A LITTLE BIT AND SEE WHAT WAS SUBMITTED FROM ALL OF Y'ALL INTO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT.

SO LAST TIME I HAD PRESENTED THAT WE RECEIVED 202 PROJECTS, NOT INCLUDING BROWARD COUNTY AND FDOT, BUT WE'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE STATISTICS.

SO WE HAD 22 LOCAL AGENCIES SUBMIT THOSE 202 PROJECTS.

THE HIGHEST NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVED FROM A SINGLE AGENCY WAS 79 PROJECTS.

YOU'LL SEE WHO THAT IS IN A SECOND.

THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS NINE, AND THEN IF YOU TAKE OUT THOSE OUTLIERS AND YOU LOOK AT THE MEDIAN, IT WAS ABOUT SIX PROJECTS PER MUNICIPALITY.

SO GOOD JOB, GUYS.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD TURNOUT.

SO HERE IS A TABLE OF THAT OR THAT CHART OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF ALL THE DIFFERENT NUMBER OF PROJECTS FROM THE LOCAL AGENCIES, YOU CAN SEE FORT LAUDERDALE WINS WITH 79 PROJECTS.

SO I FEEL SO BAD THAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH THAT TOOL AND DO ALL 79 OF THEM, BUT THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, BUT THEN YOU ALSO SEE THE OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

WE HAVE DEERFIELD BEACH, CORAL SPRINGS, WILTON MANORS, TAMARAC AND SO ON.

SO ALSO I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'D BE FUN TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE TYPES OF WORK THAT WERE SUBMITTED.

SO THE THREE TOP TYPES OF WORKS WE'LL START WITH NUMBER THREE, IT IS SAFETY AND BIKE LANE /SIDEWALK.

WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 21 PROJECTS WITH THAT IDENTIFICATION.

IN SECOND PLACE, WE HAVE ADD LANES AND RECONSTRUCT WITH 24 PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, AND THEN IN FIRST PLACE WE HAVE BRIDGES, ABOUT 50 PROJECTS WITH BRIDGES.

SO THAT SEEMS TO BE A HIGH PRIORITY THIS GO ROUND, AND HERE IS THE DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE PROJECTS HERE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF WORKS AVAILABLE TO SELECT AND WE ALSO ASKED YOU FOR A SECONDARY WORK MIX, AND I THOUGHT, YEAH, HEY, LET'S LOOK AT THIS.

ALSO SEE IF THERE'S ANY TRENDS HERE.

IN THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE BIKE PATH AND TRAIL WITH 13 PROJECTS, SECOND PLACE SAFETY PROJECTS WITH 40 OF THEM, AND THEN IN FIRST WE HAVE BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS WITH 45 PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, A CHART TO SEE WHAT THAT DISTRIBUTION LOOKS LIKE.

THAT OUTLIER RIGHT THERE, NULL, THAT JUST MEANS THAT A SECONDARY WORK MIX WAS NOT SELECTED.

SO IT JUST SHOWS UP THAT IT WAS ZERO, AND SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ROADWAYS, WHERE DO WE PROPOSE THESE PROJECTS? WHAT FACILITIES DO THESE GO ON? AND THIRD PLACE, WE HAVE COUNTY ROADWAYS.

WE HAVE ABOUT WE HAVE 48 PROJECTS PROPOSED THAT INVOLVE A COUNTY ROADWAY.

A SECOND PLACE IS STATE 68 ROADWAY PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO IN FIRST PLACE, WE HAVE LOCAL WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED ON LOCAL ROADWAYS, 142 OF THEM, AND THAT IS MY UPDATE FOR THE ROUTE TO 2050 MTP.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER THEM.

EXCELLENT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CHRISTOPHER? NO. OKAY, GREAT.

IT WAS INTERESTING SEEING THE REMOVAL OF THE VEIL OF WHAT WAS BACK THERE, AND NEXT TAC WE'LL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL AN INTERACTIVE MAP SO YOU CAN REALLY GO IN AND SEE THEM ALL THE PROJECTS YOURSELVES.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

YEAH. OKAY, NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Multimodal Priorities List (MMPL)]

THIS IS THE ITEM WE SAW AT THE LAST MEETING, THE DRAFT OF THAT, AND WE WERE ABLE TO COMMENT AND REVIEW THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE BETWEEN THEN AND NOW.

SO WE DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS ITEM.

IF THERE'S ANY FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS SINCE THE LAST MEETING THEN WE CAN ASK THEM OTHERWISE, I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE.

THE MOTION WAS MADE BY LUIS, SECONDED BY RICHARD.

YOU DO NOT SEE ANYBODY WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? NO. THEN I WILL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

OKAY. OKAY.

MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE MPOS TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Updates to the Broward MPO's Title VI Program and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan]

NO. OKAY, ELIZABETH, GO AHEAD.

I AM ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE] WITH BENESCH AND I SUPPORTED THE UPDATE OF THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM.

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I WILL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BACKGROUND, ABOUT THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS.

I'LL GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS AS TO WHAT WE DID AS PART OF THIS TRIENNIAL UPDATE AND THEN TOUCH ON NEXT STEPS FOR COMPLETING THIS PROCESS.

SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR, TITLE SIX REFERS TO THE TITLE SIX OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964, WHICH PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN ANY PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY THAT IS FUNDED WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS OR FEDERAL FUNDING ASSISTANCE, AND SO AS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL TRANSIT DOLLARS THROUGH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, THE FTA, BROWARD MPO IS REQUIRED TO DO AN UPDATE OF ITS TITLE SIX PROGRAM TO ENSURE THAT IT MEETS THE OBJECTIVES THAT ARE SPELLED OUT ON THE SLIDE, REALLY TO ENSURE THAT ANY ACTIVITY FUNDED WITH THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS IS DONE SO IN A NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER THAT FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION IS ENSURED IN ANY DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR THE USE OF THOSE FUNDS AND FULL AND FAIR WITHOUT PARTICIPATION, WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE OR COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN AND MEANINGFUL ACCESS IS PROVIDED WHEN ANY FEDERALLY FUNDED TRANSIT PROGRAM OR ACTIVITY FOR PERSONS WHO MAY NOT SPEAK ENGLISH VERY WELL OR NOT AT ALL, AND THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM IS DUE TO THE FTA EVERY THREE YEARS.

SO THIS IS A TRIENNIAL UPDATE OF THAT PROGRAM.

THERE IS AN FTA CIRCULAR THAT OUTLINES ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE MPOS TITLE SIX PROGRAM MUST HAVE.

I'VE LISTED THEM ON THE SLIDE.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THEM ALL IN THIS UPDATE, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THE ONES ON THE LEFT ARE THE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.

THOSE ARE WHAT EVERY TRANSIT FUNDING RECIPIENT THROUGH FTA HAS TO INCLUDE IN THEIR TITLE SIX PROGRAM, AND THEN THE ONES ON THE RIGHT, THE FOUR ON THE RIGHT ARE THOSE THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO MPOS AND EVEN MORE SPECIFIC TO MPOS THAT DO NOT PROVIDE TRANSIT SERVICES.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE MPO, THE BROWARD MPO.

SO FOR THE FIRST HIGHLIGHT, I WANTED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC PARTICIPATION.

SO CONSIDERATION FOR TITLE SIX SHOULD BE DOCUMENTED IN THE MPO'S PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN OR PPP, AND OF COURSE THE MPO DID A CONSIDERABLE UPDATE OF ITS PPP AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS DONE IN FEBRUARY, COMPLETED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR.

SO THIS TITLE SIX PROGRAM WENT THROUGH AND MADE SURE THAT THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND DISCUSSION OF ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH RELATED TO PERSONS THAT ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PPP UPDATE THAT WAS JUST COMPLETED.

ONE THING I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS THAT THE BROWARD MPO DOES A FANTASTIC JOB AND HAS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS OF TRACKING OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE, AND SO FOR EVERY TITLE SIX UPDATE, THOSE LOCATIONS ARE MAPPED RELATIVE TO THE AREAS THAT WE CALL TITLE SIX BLOCK GROUPS OR AREAS BLOCK GROUPS THAT HAVE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF TITLE SIX PERSONS, AGAIN, MINORITIES AND PERSONS WHO ARE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT, AND SO THIS EVALUATION HELPS TO ASSESS IF GOING FORWARD, THERE ARE AREAS WHERE WE NEED TO LOOK AT ENGAGING THE TITLE SIX POPULATIONS A LITTLE MORE CLOSELY OR LOOK AT OTHER STRATEGIES FOR ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.

BUT OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, WITH COVID AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND DIGITAL PLATFORMS THAT ARE EMERGING ALL THE TIME, THIS TITLE SIX PROGRAM UPDATE REALLY NEEDED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE VIRTUAL AND ONLINE ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT THE MPO IS CONDUCTING NOW AS WELL, AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE PHYSICAL OUTREACH ACTIVITIES THAT WE MAP AND EVALUATE SPATIALLY, WE ALSO DID AN ASSESSMENT AND DOCUMENTED THE DIFFERENT ONLINE AND DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES AS WELL TO MAKE SURE THAT TITLE SIX PERSONS HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS AND CAN ENGAGE IN THESE ACTIVITIES.

I ALSO WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT.

I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROCESS.

THIS IS A CONSISTENT WAY FOR THE MPO TO EVALUATE EQUITY ACROSS ITS PLANS AND PROGRAMS. WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT SPECIFICALLY IS THAT THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT IS SEVEN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES.

THREE OF THOSE ARE SPECIFIC TO TITLE SIX.

SO WE HAVE TO DO THE TITLE SIX SPECIFIC EVALUATION THAT I JUST MENTIONED ON THE PRIOR SLIDE, AND THEN WE ALSO DID THE SAME ASSESSMENT FOR THE EQUITY AREAS

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THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM ALSO INCLUDES WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN, OR LEP PLAN, AS IT'S OFTEN CALLED, AND THIS IS THE EVALUATION TO ENSURE THAT THOSE LIMITED ENGLISH SPEAKING PERSONS HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO THE PLANS, PROGRAMS AND DELIVERABLES, BOTH DIGITAL AND PRINTED AND THE LEP PLAN IS BASED ON WHAT WE CALL A FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS.

SO THAT LOOKS AT THE NUMBER OR PROPORTION OF LEP PERSONS IN THE COUNTY RELATIVE TO THE POPULATION AS A WHOLE.

THE FREQUENCY OF ANTICIPATED CONTACT WITH LEP PERSONS AND THE DIFFERENT PLANNING ACTIVITIES, THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE AND IMPACT ON THOSE ACTIVITIES TO THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE'S LIVES AND THEN THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WITHIN THE MPO, AND THEN WHAT OTHER RESOURCES MAY BE OUT THERE AND THE RELATIVE COSTS.

SO THOSE CAN BE EVALUATED AS POTENTIAL TOOLS GOING FORWARD.

SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THE UPDATED DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FOR THE LEP PLAN, AND THERE'S NEARLY 16% OF THE BROWARD MPO'S POPULATION THAT IS DEFINED AS LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENT, AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE 16% ARE SPANISH SPEAKING INDIVIDUALS, FOLLOWED BY HAITIAN CREOLE. SO WE USE THIS DATA TO THEN LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES AND PROGRAMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMFORTABLE, THAT THERE'S MEANINGFUL ACCESS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, AND SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF THOSE LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE SERVICES THAT ARE DOCUMENTED IN THE LEP PLAN, AND I'LL TOUCH ON A FEW.

FOR EXAMPLE, IN ADDITION TO ADVERTISEMENTS PRINTED IN ENGLISH NEWSPAPER, SPANISH ADVERTISEMENTS ARE PROVIDED ON A DIGITAL PLATFORM, TELEMUNDO.

THE MPO HAS A SOPHISTICATED WEBSITE TRANSLATION FUNCTION AND KEY LANGUAGES.

MPO STAFF THAT CAN SPEAK, READ AND WRITE OTHER LANGUAGES AND WHO ARE WILLING TO BE TRANSLATORS AND OR INTERPRETERS ARE DOCUMENTED AND AVAILABLE SHOULD THEY BE NEEDED AND THE MPO IS ALSO VERY FLEXIBLE AND WILL TRANSLATE SPECIFIC MATERIALS FOR PROJECTS OR EFFORTS LIKE THE 2050 MTP INTO LANGUAGES ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS AS WELL, AND SO GOING FORWARD, THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM ACTUALLY HAS TO BE FORMALLY ADOPTED BY THE MPO BOARD.

THAT IS ONE OF THE RULES IN THE FTA CIRCULAR, AND SO THAT WILL OCCUR ON JUNE 8TH AND THEN IT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO FTA FOR REVIEW AND ACCEPTANCE, AND THEN THE NEXT TRIENNIAL UPDATE WILL BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS AND IT HAS TO BE COMPLETED BY DECEMBER 2026.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE AHEAD OF SCHEDULE THIS TIME.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.

EXCELLENT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PLAN? NO. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE, REBECCA? NO. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THEN I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE TITLE SIX AND LEP PLAN TO THE MPO BOARD.

THE MOTION. OH, I'M LIKE, WAIT, MAQSOOD IS NOT HERE.

I FORGOT HE'S ONLINE.

THE MOTION MADE BY MAQSOOD AND SECONDED BY LISA.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS? NO. SEEING NONE.

WE'LL CALL FOR A VOTE ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES.

EXCELLENT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Broward County Transit (BCT) Premium Mobility “PREMO" Plan]

ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.

[INAUDIBLE] FRENCH WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT OUR PREMO PLAN.

LET'S SEE IF THAT WORKS. YES.

OKAY. SO I'LL GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION, SOME BACKGROUND TALK ABOUT THE PLAN.

TALK ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT PLAN.

DISCUSS SOME OF THE RISKS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THEN GO THROUGH SUMMARY AND NEXT STEPS.

ALL RIGHT. SO OUR STRATEGY IS TO INVEST IN A COUNTYWIDE NETWORK OF PREMIUM TRANSIT THAT'S ATTRACTIVE, SAFE, RELIABLE AND FREQUENT.

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APPROXIMATELY 23 MILLION ANNUAL RIDERS.

NEW INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, TECHNOLOGY AND LOCALIZED ESTHETIC AND ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS.

AS WELL AS HAVING A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT BROWARD COUNTY'S MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINES, THE AIRPORT SEAPORT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

SO, ACCORDING TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION, INVESTING IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CAN CREATE JOBS.

WITH THIS PLAN, WE SEE NEW CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED JOBS, AS WELL AS A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, A FOUNDATION FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND EXPANDED SMALL BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

OUR METHODOLOGY.

EARLIER ON, WE DID GIVE--IT WAS A WHILE AGO--WE GAVE A PRESENTATION TALKING ABOUT OUR PROCESS AND OUR METHODOLOGY, AND IT'S SUMMARIZED HERE. IT WAS DATA DRIVEN.

WE USED ANALYTICAL TOOLS, DID DATA MODELING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND REFERENCED THE NATIONAL TRANSIT DATABASE FOR OUR COST ESTIMATES, AS WELL AS CONSIDERED FEEDBACK FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT THE PROJECT TEAM HAS RECEIVED.

SO THE PHASES OF PROJECT DELIVERY, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, PLANNING, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO WE ARE IN THE PLANNING PHASE WITH THE PREMO PLAN.

SO THIS SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE TRANSIT SERVICE CHARACTERISTICS AGAINST EACH OTHER.

SO WE HAVE COMMUTER RAIL, LIGHT RAIL, TRANSIT, BUS, RAPID TRANSIT AND HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE.

SO HERE WE SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE GUIDEWAY, HOW IT'S EXPECTED TO OPERATE WITHIN THE CORRIDORS, THE FREQUENCY OF SERVICE AND THE POTENTIAL CAPACITY PER TRIP. THE PLAN INCLUDES 11.5 MILES OF COMMUTER RAIL, 23.3 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL, 76 MILES OF BUS, RAPID TRANSIT AND 100 MILES OF HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE.

THE NEXT FEW SLIDES, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH OF THE CORRIDORS BRIEFLY.

WE HAVE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH, 11.5 MILES OF COMMUTER RAIL PROJECTED OPENING 2027.

THREE AND A HALF MILES OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT CONNECTING THE AIRPORT, SEAPORT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ELEVATED GUIDEWAY PRIMARILY ON COUNTY PROPERTY.

PROJECTED OPENING OF 2028.

CONTINUING DOWNTOWN TO BROWARD BOULEVARD, THREE ADDITIONAL MILES OF LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.

THE SEGMENT EXPECTED TO BE AT STREET LEVEL PROJECTED OPENING 2031, AND ON BROWARD BOULEVARD OUT TO STATE ROAD SEVEN PROJECTED OPENING 2035.

HERE WE ALSO SHOW IN DASHED LINES FUTURE LIGHT RAIL EXTENSIONS.

IT WILL BE EITHER COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD OR SUNRISE, NOT BOTH.

OUT TO THE WEST TO SUNRISE DOES REQUIRE SOME MORE STUDY.

BOTH CORRIDORS HAVE THEIR MERIT, BUT AT THIS TIME, IT'S EITHER/OR, NOT BOTH.

NOW ON TO THE BRT ON OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, 15 MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

HERE WE ARE AIMING TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE TRANSIT LANES WHERE FEASIBLE.

A PROJECTED OPENING OF 2028.

STATE ROAD SEVEN.

15 MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT, SUPPLEMENTED WITH HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE SAMPLE TO COMMERCIAL, AND HERE FOR REFERENCE, WE SHOW THE LIGHT RAIL CORRIDORS AS THERE IS A POTENTIAL SEGMENT ON STATE ROAD SEVEN.

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PROJECTED OPENING 2033.

UNIVERSITY DRIVE, 16 MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT AGAIN SUPPLEMENTAL HIGH FREQUENCY SERVICE TO THE NORTH.

EXCLUSIVE TRANSIT LANES WERE FEASIBLE ON A PROJECTED OPENING OF 2035.

COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD.

FIVE AND A HALF MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

WITH SUPPLEMENTAL HIGH FREQUENCY, AND HERE WE SHOW THE POTENTIAL LIGHT RAIL EXTENSIONS AGAIN AND A PROJECTED OPENING, 2036 , AND SUNRISE BOULEVARD, 14 MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECTED OPENING 2038.

NOW OUR IMPLEMENTATION.

THIS IS OUR FIVE YEAR LOOK AHEAD.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, 2023, THE PREMO STUDY, THE PLANNING PHASE IS COMPLETE.

THEN INTO 2425, WE ANTICIPATE OUR PRE-LAUNCH ACTIVITIES HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SERVICE INTEGRATION.

SO WE'LL SOON BE STARTING OUR COMPREHENSIVE OPERATIONS ANALYSIS, LOOKING AT OUR EXISTING SERVICE, OUR EXISTING ROUTES AND RECOMMENDING EFFICIENCIES AND CHANGES THAT WOULD SUPPORT THE NEW PREMIUM SERVICE, STARTING OUR BUS PROCUREMENTS FOR THE HIGH FREQUENCY CORRIDORS, BEGINNING THE ENVIRONMENTAL ON THE CORRIDORS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, STARTING DESIGN DEVELOPMENT AND WORKING ON OUR WORKFORCE.

SO OUR WORKFORCE READINESS.

SO 26, 27 AND 28 HIGH FREQUENCY CORRIDORS FIRST, THEN ONTO COMMUTER RAIL, THEN 2028, THE BRT AND LRT.

SO HERE HIGHER LEVEL FURTHER OUT FOR THE REMAINING CORRIDORS.

THIS IS OUR 15 YEAR IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE THROUGH 2038 , AND THE HIGH FREQUENCY SERVICE, WE DO FORESEE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE ROBUST, AND SO THIS JUST GIVES A TARGET FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE HIGH FREQUENCY SERVICE ON THE CORRIDORS AS LISTED.

SO PROJECTS PER YEAR.

WE TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE READINESS, AND SO FOR THE COUNTY, WE DO SEE THAT 27, 28 WOULD BE WE'LL HAVE AT LEAST EIGHT PROJECTS IN VARIOUS STAGES DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, TESTING AND COMMISSIONING.

SO WE DO SEE THAT AS A BUSY TIME FOR THE COUNTY.

SO WITH THAT, HOW DO WE GET THERE? WE ANTICIPATE FULLY LEVERAGING OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL RESOURCES.

WE ARE LOOKING TO PURSUE ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY STRATEGIES INSTEAD OF JUST DESIGN, BID, BUILD.

THERE ARE OTHER DELIVERY STRATEGIES, SO WE HOPE TO PURSUE THOSE.

ALSO GENERATING FAST TRACK PROCUREMENTS WITHIN THE COUNTY AND IMPORTANTLY, SEEKING AND SECURING ALTERNATIVE FUNDING SOURCES.

SO THE PROJECTS OR THE NETWORK AS PRESENTED EXPECTED TO BE FUNDED WITH TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDING, BUT WE WILL BE SEEKING AND HOPING TO SECURE ALTERNATIVE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS AND OF COURSE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION, HOPE TO CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVE ON OUR PROCESSES.

SO AS I SAID.

[INAUDIBLE] SORRY.

I BROKE IT. [CHUCKLING] I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THEY SHOULDN'T GIVE ME TECHNOLOGY.

OKAY. SO WITH SUCH A ROBUST SCHEDULE, WE WOULD BE REMISS TO NOT TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE RISKS WE'VE IDENTIFIED.

I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM.

JUST HIGHLIGHT A FEW.

SO PROJECT DELIVERY, ADOPTION, REGULATORY RISKS, JUST THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS AND THE FUNDING REQUIREMENTS, PROPERTY AVAILABILITY AND ACQUISITION WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THE PUBLIC EXPECTATIONS.

SO IN SUMMARY, THE COUNTY SEES THIS AS A TRANSFORMATIONAL EFFORT THAT WILL REDEFINE MOBILITY AND CONNECTIVITY THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY.

SO AT THE END, WE'LL HAVE OVER 200 MILES OF NEW PREMIUM SERVICE CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE MAJOR COUNTY ACTIVITY CENTERS AND COMMUNITIES AND ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.

NOW OUR CAPITAL COSTS.

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SO WHAT'S NEXT? WE HAVE MET WITH OUR COUNTY COMMISSION, THE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX OVERSIGHT BOARD.

WE'VE STARTED TO MEET WITH VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES.

APOLOGIZE IF YOU'VE HEARD THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE.

WE HAD OUR COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND ARE LOOKING TO HAVE THE PREMO PLAN IN ITS PLANNING STAGE ADOPTED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION JUNE 13TH TO QUEUE UP FOR MOVING THROUGH.

THE DEVELOPMENT, AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

THIS IS MY THIRD TIME.

GREAT JOB. IT WAS EXCELLENT.

SORRY. NO, IT'S GOOD.

I JUST WANT TO START WITH ONE QUESTION.

SO YOU SAID WE NEED YOUR HELP ON ONE OF THE SLIDES, I THINK.

YES. YES.

SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU WOULD NEED FROM US AS THE MUNICIPALITIES AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS? YES, SO ALWAYS SUPPORT AND FEEDBACK.

SO AS YOU HEAR IT FROM YOUR COMMUNITY, DEFINITELY LET US KNOW.

THE PLAN IS BY AND THE LINES ARE BY NO MEANS FINAL.

WE ARE MOVING INTO THE NEXT PHASE OF STUDY.

SO FEEDBACK AS WE HAVE MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS, LET US KNOW SO WE CAN GET TO YOUR COMMUNITIES.

YOUR COMMISSIONERS JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS AWARE OF THE PLAN AND WHAT WE PROPOSE.

SO ANY HELP TO HELP US GET THE INFORMATION OUT WOULD BE GREAT.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR [INAUDIBLE]? YEAH.

WE'RE JUST FROM FORT LAUDERDALE.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THE CONVENTION AIRPORT CONNECTION THAT WE'VE BEEN WAITING FOR FOR A LONG TIME.

IT WILL REALLY BE TRANSFORMATIONAL, I THINK, FOR THE CITY FOR SURE.

EXCELLENT. NO QUESTIONS.

LAST CALL. NO. OKAY, GREAT.

YOU KNOW WHERE TO FIND ME. YES, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[2. **Federal Grants Update]

MR. CALVARESI, AND HE IS OR BILL COMING THROUGH THE DOORWAY.

OKAY. DOO DOO DOO DOO.

YOU'RE UP, PAUL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

PAUL CALVARESI, BROWARD MPO. SORRY, I'M DOUBLE BOOKED WITH YOUR MAYOR.

I SEE YOU OVER THERE.

YOU WANT TO SWAP PLACES? NO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS ONE IS FEDERAL GRANTS UPDATE.

SO ONCE AGAIN, JUST REMINDING YOU WHAT'S AVAILABLE, AND REALLY THE POINT OF THESE UPDATES IS TO FACILITATE A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE CITIES IN THIS ROOM.

WHAT ARE YOU APPLYING FOR? WHAT ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT? MAYBE YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA AND YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT TO YOU--GEOGRAPHICALLY, NOT IN THE SEAT--ALSO HAS A GOOD IDEA.

WE CAN PARTNER AND MAKE A STRONGER APPLICATION.

SO WE'VE HAD PRETTY GOOD ATTENDANCE ON OUR GRANTS MEETINGS.

I WANT TO THANK ALL OF OUR PARTICIPANTS.

ALL RIGHT. DON'T FORGET THIS GRANT PREPARATION CHECKLIST.

IT'S A VERY USEFUL TOOL WHEN YOU'RE EVALUATING WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD GO AFTER A GRANT.

OKAY, AND HERE'S WHAT'S OPEN.

ONCE AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THIS AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE.

SO AS I FLIP THROUGH THESE, HAVE ANY OF YOUR CITIES CONSIDERED GOING AFTER ANY OF THESE FEDERAL GRANTS, EITHER FOR CAPITAL OR PLANNING FUNDS? SO I WILL STATE THAT THE BROWARD MPO IS WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR A DECISION YET, BUT WE ARE MULLING THE IDEA OF GOING AFTER PROTECT GRANTS AND AS WE GET FURTHER ALONG OUR PROCESS, WE OBVIOUSLY WILL LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT AND HOW WE CAN PARTNER AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WHEN THE BROWARD MPO GOES AFTER THESE GRANTS, WE ARE LOOKING MORE REGIONALLY.

THIS MIGHT BE TO A CERTAIN CORRIDOR WHERE IT MIGHT ENHANCE CERTAIN MPO PROGRAMS, BUT ONCE AGAIN, AS WE GET MORE INFORMATION, I'LL LET YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHARE IS THAT FROM OUR DISCUSSION A FEW WEEKS AGO WITH OUR GRANTS, I THOUGHT FORT LAUDERDALE HAD A VERY INTERESTING WAY OF PRIORITIZING PROJECTS FOR GRANT PROGRAMS, AND KAREN, PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I MISS ANY STEPS IN THE PROCESS, BUT EACH OF THE MANAGERS SUBMIT PROJECTS THAT ALIGN WITH GRANT PROGRAMS AS OPPOSED TO, I KNOW TYPICAL WAYS, HEY, THIS GRANT HAS COME OUT, HOW CAN YOU CONTORT A PROJECT TO FIT THIS WHERE REALLY THEY ARE TRYING TO FIT A SQUARE PEG IN A SQUARE HOLE? AND I THINK THE CITY'S HAD A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH THEIR APPLICATIONS AND THEIR ORGANIZATION.

SO IF YOUR CITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A BEST PRACTICE, I'D SAY REACH OUT TO FORT LAUDERDALE.

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DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU ARE YOU READY TO TALK TO YOUR COLLEAGUES? HAS ANY RUMBLINGS COME UP FROM YOUR COMMISSIONS? I'LL START. YES, RUMBLINGS ARE HAPPENING ABOUT PROTECT FOR US AS WELL.

IF WE HAVE PROJECTS.

WHAT ARE YOUR PROJECTS? SAME THING.

YOU KNOW, FOR US, [INAUDIBLE] IS A BIG ONE IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT.

IT'S ONE OF THE ROADS TO THE BARRIER ISLANDS.

SO HOW CAN WE DO THAT? I KNOW IT'S ON THE MPO'S SUSTAINABILITY CORRIDOR.

OKAY, BUT JUST TO THE LEVEL OF, HEY, DO YOU HAVE PROJECTS? SO WE'RE NOT ANYWHERE THERE? I KNOW THE EV GRANT WE'RE NOT GOING FOR.

WE WERE CONTEMPLATING THAT ONE.

I KNOW YOU ALL KNOW THERE'S CHALLENGES WITH IT.

YOU'RE REALLY PAYING A THIRD PARTY, RIGHT? IT'S A PASS THROUGH.

FUNKY, AND THEN WE APPLIED WITH WILTON MANORS AND OAKLAND PARK LAST YEAR FOR THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES, AND WE DID DO OUR DEBRIEF.

WE SCORED VERY WELL AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

YOU MADE IT TO, WE THINK WE MADE IT TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK WHERE HE MADE THE FINAL DECISIONS.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE TO RESUBMIT AGAIN, BUT NO FINAL DECISIONS HAVE BEEN MADE.

I KNOW THAT'S A REALLY COMPETITIVE, TOUGH GRANT APPLICATION.

THEY DON'T AWARD A LOT.

SO DO WE WANT TO DO IT OR NOT? IS THE CONTEMPLATION, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS ARE OVER ACROSS THE HALL IN TERMS OF THAT PROJECT AND WHAT'S GOING TO GO.

SO THAT DECISION WILL DEPEND ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL CONNECT TOGETHER IF WE APPLY OR NOT.

CORRECT. SO ANYBODY ELSE INVOLVED IN THE GRANT, I KNOW SOME OF US MIGHT NOT BE DIRECTLY.

I'M PERIPHERAL ON SOME OF THEM ON SOME OF THE NEW FEDERAL GRANTS COMING OUT.

ANYBODY. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OUT THERE.

NO. CAN YOU GO BACK THROUGH JUST SLOWLY THROUGH THE WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER, YOU KNOW, I KNOW, AND THEN AS THE BRIDGES WERE HIGH AND CHRISTOPHER'S PRESENTATION, WE SUBMITTED A BUNCH FOR THE BRIDGE RECONSTRUCTION PROGRAM.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR BRIDGES AND OUR BRIDGE MASTER PLAN WERE IN THE LONG RANGE PLAN SO WE COULD BE ELIGIBLE AND QUEUED UP FOR ALL THOSE.

THAT'S WHY WE DID ALL OF THAT.

I THINK THAT'S IT FOR US AT THIS POINT THAT I'M AWARE OF, AND WHATEVER PARTNERSHIPS THROUGH THE MPO FOR THE RAIL STUFF FOR FEC, IF THERE'S ANY THE SAFETY STUFF.

I KNOW. YEAH, SO IT'S MOSTLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

THE RAILROAD CROSSING [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM, WE HAVE A GRANT APPLICATION IN.

WE HEAR IT'S MAKING ITS WAY UP THE FOOD CHAIN.

WE HOPE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

AT FIRST WE GOING TO HEAR IN JUNE, THEN WE'RE TOLD IT WAS PUSHED UP TO APRIL AND NOW IT'S SOMETIME BACK TO JUNE.

THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE ANOTHER $25 MILLION INVESTMENT IN RAIL SAFETY ALONG THE FEC CORRIDOR.

SO FINGERS CROSSED THAT WE WIN THAT.

EXCELLENT, AND A NEW CONGRATULATE.

DID WE CONGRATULATE TRI-RAIL? ARE WE CONGRATULATING TRI-RAIL? NO. CONGRATULATIONS.

YOUR THUNDER. WELL, I SEE NATALIE HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE TODAY.

SO IN HER EXCUSED ABSENCE, I WILL JUST MENTION THAT RTA DID RECEIVE, I BELIEVE IT WAS $71,000,000? 71 FOR ROLLING STOCK, WHICH EXCELLENT, YOU KNOW, MESHES NICELY WITH AS YOU KNOW, THE MPO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH [INAUDIBLE] AS WELL AS THIS BOARD TO FUND 25 MILLION FOR ROLLING STOCK ALONG WITH PALM BEACH AND MIAMI DADE ALSO BRING 25.

SO HOPEFULLY WE SEE SOME NEW EQUIPMENT ROLLING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR BEFORE TOO MUCH LONGER.

NICE. EXCELLENT, AND DO WE KNOW GRANT RELATED, BUT NOT EXACTLY THIS TOPIC.

THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL WHAT JAMES YOUR TIMELINE IS OF STARTING.

GOOD AFTERNOON. JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

THE BROWARD MPO RECEIVED NOTICE AT THE END OF JANUARY 1ST PART OF FEBRUARY, THAT WE, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY, RECEIVED $5 MILLION FOR THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING OUT THE GRANT AGREEMENT WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, AND SO WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THAT POSSIBLY TO OUR BOARD SOMETIME THIS SUMMER.

ALONG WITH THAT, WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO PROCURE THE SERVICES OF OF CONSULTANTS TO HELP US IMPLEMENT THE PROJECT AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE GOING OUT AROUND THROUGH THE FALL. I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING AT, KAREN, THOUGH, IS NOT JUST THE TIMELINE OF GETTING THE PROJECT STARTED, AND WE HAVE ABOUT A TWO YEAR WINDOW TO FINISH THE SAFE STREET I'M SORRY, THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, BUT THE IDEA IS APPLYING FOR FUNDING FOR FUTURE PROJECTS.

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WE APPLIED FOR THE CYCLE, ONE OF THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT FUNDING.

CYCLE TWO IS OPEN NOW AND I BELIEVE IT CLOSES IN JULY.

WE ARE NOT APPLYING FOR THAT AND CAN'T BUT CYCLE THREE EVEN THOUGH WE WILL BE IN THE MIDDLE, WAIT, LET ME GET TO CYCLE.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS ONCE WE COMPLETE OUR SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

SO NOT NEXT YEAR BUT THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

SO TWO YEARS OUT IS WHEN WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE BIG PROJECTS THAT WE COULD APPLY FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS, AND AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE GET THE QUESTION AND I'M SURE I'M GOING TO BE SAYING THIS A LOT MORE.

IT'S A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

SO THE DIFFERENT CITIES OR THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, THE IDEA IS WE'RE LOOKING AT SAFETY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

WE HOPE TO BE DEVELOPING A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF PROJECTS AND POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT SHOULD GO FORWARD IN THE FUTURE SO THAT AS WE FINISH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, EACH OF YOU WITH YOUR INDIVIDUAL CITIES COULD BE ELIGIBLE THEN FOR PURSUING IMPLEMENTATION GRANT FUNDING BECAUSE IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN A PLAN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES AS MEETING THE CRITERIA.

OKAY. SO THERE'S THAT PART OF IT FOR TWO YEARS OUT, BUT EVEN A YEAR OUT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING.

SO FOR NEXT YEAR'S CYCLE, LET'S SAY WE HAVE SOME PILOT PROJECTS OR SOME QUICK BUILD OR SOME THINGS WE WANT TO TEST THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO WAIT TILL THE END OF OUR TWO YEAR PLANNING PROCESS BUT THINGS THAT WE COULD LEARN FROM OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS HAVE TOLD US THAT WE CAN BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THAT REGARD AT THAT POINT.

SO AS WE START THIS PROCESS AND WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE PROJECTS WE IDENTIFIED, HOW DO THOSE CORRESPOND TO THE SAFETY AND THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES DATA THAT WE HAVE? THERE MAY BE SOME THAT WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT WE COULD GET READY TO GO AFTER FUNDING FOR NEXT YEAR.

SOME OF THE SMALLER QUICK BUILD URBANIST TACTICAL URBANISM PROJECTS, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, PILOT PROJECTS, SO WE CAN GET SOME FUNDING STREAMS GOING IN THE NEXT YEAR AND THEN BE READY FOR THE BIGGER STREAM THE FOLLOWING YEAR.

BY THE WAY, WHEN WE GET TO THE END OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF PROJECTS THAT WE AS PARTNERS CAN GO AFTER FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING IN THIS LIST OF PROJECTS FOR THINGS THAT MAYBE THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN HANDLE IN THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS OR THE COUNTY COULD HELP WITH WITH THE SURTAX FUNDS, OR AS YOU HAVE DEVELOPERS COME IN AND DO PROJECTS, THEY CAN PROVIDE THESE IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR THEIR DEVELOPMENT APPROVAL.

SO, WE'RE LOOKING AT A VARIETY OF FUNDING SOURCES OR THERE MAY BE OTHER GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TOO.

SO WE HOPE TO HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE LIST AND A VARIETY OF FUNDING OPTIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN MOVE FORWARD.

EXCELLENT. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL OR JAMES ON THE GRANTS? NATALIE. WHOEVER [INAUDIBLE]? NO. GO AHEAD, NATALIE.

NATALIE, PLEASE UNMUTE YOURSELF ON ZOOM.

NOPE. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE UPDATE.

[3. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report]

GOOD AFTERNOON AND GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE TAC.

AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO BE A QUICK DEMONSTRATION OF A COUPLE OF THE, I GUESS, DATA PRODUCTS THAT THE SYSTEMS PLANNING TEAM AT THE MPO HERE PRODUCES.

THIS IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED, WELL, BOTH PRODUCTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE STATE OF SYSTEM REPORT IS THAT AND ALSO OTHER PARTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM HERE IN BROWARD.

SO WITH THAT, I'LL NAVIGATE TO.

[INAUDIBLE] OH, SECOND ONE.

OKAY. OOPS.

THAT ONE? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEE, I'M OF A CERTAIN AGE, SO, YOU KNOW, I NEED HELP WITH TECHNOLOGY.

[CHUCKLING] SO BEAR WITH ME.

OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD RESIDES ON THE MPO WEBSITE, OF COURSE, AND WHAT YOU WILL DO TO NAVIGATE TO IT IS GO TO THE TAB THAT SAYS WHAT WE DO

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YOU CLICK ON THAT AND YOU SCROLL DOWN AND YOU SEE AS IT COMES UP THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE, YOU COULD CLICK ON THE PICTURE OR YOU COULD ALSO CLICK WHERE IT SAYS CLICK HERE.

SO WE'LL CLICK ON THE PICTURE.

ESSENTIALLY THIS PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD WE DEVELOPED IN 2018.

ESSENTIALLY, AS YOU KNOW, I COME BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR TO PRESENT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES RELATED TO SAFETY, RELATED TO SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, RELATED TO A NUMBER OF THINGS, RIGHT? SO WE THOUGHT THIS WAS SOMETHING, A WAY FOR US TO ESSENTIALLY SHOW THESE TO YOU, ALLOW THE PUBLIC, OUR BOARD AND YOU GUYS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHERE WE'RE AT, AT ANY TIME IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO WE USE A COMPANY CALLED MYSIDEWALK TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THIS, AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S EVERY YEAR WE UPDATE IT WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE NOW.

CAVEAT, RIGHT.

THE DATA THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES, MOST OF IT IS AT 2021 SAFETY AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

AGAIN, THE REASON THAT IS, IS BECAUSE WE RECEIVE OUR DATA FROM FDOT PRIMARILY IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES, AND ESSENTIALLY THE LAST YEAR FOR ACTUALLY RECORDING THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, STATISTICS IS 2021 AT THIS POINT.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU WILL SEE MOST OF THE DATA IS 2021 AND THEN OBVIOUSLY NEXT YEAR IT'LL BE 22 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD, AGAIN, THE FIRST PAGE ESSENTIALLY TALKS ABOUT THE MPO A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, GIVES YOU SOME STATISTICS ABOUT BROWARD. NOW I WOULD HAVE YOUR ATTENTION ESSENTIALLY ON THE LEFT SIDE, PRIMARILY WHERE IT SAYS SCORECARD.

IF YOU WANT A QUICK HEY, HOW'S BROWARD DOING IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES? IT GIVES IT TO YOU RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT. FIRST ONE IS SAFETY NOW.

YOU SEE ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS TREND.

ESSENTIALLY, HOW ARE WE DOING FOR THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE FOR FATAL CRASHES? OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING RED, IT MEANS OBVIOUSLY NOT GOOD.

IF YOU SEE SOMETHING IS GREEN, IT MEANS NOT THAT WE'RE GOOD, BUT WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, RIGHT? SO RED IS BAD.

GREEN OBVIOUSLY IS GOOD.

RIGHT? WE HAVE, AGAIN, ALL THE SAFETY AREAS.

WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, AGAIN, OUR BRIDGES AND OUR PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.

YOU SEE HOW WE'RE DOING HERE, SYSTEM RELIABILITY, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY ON THE INTERSTATES AND THE NON INTERSTATE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND ALSO TRACK TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE TREND, ESSENTIALLY IT TELLS YOU HOW WE'RE DOING.

IF IT'S GREEN, IT'S GOOD, AND LIKE HERE, FOR EXAMPLE, TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY INDEX, YOU SEE IT'S GREEN, BUT IT'S GOING DOWN.

THAT'S GOOD, THOUGH. WE WANT IT TO BE UNDER A CERTAIN LEVEL.

SO IF YOU SEE GOING DOWN AND IT'S GREEN, IT MEANS THAT'S ACTUALLY GOOD.

TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS THE DATA THAT'S BEING REPORTED BY OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS, BCT AND ALSO SFRTA AND ALSO HERE AT TRANSIT SAFETY.

NOW THIS DATA HERE IS ONLY FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BECAUSE SFRTA IS UNDER THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS.

SO AND THE REASON YOU DON'T SEE A TREND FOR THE TRANSIT SAFETY IS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TWO YEARS OF DATA SO FAR.

ONCE WE HAVE THREE, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY DO A TREND.

SO AGAIN, WITH THAT, WHAT YOU CAN DO AND I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THE SAFETY FOR NOW IF YOU WANT ESSENTIALLY TO LOOK FURTHER INTO A CERTAIN METRIC, RIGHT? LIKE LET'S SAY THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF FATAL CRASHES YOU COULD CLICK ON HERE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THIS PAGE.

RIGHT. IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE IS, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE DID IS WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO THE TWO MPOS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF US AND SEE HOW WE'RE DOING IN RELATION TO THEM.

NOW, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU JUST WANT TO SEE BROWARD YOU COULD JUST CLICK ON THESE AND YOU JUST SHOW BROWARD THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.

IF YOU CLICK ON THIS BUTTON HERE, IT WILL SHOW YOU ESSENTIALLY THE YEAR YEARLY DATA ALL THE WAY UP TO 2021 FROM 2006 TO THAT.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT THE DASHBOARD, IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE THREE LINES HERE, YOU CLICK ON THAT.

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THE DATA AS A CSV.

SO TAKE THE DATA.

YOU COULD RUN YOUR OWN ANALYSIS ON IT.

YOU COULD ALSO EXPORT THIS AS A PICTURE.

YOU COULD PUT IT IN A PRESENTATION IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW.

SO ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE, EVERY CHART, EVERY GRAPHED, IF YOU CLICK HERE, YOU CAN

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YOU COULD ALSO SHARE IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA IF YOU WANT TO.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ON THE SAFETY FOR NOW, BUT WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TYPE OF PAGES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND TRANSIT SAFETY.

SO AGAIN, YOU JUST SCROLL DOWN AND SEE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS THAT WE DEVELOPED THAT'S PART OF THIS DASHBOARD TOO, IS THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

NOW WE ACTUALLY USE THIS HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE DO AT THE MPO.

I KNOW THE [INAUDIBLE] PROGRAM USES IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COOL THINGS HERE THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY USE, AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE INFORMATION AND CLICK HERE AND THIS ONE YOU'LL DOWNLOAD THE [INAUDIBLE] GEOJSON ESSENTIALLY IS A GIS AND YOU COULD CLICK THAT.

OKAY, SO WITH THAT, LIKE I SAID, I WAS JUST GOING TO CONCENTRATE ON SAFETY.

YOU COULD LOOK AT ALL THE OTHER PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS HERE AS WELL.

SO NOW WE WILL GO TO THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT.

NOW THE STATE OF SYSTEMS REPORT INCLUDES THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES OTHER MODES.

IT INCLUDES AIR, IT INCLUDES RAIL, IT INCLUDES SEAPORT STATISTICS.

THIS ONE IS NOT INTERACTIVE.

IT'S ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE MAGAZINE, ESSENTIALLY.

WE HAVE THE 2022 OUT THERE.

WE DIDN'T PRINT THE 2023, BUT AGAIN, ESSENTIALLY IT'S JUST A LITTLE MAGAZINE WITH STATISTICS ABOUT ALL THE OTHER THINGS OF THE SYSTEM IN BROWARD.

NOW I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE END, ESSENTIALLY THIS PART HERE.

IT TELLS YOU ESSENTIALLY ALL THAT WE HAVE IN LAND USE AND POPULATION DATA, EMPLOYMENT, HOUSING, COMMUNITY DATA, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION AFFORDABILITY, INFORMATION ABOUT ROADWAYS, TRANSIT, TRANSIT, ASSET MANAGEMENT, ALL OF THAT.

AGAIN, AT YOUR LEISURE, YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT AND LOOK AT ALL THAT INFORMATION AND PRIMARILY THE POPULATION DATA THAT YOU'LL SEE HERE. IT'S ALL THE LATEST ACS DATA, ESSENTIALLY THE LAST FIVE YEARS UP TO 2021 AGAIN.

YEAH, LIKE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THERE'S INFORMATION ON THE AIRPORTS, HOW THEY COMPARE CENTRALLY WITH WITH OTHER AIRPORTS AROUND AROUND THE COUNTRY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF STATISTICS HERE ABOUT PORT EVERGLADES AND AGAIN, CRASHES ON ON RAILROAD ON THE RAIL CORRIDORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO AGAIN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU COULD PERUSE THROUGH AT YOUR LEISURE, AND ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO SORT OF HIGHLIGHT HERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PRODUCE AND WE REALLY DON'T TALK ABOUT IT MUCH IS OUR COMMUNITY PROFILES.

NOW, IF YOU GO TO RESOURCES ON OUR WEB PAGE, UNDER DATA AND TOOLS, YOU CLICK ON THAT, YOU SCROLL DOWN AND YOU'LL SEE...

OH, WHERE'D IT GO.

MUNICIPAL PROFILES.

NOW ALL 31 MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD WE HAVE A PROFILE ON.

SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU DO IS CLICK ON YOUR CITY AND AS IT COMES UP, HAVE A NICE LITTLE LOGO FOR YOUR CITY, ESSENTIALLY WHERE IT'S LOCATED IN THE COUNTY, AND AGAIN, STATISTICS ON POPULATION MEDIAN AGE COMPARISON OF THE CITY'S POPULATION VERSUS BROWARD COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, STATISTICS ON AGE DISTRIBUTIONS, ALL TYPES OF INCOME AGAIN, LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

SO YOU CAN JUST SCROLL DOWN ESSENTIALLY AND FIND A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CITY, AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, EVERYTHING IN HERE CAN BE EXPORTED AS A CSV OR AS A PICTURE. SO AGAIN, IF YOU NEED INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR CITY AND THIS IS SOMETHING NICE AND AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO BE ABLE TO GO IN AND GET AND USE AT YOUR LEISURE.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU, PAUL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO. VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR SHARING ALL THAT INFORMATION, WHERE WE'RE AT AND WHERE TO FIND OUR OWN INFORMATION.

EXCELLENT, AND YOU COULD ALWAYS CALL ME.

YES, AND I DO.

[CHUCKLING] I LOVE THE DATA.

EXCELLENT, AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION BY MR.

[4. Off-System Safety Program Overview]

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GIVE ME A MOMENT HERE.

HI, BOSSES.

JUST PULL UP THE PRESENTATION HERE.

PAUL MESSED ME ALL UP HERE.

[CHUCKLING] THANKS, PAUL. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GOOD TO GO HERE.

SO I AM NOT MARK BROWN.

I AM PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

MARK BROWN IS UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY, SO I'M STEPPING IN FOR HIM TO PRESENT ON OUR OFF -SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM.

NOW, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DEVELOPED AS PART OF OUR 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND WORKING REALLY CLOSELY WITH THE TAC, THE CAC AND THE MPO BOARD.

WE WANTED TO RESPOND TO THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE EMPHASIS ON SAFETY THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN CHARGED WITH OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, AND IN THE 2045 WE DEVELOPED A SAFETY PROGRAM AND THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD AND ALSO FROM THE TAC/CAC OF WHAT IS THE SAFETY PROGRAM GOING TO LOOK LIKE, AND I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, WE WERE KIND OF DIVING ALL WE WERE DIVING INTO THIS ALL TOGETHER WITH A LOT OF QUESTIONS OURSELVES AS WELL.

WHAT IS THAT SAFETY PROGRAM GOING TO LOOK LIKE? WHAT METRICS ARE WE GOING TO USE? HOW ARE WE GOING TO DEFINE PROJECTS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE'VE BEEN TAKING THE BETTER PART OF THREE YEARS NOW TO STAND UP OUR SAFETY PROGRAM AND FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THIS SPECIFICALLY SPEAKS TO THE OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HANDLES ALL OF THE ON SYSTEM ROADWAYS.

THEY HAVE A REALLY ROBUST TRAFFIC OPERATIONS OFFICE WHERE THEY DO A LOT OF THE SAFETY STUDIES, THE ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS THROUGH THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY PROGRAM PROJECTS USING FUNDING THAT COMES DOWN MAINLY THROUGH THE HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND SOME OTHER DISTRICT WIDE FUNDING.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALIZED THAT WAS LACKING WAS THAT WE DID NOT HAVE AN OFF-SYSTEM ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS OR AUDIT PROCESS, AND SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED WITH THE SAFETY PROGRAM, IS WE WANTED TO LOOK AT HOW CAN WE EVALUATE OFF-SYSTEM ROADWAYS CONSISTENTLY IN ORDER TO PRODUCE VIABLE PROJECTS THAT DIRECTLY ADDRESS SAFETY. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT HERE TODAY.

AGAIN, YOU'VE NOT HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE'VE JUST BEEN TAKING THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO REFINE THE PROGRAM, DO A PILOT STUDY, MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS ALL WORKING, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE OF THIS AS PART OF THE 2050 MTP DEVELOPMENT.

SO WITH THAT, I WAS ALREADY GIVING YOU SOME BACKGROUND.

I THINK I TOUCHED ON THE FACT THAT WE'VE REALLY BEEN FOCUSING ON SAFETY FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, FDOT FEDERAL HIGHWAY HAVE MADE SAFETY A PRIORITY. WE CONTINUE TO RANK AS ONE OF THE MOST UNSAFE PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES, WHETHER IT'S TO WALK OR RIDE YOUR BIKE, BUT ALSO TO DRIVE YOUR CAR AS WELL.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING SAFETY NETWORK WIDE ON AND OFF-SYSTEM.

SO THESE WERE SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAD WHEN WE STARTED, AND AGAIN, I KIND OF TOUCHED ON SOME OF THESE A LITTLE BIT AS PART OF MY INTRODUCTION.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CREATING AN INNOVATIVE AND EXPEDITED OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY STUDY PROCESS WHERE WE WERE PUTTING SAFETY AS THE NUMBER ONE GOAL WHEN WE WERE EVALUATING THE PROJECTS AND WE WANTED TO MEET ALSO THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO REDUCE SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES ON OUR ROADWAYS, AND THIS WOULD HOPEFULLY THEN ALIGN WITH WHAT WAS GOING ON AT FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.

SO I MENTIONED THAT IN THE 2045, WE ALLOCATED SOME FUNDING FOR SAFETY WITHIN THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED HERE, AND IT IS REALLY JUST A BUCKET OF FUNDS. NOW, WHAT WE DID AS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS WE DID A NETWORK WIDE ANALYSIS OF SAFETY AND WE LOOKED SPECIFICALLY AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, UN-SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND QUARTER SEGMENTS, AND WE RANKED EACH ONE OF THOSE TYPOLOGIES BASED ON CRASH SEVERITY.

SO WE WERE WAITING THE CRASH TYPE BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE CRASH.

SO SEVERE INJURIES AND FATALITIES RANKED HIGHER, PROPERTY DAMAGE ONLY CRASHES RANKED LOWER, AND WHAT WE RECEIVED FROM THAT ANALYSIS WAS A LIST OF LOCATIONS AGAIN BY TYPE OF UN-SIGNALIZED, SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDOR SEGMENT BASED ON THE CRASH SEVERITY, AND THIS BECAME THE FOUNDATION FOR US TO START REALLY WORKING THROUGH THAT LIST AND IDENTIFYING IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD MAKE AT THESE LOCATIONS TO ADDRESS THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID NOT REALIZE OR I SHOULDN'T SAY, IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T REALIZE IT, I THINK, IS THAT WE FOUND IT TO BE A CHALLENGE IS THAT NOT EVERY SAFETY PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED WITH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS ALONE, AND THAT WAS A BIG WAKE UP CALL FOR US AS WE STARTED GOING THROUGH SOME OF THESE LOCATIONS.

THEY CAME UP AND WE TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND WE SAID, WELL, MAST ARMS ARE ALREADY OUT THERE.

THEY'VE GOT ALL THE BACKING PLATES, ALL THE CROSSWALKS ARE NICELY STRIPED.

THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE AN EDUCATION OR ENFORCEMENT ISSUE OUT HERE.

NOW, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY LOSE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE THINGS TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT

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SO THAT LED US DOWN THIS PATH OF DEVELOPING THIS ROADWAY SAFETY AUDIT PROCESS, AND THAT'S WHERE THE FRAMEWORK COMES IN.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE EVALUATING.

THOSE LOCATIONS IN A CONSISTENT MANNER USING SOMETHING THAT WAS ADOPTED, BUT TWEAKING IT A LITTLE BIT FOR THE OFF-SYSTEM NETWORK, BECAUSE DOT REALLY LOOKS FROM AN ON-SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE AT PRIORITIZING BENEFIT COST AND NET PRESENT VALUE, WHICH ARE VERY IMPORTANT FACTORS, BUT NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON ENTIRELY WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO SPEND THINGS OTHER THAN HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS, LET'S SAY IF WE WANTED TO SPEND OUR MPO DOLLARS.

SO KIND OF AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE ROADWAY SAFETY AUDIT GOAL, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CREATING A NICE CONVEYOR BELT OF SAFETY PROJECTS THAT WERE COMING OUT OF THESE ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS AND THAT WE WERE GETTING THEM READY FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

SO THIS WAS THE FRAMEWORK THAT WE DEVELOPED, AND I REALLY JUST WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON THE THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS HERE, THE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS, PRE-WORK, THE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS ITSELF, AND THEN THE PROGRAMING AND DELIVERY.

SO THE INTENT WAS THAT WE WOULD PICK A LOCATION WE WOULD WORK WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY GROUP TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE CRASH DATA AND UNDERSTAND THE PATTERNS THAT WERE OCCURRING OUT THERE, AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE WOULD ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN THE FINAL ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS, WHICH INCLUDED DOING FIELD REVIEWS, SELECTING COUNTERMEASURES, LOOKING AT CRASH MODIFICATION FACTORS, SEEING WHAT TYPES OF COUNTERMEASURES PROVIDED THE GREATEST BENEFIT IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO THE SAFETY ISSUE THAT WE IDENTIFIED OUT ON THE CORRIDOR AT THE INTERSECTION, AND THEN ULTIMATELY PRODUCE A REPORT THAT WE WOULD THEN OR THAT WE WOULD COORDINATE WITH THE AGENCIES ON WHETHER IT WAS THE ROADWAY OWNER OR THE CITY THAT THE PROJECT WAS LOCATED IN, AND IDEALLY AT THE END OF THAT, WE WOULD COME OUT WITH SOME CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS OF WHAT WE COULD DO TO ADDRESS THE SAFETY ISSUES OF THAT LOCATION AND RUN THAT THROUGH OUR PROGRAMING AND DELIVERY PROCESS.

SO THAT WOULD THEN GO THROUGH OUR MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST INTO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND ULTIMATELY PROJECT DELIVERY.

SO AS I MENTIONED IN THE PRE-WORK PHASE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS MAKING SURE THAT WE WERE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS FROM THAT PRIORITIZED LIST, LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WERE ON THE FEDERAL AID NETWORK THAT WERE NOT DUPLICATIVE OR OVERLAPPING WITH EXISTING PROJECTS AND THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE ENGINEERING SOLUTION, AND AS I MENTIONED, WE WOULD WORK WITH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO HELP SELECT THE LOCATIONS AND ALSO REVIEW THE DATA.

THEN IN THE RSA PHASE, THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD DO ALL OF THOSE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED.

LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES, GOING OUT THERE IN THE FIELD, LOOKING AT WHAT MAKING SURE THAT THE CRASH PATTERNS THAT WE WERE OBSERVING ON PAPER WERE COULD BE SUPPLEMENTED WITH ACTUAL FIELD KNOWLEDGE, RIGHT, TO SEE WHAT TYPES OF PATTERNS WE WERE SEEING BASED ON DRIVER BEHAVIOR, PEDESTRIAN BEHAVIOR, BICYCLIST BEHAVIOR, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND THEN THE PROGRAMMING DELIVERY PHASE.

I MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT BENEFIT COST RATIO AND NET PRESENT VALUE, AND WHAT WE SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON HERE WITH BENEFIT COST RATIO.

NET PRESENT VALUE IS THAT THOSE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE A BENEFIT COST RATIO OF 1.0 OR GREATER OR THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COST SHOULD BE BELOW ONE AND ONE-HALF MILLION DOLLARS AND THAT NET PRESENT VALUE ALSO SHOULD SHOW A POSITIVE RESULT.

NOW THE REASON WHY THOSE ARE ALL SHOULDS IS BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANT THE FOCUS TO BE 100% ON BENEFIT COST RATIO.

NOW, I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY HARD TO FATHOM, RIGHT? WHY IMPLEMENT A PROJECT THAT HAS A BENEFIT COST RATIO OF LESS THAN ONE? WELL, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE HERE.

A MID-BLOCK CROSSING.

YOU MIGHT SEE AN EXAMPLE OR YOU MIGHT SEE A MID-BLOCK CROSSING WHERE ON EITHER SIDE THERE ARE TWO SUPPORTIVE LAND USES.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE RESIDENTIAL ON ONE SIDE, A PARK ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND JUST BECAUSE NOBODY'S GOTTEN HIT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IMPROVEMENT ISN'T NEEDED, AND THAT'S WHERE THE BENEFIT COST RATIO SOMETIMES IS LESS THAN ONE BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANY FATALITIES OR SEVERE INJURIES, AND THAT'S A BIG CRITICISM THAT WE HAVE IN THE PLANNING FIELD THAT OFTENTIMES WE'RE TOO REACTIVE, RIGHT? WE'RE WAITING FOR SOME SAFETY ISSUE TO POP UP BEFORE WE DO SOMETHING, AND IN THE MODEL OF WHERE YOU'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR A BENEFIT COST RATIO THAT IS ABOVE ONE, YOU UNFORTUNATELY NEED CRASHES IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THAT HIGHER BENEFIT COST RATIO.

SO IN OUR CASE, WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AREN'T NECESSARILY TIED TO THAT REACTIVE SIDE OF THE SAFETY COIN, RIGHT? WHERE WE'RE ALWAYS JUST LOOKING AT WHERE ALL THE CRASHES ARE AND WHERE ALL THE ISSUES ARE.

WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE AS WELL IN THAT, AND AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECT COSTS THAT SHOULD BE BELOW ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION, BUT WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT THAT TO BE THE BE ALL END ALL. IF THERE IS A PROJECT THAT REQUIRES MORE THAN ONE AND ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF IMPROVEMENTS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FUND IT AS WELL THROUGH

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SO WE DID DO A PILOT PROJECT ON ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE TO TEST OUT THIS FRAMEWORK, AND THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD IS WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS BASED ON CRASH SEVERITY.

ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD FROM RIVERSIDE DRIVE TO UNIVERSITY DRIVE HAD A HIGH RANKED UN-SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION.

A HIGH RANKED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION AND IT WAS A HIGH RANKED CORRIDOR.

SO IT WAS A NICE WAY TO KIND OF BUNDLE ALL OF THOSE INTO INTO ONE PILOT RSA REPORT.

SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO, WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY, WE WORKED WITH THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, AND WE WENT THROUGH THIS ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS PROCESS. SO YOU CAN SEE IT WAS COMPLETED IN 2022.

HERE ARE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE PROPOSED.

NOW, I CAN'T SPEAK DIRECTLY TO ALL OF THESE.

MARK IS A LOT MORE FAMILIAR WITH A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO SOME OF THE ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS, I'LL DO MY BEST TO ANSWER THEM, BUT YOU CAN SEE WE WERE LOOKING AT "BUMPOUTS" AND LANE REPURPOSING AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE, DOING SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT AT NORTHWEST AT 91ST AVENUE, MID-BLOCK CROSSING.

ONCE AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THAT BENEFIT COST RATIO, WHILE WE HADN'T SEEN ANY PARTICULAR SAFETY ISSUE, WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A PARK ON ONE SIDE AND RESIDENTIAL ON ANOTHER.

SO WE PROBABLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PROVIDING A CONNECTION THERE AND DOING LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS AND RETROREFLECTIVE BACK PLATES ON SIGNALS AND HIGH VISIBILITY CROSSWALKS AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE.

SO HERE'S WHAT SOME OF THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THIS IS ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

I REMEMBER ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH THIS INTERSECTION IS THAT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE INTERSECTION, THERE'S A DROP LANE, AND ON THE WEST SIDE THERE WAS A THROUGH LANE.

SO WHAT HAPPENED IS FOLKS WOULD CROSS THE INTERSECTION OR THEY DO IN THE EXISTING CONDITION.

THEY CROSS THE INTERSECTION AND THEN THEY'RE IN THAT DROP LANE IN THAT TURN LANE.

SO WE WERE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THAT, THAT TURN LANE, THAT SECOND, THAT TURN LANE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S STRIPED OUT IN THE GREEN ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE INTERSECTION AND MAKE SURE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE THAT WEAVING AND MERGING CONDITION, WHICH WAS AN ISSUE THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE SAFETY MEASURE, THROUGH THE SAFETY DATA.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT BUMP OUTS HERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPT BECAUSE THIS IS A STATE INTERSECTION.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE STILL NEED TO WORK WITH THE STATE ON.

ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AT 91ST AVENUE, YOU'LL NOTICE HERE THAT THERE WAS A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT ISSUE WHERE PEOPLE WERE CROSSING THE ROADWAY AND THERE WERE A LOT OF ANGLE CRASHES THAT WERE OCCURRING.

SO WE WERE PROPOSING TO PUT A SEPARATED MEDIAN HERE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CHANNELIZING THE THOSE TURNS MID-BLOCK CROSSING, AS I MENTIONED ONCE AGAIN HERE AT VETERANS PARK AND THEN FINALLY ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AT RIVERSIDE DRIVE, AND THIS WAS AN INTERSECTION WHERE WE KNOW THERE'S A SCHOOL CLOSE BY. WE WANT TO DO LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVALS AND DO SOME REWORK ALSO AT THE INTERSECTION.

NOW, THE COUNTY HAS BEEN VERY KIND AND STEPPED UP AND IS GOING TO HELP US DO THE IMPLEMENTATION ON THIS PROJECT.

ONE OF THE HICCUPS THAT WE'VE HAD, AND THIS IS SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED, IS THAT WITH THESE OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY PROJECTS, WORKING WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THERE IS A DESIRE FROM THE DEPARTMENT SIDE TO HAVE THESE PROJECTS LET THROUGH LAP, WHICH IS OKAY, BUT WE KNOW THAT HAS CHALLENGES IN OF ITSELF , AND AGAIN, IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS TAKE PLACE ON COUNTY RIGHT OF WAY.

THE COUNTY HAS STEPPED UP AND WILL BE HELPING THE LOCAL AGENCY, IN THIS CASE THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS, DELIVER THIS PROJECT, BUT MOVING FORWARD, WE NEED TO BE COGNIZANT OF THAT AS WE DO THESE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS PROJECTS THAT IF WE APPROACH YOU WITH A PROJECT AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S A HIGH PRIORITY CRASH LOCATION, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS AND FUND SOME IMPROVEMENTS, WE'RE GOING TO NEED THE COMMITMENT ON LAP UPFRONT FROM THE CITY.

WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE COOPERATIVE MUNICIPAL PARTNERS, NOT JUST FOR THE LAP PIECE, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE COUNTERMEASURES AND WORKING THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS, AND ALSO, FINALLY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ACCOUNTING FOR ANY FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT MAY BE NEEDED.

SO GOOD EXAMPLE IN THE PILOT PROJECT ON ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD IS THAT MID-BLOCK CROSSING, THAT'S SOMETHING WHERE THE COUNTY IS LIKELY GOING TO NEED A MID-BLOCK CROSSING STUDY TO SHOW THAT THERE IS THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH CROSSINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING THERE SO THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY THAT MID-BLOCK CROSSING.

SO THINGS THAT WE JUST NEED TO BE MINDFUL OF.

SO AGAIN, APOLOGIES FOR ME THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST PRESENTATION ON THE OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY PROCESS, BUT ON THE FLY, THAT'S WHAT YOU GET, BUT HOPEFULLY IT WAS HELPFUL, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO FORMALIZE THIS PROCESS AS PART OF THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

WE'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE COUNTYWIDE ANALYSIS AND SOME OF THOSE TRENDS, BUT THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GREAT PROCESS.

I WANT TO THANK THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS FOR HELPING US OUT THE CITY--I'M SORRY, BROWARD COUNTY--AS WELL, FOR FOR STEPPING UP.

SO IT'S BEEN REALLY INTERESTING AND REALLY ENLIGHTENING GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

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THANK YOU, PETER. QUESTIONS FOR PETER.

I SEE SARAH ONLINE.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

OKAY, GREAT. HI, PETER.

I THINK YOU DID A GREAT PRESENTATION.

THIS IS SUPER INTERESTING TO ME, AND I WAS WONDERING, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN SEEING A COUPLE OF STUDIES NOT RELATED TO ANYTHING YOU'VE SHOWN BUT THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A MODAL VIEWER.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S A HEAT MAP OR SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL ARE USING THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE REST OF US.

SURE, FOR THE 2045, WE AS I MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED A LIST OF HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS BASED ON THOSE THREE DIFFERENT TYPOLOGIES.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT LIST WITH YOU IF THAT'S HELPFUL.

WE'RE ALSO CURRENTLY UPDATING THAT AS PART OF THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE A CHAT ABOUT WHICH DATASET MIGHT WORK FOR YOU.

ONE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DRAFT FORM, THE OTHER IS FINAL.

I WOULD LIKE THAT, THANK YOU.

OKAY, FEEL FREE TO SEND ME AN EMAIL.

EXCELLENT. I WOULD LIKE THAT INFORMATION, TOO.

SO IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT PAUL PRESENTED ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK? IT'S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

RIGHT, AND I MAY NEED TO LEAN ON PAUL IF HE'S STILL HERE ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT PROCESS THAT'S USED.

SO PAUL, DO YOU MIND JUST DESCRIBING THE PROCESS ON HOW WE DEVELOP THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK? HERE'S THE THING. HIGH INJURY NETWORK, ALSO, AGAIN, IT'S UP TO 2021.

WHAT PETER IS GOING TO BE DOING IS HE'LL BE USING MORE RECENT DATA TO 2022.

SO. YEAH. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, AND WE'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY AT TRENDS AS WELL, RIGHT? SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT TOTAL CRASHES.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AGAIN AT THE SEVERE INJURY AND FATALITY TRENDS AND WE'RE REVISING SOME OF THE METHODOLOGY NOW A LITTLE BIT, AND AGAIN, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LIKE TO COME BACK TO THE TAC AS PART OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND SHARE WITH YOU SOME OF THE OBSERVATIONS THAT WE'VE MADE THROUGH THE ANALYSIS PROCESS.

YEAH, THAT'LL BE EXCELLENT, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I KNOW MY CORRIDORS, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW I RANK AMONGST ALL THE OTHER CORRIDORS.

SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE YOUR WHOLE NETWORK THERE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A WHILE, LIKE YOU SAID.

YEAH, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE WHAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN UP TO WITH THIS NEW PROGRAM.

IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE IT COME UP.

DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PETER ON THIS? WHAT DO YOU SEE YOUR NEXT STEPS YOU'VE DONE THE ONE WITH CORAL SPRINGS, BUT ARE YOU GOING TO BE DOING OTHERS LOOKING TO US FOR CANDIDATES? YES, SO WE ARE USING OUR LIST AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO GO DOWN THAT LIST AND ARE NOW WORKING ON CLEARY BOULEVARD IN THE CITY OF PLANTATION, AND AGAIN, IT'S DIFFICULT, RIGHT, BECAUSE WE WILL TYPICALLY GO THROUGH THE LIST BASED ON RANK, BUT THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHICH ONE WE CAN DO ACTUALLY ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS ON. SO THAT'S BEEN THE CHALLENGE WITH WORKING WITH THE 2045 LIST.

WE'RE REFINING THAT FOR THE 2050.

SO WE ARE TRULY FILTERING OUT THE ONES THAT ARE MORE EDUCATION AND ENFORCEMENT RELATED, FIGURING OUT HOW WE CAN BEST CHANNEL THOSE THROUGH THE RIGHT IMPLEMENTING AGENCIES, BUT LOOKING AT THE ONES THAT WE CAN DO WITH ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS.

SO YES, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE ARE GOING DOWN THAT LIST FROM THE 2045 AND WE'RE DOING ABOUT ONE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS REPORT A YEAR ON THAT.

OKAY. EXCELLENT.

CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU.

CHRIS SUNESON FROM DEERFIELD BEACH.

JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, THERE WAS AN EARLY COMPARISON TO THE ON-SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM AND THE OFF-SYSTEM SAFETY PROGRAM.

CAN YOU KIND OF DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENCES IN THE EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR EACH? SURE. SO I'M GOING TO JUMP BACK HERE TO THIS FRAMEWORK.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME.

THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION PUBLISHES GUIDANCE ON HOW TO DO ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE USED AS A STARTING POINT.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION USES THAT SAME GUIDANCE, AND THEY JUST PLACE A WHOLE LOT MORE WEIGHT ON THE BENEFIT COST RATIO AND NET PRESENT VALUE.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY SELECT TO MOVE FORWARD ARE ENTIRELY DEPENDENT ON THAT BCA AND THAT NPV VALUE.

IMPROVEMENTS THAT DON'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD IN THEORY CAN'T BE FUNDED WITH HIGHWAY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FUNDS, AND THEY KIND OF I DON'T WANT TO SAY THEY FALL TO THE WAYSIDE.

THEY JUST SIMPLY CAN'T MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT HSIP FUNDING.

OUR PROCESS RELIES A LOT MORE ON JUST LOOKING AT THE SAFETY PROBLEMS AND IDENTIFYING COUNTERMEASURES THAT SOLVE THE SAFETY PROBLEMS WITHOUT PLACING SO MUCH WEIGHT ON THE BCA AND THE NPV.

THAT'S REALLY THE BIG DIFFERENCE, BUT THE PROCESS THAT WE FOLLOW IN TERMS OF ANALYZING THE CRASHES, DOING THE CRASH DIAGRAMS, DOING THE FIELD VISITS, THAT'S ALL VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S FEDERALLY AND WHAT'S DONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL.

[INAUDIBLE], GO AHEAD.

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GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. DO YOU HEAR ME? YES. EXCELLENT.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

GREAT EFFORT.

I THINK THAT WE ALREADY ASKED FOR THE LIST OF THOSE HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS, AND ULTIMATELY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE ARE ABOUT OR YOU GUYS ARE PLANNING TO DO ABOUT 1 OR 2 RSAS PER YEAR.

THE QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS THERE IS A, I GUESS, BUDGETARY CONSTRAINT IN TERMS OF HOW MANY YOU CAN DO AND IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION COST AS WELL, WHICH SHOULDN'T BE MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION.

SO JUST WAS WONDERING HOW NUMBER OF RSAS COULD GO UP OR INCREASE SO THAT NOT ONLY 1 OR 2 ARE DONE PER YEAR. MAYBE IT HAS TO DO WITH IDENTIFYING HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE MUCH OF INTERVENTION IN TERMS OF THE CONSTRUCTION, BUT WOULD YIELD SIMILAR BENEFITS.

THAT'S A REALLY GREAT OBSERVATION, [INAUDIBLE].

WE HAVE TALKED INTERNALLY AND THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY THAT I WAS REFERENCING TO KAREN'S POINT EARLIER, THAT THERE ARE SOLUTIONS THAT WE KNOW CAN BE IMPLEMENTED COUNTYWIDE.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE COUNTDOWN TIMERS ON ON PEDESTRIAN SIGNALS, LOOKING AT STRIPING CROSSWALKS, LIKE WE DON'T NEED AN RSA TO GO OUT AND DO THOSE THINGS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS LOOK AT THOSE TOP RANKED INTERSECTIONS IN THE NEW 2050 ANALYSIS OR CORRIDOR SEGMENTS AND IDENTIFY WHICH ONES JUST HAVE THESE ACROSS THE BOARD ISSUES AND PACKAGE THOSE UP AS ONE PROJECT.

THAT'S A POTENTIAL OPTION THAT WE'D LIKE TO DO AND SAVE THE MORE COMPLEX INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAY SEGMENTS FOR THE ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS.

WHY CAN'T WE DO MORE THAN A COUPLE A YEAR? WELL, IT'S A DIFFICULT QUESTION.

IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A FUNDING ISSUE BECAUSE DOING AN RSA RELATIVE TO THE FUNDING THAT WE GET AT THE MPO IS RATHER INEXPENSIVE BUT THERE'S ALSO THEN ALL THE COORDINATION THAT WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THOSE PROJECTS INTO THE WORK PROGRAM, ALSO GO THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS BECAUSE THAT'S A DESIRE OF DOT, OF HOW THEY'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS.

SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO DO TEN RSAS AND ONLY MOVE 1 OR 2 FORWARD A YEAR AND HAVE THE OTHERS SIT ON THE SHELF AND GET STALE.

WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE WE CAN UNCORK SOME OF THAT BOTTLENECK, BUT THE BEST WAY TO DO THAT I THINK IS TO START WITH SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN PUT OUT IN THE FIELD VERY QUICKLY AND THEN AGAIN SAVE THOSE MORE COMPLEX LOCATIONS FOR THE RSAS AND DO THOSE 1 OR 2 A YEAR, AND THEN AGAIN, AS THE PROCESS KIND OF EVOLVES, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET MORE DONE AND GET MORE OF THOSE PROJECTS IN THE WORK PROGRAM.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, [INAUDIBLE]? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU.

SARAH, GO AHEAD.

SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL OF REVIEWING, LIKE, SOME COMMON ISSUES AND PACKAGING THAT.

I'M JUST WONDERING IF THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD BE COORDINATED WITH THE DOT IN TERMS OF OKAY, LET'S COME TO AGREEMENT ON SOME BASIC ELEMENTS , BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF RESURFACING PROJECTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THIS CAN HAPPEN DURING THOSE PROJECTS AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE PUT ANY THOUGHT INTO THAT.

YES, AND ALSO LOOKING AT PUSH BUTTON CONTRACTS AS WELL FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, WHICH WE KNOW THAT'S HOW THE DOT WORKS WITH A LOT OF THEIR SAFETY ISSUES.

VERY GOOD COMMENT. I DON'T KNOW IF I--WE DON'T HAVE A PATH FORWARD YET, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO WORK TOWARDS.

I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT A LOT OF THESE LOCATIONS AND A LOT OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING ARE ALSO GOING TO BE CLOSELY COORDINATED WITH THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT.

SO AS WE LOOK AT HOW WE PACKAGE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, HOW WE DO SOME OF THE ANALYSIS, HOW THAT TRANSLATES BETWEEN THE SS4A AND OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO EVOLVE AS THAT GRANT AS WE BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT THAT GRANT AS WELL.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. YEAH, DEFINITELY, I SEE LIKE, MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALLER STUFF YOU'RE SAYING IF THEY DID A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING WHERE IT WAS A GROUP THING ON CALL, THEN IT COULD BE DIFFERENT THAN A $1.5 MILLION CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

I GET THAT FOR LAB FOR SURE, BUT MAYBE SOME OF THE SMALLER STUFF DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THAT WAY, AND THERE COULD BE PIGGYBACK OPPORTUNITIES OR THINGS LIKE THAT WE CAN DO, AND KAREN, YOU'RE VERY FAMILIAR. LIKE IT MAKES SENSE, RIGHT? THE MECHANICS OF HOW WE MAKE THAT WORK IS ALWAYS THE DEVIL'S IN THE DETAILS AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GETTING HUNG UP, RIGHT? WE ALL WANT TO GET TO THE SAME POINT.

IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE COORDINATION WITH DOT TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THAT WORK.

SINCE YOU SAID IT, DO WE KNOW THE RSA AND THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY THAT DOT PUT OUT? WERE THERE APPLICATIONS THROUGH OUR REGION THAT WENT INTO THAT? I KNOW IT WAS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE YOU HAD TO HAVE AN RSA SIGNED BY AN ENGINEER TO APPLY, WHICH WAS WHERE WE GOT STUCK.

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SO IT'S AN ADDITIONAL FUNDING POT.

THE STATE DOES REQUIRE, AS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, THAT YOU HAVE A COMPLETED RSA IN ORDER TO COMPETE FOR THOSE FUNDS IN BROWARD.

THERE WERE NO APPLICATIONS FOR THAT PROGRAM.

I BELIEVE IN PALM BEACH THERE WAS ONE APPLICATION AND I THINK IN DISTRICT FOUR TOTAL THERE WAS A HANDFUL, MAYBE.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH DOT TO GIVE THEM SOME FEEDBACK ON HOW TO IMPROVE THAT PROCESS.

BEING VERY TRANSPARENT.

WHEN WE REVIEWED THEIR PROGRAM, IT BECAME VERY APPARENT TO US THAT ASKING A CITY TO SPEND $20K-30K TO GO OUT, DO A ROADWAY SAFETY ANALYSIS THAT IS SIGNED AND SEALED BY AN ENGINEER TO THEN COMPETE FOR FUNDING WHICH MAY NOT BE GUARANTEED, IS NOT EXACTLY THE WAY TO GET ALL THE CITIES SIGNING UP AND GOING, YEP, I'D LOVE TO GO PURSUE THAT OPPORTUNITY.

SO WE OF COURSE WANT TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT THEY'RE OPENING UP THAT FUNDING FOR OFF-SYSTEM FACILITIES.

WE WANT TO FIGURE OUT A WAY WHERE WE CAN PROVIDE SOME TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, WHETHER IT'S THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OR THE MPO, TO HELP THAT PROCESS, PARTICULARLY THAT UPFRONT PIECE OF THE RSA.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

ANY LAST QUESTIONS FOR PETER? NO? SEEING NONE AND THEN THE REST OF THE ITEMS ARE JUST OUR ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS IN YOUR AGENDA.

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ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD? BILL, ANYTHING FOR US TO ADD? WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU TODAY.

NO. OKAY, THEN THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS JUNE 28TH.

YOU DO NEED A CODE TO GET OUT TODAY, RIGHT? REBECCA, YOU SAID THREE, FIVE, SEVEN, STAR.

THREE, FIVE, SEVEN, STAR IS YOUR CODE TO GET OUT TODAY.

STAY SAFE IN THE STORM OUTSIDE THE WINDOW.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.