Jun 28, 2023 Technical Advisory Committee

[INAUDIBLE]. YEAH.

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I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

FIRST, I'LL RECOGNIZE WE DO HAVE QUORUM.

CORRECT, REBECCA? AND DO YOU HAVE A COUNT OF HOW MANY FOLKS WE HAVE ONLINE TODAY? I'M STILL WORKING ON IT.

OKAY. WE HAVE SOME FOLKS ONLINE, SO IT'S MORE THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE.

AND NOW WE'LL GO TO OUR ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

CLICK YOUR YES.

PRESENT.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - May 24, 2023]

ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? QUESTIONS? NO.

SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

NEXT TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS APPROVAL OF THE.

OH, WE WILL VOTE. SORRY.

BRITTANY JAMESON AND RICHARD TORNESE.

RICHARD. HE'S WORKING ON IT.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA? SEEING NONE, I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS.

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

WISHING TO SPEAK. EXCELLENT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS ABOUT THE 2050 MTP UPDATE, AND MR.

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

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, AND IF I LOOK A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY, IT'S BECAUSE I CHOPPED ALL OF MY HAIR OFF.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE COMPLIMENTS.

[LAUGHTER] SO WE'RE GOING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY TODAY.

I'M GOING TO BE SHARING A PRESENTATION THROUGH MY LAPTOP INSTEAD OF THROUGH THE MASTER PRESENTATION.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE I'M GOING TO GIVE A DEMONSTRATION IN A LITTLE BIT.

SO IT'LL BE FUN AND INTERACTIVE.

OKAY, SO LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH AN MTP UPDATE.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT TODAY ARE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING A LITTLE BIT OF THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING IN OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, ALSO WITH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS.

AND THEN ALSO LATER TODAY, I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS. BUT HOLD THE APPLAUSE NOW.

SO FIRST UP, PUBLIC OUTREACH.

WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT INTO OUR SURVEY.

SO I KNOW I'VE BEEN UP HERE A LOT, KIND OF SHARING OUR SURVEY, ASKING EVERYONE TO PARTICIPATE IN IT.

AND THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR SHARING IT ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIAS AND THROUGH YOUR.

IF WE CAN JUST HANG ON FOR ONE SECOND.

FOLKS ARE NOT SEEING THE SAME THING YOU'RE SHOWING.

IN THE MEANTIME, IF YOU GUYS COULD THANK YOU. BUT SOME FOLKS ARE.

MICHAEL CAN SEE IT.

YEAH, THAT'S THE SAME ONE I HAVE.

YEP. OKAY.

WHILE YOU WATCH THE SCREENS BEHIND YOU.

OH, NO, SORRY.

I GUESS. OLD TECH.

YEAH, FOR TRYING TO BE INNOVATIVE TODAY.

NO. OKAY, SO CONTINUE.

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE SURVEY A LITTLE BIT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING IT THROUGH ALL YOUR SOCIAL MEDIAS AND THROUGH ALL YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENTS.

I WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THE RESULTS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE SURVEY.

SO BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS.

WE OPENED OUR ROUTE TO 2050 SURVEY ON FEBRUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR AND WE CLOSED IT OFFICIALLY ON MAY 31ST.

IN THAT SURVEY, WE ASKED FOR REAL QUESTIONS WHERE WE WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK ON WHAT THE GENERAL CONSENSUS OF THE STATUS OF THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHIN BROWARD

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AND IF YOU LOOK TO THAT LITTLE BLUE SQUARE UP THERE, WE ACTUALLY GOT 1888 RESPONSES, SO WE EXCEEDED THAT GOAL.

AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR SHARING IT.

PART OF THAT PART OF GETTING THOSE RESPONSES WAS AN INCENTIVE THAT WE HAD WHERE WE WERE OFFERING A $250 VISA GIFT CARD, WHICH WE HAVE SELECTED A WINNER.

TOMORROW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PHOTO SHOOT AND WE'LL BE SHARING THAT PERSON WHETHER THEY WANT US TO SHARE THEIR NAME OR NOT.

BUT WE'LL BE SHARING THEIR PHOTO ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO STAY TUNED FOR THAT SOON.

A LITTLE BIT OF HOW WE SHARED THAT SURVEY.

WE SHARED IT THROUGH OUR WEBSITES, OUR SOCIAL MEDIAS, OUR NEWSLETTERS, PRESENTATIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING THROUGH OUR OUTREACH EVENTS, EMAIL LISTS, OUR BOARD AND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. WE'VE BEEN SHARING THE SURVEY ALSO THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS MEETINGS AND THEN ALSO FROM OUR PARTNER WEBSITES.

SO THANKS. SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT THOSE RESULTS LOOK LIKE.

AND IF YOU'VE TAKEN THE SURVEY YOURSELF, YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE QUESTIONS.

BUT THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE ASKED WAS, WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM FACING BROWARD TODAY? WE GAVE OPTIONS SUCH AS TRAFFIC CONGESTION, LACK OF OPTIONS, UNSAFE CONDITIONS, AND POOR QUALITY OF ROADS AND THEN OTHER.

THE NUMBER ONE THING PROBABLY OF NO SURPRISE IS TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THAT WAS THE FIRST THAT WAS THE HIGHEST RESPONSE THAT WE GOT.

FOR OUR SECOND QUESTION, AS WE LOOK TO THE YEAR 2050, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THIS TRANSPORTATION PLAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS? OF ALL THE VARIOUS ISSUES THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT CAME UP A LITTLE BIT OF SURPRISE WAS TECHNOLOGY.

SO PREPARING THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF BROWARD FOR UNFORESEEN AND SEEN TECHNOLOGY.

SO WE'LL MAKE SURE TO INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR PLAN.

SOME THINGS THAT COME UP REALLY CLOSE BEHIND ARE MAKING SURE THAT INVESTMENTS ARE SHARED EVENLY AMONG OUR COMMUNITIES AND THEN REDUCING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO OUR NEXT QUESTION WAS WHEN EVALUATING PROJECTS FOR ROUTE 2050, HOW IMPORTANT ARE THE FOLLOWING FACTORS? AND THESE FACTORS RELATE PRETTY DIRECTLY TO OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

WE WANTED TO SEE WHAT THE PULSE THERE WAS AND WE ASKED FOR OPTIONS LIKE SAFETY, MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, EQUITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

THE NUMBER ONE FACTOR THAT WAS SELECTED WAS SAFETY.

AND THEN OUR LAST QUESTION IN OUR SURVEY, WE ASKED, WITH LIMITED FUNDING AVAILABLE, HOW SHOULD THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF PROJECTS BE PRIORITIZED IN ROUTE TO 2050? A LOT OF DIFFERENT MODES HERE.

THE NUMBER ONE OPTION WAS ENHANCING AND EXPANDING THE EXISTING TRANSIT SYSTEM.

SO MAKE SURE TO PUT THAT INTO OUR PLAN.

AND SOMETHING THAT'S INTERESTING ALL THE WAY AT THE END IS WIDENING OR BUILDING NEW ROADWAYS THAT WAS THE LEAST RANKED OPTION.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON SURVEY? NO. OR WE'LL SAVE IT FOR THE END, ACTUALLY.

SO CALL FOR PROJECTS.

LAST TIME I TALKED ABOUT CALL FOR PROJECT, I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WAS SUBMITTED BY OUR LOCAL PARTNERS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND SFRTA.

I'M HERE TO COME BACK TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBER THAT WE RECEIVED NOW THAT WE'VE TALLIED UP BROWARD COUNTY AND FDOTS PROJECTS.

SO BEFORE IT WAS 202 PROJECTS, NOW WE HAVE A TOTAL COMPLETE LIST OF 323 PROJECTS, 55 OF THEM WERE SUPPLIED BY BROWARD COUNTY AND 66 OF THEM WERE SUPPLIED BY FDOT AND AGAIN FROM OUR LOCAL AGENCIES WITH 202, WE HAD 22 OF THOSE LOCAL AGENCIES WHO SUBMITTED 79 BEING THE HIGHEST NUMBER BY FORT LAUDERDALE, WITH THE AVERAGE NUMBER BEING NINE AND THEN THE MEDIAN SIX.

SO NOW WHAT I'M GOING TO DO NOW IS KIND OF ESCAPE OUT OF THIS PRESENTATION AND SHOW YOU A FUN NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE.

OKAY. SO IF YOU GO TO ROUTETO2050.ORG, THAT'S OUR MAIN WEBSITE FOR OUR 2050 MTP.

YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN ON THE LANDING PAGE UNTIL YOU GO PAST THIS WONDERFUL LITTLE IMAGE OF A BIKE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND THEN HERE YOU HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP WITH ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT.

ONE THING THAT'S NOT HERE IS BROWARD COUNTY'S PROJECTS, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON DIGITIZING THEM, BUT THEY'LL BE UP THERE VERY SOON.

BUT WHAT THIS MAP LETS YOU DO IS YOU CAN SELECT ON ANY OF THOSE LINES.

WE'LL SELECT THIS ONE UP HERE IN PARKLAND, AND THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU SOME MORE DETAILS BASED OFF OF WHAT WAS SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT.

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THOSE DIFFERENT COLORS IN THAT MAP REPRESENT, YOU CAN SCROLL OVER HERE TO THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER AND THAT'LL PROVIDE A LEGEND. SO ALL THE PROJECTS ARE DIVIDED BASED OFF OF TYPES OF WORK.

YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH.

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ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

SO LET'S GET BACK TO THE PRESENTATION.

SO THEN FINALLY, LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TIMELINE.

WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT BETWEEN JANUARY AND MAY OF THIS YEAR.

WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE MTP.

THAT'S GOING TO RUN UNTIL AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.

AFTER AUGUST UNTIL OCTOBER, WE'LL BE WORKING ON PROJECT PRIORITIZATION WITH A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN BEING DEVELOPED BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.

RESOLUTIONS WILL BE GOING OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR AND THEN TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR WE'LL BE DEVELOPING OUR FINAL DRAFT OF THE MTP.

AND THAT'S MY PRESENTATION FOR TODAY.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS OUR ANNUAL ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

[7. MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS to Serve for the Next Year (July 2023 Through June 2024): A. Chair B. Vice Chair]

NOBODY WANTS IT. OKAY.

MAQSOOD AND I ARE WILLING TO KEEP UP THE HELM IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT.

OTHERWISE, IF SOMEBODY ELSE WANTS TO VOLUNTEER.

OH, PETE SCHWARZ WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT.

SO I DO HAVE SOMETHING I WANT TO SAY.

YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BOTH OF YOU BE REAPPOINTED FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.

I THINK, THOUGH, MAYBE SOMETIME DURING THE NEXT YEAR WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE TAX BYLAWS ABOUT TERM LIMITS.

I AGREE, NO, NO. NOT THAT YOU NEED TO BE LIMITED, BUT I'VE BEEN THE CHAIR OF THIS BODY BEFORE AND I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE KIND OF MIX IT UP EVERY 3 OR 4 YEARS.

SO NOT THIS YEAR, BUT.

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.

YEAH, SO, THIS IS KIND OF LAST MINUTE BECAUSE I JUST REVIEWED THE BYLAWS, THE SO I THINK IT'S JUST A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE TAC IN THE FUTURE.

WE HAVE A YEAR TO FIGURE IT OUT.

SO WITH THAT I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO REAPPOINT KAREN WARFEL AS CHAIR AND MAQSOOD THIS YEAR AS THE VICE CHAIR.

EXCELLENT. IS THERE A SECOND? SO. REBECCA.

OKAY, GIVE IT A SEC.

I DIDN'T DO IT RIGHT BECAUSE I WAS SUPPOSED TO DO THAT.

I WAS TRYING TO CLICK IT FAST ENOUGH, AND EVERYBODY HAD VERY FAST FINGERS TO DO MOTIONS BEFORE I COULD CLICK IT.

I HAVE THE MOTION MADE BY RICHARD TORNESE AND SECONDED BY MILOS.

I'M SORRY, MILOSH.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY YOUR LAST NAME, BUT PETE ACTUALLY MADE THE MOTION, SO I'M SORRY.

PLEASE FIX THAT, PETE.

[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

ANY COMMENTS? CALL FOR A VOTE.

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT ITEM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS A PUBLIC MEETING, AND WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC MEETING FORMALLY.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) ]

AND WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DR.

CHEN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PUBLICIZE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT THE REGION EXPECT TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THOSE PROJECTS, INCLUDING INCLUDES HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, RAIL, AIR AND THE SEAPORT, AS WELL AS BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND THREE RELATED PROJECTS.

TODAY I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2024 TO 2028 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

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TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPOS PLANNING PROCESS.

BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW, THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW BROWARD MPO UPDATES, MULTI-MODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.

PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOVED TO MPO AND THEN MOVED TO FDOT DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

AT LAST MOVED TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS TO TIP THE BROWARD MPO STAFF CREATED THIS TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. BY FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, THE BROWARD MPO PREPARES TO DRIVE THE TIP, KICKS OFF OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HOSTS PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TAC CAC AND THE BOARD APPROVES THE TIP.

THE APPROVED TIP SENT TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND FDOT ON JULY 15TH.

THIS TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR.

BY FOLLOWING STATE AND THE FEDERAL LAW.

THE BROWARD MPO PUBLISHED NEW PUBLIC NOTICE ON NEWSPAPERS.

BROWARD MPO'S WEBSITES, SOCIAL MEDIA MOBILITY MONDAY AND EIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE BRIEF OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE TIP FOR THIS YEAR.

THE TIP INCLUDE 468 PROJECTS.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT IS ABOUT $6.4 BILLION DOLLARS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS FUNDING SUMMARY BY FUNDING SOURCE AND BY TRANSPORTATION MODE.

THE GRAPH ON LEFT SHOWS FUNDING BY FUNDING SOURCE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL.

YOU MAY NOTICE THE TOP FUNDING SOURCE IS THE STATE.

THE GRAPH ON RIGHT INDICATES FUNDING AMOUNT BY EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE.

THIS TIP INVITES ABOUT $209 MILLION DOLLARS OF BROWARD ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS TO SUPPORT 72 PROJECTS.

ABOUT $116 MILLION DOLLARS TO FUND 46 BIKE PED PROJECTS. LET'S TAKE A QUICK REVIEW ON MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDES HIGHLIGHTS FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS.

THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE FOUR PROJECTS ON THE MAP.

SO FOUR PROJECTS ON SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET, I-95 AND I-75. THIS LIST SHOWS OVERALL FUNDING FOR BROWARD MPO FUNDING PROGRAM.

THOSE FUNDING PROGRAM IS ADOPTED IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 MTP.

THIS SIX FUNDING PROGRAM, THE TIP INVEST ABOUT $1.4 BILLION DOLLARS TO SUPPORT 88 PROJECTS FROM SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITORS PROJECT PROGRESS.

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WHAT IS A PROJECT GRADUATED FROM THE TIP.

ALL THE FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN SECURED ON OR BEFORE 2023.

WE CALL THE PROJECT GRADUATED.

SO IN TOTAL 54 PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM THE TIP AND WORTH ABOUT $508 MILLION DOLLARS. THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMENDS MODIFYING FIVE PROJECTS, REMOVING EIGHT PROJECTS AND ADDING ONE PROJECTS FROM THE DRAFT TIP, PUBLISHED ON JUNE 7TH, 2023.

SO FOR DETAILS ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT TWO IN THE MEETING PACKAGE.

TO ACCESS THE TIP, YOU CAN GO TO THE LINK ON THE TOP, THIS ENTIRE DOCUMENT.

THIS DOCUMENT POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND IF YOU WANT TO READ A CHAPTER OR SECTION OF THE DOCUMENT, YOU CAN GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS AND CLICK THE CHAPTER AND THE SECTION YOU DESIRE TO READ.

AND ALSO YOU CAN REACH THE INTERACTIVE TIP AT THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM.

SO WITH THAT, MPO STAFF AND FDOT STAFF IS HERE TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

AND BILL HAS A COMMENT FIRST.

IF I COULD CHAIR.

SO I WANTED TO JUST SPEAK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT THE ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS, REMOVALS, ATTACHMENT THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKAGE.

AGAIN, THAT IS TO HIGHLIGHT ANY CHANGES THAT HAVE OCCURRED THROUGH CONTINUING COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES BETWEEN THE TIME THAT WE PUBLISH THE DRAFT TIP AND WHAT WE'RE BRINGING TO YOU HERE TODAY.

SO THERE'S 1 OR 2 IN HERE IN PARTICULAR I'D LIKE TO MENTION AND BRING UP FOR JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONVERSATION.

SO ON THE FIRST, LET ME START WITH A SUCCESS.

SO IN WORKING WITH BCT AS WELL AS WITH FDOT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE DOCUMENTATION NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ADD BCR SOUTH INCLUDED INTO THE TIP.

SO THAT'S LIKE A PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL MOVE FORWARD.

THE COUNTY HAS ADOPTED THEIR LOCAL FUNDING AND THE STATE HAS COMMITTED FUNDING.

AND THEN THERE'S AS AN ILLUSTRATIVE ITEM ONLY, THERE IS ALSO THE MONEY FOR A POTENTIAL SMALL START GRANT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE PURSUED.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ITEM IN THERE UNDER ADDITIONS.

WE THINK THAT'S A SUCCESS FOR THE REGION.

SO I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT.

THERE WERE TWO OTHER PROJECTS IN THERE THAT I NEED TO DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT, AND THOSE WERE TWO PROJECTS THAT WERE ON I-95.

ONE OF THEM WAS I-95 AT DAVIE AND THE OTHER IS I-95, BASICALLY THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY FROM THE MIAMI DADE LINE UP TO IT MIGHT BE GRIFFIN ROAD, ABOUT TO THE AIRPORT.

SO BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE ORIGINALLY IDENTIFIED FOR REMOVAL BASED UPON SOME RECENT CONVERSATIONS, FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE GOTTEN, SOME MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS AT BOARD MEETINGS.

BUT WE HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH OUR PARTNERS, INCLUDING FDOT ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

AND I THINK WE'VE COME TO A COMFORTABLE PLACE, A COMPROMISE ON THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

SO WE ARE GOING TO RECOMMEND TO YOU TODAY THAT YOU WOULD WHOEVER ULTIMATELY MAKES A MOTION, THAT YOUR MOTION WOULD INCLUDE ADOPTING THE TIP AS PER THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION MINUS THE REMOVAL OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS.

SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, THOSE TWO PROJECTS ARE IN THE DRAFT TIP THAT WAS PRESENTED THERE ON YOUR SHEET FOR POTENTIAL REMOVAL.

BUT WE DO ANTICIPATE NOW, BASED ON OUR AGREEMENT WITH FDOT, BRINGING A RECOMMENDATION, A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD IN ON JULY 13TH THAT THEY DO NOT REMOVE THOSE PROJECTS AND THEY KEEP THEM IN.

SO TRYING TO, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT LAST MINUTE AND WE DON'T NORMALLY LIKE TO DO THIS TO YOU.

I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO HOPEFULLY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FROM THE TAC TO THE BOARD THAT IS

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SO LET ME STOP THERE AND GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TRY TO PROVIDE CLARIFICATION IF I CAN.

SURE. AND I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE.

WE HAVE HAD SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

SO REBECCA WANTED ME TO SHARE WITH THOSE FOLKS ONLINE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO VOTE.

WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE OLD SCHOOL, ONLY RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU OPPOSE THE MOTION.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY HERE.

AND THEN IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR DR.

CHEN, BILL, FDOT ANYBODY ON THIS? CHRISTOPHER.

THANK YOU.

BILL, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP THE ADDITIONS, REMOVALS AND REVISIONS PORTION OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS CENTER TODAY.

THE FIRST I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS PROJECT 4463782.

IT'S STATE ROAD 845 POWERLINE FROM SOUTHWEST 10TH TO HILLSBOROUGH.

IT INDICATES THAT $2 MILLION DOLLARS WAS MOVED TO 2028.

WHEN WAS IT ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED? I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS THERE.

AND SO THE YEAH.

IN FACT THAT MONEY WAS SITTING IN 28 ALREADY.

THERE WERE SOME DOLLARS AHEAD OF THAT.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE WE'VE BEEN HAVING AN ONGOING CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT IN LIGHT OF SOUTHWEST 10TH.

WE DON'T WANT A CONFLICT WITH THAT.

THIS ONE PROBABLY IS GOING TO CHANGE SOME MORE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO COORDINATE FURTHER WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY.

A PORTION OF THIS POTENTIALLY SITS, YOU KNOW, NORTH OF THAT COUNTY LINE.

THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN AN ACTION YET.

SO FOR RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO PULL THE FUNDING THAT'S THERE AND LEAVE THAT 2 MILLION IN THAT OUTER YEAR.

I THINK WE'LL BE COMING BACK PROBABLY IN THE NEXT 12 MONTHS WITH AN AMENDMENT TO THAT AS WE FURTHER WORK THROUGH THE DETAILS WITH THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT ARE THERE ARE SEVERAL INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE PALM BEACH MPO.

AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT, WHAT ARE THE ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE COORDINATED WITH THOSE AGENCIES IN PALM BEACH? WELL, WE HAVE THAT PROJECT IN OUR PLAN.

I DON'T BELIEVE PALM BEACH SHOWS THAT WIDENING PROJECT IN THEIR PLANS.

SO THEY NEED TO DO AN MTP AMENDMENT.

AND THEN THERE'S GOT TO BE DISCUSSION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S COMMUNITY SUPPORT IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

IN THE PAST, THERE'S BEEN VERY STRONG OPPOSITION.

NOW IT'S MAYBE TEN PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN THAT OCCURRED.

BUT, YOU KNOW, SO THERE'S SOME ISSUES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE DISCUSSIONS WE NEED TO HAVE IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO TANGLE OUR PROJECT UP WITH PALM BEACH COUNTY, WHERE WE KNOW THERE MAY BE PUBLIC OPPOSITION, WHEREAS THE PIECE THAT WE'RE MOST FOCUSED ON IS BETWEEN SOUTHWEST 10TH AND HILLSBOROUGH, WHERE.

RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THOSE LANES, THEY ADD, THEY DROP.

IT IS A IT'S A PROBLEM.

WE'D LIKE TO CLEAN THAT UP.

AND SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE HOW THE DISCUSSIONS GO, BUT WE'LL CERTAINLY MAKE SURE THAT WE TAKE CARE OF THE BROWARD PIECE FIRST AT A MINIMUM.

I'M ACTUALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT UP SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET BECAUSE THAT IS PRIMARILY MY CONCERN IS THAT IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

SO FORGIVE ME IF MY RECOLLECTION IS INCORRECT, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE EASTBOUND LANES AND THE DESIGN PLANS FOR SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET THAT GO INTO A TWO LANE SECTION OF POWERLINE, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT WE WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THOSE THINGS COORDINATED.

AND REALLY MY BETTER QUESTION IS HOW DOES THIS LINE UP WITH LIKE THE SCHEDULE FOR SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET? RIGHT. SO FOR RIGHT NOW, I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT ANSWER BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDED FOR ANYTHING ON POWERLINE.

THE IDEA THE INTENT IS CERTAINLY NOT TO BE DOING CONSTRUCTION ON POWERLINE AT THE SAME TIME AS SOUTHWEST 10TH.

THAT'S A CONFLICT WE DON'T WANT TWO CONTRACTORS, NOT TO MENTION POWERLINE IS PART OF, I'M SURE THE TSM&O MITIGATION PLAN.

SO WHAT WE'RE LAYING OUT HERE IS A GAME PLAN THAT ALLOWS US TO COME BACK IN AT SOME POINT AFTER SOUTHWEST 10TH IS IN AND THEN MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO POWERLINE, WHICH YEAH, PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORE NECESSARY THAN EVER AFTER SOUTHWEST 10TH OPENS UP.

THAT COULD BE SOME TIME.

WELL, YOU KNOW, ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WORK ON A 7 TO 10 YEAR ACCELERATED SCHEDULE.

MY NEXT QUESTION REVOLVES AROUND PROJECT 4514071.

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OBVIOUSLY I'M LOOKING AT DEERFIELD PROJECTS TODAY.

IT IS SCHEDULED FOR $755,000 IN FY 2028 AND THAT IS BEING REMOVED UNTIL FDOT HAS SUFFICIENT FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT.

THE REASONING LISTED IN THE DOCUMENT THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE MPO DOESN'T GENERALLY FUND PROJECTS ON STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WITH ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS AND RESERVES THOSE FUNDS FOR OFF SYSTEM PROJECTS.

IS THIS A BOARD POLICY? IT IS. OKAY.

YES. THANK YOU.

DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE DRAFT TIP? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ONLINE, REBECCA? NO. OKAY.

ONE LAST CHANCE PUBLIC COMMENT.

NO SEEING NONE.

THEN I WOULD CLOSE THIS PUBLIC MEETING AND ASK FOR A MOTION ON THIS ONE.

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Complete Streets and other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Policies]

SO THAT WOULD BE WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR FM 4391711, WHICH IS THE DAVIE BOULEVARD 995 AND FM 4391701, WHICH IS 95 FROM MIAMI DADE TO THE BROWARD COUNTY LINE.

YES. YES. OKAY.

EXCELLENT. MOTION WAS MADE BY LEWIS AND SECONDED BY MAQSOOD.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THIS MOTION? SEEING NONE. I'LL CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

AND WE HAVE MS. MACNEIL HERE TO DO A PRESENTATION.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KERRIE MACNEIL AND I'M THE CSLIP MANAGER HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO.

AND COMING TO YOU TODAY WITH SOME PROPOSED CSLIP POLICY EDITS.

SO JUST A QUICK RECAP OF WHAT IS CSLIP? THIS IS THE MPOS COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR SMALL LOCAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WHICH IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION USERS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM THAT CAN FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS, OF COURSE, TRAFFIC CALMING AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ADA UPGRADES, MOBILITY HUBS, BIKE RACKS, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS SUCH AS TRANSIT, SIGNAL PRIORITY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

SO WHY UPDATE THE POLICIES? AKA WHY AM I HERE TODAY? SO EACH CYCLE STAFF SITS DOWN AND DISCUSSES ANY POTENTIAL CHANGES BASED ON LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS CYCLES OF CSLIP OR MAYBE CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT.

SO SEEING THAT THE NEXT CYCLE OF CSLIP IS STARTING THIS SUMMER, WE HAVE A FEW PROPOSED CHANGES TO OUR CSLIP POLICIES TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU, AND THOSE CHANGES WERE BROUGHT ABOUT BY EXTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, INFLATION.

ACTUALLY, MY APOLOGIES.

THE SECOND BULLET IS A TYPO.

IT SHOULD BE PROJECT DELIVERY OPTIONS SUCH AS MTECC AND THE THIRD LESSONS LEARNED.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, PROJECTS REMOVED FROM THE TIP AND POST-AWARD SCOPE CHANGES.

OKAY, SO THESE SLIDES JUST INCLUDE ANY OF THE POLICIES THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING EDITING, RECOMMENDING EDITING OR ANY NEW POLICIES.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE FULL SET OF POLICIES AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ATTACHMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, THERE'S A RED LINED VERSION OF THE POLICIES AND THEN A CLEAN VERSION.

SO THE FIRST PROPOSED CHANGE, IT RELATES TO THE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PROJECT COSTS.

SO THE CURRENT CAP FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR A CSLIP PROJECT APPLICATION IS $3 MILLION DOLLARS.

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AND AGAIN, FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ONLY.

AND THAT'S BEING BROUGHT ON BY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE INCREASES IN MATERIAL COSTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT DUE TO INFLATION.

SO POLICY CHANGE NUMBER THREE, ALSO JUST A VERY SMALL CHANGE THERE.

I KNOW IT'S A LONG POLICY, BUT IN THE SECOND LINE, JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE POLICIES ABOVE, CHANGING 3 TO 4 MILLION FOR THE CAP.

THE FOURTH CHANGE.

FOURTH, PROPOSED CHANGE IS A BIT OF CLARIFICATION, SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT ONE OUT LOUD.

ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLETENESS REVIEWS BASED ON THE APPROVED POLICIES AND REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTATION FOUND IN THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST ON THE PROGRAM'S WEBSITE. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT ADVANCE TO THE OBJECTIVE RANKING FOR MPO BOARD APPROVAL.

I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF CLARIFY WHEN SOMEONE'S LOOKING TO APPLY, WHEN THEY'RE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR APPLICATION AND THEY'RE LOOKING THROUGH THE POLICIES THAT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE FOR EACH CYCLE ARE GOING TO BE FOUND IN THAT APPLICATION CHECKLIST, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE PROGRAM WEBSITE.

SO IT'S NOTHING NEW. IT'S JUST A BIT OF CLARIFICATION.

AND THEN POLICY CHANGE NUMBER FIVE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY SOME LESSONS LEARNED RECENTLY.

SO APPLICANTS, WHAT IT SAYS IS APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE A, IT USED TO SAY ONE, BUT WE'RE PROPOSING TWO TIME POINT DEDUCTION OF 20% OFF THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE ON A FUTURE APPLICATION IF THEY DEFAULT ON ANY LAP ADMINISTERED PROJECT THROUGH CSLIP.

THE PART IN BLUE, WHICH IS THE NEW PORTION NEWLY PROPOSED IS ADDITIONALLY, APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE A ONE TIME POINT DEDUCTION OF 20% OFF THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE ON A FUTURE APPLICATION IF THEY REMOVE A CSLIP PROJECT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO A LAP AGREEMENT AND THEN EXEMPTIONS FOR PROJECTS AWARDED, TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS MAY APPLY.

OKAY, A POLICY CHANGE NUMBER SIX, ANY REQUESTS BY THE APPLICANT FOR A CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE WHICH RESULTS IN A CHANGE IN AND WHAT IT USED TO SAY IS A CHANGE IN PROJECT RANKING OR A CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OF THE PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD.

WE'RE PROPOSING CHANGING THIS TO SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE CONCRETE, WHICH IS A CHANGE IN BUDGET OF MORE THAN 30% WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE MPO BOARD.

AND OF COURSE THAT'S AFTER A PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEEN AWARDED.

AND THEN THE LAST POLICY CHANGE IS IT'S ACTUALLY A NEW PROPOSED POLICY.

AND THAT IS APPLICANTS MAY UTILIZE THE METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE OR MTECC TO DELIVER CSLIP PROJECTS THROUGH THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM OR LAP PROCESS.

SO THAT AGAIN, THAT'S JUST JUST A CLARIFICATION THAT APPLICANTS MAY UTILIZE MTECC.

AND THE LAST SLIDE HERE IS JUST A ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE UPCOMING CYCLE 8 IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES.

SO WE ARE CURRENTLY SCHEDULING PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS FOR THE SUMMER.

THE TIME BLOCKED OFF IS JULY 10TH TO JULY 25TH AND WE ALREADY HAVE, AS OF TODAY, 25 LOCAL AGENCIES SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH US TO DISCUSS THEIR APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN THE ANNUAL APPLICATION WORKSHOP IS ANTICIPATED TO BE ON JULY 26TH, I BELIEVE THE TAC MEETING FOR JULY WAS CANCELED, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.

SO THAT WOULD BE. YEP. OKAY.

SO THAT THAT WOULD OCCUR AT THE SAME TIME AS THE TAC MEETING WOULD HAVE BEEN AND THAT WOULD BE CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY.

AND THEN LASTLY, APPLICATION DEADLINE.

AS YOU'LL NOTICE, IT'S A LITTLE EARLIER THIS YEAR, SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2023, BUT STILL WOULD HAVE THAT SIX WEEKS THAT THE PORTAL, THE APPLICATION PORTAL WOULD BE OPEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE POLICIES.

SO THAT'S IT.

I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLICY CHANGES IF YOU HAVE ANY.

OKAY. IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS FOR KERRIE? MAQSOOD. THANKS, KERRIE.

THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

POLICY NUMBER FIVE.

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE REASON BEHIND IT TO TRIGGER FROM 1 TO 2 THE DEDUCTION OF 20% POINT? IS THERE ANY HISTORY BEHIND IT OR IS THERE ANY FINDING THAT IS TRIGGERING THIS CHANGE? THOUGH I LIKE NUMBER SIX, DEFINITELY, YES.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT.

SURE. YES.

BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.

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AND THEN THERE'S THE PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN WHEN IT'S BEEN PROGRAMED WITH THE TIP AND THEN IT ENTERS INTO A LAP AGREEMENT AND FOR DESIGN AND MOVING FORWARD.

SO THE EXISTING POLICY ADDRESSED JUST DEFAULTING ON A LAP ADMINISTERED PROJECT.

RIGHT. AND THERE WAS A, YOU KNOW, A PENALTY FOR THAT, BUT THERE WASN'T A PENALTY FOR PULLING A PROJECT AFTER IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMED IN THE TIP.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL YEARS BETWEEN WHEN IT'S PROGRAMED IN THE TIP AND WHEN YOU ENTER INTO A LAP AGREEMENT.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO ADD SOME JUST SOME SORT OF CONSEQUENCE FOR PULLING A PROJECT THAT'S ALREADY BEEN PROGRAMED.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SINCE THAT'S EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS, HAVE A ONE TIME PENALTY FOR THAT AND THEN JUST MADE THE LIKE THE PENALTY A LITTLE BIT MORE ADVANCED WITH THE TWO TIME POINT DEDUCTION FOR A PROJECT THAT HAD ALREADY ENTERED A LAP AGREEMENT.

SO IT'S LIKE A TWO DIFFERENT CREATING LIKE TWO DIFFERENT STAGES AS THE PROJECT MOVES ALONG.

I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES THAT.

BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, FURTHER CONVERSATION.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU ARE CHANGING FROM 1 TO 2 IF YOU KEEP IT ONE TIME, SAY 20% DEDUCTION, THAT IS ALSO A PENALTY.

NOW, WHY YOU'RE MAKING IT DOUBLE FOLD, WHY YOU ARE MAKING IT FROM 1 TO 2.

DO YOU HAVE A HISTORY ON THAT, THAT YOU HAVE A LOT OF DEFAULTERS THAT YOU THINK THAT IT SHOULD BE MORE STRINGENT SO THAT EVERYBODY IS SCARED THEY DON'T DO IT? LIKE, I WANT TO KNOW WHY? IT IS YOUR WISH.

OKAY, LET ME MAKE IT TWO.

OR IS THERE ANY REALLY RATIONALE BEHIND IT THAT IS FORCING YOU TO TAKE THIS STEP? OKAY, UNDERSTOOD.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF PROJECTS THIS YEAR THAT WERE THAT THE CITIES DECIDED TO PULL THEM FROM THE TIP.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE JUST DISSUADE CITIES FROM DOING THAT OR TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUSLY WHEN THEY SUBMIT AN APPLICATION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, JUST COMMITTING TO IT AND SEEING IT THROUGH.

AND SO SINCE THE ORIGINAL POINT DEDUCTION FOR DEFAULTING ON A LAP PROJECT WAS ONE, WE BUMPED THAT UP TO TWO AND THEN MADE A POLICY FOR A PROJECT THAT HAD BEEN JUST PROGRAMED IN THE TIP AND MADE THAT A ONE TIME POINT DEDUCTION.

SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO CREATE SOME LIKE A TIER.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I'M EXPLAINING MYSELF PROPERLY.

YEAH, I STILL I'M NOT GETTING WHY? WHY NOT THREE WHY TWO WHY THE NUMBER IS TWO? [LAUGHTER] I.

GO AHEAD, BILL. LET ME TAKE A CRACK AT THIS.

SO YOU KNOW, IN WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCY FDOT, WHO MANAGES THE LAP PROGRAM, IT'S HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE.

YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, YOU COMPETE FOR A PROJECT.

YOU SAY YOU WANT IT, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE TAKEN UP A SPACE NOW ON OUR CONVEYOR BELT, AND THAT'S A SPACE THAT IS RESERVED FOR YOU, FOR YOUR CITY, FOR YOUR PROJECT.

AND WHEN YOU JUMP OUT OF THAT, IT HAS A LOT OF IMPACTS.

IT IMPACTS THE MPO, IT IMPACTS THE OTHER MEMBER GOVERNMENTS, IT IMPACTS FDOT AND THEIR PROCESS.

IT'S NOT A GOOD THING AND IT'S DISRUPTIVE TO THE ENTIRE SYSTEM THAT THAT CONVEYOR BELT.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD CITIES THAT HAVE FALLEN OUT AND IT HAS BEEN HIGHLY DISRUPTIVE.

SO, YOU KNOW, YEAH, WE'RE TRYING TO WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SO THAT YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A PERMANENT BAN WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.

YOU KNOW, NOTHING QUITE SO DRACONIAN, BUT TRYING TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE.

AND OF COURSE WE, YOU KNOW, KERRIE WE'D ALL LOVE TO GET YOUR FEEDBACK, YOU KNOW, IF YOU THINK THAT THERE'S A MORE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM OR NUMBER OF POINTS, THAT'S THE KIND OF FEEDBACK WE WOULD CERTAINLY WELCOME HEARING.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL.

HOW DO I. OH, THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. YOU SHOULD BE GOOD NOW. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO THE CYCLE EIGHT APPLICATIONS THAT WERE IN THERE WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING THAT'S BEEN THE CEILING THAT'S BEEN BEEN LIFTED, RIGHT? SO WHETHER THEIR PROJECT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THAT OR WITHIN THAT BUBBLE, THAT THAT THOSE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED? JUST TO CLARIFY THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? IF THE BOARD PASSES THESE PROPOSED CHANGES ON JULY 13TH, I BELIEVE IT IS, THEN IT WOULD APPLY TO THIS UPCOMING CYCLE 8.

SO ANY APPLICATIONS RECEIVED BY THE DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 8TH, THEY WOULD THESE POLICY CHANGES WOULD APPLY TO THEM.

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YEAH. OKAY.

AND REGARDING THE USE FOR MTECC, SOME LOCAL AGENCIES, COCONUT CREEK INCLUDED, WHAT WOULD LIKE TO OBVIOUSLY USE THOSE RESOURCES.

BUT OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH DOT, THEY'VE INDICATED THAT REGARDLESS IF YOU USE MTECC THAT THE LOCAL AGENCY STILL REQUIRED TO BE LAP CERTIFIED.

CAN YOU GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT? IS THAT THE EXISTING POLICY THAT THAT WOULD BE FORTHCOMING AS PART OF THESE REVISIONS INCORPORATING MTECC INTO THAT AVAILABILITY THAT, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE LAP CERTIFICATION PROCESS, WHICH IS NOT A SIMPLE STEP AND THEN THE MTECC SCENARIO.

SO I JUST WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE ON MAYBE DEFINING THAT.

I'LL LET BILL CROSS ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

IF I COULD, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

SO I THINK WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BRING OUR INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FROM MTECC TO A FUTURE TAC AND CAC. AND WE'RE TENTATIVELY ON THE CALENDAR FOR AUGUST TO WALK THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

SO IF YOU DON'T MIND ME BEING A LITTLE EVASIVE ON THAT QUESTION AND MAKING YOU WAIT FOR THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO COME AND RESPOND. HE HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT'S BEEN WORKING MOST DIRECTLY WITH DOT ON SOME OF THOSE FINER POINTS.

AND I'M NOT CERTAIN I'VE GOT THE LATEST AND GREATEST BEST INFORMATION FOR YOU.

SO RATHER THAN MISSPEAK, I WOULD ASK THAT.

AND IN FACT, IN YOUR CASE, I WILL ASK THAT QUESTION.

AND IF I GET A RESPONSE, THEN IF I COULD, I YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUSH THAT BACK OUT THROUGH THE THE COMMITTEE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL AUGUST.

YEAH. SO IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE THIS POLICY IS ADOPTED? IF IT WERE TO BE ADOPTED.

I MEAN, THERE'S LANGUAGE IN HERE THAT REFERS TO MTECC AND THOSE SERVICES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOCAL AGENCIES TO START TO BEGIN TO PARTICIPATE WITH MTECC.

AND SO IT WOULD SEEM TO ME IF THE SOONER WE COULD GET MAYBE SOME OF THAT CLARIFICATION.

IF, POSSIBLE, IT MAY GUIDE HOW THIS POLICY WOULD MOVE FORWARD.

MAYBE WE COULD STRENGTHEN SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE POLICY TO KIND OF IDENTIFY THAT WE'RE MAKING THESE REVISIONS.

SO IT MIGHT BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

AND THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.

SO. OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WILL ATTEMPT TO GET A RESPONSE AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK AND WE'LL SHARE IT BACK OUT WITH EVERYONE.

AND IT MAY BE JUST THAT, TO MICHAEL'S POINT, YOU ELIMINATE THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS OUT OF THE LANGUAGE.

SO YOU SAY CITIES CAN USE MTECC.

BUT IF WE DON'T KNOW IF MTECC IS GOING TO BE THE LAP AUTHORIZED PERSON OR THE CITY IS IT KIND OF ELIMINATES THAT.

WELL, OKAY.

SO WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT IF YOU ARE IF YOU'RE A FEDERALLY FUNDED OFF SYSTEM PROJECT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE GOING THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY 100% ABLE TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT THROUGH MTECC.

YES, YOU CAN DO THAT.

NOW, EXACTLY WHAT THAT AGREEMENT IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, YOU ASKED A VERY SPECIFIC QUESTION, NOT THE ONE THAT YOU'RE NOW KIND OF REFERRING TO, WHICH IS A MORE GENERAL, CAN MTECC BE UTILIZED? YES, MTECC CAN BE UTILIZED FOR LAP PROJECTS.

SO EVERY SINGLE CSLIP PROJECT THAT COMES IN FRONT OF HERE, ABSOLUTELY MTECC CAN BE UTILIZED.

EXACTLY WHAT THAT LANDSCAPE LOOKS LIKE AND THE DETAILS OF THE SPECIFIC AGREEMENTS THAT THE CITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ENTER.

THE CITIES ARE STILL GOING TO RETAIN SIGNIFICANT RESPONSIBILITY FOR COST OVERRUNS, ETCETERA.

AND AT THIS POINT, MTECC IS NOT LAP CERTIFIED.

SO THERE'S YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING OFF THE GROUND.

WE'RE JUST STARTING HERE JULY 1ST, MORE OR LESS.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING THIS.

SO THAT'S WHY NOT EVERY QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED, NOR WILL IT BE ANSWERED IN THE NEXT WEEK.

BUT I WILL GET YOU AN UPDATE ON EXACTLY WHERE WE ARE.

I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU WHO ARE THINKING ABOUT DELIVERING OR PURSUING THESE PROJECTS TO CONSIDER MTECC FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PROJECT.

YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT ORGANIZATION IS SITTING THERE FOR.

AND I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION OF SO THEN IF FOR SOME REASON LAP IS DEFAULTED THROUGH MTECC, WHO

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THAT IS, YEAH, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE PUNISHING MTECC.

THESE ARE CITY PROJECTS SO THE CITY ULTIMATELY IS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE PROJECT, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE.

SO IF MTECC DEFAULTS FOR SOME REASON SOMETHING GOES WRONG WITH MTECC, THEN THE CITY WOULD SUFFER THOSE CONSEQUENCES.

JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. YOU DON'T NEED TO ANSWER.

JUST CURIOUS. MICHAEL, DO YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP? YES. THANK YOU AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR.

SO THE ROOM I SAT IN WAS AT DISTRICT FOUR AND THE PROJECT MANAGER, DISTRICT FOUR'S ATTORNEYS, THAT ENTIRE GROUP, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT SAID THE LOCAL AGENCY NEEDS TO BE LAP CERTIFIED.

SO YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH MTECC ARE CERTAINLY WELCOME AND WARRANTED.

BUT THE TOP DOWN EFFECT SEEMED TO BE COMING FROM THE OFFICES OF DISTRICT FOUR.

UNDERSTOOD. AND I WILL SAY THAT WE HAVE WE'RE ALSO MADE AWARE OF SOME STATEMENTS THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MADE BY DISTRICT FOUR STAFF THAT ARE NO LONGER, IN FACT, THE POLICY OF THE DISTRICT.

WE HAD JERRY O'REILLY OVER AT OUR LAST MTECC BOARD MEETING TO CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE THINGS AND INCLUDED THE STAFF THAT HAD SOME OF THE STAFF THAT I UNDERSTOOD MAY HAVE MADE THOSE STATEMENTS.

SO I THINK WE'RE ON A GOOD PATH WITH THAT ORGANIZATION.

IT'S BRAND NEW.

IT'S STANDING UP.

IT'S SOMETHING NEW THAT DOT HASN'T DEALT WITH BEFORE.

OBVIOUSLY, THE ORGANIZATION IS NEW.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE ISSUES AS BEST WE CAN.

AND I THINK WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS.

AND THAT'S WHY I'M REALLY EXCITED TO INVITE THAT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BACK HERE IN AUGUST TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE.

AND I'D ALSO, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALWAYS ALL WELCOME ON BOARD DAY, OUR MPO BOARD DAY AT 9 A.M.

NOW MTECC MEETS HERE ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GLASS THERE IN OUR EXECUTIVE CONFERENCE ROOM.

IF YOU THINK YOU OR YOUR CITY MIGHT BE INTERESTED, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME AND, YOU KNOW, HEAR WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SEE THE GOOD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE THERE.

THANK YOU. YEAH, SURE.

THANK YOU BOTH. MILOS.

RIGHT. WHAT? IT JUST, LIKE, WENT AWAY.

YES. OKAY.

IT APPEARS THE MIC IS ON NOW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.

SO I THINK MADAM CHAIR HAD A GREAT POINT ABOUT DEFAULT AND IN CASE MTECC DEFAULTS, WHETHER THAT SHOULD BE THEN PASSED DOWN TO THE CITY.

I THINK IT SHOULD REALLY, IN CASE IT WAS SOMETHING TO THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF THE CONTROL OF MUNICIPALITY, THAT SHOULD BE FURTHER LOOKED AT. THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND NUMBER TWO, THE POLICY NUMBER FIVE ENDS WITH THE NARRATIVE HERE THAT CALLS FOR EXEMPTIONS FOR PROJECTS AWARDED.

TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS MAY APPLY.

I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT THERE IS A LITTLE MORE DETAIL ADDED THERE.

SO THERE IS NO NOTHING IS LEFT TO INTERPRETATION IN TERMS OF WHAT AND WHEN MIGHT BE EXEMPT.

THANK YOU.

MAQSOOD. YEAH.

I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE DEADLINE.

I KNOW NORMALLY IT IS IN THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.

THEN IT WAS OCTOBER LAST YEAR.

THIS YEAR I SEE SEPTEMBER 8TH.

THAT IS PRACTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR US IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

OUR COMMISSIONERS ARE ON VACATION AND WE HAVE MEETING WITH YOU IN JULY.

SO I CANNOT HAVE ANY RESOLUTION IN THE MONTH OF JULY AND WE CANNOT GET ANYTHING IN AUGUST OR IN SEPTEMBER 8TH.

THERE WILL BE NO COMMISSION MEETING BEFORE EIGHT.

SO BASICALLY, WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU ANY RESOLUTION.

SO THAT DEADLINE WILL NOT WORK WITH OUR CITY.

IT HAS TO BE MINIMUM END OF SEPTEMBER AT LEAST, SO THAT I CAN GET THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

AND I WILL AGREE AND I MENTIONED THIS LAST TIME WHEN WE WENT TO OCTOBER AS WELL, THAT IT'S VERY CHALLENGING EVEN TO GET TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OVER THE SUMMER.

EVERYBODY'S AWAY. PEOPLE AREN'T MEETING SUMMER BREAK AND WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH WHERE WE DO HAVE A MEETING BEFORE SEPTEMBER 8TH ON SEPTEMBER 5TH.

SO IT'LL BE A QUICK TURNAROUND, BUT IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO HAVE THE BRUNT OF THE WORK OVER SUMMER WHEN NOBODY'S AROUND.

BUT I BELIEVE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO.

THERE'S A REASON, RIGHT, WITH THE PROGRAMING AND IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THAT ON WHY YOU'VE SHIFTED IT TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE WORK PROGRAM.

AND THAT'S RIGHT.

SO THE REASON WHY WE'RE SHIFTING THE DEADLINE EARLIER, EVEN AGAIN THIS YEAR, IS TO MEET THE INTERNAL DEADLINE TO GET THE PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS OR THE PRIORITIZE LIST OF PROJECTS ONCE THEY'RE RANKED AFTER THE TOOL IS RUN, APPLICATIONS ARE

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YEAH. SO. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN ABOUT THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT NEEDING TO GET A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT IN SEPTEMBER EVEN, OR IN AUGUST OR OVER THE SUMMER, EVEN EARLIER THIS YEAR.

I THINK THAT WE COULD WORK WITH STAFF TO SEE IF A RESOLUTION IS PLACED ON AN AGENDA, AN UPCOMING AGENDA FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER THAT WE WOULD ALLOW YOU TO STILL SUBMIT , BUT THAT I THINK THAT, IF THE SCHEDULE IS MOVED CLOSER TO OCTOBER, THEN I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT WE WOULD MEET THAT INTERNAL DEADLINE FOR THE NOVEMBER TAC AND CAC, AND THEN THE DECEMBER BOARD MEETING.

AT LEAST YOU CAN MOVE TO THE END OF SEPTEMBER SO THAT WE CAN GET THE FIRST MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THE WAY IT IS, I'M NOT GETTING ANY COMMISSION MEETING TO GET THE RESOLUTION.

I'M ABSOLUTELY OUT.

BUT WE HAVE TO DO THE WORKSHOP PRESENTATION FIRST BEFORE I PLACE THE AGENDA FOR COMMISSION APPROVAL.

SO BASICALLY, I CANNOT PLACE IN THE JULY 1ST MEETING DEADLINE OVER IN THE SECOND ONE, I CAN PLACE FOR THE WORKSHOP, BUT NOT FOR THE RESOLUTION. SO BASICALLY THEN IN SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER 8TH MEANS I CANNOT SUBMIT.

I THINK IT WILL HAPPEN WITH OTHER CITIES, TOO.

I BELIEVE IT WILL BE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH LOCAL AGENCIES, SO I WOULD REQUEST TO MAKE IT AT LEAST END OF SEPTEMBER SO THAT IT DOES ALLOW US TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER PER THE RESOLUTION TO GET FROM THE COMMISSION.

CHRISTOPHER.

I WOULD PIGGYBACK ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT TIMING OF LOCAL SUPPORT RESOLUTIONS.

SEPTEMBER IS BUDGET TIME AND YOU MAY HAVE ONE MEETING THAT YOU CAN HIT BEFORE YOU GO INTO A SECOND MEETING FOR BUDGET TIME.

AND NOTHING, AT LEAST IN MY CITY BESIDES THE BUDGET IS DISCUSSED AT THOSE MEETINGS.

SO I THINK THAT COMPOUNDS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT WE MIGHT HAVE IN SUBMITTING THESE PROJECTS FOR CONSIDERATION.

I WANT TO TALK ABOUT NUMBERS JUST A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF THE HISTORY OF THIS PROGRAM AND SEE WHERE WE ARE.

WE'RE GOING INTO CYCLE SIX I'M SORRY, CYCLE EIGHT, AND SO THAT GIVES US SEVEN YEARS OF HISTORY.

I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE POLICY CHANGE NUMBER TWO, I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND RAISING THE CAP DUE TO INFLATIONARY COSTS, BUT I THINK I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFICULTY WITH THE LOWER END OF THE SPECTRUM HERE.

SO MY QUESTION IS, THROUGHOUT OUR PAST SEVEN YEARS, WHAT SORT OF NUMBER OF PROJECTS HAVE WE HAD SUBMITTED RANKED AND GOTTEN INTO SOME SORT OF QUEUE ON THIS THAT FELL BETWEEN $500,000 AND $1 MILLION DOLLARS? I WOULD HAVE TO PULL THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU AND GET BACK TO YOU.

I DON'T HAVE THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT WE DO RECEIVE AND RANK PROJECTS THAT ARE LESS THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS THAT I CAN TELL YOU THAT FOR SURE, BUT AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL NUMBERS AND THE AMOUNTS THAT WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU, DID WE HAVE ANY PROJECTS UNDER $1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE LAST CYCLE THAT WERE SUBMITTED? I BELIEVE SO, YES.

SO WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED BY CITIES WITH THIS UPPER OR THIS LOWER LIMIT AND RAISING IT.

THAT IS CORRECT. IF A CITY CAME WITH A PROJECT THAT WAS LESS THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS AND WE MET WITH THEM AT A PRE-APPLICATION MEETING AND THIS POLICY WOULD PASS, IT PASSED, THEN WE WOULD LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT.

A PROJECT UNDER A MILLION WOULD NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CSLIP.

OKAY. MOVING ON TO, I THINK THE, I THINK IT WAS NUMBER FIVE WHERE WE HAVE THE PENALTY FOR DEFAULTING ON PROJECTS.

CAN YOU GIVE ME AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE AND NOT NAMING NAMES OR POINTING FINGERS AT ANYBODY, BUT LIKE, HOW MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE WE HAD OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN REMOVED OUT OF THE SYSTEM AT SOME POINT TO WARRANT THIS CHANGE? SO THIS YEAR, 2023, 2022, END OF 2022 TO 2023, I HAVE RECEIVED TWO REQUESTS FROM TWO SEPARATE MUNICIPALITIES

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I'M NOT.

I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY THOSE ARE THE ONLY ONES.

I HAVEN'T BEEN HERE SINCE CYCLE ONE OF CSLIP.

BUT I DON'T BELIEVE TO MY KNOWLEDGE THAT THAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE.

AND IF I COULD CHAIR.

SO TO EXPAND A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDING AVAILABLE BY BOARD POLICY TO ONLY FUND ABOUT TWO CSLIP PROJECTS A YEAR.

AND IF WE HAVE TWO DROPPING OUT A YEAR, THAT TELLS YOU THE ORDER OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM.

IT USED TO BE A LITTLE BIT.

IT WAS DISRUPTIVE IN PARTICULAR TO DOT WHEN THEY WERE HANDLING THE PROJECTS, BUT NOW IT'S GOING THROUGH LAP.

IT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF COMPLEXITY.

THIS IS A REALLY BAD THING WHEN CITIES, YOU KNOW, THEY GO THROUGH THE EFFORT, THEY PUT US THROUGH THE EFFORT OF REVIEWING, COMPETING, AND THEN THEY WALK OUT ON THE PROJECT. SO WE DO WANT TO WE WANT TO COME DOWN ON THAT.

WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME FORWARD WITH SERIOUS PROJECTS AND DELIVER ON WHAT THEY'RE COMMITTING TO AND RECOGNIZE.

WE ARE NOT SURE AND I WOULD LOVE AGAIN TO HEAR A BETTER WAY FOR US TO PREVENT THIS TYPE OF THING FROM HAPPENING.

IF YOU HAVE IDEAS, THIS WAS THE IDEA THAT WE HAD ON HOW DO WE DEAL WITH, YOU KNOW, MAKING IT DIFFICULT ON A CITY TO MAKE THAT DECISION TO WALK AWAY? THAT ONE CAVEAT IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE SINCE OUR 2045 PLAN, WE HAVE BEEN TELLING CITIES, PURSUE ALL YOUR AVENUES.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PROJECT AND YOU WANT TO PURSUE SURTAX AND YOU WANT TO PURSUE CSLIP, THAT'S FINE.

AND WE HAVE SOME CSLIP PROJECTS WHERE WITH COST INCREASES AND ALL THE REST, IT'S WORKED OUT WELL BECAUSE THE COUNTY WITH THEIR SURTAX HAS COME IN AND TAKEN OVER A PART OF IT.

AND THEN WITH THE BALANCE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO AND WE GET THE COMPLETE PROJECT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE WANT TO DELIVER THE PROJECT.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT REALLY THIS IS ABOUT.

I ALSO CAN I FOLLOW UP JUST BEFORE YOU MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE IN TERMS OF THAT, THEN WHY IS IT JUST SURTAX? IF WE WERE TO GET A DIFFERENT GRANT OR THE CITY WERE TO DECIDE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE JUST GOING TO DO IT NOW, THAT WOULD BE PENALIZED, BUT NOT IF IT WAS THROUGH SURTAX.

IT'S STILL HAVING THE SAME CONSEQUENCE OF COMING OUT OF THE TIP.

THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT WE'VE BEEN GUIDING FOLKS SINCE 2045 WHEN THE SURTAX WAS FIRST INITIATED AND THERE WAS A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY.

IT WASN'T REALLY CLEAR, YOU KNOW, HOW THAT WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT.

AND SO WE DIDN'T WANT ANYBODY TO BE PENALIZED BY PUTTING ALL THEIR EGGS IN EITHER THE SURTAX OR IN THE MPO FUNDING FEDERAL FUNDING PROCESS.

SO WE ENCOURAGED EVERYONE APPLY ON BOTH TRACKS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'VE CALLED THAT OUT UNIQUELY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GIVING PEOPLE THAT GUIDANCE TO FOLLOW THAT PATH.

NOW THE SECOND PART OF YOUR QUESTION RELATES BACK TO THE FIRST PART OF CHRIS'S, WHICH IS THE ORDER OF MAGNITUDE, THE MINIMUM.

OKAY? EXPANDING FEDERAL FUNDS, ANYTHING LESS THAN $1 MILLION DOLLARS IS SIMPLY NOT EFFICIENT.

IT'S SIMPLY NOT A $500,000 PROJECT.

CITIES JUST NEED TO DO THAT.

THEY NEED TO PUT THAT IN THEIR BUDGET AND THEY NEED TO DO IT.

IT WILL FREE YOU FROM ALL THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DID AS PART OF MTECC FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO WERE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT SETTING THAT ORGANIZATION UP IS WE DID A LITTLE RESEARCH.

IT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS OUT OF DATE NOW IT'S PROBABLY ONLY GROWN.

IT COSTS THE CITY AT LEAST $100,000 TO GO THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS AND DELIVER ONE OF THESE PROJECTS.

THAT'S YOUR OUT-OF-POCKET NON REIMBURSABLE COSTS FOR DOING.

SO WHY WOULD YOU APPLY FOR A $500,000 PROJECT AND TAKE A 20% PENALTY ON WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO COME OUT OF POCKET? WE JUST DON'T THINK IT MAKES SENSE.

YES, WE KNOW IT ELIMINATES SOME PROJECTS, BUT I THINK ON THE WHOLE THAT IS STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THAT IT'S TIME, ESPECIALLY WITH INFLATION, THE COST OF DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS, THAT $1 MILLION DOLLARS IS REALLY IN THE OVERALL SCHEME OF THINGS PROBABLY BELOW KERRIE KNOWS IT'S BELOW MY RECOMMENDATION FOR WHERE WE SHOULD REASONABLY BE BECAUSE OF ALL THE OVERHEAD COSTS ASSOCIATED.

MR. CROSS, MY POINT BEING IS THAT YOU MAY ELIMINATE SOME OF OUR MEMBER COMMUNITIES FROM APPLYING FROM THOSE FUNDS OUTRIGHT AT THAT THRESHOLD, BUT TO CONTINUE ON WITH MY LINE OF THOUGHT WITH THE PENALTY.

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT A CARROT? YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A BIG STICK HERE, YOU KNOW, TWO YEAR PENALTY.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS TIMELY, NOT GOOFING UP THE SYSTEM WITH FDOT AND WHAT HAVE YOU.

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WE JUST HAD OUR FIRST CSLIP PROJECTS FROM CYCLE ONE COMPLETED THIS YEAR, I BELIEVE.

SO WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE PROJECTS BEING GETTING THROUGH CONSTRUCTION.

SO IT COULD BE ABOUT TIME THAT WE, YOU KNOW, START SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.

WELL, A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE BEEN DELIVERED THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS.

THAT IS TRUE. THAT'S A FAIRLY RECENT POLICY CHANGE, IF I RECALL CORRECTLY.

CORRECT. YEAH.

YEAH. SO WE REALLY HAVE REALLY NO HISTORY ON MAYBE A YEAR OR TWO OF WHERE WE WERE REALLY DEALING WITH THESE LAP ADMINISTERED PROJECTS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

THE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE TO LAP WAS BASICALLY IMPLEMENTED IN FISCAL 24 FUNDED PROJECTS.

SO THAT'S LIKE RIGHT NOW.

AND THAT GENERALLY IS FIRST PHASE OF DESIGN.

SO IT WILL PROBABLY BE SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE WE REALLY HAVE A PROJECT DELIVERY THROUGH THE LAP PROCESS.

AND I'M SORRY, I JUST I HAVE ONE I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THIS COMMITTEE HAS SEEN THIS.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE APPLIED TO THE NEXT CSLIP CYCLE? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. I'M JUST GOING TO EXPRESS MY OWN DOUBTS ABOUT WHETHER I'M COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THIS TO THE BOARD.

THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED TODAY, AND I'M SURE THERE'S A FEW MORE FROM AS I'M LOOKING AT THE SPEAKER QUEUE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF I'M COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING THIS FOR CSLIP EIGHT, MAYBE SOMETIME MID-YEAR TO APPLY TO THE NEXT CYCLE AND NINE.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAHER.

YEAH. I JUST WANT TO REPEAT WHAT MAQSOOD SAID.

IT'S VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE.

ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR US TO MEET THE DEADLINE OF SEPTEMBER 8TH.

WE CAN'T MAKE THAT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

MILOS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO IN TERMS OF THE LIMITS RELATED TO POLICY NUMBER ONE AND TWO.

SO THE MINIMUM HAS MOVED FROM $500,000 TO A $1 MILLION DOLLARS AND THE MAXIMUM HAS MOVED FROM 3 TO 4.

THE MINIMUM IS ABOUT DOUBLING OR INCREASING BY 100%.

THE SECOND ONE IS INCREASING BY ABOUT 30%.

SO IF I DON'T KNOW HOW EVERYONE ELSE FEELS, BUT IF WE WOULD BE ELIMINATING SOME OF THE PROJECTS BECAUSE OF THE MINIMUM INCREASE FROM 500 TO 1 MILLION, MAYBE 750 WOULD BE A SWEET SPOT? NOW, I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW BILL HAS PROVIDED SOME FEEDBACK IN TERMS OF WHAT THAT TIPPING POINT IS, IN TERMS OF WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND WHAT DOESN'T.

BUT WE ALL KNOW THAT LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ALSO HAVE SOME FUNDING CHALLENGES.

SO I THINK THAT $250,000 COULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO SEEING NONE.

I AGREE WITH ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE SAID, THE CONCERNS WITH A LOT OF THE PROPOSALS.

I'M ALSO NOT COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING WITH ALL THE OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS THAT EVERYBODY HAS HAD TO MAKE THESE CHANGES AT THE LAST MINUTE BEFORE A NEW CYCLE WITHOUT HAVING TIME TO KIND OF GET INFORMATION BACK.

SO I GUESS I WOULD ASK BILL, TECHNICALITY WITH THE, YOU KNOW, THE MOTIONS IN THE AGENDA, WE MOVE FORWARD ON VOTING THAT ONE. RIGHT.

I NEED TO DO THAT. OR CAN SOMEBODY MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION? BECAUSE YOU KIND OF PRE CAN US ON ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE EVERYTHING.

CORRECT. SO IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION? IT CAN ALWAYS BE ACCEPTED FROM THE FLOOR.

SO IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO MODIFY SOME OF THIS AND MOVE FORWARD, THAT'S FINE.

IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, CHAIR AT YOUR PLEASURE.

OKAY. SO DOES ANYONE HAVE A RECOMMENDED MOTION ON THIS ITEM, EITHER ALTERNATIVE MOTION OR THE FIRST ONE? MAQSOOD, ARE YOU.

YEAH. I HAVE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN HEAR ME.

SURE. SARAH. HI.

SO I HAD THE SAME CONCERNS EVERYBODY HAS VOICED, EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T BEEN THROUGH THE PROCESS.

BUT JUST LOOKING AT OUR SCHEDULES, IT JUST SEEMS REALLY TIGHT.

AND WHAT I'M THINKING IS THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE FRONT END.

IF INTERVIEWS, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE THAT PROCESS INITIALLY CAN BE STARTED SOONER, IT WOULD GIVE EVERYBODY A LITTLE MORE TIME.

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SO MY MOTION WOULD BE TO WORKSHOP THIS WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WHO ARE INTERESTED OR WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CSLIP IN THE PAST TO HAVE A BETTER DISCUSSION OF THE PROPOSALS AND THE ISSUES AND TABLE THIS UNTIL THAT WORKSHOP HAS BEEN HELD AND BROUGHT BACK TO THE TAC.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

DID YOU WANT TO? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT FOR THE NEXT MEETING AS WE HAVE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE DEADLINE IS NOT GOING TO WORK WITH MOST OF THE CITIES.

SO YOU CAN COME BACK WITH A REASONABLE DATE.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO IMPOSE ANY DATE ONTO YOU.

YOU CAN WORK ON THAT.

AND AS YOU KNOW, THAT FIRST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER IS NOT GOING TO WORK WITH ANY OF THE CITIES, PER MY KNOWLEDGE.

SO YOU CAN TAKE IT BACK AND COME BACK TO THE NEXT MEETING WITH A REASONABLE, ACCEPTABLE DATE.

AND YOU ALREADY HAVE THE COMMENTS MAYBE DURING THE MEETING, 1 TO 1 MEETING, YOU ARE GOING TO GET MORE COMMENTS FROM OTHERS AND THAT WILL HELP US TO FIGURE OUT THE EXACT ACCEPTABLE DATE TO ALL THE CITIES.

OKAY. GO AHEAD. IF I COULD CHAIR SO THE WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IS AN ACTION ITEM IS A SERIES OF POLICY CHANGES.

IT'S NOT THAT DATE THAT DATE WAS JUST SHARED AS PART OF THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT'S UPCOMING.

SO I THINK WE'VE HEARD YOU AND WE CAN WORK ON THAT DATE.

IT MAY REDUCE SOME OF THE TIME THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR CORRECTIONS.

YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT WE HAVE A DEADLINE AS WELL.

SO IF WE GIVE YOU MORE ON THE FRONT END, THEN THAT MEANS LESS TIME FOR THE CITIES TO BE MAKING CORRECTIONS.

SO THERE'S A BALANCE.

AND AGAIN, I THINK WE HEAR YOU ON THE DATE.

WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO UPDATE AND AFFECT THAT.

IT MAKES NO SENSE TO DO THIS IF WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'LL WORK WITH YOU ON THAT.

THAT BEING SAID, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY ARE A SERIES OF POLICY CHANGES AND NOT A DATE.

SO IF YOU'D LIKE TO TAKE AN ACTION ON THESE POLICIES, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

I THINK I HEARD LIKE A 750 INSTEAD OF A MILLION.

THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO US TO GET THAT DIRECTION BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER TAC MEETING UNTIL AUGUST.

SO DEFERRING THESE, YOU KNOW, CREATES A PROBLEM.

YES, I AGREE WITH YOU.

IF THIS RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT DEADLINE, THEN I'M OKAY BECAUSE DEFINITELY I WOULD NOT VOTE FOR IT WITH THAT DATE.

THE DATE MUST BE CHANGED.

OKAY. WE HAVE AN ONLINE COMMENT.

KARL KENNEDY.

SORRY. THE LAST SLIDE OF THIS POWERPOINT PRESENTATION IS JUST AN UPDATE.

JUST FYI, IT IS NOT PART OF THE POLICY CHANGES THAT ARE PART OF THE ACTION ITEM.

SO REALLY, THIS IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANT DATES THAT THERE'S AN I BELIEVE IT'S AT THE VERY END OF TODAY'S AGENDA AN ADMIN ITEM OR EITHER INFORMATIONAL OR ADMIN ITEM THAT CSLIP CYCLE EIGHT IMPORTANT DATES AND DEADLINES.

SO I JUST WANTED TO BRING IT.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THOSE OUT LOUD VERBALLY SO THAT EVERYONE WAS AWARE BECAUSE THAT ITEM LATER ON IN THE AGENDA IS NOT ALWAYS SPOKEN.

THE DETAILS AREN'T ALWAYS SPOKEN VERBALLY SO.

I SO BASICALLY, YOU'RE GOING TO SEND EMAIL TO US WITH THE NEW DEADLINE? ABSOLUTELY, YES.

THANK YOU. MILOS? YES. OH, YOU DON'T CLICK IT? OKAY. YOU'RE GOOD.

CLICK YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK AGAIN.

IT'S NOT COMING UP ON MINE.

DO YOU HEAR ME NOW? PERFECT.

YEAH. OKAY, SO ASIDE OF THE SCHEDULE, WHICH IS JUST INFORMATION AND INFORMATION ALL IN HERE.

SO REGARDING POLICY ONE OR POLICY CHANGE, NUMBER ONE, I DON'T THINK THERE WERE ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT.

FOR POLICY CHANGE NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE WHAT AT LEAST MY FEEDBACK WAS TO GO DOWN TO 750.

FOR POLICY THREE, I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THERE WAS ANY FEEDBACK IN THERE.

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SO I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT WOULD CAPTURE ALL OR NOT.

I KNOW THERE ARE SOME OTHER CONCERNS RELATED TO MTCC DEFAULT AND WHATNOT, SO I DON'T KNOW JUST HOW WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD AND WHETHER SOMEONE WOULD RECAP EVERYTHING.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M COVERING ALL OR NOT.

CAN YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT? I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE APPROPRIATE TIME OR IF ALL DISCUSSION HAS BEEN HEARD, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT CSLIP CYCLE EIGHT REMAINED WITH THE CURRENT POLICIES IN PLACE WITHOUT ANY RED LINES TO THIS, THAT WE DEFER THE PROPOSED CHANGES UNTIL A LATER DATE AND THAT THOSE CHANGES, WHATEVER THEY MAY BE, BE APPLIED TO CYCLE NINE FOR CSLIP.

OKAY. I WOULD JUST POINT OUT YOU NOW HAVE REALLY THREE MOTIONS ON THE TABLE, SO YOU PROBABLY NEED TO START WORKING THROUGH THOSE.

[LAUGHTER]. WE'LL GET THROUGH IT.

BUT I HAVE SOME MORE COMMENTS, TOO.

SO LET'S I GUESS IF WE START WITH THE ONE, WE'LL START.

DO WE WANT TO DO THAT REBECCA? I NEED HELP WITH DIRECTION ON HERE.

SORRY. OKAY.

IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DEADLINE, SO I'M GOING TO WITHDRAW MY MOTION ON THAT.

OKAY. CAN I DO THAT? CAN HE WITHDRAW HIS MOTION BECAUSE YOU ANSWERED WITH THE DEADLINES ARE NOT PART OF IT.

THAT WOULD FIT UNDER A CLARIFICATION.

SO. OKAY THERE.

SO WHAT'S ON THE TABLE IS THERE IS A MOTION THAT'S BEEN THAT WAS PART OF THIS ITEM.

YEAH. I THINK PROBABLY BEST WOULD BE TO JUST TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT UP OR DOWN IF IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT'S THE DIRECTION THE GROUP WOULD LIKE TO GO, IF THAT THEN FAILS, THEN.

WE'LL ENTERTAIN CHRISTOPHER'S.

OKAY. WELL, YOU HAD ONE FROM MILOS AS WELL, I BELIEVE, BEFORE CHRIS'.

SO. MAYBE WE SAY WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A SECOND ON THE TABLE YET AND WE DISPENSE WITH THE FIRST ONE AND THEN ASK FOR A REVISED MOTION MIGHT BE THE CLEANEST.

OKAY, WE'LL DO THAT.

SO WE'LL VOTE ON THE MOTION THAT'S IN THE AGENDA, WHICH WOULD BE TO ACCEPT THESE.

DO YOU WANT US TO TALK FIRST PETE? STAFF'S RECOMMENDED MOTION STAFF DOES NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE BOARD.

SO EVERYBODY'S GOT TO BE CLEAR THAT THAT'S THEIR RECOMMENDED MOTION.

SO EITHER WE MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THAT, MAKE THAT MOTION, THAT'S GUIDANCE, OR YOU MAKE AN ALTERNATE MOTION.

BUT DON'T BE THAT'S NOT A MOTION THAT'S MADE UNTIL IT'S MADE BY SOMEBODY SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS.

THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO SAY.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE A VIRTUAL HAND.

OKAY. TRY IT AGAIN.

KARL KENNEDY.

KARL, WE DON'T HEAR YOUR MICROPHONE.

I'M SORRY. OKAY.

AND THEN I DON'T BELIEVE, MILOS, YOU DIDN'T FORMALLY MAKE A MOTION.

YOU WERE JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH WHERE WE WERE AT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.

OKAY. EXCELLENT.

SO THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR NOW IS CHRISTOPHER'S.

IF YOU COULD JUST REPEAT FOR CLARIFICATION.

OH, I'D BE GLAD TO PUT IT ON THE RECORD.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION.

I MOVE THAT ALL CSLIP CYCLE EIGHT APPLICATIONS BE REVIEWED IN LIGHT OF THE EXISTING POLICY FOR CSLIP APPLICATIONS THAT CSLIP CYCLE.

I'M SORRY. YEAH, THE SECOND ONE.

THE SECOND PART OF THAT, THAT THE CHANGES TO THE POLICY IN FRONT OF US TODAY BE DEFERRED TO A LATER DATE AND THAT WHEN THE TIME COMES FOR CSLIP CYCLE NINE, THAT ANY CHANGES THAT DO COME ABOUT OUT OF THAT DEFERRAL PERIOD BE APPLIED TO CYCLE NINE FORWARD. OKAY.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? AND ARE YOU ABLE TO CAPTURE THAT, REBECCA? OKAY. WE HAVE THE MOTION BY CHRISTOPHER.

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WE'RE NOT ABLE TO YET.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY CHRISTOPHER, SECONDED BY LUIS AGUILAR.

THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? MILOS, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT? NO. MICHAEL? AND I NEED HELP WITH MICHAEL. HE'S NOT SHOWING UP ON MY PANEL TO BE ABLE TO.

YOU'RE GOOD. NO. SO BASICALLY, IF THIS POLICY IS NOT ADOPTED OR IF IT'S DEFERRED, THEN CYCLE EIGHT IS NOT GOING TO THE FRAMEWORK FOR CYCLE 8 STAYS THE SAME.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I THINK THE MOTION SHOULD BE JUST STREAMLINE THIS AS POSTPONE THE CHANGES IN THE POLICY AT SOME POINT FORWARD. AND CYCLE 8 WOULDN'T BE ANYTHING WITH PROJECTS IN CYCLE EIGHT WOULDN'T BE AFFECTED WHETHER IT'S THE AMOUNT OR THE APPLICATIONS.

SO I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF COMMENT ON THESE POLICIES, BUT IF YOU WERE TO DEFAULT AND THIS POLICY WERE TO BE APPROVED, IS IT FOR CYCLE EIGHT PROJECTS GOING FORWARD OR IS IT FOR A PROJECT THAT'S IN CYCLE SIX, CYCLE SEVEN? AND THOSE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE IN CYCLE EIGHT I DON'T THINK THE DEFAULT PERIOD WAS RETROACTIVE OR IF IT HAD BEEN DEFINED.

SO I JUST TO CLARIFY, IF THIS WERE TO GET APPROVED, I'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT IDENTIFIED.

THANK YOU. AND I THINK THE MOTION DOES SAY THAT THE WAY CHRISTOPHER HAD MENTIONED IT.

OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE MOTION BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? NO. EXCELLENT.

NO CALL FOR A VOTE, PLEASE.

OH. MICHAEL, IS THERE AN ISSUE WITH YOURS OR? YES. YES.

ANDREW SEBO. WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL ME WHAT YOU.

AND THEN SOMETHING JUST NOW IT'S OUR ATTENDANCE, NOT THE VOTE.

OR IS IT BECAUSE YOU'RE IN IT? IT'S BECAUSE I'M IN IT.

OKAY, COOL. AND THEN THE ABSTENTIONS.

AND I WILL MENTION IT NOW FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SELECTED ABSTAIN, I HAVE LENGTHY PAPERWORK FOR YOU TO FILL OUT.

IF THE ANSWER IS BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW OR DON'T KNOW THE INFORMATION, THEN YOU SAY NO.

IF NOT, YOU SAY YES OR NO.

I DO HAVE THE PAPERWORK.

IT'S LOVELY, BUT I WILL NEED YOU TO FILL IT OUT BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

YOU CAN CHANGE IT TO YES OR NO IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DO ABSTAIN OR TELL ME OTHERWISE.

FOR SOME REASON I AM UNABLE TO VOTE VIRTUALLY SO MY VOTE IS A YES ON THE.

AND THIS IS SARA FORELLE.

THANK YOU, SARA FORELLE.

AND NATALIE I BELIEVE YOU WERE TRYING TO.

YES, I WAS ALSO TRYING TO VOTE BUT. YES. THANK YOU.

AND KHALILAH WAS MY LAST ONE.

KHALILAH IS. YES. THANK YOU.

AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM HERE AS SARA.

THIS IS CLARISSA.

AND MY VOTE IS YES.

YES. FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ONLINE ON ZOOM, IF YOU ARE RAISING YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY NO.

SO IF YOU ARE RAISING YOUR HAND, IT IS A NO.

THOSE THAT HAVE LEFT THEIR HAND OR KEEP THEIR HANDS DOWN ARE A YES DUE TO THE ISSUE WITH THE VOTING SYSTEM ONLINE.

SO I DO SEE ONE NEGATE WITH CHARLES SCHRAMM.

SO THANK YOU. THAT'S CORRECT.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND WE CAN'T SEE THE VOTE.

SO IF YOU COULD JUST LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY.

OKAY.

MOTION CARRIES THAT WE WILL STAY WITH THE EXISTING POLICIES FOR THIS ROUND AND REVISIT AT A FUTURE DATE BEFORE NEXT ROUND.

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MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, MOVING ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS. OUR FIRST NON ACTION ITEM IS THE ROUTE TO 2050 MTP PROJECT PRIORITIZATION INTRODUCTION.

[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Project Prioritization Introduction (Step 1 of 3)]

YES, HELLO. HELLO.

OKAY, WELL, Y'ALL ARE SPICY TODAY, SO FOR THIS PRESENTATION, PLEASE BE NICE.

[LAUGHTER] NO. SO, HI, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

AGAIN, I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN INTRO TO PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MY SEMINAR TODAY.

MUCH LIKE A MARVEL FILM, THIS IS GOING TO BE A ONE OF THREE PART SERIES.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST ONE.

AT OUR NEXT TAC WE'LL HAVE A SECOND ONE AND THEN A THIRD ONE FOLLOWING THE NEXT TAC MEETING.

SO TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT FUNDING PROGRAMS AND PRIORITIZATION APPROACH.

SO JOIN ME FOR THE RIDE.

FIRST UP, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND DON'T BE TOO SHOCKED FROM THIS NEXT SLIDE.

I'M GOING TO WALK THROUGH IT.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THE UPPER RIBBON OF THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR WHERE IT SAYS 2045 MTP.

THOSE ARE OUR EXISTING FUNDING PROGRAMS, HOW THEY ARE TODAY.

WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A REVAMP TO THOSE FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO THOSE DARK BLUE BOXES AT THE BOTTOM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 2050 MTP.

FIRST UP, OUR COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN AND CSLIP THAT WE JUST HAD A LOVELY CONVERSATION ABOUT WILL BE OUR PROPOSED TO BE MERGED INTO ONE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE CALLING COMPLETE STREETS AND THIS WILL BE ALL OF THOSE BIKE PED NEEDS THAT WOULD FIT INTO THAT PROGRAM.

ROADWAY SOMEHOW CAME OUT UNSCATHED.

SO THAT'LL BE A PROGRAM THAT'LL CONTINUE ON INTO THE 2050 MTP AND ADDRESSING ALL OF THOSE ROADWAY CAPACITY PROJECTS AND FREIGHT.

TRANSIT AND MOBILITY HUBS, IT'S AN INTERESTING STORY WITH THOSE TWO PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE 2045.

WE HAVEN'T HAD TOO MANY PROJECTS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT, SO WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO MERGE THOSE TWO TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN USE THAT PROGRAM TO LEVERAGE SUPPORT FOR OUR PARTNERS WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEMS. SO IF THERE'S ANY PROJECTS THAT WOULD HELP THAT FIRST LAST MILE, THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD FIT INTO.

TSM&O AND SAFETY.

INSTEAD OF COMPRESSING THAT PROGRAM, WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO SPLIT IT OUT INTO TWO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING, ONE FOR SPECIFICALLY TECHNOLOGY AND ANOTHER ONE FOR SAFETY.

AND THAT GOES ALONG WITH OUR EMPHASIS AREAS THAT WE PRESENTED ABOUT BEFORE, WHICH ARE TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, HOUSING AND RESILIENCY.

SO NATURALLY, THE NEW PROGRAM HERE WOULD BE FOR RESILIENCY.

HERE ARE A COUPLE OF DESCRIPTIONS OF THOSE PROGRAMS AND WITH SOME FUN COLORS TO HELP DISTINGUISH EACH OF THEM.

COMPLETE STREETS TO FILL IN THAT REGIONAL GAP WITHIN THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK ROADWAY FOR CAPACITY, FREIGHT, ALL THAT WONDERFUL PLANNING AND PD&E WORK, TRANSIT AND HUBS FOCUSING ON THOSE TRANSIT ACCESS POINTS.

TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE A PLACE THAT WE COULD FIT THINGS SUCH AS FIBER, LIDAR, CAMERAS, EV CHARGING STATIONS.

ALL OF THAT WOULD BE WRAPPED UP INTO THERE.

SAFETY, THAT WOULD FOCUS ON OUR CRASH SEVERITY NETWORK, AND THEN RESILIENCY WOULD FOCUS ON CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR CLIMATE STRESSORS.

SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROJECT PRIORITIZATION.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A TWO PRONG APPROACH, POTENTIALLY A THIRD HERE.

COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY TRANSIT AND HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY WOULD HAVE PROJECTS RANKED THROUGH OUR MTP PRIORITIZATION PROCESS USING FACTORS AND METRICS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING VERY SOON, WHICH WILL COME BACK, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN A FEW SLIDES WITH TECHNOLOGY BEING A LITTLE BIT OF AN OUTLIER, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY EVOLVES EVERY YEAR.

THERE'S ALWAYS NEW THINGS COMING UP.

SO MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO TREAT IT AS A YEARLY COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE HOW CSLIP IS SO THAT MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCAL PARTNERS CAN START GETTING SOME CHARGING STATIONS IN THEIR CITIES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGIES.

SAFETY AND RESILIENCY.

THROUGH OUR ASSESSMENT AND OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN EVALUATION OF THE FULL NETWORK OF BROWARD COUNTY, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTING THOSE SEVERE CRASH SEVERITY LOCATIONS WITHIN OUR NETWORK AND THEN ALSO OUR MOST VULNERABLE CORRIDORS IN THE NETWORK.

SO THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL HAVE THEIR OWN FRAMEWORK AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OUTSIDE OF THE OTHER FOUR.

SO FOR TODAY, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THESE FOUR PROGRAMS, COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY TRANSIT & HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S REMIND OURSELVES WHAT OUR GOALS THAT WE'VE ADOPTED FOR THIS 2050 MTP.

THEY ARE TO SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS AND FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

IF YOU PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE THREE ICONS ON THE LEFT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SHOWN UP IN A COUPLE OF OTHER SLIDES TO SHOW HOW OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS ARE LINKING BACK TO OUR GOALS. OUR APPROACH IS GOING TO BE A GIS BASED APPROACH, SO WE'RE GOING TO USE AS MUCH DATA AS WE CAN TO GET THESE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS PLUGGED

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THEY'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE OUR MTP EMPHASIS AREAS, RESILIENCY, TECHNOLOGY, HOUSING AND SAFETY, AND WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE ALL OF OUR MODAL DIFFERENCES. SO IT'S NOT JUST ROADWAY, IT'S ALSO BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT.

WE'LL BE LOOKING AT OUR MODEL TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A NEEDS DEMAND FOCUS.

AND THEN AT THE END OF IT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN HAVE REAL BENEFITS TO THE NETWORK.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 2050 IS TO KEEP THE SAME PRIORITIZATION CATEGORIES THAT WE HAD FOR THE 2045, AND THEY ARE MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, EQUITY, RESILIENCY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

IF YOU REMEMBER THE PRESENTATION THAT I GAVE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, THIS EXACT QUESTION WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE ASKED IN OUR SURVEY FOR THEM TO RANK AND SAFETY WAS NUMBER ONE.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT MOBILITY.

FIRST UP, FOR OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTOR OF MOBILITY, THE GOAL IS TO SUPPORT RELIABLE TRAVEL FOR LONGER TRIPS.

SOME PROPOSED CRITERIA FOR THIS INCLUDE PROVIDING ALTERNATIVE TO SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLES, REDUCE PEAK PERIOD DELAY OR TRANSIT ARRIVAL TIME, AND THEN INCREASE ITS INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT ICON RIGHT THERE IS TO MOVE SAFELY, MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS.

FOR ACCESSIBILITY OUR GOAL HERE IS TO SUPPORT ACCESS AND CIRCULATION.

SO FOR THOSE SHORTER TRIPS WITHIN HIGHER DENSITY, MIXED USE PLACES, PROPOSED CRITERIA HERE INCLUDES EXPAND TRANSIT NETWORK AND IMPROVE QUALITY OF TRANSIT SERVICE, PROVIDE ACCESS TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND TEND TO REDUCE TRAVEL TIME WITHIN AN ACTIVITY CENTER AND PROVIDE A NON AUTO CONNECTION TO ACTIVITY CENTERS, TOURIST DESTINATIONS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

SAFETY IS OUR NEXT PRIORITIZATION FACTOR, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SEVERE CRASHES.

AND WHAT WE'LL BE USING IS THAT SEVERE CRASH NETWORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING THAT HIGH INJURY NETWORK.

AND THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR TOOL THAT WE USE IN CSLIP.

THEN WE HAVE EQUITY. SO YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH OUR TITLE SIX EQUITY MAP.

WE'LL BE USING THAT AS PART OF OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS TO ENSURE BENEFITS AND IMPACTS ARE SHARED THROUGHOUT ALL OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND JUST LIKE CSLIP, WE HAVE THAT DATA SET AND WE'LL BE USING THAT.

RESILIENCY TO PROTECT THE NATURAL AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND INVEST IN A RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.

SOME CRITERIA HERE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT ARE THE LOCATIONS OR PROXIMITY TO THAT HIGH, VULNERABLE NETWORK THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING.

SO IF YOU'RE CLOSE TO THAT, YOU'LL GET SOME POINTS.

AND THEN ALSO THE POTENTIAL OF IMPACT OF WETLANDS, FLOODPLAINS, NATURAL HABITATS AND HISTORIC CENTERS.

THOSE COULD PROVIDE NEGATIVE POINTS FOR PROJECTS IF THEY IMPACT THOSE.

AND THEN FINALLY, ECONOMIC VITALITY.

SO SUPPORTING THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND BUSINESSES OF BROWARD.

THIS TIES BACK TO OUR CREATE JOBS GOAL.

SO SOME PROPOSED CRITERIA INCLUDE INTENDING TO IMPROVE TRAVEL TIME ON A FREIGHT CORRIDOR, INTENDING TO IMPROVE CONDITION OF ROADWAY OR TRANSIT ASSET AND POOR CONDITIONS, AND THEN THE ELIGIBILITY FOR DISCRETIONARY GRANT PROGRAMS. SO IF WE FIND A PROJECT THAT IS FAVORABLE FOR A DISCRETIONARY GRANT BECAUSE A LOT OF THEM COMING BY, YOU GET SOME EXTRA POINTS FOR THAT PROJECT.

OKAY, SO SOME NEXT STEPS AT THE AUGUST SEPTEMBER MEETING.

WE'LL BE GOING A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.

IT'LL BE MORE OF A WORKSHOP WHERE IT'S GOING TO BE MORE ONE ON ONE AND MORE INTERACTIVE TO REALLY GET SOME GOOD FEEDBACK ON HOW WE SHOULD ADDRESS SOME OF THESE THINGS THROUGH OUR PRIORITIZATION. WE'RE GOING TO PROVIDE SOME SAMPLE PROJECT SCORING AND ALSO SHOW YOU HOW THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS ARE BEING DIVIDED INTO THE DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER, WE'LL BE ASKING FOR ENDORSEMENT OF OUR PROPOSAL.

SO TODAY I'M ASKING FOR SOME FEEDBACK ON OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS AND ALSO OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

THANK YOU. AND MYSELF OFF.

THANK YOU. ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK FOR CHRISTOPHER? DIRECTION. MILOS, YOU DON'T HAVE A COMMENT, RIGHT? YOU'RE STILL BLINKING? NO. CHRISTOPHE.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF COMBINING THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND CSLIP FUNDING, BUT I DO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT, OBVIOUSLY, FROM OUR LAST DISCUSSION.

DO YOU ANTICIPATE COMPLETION OF THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN IDENTIFIED PROJECTS BY 2050? SO WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN, THE WHOLE GOAL OF THAT IS EVERY DISCRETE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THAT PROGRAM SHOULD BE COMPLETELY FUNDED BY THE END OF 2050.

YES. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPEN BETWEEN NOW AND 2050, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE GOAL, THAT WE HAVE A FULLY COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

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ALL OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS GO INTO THAT PLAN.

SO IT WOULD NOT BE A PROGRAM THAT LOCAL AGENCIES WOULD BE APPLYING FOR PROJECTS EVERY YEAR.

IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY SET UP THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS.

SURE. SO JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT, PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO, SO SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTION DIRECTLY.

COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS WOULD BE SUNSETTING IN THIS SCENARIO HERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS FOR THAT.

I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE CHALLENGE WITH DELIVERING PROJECTS UNDER THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM WITH LAP AND ALSO THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO IDENTIFY MORE DISCRETE PROJECTS.

AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, IN THE 2045, THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM IS A BUCKET OF FUNDS THAT WE THEN, YOU KNOW, ASSIGN ON A YEARLY BASIS THROUGH THE COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ASKED THAT WE HAVE MORE DISCRETE PROJECTS.

THEY WANT TO SEE LESS PROGRAMMATIC TYPE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE MTP, AND THEY WANT TO SEE MORE DISCRETE PROJECTS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THAT TRANSPARENCY IN HOW THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS DEVELOPED.

NOW, THAT SAID, THERE IS I WOULD ARGUE THAT COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES IS MORPHING, AND THAT TECHNOLOGY PIECE IS LIKELY WHERE WE WOULD LOOK TO DO MORE OF THOSE COMPETITIVE TYPE PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS BECAUSE AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, A LOT OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, CAMERAS, LIDAR, BLUETOOTH SENSORS, EV CHARGING STATIONS, THAT TECHNOLOGY IS BOTH EVOLVING AND ALSO REQUIRES SOME INPUT FROM THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

SO WHETHER IT'S MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S AN OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE COMMITMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE BELIEVE THAT OFFERING FUNDING FROM A COMPETITIVE PERSPECTIVE IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN JUSTIFY TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND ALSO IS BETTER SUITED FOR THE CITIES TO COME FORWARD WITH PROJECTS ON. SO AGAIN, AS CSLIP STANDS NOW, PROBABLY WOULD BE MORPHING MORE INTO A TECHNOLOGY FOCUS IN THIS CASE.

AND THEN WE WOULD BE UTILIZING PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN AND THE CALL FOR PROJECTS AND USING THAT TO BACKFILL THE COMPLETE STREETS FUNDING PROGRAM. HOPEFULLY THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

SO JUST THROWING THIS OUT THERE, JUST MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND LIKE ALL THESE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS, THEREABOUTS IN THIS UPCOMING CYCLE GOES AWAY IN 2050? SO THE PROJECTS WILL STAY.

THOSE ARE PROGRAMED, RIGHT? THEY'RE COMMITTED. BUT ANYTHING MOVING FORWARD, WE WOULD NO LONGER HAVE A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

SO FOR EXAMPLE, CSLIP CYCLE TEN MOST LIKELY WOULD IN THIS SCENARIO, IF THESE FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE ADOPTED, THERE WOULD BE NO CSLIP CYCLE TEN.

AND IF I UNDERSTAND THE EXPLANATION CORRECTLY, IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HEADACHE OF LAP DELIVERY.

I THINK THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT, RIGHT.

THE OTHER ASPECT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE MEET THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS OF HAVING DISCRETE PROJECTS, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE PUSHED BACK ON US ON BECAUSE WE DO HAVE, AGAIN, CSLIP SET UP AS A PROGRAMMATIC PROGRAM, SO TO SPEAK, WITHIN THE MTP, AND THEY WOULD PREFER TO SEE DISCRETE PROJECTS.

I DON'T KNOW, BILL, DID YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING ON TO THAT? I THINK IF I COULD.

YEAH, SURE. YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD ONLY ADD TO IT THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE EXPLORING AND DISCUSSING AT THIS POINT.

THERE ARE NO DECISIONS TO BE MADE AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

BUT THE OTHER THING THAT HASN'T BEEN MENTIONED THAT I WANT TO ALSO POINT OUT IS THAT WE DID WIN THAT $5 MILLION DOLLARS FOR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT WITH THE COUNTY.

AND WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A BIG EFFORT THAT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY A LOT MORE COMPLETE STREET TYPE PROJECTS.

RIGHT. AND SO I THINK WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN OUR HANDS FULL WITH A LOT OF REALLY GOOD, COMPLETE STREET TYPE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PURSUING DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

AND QUITE HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S PART OF MANAGING OUR BANDWIDTH AND OUR ABILITY AS ALL THE DELIVERING AGENCIES ARE ALL FACING STAFFING SHORTAGES.

AND SO IT'S A CHALLENGE.

HOW DO WE DELIVER ALL THESE PROJECTS? WE THINK THAT IN COMPLETE STREETS WE'RE GOING TO BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH THE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

AND SO WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF THAT ALONG WITH THE COUNTY, HOPEFULLY FOR YEARS TO COME.

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I THINK WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WIND UP HAVING SOME KIND OF AN ANNUAL COMPETITIVE PROCESS.

BUT AS PETER POINTED OUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS WE'RE FUNDING AND WHAT ARE THE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, IN LIGHT OF THE SAFE STREET FOR ALL, MAYBE WE WANT TO FOCUS A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE MORE CURRENT NEEDS THAT WE'RE HEARING FROM SOME OF OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AND FROM OUR BOARD.

EV CHARGING IS A HUGE.

YOU'VE BEEN AT IT SOME OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON THAT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE WANT TO THINK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE.

NO DECISIONS AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

THESE ARE JUST SOME INITIAL THOUGHTS OF US TRYING TO REACT TO THE NEW FEDERAL LAW AND WHAT IS GOING ON BOTH IN THE FUTURE AND IN THE PAST.

AND WE'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK AS A GROUP HERE ON ANY AND ALL OF IT.

I WILL ADD, I UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GETTING AT, NOT LIKING POOLS OF MONEY.

OUR BUDGET OFFICE HATES THAT AS WELL.

NO SLUSH FUND POTS OF MONEY.

YOU HAVE TO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO.

SO THEN YOU CAN REPORT BACK ON THAT.

SO I UNDERSTAND THE DIRECTION.

SO BUT IF IT'S KIND OF SIMILAR, IT'S JUST NOT COMPETITIVE, RIGHT? SO WE'RE STILL IDENTIFYING ALL OUR PROJECTS.

WE PUT 79 PROJECTS IN THERE.

THEY'RE MOSTLY BRIDGES, SO DON'T FREAK OUT.

BUT THEN WE STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS TO GET THEM IN THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST, WHERE WE HAVE TO SHOW OUR COMMISSION RESOLUTIONS AND ALL OF THAT.

SO IT'S JUST TAKING THE COMPETITIVENESS OUT OF IT.

RIGHT? RIGHT. FOR THAT PIECE.

OKAY. THEY'LL BE PRIORITIZED UP FRONT.

EXCELLENT. ANY ADDITIONAL CHRISTOPHER, YOU GOOD? ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I DID HAVE A QUESTION, CLARIFICATION ON THE CRITERIA ABOUT THE SHORT TRIPS.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE ACCESSIBILITY.

SO YOU'RE REALLY LOOKING ON THIS ONE TO FOCUS ON ACTIVITY CENTERS.

SO PRETTY MUCH IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT, THAT'S NOT AN ACTIVITY CENTER, IT'S NOT REALLY GOING TO RANK WELL BECAUSE IT ONLY TALKS ABOUT THE NON AUTO CONNECTION AND ACTIVITY CENTERS AND THE DESTINATIONS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES.

YEAH, YOU CAN MAKE THAT ASSESSMENT.

ALSO ON MOBILITY, WE DO HAVE AS PART OF OUR CRITERIA THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO SINGLE OCCUPANCY, SINGLE OCCUPANT VEHICLES.

SO IF IT'S NOT ON AN ACTIVITY CENTER, THERE ARE STILL OPPORTUNITIES TO SCORE SOME POINTS.

OKAY. I JUST YOU KNOW, WE'VE ALL BEEN THROUGH SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE SURTAX AND BEING VERY AUTO FOCUSED AND WIDENING LANES.

SO I JUST IF THIS IS THE ALTERNATIVE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S HANDLING THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS, I WOULDN'T WANT THIS FUNDING TO ALSO BE DUPLICATING THOSE TYPE OF PROJECTS.

AND I THINK.

AND THEN RESILIENCY.

CAN YOU GO TO THE RESILIENCY? CRITERIA. SO I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LIKE WHAT? WHY IT WOULD RANK HIGH IF YOU'RE JUST NEAR A RESILIENCY CHORD OR YOU MIGHT BE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE RESILIENCY, BUT BECAUSE YOU'RE NEAR IT, YOU'RE GOING TO RANK BETTER, RIGHT? SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TO REALLY GET SOME GOOD METRICS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU'RE ON A RESILIENCY CORRIDOR? FIRST, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S ON A RESILIENCY CORRIDOR, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING THAT ADDRESSES RESILIENCY AT ALL.

SO MAYBE THAT'S A PROBLEM.

MAYBE WE ACTUALLY DON'T WANT A PROJECT TO BE THERE.

SO IF THERE'S A COMPONENT THAT DOES ADDRESS THAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD HELP THAT PROJECT GET POINTS.

SO WE'RE WORKING THAT OUT AND I LIKE THE FEEDBACK AND WE'LL TRY TO GET YOU SOME GOOD METRICS FOR THE NEXT MEETING.

EXCELLENT. THAT FINISHES MINE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DIRECTION. GOOD.

THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU.

AND GET READY FOR NEXT MEETING, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE LIVELY.

WE'RE READY. [LAUGHTER] WE'LL BE READY.

BRING OUR COFFEE WITH US NEXT TIME.

SO OUR NEXT NON ACTION ITEM IS A FEDERAL GRANTS UPDATE BY MR.

[2. Federal Grants Update]

SO I'D LIKE TO REVIEW THE WINNING STREAK THAT THE BROWARD MPO, SUPPORTED BY OUR MEMBERS OF THE TAC AND ALSO DIRECTED BY OUR BOARD WE'VE BEEN ON.

SO AS BILL MENTIONED, WE WON THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL THAT'S $5 MILLION DOLLARS PLUS THE ADDITIONAL ONE AND A QUARTER IN-KIND CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COUNTY . AS WE MOST RECENTLY WON THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM, WHICH IS 15.4 MILLION FOR CAPITAL UPGRADES ALONG THE FEC AND ALSO RECENTLY THE THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM.

SO I THINK WE'VE COVERED THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PRETTY THOROUGHLY.

HERE'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IF THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, JAMES CROMAR IN THE BACK HAS ALL OF THE DETAILS.

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IT'S 80% FEDERAL AND THE OTHER 20% LOCAL MATCH WAS SPLIT EVENLY BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE PARTICIPATING MUNICIPALITIES.

OKAY. THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE LED BY BRIGHTLINE AND THE BMPO, WHICH IS GOOD TO HAVE THE RAILROAD OPERATOR ACTUALLY DOING THE CONSTRUCTION.

IT CREATES LESS BARRIERS.

OKAY. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO INCREASE SAFETY.

A SIDE EFFECT OF THAT WILL BE TO PRESERVE THE QUIET ZONE HOPEFULLY.

WE'LL DISCUSS THAT MORE IN TWO PRESENTATIONS.

OKAY. AND OVERALL, WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPROVEMENTS TO 21 GRADE CROSSINGS ACROSS THE CORRIDOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, THRIVING COMMUNITIES.

SO THIS IS FOR TECHNICAL SUPPORT.

WE SET THIS IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS GRANT WE LOOKED AT, INCLUDING EVERY CITY FROM COUNTY LINE TO COUNTY LINE BETWEEN I-95 AND THE TURNPIKE.

THAT GAVE US THE METRICS NECESSARY TO QUALIFY FOR THE GRANT.

I WISH I COULD PROVIDE YOU MORE INFORMATION ON THIS.

WE SAT IN A WEBINAR WHERE THEY SAID THEY'D GIVE US MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE EXPECTATIONS ARE.

TWO MONTHS AGO THEY TOLD ME, THEY'D TELL US IN A MONTH.

SO HOPEFULLY NEXT BETWEEN NOW AND AT THE END OF SUMMER, WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU.

SO HERE'S THE CURRENT GRANT APPLICATIONS.

I LEFT THE CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE ON THERE BECAUSE THAT JUST RECENTLY ENDED.

I KNOW A COUPLE OF CITIES WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE KNOWS IF YOUR CITY DID.

NO, WE DID NOT END UP.

AND I THINK YOU YOU HAD ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT GRANT WHERE YOU'RE ACTUALLY A THIRD PARTY IS GETTING THE MONEY.

AND IT MADE IT VERY COMPLICATED.

YES. OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE THIS ONE UP.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PROTECT GRANT IS UP.

THE BROWARD MPO IS LOOKING AT APPLYING FOR THAT ONE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE SUSTAINABILITY STUDY THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTY.

I KNOW WE HAD SOME CITIES CONTACT US AND SAID, WELL, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? WHAT DOES MY CITY GET? AND AS PART OF THAT WAS JUST SAID, IF WE WIN THIS OR WHEN WE WIN THAT, GRANT YOUR CITY AS LONG AS IT'S A CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY WILL BE A PARTICIPANT IN THAT STUDY.

CAN YOU JUST QUICKLY SO HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT THAN ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU HAVE DONE? IS IT LIKE TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL? I KNOW WE'VE ALREADY DONE A SUSTAINABILITY EVALUATION AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT YOU'VE ALREADY DONE.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE BUILDING ON SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE AND TAKING IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

SO SOME WILL GET A RESILIENCY IMPROVEMENT PLAN OUT OF THIS.

AND THEN WITH ANY FUNDING LEFT OVER, TAKING THAT PLAN AND GOING TO PRE-DESIGN SO THAT WE CAN THEN SET UP THOSE PROJECTS FOR CAPITAL FUNDING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE TOO IN DEPTH.

THESE ARE UPCOMING NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, SOME OF THEM ARE SPECIFIC.

IN JUNE, WE ONLY HAVE TWO WEEKS LEFT.

HOPEFULLY THEY COME OUT AND THEN THEY GET FAIRLY VAGUE BY SEASON.

I WILL SAY THAT ON THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES GRANT, ONCE AGAIN, THE MPO IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE TO APPLY FOR THAT FOR A PLANNING STUDY.

SO IF YOUR CITY IS ALREADY LOOKING AT A PLANNING STUDY, WE'D HOPE THAT WE COORDINATE SO THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ON EACH OTHER'S TOES OR CANNIBALIZING EACH OTHER.

SO WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FOR THE GOOD OF THE GROUP? ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NO, YOU'RE GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE NON ACTION ITEM AGENDA IS A BROWARD MPO PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS.

[3. Broward MPO Public Outreach Efforts]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

CAROL HENDERSON WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.

I'M GOING TO PRESENT OUR OUTREACH EFFORTS FOR THE LAST FEW MONTHS, AND I'M GOING TO START WITH OUR EQUITY MAP.

OUR EQUITY MAP IS USED TO EVALUATE WHERE WE CONDUCT OUR OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED AREAS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

CARL EMA PRESENTED THIS MAP TO YOU BACK IN NOVEMBER, SO IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH YOU.

THE CURRENT MAP WAS USED FOR OUR MOST RECENT FEDERAL CERTIFICATION BACK IN APRIL OF 2023.

AND ALSO THERE'S A LINK THAT WE PROVIDED YOU SO YOU CAN CONNECT TO OUR WEBSITE AND REALLY DRILL DOWN ON IT.

THE MAP IS USED TO DETERMINE IF THERE'S ANY GAP IN OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES, AND WE ARE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING OUR EFFORTS TO

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AND THAT'S WHERE WE WANT YOUR FEEDBACK AND YOUR SUGGESTIONS AND ANY IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE.

YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'D LOVE TO HAVE AND HEAR FROM YOU.

ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT YOU JUST HEARD A LOT ABOUT FROM CHRISTOPHER IS THE MTP.

AND I'M NOT GOING TO DRILL DOWN TOO MUCH INTO IT, BUT OUR GOAL FROM A PIO PERSPECTIVE IS TO DEVELOP A PLAN THAT REFLECTS TRANSPORTATION PRIORITIES IN EVERY CORNER OF THE COUNTY, INCLUDING THE UNDERSERVED AREAS.

AND SOME OF THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE FROM THE STANDPOINT OF EARLY AND CONSISTENT INVOLVEMENT, OPPORTUNITY, INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, AND OF COURSE A LARGE RANGE OF TECHNIQUES.

SO THIS LAST FEW MONTHS WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND WE CONDUCTED 13 PUBLIC MEETINGS AND FIVE WORKSHOPS.

AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY, HERE'S A LIST OF WHERE WE WERE AT.

AND HISPANIC UNITY, DILLARD PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESEARCH LIBRARY, AND GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE WE WERE OUT IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THEN OUR WORKSHOPS TOOK PLACE IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, AGAIN, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

WE LOOKED AT EVENTS NOT ONLY IN EQUITY AREAS, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT EVENTS WHERE IT DREW POPULATIONS OF UNDERSERVED FOLKS TO THE EVENT.

SO WE WERE AT TRI-RAIL FUN DAY, THE BROWARD COUNTY BIKE DAY, AND LAUDERHILL, PEMBROKE PINES RODEO AND EVENT AT SUNRISE.

ANOTHER PROJECT WE'RE WORKING ON IS OUR DON'T RISK IT CAMPAIGN, AND WE LAUNCHED THIS CAMPAIGN BASED ON THE DATA WE RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT 100% OF THE ACCIDENTS WERE DUE TO DRIVER AND PEDESTRIAN ERRORS.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE WORKED WITH FIVE CITIES AND EACH OF THEM CONTRIBUTED $25,000 AND WE LAUNCHED AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT INCLUDED TV, RADIO SIGNAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND THE LAUNCH OF THE EVENT WAS IN POMPANO BEACH IN ONE OF THE EQUITY AREAS.

WE ALSO CREATED A SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN THAT WE GEO-TARGETED CERTAIN AREAS.

THE GEO-TARGETING ALLOWS US TO SERVE PAID ADS DIRECTLY TO RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

AGAIN, IN EQUITY AREAS.

HOLLYWOOD, DEERFIELD BEACH, AND FORT LAUDERDALE ARE PLACING SIGNAGE IN MANY OF THE EQUITY AREAS AS WELL.

FINALLY, I WANT TO INVITE YOU TO AN EXCITING EVENT COMING UP ON JULY 17TH.

IN FACT, YOU HAVE AN INVITE ON YOUR SEAT.

WE ARE LAUNCHING THE CELEBRATION OF THE TIGER GRANT COMPLETION EARMARKS FROM DEBBIE WASSERMAN SCHULTZ AND OUR THRIVING COMMUNITIES RECIPIENT THAT PAUL JUST TALKED ABOUT.

AND THIS CELEBRATION IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF POMPANO, WHERE THEY'RE OPENING THEIR SENIOR CENTER.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE THE SENIOR CENTER IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ON OUR TIGER GRANT AREA.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THE CITY.

THEY'RE GOING TO INVITE A NUMBER OF SENIORS.

AND IT ALSO FITS RIGHT INTO OUR EQUITY AREA IN THAT LOCATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS WE'VE LAUNCHED A SERIES OF PODCASTS CALLED LET'S TALK TRANSPORTATION.

AND OUR GUEST HOST IS NONE OTHER THAN GREG STUART, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE AT THE AGENCY.

AND WE'RE HOPING THAT YOU'RE ALL LISTENING, THAT YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WE LAUNCH ONE EVERY MONTH ON THE 15TH, AND WE'VE HAD A GREAT ARRAY OF PEOPLE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT DURING OUR FEDERAL CERTIFICATION, ONE OF THE COMMENTS AFTER WE MET WAS REGARDING PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

AND THEY THOUGHT OUR PROGRAMS WERE INNOVATIVE AND THEY LIKED OUR PODCASTS.

SO WE WERE REALLY GREATLY GLAD TO HEAR ABOUT THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TODAY, AND IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, CAROL. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OUTREACH EFFORTS? NO SEEING NONE. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE.

NEXT, WE HAVE PAUL BACK TO TALK ABOUT THE QUIET ZONES UPDATE.

[4. Quiet Zone Update]

IT'S FOR OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF BASIC INFORMATION UPFRONT AND THEN IT'S BACK END WITH A LOT OF DETAIL.

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SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, A QUIET ZONE IS A SEGMENT OF RAIL WHERE THE RAILROAD ENGINEER DOES NOT HAVE TO REGULARLY SOUND THE HORN.

AND THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THAT.

YOU SIT HERE LONG ENOUGH, AMTRAK WILL COME BY AND THEY WILL SOUND THE HORN BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE STATION.

THE TRAIN OPERATOR, THE TRAIN ENGINEER CAN ALSO SOUND THE HORN IF THERE IS A THREAT ON OR NEAR THE TRACKS.

MOST COMMONLY, IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY THERE'S IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WALKING ACROSS THE TRACKS OR JUST SOMEBODY A CAR TOO CLOSE TO IT.

AND THOSE ARE INSTANCES WHERE THE TRAIN ENGINEER CAN LEGALLY SOUND THE HORN AND ACTUALLY HAS NOT JUST THE RIGHT TO, BUT THE OBLIGATION TO.

OKAY. QUIET ZONES ARE ESTABLISHED BY INSTALLING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS WHICH MITIGATE THE RISK OF NOT HAVING THE TRAIN HORN.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE 2017, ACTUALLY BEFORE THAT.

SO IN 2017, WE KNOW THE QUIET ZONE ESTABLISHED IN 2019.

SINCE THEN THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF INVESTMENT BOTH ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SIDE, BRIGHT LINE AND OUR MUNICIPALITIES, TO UPGRADE THE CROSSINGS BEYOND WHAT WE DID TO ESTABLISH THE QUIET ZONE. AND WE KNOW THIS.

SORRY. AND WE GATHERED ALL THIS INFORMATION.

WE LOOKED AT IT BECAUSE WE IN 2023, THE FRA SENT A LETTER TO BROWARD COUNTY, ACTUALLY [INAUDIBLE] RIGHT HERE, SAYING THAT OUR QUIET ZONE MIGHT BE PLACED UNDER REVIEW BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS WHICH HAVE HAPPENED IN SPECIFICALLY IN 2022.

THE LETTER ASKED US TO EXPLAIN A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE HIGHLIGHTED HERE FOR YOU IN YELLOW.

OKAY. SO WE PUT A WORKING GROUP TOGETHER THAT WROTE A 44 PAGE RESPONSE BACK TO THE FRA.

OKAY. WE LOOKED AT THE DATA.

WHERE DID THESE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN? AND YOU SEE THEY'RE PRETTY EVENLY SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

OKAY, WELL, WHAT ARE THESE TYPES OF ACCIDENTS? SO THEY WERE DIVIDED INTO TWO CATEGORIES VEHICULAR AND TRESPASSER.

AND I WISH I HAD MADE THAT FONT LARGER.

NOW, OF THE 34 INCIDENTS THAT THE FRA TOLD US TO EXAMINE, THREE OF THOSE WERE INCORRECT.

THEY WERE EITHER INCORRECTLY INPUT DID NOT HAPPEN ON THE DID NOT HAPPEN ON THAT CORRIDOR OR WAS JUST WRONG.

SO WHAT'S LEFT? YOU CAN SEE THAT ONE OF THE CAUSES OF VEHICULAR ACCIDENT AND THEY LABELED IT THIS WAY IS THERE'S A BODY FOUND IN THE TRACKS.

THERE'S NO INFORMATION ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS TRAIN RELATED.

IT WAS JUST.

OKAY. BUT ANYWAY, WE DOVE INTO THE DATA.

AND WHAT STANDS OUT TO ME AMONGST THIS IS THAT IN NONE OF THESE INSTANCES, WAS IT A RESULT OF THE RAILROAD OR THE EQUIPMENT AT ANY OF THE CROSSINGS FAILING. SO BASED ON THAT, THE MPO CREATED THE DON'T RISK IT CAMPAIGN AND THIS WAS FUNDED WITH THE VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTION BY FIVE OF THE CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

THE PURPOSE OF THIS IS TO EDUCATE DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS THAT YOUR LIFE IS NOT WORTH TAKING THE RISK TO CROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AS THE TRAIN IS COMING.

OKAY. WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE EFFECTS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT DURING JUNE AND JULY LAST SUMMER.

BSO, CITY OF HOLLYWOOD DID A LAW ENFORCEMENT BLITZ WHICH GREATLY REDUCED THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS ALONG THERE.

OKAY. AND ALSO, SINCE THE INCEPTION OF QUIET ZONE, THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF QUICK BUILDS OR DELINEATORS.

YOU'VE SEEN THAT UP AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR.

THAT'S TO PREVENT SEVERAL ISSUES, ONE OF WHICH ARE CARS THAT WOULD MISTAKENLY DRIVE ONTO THE TRACKS QUITE OFTEN.

I KNOW ANECDOTALLY IN FORT LAUDERDALE THERE'S ONE INTERSECTION WHERE IT HAPPENED WEEKLY.

OKAY. AND THEN ALSO THE INSTALLATION DYNAMIC ENVELOPES.

THAT'S THE WHITE STRIPING YOU SEE IN FRONT OF THE RAILROAD CROSSING.

SO WE LOOKED AT PHYSICAL CHANGES.

HOW CAN WE IMPROVE THE SAFETY? AND THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH THE FOUR OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AND EACH ONE COMES WITH THEIR OWN PROS AND CONS.

RAISED MEDIANS CHEAP TO INSTALL, CHEAP TO MAINTAIN.

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF DIXIE HIGHWAY ALONG THE CORRIDOR, NOT ALWAYS NECESSARILY APPLICABLE.

OKAY. FOUR QUADRANT GATES WOULD WORK EVERYWHERE, BUT THEY ARE EXPENSIVE TO INSTALL.

AND THEN THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS GRADE SEPARATION, WHICH THE MOST EXPENSIVE AND ALSO THE LONGEST TO PLAN AND I KNOW OUR MTP TEAM IS LOOKING AT HAS ALREADY ADDED SOME OF THOSE IN THE 2045 AND ARE CONTINUING TO LOOK AT GRADE SEPARATIONS.

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AND THE LAST ONE ARE CLOSING CROSSINGS, WHICH ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE CITIES.

AND THAT ALSO ALTHOUGH FRA THINKS IT'S A QUICK AND THINKS IS A QUICK ACTION, IT DOES TAKE A LOT OF PLANNING TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACTS TO OUR TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.

SO THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM.

YOU'VE SEEN THIS. YOU JUST SAW IT.

OKAY. IT WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP FROM THE COUNTY WHO PROVIDED 50% OF THE LOCAL MATCH.

AND THAT REALLY BROUGHT DOWN THE COST FOR ALL THE CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS.

THESE ARE ALL THE CITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE RECEIVING ADDITIONAL UPGRADES.

OKAY. AND WHERE ARE WE AT NOW? WE WAIT. WE SUBMITTED OUR 44 PAGE RESPONSE TO THE FRA.

THEY'RE GOING TO WEIGH IT OUT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO IN THEIR BACK ROOMS. HOPEFULLY WE GET ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS.

BUT HAVING GONE THROUGH THIS EXERCISE, IT'S REALLY.

THE ACCUSATION THAT OUR AREA HAD NOT INVESTED IN ADDITIONAL SAFETY IS FUNDAMENTALLY FALSE.

AND THEN TO LOOK AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND TO ACTUALLY DELVE INTO THE DATA ON WHY DID THESE HAPPEN WHEN THEY WERE ALL USER ERROR.

IT'S NOT LIKE I SAID, IT'S NOT A RESULT OF ANYTHING HAS FAILED.

THE RAILROAD DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.

I'M NOT A TRAINED PERSONAL.

I'LL LOOK TO MR. CROSS FOR THIS. I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY INSTANCES OF TRAINS JUMPING OFF THE TRACKS, HITTING CARS AND GOING BACK ON.

SO THESE ARE NOTHING DOCUMENTED.

BILL HAS HE'S SEEN IT.

[LAUGHTER] HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING.

OKAY. SO AND AS WE GO THROUGH THIS, WE DID WIN THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM, WHICH WILL FURTHER ENHANCE OUR CORRIDOR.

AND WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT FDOT TO ENHANCE THEIR CROSSINGS.

SO OVER TIME, IN THE NEXT HANDFUL OF YEARS, WE WILL HAVE A FULLY SEALED CORRIDOR.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THAT.

ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? WE HAVE, NATALIE? I JUST NO QUESTIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UPDATE AND HOPE TO CONTINUE TO SEE THE RESULTS FROM YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.

WE ALSO DON'T HAVE ANY DOCUMENTATION OF TRAINS HOOKING A LEFT ON ACCIDENT OR.

BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR PAUL? NO, THANK YOU.

EXCELLENT. THAT WILL CONCLUDE ANY OF OUR ACTION ITEMS AND NON ACTION ITEMS. THERE'S JUST A REPORTS IN YOUR AGENDA.

ONE THING I DID WANT TO BRING UP THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL WE TALKED ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT I DON'T KNOW, JAMES, IF YOU KNOW THIS YET, BUT YOU MIGHT BE

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THERE'S A LETTER IN THE BACK OF YOUR AGENDA THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PROCESS AND ALL THE PAPERWORK THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE IN AUGUST, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

JAMES IS GOING TO SHARE ONE COMMENT.

PETE SAYS, NO, YOU CAN'T TALK.

PETE, YOU CAN LEAVE. I'LL JUST.

BUT YOU'LL BE SORRY BECAUSE YOU'RE NO JAMES CROMAR BROWARD MPO.

AND THE REASON IT'S GREAT TO COME BACK IN AUGUST IS THAT AT THAT POINT WE EXPECT TO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION PUBLIC THROUGH OUR SOLICITATION PROCESS.

WE'RE WORKING ON DIFFERENT SCOPING THINGS THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY SHARE PUBLICLY IN TERMS OF KEEPING A CREDITABLE PROCESS FOR SOLICITATION GOING OUT TO THE CONSULTANT FIELD.

SO BY AUGUST, WE EXPECT TO HAVE THAT OUT IN PUBLIC AND WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT SOME DETAILS THEN.

EXCELLENT. SUPER EXCITED FOR THAT ONE.

EXCELLENT. THANK YOU.

ANY MEMBER COMMENTS BEFORE WE ADJOURN? NO, THANK YOU ALL.

ENJOY YOUR SUMMER.

WE WILL HAVE OUR JULY.

DON'T FORGET, THE JULY MEETING WILL ACTUALLY BE THE WORKSHOP VIRTUALLY ABOUT CSLIP.

AND OUR NEXT MEETING IS IN AUGUST.

THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY AND PARTICIPATION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.