Jul 13, 2023 MPO Board Meeting

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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

[1. Call to Order and Pledge]

CAN WE CALL TO ORDER THIS MEETING? DAVE, CALL THE ORDER.

CALL ORDER? LET'S STAND AND HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

COMMISSIONER, WOULD YOU DO IT, SIR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

IT APPEARS WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY. WE HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCES.

[4. Approval of Excused Absences]

I'LL DO THAT. SO COMMISSIONER LLEWELLYN FROM.

FROM DANIA BEACH.

OH, SHE'S ATTENDING ONLINE.

OKAY, WELL, THEN THE ONLY OTHER ONE IS MAYOR GANZ, WHO IS NOT GOING TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO THAT'S A REQUESTED ABSENCE.

AND MAYOR COOPER, WHO IS ONLINE.

OKAY, EVERYBODY HAS THAT.

GOOD MORNING. MORNING.

WE HAVE A QUORUM ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[5. Approval of Agenda]

IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER YVETTE COLBOURNE, SECONDED BY TORY ALSTON.

DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED. I HAVE IT.

PUBLIC COMMENTS AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.

BUT I HEARD EVERYBODY.

IT WAS GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD.

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

HEARING NONE. CONSENT AGENDAS.

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

WHAT IS YOUR PLEASURE? MS. WELCH? YES. GOOD MORNING.

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the 2024 Broward MPO Federal and State Legislative Priorities]

I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION.

OKAY, LET'S PULL ONE.

GO AHEAD. YES, THANK YOU.

I JUST WONDERED IF WE COULD GET CLARIFICATION ON REMOVING THE STATE RESTRICTION ON THE BOARD VOTING MEMBERSHIPS.

OKAY. MR. STUART WHO? MR. CALVARESI, DO YOU WANT TO COME UP OR IS HE BACK THERE? YES. AYE.

YES, SIR. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? PAUL CALVARESI. BROWARD PO.

AND THE QUESTION IS, NUMBER OF MEMBERS VOTING ON THE MPO.

THE CLARIFICATION. WHY ARE WE REMOVING THAT? I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. SO BY LAW, WE HAVE 20 WE ARE CAPPED AT 25 MEMBERS OF THE MPO TO VOTE.

NO. LESS THAN 20% OF THAT HAS TO BE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

AND THE LARGEST CITY IN THE MPO BY LAW GETS TWO VOTING MEMBERS.

SO WHEN THE CHALLENGE IS IF WE WANT TO EXPAND THE BOARD, IF WE'RE ALSO LOOKING EVERY TIME THERE'S A CENSUS BECAUSE OF FLORIDA'S GROWTH, THERE CAN BE MORE MPOS CREATED.

THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS IT DILUTES THE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT COMES TO THIS BOARD.

THE MORE MPOS.

SO THERE'S IT KIND OF CREATES A DISINCENTIVE TO BE EFFICIENT IN THE NUMBER OF MPOS WE HAVE IN THE STATE.

NOW, THANKFULLY THIS YEAR WE'VE AVOIDED THAT.

THERE WERE TWO AREAS WHICH BECAME TMAS AND COULD HAVE HAD THEIR OWN MPOS BUT DECIDED TO JUST JOIN, JUST JOINED WITH, YEAH, CONNECTING ONES.

BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS IT JUST MAKES IT LESS.

WE'RE JUST WORRIED THAT DOWN THE LINE IT WOULD MAKE IT LESS EFFICIENT, PARTICULARLY AS OUR NORTHERN NEIGHBORS START GROWING.

THIS IS MORE IN RELATION TO THEM THAN US.

YES, BUT ALSO, IF THIS BOARD DID WANT TO EXPAND AND HAVE ALL 38 MEMBERS HAVE LEGALLY COUNTING VOTES, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION.

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ORIGINALLY, YOU WERE CAPPED AT 19 AND BY EFFORT OF METROPLAN IN ORLANDO AND THIS MPO IN SOUTH FLORIDA, THE LEGISLATURE WENT TO 25.

AND SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS GOING, OKAY, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE THINGS VERY LEGITIMATE AND TO ALLOW FOR MERGERS OF MPOS, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER ONES, THAT YOU NEED TO ALLOW FOR THE VOTING MEMBERS TO STAY IN PLACE AS YOU START PUTTING THEM TOGETHER.

AS AN EXAMPLE, IN IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, THEIR MPO HAS 150 BOARD MEMBERS.

ALL OF THEM VOTE.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S NOT CHAOS, AS MOST PEOPLE WOULD THINK.

AND THEY ACTUALLY GET MOST THINGS DONE.

BUT IF WE WERE TO BE ASKED IN SOME FUTURE DATE TO COMBINE WITH, LET'S SAY, PALM BEACH OR AND MARTIN AND SAINT LUCIE, LET'S SAY WE TOOK THE DISTRICT BOUNDARIES OF THE DOT DISTRICT.

BASICALLY THE 25 MEMBER VOTING DISTRICT WOULD MEAN YOU ALL WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHICH ONES OF YOU WOULD LOSE YOUR SEATS TO VOTE.

AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, YOU DON'T WANT TO LOSE IT.

SO THIS LITERALLY IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BE LOOKING TOGETHER WITH OUR PARTNERS AROUND THE STATE, SAYING THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT IF WE'RE GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT CONSOLIDATION IN THE FUTURE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON THE CONSENT, PLEASE.

SOMEBODY WANT TO GIVE A MOTION? YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

I DON'T SEE IT. OH, I'M WRONG.

OKAY. MOTION BY ANDREW MCGEE.

SECOND BY LAWRENCE JABBOW MARTIN.

DISCUSSION. HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.

LET'S GO ON TO THANK YOU, Y'ALL.

LET'S GO ON TO ACTION MEETINGS.

ACTION ITEMS. ALL RIGHT. THE FIRST ACTION ITEM.

THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

SORRY. HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

I'M SORRY, MR. JAFFE.

I DIDN'T SEE YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT FAT FINGER.

OH, OKAY. I DON'T HAVE IT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, LET'S I'M SORRY.

GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR.

EXCUSE ME. I'M BEING ADVISED THAT WAS JUST APPROVING ITEM ONE.

OH. SO WHAT WE NEED NOW, MR. CHAIR, IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO, THREE, FOUR AND FIVE FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. SO WE JUST DID THAT.

YOU JUST DID ITEM ONE BECAUSE IT WAS PULLED.

YOU HAD THE DISCUSSION. OH, MY BAD.

I JUST WANT TO FIVE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SO NOW THIS MOTION WOULD BE TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO THROUGH FIVE SINCE YOU ALREADY APPROVED NUMBER ONE.

OKAY, LET'S SEE WHERE WE ARE AND YOU HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S VOTE ON IT.

WHILE THE BOARD IS VOTING, I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MAYOR KIRDAHY, COMMISSIONER EUGENE COUNCIL MEMBER HARTMAN, COMMISSIONER LEWELLEN AND COMMISSIONER ESCUDO ARE ON VIRTUALLY. OKAY, WE HAVE THAT.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT, MR. DAVE. EVERYTHING'S GOOD NOW.

WE'RE GOOD, MR. CHAIR. OKAY, LET'S GO TO ONE ON THE ACTION ITEM.

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

THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING IN MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 24 THROUGH 28 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

I WANT TO BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING.

YOU NEED TO SEE IF THERE'S PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.

BEFORE WE DO A PRESENTATION, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE.

GO AHEAD, MR. STUART.

WE ARE. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE DR.

CHEN AND SHE WILL RUN YOU THROUGH THE AGENDA ITEM.

DR. GOOD MORNING.

OR THEY HAVE REMOTES I NEED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD MORNING. I'M DR.

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 INCLUDES HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, RAIL, AIR AND SEAPORT AS WELL AS BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND FOOD RELATED PROJECTS.

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YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS BOARD ON APPLE'S CORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES.

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO PLANNING PROCESS BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW.

THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW.

THE BROWARD MPO UPDATE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.

PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOVED TO MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THEN MOVED TO UPDATE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

AND AT LAST.

MOVE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

BASED ON STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF CREATED THIS TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BY FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS.

THE BOARD MPO PREPARES THE TIP, KICKS OFF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIODS, HOSTS PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TAG CAG AND BOARD APPROVE THE TIP.

THE FINAL APPROVED TIP IS SENT TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THE FDOT BEFORE JULY 15TH.

AND THIS TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS PUBLIC NOTICE A SUMMARY OF PUBLIC NOTICE.

THE BROWARD MPO RELEASED PUBLIC NOTICE ON NEWSPAPERS BROWARD MPO WEBSITE.

BROWARD MPO MOBILITY MONDAY AND EIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BROWARD COUNTY.

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

THIS TIP INCLUDES 468 PROJECTS.

TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT IS ABOUT $6.4 BILLION.

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

THE GRAPH ON LEFT DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH FUNDING SOURCE AND THE ASSOCIATED PERCENTAGE FOR EACH FUNDING SOURCE.

YOU MAY NOTICE THE TOP FUNDING SOURCE IS STATE.

THE GRAPH ON RIGHT DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL. THE TIP INVITES $209 MILLION OF BROWARD APPEAL ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS TO SUPPORT 7472 PROJECTS.

ABOUT $160 MILLION IS INVESTED ON 46 BANK FINANCING PROJECTS.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK REVEAL OF MAJOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS.

THE MAP ON THE RIGHT INDICATES LOCATIONS FOR THOSE FOUR PROJECTS.

THOSE FOUR PROJECTS ARE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET, I-95 AND I-75.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS OVERALL FUNDING FOR BROWARD MPO FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE TIP INVITES ABOUT 11.

$4 BILLION TO SUPPORT 88 PROJECTS FROM BROWARD, MPO, MTP SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE BOARD AND STAFF ALSO MONITOR PROJECT PROGRESS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS NUMBER OF PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM THE TIP.

ALL FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAS BEEN SECURED BEFORE OR ON 2020 SIX, 2023.

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THERE ARE 54 PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM THE TIP WORTH ABOUT $5.8 MILLION.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMENDS REMOVING MODIFYING FILE PROJECTS, REMOVING SIX PRODUCTS AND ADDING ONE PROJECTS.

ONE MODIFICATION I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THIS PROJECT IS BROWARD COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL SOURCE.

THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION RECENTLY APPROVED $74 MILLION TO SUPPORT FTA DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATION AND ALSO THE STATE PROVIDE THE SAME AMOUNT LOCAL MATCH TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATION.

SO TO ACCESS THE DOCUMENT, THERE ARE TWO LINKS.

THE LINK ON TOP IS A PDF AND THE SECOND LINK IS INTERACTIVE TYPE LINK.

YOU CAN SEARCH THE PROJECTS YOU WANT TO LOOK.

SO WITH SITE WE TAKE QUESTIONS.

PERFECT FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.

I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE A PER CITY OR PER COMMUNITY CHART IN FRONT OF YOU THAT WAS GIVEN.

THERE'S A LITTLE DOCUMENT ABOUT THIS BIG AND THAT ACTUALLY LAYS OUT WHAT PROJECTS ARE IN YOUR COMMUNITIES SEPARATELY.

SO THAT WAY YOU KNOW HOW THE $6.4 BILLION IS BEING SPENT IN YOUR COMMUNITIES AND THAT YOU'RE APPROVING TODAY.

THAT SAID, SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE MOVING AROUND IN THIS WAS ACTUALLY BASED ON OUR SUPPORT FOR THE PREMIUM PLAN AT BROWARD COUNTY, BECAUSE WE HAD SOME PROJECTS THAT WERE IN THERE THAT WOULD HAVE GONE TO CONSTRUCTION AND THEN BEEN RIPPED OUT LATER ON WITH IMPROVEMENTS AT THE COUNTY LEVEL.

SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT FRUSTRATES ME WITH TRANSPORTATION IS YOU COME IN AND YOU LAY ASPHALT DOWN ON THE ROAD, LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, AND THE NEXT DAY SOMEBODY'S DIGGING A HOLE IN IT.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITH OUR INVESTMENTS.

SO WE WERE REALLY VERY CLEAR ON WANTING TO SUPPORT THE COUNTY AND MAKING SURE THAT THE PROJECTS WE PUT IN DON'T GET CHANGED WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO AFTERWARDS. THE OTHER VERY PROUD MOMENT.

AND I REALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO TURN TO YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND TELL THEM THANK YOU IS WITH THE COMMUTER RAIL PROCESS, BECAUSE THAT WAS A REALLY BIG DEAL.

THIS IS THE FURTHEST A TRANSIT PROJECT HAS GONE.

SECOND TRANSIT PROJECT IN MY CAREER HERE THAT HAS GONE THIS FAR.

AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO ACTUALLY SEE THIS MOVING FORWARD.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A PRESENTATION IN A LITTLE BIT THAT WILL TALK ABOUT HOW THE TRAIN SYSTEM, THE SOUTHERN PIECE, IS GOING TO OPERATE AND LOOK.

AND WITH THAT, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GINA? YES. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM MR. JAFFE. COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO THANK STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND WE APPRECIATE IT.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, I'VE EVEN THOUGH I REPRESENT A SMALL PORTION OF WESTON, BUT THIS PROJECT ENCOMPASSES ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY THAT I'VE HAD MANY RESIDENTS, WHEN THEY HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, WHETHER IT'S THAT OR SEA OR AIR, ACTUALLY, I'VE SENT THEM TO THIS LINK THAT WE HAVE ON SITE AND THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT.

AND IT'S NOT JUST WESTON BECAUSE THEY'RE ALSO TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SAWGRASS AND I-95, AND IT'S A VERY INFORMATIVE LINK.

I HAVE A SAYING AT WORK, I LIKE TO SAY PLAN THE FLIGHT AND FLY THE PLAN.

AND I THINK THAT WE DO THAT QUITE WELL HERE.

AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WHO SIT HERE WITH US ON THIS BOARD FOR PROVIDING ALSO THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND SOURCES FOR US.

HEY, COMMISSIONER SIMMONS.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE MPO STAFF FOR HAVING THIS LEGENDS AND ABBREVIATIONS AT THE FRONT OF THE PACKET. AS YOU ALL KNOW, SOMETIMES THE, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE HERE CAN BE A LITTLE INTIMIDATING AND THE ACRONYMS AND EVERYTHING.

YOU'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE AND HAVING THIS LEGEND AND ABBREVIATIONS WILL HELP NEWER MEMBERS AS WELL AS SOME THAT SOME SEASONED MEMBERS.

AND SO THANK YOU.

YEAH, THE ONE ON THE RIGHT CORNER IS CALLED MPO.

NO. AND WHAT IS THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY. I JUST THOUGHT I'D ADD THAT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. OKAY.

ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR DR.

CHEN? HEARING NONE.

LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM ONE.

MOTION BY MR. AUSTIN. SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER COBURN.

DISCUSSION. LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE AN APPROVAL.

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO TO ITEM TWO, PLEASE.

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

AND THESE ARE FOR THE POLICIES KERRIE, MACNEIL.

MS. MACNEIL. HERE I GO.

YEAH, BUT I'LL DO IT FOR YOU.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING.

HELLO. GOOD MORNING.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL JUMP RIGHT IN.

MY NAME IS KERRIE, MACNEIL, MANAGER OF THE CSLIP PROGRAM HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO.

AND COMING TO YOU TODAY WITH SOME POLICY UPDATES, PROPOSED POLICY UPDATES.

SO JUST A QUICK REFRESHER.

WHAT IS CSLIP STANDS FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM AT THE MPO, AND IT PROVIDES FUNDING FOR SMALL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHICH IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION USERS IN BROWARD COUNTY.

IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM, RUNS ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE.

I CAN FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS, ADA UPGRADES, MOBILITY HUBS. ET CETERA.

SO WHY UPDATE THE POLICIES EVERY YEAR BEFORE THE START OF A NEW CYCLE? STAFF TAKES A LOOK AT THE EXISTING POLICIES AND WE SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE UPDATED BASED ON RECENT EVENTS, ECONOMIC INFLUENCE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO TODAY WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME POLICIES AS WE APPROACH THE CYCLE OF CSLIP.

SO WHY UPDATE THEM? WE HAVE SOME EXTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS SUCH AS INFLATION AFFECTING PROJECT COSTS.

SOME LESSONS LEARNED RECENTLY WE HAD SOME PROJECTS REMOVED BY THE REQUEST OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES FROM OUR TIP AND SOME POST-AWARD SCOPE CHANGES THAT WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, REQUESTS WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING, AND THEN ALSO SOME PROJECT DELIVERY OPTIONS LIKE MTECH, AND THEN OF COURSE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION THAT ARE ALWAYS GOOD TO ADD TO THE POLICIES.

OKAY. SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LIST OF THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES SO WE DON'T HAVE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE POLICIES LISTED IN THESE POWERPOINT SLIDES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERY ONE OF THE POLICIES AND HOW THESE FIT IN THERE, THEY ARE INCLUDED IN ATTACHMENTS TWO AND THREE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM, WE'VE GOT BOTH ATTACHMENT OH, SORRY, ATTACHMENT ONE AND TWO, POWERPOINT NUMBER THREE.

SO WE'VE GOT THE RED LINE VERSION WHICH SHOWS THE PROPOSED CHANGES.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A CLEAN VERSION WHICH WOULD REPRESENT, IF ALL THESE PASSED, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO POLICY CHANGE NUMBER ONE IS WE'RE PROPOSING RAISING THE CONSTRUCTION CAP FROM 3 MILLION TO $4 MILLION PER APPLICATION, AND THAT IS FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS ONLY POLICY CHANGE.

NUMBER TWO IS A MINIMUM, RAISING THE MINIMUM FROM 500,000 TO 750,000.

AND AGAIN, THAT IS FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.

SO PROPOSING RAISING THE FLOOR TO 750.

AND YOU'LL SEE HERE, I ADDED A NOTE.

IT'S HARD TO MISS THERE.

BUT THIS WAS A CONCERN OF OUR TAC AND KAK WHEN WE BROUGHT THESE POLICIES LAST MONTH BEFORE THEM, STAFF HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED RAISING THE FLOOR TO $1 MILLION.

AND BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED AND THIS IS ACTUALLY A THE MOTION FROM THE CAP WAS A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL OF THE POLICY CHANGES.

BUT WITH THE CONDITION THAT WE CHANGE THE 1 MILLION TO 700 AND 50 MILLION OR 750,000.

SO WE ARE TAKING THAT FEEDBACK INTO CONSIDERATION AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BRINGING BEFORE YOU TODAY IS THE 750 AND THEN POLICY CHANGE.

NUMBER THREE IS JUST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH UPDATE THE LANGUAGE, TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE RAISING OF THE CAP TO 4 MILLION.

UM. YEAH.

OKAY, SO NUMBER FOUR, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE POINTS OF CLARIFICATION.

JUST BASICALLY, I'LL READ IT REALLY QUICKLY.

ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO COMPLETENESS REVIEWS BASED ON THE APPROVED POLICIES AND REQUIRED APPLICATION DOCUMENTATION AND WHAT WASN'T THERE BEFORE, WHICH WE'D LIKE TO ADD, IS IN BLUE, WHERE IT SAYS FOUND IN THE APPLICATION CHECKLIST ON THE PROGRAM WEBSITE.

JUST TO BE CLEAR, SO THAT WHEN CITIES OR LOCAL AGENCIES ARE PREPARING THEIR PROJECT APPLICATIONS, THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO LOOK BECAUSE THAT APPLICATION CHECKLIST IS WHAT STAFF USES WHEN WE DO OUR COMPLETENESS REVIEWS.

AND THEN INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT ADVANCE THROUGH THE OBJECTIVE RANKING FOR THE MPO BOARD APPROVAL.

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NUMBER FIVE, THIS IS A AN EFFORT TO KIND OF STRENGTHEN OUR POINTS DEDUCTION POLICY.

SO BEFORE IT JUST SAID APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE A ONE TIME POINT DEDUCTION OF 20% OFF THE TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE ON A FUTURE APPLICATION IF THEY DEFAULT ON ANY LAP ADMINISTERED PROJECT THROUGH CSLIP.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO STRENGTHEN THAT TO A TWO TIME POINTS DEDUCTION.

AND THEN WE ALSO ADDED A SENTENCE WHERE IT SAYS, 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 OR TIP PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO A LAP AGREEMENT.

SO KIND OF TRYING TO PHASE THINGS OUT AND MAKE LIKE TWO TIERS WHERE IF A PROJECT IS AWARDED AND PROGRAM FOR FUNDING AND THEN PLACED IN THE TIP AND A CITY OR LOCAL AGENCY ASKS TO REMOVE THAT PROJECT FROM THE TIP, THERE'S ONE KIND OF PENALTY.

AND THEN IF TAKEN TO THE NEXT LEVEL, IF IT'S BEEN PROGRAMED IN THE TIP, AND THEN THEY'VE GONE SO FAR AS TO ENTER INTO A LAP AGREEMENT AND THEN WANT TO PULL THE PROJECT, THERE'S THEN A SECOND LEVEL OF POINT DEDUCTION.

SO THIS WE HAD A DISCUSSION AT THE TAC.

AND SO WHAT I'M PROPOSING, ADDING THE HIGHLIGHTED PORTION IS NEW FROM WHEN WE WENT TO THE TAC.

SO WE ADDED THIS COUPLE SENTENCES OF CLARIFICATION THAT THE MPO ENCOURAGES APPLICANTS TO PURSUE BOTH SURTAX AND CSLIP FUNDS. AND THIS IS THEREFORE EXEMPTIONS FOR POLICIES AWARDED TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS WHICH DELIVER A SIMILAR PROJECT TO THE CSLIP APPLICATION MAY APPLY AND THEN ALSO THE POLICY WOULD BE EFFECTIVE JULY 13TH TODAY IF IT WERE TO PASS, POLICY SHOULD NOT BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY.

SO THOSE TWO ITEMS WERE A CONCERN OF THE TAC BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL PROPOSED POLICY CHANGE THAT WE BROUGHT TO THE TAC JUST SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, EXEMPTIONS MAY APPLY FOR SURTAX PROJECTS AND THEY WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION ON THAT.

AND IT'S WE'RE OFFERING THAT BECAUSE THE MPO HAS IN THE PAST ENCOURAGED AGENCIES TO APPLY FOR BOTH SURTAX FUNDS AND FOR SEA SLIP.

SO AND THEN THE POINT ABOUT THAT, THE POLICY SHALL NOT BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY.

THIS IS JUST MOVING FORWARD FROM TODAY FORWARD.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S CLEARS THINGS UP.

LAST TWO ON THIS SLIDE ARE NUMBER SIX.

THIS IS IT SAYS ANY REQUESTS BY THE APPLICANT FOR A CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE WHICH RESULTS IN A CHANGE IN BUDGET OF MORE THAN 30% WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE MPO BOARD. IT PREVIOUSLY SAID THAT ANY CHANGE THAT RESULTS, ANY SCOPE CHANGE THAT RESULTS IN A CHANGE IN PROJECT RANKING OR CHANGE IN THE QUALITY OF PROJECT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM THE BOARD. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO JUST MAKE THINGS A LITTLE BIT MORE BLACK AND WHITE AND KIND OF ADD THAT LINE DRAWING A LINE THERE.

SO LAST CHANGE, THIS IS ACTUALLY A NEW POLICY THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ADDING IN.

SO IT SAYS APPLICANTS MAY UTILIZE THE METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE OR MTECH TO DELIVER CIP PROJECTS THROUGH THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM PROCESS. SO JUST TYING IN FROM WHAT I WAS SAYING BEFORE, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHICH POLICY CHANGES TIE TO WHICH INFLUENCES WHAT INFLUENCES THEY HAVE.

SO EXTERNAL ECONOMIC FACTORS OR INFLATION AFFECTING PROJECT COSTS.

THAT TIES DIRECTLY TO THE PROPOSED POLICY CHANGES.

ONE, TWO AND THREE ON THAT FIRST SLIDE.

LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE PAST CYCLE.

PROJECTS BEING REMOVED FROM THE TIP AND POST AWARD SCOPE CHANGES THAT DIRECTLY CONNECTS TO POLICY CHANGE.

NUMBER FIVE, MTECH POLICY CHANGE NUMBER SEVEN, AND THEN POINTS OF CLARIFICATION POLICY CHANGES, NUMBER FOUR AND SIX.

THIS LAST SLIDE IS JUST AN FYI.

IT'S NOT PART OF THE ACTION ITEMS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE OF SOME IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES AND DEADLINES.

WE ARE. WE JUST STARTED OUR PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH OUR CITIES THIS WEEK.

WE SCHEDULED 25 TOTAL, AND THEY'RE TAKING PLACE FROM JULY 10TH TO JULY 25TH.

AND THEN ON THE 26TH WE WILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL APPLICATION WORKSHOP.

IT WILL BE ENTIRELY VIRTUAL.

IT WILL TAKE THE PLACE OF THE CANCELED TAC MEETING.

SO IT'LL BE AT 2:30 P.M.

VIA ZOOM ON THE 26TH, AND THEN THE PORTAL WILL OPEN RIGHT AFTER THAT SUBMITTAL PORTAL AND EVERYONE WILL HAVE ABOUT NINE WEEKS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION.

WHILE THAT'S OPEN, IT'LL BE OPEN UNTIL OCTOBER 2ND.

AND THERE'S SOME ASTERISKS THERE BECAUSE NEXT TO THAT OCTOBER 2ND DATE, BECAUSE WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED A SEPTEMBER 8TH DEADLINE AT THE JUNE TAC, AND BASED ON THEIR STAFF, THEIR CONCERNS, WE EXTENDED THE DEADLINE TO OCTOBER 2ND.

SO IT'S CONSISTENT TO WHAT IT WAS LAST YEAR, THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER.

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THANK YOU, MISS MACNEIL.

A GREAT PRESENTATION.

WE HAVE COMMISSIONER SCHULMAN FIRST.

AM I? OH, THERE WE GO.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I JUST WANT TO FIRST THANK STAFF, AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE TAC RECOMMENDATIONS WERE INCORPORATED, BUT IN OUR MATERIALS WE ALSO UNDERSTOOD THAT TAC DID NOT WANT THIS TO APPLY TO UNTIL CYCLE NINE.

SO CAN YOU EXPLAIN IT? DOES THE LANGUAGE THAT YOU'VE ADDED THAT IT ONLY APPLIES PROSPECTIVELY GOING FORWARD THAT DOESN'T FIX THAT BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE MIDST OF CYCLE EIGHT, SO THESE CHANGES WOULD APPLY TO CYCLE EIGHT.

IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION STILL THAT THE CHANGES WOULD APPLY TO CYCLE EIGHT.

WE WE TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION A LOT OF THE FEEDBACK, THE CONCERNS OF THE TAC AND SO MADE SOME UPDATES TO THE CHANGES COMING FORWARD TO YOU TODAY.

AND BUT YEAH, THAT WAS THEIR RECOMMENDATION THAT CORRECT THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT ANY POLICY CHANGES TO APPLY UNTIL NEXT CYCLE OR TO BE CONSIDERED UNTIL THE NEXT CYCLE. SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, CYCLE EIGHT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY APPLICATIONS YET.

WE JUST STARTED MEETING WITH THE CITY.

SO WE ARE AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF, OF CYCLE EIGHT.

SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BECAUSE CITIES HAVE WORKED SO HARD ALREADY ON CYCLE EIGHT THAT THESE CHANGES WOULD BE HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THOSE EFFORTS.

SO I KNOW AT LEAST FOR HOLLYWOOD, OUR STAFF WOULD MUCH PREFER THAT THESE CHANGES DON'T GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL CYCLE NINE.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THAT WHY THE OTHER TAC CHANGES WERE INCORPORATED, BUT NOT THAT CHANGE.

DO YOU WANT ME TO GRAB ON THAT? SURE. OKAY, SO WE ARE.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER OR IT VICE MAYOR RIGHT NOW.

OR IS IT? NO, NOT ANYMORE.

OKAY. I GOT DEMOTED.

OH, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF A THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS YET AND THAT'S ACTUALLY SO THIS CYCLE HASN'T ACTUALLY REALLY STARTED. AND WHILE, YOU KNOW, IT'S COMMENDABLE THAT HOLLYWOOD AND ANY OTHER CITY HAS STARTED EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR CHANGES TO OCCUR.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WHY WE BRING CHANGES AT A CERTAIN TIME TO THE BOARD BEFORE THE CYCLE ACTUALLY OPENS AND THE CYCLE ITSELF CARRY.

THE SUBMITTAL IS DUE IN OCTOBER.

OCTOBER 2ND. YES. YEAH.

SO BASICALLY YOU HAVE ALL SUMMER AND PART OF THE FALL TO MAKE WHATEVER CHANGES.

AND I DIDN'T I PERSONALLY DIDN'T SEE THEM AS CUMBERSOME TO THE APPLICATION.

IN FACT, WE'RE STRENGTHENING THEIR ABILITY TO HAVE GOOD APPLICATIONS.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WERE LOOKING AT.

AND I WAS KIND OF TAKEN ABACK AT THE TAX RECOMMENDATION AND THAT CAME OUT OF THAT THINKING, WELL, WHY WOULDN'T YOU WANT TO DO THIS? THIS IS ONLY BENEFITING THE APPLICANTS.

AND SO WE WERE CONFUSED BY IT'S ALMOST AS IF SAYING, WELL, I DON'T WANT TO DO ANY MORE WORK ON THIS ONE, SO JUST LET IT GO.

AND THAT, TO ME DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

I THINK IT PROBABLY IS MORE THAT IN THE CITY'S SELECTIONS OF THEIR OWN EFFORTS, IT MAKES AN IMPACT.

AND SO THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IS AND IN THE WORK UP UNTIL NOW AND YOU KNOW CERTAIN CITIES ARE FAIRLY FAR ALONG IN HOW THEY'RE PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER FOR THEIR OWN CITY.

AND SO THEIR EFFORTS UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND THEIR PRIORITIZATION IS IMPACTED BY THESE CHANGES.

SO I THINK THAT'S THE RATIONALE, AT LEAST AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AND I'M SURE YOU CAN CARRY EXPLAIN BETTER IF IT WAS DISCUSSED AT THE TECH MEETING, BUT TO SUPPORT STAFF'S EFFORTS, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDMENT THAT IT NOT GO INTO EFFECT UNTIL CYCLE NINE.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS DAVE.

CAN WE TAKE THAT AS A MOTION? YES, YOU CAN.

OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND.

DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION.

I HAVE HEARING NONE, BUT I.

SHE'S A SECOND. THERE'S A VIRTUAL RACE.

WELL, WAIT.

THAT IS FOR THE ORIGINAL QUESTION.

THE MOTION NOW IS NOT ON THE SCREEN.

SO I DID IT VERBALLY.

SO WE'RE NOW ON THE MOTION BY THE COMMISSIONER TO HAVE THAT ADDITION.

WE HAD A MOTION, WE HAD A SECOND.

I UNDERSTOOD THE MOTION TO BE TO APPROVE THE ITEM AS PRESENTED WITH THE AMENDMENT.

NO. WITH YOU.

HAD WE HAD A SUBSTITUTE MOTION OR ANOTHER MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHULMAN TO ADD THAT TO THE LANGUAGE.

[00:35:04]

CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE YOU WANT TO VOTE ON THAT AND YOU HAVE A SECOND? COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. ALL RIGHT.

SO ON THE TABLE IS THE MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT THESE POLICY CHANGES WILL NOT COMMENCE UNTIL CYCLE NINE? OKAY. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION, MR. WALSH? OH, I'M ON.

I HAD AN ADDITIONAL ITEM.

RIGHT. WE'RE GETTING WE'LL GET BACK TO THAT.

OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH THIS ONE NOW ON THE AMENDMENT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GET THROUGH IT.

OKAY. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT, PLEASE VOTE.

I SEE YOU HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS LISTED.

NO, THAT'S ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT.

A MEMORY PASSES.

NOW, ON THE ORIGINAL, CAN WE JUST CLARIFY FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL THAT WE HAVE AFFIRMATIVE VOTES AS WELL? ALL RIGHT. CLARIFIED.

I'M ASSUMING IF NOBODY SAID TO KNOW THAT THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE AFFIRMATIVE.

I'M AFFIRMATIVE. THANK YOU, MAYOR COOPER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THE AMENDMENT I DO HAVE MY EYE ON.

HOLD ON A SECOND, MAYOR.

ON THE PRELIMINARY THERE.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE AMENDMENT. SO THE MOTION HAS BEEN AMENDED.

CORRECT? NOW, ON THE VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.

THAT'S YOU, MAYOR.

YES. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. I HAVE A QUESTION.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE HAD UNPRECEDENTED TIMES WITH CONSTRUCTION COSTS AND INCREASE IN THOSE SINCE THIS IS MOVING FORWARD.

I HAVE A LITTLE ANGST ABOUT APPROVING SOMETHING THAT SAYS 30%, AN INCREASE OF COSTS.

THAT SEEMS LIKE A LARGE AMOUNT.

I KNOW AGAIN, WE'VE SUFFERED THROUGH THIS AND MAYBE LIKE TO HEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE BACKGROUND ON THAT FIGURE BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN WE WERE DOING CONSTRUCTION ESTIMATES, YOU KNOW, WE BUILD IN CONTINGENCIES, BUT 30% IS A PRETTY HIGH NUMBER.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THERE COULD BE BETTER LANGUAGE PUT IN THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH MARKET CONDITIONS RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW.

ON PUTTING IN THAT FIGURE.

I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

I THINK THAT'S HIGH. I LIKE TO ANSWER THAT.

ANYBODY MRS MACNEIL THAT? SURE, I COULD TAKE A STAB AT IT.

SO JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE WE DIDN'T BASE THE INCREASE ON THE CEILING AND THE CAP SORRY, THE FLOOR AND THE CEILING OFF OF 30%.

THE 30% IS JUST WE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD SOME LOCAL AGENCIES COME TO US AFTER THEIR PROJECTS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, RANKED AND AWARDED AND ASKED AND THEY'VE COME TO ASK FOR CHANGES IN THEIR PROJECT SCOPE.

AND SO WE ARE SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF YOUR PROPOSED CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE AFFECTS THE BUDGET BY EITHER, YOU KNOW, INCREASES IT BY 30% OR DECREASES IT BY 30%, THAT TO US SEEMS LIKE A SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE AND THAT REQUEST, WE SHOULD BRING THAT TO THE BOARD AND ASK FOR THEIR APPROVAL BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT A PROJECT OF, YOU KNOW, THE SAME QUALITY, SAME CALIBER IS BEING DELIVERED IS THE SAME AS WHAT WE ORIGINALLY AWARDED.

A LOT OF TIMES OUR PARTNER MEMBER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED BECAUSE OF COST INCREASES WILL LIMIT THE PROJECT DOWN TO SOMETHING THAT IS REMOTELY RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL.

AND THAT IS PART AND PARCEL OF WHY THE AMENDMENT WAS IMPORTANT TO THE AGENCY IS IF YOU COME IN AND SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO, I'M GOING TO USE A CITY OF HOLLYWOOD EXAMPLE, JOHNSON STREET, AND YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY OUT TO 441 AND THEN YOU REALIZE YOU CAN'T DELIVER THAT PROJECT.

AND NOW IT'S FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY TO DIXIE.

THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY A VERY DIFFERENT PROJECT IN PROVIDING MOBILITY.

AND SO THAT MEASUREMENT IS IMPORTANT TO THE ABILITY TO GET PROJECTS DONE.

THE 30% NUMBER, YOU KNOW, MAYOR COOPER, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LOT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE SEEN COST INCREASES IS COMPOUNDED. AND SO WHILE YOU SAY, OKAY, WELL, INFLATION HAS BEEN RUNNING, YOU KNOW, LAST YEAR WAS RUNNING AROUND 10% THIS YEAR, NOW WE'RE.

THIS MONTH WE'RE DOWN TO ABOUT THREE.

THERE'S YEAR OVER YEAR COMPOUNDING ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING WITH THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION.

AND YOU JUST PASSED A $6.4 BILLION TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS ARE GOING TO START EVEN EATING INTO THE ABILITY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO FIND CONTRACTORS TO DO SMALLER JOBS LIKE CECIL PROJECTS. SO THERE'S THAT A NUMBER THAT WILL ALSO RISE AS WELL.

[00:40:03]

YOU COULD GO AFTER MORE MONEY.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, THOSE FIGURES.

I JUST YOU KNOW, TO ME, I'M CURIOUS IF IT WAS JUST A MATTER OF.

AND NOT THROWING ANY AGENCY UNDER THE BUS, JUST POOR PLANNING TO BEGIN WITH, YOU KNOW, AND COST ESTIMATES AND THOSE CHANGES BECAUSE WHEN IT GETS THAT FAR, OF COURSE THE MPO, THEN YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE THE DECISION.

BUT ONCE THEY'VE GOT THAT FAR INTO THE SCOPE.

I'LL THINK ABOUT IT. I JUST AGAIN, I'M WONDERING IF INSTEAD OF HAVING THAT HARD, FAST FIGURE OF UP TO 30%, WE'RE BEING WISE JUST PUTTING IN TWO MARKET CONDITIONS BECAUSE YOUR EXAMPLE IS REALLY REDUCING A PROJECT, NOT INCREASING IT.

AND THIS READS, AS YOU KNOW, WELL, I HAVE TO DO JOHNSON STREET, YOU KNOW, FROM POINT A TO POINT B, NOW I'M ASKING FOR ALMOST, YOU KNOW, A THIRD OF THE PROJECT INCREASE.

THAT'S MY CONCERN.

YEAH. OKAY, MAYOR, WE CAN ALWAYS COME BACK.

AND I'M SORRY, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WORDS MATTER AND THEY'RE GOING TO COME IN.

WELL, YEAH, WE PLANNED IT, BUT NOW WE WANT TO DO A LITTLE MORE.

I WAS LOOKING AT MORE ON THAT END.

LIKE I OPENED THE DOOR FOR MY PROJECT AND NOW, OH, LET ME ADD ANOTHER BLOCK, YOU KNOW, AND THEN IT'LL CUT INTO OTHER PROJECT RANKINGS.

SO, OKAY, WE MIGHT EXTEND THAT ALL THE WAY TO PEMBROKE PINES TOO.

YES. JAFFE.

OKAY. THANK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I HAVE A QUESTION.

IF WE CAN JUST GO BACK ON THOSE PENALTIES ON POLICY CHANGE FIVE ON THE.

FIRST OF ALL, THESE CSLIP PROGRAMS, TWO I FEEL ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY BECAUSE THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF GOOD THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITIES, FOR THE RESIDENTS.

AND WHEN I SEE A POLICY CHANGE FIVE WHERE THERE ARE PENALTIES IN THESE LABS IF THERE IS A LAB PROGRAM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES I'VE SEEN IN THE PAST THAT A LAB PROGRAM WILL HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT ONCE THESE ARE BROUGHT TO THE MUNICIPALITY, THAT THE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND, THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT FALL, THAT THE BURDEN FALLS UPON THE MUNICIPALITY INSTEAD OF WHEN WE FIRST GO OUT AND SELL IT.

IT'S A SURTAX OR A CSLIP FUNDING PROJECT AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL COSTS THAT COME ON TOP OF THAT.

I'M NOT SAYING I'M AGAINST THESE PENALTIES AND I APPRECIATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS THERE ANY TYPE OF APPEAL PROCESS FOR ANY OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES IF SOMETHING HAPPENS WHERE THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS COME TO BEAR DUE TO THE LAP PROGRAM, THAT AND IT CAUSES SOME OF US INDIVIDUALLY AT OUR POSITIONS TO BACKTRACK ON THAT PROJECT BECAUSE OF THESE ADDITIONAL COSTS? SURE. I'LL ADDRESS THAT.

WE DON'T HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS BUILT INTO OUR CIP POLICIES PER SE.

I WOULD IMAGINE THAT AN APPLICANT COULD COME TO THE BOARD AND YOU KNOW, SO BASICALLY WHEN WE PRESENT THE LIST OF RANKED PROJECTS TO THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, AFTER WE RANK THOSE APPLICATIONS, WE COME WITH THE DRAFT PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS.

AND AT THAT TIME I WOULD THINK THAT AN APPLICANT COULD COME AND SPEAK DURING THAT PRESENTATION OF THAT LIST AND OBJECT.

GREG, IS THERE ANY OTHER I MEAN, AGAIN, THESE ARE JUST RECOMMENDATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS OUR RANKING PROCESS AT STAFF LEVEL, BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THE BOARD, THE BOARD, YOU GUYS CAN MAKE ANY DECISION YOU WANT.

AND ALL I CAN DO IS TELL YOU, YEAH, WE CAN DO THIS OR NO, WE CAN'T FINANCIALLY, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF YOU WANTED TO JUST FUND ONE BIG PROJECT, THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. IT'S THE VOTES OF THE BOARD.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. MR. WELCH. THANK YOU.

GOING BACK TO CHANGE SEVEN, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME CLARITY ON MUNICIPALITIES THAT HAVE SUBMITTED SEA SLIP PROJECTS UTILIZING THE MTECH.

NOW. I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF HAS GIVEN INDICATION THAT EVEN GOING THROUGH MTECH LOCAL LAPSE CERTIFICATION IS STILL REQUIRED. IS THAT THE CASE AND IF SO, WHY? I CAN ANSWER. SO THE FIRST QUESTION.

YES, IT IS STILL THE CASE.

ANY PROJECT THAT COMES THROUGH AND IS AWARDED THAT APPLICANT, THAT LOCAL AGENCY WOULD NEED TO DELIVER THAT PROJECT USING THE LOCAL AGENCY

[00:45:01]

BUT EVEN IF YOU'RE USING MTECH.

WELL, I'M GOING TO JUMP IN.

OKAY. EVEN WITH THE MTECH PROGRAM ORGANIZATION, EVENTUALLY IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN GET THEM CERTIFIED LIKE THEY DO COUNTIES. COUNTIES ARE ACTUALLY ANNUALLY CERTIFIED THROUGH THE LAP PROGRAM.

WE'D LIKE TO GET THERE.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND ONE OF OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH DISTRICT THE NEW DISTRICT SECRETARY IS THE FACT THAT WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT PERFORMANCE AND SEE HOW MTECH IS DELIVERING FOR THE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE MEMBERS AND THEN GET THEM AROUND A LEVEL OF COMFORT FOR CERTIFICATION.

ANYTIME YOU DO SOMETHING NEW, THERE'S ALWAYS FEAR OF CHANGE AND BEING DIFFERENT.

AND THIS IS SOMETHING NEW TO THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

YOU KNOW, OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, WHICH ACTUALLY DOES REQUIRE A LAP PROGRAM, THEY WERE INTERESTED IN THIS AND THEY WANT TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT. SO RIGHT NOW, YOU GO THROUGH LAP THE CITIES MTECH WILL PROVIDE THE LAP CERTIFICATION NECESSARY TO THE CITY TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT IT'S STILL A FEDERAL HIGHWAY REQUIREMENT.

EVENTUALLY WE WOULD LIKE TO GET IT WHERE MTECH IS AT ENTITY, BUT UNTIL WE GOT TO BUILD SOME PROJECTS, WE GOT TO CUT OUR TEETH.

SO CHOICE RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT. AND I DON'T I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THAT FROM A STAFF POSITION.

I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'D BE CONCERNED.

OKAY. OKAY. FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE ON ITEM TWO.

NEED A MOTION, PLEASE? MOTION BY MR. MCGEE. AND SECOND, BY MR. MARTIN. COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

JUST DOUBLE CHECK IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.

HEARING NONE, LET'S VOTE.

WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS A MOTION ON NUMBER TWO.

THIS IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDMENT.

WITH THE AMENDMENT TO APPLY ONLY TO CYCLE BEGINNING CYCLE NINE.

NUMBER THREE ON THE MOTION.

THIS IS THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED.

RIGHT. FOR ITEM TWO.

ALL RIGHT. REBECCA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS.

JUST TRY TO CHANGE THAT HEADING.

MOVED AGAIN? PERFECT.

NO. THERE YOU GO. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY VOTE.

OH, HERE WE GO.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. DON'T CHANGE IT AGAIN.

IT KEEPS MOVING OVER TO NUMBER THREE.

THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.

I HEAR YOU. LET'S VOTE, EVERYBODY.

OKAY. THE MOTION DOES PASS.

FISHER. THANK YOU, REBECCA.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, LET'S GO TO ITEM THREE, PLEASE.

[3. A. MOTION TO APPROVE the Participating Addendum (PA) with the National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO); and B. MOTION TO APPROVE Agreement No. 24-02 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Accenture, LLP for Pre-Pilot Deployment of Advanced Technology Signal Planning in an Amount Not to Exceed $575,000]

DID YOU HAVE TROUBLE GETTING HERE THROUGH THE TUNNEL? YEAH, RIGHT. I NOTICED YOU WERE A LITTLE LATE.

ALL RIGHT. ITEM THREE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIR. ITEM THREE A IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARTICIPATION ADDENDUM WITH THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PROCUREMENT OFFICIALS.

NASPO.

MS. WELCH. AGAIN? NO. MISTAKE.

OKAY, THAT'S A MISTAKE.

ALL RIGHT. ON ACTION THREE.

DISCUSSION THREE.

A3A. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM TOGETHER OR SEPARATE? WHATEVER YOU'D LIKE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S TAKE THEM TOGETHER.

OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING THREE.

THREE A AND THREE B. I'LL JUST READ IT FOR THE RECORD.

THREE B IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AGREEMENT NUMBER 24-02 BETWEEN THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND ACCENTURE LLP FOR PRE-PILOT DEPLOYMENT OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY SIGNAL PLANNING IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $575,000.

OKAY, EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND.

QUESTIONS. LET'S HAVE A MOTION FOR THREE A AND B.

MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SHULMAN AND MOTION.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MARTIN.

DISCUSSION. LET'S VOTE.

PUBLIC. PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT.

HEARING NONE, LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. 3AB DOES PASS.

EXCELLENT. LET'S GO TO FOUR, PLEASE.

[4. DISCUSSION AND MOTION to Raise Local Contribution Rates for the School Board of Broward County]

OKAY. DISCUSSION.

MR. CALETKA.

GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR.

THIS WAS AN AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS REQUESTED OF THE BOARD AT THE LAST MEETING, AND THE TOPIC OF DISCUSSION WAS THAT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAD A CAP PLACED ONTO THEIR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.

SO IT'S ALWAYS $0.05 PER CAPITA.

AND THE BOARD WANTED TO REVIEW WHETHER OR NOT THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CHANGE TO THE SCHOOL BOARD'S CONTRIBUTION RATE.

OKAY. DISCUSSION.

HEARING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON ACTION FOR THE SCHOOL.

[00:50:03]

COMMISSIONER ALSTON OR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AUSTIN.

THANK YOU. I WAS GOING TO SAY I PREFER THE CLEARANCE PRICE, BUT.

NO, COMMENT.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.

YOU NEED A MOTION. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HENTON AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER FISHER.

PUBLIC COMMENT. DISCUSSION.

PUBLIC COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENT.

PUBLIC COMMENT. MAYOR COOPER.

THAT'S NOT PUBLIC.

I WAS TRYING TO GET HER IN AND SHE RAISED HER HAND.

WELL, SHE PROBABLY LEFT. IT WAS TO VOTE.

I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. IT'S A LITTLE SLOW ON THE DRAW.

SORRY. LET'S VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, YOUR ACCIDENT, THE ITEM PASSES.

CAN WE GO TO OUR REGULAR ITEMS AND ITEM SEVEN COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR SIZZLE REEL.

[7. Comments from the Chair]

OH, THIS IS.

YEAH, THIS IS MY TIME.

SO, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS.

GREG STUART FOR THE RECORD, BROWARD MPO, I ACTUALLY WANT TO RUN TWO THINGS BY YOU.

ONE IS A SIZZLE REEL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY GOING TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE PRESS THAT WE GOT ON THE RAIL SAFETY EVENT THAT WE HELD IN POMPANO BEACH.

THANK YOU, MAYOR FISHER, FOR BEING THERE, AS WELL AS THE REST OF YOU WHO ACTUALLY HAD A CHANCE TO ATTEND.

ANDREA, YOU DO A GREAT JOB WITH THE UNVEILING VICE CHAIR, AWESOME JOB WITH THE UNVEILING.

WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT.

IF I CAN GO AHEAD AND CAN WE TEE THAT UP FIRST? MAYBE. I LOVE TECHNOLOGY.

OH. CHANNEL TEN. NEW CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT TRAGEDY.

TRIAN TRACKS. BRANTFORD COUNTY LEADERS.

ZIADE COUNTY LEADERS ARE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF RECKLESS BEHAVIOR AROUND TRAINS AND AT RAIL CROSSINGS.

DON'T RISK IT.

THAT'S THE MESSAGE BEING SENT TO DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY AROUND TRAINS.

THE LEADERS OF BROWARD COUNTY ARE MAKING AN EFFORT TO STOP TRAIN ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES IN THEIR CITIES.

MULTIPLATFORM RAIL SAFETY CAMPAIGN IS KICKING OFF, LED BY THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

THE RAIL LINE RUNS RIGHT THROUGH THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THAT'S WHY RAIL SAFETY IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE PLAN TO UTILIZE RAIL FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

SPEARHEADED BY THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, MAYORS ACROSS BROWARD COUNTY JOINED TOGETHER ON MONDAY TO ANNOUNCE A NEW SAFETY EDUCATION CAMPAIGN IN AN ATTEMPT TO REDUCE TRAIN ACCIDENTS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

PEOPLE CAN CAN BE SAFER AND BE MORE MINDFUL THAT WHEN A TRAIN COMES.

BEWARE AND DON'T RISK IT.

ARE AN IMPORTANT STORY HERE.

BROWARD COUNTY IS GETTING $15 MILLION IN FUNDING TODAY TO TACKLE RAILROAD SAFETY.

THE NEW ACTION TO PREVENT TRAGEDIES ON THE TRACKS.

THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION AWARDING A $15.4 MILLION GRANT TO THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION FOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT FOCUS ON SAFETY. THIS NEW GRANT TO MAKE RAILWAY CROSSINGS IN BROWARD COUNTY IS MEANT TO MAKE EVERYONE SAFER, BOTH DRIVERS AND PEDESTRIANS.

NOW, SOME OF THOSE PLACES WHERE YOU ONLY HAVE TWO GATES ON EITHER SIDE AND PEOPLE GO THROUGH.

SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO SEAL IT UP SO THAT WAY THEY CAN'T SNEAK AROUND THE GATES WHEN THE TRAIN IS COMING.

THE PROJECTS EARNING GRANTS ARE IN WEST PALM BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

WEST PALM BEACH WILL WORK TO IMPROVE SAFETY AT CROSSINGS.

BROWARD COUNTY WILL LOOK TO IMPLEMENT NEW SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, AND FORT LAUDERDALE WILL STUDY 15 CROSSINGS TO HELP IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE CITY.

MPO PLANNERS ESTIMATE THE IMPROVEMENTS CAN AVOID DOZENS OF POTENTIALLY DEADLY INCIDENTS OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS.

SO WE KNOW THAT THERE WILL ALSO BE SEVEN MEDIANS THAT WILL BE RAISED, AND THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF TREATMENTS THAT ALSO DETER PEOPLE FROM TRYING TO CROSS THE TRACKS WHEN THERE'S A TRAIN COMING. WITH THESE NEW IMPROVEMENTS, THESE NEW PROJECTS IMPLEMENTED.

THE BROWARD MPO ESTIMATES THAT OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, 45 OF THESE INCIDENTS COULD BE PREVENTED.

GOOD. SO IT TALKS ABOUT THE MPO.

HOLD ON FOR A SECOND. WHILE IT TALKS ABOUT THE MPO AND ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY, I WANT TO THANK THE CITIES AS WELL FROM HALLANDALE BEACH ALL THE WAY UP TO DEERFIELD BEACH FOR ALSO MATCHING THE MONEY THAT THE COUNTY IS PUTTING IN SO THAT WAY WE CAN ACTUALLY PUT THE RAIL SAFETY EQUIPMENT IN PLACE.

IT WAS A REALLY BIG AND QUICK LIFT, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS LIKE A HALLMARK OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO HERE IS REACT VERY SWIFTLY WHEN THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THAT.

RAIL SAFETY GRANT.

I ALSO WANT TO THEN RUN CAN WE DO HEAD AND RUN THE PUBLIC SAFETY VIDEO?

[00:55:08]

YOU'RE LATE. I'LL BE THERE AS SOON AS I CAN.

NEVER TRY TO BEAT THE TRAIN.

IT'S NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE.

DON'T RISK IT.

MM THAT'S ACTUALLY GARNERED NATIONAL ATTENTION.

WE'VE ACTUALLY THAT'S BEEN BROADCAST ALL THE WAY FROM ALASKA TO MAINE.

AND SO WHEN YOU KIND OF THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS LITTLE MPO ACTUALLY HAS THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE, THAT IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYTIME YOU COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY AFFECTS PEOPLE AND MAKES THEM THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN IMPROVEMENT.

YOU ALL ADOPTED A VISION ZERO STATEMENT FOR OUR AGENCY AND MY CONVERSATIONS.

AND PAUL AND I HAVE BEEN PAUL CALVARESI AND I'VE BEEN TALKING WITH FEDERAL RAIL.

BASICALLY, WE SAID VISION ZERO APPLIES TO OUR RAIL SYSTEM AS WELL.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET THAT.

SO THAT WAY NO CITIZEN IN BROWARD OR VISITOR WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE TRAGEDIES OF SEEING THEIR LOVED ONES BEING CRUSHED BY A ONCOMING HIGH SPEED RAIL TRAIN. AND WE'VE GOT TO THANK EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, MOVING FORWARD.

THAT ALSO WAS PRODUCED BY DONATIONS FROM THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

AND WE ALSO APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF OUR FEDERAL FUNDING THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PUT THAT TOGETHER.

SO WITH THOSE TWO ITEMS, I ACTUALLY WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S ALSO A COUPLE EVENTS AND YOU HAVE A FLIER IN FRONT OF YOU.

WE HAVE THE COMPLETION OF OUR TIGER GRANT.

THAT WAS AN AWARD THAT THIS MPO RECEIVED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, AND IT TOOK SIX YEARS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AT DOT TO ACTUALLY GET THE TIGER SYSTEM BUILT. IT IS A FIVE PROJECT TIGER GRANT APPLICATION WHICH CONNECTED COMPLETE STREETS.

IT WAS A EFFORT BETWEEN FIVE MUNICIPALITIES AND OR EXCUSE ME, FOUR MUNICIPALITIES AND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO ACTUALLY GET THEM IN.

SO WE'D LIKE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS CONGRESSWOMAN SHEILA MCCORMICK IS GOING TO BE THERE AS WELL TO PRESENT ANOTHER CHECK TO THE AGENCY FOR ADDITIONAL FEDERAL FUNDS.

WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

ALSO, AS I TOLD THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, THIS IS OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR, SO HAPPY BUDGET YEAR.

AND WITH THE NEW BUDGET YEAR STARTING, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT HAPPEN FOR ALL OF YOU, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD THING.

TYPICALLY, THE STATE OF FLORIDA, YOU GO TO YOUR STATE REP AND THEY TRY TO COME UP WITH A LOCAL PROJECT FOR YOU.

AND A LOT OF TIMES THAT CAME OUT OF THE MPOS BUDGET THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE GOVERNOR, AS WELL AS THE STATE LEGISLATURE, HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN GENERAL FUND MONEY AND PUT IT INTO TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.

TOTALLY APPRECIATE THAT BECAUSE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT CSA PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHERE THE MONEY COMES OUT OF THAT.

SAID, CONGRATULATIONS TO HOLLYWOOD FOR THEIR BRIDGE PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE ON JOHNSTON STREET.

CONGRATULATIONS TO LIGHTHOUSE POINT FOR A STUDY AND PLANNING EFFORT AS WELL.

FOR A BRIDGE PROJECT.

WE GO TO TECHNOLOGY AND LOOK AT PORT EVERGLADES.

OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY RECEIVED A SECURITY GRANT.

THEN ON COMPLETE STREET SIDE, POMPANO BEACH GOT RIVERSIDE ROAD, FORT LAUDERDALE GOT GALT OCEAN MILE FUNDED, AND COOPER CITY GOT HIATUS ROAD FUNDED. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS MOVED FORWARD, WHICH WERE REALLY HAPPY WITH ONE NEGATIVE WAS WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE LAKES.

THEY ENDED UP VETO.

THE GOVERNOR VETOED THE GREENWAY TRAIL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE TIGER PROJECT.

SO GO FIGURE.

LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS, THOSE ARE GOING TO GO OUT.

THANK YOU FOR APPROVING THAT LAST ITEM.

THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT NOT AS CONTROVERSIAL AS THE LAST.

AND WE WILL BE SENDING OUT INVOICES SHORTLY.

AGAIN, THAT GOES TO OUR STATE ADVOCACY AND FEDERAL ADVOCACY PROGRAMS. AND NONE OF THAT CAN BE DONE WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO NO MATTER HOW SUCCESSFUL WE ARE AT CAPTURING FEDERAL MONEY, WE CANNOT GO AND ADVOCATE FOR THE CITIES OR FOR THE COUNTY AND FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WITHOUT HAVING LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

SO WE APPRECIATE IT.

FINALLY, THEN THERE'S A COUPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT THAT WE COMBINED WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO GO AFTER A $5 MILLION AWARD. I EXECUTED THAT CONTRACT WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

WE WERE THE LAST AWARDEE IN THE STATE TO ACTUALLY SIGN OFF.

SO IT TOOK US SOME TIME.

I WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE A MORE CEREMONIAL THING OTHER THAN DOING ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE.

BUT FEDERAL HIGHWAY WAS LIKE, GET THIS DONE.

SO WHEN YOUR BOSSES TELL YOU THAT THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE MONEY OR ELSE, THEN YOU MOVE.

YOU MOVE AS QUICK AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

I'D LIKE TO THANK BROWARD COUNTY.

YOU HAVE AN ITEM THAT YOU APPROVED, WHICH IS AN MOU BETWEEN THE MPO STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF ON WORKING ON THAT PROJECT.

[01:00:01]

OH, IT'S COMING IN AUGUST TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION.

SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.

BUT AS I PROMISED, MAYOR FISHER IS WE WOULD START SETTING UP GAME PLANS ON HOW TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY.

AND THAT MOU IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE CAN DO TOGETHER WHEN WE WORK HARD AND ACTUALLY SAY WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THINGS.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS ALSO.

BUILDING TRUST WITH EACH OTHER.

AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT OVER MY LIFETIME HERE, I'VE WATCHED IT GO FROM A VERY BAD RELATIONSHIP TO WALKING IT INTO A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP.

I THINK THAT WE CAN CONTINUE ON THAT PATH BETWEEN THE MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE COUNTY AND THE SCHOOL BOARD.

AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALL ARE PART OF SETTING THAT TREND AND ACTUALLY HAVING THE VOICES TOGETHER.

YOU KNOW, BASICALLY SUPPORTING EACH OTHER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING ON THAT.

THEN I ALSO WANT TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THE SOLICITATION.

THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OR THE COUNTY AND THE MPO STAFF ARE GOING TO SIT ON THE SOLICITATION AND ACTUALLY LOOK TO RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE PROVIDED THE SOLICITATION MATERIALS OVER TO THE COUNTY SMALL BUSINESS GROUP TO I CAN'T REMEMBER HIS NAME RIGHT NOW, SANDY.

MICHAEL MCDONALD DOES IT SOUNDS LIKE A MUSICIAN.

AND SO IT'S LITERALLY GOING TO BE AN EFFORT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH INPUT, NOT ONLY NATIONALLY BUT ALSO LOCALLY, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO HELP SET THE TONE FOR US TO GO AFTER ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DOLLARS IN THE YEARS AHEAD.

AND THEN FINALLY, ON ONE LAST ISSUE THAT WE BROUGHT UP TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, WE HAVE A HOUSING AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RESILIENCY COMMITTEE, AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR MEMBERS FOR THAT.

IT'S PRETTY WEIGHED HEAVILY TO THE SOUTHEAST.

AND SO WE'RE LOOKING WE HAVE A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET OUT OF THE SOUTH, CENTRAL AND THEN SOUTHWEST, BUT WE'RE STILL LOOKING POTENTIALLY FOR SOME FOLKS FROM THE EAST, SO NORTHEAST CORNER.

SO HOPEFULLY AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANYBODY THAT YOU KNOW ON ONE OF YOUR BOARDS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO GET INVOLVED, PLEASE SEND THAT INFORMATION TO VILMA.

HURTADO AND THAT'S HURTADO V AT BROWARD MPO.ORG.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN LOOK INTO SEEING IF WE CAN GET THEM ASSIGNED.

WE WILL BE BRINGING AN AGENDA ITEM, HOPEFULLY IN THE SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETING, ASSIGNING THOSE FOLKS TO THE COMMITTEE AS IT MOVES FORWARD.

AND FINALLY, MISTER BRAUN, I KNOW MISTER O'REILLY IS NOT HERE.

COME ON UP. COME ON DOWN.

YOU'RE THE NEXT CONTESTANT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO JUMP UP AND DOWN.

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE SOMEBODY THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.

STEVE BRAUN IS NOW DISTRICT SECRETARY.

BUT ALSO JERRY O'REILLY IS TAKING HIS SUNSET CRUISE OUT OF FORT AS WE SPEAK.

AND WITH THAT, WE ACTUALLY HAD THIS LOVELY PLACARD OR A LOVELY LITTLE AWARD FOR JERRY.

STEVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND ACCEPTING IT AND MAYBE EVEN SAYING A COUPLE OF WORDS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO I WAS HERE LAST MONTH.

GREG INTRODUCED ME.

I'M TRANSITIONING TO THAT DISTRICT SECRETARY ROLE.

SO BESIDES THE FUNNY ACCENT HERE, I LOOK TO CONTINUE GERRY'S LEGACY HERE IN DISTRICT FOUR.

YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS PARTNERSHIP UNDER GERRY'S LEADERSHIP WITH THE MPO, WITH THE COUNTY, WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.

SO JUST BUILDING UPON THAT AND LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THIS BOARD.

A LOT OF YOU HAVE SEEN ME HERE IN VARIOUS PREVIOUS CAPACITIES, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT INVOLVEMENT.

I DO WANT TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF GERRY.

HE WAS HE'S TRAVELING.

HE'S USING SOME OF HIS LEAVE BEFORE HE ACTUALLY RETIRES.

HE TEXTED ME TUESDAY MORNING.

HE WAS ON THE FLIGHT BACK FROM IRELAND ON THE RUNWAY.

AND HE SAID THAT THEY JUST ASKED HIM TO DE-BOARD SO DEEP PLANE.

SO HE IS RETURNING BACK THIS WEEKEND.

SO, AGAIN, THANK YOU.

AND WE'LL BE SURE TO RECOGNIZE GERRY WHEN HE GETS BACK TO THE OFFICE.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS.

I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.

I DON'T EITHER. THAT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT MEMBER COMMENTS?

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

ANYTHING OPEN FROM THE PUBLIC.

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD'S REPORT?

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

I'M DONE. GENERAL COUNSEL.

[10. General Counsel’s Report]

TULSA IS HERE ON BEHALF OF ALAN GABRIEL.

ALAN SENDS HIS REGARDS.

YOU HAVE OUR MONTHLY REPORT IN THE AGENDA PACKET.

WE WERE VERY BUSY HELPING STAFF GET EVERYTHING READY FOR THIS MEETING HERE TODAY, AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE.

[01:05:01]

THANK YOU. AND THEN ITEM 11.

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

CAN I BRING UP GRETCHEN CASSINI WILL BE PRESENTING.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. VERY NICE TO BE HERE.

VERY NICE TO SEE ALL OF YOU IN PERSON.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE.

IT'S NOT REALLY ON THE TAX SERVICES, WHICH IS, I THINK, SOMETHING THAT MR. CALETKA AND MR. BROWER MIGHT BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE GENERAL ABOUT THE PROGRAM WHERE WE ARE.

I WAS ASKED TO JUST KIND OF PROVIDE YOU WITH SOME HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OVER THE LAST ALMOST FIVE YEARS, ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF YEARS NOW. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND LET ME JUST MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS WORKING.

THERE WE GO.

SO AT THIS POINT, AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW ME, I AM GRETCHEN CASSINI.

I AM THE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX ADMINISTRATOR.

I PROVIDE SUPPORT TO THE OVERSIGHT BOARD, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY, AND OBVIOUSLY THE COUNTY IN GENERAL.

SO WE'VE HAD 46 ROADWAY PROJECTS COMPLETED AND I'M VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT ALSO 258 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED BY THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT.

WE ARE MEETING OR EXCEEDING THE 30% LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS GOAL THAT WAS SET ON THIS PROGRAM BEFORE IT WENT TO THE VOTERS IN 2018. OUR COUNTY COMMISSION HAD THE WISDOM TO RECOGNIZE THE NEED TO KEEP THESE LOCAL DOLLARS LOCAL ACTING AS AN ECONOMIC STIMULUS WITHOUT KNOWING THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE FACING A PANDEMIC.

A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER, IT'S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES.

IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO BUILD OUR CAPACITY NOT JUST TO DELIVER CERTAIN PROJECTS, BUT TO DELIVER ALL OF YOUR PROJECTS.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

I KNOW GREG MENTIONED A FEW MINUTES AGO ABOUT THAT SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT.

THE REASON I THINK WE WERE SO SUCCESSFUL AND RECEIVED ONE OF THE HIGHEST AWARDS IN THE ENTIRE NATION WAS THAT MATCH AND THAT MATCH CAME ENTIRELY FROM THE COUNTY.

SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTNERING ON THAT ACTION PLAN.

WE HAVE 12 MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE HOSTING A LANDING PAGE TO TALK ABOUT ALL OF THEIR SURTAX PROJECTS.

AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE THOSE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE IT. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T, IF YOU'D LIKE TO REACH OUT TO US, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO HELP YOU GET ONE OF THOSE ESTABLISHED.

WE JUST WON A NATIONAL AWARD FOR CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.

WE WENT OUT, WE RECEIVED OVER A THOUSAND RESPONSES.

WE REALLY WANTED TO UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE'S PERCEPTION OF TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 4 TO 5 YEARS AND WHAT THEIR NEEDS ARE.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WHEN WE WENT OUT AND WE STARTED DOING POLLING BACK IN 2015 AND 16 AND 17, WE WERE HEARING A LOT ABOUT CONGESTION. AND WHEN WE TALKED TO THE PUBLIC EARLY LAST, LATE LAST YEAR AND EARLIER THIS YEAR, WHAT WE WERE HEARING EVEN DOWN INTO SOME VERY DETAILED FOCUS GROUPS WAS SAFETY.

SO BACK TO THAT WHOLE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM, THE IMPORTANCE OF FEELING SAFE, NOT JUST WHILE TRAVELING IN A VEHICLE, BUT ALSO BY WHILE WALKING OR BIKING. SO WE ARE TRYING TO PUT AN EMPHASIS ON THAT AS WELL.

IN THE PROGRAM. YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING AN UPDATE FROM MY COLLEAGUE MR. GARLING, IN A BIT ABOUT SOME OF THE MAJOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, INCLUDING OUR COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT.

THE SURTAX IS ALSO PARTICIPATED IN GETTING A NORTHBOUND INTERCHANGE IN THE PAT SALERNO AT THE B.B.A.

CENTER. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO DO AS MANY REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE FEW WEEKS WE'LL HAVE OUR 2024 BUDGET BE RELEASED BY OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AND WE'LL BE SEEING SOME MORE VERY LARGE, VERY TRANSFORMATIONAL AND IMPACTFUL REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS FUNDED WITH THE SURTAX. SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF THIS PROGRAM IN OUR MUNICIPALITIES.

SO WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF MUNICIPAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN AWARDED.

WE HAVE 55 THAT ARE UNDER ACTIVE ACTIVE AGREEMENT, 13 THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED.

AND I COULDN'T BE PROUDER OF OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS WHO ARE BRINGING THOSE PROJECTS ON TIME, OFTEN AHEAD OF SCHEDULE, UNDER BUDGET AND BRINGING A LOT OF LEVERAGE TO THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS WE HAD A GOAL ON THE 30 YEAR PROGRAM OF LEVERAGING THE LOCAL DEDICATED SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT STACKS UP AGAINST LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL MONEY.

$2.5 BILLION IS A PRETTY AMBITIOUS GOAL TO BRING DOWN TO WHERE THE MPO AND FDOT AND ALL OF OUR OTHER PARTNERS COME IN.

[01:10:07]

OUR OVERSIGHT BOARD AND APPOINTING AUTHORITY MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS ARE LIVE WEBCAST.

WE HAVE A SCHEDULE UP ON OUR WEBSITE.

YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO, YOU KNOW, ASK YOUR STAFF TO LOOK AT THOSE.

COME TO THEM IN PERSON IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN A PARTICULAR PROJECT OR YOU HAVE AN AREA OR AN ISSUE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION.

THE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX OVERSIGHT BOARD IS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR INPUT FROM THEIR PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY.

OUR NEXT MEETING, BIG MEETINGS.

WE DO OUR BUDGET WORKSHOP ON THE 16TH, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REGULAR MEETING WHERE THE OVERSIGHT BOARD ACTUALLY ADOPTS THE MUNICIPAL FIVE YEAR PLAN.

AND THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON AUGUST 18TH.

WE GET ASKED A LOT ABOUT FINANCIAL INFORMATION, HISTORICAL DATA.

EVERYTHING IS ON OUR WEBSITE, AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IF ANY OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PRESENTATION SO THAT YOU CAN GET TO THOSE LINKS, MAKE SURE THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU.

YOU'VE GOT A QR CODE THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN VISITING OUR PUBLIC PROJECT DASHBOARD, IT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST VISITED PAGES ON OUR WEBSITE.

THERE'S A LOT OF INTEREST IN THE PROJECTS AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE ALMOST 800 PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER UNDERWAY OR PROGRAMED THROUGH 2027 AT THIS POINT. AND I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN OVERVIEW OF HOW TO USE THE DASHBOARD IF YOU'RE INTERESTED.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS.

LET ME JUST. THERE WE GO.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS TO THE DASHBOARD AND THERE ARE TABS ACROSS THE TOP THAT CAN ALLOW YOU TO SORT EITHER BY PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING SPONSORED BY A MUNICIPALITY, MANAGED BY A MUNICIPALITY.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN LOOKING ONLY AT COUNTY PROJECTS, MAYBE YOU'RE INTERESTED IN ONLY LOOKING AT MULTIMODAL PROJECTS SO YOU CAN SORT NOT JUST BY WHO IS MANAGING THE PROJECT, BUT ALSO WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT IT IS.

WE ALSO HAVE THE ABILITY TO SORT BY A SPECIFIC MUNICIPALITY IF YOU WANT TO SEE EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT IS HAPPENING INSIDE OF YOUR MUNICIPAL BOUNDARIES, WHETHER THAT BE A CITY PROJECT OR A COUNTY PROJECT THAT'S FUNDED WITH THE SURTAX, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD A PROJECT OVERVIEW PAGE.

IT'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE PROJECT IS.

IS IT A DESIGN PROJECT? IS IT A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT? IS IT UNDERWAY? HAS IT ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED? AND THEN OF COURSE, BECAUSE THIS IS A COUNTY SURTAX, WE HAVE EVERYTHING SORTED BY OUR COMMISSION DISTRICTS AS WELL.

SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO VISIT AND REACH OUT TO ME.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET ANY MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PROJECTS IN YOUR MUNICIPALITY.

I ALSO GO OUT AND I DO A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS WITH OUR CITY PARTNERS.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO COME AND DO A PRESENTATION, IN FACT, I HAVE ONE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

PEMBROKE PINES.

SO I DO IT VERY FREQUENTLY.

IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO COME AND MAKE A PRESENTATION TO YOUR COMMISSION, I'M HAPPY TO DO THAT.

AND THEN I'M GOING TO END WITH SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS.

YOU'LL SEE SOME CITY PROJECTS, SOME COUNTY PROJECTS AND ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS.

IT'S ACTUALLY FOR PROJECT REELS THAT HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN RUN TOGETHER.

[MUSIC].

[01:16:26]

IT WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST PARTS OF THE FINANCIAL PLAN WHEN WE WENT OUT TO THE VOTERS AND BEING ABLE TO DO THINGS LIKE THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT AND SOME MICRO TRANSIT PILOTS, THEY'RE ALL VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

OUR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY SHUTTLES AND PROVIDING FIRST MILE AND LAST MILE CONNECTIVITY TO OUR RESIDENTS.

BUT SOME OF THESE REALLY BIG TRANSFORMATIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE THAT WHERE WE'RE REALLY GOING TO CHANGE THIS COMMUNITY INTO THE FUTURE.

SO WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALL MIGHT HAVE.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND SAW KING GEORGE IN THE MOVIE.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU COMING TO PEMBROKE PINES.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION? WELL, YOU DID GOOD.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR SUMMER.

YEAH. ITEM 12, MR.

[12. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

YES, HELLO.

GOOD RESTREPO. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.

LIKE GREG SAID, MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, ONE OF THE CO PROJECT MANAGERS FOR THE 2015 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

AND I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR THE MTA.

SO LET'S GET RIGHT INTO IT.

WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TODAY IS A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

SO PART OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH AND WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ALSO ABOUT OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS AS PART OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

AND THEN IN A LATER PRESENTATION RIGHT AFTER THIS ONE, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO STICK AROUND.

FIRST UP, PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO AT A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS BEFORE, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT OUR SURVEY THAT WE WERE TRYING TO PUSH OUT, AND A LOT OF YOU CAME TO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, MEETINGS WHERE WE TALKED ABOUT THE SURVEY.

AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE OF WHAT THOSE RESULTS LOOK LIKE NOW.

SO FIRST UP, THE SURVEY OPENED UP IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, FEBRUARY 1ST, AND IT CLOSED MAY 31ST.

AND IN THIS SURVEY, WE ASKED REALLY FOUR QUESTIONS THAT WE WANTED TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A PULSE OF WHAT THE PUBLIC WAS THINKING OF THEIR TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ARE FOR BROWARD COUNTY. OUR GOAL WAS TO GET ABOUT 1000 RESPONSES.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT BLUE SQUARE TO THE RIGHT, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

WE ACTUALLY GOT 1888 RESPONSES, AND THAT WAS TO DUE TO A LOT OF HELP THAT WE HAD FROM OUR LOCAL PARTNERS THAT WERE PUSHING IT ON ALL OF THEIR SOCIAL MEDIAS AND SHARING IT AT THEIR COMMUNITY EVENTS AS WELL.

BUT WE DID SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH THAT INVOLVED PRESENTATIONS TO HOA'S, SOME EVENTS WHERE WE ATTENDED THINGS LIKE THE TRIBAL FUN DAYS, ASKING, HAVING A BOOTH TO ASK FOR THIS FEEDBACK THROUGH THE SURVEY.

ONE OF THE INCENTIVES THAT WE HAD FOR IT WAS A $250 GIFT CARD, WHICH WE NOW HAVE A WINNER.

WE DON'T HAVE OUR PHOTO HERE, BUT IF YOU CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE WINNER WAS ARIANNE CAMPOBASSO FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

SHE CAME AND TOOK A LITTLE PHOTO SHOOT WITH US, AND IT'S ALL OVER OUR SOCIAL MEDIA, SO BE SURE TO CHECK THAT OUT.

AND WE ALSO SHARE THE SURVEY ON OUR WEBSITES, OUR NEWSLETTERS AND PRESENTATIONS AND HERE AT THESE BOARD MEETINGS.

[01:20:01]

THE FIRST QUESTION THAT WE ASKED WAS WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM FACING BROWARD TODAY? SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE GAVE AS OPTIONS TO BE SELECTED WERE THE QUALITY OF THE ROADS, THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS, THE LACK OF OPTIONS.

AND THEN RIGHT THERE AT THE TOP, IT'S PROBABLY OF NO ONE'S SURPRISE IT'S TRAFFIC CONGESTION.

THAT WAS THE NUMBER ONE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO THAT'S THAT CORAL RED COLOR YOU SEE ON THAT PIE CHART.

THE SECOND QUESTION THAT WE ASKED WAS, AS WE LOOK TO THE YEAR 2050, WHAT DO YOU THINK ARE THE TOP THREE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS? AND HERE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS.

BUT WHAT CAME AS A LITTLE BIT OF SURPRISE IS, NUMBER ONE, AS TECHNOLOGY.

SO THE PUBLIC OF BROWARD COUNTY REALLY WANTS TO SEE US DO AN INVESTMENT ON TECHNOLOGY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDE THAT IN OUR PLAN.

AND IT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS.

OTHER THINGS HERE THAT WE ASKED WERE THINGS LIKE IMPROVING SAFETY, REDUCING THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND MORE.

THE NEXT QUESTION WAS WHEN EVALUATING PROJECTS FOR ROUTE TO 2050, HOW IMPORTANT ARE EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS? SO HERE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE HAD LAID OUT THAT WE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO RANK OUR SAFETY, MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP, EQUITY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY. NUMBER ONE CAME UP AS SAFETY WITH MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY RIGHT BEHIND IT.

AND THEN OUR LAST QUESTION THAT WE HAD, OTHER THAN JUST CONTACT INFORMATION, WAS WITH LIMITED FUNDING AVAILABLE, HOW SHOULD THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF PROJECTS BE PRIORITIZED FOR ROUTE TO 2050? AND HERE ARE A COUPLE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WERE SELECTED.

BUT NUMBER ONE CAME UP AS ENHANCING AND EXPANDING THE EXISTING TRANSIT SYSTEM.

SO THINGS LIKE BKT, TRI-RAIL AND COMMUNITY BUSSES.

FOLLOWING THAT WAS MAKING TIMES MORE RELIABLE AND IMPROVING AND BUILDING NEW BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES.

EXCITING THAT THE LAST ONE IS WIDENING OR BUILDING NEW ROADS.

SO THAT'S THE LEAST PRIORITIZED ONE BY THE PUBLIC.

SO NOW WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, AND I'VE GIVEN A COUPLE OF UPDATES OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS, BUT NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING COLLECTED AND HERE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE STATISTICS OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE.

SO BEFORE I GAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, BEFORE WE INCLUDED BROWARD COUNTY AND FDOT SUBMITTED PROJECTS, BUT NOW WE HAVE ALL THOSE NUMBERS PUT TOGETHER.

BROWARD COUNTY HAS SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 55 PROJECTS THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS.

FDOT SUBMITTED A TOTAL OF 66.

ALL OF OUR LOCAL AGENCIES, INCLUDING SFMTA, WERE A TOTAL OF 202.

SO THAT COMES UP TO A GRAND TOTAL OF 323 PROJECTS.

IF YOU'RE CURIOUS TO SEE WHERE SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE, WE'VE WE'VE DEVELOPED AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHICH YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE ROUTE TO 20 50.ORG.

AND IF YOU SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, YOU'LL SEE THAT INTERACTIVE MAP AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND SEE MORE PROJECT DETAILS.

THE PROJECTS ARE DISPLAYED BY TYPE OF WORK WITH DIFFERENT COLORS, SO IT'S A FUN TIME.

AND SO NOW I'M GOING TO END ON OUR TIMELINE JUST TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE WHOLE PROCESS.

SO OUR COPPER PROJECTS TOOK PLACE BETWEEN JANUARY OF MAY AND MAY OF THIS YEAR.

OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN RIGHT NOW IS HAPPENING WHERE IT'S IT'S MAY THROUGH AUGUST.

OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION WILL THEN HAPPEN IN AUGUST THROUGH OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR WITH A COST FEASIBLE PLAN THAT YOU CAN EXPECT BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR WITH THAT DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WILL BE GOING OUT TO THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND AGENCIES TO SEEK RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THOSE PROJECTS THAT MAKE THE PLAN.

AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A DRAFT MGP BY JUNE AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION IN DECEMBER OF 2024.

AND THAT IS MY UPDATE FOR THE MCP.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU DOING NUMBER ONE, TWO OR NON ACTION ITEMS?

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

OKAY, PERFECT. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A ONE OF THREE PART SERIES.

SO HOLD ON. IT'S GOING TO BE A TRILOGY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AT THE NEXT TWO MEETINGS SO YOU CAN GET ALL OF THE RESULTS OF THIS IS WELL, NOT YET.

WE'RE GOING TO RELEASE THEM A LITTLE BIT A MONTH BY MONTH.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS MCP PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

AND IN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING PROGRAMS AND THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE.

SO FIRST UP, MCP FUNDING PROGRAMS. IF YOU LOOK TO THE TOP OF THIS SLIDE IN THAT LIGHT BLUE COLOR, THOSE ARE OUR 2045 MCP PROGRAMS THAT EXIST RIGHT NOW.

THEY INCLUDE COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN C, SLIP ROADWAY TRANSIT, MOBILITY HUBS AND SAFETY.

AT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SLIDE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 2050 MCP TO HAVE NEW PROGRAMS. SO LET'S START FROM LEFT TO RIGHT.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT THE COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN AND C SLIP PROGRAMS AS THEY EXIST TODAY GET MERGED INTO ONE PROGRAM.

SO THAT ONE PROGRAM REALLY IDENTIFIES ALL OF THOSE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NEEDS AND FILLING IN THOSE GAPS WITHIN THE NETWORK THAT WE NEED TO FILL.

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IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON AS ITS OWN PROGRAM TRANSIT AND MOBILITY HUBS.

WE WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THESE PROJECTS GET MERGED INTO ONE PROGRAM SO THAT THEY CAN HELP OUR PARTNERS IN ANY WAY THAT WE CAN TO FUND PROJECTS THAT COMPLEMENT THINGS LIKE THE PRIMO PLAN THAT ARE COMING OUT.

AND THEN TSM AND SAFETY, WE'RE ACTUALLY BREAKING UP INTO TWO SEPARATE PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, ONE FOR TECHNOLOGY AND THEN ONE FOR SAFETY.

THESE TWO ARE EMPHASIS AREAS FOR THE 2050 MCP SO IT SEEMS APPROPRIATE THAT WE HAVE PROGRAMS DEDICATED TO EACH ONE OF THOSE.

AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE RESILIENCY, WHICH IS ANOTHER EMPHASIS AREA FOR US.

AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW PROGRAM THAT WE'LL BE SETTING UP.

THIS NEXT SLIDE IS THOSE SAME PROGRAMS THAT YOU JUST SAW, BUT WITH SOME COLORS TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE EXCITING.

THEY ALSO HAVE SOME BRIEF DESCRIPTIONS OF WHAT THEY COULD BE.

SO COMPLETE STREETS THAT BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK ROADWAY, ALL THE ROADWAY CAPACITY TYPE PROJECTS.

IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU'LL FIND THINGS LIKE FREIGHT TYPE PROJECTS THAT WOULD FIT INTO THIS PROGRAM, TRANSIT AND HUBS.

THIS IS GOING TO BE FOCUSED ON THOSE KEY TRANSIT ACCENT POINTS, COMPLEMENTING TRANSIT INVESTMENTS AND THEN CONNECTING THOSE FIRST LAST MILES TECHNOLOGY.

YOU'LL FIND EVERYTHING HERE FROM EV CHARGING STATIONS, LIDAR CAMERAS, TSEMINYU TYPE PROJECTS.

THAT'S WHAT THIS WOULD START.

FUNDING SAFETY WILL BE ITS OWN PROGRAM WITH ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

AND THIS WILL BE BASED OFF OF A NETWORK THAT WE DEVELOP THROUGH THE MTC, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS THROUGH SEVERE CRASHES.

AND THEN RESILIENCY WILL BE A PROGRAM DEDICATED TO CREATING SOLUTIONS FOR CHALLENGES THAT WE'RE FACING WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

SO HERE ARE THOSE PROGRAMS. AGAIN, JUST DIVIDE IT UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

ON THE LEFT, YOU HAVE COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY TRANSIT AND HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THESE GET RANKED THROUGH THE MTP PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THROUGH ITS FACTORS AND HAVE DISCRETE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE RANKED ONE AGAINST THE OTHER.

BUT WITHIN EACH OF THEIR OWN PROGRAMS. THERE IS A LITTLE CAVEAT HERE WITH TECHNOLOGY, WE'RE PROPOSING THAT THIS COULD BE SOMETHING OF A POTENTIAL COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE HOW YOU SEE SEA SLIP TODAY WHERE MUNICIPALITIES CAN GO AND APPLY FOR NEW PROJECTS, BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, TECHNOLOGY IS EVOLVING EVERY SINGLE DAY.

NEW THINGS COME UP.

AND WHAT WE PLAN FOR TODAY MIGHT NOT BE THE SAME FOR TOMORROW.

SO A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES UP, WE CAN APPLY FOR THOSE PROJECTS THIS WAY.

AND THEN TO THE LEFT WE HAVE SAFETY AND RESILIENCY THAT WILL BE THEIR OWN PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE BASED OFF OF THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL FRAMEWORKS AND DEVELOPMENTS BASED OFF OF THE NETWORKS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DEVELOPING AS THE MOST VULNERABLE.

SO AS WE GO FORWARD FOR THIS PRESENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THESE FOUR PROGRAMS, COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY TRANSIT HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY, AND PRESENT A FEW OF THOSE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S REMIND OURSELVES WHAT THOSE GOALS THAT WE ADOPTED A FEW MONTHS AGO ARE.

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

WE ARE TYING A LOT OF THOSE FACTORS BACK TO THESE GOALS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE MAKING THOSE WE'RE COMPLETING COMPLIANT WITH THOSE GOALS.

SO FOR OUR PRIORITIZATION APPROACH, IT'S GOING TO BE A GIES BASED APPROACH THAT IS DATA FOCUSED AND IT'S GOING TO BE INCLUDING OUR MVP EMPHASIS AREAS ON THERE AS DATA POINTS.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE ACCOUNTING FOR MODAL DIFFERENCES.

SO NOT JUST ROADWAY BUT ALSO BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE BASED OFF OF OUR MODEL THAT SHOWS THE NEED AND DEMAND FOCUS.

AND THEN OF COURSE, AT THE END WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WHAT PROJECTS GET INTO OUR PLAN ACTUALLY HAVE GOOD BENEFITS SO THAT WE'RE INVESTING OUR DOLLARS CORRECTLY.

SO HERE ARE THOSE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO KEEP THE SAME SIX THAT WE HAD FROM THE 2045 PLAN.

THEY ARE MOBILITY, ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, EQUITY, RESILIENCY AND ECONOMIC VITALITY.

AND IF YOU NOTICE IN MY PREVIOUS PRESENTATION WHERE WE WERE GOING OVER THOSE SURVEY RESULTS, THIS WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED THE PUBLIC TO RANK WHICH OF THESE SIX FACTORS WERE THE MOST IMPORTANT TO THEM? AND SAFETY CAME UP AS NUMBER ONE.

SO WE'LL BE TAKING THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN WE GO THROUGH OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

OKAY. SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION, JUST MORE ON WHAT EACH OF THOSE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS HAVE WITH SOME PROPOSED CRITERIA.

I'M NOT GOING TO READ THROUGH THOSE ALL, BUT IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE ICON TO THE RIGHT, IT JUST TIES BACK TO THOSE ORIGINAL GOALS THAT I SHOWED BEFORE.

SO THIS ONE WOULD BE FOR SAFELY MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS.

WE ALSO HAVE ACCESSIBILITY THAT ACCOUNTS FOR CREATING JOBS AND FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

SAFETY MOVING SAFELY.

MOVING PEOPLE AND GOODS.

EQUITY. FOSTERING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

RESILIENCY. AGAIN.

ECONOMIC VITALITY FOR CREATING JOBS.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS IN OUR AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER MEETINGS, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE SHARING WITH ALL OF YOU ALL ARE SOME PROPOSED WEIGHTING RECOMMENDATIONS.

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AND THEN IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER TO FINALIZE THE TRILOGY, WE'LL BE SEEKING ENDORSEMENT OF OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

SO THIS IS WHAT TODAY IS ABOUT, GETTING SOME FEEDBACK ON OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS AND OUR PRIORITIZATION FACTORS.

AND THAT'S THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. GREAT PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

COMMENTS. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ON NUMBER TWO.

[2. Report from Partner Agencies - South Florida Commuter Rail Update]

AMANDA KRISTIN HI, MY NAME IS AMANDA KRISTIN.

I'M THE TRANSIT MANAGER FOR THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION, AND I'M JUST HERE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU A SERIES THAT I AM CALLING THE PRINCIPLES OF PREMIUM TRANSIT PRESENTATION SERIES.

THAT WILL BE HAPPENING OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS, THE FIRST OF WHICH IN THE SERIES IS TODAY OUR PARTNER, OUR PARTNER AGENCIES WITH MIAMI DADE TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, LISA COLMENARES AND GABY SERRATO WILL BE PRESENTING ABOUT THE UPDATE FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.

AND AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR FOR THEIR SMART PLAN IS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WHAT WE ARE CALLING THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO THEY'LL BE HERE AS WELL AS PHIL SCHWAB.

HE WILL BE GIVING YOU AN UPDATE ON THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE SOUTHERN PORTION AND ANY ACTIVITIES THAT HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS SINCE YOU RECEIVED YOUR LAST UPDATE.

SO IN AUGUST, WE'LL HAVE A RECESS.

FOLLOWING THAT, WE WILL HAVE A PRESENTATION ALL ABOUT BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

I'M CALLING IT THE FIVE W'S OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, WHY? AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE HOW.

WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, TOO.

OCTOBER WILL BE LIGHT RAIL AND STREETCAR A 2023 PREMIER SO BRING YOU UP TO DATE YOU KNOW TEN YEARS LATER FROM OUR LOCAL EXPERIENCE WITH THE STREETCAR IN FORT LAUDERDALE TELLING YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT TECHNOLOGY, WHERE IT STANDS NOW, LIGHT RAIL TECHNOLOGY, WHY AND HOW IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY DECIDED TO BE THE TECHNOLOGY OF CHOICE IN DIFFERENT CORRIDORS AND DIFFERENT LOCATIONS.

AND WE WILL END THE PRESENTATION SERIES WITH HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE AND UNIVERSAL TRANSIT TECHNOLOGY.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE AND HOW THAT DIFFERS FROM YOUR REGULAR COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE SERVICE OR A COMMUNITY SHUTTLE.

AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT UNIVERSAL TRANSIT TECHNOLOGIES AND SOME THINGS ABOUT TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE.

SO THAT'S COMING UP OVER THE NEXT FOUR MONTHS.

AND TODAY, AGAIN, I WILL INTRODUCE LISA COLMENARES AND GABBY CERETTO SERATO WITH DPW AND THEY WILL GIVE THE UPDATE ABOUT THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

I'M LISA COLMENARES FROM THE MIAMI DADE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND I AM THE CHIEF PLANNING OFFICER AND ALSO THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR. GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BROWARD MPO.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION TO GO OVER.

AND WITH ME TODAY, I ALSO HAVE GABBY SERRATO, WHO'S MY CHIEF OF INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL WAIT A COUPLE OF MINUTES.

BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A SHORT DESCRIPTION AS WE'RE WAITING, OR IS IT WE NEED TO DO THAT.

THERE WE GO. OKAY, PERFECT.

OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR PROJECT IS A REGIONAL CONNECTION LINK THAT WILL BE LINKING MIAMI DADE COUNTY IS AT 13.5 MILE CORRIDOR THAT RUNS FROM MIAMI CENTRAL STATION TO AVENTURA.

SO OUR CORRIDOR HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR SINCE THE 1990S.

SO WE HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY FOR THIS CORRIDOR.

WE IN 2016, THE MIAMI DADE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION PRIORITIZED THIS CORRIDOR AS PART OF OUR STRATEGIC MIAMI AREA RAPID TRANSIT.

WE HAVE SIX CORRIDORS THAT WERE PRIORITIZED AS PART OF THE SMART PLAN OR SMART PROGRAM AS WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO OUR IMPLEMENTATION, WHICH ALSO INCLUDE THE SOUTH CORRIDOR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, THE NORTH CORRIDOR, THE BEACH CORRIDOR, THE KENDALL CORRIDOR, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR FLAGLER CORRIDOR.

SO ALL OF THEM ARE IN DIFFERENT STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION.

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TPO ALSO STARTED A SERIES OF LAND USE AND SCENARIO PLANNING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY JUST SO WE ARE INTENDING TO ADVANCE SMART TRANSIT TO WORK WITH OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR AND ALSO WITH THE COMMUNITY.

UH, IN 2021, OUR TPO PASSED A RESOLUTION ENDORSING OUR LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHICH IS A COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM.

SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE USERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

AS YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR, THIS IS AN EXISTING RAIL CORRIDOR.

WE HAVE FREIGHT USERS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THE FEC RAILWAY THAT IS USING 24 FREIGHT TRAINS THAT ARE USING THE CORRIDOR EXCLUSIVELY AND THE BRIGHTLINE THAT STARTED THEIR OPERATIONS TO TO AVENTURA IN DECEMBER SUCCESSFULLY.

AND WE HAVE BEEN SEEING INCREASED OPERATIONS THERE WITH 36 TRAINS DAILY.

THE SFRTA TRI-RAIL COMMUTER WILL START THEIR SERVICE TO DOWNTOWN WITH 28 TRAINS.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

AND WE'VE SEEN ALREADY SOME TESTING.

AND FOR OUR CORRIDOR, THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WE HAVE PLANNED UP TO 50 TRAINS PER DAY.

SO FOR THE PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THIS CORRIDOR, WE KNOW THAT IT'S VERY WELL NEEDED.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS.

WE ALL KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL SITTING ON 95, VERY CONGESTED, HIGHLY CONGESTED.

RIGHT. SO THIS CORRIDOR, WHICH IS AT 13.5 MILE CORRIDOR, THAT WILL CONNECT TO OUR REGION AND THE ENTIRE REGION AND CONNECT WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE NORTH WITH BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COMING UP SHORTLY AFTER THAT.

THE PURPOSE IS TO INCREASE REGIONAL MOBILITY.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CONNECT BECAUSE OUR COMMUTERS DON'T SEE LINES WHEN THEY'RE COMMUTING FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER.

I LIVE IN BROWARD, WORK IN MIAMI.

SAME WITH MY COLLEAGUE HERE.

AND WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING ALL THE WAY FROM PALM BEACH AND EVEN FURTHER NORTH TO COME DOWN TO JOBS DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND AND OTHERWISE, TOO. WE ALSO WANT TO REDUCE CONGESTION.

WE HAVE HEAVILY CONGESTED CORRIDORS AT LEVEL OF SERVICE F ON OUR SYSTEM.

WE ALSO WANT TO PROVIDE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THE RESIDENTS THAT WILL BE COMING BECAUSE AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR COLLEAGUES, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN WE HAVE, OUR POPULATION WILL BE INCREASING ALL THE WAY UP TO 2045 AND 2050.

THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE RAPID TRANSIT SERVICE AND WILL IMPROVE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY AROUND THE STATIONS AND WILL IMPROVE TRAFFIC IMPACTS.

SO THAT IS OUR PURPOSE AND NEED.

SO WE DO HAVE OUT OF OUR SEVEN STATIONS TO THE BOOKENDS ALREADY BUILT THE MIAMI CENTRAL STATION AND THE AVENTURA STATION AND ATTEMPTS TO ADVANCE AND EXPEDITE.

AND WE HAVE FIVE ADDITIONAL STATIONS FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES AND ALSO WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN THOSE STATIONS, INCLUDING WYNWOOD, THE DESIGN DISTRICT, LITTLE HAITI AT 62ND AND ALSO NORTH MIAMI LOCATIONS, AND FIU BISCAYNE, WHICH IS ALSO IN THE NORTHERN PART OF NORTH MIAMI.

WE ALSO HAVE A PROPOSED VEHICLE MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT THE HIALEAH YARD.

WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THE USERS AND THE STAFF THAT MANAGE THOSE LOCATIONS.

SINCE. AND WITHIN THE EXISTING HIALEAH YARD AND ADJACENT TO THE TRI-RAIL LINE.

THE ESTIMATED COST FOR THE PROJECT IS $528 MILLION.

AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE PROVIDED OUR REQUEST TO ENTER INTO ENGINEERING ON APRIL 26TH OF THIS YEAR TO THE FTA.

WE WILL BE PROVIDING SOME ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTATION TO COMPLETE OUR NEPA AT THE END OF THIS MONTH AND WE HAVE REQUESTED 49% MATCH.

THE REST IS COMING FROM LOCAL AND STATE, THE NON CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

SO FOR THE PROPOSED STATIONS, LIKE LISA MENTIONED, WE HAVE FIVE NEW STATIONS COMING IN.

YOU KNOW, THE BOOKENDS WERE ALREADY BUILT, OBVIOUSLY, THANKS TO BRIGHTLINE.

THERE'S MODIFICATIONS THAT DO NEED TO OCCUR IN THE AVENTURA STATION, BUT THERE ARE JUST MINIMAL BUT FIVE NEW STATIONS COMING IN.

OH, OKAY.

NO WORRIES. OKAY.

I WILL SLOW DOWN.

ALL RIGHT. NO WORRIES.

THANK YOU. SO THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT OUR NEW STATIONS IS THAT ACTUALLY THERE IS NO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION THAT WE NEED.

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AND THEY'RE LONG ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW BETWEEN 3 AND 4 CARS, YOU KNOW, ALTOGETHER INSIDE THE STATIONS.

OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS ALREADY COMING.

AND SO WE'RE FULLY OBVIOUSLY EXPECT REDEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE AGAIN IN ALL THE FIVE STATIONS THAT LISA MENTIONED, LIKE THE STANDARD STATIONS IN A COMMUTER RAIL SYSTEM.

OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE SAFE, COMFORTABLE FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES TO BE ABLE TO USE THE FACILITY.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY, HAVING, YOU KNOW, REALLY GREAT LIGHTING, THE KIOSKS, THE TICKETING KIOSK ALREADY AVAILABLE THERE, THE FACILITIES TO HELP OUT.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, IF A MOM NEEDS TO TAKE, YOU KNOW, THE KID TO THE RESTROOM OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

RIGHT. ALL OF THESE THINGS, COMPONENTS HAVE BEEN ALREADY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AND THOUGHT OUT AS WE STARTED THIS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE.

AND LIKE IN THIS PHASE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE 30% CLOSE TO A 30% ENGINEERING DESIGN.

SO FOR THE PROPOSED SERVICE ITSELF, DURING PEAK TIMES, WE'RE LOOKING AT 30 MINUTE HEADWAYS AND OBVIOUSLY PEAK TIMES 6 TO 9 AND 3 TO 7 AFTER THAT IN THE OFF PEAK HOURS, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 60 MINUTE HEADWAYS.

AND BASICALLY WE WILL BE RUNNING OUR WE HOPE TO RUN OUR SYSTEM BETWEEN 5 A.M.

UNTIL MIDNIGHT ITSELF DURING THE WEEKENDS.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, OFF PEAK, OBVIOUSLY, 60 MINUTE HEADWAYS.

BUT OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WE YOU KNOW, AS ALL OF THIS DISCUSSES AND WE HAVE CONTINUOUS EVENTS GOING ON, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN BE MODIFIED OR ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO SPECIAL EVENTS.

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT OF THE PROJECT SCHEDULE.

AND I DO APOLOGIZE, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OUT TODAY, BUT I JUST REALIZED THAT THIS MORNING.

BUT WE JUST LIKE LISA MENTIONED, WE SUBMITTED OUR FIRST ROUND FOR ENTER INTO REQUEST INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN BACK IN APRIL.

OUR TEAM IS FINALIZING ALL THE NEPA DOCUMENTS AND ALL THE TRAFFIC MODELING AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG THIS.

ALONG THOSE LINES, WE FINISHED A ROUND OF PUBLIC MEETINGS.

OUR LAST ONE WAS HELD BACK IN JUNE 12TH AT THE HIALEAH YARD.

SO OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE IMPACTS.

YOU KNOW, NO MAJOR IMPACTS TO HIALEAH, BUT OBVIOUSLY THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE TRAINS COMING AND WE NEEDED TO GO OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND LET THEM KNOW, RIGHT.

OF THE ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY THAT WAS GOING TO BE HAPPENING ASIDE FROM THAT.

SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE ON OUR SIDE.

WE ARE ALMOST THERE.

WE HOPE TO ENTER INTO ENGINEERING, COMPLETE ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO ENTER INTO ENGINEERING DESIGN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH.

AND, YOU KNOW, FTA GIVES US A THUMBS UP SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE INTO ENGINEERING WHERE WE HOPE TO COMPLETE IT BY 2025. AND THEN BASICALLY WE'RE ESTIMATING A START OF SERVICE IN 2020, LATE 2027, EARLY 2028.

SO THAT'S STILL DEFINITELY OUR GOAL TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD.

AND THIS IS OUR CONTACT INFORMATION IN CASE ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TO LET FOLKS KNOW ABOUT HOW THEY CAN PROVIDE, CONTINUE PROVIDING FEEDBACK TO OUR COMMENTS.

BUT WITH THAT, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MISS COLEMAN. MISS SCHULMAN.

THANK YOU.

THIS MAY BE FOR THE MPO, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND I'M SO EXCITED AND IMPRESSED.

UM, IS THERE ANYTHING IN PLACE FOR DESIGN SHARE OF THE STATIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? NOT THAT EACH COUNTY WOULDN'T WANT TO PUT ITS OWN LIKE, SPIN ON IT ESTHETICALLY, BUT IT WOULD BE A SHAME TO REINVENT THE WHEEL IF EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL IN MIAMI DADE. SO MY QUESTION IS, ARE THERE ANY COUNTY CROSS COUNTY PLANS TO SHARE DESIGNS AND THINGS LIKE THAT? THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE ON THE OPERATIONS SIDE, WHICH TIM GARLING AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT, I BELIEVE.

OKAY. I WOULD SAY THAT'S LOGICAL, BUT.

RIGHT. HAS HAVE OUR GUEST HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT? SO WE HAVE BEEN WE HAVE MONTHLY COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY SOUTH PROJECT AND WE ALSO HAVE HIGHER LEVEL MEETINGS FOR POLICY ITEMS. SO WE HAVE BEEN COORDINATING THOSE ITEMS WITH THEM AND THEN THEY CAN EXPLAIN HOW THEY HAVE RECEIVED THE INPUT BECAUSE THAT'S OUR PROJECT HAS BEEN ADVANCING FIRST.

WE HAVE BEEN SHARING ALL OF OUR DOCUMENTATION WITH THEM.

GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY. VICE CHAIR COLBOURNE.

THANK YOU.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

GREAT PRESENTATION.

I DID START OFF MY PUBLIC SERVICE CAREER IN TRANSIT IN MIAMI DADE.

I DIDN'T STAY WITH THEM, BUT I HAD THE I GUESS I HAD THE TASK AS WELL TO PROMOTE THE HALF A PENNY OR THE PENNY

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SO IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE WHEN WE'RE MAKING STEPS TOWARDS DELIVERING ON THAT.

SO THANK YOU. GREAT SEEING YOU GUYS.

COMMISSIONER MCGEE HI.

THANK YOU FOR COMING UP FOR SURE.

LOOKING AT THE CONCEPTUAL ILLUSTRATION, IT SEEMS THE WHOLE STATION IS OPEN AIR.

IS THERE ANY PLANS TO LIKE? I KNOW STATIONS UP NORTH HAVE ENCLOSED AREAS FOR INCLEMENT WEATHER WHEN IT'S REALLY COLD OUT HERE, IT'S THE OPPOSITE.

IT GETS REALLY, REALLY HOT OR IT'S RAINING.

AND, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP PEOPLE PRESENTABLE AND BEING ABLE TO USE PUBLIC RAIL TO GET TO PROFESSIONAL JOBS AND SUCH, IS THERE ANY PUSH TO HAVE MORE TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED, CLIMATE CONTROLLED AREAS AT THESE STATIONS? AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVEN'T ENTERED INTO THE ENGINEERING PHASE, BUT I KNOW THAT WE WILL BE TAKING THOSE INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM.

BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE PLAN TO BE OPEN.

BUT I KNOW THAT AS WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING OUR SOUTH CORRIDOR, WE DO HAVE AREAS THAT ARE ENCLOSED, EVEN THOUGH THE STATION MOST OF THE PLATFORM IS OPEN.

WE DO HAVE A STATION WHERE WE HAVE TICKETING AND SO FORTH AND THAT IS ENCLOSED AND HAS AC CONTROL.

OKAY. AS I'VE LIVED AS A PURE PEDESTRIAN BEFORE UP IN DC, SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND HAVING THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED AREAS, YOU KNOW, LARGE ENOUGH THAT IF WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, OUR MONSOON RAINS THAT COME IN SIDEWAYS, THAT PEOPLE CAN GET OUT OF THE ELEMENTS WHILE WAITING FOR THEIR TRAINS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE WAITING, YOU KNOW, 30, 60 MINUTES, I THINK IT WILL HELP GET PEOPLE HAVING FAITH TO TAKE THE TRAIN THAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.

NOT A MESS.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.

GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT FINANCIAL REPORTS? INFORMATION? ACTUALLY, THERE'S ANOTHER PRESENTATION THAT TIES TO THIS AND TIM GARLING IS GOING TO COME UP AND DO THAT.

AND THEN YOU'LL HEAR FROM PHIL, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE IT ON MY IT'S ALL TIED TOGETHER.

OKAY. GOOD MORNING, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE MPO.

HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY.

SO TO CONTINUE THIS DISCUSSION ON COMMUTER RAIL AND HEADING INTO BROWARD COUNTY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEND A COUPLE OF MINUTES TALKING ABOUT COMMUTER RAIL IN CONTEXT WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY PRIMO PLAN ON THE 13TH OF JUNE.

THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED THE PRIMO PLAN.

IT IS DISPLAYED UP ON YOUR SCREENS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE GETTING THESE EDUCATIONAL UPDATES ON ALL THESE VARIOUS COMPONENTS COMING OVER YOUR NEXT SEVERAL MEETINGS.

BUT IT'S REALLY A HIGH CAPACITY PREMIUM TRANSIT NETWORK THAT WE'RE BUILDING.

IT'S GOING TO INCLUDE COMMUTER RAIL, LIGHT RAIL, BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, HIGH FREQUENCY SERVICE, AND IT'S GOING TO REALLY BE THE BACKBONE OF PROVIDING THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION OF OF OUR AREA.

IN TOTAL, THE COST OF OF WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS $4.3 BILLION.

SO IT IS A LARGE IT IS A AGGRESSIVE PROGRAM.

AND ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND, GRETCHEN CASSINI WAS HERE EARLIER SPEAKING ABOUT THE SURTAX.

BUT ONE OF OUR OBJECTIVES IS TO TRY TO LEVERAGE SURTAX MONEY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT POSSIBLE AND BRING IN FEDERAL FUNDS.

AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE HERE IN FLORIDA THAT WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THESE LARGE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN BRING IN FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT WE GET REALLY EXCELLENT PARTICIPATION FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA TO HELP US MATCH THE FUNDING OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS.

SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LOOKING FORWARD, THERE'S GOING TO BE A BIG COMPONENT OF HOPEFULLY LEVERAGING FUNDS AND SPEAKING ABOUT LEVERAGING FUNDS.

FTA FUNDS IN PARTICULAR.

WE'LL SEE AS WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THE COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT.

FTA FUNDS COME WITH STRINGS ATTACHED TO THEM.

THERE IS A WHOLE PROCESS THAT YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW TO MAKE THINGS WORK.

WE SORT OF SAW SOME OF THAT EARLIER TODAY WITH THE TIP PROJECTS HAVE TO BE IN THE TIP.

THERE HAS TO BE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

YOU HAVE TO DO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, YOU HAVE TO DO ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU HAVE TO GET THE GRANT AGREEMENT.

YOUR PROJECT HAS TO RECEIVE A CERTAIN KIND OF COST BENEFIT RATING.

THE PROJECT HAS TO MAKE SENSE FROM A STANDPOINT OF RIDERSHIP VERSUS THE COST OF PROVIDING THOSE RIDES.

SO THERE'S A WHOLE PROCESS OF MAKING ALL THESE PROJECTS WORK THAT WILL BE GOING THROUGH QUARTER BY QUARTER, PROJECT BY PROJECT.

AND I THINK THE COMMUTER RAIL IS SORT OF A GOOD PRIMER ON HOW THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO WORK, MOVING US ON INTO THE FUTURE.

SO I JUST LIKE TO TODAY'S FOCUS IS ON COMMUTER RAIL AND JUST CALLING YOUR ATTENTION ON THE MAP.

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THIS IS FEC CORRIDOR.

THE SOLID YELLOW LINE TO THE SOUTH IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU TODAY AS BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH TO THE NORTH.

YOU KNOW, OUR PLAN INCLUDES THE ENTIRE COUNTY, BUT IN THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION, THE CURRENT TIME, WE STILL ARE TRYING TO REACH CONSENSUS ON WHAT THE FUTURE WILL LOOK LIKE ON THE NORTHERN PART.

AND I THINK SOME GOOD WORK IS PROGRESSING ON THAT AND THAT WE WILL WE WILL GET TO CONSENSUS AND WE WILL BE IN A PLACE WHERE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT PROJECT. BUT TODAY WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH AND, YOU KNOW, THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING ON IT.

AND AS A LITTLE WAY OF INTRODUCTION TO COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH, YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY IN MY CAREER TO BE PART OF TRANSIT SYSTEMS THAT HAVE INSTALLED AND GROWN INTO THESE KIND OF PREMIUM SERVICES.

AND THERE'S ALWAYS KIND OF THREE THINGS THAT IT TAKES TO MAKE A NETWORK LIKE THIS WORK.

AND OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST THING IS MONEY, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO HAVE MONEY. SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE THE SURTAX IN PLACE.

WE CAN LEVERAGE THE FEDERAL FUNDS SO WE HAVE THAT IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE IN PLACE.

BUT THE SECOND THING IS YOU HAVE TO BE BOLD, RIGHT? YOU HAVE TO BE WILLING TO BUILD WHAT YOU CAN BUILD, WHAT YOU CAN BUILD IT.

AND I THINK COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE OF BUILDING WHAT YOU CAN BUILD, RIGHT? THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN GET A PROJECT INTO THE GROUND AND WE CAN GET IT IN USE.

AND THAT IS KIND OF A COMMON THREAD OF SYSTEMS THAT GROW IS THEY TAKE OPPORTUNITIES TO DO WHAT THEY CAN DO AND THEN THEY KEEP WORKING ON THE FUTURE AND THEN THE FINAL COMPONENT IS WORKING TOGETHER.

AND SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN IN OUR PRIMO PLAN IS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY HELPING WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE SALES TAX, HAVING A REALLY, I THINK.

IN THE TIME I'VE BEEN HERE, A REALLY GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MPO.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HAND IN HAND TO GET THE TIPS APPROVED TO PUT PRIMO IN THE MGP.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY GETTING GREAT COOPERATION WITH THE MPO AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH MIAMI DADE.

YOU KNOW, WE WE MEET, AS YOU HEARD IN THE LAST PRESENTATION.

WE MEET FREQUENTLY TO COORDINATE AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN CREATE THIS FUTURE.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEY'RE PLAYING A KEY ROLE, A KEY PARTNER FOR US IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH PROJECT.

AND TO DEMONSTRATE THAT, I'VE GOT I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE PHIL SCHWAB FROM FDOT REPRESENTS FDOT.

AND HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH PROJECT AND HOW WE'RE MAKING THIS PROJECT A REALITY.

AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END.

SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE PHIL SCHWAB.

GOOD MORNING. THANKS FOR HAVING US HERE.

AND I WANT TO THANK GABRIEL AND LISA, BECAUSE I'M ABLE TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF SLIDES I HAVE IN THE SLIDE DECK BECAUSE A LOT OF IT IS REPETITIVE.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE BCR SOUTH PROJECT AS A CONTINUATION OF SERVICE TO GET UP INTO BROWARD COUNTY AND MOVE ON FROM THERE.

THIS HISTORY SLIDE, THE ONLY THINGS I REALLY WANT TO POINT OUT ON THIS BECAUSE THE WHOLE CORRIDOR, THE 85 MILES HAVE BEEN UNDER STUDY FOR QUITE A WHILE.

MIAMI DADE MOVED FORWARD A COUPLE OF YEARS AHEAD OF BROWARD COUNTY.

SO WE'RE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEHIND AS FAR AS REALLY GETTING GOING.

THEY WERE ABLE TO GET INTO WHAT'S CALLED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT WITH FTA.

THAT'S A BIG MILESTONE ON THESE PROJECTS.

THEY DID THAT BACK IN 2021.

WE JUST GOT ENTERED INTO IT IN DECEMBER OF 2022.

SO THAT WAS A BIG MILESTONE FOR US AS WE MOVE FORWARD AS WELL AS THE LPA DECISION BACK IN AUGUST FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION ENDORSED BY THIS BOARD AS WELL FOR THE LPA, FOR BCR SOUTH, AND TIM HAD MENTIONED THE FUNDING AND THAT'S A KEY ASPECT MOVING FORWARD.

AND RIGHT NOW THE STATE AND THE BROWARD COUNTY HAS PUT UP THE MONEY ALREADY.

SO THAT'S NORMALLY THE LAST HURDLE THAT YOU'RE REALLY PUSHING TO GET DONE.

SO THAT'S A BIG ITEM TO HAVE DONE.

AND OF COURSE, I THINK WE'VE DONE THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE.

BUT WE BEGIN WHERE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR STOPS AT AVENTURA.

SO THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THAT STATION.

THEY'LL MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THEIR PROJECT AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE NORTH, WHICH STOPS IN HOLLYWOOD, FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT AND SOUTHERN FORT LAUDERDALE BY THE BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER, JUST NORTH OF 17TH STREET.

SO IT MAKES GREAT CONNECTIVITY FOR THAT 17TH STREET WITH THE PORT AND THE CONVENTION CENTER AND THE BEACHES.

SO WE DO A LOT OF COORDINATION.

YOU'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, INCLUDING COORDINATING WITH FXR AND BRIGHTLINE.

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WE WORK CLOSELY WITH NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.

IN FACT, FDOT DISTRICT FOUR OWNS THE YARD.

SO WE DO A LOT OF THE COORDINATION WHEN THEY SUBMIT PLANS AND HELP WITH THAT FACILITATION WITH THE TENANTS TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ACCOMMODATED.

AND THAT'LL BE A CONTINUOUS PROCESS TO GET TO A FINAL DESIGN.

AND AS AN OPERATOR GETS CHOSEN, THAT'LL PLAY A BIG PART AS TO HOW THE COUNTIES MOVE FORWARD AND HOW THOSE FINAL AGREEMENTS LOOK.

AND WE'RE ALL FOCUSED ON SAFETY.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT OF SAFETY WITH THE DIFFERENT GRANTS AND SO FORTH.

SO WE'VE WORKED WITH FRA AND NORTHEAST CORRIDOR TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ALL THESE DIFFERENT STUDIES AND INCORPORATING SAFETY AND EVERYTHING WE DO. ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN, AS YOU CAN TELL, THE SETUP THAT BROWARD COUNTY HAS WITH PARTNERSHIP WITH FDOT TO HELP LEAD THE NEPA STUDY IS DIFFERENT THAN WHAT MIAMI DADE IS DOING.

SO THERE'S DIFFERENCES IN HOW THE APPROACH IS, BUT THE SYSTEM IS THE SAME.

THE SMALL STARTS PROJECT, OUR PROJECT IS A LITTLE SMALLER, LESS EXPENSIVE.

WE CAN GO THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED A SMALL STARTS PROGRAM WITH FTA.

THE BENEFIT OF THAT IS, EVEN THOUGH WE STARTED A COUPLE OF YEARS LATER IN NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WE DON'T HAVE THE ENGINEERING PHASE THAT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH.

SO THEY REALLY ALIGN WELL THE WAY IT'S SET UP IF EVERYONE HOLDS TRUE.

AND SO WE'RE DEFINITELY ROOTING ON THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR FOR SUCCESS AND MAINTAINING SCHEDULE BECAUSE THAT'LL REALLY HELP US CONTINUE WITH OUR SCHEDULE THE WAY WE HAVE IT, WHICH I LAID OUT HERE VERY QUICKLY.

WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE FINAL CONCEPTS AROUND THE STATIONS, WORKING WITH THE CITIES AS WELL AS SOME OTHERS BEFORE WE GO OUT TO DO MORE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS SURROUNDING THE STATIONS TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT PUBLIC INPUT.

SO WE ANTICIPATE THOSE HAPPENING LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL.

WE'RE GOING TO BE SUBMITTING A SMALL STARTS APPLICATION FOR RATING.

WE WANT TO GET RATED THIS YEAR, SEE WHERE WE STAND AND SO FORTH.

GET FTA ON BOARD, GET US ON THE DASHBOARD.

WE STILL NEED TO GET CLASS OF ACTION SO WE DON'T HAVE A CLASS OF ACTION YET.

THAT'S THE TYPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENT THAT WILL PREPARE.

WE DON'T HAVE THAT YET FROM FTA, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, DEPENDING ON THE CLASS OF ACTION.

WE MAY CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDLESS.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A MAJOR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING THAT WOULD MOST LIKELY BE LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER OF THIS YEAR.

IF WE DO HAVE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, THAT'LL FOLLOW UP IN THE SPRING OF NEXT YEAR.

BUT WITH THE GOAL, REGARDLESS OF OUR CLASS OF ACTION, WE FIGURE IT'LL EITHER BE A CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION OR AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT.

WE ANTICIPATE COMPLETING NEPA AT THE IN SUMMER OF 24 AND THEN BEING ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR FUNDING THAT YEAR AS WELL.

SO THE WAY THAT ALIGNS IS THAT THE CONSTRUCTION COULD BEGIN IN 2025, SIMILAR TO THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR.

SO THE GOAL IS TO HAVE EVERYTHING OPEN FOR SERVICE ON DAY ONE VERSUS A STAGGERED.

BUT IF WE NEED TO STAGGER, WE CAN.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAD.

THANK YOU. I HAVE COMMISSIONER HOSKINS WITH A QUESTION.

YES, I WAS JUST WONDERING. GO AHEAD.

I WAS JUST WONDERING. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON YOU ABOUT.

YEAH, I PUT IT ON.

I THINK HE. I THINK IT'S MINE'S ON.

I DID HEAR THE QUESTION IF I CAN REPEAT IT UNLESS.

YEAH. SO THE BOARD MEMBER WAS ASKING ABOUT PARK AND RIDE LIGHTS.

HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON PARK AND RIDE.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PARKING OPTIONS AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY'S.

WE'RE ALSO COORDINATING WITH BROWARD HEALTH AS FAR AS DIFFERENT PARKING OPTIONS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO CLEAR WHATEVER IS NECESSARY FOR THE PARKING AND MAYBE HAVE OPTIONS.

THE GOAL WOULD BE A JOINT USE PARKING OR A SHARED PARKING WITH THE CITY'S.

BUT WE DO HAVE SOME PARCELS IN THE AREA THAT WE COULD ACQUIRE TO BUILD A PARKING GARAGE, BUT THE GOAL WOULD BE TO HAVE PARK AND RIDES AT THE FACILITIES.

YEAH, BECAUSE I KNOW LIKE IF YOU GO TO THE HOLLYWOOD STATION, THERE'S I THINK THEY GOT ROOM FOR WHAT, 30 OR 40 CARS AND THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, SO IT'S PRETTY LIMITED.

YEAH. SO WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

THEY HAVE ACTUALLY A PARKING GARAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE BREAKING GROUND SOON, WHICH WE ANTICIPATE SHARING SOME OF THE PARKING IN THAT AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MCGEE. YES, I'M FROM I REPRESENT POMPANO BEACH.

AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH ON THE FACT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE COUNTY AS WELL.

AND JUST WANTED TO REITERATE, AND I KNOW WE GAVE FEEDBACK AS WELL FROM OUR COMMISSION MEETING THAT HAPPENED AFTER THE VOTE WAS CAST BY THE COUNTY ABOUT HOW THIS WHOLE

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EVEN IF WE DON'T HAVE A DATE YET, IT WOULD BE, I THINK, HELPFUL TO PLAN FOR THE NORTH.

I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR MIAMI TALKING ABOUT HOW IT'S NOT JUST BROWARD AND MIAMI, IT'S ALSO PALM BEACH COUNTY AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO CONNECT TO THE NORTH AND THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RIVER, WHICH I KNOW WE'RE WORKING OUT.

ALL OF THAT ALSO ENDS UP CONNECTING TO ORLANDO EVEN AND BEYOND.

SO IT'S JUST I JUST WANT TO KEEP REITERATING THAT WE'RE REALLY PUSHING TO HAVE THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS FIGURED OUT AND AT LEAST HAVE SOME COMMITMENTS SO WE CAN PLAN OUR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING.

AND I'M SURE OTHER CITIES ON THE NORTH SIDE WHO ARE DOING THESE MASSIVE REDEVELOPMENTS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPERS WANT TO BUY OR BUILD SOMETHING ON A PLACE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD ON TO SAY MAYBE IT MIGHT BE A STATION LIKE DON'T BUILD THERE.

AND WITHOUT THE COMMITMENT OR AT LEAST SORT OF SITE IDENTIFICATIONS, IT'S REALLY IT'S A LITTLE BIT FRUSTRATING.

OKAY. MIRAMAR AND PEMBROKE PINES ARE WAITING FOR OUR TRACKS.

YES. THIS ONE.

YOU HAVE A TUNNEL. WE CAN HAVE A TRACK.

WE JUST WANT A TRACK.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY GOOD PRESENTATION.

[ FINANCIAL REPORTS - for information purposes ]

THE STANDARD INFORMATION.

MR. MAYOR. MR. CHAIRMAN. AND SO SAME WITH THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION COLLECTION AND EXPENSE REPORT.

I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE REACHING OUT TO OUR MEMBERS GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE THAT CONTRIBUTIONS ARE DONE.

EVEN THOUGH WE'VE STARTED A NEW BUDGET YEAR, WE STILL HAVE PEOPLE IN ARREARS.

SO I APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GET FROM YOUR LOCALS.

AND THANK YOU, COCONUT CREEK FOR THE CHECK IN JUNE 2023 CORRESPONDENCE.

[ CORRESPONDENCE - no discussion ]

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS - no discussion ]

AND THEN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, YOU WORK ON THAT ONE THAT'S SITTING IN OUR AGENDA.

AND MINUTES NOTICE OF APPROVED AGREEMENTS FROM THE JUNE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THOSE MINUTES.

COMING UP NEXT ITEM.

OKAY. NUMBER TWO IS OKAY, ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT THE C CYCLE EIGHT.

WE HAD, YOU KNOW, VERY ROBUST.

AND THANK YOU FOR THE CONVERSATION.

IT IS YOUR PROGRAM.

IT IS NOT OURS.

THAT SAID, THE MPO ANNUAL REPORT IS ALSO AVAILABLE.

I'M GOING TO BE DOING A BIG E-BLAST OUT ON THAT.

HONESTLY, IT'S THE COOLEST ANNUAL REPORT I'VE ACTUALLY EVER LOOKED AT BEFORE.

SO HOPEFULLY IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, I'D LOVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THAT BECAUSE OUR ARTISTIC LIBERTY WAS REALLY VERY TAKEN INTO A LOT OF LIBERTY ON IT.

IT'S REALLY NEAT. IT REALLY IS.

I LOVE TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK.

AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE I TALKED TO YOU ABOUT, IS THE RESILIENCY AND ATTAINABILITY MEMBERS AND I KEEP ON HARPING ON THAT BECAUSE WE NEED MEMBERS FOR THAT.

ANY ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, THAT'S IT.

OUR SAFE STREETS AND ROADS.

WE DISCUSSED THAT ALL RIGHT.

ALL FOUR ITEMS. THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT MEETING.

APPRECIATE YOU, MR. MAYOR.

SEE EVERYBODY ON SEPTEMBER 14TH.

[ NEXT MEETING: SEPTEMBER 14, 2023 *MOTION TO ADJOURN ___________________ * Motion Requested]

THANK YOU. SEE YOU GUYS LATER.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.