MORNING EVERYBODY. GOOD MORNING. WELL A LOT OF EMPTY SEATS TODAY.
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CHAIRMAN I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A QUORUM ACTUALLY. WE HAVE QUORUM? OKAY. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THE MARCH MEETING OF THE BROWARD MPO. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU TO STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE TO FLAG.ALL RIGHT. THIS IS THE MOMENT OF TRUTH. ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL. SO IF
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YOU'RE HERE AND YOU CAN PUSH THE BUTTON THAT SAYS YES PLEASE DO SO SO WE CAN HAVE AN ELECTRONIC SIGN IN. SOMEBODY. GOT IT MIKKIE? OK GOOD. MR. CHAIRMAN WE DO HAVE A QUORUM IT'S 14. EXACTLY. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH. YES. PEMBROKE PARK GETS TO VOTE TODAY. YES. THIS MAY BE A FIRST. THAT'S GREAT. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING MAY HAVE A[3. Approval of Minutes - February 14, 2019]
MOTION TO APPROVE. AND SECOND. YOU HAVE TO DO THAT ONLINE, TOM. SO AGAIN IF YOU ARE PROVING THE MERITS ELECTRONICALLY PLEASE HIT YES. CARL, ARE YOU READY? HERE WE GO. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. RIGHT. OK. WE GOT IT. GENERAL COUNSEL. THANK YOU. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED.BY THE WAY I'VE BEEN REMINDED. THANK YOU BRYAN. TV IS ON TODAY. CAMERA SYSTEMS ARE WORKING TODAY. THEY DID NOT WORK LAST MEETING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS DOES I MEAN WE HAVE TO SMILE MORE OR? JUST I THINK [INAUDIBLE] WILL LET YOU KNOW AS WELL. JUST BE AWARE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY BEING RECORDED. AND WILL BE REPLAYED. AND IT WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE REPLAYED OFTEN. OK. THANK YOU. THE APPROVAL OF THE
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AGENDA FOR TODAY. ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA MR. STUART? NO SIR. ALL RIGHT.APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA ELECTRONIC VOTING PLEASE. AGENDA IS APPROVED. WE HAVE ONE
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SPEAKER THIS MORNING FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU'RE HERE TO COMMENT ON ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA PLEASE LET CHRIS WHERE IS CHRIS? CHRIS RYAN WHO BY THE WAY THIS IS CHRIS RYAN'S LAST MEETING. HE FADES INTO THE SUNRISE TO IRELAND. WELL I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF MEMBERS WHO DON'T KNOW YOU OR KNOW WHAT YOU'VE DONE. BUT I DO AND SOME OF US DO KNOW AND APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE SOME ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'VE DONE IN THE SCHOOLS THOSE KIND OF PROGRAMS WERE TERRIFIC CHRIS AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA BE AROUND APRIL 8TH FOR THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE A PARTY FOR YOU.CORRECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. MR LEO BENTZ IS HERE FROM THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK. MR. BENTZ YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. THANK YOU. SECRETARY I MIGHT LIKE A COPY. WHOEVER TAKES THE MINUTES. I AM LEO BENTZ 3000 NE 31ST
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AVENUE, LIGHTHOUSE POINT FLORIDA AND I HAVE THIS THAT I WISH TO READ TO THE BOARD OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. FIRST LET ME THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF BROWARD COUNTY. LIKE MOST ALL OF OUR ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS OF OUR COUNTY CITIES HOSPITALS AND THE MPO AND OTHERS ALL OF YOU DO YOUR BEST WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE PROVIDED TO YOU ON TUESDAY I COPIED MR. GREGORY STUART MPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ON A SERIES OF E-MAILS THAT I RECENTLY SENT TO SCOTT THURMAN OF THE FDOT AND RICHARD GUTIERREZ OF THE MPO INQUIRING SPECIFICALLY AS TO WHOSE DECISION IT WAS TO WIDEN THE BIKE LANES ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN SAMPLE ROAD AND HILLSBORO BOULEVARD WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE OTHER AREAS IN MORE NEED OF ADDING OR WIDENING BIKE LANES. WHY DOES THE MPO PLAN TO WIDEN THE BIKE LANE IN THIS STRETCH OF FEDERAL WHERE BIKERS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE SO FEW. DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC RESEARCH DATA ON HOW MANY BIKE BICYCLISTS CURRENTLY USE THIS ROUTE AND DOES THIS DATA WARRANT THIS WIDENING. WHO OR WHAT RESEARCH EARMARKED THIS STRETCH OF FEDERAL FOR WIDENING OF BIKE LANES? MR THURMAN'S INITIAL PLAN AS PRESENTED TO THE LIGHTHOUSE POINT CITY COMMISSION SEVERAL MONTHS AGO WAS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING CURBS ON BOTH SIDES OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND MOVE THEM 2 FEET CLOSER TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS TO WIDEN THE EXISTING BIKE LANES AT A COST OF 12 MILLION DOLLARS TO THE TAXPAYERS. A MONTH LATER AFTER CONSIDERING THE REMOVAL OF MANY BIG TREES ON THE SIDES OF FEDERAL HIGHWAY MR THURMAN CAME BACK WITH A NEW PLAN OF NARROWING THE MEDIAN TO WIDEN THE BIKE LANES AT A COST OF ONLY 6 MILLION DOLLARS. I RECENTLY DROVE NORTH ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN SAMPLE AND HILLSBORO BOULEVARD AND I COUNTED DOZENS OF LARGE PALM TREES AND SHADED TREES IN THE MEDIAN. APPARENTLY RED TAPE MARKED FOR REMOVAL. NOT ONLY DO THESE TREES IN THE MEDIAN LANDSCAPING MAKE OUR COUNTY AND CITIES AESTHETICALLY BEAUTIFUL THEY PROVIDE MODERATE SAFETY BARRIER BETWEEN THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND INCOMING LANES. BELOW ARE A FEW OF THE MAJOR ROADWAYS IN BROWARD COUNTY WHERE THERE ARE NO BIKE LANES AT ALL: ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD STARTING TWO BLOCKS WEST OF FEDERAL AND ALL THE WAY TO DIXIE HIGHWAY, ON DIXIE HIGHWAY WHERE DIXIE SPLITS SOUTH OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD. AND THREE ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND DIXIE HIGHWAY. WHEN DOES THE MPO PLAN TO ADD BIKE LANES IN THESE AREAS. WHERE ARE THE CURRENT WHERE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO BIKE LANES AT ALL. ARE ANY OF THESE SCHEDULED BEFORE THE WIDENING OF THE BIKE LANES ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY. MR. BENTZ. I'LL GIVE YOU ONE MORE MINUTE.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING YOUR RESPONSE TO MY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER SOFIELD. MR. STUART, HAS ANYONE FROM STAFF ANSWERED HIS QUESTIONS GIVING HIM A REPORT OR MET WITH HIM. NOT TO APPARENTLY HIS SATISFACTION HOWEVER SOME OF THE E-MAILS THAT WENT BACK AND FORTH WERE RESPONDED TO. YOU KNOW THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF DETAIL IN THE REQUEST AND YOU KNOW AS THIS BOARD KNOWS WE DO FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAMS AND THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WAS IN THE FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM. THE EXTENSIONS OF THIS PROJECT WERE IN LATER YEARS LATER FUNDED YEARS. THERE IS A STATE REQUIREMENT WHEN AVAILABLE THAT BIKE LANES SHOULD BE PLACED ON STATE FACILITIES. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE FACILITIES IT WAS A MILL AND RESURFACE PROJECT THAT HAD THE AVAILABILITY TO DO ADDITIONAL BIKE LANES.
AT THE SAME TIME? YES THAT IS CORRECT SIR. AND THEN AS FAR AS THE TREES OUR ORGANIZATION ACTUALLY GOT VERY INVOLVED WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO ENSURE THAT THE TREES THAT WERE SURVEYED AND THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HE WAS REFERRING TO MR. BENTZ WAS REFERRING TO WITH THE TAGS. THAT WAS PART OF THE TREE CANOPY SURVEY WORKING WITH THE CITY OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT. IT WAS MINIMIZED DOWN TO THE TWO MILE STRETCH THAT IT WAS ONLY SIX TREES AND OF THE SIX TREES FOUR ARE BEING RELOCATED. AND ONLY TWO ARE ACTUALLY BEING DESTROYED. SO WE'VE DONE
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EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS. AND OBVIOUSLY YOU KNOW MR. BENTZ IS UNAWARE OF YOU KNOW THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD AND ALL THE OTHER RELATIVE DOCUMENTATION AND IT CAN'T BE RESPONDED TO IN A QUICK SHORT EMAIL. BUT I DID RESPOND TO MR. BENTZ MYSELF PERSONALLY INVITING HIM HERE TELLING HIM HOW OUR SYSTEM WORKS. AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. MR. BENTZ. WE, SIR? I APPRECIATE WHEN RESIDENTS COME UP AND TALK TO US AT MY COMMISSION MEETING OR EVEN HERE ESPECIALLY BECAUSE MANY MANY TIMES WE MEET HERE AND NOBODY COMES UP AND TALK TO US ABOUT ANY CONCERN. SO I WOULD SAY IS THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FOR YOU RIGHT NOW THAT MAYBE STAFF TO GET WITH YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO AND ANSWER. BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE. COMMISSIONER. SO I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND THANKING HIM. WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO A DEBATE OR DISCUSSION WITH MR. BENTZ OVER THIS ISSUE AS AN MPO BOARD. WE'LL LEAVE THAT AT STAFF AND THE DOT LEVEL. MR. CHAIR. IT'S NOT HOW I DEAL WITH THINGS AT MY OWN COMMISSION MEETING IF A RESIDENT COMES UP TO ME AND SPEAKS ON SOMETHING I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE MET AND IF THEY'RE NOT MET AT THIS AT THIS ONE POINT IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME THAT THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH STAFF TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED. AND I ABSOLUTELY SUPPORT THAT AND ENCOURAGED MR. BENTZ TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH STAFF AND STAFF TO WORK WITH MR. BENTZ BUT I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO THIS INTO A DISCUSSION BETWEEN YOU AND MR. BENTZ OR YOU AND STAFF ON THE MERITS OR DEMERITS OF THIS MATTER. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TRYING TO. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND IN WHICH HE DID THAT HIS VOICE HAS BEEN HEARD. AND STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH HIM DIRECTLY. AS WELL AS THE OTHER FOLKS IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT. I KNOW YOU GUYS WILL I'M NOT SAYING YOU DON'T BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT HE IS. THANK YOU. STAFF HAVE YOU NOTED THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WHO HAVE DRIFTED IN AND GOT THE ATTENDANCE. OK. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE CONCLUSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCE REQUESTS FROM THE[Additional Item 1]
FOLLOWING MEMBERS. MICHAEL KAHN ROBERT* MACKENZIE DEBORAH FLACCO AND PATTY GOOD MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES FOR THOSE MEMBERS. PLEASE REMEMBER WE'RE VOTING ELECTRONICALLY.WE HAVE TO FIX [INAUDIBLE]. OK. OK. WHO ARE WE MISSING? OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN ON A SEPARATE ITEM I HAVE TO HOLD FOR JUST A MINUTE
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UNTIL ELECTRONICALLY STAFF IS READY. YOU READY AT THE LAST MEETING A COMMISSIONER *SHARIF MISSED THE FEBRUARY 14TH MEETING DUE TO A SCHEDULING CONFLICT AND SHE'S ASKED FOR THAT ABSENCE TO BE SHOWN AS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. GOT IT. AND A SECOND. SO AGAIN IF YOU ARE APPROVING COMMISSIONER SHARIEF AS A UNEXCUSED ABSENCE FOR THE FEBRUARY 14TH MEETING PLEASE INDICATE SO IN YOUR ON YOUR ELECTRONICS. THE AYES HAVE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHE IS EXCUSED. YES.[6. Comments from the Chair]
DEFER AND ACKNOWLEDGE MAYOR OLIVER GILBERT FROM THE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF MIAMI GARDENS WHO IS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE METROPOLITAN DADE TPO. MR. GILBERT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A FEW WORDS FROM YOU. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING EVERYBODY. YOU KNOW IT'S INTERESTING I USED TO WORK IN THIS BUILDING AT [INAUDIBLE]. I DIDN'T REALIZE WHEN THEY WERE DRIVING I WAS LIKE WHERE ARE WE GOING. AND I PULLED UP AND I WAS LIKE I'D BEEN HERE BEFORE. BUT THAT'S KIND OF THAT'S KIND OF OUR STORY. SO THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN DADE COUNTY WHO LIVE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THEN WORK IN DADE COUNTY AND SOMETIMES WE TALK AS THOUGH WE'RE COMPETITORS WE'RE NOT. WE'RE COMPLEMENTARY. WE HAVE TO BE BECAUSE MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND BROWARD COUNTY BROWARD COUNTY AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY WE AS A SOUTH FLORIDA REGION WE POWER THE STATE. AND WITH REGARD TO TRANSPORTATION OR TOURISM[00:15:01]
OR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT OR TRADE WHEN WE FIND WAYS TO ACTUALLY SPEAK WITH THAT TYPE OF HARMONY YOU'D BE SURPRISED WHAT WE CAN ACCOMPLISH. WE'RE DOING SOME INTERESTING THINGS IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY. I'M THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS SO I'M LITERALLY BROWARD COUNTIES NEIGHBOR RIGHT THERE ON THE COUNTY LINE AND FIRST I THINK EVERYBODY ALL OF YOUR RESIDENTS WHO CAME TO JASMINE GARDENS THIS PAST WEEKEND I APPRECIATE Y'ALLS MONEY THAT WAS THAT WAS GREAT. WE LIKE THAT. BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE NORTH CORRIDOR TRYING TO FINALLY DELIVER ON THE PROMISE THAT WAS MADE YEARS AGO WHEN WE GOT OUR HALF PENNY THAT WE WOULD HAVE ELEVATED RAIL THAT CONNECTED FROM 62ND ALL THE WAY TO THE COUNTY LINE IS AN EXCITING THING. IT'S EXCITING ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU ALL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING THAT DOES THE SAME. BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL THE LENGTH AND BREADTH OF OF DAY COUNTY IS GREAT BUT BEING ABLE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS TO TRULY SAY WE'RE PART OF ONE COMMUNITY ONE REGION THAT WE'RE CONNECTED IN WAYS THAT ALLOW OUR RESIDENTS TO COME UP HERE IN YOURS COME DOWN THERE WITHOUT PUTTING CARS ON THE ROAD AND ALL THAT THAT IMPLIES. IT'S A SPECIAL THING THAT WE CAN DO AND SO I HOPE AS YOU DELIBERATE YOU YOU REMEMBER THAT AND ALWAYS UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T JUST HAVE A NEIGHBOR YOU HAVE A FRIEND IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND A PARTNER. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. I KNOW THAT YOU'LL BE HERE FOR MY EXACT ADDRESS. MR. STUART. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. I'M GOING TO GO INTO[A. Report From Partner Agencies - Miami-Dade Transportation Planning Organization - North Corridor Update]
REAL QUICK. I ACTUALLY HAD AILEEN BOUCLE MY COLLEAGUE FROM MIAMI DADE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO PRESENT ON THE NORTH CORRIDOR. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THAT FIRST AND THEN I'LL GO INTO THE LEGISLATIVE IF THAT IS OK WITH YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. ABSOLUTELY. OK. MS. BOUCLE. GOOD MORNING MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND PRESENT BEFORE YOU ON THE NORTH CORRIDOR. THANK YOU FOR INVITING US. AS OUR CHAIRMAN STATED THAT REGIONAL FOCUS IS CRITICAL IN MIAMI-DADE WE CALL IT THE SMART PLAN. GREG, NICK AND I CALL IT THE SMART REGION BECAUSE FOUR OF OUR SIX CORRIDORS CONNECT REGIONALLY INCLUDING THE NORTH CORRIDOR. AS YOU KNOW I'VE PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY THE SMART PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL OF 2016 INCLUDING SIX RAPID TRANSIT CORRIDOR AND A NETWORK OF EXPRESS BUSES.THIS IS THE MAP THAT WE HAVE SHOWN YOU BEFORE OUR SIX CORRIDORS THE FOCUS OF TODAY IS THE NORTH CORRIDOR SO IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR THE TPO GOVERNING BOARD HAD A MILESTONE MOMENT IN THE PROJECT WHERE WE SELECTED THE LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE. I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT 6 DIRECTOR DESDUNES WHO IS HERE TODAY WITH HIS STAFF FOR DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB ACCELERATING THIS PRIORITY FOR THE TPO GOVERNING BOARD. IN DECEMBER MR. DESDUNES AND HIS STAFF CAME TO OUR BOARD AND EXPLAINED TO US VERY PLAINLY THAT THIS CORRIDOR BEING A STATE ROAD UPON THE DESIRE OF THE TPO TO IMPLEMENT TRANSIT THE ONLY OPTION IS AN ELEVATED CONCEPT AN ELEVATED RAIL CONCEPT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS CURRENTLY BEING EVALUATED FURTHER BY THE DEPARTMENT AND MR DESDUNES IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT AS WE'RE CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS. BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT STATE ROAD WAS DETERMINED THAT A LANE COULD NOT BE REPURPOSED AND DEDICATED FOR A SURFACE TRANSIT OPTIONS SUCH AS A BUS EXPRESS OR LIGHT RAIL. SO WE DO NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY ON NORTH CORRIDOR TO GIVE UP A LANE OR REPURPOSE A LANE. THE ONLY OPTION FOR TRANSIT ON NORTH CORRIDOR IS AN ELEVATED CONCEPT. THERE ARE VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE AND THIS IS THE RESOLUTION WHICH STATES THAT AN ELEVATED CONCEPT WILL MOVE FORWARD UPON APPROVAL OF THE TPO FUNDING AND FINANCE PLAN. THAT IS CRITICAL. THERE IS A LONG PROJECT HISTORY TIMELINE. THIS SLIDE IS FROM MR. DESDUNES PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE BEEN STUDYING THIS CORRIDOR FOR DECADES AND AS OUR CHAIRMAN STATED WE'RE NOW READY TO START IMPLEMENTING THIS CONCEPT. THE TRANSIT ALTERNATIVES CONSIDERED CULMINATED IN AN ELEVATED OPTION. AS I SAID THERE'S VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES THAT CAN MEET AN ELEVATED TRANSIT DEMAND AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YOU HAVE SEVERAL STATIONS OF COURSE AT THE COUNTY LINE. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO AS WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED IS IMPLEMENT THAT REGIONAL VISION WITH BROWARD COUNTY. THIS IS A CRITICAL REGIONAL CONNECTOR FOR US MAJOR ARTERIAL AND THE ABILITY FOR BROWARD TO NOW COME THROUGH THE DISTRICT FOR FDOT. IT IS A STATE ROAD AND WORK WITH US TO IMPLEMENT A REGIONAL VISION IS VERY IMPORTANT. OUR NEXT STEPS ARE TO COME BACK TO THE TPO
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GOVERNING BOARD FDOT DISTRICT SIX IS PLANNING TO COME BACK IN EARLY SUMMER IN ABOUT JUNE JULY WITH FINANCE AND FUNDING PLAN THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED BY THE TPO GOVERNING BOARD FOR APPROVAL. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT AND IT'S A SIMILAR PROCESS FOR YOU. ONCE WE HAVE A FUNDING PLAN OR FINANCE PLAN WHICH INCLUDES FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING PARTNERSHIPS WE WILL AMEND THE TIP AND THE LRTP TO BRING THE PROJECT INTO THE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED PORTION. WE WILL COMPLETE THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY WE WILL BE REACHING OUT THROUGH FEDERAL TRANSIT TO INITIATE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE NORTH CORRIDOR FDOT DISTRICT 6 IS HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BY THE WAY NOT JUST FOR HIS SUPPORT ON THE SMART REGION'S SMART PLAN IMPLEMENTATION BUT GREAT JOB ON SMART STREETS ON OUR SAFE STREETS CONFERENCE LAST WEEK THANK YOU FOR BEING A PARTNER HELPING IT BE SUCCESSFUL. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. MAYOR TRANTALIS. I'LL GET THAT RIGHT. TRANTALIS. FOLLOWED BY VICE MAYOR GREEN PUSH THE LOWER RIGHT BUTTON. OH I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO. ARE WE GOOD. OKAY. GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE SO I KIND OF GET THE DRIFT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING IN DADE COUNTY. HOW'S THAT GOING TO. HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT COMING INTO BROWARD COUNTY. WHAT IS. I MEAN WHY DID YOU PICK AN ALTERNATIVE TRACK TO WHAT EXISTS ALREADY. AS THE MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION THAT YOU ENVISION.TELL US HOW THAT'S GOING TO ENTER BROWARD COUNTY AND WHERE DO YOU SEE IT CONTINUING. THE OUR PROJECT HAS INDEPENDENT UTILITY AT THIS TIME AND THEREFORE AN ELEVATED TRANSIT CONCEPT IS BEING DEVELOPED UP TO THE COUNTY LINE APPROXIMATE WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE STADIUM IS. AS YOU KNOW THE SUPER BOWL'S COMING NEXT YEAR SO WE'RE IN AN ACCELERATED PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASE RIGHT NOW. SO AT THE COUNTY LINE WHAT WE'RE SEEKING TO DO IS PARTNER WITH BROWARD COUNTY TO CONTINUE THAT TRANSIT OPTION INTO BROWARD COUNTY AS A REGIONAL CORRIDOR. I GET THAT BUT WHAT IS IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND WHERE IS IT GOING TO BE PLACED IN BROWARD COUNTY. UNIVERSITY DRIVE. 27TH AVENUE IS UNIVERSITY DRIVE. SO YOU WANT AN ELEVATED RAIL SYSTEM OVER UNIVERSITY DRIVE. IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. YES. ONCE IT GETS TO THE BORDER WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT GETS TO THE BORDER. THAT'S RIGHT. WE DON'T KNOW YET AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT HAD A MEETING WITH TRANSIT AND PUBLIC WORKS DOWN IN MIAMI DADE. WE WEREN'T PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. HOWEVER THERE IS GONNA BE CONVERSATIONS THAT THIS BOARD'S GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE ON WHAT THAT DOES MEAN WHERE THE PENNY GET SPENT IS UNIVERSITY DRIVE RIPE FOR THIS TYPE OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY OR OLDER TECHNOLOGY ELEVATED OR AS HAS COME DOWN TO GROUND DO WE DO WITH DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY MEETING AT THE STADIUM. THOSE THINGS AREN'T REALLY ADDRESSED YET. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TO FIND OUT WHEN THEY'RE READY TO HAVE THESE CONVERSATIONS. BUT YOU KNOW OUR FRIENDS IN MIAMI DADE ARE AHEAD OF US IN THIS AND SO THERE IS NO STRAIGHT ANSWER TO GIVE YOU ON THAT. WELL WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE AND WHAT WOULD IT FEEL LIKE. YOU GUYS ARE GONNA DELIBERATE ON THAT. RIGHT. BUT WHEN YOU SAY THEY'RE AHEAD OF US YOU KNOW I'M NOT SURE YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS EVEN CONTEMPLATED AS A NECESSARY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR BROWARD COUNTY AND YOU KNOW I KNOW THAT THE MAYOR FROM MIAMI GARDENS JUST SPOKE AND TALK ABOUT HOW TO CREATE SEAMLESS A SEAMLESS ENVIRONMENT BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTIES AND THAT WE'RE ALL ONE ONE REGION. BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO BE A TRAIN TO NOWHERE WHEN IT HITS BROWARD COUNTY LINE AND THEN AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE ASKED TO CONTINUE IT IN BROWARD COUNTY WHEN THERE'S BEEN ABSOLUTELY NO POPULAR GROUNDSWELL OF INTEREST IN HAVING AN ELEVATED TRAIN OVER UNIVERSITY DRIVE. SO I JUST YOU KNOW THAT'S WHY I'M JUST SAYING LET'S THINK AHEAD WHAT DO WE WHAT ARE WE AGREEING TO OR WHAT ARE WE OPENING THE DOOR TO AND YOU KNOW DO WE WANT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT DOLLARS TO BE FOCUSED ON AN ELEVATED RAIL SYSTEM THAT REALLY IS NOT CONTEMPLATED IN OUR CURRENT SYSTEM OF TRANSPORTATION. HAROLD DESDUNES DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SIX MIAMI. I THINK THE DISCUSSION REALLY IS JUST WHAT THE OPPORTUNITIES ARE FOR ACCELERATING TRANSIT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE REGION NOT ONLY FROM MIAMI DADE COUNTY AND I WOULD IMAGINE WE ALL EXPERIENCE THIS CONGESTION CROSSES BOUNDARIES THAT WHATEVER IS OCCURRING IN MIAMI DADE IS ALSO OCCURRING IN BROWARD AND I THINK THE OPPORTUNITY OF HAVING A REGIONAL SYSTEM
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INTERMODAL SYSTEM IS GONNA BE GOING TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING IN MORE MONEY TO THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION. AND HERE'S WHERE IT GOES. IT'S ALSO GOING TO SAP MONEY FROM OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CONTEMPLATED FOR WHICH MATCHING DOLLARS ARE GOING TO BE SOUGHT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. AND HERE YOU'RE SAYING WELL WE'RE DOING WE'RE GOING TO YOU KNOW TAP INTO THESE RESOURCES WHEN WE JUST PASSED A 1 CENT SALES TAX. AS YOU'RE AWARE AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN CONTEMPLATED TO BE FOR THAT MONEY TO BE USED THIS IS NOT ONE OF THEM. YES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I THINK WE'RE JUST PRESENTING AN OPPORTUNITY AND OBVIOUSLY IS FOR THE BROWARD MPO AND THE ELECTED OFFICIALS TO DECIDE EXACTLY WHAT'S DONE IN TERMS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE NORTH CORRIDOR WE'RE NOT PROHIBITING OTHER TECHNOLOGIES. FOR EXAMPLE WE WILL HAVE A PARK AND RIDE AT THE AT THE COUNTY LINE THAT ALLOWS FOR TRANSIT TO CONTINUE BUSES TO CONTINUE TO TRAVEL DOWN YOUR VARSITY TO THE PARK AND RIDE. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO CATCH THE METRO MOVER OR WHATEVER WE'RE PROPOSING IN TERMS OF THE IMPROVEMENT AND TO CONTINUE THAT TRAVEL SOUTH. BUT IN ADDITION TO THE FTA DOLLARS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM FUNDS NOW RIGHT NOW THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION CANNOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE FUNDS FOR TRANSIT PROJECTS BUT AS SOON AS THIS PROJECT CROSSES THAT LINE AUTOMATICALLY. THERE'S ANOTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU COULD USE THAT YOU COULD BRING THE FUNDS DOWN HERE TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS SORT OF LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE IF IT'S WORTH FOR BROWARD AND MIAMI DADE COUNTY TO JOIN FORCES IN TERMS OF CREATING A PROJECT THAT WOULD BENEFIT THE ENTIRE REGION AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU BRING IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT RIGHT NOW YOU DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO. I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WORTH DISCUSSING AND DEBATING TO SEE IF IT IS WORTH IT. AND JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT HERE IS THAT WHEN WE'RE WORKING REGIONALLY IN OUR REGIONAL TRAVEL PATTERNS THROUGHOUT THE NUMBER ONE COMMUTE THE TOP COMMUTER PATTERN OUR BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS TRAVELING INTO MIAMI DADE COUNTY THE AMOUNT OF YOUR RESIDENTS THAT SEEK EMPLOYMENT AND CROSS THE COUNTY LINE AND EARN A LIVING IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY THEY ARE PART OF THAT TRAFFIC. THEY ARE SITTING IN THAT CONGESTION. IT IS IT IS THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING AND CONGESTION AS WELL AS IT IS MIAMI DADE COUNTY. SO THAT IS WHY THE NORTH CORRIDOR IS ONE OF THE CRITICAL REGIONAL CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON WITH BROWARD AND ALSO ULTIMATELY PALM BEACH OK. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR CALETKA. ARE YOU THE VICE MAYOR. I GOT DOWNGRADED. THANK YOU. USURPED. I CALL IT A PROMOTION PROMOTION. SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO AT THE VERY END DURING COMMENTS I HAD MENTIONED THAT DAVIE WAS OPEN TO THE IDEA AND TO THE DISCUSSION OF MOVING FORWARD RAIL BECAUSE I DID KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND IT MAKES SENSE. WE HAD BEEN ARDENTLY OPPOSED TO IT PREVIOUSLY BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I CAN TELL YOU IS IS THAT EVERY COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S IN DAVIE OR MIRAMAR ANYWHERE THAT UNIVERSITY GOES THROUGH ONE OF OUR COMMUNITIES THERE MAY BE SPECIAL NEEDS AND THOSE SPECIAL NEEDS CAN BE MET.YOU KNOW I RECENTLY TOURED THE RAIL LINE GOING IN FOR HONOLULU 20 MILES AND I WENT TO EVERY SINGLE STATION AND I WAS AMAZED AT THE UNIQUENESS THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE SOMETIMES IT'S GRADE SOMETIMES IT'S RAISED AND IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THEY CAN WORK AROUND WHATEVER THE SPECIAL NEEDS WERE THEY EVEN HAD THIS ONE AREA WHERE IT WOULD HAVE CUT OFF ACCESS TO A FAMOUS LOCAL BAR THAT THEIR RESIDENTS WANTED AND THEY CAME UP WITH THE UNIQUE SOLUTION JUST FOR THAT ONE 200 METER STRETCH. I MEAN IT WAS AMAZING. AND SO I THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT CAN MOVE FORWARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THIS SURTAX THAT'S ALREADY IN THE BANK FOR RAIL.
SOMETIMES OPPORTUNITIES COME UP AND IT'S WHETHER OR NOT YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF AT THAT TIME. SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS A FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI I USED TO SOMETIMES TAKE UNIVERSITY ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE MEDICAL CAMPUS AND IT MAY BE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. THAT'S FINE. BUT IT WAS A DIRECT SHOT THAT YOU COULD DO. SO WE HAVE OPTIONS. THE PURPOSE OF THEM COMING HERE TODAY IS TO TALK ABOUT THE OPTIONS THAT ARE COMING UP FOR US WHICH IS A GOOD THING THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH A VERY GOOD PLAN. THEY ARE AHEAD BUT THEY ALSO ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE POPULOUS. BUT I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE THAT THE LEADERSHIP OF THIS BOARD ITSELF IS GOING TO PRODUCE SOME REAL NICE FRUIT
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FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS FAR AS TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR GREEN FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER FURR. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION WILL THIS SYSTEM BE PART OF THE ELEVATED METRO RAIL SYSTEM OF DADE COUNTY. IS IT GOING TO TIE IN IS IT GOING TO BE CONSIDERED PART OF IT. YES IT WILL BE EITHER BE A INTERMODAL CONNECTION WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY TECHNOLOGIES RIGHT NOW. SO WE'LL BE PART OF THE OVERALL NETWORK. YEAH. LET ME ADD TO THAT. AS A MATTER OF FACT THE THREE TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE EVALUATING RIGHT NOW THE METRO RAIL SYSTEM THE CURRENT SYSTEM WE ALREADY HAVE HAD EVALUATED THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT THE TPO BOARD ASKED US TO LOOK AT MAGLEV MONORAIL AND AUTOMATED GUIDEWAY TRANSIT AUTOMATED GUY WAY TRANSIT SIMILAR TO THE METRO MOVER THAT'S CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN MIAMI. SO WE'RE EVALUATING THOSE THREE TECHNOLOGIES TO SEE WHAT'S THE COSTS. OBVIOUSLY IF WE USE ANY OF THESE TECHNOLOGIES YOU MAY HAVE TO TRANSFER WITH THE METRO RAIL. THAT WAS MY. THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE ISSUES WHERE THAT TRANSFER OCCURS BUT WE ARE EVALUATING ALL OPTIONS. OKAY. I JUST ALWAYS FEELS EVERY TIME YOU MAKE SOMEONE TRANSFER YOU LOSE SOME PEOPLE. VERY GOOD POINT. THANK YOU VICE MAYOR.MAYOR FURR I MEAN FORMER MAYOR FURR. DOWNGRADED AS WELL. AND TO THE BACK OF THE LINE. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I'VE BEEN A FAN OF LOOKING AT YOUR SMART PLAN FOR A WHILE AND JUST FOR THOSE WHO WEREN'T ENTIRELY COGNIZANT OF THE ENTIRE PLAN FOR THE SURTAX. THIS PART WAS KIND OF ENVISIONED IT WAS PART OF IT WAS LOOKED AT AS ONE OF THE POTENTIAL AVENUES WHERE WE WOULD HAVE EITHER RAIL OR SOME KIND. WELL WE WHAT WE PROMISED THE VOTERS WOULD WOULD THAT WAS THAT WE WOULD MAKE SURE WE DO A FULL BRIEFING AND YOU KNOW FINDING OUT WHAT WHERE PEOPLE WANT WHAT THEY WANT AND THAT YOU KNOW BEFORE WE DECIDED BUT THERE IS A GOOD PART OF THE SURTAX IS SET ASIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR CORRIDORS LIKE THE FEC THE FEC COURRIDOR THE 441 MAYBE UNIVERSITY AND IT'S ENVISIONED AND IT'S AND IT'S EXPECTED THAT A LOT OF MONEY WOULD GO THERE. I THINK PARTNERING UP HERE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. AND YOU KNOW HOW AND WHERE AND I HOPE I HOPE BEFORE YOU GET TOO FAR ALONG THAT THE DISCUSSIONS ARE YOU KNOW THAT WE KIND OF HAVE SOME SHARING OF IDEAS. SO BECAUSE I AGREE WITH TOM. ANYTIME ANYTIME IF YOU'RE HAVING TO JUMP OFF A ONE BUS AND ONTO A DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY AND EVERYTHING WILL BE A WHOLE LOT BETTER IF WE ALL HAVE THE SAME TECHNOLOGY. ONE RIDE ONE SEAT. WHAT'S THAT? ONE SEAT. WHATEVER. SO I HOPE I HOPE THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING WITH BROWARD COUNTY NOW AND IF THEY AREN'T I HOPE YOU'LL START THEM QUICKLY AND I HOPE WE CAN START THEM QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE FOLLOWED BY MAYOR STONER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THIS PROJECT. IT'S NOT NEW FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ENVISIONED YEARS AGO WHEN YOU HAD A PENNY OR HALF A PENNY TAX INCREASE. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR SOME TIME AND HAS BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. HOW IT TIES INTO BROWARD COUNTY. MIRAMAR IS RIGHT NEXT TO THIS PROJECT AND I DEFINITELY WANT US TO BE PART OF IT BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR PARK AND RIDE THE EXPRESS THE EXPRESS BUS AND WE KNOW IT'S VERY POPULAR BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS NOT JUST IN MIRAMAR THAT ARE USING THAT BUT THROUGHOUT BROWARD COUNTY THAT ARE COMING THEY'RE PARKING IN MIRAMAR AND THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE WORKING IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY. SO I DO BELIEVE THE NEED IS THERE AND WE NEED TO BE INVOLVED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO THAT AS YOU EVALUATE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSPORTATIONS THAT WE WOULD HAVE A SAY IN THAT THAT YOU KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY THAT THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THAT EVALUATION PROCESS. SO ALONG WITH MIAMI-DADE BROWARD COUNTY IN GENERAL PLEASE INVOLVE MIRAMAR IN THESE DISCUSSIONS SO THAT WE CAN BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. MAYOR STONER. THANK YOU. AS A NEWBIE ON THE BOARD I'M NOT PRIVY TO A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY BUT WHEN I HEAR UNIVERSITY DRIVE MY EARS PEAK RIGHT UP AND I'M READY TO GO. SO ANY PARTICULAR REASON GREG THAT HAS DISTRICT 4 HAD INPUT ON THIS. WELL THAT'S THE REASON WHY DISTRICT 6 AND MIAMI-DADE TPO CAME HERE TOGETHER BECAUSE WE ARE NOW AT A POINT WHERE IT'S A STATE ROAD AND WE
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CAN BE REACHING OUT AND COORDINATING THROUGH THE DIRECTION OF THE BROWARD MPO.OKAY AS A MATTER OF FACT WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PROCEEDING WITH THIS OUR OWN PROJECT RIGHT. SO NOW THAT WE ARE AT A MILESTONE THAT COULD DEFINITELY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION. THAT'S WHY WE'RE OPENING UP AND SHARING IT.
OPENS UP ANOTHER FINANCIAL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR FUNDING IF YOU COME NORTH. BUT HOW FAR NORTH IS THE BIG QUESTION. I CAN'T GET A QUARTER MILE ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE IN MY CITY IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. SO MY PRIORITY RIGHT NOW IS HOW DO I GET EVERYBODY THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR ESPECIALLY WITH THE NEW HOSPITAL BEING BUILT IN DAVIE SO IT BECOMES ALMOST A LIFE SAFETY THING. THEY'LL NEVER GET THEIR EMERGENCY VEHICLES THROUGH THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER. I KNOW WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT A VISION FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD WHICH I APPRECIATE. BUT I SORT OF FEEL LIKE THAT COMING THROUGH PLANTATION IS NOT IS NOT WHERE I THINK THE CITY WANTS TO GO ON AND I WON'T SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THAT. SO YOU KNOW I NEED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION AND CONVINCING AND A SELL JOB OR WHAT. YOU KNOW AS TO HOW IT GOES DOWN. AND GREG I'M SURE YOUR STAFF AND YOU CAN PROVIDE ME WITH THAT ADDITIONAL INSIGHT. AND MAYOR THAT'S GREAT POINTS AND THIS IS AT THE BEGINNING ON OUR SIDE OF THE BORDER NOT THE END. THIS CONVERSATION NEEDS IS ABOUT STARTING THIS AND FIGURING OUT WHERE WE NEED TO GO. THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER YOU KNOW MAYOR FORMER MAYOR FURR WAS EXACTLY YOU KNOW HITTING IT ON IT WAS CONTEMPLATED IN THE SALES TAX PLAN. WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT IT THROUGH THE MTP PROCESS WHICH IS LATER IN THE MEETING AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE CONVERSATIONS I'M GOING TO TELL YOU PROBABLY A GOOD THREE TO FOUR YEARS AND THEN BY THE TIME THEY'RE READY TO SELECT TECHNOLOGY AND GET READY TO START GOING FOR GRANTS AND ALL THE REST HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES NOT JUST ONE.
RIGHT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JAFFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M ONE OF THOSE COMMUTERS THAT GO FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO MIAMI DADE COUNTY ON A DAILY BASIS. AND I WANT TO THANK THE MAYOR FROM MIAMI GARDENS FROM COMING HERE TODAY. AND I DO AGREE WITH YOU ON YOUR POINT THAT THERE IS A SEAMLESS TRANSITION FROM BROWARD COUNTY TO MIAMI AS THE BORDERS IN MY PROFESSIONAL CAREER I OPERATE OVER ABOVE BROWARD AND DADE COUNTY AND I WILL TELL YOU THERE ARE NO BORDERS WHEN YOU'RE FLYING ABOVE THE STATE OF FLORIDA OR ANY COUNTRY. BUT I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT IN THE CITY OF WESTON AND WE JUST PASSED A RESOLUTION A UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION FOR THE FDOT PARK AND RIDE AT THE I-75 INTERCHANGE ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD. AND I WANT TO THANK THE TALENTS OF DAVIE AND SOUTHWEST RANCHES FOR THEIR OPPOSITION TO THAT PROJECT ON GRIFFIN ROAD HAVING IT MOVED UP TO ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD. BUT I WILL SAY IT'S A SMALL PARKING LOT. ALWAYS LOOKING FOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION PLANS TO GET PEOPLE ARE THEIR VEHICLES AND TO SOME OTHER TYPE OF MOTOR TRANSPORTATION. BUT THAT BEING SAID WITH THESE NEW PROJECTS RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY WESTON AND THERE IS A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA DISCUSSIONS GOING ON WITH THE PARK AND RIDE FACILITY BEING AT THE I-75 AND ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD. SO THE PUBLIC IS VERY WE NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC INVOLVED WITH AND GET THEM ALL THE INFORMATION ON ALL THESE PROJECTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'VE I'VE SPOKEN. OH EXCUSE ME MAYOR CLARK I'M GOING TO JUMP IN HERE. VICE MAYOR CLARK I'VE SPOKEN WITH A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM AND ADMIRATION FOR DADE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY SMART PLAN. SEVERAL TIMES HERE THEY ARE DOGGEDLY PURSUING THE SMART PLAN AND I THINK YOU KNOW YOU'RE TO BE COMMENDED FOR THAT. WE MAY NOT AGREE WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT NOT REALLY UNIMPORTANT. WE HAVE WE HAVE A UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PLAN THAT'S OBSOLETE IT WAS OBSOLETE THE DAY WE ACCEPTED IT. KNOWING THAT COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROUTE DID NOT WANT TO HAVE ANY FORM OF RAIL OR BUS RAPID TRANSIT THINKING I GUESS IN SOME PART YOUR PREDECESSORS THINK THAT THIS IS THE [INAUDIBLE] IS STILL A [INAUDIBLE] AND IT ISN'T. SO THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US IT'S A BEGINNING DAY TO DAY. BUT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BACK OF THIS DOCUMENT THAT THEY HANDED OUT TODAY THEY HAVEN'T THEY DIDN'T EVEN TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE RUNNING TO TRAIN UP TO AVENTURA SOON. AND SO. SOON AND HERE'S THE ISSUE. WE AS AN MPO AND BROWARD COUNTY AS OUR COUNTY PARTNER
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NEED TO WAKE UP AND REALIZE THAT THESE CONNECTIONS CAN'T JUST END AT THE COUNTY LINE. THEY HAVE TO MOVE FORWARD WHATEVER THE TECHNOLOGY IS. IT HAS TO MOVE FORWARD AND WE CAN'T SIT HERE AS AN MPO AND I AND I DON'T I DON'T THINK THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND SAY I'M SORRY YOU CAN'T DO THAT IN MY BACKYARD. WHAT I THINK WE NEED TO DO. MR. STUART MOVING FORWARD SOONER RATHER THAN LATER COMMISSIONER COLBURN YOU'RE CORRECT. WE NEED TO WE NEED TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROUTE MIRAMAR, DAVIE, PEMBROKE PINES, COOPER CITY ALL THE COMMUNITIES ALONG THE ROUTE AND SAY THIS IS COMING BUT WE NEED YOUR INPUT. AND SO IT'S EARLY IN THIS STAGE. SO SOME OF US WON'T BE SITTING HERE WHEN WHEN THEY HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING BUT WE CAN ATTEND IT ANYWAY. AND I THINK THIS IS TERRIFIC. AILEEN AND AND THE DISTRICT FOR DISTRICT 6 THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND FOR COMING HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AT ANY TIME WITH UPDATES AND PROGRESS REPORTS BECAUSE AS A AS A BOARD THE 31 CITIES THAT ARE SITTING HERE ARE NOT NECESSARILY PRIVY TO THE UPDATES JUST BECAUSE OF THE WAY THINGS PROCESS THROUGH THE SYSTEM. BUT WE WANT TO KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES WANT TO KNOW. AND IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR US AS MEMBERS OF THE MPO TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND SAY HAD A GREAT MEETING TODAY AND THIS IS WHAT WE COULD LOOK FORWARD TO. AND THANKFULLY WE HAVE THE SURTAX TO HELP WITH THE ASSIST MONEY THAT WILL HELP. SO THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF GOOD STUFF GOING ON HERE. AND AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ATTENDING TODAY. VICE MAYOR CLARK. MIC IS ON. OK. VERY GOOD. THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE PARK IS ON THE COUNTY LINE ROAD AND WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN GIVING OUR INPUT ON ANYTHING THAT MOVES TRAFFIC FROM DADE COUNTY TO BROWARD BROWARD COUNTY TODAY. AND IF YOU COULD GET SOMETHING TO DO WITH I 95. THAT WOULD BE PHENOMENAL. SO WE'RE IN TO GIVE OUR INPUT AND HELP. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY BUT WE HAVE A BIG MOUTH. OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THANK YOU FOLKS VERY MUCH FOR COMING HERE. AND MAYOR THANK YOU SIR.WELCOME BACK. WELCOME BACK. MR. CHAIRMAN WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO BACK TO
[8. Monthly Federal and State Legislative Reports: http://browardmpo.org/index.php/aboutthe- mpo/legislative-initiatives]
FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE. YES COMPLETE YOUR REPORT PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GO UP TO TALLAHASSEE CONGRATULATIONS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT. THINGS ARE MOVING FAST AND FURIOUS UP THERE. A BILL REGARDING DISTRACTED DRIVING. THERE IS ACTUALLY NO THAT'S ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD AGAIN ISSUE ALLOWING LAW ENFORCEMENT TO ISSUE MOVING VIOLATIONS FOR SOMEONE USING A CELL PHONE WHILE THEY'RE GOING FOR. THERE'S BEEN THAT'S BEEN GOING ON NOW SEVERAL YEARS. BUT THE BILL REQUIRES LAW ENFORCEMENT ISSUE ONLY VERBAL OR WRITTEN WARNINGS CURRENTLY THROUGH OCTOBER 1ST 2019 AND THEN AFTER DECEMBER 31ST THEN THEY CAN ACTUALLY ISSUE CITATIONS. SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT MOVES THROUGH. I'M GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC. EVERY YEAR WE SEE THINGS HAPPENING AND THEN IT KIND OF FALLS OFF TOWARDS THE END OF SESSION. MICRO MOBILITY AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS. MAYOR TRANTALIS'S FAVORITE SUBJECT ON EARTH. SO YOU KNOW THERE ARE SOME BILLS GOING ON IN TALLAHASSEE FROM THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE BASICALLY UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO APPROVE A PREEMPTION ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY HOME RULE SEEMS TO BE NO SURPRISE. IT ERODES AGAIN. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT. BUT IT DOES ACTUALLY INCLUDE SOMETHING THAT I NEVER REALLY CONTEMPLATED WHICH IS IN AN EVENT OF A SEVERE WEATHER EVENT WHICH WHETHER IT'S A HURRICANE OR WHATEVER THESE THINGS NEED TO BE OUT OF HARM FLYING AROUND AND NOT SMASHING INTO OUR CARS AND WINDOWS. SO THERE IS SOME GOOD NEWS ON AT LEAST ON THE LEGISLATIVE SIDE THAT THEY'RE THINKING A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY. THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BILL IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD. THERE IS A GREAT DESIRE TO EMBRACE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY. SEVERAL OF OUR MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE BEEN CONTACTED BY THIS STAFF IN WORKING WITH AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PROVIDER IN CENTRAL THAT IS DOING A PROJECT IN CENTRAL FLORIDA IN THE VILLAGES THEY ARE LOOKING FOR CONTAINED ENVIRONMENTS WHERE IT'S GATED TO YOU KNOW TEST PILOT THE AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE. COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE IS SHAKING HER HEAD. THIS IS AGAIN ONE OF BANES OF HER EXISTENCE. HOWEVER THERE IS A LOT OF YOU KNOW THINGS MOVING FORWARD ON HOW THAT MAY OR MAY NOT APPROACH US ON THE[00:45:02]
TRANSPORTATION SIDE. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THERE WAS A BILL THAT WOULD INDIRECTLY AFFECT US AND DIRECTLY IMPACT OUR PARTNERS IN MIAMI-DADE TPO TO NOT ALLOW FOR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION TO BE COLLECTED BY THEIR TPO BY OURSELVES. METRO PLAN HILLSBOROUGH THE LARGER MPOS AND INCLUDING JACKSONVILLE. WE ARE ALL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE DIRECTION THAT BILL WAS TAKING. I'D LIKE TO REPORT THAT TSE DID A PHENOMENAL LIFT ON THE SENATE SIDE AND THAT HAS BEEN STRIPPED FROM THAT BILL LANGUAGE. ANOTHER ITEM THAT HAS BEEN STRIPPED WHICH IS ACTUALLY REALLY VERY GOOD FOR US AS WELL IS HOUSE BILL 9 0 5 WHICH WAS PROPOSING JUST CHANGE STATE STATUTE REQUIRING THAT 75 PERCENT OF CAPACITY EXPANSION FUNDS WHICH IS THE CIS THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER WHEN THEY CROSS COUNTY LINES JUST BE USED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ACTUAL ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND NOT NECESSARILY TRANSIT OR ALTERNATIVE MODES. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONSTANTLY KEEP OUR EYES OUT. A FEW YEARS BACK OUR MPO FUNDS ABOUT 25 PERCENT OR ACTUALLY 50 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL FUNDS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION USED TO RECEIVE WAS STRIPPED AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PUT INTO THE CIS PROGRAM. IT IS ALLOWED BY FEDERAL LAW TO DO THAT. HOWEVER OF THE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION GETS ABOUT 30 TO 40 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THAT IS BASICALLY ABOUT 80 MILLION DOLLARS THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN AND NOW WE'RE DOWN TO 30 40. SO ANYTIME THAT YOU SEE SOMEBODY WHO'S TRYING TO CHANGE FORMULA YOU NEED TO LOOK AND GO OK WHAT ARE YOU DOING AND HOW IS THAT GOING TO NATURALLY AFFECT US. YOU KNOW SINCE WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT IN OUR REGION THAT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO WIDEN OUR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM WHICH IS A CIS ELIGIBLE FACILITY UNLESS WE START DOUBLE DECKING AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE APPETITE IS FOR THAT AT THIS MOMENT BUT MAYBE LONG AFTER MANY OF US ARE GONE THEY MAY CONSIDER THAT YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEN AT THAT POINT WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE ABLE TO USE STATE INTERMODAL STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEMS DOLLARS FOR PROJECTS IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA AND THEN THEY WOULD GO TO OUR COLLEAGUES UP IN NORTH CENTRAL FLORIDA AND AN AREA I USED TO WORK IN CITRUS COUNTY YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WANT THE SUNCOAST PARKWAY AND TURNPIKE TO CONNECT. AND WHILE THOSE ARE IMPORTANT STATEWIDE PROJECTS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS HERE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA WE NEED TO DEAL WITH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO GO UP TO THE LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND I THINK MAYOR TRANTALIS YOU HAD A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WITH THE DOT STAFFS I'M GOING TO ASK YOU FOR A SECOND BUT THERE IS A LOT OF APPROPRIATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON OUR LOBBYING TEAM OR OUR ADVOCACY TEAM I SHOULD SAY IN WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN KEEPING US ABREAST ON WHAT IS GOING ON UP THERE. WE HAVE SEEN SOME TRACTION AS I MENTIONED THE LAST MEETING IN HOUSE TNI AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS INFRASTRUCTURES COMMITTEE ON EPW ON THE SENATE SIDE FOR A NEW BILL. THERE IS SOME CONVERSATION ON THE HOUSE SIDE ON CLIMATE CHANGE. I DON'T THINK THAT WILL MARRY WITH LEGISLATION ON THE SENATE SIDE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND THEN ALSO FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION ANOTHER BANE OF ALL OF OUR EXISTENCE WITH THE QUIET ZONES THEY ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING FOR A NATIONAL STRATEGY TO PREVENT TRESPASSING ON RAILROAD PROPERTY WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOU KNOW THE QUIET ZONE HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES IS BECAUSE OUR FRIENDS ARE DRIVING CARS INTO GATES AND ALLOWING THE TRAINS TO BE CLIPPED AND IT CHANGES THE CALCULATOR EVERY TIME AND EVERY TIME WE THINK WE HAVE EVERYTHING CALCULATED RIGHT AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS ARE CORRECT THEN THE STATISTICS CHANGE BECAUSE SOMEBODY GOT HIT BY A TRAIN AT LEAST A VEHICLE. IRONICALLY PEDESTRIANS CROSSING THE TRACKS ARE NOT CONSIDERED IN THE CALCULATION. SO THE FEDS ARE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT AND I THINK THAT IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT WE'RE GOING TO ALSO CONTINUE TO MONITOR OUR OUR PARTNERS AT BRIGHTLINE ALSO RECEIVED A [INAUDIBLE] GRANT. SO WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE PUT IN TO HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THESE CHANGES IN THE QUIET ZONE CALCULATOR. AND THEN FINALLY YOU HAVE A FLYER ON THE DIAS THERE CALLED A WALKING AUDIT IN THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH THAT'S ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY MARCH 30TH AT 9 A.M. AT THE HALLANDALE BEACH CULTURAL CENTER. AND IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE PLEASE LET US KNOW. COMING OFF OF THE SUCCESS OF THE SAFE STREET SUMMIT WHERE WE HAD OVER 500 ATTENDEES IN MIAMI DADE THAT SUMMIT IS NOW COMING TO BROWARD AND SPECIFICALLY THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS CO HOSTING. SO THE MAYOR MAYOR TRANTALIS HAD A GREAT VIDEO. THEY HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A GLITCH. YOU KNOW[00:50:03]
ACTUALLY RUNNING IT BUT WE GOT IT ON AND WE'RE GONNA LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ALL PARTICIPATING IN THIS LOCAL EVENT AS WELL HERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE NEXT YEAR SOMETIME IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. SO THAT SITE HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED YET BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO DO THAT. AND WITH THAT MR. CHAIRMAN I AM GOING TO. WANT TO REPORT ON YOUR MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY. OH MY GOODNESS. YES SIR I DO.THE CHAIR AND I HAVE THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH SECRETARY THIBAULT WHO IS THE NEW SECRETARY OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN A ROUNDTABLE CONVERSATION. WE WERE JOINED BY MY COLLEAGUE [INAUDIBLE] IN PALM BEACH AS WELL AS PALM BEACH COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CITY OF PALM BEACH GARDENS MAYOR. AND WE HAD A GREAT DISCUSSION ON THE BROWARD COUNTY SIDE OTHER THAN THE CHAIRMAN AND MYSELF. WE HAD BERTHA HENRY REPRESENTING BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND TWO UNITS OF HER GOVERNMENT BEING THE AIRPORT AND SEAPORT. WE'RE ALSO PRESENT AT THAT MEETING. GREAT DISCUSSION ON COORDINATING AND DOING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH. YOU KNOW THE CHAIR AND I TALKED ABOUT PROJECT DELIVERY ACCELERATION AND POSSIBLE WAYS TO LIMIT THE CAP ON DOING ADVANCE IF SOMEBODY COMPLETES A PROJECT EARLIER GIVE THEM A BONUS THERE'S A LIMIT THAT THEY PASS SO THEN A LOT OF OUR SMALLER PROJECTS DON'T QUALIFY TO GET INTO THAT. AND SO THESE PROJECTS LINGER AND HAVE DELAYS AND WE SEE THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE NOT TO SEE. SO THOSE ARE THE DISCUSSIONS AND MR. CHAIR WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING TO. JUST THAT MAYOR TRANTALIS YOUR REPRESENTATIVE WAS ATTENDING THAT MEETING AS WELL. YOUR TRANSPORTATION PERSON. NO I ENJOYED IT A LOT. AND SECRETARY SEEMS LIKE A VERY OPEN PERSON VERY EASY TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND I HOPE THAT OUR POINTS WERE YOU KNOW HE MADE NOTES ON EVERYTHING SO WE'RE ON THE RECORD SEVEN PAGES OF NOTES HE SAID. OK. MR. CHAIR. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE WISH TO SPEAK. I'M GONNA CALL HIM IN ORDER THAT WE START WITH. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA COMMISSIONER SOFIELD AND MAYOR TRANTALIS. JUST ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION WHEN THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MENTIONED TSC WAS DOING THE HEAVY LIFT IN TALLAHASSEE.
THAT'S OUR CONSULTANT THAT WE HIRED TRIPP SCOTT ERICKS JUST FOR THE BOARD'S INFORMATION. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD WHEN I WAS ACTUALLY IN D.C. IS I WAS TALKING TO THE UBER DRIVER AND AND I MEAN IT'S IT'S GOOD IT'S A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE UBER DRIVER I WAS TELLING ABOUT THE BILL THAT'S COMING UP WHERE IF YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR PHONE IT'S A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND YOU CAN GET PULLED OVER AND HE SAYS THAT'S GONNA PUT UBER AND LYFT OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE WE USE OUR PHONES AS OUR METHOD OF GETTING NEW CLIENTS. SOMETIMES IT AUTOMATICALLY UPDATES WHERE THEY GET THEIR NEXT CLIENT IS IN A QUEUE AND THEY NEED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT. SO THEIR WHOLE BUSINESS IS ON THE PHONE. HE SAYS WE'RE ALL GONNA GO OUT OF BUSINESS BECAUSE OF TICKETS AND HE SAYS EVEN HE SAID EVEN TAXI DRIVERS HAVE MOVED TO A PHONE BASED SYSTEM AS WELL. SO THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN VIOLATION SO ALL THESE VIOLATIONS ARE OCCURRING AND THEN SOMETHING THAT WAS INTERESTING IS THAT HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT HE HAS SOME SMALL KIDS AND THAT BECAUSE PEOPLE USE THEIR PHONE A LOT THE KIDS ALWAYS WANT THE PHONE. SO WHAT HE AND HIS WIFE DID IS THEY GOT FAKE PHONES TO GIVE THE KIDS THAT WAY THEY COULDN'T ACCIDENTALLY DIAL SOMEBODY OR WHAT HAVE YOU. HE SAID. BUT SOMETIMES YOU KNOW THEY TOUCH THESE THINGS. THEY ARE REAL PHONES THEY'RE JUST NOT ACTIVATED. AND SO HE SAID YOU KNOW IF I TAKE THIS AWAY FROM MY KID I JUST VIOLATED THE LAW ALSO. AND I WAS STUNNED AT ALL OF THE DETAILS THAT HAVE GONE WRONG WITH THIS BILL INCLUDING THE FACT THAT EVEN IF YOU GET PULLED OVER. WHERE'S THE CREDIBLE EVIDENCE AGAINST YOUR VIOLATION YOUR PRIMARY VIOLATION BECAUSE THE FIFTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION UNITED STATES SAYS YOU DON'T HAVE TO UNLOCK YOUR PHONE AND GIVE IT TO THE OFFICER TO COLLECT DATA TO SEE IF WHETHER OR NOT YOU VIOLATED IT. SO YOU KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND I KNOW EVERYBODY WANTS THIS FEEL GOOD THING. BUT THERE ARE SOME REAL QUESTIONS AS TO THE LEGITIMACY OF THIS IN GENERAL. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE OK. COMMISSIONER SOFIELD. THANK YOU GREG FOR YOUR UPDATE AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT EVERY MONTH. ONE OTHER THING I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERY MONTH. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO AND I KIND OF MISS THIS MONTH. NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED IF YOU WERE BUSY OR WHATEVER BUT YOUR EXECUTIVE REPORT ON THE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT FOR TODAY RATHER SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW. I PERSONALLY I MISS THAT AND I USE THAT IN MY. I DO GO OVER THE AGENDA BUT I ALSO LOOK AT YOUR LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOURS SO I CAN GET A LITTLE BIT MORE OF AN UPDATE. SO NOT CALL YOU ON A QUESTION BECAUSE USUALLY I GET MY MY QUESTIONS ANSWERED. SO I MISSED THAT REPORT. I
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HOPE THAT YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE IF YOU ARE AT LEAST SEND ME ONE. I ACTUALLY I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT AND AS YOU KNOW I ACTUALLY WAS ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH OUR GENERAL COUNSELS. I WONDER IF THEY READ THEM OR NOT. AND NOT FOR NOTHING AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT I WAS TESTING BUT I WAS. THERE WAS ONLY ONE ITEM SO I FELT COMFORTABLE TRYING TO SEE IF LIKE DID SOMEBODY ACTUALLY SAY SOMETHING. AND UNTIL TODAY. BUT I'M ALSO NOTICING THE MAYOR IS ALSO NODDING HER HEAD. SO YOU READ THEM. THANK YOU. THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT IS WHO'S ACTUALLY READING WHAT I'M SENDING THEM. SO THAT WAY I KNOW IF I'M NOT DOING THIS FOR NO PURPOSE. SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS AGAIN. OUR NEXT MEETING IN APRIL IS ROBUST AND WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF ITEMS. SO I PROMISE YOU COMMISSIONER I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT GOES OUT TO EVERYBODY HERE. I DID'T KNOW YOU WERE FEELING NEGLECTED. SO MAYBE WE JUST NEED.I WASN'T FEELING LOVE. [LAUGHTER] AND I DO HAVE TWO OTHER COMMENTS SO I'LL WAIT FOR
[9. General Counsel’s Report]
THAT. YOU CAN GO AHEAD. OKAY. ONE THING VERY VERY IMPORTANT. YOU KNOW YOU GUYS YOU HEAR ME ALL THE TIME ABOUT THE [INAUDIBLE] INTERCHANGE AND HOW WE FEEL THAT THAT NORTHBOUND ACCESS AND AN EXIT AND ON AND OFF IS VERY VERY IMPORTANT TO FULL MAKE IT A FULL INTERCHANGE. WELL THE GOOD NEWS IS THE COUNTY COMMISSION LAST WEEK HAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO DIRECT THEIR CITY MANAGER A COUNTY MANAGER TO GET IN NEGOTIATIONS TO GET TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. SO I'M SO HAPPY OUR CITY IS VERY VERY HAPPY THAT THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE WE WENT FROM LIKE ABOUT A YEAR AGO TO NOTHING TO NOW WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING AND THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION. AND MY THANK YOU TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND EVERYONE. I THINK THERE ARE TWO OF YOU HERE. IT WAS ALL ME. WELL YOU KNOW IT WAS ALL IT TOOK IT TOOK ALL OF YOU TO FINALLY SAY UNANIMOUSLY TO DO THIS. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. AND AGAIN IT'S A REGIONAL ISSUE. AND THE SECOND THING ABOUT THAT IS THAT YOU GUYS WON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME ANYMORE GO ON AND ON ANYMORE ABOUT THE INTERCHANGE SO THAT IT'S A GOOD THING. ONE OTHER QUICK THING. CITY OF SUNRISE WON THE COMMUNITY AWARD FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS ON SUNSET STRIP AT THE SAFE STREET SUMMIT. WE'RE VERY VERY HAPPY AND PROUD OF THAT. THANK YOU THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FOR STICKING TO YOUR GUNS ON THAT ISSUE WITH [INAUDIBLE]. CONGRATULATIONS MAYOR TRANTALIS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.COUPLE OF THINGS. FIRST OF ALL IN DRIVING UP HERE TODAY I DROVE UP ANDREWS AVENUE AND I THINK THAT'S ONE OF OUR GIGS RIGHT. AND IT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WITH THE BIKE LANES PAINTED AND THE LANDSCAPING. AND AFTER ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH THAT WRETCHED STREET YOU'VE MADE IT LOOK VERY ATTRACTIVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS MR. STUART. BUT I JUST WANTED TO ALSO REPORT THAT I TOO HAVE HAD MEETINGS WITH WITH OUR STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. WE MET WITH GERRY O'REILLEY LAST WEEK HAD A VERY ROBUST DISCUSSION ABOUT CITY NEEDS AND AND PROCESSES. AND I WAS ACTUALLY EVEN THOUGH I'VE ONLY BEEN IN OFFICE AS MAYOR FOR ONE YEAR IT WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY WE REALLY HAD TO DISCUSS THINGS SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR MAKING THAT HAPPEN MR. STUART AND I THOUGHT WAS A VERY VERY PRODUCTIVE MEETING WE FINALLY WE FINALLY GOT TO PUT A FACE TO THE NAME AND AND NOW WE KNOW WE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. BUT IN ADDITION I ALSO PARTICIPATED WITH THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES AND COMMISSIONER GREEN AND COMMISSIONER CALETKA WERE THERE AND WE HAD A SEPARATE MEETING OF MY GROUP FROM FORT LAUDERDALE I HAD A MEETING WITH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND WE DISCUSSED PROJECTS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN ON AND OF COURSE WE BROUGHT UP THE IDEA OF THE TUNNEL AND THERE WERE THEY WERE RECEPTIVE TO IT AND AND THEY THOUGHT THAT AS LONG AS THEY COULD CONTEMPLATE A PARTNERSHIP WITH LOCAL MATCHING FUNDS THAT THEY WERE FUNDING.
THERE WERE SEVERAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED THAT WOULD WORK. YOU KNOW THEY'RE HAVING A PROBLEM RIGHT NOW WRANGLING WITH AN IDEA OF A TUNNEL IN NEW YORK CITY AND NEW YORK CITY HAS HAS A 16 BILLION DOLLAR ASK FOR THEIR TUNNEL UNDER THE EAST. I THINK IT'S UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER. AND BUT THE PROBLEM THERE IS THAT THEY WANT IT 100 PERCENT FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SO THEY SAID AS LONG AS WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF MATCHING FUNDS. WE'RE WE'RE ON BOARD WITH WITH THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S CLEARLY THE ROADMAP THAT THEY'RE SEEKING TO FOLLOW. AND SO WHATEVER THE PROJECT MAY BE WHETHER IT BE OUR TUNNEL OR WHETHER IT BE
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ANY OTHER MAJOR PROJECT THAT SEEMS TO BE THE THE FORMULA THAT THEY WANT TO FOLLOW.SO JUST WANT TO REPORT THAT TO THE GROUP AND AND SAY THAT WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL WEEK AT THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES. THANK YOU MAYOR. AND I THINK THEY'RE THE MPO NEEDS TO PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN ASSISTING THAT TUNNEL PROJECT MOVING FORWARD AND I FOLLOWED YOUR COMMENTS IN THE NEWSPAPER. ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKE ABOUT THE TUNNEL AS OPPOSED TO ANOTHER MEANS IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THE TUNNEL YOU COVER IT AND THEN YOU HAVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT. SO WHAT YOU LOSE INITIALLY YOU GAIN BACK. CONSEQUENTLY THERE ARE MANY THINGS TO BE GAINED AND I AGREE WITH YOU MR. CHAIR AND AND AND THE OTHER THING IS THAT THE INSTEAD OF IT DISLOCATING YOU KNOW LIKE LIKE ANYTHING OVERHEAD WOULD IT ACTUALLY ENHANCES THE THE THE SURFACE. ABSOLUTELY. AND AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE GRADIENT THAT'S NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE FREIGHT TRAINS IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GO AS FAR BACK AS A BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO GO. RIGHT. AND SO BECAUSE IT DOESN'T GO AS DEEP AS THE BRIDGE WOULD HAVE TO GO AS HIGH. SO ANYWAY LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES DISCUSS THESE THINGS BUT I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP OUR MEETING BUT I JUST WANT TO LET. I GLAD YOU DID IT. I LOVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU KNOW WE'RE LOOKING FOR ICONIC THINGS THAT WE CAN DO THE THINGS WE ROUTINELY DO WE WOULDN'T GET EXCITED ABOUT NECESSARILY BECAUSE THEY'RE ROUTINE AND IMPORTANT BUT ICONIC PROJECTS GET ATTENTION AND THEY CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. YOU SAID TOO MUCH. I KNOW I KNOW. COMMISSIONER FURR. JUST REAL QUICK. WHO TO WRITE LOCAL PROJECTS. WAS IT ONE OF YOUR LOCAL PROJECTS. WAS IT WAS THE TUNNEL ONE OF YOUR LOCAL PROJECTS? [LAUGHTER]. I THOUGHT SO.
I DO THINK ONE I DO THINK IT DOES BECAUSE IT DOES BECOME A IMPORTANT DISCUSSION BECAUSE AS YOU WERE ALLUDING TO BEFORE WHEN WE WERE LISTENING TO MIAMI DADE YOU'RE RECOGNIZING AHEAD OF TIME THAT THERE IS THERE IS A CERTAIN FINITE AMOUNT OF MONEY. YOU KNOW IT'S A LOT BUT STILL WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE CAREFULLY AND THAT IS GOING TO BE IF WE DECIDE TO DO THAT YOU KNOW BY VIRTUE OF YOUR CHOOSING THAT YOU'RE NOT CHOOSING OTHER THINGS. AND YOU KNOW THOSE ARE THE HUGE DISCUSSIONS WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO HAVE AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY WORTH HAVING. BUT THAT'S I SAW WHAT YOU'RE WHAT YOU WERE THINKING OF EARLIER YOU KNOW AND GOING WAIT WAIT THAT'S MY MONEY FOR THE TUNNEL. I SAID I WAS BUT THAT IS THAT'S THAT'S WHERE YOU KNOW I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THOSE DISCUSSIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BEFORE WE MOVE ON I WANTED TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE LITTLE DIFFERENT EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A SMALL ATTENDANCE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN AND YOU WERE ALL INTRODUCED. BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS. REAL QUICKLY. JUST ALL THE MICS ARE ON JUST YOUR NAME AND THE CITY THAT YOU REPRESENT LET'S START OVER HERE BILL. WELL YOU GOT TO PUSH MIC IS ON IN THE LOWER RIGHT. HE'S A NEWBIE. NO, I'M NOT. I USED TO BE THE VICE MAYOR BUT I GOT DOWNGRADED TO COMMISSIONER. BILL HARRIS FROM THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH. JOANNE SIMONE, CITY OF MARGATE. ANA ZIADE MAYOR OF NORTH LAUDERDALE. MIKKI BELVEDERE CURRENTLY COMMISSIONER OF COCONUT CREEK. CHRISTINE HUNCHOFSKY MAYOR CITY OF PARKLAND. VICE MAYOR YVETTE COLBOURNE, CITY OF MIRAMAR.
COMMISSIONER BYRON JAFFE CITY OF WESTON. HOWARD CLARK THE VICE MAYOR OF THE TOWN OF PEMBROKE PARK. MICHAEL UDINE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT 3. LARRY SOFIELD, COMMISSIONER OF THE CITY OF SUNRISE. BARRY MOSS VICE MAYOR CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.
DEAN FURR FOR BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 6. DICK BLATTNER, HOLLYWOOD CITY COMMISSIONER. BRYAN CLARK, TOWN OF DAVIE COUNCIL MEMBER. SANDY JOHNSON CITY OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT COMMISSIONER. DEAN TRANTALIS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. TOM GREEN VICE MAYOR OF WILTON MANORS. LYN STONER MAYOR CITY OF PLANTATION. MARGARET BATES VICE MAYOR OF CITY OF LAUDERHILL. MIKKI, WHAT DID YOU MEAN CURRENTLY. ARE YOU MAKING AN ANNOUNCEMENT. WELL NO I WAS MAYOR ONCE AND VICE MAYOR TWICE BUT DOWNGRADED TO COMMISSIONER. YOU JUST GOT RELOCATED. THE MPO IS ON THE DOWNGRADE. THIS IS REALLY FUNNY. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. ALRIGHT. GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT. YES MR. CHAIRMAN. BOARD MEMBERS ALAN GABRIEL YOUR GENERAL
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COUNSEL. JUST TWO MOSTLY ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS. SO YOU HAVE MY STAFF REPORT IT'S PART OF THE BACKUP TO YOUR AGENDA. OF COURSE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK ME THOSE QUESTIONS AND CONTACT ME I'D BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH YOU. FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES YOU HAVE A QUORUM TODAY OF 14 IS YOUR MINIMUM QUORUM. YOU KNOW WE HAVE 25 VOTING MEMBERS. WE HAVE 19 MEMBERS WHO ARE PRESENT SO EVERYONE IS ELIGIBLE TO VOTE. AND PLEASE JUST. WE HAVE ONE ITEM OF ACTION ITEM THAT WILL BE NECESSARY. SO I EXPECT EVERYBODY TO STAY OF COURSE FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM AND FOR THE OTHER INFORMATIONAL ITEMS AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE READY TO GO TO ITEM[10. 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://www.browardmpo.org/index.php/commitment-2045-metropolitan-transportationplan]
NUMBER 10. PETER GEIS GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRM AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PETER GIES STRATEGIC PLANNING MANAGER AND PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY QUICK UPDATE BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A NON ACTION ITEM LATER ON IN THE AGENDA. BUT I DO JUST WANT TO HIT ON A COUPLE OF POINTS I HIGHLIGHTED IN RED HERE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SINCE LAST MONTH IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT WE HAVE BEGUN OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN TO SHARE WITH YOU NEXT MONTH. SO THAT MEANS ALL THE REVENUES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED OVER THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN STARTING LAST YEAR AND INTO THIS YEAR WE'RE GOING TO START ASSIGNING THEM TO PROJECTS. WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE TAC ON LOOKING THROUGH THE INITIAL PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND APPLIED THAT TO THE LIST OF PROJECTS RECEIVED SOME FEEDBACK. SO WE ARE NOW WORKING INTERNALLY TO PIECE TOGETHER NOW A FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE PLAN AND I'M GOING TO GO A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO INTO DETAIL AS PART OF THE NON ACTION ITEM ON HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE SET UP AND SET SOME EXPECTATIONS FOR YOU ALL AS WE MOVE INTO THE APRIL MAY MPO BOARD CYCLE SO THAT YOU'RE PREPARED TO SEE WHAT'S COMING AHEAD FOR THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AS PART OF THE MTP AS I MENTIONED AS PART OF THE FINANCIAL FORECAST WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING A DRAFT REVENUE FORECAST. THIS TIME AROUND WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED THAN USUAL. IN NOVEMBER THE COUNTY PASSED A TRANSPORTATION SURTAX AND BECAUSE THOSE FUNDS ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO TRANSPORTATION WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING OUR REVENUE FORECASTS EVEN THOUGH THOSE FUNDS ARE COLLECTED BY THE COUNTY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ACCURATELY REFLECT THOSE IN OUR FINANCIAL PLAN. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE FUNDS WILL BE GOING AND WHAT TIME PERIOD AND TO WHAT PROJECTS AND WE'RE INCORPORATING THAT AS PART OF OUR REVENUE FORECAST. AND AGAIN ALL IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD A FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU NEXT MONTH. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO HIT ON SPECIFICALLY IS THAT LAST YEAR IN BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE WE HAD A CALL FOR PROJECT CYCLE. WE MET WITH I THINK 28 OF THE 31 MUNICIPALITIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR YOUR NEEDS AND PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO US BY STAFF IN MOST CASES THE MPO BOARD MEMBER WAS PRESENT AT THE MEETING AS WELL AND WE HEARD YOUR NEEDS AND THOSE NEEDS WERE ALSO SUBMITTED TO US THROUGH AN ONLINE TOOL THAT WE COULD THEN CAPTURE AS PART OF THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT AS WE DEVELOP THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WELL NOW WE'VE HAD A CHANCE TO GO THROUGH THE PROJECTS. WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT THEM. WE'VE WORKED OUT MOST OF THE ISSUES. THERE'S STILL A COUPLE OF ISSUES ON PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO WORK OUT SO WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING THOSE PROJECTS BACK OUT TO STAFF AND INCLUDING THE MPO BOARD MEMBER ON THAT EMAIL AS WELL SO THAT YOU CAN SEE WHAT PROJECTS WERE SUBMITTED AND WHERE THEY ENDED UP AS FAR AS FUNDING PROGRAMS ARE CONCERNED. AND ALSO IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO RECTIFY OR RECONCILE BEFORE WE ADOPT THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN SO I'M HOPING THOSE E-MAILS ARE GOING TO START GOING OUT NEXT WEEK BUT WE WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT YOU SEE THAT WE'RE CLOSING THE LOOP WITH ALL OF YOU THAT THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED WE LOOKED AT THEM. WE HAVE ASSIGNED THEM TO A FUNDING PROGRAM AND THAT WE'RE REPORTING BACK TO YOU. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO END UP IN THE PLAN. YOU'RE NOT GOING TO NECESSARILY SEE RANK AS PART OF THIS. WE JUST WANT TO AGAIN LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S BEING CAPTURED AND WHERE IT WILL BE CAPTURED THE DISCUSSION ON RANK WILL COME THEN AND THE APRIL MAY TIMEFRAME. AND THIS WILL HELP US ULTIMATELY PREPARE A FINAL LIST FOR DEVELOPING THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN AS I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE AND THAT'S IT REALLY THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND ALL OF OUR INFORMATION IS ALWAYS UP ON THE COMMITMENT2045.ORG WEBSITE AND I'M AVAILABLE ALSO FOR CONTACT. SO WELCOME ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? I HOPE SO. THANK YOU MR. GIES. WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Cycle 3 Priority List of Projects, Directing MPO Staff to Work with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Staff on the Vetting and Programing of Viable Projects]
THAT ACTION ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INCENTIVE PROGRAMS. THE CSLIP CYCLE THREE PRIORITY LIST OF PROJECTS ALSO DIRECTING THE MPO STAFF TO WORK WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION STAFF ON VETTING AND PROGRAMMING OF VIABLE PROJECTS. MR. CAMPOBASSO THANK YOU AND GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. DID WE GET THE PRESENTATION UP? OH SORRY. GOT IT RIGHT HERE. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. SO MY NAME IS CONNOR CAMPOBASSO WITH THE BROWARD MPO AND I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU A COUPLE UPDATES ON THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER[01:10:03]
LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM OR CSLIP GONNA BE DOING SOME UPDATES AND I'M ALSO GONNA BE SHOWING THE CYCLE THREE RANKINGS WHICH IS THE ACTION ITEM FOR TODAY. SO I WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A FEW NEW BOARD MEMBERS HERE THAT HAVEN'T SEEN ME PRESENT YET SO I WANT TO GIVE A KIND OF LIKE A RUNDOWN OF WHAT CSLIP IS. SO IT'S A GRANT STYLE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE USE HERE AT THE MPO TO HELP FUND SMALLER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN BROWARD COUNTY AND ACTUALLY ANDREWS AVENUE WAS BROUGHT UP EARLIER THAT WAS FUNDED THROUGH AT LEAST PARTIALLY THROUGH THE TAP PROGRAM WHICH WAS THE PRECURSOR TO CSLIP. SO IF YOU WANT A REAL WORLD EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM CAN DO YOU CAN TAKE A DRIVE DOWN TO ANDREWS AVENUE.SO I JUST WANT TO RUN DOWN A LIST OF ITEMS I'M GOING TO TRY TO COVER TODAY. I'M GOING TO BE GIVING UPDATE OF CYCLE TWO THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS ROUND. CYCLE THREE I'M GOING TO BE SHOWING THE RANKINGS DOING SOME OVERVIEW AND SOME CLOSING INFORMATION AND THEN I'LL ALSO BE TOUCHING ON CSLIP MOVING FORWARD. SO JUST AN UPDATE. THE FINAL RESULTS WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT 12 PROJECTS IN 10 DIFFERENT AGENCIES AND THAT EQUATED TO ABOUT 33 MILLION DOLLARS IN COMBINED FUNDING. SO THAT'S THE TAP DOLLARS OUR SU DOLLARS LOCAL DOLLARS AND SOME STATE DOLLARS AS WELL. AND THIS IS JUST SOME CLOSING INFORMATION THAT I WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU ALL. SO IF YOU WERE AWARDED A PROJECT, LETTERS HAVE BEEN SENT OUT TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY SO YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN THAT BY NOW. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN WHICH PROJECTS GOT AWARDED THERE'S A LIST AVAILABLE ON THE CSLIP WEB PAGE. AND IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN FUNDING INFORMATION ABOUT A SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE IN THESE CITIZENS REPORT YOU CAN JUST SEARCH FOR EITHER CSLIP OR IF YOU HAVE THE ACTUAL PROJECT NUMBER YOU CAN SEARCH FOR THAT AS WELL. AND THE LAST ONE I HAVE ON HERE IS JUST THAT THE MPO AND FDOT STAFF WILL BE WORKING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES AS THE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. THAT WAY THE AGENCIES ARE GETTING THE PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT AND THE MPO AND FDOT STAFF ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONSTRUCT THEM AND THEY MOVE FORWARD. SO WITH THAT I'LL MOVE IN TO CYCLE THREE. SO THE APPLICATIONS CLOSED IN NOVEMBER AND NOVEMBER 14TH OF LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED 26 APPLICATIONS FROM 14 DIFFERENT AGENCIES. AND I'M GONNA START GOING THROUGH THE ACTUAL RANKING BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REMINDER THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE STAGES TO THE RANKING OF CSLIP. SO THERE'S FIRST THE OBJECTIVE RANKING. THEN THERE IS THE ROUND RANKING AND THEN A POLICY RANKING. I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THAT AS WE GO THROUGH. SO THIS IS THE OBJECTIVE RANKING SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BASE THAT WE USE FOR THE RANKING OF THE PROJECTS. SO WE USE OUR EVALUATION TOOL WHICH USES OBJECTIVE DATA SETS TO EVALUATE EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT AGAINST EACH OTHER. SO YOU CAN SEE THE RANKING OFF TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE AND THEN THE TOTAL POINTS ASSIGNED TO EACH PROJECT ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. SO THE NEXT IS THE ROUND RANKING.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE USE TO HELP DISTRIBUTE THE PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY SO THAT THERE IS NO INDIVIDUAL AGENCY GETTING SAY FIVE PROJECTS WHILE OTHER AGENCIES ARE GETTING ZERO. SO HOW THAT WORKS IS ESSENTIALLY IF YOU SUBMIT ONE PROJECT THAT ONE PROJECT WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE IN THAT FIRST FUNDING ROUND WHICH IS ABOVE THAT FIRST BLUE LINE. IF YOU SUBMIT TWO YOUR FIRST ONE WILL BE IN THE FIRST ROUND.
SECOND ONE WILL BE IN THE SECOND ROUND AND SO ON AND THE LAST ONE IS A POLICY RANKING SO WE ALLOW AGENCIES TO RANK THEIR OWN PROJECTS AT A LOCAL LEVEL. SO THAT WAY IF THEY HAVE A PRIORITY THAT THEY WANT FUNDED FIRST THEY CAN GET THAT PROJECT FUNDED FIRST. IF IT RANKS HIGH ENOUGH SO SAY THAT THERE'S PROJECT A AND PROJECT B.
PROJECT B GETS RANKED HIGHER BUT THEY REALLY WANT PROJECT A FIRST, VIA RESOLUTION THEY CAN RANK THEM AND WE CAN DO A ONE FOR ONE SWAP. SO WE HAD SEVERAL REQUESTS FOR IT THIS YEAR. BUT ACTUALLY A MAJORITY OF THEM ALIGNED WITH HOW THE RANKING ACTUALLY CAME OUT SO YOU ONLY SEE A LOT OF CHANGE TOWARDS THE LATER FUNDING ROUNDS WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ON THE SCREEN. SO THIS IS THAT SAME LIST BUT IT JUST SHOWS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE SAME EXACT LIST THAT'S AVAILABLE IN YOUR BACKUP. AND THE REASON WHY I WANTED TO INCLUDE THAT IS JUST TO SHOW THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED. SO IN THAT FIRST FUNDING ROUND THERE IS ABOUT 32 MILLION DOLLARS IN FUNDS REQUESTED IN THE SECOND ROUND IT'S ABOUT 8 3 AND 4 IT'S ABOUT 4 MILLION DOLLARS AND THEN THE FINAL FUNDING ROUND IS ABOUT 2 MILLION DOLLARS. SO THAT TOTAL OF FUNDS REQUESTS IS ABOUT 50 MILLION DOLLARS FOR ALL THOSE PROJECTS. WE DID LEARN SOME LESSONS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OF CYCLE 3 THE APPLICATION PROCESS FOR IT. AS ALWAYS THE APPLICATION CAN ALWAYS BE IMPROVED SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO IMPROVE IT. MORE SPECIFICALLY SOME OF THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE APPLICATION COULD PROBABLY BE MORE WELL DEFINED. WE RAN INTO A COUPLE OF ISSUES AS AGENCIES WERE SUBMITTING THEY
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MAY HAVE SKIPPED A STEP OR SOMETHING ALONG THE PROCESS AND THEY WERE RECEIVING ERRORS AT THE END OF THE APPLICATION WE WERE ABLE TO WORK THROUGH ALL OF THEM SO NO APPLICATION WAS THROWN OUT THIS CYCLE BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK ON INTERNALLY. THE NEXT ONE ON HERE IS JUST THAT MID-NOVEMBER SEEMS TO BE THE OPTIMAL TIME FOR A DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS. THIS ALLOWS AGENCIES TO GET RESOLUTIONS IN ALL THEIR STAFF MEMBERS ARE AVAILABLE BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS SO THERE'S NO CONFLICTS AND GET ALL THE PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED TO TOGETHER TO GET A PROPER APPLICATION TOGETHER. AND THE LAST ONE IS JUST A REMINDER THAT ALL FINAL DOCUMENTATION IS REQUIRED WHEN YOU'RE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION SO THAT INCLUDES SIGNED RESOLUTIONS PUBLIC SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION OUTREACH SCOPE MAPS TYPICAL SECTIONS EVERYTHING THAT'S INCLUDED WITH THE APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THE DEADLINE SO I JUST HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE HERE AND IT'S JUST SOME ITEMS THAT CSLIP MOVES FORWARD SO PENDING BOARD APPROVAL TODAY MPO STAFF AND FDOT STAFF WILL BE. WE'LL START THE VETTING PROCESS AND PART OF THAT IS SITE VISITS WHICH WILL ACTUALLY BE TAKING PLACE EITHER LATER THIS MONTH OR IN APRIL. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE FINAL DATES WITH FDOT. ONCE WE DO GET THOSE DATES WE'RE GONNA BE SHARING THAT WITH THE APPLICANTS THAT APPLIED AND INVITING THEM OUT INTO THE FIELD WITH US SO THEY CAN WALK US THROUGH THE PROJECTS THAT THEY PROPOSED. AFTER THOSE SITE VISITS THERE ARE GONNA BE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS TO FURTHER DISCUSS THOSE PROJECTS. IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT CAME UP IN THE FIELD VISIT WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AND WORK THROUGH IT DURING THOSE MEETINGS. NEXT IT IS JUST THAT THE CYCLE THE NEXT CYCLE OF CSLIP WILL BE DUE NOVEMBER 13TH OF 2019. IT'S A TENTATIVE DATE BUT WE'RE PRETTY SURE THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE THE ACTUAL DATE FOR THAT. WE'RE TRYING TO STICK TO THAT MID NOVEMBER DEADLINE.AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT IT'S JUST A COUPLE OF REMINDERS ONE OF WHICH IS IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START WORKING ON YOUR APPLICATIONS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE ALREADY BEEN CONTACTED BY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT AGENCIES THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING ON THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR NEXT CYCLE THEY'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH FDOT GETTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT SO THAT'S REALLY GOOD NEWS. AND ON THAT. JUST ANOTHER REMINDER THAT PARTNER RESOLUTIONS SO IF YOU'RE WORKING SAY WITH THE COUNTY OR ANOTHER AGENCY OR YOU'RE TRYING TO GET LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM FDOT THAT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME AND JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE PREPARING AN APPLICATION. I HAVE SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS ON HERE BUT IN MY EXPERIENCE IT'S BEEN TAKING A LITTLE BIT LONGER SO YOU JUST GET A BUILD IN THAT TIME. AND THE LAST ITEM IS JUST THAT ALL OF THE CSLIP UPDATES ARE GOING TO BE POSTED ONTO THE WEBSITE. WE'VE BEEN UPDATING THAT TYPICALLY WEEKLY AND THERE'S A LOT OF NEW CONTENT ON THERE. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CSLIP THERE'S ACTUALLY A NEW PAGE OF COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS SO YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT AS ALWAYS IF YOU DO HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT YOU CAN'T FIND ON THE WEBSITE I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE. I HAVE MY CONTACT INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN. SO WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO OPEN UP FOR. I HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP VICE MAYOR GREEN AND MAYOR TRANTALIS AND THEN COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. YOU MENTIONED NOVEMBER 13TH AS THE DEADLINE.
WHEN DO YOU ENVISION THE MEETINGS WITH THE VARIOUS CITIES ON SOMETHING THAT THEY SUBMITTED. PROBABLY AROUND THE SUMMERTIME WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET THE THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MADE IN THE POLICY. SO WE WANT TO MEET WITH THEM AFTER THAT BUT WE DO WANT TO MEET WITH THEM AHEAD OF TIME. A COUPLE OF MONTHS BEFORE THE DEADLINE SO PROBABLY LATE SUMMER. SO WE'LL TRY TO MEET WITH DIFFERENT AGENCIES. AND I THINK I KNOW THIS BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF TWO CITIES WANT TO SUBMIT A JOINT PROPOSAL. SO THERE IS ACTUALLY A QUESTION IN THE APPLICATION THAT ASKS IF IT'S A JOINT APPLICATION BUT ESSENTIALLY HOW IT WORKS IS YOU JUST GET TWO RESOLUTIONS ONE FROM EACH MUNICIPALITY OR AGENCY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SIMILAR LANGUAGE. AND YOU JUST SUBMIT BOTH OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THERE'S QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICATION THAT DEAL WITH THOSE SORT OF ISSUES. YEAH OKAY. ONE CITY DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THE LEAD DOES IT OR. SO ONE CITY WILL SUBMIT THE APPLICATION BUT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH BOTH AGENCIES. YOU JUST LIST THE CONTACT IN THE APPLICATION. AND YOU GET EXTRA POINTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS. PARDON? YOU GET EXTRA POINTS FOR PARTNERSHIPS. OH OKAY THEN WE'LL DO IT. COMMISSIONER MAYOR TRANTALIS. THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BEEN ASKED YET BUT WHAT IS YOUR TIMELINE IN TERMS OF IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS NOW THAT THEY'VE BEEN RANKED SO THE TYPICALLY WE FUND IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR AND THEN CONSTRUCTIONS TYPICALLY TWO YEARS OUT FROM THAT. SOMETIMES DEPENDING ON THE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE SOME PROJECTS
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WILL BE PROGRAMMED EARLIER. BUT IF YOU'RE SPECIFICALLY ASKING WHEN THESE WILL GET PROGRAMMED THAT'S GONNA BE NEXT WINTER. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE OCTOBER THIS YEAR WHEN THE WORK PROGRAM GETS ADOPTED. SO 2020. THEY'LL BE ADOPTED IN 2019 BUT.THEY'LL BE ADOPTED 2019. BUT WHEN WHEN DO WE GO OFFER ENGINEERING DESIGNS AND START SPENDING THE MONEY? THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEW FIFTH YEAR OF THE WORK PROGRAM. 5TH YEAR.
YEAH. YOU'RE LOOKING AT 2025. 2024. YEAH 2024-25. YEAH I MEAN WHEN YOU CARRY A BUDGET LIKE THIS AND YOU'RE ALWAYS PROGRAMMING THAT NEW YEAR WHAT CONNOR ACTUALLY SAID WHICH WAS APT IS IF WE DO HAVE THINGS THAT FALL OFF OR ADDITIONAL MONEYS COME OUT OF WASHINGTON THEN WE CAN MOVE THINGS UP. I SEE. SO THIS IS MONEY THAT WE DON'T HAVE YET. THIS IS JUST ANTICIPATED. ANTICIPATED REVENUE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. THANK YOU. I JUST HAD A QUESTION. IF YOUR PROJECT IS AT THE BOTTOM I MEAN DO YOU EXPECT TO GO THROUGH ALL OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS. SO ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I INCLUDED THAT SLIDE THAT SHOWED ALL OF THE FUNDS REQUESTED IS JUST TO KIND OF SHOW IT'S A LOT OF MONEY AND WE TYPICALLY DON'T HAVE ALL OF THAT MONEY AVAILABLE OR EVEN ANTICIPATED. SO CHANCES ARE IF IT'S TOWARDS THE BOTTOM IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET FUNDING. WE DO TRY TO GO THROUGH AT LEAST THE FIRST FUNDING ROUND. BUT THERE IS A LIMITED AMOUNT OF FUNDING AVAILABLE SO UNFORTUNATELY IT DOES RUN OUT AT SOME POINT. SO. SO WOULD IT MAKE SENSE IF THE PROJECT IS AT THE BOTTOM TO RESUBMIT IT. YOU'RE IN A DIFFERENT CYCLE.
SURE. YEAH. SO EVERY CYCLE YOU CAN RECENT AT THE SAME PROJECTS IF IT DOESN'T GET FUNDED SAY YOU SUBMIT FIVE AND ONLY ONE GETS FUNDED YOU CAN RESUBMIT THOSE NEXT FOUR.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTION. BUT THEY WON'T BE AUTOMATIC. IT WON'T BE AUTOMATIC BUT YOU CAN USE A LOT OF THE SAME INFORMATION. BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT PART OF IT BUT NO ONE SHOULD ASSUME THAT WELL I'LL JUST WAIT FOR THE NEXT CYCLE BECAUSE THE STAFF'S GOING TO PICK IT UP ANYWAY THEY WON'T. SO I HAVE A QUESTION, YOU'VE NOTIFIED THE CITIES THAT ARE RECEIVING THE GRANTS. YOU NOTIFY WHO THE CHIEF BUILDING INSPECTOR, THE CITY ENGINEER, WHO DO YOU NOTIFY? TYPICALLY WE WILL SEND AN EMAIL DIRECTLY TO THE CITY MANAGER AND WE'LL SEE SEE THE BOARD MEMBER. AND THE POINT OF CONTACT ON STAFF. AND WE ALSO SEND OUT PHYSICAL LETTERS TO THE CITY MANAGERS. OK GREAT. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. WE HAVE THAT. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND PLEASE VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
RIGHT. WE HAVE NON ACTION ITEM, ONE NON AN ACTION ITEM. MTP DID WE DO THIS? THANK YOU
[1. Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Project Prioritization Follow-Up and Draft Cost Feasible Plan Approach]
MR. CHAIR. WE'RE COMING BACK AGAIN BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE PROCESS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO START LAYING OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. AND THIS TIME AROUND IT IS GONNA BE VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. THE STRUCTURE IS THAT WE STILL HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS BUT THIS TIME AROUND WE'RE GOING TO BE ORGANIZING THEM BY CATEGORIES BASED ON THE TYPE OF TRANSPORTATION PROJECT IT IS. AND SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS WE WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO SET THE EXPECTATIONS FOR WHEN WE COME TO YOU NEXT MONTH WITH THAT DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. I'M ALSO GONNA BE DOING A LITTLE BIT OF A REVIEW ON THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS HERE ON THE BOARD SO I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THAT VERY QUICKLY JUST TO BRING THEM UP TO SPEED AND ALSO HOPEFULLY BRING YOU ALL UP TO SPEED ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE APPROACHING THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND HOW THE PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE SELECTED FROM HERE ON OUT. SO HERE'S A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED TO DATE AS IT RELATES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. I MENTIONED IN MY PREVIOUS UPDATE THAT MARCH THROUGH JULY WE HAD A CALL FOR PROJECT SESSION THAT HAS NOW CLOSED. WE'RE NOW WORKING WITH THOSE PROJECTS WE'RE EVALUATING THEM AS I MENTIONED HOPEFULLY NEXT WEEK WE ANTICIPATE SENDING THAT LIST BACK OUT TO THE PARTNERS. THEN BETWEEN JULY AND NOVEMBER WE WORKED WITH THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO IDENTIFY AND ENDORSE A PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS FOR HOW WE ULTIMATELY WOULD RANK THESE PROJECTS AS PART OF THE PLAN. LAST MONTH WE DID A FOLLOW UP WITH A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON PROJECT PRIVATIZATION SO WE REALLY DIVED INTO SOME OF THE DETAILS ON HOW THE PROCESS IS PLAYING OUT. WE USE THE DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US AND WE TESTED THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND ASKED THEM TO GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK. WE DID THAT IN THE WORKSHOP FORMAT AND WE'RE TAKING IN WE'RE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO US SOME TWEAKS THAT WE'D LIKE TO[01:25:03]
MAKE AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL SET US UP WELL FOR A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU. AND AS I MENTIONED WE'RE LOOKING TO BRING THAT TO YOU IN APRIL FOR DISCUSSION AND THEN HOPEFULLY MAY FOR ADOPTION OF A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. WHAT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO IS IN THE SUMMER WORK INDIVIDUALLY WITH THE PARTNER AGENCIES ONE ON ONE TO GET PROJECTS PROGRAM READY AND I'M ALSO GOING TO TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER. SO JUST VERY QUICKLY THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION OVERVIEW WE HAD WE ENDORSED THE PROCESS IN NOVEMBER AND THIS WAS BASICALLY THE THREE STEP APPROACH IS THAT WE HAVE A SIMPLE SCORING APPROACH WE'D NORMALIZE THE POINTS AND WEIGHT THE PROJECTS SO QUICKLY WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT WE DID WITH THAT STARTING WITH THE SIMPLE SCORING WE HAD SIX PLANNING FACTORS THAT WE WANTED TO ADDRESS AS PART OF PROJECT SCORING. SO EACH PROJECT WOULD BE EVALUATED BASED ON MOBILITY ACCESSIBILITY SAFETY EQUITY ENVIRONMENT AND ECONOMY AS WELL AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE FACTORS THAT WE LOOKED AT UNDERNEATH EACH ONE OF THOSE PLANNING FACTOR CATEGORIES. EACH PROJECT RECEIVED A SCORE IN ONE OF THOSE SIX CATEGORIES BASED ON THOSE FACTORS. THEN SWITCHING BACK TO THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK YOU NOTICED WE HAD WEIGHTING AS THE LAST PIECE HERE. NOW IN ORDER FOR THE WEIGHTING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WE HAD TO NORMALIZE THE SCORES BETWEEN ALL OF THE SIX DIFFERENT CATEGORIES BECAUSE MAYBE IN ONE CATEGORY YOU COULD ACHIEVE EIGHT POINTS AND MAYBE IN ANOTHER CATEGORY YOU COULD ACHIEVE 15 POINTS. SO THERE WAS A NATURAL WEIGHTING BUILT IN ON THE SCORING SIDE. SO WE HAD TO NORMALIZE ALL THE SCORES SO THAT WE LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD SO THAT WE COULD APPLY THE ACTUAL WEIGHTING PROCESS. THE WAY WE DETERMINE THE WEIGHTING PROCESS IS WE WORKED WITH OUR TAC CAC LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD AND MPO BOARD THROUGH A POLL EXCUSE ME TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR WHERE WE ASKED YOU TO RANK THE PERCENTAGE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ALLOCATE FROM WEIGHTING PERSPECTIVE FOR EACH OF THE SIX PLANNING FACTORS. AND WE AVERAGED ALL OF THAT FEEDBACK TOGETHER AND THIS IS WHAT ULTIMATELY PLAYED OUT AND WE WOULD USE THEN FOR THE WEIGHTING COMPONENT OF THE SCORING. SO THAT'S A REALLY REALLY QUICK HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT PRIORITIZATION AND WHEN YOU SEE THE PROJECTS NEXT MONTH YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY'LL HAVE A SCORE BASED ON THIS PROCESS. NOW WHEN WE ACTUALLY WANT TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN THIS IS WHERE THINGS ARE GOING TO GET INTERESTING. SO A LOT OF TIMES OR I WOULD SAY IN THE PAST AND IN OTHER INSTANCES WHERE MAYBE YOU'VE DEALT WITH PROJECT PRIORITIZATION YOU'RE USED TO DEALING WITH ONE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WHERE EACH PROJECT GETS A SCORE AND THEN THEY'RE RANKED BASED ON THAT. WELL THIS TIME AROUND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO WORK WITH THAT DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS AND ASSIGN THEM TO SIX DIFFERENT FUNDING PROGRAMS. NOW FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE FOR THE JANUARY MPO BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF A DISCUSSION ON THIS ALREADY. BUT AGAIN I WANTED TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY AND SHOW YOU HOW THAT PLAYS INTO THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. SO ON THE LEFT WE HAVE HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION AND SAFETY AND TRANSIT. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT WE HAVE OUR CSLIP PROGRAM WHICH YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT OUR COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM OUR MOBILITY HUBS PROGRAM AND ALSO OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WHICH WAS ADOPTED A FEW MONTHS AGO AS WELL. NOW THE TWO SETS OF FUNDING PROGRAMS FOLLOW DIFFERENT PRIORITIZATION PROCESSES. SO THE PROJECTS THAT END UP IN THE LEFT HAND SIDE UNDER HIGHWAY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS AND SAFETY AND TRANSIT WILL ALL BE SUBJECT TO THE MTP PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT I JUST DISCUSSED THE PROJECTS THAT END UP IN THE PROGRAMS ON THE RIGHT ARE PROGRAMS THAT ARE ALREADY EXISTING THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED PRIORITIZATION PROCESSES. SO REFERENCING CONNOR'S PRESENTATION FROM A FEW MINUTES AGO HE MENTIONED THAT THERE IS AN OBJECTIVE RANKING PROCESS FOR HOW THOSE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED AND LITERALLY WHAT THAT WILL BE AS A SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR THOSE FUNDING PROGRAMS AND THEY'LL BE SUBJECT TO THEIR PROGRAM SPECIFIC PRIORITIZATION.ULTIMATELY THE GOAL IS TO INCORPORATE ALL THESE PROJECTS INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THROUGH THESE TWO AVENUES. SO FOCUSING IN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE TWO PROJECTS ON THE SIX PROJECT PROGRAMS AND THE TWO PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESSES WHAT WE DISCUSSED WITH YOU ALL AT THE JANUARY MPO BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM IS THAT IN ORDER TO GIVE STAFF SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO BUILD A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WE WANTED SOME INPUT FROM YOU AND HOW MUCH FUNDING YOU THINK SHOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR ONE OF THOSE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. NOW I KNOW AT THE TIME IT WAS VERY PRELIMINARY AND WE HEARD FROM SOME OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION WE DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED. AND I THINK WHAT WE INTENDED TO DO THERE WAS TAKE THAT AS A BASELINE SORT OF LAY THE FOUNDATION OKAY THIS IS WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE BOARD AND WE WOULD WANT TO DEVELOP SOME FUNDING SCENARIOS BASED ON THAT SO MAYBE COME UP WITH THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS FOR DIFFERENT FUNDING AMOUNTS IN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS NOW THAT WE HAVE THE LIST OF PROJECTS WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO SHOW YOU THE IMPACT OF EACH FUNDING SCENARIO. SO YOU'LL SEE WHAT PROJECTS YOU CAN FUND IN ONE PROGRAM IF YOU ALLOCATE MORE MONEY TO IT OR IF WE TAKE LESS MONEY OR WE TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM THAT PROGRAM AND ASSIGN IT TO ANOTHER PROGRAM SO AS I MENTIONED YOU'RE USED TO SEEING A DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE USUALLY PRIORITIZE AND RANK AS PART OF A
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COST FEASIBLE PLAN. BUT THIS IS WHERE THINGS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME AROUND. I MENTIONED THAT EACH OF THE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE PROGRAMMED INTO ONE OF THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. SO WE'LL BE TAKING THAT LIST ASSIGNING THEM TO A FUNDING PROGRAM AND THEN PROCEEDING FORWARD WE WILL THEN DEVELOP DIFFERENT DRAFT COSTS FEASIBLE PLAN SCENARIOS BASED ON THE ALLOCATION OF THE DOLLARS HERE. NOW A DIFFERENT WAY TO SHOW THAT HOPEFULLY GRAPHICALLY I CAN HELP ILLUSTRATE THIS THROUGH THE NEXT SET OF SLIDES IS I MENTIONED THAT WE'RE GOING TO ASK YOU TO ALLOCATE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF PERCENTAGE TO EACH OF THESE FUNDING PROGRAMS AND WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A DIAL AND I WANT YOU TO THINK OF IT AS A DIAL WHERE YOU CAN CHANGE THE SETTING ON THE DIAL THAT WILL GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT SET OF OUTCOMES BASED ON THE ALLOCATION PER FUNDING PROGRAM AND THE PROJECTS THAT THEN CAN BE FUNDED AS A RESULT OF THAT. SO HYPOTHETICALLY LET'S SAY IN SCENARIO A YOU WANT TO FUND MOBILITY HUBS AND HIGHWAY MORE. IF WE ADD IF WE PUT A GREATER PERCENTAGE OF THE AVAILABLE DOLLARS INTO THOSE PROGRAMS YOU'D BE ABLE TO FUND MORE IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND LESS THAN THE OTHERS LET'S SAY IN SCENARIO B WE REALLY FOCUS ON HIGHWAY AND CSLIP YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THE FUNDING FALLS AWAY FROM THE OTHER PROGRAMS AND IN SCENARIO C WE REALLY RAMP UP THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ELEMENT AND LOOK AT TRANSIT COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVE AND COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN. SO AGAIN IF I FLIP THROUGH THE TWO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT OUR INTENT IS NEXT MONTH THAT WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS AND YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE EFFECT IS WHEN WE UP THE PERCENTAGE IN ONE CATEGORY OR MAYBE LOWER IT IN ANOTHER CATEGORY.AND WE REALLY WOULD LIKE YOUR INPUT ON THAT AND THAT'S WHY I'M COMING TO YOU TODAY IS TO JUST LAY THAT GROUNDWORK BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE NOT USED TO SEEING BUT I THINK IS A REALLY INNOVATIVE WAY TO TRY AND GET MORE DIRECT BOARD INPUT ON THE OVERALL ALLOCATION OF FUNDING FOR THE PLAN RATHER THAN FOCUSING ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT EFFECT SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS AS I MENTIONED IS WE'RE DOING THE FOLLOW UP RIGHT NOW. NEXT MONTH YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN FUNDING SCENARIOS. AND THEN IN MAY WE'LL BE SEEKING AN ENDORSEMENT. SO WE'RE ANTICIPATING THAT IN APRIL AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE POLL TO SEE WHICH FUNDING SCENARIO YOU AS A BOARD THINK SHOULD BE A PRIORITY MOVING FORWARD. AND WE'LL SEEK ENDORSEMENT OF THAT FUNDING SCENARIO THEN IN MAY. AND AS I MENTIONED IN SUMMER OF 2019 WE REALLY WANT TO FOCUS ON ESTABLISHING PROGRAM READY PROJECTS SO NOW THAT WE HAVE A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN HOPEFULLY IN MAY, MOVING INTO SUMMER WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE ARE VIABLE PROJECTS THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD AND THAT WE CAN FUND. SO WE'LL CIRCLE BACK AROUND WITH THE PARTNERS AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE PROGRAM READY. SO WHAT DOES PROGRAM READY MEAN. MEANING THAT WE HAVE A REALLY GOOD SCOPE OF WORK THAT WE HAVE A SOLID COST ESTIMATE THAT ALL THE PARTNERS HAVE BEEN COLLABORATED WITH BECAUSE IT COULD BE THAT AS PART OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS THAT A CITY SUBMITTED A PROJECT ON THE STATE ROADWAY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THAT COORDINATION HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE. AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN GET A RESOLUTION OVER THE SUMMER AS WELL FOR THOSE PROJECTS. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST IS WHEN WE MOVE FORWARD WITH PROJECTS WE DON'T HAVE ONE OF THOSE FOUR ITEMS. AND THE DEPARTMENT WHO HELPS PROGRAM ALL OF OUR FUNDS AND ULTIMATELY CONSTRUCTS THESE PROJECTS SAYS TO US THESE ARE NOT WHAT WE CALL PROGRAM READY WE HAVE TO SKIP OVER THAT PROJECT AND MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE. WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN AS PART OF THIS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO PLEASE OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS KEEP AN EYE OUT ON THIS DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AS WE MOVE TOWARDS ENDORSEMENT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AS PART OF THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN FOR THE MTP AND BE PREPARED FOR US TO COME TO YOU FOR THESE PROGRAM READY ELEMENTS. WE'LL BE MEETING ONE ON ONE WITH YOU. BUT GET READY THAT WE'LL BE ASKING FOR RESOLUTIONS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN ADOPTED WITH A VIABLE COST FEASIBLE PLAN THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY FUND PROJECTS ON. SO I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS I TRIED TO KEEP IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. BUT AGAIN LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR NEXT MONTH AND I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY EXCITING. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. OKAY I STILL HAVE THE SAME OBJECTIONS THAT I HAD DURING OUR INITIAL PRESENTATION ON THIS AND PART OF IT STEMS FROM YOU DIAGRAMMED EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES AS BEING EQUAL SO YOU SHIFT THE KNOB IN ONE AREA AND THEN MOVE THEM IN OTHERS OF THE SIX CATEGORIES. BUT MY OBJECTION STILL REMAINS THAT ONE SINGLE TRANSIT PLAN COULD EQUAL FIVE YEARS OF FUNDING FOR CSLIP. SO THAT'S WHY I OBJECT TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TREATED EQUALLY HERE. AND SECOND THE OTHER COMMENT I MADE BEFORE WAS THAT WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR TIP AND WORK PLAN. AND SO THIS IS FOR THE FUTURE FIVE YEARS AFTER THAT AND HALF OF THIS BOARD IS GOING TO BE GONE AT THAT TIME PERIOD THEY'RE GOING TO BE TERM LIMITED OFF OR THEY'RE GOING TO BE LIKE ME WHERE I'M CHOOSING NOT TO GO AGAIN. YOU KNOW AND EVEN YOU KNOW WE GOT TERM LIMIT TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAS GOT EIGHT YEARS HERE BUT HE WILL BE GONE AT THAT TIME POINT. SO WHAT I REALLY OBJECT TO IS
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WE USE STAFF IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD IN OUR TIP AND A WORK PROGRAM BECAUSE YOU HAVE INTRICATE DETAILS, YOU WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES TO THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH AND THE STATE AGENCY AND WE DON'T. SO EVEN IF I WAS A GUNG HO MEMBER OF TRANSIT PROJECTS AND I WANTED TO DO THE BEST THAT I REALLY COULD AND FROM NOW ON I'M VOTING 100 PERCENT TO MOVE THAT KNOB TO TRANSIT.IN REALITY THAT MAY NOT BE THE FUNCTIONING EFFORTS OF THIS BOARD. AND SO WHEN I ASKED FOR MORE INFORMATION I APPRECIATE THAT THAT MOVEMENT IN THAT DIRECTION HAS BEEN MADE. BUT THE REAL DETAILS SHOULD HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW NOT TREATING THEM AS EQUAL BECAUSE THERE IS A COST OF CHANGING DIRECTIONS EVEN IF IT'S 10 YEARS OUT AND THAT COST COULD BE WIPING OUT AN ENTIRE SCENARIO OF ONE OF THOSE CATEGORIES.
UNDERSTOOD. AND I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY IS AS PART OF OUR ANNUAL MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES LIST WE WOULD BE ABLE TO REVISIT THOSE TARGETS. SO AS THE BOARD CHANGES WE CAN ACTUALLY REVISIT THOSE TARGETS AND CHANGE THEM BECAUSE WE HAVE STILL A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WITH A SET OF PROJECTS SO WE CAN THEN MOVE THAT DIAL OVER INTO ANOTHER PROGRAM AND START FUNDING PROJECTS IN THAT AREA IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD IN THE PAST WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE HAD ONE BIG LIST AND WE'VE JUST HAD TO SKIP OVER A BUNCH OF PROJECTS AND I THINK THIS IS A WAY WHERE THE BOARD CAN HAVE MORE DIRECT INPUT IN THAT AND HOPEFULLY THAT HELPS TO I GUESS ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS BECAUSE I THINK IT IS MORE INTERACTIVE IN THE LONG RUN IF WE END UP INCORPORATING THIS AS PART OF OUR MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES LIST ANNUAL UPDATE. WE CAN REVISIT THOSE NUMBERS. WELL THE ONLY PROBLEM I STILL HAVE WITH THAT IS THAT I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE OPINION YOU KNOW SOME DECISIONS WERE MADE BEFORE I CAME HERE. BUT I RESPECT THEM AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM. SO WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME IS IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE DECISION MAKING AND MOVING PROGRESS TOWARDS OUR GOALS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND AS WE STEP OFF YOU'RE GONNA THROW OUR WORK OUT AND THEN START NEW WITH THE NEW BOARD. IT'S A SUMMARY OF WHAT YOU JUST TOLD ME. I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE INTENT. I THINK THAT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO DECIDE AS PART OF THE PROCESS IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO LOCK IN OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING WE WANT TO REMAIN KEEP OPEN THROUGHOUT THE ANNUAL CYCLE OF DEVELOPING THE MULTI-MODAL PRIORITIES LIST WHICH IS BASED ON THIS PLAN I'M WELCOME TO EITHER APPROACH. I THINK AS YOU MENTIONED THERE'S ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES TO DOING EITHER. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. YEAH. COMMISSIONER FURR. THANK YOU.
I ACTUALLY APPRECIATE THE SCENARIO IDEA BECAUSE I THINK WHEN I'M LOOKING AT ALL THOSE SIX CATEGORIES I THINK A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE BRINGS TO THE TABLE. AND I THINK IT'S BEEN REFLECTED IN THE WAY FUNDING HAS GONE GONE ON FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. AND I THINK A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE IS I THINK THERE WERE ZERO DOLLARS IN MOBILITY HUBS. OKAY THAT'S ONE THAT'S A STUDY TO ME OF LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE COUNTY AND LOOKING AT WHERE SHOULD WE BE IMPLEMENTING AND TRYING TO DO A COMBINATION OF HOUSING TRANSIT AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT'S GONNA MAKE SENSE. THAT TO ME HAS A LOT OF THERE'S A LOT OF REASON FOR THAT TO HAVE A LOT OF VALUE THERE BUT WE HAVEN'T PUT ANY VALUE AND I THINK WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE LIKE TO SEE PROJECTS GET DONE THEY'D LIKE TO SEE CSLIP STUFF THEY WANT TO SEE THOSE THINGS BUT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN IT'S WORKING FOR THE BEST FOR THE ENTIRE REGION. ALL OF US LIKE TO SAY LITTLE WE GOT A LITTLE PROJECT DONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WHATEVER YOU CAN'T HELP US FOR WANTING THAT BUT YOU KNOW YOU JUST CAN'T. BUT WE'RE GONNA BE NEEDING TO BE TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THE WHAT'S HAPPENING REGIONALLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE SURTAX MONEY WHICH CORRIDORS ARE BEING PRIORITIZED AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT STEPPING ALL OVER EACH OTHER. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S GONNA BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS BUT I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT. BUT I DO THINK AND I'M GUESSING WHERE YOU'RE GOING WITH THIS IS BY SHOWING THOSE SCENARIOS AND WHAT A SCENARIO COULD DO.
FOR INSTANCE FUNDING A MOBILITY HUB WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE THE DOMINOES THAT FALL AFTER THAT AND IF YOU CAN PAINT THAT PICTURE AND TELL THAT STORY FOR EACH ONE OF US THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A BETTER JOB BECAUSE I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED WHEN I SAW THAT THE HOW THINGS WERE WEIGHTED THE FIRST. WHEN I SEE MOBILITY NOT AT THE HIGHEST. I'M REALLY SURPRISED BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S WHAT AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE MOST OF THE PEOPLE I REPRESENT THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW HOW AM I GETTING A TO B. YOU KNOW THE ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE YEAH THAT'S A CONCERN BUT REALLY HOW AM I GETTING A TO B YOU KNOW. SO I KNOW THAT'S WHERE WE ALL. THAT'S THE WAY WE ALL VOTED ON IT. CAN TELL THAT STORY. PAINT THAT PICTURE FOR US AND THAT'S GONNA GIVE
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US A BETTER WAY TO WEIGHT THAT. YEAH. BECAUSE I BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT TO BE HONEST THAT WEIGHTING SYSTEM AND THOSE THOSE PRETTY NUMBERS I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M YOU KNOW I DON'T THINK I'M ALONE IN THAT. SO YOU KNOW THAT I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT KIND OF STORY BEFOREHAND. THANK YOU. RIGHT. I DO. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO ACCOMPANY YOU ON THE PRESENTATION OF THE GRAPHICS ARE PRETTY REMARKABLE. BUT LOOK THE FACT THAT THIS THIS IS THIS BOARD IS ALWAYS IN MOTION. THERE ARE ELECTIONS EVERY TWO YEARS. PEOPLE COME PEOPLE GO. AND SO YOU AS STAFF. SAME THING. YOU COME AND YOU GO BUT EVERYTHING MOVES ON ANYWAY. I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA TRIGGERED FOR ME IS A MASSIVE PROJECT THAT WE APPROVE SCREWS UP EVERYTHING. IT TAKES ALL THE MONEY OUT AND WE'VE GOT ALL THE MONEY NOW GOING TO THIS PROJECT AND YOU HAVE TO IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WHICH WE MAY THINK IS A GREAT PROJECT THE TUNNEL. NOW THERE'S NO MONEY FOR CSLIP AND SO POSSIBLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IS THAT THERE IS A MINIMUM FOR ANY CATEGORY IN THE KITTY SO THAT YOU NEVER ARE VACANT IN ANY OF THOSE CATEGORIES. SECOND THING THE SURVEY THAT WE TOOK AND WE TOOK IT MORE THAN ONCE YOU COULD DRAW A LINE HORIZONTAL LINE. THERE'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE HIGHEST RATED IN THE LOWEST RATED WHICH WHICH REALLY TELLS US THAT WE CAN'T MAKE UP OUR OWN MIND AND WE'RE NOT CLEAR. AND MAYBE THAT HAS TO DO WITH HOW IT WAS DESCRIBED AND MAYBE WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT MORE OFTEN. BUT THERE HAS TO BE FLEXIBILITY IN THIS PLAN BECAUSE IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET FROM AN IDEA TO CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE IN THAT 10 YEARS THAT IT TAKES TO GO FROM THERE. SO YOU HAVE TO REVIEW THIS EVERY YEAR ANYWAY. RIGHT. CERTAINLY EVERY FIVE YEARS YOU HAVE TO DO IT. BUT THIS IS A LIVING DOCUMENT IT'S GOT TO BE DONE EVERY YEAR. SO THOSE ARE MY THOUGHTS AND I'LL GO BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA AND THEN FORMER PRESIDENT JOHNSON. I'M GOING TO CLARIFY SOMETHING THAT I SAID YOU KNOW I GO TO A LOT OF PLANNING MEETINGS AND AND I'M ON YOUR STATE MPO BOARD REPRESENTING ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY SO I GET EXPOSED TO THIS MORE THAN NOT. BUT ALL OF THE FUNDS THAT THIS MPO GETS HAS ELIGIBILITY USE REQUIREMENTS. SO IT'S NOT FAIR TO SHOW THAT THEY'RE FLYING FROM ONE POT TO ANOTHER BECAUSE SOME YOU CAN'T USE THAT MONEY FOR. AND SO IT NEEDS TO BE YOU DON'T WANT TO STEAL FROM POT TO ANOTHER POT WHEN YOU THEN CAN'T USE THAT MONEY. SO IF THERE WAS MONEY SET ASIDE FOR MOBILITY HUBS THAT BE GREAT BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE FLEXIBLE USES THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION ON.SO THAT MAY BE JUST 10 PERCENT OF THE FUNDS NOT THE ENTIRE POT OF 100 PERCENT BECAUSE 90 PERCENT IS SPOKEN FOR AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO IF WE'RE GOING TO GIVE DIRECTION ON THE 10 PERCENT I'M OKAY WITH MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A REAL 10 PERCENT FLOAT THAT WE CAN CHANGE FROM ONE WITH OUR DIRECTION. SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING WE'RE GIVING THE DIRECTION AS A BOARD AS A WHOLE AND IT CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR PART OF THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE GOVERNMENT. MR. CHAIR MAY I RESPOND? VICE MAYOR CALETKA, I THINK THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT. AND WE HAVE STAFF HAS TO HAVE TALKED ABOUT THAT. I MEAN EN MASSE BECAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE AND THE FUNDING PROCESSES AND THE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES ARE EXTREMELY COMPLICATED. SO I THINK AS PART OF NEXT MONTH'S PRESENTATION WE WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE FUNDING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DIRECTING ARE THOSE SU DOLLARS WHICH ARE THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS BECAUSE THIS BOARD HAS DIRECT CONTROL OVER THOSE FUNDS. NOW WHAT WE HOPE TO SHOW IS THAT THERE ARE AVAILABLE FUNDS LET'S SAY FROM THE STATE THAT ARE SLATED FOR HIGHWAYS. YOU MENTIONED THAT 80 20 OR 90 10 SPLIT THAT IS GOING TO HIGHWAY. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND COMMUNICATE TO YOU ALL AS A BOARD IS THAT THERE IS FUNDING OUT THERE TO BUILD PROJECTS LET'S SAY CAPACITY PROJECTS ON THE STATE SYSTEM IS IT WORTH IT ALLOCATING OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS THAT YOU AS A BOARD HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER TO THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM WHEN THOSE NEEDS ARE BEING TAKEN CARE OF AT THE STATE LEVEL. SHOULD WE MAYBE BE LOOKING AT MAXIMIZING OUR FUNDS AND USING THOSE FUNDS MORE EFFICIENTLY IN MOBILITY HUBS OR MAYBE IN THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WHERE WE REALLY NEED THAT FLEXIBILITY WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT AT THE STATE LEVEL. MR. CHAIRMAN MAY I ALSO BUILD ON THAT COMMENT BECAUSE THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING FUNDS AND THAT WAS WHAT I MENTIONED EARLIER THAT THEY TAKE 50 PERCENT OFF THE TOP TO FUND THE CIS NOTHING'S MORE DISAPPOINTING IN MY WORLD WHEN WE CANCEL A PROJECT OR A PROJECT GETS
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DELAYED AND THEN I KNOW THE DOT OUR DISTRICT STAFF DOES A GREAT JOB OF MAKING SURE THAT MONEY GETS SPENT HERE. BUT THEN I SEE SU FUNDS WHICH IS ARE ATTRIBUTABLE SHOW UP ON MANAGED LANES ON I-95 AND KNOWING THAT YOU KNOW THAT THERE WAS A CANCELED PROJECT I'M GOING TO USE HOLLYWOOD EXCUSE ME AS MR. CHAIR BUT YOU KNOW THAT PARTICULAR JOHNSON STREET PROJECT AND THAT WAS BUDGETED AND IT WAS READY TO GO AND THEN WE STARTED RUNNING INTO THE PROJECT READINESS AND THERE WASN'T RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THAT SIX MILLION DOLLARS SHOWS UP ON I 75 MANAGE LANES AND OR I-95 MANAGE LANES NORTH OF BROWARD BOULEVARD. AND IT'S GOOD THAT THEY'RE SPENDING THAT MONEY BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE LOSE IT TO DESTIN AND OTHER AREAS OF THE STATE. BUT THOSE AREN'T NECESSARILY I THINK YOUR INTENTION OF THE MONEY THAT YOU HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER. SO THERE'S DIALING MECHANISM IS I THINK GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE LOSING A PROJECT HAPPENS TO BE A JOHNSON STREET AGAIN AND WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID THAT THAT THAT MONEY CAN THEN BE REDIRECTED TO MAYBE ADVANCING A PROJECT THAT WAS IN 2023 MAYBE WE CAN GET IT DONE IN 2021 AS OPPOSED TO IT FLYING OVER TO I-95. RIGHT AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF YOU'RE JUST GOING TO USE SU DOLLARS IT MAY ALL ELIMINATE ANY TRANSIT FROM THOSE. JUST DO THE VALUE OF THE SU AND WHAT IT CAN BE USED AND NOT USED FOR. SO I DON'T WANT OUR MEMBERS TO GET HAPPY THAT THEY'RE FUNDING TRANSIT PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THEY VOTED AND THEN ACTUALLY IN REALITY THEY CAN'T USE IT THAT WAY. NO UNDERSTOOD AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TRY AND ILLUSTRATE NEXT MONTH AND PLEASE KEEP US HONEST AND YOU'RE VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THIS STUFF AND I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE STRUGGLE WITH ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE HERE SOMETIMES TO COMMUNICATE THAT. BUT I'M HOPING THAT THIS APPROACH THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE WE'LL OUTLINE THAT AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY BEING FUNDED WITH SU DOLLARS VERSUS WHAT'S BEING FUNDED WITH STATE DOLLARS AND I THINK IN THE PAST WHAT YOU'VE HAD WITH A BIG LONG LIST IS FOR THE MOST PART WE'VE MADE THE DECISION JUST YOU KNOW AS STAFF TO APPLY FUNDING AND CREATED A LIST THAT WAY AT LEAST NOW HERE BY PULLING OUT THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GOING TO AND WHAT ELSE IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF WITH THE OTHER FUNDING THAT HAS MORE STRINGS ATTACHED. AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY AND PAINT THAT FULL PICTURE NEXT MONTH TO AGAIN GET DIRECTION FROM YOU ALL ON HOW TO BEST USE THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS.COMMISSIONER JOHNSON I JUST WANTED TO TALK IN GENERAL TERMS ABOUT LIKE BRIAN SAID THAT SOME OF US WON'T BE HERE IN EIGHT YEARS OR WHATEVER BUT THERE'LL ALWAYS GOING TO BE ANOTHER DAILY PERSON ANOTHER LIGHTHOUSE POINT ANOTHER HOLLYWOOD SO THERE'LL ALWAYS BE SOMEONE WITH THE INTEREST OF YOUR COMMUNITY SITTING HERE ON THIS BOARD AND I FEEL VERY STRONGLY I GUESS BECAUSE I COME FROM ONE OF THE SMALLER CITIES IS THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE TO REMEMBER WHERE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND THE PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD I THINK ARE CHARGED WITH KNOWING THAT AND IMPLEMENTING THAT MORE THAN ANYBODY BECAUSE WE HAVE TO JUST LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND NOT ALWAYS. WHAT CAN I DO FOR MY CITY MY CITY OF COURSE THAT'S IMPORTANT BUT YOU KNOW I LIVE IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT BUT I HAVE TO GO ON I-95 AND US 1 AND DAVIE ROAD EVEN. YEAH. TODAY I HAD TO GO ON I-95. HEAVEN FORBID.
BUT I WAS BETTER OFF THAN THE PERSON IN THE CAR THAT WAS MASHED THAT WAS KEEPING ME SITTING THERE. BUT I MEAN I REALLY REALLY BELIEVE THAT IT'S OUR JOB HERE TO LOOK AT THE WHOLE PICTURE ON EVERYTHING. SO I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT. THANK YOU I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU PETER. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY FOLKS EVERYTHING ELSE IS AVAILABLE ONLINE DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY ACTION INFORMATION REPORTS UNLESS THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY ELSE. COUNCIL MEMBER.
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I'M GOING TO APOLOGIZE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN ADVANCE IT DIDN'T OCCUR TO ME I WOULD HAVE MENTIONED IT EARLIER BUT IN THE DECEMBER MEETING THERE WAS ACTUALLY A RECONSIDERATION VOTE AND WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM ON HERE TO DISCUSS IT. WE FORGOT TO PUT IT ON SO I'M HOPING THE GENERAL COUNCIL SAYS THAT BY US HAVING A BRIEF DISCUSSION THAT IT ACTUALLY COUNTS AS THAT BECAUSE WHAT IT WAS IS THAT I WAS ABSENT IN A MEETING THE SECRETARY CAME AND I WANT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT I LISTENED TO THE TAPE OF THAT MEETING AND WITHOUT ANY DOUBT THERE WAS NOTHING INCONSISTENT THAT I HAD SAID WITH WHAT THE SECRETARY HE JUST SAID IT IN A DIFFERENT WAY. BUT THAT HAS BECOME MOOT FOR TWO REASONS. ONE WHEN HE TALKED ABOUT THE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS EITHER FDOT PROJECTS OR OUR PROJECTS THE GRIFFIN ROAD EXPANSION AND FROM FLAMINGO TO 75 IT'S ONE OF OUR PROJECTS AND IT'S UP TO THAT MUNICIPALITY UNDER OUR RULES. WE SUBMITTED THAT WE WANT IT REMOVED FROM THE PRIORITY LIST. THROUGH A UNANIMOUS RESOLUTION FOR MY COMMUNITY IT HAS BEEN REMOVED.SECRETARY O'REILLY SENT ME A LETTER SAYING IT'S REMOVED. THAT'S KIND OF MOOT. AND THE
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SECOND POINT WAS MOOT BECAUSE UNDER THE STATE STATUTES THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORT DISTRICT SECRETARY CAN PUT A NEW PROGRAM SUCH AS THE SIGNALIZATION AT GRIFFIN AND 75 HE HE CAN OBJECT TO OUR MOTION HERE WHICH IS WHAT HE HAS DONE AND USED HIS AUTHORITY TO PUT IT IN THE FIFTH YEAR SO IT CAN'T REALLY BE RECONSIDERED IT IS WHERE IT IS IN THE FIFTH YEAR UNDER STATE STATUTE. SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IT WAS MOOT. BUT I DO KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER FURR MADE THE MOTION FOR THAT RECONSIDERATION AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ON THE AGENDA. SO THAT WAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOOT THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF IT AND WE DIDN'T BREAK ROBERT'S RULES PROCEDURES HERE IT WAS JUST I'M SURE AN OVERSIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP IN MY COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER SIMONE. OH I'M SORRY DO YOU. I ACTUALLY I BELIEVE I THOUGHT WE DECIDED THAT WE WERE MOVING THAT TO APRIL BUT IF YOU WANT IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU.WELL IT WAS TIME CERTAIN FOR MARCH AND THE MOTION. OK. [INAUDIBLE] UNDER THE APRIL THING. ALL RIGHT. I CAN ASK COMMISSIONER FURR IF HE IS SATISFIED SINCE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO MADE THE MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION ARE YOU SATISFIED THAT THE RESPONSE TO THE CONVERSATION SATISFIES THE ISSUE NOW AND NO NEED TO HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON IT. YEAH. ANY OTHER BOARD MEMBER WHO HAS AN ISSUE ON A RECONSIDERATION TOPIC? SEEING NONE THE MATTER CAN BE SHOWN AS BEING DISCUSSED AND RESOLVED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIMONE.
THANK YOU. PUSH THE BUTTON AGAIN SO I CAN RECOGNIZE YOU. THANK YOU. WE'VE HIT A MILESTONE IN MARGATE. WE ARE GOING TO BE CELEBRATING FLORIDA BICYCLE MONTH AND SO IN ORDER TO HELP CELEBRATE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A BICYCLE RIDE ALONG THE BROWARD COUNTY CYPRESS GREENWAY TRAIL THE C14 CANAL WHICH GOES ALL THE WAY FROM FERN FOREST TO THE SAWGRASS. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL TRAIL. SO I'D LIKE ON THAT'S GOING TO BE ON SATURDAY MARCH 23RD. I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE MPO I KNOW YOU'RE WORKING WITH CITY STAFF TO HELP US DO SOME THINGS ON THAT. SO I'D LIKE TO INVITE ALL THE CITIES TO COME OUT AND JOIN US ON A BEAUTIFUL BIKE RIDE ALONG THE C14 CANAL NEXT SATURDAY MARCH 23RD. THANK YOU. IT'S AT 9:00 TO 12:00.
THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR GREEN I JUST WANTED TO ASK A QUESTION OF THIS REQUESTING AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. IS THAT PART OF OUR RULES OF OPERATION. IT ACTUALLY IS IN THE RULES WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE OR NOT. SO THAT WAY YOUR ALTERNATE WILL KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA GET TO VOTE OR NOT. COMMISSIONER SHARIEF SINCE SHE'S NOT HERE AGAIN I KNOW I DIDN'T GET A I DON'T HAVE MY CELL PHONE SO IT DIED LAST NIGHT UNFORTUNATELY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF SHE TEXTED SAYING SHE WASN'T GOING TO BE HERE TODAY YOU KNOW. COULD SHE GETTING AN EXCUSED ABSENCE. EXCUSED ABSENCE WAS THE LAST MEETING. YES. YEAH. WELL I GUESS MY QUESTION IS I'VE NEVER QUITE UNDERSTOOD HAVING TO REQUEST THAT. BUT IF IT'S JUST TO HELP YOUR ALTERNATE.
OK BUT WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO MAKING SURE YOU WERE EXCUSED AT A PREVIOUS MEETING AND YOU'RE ABSENT AT THIS MEETING IT'S LIKE IT JUST STARTS SEEMING. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION VICE MAYOR NEXT MONTH ON THE RULES AND HOW ALTERNATES AND HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA PLAY TOGETHER AND I THINK THAT'S. THAT IS THE APRIL MEETING, YES. WE MAY HAVE TO FEED OURSELVES FOR THAT MEETING. AYTHING ELSE? MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.