[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
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          MORNING EVERYBODY I'D LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER WELCOME YOU ALL TO THE APRIL MPO MEETING, WE DO YOU HAVE A QUORUM. WOULD YOU JOIN ME. PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE TO THE FLAG.  
          [2. Electronic Roll Call]
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO DO AN ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL SO PLEASE. ON THE LITTLE BOX IN FRONT OF YOU. IF YOU'RE HERE, PRESS YES. IF YOU'RE NOT HERE DON'T PRESS YES. CARL, YOU READY? WHILE WE'RE WAITING I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME BACK TO THE MPO BOARD. BILL GAINES THE MAYOR OF DEERFIELD BEACH WHO IS WHO IS ON THIS BOARD YEARS AGO AND HAS DECIDED TO JOIN US AGAIN AND IMPART HIS WISDOM. SO WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU BACK. THANK YOU BILL. OK. DID WE VOTE? NO. NO. WELL LET'S DO THE APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES. WELL WE CAN'T WE CAN'T DO THAT IF WE'VE ALREADY. IF WE'RE IN SUSPENSION ON THE VOTE ON THE ROLL CALL RIGHT? I BELIEVE THAT REBECCA'S RECORDED THE ROLL SO WE CAN MOVE ON. OK. SO IF YOU 
          [3.  Approval of Minutes - March 14, 2019]
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES OTHERWISE MOTION TO APPROVE. MOVED. ELECTRONICALLY PLEASE. OKAY. MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES YES OR NO. THANK YOU. VICE MAYOR GREEN ARE YOU WITH US. COMMISSIONER FURR. YES I KNOW IT'S IT'S IT'S THIS IS SUCH HARD WORK FOR YOU. COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY. TAMARACK IS HERE. THANK YOU. THAT PASSSED APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THE 
          [4. Approval of Agenda]
AGENDA MR. STUART. NO SIR. ALL RIGHT. SAME PROCESS, MOVE AND A SECOND ON THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. I'M NOT GETTING THAT. ARE WE READY TO VOTE. YES. YES PLEASE. YEAH. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE TWO 
          [5. Public Comments]
SPEAKERS THIS MORNING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. MR CORBIN. AND WHILE YOU'RE COMING UP I DID NOTICE YOU ATTENDED THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. WELL THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME. HERE WE GO. 
          THE FLORIDA BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS HAS DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT AGAINST CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE]. ENGINEER ON RECORD FOR THE LANE ELIMINATION APPLICATION NOW UNDERWAY ON WILTON DRIVE AND NE 4TH AVENUE. SHE USED INCORRECT TRAFFIC DATA WHICH WILL CREATE ANOTHER F GRADED INTERSECTION WHICH WE REALLY DON'T NEED. 
          THERE WERE MANY OTHER MISTAKES MADE BY HER. SHE DIDN'T EVEN SIGN THE DOCUMENT. 
          HOW COULD THE MPO LET THIS HAPPEN. SHE COULD LOSE HER ENGINEERING LICENSE A REPORTER ASKED ME HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS. I EXPLAINED THAT A MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE SENT OUT TO THE ROAD PLANNERS. THE PUBLIC WILL NOT PUT UP WITH BEING LIED TO ABOUT TRAFFIC WHICH IS THE NUMBER ONE ISSUE AMONG FORT LAUDERDALE RESIDENTS AND PROBABLY MOST BROWARD COUNTY RESIDENTS. A 2016 SUN-SENTINEL ARTICLE STATES QUOTE INSTEAD OF FIXING THE PROBLEM GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE DELIBERATELY ADDING TO IT IN HOPES WE'LL WALK RIDE THE BUS OR TAKE THE TRAIN UNQUOTE. DURING MY LAST SPEECH TO THE MPO SOME OF YOU LAUGHED WHEN I READ GOOGLE REVIEWS ABOUT COUNTY BUS SYSTEM. IT MUST BE REAL FUNNY TO YOU SINCE YOU ALL DROVE HERE IN YOUR CARS. HERE'S A THREE MONTH OLD REVIEW TO THE OF THE BROWARD CENTRAL TERMINAL. WRITTEN BY T.J. RIVERA. 
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GET READY TO LAUGH. QUOTE TERRIBLE ORGANIZATION THEY'RE RUDE DISRESPECTFUL WITH NO CUSTOMER SERVICE SKILLS. ALL OF THEM MUST HATE THEIR JOB. IF I WERE HANDICAPPED I'D STILL WALK EVERYWHERE RATHER THAN USE THIS SERVICE. THAT'S HOW LOW QUALITY IT IS. FULL OF DRUG ADDICTS AND CRIME AND THE POLICE SIT AROUND AND WATCH AND DO NOTHING. TAMMY JOHN WROTE TWO MONTHS AGO BUS 10 IS THE WORST BUS I GET DONE WORK AT 3:30 AND I HAVE TO WAIT AN HOUR FOR THE BUS TO COME. IT'S VERY UPSETTING. SAD STORY. CHRIS WROTE QUOTE BUSES DO NOT FOLLOW THEIR SCHEDULES. THE NUMBER 20 CONSISTENTLY SHOWS UP EARLY TO MY STOP AND SEVERAL TIMES WHEN I GET TO MY STOP 10 MINUTES EARLY. THE BUS IS LATE OR NEVER SHOWS I'VE CALLED AND INQUIRED SEVERAL TIMES AND THE OPERATORS DO NOT CARE AND SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I ASK THE SIMPLEST QUESTION. WHERE IS THE NUMBER 20 BUS. ALL I GET THEM IS ASKING IF I WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT. WHAT GOOD WOULD THAT DO. NO ONE CARES. NOW THAT THE BROWARD COUNTY HAS ADDITIONAL 500 MILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR FROM A NEW 1 PERCENT TAX INCREASE. YOU NEED TO START BY FIXING THE BUS SYSTEM BEFORE YOU GO AHEAD WITH MORE OF YOUR STUPID IDEAS TO ELIMINATE DRIVING LANES AND PUTTING TRAIN TRACKS RIGHT ON TOP OF ROADS WHICH TAKE UP ALL FOUR LANES WHEN IT TURNS WHILE GOING 17 MILES AN HOUR. ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANYONE, COMMENTS? THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. LEO BENTZ. 
          GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU ALL. AT YOUR MEETING MARCH 14TH I ASKED WHOSE DECISION IT WAS TO WIDEN THE EXISTING THREE FOOT BIKE LANES ON THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY NORTH OF SAMPLE ROAD WHEN IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHER AREAS WITH NO BIKE LANES WHATSOEVER. SINCE THE SAFETY OF BICYCLISTS IS THE MPO'S PRIMARY GOAL, I ASKED IF THERE WAS ANY SPECIFIC RESEARCH DATA AS TO HOW MANY BICYCLES CURRENTLY USE THIS PART OF FEDERAL AS COMPARED TO OTHER LOCATIONS AND DOES THAT WARRANT THIS SIX TO TWELVE MILLION DOLLAR WIDENING PROJECT. I ALSO STATED THAT THERE WERE NO BIKE LANES AT ALL ON ATLANTIC BOULEVARD STARTING TWO BLOCKS WEST OF FEDERAL AND ALL THE WAY TO DIXIE HIGHWAY OR ON DIXIE HIGHWAY WHERE DIXIE SPLITS SOUTH OF ATLANTIC OR ON COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD BETWEEN FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND DIXIE. FROM THE STANDPOINT OF SAFETY FOR BICYCLISTS SHOULDN'T THERE BE BIKE LANES IN THESE MORE POPULATED AREAS OF POMPANO AND FORT LAUDERDALE WHERE THERE ARE MANY MORE BICYCLISTS. THERE ARE MANY BUSY STRETCHES ON US1 WITH NO BIKE LANES WHATSOEVER. I ASKED IF THE MPO WAS PLANNING TO ADD BIKE LANES IN ANY OTHER AREAS WHERE THERE ARE CURRENTLY NARROW BIKE LANES OR NO BIKE LANES AT ALL. IF YES ARE ANY OF THESE AREAS SCHEDULED BEFORE OR AFTER THIS STRETCH BETWEEN SAMPLE ROAD AND HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD. AS I WAS LEAVING LAST MONTH'S MEETING MR STUART AND MR TRANTALIS MET WITH ME TO DISCUSS THESE MATTERS AND THEY PROMISED TO PROVIDE ANSWERS TO MY QUESTIONS. I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL RESPONSE FROM MR. TRANTALIS A FEW DAYS AFTER OUR MEETING SAYING HE WAS BUSY AND HE WAS GOING TO RESEARCH THE MATTER. THEREFORE WITH THIS REMINDERM I HOPE I WILL BE RECEIVING THOSE ANSWERS SOON AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MR. STUART, DO YOU WANT TO RESPOND AT ALL. YEAH ACTUALLY I DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND MR. BENTZ I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AGAIN. WE DID MEET WITH MR. BENTZ AND HIS DAUGHTER AFTER THE BOARD MEETING FOR ABOUT ALMOST AN HOUR TO RESPOND TO SEVERAL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT HE REITERATED AGAIN. AND WHILE THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECT IS A STATE FACILITY AND IT IS PART OF A LARGER REQUIREMENT BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE THAT ALL STATE FACILITIES HAVE BICYCLE LANES. THE INCREASED SAFETY FACTOR THAT'S BEING ADDED IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT IN DEERFIELD BEACH IS IN POMPANO IS ACTUALLY A VERY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT THE LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENT IS FOR THE BIKE LANES. SO IT'S AN INCREASED BUFFER. STAFF HAD MET THREE TIMES WITH THE CITY OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT AND THEIR STAFF AS WELL AS THEIR COMMISSIONS IN THE LAST YEAR TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT. AS MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER THERE WAS ABOUT A HUNDRED AND SOME ODD TREES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS PART OF A THAT WERE TO BE REMOVED AND 
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WE IMMEDIATELY STEPPED IN TO THE PROCESS AND WORKING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. I THINK WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO I WANT TO SAY ABOUT SIX OR SEVEN TREES AND THERE WERE ACTUALLY NUISANCE TREES THAT THE TOWN BASICALLY WANTED TO HAVE REMOVED ANYWAY. THAT SAID AS FAR AS THE USAGE ON THE FACILITIES WHILE MR. GUTIERREZ AND I WILL TRY TO FIND THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE IT IS STILL A REQUIREMENT THAT THOSE LANES BE THERE AND SO THAT INFORMATION WHILE USEFUL FOR US ISN'T IT PERTINENT TO ITS PROJECT THE PROJECT MOVING FORWARD. ALSO WE EXPLAINED TO MR. BENTZ AT LENGTH OF THE OVERALL NETWORK OF BIKE LANES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE BUILT HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND YOU KNOW BOTH ON STATE FACILITIES AS WELL AS COUNTY FACILITIES AND FEDERAL FACILITIES. SO THAT WAY HE'D HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE NETWORK THAT IS BEING CREATED. THE IRONY BEHIND SEVERAL OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IS THAT OLD DIXIE OR DIXIE AND POMPANO IS ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD WITH A PROJECT IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH TO ADD THAT BIKE LANES AND ACTUALLY GET RID OF ONE OF THE LANES. I KNOW MR. CORBIN PROBABLY WON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT BUT YOU KNOW THAT IS THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT ARE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD. SO WE TRIED TO ADDRESS HIS CONCERNS AS BEST WE COULD. THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DID PROVIDE THE CITY OF LIGHTHOUSE POINT WITH A LETTER BECAUSE THE CITY VOTED TO UNFORTUNATELY I GUESS IS IT 5? IT WAS A 4 TO 1 VOTE TO OBJECT TO THE PROJECT AGAIN AND HAVE IT REMOVED OR NOT AGAIN. THE FIRST TIME. YOU KNOW WHILE THIS PROJECT'S BEEN AROUND FOR ABOUT SIX YEARS IN DEVELOPMENT THERE WERE SIX YEARS OF WORK THAT WENT INTO IT. THE CONTRACT IS [INAUDIBLE]. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. AND THAT'S WHAT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED TO THE FULL CITY COMMISSION AS WELL AS THEIR MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER. SO THAT'S WHERE WE ARE WITH THIS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE POSSIBLY CAN TO MR. BENTZ. BUT THE INFORMATION YOU KNOW IT DOES TAKE TIME COUNTERS HAVE TO BE PUT DOWN IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL BICYCLE RIDERSHIP IS. WE TYPICALLY ACCOUNT FOR CAR TRAFFIC WHEN WE DO COUNTERS THAT IS ACTUALLY OUR ROLE EITHER BIKE BICYCLE LANES ARE STATUTORILY REQUIRED ON THOSE FACILITIES. SO THAT'S A DIFFERENT CONVERSATION. AND SO WE'RE WORKING ON IT. AND THAT'S JUST ANOTHER DATA POINT AND WE'LL PROBABLY TALK TO YOU ALL ABOUT BUDGETING FOR NEXT YEAR WHEN WE REOPEN. 
          OUR EPWP OUR BUDGET TO TRY TO PUT BICYCLE COUNTERS INTO OTHER AREAS. AND WHAT WE HAVE DONE SOME IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AND OTHER AREAS THAT ARE MORE URBAN PSEUDO SUBURBAN AREAS LIKE THIS OR A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT TO DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE LENGTH THOUGH. SO I'LL CALL ON COMMISSIONER SOFIELD IN JUST A MINUTE MR. STUART YOU REFERENCED THAT THE PREVIOUS LIGHTHOUSE POINT COMMISSION HAD APPROVED THIS PROJECT FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO. CORRECT? PRESIDENT JOHNSON. GO AHEAD. 
          YOUR MIC ON? MIC IS ON. THERE WE GO. O F F O N. NO WE DIDN'T. WE DIDN'T APPROVE THAT SIX YEARS AGO WE WERE ACTUALLY. 
          THAT THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL WE SAW THE TREES THAT ALL HAD THE PINK RIBBONS ON IT THAT WERE SCHEDULED TO COME DOWN. BUT WHEN WE DID BECOME AWARE OF IT WE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE MPO AND FDOT AND THEY MOVED INSTEAD OF COMING DOWN THE CURB SIDE WHERE ALL THE ROYAL PALM TREES WERE THROUGH THE WHOLE LENGTH OF OUR TOWN THERE. THEY MOVED THE IT OVER WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF SPACE FROM THE BIKE LANE. BUT I POINTED OUT AT MY COMMISSION AGAIN WHEN IT CAME UP TUESDAY NIGHT THAT AFTER WE HAD NEGOTIATED AND SAID THANK YOU TO THE MPO AND ALL AT OUR NOVEMBER 13TH MEETING WHICH IS ONLINE AND I POINTED OUT LEO YOU KNOW TO FOR PEOPLE TO GO BACK AND LISTEN TO THAT AGAIN. WHEN SCOTT THURMAN CAME AND ADDRESSED US THERE WAS NO MAJOR OBJECTIONS WHATSOEVER FROM OUR CITY COMMISSION. THEY WERE SAVING OUR TREES WE WERE LOSING JUST A FEW. THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE AWAY LEFT TURN LANE THAT WAS VERY DANGEROUS AND NO ONE HAD ANYTHING NEGATIVE TO SAY. THEY JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW THEY WERE GOING TO REPAVE THE ROAD AND WHEN IT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN AND SO ON. FOUR MONTHS LATER THIS ALL RAISED ITS HEAD AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHY. AND THE COMMISSION AND GOT ALL FEISTY ABOUT IT AND SENT THIS 
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RESOLUTION TO THE MPO. I MEAN TO THE FDOT  AND YOU KNOW IT WAS FOUR MONTHS AFTER WE SEEM TO HAVE SETTLED EVERYTHING. SO ANYWAY THAT'S THE BACKGROUND OF IT. THANK YOU MR. SOFIELD. YES. SO SINCE YOU'RE ON BIKE LANES AND THINGS LIKE NOTHING [INAUDIBLE] BUT I WAS GOING TO WAIT TILL MEMBER COMMENTS BUT I THOUGHT KIND OF IT'D BE A GOOD CHANCE TO BRING THIS UP TO LET MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE KNOW AND EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S INTERESTED. SUNRISE WE'VE BEEN AGGRESSIVELY GOING AFTER ADDING BIKE LANES AND THE COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS. AND YOU KNOW WE DID 44 STREET. WE HAD SOME ISSUES WITH TREES BUT WE MOVED THE TREES AND WE ONLY LOST ONE OR TWO BECAUSE OF THE MOVE. WE ACTUALLY REPLACED THEM. SO IT'S WORKED OUT VERY VERY WELL FOR OUR CITY. THE RESIDENTS ARE EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH IT. AND YOU KNOW I WAS KIND OF CONCERNED WITH YOU KNOW ARE THE PEOPLE GONNA USE IT. BUT WE'RE FINDING MORE AND MORE PEOPLE EVERY WEEK ARE OUT THERE USING NEW BIKE LANES. SOME OF YOU CAME TO THE SUNSET STRIP GRAND OPENING WE HAD SIX EIGHT MONTHS AGO WE DID A COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT WITH THE LANE REDUCTIONS AND THE BIKE LANES. RESIDENTS ARE LOVING IT. I'M LOVING IT. WE'RE ALL WE'RE ACTUALLY ON APRIL 27TH IN TWO WEEKS ON A SATURDAY MORNING AT 9:00. WE'RE HAVING OUR RIBBON CUTTING ON OUR OTHER COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT WHICH WAS COMPLETED ON 64TH AVENUE. I LIVE ONE BLOCK FROM THERE JUST HAPPENED JUST WORKED OUT PERFECT THAT I GET TO SEE IT ALL THE TIME I SEE IT THERE THE A DAY DRIVE DOWN AT NIGHT IT'S ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS WITH THE LIGHTING AND THE LAYOUT TO THE SIDEWALKS THE REDUCED LANE. THE RESIDENTS ARE LOVING IT. EVERYBODY'S LOVING IT. IT'S A GREAT PROJECT AND MANY OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS PROJECT IN YOUR CITY. I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO AT LEAST LOOK AT IT SEE IF IT FITS FOR YOU BECAUSE IT'S DEFINITELY WORKED FOR OUR CITY AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THIS COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT. WANT TO YOU LET YOU GUYS KNOW OUR EXPERIENCE IN IT, MAY NOT BE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT A MODEL FOR EVERY CITY BUT FOR US IT HAS WORKED OUT VERY VERY WELL. GLAD TO HEAR THAT, COMMISSIONER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MAYOR GANZ. YES SIR. TONIGHT ACTUALLY IN DEERFIELD BEACH THERE IS A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THIS VERY SUBJECT IN THIS PROJECT AND I WOULD LOVE ANY SUPPORT FROM ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME OUT AND VOICE THEIR OPINION ON IT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM DEERFIELD BEACH RESIDENTS BUT ANY OTHER NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS I'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM AS WELL. THANK YOU. JUST IN CONCLUSION FOR ME SOME OF US BRIAN AND MYSELF AND THE MAYOR ORTIS JUST FOR A PORTION ATTENDED THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION PROCESS MONDAY MONDAY AND TUESDAY AND THE ISSUE OF BIKE LANES CAME UP AND WE DID WE DID DISCUSS IT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OCCURRED TO ME I MADE IN MY COMMENTS WAS THAT COMMISSIONERS COME AND GO. COMMISSIONS COME AND GO. OUR PROCESS IS SLOW. AND SO WHAT ONE COMMISSION SAYS THEY WANT FIVE YEARS LATER WHEN WE'RE JUST BEGINNING TO BUILD THE PROJECT. IT'S A DIFFERENT COMMISSION. ONCE THE SHIP HAS LEFT THE DOCK YOU CAN'T TURN IT AROUND. IT'S JUST REALLY DIFFICULT. SO CITIES  WE ALL MAKE THESE DECISIONS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH CONSTRUCTION AND ROADS AND TRAFFIC AND SO FORTH. AND YOU WAIT FIVE YEARS AND IN FIVE YEARS THE RIBBON CUTTING IS ATTENDED BY A WHOLE DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN ATTEND THE SHOVELLING OF THAT PROJECT. SO SIR THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DON'T NORMALLY RESPOND AS WE HAVE TO YOU BUT THE SECOND TIME YOU'VE BEEN HERE WE TAKE IT SERIOUSLY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AS MUCH FEEDBACK AS POSSIBLE. WE THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. I'M SORRY. 
          FORMER PRESIDENT JOHNSON I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO CALL YOU. COMMISSIONER? OK. THERE YOU GO. YEAH I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING THAT THE MPO AND FDOT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL THAN THEY WERE WITH US THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THEY SAT WITH US. 
          THEY CAME. THEY SPENT HOURS WITH US AND THEY WORKED AS HARD AS THEY POSSIBLY COULD TO LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAD TO SAY. AND SO I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW HOW PROUD I WAS OF THEM BECAUSE OF THE FACT OF HOW HARD THEY WORK TO COOPERATE WITH US. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN I RESPOND OR IS THAT NOT PROPER. BRIEFLY SIR IN MY OPENING SENTENCE I THINK I MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A 12 MILLION DOLLAR ESTIMATE FOR THE COST OF THIS WORK TO WIDEN THE BIKE LANES ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET. THEN WHEN THE ISSUE OF TREES CAME UP THEN IT WENT BACK AND IT CAME BACK TO THE CITY THAT OH IF WE DO THE MEDIAN IT ONLY COST SIX MILLION DOLLARS. SO BY AN ODD ON COMMENT ABOUT TREES IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT WE SAVED THE TAXPAYERS SIX MILLION DOLLARS WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE IF WE HAD NOT RAISED THAT. NOW I'M ASKING FOR OTHER RESEARCH 
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INFORMATION AS TO WHY BIKE LANES ARE NOT ALL OVER FEDERAL HIGHWAY. THAT INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU ONCE SAID IT WON'T BE PROVIDED AGAIN. THANK YOU. 
          WASN'T PROVIDED. WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE ASKED FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES AND 
          [6. Approval of Excused Absences]
THOSE ARE. COMMISSIONER UDINE, COMMISSIONER LAZAROW, COMMISSIONER HARRIS AND MAYOR HUNSCHOFSKY. CAN I HAVE A MOTION TO EXCUSE THOSE FOUR MEMBERS,  MOVED AND SECONDED EVERYBODY PLEASE VOTE ELECTRONICALLY. 
          WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES MAYOR ORTIS. MR. CHAIRMAN. MR. CHAIRMAN. YES. I'M RIGHT HERE. I KNOW I COULD SEE YOU. HELLO. HELLO MR. CHAIRMAN POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE IF I MIGHT YOU MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO US ATTENDING THE MEETING LAST WEEK AND I JUST WANT TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I WAS WITH OUR STAFF AND THE JOB THEY DID AND HOW I GOT THE IMPRESSION HOW IMPRESSED THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WERE VISITING US WERE WITH OUR GREAT MPO. IT'S A HONOR AND A PLEASURE TO BE WORKING ON THIS MPO WITH OUR GREAT STAFF. I MEAN THEY JUST WALKED MILES TO THESE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO VISIT. SO I WAS I WAS HAPPY TO BE HERE WITH YOU. AND AND I'M SURE COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA WILL WOULD SECOND THAT AND I WOULD AGREE THERE'S A QUITE A PROCESS I THINK NOBODY CALLED ON YOU. SIDEBARS BREAK THE TENSION DON'T THEY. OK I'M GOING 
          [7. Comments from the Chair]
TO DEFER MY COMMENTS TO GREG STUART BECAUSE HE HAS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT REPORT TODAY. THANK YOU SIR. I DO WANT TO BRING UP FIRST. WE'LL GET TO THE QUADRENNIAL REVIEW THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH IT'S NOT COMPLETED YET WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS. ACTUALLY WE HAD FOLKS FROM COLORADO USDOT HERE AS WELL. 
          SO VERY FASCINATING BUT WE'LL GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. FOR MY EAST COAST BOARD MEMBERS, I WANT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT BRIGHTLINE ALSO KNOWN AS ALL ABOARD FLORIDA ALSO KNOWN AS VIRGIN TRAINS DEPENDING ON WHAT DAY IT IS. ADRIAN [INAUDIBLE] WE PROVIDED THIS SENT THIS OUT YESTERDAY TO ALL THE CITY MANAGERS AS WELL AS MANY OF THE MEMBERS ALONG THE CORRIDOR ON THE QUIET ZONES AND WHERE WE ARE THIS IS DATED WEDNESDAY APRIL 10TH. BASICALLY WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AGAIN IS A NEW TARGET DATE OF COMPLETION ON APRIL 22ND. THEIR CURRENT RATIONALE IS THE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL ALSO KNOWN AS PTC. THEY ACTUALLY STARTED TO DO THE FINAL INSTALLATION OF THAT FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO DOWNTOWN MIAMI. THEY HAD THE SERVICE FROM FORT LAUDERDALE TO MIAMI CENTRAL CLOSED FOR 36 HOURS TO DO THE INSTALLATION. HOWEVER IT WAS NOT COMPLETED DURING THAT TIME PERIOD. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ANOTHER CLOSURE OF SERVICE BETWEEN MIAMI AND FORT LAUDERDALE PROBABLY OVER THIS NEXT WEEKEND TO GET TO THE APRIL 22ND DEADLINE ONCE COMPLETE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND MONROE STREET COMMERCIAL IN OAKLAND PARK AND MONROE STREET IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD. THOSE TWO CROSSINGS ARE GOING TO THEN BE IMPROVED. AND AT THAT POINT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE EQUIPMENT IS IN PLACE ALL THE OTHER EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN VERIFIED WITH THAT VERY IMPORTANT NOTE IS THAT WILL THEN BEGIN THAT COUNTDOWN CLOCK. SO IF THIS IS A BIG IF BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN USING IF ON THIS FOR I WANT TO SAY A GOOD YEAR NOW TWO YEARS TOM YOU'VE BEEN COUNTING THE TRAIN ORDINANCE HAVEN'T YOU ACTUALLY VICE MAYOR GREEN SO YOU KNOW THE THE BIGGER THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS AS IF THEY NOW STAY ON TRACK. NO PUN THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIBBON CUTTING FOR THE QUIET ZONES ON MAY 1ST SO MAY 1ST. MAY DAY. THIS YEAR. THIS YEAR. SO THAT IS 2019. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS THE LATEST I HAVE FROM THEM. IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ALL OF US AND I TRUST ME THIS IS ONE OF THOSE GOOD DEEDS GO ON. NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC FROM ALL THE MANAGERS THAT ARE CALLING IN. YOU KNOW WE'VE ALL BEEN GETTING INUNDATED WHEN IS THIS GOING TO HAPPEN. YOU KNOW THE TECHNOLOGY JUST WASN'T IN THE GROUND IN BROWARD. IRONICALLY PALM BEACH COUNTY HAD MORE RICH EQUIPMENT THAN WE HAD HERE IN BROWARD. I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY THAT'S 
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WHERE THE RAIL LINE USED TO END SO THEY HAD BIGGER CONDUIT IN THE GROUND. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHY BUT THEY'VE BEEN VERY BUSY TRYING TO AT LEAST FIX THE PROBLEM HERE IN BROWARD AS WELL AS MIAMI DADE. SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND YOU KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE ON THE STATUS LEGISLATIVELY I WANT TO GIVE YOU SOME UPDATES FROM WASHINGTON. THIS IS IMPORTANT STUFF AS WELL. THEY'RE BIG ON INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE HEARINGS REGARDING POTENTIAL INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN AS WELL AS THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EPW ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC WORKS IN THE SENATE. NOT ONLY HAS ACCEPTED SEVERAL OF OUR AMENDMENTS INTO THE REAUTHORIZATION BILL. SENATOR RUBIO HAS ALSO PLANNING ON PUTTING THOSE AMENDMENTS FOR SURE INTO THE BILL. ONE OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PARTS OF THAT AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE ASKING FOR IS A PILOT PROGRAM WITH TMAS WHICH IS WHAT BROWARD MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH FALL INTO THE MIAMI TMA. OVER FIVE MILLION RECEIVED DIRECT FUNDING FROM USDOT AND THEN DISTRIBUTE THAT TO OUR LOCALS THROUGH CONSTRUCTION BONDING. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THERE IS SOME SUPPORT AT USDOT FOR BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY FIVE REGIONS IN THE STATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE APPLICABLE. IT WOULD BE LOS ANGELES SAN FRANCISCO CHICAGO NEW YORK SOUTH FLORIDA AND I'M MISSING ONE. BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THAT THAT. WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THAT DIRECT RECEIPT OF MONEY? THE FUNDS WOULDN FLOW MUCH FASTER AND ALSO THE EXEMPT FROM THE LAP PROGRAM. I'M SURE THERE'D BE SOME OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE WOULD NEED TO ENSURE THAT THE FEDERAL FUNDS WERE BEING SPENT APPROPRIATELY SURFACE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION. THAT IS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE PUBLIC TRANSIT FUNDING IS ACTUALLY GOING FORWARD THROUGH THE WAYS AND MEANS HEARINGS. THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A RIFT THAT HAS HAPPENED BETWEEN THE REPUBLICAN MEMBERS AND DEDICATED 20 PERCENT OF THE GAS TAX TO GO TO TRANSIT OPERATIONS. SO WE'RE FOLLOWING THAT VERY CLOSELY AND I'M SURE OUR PARTNERS AT MY MIAMI-DADE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH ARE ALSO THEN WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DOT BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR THE APPROPRIATIONS REQUEST IS AT 21.4 BILLION DOLLARS FOR DISCRETIONARY AND ANOTHER 5.9 BILLION. EXCUSE ME. THAT'S A DECREASE OF 5.9 BILLION DOLLARS FROM THIS PAST YEAR BUT THAT IT'S ALL DISCRETIONARY NOT FORMULA DOLLARS THE 2020 BUDGET FULLY FUNDS THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND AT CURRENT LEVELS THE FIFTH AND FINAL YEAR OF THE FAST ACT THAT WE'RE IN. SO AS I WAS TALKING EARLIER THAT FAST ACT EXPIRATION MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE A NEW FIVE YEAR FUNDING WINDOW FIVE TO SEVEN YEAR THAT SHOULD OPEN UP THE BUDGETS TO SEEKING ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS FOR THE BUILD GRANT PROGRAM FORMERLY KNOWN AS TIGER THEN THE BUDGET'S ALSO ALLOCATING ABOUT TWO MILLION DOLLARS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE THE INFO GRANT PROGRAM WHICH WE'VE APPLIED FOR BOTH BUILD AND INFRA. AND OF COURSE WE'VE LOST. THEN THE OTHER LOST THING TOO IS WE ALSO LOST THE TECHNOLOGY GRANT AS WELL USDOT DECIDED WELL WE DID MAKE IT TO THE SECRETARY'S DESK FOR 11.4 MILLION. THAT WAS A POLITICAL DECISION NOT A TECHNICAL PROPOSAL ALSO INCLUDES ANOTHER 300 MILLION DOLLARS FOR HIGHWAY BRIDGE GRANTS FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS THAT WE SENT OUT LAST WEEK THE BRIDGES IN FLORIDA ARE IN GREAT SHAPE. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MONEY THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAP INTO AND THE SINGLE BRIDGE IN BROWARD THAT WAS ACTUALLY AT FAILING WHICH IS ON BROWARD BOULEVARD THERE BY THE DAYS INN EAST OF 95 THAT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN REPLACED WITH FEDERAL MONEYS TO ACTUALLY SAFETY. WE ARE WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES FOR SOME OF THEIR BRIDGES I KNOW LIGHTHOUSE POINT AND FORT LAUDERDALE ARE TWO COMMUNITIES WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON TO ENSURE THAT SOME FEDERAL MONIES GET SPENT FEDERAL AND STATE MONEY IS GET SPENT ON THE LOCAL BRIDGES THERE. MOVING OVER TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE TEXTING WHILE DRIVING SEEMS TO ALSO BE MOVING AGAIN. SO WE'LL SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY FINALLY PASSES THIS SESSION. THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER ISSUES THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. OUR FRIENDS IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND WHILE THEIR FEDERAL TEAM WAS DOWN HERE THEY USE THE MICRO SCOOTERS QUITE A BIT. THEY ENJOYED THEM. THEY WERE HAPPY THAT THEY WERE AROUND. BUT THERE IS A BILL IN TALLAHASSEE WITH MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES AND MOTORIZED SCOOTERS THAT'S MOVING THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEES. AND IF THAT MOVES FORWARD WE'LL SEE HOW THAT ACTUALLY PLAYS INTO HOW LOCAL REGULATIONS FOR THOSE USE OF THOSE SCOOTERS WILL PLAY. RIGHT NOW IT'S LOOKING OK. THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION PACKAGE IS ALSO MOVING FORWARD THAT ACTUALLY HAS A FOCUS ON 
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MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR THE DOT SECRETARY. SO YOU KNOW WHO THEY CHOOSE PERMISSIBLE USE FOR TECHNOLOGY ON BRIDGES AND THEN A LITTLE AND ASPHALT AND THEN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THE HOUSE AND SENATE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE PACKAGE THAT'S UP THERE. THERE IS A GREAT CONVERSATION ABOUT EXTENSION OF THE TURNPIKE. THIS IS SOMETHING IN MY 28 YEARS OF DOING THIS IN BUSINESS THAT TURNPIKE EXTENSION FROM WHERE IT ENDS NOW IN WILDWOOD FLORIDA ALL THE WAY OVER TO US27 THAT'S BEEN IN DISCUSSION FOREVER. THAT APPEARS TO FINALLY HAVE LEGS TO MAYBE PULL OUT FUNDING FOR THAT AS WELL AS THE EXTENSION OF THE SUN COAST PARKWAY THAT WOULD GO FROM PASCO UP INTO THE OCALA AREA. SO THOSE TWO FACILITIES IF THEY HAPPEN ONE OF OUR CONCERNS WERE ORIGINALLY THAT THAT WOULD DRAW MONEY AWAY FROM OUR URBANIZED AREAS THE MIAMI DADE OUR TPA TMA AREA AND THEN ALSO FROM ORLANDO JACKSONVILLE AND TAMPA. SO THE LEGISLATURE LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO ACTUALLY HAVE SEPARATE FUNDING MADE AVAILABLE OUT OF THE GENERAL FUND FOR THOSE PROJECTS WE'RE GUARDEDLY OPTIMISTIC THAT WILL HAPPEN. SO THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY TAKE AWAY MONEY FROM OUR REGIONS. AND FINALLY ON IMPACT FEES THE HOUSE VOTED ONE HUNDRED AND ONE TO TWELVE AND THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO CODIFY COURT REQUIREMENTS THAT IMPACT FEES BEAR A RATIONAL NEXUS TO THE NEEDS FOR ADDITIONAL CAPITAL FACILITIES EXPENDITURES OF THOSE COLLECTED REVENUES AND BENEFITS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT WOULD PROHIBIT ANY LOCAL GOVERNMENT FROM REQUIRING PAYMENT OF IMPACT FEES AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO ISSUING A BUILDING PERMIT. SO THAT MAY CHANGE THE WAY OUR COUNTY AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES ARE DEALING WITH IMPACT FEES. 
          WE ARE FOLLOWING THAT CLOSELY BECAUSE THAT IS A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR OUR AREA AND WITH THAT I'M GOING TO END ON THE FEDERAL CERTIFICATION. EVERY FOUR YEARS THIS ORGANIZATION GOES THROUGH A CERTIFICATION. THIS IS MINE AND MIKE'S THIRD TIME AROUND AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IN TIME. WHILE WE APPRECIATE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE BOARD MEMBERS BEING A MAJORITY OF THAT MEETING. THEY COME IN AND DO A DESK AUDIT OF WHERE WE ARE. THEY LOOK AT OUR FILES THEY GO THROUGH OUR PROCUREMENT CODES AND OUR PROCUREMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT REQUIRING THINGS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH FEDERAL LAW. MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF WORK WITH OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS AND THEN FOCUSING ON HOW WE'RE DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE WORD ANYMORE. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. THERE'S A NEW WORD FOR THIS. EQUITY AREAS. AND AND BASICALLY YOU KNOW SEE HOW WE'RE DOING. ONE OF THE COMMENTS ON OUR EQUITY AREA WORK FROM THE LEAD ATTORNEY FOR FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION IN THAT AREA WAS I DON'T KNOW IF I'M GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH TO HELP YOU WITH THE NEXT TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE OUTPACED WHERE THEY ARE NATIONALLY. THAT WAS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS OF PRIDE. ANOTHER AREA OF PRIDE THAT THEY REALLY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE LEADERSHIP THAT THIS ORGANIZATION PROVIDES STATEWIDE BECAUSE WE DO. IT WAS WHERE WE ARE NATIONALLY. AND WHILE WE ARE NOT THE LARGEST MPO IN THE NATION WE ARE AMONG THE MOST PROGRESSIVE AND ONE OF ACCORDING TO THEM ONE OF THE MOST GOAL ORIENTED ORGANIZATIONS THEY'VE REVIEWED. SO THAT IS A TESTAMENT NOT JUST TO THE TEAM WE'VE DEVELOPED HERE BUT YOUR LEADERSHIP BECAUSE IT'S BECAUSE OF THIS BOARD AND THE DIRECTION THAT YOU'VE ALL PROVIDED US THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HONESTLY GO BEYOND WHERE ANY OF OUR PARTNERS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE AND TAKE OUR PLACE RIGHTFULLY SO WITH OUR NATIONAL LEADERS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU OWE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF. AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE VICE CHAIR AND THE CHAIR IF THEY WANT TO MAKE MORE COMMENTS ON WHAT THEY SAW. YES I AGREE WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF MR. STUART. 
          YOU KNOW WE HAD FEDERAL HIGHWAYS THERE WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH FOR QUITE A TIME ON THE MPOAC BUT I KEPT HEARING ESPECIALLY FOR LIKE THE TITLE SIX OFFICER THAT WAS THERE THAT THEY HAD NEVER SEEN THIS ANYWHERE IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THE SAME GROUP IS THE AUDIT AND CERTIFICATION FOR ALL MPOS IN THE COUNTRY. AND OF COURSE IT'S ONLY EVERY FOUR YEARS. BUT THEY KEPT SAYING I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS ANYWHERE. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THEY REALLY PRIDED US ON AND THIS IS SOMETHING YOU KNOW WE KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES VERY WELL YOU KNOW I'VE BEEN SERVING IN DAVIE FOR A WHILE BUT I KNEW OF MY COMMUNITY AND WHEN THEY WERE GIVING THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE EQUITY MAPS WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON THE BROWARD MPO.ORG WEBSITE YOU CAN GO SEE IT YOURSELF SITTING NEXT TO MAYOR ORTIS AND MAYOR ORTIS MADE A COMMENT TO 
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ME THAT HIS CITY HAS A LOT OF MILLENNIALS IN IT. AND I WAS SITTING THERE I MEAN WITH ALL SINCERITY OF SITTING THERE GOING WELL WHAT IS IT ABOUT PEMBROKE PINES THAT'S ATTRACTING THESE MILLENNIALS. AND I REALIZED IT WAS FRANK AND SO I WENT TO THE MAPS ONLINE AND I LOOKED AT THE AGE GROUP EQUITY MAP AND HE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. I WAS LIKE GOOD FOR HIM. YOU KNOW HE HE THEY ARE THEY IN PEMBROKE PINES AND THERE IN MIRAMAR THERE'S A LOT OF MILLENNIALS IN THE WESTERLY PART OF THE COUNTY. AND SO I WANTED TO TEST IT EVEN FURTHER SO I WENT TO DAVIE BECAUSE I KNOW DAVID BEST AND I WENT AND I I USED THE AGE GROUP FOR THE MORE MATURE GROUPING AND OF COURSE THERE IN PINE ISLAND RIDGE JUST LIKE I KNEW THEY WOULD BE. AND I WANTED TO SEE WHAT MY NEIGHBORHOOD WAS AND MINE WAS NOT AN EQUITY NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH I KIND OF KNEW BECAUSE IT'S RATHER HOMOGENOUS. AND SO THE MAPS WERE GREAT AND IT REALLY IMPRESSED AND THE ONE THING THAT I REALLY LIKED AND THEY ADMITTED SOMETHING THAT THEY PROBABLY SHOULDN'T HAVE WHICH WAS THAT THE DATA GENERATED TO TO THESE MAPS IS NOT A MOTIVATION FOR PROJECTS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK UP AFTERWARDS AND ANYBODY WHO SAYS OTHERWISE IS LYING AND THEY ACTUALLY ADMITTED TO THAT AND THEY SAID IT WAS GREAT THAT THEY USED THE DATA GENERATED FROM THESE MAPS FOR ALL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD INCLUDING THE TIGER GRANT TO SHOW THAT THERE IS AN EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION IN BROWARD COUNTY AND THEY WERE EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND I THINK STAFF DID A GREAT JOB. I ACTUALLY TOLD MR. STUART IN CONFIDENCE THAT I HAD A REALLY ENJOYABLE EXPERIENCE GOING THROUGH I STATE FOR THE WHOLE THING ON MONDAY AND ALL THING ON ON TUESDAY AND I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND I SAID I GUESS THAT MAKES ME MENTALLY ILL AND BUT THEY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE TO AUDIT WERE GENUINELY HAPPY WITH THE WORK THAT WAS BEING DONE. AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE EVEN GOING TO HAVE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS WHICH WOULD BE PHENOMENAL. EVERYBODY GETS THOSE. EVERYBODY DOES. I DON'T THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA GET ONE AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS TELLING ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF STAFF IS IT HAPPENS EVERY FOUR YEARS BUT OUR CLOCK DOESN'T START UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY GIVE US THE CERTIFICATION. SO I WANT THEM TO WAIT SIX MORE MONTHS SO WE GET FOUR AND A HALF YEARS. I'M GAME WITH THAT AND THAT'S OK. THANK YOU BRIAN. I MADE MY COMMENTS BUT I WOULD JUST SAY THAT TWO VISUALS OR REPORTS THAT SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE I THINK ONE OF THEM. CHRIS. 
          CHRIS DID A REPORT ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF THE MPO. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO EVERYBODY ELECTRONICALLY. WE SENT IT OUT TO EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD. 
          IT'S VERY RICH AND VERY DENSE BUT VERY CLEAR ONCE YOU GET INTO IT TO LOOK AT HOW WE MEASURE OUR OWN PERFORMANCE. THE OTHER PART WAS SOMETHING PAUL FLAVIEN DID WHICH I WISH WAS STILL HERE WAS JUST A WHAT YOU CALL A BOARD AMOUNT BOARD YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT. WELL IT'S BACK THERE. IT BREAKS DOWN DADE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY ON SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEASUREMENTS. NO. NO BUT SHE'S HOLDING IT UP IN THE BACK. AND I WOULD I WISH YOU WOULD SEND THAT OUT EVERYBODY ELECTRONICALLY. HIGHEST MEDIAN AGE IS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY. THAT SURPRISED ME. BUT WHAT I FOUND MOST INTERESTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT IT TALKS ABOUT LANGUAGE AND IT'S 40 PERCENT OF BROWARD COUNTY WHERE ENGLISH IS NOT THE PREDOMINANT LANGUAGE. NOW THAT THE NUMBER IS SHOCKING BUT IT SHOULDN'T BE. MOST OF US KNOW OUR COMMUNITIES BUT IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT WE'RE INVOLVED OR I AM I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OUT ONE ON ONE WITH SUPERINTENDENT [INAUDIBLE] 40 PERCENT OF MY POPULATION DOESN'T SPEAK ENGLISH AT HOME. THE CHILDREN THAT ARE GOING TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE NOT GOING TO BE PREPARED TO GO TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THESE ARE REALLY ISSUES THAT THIS INFORMATION THAT PAUL AND OTHERS HAVE GATHERED IS USEFUL IN SO MANY WAYS OTHER THAN JUST IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. SO IF YOU WOULD ERICA SEND THAT OUT TO THE MEMBERS I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS TO THE STAFF WHICH WHO FILLED THIS ARENA. 
          VICE MAYOR GREEN YOU'VE BEEN VERY PATIENT UNLIKE YOU BUT YOU HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT. I'VE ALREADY GIVEN THE SPEECH TWICE. FIRST OF ALL I WANTED TO MENTION THAT I THINK IN HOLLYWOOD ONE OF YOUR LANGUAGES THAT SPOKEN AT HOME IS RUSSIAN. 
          YES. AND THAT THAT SURPRISED ME I FOUND OUT BY GOING INTO A GROCERY STORE IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF HOLLYWOOD. IT WAS AMAZING. YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS IN THE GROCERY STORE WERE WRITTEN IN THE CYRILLIC ALPHABET. SO WHO KNEW. I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND YOUR ORGANIZATION FOR SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB. AND WE KNEW IT 
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ALL ALONG. NOW THEY KNOW IT AND I HOPE WE WILL GET SOME INFORMATION ABOUT IT ONLINE THAT WE CAN USE IN OUR CITIES. WE'LL MAKE SURE WE PUSH THAT OUT. AND FINALLY SINCE WE DID MENTION QUIET ZONES I JUST WANTED TO ASK. I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT HAPPENS ANYMORE. I'VE GIVEN UP. DON'T DO THAT. DON'T GIVE UP. BUT I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF OUR RAIL CROSSING GATES AND I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOME OF OUR GATES WERE UNFINISHED I THOUGHT YOU KNOW THEY HAVE TO PUT ANOTHER PIECE ON IT. AND I WAS TOLD THESE ARE PEDESTRIAN GATES NOT TO BLOCK TRAFFIC BUT TO BLOCK PEDESTRIANS WHICH SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THE DUMBEST THINGS I'VE EVER HEARD OF. YOU TAKE ONE STEP AND WALK AROUND IT AND BIKES GO AROUND IT AND SMALL CARS GO AROUND IT. 
          SO NOT BLOCKING THE ROADWAY JUST BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK IS NOT REALLY MAKING A LOT OF SENSE TO ME. I WAS TOLD THAT IT'S NOT A DANGEROUS ENOUGH INTERSECTION TO WORRY ABOUT IT. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY PLANS IN THE FUTURE TO COME UP WITH SOME OTHER WAY TO KEEP ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM RUNNING AROUND THE EDGE OF THIS LITTLE SHORT THING THAT COMES DOWN. SO VICE MAYOR JUST SO YOU CAN SHARE WITH THE REST OF EVERYBODY ELSE THAT WE HAVE THESE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES THE PEDESTRIAN GUARDS WERE ACTUALLY DESIGNED KNOW THAT WAS PART OF TRYING TO GET THE QUIET ZONE INTO PLACE. VIRGIN TRAINS RECEIVED A [INAUDIBLE] GRANT ALONG WITH THE CITY'S ARE YOU ALL COMMITTED TO FUND THAT SHARE THAT LOCAL SHARE THEY DID RECEIVE THAT SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL CROSSINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE PUT IN. THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE QUIET ZONE REQUIREMENTS. THEY'RE JUST ADDITIONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT. SO THE PARTICULAR STREET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT I'M REALLY FAMILIAR WITH BECAUSE I WALK IT AS WELL. YOU GO AROUND THE EDGE REALLY I'M NOT GOING TO SAY BECAUSE THAT'S TRESPASSING BUT YOU COULD. SO THE REALITY IS IS I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND BUT THAT WAS WHAT WAS REQUIRED TO MEET THE FEDERAL AROUND THE ADMINISTRATION'S QUIET ZONE CALCULATOR. AND SO WE HAD TO DO WHAT WE HAD TO DO. SOMETIMES IT'S QUESTIONABLE SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT IT AND GO GOSH THAT MAKES NO SENSE BUT IT DOES TO SOMEBODY IN WASHINGTON AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ULTIMATELY DECIDE. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. THAT'S THAT AGAIN THAT PARTICULAR CROSSING IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE AREAS WHERE I BELIEVE THEY'RE GOING TO PUT NEW EQUIPMENT IN AS WELL WITH THE NEXT AWARD THAT CAME OUT SO. BUT THAT'S NOT MONEY COMING OUT OF THIS MPO'S BUDGET IS ACTUALLY COMING UP DIRECTLY FROM USDOT. AND OF COURSE YOUR GENERAL FUND AS WELL. SO THANK YOU FOR FOR DOING THAT. BUT IT WILL BE HAPPENING SO YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT OF OTHER LOCATIONS. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT. BECAUSE THAT'S SIGNIFICANT. OK. I HAVE A PRESENTATION. YES. IF WE'RE DONE. 
          [8. Executive Director’s and Legislative Reports]
          [A.  Report from Partner Agencies - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - Design Project Update for the Widening of Sawgrass Expressway From South of Sunrise Boulevard to North of Commercial Boulevard]
MR. CHAIRMAN A DESIGN PRESENTATION ON THE WIDENING OF SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD AND TERESA PRICE IS GOING TO MAKE A PRESENTATION. VICTORIA WILLIAMS WITH THE TURNPIKE. I'M YOUR LIAISON AND I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT MANAGER TERESA PRICE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF THIS WIDENING FROM SAWGRASS. A COUPLE MONTHS AGO THE BOARD. UPON YOUR REQUEST YOU WANTED AN UPDATE. SO SHE'S HERE TO PROVIDE THAT FOR YOU. SHE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION AND I THANK YOU GOOD MORNING. GOOD ORNING. SO WE ARE HERE TO PROVIDE A PROJECT UPDATE AS VICKIE SAID FOR THE WIDENING OF OUR SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. OUR FPID NUMBERS OUR FINANCIAL PROGRAMMING IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 4 3 7 1 5 5 - 1 AND OF COURSE WE ARE IN BROWARD COUNTY. 
          ALL RIGHT. HERE WE GO. SO A PART OF OUR UPDATE TODAY WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. LOOK AT OUR RECOMMENDED PD AND E IMPROVEMENTS DISCUSS OUR [INDUBIBLE] INTERCHANGE PARTNERSHIP AND THEN OUR DESIGN PRODUCTION SCHEDULE SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PROJECT ABOUT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO HERE WE'RE SHOWING A FLOW 
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CHART THAT BASICALLY GIVES YOU STEP ONE STEP TWO STEP THREE STEPS FOUR STEP FIVE. 
          SO WE'LL GO FROM PLANNING TO CONSTRUCTION. OUR PLANNING CAN TAKE YEARS AND THAT MEANS LOOKING AT FEASIBILITY STUDIES AND BASICALLY DETERMINING WHETHER OR NOT A PROJECT IS WARRANTED OR NOT. ONCE THE DEPARTMENT AGREES THAT YES THIS IS A PROJECT THAT WE WANT TO DO WE THEN GO INTO OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDY OR WHAT WE WHAT IS KNOWN AS A PD AND E STUDY WHERE THEN WE WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM OUR IN-HOUSE DESIGN TEAM AND BASICALLY LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHAT IS THE BEST SOLUTION TO MEET THE PROBLEM OR THE PURPOSE THAT WE NEED TO DESIGN THE PROJECT FOR. THAT INVOLVES PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS AND THEN AS WELL AS A PUBLIC HEARING. AND AT THE END THE PUBLIC HEARING WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT THE DEPARTMENT INTENDS TO CONSTRUCT FOLLOWING THAT PUBLIC HEARING. THEN WE MOVE INTO DESIGN WHICH INVOLVES A LOT OF DIFFERENT STEPS AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH DESIGN. WE THEN DETERMINE ARE THERE ANY RIGHT OF WAY ANY ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY THAT THE TURNPIKE OWNS AND IF THAT IS SO THAT WE NEED ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY THEN WE GO THROUGH OUR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS WHICH CAN ACTUALLY TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS FOLLOWING ALL OF THAT WE THEN COMPLETE OUR FINAL DESIGN. WE THEN PUT OUR FINAL PLANS TOGETHER. WE WE AWARD THE WE LET THE PROJECT MEANING THAT WE PUT IT OUT TO BID. WE THEN AWARD THE PROJECT AND THEN CONSTRUCTION BEGINS AND THAT CAN TAKE A COUPLE OF SIX SIX MONTHS IT COULD TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS SEVERAL YEARS DEPENDING UPON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE PROJECT. FOR THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WIDENING PROJECT. WE HAVE COMPLETED THE PD&E ANY STUDY AND CURRENTLY AS SHOWN IN THE RED BOX WE ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE FOR THIS PROJECT. SO HERE WE'RE ACTUALLY SHOWING YOU THE LENGTH OF THE PROJECT. AGAIN AS I STATED BEFORE WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR PD&E STUDY. WE HAD OUR PUBLIC HEARING IN JANUARY OF 17 AND OUR DOCUMENT WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED IN JULY OF 2017 WHICH IS A STATE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT CALLED A SEIR WHERE WE BASICALLY ARE PUBLICLY DOCUMENTING WHAT WE INTEND TO BUILD AS A RESULT OF GOING THROUGH OUR PD&E PROCESS FOR THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. IT WAS ONE PD&E DOCUMENT THAT WAS ACTUALLY FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THAT YOU'VE SEEN SHOWN IN THREE DIFFERENT COLORS WE'RE SHOWING THREE DIFFERENT COLORS BECAUSE THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY GOING ON RIGHT NOW. SO AT THE TOP GOING WEST GOING SOUTH KIND OF IN THE PINK WE ARE ACTUALLY DESIGNING THAT PORTION OF THE PROJECT. IT IS ONGOING AND IT'S FROM NORTH OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD TO U.S. 441 OR STATE ROAD 7. THAT PROJECT IS SLATED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN CALENDAR YEAR FEBRUARY OF 20 22. SO OUR FISCAL YEAR 2023 SO DESIGN IS CURRENTLY GOING ON. WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE SEEING OUR PHASE 2 PLANS AROUND THAT MAY JUNE OF THIS YEAR AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE DESIGN IS CONCERNED. THE LIGHT ORANGE PROJECT IS ALSO THE DESIGN IS GOING ON AS IT'S ONGOING. AND THAT'S FROM NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO NORTH OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD. I WANT TO NOTE HERE THAT PREVIOUSLY THIS WAS ACTUALLY A PART OF THE BLUE PORTION TO THE SOUTH IN AN EFFORT TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT BASED UPON SOME THINGS THAT WERE GOING ON WITH WHAT THE SOUTHERN PART OF SAWGRASS WHICH WE WILL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT LATER. WE DETERMINED THAT WE SHOULD PEEL OFF THE THE NORTH PART OF THAT THAT ORANGE PART THERE THAT TWO ABOUT TWO MILES AND EFFORTS OF GETTING THE PROJECT GOING AS FAR AS WIDENING THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY BECAUSE IT IS NEEDED AND AS A RESULT OF THAT WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THAT AND PRIMARILY AROUND THE ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AREA THE BLUE PART THAT IS IN THE THE SOUTH. WE ACTUALLY HAVE RESTARTED THE DESIGN AND THAT BEGIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR. SO THAT DESIGN WAS ACTUALLY ON HOLD AND I'LL KIND OF SPEAK TO THAT HERE SHORTLY AND THAT'S FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO NORTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD. AND AGAIN IF YOU NEED ANY INFORMATION REGARDING THOSE PROJECTS THE FPID NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND THAT HELPS US TO GET YOU THE RIGHT INFORMATION ABOUT THE RIGHT PORTION OF THE PROJECT. SO JUST PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF PROJECT HISTORY. NOT SURE WHO'S BEEN HERE. I'VE ONLY BEEN WORKING FOR THE TURNPIKE FOR ABOUT A YEAR. SO JUST IN CASE THOSE THAT MAY NOT KNOW THE HISTORY. SO AFTER THE PD&E WAS COMPLETED OUR DESIGN TEAM BEGAN WORKING ON DESIGNING THE WIDENING OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AS WE WERE GOING 
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THROUGH THE DESIGN WE BEGAN TO HEAR FROM THE LOCALS THAT WE REALLY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AT THE PAT  SOLANO INTERCHANGE AS A RESULT OF THOSE COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THE LOCALS. WE BEGAN NEGOTIATIONS WITH OUR CONSULTANT TEAM TO BEGIN A PARALLEL DESIGN OF A FULL INTERCHANGE VERSUS THE PD&E RECOMMENDED ALTERNATE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WAS BASICALLY WIDENING THE EXISTING RAMPS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING THAT WE WERE GOING FROM 6 TO 10 LANES FOR THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. AS A PART OF THAT PROCESS WE HAD COME TO THE MPO BOARD MEETING. KIND OF GIVEN AN UPDATE LOOKING AT WHAT WAS GOING ON FROM A PROGRAMMING STANDPOINT AT THAT TIME THE BOARD REQUESTED TO THAT OF THE TURNPIKE TO DELETE THE PROJECT COMPLETELY. AT THAT TIME RIGHT OF WAY WAS PROGRAMMED IN FISCAL YEAR 19 AND CONSTRUCTION WAS PROGRAM IN FISCAL YEAR 21. AS A RESULT THE TURNPIKE INSTEAD OF DELETING THE PROJECT COMPLETELY OPTED TO DEFER PUSHING IT OUT TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WORK PROGRAM AND SO WE MOVED THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING FROM FISCAL YEAR 21 TO FISCAL YEAR 23 AS A PLACE HOLDER MEANING THAT WE INTEND TO CAN STILL CONSTRUCT THE PROJECT. AT THAT TIME DESIGN WAS ON THE WAY 15 PERCENT HAD BEEN COMPLETED AND ACTUALLY THE CONSULTANT HAD SUBMITTED WHAT WE CALL PHASE 1 PLANS OR 30 PERCENT 30 PERCENT COMPLETE PLANS THAT WE WORK OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE CONSTRUCTING FOLLOWING OUR WORK PROGRAM HEARING AND ALL THAT WAS GOING ON AND AND JUST REALLY REALIZING THAT WE REALLY WEREN'T HAVING CONSENSUS FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND MOVING THE PROJECT FORWARD IT WAS DETERMINED THAT ALL WORK WOULD STOP DESIGN WORK STOPPED COMPLETELY IN OCTOBER OF 2017 ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANT TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH OUR RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE PD&E. SO IF YOU REMEMBER FROM THE FLOWCHART WE HAD PLANNING WE HAD PD&E AND THEN WE GO TO DESIGN AND BASICALLY THE PURPOSE OF THE PD&E IS TO GIVE THE DESIGN TEAM. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING FROM A CONSTRUCTION STANDPOINT AND WHAT WE SHOULD DESIGN AND BUILD. SO HERE WE'RE SHOWING OUR EXISTING TYPICAL SECTION. EVERYONE'S DRIVEN AND I'VE DRIVEN IT A LOT HERE LATELY WHERE WE HAVE OUR EXISTING SIX LANES AND AGAIN THAT IS FROM SOUTH OF SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO SOUTH OF STATE ROAD 7 AND HERE WE'RE SHOWING OUR PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTION WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE WIDENING FROM 6 LANES TO 10 LANES. AGAIN THAT WILL BE THREE GENERAL PURPOSE TOLL LANES AND TWO EXPRESS LANES IN EACH DIRECTION NORTH AND SOUTH AS WE'RE SHOWING HERE. AND AGAIN THIS IS TO MEET THE TRAVELING DEMANDS THAT PLANNING OUR PROGRAMMERS HAVE LOOKED AT HOW THE GROWTH THAT IS HERE AND WHAT'S GOING TO BE NEEDED ON THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY HERE WE'RE SHOWING ACTUAL OUR EXPRESS LANE ACCESS POINTS AND WHAT WE CALL INGRESS AND EGRESS. THE BLUE ARROW SHOWS INGRESS OR HOW YOU ENTER INTO THE EXPRESSWAY AND THE RED ARROW SHOWS AN EGRESS AS FAR AS EXIT EXITING THE EXPRESSWAY AND SO WE HAD SIX EXPRESS LANE ENTRY EXIT POINTS. THOSE BEING AT NORTHWEST EIGHTH STREET OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD ATLANTIC BOULEVARD COOL RIDGE DRIVE AND UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND AGAIN THE MAP IS SHOWING THROUGH THE QUARTER WHERE THOSE ACCESS POINTS WILL BE I ALSO WANTED TO JUST KIND OF MAKE NOTE AS FAR AS THE EXPRESS LANES WE'RE GOING TO CONSTRUCT WITH THE ACTUAL WIDENING PROJECT BUT AS FAR AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EXPRESS LANES THAT WOULD BE DONE WITH A DIFFERENT PROJECT. SO WHEN WE BUILD THE ACTUAL WIDENING OF THE OF THE SAWGRASS FROM 6 TO 10 LANES THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OF THE EXPRESS LANES WILL BE AT A LATER DATE AND WOULD BE A DIFFERENT PROJECT THAT'S STILL BEING DETERMINED BY THE TURNPIKE. AS FAR AS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS SO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS WERE NOTED HERE IN OUR STARS THAT ARE ON THIS THE RED THE CORRIDOR. THE RED ISN'T THE CORRIDOR IS IN RED AND THE STARS ARE INDICATING WHERE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE. SO STARTING FROM THE SOUTH MOVING TO THE NORTH WE'VE GOT NORTH WITH NORTH WEST EIGHTH STREET WHICH WILL BE A NEW INTERCHANGE AND THERE WILL BE NO TRUCK ACCESS THERE. SUNRISE BOULEVARD WILL BE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS. PAT SOLANO AND AGAIN THESE ARE THE PD&E RECOMMENDATIONS. PAT SOLANO DRIVE WOULD BE ADDING SUPPORT ROADS AS WELL AS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS. OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD WILL BE MAKING INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN OUR WEST COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD WE WOULD BE MAKING INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS SO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PAT 
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SOLANO AS FAR AS OUR PAT SOLANO INTERCHANGE SO AGAIN AS I MENTIONED DESIGN WAS PUT ON A PAUSE IN OCTOBER OF 27 AND AGAIN WE WERE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS THE COUNTY CITY OF SUNRISE AND SO WE PUT A PAUSE ON THE DESIGN FOLLOWING THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL MEETINGS THAT TOOK PLACE AND IT WAS AGREED THAT WE WOULD ALL WORK TOGETHER AS FAR AS DETERMINING A SOLUTION THAT WOULD WORK. 
          ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT IS FROM A TURNPIKE STANDPOINT AND THE TURNPIKE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN OUR DISTRICTS THE OTHER DISTRICTS WITHIN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BECAUSE THE TURNPIKE. OUR REVENUE IS IS FROM THE TOLLS. AND SO WE CHOOSE NOT TO USE FEDERAL FUNDING. KUDOS TO THE STAFF HERE I USED TO BE A CONTRACTOR FOR THE MTA AND I'VE SAT THROUGH MANY REVIEWS AND I'VE NEVER HEARD A REPORT LIKE THAT WAS GIVEN TODAY. WHEN YOU USE FEDERAL MONEY YOU HAVE TO PLAY BY THEIR RULES. RIGHT. SO IF THEY TELL YOU TO HOP ON ONE FOOT YOU HOP ON THAT FOOT AND IF YOU HAVE TO SWITCH TO THE OTHER YOU DO THAT AS WELL AND YOU JUGGLE BALLS AT THE SAME TIME BECAUSE YOU'RE USING THEIR THEIR MONEY. AND SO AS A RESULT THE TURNPIKE. WE WE OUR REVENUE STREAM AGAIN IS FROM THE TOLLS. AND SO WE CLEARLY COMMUNICATED TO THE LOCALS THAT IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE AT PAT SOLANO THAT IT CANNOT INVOLVE FEDERAL FUNDING. WE ALSO COMMUNICATED AS FAR AS IF WE AGREE TO MAKE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS IN ADDITION TO THE RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE PD&E STUDY THAT WOULD REQUIRE A RE-EVALUATION SO IF WE CHANGE ANYTHING FROM WHAT WE TOLD THE PUBLIC THIS IS WHAT WE INTEND TO CONSTRUCT. NOW WE CHANGE OUR MIND. WE THEN HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO A RE-EVALUATION AND COMMUNICATE TO THE PUBLIC AGAIN GO THROUGH THAT WHOLE PROCESS A PUBLIC HEARING IN ORDER TO BUILD THOSE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A SYSTEMS INTERCHANGE JUSTIFICATION REPORT. SO AS A RESULT OF MOVING FORWARD AND DISCUSSING THIS PARTNERSHIP AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT IS A LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT HAS TO BE EXECUTED. AND SO THE DISCUSSIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE WITH OUR LOCAL LOCAL PARTNERS BE IN THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OF SUNRISE AND LOCAL STAKEHOLDERS BASICALLY HAVE BEEN FOR A FULL INTERCHANGE AT PAT SOLANO LOOKING AT KIND OF BUILDING WITH THE WIDENING OR A PHASED CONSTRUCTION APPROACH APPROACH BASED UPON WHEN FUNDING COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. AND AGAIN THE LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT HAS TO BE EXECUTED BY MAY 31ST OF 2019. SO WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW MEETINGS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN TO COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETINGS. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF LOT OF MOVEMENT THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. AND SO I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE DID RECEIVE A NOTICE OF INTENT. ONE OF THE REQUESTS THAT WE HAD ASKED FROM THE LOCALS IN ORDER FOR THE TURNPIKE TO STAY ON SCHEDULE WE HAVE CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 2023. WE HAVE TO DO WHAT WE HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW BECAUSE I'M ACTUALLY IN THE PROCESS OF NEGOTIATING WITH MY CONSULTANT FOR THE FINAL FOR THE FINAL DESIGN THE FULL DESIGN OF OUR SOUTH PORTION THAT PORTION THAT WE SHOWED IN BLUE. AND SO WE REALLY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTING AND WE HAD GIVEN A CHARGE TO THE LOCALS. ORIGINALLY IT WAS TO HAVE THE LOCAL FUNDING THE THE THE LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY THE END OF DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. WE HAD SINCE THEN HAVE EXTENDED THAT AND WE ASKED FOR JUST A LETTER OF INTENT BY MARCH 31ST. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE COUNTY AND IT WAS ON THE TWENTY NINTH I WANT TO SAY 28 OR 29TH FOR BROWARD COUNTY STATING THE INTENT WAS TO PROVIDE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION FOR FULL INTERCHANGE AT PAT SOLANO AND THAT THE LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT WOULD BE EXECUTED BY MAY 31ST OF 2019 THE TURNPIKE MANAGEMENT STAFF SO MY BOSS WAS AT THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER MEETING ON MARCH 28 AND ADVISED THE COUNTY THAT ALTHOUGH THE LETTER IS SENT IT DOES NOT LOCK THE COUNTY IN AS FAR AS COVERING THE FULL COST UNTIL THAT LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE COUNTY. AND SO THIS IS THE CURRENT DESIGN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR FOR THE FULL INTERCHANGE AT PAT'S SOLANO AND THE TOTAL COST FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION IS 56 MILLION AND THAT WOULD BE A 50 50 SPLIT MEANING THE TURNPIKE WOULD COVER 50 PERCENT AND THEN THE LOCALS WOULD COVER 
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50 PERCENT AND THE LOCALS WILL ALSO COVER ANY ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY MITIGATION THOSE ADDITIONAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE ADDITIONAL AREA NEEDED TO CONSTRUCT THAT FULL INTERCHANGE WOULD BE ON ON THE LOCALS SO HERE IS OUR DESIGN SCHEDULE THAT WE HAVE. AND SO YOU'RE SEEING WHAT WE CALL A NOTICE TO PROCEED AND WE WERE ACTUALLY SHOWING THAT TO BE DONE ALREADY WE'RE ACTUALLY WORKING ON IT NOW AS A RESULT OF ALL THE DISCUSSION IS TAKING PLACE. OUR STAFF HAS BEEN CHALLENGED TO BASICALLY DO A DUAL EFFORT FROM A SCOPING STANDPOINT SO THAT WE CAN GO EITHER WAY AND BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL AND GET THIS PARTY STARTED. AS FAR AS FINISHING OUR FINAL DESIGN FOR THE WIDENING OF THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND SO OUR DESIGN IS SHOWN IN ORANGE OR TOTAL OF ABOUT 12 MONTHS. THE REASON WHY THERE'S A GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO IS WE DO OUR DESIGN PRETTY MUCH UP TO ABOUT 60 PERCENT DESIGN. ONCE THAT HAPPENS THEN WE CAN REALLY IDENTIFY WHAT RIGHT OF WAY IS NEEDED AND THEN WE BEGIN OUR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION PROCESS. AND SO WE KIND OF JUST SLOW OUR DESIGN DOWN SO THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PERMITTING OUR RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY REVISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE TO THE FINAL DESIGN BASED UPON RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION OR A PERMITTING STANDPOINT AND THEN DESIGN RAMPS BACK UP ONCE OUR PERMITTING IS CLEARED AND THEN WE COMPLETE OUR FINAL DESIGN AND WE GO THROUGH PRODUCTION PRODUCTION BEING GETTING OUR PLANS READY AND THEN WE DO OUR LETTING AND THEN WE GO THROUGH ANOTHER THREE MONTH PROCESS AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL AWARDING PROCESS FOR FOR THE PROJECT. SO WHAT ARE OUR NEXT STEPS. SO KEY ELEMENT IF THERE ARE ANY ADDITIONAL PIGMENTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE MADE SO THE FULL INTERCHANGE AT PAT SOLANO AND IT'S BEEN CLEARLY COMMUNICATED WE MUST HAVE THE LOCAL FUNDING AGREEMENT EXECUTED AGREEMENT BY MAY 31ST 2019 AS THAT IS GOING ON AT THE TURNPIKE WE ARE STILL OUR DESIGN HAS RESTARTED. WE'RE GETTING THE TEAM BACK UP TO SPEED. GOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THAT AS WELL AS WORKING ON OUR SCOPE AND NEGOTIATING WITH OUR CONSULTANT IN ORDER TO DO OUR FINAL DESIGN ELEMENTS FOR THE ENTIRE PROJECT AND CURRENTLY IT'S LOOKING LIKE WE WILL HAVE A FULL INTERCHANGE AT PAT SOLANO. AND THEN ONCE WE'VE ONCE WE GOT THAT DONE WE WILL THEN START OUR POND SITING ANALYSIS IDENTIFYING ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS WHICH WE KNOW THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS AND EVEN MAYBE LOOKING AT EXPEDITING THE SCHEDULE AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE KIND OF SHOWED THIS EVERYBODY WENT LIKE OH MY GOSH. BUT AS WE GET FULL BUY IN AND WE'RE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS THEN HOPEFULLY WE CAN MAYBE SHRINK IN SOME OF THE SCHEDULE PARTICULARLY WITH RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. AND JUST LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN PULL THE SCHEDULE IN ONCE WE KNOW FOR SURE WHAT WE'RE CONSTRUCTING AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO TO A GREAT PARTNERSHIP AND GETTING THIS MUCH NEEDED PROJECT CONSTRUCTED. THAT'S A VERY COMPOEHENSIVE REPORT. LET'S SEE IF MR. SCOFIELD LIKES IT. 
          THANK YOU. YES SIR. FOR DOING THIS. I INFORMED MY CITY MANAGER THIS REPORT WAS COMING UP AND HE SENT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HERE TO MAKE SURE TO GET A FULL REPORT ON IT. WE'LL LET YOU GUYS KNOW ANYTIME YOU NEED TO MEET WITH MYSELF OR OUR CITY STAFF WE'RE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE ANY TIME. THANK YOU TO THIS COUNTY COMMISSION AGAIN FOR MOVING THIS FORWARD AND COOPERATING. JUST AN EXAMPLE. 
          IN A YEAR AND A HALF I ASKED MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE TO TAKE THIS OUT OF THE PLANS AND DELETE IT AND YOU'RE ALL GOING TO BE LIKE I HAD THREE HEADS WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THIS IS WHY WE STRONGLY ARE SITTING STRONGLY FELT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT FOR PAST TO LEARN THAT THAT HAD A FULL INTERCHANGE DOING WHERE WE FELT WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE ACROSS WAS TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE TO TAKE THIS OUT OF PLANS AND YOU SUPPORTED ME AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED. IT CAME BACK AND WE'RE FINALLY GETTING WHAT WE FEEL IS NEEDED. I UNDERSTAND EACH CITY IS DIFFERENT. I MENTIONED BEFORE. I MEAN EVEN GOING TO DEERFIELD YOU'RE FARTHEST AWAY FROM ME. I MET WITH THE STAFF ON YOUR 10TH STREET PROJECT. THEY ASKED TO MEET WITH ME I MET WITH WITH THEM AT MY CITY. EVEN THOUGH IT'S FAR AWAY BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WHEN I WALK IN THE DOOR IT'S A COUNTY HAT REGIONAL HAT NOT A CITY HAT ANYMORE. SO I WOULD CERTAINLY SUPPORT YOUR PROJECTS. ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN MY CITY THAT YOU 
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IF YOU FEEL FEEL FEEL LIKE YOU NEED SOMETHING YOU DON'T NEED SOMETHING. YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW I WOULD SUPPORT YOU GUYS FOR THAT. SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE FULLY IN SUPPORT OF A CONCURRENT EXPANSION OF THAT INTERCHANGE NOT COMING BACK LATER AND SAY WELL WE'LL DO THIS AND COME BACK LATER DO THAT. WE REALLY PREFER AND SUPPORT CONCURRENT AND I KNOW THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND OUR CITY HAS PARTICIPATED IN THAT AGREEMENT THAT YOU WANT, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING. WE CAN'T COVER ALL BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN AS A CITY TO SUPPLY WHATEVER FUNDS WE CAN. I KNOW THE COUNTY IS COMING UP WITH THE REST. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THAT. AND AGAIN OUR DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN. AND I IF I WASN'T CLEAR I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THE LETTER DID CLEARLY STATE THAT IT WAS WITH THE WIDENING PROJECT SO IT WOULD NOT BE A PHASED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT BUT IT WOULD BE THE FULL INTERCHANGE WITH THE WIDENING PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR. AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A LITTLE CONFUSING BUT IT WAS CLEARLY COMMUNICATED IN THE LETTER AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY PREPARED QUITE A WHILE BUT IT WAS PREPARED BEFORE WE GOT THE LETTER SO WE WERE TRYING TO YOU KNOW KIND OF BE AS AS ACCURATE AS WE COULD BE. BUT IT IS CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD THAT IT WOULD BE FULL INTERCHANGE WITH THE WIDENING PROJECT WOULD NOT BE A PHASED APPROACH. THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU. NO SPEAKERS THE NEXT THREE SPEAKERS MAYOR GANZ, COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE AND COMMISSIONER HOLNESS. THANK YOU. IT'S INTERESTING THIS IS CALLED THE WIDENING PROJECT. IT LOOKS TO ME THIS IS AN EXPRESS LANE PROJECT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM 6 LANES TO 10. THREE GENERAL WHICH IS WELL IT'S EXISTING AND ALL YOU'RE ADDING ARE THE EXPRESS LANES. SO WHILE THIS IS TECHNICALLY A WIDENING THIS IS REALLY AN EXPRESS LANE PROJECT AND I FULLY SUPPORT HAVING THAT FULL EXCHANGE THERE SOLARNO. SO. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT LOOKING AT THIS I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE THE NO TRUCK ACCESS POLICY ON YOUR EXPRESS LANES THERE ON THE SAWGRASS YES. YES. OK. SO REALLY WHAT THE RESIDENTS ARE GETTING ARE TWO ADDITIONAL LANES THEY HAVE TO PAY EXTRA TO USE AND ALL THE TRUCKS ARE STILL GOING TO BE IN THE EXISTING LANES THAT ARE THERE NOW. THEY WOULD CHOOSE TO USE AND SO EXPRESSLY MEANS THAT THEY HAVE THE CHOICE TO USE IT AND THEY HAVE TO USE IT. RIGHT. THEY DON'T HAVE THE ACCESS TO USE IT AT FREE WILL THEY HAVE TO PAY EXTRA IN ORDER TO USE IT ON TOP OF WHAT THEY'RE ALREADY PAYING. AGREED SIR. YES OK. SO THIS IS LIKE I SAID THIS IS NOT A WIDENING PROJECT. THIS IS AN EXPRESS LANE PROJECT. CALL IT WHATEVER YOU WANT. THAT'S WHAT THIS IS. I THINK THAT MENTALITY OF KEEPING THOSE EXPRESS LANES IN THAT POLICY IN PLACE OF HAVING NO TRUCK ACCESS DOES A DISSERVICE TO THE REGION. THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO GET TRAFFIC AND ESPECIALLY SOME OF THE INDUSTRIAL THAT WE HAVE IN THE AREA THROUGH OUR REGION AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BY LIMITING THAT. THIS IS NOTHING BUT A GOLD RUSH FOR ALL OF YOU. AND IT REALLY DOESN'T SERVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          AND REALLY WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING HERE REGIONALLY IN MY OPINION. SO MOVING FORWARD ON THIS THAT POLICY NEEDS TO CHANGE ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO CONNECT IT SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE. HI. 
          HELLO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR OTHER COMMENTS. BUT I'M A LITTLE BIT UNCLEAR AT THE END. COULD YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IT IS SO CLOSE TO AND I KNOW I'M LOOKING AT IT FROM A COUNTY PERSPECTIVE BUT AT THE SAME TIME. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE PICTURE. THIS WAY. NO ONE MORE BUT THE ACTUAL WHERE WHERE THE SEGMENT THE WHOLE TURNPIKE THE WHOLE THING. THE WHOLE THING. OK. YES. 
          YEAH. I JUST WOULD LIKE COME BACK ONE RIGHT HERE. NO. THE PICTURE ITSELF WITH THE PURPLE. NEXT SLIDE. THE MASTER. OK. GOT THAT ONE. OK. YES MA'AM. OK. JUST EXPLAIN THE END. YOU'RE PUTTING END PROJECT RIGHT THERE. OH THAT WOULD JUST BE NOT TO MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING AFTER THIS. SO THIS IS FOR THE THE FUNDING THAT WE HAVE FOR THE  IMPROVEMENTS SO FAR AND AS FAR AS WHAT'S DESIGN WHAT'S IN DESIGN AND WHAT'S GONNA BE CONSTRUCTED. SO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE WHEN YOU'RE WHEN THAT IS WHY IT'S GONNA BE THE TO THE EXISTING THAT WOULD BE. ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE THAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT IN COCONUT CREEK OR AT LEAST OUR AREA AND SOMETHING I WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR LOOKING AT. YES MA'AM. 
          THERE WAS ANOTHER PE&E STUDY THAT'S ONGOING RIGHT NOW THAT PICKS UP WHERE THIS 
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STUDY ENDED AT STATE ROAD 7 AND ACTUALLY GOES ALL THE WAY TO PAST THE TURNPIKE TO TIE INTO 10TH STREET. [INAUDIBLE] OH YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUTH OF THIS PROJECT? NO I'M TALKING ABOUT LIKE PARKLAND WHERE  THE PROJECT ENDS UP ON TOP. AND WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THERE IS A STUDY. THERE'S ANOTHER PE&E STUDY SIMILAR TO THE ONE. THAT WILL CONNECT TO TENTH STREET. THAT ACTUALLY CONNECTS TO 10TH STREET. [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE RECORD. CAN YOU NAME. OH I'M SORRY. MY NAME IS ROBERT [INAUDIBLE] I'M WITH THE FIRM [INAUDIBLE]. I'M THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE TURNPIKE AND I ACTUALLY DID THE 18 MILE STUDY. YES I AM SURE THAT I WAS STAFF IS AWARE OF IT BUT I WASN'T AND I JUST WANTED TO GET AN EXPLANATION. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HOLNESS AND THEN COMMISSIONER FURR. THANK YOU. YES SIR. 
          GREAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SIR. SEEMS AS THOUGH YOU JUST GOT THERE. YOU SAID ONE YEAR. YES SIR. VERY POLISHED, VERY WELL DONE. THE STUDY THAT YOU DID DIDN'T FIND A NEED FOR A FULL EXCHANGE AT PAT SOLANO. CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. 
          YES SIR. AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO FUND IT IF WE WANT IT. 
          IT'S BASED UPON. SO WE DO TRAFFIC. WE LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC WE LOOKED AT TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS AND SO BASED UPON FROM A TRAFFIC PROJECTION STANDPOINT. AND IF I'M CORRECT THE COUNTY DID A REPORT AS WELL AS FAR AS LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC AND THE TRAFFIC DEMANDS DO NOT WARRANT. I WON'T SAY SO FOR THE TURNPIKE. WE HAVE BOND HOLDERS RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO GIVE JUSTIFICATION FROM A BENEFIT COST STANDPOINT THAT WOULD WARRANT SPENDING FUNDS FOR A PARTICULAR PROJECT AND BASED UPON THAT BENEFIT WHAT WE WOULD COSTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT TO PAYING IT 100 PERCENT. THE BENEFIT AS FAR AS THE REVENUE THAT WOULD COME FROM IT. IT DID NOT MEET OUR CRITERIA IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT THE FULL INTERCHANGE AND THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED HAVING THE DISCUSSIONS FROM A PARTNERSHIP STANDPOINT THAT WITH THE LOCALS THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE LOCAL PARTICIPATION. SO PREVIOUSLY THERE WAS NO COMMITMENT FROM THE TURNPIKE TO NOT CONTRIBUTE ANY FUNDS AT ALL. AND AS THOSE DISCUSSIONS CONTINUED ON FROM OCTOBER 2017 THE TURNPIKE THEN SAID OK WE'RE HEARING THE NEED WE WILL AGREE TO PAY 50 PERCENT. SO WE WENT FROM ZERO TO 50 PERCENT. AND SO WE'VE MADE THAT COMMITMENT TO PAY THE 50 PERCENT BECAUSE OF THE THE NEED REGIONALLY AND BEING A REGIONAL PARTNER. AND THAT 50 PERCENT IS OF APPROXIMATELY 56 MILLION DOLLARS. YES SIR AND THAT WOULD BE TO COVER DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. YES SIR. 
          LET ME ASK YOU WHAT IS THE ADDITIONAL REVENUE THAT WILL BE GENERATED FROM THESE IN THESE EXPRESS LANES. LIKE YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER RIGHT NOW. I CAN'T. I'M SURE YOU HAVE SOME PROJECTIONS SOMEWHERE. YES SIR. VICTORIA WILLIAMS THE TURNPIKE LIAISON. THERE ARE SOME FINANCIAL RECORDS THAT WE CAN PROVIDE. AND I'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO BRING BACK TO GREG AND THE BOARD A LINK TO ALL OF THE INCOME CURRENTLY BEING EXPERIENCED AND SOME OF THOSE PROJECTIONS WE CAN PULL OUT FROM THE ANALYSIS FROM THE GROUP THAT THE TEAM THAT DOES THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY OKAY. AND WE'LL PROVIDE IT TO YOU SIR. LET ME ALSO ADD MY SUPPORT TO MAYOR BILL GANZ SUGGESTION THAT WE ALLOW FOR THOSE TRUCKS TO PAY SOME OF THAT TOLL SO IT'S NOT JUST TAXING OUR LOCAL FOLKS. AND I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE TO USE IT BUT YOU GUYS ALREADY KNOW WE'RE GOING TO USE IT. OKAY. EVEN WHEN WE DON'T NEED TO USE IT BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE THIS IDEA THAT WE NEED TO GO FASTER SO THAT WILL TRAP QUITE A BIT MORE MONEY I BELIEVE. AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO PUT 50 PERCENT IN BUT LET ME ALSO LET MY COLLEAGUES HERE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL AGREEMENT TO THE COUNTY DOESN'T AT LEAST NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE. NOT IN THE CONVERSATIONS THAT I HAVE BEEN HAVING AND THE MEETINGS THAT I'VE BEEN IN TO FUND THIS ADDITIONAL 28 MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY COMES OUT OF THE COUNTY FUND AND THE 28 MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR DISCUSSION WITH SUNRISE AND THEIR CITY MANAGERS PRESENTATION TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION THEY WERE WILLING TO OFFER 2 MILLION OUT OF THE PENNY SURTAX. THAT'S THE COLLECTIVE FUNDS FROM THE GROUP THE 
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REST OF IT WOULD BE BORNE BY THE COUNTY. THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR US TO COME UP WITH I BELIEVE AND I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE PEOPLE OF BROWARD COUNTY AGREED TO ADD THAT ADDITIONAL PENNY TAX AND I KNOW THEIR REVENUES GENERATED AS A RESULT OF IT FROM SAWGRASS BUT THE FOLKS WHO VISIT SAWGRASS ARE NOT JUST SUNRISE RESIDENTS. THE RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THIS COUNTY AND TOURISTS THAT VISITS US IN THE COUNTY BEING THE MAIN SUPPORTER OF TOURISM THROUGH A CONVENTION VISITORS BUREAU TOURIST DEVELOPMENT TAX FUNDS DO GENERATE MANY OF THESE VISITORS THAT COME TO BROWARD COUNTY. THE WHAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR HE SAYS. YES WE'RE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT I'M NOT THERE YET TO FUND THE 28 MILLION ON OUR SIDE UNTIL WE REACH SOME SORT OF AN AGREEMENT THAT'S COMPOEHENSIVE WITH THE CITY OF SUNRISE WE WE HAVE A BUNCH OF ISSUES THAT I BELIEVE WE NEED TO GET RESOLVED SOME DEVELOPMENTAL RIGHTS ON THAT SITE UH AND MANY OTHERS. THE SITE BY BB&T CENTER THAT WE WERE FREE WE'RE ABLE TO FREE UP AFTER WE GAVE AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF FUND INTO THE [INAUDIBLE] WHICH NOW MAY HELP US TO RECOVER SOME IF WE'RE ABLE DEVELOP THAT SITE AND DO SOME  WORKFORCE HOUSING SOMETHING THAT'S GREATLY NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN BROWARD COUNTY. BUT THAT 2 MILLION IS COMING OUT OF THE 2 MILLION THAT SUNRISE ACTUALLY OFFERED. IT'S COMING OUT A SURTAX NOT ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE AND THEY HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS IN IN LINE TO GET FUNDING FROM THE SURTAX ALSO. 
          SO WE WE HAVE WE HAVE WORK TO DO IN ORDER TO GET TO SOME RESOLUTION. IN MY MIND FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. COMMISSIONER FURR AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA. 
          CHAIRMAN BLATT. I APOLOGIZE. BUT JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT COMMISSIONER HOLNESS COMMENT WAS IN REFERENCE TO ABOUT THE TRUCKS. SIR IF I NEED TO CLARIFY SO MY NOTES ARE CORRECT ABOUT YOUR COMMENT BEING THE TRUCKS IN THE EXPRESS LANE OR THE NO TRUCKS INTERCHANGE. EXPRESS LANE. AM I CORRECT WITH THAT ASSUMPTION. 
          THE EXPRESS LANES. 
          USING EXPRESS LANES WHERE TRUCKS STATEWIDE ARE PROHIBITED FROM ENTERING OR USING THEM BECAUSE OF THEIR INHERENT LACK OF SPEED ABILITY TO STAY UP WITH FLOW. HOWEVER RECENT LEGISLATION QUICKLY TO BRING UP IS THAT THE THERE ARE SOME EXPRESS LANE RULES ABOUT CHARGING ADDITIONAL TOLLS. IF THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS ADEQUATE THERE WILL BE NO UP CHARGE. SO I DID NEED TO BRING THAT UP ABOUT THE FACT THAT LAST YEAR OUR FLORIDA LEGISLATURE MADE SOME NEW LAWS TO RECOGNIZE THAT IF ALL THE LANES ARE RUNNING SMOOTHLY WE SHOULD NOT BE CHARGING AN ADDITIONAL TOLL FOR THOSE EXPRESS LANES SO THAT THAT PARAMETER AND STATUE I BELIEVE WE HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD. 
          BUT I WILL AGAIN CERTAINLY BRING THAT TO THE MPO. 
          NEED TO REACT A LITTLE QUICKER.  I COULDN'T HEAR IT. THANK YOU. THE THE ISSUE WITH THE 8TH STREET NO TRUCK. 
          CAN YOU TELL US THE REASON IN 1 AND 2 HOW ARE YOU GONNA BE ABLE TO ENFORCE IT. THE BASICALLY 8TH STREET WAS WAS CURRENTLY NOT AN INTERCHANGE. WE LOOKED AT PLACING THAT END TO BE ABLE TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC OFF OF SUNRISE AND HELP DISTRIBUTE ESPECIALLY WITH THE BUSINESS AREA THAT'S IN THERE. THAT CONNECTION CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO THE EXPRESS LANES SO NOT ALLOWING TRUCKS ON THE EXPRESS 
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LANES YOU WOULD NOT HAVE AN EXPRESS LANE CONNECTION DIRECTLY THERE FOR  TRUCKS. IT DOES CONNECT FROM THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES TO GET OFF AND ON STATE STREET AS THERE IS NO EXPRESS LANE CONNECTION FURTHER SOUTH. BUT YOU WOULD NOT PERMIT TRUCKS IN THERE BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A DIRECT CONNECTION TO THE NORTH FOR THE EXPRESS LANES AND THAT'S WHY IT HAS THE NO TRUCK ACCESS. ALSO THE GEOMETRY IN THERE IS IT IS A LITTLE TIGHTER THAN A THAN A FULL INTERCHANGE.  AGAIN IF THE RULES ALLOWED IT TO HAVE TRUCKS THEN YOU'D HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT THE INTERCHANGE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE BIG TRUCKS. BUT BUT FROM A REGULATORY STANDPOINT YOU WOULDN'T PUT TRUCKS IN THE EXPRESS LANE AND IT'S SIGNED PROPERLY FOR THAT AND WE HAVE ENOUGH ROOM THAT IF YOU KNOW INADVERTENTLY A VEHICLE GOT IN THERE WE COULD GET IT OUT. BUT IT'S NOT FOR NORMAL OPERATION FOR TRUCKS. IT'LL BE SIGNED PROPERLY FOR THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FURR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SOFIELD. I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE AND APPLAUD YOUR PERSEVERANCE ON THIS AND YOUR DEDICATION TO GETTING THIS GOING. I DO THINK THE THANKS NEEDS TO GO TO THE CITIZENS OF BROWARD COUNTY THOUGH BECAUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY WHO AND WHO IN ESSENCE WILL BE FUNDING THAT THROUGH THIS SURTAX. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD PROBABLY WOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED HAD THAT NOT HAD THAT NOT PASSED BECAUSE THAT IS A AS YOU KNOW CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IN MANY INSTANCES MANY THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO GET DONE. NOW THERE'S A THERE'S A POTENTIAL FOR DOING IT. WHAT I HAD SEEN WHAT I WHAT CONCERNED ME ON THIS ON THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS THAT WEIRD. WE HAD ACTUALLY SEEN PROJECTS LIKE THE AMERICAN DREAM PROJECT GETTING LEAPFROGGED OVER PAT SOLANO BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDING THINGS THAT HADN'T WHERE THERE WASN'T EVEN A MALL WAS SUDDENLY GETTING APPROVED BEFORE THE PAT SOLANO WHERE WE'RE WHERE THERE IS A HUGE NEED FOR IT SIMPLY BECAUSE THE LOCAL FUNDING WAS NOT THERE. SO I THINK THIS THIS IS A YOU KNOW I'M OPTIMISTIC THAT WE'LL FIND THE RIGHT WAY TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN BUT IT DOES. IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE TO THE CITIZENS FOR BEING FARSIGHTED ENOUGH AND RECOGNIZING THE NEED WE'RE MAKING MOVE MOBILITY OF YOU KNOW A PRIORITY. MAYOR TRANTALIS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE. I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING HOW IT WORKS. MAYBE BECAUSE I'M NEW HERE BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE MONEY HERE. SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S A TOLL COLLECTED ON SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. SO WHEN YOU COME ON TO THE YOU COME ONTO THE ROAD YOU ASSESS THE TOLL. IF YOU THEN GO ONTO THE EXPRESS LANES YOU'LL BE CHARGED AGAIN. CORRECT. WHEN THEY ARE IMPLEMENTED. YES. YEAH. THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING. YES. YES. OKAY. SO. SO THOSE. 
          WILL THAT INITIAL TOLL BE INCREASED AS A RESULT OF THIS PROJECT. SO THE EXPRESS LANES WILL NOT BE IMPLEMENTED WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WIDENING PROJECT AND AT A LATER TIME. WE WOULD THEN DETERMINE WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED. AND AS WELL AS INFORMING HOW THEY'RE GONNA BE IMPLEMENTED HOW DO. I GET THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT THE I'M TALKING ABOUT THE NOT THE EXPRESS LANES I'M TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER LANES. WELL WHAT THE GENERAL. SO THE REGULAR TOLL LANES WILL THOSE BE INCREASED AS A RESULT. OH NO THAT'S NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. I'M NOT AWARE I'M NOT AWARE OF THAT. THANK YOU. YES THERE IS A STATUTE THAT MANDATES WHEN THE TURNPIKE REVIEWS THE PRICING STATEWIDE ON ALL OF THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES. SO IT WOULD NOT BE RELATING DIRECTLY TO THAT OTHER THAN AS A AS A MANDATE BY THE STATUES WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT FOR REPRICING FOR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX ETC.. OK BUT BUT THIS CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WILL NOT IMPACT THAT TOLL. NO SIR WE'RE NOT GIVEN ANY OPPORTUNITY TO REPRICE THOSE EXCEPT BY THAT STATUE. OK. WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR THAT THOUGH. SO ONCE THE EXPRESS LANES ARE ARE BUILT AND IMPLEMENTED AND THEY'RE RUNNING SO AND YOU'RE ASKING FOR A MATCH FROM THE AS YOU CALL IT THE LOCALS WHO SHARES IN THAT DO WE GET THAT MONEY BACK. THERE IS A STATUE THAT TALKS ABOUT THE ZONE THAT INCLUDES PALM BEACH BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE COUNTIES THOSE THREE COUNTIES ARE USED IN A CALCULATION FOR TOLL REVENUE SHARING AND THAT IS A SPECIFIC STATUTE THAT DEALS WITH THE ZONE OF THOSE THREE ENTITIES. BUT IS IT IN ANY 
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WAY RELATED TO THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE EXPRESS LANES OR IS IT JUST A A GENERIC COST OR INCOME SHARING PROCESS THAT YOU SPOKE OF EARLIER. THE STATUTE DEFINES HOW THE CALCULATION IS DONE AND IT DOES ALLOW FOR MAINTENANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC COSTS TO BE PAID FOR THE FACILITY RESURFACING ETC. TO BE PAID KIND OF LIKE OFF THE KIND OF COMES OFF THE TOP. YES SIR. AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE REST. THERE IS A CALCULATION OF REVENUE SHARING FOR THAT. I'M SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE STATUE IN FRONT OF ME BUT I KNOW THAT IT DOES REFERENCE THAT BUT WOULD YOU BE A 50 50 SHARING OF THAT THROUGHOUT THAT REGION IT'S NOT 50 50. I'M GOING TO JUMP IN ON THIS. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS IS SOMETHING I RESEARCHED WAY BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE FIRST DID THE MANAGE LANES DOWN IN MIAMI. THE STATUTE ACTUALLY WAS PUT IN BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION YEARS AGO THAT REVENUES RAISED ON ANY FACILITIES WOULD STAY WITHIN THAT REGION. SO MIAMI-DADE BROWARD AND PALM BEACH IS ONE REGION. SO. BUT WHAT IT ALSO ALLOWED FOR IS THE OFF THE TOP COSTS. SO LET'S SAY THE MANAGE LANES ONCE WE PAY THEM BACK THE COST OF THE STATE OR WHATEVER IT WOULD BE THEN AT THAT POINT YOU'D START SEEING THE WELL DOES THE STATE GET THEIR MONEY BACK FIRST BEFORE THE LOCALS GET THEIR MONEY. YES. NICE TRY. I MEAN I'M JUST TO ME THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE QUESTIONS. SO THEY WERE ASKED. WE WENT THROUGH THIS WITH THE WHEN WE WERE APPROVING OF THE MANAGED LANES ON 95 AND 75. RIGHT. SO THE ANSWER IS ONCE THE STATE TAKES THEIR SHARE OFF THE TOP AND THE COST OF ACTUALLY MANAGING AND WE PAY FOR THE REVENUES GENERATED FROM THE MANAGE LANES PAY FOR THE SUN PASS OPERATIONS DOWN IN MIAMI TO MONITOR FOR EMERGENCY TRAFFIC AND WHERE THE BREAKDOWNS ARE. THERE'S ALL THESE OFF THE TOP COSTS THAT HAPPEN. WE HAVEN'T SEEN OPERATIONAL [INAUDIBLE] HOW ABOUT I PUT IT TO YOU REALLY BLUNTLY. THERE'S NO MONEY COMING BACK YET. AND IT DOES SPEAK TO INVESTMENT REINVESTMENT IN THE AREA SHOULD IT BE NEEDED AND JUSTIFIED. SO THAT CALCULATION RETURNS THE FUNDING TO YOU FOR INSTANCE IN DOING THESE JOBS WE'RE DOING NOW SAWGRASS ETC.. THAT'S PART OF THE REPAYMENT. WELL BUT BUT ONCE THESE ROADS ARE BUILT AND THE SIGNAGE IS BUILT AND THE LANES ARE STRIPED AND ALL THAT STUFF WE DON'T HAVE TO REDO THEM FOR A WHILE. SO. 
          SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT REPAVING WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF MAINTENANCE. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JUST COLLECTING THE TOLL. AND AND AND AND PAYING TOWARDS ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS. SO I'M JUST WONDERING AT WHAT POINT CAN THE LOCALS START TO SEE A RETURN ON THEIR INVESTMENT IF AT ALL. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO BRING YOU SOME MORE DETAILS RATHER THAN SPEAKING GENERICALLY. I THINK IT'D BE VERY APPROPRIATE TO WORK WITH GREG ON PROVIDING THAT. YEAH WELL WE CAN WORK ON THIS WE'VE ACTUALLY ASKED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FLORIDA. YEAH I WANT TO REPEAT THAT I'M NEW SO IT MAY BE NAIVE. I'LL LET YOU KNOW. YEAH BUT I MEAN WE JUST. MAYOR WE ACTUALLY WE ASKED FOR THE REVENUE GENERATION FROM THE FROM THE MANAGE LANES IN BROWARD NON TURNPIKE AND THE DISTRICT IS COMMITTED THAT ONCE THEY HAVE EVERYTHING FULLY OPERATIONAL THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK AND PROVIDE US WITH THAT DATA. I MEAN WE JUST DON'T HAVE IT YET. THEY JUST OPENED THE MANAGE LANES. 
          REALISTICALLY THE 595 YOU CAN'T REALLY INCLUDE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE PRIVATE FIRM THAT ACTUALLY BUILT THAT ROAD AS PART OF THE P3. BUT THE MANAGED LANES ON I 75 AND THE MANAGED LANES ON I 95 SOUTH OF THE NEW RIVER. 
          THOSE WE SHOULD START HAVING REVENUE ESTIMATES RELATIVELY SOON. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THE REVENUES ARE AND WHAT THE EXPENSES ARE AND THEN MAYBE WE CAN GET TO WHERE THAT MONEY MIGHT. WELL WE'RE DIGGING. OK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CALETKA COUNCIL MEMBER FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER GOOD SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. GOOD. SO HERE COMES A HISTORY LESSON. I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS FOR QUITE SOME TIME. THE ACTUAL ANSWER WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR WAS IS SUNRISE AND THE COUNTY GOING TO GET A CHECK FROM THE TURNPIKE FOR THEIR 26 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT HE WAS ASKING. THE ANSWER IS NO THEY ARE NOT. BECAUSE IN THE STATE STATUTE ITSELF IT ACTUALLY SAYS THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE ONCE THEY MEET THEIR REQUIREMENT IS THEN THE REST OF THE REVENUE IS RETURNED IN THE AREA. THEY WILL NEVER SEE A PENNY BACK. 
          IT'S AN INVESTMENT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE. SO THAT'S THE ANSWER YOU WERE LOOKING FOR AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THE STATE STATUTE BECAUSE THAT'S THE FACT. BUT 50 PERCENT IS THE ACTUAL POLICY THAT THEY HAVE. AND I KNOW AT ONE POINT ONE OF THE INTERCHANGES THAT WAS PROPOSED WAS ON STERLING AND THE TURNPIKE AND THE SEMINOLE 
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TRIBE OF FLORIDA HAD ACTUALLY PROPOSED THAT BECAUSE THEY WANTED EASIER ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING THE TURNPIKE TO GET INTO THEIR CASINO AND SPEND MONEY AND THEY HAD AGREED TO PUT 50 PERCENT UP AS THEIR PART. AND THEN WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SAID THAT THEY WERE GOING TO START DOING ENGINEERING AND THEY NEEDED THEIR AGREEMENT. THEY SAID NO YOU SHOULD PAY THE WHOLE THING WE'VE CHECKED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE ANYTHING. THEIR CONTRIBUTION WAS LIKE ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS AND THEY SAID THEY WEREN'T GOING TO DO IT. SO THAT PROJECT NEVER WENT FORWARD FOR THAT REASON IT'S JUST THEIR POLICY WHEN THEY DID THE INITIAL STUDY FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOWS FOR THIS INTERCHANGE. IT WAS PRIOR TO SUNRISE APPROVING ALL OF THE LARGE DEVELOPMENTS OVER THERE. SO WHILE IT DID NOT MERITED AT THE TIME UNFORTUNATELY THEY WOULD REDID IT THEN IT PROBABLY WOULD HAVE AND THEN YOU WOULDN'T BE ON THE HOOK FOR SUCH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. WITH THAT BEING SAID EVERYBODY SAYS I THINK REGIONAL. I'M NEVER GOING TO GO TO THAT I WENT TO ONE TIME THE SAWGRASS MALL AND IT TAUGHT ME A LESSON NEVER TO GO BACK AGAIN AND HAD SUCH A HORRENDOUS EXPERIENCE BUT IT'S ONE IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST ATTRACTIONS THE STATE OF FLORIDA SECOND LARGEST AFTER DISNEY I BELIEVE IS IT. YEAH. PEOPLE BUY SUITCASES AND FILL THEM UP AND THAT'S GREAT. I'M GLAD THAT'S THERE AND I'M GLAD THAT I CONSIDER THAT AN AMENITY. NOT WE DON'T USE ALL THE AMENITIES BUT I WANT TO REALLY GIVE THANKS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU KNOW THEY PEOPLE LIKE ME WILL NEVER USE IT BUT I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT IS AN AMENITY WHETHER I USE CHOOSE TO USE IT OR NOT. EVERYBODY SAYS YOU KNOW I'M THINKING REGIONAL ON THIS BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE ACTUAL FEDERAL STATUTES CREATING MPOS ITSELF AND THAT IS IS THAT THE MPO IS MADE UP OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID EARLIER I KNOW DAVIE PROBABLY BETTER THAN ANYBODY IN THIS ROOM. YOU PROBABLY KNOW SUNRISE BETTER. YOU KNOW COOPER CITY THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S MADE UP OF LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THEY HOLD THAT SERIOUSLY. IN FACT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ACTUALLY REMOVED CERTAIN MPO BOARD MEMBERS IN THE OAHU MPO BECAUSE THEY HAD A STATE THEY HAD LIKE TWO STATE SENATORS ON THERE AND THEY SAID THOSE ARE NOT A LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THEY ACTUALLY CHANGED THE CONFIRMATION OF THEIR MPO BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET THE FEDERAL STATUTES AND THOSE STATE SENATORS WERE QUITE ANGRY THAT THEY WERE NO LONGER ON THEIR OWN. AS FAR AS THE TRUCKS ON THE EXPRESS LANES I WILL I WILL TELL YOU THIS THAT I WHEN THIS FIRST STARTED COMING UP I OBJECTED TO THESE THINGS AS WELL. YOU KNOW EVEN I THINK THEY HAD A NAME LIKE LEXUS LANES AT THE VERY BEGINNING AND NOW THESE ARE DOUBLE LEXUS LANES BUT IN REALITY WHAT CHANGED MY MIND IS WHEN THE TURNPIKE AND FDR PROVIDED ME THE DATA THAT SHOWS THAT THEY ACTUALLY INCREASED SAFETY BY LOWERING THE NUMBER OF CRASHES AND THEY ALSO INCREASE THE AVERAGE SPEED AT WHICH PEOPLE TRAVEL DURING PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES. THAT MADE ME A BELIEVER BECAUSE AT THAT TIME YOU KNOW IT IF IT INCREASED THE TRAVEL SPEED EVEN COMPARED TO NOT HAVING THEM. AND THAT'S THE KEY THING. IF YOU'RE MOVING PEOPLE AND MOVING GOODS BECAUSE EVERY MINUTE A TRUCK IS SITTING BURNING FUEL THAT'S THEY'RE GETTING ZERO MILES PER GALLON DURING TRAFFIC. BUT IT DID INCREASE SAFETY NET DID INCREASE THE AVERAGE SPEED OF VEHICLES MOVING AND ALSO TO END WITH THIS ONE OF OUR FEDERAL I MEAN ONE OF OUR STATE AGENDA ITEMS FOR OUR ADVOCATES IN TALLAHASSEE IS ACTUALLY TO CHANGE THE LEGISLATION SO THAT ALL OF THE LOCAL FUNDS THAT WERE DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA ARE ACTUALLY ALL OF THEM ARE REQUIRED TO BE SPENT HERE NOT JUST AFTER THEY GET THEIR REPAYMENT AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOES TO THE CENTRAL OFFICE. THAT'S ONE OF OUR ACTUAL AGENDA ITEMS THAT OUR ADVOCATES ARE WORKING ON. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GOOD. GOOD TO SEE YOU BACK. MISSED YOU THE LAST COUPLE. I KNOW. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. SO JUST VERY QUICK QUESTION ON THE MAP. I THINK IT'S PAGE 10. SO WHERE YOU'RE SHOWING THE AREA LET'S SAY UP NEAR PARKLAND AND YOU'RE SHOWING THE BLUE AND RED ARROWS. ARE THOSE GOING TO BE PROPOSED RAMPS EXITS? [INAUDIBLE]. THERE YOU GO. THIS ONE IS THE ONE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 10 I HAVE IT ON MY SCREEN SEPARATE FROM WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING. I KNOW AND AM I THE NUMBERS. THAT'S IT. 
          THAT'S IT. OK. THIS IS IT. I BELIEVE SO YES. NO NO. THIS IS ACTUALLY SHOWING THE ACTUAL EXPRESS LANE ENTRANCE AND AN EXIT OUT SO IT WOULDN'T BE RAMPS SO IT OPENS AS FAR AS LIKE YOU'D HAVE THE GENERAL PURPOSE TOLL ME. SO GENERAL TOLLING LANES AND THEN YOU'D HAVE THE TWO EXPRESS LANES AND WHERE THE ARROWS ARE SHOWN IT WOULD THEN BE JUST 
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WHERE THE GET WERE THAT WERE THE WHERE THE INGRESS AND EGRESS. SO WHERE THEY CAN INTERACT AND WHERE THEY CAN EXIT OUT. THAT'S WHAT THOSE AREAS. THERE'S NO PROPOSED EXPANDING FROM THE ACTUAL WIDTH IN OTHER WORDS ARE YOU GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO EXPAND ANY RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION AREA. SO THE WE SHOWED ANOTHER SLIDE. TRYING TO FIND AND I DIDN'T SEE A CLOSE UP THERE. HOLD ON. I THINK IT'S AFTER THIS ONE THIS ONE THIS IS WHERE WE'RE DOING INTERCHANGE  IMPROVEMENTS SO THIS WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY. OK. SO THESE ARE. IN NORTH AREA THERE. NOT IN THE AREA WHERE PARKLAND, CORAL SPRINGS. OH THAT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT. IT'S A DIFFERENT PROJECT FOR THAT PROJECT. WE WE ARE ONLY ACQUIRING ONE CAR SO IT'S NOT IN PARKLAND BUT IT'S NOT. BUT IT'S. SO THERE'S ONLY ONE PARCEL THAT'S BEING ACQUIRED FOR THE NORTHERN PART. SO THE REASON I'M ASKING IT IS PART OF YOUR SLIDE HERE. SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO THAT AREA THAT'S ADJACENT TO PARKLAND AND CORAL SPRINGS AND IF THERE WAS ANY WIDENING THERE BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA AND I WONDERED YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING. SO WE THE THE SLIDE THAT I SHOWED WITH THE THREE PROJECTS LET ME GO BACK TO THAT ONE. OK SO THAT'S THE PINK AREA THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT THERE. WE HAVE MET WITH THE CITY OF PARKLAND. WE WILL. IT'S THE SAME WIDENING 6 TO 10 LANES AND SO WE ARE VERY AWARE OF THE SCHOOLS WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING LOOKING AT HOW DO WE MAKE THE PROJECT FIT. AND WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC INFORMATION ON MEETING AFTER WE SUBMIT OUR PHASE 2 PLANS WE'LL BE GEARING UP FOR THAT PUBLIC INFORMATION. YOU NEED TO MEET WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BUT WE HAVE MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS THAT JUST ABUTS THAT. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOU INCLUDE. WITH REGARD TO THE EXPRESS LANES THEY'RE NOT CARPOOL LANES. CORRECT. THEY'RE JUST TRUE TRUE EXPRESS LANES. OK. AND I GUESS TO THE POINT AND THAT'S MY LAST POINT TO THE LEXUS LANES THAT YOU REFERRED TO. I KIND OF HAVING DRIVEN EXPRESS LANES IN MIAMI-DADE FOR 25 PLUS YEARS AND STILL DO. I REALLY YOU KNOW I GUESS EXPRESS LANES DO PROVIDE A PURPOSE BUT IF YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO DRIVE THEM YOU'RE GOING TO BE DRIVING WITHIN THE THE REGULAR LANES OF TRAFFIC AND AT CERTAIN POINT IT'S YOU KNOW I TRIED TO THINK YOU KNOW YOU KNOW WHO CAN AFFORD TO TO DO THAT. SOME SOME FAMILIES CANNOT. AND SO THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY SITTING IN TRAFFIC VERSUS THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD TO USE THE EXPRESS LANES WELL AND YOU KNOW SAWGRASS ALREADY HAS A TOLL AS THAT WAS MENTIONED AND YOU KNOW WE'RE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE YOU CAN'T DRIVE HIGHWAYS WITHOUT PAYING ANY SOME SORT OF TOLL. SO I THINK PHILOSOPHICALLY I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A PHILOSOPHICAL COMMENT BECAUSE I NORMALLY DON'T. I WOULD SAY THAT IT GETS TO THE POINT WHERE ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT EXPANSIONS FOR VIRTUE OF HAVING EXPANSIONS OF RIGHT OF WAYS. ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE TO HAVE EXPANSIONS THAT ONLY THOSE THAT CAN AFFORD TO RIDE THE EXPANDED LANES CAN USE THEM. SO THAT WAS MY POINT. THANK YOU. THE LAST THREE SPEAKERS APPEAR TO BE COMMISSIONER JAFFE, SOFIELD AND MAYOR ZIADE. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT. WE ARE GETTING CLOSE. IT'S ONLY MY SECOND MEETING WITH YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. THIS PROJECT 155 THERE'S NO FEDERAL FUNDING AND I UNDERSTAND THE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION FOR THE ROAD WIDENING INTERCHANGE AT THE PAT SOLANO. 
          WHAT IS THE TOTAL PROJECTED COST FOR PROJECT 155. SO WITHOUT THE IT'S AROUND 470 MILLION THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE FULL INTERCHANGE. THEN YOU WOULD THEN WELL END IT WOULD BE THE 56 PLUS THEN THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY COST WHICH WE STILL ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY COSTS WOULD BE. IS THAT CORRECT. 155 THE SOUTHERN PORTION. THE 155 THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS ABOUT 228  MILLION. 
          OK. IF YOU EVER IF YOU LOOK AT THE FULL 18 MILES. NO I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT PROJECT. 
          WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT 155 RIGHT NOW. YEAH IT'S LIKE 228 PLUS THE 56 FOR THE PAT SOLANO. PLUS THE 56 MILLION FOR THE PAT SOLANO. WHAT WAS THE FIRST NUMBER 228 MILLION PLUS THE 56. NOT INCLUDING THE PAT SOLANO. YEAH NOT INCLUDING THE PAT SOLANO. COMMISSIONER SOFIELD. AS YOU ALL HEARD I HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE JUST SAYING WE NEED WE NEED WE NEED CITY OF SUNRISE HAS STEPPED UP WITH TWO MILLION DOLLARS THAT'S ALMOST 5 PERCENT OF THIS PAT SOLANO PROJECT. OK SO I THINK WE'VE DONE PRETTY WELL. MR. CALETKA YOU'RE CORRECT. WE TRIED TO GET SOME SHARING OF THAT TOLLS. YOU SAID NO. OK WE'LL DO IT ANYWAY. WE FEEL IT'S 
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IMPORTANT. SUNRISE STEPPED UP. THE MONEY IS COMING FROM FUTURE SALES TAX DOLLARS. 
          DOESN'T MATTER WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. WE'RE COMMITTED. WE'RE NOT GOING TO KEEP THAT MONEY WHETHER IT'S GENERALS GENERAL DOLLARS OR SALES TAX DOLLARS. WE HAVE TO WE'RE WE'RE COMMITTING THIS DOLLARS SO WE'RE WE'RE PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS SO TO SPEAK AND WE FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE FEEL IS IMPORTANT. BUT 8TH STREET 25 THOUSAND PEOPLE A DAY COMING GOING IN THAT PARK THAT  PARK THERE WHICH IS WHY 8TH STREET IS NEEDED. TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT. THEY CAN COME IN 136 SUNRISE BOULEVARD. THE WORKERS THERE NEED A QUICK QUICKER IN AND OUT OF THAT PARK TO GO BACK HOME TO DAVIE TO WHEREVER THEY LIVE. SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY 8TH STREET WAS THROWN IN THERE. REAL QUICK I MENTIONED I MET WITH THE 10 STREET PROJECT NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET IN AND DEERFIELD AND COCONUT CREEK YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS FULL INTERCHANGE AT THE TURNPIKE AND 10TH STREET WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH WHAT I WAS WHAT WAS SHOWN. 
          SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT. KEEP THAT IN YOUR BACK POCKET POCKET WHEN IT COMES UP LATER. ALL RIGHT BECAUSE WE COULD BE DEALING WITH THAT IN 20 YEARS. 
          NOT TODAY NOT TODAY. THANK YOU. FOR ANOTHER DAY. STAY TUNED. MAYOR ZIADE. THANK YOU. SO I TOO AM EXTREMELY NEW HERE. I UNDERSTAND ALL THE BUDGETING AND EVERYTHING BUT I'M ALSO NOW SPEAKING AS A RESIDENT THAT WOULD COMMUTE DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AND DOWNTOWN MIAMI AND WEST MIAMI VERY REGULARLY. I USE THESE LANES ALL THE TIME AND I KNOW THAT MY EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS OTHER EMPLOYERS REIMBURSE FOR SOME OF THESE TOLLS SO I AM TOTALLY FOR IT. I JUST DON'T SEE HOW ANYONE SHOULDN'T BE. ASIDE FROM THE COST FACTOR WHICH IS APPARENT BUT FROM A COMMUTER STANDPOINT I MEAN IT'S IT'S ALMOST A NO BRAINER. YOU KNOW IT'S SITTING SITTING IN TRAFFIC AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY NO MATTER WHAT TIME OF DAY I WOULD GO DOWN TO MIAMI. IT WAS CRAZY AND I WOULD GLADLY PAY THAT AMOUNT TO GET HOME THAT I CAN SPEND TIME WITH MY FAMILY OR GET TO AN APPOINTMENT THAT I WOULD HAVE TO BECAUSE IT'S JUST I JUST I YOU KNOW I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE KIND OF ARE IN THEIR BUBBLE HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY BUT TRAVELING YOU KNOW BOTH COUNTIES ON A REGULAR BASIS THEY JUST DON'T SEE WHAT IT IS TO HAVE TO SCHLEP DOWN AT THE CRACK OF DAWN TO GET TO MIAMI FOR YOU KNOW A HEARING OR WHATEVER THE CASE WAS IN MY CASE IN PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW THAT OTHERWISE YOU COULDN'T AND THOSE EXPRESS LANES ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AND ARE UTILIZED SO MUCH MORE THAN THE REGULAR YOU KNOW I UNDERSTAND FAMILIES YOU KNOW FAMILIES GOING TO AND FROM DADE COUNTY AREN'T ALWAYS ON A TIME RIGHT. YOU HAVE TO BE THERE ON A CERTAIN TIMEFRAME SO AS AS AN EMPLOYEE OF SOMEONE WHO WORKS IN ANOTHER COUNTY I FIND THEM VERY VERY VALUABLE. THANK YOU. AND NO MORE COMMENTS FROM US. THANK YOU. VERY NICE PRESENTATION. HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYBODY. THANK YOU SIR. GENERAL COUNSEL. WELL ACTUALLY NO. MONTHLY FEDERAL STATE LEGISLATURE. GREG DIDN'T DO THAT. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. GENERAL COUNSEL. MR. CHAIRMAN BOARD 
          [10.  General Counsel’s Report]
MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. AS YOU ALL KNOW 25 VOTING MEMBERS ARE WHO WE ARE ALLOWED TO VOTE ON A REGULAR BASIS THAT COUNT. WE HAVE 27 MEMBERS PRESENT FOR THIS MOMENT. 
          YOUR VOTE IS ALWAYS REGISTERED AND ALWAYS IS RECORDED SO PLEASE VOTE JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE COUNTED RIGHT NOW SOUTHWEST RANCHES IN PEMBROKE PARK AS LONG AS WE DON'T HAVE. WE ONLY HAVE 27 THOSE THOSE WOULD BE DROP OFF FROM THE COUNT NUMBER. BUT PLEASE REMEMBER TO ALWAYS VOTE. I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TILL LATER I'LL BE TALKING PLENTY. THANK YOU MR. GIES. AS PETER COMES UP TO DO THE 
          [11.  Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Draft Cost Feasible Plan (Presentation 2 of 3)]
PRESENTATION THIS IS THE SECOND OF THREE PRESENTATIONS YOU HAVE ONE MORE NEXT MONTH. AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE ASKING YOU TO VOTE. SO THIS IS TO GET TO THE VOTE ON WHERE WE'RE HEADED. PETER THIS IS A METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN DRAFT COST FEASIBLE. THANK YOU. GREG MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE BOARD PETER GIES PROJECT 
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MANAGER FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN I CAME TO YOU LAST MONTH WITH THE FIRST PRESENTATION OF THREE TO TALK ABOUT THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND GAVE A VERY BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE APPROACH THAT STAFF IS TAKING THIS TIME AROUND FOR DEVELOPING THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND HOW WE'RE TAKING IN ALL OF THE PROJECTS FROM THE CALL FOR PROJECTS FROM OUR OWN ANALYSIS HOW WE ARE PRIORITIZING THEM AND ULTIMATELY HOW WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH AN APPROACH TO ASSIGNING THE AVAILABLE REVENUES OVER THE NEXT TWENTY FIVE YEARS FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO EACH OF THESE PROJECTS. BEFORE WE GET INTO THE PRESENTATION I DO KIND OF WANT TO SET THE STAGE FOR THIS THAT REALLY ONE THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE ON THE STAFF SIDE AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS HOW DO WE LEVERAGE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS AND I'M GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IN THE PRESENTATION BUT HOW DO WE LEVERAGE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS MOST EFFECTIVELY RELATIVE TO ALL THE OTHER REVENUE SOURCES THAT EXIST IN THE REGION FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO WE HAVE THE STATE THAT PROVIDES A LOT OF FUNDING ON STATE ROADS. WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE THE COUNTY SURTAX WHICH IS GOING TO BE MAKING A LOT OF INVESTMENTS IN THE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND IN THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. SO AS YOU'RE AS YOU'RE LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION KEEP THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND IS HOW DO WE LEVERAGE THOSE MPO DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY WITH ALL THE OTHER STEADY REVENUE STREAMS THAT ARE COMING INTO THE REGION FOR TRANSPORTATION. WE WANT TO BUILD OFF OF THE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS THAT THE MPO HAS HAD. MANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT OUR MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM AND ALSO OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PRESERVING FUNDING FOR THOSE PROGRAMS SO AGAIN THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTIVE INVESTMENTS FOR THE EXISTING TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE IN THE REGION. WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATIONS WITH THE TAC AND THE CAC. WE'VE DIVED A LITTLE BIT MORE DEEPER INTO HOW THE FUNDING WORKS. I KNOW I'LL CALL ON VICE CHAIR CALETKA HERE I CAN I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT HE CAN ATTEST TO HOW COMPLICATED THE FUNDING IS WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE DIFFERENT REVENUE STREAMS. SO WE'VE HAD REALLY GOOD IN-DEPTH CONVERSATIONS AND RECEIVED A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR TAC AND CAC AS FAR AS HOW WE'VE BEEN TREATING THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND HOW WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THEM TO HELP MAKE A BETTER DECISION. SO TODAY IS REALLY JUST A SUMMARIZED VERSION OF THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE'VE HAD AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL GIVE YOU A BETTER PERSPECTIVE ON HOW THE FUNDING DOES WORK FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND HELPS YOU PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE AS WELL. SO AS GREG MENTIONED TODAY'S MEETING IS AN INFORMATION ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND REALLY YOUR ENDORSEMENT IN MAY OF A DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO MOVE FORWARD AND VERIFY THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ON THAT LIST WHATEVER ALLOCATION THAT ENDS UP BECOMING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU AND OUR OTHER PARTNERS TO VET PROJECTS MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ALL THOSE PROGRAMS READY ELEMENTS SCOPE OF WORK RESOLUTION PARTNER COLLABORATION AND GOOD COST ESTIMATE TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS CAN MOVE FORWARD TO PROGRAMMING AND WE'LL BE DOING THAT OVER THE SUMMER. SO THIS REALLY HELPS SET THE STAGE FOR US TAKING THAT NEXT STEP IN THE PROCESS. WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE OCTOBER OF 2017 REALLY TO DO OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES GET A GOOD ROBUST LIST OF PROJECTS WORK WITH YOU ALL TO DEVELOP A PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS LOOK AT OUR REVENUE STREAMS AND NOW WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY START DOING THAT AND ASSIGNING REVENUES TO THOSE PROJECTS. SO WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AND THEY'LL DEFINITELY BE MORE MORE TO COME ON THAT. SO AS WE WERE DEVELOPING THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND THE APPROACH THAT WE TOOK WE DID SET OUT SOME GUIDING PRINCIPLES WE WANTED TO USE OUR PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WAS ENDORSED BY THE BOARD BACK IN NOVEMBER OF 2017 MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A GOOD PRIORITIZED LIST OF PROJECTS AND THAT WE WERE ASSIGNING REVENUES TO PROJECTS BASED ON PRIORITY AND NEED AS WELL. WE WANTED TO ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENHANCING THE ENGAGEMENT OF OUR COMMITTEES AND THE MPO BOARD THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN TRYING TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE AND PROVIDE YOU ALL AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION FUNDING IN BROWARD. AND LASTLY AND THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE THAT YOU SEE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN AS I MENTIONED IS OPTIMIZING THE USE OF MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO WHAT THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS ARE BUT IT DOES BECOME A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE CONVERSATION. SO BROAD OVERVIEW THE TOTAL REVENUES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE REGION FOR TRANSPORTATION THAT FLOW THROUGH THE MPO ARE 8.3 BILLION DOLLARS THROUGH 2045. THAT IS A LOT OF MONEY BUT YOU SEE THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN OF THAT PIE CHART THAT 7.8 BILLION DOLLARS ARE STATE FEDERAL FUNDS WHEREAS THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS THAT COME DIRECTLY TO THE MPO IS 564 MILLION OF THE 8.3 BILLION DOLLARS. NOW YOU ALL AS AN MPO BOARD HAVE DISCRETION OVER THIS FUNDING. HOWEVER THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE CAN ASSIGN THIS FUNDING TO IS DIFFERENT IN THE BLUE PORTION OF THE PIE VERSUS THE GREEN PORTION OF THE PIE THE GREEN PORTION OF THE PIE THE  564 MILLION DOLLARS IS THE MOST FLEXIBLE USE OF DOLLARS AND YOU ALL AS A BOARD HAVE DIRECT CONTROL OVER THAT MONEY. YOU CAN INFLUENCE THE EXPENDITURE 
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OF THE DOLLARS AND THE 7.8  BILLION. THOSE ARE THINGS FOR LIKE STATE PROJECTS THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM FOR THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM THAT FDOT RUNS THE TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS THAT GO TO BCT FOR OPERATING. THAT ALL MAKES UP THAT BLUE PIE. BUT REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THIS TIME AROUND IS THE FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR MILLION BECAUSE THE WAY THE REVENUES ARE SET FOR THE 7.8  BILLION THE STRINGS ARE ATTACHED THERE SET CERTAIN TYPES OF PROJECTS WILL HAVE TO BE APPLIED TO THOSE AND THOSE FUNDS ARE SPOKEN FOR. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE APPLYING THOSE FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT WAY POSSIBLE SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE ALL THE OTHER AVAILABLE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE OUT THERE FOR EXAMPLE HELPING WITH THE SURTAX TO LEVERAGE ADDITIONAL FEDERAL DOLLARS THROUGH DISCRETIONARY GRANTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ASSIGN THIS MONEY THEN THOUGHTFULLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS. SO MOVING FORWARD AT THIS POINT IN THE PRESENTATION I AM REFERRING TO THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS THE FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR MILLION SO WHEN WE STARTED DEVELOPING THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN AS I MENTIONED WE DID OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS AND HAD A LIST OF PROJECTS. WE ALSO HAD SIX METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FUNDING PROGRAMS SO WE TOOK THOSE CALL FOR PROJECTS AND ASSIGNED EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS TO A SPECIFIC FUNDING PROGRAM. WE TOOK THE AVAILABLE REVENUES THAT YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE AND LOOKED AT WHAT AVAILABLE RESOURCES WE HAVE AND WE DEVELOPED THREE DIFFERENT FUNDING ALLOCATION SCENARIOS FOR THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS AND TRIED TO SEE WHAT EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDING ALLOCATION SCENARIOS CAN FUND WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS AND WHAT THE DIFFERENCES ARE BETWEEN THOSE FUNDING ALLOCATION SCENARIOS SO JUST TO REFERENCE OUR SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS WE HAVE A HIGHWAY PROGRAM A TRANSIT PROGRAM TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AND SAFETY COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND MOBILITY HUB. NOW HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT THOSE ARE THE ESPECIALLY THE HIGHWAY PORTION THOSE ARE CONSUMING A LOT OF THE DOLLARS IN THAT BLUE PORTION OF THE PIE THAT'S 7.8 BILLION DOLLARS. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY IN THAT PORTION OF THE PIE TO DO ON STATE HIGHWAY PROJECTS. 
          THERE IS ALSO SOME MONEY THERE TO DO OFF STATE SYSTEM AND MPO DOLLARS CAN ALSO GO TOWARDS SOME OF THOSE HIGHWAY PROJECTS. TRANSIT IS ALSO ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE MIXTURE AREAS WHERE WE CAN HAVE SOME OF THOSE THAT STATE FUNDING THE B.C.T. TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS FOR EXAMPLE SIT IN HERE AS WELL AND WE CAN ALSO SUPPLEMENT THAT WITH SOME MPO DOLLARS. SO THOSE TWO PROGRAMS HAVE LISTS OF PROJECTS TIED TO THEM. NOW THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS AND SAFETY IS A PROGRAM THAT WE AS STAFF FELT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THIS TIME AROUND GIVEN THE ADVENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT IS COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE AS WELL AS THE IMPORTANCE OF SAFETY ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE NEW ADOPTED FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHICH HAVE SET A TARGET OF ZERO FOR ALL CRASHES IN BROWARD SERIOUS AND FATAL INJURIES. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING ASIDE FUNDING TO ADDRESS THOSE PARTICULAR ELEMENTS OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AND INVEST IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE FUTURE TO PUT IN SMART SIGNALS AND DEVELOP SMART CITIES THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM IS THE DISCRETIONARY PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES ON A MUNICIPAL BASIS. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT KEEPS GOING. WE ALSO HAVE OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WHICH WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR THAT HAS A LIST OF REGIONAL BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS THAT HELP TO COMPLEMENT A LOT OF THE INVESTMENTS THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEKING AS PARTNER AGENCIES THROUGH THE CSLIP PROGRAM. THAT OTHER PROGRAM THAT I JUST TALKED ABOUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN NEEDS BOTH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL THROUGH CSLIP BUT ALSO THROUGH THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN THOSE PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH A PROCESS WORKING WITH ALL OF OUR MEMBER AGENCIES AND THEN APPLYING A REGIONAL PRIORITIZATION PROCESS TO THOSE PROJECTS. SO AGAIN THOSE TWO PROGRAMS ARE COMPLEMENTARY AND THAT ONE FUNDS MORE LOCAL PRIORITIES. THE OTHER ONE FUNDS MORE REGIONAL PRIORITIES. SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MPO FUNDING GOING TO BOTH OF THOSE PROGRAMS. LASTLY THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS ORIGINALLY INCLUDED AS PART OF THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM BUT WE WERE FINDING THAT NOT MANY PEOPLE WERE APPLYING FOR THE MOBILITY HUB PROJECTS THROUGH CSLIP. SO WE HAVE CHOSEN TO BREAK BREAK THAT OUT THIS TIME AROUND AND PROVIDE A DIFFERENT AVENUE OF FUNDING TO COMPLEMENT AGAIN CLSIP BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A CRITERIA THAT'S DESIGNED TO REALLY RANK THOSE MOBILITY HUBS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE TAKING INTO ACCOUNT TRANSIT DEVELOPERS WHO ARE COMING TO THE TABLE WITH ADDITIONAL FUNDS AND MOST IMPORTANTLY CITIES WHO ARE COMING TO THE TABLE AND WILLING TO PARTNER WITH US ON THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN CSLIP IN THAT REGARD AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SETTING UP A SEPARATE PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE THOSE TYPES OF INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION. SO THAT'S A QUICK BROAD OVERVIEW OF THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS AND HOW WE WERE AND HOW WE ULTIMATELY THEN HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE THE ALLOCATION OF THOSE FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR MILLION DOLLARS OF MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS GO. SO WE STARTED WITH THREE SCENARIOS. THE FIRST ONE WAS OUR BASELINE AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE HERE AT THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM ON JANUARY 10TH 
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20 19 WE ASKED YOU ALL FOR A STARTING POINT. AND THIS WAS A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF YOU WERE ALL ASKING THE QUESTION OF WELL HOW DO WE KNOW WHERE THESE FUNDS CAN BE SPENT. HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE STIPULATIONS OF THESE FUNDS ARE AND I THINK THEY WERE REALLY REALLY GOOD QUESTIONS AND ONES THAT WE HAVE STAFF WANTED TO TRY AND CLARIFY BEFOREHAND. BUT WE REALLY WANTED YOU ALL TO PROVIDE AS A STARTING POINT SO THAT WE AS STAFF WEREN'T JUST PICKING NUMBERS OUT OF A HAT. SO THAT BECAME A REALLY GREAT STARTING POINT FOR US TO DO THIS FUNDING ALLOCATION PROCESS FOR THE MOST PART THE FUNDING ALLOCATIONS WERE SPREAD EVENLY ACROSS MANY OTHER PROGRAMS. BUT ONE THING THAT WE DID FIND THROUGH THAT FUNDING ALLOCATION SCENARIO WE LOOKED AT THE AVAILABLE OR AT THE NEEDS THAT WERE REQUESTED FOR EACH ONE OF THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT IT DID NOT NECESSARILY ADDRESS SUFFICIENTLY THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND THE SAFETY PROGRAM. SO SCENARIO 2 WAS DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO THAT AND WE'RE CALLING ABOUT THE COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENT SCENARIO WHERE WE WERE AGAIN TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF THOSE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS AND HOW WE COULD BEST LEVERAGE THE EXISTING INVESTMENT THAT THAT IS HERE IN THE REGION FOR TRANSPORTATION. SO WE INCREASED THE ALLOCATION TO THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND WE OPTIMIZE THE ALLOCATION FOR TRANSIT IN RESPONSE TO THE COUNTY SURTAX PLAN. AND WE MADE SURE THAT WE WERE SUSTAINING SOME MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING FOR COUNTY AND LOCAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS BECAUSE THROUGH THE SURTAX THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS HIGHWAY PROJECTS AND ROADWAY PROJECTS WIDENING THAT ARE BEING PAID FOR ON COUNTY ROADS. THE STATE IS DOING A LOT OF ROADWAY WIDENINGS ON THEIR SYSTEM BUT THERE'S STILL A LOT OF NEEDS ON THE LOCAL SYSTEM THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY COVERED BY EACH ONE OF THOSE REVENUE SOURCES. SO WE THOUGHT IT WAS ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE MPO TO APPLY SOME FUNDING IN THIS AREA TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN FUND SOME OF THOSE LOCAL ROADWAYS. FOR EXAMPLE PEMBROKE ROAD OUT WEST THAT IS GOING TO BE A LOCAL FACILITY AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE MPO CAN APPLY SOME FUNDING TO THAT. WE ALSO WANTED TO SUSTAIN FUNDING FOR OUR OTHER PROGRAMS AND KEEP THAT SORT OF AT THE SAME LEVEL IF POSSIBLE. SO THAT WAS THE COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENT SCENARIO. THE LAST SCENARIO AND FINAL SCENARIO WAS REALLY DEVELOPED IN RESPONSE TO FEEDBACK FROM OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND IN PART OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AS WELL. THAT SAID THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE FUNDING FOR A COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM AND COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN. 
          SO WHAT WE DID IS WE TOOK THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY THAT WE ASSIGNED TO THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM AND ACTUALLY REALLOCATED THAT TO THOSE TWO PROGRAMS IN RESPONSE TO THAT REQUEST. AGAIN THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS EXPRESSED BY THE TAC AND CAC AND WE WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT AVENUE AND SEE WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THAT WOULD FUND THEM SO HERE IS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS BY SCENARIO. I THINK ONE THING TO MENTION HERE IS IN THE FIRST HIGHWAY CATEGORY YOU WILL SEE THAT THE GREEN BAR FOR SCENARIO 3 DOES NOT EXIST. AS I MENTIONED THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE TOOK AND REALLOCATED TO THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE AN OVER PREPONDERANCE OF FUNDING OF MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS IN THOSE TWO AREAS. BUT THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OR AN OVERVIEW OF HOW THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS WERE APPLIED ACROSS EACH OF THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS. SO NOW I WANT TO SWITCH GEARS AND TALK ABOUT THE ENTIRE PIE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE I THINK YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING AND HOW IT GETS APPLIED. BUT THEN WHAT DOES THAT HAVE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE LARGER LIST OF PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE 8.3 BILLION DOLLARS RIGHT NOW. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE ACROSS THE THREE SCENARIOS STARTING WITH OUR BASELINE YOU CAN SEE IN THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM WE CAN FUND OUR STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM. THAT'S PART OF THAT BLUE PIE THAT I MENTIONED THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED PLUS 42 PROJECTS YOU CAN IN TRANSIT FUND EIGHT PROJECTS PLUS WHAT IS CURRENTLY ALLOCATED FOR THE BCT TRANSIT FORMULA GRANTS FOR THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY AS I MENTIONED. THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE UNCLEAR AT THE MOMENT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY QUANTIFY HOW MANY PROJECTS THOSE ARE GOING TO FUND BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO DO ONGOING ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS TO IDENTIFY THOSE PROJECTS. SO THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR US TO QUANTIFY. 
          HOWEVER IN THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM OVER THE LIFE OF THE PLAN WE FIGURED AT A BASE OF TWO MILLION DOLLARS A PROJECT WHICH IS THE THRESHOLD RIGHT NOW WE COULD FUND ADA PROJECTS AND WITH A COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WE WOULD BE ABLE TO FUND 14 PERCENT OF THE AVAILABLE NEEDS IN THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN. UNDER THIS SCENARIO AGAIN MOBILITY HUBS BECAUSE THAT PROGRAM IS STILL BEING ESTABLISHED IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO BREAK OUT FROM CSLIP THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED AS WELL. SO IN THE NEXT SCENARIO SCENARIO TWO COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENTS WE AS MPO STAFF TRIED TO OPTIMIZE SOME MORE OF THE FUNDING AS I MENTIONED. SO WE KEPT SOME FUNDING IN THE HIGHWAY PROGRAM AS I MENTIONED. SO THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM PLUS THE 42 PROJECTS REMAIN THE SAME WE USE THAT 
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AS GUIDANCE FROM YOU ALL AS THE BOARD IN TRANSIT. YOU CAN SEE THAT WE STILL SECURED THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT FUNDING BUT THEN WE'RE ABLE TO FUND FOUR PROJECTS INSTEAD OF EIGHT IN THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM WE BUMPED THAT NUMBER TO NINETY ONE AND IN THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN WENT FROM 14 PERCENT OF THE FUNDED PLAN TO 21 PERCENT OF THE FUNDED PLAN. NOW IN SCENARIO 3 WHERE WE LOOKED AT REMOVING THE HIGHWAY FUNDING FROM MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS AND REAPPLYING THAT TO CSLIP ON THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN YOU SEE WE DROPPED IN THE NUMBER OF HIGHWAY PROJECTS FROM 42 TO 37. WE KEPT THE TRANSIT BUCKET THE SAME BUT INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF PROJECTS THAT WE COULD FUND IN THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM AND THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AS WELL I HESITATE TO USE THE WORD BALANCING BUT FOR SCENARIO TWO WE WERE REALLY JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SPREADING THE FUNDS ACROSS THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND LOOKING AT THE AVAILABLE NEEDS WHEREAS HERE WE REALLY BACK OR REALLY FRONT LOADED THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES AND COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN PROGRAM. SO WHAT DID WE LEARN FROM THESE SCENARIOS. WELL IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS THAT THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ARE LIMITED AT 7 PERCENT OF THE ENTIRE ENTIRE PIE. THAT IS A SMALL PORTION OF FUNDS. THE VARIATIONS AS A RESULT BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS YIELD SMALL FUNDING CHANGES AS WELL AND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EACH OF THE PROGRAMS AS YOU ASSIGN MAYBE 5 TO 10 PERCENT MORE TO ONE PROGRAM ARE SMALL VARIATIONS SO YOU HAVE TO REALLY LOOK AT MOVING LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY AROUND FOR THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT BETWEEN THE PROGRAMS. WE ALSO NEEDED TO LOOK AT THE TRADEOFFS BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. SO AS YOU TAKE MONEY AWAY FROM ONE AND ALLOCATE TO ANOTHER YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE ABLE TO FUND LESS PROJECT LESS PROJECTS IN THE OTHER PROGRAM. HOWEVER THIS IS STILL AN IMPORTANT POLICY DECISION AS I MENTIONED UPFRONT BECAUSE THESE DOLLARS ARE THE MOST FLEXIBLE DOLLARS THAT CAN BE SPENT ON LOCAL COUNTY AND STATE ROADS AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COMPLEMENTING ALL OF THE OTHER INVESTMENTS THAT WE ARE MAKING IN THE REGION ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AND OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY WHO ARE TAKING MAYBE A MORE QUARTER BASED APPROACH TO THE SURTAX AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE SUPPORTED PROJECTS ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS SO OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOVING FORWARD FOR THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WOULD BE SCENARIO TWO THE COMPLEMENTARY INVESTMENT SCENARIO. AS I'VE MENTIONED BEFORE WE ARE WE DO THINK THAT THIS OPTIMIZES THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS IN RELATION TO ALL THE OTHER FUNDING SOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR TRANSPORTATION. WE ARE INCREASING FUNDING FOR SAFETY OVER THE BASELINE SCENARIO 1 AND I THINK THAT'S A POSITIVE THING ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THE TARGET OF ZERO THAT THIS MPO BOARD HAS ADOPTED. AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS IN A PRIORITY ORDER ALONG OUR ROADWAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THE SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY. WE ALSO WANTED TO SUSTAIN SOME LOCAL OR SOME FUNDING FOR LOCAL HIGHWAY AND ROADWAY PROJECTS. AS I MENTIONED BEFORE WE CAN FUND FIVE MORE PROJECTS IN THIS SCENARIO OF LOCAL CAPACITY PROJECTS THAT ARE STILL NEEDED PARTICULARLY OUT WEST AND ARE BENEFICIAL FOR THE ENTIRE SYSTEM. WE WILL CONTINUE INVESTING IN COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES AND STREETS MASTERPLAN AS WELL AS A MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM. AND I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE ARE THE FUNDS THAT YOU ALL AS LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES CAN COMPETE FOR AND GET FUNDING THROUGH THE MPO THROUGH THOSE PROGRAMS. AND I THINK WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT A MAJORITY OF THE PLAN IS STILL GOING TO THOSE PROGRAMS TO ALLOW US TO RESPOND TO THOSE LOCAL NEEDS. AND AS I MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY WE WANT TO USE A COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM THE MASTERPLAN AND THE MOBILITY HUBS AS A WAY TO ENHANCE ACCESS TO TRANSIT PARTICULARLY WITH THE INVESTMENTS THAT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT IS MAKING. THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORTIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED IN ORDER TO PROVIDE CONNECTIONS TO THE CORRIDORS THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS PROPOSING ENHANCE TRANSIT SERVICE ON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IN OUR OPINION THAT THE MPO IS POSITIONING ITSELF IN A WAY SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THOSE SUPPORTIVE INVESTMENTS TO THE COUNTY AS WELL. SO THE FINAL ALLOCATION PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION FOR SCENARIO TWO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS HERE AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE REALLY TOOK ABOUT 55 PERCENT OF THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS AND PUT THOSE IN THOSE THREE PROGRAM FUND AREAS OF THE CSLIP PROGRAM THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTERPLAN AND MOBILITY HUB IN ORDER TO KIND OF CONTINUE THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO FUND THEIR LOCAL PRIORITIES AND ALSO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK AS A RESULT SO SOME OF THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN DEVELOPMENT. WE'RE AT THIS POINT NOW IN APRIL LOOKING AT THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN SCENARIOS. NEXT MONTH WE ARE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO YOU FOR AN ENDORSEMENT OF THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND WE'RE BEING VERY PURPOSEFUL IN THE WORD ENDORSEMENT BECAUSE THERE'S STILL WORK TO BE DONE. WE STILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE VETTING THE 
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PROJECTS. SO WE JUST NEED AS STAFF A POINT IN TIME WHERE WE CAN GO OUT AND START WORKING WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM READY PROJECTS. AND THAT'S OUR INTENT IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 WE WANT TO GO BACK OUT WITH A DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS THAT YOU ALL HAVE ENDORSED AND START WORKING TO GET THE SUPPORT AND ALL THE ITEMS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO GET THOSE PROJECTS PROGRAMMED. BECAUSE IT'S NO GOOD PROPOSING PROJECTS THAT OUR LOCAL PARTNERS IN THE END DON'T SUPPORT EVEN THOUGH A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE COME FROM YOUR STAFF AND IN SOME CASES FROM YOU ALL DIRECTLY. WE DO NEED THAT FORMAL COMMITMENT FROM YOU ALL THAT YOU ARE READY TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD AND ASSIST THE MPO IN DOING THE OUTREACH AND ALL THE OTHER TASKS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PROJECTS. AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE'RE SETTING A TARGET DEADLINE OF AUGUST 1ST OF 2019 TO OBTAIN RESOLUTIONS FOR THOSE PROJECTS ON THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE A VERY IMPORTANT POINT WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH FDOT PROGRAMMING THE NEXT SET OF FUNDING FOR THOSE AVAILABLE PROJECTS. SO WITH THAT. 
          I'M HAPPY TO ENTERTAIN ANY DISCUSSION HOPEFULLY YOU FOUND THIS HELPFUL BUT I'M SURE THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER ORTIS. MAYOR. MAYOR EXCUSE ME. I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHEN HE WAS MUCH YOUNGER. MAYOR ORTIS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. I KNOW THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE BUT I NEED TO SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY FIRST OF ALL I'M NOT A NEWBIE. IN OFFICE 22 YEARS. I'M AT THIS MPO 16 YEARS. HOPEFULLY THE VOTERS ARE GOING TO VOTE ME IN FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS. SO I'LL BE AROUND [INAUDIBLE]. THAT'S GOOD. BUT LET ME JUST SAY THIS. PEMBROKE ROAD I STARTED THAT I STARTED IT WHEN I WAS A STATE PROJECT. I STARTED WHEN I WAS A COUNTY PROJECT. I STARTED GOING BACK TO A STATE PROJECT. I WOULD START AGAIN WHEN WE HAD A DIFFERENT KIND OF INTERCHANGE ON IT AND MIRAMAR DIDN'T WANT THAT INTERCHANGE NOW THEY'RE SORRY. BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEIR TRAFFIC IS NOT NOTHING DEGRADING ABOUT MIRAMAR. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THIS NOW WE HAVE THE BRIDGE AND NOW WE NEED WE NEED TO GO TO 27 WITH THE MALL OF AMERICA COMING OUR RESIDENTS NEED THIS NOW. WE HAD A VISIONING BUDGET SESSION LAST NIGHT. MY COMMISSIONERS ARE ON ME TO GET SOME ACTION FOR FUNDING. NOW YOU JUST MENTIONED YOU KNOW AND YOU ALL CAME TO US YESTERDAY WITH A GREAT CONCEPT ABOUT A THE WORST INTERSECTION IN THE WORLD IN THAT YEARS AGO PINES AND FLAMINGO AND I SAW THAT WHEN I WAS IN L.A. ALMOST GOT KILLED CROSSING THE STREET AND THEY SAID WE HAD THE WORST INTERSECTION BUT WE'RE BRINGING A CONCEPT THAT YOU'VE SEEN. AND NOW WE'RE BRINGING IT TO OUR COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL. THAT WILL BE ONE OF THE ONES THAT NEVER NO ONE'S EVER HAD BEFORE BUT WE'RE GONNA HAVE IT IN PEMBROKE PINES HOPEFULLY ANYWAY. PEMBROKE ROAD GOING OUT WEST SHERIDAN STREET PINES BOULEVARD WHICH I KNOW IS A STATE ROAD BUT IT IS A EVACUATION ROAD AS WELL. WE NEED THOSE. IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET HELP. I WAS LATE COMING HERE TODAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE MESS THAT'S OUT THERE. WE NEED HELP. I NEED TO BRING BACK TO MY COMMISSION A TIMELINE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS TO GO. I NEED TO BRING IT BACK TO OUR RESIDENTS. 171,000 RESIDENTS NOW I NEED SOME HELP. SO MR. CHAIRMAN I KNOW I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT EMOTIONAL BUT I NEED HELP SO CAN I GET HELP. YES. YES YOU CAN. WE'RE TAKING UP A COLLECTION RIGHT AFTER THE MEETING. [LAUGHTER] CAN I GET A TIMELINE SO I CAN BRING IT BACK TO MY COMMISSION. SO THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS THAT WILL BE IDENTIFIED IN THIS PROCESS. WHEN WILL WE HAVE A DRAFT OF THAT THAT IS ACTUALLY IN THE BACKUP FOR SCENARIO 2 YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS IN ORDER PRIORITIZED ORDER BY PROGRAM ALONG WITH WHETHER THEY ARE COST FEASIBLE OR NOT GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF ALLOCATION SPECIFICALLY ON PEMBROKE ROAD THOUGH. MAYOR IS THAT THAT PROJECT IS ALREADY PROGRAM FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS OUR FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM THAT MAKES UP THE FIRST COMMITTED PORTION OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO THAT PROJECT IS MOVING FORWARD THROUGH THAT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO IDENTIFY WHAT IMPROVEMENT WILL ACTUALLY GET BUILT THERE. THERE IS A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS THAT HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS SO THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW GREG IF YOU. SO FIVE YEARS BUT HOW DO I 
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EXPEDITE YOU'D HAVE TO GET THE BOARD TO REMOVE YOUR PROJECT UP AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT. ACTUALLY IT'S DOT. MR. MAYOR. YES. JUST TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE KIND OF ALLUDED TO YESTERDAY BECAUSE OF THE THE BLESSING THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE VOTERS FOR THE PENNY SALES TAX FOR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THIS IS A CONNECTIVITY TYPE PROJECT AS WELL AS AN EVACUATION PROJECT. 
          AND ONCE WE THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHER ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TODAY WE NEED TO GET THROUGH AND ONCE WE HAVE A PROCESS LAID OUT HOPEFULLY IN THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY COULD POTENTIALLY GO THAT DIRECTION AS WE DISCUSSED AND SEE IF WE CAN EXPEDITE THE DELIVERY BECAUSE IF IT GOES THROUGH THE FEDERAL PROCESS UNFORTUNATELY AS I BELIEVE THE VICE CHAIR FROM DAVIE WAS POINTING OUT IT'S FIVE YEARS SO WE'RE ALWAYS BUILDING THAT FIFTH YEAR AND IT'LL JUST TAKE LONGER. SO LET ME EXPAND ON THAT AND KIND OF THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY. ALL THE PROJECTS THAT CITY SUBMITTED FOR THE COUNTY SURTAX REALLY ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE DONE IN TWO OR THREE YEARS. CITIES NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT AM I GOING TO DO NEXT. AND IF THAT PROJECT OR ANY PROJECT WASN'T INCLUDED IN YOUR FIRST FLIGHT OF PROJECTS THEN YOU NEED TO START WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH YOUR STAFF AND THE MPO STAFF AND THE COUNTY STAFF TO SUBMIT SUPPLEMENTAL PROJECTS BECAUSE IT'S A 15.6 BILLION DOLLAR SURTAX AND PROBLEM. WELL GOOD SO MAYBE OTHERS ARE NOT. LET ME JUST FINISH MY THOUGHT HERE THAT ONLY A CERTAIN PORTION OF THAT'S GOING TO BE SPENT IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS AND THEN WHAT DO WE DO FOR THE NEXT 27. 
          SO I ENCOURAGE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE TOO FAR DOWN IN OUR PROGRAM AND WHO WANT TO ACCELERATE THEM TO BE ABLE TO USE SURTAX MONEY TO FRONT AND MOVE THOSE PROJECTS FORWARD FASTER. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT UP. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER CALETKA FOLLOWED BY MAYOR FURR. THANK YOU FOR RECOGNIZING ME MR. CHAIR. THERE ISN'T AN ADDITIONAL THING IF YOU IF YOU DON'T WANT TO USE ANY FURTHER CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES FUNDS IT'LL MOVE FORWARD ON A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM WHICH IS GUARANTEED BUT THEY WILL ALLOW YOU TO ADVANCE IT A LITTLE IF YOU WANT TO USE ADDITIONAL PEMBROKE PINES FUNDS TO FRONT ENGINEERING AND DESIGN OF IT. WELL WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. OKAY THEN THAT'S YOUR ANSWER. WELL I CAN'T GET IT. WELL YOU CAN'T GET AN ANSWER THAT IT'S GUARANTEED TO MOVE FASTER UNTIL THIS PROCESS IS APPROVED LATER IN OUR AGENDA. BE GIVEN TO THE MAYOR BUT WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS YOU KNOW IN YOUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS OF THIS I'VE BEEN SOMEWHAT CRITICAL AND I RECOGNIZE THAT BECAUSE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T LIKE THAT YOU KNOW IF I THINK IS NOT QUITE HALF PERCENT ACCURATE YOU KNOW I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING BECAUSE I DO KNOW. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THIS. ANY MEMBER THAT WAS LISTENING TO THIS PRESENTATION TODAY GOT A PLANNING MPO 1 0 1 EDUCATION FOR FREE. THIS WAS A STELLAR. I MEAN WE'RE TALKING GRAND SLAM PRESENTATION BY YOU MR. GIES. SO I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON THAT ONE. [APPLAUSE]. THANK YOU. AND HE DID IT WITH NO NOTES. MAYOR. I'M SORRY. OH  COMMISSIONER FURR. THANKS. REAL QUICK. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED WITH TWO PARTS OF THIS. THE PART THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AND THE MOBILITY. I THINK THAT KIND OF GETTING A SHORT SHRIFT BE HONEST BECAUSE I HONESTLY THINK THAT THOSE ARE THE TWO THINGS AND ON EACH ONE OF THOSE SCENARIOS IT SAYS TBD TO BE DETERMINED. SO IT'S ALMOST LIKE IF WE ARE GONNA BE VOTING AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE. WELL THIS IS GOOD BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING DEFINED VERY WELL. AND BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BEING PUT OUT THIS IS WHAT THIS IS. NONE OF US ARE GONNA BE BE VOTING FOR THAT BUT THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO WE'RE LIKE FOR A MOBILITY HUB. THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT RESEARCH DONE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW YOU MIGHT BE DOING UNIVERSITY IN BROWARD BOULEVARD AND DOING A WHOLE STUDY THERE LOOKING AT WHERE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ARE WHERE TRANSIT NEEDS TO BE. ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. THESE ARE IMPORTANT PARTS THAT HONESTLY THAT'S WHERE THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. AND WE'RE NOT THINKING THAT WAY. THIS IS WHERE ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY WE SHOULD BE THINKING OF. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S KIND OF IT'S JUST KIND OF PUT TO THE SIDE AND WE HAVEN'T WE HAVEN'T DEDICATED ONE DOLLAR TO THAT IN LAST COUPLE OF YEARS IT'S BEEN ZERO. AND NOW WE HAVE ALL THESE OPTIONS WE HAVE AREN'T ONE OF OUR MAIN THINGS IN THIS COUNTY IS TO CONSIDER AFFORDABLE HOUSING. WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE DEVELOPMENTS GONNA PLACE WHERE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A CAR AND THEY CAN JUST HOP ON A BUS. THE ONLY WAY 
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WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE THAT OUT IS TO BE FUNDING THOSE MOBILITY UPS. LIKEWISE WITH THE OTHER PART WITH THE TSMNO AND THEY KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE YOU FELT FIBER OPTIC AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE YOU KNOW WE'VE GOT TO BE THINKING AHEAD. I MEAN IT'S NICE TO DO A LOT OF COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS I KNOW EVERYBODY LIKES TO SAY YOU KNOW COME HOME AND SAY YEAH I WE GOT THIS BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT'S YOUR FUTURE THAT'S WHERE YOUR FUTURE FUNDING NEEDS TO BE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE YOU CAN START LOOKING FOR TO MAKE THIS A SMART COUNTY. AND RIGHT NOW I'M NOT SEEING ANY PRIORITIZATION GOING THERE. IF WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING TO HAVE YOU KNOW AUTONOMOUS CARS AND ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE FIBER OPTIC YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE ALL THAT STUFF PUT IN THAT AND THAT'S WHERE THIS COMES FROM. AND THERE'S NO IT'S NOT COMING FROM HIGHWAYS OR TRAFFIC AND THAT'S UP. THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM. SO I THINK WE'RE BEING YOU KNOW I'M I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S BEING PUT OUT THERE WELL ENOUGH THAT WHEN WE DECIDE OUR PRIORITIES THAT IT'S GOING TO BE UP ON THE HIGH PART WE'RE GOING TO BE SAYING YOU KNOW I WANT MY LITTLE I WANT MY COMPLETE STREET PROJECT. IF I MAY MR. CHAIRMAN I RESPOND. SO TWO THINGS. ON THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FOUND IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO ESTABLISH A VERY GOOD PROGRAM IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENCOURAGING CITIES TO COME TO THE TABLE AND WORK WITH US BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO THAT AND WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN GOING OUT AND PURSUING CITIES TO HELP WORK WITH US ON THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM PROCESS. AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT HAS FAILED BUT IT HAS NOT BEEN AS EFFECTIVE AND WE'VE SEEN HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE THEM AT THE TABLE. LIKEWISE IN THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE COUNTY IS GOING TO START MAKING THEIR INVESTMENTS AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THOSE INVESTMENTS IS TOTALLY CRUCIAL TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM. AND I KNOW IT MAY BE FRUSTRATING RIGHT NOW FOR ME TO COME TO YOU AND SAY I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY PROJECTS WE CAN FUND BUT UNTIL WE UNDERSTAND THE INTERSECTION OF THE DIFFERENT TRANSIT LINES AND THE INVESTMENTS THAT THE COUNTY IS GOING TO MAKE WE REALLY WANT TO WORK OFF OF THAT AS A FOUNDATION TO ESTABLISH THAT MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM. QUICK NOTE ON THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY AS WELL. RIGHT NOW WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE TSMNO INVESTMENTS CAN GO. THEY WORK CLOSELY WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING AS WELL. THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A MASTER PLAN WHICH HAS IDENTIFIED NEEDS BUT HAS NOT NECESSARILY IDENTIFIED WHAT TYPES OF INVESTMENTS NEED TO BE MADE AT THOSE LOCATIONS. THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH FDOT AND WITH YOU ALL THROUGH YOUR INVESTMENTS IN THE ITS AND TSMNO NETWORK THAT THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION WILL BE MAKING IN ORDER TO KNOW WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE WHERE WE CAN POSITION THOSE FUNDS BEST. I IMAGINE THAT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO BE SORTED OUT AND WHAT'S GOOD ABOUT THIS PROCESS BY ESTABLISHING THE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. WHEN WE COME BACK AS PART OF THE NEXT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE WE SHOULD HOPEFULLY HAVE A VERY CLEAR PICTURE OF WHERE THESE FUNDS WILL NEED TO BE PRIORITIZED RELATIVE TO THE OTHER INVESTMENTS IN THE REGION AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM THE BOARD TO TAKE NOTE OF THAT AND USE THAT TO HELP INFORM THE NEXT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DEVELOPMENT CYCLE. I THINK THIS HELPS SET THOSE PROGRAMS UP AND PUTS US IN A VERY GOOD POSITION. 
          YOU'RE GOOD NOW. OK BUT YOU AND SO I'M SAYING THAT I DON'T THINK ALL OF US ARE IN WE'RE GETTING PUT INTO A POSITION WHERE WE CAN RECOGNIZE THE PRIORITIZATION OF IT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO. BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE GIVING BEING GIVEN QUITE A CLEAR ENOUGH PICTURE ON THOSE TWO PARTS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION. THAT'S ALL. MAYOR ZIADE. AND THEN COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE. MY QUESTION IS HOW DID YOUR STAFF COME TO THIS SELECTING THAT CASE SCENARIO OF THE THREE BECAUSE IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT I BELIEVE IT WAS. IT WAS BROUGHT BEFORE TAC FOR A VOTE BUT THEY HAD QUESTIONS AND THEREFORE DID NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING. SO AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD ON THE FUNDING SIDE OF THE COIN. AND IT'S VERY VERY COMPLICATED AND WE WENT INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL THAN I DID HERE. WE BROKE UP WE BROKE OUT THAT BLUE PORTION OF THE PIE AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THERE WERE TAC MEMBERS WHO MADE COMMENTS DURING THE PRESENTATION LAST MONTH WHERE THEY SAID I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BREAKDOWN OF THE FUNDING BEFORE. AND I THINK IT TOOK US ALMOST AN HOUR TO GET ALL OF US COLLECTIVELY ON THE SAME PAGE OF HOW THE FUNDING WORKED. AND AGAIN WE WENT INTO A LOT MORE DETAIL WITH THEM BECAUSE AS OUR TECHNICAL COMMITTEE WE RELY ON THEM TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK. SO I THINK BY THE TIME WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT OF ESTABLISHING HOW THE FUNDING WORKS PEOPLE WERE STILL TRYING TO DIGEST THAT BEFORE THEY FELT COMFORTABLE MAKING A DECISION ON SCENARIO TWO. BUT AGAIN THIS IS WHY WE DO THIS AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM FIRST AND THEN COME BACK FOR A FINAL ENDORSEMENT LATER. SO I THINK THE INTENT IS THAT MUCH OF THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU ALL SAW TODAY IS WHAT'S GOING TO BE GIVEN TO THE TAC NEXT TIME AROUND AND HOPEFULLY EVERYONE WILL BE ON THE SAME PAGE AS TO HOW THE 
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FUNDING WORKS. BUT THERE WAS AN EXTREMELY ROBUST DISCUSSION AND I WILL SAY BOTH THE TAC AND CAC WERE STELLAR IN UNDERSTANDING HOW THAT FUNDING FLOWS BECAUSE IF I SHOWED YOU THE FLOW CHART OF THE POLICIES THAT THE STATE APPLIES PARTICULARLY TO THE BLUE PORTION OF THAT PIE IT'S NEARLY OUTRAGEOUS HOW THE FUNDING WORKS. IT REALLY IS COMMISSIONER BELVEDERE FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. HI AND THANK YOU. THAT WAS VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNDING HERE BUT I DO WANT TO BRING SOMETHING TO THE ATTENTION AND THAT'S THE PROPOSED PROJECT FOR FLYOVERS RAMPS ON STATE ROAD 7 AND I MAY NOT BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE VOICE TO SPEAK ON THIS SINCE THIS STUFF ISN'T HAPPENING AND COCONUT CREEK. BUT I DO THINK THAT WE NEED TO LOOK HARD INTO THE FUTURE ESPECIALLY SINCE WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE STATE ROAD 7 AS OUR MAIN TRANSPORTATION. AND SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT THE STATE ROAD 7 AND SAMPLE ROAD WHERE THERE A FLYOVER THERE'S A BRIDGE. IT'S REALLY HAD A NEGATIVE IMPACT BOTH ON CROSSING THE STREET ON ON CONNECTIVITY. SO I THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU REALLY SHOULD BE LOOKED AT BOTH FROM A FINANCIAL STANDPOINT AND ALSO FROM A COMPLETE STREETS STANDPOINT. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AND THEN SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GOOD THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION. I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION ON TSMNO I KNOW I LIKE COMPLETE STREETS AND A MASTER PLAN. YOU KNOW WE SUBMIT PROJECTS TO THOSE. HOW EXACTLY DO WE DO WE MAKE FUNDS AVAILABLE OR HOW IS THAT HOW DO WE BENEFIT FROM THAT. SO THERE IS A PORTION OF THAT FUNDING IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY CATEGORY THAT IS SET ASIDE TO MAKE INVESTMENTS ON THE STATE NETWORK BASED ON THEIR MASTER PLAN. BUT AS I JUST MENTIONED THERE IS FURTHER ANALYSIS THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY WHAT EXACT  IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED AT THOSE PROBLEM INTERSECTIONS THAT DOT HAS IDENTIFIED. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THEM ON. SO WE'VE ACTUALLY TAKEN SOME OF THE BLUE PORTION OF THAT PIE AND ALLOCATED THAT FOR TSMNO INVESTMENTS FOR THE STATE ON SAFETY WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THERE WAS A PRESENTATION GIVEN TOWARDS THE END OF LAST YEAR BY OUR CONSULTANTS [INAUDIBLE] OLIVER THAT TALKED ABOUT THE MOST DANGEROUS INTERSECTIONS FROM FATALITY AND SERIOUS INJURY PERSPECTIVE ACROSS ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION WHAT'S REQUIRED IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS IN THOSE LOCATIONS IS DOING SOMETHING CALLED ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS WHERE YOU GO OUT AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT'S CAUSING THAT SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS SO YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE TYPES OF CRASHES YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE CRASH REPORTS YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THE USERS INVOLVED AND THAT IS A FAR MORE ROBUST AND DETAILED DISCUSSION THAT WE CAN'T NECESSARILY TACKLE IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AT THE REGIONAL LEVEL. SO THOSE ARE FUNDS SET ASIDE TO CONTINUE DOING ROADWAY SAFETY AUDITS AND THAT ANALYSIS BOTH ON AND OFF THE STATE SYSTEM SO THERE'S MPO AND STATE DOLLARS MIXED IN THERE AS WELL AS INVESTMENTS IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS THAT TECHNOLOGY FOR SIGNALS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE HAD A LOCATION IN OUR CITY AND WE FELT THAT IT NEEDS SOME SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WHETHER IT BE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL OR SOMETHING ELSE SOME OTHER TYPES OF DEVICE OR OR CHANGES TO THE CURRENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL IS THERE A PROCESS WHERE WE CAN SUBMIT SOMETHING TO YOU CURRENTLY SO. SO I THINK THE THE BEST RECOMMENDATION THAT I CAN GIVE TO YOU AND I KNOW GREG MAY WANT TO STEP IN HERE BUT I THINK FROM A TECHNICAL PERSPECTIVE IS THAT YOU COME IN AND MEET WITH US AND TALK ABOUT THAT SPECIFIC ISSUE BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT IMPACTS MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS AND WE CAN GET OTHER PARTNERS INVOLVED. THERE MAY BE A FUNDING SOURCE MAYBE THROUGH COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES OR THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM SO THAT WE CAN TAILOR A PARTICULAR SOLUTION FOR THAT PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW GREG IF YOU HAD ANYTHING AND I ACTUALLY WANT TO BUILD ON THAT BECAUSE IN THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM RIGHT NOW TSMNO PROJECTS ARE ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED AND SAFETY PROJECTS COMMISSIONER LAZAROW WHO'S NOT HERE TODAY UNFORTUNATELY SHE ASKED FOR AN EXCUSE ABSENCE THEY ACTUALLY APPLIED TWO YEARS AGO THE CITY HALLANDALE TO ACTUALLY DO A PROJECT ON HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD RANK OF HIGH WAS SELECTED AND FDOT RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK IS ACTUALLY DOING THE DESIGN WORK ON THAT. SO ACTUALLY BEING READY AND THAT'S GONNA BE AGAIN I'M GOING TO USE SOMETHING THAT WE USE A LOT AS SHOVEL READY PROJECTS OR PROGRAM READY PROJECTS IT TAKES A WHILE TO GET THEM PROGRAM READY. THE ISSUE WITH TSMNO IN TOTAL IS WHILE THERE'S STUDIES GOING ON THERE ARE NOT ACTUAL REAL PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FUND AND THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO GO NEXT. SO IF YOU HAVE A PARTICULAR THING IN THE CITY IN MIRAMAR I REALLY WOULD 
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ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF AND YOU TO COME IN WE'LL FIGURE OUT AN APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE CAN GET MOVING ON THAT. AND THEN AS WE WORK WITH THE EFFORT IN BROWARD COUNTY FOR THE LARGER SCALE PROJECTS MAYBE THAT COULD BE EITHER FOLDED INTO THAT OR IT'S JUST FUNDED SEPARATELY. BUT THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES AS WE SPEAK THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF TO FUND. AND AS I FOLLOW UP ON THAT WHEN WE SUBMIT A PROJECTS AGAIN YOU DETERMINE YOU LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT ONE OF THESE AREAS IT BETTER FITS AS WELL. AND ALSO WE SUBMIT IT FOR ONE AREA AND IT'S MORE SUITABLE FOR FUNDING IN ANOTHER AREA. THAT IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD REDIRECT AS WELL. YES ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE GET TO THE THE ACTUAL ACTION ITEMS AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT'S ALL PART OF THAT DISCUSSION THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR WITH THE COUNTY WILL THEN ALLOW US TO EXPAND THE FUNDING POTS AVAILABLE TO PROJECTS FOR OUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS TO ACTUALLY MOVE THINGS IN AND OUT. AND THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY VERY DIRECTLY. SO AGAIN THAT'S A BLESSING THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED TO ALL OF US AND WE'RE HOPING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. OKAY GREAT. AND FOR MAYOR ORTIS. I'M NOT SURE WHO IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR DID NOT WANT THE BRIDGE. 
          SURE WHAT THAT WHERE THAT CONVERSATION WAS PROBABLY WAS BEFORE MY TIME BUT I AM DEFINITELY IN SUPPORT OF THE OPENING OF PEMBROKE ROAD AND IT'S NOT JUST THE MIRAMAR. I'M SORRY. NOT JUST AT PEMBROKE PINES IT IS MIRAMAR AND PEMBROKE PINES PROJECT THE PEMBROKE ROAD IS REALLY BOTH IN BOTH CITIES AND IT IS IT IS CRITICAL FOR US. SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THAT PART OF MAYOR ORTIS'S COMMENT. ALL OF MY COMMUNICATIONS ON PEMBROKE ROAD ALWAYS INVOLVE THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY'RE BOTH ON THE SAME PAGE. THANK YOU. THEY ARE ACTUALLY A SHINING EXAMPLE OF REGIONAL COORDINATION BETWEEN THE TWO CITIES. BOARD MEMBER GOOD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. YEAH DEPENDING WHERE YOU STAND ON PEMBROKE ROAD STANDING IN MIRAMAR AND PEMBROKE PINES. SO JUST REAL QUICK ON THE SCENARIO TWO THAT'S BEFORE US HERE. SO AM I TO UNDERSTAND THEN THAT TAC DID NOT HAVE DEFINITIVE ACTION ON THIS RECOMMENDATION. SO AS PART OF THE INFORMATIONAL ITEM WE WERE TRYING TO GET A CONSENSUS ON WHICH ONE WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH BEFORE WE GO TO ENDORSEMENT. 
          THAT'S WHY WE PRESENTED THEM WITH ALL THREE SCENARIOS AND THEY CHOSE TO DEFER THAT ACTION UNTIL THE ACTUAL ENDORSEMENT WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR NEXT MONTH ANYWAY. SO WE WILL HAVE THAT DISCUSSION PRIOR TO YOU ALL GETTING TO ENDORSE IT IN MAY. OKAY. AND THEN THEIR REASONING FOR THAT IS THEY WANTED TO SEEK INPUT FROM THIS THIS BODY. I THINK SO YES. AND NOW THAT THEY BETTER UNDERSTOOD HOW THE FUNDING WORKED I THINK THEY FELT AS THOUGH THAT THEY COULD GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS AND MORE CLEARER LIGHT NOW UNDERSTANDING THAT BALANCE BETWEEN THE STATE AND MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS. SO BASED ON CONVERSATIONS HERE TODAY. IS IT YOUR INTENTION THEN TO GO BACK TO TAC WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT MPO DESIRED SCENARIO 2. ARE YOU GOING BACK TO TAC AND SHARING ALL THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS AND SEEK FURTHER INPUT FROM THEM TO COME BACK BEFORE US. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A COMBINATION OF THE LATTER AND ALSO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SO THEY'VE SEEN ALL THREE SCENARIOS. THEY HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK TO THEM WITH SCENARIO 2 AND ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE US FEEDBACK IF ANY IS REQUIRED IN ORDER TO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO SCENARIO TWO AT WHICH POINT WE WOULD COME BACK TO THIS BODY IN MAY AND REVIEW THE THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE TAC AND THEN ALLOW YOU ALL TO PROVIDE FINAL INPUT FOR ENDORSEMENT IF THE ITEMS BEFORE US AS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM. 
          WHY WOULD YOU NOT JUST GO BACK TO TAC WITH ALL THE INFORMATION AND MAKE A NOTATION THAT YOU KNOW THERE WAS A YOU KNOW MAYBE BASED ON COMMENTARY FROM THE VARIOUS MPO MEMBERS THERE WAS A FOCUS ON SCENARIO TWO BUT FOR YOU TO GO BACK NOW AND JUST PRESENT ONE SCENARIO ESSENTIALLY. I MEAN I THINK THAT THAT TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT THE PURPOSE OF HAVING TAC AND CAC I THINK THEY'RE THERE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INPUT TO THIS BIGGER BODY AND THEN WE TAKE ACTION AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. SO I WOULD JUST AS ONE MEMBER FROM MPO I WOULD SAY THAT ALL THE INFORMATION TO BE PRESENTED THROUGH TAC AGAIN CERTAINLY AS STAFF MPO STAFF YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER COMMENTARY IS NECESSARY TO ADVISE WHAT THE CONVERSATIONS HERE WERE. 
          AND I WOULD HOPE THAT SOME KIND OF MINUTES COULD BE SHARED AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING BEFORE US THAT SAYS STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THERE COULD BE YOU KNOW YOU COULD REALLY TAKE THAT TO MEAN THAT IT'S GONE THROUGH THE VARIOUS PROCESS COMMITTEES AND THEN BEFORE US. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CLARIFY THAT IT'S MPO STAFF MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION AND WHENEVER NECESSARY PROVIDE US. YOU KNOW I DON'T KNOW IF MINUTES ARE KEPT THROUGH YOU KNOW FROM TAC CONVERSATIONS OR ACTION SUMMARIES ARE KEPT. BUT I THINK IT'S REALLY 
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IMPORTANT ALTHOUGH WE COMMUNICATE WITH OUR TAC MEMBERS AND CAC MEMBERS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE GREATER BODY UNDERSTAND WHAT IS COMING FROM THESE COMMITTEES BEFORE US. UNDERSTOOD. I THINK THAT'S EASY ENOUGH AND GLADLY WOULD DO IT. THANK YOU. 
          WELL ACTUALLY THAT'S DONE BECAUSE YOU ALWAYS ON THE ACTION ITEMS WERE TAC AND CAC HAVE WEIGHED IN. YOU ALWAYS REPORT EXACTLY RIGHT THAT THEY WOULD BUT SPECIFICALLY ON THIS I THINK. TODAY THIS IS AN ISSUE I UNDERSTAND THAT BUT YOUR YOUR POINT WAS MOVING FORWARD. I'M SAYING WE'RE ALREADY GETTING THAT. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CHAIR BUT TODAY THIS INFORMATIONAL ITEM IS SOMEHOW BEING TURNED INTO SOME TYPE OF ACTION ITEM. AND I'M WE'RE NOT. CAN I JUST FINISH. HE JUST SAID THAT SCENARIO 2 IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED AND MOVING FORWARD. SO THEREFORE ESSENTIALLY WE ARE SAYING WE WANT SCENARIO 2 AND WHAT I AM SAYING IS IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM THAT'S WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AND ALL THE INFORMATION SHOULD BE PRESENTED BACK TO TAC FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO US. AND YOU CAN ALWAYS IMPLY THAT WHATEVER BASED ON COMMENTARY IS HERE TODAY THAT SCENARIO TWO SEEMED TO GET THE MOST YOU KNOW A POSITIVE FEEDBACK BUT I DON'T WANT AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM TO SOMEHOW TURN INTO SOME KIND OF HYBRID ACTION ITEM AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO CLARIFY. THANK YOU.  FINAL SPEAKERS. MAYOR I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER PULCINI. YEAH. TIED TO WHAT THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JUST SAID. WELL WHEN I GO ONLINE ON THEIR AGENDA MINUTES THERE IS THE LATEST MINUTES FROM TAC FROM 2016 SO THERE'S NO CURRENT MINUTES FOR TAC. 
          AND PARDON ME?  WHEN I CLICK ON TAC MEMBERS IT SAYS THAT PAGE HAS BEEN REMOVED. OKAY. BUT WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO THE TAC MEMBERS ARE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT WEBSITE YOU'RE ON. ON THE MPO WEBSITE. AND IT TELLS ME THE PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAS REMOVED HAS MOVED REMOVED RENAMED OR MIGHT NEVER HAVE EXISTED. I ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME AND I'M LOOKING AT IT AS WE SPEAK. 
          WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT. WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PAGE THAT HAS TO DO WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND UNDERNEATH THAT IT ACTUALLY OR COMMITTEES EXCUSE ME. AND THEN IF YOU SCROLL DOWN UNDER THE LEFT SIDE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE CAC MEMBERS YOU CAN GO DOWN AND SEE THE LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD MEMBERS. YOU CAN SEE THE TAC MEMBERS. I HAVE ON A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE SAYS TAC MEMBERS AND THEN I CLICK ON IT. IT SAYS THIS PAGE YOU'RE LOOKING FOR WAS MOVED REMOVED RENAMED MIGHT NEVER HAVE EXISTED. I THINK WE HAVE A STAFF MEMBER COMING TO WHERE YOU ARE. 
          IT'S THE OLD WEB SITE COM. YEAH. SO THAT WEBSITE DOESN'T EXIST AND IT HASN'T EXISTED. 
          YEAH. I CAN SHOW YOU. 
          IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE ON THAT COMMISSIONER OR A BOARD MEMBER IT SAYS TAC MEMBERS AND THEN YOU CLICK ON THAT AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU A LISTING OF ALL THE TAC MEMBERS AND WHERE THEY ARE AND THEIR ATTENDANCE RECORD. OH OK. ALL THE MINUTES ARE THERE TOO IF YOU GO THE GOING GONNA BE HERE AS WELL. YEAH ACTUALLY IF YOU GO TO THE AGENDAS AGENDAS AND MINUTES. YOU HIT THAT AND THEN YOU GO TO THE MONTH WHATEVER MONTH YOU WANT TO HIT. AND GIVEN WHAT STARTED FEBRUARY AND YOU LOOK AT FEBRUARY MONTH IT'LL SAY CAC IT'LL SAY TAC, MPO EXECUTIVE AND THEN YOU SEE THE OTHER COLUMN THAT SAYS MINUTES. YOU SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE THIS WEBSITE UP INSTEAD OF THE OTHER WEBSITE OK. 
          WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT I THINK. 
          ALL RIGHT. I DON'T SEE ANY OTHER FOLKS IN LINE TO SPEAK SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE NICE PRESENTATION THANK YOU. WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. MR. 
          [ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment)]
CHAIRMAN SECOND. VOTE ELECTRONICALLY. STARTING OVER. HERE YOU GO. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION IS APPROVED. THANK YOU VERY 
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MUCH. ACTION ITEM. OK LET'S GET INTO THE ACTUAL FIRST ACTION ITEM THIS IS 
          [1.  DISCUSSION AND MOTION(S) Regarding the Interlocal Agreement for Transportation Surtax Services]
DISCUSSION AND MOTIONS. I'M DOING THE ATTORNEY'S PART REGARDING THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR TRANSPORTATION SURTAX SERVICES. THANK YOU SIR. ALAN'S NOT FEELING WELL TODAY. SO WITH THAT SAID GRETCHEN AND. [INAUDIBLE]. FOLKS LET ME JUST BEFORE YOU SPEAK YOUR MIND. THESE TWO EYES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. THERE IS SOME DETAIL THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPRESSED ON THE FIRST ITEM IN PARTICULAR. SECOND ITEM WE'VE TALKED ABOUT NUMEROUS TIMES BEFORE BUT LET'S HEAR THIS PRESENTATION AND WE DON'T WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. 
          SO WE NEED 14, WE GOT 18. OK. SO ALL RIGHT. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. BEFORE YOU DO THAT. THAT'S GREAT. WE'RE NOT DOING THAT. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. SO VERY IMPORTANT. AND IT'S ACTUALLY A PRESENTATION THAT YOU MAY WANT TO HAVE MADE TO YOUR COMMISSIONERS. SO THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT STAFF ON BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE MPO SIDE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND WE'VE COME TO REALLY GREAT CONCLUSION OF WHERE WE NEED TO BE IT'S A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE PRIORITIZATION OF MUNICIPALS PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE SURTAX AS WELL AS SETTING UP A PROGRAM AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE EXHIBIT ATTACHED ON SETTING UP A PROGRAM SIMILAR TO CSLIP THAT WE ARE ALL VERY FAMILIAR WITH. AND EVERYBODY HAS PUT IN APPLICATIONS THROUGH AND HAS RECEIVED AWARDS. BUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THAT PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY IN THIS PROPOSED CSLIP MODIFIED PROGRAM IS THE FUNDING WILL BECOME AVAILABLE LITERALLY IN THE FISCAL YEAR THAT THE VERY FIRST FISCAL YEAR. DURING THE TIME WE WERE NEGOTIATING AND WHEN WE HAD ACTUALLY HAD EXECUTIVE ACTION COMMITTEE THERE WERE SEVERAL OTHER CHANGES THAT WERE DONE BY THE COUNTY ATTORNEY DREW [INAUDIBLE] NOT THIS COUNTY ATTORNEY. AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAD REALLY GREAT CONVERSATIONS OURSELVES AND WE JUST HAD TO BRING DREW UP TO DATE ON WHERE WE WERE. THERE WERE SOME YOU KNOW OTHER ISSUES AND AS OF LAST NIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK WE WERE DONE. SO WE CAN WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES BUT THEY'RE NOT BUSINESS TERMS NECESSARILY. THE BUSINESS MODEL OF WHERE WE'RE HEADED IS SOLID. IT'S BASICALLY THE SCOPE YOU HAVE IN THE AGENDA THE ITEMS THAT WERE CHANGED OR JUST FOR CLARIFICATION PURPOSES BETWEEN THE ILA WITH THESE COUNTY THE CITIES AND THE MPO ON ACTUALLY HOW THESE SALES TAX DOLLARS WILL WORK. AND ONCE THAT IS THEN CHANGED THEN YOU KNOW THIS IS RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT. AND WITH THAT I'LL TURN IT OVER TO MY GOOD FRIEND. 
          THANK YOU GREG. GOOD AFTERNOON. ANGELA WALLACE WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE SINCE WE PRESENTED THE DRAFT AGREEMENT TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK AS GREG INDICATED DEAL WITH THE THE ORIGINAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND WHAT'S PROVIDED IN THE ORIGINAL INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. SO SINCE THE SURTAX PASSED WE MET WITH GREG AND ALAN ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS AND WE'VE ALSO HAD INTERACTIONS PRESENTATIONS AT THE VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES AND WITH THE CITY COUNTY MANAGER'S MEETINGS AND SO FORTH. AND WE HAD RECEIVED INPUT FROM A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT BECAUSE THERE ARE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE 709 MUNICIPAL PROJECTS THAT WERE APPROVED AS PART OF THE PLAN. THOSE PROJECTS LIKE RESURFACING TYPE PROJECTS WOULD NOT FALL WITHIN THE CATEGORIES THAT THE THAT THE MPO WAS CHARGED WITH PRIORITIZING SO THEY WOULD NOT PROMOTE PROMOTE CONNECTIVITY OR REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. AND WHAT WE HAD BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE MPO AND SEEMED TO BE FAVORABLY RECEIVED BY A LOT OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THE MPO AS PART OF THIS AGREEMENT PRIORITIZE THE 506 PROJECTS THAT DO PROMOTE CONNECTIVITY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. AND THEN THEY WOULD PRIORITIZE THEM AND THEN BASED ON FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR THE COMING FISCAL YEAR THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SHOVEL READY WOULD BE FUNDED AND THEN WE COULD FUND THE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS 
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WITH OTHER MONEY THAT WAS AVAILABLE DURING THAT PARTICULAR FISCAL YEAR THAT WERE BASED UPON SAY A PROCESS THAT WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM TO ESTABLISH THAT WOULD DEAL WITH THE CONDITIONS OF THE ROADS AND WHEN YOU KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE E OR NEWER ROADS OR OLDER ROADS. BUT IN THE INTERIM SINCE LAST WEEK IT'S COME TO LIGHT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OPPOSITION TO US PROCEEDING THAT WAY. SO WHAT WHAT HAPPENED WAS WE MODIFIED THE AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LAST WEEK TO REFLECT THAT THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE PROJECTS WOULD REMAIN IS AS PART OF THE MPO PRIORITIZATION IN THIS AGREEMENT. AND THAT THAT THE NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. THE ORIGINAL INTER LOCAL REQUIRES ANOTHER AGREEMENT AMONG THE CITY THE COUNTY AND THE MPO REGARDING WHAT THAT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WOULD CONSIST OF. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE MPO NEEDS FUNDING IN ORDER TO HIRE STAFF OBTAIN SPACE TECHNOLOGY AND SO FORTH TO TO START DEVELOPING THE APPLICATION PROCESS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BRING IN. AND THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BROUGHT BACK. SO THAT'S WHAT THIS DOCUMENT DOES AND IT INDICATES THAT WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IS PRESENT A POTENTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT ALL OF US APPROVED LAST FALL THAT REFLECTS THAT YOU KNOW TO INQUIRE REGARDING WHETHER THERE'S A MAJORITY OF THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING THE FIVE HUNDRED AND SIX PROJECTS THAT PROMOTE CONNECTIVITY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION REMAIN IN THAT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND WHETHER THEY WANT TO DEAL WITH THE 203 MAINTENANCE OR REHABILITATION PROJECTS IN ANOTHER MANNER THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO BE FUNDED SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE IF THEY IF THEY REMAIN IN THE SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE BASED ON THE CURRENT CRITERIA THAT THE MPO WAS CHARGED WITH THE MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS WOULD BE FAR OUT INTO THE FUTURE. SO THAT BEING SAID WE ADDED THE YOUR YOUR DOCUMENT HAS SCOPE OF SERVICES IN ITS ROMAN NUMERAL 2 IN THE PUBLISHED AGENDA BUT IT DOES NOT HAVE A AND B. AND WHAT WE'VE PROVIDED IS AN A AND B IN A UNDER SCOPE OF SERVICES SAYING NOTWITHSTANDING NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT ESTABLISHES THE METHODOLOGIES AND CRITERIA TO WHICH THE MPO WILL REVIEW RANK AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS WHICH PURSUANT TO THE INTER LOCAL THAT ORIGINAL AGREEMENT IS REQUIRED TO BE INCLUDED IN AN AGREEMENT APPROVED BY THE COUNTY THE MPO AND THE MUNICIPALITIES. AND B IF AND WHEN THE COUNTY MPO AND MUNICIPALITIES AMEND THE INTER LOCAL THE TERMS OF THE INTER LOCAL SHALL CONTROL THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE PARTIES AND ALL NEW PROVISIONS OF THE INTER LOCAL SHALL SUPERSEDE AND AUTOMATICALLY MODIFY THIS AGREEMENT WHICH MEANS THAT IF WE ALL ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT SAYS WE'RE GOING TO DEAL WITH YOUR MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS A DIFFERENT WAY IN OUR ORIGINAL AGREEMENT THAT PROVIDES FOR THE  709 TO BE TREATED ONE WAY THEN THAT WILL MODIFY THIS IF WE DO NOT ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT CHANGES THE WAY THOSE WILL BE DEALT WITH. THEN THIS DOCUMENT WILL REMAIN THE SAME. AND THAT'S BASICALLY THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGE. AND SO WE TOOK OUT THE THE 5 0 3 SEPARATION THAT'S IN THE SCOPE AND LEFT IT AT 7 0 9 AND THERE ARE A COUPLE DATE CHANGES. SO THE RED THE THE THE ORDINANCE PROVIDES FOR THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS TO BE DONE BY FEBRUARY 1ST. AND WE HAD MUTUALLY AGREED ON MARCH 1ST OF 2020 BUT TO AVOID ANY PROBLEMS OR OR ANYONE CONTESTING THIS DOCUMENT WE JUST MADE IT CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S IN THE DATE IN THE ORDINANCE. AND IT'S JUST A MONTH SOONER THAN WE HAD PROVIDED FOR IT HERE BUT THAT WON'T PRESENT ANY PROBLEMS IN TERMS OF THE ABILITY TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS. MAYOR FURR AND COMMISSIONER FURR COMMISSIONER RYAN THANK YOU. JUST REAL QUICK I DO WANT TO. I JUST REALLY WANT TO THANK BOTH GREG GRETCHEN ANGELA ALAN. THIS HAS BEEN FIVE MONTHS ALL THE WORK ON THIS AND IT HAS GONE BACK AND FORTH BACK AND FIVE SO I'VE WATCHED I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY ITERATIONS OF THIS AND I'M GLAD IT'S FINALLY GOTTEN TO THIS POINT. I THINK IT'S GOING TO GIVE THE MPO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE ABLE TO DO THE KIND OF WORK THAT'S NECESSARY SO THAT WE CAN EVALUATE THESE PROJECTS AND GET THEM GOING. SO I WOULD LOVE TO MAKE MOTION BUT I THINK IT'S NOT TURNED ON AND THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK. APPRECIATE IT. COMMISSIONER. RYAN I'M 
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AWARE THAT WE WANT TO MOVE THIS ALONG QUICKLY SO I'LL TRY TO BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE THE BACKUP WITH REGARD TO THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION AND ALSO LOOKED ON THE SCREEN THE LANGUAGE THAT MS WALLACE HAD REFERENCED ON SCOPE OF SERVICES ROMAN NUMERAL TWO PARTS A AND B THEY'RE NOT IN EITHER DOCUMENT BUT TO THE ATTORNEY FOR THE MPO WHAT MS WALLACE STATED AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON INCLUDES A AND B WITHIN ROMAN NUMERAL 2. 
          THAT IS CORRECT SIR. ALL RIGHT. SO AS I UNDERSTAND IT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON NOW IS TO ESTABLISH THE FUNDING FOR THE REASONABLE COST OF SERVICES THAT THE MPO STAFF IS GOING TO REQUIRE IN ORDER TO ANALYZE AND RANK THE PROJECTS CERTAINLY THE PROJECTS THE 506 PROJECTS THAT DEAL WITH THE THAT WILL ENHANCE CONNECTIVITY AND REDUCE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. WITH REGARD TO THE OTHER TWO HUNDRED THREE PROJECTS THEY ARE THEY GOING TO GET RANKED BY THE MPO OR THOSE PROJECTS WOULD THEY THESE LIKE RESURFACING PROJECTS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL PROJECTS. ARE THEY GOING TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE THE COUNTY COMMISSION OR ARE THEY GOING TO BE RANKED FIRST BY THE MPO BASED UPON THE THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS. THEY DO THE 203 MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION PROJECTS DO NOT MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE MPO IS CHARGED WITH APPLYING. SO IF THE IF THEY REMAIN IN THE 709. IF THE WHOLE SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE REMAIN IN THE MPO PROCESS THE REHAB AND MAINTENANCE WILL BE WHAT WILL BE BASICALLY YOU KNOW SET ASIDE OR NEVER PRIORITIZED OR RANK BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE CRITERIA THAT THE MPO WAS APPLYING. SO WE THAT ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND WE HAVE WE NEED TO HAVE A CONSENSUS WITH REGARD TO HOW THOSE THAT ISSUE AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SEPARATE THAT OUT BECAUSE THE LANGUAGE IN THE INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FROM AUGUST OF 2018 DOES PROVIDE FOR THE WHAT IT SAYS THE THE CURRENT MUNICIPAL PROJECTS THE ENTIRE 709 PROJECTS. SO IT WAS CONTEMPLATED THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS WOULD BE WOULD BE RANKED WOULD BE PRIORITIZED BEFORE THEY WOULD EVEN BE CONSIDERED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSION. SO WHEN THIS NEW INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IS DISTRIBUTED AMONG THE CITIES I JUST WANT THE MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAY BE OF BENEFIT TO YOU TO NOT HAVE YOUR REHAB PROJECTS ASKED THAT THEY BE RANKED BECAUSE OTHERWISE WON'T EVEN COME UNDER CONSIDERATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GIVE THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT CHOICE. DO YOU WANT THOSE LOCAL REHAB PROJECTS TO BE ABLE TO GO DIRECTLY TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION. SO AS LONG AS THAT'S BEEN CLARIFIED I'M IN FAVOR OF IT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT ARE READY TO GO. 
          AND YOU'VE GOT SOME FEDERAL FUNDS THAT ARE IN PLACE. SO WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE RESOURCES SO THAT WE WOULDN'T WASTE A YEAR AND WE STILL ARE AS THE LAWYERS YOU KNOW MAKE MORE AND MORE MONEY. WE'RE WE'RE TIGHTENING UP THE LANGUAGE TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS A LOCAL AGREEMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE AUGUST 2018 AGREEMENT BECAUSE I'LL TELL YOU FOR THE COUNTY'S PERSPECTIVE WE ARE COMMITTED TO PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE AUGUST 2018 AGREEMENT. AND AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THIS AGREEMENT WHICH IS REALLY NECESSARY TO GET THE FUNDING TO THE MUNICIPALITIES WE WANT TO BE CERTAIN THAT WE'RE VERY CLEAR ON THE RECORD THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE ANY INCONSISTENCIES UNLESS THE MUNICIPALITIES AGREE TO IT NOT JUST THE MPO AND THE COUNTY BUT THE MUNICIPALITIES ALSO WHO WANTS TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE THESE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS I'LL CALL IT. SO I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS A REALLY EXCELLENT EXPLANATION. I WOULD. I'D JUST LIKE TO. I'M GRETCHEN CASSINI FROM BROWARD COUNTY. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT HAD BEEN SAID PREVIOUSLY THAT'S RELATED TO THOSE SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE PROJECTS ON THE RECORD. WE HAVE A 30 YEAR PLAN. THOSE 709 PROJECTS ARE PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE 30 YEARS THAT 15.6 BILLION DOLLARS OF ESTIMATED REVENUE OVER THE 30 YEAR TIMEFRAME HAS BEEN PROGRAMS IN PROJECTS BOTH CITY AND COUNTY PROJECTS. SO I DIDN'T WANT ANYONE TO LEAVE HERE WITH AN EXPECTATION THAT ALL 2.8 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF CITY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PLAN WOULD BE FUNDED IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS. THE IDEA OF CARVING OUT REHAB AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WAS SO 
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THAT WE COULD FUND PROJECTS THAT ARE EASY FOR CITIES TO COMPLETE. MOST MUNICIPALITIES ALREADY HAVE PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS. THESE PROJECTS ARE IN CIPS. YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES AND THE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE TO GET THEM DONE QUICKLY USUALLY WITHIN A SINGLE FISCAL YEAR. THAT'S INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. SO IF WE HAPPEN TO HAVE A YEAR IN 2020 WHERE WE HAVE 120 MILLION DOLLARS TO GIVE AWAY TO CITIES WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS DONE QUICKLY SHOW THAT IMPACT. THE ISSUE THAT WE HAVE FACED FROM IT'S A BUSINESS DECISION THAT THAT WE. WE AGREED AFTER A LOT OF INPUT INPUT FROM CITIES THAT WE WOULD CARVE THOSE WE HAVEN'T MAINTENANCE PROJECTS OUT OF THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS SO THAT THEY WOULDN'T GET PUSHED TO THE 28 YEAR SO THAT THEY COULD GET DONE EARLY. HOWEVER IT CREATES AN INCONSISTENCY WITH AN EXISTING IN LOCAL AGREEMENT THAT WE ALL ENTERED INTO. AND SO UNTIL THAT INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT IS AMENDED WE'RE JUST GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 709 PROJECTS AT THE MPO WE GET THERE. 
          HOPEFULLY WE GET THERE AND I THINK THAT'S. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? QUESTION. WHEN DO YOU EXPECT TO GET THERE. WELL WHAT'S REASONABLE FOR US AS CITIES TO SAY THE PROJECTS THAT WE SUBMITTED FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS WHICH WE USED TO CALL ME THIS PROJECT WILL FILTER OUT OF THAT SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINE OR WHATEVER IT IS. IT IS OUR AND I WILL LET ANGELA CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG BUT IT IS OUR EXPECTATION NOW THAT THIS HAS COME TO LIGHT. AND JUST SO THAT YOU ALL ARE AWARE THIS JUST CAME TO LIGHT ON MONDAY. SO WE WOULD THERE WOULD BE AN ISSUE. SO ANGELA IS WORKING OVERTIME AND SERIOUSLY OVERTIME TRYING TO GET THE THE ELEMENTS OF THE EXISTING INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT WHICH WOULD ALSO POTENTIALLY INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF A FIVE YEAR PLAN. THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT ALL OF THE CITIES THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO YOU KIND OF WITHOUT HESITATION HAVE SAID YES WE WANT THAT WE WANT CERTAINTY WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY WHEN OUR PROJECTS ARE GETTING DONE AND WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE GONNA GET EACH YEAR. SO INCLUDING A FIVE YEAR PLAN AND EXCLUDING REHAB PROJECTS WOULD BE COMING IN AN AMENDED AGREEMENT ALONG WITH A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED LIKE BETTER DEFINITIONS OF WHAT ROAD ROADWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION IS. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE COMING TO YOU IN THE NEXT MONTH THE NEXT MONTH FOR YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON. MR. STUART YES. WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN WHICH IS FROZEN I CAN'T MOVE IT. IS THAT THE SAME INFORMATION THAT IF I GO TO THE MPO WEBSITE. NO SIR. HOW DO I ACCESS THIS REVISED AGREEMENT. WE HAVEN'T. [INAUDIBLE] SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS A DIFFERENT DRAFT OF WHAT WAS PRESENTED ORIGINALLY IN YOUR PACKAGE. 
          I UNDERSTAND THAT. SO I'M JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF. WHEN DO I GET A COPY OF THAT THAT WE HAVE HARD COPIES WE COULD GIVE YOU TODAY YOU'D LIKE A HARD COPY BUT WILL IT BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE IT'LL BE PUT ON THE WEBSITE. BUT WHAT YOU'RE SEEING I WANT TO BE CLEAR IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THAT A AND B ARE ALSO THAT THAT LANGUAGE ITSELF IS NEW THAT IS STRICKEN OUT ON THERE BUT THAT'S NO YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THAT EITHER. 
          THAT WASN'T BEFORE THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EITHER AND THAT'S BECAUSE THESE ARE CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED BETWEEN THE COUNTY COUNCIL AND MYSELF WITH THE MPO. GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. I SEE NO ONE SIGNED IN. THIS WOULD BE A GOOD TIME FOR SOMEBODY TO REMOVE IT.  [INAUDIBLE] OK. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO MOVE THE AGENDA MOVE THE ITEM PLEASE VOTE. ALL RIGHT.  THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. LOOK AT THAT IT'S UNANIMOUS. THAT'S WONDERFUL. THE FOURTH. 
          [2.  DISCUSSION AND MOTION(S): A. Fourth Amendment to Interlocal Agreement for Creation of the Broward County Metropolitan Planning Organization (i) Allowing Alternates for the Broward County Board of County Commissioner MPO Board Members; (ii) Directing MPO General Counsel and Executive Director to Acquire the Necessary Approvals From the Parties to the Agreement and to Process/Record Appropriate Documents as Needed B. Amendments to the Rules of the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO) to be effective upon approval of the Fourth Amendment by a majority of its Members]
THE NEXT ITEM WHICH IS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ON THAT. DO WE NEED ANOTHER PRESENTATION. NO WE DON'T. BUT ALAN'S 
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GONNA READ IT INTO THE REST OF THE TITLE INTO THE RECORD. THIS IS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT FOR CREATION OF THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION ONE ALLOWING ALTERNATES FOR THE BROWARD COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MPO BOARD MEMBERS AND TO DIRECTING THE MPO GENERAL COUNSEL AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY APPROVALS FROM THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT AND TO PROCESS AND RECORD APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTS AS NEEDED. OKAY. 
          IT'S ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR SOMEBODY TO MOVE IT. ANY DISCUSSION? SCHOOL MEMBER GOOD. SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. SO SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND SO THEN WE'RE LOOKING HERE AGAIN TO PROVIDE ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT. OK. AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS OF WHICH I THINK THE TOTAL NUMBER OF MPO MEMBERS IS 25 VOTING MEMBER VOTING VOTING MEMBERS 38. THERE'S 38 RIGHT. CORRECT. WE'LL ADD FOUR MORE. 
          OK. SO OF THE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL MEMBERS TO INTERACT ON THE MPO AND THOSE MEMBERS ARE USUALLY YOU KNOW SELECTED I GUESS BY ORDER OF POPULATION OF THEIR RESPECTIVE CITIES. SO IT'S NOT LIKE MIRAMAR HAS AN ALTERNATE MIRAMAR MEMBER BUT YET WE HAVE ANOTHER MUNICIPAL ALTERNATE. SO WE'RE JUST LOOKING NOW TO GIVE THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FROM THE SAME BODY. CORRECT. SO AM I UNDER. I JUST I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING EVERYTHING CORRECTLY THAT IS CORRECT. SO THE MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVE IS NOT BEING CHANGED  WE HAVE THE REGULAR MEMBERS AND THEN WE HAVE THE DESIGNATED ALTERNATE MEMBERS OF THE MUNICIPAL BODIES THAT THAT DOES NOT CHANGE THE COUNTY WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT SIT ON THE BOARD ONE BEING THE SFRTA REPRESENTATIVE. COMMISSIONER RYAN. THERE IS NO ALTERNATE FOR THAT POSITION.  SFRTA STILL REMAINS THE SINGLE PARTY SINGLE PERSON. SO WHAT IS THE RATIONALE FOR HAVING A MUNICIPAL ALTERNATE. WELL IT ORIGINALLY WAS BECAUSE WE ONLY HAD 19 MEMBERS VOTING MEMBERS THAT COULD VOTE. AND NOW IT'S 25. BUT EVEN WITH THAT WE STILL DID NOT HAVE ENOUGH MEMBERS WHO ARE ABLE TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE. SO DEPENDING UPON THOSE WHO ARE PRESENT GIVES THOSE ALTERNATES WHETHER IT BE THE COUNTY AS IT'S PROPOSED NOW OR WHETHER IT BE THE MUNICIPALITIES AS IT PREVIOUSLY WAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BOARD MEETING AND THEY WILL HAVE THE COUNTY ALL WILL ALSO HAVE THE. I'M ONLY ASKING ABOUT. OK. BUT BECAUSE WE COULDN'T PROVIDE FOR THE NECESSARY THE 31 WE ACTUALLY THERE'S 32 MUNICIPALITIES IF YOU COUNT THE FORT LAUDERDALE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS TWO MEMBERS. OK. SO THERE'S JUST NO WAY POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE TO VOTE AND PARTICIPATE IN THAT FASHION. SO HAVING THE ALTERNATE MUNICIPAL PARTICIPATED AFFORDS THE SMALLER CITIES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE IN CONVERSATION AND VOTE ON ACTION THAT'S BEING TAKEN BY THE MPO. YES MA'AM. 
          THAT'S CORRECT AND THAT'S WHY EVERYONE GETS A CHANCE TO VOTE. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. 
          SO IF THIS PROPOSAL GETS APPROVED WHAT WOULD THAT DO TO THE OPPORTUNITY OF MUNICIPAL ALTERNATES TO PARTICIPATE. WE WOULD STILL. WE WOULD STILL LOOK AT THE MUNICIPAL ALTERNATIVES BASED UPON POPULATION AND AS THE NUMBER OF 25 OR GREATER AS IT GOES BEYOND 25 THEY WOULD DROP OFF LIKE THEY DO CURRENTLY. RIGHT. 
          BUT RIGHT NOW IF A COUNTY COMMISSIONER CHOOSES NOT TO ATTEND THE MEETING FOR WHATEVER REASON A MUNICIPAL ALTERNATE CAN CAN VOTE AGAIN THEY ALL VOTE BUT THEY JUST DON'T THEY STILL GET RECORDED. BUT IT JUST DOESN'T COUNT INTO THE NUMBER. I GET YOU'RE BEING A LAWYER BUT I'M JUST I'M I'M I'M JUST BEING AN MPO MEMBER AT THIS POINT AND I'M SURE I UNDERSTAND AND MAKE A POINT RIGHT NOW. YES YOU'RE CORRECT. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE GETTING GUIDANCE FROM THE [INAUDIBLE]. WE WERE TALKING. OK. SO SO MY QUESTION IS RIGHT NOW IF TWO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHOOSE NOT TO COME TO THE MEETING THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TWO MUNICIPAL ALTERNATES TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. YES. RIGHT. AND SO MY QUESTION AS HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A MUNICIPAL MEMBER TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE AN IMPACT FOR A MUNICIPAL MEMBER INDIVIDUAL MEMBER WILL BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE THE VOTE THE VOTE MAY NOT COUNT TOWARDS THE TOTAL VOTE OF THE 25. 
          NO YOU'RE NOT GETTING. SO MY QUESTION IS RIGHT NOW THERE'S FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. YES. WELL MOST OF THE TIME NOT ALL FOUR COME. RIGHT. SO THERE'S USUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A MUNICIPAL ALTERNATE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE OF THE 
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THE UP TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER NOT BEING PRESENT. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO IF WE'RE GOING TO AFFORD THE OPPORTUNITY NOW FOR A COUNTY COMMISSIONER TO HAVE A COUNTY COMMISSION OR ALTERNATE THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE OPPORTUNITY OF SOME OF THESE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES TO BE AFFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE ON THE MPO. THAT IS MY OPINION. I JUST I'M NOT ASKING YOU THAT ANALYSIS. OK. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. I AM ALSO A COUNTY WIDE REPRESENTATIVE. AND I DON'T HAVE AN ALTERNATE SO I YOU KNOW I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PART OF THIS BODY. I KNOW THEM ALL PERSONALLY AND RESPECT THEIR POSITION HERE ON MPO AND VALUE ACTUALLY GREATLY THEIR POSITION HERE ON MPO. HOWEVER WE ALL HAVE TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE HERE ON THIS DAY. AND THERE HAS BEEN TIMES THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME. FOR WHATEVER REASON AND I THINK THAT YOU KNOW I EQUALLY VALUE EVERYBODY'S PARTICIPATION ON THIS BODY AND TO AFFORD THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A ANOTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONER ALTERNATE I THINK IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN THIS SENSE OF HOW THIS BODY HAS OPERATED FOR A GREAT NUMBER OF YEARS. I DO THINK IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE OPPORTUNITY OF SOME OF THE SMALLER CITIES AND I HAD IT UP EARLIER BUT I BELIEVE IT'S LIKE SOUTHWEST RANCHES, COOPER CITY, PARKLAND THEY'RE MEMBERS THAT TYPICALLY COME TO OUR MEETINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME AND WANT TO PARTICIPATE. AND I DO BELIEVE IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THEIR ABILITY TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS NO DOUBT IN MY MIND. SO I WOULD ASK THAT I'M NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS ACTION AND I REALLY WANT STAFF TO TELL ME YOUR RATIONALE FOR RECOMMENDING ITS APPROVAL JUST DO IT. I MEAN BECAUSE AS I SEE IT BEFORE ME RIGHT NOW IT SAYS MOTION TO APPROVE. SO I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT SOME KIND OF RECOMMENDATION IS BEING MADE. THE REASON WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AND IT'S ACTUALLY JUST LOOK AROUND THE ROOM. SO WHILE WE HAVE FOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOUR ALTERNATES AND THEN ONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER SERVING AS THE RTA THAT THAT POSITION DOESN'T HAVE AN ALTERNATE WHICH IS A REGIONAL BODY AS WELL. THAT SAID I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE HERE AND THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BIGGER THE BIGGER QUESTION IF THEY'RE GONNA BE SENDING AN ALTERNATE THEN THAT PERSON WILL MORE THAN LIKELY BE LIKELY HERE ALL THE TIME. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS HAVE A CONSISTENT DIALOGUE WITH ALL THE MEMBERS GOING FORWARD AND THAT'S ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT FOR THIS. SO IF YOU'RE NOT HERE CITY STEPS IN FOR YOU IF YOU HAD AN ALTERNATE. MAYBE WE SHOULD DO THAT. THAT'S THAT'S A DECISION FOR YOU ALL TO MAKE. HOWEVER FROM OUR SIDE OF THE TABLE HERE I'M LOOKING AT IT. THE MORE PEOPLE SITTING HERE THE BETTER IT IS FOR THE DIALOGUE BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS HERE NEEDS TO GO BACK TO EVERY ONE OF THE DIOCESE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY WHETHER IT'S THE SCHOOL BOARD THE COUNTY COMMISSION OR COCONUT CREEK. IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER WHERE. IT'S JUST THAT DIALOGUE NEEDS TO HAPPEN. SO I'M LOOKING AT IT AS THIS FAKE CAP THAT WAS PUT ON BY THE LEGISLATURE SAYING OK WELL WE'RE AT 19 NOW WE'RE 25. COULD WE GO TO 30. MY MY COLLEAGUES IN DETROIT HAVE ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE MEMBERS. YOU KNOW THERE ARE BOARDS THAT ARE MUCH LARGER THAN OURS. AND IT IS ALL ABOUT YOU ALL TO HAVE A PLACE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER AND I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. AND THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING THAT I'M NOT TAKING AWAY THE FACT THAT VOTE'S THE FINAL VOTE TALLY DOES HAVE UNDUE INFLUENCE ON THE COUNTY SIDE. I WOULD AGREE WITH. THERE IS NO DOUBT EVERYTHING WE DO HERE IN THIS BODY THAT IT'S AN ACTION ITEM THAT HAS GREAT REPERCUSSIONS THIS VOTE. AND SO VOTES MATTER INDIVIDUALS MATTER THOSE THAT ARE HERE MATTERS ENGAGEMENT MATTERS INTERACTION OR MATTERS. AND I WILL SAY THAT THERE IS GREAT VALUE IN CONSISTENCY OF MEMBERSHIP AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE PRESENT AND COME EVERY MEETING OR TRY TO COME EVERY MEETING OR HEAR MOST OF MEETINGS THEY ARE HERE TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS ESPECIALLY THESE PRESENTATIONS THAT TAKES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK FROM YOUR STAFF TO BE HERE TO BE PRESENTED PRESENTED TO THIS BODY. AND SO WHEN ONE MEMBER IS CHOOSES NOT TO COME FOR WHATEVER REASON AND AN ALTERNATE SHOWS UP NEVER EVER ATTENDED THE MEETING BEFORE NEVER HEARD ANY PRESENTATION BEFORE IT'S GOING TO CHANGE THE DYNAMICS OF THIS BODY. THERE IS NO QUESTION. AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY I GET IT. IF I 
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WAS A COUNTY COMMISSIONER MAYBE I TOO WOULD WANT AN ALTERNATE. I GET THEY HAVE BUSY SCHEDULES. I GUESS THEY'RE NOT GOING TO ALWAYS BE ABLE TO BE HERE. BUT I VALUE THE TIME AND EFFORT OF EVERY SINGLE MEMBER HERE. WE ALL HAVE OTHER THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING BUT WE TRY TO BE HERE WHENEVER POSSIBLE TO VOTE ON MATTERS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS BODY. SO I THINK IT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THERE'S CONSISTENCY AND THOSE THAT ARE HERE ARE ENGAGED. HERE ARE THE PRESENTATIONS MONTHLY AND ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE ON THE VARIOUS ITEMS PRESENT. SO I AM NOT SUPPORTING SUPPORTIVE OF A COUNTY COMMISSIONER HAVING AN ALTERNATE MEMBER. 
          AND I WOULD ASK THAT. I'M ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED THAT THE ITEMS BEFORE US. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER HOLNESS. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED. MR. STUART. IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY. HOW MANY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE ON THE UH THEIR TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. 
          DO YOU KNOW THAT'S ACTUALLY UNIQUE IN THE CONSTITUTION MIAMI-DADE HAS A SEPARATE CHAPTER SO THE ENTIRE COUNTY COMMISSION AND THEN ANY CITY OVER. I THINK IT'S FIFTY THOUSAND BUT THEY ARE ALSO CAPPED AT THE TWENTY FIVE THE NUMBER OF VOTES TWENTY FIVE. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY ALTERNATES AT ALL. SO THIRTEEN OF THE TWENTY FIVE MEMBERS IN MIAMI DADE COUNTY ARE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CORRECT. SO THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE CHANGES THE ROLE THAT I'M SEEING UP THERE GOING ON FOR THEM. 
          YES. OKAY. SO WHAT I'M POINTING OUT IT'S NOT UNREASONABLE FOR US TO HAVE A SEAT AT THE TABLE BEING THE REGIONAL BODY AND I KNOW EVERY INDIVIDUAL HERE PLAYS A ROLE IN REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTING PRIMARILY THE CITY THAT YOU REPRESENT AND WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM BEING HERE SOMETIMES IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH FOLKS HERE LOOKING AT THE WHOLE REGION THEN THE INTERESTS OF THE ENTIRE REGION IS NOT ALWAYS AS REPRESENTED AS IT OUGHT TO BE. AND THAT IS PART OF THE DIALOGUE WE HAD AT THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS THIS BODY TAKES CARE OF INDIVIDUAL CITY BUT IT ALSO PLAYS A ROLE IN WHAT HAPPENS IN THE OVERALL COUNTY FOUR OR FIVE OF US HERE. IT'S NOT OVERWHELMING COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF CITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED. SO THE BALANCE IS NOT THROWN OFF BY US HAVING ALTERNATIVES HERE. WHEN ONE OF US IS NOT PRESENT NOW I'M HERE MOST OF THE TIME. I MEAN SELDOMLY DO I MISS A MEETING. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND A RESPONSIBILITY TO BE HERE. BUT THERE MIGHT BE TIMES WHEN SOMEONE ELSE IS NOT HERE. 
          AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER FURR AND COMMISSIONER RYAN'S PRETTY MUCH HERE ALSO. AGAIN THIS WILL NOT CHANGE IN THE BALANCE. THIS SHIFT IN ANY POWER STRUCTURE HERE IN TERMS OF GIVEN THE COUNTY MORE REPRESENTATION TO TO HAVE FIVE VOTES CONSISTENTLY AND WE MAY NOT HAVE FIVE VOTES CONSISTENTLY BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE ALTERNATIVE PROBABLY WON'T SHOW UP ANYWAY. OKAY. IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME ONES THAT HAVE BEEN SHOWING UP JUST GOING TO SHOW UP AS IT IS NOW. SO FIVE OUT OF TWENTY FIVE LOOK AT THAT RATIO. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. TO BE CANDID. JUST SO THE BOARD MEMBER KNOWS. BOARD MEMBER GOOD. THIS STARTED ABOUT BECAUSE THE COUNTY NEVER AGREED TO THE THIRD INTER LOCAL AGREEMENT AND IT STILL WENT THROUGH IT WENT THROUGH THE LEGAL PROCESS. IT WAS SIGNED BY THE F.D.A. SECRETARY OR HIS DESIGNEE AND THE COUNTY DIDN'T RECOGNIZE IT. THEY DIDN'T LIKE THE REAPPORTION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I ASKED VERY EARLY ON OF MY FAVORITE COUNTY COMMISSIONER SORRY EVERYBODY IS GONNA FIND OUT BUT COMMISSIONER RYAN SAID YOU KNOW THAT THIS REMEDIES ANY PROBLEM THAT THE COUNTY PREVIOUSLY HAD AND THAT EXCITES ME THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE. THE IDEA OF PUTTING ON THE ALTERNATES FOR THE COUNTY. YOU KNOW I WE WANTED AS MUCH PARTICIPATION AS POSSIBLE AND. AND COMMISSIONER FURR SAID YOU KNOW THAT IF THERE WERE MORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS INVOLVED AND THERE WOULD ALWAYS BE FIVE VOTES THAT THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF DOING THIS. I AGREE WITH YOU 100 PERCENT. YOU KNOW UNTIL TODAY I WAS SURPRISED WHEN SOUTHWEST RANCHES I DIDN'T KEEP TRACK LIKE I NORMALLY DO BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRUSTING GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THAT BUT UNTIL TODAY 
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SOUTHWEST RANCHES HAD ALWAYS BEEN ABLE TO VOTE. BUT I DO ANTICIPATE ANY SMALLER COMMUNITY IF A COUNTY COMMISSIONER DOES SHOW UP THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO VOTE THAT IS. SO THERE'S AN UPSIDE YOU GET INCREASED PARTICIPATION BY THE COUNTY. THE DOWNSIDE IS THERE'S GOING TO BE REPRESSED PARTICIPATION BY SMALLER COMMUNITIES. COMMISSIONER SCHROEDER. YES I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. 
          MY VOTE WILL BE HEARD TODAY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. THERE IS AN OLD SAYING NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION WHETHER YOU'RE ONE OR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND WE UTILIZE EVERY SINGLE ROAD THAT'S IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA IF YOU TOOK ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT AREN'T ALLOWED TO VOTE. IF YOU TOOK ALL THEIR TAXES AWAY AND YOU WEREN'T ALLOWED TO HAVE THEM THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY. WE DO UTILIZE THEM WE DON'T WORK IN SOUTHWEST RANCHES. PATTY. YOU WERE ABSOLUTELY EXQUISITE. I COMMEND YOU FOR BITING FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER RYAN AND COMMISSIONER FURR. WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ITEM BEFORE AND I APPRECIATE VICE MAYOR CALETKA SHARING WITH US THE SUPPORT THAT I'VE HAD THAT I'VE INDICATED FOR THIS USE OF ALTERNATIVES ALTERNATE MEMBERS FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TO BOARD MEMBER GOOD. YOUR ANALYSIS IS LOGICAL BUT I THINK IT'S HIGHLY THEORETICAL. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO APPEAR AS AN ALTERNATE I THINK IS IT IS NOT TOO STRONG. I KNOW THEY DO A LOT OF OTHER WORK AND I DON'T FORESEE THEM BEING HERE AND SUBSTITUTING FOR A REGULAR MEMBER. I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BUT I DO THINK THAT FOR. FROM THE MUNICIPAL PERSPECTIVE. IF AN ALTERNATE DID APPEAR FOR A COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT WAS NOT IN ATTENDANCE. THAT IS ACTUALLY A BENEFIT TO THE MUNICIPALITIES ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE PASSAGE OF THE SURTAX AND HOW THE COUNTY COMMISSION MAKES A REVIEW AND APPROVAL OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS. I WOULD THINK YOU WOULD WANT MORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEEDS OF THE INDIVIDUAL CITIES ARE. SO TO ME IT WOULD SEEM. I NEVER THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE CONTROVERSIAL THAT YOU WOULD BE VOTING IN YOUR OWN SELF-INTEREST AS A MUNICIPALITY TO SAY YES IF A COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS NOT HERE AND YOU CAN FIND ANOTHER COUNTY COMMISSIONER THAT WILL APPEAR. IT'S A BENEFIT FOR ALL OF US. SO I DO SUPPORT THE MOTION COMMISSIONER FURR FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY HERE WE GO. I AM GONNA SUPPORT THIS. I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT HOW THAT BALANCE OF PERSPECTIVE. I THINK THERE IS. I'VE BEEN A CITY COMMISSIONER. I'VE BEEN A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND THERE IS A DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY YOU LOOK AT THINGS AND I THINK ABOUT THE HAVING BOTH PERSPECTIVES IS ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT AND THERE'S. WE HAVE A BALANCE RIGHT NOW. IT'S WORKING FAIRLY WELL BUT IT'S BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE MAINTAINED. THE OTHER PART IS BY HAVING EVERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER BE A MEMBER BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVE PARTICULAR ALTERNATES BY HAVING EVERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER BE A MEMBER JUST LIKE EVERY CITY IS REPRESENTED. IT MEANS THE ENTIRE COUNTY WILL BE INFORMED AND ENGAGED TO SOME EXTENT BECAUSE ALL THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL GET WILL BE GETTING THE AGENDAS JUST LIKE YOU ALL GET THEM EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT VOTING. YOU STILL GET HIM AND YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON. THIS WAY EVERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS GOING TO BE GETTING THAT THEY'LL KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP AND MORE IMPORTANTLY IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU WHOEVER REPRESENTS YOU AS A CITY THAT COUNTY COMMISSIONER CAN BE FIGHTING FOR YOU AND FIGHTING WITH YOU ON PARTICULAR PROJECTS PARTICULARLY WITH A SURTAX YOU'RE GONNA BE WANTING YOUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER FIGHTING FOR YOU TO HELP YOU GET YOUR PROJECTS PASSED OR BROUGHT UP TO YOU KNOW PRIORITIZED. THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          YOU WANT YOU WANT MORE PEOPLE. YOU MEAN ALL OF US ARE GONNA BE YOU KNOW WE ALL HAVE OUR PROJECTS. WE ALL HAVE THINGS WE WANT. AND YOU I THINK YOU WANT TO. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTY IS REPRESENTED ON THIS. SO I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE BALANCE AS WELL AS TO KEEP EVERY 
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CITY AND EVERY PART OF THE COUNTY ENGAGED AND INFORMED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE FOLLOWED BY COMMISSIONER [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST THINK THIS IS A THIS IS A QUESTION OF EQUITY. WE HAVE THE MPO IS A BOARD AND I'M NOT SURE WHY WHY WHY ARE WE SINGLING OUT JUST A GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE ALTERNATE INSTEAD OF GIVEN THE RESPECT FOR EACH AND EVERY BOARD MEMBER. I MEAN EITHER WE CAN ALL HAVE ALTERNATE MEMBERS OR WE OR WE CANNOT. I MEAN I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM OR I DON'T FEEL ANY WAY BECAUSE COUNTY COMMISSION HAS REPRESENTATION HERE OR WHATEVER NUMBER OF REPRESENTATIONS THAT THEY HAVE HERE. FOR ME IT'S JUST THE EQUITY THING IF WE ALL BRING VALUE TO THIS BOARD. I JUST STRUGGLING TO UNDERSTAND WHY IS IT THAT WHAT'S BEFORE US IS NOT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ALTERNATE. WHY IS IT JUST FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SOMEBODY CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT. VICE MAYOR. I GOT IT RIGHT NOW VICE MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] FOLLOWED BY MR. [INAUDIBLE]. THANK YOU. 
          I'LL TAKE A SHOT AT IT. COMMISSIONER. BASICALLY THE WAY THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE OPERATING THE WAY IT'S SET UP IS THAT WE HAVE DISTRICTS EACH. THERE IS NO DISTRICTS IN THE EVERY MUNICIPALITY. THERE IS THE MEMBER AND THEN THERE'S ALTERNATES WITHIN THAT MEMBERSHIP. IF IF THE MPO WAS TO CHANGE THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAVE IT WOULD REQUIRE FOR US TO TAKE AWAY THE ALTERNATES AND TAKE AWAY THE DISTRICTS. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OPPORTUNITY BY STATUTE TO ALLOW EVERYONE TO VOTE DIRECTLY. THE WORST PROBLEM WOULD BE IS THAT YOU WOULD BE THOSE MEMBERS COULD BE NON-VOTING MEMBERS AND JUST BE ABLE TO SHOW UP AND NOT PARTICIPATE LIKE OTHER CITIES DO OR OTHER MPO DO THEY JUST DON'T PARTICIPATE IN THE MPO. SO WE ARE WE ARE ESTABLISHING A MPO SYSTEM THAT EXISTS BY OUR FOREFATHERS BEFORE MY TIME. BEFORE ALL OF YOUR TIME IS HOW THIS THE MPO WAS CREATED IN 1979 I BELIEVE IT WAS IT WAS ESTABLISHED THROUGH THIS POSITION BUT THIS THIS CHANGE WOULD CHANGE THE STRUCTURE OF IT AS WELL. NO IT CHANGES YES TO SOME BUT NOT NOT AS IT RELATES TO THE MUNICIPALITIES IN THE DISTRICTS NOT AS IT RELATES TO MUNICIPALITIES BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE THAT YOU'RE STILL WITHIN A DISTRICT A DISTRICT SET UP AND YOU STILL HAVE YOU HAVE ALTERNATES WITHIN THE DISTRICT. THAT'S HOW IT IS HOW WE ARE SO WITHIN OUR DISTRICTS COULD WE HAVE COULD WE HAVE ALTERNATES AS WELL WITHIN THE DISTRICTS YET THERE ACTUALLY ARE. WELL YES. I MEAN FOR EXAMPLE MIRAMAR YOU'RE IN DISTRICT 5. YOU HAD IT OUT OF DISTRICT 5 THEN REGULAR MEMBERS ARE DAVIE PEMBROKE PINES MIRAMAR AND WESTIN ALL THIS IS BY ESTABLISHED BY. BUT THE THE ALTERNATES IN DISTRICT 5 AS COOPERS CITY WEST PARK SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND PEMBROKE PARK OK. BUT IF I'M IF I'M NOT HERE IF I'M NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TO MEETING ONE OF THOSE I WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SEND AN ALTERNATE FROM MY COMMISSION AS WELL. YOUR ALTERNATE THEN YOU'RE THE ALTERNATES WITHIN YOUR DISTRICT IS THE ONES WHO ARE ABLE TO BE PRESENT AND COUNTED AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS OF TWENTY FIVE THEN IT'S BY ORDER OF POPULATIONS HOW IS CALCULATED OUT WHICH IS WHY WE'RE A POPULATION THE LOWEST POPULATION WITH WITHIN THE COUNTY. THE CITY IS AS VILLAGE OF LAZY LAKE WHICH NEVER SHOWS SEA RANCH LAKES WHICH IS NOW SHOWING HILLSBOROUGH BEACH LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA, PEMBROKE PARK I MEAN I CAN GO THROUGH THE LIST BUT LET ME LET ME JUST BE CLEAR BECAUSE I WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. YOU'RE SAYING BECAUSE WE HAVE DISTRICTS NO LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN. LET ME ASK A QUESTION BECAUSE WE HAVE DISTRICTS A MUNICIPALITY WOULD NOT BE ABLE. WE CANNOT CHANGE OUR RULES TO ALLOW MUNICIPALITIES TO SEND ANOTHER ANOTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL AS AN ALTERNATE FROM THEIR OWN MUNICIPALITY. THAT IS CORRECT. WE HAVE TO COMPLETELY CHANGE OUR ORGANIZATIONAL SETUP. BUT BUT FOR THE COUNTY BUT FOR THE COUNTY IT DOES NOT. YOU'RE TELLING ME IT'S DIFFERENT BECAUSE FROM THE COUNTY IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE STRUCTURE. MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES ARE MADE UP OF THE COUNTY THE SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER [INAUDIBLE] THAT'S THE OTHER SEPARATE DISTRICT. IT IS CHANGING. IT IS CHANGING THE CONCEPT AS IT PROVIDES FOR ALTERNATES FOR THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. BUT YOU ASKED AS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES COULD YOU HAVE AN ALTERNATE. AND I WAS TELLING YOU THAT YOU AS A MEMBER AND DISTRICT 5 AS MIRAMAR REPRESENTING MIRAMAR THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE ALTERNATES AND THOSE 
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ALTERNATES. BUT I DON'T HAVE ALTERNATE FOR FOR MY CITY. YES MA'AM YOU DO. FROM THE DISTRICT. BUT NOT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL I AM INDIVIDUALLY APPOINTED TO THIS BOARD. IF I CANNOT MAKE IT TO A MEETING CAN I AS AN INDIVIDUAL SEND ANOTHER CITY ANOTHER CITY OFFICIAL. COULD WE CHANGE THAT THE SAME WAY WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE IT FOR THE COUNTY. 
          YES. AND AS AN ATTORNEY. YOU'RE TELLING ME WHAT I'M TELLING YOU IS THAT YOU COULD OF COURSE BUT YOU OKAY. THE WHOLE CONCEPT OF WHAT THE MPO HOW THE MPO IS ORGANIZED IS AT THIS MOMENT. BUT YOU WOULD STILL HAVE THE DISTRICTS. I MEAN IT WOULDN'T CHANGE WOULD KNOW I LOSE IT BECAUSE THE ALTERNATES WOULD NEVER HAVE A CHANCE TO VOTE. PRESUMABLY A VOTE I MEAN WE'VE GRAPPLED SO CAN I MAKE A COMMENT HERE PLEASE. IF I WAS NOT HERE TODAY AND COMMISSIONER LAZAROW NOT HERE AND THE COMMISSIONER FROM DAVIE BEACH IS NOT HERE NONE OF US IN MY DISTRICT ARE REPRESENTED. SO BECAUSE MY ALTERNATES ARE NOT HERE EITHER. AND SO MAYOR CLARK IS GOING TO VOTE FOR ME TODAY FROM PEMBROKE PARK BUT MY CITY IS NOT REPRESENTED. WELL YOU KNOW WHAT. I'VE GOT A RESPONSIBILITY TO SHOW UP AND BE HERE. IT'S PART OF MY JOB. AND I REMEMBER I THINK IT WAS COMMISSIONER SOFIELD MONTHS AGO SAID I SET ASIDE THREE HOURS EVERY MONTH TO COME TO THIS MEETING FOR TODAY 4 TODAY 5 TODAY. BUT BUT MY BUT HIS POINT WAS THAT'S HIS RESPONSIBILITY. AND HE DOES EVERYTHING HE CAN TO FULFILL IT. SORT OF WHY SO TO MOST OF YOU MOST OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR TO ME. I SEE YOU HERE. MOST OF THE TIME. SO THE QUESTION IS THIS COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE IF YOU WANT TO DO WHAT YOU'RE SUGGESTING WE CAN CHANGE THE RULES. 
          EVERYBODY GETS AN ALTERNATE AND SMALLER CITIES WILL NEVER GET TO VOTE. ASSUMING THAT YOUR ALTERNATE SHOWS UP THE SMALLER CITIES. HOWARD DON'T EVEN SHOW UP. DON'T COME BACK BECAUSE YOU WILL NEVER GET A CHANCE TO VOTE OR YOU SANDY OR YOU TOM. 
          YOU WILL NEVER GET A CHANCE TO VOTE BECAUSE ALTERNATES WILL SHOW UP. NOW THAT MAKES THE POINT THAT COMMISSIONER GOOD IS MAKING THAT WHY SHOULD THE COUNTY COMMISSION BE ANY DIFFERENT THAN THE REST OF US. OK. SORRY. MAY I SPEAK MY. SURE. 
          I RARELY DO SPEAK UP AT THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE MANY OF THE ISSUES ARE NOT RELEVANT TO OUR TOWN PERSAY BUT THEY ARE RELEVANT AS BOARD MEMBER GOOD SAID TO EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN THE AREA HAS ALL OF THESE ISSUES AND CERTAINLY I'D LIKE TO THINK ALTHOUGH WE'RE A VERY TINY TOWN AND I'M THE FIRST ONE THAT GETS KICKED OFF. THAT'S OK BECAUSE MY BEING HERE AND YOU ALL KNOW I COME EVERY TIME AND MY BEING HERE ALLOWS ME TO UNDERSTAND THE BIG PICTURE AND REPORT IT BACK TO OUR PEOPLE SO THAT THEY ARE ALL AWARE. I DON'T I THINK I'M INTELLIGENT ENOUGH THAT I DON'T NEED A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WENT ON FROM A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. NO OFFENSE TO THEM AND WE NEED THEM AND WE NEED THE SUPPORT OF COURSE. BUT I AM TOTALLY IN AGREEMENT WITH BOARD MEMBER GOOD THAT IT'S VERY UNFAIR TOO FOR US TO BE KNOCKED OFF BECAUSE OF AN ALTERNATE WHO MAYBE ISN'T AS WELL AS FORMED AND HASN'T SAT IN EVERY MONTH. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. HOWARD CLARK MEMBERS I DO RESPECT ALL MY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND I GUESS AFTER I GET DONE SAYING ALL THIS OUR PROJECTS ARE GONE. IT IS UNFAIR TRULY UNFAIR. I COME UP HERE EVERY MONTH AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF I'M GONNA GET TO I GET TO VOTE BUT I DON'T KNOW IF MY VOTE IS GOING TO COUNT. SO YOU WANT PARTICIPATION FROM EVERYBODY. SO THIS WOULD JUST DAMPEN THAT. AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT FOR ONE YOU'VE GOT TO CHANGE IT FOR ALL WE SHOULD ALL HAVE ALTERNATES IF YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE IT FOR A GROUP FOR SMALL GROUP. SO I AGREE 100 PERCENT WITH A CHAIRMAN OR MEMBER GOOD. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS BOARD WOULD NOT DO THAT TO THE SMALLER GUY. I MEAN WE'RE ALTERNATES TO START WITH. THEN I COME HERE. ONE MINUTE I CAN VOTE NO COUNT. SOMEBODY JUST WALKED IN A COUNTY COMMISSIONER. IT DOESN'T COUNT. I MEAN I'M SITTING HERE BEING A NERVOUS WRECK BUT I DO WAIT. I DO. I DO GET IN MY CAR. I DO DRIVE. I DO PLAN THE TIME I DO GO OUT OF MY WAY BECAUSE I WANT TO KNOW SO I CAN SHARE WITH OUR REGION ARE OUR COMMISSIONERS. AND IT'S JUST NOT FAIR. 
          [03:25:02]
THAT IS NOT FAIR. WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT ME OUTSIDE HERE. GIVE ME A DOUGHNUT AND YOU KNOW YOU RESPECT ME TO STAY. IT'S JUST NOT FAIR AND YOU'LL BE SITTING WITH ME IN SOUTHWEST RANCHES AND OTHER SMALL GUYS. SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT COUNTY COMMISSIONERS I LOVE EACH ONE OF YOU. OH THERE GOES OUR PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON THEN WE'LL GO BACK TO COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE SMALL CITIES WE USED TO HAVE TO SIT OUT IN THE AUDIENCE. WE COULDN'T EVEN SIT UP HERE. WE HAD TO SIT OUT THERE AND WE WOULD SOMETIMES GET A PLACE UP HERE AND WE'D BE ALL EXCITED AND THEN COUNTY OR SOMEBODY ELSE WOULD WALK IN AND THEN WE'D GET EVICTED DOWN TO THE AUDIENCE SO. BUT I WAS A LITTLE TAKEN ABACK BY WHAT COMMISSIONER RYAN HAD TO SAY BECAUSE HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING THIS AND WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO HAVE MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSION AND HE SAID WELL THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANY ALTERNATES COME ANYWAY. SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS KIND OF NEGATIVE. IF YOU KNOW HE REALLY WANTS THIS AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WANT THIS TO SAY THAT MAYBE NOBODY WOULD REALLY CARE ENOUGH TO COME ANYWAY BUT WELL OK I FIGURED. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THAT I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF NEGATIVE. AND AS A SMALL CITY I WOULD NEVER WANT US TO DO AWAY WITH OUR DISTRICTS BECAUSE LIKE WE SAID WE WOULD NEVER EVER EVER GET TO VOTE. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. DO YOU MIND IF I RECOGNIZED COMMISSIONER JAFFE FIRST BECAUSE HE HASN'T SPOKEN. I'LL COME BACK YOU IF YOU WANT. BYRON. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. FIRST I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEMIZATION. WE'VE HAD SOME IMPORTANT AGENDA ITEMS HERE THAT WERE PUT ON A FOUR HOUR PERIOD INTO THE MEETING RIGHT. THAT I THINK NEEDS TO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME SOMETIMES FOR DISCUSSION RATHER THAN AT THE END OF A MEETING WHEN HALF THE MEMBERS ARE LEAVING. AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. AND WITH THAT BEING SAID I DO SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF WHAT A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER GOOD HAS BEEN SAYING BUT AS WELL AS EACH INDIVIDUAL HERE COMES WHETHER YOU'RE ONE REPRESENTING ONE MUNICIPALITY OR ENTITY OR ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND OR ONE POINT FIVE MILLION. AND I DO RESPECT ALL OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ALL THE HARD WORK THEY DO. I DO SEE A CONSENSUS SO THAT MAYBE WE SHOULD LOOK INTO POSSIBLY CHANGING IT IF I GET LET THE CITY ATTORNEY COME BACK AND STAFF LOOK AND SEE MAYBE WE THIS WILL PASS MAYBE IT WON'T PASS BUT AT LEAST GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THOSE MEMBERS WHO ARE THERE MIGHT BE A CONSENSUS TO SEE IF AN ALTERNATE WOULD BE AVAILABLE. OTHER THAN YOUR DISTRICT ALTERNATE IN YOUR ALTERNATE AND YOUR IN YOUR DISTRICT COMMISSIONER. DID ANYBODY WANT TO COMMENT ON IT. IF YOU DON'T MIND BECAUSE THIS IS WE'VE BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SINCE THE THIRD AMENDMENT AND YOU KNOW WHEN THE COUNTY REFUSED TO HEAR THE THIRD AMENDMENT AND I AM USING THE WORDS REFUSED BECAUSE IT WAS YOU KNOW THE LAW. THE LAW BASICALLY SAYS AND IT'S VERY CLEAR IN THIS AREA THAT IT'S THE MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS. AND WHILE I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD BE LOOKING TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS IT WAS JUST PURELY AND I. I'M GONNA USE. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER JOHNSON BUT IT IS MY OPINION THAT I PRETTY MUCH WOULD BET THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS WON'T SHOW UP. I'M SORRY COMMISSIONER. 
          THAT'S WHY I LOOKED AT THIS ONE. THIS PROBABLY IS MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. HOWEVER IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF IT AND THAT'S WHERE I YOU KNOW I CAN ABSOLUTELY LOVE HAVING YOU EVEN WHEN YOU SAY THESE THINGS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND IT AND AND I WOULD PREFER IF ALL OF YOU COULD VOTE ALL THE TIME PERIOD. IT'S AN ARCHAIC STATUTE IN FLORIDA AND THE ONLY OTHER STATE THAT DOES THIS IS ALABAMA. SO I DON'T EVEN LIKE THE FACT WE'RE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS WAY. WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME VOTE AND THEN MOVE ON. AND IF YOU CAN'T VOTE YOU SHOULD HAVE AN ALTERNATIVE THAT CAN COME FOR YOU TO VOTE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION YOUR MEMBER GOVERNMENT PERIOD. AND THAT'S WHY THIS IS THE HARDEST PART OF THIS. LOOKING AT IT FROM A STAFF MEMBER IS GOING OK WELL HOW DO WE COME TO A COMPROMISE AND CONSENSUS ON SOMETHING. 
          AND THAT IS THE AREA THAT BECOMES REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US AS STAFF BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE MAYOR OF PEMBROKE PARK COMMISSIONER CLARK. YOU KNOW YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. 
          YOU SHOULD COME EVERY TIME WHETHER YOU VOTED OR NOT OR YOUR VOTE COUNTS OR NOT 
          [03:30:03]
YOUR VOICE SHOULD BE HEARD. AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS I THINK. BUT I ALSO AGREE WITH THE TEA PARTY. IT'S NOT TEA PARTY BUT THE BOSTON TEA CONFERENCE. YOU SHOULD HAVE REPRESENTATION. YOU KNOW YOU REALLY SHOULD. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS LIMITED IN OUR FLORIDA LEGISLATURE AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S NOT BY THIS BODY. AND THE MORE AND MORE I ARGUE WITH IT UP IN TALLAHASSEE WE GOT FROM 19 TO 25. I WANT TO GO ALL THE WAY SO EVERY ONE OF YOU HAVE A VOTE FOREVER BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO LIKE LISTENING TO THAT AND SOME OF THE LEGISLATORS HAVE ACTUALLY SAID YOU SHOULD HAVE LESS WHICH IS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING. 
          COMMISSIONER FURR IS OUR FINAL SPEAKER RIGHT NOW. EVERY CITY IS A MEMBER OF THE MPO CORRECT. BUT NOT EVERY COUNTY EVERY NOT EVERY DISTRICT IN THIS COUNTY IS REPRESENTED. YOU HAVE ONE MILLION PEOPLE NOT. NO IT'S NOT. NO BECAUSE IT'S ONLY FIVE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MEANS THERE'S FOUR DISTRICTS OR THEY'RE NOT REPRESENTED THERE. EVERY CITY IN THIS COUNTY IS REPRESENTED THEREFORE THE COUNTY IS IT'S A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. NO. NOT AN ADEQUATE STATE. WHAT I'M SAYING IS THERE IS SOMEBODY FROM EVERY CITY THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY THERE'S NOT A COUNTY COMMISSIONER FROM EVERY COUNTY DISTRICT. THAT MEANS A MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOT REPRESENTED IN TERMS FROM FROM THE COUNTY PERSPECTIVE AND PERSPECTIVE IS IMPORTANT TO SAY HERE BECAUSE YOU CAN'T WE COME TO THIS FROM OUR OWN YOU KNOW FROM OUR OWN PERSPECTIVE WE'RE ALL YOU KNOW LOOKING AT THINGS FROM FROM THE ANGLE THAT WE'VE BEEN REPRESENTED OR ELECTED. RIGHT NOW I THINK IF ALL NINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CAME IN FOR THEM WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO VOTE. JUST LIKE WHEN ALL THE CITY COMMITTEE CITY COMMISSIONERS COME IN NOT ALL OF THEM CAN. IT'S THE SAME IT'S VERY SIMILAR. IF THEY ALL CAME IN THEY CAN'T ALL VOTE BUT YOU DO WANT TO HAVE THAT PERSPECTIVE. YOU DO WANT THEM TO BE ENGAGED AND YOU DO WANT THEM TO BE INFORMED BECAUSE IF THEY WHOEVER IS YOUR WHOEVER REPRESENTS YOUR CITY YOU WANT THEM IN YOUR CORNER FIGHTING FOR YOU FOR THAT YOU WANT THEM TO BE ENGAGED. IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT ALAN WAS TALKING ABOUT WITH THE DISTRICTS WHERE IF YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRICTS THEY ARE THEY ARE SOMEWHAT AREA ORIENTED AND YOU'LL JUST LIKE YES BUT THERE'S NOT SIMPLY THERE'S NOT A SOMEBODY IN EVERY COUNTY THERE'S NOT EVERY COUNTY DISTRICT REPRESENTED RIGHT NOW THERE'S THOSE THOSE FIVE THOSE SEATS RIGHT UP IN FRONT. WELL NORMALLY IF YOU HAD ALL NINE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD BE. THEY WOULD NOT ALL BE ABLE TO VOTE BUT THEY WOULD ALL BE ABLE TO SPEAK. CORRECT. JUST LIKE. AND THAT IS. THAT'S PART OF IT. THEY'D HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT WHAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT BE ABLE TO BRING TO THE CONVERSATION SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE IMPORTANT AND WITHOUT THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT. SO RATHER WHAT WHAT REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY'RE ABLE TO VOTE OR NOT. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY'RE ENGAGED AND INFORMED AND PART OF THIS OK. YES SIR. THANK YOU. I WILL GO AHEAD TO MOVE THIS FOR A VOTE. IF YOU CUE IT UP WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE IS THERE A SECOND THERE'S TWO ITEMS A AND B TOGETHER WE'LL COMBINE BOTH. YOU CAN I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT IF IF A PASSES THEN. THEN B IS FOR THE RULES TO BE MODIFIED THOSE RULES WOULD NOT BE MODIFIED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IS ACTUALLY PROCESSED THROUGH AND IS APPROVED BY ALL THE NECESSARY CITIES AND COUNTY AND MEMBERS YES WE DO WORKING AS A QUORUM. WE HAVE A MOTION TO IS THERE A SECOND. IT'S A AND B. YET TOM GREEN. MOTION BY TOM MR. CALETKA. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. IMPORTANT VOTE. SO IF YOU HAVE A YES OR NO BUTTON YOU CHOOSE WHICH ONE YOU WANT. YES YOU DO.  MOTION FAILS. ALL RIGHT. BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO GO. IT'S 12 NOS. YES. YES THIS MOTION FAILS EVERYTHING ELSE ON THE AGENDA IS FOR DISCUSSION. IF THERE IS NO QUESTION. NO COMMENTS. MEETING IS 
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ADJOURNED. 
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.