Jan 24, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

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RECORDING IN PROGRESS.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

WE NEED ONE FOR A QUORUM TO ADDRESS THE ACTION ITEMS, BUT WE CAN START WITH SOME OF THE NON-ACTION THINGS, THE MINUTES AND SO FORTH, AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL ARRIVE BY THEN.

MAYBE WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

PRESIDENT NOT ON YET. CHAIR RINEHART, REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MP. OH, WE CAN'T DO ROLL UNTIL WE HAVE EVERYBODY UNTIL WE HAVE QUORUM.

OKAY. WELL, WELCOME BACK EVERYBODY.

ANYWAY FIRST MEETING OF THE NEW YEAR.

I HOPE YOUR HOLIDAYS WERE HAPPY.

AND THE NEW YEAR WILL ALSO BE HAPPY.

THE STORY IS ALREADY WRITTEN BY ONE OF HIS JOB.

KEEP THAT UP FOR TONIGHT. NUMBER TEN.

HEY! YAY, YAY! THE QUORUM HAS ENTERED THE BUILDING.

NICE TRY, BUDDY. OKAY.

HE ALMOST. HE ALMOST GOT HIS PART DONE.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE CAN BEGIN.

WE ARE OFFICIALLY CALLED TO ORDER HERE, AND LET'S HAVE THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL NOW.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

THANK YOU. NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER.

[2. Approval of Minutes - October 25, 2023]

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? ADDITIONS. CHANGES. OKAY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE IT? WE HAVE THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, VOTE YES.

ALL THOSE OPPOSED, VOTE NO.

WAITING FOR YOUR VOTE, CHAIR.

WAITING FOR YOUR VOTE, CHAIR.

YEAH. CLICK IT WITH THE MOUSE.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO.

GOT A TOUCH SCREEN AT HOME.

IT LOOKS LIKE A TOUCH SCREEN, BUT. ALL RIGHT.

THE IS APPROVED. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[3. Approval of Agenda]

WE HAVE THOSE. NO COMMENTS.

PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY. THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT. REBECCA, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUESTS TONIGHT? I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PRIOR.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]

NOW THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS, OF COURSE, BUT IN CERTAIN CASES, WE HAVE TO ADVISE EVERYBODY THAT IT IS PUBLIC IN CASE SOMEBODY HAS A COMMENT ON ONE PARTICULAR ITEM WHICH IS NUMBER ONE, THE PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2045MTP.

AND PAUL FLAVIEN WILL GIVE US A BRIEF SUMMARY.

WE HAD ADDRESSED THIS IN A PREVIOUS CAC MEETING.

SO THIS ISN'T NEW INFORMATION, BUT I'VE ASKED PAUL TO GIVE US A BRIEF RECAP OF THAT.

MEANS HIS MICROPHONE. GREAT.

GOOD EVENING. THERE YOU GO. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CAC FLAVIEN WITH THE BROWARD MPO. THE THE MPO ON A YEARLY BASIS AMENDS ITS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN

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THESE AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO T A, C, C, A, C AND BOARD IN A BRIEF, YOU KNOW THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO ENTITIES CAME FORWARD WITH WITH AMENDMENTS.

IT WAS A DOT ANALYSIS PLAN.

AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, DOT'S DRAFTED INTO WORK PROGRAM.

THE TIP AND THE MTP. ALL MUST BE IN ALIGNMENT IN TERMS OF COSTS OF PROJECTS TIME FRAMES FOR PROJECTS. SO THERE WAS AN ISSUE, THERE WAS THERE WAS A TENTATIVE DRAFT WORK PROGRAM CAME OUT AND THERE WERE SOME DIFFERENT TIME FRAMES FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS.

SO IN ORDER TO ESSENTIALLY ALIGN THE MTP METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE TIP AND THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, THAT THOSE TWO AMENDMENTS YOU SEE BEFORE YOU HAD TO COME FORWARD.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE AMENDMENTS FOR BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

THEY HAVE TWO PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR.

SO THEY CAME TO US SO WE COULD INCLUDE THOSE PROJECTS IN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THEY HAVE LOCAL AND STATE FUNDING.

SO WE'RE INCLUDING THOSE TWO PROJECTS INTO OUR ILLUSTRATIVE, THE ILLUSTRATIVE PART OF THE MTP.

SO AND AGAIN, THEY FULLY INTEND TO PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDING TO FULLY FUND THOSE PROJECTS.

AND ONCE THEY RECEIVE THE FUNDING, ALL THE FUNDING REQUIRED IS FULLY FUNDED.

THEY'LL BE BACK AGAIN FOR ANOTHER AMENDMENT, ACTUALLY. SO I HOPE THAT WAS A GOOD ENOUGH DESCRIPTION OF THE AMENDMENTS THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN TAKE THEM.

OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT? IT'S BASICALLY A FORMALITY, I THINK, TO BRING ALL THE DOCS INTO CONFORMANCE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

MICHAEL SMITH I JUST NOTICED THAT ONE OF THE AMENDMENTS IS I 95 SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO CYPRESS CREEK ROAD.

AND IS THERE ANY WAY YOU COULD SHOW US WHAT THE LENGTH OF TIME OF HER CONSTRUCTION WHERE THAT IS BECAUSE I, I WOULD RECALL THAT WE WENT THROUGH PART OF THE DESIGN FOR THAT DRAWING'S BASIC DESIGN DRAWINGS, AND THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF EAST WEST CONSTRUCTION THAT WOULD HAMPER COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TRAFFIC. AND FROM WEST OF POWERLINE ROAD TO BEYOND NORTH ANDREWS AVENUE AND AND EASTWARD.

SO AS A TRAVELER OF THAT AREA, FREQUENT FREQUENT TRAVELER, I, IF YOU COULD POINT US IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION FOR AN ESTIMATE FOR TIME FOR CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S ACTUALLY OUTLINED IN THE, THE TIME, THE, THE TIME BANDS THAT, THAT CONSTRUCTION WILL BE TAKING PLACE IS ACTUALLY PART OF THE PACKET FOR THE AMENDMENTS.

ACTUALLY, I THINK WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOMEONE FROM FROM.ONLINE THAT IS ABLE TO ANSWER MORE DEEPER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND I CAN TRY TO ANSWER JUST A BASIC ESTIMATE. I DON'T I'M NOT INTERESTED IN LOOKING AT THE LOOKING AT THE ITEM, THE, THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING, WHICH IS ABOUT $200 MILLION, RIGHT, IS STILL STAYING IN THE 2031 THROUGH 2035, 2031 THROUGH 2035 TIME PERIOD.

OKAY. THEY ARE LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ADVANCING SOME OF THE PRELIMINARY WORK, PROBABLY THE DESIGN AND SUCH INTO SOME EARLIER YEARS, BUT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD IS NOT CHANGING AS A RESULT OF THIS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.

OKAY, WE HAVE THOSE. AND NOW LET US VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SECOND ACTION ITEM IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 - 2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 4485741 SR-A1A FROM SHERMAN STREET TO SR-822/SHERIDAN STREET B. FM# 4485761 SR-A1A FROM FRANKLIN STREET TO WALNUT STREET C. FM# 4528651 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI URBANIZED AREA (UZA) - MORSELIFE D. FM# 4511592 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI UZA (BROWARD/WEST PALM BEACH (B/WP) - CHRISTINA G SMITH COMM MHF E. FM# 4511593 5310 CAPITAL - MIAMI UZA (B/WP) - CHRISTINA G SMITH COMM MHF]

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AND DOCTOR CHEN IS GOING TO BE AVAILABLE TO TALK TO US ABOUT THAT.

OH, SURE. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU CHAIR. THE THE, THE AMENDMENT INCLUDES FIVE PROJECTS.

FIRST TWO PROJECTS, HIGHWAY PROJECTS LOCATED IN THE HOLLYWOOD IS DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENT AND THREE PROJECTS FUNDING FROM FTA 5310 CAPITAL ARE IMPLIED TO THE MIAMI URBANIZED AREA FOR THE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION FOR THE ONE EXPANSION BUS PURCHASE AND THE SECURITY EQUIPMENT FOR BUS.

SO THAT'S THE FINAL PRODUCTS.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? MICHAEL SMITH, JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY.

ONE ITEM C IS CAPITAL FOR MIAMI URBANIZED AREA.

MAURICE LIFE. IS MAURICE GETTING FUNDED HERE? THAT IS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. I SEE NOBODY ELSE.

MAYBE WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.

ANYBODY NAMED SMITH GOT DOUBLE, DOUBLE, DOUBLE, DOUBLY FUNDED. OKAY, WE'VE GOT THAT.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

CHRISTINE. OH, THERE IT GOES.

THANK YOU. OKAY, THE MOTION IS PASSED.

THANK YOU. THIRD ITEM, A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE

[3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Cycle 8 Priority List of Projects, Directing MPO Staff to Work with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Staff on the Vetting and Programing of Viable Projects]

KERRY MACNEIL WILL WALK US THROUGH THAT.

KERRY. HI. YES. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. MY NAME IS CARRIE MACNEIL WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

AND THE ACTION ITEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS I THINK I HAVE A THERE WE GO.

OKAY, SO I HAVE A PRESENTATION TO GO ALONG WITH THIS ACTION ITEM.

WE ARE GOING TO GO OVER THE C SLIP CYCLE EIGHT PRIORITY PROJECTS LIST DRAFT PRIORITY PROJECTS LIST. BUT FIRST I'LL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE CYCLE SEVEN CYCLE OF C SLIP AND THEN AN OVERVIEW OF THE CYCLE EIGHT. SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT C SLIP STANDS FOR COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM.

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

AND IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM THAT CURRENTLY RUNS ON AN ANNUAL CYCLE, AND IT CAN FUND PROJECTS SUCH AS COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS, TRAFFIC CALMING AND INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, ADA UPGRADES, MOBILITY HUBS, BIKE RACKS AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENTS, AND SO ON. SO AGAIN, WE'LL DO A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF THE CYCLE SEVEN UPDATE, AND THEN WE'LL GO INTO A CYCLE EIGHT UPDATE, WHICH WILL INCLUDE THE CYCLE OVERVIEW AND THEN THE APPLICATION RANKINGS AND THEN A LITTLE BIT ON MOVING FORWARD.

SO FOR CYCLE SEVEN THE FDOT DISTRICT FOUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 25 TO 29 WAS APPROVED BY OUR BOARD ON NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023. SO YOU YOU MAY VIEW THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA MINUTES PAGE ON THE MPO WEBSITE.

IT'S ACTION ITEM ONE, THE REPORTS POSTED ON THE TIP PAGE OF THE MPO WEBSITE, AND THE TOP TWO RANKED C PROJECTS FROM CYCLE SEVEN ARE INCLUDED IN THAT WORK PROGRAM. AND THE LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ARE AWARDED PROJECTS.

RECEIVED A MAILED LETTER AS WELL AS A DIGITAL COPY NOTIFYING THE CITY MANAGER AND OTHER APPROPRIATE CONTACTS OF THEIR AWARDED PROJECT.

AND THE CYCLE SEVEN PROGRAMED LIST OF PROJECTS IS NOW POSTED ON THE WEB PAGE.

SO FOR CYCLE EIGHT THE APPLICATION WINDOW WAS OPEN FROM JULY 27TH, 2023 TO OCTOBER 2ND, 2023.

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AND WE RANKED A TOTAL OF 19 ELIGIBLE PROGRAM READY PROJECTS FROM 14 DIFFERENT AGENCIES.

AND WE HAVE SINCE EVALUATED AND PRIORITIZED THE PROJECTS.

SO THE WAY CLIP WORKS, YOU'LL SEE THIS SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR.

IT'S SIMILAR TO PREVIOUS YEARS WHERE WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT COLUMNS WITH DIFFERENT RANKINGS. SO IN THE FURTHEST LEFT HAND SIDE, WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE RANK. AND SO THAT IS THE RANKING THAT COMES OUT OF THE RANKING TOOL.

THE DATABASE RANKING TOOL.

AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE VERY FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE TOTAL POINTS COLUMN.

SO WE'VE GOT AGAIN, THE OBJECTIVE RANK OR LIKE THE RAW OUTPUT.

AND THEN THE SECOND COLUMN IS THE ROUND RANK.

SO BASICALLY IN THE CECIL PROGRAM AGENCIES, LOCAL AGENCIES ARE ALLOWED TO SUBMIT TWO PROJECT APPLICATIONS. SO WHAT THE ROUND RANK DOES IS IT FILTERS DOWN.

IF A CITY CHOOSES TO SUBMIT, OUR LOCAL AGENCY CHOOSES TO SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE PROJECT. THEIR LOWER SCORING PROJECT OF THE TWO WILL KIND OF DROP DOWN INTO THAT SECOND ROUND OF FUNDING SO THAT THERE'S NO REPEAT PROJECTS.

EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE TO BE RANKED ONCE.

AND THEN YOUR SECOND PROJECT WILL BE, WILL FALL TOWARDS THE BOTTOM.

AND SO THAT HORIZONTAL BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THAT THAT LINE THAT SEPARATES ROUND ONE AND ROUND TWO. SO YOU CAN SEE PROJECTS ONE THROUGH 14 ARE ALL FROM DIFFERENT LOCAL AGENCIES. AND THEN AFTER 14 BELOW 14, 15 THROUGH 19 ARE AGENCIES.

THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE OUR POLICY RANK, WHICH BASICALLY IN THE PROGRAM ONE OF THE POLICIES IS THAT A LOCAL AGENCY IS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRIORITIZE OR GIVE A PREFERENCE TO THEIR PROJECTS IF THEY SUBMIT MORE THAN ONE.

AND THAT HAS TO BE DONE IN THEIR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.

SO WITH THE POLICY RANK, IF A CITY REQUESTS THAT THEY PRIORITIZE ONE PROJECT OVER THE OTHER AND IT HAPPENED TO RANK LOWER THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO BE SWAPPED FOR THEIR HIGHER RANKING PROJECTS. SO YOU SEE THINGS MOVE AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN THIS COLUMN. AND AGAIN, THAT IS A BOARD APPROVED POLICY.

SO HERE'S THE FINAL LIST.

THE FIRST SLIDE WE HAD TO BREAK IT INTO TWO FOR FIRST SLIDE IS ONE THROUGH TEN.

AND THEN THE SECOND SLIDE IS 11 THROUGH 19.

AGAIN THAT BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE BREAK POINT FOR THE FUNDING ROUNDS.

AND IT'S NOT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE GUARANTEED TO GET FUNDING.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE PROJECTS ABOVE THAT BLUE LINE, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE FOR FUNDING. THAT'S JUST THE THAT'S JUST THE PRIORITIZED LIST.

AND THEN ALSO, JUST A QUICK NOTE, THE PROJECT COSTS.

AND FOR THIS RIGHT HAND COLUMN THAT IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROJECT. SO THAT CAN INCLUDE DESIGN, CI CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FUNDS AND OR OTHER APPLICABLE ITEMS. SO THE C SLIP PROGRAM DOES HAVE A CAP OF $3 MILLION FOR CONSTRUCTION.

SO AGAIN, THOSE PROJECT COST NUMBERS, THAT'S JUST THE TOTAL COST INCLUSIVE OF CONSTRUCTION, C, E, I DESIGN, ETC..

AND LASTLY, MOVING FORWARD.

SO PENDING BOARD APPROVAL, APPLICATIONS FROM CYCLE EIGHT WILL BE VETTED BY THE MPO AND FDOT STAFF, AND THEN CYCLE EIGHT SITE VISITS ARE ANTICIPATED TO TAKE PLACE IN THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 2024.

SORRY FOR THAT TYPO. AND THEN THE NEXT CYCLE OF CIP APPLICATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE DUE IN THE FALL OF 2024. IF ANYTHING CHANGES, WE WILL POST UPDATES ON THE WEB PAGE.

AND WE'LL ALSO LET YOU ALL KNOW.

AND THEN IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO START WORKING ON APPLICATIONS FOR THE NEXT CYCLE.

SO JUST A QUICK REMINDER THAT PARTNER RESOLUTIONS AND FDOT LETTERS OF SUPPORT CAN TAKE 6 TO 8 WEEKS OR LONGER.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. IF YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.

THANK YOU. JUSTIN PROPHET, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. DOES THE SFRA PROJECT ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUIET ZONE ISSUES AND SAFETY ISSUES? IS THAT THE SCOPE OF THAT PROJECT? IS THAT RELATED TO WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE FEC WITH THE QUIET ZONE.

SO IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY QUIET ZONE RELATED.

THERE ARE THREE. IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THERE ARE ABOUT THREE SEPARATE SEGMENTS ALONG THE. THE RAIL CORRIDOR IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT SFIA HAS IDENTIFIED AS LOCATIONS WHERE THEY'D LIKE TO INSTALL HIGH SECURITY FENCING TO PREVENT.

BASICALLY, IT'S A, I THINK A TRESPASS PREVENTION PROJECT, THEY CALL IT. SO YEAH, TRESPASS PREVENTION.

SO IT'S A SAFETY PROJECT AND THEY WANT TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM TRESPASSING AND CROSSING THE RAILROAD TRACKS, NOT AT DESIGNATED CROSSINGS.

IS THAT AT CSX OR FEC OR BOTH? ARE THEY JUST GENERALLY IT'S JUST ALONG THE TRI RAIL CORRIDOR.

TRI RAIL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

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BUT IF YOU WANT TO GET A GENERAL SENSE OF THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT IS ON THE WEB PAGE LET'S SEE, WE HAVE A LINK HYPERLINK HERE ON SLIDE 14.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO TO THE WEB PAGE AND IF YOU GO TO APPLICATION INFORMATION, IT'S CALLED IT'S EITHER CRITERIA CHART OR CRITERIA TABLE.

YEAH. SO I, I THINK THE ANSWER WAS NO.

THE RAW POINTS ARE NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

SO WE HAVE THIS TOTAL POINTS IN THIS LIST HERE, WHICH IS PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

BUT THE BREAKDOWN OF HOW THE PROJECT SCORED IN EACH OF THE SIX CATEGORIES THAT IS THE PROJECT SPECIFIC INFORMATION THAT IS NOT POSTED PUBLICLY, BUT I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH ANYBODY WHO REQUESTS IT, BUT I NEED TO DO THAT BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

I CAN'T JUST EMAIL IT TO THE COMMITTEE.

ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC PROJECT OR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT? I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE POINTS SCORING.

SURE. YEAH. I MEAN, WE CAN START WITH SETTING UP A ONE ON ONE MEETING, AND I CAN WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS AND HOW EACH PROJECT WAS SCORED.

OR IF THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, I COULD, IF YOU'D LIKE TO KNOW GENERALLY ABOUT THE CSET PROGRAM AND HOW WE RANK PROJECTS, I'D BE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT SORT OF LIKE TUTORIAL WITH YOU AND SHARE THAT DOCUMENTATION, WHICH IS PUBLIC.

YEAH. OKAY. BUT THE POINTS IS NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

IT'S BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.

THAT'S CORRECT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER THE BREAKDOWN OF PROJECT SPECIFIC SCORES, THAT IS, I SET UP AN APPOINTMENT.

BUT AS FAR AS HOW WE RANK CSA PROJECTS IN THE POINT SYSTEM THAT IS ALREADY PUBLICLY POSTED ON THE WEBSITE, BUT THE ACTUAL POINTS ARE NOT PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE.

SO IF I COULD THROUGH THE CHAIR.

SO YEAH, WE, WE DON'T BECAUSE IT'S PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE AT THIS COMMITTEE AND AT THE TAC AND AT THE MPO. AND FOR YEARS WE HAVE GONE THROUGH AND REFINED AND THAT SCORING IS A IT'S BY POLICY HOW WE DO IT.

IT'S QUANTITATIVE. IT IS TRANSPARENT.

SOME OF THE CITIES, YOU KNOW, HAVE SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT HOW THEIR PROJECTS SCORE. SO IT'S CONSIDERED A LITTLE BIT SENSITIVE.

SO YEAH, THAT'S WHY WE LIKE TO DO IT FACE TO FACE AND SIT DOWN WITH PEOPLE BECAUSE IT'S NORMALLY THE CITIES THAT WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHY THEIR SPECIFIC PROJECT DIDN'T SCORE AS WELL AS THEY HAD HOPED.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONVERSATION WITH THEM, INSTEAD OF JUST GIVING THEM POINTS BECAUSE THEY SEE HOW THEY RANKED.

THE POINT OF THE FACE TO FACE IS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT, HEY, YOU KNOW, HERE'S THE STRENGTHS OF YOUR PROJECT, BUT ALSO HERE'S THE WEAKNESSES AND HERE'S WHAT YOU COULD DO BEFORE NEXT CYCLE TO IMPROVE IT. SO THAT'S WHY THAT PROCESS IS NORMALLY HANDLED FACE TO FACE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO BE AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE WITH THIS SOMETIMES TOO MUCH DETAIL, TOO MUCH TRANSPARENCY ONLY CONFUSES.

AND SO WE'VE WE'VE ATTEMPTED TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK WE'RE HIDING ANYTHING. IT'S EVERYTHING IS IN POLICY.

EVERYTHING IS STANDARDIZED.

AND AGAIN, WE'RE GLAD TO SHARE WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH THE ENTIRE COMMITTEE WITH YOURSELF.

OUR PREFERENCE ON THE DETAIL OF THE SCORING IS TO HAVE IT ONE ON ONE, BECAUSE WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT WITHOUT THAT CONTEXT, PEOPLE MISINTERPRET. THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW.

SO THAT'S WHY WE PREFER TO DO IT ONE ON ONE.

BUT IF YOU WOULD PREFER TO, YOU KNOW, STUDY JUST THE SUMMARY SPREADSHEET, YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY GLAD TO MAKE THAT AVAILABLE TO YOU. WELL, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT WHAT I BELIEVED WAS A VIRTUAL LACK OF ENVIRONMENTAL WEIGHT IN THE SCORING PROCESS.

AND SO I WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING BY SEEING DETAILS.

AND I THINK MY OTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO WITH THE TOTAL POINTS OR LET'S SEE, THERE WAS POLICY. WOULD THAT BE EXPLAINED IN WRITING SOMEWHERE BECAUSE YOU WENT OVER HOW CITIES COULD RERANK IS THAT INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE?

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THAT IS, YOU KNOW, A LINE ITEM IN THE SEE SLIP POLICIES, WHICH IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE.

AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, POINT IN TIME, THE ACTUAL MEETING WHERE THAT WAS APPROVED AT THE BOARD.

I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD IS BEFORE I STARTED WORKING HERE, BUT YOU KNOW, AT LEAST OVER, OVER THREE, FOUR YEARS AGO.

BUT BASICALLY WHAT THE POLICY SAYS IS THAT THE LOCAL AGENCY MUST SUBMIT IN THEIR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION.

YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO LIST THAT, OKAY, WE'RE SUBMITTING TWO PROJECTS AND OUR PREFERENCE IS, YOU KNOW, PROJECT A, AND THEN THE SECOND PREFERENCE IS PROJECT B, SO THAT WHEN WE GET THIS RANKING WE GO THROUGH, I GO, WE GET THE, THE INITIAL RANKING SCORES.

AND THEN I LOOK AT THE ROUNDS AND THEN THE POLICY AND SEE IF ANYBODY REQUESTED THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE RESOLUTION. AND I MAKE THAT SWAP.

SO I WASN'T ASKING ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL DECISIONS, BUT AS FAR AS THE ROUND VERSUS THE POLICY POINTS THAT YOU WENT OVER THAT KIND OF QUICKLY AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. I WON'T ASK YOU TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN, BUT IS THAT SOMEWHERE I CAN READ IT? YES. IN THE POLICIES THAT ARE POSTED ON THE MPO WEB PAGE, ON THE WEB PAGE. THANK YOU.

YEP, YEP. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEM, BE HAPPY TO SET UP A PHONE CALL AND WE CAN GO OVER THEM OVER THE POLICIES IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YEP.

OKAY. WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM TOM LANDER.

I THINK HE JUST STEPPED OUT.

SO. YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IN THAT CASE, THEN, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE HAVE THOSE. THANK YOU.

AND LET'S SEE, ARE WE MISSING A QUORUM RIGHT NOW FOR VOTING? WE GOT IT. OKAY. OKAY.

IF YOU WOULD CAST YOUR VOTES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. FIRST ACTION ITEM HERE.

WE'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG HERE.

REINHARDT. REBECCA SCHULTZ BROWARD MPO.

I WAS WAITING FOR JUSTIN PROPHET AND SHAUN MICHAEL PEREZ TO VOTE.

OH, SORRY. THANK YOU. WE'RE GOOD NOW.

WE'RE GOOD NOW. OKAY, GOOD.

OKAY. THE FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM, THEN IS THE ROUTE TO 2050MTP RESILIENCY

[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Resiliency Update]

CHRISTOPHER. OKAY. YES.

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

I AM ONE OF THE TWO PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ROUTE TO 2050, ALSO KNOWN AS OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN MTP FOR SHORT.

AND I KNOW THIS GROUP REALLY LOVES THE TOPIC OF RESILIENCY.

SO LET'S GET INTO IT. I HAVE A BULLETPROOF VEST ON TODAY.

HOPEFULLY, I DON'T KNOW, BUT I KNOW SOME THINGS CAN GO A LITTLE BIT DEEPER THAN WE THINK. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING HARD ON RESILIENCY AS ONE OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS. AND THIS PRESENTATION TODAY IS TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR DATA SET THAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THAT DATA SET AND RECEIVE SOME FEEDBACK FROM YOU ALL TO SEE IF WE'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK.

AND IF WE'RE NOT, YOU LET US KNOW.

AND IF YOU ARE, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

SO LET'S GET INTO IT. JUST A QUICK RECAP OF WHERE WE SIT WITH OUR OUR PROGRAMS FOR THE 2050 MTP. WE HAVE SIX PROGRAMS, FOUR OF WHICH ARE BEING RANKED THROUGH OUR MTP PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND METRICS.

WE HAD A GOOD PRESENTATION A FEW MONTHS AGO.

PETER CAME UP AND SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS AFTER I SPOKE ABOUT IT BEFORE AND A MONTH BEFORE THAT. SO WE HAVE THOSE FOUR PROGRAMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE TAKING THOSE PARTICIPATION FACTORS. WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE ARE PROCESSING ALL THOSE PROJECTS THROUGH THOSE THOSE CRITERIA AND FACTORS.

WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER PROGRAMS SAFETY AND RESILIENCY.

RESILIENCY IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOCUS ON TODAY BECAUSE WE NEED SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE CORRIDORS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND THIS IS A DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THAN THE OTHER FOUR.

SO RESILIENCY, NOT ONLY IS IT AN EMPHASIS AREA FOR THE 2050 PLAN, IT IS ALSO A PROGRAM WHERE WE WANT TO LOOK AT ALL OF THE NATURAL IMPACTS THAT OUR ROADWAY NETWORK COULD POTENTIALLY BE FACING TO THE YEAR 2050, AND HOW WE CAN PLAN AHEAD FOR IT.

SO WITH OUR DATA SET, WE CREATED A GIS LAYER.

SO A LINES ON A MAP THAT SHOW SCORES FOR HOW WE HAVE EVALUATED THE VULNERABILITY, THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY OF THE ROADWAYS BASED OFF OF CERTAIN FACTORS.

WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE ADAPTIVE CAPACITY.

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WHAT IS THAT DETOUR LINK FOR THAT ROAD? WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE EXPOSURE, WHICH IS TAKING UP THE THE BULK OF THE POINTS THAT WE HAVE FOR THE VULNERABILITY SCORE AND THE STRESSORS THAT CREATE THE OVERALL EXPOSURE. WE HAVE OUTLINED AS SEA LEVEL RISE, STORM SURGE AND FLOODING, EXTREME HEAT AND GROUNDWATER ELEVATION, PROJECTED GROUNDWATER ELEVATION.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE HAVE A LITTLE PORTION FOR SENSITIVITY.

THIS IS FOR BRIDGE CONDITIONS.

BROWARD, I DON'T NEED TO TELL ALL OF Y'ALL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF CANALS, A LOT OF RIVERS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF BRIDGES THAT WE RELY ON.

SO THOSE ARE CRITICAL TO CREATING THAT NETWORK FOR THOSE ROADS.

SO HAVING A BRIDGE CONDITION THERE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE STILL BEING ABLE TO GET THOSE CARS, PEOPLE AND BICYCLISTS AND TRANSIT ACROSS.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON TODAY ARE TWO DELIVERABLES THAT WE WANT TO CREATE WITH OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM AND OUR RESILIENCY EMPHASIS AREA.

THE FIRST IS OUR VULNERABILITY NETWORK.

THIS IS THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY.

THIS IS THAT GIS LAYER THAT I SPOKE ABOUT.

IT WILL BE USED AS A PRIORITY PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA THAT WE PRESENTED BEFORE ON THOSE FOR FUNDING PROGRAMS, COMPLETE STREETS, TRANSIT AND HUBS, TECHNOLOGY AND ROADWAY.

AND IT WILL ALSO BE USED AS A ROUTE MARKER.

I'LL GET INTO THAT IN ANOTHER SLIDE.

AND WE'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT. WE WE ALSO WANT TO CREATE RESILIENCY NETWORK. WHAT THAT RESILIENCY NETWORK LOOKS LIKE IS TAKING THAT GIS LAYER, THAT DATA SET, THE VULNERABILITY NETWORK THAT WE'VE CREATED AND APPLYING CERTAIN FILTERS ON IT SO THAT WE CAN PRIORITIZE THE CORRIDORS AND RANK THEM AGAINST EACH OTHER.

THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO CREATE THAT RESILIENCY NETWORK ARE A REGIONAL NETWORK WITHIN BROWARD AND THEN ALSO EQUITY INSERTING SOME EQUITY COMPONENTS INTO THAT TO BREAK SOME TIES AND TIES. NOT LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO SEE YOU ANYMORE, BUT TIES LIKE THEY'RE IN THE SAME PLACE.

ONE GOES UP AND DOWN ANYWAYS.

SORRY. I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE RECORDED.

SO SO THE FIRST ONE VULNERABILITY WEIGHTING RESULTS WHICH IS AN EXCITING MAP TO LOOK AT.

IF YOU LOOK TO THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT.

THIS IS THE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL OF THAT HARD DATA THAT WE PUT TOGETHER AND SHOWS THE CORRIDORS, THE MAJORITY OF THE ROADWAYS WITHIN BROWARD TO SHOW WHICH ARE THE LOWEST VULNERABLE AND WHICH ARE THE HIGHEST VULNERABLE.

THE BLUES ARE THE LOWEST VULNERABILITY.

AND THEN THE, THE DARK PURPLE AND PINK, THOSE ARE THE HIGHEST AND HIGH VULNERABLE ROADWAYS. SO I'LL GIVE YOU A SECOND TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

BUT YOU CAN SEE SOME AREAS THAT ARE STARTING TO GET INTO FOCUS HERE.

THIS MAP IS THE DATA SET, THE GIS LAYER THAT WE'RE USING AS PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA FOR THESE FOUR PROGRAMS YOU SEE HERE.

AND WE ARE ALSO USING THIS DATA SET AS A ROUTE MARKER.

WE HAVE IN PARENTHESES THERE AS A CONTEXT MARKER.

WHAT THAT IS SUPPOSED TO DO IS WHEN WE PUT OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN TOGETHER, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A GUIDE OR A HEADS UP THAT, HEY, ACTUALLY, LET ME STOP FOR A SECOND.

USUALLY WHEN WE GET A PROJECT THAT WE PUT INTO THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, IT'S JUST A ROADWAY WITH SOME LIMITS AND A LITTLE BIT OF SCOPE AND A COST ESTIMATE, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY PAINT THE FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THAT PROJECT IS OR WHAT THAT PROJECT NEEDS, OR WHAT CONSIDERATIONS SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE THAT PROJECT GOES INTO DESIGN.

BY CREATING A ROUTE MARKER, BY UTILIZING THIS DATA SET, IF A PROJECT LIES WITHIN A HIGH OR HIGHEST VULNERABLE AREA, THAT ROUTE MARKER ON THIS PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET WILL LIGHT UP AND SAY, HEY, WE HAVE AN ISSUE HERE SO THAT WHEN AN AGENCY RECEIVES THAT PROJECT, IT COULD BE US HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO THROUGH OUR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.

IT COULD BE FDOT THROUGH P.D.A, OR IT COULD ALSO BE A LOCAL AGENCY THROUGH THEIR LAP PROCESS. ONCE THEY RECEIVE THAT PROJECT AND THEY SEE THAT ROUTE MARKER LIGHT UP, THAT THIS IS IN A HIGH VULNERABLE AREA, THERE ARE COUNTERMEASURES AND TOOLBOX ITEMS THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED THAT COULD HELP POINT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THIS PROJECT TO ADD ADDITIONAL ITEMS OF SCOPE TO THE PROJECT, TO MAKE SURE THAT RESILIENCY IS BEING ADDRESSED. ONCE THIS PROJECT IS IN DESIGN AND THEN INTO CONSTRUCTION.

HOPEFULLY THAT EXPLAINED IT. NEXT.

SO HOW DO WE HOW DO WE GO FROM THIS MAP WITH ALL OF THESE ROADS TO NARROWING DOWN WHERE WE SHOULD START SPENDING OUR MONEY? ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS IS THAT WE FOCUS ON THE REGIONAL NETWORK. THIS REGIONAL NETWORK IS SOMETHING THAT'S PUT TOGETHER BY SOFTTECH WITH BROWARD, WITH THE BROWARD, MPO, WITH PALM BEACH, TPA AND THE MIAMI-DADE TPO, ALL THE AGENCIES COMING TOGETHER TO IDENTIFY WHICH ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT FOR THE REGIONAL NETWORK.

WHY WE DO THIS? WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.

WELL, YEAH. IN THE CONTEXT OF ALL THE MONEY IN THE WORLD, WE ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SPENDING IT CORRECTLY AND WE DON'T HAVE A CLAUSE FOR CRITICALITY.

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WE'RE OPEN TO MORE SUGGESTIONS, BUT WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD FILTER TO HAVE WHILE TO NARROW DOWN OUR PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

SO THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR SOME FEEDBACK ON IS WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FOR OUR PRIORITIZED CORRIDORS THROUGH THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM.

THE FIRST ONE IS 100% VULNERABILITY WITH 0% EQUITY SCORE, SO THAT IT CAN DEVELOP OUR RESILIENCY NETWORK.

WHAT DOES THIS DO? IT TAKES ALL IT TAKES ONLY THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY OF A ROADWAY INTO QUESTION. YOU DON'T LOOK AT A SOCIAL VULNERABILITY.

YOU JUST LOOK AT THAT DATA SET THAT WE PUT TOGETHER.

IT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE NETWORKS ON A PHYSICAL LEVEL, AND THEN WE CAN START PRIORITIZING PROJECTS THAT WAY.

THE OTHER OPTION THAT WE COULD DO IS LOOK AT EQUITY AND SEE HOW WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM.

THIS IS A LONG PRESENTATION. SORRY. OKAY.

THE WHAT WE ARE SUGGESTING IS INCORPORATING 15% EQUITY INTO THE VULNERABILITY SCORE.

WHY ARE WE SUGGESTING 15%? BECAUSE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE OTHER FOUR PROGRAMS, COMPLETE STREETS, TECHNOLOGY, ROADWAY, TRANSIT AND HUBS, EQUITY ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 15% OF THE OVERALL SCORE FOR THAT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

AND WE THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO SAY WE'RE GOING TO APPLY THAT SAME CONCEPT TO THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM. ANOTHER REASON WHY WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE EQUITY INVOLVED INTO THIS PROGRAM IS BECAUSE WHEN WE START PUTTING THESE PROJECTS TOGETHER FOR GRANTS, YOU KNOW, WE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY AS MPO ATTRIBUTED TO OTHERS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF GRANTS OUT THERE. THE FIRST THING THEY ASK, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT EQUITY AS EQUITY BEEN INCORPORATED? ARE YOU SPENDING ENOUGH MONEY IN EQUITY AREAS? HAVING THIS AS SOMETHING THAT HELPS ADD TO OUR SCORE REALLY HELPS FOR THOSE GRANT APPLICATIONS LATER. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO OPTIONS.

LOOK AT JUST THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY OR LOOK AT JUST THE SOCIAL OR INCORPORATE A SOCIAL VULNERABILITY AS PART OF IT.

OKAY, SO LET'S LOOK AT THE MAPS RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE THE TWO OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTED EARLIER.

THE MAP ON THE LEFT IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT JUST 100% PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY.

SO JUST THE VULNERABILITY SCORE.

AND THEN THE MAP ON THE RIGHT IS THE 85% VULNERABILITY SCORE WITH THE 15 EQUITY SCORE APPLIED TO IT. NOW, IF YOU'RE STARING AT IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU SEE A DIFFERENCE.

YOU DON'T. OKAY. I'LL HELP POINT YOU OUT TO WHERE IT IS.

YES, YES, YES. OKAY, SO IT'S OUT.

IT'S OUT WEST. SO IF YOU LOOK AT US 27 OR I-75 LIKE GOING INTO THE EVERGLADES.

APPLYING THE SOCIAL EQUITY SCORE TO IT ACTUALLY DEMOTES THEM FROM HIGHEST VULNERABLE TO HIGH VULNERABLE. IT'S NOT TOO MUCH, BUT IT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

AND IT IS. IT COULD BE GOOD BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT SHIFTS MORE OF THAT FOCUS OUT EAST.

BUT WHAT WE LIKE ABOUT THIS IS THAT HAVING THIS SOCIAL SCORE APPLIED AT 15% DOES NOT FOR THE MOST PART, DOES NOT CHANGE THE TIERS OF THE ROADWAYS.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'VE LOOKED AT OTHER SCENARIOS WITH THIS RESILIENCY SCORE WHERE WE'VE APPLIED 75% VULNERABILITY, 25% EQUITY, 66, 33 AND 5050. AND ALL THOSE SCORES REALLY SHIFTED TO FOCUS MOSTLY ON THOSE EQUITY AREAS THAT WE HAVE. AND THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S FINE IF WE DO THAT.

BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY TELL US THE STORY OF THE PHYSICAL VULNERABILITY THAT THIS RESILIENCY PROGRAM REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSING.

SO WE THINK THIS IS A GOOD APPROACH BECAUSE IT KEEPS THE TEARS MOSTLY INTACT.

BUT WHAT IT DOES DO IS PROJECTS WITHIN THE SAME TIER.

THEY ALL HAVE THE SAME POINT APPLIED TO THEM.

ADDING THE SOCIAL COMPONENT TO IT ACTUALLY BREAKS THE TIES AND WE ARE ABLE TO PRIORITIZE WITHIN TIERS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. SO IT'S A GOOD TIE BREAKER.

AND IT'S ALSO WE'RE INCORPORATING EQUITY.

IT'S TELLING US THE STORY.

AND WE STILL GET TO KEEP THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF THIS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I KNOW TO ALL OF Y'ALL AND TO US.

SO OUR NEXT STEPS IS WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, WITH THE GUIDANCE OF THE TAC, WITH THE BOARD AND OUR RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE, WE WOULD LIKE TO START IDENTIFYING THOSE PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

AND DEPENDING ON WHICH OPTION YOU GUYS Y'ALL PREFER, WE CAN START DOING THAT.

THEN WE'LL START PUTTING THE FRAMEWORK FOR THAT PROGRAM TOGETHER.

AND ONCE WE HAVE ALL THOSE PROJECTS, WE'RE GOING TO START SETTING THEM UP FOR THE PROJECT GRANT THAT'S GOING OUT.

AND THAT IS OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM.

I HOPE I DIDN'T LOSE ANYONE.

LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

PATIENCE, COHEN. YOU

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HIT YOUR TTS AGAIN. PRESS IT AGAIN.

LET'S TRY THAT. THAT'S BETTER.

WHEN YOU CHOOSE THESE SECTIONS AND AND IDENTIFY EQUITY AREAS THE DENSITY OF THE POPULATION IS CONSIDERED.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CRITERIA THAT GOES INTO OUR, OUR TITLE SIX EQUITY COMPOSITE SCORE.

HOUSEHOLD DATA INFORMATION? YES. IS IN THEIR EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION.

SINGLE FAMILY LIKE I ONLY ASK BECAUSE OUT IN THE EVERGLADES WORLD, I, I, I, BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF CONCEPT OF WHAT, WHO'S LIVING ON THE, ON THOSE ROADS.

HOW, WHERE I, THE DARK PURPLE ON THE COAST, WE KNOW IS A HIGH DENSITY.

SO HOW DOES THAT I DON'T I'M I'M ALL FOR EQUITY.

BUT IF EQUITY IS BUILDING A ROAD OUT IN THE EVERGLADES FOR FIVE PEOPLE OR 2000 ON THE BEACH, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS.

NO, IT'S A GOOD COMMENT. AND ACTUALLY INCORPORATING THE EQUITY BRINGS IT FURTHER OUT EAST INSTEAD OF OUT WEST.

SO I HOPE IT WORKS OKAY.

YEAH. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT IS SOME OF THE FACTOR.

YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JUSTIN PROFIT.

SO I'LL GO WITH THE EQUITY BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU CAN STRATEGIZE YOUR FUNDING REQUESTS AND WITH CRITERIA MATCHING THE CRITERIA TO THE FUNDING REQUEST, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.

I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT YOU ASKED US AND IT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION.

HOW TO HOW MUCH FOCUS DO YOU WANT TO PUT? SO YOU PROVIDED US THIS IS SLIDE SEVEN VERSUS EIGHT.

SO YOU'VE GOT THE VULNERABILITY WEIGHING RESULT SLIDE. YOU SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT ROADS AND THEIR VULNERABILITY.

BUT THEN THE REGIONAL NETWORK IS OBVIOUSLY REGIONAL AND MORE SPREAD APART.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE MOST VULNERABLE AREA OF BROWARD COUNTY IS EAST HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, AND IT ONLY LOOKS LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE MAYBE HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IN THAT WHOLE AREA THAT'S EXTREMELY VULNERABLE.

IF WE DO THIS THIS WAY AND ONLY APPLY THE REGIONAL APPROACH, WHAT WOULD BE THE OTHER WAYS TO FUND SOME OF THESE REALLY EXTREME AREAS? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THAT'S PROBLEMATIC.

WHAT DO YOU. YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY PROBABLY THOUGHT OF THAT. WHAT ARE THE AVAILABLE OTHER AVAILABLE OPTIONS? IF WE GO TO THE REGIONAL APPROACH FOR THESE OTHER ROADS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE REGIONAL APPROACH.

SO OUR YEAH, OUR GOAL FOR THIS MTRP, BECAUSE THE RESILIENCY IS ONE OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS, IS TO INCORPORATE SOME ASPECT OF RESILIENCY TREATMENT TO ALL OF THESE PROJECTS, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE TOLD TO DO SO, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE INVESTMENT ON A ROADWAY THAT'S GOING TO GO UNDER WATER SO QUICKLY. ONE OF THE STRATEGIES WE HAVE FOR DOING THAT IS THIS ROUTE MARKER IDENTIFYING THE ROADWAY. WE'VE COLLECTED A LOT OF PROJECTS THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS EFFORT. AND A LOT OF THEM ARE ON THE SMALLER LOCAL ROADS THAT DON'T END UP SHOWING UP ON THE REGIONAL NETWORK. HAVING THIS ROUTE MARKER, HAVING THAT LIGHT UP FOR US TELLS US WE NEED TO ADD MORE SCOPE TO THESE PROJECTS, AND WE NEED TO LOOK AT SOME THINGS WITHIN OUR FRAMEWORK THAT WE'VE ALREADY SET UP AS GOOD BEST PRACTICES, APPLYING THOSE TO THE PROJECT SCOPE SO THAT WHEN IT GOES INTO DESIGN, WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS.

AND I GUESS THE. AND TO ADD ON TO THAT, YOU JUST MADE ME THINK OF SOMETHING.

SO IF YOU'RE SAYING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ARE A LOT OF THE SMALLER ROADS, WHICH ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, UNIMPORTANT, BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, IF NOT, WE'RE APPLYING THIS FUNDING TO THE MAIN ROADS, THE REGIONAL ROADS, THAT'S A PROBLEM, RIGHT? SO I GUESS THAT'S ONE OF THE ADVANTAGES OF HAVING THE REGIONAL APPROACH IS YOU'RE ACTUALLY FOCUSING THE MONEY WHERE THE BIGGER PROBLEM IS GOING TO BE. YOU CAN'T GET TO EAST HOLLYWOOD. WHAT DOES IT MATTER? YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN'T GET ON THAT ROAD ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL AND THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I GET THAT. OKAY. IF I COULD, THROUGH THE CHAIR JUST TO ADD TO THAT.

AND I ALSO WANT TO JUST POINT OUT THAT THE AREA THAT YOU'RE POINTING TO THERE IN HOLLYWOOD THERE ARE FIRST OFF, A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT RIGHT IN THAT AREA ON A ONE A THAT'S CURRENTLY FLOODING.

THAT'S A JOINT WITH THE CRA, THE MPO AND FDOT.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT'S FULLY FUNDED AT THIS POINT TO, TO, TO DEAL WITH A ONE A AND HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD IS OUR NUMBER ONE RESILIENCY CORRIDOR FROM THE US, ONE YOUNG CIRCLE EAST TO A ONE A THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR LAST MTP SO THAT ACTUALLY HAS A STUDY THAT'S WELL UNDERWAY.

AGAIN, IT'S JOINT WITH WITH FDOT AND THE CITY.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY OUR PROTOTYPE FOR OUR PROCESS OF EVALUATING THESE ROADS THAT WE'RE GOING TO UTILIZE MOVING, MOVING FORWARD.

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BUT I ALSO WILL SAY THAT TO YOUR POINT, THAT'S EXACTLY OUR THOUGHT PROCESSES HERE.

WE HAVE, THIS IS A COST FEASIBLE PLAN AT THE END OF THE DAY.

AND WE CAN'T, AND WE WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO FIX ALL OF THEM.

SO WHERE DO WE END? AND SO THAT WAS THE INTENT BEHIND THAT REGIONAL NETWORK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU BET.

HEY, MICHAEL SMITH. GOOD EVENING.

IT'S GOOD TO KNOW, AT LEAST PERSONALLY, THAT THIS IS BEING LOOKED AT ON A REGIONAL BASIS. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE.

PARKING LOTS, PUBLIC PARKING.

IN THE MY EXPERIENCE WAS THAT I WAS ON MY WAY TO MIAMI ON THE LAST DAY OF THE RAINS THAT FLOODED THE FORT LAUDERDALE CITY HALL AND MOST OF BROWARD BOULEVARD EAST OF 95, AND MAKING MY WAY THROUGH STALLED CARS NEAR THE FORT LAUDERDALE TRI-RAIL STATION.

I I WAS NOTICED THAT THERE WERE ONLY HALF A DOZEN SPACES NOT FLOODED IN THE BROWARD BOULEVARD PARKING AREAS.

AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED HERE OR AS A REGIONAL PROBLEM BECAUSE THE TRAIN SERVICE ACTUALLY RAN, BUT THE AS WE WENT SOUTH AND WHEN I CAME BACK LATER, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF FLOODING AT THE PARKING AREAS AND OTHER STATIONS AS WELL. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A FUNDING PROBLEM, BUT AT LEAST I WAS WONDERING IF IT COULD BE THE RAIL, THE EXISTING RAIL LINES BE ADDED TO THE PROGRAM OR EVEN IF YOU CAN'T FUND THEM.

OKAY, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THAT.

SO FOR LOOKING AT PARKING LOTS, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE IDENTIFIED SPECIFICALLY PARKING LOTS THAT ARE, ARE FLOODING OR THEY OR THAT HAVE CLIMATE STRESSORS ATTACHED TO THEM.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, WE DO HAVE A RASTER SET THAT'S BEHIND THAT LINE FILE.

SO BEHIND THE PURPLE, THE THE BLUE AND THE PINKS, YOU SEE SOME, I GUESS BLOBS, SOME GREEN BLOBS THERE.

THAT RASTER INFORMATION IS THAT ASSIGNED A VULNERABILITY SCORE, BUT JUST IN MORE OF A LAND USE TYPE OF FORMAT.

SO YOU CAN IDENTIFY SOME OF THE, THE LAND MASSES IN THE AREAS THAT WOULD HAVE SOME VULNERABILITY ISSUES BASED OFF OF THE CRITERIA THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP OUR VULNERABILITY SCORE. SO IF YOU ZOOM IN TO CERTAIN AREAS OR TO, TO THE PARKING LOTS THAT YOU'RE QUESTIONING, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE WHICH ONES ARE THE MOST VULNERABLE AND WHICH ONES ARE THE LEAST VULNERABLE. SO THAT'S A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE.

I'M SORRY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMIND ME THE OTHER PARTS OF THE QUESTION. YES.

JUST JUST WONDERING IF THE RAIL, THE EXISTING RAIL LINES COULD BE ADDED.

AND THEN IN THE STATIONS ADDED AS A STAR OR SOMETHING TO TO SHOW WHERE THESE PARKING LOTS MIGHT BE AND HOW VULNERABLE, VULNERABLE THEY'D BE BECAUSE YOU'VE ALREADY LOCATED THE THE AREAS OF VULNERABILITY.

YEAH. SO, MR. SMITH, IF I COULD ANSWER THAT OR TRY TO AS, AS CHRISTOPHER POINTED OUT RESILIENCY IS GOING TO BE SCORED ON ALL PROJECTS.

AND IT'S A IT'S GOING TO BE NOTED WHERE THERE'S A HIGH PROPENSITY.

SO LET'S SAY THAT FORT LAUDERDALE, TRI-RAIL PARK AND RIDE LOT WAS IN A PLAN IDENTIFIED FOR SOME TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE FLAGGED THAT IT'S GOT SOME KIND OF RESILIENCY STRESSOR THERE THAT WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

SO WE'VE GOT IT TO THAT POINT.

WE ARE NOT INCLUDING PARK AND RIDE LOTS AS STAND ALONE PROJECTS FOR RESILIENCY ACTION.

AND I WILL BE VERY FRANK AND TELL YOU WHY, BECAUSE WE LOOK AT THIS ROAD NETWORK HERE, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO TOUCH 25% OF IT IN THE NEXT 25 YEARS.

SO WE'VE GOT TO FOCUS OUR FUNDS ON THE ROADWAYS.

AND SAD TO SAY, SOME PARKING LOTS ARE GOING TO BE UNDERWATER SOME DAYS.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE JUST SO IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITIZATION.

SO UNLESS THIS GROUP, YOU KNOW, MAKES A RECOMMENDATION TO US THAT WE SHOULD BE FOCUSING OUR FUNDING ON PARK AND RIDE LOTS, WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THE REGIONAL ROAD NETWORK.

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IT'S NOT DONE YET, BUT WHEN IT IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THEIR FINDINGS AND THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BRING THOSE IN AND INCORPORATE THOSE INTO OUR PLAN.

AND I HAD PERSONALLY REACHED OUT TO THEM TO ASK THEM IF THEY WOULD LIKE US TO DO THAT STUDY. AND THAT'S WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS ALREADY UNDERWAY.

VERY GOOD. I JUST MENTION ALL THIS LONG WAY AROUND THE MOUNTAIN JUST TO SHOW THAT ON THAT DAY AFTER THAT, IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FLOODING THE TRAIN SERVICE WORKED.

AND THAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE FOR PEOPLE GETTING REGIONALLY FOR REGIONAL TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY SINCE I-95 IS HIGHLY CONGESTED AT MOST HOURS OF THE DAYLIGHT. OKAY. PATIENCE CONE AGAIN, JUST EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY. ARE YOU REWARDING ADVANCED METHODS OF IN THIS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THINGS LIKE USING A NOT USING REBAR, BUT USING A COMPOSITE AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

IS THAT IN THE IS THAT IN THE SCORING PART OF IT? I DON'T. SO YEAH. WHERE DOES TECHNOLOGY FIT? SURE, SURE. YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM, THIS LITTLE TEAL BOX THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU.

WHAT THAT IS, THAT'S A SEPARATE PROGRAM THAT WE ARE DEVELOPING AS PART OF THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT SETS ASIDE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS FOR TECHNOLOGY RELATED PROJECTS.

WE ARE ACTUALLY COMING NEXT MONTH WITH AN UPDATE ON SAFETY AND TECHNOLOGY, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF A DEEPER DIVE OF WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING INTO THAT PROGRAM. SO I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL EVERYTHING SO FAR, BUT SOME THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS HOW ARE WE GOING TO INCORPORATE EV CHARGING INTO THE PLAN INTO THE YEAR 2050? HOW ARE WE INCORPORATING THINGS LIKE AI? AS PART OF A DIGITAL TWIN.

THAT'S A HUGE WAY OVER MY HEAD.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE HERE WHO TALKS ABOUT THAT. AND THEN WE ARE ALSO GOING TO LOOK AT WAYS LIKE, WHAT ARE TECHNOLOGIES THAT EXIST THAT NEED SOME INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO LIKE CAMERAS, FIBER OPTICS, ALL THAT STUFF THAT NEEDS TO GET INCORPORATED INTO OUR NETWORK BEFORE WE START GETTING ALL THE FUN STUFF.

BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK TO EACH OTHER. AND, AND I THINK THAT'S AMAZING.

AND I THINK I GUESS THAT'S TECHNOLOGY, BUT I'M LOOKING AT NEW KINDS OF ROAD THAT DON'T, DON'T ERODE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY'RE HIT BY SEA WATER AND, AND DON'T BETTER MATERIALS SO THAT THINGS LAST LONGER AND RESIST THOSE KIND, THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY.

IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE WEIGHED IN? IF YOU DO TAKE TAKE AN INITIATIVE.

YEAH. OKAY. YOU WANT TO GO TAKE A CRACK AT THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, AROUND THE COUNTRY, RIGHT? MOST OF THE COASTAL CITIES ARE STARTING TO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH WHAT USED TO BE PRETTY INFREQUENT INUNDATION OF THE ROADS BECOMING MORE FREQUENT.

SO THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, STUDIES ONGOING.

THERE'S RESEARCH AND IF YOU WANT TO REALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE DO THE, THE DEEP DIVE INTO THE, THE ENGINEERS WHO ACTUALLY DESIGN THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ASPHALT AND WHAT GOES INTO IT.

AND YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WORK IS BEING DONE.

BUT THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING WE'RE NOT REALLY GETTING INTO THAT LEVEL.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OTHER PARTNERS THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS THE ONE THAT'S REALLY TRACKING THAT THEY'VE GOT A MATERIALS OFFICE. SO AS NATIONALLY AS, AS BREAKTHROUGHS ARE MADE IN BETTER MATERIALS THAT CAN WITHSTAND MORE FREQUENT FLOODING YOU KNOW, THAT WILL BE BROUGHT IN AND INCORPORATED INTO, INTO DESIGN STANDARDS THAT WILL BE UTILIZED THROUGHOUT.

SO I, WE CAN'T DO EVERYTHING, BUT WE'RE TRYING THROUGH THE 2050 TO KIND OF POINT US IN A DIRECTION BECAUSE WE DO SEE LIKE OVER TIME THIS IMPORTANCE OF RESILIENCY, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO PERMEATE PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO FOR THIS REGION IN PARTICULAR, IT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL FOR US.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, HANG ON, STAY TUNED.

WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE WORKING ON IT.

THANK YOU. HEY, TOM LANDER, FIRST I WANT TO ASK WAS PERMEATE A PUN INTENDED OR UNINTENDED TO PERMEATE IT? I AM I'M JOKE. THAT'S A JOKE.

I UNDERSTOOD THE JOKE AND I'M AND I'M SAD TO SAY THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS UNINTENDED IF I

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SO YES. SO ONE I WANT TO SAY THIS IS GREAT TO SEE AND I LOVE SEEING THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE ON IT HERE, BUT OUR CITIES ARE ON IT.

CITY OF HOLLYWOOD HAS DONE THIS INCREDIBLE THING IN ITS NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHOW WHAT NEIGHBORHOODS CAN FLOOD A MAY A STORM MASTER PLAN.

WE ALSO HAVE APPROVED IN OUR BOND REFERENDUM NEW SEAWALLS, AND WE'RE MAKING THE PEOPLE ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL BRING THEIR SEAWALLS UP TO OUR SEAWALLS IN TIME, BECAUSE WHAT GOOD DOES IT FOR US ON CITY PROPERTY TO RAISE THE SEAWALL? AND WE DON'T HAVE SMART WATER IN SOUTH FLORIDA, AND IT'S GOING TO FIND A WAY AROUND IT.

OKAY, SO THAT'S ONE TWO.

WE HAVE A PROFESSOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU AT NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY THAT DID A WHOLE STUDY THAT HE TAKES ALL THE ROADS IN THE AIR AND SAYS, THIS MUCH RAIN FALLS. THIS IS WHAT THE AREAS WILL LOOK LIKE.

AND HE HAS THAT ON SOMETHING ONLINE.

HIS NAME IS JOE LOPEZ.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT COULD BE USEFUL.

SO IF IT'S FIVE INCHES OF RAIN, TEN INCHES OF RAIN, 20IN OF RAIN, AND I WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT ROUTE 27, IT MAY BE OUT THERE AND VERY FEW PEOPLE LIVE THERE, BUT THAT ARTERY IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO SOUTH FLORIDA.

WHEN WE HAVE A MAJOR CRISIS TO GET GOODS AND SUPPLIES IN.

SO IF ONE ROADWAY IN A WAY NEEDS TO BE BROUGHT UP IN ELEVATION, I BELIEVE THAT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THERE MAY BE NOT BE A LOT OF PEOPLE, BUT WHAT GOOD DOES IT DO IF WE DON'T PUT MONEY INTO THAT? AND THEN WHEN WE NEED ALL THESE MASSIVE SUPPLIES COME LIKE WITH THE HURRICANE ANDREW RAIN AND WE.

AND WE CAN'T GET THE THINGS INTO OUR OUR REGION.

WE CAN'T JUST USE I-95.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO SHARE.

YOU GUYS ARE ANYTIME I COME TO THIS MEETINGS, I AM JUST TOTALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE WORK YOU DO.

I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL GET A RAISE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A UNION, I WILL HELP UNIONIZE YOU.

KNOW. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS, I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ABOUT THE ROUTE 27, I FEEL LIKE YOU AND BILL TALK ON THE SIDE, BECAUSE WE'VE GOT PLANS FOR THAT ROADWAY WITH SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

YEAH. HEY, NEXT. JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ YES, MY QUESTION IS, AND IT'S MORE TO CLARIFY.

AND I'M GOING TO PICK AN INTERSECTION, WHICH IS THE US ONE, AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD WHERE WE LOWERED THE STREETS, US ONE GOING NORTH IN OAKLAND PARK, GOING EAST AND WEST.

AND YOU LOWERED IT TO HIGHLY VERSUS HIGHEST.

WHAT KIND OF LOGIC COULD IMPACT THAT? PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE, BUT I DON'T SEE WHY IT WOULD DROP DOWN, ESPECIALLY. I DID A LIFT STATION HERE ON ON ON ANDREWS AVENUE, WHICH STOPS IN THE EVENT OF A HIGH, HIGH RAIN AND HURRICANE EVENT.

IT PREVENTS ANY WATER GOING UP THE SLEEPY RIVER UNTIL IT REACHES FOUR FEET ABOVE, WHICH IS THE CROWN OF THE ROAD.

AT THAT MOMENT, THE THE THE LIFT STATION OR THE.

THE. THE WILL DROP AND ALLOW THE WATER TO.

WE WILL STOP THE WATER AND PUMP WATER NORTH BACK TO THE SEASIDE SO THAT WE DON'T GET FLOODING. UP AND UP OR NORTH OAKLAND PARK UNTIL IT GETS TO THE CROWN OF THE ROAD.

AND IT'S ALMOST A FOOT AND A HALF FROM THE CROWN OF THE ROAD OVER THERE.

AND YOU'VE GOT THAT IN GREEN.

AND I'M CURIOUS. I MEAN, IF YOU GO OUT THERE ON AN OCTOBER 31ST OR SOMETHING, AND IF WE GET A RAIN EVENT AND AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE A FOOT AND A HALF FROM THE CROWN OF THE ROAD, IF NOT AT THE CROWN OF THE ROAD. OKAY. SO JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AT US ONE OR I'M TALKING ABOUT THE BOTH OF THEM, OAKLAND PARK. I WAS JUST WONDERING WHY IT DROPPED DOWN AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, US ONE GOING EAST AND WEST AND NORTH.

AND THEN YOU HAVE IT. THAT DROPS REAL DOWN IN THE GREEN AREA, WHERE I'M GOING TO BE PUMPING IT BACK UNTIL IT REACHES THE CROWN.

SO I HAVE ALL OF THESE DATA SETS IN THE SEPARATE MAPS OF HOW THEY'RE ALL PUT ON TOP

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I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND SEE EXACTLY WHAT'S HITTING, WHAT'S NOT HITTING TO GIVE YOU THAT INFORMATION.

AND I'M JUST THINKING WHAT KIND OF A DATA SET MIGHT IMPACT THAT DRAINAGE PIPES, IF YOU HAVE A BETTER DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN OR, OR THE ELEVATION OF THE ROAD ELEVATION DOESN'T CHANGE MUCH IN THOSE AREAS.

BUT IT'S THAT IS THAT THE, THE DATA THAT WOULD IMPACT THAT.

I WOULD SAY A LOT OF IT'S DEPENDENT ON SEA LEVEL RISE.

SO THAT DATA SET THAT WE LOOK AT, WE LOOK AT A POTENTIAL FOR ONE, TWO AND THREE FEET SEA LEVEL RISE WITHIN THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S REALLY DEPENDENT ON HOW CLOSE YOU ARE TO THE WATER, WHETHER THAT'S THE EVERGLADES OR THE OCEAN OR THE INTERCOASTAL.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPACT THERE.

AND MAYBE THAT GREEN AREA DOESN'T HAVE THAT CONNECTION TO THE WATER.

ANOTHER THING THAT WE LOOK AT IS GROUNDWATER ELEVATION.

AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT AREAS IN THE NORTHWEST ARE ABLE TO HOLD A LITTLE BIT MORE GROUNDWATER THAN IN THE SOUTHEAST.

SO MAYBE THAT SECTION, IT STARTS GOING UP THERE.

I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL IS HIGHEST AND YOU'VE GOT SOUTH OF IT, GOING BACK, GOING DOWN SOUTH HIGHEST.

AND HERE YOU GOT THIS LITTLE LOCATION IN THE MIDDLE.

IT'S A GOOD POINT. WE CAN LOOK INTO IT TO SEE WHY IT SCORED THAT WAY. AND IF THAT'S AN ANOMALY WE CAN CORRECT THAT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

HEY, PHIL. AS FAR AS THE 15% EQUITY I FEEL THAT IT ADDS A LACK OF TRANSPARENCY TO WHAT IS ALREADY KIND OF A BLACK BOX, YOU KNOW, FOR INTERPRETATION AND ANECDOTAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHY DID THIS TURN THIS COLOR TO THAT COLOR? IT, YOU KNOW, I'D RATHER HAVE A BLACK BOX THAT I COULD HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF FAITH IN.

AND I WONDER IF THERE'S BEEN ANY PROBABILISTIC EVALUATION OF, YOU KNOW, CHANCES OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF STORM EVENTS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE COUNTY.

YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WOULD BE THE PLACE FOR AI TO, TO, YOU KNOW, RUN THIS THROUGH A MILLION DIFFERENT STORM EVENTS AND THEN JUST SEE WHAT THE CONSEQUENCES ARE. BECAUSE I THINK IF PEOPLE TINKER WITH, WITH THIS A LITTLE INGREDIENT HERE AND A LITTLE INGREDIENT HERE, IT, YOU KNOW, IT COULD CREATE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT ARE NOT LOGICAL OR NOT WHAT WE REALLY WANTED. SO I, I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE METHOD OF, OF, OF, OF SHIFTING THE SCORING SYSTEM.

SO THAT WAS A COMMENT. IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION, BUT BUT I'LL MAKE THAT A QUESTION.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AT PROBABILITIES OR IS IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A STORM EVENT TO JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OVERALL CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE REGIONALLY? LET ME LET ME TRY TO TAKE THIS ONE.

SO I'M GOING TO TRY TO RESPOND TO THIS ONE.

SO SOMEWHAT INDIRECTLY, BUT SO AS I MENTIONED, RIGHT, WE ARE KIND OF AT THE BEGINNING, NOT ANYWHERE NEAR THE END OF A MATURE PROCESS FOR TACKLING RESILIENCY HERE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE CHOSEN TO USE AVAILABLE DATA THAT HAS BEEN DONE BY BY THE REGION, A LOT OF IT THROUGH THE CLIMATE COMPACT.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THEM, BUT SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONALS AND PROFESSORS AND, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE SPENT YEARS WORKING ON THESE THINGS. SO WE HAVE NOT TRIED TO RECREATE THE WHEEL IN THE DATA THAT WE'VE UTILIZED.

WE HAVE USED THE WORK OF OTHERS, AND WE HAVE BUILT UPON THAT WORK TO HOPEFULLY IMPROVE UPON IT. BUT IT IS NOT A IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO USE TO CHECK A ADDRESS AND SAY, HOW MANY INCHES OF WATER AM I GOING TO HAVE ON MARCH? YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL YET, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE SHORTCOMINGS IN OUR DATA.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE DATA THAT WE'VE USED IS WELL VETTED AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AND DEVELOPED BY THE PROFESSIONALS AND THE EXPERTS IN THIS FIELD, AND IS, BY CONSENSUS, AGREED TO BY THE ENTIRE REGION.

I THINK IT'S 7 OR 8 COUNTIES.

SO THAT WAS OUR STARTING POINT.

BUT I HOPE IT MAKES YOU FEEL BETTER TO KNOW WE HAVE PUT MONEY IN BOTH OF THE NEXT TWO YEARS OF OUR MPO BUDGET TO MOVE THE STATE OF OUR RESILIENCY PROCESSES ALONG AND TO HELP

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SO WE THINK WE'VE TAKEN AN IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD WITH THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

IS IT PERFECT? ABSOLUTELY NOT.

WE RECOGNIZE THE SHORTCOMINGS AND WE PLAN TO INVEST MORE IN THE COMING YEARS TO, TO IMPROVE THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE TO THE AREA.

LET ME JUST ADD ONE LAST COMMENT ABOUT THE, THE, THE EQUITY ASPECT. WE HAVE AN EXTREMELY MATURE EQUITY EVALUATION TOOL THAT HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AS BEING PRETTY MUCH THE BEST IN THE COUNTRY.

AND IT'S IT'S SHARED AROUND THE COUNTRY WITH OTHERS AS A AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL TO, TO USE IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF THAT TOOL AND WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH IT.

AND WE APPLY IT TO ALMOST EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HERE.

WE TAKE THAT SOCIAL ASPECT INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE THAT'S THE DESIRE OF OUR BOARD.

AND THE DIRECTION OF OUR BOARD IS THAT WE CONSIDER EQUITY IN OUR IN OUR DECISIONS.

SO WE'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD TOOL.

WHAT MAYBE DIDN'T COME THROUGH IN THE CONVERSATION IS THAT WE'VE GOT THESE SIX PROGRAM AREAS IN OUR METROPOLITAN PLAN.

AND WHILE FOUR OF THEM HAVE KIND OF THIS STANDARDIZED EVALUATION AND RANKING PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES EQUITY RESILIENCY, AGAIN, IT'S A NEW EMPHASIS AREA FOR US.

WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, FIGURE OUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO WE'VE WE'VE BUILT UPON THE WORK OF THE EXPERTS TO COME UP WITH THAT INITIAL MAP.

AND THEN WE'VE ADDED THAT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST OUR, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO, TO THIS GROUP IS, HEY, WE SHOULD ADD SOME LEVEL OF EQUITY INTO THAT EVALUATION CRITERIA BECAUSE WE DO FOR EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO HERE AGAIN AT BOARD DIRECTION.

SO OUR CONCERN WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REALLY GETTING THAT EQUITY LEVEL, RIGHT, BECAUSE IF YOU TURN THE DIAL UP TOO STRONG ON EQUITY, THEN YOU KIND OF WASH OUT THE VALUE OF THE RESILIENCY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO FIND, YOU KNOW, IS LIKE THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT BALANCE THERE.

AND AGAIN, I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE RIGHT ANSWER IS.

AND WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR YOUR, YOUR FEEDBACK YOU KNOW, ON WHETHER WE, WHETHER WE GOT IT RIGHT.

BUT THAT'S KIND OF THE, THE BACK STORY OF LIKE HOW AND WHY WE DID WHAT WE DID YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THERE'S NO RIGHT OR WRONG.

AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THE LIMITATIONS OF WHAT WE'VE DONE.

BUT I, I CAN ONLY OFFER COMFORT THAT WE DO HAVE MONEY TO, TO, TO DO BETTER IN THE, IN THE COMING YEARS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WE WANT TO BE NUMBER ONE IN THE NATION FOR, FOR RESILIENCY AS WELL.

AND HOW WE ADDRESS IT.

AND. MR. CHAIR, COULD I RESPOND? I THINK TOM HAD SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS.

ONE WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT US.

27 YOU KNOW, ROAD THAT NORTH OF 75 THAT BASICALLY NOBODY LIVES THERE.

AND YET IT'S A TRANSPORTATION HUB.

AND THE SECOND POINT, JUST TO GET IT ON THE RECORD AGAIN, WHAT WAS THE PROFESSOR YOU, YOU, YOU REFERRED TO THAT HAD HAD SOME DETAILED. JOE LOPEZ. OKAY.

SO NOW I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S HIS BECAUSE HE ACTUALLY WORKS MORE WITH MARINE AND SO FORTH.

BUT FOR SOME REASON. HE DID A PRESENTATION AT OUR CIVIC MEETING JUST WITHIN THE LAST MONTH.

AND, YOU KNOW, EYE OPENING.

AND HE SHARED IT WITH THE CITY, TOO.

YEAH. I THINK WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO REACH OUT.

BUT AGAIN, WE'VE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY HAS, AGAIN, A FAIRLY MATURE PROCESS AND THEY'VE GOT ALL THEIR.

I'M SURE THAT HE'S. YEAH.

WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CHECK WITH THE COUNTY BECAUSE MY GUESS IS THAT HE'S PROBABLY PLUGGED INTO THE COUNTY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THOSE KIND OF CLIMATE FOLKS ARE WORKING TOGETHER. SO HOPEFULLY HE'S PLUGGED IN, BUT WE'LL CONFIRM THAT.

I APPRECIATE THE. THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. OKAY.

I'D LIKE TO WEIGH IN ON THE EQUITY PORTION OF THIS AS WELL.

ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP WAS SOMETHING TOM MENTIONED ABOUT SEAWALLS.

AND I THINK JOHN MADE A REFERENCE NOT WITH RESPECT TO EQUITY, BUT ARE YOU ALSO COLLABORATING WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND OTHER GROUPS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING, ABOUT THEIR RESILIENCY THAT COULD INFLUENCE THE TRANSPORTATION RESILIENCY? YES. ACTUALLY, WE HAVE RESILIENCY AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE THAT MEETS QUARTERLY, AND THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO ALL GET TOGETHER AND SHARE CONVERSATION

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IF YOU'VE SEEN HIM WALK BY AND SAY, HEY, WHAT'S UP WITH RESILIENCY? I'M SURE HE WOULD LOVE TO. HE'S VERY HE'S VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE.

HE ACTUALLY WORKED IN MIAMI BEACH AND WORKED ON A LOT OF SEAWALL AND MANGROVE RESTORATION PROJECTS. SO. SO IT'S A GOOD ASSET FOR US TO HAVE HIM HERE.

BUT YES, WE ARE CONSTANTLY COLLABORATING.

OKAY. THEN GETTING BACK TO THE EQUITY PIECE TOO, I FORWARDED SOME INFORMATION TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON.

AARP RESILIENCY MANUAL.

AND THAT BRINGS UP THE SUBJECT OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AS WELL.

I MEAN, WE HAVE TO ADDRESS VULNERABLE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ROADS.

BUT WHO USES THESE PEOPLE? OKAY. AND THE PEOPLE IS NOT A HOMOGENEOUS GROUP.

SOME ARE MORE CAPABLE THAN OTHERS AND HAVE OTHER ISSUES THAT NEED TO DEAL WITH.

SO I THINK IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT NOT JUST FOR OLDER ADULTS, BUT POPULATIONS THAT MAY NOT HAVE A CAR OR HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING AROUND.

SO I THINK THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT PIECES THAT HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED.

I AGREE, AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE WANT TO DEVELOP THIS ROUTE MARKER SO THAT IN OUR COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM, OUR ROADWAY PROGRAM AND OUR TRANSIT HUB PROGRAM, THEY'RE INCLUDING RESILIENCY EFFORTS AND THEY'RE ACCOUNTING FOR NOT JUST THE AUTO FOCUSED USER. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK.

GREAT. DO WE DO WE, LIKE 100% MORE THAN 85, 1585, 15 MORE. OKAY. OKAY, GREAT.

OKAY. WELL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT. AND I HAVE SOME HOMEWORK. I GOT TO FOLLOW UP WITH JOE LOPEZ, AARP DOCUMENT.

AND THEN WHY OAKLAND PARK IS LOOKING GREEN IN THAT AREA.

WE HAVE LIKE. A HIGHER GROUND LEVEL.

YEAH. I'LL LOOK INTO IT AND I'LL GIVE YOU A TRY TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BY NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHRISTOPHER.

OKAY. NEXT IS A REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT ON THE TRANSIT

[2. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County Transit - Transit Development Plan]

HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SOPHIA THORNTON.

I'M A SENIOR PLANNER AT BENESCH.

I WAS THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR.

ON BEHALF OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, WORKING ON THIS TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

SO A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO NEED A REFRESHER IS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES.

A MAJOR UPDATE OCCURS EVERY FIVE YEARS.

SO WE JUST COMPLETED A MAJOR UPDATE AND IT WAS A TEN YEAR PLANNING HORIZON.

SO WE LOOKED AT 2024 TO 2033.

IN THIS PLAN, WE CONSIDER RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO SERVICE INFRASTRUCTURE, TECHNOLOGY PLANS AND POLICIES FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSIT.

AND SO WHEN I SAY ALL MODES, THAT INCLUDES FIXED ROUTE, YOUR QUOTE UNQUOTE NORMAL BUSSES, PARATRANSIT, WHICH IS BRANDED AS TOPS, AS WELL AS COMMUNITY BUS AND VARIOUS OTHER PROGRAMS THAT BCT OPERATES AS PART OF THE TDP.

WE COLLECTED AN ADVISORY REVIEW COMMITTEE TOGETHER.

THIS WAS COMPRISED OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE REGION, ONE OF WHICH WAS AN MPO REPRESENTATIVE.

SO WE DID HAVE AN MPO PERSON ON OUR ADVISORY REVIEW COMMITTEE.

AND THIS PLAN WAS ALREADY ADOPTED IN DECEMBER BY THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION WHICH WE WERE PLEASED ABOUT. SO JUST A LITTLE REFRESHER ON HOW TRANSIT RIDERSHIP HAS BEEN TRENDING. WE ALL KNOW THAT COVID CREATED KIND OF A DOWNTURN IN TRANSIT RIDERSHIP.

BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE TOPS PARATRANSIT HAS ACTUALLY BOUNCED BACK ENTIRELY AND IS BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

FIXED ROUTE SERVICES ARE AT ABOUT 85% OF PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS.

SO ON A GOOD UPSWING AND COMMUNITY SHUTTLE HAS BEEN A BIT SLOWER TO REBOUND, BUT WE CAN SEE THAT IT IS REBOUNDING.

SO AS PART OF THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WE WENT THROUGH A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS.

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ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING, IF YOU WILL FINDINGS WAS THE RESULTS FROM OUR ONBOARD SURVEY. WE WERE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH ALMOST 4000 RIDERS AND GOT SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM. WE WERE HAPPY TO GET FEEDBACK ON CUSTOMER SATISFACTION.

SO WE DID A QUESTION ON THE NET PROMOTER SCORE SPARING YOU THE DETAILS, THE NET PROMOTER SCORE WAS FIRMLY IN THE GOOD CATEGORY.

WHICH WE'RE HAPPY ABOUT TO, TO GET THAT FEEDBACK.

SOME OTHER FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM WRITERS WAS THAT THEY WANTED MORE FREQUENCY MORE SERVICE SPAN. SO EARLIER SERVICE, LATER SERVICE KIND OF JUST THE THEME WAS WE WANT MORE WHICH WAS ENCOURAGING TO HEAR.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER KIND OF THEMES THAT WE GOT FROM DISCUSSION GROUPS WAS THAT THEY WANTED FAIR INTEROPERABILITY.

AND THAT JUST MEANS THAT THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PAY IN THE SAME WAY ON BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AS THEY DO FOR MIAMI DADE OR PALM TRAN OR THE RAIL.

SO WE TOOK THE FEEDBACK FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, FROM THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT RELATED PLANS TO CREATE THIS SET OF GOALS. AND THIS SET OF GOALS IS ALSO IN IN LINE WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE PRIOR ONE.

SO THE GOALS INCLUDE IMPROVING SAFETY, IMPROVING MOBILITY FOR ALL, STRIVING TO BE AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE, ENSURING RESILIENCY AND SUPPORTING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WE GATHERED PUBLIC INPUT.

WE REVIEWED OTHER PLANS AND POLICIES THAT ARE FLOATING AROUND OUT THERE, AND WE PUT THIS TOGETHER INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION AND FINANCE SET OF PLANS.

SO I MENTIONED THAT WE LOOKED AT RELATED PLANS THAT ARE ALSO IN EFFECT.

AND ONE OF THE REALLY BIG HEAVY LIFTS RECENTLY HAS BEEN THE PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN WHICH WAS CONDUCTED BY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AS WELL.

AND SO WE FIGURED, WHY REINVENT THE WHEEL? THEY'VE REALLY LOOKED INTO THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SERVICES THAT ARE DESIRED TO COME ON BOARD. AND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES INCLUDE HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ON PREMIUM CORRIDORS BUS, RAPID TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND COMMUTER RAIL.

SO WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE WORK THAT HAD BEEN DONE ON THIS STUDY AND MORE OR LESS WRAPPED THAT INTO OUR EFFORT AS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AND I WILL POINT OUT THAT WE'VE CUT THIS TABLE OFF AT YEAR 2033 BECAUSE THE TDP IS A TEN YEAR PLAN, BUT THE PRIMO PLAN DOES GO BEYOND THE 2033 TIMELINE.

ANOTHER EFFORT THAT'S GOING ON RIGHT NOW IS THE COMPREHENSIVE OPERATION ANALYSIS AND SERVICE OPTIMIZATION. THIS IS A STUDY WITH AN EVENTUAL PLAN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.

AND THE WAY I LIKE TO DESCRIBE THIS IS THAT THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS KIND OF THE VISIONING OVERARCHING ZOOMED OUT VIEW OF WHERE WE'RE GOING AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE.

WHERE IS THE COA THERE ABLE TO GO CORRIDOR BY CORRIDOR, ROUTE BY ROUTE. LOOK AT SERVICE CHANGES THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TO THE CURRENT NETWORK, ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFIC SHIFTS IN TRAVEL PATTERNS FROM THE PANDEMIC, AND FACILITATE ALL OF THESE ASPECTS TOGETHER WITH THAT OTHER PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

SO WE SORT OF HAVE THREE PLANS FLOATING AROUND RIGHT NOW.

AND WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO WORK IN LOCKSTEP WITH EACH OTHER INSTEAD OF YOU KNOW, TO, WE DON'T WANT TO DUPLICATE EFFORTS.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO HOLD HANDS.

SO ALL OF THOSE IMPLEMENTATION ITEMS. WE. BCT HAS WORKED TOGETHER TO CREATE A FINANCE PLAN.

THE FINANCE PLAN IS NOT THE SAME AS A BUDGET.

IT'S JUST A STRATEGY TO MAP THINGS OUT.

AND SO THIS FINANCE PLAN DOES SHOW SPIKES IN THE YEAR 2025 AND 2032.

I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT THOSE SPIKES ARE DUE TO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT THAT IS SLATED TO COME ONLINE AS PART OF THE PREMIUM MOBILITY PLAN.

AND I LOVE TO EXPLAIN A GOOD ASTERISK.

SO WE HAVE AN ASTERISK HERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT $8.2 BILLION IN CAPITAL OVER TEN YEARS.

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SO THE TRANSIT OPERATING FUND IN THE SPREADSHEET MORE OR LESS COUNTS AS A COST AND A REVENUE. SO IT IT REALLY IS LOOKING MORE LIKE $5.8 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS TO BOIL IT DOWN. AND THEN SO THAT WAS THE CAPITAL COST.

THIS IS THE OPERATING COSTS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $4 BILLION OVER TEN YEARS.

THIS INCLUDES OPERATIONS SUCH AS A RECENTLY ADOPTED PROGRAM CALLED THE LATE SHIFT CONNECT. THAT'S A REALLY NICE SERVICE THAT BCT HAS STARTED, WHERE IT CONNECTS WORKERS TO AND FROM THEIR PLACES OF WORK.

OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL OPERATING HOURS OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

SO THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL PIECE OF AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT GOES INTO THIS OPERATING FUND.

SO THAT'S ALL FOR MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AWAITING COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS.

OKAY. MICHAEL. GOOD EVENING.

GOING BACK TO THE CHART SHOWING THE VARIOUS MODES OF TRANSIT RIGHT THERE.

I REMEMBER THAT THE PEOPLE FROM THE AIRPORT CAME ON WITH WITH A VERY EXTENSIVE PEOPLE MOVER PRESENTATION FOR THE AIRPORT AND PORT AUTHORITY.

BUT IT MENTIONS THE SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM IS DOWNTOWN CONNECTION LRT.

AND WAS THAT INCLUDED IN THE FEASIBILITY FUNDING? BECAUSE I, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE.

SO THIS I WILL JUST GO ALONG IF, IF I CAN INTERRUPT FOR JUST A SECOND, ALONG WITH THE BRT FOR OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND POWER LINE ROAD.

SO THOSE ARE THE THREE PROJECTS I'VE NEVER HEARD OF BEFORE.

RIGHT? SO ONE THING I WILL SAY IS THAT THE PRIMO PLAN IS ENTIRELY IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

WE DID A, A ROLE IN WHAT THEY FOUND INTO OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

I ONLY SAY THAT BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SPECIFICALLY WORKED ON THE PRIMO, THE PRIMO PLAN, WE HAVE SIMPLY ROLLED IN THESE CORRIDORS INTO THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO YOUR QUESTION IS, IS THE FINANCE PLAN REFLECTING THE CHANGES YOU SEE HERE? AND TO THAT QUESTION, THE ANSWER IS YES.

THE FINANCE PLAN REFLECTS THESE PROJECTS AND CORRIDORS THAT ARE VISIBLE HERE.

ONE LAST BOTHER DIXIE HIGHWAY HFB COULD YOU TELL US WHAT THAT IS? SO HIGH FREQUENCY BUS.

NOW I SEE IT. OKAY. YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SOFIA. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. TO GO OVER SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[8. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County - Low Stress Multimodal Mobility Network Master Plan]

THE LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MULTI-MODAL MOBILITY PLAN.

JOSETTE SEVERIN FROM BROWARD TRANSPORTATION IS HERE.

JOSETTE, YOU WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF WORDS? YES, I'D LOVE TO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I'M JOSETTE SEVERIN.

I'M THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR FOR BROWARD COUNTY'S LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY NETWORK MASTER PLAN. AS PART OF YOUR ATTACHMENTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH YOUR AGENDA, YOU SHOULD HAVE A PRESENTATION.

WE WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING A PUBLIC MEETING FEBRUARY 22ND IN GOVERNMENT CENTER EAST, WHICH IS DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AT 115 SOUTH ANDREWS AVENUE IN ROOM 430.

WE INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE A PUBLIC SURVEY THAT IS STILL OPEN THAT IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

SO IF YOU GO AHEAD AND YOU GOOGLE BROWARD COUNTY'S LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO COME TO OUR WEB PAGE AND THAT, THAT QR CODE AND THAT LINK SHOULD ALSO BE IN THE PRESENTATION THAT WAS PROVIDED.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I KNOW THAT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF COMPLETE STREETS OVER THE YEARS AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF INPUT THAT'S VALUABLE TO GIVE.

I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE TIME TO DO.

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THAT WILL GO OVER OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AS WELL AS SOME ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION. WE PREVIOUSLY HAVE HAD A MEETING PRIOR ON OUR EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT'S AVAILABLE, RECORDED AND AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS A YOUTUBE LINK, SO YOU CAN TUNE INTO THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT. AND JUST WANT TO OPEN THE FLOOR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT ME OR THE PROJECT MANAGER, CHRISTINE.

CHRISTINA FUHRMANN AND HER CONTACT INFORMATION IS ALSO IN THE PRESENTATION AND ALSO ON THE WEBSITE. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOSETTE.

OKAY. A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT I'D LIKE TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO.

[6. Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Fiscal Year (FY) 2024/25 - FY 2025/26 Call for Plans & Studies]

THAT'S THE OVERALL PLAN FOR WHAT THE MPO DOES.

SO IF YOU CARE TO PERUSE THAT, THAT WOULD BE INTER BE EDUCATIONAL, IF NOT ENTERTAINING. NUMBER 12, THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT IS COMING AROUND

[12. 2024 Safe Streets Summit - February 29 & March 1, 2024]

SAVING THE DATE FOR LET'S GO BIKING IN MIRAMAR.

[13. Save the Date - Let's Go Biking! at Miramar Regional Park - March 16, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.]

[15. Save the Date - Route to 2050 MTP Event - September 12, 2024]

IS THAT RIGHT, BILL? YES.

SO MR. CHAIR WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE ALL OF YOU PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND.

AND SO MAYBE IF YOU PUT THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS TONIGHT FOR SEPTEMBER 12TH, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EXCELLENT EVENT.

IT'S GOING TO BE HELD AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE.

WE I THINK AT THAT POINT WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR DRAFT MTP AND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY CELEBRATE TOGETHER THE WORK THAT'S GONE INTO DEVELOPING THAT PLAN.

AND AGAIN, IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE A FORMAL BOARD MEETING FOR OUR FOR THE BOARD.

BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE BRIEF, PROBABLY ABOUT 10 OR 15 MINUTES.

SO MOST OF IT IS GOING TO BE EVENT DRIVEN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR BOARD THERE, THE TAC, ALL OF OUR COMMITTEES.

SO WE'D CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE A STRONG TURNOUT FROM OUR CAC THAT DAY AS WELL.

OKAY. WHAT TIME IS THAT.

IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE MORNING.

I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S A MORE OR LESS WHAT, 730 OR 1130. 730 TO 1130.

THANK YOU. AND YOU SHOULD HAVE THIS HOPEFULLY DROPPED ON YOUR ON YOUR DESKS.

YEAH. SO I THINK WE'LL HAVE LIKE SOME COFFEE AND A FEW SNACKS FOR YOU.

BEFORE WE GET ROLLING.

YEAH. WE'LL LISTEN FOR FOOD.

I THOUGHT THE FOOD MIGHT, YOU KNOW, SELL A FEW OF YOU.

HERE. OKAY, WELL, I THINK WE HAVE SET A RECORD.

730 WE'VE COMPLETED OUR ITEMS HERE.

CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYBODY.

BILL WILL PROVIDE THE PRIZES FOR US AS WE LEAVE THERE.

IT MEANS YOU GOT TO PAY. SO.

OKAY, IN THAT CASE, THEN, MAY I HAVE A.

WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OKAY, I SEE NONE. I HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.

ALL IN FAVOR, SAY OR VOTE.

SAY YES ON YOUR SCREEN.

TURN THIS OFF. OKAY, WE ARE ADJOURNED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JUST AS AN INFORMAL COMMENT TOO.

I ATTENDED THE FIRST WEEK OF THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION UP IN TALLAHASSEE, AND I WAS ASKED TO LOOK INTO THREE TRANSPORTATION BILLS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SAFETY, AND THEY ARE MAKING THEIR WAY SUCCESSFULLY SO FAR THROUGH THE PROCESS.

ONE IS TO FURTHER INCREASE PENALTIES FOR SERIOUS INJURY AND DEATH TO VULNERABLE USERS, WHICH IS CERTAINLY NEEDED.

AND THERE ARE TWO OTHERS ON IDENTIFYING DISTRACTED DRIVING.

SO I WOULDN'T WANT TO GET INTO DETAIL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY CHANGE AS THEY GO THROUGH THE VARIOUS COMMITTEES UNTIL THEY GET TO THE ACTUAL FLOOR VOTE.

BUT THAT'S, I THINK OF INTEREST, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR COMPLETE STREETS AND SAFE STREETS GROUPS. SO THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.