Mar 27, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

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YEAH, WE'VE A RARE THING AT 6:00, AND WE HAVE A QUORUM.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. I HEREBY DEEM THIS MEETING IN ORDER.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY ACTION ITEMS, SO WE CAN SAIL THROUGH THE MANY QUESTIONS THAT WE'LL HAVE ON THE NON ACTION ITEMS. BUT FIRST OF ALL, CAN WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL?

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

DID YOU VOTE PRESENT THEN? YOU GUYS ALL SET? I DID. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

[3. Approval of Minutes - February 28, 2024]

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES AT ALL? AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE HAVE THAT NO COMMENTS.

SO IF WE VOTE FOR THAT, WE APPRECIATE THAT.

WAITING ON MICHAEL SMITH AND WALLACE PETERSON.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. OKAY. AND SIMILARLY MAY I HAVE A MOTION SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA?

[4. Approval of Agenda]

QUESTIONS? OKAY. PLEASE SET YOUR VOTE.

VERY GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

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

IS NOAH BROWN IN THE HOUSE? NOAH? YES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I'M NOAH BROWN, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER FOR SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES, THE REGIONAL COMMUTER ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I'M ONLY GOING TO GO AND TALK BRIEFLY.

WE JUST WANTED TO LET ALL THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT OUR UPCOMING EVENT.

THE FLORIDA COMMUTER TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT IS GOING TO BE HOSTED BY SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITY SERVICES ALONGSIDE FDOT, THE CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND COMMUTE BROWARD. IT IS A TDM BASED CONFERENCE.

IT'S GOING TO BE HELD MAY 20TH THROUGH THE 22ND AT THE HISTORIC RIVERSIDE HOTEL IN FORT LAUDERDALE, AND IT'S ALL FOCUSED ON TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, PROMOTING CARPOOLING, VAN POOLING, AND ALTERNATE WAYS TO GET TO WORK USING TRANSIT, BIKING AND WALKING AS WELL.

WE JUST WANT TO LET THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS KNOW ABOUT IT SO THAT THEY CAN GO AND REGISTER. I HAVE SOME FLIERS HERE THAT I'LL GO AND LEAVE ALONGSIDE THE MPO STAFF, AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN.

WE JUST WANTED TO GO AND INCLUDE YOU IN THE TDM CONVERSATION ABOUT IMPROVING TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE RIGHT INTO OUR FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM ROUTE TO 2050 MTP DRAFT LIST

[1. Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Draft List of Prioritized Projects]

HELLO. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, ONE OF THE CO-PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ROUTE TO 2050, ALSO KNOWN AS OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS IS NOT.

SO YOU WERE GIVEN, AHEAD OF TIME AS AN AGENDA ITEM.

A PDF OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, EFFORT AND HOW THEY RANKED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WHAT THIS LIST IS NOT IS OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WILL COME NEXT MONTH.

YOU'LL SEE HOW ALL THE MONEY IS DISTRIBUTED TO EACH ONE OF THE PROJECTS, WITH FUNDING THRESHOLDS FOR EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. SO FOR PURPOSES OF TODAY, WE'RE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THE PROJECTS FROM OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, HOW THEY RANKED UP AGAINST EACH OTHER, AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS THAT WE DID TO GET TO THAT FINAL LIST. SO HERE WE GO.

I GAVE THIS PRESENTATION EARLIER TO THE PTAC GOT THE WIND KNOCKED OUT OF ME, GIVING THE PRESENTATIONS A LITTLE BIT LONG. SO IF I STOP FOR A BREATH, IT'S BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO CATCH IT. SO FIRST UP, WHAT DID WE DO TO GET TO THE FINAL LIST OF PROJECTS? WE INITIALLY HAD A CALL FOR PROJECTS IN 2023 WHERE WE MET INDIVIDUALLY WITH ALL OF.

OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WATER. WE MET WITH ALL OF OUR LOCAL AGENCY, LOCAL PARTNERS.

THOSE ARE MUNICIPALITIES FDOT, BROWARD COUNTY, AND WE ALSO DID A LITTLE BIT OF OUTREACH TO SOME NONTRADITIONAL PARTNERS LIKE BROWARD

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BUT ANYWAYS, WE RECEIVED A FULL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT OUR PARTNERS SUBMITTED THROUGH OUR PROJECT APPLICATION TOOL.

AND ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE PROJECTS, WE THEN CATEGORIZE THEM INTO SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE PROPOSED FOR THE 2050 PLAN.

I HAVE A SLIDE THAT WILL SHOW WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE. AFTER THOSE PROJECTS WERE PLACED INTO THOSE PROGRAMS, WE THEN USED A SERIES OF PRIORITIZATION, PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA TO ASSIGN POINTS TO EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN RANKING THEM.

ONCE THE RANKINGS WERE DONE, WE THEN HAVE A DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS, WHICH IS THAT WONDERFUL PDF.

SO OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS LET'S TALK ABOUT WHERE ALL OF OUR PROJECTS CAME FROM.

SO FIRST IT WAS THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, MUNICIPALITIES, FDOT, BROWARD COUNTY AND SFR TO SUBMITTED PROJECTS TO US.

WE THEN INPUTTED ALL OF THAT INTO OUR DATABASE, AND THEN WE DID A NEEDS ASSESSMENT IN-HOUSE WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

SO WE REVIEWED PROJECTS FROM OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, OUR CSLIP. WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS FROM OUR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.

SO CMP ALSO, WE LOOKED AT PROJECTS THAT WE HAD ESTABLISHED THROUGH OUR MOBILITY HUBS ASSESSMENT, OUR RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT.

WE EVEN LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EV CHARGING LOCATIONS.

AND THEN THERE ARE VERY GOOD PROJECTS THAT WERE PART OF OUR 2045 PLAN THAT WE THINK ARE APPROPRIATE TO CONTINUE ON INTO THE 2050 PLAN.

SO WE INCLUDED THOSE INTO THE THE PROJECT LIST.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE DID SOME MORE EVALUATION AND WANTED TO PROPOSE SOME NEW PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED ALONG CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS THAT WE THOUGHT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT MORE HELP. SO THROUGHOUT THE PDF, YOU'LL SEE SOME GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS, SOME NEW TRI-RAIL STATIONS ALSO SOME MAST ARM CONVERSION PROJECTS, AC RETROFIT FOR TRIBAL LOCATIONS.

DIGITAL TWIN. SO A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY TO START UP A NEW TECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AND ALSO TRUCK PARKING. YOU KNOW AMAZON'S VERY POPULAR SO WE NEED TO PARK THOSE TRUCKS.

WHAT IF YOU SAW A PROJECT INITIALLY AND NOW IS NOT ON THAT LIST.

IT MAY BE BECAUSE OF THESE FILTERS THAT WE APPLIED TO THE PROJECTS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT GO INTO OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

SO OUR FIRST CATEGORY IS PROJECT SCRUBBING.

IF A PROJECT WAS TOO LOW OF A COST, WE HAD A PROJECT, A PROJECT COST THRESHOLD OF ABOUT $3 MILLION.

IF IT WAS BELOW THAT THRESHOLD, THE PROJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE ASSESSMENT.

IF THE PROJECT WAS ALREADY PROGRAMED IN OUR TIP OR THE DRAFT WORK PROGRAM FROM FDOT, THEN THAT PROJECT WAS REMOVED FROM THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THAT PROJECT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE MTP AS PART OF OUR EXISTING COMMITTED PROJECT LIST.

ALSO, THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPALITIES OR PARTNER AGENCIES THAT SUBMITTED PROJECTS AS DUPLICATES. SO LET'S SAY FOR LAUDERDALE SUBMITTED A PROJECT AND F DOT SUBMITTED THE SAME PROJECT. WE REMOVED ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS, WE MERGED THE SCOPES AND SO THAT IT COULD BE A FULLY REALIZED PROJECT.

SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THAT DOUBLE COUNTED ON THE LIST. THEN WE DID IS WE CHECKED THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE PROJECT.

SO ONE THING THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A PROJECT TO BE ELIGIBLE IS THAT IT NEEDS TO FALL ON THE FEDERAL AID NETWORK.

SO WE DID A GE GIES EXERCISE WHERE WE TOOK THE COMPLETE PROJECT LIST, OVERLAID THAT ON THE FEDERAL AID NETWORK.

AND IF THE PROJECT WAS NOT LOCATED ON THE FEDERAL AID NETWORK, UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN'T APPLY FUNDS TO IT.

SO THOSE PROJECTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE ASSESSMENT.

BUT DON'T WORRY, THE MAJORITY OF PROJECTS DO FALL ON THAT LIST.

THERE ARE JUST A FEW LITTLE ONES THAT DIDN'T. WE ALSO EVALUATED THE FEASIBILITY OF SOME OF THE PROJECTS. WE SENT A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT FALL ON STATE OWNERSHIP AND COUNTY OWNERSHIP TO OUR STATE AND COUNTY PARTNERS, SO THAT THEY COULD EVALUATE BRIEFLY WHAT THOSE PROJECTS WOULD NEED TO BE FEASIBLE, AND IF THEY DETERMINED THAT THEY WERE NOT, WE REMOVE THOSE FROM THE LIST.

THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TOO LOW OF A COST OR OR THEY WEREN'T FULLY REALIZED. THERE WAS A POTENTIAL FOR MERGING, SO MAYBE SOME OF THE PROJECTS GET REMOVED, BUT ACTUALLY THEY ARE REPRESENTED ON THE LIST AS A LARGER PROJECT.

AND THEN THERE WERE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT COULD BE SUITABLE FOR OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

SO WE WERE RECENTLY GIVEN A GRANT FOR THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL.

AND THROUGH THAT GRANT, WE WILL EVALUATE THOSE PROJECTS TO DEVELOP FURTHER SCOPES, AND THEN THOSE PROJECTS CAN THEN BE AMENDED INTO THE PLAN ONCE THEY'RE READY. AND THEN PARTNER INVOLVEMENT.

THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT WE THINK ARE MORE SUITABLE FOR OUR PARTNERS TO DELIVER. SO WE'VE SENT THEM A LIST AND THEY HOPEFULLY CAN PUT THEM INTO THEIR PLANS.

SO WHAT'S MISSING FROM THE FULL PROJECT LIST THAT YOU SEE AS PART OF YOUR ATTACHMENT OR AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA ITEM? FIRST ARE RESILIENCY STUDIES.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, I GAVE A PRESENTATION ON A RESILIENCY CORRIDORS THAT WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP AS STUDIES. SO THOSE ARE NOT YET ON THE LIST, BUT THEY WILL BE. DON'T WORRY, THEY WILL BE ON THERE.

ALSO OUR SAFETY PROJECTS.

WHEN PROJECTS ARE FULLY DEVELOPED THROUGH THAT BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE'LL AMEND THEM INTO THE PLAN.

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SO FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 2029 PROJECTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY ON THAT LIST BECAUSE THE TIP IS NOT READY. IT'LL BE READY BY JULY OF THIS YEAR.

AND ONCE THAT'S READY, THEY'LL BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE PLAN.

CSLIP YOU MIGHT BE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THOSE PROJECTS ARE ARE PROGRAMED ANNUALLY.

SO ANNUALLY WE'LL BE UPDATING THE LIST WITH THOSE PROJECTS.

AND THEN FROM OUR PARTNERS, WE'RE WAITING FOR THE 2050 STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEMS COST FEASIBLE PLAN TO INCORPORATE INTO THE 2050MTP ALSO PROJECTS FROM BCT THE PRIMO PLAN.

WE'RE WAITING FOR THOSE TO COME UP.

BROWARD COUNTY PROJECTS.

THEY'RE DEVELOPING PROJECTS THAT ARE SURTAX.

WE'LL INCLUDE THEM AS PART OF AMENDMENTS EVERY YEAR. AND THEN OUR SEAPORT PROJECTS, WHICH ARE NOT YET READY, BUT THEY'LL BE READY IN NOVEMBER. AND ONCE THEY ARE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THEM INTO THE PLAN. OKAY.

SO PROGRAMS. SO THIS SLIDE IS TO SHOW YOU A WALK THROUGH OF WHAT OUR 2045 PROGRAMS WERE AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR THE 2050 MTP.

I LIKE THIS SLIDE BECAUSE IT SHOWS THAT WE ARE STILL THINKING SIMILARLY, BUT BASED OFF OF THE EMPHASIS AREAS THAT WE HAVE AS PART OF THIS MTP, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GIVING GOOD PROGRAMS TO THOSE EMPHASIS AREAS.

SO THE FIRST TWO BOXES THAT YOU SEE IN THE LIGHT BLUE COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN AND SEE SLIP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE MERGED INTO OUR COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.

SO WE'LL HAVE ONE PROGRAM THAT REPRESENT THOSE TWO EFFORTS IN OUR ROADWAY PROGRAM.

BEFORE, ORIGINALLY IN THE 2045, THAT INCLUDED EVERYTHING FROM INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENT TO OVERPASSES, ADDING TURN LANES.

BUT ALSO THERE WAS A SECTION THERE THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY FOR RESILIENCY STUDIES, BECAUSE RESILIENCY IS ONE OF OUR EMPHASIS AREAS.

WE'RE BREAKING THAT OUT OF THE ROADWAY PROGRAM AND GIVING IT ITS OWN PROGRAM TO DEVELOP THOSE PROJECTS.

TRANSIT AND MOBILITY HUBS.

WE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE BEST TO MERGE THOSE TWO PROGRAMS INTO ONE, BECAUSE WE DO NOT OPERATE OR MAINTAIN ANY TRANSIT ASSETS.

INSTEAD, WHAT WE DO WITH OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS IS COMPLEMENT TRANSIT THAT EXISTS RIGHT NOW. SO BY HAVING A PROGRAM THAT COMPLEMENTS TRANSIT AND BY DEVELOPING MOBILITY HUBS, WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER. THEN TSM AND SAFETY. THIS IS A TWO PART THAT WE'RE DECIDING TO SEPARATE THAT BECAUSE THESE ARE TWO EMPHASIS AREAS THAT ARE PART OF THE 2050 MCP TECHNOLOGY BEING ONE OF THEM AND SAFETY.

SO INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM BOTH COMPETE FOR THE SAME POT OF MONEY, GIVING THEM THEIR OWN PROGRAMS SO THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP PROJECTS.

SO THESE ARE THOSE SIX PROGRAMS. AGAIN, FOR PURPOSES OF OUR PRIORITIZATION AND THE RANKING OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS, IT'S THE FOUR PROGRAMS ON THE LEFT.

SO COMPLETE STREETS, ROADWAY, TRANSIT HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT YOU'LL SEE IN THAT DRAFT PROJECT LIST.

YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF RESILIENCY IN THERE, BUT THAT'S STILL THAT PROGRAM IS STILL BEING WORKED ON. BUT FOR PURPOSES OF THE RANKING, IT'S THE FOUR TO LEFT.

SO I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA.

BUT WHAT THIS SLIDE HERE IS, IS JUST TO REMIND US WHAT THE FACTORS WERE, THE CRITERIA THAT THAT FILL IN THOSE FACTORS.

AND THESE ARE THE CRITERIA THAT WERE USED TO ASSIGN POINTS TO THE PROJECTS THROUGH OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LIST OF PROJECTS.

SO BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT THE LIST OF PROJECTS, LET'S GIVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLAVOR TO EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. I'M GOING TO GO ONE BY ONE.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DOZE OFF THAT'S OKAY.

NO. SO FIRST UP, COMPLETE STREETS.

THE GOAL FOR COMPLETE STREETS IS TO FILL IN THE REGIONAL GAPS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS. SO THE TYPES OF WORK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE ARE THINGS LIKE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME LIGHTING.

THERE'S A FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THERE, BUT IT'S REALLY TO MAKE THOSE STREETS COMPLETE FOR ALL MODES AND USERS.

AT THE BOTTOM, YOU SEE THAT IT INCLUDES A COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAM. WE ARE STILL GOING TO PRESERVE SEE SLIP AS A FUNCTION FOR COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDING ANNUALLY.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM FOR ROADWAY, IT'S GOING TO BE THE ROADWAY CAPACITY AND FREIGHT TYPE PROJECTS.

SO TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE BRIDGES, TRUCK PARKING GRADE SEPARATION TURN LANES A LOT OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES.

SO THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED AS GRADE SEPARATION FEASIBILITY STUDIES. IT'S GOING TO BE AN INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE FOR THE 2050 MTP TO TO STOP THE INTERACTIONS OF RAILROADS AND PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.

SO WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT LOOK AT THE RAILROAD CROSSINGS TRANSIT AND HUBS. THIS IS AGAIN THE COMPLEMENT TO EXISTING TRANSIT AND PROPOSED TRANSIT.

SO TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU'LL SEE HERE ARE MOBILITY HUBS, TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY SFMTA ALSO KNOWN AS TRI-RAIL.

YOU'LL SEE SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES THERE.

AND REALLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO FOR OUR MOBILITY HUB PROJECTS IS COMPLIMENT THE FUTURE PRIMO CORRIDORS FOR TECHNOLOGY.

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SO SEMINO SIGNALS AND THEN ALSO OUR DIGITAL TWIN.

SO THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU'LL SEE THERE. AND THIS PROGRAM ALSO HAS THE POTENTIAL FOR A COMPETITIVE FUNDING PROGRAM FOR EV CHARGING LOCATIONS FOR SAFETY.

WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO LEVERAGE THAT SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT THROUGH THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, TO ADD ADDITIONAL SCOPE AND TO DEVELOP PROJECTS SO THAT THEY CAN GO INTO OUR MTRP.

AND THEN FOR RESILIENCY, IT'S GOING TO BE THOSE RESILIENCY CORRIDORS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT A FEW MONTHS AGO.

ALSO, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A PROJECT FOR MAST ARM CONVERSION AND FOR TRIBAL AC RETROFIT SO THAT YOU'RE WAITING A NICE AIR CONDITIONING WHILE YOU'RE WAITING FOR THE TRI-RAIL TO ARRIVE. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T FALLEN ASLEEP YET, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SLIDE OF ALL. SO IF I COULD GET YOUR ATTENTION FOR THIS ONE, THIS IS REALLY CRUCIAL.

SO FOR THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $11.1 BILLION IN TOTAL REVENUE THAT WE CAN USE UNTIL THE YEAR OF 2050 TO ASSIGN TO PROJECTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DARK BLUE THAT YOU SEE THERE THAT ENCOMPASSES ABOUT 82% OF THE FULL FUNDING IS STATE FUNDS.

THAT'S PROGRAM THAT WILL BE PROGRAMED FOR THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM.

WHAT WE AS AN MPO THROUGH Y'ALL, THROUGH THE TAC, THROUGH OUR BOARD HAVE A DIRECT CONTROL AND INFLUENCE OVER IS OUR NPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS, WHICH ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT 8% OF THAT TOTAL PIE.

IT'S A SMALL, TINY NUMBER.

SO OVER THE COURSE OF 20 TO 25 YEARS, IT'S ABOUT $92 MILLION.

SO NOT A LOT. SO THE WAY THAT WE USE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT FOR US WHEN WE START DISTRIBUTING THE ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. GOOD. RIGHT. OKAY. I HOPE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS THE FUNDING PERCENTAGES US AS STAFF ARE PROPOSING FOR THOSE NPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS.

SO THAT GREEN PIECE RIGHT THERE, THIS IS THE DISTRIBUTION WE'RE PROPOSING FOR EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. COMPLETE STREETS WE'RE PROPOSING FOR 51%.

AND IF YOU ASK WHY. THE FIRST REASON IS IT IS THE PROGRAM THAT WE RECEIVED THE LARGEST NEED FROM OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS.

IT IS A PROGRAM THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO, SO, SO MANY PROJECTS.

SO WE THINK THAT THERE IS A BIG NEED FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS.

THE SECOND REASON IS IN 2045 PLAN, WE HAD A COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN THAT ENCOMPASSED ABOUT 25% OF OUR TOTAL MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING.

AND THEN THAT ENCOMPASSED ABOUT 20% PUTTING THOSE TOGETHER.

IT'S 45%. THERE'S A LOT OF NEED.

WE'RE ADDING MORE. SO IT'S 51% OF OUR TOTAL MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO GO TO COMPLETE STREETS.

SO THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT AN ESTIMATE OF ABOUT $16.96 MILLION ANNUALLY, WHERE WE CAN FUND SOME BIKE PED RELATED BIKE, BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN RELATED PROJECTS FOR ROADWAY, 10% TRANSIT AND HUBS AND TECHNOLOGY EACH AT 12% SAFETY AT TEN, AND THEN RESILIENCY AT FIVE.

NOW, DON'T THINK JUST BECAUSE RESILIENCY IS THAT 5% THAT WE DON'T CARE ABOUT RESILIENCY, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US.

THE CORRIDORS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED FOR RESILIENCY STUDIES, THE GRAND MAJORITY OF THOSE CORRIDORS ARE IDENTIFIED AS STATE ROADWAYS.

IF WE GO BACK TO THE CHART OVER HERE, THE STATE HAS A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON THEIR ROADWAYS. $9.1 BILLION TO SPEND ON THAT.

WE ONLY HAVE THE 0.92.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT MONEY GETS SPENT WHERE THE STATE CAN'T SPEND THEIRS OR WHERE. YEAH. SO WE WANT TO FOCUS THOSE FUNDS ON LOCAL AND COUNTY ROADWAYS.

ALSO, JUST BECAUSE RESILIENCY IS 5% DOESN'T MEAN RESILIENCY IS NOT A COMPONENT OF EACH ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS. SO HOW DO WE DO THAT? HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A COMPONENT OF EVERY PROJECT AND EVERY PROGRAM? I'M HAPPY YOU ASKED.

IT'S THROUGH OUR ROUTE MARKERS.

SO THIS SLIDE HAS A DEFINITION OF WHAT THE ROUTE MARKERS ARE, WHAT THE GOAL IS FOR THEM TO DO AND HOW WE DEPLOY THEM.

SO IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, WE HAVE SOME ICONS.

WE HAVE A LITTLE BIKE, SOME SOME CARS, SOME WAVES, A HOUSE. THOSE ARE THE ROUTE MARKERS THAT ARE GOING TO APPEAR ON THE PDF REPORT OF OUR DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY ONTO OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. SO WHAT IS A ROUTE MARKER? A ROUTE MARKER PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROJECT LEVEL PLANNING CONTEXT TO BE UTILIZED DURING THE PROJECT SCOPING AND IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS.

THIS IS INDICATED THROUGH VISUAL CUES AS PART OF THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND UTILIZES THE THREE ELEMENTS THAT YOU SEE BELOW.

SO GIS TECHNOLOGY, EVERYTHING IS DATABASED.

EVERYTHING IS A MAP. EVERYTHING IS AN OVERLAY ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.

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WE'RE GOING TO USE THOSE ICONS THAT YOU SEE THERE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CODE THE RESPONSES WITH A RED EXCLAMATION MARK.

SO IF A PROJECT FALLS ON ANY ONE OF THOSE GIES DATA SETS, IT'LL POP UP AS A RED CHECK MARK, AND IT'LL INDICATE TO THE READER THAT THIS PROJECT FALLS IN A HIGH AREA OF NEED.

SO WHOEVER IS DOING A STUDY, A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, OR A FEASIBILITY STUDY OR A CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO REFERENCE R M, T P IDENTIFY THAT THIS IS AN AREA OF CONCERN FOR WHICHEVER MARKERS LIT UP.

AND THEN WE HAVE COUNTERMEASURES.

WE HAVE TOOL BOXES AT OUR DISPOSAL WHERE WE CAN ADD ADDITIONAL SCOPE ITEMS TO THOSE PROJECTS. SO THESE ARE WHAT THE EACH OF THE ROUTE MARKERS DEFINITIONS ARE, HOW THEY'RE IDENTIFIED AND WHAT THE COUNTERMEASURES COULD BE PROPOSED.

SO FOR I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM ALL, BUT I'LL JUST USE BICYCLE SUITABILITY AS AN EXAMPLE. IF THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN AN UNCOMFORTABLE BICYCLE AREA AS IT'S IDENTIFIED AS EITHER DIFFICULT OR VERY DIFFICULT.

THE ICON WILL LIGHT UP WITH A RED EXCLAMATION MARK.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME COUNTERMEASURES THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED AS PART OF OUR COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN THAT WE CAN USE TO FILL IN THE SCOPE OF A PROJECT, AND THE SAME THING FOR THE OTHERS. FOR EQUITY, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. MAYBE THERE'S SOME PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT THAT WE CAN DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER, SOME OUTREACH THAT WE CAN DO IN THOSE AREAS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THE PROJECT.

SO WHAT DOES THE PROJECT LAYOUT LOOK LIKE? WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PDF IS A LOT OF ROWS OF INFORMATION OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

SO WE'LL START WITH THE DARK CHARCOAL GRAY BOX TO THE UPPER LEFT CORNER.

SO THAT IS THE PROGRAM RANKING.

SO IF YOU SEE A FOUR AND THEN TWO LETTERS NEXT TO IT, THE TWO LETTERS IS JUST THE ACRONYM FOR THE PROGRAM.

BUT THE NUMBER TO THE LEFT IS THE PROGRAM RANKING.

IT'S NOT THE THESE PROGRAMS WON'T COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER.

THEY'RE ALL SILOED INTO THEIR INDIVIDUAL PROGRAMS. BELOW THAT, YOU HAVE THE PROJECT ID.

THAT PROJECT ID IS USED FOR US TO TRACK THE PROJECT AS IT GOES THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF ITS LIFE. IT'LL ALWAYS HAVE THAT PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.

AND WHATEVER CHANGES HAPPEN TO THAT PROJECT, WHETHER IT MERGES OR BREAKS OFF OR WHATEVER HAPPENS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT NUMBER TO TRACK ITS LIFE.

YOU HAVE WORK MIXES. TRADITIONALLY, THROUGH OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WE ONLY HAVE ONE TYPE OF WORK.

WE DO HAVE A SECOND ONE FOR OUR EMT-P TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL BIT OF CONTEXT TO THE PROJECT, TO WHATEVER ITS SECONDARY WORK MIX IS.

BELOW THAT, YOU SEE THE SCOPE.

IT GIVES A LITTLE BIT OF MORE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE PROJECT IS.

BELOW THAT YOU HAVE MUNICIPALITY, THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ROADWAY AND THE SPONSORS OR THE AGENCY THAT SUBMITTED THE PROJECT.

ABOVE THE SPONSOR, YOU HAVE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST.

THOSE ESTIMATES ARE STILL BEING WORKED ON RIGHT NOW, BUT THOSE ARE THE ESTIMATED TOTAL COST. AND THEN ABOVE THAT, YOU HAVE YOUR ROUTE MARKERS THAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER. AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT BLUE BAR.

THAT IS THE PROGRAM THE PROJECT SITS IN.

SO THAT WILL CHANGE WITH EACH WITH EACH PROJECT BASED OFF OF THE COLOR THAT IT'S IN.

AND THEN YEAH, WE HAVE PROJECT LENGTH AND WE HAVE PROJECT NAME THERE TOO.

SO WHERE ARE WE TODAY? WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZE PROJECTS.

NEXT MONTH WE WILL TALK ABOUT OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

SO THINGS MIGHT CHANGE A LITTLE BIT BASED OFF OF HOW OUR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS SHAPE UP.

SO DON'T THINK THAT FULL LIST THAT YOU SEE TODAY IS COST FEASIBLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT BUT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE NEXT MONTH WHERE THAT LINE, WHERE THAT LINE IS DRAWN IN THE SUMMERTIME, WE'LL BE GOING OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES FOR RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT MTP READY TO BE REVIEWED. AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE WILL BE ADOPTING OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND NOW WE NEED THIS WATER.

OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW SOME OF YOU HAVE SENT QUESTIONS IN, SO I CAN EITHER ADDRESS THOSE NOW OR WAIT, OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THEM, AND THEN I'LL ADDRESS THEM.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOME JUSTIN PROFFITT YES.

SO I WAS, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK FOR THE DOCUMENT.

I FOUND IT THE 2045 PERCENTAGES.

AND, AND VERSUS THE NEW PERCENTAGES.

CAN YOU JUST TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS BOARD WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW WE ALLOCATED THE FUNDING LAST TIME, KNOWING WE HAD ONLY THAT LITTLE AREA ON THE PIE.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME GOOD NEWS IN TERMS OF HOW YOU'RE ALLOCATING IT NOW VERSUS HOW

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SO I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO MAYBE HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE ESPECIALLY IN COMPLETE STREETS.

YEAH. SO I DID BRIEFLY TOUCH ON IT, BUT I'LL, I'LL HIGHLIGHT IT A COMPLETE STREETS IT IF YOU PUT COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND C SLIP TOGETHER. IT WAS THE GRAND MAJORITY OF OUR FUNDING ALLOCATIONS FOR THE 2045 PLAN.

THE BOTH OF THEM TOGETHER CAME UP TO ABOUT 45%.

WE SAID, HEY, WE NEED TO DO MORE.

COMPLETE STREETS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE ACTUALLY PUT THOSE TWO TOGETHER AT 45, AND THEN WE'VE ADDED AN ADDITIONAL 6% TO THAT AT 51%.

SO IF ANY OF YOU WATCH RUPAUL'S DRAG RACE, SHE SAYS A THING WHERE SHE'S LIKE, I OWN 51% OF THIS COMPANY.

SO COMPLETE STREETS, THEY OWN 51% OF THIS MPO.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR PUTTING THAT REFERENCE IN. SO FOR ROADWAY, I BELIEVE WE HAD ROADWAY AT 15%.

I MEAN, SORRY, 10% BEFORE.

SO THAT STAYED THE SAME TRANSIT AND HUBS, THEY EACH HAD THEIR OWN ALLOCATION.

SO ACTUALLY THAT ONE GOT DROPPED A LITTLE BIT.

SO THOSE TWO WERE DONOR PROGRAMS THAT GAVE TWO COMPLETE STREETS.

TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY WERE ONCE A BUCKET.

TOGETHER WE SPLIT THOSE OUT.

I BELIEVE THAT ONE WAS AT 15%.

SO NOW YOU SEE TECHNOLOGY AT 12 AND SAFETY AT TEN.

SO REALLY, WE'RE GIVING MORE TO BOTH PROGRAMS. AND THE NEW CATEGORY OF RESILIENCY IS WHICH WASN'T IN THERE BEFORE.

SO THAT'S A NICE ADDITION TOO.

SO I, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.

I THINK I REALLY LIKE THE HOW WE'RE, THESE ARE BEING ALLOCATED.

SO THANK YOU. HEY MICHAEL SMITH.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH.

I NOT THROUGH THIS. YEAH.

THERE IT GOES. THIS QUESTION ABOUT A COUPLE ON THE LIST 12 ROW AND 13 ROW ARE SOUTH FLORIDA STUDIES FOR THE RAIL GRADE SEPARATIONS WITH I KNOW FROM PAST MEETINGS THAT, THERE'S GOING TO BE INTERCHANGE RECONFIGURATIONS FOR EVERY INTERCHANGE ON I-95 SOUTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD TO THE BROWARD OR BROWARD DADE COUNTY LINE.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF IN THIS RAIL STUDY CAN THAT BE INFLUENCED AS FAR AS THIS GRADE SEPARATION IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE IT'S A STUDY FOR THE GRADE SEPARATION, BUT FOR THE INTERCHANGES, IT'S CONSTRUCTION.

SO ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD THE INTERCHANGES AND THEN STUDY THE GRADE SEPARATIONS FOR THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR? BILL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT QUESTION? THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY.

I'M ON. YEAH. SO LET ME TRY TO ANSWER BY FIRST SAYING THAT YOU'VE GOT A GOOD MEMORY ABOUT THE 95 SOUTH AND THE INTERCHANGES.

HOWEVER, THAT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.

IT HASN'T WORKED ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN IT YET SHOW UP IN OUR TIP.

BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS IN THE DRAFT TENTATIVE THIS PAST FALL.

SO FDOT HAS REMOVED QUITE A BIT OF THE FUNDING THAT WAS THERE TO SUPPORT THE REWORK OF ALL THE INTERCHANGES ALONG I-95 SOUTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD.

THAT IS PART OF A GOVERNOR'S INITIATIVE TO MOVE FORWARD OTHER PROJECTS.

AND SO THAT MONEY WAS, WAS PULLED FROM THERE.

SO LET ME THAT THAT'S A STARTING POINT.

TO FOLLOW UP, I THINK WE'RE PRIMARILY FOCUSED IN MANY OF THESE GRADE SEPARATION STUDIES ON THE FEC CORRIDOR. WE DO HAVE, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED, I BELIEVE, SPECIFIC LOCATIONS ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR.

BUT WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE BROKEN THE WE'RE LOOKING AT AT MAYBE THREE SECTIONS OF CORRIDOR ON THE FEC. THE REASONING FOR BEING THAT WE RECENTLY WERE THE RECIPIENTS OF A GRANT AWARD FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT WILL ALLOW US TO LOOK AT GRADE SEPARATIONS MORE OR LESS IN THE IMMEDIATE DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AREA.

I BELIEVE THERE'S SUNRISE DOWN TO DAVIE, ALL OF THOSE INTERCHANGES.

AND THEN SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING IS PUTTING IN A PLACEHOLDER STUDY FOR THE FEC CORRIDOR SOUTH OF THAT, AND THEN ANOTHER STUDY FOR THE FEC NORTH OF THAT LOCATION. WELL, MY CONCERN FOR MY QUESTION ORIGINALLY WAS THAT IT

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BUT NOW YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'VE THEY'VE PULLED FUNDS MAY TAKE LONGER TO IMPROVE ANYTHING, BUT THAT'S A GOOD THING.

IF, IF THEY'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE A, A STUDY FOR A GRADE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TRACKS AND THE, AND THE ROADWAYS, BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE PARALLEL AND THEY'RE FAIRLY CLOSE TOGETHER WITHIN 500FT OR SOMETHING.

SO THAT'S WHY I ASKED THE QUESTION.

OKAY. THE OTHER THING WAS.

AND. OH, I'M JUST MADE SOME NOTES AND SOME SQUIGGLES.

YOU PROBABLY CAN'T READ THEM TOO WELL ANYWAY, BUT I WENT THROUGH THE LIST AND.

ANYBODY CARE TO TAKE THIS OR NOT? PETE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE IT.

ABSOLUTELY. OR IF YOU WOULD.

WELL, YEAH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET UP. WELL YOU DID.

OKAY. OH, YOU PRINTED IT.

WOW. SO THAT'S IT. THANK YOU.

AND THE. OH, THE OTHER THE OTHER ITEM WAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, WHICH I DO NOT HAVE COPIES OF.

AND THEY'RE SAYING FIVE FOR THE DOWNTOWN BRIGHT LINE LINE FOR INTERSECTIONS.

AND I'M WONDERING AFTER, AFTER APRIL'S FLOODING THEY, THEY, THEY'RE CONSIDERING GOING UNDERNEATH THE TRACKS.

I MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S INTERESTING.

I HOPE, I HOPE THEIR PUMPS AND OTHER THINGS AVAILABLE THAT HAVE THEIR INDEPENDENT POWER SOURCE. BECAUSE LAST TIME WE HAD A MAJOR STORM, I THINK THE PUMPS FAILED ON US ONE.

SO ANYWAY, JUST OBSERVATIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GREGORY.

GAIL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO I DO HAVE A SERIES OF QUESTIONS AND I THINK I, I EMAILED THEM SO I CAN GO THROUGH THOSE.

WONDERFUL. I'M SO GLAD.

FIRST I AM JUST REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THIS DOCUMENT.

I THINK OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE SPENT A LOT OF TIME DOING THIS, SO KUDOS TO IT. THIS IS LIKE A DISSERTATION.

IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE AND IT WAS EASY TO READ, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO BEFORE I ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT I SUBMITTED, YOUR PRESENTATION SORT OF PROMPTED TWO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.

SO PROJECTS ORIGINATE FROM.

AND THE FIRST QUADRANT WAS MUNICIPALITIES F DOT BROWARD AND THEN THE FRFFRT.

THANK YOU. SO IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THEN THAT THE MPO DOES NOT INITIATE PROJECTS ITSELF? IT WAITS FOR REQUESTS FROM THESE ENTITIES.

NO. SO WE DO A CALL FOR PROJECTS PROCESS WHERE WE ASK FOR THE ENTITIES TO SUBMIT THEIR PROJECTS. BUT THEN THE, THE NEXT RECTANGLE THERE, THEY DON'T COME SEQUENTIALLY.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF COMING TOGETHER THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE 2050MTP THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT WE LOOK AT THAT PRODUCE NEED, WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH RESILIENCY, THROUGH BIKE PED NEEDS, CONGESTION MANAGEMENT NEEDS, ALL OF THOSE CORRIDORS POP UP AND THEN WE START DEVELOPING SCOPES, LIMITS, PROJECT NAMES FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

SO, WE OVERLAY WHAT WE HAVE ALREADY IDENTIFIED WITH WHAT THE CITIES HAVE SUBMITTED TO US, AND WE SEE IF THERE'S ANY DUPLICATIONS OR NOT.

AND THEN WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PROJECT IS NOT BEING ERASED, THAT IT'S BEING CONSUMED, NOT CONSUMED, BEING INTEGRATED WITH ANOTHER ONE OF OUR PROJECTS. AND SO THE REASON I BRING THIS UP, AND I THINK I BROUGHT THIS UP SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE, IS, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CITIES THAT ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS AND THEIR CITIES THAT ARE NOT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE MPO WERE A PERSON AND THAT PERSON IS DRIVING DOWN A PARTICULAR PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE IS THAT PART OF THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN NEGLECTED BASED ON THIS MODEL, YOU'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT COMMUNITY TO REACH OUT AND SAY, WE NEED TO FIX OUR SIDEWALKS.

WE NEED TO FIX OUR ROADS.

THERE'S NO INITIATIVE FROM THE MPO WITH THAT.

NO, I WOULD SAY IT'S WE ASK FOR THEM TO INITIALLY GIVE US THAT FEEDBACK.

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BUT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THROUGH OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, THROUGH OUR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLAN, THROUGH OUR MOBILITY HUB IDENTIFICATION, THROUGH OUR RESILIENCY ASSESSMENT THAT DOES A FULL GEOGRAPHICAL VIEW OF BROWARD COUNTY.

AND THEN WE SIT IN A ROOM, THAT ROOM OVER THERE AT THE GLASS BOWL, THE FISHBOWL THAT WE CALL IT.

WE SIT THERE WITH ALL OF THOSE PLOTS, ALL OF OUR INTERACTIVE MAPS, AND WE SEE WHERE THAT GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION IS.

NOW, WHETHER THEY GET FUNDED IS A DIFFERENT THING BECAUSE OF OUR PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.

BUT WE DO LOOK AT, HEY, ARE THERE TOO MANY PROJECTS OVER HERE? ARE THERE NOT ANY PROJECTS OVER HERE? THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO DO TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN FILL WITHIN THAT GAP. ALSO, A PART OF OUR CITY SERVICES WE DID HAVE LAST MTPA CITY THAT DID NOT SUBMIT ANY PROJECTS AND THROUGH OUR CITY SERVICES SECTION OF THE MPO DEPARTMENT, WE WENT TO THAT CITY AND SAID, HEY, DO YOU NEED SOME ASSISTANCE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS FOR THE PLAN? THEY SAID, ABSOLUTELY, YES.

SO WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED A TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN FOR THAT CITY.

AND A LOT OF THOSE PROJECTS ACTUALLY ENDED UP INTO THE 2050 PLAN.

AND THAT'S A SERVICE THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO.

I THINK WE HAVE IN OUR NEXT UP, TWO CONTRACTS FOR IT, MAYBE JUST 1 OR 2. SO THERE ARE TWO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT NEED A LITTLE BIT HELP IDENTIFYING PROJECTS. AND WE'RE HERE TO ASSIST THAT PROCESS. AND KUDOS FOR THAT, BECAUSE I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE THE ONES WHO DON'T BENEFIT.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT PUBLIC SERVANTS AT OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

BUT THERE ARE SOME MUNICIPALITIES WHO ARE JUST NOT HERE AND THEY'RE JUST CONSTANT, NOT HERE. AND THE PEOPLE WHO SUFFER THE MOST ARE THE CITIZENS.

AND SO MY HOPE IS THAT THAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE REALLY IS SOMETHING YOU'LL CONTINUE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE INDIVIDUALS COMMUNITIES ACTUALLY GET THE FAIR SHARE OF FUNDING.

SO THAT WAS THE FIRST ONE.

SECOND ONE WAS I THOUGHT FOR SOME REASON THAT COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS HAD A HIGHER PRIORITY WHEN IT COMES TO SORT OF THE FUNDING FORMULA.

SO IF COMMUNITIES JOIN TOGETHER FOR A COLLECTIVE PROJECT THAT THAT SORT OF GOT EXTRA WEIGHT, IS THAT NOT THE CASE? SO I THINK THAT'S DEFINITELY THE CASE FOR GRANT APPLICATION FOR OUR MTP NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SOME OF THE CITIES THEY SUBMITTED PROJECTS THAT ARE STRICTLY WITHIN THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARY.

WHAT WE'LL NOTICE SOMETIMES LET'S TAKE THE CITIES OF OAKLAND PARK, FORT LAUDERDALE AND WILTON MANORS.

THEY'RE ALL KIND OF RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. WE'LL NOTICE THAT THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT THE SAME CORRIDOR, AND IT MIGHT BE BETTER TO MAKE THAT PROJECT THE FULL LENGTH OF THAT CORRIDOR SO THAT IT CAN GET MORE POINTS, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THREE SEPARATE STUDIES FOR LESS THAN TWO MILES OF A PROJECT.

SO THERE IS A SCENARIO THAT HAPPENS THERE, AND THAT IS A PART OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT WHERE WE IDENTIFY DUPLICATES OR POTENTIAL MERGERS OF PROJECTS.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU.

NOW TO MY QUESTIONS. SO I WANTED I HAD A FIRST QUESTION CONCERN CONGESTION MANAGEMENT.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR ANSWER.

I DO. SO I CAN READ THE QUESTION OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ASK IT.

I THINK OTHERS WOULD BENEFIT FROM HEARING THE QUESTION. OKAY. SO THE QUESTION THAT WAS PROPOSED IS IN THE ROUTE TO 2050 MTP DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS.

THE IN THIS SECTION, HOW IS CONGESTION MANAGEMENT EVALUATED? SO WE HERE AT THE MPO, WE HAVE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROCESS THAT CULMINATES IN A CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLAN.

WHAT THAT LOOKS AT IS EVERY ROADWAY WITHIN BROWARD.

SO LOCAL, COUNTY AND STATE.

AND THEY USE A VERY A VARIED AMOUNT OF CRITERIA TO TO FIGURE OUT IF A PROJECT IS CONGESTED OR NOT. FOR US WITH THE MTP, HOW DO WE EVALUATE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT? IF WE USE A SERIES OF MAPS THAT ARE GIS BASED.

SO ALL THE DATA SETS AND WE USE THOSE DATA SETS AND OVERLAY THEM ON TOP OF OUR COMPLETE LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVE FROM OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT.

THOSE PROJECTS GO ON TOP OF THAT GEOGRAPHIC LAYER AND WE IDENTIFY OVERLAPS.

IF THERE ARE OVERLAPS WITH OUR WITH OUR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLANS, IDENTIFIED CORRIDORS AND THOSE PROJECTS, THEY ARE THEN IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR ROUTE MARKER THAT YOU SEE OVER HERE.

OKAY. WE'RE GOING WE'RE ALMOST THERE. THERE IDENTIFIED THROUGH THIS ROUTE MARKER.

SO IF A PROJECT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO US OR A PROJECT THAT WE IDENTIFIED IS ON TOP OF A CONGESTED CORRIDOR, IT'LL GET THAT RED EXCLAMATION MARK AND IT'LL TELL US, HEY, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING.

PART OF OUR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PLAN IS TO DEVELOP A SERIES OF TOOLBOX COUNTERMEASURES.

SO A TOOLBOX FULL OF COUNTERMEASURES.

AND WE CAN EITHER APPLY ONE OR MORE OF THOSE TO THAT PROJECT SCOPE TO HELP ADDRESS THE CONGESTION CONCERN. BUT THE THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ROADWAY OR THE OWNER OF THE ROADWAY

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IS THAT CORRECT OR IS THAT IS IS FDOT ARE YOU ARE WE ALL USING THE SAME CRITERIA TO ARRIVE AT WHAT IS CONGESTION? I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHAT THEIR METRICS ARE, BUT WE DID CREATE OUR OWN SERIES OF METRICS IN HOUSE. WE HAD A CONSULTING TEAM THAT HELPED US DO THAT.

THEY'VE WORKED A LOT WITH FDOT AND WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

SO I WOULD SAY THAT WE HAVE A GOOD APPROACH.

BUT I CAN'T SAY THAT IT'S THE SAME APPROACH THAT BROWARD COUNTY AND FDOT USE.

OKAY. AND SO IN TERMS OF THE TOOLBOX, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED A ROADWAY THAT HAS HIGH TRAFFIC CONGESTION. SO WHAT ARE THEN THE TOOLS THAT YOU USE TO REDUCE THAT? BECAUSE IN MY MIND, WHEN I THINK OF CONGESTION.

LONDON, FOR INSTANCE, IN NEW YORK CITY, THEY REALLY ARE PENALIZING OR HAVING PEOPLE PAY TO GET INTO A PARTICULAR GEOGRAPHIC AREA.

I MEAN, TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE TOOLS THAT YOU GUYS ARE LOOKING AT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION.

SO I'M NOT THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR IT, BUT I'LL TALK ABOUT WHAT I KNOW. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING UP. SO WHAT I DO KNOW IN THAT TOOLBOX, THERE'S A SERIES OF THINGS THAT CAN BE USED TO HELP TO ADDRESS THAT CONGESTION.

SOME OF THEM ARE ENGINEERING INTERVENTIONS.

SO IT COULD BE THE BIGGEST ITEM, WHICH ARE GRADE SEPARATIONS, YOU KNOW, INTERCHANGES.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO DO. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT TO PRIORITIZE.

A LOT OF THE COUNTERMEASURES ARE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN RELATED.

A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S NOT GOOD BICYCLE INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.

SO PEOPLE CAN'T USE BIKES OR THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE TO USE THEIR BIKES.

SAME THING WITH SIDEWALKS. THERE'S NOT EXISTING SIDEWALK INFRASTRUCTURE, SO EVERYONE ARE FORCED TO USE VEHICLES.

OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE USED, OTHER THINGS ARE TRANSIT.

SO COMMUNITY SHUTTLE SERVICE.

THOSE ARE PART OF THE TOOLBOX THAT WE CAN USE AS SUGGESTION FOR AREAS TO HAVE A CIRCULATOR WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THAT'S ALL I KNOW FROM THE TOOLBOX. I'M SURE THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE. ALSO SIGNAL SYNCHRONIZATION IS IN THERE.

YEAH. AND IS THAT THE COUNTY OR IS THAT MPO IN TERMS OF SIGNAL SIGNALIZATION OR COUNTY? BROWARD COUNTY. OKAY. BECAUSE THAT GOES INTO THE SECOND OR THE THIRD QUESTION I ASKED OR THE FOURTH QUESTION. IS IT R33R0 ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AT POWER LINE ROAD? YES. SO CAN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT? YES, ABSOLUTELY I CAN.

THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE PROJECTS.

SO THAT PROJECT IS A GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.

THAT IS THAT WE'VE DONE A CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO FOR A CENTER TURN OVERPASS, AND THAT IS A GRADE SEPARATION TO REMOVE THE LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS FROM THE AT GRADE INTERSECTION, TO HAVE THEM GO TO AN ELEVATED INTERSECTION.

THAT'S A TWO PHASE SIGNALIZATION.

SO YOU SAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR THROUGH MOVEMENTS, RIGHT TURN MOVEMENTS, BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOVEMENTS HAVE TO INTERACT WITH LESS VEHICLE CONFLICT POINTS.

SO FOR THAT PROJECT, I BELIEVE YOUR QUESTION WAS MOSTLY ON COST, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW, HOW IT SITS IN THE DRAFT COST, IN THE DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS, IT'S CLOSE TO $200 MILLION.

THAT'S A PLANNING ESTIMATE. IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL COST FOR THE PROJECT.

WE DID OUR OWN INDEPENDENT COST ESTIMATE WITH OUR ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FOR THE PROJECT AND THE CONSTRUCTION ALONE.

JUST THE CONSTRUCTION. NOT RIGHT AWAY, NOT DESIGN, NOT ALL THAT FUN STUFF. THAT PROJECT IN 2022 CAME OUT TO ABOUT $30 MILLION.

SO NOT THE 200 MILLION THAT YOU SEE IN THAT LIST.

THAT 200 MILLION HAS A COUPLE MULTIPLIERS THAT ARE APPLIED TO IT.

ONE WOULD BE DESIGN, ANOTHER WOULD BE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THESE LARGER INTERCHANGES WE HAD AS A POLICY FOR DEVELOPING THESE COST ESTIMATES. THAT WOULD BE ABOUT 100% OF THE FULL PROJECT COST. AND THEN THERE WOULD BE PERCENTAGES OF THAT THAT WOULD ADD FOR THE DESIGN AND A FEW OTHER THINGS.

AND WE HAVE OUR CONSULTANT BACK HERE THAT CAN ELABORATE MORE. BUT THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF THAT PROJECT IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE 200 MILLION.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE TOTAL COST, ARE WE THEN TO THINK THAT THOSE ARE JUST PLACEHOLDERS AND THOSE AREN'T THE ACTUAL DOLLAR AMOUNTS OR SO THOSE ARE PLANNING LEVEL COST ESTIMATES RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. WHEN THE PROJECTS GO INTO PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL WILL GO THROUGH AN ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS AFTER THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS.

WE'LL GO INTO FURTHER DESIGN.

ONCE WE'RE IN THAT IN EACH STAGE OF THOSE PROCESSES WE'LL HAVE UPDATED COST ESTIMATES AS IT GOES FURTHER FURTHER INTO DESIGN.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PERCENTAGE OF DESIGN WHERE WE CAN NAIL DOWN THAT COST IS.

IS THAT LIKE 60% DESIGN BILL.

I DON'T KNOW. OR. WELL, I THINK WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THAT THAT 200 WAS SOMETHING THAT WE, WE CAME UP WITH FOR THE 2045 WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS. NOW WE ARE MUCH FURTHER ALONG.

FDOT HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEIR DESIGNERS ON THE FIRST CTO IN THE COUNTY,

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AND IT'S FLAMINGO AND PEMBROKE PINES, THAT INTERSECTION.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO GET MUCH BETTER COST ESTIMATES.

YOU KNOW, THROUGH THAT WORK THAT FDOT IS DOING ON THAT FIRST LOCATION.

AND SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO REFINE THE NUMBERS THAT WE'RE CARRYING IN THE PLAN.

BUT AS A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, WE'D RATHER BE A LITTLE BIT HIGH THAN TOO LOW. AND BECAUSE IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A BRIDGE, IT'S A STRUCTURE. YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE PATTED IT CONTINGENCIES WE'VE PUT IN BECAUSE THERE'S STILL QUITE A BIT OF UNKNOWNS.

AND AS CHRISTOPHER MENTIONED, AS A, AS A POLICY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COME UP WITH A BETTER APPROACH.

IF WE KNOW A PROJECT'S GOING TO NEED RIGHT AWAY, EVEN A LITTLE BIT YOU KNOW, WE JUST SAY, OKAY, IT'S THE SAME AS WHAT THE COST IS.

AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S A STRUCTURE. SO THERE'S A BIG DOLLAR AMOUNT.

SO IT, IT INFLATED UP.

I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE WELL BELOW.

AND I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THE PRESENTATIONS ON THE CTO.

THE BASIC THE FUNDAMENTAL PURPOSE OF THAT CONCEPT IS TO DO THE WORK WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE EXISTING MEDIANS.

SO WE'RE HOPING THE RIGHT OF WAY COSTS ARE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS.

IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE SO WE CAN MOVE ON. THE, I HAVE A QUESTION CONCERNING THE FIBER.

YOU MAY WANT TO JUST ASK MY QUESTION AND THEN ANSWER IT.

OKAY. SURE. YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.

IT'S YOUR QUESTION ABOUT FIBER IS COULD THE PRESENTER ME PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT THE FIBER INSTALLATION? SFRC SO SFRC THAT IS THE RAIL CORRIDOR THAT TRI-RAIL CURRENTLY OPERATES ON. THIS PROJECT WAS SUBMITTED BY SFR TO THE TRI-RAIL OPERATOR FOR FIBER OPTICS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND THE PURPOSE OF THE FIBER OPTIC AS A.

AS WRITTEN IN THEIR PURPOSE AND NEED FOR THE PROJECT, I'LL READ IT TO YOU. HERE IS THE PROBLEM THAT THE PROJECT ADDRESSES IS TO REDUCE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DISPATCH COMMUNICATION LINES.

THE PROJECT WILL PROVIDE FURTHER POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL AND OVERALL COMMUNICATION TO THE NETWORK. SO IT'S TO GET INFORMATION BACK AND FORTH QUICKLY.

AND SO HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO TRANSPORTATION OTHER THAN ITS HANDLING WITH COMMUNICATION.

SO THE NUMBER ONE THING FOR THE POSITIVE TRAIN CONTROL THAT IT WANTS TO ADDRESS IS THE COMMUNICATION FOR TO AVOID POTENTIAL CRASHES.

SO WHEN TRAINS ARE COMING REALLY FAST, OR IF THERE'S A VEHICLE IN THE IN THE INTERSECTION OF THE TRAIN, THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THAT QUICKLY TO THE TRAIN OR TO THE OTHER STATIONS TO EITHER SHUT DOWN THE GATES OR DO WHATEVER INTERVENTION THAT'S NECESSARY, THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSMIT THAT INFORMATION RAPIDLY. MY ONLY THOUGHT IS YOU HAVE A LIMITED POOL OF DOLLARS AND YOU'VE GOT ALL THESE PROJECTS. AND SO I GUESS IS THIS A HIGH PRIORITY? IS THIS A MEDIUM PRIORITY? IS THIS A LOW PRIORITY? SURE. SO LET ME TRY TO WEIGH IN ON, ON THAT PARTICULAR TRI RAIL PROJECT.

FROM MY TIME WORKING FOR THEM, I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH IT.

SO THERE'S ANTIQUATED EQUIPMENT OUT IN THE CORRIDOR.

A LOT OF THE COMMUNICATION IS YOU KNOW, VERY OLD COPPER WIRE.

THERE'S ALSO QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNICATION THAT GOES ON OUT THERE FOR THE SIGNAL SYSTEM.

THAT'S OVER CELL SERVICE.

THEY WANT TO UPGRADE THEIR VIDEO SAFETY CAMERAS, MONITORING THAT ARE ON THE PLATFORM AND THE PARKING LOTS.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FUNDED QUITE A BIT OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THEM.

WHAT THEY'RE MISSING IS SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, IS A FIBER BACKBONE UP AND DOWN THE ENTIRE 72 MILES OF THE CORRIDOR THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO TIE ALL OF THAT TOGETHER.

IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW THEM TO SAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF ANNUAL OPERATING COSTS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE PAYING WHETHER IT'S AT&T OR WHOEVER, THEY'RE PAYING FOR A LOT OF THAT.

THE EQUIPMENT THAT WORKS ON THAT OLD TECHNOLOGY IS, IS, IS BEING REPLACED.

THEY HAVE ALSO A MULTI YEAR EFFORT TO REPLACE ALL THE SIGNAL SYSTEM OUT THERE, WHICH AGAIN IS IMPROVED SAFETY EFFICIENCY.

SO YEAH, WE'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PROJECT AND WE THINK IT MAKES GOOD FINANCIAL SENSE.

YEAH. I DON'T DISAGREE THAT SAFETY IS AN ISSUE.

I THINK IF I WERE MAYOR MY CITY I WOULD WANT TO KNOW, IS THIS GOING TO TRUMP SOMETHING THAT'S GOING IN MY CITY? THAT THAT'S REALLY THE GENESIS OF THE QUESTION.

IS THIS A HIGH PRIORITY? IS THIS A MEDIUM PRIORITY? IS MY SIDEWALK NOT GOING TO BE BUILT BECAUSE OF THIS? SO THE GOOD THING IS THAT THIS PROJECT RESTS IN OUR TRANSIT AND HUBS PROGRAM.

SO THE FUNDING THAT WE ALLOCATE TO THAT PROGRAM WILL NOT BE COMPETING WITH COMPLETE STREETS RELATED PROJECTS, RESILIENCY, ROADWAY SAFETY.

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MAST ARM CAN CONVERSION.

NOW, I THOUGHT THAT WAS BEING LED BY THE COUNTY.

THAT IS CORRECT. THEY ARE LEADING A MAST ARM IDENTIFICATION OF WHERE THEY CAN REPLACE SPAN WIRE TO CONVERT THEM TO MAST ARMS. THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A PLAN TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS US INDEPENDENTLY.

WE ALSO WORKED ON THAT.

SO THE NEXT STEP IS TO LOOK AT THOSE TWO MAPS TOGETHER TO SEE IF THERE'S OVERLAP AND TO SEE WHICH ONES FALL IN OUR PLAN, WHICH ONES FALL IN THEIR PLAN? BECAUSE IF WE CAN FUND THEM ALL, THAT'D BE PERFECT.

AND SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE COUNTY REALLY DOESN'T KNOW WHEN THEIR PLAN WILL END.

IS THAT CORRECT? WE HAVE NOT HEARD WHEN, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.

AND SO IS THE HOPE THEN THAT BECAUSE MPO AND THE COUNTY WILL GET TOGETHER THAT WE'LL HAVE SOME SORT OF END GOAL.

YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT I THINK WILMA WAS WHAT PRECIPITATED THIS PLAN.

CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG.

WHERE WILMA CAME AND WE HAD A LOT OF INTERSECTIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND SO THE COUNTY SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WILL START EAST, WHICH IS WHAT I WAS TOLD.

AND WHERE WEST IS NOW 20, 24.

WILMA WAS WHEN 2005, I BELIEVE IT ACTUALLY STARTED WITH HURRICANE ANDREW.

ANDREW. NOT TO PILE ON, BUT, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT'S PART OF THE REASON THAT AS THE MPO, WE'RE PUTTING THIS INTO OUR RESILIENCY PLAN BECAUSE WE HAVE HEARD THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE PERHAPS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED WITH THE PACE OF THE ROLLOUT AND THE UPGRADE.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE BENEFIT OF HAVING SIGNALS THAT CAN MAKE IT THROUGH THE STORM AND FUNCTION THE NEXT DAY AS WE TRY TO CLEAN THE REGION UP.

SO THAT'S BY US PUTTING IT IN THE PLAN.

IT'S A LITTLE NUDGE TO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES WHO, YOU KNOW, DO HAVE THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM AND WHERE WE ARE OFF THE STATE AND OFF THE COUNTY NETWORK.

HEY, IF WE CAN BRING SOME DOLLARS AND HELP ACCELERATE THAT, WE WANT TO DO THAT. SO WOULD THE PLAN BE YOU WOULD IDENTIFY THE AREAS AND THEN PROVIDE FUNDING AND THEN THEY WOULD DO IT.

WELL, OUR ENTIRE PLAN, RIGHT.

WE PLAN FOR EVERYONE. AND SO WE ALSO THEN SAY STATE, THAT'S YOUR ROAD. THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GIVE THE STATE A LIST OF, YOU KNOW, HIGH PRIORITY LOCATIONS AND ASK THEM TO FUND THAT.

AND WITH THE COUNTY, WE'LL DO THE SAME. THEY HAVE A SURTAX, RIGHT? THAT WAS A BIG PART OF IT WAS THE WAS SIGNAL SYSTEMS, FIBER, ALL THAT. SO WE'LL, WE'LL ASK THE COUNTY TO DO THOSE.

BUT BUT THERE'S STILL GOING TO BE THERE'S SOME LOCAL ROADS, RIGHT, THAT ARE TO THE EAST AS WELL THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM THIS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT PROBABLY PRIMARILY FUNDING.

AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN NORTHWEST, HOW SOON COULD WE LOOK FOR SOMETHING HEADING OUR WAY? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WELL, I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN THAT'S CHEATING. NO. I'M KIDDING.

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF OUR RESILIENCY CORRIDORS ARE IN THE NORTHWEST AREA ALSO.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF WE FOLLOW THAT RESILIENCY PRIORITIZATION, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL HAVE SOME SOON.

BUT I CAN'T GIVE YOU A TIMELINE THAT'S TOO EARLY.

I JUST WANT TO, AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS DOCUMENT I KNOW TOOK A REALLY LONG TIME TO PUT TOGETHER, SO I'M REALLY IMPRESSED.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

HEY, MICHAEL SMITH AGAIN.

IT WAS GETTING BACK TO PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED ATLANTIC BOULEVARD AND POWER LINE.

AND IT'S ONE OF THE EAST WEST ROAD ROADWAYS THAT ARE CONSIDERED EVACUATION ROUTES. AND I'M JUST WONDERING WHEN, WHEN THESE PROJECTS ARE CONSIDERED, THIS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE.

I THINK THAT THAT THERE'S A PLAN FOR A DETOUR, BUT IS, IS IT ONLY TO TELL THE DRIVERS FIND ANOTHER ROUTE? IS THERE ANYTHING MORE THAN THAT? YOU KNOW, CAN WE CAN WE HAVE SOME KIND OF COMPREHENSIVE EMERGENCY ROUTE CONSIDERING THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULES FOR THESE VARIOUS PROJECTS? SO I GUESS YOU'RE GETTING AT.

SORRY. IT HAS TO DO WITH SAFETY.

IT HAS TO DO WITH THE RESILIENCY.

I BELIEVE YOU'RE GETTING AT OUR RESILIENCY PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

IS THAT MAYBE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? WELL, THIS JUST APPEARS TO BE A HURRICANE EVACUATION ROUTE.

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AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF THEM COVERED THROUGH OUR IDENTIFIED CORRIDORS.

THERE'S MAYBE A FEW THAT ARE NOT ALL THERE, BUT THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE COVERED.

SO WE HAVE GOOD DISTRIBUTION FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.

THAT GETS YOU FROM A ONE A TO US ONE AND THEN TO I-95.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHRISTOPHER. YEAH.

[2. Municipal Capital Projects (MCPs): www.my-mcps.org]

AND TODD BAUER FROM WHITE HOUSE GROUP WILL ADDRESS THAT.

TODD. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON OR GOOD EVENING? I GUESS WE'RE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE. DEPENDS ON YOUR SCHEDULE. YEAH.

HAPPY TO BE HERE. NOW, THIS IS THE SECOND OF FOUR UPDATES THAT WE GIVE YOU ON THE MCP THAT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE SURTAX, THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY. THE MPOS ROLE IS TO RANK AND RECOMMEND THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE RECEIVED EVERY YEAR. THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN BY BRIAN CALETKA, WHO IS THE MPO SURTAX MANAGER WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT YOU TYPICALLY SEE, THE SCORING, WHAT WE'RE BASICALLY REQUIRED TO DO BY THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH IS THE AGREEMENT THAT THE MPO HAS WITH THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE MUNICIPALITIES AS TO HOW THIS PROGRAM RUNS.

SO IT'S FAIRLY PRESCRIPTIVE.

OUR ROLE AS MPO IS FAIRLY LIMITED.

WE RANK AND RECOMMEND THOSE APPLICATIONS.

AND THEN ON JUNE 1ST WE GIVE THAT DELIVERABLE TO THE COUNTY MAP ADMINISTRATOR.

BUT I DID WANT TO UPDATE EVERYBODY AS TO WHAT WE RECEIVED FOR THE APPLICATIONS, AND ALSO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ON THE EDUCATION SIDE OF IT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE GOOD NEWS THAT I HAVE TO SHARE IS THAT IF YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD, WE ACTUALLY HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS IN OUR EDUCATION PROGRAM.

SO THAT BEGINS BEFORE WE START ASKING FOR APPLICATIONS FOR THIS PROGRAM.

WE SAW INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT ATTENDED OUR TRAINING SESSIONS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT MET WITH US ONE ON ONE.

SO WE OFTEN WILL MEET WITH THE SINGLE SURTAX POINT OF CONTACT.

THERE'S SO MANY ACRONYMS, I THINK THEY CALL IT THE SPOC, BUT THEY ARE OUR INITIAL CONTACT.

BUT THEY'LL HAVE A TEAM THAT WE WORK WITH.

IT MIGHT BE THE ENGINEERING GROUP, DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT IT IS.

BUT WE HAD A HUGE INCREASE IN THAT AS WELL.

ON THE ONE ON ONE PROJECT MEETINGS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE, AND THEN A 15% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES THAT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED AND SUBMITTED APPLICATIONS.

AND SO THAT PERIOD OPENED ON FEBRUARY 9TH.

IT WAS BECAUSE IT'S A LEAP YEAR, 29 DAYS.

IT'S USUALLY 28 DAYS. AND ON MARCH 8TH, THEN WE, WE CLOSED THAT THAT PROCESS.

AND SO I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE RECEIVED. NOW AGAIN, THIS IS PRELIMINARY INFORMATION.

WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH OUR VERIFICATION PROCESSES THAT WE DO.

I'M GOING TO GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICS ABOUT THE EDUCATION, BECAUSE THIS MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT INTERESTS THIS GROUP BECAUSE ALL OF THE TRAININGS ARE RECORDED.

SO WHAT WE DO WITH THE GROUP IS ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LIVE SESSION, WE RECORD IT AND THEN PUT IT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

SO THAT IS THROUGH THE MY-MC.ORG.

AND THAT'S IN OTHER PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SEEN TOO. AND I THINK BRIAN WOULD HAVE COVERED A LITTLE BIT OF THAT WITH YOU. BUT THAT IS YOUR ONE STOP SHOP.

IT HAS EVERYTHING. IT HAS SPECIFIC PAGES FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND BASICALLY THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE PROGRAM. IT HAS ALL OUR DOCUMENTATION AND THEN IT HAS ALL THE SUBMITTALS, BUT IT HAS A DIRECT LINK IN THE NEWS ITEMS RELATED TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

SO THAT WAY YOU CAN SEE THE TWO TRAININGS THAT WE DID.

THE FIRST ONE IS ON HOW TO COMPLETE AN APPLICATION.

FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE WORK WITH HAS ALREADY GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THIS IS OUR FIFTH CYCLE THAT WE'VE DONE.

BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME STAFF TURNOVER.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE AVAILABLE. AND IF THERE'S ANY UPDATES THAT WE DO, BECAUSE EVERY YEAR WE TRY TO MAKE THE SYSTEM THAT MUCH MORE USER FRIENDLY AND TRANSPARENT FOR THE USER TO BE ABLE TO USE IT, GET THEIR APPLICATIONS IN QUICKLY.

SO SOME STATISTICS ABOUT HOW MANY ACTUALLY ATTENDED IT, WE, WE OFTEN HAVE MORE PEOPLE REGISTERED THAN ATTEND.

THAT DOES HAPPEN, BUT WE HAD MANY REPRESENTATIVES THERE AND A GOOD REPRESENTATION FROM MUNICIPALITIES. AND SO WE JUST FOCUSED ON THE APPLICATION SIDE OF IT FOR THE FIRST TRAINING.

THE SECOND TRAINING WAS HOW WE EVALUATE THEM, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT. THE INFORMATION THAT THEY GIVE US, THAT IT'S CLEAR AND CONCISE SO WE CAN SCORE IT APPROPRIATELY.

AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE PROCESS IS FAIRLY PRESCRIPTIVE.

IT'S WRITTEN BY THE AGREEMENT THAT WE AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE SECOND AMENDMENT, AND IT LAYS OUT HOW WE HAVE TO SCORE THOSE PROJECTS AND THEN HOW WE RECOMMEND THEM.

SO WE WORK WITH THEM THEN TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND, HEY, THIS IS WHAT HELPS US BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU THE HIGHEST SCORE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR APPLICATION. BECAUSE IF WE CAN'T READ YOUR INFORMATION OR IF THERE'S DISCREPANCIES IN IT, IT BECOMES A CHALLENGE TO THEN DO THAT EVALUATION.

SO WE WENT AHEAD AND DID A TRAINING SESSION TO GIVE THEM A BETTER IDEA OF THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH.

SO DRUM ROLL, WE GOT 60 APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR TOTALING A REQUEST OF ALMOST $200

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SO WE SAW INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD, MORE PARTICIPATION, MORE PARTICIPATION IN THE EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT AND ALSO PUTTING IN THEIR APPLICATIONS. NOW I'M GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT $198 MILLION, BECAUSE I WANT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT TO THAT, TO THAT REQUEST.

BUT THAT'S WHAT WE SAW WHEN WE ENDED ON MARCH 8TH.

THAT'S HOW MANY APPLICATIONS THAT WE GOT FROM 23 MUNICIPALITIES, WHICH WAS ABOUT A 79% PARTICIPATION.

SO I THINK ONE GENTLEMAN HAD MENTIONED THAT, YEAH, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CITY PARTICIPATING, IT'S HARD FOR THEM TO GET ANY MONEY.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE DO THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.

AND WE DO OUTREACH SPECIFICALLY TO EACH ONE OF THE CITIES SAYING, HEY, YOU HAVEN'T PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM.

WE'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY SEE YOU DO THINGS.

WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM THAT THEY'RE JUST WORKING ON PROJECTS, GETTING IT TOGETHER. SO WE HAVE A FEW CASES WHERE ALL THEY HAVE IS A CLERK TO HELP THEM.

SO IT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE SEE.

SO WE KEEP ADOPTING OUR OR CHANGING AND EVOLVING WHAT WE DO FROM THE EDUCATIONAL STANDPOINT. SO HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF THE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT HERE THOUGH IS I WANT TO SHOW HOW THE PROGRAM MATURES.

SO WE ALLOW FOR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

THOSE ARE THE TWO PHASES THAT YOU CAN APPLY FOR.

AND SO YOU SEE SOME OF THEM ARE ALL CONSTRUCTION. SOME OF THEM ARE DESIGN.

THE INTENT IS THAT YOU WANT TO GET AS MANY TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION AS YOU CAN.

SO THAT WAY PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY DELIVERING PROJECTS, BUT YOU STILL HAVE PROJECTS IN THE IN THE PIPELINE. SO WE'RE HAPPY WHEN WE SEE A NICE DISTRIBUTION OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.

AND IT ALSO GIVES US A SENSE OF HOW THE COMMUNITIES HAVE MATURED IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS. SO A FEW STATISTICS, THESE ARE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE DO AS IT RELATES TO THE SCORING EVALUATION.

WITH THE PHASES SUBMITTED ON ONE SIDE OF EACH GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PROJECTS.

THAT'S THE APPLICATIONS. BUT THEN THE DOLLAR REQUEST.

I ALWAYS LIKE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THEN YOU CAN SEE HOW THE THE BREAKDOWN OF THE MONEY IS. SO ALTHOUGH 42% OF THE APPLICATIONS WERE RELATED TO DESIGN, THEY ONLY CONSTITUTE 10% OF THE OVERALL REQUEST IN MONEY.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE MONITOR THROUGH THE HISTORY.

WE KEEP HISTORICAL DATA ON IT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SEEING THOSE PROJECTS REALLY MATURE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO OBVIOUSLY GET TO THINGS THAT ARE BUILT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.

SO UNDERSTANDING HOW THOSE APPLICATIONS, WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR AND HOW THOSE PROJECTS HAVE MATURED AND THEIR APPLICATIONS MATURED BECOMES REALLY IMPORTANT TO US. SO WE TRACK THE PHASE AND WE ALSO ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR MULTI MODAL OPPORTUNITIES.

AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SAY 90% OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE HAD THIS YEAR OF THE 60 HAD SIDEWALK AND BIKE LANES.

SO WE'RE NOT JUST LOOKING AT ROADWAYS, WE'RE LOOKING AT ACTUALLY MULTIPLE MODES OF TRAVEL, PARTICULARLY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL.

AND THEN YOU KIND OF SEE HOW THE DOLLARS RELATED TO IT.

SO SOME OF THESE MATRICES, THEY CONVERGE VERY NICELY ON THE REQUEST SIDE VERSUS THE PROJECT. THAT'S WHY I MONITOR THEM.

SO I START TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WE ALSO LOOK AT CLIMATE CHANGE.

THE MATRIX THAT WE USE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY IS USING THE FEMA MAPS WITH HIGH RISKS. WE WANT TO KNOW WHERE THESE PROJECTS AT.

ARE THEY IN LOCATIONS WHERE THERE ARE HIGH RISK OF FLOODING? WE KEEP THAT STATISTIC THROUGHOUT THE SEASON, AND THEN ANYTHING THAT GETS RECOMMENDED, WE ALWAYS LOOK AT THOSE TWO. SO THAT WAY WE KNOW WHERE IS THE MONEY. IS IT GOING TOWARDS AREAS THAT WE KNOW ARE HIGH RISK? THE SAME THING HAPPENS THOUGH WITH UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

SO WE'RE ALSO ALWAYS TRACKING, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GO UP AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.

WE'RE ALWAYS ENCOURAGING THEM TO LOOK FOR AREAS WHERE THEY'RE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.

THAT NUMBER HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP WHERE YOU HAVE 32% OF THE OVERALL APPLICATIONS AND 37% OF THOSE DOLLAR REQUESTS THAT WOULD BE IN THOSE COMMUNITIES.

SO WE AGAIN, WE TRACK IT OVER TIME SO WE CAN SEE, HEY, HOW IS OUR EDUCATION HELPING REALLY FOCUS ON THOSE AREAS THAT COULD USE THE IMPROVEMENT. THAT ALSO MEANS SCHOOL ZONES TOO.

SO WE'RE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITY FOR ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.

ARE THEY NEAR SCHOOLS.

IS THIS GOING TO HELP SCHOOL CHILDREN GET TO THEIR LOCATION TO THE SCHOOL SAFELY? SO WE'RE ALSO TRACKING THAT THAT NUMBER HAS ALSO GONE UP.

SO AS I MENTIONED, I WAS GOING TO COME BACK TO THE 198 NUMBER LAST YEAR.

THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE THAT'S THE MONEY FOR THIS PROGRAM WAS 29 MILLION.

THE ASK THIS YEAR WAS 198.

SO THAT CONSTITUTES ONLY 15%.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS IN A LOT OF GRANT PROGRAMS, BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE.

THERE IS WAY MORE NEED THAN THERE IS DOLLARS THAT ARE ATTRIBUTED TO IT.

SO I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO BRING THAT OUT IS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVATION, BUT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH MONEY AS WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE IN THIS PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO COVER THOSE PROJECTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, AGAIN, I THINK IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BE AWARE OF IS THAT THE NEED IS GREATER THAN THE FUNDING LEVELS. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS.

OKAY. GREGORY GALE. HELLO.

SO CAN YOU SHARE HOW MANY, HOW MUCH DOLLARS, HOW MUCH DOES THE SALES TAX BRING IN EACH YEAR? SO I DON'T KNOW THOSE NUMBERS BECAUSE AGAIN, I'LL GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT WE KNOW

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10% OF IT IS SET ASIDE FOR THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE.

BUT THERE ARE FOUR PROGRAMS AT THAT FUND.

SO WE'RE JUST ONE OF THOSE FOUR.

SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING WHEN YOU'RE SEEING THE 29 MILLION FROM LAST YEAR, THAT'S A SMALL PORTION OF EVEN THAT 10% BECAUSE IT GOES TOWARDS COMMUNITY SHUTTLES AS WELL AS REHABILITATION AND MAINTENANCE. SO I'M NOT AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE BIG NUMBER BECAUSE I NEVER GET TO USE IT.

I'M ALSO A QUESTION I ASK FREQUENTLY HEAR CONCERNS ON SAFETY AND SIDEWALKS.

SO AS PART OF THIS PLAN OR THE PLAN, DO YOU HAVE A MAP OF ALL THE SIDEWALKS IN BROWARD COUNTY? NO, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR TESTS THAT WE DO. AND YOU ACTUALLY SEE THAT IN THE TRAINING THAT IF AN APPLICANT SAYS THAT THEY'RE FILLING IN A GAP FOR A SIDEWALK, WE ACTUALLY GO IN AND TEST THAT THROUGH GOOGLE. AND THEN IF WE HAVE TO DO A FIELD SITE REVIEW, WE'LL WE'LL DO THAT AS WELL.

BUT THAT IS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF HOW WE ANALYZE AND REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS, BECAUSE IT'S VERY SPECIFIC TO WHAT THEY APPLY FOR.

IT'S A VERY SMALL PROGRAM.

SO YOU HAVE THIS INFORMATION FOR A MUNICIPALITY THAT SUBMITS IT, BUT I GUESS I WANT TO STEP BACK.

IS THE PLAN TO PUT ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER? SO YOU DO HAVE A WORKING MAP OR UNDERSTANDING OF, SAY, ALL THE SIDEWALKS IN BROWARD? WELL, IT'D BE IMPORTANT TO SAY THAT THIS IS A PROGRAM, NOT A PLAN.

SO IT'S NOT ABOUT HAVING A PLAN IN PLACE REGIONALLY.

THIS IS SPECIFIC FOR THOSE CITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO FILL THEIR NEED OF LOCAL MONEY.

AND I THINK CHRISTOPHER DONE A REALLY NICE JOB SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF MONEY THAT GOES TOWARDS THE STATE FACILITIES.

THIS IS SPECIFIC TO THOSE COMMUNITIES THEMSELVES, AND THAT'S WHERE THE CITY SERVICES COMES IN THAT THE MPOS WORK WITH IS THEY'RE LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THAT PLAN. AND SO THEN THEY KNOW THE SECTIONS OF WHICH THEY'LL DO AN APPLICATION. SO IT IS TIED TO THE PLAN, BUT IT'S NOT DIRECT TO OUR PROCESS.

YEAH, I UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT AS A AS A CITIZEN, I'M INTERESTED IN MAKING SURE THAT ALL THE DOLLARS GO TOWARDS MAKING US SAFER, NOT JUST CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, BECAUSE A CITY SAYS, I NEED TO DO THIS, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT A PLAN IS THERE TO INCREASE OUR SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, MOBILITY. AND THEN THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS WHILE WE'RE SORT OF IDENTIFYING SCHOOLS ARE THERE OTHER SORT OF AREAS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ALSO WANT TO PRIORITIZE? SO WE HAVE 55 PLUS COMMUNITIES WHERE WE WANT INDIVIDUALS MAY NOT WANT TO USE THEIR CARS, BUT THEY WANT TO WALK, FOR INSTANCE, OR WE HAVE PARTS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHERE MASS TRANSIT REALLY IS NOT AN OPTION OR IS NOT A RELIABLE OPTION FOR THEM.

SO CAN YOU SORT OF TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO AREAS IN TERMS OF MOBILITY? I CAN AND ULTIMATELY WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROGRAM.

OKAY. SO THIS PROGRAM IS LIMITED TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH IS VERY AS I USE THE TERM PRESCRIPTIVE, IT'S VERY PRESCRIPTIVE ON WHAT IT LOOKS AT.

SO PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COUNTY, AS PART OF THEIR GOAL AND OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROGRAM, LOOKED AT.

AND SO AGAIN, IT'S A VERY SMALL SUBSET.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH TRANSIT AND OTHER MOBILITY ISSUES.

BUT THEY DO THAT WITH THE 90% OF THE SURTAX.

THIS IS REALLY FOCUSED ON THE LOCAL NEED AND PRIMARILY ON ROADWAY SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES. OKAY. IT'S A MAJOR THEME OF THE PROGRAM.

AND I KNOW YOU SAID THERE'S NOT A PLAN, BUT MY HOPE IS THAT WHAT, HOW WE LOOK NOW IN 2024 WILL COMPLETELY BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT IN, SAY, 2034. DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA AS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN 2034? OR WE'RE JUST WAITING ON MUNICIPALITIES TO SUBMIT PROJECTS? AND HOPEFULLY THIS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, JIGSAW IS SORT OF COMING TOGETHER AS IT RELATES TO THIS PROGRAM.

THIS PROGRAM DEFINITELY DOES HELP FILL THOSE GAPS.

SO I THINK FROM THE GOOD STANDPOINT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF FUNDING THAT WENT TO IT. SO EVEN IF I LOOK AT IT OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD AND I THINK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S GOING TOWARDS IT, IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO HELP.

BUT TO KIND OF DO A CONJECTURE ABOUT WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE, IT'S REALLY HARD TO SAY.

NOW, I DO, THOUGH, WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THESE CITIES ARE THEY DO WORK WITH US AND THEY ARE DRAWING FROM PLANS TO BUILD THESE APPLICATIONS.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE LARGER PICTURE AND SAYING, OKAY, BECAUSE THEY'RE LIMITED TO THREE APPLICATIONS, TWO BY CITY. SO THEY BECOME REALLY DIRECTED ABOUT, HEY, THIS IS WHERE I NEED TO TRY TO GET GET THE MONEY IN.

SO IT'S STILL, IT'S INFORMING IT, BUT THEY'RE REALLY JUST FOCUSED ON THE APPLICATION. COOL. WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. OF COURSE. OKAY.

NEXT. WALLACE PETERSON HI.

I HAVE A JUST A SORT OF A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.

I'M PROBABLY MISSING SOMETHING REALLY OBVIOUS, BUT I'M, I'M LISTENING TO THE PRESENTATION AND LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS FROM THE,

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AND THEN I'M LOOKING AT THE PROJECTS HERE AND THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP.

I'M IN OAKLAND PARK, SO I'M WE'VE GOT SOME SURTEX PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY THEY'RE COMPLETE STREETS KIND OF THINGS.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE THESE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENTS. AND I'M SEEING THAT WE ALL, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE PROJECTS IN THAT LIST, THE MTP PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR.

THERE'S A LOT OF OVERLAP AS FAR AS BIKE LANES OR SIDEWALK SAFETY.

SO HOW OTHER THAN THE FUNDING SOURCES MAYBE ARE DIFFERENT IN THE, AND WHY WOULD A MUNICIPALITY, WHY WOULD YOU APPLY FOR WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU KNOW, YOU APPLY FOR BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS AS YOU KNOW, THAT 2050 MTP PROJECT VERSUS THE SAME SORT OF IMPROVEMENTS ON A DIFFERENT ROAD AS A SURTAX PROJECT? REALLY THE SHORT ANSWER IS, IS TRYING TO INCREASE YOUR PROBABILITY OF GETTING FUNDING. SO WE OFTEN SEE A LOT OF APPLICANTS THAT WILL APPLY FOR BOTH SEE SLIP AS WELL AS THE SURTAX.

OKAY. AND CAN THEY APPLY, LIKE FOR THIS SORT OF THE SAME WE WANT, YOU KNOW, NORTHEAST SIX TO HAVE WHATEVER CAN THEY THROW IN THOSE APPLICATIONS IN BOTH POOLS AND KIND OF SEE WHAT STICKS OR DOES THAT NOT GENERALLY THEY DO.

AND I MEAN, IT DOES MAKE THE RECONCILIATION A LITTLE DIFFICULT BECAUSE WHEN YOU'VE GOT TWO DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES. BUT YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY WORK WITH THE CANDIDATE TO DO THAT. WE'VE HAD A FEW A FEW PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT.

SO THERE IS OVERLAP. OKAY. THAT WAS WHAT I WAS WONDERING. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

TODD, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.

[3. Report from Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation - SR 5/US 1/Federal Highway at SR 838/Sunrise Boulevard Project Development and Environment (PD&E) Study]

AND CHRIS MCCURDY AND CARLOS SEIJAS WILL WALK US THROUGH THAT.

YES. HELLO. GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.

MY NAME IS CHRIS MCCURDY.

I WORK FOR FDOT DISTRICT FOUR AND I'M A PROJECT MANAGER AND I AM THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE WHAT WE CALL THE GATEWAY INTERSECTION P, D, AND E, AND THAT'S IN TRIBUTE TO THE THE TREASURED GATEWAY THEATER.

BUT THE ACTUAL LIMITS OF THE PROJECT ARE AT SR FIVE US ONE FEDERAL HIGHWAY AT SR 838 SUNRISE BOULEVARD. THE FINANCIAL PROJECT ID NUMBER IS 441955-1-22-02, AND THE ETD NUMBER IS 14499.

CARLOS CEJAS IS THE HE'S FROM GANNETT FLEMING, AND HE IS THE CONSULTANT, PROJECT ENGINEER OR PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS.

AND HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH THE TECHNICAL INFORMATION.

AND THEN WE'RE BOTH HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

CARLOS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT WE'RE NEARING THE END OF WHAT WE CALL A PDE STUDY.

AS YOU SAW, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDY.

WE'VE BEEN BASICALLY DOING PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS AND PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THIS INTERSECTION TO COME UP WITH A.

WHAT WE THINK IS A IS A POTENTIAL GREAT SOLUTION TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THEY'RE HAVING OUT THERE. SO WITH THE PROJECT IS ITSELF, IT'S THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, EVEN THOUGH THE INTERSECTION IS, IS RIGHT THERE IN THE CENTER.

WE DID EXTEND THE PROJECT LIMITS A LITTLE BIT BEYOND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO THE WEST TO 15TH AVENUE TO THE NORTH, THE 13TH STREET, AND WE ARE EXTENDING ACROSS THE MIDDLE RIVER AS WELL.

AND SO THAT TAKES US AT LEAST ONE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION BEYOND THE PRIMARY INTERSECTION OF STUDY THE TWO COLORS THERE, THE RED IS ILLUSTRATING WHAT IS US ONE, THE ORANGE, WHAT IS SUNRISE BOULEVARD.

AND WHAT IT SHOWS YOU IS THAT THIS IS THE POINT WHERE THE TWO ROADWAYS, THEY OVERLAP. AND THIS IS THE POINT OF CONVERGENCE OR DIVERGENCE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS YOU SEE SO MUCH CONGESTION AT THIS INTERSECTION, AS YOU ALL KNOW. SO WE LOOKED AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

YOU CAN SEE THEM GRAYED OUT THERE. WE ACTUALLY LOOKED AT NINE IN QUITE A BIT OF DETAIL. WE WENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC, WE NARROWED THOSE NINE DOWN TO THREE.

AND THEN MOST RECENTLY WE'VE, WE'VE NARROWED DOWN THE THREE AND SELECTED THE ONE. AND SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THAT FOR YOU TO YOU THIS EVENING.

SO THE FIRST ALTERNATIVE IS WHAT WE CALL THE DO NOTHING.

SO THAT'S A BASELINE ALTERNATIVE.

THEN WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL A TRIPLE LEFT TURN AT GRADE T INTERSECTION.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME OF THESE IN A MINUTE.

AND THEN WE HAD TWO VARIATIONS OF, OF A OF A ROUNDABOUT THREE LEG ROUNDABOUT.

AND IT HAS A GRADE SEPARATION AS PART OF THE ROUNDABOUT.

SO NOW LET'S GET INTO WHAT EACH OF THOSE ARE.

SO THIS IS THE EXISTING INTERSECTION. THIS WOULD BE THE NO PROJECT. YOU KNOW LEAVE IT AS IS. THE RED LINES THERE BASICALLY SHOW YOU THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY.

THAT'S THE SPACE THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE THAT'S PUBLICLY OWNED BY THE STATE.

TYPICALLY WE TRY TO DO AS MUCH OF THE WORK OR IMPROVEMENTS AS WE CAN WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. ANYTHING BEYOND THAT WOULD REQUIRE ACQUISITION.

ALSO, YOU SEE THE LITTLE TABLE THERE, AND WE PROVIDED THAT FOR EACH OF THE ALTERNATIVES. AND WE DID THIS FOR EVERY SINGLE ALTERNATIVE AND MADE IT EASY FOR THE PUBLIC AND ANYONE TO BE ABLE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

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I'LL START POINTING OUT WHAT THE MAJOR FEATURES ARE.

IF YOU LOOK TOWARDS THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DRAWING, YOU SEE WE HAVE TRIPLE LEFT TURN LANES GOING FOR FROM THE EASTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND MOVEMENT. IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY, THERE ARE TRIPLE LEFT TURN LANES THERE, BUT A COUPLE OF THEM ARE VERY SHORT.

THERE'S ONLY ONE OF THE LANES THAT'S LONG. SO WE BASICALLY WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE EXTENDED THOSE AS FAR AS WE CAN AS WE COULD ADDED ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THAT MOVEMENT.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT FOR THE SOUTHBOUND TO EASTBOUND MOVEMENT, WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY IS TWO LEFT TURN LANES AND WE'RE PROVIDING THREE TO TRIPLE LEFT TURN LANE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOVEMENT THAT'S GOING SOUTHBOUND TO WESTBOUND, WE'RE PROVIDING THREE RIGHT TURN LANES THERE.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY, THERE'S TWO.

ALL THESE MOVEMENTS ARE SIGNALIZED AS THEY ARE TODAY.

DIDN'T MENTION THAT. AND THEN THE OTHER MOVEMENT WHICH WE'RE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IS THE WESTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND MOVEMENT.

IT'S THE RIGHT TURN LANE TODAY.

IT'S A SINGLE RIGHT TURN LANE.

AND THEY'RE PROVIDING TWO LANES.

SO THOSE WERE ARE THE CAPACITY INCREASES TO THE INTERSECTION FOR VEHICLES.

THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE DONE IS WE FOCUSED TO THE CENTER OF THE INTERSECTION.

YOU SEE WE MAKE A SQUARE WITH THE CROSSWALKS.

THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS.

IF YOU GO OUT THERE TODAY, EVEN IF YOU TRY TO CROSS THAT INTERSECTION, IT'S A ZIGZAG CROSSING.

IT'S WHAT WE CALL A MULTI-STAGE CROSSING.

THE SIGNALS AREN'T NECESSARILY SYNCHRONIZED FOR A PEDESTRIAN, SO IT COULD TAKE YOU ACTUALLY SEVERAL OR MANY MINUTES TO ACTUALLY CROSS THAT INTERSECTION.

AND YOU FOLLOW THE SIGNALS BY DOING THIS AND MAKING IT MORE OF A TRADITIONAL INTERSECTION AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF STAGES, IT MAKES IT SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER FOR PEDESTRIANS TO CROSS AND REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OF UNSAFE JAYWALKING THAT YOU TYPICALLY HAVE AT THAT INTERSECTION. THE OTHER MAJOR IMPROVEMENT IS SHOWN THERE IN BLUE.

THE BLUE AREAS ARE WHAT WE CALL A SHARED USE PATH, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE, A WIDER SIDEWALK.

THIS WOULD BE IN THE AREA BEYOND THE ROADWAY.

SO IF YOU WERE WALKING DOWN THAT AREA, YOU WOULD HAVE A MUCH WIDER SIDEWALK THAN YOU DO TODAY. AND IN SOME CASES, WE WOULD EVEN HAVE SOME SOME BUFFERED GREEN AREAS. AND IN PARTICULAR, WE DID THAT IN THE AREA IN FRONT OF THE THEATER. TOWARDS THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THE THEATER.

IT'S HARD TO SEE THERE, BUT IN FRONT OF THE THEATER, WE WERE ABLE TO SHIFT THE ENTIRE INTERSECTION A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH AND CREATE ADDITIONAL SPACE THERE FOR SHARED USE PATH, AND EVEN A SMALL GREEN BUFFER AREA BETWEEN THE THEATER AND THE ROADWAY.

THE OTHER THING THAT THIS ILLUSTRATES IS THAT THE INTERSECTION, YOU CAN SEE IT PARTICULARLY FOR THE SOUTHBOUND TO WESTBOUND MOVEMENT.

IT'S MORE OF A TRADITIONAL APPROACH INTERSECTION.

IT'S MORE OF A T. IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXISTING INTERSECTION, IT HAS A VERY LARGE CURVE THROUGH THERE, WHICH IS A REMNANT OF A, BASICALLY A THROUGH MOVEMENT THROUGH THERE.

SO WE'VE MADE IT SAFER IN TERMS OF IMPROVING SIGHT DISTANCES, BUT ALSO REDUCED VEHICULAR SPEEDS GOING THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.

BY DOING THAT, WE ALSO CREATED AN ADDITIONAL GREEN AREA THERE THAT YOU SEE THAT HAS GREEN AND BLUE FOR A POTENTIAL SHARED USE PATH AND OR LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING IN TERMS OF RIGHT OF WAY IMPACTS. IF YOU LOOK TO THE RIGHT, WE SHOW THAT WE IMPACT TWO PROPERTIES.

THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE THE PNC BANK THERE ON THE RIGHT.

THE AMOUNT OF IMPACT IS NOT SIGNIFICANT.

WE WOULD BE IMPACTING GREEN AREAS IN FRONT OF THE BANK.

WE WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING ANY BUILDINGS. WE WOULD NOT BE IMPACTING THE THE PARKING AREA.

IT'S BASICALLY JUST UTILIZE GREEN AREA IN FRONT OF THE BANK PROPERTY.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE WOULD BE HAVING SIMILAR IMPACTS AND ACTUALLY LESS IMPACTS TO THE EAST POINT TOWERS CONDOMINIUM PROPERTY.

IN ESSENCE, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH, WE WOULD BE WIDENING THE SIDEWALK IN THAT AREA.

LET'S SAY THERE'S A 5 OR 6 FOOT SIDEWALK THERE.

WE'D BE WIDENING THAT TO PROVIDE A CONTINUOUS 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH.

SO AGAIN, IN ORDER TO GET THE WIDER SIDEWALK, YOU'D BASICALLY BE PUTTING THE SIDEWALK WHERE THERE'S GREEN AREA TODAY.

AGAIN, WE'RE NOT IMPACTING ANYTHING DIRECTLY OR PHYSICALLY.

SO THOSE ARE THE STATS AND THE BASICS OF THAT ALTERNATIVE.

SO NOW I COME TO TWO VARIATIONS OF AN ALTERNATIVE.

THIS IS THE ROUNDABOUT ALTERNATIVE WITH A GRADE SEPARATION.

THIS ONE IS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A FLYOVER FOR EVERYBODY'S BACKGROUND INFORMATION. IN ADDITION TO THE ROUNDABOUT WITH THE GRADE SEPARATION, WE LOOKED AT A FULLY AT GRADE ROUNDABOUT WITHOUT ANY GRADE SEPARATION TO SEE IF WE COULD MAKE THAT WORK FOR THIS INTERSECTION. AND IT DOES NOT WORK.

IT IS WAY TOO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR THIS INTERSECTION TO HANDLE IT 100% WITH AN AT GRADE ROUNDABOUT. AS IT IS, THIS ROUNDABOUT WITH GRADE SEPARATION YOU CAN SEE HAS TWO AND THREE LANES SECTIONS THROUGH THE CIRCLE,

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AND AGAIN, TO DESCRIBE THE ALTERNATIVE, IT'S YOU CAN SEE THERE, IT'S A CIRCLE THAT BASICALLY WE PROVIDE IN THE AREA WHERE THE EXISTING INTERSECTION IS THE IMPACTS TO PROVIDE THAT CIRCLE, YOU COULD SEE EXTEND A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO TO THE EAST TO THE PNC PROPERTY. SO IF YOU COMPARE IT TO THE PRIOR ALTERNATIVE, THE IMPACTS ARE A LITTLE BIT LARGER TO THE PNC BANK AND A LITTLE BIT LARGER TO EAST POINT TOWERS PROPERTY.

AGAIN, NOT IMPACTING ANY BUILDINGS, NOT IMPACTING ANY PARKING.

BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY COMPARED TO THE PRIOR ALTERNATIVE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE COSTS START INCREASING SUBSTANTIALLY, PRIMARILY DUE TO THE GRADE GREAT SEPARATION AND A LITTLE BIT DUE TO ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION, AGAIN, SHARED USE PATHS.

SIMILARLY AROUND THE ROUNDABOUT.

NOW, THE ROUNDABOUT DOES HAVE SOME CHALLENGES FOR PEDESTRIANS IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THE ROUNDABOUT IS ESSENTIALLY FREE FLOW.

YOU HAVE THREE MOVEMENTS THAT GO INTO THE CIRCLE YOU'VE DRIVEN AROUND ABOUT IT'S A YIELD. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE THREE OTHER MOVEMENTS WHICH ARE ACTUALLY FREE FLOW, WHICH ARE THE TWO RIGHT TURNS AND THE THROUGH THE EASTBOUND THROUGH.

SO BECAUSE IT IS FREE FLOW, WE WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE SOME TYPE OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATION, SOME TYPE OF SIGNAL CONTROL FOR PEDESTRIANS TO BE ABLE TO CROSS. AND AS THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES INCREASE OVER TIME, IT BEGINS TO START INTERRUPTING THE FLOW, WHICH IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF THE ROUNDABOUT IS A FREE FLOW. WITH THOSE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATIONS, THE ROUNDABOUT STARTS TO NOT OPERATE AS IDEALLY AS IT SHOULD.

SO THAT'S THE ONE WITH THE FLYOVER.

THE ONE WITH THE UNDERPASS IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME CONFIGURATION AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

BUT INSTEAD OF GOING UP AND OVER, WE GO DOWN AND UNDERNEATH.

TRADE OFF OF THAT. YES, WE ELIMINATE THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE.

THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD NEWS IS YOU HAVE TO GO UNDERGROUND.

A LOT MORE EXPENSIVE, A LOT MORE IMPACT.

SO THAT'S A TRADE OFF. AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN IN COST ASSOCIATED WITH TRYING TO PROVIDE AN UNDERPASS AT THIS LOCATION.

EVERYTHING ELSE ESSENTIALLY IS THE SAME WITH THESE TWO ALTERNATIVES OR VARIATIONS.

SO IF YOU PUT THEM ON A MATRIX AND WE PROVIDED A MORE DETAILED MATRIX.

BUT THIS SUMMARIZES THE RESULTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT ALTERNATIVE THREE THE AT GRADE INTERSECTION GENERALLY OUTPERFORMS DOING NOTHING.

AND THE OTHER TWO VARIATIONS.

AND SO BASED ON ALL THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, WE'VE HAD A KICKOFF MEETING.

WE HAD TWO PUBLIC WORKSHOPS.

WE'VE DONE QUITE A FEW NUMBER OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

THE CONSENSUS WAS, AND BASED ON THE ANALYSIS WE'VE DONE, THAT THE ALTERNATIVE THREE EASTBOUND TRIPLE LEFT TURN LANE IS WHAT'S PREFERRED FOR THIS LOCATION. AND SO THESE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL VISUALS.

WE CREATED SOME 3D MODELS TO HELP YOU VISUALIZE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THIS FIRST VIEW IS WE ARE ESSENTIALLY ON TOP OF THE HISTORIC THEATER LOOKING TOWARDS THE NORTH. YOU CAN SEE THE THEATERS, THAT LITTLE TOWER THERE. SO IF YOU WANT TO ORIENT YOURSELF, THAT LITTLE TOWER THERE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, THAT'S THE THEATER. YOU CAN SEE WE DID STILL MAINTAIN SOME GREEN AREAS IN THE MEDIAN, EVEN THOUGH THOSE ARE REDUCED SOMEWHAT. SO THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE FOR LANDSCAPING AND STREETSCAPING AND A LITTLE BIT HARD TO SEE FROM THIS SIDE, BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL BUFFER SPACE BETWEEN THE THEATER AND THE ROADWAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM. AND THEN AGAIN, THE INTERSECTIONS SQUARED OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE EXISTING INTERSECTION.

THIS IS THE OPPOSITE VIEW. THIS IS NOW FROM THE NORTH LOOKING TO THE SOUTH.

THE THEATER LOOK FOR THE LITTLE TOWER IS THERE ON THE TOP RIGHT.

AND AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE HERE HOW THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE.

NOW WE GET A LITTLE BIT LOWER JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE DOWN AT THE INTERSECTION, WE'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF ADDING SOME GATEWAY FEATURES.

THIS HAS NOT YET BEEN FINALIZED.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE FINAL DESIGN PHASE, BUT WE JUST PUT THEM IN THERE TO GIVE YOU A SENSE THAT IF WE WANT TO MAKE THIS SOME TYPE OF GATEWAY FEATURE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO PROVIDE SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME STREETSCAPE FEATURES WITHIN THE AREA OF THE INTERSECTION. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE DOT WILL WORK OUT IN THE DESIGN PHASE WITH THE CITY.

AND JUST LOOKING AT IT FROM THE OTHER SIDE, AGAIN, THEATERS ON YOUR TOP RIGHT.

THE BOTTOM AREA THERE IS THAT THE AREA THAT WE GAIN, WHICH CURRENTLY IS ROADWAY.

AND THIS IS A VIEW FROM THE THEATER.

THIS WAS VERY USEFUL IN SHOWING IT TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE COULD SHOW ALL THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES FROM THE VIEW OF THE THEATER.

AND THAT'S IT FOR THAT.

SO NEXT STEPS. WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.

WE'VE SELECTED OUR OUR PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.

SO WE GOT A PUBLIC MEETING COMING UP. IT'LL LIKELY BE TOWARDS THE END OF JUNE AND WE'LL COMPLETE THE STUDY. AND THEN FROM THERE THE PROJECT WOULD GO INTO DESIGN AND RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION. AND THAT'S IT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER THEM. OKAY.

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GREGORY GALE, START OFF.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. FIRST, I THINK THIS IS REALLY IMAGINATIVE TRYING TO THIS IS A COMPLEX SITUATION, SO I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF THESE WILL ACTUALLY I KNOW IT WILL TRY TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC, BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG.

I NOTICED THAT YOU HAD THE NUMBER OF CARS THERE.

IS IT LIKE 5100 ETC.. WAS THAT PER DAY? THAT'S A, THAT'S A PEAK HOUR VOLUME.

WHEN WE RUN OUR MODELS, WE, WE BASE IT ON A FUTURE PROJECTION 20 YEARS OUT AND WE RUN A PEAK HOUR VOLUME.

AND I KNOW THERE WILL BE CONSTRUCTION, THERE ARE NEW TOWERS THAT ARE BEING BUILT.

SO IS YOUR MODEL. DID THAT SORT OF FORECAST ADDITIONAL CARS BECAUSE OF NEW HOMES IN THAT AREA? YES. THE MODELS WE USE, THE REGIONAL MODEL.

THE REGIONAL MODEL TAKES ALL PROJECTED FUTURE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS, SHORT TERM, LONG TERM.

SO YES, AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT IN THE SCOPE OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT IS IS THERE FOR THE MODEL THAT YOU'VE DECIDED ON OR THE THE ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU DECIDED ON IS CAN MASS TRANSIT PLAY A ROLE SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE? SO IF THE CITY OR THE COUNTY DECIDED TO HAVE A, YOU KNOW, LIGHT RAIL, WOULD THAT BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, IN THE DESIGN? YES. AND ACTUALLY IT WAS CALLED OUT EARLIER TODAY.

WE DIDN'T SHOW SOME OF THE EXISTING TRANSIT THAT'S THERE.

WE WILL ADD THAT. BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL EXISTING BUS STOPS OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMMODATE AND ACTUALLY IMPROVE THE EXISTING BUS STOPS.

IF YOU RECALL THOSE AREAS, SINCE WE PUSHED THE ROADWAY AWAY AND CREATED THESE SHARED USE PATH, THERE IS ROOM THERE FOR LARGER SHELTERS.

SO INITIALLY FOR BUSSES, WE CAN BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO SHELTERS OUT THERE. SO IF THIS WAS BUILT IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BCT WILL HAVE ROOM TO PUT NEW SHELTERS LONG TERM IF LIGHT RAIL IS DECIDED TO BE PLACED IN THERE. I BELIEVE WE'VE CREATED ENOUGH ROOM THERE TO PUT SOME SLIM SHELTERS IN THERE FOR SOME LIGHT RAIL FACILITIES.

AND TWO QUICK QUESTIONS.

SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PLACE WHERE LOTS OF VISITORS GO TO AND I SEE THEM WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALKS. AND SO MY THOUGHT IS IS IT GOING TO BE VISIBLE ENOUGH THAT THEY WILL NOT BE INTERACTING WITH CARS BECAUSE THAT'S A CONCERN I.

IT'S ONE OF THESE SORT OF CORRIDORS THAT I TRY TO AVOID.

UNLESS I HAVE VISITORS FROM OUT OF TOWN AND I WILL TAKE THIS ROUTE TO THE BEACH.

I MEAN, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE COULD WITHIN THE PHYSICAL SPACE TO DO THAT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON PRELIMINARILY, WE HAVE A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT ON BOARD, AND WE STARTED COMING UP WITH SOME CONCEPTS.

WE'LL SHOW THEM LIKELY AT OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING, WHICH IS TO START DIFFERENTIATING THE AREAS BETWEEN THE AUTOS AND THE PEDESTRIANS.

AND SO AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAD TO BE WORKED OUT IN THE DESIGN PHASE, BUT POTENTIALLY BY MAYBE PUTTING STAMPED CONCRETE AND OTHER TEXTURES AND COLORS, YOU CAN MAKE IT MORE PRONOUNCED THAT THESE ARE THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN AREA AND THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT. SO IT'S NOT JUST ALL TRADITIONAL ASPHALT.

SO I THINK DURING THE NEXT PHASE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE THOSE ENHANCEMENTS AND MAKE IT A GATEWAY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

YEAH. ONE FINAL QUESTION.

SO THAT PART OF THE BEACH ALWAYS HAS ACTIVITIES.

AND WILL THIS NEW SORT OF PLAN MOVE PEOPLE QUICKER? BECAUSE THAT'S ALSO ANOTHER THING I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THAT WE HAVE THESE ACTIVITIES ALONG THE BEACH. THAT'S ONE OF THE EAST WEST CORRIDORS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR BIKES AND PEDS FOR SURE. FOR THE AUTOMOBILE.

BY ADDING THE CAPACITY THAT WE DID, YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE THE LEVEL OF CONGESTION THAT YOU HAVE TODAY. IN OTHER WORDS, WE'VE INCREASED THE THROUGHPUT THROUGH THIS INTERSECTION FOR AUTOS.

NOT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT, BUT MORE THAN WHAT'S OUT THERE TODAY, ENOUGH TO HANDLE THE FUTURE 20 YEAR TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS.

AND ACTUALLY, WE THINK WE COULD EVEN HANDLE A LITTLE BIT MORE BEYOND THAT. SO IT WILL HANDLE IT. SO YOU WON'T GET THOSE DELAYS DURING THE PEAK PERIODS.

NOW YOU'RE NOT DURING THE NON-PEAK PERIODS YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T NOTICE A DIFFERENCE.

AND THEN FROM A DESIGN ROADWAY DESIGN, WE'VE ACTUALLY DESIGNED IT TO A LOWER SPEED.

WE'RE DESIGNING IT TO A 35 MILE PER HOUR SPEED.

THE EXISTING ROADWAY IS 40 AND 45 MILE PER HOUR, SO WE'VE TRIED TO BALANCE IT OUT AND PROVIDE BASICALLY A MULTI-MODAL INTERSECTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND PHIL BUCY.

THANK YOU. BASED ON THIS CONCEPT, WOULD THERE BE A NET CHANGE IN TOTAL GREEN SPACE? I HAVEN'T DONE THE CALCULATION BECAUSE WE LOST IN THE MEDIAN, RIGHT. BECAUSE WE SHIFTED THINGS UP, BUT WE GAINED IN THAT CORNER BY ON THE TOP

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I'D HAVE TO DO THE CALCULATIONS.

IT MIGHT BE A VERY CLOSE TO A NET NET, BUT YOU DIDN'T LOSE A LOT.

NOW, ONE OF THE SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE PUBLIC THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT TOO MUCH GREEN AREA IN THE MEDIAN.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD THIS BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, INDIVIDUALS TO HANG OUT THERE AND DO WHAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING.

POTENTIALLY LIVING IN THOSE SPACES BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A SUCH A WIDE MEDIAN AND SUCH A LUSH LANDSCAPING THAT THERE'S PEOPLE IN THERE THAT CAN HIDE IN THERE. SO ONE OF OUR THOUGHTS WAS AS WE MOVE INTO THE NEXT PHASE IS RATHER THAN DESIGN IT AS A AS A LUSH JUNGLE, SO TO SPEAK, IS TO MAKE IT MORE OF A STREETSCAPE, STILL PUT LANDSCAPING, BUT DON'T NECESSARILY ALLOW AREAS FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE OR HIDE IN THERE.

SO NET GREEN WOULD BE IN THE IN THE DETAILS, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

I THINK IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT LOSS OF GREEN SPACE PER SE, BUT IT MAY BE REPLACED BY STREETSCAPE AND NOT NECESSARILY GREEN IF I'M MAKING SENSE, YOU KNOW, PAVED AREAS, PEDESTRIAN PLAZAS, THAT TYPE OF THING.

MAKE IT MORE URBAN RATHER THAN PURELY GREEN.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, IT'S ALL A WIN WIN COMPARED TO WHAT IT IS NOW. YEAH, WE TRY TO TAKE EVERYBODY'S FEEDBACK AND INCORPORATE IT INTO THIS.

AND THIS IS A CRAZY QUESTION, BUT HAD THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION OF OF A FOOTBRIDGE? YES. AND THAT QUESTION HAS COME UP.

CHALLENGES WITH THE WITH THE PEDESTRIAN WALKING PEDESTRIAN OVERPASSES.

IS GETTING THE PEDESTRIANS UP AND DOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE ADA, WHICH MEANS RAMPS. AND THEY TEND TO BE VERY LONG TO GET TO THAT HEIGHT OR, AND OR ELEVATORS AND ELEVATORS ARE EXPENSIVE AND YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM AND SO FORTH.

SO AND WE PLAYED AROUND WITH THAT A LITTLE BIT, BUT THOSE RAMPS TAKE UP QUITE A BIT OF SPACE AND THEY START BEING IMPACTFUL.

NOW IN THE FUTURE, LET'S SAY PEDESTRIANS GOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT.

WE PLAYED AROUND AND WE, YOU KNOW, THAT GREEN AREA THAT WE HAVE THERE, THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES THERE THAT YOU HAVE ROOM THERE. IF YOU WANTED TO SQUEEZE SOMETHING IN, YOU COULD OVER TIME, BUT THE VOLUMES AREN'T HIGH ENOUGH TO TO WARN IT AT THIS STAGE. HOW ABOUT AN UNDERPASS FOR PEDESTRIANS? YEAH, THAT THAT QUESTION HAS COME UP TOO.

IT'S IT'S JUST COSTS AND THE SAME ISSUES WITH ADA YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE.

YOU GOT TO HAVE RAMPS DOWN AND ELEVATORS DOWN.

THEY JUST SORT OF GOING UP. YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE SAME ISSUES. THE THING IS, IF YOU'RE GOING UP, YOU ALSO HAVE TO MAKE SURE TRUCKS CAN PASS UNDER THERE WITHOUT HAVING AN ACCIDENT. AND YEAH, THE UNDERPASS IS SIMILAR BECAUSE THE TRUCKS THEN HAVE TO GO UNDER AND.

RIGHT. SO IT'S ALMOST THE EQUIVALENT. YOU GOT TO GO UP, YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN.

IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY. OH PEDESTRIAN TRUCKS.

OH I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO LOWER DOWN. YES, YES YOU'RE CORRECT. IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT LESS OKAY.

BUT YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THEM DOWN.

THANK YOU. HEY, MICHAEL SMITH AGAIN.

NO. TRY AGAIN. THERE YOU GO.

OKAY. WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN HEAR ME.

THE MIDDLE RIVER BRIDGE.

IS THAT DUE FOR REPLACEMENT UNDER THIS PLAN THAT THAT BRIDGE IS VERY NEW.

IT'S ONLY A FEW YEARS OLD, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS TO POTENTIALLY WIDEN THE SIDEWALK.

WE'RE GOING TO NARROW THE LANES A LITTLE BIT, AND WE CAN WIDEN THOSE SIDEWALKS TO GET THAT CONTINUOUS SHARED USE PATH.

OKAY. IN ESSENCE, THE STRUCTURE WOULD REMAIN.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. BUT IT NEEDS TO BE RECONFIGURED FOR THE PEDESTRIANS.

RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I'VE GOT A QUESTION TOO REGARDING THE VEHICLE THROUGHPUT.

GREGORY ASKED THE QUESTION FOR ME ON THAT VOLUME, AND YOU SAID THAT'S PROJECTED OUT FOR 20 YEARS.

YES. HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH TODAY'S VEHICLE THROUGHPUT? TODAY'S VEHICLE THROUGHPUT.

I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER.

I'M GUESSING WE PROBABLY INCREASED IT BY 20 TO 30%.

IF I HAD TO GIVE YOU A NUMBER, BECAUSE I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE, I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE THE NO BUILD BECAUSE THIS IS ALL FUTURE EQUIVALENT. I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXISTING TODAY.

I DON'T RECALL EXACTLY, BUT MY GUESS IS AT LEAST A 2,030% INCREASE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

VERY EXCITING PROJECT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE COME TO THE END OF THE NON ACTION ITEMS AS WELL OF ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS.

[4. Abstention Requirements]

THAT'S ALL SPELLED OUT THERE.

IN CASE ANY OF US HAVE AN OCCASION TO ABSTAIN FROM A VOTE.

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AND YOU CAN GO ON YOUTUBE PUT IN MPO AND IT WILL COME UP.

IT'S A SERIES OF FIVE SHORTER SEGMENTS, ANYWHERE FROM 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR.

I THINK THAT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING FROM BASICALLY HOW THE MPO EVOLVED TO SOME OF THE INS AND OUTS ABOUT CONGESTION MANAGEMENT.

SO IF YOU'RE RUNNING OUT OF THINGS TO DO AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING YOUR MPO FIX HERE, THEN YOU CAN JOIN IN AND KNOCK YOURSELF OUT WITH THOSE.

OKAY. I JUST WAS INFORMED TONIGHT THAT WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING IN APRIL.

OH, NO TEARS, PLEASE. BUT WE WILL RECONVENE MAY 22ND.

SO ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE, DO I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND TO ADJOURN? SECOND. MR. CHAIR, AND YES, WE DO.

JUST ONE QUICK COMMENT, IF I MAY.

THERE IS A REALLY GOOD VIDEO AND I CAN'T COMPARE IT TO YOUR YOUTUBE VIDEO, BUT I, YOU KNOW, THE GOLDEN GLADES INTERCHANGE HERE.

IF ANYBODY DRIVES DOWN TO MIAMI THIS VIDEO IS WORTH TAKING A WATCH.

THEY'RE GOING TO REBUILD THAT ENTIRE INTERCHANGE OVER THE NEXT 6 OR 7 YEARS.

CONSTRUCTION JUST STARTED.

NOW IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR YEARS, BUT IT'S, IT'S AN EXCELLENT VIDEO.

IT DEFINITELY, IF, IF YOU LIKE THAT KIND OF THING, IT'S KIND OF FUN TO SEE WHAT IT IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND $1 BILLION ON HERE OVER THE NEXT 6 OR 7 YEARS, SIX YEARS OR WHATEVER.

YOU'RE RIGHT. CONTINUED SUCCESS.

YES. WHAT ARE THEY ACTUALLY GOING TO DO? WELL, I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL YOUR VIDEO TOO MUCH, BUT I WILL SAY AT A HIGH LEVEL, THEY'RE GOING TO CONNECT ALL THE MANAGED LANES TOGETHER AND THEY ARE GOING TO STREAMLINE A LOT OF THE CONNECTIONS TODAY.

YOU KNOW, ARE VERY SLOW SPEED TIGHT LITTLE LOOP RAMPS.

THEY'RE GOING TO KIND OF WIDEN THAT OUT AND DO A BETTER JOB CONNECTING THINGS.

IT'S BUT MY WORDS CANNOT DO JUSTICE TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN THE VIDEO.

IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S IMPRESSIVE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I'VE BEEN DRIVING THROUGH THAT SAME THING FOR 30 YEARS. SO IT'S WE ALL KNOW IT NEEDS SOMETHING.

YEAH. I GET REALLY TENSE WHEN I GO THROUGH THAT INTERSECTION.

IT'S, I USUALLY DRIVING ON THE TURNPIKE AND THEN I START APPROACHING THAT AND I HAVE TWO HANDS ON THE WHEEL AND I JUST, I GET REALLY TENSE.

OKAY. WE HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT FROM MICHAEL.

JUST AS, AS IT WAS MENTIONED AND I'LL TAKE THIS AS MEMBER COMMENTS IF THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND YEARS DOING THAT GOLDEN GLADES RECONFIGURE RECONFIGURATION AND REDEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A GOOD GOOD INCENTIVE FOR TRI-RAIL TO OR MPOS TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND FUND TRI-RAIL FOR EXTRA SERVICE AND EXTRA, EXTRA TRAINS. AND THROUGH SERVICE LESS STOPS.

OKAY. AND MICHAEL REMINDED ME I DIDN'T CALL FOR ANY MEMBER COMMENTS.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHERS? OTHER THAN YOU'RE HUNGRY, I KNOW.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO VOTE TO ADJOURN, AND WE ARE DONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.