[00:00:01] HELLO, EVERYONE. WELCOME. WELCOME, EVERYONE. I AM PERFORMING DUTIES OF THE CHAIR FOR THIS MEETING. SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS GREGORY GALE. WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE QUORUM RIGHT NOW. WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR ONE OTHER PERSON. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH A NON-VOTING ITEMS. SO FIRST DO WE OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE QUORUM? WE DO NOT. SO AND THE ELECTRONIC ROLL, WE WILL WAIT UNTIL WE HAVE QUORUM. OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST IS WE'RE GOING TO JUST JUMP TO THE NON-ACTION ITEMS. AND SO THE FIRST NON-ACTION ITEM IS THE BROWARD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURES [1. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report] DASHBOARD AND STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. AND WE HAVE PAUL WHO IS GOING TO LEAD THAT DISCUSSION. HELLO, PAUL. PAUL FLAVIEN RAHAMAN STAFF DATA. SHE NEEDS TO FIX SOMETHING. I GUESS IT'S OKAY. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. SO WHAT? I'M GOING TO BE DOING A BRIEF DEMONSTRATION FOR YOU IS ONE OF THE COUPLE OF DATA PRODUCTS THAT THE MPO PRODUCES ON A YEARLY BASIS. ONE OF THEM IS RELATED TO PERFORMANCE. WELL, ACTUALLY THEY BOTH ARE RELATED TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, BUT ONE IS A DASHBOARD THAT IS SPECIFICALLY FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AND THE OTHER ONE IS THIS WONDERFUL DOCUMENT HERE. NOW THEY BOTH RESIDE IN OUR MPO WEBSITE. BUT THIS ONE WE'VE PRINTED AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A COUPLE OF COPIES. SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED AFTER THIS, I CAN SHARE IT WITH THEM. SO WITH THAT I'LL START. I'LL START. THE DASHBOARD, LIKE I SAID, IS ON OUR WEBSITE AT NPR.ORG. AND THE WAY YOU WOULD NAVIGATE TO IT IS YOU GO TO WHAT WE DO MAJOR INITIATIVES. YOU SCROLL DOWN TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES, YOU SCROLL AGAIN AND YOU FIND THIS PICTURE HERE, THE DASHBOARD, YOU CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND IT TAKES YOU INTO INTO THE DASHBOARD. NOW THE FIRST PAGE ESSENTIALLY TALKS ABOUT THE MPO GIVES STATISTICS ABOUT OUR POPULATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WOULD DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SCORECARD, THE SCORECARD ESSENTIALLY A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHERE WE ARE IN PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SO IF YOU REMEMBER LAST YEAR I CAME TO YOU AND YOU ADOPTED PERFORMANCE MEASURE TARGETS FOR SAFETY FOR A COUPLE OF ITEMS IN TRANSIT SAFETY AND TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT. SO YOU WILL GO HERE, AND THEN YOU WOULD FIND ALL THAT INFORMATION HERE AND ESSENTIALLY ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. YOU HAVE TREND LINES FOR MOST OF THESE. AGAIN, RED MEANS NOT A GOOD THING. GREEN MEANS WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. SO AGAIN, ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS YOU'LL FIND HERE YOU HAVE A SCORECARD FOR NOW IF YOU WANT TO GO DEEPER INTO THOSE AREAS AND I'LL CONCENTRATE ON SAFETY. YOU CLICK ON SAFETY FOR EXAMPLE, AND THERE'S A FULL PAGE DEDICATED TO THAT SAFETY TO SAFETY. SO FIRST THING YOU'LL SEE IS THIS MAP OF ALL THE CRASHES IN BROWARD. AND THAT'S BETWEEN 2018 AND 2022. THE REASON WE USE THOSE DATES ARE WHAT THEY ARE, IS BECAUSE IT'S THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE, AND THE FEDS REQUIRE THAT WE HAVE FIVE YEARS OF DATA, AND MOST OF THE INFORMATION IS IN A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE, ESSENTIALLY. SO WE HAVE THE HEAT MAP OF ALL THE CRASHES, AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHICH WE ALSO WHICH WE USE AS CRITERIA IN OUR C PROGRAM. SO IF YOU GO OVER HERE ON THESE, HOVER ON THESE RIGHT HERE. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THIS INFORMATION ACTUALLY AS AS A GIES OR YOU CAN ACTUALLY EXPORT IT AS A, AS A, AS A PICTURE ESSENTIALLY. SO AGAIN, YOU HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION HERE ABOUT FATALITIES. WE ALSO HAVE INFORMATION COMPARING US WITH BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE, MIAMI-DADE MPOS. AGAIN ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY. SCROLL DOWN AND ALL THE GRAPHS YOU SEE HERE. YOU ARE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD AS CSV ESSENTIALLY EXCEL FILES. IF YOU KNOW YOU GUYS ARE DATA GEEKS LIKE ME, YOU COULD DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS ON THEM, OR YOU COULD EXPORT THE, THE, THE CHARTS. AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ALL THE, ALL THAT IS IN HERE. AND WE ALSO DEVELOP A HIGH ENERGY NETWORK MAP FOR JUST BIKE AND PED. SO THAT'S ALSO HERE. NOW ALL THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS HAVE THEIR OWN PAGES THAT YOU CAN GO INTO AND SEE ALL THIS GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE. DASHBOARD IS UPDATED EVERY YEAR. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY PROUD OF. IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE PRESENTED AT CONFERENCES ALL [00:05:01] OVER THE COUNTRY. AND THAT'S IT. NOW I'LL GO QUICKLY TO OUR STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT NOW THAT ALSO LIVES ON THE MPO WEBSITE, JUST DOWN FROM THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD. YOU WOULD ALSO CLICK ON THE PICTURE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU INTO IT. NOW THE FIRST PART OF IT IS ESSENTIALLY A MESSAGE FROM OUR CURRENT CHAIR AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND THE CONTENTS ESSENTIALLY TELL YOU WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THIS IN THIS DOCUMENT. NOW, WITH THIS SYSTEM CONDITIONS AND FACTS, YOU SEE, WE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT ROADWAY TRANSIT, TRANSIT, ASSET MANAGEMENT TRANSIT, SAFETY, BIKING, BIKING, PEDESTRIAN INFORMATION ABOUT AIRPORTS, INFORMATION ABOUT SEAPORTS AND WATERWAYS AND LAND FREIGHT. SO ESSENTIALLY THE ENTIRE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM CAN. STATISTICS AND FACTS CAN BE FOUND IN THIS DOCUMENT HERE. AGAIN, I THINK THAT THE WEBSITE DOES NOT DO IT JUSTICE. HAVING THIS DOCUMENT PRINTED ACTUALLY DOES DO IT JUSTICE AGAIN. SO IF ANYONE HERE WANTS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TWO COPIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE. IF ANYONE WANTS ONE, I CAN, I CAN SHARE IT WITH YOU. AGAIN, SCROLLING THROUGH, YOU SEE THE FIRST PART OF IT TALKS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT'S BROWARD LIKE POPULATION AND LAND USE, EMPLOYMENT, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN IT REALLY GETS INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, THE ROADWAYS. IT TALKS ABOUT SAFETY PROFILES. IT TALKS ABOUT HOW WE'RE DOING PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AGAIN, IT TALKS ABOUT TRANSIT. IT TALKS ABOUT TRANSIT SAFETY, SEE SLIP PROGRAMS, BIKING AND PEDESTRIAN. IT GIVES YOU STATISTICS ON AIRPORTS. ALL THE AIRPORTS IN BROWARD COUNTY GIVES YOU STATISTICS ON THE SEAPORT, IN THE AIRPORT. IT GIVES YOU STATISTICS ON THE RAIL SYSTEM IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THIS GREAT DOCUMENT. SO ESSENTIALLY THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FOR YOU. AND AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HERE TO ANSWER THEM. THANK YOU. PAUL. WE DO HAVE A QUESTION FROM DAVE FLETCHER. THANK YOU. I CAN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT SLIDE IT WAS. THAT'S A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION. IT WENT A BIT FAST, BUT THE, THE THE MAP THAT SHOWED CRASHES. WHAT IS A CRASH? I KNOW THAT SOUNDS SIMPLE, BUT WHAT WHAT ARE THE NOT NOT A GRAPH. I THINK IT WAS A MAP FOR OUR PURPOSES HERE. IT IT WOULD BE A SERIOUS INJURY OR A FATALITY INVOLVING AN AUTOMOBILE, A BICYCLE, A WHAT? ALL THAT ON ANY PUBLIC ROAD? YES. AND SO ANY TYPE OF CONVEYANCE ON A PUBLIC ROAD. CORRECT. OKAY. AND THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE TOO TECHNICAL. I CAN REMEMBER SOME YEARS BACK READING AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE WAY THAT POLICE WRITE UP I'M GOING TO USE THE WORD WELL, LET'S SAY INCIDENT. AND WHETHER IT'S AN ACCIDENT, WHETHER IT'S A CRASH, WHETHER IT'S A COLLISION CAN ACTUALLY AFFECT THE OUTCOME OF WHO WAS AT FAULT OR WAS ANYONE AT FAULT. IS THERE ANY TECHNICAL OR LEGAL USE OF THE TERM CRASH HERE? AND YOU MAY NOT BE A LAWYER. I'M NOT ASKING. I MEAN, WHY DO WE SAY THE WORD CRASH RATHER THAN COLLISION RATHER THAN INCIDENT RATHER THAN THAT? I DO NOT KNOW. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, IT'S SIMPLER FOR US BECAUSE AGAIN, SERIOUS INJURY, THERE'S A DIFFERENT THERE'S AN ABSOLUTE DEFINITION FOR THAT. AND OBVIOUSLY FATALITY, YOU KNOW, IS WHAT IT IS. SO AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING HERE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S REQUIRED BY FEDERALLY BY FORD PERFORMANCE MEASURES. TERRIFIC. THANK YOU. SURE. NO PROBLEM. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION JOHN. MICHAEL PEREZ JUST IT'S JUST A QUICK ONE. I MEAN, YOU HAVE ANOTHER MAP THAT JUST SHOWS BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIAN DEATHS OR ACCIDENTS, SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES. OKAY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. RIGHT HERE. YEP. THAT'S A GOOD ONE. PAUL, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. WHAT EXACTLY IS THE TERM HIGH INJURY NETWORK? IT'S A SEGMENT OF ROADWAY THAT HAS TWO OR MORE EITHER SERIOUS INJURIES OR FATALITIES ON THAT SEGMENT. AND ESSENTIALLY FROM THAT FIVE FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD FROM 2018 TO 2022. WELL, I SHOULD MENTION ALSO AS PART OF THE SSA GRANT THAT MR. CROMAR IS LEADING THAT THEY'LL DEVELOP AN EVEN BETTER METHODOLOGY FOR THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT WILL AT SOME POINT WILL BE TRANSITIONING TO. BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE USING THIS. SO SO THE INFORMATION ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. WHAT IS THAT TELLING US? THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. AND YOU'VE GOT BIKE SLASH PED. AND THEN WE'VE GOT THE HIGHLIGHTED ROADWAYS. THOSE ARE THE SEGMENTS THAT HAVE THOSE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES I WAS REFERRING TO. AND IF YOU IT HAS A RIGHT HERE, [00:10:01] IT ALSO HAS LIKE A BRIEF SORT OF DEFINITION OR ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE MAP IS ACTUALLY CONVEYING. AND SO THE DATA ARE SHOWING US THAT THESE OCCUR. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE DATA. DOES THAT MEAN THAT WE DO WHAT. WELL THAT INFORMS A LOT OF THE WORK AND PLANNING THAT THE MPO DOES. I MEAN WE HAVE OUR SAFETY PROGRAM. AGAIN, LIKE I WAS SAYING, MR. CROMAR IS LEADING THE S S FOR A GRANT PROGRAM. SO ALL OF THESE THINGS ESSENTIALLY INFORM WHERE, WHERE WE'RE DOING PLANNING AND ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING FUNDS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO OBVIOUSLY MOVE TO ZERO. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR THIS PARTICULAR INFORMATION. I DON'T KNOW IF WE KNOW THIS. DO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE FOR THE LACK OF A BETTER TERM INCIDENT ACCIDENT FATALITY. WE HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I DON'T THAT'S NOT CONVEYED HERE, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO SLICE AND DICE THE DATA AND THERE'S A LOT OF STATISTICS ABOUT IT. AND WE ACTUALLY WE CAN PROVIDE YOU SOME OF THAT INFORMATION LATER, BUT WE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY IN HERE IN THIS DASHBOARD. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL SINCE MANY INDIVIDUALS ON THIS COMMITTEE RIDE BIKES. AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S USER ERROR. IS IT BECAUSE WE HAVE AGGRESSIVE DRIVING. IS IT BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS AN ISSUE? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS ACTUALLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR I COME TO YOU AROUND OCTOBER TO, TO ESSENTIALLY TELL YOU, HEY, THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT FROM THIS YEAR'S INFORMATION. SO I'LL BE COMING TO YOU IN OCTOBER AND I'LL HAVE THE 23 DATA, AND IT WILL BE ESSENTIALLY INFORMATION FROM 2019 TO 2023. AND I THINK I WILL BRING SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS AND HAVE THAT AS PART OF MY PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS. SINCE YOU YOU ARE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSING INTEREST IN SEEING THAT. SO WE HAVE TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH QUESTIONS. PHIL. YES. THANK YOU. HOW WOULD ELECTRIC SCOOTERS BE CLASSIFIED? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I'LL HAVE I'LL HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITE ANSWER, SO I DON'T WANT TO GIVE YOU A WRONG ANSWER. THE REASON I PICKED THAT UP IS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SUCH A SURGE OF USE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ROADWAYS DESIGNED FOR MOTOR VEHICLES. WE'VE GOT SIDEWALKS FOR PEDESTRIANS, WE'VE GOT BIKE LANES FOR BIKES. AND THESE ELECTRIC SCOOTERS, WHICH ARE REALLY FUN. THEY JUST GO EVERYWHERE AND THERE'S JUST NO, NO RULES OF THE ROAD. I GUESS THAT'S INFORMATION. TYPICALLY THAT'S PART OF THE THAT'S PART OF THE ACCIDENT REPORT. SO WE WOULD I'D HAVE TO DO MORE RESEARCH TO GIVE YOU A DEFINITE ANSWER ON THAT. THANK YOU JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ. AND YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON, DO YOU WANT TO PRESS IT ONE MORE TIME AND I'LL GIVE YOU PERMISSION REQUEST TO. HELLO. YEAH. YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON WHAT I WANTED. YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE STATISTICS FROM 2019 TO 23. CAN YOU. CAN'T THIS GRAPHICS GROW. YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU GET 22 YOU COULD HAVE HAD 18 TO 22 AND UPDATED SO WE COULD SEE WHAT THE TREND IS. BUT IT'S GOOD THAT YOU'LL HAVE 2020 19 TO 23. WHEN WILL, WHEN WILL WE BE ABLE TO SEE THAT IN A GRAPHIC? ACTUALLY, MOST OF THIS IS IN A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA. SO YEAH. BUT THIS ONE IS FOR EXAMPLE THIS 117 TO 21. OH NO THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY AN ERROR THAT SHOULD WHAT IS I THOUGHT I SAW THAT AT THE VERY TOP SOMEWHERE. OKAY I NEED THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP I WILL. YEP. THERE IT IS. I NEED TO MAKE SOME SOME EDITS ON THERE, BUT MOST ALL OF THIS DATA THAT YOU SEE IS 18 TO 22. MOST OF IT IS IN FIVE YEAR AVERAGES. YEAH. OKAY. FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE CHART HERE, IT'S A FIVE YEAR AVERAGE. BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE YEARLY DATA THOUGH, YOU COULD JUST CLICK THIS LITTLE BUTTON HERE. AND THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS YOU THE YEARLY. OH VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. YEAH. IT'S TWO TABS RIGHT. YEAH. AND FURTHER TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION ABOUT THE SCOOTERS OR THE. THEY DO. WHEN THEY GET TO A CERTAIN MOTOR SIZE, THEY'RE BRINGING IN REQUIREMENTS WHERE YOU GOT TO GET A LICENSE AND AND THINGS. BUT I SEE THEM OUT THERE AT THREE IN THE MORNING WEARING BLACK. AND IT'S IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLE DANGER OUT THERE. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR. SORRY, DAVE HAS ANOTHER QUESTION. [00:15:01] SO I'M LOOKING AT THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK BIKE PEDESTRIAN MAP. AND IF I'M READING THIS CORRECTLY, I SEE THREE PLACES ON INTERSTATE 95 THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH INJURY FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS. IS THAT ACCURATE? RIGHT NEAR SHERIDAN JUST NORTH OF GRIFFIN. AND AGAIN BETWEEN MARINA AND DAVEY. I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT THAT SEEMS PRETTY UNLIKELY THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT MANY PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES ON 95. YEAH. THEY WOULD GET INJURED IF THEY WERE THERE. BUT ARE THEY REALLY THERE? WELL, AGAIN, THE WAY THE WAY THIS WORKS, IF THE IF IT'S A SORT OF GIES BASED EXERCISE, IT'S LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE MIGHT BE NEAR THE ON RAMP OR SOMETHING THAT COULD BE THE CAUSE OF WHY YOU'RE SEEING IT THAT WAY. BUT AGAIN, I WILL I'M SORRY. WHERE ARE YOU, DAVE? OH, OKAY. SORRY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD ACTUALLY RECHECK. YEAH. I MEAN, I'M NOT SAYING IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, BUT FOR IT TO BE A HIGH INJURY PLACE, THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER. AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW, IT JUST SEEMS. WHATEVER. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S SEGMENTS. YOU COULD HAVE ESSENTIALLY A FACILITY THAT'S 20 MILES. RIGHT. RIGHT. BUT THE ACCIDENTS ARE HAPPENING, LET'S SAY, IN CERTAIN SEGMENTS. I MEAN, THIS IS THE INTERSECTION THAT I GO, THIS STRETCH OF 95 I'M ON ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DAY, AND I'M NOT ON THERE 24 HOURS, BUT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A BICYCLE EVER IN 17 YEARS. NO. 25 YEARS OF LIVING AT SHERIDAN IN 95. SO FOR THAT TO COME OUT AS AN AREA OF HIGH INJURY, I JUST CAN'T WRAP MY HEAD AROUND IT. BUT BUT HEY, THINGS HAPPEN. IT'S JUST TWO OR MORE SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. SO IT COULD BE JUST OH, IF IT'S JUST TWO OR MORE, I GUESS IT COULD BE. YEAH. THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE GONE ON THERE HAVE GOTTEN CLOBBERED, I GUESS. MAYBE. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL. ALRIGHTY. SURE. OKAY, SO WE DO HAVE QUORUM. [1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum] AND SO WE ARE GOING TO PROCEED ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA. [2. Electronic Roll Call] SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO FIRST IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO DO THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, AND YOU WILL USE YOUR MOUSE ON THE SCREEN TO INDICATE THAT YOU ARE PRESENT. IGNORE THAT SCREEN. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHTY. WE'LL NOW PROCEED WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. [3. Approval of Minutes - March 27, 2024] I AM MAKING THE ASSUMPTION EVERYONE HAS ACTUALLY READ THE MINUTES. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I SEE THE MOTION. EXCUSE ME SIR. I I OKAY, YES, I'M ABOUT TO SAY THAT THAT'S ON THE SCRIPT. SO ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS OR ADDITIONS TO THE MINUTES AND. MICHAEL. OKAY. ACCORDING TO THE MINUTES FROM MARCH 27TH. REFERENCE, PAGE 13, UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. NUMBER SIX AND DOWN AT THE LAST PARAGRAPH. TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ENTITIES TO FUND TRI-RAIL FOR ADDITIONAL INSERT EXPRESS TRAIN SERVICE WITH FEWER STOPS. BETWEEN ADDITIONAL AND SERVICE. ENSURE INSERT EXPRESS TRAIN, PLEASE. MICHAEL, WOULD YOU MIND REPEATING WHAT PAGE? OKAY. MARCH 27TH, 2024. PAGE 13 OF THE MINUTES FROM. GOT IT. ARE YOU GOOD? PERFECT. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER. ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHANGES OR EDITS TO THE MINUTES? NOT SEEING ANY. WE'LL CALL FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES WITH THE SUGGESTED EDITS. I SEE A MOTION AND SECONDED. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NOT SEEING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY OPPOSED? [00:20:04] NOT SEEING ANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON. AND OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. [4. Approval of Agenda] SO EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THE AGENDA. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS EMOTION. AND THERE WE GO. ANY CHANGES? NOT SEEING ANY. ALL IN FAVOR? GO AHEAD AND VOTE. AND WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMITTEE? ALRIGHTY. NOT SEEING ANY. WE WILL PROCEED. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM IS THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE [1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 - 2028 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 421548-6 SR-93/I-75 INTRCHNG @ROYAL PALM BLVD FR GRIFFIN RD TO ROYAL PALM BLVD B. FM# 421548-7 SR-93/I-75 INTRCHNG @ROYAL PALM BLVD FR S ROYAL PALM BLV TO S SW 14 ST C. FM#454706-1 CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSIT NEEDS ASSESSMENT REPORT ] AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2024 2028 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THERE ARE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE LISTED HERE TO PRESENT. WE HAVE MPO, FDOT, AND THE FORT LAUDERDALE STAFF. SO DOCTOR CHEN, I BELIEVE YOU ARE GOING TO BE PRESENTING. THERE ARE TWO THREE PRODUCTS IN THE. ITEM TWO IS FROM THE F DOT PRODUCTS, BOTH ON THE I 75 INTERCHANGE AT ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD AND DIFFERENT SEGMENTS. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT COST INCREASE OVER 2 MILLION AND THE 20% OF THE TOTAL PROJECT COST. SO NEITHER T IP AMENDMENT. AND THE THIRD ONE IS A. FOR LAUDERDALE PRODUCT FOR THE LAUDERDALE RECEIVES FTA GRANT TO DO A TRANSIT STUDY FOCUSED ON THE TRANSIT PARTNER AND THE REQUIREMENT DEMAND BEFORE AND AFTER PANDEMIC. SO THEY ALSO OBLIGATE THE STRATEGY TO TO INCREASE RIDERSHIP. SO THAT'S THE THIRD PROJECT, ONLY THREE. SO ANY QUESTIONS? SO PRODUCT MANAGER IS ONLINE. SO PRODUCT MANAGERS CAN ADDRESS QUESTIONS. MICHAEL SMITH. ACCORDING TO FM 4215846, WHICH IS THE I 75 AND ROYAL PALM TO GRIFFIN EXPANSION, I GUESS NEAR WESTON. IT WENT FROM OVER 26 MILLION TO 35 MILLION. AND VERY, VERY ROUGHLY BECAUSE I'M. NEVER TOOK ADVANCED MATH. IT'S ROUGHLY 20/20 3% INCREASE. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE WAS A BESIDES INFLATION, GENERAL INFLATION, IS THERE ANY REASON THAT THAT HAS OCCURRED? NEXT QUESTION IS IT SAYS IN THE BACKUP MATERIAL, IT WAS SAID IT WAS APPROVED BY ARCONE AND A BLACKBURN. ARE THEY DOT ON DOT STAFF PERMANENTLY OR IS THAT LIKE A CONTRACT OR SOMETHING? JUST CURIOUS. AND THERE WAS A TYPO FOR A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS, I THINK, BUT I'LL I'LL DEFER TO THAT LATER. DO WE HAVE THE PROJECT MANAGER FROM DOTO? IF THEY'RE NOT HERE, FORGET IT THEN. YEAH. SO APOLOGIES. WE'LL JUST MOVE ON. THEY'RE NOT ON. SO, YOU KNOW THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED SOLELY BY, BY THE STATE DOT. SO THESE ARE A PRETTY COMMON THING FOR US TO PROCESS THEIR REQUESTS. AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF COST INCREASES HERE IN THE RECENT HISTORY. PRETTY MUCH ALL THE PROJECTS ARE BEING HIT BY THAT. SO BEYOND THE WRITE UP THAT'S INCLUDED IN THERE AND ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, INFLATION ON PRETTY MUCH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, I APOLOGIZE, BUT I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY FURTHER DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE ON THAT. I WAS JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, I WAS WONDERING IF THIS USING THIS PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE, IF MOST PROJECTS ARE GOING UP OVER 23% BECAUSE IT'S A TWO MILE, [00:25:08] 2.2 MILE, ACCORDING TO GOOGLE TWO MILE PROJECT. SO. YEAH. YEAH. JUST WANTED TO WELL, WE WE WE CERTAINLY HOPE NOT. I MEAN, YEAH. I WONDER IF IT'S AN ABERRATION OR IS THIS THE AVERAGE PRICE OF EVERYTHING ON WITH IN A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. NOW WHAT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERY YEAR THE FDOT PROJECT MANAGERS FOR EACH PROJECT THAT THEY'RE MANAGING UPDATES THEIR COST ESTIMATES BASED UPON PROGRESS THAT THEY'VE MADE, EITHER IN IDENTIFYING THE RIGHT OF WAY REQUIREMENTS OR AS THEY FURTHER REFINE THEIR DESIGN. AND THEY ALSO UPDATED ANNUALLY BASED UPON THEIR UNIT COSTS THAT ARE KIND OF COMPILED STATEWIDE FROM RECENT BIDS, THE ACTUAL CONSTRUCTION BIDS. SO THEY HAVE A PRETTY GOOD HANDLE ON WHAT UNIT COSTS ARE. AND THEY DO UPDATE THAT AGAIN ANNUALLY. AND SO ALL OF THAT KIND OF STUFF IS FLOWS THROUGH THESE PROJECTS. AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL HEAR FROM DOTTIE ONCE A YEAR WHEN THEY SHOW UP, THEY WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR CONSTRUCTION COST INCREASES AND INFLATION. AND AS WE KNOW, THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS HAVE BEEN PARTICULARLY STRONG INFLATION OF CONSTRUCTION STEEL. SO THE MATERIALS, BUT ALSO THE LABOR COSTS. SO YOU SEE A HANDFUL OF THESE BECAUSE THESE ARE ONES THAT TRIP THE THRESHOLD FOR TIP AMENDMENT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF COST INCREASES GOING ON IN THE DOT WORK PROGRAM THESE DAYS. THANK YOU. SIR. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I MICHAEL ACTUALLY HAD MY QUESTIONS AS WELL, AND I THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THIS WHERE WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD DOUBLE DIGITS INCREASING OR DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASE. AND SO I GUESS WHAT I GUESS, MICHAEL, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK FOR MICHAEL. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THAT. WE ARE NOT EXPERTS. WE'RE CITIZENS. WE SEE THESE LARGE INCREASES. THE RESPONSE IS INFLATION. WE HAVE NO WAY TO THINK IT'S ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT. BUT, BUT I THINK THOUGH THAT MAYBE IN THE RECORD WE CAN HAVE THAT THIS DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE THAT MICHAEL AND I WANT TO INCLUDE MYSELF, I GUESS I WOULD LIKE MORE EXPLANATION CONCERNING INFLATION AS COST INCREASE. YES, I LIVE IN THE REAL WORLD WHERE THINGS ARE GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT I THINK THAT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WE'RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF THESE DOUBLE DIGIT INCREASES. AND OTHER THAN THE EXPLANATION, IT'S INFLATION. I THINK THERE OUGHT TO BE MORE INFORMATION SHARED WITH US CONCERNING WHY THESE COSTS ARE INCREASING. SO I WILL POINT YOU TO THE THE AGENDA ITEM RIGHT UP. AND IT DOES SPECIFY, AND THIS IS WHAT WE RECEIVE FROM DOT THE CAUSE. SO IT'S, THEY'RE MAINLY STEM FROM FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THE QUANTITIES. SO AGAIN, AS THEY START A PROJECT YOU'RE PLANNING, YOU KIND OF GUESSTIMATE WHERE YOU ARE. AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO, WHEN YOU GET TO DESIGN AND YOU'VE GOT AN ENGINEER WHO'S, YOU KNOW, DOING FINAL CALCULATIONS, YOU'RE GOING TO REFINE YOUR ESTIMATES. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. AND AND THEN THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE SAYING ALSO THERE IS AN UPDATE IN UNIT PRICES. SO AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THE MOST COMMON REASONS, AND THAT'S JUST A REALITY IN OUR BUSINESS, IS THAT WE DO DEAL WITH THOSE. NOW, I I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED THAT DOT IS NOT HERE. I KNOW WE'VE WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS POINT BEFORE ON PROJECTS WHERE THEY, THEY HAVEN'T BEEN AVAILABLE TO THE CAC AND I, AND IT'S, WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO, TO BE HERE AND TO BE AVAILABLE. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE LAND. WE HAVE ASKED THEM TO BE HERE AND ON CALL FOR THESE, THESE KIND OF IN ORDER TO ANSWER THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. YEAH, I DID READ THAT. BUT AGAIN, AS A CIVILIAN JUSTIFICATION FOR CHANGES, CHANGES IN COSTS ARE ASSOCIATED LARGELY WITH FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THE QUANTITIES, BUT PRIMARILY UNIT COST UNIT PRICE UPDATES. BUT TO ME THAT, AGAIN, AS A CIVILIAN IS NOT AS EXPLANATORY AS I'D [00:30:04] LIKE IT TO BE, BUT THAT'S OKAY. WE CAN MOVE ON. PHIL. THANK YOU. I HAD ALSO SEEN THAT READ FOOTNOTE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TABLES, AND I DON'T EVEN THINK IT'S GRAMMATICALLY SENSIBLE BECAUSE IT SAID LARGELY ASSOCIATED WITH FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THE QUANTITIES, BUT PRIMARILY UNIT THAT THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT STATEMENTS IN THERE. AND IT'S NOT SAYING IT'S BECAUSE OF FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THE QUANTITIES OR UNIT PRICE UPDATES. THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I MEAN, IF THEY SAID AND I GUESS INSTEAD OF BUT IT WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE, THEY'RE STILL NOT SAYING WHAT IT IS, BUT SO, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO TELL ME AS THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE WITH THESE, BECAUSE THIS IS ROUTINE BUSINESS THAT WE DO WITH FLORIDA DOT ALL DAY LONG. AND AS YOU POINTED OUT, CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, TONIGHT, YOUR CHAIR, I'LL CALL YOU CHAIR, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU. THERE ARE PROFESSIONALS AT DOT THESE ARE LICENSED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS WHO ARE REVIEWING THESE PLANS, WHO ARE DEVELOPING THE PLANS AND WHO ARE DOING THE COST ESTIMATES. THESE FOLKS SIGN AND SEAL THESE THINGS. THEY PUT THEIR PROFESSIONAL NAME, THEIR LICENSE ON THE LINE AND SAY, THIS IS TRUE AND ACCURATE. SO AGAIN, I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT THEY ARE NOT ON THE PHONE TO STAND BEHIND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE TO, TO THIS GROUP. BUT I, I'M NOT SURE AND I AM ABSOLUTELY WIDE OPEN TO RECOMMENDATIONS ON LIKE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE DOT COME AND GIVE A GENERAL PRIMER ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY DO AND HOW, HOW THEIR PROCESS WORKS FOR UPDATING THESE COST ESTIMATES, ETC.. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO THE GROUP OR IF WE'LL JUST GO BACK AND I WILL TRY TO PERSUADE AGAIN AND ENCOURAGE THAT THEY BE ON THE PHONE SO THAT THEY CAN RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS. BECAUSE I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, AS MPO STAFF THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT THEY DON'T USE ANY OF OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED BY, BY STATE AND FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH FDOT. AND SO I, I DO NOT KNOW THE DETAILS OF, OF EVERY SINGLE PROJECT. WE LITERALLY HAVE 5 OR 600 PAGES AND THOUSANDS OF PROJECTS. SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW MORE THAN WHAT WE PUT ON THE PRINTED PAGE. AND TO YOUR POINT, I APOLOGIZE FOR THE, THE BAD GRAMMAR AND WE'LL, WE'LL TRY TO CLEAN THAT UP AND DO BETTER. YEAH. COULD I RESPOND? THESE ARE OUR TAX DOLLARS AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. SO IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO GET IT RIGHT. AND YES, I THINK THAT I WOULD SAY ASK THEM WHAT THAT SENTENCE MEANS, BECAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE TRYING TO SAY TWO DIFFERENT CONTRADICTORY THINGS. AND I MEAN, IF THEY DON'T WANT TO TELL US WHAT IT IS, IT'S FINE, BUT TO JUST STAMP IT WITH, WITH A LITTLE MYSTERIOUS STATEMENT FINAL REFINEMENTS TO THE QUANTITIES, BUT PRIMARILY UNIT PRICE, WHICH IS IT, OR IS IT A COMBINATION? AND JUST, I, I'D RATHER THEY NOT SAY ANYTHING THAN, THAN SOMETHING THAT JUST MUDDLES THE PICTURE AND THROUGH THE CHAIR I, I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH YOUR STATEMENT AND I WILL REMIND THIS BOARD MANY OF YOU WERE HERE, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO. WE RAN INTO A SIMILAR TYPE OF SITUATION LIKE THIS. AND I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THIS. THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM. SO YOU CAN TAKE CHAIR AT THE PLEASURE OF THE GROUP. YOU CAN TAKE EACH OF THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY. YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE ANY OF THEM. YOU DON'T HAVE TO APPROVE THEM ALL AS A GROUP. YOU CAN TAKE THEM ITEM A, ITEM B, APPROVE THE ONES THAT YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH, THE ONES THAT YOU'RE NOT. YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ANY OF THESE ITEMS TONIGHT IF YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. SO OH, MORE INDIVIDUALS WANT TO SHARE DARREN. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK WHAT EVERYONE REALLY NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THESE ARE BUDGETED DOLLARS, AND THIS IS IN ADVANCE OF THE PROJECT GOING OUT TO BID. SO ONCE THE CONTRACTORS SUBMIT THEIR PRICES, THEY COULD COME IN LOWER OR HIGHER. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. IT'S JUST BUDGETING. AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL. DARREN. DARREN'S IN SHARING. DARREN. TELL US WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING. CIVIL ENGINEERING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [00:35:04] JOHN. MICHAEL PEREZ. YES. ALSO IN THAT SOMETIME WHEN YOU DO A CONCEPTUAL COST ESTIMATE, IT CAN BE WITHIN. IT COULD BE OFF BY 60% THE INITIAL COST ESTIMATES. AND AS YOU GO REFINING IT, IT GETS CLOSER AND CLOSER AND CLOSER TO A POINT WHERE MAYBE WE'RE WITHIN 20% OR SO BEFORE WE GO OUT TO BID SO THAT THE LAST NUMBER, WHEN WE GO OUT TO BID, WE SHOULD BE NOW INTO A 10 TO 20%. HOPEFULLY THAT'S THE MOST IT WILL VARY WHEN WE DO GO OUT FOR BIDS, BUT FROM A CONCEPTUAL. WHEN YOU DO THE FIRST CONCEPTUAL, YOU CAN BE OFF BY 60% EASILY. THANK YOU SIR. MICHAEL SMITH. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS PARTIALLY MY FAULT BECAUSE I DIDN'T MENTION IT PREVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE MOTION FOR TO ACT ON THESE ITEMS. ACTION ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE SEPARATELY BECAUSE I PREVIOUSLY FOUND A TYPO IN TWO AND THREE AND I'D LIKE TO CORRECT THAT. SO I NEED SOME PARLIAMENTARY ROLES HERE. GUIDANCE. SO WE HAVE THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US. WE'RE HAVING A DISCUSSION ABOUT IT. SO PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE IS WE HAVE TO ACT ON THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US FIRST, AND THEN ACTUALLY GO WITH THE SECOND MOTION THAT IS PRESENTED. AM I CORRECT IN THAT? I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE A SECOND MOTION ON THE TABLE. NO. SORRY. THE THE SUGGESTION. YES. SO IF YOU CLEAR OUT THE FIRST, CLEAR OUT THE FIRST MOTION. OKAY. THEN YOU CAN TAKE, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANOTHER MOTION THEN TO TO TAKE THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY, SEPARATELY, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THE PLEASURE IS OF THE GROUP. OKAY. SO THE MOTION IN FRONT OF US IS TO RECOMMEND THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDMENTS AS IS. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IS IT SECONDED? IT IS SECONDED. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION CONCERNING THIS MOTION? POINT OF ORDER. WAS THE MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THREE TOGETHER? YES. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A FIRST. WE'RE SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MOTION? YES. I'M GOING TO VOTE NO BECAUSE I THINK THEY SHOULD BE SEPARATE. YOU CAN, BUT I'M GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO SPEAK TO THE MIC. GO AHEAD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO SPEAK UP. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. POINT OF ORDER. POINT OF ORDER. MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED. IS THERE NO DISCUSSION? YEAH. WELL, WHY DON'T YOU MAKE A MOTION? I'M UNDER THE OPINION THAT ONCE YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THE MOTION AND SECONDED, IT'S OPEN FOR DISCUSSION. AND THEN YOU CALL THE VOTE. THAT'S HOW I'M. SO I THINK THAT'S UNIVERSAL. YEAH. SO WE CAN BE A LITTLE BIT FLEXIBLE HERE. LET'S HAVE THE DISCUSSION. THE POINT IS WE WANT YOUR DISCUSSION. WE WANT YOUR INPUT. SO PLEASE, PLEASE PROCEED. AND THEN WE'LL GO TO THE VOTE. AND OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MEMBER WHO IS IN TOLD US IN HIS INTENT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE MOTION, MICHAEL. I DON'T THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU, MICHAEL. YES. I'LL JUST QUIETLY POINT OUT TO THE OTHERS WHAT THE TYPOS THAT I'VE SEEN AND WILL WILL VOTE AS IS, AND THEN THEY CAN CORRECT THEM LATER. HOW'S THAT? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE MOTION? NOT SEEING ANY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. PLEASE USE YOUR MOUSE. OH. OKAY. REBECCA. ALL RIGHTY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. [2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Multimodal Priorities List (MMPL)] OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON. SO OUR SECOND ITEM, DOCTOR CHEN, IS GOING TO STAY WITH US. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2025 MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST, DOCTOR CHEN. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR. [00:40:06] BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO. IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PRIORITIZE MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST. IT'S AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BOARD MPO. YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST. PRIORITY LIST INCLUDES A LIST OF PROJECTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND AFTER THAT, PROGRAM THOSE PROJECTS INTO THE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM. FOLLOWING THIS ORDER TODAY I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2025 MULTIMODAL PRIORITY LIST. THIS PRIORITY LIST WILL BE USED BY FDOT TO DEVELOP DRAFT, ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND BY THE MPO. DEVELOP THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 20 2030. THIS IS BROWARD MPO CORE PRODUCTS. MPO IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO PLANNING PROCESS. BY FOLLOWING. BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW, THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. BY FOLLOWING STATE LAW, BROWARD MPO UPDATES IPL AND THE TIP. EVERY YEAR, PRODUCTS IN MTP MOVE TO IPL AND THEN MOVE TO FDA'S DRAFT WORK PROGRAM AND AT LAST MOVE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO THIS IS THE LAST MPO TO USE 2045 MTP. NEXT YEAR WE ARE GOING TO USE 2050 MTP. SO CHRISTOPHER WILL PRESENT A FEASIBLE PLAN FOR 2050. FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION. SO THIS MMP WILL GO TO BOARD IN JUNE. BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL FOR TODAY. IT ALSO ASKS YOU TO RECOMMEND THE BOARD APPROVAL, THE MPO AND AFTER THAT WE WILL USE THIS MPO TO DEVELOP CHAPTER 20 WORK PROGRAM. THE DRAFT WORK PROGRAM WILL RELEASE IN THE FALL, AND THE MPO WILL USE THIS MPO TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT TIP NEXT YEAR. JULY. THE MPO SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN MTP AND TIP. THE MPO MONITORS PROJECTS BY FUNDING SOURCE AND FUNDING PROGRESS AND. THIS MPO IS ORGANIZED BY SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. I WILL TALK MORE ABOUT THE. SIX FUNDING PROGRAM LATER, AND THIS MPO ALSO MONITORS PROJECT READINESS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS FOUR CRITERIA OF THE PROJECT. PROGRAM READINESS PROJECTS MEETS FOUR CRITERIA. ON THIS SLIDE WE CALL THE PROJECT PROGRAM READY. SO THE PROGRAM READY PROJECTS IS READY TO RECEIVE FUNDS. A PROGRAM READY PROJECTS HAVE TO HAVE GOOD SCOPE OF SCOPE OF WORK, SUPPORT OF RESOLUTIONS FROM ALL PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE PROJECTS, GOOD COST ESTIMATE AND PARTNER COLLABORATIONS. SO BROWARD MPO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTY AND PLANNING PARTNERS TO MAKE PROJECT PROGRAM READY. THIS SLIDE SHOWS PERCENTAGES. THOSE PERCENTAGES WERE APPROVED WITH MTP 2045. THOSE PERCENTAGES ARE USED TO ALLOCATE BROWARD AMPOULES ATTRIBUTE FUNDS AMONG SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT MMP ALL FOR THIS YEAR. THE MMP INCLUDE 104 PROJECTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS BY FUNDING PROGRAM. [00:45:06] THIS SLIDE SHOWS UNFUNDED AMOUNT BY FUNDING PROGRAM AND OWNERSHIP. SO IN SUMMARY, TO COMPLETE PROJECTS ON LOCAL ROAD NEEDS ABOUT $579 MILLION. ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO COMPLETE PROJECTS ON STATE ROAD NEED ABOUT $1.7 BILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDS. SO BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITOR PROJECT PROGRESS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS. THERE ARE TOTAL 13 FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS. WHAT IS FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS? ALL FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAS BEEN PROGRAMED IN THE MOST CURRENT WORK PROGRAM OR TIP. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED. SO WE CALL THIS PROJECT FULLY FUNDED. THEY ARE GRADUATED FROM THE MPO. FOR DETAILS OF THE PROJECT LIST, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT TO. THE MPO ALSO INCLUDES TURNPIKE PRIORITIES. TURNPIKE PRIORITIES IS IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE MPO. SO WE SAID MPO STAFF WILL TAKE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU DOCTOR CHEN DAVE FLETCHER. THANK YOU DOCTOR CHEN. YOU EXPLAINED WHAT PROJECT READY MEANS. AND ON THAT SLIDE I'M CONFUSED ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SUPPORTIVE RESOLUTIONS AND COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS I THINK WERE THE TERMS. RIGHT THERE. WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APPROVED RESOLUTION AND PARTNER COLLABORATION. SO SUPPORT OF RESOLUTIONS IS FROM THE CITY COMMISSION. THEY'RE HAVE A VOTE TO SUPPORT THESE PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS, MAYBE SOME PARTNERS INVOLVED IN THESE PROJECTS. MAYBE THE PROJECTS ENSEMBLE THIS BACKYARD. SO WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH THIS PERSON. THANK YOU. MICHAEL SMITH. HI. YES, I'M LOOKING FOR SOMETHING HERE. OH, THERE IT IS. UNDER THE FULLY FUNDED ATTACHMENTS. JUST THESE. THESE ARE. THIS IS JUST A LITTLE TYPO. NUMBER 11, IT SAYS CITY OF OAKLAND PARK, BUT THEY'RE MISSING AN A OUT OF THE NAME. JUST. IT HAPPENS. YOU'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF DOCUMENTS HERE TO TO TITLE AND AND SCRUTINIZE. DO YOU MIND TELLING US THE PAGE, MICHAEL? I'M OH SEVEN OF 17. THANK YOU. 717 YEAH. NUMBER 11. WHAT MMPL FULLY FUNDED AND REMOVED. OKAY, WE WILL MAKE A CORRECTION. SO THE PAGE NUMBER IS 17. SEVEN OF 17. SO PAGE NUMBER SEVEN. YES. CAN YOU REPEAT MMMPL FULLY FUNDED AND REMOVED? SECTION CSLIP? NUMBER 11 I SEE, I SEE I'M ON THE PAGE AND I SEE PROJECT 11. WHAT'S THE SPECIFIC COMMENT? CORRECT. THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK. YOU'RE MISSING AN A WORD. OAKLAND IS MISSING AN A. O IN THE TITLE. OKAY. WE WE WE DID GET IT UNDER THE LEAD AGENCY, BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WELL, I'VE GOT ONE MORE FOR THE NEXT, NEXT ONE. AND I WAS I WASN'T GOING TO DO THIS ONLINE, BUT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHEN. I KNOW YOU WANTED US TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE COMPANY DOCUMENTS, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD JUST BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE AS MICHAEL JUST DID SOME OF THE ITEMS AND YOU HAD MENTIONED THE FUNDING SOURCES. [00:50:03] AND JUST EXPLAIN JUST QUICKLY THE FUNDING SOURCES. OKAY. COULD WE UPLOAD TO THE SCREEN? I GOT IT HERE. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROJECT IT, THOUGH. GET OUT OF THIS. AND THE REASON I'M SAYING THIS, I THINK AS CITIZENS KNOWING THAT OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING FOR THESE THINGS, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL FOR US TO KNOW. GIVE US ONE SECOND. WAS IT THE FULLY FUNDED OR REMOVED? YES. ACTUALLY, LET ME DO THIS. I MEAN THEIR DOLLARS FOR BACK BIKE PATHS AND TRAILS, SIDEWALKS WHICH I JUST THINK ARE FANTASTIC. BICYCLE LANES. I JUST, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC CALMING. I, I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST IF YOU WANT TO GIVE US A SYNOPSIS BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS SOME OF US HAVE REALLY TALKED ABOUT OVER THE YEARS. SO YOU WANT TO GO OVER PROJECT PROJECT OR JUST, JUST AN OVERVIEW IN TERMS OF IF YOU WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW. SO FOR INSTANCE YOU KNOW, THE FIRST FEW ARE SIDEWALKS WHICH AGAIN SORELY NEEDED IN BROWARD COUNTY OR BIKE PATHS. THEY'RE LISTED THERE. SO WE'RE SPENDING LOTS OF DOLLARS IN SUPPORT OF THESE ACTIVITIES. SO LET ME IF I COULD SHARE, JUST JUMP IN AND SAY THAT THE FIRST GROUP THERE ON THE SLIDE, YOU SEE THE TOP TEAL TITLE BLOCK, THESE ARE SEE SLIP. SO THIS, THESE PROJECTS ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED ANNUALLY BY OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND ARE RANKED. AND SO I THINK WE'RE APPROACHING CYCLE EIGHT OR CYCLE NINE NOW. SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE. AND THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE YOU KNOW, STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. THEY GOT THE FIRST PHASE FUNDED OUT IN THE OUTER FIFTH YEAR. AND NOW THEY'VE MOVED ALL THE WAY THROUGH THAT CONVEYOR BELT WHERE EVERYTHING, ALL THE PHASES, THE DESIGN PHASE, THE CONSTRUCTION, EVERYTHING IS FULLY 100% FUNDED. WE JUST HAVE TO DELIVER THE PROJECT AND PUT IT IN THE GROUND. AND YOU CAN SEE THIS FIRST PROJECT THERE, FOR EXAMPLE HAS $4.6 MILLION IN 2029. SO WHILE THIS HAS GRADUATED AS A FULLY FUNDED AND SINCE OUR PROGRAMING TEAM HERE TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN GETTING US TO THAT POINT. AND THERE'S WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE STILL HAVE TO WAIT ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE IMPROVEMENT IS ACTUALLY PHYSICALLY IN PLACE IN THE GROUND. DO YOU MIND CAN WE SCROLL THROUGH AND MAYBE GO TO THE NEXT SECTION. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S THERE ARE QUITE A FEW PROJECTS, LIKE PAGES OF PROJECTS IN OUR C PROGRAM. THEY'RE ALL THE SAME. THEY TEND TO FOCUS ON BIKE AND PED. THEY ARE ALL LOCAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN, SO THESE TEND TO BE SMALLER PROJECTS. I THINK WE HAD A CAP IN THE TIME ABOUT THREE, 3 MILLION, $3.5 MILLION. SO THEY'RE SMALLER, BUT THEY'RE COMMUNITY DRIVEN AND THEY TEND TO BE BIKE PED. AND THESE ARE VERY POPULAR PROJECTS WITH OUR MUNICIPAL MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AS WELL AS OUR ENTIRE BOARD. AND YOU CAN JUST SEE THIS GOES ON PAGE AFTER PAGE. I THINK I'M UP TO WHERE, WHERE DO WE END THIS? OKAY, SO THAT IS 12 OF THE 17 PAGES IS C PROJECTS. SO THAT'S ABOUT 24 PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE ALL THE FUNDING ON THIS CYCLE. SO THAT I WOULD SAY IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THE NEXT SECTION THERE THAT SHE WAS BRINGING US TO IS THE PURPLE. IT'S THE ROADWAY. AND SO THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A MIXED BAG. AND AGAIN, SOME OF THE FUNDING IS FEDERAL, SOME OF THE FUNDING IS STATE DOLLARS. SO THERE AGAIN, THERE'S A MIX, WHETHER OR NOT THESE ARE FUNDS THAT ARE ON OUR PROJECTS THAT ARE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE. SOME OF THEM MAY BE STATE DOT PROJECTS. THE FIRST PROJECT THERE IS ACTUALLY ONE THAT IS BEING DEFUNDED AND IS NOT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT WAS FOUND TO BE INELIGIBLE FOR THE USE OF THE FEDERAL FUNDS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S BEING REMOVED. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DELIVER SOMETHING. [00:55:01] SO THAT HAPPENS AS WELL. BUT THE VAST MAJORITY OF THESE ROADWAY PROJECTS YOU CAN SEE THEY'VE GOT THE FULL FUNDING IS NOW IN PLACE TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. AND THEN CONTINUING ON TO THE BLUE RIBBON, IF YOU DON'T MIND. I GUESS THAT'S PAGE 16. WE'RE AT SAFETY MANAGEMENT. SO AGAIN, THERE'S SOME PROJECTS HERE THAT ARE SIMPLY NOT MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE WE FOUND A DIFFERENT WAY. THE FIRST ONE THERE WAS PLANNING STUDIES FOR SAFETY THAT WE WERE GOING TO FUND. AND THAT MONEY IS NOW COMING OUT BECAUSE MR. CROMAR AND HIS SAFE STREETS FOR ALL FEDERAL GRANT FOR A COUPLE MILLION DOLLARS OR $5 MILLION IS DOING THAT THAT PLANNING INSTEAD OF ONE BY ONE SAFETY COMPREHENSIVELY ACROSS THE COUNTY. SO AGAIN, NOT ALL OF THESE PROJECTS ARE BEING REMOVED BECAUSE THEY'RE MOVING TO COMPLETION. THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE COMING OUT FOR FOR OTHER VARIOUS REASONS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART HERE, WHAT YOU SEE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE NOW FULLY FUNDED AND THEY'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD. AND WE'VE GOT ONE TRANSIT, SO. AND I CAN'T HELP BUT POINT TO MR. SMITH ON THIS ONE. THIS IS ONE THAT I WILL TELL YOU. STAFF WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAKE THIS ONE HAPPEN. BUT THIS IS THE $25 MILLION COMMITMENT THAT WE MADE TO TRI-RAIL BACK IN OUR 2045 PLAN TO HELP THEM PURCHASE REPLACEMENT AND NEW ROLLING STOCK. AND WE FUNDED THAT 50% WITH OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. AND THEN THAT GOT MATCHED UP BY THE STATE TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS FOR THE OTHER HALF. SO. ALL RIGHT. AND THERE YOU GO. AND REALLY, THAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF MY REQUEST BECAUSE THESE ARE THINGS WE NEED TO CELEBRATE. AND SO HAVING YOUR SYNOPSIS I THINK WAS VERY HELPFUL. SO THANK YOU. PHIL, YOU'RE ON NEXT. YOU'RE NOT ON MIC YET. PHIL I'LL TALK LOUDER. OKAY, HERE WE GO. THAT'S A GOOD SLIDE BECAUSE IT SHOWS YEARS BEFORE 2025, 2025. AND THIS IS FUNDING THAT THAT'S ALLOCATED YEAR BY YEAR UNTIL IT REACHES A CERTAIN AMOUNT. AND THEN THE PROJECT PROCEEDS IS THAT I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. SO MOST TIMES FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS DOESN'T OCCUR ALL IN A SINGLE YEAR AS A SINGLE LUMP SUM. IT'S OFTEN YOU HAVE TO BUILD THE MONEY UP. AND SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THAT MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING ROUND NUMBERS, WE GOT ABOUT $30 MILLION A YEAR THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH. SO WE CAN'T JUST COME UP WITH 12.5 MILLION. WE HAVE TO SPREAD IT ACROSS ALL THE PROGRAMS. SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF OUR MONEY, AND WE SPRINKLED IT OUT OVER MULTIPLE YEARS WHERE WE HAD THE CAPACITY TO DO THAT. AND THE SAME THING WITH THE TRIP PROGRAM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S COMPETITIVE WITHIN THE FDOT DISTRICT. SO IT'S MULTIPLE COUNTIES COMPETING FOR THAT. WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT TO GET THAT MONEY TO LINE UP OVER A SERIES OF YEARS TO, TO GET TO THE FULL 25 MILLION. SO WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS IS THAT THERE ARE PROGRAMS WITHIN THE STATE. ONE IS CALLED THE STATE INFRASTRUCTURE BANK THAT WILL ALLOW TRI-RAIL TO GET A LOW COST, BASICALLY NO COST LOAN BASED ON THE FACT THAT ALL THIS MONEY IS PROGRAMED HERE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S OVER MULTIPLE YEARS, THEY CAN GET THEIR MONEY UP FRONT, GO BUY IT NOW AND THEN THEY REPAY THE STATE WITH THIS MONEY OUT IN 25, 26, 27. SO AND THE OTHER GOOD NEWS WITH TRI-RAIL IS THEY GOT $75 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT TO ALSO HELP THEM WITH THIS. SO WE HOPE TO SEE SOME SOME NEW EQUIPMENT OUT THERE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. IF I MAY, USING THIS PAGE AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF QUESTION I'M ASKING. IT SHOWS MONEY ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT YEARS IS THAT MONEY THAT'S BEEN ALLOCATED AND HAS BEEN PUT IN RESERVE UNTIL IT CAN BE FULLY FUNDED, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THE PROJECT BEGINS. OKAY. SO I DON'T WANT TO LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT. LET'S TALK IN GENERALITIES. SO IN GENERAL, THIS IS A BUDGETING EXERCISE. AND SO WHEN ALL THE MONEY IS THERE AND AVAILABLE FOR A PARTICULAR WORK PHASE, [01:00:02] THEN THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD. AND SO WHEN THE MONEY, WHEN THERE'S ENOUGH MONEY SET ASIDE TO DO THE PLANNING STUDIES, THEN THEY DO THE PLANNING STUDIES. AND IT MAY BE A COUPLE OF YEARS BEFORE NOW WE'RE READY TO DO THE DESIGN WHEN THAT MONEY IS THERE AND AVAILABLE. AND REMEMBER THE BEST EXAMPLE ILLUSTRATION THAT I'VE COME UP WITH FOR THE WAY OUR TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ARE DELIVERED IS THE CONVEYOR BELT. YOU KNOW, A PROJECT GETS ON THAT CONVEYOR BELT AND IT RIDES ON THROUGH TO THE END. AND SO YOUR CONVEYOR, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS A CONVEYOR BELT OF MONEY THAT MATCHES UP WITH THE PROGRESS OF, OF THE PROJECT. SO WHILE THERE ARE FINANCE MECHANISMS TO ACCELERATE PROJECTS AND ALL THE REST, I WON'T GO THERE. SO IN GENERAL PROJECTS THAT HAVE MONEY OVER MULTIPLE YEARS MEANS THAT DIFFERENT PHASES ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE FOR A PROJECT, LARGE PROJECTS AND. THE EXAMPLE I'LL GIVE YOU IS SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET UP IN DEERFIELD BEACH. THAT IS A PROJECT THAT HAS MONEY OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS FOR A SINGLE PHASE CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY NORMAL, BUT IT'S SUCH A MASSIVE ALMOST $1 BILLION PROJECT ALL IN THAT THE MONEY IS JUST NOT ALL GOING TO COME IN ONE YEAR. AND THAT CONTRACT IS SET UP SO THAT IT WILL GET PAID OUT OVER THE TIME THAT THE MONEY IS THERE. SO THIS IS A BUDGETING EXERCISE. WELL, I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CONVEYOR BELT. I MEAN, I THINK OF IF SOMEONE'S GOING TO BUY A CAR, THEY PUT SO MUCH MONEY DOWN EACH YEAR UNTIL THEY CAN AFFORD THE CAR, THEN THEY'RE FULLY FUNDED. THEN THEY GO BUY THE CAR, WHICH IS LIKE, NOT REALLY HOW MOST PEOPLE BUY A CAR, RIGHT? THEY GO, THEY GO TO THE SHOP AND THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH SOMETHING, AND THEN THEY TAKE OUT A LOAN. BUT WE DON'T REALLY NORMALLY DO THAT HERE. WE DO IT THE WAY CONSUMER REPORTS OR SOMEBODY MORE RESPONSIBLE. YOUR FINANCIAL PLANNER WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU SAVE UP OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. AND WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY AVAILABLE AND YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES, THEN THEN YOU GO AND BUY THAT CAR. AND THAT'S GENERALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. AND YOU MENTIONED VERY BIG PROJECTS SUCH AS 10TH STREET. I MEAN, THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE YEARS TO BUILD THEM AND REVENUE IS GOING TO BE COMING IN EVEN WHILE IT'S STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO THOSE CONTRACTS ARE STRUCTURED THAT WAY TO ANTICIPATE THE FUNDING THAT IS COMING OVER MULTIPLE YEARS. THERE'S A LOT THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, RIGHT? ANYTIME WE SPEND ONE FEDERAL DOLLAR, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK, A LOT, A LOT OF LAWS WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. AND SO, YOU KNOW, I LIKE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO DEEP INTO, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION LAW FOR FEDERAL PROJECTS, BUT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF REQUIREMENTS. SO BEFORE YOU CAN GO OUT AND BID A PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE CERTAINTY THAT YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT PROJECT. AND SO A LOT OF THAT HAS BEEN BORNE OUT OF PAST BAD EXPERIENCES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. STATE HAS LAWS FOR, FOR, FOR BUDGETING THAT GO BEYOND FEDERAL LAW. BUT THE FEDERAL LAW ALSO HAS A LOT OF PROTECTIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE MONEY IS IS REASONABLY AVAILABLE BEFORE YOU SIGN THAT CONTRACT. TO GO BUILD SOMETHING CAN HAVE BAD OUTCOMES. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT, AND I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE. I'M JUST CURIOUS. SO OKAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD COME BACK AT SOME POINT IF WE CAN GET MAYBE SOME OF OUR PARTNERS AT DOT WHO ARE MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE ON THE DETAILS TO COME BACK AND TO GIVE US A LITTLE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON HOW HOW THEY MOVE TO BID AND CONSTRUCT A PROJECT. IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU KNOW THE GROUP WOULD BE INTERESTED IN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. DAVE FLETCHER. I THOUGHT I HEARD YOU SAY IN REFERENCE TO THE C SLIP PROJECTS THAT AND WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT SO MANY OF THEM HAD BEEN, I DON'T KNOW, THE WORD COMPLETED, RESOLVED, WHATEVER. AND YET I SEE ALMOST EVERY ONE OF THEM WAS REMOVED. SO WHAT AM I NOT UNDERSTANDING HERE? WHAT YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING IS THAT TONIGHT THE ITEM IN FRONT OF US IS THE MULTI MODAL PRIORITY LIST. AND THAT IS JUST WHAT IT STATES. IT IS OUR PRIORITY LIST OF WHAT WE WANT DOT TO FUND NEXT. SO WE HAVE REMOVED ALL OF THESE PROJECTS FROM THAT LIST BECAUSE WE DON'T NEED TO ASK FOR ANY MORE MONEY BECAUSE ALL THE MONEY WAS PROGRAMED THE LAST CYCLE BY FLORIDA DOT. [01:05:07] AND THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOW FULLY FUNDED AND READY TO MOVE OFF INTO THE SUNSET THROUGH THEIR FINAL DESIGN AND THROUGH CONSTRUCTION AND ACTUALLY GET PUT IN THE GROUND. SO WE'VE WE'VE ENDED OUR BUDGETING AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE CELEBRATING. CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS TOPIC? WE'VE DEVOTED A LOT OF MINUTES TO THIS TOPIC. NOT SEEING ANY. WE'LL GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A MOTION. SECOND, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR CHEN. [3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE the Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Draft Cost Feasible Plan ] ALRIGHTY. OUR THIRD ACTION ITEM MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE THE ROUTE TO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN DRAFT COST FEASIBILITY PLAN. AND WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER HERE TO EXPLAIN THAT. FIRST, CHRISTOPHER, YOU HAVE TO REPEAT THAT FIVE TIMES. GREAT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO. I'M A PRINCIPAL PLANNER HERE AT THE MPO, AND I AM ONE OF YOUR CO-PROJECT MANAGERS FOR ROUTE TO 2050, ALSO KNOWN AS OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO PLANNING ALL THE WAY TO THE YEAR 2050. ANYWAYS, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY IS WE'RE ASKING FOR AN ENDORSEMENT OF OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. AND SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS SHARE A PRESENTATION WITH YOU THAT WALKS THROUGH WHAT A COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS WHAT THE TIME BANDS OF FUNDING FOR THAT COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS. TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT PROGRAMS ARE GOING TO BE A PART OF OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND EVENTUALLY OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOR OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT YOU CAN FIND WITHIN EACH ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS. AND IF YOU GUYS ARE VERY HAPPY WITH ALL OF THAT, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GIVE ME A WONDERFUL ENDORSEMENT FOR THIS PLAN. AND HERE WE GO. SO FIRST UP, WHAT IS A COST FEASIBLE PLAN? SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS IS, IT IS A FULL ASSESSMENT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE TO FUND PROJECTS WITHIN THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE SET UP WITHIN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IT HAS TO BE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED, SO WE CAN'T OVER PROGRAM MONEY. THAT, OR WE CAN'T OVER PROGRAM PROJECTS FOR MONEY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE. SO LIKE MR. CROSS WAS SAYING EARLIER, IT'S A BUDGETING EXERCISE. SO WHAT KIND OF FUNDS CAN WE USE AS PART OF THAT FISCALLY CONSTRAINT. IT'S EVERYTHING THAT IS EITHER COMMITTED AS FINANCIAL RESOURCES THAT WE RECEIVE FROM FDOT THAT ARE AVAILABLE OR READILY AVAILABLE REVENUE SOURCES. SO MEANING THAT WE CAN ASSUME THAT THERE WOULD BE PRESENT FOR US TO USE UNTIL THE YEAR 2050. AND IF YOU ARE CURIOUS ABOUT ALL THE LEGAL TERMINOLOGY FOR WHAT A COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS, I DO HAVE SOME SOME REFERENCE POINTS THERE. SO YOU HAVE YOUR LEGAL REFERENCES THERE, AND YOU CAN ALSO CHECK OUT OUR FDOT, MPO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK FOR MORE DEFINITIONS. SO WHAT BUILDS ARE COST FEASIBLE PLAN. SO THE DARK BLUE RECTANGLES THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE THE FUNDING TIME BANDS FOR THAT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. THE FIRST YEAR THE FIRST TIME BAND IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO THAT'S WHAT WE COME TO YOU EVERY YEAR ASKING FOR APPROVAL OF THAT SHOWS THE PROGRAMED PROJECTS FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. THE SECOND TIME BAND, WHICH STARTS WITH 2031 TO 2035, IS GOING TO BE REALLY WHAT OUR NEW PROJECTS ARE GOING TO START BEING PROGRAMED INTO. SO THE PROJECT LIST THAT YOU SEE AS PART OF YOUR ATTACHMENT, THAT'S WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE GOING TO START BEING POPULATED. THE THIRD TIME BAND IS GOING TO BE THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS FROM THE YEAR 2036 TO 2040. AND THEN OUR LAST TIME BAND ARE GOING TO BE THE LAST TEN YEARS OF THE PROGRAM. SO THINKING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE YEARS 2041 TO 2050. ALSO A PART OF OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WE WILL BE DEVELOPING AN UNFUNDED NEEDS PLAN. SO ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT WENT THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT DID NOT GET PROGRAMED INTO THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN. SO THOSE DARK BLUE RECTANGLES WILL STILL BE PART OF OUR PLAN. AND IF THERE ARE POTENTIAL FOR ANY ADDITIONAL REVENUES THAT COME OUT THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING, THERE MIGHT BE OPPORTUNITIES TO BRING THOSE INTO THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN. BUT TO BE SAFE, TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE, WE'RE GOING TO STAY OUTSIDE OF THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN. WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED AN ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN. AND SO THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, WHEN WE COME GIVE MORE PRESENTATIONS ON THE MTP, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT THAT IS AND WHAT TYPE OF PROJECTS CAN LIVE THERE. BUT ESSENTIALLY, IT'S A WHAT PETER GIES LIKES TO CALL PURGATORY FOR PROJECTS. SO IT'S PROJECTS THAT HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDING IN THERE THAT ARE NOT SEEKING FEDERAL [01:10:04] OR STATE DOLLARS, BUT MIGHT WANT SOME REPRESENTATION IN A FEDERAL DOCUMENT IN CASE THEY'RE SEEKING ANY KIND OF FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE. IT'S DIFFERENT THAN THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. SO TO DO THAT, THEY WOULD NEED TO FALL WITHIN A REPORT. AND WE HAVE A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN LAND SO THEY CAN SEEK THOSE DOLLARS. BUT ALL THAT TO SAY WHAT A PROJECT NEEDS TO HAVE TO BE A PART OF OUR REPORT ARE THREE FUNDING PHASES. THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE FEDERALLY RECOGNIZED, AND THEY ARE OUR PE PHASE, WHICH STANDS FOR PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING. THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL OF YOUR DESIGN RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S THE ROW. SO IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF ACQUISITION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR LAND, THAT'S WHERE THAT WILL LAND. AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION, WE DO ALSO ADD ANOTHER PHASE IN THERE CALLED OTHER. AND THAT'S JUST LIKE FOR PLANNING EFFORTS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THE REPORTING OF THAT PDF THAT YOU SEE AS PART OF YOUR AGENDA ATTACHMENT. SO I THINK IT'S TWO MONTHS AGO NOW, WHEN I LAST CAME TO CHAT WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT OUR DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIZED PROJECTS, THAT WAS IN MARCH. AND SO THINGS HAVE CHANGED A LITTLE BIT SINCE THEN. THE TWO PDFS, IF YOU PUT THEM SIDE BY SIDE, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CHANGES THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE. AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THEM HERE. SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE SOME POLICY DECISIONS. AND BY POLICY DECISIONS, I MEAN STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. SPECIFICALLY, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT OUR ROADWAY PROGRAM AND OUR TRANSIT AND HUBS PROGRAM FOR ROADWAY, WE NOTICED THAT THERE'S A THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS MPO PRIORITIES FOR US TO DO AN EVALUATION ON. AND THOSE ARE FEASIBILITY STUDIES. WHAT THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ARE THINGS LIKE GRADE SEPARATION. SO THINKING ABOUT INTERCHANGES RAIL GRADE SEPARATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING A LOT MORE PASSENGER RAIL IN THE FUTURE. AND HOW CAN WE SEPARATE THOSE MODES SO THAT THEY'RE NOT RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER, WHETHER THEY'RE GOING ABOVE UNDER TO THE SIDE, WHATEVER IT IS, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS AND CORRIDORS SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THE SAFEST CORRIDORS POSSIBLE AND HAVE HIGH EFFICIENCY TRAINS RUNNING. SO THAT'S WHAT SOME OF THOSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES WILL BE LOOKING AT. SO THEY WEREN'T NECESSARILY RANKING VERY HIGH BECAUSE OF OUR GIS ANALYSIS. IT TAKES A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION. THE INTERSECTIONS ARE REALLY SMALL. AND BECAUSE WE'RE A PLANNING AGENCY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DEDICATING ENOUGH RESOURCES TO HAVING PLANNING BE AT THE FOREFRONT. SO WE ALLOCATED A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY, AND WE'RE SUGGESTING THAT ALL THOSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES RUN TO THE TOP OF THE LIST AS PRIORITIES. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE FIRST FIVE YEARS FULL OF PLANNING STUDIES. WE DO REALIZE THERE ARE BIG EFFORTS THAT WE NEED TO UNDERTAKE, SO WE'LL STAGGER THEM BETWEEN THE TIME BANDS, BUT JUST THEY'LL BE HIGHER PRIORITY, BUT THEY WILL BE STAGGERED THROUGHOUT ALL OF THE THE 20 YEARS OF OUR PLAN FOR TRANSIT AND HUBS. WE DID GO AND RANK AND PRIORITIZE ALL OF OUR MOBILITY HUB PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND SOME OF THEM RANK DIFFERENTLY, BUT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS FOLLOW THE GUIDANCE OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. THEY ARE DEVELOPING A PLAN WITH SOME HIGH TECHNOLOGIES FOR TRANSIT IN OUR AREA, IN OUR, IN OUR REGION. AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY INVESTMENT THAT WE DO ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS COMPLEMENTS THEM THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SO INSTEAD OF PRIORITIZING BASED OFF OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THOSE MOBILITY HUBS, WE ARE GOING TO PRIORITIZE THOSE PROJECTS BASED OFF OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE. THEY BEING BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. SO WE DON'T WANT TO DO A MOBILITY HUB. LIKE IF FOR EXAMPLE A POWER LINE ROAD, IF THAT'S NOT THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, IF OAKLAND PARK IS THEIR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE COMPLEMENTING THAT OUR OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. SO WE'VE ALSO ADDED A FEW MORE PROJECTS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST OF EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE A CODE THAT SAYS T, I, P, AND THEN A COUPLE NUMBERS. THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT COME FROM OUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE THERE AS PLACEHOLDERS. THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT WILL BE REPRESENTED AS PART OF OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN. BUT THEY'RE PLACEHOLDERS FOR NOW BECAUSE WHEN WE GET OUR NEW T IP ADOPTED IN JULY, THOSE PROJECTS WILL POPULATE OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN WITH THE MOST ACCURATE NUMBERS. HOPEFULLY THERE'S A LITTLE CHANGE, BUT THOSE PROJECTS WILL STILL OCCUPY SPACE. CONSUME SOME OF THOSE FUNDS THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PLAN. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT. AND THEN ALSO FUNDING IS GOING TO BE THE BIG THING THAT YOU'RE SEEING AS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO REPORTS. WE HAVE FUNDS ASSIGNED TO PROJECTS IN THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN IN THEIR RESPECTIVE TIME BANDS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE THEM TO GET PROGRAMED. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THRESHOLDS SET. SO THRESHOLD, MEANING IF YOU COMPARE THAT VERY LONG LIST OF DRAFT LIST OF PRIORITIES PROJECTS COMPARED TO OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN IS A SHORTER LIST BECAUSE WE CAN'T FUND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE 500 PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND THEN YEP, THAT'S THAT'S THOSE ARE ALL THE CHANGES. SO NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PROGRAMS THEMSELVES. FIRST UP, COMPLETE STREETS. WE IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU SAW IN GE HONG'S PRESENTATION. DOCTOR CHEN'S PRESENTATION ABOUT THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST. THE PROGRAMS HAVE CHANGED SLIGHTLY, BUT AT THE ESSENCE OF WHAT OUR PRIORITIES ARE [01:15:01] ARE STILL MOSTLY THE SAME. WE WANT TO MAKE THINGS SAFER. SO COMPLETE STREETS IS A STRATEGY FOR US TO DO THAT. SO THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITHIN THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM ARE GOING TO BE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, BIKE PATHS AND TRAILS, MULTI-USE PATH LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING, AND SOME FEASIBILITY STUDIES. THERE ARE ABOUT 24 PROJECTS OR IN OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN RIGHT NOW. AS PART OF THAT REPORT THAT YOU HAVE, AS IN YOUR AGENDA, AND 51% OF OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS THIS PROJECT. SO IF YOU REMEMBER WAY BACK IN MARCH, I APOLOGIZE. THAT'S A REALLY LONG TIME TO GO BACK INTO THE MEMORIES. BUT I DID SHARE A GRAPH OR A CHART. IT'S A DONUT SHAPED THAT HAD ALL OF OUR EXPECTED REVENUE THAT WE CAN, THAT WE ARE EXPECTING TO THE YEAR 2050. AND THE SMALLEST LITTLE PART OF THAT WAS A LITTLE GREEN SECTION. AND IT WAS OUT. IT WAS ABOUT 8% OF THE TOTAL REVENUE, WHICH EQUATED TO ALMOST $1 BILLION. AND THAT IS OUR ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THOSE ARE FEDERAL DOLLARS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF STATE FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE. SO THE WHEN I SAY THE 51% FOR COMPLETE STREETS, IT'S 51% OF THAT 28% IS THE I HOPE, I HOPE WE'RE HOPE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE HERE. SO WHAT THAT EQUATES TO, IN ADDITION TO SOME STATE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FOR THE PROGRAM, IS A TOTAL PROJECT COST OF THOSE 24 PROJECTS TO $387 MILLION. NOW, SEE, SLIP IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US HERE AT THE MPO. AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO YOUR TAC COUNTERPARTS TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO WE ARE GOING TO HONOR, SEE SLIP AND CONTINUE TO KEEP THAT AS PART OF OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. AND SO WE DO HAVE A SET ASIDE OF FUNDS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR 2050. THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM. JUST SEE SLIP WILL BE WRAPPED UP INTO IT. THAT'S A LOT. SO ROADWAY, THIS IS GOING TO BE ALL THOSE PROJECTS LIKE INTERSECTION INTERVENTIONS RIGHT TURN LANES, FEASIBILITY STUDIES, THOSE RAIL GRADE SEPARATION PROJECTS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT'S GOING TO LIVE HERE. WE HAVE ABOUT 27 PROJECTS FOR THIS PROGRAM. 10% OF OUR MPO FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS THIS, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $382 MILLION OF PROJECTS WITHIN THAT PROGRAM. ONE OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IS ACTUALLY THE POTENTIAL FOR PASSENGER RAIL CAPACITY AND FREIGHT RAIL ALONG US 27. SO MAKE SURE YOU CHECK OUT THAT PROJECT, HAVE SOME INTEREST IN IT ONCE WE GET RESULTS, WHEN WE START PROGRAMING THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY, I'M SURE IT'S A VERY EXCITING PROJECT FOR ALL OF YOU, ALL TO GET INVOLVED WITH, AND WE'LL SHARE THE RESULTS WITH THAT. BUT WE HAVEN'T STARTED YET BECAUSE WE NEED YOUR ENDORSEMENT. WE NEED YOUR ENDORSEMENT TO GET THAT STARTED FIRST. SO NEXT IS TRANSIT AND HUBS, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE THOSE MOBILITY HUB PROJECTS I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER THAT COMPLEMENT THE PRIMO PLAN. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY SFMTA. THOSE ARE THE TRI RAIL OPERATORS. SO A LOT OF TRANSIT IMPROVEMENTS, SOME RAIL IMPROVEMENTS, PARK AND RIDE LOTS AND ALSO SOME MORE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE GOING TO BE THERE. WE'RE ABOUT 25 PROJECTS WITHIN THIS PROGRAM. 12% OF OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TO THIS, WITH A TOTAL OF ABOUT $378 MILLION. TECHNOLOGY. THIS IS A NEW REALM FOR US AT THE MPO. THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HERE ARE GOING TO BE THOSE EV CHARGING LOCATIONS. VERY IMPORTANT. IT'S ONE OF OUR TEARS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING ON CHARGING THE FUTURE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. TRAFFIC SIGNAL OPERATIONS ENHANCEMENTS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A SET ASIDE OF MONEY FOR DIGITAL TWIN. IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THAT IS, I'M NOT AN EXPERT EITHER, BUT IT'S ESSENTIALLY A REPLICA OF THE COUNTY WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SIMULATIONS AND MODELS AND REALLY KIND OF TEST THINGS OUT BEFORE WE DO THINGS. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE AI TAKES US THERE. WE HAVE 22 PROJECTS THAT FILL THIS PROGRAM UP. ABOUT 12% OF OUR FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TOWARDS THIS. THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $88 MILLION SAFETY. THIS IS GOING TO BE SAFETY PROJECTS. AND RIGHT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IN THAT REPORT THERE'S TWO PROJECTS THERE. AND YOU MIGHT THINK THAT'S NOT A LOT, BUT THAT'S BY DESIGN BECAUSE WE DO HAVE OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL AWARDED GRANT THAT WE GOT ABOUT $5 MILLION TO DO AN ASSESSMENT OF ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY. AFTER THAT ASSESSMENT IS DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A FULL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO HAVE GOOD SCOPES OF WORK COST ESTIMATES, LIMITS, ROADWAYS. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE HAVE A SET ASIDE RIGHT NOW IN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT LOOKS AT ON SYSTEM MEANING ROADWAYS THAT ARE ON THE STATE SYSTEM AND OFF SYSTEM. SO ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT ON THE STATE. SO COUNTY AND LOCAL ROADS. WE HAVE TWO BOXES RIGHT NOW WITH MONEY ATTACHED TO THEM, SO THAT WE CAN POPULATE THE RESULTS OF OUR SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT TO PLUG ALL THOSE INTO OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING 12% OF OUR MPO FUNDS GOING TOWARDS THIS, FOR A TOTAL OF ABOUT $114 MILLION. AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, WE HAVE OUR RESILIENCY PROGRAM. SO I'VE GIVEN A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE POPULATING OUR RESILIENCY PRIORITY CORRIDORS, BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE THE PLACE WHERE WE HAVE OUR RESILIENCY [01:20:03] STUDIES. IN ADDITION TO OUR RESILIENCY STUDIES, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A SET ASIDE FOR MAST ARM CONVERSIONS. SO AS YOU DRIVE THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY, YOU PROBABLY SEE A LOT OF SPAN WIRE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE HARDEN THOSE MORE SO THAT WE HAVE A RESILIENT TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM WHEN A HURRICANE COMES. AND THEN I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HERE RIDES A LOT OF TRI-RAIL, BUT ESPECIALLY NOW IT'S VERY, VERY HOT AND IT'S NOT CUTE. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TRI-RAIL STATION AC RETROFIT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IT CAN MEAN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF POTENTIALLY BUILDING MAYBE SOME BOXES WITH SOME SPLIT UNITS IN THERE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT GET IT NICE AND COOL. SO WHEN YOU WAIT FOR THE TRAIN, YOU CAN STILL GO TO WORK AND YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE A MESS, WHICH IS GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD. AND IF THAT DOESN'T WORK, I HOPE WE AT LEAST GET MISTERS UP. BUT NO, I JOKE, BUT IT IS SERIOUS AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD PROJECT AND I'M EXCITED FOR IT. SO RIGHT NOW, AS PART OF THE REPORT, IT SHOWS UP THAT THERE'S ABOUT THREE PROJECTS THERE. IN REALITY, IT'S CLOSER TO 47 PROJECTS BECAUSE OF ALL THE RESILIENCY CORRIDORS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAVING STUDIES EVALUATED FOR RESILIENCY TREATMENTS. AND THEN ALSO THOSE MAST ARM PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDED TO THIS PROGRAM. SO THEY DON'T SHOW UP ON THE REPORT RIGHT NOW. BUT WE DO HAVE THOSE LOCATIONS, AND WE WILL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU ONCE WE START POPULATING THOSE INTO THE REPORT. SO WE HAVE 5% OF OUR MPO CHARITABLE FUNDS GOING TO THIS PROGRAM WITH ABOUT $41 MILLION GOING TOWARDS IT. OKAY. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE REPORT AND YOU'RE CONFUSED AS TO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, HERE IS HOW TO READ THE REPORT ITSELF. SO EVERYTHING HERE SHOULD EXPLAIN WHERE, WHERE THE PROGRAM OR WHERE THE PROJECT IS RANKING WITHIN THE PROGRAM, WHAT PROGRAM IT IS IN. YOU HAVE WORK MIXES, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS. SO LIKE WHAT MUNICIPALITY, SORRY, WHAT MUNICIPALITY IT FALLS UNDER, WHO OWNS THE ROADWAY ITSELF? WHO IS THE SPONSOR OF THE PROJECT. SO WHERE DID THIS ORIGINATE FROM? AND ALSO, IF YOU REMEMBER FROM OUR LAST PRESENTATION, ROUTE MARKERS THAT HIGHLIGHT CERTAIN AREAS OF CONCERN OF A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE HIGHLIGHTED THERE AS PART OF OUR PART OF OUR DRAFT, AS PART OF OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN. THE FUNDS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SAW IN DOCTOR CHEN'S PRESENTATION WHERE SHE HAD DIFFERENT YEARS FOR FUNDING BEING ALLOCATED INSTEAD OF SINGLE YEARS. THESE ARE ACTUALLY THE TIME BANDS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION. SO YOU SEE THOSE TIME BANDS HERE? YOU'LL HAVE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COST OF THE PROJECT. AND THEN WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING? THE NAME, THE PROJECT NAME THAT'S THERE TOO. SO WHERE ARE WE WITH THE SCHEDULE? WE'RE SEEKING ENDORSEMENT OF OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. AND WHAT THAT ENDORSEMENT ALLOWS US TO DO IS GO OUT TO ALL THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES AND LOCAL AGENCIES THAT DID SUBMIT PROJECTS OR HAVE PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THEIR AREAS OR THEIR, THEIR JURISDICTION FOR US TO GO OUT TO THEM AND ASK FOR A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT WITH THEIR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, WE'LL BE ABLE TO INCLUDE THESE PROJECTS INTO OUR PLAN AND THEN WE CAN START PROGRAMING THEM. SO THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR THROUGH THE MONTHS OF MAY AND SEPTEMBER. IN OCTOBER WE'LL HAVE A DRAFT OF THE MTP READY TO SHARE WITH Y'ALL. AND THEN IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER WE'LL COME HERE FOR AN ADOPTION. SO MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER. IF YOU LIKED IT, PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU DIDN'T YOU CAN CALL ME PETER. NO. JUST KIDDING. I'M HERE FOR QUESTIONS. MICHAEL SMITH OKAY, WELL, THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THE A C AT TRI-RAIL STATIONS BECAUSE IT CAN GET HOT. AND THEN SOMETIMES IN THE MORNING WHEN THE SUN IS AT A CERTAIN ANGLE. I LOOKED AT THAT AND IT'S JUST A LITTLE OVER A 1.6 MILLION FUNDED. AND IF YOU DIVIDE THAT EVENLY AMONG THE SEVEN STATIONS IN BROWARD COUNTY. IT'S $238,000.7 THOUSAND. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW BIG OF A AC AREA YOU CAN GET FOR THAT, BUT I'M SURE BY THE TIME THE CONTRACT GOES THROUGH THERE'LL BE A INFLATIONARY INCREASE, SO IT MAY GET EVEN SMALLER. YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD POINT THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION. SO IF YOU SEE HERE IN THIS LAYOUT, THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED PDC COST. SO THAT'S THE PRESENT DAY COST ESTIMATE IN THAT COLUMN RIGHT THERE. FOR EXAMPLE HERE WHERE IT SAYS 250, 250, $100,000. [01:25:05] THAT'S THE COST ESTIMATE THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S COST. AND THEN EVERY COST ESTIMATE YOU SEE IN THE INDIVIDUAL TIME BANDS FOLLOWING IT TO THE RIGHT, THERE IS AN INFLATION FACTOR THAT'S GOING TO BE APPLIED TO THAT PRESENT DAY COST. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THE PLAN. BUT YES, I DO HAVE A COST ESTIMATE DEVELOPED FOR THAT PROJECT FOR THE AC RETROFIT. I DON'T HAVE THE FULL DETAILS IN FRONT OF ME RIGHT NOW, BUT IF THAT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN TO SEE HOW IT WAS CALCULATED, I CAN DEFINITELY PROVIDE IT TO YOU. SURE. OR. MY CHAIR HAS. OKAY. THE OTHER THE OTHER QUESTION. OH ALL OF THESE UNDER THE FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, FEASIBLE PLAN IS A DOLLAR SIGN AND YOEYOE LETTER. AND THAT STANDS FOR YEAR OF EXPENDITURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A MISSPELLING OF ONE, BUT ANYWAY THE OTHER THE FINAL QUESTION IS ON. EIGHT R OH IT SAYS OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD TO BROWARD SLASH PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE. AND I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF WE'RE TRYING TO GET A GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION FOR SOME OF THESE PROJECTS THAT THAT'S SORT OF CONFUSING. MAYBE YOU CAN ENLIGHTEN ME. SURE. YEAH. SO THAT PROJECT IS ONE OF OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT DOING RAIL GRADE SEPARATION. SO INSTEAD OF SELECTING A SPECIFIC INTERSECTION ALONG THE RAIL CORRIDOR, WE WANT TO DO A HOLISTIC VIEW OF THE CORRIDOR ITSELF WHERE WE LOOK AT THE WHOLE FEC. SO THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILROAD FROM THE BROWARD PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE ALL THE WAY TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. OKAY. FINAL QUESTION. AND THEN I'LL SHUT UP. UNDER RESILIENCY? ARE THE ARE THE RAIL LINES INCLUDED OR NOT? NO, THEY ARE NOT. THE RESILIENCY PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT ROADWAY. OKAY. BUT REMEMBER IN THE LAST FLOODING, THE THE RAIL LINES WERE IN OPERATION ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, BUT BROWARD BOULEVARD WAS AT LEAST 16IN UNDER WATER IN PLACES. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IF I CAN RESPOND TO THAT WE DO HAVE THE RAIL LINE IDENTIFIED IN QUITE A FEW OTHER PROGRAMS, AND WE DO HAVE OUR ROUTE MARKERS UP HERE TO THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. AND ONE OF THOSE ROUTE MARKERS IS SPECIFICALLY CONSIDERING RESILIENCY. SO VULNERABILITY OF THE SYSTEM. SO IF THAT RAIL SEGMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE IN ONE OF THE OTHER PROGRAMS HIGHLIGHTS AN AREA OF THAT VULNERABILITY, WE ARE GOING TO MAKE SURE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND ADD SOME SCOPE ELEMENTS TO, WELL, MORE RESILIENT. IT WASN'T EXACTLY THE RAIL LINE ITSELF BECAUSE THE TRAINS OPERATED ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE, BUT IT WAS THE PARKING LOT ACCESS TO THE TRI-RAIL STATION. OKAY. I'M DONE. THANK YOU. JOHN. MICHAEL. YES. HELLO AGAIN. YOU SHOULD BE GOOD. HELLO. YOU WANT TO PUSH IT ONE MORE TIME, AND I'LL. THERE WE GO. OKAY. A VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK, AT THE BEGINNING, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. THAT'S THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE USING TO EFFECTIVELY DO THESE PROJECTS OR TO RUN THEM. AM I CORRECT ON THAT? THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ARE THE ONES THAT WE ALL, Y'ALL INCLUDED, HAVE THE MOST CONTROL OVER. THERE ARE STATE FUNDS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR US TO ENCOURAGE FDOT TO PROGRAM THOSE FUNDS ONTO THE PROJECTS. BUT THE FUNDS ARE THE ONES THAT WE HAVE THE MOST CONTROL OVER. SO A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS IF THEY'RE ON LOCAL OR COUNTY FACILITIES, WE'LL TRY TO USE OUR MPO FUNDS ON THEM. BUT IF THEY'RE ON STATE FACILITIES, THERE'S A, A VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF STATE FUNDS AVAILABLE. AND WE WANT TO MAKE ENCOURAGE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE FOR THE STATE TO PROGRAM THEIR STATE DOLLARS ONTO THOSE STATE FACILITIES. SO THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR US TO. YEAH. BECAUSE WHEN YOU WHEN YOU SHOW THE, THE, THE, THE PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS AND THEN YOU GIVE THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THOSE PROJECTS. THEY VARY QUITE A. I MEAN, IT'S THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT PERCENTAGE OF. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. SO THAT TOTAL COST ESTIMATE TAKES INTO CONSIDERATION ALL AVAILABLE FUNDING RESOURCES THAT WE CAN REASONABLY ESTIMATE UNTIL THE YEAR 2050. SO THAT INCLUDES THE MPO FUNDS, STATE FUNDS AND OTHER FEDERAL LOCAL MIXES. THE OTHER THING IS YOU HAVE 102% IS YOUR TOTAL OF. [01:30:04] HOW DO YOU GET 102%? IF YOU ADD UP ALL THOSE NUMBERS, THEY ADD UP TO 102. NOW YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE A CALCULATOR. ARE YOU SURE? YES. I'M POSITIVE. THAT'S GOOD. 51 PLUS TEN. PLUS 12. PLUS 12. PLUS 12. PLUS FIVE. OKAY, WELL, ONE OF THEM HAS 2% EXTRA. YEAH, YOU CAN GIVE IT TO ME. WELL, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO GET? I'LL TAKE THE 2% OF WHATEVER. THAT EIGHT. THAT 8 MILLION OR BILLION OR WHATEVER YOU GOT. AND I'LL BE ALL RIGHT. I WON'T COME TO THE NEXT MEETING, THOUGH. YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE EITHER TRANSIT HUBS OR TECHNOLOGY THAT. THAT'S OKAY. THAT HAS TO GO DOWN TO TEN. BUT YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. PHIL. NEW ITEMS. THERE WAS ONE. THERE SEEMS TO BE A DELAY ONCE I CLICK IT AND ONCE THE MICROPHONE STARTS. SO OKAY, HERE WE GO. THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN. IT'S 104 PAGES. ARE WE VOTING ON THIS TODAY? WE YEAH, I, WE ARE SEEKING ENDORSEMENT FOR THIS TODAY. YES. FEW QUESTIONS NOW. ONE OF WHICH IS I HEARD YOU SAY, AND I MAY HAVE CAUGHT IT WRONG, SOMETHING ABOUT GIES NOT BEING ACCURATE ENOUGH AT THE MICRO LEVEL, OR MAYBE ADDING WORDS YOU DIDN'T SAY. BUT THERE WAS ONE POINT YOU SAID THAT SOME OF THE CHANGES WERE BECAUSE OF YOU HAD A MORE OF A LARGER VIEW OF, OF SOMETHING THAT HAD WHAT COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? SURE. SO THAT WAS IN REFERENCE TO OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES SPECIFICALLY FOR SOME OF THE INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WANT TO DO IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND SO WHEN WE DO A GIES ANALYSIS FOR PRIORITIZING PROJECTS A PROJECT. GENERALLY, IF IT'S LONGER, IT'S GOING TO ACCUMULATE MORE POINTS BECAUSE IT HAS MORE SPACES TO CROSS THROUGH AND ATTACH ITSELF TO MORE LAYERS THAT WE PUT ON THAT WOULD ASSIGN POINTS TO THE PROJECT IN THE INTERSECTION. WHEN WE DRAW ONE, SOMETIMES IT'S DRAWN JUST SO IT'S THAT SMALL LITTLE PIECE OF THE INTERSECTION, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW NECESSARILY AT THE TIME HOW FAR OF A REACH THAT INTERSECTION IS GOING TO HAVE TO IMPACT FURTHER DOWNSTREAM OR UPSTREAM OF THE OF THE ROADWAYS THAT ARE INVOLVED. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE JUST INTERSECTION SPECIFIC ARE RANKING PRETTY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE LONGER CORRIDORS. AND BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE INTERSECTION PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ARE FEASIBILITY STUDIES, THEY'RE PLANNING EXERCISES THAT WE WANT TO DO AT THE MPO OR AT THE FDOT LEVEL. AND US AS A PLANNING AGENCY FIND A STRONG VALUE IN DOING THOSE FEASIBILITY STUDIES SO WE CAN REALIZE WHAT TYPE OF WORK OR WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT WE WANT TO HAVE DONE ON THE IN THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES AREN'T DRASTICALLY EXPENSIVE. SO THEY'RE NOT STEALING SPACE FROM, FOR, FOR A MUCH MORE EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. THESE FEASIBILITY STUDIES ARE GOING TO RANGE ANYWHERE FROM $250,000 TO JUST ABOUT 1 MILLION. AND SO WE THINK THOSE ARE, IT WOULD BE A GOOD SUGGESTION TO MOVE THOSE UP SO WE CAN DO THE PROPER PLANNING AND FEASIBILITY BEFORE WE START PROPOSING ANY KIND OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION INTERVENTIONS. THANK YOU. ANOTHER QUESTION HAD TO DO YOU MENTIONED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN CONNECTION WITH THE TWIN. YES. WHAT WAS IT, TWIN SOMETHING. BUT BASICALLY THAT, THAT SEEMS LIKE EVERY ASPECT OF TRANSPORTATION PLANNING HAS SO MANY MOVING PARTS, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, AT THE, IN THAT EXAMPLE, BUT ARE THERE OTHER USES OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN, IN, IN LOOKING AT THE REALLY BIG PICTURE. OH, I, I WOULD PROBABLY MOST LIKELY SAY YES, 100%. WHAT, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED ONE YET. WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAN FALL OR WHAT IT CAN DO FOR US, BUT WE KNOW IT CAN CREATE A MODEL OF OUR ROADWAY NETWORK. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR DIRECTOR IS QUITE INTERESTED IN IDENTIFYING IS IF, IF, LET'S SAY A ROADWAY FLOODS, WHAT ARE SOME ALTERNATIVE ROUTES THAT CAN BE MEASURED IN REAL TIME, THAT CAN GIVE PEOPLE REAL TIME INFORMATION OF HOW THEY CAN NAVIGATE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SO THAT THEY'RE NOT STUCK GETTING THEIR CAR FLOODED. SO THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO EXPLORE. THAT WE ALSO DO A MODELING CALLED THAT LOOKS AT THE WHOLE REGION. SO NOT ONLY BROWARD, BUT MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH. IT'S AN EFFORT THAT THE THREE MPOS COME TOGETHER TO WORK TOWARDS. MAYBE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A DIGITAL TWIN SO WE CAN DO SOME MICROSCALE MODELING, NOT SOMETHING ON A LARGER NETWORK, BUT DOING SOME SMALLER ONES SO WE CAN SEE [01:35:02] WHAT THE REAL NEEDS ARE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW, IN MORE REAL TIME, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO WAIT FOR A FIVE YEAR UPDATE. SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME, BUT I'M SURE THERE'S A LOT MORE APPLICATION AS WE START DEVELOPING IT AND START GETTING IT STRONGER. I THINK THIS IS IT. A THIRD QUESTION HAD TO DO YOU MENTIONED US 27. IS THERE A VISION TO DO SOME BIG STUFF OUT THERE. YES. PASSENGER RAIL. SO YES, YES YES. AND ALSO FREIGHT. SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FREIGHT THAT RUNS ON THE FEC. SO THE TRACKS THAT BRIGHT LINE OPERATES ON. AND WE WANT TO GET SOME OF THOSE FREIGHT TRAINS OUT OF OUR DOWNTOWNS. RIGHT. SO WHAT BETTER WAY THAN PUT THEM OUT INTO MORE RURAL AREA NOW. BUT IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN PUSH, THAT CAN TAKE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC OFF AND GO OUT THAT WAY. AND THEN ALSO, IF WE ARE DOING INVESTMENT ON RAIL FOR FREIGHT, LET'S DO IT ON PASSENGER TWO AND START GETTING INTO POTENTIALLY HENDRY COUNTY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ANYONE THAT LIVES OUT THERE, BUT IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO VISIT THEM. OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. LUIS. I'M MISPRONOUNCING, I APOLOGIZE. LUIS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO JUST A COUPLE OF SECONDS, IT SEEMS. THERE IT IS. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR A GREAT PRESENTATION AND FOR INCLUDING THE A WAY FOR US TO LOOK AT ANY OF THE DESCRIPTIONS AND ALL OF THAT. THAT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE READING THIS AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS, IT MAKES IT EASIER FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. AND SECOND, I DO DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT ARE BEING TAKEN AND DEFINITELY LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR IT. SO WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU LISTENED AND PUT THAT ON THERE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WALLACE, A COUPLE OF SECONDS. ONE. TWO. THREE. THERE IT IS. COULD YOU JUST. I THINK YOU WENT OVER THIS. AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT I'M LOOKING AT LIKE BETWEEN PAGE 42 AND 43 WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'LL THERE'S 42 ROW SAYS INTERSECTION OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD. AND DOWN THERE IT SAYS IT'S THE MUNICIPALITIES. MARGATE. THE OWNERSHIP IS COUNTY LOCAL PROJECT SPONSORS MARGATE. AND THEN GETTING INTO THE NEXT PAGE, THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH MORE WHERE THERE'S NO MUNICIPALITY, NO OWNERSHIP, NO PROJECT SPONSOR YET. SO WHAT? WHY THE DIFFERENCE THERE? WHAT CAN YOU REITERATE THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE, AND I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A CODE NEXT TO IT THAT SAYS T IP NEXT TO IT. IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE TAKEN FROM OUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM. SO IN THIS BOX HERE, THE PROJECT, THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT WERE ADDED TO THE LIST BECAUSE THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY EXISTING IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM ONCE IT GETS ADOPTED IN JULY. WERE THESE THE ONES THAT YOU WERE SAYING YOU'RE PUTTING THERE SO THAT IF WE CAN DO THEM THERE OR NO, WE ARE DOING THEM. THEY ARE COMMITTED. OH, OKAY. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE PART OF OUR COMMITTED. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN WE START PROGRAMING PROJECTS INTO THE OTHER YEARS. SO THE NEW PROJECTS THAT THOSE PROJECTS STILL HELD THEIR SPOT. THEY'RE STILL CONSUMING THOSE FUNDS AND WE'RE NOT TAKING IT AWAY FROM THEM. THEY JUST THE DETAILS AREN'T FILLED IN YET, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO STAY PUT. GOTCHA. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHRISTOPHER, I JUST WANT TO SAY I LOVE THIS PRESENTATION. EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS I LOVED. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. OKAY. SO WE ARE DONE WITH OUR ACTION ITEMS. OH. I'M SORRY, WE NEED TO VOTE. HELLO. THANK YOU. ENDORSEMENT, PLEASE. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE CLOCK WHERE IT SAYS 739. SO OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOT SEEING ANY. LET'S VOTE. YES. IT'S NOW 739. WELL, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE WILL GO TO OUR NON ACTION ITEM. [2. Federal Discretionary Grants] AND THE ACTION ITEM. NON ACTION ITEM IS FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. AND I BELIEVE JENNIFER IS IT TUCCI. TUCCI WILL BE PRESENTING. ALL RIGHT. WELL GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. IT'S NICE TO. FORMALLY MEET YOU ALL. SINCE I'VE ACTUALLY NEVER PRESENTED IN FRONT OF YOU GUYS YET. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ALL RIGHT. CHAIR. THANK YOU. JENNIFER TUSSEY. I'M PART OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL TEAM HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO. AND I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU THE FEDERAL GRANTS AWARDS UPDATE FOR MAY 2024. AS A REMINDER, WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY GRANTS COORDINATION MEETING. [01:40:03] EVERY COORDINATION CALL EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH. IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COORDINATE WITH PARTNERS AND COLLABORATE ON PROJECT IDEAS. PLEASE USE THE QR CODE OR THE ZOOM LINK TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETINGS. THAT IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU FORWARD THE MEETING LINK YOU WON'T BE NOTIFIED. YOU WON'T BE IN OUR DATABASE SYSTEM TO BE NOTIFIED IF ANYTHING CHANGES, IF THERE'S CANCELLATION OR WHATNOT. SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE THE CORRECT QR CODE OR LINK. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE OUR THRIVING COMMUNITIES PROGRAM AWARD. WE HAD OUR INTERNAL KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE TEAM IN MID MAY, AND WE WERE ABLE TO CHECK OUT THE CORRIDOR THAT WE WILL BE USING. THAT IS PART OF THE AREA THAT WE WILL BE WORKING IN. AND YOU WILL BE HEARING ABOUT OUR VIRTUAL KICKOFF IN THE UPCOMING WEEKS. IT WILL BE MID-JUNE. THAT WE WILL BE HOSTING IT. YOU WILL RECEIVE AN INVITATION TO IT AS WELL. IT WILL BE ABLE TO COLLABORATE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AND CITIES ON IT. THE RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THE FRA BRIGHTLINE FECR, BROWARD COUNTY, AND THE MUNICIPALITIES ON THE FINAL SCOPE AND COSTS AND PREPARING THE AGREEMENTS WITH EVERYONE. NEXT UP, WE HAVE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. WE WILL BE MEETING WITH THE FHWA, USDOT LIAISON ON JUNE 18TH TO START WORKING ON THE GRANT AGREEMENT. IT IS EXPECTED TO TAKE ABOUT SIX MONTHS FOR THE GRANT AGREEMENT. SO A LITTLE BIT OF SLOW GOING, BUT IT WILL GO. WITH THE SMART GRANT, WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM USDOT ON POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONGESTION MANAGEMENT RELATED USE CASE TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF SMART METRO PROTOTYPE AND ITS SUSTAINED APPLICATION. NEXT, WE WILL BE MEETING WITH BROWARD COUNTY, FDOT DISTRICT FOUR AND USDOT TO FINALIZE A PROTOTYPE USE CASES. NEXT MONTH. THE PROTECT GRANT. UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT RECEIVE THAT, BUT WE ARE AWAITING THE DEBRIEF AND ARE PLANNING TO REAPPLY DURING THE NEXT NOFO. THE PRIOR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS PILOT PROGRAM OR THE FOUR PIECE IF YOU'D LIKE, WE HAVE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION FOR IT. WE ARE JUST AWAITING REVIEW AND SEEING WHEN IT WILL BE ANNOUNCED. THESE ARE THE CURRENT OPEN GRANT APPLICATIONS. ALONG WITH THE UPCOMING GRANT APPLICATIONS. WOO HOO! BIG SUMMER BLOWOUT. AND THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE FOR YOU. I KNOW I PROBABLY MOVED A LITTLE BIT QUICKLY, BUT I KNOW IT IS 740 SOMETHING NOW, BUT ANY QUESTIONS OR FOR ME OR JOHN. MICHAEL. RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM. WHAT WHAT COULD YOU. I MEAN, WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE CROSSINGS OR AND ALSO AND ALSO THE ITEM. I SAW AN ITEM THERE THAT SAID PLANNING GRANT TO DETERMINE FEASIBILITY OF LINKING ROADS BELOW GRADE ALONG THE FEC RAILROAD CORRIDOR. YES. BILL. YES. WOULD YOU LIKE FOR THE RAIL CROSSING OVER THE FISHER? SO, OKAY. SO THROUGH THE CHAIR FOR THE FIRST THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT WAS A GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR WITH THE CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY AND BRIGHTLINE. AND IT IS LOOKING AT A SERIES OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDORS NONE OF WHICH ARE ACTUALLY GRADE CROSSING ELIMINATIONS AT THIS POINT. SO WHILE THAT'S IN THE TITLE NOW THERE IS ONE IN HOLLYWOOD THAT IS MOVING FORWARD. THAT'S GARFIELD. AND THAT IS I'M GOING TO SAY PRETTY ADVANCED STATE TOWARDS CLOSING, AND THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, ALONG WITH OTHERS, HAVE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MOVING THAT ONE FORWARD. BUT THE GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED, WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN LIKE FOUR QUADRANT GATES ADDITIONAL HEIGHT MEDIANS TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM DOING THINGS THEY SHOULDN'T BE DOING, YOU KNOW, AT THE GRADE CROSSING. SO THEY'RE ALL SAFETY [01:45:01] ENHANCEMENTS THEY'RE NOT ELIMINATING, BUT THERE IS THIS HOLLYWOOD THAT IS THINKING OF GOING UNDER OR WHAT, HOWEVER THEY'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE IT. WELL, SO THERE'S, THERE ARE DIFFERENT THERE'S THE DIFFERENT STUDY. AND I GUESS THAT'S THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OF THAT OR I CAN SPEAK TO SOME OF IT. I KNOW THERE WILL ALSO BE THE YEAH. CHRISTOPHER PROJECT MANAGER ON IT. YES. YEAH, SURE. ARE YOU READY? YEAH. OKAY. HELLO AGAIN. CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO. SO WE ARE GOING TO BE CONDUCTING A RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBORHOODS GRANT HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO. WE'VE BEEN AWARDED SOME GRANT FUNDS TO DO A FEASIBILITY STUDY ON FIVE ROADWAYS WITHIN FORT LAUDERDALE TO LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOVING THOSE CONFLICT POINTS BETWEEN ROAD VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS FROM THE RAIL CORRIDOR. SO ONE OF THE CONCEPTS THAT'S BEING PROPOSED ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING DIMPLES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD OF THESE BEFORE, BUT IT'S TO PARTIALLY SUBMERGE. SUBMERGE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S UNDERWATER, BUT IT'S NOT PARTIALLY DEPRESSED. SOME OF THE ROADWAYS UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD. SO INSTEAD OF GOING OVER CREATING LIKE OBSTRUCTIONS AND CREATING SOME VISUAL OBSTRUCTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GO A LITTLE BIT UNDERNEATH THE RAILROAD SO THAT WE COULD SEE IF WE CAN GET VEHICLES, PEDESTRIANS, AND BICYCLISTS UNDER THERE SO THEY'RE NOT CROSSING THE RAIL CROSSING. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT DAVIE BOULEVARD, BROWARD BOULEVARD, SUNRISE BOULEVARD, SOUTHWEST SIXTH STREET, ALSO KNOWN AS SISTRUNK, AND THEN ALSO THE ONLY NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT WILL BE IN THE THE STUDY IS ANDREWS AVENUE BECAUSE IT MAKES THAT CROSS THERE. SO I'LL LET YOU KNOW MORE WHEN WE GET WHEN WE START GETTING INTO IT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. VERY INTERESTING. OKAY. WE HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS. WALLACE. OKAY. I THAT PARTIALLY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING SPECIFICALLY WHAT WHAT CROSSINGS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. I WAS ALSO WONDERING TOO, LOOKING AT THIS IS PAGE NINE IN THE PRESENTATION. FOR SOME OF THESE OPEN GRANT APPLICATIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE THE BRIDGE INVESTMENT PROGRAM PLANNING AND OTHER BRIDGE PROJECTS, IS THERE A WAY FOR US TO SEE WHAT THOSE PROJECTS ARE WE'RE APPLYING FOR? OR IS THIS JUST GENERAL RIGHT NOW? IT'S GOING TO BE FOR SOME BRIDGES SOMEWHERE IN OUR COUNTY, BUT IT'S NOT SPECIFIC YET. SO THESE ARE JUST OPEN FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO LOOK AT TO SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT TO INVEST IN. GOTCHA. AND APPLY FOR. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE YEAH, THERE IS PROBABLY EXAMPLES OF PREVIOUS PROJECTS LISTED ON THOSE WEBSITES. GOTCHA. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHTY. TOM. ONE WHEN I HEARD ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. ONE IS CONNECTIVITY THE GARFIELD'S LOCATION. I'M FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT'S LIKE TWO PRESIDENTS AND ALPHABETICAL ORDER. SO IT'S THREE BLOCKS NORTH OF JOHNSON. DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. IT'S A GOOD ONE TO GET RID OF. BUT WHAT I AM CONCERNED ABOUT IS THESE DIMPLES. THEY'RE ALL TALKING ABOUT FORT LAUDERDALE. AND I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IN HOLLYWEIRD HOLLYWOOD THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING SIMILAR THERE FOR TWO DIFFERENT REASONS. ONE, THE SAFETY CONCERNS. BUT MORE THAN THAT, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN AS THE FEC RAILROAD TRACK GETS USED MORE BY BRIGHT LINE AND COMMUTER RAIL, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE CROSSINGS ARE GOING TO GO UP AND DOWN WILL MAKE IT DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET TO HOSPITALS, AND THAT IS A PROBLEM. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS OUR SOLUTION. AT LEAST ON SHERIDAN STREET, WE HAVE A BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE TRI-RAIL LINE. I FORGET WHAT THAT ONE'S CALLED, CSS. IS THAT CSX, RIGHT? SO THAT ONE, AT LEAST WE HAVE A BRIDGE, A CROSSOVER BRIDGE, AND THAT CONNECTS EAST TO WEST. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE GROWTH HAPPENING ALONG THE INTRACOASTAL AND ALL OF THE EAST AREA. AND, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS ABOUT TO GO UP IN HOLLYWOOD. AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE WHEN THEY HAVE AN EMERGENCY. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT EAST TO WEST AND THE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SYSTEM. SO YOU ARE ACTUALLY IN LUCK BECAUSE THE PLAN THAT YOU JUST ENDORSED BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION ACTUALLY LOOKS AT RAIL CROSSINGS THAT INCLUDE THOSE SHERIDAN CROSSINGS. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FEC TRACKS, THE, THE ONES THAT BRIGHTLINE OPERATES ON. WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE A FEASIBILITY STUDY THAT LOOKS AT ALL OF THE, OR THE MAJORITY OF THE CROSSINGS FROM THE BROWARD MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE ALL THE WAY TILL THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT. SO THAT'S A SEGMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE COVERED BY THAT IN THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT POTENTIALLY, IF THESE DIMPLES WORK OUT, [01:50:02] THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE DONE THERE OR IT COULD BE FULL OVERPASS GRADE SEPARATION. WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN SEPARATE THOSE MODES. SO I'M NOT 69 YEARS OLD. AND DO YOU THINK THAT THESE MIGHT BE DONE BEFORE? THEY NEED TO TRANSPORT ME TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. LET ME TELL YOU, I HOPE IT'S DONE SO THAT I COULD TAKE THOSE. IF I NEED TO GO TO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. I I WE. IN OTHER WORDS, I'M ASKING. I'M BEING FUNNY AS I USUALLY AM, BUT IS THERE A PROJECTED TIMELINE FOR THE FIRST PHASE THAT'S IN CENTRAL BROWARD FORT LAUDERDALE AREA? ABOUT THE FIRST FIVE FOR THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY. IT IS IN OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN RIGHT NOW. I HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THE DOCUMENT ITSELF TO SEE WHICH TIME BANDITS IN, BUT THAT WOULD BE FOR PLANNING, NOT DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION. RIGHT, I KNOW LATER. YEAH. OKAY. WELL, IT'S JUST BEEN A CONCERN SINCE I JOINED THIS COMMITTEE. EAST, WEST. I SAW IT COMING. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND REALLY, YOU GUYS DO A WONDERFUL JOB. ALL RIGHT. PHIL. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE WORD DIMPLE. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A TUNNEL? NO, WE DON'T USE THOSE WORDS. WHY NOT? LET'S NOT GET CRAZY, Y'ALL. CAN I CALL IT A TUNNEL? SO ACTUALLY, WE DO HAVE A RENDERING OF WHAT A DIMPLE COULD LOOK LIKE. AND IT'S A RENDERING THAT'S DONE FOR BROWARD BOULEVARD AND THE FEC TRACK. IF YOU ALL LIKE, WE COULD DEFINITELY SEND THAT OUT. OR IS THAT OKAY? I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THROUGH THE CHAIR, IT'S AN UNDERPASS. IT IS NOT A TUNNEL. IT'S AN UNDERPASS. IT'S AN UNDERPASS. IT'S AN UNDERPASS. YEAH. WHICH, WHICH IS A TUNNEL. I MEAN, IT'S NOT WE DON'T WE DON'T USE THAT WORD. IT'S NOT A TUNNEL LARGE. I DON'T RECOGNIZE THAT OR ACCEPT. OKAY. IT'S LARGE ENOUGH FOR A PERSON TO TO RIDE THE BICYCLE. OH, YEAH. AGAIN. SO THE GOOD NEWS IS WE ALL KNOW WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE FEC CORRIDOR. AND WHAT CHRISTOPHER IS TELLING YOU IS WE GOT A GRANT. IT'S GOING TO LOOK AT THE CENTRAL AREA AROUND FORT LAUDERDALE, AROUND DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE. AND THEN WE HAVE PUT IN TWO PLANNING STUDIES, WE'VE PRIORITIZED THEM HIGH. SO THE MONEY IS GOING TO COME EARLY TO LOOK AT SOUTH BROWARD AND ANOTHER TO LOOK AT NORTH BROWARD FOR ALL THE GRADE CROSSINGS AND GRADE SEPARATIONS AND DIMPLES, TUNNELS, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, ALONG THAT QUARTER. SO WE'RE GOING TO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACTIVELY AND AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING STUDYING ALL OF THAT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE PICTURE OR WHATEVER THE RENDERING. SURE. YEAH. I CAN GET THAT FOR YOU AND THEN SEND IT OUT TO THE EMAIL LIST IF THAT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE. YEP. OKAY. NOW IF IT'S AN UNDERPASS, IS IT GOING TO FLOOD? MOST LIKELY. ALL RIGHT. IT'S A DIMPLE. BUT IS A DIMPLE GOING TO FLOOD? YES. MOST LIKELY. OKAY. SO THIS IS THIS IS SOME OF THE PRACTICAL CHALLENGES, RIGHT? I MEAN, IF YOU DIG DOWN MORE THAN A COUPLE FEET IN SOUTH FLORIDA, YOU'RE IN THE WATER TABLE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE ACTIVE PUMPING. AND SO YEAH, I MEAN, AGAIN, IT'S WE AT THE PLANNING LEVEL DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THINGS OFF THE TABLE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THEM AND WE'VE STUDIED THEM. WE'VE WE'VE CONSIDERED THE PROS AND CONS BECAUSE. GRANTED, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A CON IS, HEY, NOW YOU'RE GOING UNDERGROUND. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S WATERTIGHT, POTENTIALLY HAVE PUMPS AND IS, IS MAYBE GOING TO FLOOD. SO WE HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT THAT'S CONTRAVENED BY, HEY, WE'RE ALL SCREAMING AS A COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE RAILROAD AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOSPITAL IF WE NEED THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO STUDY IT. AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OUTCOME IS GOING TO BE AT THIS POINT IN TIME. NONE OF US DO. BUT WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ALL THE OPTIONS. AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THE MPO IS QUITE GOOD AT IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH. CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO IS EXCELLENT WITH THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT OF THESE DECISIONS ARE GOING TO BE COMMUNITY DRIVEN. SO WE WANT TO PUT SOME OPTIONS ON THE TABLE WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF WHAT'S FEASIBLE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHTY. MICHAEL, QUICKLY. WHAT WHAT KIND OF MONEY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? THE ONE ON THE TOP SAYS FUNDS AVAILABLE ARE UNDER CLOSING DATE AVAILABLE UNTIL EXPENDED. SO I'M. THAT INFERS TO ME THAT THERE'S MONEY IN SOME KIND OF FUND FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION THAT THAT GRANT PROGRAM. [01:55:02] I ACTUALLY IT JUST LIKE UPDATED AND I BELIEVE IT'S CLOSING IN OCTOBER. YES. BUT SO WHAT WHEN, WHEN PEOPLE GO TO THE GRANT TROUGH. WHAT KIND OF FUNDING ARE THEY? DO THEY EXPECT? IS IT UNDER A MILLION? UNDER 10 MILLION? UNDER 50 MILLION, UNDER A HUNDRED MILLION. I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK SPECIFICALLY AT THE GRANT APPLICATION AGAIN TO SEE WHAT THEIR THRESHOLDS ARE OF WHAT THEIR EXPECTATIONS. WELL, OKAY, I CAN CERTAINLY GET THAT INFORMATION TO YOU IF YOU'D LIKE. AND I WOULD THROUGH THE CHAIR. I WOULD ADD THAT ALL OF THESE GRANTS ARE THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE YOU KNOW, GRANTS.GOV. AND YOU CAN LOOK, THEY ARE ALL SNOWFLAKES AND EVERYONE COMES WITH ITS OWN INDIVIDUAL SET OF RULES, REQUIREMENTS, WHAT'S ELIGIBLE, WHAT'S NOT, HOW MUCH, WHAT KIND OF FUNDING LEVELS ARE AVAILABLE. SOME OF THEM ARE VERY, VERY SMALL DOLLAR AMOUNTS THAT YOU KIND OF EVEN WONDER, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? BECAUSE IT'S NOT WORTH THE FEDERAL PROCESS TO, TO PURSUE IT. AND THEY GO ALL THE WAY. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE MEGA PROJECTS, WHICH ARE LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF GRANTS. AND THE EXAMPLE I CAN THINK OF IS THE. THE RAIL CORRIDOR FOR THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER. THAT REPLACEMENT TUNNEL, I MEAN, WE'RE LITERALLY TALKING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS. SO THESE GRANTS REALLY RUN THE GAMUT. THE POINT OF THESE PRESENTATIONS THAT JENNIFER IS, IS DOING IS THE FIRST HALF IS TO TALK ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THE MPO IS DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN AND HAS PURSUED THE GRANTS. AND THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE PRESENTATION IS REALLY THERE AS INFORMATION, JUST TO MAKE OUR MUNICIPAL MEMBER GOVERNMENTS AWARE OF UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES. AND WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO ACT AS A CLEARINGHOUSE FOR THESE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE EVERYBODY IS FREE TO JOIN. IN FACT, THAT THAT WAS THE QR CODE THAT JENNIFER SHOWED YOU. AND THEN WE DO COME ON A MONTHLY BASIS TO OUR PTAC, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BECAUSE THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN GENERAL MORE DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN PURSUING THESE GRANTS WITH THEIR CITIES. AND NOW WE HAVE, AS OF LAST MONTH, YOU KNOW, STARTED TO GO BACK TO OUR BOARD AS WELL TO GIVE THEM AN UPDATE, BECAUSE, OF COURSE, AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED TO HEAR ABOUT THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. SO THAT'S KIND OF, I GUESS, FRAMES A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE WANT TO COME AND BE, YOU KNOW, AND SHARE WITH YOU FROM TIME TO TIME AS WELL THE GRANTS AND, AND WHAT WE'RE WORKING ON BECAUSE I, I WILL CLOSE BY SAYING THAT OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN, I THINK IT'S FAIR TO SAY VERY, VERY ENTHUSIASTIC AND AGGRESSIVE IN IN HAVING US PURSUE GRANTS. AND WE'VE BROUGHT A LOT OF MONEY INTO THE REGION. WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. SO OF COURSE WE FEEL VERY GOOD ABOUT THAT. WELL, I HOPE YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT AND HOPE YOU THINK BIG BECAUSE THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLAN PASSED BY CONGRESS I'M TOLD IS WILL BE STARTING TO PHASE OUT IN 2025. SO THERE'S MONEY THERE NOW THAT MAY NOT BE THERE IN FIVE YEARS. ALRIGHTY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? NOT SEEING ANY. TOM GOT A TOM. NO. MY MIC ON. THERE IT GOES. SO YOU HAVE THE DIMPLE, AND I'M NOT FUNNY. I'M JUST THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX HERE. CAN YOU COMBINE IN ORDER FOR THE DIMPLE TO HAVE LESS PROBLEMS WITH A WITH WATER DRAINAGE. COULD YOU CUT CREATE A HUMBLE ON TOP. SO A HUMBLE WOULD BE A SLIGHTLY RAISED TRACK ABOVE THAT GOES UP A LITTLE. SO THE DIMPLE HAS TO BE LESS AND CREATE LESS FLOODING. JUST AN IDEA. A PIMPLE AND A DIMPLE. A PIMPLE AND A DIMPLE. YOU KNOW, I LOVE THE CREATIVITY, I REALLY DO. I MEAN IT. I WILL NOT SAY THAT'S OFF THE TABLE. LET'S, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A LEVEL? ARE THERE THINGS SIMILAR TO THAT? SOMETIMES THEY CALL THEM VIADUCTS OR WHATEVER. DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT I'M JUST WONDERING, I HAVEN'T HEARD OF IT AND I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT NAME EITHER. BUT YOU KNOW, WHEN DID YOU HEAR DIMPLES BEFORE? SO YEAH, LET'S LET'S KEEP IT ON THE TABLE. LET'S, LET'S LOOK AT IT. LET'S SEE, MAYBE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE IT MAY BE, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH FLORIDA WHERE YOU HAVE THE ELEVATION PROBLEM WITH THAT COMBINING THE TWO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU GO UP TOO HIGH, IT CREATES AN UGLY THING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDING. OKAY. AND I JUST DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO THINK BECAUSE IT'S OKAY TO CREATE [02:00:03] SOMETHING UGLY IF IT'S IN A PREDOMINANTLY LMI DISTRICT, IT'S OKAY BECAUSE THAT'S NOT OKAY EITHER. SO BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE WOULD SAY, WELL, SHERIDAN STREET AND THE RAILROAD TRACKS DOESN'T LOOK THAT NICE ANYWAY. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. IT DOES MATTER TO THEM. OKAY. BUT THIS MAY BE A COMPROMISE THAT YOU KNOW. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. DARREN. OKAY. SO REAL QUICK, TOM, YOU CAN'T 1% IS THE MAX GRADE CHANGE ON THE RAILROAD. SO YOU'D HAVE TO GO QUITE A DISTANCE TO CHANGE THE ELEVATION OF THE TRACK. SO THE IMPACTS ARE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. YEAH I KNOW. SO NO PIMPLES AND DIMPLES. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. OKAY. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNIFER, AGAIN FOR THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION AND WE HOPE YOU COME BACK. THIS IS GOOD INFORMATION FOR US TO HAVE. I GREATLY APPRECIATED IT. YOU ARE WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. AS WE CLOSE THIS MEETING, I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE SOME OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS, INCLUDING NUMBER FIVE, [5. MPO Acronyms: https://browardmpo.org/data/acronyms] THE MPO ACRONYMS. SO FOR MANY OF US WHO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE THERE ARE LOTS OF JARGON, LOTS OF ACRONYMS THAT WE NEED TO KNOW. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO GO TO TO LEARN ABOUT THE ACRONYMS. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JUNE THE 26TH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY. I'M SORRY, I DON'T HAVE MY GLASSES. DAVE, I, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE PARTICIPATION RECORD IS OF THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, NOT OUR COMMITTEE. SO THANK YOU. WE WILL WE'LL UPDATE THAT. THANK YOU. GET THAT CORRECTED. ALREADY, AND IF I COULD SHARE. I DID WANT TO JUST EMPHASIZE A COUPLE OF THINGS I THOUGHT SOME OF YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN. AND MR. SMITH, FOR YOU IN PARTICULAR WHILE THIS EVENING WAS THE IN PERSON BROWARD COUNTY COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH PUBLIC MEETING. TOMORROW WILL BE A VIRTUAL THAT WILL BE A REPEAT OF TONIGHT, EXCEPT VIRTUALLY. SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, GOOGLE THAT. I BELIEVE IT BEGINS AT 6 P.M.. THE OTHER THING, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THIS FROM ME. EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE NOW BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER. I DO WANT TO INVITE ALL OF YOU TO COME AND ATTEND OUR SEPTEMBER BOARD MEETINGS SLASH 2050MTP EVENT. WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A NICE MORNING. SHOULD BE QUITE INTERESTING. IT WOULD BE MORE DETAILS COMING AS WE GET A LITTLE BIT CLOSER. BUT IF YOU CAN HOLD THAT DATE. I THINK IT'S THERE ON YOUR CALENDAR. I WANT IT'S SEPTEMBER 12TH, AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE THE MORNING. THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE. IT WOULD BE THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY MODS. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY FUN AGENDA FOR US. SEPTEMBER 12TH, THURSDAY. IT WOULD BE A THURSDAY BECAUSE IT WOULD BE OUR NORMAL BOARD DAY. WE WILL HOLD A BRIEF BOARD MEETING PRIOR TO, WE DO HAVE SOME MANDATORY ACTION ITEMS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE. WOULD THAT'LL BE BRIEF. WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT TIME TO SHOW UP FOR THE FUN ACTIVITIES IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT. THAT'LL BE SOME OF THE MORE DETAILS TO COME. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. BOARD. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. I BELIEVE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN. ANY OBJECTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY. HAVE A GREAT EVENING. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.