Jun 26, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

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OKAY, IT'S 6:00. WE'RE MISSING ONE FOR A QUORUM, SO WE CAN'T CONDUCT OFFICIAL THINGS YET.

BUT THERE'S SOME UNOFFICIAL ITEMS THAT WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IN THE MEANTIME.

[6. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Updates: http://routeto2050.org]

SO, PETER, WHY DON'T YOU KICK US OFF? SURE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. DO JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO AS A REFRESHER, THIS IS A PLAN THAT WE KICKED OFF DEVELOPMENT ON AT THE BEGINNING OF 2023.

WE'RE ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS. SO WE'RE GETTING TOWARDS THE END HERE AND AN UPDATE THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVING TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

SO THE COMMITTEE THAT MEETS RIGHT BEFORE YOU ALL IS WORKING WITH THEM TO START REVIEWING THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

SO WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE DONE OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS, RECEIVE THE PROJECTS, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH, THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS. WE PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS.

WE LOOKED AT OUR REVENUE FORECAST, WE APPLIED THE REVENUES TO THOSE RANKED AND PRIORITIZED PROJECTS. SO NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS A DRAFT LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE CONSIDER TO BE COST FEASIBLE, BASED ON THE REVENUES THAT WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS. SO THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS BEFORE WE FINALIZE.

THE PLAN, IS TO SIT DOWN WITH ALL THOSE PARTNER AGENCIES WHO HAVE PROJECTS IN THEIR JURISDICTION, TALK TO THEM ABOUT THOSE PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY MAY BE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THEM, BUT THEY COULD ALSO BE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE BROWARD MPO STAFF.

BASED ON OUR OWN ANALYSIS THAT WE'VE DONE AND THINGS LIKE GAPS IN THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN NETWORK, MAYBE IN THINGS LIKE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, ALSO FROM SOME OF OUR OTHER PARTNER AGENCIES LIKE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE COUNTY. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THESE CITIES ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THE PROJECTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, AND THEY WILL BE BRINGING THOSE PROJECTS TO THEIR CITY COMMISSIONS FOR RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EACH OF THE PROJECTS IN THE PLAN THAT WE ARE PLANNING TO SPEND OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS ON HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, BECAUSE WE FOUND IN THE PAST THAT THAT'S A KEY PLACE WHERE PROJECTS CAN DIE.

WE THEY MAY HAVE A PLACEHOLDER IN THE PLAN.

WE COME FIVE YEARS DOWN THE LINE TO PROGRAM THE PROJECT, AND WE FIND OUT THAT THE COMMUNITY DOESN'T SUPPORT THE PROJECT OR THEY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT. SO WE TRY TO BE PROACTIVE IN THAT REGARD AND SCHEDULE PARTNER MEETINGS ON THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND GET A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

SO WE'RE DOING THAT NOW AND ALSO INTO JULY.

AND YOU CAN SEE WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS WHO THAT WHO WERE MEETING WITH AT OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBER FROM EACH OF THE MUNICIPALITIES, OTHER CITY STAFF, AND THE CITY MANAGER AND THE ELECTED OFFICIAL AND THE MPO BOARD MEMBER ARE OPTIONAL FOR THOSE PARTNER MEETINGS.

SO I MENTIONED THAT WE NEED A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

I'LL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS ON THIS, BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS THAT RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT. THE DUE DATE FOR THAT IS SEPTEMBER 6TH.

AND THEN ALSO IN ADDITION TO THAT, IF A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY HAS PROPOSED A PROJECT ON SOMEONE ELSE'S ROADWAY.

SO A GOOD EXAMPLE IS IF A LOCAL MUNICIPALITY PROPOSED A PROJECT ON A STATE OR ON A COUNTY FACILITY, THEY NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY TALK TO THE JURISDICTIONAL OWNER OF THAT FACILITY AND ASK THEM IF THEY ARE OKAY WITH THE PROJECT.

WHAT WE DO AS PART OF THE CALL FOR PROJECTS IS WE INTAKE THE PROJECTS AND RANK AND PRIORITIZE THEM, BUT THEN THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GETTING THAT JURISDICTIONAL SUPPORT IS ON THE MUNICIPALITIES. AND SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE PROPOSING A A BICYCLE LANE OR A TURN LANE ON A ROAD THAT'S NOT THEIRS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THE JURISDICTIONAL OWNER OF THAT FACILITY AND GETTING THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW HERE.

THIS, I KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THE SCHEDULE THAT NOW JUNE AND JULY, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO BE DOING OUR PARTNER MEETINGS.

AND THEN ALSO DURING THAT TIME FRAME ALL THE WAY THROUGH SEPTEMBER, WE ARE GOING TO BE ATTENDING A LOT OF CITY COMMISSION MEETINGS PARTNERING UP WITH CITY STAFF AND DOING PRESENTATIONS TO THOSE CITY COMMISSIONS ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. ALL THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE GOING TO BE DUE BY SEPTEMBER 6TH. AND THE REASON WHY WE NEED THOSE RESOLUTIONS BY SEPTEMBER 6TH IS BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A MAD DASH TO GET THE DRAFT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN DONE FOR THE OCTOBER TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

SO THAT GIVES US ABOUT A MONTH TO GET EVERYTHING SOLIDIFIED FOR THE FINAL PLAN, ALL OF THE PROJECTS IN THERE.

AND THEN THAT WILL COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR FINAL ADOPTION.

I'M SORRY. IT'LL COME BEFORE YOU ALL FOR REVIEW OF THE DRAFT PLAN IN OCTOBER AND THEN FINAL ADOPTION IN NOVEMBER.

AND THEN THE MPO BOARD WILL TAKE AN ACTION BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION IN DECEMBER.

SO JUST TWO EVENTS THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON BECAUSE AS WE'RE WRAPPING UP THE PLAN, WE ALSO WANT TO DO SOME OUTREACH AND TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT THE PROJECTS AND THE POLICIES AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU'LL SEE.

SAVE THE DATE FOR AN E TOWN HALL.

IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH WHAT AN E TOWN HALL IS.

IN E TOWN HALL IS A VIRTUAL TOWN HALL WHERE WE INVITE PEOPLE BOTH BY ZOOM AND BY PHONE TO

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THEY'RE GOING TO BE ASKED QUESTIONS BY THE AUDIENCE.

SO IF YOU'RE TUNING IN, YOU CAN DROP A QUESTION INTO THE CHAT BOX OR BY PHONE. YOU CAN HIT A NUMBER ON YOUR PHONE AND SOMEONE WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTION.

AND IT MIGHT GET ASKED DURING THE TOWN HALL, BUT WE'VE GOT MONICA SHAPIRO, WHO'S THE BROWARD COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, YVETTE COLBOURNE, WHO'S THE CHAIR OF THE MPO BOARD.

AND THEN WE HAVE STEVE BRAUN, WHO'S THE DISTRICT FOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY.

ALSO, ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE'VE GOT COMING UP ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IS OUR ROUTE TO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVENT CALLED. WE CAN CALL THIS THE HEADLINE EVENT FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

SO YOU SEE THAT IS COMING CLOSER TO THE DRAFT PLAN.

WE'RE GOING TO BE HOSTING AN EVENT THAT'S GOING TO BE FREE AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE WILL BE IN THE IMAX THEATER.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT SPEAKERS LINED UP, INCLUDING LAURA CHASE FROM IT'S AMERICA, SO SHE'LL BE TALKING TO US A LOT ABOUT THE FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION, WHAT TECHNOLOGY CAN BRING TO THE TRANSPORTATION SECTOR, AND HOW THAT CAN FIT IN HERE IN BROWARD.

AND WE'LL HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNER AGENCIES THERE AS WELL BROWARD COUNTY, FLORIDA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY EXCITING EVENT. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO SIGN UP FOR BOTH OF THESE. AND AGAIN, THE EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 12TH IS GOING TO BE IN PERSON AT THE MUSEUM OF DISCOVERY AND SCIENCE.

SO THAT'S REALLY IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDED THAT UPDATE.

WE GIVE THE SAME UPDATE TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND TO THE MPO BOARD AS WELL. SO AGAIN, PLEASE SIGN UP FOR THOSE TWO EVENTS IF YOU CAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU PETER.

ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT ONE PERSON TO WALK IN THE DOOR HERE.

[1. Municipal Capital Projects: www.my-mcps.org]

MUNICIPAL CAPITAL PROJECTS AND TODD BROWER FROM WHITE HOUSE GROUP CAN TAKE US THROUGH THAT. SO TODD, I GET THAT.

AND THERE WE GO. THANK YOU REBECCA.

GOOD EVENING. YEAH, I'M VERY HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO YOU.

THE LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE, WE FOCUSED A LOT ON THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM THAT HAD OCCURRED. WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR APPLICATIONS TO IMPROVE THOSE APPLICATIONS.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY VERY EXCITING FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO COME TO THE CONCLUSION OF THAT PROCESS AND REPORT WHAT THE RESULTS OF CYCLE FIVE WERE.

SO I WANT TO BEGIN WHERE I ENDED LAST TIME, AND I ALWAYS LIKE TO START HERE TO GIVE A SENSE OF WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR DEMAND.

SO THE DEMAND FOR THE PROGRAM, WE'RE LOOKING AT $195.7 MILLION IN TOTAL FUNDING REQUESTS. SO WHEN WE TOTAL UP ALL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVED THAT WE EVALUATED AND RANKED, THAT WAS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT THEY WERE ASKING FOR FOR SURTAX FUNDING.

MAP ADMINISTRATOR HAD GIVEN US THE AMOUNT THAT IS AVAILABLE.

SO THAT'S THE MINIMUM ANNUAL GUARANTEE THAT IS AT 30 MILLION.

SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 15% OF MONIES THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THAT COULD GO TOWARDS WHAT THE REQUEST WAS.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S THERE'S A THE ALIGNMENT OF REQUEST AND THE MONEY AVAILABLE ARE A LITTLE OFF. SO IT'S A SMALLER AMOUNT THAN, THAN WHAT WE, WE WOULD HOPE FOR, BUT IT IS IN LINE WITH WHAT WE HAD SEEN ACTUALLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO IT'S DEFINITELY IN LINE.

IT'S STILL AND IT HAD GONE UP A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE'RE STILL DEFINITELY ENGAGING IN THE COUNTY TO, TO GET THOSE PROJECTS IN THEIR REVIEW AND TO MATCH THAT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO I'LL COME OUT WITH THE RESULTS RIGHT AWAY.

ON THE ONE SIDE WHERE YOU SEE THE RANKINGS, THESE ARE THE 56 PROJECTS THAT THE APPLICATIONS THAT WERE REVIEWED.

YOU'LL SEE A NICE DISTRIBUTION OF THEM GEOGRAPHICALLY.

WE GOT THEM FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTY FROM 22 DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 15% OF WHAT WE HAD SEEN PARTICIPATION FROM THE YEAR BEFORE. AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, YOU'LL SEE THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO RECOMMEND. I WANT TO BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN WHY WE ARE ENDING UP AT TWO.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HIGHEST RANKED PROJECTS, THESE ARE THE TOP THREE HIGHEST RANKED PROJECTS. AND PER THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WHICH IS OUR GOVERNING LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE TO USE TO DO THE PROCESS WHERE WE ARE ASKED FROM THE MPO PERSPECTIVE TO DO THE RANKING AND RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE AGREED THAT WE WILL DO THE HIGHEST RANKED FIRST AND THAT WE WOULD ALSO NEVER RECOMMEND ANYTHING BEYOND THE MAG.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE AVAILABLE MAG WHEN YOU GO TO THE ACTUAL NUMBER IS $29.9 MILLION.

AS WE START TO LOOK AT WHAT THE ASK WAS FOR PROJECT NUMBER ONE, IT'S ALMOST 15 MILLION.

PROJECT NUMBER TWO, IT'S CLOSE TO 10 MILLION.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE THIRD RANKED PROJECT, WE'RE EXCEEDING THE MAG BY ABOUT $5 MILLION.

SO AT THAT POINT, ACCORDING TO THE SECOND AMENDMENT, WE HAVE TO STOP. WE CANNOT RECOMMEND THE THIRD PROJECT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH MONEY IN THE MAG TO DO SO.

AND WE STOP AT PROJECTS ONE AND TWO.

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SO BOTH OF THESE PROJECTS WERE IN THE FIVE YEAR PLAN FOR DESIGN LAST YEAR.

SO THEY WERE PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION THAT'S DONE IN SEPTEMBER DURING THEIR BUDGET PERIOD.

SO IT'S SOMETHING TO ALSO WATCH BECAUSE WE GIVE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT IT DOESN'T REALLY BECOME OFFICIAL UNTIL SEPTEMBER.

BUT THOSE ARE THE TWO IMPORTANT THINGS, IS THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE SEEING THESE PROJECTS MOVE FORWARD. SO THEY'D GOTTEN DESIGN MONEY FROM LAST YEAR.

NOW THEY'RE MOVING INTO CONSTRUCTION.

SO THE REMAINING MAG IS ABOUT $5.5 MILLION THAT THAT'S LEFT THERE.

NOW, WHAT DID YOU BUY FOR THAT? SO WHAT ARE THESE TWO PROJECTS GIVE YOU.

NOW THE APPLICATION. WE ASKED SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT IT IS IMPROVEMENT TYPE, BUT WE GAIN A LITTLE BIT OF DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS AS WELL ABOUT HOW MUCH OF THEM HAVE MULTIMODAL IMPROVEMENT.

SO THESE ARE NOT JUST ROADWAY PROJECTS JUST CENTERED ON CARS.

BUT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT 100% OF THE TWO THAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, THEY HAVE SIDEWALKS, THEY HAVE BIKE LANES, THEY HAVE ADA REQUIREMENTS.

SO IT'S LOOKING AT REALLY A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO TRANSPORTATION OF THE TWO PROJECTS, ONE OF THEM, SO 60% OF THE FUNDING IS IN A SCHOOL ZONE.

SO IT IS IMPACTING OUR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

AND THEN 100% OF THE FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS A HIGH RISK AREAS FOR FLOODING.

NOW, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE PROJECT WILL ADDRESS THE FLOODING, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT IN ALL OF THEIR SCOPES THEY LOOK AT TO SEE HOW THEY COULD THEY COULD IMPROVE IT FROM THAT BECAUSE THEY DO INCLUDE DRAINAGE AS PART OF THAT EFFORT. SO I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT THE IMPACT OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE.

SO IN SUMMARY, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.

WE'VE GOT THE TWO PROJECTS THAT WE WILL RECOMMEND THAT HAS BEEN SENT TO THE MAP ADMINISTRATOR. IT'S BEEN PUBLISHED ON OUR WEBSITE. WE LET ALL THE CITIES KNOW THEY'VE GOT A COPY OF THIS INFORMATION, AND THEY ASK US THE QUESTION AGAIN.

IT REALLY BECOMES OFFICIAL IN SEPTEMBER WHEN THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION THEN VOTES ON THE BUDGET. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. ANYBODY? WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

IF YOU'VE ANSWERED THEM ALL, THAT IS A GOOD NIGHT.

THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

ACCORDINGLY, I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND RECOGNIZE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

AND AT THIS POINT, MAY WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.

ON OUR NEW TOUCH SCREENS BY HITTING PRESENT.

CAN. WE GOT IT. OH, WAIT A MINUTE, I SEE.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

[3. Approval of Minutes - May 22, 2024]

IF WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? WE DO HAVE THEM.

ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE.

PLEASE VOTE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? MAY WE HAVE THAT? NO COMMENTS, SO PLEASE VOTE ONCE AGAIN.

AND AT THIS POINT, THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND WE WILL ENTERTAIN ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE'S NO MEMBER OF PUBLIC PRESENT TO MAKE SUCH A STATEMENT. IS THAT TRUE? OKAY. AND FIRST ITEM THEN IS TO

[7. MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS to Serve for the Next Year (July 2024 Through June 2025): A. Chair B. Vice Chair]

BOTH MYSELF AND GREGORY GALE HAVE INDICATED OUR WILLINGNESS TO CONTINUE, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OTHERS TO BE NOMINATED FOR IT.

SO AT THIS POINT DO WE SEE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS FROM ANYBODY? OKAY. SEEING NONE. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE SLATE AS LISTED.

THAT'S FINE. OKAY. MOTION.

AND SECOND. AND WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT TOO.

SO IF YOU WOULD VOTE ACCORDINGLY.

I CAN'T READ THAT. ARE THEY ALL NO'S?

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MOTION IS CARRIED. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU, SIR. AND THANK YOU, EVERYBODY FOR YOUR SUPPORT TOO.

IT'S I KNOW IT'S A PLEASURE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU, JUST LISTENING TO ALL YOUR INSIGHTS.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE, TO PROVIDE REPRESENTATION OF THE USER GROUP.

AND YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB WITH THAT.

AND I ALWAYS LEARN SOMETHING FROM EACH OF YOU ALL THE TIME. SO THANKS FOR THAT.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)]

THIS ALSO IS A PUBLIC MEETING SUBJECT TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.

APPARENTLY, WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HERE, SO THAT IT'S A MOOT POINT, BUT WE WANT TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND DOCTOR ZHANG AND CHEN IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.

DOCTOR. THANK YOU, MISTER CHAIR.

BOARD MEMBER. COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ZHI-HONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

IT'S. IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO UPDATE.

THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

WHAT IS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM? TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A FIVE YEAR PROGRAM, INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT THE REGION EXPECTS TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE.

INCLUDE HIGHWAY, TRANSIT, RAIL, AIR AND SEA PORT, AS WELL AS BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND FOOD RELATED PROJECTS.

TONIGHT, I PRESENT FISCAL YEAR 2025 TO 2029 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPOS CORE PRODUCTS.

TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS BROWARD MPO PLANNING PROCESS BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS.

BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS AND UPDATE MPO AND THE TIP.

EVERY YEAR, PRODUCTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN MOVE TO M, P L AND THEN MOVE TO F DOT DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM AT LAST MOVE TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

BASED ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS.

THE BROWARD MPO STAFF CREATED THIS TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS BY FOLLOWING THE PROCESS.

THE BROWARD MPO PREPARES DRAFT TIP START 30 DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, HOSTS PUBLIC MEETINGS AND TAC.

CAG BOARD APPROVED THE DRAFT TIP.

AT LAST, THE BOARD MPO SENT FINAL APPROVED TIP TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION.

FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND FDOT.

ON JULY 15TH, THE TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR.

TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE REQUIREMENT TO TIP THE BROWARD, MPO RELEASED A PUBLIC NOTICE ON NEWSPAPERS BROWARD MPO WEBSITE BROWARD.

MPO MOBILITY MANDATES SOCIAL MEDIA AND EIGHT PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BROWARD.

THIS SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK. THE TIP FOR THIS YEAR.

THE TIP INCLUDES 441 PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT $5.7 BILLION.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS FUNDING SUMMARY BY SOURCE AND BY TRANSPORTATION MODE.

THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH FUNDING SOURCE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL. SO WE CAN SEE THE STATE IS THE TOP TOP ONE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE TIP.

THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL.

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ABOUT $83 MILLION IS INVESTED ON 41 BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK REVIEW ON MAJOR PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS FOUR MAJOR PROJECTS.

TWO PROJECTS ON HIGHWAY AND TWO PROJECTS.

TRANSIT PROJECTS. THE FIRST ONE IS SO-CALLED EXPRESSWAY AND THE SECOND IS SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET. ONE TRANSIT PROJECT IS BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH, AND THE OTHER ONE IS SF RTA.

ROLLING STOCK REPLACEMENT AND EXPANSION.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS OVERALL FUNDING FOR FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND THE RESPECTIVE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH FUNDING FUNDING PROGRAM.

IN. OVERALL, THERE ARE SEVEN $764 MILLION SUPPORT 80 PROJECTS FROM MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITORS PROJECT PROGRESS.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM THE TIP.

ALL FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAS BEEN SECURED BEFORE OR ON FISCAL YEAR 24.

WE CALL THE PROJECT GRADUATED.

NO MORE FUNDING NEEDED.

SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE UNDER IMPLEMENTATION.

THERE ARE 89 PROJECTS GRADUATED, WORTH ABOUT $1.3 BILLION.

TO ACCESS THE DOCUMENT.

YOU CAN USE THE LINK ON TOP TO ACCESS THE PDF AND YOU CAN ACCESS THE INTERACTIVE TIP.

USE THE LINK AT THE BOTTOM.

IN THE INTERACTIVE TIP, YOU CAN SEARCH PROJECTS YOU ARE INTERESTED, AND ALSO YOU CAN PRINT MUNICIPAL REPORT THROUGH THE INTERACTIVE TIP.

SO TODAY THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ARE SEEKING A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT TIP. FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION, CHEN PARK STAFF, MISS KATINA WILL GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE TURNPIKE MAINLINE PROJECTS IN THE BROWARD COUNTY. AFTER THOSE PRESENTATIONS, MPO STAFF AND THE FDOT STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

WE SAID. I TURNED THE PODIUM OVER TO THE MR. KATRINA VOCALIST.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KATRINA KAVOUKLIS.

I AM THE TURNPIKE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER, AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE PROJECTS.

OKAY. WE HAVE JUST COMPLETED OUR P, D AND E IN THE WIDENING OF TURNPIKE SOUTH OF I 595 TO WILES, WHICH IS A 17 MILE PROJECT THAT INCLUDED EVALUATING SIX INTERCHANGES.

AND WITH THE PROJECT NEEDS AND BENEFITS, THEY INCLUDE ACCOMMODATING TRAFFIC DEMANDS FROM 2019 TO 2045. WE'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC BY 44%, IMPROVING TRAVEL TIME, WHICH WILL ELIMINATE NOT ONLY THE MAIN LINE BACKUP OF TURNPIKE, BUT ALSO REDUCE TRAFFIC DELAYS ON I-95 AND LOCAL ROADS SUCH AS POWER LINE ROAD, STATE ROAD SEVEN AND LYONS ROAD, AND WILL ALSO IMPROVE SAFETY.

COMMUNITY IS AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING THAT WE DO AND THROUGHOUT OUR PA PROCESS, WE HAVE EXTENSIVELY COORDINATED WITH OUR WITH OUR LOCAL PARTNERS FROM THE COUNTY TO CITIES TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS PROJECT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SUCCESSFUL COORDINATION.

WE HAVE INCORPORATED IN OUR DESIGN THROUGH THE COORDINATION OF THE CITY OF PLANTATION,

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INTERCHANGE. SUNRISE. SUNRISE BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE.

WE ARE MAINTAINING THE EXISTING INTERCHANGE AND WE ARE RECONSTRUCTION.

WE ARE RECONSTRUCTING OF THE RAMP.

BRIDGE. IN OUR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF LAUDERDALE AND INVENTORY ASSOCIATION, WE ARE. WHICH RESULTED IN A NEW RELIEVER INTERCHANGE AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

THIS WILL ALSO REDUCE CONGESTION ON LOCAL ROADS AND GIVE YOU BETTER ACCESS TO THE FLORIDA MEDICAL CENTER.

CYPRESS CREEK ROAD AND MCNABB INTERCHANGE WILL PROVIDE ANOTHER ACCESS POINT TO FORT LAUDERDALE AND WILL HELP WITH THE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD CONGESTION.

OUR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF TAMARAC WILL WILL MODIFY THE FUTURE DESIGN OF THE INTERCHANGE AND WILL THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE FOR THE FUTURE CITY PARK.

OUR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH AS YOU SEE RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE THE COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE AT THE BLOUNT ROAD INTERSECTION.

THE RAMP IMPROVEMENTS CREATED AT BLOUNT ROAD WILL HAVE A DIRECT ACCESS ONTO TURNPIKE, SO THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND FORTH, WHICH WILL BYPASS DOCTOR MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL REDUCE CONGESTION AND IMPROVE THE SAFETY ALONG THAT ALONG THAT SPECIFIC ROAD.

BUT IN THIS SPECIFIC SLIDE, I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE ONE THING.

THIS PROJECT IS ALSO FUNDED FOR DESIGN IN OUR TIP.

THE NOISE WALL IS PART OF AN EARLY WORKS PROJECT.

SO WHEN WE, WHEN THE INTERCHANGE IS CONSTRUCTED, THE NOISE WALL WILL BE INCLUDED IN THAT INSTEAD OF WAITING FOR THE WIDENING PROJECTS.

AS I THINK WE'VE HEARD THROUGHOUT OUR CORONATION, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MULTITUDE OF HEIGHTS WHEN IT COMES TO THE NOISE WALL.

BUT IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA, WE'RE GOING TO GO FOR THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE HEIGHT. THE NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES ARE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE HAVE MADE IN OUR COORDINATION WITH COCONUT CREEK, WHICH RESULTED IN A IN THE LOOP RAMP BEING REMOVED AT COCONUT CREEK BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE AND THE SHIFTING OF THE MAIN LINE EAST AWAY FROM WHITMORE THAT IS LOCATED BETWEEN COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY AND THE RAMP BRIDGE. THIS SHIFT IS ABOUT 1 OR 2 TRAVEL LANES, OR YOU CAN EQUATE IT TO ABOUT 11 TO 25FT.

YOU KNOW, WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY YOU KNOW, SO WE ARE ALSO BUILDING NOISE WALLS AT THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT TO BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS OF SUNSHINE DRIVE. THIS IS ACTUALLY ONE OF MY FAVORITE SLIDES.

I DON'T KNOW IF MOST OF YOU KNOW, AND PROBABLY MOST OF YOU DO KNOW.

THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE WAS THERE BACK IN THE 1950S.

1957. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S WHEN THE ORIGINAL LOOP WAS DONE.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE X MARKS.

AND SO THERE WASN'T ANY DEVELOPMENT. SO WE JUST BUILD A RAMP THAT, YOU KNOW, ACCESSED OUR FACILITY TO AND FROM.

SO WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENED IN WILLMAR, WHITMORE HAPPENED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE WAS AN UNINTENTIONAL CONSEQUENCE.

AND SO THE CARS GOING AROUND THE RAMP, THEIR HEADLIGHTS WOULD SHINE INTO THE WINDOWS OF THE CONDO. SO WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY AND WE PUSHED PUSHED THE RAMP SOUTHBOUND.

WE PUSHED IT. WE MOVED IT SOUTHBOUND FURTHER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN HAVE, IT COULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND AS YOU SEE, WHITMORE HAS DONE A PHENOMENAL JOB WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL VEGETATION. WE HAVE NO INTENTIONS OF TOUCHING ANY OF THAT.

BUT WE DO BELIEVE THAT THIS, THIS ALTERNATIVE IS A GOOD DESIGN AND IT IS A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES.

AND THE FINAL INTERCHANGE I THINK I'VE THROWN A LOT AT YOU IS WE WILL BE DISCUSSING IS SAMPLE ROAD INTERCHANGE, THE COMMUNITY.

FEEDBACK WAS INCORPORATED INTO ALTERNATIVE AND WE ARE WORKING ON A LAND SWAP AT SAMPLE ROAD INTERCHANGE WITH TRADEWINDS PARK.

NOW WE HAVE HEARD FROM OUR PARTNERS AT COCONUT CREEK.

THE P.D.A WAS COMPLETED AND WE HAVE MADE A COMMITMENT TO TAKE A PHASED APPROACH WHEN IT COMES TO CONSTRUCTION.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS SLIDE, THIS IS A COMMITMENT FROM THE P.D.A.

IT IS EIGHT LANES PHASE CONSTRUCTION.

SO SOUTH OF ATLANTIC BOULEVARD TO TO COPANS ROAD IS EIGHT LANES.

HOWEVER, WHEN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF D IT EXCEEDS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE D, WE WILL GO TO THE ULTIMATE, WHICH IS TEN LANES.

AND SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING WHAT IS LEVEL SERVICE D? I THINK MOST OF YOU KNOW.

BUT LET'S TALK ABOUT LEVEL OF SERVICE D SO WHEN TRAFFIC FLOW INCREASES AND SPEED

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THAT'S LEVEL OF SERVICE D, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SLIDE.

SO OUT OF OUR P, D AND E, THESE ARE THE PHASES THAT WE HAVE BROKEN DOWN INTO SEGMENTS. THERE ARE VARIOUS PROJECTS FUNDED FOR DESIGN.

AND THESE PHASES ARE REPRESENTED IN THE TIP.

AND SO JUST TO REITERATE OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT DOES NOT END WITH THE P, D AND E. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT IN OUR STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETINGS, AND WORK PROGRAM HEARINGS. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A QUESTION, GREGORY.

GAIL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SURE. MIKE. THANK YOU.

OH. I'M SORRY. THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BASED ON THE PRESENTATION.

THE FIRST ONE IS YOU STARTED YOUR PRESENTATION BY TALKING ABOUT THE INCREASED TIME FOR TRAFFIC. DO YOU HAVE A BASELINE IN TERMS OF WHAT WILL BE GAINED IN TERMS OF THE EXPANSION? I DO HAVE OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER ANDREW VELASQUEZ.

COULD YOU HOLD ON ONE MOMENT? GOOD EVENING.

ANDREW VELASQUEZ, AECOM.

I MANAGED THE PLANNING TRAFFIC GROUPS, IN-HOUSE CONSULTANT FOR FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

SO WE PRESENTED IN OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING, OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS. EXCUSE ME, THAT WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE ABOUT A 44% DECREASE IN TRAFFIC TRAVEL TIMES THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.

SO IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER, OUR FUTURE BUILD BEING FREE FLOW.

THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW.

17 MILE CORRIDOR ROUGHLY AROUND 15 MINUTES.

SO 44% ON TOP OF THAT, JUST WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT 35 MINUTES OR SO.

SO THAT IS JUST WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.

THE OTHER THING WE PRESENTED AT OUR PUBLIC HEARING IS THAT IN THE DO NOTHING ALTERNATIVE, WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE QUEUES IN THE AMOUNT OF ABOUT TEN MILES NORTH OF SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY HEADING SOUTHBOUND INTO THE PROJECT STUDY AREA.

THAT IS NOT FACTORED INTO THAT 44%.

SO THAT COULD TAKE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

AS YOU APPROACH THE STUDY AREA TO, TO GET INTO THAT, AND SAME WITH THE NORTHBOUND DIRECTION AS YOU APPROACH 595, WE'RE EXPECTED TO SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT BACKUPS THAT COULD, YOU KNOW, GREATLY EXTEND THOSE TRAVEL TIMES TO GET INTO THE STUDY AREA.

SO, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M WRONG BECAUSE I'M NOT A TRAVEL ENGINEER.

THAT 44 PERCENTAGE FORMED THE LENGTH OF TIME IN TERMS OF TIME, HOW LONG WILL THAT DECREASE TO ZERO? BASELINE IS FREE FLOW CONDITIONS.

SO LET ME ASK YOU ANOTHER WAY.

EVER SINCE I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMITTEE, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE CAN'T BUILD OUR WAY OUT OF CONGESTION. SO WE EXPAND THE HIGHWAY.

WE PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO DRIVE.

SO WE GET THIS 44% DECREASE IN TRAVEL TIME.

HOW LONG DOES THAT 44% GO BACK TO ZERO? OKAY. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU TIMEFRAMES A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFICALLY, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY WITHIN THE CORRIDOR, A 10 TO 15 MINUTE DIFFERENCE IN TRAVEL TIME, OKAY, BETWEEN NOT HAVING THE PROJECT AND HAVING THE PROJECT OUTSIDE OF THE CORRIDOR, THAT COULD BE CONSIDERABLY LONGER.

WE'RE PROJECTING TO HAVE BACKUPS AS LONG AS TEN MILES.

THAT COULD PROBABLY TAKE YOU IN THE ORDER OF 30 TO 45 MINUTES TO GET THROUGH.

SO LET'S SAY AN HOUR. SO AN HOUR AND TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS THAT YOU GAIN.

YEAH. YEAH. SO AGAIN, WE'RE BUILDING TO ACCOMMODATE EXPANSION.

BUT WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD IS THAT THAT IS SHORT TERM.

IT DOESN'T SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

THAT HAS BEEN TOLD TO ME MANY TIMES.

SO AGAIN I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT WE GAIN BY DOING THIS.

I JUST I GUESS I COULD TRY TO TRY TO EXPLAIN IT AGAIN WITH THE PROJECT.

I'M SO SORRY. IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I DON'T WANT TO HAVE A LONG MEETING.

I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

I JUST AM NOT CONVINCED.

WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT SAFETY.

SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW AGAIN WHAT IS THE BASELINE FOR SAFETY.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SLIDE EIGHT, WE DO HAVE A COUNTY FACILITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE HOMELESS ARE ACTUALLY HOUSED.

SO ON SLIDE EIGHT WHERE WE ACTUALLY ADD MORE LANES.

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IF ANYONE HAS DRIVEN THROUGH WALK THROUGH, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SLEEPING ON THAT ROADWAY.

SO AGAIN, IF WE EXPAND THE ROADWAY, PLEASE EXPLAIN THAT TO ME IN TERMS OF SAFETY.

YEAH, WE CAN PROBABLY GO TO THE I THINK THAT'S YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ON BLOUNT ROAD EXACTLY RIGHT HERE.

SO A FEW THINGS. WE WILL BE ENHANCING BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FEATURES THAT ARE NOT OUT THERE TODAY, INCLUDING YOU KNOW, SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES MAKING THOSE MORE VISIBLE AND ACCESSIBLE REFUGE ISLANDS FOR.

FOR PEDESTRIANS, REMOVING THE TRAFFIC FROM THE.

MARTIN LUTHER KING. COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY LAST TURNPIKE RAMP INTERSECTION.

BY HAVING THE DIRECT CONNECT FROM BLOUNT ROAD WILL HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT AS WELL.

BECAUSE YOU'LL HAVE LESS CONFLICTS.

SO EVEN THOUGH YOU WILL HAVE MORE LANES, WE'LL HAVE LESS TRAFFIC, LESS CONFLICTS, AND BETTER FEATURES.

AGAIN WE LITERALLY HAVE PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALKS, SOMETIMES IN THE BUSHES SLEEPING.

AGAIN, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW ADDING MORE LANES WILL ACTUALLY MAKE THAT ENVIRONMENT SAFER. YES, THERE MIGHT BE CARS USING THE OTHER ROADWAYS, BUT THERE ARE STILL CARS AND PEOPLE.

SO AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR STUDY, EXPLAIN HOW THAT EXPANSION OF ROADWAY WILL ACTUALLY DECREASE SAFETY OR INCREASE SAFETY.

I THINK I JUST EXPLAINED IT.

YEAH, I AGAIN, I JUST THINK THAT EXPANDING ROADWAYS, WHEN WE HAVE A VULNERABLE POPULATION THAT WALKS THAT SOMETIMES ARE NOT CAREFUL, THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE INCREASED FATALITIES IN THAT AREA.

THAT AREA I DRIVE FREQUENTLY AND UNLESS WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FENCES OR SOMETHING, I DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD SOLUTION FOR THAT AREA.

BRINGING MORE CARS IN THAT AREA, I DON'T THINK ACTUALLY WORKS.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW YOU KEEP ON, I BELIEVE IN THE PRESENTATION.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE WALL LENGTH.

SO I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHERE IT STARTS AND WHERE IT ENDS.

I SEE THAT IT STARTS ON AGAIN, SLIDE EIGHT.

AND IT COVERS SORT OF PART OF WHITMORE.

HOW FAR SOUTH DOES THAT GO? OKAY. THE QUESTION WAS THE LENGTH OF THE NOISE WALL.

YES. SLIDE. WAS IT THIS SLIDE RIGHT HERE? I THINK YES, EXACTLY. SO WE KNOW IT STARTS IN THE NORTH I GUESS NORTH OF WHITMORE.

BUT I KNOW I'M TRYING TO SORT OF VISUALIZE THE NEW INTERCHANGE.

SO CAN YOU TELL ME FROM THE BEGINNING FROM THE NORTH OF WHITMORE ALL THE WAY SOUTH.

WHERE DOES IT END? HI, MY NAME IS CAROL SCOTT.

I'M WITH THE TURNPIKE, THE PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR, SO WE WILL PROVIDE YOU THE EXACT LENGTH.

WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT LENGTH TONIGHT, BUT IF I COULD DESCRIBE IT.

OKAY, SO THE THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT, WHICH IS 22FT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'LL GO ALL THE WAY TO THAT NEW, YOU KNOW, THAT NEW SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP THAT WE'RE DESIGNING THAT WILL BE MORE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD AND NOT RIGHT AGAINST WHITMORE. IT'LL STOP THERE.

AND THEN THE NOISE WALLS WILL CONTINUE ON THE LOOP RAMP BECAUSE THE NOISE WALL ON THE GROUND ISN'T GOING TO HELP TRAFFIC THAT'S ON THE NOISE.

SO ON THE RAMP, THERE'LL BE A WALL MOUNTED NOISE WALL ON THE, ON THAT RAMP. AND THEN WHEN THAT ENDS, A 22 FOOT NOISE WALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY ALL ALONG.

WYNDMOOR. AND SO, SO WE CAN PROVIDE THAT LENGTH.

BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS IN THE P.D.A.

SO IN WITH THE COCONUT CREEK MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE DESIGN PROJECT THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE KICKING OFF. THAT'S WHEN WE'RE REALLY GOING TO REFINE IT BECAUSE THE P.D.A IT GETS US TO ABOUT MAYBE 30% DESIGN OR SO.

SO WITH THE DESIGN PROJECT, THAT'S WHEN WE'RE GOING TO GO AND REALLY BE ABLE TO REFINE THE EXACT LENGTHS, AND WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC MEETING AND WE'LL BE OUT. WE'LL DEFINITELY BE BACK HERE. AND I THE OTHER THING I DIDN'T SEE IN THIS, AND MAYBE THIS IS SOMETHING YOU CAN TEACH ME.

I DON'T SEE LIGHTING. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A PEDESTRIAN AREA.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW ABOUT HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE MANAGING INDIVIDUALS IN THIS INTERSECTION.

SO I DON'T SEE A LOT OF LIGHTING.

I SEE A FEW CROSSWALKS, WHICH AGAIN, YOU'RE ADDING MORE SPACES,

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YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. SO LIGHTING THE INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE, UTILITIES, DRAINAGE, ALL OF THAT PART IS REFINED IN THE DESIGN. SO THE PD, IT'S REALLY LOOKING AT KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE OF THE PROJECT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.

THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF LIGHTING, BUT IT'S THE FINE TUNING IS ACTUALLY IN THE DESIGN PROJECT. AND THAT'S WHEN WE MEET WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.

SO WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS IN POMPANO BEACH, SO WE'LL HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH THEM.

AND ABOUT YOUR QUESTION A COUPLE QUESTIONS AGO ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE VULNERABLE POPULATION. THAT'S WHEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL JURISDICTION TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, JOINT IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE MADE. OBVIOUSLY WE TAKE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY VERY SERIOUSLY.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY COORDINATED IN THE DESIGN, WHICH IS COMING UP. SO THANK YOU.

BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS THIS COMMITTEE I WOULD LIKE THIS COMMITTEE TO DO IS USE THIS TIME AS SORT OF THE BASELINE.

BECAUSE WE, I'M, I'M TOLD WE HAVE AN ACTUAL PLAN TO HAVE ZERO.

AND I, I, I'M NOT GOOD AT MATH, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW YOU HAD HAVE MORE LANES AND A VULNERABLE POPULATION AND YOU GET TO ZERO IN TERMS OF FATALITIES.

THAT MATH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

SO MY HOPE IS THAT WE START HERE WITH THE BASELINE.

MY FINAL QUESTION CONCERNS THIS COMMITMENT.

SO GOING TO SLIDE WHERE IT SAYS ULTIMATE TEN LANE WIDENING.

AND THIS COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE GOING TO START OFF WITH.

EIGHT BUT THEN WHEN WE NEED TO, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO LEVEL OF SERVICE D.

THAT IS REALLY YOUR CALL, ISN'T IT? YOU'RE EXPLAINING THAT WE'RE STARTING OFF HERE, BUT AT SOME JUNCTURE YOU WILL MAKE THAT DETERMINATION.

WELL WE WILL BE MAKING THAT DETERMINATION WITH COORDINATION OBVIOUSLY.

AND, AND THE, THE WAY WE DETERMINE LEVEL OF SERVICE D YOU KNOW ONE BENEFIT FOR THE TURNPIKE IS THAT WE HAVE DATA EVERY DAY OF THE TRAFFIC.

AND WE'RE, WE ARE CONSTANTLY ANALYZING OUR SYSTEM AND SEEING HOW IT'S WORKING.

AND SO THIS WON'T BE DONE IN A VACUUM AT ALL.

WE WILL BE VERY TRANSPARENT, YOU KNOW, AS EVERY YEAR WE'LL SEE IF THINGS ARE INCREASING, IF IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S GETTING TOWARDS LEVEL SERVICE D, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE DONE IN A VACUUM AT ALL.

BUT YOUR CALCULUS IS THE AMOUNT OF CARS.

DOES YOUR CALCULUS INCLUDE WHAT PEOPLE WHO ARE AFFECTED BY THE INCREASED NUMBER ALSO THINK? I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION.

SURE. SO YOUR CALCULUS IS WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF CARS ON THE ROADWAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION WHETHER WE GO FROM 8 TO 10.

DOES YOUR CALCULATION ALSO INCLUDE THE PEOPLE IN WHITMORE AND SUNSHINE DRIVE IN TERMS OF HOW THEY THINK ABOUT THAT? SO THE FACTOR THAT WE DID FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS.

SO WE CONSIDERED THEM, WE ALWAYS CONSIDER THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES AND THAT'S WHERE WE SHIFTED THE MAIN LINE.

I KNOW 11 AND 25FT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT IT REALLY IS.

IT'S TWO TRAVEL LANES, WHICH IS ALMOST LIKE THE CENTER LINE WIDENING THAT WE WOULD HAVE HAD. SO YOU KNOW, WE TWEAKED THE DESIGN AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS TO THE TO THE NEIGHBORS, TO THE WEST AND LEVEL OF SERVICE.

AND I CAN BRING ANDREW UP IF I NEED TO, BUT BECAUSE I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, CLEARLY. BUT LEVEL OF SERVICE IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE NUMBER OF CARS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, HOW THE TRAFFIC IS FLOWING.

YOU KNOW, SAFETY CONGESTION CAUSES CRASHES AND, AND AS PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN I'M OUT ON THE ROAD A LOT AND I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE FRUSTRATED WITH SLOWER TRAFFIC AND THEY'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, BAD DECISIONS AND CAUSING CRASHES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT CREATING A SAFE, IT'S CREATING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT BY RELIEVING CONGESTION.

SO IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WHAT I WILL SAY IS, IS MY MIC NOT OVER HERE.

OH DEAR. GO HIT IT AGAIN.

THAT'S A CLUE. TRY THAT.

AM I GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU.

MY FINAL POINT, MR. PRESIDENT, MR. CHAIR, AND THEN I'LL STOP IS WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE PEOPLE IN CARS DRIVING ALONG ON A HIGHWAY? WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE RETIRED FROM NEW YORK

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THEY HAVE BOUGHT A PLACE THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD MAKE SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES WITH, AND NOW THEY'RE IN A PLACE WHERE IT IS NOT PARADISE.

AND THAT'S THE SORT OF CALCULUS I WANT US TO CONSIDER FOR THIS.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT MOVEMENT AND AGAIN, ALL THE NAMES ARE BEING REMOVED.

OKAY. MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD.

SO WHILE WE'RE GETTING THE MICROPHONES FIXED FIRST OFF, LET ME APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES WITH OUR TECHNOLOGY HERE.

WE'VE DONE SOME UPGRADES WITH THE EQUIPMENT.

YOU CAN SEE THE TOUCH SCREENS.

SO WE TOUCHED IT. AND YOU KNOW NOW IT'S KIND OF FALLING APART ON US.

SO APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

I WOULD LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND TRY TO RESPOND TO SOME OF WHAT MR. GALE HAS SAID. SO TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ON THE CONSIDERATION OF THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS.

SO THE TURNPIKE HAS GONE THROUGH A MULTI YEAR EFFORT THE, THE P.D.A STUDY, THE PRELIMINARY DESIGN AND ENGINEERING STUDY.

THAT IS THE FEDERAL PROCESS BY WHICH ALL THE IMPACTS, NOT JUST THE ROAD AND NOT JUST THE BENEFIT TO THE CAR, BUT ALL THE IMPACTS, INCLUDING COMMUNITY IMPACTS, IMPACTS TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONSIDERED. AND SO THEY HAVE GONE OUT, THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO THE COMMUNITIES.

I KNOW THEY'VE DONE A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.

THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH SPOKE UP IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING.

I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE ALSO DONE A LOT OF WORK WITH COCONUT CREEK, TRYING TO MITIGATE TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY COULD, THE CONCERNS THAT THEY WERE HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITIES. AND THAT DID INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, SHIFTING THE ROAD TO THE EAST AS FAR AS THEY COULD.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT THE CITY OF POMPANO IS ON THE OTHER SIDE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW. YEAH.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF THE INTENT FOR BRINGING THE TURNPIKE TODAY TO PROVIDE THIS PRESENTATION WAS REALLY AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE TURNPIKE IS THERE TO PROVIDE REGIONAL AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC.

IT IS NOT A BIKE PED FACILITY.

IT WAS THERE BEFORE MUCH OF THE COMMUNITY THAT WAS BUILT UP AROUND IT.

BUT EVEN WITH THAT, THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED THROUGH.

DESIGN FEATURES THE PROVISION OF NOISE WALLS TO MITIGATE THE COMMUNITY IMPACTS.

ON THE SAFETY SIDE, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN'T DISAGREE WITH YOU.

AND I WILL SAY THAT WE.

CERTAINLY WE DO HAVE A VISION ZERO HERE.

YOU KNOW, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS, IS GOING TO BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW FROM, FROM A TRAFFIC STANDPOINT.

I, I, I THINK I'M GOING TO, I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT THERE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK DONE WITH THE COMMUNITIES.

AND ONE OF THE SLIDES, I THINK MR. GALE SHOWED JUST HOW MUCH OUTREACH THAT THEY HAVE DONE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS A REGIONAL PROJECT THAT DOES BENEFIT THE ENTIRE REGION.

AND SO IT'S, IT'S HOW DO YOU MITIGATE, NOT ELIMINATE REALLY ANY IMPACTS TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK THAT THEY HAVE DONE A PRETTY, A PRETTY BIG LIFT HERE IN TRYING TO SATISFY THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST END BY SAYING MY ROLE IN THIS COMMITTEE IS TO REPRESENT CITIZENS AND AS A CITIZEN AND I RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF THE TURNPIKE.

I RECOGNIZE ITS ECONOMIC IMPACT ON SOUTH FLORIDA.

I RECOGNIZE THAT IT'S THERE TO MOVE CARS AND GOODS.

I TAKE THE TURNPIKE EVERY DAY, BUT I REPRESENT CITIZENS.

AND WHEN I SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN MY NAME AS A CITIZEN THAT I THINK WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT, I THINK ON THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.

I HAVE, I THINK A RESPONSIBILITY TO SPEAK OUT.

AND I DO WANT TO GO ON RECORD THAT WE SHOULD USE THIS RIGHT NOW, TODAY, JUNE 2024, AS THE BASELINE.

BECAUSE JUST LIKE WHAT WE SEE WITH BRIGHTLINE, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE TALKING ABOUT IMPACTS.

I MEAN, I LITERALLY DRIVE THAT AREA FREQUENTLY.

THERE ARE PEOPLE LITERALLY LAYING DOWN ON THE SIDEWALKS AND TO ADD ADDITIONAL LANES TO THAT AREA IS NOT A RECIPE FOR SAFETY.

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OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME MORE QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS, JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ.

HEY. GOOD EVENING. MY QUESTION IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MY FELLOW MEMBER HAS SAID, BUT MAYBE HE MIGHT NOT BE TOO HAPPY WITH MY ON THIS LEVEL OF SERVICE OF GOING TO TEN LANES. I ASSUME WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO GO TO TEN LANES.

YES WE DO. NOW MY MY QUESTION IS RELATED TO COST AND DISTURBANCE TO THE DRIVERS AND PUBLIC OF THE CONSTRUCTION TIME.

IF WE'RE GOING TO TEN LANES AND, AND IT'S GOING TO BE IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

WHY DON'T WE JUST DO IT NOW? WHY DO WE DO IT IN STAGES? COSTS ARE GOING TO GO UP.

IF WE DO EIGHT LANES DOWN, WE COME BACK TO DO TWO MORE LANES.

THEY'RE GOING TO COST US TRIPLE WHAT WE PAID TO DO WHAT WE'RE DOING NOW.

AND THEN PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE BOTHERED WITH THE CONSTRUCTION FOR INSTEAD OF MAYBE 2 OR 3 YEARS. I MEAN, I'VE BEEN LIVING THE 95 CONSTRUCTION FOREVER.

I THOUGHT IT WAS DONE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO.

AND BECAUSE I'M BETWEEN SUNRISE AND OAKLAND PARK AND IT STILL IS GOING ON.

SO I'M CONCERNED WITH THE AMOUNT OF TIME IF WE DON'T, IF WE DON'T GET IT OUT OF THE WAY AND, AND GET US GET CONSTRUCTION OUT OF OUR WAY IS SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD BE ALSO CONSIDERED WHEN YOU DECIDE WHEN TO GO TO 8 OR 10 AND MAYBE JUST DO IT AND GET IT OUT OF OUR WAY.

THANK YOU. PHIL BUSEY.

YES. THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LAND SWAP.

BUT FIRST I WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT GREG WAS ASKING ABOUT THE HOMELESS POPULATION ON BLOUNT ROAD. AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEONE WOULD ARGUE THAT PEOPLE SLEEPING ON A SIDEWALK SHOULD NOT STOP A MAJOR REGIONAL PROJECT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR.

IT ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE PART OF THE PLAN.

SO SOMEBODY WHO'S CONCERNED CAN GO INTO THE PLAN AND SEE, OKAY, THAT WAS ACCOUNTED FOR.

AND YES, WE CAN'T SOLVE EVERY PROBLEM.

BUT WHAT WE REALIZE THERE'S A HUMAN COST INVOLVED.

AND OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS MIGHT THINK THAT YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEAF TO, TO THE COMMUNITY THAT WE SAY WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT ON THE TRADEWINDS PARK CAN, CAN SOMEONE SHOW ME THE GRAPHIC? AND I LOVE THE GRAPHICS.

THEY'RE VERY HELPFUL, BUT I JUST WANT TO GET A LITTLE ORIENTATION SO I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT ON A, ON A MAP.

WHAT, WHAT'S GOING TO BE SWAPPED FOR WHAT? PLEASE. SO I CAN SEND THOSE EXACT DETAILS TO YOU.

I THINK IT'S, IT'S RELATED TO OUR SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP, RIGHT. BUT AS LONG AS WE'VE GOT THE PICTURE IN FRONT OF US, CAN SOMEONE JUST POINT. YES.

SO SO IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE.

SO GOING IF YOU'RE GOING FROM SAMPLE ROAD SOUTH ONTO THE TURNPIKE.

SO IT'S ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, THAT RAMP.

SO THERE'S SOME OF THE LAND THERE.

THAT'S TRADE. THAT IS TRADE WINDS PARK LAND.

AND I THINK WE'RE SWAPPING IT FOR LIKE RETENTION.

I'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME DETAILS BUT WE'VE BEEN COORDINATING WITH THEM.

DO YOU HAVE. OH I'M SORRY.

I'M GOING TO BRING ANDREW BACK UP. HE HAS MORE DETAILS. THANK YOU. CERTAINLY.

SO IF YOU LOOK IN THAT GRAPHIC ON THE LEFT SIDE WHERE THE POND IS, THAT'S IN TODAY'S CONDITION, THERE'S A LOOP RAMP THERE.

SO WE HAVE A RAMP IN THAT QUADRANT THAT JUST LIKE WHAT WE'RE SHOWING BEFORE, THAT KIND OF GOES OUT, LIKE WHERE THAT TREE LINE IS.

SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING AWAY THE LOOP RAMP AND WE'RE CREATING A DIAGONAL RAMP.

THAT GREEN SPACE THERE, PART OF THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE PARK.

OKAY. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL TO THE PARK BECAUSE IT'S CONSOLIDATING.

AM I RIGHT ON THAT? WE ARE, WE ARE GOING TO GIVE THEM PART OF THAT LAND THERE. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO THERE'S ANOTHER PORTION OF THAT ON THE NORTH SIDE THAT WE NEED. THAT'S WHAT WE CALL A LAND SWAP THAT IT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS GRAPHIC, BUT THAT WE NEED FOR DRAINAGE.

SO THAT'S WHERE THE SWAP COMES IN BECAUSE IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS INTERCHANGE ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR TURNPIKE MAINLINE.

AND HOW MANY ACRES ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN EACH INSTANCE? I DO NOT HAVE THE DETAILS ON THAT ONE.

SO IF YOU GET US SOME DETAILS THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW AS WELL.

WE CAN GET YOU THAT INFORMATION. AND THANK YOU.

OKAY. JUSTIN PROFIT. YEAH.

THE QUESTION, THE ANSWER I WAS LOOKING FOR, I HOPE, I WAS HOPING THAT WHEN YOU WERE TALKING TO BACK TO JOHN PEREZ,

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D WHAT ARE THE TRAFFIC STUDIES NOW SHOW IN TERMS OF HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THE ROAD CAPACITY TO DEGRADE TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE? D HOW MANY YEARS ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? SO WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT IT EVERY YEAR, RIGHT? SO JUST BECAUSE I THROW OUT A YEAR TONIGHT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S SET IN STONE OF COURSE. SO WE'RE LOOKING IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S AROUND 2045.

OKAY. SO IT WON'T BE IN THE 2030S, YOU KNOW, SO IT WON'T BE KIND OF A BUILD, BUILD THE EIGHT LANES TODAY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE THE TEN LANES. NOW AGAIN, I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE DESIGN IN THE WORK PROGRAM FUNDED FOR THE 17 MILE SEGMENT AND SOME RIGHT OF WAY.

WE DO NOT HAVE CONSTRUCTION FUNDED YET.

SO THAT IS OUR NEXT GOAL IS TO GET CONSTRUCTION FUNDED.

SO WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT TIME FRAME FOR CONSTRUCTION.

BUT THE TEN LANE IN THAT ONE SECTION IS, IS A WAYS OUT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND TOM LANDER GOOD PRESENTATION.

I ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU HEARD FROM OUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE THAT YOU GUYS ARE ABOUT TO THIS ISN'T WITHIN THIS PARAMETERS.

THE SHERIDAN STREET BRIDGE OVER THE OVERPASS.

THE OVER BRIDGE THAT GOES OVER THE TURNPIKE SO THAT THERE'S NOT ACCIDENTS WITH THE HEIGHT FOR OVERSIZE VEHICLES.

MY MY CONCERNS THAT I HAVE WITH THIS.

THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ABOUT THE LAND SWAP, BUT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE INTERSECTIONS ON TWO OF THE SLIDES.

THE PREVIOUS ONE WE LOOKED AT THAT THAT MR. GAYLE WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.

OKAY. THAT ONE. NO, THAT'S NOT IT.

WELL, IT COULD BE IT. YEAH. THAT ONE THERE. AND THEN ALSO THE ONE AT SAMPLE.

SO I'M COUNTING CROSSINGS HERE.

HOW MANY FEET PEOPLE HAVE TO GO? WE HAVE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE IT'S VERY WIDE NEAR YOUR FACILITY.

WE HAVE ONE, 789 TEN. AND THEN THE SIDE WENT 11 SPACES THAT PEDESTRIANS HAVE TO NAVIGATE.

JUST THE MAIN ONE THERE ITSELF IS LIKE 11.

SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK.

NO, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S TRUE.

I DO THINK YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT IT.

AND THEN THE PROBLEM IS HOW TO DESIGN SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

AND I DO KNOW THAT YOU CAN BUILD A WALKING OVERPASS THAT NOBODY THEN USES UNLESS YOU PUT FENCING IN THE BOTTOM.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT MAKES SENSE.

OR LIKE THEY'RE TALKING IN SOME PLACES, PUTTING DIMPLES OTHER UNDER ROADS.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT ALWAYS WORKS.

I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT PEOPLE CROSSING THAT MANY SPACES AND WITH BICYCLISTS CROSSING THAT MANY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SOME BICYCLISTS DON'T FOLLOW THE RULES AND I KNOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT.

BUT TO NAVIGATE THAT. AND PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO BEAT THE YELLOW LIGHT, GET ACROSS. BUT I COULD SEE SOMEBODY STARTING AND NOT GETTING ACROSS THAT MANY LANES OF TRAFFIC. AND I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME PLAN FOR THAT.

THAT'S MY COMMENT ON THAT.

ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? NO, THAT'S VERY GOOD FEEDBACK.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING JAMES BROWN OUR MPO LIAISON FOR BROWARD MPO, HE'S TAKING NOTES. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE COMMUNICATING TO, TO THE DESIGN TEAM. YOU KNOW, AND ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, ONCE, ONCE THIS DESIGNED AND BUILT, THAT'S WHEN YOU WORK ON, YOU KNOW, SIGNAL TIMING, YOU KNOW, DO YOU NEED A DEDICATED PEDESTRIAN, YOU KNOW, PHASE, LIKE, CAN THE PEDESTRIAN PHASE START EARLIER BEFORE THE THE CAR PHASE. I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS TO AFTER WE GET THE, YOU KNOW, ROAD DESIGNED AND WHILE WE'RE WORKING ON THE DESIGN. OKAY. AND THEN JUST TO FOLLOW UP AND IT DOESN'T DEAL WITH THIS REPORT, BUT I ASK IT OFTEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE TURNPIKE.

SOME WAY, BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND ALL THE SPIRITS THAT ARE IN THE UNIVERSE, WE DESPERATELY NEED ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD A NORTH BOUND.

AND I WAS WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY DATE FOR WHEN YOU'LL HAVE A NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD GOING WHEN YOU'RE GOING WEST, AND THAT. IT SEEMS LIKE SPACE, BUT I KNOW THERE'S SOME PROBLEMS WITH PIPES OR OR WIRES OR SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UNDERGROUND,

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441 AND THE FUTURE FOR 4441 IS GOING TO HAVE MORE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

AND WE NEED TO GET BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE BACKUP IN THE MORNING IS HORRENDOUS.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE BREAKING THE LAW.

WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE GOING BEYOND THE LEFT TURN LANE TO DO THE CIRCULAR ROUTE TO GET ON, AND THEY GO BEYOND, AND THEN THEY U-TURN AT THE TWO PLACES.

YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO U-TURN IN ORDER TO COME BACK AROUND AND MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN.

THIS JUST NEEDS TO BE WHERE PEOPLE GOING WESTBOUND CAN MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN TO GO SOUTHBOUND, AND PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING NORTHBOUND CAN MAKE A RIGHT HAND TURN NORTHBOUND. IS THERE A DATE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THIS? I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT SO I CAN DRIVE ON IT BEFORE I GO TO THE GREAT BEYOND IN THE SKY.

IS THAT FOR THE P.D.A? RIGHT. WE HAVE A P.D.A. OH WE DO.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE A ANOTHER PROJECT THAT IS COMING UP.

ANDREW HAS MORE DETAILS.

SO I'M BRINGING ANDREW BACK UP, BACK TO THE TAG TEAM SHOW.

SO WE ACTUALLY JUST LET THE PROJECT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE NOT RELATED TO THIS, BUT RIGHT NOW THE PROJECT HAS JUST BEEN AWARDED FOR CONSTRUCTION.

AND WHILE IT'S NOT THE NEW NORTHBOUND RAMP THAT YOU WANT, THAT'S GOING TO BE AS PART OF A FUTURE STUDY IN 2028, WE ARE EXTENDING THE LEFT TURNS DRAMATICALLY FOR PEOPLE TO GET ON TO THE TO THE TURNPIKE.

AND WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO BE RESTRICTING LEFT TURNS AT 62ND AVENUE, WHICH IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS LOCATION, YOU KNOW WHICH ONE THAT IS.

THAT'S JUST THAT'S THE INTERSECTION JUST TO THE EAST OF THE TURNPIKE. SO WE'RE RESTRICTING LEFT TURNS THERE.

WE'RE, ALSO MAKING SOME OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO MAKE THE TRAFFIC FLOW A LOT BETTER. IT'S NOT THE SOLUTION THAT THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION THAT YOU WANT, BUT OUR ANALYSIS IS INDICATING YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A DRAMATIC IMPROVEMENT THERE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR THAT INTERSECTION.

IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A BAND AID.

WE UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S BETTER THAN IT'S BETTER THAN NOTHING.

SO WHY WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO DOING THE.

SO IN 2028, WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT RAMP THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS SINCE BEFORE THE PANDEMIC.

WE'RE, YOU KNOW, FIVE, FIVE, SIX YEARS AND GIVE US A COUPLE MORE YEARS. WE'LL BE THERE.

OKAY. I'LL ASK IT NEXT, NEXT MEETING TOO.

OH, ONE OTHER QUESTION.

THE. THE WALL HEIGHTS SOMETIMES AREN'T SOME OF THESE WALL HEIGHTS JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO SHUT UP BECAUSE I. AND THEN YOU START LOOKING LIKE I'M GOING TO USE A NICE WORD THERE.

STARTING START TO LOOK SHODDY.

I'M NOT GOING TO USE THE T WORD AFTER A WHILE.

AND THEY ONLY GO FOR. THE CIVIL ENGINEERS HAVE TOLD ME THAT THEY ONLY GO FOR.

IT ONLY HELPS THINGS WITHIN LIKE 4 TO 500FT OF THE WALL AND THE NOISE STILL GOES OVER.

AND SO DO WE DO THIS JUST TO GET PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE SOMETHING? BECAUSE I DON'T GET SOMETIMES, AND NOW I'M SEEING WALLS GOING UP OVER INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU HAVE NO, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HOUSING.

SO I DON'T GET, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT HELPS BECAUSE YOU GET CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DISTANCE AND YOU HEAR THE NOISE.

ANYWAY, THE HOUSE IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE WALL.

THEY'RE GREAT. I MEAN, THEY, THEY'RE HELPED.

BUT SOMETIMES I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE DISTANCES AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A HIGH RISE THAT GOES ABOVE IT.

YES. SO THAT IS TRUE. YOU CAN'T ELIMINATE NOISE, RIGHT? YOU CAN REDUCE IT.

BUT WE DO ACTUALLY AS PART OF FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE, WE'RE NOT AN AUTHORITY.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY A DISTRICT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND SO AS DOT WE FOLLOW FEDERAL REGULATIONS AND STATE POLICY ON NOISE.

SO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS.

AND ACTUALLY IT'S ALL STATES FOLLOW THIS.

SO IT'S VERY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES AND REQUIREMENTS FOR NOISE STUDIES FOR THE TYPE OF, YOU KNOW, MODELING OF THE NOISE AND THE DETERMINATION OF, YOU KNOW, THE BENEFITED RESIDENCES AND THE NOISE HEIGHT AND WHERE THE, WHERE THE WALLS CAN GO. SO IT ISN'T, IT ISN'T BASED ON ANY KIND OF PUBLIC OUTCRY OR, OR REQUEST. IT'S, IT'S A VERY PRESCRIBED ACTION BY BASED ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY CRITERIA.

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WE HAVE THOSE. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

PLEASE VOTE BY SAYING YES OR NO.

IS THERE A WAY TO CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR? WELL, YES, I THINK IT'S BASICALLY THE FIRST HALF DOCTOR CHEN WAS EXPLAINING THE THE MPO AND THE OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT ARE INVOLVED.

AND THEN I THINK THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY HAS KIND OF TAKEN OVER OUR ATTENTION HERE BECAUSE IT'S MORE CONTROVERSIAL HERE TO MANY OF US.

SO BASICALLY IT IS A MATTER OF APPROVING THIS FUNDING SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THESE PROJECTS. THEY'VE ALL BEEN RATED BY A RIGOROUS RATING PROCESS.

BUT WHAT GETS THE HIGHEST PRIORITY? SO IT'S A BIG NUMBERS OBVIOUSLY WITH 5.7 BILLION OR SOMETHING.

SO IT IS DIFFICULT TO WRAP OUR HEADS AROUND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT. ARE YOU FURTHER CONFUSED NOW? ARE WE VOTING ON THE FUNDING. ARE WE VOTING ON THE NUMBER OF LANES? NO, NO. WE'RE VOTING TO APPROVE IT SO THE BOARD CAN DO ITS THING AND MAKE THE APPROVAL AND THEN FINALIZE BASICALLY THE FUNDING.

IF I COULD, THROUGH THE CHAIR.

SO THIS EVENING, WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON IS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH LAYS OUT THE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OF PROJECTS.

SO WHAT WE HEARD TONIGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, VERY FOCUSED DISCUSSION ON THE TURNPIKE IN THIS ONE PROJECT OR SERIES OF PROJECTS.

BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY THE ENTIRE PROGRAM OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE BIG NUMBER.

SO THERE'S LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS THAT WE'RE DOING, EVERYTHING FROM THE BIKE PED PROJECTS, COMPLETE STREET PROJECTS UP TO HIGHWAYS.

THE RAIL IS IN THERE. SO IT'S ALL OF THAT.

AND THIS IS THE, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LAST STEP AND A PROCESS THAT BEGAN LAST MEETING WHEN YOU ADOPTED A PRIORITY LIST.

SO YOU ADOPT THE PRIORITIES.

AND THEN WE KIND OF GO THROUGH A WHOLE ONE YEAR CYCLE TO GET TO THIS POINT.

AND THERE'S ALL THE OUTREACH, COMMUNICATION, DISCUSSION OF THE PROJECTS ALONG THE WAY.

BUT THIS IS THE LAST STEP.

AND THEN THAT FUNDING MOVES PROJECTS FORWARD, WHETHER IT'S FOR A PLANNING PHASE OR THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING OR ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTION.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S HELPED YOU.

YEAH, I GUESS I THINK MY MIC IS ON.

MAYBE. NO IT'S ON. YEAH.

HIT YOUR BUTTON AGAIN.

THERE. YOUR TTS, WHICH YOU CAN NOW DO FROM YOUR SCREEN.

IT SAYS IT'S ON BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT. YEAH. YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE ON. THERE YOU GO.

YEAH, I JUST, I NEVER FEEL COMFORTABLE VOTING NO BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW OF ANY ALTERNATIVES.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE SPENT SO MUCH TIME RESEARCHING AND I DO TRUST THAT PROCESS.

BUT I THINK PERHAPS SIMILAR TO WHAT MR. GALE WAS SAYING JUST KNOWING THAT WIDENING, FOREVER WIDENING IS NOT THE ANSWER.

AND I, I JOINED THIS COMMITTEE HOPING THAT THERE WOULD BE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES AND FEELING LIKE THERE'S NOT. I'D ALMOST RATHER NOT KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECTS.

I'M THINKING LIKE, MAYBE I JUST SHOULD JUST STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD BECAUSE IT'S FRUSTRATING TO HEAR ABOUT FOREVER WIDENING.

AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT. WELL, I'M GOING TO SAY THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO AS, AS A BOARD HERE, YOU CAN YOU KNOW, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR APPROVAL BECAUSE AGAIN, AS YOU SAY, WE'VE, WE'VE WORKED ON THESE, WE'VE TRIED TO VET, WE THINK THESE ARE A REASONABLE BALANCE OF THE DIFFERENT COMPETING INTERESTS THAT AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVE. THAT SAID, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PERFECT.

THERE'S HUNDREDS OF PROJECTS IN THERE.

SO THIS BOARD CAN ALWAYS MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFY A PROJECT THAT YOU WOULD PREFER NOT TO SEE.

AGAIN, YOUR ROLE HERE IS KIND OF ADVISORY TO OUR MPO BOARD.

AND SO IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT CERTAIN PROJECTS OR CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S CERTAINLY WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW TO TO MAKE A MOTION.

YOU CAN HAVE IT VOTED ON.

AND THEN THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE REPORTED UP TO OUR BOARD, WHO, YOU KNOW, THEN MAKES A VOTE ON IT.

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I, THAT THAT IS I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

BUT I DO ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE TO YOU THAT THERE'S A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF REALLY GOOD PROJECTS IN HERE THAT ARE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN.

AND SO AGAIN, WE'VE KIND OF FOCUSED ON THIS ONE ROAD PROJECT.

AND IT IS, IT'S THE TURNPIKE, IT'S A ROAD PROJECT.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NEVER GOING TO PUT SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES OUT ON THAT.

SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.

BUT I, I KNOW WE'VE, WE HAVE HEARD THIS GROUP, WE'VE BEEN, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD FROM FROM PETER GIES AND CHRISTOPHER ON THE MTP YOU KNOW, WE'RE UP TO 51% OF OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS ARE GOING INTO COMPLETE STREETS, WHICH IS THE FOCUS ON SIDEWALKS AND BIKE AND PEDESTRIANS.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WE ARE TRYING, BUT I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, THE SYSTEM IS, IS HEAVILY SET UP AND WEIGHTED TOWARDS AUTO.

SO IT'S AN UPHILL CLIMB AND IT DOES REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF A STICK WITH THIS, IF THAT'S A WORD. SO OKAY, I'LL STOP THERE.

THANK YOU. OKAY. PHIL, YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION POINT? YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

THERE'S NO LINE ITEM VETO, BUT ANOTHER PROCEDURE MAYBE WOULD BE TO ACCEPT AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION TO REMOVE THE TURNPIKE FROM THE ENTIRE MOTION.

THAT WAY WE COULD VOTE SEPARATELY ON ON EVERYTHING BUT THE TURNPIKE IF WE WISH, AND THEN WE CAN VOTE ON THE TURNPIKE AS TWO DIFFERENT MOTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS FOR AMENDING THE MOTION, BUT THAT'S ONE WAY SOME OF US COULD VOTE IN A POSITIVE ON ONE ITEM AND A NEGATIVE ON THE OTHER. WE ARE FREE TO MAKE MOTIONS.

OKAY, BUT THE MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED.

SO I GUESS THE THE FRAMERS OF THE MOTION WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE OF SEPARATING THE THE TURNPIKE FROM FROM THE OVERALL MOTION.

SO FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

OKAY. WE COULD AMEND IT.

AMEND IT. YES. SO THAT I DOES MY SUGGESTION REQUIRE A SECOND OR WOULD THE FRAMERS OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION JUST GET TOGETHER AND YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION.

EXACTLY. IT STILL HAS TO BE A MOTION TO AMEND THAT.

I'VE JUST MADE A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION TO SEPARATE THE TURNPIKE FROM FROM EVERYTHING ELSE. OKAY. YOU'RE MAKING THAT MOTION THEN.

WELL, SOMEONE SAID A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

AND I GUESS I WHATEVER'S THE PATH TO SUCCESS HERE I MAKE THAT AS A MOTION IF ANYONE WANTS TO SECOND THAT. YEAH, I AGREE.

YEAH. WE'VE ALREADY ADOPTED THE TIP PROGRAM IN A PREVIOUS MOTION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WOULD GO BACK UNLESS WE MADE THE MOTION IN A SECOND.

YEAH. WE HAVEN'T. YEAH. WE'VE WE ADOPTED IT. YEAH.

YOU CAN STILL HAVE A SECOND MOTION THOUGH.

I GOT TO RECONSIDER IT.

YEAH. YOU WANT TO CONSIDER JUST A SEPARATE MOTION.

YEAH YOU CAN. OKAY. MOTION.

I'M SORRY. WE DO NEED YOU TO WAIT FOR YOUR MICROPHONE TO TURN ON SO WE CAN RECORD.

YEAH. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

YOU SHOULD HAVE IT. OKAY, HERE WE GO.

A MOTION MOVING THAT THE MPO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS A REDESIGN PROJECT FOR FLORIDA TURNPIKE ACCESS RAMPS, INTERSECTIONS, OR THE INTERSECTIONS TO ACCEPT AND INCORPORATE DETAILED SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY. IS THAT WOULD THAT BE APPROPRIATE? IN OTHER WORDS, I'M JUST RECOMMENDING THAT WE WE ARE SENDING A RECOMMENDATION.

WE SAW THE THING. WE APPROVED IT.

BUT THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE AT THE RAMPS WHAT THE SAFETY IS.

DID I WORD THAT WELL OR PROBABLY NOT.

IS THERE AN ENGLISH PROFESSOR HERE.

WELL TO THE POINT THAT WE HEARD FROM THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY TO THE PDE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. NOW IT'S IN THE DESIGN PHASE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDRESSING THOSE IN MORE DETAIL. PD IS MORE OF A TOP LEVEL THING.

NOW THEY'RE GOING TO FILL IN THE DETAILS.

AND YEAH, BUT NOW WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT THE DETAILS WE WANT THEM TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION

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THESE ARE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF THAT CAN HELP ME WORDING THIS TO GET TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE. WELL, THROUGH THE CHAIR I THINK WHAT I'VE HEARD THERE MIGHT BE AN INTEREST IN TAKING TWO SEPARATE VOTES, ONE ON THE TURNPIKE SIDE OR THE.

AND AGAIN, I WILL ALSO CAUTION THE GROUP THAT WITHIN THE TURNPIKE THERE'S MORE THAN JUST THIS ONE PIECE OF ROAD HERE, RIGHT? THERE'S A LOT OF PROJECTS HERE, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD PROJECTS WITHIN THIS. SO YOU CAN JUST SEPARATE IT OUT OR, YOU KNOW, AND TAKE TWO SEPARATE VOTES AND YOU CAN MAKE THE MOTION TO, TO REQUEST THAT THE TURNPIKE, YOU KNOW, FOCUS ON ENSURING BIKE AND PED SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS PART OF THE DESIGN PROCESS.

SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES YOU KNOW, TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE WILL OF THIS COMMITTEE IS. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE WILL EDIT THOSE COMMENTS DOWN AND INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF ANY RECOMMENDATION THAT GOES TO OUR BOARD.

SO YOU. AGAIN, YOU COULD VOTE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE WITH A MOTION THAT INCLUDES SOME LANGUAGE THAT INDICATES THE WILL, THE DESIRE FOR FOR, FOR BIKE PED TO, TO, TO TAKE A PROMINENT PLACE DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS.

IT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF LATITUDE FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW, HOW YOU'D LIKE TO.

IT'S REALLY UP TO THE.

WELL, I CAN HEAR ON TWO OF THE SLIDES I DEFINITELY SEE FOR SURE BECAUSE I STARTED COUNTING THE PROBLEM WITH THE NUMBER OF, OF TRAFFIC LANES THAT A PERSON'S.

AND THAT WAS JUST TWO. BUT THERE WAS PROBABLY OTHERS IN THIS DESIGN THAT HAD SIMILAR PROBLEMS. AND I THINK WE JUST WHEN I BICYCLED FROM HERE TO NEW YORK CITY BY MYSELF, THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT I WOULD REACH INTERSTATE CROSSINGS THAT I JUST FELT I WAS TAKING MY LIFE IN MY HANDS THROUGHOUT.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND, AND, AND THEN I NEVER REMEMBER LIKE 8 OR 9 LANES OF TRAFFIC THAT I HAD BECAUSE USUALLY I WAS IN RURAL AREAS.

BUT THIS TO ME, AND EVEN AS A PEDESTRIAN, I FIND THAT SOMETIMES IT JUST NAVIGATING IT AS I GET OLDER WHICH ALWAYS HAPPENS TO ME.

I FIND IT MORE DIFFICULT TO CROSS THE STREET.

UNDERSTOOD. SO I THINK FIRST OFF, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE WE HAVE 3 OR 4 PEOPLE HERE FROM THE TURNPIKE.

SO THEY'RE HEARING YOUR COMMENTS, YOUR CONCERNS.

SO IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ON THE RECORD I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU DO THAT THROUGH A MOTION, MAKE A MOTION TO, TO, TO MOVE THESE FORWARD, ASKING THAT THE TURNPIKE FOCUS ON THE BIKE AND PED SAFETY THROUGH THEIR DESIGN, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES SO THAT IT'S DOCUMENTED AND IT'S AND IT'S THERE AS IT GOES TO THE BOARD. BUT YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HERE, THEY'RE, THEY'VE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS.

OKAY. I MOVE THAT THE MPO CITIZENS WANTS AN EMPHASIS ON PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST SAFETY AT ACCESS POINTS TO THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE. TO BE PRIORITIZED.

IS THERE A SECOND. A GREGORY.

WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY.

WE CAN VOTE ACCORDINGLY THEN.

SO TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT WITH THAT.

NO, BECAUSE WE ALREADY APPROVED IT.

WE ALREADY PASSED IT. WE ACTUALLY WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT.

OKAY. WE. SO WE MADE THE MOTION.

AND SECOND, BUT WE DIDN'T VOTE. IT WOULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND.

WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. SO THIS IS LANGUAGE IN ADDITION TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

RIGHT. OKAY. AND I THINK YOU'VE COVERED THE CONCERN THERE ABOUT PROVIDING MORE EMPHASIS ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY FOR THOSE ACCESS POINTS.

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RIGHT. RIGHT. THAT'S. YEAH.

IF WE MOVE TO HAVE THE AMENDMENT WHICH WE'RE DOING.

THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND TO ADD LANGUAGE.

YES. YOU'RE THE SECOND, RIGHT.

GREG. SO WHAT I JUST WANT TO IN DISCUSSING THE MOTION, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THE LANGUAGE IS IS STRONGER.

I THINK WE NEED TO MENTION BLUNT ROADS SPECIFICALLY AS AN EXAMPLE.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST PEDESTRIANS GETTING ACROSS THE CROSSWALK.

IT'S, IT'S VULNERABLE POPULATION IN, IN, IN THE ACCESS AREA OF ANY APPROACH TO, TO, TO THE TURNPIKE. SO CAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU WANT TO ACCEPT THAT LANGUAGE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO ADD WORDS TO THIS, OKAY, THAT'S OKAY WITH ME.

OKAY. WELL THEN I'LL TAKE IT FROM ME BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT WE'RE TRYING.

IT'S AMAZING THE CONSENSUS WE HAVE HERE.

YES. YOU WANT TO HIT YOUR TTS AGAIN SO I CAN GET YOU ON THE SPEAKER? OKAY. YEAH. OH, THERE I GO.

SORRY FOR MY RASPY VOICE.

I'M OKAY WITH THAT. WHATEVER THE PHRASE YOU WANT TO ADD INTO IT IS DONE.

BUT I THINK OUR MOTION HAS TO BE CLEARLY RESTATED THEN.

SO HOW ABOUT IF WE MOVED TO PASS THE ORIGINAL MOTION, BUT WITH THE LANGUAGE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, SAFETY AT THE ACCESS POINTS TO THE TURNPIKE FOR BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS, AND WE WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY AS THEY GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE TO ADDRESS THOSE SPECIFICALLY FOR US.

IS ACCESS THE RIGHT WORD OR SHOULD BE ACCESS AND EGRESS? YEAH, IT'S AN INTERCHANGE, I GUESS.

PERHAPS INTERCHANGE IF I COULD, IN MY NOTES.

WHAT IS EMPHASIS ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT ACCESS POINTS TO THE TURNPIKE.

IS THAT ACCEPTABLE LANGUAGE? WELL WE WANT TO ADD. YEAH.

PHIL I THINK WE NEED TO DEFINE ACCESS POINTS BECAUSE BLUNT ROAD IS NOT A POINT.

IT'S, IT'S A ROADWAY. SO WE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE WORD POINT IS, IS MAY BE SEEMINGLY LIMITED TO THE CROSSWALK.

OKAY. WELL, WE CAN ELIMINATE IT TO JUST SAY AT ACCESS TO THE TURNPIKE MORE GENERICALLY.

AND, AND I'D ENCOURAGE US TO STAY KIND OF GENERIC INSTEAD OF NAMING RIGHT ROADS, BECAUSE THAT WAY IT, IT APPLIES TO ALL OF THESE.

OKAY. BUT I LET'S GET RID OF THE WORD POINT AND SAY ROADWAYS ACCESS ROADWAYS ACCESS IS BILL SAYS, I THINK JUST ACCESS.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO COVER IT IF I COULD THROUGH THE CHAIR.

WE DON'T SAY ROADS BECAUSE YOU'RE TRYING TO TALK BEYOND JUST ROADS.

SO WHAT? I HAVE EMPHASIS ON BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT ACCESS TO TURNPIKE.

I, I IT WOULD BE EASY TO THINK THAT AS A CROSSWALK AND I JUST, I WANT LANGUAGE TO EXPAND IT TO A, AN AREA OF A FEW THOUSAND FEET.

I MEAN, IF PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON BLUNT ROAD, THAT'S, THAT'S HOW MUCH AREA WE NEED TO BE THINKING ABOUT.

I'M NOT SAYING THAT THERE CAN'T BE, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR CHANGE THERE, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT PEDESTRIANS IN THAT REGION OR AREA.

NOT NOT JUST ACCESS POINT.

I THINK BETWEEN JUST SAYING ACCESS AND THE CONVERSATION WE'RE HAVING HERE, THAT THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY FULLY UNDERSTANDS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

I HOPE SO, AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE TAKING NOTE.

I'M SORRY. AND I BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE TAKING NOTES TO EXPLAIN WHAT OUR WISHES ARE TO. WE DON'T HAVE TO GET INTO THE THE SUPER DETAILS BECAUSE WE HEARD PEOPLE UNDERSTANDING. AND IF THEY'RE TAKING NOTES ON THAT, THEN WHEN THEY PRESENT WHAT THE INTENT OF THE MOTION IS, IT'S THERE. PLUS, WE ALSO HAVE THE RECORDING OF OUR CONVERSATION.

THAT IS A BACKUP. YEAH.

I THINK WHAT WE'RE SAYING IN BILL'S TERMS THERE,

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AND I THINK IT CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, ISN'T IT? OKAY. AGREED.

AND I THINK THIS KIND OF MORE GENERAL LANGUAGE THAT WE HAVE HERE, AGAIN, THIS WILL BE PART OF YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE GENERALLY UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR BOARD TO, TO IF WE KEEP IT THIS WAY.

SO I, I, THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WE STICK, YOU KNOW, TO THAT. I THINK IT CONVEYS THE MESSAGE OF CONCERN FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THE TURNPIKE.

AND IF THAT'S THE MESSAGE YOU'RE TRYING TO SEND, I THINK THAT CAPTURES IT.

OKAY. DOES THAT WORK FOR EVERYBODY? I'M STILL NOT SURE. WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF, OF BLUNT ROAD. IT'S A REGION OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET THAT WILL BE HIGHLY IMPACTED BY THE USE OF A FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, LOW VOLUME STREET TO, TO SERVE ACCESS TO THE TURNPIKE.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT'S BEEN RECORDED BECAUSE, I MEAN, FOR OTHER INTERSECTIONS ELSEWHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU, YOU, YOU CHANGE A ROAD TO GET TO THE QUOTE UNQUOTE ACCESS POINT.

YOU'RE YOU'RE AFFECTING A PRETTY WIDE AREA.

SO I JUST, I HOPE THAT'S UNDERSTOOD.

YES, I WOULD EXPECT THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY HAS COPIOUS NOTES ON THAT BACK THERE.

SO. OKAY. SO WE EMPLOY THAT LANGUAGE.

AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO EMPLOY THAT LANGUAGE IN THE BASIC MOTION.

SO MAY WE HAVE A VOTE ON THAT? OKAY. SO I THINK WE'VE ACHIEVED BLASTOFF HERE FOR THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. FOLKS FROM THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY.

I KNOW IT'S A THORNY QUESTION AND HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE, AND HENCE OUR CONCERN, BUT I THINK WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU'LL RESPOND TO THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE WHERE A LOT OF THIS WILL COME OUT IN THE WASH ANYWAY.

SO. OKAY, GOOD. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THE FIRST NON NON ACTION ITEM.

[2. Report from Partner Agency - Greater Fort Lauderdale Transportation Management Association - Commute Broward]

AND I HEAR FROM ROBIN CHARLIE ON THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION REPORT. ROBIN GOOD EVENING MISTER CHAIR AND COMMITTEE.

AND I WANT TO SAY A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO PHIL BUSEY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME, BUT WE USED TO PARTICIPATE TOGETHER ON A BUTTERFLY CLUB IN 2006 WHEN I USED TO WORK FOR THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.

SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE A FAMILIAR FACE.

AND I ACTUALLY HAD THE SAME QUESTION ABOUT THE TRADEWINDS PARK LAND SWAP, BECAUSE YOU AND I HAVE BUTTERFLIES ON ON THE MINDS ALL THE TIME.

RIGHT? SO GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME.

I'M EXCITED TO SHARE AN UPDATE ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY THIS EVENING TO SUMMARIZE LAST YEAR'S SUCCESSES, AS WELL AS TALK ABOUT WHAT'S TO COME.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD, IT'S A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM THAT DELIVERS EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT SERVICES TO DRIVE BEHAVIOR CHANGE, REDUCING DEMANDS OF THE LIMITED CAPACITY OF OUR ROADWAYS.

AND IT IS SUPPORTED BY THE BROWARD, MPO AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND OPERATED BY THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION, OF WHICH I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. I WILL MENTION THAT WE.

THE LAST TIME YOU RECEIVED INFORMATION ON THIS WAS ABOUT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, BECAUSE I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT THE PRIOR TASK WORK ORDER TASK WORK ORDER THREE.

SO NOW HERE WE ARE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF OUR EFFORTS ON LAST YEAR AND TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

SO BRIEFLY DURING THIS PRESENTATION, YOU WILL GET A QUICK REFRESHER ON OUR MISSION AND VISION. YOU'LL LEARN ABOUT THE INITIAL SUCCESSES OF THE PROGRAM, HEAR ABOUT THE PLANS FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UNDERSTAND OUR DELIVERABLES AS WELL AS OUR PERFORMANCE METRICS, WHICH WE WILL TRACK IN ORDER TO MONITOR OUR PROGRESS.

AND THEN FINALLY, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

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I'M A WALKING COMMERCIAL.

I'M LIKE A SUPERHERO WITH MY SHIRT.

CARPOOL VANPOOL BIKE WALK.

ONE SHOE DOESN'T FIT EVERY FOOT.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO COMMUNICATE AND EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT.

TAKE YOUR PHONE LATER AND HIT MY QR CODE, AND THAT'LL BRING YOU RIGHT TO OUR WEBSITE, BROWARD.ORG. SO OUR MISSION IS TO OPTIMIZE, OPTIMIZE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE'S TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

AND I FOCUS ON THE WORD OPTIMIZE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF SUPPLY.

WE'RE NOT BUILDING ROADS.

WE'RE NOT PROVIDING TRANSIT OPERATIONS.

WE'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF MANAGING DEMANDS.

WE'RE FOCUSED ON BEHAVIOR CHANGE, GETTING COMMUTERS OUT OF THEIR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES. AND WE DO THAT BY CREATING COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES WITH OUR PARTNERS, SUCH AS THE MPO AND DOT, AS WELL AS OTHER TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDERS AND LARGE KEY EMPLOYERS TO IMPROVE ECONOMIC GROWTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN BROWARD. OUR VISION IS TO ADVANCE AN EFFICIENT COMMUTE FOR ALL IN GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE, SO COMMUTE BROWARD IS A FLEDGLING PROGRAM.

ITS GENESIS AROSE FROM A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED AT THE END OF 2022. THAT STUDY RECOMMENDED THAT A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM BE INSTALLED TO AUGMENT AND EMPHASIZE THE SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES PROGRAM, WHICH ALREADY DOES A GREAT JOB ON THE REGIONAL LEVEL TO PROMOTE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT. BUT OUR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON THE LOCAL LEVEL.

THE COMMUTER SERVICES PROGRAM IS FULLY FUNDED BY DOT, AND IT COVERS SEVEN COUNTIES FROM THE TREASURE COAST TO KEY WEST THAT INCLUDES 7 MILLION RESIDENTS, 8500MI².

SO AND THAT'S WITH A STAFF OF ABOUT A DOZEN EMPLOYEES.

SO THE STUDY THAT WAS COMPLETED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MY ORGANIZATION, THE TMA AND BROWARD MPO, THE STUDY RECOGNIZED THAT BROWARD, WITH ITS 2 MILLION RESIDENTS, NEEDED ADDITIONAL PEOPLE POWER TO ENCOURAGE A MODE SHIFT FROM SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES.

SO THAT STUDY RECOMMENDED THAT A TDM PROGRAM BE INSTALLED.

AND AS PART OF THAT, WE INCORPORATE WE CARRY OUT AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THAT IMPLEMENTATION PLAN RECOMMENDED WE COMPLETE A MARKETING PLAN.

SO THE MARKETING PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

IT INCLUDES PARTNERSHIPS AND CROSS PROMOTION WITH OUR PEER TRANSIT TRANSPORTATION PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS. LEANING ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO GET MARKETING OUT THERE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCERS, ENGAGE WITH MAJOR EMPLOYERS, CONDUCT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AND ALSO PUT TOGETHER TRADE SHOW AND PRINTED MATERIALS.

AS YOU SEE HERE AGAIN, OUR WEBSITE, BROWARD.ORG.

AND I ALSO HAVE SOME PRINTED MATERIALS TO GIVE OUT FOR FOLKS WHO MAY NOT ALREADY HAVE THIS. WE'VE ALSO IN THE INITIAL PHASES OF OUR PROGRAM HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED OUR WEBSITE, BROWARD.ORG, AS WELL AS OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS.

WE ALSO ASSEMBLED A FUNDING TASK FORCE THAT MEETS REGULARLY TO DRAFT OUR FUNDING STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENT THAT AS WELL AS WE HAVE CONDUCTED COMMUNITY AND EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT PICTURES, SAY A THOUSAND WORDS.

SO I'LL SHARE SOME NICE GRAPHICS WITH THE GROUP.

SO FIRST OF ALL THIS IS OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STUDY.

IT IS 437 PAGES. I'M NOT EXAGGERATING FOR EMPHASIS.

I'D INVITE YOU TO READ ALL 437 IF YOU FEEL LIKE IT, BUT IT IS VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND IS A GREAT RESOURCE AND WELL ORGANIZED, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO READ ALL 4437, BUT IT'S CHOCK FULL OF INFORMATION ABOUT TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN BROWARD AND HOW WE CAN ALLEVIATE THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS. THIS IS OUR WEBSITE, BROWARD.ORG.

IT'S A ONE STOP SHOP THAT SHOWCASES ALL TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUTERS IN BROWARD. IT INCLUDES MODES SUCH AS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, TRI-RAIL, BRIGHTLINE, SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES, CIRCUIT, FREEBEE, B-CYCLE, AS WELL AS WALKING.

AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED.

I THINK I HEARD YOU RODE YOUR BIKE FROM HERE TO NEW YORK CITY.

I'D LOVE TO HEAR ABOUT THAT LATER. THAT SOUNDS FUN.

AND THEN ALSO THE PRINTED MATERIALS AGAIN, I HAVE ONE HERE.

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AND THEN SOME OF THE OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE FDOT HELD A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT DAY. YOU CAN SEE SOME FOLKS THERE PUTTING A PUZZLE TOGETHER.

AND IT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO KEEP THEM AT MY TABLE AND CONTINUE TO ENGAGE THEM ABOUT THEIR COMMUTES. BROWARD MPO IS LET'S GO, LET'S GO BIKE BIKING EVENTS.

OUR ORGANIZATION DONATED A BIKE AND SOME OTHER ITEMS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.

AND THERE'S THE YOUNG YOUNG MAN WHO WON THE BICYCLE WHO WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN HERE IS THE SOUTH FLORIDA BUSINESS JOURNAL AND WHERE WE PARTICIPATED IN THE BEST WORKPLACES, BEST PLACES TO WORK EVENTS, AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARDS.

AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS A GROUP OF 500 GUESTS AT EACH OF THOSE EVENTS.

SO I WASN'T NERVOUS AT ALL THIS EVENING BECAUSE YOU'RE ONLY, WHAT, A DOZEN? AND THEN ALSO AFTER THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN THE SEMINOLE HARD ROCK HOTEL AND CASINOS EARTH DAY EVENTS, AS WELL AS WITH MY FUN EMCEE, JEREMY MULLINGS FROM SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES.

WE PUT ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMUTER SUMMIT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA CENTER FOR URBAN TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH.

SO LOTS OF GREAT STUFF THAT HAPPENS LAST YEAR.

NOW LET'S TALK ABOUT CONTINUING THAT PROGRESS INTO THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR, JULY THROUGH JUNE 2025.

OUR GOALS ARE CENTERED ON CONTINUING TO EDUCATE AND ENCOURAGE COMMUTERS IN ORDER TO DRIVE THEIR BEHAVIOR CHANGE AND GET THEM OUT OF THEIR SINGLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES AND ENSURE THEY'RE HAPPY AND HEALTHY AND SAFE.

SO THE STRATEGY IS TO DO THAT INCLUDE MAINTAINING OUR WEBSITE AND SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, CONTINUING TO PARTICIPATE IN ROBUST OUTREACH EVENTS, PARTNER WITH KEY EMPLOYERS.

WE ARE WORKING ON AN EMPLOYEE.

WE'RE WE'RE ABOUT TO LAUNCH AN EMPLOYEE TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR PROGRAM THAT PARTNERS WITH KEY EMPLOYERS TO HAVE AMBASSADORS WITHIN THE EMPLOYERS THAT CARRY OUT THE MESSAGE OF OUR PROGRAM TO THEIR WORKFORCE, LIKE LITTLE ARMY ANTS ALL OVER BROWARD.

AND NEXT CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES, WORKING HAND IN HAND TO ENSURE THAT WHATEVER IS DONE REGIONALLY IS REFLECTED LOCALLY AND VICE VERSA. FUNDING, RESEARCH AND PURSUIT.

THANK YOU. BROWARD MPO AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR RECOGNIZING THAT TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT AND PUTTING YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS TO MAKE SURE THAT A PROGRAM LIKE THIS IS FUNDED.

WE NEED MORE TRANSPORTATION, DEMAND MANAGEMENT, AND TO DO THAT, WE NEED MORE FUNDING.

SO WE'LL BE FOCUSING ON DRAWING UPON MORE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS.

AND THEN FINALLY CONTINUING TO SUPPORT BROWARD MPO WITH THEIR STATE OF THE REGION AWARDS AS A FISCAL AGENT, WHICH IS A SMALL SIDE THING THAT WE'VE BEEN HELPING THE MPO ON. ABOUT THE DELIVERABLES FOR THIS TASK WORK ORDER.

THE WEB AND SOCIAL UPDATES TO CONTINUE CONTINUOUSLY KEEP OUR INFORMATION FRESH ACCORDING TO CURRENT CONDITIONS.

A PERFORMANCE METRICS DASHBOARD WILL BE ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE THAT WILL REFLECT THE CUMULATIVE EFFECT IN BROWARD AMONGST ALL OF OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PROVIDER PARTNERS, SO THAT WE COULD SHOW TO THE COMMUNITY CARBON EMISSIONS AVOIDED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED REDUCED AND MONEY SAVED BY COMMUTE BY COMMUTERS.

AND FURTHER TO THAT, TRANSPORTATION EVENTS WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES.

UPDATING OUR MARKETING PLAN AND FUNDING STRATEGY TO REFLECT CURRENT CONDITIONS AND TAILORED PROGRAMS FOR EMPLOYERS.

AND THIS IS NEW THIS YEAR, A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR MUNICIPALITIES. AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE TAC EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

AND I BELIEVE THERE WERE SOME MUNICIPALITIES REPRESENTED IN THE AUDIENCE.

SO HOPEFULLY SOME FOLKS FROM THAT GROUP WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE SOME GOOD CONNECTIONS WITH THEM SO THAT WE CAN BRING THIS PROGRAM FURTHER TO THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS TO THEIR NEIGHBORS.

CONTINUING ON TO A NON PROFIT GIVING POLICY, WHICH WILL BE PART OF OUR FUNDING STRATEGY, VIRTUAL WORKSHOPS. AND THEN FINALLY SUMMING EVERYTHING UP IN AN ANNUAL REPORT.

AND HOW WILL WE HOW WILL WE REPORT OUR KPIS AND WHAT PERFORMANCE METRICS WILL WE MEASURE?

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AND THEN FINALLY, THIS IS WHERE THE RUBBER MEETS THE ROAD, SO TO SPEAK. BEHAVIOR CHANGE VIA A MOOD SPLIT SURVEY, WHICH IS SIMPLY, YOU KNOW, HOW ARE YOU COMMUTING NOW? OR HOW DID YOU COMMUNICATE COMMUTE LAST YEAR? AND WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE PARTNERS LIKE TRI-RAIL AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, WHO ALREADY CONDUCT SURVEYS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE COORDINATING WHEN WE LAUNCH THAT TYPE OF SURVEY. AND THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER AT THIS TIME? OKAY. TOM LANDER. QUESTION.

COMMENT ONE. ROBIN CHIARELLI.

THAT'S RIGHT. YEAH. DO YOU DO YOU KNOW OR.

CHARLES CHIARELLI. I THINK YOU ASKED ME THE SAME QUESTION LAST TIME AROUND.

OKAY. I GUESS YOUR MEMORY IS, IS MISTAKING YOU.

YEAH. BUT NO. MY APOLOGIES.

OKAY. MY APOLOGIES FOR BEING FACETIOUS.

IT'S. THAT'S GOOD. IT'S PAST MY BEDTIME.

BUT NO, I AM NOT RELATED TO CHARLES CHIARELLI.

BUT I DID JUST GO TO PALERMO, WHERE MY FAMILY IS ORIGINALLY.

WELL, MY FAMILY IS ORIGINALLY FROM ALCAMO AND SAW THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION THERE.

SO WE'RE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE WHAT WE HAVE HERE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES, PEOPLE, MOTORBIKES, ALL IN THE SAME 12 FOOT ROADWAY.

SO TO DEAL WITH. I LOVE THIS AND AND WE JUST NEED SO MUCH MORE WHEN IT COMES TO BICYCLE.

I, I, ONE THING THAT, THAT I, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT WHEN IT COMES TO TRI RAILS, BICYCLES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, THE PLACES THAT ARE JUST REALLY MADE TO CONNECT AND WERE DISCONNECTED.

AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THAT DEALS IN HOLLYWOOD IS WE HAVE YELLOW GREEN MARKET THAT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE GO TO, AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE OF TRI-RAIL. THEY HAVE GATED IN.

SO NOBODY CAN GO FROM TRI-RAIL TO YELLOW GREEN MARKET.

YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO GET ON A BUS OR WALK OUT AND UP OUT TO SHERIDAN, OVER THE BRIDGE, DOWN THE OTHER SIDE.

WALK ACROSS A HUGE PARKING LOT WHEN.

IF THEY. AND IF YOU WANT PEOPLE TO USE BICYCLES, YOU YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING.

I JUST I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO MORE THINGS FOR CYCLISTS.

AND THE OTHER THING IS, DO YOU DO PRESENTATIONS AT CIVIC ASSOCIATION MEETINGS? I'D BE DELIGHTED TO.

YOU SEND ME. I WILL SEND THEM MY WAY FOR THE YELLOW GREEN MARKET.

THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING INFORMATION TO HEAR.

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE YELLOW GREEN MARKET IN YEARS, SO I HAVE TO MAKE IT OUT THERE ONE OF THESE WEEKENDS. MAYBE I'LL BRING MY DAUGHTERS OUT THERE. BUT YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT COMMUNITY, LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

SO THIS PROGRAM DOES FOCUS IT'S MEAT AND POTATOES OR TO BE A LIAISON BETWEEN ALL OF THE PROVIDER PARTNERS AND KEY EMPLOYERS.

BUT IT DOESN'T STOP THERE.

AND IT GOES RIGHT. SO IT INCLUDES LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS.

AND THE YELLOW GREEN MARKET HAPPENS EVERY WEEKEND, I BELIEVE, OR, AND THEN RIGHT NEARBY I SEE THE, I SEE THE COMMUTERS, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE BLUE COLLAR JOBS.

THERE'S AN A FACTORY RIGHT THERE AT TAFT STREET.

AND THERE'S THE HEIKO, WHICH IS A LARGE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY COMPANY RIGHT THERE AT TAFT STREET.

AND THERE'S NO. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE TRI-RAIL STATION RIGHT UP THE ROAD.

AND THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO GET FROM TRI-RAIL, WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO WALK DOWN THE STREET OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE THERE IN LESS THAN A FOURTH OF A MILE. INSTEAD, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO A WHOLE MILE AND A HALF TO GO AROUND. AND I SEE PEOPLE WALKING THE RAILROAD TRACK TO ACCESS TRI-RAIL FROM THE FROM THE EVENT THAT WORK AT VITKA.

NOT A GOOD, NOT A GOOD THING.

I ACTUALLY HEAR PEOPLE SAYING YIKES BEHIND ME AND I AGREE.

THAT'S DANGEROUS. YOU KNOW, THAT SOUNDS LIKE AN UNSAFE CONDITION.

OUR PROGRAM FOCUSES ON EDUCATION AND ENCOURAGEMENT.

RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO WALK AND MORE PEOPLE TO BIKE.

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING MAYBE CHANGED INFRASTRUCTURE WISE,

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SO IF THEY'RE NOT ALREADY ALREADY AWARE, THEN I WILL BRING YOUR COMMENT BACK TO TRI-RAIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE MPO VENUE.

SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MPO STAFF SO THAT THEY COULD BE AWARE AND PERHAPS RESPOND TO THAT.

YEAH. SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY MADE THE REQUEST THAT YOU PUT IN STAIRS OR RAMP THE GO DOWN ON THE, ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE TRACKS OR THE COMMUTERS AND, AND THE YELLOW GREEN MARKET.

THEY ANSWERED US BY PUTTING UP A FENCE AROUND THE AREA.

OKAY, INTERESTING TO KNOW.

TREVOR'S NOT HERE TO RESPOND TO THAT, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE NOBODY COULD PASS IT ON.

YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. GREGORY.

GALE. HELLO. THANK YOU, ROB, AND THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I THOROUGHLY ENJOYED YOUR PRESENTATION.

AND IT REALLY IS, I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I LIKE BEING ON THIS SORT OF COMMITTEE, BECAUSE IT'S REALLY ABOUT MOVING PEOPLE AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO, RIGHT? SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION.

I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW DO YOU KNOW OR CAN YOU RECOMMEND OR CAN YOU SAY SORT OF A METROPOLITAN AREA THAT WE SHOULD ASPIRE TO? YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES, AS YOU KNOW, IN SOUTH FLORIDA IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE ISN'T THERE.

WHEN WE RECOMMEND, WHEN I RECOMMEND INDIVIDUALS CONSIDER MASS TRANSIT.

YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE IS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T FEEL SAFE.

TIMING IS AN ISSUE. IT DOESN'T GO WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

IT'S MUCH BETTER TO GET IN THE CAR SO YOU CAN GET THERE IN A SHORTER PERIOD OF TIME, ETC..

IT'S NOT LIKE LONDON OR TORONTO, ETC.

WHERE IT'S VERY EASY TO GO FROM BUS TO RAIL, ETC., ETC. SO BASED ON WHERE YOU ARE AND THE ORGANIZATION YOU'RE A PART OF, IS THERE A METROPOLITAN AREA THAT YOU THINK WE COULD ASPIRE TO BECOME? WELL, LET'S START WITH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE SUCCESSES OF WHERE WE ARE HERE, RIGHT? BROWARD.

AND THINKING ABOUT THE UPCOMING WHAT IS IT, BILL? THE, THE THING THAT'S HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER OUT IN SALT LAKE CITY, CAMPO, THE RIGHT, THE ASSOCIATION FOR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.

I HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE OF THOSE MYSELF.

MAYBE YOU ALL HAVE. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, PEOPLE ACTUALLY LOOK TO BROWARD.

IF YOU WERE TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE US, RIGHT.

AND ASK THAT QUESTION, PEOPLE WOULD SAY BROWARD. RIGHT.

SO I THINK WE YOU KNOW, I FIRST OF ALL WANT TO APPLAUD YOUR GROUP AND THE BROWARD MPO AND ALL OF THE PARTNERS THAT DO SUCH A GOOD JOB IN THIS AUTO CENTRIC ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS TO DRIVE YOUR OWN CAR.

OUR CAR IS OUR BRAND, RIGHT? SO IT IS. AND WHO IS OUR COMPETITION? CAR MANUFACTURERS, RIGHT? AND THEY HAVE A HELL OF A LOT OF ADVERTISING.

SO IT'S DEFINITELY AN UPHILL BATTLE.

BUT SINCE YOU ASKED ME THE QUESTION AND SINCE I RECENTLY TRAVELED TO VENICE WHAT'S INTERESTING ABOUT VENICE IS AND I WAS LOOKING AT MY DAD, I'M LIKE, THERE ARE NO BIKES HERE.

THERE'S NOT EVEN BIKES. NOBODY BIKES.

IT'S JUST PEDESTRIANS ONLY BECAUSE IT'S SO LANDLOCKED BY THE WATERWAYS.

AND FURTHER TO THAT, IT'S THE FIRST PLACE I'VE EVER TRAVELED WHERE YOU TAKE A BOAT TO GET TO THE AIRPORT, WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY MIND BLOWING.

AND THEN THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION HUB THAT CONNECTS BOUTTE BUS, BIKESHARE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITIES.

SO YOU KNOW, IT'S A PLACE CALLED LIDO L I'D O LIDO BEACH, WHICH IS JUST OFF OF VENICE.

IF YOU EVER GET THE CHANCE TO GO THERE, IT'S A FANTASTIC PLACE TO SEE ALL OF THIS HAPPENING. AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE OUR COMMUNITY TO ASPIRE TO.

QUITE THE OPPOSITE. I WOULD ASPIRE NOT TO BE PALERMO BECAUSE LITERALLY HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES AND EVERYTHING ALL IN ONE PLACE.

IF YOU WANT MORE OF MY OPINION ON THIS, I ACTUALLY JUST WROTE IN AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, THE WAYS THAT HUMANS ORGANIZE THEIR THOUGHTS AROUND TRANSPORTATION AS HUMAN NATURE. WE WANT THINGS TO BE ORGANIZED, RIGHT? AND SO IT GOES FROM PALERMO TO POMPEII TO VENICE.

IT TALKS ABOUT THE ORIGINAL CROSSWALKS IN POMPEII AND HOW THEY WERE USED NOT ONLY AS CROSSWALKS, BUT ALSO FOR A SUSTAINABLE REASON.

WHEN FLOODS COME THROUGH, THE CROSSWALKS ARE ARE BASICALLY STONES, RIGHT, THAT ARE RAISED AND THAT THE WATER CAN FLOW THROUGH AND THE CHARIOTS WOULD JUST

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AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL TRACKS THAT WERE CREATED BY THE CHARIOTS.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS I NEED TO GO TRAVEL MORE.

YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THIS TRANSFORMATION FROM THIS REALLY CAR CENTRIC SOCIETY TO A MULTI MODAL SOCIETY, I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE'S A MUNICIPALITY THAT REALLY HAS REALLY DONE THAT. WELL I THINK IN THIS COUNTRY, AND ON THIS CONTINENT.

THE BIG CITIES, I THINK, HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TORONTO, BOSTON, THE D.C.

AREA. YEAH, EXACTLY. D.C.

IS SO I FELT LIKE IT WAS THE SAFEST PLACE ON EARTH.

YES, YES. AND BUT BUT IT'S A CONVENIENCE.

SO YOU KNOW, I TOO LIKE TO TRAVEL, AND I WOULD PREFER NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR TO THE AIRPORT. I'VE STOPPED DOING THAT NOW I TAKE UBER, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE MASS TRANSIT.

AND SO IF YOU AGAIN GOING IF YOU EVER HAVE A CITY OR A METROPOLITAN AREA, YOU THINK THIS IS WHERE WE SHOULD BE, WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING OR WHERE WE SHOULD BE GOING? I'D LOVE TO HEAR THAT.

SO D.C., I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT.

AND NEXT TIME, TRY UBER POOL, PLEASE, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

I CAN'T PROMISE THAT. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. IF I COULD MR. GALE, I, I, I WANT TO ADD A COUPLE OF WORDS TO COURSE, THIS IN MY PREVIOUS LIFE AS A A TRANSIT PROFESSIONAL, WHEN I TRAVELED FOR BUSINESS, I WAS REQUIRED TO USE TRANSIT ONLY.

AND SO I'VE BEEN AROUND THIS COUNTRY.

AND I GOTTA TELL YOU, THERE'S THE HISTORIC TRANSIT, THE NEW YORKS, THE BOSTON.

OKAY. BUT AS FAR AS YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD ACTUALLY HOLD UP DENVER AS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF KIND OF AN AUTO BASED.

IT GREW UP LARGELY IN AN AUTO BASED TIME.

THAT'S A PLACE THAT'S REALLY DONE A GOOD JOB AT AGGRESSIVELY PURSUING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TRANSIT. SEATTLE MIGHT BE ANOTHER ONE.

AND THEN IF YOU REALLY WANT MY FAVORITE GOLD STANDARD NORTH AMERICAN CITY FOR WALKABILITY BIKEABILITY AND FOR TRANSIT THAT WOULD BE VANCOUVER, CANADA. OH, OKAY. YEAH.

OKAY. NICE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE. OKAY. MICHAEL SMITH.

THANK YOU, ROBIN, FOR YOUR ENLIGHTENING PRESENTATION.

I DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS.

JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS BEFORE I LEFT THE HOUSE TODAY.

I SCRIPPS NEWS WAS ON AND THEY MENTIONED THE THREE MOST CONGESTED INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS I-4 IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, I-95 IN THE NORTHEAST.

BUT RESIDUALLY, I-95 IS BARELY TOLERABLE IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

AND BY THE WAY, IT OUR LAST THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD THIS YEAR WAS A PORTION, A SECTION OF I-95 WAS FLOODED AND CLOSED FOR A TIME.

SO IT'S, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN THE TRI-RAIL AS A ALTERNATIVE.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD REPEAT AGAIN.

THE FLOOD, THE THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD OF A YEAR AGO THE TRI-RAIL PARKING LOTS, ALTHOUGH THE, THE TRI-RAIL TRAINS OPERATED WITHOUT WITHOUT A PROBLEM.

THE PARKING LOTS IN FORT LAUDERDALE FLOODED.

AND THAT THOSE ARE OWNED BY, NOT BY TRI-RAIL, BUT ARE OWNED BY DOT. SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT IN THERE AS A AS ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT YOU DO HAVE TRI-RAIL ON YOUR LOGO.

AND I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT THAT'S ALL I HAVE AS FAR AS RESILIENCY GOES.

AND I HOPE THAT'S A PRIORITY IN THE FUTURE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION AND, AND DOTS. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD.

WHAT DO I DO? BILL IS NEXT.

YEAH, BILL IS NEXT. YOU SHOULD HAVE A.

OH, WAIT A MINUTE. LET ME GO BACK HOME. MR. GALE, I KNOW YOU WANTED AN EXAMPLE FROM FLORIDA, WHICH I CAN'T GIVE YOU, BUT THE CITY OF BOCA BOGOTA, COLOMBIA, SHUTS DOWN. I'M JUST READING HERE 75 MILES OF STREETS EVERY SUNDAY.

AND I HAD SEEN THAT ONCE, AND IT WAS SO EXCITING.

AND THEIR FAMILIES OUT ON THEIR BICYCLES HAVING A GREAT TIME.

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BUT I THINK IF YOU MAKE IT FUN, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET THE POINT.

YES. I THINK I ALMOST HEARD YOU SAY THE CITY OF BOCA AND I BRING THAT.

I KNOW YOU SAID BOGOTA.

BOGOTA IS A NIGHTMARE, BY THE WAY.

OTHERWISE WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE THAT CICLOVIA.

BUT THE CITY OF BOCA HAS A TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, AND THAT IF YOU LOOK IT UP, IT'S.

I CAN SEND IT OUT THROUGH BILL, I GUESS.

BUT THE CITY OF BOCA RATON REQUIRES EMPLOYERS.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT I'M AWARE OF IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

THEY REQUIRE EMPLOYERS, NEW AND OLD TO PARTNER WITH AND TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS LIKE COMMUTE BROWARD, SO THAT TDM TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES ARE INCLUDED IN PLANS AND PROGRAMS. SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

OKAY. MARK. JOHN, I HAVE FIRST OF ALL, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS TERRIFIC.

THANK YOU. AND THIS MAY BE A SILLY QUESTION, BUT I LIVE IN THE CITY OF WESTON FOR 24 YEARS. WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL BUS STOPS, AND I'VE NEVER SEEN A BUS.

I'M WONDERING WHY. IT'S NOT A SILLY QUESTION.

I WOULD HAVE THE SAME QUESTION IF I WERE LIVING IN WESTON AND FOR 20 YEARS AND HAVEN'T SEEN A BUS. AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THERE IS A BUS ROUTE THAT GOES OUT TO THE CITY OF WESTON, BUT I DON'T KNOW THE SCHEDULE OR THE ROUTE OFF THE TOP OF MY HANDS, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.

IT'S IT WAS JUST CURIOSITY.

MOST OF US IN WESTON HAVE VEHICLES, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A CITY BUS IN 24 YEARS.

GOOD QUESTION. I WILL FIND OUT.

BUT NOW YOU MADE ME CURIOUS.

I'M ALSO CURIOUS. I KNOW THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL BUS STOPS.

I'VE SEEN THEM TO WESTON BUS ROUTE.

THANK YOU. MICHAEL SMITH AGAIN.

JUST AS A VERY HAZY MEMORY.

AT ONE TIME, BROWARD HAD A REQUIREMENT FOR TRANSIT AS PART OF THEIR.

ROAD EXPANSION PROJECTS AND PART OF THAT WAS A BUS STOP REQUIREMENT.

WHETHER THEY EVER GOT TO A ROUTE IS ANOTHER QUESTION.

BUT IT WAS AT THE TIME, IT WAS CONSIDERED A FORWARD THINKING PLAN TO IF YOU EXPAND THE ROAD, YOU PUT A BUS STOP IN THERE PROSPECT ROAD OR NORTHWEST 44TH STREET COMES TO MIND, WHICH HAS NEVER HAD A TRANSIT ROUTE.

BUT YET THEY, THEY INSTALLED AT LEAST YEARS AGO.

THERE HAVE BEEN REVISIONS SINCE THEN, WHICH MAY HAVE ELIMINATED IT.

I'M NOT SURE, BUT JUST JUST A MEMORY THERE.

ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROBIN, I APPRECIATE THAT. MY PLEASURE.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING THERE, AND IT RESONATES WITH ME.

NOT ONLY FOR TRANSIT, WHICH YOU'RE TRYING TO PROMOTE AND OTHER MEANS, BUT ALSO RAISING AWARENESS FOR DRIVERS.

I MEAN, I'M MORE INVOLVED WITH VISION ZERO, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB ANYWHERE ABOUT REALLY PUBLICIZING THAT I CAN ASK MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHAT THEY THINK OF DRIVER SAFETY AND THE FATALITY RATES AND SO FORTH.

AND THEY'RE AMAZED THAT FLORIDA IS NUMBER ONE.

SO WHEN YOU WERE EXPLAINING IN THE SLIDES HERE, AND I SAW THEM THIS MORNING TOO ABOUT ALL THE OUTREACH THAT YOU'RE DOING.

I THINK THAT'S AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THESE OTHER PROGRAMS DUE TO RAISE THE AWARENESS THAT WE'RE OUT THERE KILLING EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S UP TO US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

SO I'M GOT A LOT TO CHEW ON IN THAT RESPECT.

AND THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY.

AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THIS EXACT STATISTICS ARE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I HAVE A GOOD FRIEND, JONATHAN HOPKINS, WHO CAN JUST RATTLE RATTLE THEM OFF. I WISH HE WERE NEXT TO ME RIGHT NOW.

BUT THERE ARE STATISTICS THAT SHOW THAT RIDING A TRAIN OR RIDING A BUS IS SOMETHING, SOMETHING MORE SAFE THAN DRIVING A CAR.

YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN THE STATISTICS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE FASCINATING. I THINK IT'S LIKE 100 TIMES MORE SAFE THAN DRIVING A CAR OR SOMETHING. SO YEAH, WHEN THE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN GET OUT OF THE CAR IS ACTUALLY,

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OKAY. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE READY FOR MEMBER COMMENTS FOR COMMENTS THAT ARE NOT ON THE SUBJECTS WE'VE BEEN ADDRESSING. ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING? OKAY.

I GUESS NOT. PETER MENTIONED A COUPLE EVENTS COMING UP THAT ARE ON OUR AGENDA.

[4. Registration Now Open: Route to 2050 E-TownHall - The Future of Transportation - July 30, 2024]

SO I SUGGEST EVERYBODY, IF YOU CAN MAKE IT, DO IT.

THE REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW.

I'M HEARD. I HEARD, SO THAT'S TIME TO DO IT.

WE WILL NOT HAVE A MEETING NEXT MONTH.

THE NEXT ONE WILL BE AUGUST 28TH.

SO WE'LL GET A LITTLE VACATION TIME HERE.

AND WITH THAT, MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION? SECOND. THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.

OKAY. AND VOTE. THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT, I WITHOUT LOOKING, I THINK THE MOTION IS CARRIED AND WE'RE OUT OF HERE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, SIR.

AND YOU, SIR.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.