Oct 23, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

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OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

AND TRY TO KEEP THE APPLAUSE DOWN.

BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM AT 6:00.

LIFE IS GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

WE NEED THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL, AND WE WILL DO THAT ON OUR TOUCH SCREENS,

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - August 26, 2024]

COULD I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? CHAIR. JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE.

OH, I WAS WAITING FOR MICHAEL SMITH TO PRESS PRESENT.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MAYBE WE HAVE A MOTION.

OKAY. WE DO. DARREN AND PATIENCE.

THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? CORRECTIONS. ADDITIONS. SUBTRACTIONS.

OKAY, THEN PLEASE VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THAT EVERYBODY. I CAN'T SEE THAT FAR.

OKAY, GOOD. NEXT APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

ANY COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA? I THOUGHT NOT. THEN PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE.

WAS THAT A YES? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEXT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS THIS EVENING?

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

OKAY. WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ON TO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM.

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the 2025 Citizens' Advisory Committee (CAC) Meetings Schedule]

I ASSUME EVERYBODY'S HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THAT.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS ON THAT? IT'S PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY.

OKAY, THEN PLEASE VOTE.

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

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 - 2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 450866-2: WEST LAKE DRIVE AT LUCILLE RIVER BRIDGE # 865773 B. FM# 450867-2: WEST LAKE DRIVE AT MERCEDES RIVER BRIDGE # 865774 C. FM# 450868-2: WEST LAKE DRIVE AT ESTELLE RIVER BRIDGE # 865771 D. FM# 450870-2: SE 7TH STREET AT RIO CORDOVA BRIDGE # 865760]

NOW THERE IS NO PRESENTATION FOR THIS.

THIS IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUE.

I THINK BILL, YOU WANT TO ENTER A COMMENT.

YES, MR. CHAIR BILL CROSS BROWARD MPO.

SO WE DO HAVE AN FDOT REPRESENTATIVE HERE WHO IS HAPPY TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU JUST LIKE A 3 OR 4 SENTENCE OVERVIEW OF WHAT THESE ARE, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION ABOUT THAT.

BUT THEY ARE JUST FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION.

BUT WE WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. YEAH. JUST A FEW WORDS ON WHAT IT IS FOR EVERYBODY'S BENEFIT.

OKAY. HELLO EVERYONE. I AM MAYA WILLIAMS GRAY.

I'M FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I AM THE LOCAL PROGRAM A LOCAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR.

SO MANAGING THE STATE AND FEDERAL GRANTS, THE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE ARE BRIDGE REPLACEMENTS THAT ARE ADMINISTERED PROJECTS THAT WILL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. THESE PROJECTS DERIVE FROM A FDOT CENTRAL OFFICE LIST OF PRIORITY PRIORITIZED DEFICIENT BRIDGES. THAT WAS FOR THE AREA.

SO THAT'S HOW THE, THE BRIDGES RECEIVED THE FUNDING.

AND THE FUNDING THAT WAS RECEIVED IS FEDERAL IS SPLIT BETWEEN FEDERAL AND LOCAL SHARE.

SO THE FEDERAL FUNDS IS 75%.

THE LOCALS ARE REQUIRED TO MATCH THAT WITH 25% COST FOR THE TOTAL PROJECT.

WE ARE PROPOSING FOR IN THIS TIP AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE RIGHT OF WAY PHASES AS DURING PHASE ONE OF THE PROJECT AND DESIGN.

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PHASE ONE OF THE DESIGN INCLUDED THE BASIC GEOMETRY AND TYPICAL SECTION LAYOUT, SOME DATA COLLECTION AND, AND CONCEPT PLANS.

AND WHILE PROVIDING BY COLLECTING ALL OF THAT, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WAS NO RIGHT OF WAY ACQUISITION NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT.

SO THAT PHASE WE'RE REQUESTING IN THIS TIP TO BE REMOVED.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION IS IN 27 FUNDING.

THAT WAS SOME OF YOU MAY ASK, WELL, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY FUNDING? THAT FUNDING IS REALLOCATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE TO SUPPORT WITH COST OVERRUNS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS, MICHAEL? GOOD EVENING, MRS. GRAHAM. WAS IT MRS.. GRAY? GRAHAM. GRAY. GRAY. SORRY MY HEARING ISN'T SO GOOD.

ONE QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO IN A RELATED PROJECT ON AS FAR AS FUNDING GOES ON LAS OLAS BOULEVARD, WHERE THE CITY HAD A PROJECT IN THE COUNTY, HAD A BRIDGE PROJECT, AND THE TWO MET, BUT AT DIFFERENT LEVELS BECAUSE ONE WAS GOING ON ONE BASE AND ONE WAS GOING ON ANOTHER BASE.

HAVE THEY DONE THE APPROPRIATE BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR THE LEVEL OF THE, THE ROADWAY WHEN THEY FINISH? AND, AND ALONG WITH THAT IS ANOTHER QUESTION.

THIS IS SORRY TO BE SO COMPLICATED, BUT FIRST OF ALL, THE THE PAVEMENT DO THE WILL THE PAVEMENTS AND THE SECOND PART OF IT IS WE'VE HAD KING TIDES HERE A DAY AGO. SO I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S SOME THOUGHT TO RESILIENCE AND THE FACT THAT SEA LEVEL RISE.

IS AFFECTING VARIOUS WATERWAY AREAS IN SOUTH FLORIDA.

SO I'M WONDERING IF THEY ANTICIPATED FOR FOR RAISING THE ROAD OR PAVEMENT AT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LEVEL, BUT THAT'S THE QUESTION.

OKAY. WELL, I GUESS TWOFOLD WHAT I CAN ANSWER AND IT'S I DEFINITELY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION TO YOU, BUT THE BRIDGES ARE NOT GOING TO BE RAISED MORE THAN A FOOT.

THEY, THE, THE, THE, THE ENGINEERS ARE DEFINITELY DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE WITH ENSURING WE HAVE THE CORRECT PERMITS.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE FROM AN ENVIRONMENTAL STANDPOINT, THERE ARE WE'RE COORDINATING WITH THE COAST GUARD ENGINEERS.

THEY'RE EVALUATING THE SEA LEVELS.

THAT'S ALL PART OF THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.

SO RIGHT NOW, ALL I HAVE NOTED IS THAT IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE BRIDGES WILL NOT RISE MORE THAN A FOOT.

WELL, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. GREAT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES.

THANK YOU. IF I UNDERSTAND IT RIGHT, WHAT YOU ARE ASKING FOR IS PURELY PROCEDURAL.

IT HAS NO EFFECT WHATSOEVER ON THE DESIGN.

CORRECT. OKAY. YES. OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. IF WE CAN HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THAT.

AND CONSEQUENTLY, PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I'LL MOVE ON TO THE FIRST NON ACTION ITEM.

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

METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WILL BE PRESENTED BY CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.

CHRISTOPHER. YES. GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO AND I AM HERE TO GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION.

THE LAST PRESENTATION THAT YOU'LL HEAR ON THE RAPTOR 2050 BEFORE WE GO FOR ADOPTION AT THE NEXT MEETING FROM YOU ALL AND ENDORSEMENT.

SO A LONG TIME COMING, TWO YEARS OF WORK IS GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP INTO THIS PRESENTATION.

SO I'M GOING TO GO QUICKLY THROUGH A LOT OF SLIDES. WE HAVE ABOUT 36 OF THEM DON'T WANT

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I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

SO LET'S GET STARTED. FIRST OFF, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE BY SHOW OF HANDS, IS AWARE THAT WE HAVE A VISION 2100 DOCUMENT AS PART OF THE BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION? GOOD JOB.

MAX, YOU WERE HERE AT THE EARLIER PRESENTATION.

YES, YES, YES. OKAY, SO I DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF HANDS GO UP.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF Y'ALL IS IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, PLEASE GO CHECK THIS PLAN OUT.

AND IT'S THE EASY GOOGLE SEARCH.

YOU GO, YOU JUST SEARCH BROWARD MPO VISION 2100.

AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE AS PART OF OUR 2045 PLAN.

SO THE MTP BEFORE THE 2050, WE ESTABLISHED WHAT WE'RE CALLING VISION 2100 AND WHAT VISION 2100 DOES IS IT SETS SOME KEY PARADIGM SHIFTS WITHIN OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK WITHIN BROWARD, AND SETS SOME VERY LOFTY GOALS THAT WE WANT TO TRY TO ACCOMPLISH BEFORE THE YEAR 2100.

OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANS THAT WE DEVELOP EVERY FIVE YEARS ARE THOSE CHECKPOINTS ALONG THE WAY TO THE 2100, SO THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING INVESTMENTS THAT ACCOMPLISH THOSE VISIONS OR THOSE GOALS.

SO WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU IN THIS SLIDE HERE IS THE FLOW OF HOW OUR PLAN IS LOOKING RIGHT NOW. OUR DRAFT PLAN RIGHT NOW, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BECOME OUR ADOPTED PLAN. AND WHEN YOU GO TO REVIEW THE PLAN, THIS IS THE STORY THAT WE WANT TO TELL WITH IT. WE START WITH VISION 2100.

THAT SETS THE CALL TO ACTION FOR AN INNOVATIVE FUTURE.

ROUTE TO 2050. IS THAT MID-CENTURY CHECKPOINT ON THE WAY TO VISION 2100? TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SETTING GOOD GOALS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT.

OUR EMPHASIS AREAS RIGHT THERE IN THE PINK BOX ARE WHAT MAKE A ROUTE TO 2050 DIFFERENT THAN PAST MTPS WE'VE HAD IN THE.

WE'VE HAD BEFORE. THIS TIME OUR EMPHASIS AREAS ARE ON RESILIENCY, SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY, AND HOUSING.

FROM THOSE EMPHASIS AREAS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE COME UP FROM THOSE DIFFERENT ASSESSMENTS.

AND THOSE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES TURN INTO WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR ROUTE MARKERS AND OPPORTUNITY THAT WE CAN USE OUR DATA SETS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE CAN APPLY TO PROJECT SCOPES AND MAKE SURE THAT ALL THOSE GOALS FROM VISION 2100 ARE REPRESENTED IN THOSE PROJECTS THAT WE ESTABLISH AS PART OF THIS PLAN.

NOW, WHERE DO THOSE PROJECTS LIVE? THEY LIVE WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS. THOSE ARE OUR FUNDING MECHANISMS TO GET THOSE PROJECTS FUNDED AND GET US CLOSER AND CLOSER TO VISION 2100. SO IF YOU TAKE AWAY ANYTHING FROM TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THIS IS OUR GOAL FOR THE MTP, AND THIS IS THE STORY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THAT DOCUMENT.

SO MY INTENTION WITH THIS PRESENTATION IS WHEN THE DRAFT DOCUMENT IS READILY AVAILABLE FOR YOU GUYS TO START REVIEWING, IS THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW WHAT'S IN EACH CHAPTER. SO IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC INTEREST TO ANY OF THE DIFFERENT CHAPTERS, YOU CAN GO DIRECTLY THERE AND START LEAVING COMMENTS.

SO CHAPTER ONE, WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S AN INTRODUCTION TO A ROUTE TO 2050.

IN HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT AN MDP IS, HOW IT HOW OUR ROUTE TO 2050 IS DIFFERENT FROM THE PAST WE JUST MENTIONED.

IT'S THE EMPHASIS AREAS.

AND THEN ALSO YOU'RE GOING TO GET AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S WITHIN THE DOCUMENT. SO YOU'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUCH OF VISION 2100, A LITTLE BIT OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE INTRODUCED TO OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS, OUR PARTNERSHIPS, AND THEN OUR ROUTE MARKERS. CHAPTER TWO.

WHAT IT DOES IS IT SETS THE CONTEXT OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE WITH ROUTE TO 2050. SO FIRST OFF, IT'S OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN MAY OF 2023, WHICH ARE TO SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS AND TO FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.

EVERY PROJECT THAT WE SET UP WITH THIS PLAN RELATES TO ONE OF THESE GOALS, OR ALL OF THE GOALS IN THIS CHAPTER, YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE HOW OUR PARTNERSHIPS ARE KEY AND VITAL TO MAKING SURE THAT WE CREATE A PLAN THAT'S GOOD WITH ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT PARTNERS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO PARTNERS LIKE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, BROWARD COUNTY SPHERE, THE TRI-RAIL OPERATORS, AND THEN ALL OF OUR 31 MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED. THE BOXES BELOW SHOW THE DIFFERENT PARTNER PLANS THAT WE HAVE INCORPORATED OR INTERACTED WITH TO CREATE THIS PLAN.

I WON'T GO THROUGH THESE DETAILS, BUT BACK IN OCTOBER OF 12 OF 2023, WE ESTABLISHED THE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE WILL BE USING TO RANK AND PRIORITIZE OUR PROJECTS.

SO WHEN YOU GET TO CHAPTER THREE, IF YOU'RE A DIE HARD PLANNER AND IF YOU'VE DONE REPORTS BEFORE, YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A LOT OF EXISTING CONDITIONS, EVERYTHING FROM THE CURRENT EVALUATION OF WHAT THE ROADWAY LOOKS LIKE OR THE ROADWAY NETWORK LOOKS LIKE. ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSITIVE AREAS THAT ARE THERE WHERE THE AIRPORTS, SEAPORTS, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CONDITIONS ARE REPRESENTED IN THIS CHAPTER. SO IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF INFORMATION, AND I IMPLORE YOU TO GO CHECK OUT THAT.

THERE'S SOME REALLY COOL MAPS IN THERE. CHAPTER FOUR ARE GOING TO BE OUR CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES. SO GOING BACK TO WHAT OUR EMPHASIS AREAS ARE,

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SO FIRST UP, WE HAVE OUR SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH AS ONE OF OUR KEY CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR SAFETY EMPHASIS AREA.

YOU CAN SEE FROM THE GRAPHICS HERE, THERE'S SOME STATISTICS ABOUT THE CRASHES THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING.

AND THEN ALSO HOW THERE'S A PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WITH OBESITY AND HEART DISEASE.

WE CAN PROPOSE PROJECTS THAT MOTIVATE PEOPLE TO BE MORE ACTIVE IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND SAFER SO THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING HIT BY CARS.

GROWTH AND CONGESTION IS ALSO A CHALLENGE HERE IN BROWARD.

WE'RE NO LONGER A BEST KEPT SECRET.

THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY INTERESTED IN MOVING INTO SOUTH FLORIDA. SO WE HAVE A POTENTIAL, A LOT MORE FRIENDS COMING DOWN HERE EXPECTED TO HAVE ABOUT 330,000 MORE PEOPLE BY THE YEAR 2050, WHICH REQUIRES MORE HOUSING.

AND IF THERE'S MORE HOUSING, IT REQUIRES MORE.

IT WILL HAVE MORE STRAIN ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK RESILIENCY.

YOU ALL KNOW IT'S NOTHING NEW.

WE'VE LIVED THROUGH SOME FLOODS THIS PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND SO WITH WITH THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND ALSO WITH SEA LEVEL RISE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ARE A MAIN CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE FACING WITH THIS PLAN.

AND THEN AS TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LEFT BEHIND WITH ANY KIND OF TECHNOLOGY ADVANCE. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE INVESTING, WHETHER THERE ARE FEASIBILITY STUDIES OR ACTUAL ACTIONABLE PROJECTS LIKE EV CHARGING STATIONS INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SO THAT WE'RE EVOLVING WITH THE TIMES.

SOMETHING YOU'RE ALSO GOING TO SEE WITHIN THIS CHAPTER IS SOME OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR PROGRAMS. AND THEN ALSO WITH OUR PROCESS, YOU'LL SEE THE CHAPTER DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE SECTIONS HERE, ONE THAT OUTLINES OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN EACH OF OUR PROGRAMS. SO THINK OF THINGS LIKE OUR C PROGRAM WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO FUND COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS THAT OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES SUBMIT TO US OR THINGS LIKE OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WHERE WE HAVE THAT $5 MILLION GRANT THAT WE'VE BEEN AWARDED, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE IDENTIFYING CRITICAL SAFETY PROJECTS, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO OUR PLAN. ON THE PROCESS SIDE, THERE ARE CERTAIN STRATEGIES THAT WE DEVELOPED THROUGH THIS, LIKE OUR GRANT COORDINATION MATRIX. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A TOOL THAT HELPS US EVALUATE ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE COLLECTED THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, WHERE WE CAN RANK AND SCORE THEM AND SET THEM UP WITH THEIR BEST CHANCE TO GO AFTER GRANTS SO THAT WE CAN SEEK ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND BRING IT DOWN HERE TO BROWARD. SO THOSE ARE JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR ROUTE MARKERS.

THESE ARE OUR ROUTE MARKERS THAT ARE IDENTIFYING CHALLENGES FOR EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT'S IN THE PLAN.

IT WILL PROBABLY HIGHLIGHT WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THESE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF ISSUES THAT BROWARD HAS, ONE BEING BICYCLE SUITABILITY.

PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE RIDING THEIR BIKE.

HAVING A ROUTE MARKER LIKE A BICYCLE SUITABILITY HERE WILL HELP US OR WHOEVER IS ADMINISTERING THE PROJECT.

PUT IN INTERVENTIONS THAT HELP BICYCLISTS RIDE THEIR BIKES MORE SAFELY.

CHAPTER FIVE IS PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES, SOME REALLY GREAT STATISTICS AND SOME REALLY COOL INITIATIVE, COOL NEW INITIATIVES THAT WE'VE DONE AS PART OF OUR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT.

CHECK OUT THIS CHAPTER.

YOU'LL SEE ALL OF THE COMPLETED PUBLIC OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE ALREADY. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PRESENTATIONS, WE'VE DONE SOME SURVEYS.

WE HAD AN MTP SUMMIT. I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF Y'ALL WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT WE WERE IN THE IMAX THEATER.

GREAT BIG SCREEN, A SMALL LITTLE STAGE, BUT A LOT OF FUN.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE SOME UPCOMING PUBLIC OUTREACH.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A PLUG TO STAY ATTENTIVE TO OUR MOBILITY.

MONDAY TO OUR NEWSLETTER, BECAUSE WE'LL START PUSHING OUT WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT TO Y'ALL'S COMMUNITIES TO START TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN SOME MORE.

AND THE IMAGE TO THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY OUR INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE WE HAVE OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN LOADED UP THERE WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS.

IF YOU USE YOUR PHONE TO SCAN THAT QR CODE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR, OUR, OUR WEBSITE. SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT, ACCESS THE INTERACTIVE MAP AND LEAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THE PROJECTS.

WE'LL REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

SO CHAPTER SIX, THIS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE BORING STUFF.

IT'S OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, BUT I'VE GIVEN THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE.

BUT JUST TO DO A QUICK RECAP, EVERYTHING THAT WE GET AS PART OF THE PLAN COMES THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS. ALL OF OUR MUNICIPALITIES AND PARTNER AGENCIES SUBMIT PROJECTS TO US.

WE CLASSIFY EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS INTO A PROGRAM.

THEN WE SET PRIORITIZATION FACTORS AND CRITERIA TO RANK THE PROJECTS IN EACH ONE OF THE PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE FINALLY GET OUR FINANCIAL PLANS.

SO WE GO DOWN THE LIST UNTIL WE RUN OUT OF MONEY.

AND THIS IS JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR NEEDS.

ASSESSMENT STARTED WITH 434, WHITTLED IT DOWN.

OUR PLAN YOU'LL SEE THE FINAL NUMBERS WHEN THE DRAFT GOES UP ON THE, ON THE WEBSITE, BUT FROM THE GRAPH ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT OVER THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT FORT LAUDERDALE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A STANDOUT. THEY SUBMITTED 70 PROJECTS COMPARED TO OTHER MUNICIPALITIES.

SO THAT'S FUN. THESE ARE OUR SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS TECHNOLOGY, COMPLETE STREETS, SAFETY, ROADWAY TRANSIT AND HUBS, AND ALSO RESILIENCY. CHAPTER SEVEN IS FOCUSED ON ALL OF THE FUNDING.

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THIS IS YOUR CHAPTER. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE MPO IS CONTROL IS IN CONTROL OF A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF FINANCIAL REVENUES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO US WITH COMPLETE CONTROL.

THE REST WE HAVE INFLUENCE, BUT OUR COMPLETE CONTROL IS THAT SMALL GREEN SECTION OF THAT CHART THERE.

IT'S ABOUT 8% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AND THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT $0.92 BILLION.

SO ALMOST 1 BILLION. AND OF THAT 8%, WE HAVE DISTRIBUTED ALL OF THAT, ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES INTO THESE DIFFERENT SIX PROGRAMS HERE WITH COMPLETE STREETS AT 51%, BECAUSE THAT HAD THE HIGHEST NEED AND WAS VERY FAVORABLE THAT WE PUT ALL THAT MONEY THERE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN THAT WE SHARED A FEW MONTHS AGO, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE CHANGES FROM FROM THEN UNTIL NOW.

AND SOME OF THOSE CHANGES INCLUDE THE INCORPORATION OF FDOT SIS PROJECTS.

SO A LOT OF THOSE MAJOR HIGHWAY PROJECTS ARE IN THERE NOW.

THE INCORPORATION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 29 TIP PROJECTS, AND THEN ALSO THEIR FUTURE YEAR COSTS THAT WEREN'T ACCOUNTED FOR BEFORE.

SO IN OUR TIP, THERE MIGHT BE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE DESIGN FUNDED, BUT THEY'RE MISSING SOME CONSTRUCTION. WE BROUGHT IN THAT THOSE THOSE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION YEARS INTO THE PLAN. SO IT'S BEEN TAKEN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT PIE AWAY FOR NEW PROJECTS.

HERE ARE JUST SOME RECAPS OF OUR PROGRAMS AND HOW THEY'RE ADDRESSING THE CHALLENGES THAT THAT ARE ESTABLISHED IN THE PLAN, FOR EXAMPLE, COMPLETE STREETS. WE'RE AIMING THAT THIS PROGRAM ADDRESSES SPECIFICALLY ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.

JUST IN GENERAL. EVERY ONE OF THESE PROGRAMS DO ADDRESS ALL FOUR CHALLENGES, BUT THESE ARE JUST THE HIGHLIGHTS OF ONES THAT COME ON TOP. AND THEN THESE ARE THE OTHER THREE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ROADWAY TRANSIT HUBS AND RESILIENCY.

SO CHAPTER EIGHT IS EVALUATION.

I WON'T BORE YOU WITH THIS SLIDE TOO MUCH, BUT PAUL FLAVIEN IS HERE.

HE'S GOT A REALLY EXCITING PRESENTATION. HE'S GOING TO GO THROUGH PERFORMANCE MEASURES WITH YOU ALL. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE ALL OF THOSE RELATED IN THIS SECTION OF THE PLAN.

AND THEN CHAPTER NINE IS NEXT STEPS.

SO NEXT STEPS IS REALLY WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO AFTER THE PLAN IS ADOPTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE US FORWARD TO VISION 2100 AND HOW TO SET US UP FOR THE NEXT MDP, WHICH POSSIBLY COULD BE CALLED ROUTE TO 2055.

SO WHAT DO WE NEED FROM Y'ALL? COMMENTS WOULD BE GREAT. SO ONCE THE ONCE THE DOCUMENT IS POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE AIMING FOR OCTOBER 31ST, FOR THAT TO GET POSTED, I'LL SEND YOU ALL OUT AN EMAIL THROUGH OUR THROUGH OUR LOVELY REBECCA OVER THERE, AND YOU'LL GET AN EMAIL WITH THE LINK TO THE DOCUMENT, ALSO WITH A SPREADSHEET THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO PUT IN ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO COLLECT THOSE COMMENTS. AND THOSE COMMENTS WILL BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF OUR PLAN, OUR COMMENT SCHEDULE.

I SAID IT WAS GOING TO GO OUT OCTOBER 31ST.

WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE IT OPEN UNTIL NOVEMBER 15TH, SO YOU'LL HAVE JUST OVER TWO WEEKS TO SUBMIT SOME COMMENTS.

AND THEN AFTER WE DO THAT, WE WILL BE GOING FOR ENDORSEMENT IN DECEMBER AND THEN ADOPTION JUST A WEEK AFTER.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE TIME AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THIS IS A PRETTY RUSHED SCHEDULE, SO WE CAN'T REALLY SEE ANY OF IT RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO WAIT TILL OCTOBER 31ST, AND THEN WE HAVE ONLY TWO WEEKS.

RIGHT. AND AND OTHERS FROM THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THIS TOO AND CAN COMMENT.

SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON PROJECTS SPECIFICALLY, WE DO HAVE OUR INTERACTIVE MAP THAT'S OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC TO START LEAVING COMMENTS ON THOSE PROJECTS. AND IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE, THAT INTERACTIVE MAP EXISTS AND THERE IS A WAY FOR YOU TO CLICK ON EACH PROJECT INDIVIDUALLY. THERE'S LITTLE LINES ON THE MAP. CLICK AND LEAVE YOUR COMMENT FOR THE PLAN ITSELF. WE DO ALSO HAVE TECHNICAL MEMORANDUMS THAT ARE POSTED ON OUR WEBSITE.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THAT INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE TO YOU.

JUST THE FINAL DRAFT THAT PUTS ALL OF THOSE PIECES TOGETHER IS NOT GOING TO BE AVAILABLE UNTIL OCTOBER 31ST. WELL, YOU'VE GOTTEN ME EXCITED AND I WANT TO SEE MORE. SO AGAIN, WHERE DO I GET IT? YEAH, IT'S AT ROUTE TO 2050.ORG.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YEAH.

HEY, SO THIS ISN'T A QUESTION FOR THE PRESENTER.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR ALL OF YOU. SO I'VE WAS I WAS LOOKING AT THE ROUTE, THE 2050 PLAN, NOT JUST FOR BROWARD, BUT ALSO FOR THE OTHER TWO COUNTIES THAT WE SHARE BORDERS WITH. AND WE HAVE PROJECTS PLANNED FOR THE 2040 ISH TIMELINE TO

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WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ALL THE TIES FROM WOOD TO CONCRETE.

WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE ALL THE SIGNAL BOXES.

WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING A LOT OF WORK THERE. AND SO TO ME, THAT'S THE PERFECT TIME TO PUSH FOR ELECTRIFICATION OF TRI-RAIL.

AND THAT'S IMPORTANT NOT JUST FROM A RESILIENCY STANDPOINT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY FOR AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, BECAUSE IT WOULD LOWER OPERATING COSTS EVERY YEAR BY ABOUT $11 MILLION.

IF MY MATH IS CORRECT AND IT'S VERY BACK OF NAPKIN, BUT THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

AND IT WOULD ALSO MAKE TRI-RAIL A LOT FASTER BECAUSE ELECTRIC TRAINS ACCELERATE A LOT FASTER. SO A TWO HOUR TRIP FROM WEST PALM TO MIAMI INSTEAD OF TWO HOURS WOULD TAKE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF. IT'S A 30 MINUTE TIME SAVINGS.

AND I'VE SPOKEN TO FDOT, WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE CORRIDOR.

AND ALL THE REPS THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO SAID THAT THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF IT, BUT NEED THE MPO TO INCLUDE IT IN THIS PLAN, IN THIS DOCUMENT, EVEN IF IT'S JUST FOR A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT THE CAC RECOMMENDS FOR INCLUSION OF SFCC ELECTRIFICATION FEASIBILITY STUDY IN THE ROUTE TO 2050.

MTP. DO I HAVE TO ACTUALLY PRESS MAKE A MOTION? OKAY, YOU CAN DO THAT.

DO YOU WANT TO STATE THE MOTION.

CONCISE AND CONCISE. SURE.

SO I'M GOING TO MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE INCLUSION OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SFC IN THE ROUTE TO 2050 TRANSPORTATION PLAN.

OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THAT? WE DO INDEED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. LET US VOTE.

HE HAD A QUESTION. MIGHT ASK A QUESTION.

OH I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD MIKE.

OKAY. MIKE IS ON. VERY INTERESTING PROPOSITION YOU'VE LAID BEFORE THE BOARD HERE. ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT I-95 WAS BEING DESIGNED REDESIGNED TO SOMETHING LIKE SOUTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD TO THE MIAMI DADE COUNTY LINE TO REDESIGN ALL THE INTERCHANGES.

AND AT THAT TIME, I WAS WONDERING IF IT'S POSSIBLY THAT THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL TRACKS COULD BE INCLUDED WITH THAT DESIGN WITH AN EYE TOWARD ELEVATION.

SUBSEQUENTLY, I WAS TOLD THE GOVERNOR HAD DELAYED ANY ADVANCED DESIGN PLAN FOR THAT PARTICULAR SECTION OF I-95.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE NOW.

WITH THAT IN MIND, I WOULD ADD TO YOUR, A REQUEST FOR A VOTE ON THIS TO AMEND THIS ACTION TO INCLUDE ELEVATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR TRACKS WHICH ARE PUBLICLY OWNED.

I'VE GOT TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON THE MICROPHONES HERE.

THIS. I HAVE TO PUT A QUARTER IN THE SLOT.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THE PUBLIC OWNED.

WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FDOT OWNING THE RIGHT OF WAY HERE.

RIGHT. OKAY. WE TALKED TALKING APPLES AND ORANGES HERE.

I'M CONFUSED. WELL, ELECTRIFICATION IS ONE THING AND ELEVATION IS ANOTHER, BUT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME.

THE SAME CORRIDOR. POINT OF ORDER.

DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE OR FOLLOW THE FIRST MOTION AND THEN GO INTO AMEND THAT MOTION.

BASICALLY TWO BIG POLITICS THERE, RIGHT.

SO HOW DO YOU HOW SHOULD WE HANDLE THIS? I MEAN, BOTH ARE GOOD, BUT DO WE WANT TO INCLUDE IT ALL IN ONE? IF WE DO IT WITH ONE, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND AMEND IT BEFORE WE.

WELL, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. WE WANT TO JUST GO THROUGH THE. AND THEN IF WE WANT TO AMEND IT OR PROVIDE A TOTALLY DIFFERENT MOTION, WHICH MIKE WAS ASKING, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. I WOULD PREFER PERSONALLY, I PREFER THAT WE DON'T LIMIT OR ELIMINATE THE ONE.

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THIS IS A REMINDER. WE'RE NOT GOING TO BUILD ANYTHING. WE'RE JUST GOING TO GET IT INTO A REPORT, A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR 20 2050.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND. SO, MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD. SO YOU KNOW, OFTEN THIS TYPE OF AMENDMENT TO A MOTION YOU KNOW, IF, IF THE MAKER OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION WANTS TO INCLUDE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE.

OTHERWISE GENERALLY IT'S NOT INCLUDED.

AND THEN YOU WOULD TAKE A VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION.

YOU COULD STILL CONSIDER MR. SMITH'S IDEA AS A SEPARATE MOTION.

IF THE ORIGINAL MAKER OF THIS MOTION DID NOT WANT TO CONSIDER INCLUDING HIS PROPOSED MR. SMITH'S PROPOSAL INTO HIS.

OKAY. OKAY. WHAT DOES THE ORIGINATOR OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION THINK? BUT I'M, I'M GOING TO KEEP THE MOTION AS IS AND I'M GOING TO GO A STEP FURTHER AND ALLAY YOUR CONCERNS, WHICH IS THAT I AM THAT DORK WHO LIKES TO READ ALL THE PLANS.

AND I FOUND WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR ELECTRIFICATION, I FOUND IN F DOTS 2045 PLAN THAT IT'S ALREADY FUNDED THAT IN 2026, THEY'RE GOING TO DO THE SAME EXACT STUDY, NOT FOR ELECTRIFICATION, FOR GRADE SEPARATION OF THE CORRIDOR. SO SO THEY'VE ALREADY GOT YOUR CONCERNS.

THEY'RE GOING TO STUDY THAT IN 2026, AT LEAST STARTING THE STUDY. BUT THIS IS A SO I'M GOING TO KEEP MY MOTION THE SAME. OKAY.

LET'S TAKE CARE OF THAT THEN.

WE KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION IS.

SO WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO LET'S VOTE ON THAT.

EXCUSE ME. I'D LIKE TO ASK JUSTIN.

YEAH, YEAH. SO JUST OKAY.

SO THERE'S SO WE'RE DOING THIS.

WHEN WOULD THIS STUDY HAVE A QUESTION? AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.

WHEN IS THE STUDY SUPPOSED TO BE DONE? JUST SO I CAN UNDERSTAND LIKE WE'RE IN THIS TIME FRAME.

WHEN WOULD IT BE DONE, IF I COULD.

YEAH. BILL CROSS. OKAY.

BROWARD MPO. SO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE WE'VE PLACED SEVERAL DIFFERENT FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR VARIOUS THINGS.

WE GENERALLY TRY TO PUT THOSE INTO THE FIRST TIME PERIOD.

WELL IT'S NOT EXACTLY THE FIRST TIME. THE FIRST TIME PERIOD IS THE EXISTING TIP.

SO THAT FIVE YEARS IS ALREADY BAKED, BUT INTO THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE WE TRY TO PUT THE FEASIBILITY STUDIES. SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS KNOW OUR PROCESS OF CONVEYOR BELT.

WELL ONCE IT GOES INTO THERE THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PUT IT, WE'LL PRIORITIZE IT WITH FDOT UNTIL IT BECOMES FUNDED.

AND SO EXACTLY WHERE THAT WINDS UP, IT'LL PROBABLY THEN BE FUNDED, YOU KNOW, IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR.

SO FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROBABLY 2031.

YEAH. OKAY. I MEAN, YEAH, BECAUSE THAT'S PROBABLY ABOUT RIGHT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THE STUDY AND THEN LATER ON IN THAT TIME FRAME, YOU'LL HAVE THE CONSTRUCTION.

SO BUT SO THIS IS A THIS IS A MOTION.

THAT MOTION THAT'S ADDING SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE MPO RECOMMENDATION.

SO ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS FROM THE MPO.

I GUESS I WOULD JUST SHARE THAT THE THE TAC PASSED A RESOLUTION, THE SAME RESOLUTION BASICALLY EARLIER TODAY FROM AN MPO STAFF STANDPOINT.

AND I REACHED OUT TO SFF TO PRIOR TO THIS MEETING, HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT IT.

I'M GOING TO SAY THEY'RE GENERALLY NEUTRAL. THEY WERE REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR WHAT FDOT FELT ABOUT IT. ACCORDING TO MR. GOLDSTEIN, HE'S SPOKEN TO FDOT AND THEY'RE OKAY WITH IT.

SO I THINK WE'RE SUPPORTIVE AT THE STAFF LEVEL OF THE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND TO BE CLEAR THAT IS JUST A STUDY.

THERE IS NO MONEY TO BUILD ANYTHING IN OUR PLAN.

THIS IS A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE PROPOSITION.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THE STUDY IS IT'S GOING TO TELL US IS IT'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS AND IT NEEDS TO BE REGION WIDE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDING IS REALLY GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE WITH THIS.

THERE'S NO DOUBT. IS IT A GOOD IDEA? SURE. I THINK EVERYBODY AGREES IT'S TIME TO START STUDYING IT.

AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE LIMITATION OF WHAT WE WOULD BE ADDING TO THE MTP AT THIS POINT WOULD BE TO STUDY ONLY.

OKAY, I'M SUPPORTIVE AND HAVE NO PROBLEM DOING A STUDY.

JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE THE THAT.

THANK YOU FOR YOU EXPLAINED THAT VERY WELL. THANK YOU. BILL, IS THE MOTION THE SAME LANGUAGE THAT WAS ALREADY PASSED BY THE TAC? I BELIEVE IT'S NEXT TO IDENTICAL.

REBECCA. YES. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMENTS ON THAT THEN? ALL RIGHT THEN LET'S GO BACK TO THE VOTE OF THE ORIGINAL MOTION,

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OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN, MR. SMITH, TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENT THERE, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S ALREADY IN THE FDOT PLAN.

I DIDN'T HEAR THAT. AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S THE DESIGN WAS FOR THE I-95 INTERCHANGES DID NOT INCLUDE ANY RAIL PORTION AT THE TIME THAT WAS MENTIONED ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO.

MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD ADDRESS MR. SMITH ON THIS. SO YOU ARE CORRECT.

THE STUDIES THAT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HAS QUEUED UP FOR I-95 SOUTH OF GRIFFIN TO THE MIAMI-DADE COUNTY LINE.

THERE IS NO RAIL COMPONENT THERE, STAYING WITHIN THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY, AND THEY ARE LOOKING AT A SERIES OF IMPROVEMENTS AS PART OF THAT.

SO THERE IS NO RAIL COMPONENT TO THAT STUDY.

I WOULD, HOWEVER, STATE THAT THE BROWARD MPO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE STATE ON LOOKING AT A SERIES OF GRADE SEPARATIONS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR.

YOU KNOW, OPPORTUNITIES TO, TO IMPLEMENT THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE ARE IN IN THE 2050 PLAN AND THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR. THERE ARE 1 OR 2 LOCATIONS.

COPANS ROAD IS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FUNDED IN AN EARLY YEAR FOR STARTING THE DESIGN PROCESS. SO THERE ARE THINGS HAPPENING IN THE CORRIDOR TO MY KNOWLEDGE, NOBODY HAS LOOKED AT OR CONSIDERED RAISING THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.

ELEVATING THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR.

BECAUSE OF THE EXPENSE, ALONG WITH PRETTY SEVERE IMPACTS TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL, EVEN THOUGH IT'S MOSTLY AN INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN UNDERSTUDY, BUT WHAT IS THERE WILL BE SOME SELECT GRADE CROSSING STUDIES. AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE 2050 PLAN, WHEN IT'S PUBLISHED, YOU'LL ALSO SEE THAT WE'VE RECEIVED A FEDERAL GRANT.

AND ACTUALLY MR. RESTREPO WILL BE MANAGING THAT FOR THE GENERAL DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE AREA THAT WILL BE LOOKING AT GRADE SEPARATIONS OF THE EAST WEST FOR THE FEC.

AND THEN TO COMPLEMENT THAT, WE'VE ALSO PUT IN THE 2050 PLAN, A STUDY FOR THE AREA IN THE SOUTH COUNTY SOUTH OF FORT LAUDERDALE, AND THEN ANOTHER STUDY FOR THE WHOLE NORTH AREA.

SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE FEC CORRIDOR FOR OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT AGAIN, THE THINKING TO DATE HAS BEEN TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO GRADE SEPARATE UNIQUE LOCATIONS AS OPPOSED TO ELEVATING THE ENTIRE RAIL CORRIDOR.

SO HOPEFULLY THAT IS AT LEAST CLARIFIES WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, MR. SMITH. MARK FOR ME.

THANK YOU. REBECCA, I APOLOGIZE FOR MY TARDINESS WHEN I TRIED TO VOTE.

IT STILL HAD ME LISTED AS ABSENT.

SORRY, GUYS. I WILL UPDATE THE SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? THOSE ISSUES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON ROUTE TO 2050? MAYBE. I'VE GOT ONE. YEAH.

WE TALKED THIS MORNING ABOUT THIS.

THE INFORMATION HERE SAID THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING CONSIDERABLE GROWTH BETWEEN NOW AND 2050. BUT MY CONCERN IS THE NATURE OF THAT GROWTH VIS A VIS THE AGING DEMOGRAPHICS.

THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE STRIKING.

WE'LL HAVE DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE OVER 65 THEN THAN WE DO NOW.

AND THAT'S GOING AS WELL AS OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH LESS THAN 100% CAPABILITY.

WE'RE ALREADY OUT THERE WITH THAT.

ANYWAY, I THINK CDC SEEMS TO THINK THAT 25% OF OUR POPULATION HAS SOME DISABILITY.

NOW, THIS IS SELF-REPORTED.

AND JUST WHAT THAT MEANS IS KIND OF FUZZY, BUT WHAT IT DOES MEAN IS THAT NOT EVERYBODY'S RUNNING AROUND AT 100% OUT THERE.

AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND INFORM OUR TRANSPORTATION POLICIES SO THAT THEY ARE

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SO MY QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY, HOW ARE YOU DEALING WITH THE DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES BETWEEN NOW AND 2050? WELL, ONE OF THE FIRST STRATEGIES THAT WE DID WAS THROUGH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

WHEN WE ENTERED OUR PHASE TWO OF OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH, WE MADE A SPECIFIC EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO GROUPS THAT ARE MORE THAN JUST OUR TYPICAL STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, LIKE A BROWARD COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITIES.

WE REALLY WANTED TO GET OUTREACH FROM PEOPLE LIKE AARP.

WE HAD A MEETING WITH YOU, SIR.

WE ALSO MET WITH BROWARD HEALTH TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT SITUATIONS AS WELL.

AND WHAT WE LEARNED WAS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T BE PLANNING A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR ABLED BODIES, PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 45.

YOU KNOW, MOSTLY WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO PLAN A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM FOR PEOPLE FROM THE AGE OF 7 TO 8 OR 8 TO 80, I THINK, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THE COMPLETE STREETS GUIDELINES ARE. IS FROM 8 TO 80.

HEY, WAIT A MINUTE. WE GOTTA TALK.

YEAH, WELL. OH. EVEN FURTHER.

WE COULD GO EVEN FURTHER. I'M SURE. AND ONE OF THE STRIKING THINGS THAT I REMEMBER FROM OUR CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD WAS THAT YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT SENIORS OR OLDER ADULTS, I APOLOGIZE, OLDER ADULTS ARE ARE STAYING IN THE WORKFORCE EVEN LONGER.

AND WITH THAT, THERE ARE TRANSPORTATION NEEDS FOR OLDER ADULTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE THE ACCESSIBILITY TO GET TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO AND HAVE A RELIABLE SOURCE TO GET TO, TO WORK. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PROGRAMS. THEY'RE SET UP WITHIN OUR VISION 2100 AS GOALS THAT WE WANT TO ACHIEVE.

WE WANT TO INCREASE THAT ACCESSIBILITY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE FIRST LAST MILE CONNECTIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT WITHIN OUR COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.

YOU'LL SEE THAT A LOT WITH OUR TRANSIT AND HUBS PROGRAM, MAKING THOSE CONNECTIONS TO THOSE TRANSIT CENTERS, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT PRIMO IS COMING OUT VERY SOON THROUGH BROWARD COUNTY'S MAP PLAN.

THAT'S GOING TO BE SOME STRONG INVESTMENT.

THAT'S GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE LESS RELIANT ON CARS, SINGLE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY VEHICLES, AND HAVE PEOPLE GET MORE ON TRAINS.

AND WE NEED PEOPLE WE NEED TO GET PEOPLE FROM THEIR HOMES TO THEIR TRAINS OR THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR WHATEVER. THE PREMIUM TRANSIT SERVICE.

PREMIUM TRANSIT SERVICE EXISTS.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS SAFER.

WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS MORE ACCESSIBLE, AND WE NEED TO MAKE THINGS EASIER TO GET TO.

SO WHETHER THAT'S THROUGH LIGHTING AS PART OF OUR COMPLETE STREETS OR WAYFINDING ALSO, THOSE ARE ALL OTHER STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE AT OUR DISPOSAL.

AND ONE INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE HERE IN OUR PROCESS OPPORTUNITIES IS OUR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT. SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT TYPES OF COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF THEM ARE DIVERSE, BUT SOME ARE CONCENTRATED TO TO, TO OLDER ADULTS AS WELL.

SO WHEN WE GO OUT AND DO OUR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF OUR PLAN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A LOCALLY PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE THAT IS SELECTED BY THE COMMUNITY SO THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING FOR SOMETHING THAT THEY DON'T WANT.

WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THEIR IMPACT, THEIR THEIR INFLUENCE IS MADE VERY CLEAR IN THE PROJECT SO THAT ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE WORKED OUT AND DESIGNED BEFORE CONSTRUCTION HAPPENS. SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING ALSO.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO THROUGH OUR LAB PROCESS IS OVERSEEN BY FDOT.

AND FDOT HAS STRICT GUIDELINES ON ADA ACCESSIBILITY.

SO ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF THINGS WILL BE GOING INTO OUR PROJECTS ONCE THEY'RE IMPLEMENTED.

OKAY. THAT'S SOUNDING BETTER THAN IT DID THIS MORNING.

OH, YEAH. SECOND ITEM TOO IS WE'RE PROJECTING 2.2 MILLION PEOPLE IN BROWARD BY 2050.

BUT THE LATEST PROJECTIONS AND GRANTED IT WAS PRE PANDEMIC, BUT VISITOR PROJECTIONS WERE SOMETHING LIKE 13 MILLION.

SO WHICH IS MANY TIMES THOSE OF US WHO LIVE HERE.

SO WHAT CONSIDERATIONS DO YOU GIVE THAT WITH THESE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BEING HERE? AND I DO UNDERSTAND, TOO, THAT IT'S NOT EVERYBODY DESCENDING UPON US THREE MONTHS IN THE SEASON, BUT IT'S MORE EVENLY DISTRIBUTED THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS BEFORE.

BUT IT'S STILL HEAVILY ORIENTED TOWARD THE SEASON.

OF COURSE, WITH SNOWBIRDS COMING DOWN WHO AREN'T COUNTED IN OUR POPULATION EITHER.

SO WHAT WHAT ARE WE DOING TO ADDRESS THE, THE DEMANDS OF VISITORS THEN? FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT. LIKE I SAID, BROWARD COUNTY IS NO LONGER A BEST KEPT SECRET.

EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME DOWN HERE AND PEOPLE ARE STAYING LONGER THAN THEY DID BEFORE. SO ONE OF THE WAYS THAT WE USE THAT IN, OR WE USE THAT INFORMATION IN OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS FOR SELECTING PROJECTS IS HOTEL OCCUPANCY RATES.

THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION IS PLUGGED INTO OUR MODEL.

AND BASED OFF OF MODEL RESULTS, WE'RE ABLE TO PROJECT WHERE CONGESTION IS ON OUR ROADWAY NETWORK AND WHERE THAT.

AND THAT IS ONE OF THE PRIORITIZATION FACTORS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE PLAN.

UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S PROBABLY MORE NUANCE THAT COULD BE INVOLVED WITH TOURISTS COMING DOWN TO OUR COUNTY.

[00:45:04]

THAT'S SOMETHING TO BE SEEN, BUT IT'S SOMETHING ON OUR RADAR.

WE DEFINITELY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING CONGESTION IN ALL WAYS.

OKAY. MR. CHAIR, COULD I JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? I THINK ALSO TYING BACK TO OUR VISION 2100 THAT CHRISTOPHER SPOKE TO EARLIER WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LAYER FOR TRANSIT IN THE FUTURE, BECAUSE WE KNOW, RIGHT, JUST BUILDING ROADS IS NOT REALLY GOING TO SOLVE THE THE GROWTH PLUS THE VISITORS ON TOP OF THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT AND YOU SEE THE THE TRANSIT PLAN FOR THE LONG TERM THAT WE ARE ENVISIONING, YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY HEAVILY ORIENTED TO HELPING TO SUPPORT NOT JUST THE REGION, BUT WHERE THE VISITORS ARE LIKELY TO BE.

SO THERE'S SEVERAL REALLY EXCITING PROJECTS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN THE QUEUE NOW THAT ARE GOING TO BE IN THE GROUND BEFORE TOO MUCH LONGER, THAT ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON, ON ADDRESSING, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR VISITORS, WHEN THEY COME DOWN TO THE AIRPORT, GO OVER TO THE CRUISE PORT, THEY GO TO DIFFERENT DOWNTOWNS.

THERE'S, THERE'S THE AIRPORT CIRCULATOR COMING.

THERE'S AN INTERMODAL FACILITY COMING AT THE EAST SIDE OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO GET ON THE TRAIN OR TO GET ON A LIGHT RAIL VEHICLE OR TO, TO MOVE AROUND THE COUNTY WITHOUT NECESSARILY GETTING INTO A CAR.

SO THERE ARE THINGS COMING.

AND AGAIN, I THINK LOOKING AT OUR VISION 2100, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT WAS PART OF THAT.

THAT BIGGER VISION WAS TRYING TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE GROWTH IN ACTUAL RESIDENTS, BUT, BUT ALSO OUR TOURISTS AND OUR VISITORS FROM OUT OF STATE.

GREAT. THANK YOU. I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO CHRISTOPHER, YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL.

AND NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE ASKING FOR AN ENDORSEMENT.

SO AGAIN, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL AN EMAIL WITH THAT PLAN WHEN IT'S READY TO BE REVIEWED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

LET'S MOVE ALONG TO THE NEXT NON ACTION ITEM.

[2. Federally Mandated Performance Measures and Targets]

THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE PRESENTATION OF THE YEAR, RIGHT. PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS PAUL FLAVIEN.

I'M THE DATA MANAGER HERE FOR THE MPO, AND I'M THE ONE TASKED WITH MAKING SURE THAT THE MPO CONTINUALLY STAYS IN LINE WITH FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

SO WITH THAT, WE'LL START AGAIN.

THESE ARE THE TWO ACTS THAT ENACTED PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I ALWAYS START MY PRESENTATION WITH THAT. THIS IS WHAT MADE YOU KNOW MADE US GO DOWN.

START GOING DOWN THIS ROAD.

AGAIN WHY DO WE HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

AGAIN, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ESSENTIALLY WANTED THAT WE HAVE AN EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT INVESTMENT OF FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION FUNDS.

THEY WANTED US TO FOCUS ON NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION GOALS, INCREASE ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND ALSO IMPROVE DECISION MAKING.

RIGHT. IN TERMS OF PROJECTS PLANNING AND PROGRAMING WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO MEASURE? THESE ARE THE FIVE AREAS.

THE THREE IN BLUE ARE FEDERAL HIGHWAY PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THE TWO IN LIGHT BLUE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TARGETS.

NOW, THE FIRST ONE IN THE LAST TWO.

THOSE ARE THE YEARLY TARGETS THAT YOU SEE ME COME EVERY YEAR.

ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'LL TALK ABOUT SETTING A NEW TARGET OR, YOU KNOW, STAYING WITH THE SAME TARGET, THE TWO SORT OF LIKE IN THE MIDDLE, THE DARK BLUE ONES, PMM2 AND PGM3, THOSE ARE FOR YOUR TARGETS.

AND THEY DEAL MORE WITH BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, MEANING, YOU KNOW, TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY FOR VEHICLES AND FREIGHT VEHICLES.

RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON WITH THAT.

THIS IS THE CURRENT DATA THAT WE HAVE FOR SAFETY.

NOW SAFETY WAS THE FIRST TARGET THAT WE WERE REQUIRED TO SET.

AND AGAIN IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH TRANSPORTATION, RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A SAFE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN MIDDLE COLUMN HERE SHOWS YOU THAT WE HAVE A TARGET OF ZERO. WE HAVE A VISION ZERO TARGET.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE OF FLORIDA SET. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT AS AN MPO, WE CONCUR WITH THAT TARGET.

AND AND THE COLUMN ON THE RIGHT SHOWS YOU THE CURRENT DATA.

THE LATEST DATA THAT WE HAVE IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA FROM 19 FOR 2019 TO 2023.

NOW, A LITTLE DEEPER INTO THE DATA, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART HERE, WE HAVE DATA YEARLY DATA FROM 2013 TO 2023.

[00:50:03]

AND NOW WE'RE SHOWING YOU THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA.

NOW AGAIN YOU SEE THAT TREND LINE.

IT'S THE LITTLE DOTTED WHITE LINE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

WE'RE KIND OF UNDER THAT TREND LINE.

SO ESSENTIALLY THE 2019 AND 2023 DATA IS UNDER THAT TREND LINE.

SO THAT'S A GOOD THING.

WE WANT TO START YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY BENDING THAT.

NOW THIS IS FATALITY DATA FOR BIKE AND PED.

AGAIN, THE YEARLY DATA SORT OF LIKE SHOWS A ROLLER COASTER.

AND THEN THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA AGAIN, THE 2019 TO 2023 INFORMATION UNDERNEATH THAT TREND LINE.

THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO SEE IN ALL THESE SAFETY RELATED TARGETS.

RIGHT. THIS IS SERIOUS INJURY DATA OVERALL.

AGAIN THIS IS YEARLY DATA.

AND THAT ONE YOU COULD IT'S ALWAYS BEEN SORT OF TRENDING DOWN.

EXCEPT FOR SOME REASON THIS LAST YEAR IT TOOK A LITTLE BUMP UP.

AND YEAH, LOOKING AT THE TREND LINE, IT KIND OF IT'S OVER THE YOU KNOW, THE TREND LINE. SO WE DON'T WE WANT TO MOVE THAT BACK DOWN, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING THAT DOWNWARD TREND.

THIS IS SERIOUS INJURIES FOR BIKE AND PED YEARLY DATA.

AND THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA.

THAT'S LOOKING GOOD. IT'S UNDERNEATH THE TREND LINE.

SO NOW WHAT DOES THE MPO DO IN TERMS OF SAFETY.

HOW IS IT ESSENTIALLY SUPPORTING THAT GOAL OF ZERO.

HOW WHAT INVESTMENTS IS THIS MAKING.

NOW THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING LIKE IN OUR FISCAL YEAR.

2529 TIP. THESE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE SAFETY COMPONENTS IN THEM, AND THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT'S BEING SPENT, RIGHT? AND WE ALSO HAVE MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY KNOW THE MPO RECEIVED THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT. IT WAS $5 MILLION.

AND WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW OF DEVELOPING A BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

RIGHT. SO THAT ACTION PLAN, ESSENTIALLY THE TIMELINE FOR, FOR THE, THE PROJECT ESSENTIALLY 18 MONTHS, RIGHT? IT STARTED IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND IT SHOULD END BY JUNE OF NEXT YEAR.

SO THE OUTCOMES FOR THAT PLAN CREATE ESSENTIALLY HAS WELL DEFINED GOALS, RIGHT? TO IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL ROADWAY USERS.

AGAIN WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, MR. CHAIR. ALL USERS RIGHT.

YOUNG MIDDLE AGED OLD FOR EVERYONE.

RIGHT. AND ALSO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND PREPARE THEM FOR FUNDING AND IMPLEMENTATION.

SO THE OUTCOME OF THIS PLAN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF PROJECTS.

WE'RE GOING TO THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONSUMED BY INTO THE MTP FOR FUNDING.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE GOING OUT FOR IMPLEMENTATION GRANTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO HELP IMPLEMENT THOSE PROJECTS AS WELL.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S GOING TO IDENTIFY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP INCREASE SAFETY AND ROADWAY FOR ROAD USERS AND PREVENT DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

NOW, THE OTHER THING I FORGOT TO ADD IN HERE IS WE HAVE THE RAIL RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED ACTUALLY BACK IN 2022, BUT WE'RE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF ESSENTIALLY GETTING ALL THE PARTNERS TOGETHER TO YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENT THAT GRANT. IT'S $15.4 MILLION.

SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS 21 CROSSING ALONG THE FEC CORRIDORS WHERE WE CAN ESSENTIALLY BUTTRESS THEM WITH SAFETY.

YOU KNOW, GATES AND OTHER SORT OF COUNTERMEASURES, RIGHT? TO HELP THE SAFETY ALONG THOSE FEC RAILROAD CORRIDOR.

NOW, MOVING ON TO BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.

NOW YOU SEE WHAT THE ADOPTED TARGETS ARE RIGHT NOW.

AND THE CURRENT CONDITION IS THE LAST COLUMN.

THE ONLY PLACE WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY NOT MEETING OUR TARGETS IS PERCENT OF NON-INTERSTATE NHS PAVEMENTS IN GOOD CONDITION.

SO WE'RE BELOW THAT FOR A COUPLE OF PERCENTAGES BELOW THAT.

SO WE NEED TO WORK ON THAT WITH D.O.T.

BECAUSE AGAIN THESE ROADWAYS ESSENTIALLY ARE YOUR BIG ARTERIALS, RIGHT. THE NORTH AND SOUTH ARTERIALS LIKE STATE ROAD SEVEN, UNIVERSITY DRIVE AND THEN YOUR EAST, EAST, EAST, WEST, LIKE, YOU KNOW, OAKLAND PARK, BROWARD BOULEVARD, THOSE TYPES OF ROADS AND OF COURSE, THE INTERSTATES. NOW THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING PUT INTO THAT.

BUT AGAIN, WE NEED TO STRESS THE DOT BECAUSE BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE ROADS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THEY'RE OWNED BY DOT THAT THEY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT BETTER IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE THAT THE PAVEMENT IS IN GOOD CONDITION. NOW THESE ARE TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT TARGETS. NOW BROWARD MPO, WE'RE IN A REGION WHERE WE HAVE TWO TIER ONE TRANSIT PROVIDERS. WE HAVE TRI-RAIL AND WE HAVE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

[00:55:04]

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE DO.

WE TAKE TRI-RAIL TARGETS, WE TAKE TARGETS, WE COMBINE THEM, AND WE COME UP WITH THESE REGIONAL TARGETS.

CURRENT DATA IS ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT, THE TARGET THE ADOPTED TARGETS CURRENTLY WELL ESSENTIALLY TO LAST NEXT TO LAST COLUMN.

NOW WHEN WE COME BACK IN DECEMBER FOR YOU TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION, THOSE TARGETS ARE NOT GOING TO MOVE MUCH.

SO. AND THESE ARE TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS.

NOW THIS THIS IS ONLY FOR BCT BECAUSE TRI-RAIL FALLS UNDER THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S SAFETY THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

SO THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT TO THIS RULE.

SO ONLY BCT. SO WHAT WE DO IS TAKE BCT INFORMATION AND TARGETS AND ESSENTIALLY WE ADOPT THOSE. SO I THINK WITH THAT.

OH, ACTUALLY WHAT WE HAVE IN THE TIP TO SUPPORT BOTH TAM AND TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS, WE HAVE THAT THERE 65 PROJECTS, ALMOST $2.1 BILLION.

AND THE NEXT STEPS FOR US IS TO COME BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER 4TH AT YOUR MEETING FOR A REQUEST THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE MPO BOARD ADOPT TARGETS FOR SAFETY, TRANSIT, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND ALSO TRANSIT SAFETY.

AND HOPEFULLY THE BOARD ON DECEMBER 12TH WILL ALSO ADOPT THOSE TARGETS.

SO I THINK WITH THAT, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE.

AND I'M READY TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY. LUIS ALVAREZ. YES.

HI. OVER HERE. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

SO I NOTICED WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PM ONE AND UNDER THE OUTCOMES, IT SAYS THAT THERE ARE GOALS.

OH, YOU MEAN THE BROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, RIGHT? OKAY. SO IT SAYS CREATE AN ACTION PLAN WITH DEFINED GOALS TO IMPROVE SAFETY, RIGHT. AND I THINK I'VE MENTIONED IN THE PAST THAT I KNOW THAT THE GOAL FOR, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, FATALITIES IS ZERO, RIGHT? BUT GETTING THERE, IT TAKES STEPS.

SO HAVING GOALS THAT ARE SORT OF I WANT TO SAY GRADUAL TO GET TO THE ZERO BECAUSE I KNOW THAT GETTING TO ZERO, YOU KNOW, COULD TAKE POTENTIALLY TAKE SOME TIME. IS THAT PART OF THE WAY THAT THESE GOALS ARE GOING TO BE DEFINED.

I THINK THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN ACTUALLY WILL HAVE SOME INTERIM GOALS SET.

ALL RIGHT. RIGHT. PERFECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THERE WERE SOME TABLES THERE WITH NUMBERS WITHOUT ANY EXPLANATION WHAT THEY WERE.

CAN YOU GO SPECIFICALLY? I CAN'T TELL, IT'S PROBABLY 3 OR 4 FROM THE END.

AND MAYBE IF I SAW IT HERE THAT THESE ARE GOOD ONES FOR RIGHT HERE.

RIGHT. BUT THERE'S NO MEASUREMENTS THERE.

THERE'S JUST NUMBERS. WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE? OKAY. SO THESE ARE THAT'S TRANSIT SAFETY TARGETS.

SO ESSENTIALLY ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT IS FATALITIES, FATALITY RATE, MAJOR INJURIES.

AND IT ESSENTIALLY BY THE MODE, BY THE TRANSIT MODE, I EXCUSE ME, I JUST NEED TO STOP YOU.

THERE IS THIS PER PASSENGER MILE OR WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT'S THE DENOMINATOR.

ESSENTIALLY FOR THE YEAR, ESSENTIALLY THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES FOR THAT CALENDAR YEAR, ESSENTIALLY.

THAT'S THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

OKAY. JUST PICK ONE NUMBER AND PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IT IS.

OKAY. FATALITIES. RIGHT.

CURRENT DATA THEY HAD FOR THAT FOR THE CURRENT YEAR OR WHATEVER.

THEY HAD TWO FATALITIES THAT HAPPENED ON THEIR FIXED ROUTE BUS SYSTEM.

LIKE THE SECOND ONE, THE COMMUNITY BUS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE ESSENTIALLY SEVERAL LITTLE THEY HAVE THE PARATRANSIT SYSTEM. THEY HAVE THE COMMUNITY BUS SYSTEM. THEY HAVE THE FIXED ROUTE BUS SYSTEM. SO ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE TO CALCULATE ALL OF THESE STATISTICS FOR ALL FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE SORT OF SUB CATEGORIES OF TRANSIT THAT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TRANSIT HAS. SO. SO ESSENTIALLY TWO, TWO FATALITIES HAPPEN FOR THE FIXED ROUTE BUS SYSTEM. NONE HAPPEN FOR COMMUNITY BUS.

NONE HAPPEN FOR PARATRANSIT.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT, RIGHT? IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE BIG CATEGORIES FATALITIES.

AND THEN THREE SUBCATEGORIES FIXED ROUTE, COMMUNITY BUS, PARATRANSIT AND EVERYTHING TO THE RIGHT OF THAT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE TARGET IS.

AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED THAT YEAR.

I THINK WHAT PHIL'S LOOKING AT IS THE RATES, RIGHT? LIKE WHAT ARE THE DENOMINATOR WHEN YOU HAVE A RATE OF, SAY, MAJOR INJURY RATE, FIXED ROUTE BUS IS 0.741.

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LET ME GET THAT INFORMATION BACK TO YOU BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO I DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING. SOMETHING WRONG, BUT OKAY, LET ME GET THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I I'VE GOT ONE TOO.

IT'S GREAT TO SEE THE FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES COMING DOWN.

WHAT IS OUR MECHANISM FOR MEASURING THAT ON SPECIFIC PROJECTS LIKE WE PUT IN A BIKE LANE? WE NARROW THE LANES, WE DO A ROAD DIET OR SO.

IS THERE A FOLLOW UP TO THAT? SO AS THAT IMPROVEMENT GOES ON THAT WE CAN SAY YES, OVER A ONE YEAR OR TWO YEARS, WE HAVE REDUCED FATALITIES OR SERIOUS INJURIES BY SO MUCH. GENERALLY.

NO. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE.

WE HAD A GRANT, A TIGER GRANT WHERE WE DID SOME PROJECTS.

I THINK ONE OF THEM WAS IN SUNSET STRIP.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ACTUALLY DID, WE DID A PRE WHERE WE, WE TOOK STATS BEFORE THE PROJECT WAS BUILT.

AND THEN WE'RE MONITORING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AFTER THE PROJECT WAS DONE, THE OUTCOMES, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT HAPPENED? DID THAT INCREASE SAFETY? YOU KNOW, FEWER CRASHES, FEWER DEATHS, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

BUT WE ALSO DO HAVE A PROGRAM WHERE THE MPO AND WE DO TRAFFIC COUNTS, RIGHT ON A FAIRLY REGULAR BASIS.

AND WE ALSO COUNT CERTAIN LOCATIONS IN TERMS OF LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BIKE PAD COUNTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT. GENERALLY WE DON'T REALLY DO A PROJECT IS DONE.

IT'S USUALLY BEFORE, WHEN YOU'RE DOING A PROJECT, YOU, YOU ESSENTIALLY DO A DATA ANALYSIS, YOU SEE WHAT THE CONDITIONS ARE ALONG IT, AND THEN YOU DO THE PROJECT. BUT WE DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY DO A GOOD JOB OF GOING BACK AND LOOKING AT IT. LOOK, IF I COULD, MR. CHAIR JUST TO ADD TO THAT.

SO AGAIN, GENERALLY THE MPO IS NOT THE OWNER OF THESE FACILITIES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST ANSWER IS NO, WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT.

WE DID THAT WITH THE TIGER PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WAS A FEDERAL GRANT THAT THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUIREMENT OF US RECEIVING THAT GRANT WAS THAT WE WOULD MONITOR IT AFTERWARDS.

HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, BROWARD COUNTY AS WELL AS FLORIDA DOT DO SOME OF THIS POST IMPROVEMENT EVALUATION TO SEE THE EFFECTIVENESS.

AND THAT CAN TAKE A LOT OF DIFFERENT LOOKS.

IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT'S DONE HERE LOCALLY BY THE DISTRICT ON A SPECIFIC LOCAL PROJECT.

IT CAN ALSO BE A RESEARCH PROJECT WHERE THE STATE HIRES A UNIVERSITY TO COME AND DO A LOT OF DATA RESEARCH. SO BECAUSE THERE ARE LIMITED RESOURCES, DOES EVERY PROJECT THAT GETS IMPLEMENTED HAVE A POST? NO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT DOESN'T, THAT DOESN'T CURRENTLY HAPPEN.

AND WE ALSO DO HAVE A RESOURCE IN FLORIDA CALLED SIGNAL FOR WHERE ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE. AND I'VE SENT YOU THAT DATA, RIGHT? THEY THEY ALL THE ACCIDENTS THAT HAPPENED INITIALLY INGESTED INTO THAT SYSTEM.

AND IT'S GEOCODED AS WELL.

WELL, MOST OF IT ANYWAY. AND THEN IN THEORY, YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A PROJECT, YOU COULD SORT OF MONITOR THAT THAT WAY ALSO.

OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I'M DEALING WITH ONE OF THE SAFETY COALITIONS WITH FDOT BIKE PED, BUT WE HAVE IT FOR ALL OTHER SAFETY COALITIONS AS WELL.

AND WE'RE ALWAYS SEEKING BEST PRACTICES.

AND TO DO THAT, WE REALLY NEED TO MEASURE THE EFFECT OF EACH OF THESE ACTIONS THAT WE CARRY OUT TO SEE WHAT REALLY WORKS, WHAT DOESN'T WORK SO MUCH, AND HOW WE CAN IMPROVE IT.

SO RETURN ON INVESTMENT ESSENTIALLY, RIGHT? OH, YEAH. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PAUL. SEE YOU IN DECEMBER.

ALL RIGHT. BROWARD. MPO ELECTRIC VEHICLE EFFORTS AND MASTER PLAN.

[3. Broward MPO Electric Vehicle (EV) Efforts and Master Plan]

LEVI. HEY, EVERYBODY. LEVI STUART FIGUEROA BROWARD MPO.

I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE ON OUR EV EFFORTS HERE AT THE MPO.

WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. FIRST I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT WHY WE'RE INTERESTED IN EVS WHAT WE'RE DOING AND THEN GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF RESOURCES.

SO WHY ARE WE LOOKING AT EVS HERE AT THE MPO? ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT IS ONE OF OUR KEY REASONS.

THE POLLUTION FROM A ELECTRIC VEHICLE AS A SOURCE IS LESS THAN A GAS VEHICLE.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF THE CAR FROM BUILDING THE BATTERY, ALL OF THAT, THERE MAY BE A BIGGER IMPACT, BUT WE'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON TAILPIPE

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WE DON'T HAVE ANY INFLUENCE OVER WHAT'S BEING BUILT, HOW IT'S BUILT. WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE IMPACT HERE.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO MAKE IT BETTER HERE FOR US IN OUR POPULATION? SO THAT'S THE PERSPECTIVE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM.

REDUCED COST. ELECTRIC IS GENERALLY CHEAPER THAN GASOLINE, AND EVS REQUIRE LESS MAINTENANCE DUE TO FEWER MOVING PARTS.

AGAIN, THE COST OF THE CAR, I REALIZE THEY'RE HIGH.

NOT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD THEM RIGHT NOW. BUT WHAT CAN WE DO IN OUR LANE WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR PERSPECTIVE? AND AT THE PRICE OF CARS COME DOWN, MORE PEOPLE WILL HAVE ACCESS. WHEN YOU GET THE USED CAR MARKET, THE PRICE WILL COME DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE. SO THEN IT BECOMES REDUCED COST ACROSS THE BOARD. BUT CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE REDUCED COST GAS VERSUS ELECTRIC AND ALSO MAINTENANCE. AND THEN THE MAIN REASON $7.5 BILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT BEING INVESTED IN ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE, WE DON'T WANT TO MISS OUT ON ANY MONEY FOR YOU GUYS AND FOR THE OTHER FOLKS HERE IN THE COUNTY. SO FEDERALLY, THE IIJA ALLOWED FOR 7.5 BILLION FORMULA AND COMPETITIVE GRANTS.

5 BILLION WOULD GO TO THE STATES FOR THE NAVY PROGRAM, AND THEN 2.5 BILLION IS AVAILABLE FOR CORRIDOR AND COMMUNITY GRANTS FROM THE NAVY PROGRAM. THE STATE OF FLORIDA IS EXPECTED TO GET AROUND $198 MILLION.

ACROSS THE STATE, THEY'RE REALLY FOCUSED ON RURAL INVESTMENT, AND THEY CONSIDER BROWARD COUNTY BUILT OUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN OUR AREA.

SO THERE'S NO INFRASTRUCTURE BEING BUILT WITH THAT $198 OR 198 MILLION CURRENTLY PROGRAM FOR OUR AREA. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TO GET SOME OF THAT MONEY HERE? WHILE IT'S AVAILABLE? WE HAVE AN EV MASTER PLAN THAT WE JUST COMPLETED.

WE APPLIED FOR A CFI GRANT, WHICH I'LL GO INTO A LITTLE BIT.

AND THEN THE 2050 MTP HAS FUNDS FOR EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

BROWARD COUNTY HAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST ADOPTION RATES OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

FLORIDA IS SECOND TO CALIFORNIA IN THE COUNTRY FOR EV ADOPTION, AND OUR AREA IS THE HIGHEST WITHIN FLORIDA, IF YOU CONSIDER ALL THREE COUNTIES.

THIS IS DATA THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET FROM THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY SAFETY AND MOTOR VEHICLES DEPARTMENT, BASED ON ZIP CODE OWNERSHIP OF EVS HERE IN THE COUNTY, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF EV OWNERSHIP IS OUT WEST, AND A LOT OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALONG 95 AND THE TURNPIKE.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY THAT EAST WEST CONNECTION, NOT JUST THE NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION.

OVER THE PAST YEAR, EV SALES HAVE INCREASED BY 3,000% HERE IN FLORIDA.

SO AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE AND IT CONTINUES TO GO UP.

THERE IS SOME TALK OF MAYBE SLOWING SALES NOW, BUT EVEN IF WE SLOW THE SALES, WE STILL HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARS HERE IN THE SOUTH SOUTHEAST REGION.

SO OUR CHARGING AND FUELING INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT APPLICATION.

LOOKED AT KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT WAYS TO GO ABOUT THE FUNDING.

WE LOOKED AT WHAT WOULD PROVIDE THE BEST EAST WEST CONNECTION SINCE WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF EAST WEST INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN PARTNERING WITH TRI-RAIL FOR, TO, TO DO CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE PARK AND RIDES AND AT THE STATIONS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ADHERE, WE KIND OF DECIDED, WELL, THE EASIEST WITH THE PARTNER WILLING PARTNER WAS TO GO FOR THE SFRA STATIONS.

SO WE INCLUDED THAT AS PART OF THE 2050MTP.

BUT WE ALSO, WHEN WRITING THE GRANT, REALIZED THAT, HEY, PEOPLE ARE GETTING 20, 30, $40 MILLION FOR THE CFI GRANTS.

WHY DON'T WE TRY TO GET EVERYTHING FUNDED AT ONCE? SO WE APPLIED FOR THE FULL LIST OF 20 LOCATIONS HERE AND OUR CFI GRANT, BUT WE WROTE IT IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT COULD BE SPLIT UP IF THEY WERE ONLY GOING TO GO 10 MILLION AT EACH GRANT APPLICATION, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO.

WE HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT, OR WE HAVE THE OPTION THAT THEY HAVE THE 20 MILLION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TO FUND ALL 20 LOCATIONS.

THE BENEFIT OF THAT 187 JOBS, IT'S JOBS CREATED ACCORDING TO THE FORMULA FROM THE GOVERNMENT. I LIKE TO THINK OF IT AS MORE JOBS TOUCHED.

RIGHT. SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY CREATING 100, 187 JOBS, BUT THIS IS EVERYTHING FROM THE SECRETARY ANSWERING THE PHONE AT THE PLACE THAT MAKES THE EV INFRASTRUCTURE.

THIS IS MY JOB. THIS IS THE PEOPLE BUILDING IT.

THIS IS THE PEOPLE CLEANING THE PARKING LOT. SO 187 JOBS TOUCHED THROUGHOUT THE LIFE OF THIS PROJECT. 75% OF OUR PROPOSED LOCATIONS ARE IN OR ADJACENT TO JUSTICE40 AREAS.

WE'RE ABLE TO GO WITHIN TWO MILES OF ALTERNATIVE FUEL CORRIDORS.

SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO FOCUS ON KE AREAS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AS PART OF OUR GRANT APPLICATION AND THE TRI

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BUT IN THE SHORT TERM, THE INVESTMENT IS GOING TO BE IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE. AND RESOURCES FOR YOU GUYS.

WE HAVE THE BROWARD MPO.ORG ELECTRIC VEHICLE WEBSITE.

I THINK I SHOWED THAT TO YOU A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

WE'VE UPDATED IT TO INCLUDE THE EV MASTER PLAN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OF THAT. AND THEN AS PART OF THE PACKAGE TONIGHT, YOUR AGENDA PACKAGE, WE HAVE THE FRANKLIN ELECTRIC CARS EV SYSTEM PAMPHLET THAT WE ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

SO I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

OKAY. QUESTIONS. WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS OF COMPATIBILITY OF CHARGING SYSTEMS? I THINK TESLA STILL HAS THEIR OWN PROPRIETARY, RIGHT? BUT YEAH, SO THE THING THAT WE APPLY TO OTHER VEHICLES.

YES. SO THERE'S A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT I GUESS SYSTEMS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.

BUT THE GRANT THAT WE APPLIED FOR IS THE FEDERAL GRANT.

SO THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS TO BE KIND OF MORE GENERIC.

AND AS WE GET THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, WE CAN ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT IN THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, I PARTNERING WITH A TESLA OR SOMEONE THAT'S VERY SPECIFIC, I THINK THAT WOULD BE PRECLUDED AS PART OF THE GRANT REQUIREMENTS.

IT WOULD NEED TO BE MORE OPEN SOURCE.

OKAY, A QUESTION PATIENTS COME.

IS IT ON? I'M NOT PUSHING THE RIGHT BUTTON.

HANG ON. I CAN'T READ IT.

NO, YOU GOT TO DO IT WITH THE OR ON THE LEFT.

THAT'S IT. TRY IT AGAIN.

YOU'RE ON. NOW WHAT? THERE WE GO.

OKAY. MY QUESTION IS THAT THESE YOU WERE PUTTING IN THESE STATIONS.

HOW IS THE ELECTRICITY FREE OR IS IT.

DO YOU. IS THERE. NO, IT WOULD BE LIKE A CHARGE OR SERVICE.

AND HOW DOES WHO MANAGES THAT? HOW DOES THAT WORK? THE GRANT APPLICATION REQUIRES THAT WE PARTNER WITH THE PUBLIC OR A PRIVATE COMPANY, LIKE A GAS STATION OR.

WELL, SO IT WOULD BE ON PUBLIC LAND.

SO IT WOULD BE IN A PARK, IT WOULD BE IN A PARK AND RIDE. IT WOULD BE AT A CITY HALL, SOME SORT OF PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LAND.

BUT 20% OF THE INVESTMENT IS COMING FROM A PRIVATE ENTITY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WITH, AND WE COULD MAKE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS WITHIN THAT. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT INTERNALLY IS MAKING SURE THAT THE PARKING CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE IS ACCESSIBLE RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S NO RULES OR REGULATIONS MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE.

CERTAIN SAFETY THINGS THAT WE CAN HAVE BUILT INTO THE REQUIREMENT, BUT THAT WOULD ALL BE DONE. PART OF THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS WHEN WE GET GET THE GRANT MONEY. OKAY. SO BUT THE CARS RIGHT NOW, YOU CAN GO PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE AND PLUG YOUR CAR IN AND, AND IT'S FREE.

NOT NOT NECESSARILY. IT DEPENDS ON THE CAR THAT YOU BOUGHT WHEN YOU BOUGHT IT, THE, THE, YOU KNOW, PROMOTIONS GOING ON AT THE TIME.

A LOT OF THE CARS HERE MORE RECENTLY ACTUALLY ARE PAYING FOR THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE.

FPL DOES A HOME CHARGING PROGRAM.

SO IT'S NOT TESLA WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT AND A LOT OF THE COMPANIES SEVERAL YEARS AGO, THEY WERE DOING THE FREE CHARGING FOR LIFE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT AS THE MODEL HAS KIND OF EVOLVED TO BE MORE OF A PAY SERVICE.

AND I, AND I, AND YOU, I, YOU HANDLE THE COST OF EVERY.

WELL, AND I UNDERSTAND IT.

BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT OLDER CARS BEING BECOMING MORE AFFORDABLE MY FRIEND JUST PUT $15,000 WORTH OF BATTERIES IN HIS CAR SO IT'S NOT AS AFFORDABLE.

THE OLDER CARS ARE NOT AS AFFORDABLE AS YOU THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE.

RIGHT. WELL, I LIKE TO THINK THAT EVENTUALLY WE WOULD GET TO LIKE A PLUG AND PLAY WHERE THE BATTERY COMES OUT AND GOES IN, KIND OF LIKE YOU DO WITH THE REMOTE CONTROL OR, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT'S NOT BUILT INTO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CAR.

SO IT'S EASY TO SWITCH IT OUT.

I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A MORE REALISTIC MODEL FOR THE FUTURE IF WE STAY WITH BATTERIES, BUT UNDERSTOOD THAT THE BATTERIES ARE EXPENSIVE.

HEY, MICHAEL SMITH GOOD EVENING.

QUESTION ABOUT I KNOW YOUR YOUR BOUNDARIES ARE BROWARD COUNTY, BUT IN LIGHT OF THE RECENT HURRICANES ELENA AND MILTON AND THE EVACUATION, OF THE POPULATIONS MOSTLY ON I 75 BECAUSE THAT'S THE MAJOR ROAD ON THE GULF COAST.

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SOME REPORTERS SAID, WAS UNDER 3035 MILES AN HOUR.

SO THE NORMALLY THE SPEED WOULD BE MAYBE TWO HOURS TO ORLANDO.

AND THAT'S JUST A GUESS.

BUT IT WAS AT LEAST DOUBLE THAT.

AND THAT'S A DIFFICULT TO RECHARGE ALONG THE ROAD.

AND, AND WHAT LINES WOULD WOULD BE STACKED UP FOR VEHICLES WAITING TO BE RECHARGED.

AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE? AND IF THEY HAD POWER AT ALL IS THE QUESTION.

SO IS THERE ANY EFFORT BEYOND BROWARD COUNTY AS FAR AS EVACUATION PROGRAMS GO FOR EVS? SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS PORTABLE GENERATORS THAT THEY DEPLOY DURING EVACUATIONS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

THEY'RE WORKING TO GET ADDITIONAL FROM WHAT THEY HAVE NOW.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT JUST WASN'T ELECTRIC CARS.

IT WAS ALSO GAS CARS. THERE WAS A SHORTAGE OF GAS ON THE WEST COAST.

SO IT KIND OF WORKS BOTH WAYS, RIGHT? ELECTRIC CARS NEED ELECTRIC, BUT YOU ALSO NEED ELECTRIC TO GET THE PUMPS WORKING AT THE GAS STATION.

BUT FDOT DOES HAVE A PROGRAM TO HAVE PORTABLE GENERATORS FOR EVACUATION PURPOSES.

PARDON ME, BUT THAT WAS THAT WASN'T THE BEST EXAMPLE TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I'M SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY DO HAVE A PROGRAM, BUT AS FAR AS PUMPS FOR THE MOTOR FUEL FOR GASOLINE DRIVEN VEHICLES IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE FACT AND ONLY AFTER THE, THERE WAS A, A LARGE, A LONG DELAY IN GETTING PUMPS MOVED UP FROM THE WHOLESALE SIDE TO THE RETAIL SIDE.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY CAN DO BETTER WITH EVS THAN THEY DID WITH THE GASOLINE VEHICLES.

UNDERSTOOD. MARK. THANK YOU.

THE I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND AND SUPPORT THE, THE CONCEPT.

MY, MY ONLY QUESTION IS, LIKE MOST THINGS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE THE MAINTENANCE, DOES THAT GET INCURRED BY THE COUNTY ONCE THEY'RE INSTALLED, MEANING THE GRANT MONEY IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

YEAH. SO THE GRANT REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS OF MAINTENANCE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S INSTALLED WITH THE GRANT DOLLARS. WE ARE TRYING TO SEE ONCE EVERYTHING, ONCE WE GET THE GRANT AND KIND OF KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE RULES, RIGHT, WE CAN MAYBE INCREASE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT IT'S A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEARS.

OKAY, NO MORE QUESTIONS.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU GUYS. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS MEMBER COMMENTS ON ISSUES THAT WE HAVEN'T BROUGHT

[1. Member Comments]

NO NO NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE.

GOT ONE. OKAY. PUT YOUR BTS ON.

NO. NOW. OKAY, NOW TRY IT.

SORRY, EVERYONE. JUST A QUICK RAISE OF HANDS.

ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH STORMWATER REGULATIONS AND STORMWATER RULES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA? THERE'S ONE. OKAY. SO, AS OF JULY.

EXCUSE ME. YEAH. NO. AUGUST 26TH THIS YEAR.

THE WATER QUALITY RULES HAVE NOW BEEN CHANGED.

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OR 2.5IN OVER THE PERCENT IMPERVIOUS, I.E., VOLUMETRICS FOR WATER QUALITY.

WE ARE NOW IN THE ERA OF TOTAL NITROGEN, TOTAL PHOSPHORUS, AND THE REDUCTION. SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT WATER CHEMISTRY.

AS A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN A STORMWATER, I DON'T LIKE SAYING EXPERT, BUT SOMEONE IN THE KNOW OF THIS.

THIS IS GOING TO HIT ALL FACETS, NOT JUST LAND DEVELOPMENT, TRANSPORTATION, AVIATION.

IF IT IF IT HAS AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE, AND YOU GO TO IT OR SHOP AT IT OR OR VISIT IT, IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT.

AND I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE TO APPLAUD ANYONE THAT CAN FIND A WAY TO GRANDFATHER THEMSELVES INTO THIS. SO NEW AND UPCOMING ENVIRONMENTAL STUFF.

JUST WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE HAVE SET A RECORD HERE, I THINK TONIGHT.

ENJOY. WELL, ALMOST. PHIL, COULD YOU GIVE US SOME KEY WORDS SO WE CAN FIND. OH, ABSOLUTELY.

INFORMATION ON THIS? YEAH.

CAN I PUT MY MIC BACK ON? I'M BACK ON THE AIR. FINALLY.

IF ANYONE IS. I'M OFF NOW.

I'M ON. OKAY, SO IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, VERY SIMPLY, YOU CAN GOOGLE FDEP. E P HANDBOOK VOLUME ONE AS WELL AS HANDBOOK VOLUME TWO HANDBOOK.

VOLUME ONE WILL MAKE YOUR EYES BLEED AND PROBABLY BE A WONDERFUL WAY TO CATCH A NAP.

BUT IN TERMS OF THE LEGALITIES AND HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK THROUGH FLORIDA STATUTE 373 THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GRAB YOU.

THEN THE VOLUME TWO BOOK IS NOW THAT I'VE READ THE LEGAL SIDE.

HOW DO I, AS A PRACTITIONER IMPLEMENT IT? SO IT DEPENDS ON WHICH SIDE YOU WANT TO INVESTIGATE.

IF YOU WERE A PRACTITIONER, THE BEST WAY TO START IS TO READ VOLUME ONE.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S EXTREMELY LIKE EVERY FLORIDA STATUTE, IT'S GOING TO BE LADEN WITH LEGAL TERMINOLOGY AND, AND HOW THINGS ARE GOING TO BE IMPLEMENTED.

THE OTHER PART IS PRIMARILY HOW WOULD YOU IMPLEMENT IT TOWARDS YOUR PROJECT? DOES THAT HELP? IT GETS ME.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT 400 OR SOME ODD PAGES OF READING.

DUE TO SOMEONE EAGER TO CHIME IN IN THE BACK ROW, MAYBE. SO. I MEAN, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT AREN'T INVOLVED IN STORMWATER DESIGN.

SO MAYBE I'LL JUST TRY AND LIKE EXPLAIN THE BASICS.

SO IF WE WERE DEVELOPING A PROPERTY AND THAT PROPERTY WAS FOUR ACRES, WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE FIRST INCH OR 2.5IN.

LET'S JUST, LET'S USE AN INCH FOR, FOR THE PURPOSE.

WHEN IT FIRST RAINS, THAT FIRST INCH OF WATER IS FLUSHING OFF ALL THE POLLUTANTS AND ALL THE CONTAMINANTS. WE WOULD TAKE THAT WATER AND PUT IT INTO A SWELL TO, TO, TO TREAT THAT RIGHT.

THE NEW RULE IS WE STILL HAVE TO DO THAT.

BUT ON TOP OF THAT, NOW WE HAVE TO TREAT THE WATER TO REMOVE THE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHATE.

IT'S IT'S A IT'S A VERY COMPLICATED.

AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO COST.

IT'S GOING TO SLOW DOWN PROJECTS.

IT'S GOING TO COST A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW WE'RE GOING TO NOT ONLY, YOU KNOW, REMOVE THE THE POLLUTANTS BECAUSE THAT'S THE EASY PART.

IT'S REMOVE THE NITROGEN PHOSPHATE.

IT'S, IT'S THE RULES ARE CRAZY, BUT I HOPE THAT MAYBE EXPLAINS IT A LITTLE

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OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 4TH.

WE'RE GOING TO BE EATING TURKEY AND EVERYTHING.

INSTEAD OF HAVING AN MPO MEETING THE LAST WEEK IN NOVEMBER.

SO WE'LL SEE YOU THEN.

AND ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE, COULD I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND? WE HAVE IT.

ALL IN FAVOR VOTE. YES.

YOU HAVE AN ENJOYABLE AND SAFE THANKSGIVING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.