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WONDERFUL. THEN I WILL CALL THIS MEETING TOGETHER.[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE OUR ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
THAT'S GOOD.OKAY. ARE WE GOOD? EVERYONE MARK THEMSELVES PRESENT.
MADAM CHAIR REBECCA SCHULTZ AND AN MPL.
I'M WAITING ON A COMMISSIONER ROGERS AND COMMISSIONER DANIEL.
DO YOU HAVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT? OH, OKAY, COMMISSIONER.
VERY WELL. APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
[3. Approval of Minutes - September 12, 2024]
MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT ONE MOTION? PLEASE USE THE ELECTRONIC VERSION.THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[4. Approval of Excused Absences]
WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM MAYOR COOPER, COMMISSIONER GOOD, TIM LONERGAN, JABO MARTIN, JOSHUA SIMMONS, AND JOSEPH SCUOTTO.MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY WELCH AND A SECOND BY HODGKINS.
IT IS SHOWING ON MY SCREEN, I APOLOGIZE.
WELL, I STILL DON'T SEE WHO MOTIONED IT ON THE SCREEN.
BOARD MEMBER WELCH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
OKAY. NEXT, WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
[6. Public Comments Please submit to info@browardmpo.org at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.]
I WAS TOLD WE DO HAVE SOMEONE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.AISHA GORDON, COMMISSIONER AT OAKLAND PARK.
THANK YOU TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THIS ORGANIZATION, GREG STUART, I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD CHAIR AS WELL AS MEMBERS FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU THIS MORNING ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.
WE ARE THRILLED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK HAS BEEN AWARDED $200,000, A $200,000 GRANT FROM THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION UNDER THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM.
THIS FUNDING WILL ENHANCE OUR COMMITMENT.
SO THIS FUNDING WILL ENHANCE OUR COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY SAFETY BY SUPPORTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
THIS INITIATIVE WILL COMPLEMENT THE MPOS SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT AND FOCUS ON SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF CURRENT CONDITIONS AND CRASH HISTORY.
IDENTIFICATION OF HIGH RISK AREAS AND A REVIEW OF EXISTING POLICIES AND STANDARDS.
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WE WANT TO THANK THE US OR UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE MPO FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN SECURING THIS GRANT.AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE STAFF WHO HELPED OUT ON THAT.
I THINK THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
NOW WE HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]
MADAM CHAIR, MAY I REALLY QUICKLY JUMP IN? YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING PASSING AROUND A SYMPATHY CARD.THAT IS JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE'RE JOINED TODAY BY MATT PEARL.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ATTORNEYS FROM [INAUDIBLE] BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE ALAN GABRIEL WAS ON VACATION.
LITERALLY, HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S NOT GOING TO BE WITH US THIS MONTH.
HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE'LL SEE HIM AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
BUT THE SYMPATHY CARD IS FOR HIM.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING ONE WITH STAFF AND ONE FOR THE BOARD MEMBERS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST IT'S ONE OF OUR WORST, ALL OF OUR WORST FEARS.
BUT THEY WERE OUT IN GRAND CANYON AND, YOU KNOW, HAVING A VACATION, AND THAT WAS THAT.
WHO HAS THE CARDS RIGHT NOW? OKAY. YEAH. IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THEM MOVING AFTERWARDS.
SO WE HAVE CONSENT AGENDA, BUT WE DO NEED TO PULL ITEM NUMBER EIGHT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CHANGES THAT WE MADE AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD.
SO, IF I CAN HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
IT'S BEEN MOTIONED AND SECOND, COULD WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT? YOU COULD SIGN ONE CARD.
SO I THINK THAT'S WHY WE HAVE TWO CARDS.
BUT WE COULD ALSO SIGN TWO CARDS TOO.
MISS MALLOZZI AND MISS DANIEL.
COULD WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON NUMBER EIGHT?
[8. MOTION TO APPROVE the 2025 MPO Board Meeting Dates]
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT? SURE. I WAS JUST TURNING ON MY MICROPHONE.MADAM CHAIR, THE REQUEST WAS AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING.
WE HAD ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED A MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, AND SOME OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE USUALLY CEREMONIES TO ATTEND IN THE MORNING OF THE 11TH.
SO A MOTION WAS MADE AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY TO MOVE THE SEPTEMBER MEETING FROM SEPTEMBER 11TH TO THE FIRST THURSDAY, WHICH IS SEPTEMBER 4TH FOR NEXT YEAR. SO WE WOULD KINDLY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU THE MOTION WOULD BE TO MAKE THE CHANGE TO PARALLEL THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MOTION AND ADOPTION.
COULD YOU ALSO EXPLAIN THE OCTOBER MEETINGS? YES. SO THE FDOT, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEY REQUIRE OUR WORK PROGRAM TO BE APPROVED.
THEY GAVE US A DEADLINE OF TWO WEEKS AND IT FOLLOWS.
IT'S AFTER THE NINTH MEETING THAT IS REGULARLY SCHEDULED BUT BEFORE THE NOVEMBER MEETING.
SO WE HAD TO ACCOMMODATE THE DISTRICT BY MOVING THE NOVEMBER MEETING TO OCTOBER 30TH.
AND HAVE YOU APPROVED THE WORK PROGRAM? OKAY. THANK YOU.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR THE CHANGES OR JUST TO APPROVE WITH THE CHANGES TO APPROVE WITH THE CHANGE.
OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY STURMAN, SECONDED BY HODGKINS.
OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A VOTE ON THAT? I NEED YOUR VOTE, CHAIR.
THANK YOU. CHAIR. I KNEW THAT.
WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, SO WE'RE ON TO OUR ACTION ITEMS. YOU CAN READ THE FIRST ACTION ITEM.
[1. MOTION TO 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]
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THE FIRST ACTION ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 25 THROUGH 2029.TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
4508662 WESTLAKE DRIVE AT LUCILLE RIVER BRIDGE.
NUMBER 865773B IS FM NUMBER 4508672 WESTLAKE DRIVE AT MERCEDES RIVER BRIDGE.
NUMBER 865774C IS FM NUMBER 4508682 WESTLAKE DRIVE AT ESTELLE RIVER BRIDGE NUMBER 865771, AND D IS FM NUMBER 4508702.
SOUTHEAST SECOND STREET AT RIO CORDOVA BRIDGE.
WE DO NOT HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THIS.
MPO STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION.
WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MAY WE TAKE A VOTE ON IT? THE DISCUSSION ON WHY THEY'RE GOING TO REMOVE A WAITING CHAIR.
I HAVE SOMEONE WANTS A DISCUSSION ON IT.
SHOULD WE DO THAT NOW? OKAY. COMMISSIONER JAFFE.
THANK YOU. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU.
CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK DISCUSSION FROM STAFF ON WHY THOSE ARE BEING REMOVED FROM THE TIPS FOR THE FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OR THE ELECTED OR THE RESIDENTS, SO THEY UNDERSTAND WHY IT'S BEING REMOVED.
SO THE PROJECTS REMOVED BECAUSE THIS PHASE IS RIGHT OF WAY AND THIS PHASE DON'T NEED ANYMORE.
SO THIS PROJECT REMOVED CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND THE DESIGN PHASE.
PROGRAMED IN THE OTHER PROJECT IN THE TIP.
THANK YOU. SO THEY'RE STILL GETTING THE BRIDGES? OKAY. MEMBER JAFFE.
WE'RE WAITING FOR A VOTE FROM YOU.
THEY KICKED ME OUT, YOU KNOW? OKAY. THANK YOU.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE the DRAFT 2020 Federal Functional Classification]
MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT 2020 FEDERAL FUNCTION.WE HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT BY TONY NORAT, FDOT.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, EVERYONE? MY NAME IS TONY NORAT. I'M THE PLANNING SUPERVISOR FOR FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DISTRICT FOUR.
SO WE'RE COMING BACK FOR A RETRO APPROVAL OF THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATIONS.
WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO JANELLA LIU FROM CALTRANS.
SHE'S OUR CONSULTANT THAT WORKED ON THIS PROJECT.
MY NAME IS JANELLE LIU AND I ASSISTED THE DEPARTMENT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, WHICH STARTED WITH THE URBAN BOUNDARY AND THEN CONTINUE WITH THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION. SO PRETTY MUCH TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
ORIGINALLY FOR SOME ROADWAYS AND STATEWIDE FOR OTHERS.
SO BASICALLY FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION DETERMINES YOUR ELIGIBILITY FOR FUNDING FOR THE ROADS.
SO YOU CAN APPLY TO FUNDING BASED ON IF YOU'RE LOCAL OR RURAL MINOR COLLECTOR.
ABOVE THOSE YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
SO, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNCTIONALITIES WE HAVE FROM PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS ALL THE WAY TO LOCALS, AND THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS IN THAT GRAPH.
YOU HAVE SOME THOSE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
AND THEN IN BETWEEN IT'S YOUR MINOR ARTERIALS AND YOUR COLLECTORS.
SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT.
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SO YOUR PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS YOU HAVE FEWER ACCESS POINTS.YOUR LENGTH IS GOING TO BE THE LONGEST LENGTH.
YOUR LANES ARE MORE LANES, YOUR ADT IS HIGHEST AND YOUR SPEED LIMIT IS USUALLY VERY HIGH COMPARED TO YOUR LOCALS WHICH YOU HAVE MANY ACCESS POINTS. YOUR SPEED LIMIT IS LOW AND YOUR LENGTH IS SHORTEST.
AND THEN LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN BETWEEN YOU HAVE YOUR MINOR ARTERIAL, YOUR MINOR COLLECTORS.
SO THE PROCESS STARTED WITH FOR THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
AND, AND THIS PRETTY MUCH GAVE US A RESULT OF CHANGES BASED ON THIS NEW URBAN BOUNDARY THAT WE HAD WORKED ON AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.
SO THE SECOND PART OF THIS PROCESS IS TO LOOK AT THE ENTIRE NETWORK AND SEE CHANCES OR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THIS CHARACTERISTICS, WHETHER WE WERE CHANGING FROM MINOR ARTERIAL TO A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL, WHETHER WE WERE CHANGING FROM A COLLECTOR TO A LOCAL, OR WHETHER WE'RE CHANGING FROM A COLLECTOR TO A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.
SO EITHER DEMOTING A ROAD OR PROMOTING A ROAD.
THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A GUIDELINE TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
SO THE THIRD STEP OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO LOOK AT THIS LOCAL ROADS AND SEEING THE POTENTIAL TO UPGRADE THESE ROADS, AND USUALLY, ESPECIALLY IN BROWARD COUNTY, IT WAS TO UPGRADE THEM FROM LOCAL TO MINOR COLLECTORS.
SO HERE IS LIKE A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE DID AND THE RESULTS OF THE ENTIRE ANALYSIS, INCLUDING THE URBAN BOUNDARY DELINEATION AND THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS TABLE, YOUR DIFFERENCES IN THE RURAL AREA, YOU LOST ABOUT 1.034 MILES IN RURAL. AND THEN IN URBAN YOU GAIN YOU ALSO LOST 0.233.
SO IT WAS EITHER THAT THAT PASSED TO THE URBAN AREA OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE COMPLETED ALL THE ACTIVITIES.
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO CENTRAL OFFICE, THEREFORE TO FH, W.A.
YES. WE HAVE COMMISSIONER ROGERS HAS A COMMENT OR QUESTION.
NOW THAT WE HAVE NUMEROUS DESIGNATIONS THAT WE CAN DO THAT MIGHT IMPACT A ROADWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TRANSIT ORIENTED CORRIDORS, AND WE HAVE JUST A LOT OF MORE TRAFFIC, MORE HOUSING, MORE PEOPLE ON THESE CORRIDORS. AND THAT IS NEW.
THEY'RE JUST BEING IMPLEMENTED.
HOW DO WHAT WE'RE DOING TODAY BENEFIT OR IMPACT NEGATIVELY? I DON'T KNOW, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND ALL THAT WE ARE DOING LOCALLY WITH LAND USE AND ZONING CHANGES TO ACCOMMODATE HOUSING.
THIS SHOULD IMPACT CERTAIN ROADWAYS.
SO THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPACT THAT.
THIS HAS NO IMPACT ON LAND USE OR ANYTHING TO DO.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND, THE ANALYSIS.
OKAY, I WANT TO IF YOU ALLOW ME TO CLARIFY.
SO IF A ROADWAY IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND NOW YOU HAVE PUT ON THAT ROADWAY 2000 MORE UNITS, YOU'RE SAYING IT DOES NOT IMPACT THE ROADWAY.
OR IT'S THE ROADWAY DOES NOT IMPACT THE HOUSES.
JUST WANTED TO KNOW. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THE WAY THAT WE DO THIS ANALYSIS IS MERELY ON TRAFFIC.
THERE'S NO IMPACT ON PEDESTRIANS ON TRANSIT.
AND THAT IS GOING TO HOPEFULLY GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT ITERATION.
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OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S ALL.THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY.
I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THREE MEMBERS WHO ARE APPEARING VIRTUALLY.
ITS MEMBER SHUHAM, MEMBER BRUNSON AND MEMBER DENAPOLI ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY.
WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THEM? OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION ON THAT? A SECOND? AND A VOTE.
OKAY. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.
[7. Comments from the Chair]
MANY OF OUR CITIES HAD ELECTIONS, AND I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE DEAN TRANTALIS FROM FORT LAUDERDALE ON HIS REELECTION.CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.
AND THANK YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LIGHT SHOWING TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE I'M SORRY.
AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COMMISSIONER HAZEL ROGERS.
OKAY. WHO ELSE? OKAY. RAISE YOUR HANDS AND LET'S CONGRATULATE EVERYBODY AT ONCE.
NEXT TIME I NEED A COMPLETE LIST.
THANK YOU ALL. I KNOW WE HAVE THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITY IN TAMPA, AND I THINK PERHAPS THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SO MANY MEMBERS NOT HERE TODAY AS WELL BUT THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
MEMBER COMMENTS DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE MEMBERS? OKAY. SEEING NONE, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS A REPORT.
[8. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]
ARE YOU ON? OH, YOU SHOULD BE ON NOW.KEEP FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT AND GETTING US RAIL.
PLEASE. MEMBER MCGEE, IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING WITH YOU ON THE MPO AND ON THE EXECUTIVE.
YOU'VE TRULY CONTRIBUTED A LOT IN EVERY MEETING, EVERYTHING THAT WE HAVE DONE.
SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
OKAY. DO YOU WANT TO? COMMISSIONER STURMAN? YES.
IS SOMEONE TRYING TO SPEAK? I DON'T SEE ANY REQUESTS IN THE QUEUE.
I HAVE DEAN TRANTALIS IN THE QUEUE.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK ALL THOSE WHO ARE NOT RETURNING TO THEIR POSITIONS TO FOR THEIR SERVICE, FOR THEIR COMMITMENT AND FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MPO AS WELL AS TO THEIR RESPECTIVE BOARDS.
SO I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THEM AS WELL.
AM I ON? OH YOU'RE ON. I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR I THINK THIS IS FOR THE MOMENT, THIS IS MY LAST MEETING.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND TO PARTICIPATE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU'RE UP GREG.
[9. Executive Director’s Report]
CHAIR I WILL MAKE SURE THE NEXT TIME.WE USUALLY DON'T LOSE MEMBERS DURING AN ELECTION.
THIS BOARD IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE BEASTS THAT USUALLY THE RETENTION RATE IS VERY HIGH.
DURING THE ELECTION NIGHT, I WAS ACTUALLY FOLLOWING ALONG.
I WAS DOWN IN MEXICO AND I WAS FOLLOWING ALONG WITH EVERYBODY'S WINS, INCLUDING THE PREDETERMINED WIN THAT OUR COUNTY COMMISSIONER FRIEND HERE, ALSO, WE KNEW YOU WERE WINNING.
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AND SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T GET THROUGH WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN.A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED, OBVIOUSLY, ON ELECTION NIGHT.
SOME EXPECTED, SOME UNEXPECTED.
THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE OKAY.
AND THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I CAN KIND OF LEAVE EVERYBODY WITH AT THE MOMENT.
THERE IS CHANGES THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN AT US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
AS I SIT ON THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS THE VICE CHAIR OF OR VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MPOS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN HAVING CONVERSATIONS WITH LIKELY SECRETARIES OF USDOT COMING IN.
WE'RE EXPECTING SOME POLICY CHANGES THAT WILL OCCUR.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANT THING THAT FOLLOWS ALONG IS THIS AGENCY ITSELF HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL, AND OUR PARTNERS HERE HAVE BEEN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL SECURING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS.
AND WE THINK THAT WHILE IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING.
WE WILL STILL BE ABLE TO, BECAUSE WE HAVE DEMONSTRATED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT OUR GOVERNMENTS, AS WELL AS THIS ORGANIZATION, ARE CAPABLE OF PROCESSING THE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND I WANT TO BRING THAT UP FIRST, OUR SMART METRO PLAN, OUR SMART METRO PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE BEEN AWARDED FOR ABOUT $2 MILLION FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ACTUALLY IS THE EXACT THING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR IN GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCIES.
THE IDEA, THE SHARING DATA SETS ACROSS ALL DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT ENTITIES AND PRIVATE SECTOR IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FOUR YEARS COMING OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON, IN MAKING SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY ARE BEING EFFICIENT IN THE USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
BIG THING TO NOTE, THE STATE OF THE REGION EVENT IS GOING TO BE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22ND, 2023, AND IT'S AT THE WESTIN AND FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH. SO IF YOU GET THAT ON YOUR CALENDARS, THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE DATES THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING SEVERAL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THEIR TRANSPORTATION.
INPUTS OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF GROWING TRANSPORTATION AND THEN THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND HAVE BEEN UNSUNG HEROES IN WHAT WE DO.
THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT IS IN PALM BEACH THIS YEAR.
THAT IS ACTUALLY FEBRUARY 6TH AND SEVENTH.
THAT WILL BE FREE TO THE MPO MEMBERS.
WE STARTED ACTUALLY WITH 15 OF THE LARGEST METRO AREAS IN THE COUNTRY.
THAT WOULD BE LOS ANGELES, CHICAGO, BOSTON, ATLANTA, HERE, SOUTH FLORIDA.
WE REPRESENTED ON WITH THE SMART GRANT.
SO THAT OCCURRED IN SALT LAKE CITY.
AND THAT WAS LAST TWO MONTHS AGO.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH A CONSOLIDATED EFFORT, MOVING OUR GRANT APPLICATION THAT WE WON TO BASICALLY BRING IT NATIONALLY.
THEN THE NEXT THING, WHICH I THINK FOR THE EASTERN COMMUNITIES SHOULD BE OF GOOD NEWS, IS OUR RAIL SAFETY PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, THE NEW MAST ARMS AND THINGS THAT WE WANT OUT OF WASHINGTON.
WE FINALLY GOT TO AN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THE ATTORNEYS.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THAT ON YOUR DIOCESE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU IN HALLANDALE, HOLLYWOOD, DANIA BEACH, FORT LAUDERDALE, WILTON MANORS, POMPANO, DEERFIELD THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AT A RAPID PACE NOW.
SO THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE GOT THE FULL FUNDING GRANT ASSIGNED.
WE'LL HAVE THAT DONE IN DECEMBER.
YOU'LL SEE THAT ON THE DECEMBER BOARD, HOPEFULLY, THAT ALL THE CITIES HAVE APPROVED AND THE COUNTY THAT'S GOING TO THE COUNTY COMMISSION AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE'S COUNTY CROSSINGS. THE COUNTY HAS BEEN WONDERFUL TO WORK WITH ON THIS AND EVEN THEIR ATTORNEYS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYBODY IN A ROOM AND THEY ACTUALLY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT.
GREAT, GREAT WORKING CONDITIONS.
NEXT ITEM WAS THE ELECTION RESULTS.
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SENATOR RUBIO YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE GOING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF SOME INTERESTING JOCKEYING GOING ON.
THE USDOT SECRETARY IS EITHER BETWEEN THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVE GRAVES OR ACTUALLY THE SECRETARY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GEORGIA DOT.
EITHER WAY, THEY'RE REALLY SOLID FOLKS TO BE TAKING OVER THAT LEAD.
AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH.
THE OTHER THING, IF WE LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH SOME OF THE OTHER POSITIONS DOWN HERE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE THIS WAY FORWARD AS WE GET OTHER NEW MEMBERS JOINING OUR MPO AND THAT I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THAT.
SO WITH THAT SAID I'M GOING TO LET YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, LET ME KNOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT.
NEXT ON NEXT ITEM IS THE MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.
[10. Monthly Legislative Reports]
ALL RIGHT.THANK YOU. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, PAUL CALVARESI ZIADE, MPO.
SO WE HAVE OUR FEDERAL LOBBYIST FROM BECKER ON THE LINE.
HOPEFULLY, I KNOW HE HAS A 1030 STOP.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET HIM AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE LAUREN JACKSON FROM TSC.
WE DON'T HAVE EITHER ONE OF THEM ALREADY SIGNED.
WE HAVE LAUREN IN THE HOUSE, SO LET'S BRING HER UP WHILE WE TRY TO GET WHAT WAS HE ON? YES, THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
CLARENCE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES WE CAN.
HOW DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED? CLARENCE. GO FIRST.
IT'S VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL.
TO ECHO A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT GREG SAID THERE, YOU KNOW, NOT BEEN TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON UP HERE.
BUT WITH THIS TRUMP ADMINISTRATION 2.0, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE WELL EQUIPPED TO NOT ONLY MAKE SURE THAT THE MPO MAKES THE PROPER ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THRIVES IN THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION.
THE BECKER TEAM WHICH INCLUDES MR. ANTHONY BEDELL, A FORMER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION DOT OFFICIAL DURING THEIR FIRST ITERATION AND NURY MARTINEZ, WHO IS A FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF TO SENATOR TIM SCOTT, BUT ALSO WORKED IN THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IN THE FIRST ITERATION, BOTH ON THE TEAM TO MAKE SURE A HEALTHY TRANSITION FOR THE TEAM.
AS HE MENTIONED, THERE WILL BE QUITE A BIT OF JOCKEYING GOING ON TO REPLACE HIM.
BUT OUR TEAM, WHICH IS BASED RIGHT THERE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, IS VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WELL ACQUAINTED WITH EACH OF THE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AS POTENTIAL REPLACEMENTS FOR SENATOR RUBIO.
LITTLE BIT IS PROBABLY THE THE ADJECTIVE WE SHOULD USE HERE.
YESTERDAY SENATOR JOHN THUNE WAS ELECTED TO LEAD THE SENATE.
HE IS A VERY OLD SCHOOL GOP MEMBER SEES THE WORLD A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE CURRENT SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, MIKE JOHNSON. SO THERE WILL BE SOME DIFFERENCE IN IDEAS ON PROCESS AND HOW THEY MOVE ALONG.
WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT THAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
MR. JOHNSON HAS FAVORED FOR THE ENTIRE TIME THAT HE'S BEEN SPEAKER HEARING ALL OF THE 17 AGENCY BILLS ON THE FLOOR HAVING THE SENATE DO THE SAME AND THEN LITIGATING EACH ONE OF THOSE BILLS INDIVIDUALLY.
OF COURSE, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME IN THE SCHEDULE TO DO THAT DURING THE LAME DUCK.
SO THERE IS A A THOUGHT THAT THERE WILL BE A CONTINUING RESOLUTION THAT WILL PUSH THE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS INTO MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.
THAT IS NOT THE PREVAILING WISDOM AT THIS POINT.
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CLEAN SLATE TO GET WORKING ON THEIR PRIORITY ISSUES.REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS ULTIMATELY WITH APPROPRIATIONS THE PREVAILING WISDOM UP HERE IS THAT IT WILL NOT AFFECT ANY OF THE PROJECT FUNDING THAT WAS PUT IN OVER THE SUMMER.
THERE IS NOT ANY EXPECTATION THAT ANY OF THE CURRENTLY ADJUDICATED GRANT PROGRAMS FOR WHICH WE ARE PURSUING A COUPLE WILL BE AFFECTED UNLESS THIS THIS APPROPRIATIONS PIECE MOVES FURTHER AND LATER INTO THE SPRING.
THERE IS NO EXPECTATION THAT ANY OF THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AT ALL.
YOUR TEAM THERE WITH THE MPO HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY MAGNIFICENT IN HOW THEY'VE PRESENTED MANY OF THE GRANT REQUESTS THAT THEY'VE THAT THE MPO HAS GONE AFTER.
AND I EXPECT MORE SUCCESS COMING UP IN THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION.
WITH THAT, I WILL HAND THE FLOOR BACK OVER TO PAUL.
AND CERTAINLY IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU.
SO, IN SHORT, ON THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE'RE AT A WAIT AND SEE.
WE KNOW THAT TRANSPORTATION HAS NOT BEEN PARTIZAN FOR DECADES.
SO WE AT LEAST HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF PREDICTABILITY.
GOOD MORNING. GREG ALREADY GAVE A BIT OF AN ELECTIONS UPDATE, BUT JUST TO SORT OF CATCH EVERYONE UP TO SPEED, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF CHANGES IN TERMS OF PARTIZAN MAKEUP ON THE STATE LEVEL.
THE STATE SENATE REMAINED THE SAME.
ONE OF THEM IS FORMER BROWARD COUNTY MAYOR BARBARA SHARIEF.
AND ALSO THE FORMER SENATE PRESIDENT, DON GAETZ.
THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF HOUSE MEMBERS THAT ARE MOVING TO THE SENATE.
THERE'S ALSO ON THE HOUSE, THERE WASN'T A LOT OF CHANGES AS WELL.
THERE WERE THREE INCUMBENTS THAT LOST REELECTION.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE UP IN TALLAHASSEE NEXT WEEK FOR THE SWEARING IN.
AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE HOUSE SPEAKER DANNY PEREZ IS THE SPEAKER DESIGNATE.
HE'LL BE TAKING THAT POSITION FORMALLY TO LEAD THE CHAMBER.
AND SENATE PRESIDENT ALLBRITTON IS THE INCOMING SENATE PRESIDENT.
OF COURSE, SENATOR JASON PIZZO WILL BE OUR DEMOCRATIC LEADER IN THE SENATE.
HE ACTUALLY HAS A REALLY GREAT WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH SENATOR ALLBRITTON.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
AND, OF COURSE, REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE HUNSCHOFSKY OVER IN THE HOUSE IS IN LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
THERE WERE HARDLY ANY CHANGES TO THE BROWARD DELEGATION, OBVIOUSLY WITHOUT EXCEPT FOR THE ELECTION OF SENATOR SHARIEF, WHO TOOK THE WHO TOOK TERM LIMITED SENATOR BROOKS SEAT.
AND THEN THE HOUSE SPEAKER, THERE HAVEN'T BEEN A TON OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
NOT ALL OF THE COMMITTEES HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED IN TERMS OF WHO'S GOING TO BE CHAIR.
SO WE KNOW LEADERSHIP TEAMS, WHICH IS NOT WE KNEW THAT INFORMATION AHEAD OF TIME.
SO NOTHING WAS UNEXPECTED AND THE SAME.
AND HE WILL BE THE HOUSE SPEAKER, THOUGH HE DID ANNOUNCE SOME STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE HOUSE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FEWER COMMITTEES IN THE HOUSE.
WHEREAS BEFORE WE HAD A TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY SUBCOMMITTEE, THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL TRANSPORTATION IS NOW GOING TO BE UNDER THE ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE SUBCOMMITTEE, WHICH WILL BE UNDER COMMERCE.
AND HE ONE THING TO KNOW ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE CARES A LOT ABOUT RESILIENCY ISSUES.
SO WE DO EXPECT THAT TO CONTINUE TO BE A FOCUS OF HIS.
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ANOTHER CHANGE THAT WAS ANNOUNCED IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE COMBINED WORK GROUPS.SO THIS IS A COMPLETELY NEW CONCEPT THAT'S BEING INTRODUCED TO THE HOUSE.
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE A WORK GROUP THAT'S SELECTED BY THE CHAIRS OF THE COMMITTEES.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO AN INTENSIVE STUDY OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A WHOLE NEW THING.
THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE OPEN MEETINGS.
SO WE'LL GET TO MAYBE SEE SORT OF THE DELIBERATIONS OF THOSE WORKING GROUPS.
AND INSTEAD OF DOING A REPORT, THEY'RE JUST GOING TO MAKE MOTIONS INSTEAD.
AND THAT'S WHAT HOUSE SPEAKER PEREZ ANNOUNCED.
IT'S NOT REALLY THAT SIGNIFICANT OF A CHANGE, BUT SORT OF ALONG THE COMMENTS THAT HE MADE WHEN HE MADE THE ANNOUNCEMENT, HE'S CHANGING THE NAME OF APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE WANTS MEMBERS, INSTEAD OF FOCUSING ON THEIR MEMBER PROJECT REQUESTS, HE WANTS THEM.
FOCUSING ON BUDGETING AS A FAMILY WOULD, IS WHAT HE SAID.
SO HE KIND OF INDICATED THAT HE FELT THAT MEMBER PROJECTS WERE TAKING UP TOO MUCH OF THE BUDGET.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AS WELL.
AND WHILE THE ELECTIONS DID NOT HAVE AN IMMEDIATE MAJOR CHANGES ON THE STATE LEVEL, AS GREG MENTIONED, THERE ARE WE DO EXPECT PRESIDENT ELECT TRUMP TO HE'S ALREADY MADE SIGNIFICANT APPOINTMENTS FROM FLORIDA SENATOR RUBIO, CONGRESSMAN GAETZ, CONGRESSMAN WALTZ.
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE RUMORED, THERE'S A LOT OF RUMORS FLYING AROUND.
BUT BUT WE DO EXPECT EVEN MORE.
AND SECRETARY BIRD SAID THAT HE WILL BE SETTING THOSE SPECIAL ELECTIONS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND JUST ONE MORE THING I DID FAIL TO MENTION.
THERE ARE 26 NEW MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE.
SO WE HAVE PRETTY GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EVERYBODY.
WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE IT. PAUL, YOU HAD SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY WILL BE IN HERE ON THIS DAIS JANUARY 7TH.
SO IF YOU WANTED TO COME MEET ANY OF OUR FLORIDA HOUSE OR SENATE MEMBERS, THEY WILL BE RIGHT HERE.
THEY WILL BE HERE FOR ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS.
ONE OF THEIR MEETINGS WILL BE HERE ON.
AND THEN THE LAST THING WE ARE BRINGING BACK, THE TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY STARTING FEBRUARY OF 2025.
BEAUTIFUL. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
I KNOW WE GOT A FIVE OUT OF FIVE ON YELP.
SO. BUT IF ANYBODY DID NOT GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IT LAST TIME, WE'RE OPENING IT UP AGAIN.
SO NEXT WEEK YOU'LL SEE AN EMAIL FROM MR. STUART ABOUT REGISTRATION FOR IT.
WE DO HAVE AN IDEAL NUMBER FOR THIS GROUP THAT MAKES IT EFFECTIVE.
BUT WE WANT TO GIVE OUR BOARD THE FIRST CRACK AT REGISTRATION.
AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
VERY GOOD. THERE WAS A DECEMBER 6TH DATE MENTIONED.
WHAT WAS THAT? LAUREN MENTIONED.
DO YOU WANT ME TO COME TO THAT? YEAH, IT'S.
THAT'S THE LOCAL BILL DEADLINE.
IF YOU WANTED TO PROPOSE A LOCAL BILL THROUGH THE BROWARD DELEGATION.
[1. Draft Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]
FIRST ITEM WE HAVE DRAFT ROUTE TO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN BY CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO.
BUT BEFORE I DO THAT, BY A SHOW OF HANDS, HOW MANY PEOPLE HERE KNOW ABOUT OUR VISION? 2100 OR IT'S ALSO CALLED FORMALLY OUR PATH TO 2100.
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OKAY, OKAY, GREG, YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU'D LIKE.HELP ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT THIS.
THAT'S OKAY, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EDUCATE YOU ALL ON IT.
SO BACK IN OUR 2045 PLAN COMMITMENT 2045, WE ESTABLISHED WHAT WE CALL PATH TO 2100 AND WHAT PATH TO 2100 DID WAS SET A LITTLE BIT OF A PARADIGM SHIFT OF HOW WE THINK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.
SO BEING TECHNOLOGY, WE DON'T WANT TO GET LEFT BEHIND THEIR RESILIENCY.
WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS.
WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR HOUSING.
YOU KNOW A LOT OF NEW PEOPLE ARE COMING DOWN HERE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR IT.
AND IT'S REALLY OUR NORTH STAR WHEN WE GO TO DO OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANS IN THE FUTURE.
SO THAT LEADS TO ROUTE TO 2050.
YEAH. GOT IT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THIS PLAN, IS DOING THAT CHECKPOINT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ACCOMPLISHING THOSE GOALS THAT ARE SET FORTH IN VISION 2100, AND WE DO THAT THROUGH OUR EMPHASIS AREAS.
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN PAST MTPS THAT WE'VE HAD.
SO WE'VE EXPLORED ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND TRIED TO TURN THOSE INTO PROJECTS.
WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED SOMETHING NEW WITH THIS MTP AND WE'RE CALLING ROUTE MARKERS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DATA SETS ARE USEFUL.
SO WE USE THOSE AS MECHANISMS. WHEN WE DO FEASIBILITY STUDIES OR DIAZ, WE CAN REALLY MAKE THE PROJECTS AS STRONG AS POSSIBLE.
AND ALL OF THAT FEEDS INTO OUR PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE ESTABLISHED, OUR SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. AND THOSE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE FUNDS TO FUND THE PROJECTS THAT GET US A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO VISION 2100.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS MTP IS ALL ABOUT.
SO HERE'S A SECOND PLUG FOR VISION 2100.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T STARTED GOOGLING VISION 2100, THIS IS YOUR TIME TO DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
SO IT'S CUTE. SO ROUTE TO 2050.
JUST A QUICK GIVE A QUICK RECAP.
IT IS OUR DOCUMENT THAT WE IT'S OUR ONE OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS THAT WE UPDATE EVERY FIVE YEARS.
IT HAS A PLANNING HORIZON OF 25 YEARS.
AND WE USE ALL OF OUR RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE FINANCIALLY TO PLAN AND PRIORITIZE PROJECTS FROM NOW UNTIL THE YEAR 2050, WITH THE GOALS TO SAFELY MOVE PEOPLE AND GOODS, CREATE JOBS, AND FOSTER RESILIENT COMMUNITIES.
BUT WE OBVIOUSLY CAN'T DO THIS AT ALL WITHOUT ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
SO IF YOU WERE AT OUR MTP EVENT, YOU PROBABLY SAW ON THE IMAX THESE CUTE LITTLE AIR BALLOONS HERE.
THEY ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE HAVE THE FDOT, BROWARD COUNTY RTA, AND ALL OF OUR 31 MUNICIPALITIES GIVING US FEEDBACK, PROVIDING US PROJECTS, PROVIDING US THEIR CONCERNS, THEIR CHALLENGES, THEIR OPPORTUNITIES, AND ALSO THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS THAT WE NEED TO BE INCORPORATING INTO THIS.
THE PORT EVERGLADES, THE AIRPORT AND THEN ALSO FDOT, CIS PLAN.
AND WE'VE DONE NEEDS ASSESSMENTS.
SO THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WHEN IT COMES TO SAFETY, REALLY IT'S SAFETY AND PUBLIC HEALTH.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE ON THE RISE WITH CRASHES.
WE HAVE VISION ZERO AS OUR LEADING STAR THERE.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A GRANT FOR.
WHEN IT COMES TO HOUSING, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A HOUSING COORDINATION PLAN.
YOU ALL JUST APPROVED THAT IN YOUR CONSENT ITEMS. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THE RESULTS OF THAT PLAN ARE GOING TO BE AMENDED INTO OUR ROUTE TO 2050.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE HERE IS THAT BROWARD IS NO LONGER A BEST KEPT SECRET.
AND THAT MEANS A LOT MORE HOMES ARE NEEDED AND A LOT MORE STRAIN ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.
FOR A CHALLENGES IN THE RESILIENCY AREA, WE HAVE A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
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ALL OF US HAVE LIVED THROUGH THAT VERY RECENTLY.WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME REALLY BAD FLOODING, SOME STORMS THAT HAVE COME BY.
WE HAVE STRESSORS LIKE EXTREME HEAT, GROUNDWATER AND STORM SURGE.
SO WE'VE CREATED DATA SETS THAT HELP SHOW US WHERE EXACTLY ALL OF THOSE VULNERABILITIES ARE.
AND THEN WHEN IT COMES TO TECHNOLOGY, THINGS ARE MOVING SO FAST.
WE DON'T WANT TO GET LEFT BEHIND.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CREATE A PLAN THAT'S FLEXIBLE ENOUGH SO THAT WHEN THERE'S A NEW TECHNOLOGY THAT COMES UP, WE'RE ABLE TO MAKE SOME QUICK CHANGES AND INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR PLAN. OKAY, SO THOSE ARE ALL THE CHALLENGES.
SO WHAT ARE THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.
SO TO THE LEFT IN THOSE DARK BLUES WE HAVE SOME PROGRAM OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN TO THE RIGHT ON THE LIGHTER BLUE, WE HAVE SOME PROCESS OPPORTUNITIES.
SO ON THE PROGRAM SIDE, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT C SLIP IS VERY POPULAR.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING THAT, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S STILL A MECHANISM FOR OUR LOCAL AGENCIES TO SUBMIT FOR PROJECTS THAT HELP GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY NEED TO GO WHEN IT COMES TO BICYCLING AND WALKING, AND ALSO PROVIDING SHADE FOR TRANSIT USERS FOR MOBILITY HUBS.
SO WE'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFERENT GRANTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ALL OF THEIR REQUIREMENTS, ALL THE THINGS THAT WOULD MAKE A PROJECT MORE SUITABLE TO ACQUIRING THAT GRANT. AND WE'VE COMPARED THAT TO EVERY SINGLE PROJECT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THROUGH OUR CALL FOR PROJECTS.
AND THEN ALSO SMART METRO, THAT'S OUR DIGITAL TWIN.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SETTING UP SOME SEED MONEY FOR.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CAPABILITIES ARE RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY COOL THINGS THAT CAN COME WHEN IT COMES TO AI, HOW WE CAN CREATE SIMULATIONS AND REALLY DO SOME REALLY COOL FUTURISTIC STUFF.
SO ROUTE MARKERS. I TALKED ABOUT THAT BRIEFLY AND THE FIRST SLIDE.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE BICYCLE SUITABILITY, IDENTIFYING WHERE IT'S NOT SAFE TO RIDE YOUR BIKE, CONGESTED CORRIDOR, HIGHLIGHTING THE REALLY, REALLY PROBLEM CORRIDORS THAT WE HAVE IN THE BROWARD COUNTY, EQUITY WHERE THOSE EQUITY AREAS ARE BASED OFF OF OUR DEMOGRAPHICS, OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHERE ALL THOSE CRASHES ARE LOCATED.
RESILIENCY, THE MOST VULNERABLE ROADWAYS THAT WE HAVE BASED OFF OF THE FOUR STRESSORS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED AND THEN HOUSING RIGHT NOW, THIS THIS HOUSING ROUTE MARKER IDENTIFIES AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOCATIONS.
SO THESE ARE OUR SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS. YOU'VE SEEN THESE SLIDES BEFORE, EXCEPT THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FACELIFT FOR TWO OF THE PROGRAMS TRANSIT HUBS AND ROADWAY.
THEY'VE CHANGED FROM BLUE TO NOT THIS BEAUTIFUL ORANGE AND PINK.
BUT I WON'T GO INTO TOO MUCH DETAIL.
YOU'VE SEEN THESE SIX, AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE ADOPTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2023.
SO NOW THAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH THE WHOLE FLOW OF THE ROUTE TO 2050, YOU'VE SEEN FROM VISION 2100 AND THEN TO THE PROGRAMS, WHAT HAS CHANGED WITH OUR ROUTE TO 2050 SINCE THE LAST TIME I CAME AND CHATTED WITH YOU ALL ABOUT OUR DRAFT COST FEASIBLE PLAN, AND THAT IS THESE FOUR BOXES HERE.
WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED OUR FISCAL YEAR 2025 THROUGH 29 TIP PROJECTS.
SO THAT'S ALSO TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF FUNDS.
AND THEN ALSO THE FUTURE YEAR COST FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
SO WE NEED TO HONOR THOSE PROJECTS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET FULLY FUNDED.
SO SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION PHASES YOU'LL THEN SEE IN THE MTP IN OUTER YEARS.
AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE ONE NEW PROJECT.
AND I'LL GET TO THAT ONE NEW PROJECT VERY SOON.
BUT BEFORE WE DO THAT, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR REVENUE ALLOCATIONS.
SO I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW WE INTRODUCE OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM THAT EXISTS.
ALL IN THAT GRAY PART OF THE PIE CHART YOU SEE HERE.
SO THOSE COMMITTED INVESTMENTS INSIDE THE COMMITTED INVESTMENTS ARE ALSO THOSE FUTURE YEAR COSTS.
SO THE TIP PLUS FUTURE YEARS, THOSE ARE ALL OUR COMMITTED FUNDS.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO GET COMMITTED.
THE DARKER BLUE AREAS ARE WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE DEDICATED MODE SPECIFIC.
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SO IF YOU GO BACK TO THE LAST SLIDE, THOSE SIS PROJECTS, THAT'S MODE SPECIFIC AND THAT'S DEDICATED FUNDING FOR THOSE.SO THAT'S WHERE ALL THAT MONEY LIVES.
WHAT THE MPO CONTROLS IS THAT SMALL LIGHTER BLUE AREA, WHAT WE CALL MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS.
THAT'S ABOUT 12% OF THE TOTAL FUNDING REVENUE.
AND WE ALSO CALL THEM FLEXIBLE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS.
AND THAT'S ABOUT $1.1 BILLION.
AND HOW DO WE SPREAD ALL THAT MONEY OUT? IT'S ILLUSTRATED HERE ON THIS SLIDE.
WE'RE SAYING THAT'S GOING TO BE 51% TECHNOLOGY, SAFETY, ROADWAY AND TRANSIT AND HUBS.
THEY KIND OF GET DISTRIBUTED ALMOST EQUALLY BETWEEN 10 AND 12%.
AND THEN RESILIENCIES OVER THERE WITH FIVE.
AND SO TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE CHALLENGES THAT WE PRESENTED IN EARLIER SLIDES, HOW DO SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS ADDRESS THOSE CHALLENGES SPECIFICALLY? REALLY, WE HAVE PROJECTS IN ALL OF OUR PROGRAMS THAT DO TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED THROUGH OUR EMPHASIS AREAS, BUT THERE ARE SOME PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO TECHNOLOGY, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH THINGS LIKE EV CHARGING, WHICH IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR GROWTH, AND THEN ALSO OUR DIGITAL TWIN, WE HAVE CHALLENGES ADDRESSING LIKE GROWTH AND CONGESTION AND TECHNOLOGY ADVANCES.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT COMPLETE STREETS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PROJECTS LIKE BIKE LANES, SIDEWALKS, MULTI-USE PATH, REALLY ADDRESSING SOME OF THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, REDUCING GREENHOUSE GASES AND PUBLIC SAFETY.
THEN WE LOOK AT ROADWAY TRANSIT HUBS AND RESILIENCY.
RESILIENCY OBVIOUSLY IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS.
TRANSIT HUBS WE HAVE OUR MOBILITY HUB PROJECTS IN THERE.
SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO CHECK OUT OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN WITHIN THAT DRAFT DOCUMENT ON ROUTE TO 2050.ORG BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF REALLY COOL, EXCITING THINGS LIKE THE US 27 FEASIBILITY STUDY.
SO THINKING ABOUT THE SFRC, SO THE TRI-RAIL TRACKS AND THE FEC AS WELL WITH THE TRACKS THAT BRIGHTLINE RUNS ON AT KEY INTERSECTIONS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING FEASIBILITY STUDIES TO SEE IF WE CAN EITHER DEPRESS ROADWAYS, HAVE ROADWAYS, GO OVER OR DO THE OPPOSITE WITH THE RAILROAD JUST TO DO ALL THAT FEASIBILITY.
AND THEN THAT'S I LIKE THAT ONE A LOT.
AND SO HERE'S THE NEW PROJECT.
SO THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE LIVING IN OUR TRANSIT AND HUBS PROGRAM AT OUR TAC AND CAC MEETINGS.
SO THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR THAT TRI-RAIL RUNS ON.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS CAN'T RUN BY ITSELF BECAUSE IT'S JUST BROWARD'S PORTION.
SO THIS WILL INVOLVE SOME COORDINATION WITH MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND ALSO PALM BEACH COUNTY.
IF YOU DO, WE'LL KEEP IT IN THE PLAN.
IF YOU DON'T, WE CAN TAKE IT OUT, BUT IT'S HIGHLY SUPPORTED.
WE ARE DOING SOME ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OUTREACH BEFORE THE ADOPTION.
WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED A LOT OF IT ALREADY.
SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS ARE OUTDATED NOW.
BUT WE HAVE OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS WHERE WE'RE MEETING WITH DIFFERENT FOCUS GROUPS.
AND YOU CAN GET TO THAT MAP BY SCANNING THAT QR CODE RIGHT THERE.
AND THIS IS A MECHANISM THAT WE'RE USING TO COLLECT FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN OUR PLAN, SO THEY CAN CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINES AND TYPE IN A COMMENT. AND SO THE ADOPTION SCHEDULE.
WE ARE HERE IN NOVEMBER GIVING YOU A PRESENTATION.
AT THE NEXT. WE ARE ASKING OUR TAC, CAC AND ALL OF OUR OTHER ADVISORY GROUPS TO LEAVE US COMMENTS ON THE PLAN ITSELF SO THAT IT'S BEEN SENT OUT TWO WEEKS AGO TO HAVE ALL THEIR COMMENTS DUE BY NOVEMBER 15TH.
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AND THEN WE WILL BE ASKING FOR THE TAC AND CAC TO ENDORSE THE PLAN IN DECEMBER.AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE ME ANYMORE. NO.
BUT SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY, AND I HOPE YOU ENDORSE THE PLAN.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
BUT LET'S JUST DIAL IT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW, THIS 20, THIS VISION, 2100, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT, 76 YEARS FROM NOW, RIGHT? SO LET'S GO BACK 76 YEARS TO 1949, OKAY.
COULD YOU HAVE POSSIBLY HAVE PREDICTED ALL THE THINGS THAT HAVE IMPACTED AMERICA SINCE 1949? ABSOLUTELY NO.
SO I THINK GREG WANTS TO ANSWER THAT.
BUT BEFORE HE DOES, WHAT I WILL SAY IS HE DID HE DID SET A REALLY GOOD VISION IN ONE.
SO I WILL SAY, NO, I COULD NOT HAVE PREDICTED THAT.
BUT HE DID SET A REALLY GOOD VISION FOR WHAT OUR TRANSIT SYSTEM WOULD LOOK LIKE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT HE JUST DREW LINES ON A MAP.
AND IT MIRRORS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT'S PRIMO PLAN VERY WELL.
AND THEY DID THEIR OWN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE GOING TO BE CREATED IN THE NEXT 76 YEARS.
SURE. YES. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF NEW MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, SHORTLISTING.
AND I KNOW THAT FORT LAUDERDALE IS STILL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT NEVER SEEM TO MAKE THE TOP, YOU KNOW, SPENDING RESOURCES ON SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, FOR 2100, EVEN 2050.
BUT WITH THE LIMITED RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH AND WITH CHANGES OF ADMINISTRATION AND CHANGES OF PHILOSOPHIES AND NOT BEING ABLE TO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, POPULATION PATTERNS, WHO KNEW THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN BROWARD COUNTY WOULD BECOME THE BEST KEPT SECRET? RIGHT? WE DID NOT KNOW THAT EVEN TEN YEARS AGO POST COVID, WHO EVEN KNEW COVID WAS GOING TO HIT US? AND I'M JUST THINKING, WHY DON'T WE JUST FOCUS ON THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE? YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE HAVE SO MANY THINGS THAT NEED TO GET DONE NOW THAT ARE NOT FUNDED BECAUSE OF DISTRACTIONS LIKE THIS THAT TAKE US AWAY FROM THE FROM THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH WE ARE HERE, INTENDED HERE AS THE MPO BOARD.
THE COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE BETWEEN BETWEEN MIAMI AND WEST PALM BEACH.
WE'RE STILL STUCK ON THE NEW RIVER CROSSING.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW.
WELL, WHEN ARE WE GOING TO SEE THAT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BUILDING REVOLUTION GOING ON IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
OKAY. AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 2100 OR 2050.
WE WANT TO SEE WE WANT TO SEE ACTION.
YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, I BELIEVE IN THE PRIMO PLAN FOR THE THAT THE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S GREAT. YOU KNOW, WE PASSED A $0.01 SALES TAX IN SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO HELP FACILITATE SOME OF THESE PROGRAMS. 40, 45% OF THAT MONEY COMES FROM FORT LAUDERDALE.
OKAY. I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT COME TO FORT LAUDERDALE.
THESE PROJECTS OF REGIONAL SIGNIFICANCE WHERE WHAT'S HAPPENING.
AND SO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU CONTINUE WITH YOUR EFFORTS IN MAKING THESE PLANS.
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FTL STUDY UNDERWAY VERY, VERY QUICKLY.AND SO THAT WOULD BE EVALUATING UNDERPASSES UNDER THE FEC.
AND IT'S $1.5 MILLION WITH A 300 $300,000 MATCH FROM THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
OKAY. SO THAT'S COMING VERY SOON.
DID YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. AND THEN NOT TO BE DISRESPECTFUL.
I KNOW YOU HAIL FROM CONNECTICUT, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD MADE BROWARD SO UNIQUE IS BROWARD ITSELF HAD A MASTER PLAN IN 1972.
IT LAID OUT ALL THESE THINGS AND IT'S TAKEN TIME.
BUT LAYING THEM OUT AND PLANNING FOR THEM IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AS A RESIDENT OF FORT LAUDERDALE, I EXPERIENCED THE SAME AGGRAVATIONS YOU DO.
WE AREN'T YOUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I MEAN, I WOULD LOVE TO, LIKE, WE HAD AN AGREEMENT AND WE'RE NOT THERE.
THAT SAID, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN APPLICATION THE NEXT DAY.
AND THEY RECEIVED 5 OR $4 MILLION GRANT TO GO AHEAD AND COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH YOUR TEAM AT THE CITY TO TRY TO GET THEM IN LINE.
SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE CAN GET DONE.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DO THAT IS TOGETHER.
YOU KNOW THAT IT'S NEVER FAST ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE LIMITED TO SO MANY TERMS. THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY WITH THE BASICALLY ACADEMY THAT WE HAVE THE TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY, I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO KIND OF PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BECAUSE IT REALLY IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT UTILIZES US TO DO, THAT LONG RANGE VIEW OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE SPENDING THEIR FEDERAL DOLLARS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL ALSO EXPERIENCE IS THE FOLKS THAT GET FRUSTRATED.
IT'S BECAUSE THE PROJECTS YOU PLAN TODAY, IT'S LIKE PLANNING A TREE OR A SEED.
THE PLANS THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY DON'T GROW DURING OUR TIME.
AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO NEED TO REMEMBER THAT.
WELL, WELL, YOU HAVE THAT'S THE POINT.
BUT IN THOSE FOUR YEARS WE CAN PLANT A LOT OF TREES.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND WORKING TOGETHER, PLANT THOSE SEEDS.
BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS AGAIN, AND THIS GOES BACK TO WHAT WE'RE REALLY KNOWN FOR NATIONALLY, IS THAT WE HAVE MADE LONG RANGE PLANS COME TO FRUITION. THE 1972 1974 PLAN.
BUT YOU KNOW THAT THAT THINKING IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE.
AND YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR FRUSTRATION IS IMPORTANT TO HEAR.
BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO PLANT THOSE TREES NOW TO GET THEM GOING.
AND THAT'S THAT'S UP TO ALL OF US.
AND, YOU KNOW, NOT TO THROW THE BABY OUT WITH THE BATHWATER IS THE THING THAT I GUESS I WOULD, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFY BY SAYING, HEY, I KNOW YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING DONE TODAY AND WE CAN DO SOME THINGS TODAY, BUT THERE'S THOSE THINGS THAT TAKE TIME.
WE GOT TO BE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO GET THERE.
THANK YOU, GREG, WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OTHER SPEAKERS.
CAN I GET TWO OTHER SPEAKERS THOUGH? WE ARE ALL PART OF THE CONVERSATION.
COULD I HEAR FROM SOME OTHER PEOPLE? OKAY, OKAY. I JUST WANT TO.
MEMBER JAFFE. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. I'M GOING TO FOLLOW UP A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU WERE DISCUSSING MAYOR.
IN TERMS OF AND CHRIS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION TODAY ON YOUR VISION.
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AND I'VE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS.FOR EXAMPLE, IN WESTON, WE HAVE A PROJECT THAT WE APPROVED IN 2000 THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2019.
AND NOW THERE THE FUNDING, THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS HAVE BALLOONED BECAUSE OF INFLATION.
SO WE HAVE TO CUT BACK ON THAT PROJECT THAT WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO DO.
AND IT'S NOT PROJECTED TO BE DONE UNTIL 2027.
ADDITIONALLY, LIKE ON THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET PROJECT, THAT WAS A LONG TIME PROJECT, THAT CONNECTOR AND THAT COST BALLOONED INCREDIBLY, YOU KNOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE DONE IN TERMS OF BEING THE POSITIVE SIDE OF THIS CONVERSATION.
THE I-75, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ON I-75 LATELY, GOING NORTH OF GRIFFIN, NORTH OF THE 595 AND I-75 INTERCHANGE, THE MANAGED LANES THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE.
AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY MOVING ALONG QUITE RAPIDLY, WHICH IS A GOOD THING FOR WEST BROWARD.
SO I GET THE WHOLE THING, BUT IT'S TIME AND COST AND THOSE ARE ALL FACTORS.
SOMETIMES THAT'S NOT WE CAN'T CONTROL A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
I WANTED TO SHARE IN MAYOR TRANTALIS FRUSTRATION IN LOOKING AT THINGS THAT ARE SO FAR PAST.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE THE PLANS ROLLING OUT AND ALONG THE WAY THAT WE CAN AUGMENT AS WE CONTINUE GOING, YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING WHEN PROJECTS HERE AND NOW ARE OR REALLY ESPECIALLY I'M GOING TO PICK ON THE TRI-RAIL THING BECAUSE I'VE THOUGHT THE SAME THING ABOUT ELECTRIFYING THINGS THAT MAKE SENSE.
BUT WHEN THERE'S SO MANY FILLER ROUTES.
YOU KNOW, THE EAST WEST CONNECTORS, OTHER RAILS, STATIONS THAT ARE AT DESTINATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE OR LOCATIONS THAT MAKE SENSE, LIKE THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT WE NEED TO MAKE THE SYSTEM WORK BEFORE I THINK WE NEED TO START UPGRADING THE TECHNOLOGY ON THE LINES THAT THAT WOULD BE LIKE ONE OF MY FRUSTRATION, THINGS LIKE THE MAYOR WAS SAYING, YOU KNOW, LET'S FIGURE OUT THE STUFF THAT WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT NOW AND MOVE FORWARD, PRESS THOSE FORWARD.
AND SO GETTING TOO EXCITED ON THE ON FUNDING FOR A PROJECT, FOR AN IDEA THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN AFTER EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM IS DEAD AND THE TECHNOLOGY MAY HAVE ALREADY CHANGED, AND IT MIGHT BE WHO KNOWS WHAT BY THEN IS, I THINK, THE FRUSTRATION OF PUTTING MORE, YOU KNOW, ENTHUSIASM AND FOCUS ON LET'S GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE BECAUSE, YEAH, TIME.
TIME IS MONEY AND THE COST KEEP BALLOONING, KEEP INFLATING.
AND, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE BOOKS FOR SO LONG THAT HAD WE DONE THEM EVEN TEN YEARS AGO, WOULD BE A FRACTION OF WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO COST US ALL NOW.
AND SO THAT'S I THINK, IS WHERE MAYBE IT'S JUST MANAGE THE ENTHUSIASM OF 2020 OF 2100 TO GET THE ENTHUSIASM OF, YOU KNOW, 2025, LIKE LET'S, LET'S GET SOME THINGS LIKE MOVING AND CHURNING.
SO MAYBE WE, WE CAN ALL RIDE IT AT LEAST ONCE.
THANK YOU. SO IT'S INTERESTING THE IDEA OF 595 WAS STARTED IN 72, 74.
IT BECAME IT WENT FROM SOMEBODY'S IDEA TO LIKE A PLANNING STUDY.
SO THE CULTURE AT THE TIME WAS AUTOMOBILE, RIGHT.
AND EVERYBODY THOUGHT ABOUT AUTOMOBILE.
AND WE WERE NOT TALKING ABOUT RAIL.
AND SO WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS ANOTHER ROADWAY, WHICH WE KEEP EXPANDING AND HOPING THAT WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE ALL THE TRAFFIC NEEDS WITH THE ROADWAY, WHEN IN FACT, AS CULTURES CHANGE AND AS EXPECTATIONS CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD A RAILWAY THERE IN ADDITION TO THE ROADWAY, RIGHT? YOU ALL KNOW WE ALL AGREE ON THAT, RIGHT? AND THE INTERESTING THING IN THE PLAN ITSELF, THERE WAS ACTUALLY TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THEY COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT.
IT WAS AUTO CENTRIC AND TRANSIT CENTRIC.
AND THEN IT ALSO LAID OUT, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN STYLES AND HOW THINGS WERE GOING TO BE.
THEY ACTUALLY HAD A RAIL PLAN.
SO A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WE'RE DOING NOW WAS ALREADY THERE.
SO IT'S JUST IT'S A DECISION THAT FOLKS LIKE YOURSELF HAVE TO MAKE.
AND, AND SO THE DECISION TO BECOME A JUST A TRADITIONAL ROADWAY PROJECT OR INTERSTATE HIGHWAY PROJECT, THAT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE, YOU KNOW, AND I CAN KIND OF EVEN POINT TO THE DATES WHEN THAT HAPPENED AND WHO WERE WHO THE PEOPLE WERE, BECAUSE THERE'S RECORDED VOTES.
SO WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ARE THE VAGARIES OF CHANGE, OF GOVERNMENT AND CULTURE AND EXPECTATIONS.
AND THAT'S WHY ALL I'M SAYING IS, YOU KNOW, TO PLAN 76 YEARS AHEAD.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S AN INTERESTING PARLOR GAME.
BUT THE REALITY IS WE HAVE MORE IMMEDIATE NEEDS.
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YOU KNOW, THE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET PROJECT OVER IN DEERFIELD IS IN DEERFIELD.YOU KNOW, I WAS AROUND WHEN THAT WHOLE ARGUMENT WAS TAKING PLACE AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT WAS ALL NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, PRESENTATIONS THAT THEY DID NOT WANT A HIGHWAY RUNNING THROUGH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OKAY. SO, THEY STILL HAD A ROADWAY.
BUT THE POINT IS THAT YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT KINDS OF HURDLES WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO OVERCOME IN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, ACCOMPLISH THE GOALS THAT WE THAT WE SEEK OUT AND TO PLAN SO FAR IN ADVANCE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT, YOU KNOW.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS? YOU KNOW, LIKE WHEN WHEN BRITAIN ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT TO GIVE HONG KONG BACK 100 YEARS AFTER IT HAD TAKEN IT OVER.
WHO KNEW WHAT CHINA WAS LIKE? 100 YEARS LATER, YOU KNOW.
SAME WITH, SAME WITH, YOU KNOW, AMERICA.
YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD NO IDEA WHAT AMERICA WAS GOING TO BE LIKE TODAY.
ISN'T THAT GOING TO BE INTERESTING? SO THESE ARE THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT WE CAN'T ANTICIPATE.
AND, AND THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING LET'S JUST FOCUS ON ARE YOU DOING IT ALL A GREAT JOB AT GETTING ALL THESE THINGS DONE? YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF GREAT PROJECTS.
YOU'VE YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S WORKED SO WELL IN MAPPING OUT AND FINDING NEEDS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
AND IF WE CAN DO THAT, THEN I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR ROLE HERE HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND I AND I WANT TO WALK AWAY FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, 4 OR 5 YEARS FROM NOW AND SAYING, YOU KNOW, JOB WELL DONE BY EVERYBODY HERE IN THIS ROOM.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT FRUSTRATION AS WELL.
WHEN I FIRST GOT ELECTED IN HOLLYWOOD IN 2000, WE WERE TRYING TO WORK ON THE COMMUNITY COMMUTER SHUTTLE.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID, THOUGH, FOR PERSISTENCE AND COMMITMENT, BECAUSE IT TAKES THAT I MEAN, THIS IS ACTUALLY PUTTING FORTH A VISION AND THAT GIVES YOU SOMETHING THAT YOU START TO COMMIT TO AND YOU START TO, TO.
THAT'S YOU KNOW, IT STARTED A LITTLE BIT IN 2008.
BUT THIS IS REALLY ITS FIRST, YOU KNOW, FIRST STEP.
AND THE NICE PART ABOUT THIS IS, IS THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE THOUGHTS ABOUT IT.
AND THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE THOUGHT OUT.
THE OTHER PART IS DOING AUTONOMOUS LANES WHERE YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT AUTONOMOUS TRUCKS.
THAT'S GOING TO HAVE TO WEIGH OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE'S THE BEST, WHICH ONE'S COST FEASIBLE.
IT WAS INTRODUCED OF THE IDEA FOR PASSENGERS.
SO THAT JUST ADDED A WHOLE NOTHER ELEMENT TO IT.
THAT IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT THAT'S NOT A GOOD THING, BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T MISS SOMETHING.
THERE'S NO TWO WAYS ABOUT IT. IT SLOWS IT DOWN.
TWO WEEKS BUILT IT A WHOLE DIFFERENT TIME.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO ASK ANYBODY FOR ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND THEY JUST SAID, WE'RE GOING.
YOU KNOW, TWO WEEKS LATER, THE TRAINS GO, GOING FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD.
YEAH. AND THIS HAS TAKEN US 25 YEARS.
BUT I THINK YOU KNOW THIS FOR US, IT JUST REQUIRES THE VISION, THE PERSISTENCE AND THE COMMITMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING TO PASS IT ON TO SOMEBODY TO DO IT.
BUT LET'S PASS ON A GOOD VISION AND HOPE THE PEOPLE BEHIND US PICK UP THE TORCH.
WE WE DEFINITELY NEED THE VISION.
SO I, YOU KNOW, THERE BOTH SIDES, BUT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER AT THE END OF IT.
HELLO? OKAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS, TOO.
IT'S NOT TO SCRAP THE 2100 VISION.
LIKE, DEFINITELY HAVE THE VISION, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE IT IS.
LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, I THINK THE 27 LINE FILLS IN A PIECE THAT WE'RE MISSING ALTOGETHER.
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AGAIN, GOING INTO UPGRADING A SYSTEM UNTIL THERE'S MORE TO THE SYSTEM, YOU KNOW, AND JUST TRY AND GET THE ADDITIONAL STUFF DONE THAT WE NEED TO GET DONE AND MAYBE TRY AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE THE STUDY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN DO IT CLOSER TO TWO WEEKS IN THE ENVIRONMENT WE'RE IN.BUT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY NOT THAT BUT FIGURE THAT OUT.
EXACTLY. SO MAYBE JUST TRY AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO TO MOVE, HOW WE CAN RESTRUCTURE OURSELVES OR RESTRUCTURE OUR THINKING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET SOME OF THESE PIECES JUST DONE. AND THEN FOR THE 2100.
LOOK AT THE ENTIRE SYSTEM AND HOW WE CAN UPGRADE AND MAKE IT BETTER TO RUN.
BUT YEAH, A LOT OF IT IN MY OPINION, WATCHING, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL THIS, THE CONNECTIVITY OF EVERYTHING IS JUST SO IMPORTANT TO GET PEOPLE TO CHOOSE ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION INSTEAD OF TAKING THEIR CARS.
YOU GOT TO GET YOU GOT TO BE ABLE TO GET TO PLACES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT WAS REALLY GREAT CONVERSATION.
WE DO HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS. I HOPE WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND PEOPLE TO GO OVER THEM.
FEDERALLY MANDATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND TARGET PAUL FLAVIEN.
[2. Federally Mandated Performance Measures and Targets]
GOOD MORNING AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR.GOOD MORNING AGAIN. I WILL IN THE PAUL FLAVIEN BROAD MPO DATA MANAGER.
SO IN THE INTEREST OF SPEEDING THINGS ALONG, I WILL GO FAIRLY FAST.
SO ESSENTIALLY HOW IT WORKS IS STATES ADOPT TARGETS FIRST, AND THEN MPOS HAVE A TIME AFTER THAT PERIOD THAT THE STATES ADOPT THAT MPOS CAN EITHER SUPPORT THE TARGETS ADOPTED BY THE STATE OR SET THEIR OWN TARGETS.
MOST OF THE MPOS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAVE CHOSEN TO SUPPORT STATE TARGETS, AND THERE ARE TWO SETS OF TARGETS SET, ONE SET BY FHWA, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION, AND THE FTA.
SO REALLY TODAY WE'LL PROBABLY BE WE'LL MOVE ALONG WITH THE PRESENTATION.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHY DO WE HAVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES? IS IT AGAIN GETTING BACK TO WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, MAYOR TRANTALIS, EFFICIENT INVESTMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS, REFOCUSING ON NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION GOALS, ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY, AND IMPROVING DECISION MAKING WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PLANNING AND PROGRAMING OF PROJECTS.
AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE REQUIRED TO MEASURE? THESE ARE THE FIVE ITEMS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO MEASURE.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT HAPPENS ON ALL PUBLIC ROADWAYS IN THE STATE ESSENTIALLY OR AN AREA.
NUMBER TWO IS BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.
NUMBER THREE IS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE.
AND THEN TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHICH ARE THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION TARGETS.
SO TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT WOULD BE DEALING WITH BCT, SFRTA, TRANSIT SAFETY WOULD BE DEALING WITH BCT ONLY BECAUSE SFRTA IS ACTUALLY UNDER THE FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION SAFETY PROTOCOL.
SO THEY'RE NOT SUBJECT TO THIS RULE.
THE MIDDLE COLUMN TELLS YOU WE HAVE A VISION ZERO IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
AND MPO HAS CHOSEN TO ESSENTIALLY SUPPORT THAT TARGET THAT'S SET BY THE STATE.
THE COLUMN TO THE RIGHT TELLS YOU WHERE WE'RE AT.
NOW THIS FIRST SLIDE HERE ESSENTIALLY IS A YEARLY DATA FROM 2013 TO 2023.
YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE FROM 22 TO 23 YEAR OVER YEAR.
THAT'S 7272 DEATHS THAT WERE PREVENTED IN 2023.
THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THAT BIG DECREASE IN OVER 11 YEARS.
AND ESSENTIALLY IT'S THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE THAT WHITE DOTTED LINE.
THAT'S THE TREND LINE. THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE ACTUALLY GONE UNDER THAT TREND LINE.
SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE MAKING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION WITH SAFETY.
THIS IS FOR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN, BIKE AND PED FATALITIES SPECIFICALLY.
THIS IS A YEARLY DATA AND THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA.
AGAIN YOU SEE THAT WE ARE UNDER THE TREND LINE WHICH IS GOOD.
WE NOW THIS IS SERIOUS INJURIES BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES.
THIS IS THE YEARLY DATA GENERALLY GOING DOWN.
BUT WE HAD A SLIGHT BUMP UP IN 20 BETWEEN 2022 AND 2023.
THIS IS THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE DATA.
AGAIN WE ALWAYS WANT TO SEE IT UNDER.
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GOING UNDER THE TREND LINE.THIS IS SOME SERIOUS SPIKE IN SERIOUS INJURIES.
AND THIS IS SERIOUS INJURY BIKE PED SERIOUS INJURY DATA FOR THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.
AGAIN IT'S UNDER TREND LINE AND IT'S MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
NOW, AGAIN, WHAT ARE WE DOING IN TERMS OF PUTTING OUR MONEY WHERE OUR MOUTH IS? RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT'S IN OUR CURRENT TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
I TIP A FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM OF PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE OVER 117 PROJECTS, $364 MILLION.
THAT'S IN I TIP. AND THEN PLUS THE $20 MILLION GRANT, ESSENTIALLY THAT WE OR $15 MILLION GRANT, WE GOT FOR SS FOR A PLUS THE $5 MILLION FOR A GRANT.
RIGHT. WE ALSO HAVE SORRY, $5 MILLION GRANT FOR SS4A AND A $15.4 MILLION FOR THE RAIL CROSSING ELIMINATION GRANT PROGRAM THAT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE IS WORKING ON.
SO THAT'S THE BROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
AGAIN, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT I JUST SAID.
AND IN TERMS OF BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS.
NOT. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THIS IS A FOUR YEAR TARGET.
DOT SETS OR STATE SETS A TARGET FOR FOUR YEARS, RIGHT? WE DID THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BUT THEY DID AN INTERIM ADJUSTMENT OF THAT TARGET.
ESSENTIALLY, THEY BUMPED IT UP.
RIGHT. AND SPECIFICALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, DO YOU SEE WHERE THERE ARE TWO NUMBERS, LIKE IN THE SECOND COLUMN WHERE IT SAYS ADOPTED THE FIRST, THE FIRST NUMBER YOU SEE IS WHAT THE CURRENT OR WHAT THE CURRENT WITH THE TARGET WAS BEFORE AND THEY BUMPED IT DOWN OR THEY BUMPED IT UP.
SO ESSENTIALLY IS THE NUMBER OF BRIDGES THAT ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY'RE SAYING THAT TARGET WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S FEWER BRIDGES THAT ARE IN POOR CONDITION.
ESSENTIALLY PERSON TRAVEL MILES, TRAVEL THE INTERSTATES THAT ARE RELIABLE.
THEY WERE SAYING IT SHOULD BE 70%.
THEY BUMPED IT UP TO 75%, SAYING WE NEED MORE RELIABILITY ON OUR INTERSTATE FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING.
AND AGAIN, DID THE SAME THING ON THE NON INTERSTATE.
ESSENTIALLY OUR NON I-95, NON I-75.
THOSE ROADWAYS THEY MOVED IT FROM 50 TO 60.
IT SHOWS IT TO YOU RIGHT HERE.
AND TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AGAIN, THIS IS THE TARGETS THAT WE COORDINATE WITH BCT AND SFRTA WITH.
AND THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
AND YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE SEEING ANY CHANGES IN THE IN THE ADOPTED TARGETS.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE SAME.
AND THEN TRANSIT SAFETY AGAIN THIS IS JUST BCT.
AND AGAIN YOU PROBABLY WILL BE SEEING A CHANGE IN THE ADOPTED TARGETS FOR THIS ONE.
THIS IS WHAT'S IN THERE RIGHT NOW.
65 PROJECTS OVER $2.1 BILLION.
AND NEXT STEP FOR ME WILL BE GOING TO THE TAC AND CAC FOR THEIR ENDORSEMENT, FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATION TO COME BACK TO YOU, TO ADOPT THE TARGETS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING FORTH TO THEM.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
APPRECIATE IT. MEMBER TRANTALIS.
WITH REGARD, YOU KNOW, THESE FATALITY RATES ARE ALWAYS TOO HIGH.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY MAY BE BELOW THE, YOU KNOW, THE TARGET LINE, YOU KNOW, ONE DEATH IS TOO MANY.
SO WITH REGARD TO WITH REGARD TO BIKE PATHS YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE, A LOT OF THE BIKE PATHS IN MY CITY, AND I IMAGINE IN OTHER CITIES IN OUR COUNTY ARE FADED AND PEOPLE DON'T AND DRIVERS DON'T KNOW WHERE, WHERE THE BIKE PATHS ARE, WHERE THEY BEGIN AND WHERE THEY END.
AND IS THERE ANY MONEY BEING ALLOCATED IN THIS PROGRAM TO GO BACK AND AND LOOK WHERE THESE BIKE PATHS ARE IN EACH CITY AND CREATE LIKE A ZONE, THE VISUAL ZONE? I KNOW, FOR EXAMPLE, IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WHEN WE REDID DIXIE HIGHWAY NORTH OF 13TH STREET, WE PAINTED THE BIKE PATHS, THE ENTIRE BIKE PATHS, THE BRIGHT GREEN OR
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YELLOW OR WHATEVER THEY ARE.AND THAT WAY, VISUALLY, A DRIVER DOESN'T SWERVE IN AND OUT OF THE BIKE LANE, WHICH IS OFTENTIMES THE CAUSE OF A FATALITY OR AN INJURY OF A BICYCLIST BECAUSE THE CAR IS JUST DON'T KNOW NOT TO STAY IN THEIR OWN LANE.
BUT IF THERE'S A VISUAL SEPARATION IN SOME CITIES, THERE'S EVEN A SOME KIND OF I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL IT, BUT WHEN YOU CROSS OVER INTO THE LANE, YOUR CAR, YOUR TIRES THERE'S A BUMP.
THERE'S A BUMP. YEAH, EXACTLY.
I MEAN, WE DON'T DO THAT FOR WHATEVER REASON, BUT AT LEAST HAVE SOME SORT OF VISUAL DEMARCATION.
SECONDLY, YOU KNOW, OFTENTIMES I SEE PEDESTRIANS JAYWALKING, RIGHT? THERE COULD BE 20FT FROM THE CORNER, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO CROSS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO CROSS.
OKAY. AND IN SOME CITIES I'VE BEEN TO IN THIS COUNTRY AND OTHER COUNTRIES, WE, THEY PUT FENCING ALONG CERTAIN KNOWN AREAS WHERE PEOPLE CONTINUALLY JAYWALK.
SO TO, TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM STEPPING INTO THE HIGHWAY.
I SEE THIS IN BROWARD BOULEVARD SO MANY TIMES.
I SEE IT IN SUNRISE BOULEVARD SO MANY TIMES, AND OFTENTIMES I SEE IT WITH PARENTS AND BABY CARRIAGES, AS IF THAT'S GOING TO DETER A DRIVER FROM WANTING TO SMASH INTO THEM.
AND THESE ARE LITTLE STEPS THAT WE CAN TAKE.
SO WHATEVER YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR TO APPLY TOWARDS HEALTH, FOR SAFETY NEEDS.
JUST TO MY OWN OBSERVATION, IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF YOU LOOK TO PERHAPS TRY TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THESE CHANGES SO THAT WE CAN TRY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DEATHS IN OUR CITIES.
AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, SIR, I BELIEVE THOSE ARE ACTUALLY ALL THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED ARE BEING ARE INCORPORATED AS PART OF CSLIP AND COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS THAT WE DO HERE. OKAY, GREAT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
APPRECIATE IT. NO OTHER COMMENTS.
I WOULD I WOULD ADD AT THIS POINT THAT YOU KNOW, WE ARE DOING A TURKEY TROT IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR ON THANKSGIVING MORNING.
BUT WHAT WE DID DO THIS YEAR IS THAT WE DID HAVE ONE OF OUR RUNNERS THAT WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE, AND SHE'S, YOU KNOW, SHE'S ON A SLOW RECOVERY AND TO ASSIST WITH HER JOURNEY.
WE ARE AS INDIVIDUALS, REGISTERED FOR THIS RACE.
WE ARE ASKING IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO DONATE THAT OPTION IS ON THERE.
SO I WILL SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO EITHER PARTICIPATE IN A RACE OR DONATE AS WELL.
[3. Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Update]
JAMES CROMAR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.THIS PRESENTATION, WE WERE HOPING TO GET IT TO YOU SOONER.
AND SO WE'VE BEEN DELAYED A FEW TIMES.
SOME OF THE SLIDES, THERE'S NEW INFORMATION.
SO IF YOU'LL EXCUSE THAT THIS IS A PRESENTATION THAT WE PREPARED IN AUGUST.
BUT WE DIDN'T UPDATE THE SLIDES THEMSELVES.
BUT I'LL GIVE YOU THE NEWEST INFORMATION.
FIRST THING BEFORE WE GET STARTED TOO.
FORT LAUDERDALE AND POMPANO BEACH HAVE ALSO RECEIVED FUNDING FOR PLANNING, AND WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR BACK FOR SOME FROM SOME OF THE OTHER APPLICANTS IF THEY RECEIVE THE FUNDING OR NOT. BUT THE WHOLE POINT OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL IS TO SET UP OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND COMMUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO RECEIVE, APPLY AND RECEIVE FUNDING TO DO SOME OF THESE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.
SO TAPPING INTO WHAT MAYOR TRANTALIS WAS TALKING ABOUT.
SO I WANT TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AND THEN LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AND THEN TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO ACCELERATE TOWARD THE FIRST PART OF NEXT YEAR TO GET US IN LINE TO RECEIVE FUTURE FUNDING.
THE ACTUAL SAFETY ACTION PLAN, A FEW KEY POINTS.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE DATA DRIVEN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT ARE AVAILABLE, MAKING IT KIND OF BASED ON REAL INFORMATION.
AND IT'S ALSO AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN, NOT JUST A PLAN TO SAY, WOULDN'T IT BE NICE, BUT FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE MAKE THESE THINGS HAPPEN? AND THE IDEA IS TO REDUCE OR PREVENT SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES ON OUR ROADWAYS.
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SO WE'RE AT 28.27%.AND ALSO THE VERY UNFORTUNATE SAFETY.
IT EQUATES TO ABOUT FOUR DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS PER DAY.
YEAH, FOUR PER WEEK AND ABOUT 20 INJURIES PER WEEK.
AND WE THROW IN THIS INFORMATION ABOUT ECONOMIC COSTS.
WE STARTED OFF WITH AN 18 MONTH SCHEDULE AND ARE SEEKING INPUT FROM ALL OUR COMMUNITIES.
SO WE HAVE TWO ADVISORY COMMITTEES THAT HAVE NOT ONLY TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO COMMUNITY GROUPS, BUSINESS INTERESTS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, POLICE EMERGENCY PROVIDERS. SO THAT WE'RE GETTING A BROADER VIEW OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR SAFETY.
WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU TO ASK YOU TO APPROVE THAT GOAL.
WE ALSO WILL BE IDENTIFYING PROJECTS AND THEN ALSO POLICIES AND PROGRAMS TO HELP ACHIEVE THAT GOAL.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH IN THE NEXT LITTLE WHILE.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE AN 18 MONTH SCHEDULE AND WE ARE ABOUT IN THE MIDPOINT RIGHT NOW.
WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS AND GATHERED INFORMATION AND THEN STARTING TO LOOK AT ALTERNATIVES.
WE ALSO ARE DOING EFFORTS TO LOOK AT SPECIFIC AREAS OF INTEREST, SO RAIL CROSSINGS AND TRESPASSING LIGHTING MID-BLOCK CROSSING AGAIN IS MAYOR TRANTALIS MENTIONED LOOKING AT SAFE SPEEDS, TECHNOLOGY, BIKE PED ISSUES.
OVER THE SUMMER WE STARTED DOING SOME CORRIDOR PRIORITIZATION THAT I'LL TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, AND HAD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER HAD TO CHANGE 2 OR 3 TIMES THAT SCHEDULE BASED ON HURRICANES, WHICH WAS UNFORTUNATE, BUT WE KEPT GOING AND GOT SOME GOOD FEEDBACK AND THEN WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. THEN TO DEVELOP THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PACKAGE THOSE, DO SOME PRIORITIZATION, COME BACK WITH AN IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM THAT TALKS ABOUT FUNDING AND ASSIGNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES AND SEQUENCING.
COMING BACK TO WHAT CHRISTOPHER WAS MENTIONING EARLIER, THAT WE ARE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN PROJECTS INTO THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN SO THAT THEY'D GET IN LINE FOR FUNDING THAT'S AVAILABLE THROUGH THE MPO.
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME FOUNDATION, WE EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF TALKING ABOUT CRASHES, NOT ACCIDENTS, THAT THERE'S A REASON WHY THESE CRASHES OCCUR.
IT'S NOT JUST SOMETHING RANDOMLY, BUT THERE'S ANALYSIS THAT WE CAN DO TO THEN FIGURE OUT HOW TO RESOLVE THOSE PROBLEMS. AND WE ALSO USE THE TERM KCI.
SO IF I TALK ABOUT THAT IT'S KILLED OR SERIOUS INJURIES.
THIS IS A THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CRASHES.
THERE ARE AND THERE ARE ABOUT 250,000 CRASHES OVER THE LAST FIVE YEAR PERIOD.
BUT THEN THERE'S A SMALLER NUMBER THAT ACTUALLY WAS RESULTING IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY.
AND WE LOOKED AT INFORMATION FOR A FIVE YEAR WINDOW.
AND WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S A LIMITATION TO THE DATA.
AND IT'S ALSO ONLY CRASHES THAT INVOLVE MOTOR VEHICLES.
SO, THE SS4A GRANT REQUIRES US TO HAVE A TRANSPARENT PROCESS FOR PRIORITIZATION AND ALSO HAVE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS. SO WE DEVELOPED AN APPROACH THAT LOOKED AT OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, OUR HIGH RISK NETWORK AND EQUITY SCORES IN TERMS OF PRIORITIZING PROJECTS.
FIRST OFF, OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, AND AGAIN, REFERRING BACK TO WHAT PAUL FLAVIEN JUST TALKED ABOUT WITH OUR SAFETY STATISTICS, WE LOOKED AT WHERE THE MOST CRASHES THAT RESULT IN DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ARE OCCURRING.
SO IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM WHAT OUR PREVIOUS HIGH INJURY NETWORK WAS.
IN THIS ANALYSIS, WE MAPPED WHAT ENDED UP BEING ABOUT 75% OF THE CRASHES THAT RESULT IN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY, AND IT'S ON ABOUT 6% OF OUR ROADWAYS.
UNFORTUNATELY, OVER HALF OF THOSE KSI CRASHES ARE ON THE STATE ROADS.
ABOUT 25% ARE COUNTY ROADS, AND THEN THE REST ARE LOCAL ROADS.
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WELL, FDOT, YOU NEED TO SOLVE ALL THE PROBLEMS. WE ALSO HAVE ROLES AT THE COUNTY AND AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.AND THEN WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CRASHES BASED ON OUR EQUITY AREAS.
WE ALSO THEN LOOKED AT HIGH INJURY NETWORK AND THEN THE HIGH RISK NETWORK.
THESE ARE ROADWAYS WHERE CRASHES AREN'T NECESSARILY AT A HIGHER LEVEL NOW, BUT THEY ARE ROADWAYS THAT HAVE A A, THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT LEAD TO WHERE THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING.
AND IT'S WEIRD. IT WAS LESS IF THEY WERE AT 55 MILE PER HOUR, BUT BUT 45 MILE PER HOUR.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU OUR EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
THEY TEND TO BE CONCENTRATED IN THE AREA BETWEEN 95 AND THE TURNPIKE.
DEERFIELD BEACH, POMPANO, FORT LAUDERDALE, HALLANDALE BEACH HAVE A PREPONDERANCE THERE.
IT'S THE OPENING TO LOOK AT DETAILS.
AND SO IT HELPS INFORM THE SOLUTIONS THAT COME FORWARD FROM THAT.
SO WITH THOSE THREE FACTORS WE PRIORITIZED THE CORRIDORS ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, 338 CORRIDORS.
FROM THAT, THEN WE WANTED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE WE COULD FOCUS OUR EFFORTS.
WE PULLED OUT ABOUT 25 TO 30 STATE, COUNTY AND LOCAL ROADS.
LOOKED AT THAT LIST TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO HOW TO HOW TO FOCUS OUR EFFORTS WHITTLED IT DOWN TO 30 AND ENDED UP WITH THESE 11 CORRIDORS AS OUR PRIORITY CORRIDORS THAT WE USE TO DO FURTHER CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC OUTREACH.
AND SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU ALL THROUGH YOUR STAFFS, HAVE HEARD ABOUT THESE MEETINGS THAT WE HAD IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER AND THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK IN FEBRUARY WITH, WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THOSE.
THERE ARE THREE STATE FACILITIES, THREE COUNTY FACILITIES AND THEN FOUR LOCAL ROADS.
THIS IS THE OVERALL FLOW OF THE PROCESS FOR OUR CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT.
WE GATHERED INFORMATION, MET WITH THE LOCAL PARTNERS, DID DATA ANALYSIS.
WE WILL BE SUMMARIZING THOSE COMING BACK IN AND NUMBER TEN FINAL PUBLIC MEETING AROUND FEBRUARY, AND THEN FINALIZING THOSE CONCEPT DESIGNS WITH COST ESTIMATES AND AND BENEFIT COST ANALYSIS, THINGS OF THAT SORT.
AND THAT WILL BECOME PART OF THE REPORT THAT WE PRESENT TO YOU.
SO IN CONCLUSION FOLLOWING OUR TIMELINE, WE WERE DOING THE PRIORITIZATION OF CORRIDORS FALL WINTER.
WE'RE DOING OUTREACH AND WE'RE COMPLETING THOSE NINE DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS THAT I MENTIONED.
NOW, THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IN ORDER FOR OUR BROWARD COUNTY PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR FUNDING IN THE NEXT CYCLE, IF IT FOLLOWS THE SAME CYCLE AS LAST YEAR, WE NEED TO HAVE A PLAN APPROVED BY THIS BOARD BY APRIL.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT SAME SCHEDULE, AND WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING AT A MAJOR CORRIDOR WHERE WE COULD COME IN AND REQUEST FEDERAL FUNDING TO ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT IMPROVEMENT. WE ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, THOUGH, THAT FEDERAL FUNDING PICTURE IS CHANGING, AND SO THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES THAT WE'LL TALK TO YOU ABOUT.
AND SO WE'LL HAVE TO DEVELOP THAT AS THAT COMES FORWARD.
SO WITH THAT I THINK AND AGAIN, AS MAYOR TRANTALIS SAID, ONE DEATH IS MORE THAN, THAN WE CAN TAKE.
SO WE WANT TO WORK WITH YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION TO ACHIEVE ZERO.
AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. I DO HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS IN THE QUEUE BEING FURR, MEMBER FURR.
THANK YOU. ON THAT WHEN HE WAS SHOWING THE HIGH RISK NETWORK.
IT DIDN'T SHOW ANY THING WITH THE INTERSTATES.
OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M GLAD YOU NOTICED THAT.
IN OUR INITIAL ANALYSIS, WE TOOK OFF THE LIMITED ACCESS EXPRESSWAYS FROM OUR ANALYSIS.
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SO THAT'S 595, 95, 75 TURNPIKE AND SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.SO THERE'S ACTION TO BE TAKEN THERE.
BUT THERE'S A DIFFERENT KIND OF LEVEL OF ACTION AS WE LOOK AT IMPROVEMENTS ON OUR LOCAL ROADS AND THE ONES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE INTERACTION OF PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES AND SUCH. AND GREG, YOU WANTED TO.
YEAH. THAT'S THE REASON IT HAD TO BE SOME.
ONE MORE. I KNOW MIAMI-DADE, GREG, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING WITH REGARD TO BICYCLE SAFETY AND NOT ALLOWING ANY NEW BICYCLE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE REDOING THEIR ENTIRE NOT MAP, BUT THEIR MANUAL WITH HOW BIKES ARE GOING TO BE.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING EXTENDING ALL THE SIDEWALKS OUT FURTHER.
YES. VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXTENDING IT, BUT IT IS A LOT SAFER.
SO. SO IT'S AN INTERESTING IDEA.
IS THAT GOING TO BE PART OF THIS? YES. SO FIRST OFF, KUDOS TO BROWARD COUNTY THAT ONE OF THE LOCAL MATCH PROJECTS IS A LOW STRESS, MULTI-MODAL MOBILITY PLAN THAT IS BEING LED BY THE COUNTY AND THAT IS GOING TO COME FORWARD WITH DESIGN.
THEY'VE MAPPED AND LOOKED AT LOCATIONS, HOW TO CREATE A NETWORK THAT IS LESS STRESSFUL.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE COMING UP WITH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR THOSE LOW STRESS FACILITIES.
AND WE'LL BE COMING UP WITH A DESIGN MANUAL IN IN COORDINATION WITH YOUR BROWARD COUNTY STAFF TO SAY, LET'S CONSOLIDATE ALL THE INFORMATION IN ONE PLACE TO WORK TOWARDS SAFE STREETS. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT AS WE ACCELERATE OUR PROCESS TO ADOPT THE PLAN.
BUT THE GOAL IS TO CREATE THOSE STANDARDS THAT ARE CONSOLIDATED AND COORDINATED.
AND I MEAN, A LOT OF IT REALLY IS ENGINEERING AND INFRASTRUCTURE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT THING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT.
AND WE'VE BEEN WILLING TO PAINT, JUST PAINT IT GREEN AND SAY, GOOD LUCK, YOU KNOW.
IF I CAN DO AN ASIDE, I'VE WORKED ON BICYCLE PLANNING FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN DARE TO ASK, OH, CAN WE GET SPACE ON A ROADWAY? AND I REMEMBER 20 YEARS AGO, THE LITTLE WHEELIE IN THE STREETS OF DOWNTOWN DENVER AND MEASURING.
CAN WE SQUEEZE FOUR FEET HERE? AND THEN EVEN TEN YEARS AFTER THAT, THE CITY WAS GIVING UP ENTIRE LANES FOR BICYCLE FACILITIES.
AND SO I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE APPROACH HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE STATE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT THE STATE HAS A REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE BICYCLE FACILITIES ON THEIR ROADWAYS, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY THE MOST INVITING OR COMFORTABLE FOR THE NON DARING BICYCLISTS TO GO ON.
WE INITIALLY PROPOSED DOING A BIKE LANE ON CYPRESS CREEK.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET PEOPLE RIDING A LOT MORE.
AND BECAUSE OTHERWISE THEY'D LIKE TO, BUT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO UNTIL IT'S REALLY SAFE.
THAT SAID, IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT 15 YEARS.
WHEN WE MOVED HERE, THAT WAS WHEN WE STARTED ON IT, AND AND NOW IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.
IT'S ACTUALLY FINALLY BEING BUILT.
SO, SO IT'S BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.
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COULD JUMP ON A BIKE AND BE THERE.SO OUR PROJECT IS FROM FEC OR THE TRI-RAIL TRACKS TO POWER LINE.
AND SO THERE'S COORDINATION WITH FDOT TO GET IT FROM THE TRACKS ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO DIXIE HIGHWAY.
AND AGAIN, IT'S PIECE BY PIECE CREATING THAT NETWORK.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE ON THE TRAIN WITH YOUR BIKE, IT'S THAT MUCH MORE INVITING.
THEY HAVE ONE TRAIN THAT HAS A THOUSAND BIKES A DAY.
WE STILL HAVE TWO OTHER SPEAKERS, MEMBER WELCH.
THERE I AM. I JUST WAS CURIOUS.
YOU SAID YOU FELL A FEW TIMES.
WERE YOU STEERED OFF THE ROAD AND FELL, OR WAS IT OF YOUR OWN VOLITION? I MEAN, I DON'T MEAN TO GET PERSONAL, BUT WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS IF WE'RE NOT REPORTING, THEN IT'S SOMETHING IS HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MORE OCCURRENCES, A LOT MORE.
AND THERE COULD BE REASONS FOR THAT.
SO THE BEST EXAMPLE, THE SECOND TIME I FELL AND BROKE MY ARM, IT WAS AFTER A HURRICANE AND I WAS RIDING MY BIKE TO WORK, AND IT WAS ON SUNRISE BECAUSE I THE SIDE STREETS THAT I NORMALLY RODE ON, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS DEBRIS.
AND SO I FELL AND ON MY ARM, AND I WAS MORE ANNOYED THAN ANYTHING.
I WAS LIKE, OH, GOD, WHY? YOU KNOW? AND SO IT WASN'T UNTIL LATER THAT I GOT TO THE OFFICE THAT IT STARTED TO SWELL UP, AND I REALIZED IT WAS BROKEN.
AND THE REASON I ASK, I MEAN, YOU BROUGHT IT UP, BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT OTHER PEOPLE, I'VE HEARD OTHER PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING, THAT REGULAR BIKE RIDERS ON AND IN THE PATHS DESIGNATED AND THEY JUST DON'T REPORT.
AND I KNOW WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, BEFORE WE HAD THE COMPLETE STREETS ON LYONS ROAD AND WE WERE DESIGNATING ON OUR SMALLER CITY ROADS FOR SPACE FOR THE BIKES TO BE.
WE WERE DEALING WITH THE, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SLANT AND THEN THE, WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM THE MAYOR TRANTALIS WAS TALKING ABOUT? THE RUMBLE STRIPS.
SO THAT THOSE WERE ACTUAL DETERRENTS.
SO, I MEAN, IT ISN'T JUST AS A BICYCLIST, YOU HAVE SO MANY THINGS TO STEER CLEAR OF.
IF IT'S NOT A DRIVER OF A VEHICLE, THEN IT'S YOU KNOW, THE, THE SLANT IN THE PAVEMENT.
AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE DETERRENTS THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
ALSO, THERE ARE COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL WORK WITH THE HOSPITALS TO GET INFORMATION.
BUT IT TAKES AN EFFORT TO DO THAT.
AND THAT'S A CONVERSATION THAT WE CAN HAVE WITH OUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS THAT ARE ON OUR COMMITTEE.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, HOW REALISTIC IS IT? WHAT WOULD IT TAKE TO GET A PROGRAM LIKE THAT GOING ON THE CRASH DATA THAT WE HAVE REPORTS OF CRASHES THAT INVOLVE A VEHICLE.
SO IT HAS TO BE A CAR HITTING.
THEY WERE DEMOLISHING A BUILDING.
I DIDN'T SEE THE DEBRIS. I FELL ON THAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE MEMBER MCGEE.
JAFFE. YEAH, I'M GOING TO BE FAST FIRST.
JAMES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IT'S A VERY INTERESTING REPORT.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE DATA THAT YOU USED FOR THIS REPORT, DID I MISUNDERSTAND YOU? IT DOES NOT INCLUDE BICYCLE CRASHES.
IT WILL INCLUDE A BICYCLE CRASH IF IT INVOLVES A VEHICLE.
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OKAY. OKAY.AND BIKE CRASH OR CAR VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN CRASH TOO.
HELLO? YEAH. THIS ONE'S REAL QUICK TOO.
YEAH. ON OUR WEBSITE, WE HAVE SOME INTERACTIVE FEATURES.
SO THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO REPORT.
YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT SOMETHING OUT SAYING REPORT THESE THINGS.
I KNOW YEAH I'M GOING TO PUT MY CRASH ON THERE.
JAMES, YOU NEED TO REPORT THIS STUFF? WE NEED IT FOR OUR DATA.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO OVER ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING THAT TO ANOTHER AGENDA.
AND I THINK MOST EVERYONE HAS ALREADY LEFT ALREADY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
GOOD JOB.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.