Dec 04, 2024 Citizens' Advisory Committee

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

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GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY.

I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.

I THANK EVERYBODY FOR FIGHTING THE TRAFFIC AND GETTING HERE.

IT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE WE HAVE A FULL SCHEDULE TONIGHT.

A LOT OF THINGS. WE TRY TO STREAMLINE THE MEETINGS SO THAT WE GET OUT OF HERE AT A REASONABLE TIME. BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN, SOMETHING WILL POP UP WHERE A LOT HAS TO BE DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE EVENINGS.

SO WE WILL TRY TO EXPEDITE THINGS AS MUCH AS WE CAN AND HELP US DO YOU PART AS WELL.

WE ARE HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED TO US.

BUT LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IT ON POINT THAT OUR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WE MIGHT HAVE ARE APPROPRIATE TO THE PRESENTATIONS SO WE CAN MOVE AHEAD AND GET HOME BEFORE CHRISTMAS.

SO THE MEETING IS ORDER.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - October 23, 2024]

DAVE AND JUSTIN PROFIT.

OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? QUESTIONS ON THAT? I SEE NONE, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. THE MOTION IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. OKAY.

PLEASE VOTE AGAIN.

ALL RIGHT. THIS EVENING, DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY REQUESTS, SO I WILL TAKE THAT AS A NO.

ALL RIGHT. WE NORMALLY SCHEDULE THE AGENDA TO BE EFFICIENT AND KEEP IT SHORT AND SUCCINCT. BUT AS I SAY, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO COVER.

[ CONSENT ITEMS ]

SO IF YOU'VE READ THE AGENDAS, THEN YOU GET TO WHAT THAT IS.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO AS A CONSENT ITEM IS TO VOTE ON BOTH OF THESE CONSENT ITEMS, ONE AND TWO TOGETHER, AND THEN WE CAN MOVE ON INTO THE ACTION ITEMS. SO WITH THAT WE HAVE THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND A BROWARD MPO APPROVAL AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 529 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PLAN.

AND ALSO THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND BOARD MPO APPROVE THE TARGETS FOR THE FEDERALLY MANDATED PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS.

AND AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE DISCUSSED THOSE IN SOME DETAIL IN THE PAST, SO THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANYTHING NEW WITH THOSE.

SO. ON THAT BASIS THEN LET US VOTE ON BOTH OF THOSE.

WE HAVE THE MOTION FOR BOTH OF THEM, DAVE AND DARREN.

OKAY. SO PLEASE VOTE FOR THE CONSENT ITEMS TO APPROVE BOTH OF THEM, IF YOU WOULD.

OKAY, GOOD. ALL RIGHT.

ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS.

[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Route to 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]

I ALSO WANT TO SAY THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENTS.

HOWEVER, I SEE NONE. SO.

OKAY LET'S GET STARTED THEN.

PETER GIES IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE PLAN.

PETER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR.

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SO AS A REMINDER, THIS WAS A PRESENTATION AS DRAFT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN BACK IN OCTOBER. SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LITTLE WHILE, BUT REALLY WHAT WE'RE DOING TONIGHT IS ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL ON THE PLAN.

SO WE'RE WRAPPING UP THIS TWO YEAR DEVELOPMENT CYCLE ON THE PLAN.

I KNOW CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO LAST MONTH GAVE YOU A COMPREHENSIVE OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN AND ALSO MENTIONED THAT IT WAS OPEN FOR COMMENT THROUGH NOVEMBER 15TH.

SO REALLY, MY PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS SIMPLY GOING TO FOCUS ON SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE TO THE DRAFT PLAN BASED ON THE COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED.

SO GIVE YOU A SHORT OVERVIEW OF WHO WE RECEIVED COMMENTS FROM AND WHAT ADJUSTMENTS WE MADE TO THE PLAN. BUT ALL IN ALL, THE PLAN ITSELF HAS STAYED VERY MUCH THE SAME. SO AGAIN, THIS IS MORE JUST OF THE FORMAL ADOPTION MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BY THE MPO BOARD OF THIS PLAN.

SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND DIVE RIGHT INTO IT.

SO WE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS FROM THE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON SCREEN.

SO A LOT OF PARTNER AGENCIES, INCLUDING MUNICIPALITIES, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

YOU'LL NOTE THAT WE ALSO RECEIVED INTERNAL COMMENTS FROM OUR OWN STAFF WHO WORK ON DIFFERENT PLANS AND PROGRAMS. SO WE REALLY RECEIVED A WHOLE LOT OF COMMENTS ON THE PLAN FROM VARIOUS DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO SEE.

SO HERE ARE SOME OVERVIEW OF THE INCORPORATED CHANGES.

THESE ARE KIND OF IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER, BUT STARTING WITH THE FIRST ONE, THERE WERE A LOT OF FORMATTING AND GRAMMATICAL CHANGES THAT A LOT OF FOLKS PICKED UP ON, WHICH YOU CAN EXPECT ON A 300 PLUS PAGE DOCUMENT.

ALSO, SOMETIMES JUST MOVING FIGURES AND TABLES FROM ONE PAGE TO ANOTHER TO HELP IT ALIGN BETTER WITH THE TEXT.

SO THAT WAS THE BULK OF THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE TO THE DOCUMENT THAT IS NOW POSTED UP ON THE ROUTE TO 2050 WEBSITE.

WE ALSO UPDATED BROWARD COUNTY'S TRANSIT ILLUSTRATIVE PROJECTS.

SO NOW THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT ARE RUNNING THROUGH THEIR PROMO PLAN AND THAT THEY MIGHT PURSUE FEDERAL FUNDING FOR IN THE FUTURE.

SO WE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THEM AND COORDINATED WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE RIGHT LIMITS ON PROJECTS, THE RIGHT NAMES ON PROJECTS, AND ALSO THE RIGHT FUNDING AMOUNTS IN THERE AS WELL.

WE ALSO UPDATED THE PORT EVERGLADES UNFUNDED PROJECTS IN THE SAME SPIRIT.

IN THE SAME VEIN, WE COORDINATED WITH THEM ON ANY POTENTIAL PROJECTS THAT THEY MAY WANT TO PURSUE FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING FOR IN THE FUTURE.

WE INCREASED THE QUALITY OF VARIOUS MAPS.

THERE WERE A FEW MAPS IN THERE WHERE WHEN WE EXPORTED THEM OUT OF OUR MAPPING PROGRAM INTO THE DOCUMENT, THEY GOT A LITTLE BIT GRAINY. WE TWEAKED THEM, MADE SURE THAT THEY WERE HIGHER QUALITY. WE ALSO UPDATED THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE TABLES, AND THE REASON WHY WE HAD TO DO THAT IS BECAUSE THE PLAN WAS IN MORE DRAFT FORM, OR WAS IN MORE FINAL FORM.

AT THAT POINT, WE WERE ABLE TO RUN OUR MODEL WITH THE NEW COST FEASIBLE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED CHANGES AS PART OF THE PLAN, AND UPDATE ALL OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURES, KIND OF THE BEFORE AND AFTER.

SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET A LOT OF THOSE AFTER METRICS INTO THAT PART OF THE PLAN.

AND SO THE BULK OF THOSE UPDATES WERE MADE IN.

CHAPTER EIGHT, I BELIEVE IT IS.

THERE WAS ALSO COMMENTS MADE BY MAX WHO BROUGHT IT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT WE SHOULD LOOK AT ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR THAT WAS DONE BOTH AT THE TAC AND THE CAC. WE BROUGHT THAT RECOMMENDATION TO THE MPO BOARD, AND THEY ALSO AGREED WITH IT AS PART OF THE DRAFT PLAN.

SO WE FORMALLY ADDED THAT PROJECT INTO THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

AND THEN WE ADDED OUR FINANCIAL REVENUE FORECAST INTO THE APPENDIX.

THAT WAS A SMALL OVERSIGHT THAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY.

THE FINANCIAL REVENUE FORECAST IS A FDOT PUBLISHED DOCUMENT THAT IS GIVEN TO US RIGHT BEFORE WE START DEVELOPING THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN.

WITH ALL OF THE PROJECTED REVENUES BETWEEN NOW THROUGH 2050, WE TYPICALLY LIKE TO ADD THAT AS A BACKUP TO THE PLAN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE WHERE WE GOT OUR OUR REVENUE INFORMATION FROM.

SO IT'S KIND OF A SHOW YOUR WORK TYPE OF THING. SO THAT'S REALLY IT.

A LITTLE BIT OF AN ANTICLIMACTIC MOMENT IN THE SENSE THAT I DON'T HAVE MORE TO SHARE, BUT I KNOW CHRISTOPHER DID A REALLY NICE JOB BACK IN OCTOBER, WALKING YOU THROUGH EVERY COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, BUT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

WHAT THIS MEANS FOR THE MPO.

WE'RE CARRYING FORWARD A LOT OF GREAT FUNDING PROGRAMS. WE'VE MADE TWEAKS TO THE FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE BULK OF OUR FUNDING IS STILL GOING TO BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, BUT WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT NEW THINGS LIKE RESILIENCY AND TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WE'RE INCORPORATING INTO THE PLAN. SO WE HOPE THAT THAT YOU AGREE WITH THAT AND THAT YOU PROVIDE US A RECOMMENDATION TO THE MPO BOARD TO APPROVE THIS PLAN.

SO WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU. THANK YOU PETER. ANY QUESTIONS COMMENTS AT THIS POINT.

MICHAEL SMITH TODAY. I DO, AND I KNOW IT'S WHAT THEY USED TO CALL A TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. AND THIS IS OVER WHAT, 310 PAGES.

SO IT'S A, IT'S QUITE A, IT'S QUITE AN UNDERTAKING.

AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU YOU'VE COME TO FINISH IT.

JUST ONE QUESTION. I WAS LOOKING AT IT EARLY THIS MORNING, AND IT, THE, THE WEBSITE GOES THROUGH

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AND THEN IT SHOWS A MAP.

AND THAT'S AS FAR AS I GOT.

AND I DIDN'T, WASN'T ABLE TO ACCESS ANY COMMENTS FROM ANYONE.

SO I'M WONDERING, MAYBE MY COMPUTER DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH.

MEMORY CAPACITY TO DO THAT.

MAYBE IT TAKES A LARGE COMPUTER TO OR A SERVER TO SOME TO DO THAT.

AND I WONDERED IF IN THE FUTURE WILL THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS STAND? SO I THINK WHAT WE WILL DO IS WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THOSE COMMENTS AND WE'LL PUBLISH THEM UP ON THE ROUTE TO 2050 WEBSITE.

I THINK THAT'S MORE THAN FAIR.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO WE CAN DO THAT AS PART OF THE THE FINAL DOCUMENT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

THAT'S IT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? I SEE NONE. AMAZING. I DO WANT TO THANK THE ENTIRE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR THE INPUT, THE GUIDANCE THAT YOU PROVIDED OVER TWO YEARS. I KNOW THERE'S QUITE A FEW OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY WITH US SINCE DAY ONE.

SOME OF YOU, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME AROUND.

SO YOU'RE GETTING LIKE A GRADUATE DEGREE IN THIS.

SO CONGRATULATIONS. BUT TRULY, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT INPUT THAT YOU ALL HAVE PROVIDED. YOU'VE ALSO CHALLENGED US IN A LOT OF WAYS.

AND I'M LOOKING AT FOLKS LIKE JUSTIN AND GREG AND KEN, WHO I KNOW SINCE THE 2045 WERE PRESSING US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE PROGRESSIVE POLICIES WITHIN THE PLAN THAT WE CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN IT COMES TO MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE WORKING ON, BUT IS ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS REALLY MAKING THOSE PROGRESSIVE CHANGES THAT WE NEED IN OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

SO THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU PETER.

ON THAT BASIS, MAY I HAVE A MOTION? AND SECOND, JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ.

DAVID FLETCHER. FINE. SEE NO OTHER COMMENTS.

SO LET US VOTE.

OKAY. IT HAS PASSED AND YOU'RE HAPPY IT'S DONE TO PETER, I THINK ONE MORE STEP.

WE'VE GOT THE MPO BOARD NEXT WEEK, BUT OKAY, TWO OUT OF THREE DOWN. ALL RIGHT.

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District Four Draft Tentative Work Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 - 2030]

THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND A BROWARD MPO APPROVED THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION DISTRICT FOUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 2030 AND PRESENTING.

THAT WILL BE. PETER GIES.

SO PETER GIES HERE AGAIN WITH THE BROAD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION. I FIGURED I'D JUST STAY UP HERE.

THIS THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM IS A REALLY IMPORTANT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OUR FINAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

AND I'M GOING TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE JUST TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, ESPECIALLY FOR SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE A CYCLE THAT WE USE TO DEVELOP OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, WHICH IS ADOPTED ON A YEARLY BASIS.

THAT CYCLE INVOLVES THREE MAJOR STEPS.

ONE, THE FIRST STEP IS THE ADOPTION OR THE CREATION OF OUR PRIORITIES LIST, WHICH IS TAKEN DIRECTLY FROM OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT YOU JUST APPROVED.

SO NEXT YEAR'S PRIORITY LIST IS GOING TO TAKE THE PRIORITY PROJECTS FROM OUR LONG RANGE PLAN OR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, PUT THEM IN PRIORITY ORDER.

AND THAT IS THE LIST THAT WE USE TO WORK WITH FDOT TO PROGRAM ALL THE AVAILABLE STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD TO DEVELOP THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE SECOND STEP IN THAT PROCESS AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM. WE WORK ON DEVELOPING THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL FEDERAL DOCUMENT THAT ALLOWS ALL OF THAT FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDING TO FLOW THROUGH TO THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THIS SECOND STEP IN THE PROCESS IS REALLY THE FIRST LOOK AT HOW FUNDING WAS ABLE TO SHAKE OUT FROM OUR PRIORITIES LIST.

SO AFTER OUR NEGOTIATIONS WITH DOT, LOOKING AT ALL OF THE AVAILABLE REVENUES AVAILABLE IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR, THIS THIS IS THE RESULTING DOCUMENT THAT COMES OUT OF THAT. AND ALL OF THE NEW PROJECTS THAT WE CAN FUND WITH, WITH ALL OF THE AVAILABLE FUNDING FOR THE NEXT CYCLE. ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, MPO STAFF WILL WORK ON INCORPORATING ALL THAT INFORMATION INTO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE BACK HERE IN ABOUT SIX MONTHS IN THE JUNE JULY TIME FRAME PRESENTING THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO YOU.

SO IT REALLY IS ALMOST A FULL YEAR CYCLE WHERE WE DEVELOP THE DRAFT MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST IN MARCH. WORK WITH DOT TO GET ALL OF THOSE PRIORITIES PROGRAMED.

THEN THAT PRIORITIES LIST GETS ADOPTED BY YOU.

IN JUNE. WE HAVE THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM THIS TIME FRAME IN DECEMBER.

AND THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU IN JULY FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. SO AGAIN, THIS IS A SECOND STEP IN THAT PROCESS.

AND IT'S OUR FIRST LOOK TO SEE WHAT FUNDING WHERE THE FUNDING REALLY ENDED UP AND ON WHAT PROJECTS. SO THERE WILL BE TWO PRESENTATIONS GIVEN HERE,

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I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GO THROUGH THE 400 OR SO PROJECTS, REVIEW THEM IN DETAIL, CALL OUT SOME OF THE ONES THAT MAYBE HIGHLIGHTS, AND ALSO PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SO REALLY POSITIVE NEWS THIS YEAR IN THAT REGARD.

SO I'LL DIVE RIGHT IN.

I WAS TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT CYCLE OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST, AND THE TIP. THE SECOND STEP IN THE PROCESS ENDS UP MORE IN THE TIP REALM, THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, WHERE WE ARE ACTUALLY APPLYING FUNDING TO PROJECTS AND MOVING THEM FORWARD AS PART OF OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM. SO THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORK PROGRAM THIS CYCLE, 376 PROJECTS, WHICH TOTAL $3.9 BILLION.

SO THAT'S OVER THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD FROM FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2030.

WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDING, AND NOW THIS IS AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION FOR US, BECAUSE THESE ARE FUNDS THAT WE DIRECTLY CONTROL AS THE MPO. AND SUBSEQUENTLY, WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN YOU ALL AS THE ADVISORY BOARD AND THEN THE MPO BOARD AS WELL.

WE'D LIKE TO BREAK DOWN AND SHOW YOU WHERE THAT FUNDING ENDED UP.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THE FOLKS WHO'VE BEEN AROUND HERE FOR A WHILE WILL REMEMBER THAT WITH OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR CURRENT METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO NOT THE ONE THAT YOU JUST RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR, BUT THE EXISTING ONE.

WE HAVE SIX FUNDING PROGRAMS THAT ARE SHOWN HERE ON SCREEN IN THE DIFFERENT BOX COLORS.

AND WE HAD FUNDING TARGETS AS PART OF THOSE AS PART OF THOSE MPO CHARITABLE FUNDS THAT YOU ALL HAD VOTED ON AS PART OF THE ADOPTION OF THE LAST PLAN.

I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT THE FUNDING THAT THE FUNDING TARGETS THAT YOU ALL HAD APPROVED ARE STARTING TO NOW FALL IN LINE IN THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.

SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT OUR ROADWAY PROGRAM IN THE 2045 HAD A 20% TARGET FOR FUNDING, WHEREAS OUR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN AND COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM THAT YOU SEE HERE IN THE ORANGE AND THE BLUE IN THE NEXT TWO BOXES, THOSE HAD OVER 50% OF THE FUNDING.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FUNDING SPREAD, YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT THAT'S REALLY STARTING TO HAPPEN. AND THIS IS YOUR POLICY AND WHAT YOU ALL APPROVE AT WORK HERE.

SO BECAUSE WE'VE HAD NOW FIVE YEARS TO GET THROUGH A FULL WORK PROGRAM CYCLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT'S STARTING TO ALIGN. AND WE'RE CONTINUING THAT ALSO AS PART OF THE 2050. SO WHEN WE AS A TEAM LOOK AT THIS, WE SAY WE'RE STARTING TO MEET THOSE GOALS AND WE'RE VERY PLEASED WITH THAT. WHAT ABOUT 76% OF THE FUNDING GOING TOWARDS COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS, WHETHER THEY'RE LARGER COMPLETE STREETS PROJECTS FOUND IN THE MASTER PLAN AND THAT ORANGE BOX OR OUR LOCAL INITIATIVES PROGRAM THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS APPLY FOR IN THAT BLUE BOX. SO THE OVERALL FUNDING FOR BROWARD MPO FUNDING PROGRAM.

SO WHEN WE LOOK AT ALL THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE LISTED IN OUR FUNDING PROGRAMS, THAT INCLUDES STATE FUNDING AS WELL, YOU CAN SEE THAT TRENDS DEFINITELY MORE TOWARDS THE ROADWAYS, BUT A LOT OF THE STATE FUNDING IS SLATED FOR ROADWAYS. SO THAT CAN BE ON LARGER PROJECTS LIKE SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO OBVIOUSLY THAT WILL SKEW MORE TOWARDS THE ROADWAY SECTION.

BUT AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE REALLY INTERESTED IN IS HOW OUR MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ON THIS FIRST SLIDE ARE BEING APPLIED.

AND THEN THIS IS JUST WE LIKE TO SHOW HOW THE OVERALL FUNDING POT WITHIN OUR PRIORITIES ARE BEING APPLIED. SOME ALSO NOTABLE ITEMS IS WE RECEIVED QUITE A FEW CONGRESSIONAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS OR BETTER KNOWN AS EARMARKS.

AND YOU CAN SEE HERE, THESE ARE ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WERE FOUGHT FOR AT THE CONGRESSIONAL LEVEL, AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, INCLUDING BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS, SOME TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROJECTS WIDENING AND IMPROVING SOME ACCESS TO I-5 95 AND THEN SOME BRIDGE REPLACEMENT REPAIR AND REHABILITATION AS WELL.

SOME OTHER PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL OUT.

THERE WAS A PROJECT US 27 RAIL THAT YOU SEE RIGHT AT THE TOP OF THE LIST THERE THAT AS A REGION HAS BEEN REQUESTED AS PART OF THIS CYCLE TO START THE FEASIBILITY STUDY OF LOOKING AT RUNNING PASSENGER AND FREIGHT RAIL OUT ON US 27.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR SUSTAINING FUTURE PASSENGER SERVICE ON THE FEC TRACKS AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH CAPACITY AS WELL, FROM A FREIGHT PERSPECTIVE, TO MOVE THOSE GOODS ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY AS WELL.

UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WAS NOT PROGRAMED AS PART OF THIS DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM CYCLE.

AND WE'VE MADE THAT COMMENT TO DOT, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO CHALLENGE THEM TO EITHER INCORPORATE IT THIS YEAR OR FIRST THING NEXT YEAR AS WELL.

BROWARD COMMUNITY RAIL SOUTH.

THE COMMENT IS THE PROJECT WAS DELAYED ONE YEAR. AND WHEN WE SAY DELAYED, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT THE PROJECT WAS DELAYED, IT'S THAT THE FUNDING ROLLED FORWARD AN ADDITIONAL YEAR WHILE THERE'S STILL SOME COORDINATION GOING ON. AND YOU'LL HEAR A

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AND THEN THE NEXT FOUR PROJECTS WERE PROJECTS THAT ADVANCED WITHIN THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM. SO THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ASKED FOR ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED ON BEHALF OR ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERED BY THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD NEWS TO SEE THAT THOSE PROJECTS MOVED FORWARD. SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET AND THE ASSOCIATED PROJECTS CONTINUE TO BE STABLE.

SO THE FUNDING IS IN THE RIGHT PLACE.

THERE'S NO DELAYS OR DEFERRALS ON THAT ON THOSE PROJECTS.

WE HAD A RAIL GRADE SEPARATION STUDY AT STATE ROAD 84 AND FEC, WHICH WAS DESPERATELY NEEDED BASED ON OUR COORDINATION WITH PORT EVERGLADES AND THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. THAT WAS INCORPORATED AS WELL.

AND THEN FINALLY, THE FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER IS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT REMAINS STABLE WITHIN THE WORK PROGRAM.

VERY LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDING THAT'S ON THAT PROJECT.

SO IN CONCLUSION, FROM THE MPOS PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2030.

WE HAVE SUBMITTED QUESTIONS TO THE DOT WHEN WE DEVELOP THIS PRESENTATION.

WE WERE AWAITING A RESPONSE.

WE RECEIVED A RESPONSE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON FROM DOT, AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT MOST OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE RECEIVED ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK OUT, JUST KIND OF THROUGH COORDINATION MOVING FORWARD.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO PRESS ON SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS AS WELL.

THERE'S BEEN INCREASED COORDINATION WITH DOT THAT HAS RESULTED IN A VERY CONSISTENT WORK PROGRAM THAT'S ALIGNED WITH THE NPO'S PRIORITY LIST.

AND THEN YOU ALL, AS THE MPO ADVISORY COMMITTEES, SERVE A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE REVIEW AND ENSURING THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY WITHIN THE WORK PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO VICTORIA PETERS, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE DISTRICT'S PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT WAS PROGRAMED FROM OUR PRIORITIES LIST IN THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM THIS YEAR.

SO VICTORIA, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PETER.

HI. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS FROM THE CCAC.

MY NAME IS VICTORIA PETERS.

I WORK IN DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I'M THE PLANNING MANAGER, AND WE'RE GOING TO JUST DIAL DOWN INTO SOME MORE OF THE PROJECTS THAT PETER WAS REFERRING TO.

AND JUST FOR STARTERS, THIS IS OUR DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEARS, 26 THROUGH FISCAL YEARS 30, WITH FISCAL YEAR 30 BEING OUR NEW FIFTH YEAR THAT WE REFER TO ON AND OFF.

SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERALL EXAMPLE OF HOW OUR WORK PROGRAM CYCLE FLOWS, IT ACTUALLY STARTS OUT, IT STARTS OUT AND IT ENDS IN JULY AND IT'S JULY THROUGH OCTOBER. WHEN WE START COORDINATING WITH THE MPOS AND THE TPOS TO PREPARE COORDINATION AND GUIDANCE, AND WE JUST START BALANCING ALLOCATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE. AND THEN THE SECOND STEP IS NOVEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER, WHICH IS KIND OF WE ARE HERE TYPE OF THING WHERE WE WE HAVE RECEIVED ALLOCATIONS, WE'VE PROGRAMED OFF OF YOUR LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.

AND WE MEET WITH ALL OF YOU.

AND THEN IN DECEMBER COMING UP, WE'RE CONDUCTING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS THIS YEAR IT'S ON DECEMBER 10TH.

IT IS BOTH IN PERSON AND IT'S ONLINE.

THE QR CODE THAT YOU'LL SEE AT THE BACK OF THE PRESENTATION ACTUALLY DOES WORK.

IF YOU WANT TO REGISTER ONLINE, IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO IN PERSON, IT'S IN OUR DISTRICT FOUR HEADQUARTERS DOWN ON COMMERCIAL STREET IN OUR AUDITORIUM.

SO IT'S DECEMBER 10TH AT 630.

THEN MOVING ON TO JANUARY TO FEBRUARY, FDOT COMPILES DISTRICT PLANS TO CREATE THE STATEWIDE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

IT LATER BECOMES THE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, WHICH THEN GETS SUBMITTED TO THE GOVERNOR, THE LEGISLATURE, THE FTC, WHICH IS THE FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, I MEAN, OPPORTUNITY. SO IN MARCH, THE STATEWIDE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM CONVENES AS A LEGISLATURE CONVENES ON MARCH 4TH OF 2025.

AND THEN WITH THEIR BLESSING, IT HEADS ON TO THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE.

AND WHEN THE GOVERNOR APPROVES IT ON JULY 1ST, IT BECOMES THE ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM.

AND THE CYCLE, LIKE A WHEEL, STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.

SO JUST SOME GENERAL BACKGROUND ON THE WORK PROGRAM.

ALL THE FUNDING COSTS THAT YOU SEE, THE FDOT UPDATES, CONSTRUCTION AND RIGHT OF WAY COSTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

IN FACT, IT'S AN ONGOING BASIS.

OVERALL, PROJECT COSTS HAVE INCREASED WITH THIS YEAR.

WITH RESPECT TO LAST YEAR, SOME FUNDING ALLOCATIONS WERE LOWER THAN PRIOR CYCLES, AND ALSO THE ESTIMATED REVENUE DISTRIBUTION IS BASED ON PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION OF THE STATE AND ALSO THE AREA.

OUR OVERALL GOAL IS TO MAINTAIN PROJECTS THAT WERE COMMITTED IN THE COMMON FOUR YEARS RELATED TO SAFETY, PRESERVATION AND MAINTENANCE, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE.

MAINTENANCE OF OUR ASSETS, WHICH ARE OUR ROADS, IS ALWAYS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

BEFORE WE BRING IN NEW PHASES OR NEW PROJECTS, NEW PHASES ARE GENERALLY, GENERALLY SPEAKING, PROGRAMED IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR, WHICH IN THIS EXAMPLE IS FISCAL YEAR 30.

AND WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE A DISTRICT FOUR WORK PROGRAM IS BALANCED TO THE ALLOCATIONS

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SO THESE ARE BROWARD COUNTIES SIX DEFERRALS.

AND THE CIS IS AN ACRONYM FOR STRATEGIC INTERMODAL INTERMODAL SYSTEM.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS I-95 FROM SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO CYPRESS CREEK ROAD.

SO WE HAD A CONSTRUCTION DEFERRAL ON THAT PROJECT FROM 2029 TO 2031.

AND WHEN YOU SEE THE INCREASE GOING FROM 29 TO 31, THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE ESTIMATED FUTURE COSTS THAT WE THINK IT'S GOING TO COST. AND THEN THE SECOND DEFERRAL IS I-75 INTERCHANGE AT PINES BOULEVARD FROM NORTH OF MIRAMAR PARKWAY TO NORTH OF PINES BOULEVARD.

AGAIN, THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE WAS DEFERRED FROM 2030, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE NEW FIFTH YEAR FOR 214 MILLION OUT TO 2033 FOR 236 MILLION.

SO YOU MAY BE ASKING YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, WHY? WHY WERE THESE DEFERRED? WELL, WHILE THE CIS PROJECTS WERE DEFERRED, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN OTHER PROJECTS THAT WERE ALREADY EXISTING IN OUR TENTATIVE AND ARE ACTUALLY ADOPTED WORK PROGRAM THE FIRST FOUR YEARS. SO AND THOSE PROJECTS HAD BIG INCREASES.

SO THAT'S THE GOOD NEWS.

WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN WHAT WAS ALREADY IN THE WORK PROGRAM.

THERE WAS ALSO A VERY SLIGHT POPULATION SHIFT FROM THE COASTAL AREA HERE IN A LITTLE BIT INWARD. SO THE CIS FUNDING FOLLOWS A FORMULA LIKE MOST OF OUR FUNDS, AND IT FOLLOWS A POPULATION FORMULA.

SO IF THERE'S A SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE POPULATION FORMULA, THEN IT WOULD IMPACT IN A GREAT WAY TO THE CIS FUNDING, WHICH IS RESULTING IN THESE DEFERRALS.

AND ALSO OVERALL STATE FUNDS DECREASED DUE TO REDUCTIONS IN OUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF SOME OF THE REASONS FOR THESE DEFERRALS.

SO MOVING ON TO YOUR MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST JUST AS AN OVERVIEW THIS IS FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVE PROGRAM WHICH IS KNOWN AS CSLIP.

SO THE DESIGN PHASE ADVANCED FOR FOUR PROJECTS WERE ADVANCED INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027.

THAT WAS FOR A TOTAL OF 1.1 MILLION.

ALSO, DESIGN PHASES WERE MOVED INTO THE NEW FISCAL YEAR OF 2031 PROJECT FOR A HALF A MILLION, AND THERE WERE CONSTRUCTION PHASES THAT WERE ADVANCED AND PROGRAMED IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR OF 2030, FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR PROJECTS FOR 9.2 MILLION.

AND ALSO THE SERDA HIGH HIGH SECURITY FENCING PROJECTS WERE ADVANCED INTO FY 2026 FOR 2.9 MILLION. NOW, DIALING DOWN A LITTLE INTO THE SPECIFIC PROJECTS FOR YOUR SEE SLIP.

SO YOUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY.

CITY OF LAUDERHILL. VARIOUS LOCATIONS TO BIKE LANES.

SIDEWALK PROJECT. THE DESIGN WAS ADVANCED INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR POINT ONE $5 MILLION, OR $150,000. THE CONSTRUCTION WAS ADDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 30 AT ALMOST $1 MILLION, OR 0.9 MILLION. YOUR NUMBER TWO PROJECT IS CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

TYLER STREET FROM NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE TO NORTH YOUNG CIRCLE.

THOSE ARE ALSO BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS.

THE DESIGN PHASE WAS ADVANCED INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR $0.3 MILLION, WITH A NEW CONSTRUCTION PHASE ADDED IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR OF FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR $3.3 MILLION. CITY OF LAUDERHILL LAKES.

NORTHWEST 41ST STREET FROM STATE ROAD SEVEN TO NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE.

ANOTHER BIKE LANE. SIDEWALK PROJECT.

WE WERE ABLE TO ADVANCE THE DESIGN PHASE TWO YEARS INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR $2.2 MILLION, AND WE ADDED CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR $1.3 MILLION.

AND CONTINUING WITH THEIR CEASELESS PROJECTS.

NUMBER FOUR IS A CITY OF HOLLYWOOD SIDEWALK AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

DESIGN WAS ADVANCED INTO FY 27 FOR $4.445 MILLION, AND CONSTRUCTION WAS ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR $3.4 MILLION.

A NEW PROJECT WAS YOUR NUMBER FIVE PRIORITY SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. SFRTA HIGH SECURITY FENCING AND SIGNAGE AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

THAT PROJECT WAS ADVANCED TO FISCAL YEAR 26 FOR $2.9 MILLION.

ANOTHER NEW PHASE OF CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.

NORTHEAST 15TH AVENUE FROM SUNRISE BOULEVARD TO THE MIDDLE RIVER.

THESE ARE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, CROSSWALKS, MEDIANS, AND RAISED INTERSECTIONS.

DESIGN PHASE WAS ADDED IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR OF FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR $0.47 MILLION.

AND THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH, ATLANTIC SHORES BOULEVARD FROM US ONE AT DIPLOMAT PARKWAY, WE HAVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS.

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NUMBER EIGHT IS CITY OF MIRAMAR MIRAMAR BOULEVARD AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.

IT'S A SIDEWALK PROJECT.

WE HAD A DESIGN IN FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR A HALF $1 MILLION.

GOING ON TO COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN BETTER KNOWN AS CSMP.

WE'LL START OUT WITH, I BELIEVE THIS IS ONE OF YOUR CONGRESSIONAL EARMARKS FOR. NUMBER ONE, A UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM PEMBROKE ROAD TO JOHNSON STREET. THE CONSTRUCTION IS IN FY 20 FISCAL YEAR 26, AND THE COST IS AT $35.8 MILLION.

NUMBER ONE B IS UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM STERLING ROAD TO SOUTHWEST 30TH 36TH STREET, WHICH IS A NEW PROJECT COMBINED WITH ONE UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM JOHNSON STREET TO STERLING ROAD. THE DESIGN IS IN FISCAL YEAR 30 FOR $2 MILLION.

NUMBER ONE C IS UNIVERSITY DRIVE FROM SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD TO RAMBLEWOOD DRIVE.

DESIGN HAS BEEN ADDED TO FISCAL YEAR $34.6 MILLION.

NUMBER TWO IS SAMPLE ROAD FROM BLOUNT ROAD TO NORTHEAST THIRD AVENUE.

NO CHANGE TO THAT PROJECT.

DESIGN IS STILL IN FISCAL YEAR 28 AT $0.75 MILLION, AND NUMBER THREE IS NORTHWEST 31ST AVENUE FROM BROWARD BOULEVARD TO MCNAB ROAD, LAUDERHILL, LAUDERDALE LAKES, TAMARACK, FORT LAUDERDALE, POMPANO BEACH, OAKLAND PARK.

THIS IS A LAP WITH BROWARD COUNTY.

THE DESIGN WAS ADVANCED TWO YEARS INTO FISCAL YEAR 27 FOR $2.5 MILLION.

CONSTRUCTION IS NOW IN FISCAL YEAR 30 AT $7.5 MILLION, WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES ADDING IN $8.7 MILLION.

AND THE LOCAL AGENCY IS BROWARD COUNTY, AND THAT'S THEIR SURTAX.

NUMBER FOUR IS DIXIE HIGHWAY FROM SAMPLE ROAD TO BROWARD.

PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE DESIGN WAS ADDED IN OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR OF 30 FOR $0.75 MILLION.

NUMBER FIVE IS C 13 CANAL TRAIL FROM HIATUS GREENWAY TO EAST OF UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

THAT IS ALSO A LAP WITH BROWARD COUNTY, AND THE DESIGN WAS ADDED INTO FY 27 AT $1.3 MILLION. EXCUSE ME. VICTORIA.

YES. THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF DETAIL TO THIS, AND I KNOW THIS LIST GOES ON.

LOOKING AT IT BEFORE. CAN WE SUMMARIZE THAT IN SOME FASHION TO STREAMLINE THE PRESENTATION? SURE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

IT IS. IT IS LENGTHY. LET ME SEE IF I CAN LET ME ADVANCE.

I WILL ADVANCE THROUGH THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST.

LET ME LOOK AT WHAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING YES.

I AGREE WITH THAT. OH SURE.

I'M GOING TO JUST ADVANCE.

YEAH, BUT I'M SAYING NOT ON.

HOLD ON. ALSO, WE'VE GOT OTHER PEOPLE WAITING HERE TOO, FOR YOU, I. WHAT I'LL DO IS I'LL ADVANCE IT.

I'LL JUST LOOK AT MY. YEAH, I'LL ADVANCE IT.

SURE. ABSOLUTELY. LET ME SEE.

WELL LET ME GO TO NUMBER.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF NEW NEW STUDIES.

NEW FEASIBILITY STUDIES REAL QUICK.

SFRC AT COPANS ROAD. IT'S A GREAT SEPARATION.

THAT'S A NEW FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND WE HAVE ANOTHER NEW FEASIBILITY STUDY WE'RE DOING ON EAST ORANGE DRIVE FROM DAVIE ROAD TO STATE ROAD SEVEN.

LET ME GO THROUGH WE HAVE A TRUCK EXPANSION BROWARD BOULEVARD TRUCK PARKING EXPANSION, EXPANSION AT I-95. IT'S A PARKING FACILITY AND THAT'S $1 MILLION.

WE'RE STARTING TO DESIGN PRETTY SHORTLY IN FY 27.

AND I GUESS THAT'S A REPURPOSE OF A FORMER PARK AND RIDE TO A TRUCK PARKING FACILITY.

AND JUST TO KIND OF GO FORWARD MORE WE DO HAVE SOME SOME SAFETY AND TRAFFIC OPERATIONS PROJECTS. WE HAVE MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS HERE.

BROWARD BOULEVARD. SO WE ADDED THAT FOR DESIGN.

WELL, DESIGN IS ONGOING.

WE'VE ADDED CONSTRUCTION THE NEXT, WHICH IS THE NEXT PHASE FOR 1.2 MILLION IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OF 26.

AND WE'VE ADDED SOME TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPDATES AT PINES BOULEVARD AT STATE ROAD 817 UNIVERSITY DRIVE. AND THEN WE JUST HAVE SOME OVERALL I-75 PROJECTS.

WE HAVE GUARDRAIL INSTALLATION ON I-75 ON THE ALLEY WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMED.

AND THEN WE HAVE SOME VARIOUS MASTER PLANS AND BOAT RAMPS.

AND THEN THAT, THAT IS IT.

THAT'S OUR PUBLIC HEARING.

AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU SCAN THIS QR CODE, IT'LL TAKE YOU, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SIGN UP FOR VIRTUAL.

IT ALSO GIVES YOU THE ADDRESS IF YOU'D LIKE TO ATTEND.

IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD AT OUR AUDITORIUM.

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AND THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT LONG LIST.

GREAT. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE.

GREGORY. GAIL. THANK YOU MISS.

THANK YOU. HIT IT AGAIN.

HELLO? OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.

ACTUALLY, I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION CONCERNING STATE ROAD 27. AND I, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THIS WAS A THOUGHT THAT BOTH MIAMI-DADE AND BROWARD WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE ABOVE GROUND RAIL THAT WOULD CONNECT MIAMI-DADE TO BROWARD.

AND WELL, THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER.

SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG AND TELL ME WHY.

THIS WAS NOT ON FUNDED, SO PARTLY CORRECT.

IT'S ACTUALLY BETWEEN MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC THAT MOVES TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE STATE.

AND THERE'S A SPUR IN THE CENTER OF THE STATE RIGHT AROUND LAKE OKEECHOBEE THAT YOU CAN CONNECT INTO. IF YOU HAVE A RAIL LINE THAT WOULD RUN ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF ALL THREE COUNTIES. SO THAT WAS THE VISION THERE.

AND SO THE IDEA IS, IS THAT YOU MOVE SOME OF THE FREIGHT TRAFFIC THAT CURRENTLY RUNS THROUGH A LOT OF THE DOWNTOWNS, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN AREAS OF BROWARD COUNTY, AND MOVE THAT OUT WEST.

AND THEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A CORRIDOR THAT IS IS A LITTLE MORE CONDUCIVE TO PASSENGER RAIL ON THE EASTERN PART OF THE COUNTY.

PART OF THE RESPONSE THAT WE RECEIVED FROM DOT WITH RESPECT TO FUNDING THIS PROJECT IS THAT THERE IS THERE ARE TWO FDOT DISTRICTS INVOLVED HERE, DISTRICT SIX, WHICH COVERS MIAMI-DADE AND THEN DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH COVERS BROWARD, PALM BEACH, AND THEN THE COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AS WELL. SO FDOT WAS STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT PROGRAM THE STUDY WITHOUT FIRST COORDINATING WITH DISTRICT SIX.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO PUSH THEM TO DO AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET IT INTO THE WORK PROGRAM.

WILL IT HAPPENED THIS CYCLE, WILL IT HAPPEN NEXT CYCLE? WE WOULD SURE HOPE THAT IT CAN HAPPEN THIS CYCLE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE PRESSING FOR THAT. IF NOT, WE WILL MAKE SURE IT GETS IN NEXT CYCLE AND THE NEXT CYCLE IS FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.

THAT WOULD BE A YEAR FROM NOW, A YEAR FROM NOW. OKAY.

AND THE BENEFIT FOR DOING THIS THERE'S ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS.

THERE'S ALSO JUST THE LOGISTICS OF GETTING THINGS MOVING QUICKLY.

AND SO AGAIN, FROM YOUR POINT OF VIEW, NOT THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY DECIDE FOR THEM, BUT WHAT'S THE FEASIBILITY OF IT HAPPENING? THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO THERE HAS BEEN ABOUT A DECADE AGO, THERE WAS AN INITIAL STUDY CONDUCTED TO LOOK AT RUNNING RAIL ALONG THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY PARALLEL TO US 27 AND THE COSTS OBVIOUSLY ARE WAY OFF NOW, BUT IT WAS FOUND TO BE FEASIBLE, SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE.

SO REALLY WHAT THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY WILL DO, THE ONE THAT WE'VE REQUESTED IS TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT THAT AGAIN GET UPDATED COST ESTIMATES. AND THEN WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THEIR ASSIST PROGRAM TO GET FUNDING IN ORDER TO DO THAT.

SO I CAN STAND HERE FAIRLY CONFIDENTLY AND SAY THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO, JUST GIVEN THE PAST STUDIES AND WHAT THOSE FINDINGS ARE.

THE QUESTION WILL BE, WHAT IS THE NEW COST? AND ONE FINAL QUESTION ABOUT THIS TOPIC.

HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE IF WE RECEIVED FUNDING TODAY? I MEAN, IS HOW FEASIBLE, HOW QUICKLY COULD IT HAPPEN? BILL, I MIGHT LEAN ON YOU FOR THIS ONE A LITTLE BIT. I'M SORRY TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.

WHAT'S YOUR BEST GUESS HERE? DECADES FOR SURE. OH, DEAR.

OKAY. OKAY. SO OUR LET ME LET ME FILL IN ONE MORE DETAIL FOR YOU.

SO THIS ITEM WAS ACTUALLY INITIATED BY COMMISSIONER BEAM FURR BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER, WHO SITS ON OUR BOARD AND ASKS FOR US TO PURSUE THIS.

HE ALSO SITS ON THE SOUTHEAST FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL, WHICH IS THE MIAMI-DADE BROWARD PALM BEACH REGIONAL VIEW GROUP, AND THEY PASSED A RESOLUTION.

FDOT WAS AT THAT MEETING WHEN IT HAPPENED, ASKING THEM TO PROGRAM NOT JUST THE STUDY, BUT THEN THE FOLLOW ON PDE.

SO OUR HOPE WAS THAT THIS INITIAL CONCEPTUAL STUDY COULD GET PROGRAMED IN A NEAR YEAR, 2627, LIKE HAPPEN SOON.

AND THEN IN LIKE THE OUTER YEAR, MAYBE 2030 PROGRAM, THE PDE. SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR GOAL.

THAT WAS OUR INTENT. THAT WAS OUR ASK.

HOWEVER, IN ALL FAIRNESS, THIS, THIS ISSUE DID COME UP YOU KNOW, FAIRLY LATE IN THE GAME, PERHAPS TOO LATE FOR FDOT TO REACT IN THIS CYCLE, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THE, THE INTENT IS CERTAINLY TO STILL TRY TO GET IT PROGRAMED INTO THIS CYCLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO GET THE STUDY GOING.

AND IS THERE ANY TALK OF HAVING RAIL IN AS PART OF THIS SORRY PASSENGER RAIL AS PART OF

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YES. YEAH. OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD CONCERNED THE PREVIOUS PAGE WHERE WE HAD THE CONGRESSIONAL INDIVIDUALS ATTACHED TO FUNDING, I'M ASSUMING TED DEUTCH SINCE HE'S NO LONGER IN CONGRESS, THIS WAS WHEN HE DID IT.

CORRECT. PERFECT. OKAY.

AND THEN ONE FINAL QUESTION.

THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT SIDEWALKS.

SO I'M GOING TO RETURN TO A QUESTION I ASKED BEFORE.

DO WE STILL HAVE A PLAN TO MAP ALL THE SIDEWALKS IN BROWARD? SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS ONE INTERNALLY.

AND IT IS AN EFFORT THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE.

ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS, IS THAT THE DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE IS VERY SPOTTY AND EVEN TRYING TO COLLECT THAT DATA ITSELF IS GOING TO REQUIRE SOMEONE TO DRIVE AROUND AND DO IT. BECAUSE EVEN LOOKING AT AERIAL MAPS, YOU HAVE TREES AND THINGS THAT REALLY JUST MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO IDENTIFY IF THERE'S A SIDEWALK THERE OR NOT.

ONE OF THE OTHER CONCERNS IS, IS THAT ONCE YOU DO THAT, THAT INVENTORY, IT IS ALMOST OUT OF DATE AS SOON AS YOU'RE FINISHED WITH IT.

SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS WE'VE TRIED TO COLLECT AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN FROM CITIES WHO HAVE THAT DATA, BUT TO GET A COMPREHENSIVE DATA SET IS A VERY LARGE UNDERTAKING IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THAT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO LOOK AT AND SEE IF THERE ARE WAYS THROUGH USING AI IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TO CATALOG THIS INFORMATION.

BUT A MANUAL INVENTORY IS EXTREMELY TIME AND RESOURCE INTENSIVE.

OKAY. I JUST HAVE ONE THING AND THEN I'LL YIELD BACK.

SO IS IT NOT POSSIBLE FOR US TO WORK WITH GOOGLE OR SOME OTHER ENTITY THAT SEEMS TO HAVE PICTORIAL IMAGES OF OUR COMMUNITIES? AND ONE FINAL THING. I THINK THERE IS A DIRECT CORRELATION BETWEEN SIDEWALKS AND SAFETY. AND WE DO HAVE A GOAL OF ZERO IN TERMS OF SAFETY.

AND I SEE ALL THE THE DOLLARS THAT ARE BEING ALLOCATED TO BIKE LANES AND SIDEWALKS.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY WE'RE USING DATA TO YOU KNOW, FOR THESE STUDIES OR FOR THIS FUNDING.

AND SO AGAIN, MY THOUGHT IS WE ARE VERY COMPLEX AND GROWING COMMUNITY AND WE DO NEED TO KNOW THE SIDEWALKS BECAUSE MAYBE THE FEAR IS SOME OF THE CITIES HAVEN'T MAINTAINED THEIR SIDEWALKS AND ARE CREATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR PEOPLE NOT TO BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY WALK IN THESE SIDEWALKS.

AND, YOU KNOW, FROM A CITIZENS STANDPOINT, I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THOSE COMMUNITIES TO MAKE SURE THEY DO THEIR JOBS.

SO YEAH. VERY GOOD POINT.

THANK YOU. LET ME JUST PILE ON TO THAT ONE TOO.

SOME OF THAT WOULD FALL UNDER ADA REQUIREMENTS AS WELL, WOULDN'T IT? ABSOLUTELY.

YES. AND THAT IS A MUNICIPAL LED ISSUE.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ADA, HAVE AN ADA TRANSITION PLAN IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND SOME OF THEM WILL BE GOING OUT AND DOING SIDEWALK INVENTORIES AS PART OF IT. IT WILL BE THEN THE THE TASK OF GETTING THEM TO SHARE THE DATA WITH US.

AND I WANT TO BE CLEAR, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD COMPREHENSIVE DATA ON SIDEWALKS FOR STATE ROADS FOR THE MOST PART, FOR COUNTY ROADS.

WHERE THE CHALLENGE COMES IN IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD. LIKE WHEN YOU WALK OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR, THAT THAT SMALL LITTLE ROAD, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME GETTING A COMPREHENSIVE SIDEWALK LIST. BUT WE HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE AND AREN'T ON YOUR LARGER ARTERIALS AND STATE ROADS.

THANK YOU. OKAY. TOM, YOU HAD A REQUEST TO SPEAK UP HERE AND GOT BOUNCED OFF. I DIDN'T WANT TO MESS UP YOUR PRIORITY.

YOU STILL WANT TO SPEAK? NO. OKAY. WELL, YOU WERE ON AND OFF.

THEY ANSWERED MY QUESTION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, TOM, YOU'RE ON. MY BAD. TOM.

HELLO? OKAY, THERE I GO.

MR. GRAVELLY VOICE ONE I LOVE HEARING ABOUT THE TRAIN GOING UP.

27 THESE OTHER COUNTIES, THEY DO HAVE REGIONAL PLANNING BOARDS THAT GO UP THROUGH 27 TO LIKE FROSTPROOF, SEBRING, CLEWISTON.

I COULD SEE THE, THE FARMERS, THE, THE, THE WONDERFUL SUGAR CANE PEOPLE MAYBE WANTING TO USE THESE TRAINS.

BUT, BUT MAYBE IF WE JOIN FORCES WITH OTHER NPOS.

IF WE CAN SEE THAT MOVE FORWARD.

AND I COULD JUST SEE IT, IT WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET TO TAMPA AND LAKELAND AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

OKAY. MOVING ON. THIS IS JUST A SCRIBNER NOTE ON THE REPORT THAT WAS JUST DONE

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WE DON'T HAVE A NORTHWEST.

WE ONLY HAVE NORTH. OKAY.

NORTH 21ST STREET. SO THERE'S A NORTH AND THERE'S SOUTH, BUT THERE'S NOT NORTHWEST LIKE MOST COUNTY.

GOT IT. THE BIKE LANES IN HOLLYWOOD AND THE SIDEWALKS.

YOU CANNOT BELIEVE THE CONSTERNATION THAT COMES UP BECAUSE WE HAVE PLANS.

I KNOW ABOUT THE PLANS.

THE CITY KNOWS ABOUT THE PLANS.

THE PROJECT GOES FORWARD AND THEN WE START CUTTING DOWN TREES AND EVERYBODY.

BUT THERE'S BEEN REAL NO OUTREACH.

PRIOR TO INSTALLATION, I COULD THINK OF THREE BICYCLE THINGS IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS THAT AS THEY GET STARTED, YOU GUYS HAVE TO STOP, MOVE BACK AND RETHINK IT.

ON TAFT STREET, WE'RE TAKING OUT A WHOLE BUNCH OF TREES, AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE CRAZY, BUT THE CONTRACTS ARE ALREADY DONE, AND THEY'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

WE'LL TRY TO SAVE SOME TREES, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE WIDER SIDEWALKS. THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NO IDEA THAT ON WEST PARK ROAD WE'RE GOING TO HAVE BICYCLE LANES. AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC EAST AND WEST.

AND I'VE TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

I SEE IT WHERE IT WORKS IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WILTON MANORS AND WEST PARK ROAD REALLY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, BUT THE CONSTERNATION COMES FROM THE COMMUNITY IS NOT BEING EDUCATED BEFORE THE PROCESS GOES IN.

AND THEN THE TREES. THERE WERE ANOTHER THING DONE ON ONE OF OUR PROJECTS WHERE THEY PUT WHITE POLES LIKE YOU HAVE IN I-95, BETWEEN THE BIKE ON NORTH PARK ROAD.

WELL, THEY ONLY STAYED UP FOR A MONTH BECAUSE PEOPLE ASKED WHAT THEIR OPINION WAS, AND EVERYBODY HATES THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE UNSIGHTLY.

AND I KIND OF AGREE, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF THE BICYCLISTS WOULD AGREE.

THE BICYCLISTS MAY THINK THIS IS GOOD.

SO THERE I'VE SEEN IN MIAMI THESE BALLADS ON THE GROUND THAT ARE KIND OF LIKE EGG SHAPE, LIKE CIGAR SHAPE. THEY'RE CALLED ARMADILLOS.

YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE TO ARMADILLOS.

OKAY. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A SAFE, SAFE WAY TO GO AND NOT UNSIGHTLY BECAUSE THOSE WHITE THINGS ARE JUST INTIMIDATING, I THINK, TO BOTH THE CYCLISTS AND TO THE DRIVERS.

LIKE, WHERE DO I DRIVE? WHERE DO I CHANGE LANES? SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME.

BUT I THINK. THERE'S HOLLYWOOD AND FORT LAUDERDALE FOR SURE, HAVE A LOT OF VERY ACTIVE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE.

AND IF SOME OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, WHEN THEY CAME OUT, THERE WAS AN OUTREACH TO THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, IT WOULD KIND OF TEMPER THINGS DOWN BECAUSE I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, LIKE WE ARE ACTIVE, BUT THAT ALSO MEANS WE'RE REACTIVE WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING GO IN. AND AS I SAY THIS AS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, BUT WE HAVE NO IDEA. NOW, I TALK ABOUT THESE AT MY CIVIC ASSOCIATION, SO THEY KNOW ABOUT IT, BUT THERE'S NO FORMAL.

THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING OF THAT CALIBER GOING OUT, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

MICHAEL SMITH. HERE WE GO.

NO. NO QUESTIONS. JUST SOME COMMENTS.

FIRST IT WAS THE FENCING ON SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR.

WAS WAS MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY.

VICTORIA. YEAH. AND JUST WONDERING, HOPEFULLY I'M JUST STATING MY OPINION.

HOPEFULLY THE THE UNDERGROWTH OF WHAT YOU CALL TRASH TREES LIKE FLORIDA HOLLY WILL BE REMOVED AS PART OF THAT PROGRAM.

AND I WOULD ASK I DON'T EXPECT AN ANSWER NOW THAT THE WHEN THEY, WHEN THEY GO TO THE TRUCK PARKING PROJECT AT BROWARD BOULEVARD, THAT THAT WILL NOT INTERFERE OR INTRUDE INTO THE TRI-RAIL EXISTING TRI-RAIL PARKING THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED. OKAY.

JUST GENERAL OBSERVATION.

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MIAMI-DADE HAS A OR HAD A FACILITY IN DORAL THAT BURNED FOR A LITTLE OVER FOUR DAYS, AND NOW IT NEEDS REPLACEMENT BROWARD COUNTY.

BLEW UP OR OR TORE DOWN A TRASH TO ENERGY FACILITY.

AND NOW THEY SAY THAT THAT HAS BEEN LEVELED OFF AND THE SPACE FOR ANOTHER LAYER OF TRASH ON THE PYRAMID AROUND OAK ROAD.

AND US 441 IS READY TO BE ANTICIPATED.

AND THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE TEN STORY, TEN STORY BUILDING WORTH OF WORTH OF I DON'T KNOW, VERTICAL FEET. AND THERE'S A, ONE OF THE LAST PAGES OF THE REPORT THAT WE JUST VOTED ON. IT'S IN THE 300 PAGES, SHOWS THE HARD ROCK GUITAR HOTEL AND MY. MY GENERAL ESTIMATE FOR TEN STORIES JUST MIGHT BE UP TO THE THE BOTTOM OF THE FRETS ON THE VERTICAL STRINGS FOR THAT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A COMPARISON.

FINALLY YESTERDAY MORNING I GOT UP AND WATCHED.

WAS WATCHING THE TV NEWS OR HAD IT ON.

ANYWAY, THE CHANNEL TEN AND THEY SAID TRAFFIC ON I-95 AT THE DADE BROWARD LINE WAS ALL OF TEN, 11 MILES AN HOUR AVERAGE SPEED.

SO. AS THESE ROAD EXPANSION PROJECTS AND IMPROVEMENTS COME ALONG TO US FOR, FOR VOTES I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE LONG TERM MONEYS EXPENDED AND SO FORTH.

AND ALONG WITH THE. THE REPORT FROM THE TURNPIKE EXPANSIONS IN WIGHT ROAD, WIDENINGS, FOR BROWARD COUNTY OF.

IN THE THREE COUNTIES, IT'S 1.185 BILLION JUST FOR THAT ONE ROAD AND ITS EXPANSIONS. I DON'T THINK THAT INCLUDES THE THE RESURFACING, BUT THAT THAT'S ONLY LESS THAN 500 MILLION OR NOT EVEN THAT ANYWAY.

THE COST OF CONSTANTLY EXPANDING AND WIDENING THESE ROADS.

AND I KNOW IT'S NOT POPULAR TO TALK ABOUT MOBILE EMISSIONS AND VEHICLE EXHAUSTS.

BUT I DON'T SEE THIS AS A PROGRESS.

BUT THAT'S MY OPINION.

AND COMPARED TO THE METROPOLITAN.

FUNDS THAT ARE GOING FOR OTHER PROJECTS, IT'S 108 MILLION TO THE $1.85 BILLION JUST FOR THE TURNPIKE EXPANSIONS.

SO THAT'S JUST SOME COMMENTS.

AND I DON'T THINK I'M GOING TO VOTE FOR THAT BASED ON MY OPINION AND WHAT OTHERS ON THIS BOARD HAVE SAID IN THE PAST.

MR. GAYLE. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I SEE NONE.

IN THAT CASE, YOU GOT ONE.

IT'S NOT SHOWING UP HERE.

ALL RIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION. THANK YOU. CHAIR. SO ON THE FOR VICTORIA ON SLIDE FOUR, YOU HAVE BROWARD COUNTY ASSIST DEFERRALS.

THE I 95 SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO CYPRESS CREEK.

WHAT EXACTLY IS THAT PROJECT? BECAUSE. AND I'LL. YEAH, I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN THAT FIRST.

WHAT'S THAT? WHAT IS THAT PROJECT PROPOSED TO DO? IT'S YOU KNOW, I DON'T I CAN'T I'M GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ON THAT.

OKAY. GIVE YOU A REALLY GOOD DETAILED ANSWER.

OKAY. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, I WOULDN'T HAVE A GOOD DETAILED ANSWER ON IT.

OKAY. BUT I WILL I WILL GET BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. JUST CONCERNED ABOUT IT GOING.

WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T ALL OF YOU PROBABLY DRIVE AT 95.

IT'S BEEN UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WELL, IF YOU DON'T, YOU'RE LUCKY. IT'S BEEN UNDER

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I'VE NEVER SEEN 995 UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS LONG.

NOW, I KNOW WE'RE DOING A LOT OF GOOD THINGS, BUT EVEN ME AS A PLANNER GET FRUSTRATED BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO WHEN I SEE THESE DELAYS AND THEN AND COST INCREASES OF 3 MILLION.

THE OTHER ONE IS PINES BOULEVARD.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT I-95.

IT'S JUST SO FRUSTRATING TO SEE THAT IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE.

I SUSPECT I KNOW WHAT THAT'S ABOUT, BUT I'LL LET YOU EXPLAIN THAT WHEN YOU FIND OUT. WE JUST GOT TO GET THAT STUFF DONE.

AND DON'T EVEN ASK ME ABOUT THE MANAGED LANES, BECAUSE THAT JUST MAKES IT WORSE IN MY OPINION.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S THE QUESTION I HAVE ABOUT THAT ONE QUESTION.

I HAVE THE STAFF. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET THESE DOCUMENTS SEARCHABLE IN OUR PORTAL HERE, LIKE A TEXT FIND OPTION? I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE WHEN I, IT'S A 300 PAGE YOU KNOW, THE, THE TIP IS 300 PAGES OR WHATEVER IT IS, BUT I, IF I WANT TO FIND SOMETHING IN THERE REALLY EASILY, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE LIKE A TEXT FIND OPTION, YOU KNOW, LIKE A PDF DOCUMENT HAS, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

I'M JUST PUTTING IT OUT THERE AS A, AS A, AS A REQUEST.

YEAH. IF YOU I THINK IF YOU CLICK THE LINK THAT'S THERE FOR THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM, IT SHOULD BE ON THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WEB PAGE. IT'S KIND OF HALFWAY IN THE NARRATIVE.

YOU'LL SEE THE LINK TO IT.

THAT SHOULD TAKE YOU TO A PDF DOCUMENT THAT IS SEARCHABLE.

NO, NO, NOT SO IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROBABLY THIS.

YEAH, YEAH. IT'S OKAY.

WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. WE'LL ASK. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO LOOK UP THAT MY QUESTION AND I JUST I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING IN THERE ABOUT IT.

UNDERSTOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY. I SEE NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

COMMENTS. SO MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THEN TO VOTE ON THE DISTRICT FOR TENTATIVE WORK PLAN. WE DO HAVE THAT PLEASE VOTE.

I CAN'T GET THAT TO WORK.

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. OKAY.

OKAY, PETER. THANK YOU.

LET US MOVE ALONG THEN WITH ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE.

[3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Florida’s Turnpike Enterprise (FTE) Draft Tentative Five-Year Work Program for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 - 2030]

TENTATIVE FIVE YEAR WORK PLAN FOR 2026, 2030.

AND THAT WILL BE VICTORIA WILLIAMS. VICTORIA. THANK YOU CHAIR.

YES. VICTORIA WILLIAMS I WORK FOR FDOT TURNPIKE AS THE MPO LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR.

AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT.

WE'LL HAVE A LITTLE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION COMING ON THE SCREEN, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT JUST BRIEFLY SOME OF THE OVERVIEW OF THE TURNPIKES FIVE YEARS SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU JUST HEARD.

WE FOLLOWED THE SAME PROCESS WITH PLANNING AS AN FDOT DISTRICT.

THE TURNPIKE ALSO FOLLOWS THE FIVE PILLARS OF FDOT COMPASS.

WHEN WE BUILD THE WORK PROGRAM UP, WE THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS AND WE LOOK AT THEM CLOSELY SUPPORTING THIS ROBUST SUPPLY CHAIN.

THE TRUCKING PARKING IS AN EXAMPLE THERE.

MANY OF THE OTHER PIECES ARE ALL BUILT AROUND COMMUNITY MOVING RIGHT ALONG OUR PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.

IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE LAST YEAR, YOU SAW VERY SIMILAR WE ARE SCRIPTED BY FLORIDA STATUTES IN HOW WE SPEND THE TOLL REVENUE THAT FUNDS ALL OF THESE PROJECTS FOR THE TURNPIKE AND THE OTHER FACILITIES THAT THE TURNPIKE HAS STATEWIDE USER FINANCED.

IT IS A CHOICE TO USE THESE ROADS.

AND THEY REQUIRE THAT WE TAKE RIGHT OFF THE TOP.

THE COST TO COLLECT TOLLS, WHICH WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO STREAMLINE THE SYSTEM WIDE NEEDS, YOU KNOW, THE OPERATIONS, MAINTAINING IT. NEXT, WE LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP THOSE RATINGS. HIGH CAPACITY PROJECTS ARE LOOKED AT.

NEXT WE ESTIMATE WHAT YEAR ARE THEY NEEDED ANY WIDENINGS OR INTERCHANGE NEEDS.

AS A COMMUNITY GROWS, WE MAY FIND DIFFERENT THINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL PLANS.

SO OUR EXPANSION AND PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS ARE PRETTY MUCH BROUGHT TO US BY SOME STAKEHOLDERS THAT WANT TO DO PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS IF IT'S ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.

ALL OF OUR PROJECTS MUST DEMONSTRATE TRANSPORTATION NEED AND ARE PRIORITIZED

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WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK FROM MANY OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.

WHEN WE'RE MEETING WITH UTILITIES OR CITIES OR DIFFERENT COUNTY GROUPS, THEY BRING THEIR NEEDS TO US AS WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE OUR TOLL ROADS.

SO THIS SLIDE TALKS ABOUT A NEW INITIATIVE.

PRETTY EXCITING BECAUSE SOME PARTS OF THE TURNPIKE HAVEN'T BEEN TOUCHED SINCE THEY WERE BUILT IN 1957. SO WE DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THESE THIS INITIATIVE.

YEP. 10 BILLION WITH A B $10 BILLION OF TOLL REVENUE WILL BE SPENT IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS DOING THIS. AND WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE PROJECTS THAT MEET THIS CRITERIA.

IT'S GOING TO BE TO MEET THE FUTURE TRAFFIC VOLUMES OF FREIGHT AND PASSENGER CARS.

ADDRESS ANY DEFICIENCIES THAT WE SEE MEETING THOSE POPULATION GROWTH AND INDUSTRY GROWTH PROJECTIONS AS REGIONAL PLANS FIND THAT GROWTH.

SO WHAT IT'S GOING TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS THE 312 MILES OF TOLL FACILITIES THAT WE HAVE THAT RUN THROUGH 11 COUNTIES IN FLORIDA.

THEY'RE ALL GOING TO BE NOW A MINIMUM OF SIX LANES, THREE LANES EACH WAY. THIS IS NEEDED TO RELIEVE THAT CONGESTION, PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE TIMES, IMPROVE CONNECTIVITY WITH YOUR LOCAL ROADS.

WE'RE ALSO GOING TO PUT IN A LOT OF NEW FEATURES THAT OUR CARS ARE LOOKING FOR.

THE SMART CARS WANT THE PAVEMENT MARKERS TO BE BRIGHT AND NEW SIGNAGE THAT CONTINUOUS LED LIGHTING, FOR EXAMPLE DRAINAGE REFINEMENT.

O THAT IS A BIG ONE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH DRAINAGE NEEDS IN OUR FACILITIES, SO IMPROVING YOUR TRAVEL EXPERIENCE WITH ALL ELECTRONIC TOLLING HAS ACTUALLY REDUCED.

WE FIND CARS IDLING AT TOLL BOOTHS.

SO WE FIND IT TO BE A MORE EFFICIENT MEANS.

AND COORDINATING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES IS ALL A PART OF OUR DESIGN PROCESS.

WE HAVE 511 MILES OF 511 MILES.

WHEN YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE LIMITED ACCESS FACILITIES WE HAVE.

THIS. I DID NOT GO FORWARD.

MY APOLOGY. THIS BREAKS UP THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THREE OF OUR TOLL ROADS IN YOUR COUNTY, SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY. I LIKE THAT ONE A LOT.

I'VE DONE IT A LOT. MY OFFICE IS ON TURNPIKE MAINLINE, STATE ROAD 91, POMPANO.

THAT'S 26 MILES OF IT RUNS THROUGH BROWARD.

AND THEN THAT LITTLE SECTION DOWN AT THE BOTTOM STATE ROAD.

821 THERE'S EIGHT MILES OF THAT.

SOME OF IT'S MARKED WITH THE LITTLE X BEHIND IT.

SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE THIS IS AN OVERVIEW AND I LIKE EXPLAINING ABOUT OUR TURNPIKE FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM.

DOES EVERYBODY HAVE A COPY? IF YOU DON'T. I HAVE A STACK OF THEM THAT I BROUGHT HOT OFF THE PRESS FROM THE OFFICE.

AND IT IS PRETTY BIG BECAUSE DISTRICT FOUR HAS A LOT OF COUNTIES IN IT.

SO BROWARD COUNTY, YES, WE HAVE ABOUT $1.85 BILLION THAT WE'RE FUNDING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS ON PROJECTS TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT ON PAGE ONE AND TWO.

WE'RE GOING TO EXPLAIN JOBS THAT ARE IN PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

JOBS THAT WE'RE JUST STARTING.

THERE'S ALSO A KEY TO THE ACRONYMS THAT WE USE.

I LOVED HOW VICTORIA WOULD EXPLAIN THOSE ACRONYMS WHEN THEY'RE UP ON THE SCREEN.

IT'S LIKE, WHAT ARE THOSE LETTERS? WHAT DO THEY MEAN? NEXT WE HAVE MAJOR PROJECT.

I'M SORRY. WE HAVE A SUMMARY. IT BREAKS UP ALL THE COUNTIES, HOW MUCH MONEY THEY GOT.

IT ALSO BREAKS UP THE TYPE OF PROJECT.

AND THEN ON PAGE FOUR, ALL THE WAY THROUGH PAGE TEN.

BROWARD COUNTY. SCOPE OF YOUR MAJOR PROJECTS.

PRETTY GOOD WRITE UPS, BIG DETAILS FROM PROJECT MANAGERS THAT EXPLAIN WHAT THE SCOPE IS OF A LOT OF OUR JOBS.

AND NOW WE ALSO HAVE. PAGE 16.

I LIKE MAPS AND THAT'S BROWARD COUNTY.

PAGE 16 OF THAT DOCUMENT WILL SHOW YOU GRAPHICALLY A LITTLE RECAP OF ALL OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS IN THEIR SCOPE AND A BASIC ACRONYM.

YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THEIR SCOPE INSIDE OF THE MAJOR PROJECT LIST.

SO THE FUNDING OF PROJECTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY CONSTRUCTION MONEY ON IT AT ALL, THESE ARE STUDIES, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF THEM IN BROWARD THE WHOLE.

PAGE 19. AND THESE ARE STUDIES WHERE WE'VE JUST MAYBE PUT A LITTLE RIGHT OF WAY THERE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT DESIGN.

WE HAVEN'T YET FOUND THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS PLACED YET,

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SO JUMPING FORWARD, I'LL TRY TO SUMMARIZE T, S, M AND O INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS AT GRIFFIN ROAD.

THIS PROJECT IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.

IT IS THE ONE AT GRIFFIN AND THIS ONE WAS ON YOUR PRIORITIES LIST FOR THE TURNPIKE TO PAY ATTENTION TO. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AND THE WAY THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET SOME FUNDING IN THE YEAR 2026, WHICH, AS YOU KNOW, FISCAL YEARS ARE LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR. SO 2026 IS CONSTRUCTION ON GETTING SOME IMPROVEMENTS AT THAT INTERCHANGE. WE'RE ALSO THEN GOING TO ADD SOME LANES SAME WAY JUST TO TRY AND GET THE JOHNSON TO GRIFFIN. THE SEGMENT FROM MAIN LINE STATE ROAD 821 TO JOHNSON AND YOU KNOW, RIGHT ON FROM BROWARD COUNTY LINE TO THAT TURNPIKE MAIN LINE, THREE MILES THERE. WE'RE ALSO THEN SHOWING YOU INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS AT COCONUT CREEK PARKWAY. THIS IS NEW CONSTRUCTION FUNDING ADDED TO THE TENTATIVE FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM. WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS IMPROVE OPERATIONS IMMENSELY.

THERE'S A LOT OF LARGE VEHICLES USING THAT PARTICULAR INTERCHANGE.

AND WE HAVE THIS LOOP THING GOING ON NEAR BLOUNT.

SO WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD TO MAKE OPERATIONS THERE BETTER FOR LARGE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES AND PASSENGERS.

AT THE SAME TIME, PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY NEEDS THERE.

SO AS YOU SEE, WE'RE HIGHLIGHTING THIS FACT THAT WE ARE IN A DESIGN PROCESS.

SO WHEN WE DO THAT, WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITIES ASKING WHAT NEEDS ARE IN THAT AREA. SO THIS RESURFACING THAT YOU SEE HERE.

FOR SAWGRASS. WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT ON THE MAIN LINE, BUT WHEN YOU SEE THIS RESURFACING FOR SAWGRASS THERE THAT ONE IS TO WIDEN FOR A TEN LANE IMPLEMENTATION.

SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY HAS A VERY WIDE BORDER.

SO YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE NO RIGHT OF WAY NEEDS THERE AT THAT SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.

AND WE'RE GOING TO ALIGN THIS WITH OUR CURRENT CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE.

THAT'S GOING ON NEXT PAGE TALKS ABOUT WIDENING OF SAWGRASS DIFFERENT SEGMENTS, RIGHT. 14 TO 18, 12 TO 14, 9 TO 12.

SO THESE SEGMENTS WE HAVE FUNDED WITHIN THE FIVE YEARS.

AND IT'S QUITE A BIT OF EFFORT MADE WITH DRAINAGE.

YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF MONEY IN, IN THESE WRITE UPS THAT TALKS ABOUT UTILITIES. SO WE'RE DOING A LOT OF WORK TO ENHANCE RESILIENCY.

NEXT WE HAVE A RECAP OF SOME MORE WIDENING SAWGRASS.

AND IT'S THE SEGMENTS THAT ARE FROM THE BOTTOM THERE 4 TO 7, MILEPOST 0.5 TO 4. NOW THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE I'M EXCITED ABOUT.

IT'S A PARTNERSHIP PROJECT AND IT'S WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND CITY OF SUNRISE.

SO PAT SALERNO ROAD RAMPS ARE GOING TO HAVE SOME ENHANCEMENTS DOWN THERE AT MILEPOST ONE.

B, THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDING IS IN 2027.

AND THEN AS IT GOES FORWARD, YOU KNOW, WITH THE WIDENING, SOME OF IT IS IN THE YEAR 2030.

SO THAT'S A THAT'S WHY THAT ONE IS WRITTEN THAT WAY.

SO THEN WE HAVE THIS LITTLE HALF A MILE SEGMENT THAT'S $131 MILLION TO WORK ON UTILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION AND WIDEN IT.

THIS IS THE LIST THAT I MENTIONED.

THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE FUNDINGS OF STUDIES, A LITTLE BIT OF RIGHT OF WAY SET ASIDE FOR SOME NEEDS THAT WE SEE MAY HAVE TO HAPPEN, BUT THE TURNPIKE WIDENING INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE HAS BILLBOARDS EVERYWHERE THAT WE HAVE A FACILITY, AT LEAST ONE IN A COUNTY.

WE'RE TRYING FOR. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS STUDYING HOW TO BREAK THESE INTO MANAGEABLE SEGMENTS SO THAT THE PROJECTS ARE GIVEN ATTENTION BY THE LOCALS FOR THOSE LOCAL NEEDS. SO WHEN YOU SEE THESE DIFFERENT SEGMENTS BROKEN UP INTO TWO MILE, FIVE MILE SEGMENTS, THAT'S TO ENHANCE OUR ABILITY TO STUDY THEM.

THERE'S, THERE'S ONE INTERCHANGE THAT WILL BE WORKED ON AT STERLING, AND WE'RE DOING A P, D AND E STUDY WITH THAT.

IT IS UNDERWAY. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT ONE RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS THE REMAINING PART OF THE FUNDING.

NEXT WE HAVE POMPANO SERVICE PLAZA.

GET THOSE TRUCK PARKING.

OH MY GOODNESS. THEY'RE ALL OVER THE RAMPS.

IT IS NOT SAFE. WE'RE WE UNDERSTAND THEIR NEED.

THEY RUN OUT OF TIME. THEY HAVE TO STOP AS A DRIVER COMPLYING WITH LAWS.

BUT WE ARE DOING ACTIVE WORK THERE TO ENHANCE THE SERVICE PLAZA.

FRANKLY, ALL THE WAY UP, YOU'LL SEE MANY OF OUR PLAZAS UNDER UNDERGOING THIS ENHANCEMENT OF THEIR OPERATIONS AND IMPROVING THEM.

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IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE STUDIES, HAPPY TO HELP. WE'VE GOT THE INTERCHANGE AT THE MAIN LINE AND SAWGRASS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO PUT EASTBOUND FROM SAWGRASS TO NORTHBOUND ON TURNPIKE.

YAY. SO THAT MOVEMENT IS GOING TO BE NICE TO SEE.

THESE OTHER WIDENINGS YOU SEE THERE.

AND MY LAST SLIDE IS A SAFETY MESSAGE.

AND IT ALSO JUMPS YOU TO THE WORK PROGRAM, PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU KNOW, MIAMI IS HAVING THEIRS TONIGHT.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE HELD THEIRS.

BUT ALL OF THESE ARE ONLINE.

SO IF YOU GO ON THERE AND THEN OUR OWN STATE FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.COM WEBSITE, YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF DIFFERENT MAJOR PROJECT.

WRITE UPS. WE HAVE A GIES MAP.

YOU CAN LOOK REGIONALLY AND DO YOUR SEARCH THAT WAY.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN WHAT OTHER PROJECTS ARE FUNDED IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE STATE FOR TURNPIKE FACILITIES. WELL, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO HELP. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS INFORMATION WAS JUST MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STAFF TODAY.

I UNDERSTAND, AND THEY WERE SCRAMBLING TO UNDERSTAND IT, AND WE'RE JUST GETTING THE DETAIL ON IT NOW.

AND OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DIGEST ALL THIS AND MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL.

CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THE HANG UP IS IN GETTING THIS INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON A TIMELY BASIS? THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS THAT OUR WORK PROGRAM TRIES TO BE PRECISE AND IN THAT EFFORT, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANNING THAT'S DONE TO SEE THE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN EACH PARTICULAR YEAR THAT IS BEING ESTIMATED.

WE'RE LOOKING STATEWIDE AT OUR REGIONAL NEEDS.

THE DELAY I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR AND I AGREE IT WAS FRUSTRATING AND I RESPECT THAT.

I APOLOGIZE AND I AM GOING TO ACTUALLY BRING THAT COMMENT BACK.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT OUR WORK PROGRAM TEAMS WORK WITH PROJECT MANAGERS TO UPDATE AND FIND EXACT FIGURES SO THAT WE'RE NOT SO THAT WE ARE PRECISE.

I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A GOOD EXPLANATION FROM THEIR SIDE.

THIS IS MY PERSPECTIVE.

AND KEN, I WILL BRING THAT BACK THROUGH THE MPO TO YOU.

OKAY. YES. WE'D LIKE TO HEAR THE RESULTS OF THAT CONVERSATION.

IT PUTS A BURDEN ON EVERYBODY, OBVIOUSLY.

EXCUSE ME. TO THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SENSE OF THE THING.

AND THEN WE'RE AT A DISADVANTAGE IN ASKING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING WE REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT. AND WE DON'T NOW, OTHER THAN THE SUMMARY THAT YOU MADE.

YES. SO IT IS VERY PROBLEMATIC.

AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED.

I UNDERSTAND. SO I THINK SOMEBODY NEEDS TO DO A LESSON LEARNED EXERCISE ON THIS.

WHAT CAN WE DO TO STREAMLINE THE OPERATION? BECAUSE IT'S JUST CREATING A LOT OF GRIEF DOWNSTREAM HERE.

WHAT TO DO TO STREAMLINE.

CAN I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.

OKAY. WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS.

TOM LANDER, AS USUAL, YOU DO A WONDERFUL JOB.

YOU REMIND ME OF THAT YOUNG LADY IN THE WIZARD OF OZ.

DOROTHY, YOU HAVE THE NICE PINK THINGS PUT IN THERE FOR THE ROSE COLORED GLASSES.

WITH THAT BEING SAID, ONE, I DO WANT TO SUGGEST THAT WHEN WE DO A REPORT THAT'S THIS LARGE THAT WE DO FRONT AND BACK AND WE SAVE SOME PAPER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU WOULD PROBABLY DO A REAM OF PAPER.

AND THE MORE THAT WE DO THIS IN OUR LIVES, THE BETTER.

OKAY. THAT'S ONE TWO. I'M NOTICING ON MAP ON PAGE 17, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE NEED TO CORRECT BEFORE YOU SEND IT TO ANYBODY ELSE THAT'S IMPORTANT IS 441 IS ACTUALLY UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH IS STATE ROAD. 817 BECAUSE 441 IN BROWARD COUNTY, ESPECIALLY SOUTH GOES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TURNPIKE.

OKAY, LOOK ON PAGE 17.

LOOK WEST OF THE TURNPIKE.

AND YOU HAVE 441 THERE.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY UNIVERSITY DRIVE, STATE ROAD.

817 AND 441 WOULD GO EAST, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTH BROWARD WOULD GO EAST OF

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WE MAY BE ABLE TO CHANGE IT BEFORE YOUR BOARD SEES IT.

OKAY. FOR YOUR INPUT. OKAY.

NOW THE LAST THING AND I'M GOING TO MAKE A PROMISE HERE I WILL NEVER BRING, I WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THIS UP.

AND ON THE DAY THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA, I WILL BUY PIZZA FOR THE MPO BOARD FOR DINNER WITH SALAD. SO WHAT IS THAT? HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, WHICH THE YOKO'S OUT WEST CALLED PINES BOULEVARD, WHERE IT MEETS THE TURNPIKE.

I WANT A NORTH BOUND RIGHT HAND TURN TO GET ON THAT TURNPIKE.

I WILL BRING THIS UP EVERY TIME UNTIL I START SEEING IT SOMEWHERE.

AND I KNOW THAT DOWN THE LINE, IT'S GOT TO HAPPEN.

BUT THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC, EVEN WITH THE EXTENSION, YOU CAN CANNOT CONTINUE TO EXTEND THE LEFT HAND TURN LANE ALL THE WAY TO 441.

AND TO HAVE TWO LANES MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN.

AND IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE GO BY IT AND THEY THEN MAKE A U-TURN AT PLACES THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO MAKE A U-TURN, AND THAT ADDS TO THE DANGER.

I KNOW THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH SOME TYPE OF GAS LINES, BUT I THINK WE'RE IN A YEAR GOING TO BE 2025.

AND I KNOW THAT THERE'S WAYS FOR ENGINEERS TO DESIGN A SOLUTION FOR THAT.

AND AS SOON AS IT SHOWS UP IN PRELIMINARY STAGES, I'LL HAVE A PIZZA PARTY FOR US, BUT I'M GOING TO BRING IT UP ANYTIME THERE'S A FLORIDA TURNPIKE REPORT.

MR.. I APPRECIATE THAT INPUT.

AND AGAIN, I WILL FIND A REPLY FOR YOU ON THAT.

OUR FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION LINE DOES HAVE A SPOT IN OUR ROADBED, AND THE LEGAL AGREEMENT HAS EVEN BEEN LITIGATED IN THE PAST.

RIGHT. BUT THERE ARE THESE HARD REQUIREMENTS, SO MAYBE THERE IS STILL SOMETHING ELSE THEY CAN DO LATELY.

NOTHING THAT A LIGHTER A LIGHTER WOULDN'T TAKE CARE OF.

OKAY. I'M JOKING. OKAY.

NEXT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THE HUMOR, BUT THAT'S ME.

JUSTIN. JUSTIN, AM I OKAY? I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT.

I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY BECAUSE YOU SAID THAT LAST SECTION OF THAT DOCUMENT WAS ABOUT STUDIES, BUT IT ALSO MENTIONS RIGHT OF WAY.

AND YOU MENTIONED THAT A FEW TIMES, RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT IN THIS DOCUMENT MEANS STUDY AND ACQUISITION OF RIGHT OF WAY.

SO THAT'S THE COST OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IS THAT WHAT I'M. IT IS AN ANTICIPATED COST OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE FOR BROWARD.

THERE IS ONE STUDY THAT HAS THAT IT'S FOR THE TURNPIKE WIDENING AND INFRASTRUCTURE INITIATIVE AT SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL TO ATLANTIC.

THOSE FOUR MILES VERY TIGHT.

IT LOOKS AS IF THAT ESTIMATE WAS CREATED WITH THE FUNDING ANTICIPATED TO BE 2829.

OKAY. REQUEST AGAIN. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE.

YEP, I SEE IT. THERE'S ANOTHER 29.

YOU'VE GOT THE OAKLAND COMMERCIAL.

OKAY. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE THE YOU'RE STUDYING IT AND THE P D AND E OR THIS IS PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.

AND THEN THIS WILL THIS 29 MILLION.

AND THIS 1.7 MILLION WILL INCLUDE ACQUISITION.

THAT WAS IT. THAT'S WHAT'S IMPLIED THERE. YES, SIR. OKAY.

YES, SIR. LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.

SO THE THE MPO STAFF REPORT RECOMMENDATION IS MPO STAFF ARE CURRENTLY REVIEWING THE WORK PLAN MATERIALS. AS A RESULT, STAFF IS NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION AT THIS TIME, BUT WILL PRESENT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS AT THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THIS MEETING YET? AND IF NOT, I UNDERSTAND BECAUSE YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE HAD THE TIME TO REVIEW IT, BUT I'M JUST ASKING. YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SO I THINK AS AS PETER MENTIONED EARLIER TONIGHT YOU KNOW, OFTEN WE WERE IN A COMPRESSED TIME SITUATION, SO FORTUNATELY, WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU THAT RECOMMENDATION THAT PETER DID TONIGHT FOR THE DISTRICT. DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

UNFORTUNATELY, WE LITERALLY RECEIVED THIS DOCUMENT EARLIER TODAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, AS STAFF, WE'RE JUST NOT IN A POSITION TO OFFER ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS EVENING.

AND WE DID HAVE A CONVERSATION EARLIER WITH, WITH THE CHAIR YOU KNOW,

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SO I THINK IT'S REALLY UP TO THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMITTEE ON HOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO PROCEED. SO LET ME ASK A QUESTION.

IF WE, WE'VE DONE THIS IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE NOT HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW SOMETHING OR SOMETHING WAS MISSING A DOCUMENT OR SOMETHING OR A RECOMMENDATION, IF WE AS A BOARD MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL YOU GUYS HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET A RECOMMENDATION TOGETHER AND THE DOCUMENTS ARE SUBMITTED, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPLICATIONS OF DEFERRING THAT TONIGHT? I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW IF WE'D MOTION TO DEFER.

WHAT? WHAT HAPPENS? WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS ITEM? RIGHT. SO UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE THE TIME SENSITIVE NATURE OF THESE DOCUMENTS, AND THEY DO HAVE TO GET COMPILED STATEWIDE INTO THE LEGISLATURE, ETC.. OUR BOARD IS GOING TO BE ASKED TO TAKE AN ACTION ON IT NEXT WEEK.

SO IF YOU DECIDE TO DEFER, THAT'S OKAY, BUT THE BOARD WILL STILL MAKE THEIR OWN DECISION. WITHOUT THE RECOMMENDATION THEN OF THE CAC.

AND I THINK THAT KIND OF FALLS IN WITHIN KIND OF THE LIMITS OF, OF OPTIONS THAT ARE OPEN AND AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE TONIGHT ON THIS ITEM.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GREGORY.

GAIL, YOU'RE MY COLLEAGUE ACTUALLY ASKED THE QUESTIONS THAT I WANTED.

BUT I WILL SAY THOUGH, THAT AND THIS IS REALLY RECOMMENDING RECOMMENDATION TO THE CHAIR THAT I THINK THAT IF WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION TO MAKE A DECISION, THEREFORE THAT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION.

AND THAT THEN WOULD BE SENT TO THE BOARD.

SO THEY WOULD KNOW THAT THE CAC DIDN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AND THEY CAN DECIDE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THAT. OKAY.

WELL I KNOW WHO'S GOING TO SECOND MY MOTION.

YEAH. WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION EARLIER.

AND I AGREE THAT WE CAN'T DIGEST THIS INFORMATION AND MAKE AN INTELLIGENT DECISION ON THE FLY HERE. SO I RECOMMEND THAT WE DO DEFER A VOTE ON IT AND THE BOARD WILL DO WHAT THE BOARD DOES. YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE TIME OBLIGATION.

SO I'D LIKE TO PUT THAT IN THE FORM OF A MOTION.

THAT I MOVE THAT WE DEFER THAT DECISION AT THIS POINT.

AND. AND WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENT FOR THE ITEM THAT'S SHOWN HERE OR FOR YOUR MOTION.

CHAIR FOR MY MOTION. BROWARD MPO.

I'M STILL TYPING. GIVE ME A MOMENT.

I AM ONLY SO FAST, SIR.

MOTION TO DEFER AS AMENDED AS YOU STATED.

OKAY. FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT.

TOM, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH. IT'S ACTUALLY DEBATE ON THE MOTION.

I UNDERSTAND THE TIMELINES THAT WE GET AND WE SHOULDN'T HAVE IT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TO GET A LOT OF THIS DONE.

I THINK IF I AM RIGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA, WILL BE MEETING IN JANUARY TO PUT FORWARD FUNDING THINGS FOR THE LEGISLATURE.

AND SO I, I THINK THAT SOME OF THE.

I WILL VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THE MOTION.

IF THE LIAISONS THAT SPEAK TO THEM, LET US KNOW.

LET THEM KNOW OUR CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE MENTIONED, BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE VOTING ON THINGS WHEN EVERYTHING'S NOT CLEAR, BUT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, A LOT OF THIS IS GOING TO GO FORWARD, AND I'M SENDING TEXT MESSAGES TO MY REPRESENTATIVES THAT SERVE ON THAT BOARD.

SO THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER IF WE KNOW THIS, IF SOMETHING'S GOT TO GO TO THE BOARD.

AND PART OF WAS THE CALENDAR THANKSGIVING AND SO FORTH YOU KNOW.

TRY TO GET YOUR ASSIGNMENTS DONE ON TIME.

THAT'S THE 39 YEAR TEACHER IN ME SO THAT WE CAN PROCESS THE THING AND GIVE YOU FEEDBACK, PROPER FEEDBACK. BUT I DO FEEL THAT I LOVE EVERYBODY THAT WORKS AT MPO,

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AND THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT YOU WILL, WITH FIDELITY, BRING FORTH THE CONCERNS YOU HEARD AND LET THEM KNOW ALSO.

OKAY. ESPECIALLY HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD.

TURNPIKE NORTHBOUND LANE.

THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR THEN TO VOTE TO DEFER.

SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT? AND LET'S BRING THAT UP TO A VOTE THEN.

EVERYBODY IN. OKAY. SO THE MOTION HAS PASSED.

SO WE WILL DEFER THE VOTE.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG.

[4. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Cycle 9 Priority List of Projects, Directing MPO Staff to Work with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Staff on the Vetting and Programming of Viable Projects]

RECOMMEND THE MPO APPROVE THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVE PROGRAM CYCLE NINE PRIORITY LIST DIRECTING MPO STAFF TO WORK WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ON THE VETTING AND PROGRAMABLE OF VIABLE PROJECTS.

AND KERRY, WHERE ARE YOU? HERE YOU ARE. OKAY. HELLO.

THANK YOU. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KERRY MACNEIL, PROJECT MANAGER WITH THE BROWARD MPO. SO TONIGHT I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM OR CSLP.

AND JUST A QUICK REMINDER WHAT C IS, IT'S A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM WHERE WE EVALUATE AND RANK PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY OUR LOCAL AGENCIES BASED ON A SET OF BOARD APPROVED CRITERIA. THE PROGRAM FUNDS LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS WHICH IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND MOBILITY FOR ALL TRANSPORTATION USERS IN BROWARD, SUCH AS NEW PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLIST FACILITIES, TRAFFIC CALMING, ETC. AND THEN PROJECTS ARE PROGRAMED IN THE MPOS TIP AND THE LOCAL AGENCIES DELIVER THE PROJECTS THROUGH THE LOCAL AGENCY, FDOT LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM PROCESS.

SO TONIGHT WE'LL GO OVER FIRST A CYCLE EIGHT UPDATE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE INTO THE CYCLE NINE RANKING RESULTS.

AND THEN TO CLOSE WE'LL TALK ABOUT MOVING FORWARD.

SO FOR CYCLE EIGHT SO THE FDOT, AS YOU ALL KNOW DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 TO 2030 IS ANTICIPATED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD ON DECEMBER 12TH.

AND I CAN VIEW THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA AGENDA MINUTES PAGE OF THE MPO WEBSITE AND THE REPORTS POSTED ON THE PAGE OF THE WEBSITE.

QUICK, A MODIFICATION TO THE SECOND BULLET POINT HERE.

SO THE TOP TWO RANKED PROJECTS FROM CYCLE EIGHT ARE INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT WORK PROGRAM.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A THIRD PROJECT THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE RECEIVING FUNDING FROM CYCLE EIGHT, WHICH IS PROJECT IN MIRAMAR AND MIRAMAR BOULEVARD.

SO LOCAL AGENCIES THAT ARE AWARDED PROJECTS WILL RECEIVE RECEIVE A MAILED LETTER, AS WELL AS A DIGITAL COPY NOTIFYING THE CITY MANAGER AND THE STAFF POINT OF CONTACT FOR THE PROJECT THAT THEY'VE BEEN AWARDED.

AND THEN THE CYCLE EIGHT PROGRAM LIST OF PROJECTS IS ACTUALLY WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AFTER DECEMBER 12TH.

ALL RIGHT, CYCLE NINE.

SO THE APPLICATION WINDOW IS OPEN FROM JULY 10TH OF THIS YEAR TO SEPTEMBER 4TH OF THIS YEAR. AND WE RECEIVED 19 APPLICATIONS FROM 14 DIFFERENT LOCAL AGENCIES.

WE THEN CONDUCTED A ELIGIBILITY AND COMPLETENESS REVIEW OF THOSE APPLICATIONS AND WENT ON TO RANK A TOTAL OF 14 ELIGIBLE PROGRAM READY PROJECTS FROM 12 DIFFERENT AGENCIES. AND THEN WE HAVE SINCE EVALUATED AND PRIORITIZED THE PROJECTS.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN THE FAR LEFT HAND COLUMN, WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF THE OBJECTIVE RANKING.

SO THAT IS JUST THE TOTAL SCORE THAT WAS PRODUCED BY THE RANKING TOOL.

THE GEOGRAPHIC AND DATABASE RANKING TOOL.

SO IN THE FURTHEST RIGHT HAND COLUMN YOU CAN SEE THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POINTS. AND THEN WE CONDUCT A ROUND RANK. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LAST TWO PROJECTS I SWITCHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT. BASICALLY WITH THE ROUND RANK IS IF A CITY SUBMITTED MORE THAN ONE PROJECT IN A CYCLE, THEIR LOWER SCORING OF THOSE TWO PROJECTS WILL DROP DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

SO IN THIS CASE, THE CITY OF CORAL CITIES OF CORAL SPRINGS AND HOLLYWOOD SUBMITTED TWO PROJECTS ON THIS CYCLE.

SO THEIR LOWER SCORING OF THE TWO PROJECTS DROPPED DOWN BELOW THAT BLUE BLUE HORIZONTAL LINE. AND THEN OUR POLICY RANK ACTUALLY DIDN'T CHANGE THIS YEAR.

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THE POLICY RANK IS JUST A REMINDER, THE CITIES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY IN THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT'S SUBMITTED ALONG WITH THE PROJECT APPLICATION. THEY CAN YOU KNOW, HAVE A PRIORITIZATION OF, OF THEIR PROJECTS FOR, FOR OUR CONSIDERATION.

SO FINAL RESULTS. WE HAVE THE FINAL RANK.

THESE ARE THE PROJECTS ONE THROUGH SEVEN. AND THEN ON THE SECOND SLIDE IS EIGHT THROUGH 14.

SO AGAIN, THAT BLUE HORIZONTAL LINE IT DOES NOT REPRESENT.

I JUST WANT TO LET YOU ALL LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE A PROJECT IS ABOVE THAT BLUE LINE DOES NOT GUARANTEE FUNDING.

AGAIN, THAT BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE ROUNDS OF FUNDING.

SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO TO THE CSO PROGRAM DOES TO GUARANTEE A EQUITABLE GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION BETWEEN THE, THE CITIES FOR EACH, EACH CYCLE, AND THEN THE PROJECT COST ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

JUST A REMINDER, THAT IS THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.

SO THAT IS ALL INCLUSIVE OF THAT'S INCLUSIVE OF DESIGN, CI CONSTRUCTION, LOCAL FUNDS OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE ITEMS. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT THE CAP ON CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR C PHILIP THIS CYCLE WAS $4 MILLION. SO THAT IS THE CAP FOR CONSTRUCTION ONLY.

AND THEN AGAIN, THE PROJECT COSTS ON THE RIGHT WOULD BE THE TOTAL COST.

LASTLY MOVING FORWARD PENDING BOARD APPROVAL, APPLICATIONS FROM CYCLE NINE WILL BE VETTED BY MPO AND FDOT STAFF.

AND WE ARE EVALUATING THE PROGRAM AND POLICIES AS PART OF THE 2050 MDP UPDATE.

AND WE'LL PROVIDE AN UPDATE AT A FUTURE MEETING.

AND THEN AS ALWAYS, ANY UPDATES WILL BE POSTED ON THE WEBPAGE.

AND THAT'S IT FOR ME UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY.

THANK YOU. KERRY. WE DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, DAVE FLETCHER.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. AM I ON? OKAY. SO YOU RECEIVED 19 APPLICATIONS AND RANKED 14 AS ELIGIBLE.

DOES THAT MEAN FIVE WERE NOT ELIGIBLE? THAT'S CORRECT. YEP. AND THAT'S EITHER BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T, THE CITY DID NOT SUBMIT A COMPLETE APPLICATION.

THERE IS A LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS THAT MUST ACCOMPANY AN APPLICATION IN ORDER TO BE COMPLETE OR IT WAS YOU KNOW, NOT AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT.

AND I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT THE CITIES ARE PUTTING IN QUITE A BIT OF TIME DEVELOPING THESE APPLICATIONS OR COMPLETING THEM. SO WHEN SOMETHING IS NOT ELIGIBLE IS THERE A MENTORING PROCESS OR SOMETHING THAT HELPS THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED AND. SURE. YEP. TERRIFIC.

THAT'S ALL. GOOD QUESTION.

SO WHEN WE DO RECEIVE THOSE APPLICATIONS, WE GO THROUGH, WE DO AN INITIAL REVIEW AND WE PRODUCE A SET OF COMMENTS.

AND I RELAYED THAT INFORMATION TO THE CITY STAFF THIS POINT OF CONTACT AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMENTS.

AND THEN SO WE DO OFFER AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SET UP A MEETING, PHONE CALL, ADDRESS THE COMMENTS.

AND THEN EVEN PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION DEADLINE, WE HAVE A CLIP APPLICATION WORKSHOP WHERE EVERY YEAR BEFORE THIS CYCLE, BEFORE THE PORTAL OPENS, WE GO OVER WHAT QUALIFIES AS AN ELIGIBLE PROJECT, WHAT'S REQUIRED IN THE DOCUMENTATION TO MAKE A COMPLETE APPLICATION.

AND THEN WE IN ADDITION TO THAT, AGAIN, BEFORE THE PORTAL OPENS UP, WE HOPE WE HOLD ONE ON ONE C PHILIP PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH THE CITY STAFF DIRECTLY. AND WE GO OVER ALL THE PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS AND WE ADDRESS THEIR QUESTIONS.

COOL. THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH.

GREGORY GALE FIRST, I JUST ALWAYS WANT TO SAY YOU GUYS DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH THIS.

AND YOU KNOW, SITTING ON THIS COMMITTEE, I JUST SEE THE AMOUNT OF MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT. I MEAN, YOU GUYS DO OUTREACH, YOU SEND EMAILS, YOU ACTUALLY LITERALLY WORK WITH THE CITIES ON ALL OF THIS.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT'S AMAZING.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THIS, BUT I KEEP SEEING KIND OF THE SAME CITIES ON THIS LIST. AND SO WE'RE CITIZENS HERE.

HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THEIR CITIES THAT ARE IN NEED, THAT REALLY NEED YOUR EXPERTISE? HOW CAN WE AS CITIZENS SORT OF PROMPT THEM SO THAT THEY CAN WORK WITH YOU? BECAUSE IT REALLY, IT'S REALLY THE CITIZENS WHO DON'T BENEFIT FROM THIS.

YOU GUYS LITERALLY DO WORKSHOPS.

YOU REACH OUT TO THEM, YOU CALL THEM, YOU DO ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO DO. AND YET THEIR CITIES THAT DON'T TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS.

AND SO TO ME, THAT'S IT'S REALLY SHAMEFUL THAT WE HAVE CITIZEN BROWARD THAT ARE LIKE, WE HAVE 31 MUNICIPALITIES.

YEAH, YEAH. SO ANYWAY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO COMMENT.

I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT.

OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT.

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ONE I'D LIKE TO THANK KERRY FOR ALL OF HER, HER GOOD WORK.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT TO THE BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO SEE SLIP, AND THIS GOES BACK TO MR. LANDRY'S COMMENT EARLIER ABOUT KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE PROJECT.

SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT EACH YEAR WE LEARN A LITTLE BIT AND WE INCORPORATE NEW RECOMMENDATIONS THROUGH BOARD ACTION ON OUR PROCEDURES.

AND ONE OF THE KEY ONES IS THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.

AND SO WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECTS, AND I KNOW THE PROJECT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT AND CUTTING TREES DOWN, THAT WAS A PROJECT BROUGHT FORWARD BY THE CITY. AND SO A CITY THAT BRINGS A PROJECT TO US FOR RANKING IN SEE SLIP.

ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT KERRY WILL LOOK FOR IS, HAS THE CITY DONE PUBLIC OUTREACH? SO, YOU KNOW, WE DO TRY AND I WANT TO SAY OUTSIDE OF SEE SLIP ON OUR COMPLETE STREET OVERALL PROGRAM, WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW PROCESS OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT WHERE WE GO WHEN WE SEE THAT PROJECT STARTING TO GET CLOSE TO DESIGN.

YOU KNOW, WE GO OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND REFRESH THAT PROJECT AND WE'RE GOING TO DO A LOT MORE OUTREACH.

SO THE PROBLEM THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED, WE ARE WORKING IN DIFFERENT WAYS WITH DIFFERENT PROGRAMS TO TRY TO ADDRESS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, GET THAT ON THE RECORD TONIGHT THAT WE ARE AWARE OF YOUR YOUR ISSUES.

AND WE'RE, WE ARE WORKING.

IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE PERFECT, BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

YEAH, YEAH. AND YOUR MAYOR WAS GREAT TO WORK WITH ON THAT.

AND I, WE GOT TO A GREAT COMPROMISE.

SO YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS GOOD.

THE OTHER THING AND IT'S NOT RELATED TO SEE SLIP, BUT I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT VICTORIA HAS GOTTEN AN ANSWER TO ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS. SO CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HEAR.

THEN SHE'S PREPARED TO RESPOND TO ONE OF YOUR EARLIER QUESTIONS.

BY ALL MEANS. THANK YOU.

OKAY. THANK YOU CHAIR.

THANK YOU BILL. HI AGAIN.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR.

MISTER PROPHET, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK. WE WERE DOING SOME RESEARCH ON THAT SIS PROJECT FOR I 95 FROM SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL TO CYPRESS CREEK.

SO I DID CONFIRM IT IS AN INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AT SOUTH OF COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO CYPRESS CREEK ROAD AT I 95.

AND THEY'RE ALSO GOING TO ADD LANES NOW WITH WHEN WE SAY WE'RE GOING TO ADD LANES.

ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS WE'RE LOOKING AT IS RIGHT OF WAY.

SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVES TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS OF RIGHT OF WAY, BECAUSE RIGHT OF WAY WILL BE NEEDED WHENEVER WE ADD LANES OR RECONFIGURE AN INTERCHANGE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, BILL, AND THANK YOU, CHAIR. OKAY.

OKAY. WE ARE BACK TO MOTION AND A SECOND THEN TO APPROVE.

SEE SLIP. JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ, LUIS NEGRON.

OKAY. WE DO. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

SO PLEASE ENTER YOUR VOTE.

OKAY, GOOD. THANK YOU.

MOTION IS PASSED. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON TOM'S COMMENT AND BILL'S TO ABOUT PUBLIC INPUT WE SEEM TO HAVE A HANDLE ON IT OF SORTS FOR C SLIP, AND THAT THAT'S A REQUIREMENT OF THE CITY TO INCLUDE THAT OUTSIDE OF C SLIP.

I'M NOT SO SURE. AND I JUST REMEMBER A LITTLE PHRASE I RAN ACROSS A LONG TIME AGO.

IF YOU DO SOMETHING WITHOUT PUBLIC INPUT, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING TO THEM.

IF YOU DO SOMETHING WITH PUBLIC INPUT, YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING FOR THEM.

I THINK THERE'S A LESSON TO BE LEARNED THERE.

IF WE'RE PUTTING IN SIDEWALKS AND BIKE LANES, THAT SEEMS TO BE CONTROVERSIAL LITTLE PUBLIC INPUT AND DIALOG, NOT JUST PUBLIC INPUT.

WE KNOW WHAT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC INPUT IS GOING TO BE IS NEGATIVE.

SO A LITTLE EDUCATION, I THINK CAN GO A LONG WAY IN THESE PROJECTS.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO ON TO THE NON-ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Report from Partner Agency - Broward County Transit - Broward County Connects – PREMO Program Updates]

THIS WAS AT A REQUEST OF THE CAC.

AS YOU REMEMBER, WE HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON THAT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME MORE ANSWERS AND TIM GARLING WILL PRESENT THAT TO US.

TIM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

MY NAME IS TIM GARLING.

I'M THE DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER OF BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

COREY LONERGAN HAD AN UNEXPECTED CONFLICT THIS AFTERNOON AND ASKED ME TO COME AND PINCH

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BUT YOU KNOW, THE STRATEGY OF PRIMO, THAT'S OUR PREMIUM TRANSPORTATION PLAN, IS TO INVEST IN A COUNTY WIDE NETWORK OF PREMIUM TRANSIT SERVICES THAT PROVIDE MODERN, CONVENIENT MOBILITY THAT'S ATTRACTIVE, SAFE, RELIABLE AND FREQUENT.

THERE'S FIVE MAIN GOALS THAT WE'RE PURSUING WITH OUR PRIMO PROGRAM.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE MOBILITY.

WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL SECURITY OR FINANCIAL STABILITY FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS.

WE WANT TO DO IT SAFELY.

WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT, AND WE WANT TO INTEGRATE AND SERVE ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO WITH PRIMO PLAN, WHAT WE GAIN FROM IT IS MORE THAN 200 MILES OF NEW PREMIUM SERVICES.

THIS WILL, WHEN COMPLETE, WILL NET US APPROXIMATELY 23 MILLION ANNUAL RIDERSHIP INCREASES OVER OUR CURRENT SYSTEM.

WHEN IT'S DONE, WE SHOULD HAVE A 100% ELECTRIFIED BUS FLEET.

WE'LL DO IT WITH SORT OF THE BEST OF THE NEW TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE CAN HAVE IN PLACE.

AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WHATEVER WE DO, WHATEVER WE CONSTRUCT, IS ESTHETICALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY PLEASING AND HELPS CREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY.

SO THE PREMIUM PLAN. ONE OF THE INTERESTING ASPECTS OF BROWARD COUNTY IS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT SOME OF OUR MAIN ECONOMIC DRIVERS, OUR AIRPORT, OUR SEAPORT, OUR CONVENTION CENTER WILL ALL BE CONNECTED BY THIS THIS SYSTEM. AND WE'LL SORT OF AMPLIFY THESE MAIN ECONOMIC ENGINES THAT WE HAVE IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO ONE OF THE SIDE BENEFITS OF PROVIDING A MAJOR CONSTRUCTION AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM IS THAT IT CREATES JOBS.

THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION ESTIMATES THAT SOME 49,000 JOBS ARE CREATED FOR EVERY $1 BILLION INVESTED, AND FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT IS SPENT, YOU END UP WITH A 5 TO 1 ECONOMIC RETURN.

SO THERE'S A BIG PAYBACK IN DOING THESE MAJOR PROJECTS.

AND BACK TO THIS JOB CREATION BUSINESS.

YOU KNOW, OUR PROGRAM OVER THE COURSE OF ITS COMPLETION WILL BE OVER $4 BILLION.

SO WE REALLY EXPECT TO HAVE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY.

WILL CREATE NEW CONSTRUCTION JOBS, WILL HELP ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CREATE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, AND WILL PROVIDE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SMALL BUSINESS. AND WE KNOW THAT ALONG RAIL LINES AND BRT LINES THAT GET CREATED, IT'S A MAJOR, MAJOR PUSH FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND A MAJOR IMPETUS FOR THEM.

SO JUST SORT OF THE, THE DETAIL OF THE, YOU KNOW, OUR EXISTING TRANSIT NETWORK AND PRIMO AND I'LL JUST SORT OF LAY IT ALL OUT.

IT'S YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUTER RAIL IS GOING TO BE THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH.

THE FIRST PHASE OF THE COMMUTER RAIL PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 11.5 MILES.

LIGHT RAIL OVERALL IS GOING TO BE 23.3 MILES.

BUS RAPID TRANSIT, 76 MILES AND UP TO 100 MILES OF HIGH FREQUENCY BUS SERVICE, WHICH IS BUSSES EVERY 15 MINUTES ALONG MAIN CORRIDORS.

SO JUST TO SPEND A COUPLE MINUTES ON THE MAIN PROJECTS THAT WE, WE HAVE UNDERWAY. FIRST ONE IS THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH.

RIGHT. SO YOU CAN SEE INDICATED IN THE MAP IN THE CIRCLE THIS IS THE RIGHT OF WAY.

THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT.

IT PROVIDES A CONNECTION BETWEEN BROWARD AND MIAMI-DADE.

IT'S 11.5 MILES. IT'S ON THE FLORIDA EAST COAST RAILWAY RAILWAY.

THERE'LL BE THREE STATIONS AS PART OF THIS, OF THIS PROJECT.

THERE WILL BE ONE IN HOLLYWOOD, THE ONE B ONE AT THE FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

AND THERE'LL BE ONE IN SOUTH FORT LAUDERDALE.

SO CURRENTLY THERE'S BEEN ACTUALLY A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS IN THE LAST YEAR.

WE'VE BEEN APPROVED INTO THE FTA CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANT PROGRAM THAT HAPPENED IN 2022. THIS YEAR, WE'VE COMPLETED OUR NEPA ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEWS.

WE HAVE VARIOUS DESIGN PROCESSES THAT ARE COMPLETE.

WE'RE RIGHT NOW AT ABOUT 30% DESIGN FOR THE PROJECT AND HOW WE EXPECT TO GO FORWARD WITH

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WE HAVE SEEN A RECENT AS WE GET MORE AND MORE INTO DESIGN WE'VE SEEN NOW AN ESTIMATED COST OF THIS PROJECT TO BE $403 MILLION.

YEAH. SO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE PREMIUM PROJECTS IS BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

AND SO THIS IS THE OAKLAND PARK BRT.

AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR MAP IN THE CIRCLE THIS CONNECTS MAIN ACTIVITY CENTERS EAST TO WEST BETWEEN THE BEACHES.

A ONE A AND THE SAWGRASS MILLS MALL.

B ABOUT 15 MILES OF BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALONG OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD.

THERE'LL BE 16 STATIONS APPROXIMATELY, YOU KNOW, EVERY MILE OR SO EXCLUSIVE TRANSIT LANES WHERE FEASIBLE, THEY WON'T BE FEASIBLE EVERYWHERE, BUT WHERE WE'VE GOT THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE AND THE ROOM, WE INTEND TO HAVE EXCLUSIVE TRANSIT LANES THAT WILL HELP PROGRESS BUSSES AND SPEED THEM ALONG. AND THAT WILL ALSO SUPPLEMENT THIS WITH OUR FIXED ROUTE SERVICE.

THIS PROJECT IS UNDERWAY.

WE HAVE A P, D AND E STUDY.

WE'LL BE WORKING ON OUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK IN MORE DETAIL.

WHAT'S COMING IS A VERY DETAILED LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT LANE CONFIGURATIONS WHERE WE COULD HAVE DEDICATED LANES WHERE WE CAN, HOW WE CAN IMPROVE FLOW, WHERE WE CAN MAKE THE BUSSES MOVE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.

AND AGAIN, ONCE WE GET PAST YOU KNOW, THESE, THESE PDE STAGES, WE EXPECT TO USE A DESIGN BUILD TYPE OF PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS IN ORDER TO HELP SPEED THIS PROJECT ALONG.

AND THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THAT IS $226 MILLION AND WOULD SAY THAT THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR IS ONE THAT WE WOULD FUND WITH 100% OF OUR LOCAL TRANSPORTATION SURTAX FUNDS. AND THE THIRD OF THESE MAJOR PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE UNDERWAY IS THE AIRPORT TO SEAPORT CONVENTION CENTER LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT PROJECT.

THE THIS AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF IN THE, IN THE LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL SEGMENT.

IT'S GOING TO START OUT AT 3.5 MILES, AND IT'S GOING TO CONNECT THE FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT, PORT EVERGLADES, AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT IN THAT ONE OF THOSE FIRST SLIDES, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THREE STATIONS THERE.

IT WILL MOSTLY BE AT THAT POINT, WILL MOSTLY BE ELEVATED GUIDEWAY, AND IT WILL KIND OF OCCUR ON BROWARD COUNTY PROPERTY THAT'S IN THAT AREA AROUND WHERE PORT EVERGLADES IS. AND WE STILL HAVE WORK TO DO TO DESIGN AND LOCATE WHERE OUR MAINTENANCE FACILITY WILL BE. THE SOLICITATION FOR THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY WAS POSTED IN JUNE. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER THE CONE OF SILENCE.

WE'RE UNDER THAT SORT OF PROCUREMENT PHASE.

WE'RE LOOKING TO HOPEFULLY AWARD THIS PROJECT IN EARLY 2025.

THE PROJECT DELIVERY METHOD WOULD BE D BOMB.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE WOULD DESIGN, WE WOULD BUILD AND THEN ACTUALLY OPERATE USING THE SAME GENERAL VENDOR AGAIN TO HELP BRING US RAIL EXPERTISE AND TO HELP FACILITATE AND MOVE THE PROJECT ALONG QUICKLY.

MAJOR PROJECT. IT'S $1.25 BILLION.

WE EXPECT THAT THIS WOULD.

TO REALLY MAKE THIS PROJECT GO FORWARD, THAT WE WOULD NEED YOU KNOW, A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF FEDERAL GRANT FUNDING THROUGH THE, THE NEW STARTS PROGRAM.

AND THAT WOULD ALSO BE SUPPLEMENTED BY STATE AND LOCAL FUNDS TO MAKE UP THE DIFFERENCE.

SO AT CURRENTLY WE HAVE OUR PUBLISHED 15 YEAR PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE.

SO THERE'S WE TALKED ABOUT THE THREE KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER TO DO ALL THE THINGS THAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL PROJECTS HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE AND THAT, YOU KNOW, AS WE KIND OF LINE UP FEDERAL FUNDING AND WE KIND OF GET THESE PROJECTS MOVING THAT WILL BE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ALL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE IN THE IN THE LIGHT RAIL AREA. YOU KNOW, ONCE WE COMPLETE THE THAT AIRPORT TO PORT SEAPORT CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT, WE WANT TO CONNECT THE DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE.

AND FROM THERE, WE'LL PROBABLY.

WE'RE PLANNING TO GO OUT BROWARD BOULEVARD, MAYBE AS FAR AS STATE ROAD SEVEN IN THIS IN THIS PERIOD. THERE'S A NUMBER OF BRTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AFTER WE DO OAKLAND PARK,

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SO IN SUMMARY THIS IS REALLY A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM.

LIKE I SAID, IT'S IN TOTAL, IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $4 BILLION.

IT REALLY HAS A CHANCE TO RESHAPE THE LIVABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPLEMENT OUR EXISTING SERVICES.

THE EXISTING SERVICES PROVIDED BY BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

WHEN THIS IS ALL DONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OVER 200 MILES OF NEW PREMIUM SERVICES, HIGH CAPACITY SERVICES THAT WILL MOVE A LOT OF PEOPLE EAST AND WEST AND NORTH AND SOUTH THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WILL CONNECT MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS, AND CERTAINLY WE CAN COUNT ON IT ENHANCING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREA, CERTAINLY THROUGH THE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AND THE CREATION OF JOBS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE.

SO WITH THAT, THAT'S A VERY QUICK OVERVIEW, A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE STAND.

JUST JUST TO SUMMARIZE, WE'VE GOT THREE BIG PROJECTS UNDERWAY.

WE'VE GOT A COMMUTER RAIL PROJECT UNDERWAY.

WE'VE GOT BUS RAPID TRANSIT UNDERWAY, AND WE HAVE A LIGHT RAIL PROJECT UNDERWAY.

WE'VE GOT ACTIVITY IN ALL OF THOSE.

SO TO DO PROGRAMS OF THIS MAGNITUDE, IT DOES TAKE TIME, BUT WE'RE KIND OF PROCEEDING NOW ON ALL THREE OF THE MAIN FRONTS AND BEGINNING TO MAKE PROGRESS. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANYONE'S QUESTIONS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE.

TOM LANDER NO, I DON'T THINK THAT AFFECTS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? JUST FOR THE RECORD, I HAVE NOTHING TO SAY.

OKAY. OKAY. ACKNOWLEDGED.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAY WE HAVE A MOTION? OKAY. DAVE. FLETCHER. OKAY.

HELLO. THIS ISN'T AM I ON? OKAY. SO I SHOULD PROBABLY UNDERSTAND THIS, BUT JUST GIVE US A BRIEF EXPLANATION OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COMMUTER RAIL AND LIGHT RAIL.

VERY BRIEF. YEAH, CERTAINLY. OKAY. WHAT ARE THE MAIN FEATURES? SO COMMUTER RAIL IS, IS REALLY FOCUSED ON SORT OF THE RUSH HOUR WORK TRIPS.

AND IT TRAVELS OVER A LONG DISTANCE OF A LONG DISTANCE, RIGHT? AND SO IT'S TYPICALLY GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, AROUND FIVE MILES BETWEEN STATIONS OR MORE.

IT'S CHARACTERIZED USUALLY BY PARK AND RIDE LOTS OR THINGS WHERE PEOPLE DRIVE TO IT AND THEY TRAVEL LONGER DISTANCES, USUALLY TOWARDS SOME KIND OF CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WHERE THERE'LL BE SOME, YOU KNOW, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF JOBS THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE, LIGHT RAIL.

AND I ALWAYS THINK OF IT, YOU TURN LIGHT RAIL SORT OF MEANS LIGHT URBAN IMPACT, RIGHT? THAT THE TRAINS ACTUALLY ARE GOING TO BE OPERATING ON GENERALLY ON THE STREET WHERE THEY CAN BE AT SORT OF A PLATFORM LEVEL.

THINK OF IT ALMOST LIKE A MOVING SIDEWALK THAT YOU CAN MOVE THROUGH YOUR COMMUNITY.

YOU CAN EASILY GET ON AND OFF AND YOU CAN GET TO RESIDENCES, YOU CAN GET THE JOBS, YOU CAN GET THE PLACES THAT YOU WANT TO HAVE RECREATION. AND SO IT CHARACTERIZED BY STATIONS THAT ARE MUCH CLOSER TOGETHER AND OVERALL HIGHER RIDERSHIP BECAUSE OF ALL THE CONVENIENCE.

ALL THROUGHOUT THE DAY THAT IT PROVIDES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE SECOND QUESTION.

YOU ESTIMATE 6 TO 7 MILLION RIDERS ON THE COMMUTER RAIL, INCLUDING MIAMI RIDERS, CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT WAS THE NUMBER.

YEAH. SO SO THOSE ARE INITIAL PROJECTIONS FOR THAT, THAT, THAT COMPONENT OF THE, THE COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH, ARE THOSE CONSIDERED NEW RIDERS OR HOW MANY OF THOSE ARE BEING MOVED FROM TRI-RAIL, WHICH WOULD THEN LOSE THOSE RIDERS.

I KNOW THAT'S A CRYSTAL BALL QUESTION, BUT YEAH, AND I'M NOT REALLY SURE. SURE. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ASK OUR, OUR EXPERTS. SO I HAVE WITH ME TODAY, GIA BIAN, WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THIS PROJECT, AND SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER FOR THE CAPITAL PROGRAM AS WELL.

GIA, CAN YOU HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ONE? YEAH.

SO I, I DON'T I APOLOGIZE, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER, BUT OUR TEAM DID LOOK AT HOW MANY TRIPS ARE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED FROM THE TRI-RAIL, AND IT WAS A SMALL PORTION.

IT'S NOT A HUGE, SIGNIFICANT TRANSFER SHIFT FROM THE TRI-RAIL SYSTEM.

THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. MAX GOLDSTEIN.

YEAH. IT'S NOT RESPONDING.

YEAH. OH, THERE WE GO.

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SO CERTAINLY BRT AND CERTAINLY THOSE CORRIDORS WHERE WE HAVE THAT, THOSE WILL BE ALL THINGS WE'LL BE LOOKING AT IN THE LONG TERM TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THE BUSSES PROGRESS AS AS BEST AS THEY CAN.

I DID, I, I DO WANT TO SORT OF MAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A COMMERCIAL FOR HIGH FREQUENCY BUSSES. GENERALLY, IT DOESN'T SOUND AS SEXY AS BUS RAPID TRANSIT AND LIGHT RAIL, BUT IN A PRIOR LIFE, I CAME FROM A TRANSIT SYSTEM IN PORTLAND, OREGON, AND ONE OF THE GREAT LIGHT RAIL SYSTEMS IN THE COUNTRY, 52 MILES OF LIGHT RAIL.

BUT ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS IS WE HAD CREATED, WE HAD 100 BUS ROUTES TOTAL.

WE CREATED 16 HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ROUTES.

THE FACT THAT WE HAD BUSSES EVERY 15 MINUTES AND PEOPLE DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE SCHEDULE. THEY KNEW IF THEY WENT TO A STOP, THERE WOULD BE A BUS THERE WITHIN 15 MINUTES.

WE SAW ABOUT 66% OF ALL OF OUR RIDERSHIP WAS ON THOSE 16 ROUTES.

SO I DON'T WANT TO KIND OF UNDERSELL AS WE LOOK, AS YOU'RE PAINTING THE WHOLE PICTURE OF EVERYTHING TO DO RUNNING GOOD TRANSIT AND GOOD FREQUENCY AND GOOD BUS SYSTEM CAN BE A REAL HEAVY LIFTER IN MAKING THE ENTIRE NETWORK WORK. YEAH. YEAH.

I'VE READ YOUR FELLOW PORTLANDER JARRET WALKER'S BOOK, HUMAN TRANSIT. SO? SO I'M A BIG BELIEVER IN THAT.

I DID HAVE A FEW OTHER QUESTIONS.

SO THE FIRST WAS THAT I SAW AN ASTERISK IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION THAT SAID PENDING DESIGN ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT.

ARE THERE ALTERNATIVES TO LIGHT RAIL BEING DISCUSSED FOR THAT PROJECT? SO SO WHEN WE DO THE PDE, WE'LL WE'LL LOOK AT AT VARIOUS OPTIONS.

SO THERE ARE SOME YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE MOVER IDEAS AND THERE'S THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, I THINK ULTIMATELY, AS YOU EXPLORE ALL THE OPTIONS, ONE OF THE KEY PRIORITIES IS GOING TO BE TO CREATE A NETWORK THAT'S GOING TO GO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE THINGS LIKE PEOPLE MOVERS AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER THINGS MAYBE DON'T DO THE BEST JOB AT CONNECTING THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHICH IS REALLY KIND OF WHAT WE'RE AFTER.

BUT I THINK WE WANT TO GIVE A LOOK TO ALL THE POSSIBLE TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTIONS AND, AND TO SEE WHAT WE MAY BE MISSING.

WHAT'S KIND OF COMING NEW.

BUT, BUT I DO THINK WE HAVE A HIGH PRIORITY.

OUR, OUR, OUR PRESENTATION IS, IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CALLED BROWARD COUNTY CONNECTS. WE WANT TO ACTUALLY CREATE THIS NETWORK THAT EVERYBODY CAN RIDE AND CONNECTING TO THINGS LIKE THE AIRPORT AND TO THE PORT.

YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ABOUT BRINGING TOURISTS THERE, WHATEVER. BUT AGAIN, MY EXPERIENCE IN RUNNING TRANSIT SYSTEMS, ONE OF THE MAJOR USERS OF THOSE SYSTEMS ARE THE WORKERS AT THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO THAT MEANS WE HAVE TO HAVE SYSTEMS THAT CAN CONNECT TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT CAN GET THEM TO THEIR JOBS EVERY SINGLE DAY AT THOSE LOCATIONS.

RIGHT. OKAY. I JUST DID.

ALL RIGHT. SO, SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY A CONCERN OF MINE BECAUSE I SAW THAT THE FIRST SEGMENT OF THE LIGHT RAIL WAS THE AIRPORT SEAPORT CONVENTION CENTER PORTION.

AND THE RIDERSHIP WAS, WAS VERY LOW COMPARED TO OTHER SEGMENTS OF THE LIGHT RAIL. SO I WAS WONDERING WHY WE WERE STARTING WITH THAT SEGMENT AND NOT THE BROWARD BOULEVARD SEGMENT, BECAUSE I'VE GONE THROUGH FDOT DISTRICT FOUR WEBSITE, AND I SAW THAT THEY ALREADY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING A STUDY FOR TRANSIT AND BROWARD BOULEVARD. AND WE KIND OF SUBSUMED THAT INTO PRIMO AND DECIDED TO START WITH THIS OTHER SEGMENT FIRST.

I THINK THERE ARE SOME ADVANTAGES TO THE STAGING OF IT.

THE FACT IS, ALL THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE DONE.

SO THE QUESTION IS WHAT ORDER? SO ONE OF THE THINGS IS THAT AS WE SORT OF START AND WE LEARN TO DO CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS GENERALLY GOING TO BE IN COUNTY CONTROLLED SPACE AND IS NOT GOING TO BE TERRIBLY DISRUPTIVE TO THE ROAD NETWORK.

AND I THINK IT PROVIDES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO SORT OF GET OUR LEGS UNDER US AND SORT OF DEVELOP REAL LIVE ACUMEN IN, IN BUILDING AND MAKING THOSE THINGS WORK, WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL.

I THINK AS WE START TO BECOME MORE DISRUPTIVE AND PUT THOSE PROJECTS ON THE ROADWAYS.

RIGHT. SO, SO I DO THINK THERE'S THAT LEVEL OF IT.

THE SECOND THING TOO, IS THAT EVEN THOUGH OVERALL RIDERSHIP ISN'T GOOD, IT IS GOING TO CONNECT THESE MAIN ECONOMIC DRIVERS.

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THE FACT IS, WE HAVE TO CONNECT TO THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT WORK.

BUT THE THE FACT WE CAN'T GET AROUND IS JUST GOING TO TAKE TIME TO BUILD AN ENTIRE NETWORK, RIGHT? AND THIS IS WHERE YOU START.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE THIS SEEMED TO US TO BE THE THE BEST AND MOST LOGICAL PLACE TO GET THE MOST OUT OF IT. BUT WE CAN'T STOP AFTER THAT PROJECT.

YEAH, I AGREE WITH YOU. I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE LOWEST RIDERSHIP SEGMENT, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SEE THAT AND BE LIKE, OH, NO, ONE RIDES TRANSIT AND THEN STOP THE FUNDING PREMATURELY.

THAT'S MY CONCERN WITH IT.

MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL.

AND THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THIS, THIS BID THAT YOU'RE PUTTING OUT.

WILL THERE BE A VALUE ENGINEERING STUDY DONE? BECAUSE I JUST SAW SO IN IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, THEY'RE DOING AN EXTENSION OF THE METRORAIL UP NORTHWEST 27TH, WHICH IS OUR UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

AND THEY DID A VALUE ENGINEERING STUDY WITH FDOT DISTRICT SIX, AND THEY LOWERED THE COST TO SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF $200 MILLION A MILE FOR METRORAIL, WHICH IS HALF THE PRICE PER MILE OF OUR LIGHT RAIL.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF THAT WAS PART OF THE PROCESS, IF WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT THAT STUDY, LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE COULD VALUE ENGINEER AND MAKE IT CHEAPER.

YEAH, I THINK IN IN DOING TRANSIT PROJECTS OF THAT MAGNITUDE, VALUE ENGINEERING IS SORT OF LIKE A TYPICAL PIECE, BUT TO BUT THE VALUE ENGINEER, THE FIRST THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS ENGINEER.

AND SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO GET THE PROJECT THOUGHT THROUGH AND DESIGNED AND THEN BRING EXPERTS IN TO LOOK AT, OKAY, WHAT CAN WE DO TO DRIVE DOWN COSTS AND TO TRY TO MAKE IT MORE AFFORDABLE? AND THAT IS KIND OF A STANDARD ON HOW YOU WOULD DO MOST MAJOR PROJECTS.

OKAY. SORRY THAT I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS.

I JUST I'VE BEEN WRITING THEM DURING THE PRESENTATION.

SO THE DESIGN BUILD STRUCTURE OF THE CONTRACTS, I WANT TO KNOW OR I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW AND I DON'T, I KNOW THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE THESE CONTRACTS YET WITH THE, WITH THE PROVIDERS, BUT AT WHAT POINT IN THE DESIGN PROCESS DOES THE BUILDER TAKE OVER? SO IN OTHER COUNTRIES I'VE SEEN, LIKE IN TURKEY, FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S ACTUALLY CODIFIED THAT WHEN THEY DO A DESIGN BUILD STYLE, THEY HAVE THE DESIGN TEAM DO UP TO 80 OR 90%, AND THEN THE BUILD TEAM TAKES OVER THE LAST 10 TO 20%, BECAUSE YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU MIGHT, YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY END, NEED TO MOVE A UTILITY POLE OR A, OR A STATION BOX OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE WERE STRUCTURING IT THAT WAY, TO LEAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY FOR THE BUILDER.

SO HOW HOW WE'RE GOING TO SET UP OUR DESIGN BUILD.

TYPICALLY, WE HAVE THIS THING, THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT BRINGS OUR DESIGN UP TO ABOUT 30%.

SO OUR IDEA THEN IS IN ONE PROCUREMENT TO ENGAGE A DESIGNER CONSTRUCTOR FROM 30% GOING FORWARD. RIGHT? AND THE OTHERS WHERE YOU GET TO A HIGH LEVEL OF DESIGN, IT'S MORE LIKE A BID, RIGHT? SO, SO OUR IDEA IS TO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO NOT ONLY INCENTIVIZE TIME, BUT THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TRY TO HAVE INCENTIVES FOR THE DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT. AND, YOU KNOW, THE DESIGN AND THE CONSTRUCTION PART ALL TAKING PLACE IN THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY POSSIBLE.

BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE HAVE TO BE SENSITIVE TO IS IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO DO MULTIPLE PROCUREMENTS, PARTICULARLY FOR GOVERNMENT AGENCIES. SO IF WE PROCURE DESIGN THAT CAN TAKE FROM 9 TO 12 MONTHS.

IF ALL GOES WELL, JUST TO PROCURE.

THEN YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TIME TO DESIGN, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DO A PROCUREMENT PERIOD OF 9 TO 12 MONTHS OR MORE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION.

WE CAN KIND OF CONSOLIDATE INTO ONE ONE OF THOSE TIME PERIODS TO DO THE PROCUREMENT OF THIS DESIGN, BUILD AND SPEED THE PROJECTS ALONG.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WE'RE DOING THAT.

AND THEN WE HAD THAT CONCEPT, WHICH MAYBE WE'LL ASK ABOUT, BUT THE IDEA IS THAT YOU WOULD DESIGN, BUILD AND MAINTAIN, RIGHT? THAT AND OPERATE.

SO THAT IDEA REALLY IS WE DON'T REALLY HAVE SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF FOLKS ON OUR STAFF THAT HAVE EVER RUN A RAILROAD BEFORE, YOU KNOW, OPERATIONAL PEOPLE AND, AND STUFF.

SOME OF US HAVE EXPERIENCE IN PROJECTS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THE SORT OF THE RANK AND FILE PEOPLE TO RUN IT. AND SO WE REALLY THINK THAT THAT IS, AGAIN, GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO BRING EXPERTISE IN, AND HAVING THAT EXPERTISE DURING THE DESIGN OF THE PROJECT IS CRITICAL, RIGHT? THE EXPERTISE OF THE PEOPLE THAT KNOW HOW THE PROJECT WORKS MAKES FOR A BETTER DESIGN. AND SO WE THINK FOR THAT, PARTICULARLY FOR LIGHT RAIL, THAT'S BENEFICIAL. BUS RAPID TRANSIT, NOT SO MUCH BECAUSE WE DO 1.1 MILLION HOURS OF SERVICE A YEAR AND WE THINK WE KNOW HOW TO RUN THE BUSSES.

SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR COMMENTS THERE.

SO SO I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO JUST GET THE RIGHT TOOL FOR THE JOB. WE'RE GETTING THE RIGHT PROCUREMENT METHOD THAT WILL STILL SPEED THINGS ALONG AND STILL GIVE US THE BEST PRODUCT THAT WE CAN GET.

YEAH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT. AND I'M ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, BUILDING IN-HOUSE CAPACITY FOR, FOR THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS.

I'M JUST CONCERNED BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, THERE'S NOT MANY COMPANIES THAT CAN HANDLE $1 BILLION BID. AND NUMBER TWO IS THAT YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THESE VERY HIGH COST OF CONSTRUCTION PLACES LIKE NEW YORK CITY, LOS ANGELES,

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ONE LAST QUESTION, WHICH IS SO, SO WE SAW, FOR EXAMPLE, EARLIER IN, IN TODAY'S MEETING THAT FDOT DISTRICT FOUR IN THEIR WORK PROGRAM, THEY HAVE LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT PROJECTS HAPPENING ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A FUTURE BRT CORRIDOR ACCORDING TO PRIMO.

SO I WAS WONDERING IF THERE WAS A WAY TO COLLABORATE WITH FDOT SO THAT WHEN THEY'RE DOING THESE PROJECTS ON FUTURE PRIMO CORRIDORS, WE COULD DO A SEGMENT OF A BRT, A SEGMENT LIKE GET SOMETHING IN THE GROUND TO PREPARE US FOR THAT FUTURE ROUTE SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT COMING IN TEN YEARS LATER AFTER FDOT JUST REPAVED THE ROAD AND WE'RE RIPPING IT BACK UP TO DO A BRT PROJECT.

YEAH. I THINK THE THE GENERAL ANSWER IS WE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH CONSTRUCTION, BOTH FDOT OR COUNTY OR CITY OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONS.

ONLY SMART TO DO ONE. ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO FACE IS SORT OF LIKE THE TIMING OF CASH FLOW OF MONEY, RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE THE $4 BILLION TO DO THE PRE PRE PROGRAM NOW, SO IT'S GOT TO BE SPREAD OUT OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.

SO WE HAVE TO KIND OF LOOK AT IT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING, IF WE WANT TO BRING IN FEDERAL MONIES TO DO A CORRIDOR THEY THERE'S THIS CONCEPT CALLED SEGMENTATION.

THEY DON'T WANT TO BUILD, YOU KNOW, PIECES OF IT.

THEY WANT TO BUILD A, YOU KNOW, A COHERENT LINE THAT WILL HAVE, THAT WILL HAVE VALUE. SO IF YOU'RE TRYING TO INTRODUCE A FEDERAL FUNDS INTO IT, YOU AT LEAST HAVE TO HAVE A VIABLE LONG ENOUGH SEGMENT WHERE YOU CAN DO IT.

SO I THINK THAT THE SHORT ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS WE NEED TO COORDINATE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE WHEREVER WE CAN.

AND THEN I THINK WE ALSO HAVE SOME KIND OF TIME CONSTRAINTS THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, TIME AND CASH FLOW AND CONSTRUCTION CONSTRAINTS THAT MAY NOT KIND OF PERFECTLY MAKE THAT HAPPEN TO CATCH UP TO EVERYTHING.

BUT AT LEAST WE CAN COORDINATE ON THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND MAYBE THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, FIBER OPTIC CABLES OR IF THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT COULD KIND OF BE DONE AT THAT SAME TIME. MAYBE WE COULD HELP SET THE STAGE FOR, FOR THE, A BETTER FUTURE, A BETTER CONSTRUCTION WITHOUT TEARING THINGS BACK UP. IF WE JUST DONE THEM RIGHT.

AND MY LAST THING IS JUST A QUICK COMMENT, WHICH IS, I'M SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF THIS.

FORT LAUDERDALE IS DOING THE ONE WAY PAIRS STUDY FOR THIRD AND ANDREWS, AND ONE OF THOSE TWO IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE THE LIGHT RAIL ROUTE INTO DOWNTOWN, I THINK.

SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE COORDINATING WITH THEM SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THIS AIRPORT TO CONVENTION CENTER PORTION, YOU CAN JUST START WORK AND TAKE ONE OF THOSE ROUTES FOR YOUR LIGHT RAIL.

ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE WATCHING THAT STUDY VERY CLOSELY.

MY GUESS IS AGAIN, ONE WAY PAIRS THAT WE WOULD BE USING BOTH OF THOSE ONE WAY PAIRS FOR THE LIGHT RAIL, ONE WOULD GO NORTH, ONE WOULD GO SOUTH.

AND THAT WAS WAS TYPICAL.

AGAIN, BACK TO MY EXPERIENCE IN PORTLAND, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ONE WAY PAIRS THROUGH THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN, AND IT WORKED OUT QUITE WELL. AND IT HELPED MOVE, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC AS WELL AS AS THE LIGHT RAIL. SO, SO WE HAVE OUR EYE ON THAT STUDY.

AND, AND ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY THINK AS A RESIDENT OF DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE, I THINK THE ONE WAY PAIR IS GOING TO BE QUITE BENEFICIAL FOR TRAFFIC FLOW.

AND WE CAN KIND OF TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS WITH YOU KNOW, OUR FUTURE DESIGN OF THOSE LIGHT RAIL PROJECTS.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. AND I.

WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND TAKING OVER THE GAME, ACTUALLY SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRESENTATION.

SO GRATEFUL FOR THAT. AND AS A ONE WAY PAIR, IT DOES SEEM LIKE BACK TO THE FUTURE 50, 60 YEARS AGO, THERE WERE ONE WAY PAIRS ON ANDREWS AVENUE AND THIRD.

AND MAYBE THEY'LL RECONSIDER THAT.

OKAY. SO JUST NO QUESTION.

JUST STATEMENTS. I HOPE THE PLAN IS TO DO DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE SOIL STRUCTURES AND SO FORTH. ON THE FIRST, ESPECIALLY THE FIRST PHASE THAT WE'VE BEEN ENLIGHTENED WITH FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE SEAPORT BECAUSE AT ONE TIME IT WAS A RUBBER TIRE DUMP USED BY THE PORT.

AND THE TIRES HAD A WAY OF SEEPING TO THE SURFACE ALONG WITH OTHER CHEMICALS AND SO FORTH. SO THAT HAD TO BE REDONE.

SO HOPEFULLY THEY WILL DO ALL THEIR TESTING AND DRILLING BEFOREHAND RATHER THAN WAITING FOR SOMETHING TO FALL.

MID-CONSTRUCTION FOR THE 25 2025 PEOPLE MOVER THAT

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I GUESS THAT WAS THE LIGHT RAIL.

THE AIRPORT. YEAH. PORT EVERGLADES AND CONVENTION CENTER LIGHT RAIL.

OKAY. FIVE MILES. YES.

AS FAR AS THE BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH GOES, I HOPE AS AN ELDERLY PERSON NOW THE NUMBER, NUMBER OF RESTROOMS WILL BE AVAILABLE EITHER ON BOARD OR TO THE SIDE BECAUSE SOME, SOMETIMES THE THE CAPACITY DOESN'T DOESN'T KNOW THE RESTROOMS ARE CLOSED OR WHATEVER FOR SOME REASON.

OCCUPIED. SO IT'S THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM SOMETIMES.

AND WELL, I'LL LEAVE THE I'LL LEAVE THE REST.

WELL, I APPRECIATE THAT COMMENT. JUST I KNOW COREY LONERGAN, OUR DIRECTOR, FELT REALLY STRONGLY MAKING SURE THAT OUR COMMUTER RAIL STATIONS HAD THE BEST AMENITIES. AND SO WE'RE PLANNING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE RESTROOMS AT EACH OF THOSE COMMUTER RAIL STATIONS.

OH, THAT'S THAT'S A CHANGE FROM TRI-RAIL.

BECAUSE IF YOU GO TO THE AMTRAK STATION THERE, THEY'RE FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS, I THINK THEY'RE THEY'RE, THEY HAVE A SIGN SAYING AMTRAK PERSONNEL ONLY.

BUT ANOTHER SIGN SAYS OUT OF ORDER.

SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE I KNOW BETWEEN HERE AND MIAMI.

OKAY. THANK YOU. JUSTIN CRAWFORD.

I CAN GET YOU THE CARD.

NOW IT'S ON. OKAY. HOW YOU DOING? SORRY THAT THIS IS TAKING A LONG TIME, BUT THIS IS A REALLY INTERESTING PRESENTATION, AND THERE'S A LOT ON THE LINE FOR THIS.

NOW I'M OFF. HE'S OFF.

NOW I'M ON. OKAY. POOR ENGINEERS.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE OAKLAND PARK BRT.

SO FIRST OF ALL, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT ALL OF THIS.

THIS ONE'S REALLY IMPORTANT. BUT IT ALSO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IS A VERY DELICATE PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINTS ALONG THAT ROADWAY, ESPECIALLY EAST OF I-95.

HOW MUCH AND PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT HAS OCCURRED WITH CITIES LIKE OAKLAND PARK, ESPECIALLY OAKLAND PARK, WILTON MANORS, LAUDERDALE LAKES, LAUDERHILL, THOSE CITIES THAT ARE ON THE EASTERN SIDE WHERE A LOT OF THE CONGESTION HAS, IS OCCURRING RIGHT NOW.

HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE? A LOT.

ARE YOU GETTING A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE LEARNING ABOUT THIS IN THOSE CITIES? YEAH, WE'VE DONE QUITE A BIT OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.

I PERSONALLY WENT AND DID A PRESENTATION AT WILTON MANORS.

SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM PEOPLE.

AND I DO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REALITY WE'RE GETTING ACTUALLY A GOOD RECEPTION THERE IS CONCERN, RIGHT? ABOUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF WAY AND THE LIKE.

AND I THINK IT, WHAT SHOULD JUST MAKE SENSE IS, YOU KNOW, WE STILL HAVE TO MOVE AUTOMOBILES, RIGHT? AND SO THERE ARE PARTS OF THE OAKLAND PARK CORRIDOR THAT JUST DON'T LINE UP TO, SAY, A DEDICATED BUS ONLY RIGHT OF WAY.

THERE MIGHT BE OTHER TECHNIQUES THAT WE CAN USE, LIKE QUEUE JUMPING AND TECH TECHNOLOGY TO DO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK AS THE PROGRESS PROGRESSES AND WE GET MORE AND MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE LANE WOULD LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT WOULD BE DEDICATED, WHERE IT WOULDN'T BE AND MIXED THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL CONTINUE TO HAVE ADDITIONAL OUTREACH DURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT. SO WE JUST, WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, KEEPING THE COMMUNITY INFORMED AND KIND OF MANAGING THROUGH THE EXPECTATIONS AND HEARING THEM. BUT, BUT KIND OF GOOD COMMON SENSE AS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, RUN DEDICATED LANES WHERE YOU CAN RUN THEM AND WHERE YOU CAN'T DO THE BEST YOU CAN TO PROGRESS IT BECAUSE IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE IF THEY GET ON BUS RAPID TRANSIT OR A BUS, THAT THEY CAN PROGRESS QUICKLY TOWARDS THEIR DESTINATION, OR THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING TO USE IT.

SO TO MAKE THESE INVESTMENTS WORK, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I, I'VE SEEN BUS RAPID TRANSIT.

I KNOW HOW IT WORKS. AND ON THIS ROADWAY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ROOM FOR ERROR.

RIGHT. AND YOU AND YOU, YOU JUST SAID THAT IF YOU.

DO, YOU HAVE AN IDEA YET VISUALLY, WHAT THIS SYSTEM COULD LOOK LIKE, IF THERE'S AN EXAMPLE AROUND THE WORLD THAT YOU COULD POINT TO THAT SAID, YEAH, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED PORTLAND. I'VE SEEN

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I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, SEEN PICTURES OF THEM IN COLOMBIA.

DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA, A MODEL OUT THERE THAT WE CAN LOOK AT THAT WE'RE THINKING OF? WELL, IN TERMS OF A DESIGN AND LIKE THE PLATFORMS AND THE STATION LOOKS, AND BECAUSE THERE'S ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THIS, RIGHT? RIGHT. THERE ARE THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT VERSIONS. YEAH.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'VE REALLY KIND OF LOOKED AT IT LIKE WE WERE GOING TO MODEL AFTER SOMEBODY, BUT I WOULD SAY IF, IF YOU WANTED TO LOOK AT ONE THAT MAYBE HAS NUMEROUS CHARACTERISTICS, LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE THE EUCLID LINE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO THEY CALL IT THE HEALTH LINE.

NOW, THAT IS ONE THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT.

AND THEY, THEY DO SOME STREET RUNNING, THEY DO SOME DEDICATED.

AND SO I THINK LOOKING AT THAT.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITE, I'VE KIND OF BEEN ON IT.

THAT'S NOT A BAD PLACE TO GO TO LOOK, TO KIND OF ENVISION HOW THAT COULD BE.

AND WHAT I LIKE, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY DID WHAT THEY COULD DO, RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY STILL WANTED TO CONNECT PEOPLE AND IT WASN'T GOING TO BE A PERFECT BRT WITH DEDICATED LINES ALL THE WAY, BUT THEY FOUND A WAY TO MAKE IT WORK AND PROGRESS AND MAKE BENEFIT FOR PEOPLE.

AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH THE, THE CURRENT STRUCTURE, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS THE ROADS ARE A BIT NARROWER AS YOU GET TO THE EAST AND A BIT WIDER AS YOU GET TO THE WEST, JUST BASED ON THE WAY OUR COMMUNITY WAS BUILT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. NEXT LUIS ALVAREZ.

HI. SO REALLY, I'VE BEEN TO PORTLAND AND I'VE USED THEIR LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.

AND SO MY COMMENT IS JUST IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL, ESPECIALLY FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE CONVENTION CENTER.

I MEAN, I WAS THERE ON A CONVENTION, AND I HAVE TO SAY THAT WHAT THEY DID IS THEY IT WAS PART OF SORT OF THE PROCESS.

THEY GAVE EVERYBODY A PASS FOR THE DAYS THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE THERE AND EVERYBODY GOT TO USE IT. AND SO IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL DEFINITELY BE BENEFICIAL AND WILL BRING MORE REVENUE TO BROWARD COUNTY IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

SO DEFINITELY, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO LOOKING AT THE CLEVELAND ONE, BECAUSE I'VE USED SEVERAL OF THEM AS I TRAVEL, AND IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE AMAZING HERE.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

IT WAS GREAT. I WOULD JUST COMMENT BACK TO YOUR EXPERIENCE AND WE BUILT THIS SPUR TO GO TO THE AIRPORT. YES. AND SO THAT MEANT ANYBODY TRAVELING RIGHT COULD HOP ON, ON THE LIGHT RAIL AND GO TO THEIR CONVENTION, THEIR HOTEL, ANYTHING NOT HAVE TO RENT A CAR, COME RIGHT BACK. IT WAS AMAZING TO USE.

IT WAS GREAT TO ALSO BE ABLE TO LIKE, YOU KNOW, AT THE LUNCHTIME, YOU JUST HOP ON.

GO DOWNTOWN, DO WHATEVER, COME RIGHT BACK.

YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID AIRPORT HOTEL.

AND IT WAS VERY CONVENIENT TO JUST GET ON WITH LUGGAGE AND KEEP MOVING.

PEOPLE HAD, THEY HAD BIKE AREAS TOO.

AND SO IT WAS, IT'S ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

SO I LOVED IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO IT HERE.

JUST SOME INSIDE BASEBALL I'M PLANNING.

WHEN WE FIRST DESIGNED THE ROUTES AND WHATEVER WE WERE THINKING ABOUT WHEN THE PLANES WERE ARRIVING AND WHERE WE COULD PICK UP PEOPLE.

AND REALLY IT WAS THE AIRPORT STAFF SAID, WELL, IF YOU COULD START YOUR TRAIN AN HOUR EARLIER, I COULD USE IT. RIGHT.

AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT EYE OPENER FOR US THAT IT IS USED EVERY SINGLE DAY BY THE WORKERS OF THAT AIRPORT.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS OF THE FUTURE, RIGHT? SO JUST THINK ABOUT THE CONNECTIVITY TO ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO DO BAGGAGE, WHO, YOU KNOW, WORK IN THOSE RESTAURANTS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO USE A SYSTEM LIKE THAT, CONNECTING FROM MAYBE A BRT TO THE LIGHT RAIL OR WHATEVER, AND GET THEM TO THE AIRPORT AND GET THEM TO THEIR JOBS.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, THE PLAN WE'RE JUST STARTING, WE'RE JUST STARTING TO GET THESE THINGS IN PLACE. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE, THE CONCEPT OF THIS BUILDING TOTAL TRANSIT NETWORK AND WHAT OUR SALES TAX IS ALLOWED US TO DO, THE OPPORTUNITY IS TREMENDOUS TO IMPROVE THE LIVABILITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. YEP. I ONE MORE THING AND LAST COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS I, I HOPE THAT WHENEVER THEY'RE TAKING THIS INTO CONSIDERATION, THEY DO CONSIDER THE RAIN HERE AND THE FLOODING ISSUES THAT WE HAVE AS THEY'RE BUILDING.

AND, AND PREPARING FOR THAT.

SO ELEVATED SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, ELEVATED RAILS.

IT CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY AND OR WITH DRAINAGE.

YES. BECAUSE YOU REALLY KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A CAR, RIGHT? YOU DON'T REALLY WANT TO RUN THE TRAIN OVER TRACKS THAT ARE COVERED WITH WATER.

SO ALL REAL WORLD, REAL LIFE THINGS TO DESIGN INTO THE SYSTEM.

DRAINAGE HEIGHT AND TO THINK ABOUT WAYS OF.

AND WE KIND OF SEEN RECENTLY THE IMPACTS THAT FLOODING CAN HAVE.

AND THAT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR DESIGNS.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY.

AND TOM LANDER. I TRICKED YOU.

[02:20:05]

OKAY. NOT THAT ONE. THE NEXT ONE.

I GUESS YOU CAN DO EITHER ONE.

EITHER ONE. ONE. YOU HAVE THE TRI RAIL STATIONS THERE.

JUST A SUGGESTION. BECAUSE WE, WE WANT TO EMPHASIZE INTERCONNECTIVITY CAN TAKE A BLACK LINE AND JUST A THIN BLACK LINE AND CONNECT THE TRI RAIL STATIONS.

THAT'S ONE TWO ON THE YELLOW LINE FOR THE SOUTH.

BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOUTH.

I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD THERE ALSO TO PUT WHERE STATIONS ARE SO THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

IT WOULD MAKE THE MAP MORE INTUITIVE.

AND THE ONE OTHER THING THAT AND I MENTIONED THIS IN THE PAST, AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT WITH BRIGHT LINE WITH FREIGHT TRAINS AND NOW COMMUTER RAIL GOING ON THE FEC TRACKS IN SOUTH BROWARD, WE NEED EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY THAT HAS A WAY OF GOING FROM OUR HIGHLY POPULATED BEACH WITH TOURISTS TO OUR HOSPITAL AT MEMORIAL REGIONAL.

IT CAN BECOME A REAL PROBLEM GETTING ACROSS THERE.

AND I JUST THINK THAT IN THE PLANS WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS, I, I MENTIONED THIS FROM TIME TO TIME, BUT WE NEED AN EAST WEST, SOUTH OF THE HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT.

A WAY FOR PEOPLE EMERGENCY VEHICLES TO GET EAST AND WEST.

WELL, WE'LL TAKE THE NOTE BECAUSE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING PUT TOGETHER THE ENTIRE TRANSIT SYSTEM AND THE ENTIRE NETWORK.

BUT SO I'LL TAKE THAT POINT.

RIGHT. AND I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOUR COLLEAGUE, THE FEMALE COLLEAGUE THAT REPORTED.

I AGREE WITH HER THAT THE TRI RAIL, WE'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE MUCH FROM TRI-RAIL BECAUSE IF YOU TAKE DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD, DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE, AVENTURA, THE GROWTH IN ALL THOSE AREAS, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO BE USING THIS NORTH SOUTH ROUTE. AN AWFUL LOT ALONG WITH OUR TOURISTS.

I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THE GROWTH IS COMING.

DOWNTOWN HOLLYWOOD IS BOOMING WITH NEW APARTMENTS.

YEAH, THAT'S GABNG. THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU SAID, I THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A STUDY, BUT YOU CAN'T DO A STUDY WHEN THE PLACES AREN'T OCCUPIED YET. AND I WOULD SAY WITH GERE, WHO'S THE SPECIFIC PROJECT MANAGER FOR COMMUTER RAIL, EVERYBODY HERE SHOULD FEEL REALLY GOOD THAT SHE'S IN CHARGE OF THAT PROJECT BECAUSE SHE IS REALLY GOOD. OKAY. I THINK THAT DOES IT FOR THAT NON-ACTION ITEM.

SO LET US MOVE ON BRIEFLY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYBODY. VERY INFORMATIVE. EXCUSE ME CHAIR. GIVEN THE HOUR I WAS GOING TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD DEFER THE NEXT ITEM BECAUSE THAT'S BROWARD MPO STAFF, WE CAN BRING THEM BACK NEXT NEXT MEETING.

WE DO HAVE GUESTS FROM TRI-RAIL, SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY HERE TONIGHT.

SO IF WE COULD INDULGE ONE MORE ITEM IT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MIGHT WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT ONE.

THAT WOULD BE MY SUGGESTION TO YOU.

LET US. SO INDULGE HERE.

ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY,

[3. Report From Partner Agency - South Florida Regional Transportation Authority (SFRTA) - Transit Development Plan (TDP) Major Update]

YES. HI. GOOD NIGHT. AND WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO MAKE THIS VERY BRIEF, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ALREADY A BRIEF PRESENTATION. SO MY NAME IS JESSICA VARGAS.

I'M A TRANSPORTATION PLANNING MANAGER AT SFR TRI-RAIL.

AS YOU KNOW, WE OPERATE TRI-RAIL.

WE ALSO MANAGE AND DISPATCH THE CORRIDOR.

AND WE'RE HERE TODAY TO GIVE YOU A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THIS IS A PLAN THAT IS USUALLY UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT WE HAVE NOT UPDATED IT SINCE 2018.

SO THIS IS A BIG EFFORT TO NOW PROVIDE A TEN YEAR VISION OF THE, FOR THE AGENCY. WITH ME IS JOHN LAFFERTY WITH KIMLEY-HORN.

HE'S OUR CONSULTANT HELPING US TO YOU KNOW, BRING TO THE TDP TO FRUITION, AND HE'LL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS, THE OPTIONS, THE COMPONENTS.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET YOUR INPUT ON THE PLAN. I LEFT A COUPLE OF LEAVE AWAY PAPER ON YOUR AT YOUR DESK WITH SOME TRI-RAIL THE SCHEDULE AND SOME OTHER INFORMATION.

SO MAKE SURE YOU REVIEW IT.

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GOOD EVENING, CHAIR. COMMITTEE MEMBERS, JOHN LAFFERTY, SPHERE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT. WE DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, AS JESSICA MENTIONED, JUST TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AS WE ARE CURRENTLY PREPARING THEIR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT MAJOR UPDATE, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EDUCATION OF WHAT IS A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN? ALL OPERATING TRANSIT AGENCIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND IF THEY WANT TO REMAIN ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE STATE FUNDING.

BLOCK GRANT ASSISTANCE ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

IT'S A TEN YEAR VISIONARY DOCUMENT.

IT DOES PROVIDE A HOLISTIC PLANNING OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AGENCY TO LOOK AT HOW THEY CAN IMPROVE SERVICE, WHAT TYPES OF CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THEY CAN IMPLEMENT.

AND AS JESSICA HAD MENTIONED, A MAJOR UPDATE IS DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND THE INTERIM YEARS ARE WHAT'S REFERRED TO AS AN ANNUAL UPDATE OR PROGRESS REPORT.

SO IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT THAT THE AGENCY UPDATES ANNUALLY.

AND THIS MAJOR UPDATE IS FOR YEARS 2026 TO 2035.

THIS PAST SUMMER, THE TDP RULE, THERE WAS A NEW TDP RULE.

TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLANS THEMSELVES ARE A VERY PRESCRIPTIVE.

THERE'S SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS THAT AN AGENCY NEEDS TO PREPARE TO FULFILL THE SUCCESSFUL SUBMISSION OF A TDP. YOU CAN SEE HERE THE REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF WHAT THE OLD RULE VERSUS THE NEW RULE. THERE'S BEEN A GREATER EMPHASIS ON LAND USE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS DEMAND ESTIMATION, BUT ALSO COORDINATION WITH THE MPO STAFF IS CONTINUOUSLY COORDINATED WITH MPO STAFF THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, NOT JUST DURING THE PREPARATION OF A TDP, BUT THIS NEW RULE FORMALIZES COORDINATION TO OCCUR DURING THE PREPARATION OF TDP, WHICH IS ALSO WHY WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING.

ANOTHER ANOTHER CHANGE WAS THE SUBMISSION DATE.

TYPICALLY THESE ARE DONE IN AND COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED BY SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THEY'VE NOW EXTENDED THAT DATE TO MARCH 1ST.

AND THAT'S TO BETTER ALIGN WITH MPO PLANNING ACTIVITIES SUCH AS THE LRP.

AND SO THAT THE TDP IS DO ALIGN WITH THAT STRATEGIC DOCUMENT.

SO AN OVERVIEW OF OUR SCHEDULE.

WE INITIALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN THE APRIL TIME FRAME EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WE'VE GONE THROUGH LOOKING AT BASELINE CONDITIONS, WHICH WE'LL SHARE WITH YOU AS WELL AS ENGAGED IN OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT.

AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY GETTING INTO OUR COORDINATION.

WE ARE MEETING WITH AND GOING BEFORE EACH ONE OF THE THREE MPOS.

LAST WEEK, THIS WEEK, AND THE FOLLOWING WEEK.

AND NOW WE'RE GETTING INTO OUR TEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SO THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE A PRELIMINARY DOCUMENT, WHICH WE'RE ON TARGET FOR NEXT MONTH IN JANUARY TO MEET OUR MARCH 1ST SUBMITTAL.

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ARE A MAJOR PART OF A TDP MAJOR UPDATE.

EARLIER THIS YEAR'S FRTA ENGAGED IN A STRATEGIC PLAN EFFORT, WHICH THEY SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT IN PREPARING THAT THAT STRATEGIC PLAN GOALS AND OBJECTIVES ALIGN WITH THIS TDP MAJOR UPDATE AND OUR TEN YEAR VISION.

SO THEY REALLY ARE REFLECTIVE AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THIS MAJOR UPDATE AND FOCUS ON SAFETY, ENHANCING THE PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AS WELL AS OPERATIONS, AND ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL FORMS OF REVENUE.

I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE'VE HAD A TDP, PUBLIC OUTREACH AND STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION.

TDP ARE REQUIRED TO PREPARE A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN THAT MUST BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY FDOT. THAT OCCURRED EARLY, LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER. THIS IS A BRANDED EFFORT YOU CAN SEE ON TRACK FOR EXCELLENCE IS THE PROJECT BRANDING FOR THE TDP.

THERE'S ALSO A WEBSITE, AS JESSICA MENTIONED.

YOU HAVE A HANDOUT THERE.

PLEASE CLICK ON THAT QR CODE.

THERE'S A WEBSITE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON TDP, AS WELL AS PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, AND PROVIDING INPUT THAT WE CAN REFLECT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PLAN.

WE JUST COMPLETED INTERCEPT SURVEYS WITH PASSENGERS WHERE WE WENT OUT AND ENGAGED RIDERS AT STATIONS DURING THE WEEK AND ON WEEKENDS HAD THEM TAKE THIS BRIEF SURVEY THAT WILL REFLECT THEIR INPUT INTO THE TEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, IN ADDITION TO THE COORDINATION WITH THE MPOS AND BODIES SUCH AS THIS, WE'RE ALSO ENGAGING EACH OF THE LOCAL WORKFORCE BOARDS NEXT WEEK TO LISTEN AND UNDERSTAND THEIR NEEDS AND REFLECT THEIR INPUT INTO THE PLAN. JUST A LITTLE FUN FACTS AND SOME OF THE BASELINE CONDITIONS THAT THAT WE'VE COLLECTED. I THINK AS MANY AS YOU KNOW, TRI-RAIL SERVICE AREA IS PALM BEACH, BROWARD, MIAMI-DADE. THERE'S 80 MILES OF SERVICE THERE.

AND LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, OUR SERVICE AREA POPULATION ARE UPWARDS OF 20% ARE YOUNGER THAN 18.

A LITTLE MORE THAN 20% ARE OVER THE AGE OF 65.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CARS OR HOUSEHOLDS THAT ARE ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS, 8%, 74% OF OUR SERVICE POPULATION DRIVES IN A DRIVES ALONE TO WORK, AND APPROXIMATELY 2% OF THOSE THE PUBLIC TAKES TRANSIT.

[02:30:05]

APPROXIMATELY 1.1 MILLION PEOPLE THAT ARE EMPLOYED IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT THAT MIDDLE, THAT MIDDLE ROW THERE IS REFLECTING THOSE THAT ARE NOT ONLY EMPLOYED IN BROWARD BUT RESIDE IN BROWARD. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, IT'S IT'S ALMOST WE HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE EXPORT WHO LIVE HERE AND WORK OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO LIVE OUTSIDE THE COUNTY AND WORK IN BROWARD.

SO THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF INTERESTING JUST TO UNDERSTAND THE WORK FLOW AND HOW PEOPLE TRAVELED TO WORK AND WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR US AND THE TRI-RAIL SERVICE TO SEE HOW WE CAN BETTER CAPTURE THOSE MARKETS.

THE TDP ALSO DOES AN EXTENSIVE LOOK AT EXISTING TRANSIT SERVICES, NOT JUST ON THE EXISTING TRI-RAIL SYSTEM, BUT ALSO LOOKS AT THE CONNECTING SERVICE ACROSS THE THREE COUNTIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT SERVICE, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF COMMUNITY SHUTTLES AND MUNICIPALITIES AND OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED, EITHER THROUGH CONNECTIVITY TO EXISTING STATIONS AS WELL AS ACCESS JUST TO TRANSIT SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE.

THE NEW RULE PUTS A GREATER EMPHASIS ON LAND USE AND MULTIMODAL.

SPECIFICALLY, SFTA HAS A RESOLUTION THAT'S SEEKING TO INCREASE TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AT THEIR STATIONS. THIS GRAPHIC HERE REFLECTS THOSE STATIONS WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY ACTIVITIES OCCURRING ON ITS OWN PROPERTIES TO LOOK AT INCREASED DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO STATION AREAS.

ALSO LOOKING AT MULTIMODAL CONNECTIVITY WHERE THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS AND PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CAPACITY ON TRANSIT FOR BICYCLISTS, AS WELL AS ENHANCING ACCESS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO STATIONS.

A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THIS TEN YEAR PLAN IS IS THEIR TEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

SFRT THEIR CREDIT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS ENGAGED IN A NUMBER OF STRATEGIC EFFORTS TO REALLY INFORM THE TDP.

THEY COMPLETED A 20 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WHICH ESTABLISHED A PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT THEY UPDATED ANNUALLY AND IDENTIFIED PROJECTS, CAPITAL PROJECTS, BOTH FUNDED AND UNFUNDED TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN. THEY'RE REQUIRED TO DO THAT BY FTA EVERY 2 TO 3 YEARS.

I WAS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED TWO YEARS AGO, AS WELL AS A RAIL FLEET MANAGEMENT PLAN, AND ADDITIONALLY TO THEIR ANNUALLY APPROVED OPERATING CAPITAL BUDGET.

THESE ALL INFORM THE TEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

THE TDP ALSO PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AGENCY TO BUILD OFF OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS.

I THINK MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE EARLIER THIS YEAR, JANUARY, TRI-RAIL HAS DIRECT SERVICE OPERATING INTO DOWNTOWN MIAMI.

IN JULY, THEY IMPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL EXPRESS TRAINS AS WELL AS LATE NIGHT TRAIN SERVICE, AND THEY CONTINUE TO BUILD ON THE RIDE PARTNER SERVICE PROGRAM, WHERE THEY'RE PROVIDING RIDE SHARE AND OTHER TYPES OF ACCESSIBILITY AT EACH ONE OF THEIR STATIONS THROUGHOUT THEIR SERVICE AREA. SO IN CLOSING OUR NEXT STEPS, WE'RE ON TARGET TO PREPARE A PRELIMINARY DRAFT IN JANUARY, GO THROUGH A REVIEW PROCESS AT THE AGENCY SO THE GOVERNING BOARD CAN APPROVE IT WELL IN ADVANCE FOR OUR MARCH 1ST SUBMITTAL.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET OUR COMMENTS BACK FROM FDOT, WE'LL CERTAINLY REFINE AND FINALIZE THAT DOCUMENT. SO IN CLOSING, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU. WE CERTAINLY WELCOME YOUR INPUT AND ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE THE SURVEY, DISTRIBUTE THAT TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS. IT'S JUST IT TAKES A COUPLE OF MINUTES, BUT THAT WILL REALLY HELP INFORM OUR TEN YEAR IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AS WE CONTINUE TO PREPARE AND FINALIZE OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN THE COMING MONTHS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE LUIS ALVAREZ. I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION.

I THINK IT WAS SLIDE 145.

I'M NOT MISTAKEN. YEAH.

SO IT SAYS HERE THAT YOU HAVE JOINT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT THOSE PROPERTIES DO YOU CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? SURE. SO THOSE FOUR STATIONS ARE AREA STATION AREA AROUND THE STATION THAT SFT OWNS.

WE PUT OUT AN RFP, A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RIGHT FOR BOCA RATON A COUPLE PROBABLY TWO YEARS AGO OR SO. A DEVELOPER HAS BEEN SELECTED AND WE'RE YOU KNOW, IT IS MOVING FORWARD WITH A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT BOCA RATON STATION.

IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CITY BOCA RATON REVIEW.

THE OTHER THREE ARE IN SOME KIND OF PROCUREMENT PROCESS.

WE DID PUT OUT A RFP FOR CYPRESS AND BOYNTON BEACH EARLIER THIS YEAR OR LATE LAST YEAR, BUT WE ONLY GOT LIKE ONE RESPONSE.

SO WE'RE STILL KIND OF LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO JUST DEVELOP THE AREA TO TRAFFIC AND ALL.

SURE. IT'S CORRECT, RIGHT TO, TO DEVELOP TRANSIT ORIENTED, LIKE EITHER COMMERCIAL OR RESIDENTIAL, WHATEVER IS THE ZONING.

[02:35:03]

SO WE KNOW BETTER HOW.

THEN WE WORK WITH OUR PARTNERS AND AT LEAST AT THESE STATIONS, IS WHERE WE HAVE SOME CONTROL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF LIKE WHERE WE'RE AT.

AND SO A FOLLOW UP ARE YOU WORKING WITH, I MEAN, I KNOW YOU SAID YOU'RE WORKING WITH BOCA RATON, BUT ARE YOU WORKING WITH LIKE BOYNTON CYPRUS AND THE METRO RAIL, LIKE YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE CITIES? CORRECT. TO SORT OF WORK ON ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT? CORRECT. YES. YES. ALL RIGHT.

AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY.

MAX GOLDSTEIN. ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOPE.

OH, OKAY. SO JUST A REALLY QUICK QUESTION BECAUSE I WAS LOOKING IN THE 2050 DRAFT, LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS FROM BROWARD AND PALM BEACH, MIAMI-DADE IS NOT PUBLISHED YET. BUT BOTH COUNTIES HAVE FEASIBILITY STUDIES FOR INFILL STATIONS ON THE TRI RAIL CORRIDOR HERE IN BROWARD.

IT'S ON RACETRACK ROAD AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD AND IN PALM BEACH.

IT'S NOT SPECIFIED, BUT IT'S THAT IN ADDITION TO THE EXTENSION TO THE VETERANS, THE VA. AND I WAS WONDERING IF THAT IS PART OF THIS TDP AND ALSO THE OTHER ITEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, REPLACING ALL THE TIES WITH CONCRETE UPGRADING THE SIGNALING ON THE CORRIDOR. AND NOW WE HAVE ELECTRIFICATION FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR SFC IS ALL THAT STUFF INCLUDED IN THE TDP. SO THE TDP HAS A TEN YEAR, RIGHT. TIME FRAME. SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU MENTIONED ARE IN OUR 20 YEAR CAPITAL PLAN. SO AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING, SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS MAY BE LISTED AS IN OUR CAPITAL BUDGET AS FUNDED OR UNFUNDED.

SO SOME OF THOSE MIGHT.

IT'S INTERESTING. YOU BRING UP THE STATION, THE INFILL STATIONS.

THOSE ARE HAVE BEEN MORE PART OF LIKE THE MPO PROCESS.

WE ARE AWARE OF THEM. THEY ARE NOT HAVE BEEN A A DESIRE OF THE AGENCY FOR SURE, BUT HAVE NOT BEEN IT WAS NOT KIND OF LIKE SUBMITTED BY THE SFR TO IT WAS MORE OF LIKE THE PROCESS OF THE MPO TO INCLUDE THOSE.

AND THEY WERE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE SCENARIO PLANNING FOR FUTURE TRANSIT NEEDS.

BECAUSE IN THE PROBABLY IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT BE NEEDING THOSE STATIONS.

SO I DON'T THINK WE MIGHT SEE THOSE IN THIS TEN YEAR WINDOW, BUT IT DOESN'T YOU KNOW, PRECLUDE US FROM MENTIONING AND BEING AWARE OF THEM FOR FUTURE. DEFINITELY OUR CAPITAL PLAN MAY HAVE THEM AND CERTAINLY THE LRT PIECE. ALL RIGHT. SO WHEN THOSE STUDIES DO EVENTUALLY COME AROUND, YOU GUYS WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE THE LEAD ON THAT.

IT MIGHT. YEAH. I'M NOT SAYING YES OR NO.

I KNOW CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT LEADING ANY OF THOSE EFFORTS.

WE WERE AT ONE TIME, FOR EXAMPLE, THE BOCA RATON STATION AND THEN THAT KIND OF LIKE DIDN'T PAN OUT. SO IT'S DOABLE.

IT COULD HAPPEN. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR ME. OKAY.

OKAY. MICHAEL SMITH. YES.

VERY QUICKLY, AND I HOPE I CAN GET THIS FINISHED.

VERY INTERESTING ABOUT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS MENTIONING THE POSSIBLE EXTENSION TO THE VA FACILITIES IN PALM BEACH COUNTY.

THAT WOULD BE CERTAINLY GOOD FOR VETERANS WHO HAVE TO GO TO MIAMI NOW AND THEN TRANSFER TO METRO RAIL. ANYWAY THE OTHER ITEM WAS THE OH, YEAH. NOW I'LL HAVE TO LET IT PASS.

THANKS. OKAY. YOU'RE WELCOME.

OKAY. TOM LANDER. GREAT.

GREAT PRESENTATION. QUESTION.

SHERIDAN STREET. I THINK THE PROBLEM MIGHT BE THAT THE SHERIDAN STREET STATION.

THE PARKING LOT IS OPERATED BY FDOT.

IT'S OWNED BY. SOMEHOW, THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAPID TRANSIT GROUP AND FDOT NEEDS TO HAVE A SUMMIT.

AND I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE TO BRING BACK THE IDEA OF THE SHERIDAN STATION.

THIS IS HIGHLY UNDERUTILIZED MAJOR ACREAGE OF LAND.

YOU COULD HAVE A GREAT.

MAYBE THE YMCA IS LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO MOVE AND THAT AND THEN PUT IN MIXED USE APARTMENTS AND SOME PARKING GARAGES.

AND I KNOW THE RESIDENTS ARE GOING TO SAY, OH, NOT IN MY BACKYARD. AND THEY'RE GOING TO SAY IT'S GOING TO MAKE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS BIGGER.

BUT ON THE OTHER END OF THE THING, IT CREATES A DESTINATION WHERE PEOPLE CAN

[02:40:04]

THOSE CONVERSATIONS HAVE HAPPENED.

I THINK, BILL, YOU WERE PROBABLY PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AS WELL WHEN YOU WERE AS FAR TO IT IS FDOT OWNED SO AS TO COULD TRY, BUT I WILL BRING IT UP AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE FOLLOW UP TO SEE WHAT IS THE LATEST, BECAUSE I KNOW FDOT HAS TRIED TO DEVELOP THAT AREA. NOT SURE WHAT HAVE BEEN COME OUT OF IT.

CERTAINLY NOTHING HAS HAPPENED ON THE SITE.

IT ALMOST HAPPENED AND THEN IT ALL WENT DOWN THE DRAIN.

RIGHT. SO COMMENT NOTED.

WE'LL WE'LL MAKE SURE WE DO HAVE IT ON THAT LAND USE ASSESSMENT IN OUR TOD POLICY.

WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE IT LISTED AS.

THAT IS ONE OF THE UNDERUTILIZED AREAS THAT PRIME FOR DEVELOPMENT.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL.

YEAH. AND THEN ONCE THAT HAPPENS THEN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, OH YEAH. 2020 NINTH AVENUE THERE.

WHICH IS BECOMING A MORE OF A THING.

YOU WOULD JUST SEE THE WHOLE PLACE REALLY.

AND WE, WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO BIG CHANGES AT OAKWOOD PLAZA COMING IN THE FUTURE WITH AN HOUR OF HIGH RISE OFFICE, NOT HIGH RISE MID-RISE OFFICE PARK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JESSICA.

THIS IS VERY INFORMATIVE.

OH, GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE FINAL HOURS HERE.

READY FOR MEMBER COMMENTS.

[1. Member Comments]

IT WAS THE MIAMI DADE.

IS PROPOSING A EV CHARGING STATIONS IN ITS PARKS.

AND ONE OF THE ALTERNATIVES.

I THOUGHT OF SEEING A PLOT OF LAND AT THE MIAMI DADE TRANSFER WITH METRORAIL WHICH COULD BE UTILIZED FOR THAT.

BROWARD COUNTY HAS SEVEN TRI-RAIL STATIONS AS A PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS REPORT THAT WE VOTED ON SHOWS.

PERHAPS THAT WOULD BE ONE PLACE FOR EV CHARGING FACILITIES TO BE AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY DURING AN EMERGENCY.

IF A STORM IS COMING AND THE ONLY MOTORIZED VEHICLE THAT SOMEBODY HAS IS AN EV.

SO THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

PERHAPS THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL DOES NOT FROWN ON THAT OTHER THAT SAID ONE OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES BEING FORMED BY THE PRESIDENT ELECT INCLUDES MR. MUSK, WHO IS, OF COURSE, THE OWNER OF TESLA.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW THAT GOES.

RIGHT. MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST QUICKLY MR. SMITH. SO I THINK YOU'LL RECALL FROM OUR PRESENTATION MIGHT HAVE BEEN LAST MONTH ON THE EVE THAT ACTUALLY WE'VE, WE'VE APPLIED FOR A GRANT, A FEDERAL GRANT TO IMPLEMENT EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE SAID, WHICH WOULD BE EV STATIONS AT THE TRI-RAIL STATIONS, AS WELL AS A COUPLE OF OTHER LOCATIONS.

SO WE ARE DEFINITELY PURSUING THAT AND TRYING TO, TRYING TO FIND THE DOLLARS TO DO SOME OF THAT WORK.

OKAY. WE ARE AT THE END, FOLKS.

OUR NEXT MEETING IS GOING TO BE JANUARY 22ND.

SO HAVE HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN THE MEANTIME, AND WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING EVERYBODY AGAIN. AND MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO YOU HAVE IT.

DUDE, I SURE HAVE IT. OKAY.

EVERYBODY VOTE. EVERYBODY HAS TO VOTE.

YOU'RE ON RECORD IF YOU VOTE.

I DON'T KNOW.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.