Mar 26, 2025 Technical Advisory Committee

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

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GOOD AFTERNOON. 2:35 P.M.. TODAY IS MARCH 26TH.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

SO FOR THE FOLKS ONLINE ON ZOOM THERE'S NOTHING YOU HAVE TO DO.

WE'RE MONITORING THAT LIST, OUR STAFF, AND WE'RE GOING TO TAKE NOTE OF YOUR VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE.

SO WE'LL JUST. MR. CHAIR, WE'LL JUST GIVE EVERYONE MAYBE A MINUTE JUST TO GET IN.

THANK YOU. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? WE DO HAVE QUORUM. LET ME.

[3. Approval of Minutes]

WE DO HAVE MOTION. CHRISTOPHER. SECOND BY KAREN.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION OR COMMENT ON IT. IF NOT, THEN LET'S GO FOR VOTING.

SO FOR THE FOLKS ONLINE, I KNOW WE HAD AN ISSUE WITH OUR VIRTUAL VOTING SYSTEM TODAY.

SO IT'LL BE KIND OF THE OLD METHOD WE USED TO USE WITH ZOOM, WHERE DURING A VOTE, IF YOU RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, YOU ARE SIGNALING THAT YOU'RE IN OPPOSITION TO THE MEASURE THAT'S ON THE FLOOR.

IF YOU DON'T RAISE YOUR HAND, YOU'LL BE COUNTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR ALL THE VOTES.

I CAN'T SEE HOW MANY VOTES. I DON'T SEE THE COUNT.

IT DOESN'T SHOW. SO BASICALLY, NO, IT DOESN'T SHOW.

OH, I HAVE TO RECORD IT FIRST. YEAH. OKAY, IF YOU WANT TO CLOSE, I'LL CLOSE IT.

OKAY. IT'LL SHOW IT AGAIN. OKAY. YOU CAN LET ME KNOW IF IT PASSES THE REQUIREMENT OR NOT. IF THEY CANNOT COUNT.

YES. YOU SHOULD SEE THE RESULTS NOW. YES. PERFECT.

WE DO HAVE A VOTE. SO LET'S GO TO APPROVAL OF AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

YOU CAN VOTE FOR IT IF YOU HAVE NO COMMENT.

OKAY. WE HAVE COMMENT FROM [INAUDIBLE]. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK IT MIGHT JUST BE AN IT ISSUE, BUT IT MARKED ME AS ABSENT.

OH, SORRY. NO PROBLEM JEN. I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT.

THANKS. OKAY. NOW WE CAN VOTE. [LAUGHTER] YOU ARE HERE.

OKAY. LET ME GO TO THE HOME PANEL. IT PASSES THEN.

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

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the DRAFT Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) Executive Plan]

MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN B SAP EXECUTIVE PLAN PRESENTATION BY JAMES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, JAMES CROMER WITH THE BROWARD MPO.

SINCE WE DID A PRESENTATION LAST MONTH ON THIS TOPIC, I GUESS IT'S THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR AND THE COMMITTEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE ME GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AGAIN. IF NOT, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS I CAN ADD.

I THINK BETTER TO GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION BECAUSE ALL OF OUR ALL OF US MAY NOT BE IN THE COMMITTEE MEMBER OF YOUR SAFETY COMMITTEE.

SOUNDS FINE. YEAH, WELL, WE ALSO DID IT TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE , TOO, SO.

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TODAY, WE ARE BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THAT YOU RECOMMEND THAT THE BROWARD MPO BOARD APPROVE THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN EXECUTIVE PLAN.

WE HAVE ACCELERATED THE SUBMITTAL OF THIS PLAN TO THE COMMITTEE HERE BECAUSE OF SOME CONDITIONS COMING UP WITH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAM. IF WE FOLLOW THE SCHEDULE FROM LAST YEAR, THE BOARD WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE APPROVED THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN BY APRIL 30TH FOR OUR LOCAL PARTNERS TO QUALIFY FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR.

SO WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING DIFFERENT, BUT WE'RE PROCEEDING WITH THAT SCHEDULE.

SO THE IDEA WITH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, EXECUTIVE PLAN IS PRESENTING A PLAN THAT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS FOR AN ELIGIBLE SAFETY PLAN THAT ADDRESSES ALL THE COMPONENTS. KNOWING FULLY THAT WE HAVE NOT COMPLETELY DEVELOPED ALL THE CONCEPTS IN THE PLAN AND THAT WE WILL BE COMING BACK, WE HOPE, IN A FEW MONTHS WITH MORE DETAILS OF EXACTLY HOW CERTAIN PROJECTS AND POLICIES AND RECOMMENDATIONS WILL GO FORWARD.

BUT WE HAVE DONE QUITE A LOT OF WORK, AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS GOOD NOW FOR A STANDALONE PLAN IN AND OF ITSELF.

JUST A REMINDER, THE IDEA BETWEEN THE IDEA BEHIND THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS TO DEVELOP A DATA DRIVEN PLAN SO THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THE DATA THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE, ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPERFECTIONS OF THAT DATA, AND THAT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON.

WE FOR EXAMPLE, ASSUME THAT A LOT OF PED AND BIKE CRASHES ARE UNDERREPORTED.

WE WANT AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN. THE IDEA OF A PLAN IS NOT JUST TO COME UP WITH SOME NICE IDEAS, BUT TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MOVE THEM FORWARD. AND THEN THE GOAL IS TO REDUCE SEVERE INJURIES AND DEATHS ON OUR ROADWAYS TO ZERO, AND SET A DATE FOR THAT. WE RECEIVED A $5 MILLION GRANT, PARTNERED WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT TO PURSUE THIS GRANT, AND THE MPO IS ADMINISTERING THE GRANT AND BROWARD COUNTY IS PROVIDING IN-KIND SERVICES AND IN-KIND LOCAL MATCH FOR SERVICES ON THREE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT ARE GOING FORWARD.

AND THEN THE THREE MAIN OUTCOMES WE'RE LOOKING AT IS CREATING AN ACTION PLAN WITH A GOAL, WITH A MILESTONE DATE FOR REDUCING OR ELIMINATING SEVERE INJURY AND DEATH ON OUR ROADWAYS.

IDENTIFYING PROJECTS. AND I MENTIONED GET THEM READY FOR PROGRAMING AND IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN ALSO IDENTIFY POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL SUPPORT THE GOAL OF REDUCING DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY. I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAT THE PLAN FOR IT TO BE ELIGIBLE HAS TO MEET SEVERAL COMPONENTS.

WE'RE REFERRING THEN ON THE RIGHT COLUMN TO THE COMPONENTS THAT MAKE A PLAN ELIGIBLE FROM LAST YEAR'S NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY.

WE FULLY EXPECT TO GET GUIDANCE ON NUMBER FIVE THAT USED TO BE EQUITY CONSIDERATIONS.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT THAT DIRECTION IS GOING TO BE NOW. SO WE HAVE INFORMATION ON EQUITY OR DEMOGRAPHICS WHATEVER IT'S GOING TO BE.

AND WE HAVE A CROSSWALK HERE. THEN FOR THE REVIEWERS TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AND SEE.

HERE'S A COMPONENT. HERE'S THE PAGE WHERE WE ARE ADDRESSING THESE PARTICULAR CRITICAL ISSUES.

SO WITH THAT THEN I JUST WANT TO TAKE A BRIEF MOMENT AND GO THROUGH EACH OF THE COMPONENTS.

AND THAT WAY GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PLAN ITSELF.

SO FIRST COMPONENT IS LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT AND GOAL SETTING.

SO THAT INVOLVES HAVING A OFFICIAL APPROVAL FROM AN ELECTED BOARD OR LEADERSHIP.

SO THAT WOULD BE THE REASON WHY WE'RE TAKING THE PLAN TO THE MPO BOARD FOR APPROVAL.

GOAL SETTING IS LOOKING AT A MILESTONE YEAR TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES. AND SO WE HAVE COME UP WITH A GOAL YEAR OF 2050 THAT IS IN LINE WITH A NUMBER OF OTHER GOALS NATIONALLY AND IN THE REGION. AND THEN THE GRAPHIC ON THE RIGHT THERE IS THE CONSULTANT'S VIEW OF TAKING A HOLISTIC APPROACH, THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ONE SOLUTION THAT WILL GET US TO REDUCE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY, BUT IT'LL BE A COMBINATION OF LOW COST IMPROVEMENTS, MAJOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, SPEED REDUCTION STRATEGIES, CHANGES IN DRIVING PATTERNS, MAYBE MORE PEOPLE WALKING AND BICYCLING AND SOME TECHNOLOGY.

SO IT'S A CUMULATIVE APPROACH THAT'S HOLISTIC.

THE NEXT ELEMENT IS HAVING A PLANNING STRUCTURE, WHERE WE NEEDED TO HAVE A DIVERSE GROUP THAT PROVIDED GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN, AND SO WE ENDED UP CREATING TWO COMMITTEES AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT PROVIDES HIGH LEVEL GUIDANCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN.

THEY MEET QUARTERLY AND THEN A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP THAT MEETS MONTHLY, SIMILAR TO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HERE THAT DEALS WITH MORE OF THE DETAILS, MORE OF THE TECHNICAL SIDE OF WHAT'S GOING FORWARD. AND WE'RE PROUD TO SAY THAT THE COMMITTEES REPRESENT MORE THAN TYPICAL TRANSPORTATION, THAT WE PEOPLE THAT WE TALK TO. THERE ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT PROFESSIONALS FROM THE HEALTH COMMUNITY, PRIVATE SECTOR, BUSINESS INTERESTS AND ALSO COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.

WE NEEDED TO DO A SAFETY ANALYSIS, SO WE TOOK THE DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE THROUGH SIGNAL FOUR AND THEN ALSO SOME INFORMATION FROM THE ABOUT THE RAILROADS DEVELOPED A HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT SHOWS THE CONCENTRATION OF DEATH CRASHES THAT RESULT IN DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY IN OUR ROADWAY.

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AM I GETTING. YEAH. GOOD. I REMEMBERED THAT CORRECTLY.

SO IT'S ABOUT 380 MILES. THAT ACCOUNT FOR 77% OF THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES ON OUR ROADWAYS.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT A HIGH RISK NETWORK LOCATIONS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY EXPERIENCING THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES.

NOW, BUT DO HAVE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE ROADWAYS TEND TO BE KIND OF SIX LANE ROADWAYS, SPEED LIMITS AROUND 45 TO 50. AND THEN WE USED THIS INFORMATION TO PRIORITIZE AND IDENTIFY 11 CORRIDORS THAT WE MOVE FORWARD FOR CORRIDOR CONCEPT DESIGN. SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT WE WILL MORE FULLY DEVELOP, HAVE COST ESTIMATES, SCOPES OF WORK AND LOOK TO SEE TO ADD TO OUR 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR FUNDING.

WE ALSO THEN DID SAFETY ANALYSIS IN EIGHT DIFFERENT FOCUS AREAS.

WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY. WE DEVELOPED THE INITIAL SCOPE THAT THERE WERE CERTAIN AREAS WE WANTED TO FOCUS ON, SO WE WANTED TO LOOK AT SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS, SAFETY ALONG THE RAIL CORRIDORS RELATED TO LIGHTING, TO MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. AND SO EACH OF THESE FOCUS PLANS RESULTED IN ANALYSIS AND THEN CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVES AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE INCORPORATED IN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS PACKAGE AT THE END.

THE FOCUS PLANS ALSO HELPED US LOOK AT SOME POLICY AND PROCESS CHANGE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND WE ARE FOLLOWING THE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH THAT IN THE LAST, A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS AGO, THEY CHANGED SOME OF THE WORDING. SO WE'RE DEALING WITH SAFER PEOPLE, SAFER VEHICLES. IT USED TO JUST SAY SAFE SAFE PEOPLE, SAFE VEHICLES.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO BE SAFER. SO THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING.

IT'S A HOLISTIC VIEW THAT IT'S NOT ONE PERSON.

IT'S NOT JUST THE DRIVER DRIVING POORLY, BUT IT'S A QUESTION OF OUR ROADWAYS AND OUR EMERGENCY RESPONSE AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL LEAD US TO A SAFER ROADWAY NETWORK. NEXT COMPONENT IS STRATEGY AND PRODUCT SELECTION.

SO WE HAD TO NOT ONLY COME UP WITH ANALYSIS BUT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THERE'S AN EXAMPLE HERE FROM OUR RAIL SAFETY PLAN SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE IS ALREADY ONGOING ACTIVITY TO DEAL WITH RAIL SAFETY, BUT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME SPECIFIC AREAS THAT COULD USE IMPROVEMENTS.

AND SO 8 FOCUS PLANS AND 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS EACH HAVE RESULTED IN RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING AND THAT WILL HAVE AN IMPACT ON WHO IMPLEMENTS THEM AND HOW THAT WILL HAPPEN.

SO IF IT GOES THROUGH OUR MTP PROCESS THAT FOLLOWS ONE VIEW, IF IT GOES THROUGH A LOCAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN OR BROWARD COUNTY SURTAX THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS AND DIFFERENT SCHEDULES FOR IMPLEMENTATION. NEXT COMPONENT IS ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION.

WE HAD A FOUR PHASE APPROACH TO REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

STARTED OFF WITH JUST GENERAL PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH THE 2050 MTP OUTREACH THAT WAS GOING ON, BUT STARTING IN THE FALL, WE IDENTIFIED OUR 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS AND DID THE FIRST ROUND OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND HAD SOME NICE MEETINGS WITH MAQSOOD AND OTHERS.

CHRIS, IF YOU'RE HERE AND KAREN SO. OH, THAT CHRIS TOO.

I WAS THINKING OF THE OTHER CHRIS. [LAUGHTER] [INAUDIBLE].

ANYWAY, SO WE HAVE 11 MEETINGS. WE DID HAVE TO ADJUST SOME OF THOSE MEETINGS DUE TO TWO DIFFERENT HURRICANES COMING THROUGH, BUT WE MADE IT THROUGH THOSE MEETINGS. WE DID AN EVALUATION OF HOW EFFECTIVE OUR OUTREACH WAS, DID SOME TWEAKS AND ADJUSTMENTS. AND THEN WE ARE NOW IN PHASE FOUR, WHERE WE HAD OUR SECOND ROUND OF PUBLIC MEETINGS IN FEBRUARY.

AND THEN WE'RE PREPARING FOR ROADSHOWS AND TECHNICAL TRAINING EVENTS.

AND I APPRECIATE SOME OF YOU GOT BACK TO ME. WE'RE TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THERE ARE EVENTS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHERE WE CAN PIGGYBACK AND COME AND TALK TO YOU MORE ABOUT DIFFERENT SAFETY THINGS GOING ON. AND HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES AN OF SOME OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA THAT WE HAD.

AND THEN FINALLY THE LAST COMPONENT IS A PROGRESS AND TRANSPARENCY METHOD.

SO WE NEED TO MAKE AVAILABLE THE INFORMATION FROM THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE A PROCESS TO TO REPORT BACK ON RESULTS AND MILESTONES.

THE REPORT CARD WILL BE THE WAY TO TELL OUR USDOT PARTNERS THAT HERE'S THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING ON THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THEN WE'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A SAFETY DASHBOARD AND ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THAT ON OUR WEBSITE, WHERE YOU CAN GO IN AND LOOK AT THE DIFFERENT CRASHES THAT ARE GOING ON.

YOU CAN SELECT A CITY, YOU CAN SELECT A YEAR, YOU CAN SELECT A TYPE OF CRASH.

AND THEN ON EACH OF THESE DOTS THAT INDICATE A CRASH, YOU CAN PUSH A BUTTON AND THEN SEE THE DETAILS OF THE SAFETY, THE CRASH REPORT FROM SIGNAL FOUR. I'M TRYING TO SEE ON THIS THING.

YOU CAN SEE THERE'S DOTS THAT INDICATE LOWER INJURY CRASHES AND THEN THERE'S ICONS.

THERE'S A CAR AND A PERSON. I'M TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S A MOTORCYCLE, BUT THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF CASES ARE KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.

SO TODAY WE ARE COMING TO REQUEST THAT THE COMMITTEE HERE GIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE MPO BOARD APPROVE THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO FINALIZE OUR ACTION PLANS AND DOING SOME POLICY ANALYSIS.

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SAFE STREETS DESIGN MANUAL. A THOUSAND LITTLE THINGS PROGRAM.

THESE IDEAS A LOT OF QUICK FIXES THAT COULD GO ON.

AND I MENTIONED THEN GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC WITH THE SAFETY ROAD SHOW AND A DESIGN MANUAL.

BUT BEFORE I MOVE ON FROM THE POLICY ANALYSIS, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT WE DID POST THE PLAN ITSELF FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE SEND EMAILS OUT TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP.

WE SEND EMAILS TO OUR MPO BOARD, CITY MANAGERS, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE , CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE .

ALL THE ATTENDEES THAT SIGNED IN FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKSHOPS RECEIVED AN EMAIL, AS DID THE PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE OUR MOBILITY MONDAY E-BLAST.

AND THEN SOME A GROUP THAT WE WENT TO CITY MANAGERS ASSOCIATION AND ITE WE PRESENTED TO THEM.

SO WE SENT EVERYBODY AN EMAIL LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THE PLAN WAS UP FOR REVIEW AT THE BEGINNING OF MARCH, AND WE RECEIVED OVER 400 COMMENTS, NOT 400 INDIVIDUALS, BUT SOME PEOPLE HAD MORE COMMENTS THAN.

YOU'RE SMILING, KAREN. YOU HAD A FEW, BUT WE APPRECIATE THEM.

AND I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW WE LOOKED AT EVERY SINGLE COMMENT THAT WE RECEIVED. AND ALSO A DISCLAIMER.

WE CONSIDERED EVERYTHING, BUT WE COULD NOT INCORPORATE EVERYTHING THAT EVERYBODY SAID.

SOMETIMES THERE WERE CONTRADICTORY COMMENTS, AND SOMETIMES THERE WERE THINGS THAT WERE NOT NECESSARILY IN LINE WITH WHAT THE COMMITTEE HAD COME UP WITH. IN GENERAL, THE COMMENTS WERE GENERALLY FAVORABLE RESPONSE TO THE DOCUMENT.

WE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS ABOUT HOW WE WERE TRYING TO STREAMLINE IT IN THE EXEC PLAN.

SO THERE WAS A QUESTION OF DO YOU PUT A LOT MORE DETAIL, BUT DO WE CREATE A DOCUMENT THAT'S SHORT ENOUGH THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE PUBLIC WILL READ? AND SO THERE WAS THAT SET OF TRADE OFFS THERE.

WE HAD SOME SPECIFIC COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THE STATISTICS AND CONSISTENCY OF THE NAMING AND DATA.

WE HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE IMPLEMENTATION APPROACH, WHICH I REALLY APPRECIATE, THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING, HEY, THESE ARE GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS. DO YOU HAVE THE RESOURCES TO MOVE IT FORWARD? HOW FORWARD. HOW EXACTLY WILL THAT HAPPEN? AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE DEVELOPING OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS THOSE DETAILS. AND THEN SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. SO ONE THING THAT IS DIFFERENT IN THE DOCUMENT THAT WILL GO TO THE BOARD COMPARED TO THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE SEEN.

AND IT'S GOING THROUGH REVISIONS RIGHT NOW, THERE ARE DETAILS ABOUT CONCEPTS OF POLICIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WE WERE WORKING ON WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY AND AT FDOT. SO ALL THOSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS ARE UNDER CONSIDERATION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, FIGURE OUT EXACTLY HOW THE DETAILS OF THOSE WILL WORK OUT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT. AND YEAH, SO I KNOW I THINK [INAUDIBLE] HAD HEARD THAT LAST WEEK, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT TOO, RICHARD. SO SO WITH THAT, I WILL CONCLUDE.

I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT ALSO WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU DO APPROVE THE MOTION TO REQUEST THE MPO BOARD APPROVE THE PLAN.

THANK YOU JAMES, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE.

LOOKS LIKE A NO COMMENT. GREAT PRESENTATION. OKAY, NOW WE NEED A MOTION.

OH, I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION BY CHRIS. WE DO HAVE SECOND NOW LET'S VOTE ON IT.

GOOD. OKAY.

IT GETS APPROVED. WE GOT THE GAVEL SAY WE'RE GOOD.

YOU GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Federal Discretionary Grants]

THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM JENNIPHER TUCY, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AT THE BROWARD MPO, AND I AM HERE TO PRESENT THE FEDERAL GRANTS UPDATE.

WE HAVE A MONTHLY GRANTS AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION CALL EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF EACH MONTH.

IT IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE AND SHARE WITH PARTNERS.

PLEASE USE THE QR CODE OR THE LINK TO SIGN UP FOR THE MONTHLY MEETINGS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THERE.

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AN EMAIL INVITE WILL BE GOING OUT SOON TO YOU ALL TO REGISTER FOR THE EVENT.

FOR THE SMART GRANT THE GRANT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND THE DIGITAL TWIN IS IN PROGRESS.

THE BROWARD MPO IS WORKING WITH USDOT ON THE PROJECT DATA MANAGEMENT AND EVALUATION PLANS.

RAILROAD CROSSING ELIMINATION PROGRAM. CURRENTLY, THE FRA IS REVIEWING THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE CIP GRANT AGREEMENT.

THE ROADWAY OWNERS, THE SIX CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY, ARE CREATING NEW AND MODIFYING EXISTING CROSSING AGREEMENTS WITH FEC TO INCLUDE THE PROJECT, AND THE BRIGHTLINE IS PROGRESSING WITH THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE FINAL DESIGN OF THE PROJECT.

THE RECONNECTING COMMUNITIES THE PROJECT NAME IS THE FORT LAUDERDALE ROADWAY RAILROAD UNDERPASS FEASIBILITY STUDY.

I WILL NOT TRY TO REPEAT THAT AGAIN, GUYS. ALL RIGHT.

[LAUGHTER] THE NEXT STEPS. WE ARE BRINGING IT TO THE BROWARD MPO BOARD FOR APPROVAL ON APRIL 10TH FOR THE CONSULTANT AGREEMENT.

THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS PILOT PROGRAM. SOMEHOW THAT CAME OUT EASIER THAN THE PREVIOUS.

BUT HEY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. WE ARE CURRENTLY IN A HOLDING PATTERN.

GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, SINCE THE GRANT AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN EXECUTED.

WE ARE FULLY EXPECTING THE FHWA REGIONAL OFFICES TO DELAY THEIR INDIVIDUAL KICKOFF MEETINGS WITH US.

THESE ARE THE CURRENT OPEN GRANTS. AND THEN WE HAVE THE UPCOMING GRANT APPLICATIONS. BUT I WILL SAY THAT THINGS ARE UP IN THE AIR WHEN WE'RE MONITORING AS TO WHEN THINGS MAY COME OPEN.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. WE ARE MOVING TO THE NEXT ITEM.

NEXT ACTION ITEM. ROOTS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY PROGRAM UPDATE.

[2. Roads for Economic Vitality (REV) Program Update]

SO I'LL GO AND GET STARTED. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU ALL TO REV.

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS REV? THIS PROGRAM IS CALLED ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY.

AND IT YOU MIGHT KNOW IT AS THE FORMER CSLIP PROGRAM.

SO C SLIP OR COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM IS NOW KNOWN AS REV.

SO AS PART OF THE OR SORRY, BASICALLY, THE MPO BOARD CREATED THE PROGRAM, AS YOU KNOW, C SLIP IN 2015.

AND SINCE THEN, STAFF HAS COMPLETED NINE CYCLES OF C SLIP.

SINCE 2015, FDOT HAS CONVERTED THESE PROJECTS TO BE DELIVERED VIA LAP.

POST PANDEMIC COSTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS HAVE RISEN DRASTICALLY AND OVER THE YEARS, ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND POLICIES TO C SLIP HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

THE MOST RECENT BEING IN 2023. SO AS PART OF THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN REV NOW FITS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM, WHICH IS FORMALLY KNOWN AS THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.

FOR THE PROGRAM STATUS UPDATE IN OUR CYCLE EIGHT, WE RANKED 19 PROJECTS FROM 14 DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND THREE PROJECTS WERE AWARDED. IN CYCLE NINE THE MOST RECENT CYCLE, WE RANKED 14 PROJECTS FROM 12 AGENCIES.

THESE PROJECTS HAVE NOT YET BEEN AWARDED, BUT WE WILL PRIORITIZE HIGH RANKING PROJECTS IN THE UPCOMING LOPP OR LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS.

LOOKING AHEAD GIVEN THE NEED TO UPDATE THE REV PROGRAM AND COVER COST OVERRUNS OF EXISTING AWARDED PROJECTS, THE MPO STAFF WILL NOT CONDUCT AN APPLICATION CYCLE IN 2025.

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THE ONLINE SUBMITTAL PORTAL WILL NOT BE OPEN TO ACCEPT NEW APPLICATIONS, AND SO THAT MEANS WE WILL HAVE NO RANKING AND PRIORITIZATION OF NEW PROJECTS IN 2025.

SO WHY ARE WE SKIPPING A CYCLE? SO CHANGES IN WASHINGTON HAVE PROMPTED MPO STAFF TO REVISE THE PROGRAM POLICIES AND CRITERIA TO ALIGN WITH NEW DIRECTIVES FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. THIS PAUSE WILL ALLOW STAFF TO PROPOSE CHANGES TO THE POLICIES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA TO ALIGN WITH THE 2050 MTP AND THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN. THIS IS ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS FUNDING THE BACKLOG OF PROGRAM PROJECTS, SINCE FUNDING OF PREVIOUSLY AWARDED PROJECTS TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER NEW AWARDS TO ENSURE PRIOR REV COMMITMENTS ARE MET.

SO ANY UPDATES? I WILL BE POSTED ON OUR WEB PAGE.

SO YOU WOULD FIND THE REV WEB PAGE THE SAME WAY YOU WOULD THAT YOU WOULD FIND THE CSLIP WEB PAGE.

IT'S BEEN UPDATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO HOST ANY PROGRAM UPDATES.

AND THEN UPDATES TO THE REV POLICIES AND PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA.

WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE TAC AND OUR OTHER COMMITTEES AND THE BOARD.

TO DO SO TO DO THIS, TO MAKE THESE CHANGES, AND WE WILL PRESENT ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE TAC, CAC, AND MPO BOARD IN THE FUTURE. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. ANDREW. ANDREW. THANK YOU MAQSOOD.

JUST A QUESTION. DO WE FORESEE THE CRITERIA HAVING A LARGER NUMBER OF CHANGES FOR THE PROJECTS ON HOW THEY'RE RANKED? YES. I DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE A CHANGE TO THE PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA.

YEAH. I DON'T KNOW YET WHAT THOSE CHANGES WILL BE, BUT WE WILL BRING FORWARD THOSE PROPOSED CHANGES TO YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT.

YEAH. THANK YOU. CHRISTOPHER. KERRIE HOW MUCH MONEY IS SAVED BY NOT HAVING APPLICATIONS OPEN THIS YEAR? AND WHERE DO THOSE DOLLARS GET ALLOCATED? SO CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BILL, BUT I BELIEVE WE COULD ANTICIPATE MAYBE UP TO $6 MILLION IN SAVINGS IF WE'RE NOT DOING IT FOR NOT RUNNING A NEW CYCLE OF CSLIP OR HIGHER OR MORE.

AND THAT THOSE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO IMPLEMENT THE PREVIOUSLY AWARDED OR PREVIOUSLY PROGRAMED CSLIP OR REV PROJECTS.

AND HOW MANY OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE CURRENTLY FACING FUNDING SHORTFALLS? I'M NOT SURE IF I CAN ANSWER THAT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I MIGHT TURN TO MR. BILL CROSS. YEAH. LET ME JUMP IN HERE.

THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I COULD. SO, YEAH, OUR PROGRAM IS ABOUT $10 MILLION A YEAR.

THE COST OVERRUNS ON THE PROJECTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED PREVIOUSLY ARE IN THE 40 TO 50% NEIGHBORHOOD.

PER PROJECT. THEY'RE MASSIVE. AND IT'S NOT JUST THE CONSTRUCTION COSTS, BUT IT'S ALSO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES HAVE ALSO INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND THAT'S KIND OF ON TOP OF JUST THE WAY THINGS HAVE WORKED OUT.

WE APPROVED MANY YEARS AGO NOW. A LOT OF PROJECTS IN SINGLE, YOU KNOW, IN A JUST ONE CYCLE, SOMETIMES A HALF A DOZEN PROJECTS. AND WE'RE NOW MOVING INTO THE CONSTRUCTION CYCLE FOR THOSE.

SO THOSE ARE THE MOST EXPENSIVE PHASES TO FUND.

SO YOU KNOW, OUR KIND OF PHILOSOPHY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT PROJECTS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN AWARDED, WE WANT TO PROTECT THOSE. WE WANT TO DELIVER THOSE AND MAKE GOOD ON THAT COMMITMENT BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE.

SO CONFLUENCE OF ISSUES, AS KERRIE POINTED OUT, BETWEEN THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, THE COST OVERRUNS THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH, THE FACT THAT WE WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RELOOK AT HOW WE'RE EVALUATING THESE PROJECTS, TO TRY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW 2050 MTP METHODOLOGY.

AND I THINK KERRIE ALSO MENTIONED WE WANT TO TRY TO PUT TOGETHER A PROGRAM THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE TRANSPARENT SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PERHAPS TEST YOUR PROJECTS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT THEM. SO WE HAVE SOME AMBITIOUS GOALS HERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, IN TALKING WITH OUR PARTNERS AT FDOT, THEY ASKED IF WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF US TAKING THIS PAUSE.

SO THANK YOU. JUST A COUPLE OF FOLLOW ON QUESTIONS FOR THOSE COSTS OVERRUNS.

I KNOW WE ALL HAVE THESE CRYSTAL BALLS THAT WE HAVE WHEN WE PUT THESE COST ESTIMATES TOGETHER, AND T HEY LOOK REALLY GOOD WHEN WE SUBMIT THEM.

BUT TEN YEARS DOWN THE LINE, YOU KNOW, ARE WE JUST NOT ADJUSTING FOR INFLATION CORRECTLY?

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SO I'LL TRY TO JUMP IN. SO YOU KNOW. YEAH. NOBODY'S CRYSTAL BALL IS THAT GOOD? AND I KNOW THAT THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WERE SUBMITTED BY THE CITIES AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS YOU KNOW, WE CERTAINLY REVIEW THEM. FDOT REVIEWS THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WAS LIKE A SYSTEMIC FAILURE OF THE ORIGINAL COST ESTIMATES.

HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, NONE OF US REALLY FORESAW COVID AND THE DISRUPTION TO THE CHAIN OF, YOU KNOW, AND NOW WE'VE GOT THESE TARIFFS POTENTIALLY COMING ON STEEL.

SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN SO AGAIN, I DON'T WE WILL CERTAINLY LOOK TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME SYSTEMIC CHALLENGES WITH THE COST ESTIMATES THAT WE'RE GETTING. BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WE REALLY COULDN'T HAVE EVER.

SO WE'RE NOW, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR BEST TO DEAL WITH THOSE.

AND THEN HOPEFULLY KERRIE CAN ANSWER THIS ONE INSTEAD OF BILL.

THE POLICY CHANGES DO YOU ANTICIPATE THOSE COMING ALL AT ONCE OR DO YOU SEE THEM IN PACKAGES AND DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I THINK IDEALLY I'D LIKE TO BRING THEM ALL AT ONCE INSTEAD OF BRINGING IN PIECEMEAL.

IN THE PAST WE'VE DONE I THINK I MENTIONED THE LAST UPDATE WAS IN 2023, WHERE WE'D BRING A FEW EVERY OTHER YEAR, SO WE'D BRING A FEW POLICY CHANGES AT A TIME.

BUT I THINK THE IDEA IS TO DO YOU KNOW, MAKE AS MANY CHANGES AS WE CAN ALL AT ONCE SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, SO FREQUENTLY. SORRY. WHAT WAS THE OTHER PART OF YOUR QUESTION? DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE? TIMELINE? SO WE OUR GOAL IS TO GET THIS THE UPDATE COMPLETED IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR SO THAT WE CAN BE ON SCHEDULE TO RUN THE NEXT CYCLE IN 2026.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I SEE MORE COMMENTS.

OKAY. I WAS GOING TO ASK A QUESTION, BUT I'LL GIVE THE LAST, KAREN.

HI. I THINK THIS IS MORE FOR BILL. I'LL JUST START WITH BILL.

IT'S KIND OF A COMBINATION BETWEEN THE LAST PRESENTATION AND THIS PRESENTATION. I SAW A MEMO RECENTLY FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORTATION POLICY, GIVING SOME GUIDANCE ON THE NEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK AT.

AND BIKE LANES ARE LUMPED WITH CLIMATE AND EQUITY.

AND HAVE YOU HEARD THAT? AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR FUNDING? IF WE HAVE PROJECTS THAT ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED THAT INCLUDE BIKE LANES, ARE THOSE AT RISK? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING. YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, KAREN.

AND I'M GOING TO SAY MY CRYSTAL BALL ON THIS IS EVEN MORE HAZY THAN, THAN OUR PRIOR QUESTIONS.

SO YEAH, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR REALLY CLOSELY WHAT'S GOING ON IN DC.

SOME OF THE RENAMING OF PROGRAMS THAT YOU'VE HEARD HERE TODAY IS, YOU KNOW, A REACTION TO THAT, TRYING TO SET OURSELVES UP FOR SUCCESS. SO DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WE HAVE SEEN ALSO SOME DOCUMENTS FROM THE NEW SECRETARY OF USD DOT, THAT WOULD SUGGEST THAT HE'S NOT PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF COMPLETE STREETS AS A PROGRAM AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY OUR BEST TO KEEP THE THE BASIC INTENT OF THIS PROGRAM ALIVE. WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME DIFFERENT TERMS, BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE YOU KNOW, AS PROACTIVE AND REACTIVE TO WHAT'S COMING OUT OF DC AS WE CAN.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY STAY TUNED. OUR PROPOSED POLICIES AND APPROACH FOR THIS PROGRAM ARE ABSOLUTELY GOING TO BE SHAPED BY AS UP TO DATE REAL TIME AS WE CAN. PARTICULAR FOR US IS THE MOBILITY HUB.

SO IS THAT A SEPARATE FUND BECAUSE IT'S FTA AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FUNDING.

IT WASN'T COMPETITIVE NECESSARILY. SO DOES THAT PROTECT IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'RE NOT REALLY DOING MOBILITY HUBS ANYMORE.

AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT NAME IN OUR MTP.

OKAY. SHH. OKAY. THAT ANSWER. [LAUGHTER] OKAY.

YES. OKAY KAREN. ANDREW. THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST WANTED TO KERRIE TO GO BACK TO THE CONVERSATION ABOUT THE THE COST ESTIMATES FOR THESE PROJECTS.

AND I KNOW SINCE WE'RE, AS WE'RE LOOKING AT A REBRANDING OF THIS PROGRAM HERE AND, AND NEW CRITERIA, POSSIBLY. I WONDER IF THERE'S ANY OPPORTUNITY TO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE AT THE POINT WHERE AFTER THE PROJECT IS A BID OUT TO GIVE A SECOND COST ESTIMATE OF THE PROJECT, ONCE WE GET OUR OUR BIDS BACK TO DO THE PROJECT.

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YEAH. ANDREW, PETER GIES WITH THE BROWARD MPO, KERRIE IS DOING A FANTASTIC JOB HERE JUST GOING MORE ON THE PROGRAMING SIDE NOW, WHICH I THINK IS IN BILL AND I'S WHEELHOUSE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

SO WE HAVE MODIFIED OUR PROCESS A LITTLE BIT.

AND MAYBE CHRIS, THIS IS ALSO TO YOUR QUESTION, WHAT WE'VE LEARNED IS THAT AFTER THE COST ESTIMATE IS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE APPLICATION, WE ARE GOING TO GO BACK YEARLY TO OR AT CERTAIN TIMES BACK TO THE MUNICIPALITY TO REQUEST A NEW COST ESTIMATE.

AND REALLY, THAT'S A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE COST ESTIMATE THAT'S DONE.

AND THEN EIGHT YEARS LATER, WE ASK FOR A NEW COST ESTIMATE. WE SEE THAT 40-50% INCREASE.

SO WE WILL, AT KEY POINTS DURING THE PROCESS, BE GOING BACK TO THE CITIES, ASKING FOR AN UPDATED COST ESTIMATE, AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO TRY AND ABSORB THE ADDITIONAL COSTS.

OF COURSE, SOMETIMES COST ESTIMATES GO UP BECAUSE QUANTITIES HAVE CHANGED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FUNDING. BUT IF THE QUANTITY COSTS OR I'M SORRY IF THE MATERIAL COSTS HAVE CHANGED, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR BEST TO TRY AND ABSORB THAT, THAT COST INCREASE. BUT WE DON'T WANT TO DO IT ALL AT ONCE. IF WE CAN DO IT KIND OF PIECEMEAL AT A TIME, THAT WOULD BE BEST. SO WE ARE WE HAVE MODIFIED THE PROCESS TO BUILD IN THAT COST ESTIMATE UPDATE FROM WHEN THE INITIAL APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED.

THE AMOUNT OF TIME YOU'RE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR THE PROJECT.

YOU KNOW, ALLOWS SOME TIME IN BETWEEN WHEN THE COST ESTIMATE IS SUBMITTED AND THEN UPDATED TO KIND OF ABSORB THAT, THAT COST. SO THANK YOU., NATALIE. I ACTUALLY DON'T HAVE A QUESTION.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE THE GREAT WORK YOU ALL ARE DOING TRYING TO NAVIGATE THE CHANGES IN POLICY AND PROGRAMING. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE TAC AND FOR CONTINUING TO KEEP US UPDATED.

THANK YOU NATALIE, I HAVE A VERY EASY QUESTION IN FACT, DUE TO INFLATION, IF THE COST IS TOO HIGH AND I KNOW YOUR PORTION IS FIXED AS YOU HAD THE THRESHOLD LIMIT, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONTRIBUTE BEYOND A CERTAIN DOLLAR AMOUNT.

AND IF, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR OUR CITY, IF THE ESTIMATOR SAY FOR EXAMPLE, $2 MILLION, NOW IT COMES $3 MILLION, WE EXPECTED THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GIVE US $2 MILLION.

NOW WE HAVE TO CONTRIBUTE 1 MILLION. AND IF WE SEE WE CANNOT AFFORD IT, WILL YOU ALLOW US TO DO SOME SCOPE REDUCTION SO THAT WE CAN KEEP THE PROJECT WITHIN THE BUDGET? RATHER, WE CAN SACRIFICE SOME OF THE SCOPE.

SO I KNOW WE'VE CONSIDERED SCOPE REDUCTIONS IN THE PAST THROUGH THIS PROGRAM.

AT THE MOMENT, THE POLICIES, WHICH, AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO BE OPENING UP THOSE POLICIES, MAKING CHANGES.

SO WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY. WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADJUST THIS POLICY, MODIFY THE POLICY.

AT THE MOMENT, THE REVV POLICY STATE THAT IF A CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE THAT AFFECTS THE BUDGET FOR THE PROJECT BEYOND A CERTAIN THRESHOLD, WELL, THAT WILL TRIGGER A RE-REVIEW BY THE BOARD.

SO SAY THE PROPOSAL IS TO CUT THE PROJECT IN HALF AND LIKE THE PROJECT LENGTH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN HALF IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, DEAL WITH THOSE COST OVERRUNS.

THEN AT THE MOMENT, THE PROCEDURE IS TO BRING THAT POLICY BACK TO THE BOARD TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE STILL GOOD WITH IT.

SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT AGAIN, WE CAN LOOK AT TO ADJUST MAKE SURE IT'S IN HARMONY WITH THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COSTS OF THESE PROJECTS TO IMPLEMENT THESE PROJECTS.

SO I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING YES, WE DO NEED TO DISCUSS FURTHER AND LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.

YEAH. THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

NOBODY'S IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY.

[3. Report From Partner Agency - Florida's Turnpike Enterprise - Stirling Road (SR 848) and Florida’s Turnpike (SR 91) at Milepost (MP) 52 Project Development & Environment (PD&E) Study]

THANK YOU. CHAIR. THANK YOU MEMBERS OF THE TAC COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS JAMES BROWN.

I AM THE LIAISON TO FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE.

WE ARE BEFORE YOU TODAY TO PRESENT AN UPDATE TO OUR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY, OR PD&E, FOR A PROPOSED NEW INTERCHANGE ALONG THE MAINLINE AT STIRLING ROAD.

SO I'D LIKE TO BRING UP OUR PROJECT MANAGER, JUSTIN RELITZ, WHO'S GOING TO GO OVER THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, JAMES. AND THANKS, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS, FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.

SO AS WAS MENTIONED I'LL USE THE CLICKER HERE.

HERE WE GO. SO TODAY, AS WAS MENTIONED, WE WANT TO DISCUSS A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT STUDY THAT WE'RE PERFORMING AT FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE RIGHT NOW FOR PROPOSED INTERCHANGE AT STIRLING ROAD AND FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE.

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SECOND, TALKING ABOUT THE PURPOSE AND NEED OF THE STUDY DISCUSS THE ALTERNATIVE OVERVIEW, WHERE I'LL SHOW YOU THE CURRENT ALTERNATIVE THAT WE HAVE, SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS, AND THEN SOME CONTACT INFORMATION AND OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

SO THIS IS A MAP I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH A FEW AREAS HERE.

THIS IS ALONG FIRST WE HAVE ALONG FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE FROM SOUTH OF SHERIDAN STREET TO SOUTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD.

THERE'S A PICTURE FROM FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE AS YOU'RE LOOKING NORTH. SECOND IS ON STIRLING ROAD FROM SOUTHWEST 58TH AVENUE TO SOUTHWEST 40TH AVENUE.

AS YOU SEE. AND THEN HERE'S A PICTURE ON STIRLING ROAD EASTBOUND ON THE BRIDGE.

IT GOES OVER FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE. AND THEN THIRD IS ON STIRLING ROAD AND STATE ROAD 7.

THAT'S REALLY LOOKING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO ROADWAYS.

AND THAT STUDY AREA. AND HERE'S A PICTURE LOOKING NORTHBOUND AT THAT INTERSECTION.

SO HERE FOR A PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED. THE WAY WE'RE LOOKING AT IT IS IN FOUR AREAS.

FIRST IS ENHANCING FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ACCESS IN THIS AREA.

THE ADJACENT INTERCHANGES ARE AT HOLLYWOOD AND AT GRIFFIN.

AND SO THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO ENHANCE THAT FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ACCESS AND PROVIDE RELIEF TO THOSE TWO BUSY INTERCHANGES THERE.

TWO IS ACCOMMODATE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND LOOKING AT YEAR 2050.

THIRD IS IMPROVING THE TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.

I'M GOING TO GO BACK. SOMETIMES IT MIGHT HAVE MIGHT HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN.

IMPROVING TRAVEL TIME, RELIABILITY ESPECIALLY ALONG STATE ROAD 7 AND ALONG THE TURNPIKE THAT WE'RE SEEING IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

AND THEN ALSO IMPROVING EMERGENCY RESPONSE. IN THIS AREA FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE IS A EMERGENCY CORRIDOR FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

SO HELPING TO ENHANCE THAT. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS AN EXISTING VIEW OF THE AREA LOOKING NORTH AT STIRLING ROAD AND TURNPIKE. SO TURNPIKE IS GOING NORTH AND SOUTH ON THIS ON THIS SLIDE.

AND JUST TO POINT OUT BEFORE I SHOW PROPOSED RENDERING IN THIS AREA, REALLY THE IMPACTS THAT WE SEE TO PROPERTIES WITH CURRENT ALTERNATIVE, IT'S EASIER TO SEE WITH THE EXISTING. ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT THERE.

THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT THERE. THAT NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE INTERCHANGE.

SOUTHEAST SIDE. THERE IS AN EXISTING CHURCH THERE.

THAT WOULD HAVE AN IMPACT AND POTENTIAL RELOCATION WITH THE INTERCHANGE.

AND THEN ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE THERE ARE TWO CHURCHES.

AND IT WOULD HAVE MINOR IMPACTS TO THOSE AND SOME ACCESS MANAGEMENT CHANGES THAT WE'LL GET INTO.

AND THEN OTHERWISE SOME OTHER MINOR RIGHT OF WAY AND OTHER AREAS.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH WHAT'S SHOWN AS A PROPOSED INTERCHANGE.

SO AS YOU SEE HERE THIS IS A RENDERING STILL LOOKING NORTH.

AND I'M GOING TO TALK THROUGH ALL THE MOVEMENTS AS WE SEE IN THIS IS CALLED A PARTIAL CLOVERLEAF INTERCHANGE WITH TWO LOOPS ON THE NORTHWEST AND THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.

NUMBER ONE IS THE SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP FROM TURNPIKE TO NORTH 64TH AVENUE DOWN TO STIRLING ROAD.

NUMBER TWO IS A WESTBOUND STIRLING ROAD TO SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP ON A TURNPIKE.

NUMBER THREE IS A WESTBOUND STIRLING ROAD TO NORTHBOUND ON RAMP.

NUMBER FOUR IS A LOOP RAMP EASTBOUND AND NORTHBOUND ON RAMP.

NUMBER FIVE IS A NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP GETTING OFF THE TURNPIKE TO STIRLING ROAD.

NUMBER SIX IS A NEW SEMINOLE ACCESS BRIDGE THAT WOULD BE OVER STIRLING ROAD TO SEMINOLE WAY TO HELP ALLEVIATE ESPECIALLY STATE ROAD 7 AND STIRLING ROAD FOR THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA. AND THEN NUMBER SEVEN, THIS WOULD BE A STIRLING ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE IMPROVEMENTS.

JUST A FEW THINGS TO NOTE. WE DO HAVE WHICH WILL BE SHOWN IN A TYPICAL SECTION LATER.

WE DO HAVE A SHARED USE PATH THAT'S PROPOSED HERE FROM NORTH 64TH AVENUE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO STATE ROAD 7.

CURRENTLY, THERE'S A SIDEWALK THERE WITH NO BIKE LANES.

AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING A 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH THAT COULD BE USED FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND GOES ALONG WITH THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM THAT I'VE HEARD THAT BROWARD MPO HAS. SO TREMENDOUS IMPROVEMENT THERE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED TOLL SITES FOR THOSE RAMP MOVEMENTS.

HERE'S A DIFFERENT VIEW LOOKING EAST OF THE TURNPIKE. ZOOMED IN A LITTLE BIT, STILL LOOKING NORTH.

NUMBER THREE. THIS RELATES TO THE SAME NUMBERS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SCREEN. JUST A LITTLE ZOOMED IN. NUMBER THREE IS THAT NORTHBOUND WESTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND ON RAMP.

NUMBER FOUR IS A LOOP RAMP. EASTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND.

NUMBER FIVE IS A NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP. AND THIS ONE, AS YOU SEE, IT HAS THE DUAL RIGHTS AND DUAL LEFTS.

AND THEN NUMBER SIX IS THIS NEW SEMINOLE WAY ACCESS THAT HELPS ALLEVIATE THAT REGIONAL TRAFFIC.

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THIS GIVES A LITTLE BETTER VIEW. AND ESPECIALLY AS YOU'RE LOOKING TOWARDS THE SEMINOLE WAY AND WHAT THAT BRIDGE WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THIS ONE IS LOOKING TOWARDS THE SOUTH. AND THE NUMBERS ARE ALIGNED TO WHAT WAS SHOWN BEFORE NUMBER ONE WOULD BE THAT SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP.

NUMBER TWO IS THAT WESTBOUND OR SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP.

NUMBER THREE IS WESTBOUND STIRLING TO NORTHBOUND ON RAMP.

NUMBER FOUR IS THE LOOP RAMP EASTBOUND TO NORTHBOUND.

NUMBER FIVE IS THE NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP GETTING OFF TURNPIKE TO STIRLING.

AND THEN NUMBER SIX IS THE NEW SEMINOLE ACCESS.

AND THIS I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH THESE MOVEMENTS HERE.

SO ONE I'LL GO BACK A FEW. SO AS I GO THROUGH NUMBER SIX.

SO SIX YOU WOULD HAVE THE BRIDGE THAT WOULD GO OVER TO SEMINOLE WAY TO THE EXISTING STREET.

YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET STIRLING ROAD EASTBOUND ONTO THAT, ONTO THAT BRIDGE AS WELL.

YOU WOULD ALSO BE ABLE TO TAKE A LITTLE SLIP RAMP OFF AS YOU'RE GETTING OFF SEMINOLE WAY TO GO WESTBOUND.

AND THEN ALSO THERE WOULD BE A RIGHT TURN LANE ON STIRLING ROAD TO GET ONTO SEMINOLE WAY.

AND THIS IS REALLY HAS A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT FOR STATE ROAD 7 IN PARTICULAR.

BY DOING THIS, AS WAS MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WOULD REQUIRE THAT STIRLING ROAD BRIDGE REPLACEMENT WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.

AS WELL AS MENTION THE STUDY AREA STIRLING ROAD AND STATE ROAD 7 INTERSECTION.

WE LOOKED AT VARIOUS OPTIONS AND OUR CURRENT ALTERNATIVE.

WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. IT'S AN ADDITIONAL EASTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE TO STATE ROAD 7.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO LANES TO BE ADDITIONAL LEFT TURN LANE, ADDITIONAL WESTBOUND LEFT TURN LANE AT STATE ROAD 7 ON STIRLING ROAD.

AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ADDITIONAL NORTHBOUND RIGHT TURN LANE ON STATE ROAD 7 TO STIRLING ROAD.

ALL FOUR LEGS OF THE INTERSECTION CURRENTLY HAVE A DEDICATED RIGHT.

AND THIS WOULD ADD THAT RIGHT TURN LANE. THE OTHER THING I WANT TO MENTION IS I MENTIONED BEFORE WOULD HAVE THAT 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF STIRLING ROAD, WEST OF STATE ROAD 7. THIS IS SHOWING A TYPICAL SECTION OF THE ROADWAY ON STIRLING ROAD BRIDGE.

SO ON THE TOP LEFT, WHAT YOU SEE IN THE GRAPHIC IS THE EXISTING TYPICAL SECTION ON THE BRIDGE, WITH THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION, WITH A SIDEWALK WITH A COVERED FENCE.

ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS THAT PROPOSED TYPICAL SECTION.

SO SHOWN IN THE PROPOSED FIRST IS A ADDITIONAL EASTBOUND LANE FROM NORTH 64TH ARE ON THE BRIDGE.

AND THEN ADDITIONALLY THIS IS WHAT WAS MENTIONED BEFORE THOSE 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH THAT WILL PROVIDE BETTER ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE THIS BRIDGE FENCING, AND IT ALSO WOULD HAVE A TRAFFIC BARRIER TO SEPARATE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE SHARED USE PATH FROM TRAFFIC.

SIMILARLY, IN STIRLING ROAD, FOR A TYPICAL SECTION, IF WE GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER EAST FROM STATE ROAD 7 TO THE TURNPIKE, ON THE EXISTING IS THE TOP LEFT, WHERE YOU HAVE THREE LANES IN EACH DIRECTION WITH A SIDEWALK. BOTTOM LEFT YOU CAN SEE PROPOSED, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SHOWN ON THE BRIDGE. YOU HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL EASTBOUND LANE WHICH WOULD TURN INTO THAT RIGHT LANE AT STATE ROAD 7 TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT TRAFFIC.

YOU'D HAVE THAT 12 FOOT SHARED USE PATH ON BOTH SIDES.

AN IMPROVEMENT OVER THOSE SIDEWALKS. AND THEN YOU'D HAVE AN AUXILIARY LANE FROM STATE ROAD 7 TO TURNPIKE THAT WOULD TURN INTO THE RIGHT BOUND THE ON RAMP NORTHBOUND TO TURNPIKE. SO THAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE.

I'M GOING TO JUST TALK ABOUT THE SCHEDULE. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND SHARING WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND COMMITTEES LIKE YOURSELF.

AND WE HAVE AN ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE SPRING.

PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE'RE PLANNING FOR SPRING OF 26 AND THEN PLANNING TO FINALIZE THIS STUDY IN THE SUMMER OF 2026.

THIS GIVES INFORMATION OF THE ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING THAT IS PLANNED FOR THIS PD&E STUDY.

IT'S MAY 6TH AND MAY 8TH. VIRTUAL IS ON THAT TUESDAY.

AND THEN THE IN-PERSON IS ON THAT THURSDAY AT THE LOCATION SHOWN.

AN INFORMATION WITH A NEWSLETTER AND INFORMATION WILL GO OUT IN APRIL FOR THIS MEETING, BUT TO GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION WHEN THAT MEETING IS PLANNED.

OTHERWISE, HERE'S THE CONTACT INFORMATION. MYSELF, JUSTIN RELITZ AND THEN HENRY, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ENGINEER. AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE A PROJECT WEBSITE AT TURNPIKEATSTIRLINGROAD.COM WHERE YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION AND THAT CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL.

SO I WILL END THERE AND THEN ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.

THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE, SO.

OKAY. ANDREW. HI, JUSTIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU, MR.

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SURE. ON THE PD&E STUDY. ANY CONCERNS WITH THE THE NOISE IN THAT LOCATION FOR THE OVERPASS? IN TERMS OF THE SEMINOLE WAY OVERPASS? YES SIR. YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

WE WOULD DO A NOISE STUDY AS PART OF THE PD&E STUDY THAT WOULD BE DONE AFTER THE ALTERNATIVES MEETING, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO IF, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO HAVE A NOISE ABATEMENT AS PART OF THAT BRIDGE.

BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION, AND WE'LL CONSIDER THAT FOR SURE. OKAY. JUST WONDERING WHERE IN THE PROCESS THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE.

SO THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THEN SECOND QUESTION IS HAVE THE TRIBE SEEN THIS, THIS CONCEPT AND IF SO, HAS ANYONE TALKED ABOUT MAYBE YOU KNOW, SHARING SOME OF THE COSTS OF THAT SEMINOLE WAY OVERPASS WITH THEM? I HEAR YOU. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE SEMINOLE TRIBE ON THIS PROJECT, HAD HAD MANY MEETINGS WITH THEM AND THEIR STAFF AND THEIR COUNSEL.

AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, IN DISCUSSIONS ON FUNDING.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION. THANK YOU.

I DON'T SEE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. OKAY. EMRAN. EMRAN RAHAMAN.

HELLO. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS EMRAN RAHAMAN . I'M THE TAC MEMBER FOR THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA.

I JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS TO THE GROUP HERE THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH JUSTIN ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PD&E AS IT ASSOCIATES TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TRAFFIC FLOW. OBVIOUSLY, STATE ROAD 7, WE'VE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC FLOW.

THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IN WITHIN THE SEMINOLE TRIBE ITSELF, ALONG THE CORRIDOR ITSELF.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECOGNIZE IS THAT HAVING THE INTERCHANGE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY HELP IMPROVE THE FLOW AND ALSO HELP WITH THE CONGESTION THAT WE'VE OBSERVED AT BOTH AT GRIFFIN AND HOLLYWOOD EXIT AS WELL.

SO OVERALL, IT'S A TREMENDOUS BENEFIT THAT WILL COME TO THE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE TRIBE AS WELL.

BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A LOT OF PATRONS THAT DO USE THOSE PARTICULAR EXITS TO GET TO IN AND OUT WITHIN OUR RESERVATION.

SO, SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S ONGOING MEETING WITH US AND THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ON THIS MATTER, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THE AREAS THAT JUSTIN HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE LAND.

THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'RE HAVING BETWEEN THE TURNPIKE AND MY, OUR COUNCIL, THE TRIBE COUNCIL ON AS WE SPEAK.

GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

NO MORE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. LET'S SEE.

OH THIS IS THE LAST NON ACTION ITEM. OKAY. ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS MEMBER COMMENTS.

[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]

I THINK I MISSED SOMETHING. COMMITTEE REPORTS.

[ COMMITTEE REPORTS - no discussion ]

DUE TO LIGHT AGENDA, THE MARCH 13, 2025 BROWARD MPO MEETING WAS CANCELED.

THIS IS JUST FOR INFORMATION ONLY. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON APRIL 23, 2025.

MOTION TO ADJOURN FOR TODAY. THANK.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.