[00:00:03] THANK YOU. HELLO, EVERYONE. WELCOME. WE ARE ABOUT TO START. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS GREGORY GALE. AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE ACTING CHAIR FOR TODAY'S MEETING. SO WE ARE STARTING IT IS NOW 601. AND WE DO HAVE QUORUM. YAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO PROCEED. [2. Electronic Roll Call] SO OUR FIRST ITEM IS REALLY THE ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL. AND AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO BE USING YOUR MONITOR TO INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE. VICE CHAIR GAIL REBECCA SCHULTZ BROWARD MPO. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THE MENTION THAT I HAVE THREE OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS ONLINE. CHRISTINE MCKAY, DORIS FAN, AND JOY SMITH ARE ALSO ONLINE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. HAS EVERYONE VOTED? AND I JUST REALIZED A MISTAKE. SHELDON, I PUT YOU IN THE WRONG SEAT. CAN I GET YOU TO MOVE ONE? MOVE ONE OVER. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE NAME. TAG NAME TENT. WRONG SEAT. I WILL TAKE THAT ONE OUT. BUT IF YOU CAN HIT THAT WITH YOUR CORRECT SEAT, SINCE APPARENTLY I PUT THE TENT WRONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM [3. Approval of Minutes - March 26, 2025] THE MARCH 26TH, 2025 MEETING. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE MINUTES? NOT SEEING ANY. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO THE VOTE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. PLEASE PROCEED TO VOTE. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. [4. Approval of Agenda] OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AGENDA? NOT SEEING ANY. ALRIGHTY. DO WE NEED AN ACCEPTANCE MOTION TO ACCEPT. I SEE WE DO. AND PLEASE LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. WONDERFUL. OUR NEXT ITEM CONCERNS PUBLIC COMMENTS. ARE THERE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE? ALRIGHTY. NOT SEEING ANY. WE WILL PROCEED. OUR FIRST ACTION ITEM THAT EVERYONE WILL SEE ACTUALLY CONTAINS FIVE [1. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 - 2029 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. FM# 456400-1 MIAMI URBANIZED AREA (UZA) BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT SECTION 5339(C) B. FM# 448288-1 CITY OF WESTON VARIOUS LOCATIONS C. FM# 445518-2 SFRTA RAILROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS D. FM# 454374-1 SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR AT MULTIPLE LOCATIONS E. FM# 443597-1 SR-817/UNIVERSITY DR FR N. OF SR-824/PEMBROKE RD TO N. OF JOHNSON ST] ITEMS. AND SO AS A COMMITTEE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY OF REVIEWING EACH OF THESE ITEMS ITEMS A THROUGH E OR WE CAN VIEW THEM ALL AT ONCE. AND I DO BELIEVE WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR THESE ACTION ITEM. AND THEN I BELIEVE ONE OF OUR MEMBERS, MICHAEL, ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH US. SO I'M GOING TO OPEN IT UP TO THE MEMBERS TO LET US KNOW WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO DO. BEFORE WE PRESENT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR SUGGESTIONS? NOT SEEING ANY. THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH OUR PRESENTATION. AND SO I BELIEVE OUR FIRST. PRESENTER IS DOCTOR CHEN. OH, WE DON'T HAVE FORMAL PRESENTATION FOR THIS TIP AMENDMENT, BUT THE FIRST ITEM IS AMENDMENT. IF THEY WANT TO DO THE PRESENTATION THEY'RE ON THE LINE. SO IF YOU JUST THE STUFF YOU WANT TO PRESENTATION JUST UNMUTE YOURSELF SO WE CAN START. IF THERE'S ANY B, C, T STAFF ONLINE, IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. THERE WE GO. GIVE ME A MOMENT AND I WILL UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. ALLOW TO SPEAK. ROSEMARY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JASPER WITH COUNTY TRANSIT. TODAY WE'RE LOOKING TO PRESENT OUR REQUEST FOR AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 LOWER NO EMISSION GRANT PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT RECENTLY RECEIVED A 25 MILLION LOW OR NO [00:05:01] EMISSION GRANT, WHICH IS TO HELP US WITH PURCHASE OF NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLES, AS WELL AS SOME FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS TO SUPPORT THOSE ELECTRIC VEHICLES WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. SOME OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS AND PURCHASES ARE FOR REPLACEMENT OF 19 OR OLDER 2013 40 FOOT HYBRID BUSSES, AS WELL AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT SOLAR CANOPY THAT WILL PROVIDE APPROXIMATELY 150KW OF POWER AND AN INSTALLATION OF TWO INVERTERS. PANTOGRAPH ELECTRIC BUS CHARGERS AT OUR NORTHEAST TRANSIT CENTER LOCATED IN POMPANO BEACH. AS PART OF THAT GRANT, WE RECEIVED A $25 MILLION FEDERAL SHARE WITH A LOCAL MATCH OF 16 ROUGHLY 16,667,000. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS SUCH, BROWARD COUNTY ONCE MORE ACCEPTED THAT THOSE FUNDS IN SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2024. WE ALSO DID GET OUR NEPA APPROVAL IN DECEMBER 13TH, 2024. AS OF RIGHT NOW, WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IS TO HAVE THAT CIP AMENDMENT APPROVED BY THE MPO AND OUR STATE PARTNERS, WHICH WILL THEN FOLLOW UP WITH EXECUTING THAT GRANT AGREEMENT WITH THE FTA, ALLOWING US TO MOBILIZE FOR OUR PROJECTS. NOW, IF ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE THEM DOWN OR PROVIDE ANY ANSWERS THAT I MAY HAVE. WE DO HAVE ONE QUESTION, MICHAEL. OR ONE PERSON. MICHAEL. YEAH. THREE. OKAY. SMITH HERE. IN PERUSING THE NET, I HAVE FOUND, A ONE COMPANY AND THIS IS MAYBE RESTRICTED TO THAT MANUFACTURER. I'M NOT I'M NOT A BUS EXPERT, BUT I DID FIND ONE COMPANY THAT WHERE THEY WERE IN SERVICE IN THE WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA FROM 2017 TO 2023 SO ROUGHLY SIX YEARS. AND IT'S NOW ON OFFER AT AUCTION WITH A MINIMUM OF $5,000 PLUS WHATEVER THEY CAN GET. AND I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S A, IF THAT'S VALUE FOR MONEY WHEN IT COMES TO BUS PURCHASES SIX YEARS IN SERVICE AND JUST OVER 81,000 MILES. AND IT IS ONE MANUFACTURER CALLED PROTERRA. I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THEM, BUT IT'S A 40 FOOT OR LESS ADVERTISED AS A 40 FOOT ELECTRIC TRANSIT BUS. AND I'M JUST MY COMMENTS BY TEXT PREVIOUSLY WAS THAT THIS TYPE OF BUS IS NOT THE TRADITIONAL ELECTRIC TROLLEY BUS THAT'S GETS ITS POWER FROM OVERHEAD WIRES, BUT RATHER THEY OPERATE FROM A CHARGED BATTERY TO PROPEL AN ELECTRIC MOTOR. AND THE WARRANTY CONTRACT SHOULD, IF I WERE PURCHASING IT, SHOULD CERTAINLY BE A MINIMUM OF OVER. EIGHT YEARS. EVEN A DECADE. NOW, I'M NOT AN EXPERT. I'M NOT A LAWYER. I'M. AND I'M NOT GOOD AT CONTRACTS. BUT IT SEEMED TO ME COMMON SENSE THAT THAT SHOULD BE A CONSIDERATION. BUT AGAIN, THE OVERHEAD WIRE TROLLEY BUSSES CAN LAST HALF A CENTURY IN SOME DO. AND I'M WONDERING IF THIS IS REALLY WITH THE DRIVETRAIN AND THE ELECTRICAL CHARGING SYSTEM. IS THIS RELIABLE FOR THE EXPECTED LIFE OF THE EACH VEHICLE? THAT'S JUST A QUESTION. YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER IT HERE. JUST JUST MY COMMENT AND I HAVE ALSO A COMMENT FOR ITEM C LATER. THANK YOU. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I WILL WORK INTERNALLY WITH OUR MAINTENANCE TEAM TO KIND OF CRAFT A SUITABLE RESPONSE TO THAT STATEMENT. THEY WILL BE THE EXPERT IN THAT MATTER AND WE CAN PROVIDE THAT AS SOON [00:10:01] AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T WANT IT ONE PERSONALLY, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE ONE FOR THE BOARD. UNDERSTOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MICHAEL. PHIL THANK YOU. I AM ASKING ABOUT THE POWER GENERATION THAT YOU MENTIONED WAS 150 KILOWATT OF POWER THAT WOULD, I ASSUME, BE MAXIMUM DAYTIME DURING FULL DIRECT SUN. AND HOW WOULD THAT COMPARE WITH THE TOTAL CONSUMPTION THROUGHOUT COMPARABLE PERIOD OF TIME? UNFORTUNATELY, AS IT RELATES TO THAT ONE, I AM NOT THE SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT AS IT RELATES TO THE CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE. SO. BUT I CAN GET THAT ANSWER FOR YOU. SO THE QUESTION IS FOR MORE INSTANCE, AS IT RELATES TO THE CHARGING CAPABILITIES, WHAT WILL IT DO FOR OUR CURRENT FLEET? AND IF WE'RE ABLE TO BASICALLY MAINTAIN THAT FOR THE DURATION OF OUR SERVICE PERIOD. RIGHT. OKAY. IF WE COULD GET SOME SPECIFICS AT SOME POINT I'D BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THEM. DEFINITELY. WE CAN DEFINITELY GET THAT INFORMATION BACK OUT TO YOU. THANK YOU. MAX. THANK YOU. TWO THINGS REALLY QUICK. THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY AN ANSWER TO MR. SMITH'S COMMENTS ABOUT PROTERRA IN PARTICULAR. THAT COMPANY ACTUALLY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. THEY'RE BANKRUPT AND THEY'RE COMPLETELY OUT. THERE'S NO REPLACEMENT OF PARTS, NO REPLACEMENT OF SERVICE. THAT'S WHY IT'S SO CHEAP. THE BUS BROWARD COUNTY PURCHASED IN THE PAST PROTERRA BUSSES. THEY FELL APART VERY QUICKLY. PROTERRA WENT OUT OF BUSINESS AND WE COULDN'T GET REPLACEMENT PARTS. SO THAT'S LIKE 20 ISH BUSSES THAT WE CAN'T USE IN SERVICE ANYMORE. SO SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHY PROTERRA IN PARTICULAR ISN'T A GOOD IDEA. BUT MY QUESTION FOR THE PRESENTER IS I HEARD EARLIER IN THE PRESENTATION THAT THE IDEA IS TO BUY THESE NEW BUSSES TO REPLACE THESE HYBRID BUSSES THAT WE'VE HAD IN SERVICE SINCE 2013. ARE WE REPLACING THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE AT THE END OF THEIR USEFUL LIFE, OR BECAUSE WE WANT TO PHASE OUT A HYBRID OR A DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DON'T WANT TO USE ANYMORE? AND I ASK BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRIMO PLAN, WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE A LOT OF HIGH FREQUENCY BUS LINES. AND TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO JUST NEED A LOT MORE BUSSES TO OPERATE. SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE BEST IDEA TO BE GETTING RID OF OR REPLACING BUSSES NECESSARILY. YEAH. THIS WILL BE IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR CURRENT BUS REPLACEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE VEHICLES, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WOULD BE JUST REPLACING DUE TO THEIR LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THOSE VEHICLES, WHETHER THEY'RE JUST IN ADDITION TO THE FLEET WILL BE BASED ON THAT FLEET REPLACEMENT PLAN ONCE THAT IS FINISHED. AWESOME. THANK YOU. IF I COULD ADD, ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED, IT SAID THE PROJECT WILL REPLACE 19 OLDER 2013 MODEL FOR 40 FOOT HYBRID BUSSES THAT HAVE MET THEIR USEFUL LIFE OR EXCEEDED 500,000 MILES WITH 25 BATTERY OPERATED BUSSES. SO WE'RE REPLACING 25, I'M SORRY, 19 AND REPLACING THEM WITH 25 BATTERY OPERATED BUSSES. FOLLOWING UP WITH THIS IS GREGORY GALE FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT MR. SMITH SAID. DO WE KNOW THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF THE THE NEW BUSSES. I UNFORTUNATELY DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON HAND RIGHT NOW, BUT I CAN ALSO PROVIDE THAT TO YOU, THE GROUP, BECAUSE I THINK WHAT HE WAS DRIVING AT WAS THE FACT THAT IN CERTAIN VEHICLES HAVE A LONG LIFESPAN. AND THE QUESTION I THINK HE WANTED TO, WELL ASK WAS, IS IT BETTER TO GO WITH THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY WHERE THE LIFESPAN WOULD BE SHORTER AS OPPOSED TO USING ANOTHER KIND OF TECHNOLOGY? WE WERE WHERE WE WOULD HAVE A LONGER LIFESPAN. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHTY. NOT SEEING ANY. AND SO THAT WAS A CONVERSATION ABOUT ITEM A. BILL, HOW SHOULD WE PROCEED? SHOULD WE CONTINUE WITH THE DIFFERENT ITEMS? YEAH, SURE. IS THE PLEASURE OF THE COMMITTEE AND YOURSELF. WE ORGANIZE THESE SO THAT YOU COULD TAKE A SINGLE ACTION AND APPROVE ALL OF THEM. SO IF THERE ARE NO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON B THROUGH E, [00:15:05] YOU WANT TO PACKAGE IT UP AND DO A SINGLE VOTE. THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO PROCEED. I THINK MICHAEL ALSO HAD A COMMENT ABOUT ITEM C. AND SO MICHAEL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. AND I BELIEVE THANK YOU. SORRY. BEFORE WE GO, PHIL, ARE YOU YOU'RE IN QUEUE TO SPEAK. I THINK WE SHOULD VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. I'M SORRY. SO BEFORE WE GO THERE, I JUST WANTED TO LET MICHAEL SPEAK FIRST, AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT. YOUR COULD YOU THIS IS ITEM C AND THERE'S A FM NUMBER THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SRSFRTA RAILROAD CROSSING IMPROVEMENTS IN JOHNSON STREET. AND THIS IS JUST MY SUGGESTION. IT'S NOT PART OF THE. PLAN OR, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO. YEARS AGO, I MENTIONED THAT AT MANY YEARS AGO, I GUESS AT PREVIOUS CAC MEETING THAT TECHNOLOGY EXISTS, WHICH DETECTS OBJECTS AT A REAL HIGHWAY CROSSING IN REAL TIME. BUT THE SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN JAPAN AND LATER INTRODUCED IN EUROPE. WAS A SAFETY WAS USED AS A SAFETY PRECAUTION TO WARN TRAIN ENGINEERS OR DRIVERS OF THE LOCOMOTIVE ON A RAILROAD, ON A RAIL LINES THAT ARE ELECTRICALLY OR ELECTRICALLY POWERED WITH AN OVERHEAD CATENARY WIRES. THE SYSTEM HAS BEEN MODIFIED OR, OR CHANGED TO IMPROVED SO IT CAN OPERATE ON A NON-ELECTRIFIED LINE SUCH AS THE STATE OWNED TRACKS IN TRI-RAIL. AND I ONLY HAVE THE ONE COLOR PICTURE LEFT IF ANYBODY WANTS TO LOOK AT IT ABOUT WHAT THE DETECTION AREA IS IN RELATION TO A VEHICLE WHICH CROSSES A CROSS STREET AT THE AT THE GATES. SO NOW WITH WITH THAT A COLOR PICTURE IS INCLUDED IN, WITH COMMENTS I'M MAKING TODAY. AND IF IT'S SPECIFICALLY TIED TO JOHNSON STREET, IT COULD BE A TEST BED FOR FUTURE REAL TIME MONITORING IN OTHER CROSSINGS. IT'S JUST SOMETHING FOR, FOR THE FOLKS LEADERSHIP TO, TO CONSIDER. AND IN FACT, A MINOR DETAIL IS THAT FLORIDA HAS THE HIGHEST CRASH IN FATALITY RATE IN, IN THE NATION AS FAR AS RAIL HIGHWAY CROSSINGS NOT ONLY ON THE STATE OWNED TRACKS, BUT ALSO ON THE FEC, WHICH BRIGHT LINE OPERATES ON. SO THAT'S WHY I HAD THE CONCERN ABOUT THAT. AND I JUST HAD ITEMS A AND C TO COMMENT. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS NOW I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THAT. IF WE VOTE NO ON ANY ONE OF THESE ITEMS SEPARATELY, IS THERE A PROBLEM WITH THE FUNDING, AS MR. CROSS HAS POINTED OUT IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS? SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO VOTE ON IT RIGHT AWAY. IF YOU WANT THE FUNDING FOR THE PROJECT. WOULD THAT ENDANGER THE THE FUNDING OF THE PROJECT IF IF WE VOTE NO ON IT AT THIS TIME OR WAIT IN ABEYANCE UNTIL WE GET MORE INFORMATION? SO THROUGH THE CHAIR IF I COULD. YEAH, THESE ARE ALMOST ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO VOTE ON TONIGHT. THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED. THEY'RE GOOD PROJECTS FOR THE REGION. SO WE WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TO MOVE FORWARD AND APPROVE THEM. SOME OF THEM LIKE THE $25 MILLION GRANT FOR ELECTRIC BUSSES. YOU KNOW, TO BE HONEST, I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THAT THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE THEY ALREADY, YOU KNOW, AWARDED IT IN 24. [00:20:02] THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION CERTAINLY NO LONGER SUPPORTIVE. SO I WOULD SAY TO YOU, YOU SHOULD APPROVE YOU KNOW, ITEM A TONIGHT, IF IF YOU CAN, UNLESS YOU HAVE A STRONG OBJECTION TO IT BECAUSE THAT'S A FEDERAL GRANT THAT VERY WELL COULD GO AWAY IF WE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO GUM UP THE WORKS HERE WITH IT. THE OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE ON HERE ARE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE READ THE DESCRIPTIONS, THESE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, WELL SUPPORTED PROJECTS. AND I DON'T REALLY I PERSONALLY DON'T SEE ANY ANYTHING THAT WOULD RAISE AN ISSUE FOR ME, PARTICULARLY YOU, YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS ON, ON ITEM C, LET ME JUST TELL YOU VERBALLY, REAL QUICKLY WHAT THAT PROJECT'S ALL ABOUT. THAT'S A C SLIP PROJECT THAT WAS APPLIED FOR BY THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD TO ADD BIKE AND PET IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ALONG WITH THE CITY AND FDOT TO GET THAT PROJECT DELIVERED. A PORTION OF IT WAS FUNDED BY BROWARD COUNTY THROUGH THEIR SURTAX. SO THAT WAS GREAT. WE GOT THAT SET ASIDE. WE ARE BREAKING OUT THIS ONE LITTLE PIECE ACROSS THE RAILROAD BECAUSE WE THE RAILROAD, AS YOU KNOW, IS DIFFERENT THAN A ROAD. AND SO SFTA IS GRACIOUSLY AGREED TO USE THEIR RESOURCES TO GO IN AND BUILD THE SIDEWALK THAT'S WITHIN THE RAIL RIGHT OF WAY WHICH THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO, AND ANOTHER CONTRACTOR FOR THE ROAD WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO. SO THAT'S ALL THIS IS. IT IS AN AMENDMENT TO ADD THE LITTLE BIT OF MONEY FOR THAT LITTLE BIT OF WORK THAT RTA IS GOING TO DO WITHIN THE RAIL RIGHT OF WAY. THAT'S PART OF THE BIGGER C SLIP PROJECT THAT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. SO AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S ADDING IN SOME NEEDED PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS. SO I COULD EVEN SAY IT'S A SAFETY ENHANCEMENT. SO I WOULD CERTAINLY YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGE SUPPORT FOR THAT ITEM. C WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. IT'S GOOD TO KNOW, BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL CHOOSE A MANUFACTURER ABOUT ITEM A ABOUT THE BUSSES THAT LASTS MORE THAN 81,000 MILES IN SIX YEARS. THANK YOU. SO ABOUT THE ITEM C WE RECEIVED THE COMMENTS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS FROM SFTA! SO NOW I READ OUT THEIR RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN IMPROVING GRADE CROSSING SAFETY, AND FOR PROPOSING TO IMPLEMENT A REAL CENTRAL SYSTEM ON THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR. THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SHARES YOUR COMMITTEE COMMITMENT TO ADVANCING RAIL SAFETY AND APPRECIATES THE OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND TO THIS TECHNOLOGY. AS I'VE RTA IS AWARE OF REAL SUNTREE AND IS EXCITED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL THIS PRODUCT REPRESENTS. OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY MONITORING ITS DEPLOYMENT IN OTHER AREAS TO EVALUATE ITS EFFECTIVENESS AND DETERMINE WHETHER IT MAY BE A VIABLE SOLUTION FOR ENHANCED SAFETY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. SFTA REMAINS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT ITS FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND LOOKS FORWARD TO LEVERAGE THIS OR SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES AS THEY EVOLVE TO BETTER ALIGN WITH OPERATIONAL REALITIES OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ENGAGEMENT AND FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO SAFETY. THANK YOU. WELCOME. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A DECISION TO MAKE. THE INFORMATION, THE ACTION ITEM WAS BUNDLED AS ONE. SO WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH E. I KNOW THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT UNBUNDLING THE ITEM AND VOTING INDIVIDUALLY FOR US TO DO SO THERE HAS TO BE A MOTION, A SECOND AND A VOTE. IF THERE IS NO VOTE, THEN SINCE WE APPROVED THE AGENDA, WE THEN WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR ITEM ONE AS A COMBINED ITEM. SO ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS BEFORE WE PROCEED? ARE YOU REQUESTING. OH, THERE WE GO. SORRY, PHIL. MR. CHAIR, I, I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT. WE VOTE ON THESE INDIVIDUALLY. MY EXPLANATION IS I FEEL IT'S IT'S A LITTLE BIT CHAOTIC WITH THE ATTACHMENTS AND THE LACK [00:25:02] OF TECHNICAL DETAILS THAT I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ABOUT EACH ONE AND VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. OKAY. SO WHAT I WILL DO IF I'M LOOKING AT BILL FOR GUIDANCE HERE, WE HAVE A MOTION TO UNCOUPLE EACH OF THESE ITEMS. THEREFORE I NEED A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION. OKAY. NOW WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO SPLIT THE ITEM. ACTUALLY THAT WOULD BE PHILIP. YOU SEE ACTUALLY WOULD BE THE ONE THAT MADE THE MOTION MOTION. EXACTLY. SO JOHN. YEAH. AND THEN SECOND. OKAY. JOHN SMITH SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A DISCUSSION NOW. SO ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOTION SPLITTING THE ITEM? YES. AND I WILL TELL YOU FROM MY STANDPOINT, I AM VERY NERVOUS. WERE WE TO DENY ITEM A BASED ON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A GRANT COMING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT RIGHT NOW IS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ELECTRIFICATION. I FEAR THAT IF WE VOTE NO, AND THERE'S A DELAY IN THIS PROCESS, THAT THESE DOLLARS WILL GO AWAY. AND THAT'S MY FEAR ABOUT THAT. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS MOTION? I SEE MICHAEL SMITH. I'M MICHAEL. I JUST LIKE TO ADD TO THE CHAIR'S COMMENT. AND THAT IS AN IMPORTANT CONSIDERATION THAT WHEN THESE CONTRACTS GO BEFORE THE LOCAL COMMISSION, BROWARD COMMISSION, THAT THEY ASK, WHAT'S THE WARRANTY ON THESE THINGS? THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I URGE THE BROWARD COMMISSION TO RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER THEIR WARRANTY. OF THE VARIOUS CONTRACTORS OR PROVIDERS OF THIS EQUIPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MARK. THANK YOU CHAIR. IN UNDERSTANDING THIS, THIS WAS ALMOST LIKE A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, CORRECT? NO. MEANING. MEANING IT'S IT'S BUNDLED. AND NOW WE'RE TRYING TO UNBUNDLE IT. AND YET WE JUST ASKED, YOU KNOW, TO PROCEED. WELL, I SHARE THE SAME CONCERN. DID WE JUST TAKE AIR OUT OF YOUR TIRES FOR FIVE ITEMS? NOT NOT AT ALL. SO WE WE DO BUNDLE IT FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE. IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE MOVING AHEAD WITH A SINGLE VOTE. THAT'S FINE. UNBUNDLING IT AND TAKING THE SEPARATE ACTIONS IS OKAY AS WELL. YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE WHERE YOU HAD A QUESTION ABOUT ONE PROJECT IN PARTICULAR YOU WEREN'T COMFORTABLE MOVING FORWARD WITH. AND YOU, YOU REMOVE THAT AND SET THAT ONE ASIDE AND APPROVE THE REST. SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY COMFORTABLE WITH YOU GUYS MAKING, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL PROJECT BY PROJECT CHOICES. AS I STATED EARLIER, MUCH OF THIS, WE KIND OF VIEW THESE AS, AS ALMOST ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THESE PROJECTS FOR YEARS. SO WE KIND OF KNOW THE HISTORY, WE KNOW THAT THESE ARE PROBABLY GOOD FOR OUR REGION. SO THAT'S WHY WE BUNDLED THEM UP KIND OF JUST FOR YOUR, YOUR EASE. BUT EITHER APPROACH IS, IS EQUALLY FINE OPTION AND AVAILABLE TO THE COMMITTEE. LET ME, LET ME JUST USUALLY I'M QUIET, BUT LET ME JUST HONE IN MY QUESTIONING A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER FOR EACH OF THE FIVE ITEMS AND A BALLPARK FIGURE TWO YEARS OF INVESTIGATION, RESEARCH, HOMEWORK, GIVE OR TAKE. IT'S NOT AS IF THIS CAME UP WITHIN 2 OR 3 WEEKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A $25 MILLION FEDERAL GRANT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT VARIES, IS THE HONEST ANSWER. AND SO THE BCT BUS GRANT THAT WAS DONE BY, YOU KNOW, AN EXTERNAL SISTER PARTNER AGENCY, RIGHT? BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT PURSUED THAT GRANT. THEY GOT THE AWARD, ALL THE REST, BUT IT'S A FEDERAL GRANT. AND SO FOR PLANNING CONSISTENCY, THEY NOW HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO US. SO WE WEREN'T REALLY INVOLVED. WE DIDN'T HAVE TWO YEARS OF HISTORY WITH THAT ONE. THAT KIND OF CAME LATE. BUT IT'S OBVIOUSLY A 25 MILLION FROM DC DOWN TO INVEST IN OUR COMMUNITY. IT'S A GOOD THING. RIGHT? RIGHT. SO THEY THESE DO VARY. SOME OF THEM HAVE A VERY LONG HISTORY. THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM ARE PROJECTS WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR LONGER THAN TWO YEARS. I'M EMBARRASSED TO SAY. SO IT IT VARIES UNIVERSITY DRIVE THAT'S ON HERE. [00:30:05] THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S PROBABLY STARTED 15 YEARS AGO AND IT'S FINALLY WORKED ITS WAY SLOWLY UP THROUGH OUR PRIORITY PROCESS TO WHERE IT'S BECOMING FULLY FUNDED. AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE RAN INTO A COUPLE GLITCHES, SOME COSTS INCREASED, AND THEN THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT KIND OF CHANGED THEIR MIND ON HOW THEY WANTED THEIR CANAL TREATED. THAT WAS WE WERE TRYING TO GET INTO THEIR CANAL JUST A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE ROOM FOR SIDEWALK. AND THEN THEY ASKED US FOR SOME ADDITIONAL WORK AND THERE WAS ADDITIONAL MONEY WITH THAT. SO AND THAT'S HOW, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TIP AMENDMENTS LIKE THIS, NOT QUITE MONTHLY, BUT ALMOST MONTHLY, BECAUSE ALL THESE PROJECTS HAVE LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF A LIFE TO THEIR OWN. AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH FDOT, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP THESE THINGS PROPERLY DOCUMENTED AND ALIVE. THANK YOU CHAIR. ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MARK. NO, I'M I'M. I'M FINE. THANK YOU. GREG. ALRIGHTY. PHIL, THANK YOU AGAIN. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN STAFF AND THE WAY THEY CAN EXPLAIN THESE TOPICS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE. I MEAN, I MIGHT GET DISTRACTED BY DETAILS, BUT IT'S REALLY TO JUST GET A SOLID FEEL FOR, FOR EACH ONE. AND I THINK EACH VOTE IS IMPORTANT. AND I THINK BECAUSE THE, THESE TOPICS HAVE BEEN KIND OF SMEARED TOGETHER IT MIGHT SEEM LIKE KIND OF A RUSH JOB TO SAY, OKAY, WE GOT TO MOVE AHEAD AND I'D RATHER HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT, YOU KNOW, A YES VOTE IS, IS, IS A CONFIDENT YES VOTE. AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO DO EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. AND AT LEAST GIVE EACH PERSON A CHANCE TO, TO REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. THANK YOU, SIR. FRANK. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS FRANK VIDAL. I'M REPRESENTING DAVY AS A CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL. IT'S MY FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING. IT'S EXCITING TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN IN THE ONLINE MEETINGS AS WELL. I'D LIKE SOME CLARITY WITH OUR VOTING HERE. WHAT? AND I GUESS SOME BACKGROUND ON IT. WE'RE LOOKING AT FROM THIS SYNOPSIS, WELL OVER $80 MILLION WORTH OF WORK BETWEEN $41 MILLION FOR THE BUSSES THAT'S COMING FROM FEDERAL MONEY AND US MATCHING MONEY. AND THEN IF YOU GO DOWN TO SECTION E THE PROJECT THAT MR. MARK WAS JUST DISCUSSING, THERE'S BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE WORKS GOING FROM 25 MILLION TO 41 MILLION ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE, WHICH IS VERY MUCH NECESSARY TO DOCTOR BUS'S POINT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE A REALLY BROAD. SUMMARY OF WHAT THIS IS. IS THERE ANY MORE MEAT AND POTATOES THAT WE CAN LOOK AT? AND THEN IF AND MAYBE I CAN MAKE IT SIMPLER AS A CITIZENS ADVISORY COUNCIL, OUR VOTE OF YES OR NO, WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE PROCESS? SO FROM YOUR FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, MARK, YOU'RE VERY CONCERNED THAT YOU GET A BUNCH OF NO'S TONIGHT. AND IF WE WERE ALL TO SAY NO, WHAT HAPPENS TO THESE PROJECTS? SO FIRST OFF BILL CROSS BROWARD MP. OH, PLEASURE TO MEET YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. CROSS. SERVING ON THE COMMITTEE. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, NO, I I'M SORRY IF I'M GIVING OFF FUNNY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS HERE, BUT HONESTLY YOU KNOW, I DON'T WANT TO WEIGH IN OTHER THAN FROM A STAFF GIVING YOU FACTS AND INFORMATION ON YOUR DECISION. IT IS THIS COMMITTEE'S DECISION. THE WAY THIS COMMITTEE IS SET UP, ALONG WITH WE HAVE ANOTHER COMMITTEE THAT'S THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT MET EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. SO BOTH OF YOU ARE, AS THE NAME STATES, ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO OUR BOARD. SO THESE SAME ACTION ITEMS, BEFORE THEY GO TO THE BOARD, THEY GO TO THE PTAC, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY, THEY COME HERE TO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY YOU ALL. YOU MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. SO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN THESE ITEMS GO TO THE BOARD FOR ULTIMATE APPROVAL, BECAUSE THE BOARD IS THE MPO, THEY MAKE THE FINAL DECISIONS ON ALL OF THIS. WE WILL INCORPORATE THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS GROUP. THEY LOOK AT THAT AND HONESTLY YOU KNOW IT'S A RED FLAG FOR THEM. IF THEY SEE THAT ONE OF THEIR ADVISORY COMMITTEES HAS VOTED NO ON AN ITEM THAT [00:35:01] BASICALLY ELEVATES THAT ITEM FOR MORE SCRUTINY AND, US AS STAFF WILL DO MORE WORK BEFORE WE GET TO THE BOARD TO HELP TRY TO ADDRESS AND FURTHER CLARIFY FOR THE BOARD. YOU KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE WAS THAT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RAISED, WHY IT WAS RAISED, AND THEN TRY TO HAVE AN ANSWER AVAILABLE FOR THEM TO KEEP THINGS MOVING ALONG. BUT THAT'S THE BASIC PROCESS. SO YOU KNOW, YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT. IT'S CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD IN THEIR DECISION MAKING. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARITY. AND I, I DO AGREE WITH SOME OF THESE OTHER MEMBERS HERE BUNDLING THIS ALL TOGETHER AND AND SOME LACK OF DETAIL, YOU KNOW, MAKES ME UNSURE OF SOME OF THE ITEMS, BUT WHETHER OTHERS, OTHER ITEMS HERE THAT I'M VERY SURE THAT IT SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SIR. DARREN. YES. THANK YOU. MY, IT'S REALLY JUST A COMMENT RELATED TO ITEM E, THE, THE INCREASE TO THE PROJECT COST IS STAGGERING. AND I'VE SEEN THESE EXPLANATIONS BEFORE AND FRANKLY, THEY'RE NOT ACCEPTABLE ANYMORE, PRIMARILY DUE TO REFINEMENT AND PLANT QUANTITIES AND UPDATED. IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED A BETTER EXPLANATION OF WHY IT ALMOST DOUBLED IN PRICE BECAUSE I'M. THAT'S A NO FOR ME. THANK YOU AGAIN THROUGH THE CHAIR. I MEAN, AND THAT'S AND THAT'S A VERY FAIR I BELIEVE, YEAH, WE, WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY FROM FDOT HERE SPECIFICALLY SO THAT THEY CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ON THIS PROJECT. MR. CHAIR, WE'RE DISCUSSING A MOTION AND NOT SURE. SO ESSENTIALLY THE MOTION RIGHT NOW IS WHERE WE HAVE FIRST A SECOND, AND WE'RE DISCUSSING IT RIGHT NOW. WE HAVEN'T PROCEEDED WITH THE MOTION. THERE IS, AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION, A REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHICH IS WHAT IS OCCURRING NOW AT THAT POINT, IF EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE, THEN WE WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE VOTE. THANK YOU. HI. GOOD EVENING, CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS VICTORIA PETERS. I'M THE PLANNING MANAGER AT FDOT DOWN THE STREET IN DISTRICT FOUR. SO I DID SPEAK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER EARLIER TODAY BECAUSE I WAS TRYING TO GET MORE DETAILS IN ANTICIPATION OF INFORMATION THAT YOU FOLKS MIGHT WANT. I THINK BILL DID A GREAT JOB. AND EXPLAINING A LOT OF IT, I DON'T KNOW, I MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND WE CAN DISCUSS AND WE CAN ALWAYS GET MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU. SO THE PROJECT MANAGER WAS SAYING THAT AND WHILE HE'S WORKING TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PROJECT, IN ADDITION TO THE NORM THAT YOU ALWAYS HEAR, WHICH IS THE TRUTH, PROJECT QUANTITIES GO UP, COSTS GO UP. SO BETWEEN A PROJECT BEING PROGRAMED AND A PROJECT GOING INTO CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S OFTEN A FIVE YEAR GAP, SOMETIMES MORE. SO WHEN THEY MOVE INTO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE AT EVERY DIFFERENT SETS OF PHASES THAT WE AS WE GO THROUGH DESIGN PLANS AND GETTING IT CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION, THEY KEEP DOING ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES, AND WE GO OUT AND WE TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH QUANTITIES, MATERIALS, ASPHALT, ROCK, ALL OF THAT GOES UP. IN THIS CASE, THE PROJECT MANAGER, ON TOP OF ALL THAT SAID THAT THEY WERE FINDING THAT THEY HAD TO DREDGE A CANAL AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET, WHICH MIGHT NOT SEEM A LOT, BUT IN CONSTRUCTION TERMS, HAVING TO WORK WITH SOUTHWEST FLORIDA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THE COUNTY GETTING PERMITS AND RIGHT OF WAY COSTS, THREE FEET OF DREDGING IN A CANAL. AND, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE AREAS ARE VERY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTALLY ALSO CAN ADD UP. AND HE SAID THAT CONTRIBUTED IN THE MAJORITY TO THE INCREASE OF THIS COSTS. AND I ASKED HIM, I SAID, WHY DID WE HAVE TO DREDGE AN ADDITIONAL THREE FEET? AND HE SAID TO MATCH THE ELEVATION, BECAUSE THEY WIDENED IT A LITTLE TO ADD THAT SIDEWALK THAT MR. CROSS WAS REFERRING TO. SO WHEN THEY DO THAT AND THEY THEY HAVE TO MATCH THE ELEVATION IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADD MORE WIDTH AND MORE LENGTH TO A JOB PROJECT. SO HE SAID THAT'S REALLY ALSO WHAT HAPPENED. THEY HAD TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE COUNTY FOR PERMITS AND RIGHT OF WAY. AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO DO THAT. ADDITIONAL DREDGING AND WORKING TO MEET THE AND MATCH THE ELEVATION. SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION. AND I KNOW, I KNOW YOU FOLKS HEAR A LOT OVER AND OVER THAT THE COSTS GO UP AND THE COSTS GO UP. I USED TO PROGRAM PROJECTS BEFORE I HAD THIS POSITION IN DISTRICT FOUR, AND I AND I HAD TO DO THESE ESTIMATES, AND I HAD TO GET THE FUNDING FOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS AND THAT TYPE OF THING. AND THE QUANTITIES THE PROJECT MANAGERS WOULD CALL ME AND SAY, YOU KNOW, VICTORIA, WE'RE DOING A ROUNDABOUT AND IT'S GONE UP ANOTHER $500,000 AS THEY GET CLOSER TO CONSTRUCTION AND MY MOUTH WOULD DROP OPEN, MUCH LIKE YOURS. BUT IT IS HAPPENING. AND THE BIGGER THE PROJECTS, [00:40:02] THE MILLIONS INSTEAD OF THE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS IS WHAT YOU HEAR. SO I WAS USED TO BE DOWN IN THE WEEDS DOING THIS WORK. AND IT'S, IT'S A REAL THING. THE COSTS ARE ARE INCREASING. BUT THE BEAUTIFUL THING IS WE HAVE THE FUNDS WHICH IS GREAT. AND WE'RE KEEPING, WE'RE KEEPING THE PROJECTS WHOLE AND MOVING FORWARD. IN A BIG PART OF YOU FOLKS SEEING THESE STIP AMENDMENTS, I USED TO WORK WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND CENTRAL OFFICE IS THE, THE MAIN GOAL OF THIS IS TRANSPARENCY TO ALL OF YOU FOLKS AND CONSISTENCY. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE AMENDMENTS BECAUSE AS THINGS CHANGE, THE GOVERNMENT WANTS EVERYBODY TO KNOW OF THE TRANSPARENCY AND WE WANT TO BE CONSISTENT. SO SO AS COSTS INCREASE AND AS WE GET CLOSER AND IT'S A GOOD THING TO CONSTRUCTION ON A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU MAY SEE MORE OF THESE TIPS TIP AMENDMENTS, BUT IT'S TO KEEP ALL OF YOU IN THE KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THANK YOU. NOT SEEING ANY. ERWIN? NO. JUST IF YOU COULD RESTATE THE MOTION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON, JUST FOR CLARITY, FOR EVERYONE. SURE. SO THE MOTION THAT WAS PRESENTED BY MR. BUCY IS TO UNBUNDLE ITEM ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE, INSTEAD OF HAVING ONE VOTE FOR ALL FIVE. WE WILL NOW GO INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH EACH OF THOSE ITEMS AND VOTE ACCORDINGLY. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. THANK YOU. SO NOW ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MOTION? NOT SEEING ANY. WE WILL PROCEED TO VOTE. AND SO A YES WOULD BE TO VOTE FOR EACH ITEM. AND NO WOULD MEAN TO CONTINUE WITH HOW HE WAS PRESENTED. SURE. AGAIN? YES. IS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE. THAT IS, WE WOULD UNBUNDLE EVERY OF THE ITEM SO WE'D VOTE A THROUGH E, AND NO MEANS WE WOULD CONTINUE WITH HOW THE AGENDA WAS PRESENTED TO US. THAT IS, WE WOULD VOTE ONE ONCE. NO, I IT'S EITHER TO UNBUNDLE OR TO LEAVE IT BUNDLED. WHICH. YES. OKAY. WAS I NOT CLEAR? YES. SO PLEASE PROCEED TO VOTE BY GOING TO THE MONITOR USING YOUR MOUSE TO VOTE. THAT MEAN. I DON'T BELIEVE WE SHOULD ABSTAIN. I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN OPTION. OKAY. WE SHOULD NOT BE ABSTAINING. THAT IS NOT AN OPTION. THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION. IN I HAD IN HERE AS THE MOTION TO TAKE AMENDMENTS SEPARATELY OR TO UNBUNDLE, TO TAKE AMENDMENTS SEPARATELY. THE ITEM HAS FAILED. SIX. SEVEN YESES WITH A 7 TO 6 VOTE. YEAH. OKAY. SO IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT WAS FLIPPED IN OUR SYSTEM. HOWEVER, THE MOTION WAS CLEAR AND IT'S WRITTEN HERE. THE MOTION IS TO TAKE THE AMENDMENTS SEPARATELY. AND AS THE CHAIR CORRECTLY DESCRIBED, A YES VOTE IS TO UNBUNDLE. SO WE HAVE A MAJORITY. YES VOTES HERE 7 TO 6. SO CONSIDER YOURSELF UNBUNDLED. OKAY. LET'S PROCEED. SO WE WE NOW NEED A MOTION FOR ITEM A WHICH IS FM 456 400. AND SO A MOTION IS ALREADY DONE. SO WE HAVE JOHN AND MAX. AND SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE. AND SO WE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND PROCEED VOTING. CAN WE DISCUSS. THE MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS. YES. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. WE DON'T HAVE INDIVIDUAL PRESENTATIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTION. AND WOULD YOU MIND REQUESTING TO SPEAK? [00:45:02] THANK YOU. HOLD ON. THERE WE GO. ARE WE DOING THE RIGHT THING? IS, IS IS THIS GOING TO BE A WHITE ELEPHANT OR ARE THERE ANY DETAILS THAT THAT WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT? ITEM A SO I'M GOING TO BREAK MY USUAL RULE OF NOT COMING DOWN STRONGLY ONE WAY OR THE OTHER ON SOMETHING HERE. THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT. IT'S MONEY FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT IS GOING TO DISAPPEAR IF IT GOES BACK INTO DC. IT'S NOT COMING BACK HERE. SO IT'S 25 MILLION TO BE SPENT IN THIS REGION. I'M SURE THAT THE COUNTY, THROUGH THEIR PROCUREMENT PROCESS IN BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, THEY THAT'S WHAT THEY DO. THEY BUY BUSSES AND, YOU KNOW, PUT THEM OUT ON THE ROAD. I AM SURE THAT THEY WILL CAPABLY PURCHASE AND DELIVER THE. YOU KNOW IT WILL. IT'S FEDERAL MONEY. IT'S GUARANTEED TO GO THROUGH A FEDERAL PROCUREMENT PROCESS. SO I PERSONALLY HAVE NO CONCERNS. I THINK THIS IS A SIMPLE YES, BUT AGAIN, I I'M I'M NOT SITTING THERE AND I'M NOT VOTING. SO. BUT IF YOU ASK MY OPINION, I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD. IS THIS A TYPE OF BUS THAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH? SO BROWARD COUNTY, A COUPLE THINGS HAVE HAPPENED. AND SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT. AND I'M GLAD TO GET YOU KNOW, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION HAD TAKEN AN ACTION THAT REQUIRES THAT ALL FUTURE BUSSES PURCHASES BE ELECTRIC BUS VEHICLES. SO THIS IS CERTAINLY CONSISTENT WITH THAT. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO YOU KNOW, MOVE US AWAY FROM A PETROLEUM BASED TRANSPORTATION. SO I THINK THIS IS A MOVE TOWARDS ELECTRIC BUS. I KNOW BROWARD COUNTY HAS PURCHASED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS YOU KNOW, FROM DIFFERENT MANUFACTURERS KIND OF HELP START TO TEST THEM OUT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, NOTHING TESTS OUT A BUS LIKE BEATING IT UP AND PUTTING IT IN THE FIELD AND DRIVING OVER POTHOLES AND CURBS AND WHO KNOWS WHAT ELSE. HOPEFULLY KNOW PEOPLE AND, AND USE IT. SO I THINK THE COUNTY'S GOT SOME EXPERIENCE WITH THESE. THERE'S CERTAINLY PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE NATION. THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE THERE FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES THAT THEY CAN GO THROUGH AND GET SUPPORT. SO THERE'S A PROFESSIONAL STAFF AT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. THEY ARE GOING TO FOLLOW THE FEDERAL PROCESS AS REQUIRED BY THIS GRANT. SO THEY WILL COMPETITIVELY PUT A BID PACKAGE OUT ONTO THE STREET AND ALL THE VIABLE BIDDERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PROVIDING THOSE BUSSES, SELLING THOSE BUSSES TO THE COUNTY ARE GOING TO COME WITH A PROPOSAL. ONE MORE FOLLOW UP, IF I MAY, MR. CHAIR. AS FAR AS THE SOLAR CHARGING CANOPY, IS THAT A TECHNOLOGY THAT WE'VE HAD SUCCESSFUL EXPERIENCE WITH HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY? YES IT IS. AND FROM MY, MY PRIOR LIFE WAS YOU KNOW, WORKING FOR TRI-RAIL. AND WE BUILT THE SOLAR CANOPY OVER ON TOP OF THE NEW PARKING DECK WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OVER THERE. THING WORKS LIKE A CHARM. HASN'T BLOWN OFF IN ANY OF THE STORMS. IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING YOU PUT ON YOUR HOUSE. THESE TEND TO BE ANCHORED TO STEEL BEAMS. THEY'RE ENGINEERED AND THEY HAVE A 30 YEAR LIFE GENERALLY ON THOSE PANELS. SO AGAIN, I, I'M GETTING PRETTY FAR OUTSIDE MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT I HAD EXPERIENCE, WE PUT IT ON THE BUILDING UP THERE. THAT WAS 15 YEARS, WELL, MAYBE 12 YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. SO MR. CHAIR, AS I SAID EARLIER, I HAVE CONFIDENCE IN STAFF TO EXPLAIN TO US THINGS IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, AND I'M SATISFIED WITH THIS. THANK YOU SIR. FRANK, I BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A POTENTIAL THAT WE'VE GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE WEEDS WITH THE TYPE OF BUSSES, AND I'LL BE THE FIRST PERSON TO ADMIT I WOULD PREFER NOT AN ELECTRIC BUS. AND I SPEAK BECAUSE I OWN A BUS. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HERE OWNS A BUS, BUT I HAVE A 45 FOOT BUS, BUS, BUS AND IT'S 26 YEARS OLD AND IT'S PERFECT. AND I ALSO RIDE HAVE RIDDEN IN BUSSES IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB, TOO. MY POINT BEING IS I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE BIT CAUGHT IN THE WEEDS WITH WHAT TYPE OF ELECTRIC BUS THAT THE COUNTY MAY BUY. AND REALLY, THE VOTE TONIGHT IS WHETHER OR NOT TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS TO BROWARD COUNTY [00:50:06] TRANSIT. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR. WE'RE NOT VOTING FOR THE BATTERY ELECTRIC BUSSES. THIS FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TO BROWARD COUNTY AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, AND THEY WILL DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF BUS THEY'RE BUYING. AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MANDATE THAT THEY WANT ELECTRIC BUSSES. SO AS MUCH AS I DON'T AGREE WITH AN ELECTRIC BUS, I DO AGREE WITH GETTING THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS TO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT SO THAT WE CAN UPDATE OUR, YOU KNOW, 22 YEAR OLD FLEET OR A PORTION THEREOF. AND, AND REALLY, MAYBE. WE SHOULD SAY WE WERE IN THIS POSITION IN 2012 WHEN THEY WERE BUYING THE 2013 HYBRID BUSSES. AND LOOK AT THEM NOW, 500, 000 MILES OR EXCEEDED THEIR USEFUL LIFE. I MEAN, THEY'VE DONE GOOD. IT'S BEEN A GOOD RUN. SO AGAIN, I WOULD PREFER INTERNAL COMBUSTION BUS. BUT THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE TYPE OF BUS. THIS IS ABOUT GETTING THE MONEY FROM THE GOVERNMENT, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT, AND FOR THEM TO USE THEIR KNOWLEDGE BASE TO GO PURCHASE WHAT THEY WANT, HOW THEY RUN THEIR SHOW. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. WE'RE NOT REALLY TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD BUY ELECTRIC BUSSES. THE SAME WITH THE CANOPY. SAME THING. THIS IS FUNDS THAT WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO GET TO GIVE TO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. SO AND THIS IS WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. MAX. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. I JUST WANT TO ADD MY $0.02 REAL QUICKLY, WHICH IS THAT THERE'S NOT MANY OPTIONS RIGHT NOW TO PURCHASE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ELECTRIC BUSSES, UNLIKE IN THE PAST WITH PROTERRA. PROTERRA IS NOW OUT OF BUSINESS. THERE'S ONLY TWO COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY COMPLY WITH BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH ARE GILLIG AND NEW FLIER. AND THEY'VE BOTH BEEN MANUFACTURING BUSSES FOR PROBABLY 100 YEARS NOW. AND THEY ARE LIKE THE FOREFRONT OF ELECTRIC BUSSES. SO BCT ISN'T GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS MONEY TO BUY, YOU KNOW, A NOT SO GOOD BUS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO OPTIONS LEFT AND THEY'RE BOTH PRETTY WELL TESTED. THEY'RE THE ONES SUPPLYING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WITH THESE BUSSES. THANK YOU SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE MOTION? NOT SEEING ANY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. I BELIEVE WE'RE GOOD. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW VOTE ON ITEM 1BFM448288 HYPHEN ONE. AND SO WE NEED A MOTION. AND A SECOND MAX AND PATIENCE. ALRIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING THIS MOTION? BILL. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN IT? I AM GLAD TO GIVE YOU A A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THIS PROJECT. SO THIS IS ANOTHER, SEE SLIP PROJECT THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND WAS AWARDED BASED ON ITS MERITS. AS WE GOT CLOSER TO THE CONSTRUCTION, THE CITY IDENTIFIED A SIGNIFICANT COST INCREASE IN ORDER TO DELIVER IT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE INITIAL THOUGHT. AND SO WE HAVE WORKED WITH THEM OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO TRY TO FIND A, AN ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE MORE MONEY TO BRING TO THIS PROJECT. AND SO THE, THE AGREED UPON APPROACH WAS TO TIGHTEN UP THE LIMITS SHORTEN THE LIMITS, I SHOULD SAY. SO WE'RE STILL DELIVERING THE SAME THING, BUT IT'S FOR A SMALLER SEGMENT OF ROAD. I WILL ALSO MENTION THAT THAT DISCUSSION BY PREVIOUS DIRECTION OF THE BOARD WAS REQUIRED TO GO BACK TO OUR BOARD. OUR BOARD APPROVED THE CITY OF WESTON'S REQUEST TO SHORTEN THE LIMITS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A ALMOST THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS PERFUNCTORY. IT'S ADMINISTRATIVE TO BASICALLY CODIFY THE THE FINANCIAL BUDGET AND TO CHANGE THE LIMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THE, THE APPROVAL THAT OUR BOARD HAD PREVIOUSLY MADE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS MOTION? [00:55:07] NOT SEEING ANY. WE HAVE A FIRST, A SECOND, AND THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM ONE C, WHICH IS FM44518 HYPHEN TWO. AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS ITEM. FRANK. CAN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY OF WHAT HOLLYWOOD, WHAT WE WANT TO DO TO HOLLYWOOD BETWEEN JOHNSON STREET AND ALSO 21ST AVENUE TO 14TH? IS THIS BASICALLY ADDING A SIDEWALK SIDEWALK ON JOHNSON STREET? THROUGH THE CHAIR? YES. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WHERE IS THE $819,000 COMING FROM? THESE ARE FUNDS THAT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN APPROVED. AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE BREAKING UP WHAT WAS A SINGLE PROJECT THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. AND WE ARE CARVING OUT A SMALL PIECE OF THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BUDGET TO MOVE IT OVER TO SFTA SO THAT THEY CAN DELIVER THAT PORTION OF SIDEWALK AND IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE RAIL CORRIDOR, BECAUSE A TYPICAL CONTRACTOR THAT WOULD BE HIRED BY THE CITY TO DELIVER THE REST OF THE SIDEWALKS, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WORK WITHIN THE RAIL. THEY HAVE TO HAVE SPECIAL FLAGMEN, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF THAT THEY DON'T HAVE. SO AGAIN, WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, FDOT SFTA, WE MADE THE DECISION. THAT'S FTA WAS BEST POSITIONED TO DELIVER THAT SMALL SEGMENT OF WORK. IT'S LITERALLY A 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY RIGHT THERE PICKING UP THE WORK. THAT'S IT. YES. SO THIS IS A CHUNK OF THE MONEY THAT'S MOVING TO THEM. SO THEY HANDLE THE WORK AND IT'S OFF OUR PLATE. EXACTLY. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE YOU INTERESTED IN SPEAKING? I THINK THAT ANSWERED IT. OKAY. OH, OKAY. AWESOME. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? NOT SEEING ANY. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE. MARK. THANK YOU. ITEM IS PASSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO ITEM ONE D, WHICH IS FM454374 HYPHEN ONE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? PHIL. SURE. SO THIS IS A, ANOTHER PROJECT THAT CAME TO US THROUGH THE WHAT WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS OUR C SLIP PROCESS. WE'VE NOW RENAMED THAT TO ROADS ECONOMIC VITALITY. THANK YOU. I KNEW THE ACRONYM, BUT I DID NOT WANT TO USE THAT ON YOU. SO, REV IS WHAT WE LIKE TO CALL IT. BUT YEAH, THE POINT BEING GOOD GOOD PROJECT. IT IS LOOKING AT IF YOU, IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THIS DESCRIPTION HERE IT DID COMPETE AGAINST ALL THE OTHER SUBMITTED PROJECTS AND WE TYPICALLY GET ABOUT 20 PER CYCLE. IT, IT RANKED VERY HIGH. AND SO THIS WAS AWARDED FUNDS. IT IS BUILDING A HIGH SECURITY FENCING AND SIGNAGE ALONG THE SOUTH FLORIDA RAIL CORRIDOR TO HELP WITH YOU KNOW, PREVENTING PEDESTRIAN TRAIN INTERACTIONS, I GUESS IS ONE WAY TO SAY IT. SO I THINK THIS IS A GOOD SAFETY PROJECT. THIS, THIS ITEM HERE ACTUALLY IS TO MOVE THE FUNDING DIRECTLY OVER TO SFRTA MOST OF THE PROJECTS THAT COME THROUGH THE OLD CCIP PROGRAM. NOW, THE REV PROGRAM, THEY ARE DELIVERED THROUGH SOMETHING CALLED A LAP PROCESS. BECAUSE SFC A DELIVERS FTA PROJECTS, THIS BECOMES KIND OF A LITTLE BIT OF A SPECIAL CASE. INSTEAD OF THE MONEY GOING THROUGH THAT NORMAL LAP PROCESS AND SITTING RIGHT WHERE IT IS, WE'RE TAKING THIS ADDITIONAL STEP BECAUSE THE MONEY GETS CONVERTED FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY DOLLARS, WHICH ARE GREEN TO FTA DOLLARS, WHICH ARE BLUE. AND SO THAT'S REALLY ALL WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE'RE WE HAVE TO TAKE THIS ACTION TO FLIP [01:00:02] THIS MONEY OVER. YOU KNOW, THE MONEY THAT WE RECEIVE, IT ALL COMES DOWN THROUGH THROUGH FEDERAL HIGHWAY. AND SO WE'RE GOING TO FLIP THIS OVER TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, WHICH IS WHO'S FRTA, THAT'S THE ARM OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THEY ARE NORMALLY DEALING WITH. SO THAT THAT'S ALL THIS REALLY IS, AGAIN, KIND OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM. THERE'S NOT WE'RE NOT CHANGING DOLLARS HERE. WE'RE JUST WE'RE JUST KIND OF CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE MONEY TO MATCH UP WITH THE ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE DELIVERING THE PROJECT FOR US. TO FOLLOW UP THIS PROJECT. JACK LOOKS LIKE AN EQUITY TYPE PROJECT. AND SUDDENLY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO TO KILL IT. I MEAN, ARE WE PUTTING ANYTHING AT RISK OF FUNDING WISE BY BY MOVING THESE FUNDS OVER? I DON'T BELIEVE SO. AND I WILL SAY AS AN ORGANIZATION, WE'VE BEEN QUITE CAREFUL TO TRY TO FOLLOW THE NEW GUIDANCE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE ADMINISTRATION ON YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF WORK AND TERMS, ETC. ARE ACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, SAFETY IS, IS STILL BEING SUPPORTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION AND NEW GRANTS ARE COMING OUT IN THAT AREA. SO WE DON'T SEE THIS AS BEING CONTROVERSIAL IN ANY WAY. IT'S A SAFETY PROJECT. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS ITEM? NOT SEEING ANY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. LET'S PROCEED TO VOTE. MOTION IS PASSED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR LAST ITEM TO VOTE ON, IT'S FM 443597 HYPHEN EIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I'M SORRY. IT'S FM 443597 HYPHEN ONE. SORRY I SAID EIGHT. ALRIGHTY. NOT SEEING ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND. LET'S PROCEED TO VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHTY. NOW WE MOVE TO OUR THREE NON ACTION ITEMS FOR THE NEW INDIVIDUALS IN THE ROOM. [1. DRAFT Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 List of Priority Projects (LOPP)] THAT MEANS WE DON'T VOTE. ESSENTIALLY WE WILL GET A PRESENTATION. SO THE FIRST NON ACTION ITEM IS DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2026 LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS. AND DOCTOR CHEN WILL BE LEADING THAT DISCUSSION. THANK YOU MR. ACTING CHAIR AND COMMITTEE MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO. IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PRIORITIZE. THE LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO. YOU MAY WONDER WHAT IS. LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS. IP INCLUDES A LIST OF PROJECTS IN NUMERICAL ORDER AND FDOT PROGRAM THOSE PROJECTS INTO DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM. BY FOLLOWING THIS ORDER. TONIGHT I'M GOING TO PRESENT FISCAL YEAR 2026 LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS. THIS IOP WILL BE USED TO DEVELOP DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027 AND TWO FISCAL YEAR 2031. THIS SLIDE LIGHTS INCLUDE BROWARD AMPULES CORE PRODUCTS. ROP IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS BROWARD AMPULES PLANNING PROCESS. BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW, THE BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. BY FOLLOWING STATE AND FEDERAL LAW BROWARD MPO UPDATES IOP AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR. PRODUCTS IN THE MTP MOVE TO IOP AND THEN MOVE TO DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM AND AT LAST [01:05:03] MOVE TO THE TIP FOR IMPLEMENTATION. SO THIS. THIS MTP 2050 IS THE FIRST TIME TO USE TO DEVELOP IOP. DROPS ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM DEVELOPED WITH IOP WILL BE RELEASED BY FDOT IN THE UPCOMING FALL AND THE TIP DEVELOPED WITH THIS THERAPY WILL BE PRESENTED AT JULY 2026. BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL. ROP SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THE IOP IS ORGANIZED BY MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. THE IOP MONITORS FUNDS BY FACE FUNDING SOURCE AND FUNDING PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE IOP ALSO MONITORS PROGRAM READINESS. PROJECTS MEETS ALL FOUR CRITERIA. ON THIS SLIDE, WE CALL PROJECT PROGRAM READY. PROGRAM READY. PROJECT IS READY TO RECEIVE FUNDS. A PROGRAM READY PROJECT MUST HAVE CLEAR SCOPE OF WORK APPROVED RESOLUTIONS FROM ALL PARTIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT. GOOD COST ESTIMATE AND PARTNER COLLABORATION. THE BROWARD MPO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING WITH MUNICIPALITIES, COUNTY AND PLANNING PARTNERS TO MAKE PROJECT PROGRAM READY. AS I SAID EARLIER, THE IOP ORGANIZED BY MTP FUNDING PROGRAMS. PERCENTAGES ON THIS SLIDE ARE APPROVED IN MMTP 2050 IS USED TO DISTRIBUTE BROWARD AMPOULES ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS AMONG PROGRAMS. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE IOP FOR THIS YEAR. THE IOP INCLUDE 118 PROJECTS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS BY FUNDING PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS UNFUNDED AMOUNT BY FUNDING PROGRAM AND OWNERSHIP. IN SUMMARY, TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT ON LOCAL ROAD NEEDS ABOUT $267 MILLION. TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT ON STATE ROAD NEED ABOUT $1 BILLION. ADDITIONAL FUNDS. BOARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITORS PROJECT PROGRESS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE NUMBER OF FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS. WHAT IS FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS? ALL FUNDS HAVE BEEN PROGRAMED IN THE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM OR TIP. WE CALL THE PROJECT FULLY FUNDED. FULLY FUNDED PROJECTS WILL BE GRADUATED FROM THE ROP AND NO LONGER SHOWN ON THE IOP AS A RESULT. PRIORITIES FOR PROJECTS REMAINING IN THE ROP MOVE UP. SO TOTAL FOR PROJECTS GRADUATED FROM ROP. THIS ROP ALSO INCLUDES TURNPIKE PRIORITIES. IT IS IN THE LAST SECTION OF THE ROPE. THIS ROPE WILL BE BROUGHT BACK TO THIS GROUP NEXT MONTH FOR APPROVAL, AND IT IS ANTICIPATED TO BE APPROVED BY THE BOARD AT THE JUNE MEETING. SO WITH THAT, MPO STAFF AND THE TURNPIKE STAFF ARE READY TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. PHIL. TOWARDS THE END, YOU STARTED TALKING ABOUT THE TURNPIKE. I DIDN'T QUITE KNOW THE CONNECTION THERE. TURNPIKE. EVERY YEAR, TURNPIKE PROVIDE US A LIST OF PRIORITY. SO THAT'S. LIST PRIORITY IS PART OF OUR PRIORITY LIST IN THIS DOCUMENT. [01:10:04] THE LAST SECTION. UNIVERSITY TURNPIKE PRIORITY. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION. I'M NOT QUITE SURE THE NUMBER OF THE SLIDE IT'S TITLED ALLOCATIONS FOR BROWARD NPO'S ATTRIBUTABLE ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. SO I GUESS THE TERM THAT I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION ON ROADS FOR FAMILIES IS THAT A STATE ROAD LANGUAGE. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN AND, AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM HIGHWAYS AND FREIGHT? BECAUSE THE FEDERAL POLICY CHANGE, WE CHANGE THE PROGRAM NAME ACCORDINGLY. BASICALLY THE PROJECTS STILL SAME AS THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM. SO ROAD FOR FAMILY. IN THE PAST IT'S CALLED COMPLETE STREET MUST COMPLETE STREETS. COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM. SO THOSE WOULD BE LOCAL STREETS OR STATE HIGHWAYS AS OPPOSED TO HIGHWAYS AND FREIGHT. I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHICH WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE? IS IT CAPACITY? IS IT SIZE? OKAY. YEAH. I'LL TAKE A CRACK AT THAT BILL CROSS. BROWARD MPO. SO THE THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES AS JIHAN CORRECTLY STATED, IS OUR, OUR NEW NAME FOR WHAT YOU'VE HEARD US CALL COMPLETE STREETS FOR QUITE A WHILE. THAT'S NOT REALLY IN FAVOR WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. SO THAT NAME HAD TO HAD TO BE CHANGED. BUT AGAIN, THAT COMPLETE STREETS ARE MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. SO IT'S GOOD FOR THE AUTOS, IT'S GOOD FOR BICYCLISTS, GOOD FOR PEDESTRIANS. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED KIND OF INDEPENDENT OF OWNERSHIP. SO THERE ARE PROJECTS LIKE THE UNIVERSITY DRIVE THAT YOU VOTED ON EARLIER. THAT'S A STATE ROAD. BUT THAT WAS A COMPLETE STREET PROJECT FROM MANY YEARS AGO. SO WE DO LOOK AT ALL THE ALL THE ROAD SYSTEM WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THAT PROGRAM. IN TERMS OF THE PERCENTAGES ARE THOSE MANDATED BY THE STATE, BY THE GOVERNMENT, BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? HOW ARE THOSE PERCENTAGES ALLOCATED THOSE PERCENTAGE APPROVED BY THE BOARD IN THE MDP 2050 THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE DECEMBER 2024. AND SO SO 61% OF OUR DOLLARS WILL GO FOR HIGHWAYS AND ROADS. TECHNOLOGY. COULD WE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN WHAT TECHNOLOGY MEANS AND HOW IS THAT DIFFERENT FROM SAFETY? TECHNOLOGY. WE USE SOME TECHNOLOGY LIKE THE SIGNAL, THE. MAYBE PETER CAN EXPLAIN THE TECHNOLOGY. PETER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. PETER. GIES OF THE BROWARD MPO AND DOCTOR CHEN DEALS MORE ON THE TIP SIDE. I'LL DEAL MORE ON THE LONG RANGE PLANNING SIDE, WHICH IS WHERE THESE PROGRAMS WERE IDENTIFIED. SO TECHNOLOGY DEALS MORE, AS DOCTOR CHEN WAS SAYING, WITH WHAT'S CALLED TSM AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS, DIGITAL SIGNAGE ALSO INCLUDES THINGS LIKE OUR SMART METRO PROGRAM, WHICH IS OUR DIGITAL TWIN THAT WE'RE USING TO DO SCENARIO PLANNING AND MODELING OF THE SYSTEM AS WELL. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM COMES FROM. SAFETY IS ACTUALLY LINKED DIRECTLY BACK TO OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN. SO YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, JAMES CROMAR AND FAISAL QURESHI HAVE BEEN UP HERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFYING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THAT 10% OF FUNDING IS ALLOCATED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THAT PLAN STRICTLY DEDICATED TO SAFETY. SO IS THERE ANY OVERLAP OR ARE THEY JUST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SORT OF BUDGETED LINES? SO IN TERMS OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS YOU CAN FIND OVERLAP, BUT THE PROJECTS THEMSELVES FIT INTO ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES. OKAY. IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT SEEMS SUCH A BROAD TERM. WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT USED TO BE OUR OLD TRANSIT AND HUBS PROGRAM, MUCH LIKE THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM, WHERE WE KNOW THAT THE TERM COMPLETE STREETS IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL INVESTMENT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND TRANSIT AND HUB TYPE IMPROVEMENTS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT IS NOT HEAVILY SUPPORTED. SO WE'VE RENAMED THAT PROGRAM TO BE MORE ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY INVESTMENT IN TRANSIT HUBS SPURS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE PROJECTS AND THERE ARE SLATED FOR THAT. AND THEN THE LAST INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING. WHAT WOULD THAT MEAN NOW? THAT WAS OUR OLD RESILIENCY PROGRAM. AND ONCE AGAIN, RESILIENCY IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY SUPPORTED AT THE FEDERAL [01:15:02] LEVEL, BUT THE IDEA THAT EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS DO CAUSE DELAYS ON OUR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. WE'RE USING THAT TERMINOLOGY NOW IN ORDER TO HARDEN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AGAINST SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION. WHAT IS THE THE GAP OR THE THE, THE LENGTH OF TIME FOR THIS IS FOR THIS YEAR, 2026 OR SO. THE LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS IS DONE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO THIS IS FOR PROGRAMING FUNDS IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR, BASICALLY PROVIDING OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES TO DOT WHO HOLDS OUR FUNDING AND ASKING THEM PLEASE PROGRAM IT ON THE HIGH PRIORITY PROJECTS ON THIS LIST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE. ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHTY. THANK YOU, DOCTOR CHEN. [2. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment Cycle Update] WE MOVE TO OUR NEXT NON ACTION ITEM WHICH IS A 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AMENDMENT CYCLE UPDATE WITH PAUL. HELLO PAUL. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR, OR MR. ACTING CHAIR? AND MEMBERS OF THE CAC. PAUL FLAVIEN BROWARD MP OR STAFF. THERE WE GO. AND TONIGHT I'LL BE GIVING YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ABOUT OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN ANNUAL UPDATE AMENDMENT CYCLE. SO WITH THAT I'LL START. SO THERE'S A WE HAVE AN ANNUAL AMENDMENT CYCLE AT THE MPO. NOW YOU WON'T SEE NECESSARILY. YOU DIDN'T SEE ONE I GUESS FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE TYPICALLY AMENDMENTS ARE PROCESSED BY OUR BOARD AND APPROVED BY OUR BOARD IN FEBRUARY. THAT IS NO REASON YOU DON'T SEE. YOU WON'T SEE SOMETHING IN FEBRUARY IS BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T SEE SOME FEBRUARY, BECAUSE LAST YEAR WE ADOPTED OUR BRAND NEW ROUTE TO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. SO THE YEAR WE ADOPT OUR NEW PLAN, WHICH IS EVERY FIFTH YEAR, YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE ANY AMENDMENTS. SO BUT MOVING FORWARD, THERE'S AN ANNUAL CYCLE. SO WITH THAT. SO MTP AMENDMENTS CAN BE REQUIRED TO ENSURE PLANNING CONSISTENCY. SO FOR EXAMPLE BCT MAY HAVE A PROJECT THAT THEY HAVE MOST OF THE FUNDING AS LOCAL FUNDING, BUT THEY REQUIRE, LET'S SAY THEY WANT TO GO AFTER FDA, FDA GRANT. SO FOR PLANNING CONSISTENCY, THAT PROJECT NEEDS TO MOVE INTO THE 2050 MTP, RIGHT? SO THEY WOULD COME TO US AND THEN WE'D, YOU KNOW, WE'D START THE PROCESS. OTHER REASONS WHY YOU'D WANT TO DO AN AMENDMENT, MAJOR PROJECT CHANGES. LET'S SAY YOU CHANGE THE TERMINI OR YOU, THE PROJECT COSTS GO UP BY A CERTAIN AMOUNT. SO AND ALSO, OF COURSE, IF YOU ADD ANY PROJECT TO THE EXISTING MTP OR YOU DELETE A PROJECT FROM THE EXISTING MTP THAT HAS TO BE AMENDED. SO WHO CAN INITIATE A REQUEST? THE MPO BOARD, MPO MEMBER GOVERNMENTS, CAC OR YOU GUYS WORKING WITH YOUR TAC OR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS CAN ALSO DO THAT. THE MPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND OF COURSE OUR TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS LIKE GOTBCT AND SFRTA. SO THE AMENDMENT PROCESS ESSENTIALLY IS A FOUR STEP PROCESS. YOU MEET WITH THE MPO STAFF. THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. THE SECOND ONE IS PRESENT THE PROJECT, WHATEVER THAT IS TO TAC, CAC AND THE MPO BOARD. AND OF COURSE THAT NEEDS TO BE A FORMAL REQUEST, A FORMAL WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE MPO WITH ALL SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION. AND THAT SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION ESSENTIALLY IS WHAT IS DISCUSSED AT THE AT THE MEETING WITH THE PROPOSED APPLICANT. AND THEN FINALLY, THE FOURTH ONE IS, OKAY, WHEN WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION, WE DO OUR PROCESS, RIGHT? WE MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CALLED, YOU KNOW, THE MTP IS COST FEASIBLE. WE MAKE SURE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE SO WE CAN PROCESS AND GET IT TO A SUCCESSFUL AMENDMENT IN FEBRUARY. NOW TO DRILL DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE STEPS. MANDATORY MEETING. SO THAT MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ESSENTIALLY BETWEEN MAY AND JULY. SO THE THE PARTY WISHING TO DO AN AMENDMENT WILL CONTACT US AND WE'LL SET UP A MEETING WITH DISCUSS THE PROJECTS. WE'LL GO THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY CRAFT THE PATH FORWARD TO A SUCCESSFUL AMENDMENT. NUMBER TWO, THE PROJECT PRESENTATION. AND THAT WILL TAKE PLACE, YOU KNOW, IN EITHER ONE OF TWO CYCLES, THE AUGUST IN SEPTEMBER CYCLE OR THE SEPTEMBER, SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER CYCLE. SO IF THERE'S ANY AMENDMENTS THIS YEAR, YOU WILL SEE THEM DURING THOSE THOSE TIME PERIODS. AND OF COURSE, THE FORMAL REQUEST, AGAIN, THAT MUST COME IS FORMAL AND WRITTEN. ALL DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED. AND IT'S FROM ESSENTIALLY AN AGENCY HEAD, LIKE THE HEAD OF BCT, FOR EXAMPLE, WOULD PROVIDE US THAT LETTER, THAT FORMAL REQUEST. AND FINALLY, ONCE WE GET ALL THAT INFORMATION, WE DO OUR WORK AND THEN WE GET IT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY UP TO FEBRUARY, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR [01:20:03] APPROVAL BY CSC AND CSC AND FINALLY BOARD APPROVAL IN FEBRUARY. SO THAT'S THE PROCESS IN THIS ENCAPSULATES THAT PROCESS IN ONE NICE, WONDERFUL SLIDE AND GOOD TAKEAWAY. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MCP AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS. WELL I DO HAVE QUESTIONS. REMIND US AGAIN, ARE THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS, STATE DOLLARS OR ALL OF THE ABOVE FOR THE AMENDMENTS? COULD BE ALL OF THE ABOVE. ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND IS IT BETTER FOR MUNICIPALITIES TO GO BY THEMSELVES OR TO TEAM WITH OTHERS? IT DEPENDS. IF, FOR EXAMPLE, TWO CITIES HAVE A PROJECT. THEY AGAIN, THEY HAVE LOCAL FUNDS THAT THEY'RE USING. BUT AGAIN, THEY WANT TO GO FOR FEDERAL FUNDS. THEY HAVE TO COME TO US. OBVIOUSLY, THEY TEAMED TOGETHER AND HAVING ESSENTIALLY ONE ONE ASK. BUT STILL BOTH WOULD. BOTH ENTITIES WOULD PROVIDE OBVIOUSLY A JOINT LETTER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT YEAH, IT CAN HAPPEN INDIVIDUAL INDIVIDUALLY OR, OR JOINT. BUT THE ONE THING YOU DO REMEMBER THOUGH, THE DIFFERENT ROAD, LET'S SAY IT'S A ROAD PROJECT. THERE'S DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS, RIGHT? SO THERE'S ALSO NEEDS TO BE A LETTER OF CONSENT FROM WHOEVER THE ROAD OWNER IS. FOR EXAMPLE, STATE ROAD DOT NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED. COUNTY ROAD COUNTY OBVIOUSLY NEEDS TO GIVE THEIR. OKAY. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. AND IT DOESN'T REALLY CONCERN THIS, BUT GOING BACK TO SAFETY AND I THINK THAT'S YOUR AREA AS WELL. ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I'VE ASKED PREVIOUSLY CONCERNING THE HARDENING OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, IN PARTICULAR OUR TRAFFIC SIGNALS. AND SO THE COUNTY AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THEY STARTED WAS SLOWLY CONVERTING, I GUESS YOU CALL THEM THE STRING LIGHTS TO MASKED ARMS AND SO SPEND. THANK YOU. AND SO MY QUESTION IS I KNOW THIS IS NOT PART OF YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT I'D LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MY, MY HOPE IS THAT AND FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T REMEMBER WHEN THEY STARTED, I THOUGHT THEY STARTED DURING WILLMAR AFTER WILMA, THAT THERE ARE SOME MAJOR INTERSECTIONS IN BROWARD THAT I DON'T THINK ARE HARDENED. AND SO I KNOW THAT'S NOT YOUR AREA. I KNOW THAT, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN UPDATE CONCERNING WHERE THE COUNTY IS WITH THAT, KNOWING THAT THIS IS PART OF SAFETY? ABSOLUTELY. SO IF I COULD. SURE. MR. CHAIR THE ONE OF THE SIX PROGRAM AREAS WE JUST DISCUSSED, THE INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING SPECIFICALLY DEALS WITH THE ISSUE THAT YOU'VE RAISED. WE TOO, HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PACE OF BRINGING THE OLD SPAN WIRE, REPLACING IT WITH MAST ARM WHICH FACILITATES A QUICK RECOVERY AFTER A STORM EVENT HAD SLOWED A BIT. SO THROUGH THE 2050 MTP PROCESS, I KNOW THAT THAT TEAM WENT OUT AND THEY COORDINATED WITH BROWARD COUNTY WHO IS DOING QUITE A BIT OF THAT WORK THROUGH THE SURTAX ON THE COUNTY ROADS. THEY COORDINATED WITH FDOT TO IDENTIFY ANY THAT FDOT HAD IN THEIR PLANS. AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A FULL ACCOUNTING OF ALL THE SIGNALIZED LOCATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT ARE STILL SPAN WIRE. SO WE SUBTRACTED OUT WHAT THE COUNTY HAS IN THEIR PLAN AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND WHAT FDOT HAS IN THEIR PLAN AND THEY'RE WORKING ON. AND WHAT WAS LEFT, YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS THEY WERE ON FEDERAL AID, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE THE PROJECTS THAT THEN CAME INTO OUR 2050 PLAN. SO THIS IS THE FIRST CYCLE, THE LOP THAT DOCTOR CHEN JUST PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FIRST CYCLE TO START TO ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNERS. LET'S GET GOING. LET'S, WE WANT TO SEE AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING COORDINATION MEETINGS WITH FDOT YOU KNOW, HELPING THEM GET MOVING AND IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT THEY WANT TO MOVE ON FIRST. SO WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS. AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE TAKING A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION TO TO GET US BACK ON TRACK. SO IF YOU COULD, I KNOW IT'S NOT YOUR AREA, BUT IF YOU COULD, I WAS ONCE TOLD THAT THEY WERE STARTING EAST AND SLOWLY WORKING WEST IS NOT THE SAME PLAN. OR ARE THEY LOOKING AT INTERSECTIONS WITH, WITH LARGE VOLUME? BUT YOU'RE CORRECT. THAT WAS THE GAME PLAN AT ONE TIME. AND I THINK A LOT OF IT WAS INFORMED BY WHAT HAPPENED DOWN IN MIAMI-DADE WITH ANDREW. RIGHT. I'M GOING TO SAY THAT SOME OF THAT STARTED TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE OF [01:25:05] OPPORTUNISTIC WHERE IF THEY WERE OUT REBUILDING AN INTERSECTION, THEN THEY UPGRADED IT. AND ALSO THEY STARTED TO RUN INTO SOME CHALLENGES OF RIGHT OF WAY. DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO DO THIS STUFF? AND IF NOT, YOU KNOW, ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES A BIG, LONG PROCESS. YOU HAVE TO ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF WAY OR EMINENT DOMAIN, WHICH CAN TAKE YEARS. SO I THINK THEY STARTED TO SKIP OVER THE TOUGHER ONES AND DO THE SIMPLER ONES. AND THEN I JUST THINK THAT THEY KIND OF LOST STEAM A LITTLE BIT. AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR JOB HERE, RIGHT, IS TO KIND OF IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE AND, AND, AND HELP ENCOURAGE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AS, AS THESE COMMITTEES AND BOARDS SEE FIT. AND THIS IS ONE AREA THAT WE SAW FIT TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE THEM A LITTLE NUDGE AND ENCOURAGE MORE INVESTMENT. AND ONE FINAL QUESTION. I KNOW JOHN MICHAEL HAS A QUESTION. SO THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO IS IT TO, ARE YOU SAYING THAT, FOR INSTANCE, IF THEY DIDN'T OWN THE ROAD, THEY WERE LESS LIKELY TO WORK ON THAT ROAD? OR IS IT MORE WORK IF THEY DIDN'T OWN THE, YOU KNOW, THE ROADWAY FOR THEM TO JUST, YOU KNOW, WORK TO HARDEN THAT INTERSECTION? I THINK MY COMMENT WAS WHERE KNOW WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS IN PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. OKAY, SO NOW YOU'RE HAVING TO PURCHASE RIGHT OF WAY. SO IT'S NOT A, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY AN OWNERSHIP. AND ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES, AS YOU KNOW, YOU DRIVE AROUND OUR COMMUNITY, YOU SEE THERE'S A LOT IN A OFTENTIMES A FAIRLY NARROW RIGHT OF WAY. AND SO AT THE BACK OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, FPL POLES, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE AN FPL POLE IN ORDER TO INSTALL THAT. THERE ARE LARGE TRANSMISSION POLES CAN BE $100,000 A POLE TO MOVE. SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU LOOK AT IT AND SAY, WELL, THIS SHOULD BE SIMPLE. SOMETIMES IT'S NOT SO SIMPLE. BUT AGAIN, I DO THINK WE LOST MOMENTUM AS A REGION. AND WE, WE BELIEVE IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. JUST, IF NOTHING ELSE, TO HELP OUR RECOVERY TIME AFTER A STORM, WHICH THERE WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER STORM. YES. SOONER OR LATER. AND, YOU KNOW I JUST WANT TO SAY I LIVE IN COCONUT CREEK. AND EVERY TIME I GO THROUGH THE INTERSECTION AT LIONS ROAD AND ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, IT'S A BUSY INTERSECTION. AND TO ME, THAT NEEDS TO BE HARDENED. IT'S COMPLICATED. I, I TOTALLY GET THAT. BUT WE'VE, WE'VE KNOWN THIS FOR A VERY LONG TIME. SO WHOEVER IS LISTENING, THAT THAT'S WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO NOTED THE CHAIR REQUEST. JOHN MICHAEL PEREZ YEAH, I JUST HAD TO. COULD YOU GET US SOME OF THOSE STATISTICS THAT YOU HAVE, LIKE THE PERCENTAGES OF THAT ARE COMPLETE AND NOT COMPLETE AND THAT YOU'VE DEVELOPED FROM THAT STUDY THAT YOU DID? SURE. WELL, WE'LL WORK AS STAFF TO BRING BACK A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH. AND, AND THE PERSON WHO WORKED ON THAT FOR THE 2050MTP PLAN, AND JUST FOR CONFIRMING TO YOU TO YOUR COMMENT, WAS MOST OF THESE THAT HAVE THE PROBLEMS, THEY'RE ALL DOABLE. IT'S JUST THE COMPLICATIONS THAT HAVE TO BE RESOLVED. EVERYTHING CAN BE DONE. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, TIME AND MONEY. ALRIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING NON ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO. NOT SEEING ANY. ALRIGHTY. WE WILL GO TO NON ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report] BROWARD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURES DASHBOARD AND STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. AND IT'S PRESENTED BY PAUL. HELLO PAUL. I'M BACK. RIGHT. SO AGAIN THIS IS A WELL THESE TWO PRODUCTS THE, THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD AND THE STATE SYSTEM REPORT. THESE ARE TWO PRODUCTS THAT THE PLANNING PROGRAMING TEAM PRODUCE. I THINK WE'VE BEEN PRODUCING THEM SINCE 2018. SO THE DASHBOARD IS REALLY RELATED TO SPECIFICALLY THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. BECAUSE YOU GUYS KNOW I'M HERE EVERY SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER TO PRESENT PERFORMANCE MEASURES TO YOU. SO DASHBOARD IS REALLY SPECIFIC TO THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, SOME LITTLE ADDED TOUCHES, LIKE SOME DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ABOUT ABOUT BROWARD NOW THE STATE OF THE SYSTEMS REPORT IS, ALTHOUGH IT DOES LIVE ONLINE AS WELL, BUT IT'S ALSO SOMETHING THAT WE PRINT. AND IT'S I DARE SAY IT'S IT'S A NICE, BEAUTIFUL DOCUMENT AND IT CONTAINS STATISTICS. IT'S, IT'S MORE INCLUSIVE THAN THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD. RIGHT. IT HAS FACTOIDS ABOUT FREIGHT, ABOUT AIRPORTS, SEAPORT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY THE ENTIRE SYSTEM BIKE PED AND ALL THAT. [01:30:03] SO I HAVE A FEW COPIES IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED. BUT AGAIN, WITH THAT, I'LL JUST GO TELL YOU WHERE THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD LIVES. SO THIS IS THE FRONT PAGE OF OUR WEBSITE. YOU GO TO WHAT WE DO. YOU GO TO MAJOR INITIATIVES. YOU SCROLL DOWN ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU WILL SEE PERFORMANCE MEASURES. YOU CLICK ON THAT AND YOU SCROLL DOWN AGAIN. YOU COULD EITHER CLICK ON THE PICTURE HERE OR CLICK ON CLICK HERE AND IT WILL TAKE YOU TO THE DASHBOARD. NOW THE DASHBOARD IS HAS SEVERAL SECTIONS. THE FIRST PART, IF YOU LOOK ON THE LEFT IS WHAT IS THE BROAD MPO? ESSENTIALLY JUST LITTLE BLURBS ABOUT WHAT THE MPO IS, WHAT WE DO. AND AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, SOME FACTOIDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, POPULATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. DEMOGRAPHICS. THE SECOND PART IS TALKS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO THIS IS LIKE A PORTAL TO, LET'S SAY, IF YOU WANT TO GO TO OUR NEW, OUR BRAND NEW ROUTE TO 2050 EMT-P, YOU COULD CLICK ON THIS. IT WILL TAKE YOU THERE. SCROLL DOWN AGAIN TALKS ABOUT ZERO CAR VEHICLES, FACTOIDS ABOUT TRANSPORTATION RIGHT NOW. THE THIRD PART IS THE SCORECARD. NOW THIS IS ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WERE REQUIRED TO DO PER FEDERAL STATUTE. SO YOU CAN GO HERE REAL QUICK AND IT TELLS YOU HOW WE'RE DOING NOW. FIRST ONE IS SAFETY, OF COURSE. AND I'LL JUST EXPLAIN ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WHERE YOU SEE THE TREND. OBVIOUSLY, WE WE HAVE A ZERO GOAL. WE'RE NOT MEETING THAT GOAL YET. SO YOU'LL SEE WHAT IT'LL BE IN RED. SO IF A GOAL IS NOT BEING MET, IT'LL BE IN RED. BUT THE DIRECTION OF THE ARROW TELLS YOU, ARE WE HEADING IN A GOOD DIRECTION? IF IT'S GOING DOWN, ESPECIALLY FOR SAFETY, THAT MEANS WE'RE TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. THE ONLY ONE YOU SEE HEADING UP IS THE FIVE, THE FIVE YEAR AVERAGE OF SERIOUS INJURIES. IT KIND OF CREPT UP LAST YEAR, BUT OTHERWISE ALL THE OTHER ONES ARE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ALSO, I WANT TO GIVE A PLUG TO THE BSAP TEAM. THEY'VE ALSO DEVELOPED A DASHBOARD, BUT THAT DASHBOARD GOES MORE IN DEPTH INTO SAFETY. SO IF YOU REALLY, YOU KNOW, HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY CRASHES HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, DURING CERTAIN HOURS OR WHATEVER, THEY'RE THEIR DASHBOARD REALLY DRILLS DOWN INTO THAT DATA. THIS ONE, IT DOESN'T, IT'S NOT AS IN DEPTH. NOW AGAIN, THE SCORECARD. ALL THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WERE REQUIRED TO MEASURE INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS, WHICH IS BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT. AND AGAIN SCROLL DOWN TELLS YOU HOW EVERYTHING, HOW WE'RE DOING IF THE GOAL IS MET. I MEAN, IF THE TARGET IS MET IN THE TREND. SAME THING WITH SYSTEM RELIABILITY, WHICH IS TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY ON THE INTERSTATE IN THE NON INTERSTATE SYSTEM IN TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY. AGAIN WE HAVE THE SAME THING FOR TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT AND ALSO TRANSIT SAFETY. NOW THIS IS AGAIN JUST A SCORECARD. BUT EVERY ONE OF THESE CATEGORIES THEY HAVE THEIR OWN THEIR OWN SEPARATE PAGE WHERE YOU COULD GO IN AND GET MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION. NOW THIS IS A SAFETY PAGE. NOW I WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING TO YOU. WE HAVE THAT THIS MAP ESSENTIALLY MAP OF ALL THE CRASHES. IN BROWARD. TYPICALLY WE UPDATE IT EVERY YEAR IN REALLY THE LATEST DATA IS IN 2019 AND 2023. BUT AGAIN, THE BSAP TEAM, ANOTHER SHOUT OUT. THEY DID A. WE HAVE A HIGH, HIGH INJURY NETWORK THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS, BUT THE ONE THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED IS MORE RUDIMENTARY. AND THE BSAP TEAM SPENT A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT AND THEY ACTUALLY THEIR HIGH, HIGH INJURY NETWORK IS WAY MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN DEPTH THAN OURS. SO WE DECIDED TO USE IT. AND AS THEY UPDATE THEIR HIGH HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WE WILL BE UPDATING THIS AS WELL. SO. OH, I SHOULD POINT OUT, IF YOU CLICK ON THIS LITTLE DASHES HERE, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THIS AS A GIS FILE, RIGHT. OR IF YOU WANT TO EXPORT THIS MAP AS A PICTURE, YOU COULD EXPORT IT AS A PNG. SO AND AGAIN, A LOT OF THE DATA YOU SEE HERE YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU CAN EITHER DOWNLOAD IT AS A CSV, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXCEL FILE OR AS A PICTURE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO WE HAVE FIVE YEAR FATALITY AVERAGE IN WHAT WE DO. WE COMPARE OURSELVES WITH MIAMI DADE AND PALM BEACH BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PART OF ONE URBANIZED AREA. SO HAVE ALL THAT INFORMATION HERE. WE ALSO HAVE A HIGH INJURY NETWORK FOR BIKE AND PED. AGAIN, USING THE DATA DEVELOPED BY THE BSAP TEAM. YEAH. WE HAVE A PAGE AGAIN FOR EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREA THAT IS REQUIRED TO [01:35:01] BE MEASURED BY BY FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. NOW THIS THIS MAP, IT'S KIND OF COOL. THIS IS BRIDGE CONDITIONS IN BROWARD. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S TELLING YOU THE GREEN ONES ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. THE YELLOW ONES ARE IN FAIR CONDITION AND THE RED ONES ARE POOR CONDITION. AND AGAIN, YOU COULD DO YOU LIKE THE MAP? YOU CAN EXPORT IT AS A PICTURE. OR YOU COULD JUST DOWNLOAD THE RAW DATA AS A CSV OR THE GIES FILE AS A AS A GEOJSON. AGAIN, I DON'T WANT TO. I'M GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM. BUT ESSENTIALLY YOU FIND THE SAME TYPE OF INFORMATION IN ALL OF THESE. DRILL DOWN PAGES HERE, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, TRANSIT, ASSET MANAGEMENT AND ALSO PUBLIC TRANSIT SAFETY. SO WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SOME TIME, FEEL FREE TO GO INTO THIS DASHBOARD AND PLAY AROUND WITH IT. NOW THE SECOND ITEM WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. AGAIN, IT LIVES HERE, BUT IT'S ALSO PUBLISHED AS A MAGAZINE. SO AGAIN, THE FIRST PAGE YOU SEE OUR CHAIR, A LITTLE BLURB FROM HER AND OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND TABLE OF CONTENTS ESSENTIALLY TELLS YOU WHAT'S GOING, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AS PART OF THIS, YOU KNOW, PURPOSE AND NEED KEY COMPONENTS OF THE SYSTEM. AGAIN, IT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT AIRPORT, SEAPORT, FREIGHT, EVERYTHING, BIKE AND PED. EVERYTHING YOU COULD THINK OF HAS NICE FACTOIDS IN IT AND AGAIN, IT CONTAINS INFORMATION ABOUT BROWARD'S POPULATION, DEMOGRAPHICS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING AS WELL. SO AGAIN. OOPS. JUST QUICKLY GO THROUGH IT. AGAIN, THESE ARE I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THE THE GRAPHIC WORK ON THIS, ON THIS SYSTEMS REPORT IS REALLY, REALLY, REALLY GOOD. AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T REALLY GET A REAL GOOD TASTE AND FEEL FOR IT UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN THIS FORMAT HERE. SO AGAIN, IF ANYONE FEELS LIKE THEY WANT A COPY, I CAN PROBABLY PROVIDE A COPY TO THEM. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS? FEEL, FEEL FREE TO, TO ASK. WE DO HAVE QUESTIONS. ASK AWAY BILL. THANKS. YOU MENTION ANOTHER DASHBOARD BY WHAT WAS THAT BE SAT OR. YEAH, THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TEAM, WHICH MR. CROMAR IS IS LEADING. THEY DEVELOPED THE DASHBOARD THAT ESSENTIALLY HAS. IT HAS EVERY CRASH IN BROWARD AND INCLUDING THE WHAT THEY CALL CSES KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURIES. BUT WHAT IT DOES IS IT TAKES THE ENTIRE LONG FORM THAT THE OFFICER FILLS OUT AND STUFF LIKE TIME OF DAY, AGE OF DRIVER, I MEAN, EVERY SORT OF STATISTIC AND DETAIL THAT YOU'D WANT TO KNOW ABOUT AN ACCIDENT. THAT DASHBOARD HAS IT IN THERE. SO I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO, IF YOU REALLY HAVE THOSE DEEP, DETAILED QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY, THAT DASHBOARD IS AWESOME. SO THERE'S A LINK IN THE POWERPOINT FROM LAST MONTH. OKAY. WE COULD SHARE THAT. OKAY. YEAH. SO WE CAN FIND OUT HOW TO GET THERE BY LOOKING AT LAST MONTH'S POWERPOINT. IS THAT WHAT YOU JUST SAID? IS IT ON THE WEBSITE? YEAH, AND IT'S ON THE WEBSITE. OH, OKAY. I CAN YEAH, I CAN GO. I'M, I'M AT THE WEBSITE NOW. YEAH. GO TO THE HOME PAGE OF THE WEBSITE, HOME PAGE, HOME PAGE. I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER WAY. WHY WOULD YOU GO HANG ON BROW. OKAY. YEAH. JAMES CROMAR HERE. BROWARD MPO. THE EASIEST WAY. IF YOU COME TO THE HOME PAGE, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN TO WHERE IT SAYS SAFE STREETS FOR BROWARD. THERE YOU GO. IF YOU CAN SEE THAT. OKAY. AND THEN YOU CLICK ON THAT AND IT WILL BRING YOU TO OUR SAFE STREETS FOR BROWARD WEBSITE. CLICK ON THE SAFETY DASHBOARD. YOU HAVE TO AGREE TO DETERMINE THE NOT, YOU KNOW. YEAH, THE LEGAL DISCLAIMER LANGUAGE IS THERE. YOU CAN CLOSE THAT. AND THEN UP COMES THE. AND SOMEHOW I BROUGHT US IN THE OCEAN. I OR NOT. THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. AND SO IT ZOOMED IN QUITE A BIT. BUT AS YOU ZOOM OUT YOU CAN SEE THESE DIFFERENT ICONS REPRESENT. AND I SHOULD SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE SO YOU CAN SEE. SO IT'S BICYCLE MOTOR VEHICLE MOTORCYCLE OR PEDESTRIAN DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. THE OTHER BLUE DOTS INDICATE NON SEE CRASHES. AND THEN THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION. AND MAYBE MAYBE BILL WE COULD GET FAISAL TO DO A DRIVE THROUGH AT THE NEXT AT A FUTURE MEETING BECAUSE I COULD START, BUT THEN THERE'S, [01:40:01] WE COULD SPEND ANOTHER 20, 30 MINUTES ON IT. SO YEAH. SO LET'S, LET'S SCHEDULE THAT. BUT WE WILL SEND YOU THAT. WE'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET THAT LINK. AND AGAIN, IT'S, YOU COULD REALLY DO A DEEP DIVE INTO INTO SAFETY HERE. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. AND REALLY IT HAS TO DO WITH THE CATEGORIES MOTOR VEHICLE, PEDESTRIAN, MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE. WHERE DO YOU PUT SCOOTERS AND ALL THE OTHER DIFFERENT KIND OF STREET CRAFT THAT YOU FIND TODAY? THAT'S A QUESTION THAT DOES NOT HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER YET. SO THE, THE FORM THAT THEY THAT THE POLICE OFFICERS USE TO FILL OUT ON THE CRASH REPORT, IT OFFERS THOSE FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES. SO IT'S UP TO THE RESPONDING OFFICER TO DECIDE, IS THIS A IS A SCOOTER? IS THAT A PEDESTRIAN. IS THAT A BICYCLE. YOU KNOW. SO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT OR CLEAR. THERE IS DISCUSSION ABOUT MAYBE AT THE STATE LEVEL ABOUT ADDING SOME OF THESE OTHER CATEGORIES, BUT THAT'S NOT YET DONE. SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT DATA ABOUT SCOOTERS OR BIKES OR WHATEVER WITHOUT GOING IN AND READING THE DIFFERENT INDIVIDUAL CRASH REPORTS. AND WE ONLY HAVE, YOU KNOW, 300,000 OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO TO GATHER THAT INFORMATION. AND RELATED TO THAT, AND I'M NOT EXPECTING AN ANSWER NOW BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S AN EMERGING TECHNOLOGY. BUT I'M GOING TO BE VERY CURIOUS IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD TO KNOW HOW TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IS DEALING WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF VEHICLES PEOPLE USE. WERE YOU WERE YOU LISTENING TO OUR BOARD MEETING TO THE SAME QUESTION CAME UP. YEAH, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND SO I THINK THERE'S THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ON THE STAFF THAT ARE GATHERING INFORMATION. SO AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE MAYBE WE CAN SHARE WITH THE GROUP HERE. THANK YOU MARK. THANK YOU CHAIR. CAN YOU HEAR ME ALRIGHT. YES. SO JUST JUST QUICK, SIMPLE, STRAIGHTFORWARD NUTS AND BOLTS ON THE BRIDGE. POPULATION THAT YOU HAD SHOWN WERE GREEN, YELLOW, RED. WAS THE SIZE OF THE CIRCLE. OH THAT'S INDICATOR TO THE INDICATOR OF THE BRIDGE. NO, NO, NO. IT'S AN INDICATOR OF THE TRAFFIC. THE AVERAGE ANNUAL DAILY TRAFFIC. YEAH. SO THE BIGGER THE THE BIGGER THE CIRCLE, THE MORE TRAFFIC THAT IT HAS ON THAT. THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO. YEAH, THAT WAS IT. I WAS ASSOCIATING IT TO THE SIZE OF THE BRIDGE. NO. WELL ACTUALLY. WELL I MEAN IF IT'S HOLDING ON THAT MUCH TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IT NEEDS TO BE. RIGHT. GOT IT. MICHAEL. YES. THANK YOU. CHAIR. I'M WONDERING IF THE DASHBOARD YOU USE USES THE STATISTICS OF FATALITIES AND MAJOR INJURIES FOR THE RAIL HIGHWAY CROSSINGS IN BROWARD COUNTY. IT DOES. RIGHT. AS A SEPARATE, AS A SEPARATE YEAH. GOOD. GOOD QUESTION. JAMES CROMAR. AGAIN, THE DATA THAT FORMS THE BASIS FOR THE DASHBOARD COMES FROM SIGNAL FOUR, WHICH IS THE ROADWAY CRASHES AND ALSO ITS PARKING LOTS. AND, AND, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PRIVATE ROADS, THE BASIS FOR THEY CALL THEM INCIDENTS THAT ARE ON THE RAIL CORRIDORS COMES, IT HAS A DIFFERENT DATA SOURCE. AND SO WE THOUGHT ABOUT BRINGING THAT ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT'S, IT'S TWO DIFFERENT SYSTEMS. SO TO NOT OVERLY COMPLICATE THE DASHBOARD, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE THOSE, BUT WE CAN MAKE THAT INFORMATION AVAILABLE. AND I THINK PAUL HAS IT RIGHT HERE. AND ACTUALLY, AS PART OF THE STATE OF THE SYSTEMS REPORT, WE HAVE A SECTION, PAGE 22. IT RAILWAY GRADE CROSSING CRASHES BY BY BY WHICH AGENCY ESSENTIALLY IT IMPACTED. RIGHT. SO YEAH. PAGE 22. IT HAS THAT INFORMATION FOR BETWEEN 2021 AND 2023. AND THE BIGGEST IMPACT IMPACTED ENTITY IS A BRIGHT LINE WHICH HAD 39. SO WHAT? JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT'S THE OTHER LINE TOTAL? WELL, ACTUALLY, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FEC CORRIDOR ITSELF IS THE BIGGEST. IT HAS BIGGEST IMPACT WITH THESE THINGS. FEC HAD FEC RAILROAD HAD 11 AND BRIGHTLINE HAD 39. SO THOSE ARE THE SAME TRACKS. THOSE SAME TRACKS. RIGHT. BUT DIFFERENT ENTITIES HAD THE, THE. YEAH. OKAY. SO I'M ASKING WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER LINE? OKAY. TRI-RAIL. TRI-RAIL. OKAY. 11, 14, 16 TOTAL BETWEEN 21 AND 23 FOR THE THESE TRACKS AND YOU LIST [01:45:01] AMTRAK AT ALL? YEAH. AMTRAK HAD TWO. OKAY. IT WAS IT'S ON THIS LINE IS AMTRAK TRI-RAIL AND CSX RAILROAD. SO BETWEEN THOSE THREE ENTITIES, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO LIST BY LINE? IT IS LISTED BY LINE HERE. OKAY. OKAY. SO SURE. GO AHEAD. AND JAMES CROMAR AGAIN. SO AS PART OF THE SAFETY ANALYSIS FOR THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE HAVE A RAIL PLAN AND WE WILL BE POSTING THAT, I THINK IN THE EXECUTIVE PLAN, THOUGH, THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO REVIEW LAST MONTH THERE THERE ARE SOME STATISTICS THAT SHOW EACH OF THE CORRIDORS AND THE TYPES OF INCIDENTS THAT OCCUR IF THEY'RE AT CROSSINGS OR BETWEEN CROSSINGS. AND THEN THE REPORT, ONCE WE DO POST IT, IT HAS MUCH MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EACH OF THE SPECIFIC CORRIDORS. IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY GET TO THOUGH. PAUL WAS GETTING AT ABOUT BRIGHTLINE OR AMTRAK OR SUCH, BUT IT'S MORE BASED ON THE CORRIDOR. YEAH, BECAUSE IF IT'S BASED ON MORE OF THE QUARTER, YOU ONLY HAVE TWO MAJOR ONES. SO I'M ASKING IF IF THE TOTALS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EACH CORRIDOR. YES. RIGHT. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THIS WONDERFUL DOCUMENT HERE. THANK YOU. RIGHT HERE. ALRIGHTY. I JUST HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. AND WE ARE 13 MINUTES TO EIGHT, SO. I JUST. SO IN THE STATE OF THE STATE BOOK, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT PAGE EIGHT AND I JUST THOUGHT WAS, WAS CURIOUS AND THERE'S, IT JUST, IT'S JUST SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS INTERESTING. THE TOP FIVE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS WITH THE HEAVIEST VOLUME WE HAVE I 95, FIVE, 95, 75 TURNPIKE SAWGRASS. AND THEN THE CHART RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS THE NUMBER OF FATAL CRASHES BY ROADWAY CORRIDORS. AND WHAT'S CURIOUS TO ME, ARE WE LOOKING AT THE SAME THING? YEAH. SO SORRY. SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE MORE THERE. THOSE TWO CHARTS RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER. WHAT'S CURIOUS TO ME IS BOTH CHARTS HAVE 95. NUMBER ONE, 1595 IS NOT ON THE SECOND CHART, NOR IS THE SAWGRASS. SO THAT'S PRETTY COOL, RIGHT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING THAT THE OTHERS AREN'T DOING? ANYWAY, THAT WAS JUST AN OBSERVATION. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS AREA? I AM GIVING THIS AWAY. ANYONE. CAN WE GET AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION? OH, IT WAS YES. WHAT ARE THEY DOING? I. MEAN. ARE THEY NOT REPORTING THE INFORMATION OR IS IT JUST. THESE ARE REALLY WELL DESIGNED ROADWAYS THAT FATALITIES ARE JUST NOT REPORTED. I MEAN THIS IS A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. THESE ARE THE REPORTED NUMBERS THAT WE HAVE FROM SIGNAL FOUR, WHICH IS WHERE WE GET THIS DATA FROM. I'M SURE. YEAH, THAT WAS JUST A CURIOUS INFORMATION THAT I SAW. SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NOT SEEING ANY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL. YOU ARE VERY WELCOME, MR. CHAIR. ALRIGHTY. SO WE HAVE NO COMMITTEE REPORTS. AND THE SORT OF LAST FEW THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO TALK ABOUT. ARE THERE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS? FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMITTEE. BILL. YES. SO MR. CHAIR I'D LIKE TO IF, IF YOU DON'T MIND, I KNOW THE HOUR IS GETTING LATE, BUT JUST TAKE A COUPLE OF MINUTES FOR CARL EMMA TO COME UP. OH, YES, I FORGOT ABOUT THAT. THAT WAS IN MY NOTES, I APOLOGIZE. THIS IS EXCITING. I THINK IT'S EXCITING. WELL, THANK YOU, VICE CHAIR GAIL. SO CARL BROWARD MPO STAFF. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER LAST MEETING, VICE CHAIR GAYLE BROUGHT UP THE IDEA FOR MAYBE SOME SORT OF TRAINING OR ORIENTATION WITH THE CAC. YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS WOULD BE OF INTEREST TO THE MEMBERSHIP. SO, YOU KNOW WE HAD THOUGHT ABOUT IT. WE'RE THINKING OF LIKE AN MPO 101 TYPE OF LIKE QUASI WORKSHOP, IF THAT SOUNDS GOOD. WE WERE THINKING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE WE DID OVER THERE FOR THE MTP WORKSHOP WAY BACK WHEN PETER WAS DOING THAT, WE COULD DO SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, AT THE AT THE END OF THE AGENDA IN JUNE, WE WERE LOOKING AT WHERE IT'S A LITTLE LIGHTER. HOPEFULLY THAT STAYS THAT WAY. WE CAN MOVE OVER THERE AFTER WE'RE DONE AS KIND OF THE LAST ITEM AND GO THROUGH SEVERAL SECTIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. I MEAN, THE FIRST ONE BEING SORT OF THE PLANNING PROCESS, JUST A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THAT. AND THEN GO INTO THE MPO ROLE, THE CAC ROLE, AND THEN MAYBE HAVE SOME SORT OF, I KNOW, TEAM BUILDING ACTIVITY OR SOMETHING FUN TO KEEP IT A LITTLE MORE LIVELY. [01:50:01] BUT YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING AT. SO WE WANTED TO COME TO YOU TODAY JUST TO PRESENT THIS IDEA. I KNOW WE TALKED TO VICE CHAIR THIS MORNING AS HE SEEMED SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, BUT YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S OTHER IDEAS THAT YOU HAVE YOU KNOW, THAT MIGHT MAKE THIS BETTER. I MEAN, WE'RE OBVIOUSLY OPEN TO HEARING THAT. I KNOW IT'S LATE. YOU CAN, YOU CAN TELL ME NOW OR, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EMAIL ANY ONE OF US AS WELL AND WE CAN KIND OF INCORPORATE TO THAT. WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH ALL THIS NOW AND LOOKING THROUGH OUR LIST OF IDEAS. SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE THAT WE'D BE GRATEFUL IF YOU CONTRIBUTED THAT. THANKS, CARL. AND I THINK JUST TO CONTINUE THAT THOUGHT, WE ALL ARE HERE BECAUSE OF SOME EXPERTISE. I AM I'M LISTENING TO YOU AS YOU'RE TALKING YOUR LEVEL OF DETAIL TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BUSSES, WHICH I WOULD NEVER HAVE THOUGHT THAT THE COMPANY WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE DON'T DO IT. SO I THINK THERE IS MERIT TO US KNOWING EACH OTHER'S BACKGROUND AND SEE WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE. AND SO IN ADDITION TO LEARNING ABOUT THE WONDERFUL LIST OF ACRONYMS, ETC., THE ABILITY TO HEAR FROM EACH OTHER LIKE THIS GUY I KNOW IS AN EXPERT. YOU, I KNOW IS AN EXPERT. AND I JUST, I THINK WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE. SO OKAY, WELL, YEAH, WE'LL DEFINITELY INCORPORATE THAT WHEN WE'RE CONSIDERING SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES AND STUFF. SO THANKS. ANYTHING ELSE THEN YOU CAN ALWAYS SEND US AN EMAIL LATER. OKAY. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU. IS IT TRADITIONAL THAT I DO ASK THE QUESTION OR WE JUST GET UP AND LEAVE? MOTION TO ADJOURN. BEFORE 8:00. YES. YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL AGAIN? YES. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.