Sep 04, 2025 MPO Board Meeting

GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, I WAS TOLD.

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THIS MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

MEMBER COOPER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD US INTO THE PLEDGE? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

PLEASE DON'T REMAIN STANDING. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL? GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. CARL EMA, BROWARD MPO. JUST A REMINDER TO MARK YOURSELF AS PRESENT, IT'LL BE IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN.

YOU JUST TAP THE PRESENT BUTTON. FOR THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, ANY BOARD MEMBERS ONLINE THE ATTORNEY AND STAFF ARE MARKING YOUR PRESENCE.

SO NO REASON, NO NEED TO RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. EVERYONE HAS RESPONDED TO THAT.

NOBODY FROM THE COUNTY? NO, NO, WE'RE GOING TO GET TO THAT SHORTLY.

OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT. NOW, I NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

[3. Approval of Minutes - July 10, 2025]

COULD WE HAVE ELECTRONIC VOTING? WE HAVE ELECTRONIC VOTING HAPPENING.

FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN VIRTUAL, IF YOU INTEND TO VOTE NO, YOU NEED TO SPEAK UP.

OTHERWISE IT'S ASSUMED. IT'S BELIEVED THAT YOU'RE VOTING WITH THE MAJORITY.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. NEXT, WE HAVE APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES.

[4. Approval of Excused Absences]

COMMISSIONER DAVIS, FISHER, FURR. ROGERS AND UDINE.

I'VE BEEN HAVE ASKED FOR EXCUSED ABSENCES ALONG WITH MEMBER LEWELLEN AND CAUSWELL.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY MEMBER WELCH AND SECOND BY HARDIN AGAIN.

CAN WE VOTE ON THAT OR NO? IS THAT IT? OKAY. GOOD JOB WELCH.

OH [LAUGHS].

OKAY. CARL EVERYONE VOTED? YES. OKAY. THAT PASSES AS WELL.

NOW WE HAVE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. MAY I HAVE A MOTION?

[5. Approval of Agenda]

PLEASE. GOOD JOB. PLEASE VOTE. LITTLE COMPETITION IS GOOD.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. AND DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WISH TO COMMENT, MADAM CHAIR? NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. AND SEEING NONE, WE MOVE TO CONSENT AGENDA.

[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ]

AND YOU HAVE THREE ITEMS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE, I'LL READ THEM INTO THE RECORD.

MOTION TO APPROVE GPC TASK WORK ORDER NUMBER 23 BETWEEN BROWARD METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND KIMLEY-HORN ASSOCIATES, CONSULTANT FOR ATLANTIC BOULEVARD CORRIDOR STUDY FOR FROM WEST OF POWERLINE ROAD TO I-95, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $949,579.58. ITEM TWO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION,

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LET'S SEE. TRANSPORTATION FDOT REGARDING, THAT'S JUST A REPEAT, ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND HYBRID VEHICLES AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.

SORRY JUST REPEATED IT AGAIN. MOTION NUMBER THREE IS MOTION TO AUTHORIZE MPO STAFF TO DISTRIBUTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR STATE TRANSIT FUNDING TO PARTNER AGENCIES IN BROWARD COUNTY. THAT ARE THE THREE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION BY MEMBER THOMPSON AND SECOND BY MEMBER BORGELIN.

MAY I. LET'S TAKE A VOTE.

AGAIN, IF EVERYTHING, ANYONE ON VIRTUAL IS ACCEPTED IS EXPECTED TO BE VOTING WITH THE MAJORITY UNLESS ADVISED OTHERWISE.

MEMBER DENAPOLI IS THE ONLY ONE I BELIEVE THAT'S ONLINE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE. ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE.

[1. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): A. Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) - Roll Forward Report with Staff Recommendation B. Remove Three Projects from the FY 2026 TIP FM# 4496061 NORTH PERRY AIRPORT ATC TOWER REPLACEMENT (CONSTRUCTION) FM# 4515731 FT. LA/HOLLYWOOD INT'L AIRPORT AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL VAULT (DESIGN) FM# 4515741 FLL/HOLLYWOOD INT'L AIRPORT TAXILANE ADG III SERVING WESTSIDE PARCELS C. Add One Project to the FY 2026 TIP FM# 4515763 TSMA REPLACEMENT PROJECT BROWARD COUNTY]

THE TIP A IS FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FDOT ROLL FORWARD REPORT WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.

ITEM B IS REMOVE THREE PROJECTS FROM THE FY 2026 TIP.

THE FIRST ONE IS A NORTH PERRY AIRPORT ATC TOWER REPLACEMENT.

ITEM TWO IS THE FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL, ELECTRICAL VAULT, AND ITEM THREE IS THE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL TAXI LANE SERVING WEST SIDE PARCELS.

AND ITEM C IS TO ADD ONE PROJECT TO THE FY 2026 TIP, WHICH IS THE TSMA REPLACEMENT PROJECT BROWARD COUNTY.

OKAY. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY DOCTOR JIHONG CHEN, AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE MEMBERS FROM FDOT PRESENT AS WELL TO SPEAK ON THIS.

OKAY. YOU MAY BEGIN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

GOOD MORNING. I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

TODAY I'M HERE TO WALK THROUGH THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2026 2030.

TIP WITH YOU. THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE PARTS.

THE FIRST, WE ARE ADDING FISCAL YEAR 2026 ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

THE SECOND, WE ARE REMOVING THREE PROJECTS AND THE THIRD WE'RE ADDING ONE PROJECT.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO SCHOOL PRODUCTS.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THESE COOL PRODUCTS MANY TIMES.

THE TIP IS THE FIRST IS ONE OF THE COOL PRODUCTS.

AS ALWAYS, IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PASS THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR BROWARD MPO.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS ROLL FORWARD REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN IN MARCH OR APRIL.

THE BROWARD MPO RECEIVES TIP DATABASE FROM FDOT.

FDOT GENERATES THE DATABASE FROM THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

FROM HERE, IT SPLITS INTO TWO PATHS THE PATH IN BLUE.

THE BROWARD MPO USES THE DATABASE TO PREPARE THE DRAFT TIP, AND THE BOARD APPROVES THE TIP IN JULY.

THE PATH IN RED. THE STATE APPROVES THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST.

AFTER JULY 1ST, FDOT GENERATES ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR EACH MPO.

YOU MAY WONDER WHAT PRODUCTS IN THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

FUNDS FOR THE PROJECTS IS SUPPOSED TO BE OBLIGATED AND ENCUMBERED PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH, BUT WASN'T DUE BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS. THOSE PRODUCTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE WORK PROGRAM, BUT NOT AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE TIP.

SO WE HAVE TO AMEND THE TIP TO INCLUDE THOSE PRODUCTS.

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AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT, THOSE PROJECTS WILL MERGE INTO THE NEWLY ADOPTED TIP.

THE NEW TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR THIS YEAR.

THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT INCLUDES 157 PROJECTS TOTALING $322 MILLION. ROLL FORWARD. THIS SLIDE. ROLL FORWARD FUNDS DISTRIBUTED AMONG TRANSIT, HIGHWAY AND RAIL. THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT ALSO INCLUDES 15 PROJECTS FUNDED BY MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROJECTS.

FOR THE MPO, STAFF RECOMMEND REMOVING ONE PROJECT FROM THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT.

THIS PROJECT IS GEORGE LEE BOULEVARD FROM OAKLAND PARK TO NOB HILL ROAD.

BECAUSE THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN OBLIGATED AND FULLY FUNDED, DON'T NEED TO INCLUDE IN THE TIP.

LET'S TAKE A QUICK REVIEW FOR THE SECOND PART OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT.

THIS PART INCLUDES REMOVING THREE PROJECTS. THOSE THREE PROJECTS.

ALL AVIATION PROJECTS. ALL REQUESTED BY FDOT.

THE THIRD PART, WE'RE ADDING ONE PROJECT. THE IDEA IS ALSO REQUESTED BY FDOT.

THIS PROJECT IS TRAFFIC SIGNAL REPLACEMENT PROJECT IN BROWARD COUNTY.

SO WE CITE MPO AND FDOT. STAFF IS READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

MEMBER GOOD. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF POSSIBLE WE CAN BIFURCATE ITEM B FROM THIS ITEM AND VOTE ON ITEM B SEPARATELY.

YES. THAT'S POSSIBLE. MR.. ATTORNEY. DEPENDS ON THE MOTION THAT'S MADE, I MEAN, YOU COULD EACH ONE COULD BE INDEPENDENT.

A, B, AND C, EACH CAN BE SEPARATE. WELL, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH A AND C.

IF OTHER PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT A OR C THEN WE CAN SEPARATE THAT AS WELL.

BUT I THINK A AND C CAN BE TAKEN TOGETHER. BUT B NEEDS TO BE TAKEN BY ITSELF.

THE MOTION WOULD. I MAKE THAT MOTION. I, I. NEED TO DO IT.

WE HAVE A. I DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. WE DO. WHAT DO I NEED TO DO AT THIS POINT? BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A MOTION ON IT. SO IT'S, CARL IS PREPARING NOW TO MAKE THE, TO BRING THE MOTION UP FOR TO TO SEPARATE. AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK TO THE SPEAKER IF YOU WISH TO.

OKAY. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR, MAY I GET A CLARIFICATION? YES. ARE YOU LOOKING TO PASS ITEMS A IN ONE MOTION, THEN? ITEM C, NO. ITEM A AND B IS ITEM A AND C AS ONE MOTION WILL BE CONSIDERED.

OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO GIVE CLARITY FOR MR. EMA OVER HERE.

SO AS WE SPEAK. SO THE THE MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A&C ONLY. THAT WAS THAT WAS WHAT I HEARD. AND REMEMBER WE'RE DOING WE WILL BE DOING VIRTUAL, SO PLEASE WAIT.

SO CHAIR COLBOURNE, BOARD MEMBERS, APOLOGIES.

I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH THE SYSTEM WHERE I'M NOT ABLE TO AMEND THE MOTION AND CHANGE THE TEXT.

SO IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH THE BOARD, I WOULD LIKE TO, WE CAN STILL TAKE THESE ELECTRONICALLY.

THE MOTION THAT YOU'LL SEE ON THE SCREEN IS NOT GOING TO BE ACCURATE TO WHAT WILL REFLECT IN THE RECORD.

BUT YOU KNOW, FROM WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING, THE FIRST VOTE WILL BE A AND C WITH THE SECOND VOTE BEING B.

IS THAT IS THAT ACCURATE? CORRECT. WELL, IF I CAN, IF I CAN JUST GET THE ATTORNEY TO SAY THE MOTION THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IT

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SO THE FIRST ITEM IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM A AND C AND THE A IS FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROLL FORWARD REPORT WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. AND ITEM C IS TO ADD ONE PROJECT TO THE FY 2026 TIP.

THAT MOTION WAS, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, AND IT'S GOING TO BE POPPING UP ON THE SCREEN SO THAT YOU CAN VOTE ON THAT.

SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR WILL SAY YES. THOSE WHO OPPOSE WILL SAY OBVIOUSLY.

SO WE CAN MAKE THE MOTION ELECTRONICALLY. IT'S BEEN MADE BY MEMBER HARDIN AND SECONDED BY MEMBER BORGELIN.

SO WE CAN VOTE ON IT NOW AS SOON AS IT POPS UP.

OKAY. OKAY. BOARD MEMBER DUNN.

BOARD MEMBER DUNN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REGISTER A VOTE FOR.

OKAY. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THERE IS DISCUSSION ON B, AND I HAVE MEMBER BYRON. YOU MAY SPEAK. THANK YOU.

CHAIR. DOCTOR CHEN. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO GET SOME CLARIFICATION FROM FDOT ON WHY THEY WANT TO REMOVE THIS ITEM.

THE PROJECT NUMBER IS 061, THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT TOWER REPLACEMENT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT THERE IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO HAVE BEEN A IN THE HEADLINES.

AND WHEN WE HAVE FUNDING OR WHEN WE HAVE A PROJECTED FUNDING FROM THE MASTER PLAN THAT WAS DONE IN 2020 TO UPDATE THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER THERE AT THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT.

IT WAS PLANNED TO BE DONE IN 2022. THE FUNDING IS $4.4 MILLION.

AND THE I UNDERSTAND THAT BROWARD COUNTY TERMINATED A GRANT FOR $350,000.

NOBODY HERE FROM THE COUNTY TO REALLY EXPLAIN WHY THAT WAS REQUESTED AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RELATIONSHIP.

WHY THAT? A FUNDING OF A PARTIAL GRANT WAS A REASON FOR FDOT TO SAY, WE WANT TO REMOVE THIS PROJECT FROM THE TIPS.

AND THEN THE ADDITIONALLY, THE YOU KNOW, HISTORICALLY, WHEN WE REMOVE A PROJECT, BECAUSE WHEN THE PROJECTS IN THE TIPS, THAT MEANS THE IT'S PROGRAMED TO BE FUNDED. AND ONCE YOU REMOVE THE PROJECT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO GET THAT FUNDING BACK IN FOR THAT PROJECT IN THE FUTURE. I HAVE HISTORY WITH THIS, WHERE WE HAD A PROJECT OUT IN WESTON WHERE THE IT WAS FUNDED IN THE TIPS.

THE COMMUNITY DIDN'T WANT TO DO IT. AND I HAD TO COME BACK TO THE BOARD HERE.

I WAS ADVISED THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE PROJECT IS REMOVED, IT'S NEVER GOING TO BE BACK IN.

IT'S GOING TO IT'S VERY HARD TO GET IT BACK INTO THE TIPS.

AND IN THIS CASE, THE COMMUNITY WANTS THAT PROJECT DONE.

ON. SO WHY, WHY IS FDOT SAYING LET'S TAKE IT OUT? AND OBVIOUSLY ANY ENHANCEMENTS TO THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER WOULD INCREASE THE SAFETY, THE OPERATION UPGRADE, THE RADAR, COMMUNICATIONS IS SOMETHING THAT I WOULD THINK THAT EVERYBODY WHO TRAVELS IN AND AROUND THAT AIRPORT WOULD WANT TO BE A SAFE OPERATION.

THEY DESERVE THE SAME TYPE OF SAFETY AS ANYBODY ELSE IN ANY OTHER AIRPORT IN BROWARD COUNTY AND SOUTH FLORIDA.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS AIRPORT TOWER IS IT'S A PRIVATE TOWER, SO IT OPERATES UNDER DIFFERENT RESTRICTIONS THAN A FEDERAL TOWER AT ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR AIRPORTS. I'M JUST CURIOUS WHY FDOT DECIDED ALL OF A SUDDEN TO BASICALLY PULL THE FUNDING FOR THIS NEW TOWER.

I HAVE A COUPLE OTHER SPEAKERS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET A RESPONSE ON THAT BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE OTHER SPEAKERS.

WE WILL INVITE THE DISTRICT UP TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. CARLOS CASTRO WILL BE ANSWERING THIS QUESTION.

GOOD MORNING. CARLOS CASTRO FROM THE FREIGHT AND LOGISTICS MANAGER WITH DISTRICT FOUR, FDOT.

AND I WANT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION BY PREFACING HOW WE FUND AIRPORT PROJECTS IN THE DISTRICTS AND STATEWIDE.

WE COLLABORATE WITH OUR AIRPORTS, RIGHT. WE LOOK AT THEIR PRIORITIES AND THEN WE LOOK AT OUR PRIORITIES.

STATE PRIORITIES. AND I'LL TELL YOU, ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT THE DEPARTMENT HAS IS LEVERAGING FEDERAL DOLLARS.

IN THIS CASE, THE NORTH PERRY PROJECT WAS SLATED TO ACCOUNT AND RELY HEAVILY ON FEDERAL DOLLARS.

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IN GENERAL PROJECTS LIKE THIS WOULD BE FUNDED 90-95% FEDERAL, AND THE OTHER LOCAL CONTRIBUTIONS BECOMES EITHER 10 OR 5%, WITH TWO AND A HALF BY THE DEPARTMENT AND TWO AND A HALF BY THE AVIATION SECTION, AVIATION DEPARTMENT, OR 5% FOR THAT MATTER. IN THIS CASE, AGAIN BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION HAD PROGRAMED THIS PROJECT HAD REQUESTED AS A PRIORITY. UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO BE SECURED.

AND THEREFORE WE BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT, AS A GOOD PARTNER, REQUESTED TO REMOVE THE PROJECT.

ESSENTIALLY, THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT READY TO IMPLEMENT THIS PROJECT JUST YET, AND THEY'RE BEING EXTREMELY GOOD PARTNERS TO LET US KNOW THAT THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE USED EFFICIENTLY. IN OTHER PROJECTS WE HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS ACROSS THE BOARD IN OUR DISTRICT WITH ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS.

AND AS I MENTIONED TOP PRIORITY FOR THE DEPARTMENT IS LEVERAGING THOSE FEDERAL DOLLARS, FOLLOWED BY COMPLYING WITH STATE AND FEDERAL REGULATIONS.

AND WE HAVE THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE LIST CAPACITY.

SO ONCE AGAIN MAXIMIZING FEDERAL DOLLARS THAT WERE NOT EXISTENT IN THIS CASE FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE REASON WHY THIS PROJECT WAS REQUESTED TO BE REMOVED. IF THIS PROJECT IS REMOVED, WHEN WILL WHEN HOW SOON COULD IT BE BE BACK ON IN THE TIP IF IN THE EVENT, IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DO HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

RIGHT. SO THE $311,000 WERE SORT OF RECONCILING THOSE FUNDS INTERNALLY.

WE PUT THEM IN A BOX, SO TO SPEAK. WE PUT THEM ASIDE.

AND ONCE WE HAVE POTENTIALLY FEDERAL DOLLARS IN PLACE, WE CAN REPROGRAM WITH THE CORRECT MATCH LOCAL CONTRIBUTION. SO IF IT'S AVAILABLE, IF THEY HAVE THE FUNDING NEXT YEAR.

THEN DO THEY HAVE TO WAIT FIVE YEARS OR WILL IT? WOULD IT BE AT THE TOP OF THE LIST? HOW DOES IT GET BACK INTO THE PROGRAMING? THE DEPARTMENT UNDERSTANDS THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS PROJECT. I WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR IN OUR DISTRICT, SO IT'S DEFINITELY ON OUR RADAR. WE ATTENDED LAST WEEK'S TOWN HALL MEETING JUST TO BE FOR PURPOSES OF CLARITY AND TO ANSWER THE QUESTION AGAIN. WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THIS PROJECT BACK ON NEXT YEAR IF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE SECURED.

CHAIR. OKAY. CHAIR, CAN I RESPOND TO. YES, I'LL LET YOU RESPOND.

THEN WE GO TO THE OTHER SPEAKERS. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, BUT I'M JUST READING FROM THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE THAT WAS ISSUED IN 2020 ON THE NORTH PERRY AIRPORT. AND IN THE FOR THAT PROJECT, THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL.

YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT FEDERAL FUNDING IS PEOPLE WOULD THINK THAT PROBABLY FEDERAL FUNDING, PROBABLY. IT'S AVAILABLE FOR MOST OF THESE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWERS.

OKAY. BUT IN THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE FROM 2020 THAT WAS ISSUED BY THE COUNTY HERE, IT SAYS THE ATC TOWER REPLACEMENT, THE PROJECT WOULD BE 4,400,000. ESTIMATED COST.

THE FAA FUNDING IS ZERO. THE FDOT FUNDING IS 3,520,000 AND THE LOCAL PORTION IS 880,000. SO THAT'S NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU JUST SAID, THAT NORMALLY THE YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FEDERAL FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT. IT'S NOT IN THE MPU.

THAT IS THE JUSTIFICATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO US BY BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT POTENTIALLY FUNDING THIS PROJECT WITH STATE DOLLARS. THAT IS ALSO PART OF THE EQUATION HERE, HOW TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FUND THIS.

BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. TYPICALLY OUR BUDGET IT'S ABOUT ON A YEARLY BASIS ABOUT $50, 45 $45 MILLION, $40 MILLION IN OUR AVIATION PROGRAM IN DISTRICT FOUR.

IF WE'RE LOOKING AT A PROJECT OF THAT MAGNITUDE.

AND BY THE WAY, MY UNDERSTANDING AS IT IS RIGHT NOW THAT THE TOTAL COST OF THAT PROJECT IS NO LONGER $4 MILLION.

IT'S UPWARDS OF $20 MILLION. SO WE HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL HOW WE PRIORITIZE THESE PROJECTS.

WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK IN CLOSE COORDINATION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO FIGURE OUT A FUNDING SCENARIO THAT WORKS FOR THE COUNTY AND WORKS FOR THE STATE. MEMBER MALLOZZI. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU.

I'M OVER HERE, OKAY. THERE'S A LOT OF US. SO HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU.

PERRY AIRPORT IS SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES AND THOUSANDS OF HOMES AND RESIDENTS.

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BUT AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, ONLY WE YOU WERE STOOD, NOT YOU PERSONALLY.

BUT FDOT STOOD BEFORE US AND ASKED FOR APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD A PROJECT OF ADDING RAMPS TO THE HARD ROCK TO MAKE ACCESS, INGRESS AND EGRESS BETTER FOR THOSE PEOPLE, WHICH BENEFITS THE HARD ROCK, THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES IN THE HARD ROCK AND DOES NOTHING FOR THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE.

MY DAUGHTER ACTUALLY IS STUDYING TO BE A COMMERCIAL PILOT.

WOOHOO! AND SHE FLIES OUT OF SOME ONE OF THE AIRPORTS SHE FLIES OUT OF IS PERRY.

AND IN MY CITY, WE WERE ASKED TO BRING FORWARD A RESOLUTION ABOUT SUPPORTING PEMBROKE PINES AND THE ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN HAVING, AND I QUERIED HER ABOUT THE PROS AND CONS OF PERRY AIRPORT.

SHE SAID THE MAJORITY OF THE PROBLEMS, AND I CAN'T ASK FOR ANYONE BETTER THAN SOMEONE THAT FLIES OUT OF THERE FIRSTHAND.

AND GRANTED, SHE IS A NOVICE, BUT SHE'S LEARNING AND SHE FLIES WITH INSTRUCTORS, SO SHE'S NOT THE PROBLEM.

JUST SO YOU ALL KNOW. THE PROBLEMS WERE NOT RANKED IN ORDER.

PILOT ERROR, ANTIQUATED CONTROL TOWER, AND LACK OF THE PROPER NUMBER OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS.

SO NOW I LOOK AT AIR TOWER REPLACEMENT, WHICH WOULD GREATLY ENHANCE THE SECURITY AND THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE OF ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

AND IT'S BEING PUSHED ASIDE. SO I HAVE MAJOR ISSUES.

AND I PERSONALLY, AGAIN, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF PRIORITIES, AND I THINK THIS NEEDS TO BE YOUR PRIORITY BECAUSE PEMBROKE PINES, HOLLYWOOD, ETC. THEY NEED IT FOR THEIR SAFETY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.

MEMBER. GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A VERY DISTURBING TO ME.

I HAPPEN TO BE THE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER WHERE PERRY AIRPORT RESIDES.

AND UNTIL YOU HAVE TO CONFRONT A FAMILY THAT LIVES IN THAT COMMUNITY WHO LOST A LIFE, YOU DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF WHAT SAFETY MEANS THERE.

EVERYBODY IS LOOKING FROM THE OUTSIDE AS THIS BEING AN ECONOMIC GENERATOR FOR THE COUNTY.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THAT COMMUNITY DISAGREES WITH THAT.

BUT THE BUT THE COMMUNITY IS VERY CONCERNED. WE ALL KNOW I MEAN, I'M CERTAIN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT TUNED IN TO THIS PARTICULAR AIRPORT.

THE FACT THAT THERE'S BEEN OVER 40 CRASHES WITHIN, IN OR AROUND THE AIRPORT WITHIN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IS SIGNIFICANT AND THE COMMUNITY IS BECOMING VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND AND COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE REFERENCE TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ISSUES THERE.

YOU KNOW, AND THE AIR AND THE TOWER IS AN IMPORTANT SAFETY ELEMENT.

AND I KNOW THAT MEMBER JAFFE EVEN KNOWS THAT BECAUSE HE IS A PILOT, HE UNDERSTANDS THE VALUE OF WHAT IS WHAT IS A TOWER DO FOR THE SAFETY OF OF AN AIRPORT. SO THE QUESTION IS, IS THAT HOW LONG, CAN SOMEBODY ANSWER, HOW LONG HAS THIS PROJECT BEEN SCHEDULED IN THE TIP? IT DIDN'T JUST COME UP THIS YEAR, DID IT? OKAY.

WE CAN LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS TIP AND GET BACK TO YOU LATER.

OKAY. SO I SUSPECT IT'S BEEN AT LEAST A COUPLE OF YEARS.

EXCUSE ME A SECOND. IS THERE AN ESTIMATED TIME FOR IT TO GET TO THIS LEVEL? WHAT WOULD YOU ESTIMATE WHEN IT. WHEN DID IT ACTUALLY GET HERE? FIVE YEARS AT A MINIMUM OR. IT. YOU DON'T HAVE AN EXACT NUMBER BUT WE CAN LOOK AT THE TIP.

MOST ITEMS ARE IN THE FIFTH YEAR AND MOVE FORWARD EVERY YEAR.

SO IT'S AT LEAST FIVE YEARS. WE DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEAD, BUT.

THAT'S A GOOD ESTIMATE. IT'S LIKELY CORRECT. THAT'S LIKELY.

OKAY, UNTIL WE GET A CORRECT NUMBER, AT LEAST WE'RE DEALING WITH WITH FIVE YEARS.

GO AHEAD. MR.. GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THE LAST MINUTE THIS IS RATHER ODD TO SIT THERE AND SAY OOPS, THE FUNDING

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FIVE YEARS LATER, WE FINALLY GET A PROJECT, AND WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED AND GLAD THAT THE MONEY'S THERE.

BUT BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THE MONEY'S NOT THERE.

I'M LOOKING AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTATION, AND I'M LOOKING AT $6.2 MILLION, WHICH IS WHAT'S BEING ASKED TO BE TAKEN OFF THE BOOKS HERE.

THAT'S IN YOUR BACKUP DOCUMENTS TODAY. AND WHAT? AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE 6.2 MILLION IS NOT THERE.

WHY IS IT EVEN BEING REPORTED? WHY ARE WE TAKING OFF 6 TO $6.2 MILLION? THAT'S ANOTHER DISCONNECT FOR ME. AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M ASSUMING THAT THE TOWER IS COSTING AROUND THAT AMOUNT OF MONEY, $6.2 MILLION. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS NOT MY.

OKAY. FAR HIGHER THAN THAT. OKAY. BUT STILL. OKAY.

AND AND YOU KEEP SAYING THEY ARE NOT READY. WHO'S THEY? WHO'S THEY IS NOT READY. WHO IS WHO'S WHO? WHICH PARTNER IS NOT READY FOR THIS PROJECT? BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT. BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT.

THE PRIORITIES FOR US TO CONSIDER. OKAY. SO TO MY COLLEAGUES.

INTERESTING. LAST WEDNESDAY THERE WAS A RATHER LARGE TOWN HALL MEETING, AND COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE KNOWS SHE WAS THERE AS WELL.

AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY HOSTED OR MOST OF THE CONVERSATION WAS BY THE BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DIRECTOR, AND THAT DIRECTOR STOOD THERE BEFORE THIS GROUP OF FOLKS.

THEY DIDN'T ALLOW QUESTIONING, ONLY IN WRITING.

AND THE QUESTIONS WERE CHOSEN. BUT YOU COULDN'T GET UP AND SPEAK.

SO THE COMMUNITY WAS SORT OF STRADDLED WITH HAVING TO JUST BE A ONE WAY RECIPIENT OF INFORMATION.

BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THE BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DIRECTOR MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY ARE GOING TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO MAKE THAT AIRPORT SAFER. THEY WERE GOING TO COME OUT WITH A STUDY.

COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE. I THOUGHT THEY SAID IN ABOUT 30 DAYS ISH.

I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT YES, IT WAS A STUDY THAT WAS DISCUSSED.

AND SO FOR THEM TO NOT BE READY ON SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY A SAFETY STANDARD IS VERY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND.

AGAIN, I'M STILL MISSING WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE? SO THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS IS THAT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE ECONOMICS OF THAT AIRPORT, IT'S THAT THE ECONOMICS THAT'S BEING REPORTED IS NEARLY $120 MILLION A YEAR. AND AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHY.

AGAIN WHATEVER OTHER SOURCE OF FUNDING IS NECESSARY, WHY IT CAN'T BE MADE AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW AGAIN, MY COLLEAGUES YOU KNOW, THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER.

MY ASK TO YOU ALL WOULD BE TO BASICALLY REJECT THIS ITEM AND JUST SEND A MESSAGE THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR RESIDENTS, NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE IN BROWARD COUNTY.

AND IF WE ALL PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT WE JUST APPROVED, WE JUST APPROVED IN A, A ROLLOVER.

RIGHT. SO WE RESERVE THE MONEY AND IF IT DOESN'T GET DONE THIS YEAR LIKE EVERYBODY SAYS WELL WE'RE GOING TO GET DONE.

WE'RE GOING TO WAIT UNTIL BROWARD COUNTY GETS READY. AND WHICH I'M GOING TO ASSURE YOU, THEY'RE GOING TO BE AWARE OF THIS MOMENT OF THIS DECISION. WE WOULD HOPE THAT THE URGENCY WOULD BE ELEVATED TO WHERE THEY WOULD BE READY WITHIN THE YEAR TIME. SO I, I ASK THAT WE DON'T LET THIS MONEY GO, THAT WE RESERVE IT.

WE VOTE NO AND JUST AND I COULD TELL YOU THAT MIRAMAR, HOLLYWOOD AND PEMBROKE PINES WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH NOT JUST OUR LOCAL OFFICIALS, BUT ALSO WITH OUR CONGRESSIONAL, OUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATION, OF WHICH WE'VE ALREADY ENTERED INTO CONVERSATION WITH.

AND IF THE FAA IS THE HOLDUP, I'M CERTAIN THAT WE WILL HAVE REPRESENTATION AT THE APPROPRIATION COMMITTEES THAT ARE THAT ALLOCATE THOSE FUNDING. SO AGAIN MADAM CHAIR, WHEN WHEN THE TIME COMES, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO REJECT ITEM B.1.

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WE'VE GOT AN AIR PARK THERE ALSO. AND MANY, MANY GRANTS HAVE COME DOWN THROUGHOUT THE YEARS FROM THE FAA AND FDOT.

AND I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD.

SO THIS PROJECT ORIGINALLY WAS NOT PLANNED TO HAVE ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS GO INTO IT.

IT WAS ALL GOING TO BE LOCAL. NO, IT WAS PLANNED TO HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

AND WE WENT AHEAD AND PROGRAMED OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION OR PORTION OF OUR LOCAL CONTRIBUTION, WAITING FOR THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS TO MATERIALIZE.

GOTCHA. BUT NOW BROWARD COUNTY HAS TOLD YOU THAT THEY CAN'T GET THOSE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR NOW.

CORRECT. AND I WANT, IF I MAY, THROUGH THE CHAIR, TO RESPOND TO MEMBER GOOD'S STATEMENTS.

I WANT TO QUALIFY MY STATEMENT HERE. WHEN I STATED EARLIER TODAY THAT BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT IS NOT READY, PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT. WE RELY, CERTAINLY WE RELY ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE GET FROM OUR AIRPORTS, FROM OUR PARTNERS. CORRECT. AND THE CONTEXT HERE IS THAT THEY'RE NOT READY WITH THE GRANT AGREEMENT, NOT WITH THE PROJECT. SO THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, A DISTINCTION ON THE MECHANICS OF HOW WE FUND OUR PROJECTS.

IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN THAT THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT IN BROWARD COUNTY IS NOT MOVING FORWARD WITH EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SAFETY AND SECURITY AT OUR AIRPORTS.

WELL, IF THEY'RE NOT READY WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT, IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE THE HOLDUP.

I CANNOT SPEAK TO THE SPECIFICS OF THE EFFORTS, ADDITIONAL EFFORTS.

BUT YOU'RE TRYING TO RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST I'M TRYING TO GET SPECIFIC.

SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS NOT PREPARED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH A GRANT AGREEMENT? YOU ARE, FDOT IS. I MEAN, YOU'RE READY TO MOVE FORWARD.

KATIE. BAR THE DOOR. IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WE HAVE SOME FUNDS RIGHT. THAT WE HAD PROGRAMED. SURE. AND I GET IT, I GET IT. WE MAY HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNDS, RIGHT.

DEPENDING ON THE COST. THE TOTAL COST AND A LOCAL CONTRIBUTION, WE MAY HAVE TO BE LOOKING AT A MULTI-YEAR FUNDING STRATEGY TO MAKE THIS A REALITY.

OKAY. BUT IF THE FUNDING WAS THERE ELSEWHERE, YOU'RE READY TO GO.

THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO THERE REALLY IS NO REASON TO PULL IT OFF IF, YOU KNOW, THE FUNDS COULD BE FOUND.

SO A BROWARD COUNTY DECIDED INSTEAD OF RELYING ON THE FEDERAL MATCH, IF BROWARD COUNTY DECIDED THIS WAS A PRIORITY FOR OUR AREA.

AND THEY WANTED TO PONY UP THE DOLLARS NECESSARY, COUPLED WITH YOUR DOLLARS, OF COURSE, FDOT DOLLARS, AND ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT YOU COULD COME UP WITH. WE'VE GOT REALLY NO REASON TO TO TAKE THESE FUNDS OFF, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. BEFORE I GO ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, I DO REPRESENT THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. WE ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE AIRPORT AS WELL.

I ACTUALLY DON'T LIVE TOO FAR AWAY FROM IT. WE HAVE HAD PLANE CRASHES TO THE NORTH OF ME WITHIN LESS THAN FIVE BLOCKS TO THE SOUTH OF WHERE I LIVE, WITHIN LESS THAN FIVE BLOCKS TO THE WEST OF ME, WITHIN LESS THAN FIVE BLOCKS. AND WE'VE HAD MANY MORE TO THE EAST OF ME.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT NOT ONLY AFFECTS MY ENTIRE COMMUNITY, BUT IT AFFECTS ME.

AND TO WHAT COMMISSIONER GOOD IS SAYING. YOU KNOW, MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS, I DON'T GO TO SLEEP AT NIGHT WONDERING WHETHER OR NOT THERE'S GOING TO BE A A PLANE CRASH.

BUT MANY OF OUR RESIDENTS LIVE CLOSER AND AND THEY HEAR IT AND AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS ON THEIR MIND BECAUSE THEY HAVE SEEN THIS. THERE WAS A MEETING HELD LAST WEEK, OUR BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER IN THAT AREA HELD A MEETING THERE AND THERE WERE, THERE WERE LOTS OF RESIDENTS WHO SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY IS EXCITED TO KNOW THAT THEIR VOICES ARE BEING HEARD AND THE CONCERNS ARE BEING ADDRESSED. WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO DO IS TO, IS TO GO AHEAD AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF FUNDING, BUT TAKING IT OFF THE TABLE AT THIS POINT WITHOUT AT THIS POINT WHEN BROWARD COUNTY HAS HAS STEPPED UP AND SAID, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING.

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I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE IN THAT POSITION KNOWING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THAT COMMUNITY NEEDS, AND I WOULDN'T WANT THAT TO BE AN EXCUSE FOR BROWARD COUNTY TO GET THIS DONE.

SO I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITHOUT SAYING THAT THESE FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS AT LEAST THIS PORTION OF THE ISSUE BECAUSE SAFETY IS A CONCERN.

THERE WILL BE A STUDY AND THAT STUDY WILL IDENTIFY OR PINPOINT EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

BUT I DON'T WANT THAT STUDY TO HAPPEN AND THEN NOT ONLY THEY DON'T HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE STATE DOLLARS EITHER.

AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO BE PART OF THAT HAPPENING.

SO I WILL ENTERTAIN THE NEXT TWO SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A VOTE AS WELL ON THIS.

MALLOZZI. TWO THINGS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD BE AT FAULT WITH THIS, BUT IN THE BACKUP, IT WAS SIX AND CHANGE MILLION DOLLARS, BUT YET IT'S NOW $20 MILLION.

SO IN THE FUTURE, IF SOMETHING'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO ME, I'D LIKE PROPER FIGURES, BECAUSE WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS, AND I DON'T LIKE MAKING DECISIONS WITH IMPROPER FIGURES.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE. THE SECOND THING IS, I'D LIKE TO KNOW BECAUSE I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD 100% FOR EVERY REASON THAT'S BEEN LISTED AND THEN SOME. BUT I WANT TO KNOW, EITHER FROM FDOT OR FROM THE ATTORNEY, WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT REMOVING THIS FROM THE TIP? WILL THIS FORCE IT TO MOVE FORWARD, OR WILL FDOT SAY NO? OR I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE SCENARIOS ARE, AND I'M NOT SURE TO WHOM I ADDRESSED THAT TO, BUT MR. CALETKA. MR. CALETKA. CAN YOU ADDRESS THAT? I ACTUALLY WOULD DEFER THIS TO THE DISTRICT.

THAT'S FINE. MR. CASTRO I THINK I'M GOING TO RELY HEAVILY HERE ON OUR FOLKS ON PERHAPS TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

I DIDN'T HEAR WHO, BUT I'M SORRY. WHO IS GOING TO ANSWER IT.

FROM OUR PLANNING ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE HERE, THAT THEY HANDLE OUR MPO LIAISONS.

OKAY. I BELIEVE VICTORIA PETERS IS GOING TO ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR BOARD. MY NAME IS VICTORIA PETERS FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

I HAVE IDEAS WHAT POSSIBLY CAN HAPPEN WHEN CERTAIN TIP AMENDMENTS DON'T GET APPROVED, DON'T BE TAKEN OUT.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE LEFT IN. I THINK I HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THIS ANSWER AND I WILL FOLLOW UP.

YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. BUT THERE'S SOMETIMES THERE'S CONSEQUENCES WHEN AMENDMENTS AREN'T DONE.

SOMETIMES THEY CAN STAY DEPENDING ON THE YEAR.

SO WE WILL GET BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. I GUESS TO YOU OR COUNCIL AS A FOLLOW UP TO THAT.

YES. THANK YOU. SO MY FOLLOW UP IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO IDEA.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KNOW EVERYTHING. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE LEAVE THIS IN? AND THEN IF THERE'S THIS IS GOING TO, YOU KNOW, CAUSE CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THIS CAN COME BACK NEXT MEETING WITHOUT ADVERSE IMPACTS TO ANYTHING I DON'T.

I'M AGAIN, I'M ALL FOR KEEPING THIS FOR ALL THE REASONS.

BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU DON'T KNOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO THEN KNOW IF WE CAN KEEP IT IN AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

MR. CALETKA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I IF IT WERE POSSIBLE, IF THIS WAS DEFERRED TO THE OCTOBER 30TH MEETING MAYBE WE COULD GET SOMEBODY FROM BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION DEPARTMENT TO REPRESENT THEIR DEPARTMENT AND GIVE BETTER DETAILS ON THIS AGENDA ITEM. OKAY.

I DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM MEMBER SHUHAM AND THEN MEMBER GOOD WHO HAS PROPOSED SOMETHING AS WELL. MEMBER SHUHAM. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I WANT TO THANK MEMBER GOOD FOR RAISING THIS.

MEMBER MALLOZZI ASKED EXACTLY THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WE HAVE AN ANSWER.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WOULD BE GREAT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE IT TO THE NEXT MEETING, BUT I THINK HER QUESTION WAS, IS THAT POSSIBLE? WHAT IS THE THE RIPPLE EFFECT OF NOT VOTING ON THIS TODAY, IF ANY? IS THERE A DEADLINE OF ANY SORT, OR IS IT PERFECTLY FINE TO, AS YOU SUGGESTED, BRING THIS BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING WITH APPROPRIATE REPRESENTATION FROM

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YES. I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD ONLY BE A REQUEST THAT WE COULD HAVE THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT COME AND REPRESENT THEMSELVES.

BUT I KNOW NEITHER THE MPO NOR THE DISTRICT FEEL COMFORTABLE SPEAKING ON THEIR BEHALF.

I THINK THAT THE QUESTION IS, PROCEDURALLY, IS THERE ANY REASON THIS HAS TO BE DECIDED TODAY.

SO IF I CAN CLARIFY WE HAVE THREE ITEMS THAT ARE ACTUALLY ON COMPOSED IN THIS IN THIS DISCUSSION.

TWO DON'T SEEM TO BE THE TOPIC OF THE OF THE CONCERN.

SO MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE IF YOU IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH THOSE OTHER TWO, TO MOVE THOSE, TAKE WHATEVER ACTION IS APPROPRIATE ON THOSE TWO AND THEN FOCUS ON THE ONE THAT REMAINS THE SUBJECT MATTER. WITH THE DISCUSSION THAT I'VE HEARD, THAT THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY ISSUE WITH THAT ITEM BEING DEFERRED TO THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY. JUST TO CLARIFY, SO WE'RE SAYING THE ITEMS ON FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO CONCERNS RAISED ON THAT. SO WE CAN TAKE A VOTE.

I WOULD HAVE A I, I GUESS YOU COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS TWO AND THREE OUT OF ITEM B.

OKAY. IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE, I'D LIKE FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND AND DO THAT, AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK TO ITEM ONE TO.

YEAH. 1.1. I HAVE THREE OTHER PEOPLE, TWO OTHER PEOPLE IN FRONT OF YOU.

MR. ATTORNEY, IF YOU WOULD QUALIFY, IF YOU WOULD CLARIFY WHAT WE'RE VOTING ON.

SO WE NEED A MOTION FIRST, THOUGH. BUT I GUESS.

RIGHT, WHAT WILL BE WHAT'S WHAT'S THE MOTION? ITEM IS ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE. IT'S B, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT AND IT'S TO MOVE TO APPROVE ITEMS UNDER B TWO AND THREE. YOU SHOULD READ THE AND THAT'S, THAT'S F.M NUMBER.

FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AIRFIELD ELECTRICAL VAULT DESIGN AND THREE FM NUMBER 4515741 LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TAXI LANE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT ADG IS SERVING WEST SIDE PARCELS.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE TAKE A VOTE ON THAT? YES, WE CAN ASK. CAN WE GET. WE'LL HOLD OFF ON THE BOAT AND WE'LL TAKE SOME COMMENTS.

I HAVE MEMBER GOOD IN THE QUEUE. DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS OR DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT AFTER THE VOTE? I'LL COMMENT AFTER. OKAY. I HAVE MEMBER WELCH.

DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON ON THIS PORTION ON THIS VOTE, OR DO YOU WANT TO WAIT TILL AFTERWARDS? SHE CAN'T GET HER MIC TO WORK. YOU GOT TO SELECT HER CHAIR.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE HER OUT OF QUEUE, BUT THAT'S OKAY.

OKAY. OKAY. VERY WELL. NOW WE HAVE MEMBERS TRANTALIS WHO DOES WANT TO VOTE ON THAT, AND MEMBER WELCH, YOU CAN PUT YOURSELF BACK IN QUEUE.

YOUR MIC IS ON. GREAT. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD ON 1, 2 OR 3. AND THERE'S NOBODY HERE FROM THE COUNTY.

DID YOU NOTICE THAT? YET WE'RE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTY.

I JUST THINK IT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE THAT WE'RE VOTING TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSED REMOVAL OF TWO AND THREE WHEN THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO DISCUSS IT.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO DEFEND IT. THERE'S NO ONE HERE TO TALK TO US ABOUT WHAT THESE EVEN REPRESENT, IN TERMS OF THE EFFICIENCIES OR SAFETIES OF THE FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

THIS WHOLE THIS ENTIRE AGENDA ITEM ONE, TWO AND THREE NEEDS TO BE TABLED UNTIL THERE'S SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY WHO CAN EXPLAIN TO US WHAT IMPACT TWO AND THREE IS GOING TO HAVE.

SHOULD THEY BE TABLED OR POSTPONED OR NEVER COME BACK AGAIN? OBVIOUSLY THERE WAS A THERE WAS MERIT TO THESE PROPOSALS AT ONE POINT.

OTHERWISE THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN ON THE AGENDA. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT ALL THREE OF THESE BE POSTPONED OR CONTINUED UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, SO THAT SOMEONE FROM THE COUNTY CAN RESPOND TO THIS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO ONE HERE IN THE ROOM TO RESPOND ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY.

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THIS ITEM WAS PUBLISHED, SO I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULDN'T BE ANY COUNTY OR AVIATION, SOMEONE FROM AVIATION HERE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM.

BUT WITH THAT SAID, HOW DO WE PROCEED IN TERMS WE WE HAVE A FIRST I'M SORRY, WE HAVE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND WE HAVE SOMEONE ASKING NOW FOR A DEFERRAL, WHICH WOULD MAKE MAKES SENSE AS WELL.

COULD YOU JUST MAKE THAT SO THE. THE ATTORNEY, WHOEVER MADE THE MOTION CAN WITHDRAW THE MOTION AND TAKE IT OFF THE FLOOR AND THE SECOND WOULD HAVE TO AGREE AND THEN. OKAY. MOTION WOULD DISAPPEAR.

AND THEN YOU CAN JUST HAVE ANOTHER MOTION TO DEFER.

SO THE MOTION WAS MADE. I CAN'T SEE IT ON MY IT'S NOT SHOWING.

WOULD YOU WITHDRAW THE MOTION. SO THE THE MAKER THE MAKER WITHDREW.

WHO IS THE SECOND? THE SECOND. WOULD YOU WITHDRAW? OKAY, SO THE MOTION IS OFF THE TABLE. AND SO NOW THERE NEEDS TO BE A SECOND, ANOTHER MOTION TO DEFER IF THAT'S THE CHOICE OF THE BODY.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? THIS IS INCLUDING ALL OF ITEM B.

MAY WE HAVE IT ELECTRONICALLY? ELECTRONIC MOTION.

OCTOBER 30TH MEETING. AND TO BE CLEAR AS TO THE MOTION IS TO DEFER ALL OF ITEM B, WHICH INCORPORATES ITEMS ONE, TWO, AND THREE TO THE OCTOBER 30TH MPO BOARD MEETING.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND BY SORENSEN AND BORGELIN.

PLEASE TAKE THE VOTES. HOLD HOLD, HOLD.

ARE YOU OKAY? OKAY. IT'S MEMBER GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

YEAH. I I APPRECIATE YOU KNOW, ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, DEFERRING THIS UNTIL THE COUNTY COMES AND, AND WE GET AN EXPLANATION, THINGS LIKE THAT, AND, YOU KNOW, THE COUNTY IS WELL AWARE OF THIS AGENDA ITEM.

AND THE FACT THAT NOBODY IS HERE, EVEN FROM STAFF ITSELF, IS TELLING.

AND TO MAYOR TRANTALIS, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE NOT HERE TO TO MAKE A PRESENTATION OR DEFENSE OR WHATEVER.

BUT JUST LIKE YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE TO YOUR COMMUNITY, NOTHING IS GOING TO STAND IN YOUR WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S HOW I'M TAKING THIS TODAY.

I AM NOT GOING TO SAY YES, LET'S WAIT ANOTHER 30 DAYS, LET THEM COME BACK, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, BE PREPARED TO GIVE AN ANSWER ONLY TO HAVE A POTENTIAL FOR THIS BOARD TO SAY NO.

I MEAN TO SAY YES TO THE ITEM DEFUND. YOU KNOW, CHAIR COLBOURNE, YOU MADE AN EXTREMELY STRONG POINT WHEN YOU SAID IT IS WE SHOULD NOT BE REPRESENTING A DENIAL OF FUNDS FOR THE SAFETY OF THAT AIRPORT THAT SERVES SO MANY.

IT'S NOT JUST THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S ALSO THE USERS OF THAT AIRPORT.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK FOR A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT ITEM WHERE WE REJECT ITEM B ONE.

MADAM CHAIR, THAT'S MY MOTION AS AN AMENDMENT.

MISS ATTORNEY, HELP ME WITH THIS ONE. WELL, I GUESS WE'RE SAYING WE WANT TO DEFER ITEM TWO AND THREE, AND THE MOTION IS FOR ALL THREE TO BE DEFERRED.

THAT'S THE MOTION. AND I MADE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.

THE AMENDMENT IS TO. IT HAS TO BE APPROVED. THE AMENDMENT WOULD BE TO DEFER TWO AND THREE AND REJECT ONE. YES, MA'AM.

HOLD ON ONE SECOND. SO WHAT IS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO IN ORDER FOR THAT TO HAPPEN? AND THEN I WILL TAKE YOUR QUESTION. I NEED YOU TO SPEAK TO ME IN THE MICROPHONE SO THAT EVERYBODY HEARS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOU CORRECTLY.

THANK YOU. MR. ATTORNEY, I BELIEVE THAT THE UNDER ROBERT'S RULES, THE CORRECT ACTION TO TAKE WOULD THAT THE MOTION MAKER IN THIS CASE BOARD MEMBER SORENSEN WOULD AGREE TO THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT? NO. NOT NECESSARILY.

THERE HAS TO BE. YOU COULD ASK THEM TO DO THAT, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO.

AND VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT AND THEN YOU VOTE ON THE MAIN.

IT HAS TO BE SECONDED BY SOMEONE SO THAT WE WOULD VOTE ON THE AMENDMENT BY ITSELF, AND THEN WE WOULD COME BACK TO THE MAIN MOTION.

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BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR CHOICE. YOU WANTED TO JUST, YOU WANTED TWO AND THREE TO BE DEFERRED.

I UNDERSTOOD CORRECTLY. I WANT, MY AMENDMENT IS VERY CLEAR.

I WOULD LIKE TO REJECT ITEM B1. YOU WANT ITEM ONE TO BE OFFERED, THE DEFERRAL DISCUSSION? I WANT IT, NO, I WANT IT TO BE DENIED. THE ANSWER IS NO.

WE DON'T APPROVE IT. I WANT TO SAY NO, WE'RE NOT APPROVING ITEM B1, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT AIRPORT.

THAT IS THAT IS THE AMENDMENT. SO BUT IT'S NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE MAIN MOTION.

THE MAIN MOTION IS TO DEFER ITEMS ONE, TWO AND THREE.

SO THAT IS A, THAT IS. SO HOW ABOUT THIS. I MAKE A SUBSTITUTE MOTION WHERE WE REJECT ITEM B1.

OKAY OKAY, WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT A MINUTE. MEMBER MALLOZZI YOU HAD A QUESTION.

OKAY. OKAY. CAN I ASK THE QUESTION OF MEMBER GOOD? YES. MEMBER GOOD. YOU'VE HEARD FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS HERE THAT WE ALL SUPPORT THIS.

YOUR, THE TOWER. BUT BECAUSE BROWARD COUNTY'S NOT HERE, AVIATION IS NOT HERE, ETC..

AND THAT COULD ALSO IMPACT THE WAY WE VOTE ON THE OTHER TWO ITEMS, BECAUSE WE DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW HOW THEY FEEL.

IF WE DEFER ALL THREE, IT'S EVERYTHING IS STILL IN THE TIP BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TAKEN A DECISION ON IT. AND IF I'M WRONG, HELP ME BECAUSE WE ALL KNOW THIS HAPPENS WITH ME.

YOU'RE CORRECT SO FAR. BUT IF WE DEFER IT, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO HAPPEN STILL HAPPENS.

AND AT THE NEXT MEETING, HOPEFULLY WE WILL HAVE ALL OF THE BODIES HERE THAT HAVE THE INFORMATION.

AND THAT WAY WE CAN SAY YAY OR NAY AND THAT WE AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION.

BUT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR STILL HAPPENS IF IT'S DEFERRED.

HOW'D I DO? WHAT'S ABSOLUTELY MISSING IS THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE SENDING TO BROWARD COUNTY AVIATION, THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO TOLERATE A REMOVAL OF A PROJECT THAT IS NECESSARY.

SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEND THAT MESSAGE LOUD AND CLEAR FROM THIS, FROM THIS DAIS.

I REMEMBER, AND MAYOR DROSKY WILL PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS TOO, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO AN AGENCY WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO BE PUSHED ON YOU OR NOT.

AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO TAKE THAT SAME ACTION TODAY AND MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT WE WANT THIS PROJECT FUNDED.

OKAY. IN IN EFFORTS TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ITEM, I WOULD LIKE IF WE COULD TAKE A GET A MOTION AND TAKE A VOTE ON NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER THREE DEFERRING THAT.

AND THEN WE CAN DEAL WITH NUMBER ONE WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO SO THAT WE CAN DO THAT.

DO WE NEED TO AMEND THE CURRENT MOTION TO JUST TAKE OUT NUMBER ONE? THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. OKAY. MAY I HAVE A AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE NUMBER ONE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE ITEM B1.

SECOND, WE HAVE A SECOND. [INAUDIBLE] WE HAVE TO VOTE ON ON THE AMENDMENT BEFORE WE VOTE ON.

OKAY. SO MAY WE TAKE A VOTE ON THIS PLEASE. ARE YOU CLEAR? YES. THIS IS TO REMOVE NUMBER ONE FROM B FROM THE DEFERRAL MOTION.

YES OKAY. SO EVERYONE'S VOTING RIGHT. RIGHT. JUST THIS TWO AND THREE.

NO. JUST TO REMOVE. NO JUST REMOVE. NUMBER ONE IS THE AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT TWO AND THREE.

WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT AND WE'RE GOING TO COME BACK TO THAT. YES.

OH I SEE YES. BUT BUT THE INTENT MEANT THE INTENT OKAY.

THE AMENDMENT PASSES. PASSED. OKAY. SO THE MAIN MOTION IS FOR ITEMS TWO AND THREE TO BE DEFERRED TO THE OCTOBER TO THE OCTOBER 30TH MEETING.

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READY? ELECTRONICALLY. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. CORRECT.

WE ALREADY VOTED. COMING UP NOW. AGAIN, IGNORE THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN.

THE RECORD WILL BE UPDATED AFTER THE MEETING TO REFLECT THAT THIS IS A VOTE TO DEFER ITEM.

SO ONE, B TWO AND THREE. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT. NO NO NO NO. SAY THAT. WHAT YOU JUST SAID AGAIN.

IT'S THE DEFER. IT'S THE DEFER. TWO AND THREE, NOT ONE.

CORRECT. CORRECT IS WHY HE SAID I'M SORRY. ACTION ITEM ONE ON THE AGENDA.

WHICH IS WHY HE SAID THAT. OKAY. ACTION ITEM ONE B TO DEFER TO ENTITY.

CORRECT. OKAY. PLEASE, PLEASE PLEASE CALL THE VOTE.

PLEASE. ELECTRONIC VOTE. ELECTRONIC VOTE. PLEASE.

OKAY. SO. SO. ITEMS TWO AND THREE ON ITEM NAME.

ITEM B IS DEFERRED. OKAY. THAT MOTION PASSES.

OKAY. SO THE ONLY THING WE HAVE NOW ITEM ONE.

IS B ONE. I HAVE HARDIN, COMMENTS FROM MEMBER HARDIN.

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. NO, I KNOW I DON'T I DON'T NEED TO COMMENT ANYMORE.

LET TOM MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I HAVE A COMMENT FROM MEMBER THOMPSON.

GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO SUPPORT COMMISSIONER GOOD'S STATEMENT THAT I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO SEND A STRONG MESSAGE TO THE AGENCY.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A PUBLICLY NOTICED MEETING.

SO IF THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT KNEW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE DISCUSSED, AND IF THEY THOUGHT IT WAS WARRANTED OF THEM ADVOCATING FOR IT, THEY WOULD HAVE SHOWED UP AND THEY DID NOT. AND I, AS A RESIDENT OF PEMBROKE PINES AND AS A MOM, SEEING THE NEWS STORIES OF MOMS WALKING THEIR KIDS AND BEING TERRIFIED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GET HIT BY A PLANE.

IN THE MOST RECENT INCIDENT, A MOM WAS WITH HER INFANT AND HER THREE YEAR OLD AND SAID, IF WE WOULD HAVE JUST COME IN A MINUTE LATER, THIS PLANE WOULD HAVE HIT US. SO THIS IS NOT A MATTER OF MONEY TO ME.

IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE WE'RE KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, TO LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITIES LIKE COMMISSIONER COLBOURNE AND COMMISSIONER GOOD ALREADY SAID, AND I JUST THINK IT'S IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO SEND THIS MESSAGE.

AND IF THE AGENCY CARED, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

THANK YOU. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS ACTUALLY TO KEEP IT IN THE PLAN, NOT TAKE IT OUT OF THE PLAN. SO IT ACTUALLY GIVES THE AGENCY, IT'S ACTUALLY BENEFIT THE AGENCY, I WOULD THINK. SO AT THIS POINT, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT.

MEMBER JAFFE. AND THEN I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MEMBER JAFFE. I'LL BE QUICK. I HONESTLY HAVE NOT TALKED TO ANYBODY AT BCAD, BUT I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THEY WOULD SAY TO THE PUBLIC AND TO US THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO DO IMPROVEMENTS AT NORTH PERRY AIRPORT WHEN IT WAS FUNDED IN THEIR PROGRAM FROM 2017 ON THE MPU, WHERE IT HAS FUNDING IN THERE BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS, THE FAA, FDOT AND LOCAL AND FDOT IS FUNDING $30 MILLION OR PROJECTED TO FUND $30 MILLION OUT OF THE $49 MILLION IN THE MPU THAT WAS DONE IN 2020.

LASTLY, SAFETY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR EVERYBODY IN THIS ROOM HERE AND THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

THERE WAS A MIDAIR COLLISION IN JANUARY IN WASHINGTON, DC.

OKAY. THERE WAS A MIDAIR COLLISION IN COLORADO AT AN UNCONTROLLED AIRPORT WITH TWO GENERAL AVIATION AIRPLANES.

I DON'T REALLY SEE HOW BCAD IS SAYING THAT I BELIEVE, HONESTLY, THAT THIS IS COMING FROM A HIGHER AUTHORITY TO REMOVE THIS PROJECT.

AND IN THE COUNTY, AND IF WE VOTED YES TO REMOVE THIS PROJECT BECAUSE SOMEBODY AT A HIGHER AUTHORITY SAID WE DON'T WANT TO FUND THAT PROJECT TODAY, THEN TOMORROW THEY COULD SAY THAT WE HAVE $5 MILLION PROJECT AT FORT LAUDERDALE HOLLYWOOD AIRPORT, AND THEY COULD PULL THAT FUNDING FROM THAT AIRPORT AS WELL TOMORROW IN THE COUNTY.

OKAY. SO, MR. CALETKA THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS A COUNTY COMMISSION MEETING GOING ON RIGHT NOW.

SO IT WOULD BE MOST PROPER FOR ALL OF THEIR STAFF, INCLUDING THE AVIATION DEPARTMENT, AS PART OF THE BUDGET TO BE PRESENT.

I JUST, I DON'T WANT IT TO MAKE IT SOUND LIKE THAT THEY WERE PURPOSEFULLY NOT COMING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT.

MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY MAKE A MOTION. YOU MAY.

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SO THIS IS AN INTERESTING. DENY. WELL, I WAS AFRAID YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT, BECAUSE OF THE MOTION, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU MAKE THE MOTION, AND THEN YOU VOTE ACCORDING TO THE, YOU KNOW, TO DENY IF THAT'S YOUR CHOICE. AND THAT IS MY MOTION IS TO DENY B1.

OKAY. I THINK HE WANTS TO, BUT I WANT YOU TO MAKE THE BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION BY THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE IT WITH ALL YOU WANT THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO REMOVE IT AND THEN THAT MOTION TO. AND THEN WE VOTE ON THAT.

YES OR NO? YAY OR NAY? YES. WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT.

I KNOW IT GOES AGAINST YOUR YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS, AND YOU CAN PROCEED AS YOU.

CAN I. CAN I GET YOU TO JUST REPEAT THAT AGAIN? YES, BECAUSE THE RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A MOTION TO APPROVE.

AND THAT WAS ALL THOSE ITEMS. SO YOU'RE SO MY MY SUGGESTION IS, IS THAT WE VOTE AFFIRMATIVELY THAT THE MOTION BE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO VOTE TO APPROVE.

AND THEN IF YOUR DESIRE IS TO GO AGAINST IT, JUST VOTE NO.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I'VE EVER HEARD THAT. OKAY.

SO. MY MOTION IS VERY CLEAR. GO AHEAD. MR. GOOD WITH YOUR MOTION.

MOTION? MY MOTION IS TO DENY ITEM B1. OKAY. IS THAT AN ACCEPTABLE MOTION? YES. OKAY. WE I NEED AN ELECTRONIC MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT.

CAN WE READ THE MOTION THAT WE'RE VOTING ON? WE? YES. THE MOTION IS TO DENY ITEM B1. MOTION RIGHT IS TO DENY ITEM RIGHT. BASICALLY IT KEEPS IT IN THE PLAN. IT TAKES IT AWAY FROM BEING REMOVED.

NORTH PERRY AIRPORT ATC TOWER REPLACEMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION.

OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

LET'S TAKE A ELECTRONIC VOTE. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE TWO VIRTUAL MEMBERS IF THEY WISH TO VOTE WITH THE MAJORITY, SO BE IT. OTHERWISE THEY NEED TO BE HEARD.

MOTION PASSES. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

THANK THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THE DISCUSSION ON THAT ITEM.

APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. WE GO TO REGULAR ITEMS. THANK YOU.

OKAY. NOW, ON TO REGULAR ITEMS. COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.

[7. Comments from the Chair]

AND I DO LOOK FORWARD TO THE DISCUSSION ON THE REST OF IT AND HERE AND FROM BROWARD COUNTY AS WELL ON THIS. I DO WANT TO SAY THAT AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS FINALIZED, BUT THERE WAS A SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL VIDEO THAT THAT WAS BEING THAT WAS BEING MADE TO KIND OF CELEBRATE ONE OF OUR SAFE ROUTE TO SCHOOL PROJECTS. I KNOW I WAS PART OF THAT MPO AND, CHAIR COLBOURNE YOU WOULD JUST FOLLOW UP ON THAT FOR ME AND AND GIVE US A LITTLE UPDATE ON THAT.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD WAY TO MOVE FORWARD AFTER THAT DISCUSSION.

IT'S IN DRAFT RIGHT NOW, SO IT HASN'T BEEN FINISHED AND FINALIZED.

OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. DID I HEAR SOMETHING FROM STUART? YEAH, YOU DID. ACTUALLY, JAMES CROMAR KNOWS THE LATEST WHERE THAT THE FILM IS, AND BRIAN JUST ENCAPSULATED.

SO WE'RE GOOD. ALL RIGHT THEN. VERY WELL. I'M OPENING IT FOR MEMBER COMMENTS, AND I HAVE MEMBER TRANTALIS.

[8. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]

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THE CITY OF, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, THE CITY COMMISSION HAS RESPONDED AND NOT IN THE LAST MEETING, BUT IN THE MEETING BEFORE WE AGREED THAT AT A SPECIAL MEETING TO PUSH BACK ON THE DIRECTIVES OF FDOT.

AND IN DOING SO, THE STATE CAME BACK AND SAID, OKAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT ANY MARKINGS ON THE STREET, NO MATTER WHAT, AS LONG AS TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY ARE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

NOW, WHAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT THAT IS THAT ALL OF THESE MARKINGS ON THE STREET THAT THEY'RE REFERENCING WERE DONE IN CONCERT WITH FDOT.

THEY WERE APPROVED BY FDOT. THEY WERE DESIGNED IN CONCERT WITH FDOT.

AND NOW THEY'RE SAYING, WELL, THE LAWS CHANGED, SO YOU GOT TO REMOVE THEM. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE STUDY OF LAW, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, THERE'S A A ZONING LAW THAT SAYS, OKAY, YOU CAN BUILD A TEN STORY BUILDING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE DEVELOPER GOES IN AND BUILDS A TEN STORY BUILDING.

AND THEN THE MUNICIPALITY COMES BACK AND SAYS WE'RE GOING TO REZONE THAT AREA.

AND THAT AREA NOW CAN ONLY ACCOMMODATE FIVE STORY BUILDINGS.

SO THERE IS, THERE'S AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT BUILDING NOW HAS TO CUT DOWN FIVE STORIES AFTER IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT? NO, IT'S WHAT'S CALLED A LEGAL NONCONFORMING USE.

SO THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS COME TO THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT ANY OTHER CITY, ALTHOUGH WE HEARD ABOUT DELRAY AND WE'VE HEARD ABOUT ORLANDO, WE'VE HEARD ABOUT A LOT OF CITIES AROUND THE STATE.

AND BUT THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS A NUMBER OF INTERSECTIONS THAT WERE COLORIZED USING TECHNIQUES THAT HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN ORDER TO ENHANCE THE DRIVER AWARENESS THAT THEY'RE COMING INTO AN INTERSECTION.

WHY DO THEY DO THAT? BECAUSE IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT ONCE YOU ALERT DRIVERS THAT YOU'RE COMING INTO AN INTERSECTION, CHANCES ARE IT CREATES MORE SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

THIS HAS BEEN A PRACTICE NOT ONLY ADOPTED BY THE MPO, BUT BY PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BLOOMBERG, WHO HAVE DONE EXTENSIVE STUDIES ON THIS AND HAVE DETERMINED DETERMINE THAT, THAT ADDING PAINT OR SOME KIND OF DEVICE THAT ALERTS THE DRIVER THAT THEY'RE ENTERING AN INTERSECTION NORMALLY BRINGS DOWN PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES AND INJURIES SIGNIFICANTLY.

THE PROBLEM IS, I'M WONDERING HOW FAR FDOT IS GOING TO TAKE THIS.

WE HAVE JUST APPROVED A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND AND WE CONTINUE TO DO SO.

I SEE THAT THERE'S FUNDING FOR BIKE LANES. THERE'S FUNDING FOR ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES THAT THIS BOARD CONTINUES TO SUPPORT IN FUNDING AND COLLABORATING WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES IN ORDER TO ENSURE TRAFFIC SAFETY, VEHICULAR SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND BICYCLE SAFETY.

WHY ARE WE EVEN HERE? IF WE ARE BEING ALERTED TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE STATE GOVERNMENT CAN COME BACK AND SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR MIND AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THIS, AND WE SAW ALREADY IN THE ACTION ITEMS HOW THINGS HAVE MOVED FORWARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE TAKEN OFF THE TABLE.

OR AT LEAST THE REQUEST IS TO TAKE THEM OFF THE TABLE.

WE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND OUR PLACE HERE ANYMORE.

WE, AS THE MPO, IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SEND MESSAGES, WE NEED TO SEND A MESSAGE TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE CANNOT FIND OURSELVES AS THE STEPCHILD OF THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN DETERMINING SAFETY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR ROADWAYS AND THEN BE TOLD, WELL, WE'RE CHANGING THE LAW, SO WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE NO WE NO LONGER NEED YOUR INPUT, AND WE'RE NO LONGER FUNDING A PROJECT THAT WE ONCE SAID WAS, OKAY.

SO I WANT TO BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MPO.

I DON'T KNOW IF ANY ACTION CAN OR SHOULD BE TAKEN TODAY, BUT I DO WANT TO, AS A MEMBER OF THIS BOARD, MAKE A COMMENT TO SAY THAT AS FAR AS THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS CONCERNED, WE WILL COMPLY TO THE EXTENT THAT THE LAW REQUIRES US TO DO SO.

WE ARE GOING TO ASK A COURT OF LAW TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO RELY SIMPLY ON THE DIRECTIVE OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE THINK THAT THE ACTION IS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL, THAT THEY'RE ASKING US TO TAKE A LEGAL, NON-CONFORMING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE AND

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NOW, AS IT HAPPENS, THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE HAS NO RAINBOW MARKINGS THAT ARE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES.

WE HAVE THE RAINBOW FLAG THAT WAS PAINTED ON A SIDE STREET.

IT'S NOT A STATE STREET. IT'S NOT ANYTHING UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF FDOT.

BUT THEY'RE STILL PUSHING TO HAVE EVERY REFERENCE TO THE LGBT COMMUNITY ERASED FROM THE FACE OF OF OUR CITY NOW.

WE'LL SEE WHAT A COURT OF LAW HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THAT WE ARE NOW ABOUT TO PARTICIPATE IN IS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

BUT AGAIN, I BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF THE MPO BECAUSE WE MAKE DECISIONS.

WE MAKE DECISIONS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

BUT THEN IF WE'RE FINDING A PATTERN THAT'S BEGINNING TO DEVELOP, WHERE OUR DECISION MAKING IS BEING VOIDED AT THE WHIM OF AN ADMINISTRATION, THEN I ASK, WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? WHAT IS OUR ROLE ANYMORE? AND I BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION SO THAT WHEN WE HAVE FUTURE DECISIONS THAT ARE DONE IN CONJUNCTION WITH FDOT, THAT WE ASK THAT QUESTION, IS A CHANGE GOING TO DISALLOW, DISALLOW US TO CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD AS A GOVERNMENTAL BODY IN ENSURING THE SAFETY AND THE PROGRESS THAT WE SEEK TO MAKE HERE IN IN BROWARD COUNTY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER HAND RAISED FOR ANY OTHER COMMENTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT QUITE A BIT IN THE NEWS AND APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD. NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS COMMENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND PERHAPS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

[9. Executive Director’s Report]

AND THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. GREG STUART HERE.

YOU KNOW, THIS ACTUALLY TOOK ME A LITTLE BIT BY SURPRISE, BECAUSE THE MUTCD, WHICH IS THE REFERENCE OF THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT TO MANY MUNICIPALITIES AND COUNTIES HERE IN THE STATE, THAT REFERENCE ACTUALLY STILL ALLOWS FOR THE MODIFICATION OF INTERSECTIONS. AND IN FACT, A FORMER US DOT EMPLOYEE, BARBARA MCCANN RECENTLY ISSUED A STATEMENT ON LINKEDIN STATING BASICALLY, THE LAW HASN'T ACTUALLY CHANGED.

AND THAT IF THEY ACTUALLY ARE SERIOUS ABOUT DOING THIS, THEN THEY WOULD NEED TO GO IN AND CHANGE THE PROCESS.

I, MAYOR TRANTALIS HAPPY TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU, THAT INFORMATION.

AS AN AGENCY ITSELF, YOU KNOW, AND I THINK THIS HAPPENS TO ALL OF OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, WHETHER COUNTY OR CITIES.

YOU KNOW, LOCAL CONTROL IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.

OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DISTRICT IS OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT WE PRIDE OURSELVES IN.

SAFETY IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE REALLY, AND YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT IT WITH PERRY AIRPORT.

YOU KNOW, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLE OF WHAT WE SHOULD BE DOING IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION PLANNING.

AND WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE IN FATALITIES AND SO FORTH IN AREAS WHERE PAINTINGS HAVE OCCURRED.

I'M GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO DEERFIELD BEACH.

AND MAYOR DROSKY KNOWS THE PARTICULAR PROJECT WHERE WE PAINTED FISH ALONG THE WAY IN ON A ROAD.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY WE'VE SEEN A REDUCTION IN FATALITIES AND ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OR CRASHES THAT HAVE OCCURRED ON THE CORRIDOR.

SO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE CONCERNS WE TAKE OUR LEAD FROM YOU, THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, MAYOR, YOU KNOW, WITH WHAT YOUR EFFORTS, WHAT YOUR CITIES ARE DOING.

YOU KNOW, WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WORK TOGETHER TO PROVIDE YOU AS MUCH FACTUAL INFORMATION AS WE CAN.

SOMETIMES FACTS DON'T MATTER AND LOCAL CONTROL SOMETIMES DOESN'T GET FOLLOWED.

BUT IT'S MY GENUINE BELIEF THAT THE STATE DOT, THE STATE DOT, OUR DISTRICT SECRETARY ISN'T NECESSARILY DOING THIS OUT OF MALICIOUS INTENT, IT'S JUST HE'S FOLLOWING ORDERS AND THERE'S A CHAIN OF COMMAND.

[01:20:05]

AS YOU MOVE FORWARD AND WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE CAN AT THE DISCRETION OF THE BOARD, YOU KNOW, STAFF CAN DO SO MUCH. AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE FIGHTING WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS AT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THEY LIKE IT EITHER.

I CAN TELL YOU A STORY OF AN AREA THAT IS NOT WITHIN AN MPO, DEFUNIAK SPRINGS, WHICH IS IN NORTH FLORIDA.

THEY ACTUALLY REMOVED RELIGIOUS DOCUMENT WRITINGS ON THE STREET, AND THE PRIEST ACTUALLY LAID HIMSELF UPON THE ROADWAY FIGHTING THAT THEY, AS THEY WERE REMOVING THE MARKINGS.

SO IT'S A REALLY WEIRD PLACE TO BE AND WATCHING THIS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE HAVE BEEN VERY STRANGE TIMES AND CONTINUE TO BE THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT OUR AGENCY ISN'T GOING TO CONTINUE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR MARKINGS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS AND ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE NECESSARY TO MAKE OUR ROADS SAFER.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE ADMINISTRATION IS RIGHT NOW KIND OF IT'LL CALM DOWN.

I'M CONFIDENT. AND, YOU KNOW, WE WILL ALL FIND OUR WAY FORWARD.

YOU KNOW, FROM THIS TIME PERIOD AS WE GO INTO THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, THAT.

GREG. GREG, THIS IS DEAN. YEAH. THAT'S FAIR. YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEAR WHERE YOU USED TO LIVE ON FIFTH AVENUE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.

YEAH. THERE WAS THERE WAS A PROJECT THAT WE DID IN CONJUNCTION WITH FDOT THAT HAS NUMEROUS PAVEMENT MARKINGS IN ORDER TO NARROW THE LANES AND ENHANCE BIKE LANES AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. THAT WAS DONE AS AN FDOT PROJECT.

YES. NOW IT ALL HAS TO COME OFF BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT'S NO LONGER, IT'S NO LONGER THE WAY IN WHICH WE NEED TO MOVE ON ON TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. ARE YOU SAYING THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING? NO, NO. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A MISTAKE MAINTAINING THAT AND ACTUALLY FURTHER, YOU KNOW, DOING FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE THE RIGHT THING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT TO PROVIDE SAFETY.

AND SO FORTH. AND I CAN, YOU KNOW, HAPPY TO SAY THAT TO ANYBODY THAT ASKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE SAW AGAIN, THERE WAS ANOTHER REDUCTION IN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN INCIDENTS ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.

THERE WAS ONE. BUT YOU KNOW, THE REST OF THEM HAVE GONE DOWN.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SAY THAT THESE THINGS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY.

IT ALSO SHOWS YOUR COMMUNITY VALUES. SO, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A REALLY TOUGH SPOT WITH THIS.

I'M GOING TO BE HONEST. IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I ALSO AM NOT THAT'S THAT'S NOT AT MY. WE'RE NOT IN CONTROL OF THAT DESTINY.

THAT'S BEING DONE OVER AT USD OR AT USDOT AND ALSO AT FDOT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO GO TO BATTLE WITH THEM.

I THINK THE THE DECISION YOUR CITY MADE TO GO FORWARD WITH SOME TYPE OF LAWSUIT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.

IT WILL BE SETTLED. THANK YOU. MRS STUART. YOU HAVE SOME OTHER ITEMS TO REPORT ON? YEAH, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN SINCE HE'S THERE.

I, YOU KNOW, PART OF ME WANTED TO JUST COME IN AND SIT IN MY OFFICE AND SNEEZE AND THEN COME TO YOU ALL WITH IN THIS TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY, BUT ABUNDANCE. I DIDN'T WANT TO GET THE STAFF SICK EITHER SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO BRIAN.

AND BRIAN HAS GOOD NEWS. A LOT OF STUFF, POSITIVE THINGS DID HAPPEN.

WELL, NEGATIVE STUFF DID AS WELL. BUT WE DID GET SOME POSITIVE THINGS OUT OF THE US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION.

BRIAN, YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TAKE A LEAP ON THIS ONE? ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SIR. MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I HAVE SOME GREAT NEWS.

OUR AGENCY HAS EXPERIENCED ANOTHER SUCCESS. WE HAVE EXECUTED ANOTHER GRANT THAT WE GOT FROM USDOT.

IT'S A PLANNING GRANT. IT'S ABOUT DOING THE PROCESS AND SO WE'RE ALREADY A BEST PROCESS, BEST PRACTICE AGENCY. SO IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY FOR US TO DELIVER.

IT WAS IN THE AMOUNT OF $2 MILLION, AND IT'S KNOWN AS THE QUAD P GRANT.

THE SECOND THING TO MENTION HERE IS I HAVE A PRESENTATION ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA GO, WHICH IS AN APP FOR OUR SFRTA.

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YOU'RE RECOGNIZED KRISTEN. HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS AMANDA KRISTEN.

I AM THE TRANSIT MANAGER FOR THE BROWARD MPO AND WE ARE GOING TO START WITH A VERY SHORT SURVEY.

SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO PULL OUT YOUR PHONES PLEASE, AND SCAN THE QR CODE.

I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOFLOGO.

SO THE FIRST QUESTION IS IF YOU JUST GIVE ME SOME VISUAL CUES TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WITH THE QR CODE? YES. OKAY. SO HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT SOFLOGO? THE REGION'S NEW 4 IN 1 TRANSIT TRIP PLANNING AND TICKETING APP? NOPE. 50/50. OKAY. THERE WE GO.

SO. OH, OKAY. I'M GLAD WE GOT KINDA IN THERE.

SO KIND OF WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT 7%. YES. SOME MORE INTO THE WE'RE GOING TO TURN THAT 12% INTO YELLOW, SO THAT WILL BE A MUCH HIGHER NUMBER. THE NEXT QUESTION IS HAVE YOU DOWNLOADED SOFLOGO YET? SO YOU SHOULD STILL HAVE THE QR CODE AND YOU STILL SHOULD BE ON MENTIMETER.

YES, WE HAVE PROBABLY ONE YES.

DID BRIAN DO THAT? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT WAS BRIAN.

I WANTED TO LIGHTEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT. OKAY.

AND THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, HAVE YOU USED IT YET? SO IF YOU COULD JUST. OKAY, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I THOUGHT, BUT THIS IS, AND I HAVE TO GET PETER TO SWITCH TO MY PRESENTATION. SO HE'S GOING TO DO IT RIGHT NOW. SO NOT GREAT RIGHT.

WE HAVEN'T HEARD. WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE NOT HEARD OF THIS APP.

AND I'M HERE TODAY ALONG WITH KIRAN CHAUDHARI FROM GENFARE WHO IS THE CONSULTANT WHO PUT THIS ALL TOGETHER, AS WELL AS LEE TAYLOR, WHO IS THE MAIN PROJECT MANAGER FROM SFRTA.

WE'RE GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOFLOGO.

SO THIS SLIDE I PUT TOGETHER FOR A DIFFERENT AUDIENCE BUT I DECIDED TO KEEP IT IN THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I, THERE'S NEVER A BAD OPPORTUNITY TO REITERATE TO YOU AND TO THE AUDIENCE WHAT IT IS THAT THE BROWARD MPO DOES.

SO WE FUND, COORDINATE AND PLAN PROJECTS. THAT'S OUR BREAD AND BUTTER.

WE, IN THIS RELATIVE TO THIS PROJECT, WE WERE THE FUNDER, THE COORDINATOR AND THE LONG RANGE PLANNER. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT IN SOME WAY, SHAPE OR FORM SINCE AROUND 2013.

AND SOFLOGO IS THE NEW REGIONAL TRANSIT APP, WHICH ALLOWS RIDERS TO PAY FOR, PLAN AND VALIDATE THEIR TRIPS THROUGH ALL FOUR OF THE REGION'S TRANSIT AGENCIES.

SO I KNOW OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS YOU'VE HEARD ME USE THE TERM FAIR INTEROPERABILITY.

WELL, THIS IS THE PRODUCT OF THAT FAIR INTEROPERABILITY.

SO SFRTA WAS THE MAIN PROJECT MANAGER AT THE END OF OUR PROJECT, AND THEY GOT THE THING DONE.

THEY'RE OUR TRUE REGIONAL PARTNER, AND THEY BECAME A REAL TECH INNOVATOR OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS WITH THIS PALM TRAN, BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT AND MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT WERE THE OTHER PARTNERS.

AND OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT ASPECT IS HAVING EVERYONE AT THE TABLE AND KIERAN'S GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

BUT MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT IS THE REGIONAL LEADER IN ELECTRONIC TRANSIT FARE COLLECTION.

THAT WAS THROUGH THE EASYCARD, AND THAT WAS ABOUT IN 2009.

THE EASYCARD WAS INTRODUCED INTO MIAMI-DADE TRANSIT.

AND WHEN THAT WAS THE FIRST ELECTRONIC TICKETING IN THE REGION.

OUR FIRST INITIATION OR FIRST INCLINATION WAS TO BRING EVERYONE IN TO MIAMI'S PROGRAM. SO GET EVERYBODY ON BOARD WITH THE EASYCARD.

AND IN ABOUT 2013, THAT'S WHEN WE STARTED THE FUNDING, GOT THE FUNDING FOR THIS AND STARTED CHAMPIONING THE FARE INTEROPERABILITY THROUGH TODAY. WE PAID FOR SEVERAL ASPECTS OF THIS THROUGH BCT THERE.

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AND SO THROUGH IN ABOUT 2019 IS WHEN WE DECIDED THAT UPGRADING TO THE EASYCARD FOR THE REGION WAS REALLY NOT THE BEST IDEA, AND WE NEEDED TO REDIRECT AND TAKE ON A TRUE REGIONAL PARTNER IN SFRTA TO TO LEAD THIS, SO THAT WE ACTUALLY WERE ALLOWED TO HAVE MOBILE TICKETING THROUGH YOUR PHONE AND THROUGH THE APP. SO IN 2019 IS WHEN WE STARTED THINKING ABOUT HOW TO REDIRECT.

AND THEN IN 2021, THAT'S WHEN SFRTA CAME ON AS OUR REGIONAL PARTNER, AND WE DECIDED TO COMPLETELY REARRANGE AND MAKE IT SUCH THAT WE HAVE ONE APP AND YOU CAN PAY FOR AND PLAN YOUR TRIP THROUGH ALL FOUR OF THE AGENCIES. SO THAT WAS THE BEST WORKAROUND.

WE GOT TO ONE FAIR, ONE APP WAS ONE APP, FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES, AND WE CAN ALL USE IT TOGETHER IN AT THE SAME TIME.

AND OUR REGION WIDE, WE HAD ABOUT SIX WEEKS OF SOFT, SOFT LAUNCH.

AND THEN WE ACTUALLY OPENED AND HARD LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 11TH.

NOW I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THIS IS THE POWER OF THE MPO.

I THINK BEING THAT REGIONAL CONVENER, BEING THAT PROJECT CHAMPION BEING THE REALLY THE REGIONAL VISIONARY TO SEE THIS FORWARD AND TO KEEP PUSHING WITH A NEW PROJECT SPONSOR, A NEW PROJECT MANAGER LOTS OF STAFF TURNOVER OVER THOSE YEARS AND A TRUE DEDICATION TO MAKING A REGIONAL APP.

AND I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO KIRAN CHAUDHARI FROM GENFARE.

HE'S GOING TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY.

MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE. BEFORE SHE DOES THAT, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK ON THIS, AND IT SEEMS LIKE IN A GREAT FORWARD THINKING PRACTICE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, LOOK TO ENGAGE IN. BUT NOW THAT THE STATE HAS DEFUNDED TRI-RAIL, WHAT IS THE POINT OF ALL THIS? I THINK THAT'S A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION. THAT, IT IS IT IS A PHILOSOPHICAL QUESTION.

BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEY HAVE DEFUNDED IT AND AND TRI-RAIL HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY STOP OPERATIONS AS A RESULT.

SO WHERE DOES HAS TRI-RAIL ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY STOP OPERATION AS A RESULT? YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S BEEN IN THE NEWSPAPER. YEAH, I HAVEN'T I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYONE FROM TRI-RAIL SAY THAT TO ME.

PURPOSE, YOU KNOW, SAY THAT TO ME PERSONALLY.

CAN I JUMP IN FOR A QUICK SECOND? SURE. YOU KNOW, IF TRI-RAIL STILL GOES OUT OF BUSINESS, THE APP ITSELF IS STILL USEFUL BECAUSE YOU CAN TRANSFER FROM MIAMI DADE TRANSIT TO BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT TO PALM TRAN.

SO THE APP ITSELF, IT CAN YOU CAN ADD PARTNERS TO IT.

YOU CAN TAKE PARTNERS OFF THE APP IS HOW YOU GET AROUND THE REGION.

IF THERE WAS, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD ADD BRIGHTLINE IF THEY STAY IN BUSINESS, YOU COULD TAKE BRIGHTLINE OFF.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALL THESE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN.

AND ONE OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THIS APP THAT THEY HAVEN'T GOT TO IS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ADDING WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT RIDESHARE RIDE HAILING.

YES. YEAH. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY GETTING ADDED TO THIS APP AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU NEEDED TO GET FROM YOUR HOUSE TO A LOCATION WHERE YOU COULD PICK UP THE BUS AND THE EXPRESS BUSSES ARE STILL OPERATING, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS WITH TRI-RAIL, YOU KNOW, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT'S LIKE YOU GET TO THE EXPRESS BUS LOCATION, YOU GET INTO DOWNTOWN MIAMI, YOU RIDE HAIL FROM THERE TO MAYBE THE, YOU KNOW, THE SPORTS ARENA OR WHEREVER YOU MIGHT BE GOING TO DO? SO THIS STILL HAS UTILITARIAN VALUE. THANK YOU.

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THANK YOU. I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FROM MEMBER DUNN.

ACTUALLY, MADAM CHAIR, I AM GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF.

I HAVE A COMMITMENT WITH A GROUP OF SENIORS IN MY CITY.

IF I WERE TO LEAVE NOW, WOULD THAT AFFECT QUORUM? WE SHOULD NOT HAVE A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER, THE ITEMS ARE ALL NON-ACTIONABLE.

OKAY, SO YOU SHOULD BE FINE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.

ALRIGHT, OKAY. BUT WE DO HAVE A FEW THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO GO OVER.

THE PRESENTATION ISN'T FINISHED. OKAY, THAT'S.

THAT'S FINE. I WILL ALLOW YOU TO FINISH THE PRESENTATION.

BUT I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE DO HAVE A FEW IMPORTANT ITEMS IN IN OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES AS WELL.

SO PLEASE, IF YOU WILL CONTINUE. THANK YOU. I'LL INVITE KIRAN CHAUDHARI TO COME UP HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY ASPECT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND ALL BOARD MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KIRAN CHOUDHRY. I'M A PROGRAM MANAGER AT GENFARE.

GENFARE IS A FARE COLLECTION SYSTEM PROVIDER.

SO WITH THIS APP, WHAT WE DID IS ALLOW FOR DIFFERENT TRANSIT AGENCIES TO UTILIZE ONE APP.

SO I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR EVERYBODY. HOW MANY OF YOU HAVE DOWNLOADED AN APP, USED IT ONCE AND DELETE IT.

THAT'S FOR EVERYBODY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S A FRUSTRATION RIGHT? ANYTIME YOU GO ANYWHERE THAT'S THE ALWAYS THINGS.

YOU GOTTA HAVE AN APP FOR EVERYTHING RIGHT. SO WHAT WE TRY TO ACCOMPLISH WITH THIS IS, THE DESIGN APPROACH WE TOOK IS WE WANT TO MAKE SURE FIRST OUR RIDERS DATA IS SECURE. REAL TIME INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AN EASY ACCESS TO PURCHASE TICKETS IN A SINGLE APP.

THAT WAS THE FIRST MODEL. THAT'S OUR DESIGN. SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP OUR TRANSIT RIDERS FROM THE TRANSACTION PERSPECTIVE? WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION PROCESSORS.

SO WE HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT TRANSIT AGENCIES TO PALM TRAN, BROWARD AND MIAMI.

RIGHT. WE GOTTA GET THAT INTO THE ONE APP. AND ALSO ALL FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES HAVE THEIR OWN BACKUP BACK OFFICE MEANS IT GOVERNS ALL THE PRODUCTS.

WHAT ARE THE THINGS THEY SELL ON THE APP. IT'S ALL FOUR DIFFERENT RIGHT? SO WE GOT TO CREATE SOMETHING IN ORDER TO GET IT ONTO THE APP.

A VALIDATION PERSPECTIVE RIGHT? WE PURCHASED THE TICKETS, BUT IT HAS TO BE VALIDATED SOMEHOW, RIGHT. SO WE HAVE TO FOR WE HAVE ANOTHER WAY OF VALIDATING.

IT'S A FARE BOXES. YOU SCAN A QR CODE. IT VALIDATES IT'S LEGIT TICKET.

WE HAVE FARE GATES IN MIAMI. RIGHT. YOU GOTTA VALIDATE THE TICKETS ON THERE AND IT ACTUALLY GETS OPENED UP AND YOU CAN GO THROUGH IT.

ALSO, FOR THE VISUAL VALIDATIONS, HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE THE VISUAL VALIDATION IS ACCURATE.

AND IT'S A TRUE TICKET, NOT A SCREENSHOT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, RIGHT? WE HAVE TO TAKE THAT TECHNOLOGY INTO ACCOUNT NOW FROM THE TRANSIT AGENCY PERSPECTIVE.

YOU HAVE A FARE PRODUCTS OFFERING, RIGHT? WE HAVE TICKETS.

YOU DO IS ACTIVATE UPON PURCHASE ACTIVATION FOR THE FUTURE.

ALSO PURCHASE NOW, USE IT LATER. AND ALSO SFRTA HAS A ZONE CALCULATIONS.

RIGHT. IF YOU GO FROM A TO B IT'S A DIFFERENT PRICE THAN C TO F, RIGHT? SO WE GOT TO TAKE ALL THAT DESIGN APPROACH AND SAY HOW DO WE MAKE THIS BETTER FOR TRANSIT RIDERS.

OKAY. SO THE CHALLENGES SAFETY SECURITY INTEGRITY OF EACH AGENCIES.

EACH AGENCY WANTS TO KEEP THEIR OWN DATA SEPARATE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE THE DATA EITHER WITH AGENCIES.

SO HOW DO WE KEEP THAT SEPARATE WITH THE FOUR DIFFERENT BACK OFFICE.

RIGHT. HERE'S A UNIQUE BACK OFFICE TRI-RAIL HAS A BRAND NEW ACCOUNT BASED SYSTEM IN THE BACK.

PALM TRAN HAS EXISTING ACCOUNT BASED SYSTEM. BROWARD HAS A CARD BASED SYSTEM AND MIAMI HAS A CUBIC, YOU KNOW, SYSTEM. THESE ARE THE FOUR DIFFERENT CHALLENGES THAT WE HAVE TO GO ABOUT TO DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

SO FROM A SOLUTION PERSPECTIVE IS OUR BACK OFFICE ARE FLEXIBLE.

SO ONE IS GENFARE LINK, WHICH IS THE GOVERNANCE, ALL THE PRODUCTS AND EVERYTHING IS A FLEXIBILITY BUILT INTO IT TO ALLOW IT TO DO THAT.

AND MOBILE GLOBAL MOBILITY APP ALSO IS ABLE TO USE THAT FLEXIBILITY TO PULL THE INFORMATION THAT IT NEEDS.

RIGHT. SO HAVE YOU ALL OF YOU GUYS MUST HAVE HEARD APIS, APIS.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE HAVE EXISTING INFORMATION THAT'S PUT IN THE SYSTEM.

MOBILE APP USES THAT THAT INFORMATION TO PROVIDE THE RIDERS WHAT INFORMATION THEY NEED.

ALSO, WE WENT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM TO MAKE THE CHANGES OF THAT API TO MAKE SURE THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF OTHER TRANSIT AGENCIES WITHIN THE REGION OR ANYBODY ELSE WANTS TO ADD THEIR ACCOUNT TO THE APP TO ALLOW TRANSIT RIDERS TO TAKE THEIR SERVICES AS WELL.

WE CAN'T DO THAT EASILY. SO SCALE IT FOR THE FUTURE.

DIFFERENT PAYMENT PROCESSES, DIFFERENT TRANSITIONS, THEY CAN ALL COME IN AND WE CAN DO IT FASTER THAN WHAT WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT NOW.

[01:40:05]

EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN OPINION. EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN WAYS OF DOING THINGS. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD AND UTILIZE THE FUNDING APPROPRIATELY.

SO WE MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATIONS.

WE SET UP A MILESTONES THAT EACH STEP OF THE WAY THAT THIS IS A CERTAIN TIME, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH.

ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS FROM EACH AGENCY WERE PRESENT.

EVERY MEETING, EVERY THURSDAY MEETING THAT WE HAD.

AND ALSO WE MADE SURE THAT THERE WAS ONE POINT OF CONTACT FROM EACH AGENCIES, BECAUSE EVERY TIME YOU'RE TRYING TO GET ANY INFORMATION FROM ANYBODY? IT DOESN'T MATTER. IT'S A TRANSIT AGENCY OR A PRIVATE SECTOR OR ANYBODY. EVERYBODY LIKES TO DO THIS, RIGHT. YOU ASK THEM A QUESTION, THEY SAY, NO, IT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT, IT'S SOMEONE ELSE'S OR SOMETHING, RIGHT? YOU CALL YOUR CELL PHONE PROVIDER.

OH, I'LL HAVE TO TRANSFER IT TO ANOTHER PERSON. RIGHT. SO WE MADE SURE THERE WAS A ONE POINT OF CONTACT WHO GAVE US THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEEDED, AND WE CAN COLLABORATE THAT. SO AS A TEAM, WE COLLABORATE A LOT.

TAKE AWAY WAS WHAT WE ENGAGED ALL TRANSIT AGENCIES TOGETHER.

WE MADE SURE THAT THE THE ANY QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED IN THE MEETING, WE PUT IT INTO A TOOL WHERE EVERYONE CAN READ IT.

IT WAS, NO QUESTIONS WERE NOT ANSWERED. WE MADE SURE THERE WAS AN ANSWER.

EVERYBODY UNDERSTOOD IT AND WE CLOSED THAT QUESTION OUT.

ONE OF THE THINGS TAKE AWAY WAS THAT WE LEARNED AS WE WERE KICKING OFF THE PROJECT AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THE MOU AND API AGREEMENTS, WE DID IT FOUR DIFFERENT TIMES BECAUSE FOUR DIFFERENT AGENCIES CAME IN.

SO THAT WAS EFFICIENCY THAT WE CAN IMPROVE IN THE FUTURE AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU'RE GOING TO WORK WITH SO MANY DIFFERENT AGENCIES, LET'S BRING ALL IN ONE ROOM.

LET'S SIT DOWN AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY HAVE.

SO THAT WAY THE PROJECT IS MOVED FASTER AND EFFICIENTLY AND WE CAN ACCOMPLISH WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

EXCUSE ME. SORRY. GO AHEAD. QUESTION. IS THIS PRESENTATION MUCH LONGER? NO, IT'S ALMOST DONE. I'M MOVING FASTER. THERE'S TWO MORE.

AND MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO WRAP IT AFTER THAT.

I AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE WAITED ON FOR A LONG TIME.

AND THE ONLY QUESTION THAT I HAVE, BECAUSE I THINK I'VE HEARD A LOT OF DETAILS I'M NOT SURE WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE TO TELL ME, BUT THE QUESTION THAT I DO HAVE IS, HOW ARE YOU ADVERTISING IT? TO TO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT IT'S THERE SO THAT THEY CAN USE IT.

I THINK THAT'S TO ME, THAT'S THE THE ONLY UNANSWERED QUESTION THAT I HAVE.

CORRECT. SO ACTUALLY, THAT LEADS ME TO HAND IT OVER TO LEE FROM THE TRANSIT AGENCY.

SO HE'S GOING TO KIND OF ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS FROM ADVERTISEMENT PERSPECTIVE.

WONDERFUL. BECAUSE JUST A QUICK ANSWER TO THAT WOULD BE A GREAT WRAP UP.

THANK YOU. YES, MADAM CHAIR. LEE TAYLOR. SFRTA.

GOOD MORNING. A LITTLE DISMAYED TO FIND OUT MY AGENCY'S CLOSING, BUT IT'S IT'S TIME TO UPDATE MY RESUME.

THAT WAY TO FIND OUT. RIGHT AT A MEETING. WORKING.

WORKING WITH WITH GENFARE'S FOLKS, WE, AND THEIR MARKETING DEPARTMENT, THEY PREPARED SOME ITEMS FOR US, WHICH OUR MARKETING DEPARTMENT, BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT'S MARKETING DEPARTMENT, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT AND WORKS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND PALM TRAN ARE ALL SHARING THROUGH SIGNAGE AT STATIONS AND STOPS, SIGNAGE ON VEHICLES AND ALSO THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA. GREAT. THANK YOU. AND IF WE CAN FORWARD TO THE LAST SLIDE.

OKAY. SO AND THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THAT ADVERTISING LOOKS LIKE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE THAT. NEXT. I DON'T HAVE ANY I DO HAVE QUESTIONS.

OH I'M SORRY. MEMBER HARDIN. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, CHAIR I APPRECIATE THAT AND SORRY TO DELAY THINGS BUT JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON THE APP.

IS IT, HOW DOES IT COORDINATE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES? IN OTHER WORDS IN POMPANO WE'VE GOT THE WE'VE GOT CIRCUIT SO AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER STUFF.

SO DOES IT PARTICIPATE WITH THE MUNICIPALITIES.

WELL IT IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY PARTICIPATE WITH THOSE CIRCUIT FREEBEE YET.

WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE THOSE INTEGRATED INTO THE APP IN THE NEXT PHASE, AS WELL AS WITH THE UBER AND LYFT RIDE HAILING COMPONENT, BECAUSE YEAH, FOR TRUE, TRUE, SEAMLESS SERVICE POINT TO POINT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT SHOULD.

THERE OUGHT TO BE A WAY TO INTEGRATE EVERYTHING TOGETHER. RIGHT.

AND WE ARE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF INTEGRATING EVERY MODE.

BUT IT TAKES TIME AND MONEY AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUR INTENTION.

VERY COOL. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. YES.

ON THAT QUESTION. IN TERMS OF TRIP PLANNING, THE APP IS ACTUALLY AGENCY AGNOSTIC.

[01:45:04]

AND THE FIRST OPTION THEY WERE PRESENTED WITH WAS METRO RAIL.

AND THEY SAID, WELL, WHY AREN'T WE SHOWING OUR TRAIN? AND THE ANSWER IS OUR TRAIN WAS COMING IN AN HOUR, METRO RAIL WAS COMING IN TEN MINUTES.

SO THE APP ITSELF OFFERS UP THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION AT THE MOMENT.

IT DOESN'T FAVOR ANY OF THE AGENCIES. AND THE BEST POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS SOME OTHER SERVICE THAT OFFERS UP A REAL TIME FEED TO GOOGLE.

THEY'LL SEE THAT AS WELL. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU.

OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION.

OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE OUR MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORTS.

[10. Monthly Legislative Reports]

MR. CALETKA, IF YOU'D LIKE. I'M ON THE LINE. I WAS.

YES, I THANK. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. PAUL CALVARESI, BROWARD MPO.

THANK YOU. PAUL. THANK YOU. I WAS SICK EARLIER IN THE WEEK, SO DIRECTOR CALETKA GROUNDED ME.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE ME VIRTUALLY. OKAY. GROUNDED ME, PAUL TOO.

IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT YOU ALL CAN STILL WORK WHEN YOU'RE SICK.

YOU MAY PROCEED. THANK YOU. SO I'LL BE QUICK.

OUR STATE SESSION STARTS A LOT EARLIER THIS YEAR.

IT'S GOING TO BE STARTING AROUND JANUARY. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY BOARD MEETINGS BETWEEN OCTOBER 30TH AND FEBRUARY.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS THAT NEED TO BE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE STATE LEVEL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DIRECT THEM TO MYSELF, DIRECTOR CALETKA OR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR STUART AND WE'LL MAKE THOSE KNOWN TO YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND THE MORE IMMEDIATE NEED AT OUR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, THE FISCAL YEAR ENDS SEPTEMBER 30TH.

SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE PARTIES CAN COME TOGETHER TO AVOID A FEDERAL SHUTDOWN.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKELY AT THIS MOMENT, BUT EVERY DAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT HAPPENS.

AND THEN THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD HAVE HAD A THE OUTREACH GUIDEBOOK AT YOUR DAIS IS ABOUT A 40 PAGE DOCUMENT.

[2. Connected Communities Vision Kit]

GIVEN THE ABUNDANT CONVERSATION ABOUT HOW PUBLIC INFORMATION AND OUTREACH HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, ESPECIALLY POST COVID, WE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE A GOOD GUIDING DOCUMENT FOR OUR PARTNERING MUNICIPALITIES AND IT'S GOING, AND IT'LL BE A SUGGESTION FOR UPCOMING MPO BOARD FUNDING ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE PUBLIC OUTREACH.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. CAN YOU TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE BOOK? SO THE OUTREACH GUIDEBOOK IS ESSENTIALLY THE HOW TO GUIDE FOR PUBLIC OUTREACH.

AND ONCE AGAIN, I CAN'T THANK OUR PARTNERS AT WHITE HOUSE GROUP ENOUGH. SO WE PUT THIS TOGETHER ALMOST LIKE A COOKBOOK, SO YOU CAN GO THROUGH AND FIND THE RECIPE OF HOW TO DO A CERTAIN PUBLIC OUTREACH EVENT, WHAT'S HIS EFFECTIVENESS IS AND THE SUPPLIES YOU NEED THE PERSONNEL.

SO REALLY A GROUND UP HOW TO GUIDE. OKAY, GREAT.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

WE HAVE WE HAVE THREE NON-ACTION ITEMS. ARE WE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THESE RELATIVELY QUICKLY? MR. CALETKA. MADAM CHAIR, THE SECOND ITEM WAS ACTUALLY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE GUIDEBOOK, SO THAT'S ALREADY DONE.

WE DO HAVE ONE VERY, VERY SHORT PRESENTATION BY MR. FLAVIEN WHICH IS THE FIRST ACTION ITEM. AND WE'VE ALREADY LET MISS WEATHERALL KNOW FROM ACTION NON ACTION ITEM NUMBER THREE THAT SHE'S BEING PUNTED TO THE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. VERY WELL. LET'S PROCEED WITH THAT. THAT SHORT ONE BECAUSE WE'VE LOST A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR EVERYONE TO HEAR IT

[1. 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment Requests A. FDOT Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) B. Broward Safety Action Plan (BSAP) C. Broward County Transit (BCT)]

THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

THIS IS ACTUALLY VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS PART OF OUR MTP AMENDMENT CYCLE THAT WE DO ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THAT CYCLE IN DURING MAY AND IN JULY WE WERE MEETING WITH OUR PARTNERS WHO WHO HAD AMENDMENT REQUESTS.

SO WE MET WITH DOT, WE MET WITH BCT, AND WE ALSO HAD OUR OWN INTERNAL WITH THE ROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN GROUP THAT ARE REQUESTING SOME AMENDMENTS.

SO WITH THAT THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT'S IT'S A, B AND C.

SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

SO AGAIN THE MTP IS A CORE PRODUCT OF THE MPO.

AND THESE ARE FDOT SYSTEM AMENDMENT REQUESTS.

SO THESE ARE FIVE ITEMS HERE. THE FIRST TWO ARE ESSENTIALLY WE'RE REMOVING A CONSTRUCTION PHASE.

[01:50:05]

THE SECOND TWO ARE ESSENTIALLY PROJECTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD IN FUNDING.

SO THEY WERE ESSENTIALLY AT A ONE PROJECT HERE.

THE TRUCK PARKING WAS IN THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN, WHICH MEANS IT HAD A PORTION OF IT PAID.

AND THROUGH WORKING WITH FDOT, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET A GRANT THAT ACTUALLY IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PAY FOR THAT ENTIRE PROJECT TO BE IN THE CONSTRUCTION.

AND THE FOURTH ONE IS A PROJECT THAT MOVED AGAIN FROM AN OUT OF TOWN BAND TO A FISCAL YEAR 29.

SO WE HAVE, IT HAS TO BE AMENDED IN THE LAST ONE IS A REMOVAL.

THAT PROJECT IS GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO ANOTHER PROJECT THAT DOT ALREADY HAS.

SO THERE ARE FOLKS FROM DOT HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WILL QUICKLY MOVE ON TO THE AMENDMENT REQUEST.

SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE SS FOUR A GRANT AND OUR STAFF WORKED DILIGENTLY ON THAT PROJECT.

AND THEY CAME UP WITH THESE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

AND WE WERE, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE 2050 MTP, WE RESERVED ESSENTIALLY A BULK OF FUNDING FOR THOSE PROJECTS, RIGHT ON STATE AND OFF STATE. SO AGAIN, THEY HAVE THOSE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS, THE MUNICIPALITIES, TO GET RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FOR THOSE PROJECTS BECAUSE THAT'S REQUIRED FOR THAT TO PROCEED FORWARD.

AND THEN ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL BE DOING OUR ALLOCATION OF FUNDS, WHETHER THAT'S UNSTATED OFF STATE FOR THOSE PROJECTS.

SO THESE ARE THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THOSE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

THIS IS THE LISTING OF THOSE PRIORITY CORRIDORS.

AND IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT WE HAVE MR. JAMES CROMAR HERE THAT CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND SEEING NONE, I'M MOVING ON TO THE BCT AMENDMENT REQUEST, AND WE DO HAVE BARNEY MCCOY FROM BCT THAT CAN SHOW YOU THOSE REQUESTS.

THANK YOU SIR. GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR. BOARD MEMBERS.

AGAIN, BARNEY MCCOY, ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER, SERVICE AND STRATEGIC PLANNING FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. WE'VE GOT A REQUEST BEFORE YOU THIS MORNING RELATIVE TO FOUR PROJECTS WITHIN THE MTP.

WE LIKE TO ADD ONE PROJECT AND THEN MOVE THREE PROJECTS TO A DIFFERENT LIST WITHIN THE PLAN.

IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH COMMUTER RAIL NORTH PROJECT LIMITS FORT LAUDERDALE ON THE SOUTH, DEERFIELD BEACH IN THE NORTH COUNTIES COMMITTED $20 MILLION FOR OUR PART OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET FOR PDE TO START THAT YEAR. WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THIS PROJECT ADDED TO THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN.

NEXT PROJECT IS OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. THAT PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED.

PROJECT LIMITS ARE A1, A2 SAWGRASS. WE START THE PD&EE ON THAT RATHER THAN 2023.

IT'S REVENUE EXPECTED IN 2030, BUT WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THAT PLAN MOVED TO THE FISCALLY CONSTRAINED, FISCALLY CONSTRAINED LIST. POWER LINE, ROAD BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT LIMITS ARE BROWARD BOULEVARD TO SAMPLE ROAD.

THE COUNTY HAS COMMITTED $7.5 MILLION TO THAT AS PART OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET FOR THE PD&E, WHICH WILL START IN 2020, I'M SORRY, 2026 AS WELL.

WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT PLACED IN THE ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.

AND LASTLY, FOR UNIVERSITY DRIVE BUS RAPID TRANSIT PROJECT LIMITS ARE COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD TO THE COUNTY LINE.

THE COUNTY IS COMMITTED $8.5 MILLION AS PART OF OUR FISCAL YEAR 26 BUDGET WITH THE PD AND THE EXPECTED START IN FISCAL YEAR 26.

WE'RE ASKING TO HAVE THAT PROJECT PLACED IN THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS HERE AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB.

AND AGAIN, THE FINAL STEPS FOR THIS ON NOVEMBER 10TH IS WHEN WE'RE EXPECTING ALL THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT FROM FROM MUNICIPALITIES FOR THE PROJECTS.

AND YOU WILL SEE ALL ANY AMENDMENTS THAT ACTUALLY MOVE THROUGH THE PROCESS.

YOU WILL SEE IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR FOR YOU TO TAKE AN ACTION.

THAT'S IT. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO BOTH OF YOU.

GREAT JOB. WE REALLY TRY. OKAY. YOU SAY ITEM NUMBER THREE, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE.

[3. Report from Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation - SR-9 / I-95 PD&E Study from Miami-Dade / Broward County Line to North of Griffin Rd.]

ALRIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.