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GOOD AFTERNOON. 2:30PM. WE ARE GOING TO START OUR MEETING.
[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
CARL, IF WE HAVE A QUORUM. YES. SO I'M GOING TO SWITCH OVER TO THE VDU, TO THE ATTENDANCE SCREEN. SO IF YOU REMEMBER, I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN HERE, IT FEELS LIKE.BUT THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SHOULD SEE PRESENT POP UP.
AND IF YOU CLICK THAT, IT'LL MARK YOU IN ATTENDANCE FOR THIS MEETING TODAY.
OKAY. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE 16 ABSENT, 27 PRESENT.
[3. Approval of Minutes - October 22, 2025]
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. WE NEED A MOTION.MOTION BY NATALIE. SECOND BY JENNA. THANK YOU.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENT ON THIS. NOT. THEN LET'S VOTE ON IT.
EMILY. I THINK JUST HUDA ASHWAS IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HASN'T VOTED.
AND MAYBE EMILY ACETI AS WELL. EMILY, TOO. OKAY.
HUDA VOTED. ONLY EMILY'S MISSING. AND EMILY IS VIRTUAL TODAY.
OKAY. SHE'S VIRTUAL. MAYBE SHE MIGHT BE AWAY FROM THE.
OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THEN APPROVAL
[4. Approval of Agenda]
OF AGENDA. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BY MICHAEL.SECOND BY JENNAA. ANY COMMENT ON THIS? OKAY, LET'S VOTE ON IT.
OKAY. HUDA IS MISSING. OKAY. PERFECT. THANK YOU.
THAT MOTION PASSES. WE ARE GOING TO NEXT ITEM, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
DID YOU RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? NO, WE DID NOT.
THANK YOU. THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE ACTION ITEM.
[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER 1. THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING SO WE ARE OPEN FOR ANY COMMENT.ESSENTIALLY THIS IS GOING TO BE A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION. ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS THE CULMINATION OF THAT FOUR STEP PROCESS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT ALL THE WAY BACK IN APRIL, YOU KNOW. SO WITH THAT, I'LL START. ESSENTIALLY, I'M USING THE SAME FORMAT THAT WE PRESENTED THESE PROJECTS TO YOU.
I THINK IT WAS BACK IN OCTOBER. SO WE HAVE ESSENTIALLY THREE SETS OF AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING THOSE FROM FDOT, OUR OWN AMENDMENT REQUESTS, AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT'S AMENDMENT REQUESTS.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A CORE PRODUCT, MTP. SO WE ALWAYS LIKE TO REMIND YOU WHENEVER WE'RE DOING ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, THIS IS A CORE PRODUCT. AND I TALKED ABOUT THE FOUR STEP PROCESS.
SEE? STEP ONE, STEP TWO, STEP THREE, ONE STEP FOUR.
AND THIS IS WHAT WE'VE DONE THE ANALYSIS ON ALL THESE AMENDMENTS.
AND NOW WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU. AND WE'LL HAVE SOME FOR THE CAC.
AND OF COURSE ULTIMATELY THE BOARD ON FEBRUARY 12TH.
SO FDOT AMENDMENT REQUESTS THESE THREE ITEMS HERE.
PINES BOULEVARD AT I-75, PARK AND RIDE LOTS. THE DEPARTMENT ASKED FOR US TO REMOVE THAT PROJECT FROM THE MTP BECAUSE IT'S BEING INCORPORATED INTO ANOTHER PROJECT, THE BROWARD BOULEVARD TRUCK PARKING PROJECT, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY ABOUT BECAUSE WE HAVE A REAL PROBLEM, A DEARTH OF PARKING SPACES FOR TRUCKERS IN THIS COUNTY.
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SO THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO GET SOME GRANT FUNDING, AND WE'RE ABLE TO MOVE THAT PROJECT UP.SO IT'S FAST TRACKED. STATE ROAD 84 AT FEC CORRIDOR.
WE'RE LOOKING AT ESSENTIALLY A GRADE SEPARATION AT THAT CROSSING.
NOW YOU SEE WE ADDED ALSO SOME LIMITS. IT'S GOING TO BE FROM SOUTHWEST FOURTH TO EAST OF US 1.
AND THE BCT AMENDMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BRT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE COMPLETELY FUNDED LOCALLY, AND THREE PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
WE HAVE A QUESTION. RICHARD. YES, PAUL, THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.
CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT HAS STATE READY FOR THE GRADE SEPARATION? SURE. YES, SIR. YEAH. SO YOU GOING EAST OF US 1, SO IT'S REALLY GETTING INTO THE PORT, RIGHT? OKAY, SO, OF COURSE, WE HAD THE BYPASS ROAD THERE, AND I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT YOUR PLAN IS JUST BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH ISSUES THERE RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC AND THE VOLUMES.
I KNOW THE STATE HAS BEEN HELPING US TOO, AND THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED.
BUT WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE PLAN WOULD BE.
SO WE DON'T PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT MAYBE HAVE TO BE REDONE.
THAT'S WHY, RICHARD, WE'RE DOING WE'RE DOING THE STUDY.
OKAY. THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT, TO SEE WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE, WHAT CONSTRAINTS THERE ARE.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT. CAN YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND INCLUDE ME INTO THIS? OH, ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE AGAIN, I THINK SOME OF THE ROADWAYS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE OWNED BY THE COUNTY. SO YOU WILL BE PART OF THE PROCESS.
OKAY. PLEASE. THANK YOU. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S IT. NOBODY IN THE QUEUE.
SO WE NEED A MOTION. OOPS. MOTION BY LAURIE, SECOND BY VIVIANA.
I SEE SIERRA IS MISSING. OKAY. YES. SIERRA IS MISSING.
I SEE. PERFECT. THANKS. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO ACTION ITEM NUMBER 2.
[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE an Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2026–2030 Transportation Improvement Program: 1. FM# 4481021 SFRTA ROLLING STOCK SEFTC TRIP]
MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 TO 2030 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM NUMBER 1 FM# 4481021 SFRTA ROLLING STOCK SEFTC TRIP.NO PRESENTATION BUT MPO STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE, WHICH IS GOOD, SO LET'S MAKE A MOTION ON IT.
MOTION BY CHRIS. SECOND BY RICH. LET'S VOTE ON IT.
MIC]. I SEE MATTHEW IS MISSING.
YEAH. MATTHUE GOLDSTEIN IS MISSING.
ANYWAY, MOTION PASSES AND WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM.
[3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Broward Safety Action Plan Technical Report]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER 3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THIS BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TECHNICAL REPORT.[00:10:01]
PRESENTATION BY JAMES CROMAR AND FAZAL QURESHI.GREAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
I HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION AND WE'LL GLADLY TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEE HERE THAT THEY RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TECHNICAL REPORT.
AND SO WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THE SS4A GRANT FUNDED PROCESS WITH A FINAL REPORT.
AND SO WE WANT TO GET OFFICIAL APPROVAL FOR THAT TO GO FORWARD.
JUST A BIT OF BACKGROUND. THE POINT OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN WAS TO CREATE A DATA DRIVEN, ACTION ORIENTED PLAN. SO DATA BASED ON THE DATA THAT ARE AVAILABLE, KNOWING THAT WE THERE ARE SOME BITS OF DATA THAT WE DON'T HAVE, BUT WORKING WITH THE DATA THAT WE DO HAVE, AND ALSO AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN THAT MOVES TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AT THE END OF THIS.
THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN IS A PRODUCT OF $5 MILLION GRANT FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL. BROWARD MPO ADMINISTERED THE GRANT, AND BROWARD COUNTY WAS A PARTNER AND PROVIDED $1.25 MILLION IN IN-KIND SERVICES FOR LOCAL MATCH. THEY DID THREE DIFFERENT STUDIES THAT FED INTO THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
AND ITEM NUMBER 5 ON YOUR AGENDA IS ONE OF THOSE, THE LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY PLAN.
SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT. OUR OUTCOMES WERE TO CREATE AN ACTION PLAN WITH THE DEFINED GOALS.
WE WANTED TO SAY BY, WELL, IT WON'T BE SUSPENSE, SO IT'S COMING UP IN A LATER SLIDE.
BUT THE GOAL IS BY 2050 TO REDUCE TO ZERO THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS.
WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND MOVE THEM FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
AND THEN ALSO WE LOOKED AT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. AND SO OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO BE WORKING WITH YOU MORE ON MOVING THOSE PROJECTS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS FORWARD. WE WERE BEFORE YOU BACK IN MARCH WITH A BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN EXECUTIVE PLAN.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONTRAST HERE IN TERMS OF THE TABLE OF CONTENTS.
WE ADDED DETAILS ABOUT THE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
ABOUT THE EIGHT DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS AND DIFFERENT RESOURCES FOR ACTION.
AND WE FLESHED OUT A BIT OF THIS. THERE'S SO MUCH INFORMATION, THOUSANDS OF PAGES.
AND SO WE ALSO WILL HAVE A SERIES OF APPENDICES.
AND YOU HAVE A LINK IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM THAT LETS YOU GO AND LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT APPENDICES.
SO THESE ARE ALL PART OF THE PLAN ALSO. SO AS WE GO FORWARD WITH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THIS PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED COMPLETE AS PART OF OUR GRANT. AND SO I JUST WANT TO RUN THROUGH THOSE QUICKLY.
SO WE NEEDED TO HAVE COMMITMENT FROM OUR LEADERSHIP.
SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET BROWARD MPO BOARD APPROVAL.
HAVING A GOAL TO HAVE ZERO DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY BY THE YEAR 2050.
WE HAVE TO HAVE A PLANNING STRUCTURE THAT HAD A DIVERSE GROUP OF REPRESENTATION.
SO WE HAD TWO DIFFERENT ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND NOT JUST TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS, BUT ALSO PEOPLE FROM HEALTH INDUSTRIES, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS, PRIVATE SECTOR, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS.
WE HAD TO DO A SAFETY ANALYSIS. AND SO FROM THAT, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALMOST 5000 DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES OVER A FIVE YEAR PATTERN IN THE ROADS ON BROWARD. WE USE THAT DATA TO THEN DEVELOP A HIGH INJURY NETWORK WHERE THE CRASHES ARE OCCURRING AND THEN ALSO A HIGH RISK NETWORK.
AND SO THAT GAVE US A FOCUS FOR PRIORITIZING OUR EFFORTS.
FROM THERE, THERE WERE 338 DIFFERENT CORRIDORS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
WE PRIORITIZED 11 TO MOVE FORWARD FOR CORRIDOR CONCEPT PLANS, AND WE HAD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, ROADWAY SAFETY ASSESSMENT, WHERE WE WENT OUT AND WALKED THE CORRIDOR, PUBLIC MEETINGS, A LOT OF CONFERRING WITH THE PARTNERS AT THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE LEVEL. SO THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE PLAN.
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CONCERN. SO RAIL SAFETY, SAFETY AROUND SCHOOLS, IN NEIGHBORHOODS, WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF LIGHTING ON SAFETY? ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS AND THERE'S A REFERENCE IN THE TECHNICAL REPORT AND THEN ALSO IN THE APPENDICES YOU CAN GET THE FULL REPORTS.WE HAD TO DEMONSTRATE ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION AT DIFFERENT LEVELS.
AND SO WE STARTED OFF WITH AN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS, STARTED HAVING A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, CAME TO DIFFERENT PRESENTERS. AND THEN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, IT'S BEEN VERY FUN.
WE DID WHAT WE CALL THE SAFETY ROADSHOW, WHERE WE HAD A KIT OF PARTS AND WE WOULD GO SET UP AT A MEETING UP FOR VETERANS OR FOR SENIORS OR FOR ALL THESE DIFFERENT GROUPS. AND WE'RE ABLE TO TALK TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE ABOUT SAFETY. WE HAD TO ADDRESS POLICIES AND PROCESS CHANGES.
IT'S NOT ONE FACTOR OF ENFORCEMENT OR EDUCATION, BUT IT'S A VARIETY OF THINGS WITH THE ROADWAY, WITH THE USERS, WITH THE VEHICLES, ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS WORKING TOGETHER. WE HAD TO HAVE A STRATEGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND SELECTING PROJECTS.
AND SO IN THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE AT THE END THERE ARE A LIST OF THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THEN SOME NEAR-TERM, MID-TERM AND LONGER TERM PRIORITIZATIONS. WE ALSO LOOKED AT DIFFERENT RESPONSIBLE AGENCIES.
SO IT'S NOT JUST WE HOPE SOMEBODY WILL DO THIS, BUT MAKING SURE IT'S CLEAR.
AND THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE NEED TO GO ON TO LOOK AT MORE IN THE FUTURE.
AS WE FINISH THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE ALSO NEED TO REPORT OUR PROGRESS AND BE TRANSPARENT.
SO ALL THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
WE WILL HAVE A PROCESS TO DEVELOP AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD THAT WILL GO TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WE HOPE IS PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUMBER OF DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WE HAVE A REFERENCE HERE TO THE SAFETY DASHBOARD.
WHEN I CAME IN IN 2025, WE HAD JUST GOTTEN THAT STARTED.
WE HAVE NOW ADDED INFORMATION FOR THE YEARS 23 AND 24.
AND THIS WILL BE USEFUL ALSO FOR OUR PARTNERS LIKE MAGGIE IN POMPANO AND KAREN IN FORT LAUDERDALE, WHERE THEY'RE DEVELOPING THEIR OWN SAFETY ACTION PLAN SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO DEVELOP THE BASIC DATA.
SO WHAT'S NEXT? ITEM NUMBER 1 ON THE AGENDA TODAY WAS APPROVAL OF THE MTP AMENDMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE OUR UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM THAT YOU'LL HEAR ABOUT, I THINK, NEXT MONTH, WHICH IS OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET. AND SO SOME OF OUR PLANS TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN AND THE WORK PROGRAM FOR MPO STAFF.
WE'LL BE HAVING AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD THAT WE CAN COME BACK AND SHARE WITH YOU.
WE'LL GET TOGETHER A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AND GET SOME FEEDBACK FROM THEM, AND THEN WE'LL CONTINUE COORDINATE, AS I MENTIONED, WITH SOME OF OUR PARTNERS ON THEIR LOCAL SAFETY ACTION PLANS.
SO WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AND ALSO IF YOU DON'T HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK YOU IF YOU WILL APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
I SEE ALREADY. I DON'T SEE THE NAME. THE FIRST ONE SAYS VIRTUAL RAISED HAND.
I'M NOT SURE. YES, SURE. SO WE HAVE ONLINE LEONARD DORNEVIL, WHO'S GOT HIS HAND UP.
OKAY, LEONARD, YOU CAN TALK. ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON.
I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN HEAR ME. I AM PRESENT, I'M ONLINE.
I WAS HAVING SOME DIFFICULTIES SIGNING IN, SO CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU, YES. PERFECT. I ONLY HAVE LIKE ONE QUICK QUESTION.
IN TERMS OF THE FUNCTIONALITY, I KNOW THERE ARE LIKE TWO ARTERIAL WORDS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, WITHIN CITY AUGMENTATION THAT IS CONSIDERED FOR THE B-SIDE.
WAS THERE ANY, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THESE ROADWAYS?, YOU KNOW, TAKING THEM INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS? LET ME MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNCTIONALITY OF THE ROADS? I MEAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS, LIKE IN TERMS OF LIKE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THESE ROADWAYS AND ALSO CLASSIFICATION OF THEM. DEFINITELY. SO THERE WERE TWO CORRIDORS IN IMPLANTATION THAT WERE ON THE LIST OF 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
WE HAD STATE ROAD 7 FROM SUNRISE TO DAVIE BOULEVARD.
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THAT'S A STATE FACILITY. WE HAD WEST BROWARD BOULEVARD FROM UNIVERSITY TO CENTRAL PARK DRIVE.THAT'S A COUNTY FACILITY. AND SO THERE WAS A CONSIDERATION OF THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION THAT THE STATE PERFORMS. THERE WAS DISCUSSION OF WHAT DOES THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION ALLOW IN TERMS OF SPEED LIMITS AND DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES.
ON THOSE TWO ROADS, I DON'T BELIEVE WE RECOMMENDED ANY CHANGE IN THE CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION.
WE DID FOR A FEW OTHER ROADS, WITH THE IDEA BEING IF THERE'S A.
IF IT GOES FROM A C4 ROADWAY TO A C5 URBAN CORE OR SUCH, THEN THERE CAN BE LOWER SPEED LIMITS AND OTHER COUNTERMEASURES THAT CAN BE PART OF THAT PROCESS. SO WE DID NOT DO THAT FOR EITHER OF THOSE MAJOR ROADS IN IMPLANTATION, BUT IN WORKING WITH FDOT ON STATE ROAD SEVEN, AS, YOU KNOW, STATE ROAD SEVEN, THERE'S TRAFFIC THAT COMES OFF OF 595 THAT'S MOVING AT A HIGH SPEED, AND THEN IT COMES UP THROUGH THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE TALKED WITH THEM ABOUT GRADUALLY REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT FROM 595 TILL YOU GET TO DAVIE BOULEVARD AND THEN SLOWING IT DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY AND OTHER THINGS GOING ON IN THAT AREA. AND PART OF THAT ISSUE WITH SPEED IS NOT ONLY THE SPEED LIMITS, BUT THE OTHER FACTORS THAT CAN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TRAVEL AT SAFE SPEEDS WHERE THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON, DIFFERENT CONTEXTS, AS YOU MENTIONED. I DO WANT TO MENTION ALSO FOR IMPLANTATION, THOUGH, WE DID SOME OTHER COORDINATION WITH THE CITY IN TERMS OF THERE WAS AN AREA THERE WHERE WE DID SOME FOCUS ON HIGH NUMBER OF CRASH AND DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY AND ON LOCAL ROADS.
SO THERE'S LIKE A CUT THROUGH OFF OF STATE ROAD 7 TO BROWARD. AND SO I BELIEVE THE CITY WAS SUCCESSFUL IN OBTAINING A SS4A DEMONSTRATION GRANT FUNDING FOR THAT, SO. FOR THAT AREA AND THEN FOR CLEARY BOULEVARD, SO.
AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT BOTH OF THEM ARE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS, WHICH I'M THINKING FROM FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION STANDPOINT, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE LIKE, KIND OF LIKE THE HIGHER SPEED ON THESE ROADWAYS.
SO I'M JUST LIKE KIND OF LIKE MOVING ON IN TERMS OF LIKE HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE ACHIEVING THAT HAVING LIKE A TWO YEAR OLD WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE A SPEED LIMIT. AND I TAKE ON YOUR REPORT, YOU DIDN'T MENTION THAT THE 35 WILL BE THE POSTED SPEED.
BUT HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S JUST AND I'VE HAD RESIDENTS COMING TO US AND ASKING US ABOUT CONTEXT CLASSIFICATION AND, YOU KNOW, OF THESE ROADWAYS. BUT FOR ME IT'S MORE LIKE HAVING BROWARD AND STATE ROAD 7 AT THE SPEED LIMIT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY CLOSER TO 35. AND THEN YOU HAVE LIKE OTHER COLLECTORS AND EVEN LIKE LOCAL ROADWAYS, WHICH WILL HAVE LIKE A HIGH SPEED LIMIT THAN THAT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF THESE ROADWAYS IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST BEEN AN ISSUE FOR US, LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED ALONG THESE TWO CORRIDORS.
AND AGAIN, I AGREE WITH MOST OF THE, YOU KNOW, SAFETY ASPECT, YOU KNOW, OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN AND YOU WANT TO PUT, YOU KNOW, STUFF AROUND THESE ROADWAYS.
SO I DO WANT TO ADD A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ABOUT ARTERIALS AND SUCH.
AND YET THERE ARE SOME EFFORTS TO LOOK AT REDUCING THE SPEEDS ON THOSE.
AND SO THERE'S A QUESTION ABOUT SPEED VERSUS ACTUAL AVERAGE SPEED.
THAT'S PRETTY HIGH SPEEDS. BUT THERE'S FEW DRIVEWAYS, IT'S GATED COMMUNITIES, FEW PEOPLE WALKING.
BUT WHEN YOU HAVE THESE AREAS WHERE THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE WALKING AROUND, BICYCLING, DIFFERENT DESTINATION DRIVEWAYS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SLOWER SPEEDS CAN HELP REDUCE THE SEVERITY OF CRASHES IF AND WHEN THEY DO OCCUR.
AND SO YEAH. AND THE INTENT IS TO KEEP THEM OUT TO YOUR ROADWAY.
SO YOU'RE NOT PLANNING ON CHANGING ANYTHING. YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM AS UP TO YOUR ROADWAYS.
AND SO HOW DO YOU WANT THEM TO BEHAVE AS THEY COME THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? SO FAZAL WANTED TO ADD SOMETHING ON THIS. YEAH.
AND JUST ONE MORE THING. SO OUR GOVERNING, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTS BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE FLORIDA GREEN BOOK ALSO DOESN'T PREVENT US FROM REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT ALONG ARTERIAL ROADWAYS AS WELL.
35MPH IS STILL ACCEPTABLE PER THOSE STANDARDS.
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AND LIKE WHAT JAMES STATED, STATE ROAD 7 IS THE DEADLIEST ROADWAY IN BROWARD COUNTY.SPEED IS THE NUMBER ONE CAUSE OF DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES IN ANY TYPE OF SEVERE VEHICULAR CONFLICT, WHETHER IT'S WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE OR IT'S WITH A PERSON. THAT'S ONE REASON WHY SPEED MANAGEMENT, MAKING SURE WE HAVE CORRIDORS THAT CAN SELF-REGULATE THEMSELVES.
IF THE CORRIDOR MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO DRIVE 50, 60, 70MPH ALONG THE ROADWAY, WE'RE ALSO HELPING WITH THE LEAVING THE RESOURCES NEEDED IN ORDER TO ENFORCE THAT ROADWAY. SO THAT'S THE APPROACH THAT WE'RE TAKING WITH OUR BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
AND THAT'S FULLY ENCOMPASSED WITH THE WITH THE SAFE SYSTEM'S APPROACH.
WELL THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE ANSWER.
THANK YOU. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE. THAT MEANS NO MORE QUESTIONS.
OKAY. WE NEED A MOTION. MOTION BY JENNA. SECOND BY VIVIANA.
YEAH. WE ARE MISSING SIERRA AND DANIELLE.
YEAH, WE ARE MISSING THREE. ANYWAY, WE ARE GOOD? YEAH, SOME OF THE FOLKS ARE ONLINE, SO IT'S HARD.
MOTION PASSES. YOU ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT ITEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JAMES.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 4.
[4. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Roads for Economic Vitality Program Policies and Evaluation Criteria Updates]
MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD APPROVE THE ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY PROGRAM POLICIES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA UPDATE KATIE MCNEIL IS GOING TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.GOOD AFTERNOON. YES. THANK YOU, CHAIR. MY NAME IS CARRIE MCNEIL.
I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE BROWARD MPO, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE PROPOSED POLICY AND EVALUATION CRITERIA CHANGES TO THE REV PROGRAM. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I'VE COME TO YOU A FEW TIMES RECENTLY, AND REV IS THE NEW NAME FOR WHAT USED TO BE THE C PROGRAM.
SO IT'S ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY. SO TODAY I HAVE A SHORT AGENDA HERE UP ON THE SCREENS, YOU KNOW, TO EXPECT AT FIRST WE'LL DO A QUICK RECAP AND THEN WE'LL GO OVER THE REV SCHEDULE.
THEN GO OVER THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND THEN THE PROGRAM POLICIES, AND THEN ANY Q&A WE CAN HOLD TILL THE END. AND THERE ARE SLIDE NUMBERS ON THESE SLIDES.
SO AS I STATED A SECOND AGO, THE REV PROGRAM IS WHAT USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE C SLIP PROGRAM, THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES.
IT'S NOW ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY. AND AS PART OF THE 2050 MTP, REV NOW FITS UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM WHICH USED TO BE KNOWN AS THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM.
WHY ARE WE UPDATING C SLIP TO REV? WE ARE UPDATING IT FOR SEVERAL DIFFERENT REASONS.
AS I STATED BEFORE, THIS SLIDE SHOULD LOOK FAMILIAR.
I WAS HERE A FEW MONTHS AGO AT THE OCTOBER MEETING AS THIS WAS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A NON ACTION ITEM, BUT WE HAVE NEW DIRECTIVES FROM THE US DOT ORDER 2100.7.
AND IF YOU'RE CURIOUS, THE TITLE OF THAT IS ENSURING RELIANCE UPON SOUND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS IN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES. AND THE BOARD APPROVED SKIPPING THE 2025 APPLICATION CYCLE, SO WE DID NOT ACCEPT ANY NEW APPLICATIONS IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2025. HOWEVER, WE ANTICIPATE BEING ABLE TO ACCEPT APPLICATIONS IN 2026 THIS CALENDAR YEAR, WHICH IS WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW NEW PROJECTS BEING SUBMITTED.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS KNOWN PROGRAM ISSUES.
HOWEVER WE DO THIS, WE LOOK AT WHAT ARE OUR LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE LAST, YOU KNOW, COUPLE CYCLES.
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SO LIKE I STATED, THIS IS THE ACTION ITEM. WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL HERE IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, I LAST SPOKE TO YOU ALL IN OCTOBER WHEN I BROUGHT THE DRAFT PROGRAM REVISIONS TO THE TAC.AND THEN BEFORE THAT, BACK IN LAST SUMMER, WE HAD TWO HYBRID WORKSHOPS WHERE WE WENT OVER IN BOTH JUNE AND AUGUST, WHERE WE WENT OVER THE PROPOSED CHANGES. WE RECEIVED INPUT AND FEEDBACK AND, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF THOSE POLICY PROPOSALS, THE CHANGES TO THE POLICIES WE HAVE MODIFIED BASED ON YOUR FEEDBACK.
AND THEN NEXT MONTH WE'LL BE BRINGING THIS TO THE BOARD WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE DO PLAN ON RUNNING THE CYCLE IN 2026. LIKE I STATED BEFORE WITH THE TYPICAL, YOU KNOW, SIX SEVEN MONTH TIME FRAME STARTING IN. AND WE'LL GO OVER THIS A LITTLE BIT LATER, BUT THE NEXT TIME WE WOULD ACCEPT NEW APPLICATIONS WOULD BE IN 2028. OKAY. SO THE CURRENT EVALUATION CRITERIA.
WE HAVE SIX DIFFERENT THEMES. ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, EQUITY, MOBILITY, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. WE ARE PROPOSING, AS PART OF THESE CHANGES, TO GO DOWN TO FOUR THEMES, WHICH ARE ECONOMIC VITALITY AND SAFETY. THOSE WOULD BE WEIGHTED THE HIGHEST, AND THEN ACCESSIBILITY OR ACCESS WOULD BE WEIGHTED MEDIUM AND MOBILITY LOWER WEIGHT. AND YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED PERCENTAGE AND THE POINTS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT PERCENTAGE FOR EACH OF THOSE FOUR THEMES.
AND PROVIDED AS AN ATTACHMENT IS THE PROPOSED EVALUATION CRITERIA TABLE IN FULL DETAIL.
OKAY. SO HERE'S SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REV POLICIES THAT WE HAVE UPDATED.
BUT SOME OF THE MAIN HIGHLIGHTS ARE WE ARE CHANGING THE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS TO A MINIMUM OF $2 MILLION, AND THE PROJECT MAXIMUM COST TO $5 MILLION. AND THOSE TOTAL PROJECT COSTS INCLUDE BOTH DESIGN, CEI AND CONSTRUCTION. SO THEY'RE ALL IN COSTS.
SO AGAIN, JUST ONE APPLICATION PER PROJECT SPONSOR PER APPLICATION CYCLE.
AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION'S GUIDELINES.
AT NUMBER SIX, EXCEPT IN RANK NEW PROJECT APPLICATIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ANTICIPATING ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS THIS CALENDAR YEAR IN 2026.
AND THEN THE NEXT TIME WE WOULD RANK A NEW BATCH OF PROJECTS WOULD BE IN 2028.
THIS IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE YOU ALL, YOU KNOW, ADEQUATE TIME TO ADDRESS COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE ON YOUR APPLICATIONS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETING AND THE HARD DEADLINE.
OKAY. AND THEN THE REVISED PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA UTILIZES THE FOLLOWING WAITING.
ECONOMIC VITALITY, 33%. SAFETY, 33%. ACCESS, 20%.
AND MOBILITY, 14%. ALL RIGHT. LASTLY, NUMBER NINE, SORRY. POLICIES THAT ADDRESS SCOPE CHANGE REQUESTS TO PROGRAM REV PROJECTS AND CSO PROJECTS.
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SO WE DO HAVE SOME NEW POLICIES THAT ADDRESS HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE THOSE SCOPE CHANGES.AND THEN WE HAVE SOME BONUS POINTS ADDED FOR PROJECTS IN THE MPOS METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
LASTLY IS POINT DEDUCTIONS WILL BE APPLIED TO PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY LOCAL AGENCIES WHO HAVE REQUESTED SCOPE CHANGES OR WHO HAVE REMOVED PROGRAMED REV PROJECTS FROM THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THAT IS IT.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DEFINITELY, I BELIEVE AT LEAST I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
OKAY. I DON'T SEE ANYBODY. OKAY, I'LL LET JENNA TALK FIRST.
THEN I'LL DEFINITELY GO. JENNA. THANKS. THANK YOU, CARRIE.
AS ALWAYS, YOU HAVE A VERY THOROUGH PRESENTATION.
AND JUST LOOKING BACK. I KNOW PAGE SLIDE EIGHT, RATHER, IT IDENTIFIES THE TOTAL PROJECT COST.
SEEING DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION CAN ONLY MAX OUT OF $5 MILLION.
BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS TOTAL PROJECT COST, THAT'S THE TOTAL PROJECT COST REGARDLESS OF WHO'S CONTRIBUTING, IT'S NOT THE REQUESTED AMOUNT, IT'S IN TOTAL.
WHETHER IT'S THE CITY PROVIDING THEIR LOCAL FUNDS AND THE REV CONTRIBUTING FUNDS? OR IS IT ONLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING FOR FUNDING FROM MPO? YEP. THANK YOU, JENNA. THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT THIS SPECIFIC POLICY ONLY REFERS TO THE PARTICIPATING FUNDS.
SO IF YOU DO HAVE A FIVE, YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE MAXED OUT ON YOUR PARTICIPATING FUNDS AT $5 MILLION AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, COMMITTING, I DON'T KNOW, $1 MILLION IN LOCAL FUNDS IN THE FHWA NONPARTICIPATING, JUST MAKE SURE THAT ON YOUR COST ESTIMATE, IT'S SHOWN.
ANYTHING OVER $5 MILLION IS SHOWN IN THAT FHWA NONPARTICIPATING COLUMN SO THAT IT'S VERY CLEAR.
OKAY. SO IT COULD TECHNICALLY BE OVER 5 MILLION FOR THE TOTAL, AS LONG AS WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS WITHIN THAT $5 MILLION? THAT IS CORRECT. AS LONG AS ANY OF THE REIMBURSABLE FUNDS OR THE FHWA PARTICIPATING FUNDS DO NOT EXCEED $5 MILLION.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE. ON TOP OF THAT QUESTION, IF IT EXCEEDS THAT THRESHOLD LIMIT $5 MILLION, DO YOU NEED ANY RESOLUTION FROM THE AGENCY THAT THE REMAINING BALANCE THEY HAVE TO MATCH? AND ALSO ANY KIND OF FUNDING SOURCES THAT THEY HAVE TO MENTION TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. TYPICALLY, WE DON'T ASK FOR THAT AT TIME OF APPLICATION.
I THINK WE DO ASK FOR A CONFIRMATION OF FUNDS CLOSER TO THE DESIGN CLOSER TO THE START OF DESIGN.
I DON'T KNOW. BILL, DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ON THAT? SURE. YEAH, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO, YOU KNOW, RECALL THAT GIVEN THE FDOT CHANGE IN POLICY WHERE ALL OF THESE ARE DELIVERED BY LAP, YOU'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO SIGN A LAP AGREEMENT WITH THE STATE.
AND AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT YOUR COMMITMENTS, YOUR LOCAL COMMITMENTS IN WRITING, YOU KNOW, FOR COST OVERRUNS, ETC. ALL THE USUAL THAT GOES ALONG WITH LAPS.
SO I THINK THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF. HOWEVER, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE TRIED TO FRAME THIS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE COMING TO US AND YOU'RE MAKING COMMITMENTS AND WRITING CHECKS THAT WE CAN'T CASH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GOING TO IMPACT YOUR FUTURE SELECTION OF RANKING.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE BALANCED IN THIS.
BUT YEAH, I THINK AT THE TIME OF THE LAP SIGNING AND AGAIN AT AT THIS POINT IT'S STILL TWO STEPS, RIGHT? THERE'S A DESIGN LAP. THERE'S A CONSTRUCTION LAP.
SO AT THAT POINT, YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE YOUR FUNDS READY TO GO.
THANK YOU, WILL. AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION.
I SEE YOU NEED A NOTICE FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH.
DON'T YOU NEED ANY LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT THROUGH THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PROCESS? LIKE, I CAN HAVE THAT. I CAN SEND THE NOTICE, BUT THAT DOES NOT SAY THAT I HAVE PUBLIC SUPPORT.
SO DON'T YOU NEED ANY PUBLIC SUPPORT LETTER FROM THE ASSOCIATION OR THE COMMUNITY? A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM EITHER AN HOA OR, YOU KNOW, JUST RESIDENTS THAT ARE WITHIN, YOU KNOW, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE PROJECT IS DEFINITELY HELPFUL.
AND IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SHOW, YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDED
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT THAT THEY HELD MEETING, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROOF THAT YOU.I GUESS THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS POLICY IS TO TRY TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE THE NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS THAT WE RECEIVE, WHERE THE APPLICANT IS JUST SAYING, OH, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE HELD A MEETING, YOU KNOW, A WEEK BEFORE THIS WENT FOR APPROVAL AT OUR COMMISSION, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, JUST SHOWING THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE NOTICE, GIVEN THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE INPUT.
AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THE PROJECT SCOPE WAS CLEARLY CONVEYED TO THE PUBLIC.
AND THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESPOND. THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF I COULD ADD TO THAT.
SO I FEEL LIKE I'M PROVIDING THE COLOR COMMENTARY TO HER STRAIGHT ANSWERS.
AGAIN, WITH THE PRIMARY GOAL OF PREVENTING LATER ON, YOU GUYS HAVE A PROJECT THAT FAILS BECAUSE THERE WASN'T SUPPORT, AND THEN YOU FIND OUT LATER THERE WASN'T. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE TO BACK OUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT'S BEEN FUNDED, THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GET HIT WITH A POINTS DEDUCTION MOVING FORWARD. SO THE ALL OF THIS REALLY IS ALL ABOUT THE SAME THING, WHICH IS TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A MATURE ENOUGH PROJECT SO THAT WHAT YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER AND THE SCOPE, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO RUN THAT BY YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO BASICALLY, I THOUGH THIS IS I THINK NEGATIVE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT PUBLIC OUTREACH OR COMMISSION WORKSHOP THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED OR NOT? IS THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP HELD, YOU KNOW, A MONTH PRIOR TO THE COMMISSION MEETING THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT PASSED? IN OUR CITY, TWO WEEKS, NOT TWO WEEKS. TWO WEEKS.
OKAY. IF IT'S A NOTICED MEETING, YOU KNOW, IF THE PUBLIC IS GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, OR. SORRY. TO PROVIDE INPUT AND THERE'S TIME BASICALLY, IF THERE'S TIME FOR THE CITY OR THE APPLICANT TO TAKE THAT INPUT AND HAVE TIME TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT BEFORE THE ITEM GOES FOR APPROVAL, BECAUSE I'M IMAGINING THAT IF IF THE MEETING IS TWO WEEKS LATER, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH TIME TO MAKE ANY CHANGES.
SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS AT ALL, THEN I THINK WE WOULD PROBABLY ACCEPT THAT.
BUT IF YOU SHOWED US, OH, HEY, WE BROUGHT IT TO A COMMISSION WORKSHOP AND THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, TEN COMMENTS ON LIKE COMMENTS FOR CHANGES, BUT NOTHING WAS DONE.
I MEAN, YEAH, WE JUST WANT TO SEE THAT. IF THAT IS THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAS TO BE 30 DAYS GAP BETWEEN THE WORKSHOP AND THE COMMISSION MEETING, DEFINITELY WE CAN TAKE THAT ROUTE. THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAVE THAT PRESENTED AT THE COMMISSION WORKSHOP, PUBLIC HAS THE OPTION TO HAVE THEIR INPUT, BECAUSE AT THE END IT WILL BE GOING TO THE COMMISSION MEETING AND THEY WILL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE THEIR INPUT THERE TOO.
BUT WHEN WE DO THE TOWN HALL MEETING THAT IS MORE INTERACTIVE, NORMALLY WE DO TOWN HALL MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC OUTREACH, BUT IF THERE IS NOT REQUIRED AND THE INTENT FOR THE TOWN HALL MEETING IS TO GET THE PUBLIC SUPPORT, BUT IF PUBLIC SUPPORT LATER IS NOT REQUIRED, THEN DEFINITELY WE CAN JUST SIMPLY DO THE WORKSHOP LESS WORK FOR US.
BUT, YOU KNOW, AN APPLICATION WHERE THERE'S RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT BUT NO PROOF OF PUBLIC OUTREACH.
SO JUST THE OPTICS OF THAT JUST DON'T, YOU KNOW, LOOK GREAT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ENSURE, LIKE BILL SAID, THAT THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN VETTED, THEY'VE BEEN PASSED, YOU KNOW, THROUGH BY THE COMMUNITY SO THEY CAN GIVE THEIR INPUT.
AND THAT WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO US AND WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING TO US, IF IT DOES RANK HIGH ENOUGH TO GET FUNDED, WE KNOW WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONFIDENT AND YOU'RE CONFIDENT THAT IT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD. OKAY.
LAST QUESTION. I SEE WE HAVE 3 PERSONS OR 2 PERSONS IN THE QUEUE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT TWO CONSECUTIVE CYCLES, LIKE, SAY, IF WE ARE AWARDED THIS YEAR IN THE NEXT CYCLE, WE WILL NOT BE AWARDED. SO BASICALLY THIS IS APPLICABLE ONLY FOR THIS PROGRAM OR IT IS APPLICABLE FOR C SLIP TOO? SO IN THE LAST CYCLE IF WE ARE THE ONE AWARDED AND WE ARE APPLYING FOR IN THIS CYCLE, SO ARE WE GOING TO CONSIDER THAT? OH, LAST TIME THEY WERE AWARDED THROUGH C SLIP, THEY SHOULD NOT BE AWARDED IN THE FIRST CYCLE.
IS THERE ANYTHING LIKE THAT OR WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER C SLIP PHASE, YOU ARE GOING TO JUST THINK FROM THIS POINT ON? SO THE WAY WE ADDRESSED THAT ISSUE IN THE END WITH THESE POLICY CHANGES IS, WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT A PART OF THE BONUS POINTS THAT IF YOU.
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INSTEAD OF PREVENTING SOMEONE FROM SUBMITTING A PROJECT IF THEY WERE AWARDED IN THE LAST CYCLE, WE WILL ALLOW ANYONE TO SUBMIT, EVEN IF THEY'RE AWARDED IN THE LAST CYCLE.BUT THEY JUST WOULD NOT RECEIVE THE BONUS POINTS THAT EVERYONE ELSE WHO DID NOT GET A PROJECT AWARDED IN THE LAST CYCLE, THEY JUST WOULDN'T RECEIVE THOSE BONUS POINTS. SO THEY MIGHT PUT THEM, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LITTLE STEP BEHIND EVERYONE ELSE.
BUT I MEAN, IT DEPENDS ON HOW STRONG THEIR PROJECT SCORE IS AND IN ALL THE CRITERIA AREAS.
BUT THEY JUST WOULD NOT BE. THOSE BONUS POINTS WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
OKAY. DO I SAY LAST QUESTION, BUT JUST CAME TO MY MIND.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO CONSIDER. SO I SHOULD NOT THEN APPLY.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT YOUR PROJECT IS STRONG ENOUGH THAT IT COULD RANK HIGH EVEN DESPITE NOT RECEIVING THE BONUS POINT, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO APPLY. BUT HE INTENT OF THIS POLICY IS TO ALLOW OTHER MUNICIPALITIES A CHANCE TO GET THEIR PROJECTS AWARDED AND KIND OF TRY TO EVENLY DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS TO OTHER CITIES.
THAT MEANS IT DEPENDS ON THE MERIT OF THE PROJECT.
THAT'S CORRECT. IT DOES NOT SAY THAT THEY CANNOT RECEIVE FUNDING TWO YEARS IN A ROW.
THAT BONUS POINTS IS 20%? WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE OF BONUS POINTS? I WANT TO SAY IT'S 10%, BUT I'D HAVE TO ACCESS THE ATTACHMENT.
GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO CONFIRM.
IT IS A 5% INCREASE TO A PROJECT'S BASE SCORE.
WELL. THEN I'M OPTIMISTIC. EVERYBODY SHOULD SUBMIT.
OKAY. THAT'S NOT. OKAY. ONE LINE, YOU CAN. OKAY, SO WE HAVE LEONARD GRANVILLE ONLINE.
YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN.
LEONARD GRANVILLE. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION ON SLIDE 11.
I THINK IT'S THE SAME ONE THAT WAS UP A MINUTE AGO.
AND IT'S REGARDS TO THE BONUS POINTS AND THE POINTS DEDUCTION AS WELL.
AND MY QUESTION IS REALLY ON THE ADOPTED METROPOLITAN PLAN, LET'S SAY, FOR INSTANCE, IF I TAKE THE EXAMPLE OF CITY HALL PLANTATION, THERE ARE MULTIPLE PROJECTS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.
IF WE PICK ONE OF THESE PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE VETTED BY THE MPO AND THEN WE SUBMIT, THEN WE GET BONUS POINTS. SO THAT'S WHAT I'M THINKING.
BUT MY QUESTION IS ACTUALLY IN REGARDS TO, YOU KNOW, STUDIES FOR THESE PROJECTS, SOMETIMES SOME OF THESE PROJECTS AND GIVING INTO CONSIDERATION ALSO THAT A LOT OF ROADWAYS WITHIN CITY ORIENTATION, A FEW OF THEM WE HAVE LIKE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND SOMETIMES THESE REQUIRE FURTHER STUDIES.
IS THE MPO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING LIKE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THESE STUDIES DONE OR IS IT LIKE ON THE CITY TO GET THOSE STUDIES PERFORMED BEFORE EVEN MOVING FORWARD WITH THESE PROJECTS? BECAUSE AGAIN, WE CAN GET BONUS POINTS BY SUBMITTING THESE PROJECTS THAT ARE ON THE MTP.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE SUBMIT IT AND THEN LET'S SAY MOVING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE STUDIES THAT NEEDED TO BE PERFORMED AND WERE NOT PERFORMED AND WHICH ARE REQUIRED BY THE COUNTY AND THEN WE GO IN AND PERFORM THEM.
AND THEN OUR PROJECT, LET'S SAY, LIKE THE NUMBERS DOESN'T GET TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE STUDIES SHOW THAT, OKAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD, THEN WE'RE GOING TO GET POINTS DEDUCTED IF WE SUBMIT FOR NEXT BUDGET NEXT YEAR. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET LIKE SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
GOOD QUESTION. SO YEAH, THE REV PROGRAM DOES NOT OFFER FUNDING TO FUND STUDIES.
IT'S PURELY, YOU KNOW THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF PROJECTS.
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YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY TAKING A CHANCE ON THAT PROJECT.AND IF THE STUDIES AREN'T ABLE TO BE CONDUCTED IN TIME BEFORE, YOU KNOW, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION START, THEN YES, YOU WOULD RUN THE RISK OF IF THE PROJECT HAS TO BE PULLED, THEN YOU WOULD FACE SOME MAYBE POINT DEDUCTIONS IN THE FUTURE IF YOU WERE TO SUBMIT A REV PROJECT AGAIN, IF IT FELL THROUGH. I DON'T KNOW, BILL, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OR HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THE QUESTION.NO. OKAY. OKAY. SO IT'S REALLY AT OUR OWN RISK IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MPO PROJECTS, PRETTY MUCH THE MTP PROJECTS. OKAY. DO I HAVE SOMETHING TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT? BUT. YEAH, BUT MY EYES WILL DEFINITELY BE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE MPO, YOU KNOW, COME IN WITH THESE PROJECTS THAT WE VET THEM EVEN PRIOR TO ADAM, LIKE, YOU KNOW, INTO THE PLAN BECAUSE, YOU KNOW.
AND AGAIN, THIS ISSUE ARISED ONCE AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT.
I THINK THE PROJECT SHOULD BE VETTED BEFORE EVEN, YOU KNOW, LOCAL AGENCIES MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM.
BUT THIS IS JUST MY ASK. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
WE HAVE TWO MORE PERSON. JUNIAS. [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY, YOU CAN TALK. JUNIUS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO UNMUTE YOURSELF. YES. CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME NOW? YES. ALL RIGHT. SORRY. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME USING THE ONLINE.
YES. I'M JUNIAS ALDAJUSTE. I'M WITH THE CITY OF COOPER CITY.
AND FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU GUYS.
WE HAVEN'T SEEN SINCE THE NEW YEAR. AND ALSO, THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR GIVING US THE UPDATES.
AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU ACTUALLY MADE SOME CHANGES ON THE PROJECT CALLS TO MAKE IT INCLUDE DESIGN.
THAT WOULD HELP A LOT OF MUNICIPALITIES LIKE OURSELVES.
I DO LAST MEETING I DID HAVE QUESTION REGARDING THE POINT DEDUCTION BASED ON SCOPE CHANGES, SO I WAS HOPING I WOULD GET A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT, BECAUSE MY CONCERN IS IF A SCOPE IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND IF IT'S A SCOPE THAT THE CITY IS WILLING TO EAT THE EXTRA COST, LET'S SAY IF THERE'S EXTRA COST, IT'S REALLY NOT FAIR TO GET POINT DEDUCTED BASED ON SCOPE CHANGE. FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEALING WITH A PROJECT.
YES. PRIOR TO THE PROJECT, IT'S EASY TO HAVE PUBLIC MEETINGS AND PUBLIC OPINIONS ON THAT.
BUT WHEN THEY ACTUALLY SEE THE DESIGN, WHEN THEY'RE 60%, THAT'S WHY THEY REALLY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
SO THEY MIGHT BE REQUIRING SOME CHANGES. SO I'VE JUST OPENED THE APPLICATION PACKET.
YOU GUYS ARE MORE SPECIFIC ON WHAT TYPE OF SCOPE CHANGES WOULD RESULT IN DEDUCTION OF POINTS.
SO I CAN COMMENT ON THE SCOPE CHANGE POLICY THAT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED.
AGAIN, IT'S IN THE FULL POLICY DOCUMENT. IT SAYS ANY REQUESTS BY THE APPLICANT FOR A CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE, ELEMENT, PROJECT LENGTH OR BUDGET TO A PROJECT FUNDED IN THE MPOS TIP UNDER THE REV PROGRAM NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE REV MANAGER AND WILL BE EVALUATED FOR CONSIDERATION. ANY REQUESTS THAT RESULT IN A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE, ELEMENTS, PROJECT LENGTH OR MPO FUNDING CONTRIBUTION THAT EXCEED 30% WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO RESUBMIT THE PROJECT APPLICATION IN A FUTURE CYCLE. AND THEN UNDER THE POINTS DEDUCTIONS PORTION OF OUR POLICY, IT DOES SAY THAT IF A LOCAL AGENCY IS APPROVED BY THE MPO FOR ANY CHANGE IN PROJECT SCOPE, ELEMENTS, PROJECT LENGTH, OR BUDGET, A POINT DEDUCTION OF 10% OFF A PROJECT'S BASE SCORE WILL BE APPLIED TO THE NEXT PROJECT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THAT LOCAL AGENCY, AND THAT IS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
YEAH, NO, THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING, BUT I STILL HAVE CONCERNS WITH IT.
I FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO HURT A LOT OF SMALL MUNICIPALITIES LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE COOPER CITY.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS WILL BE ABLE TO RECONSIDER THIS, GIVE MORE SPECIFIC TYPE OF REQUESTS.
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I MEAN SCOPE CHANGES THAT WOULD BE PUNISHED. I I'LL BE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THAT.BUT THAT'S WHAT I GOT. I HAVE ONE COMMENT ON THAT SCOPE CHANGE. IF IT IS INTENTIONAL, I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE PUNISHED, DEFINITELY.
BUT IF IT IS DUE TO SOME ISSUES, UNAVOIDABLE ISSUE LIKE SAY CONFLICT, OR IF WE SEE DURING CONSTRUCTIONS SOMETHING CANNOT BE DONE, IT WILL BE A BIG ISSUE. THAT KIND OF SITUATION I THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
LET ME HANDLE THIS ONE. SO, YOU KNOW, TO THOSE OF YOU WHO FEEL THAT IT'S UNFAIR, I WILL, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE. WE ARE REACTING TO CHANGES IN FEDERAL LAW TO REQUIREMENTS OF OUR PARTNER AT FDOT. THESE ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECTS, SO YOU DON'T GET TO DEAL WITHOUT WHAT COMES ALONG WITH A FEDERALLY FUNDED PROJECT. YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT YOUR SCOPE IS UP FRONT.
YOU NEED TO KNOW. YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST EACH OTHER FOR THESE FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO WHEN SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH ONE SCOPE AND PROMISES THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ALL THIS GREAT STUFF, AND THEN TWO YEARS LATER WANTS TO RETRACT ALL THE GOOD STUFF, RIGHT? THAT PUTS US IN A DIFFICULT POSITION, BECAUSE NOW YOU COMPETED AND YOU BEAT OUT YOUR PEERS FOR THIS BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DO, AND NOW YOU'RE ASKING US NOT TO DO IT. AND HONESTLY, THAT HAPPENS QUITE A BIT.
IT'S HAPPENED QUITE A BIT IN THE PAST. SO THIS NEW POLICY IS A REACTION TO THAT.
WE THINK IT ACTUALLY PROVIDES MORE FAIRNESS TO THE PROGRAM, BECAUSE IT HOLDS YOU TO THE PROMISES THAT YOU MADE, NOT ONLY TO US, TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, TO FDOT, AND TO ALL YOUR PEERS.
YOU STOOD UP. YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO DELIVER THIS PROJECT IN YOUR COMMUNITY.
YOU COMPETED. YOU WON THE FUNDS BASED ON THAT.
SO WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH THIS NEW POLICY IS WE PROVIDE UP TO LIKE A 30%.
THERE'S FLEXIBILITY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE AT STAFF'S DISCRETION.
SO IF YOU COME TO US AND THERE'S A HARDSHIP, THERE'S SOME BURIED UTILITY THAT YOU WEREN'T AWARE.
WE GET THAT. SO THAT'S THE 30%. IF YOU COME BACK WITH A PROJECT THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A BIKE LANE PROJECT AND YOU SAY, HEY, WE'D LIKE TO STRIP OUT ALL THE BIKE LANES.
YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT'S FINE. YOU'LL BE FIRST IN LINE FOR NEXT YEAR WITH YOUR NEW PROPOSAL, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF HOW WE'VE SET IT UP. SO AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO INCREASE THE FAIRNESS AND REACT AND PROTECT, YOU KNOW, OUR PARTNERS IN THIS. SO AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO TAKE YOUR FEEDBACK FROM SIX MONTHS OF WORKSHOPS HERE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW. DID WE GET THE BALANCE PERFECT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT. WHAT I WILL SAY IS I THINK WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD.
I THINK IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT WE HAD.
I'D LIKE TO LET US MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, AND START IN MARCH AWARDING PROJECTS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE BRING THESE BACK ON A REGULAR BASIS ALMOST ANNUALLY.
WE LOOK, WE REVISE, WE UPDATE THESE. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'LL BE LOOKING TO YOU TELL US, HOW IS THIS WORKING? YOU KNOW, DID WE GET IT RIGHT? DID WE MISS THE MARK SOMEWHERE? WE'RE OPEN TO THAT, AND WE'RE OPEN TO MAKING CHANGES MOVING FORWARD.
BUT I THINK WE'VE TRIED TO STRIKE A REASONABLE BALANCE HERE, AND THAT'S.
YEAH. OKAY. WE HAVE LAURIE. I'M NOT SURE ONLINE OR HERE.
IS LAURIE HARARI ONLINE? I'M HERE. LAURIE HARARI, CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH.
I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE PREAPPLICATION MEETING WITH THE BROWARD MPO IS STILL REQUIRED BEFORE THE REV APPLICATION SUBMITTAL, AND WHETHER WE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING MORE THAN ONE PROJECT PROPOSAL TO RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK ON THEIR MERIT.
THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, LAURIE. THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WILL STILL BE REQUIRED AND WE ABSOLUTELY CAN REVIEW MORE THAN ONE PROJECT, IF YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO DECIDE BETWEEN WHICH ONE TO SUBMIT.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO TELL YOU, YOU KNOW, RIGHT THEN AND THERE WHICH ONE WILL SCORE HIGHER.
WE DO NEED TO RUN THE TOOL, BUT WE DO PROVIDE THAT EVALUATION CRITERIA TO YOU, YOU KNOW, AT ALL TIMES, ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO YOU SHOULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT TO REFERENCE.
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AND IF BASICALLY IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF ELIGIBILITY, LIKE IF YOU HAD TWO PROJECTS AND YOU WERE ASKING IF MAYBE IT WAS A QUESTION OF ELIGIBILITY, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THAT.YEAH. THANK YOU. VIVIAN. NO. OKAY, THEN.
KAREN. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THIS.
I THINK IT'S REALLY COME A LONG WAY FROM WHERE WE FIRST SAW IT.
I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONCEPT OF IT. I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT IT IN ONE OF YOUR PREVIOUS, BUT CAN YOU REMIND US KIND OF WHAT THE MPO'S EXPECTATION IS FOR THAT CONCEPT TO BE SUBMITTED? YES. THANK YOU, KAREN, I'LL CALL UP FAZAL QURESHI.
IF YOU DON'T MIND. FAZAL QURESHI, BROWARD MPO SENIOR ENGINEER.
AND THROUGH THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS AND OTHER MEETINGS, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK US IF THIS CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'VE CREATED, FOR INSTANCE, MORE OR LESS IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE REV CYCLE.
AND WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL. IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE DURING THE REV CYCLE.
WE'RE AVAILABLE ALL YEAR AROUND, SO. OKAY, COOL.
YEAH, I'M THINKING OF RIVERSIDE PARK THAT YOU ALL HAVE HELPED US WITH, AND WE'RE IN THE PLANNING PHASE, AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO DO A TASK ORDER TO GET TO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT FOR WHAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH.
SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S WHAT YOU NEED.
YEAH. YEAH. AND I THINK I WOULD ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR ASKING FOR THAT CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT IS THAT FDOT HAS KIND OF STRENGTHENED WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. WHEN WE SEND EACH YEAR OUR LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS TO THEM, WE SPEND THE ENTIRE SPRING WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT REVIEWING THOSE PROJECTS.
AND SO THERE'S KIND OF FOUR CRITERIA, RIGHT? THAT WE HAVE TO MEET WHEN WE SEND THINGS OVER TO THEM.
SO BEFORE THEY'LL PROGRAM THE MONEY, WE HAVE TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT MORE NOW THAN WE USED TO.
SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF HONESTLY MAYBE BEST DESCRIBED KAREN AS A LITTLE BIT OF A MOVING TARGET.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO TRY WORKING WITH THE CITIES, TRY TO FIND THAT RIGHT BALANCE.
MORE THAN MY LINES ON A GOOGLE MAP, I GET IT.
YEAH. IT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE MORE THAN JUST THE WIGGLY LINE.
YEAH, YEAH. I WILL ADD TO THAT IS, YES, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO SEE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS LABELED.
WE WANT TO SEE. SOMETHING THAT WE WERE REALLY LOOKING FOR IS THAT ANY UTILITY CONFLICTS ABOVE GROUND UTILITY CONFLICTS BE IDENTIFIED ON THIS CONCEPT PLANS. WE THINK THAT THAT'LL REALLY HELP BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT COMES UP A LOT AFTER A PROJECT IS PROGRAMED IS, OH, SHOOT. THERE'S UTILITY CONFLICT, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE NAVIGATE AROUND THIS? SO, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO IDENTIFY THOSE BEFORE WE, YOU KNOW, PROCESS THAT REV APPLICATION. SO YEAH, LIKE I SAID, WE'LL POST ON THE WEBSITE, YOU KNOW, AT THE TIME OF LIKE THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS AND THE APPLICATION WORKSHOP, WE'LL PUT SOMETHING UP FOR Y'ALL TO REFERENCE AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT AT THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS FOR SURE, AT THE VERY LEAST.
AND JUST LIKE, I UNDERSTAND WHERE ALL THESE POLICIES ARE COMING FROM, MAYBE NOT THE VOICE OF EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE ONLY GET LIKE ONE GRANT A YEAR OUT OF THIS PROGRAM.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO MOVE FORWARD OR WE'RE ALL GOING TO HURT IN THE END. OR WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A PROJECT THAT COULD HAVE MOVED FORWARD IF IT WEREN'T FOR THAT. SO I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK ON GRANT PART TWO YEARS NOW, NOT ONLY IS IT.
OKAY. JOAN CHEN. GOOD AFTERNOON. JOAN CHEN FROM THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH.
I HAVE ONE QUESTION. SINCE KAREN JUST MENTIONED ABOUT THIS AND THE DOT PROCESS ALSO.
SO IF WE ASSUME WE SUBMIT APPLICATION AND WE GET AN AWARD, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BECAUSE IT GOES THROUGH FDOT WORK PROGRAM? I JUST WANTED TO KNOW WHAT'S THE TIME FRAME WE CAN GET THE FUNDING? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THEN THE CONSTRUCTION FUNDS THREE YEARS LATER.
SO THAT IS THE TIMELINE THAT, YOU KNOW, C SLIP FOLLOWED AND THE TIMELINE THAT REV WILL FOLLOW.
YEAH. GOT IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ONLINE? OOPS. RUSSELL. GOOD AFTERNOON, RUSSELL [INAUDIBLE], BROWARD COUNTY.
JUST ONE MINOR COMMENT, AND I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY HARD FOR YOU TO SEE THE ATTACHMENT.
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THE FIRST LINE THAT GETS YOU 42 POINTS, IT SAYS OVER 3500 AVERAGE TRAFFIC PER LANE AND THEN IT INCREASES FROM THERE. SO I ASSUME THAT SYMBOL NEEDS TO BE FLIPPED.TAKE A LOOK. YEAH. JUST YEAH, I WILL TELL YOU, I BELIEVE IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS GROUP.
FLIP THIS UPSIDE DOWN. SO THE LOWER TRAFFIC FACILITIES GET A HIGHER SCORE, NOT THE HIGHER TRAFFIC.
IT'S MEANT TO BE UNDER 3500 YOU GET THE HIGHEST POINTS, BUT IT KIND OF SHOWS IT'S OVER 3500, SO. THANK YOU. YEAH. NO WORRIES. YEAH. I PPRECIATE IT.
NO PROBLEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS ANYBODY ONLINE? OKAY. PERFECT. SO NO MORE COMMENTS. WE NEED A MOTION.
MOTION NATALIE. SECOND BY LAURIE. NOW LET'S VOTE ON IT.
OKAY. MOTION PASSES, THOUGH I SEE EMILY, MOST OF THE ONLINE COULD NOT VOTE.
ANYWAY WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO NEXT ITEM. ACTION ITEM NUMBER 5.
[5. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE Broward County's Low Stress Multimodal Mobility Network Master Plan]
MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MP ENDORSE BROWARD COUNTY'S LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY NETWORK MASTER PLAN PRESENTATION.WONDERFUL. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JOSETTE SHEERAN.
I'M THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR FOR BROWARD COUNTY'S MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
WE'RE EXCITED TO COME BACK TO YOU TODAY SEEKING ENDORSEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK.
AND AS A REMINDER, THIS PROJECT IS A IN-KIND MATCHING PROJECT TO THE SS4A ACTION PLAN GRANT THAT WE HEARD ABOUT EARLIER, THE BROWARD COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
THANK YOU ALL. WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, CHRISTINA FURMAN WITH MARLIN ENGINEERING.
THANK YOU, JOSETTE. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYBODY.
HOW'S EVERYBODY DOING ON THIS FINE WEDNESDAY DREARY, COLD DAY? ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA FURMAN. I'M WITH MARLIN ENGINEERING, AND I'VE BEEN THE PROJECT MANAGER ON THIS.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL TODAY.
SO THE BROWARD MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN HAS A VISION TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE, LOW STRESS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY.
SO FOR TODAY, I'M GOING TO GO OVER OUR PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK, TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION AND THEN GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. AND THEN I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS THE PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
THERE ARE 250 PROJECTS LISTED ON THIS PROJECT SHEET THAT WE'VE CREATED.
ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS AT ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, FOR INSTANCE, HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED.
BUT OVERALL, ABOUT HALF OF OUR PROJECTS ARE NEW SIDE PATHS, LIKE A SHARED USE PATH OR URBAN SIDE PATH, WIDENING THE SIDEWALKS AND CLOSING GAP CLOSURES.
IDENTIFYING ALREADY PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, LOOKING AT BICYCLE LANE MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT TRULY LOW STRESS, SUCH AS SEPARATED OR PROTECTED BICYCLE LANE. ENHANCING THE EXISTING GREENWAY.
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SO RIGHT NOW THE GREENWAYS, WHEN YOU'RE RIDING THEM, THEY ARE LOW STRESS. BUT WHEN YOU GET TO THE CROSSINGS, THE CROSSINGS ARE HIGH STRESS. SO HOW CAN WE RETROFIT THOSE CROSSINGS TO MAKE THEM TRULY LOW STRESS? WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED A NUMBER OF BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN TUNNELS. AND LIKE I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, THE PROJECTS WERE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.THOSE ARE ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES AND THEN TO A LESSER EXTENT, BUT WE'RE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PRIORITIZATION DEMOGRAPHIC ASSESSMENT NEEDS HEALTH AND DEMAND POTENTIAL. SO OUT OF 100 POINTS, THE HIGHEST SCORING SEGMENT WAS 84.67.
AND THAT WAS, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, DIXIE HIGHWAY BETWEEN MCNAB ROAD AND POMPANO PARK PLACE.
SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S A LOT OF PURPLE LINES.
THESE ARE ALL HIGH SCORING SEGMENTS. THE DARK PURPLE IS OUR HIGHEST RANKING CORRIDORS.
AND THEN THE LINES KIND OF THIN OUT AS THEY SCORED LOWER AND THE YELLOW LINES SCORED THE LEAST.
SO OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TASK, WE'VE COMPLETED THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.
WE CHOSE TEN SEGMENTS THROUGH OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP.
WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, HIGH LEVEL REVIEW, HASHED OUT WHICH SEGMENTS WEREN'T ALREADY PLANNED AND PROGRAMED, WENT TO THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND WE INCLUDED A NUMBER OF JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAYS, SO MAKING SURE WE HAD CITY ROADWAYS, COUNTY OWNED ROADWAYS, STATE ROADWAYS. AND WE INCLUDED ONE OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEGMENTS THAT WE IDENTIFIED.
WE HASHED OUT. WE DID A DEEP DIVE IN OUR FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.
WE CAME OUT WITH A MATRIX LOOKING AT VARIOUS THINGS LIKE RIGHT OF WAY AND DRAINAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AND THE EXISTING UTILITIES, AND IDENTIFYING ANY POTENTIAL FATAL FLAWS AND LOOKING AT FLOOD ZONES AND ALL OF THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND THEN WE NARROWED IN ON FOUR SEGMENTS FOR CONCEPT DESIGN THAT WE ADVANCE FORWARD THROUGH THE HELP OF OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF CREATING THOSE CONCEPT PLANS.
WE WORKED WITH THE CITIES, WE MET WITH THE CITIES, WE SPOKE WITH THE CITIES, AND THEN WE HELD A PUBLIC WORKSHOP TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS AND GET THEIR INPUT ON HOW WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS AND THEIR VISION INTO OUR CONCEPT PLAN.
SO THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. AND BY THE END OF IT, WE'LL HAVE A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PLAN.
AND THEN FEATURES AND MATERIALS WILL HAVE NICE RENDERINGS.
SO THESE ARE THE INITIAL TEN SEGMENTS THAT WE DECIDED ON WITH THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP TO DO THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS ON AND YOU CAN SEE HERE WE HAVE A MIX OF CITY, COUNTY, STATE ROADS AS WELL AS ONE OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT CANAL OPPORTUNITIES AS WE IDENTIFIED IT.
AND YOU CAN SEE FROM THE HIGH LEVEL PROJECT DESCRIPTION, A LOT OF IT SAYS WIDENED SIDEWALK, WIDENED SIDEWALK, WIDENED SIDEWALK. YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SOME TYPE OF URBAN OR SHARED USE PATH AT LEAST TEN FEET WIDE TO ACCOMMODATE BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS.
SO DIXIE HIGHWAY, WHICH WAS ONE OF OUR HIGHEST RANKED PROJECTS FROM MCNAB ROAD TO POMPANO PARK PLACE, THERE IS A BUFFERED BIKE LANE THERE TODAY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T FEEL SAFE.
THERE'S A LOT OF DRIVEWAYS, THERE'S BUSINESSES, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY. SO THAT ACTUALLY THROUGH TALKING WITH THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS AS WELL, AND SOME OF THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT CAME OUT TO PROVIDE THEIR FEEDBACK, THEY ALL SAID, HEY, WE WANT SOME TYPE OF SHARED USE PATH BECAUSE NOBODY'S RIDING THE BIKE LANE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE'RE CREATING A SHARED USE PATH ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY, AND THAT'S COMING OUT, AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO RUN THROUGH THESE CONCEPTS.
160. SO SOME OF THESE HAVE ASTERISKS BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SLIGHT MODIFICATIONS TO THEM.
SO THAT'S 10TH STREET, SAMPLE ROAD THAT'S ALREADY IN SURTAX FUNDING.
AND WE'RE JUST KIND OF CONTINUING THAT ON THE POMPANO BEACH SIDE.
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MCNAB ROAD AND MIRAMAR PARKWAY, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE INITIAL CORRIDOR LENGTH, YOU KNOW, THE EAST AND WEST BOUNDARIES BASED OFF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE CITIES.SO, FOR INSTANCE, MIRAMAR PARKWAY, WE HAD ORIGINALLY EXTENDED IT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY TO 56TH AVENUE, BUT THAT PORTION FROM 41 TO 56 IS ACTUALLY STATE ROAD.
SO THAT GOT BUNDLED IN WITH THE STATE ROAD NUMBER 83 PROJECT.
SO INSTEAD THIS PROJECT IS GOING TO BE JUST FOCUSED ON MIRAMAR PARKWAY, AND IT'S GOING TO BE CONNECTED TO DOUGLAS ROAD, WHICH MIRAMAR PARKWAY IS CURRENTLY DOING THE, I BELIEVE THE DESIGN, OR MAYBE EVEN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DOUGLAS ROAD SHARED USE PATH THAT'S GOING TO GO FROM DOUGLAS ROAD ON MIRAMAR PARKWAY WEST.
SO THAT WAS MY QUICK AND DIRTY UPDATE. I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
OKAY. JENNA. HI, KRISTINA. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
THE CITY OF CORAL SPRINGS IS VERY EXCITED ABOUT ALL THINGS TRAILS AND SHARED USE PATHS.
AWESOME. EXACTLY. SO ANYTHING THAT WE COULD DO TO BE A GOOD PARTNER I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF.
ESPECIALLY AS WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE OUR EVERGLADES MEMORIAL LOOP THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO BE A GOOD PARTNER, WE'RE HERE TO DO, SO THANK YOU.
AWESOME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE. OH, WE NEED MOTION.
YOU GUYS MAKE IT EASY FOR ME. MOTION BY MAGGIE, SECOND BY CHRIS.
I SEE KARL KENNEDY MISSING. AND ROBERTA MOORE AS WELL.
YEAH. GOT IT. GOOD. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL.
HAVE A GREAT DAY. THIS IS THE END OF ACTION ITEMS. NOW WE ARE MOVING INTO NON ACTION ITEMS. FEDERAL DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.
[1. Federal Discretionary Grants]
PRESENTATION BY JENNIFER TUSSEY. HEY GUYS. NICE TO SEE YOU. IT'S BEEN A WHILE. HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL THAT JAZZ.HOPE EVERYBODY'S DOING WELL. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
IF YOU'RE ALREADY REGISTERED AND YOUR MEETINGS ARE NOT ON THE CALENDAR.
THIS HAPPENED TO ME. I REALIZED WE MISSED JANUARY ACCIDENTALLY.
I'M SO SORRY. WE HAVE EXTENDED THE DATES OUT.
THERE WAS, I BELIEVE, POSSIBLY AN EMAIL THAT WENT OUT THAT HAD YOUR REGISTRATION.
PLEASE UPLOAD THAT AGAIN. IF NOT, I WILL GET WITH REBECCA TO JUST RESEND IT OUT TO THE ENTIRE GROUP.
THAT WILL HAVE THE LITTLE CALENDAR THING ON IT THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON AND IT WILL RE-UPLOAD.
SO THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE YOU ALL IN FEBRUARY IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS, SO.
EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH OUR FEDERALLY AWARDED GRANTS AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CHART. AND AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, THINGS ARE NOT MOVING QUICKLY THINGS.
BUT WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS WITH WHAT WE HAVE.
SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, WHICH DOES INCLUDE SOME OF THE FTA GRANTS THAT.
WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAVE CLOSED OUT THE FORT LAUDERDALE MOBILITY HUB FTA GRANT.
SO THE OPEN FEDERAL GRANTS. AS I'VE SAID, THINGS ARE SLOW. THINGS ARE NOT COMING OUT QUICKLY.
I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE NATIONAL RAIL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM GRANT IS OPEN.
CURRENTLY THE FDOT IS APPLYING FOR THE GRANT.
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THE CITIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR WILL BE RECEIVING DRAFT LETTERS OF SUPPORT.THEY ARE DUE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND. WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE VERY QUICK TURNAROUND ON THIS, BUT THESE ARE FOR RAIL IMPROVEMENTS ALONG THE LINE. ADDITIONALLY, THE BUILD IS OPEN.
I BELIEVE THERE'S THREE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS, BUT WE DO WANT. REMEMBER, COLLABORATION IS ALWAYS KEY IN THAT, SO.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CAN I JUST ADD A LITTLE.
AND WE WANTED TO THANK OUR PARTNERS AT FLORIDA DOT FOR PURSUING THAT GRANT.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT A HALF $1 BILLION BRINGING TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO FIGURE ABOUT $100 MILLION OF SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AROUND ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT RAIL CROSSINGS.
SO THEY ARE ASKING FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT, WHICH WE ARE WORKING ON.
WE ARE REACHING OUT TO COUNTY ADMINISTRATION.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. BUT WE LITERALLY GOT THE EMAIL FROM DOT ON SUNDAY EVENING.
SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT OF A FIRE DRILL, BUT, HEY, WE'RE UP FOR A CHALLENGE, SO.
YEAH. THANKS, NEIL. AND NATALIE. THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
BILL, YOU MENTIONED THAT FDOT IS COMPILING THOSE LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAS TO BE IN BY THAT FEBRUARY 2ND DATE? THE SUPPORT IS THERE ANYTHING THAT SFRTA CAN DO TO.
SO YEAH, THE DEADLINE'S PRETTY WELL THE DEADLINE BECAUSE THEY'RE TRYING TO COLLECT EVERYTHING.
AGAIN, THIS IS A STATEWIDE CENTRAL OFFICE LED GRANT APPLICATION.
SO EVERYBODY'S MOVING ON THIS ONE. YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO DO A LETTER OF SUPPORT, I DID GET SOME FURTHER CLARIFICATION TODAY FROM CESAR.
AND WHAT HE'S MOSTLY INTERESTED IN GETTING WOULD BE LETTERS FROM THE OWNER OF.
OK. FACILITIES THAT CROSS, IN OTHER WORDS. MUNICIPALITIES.
YEAH, LIKE STATE, COUNTY, LOCAL, MUNICIPAL ROADS THAT GO ACROSS.
I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY THE TARGET ORGANIZATIONS.
OKAY. BUT, HEY, IT NEVER HURTS, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANOTHER ONE IN THE PILE.
NO PROBLEM. ANYTHING WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. THANKS, JENNIFER, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
[2. Report From Partner Agency - Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update]
NON ACTION ITEM NUMBER 2. REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENCY PORT EVERGLADES MASTER PLAN VISION PLAN UPDATES.JUSTIN HOLOBER FROM PORT EVERGLADES. HEY. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS JUSTIN HOLOBER, SEAPORT PLANNER AT PORT EVERGLADES.
I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT OUR MASTER VISION PLAN UPDATE, WHICH THE PORT TYPICALLY UPDATES OUR MASTER VISION PLAN EVERY FEW YEARS.
EVERY 4 OR 5 YEARS OR SO. AND THIS UPDATE WAS JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BACK IN NOVEMBER. AND SO I CAN TALK ABOUT OUR PROJECTS HERE.
AND FIRST I WILL GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF PORT 101.
YOU CAN SEE OUR LOCATION MAP. WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND OF BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT NOT SUPPORTED BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS, BUT 100% SUPPORTED BY USER FEES. WITH A FY25 OPERATING REVENUE OF $226 MILLION.
SO WE DO DEVELOP AND LEASE LAND AND FACILITIES.
WE DO NOT OPERATE TERMINALS OR HANDLE CARGO. WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH OUR TENANTS.
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OOPS. SO THIS MAP SHOWS OUR LOCATION, HOW ABOUT 72% OF THE PORT LIES WITHIN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, ABOUT 14% WITHIN FORT LAUDERDALE, AND ABOUT 13% OR SO IN DANIA BEACH, DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL MAJOR HIGHWAYS. AND WE LIKE TO SAY WE ARE A ONE STOP LIGHT AWAY FROM LA.THIS SLIDE SHOWS HOW MUCH OF A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER THE PORT IS TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND THE REGION AND THE STATE WITH THE $28.1 BILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND THAT AS A RESULT, IT PROVIDES FOR ABOUT 204,000 JOBS WITHIN THE WHOLE STATE OF FLORIDA, ABOUT 12,000 JUST IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND YOU CAN SEE THE RESULTING LOCAL INCOME FROM THOSE JOBS AND GENERATING $1.1 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES.
AND AS THE MAIN PETROLEUM PORT HERE IN SOUTH FLORIDA, WE DO SUPPLY ONE THIRD OF FLORIDA'S FUEL. USUALLY IN THE BEGINNING PHASES IN THE MASTER PLAN UPDATE PROCESS IS OUR MARKET ASSESSMENT. SO THIS SHOWS OUR MAJOR BUSINESS LINES, CONTAINERIZED CARGO.
THE 20 FOOT EQUIVALENT UNIT IS THE CONTAINER.
SO MOST OF THE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD ARE 40 FOOT CONTAINERS, SO THAT'S TWO UNITS.
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION TEUS THAT MOVE THROUGH THE PORT ANNUALLY.
AND WE ARE PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO GET UP TO 2 MILLION TEUS MOVING THROUGH THE PORT.
ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A GREAT COUPLE OF YEARS FOR CRUISE THE LAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE HIT OVER THE 4 MILLION MARK FOR CRUISE PASSENGERS, AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR.
20 YEAR PROJECTION CAN PUT US UP TOWARDS $6.9 MILLION.
AND ALSO, AS I MENTIONED, THE PETROLEUM. WE ARE ARE THE MAIN PETROLEUM PROVIDER FOR SOUTH FLORIDA. AND 100% OF THE COUNTY'S FUEL GOES TO MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD, PALM BEACH AND MARTIN COUNTY.
WE ALSO SUPPLY FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND MIA.
AND ALSO NON-CONTAINERIZED CARGO IS MAINLY CEMENT, WHICH IS LARGELY INFLUENCED BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. SO I SHOULD MENTION I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY MR. PHILIP HATFIELD FROM AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, WHO WORKS WITH US ON OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
AND TOGETHER WE PUT TOGETHER THIS CRITERIA FOR RANKING OUR PROJECTS BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU SEE HERE, THE COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY.
AND THAT IS HOW WE SCORED OUR PROJECTS. WE HAVE A TOTAL OF 34 NEW PROJECTS AS PART OF THIS UPDATE.
IT'S DIVIDED BY NORTH PORT, MID PORT AND SOUTH PORT.
SOUTH PORT BEING MAINLY FOR CONTAINERIZED CARGO.
MID PORT IS MAINLY FOR THE CRUISE AREA AND NORTH PORT IS MAINLY FOR THE PETROLEUM ENERGY SECTIONS.
SO THIS IS HOW OUR PROJECT LIST SHAPES OUT DIVIDED BY THE TIMELINE.
GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OUR 0 TO 5 YEAR PROJECTS.
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YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTS HERE IN YELLOW ARE SPANNING MORE THAN TWO TIME PERIODS.THE PROJECTS IN ORANGE ARE. YEAH. EXCUSE ME. YELLOW IS SPANNING TWO TIME PERIODS.
THE PROJECTS IN ORANGE ARE SPANNING MORE THAN TWO TIME PERIODS.
SO THESE ARE OUR 34 PROJECTS HERE. AND KIND OF GIVE YOU A VISUAL OF THE LOCATION OF THESE PROJECTS WITH THE 0 TO 5 YEAR PROJECTS ARE OUR HIGHEST RANKING PROJECTS IS THE GRIFFIN ROAD ACCESS, WHICH WILL PROVIDE SECONDARY ACCESS FOR OUR CONTAINER TRUCKS AS TRUCK TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE. SO WE ARE STUDYING NOW THE ADDITION OF THIS SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD DOWN ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE PORT THAT WILL DIVERT ABOUT 25% OF THE CURRENT TRUCK TRAFFIC TO HELP MITIGATE THAT CONGESTION.
ALSO, WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME PARKING PROJECTS AND ADDING A PARKING STRUCTURES IN THE MID PORT AREA BY THE CRUISE TERMINALS, AND AS OUR CRUISE BUSINESS WILL INCREASE, AS WE SAW IN OUR PROJECTION, WE WILL NEED THE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE CRUISE GUESTS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT INCREASE.
AND YOU COULD ALSO SEE OUR FIRST OF OUR CRUISE TERMINAL EXPANSION PROJECTS IS TERMINAL 29.
AND THAT WILL BE EXPANDED AND REMODELED TO ACCOMMODATE AN EVER GROWING LARGER AND WIDER SHIPS, YOU KNOW, WITH LARGER CRUISE PASSENGER CAPACITY, WE WILL NEED TO EXPAND THAT TERMINAL AND THAT WILL BE COMING WITH A PARKING GARAGE AND THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREA ALONG WITH IT.
NEXT IS OUR 5 TO 10 YEAR PROJECTS. WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR WORK IN SOUTHPORT WITH DENSIFYING AND MAXIMIZING THE SPACE IN SOUTHPORT FOR ALL OF OUR CARGO TERMINAL OPERATORS.
A COUPLE OF THEM WILL BE RELOCATING FROM THE MID PORT AREA INTO SOUTHPORT SO WE CAN MAXIMIZE THAT SPACE AND ALLOW THEM TO BE MORE EFFICIENT IN THEIR OPERATIONS TOO.
AND THAT WILL GO ALONG WITH A REALIGNMENT OF THAT MCINTOSH ROAD, THAT ACCESS ROAD INTO A SOUTH PORT WHICH WILL BE MODIFIED AFTER THE GRIFFIN ROAD ACCESS IS ADDED.
AND ALSO WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR PARKING STRUCTURES IN THE PORT AREA ALONG WITH UPDATING OUR GROUND TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES AND ALSO CONTINUING WITH OUR CRUISE TERMINALS EXPANSIONS WITH CRUISE TERMINAL 21. AND THEN MOVING ON TO OUR 20 YEAR TIMELINE.
WE WILL BE MOVING NORTH INTO THE PORT AS WE CONTINUE OUR EXPANSIONS OF OUR CRUISE TERMINALS IN MID PORT WITH 26 AND 21 AND 19. ALSO WE WILL BE EXPANDING OUR SLIPS TO ACCOMMODATE NOT ONLY LARGER CRUISE SHIPS, BUT TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE TWO SHIPS IN THE SLIP AT ONE TIME, WHICH WE CANNOT PRESENTLY DO BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH AND THE WIDTH OF THE SLIP.
AND WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE WITH OUR ADDITION OF GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREAS AND ADDITIONAL PARKING OVER THAT 20 YEAR TIMELINE.
AND FOR THIS MASTER VISION PLAN UPDATE, WE LOOKED AT BEYOND 20 YEARS AND
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HOW SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL SPAN OVER THIS NEXT TIMELINE AND CAN CONTINUE WITH OUR CONTAINER TERMINAL UTILITIES. AND ALSO THESE RED DOTS ON THE MAP SHOW LOCATION OF OUR INSTALLATION OF SHORE POWER TECHNOLOGY, WHICH WILL ALLOW VESSELS WHEN THEY'RE IN BERTH TO BASICALLY SHUT OFF THEIR ENGINES AND PLUG INTO THE ELECTRICAL GRID. SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, REDUCE EMISSIONS, REDUCE, YOU KNOW, CO2 AND NITROUS EMISSIONS IN THE AREA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.AND THAT IS SLATED FOR ALL OF THE CRUISE SHIPS, THE CRUISE BERTHS.
SO NOW BASICALLY ALL NEW CRUISE SHIPS THAT ARE BUILT THESE DAYS HAVE THAT CAPABILITY.
SO THAT IS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECTS. AND IF ANYBODY.
I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THESE.
KAREN. JUSTIN, I WASN'T ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ROUND, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. CAN YOU TALK MORE ABOUT THE ACCESS ON TO GRIFFIN ROAD? LIKE, HOW WOULD THAT WORK? IS THAT CONTAINER SHIPS AND WHERE WOULD THEY GO FROM THE BACKSIDE OF THE PORT? WOULD IT BE ALL THE WAY DOWN GRIFFIN? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ALL THOSE CONTAINER TRUCKS? WELL, WE ARE STILL IN THE EARLY STUDY PHASES OF THIS PROJECT, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT OPTIONS. BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THAT GRIFFIN ROAD INTO.
THERE IS AN ACCESS ROAD EXISTING THERE AT THE SOUTHERN TIP WHICH HAS NOT BEEN USED.
BUT IT IS THERE. OF COURSE WE HAVE TO STUDY ALL THE UTILITIES AND EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT AREA THAT WILL HOPEFULLY ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
SO STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF STUDY. I WOULD JUST ASK AND VIVIAN TOO, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES TO YOUR MASTER PLAN OUTSIDE OF THE PORT, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING FOR THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, 17 STREET IN US1 HAVE BEEN HORRIFICALLY GRIDLOCKED DISASTER OVER THE LAST MONTH EVERY WEEKEND. AND AS YOU CONTINUE TO GROW AND GROW AND GROW WITH NO PLANS OUTSIDE OF YOUR BORDER TO ADDRESS THAT AND MITIGATE IT EXCEPT FOR THE AIRPORTS, HOPEFULLY THE RAIL WILL HELP WITH THAT.
BUT IT IS FRUSTRATING TO SEE ALL THIS GROWTH BEING PLANNED WITHOUT ANY THOUGHT OF IMPROVEMENTS.
TO MOVE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT BETTER, MOVE TRUCKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY WORK ON THE GATES AND THE SECURITY.
I KNOW BECAUSE WE'RE IN TRANSPORTATION, I LIKE TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO IT'S KIND OF A USELESS BYPASS ROAD ALREADY.
AND IT'S ALREADY STARTED. SO ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THAT SITUATION? WELL, THE BYPASS ROAD WAS SUPPOSED TO HELP THAT SITUATION, YOU KNOW.
AS FAR AS OUR ROADWAY ON EISENHOWER BOULEVARD LEADING UP TO THAT, I THINK THEY'VE ALREADY WIDENED THAT AREA BY ONE LANE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW THAT WAS A COUNTY PROJECT WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, USE OF THE CRUISE TERMINAL THERE, CRUISE TERMINAL 4, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE ON THE NORTH END OF EISENHOWER.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THE CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT COMING TO COMPLETION, TOO.
THAT'S AN ONGOING QUESTION. SO, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THIS MASTER PLAN UPDATE, THE ROADWAY PROJECTS DO NOT ADDRESS THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S AN ONGOING THING THAT WE'RE ALL LOOKING AT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS. GINA. HEY, JUSTIN, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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I DID SEE THE PRESENTATION IN DAYTONA BEACH FOR THE CONFERENCE, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS REALLY FASCINATING.BUT KIND OF TO ECHO THE SENTIMENT FROM KAREN.
I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE TRAFFIC STUDIES OR ANY TRAFFIC IMPACTS WERE CONSIDERING WHAT THE LARGER CAPACITY SHIPPING CONTAINERS AND WHAT THAT IMPACT WOULD DO. AS YOU'RE CREATING LARGER BERTHS, IF THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE TRAFFIC STUDIES THAT WERE DONE, LIKE WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO THE ROADWAYS AND SO FORTH.
WELL, WE DID COMPLETE A FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE SOUTHPORT INTERSECTION AT MCINTOSH AND ELDER DRIVE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S AN ONGOING THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TOO, IS HOW TO MITIGATE THAT TRUCK TRAFFIC. AND WE ARE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE THE ELDER DRIVE SECURITY GATE RECONFIGURATION, WHICH IS IN OUR 5 TO 10 YEAR TIMELINE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY. THAT STUDY DID FIND THAT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY INTERSECTION PROBLEM, BUT PERHAPS OTHER THINGS THAT WE CAN LOOK AT IS HOW TO MAKE THE SECURITY CHECK INS MORE EFFICIENT.
AND ALSO AT THE SAME TIME WORKING WITH OUR TERMINAL OPERATORS ON HOW THEY CAN MAXIMIZE THEIR OPERATIONS TOO AND KIND OF A BUNCH OF PIECES THAT GO TOGETHER FOR THAT.
SO, BUT YEAH, THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE TRUCKS ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME.
THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE. AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE TRUCK CONGESTION.
WE ARE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE SECONDARY ACCESS, WITH THE GATE RECONFIGURATION, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THERE ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT SIDES OF WHERE YOU'RE COMING INTO THE PORT, ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE ELDER DRIVE ENTRANCE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S PART OF THIS PLAN WITH THE SECURITY GATE RECONFIGURATION AND MACINTOSH ROAD REALIGNMENT THAT WILL KIND OF GO HAND IN HAND WITH THE SECONDARY ACCESS.
SURE. SO I THINK WHAT WAS SAID ABOUT HAVING A GOOD PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITIES THAT ARE ADJACENT WITH THE LARGER IMPACTS, IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE REALLY WHAT THE INCREASED CAPACITY NOW THAT THESE SHIPS COULD CONTAIN MORE CONTAINERS, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THE DISTRIBUTION THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AND THE TYPES OF LARGE TRUCKS THAT WILL PROBABLY BE NECESSARY TO ACCOMMODATE FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE HAPPENING ALONG THE WATERWAYS. YES.
AND YEAH, THE SHIPS ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO GET BIGGER.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR NEW CRANES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
ALL THAT WILL ALSO BE. THAT GROWTH OF THE SHIPS AND WHAT THEY'RE CARRYING WILL ALSO BE RELIANT ON THE COMPLETION OF OUR DEEPENING AND WIDENING OF THE MAIN CHANNEL ALSO BECAUSE ONCE UNTIL THAT CHANNEL IS DEEPENED AND WIDENED WE'RE LIMITED TO WHAT THE SHIPS CAN TAKE BECAUSE OF THE DEPTH THEY DON'T CURRENTLY COME IN FULLY LOADED.
SO YEAH, THAT'S IN THE 20 YEAR TIMELINE, HOW ONCE THE CHANNEL IS DEEPENED AND WIDENED, THE SHIPS WILL BE CARRYING MORE IN AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON GETTING THEM OUT OF THE PORT EFFICIENTLY BY TRUCK AND RAIL AND, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY ALLOWING THE TRUCKS TO MOVE MORE FREELY OUT OF THE PORT. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARMANDO. HEY. HOW'S IT GOING? SO I HAD A QUICK QUESTION REGARDING IF YOU GUYS HAVE DONE ANY COORDINATION WITH FDOT SPECIFICALLY FOR THE GRIFFIN AND US1 INTERSECTION. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY ANTICIPATED, LIKE, PERCENTAGES FOR TRUCKS THAT MIGHT BE USING THAT CORRIDOR?
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I KNOW FDOT IS CURRENTLY, OR AT LEAST I'M SOMEWHAT AWARE THAT THEY ARE HAVING SOME PLANS FOR THAT INTERSECTION, SOME IMPROVEMENTS. AND JUST BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE DOING ANY COORDINATION WITH THEM FOR THAT.NOT YET. WE WILL BE. I KNOW WE WILL BE FOR SURE.
I KNOW THEY'RE DOING THEIR P&E STUDY ON THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ON GRIFFIN ROAD, SHERIDAN AND STERLING.
WE ARE PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN THAT GRIFFIN ROAD EXIT AND HOW THAT'S GOING TO SHAPE OUT AND WHAT THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE WOULD BE FOR THAT EXIT.
I KNOW WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT AS FREE FLOWING AS POSSIBLE, AND THAT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP OUR SITUATION WITH THE INCREASE IN TRUCKS MOVING OUT. BUT YEAH, NO OFFICIAL COORDINATION HAS BEGUN YET.
BUT IT WILL BE COMING. YEAH, I'D DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO THEM AS SOON AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
YEAH. THANK YOU. VIVIAN. OKAY, SO WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A MAJOR ECONOMIC ENGINE FOR THE COUNTY, HOWEVER, FOR THE COMMUNITY'S PROXIMITY TO THE PORT IS AN ENCUMBRANCE, AND IS BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC YOU ARE PROPOSING TO BRING THROUGH GRIFFIN IS DEFINITELY GOING TO IMPACT THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.
THEY ALREADY HAD TO PUT UP WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS FROM THE AIRPORT.
AND NOW THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING MORE CAPACITY, MORE TRAFFIC, MORE INTENSE ACTIVITY HAPPENING ON GRIFFIN, IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING DANIA MIGHT SUPPORT.
AND ESPECIALLY BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT'S IMPACTING WITHOUT ANY OTHER OPTIONS.
BUT OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE IT. HAVE YOU GUYS CONSIDERED ANY OTHER OPENINGS OR ANY OTHER ENTRANCES BESIDES GRIFFIN? NOT YET. NOT THAT I KNOW OF. AT THIS STAGE I KNOW THEY'RE THEY'RE STILL IN THE EARLY STUDY STAGE OF THAT SECONDARY ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OUR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT WORKING WITH US THAT IS DOING THE STUDY NOW.
SO AS FAR AS OTHER ACCESS POINTS, THERE HAVE BEEN.
WELL, LET ME BACK UP. IT ACTUALLY WAS PART OF OUR FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THE MACINTOSH ROAD AND ELDER DRIVE INTERSECTION AS FAR AS ADDING MORE EGRESS LANES FOR THE TRUCKS TO EVEN POSSIBLY GO BACK UP NORTH THROUGH THE ACCESS ROAD OR EVEN SEVENTH AVENUE AND KIND OF GO BACK UP NORTH TO 595, SO THAT WAS PART OF THAT STUDY.
IT WAS KIND OF WITHIN THE SCOPE OF ALLEVIATING THAT INTERSECTION, PARTICULARLY.
SO IF THEY MOVE TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE SCOPE OF THIS UPCOMING STUDY FOR SECONDARY ACCESS, THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE A GOOD THING TO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT SCOPE.
THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE. OH. MICHAEL RIGHETTI.
HI. OVER HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
SO WHAT'S THE COLLABORATION WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE AIRPORT'S MASTER PLAN? LOOKING AT YOUR PRESENTATION, IT'S JUST SURPRISED TO SEE NO DISCUSSION REGARDING THE FUTURE LIGHT RAIL.
HOW DOES THAT INCORPORATE INTO THE PORT'S OVERALL MASTER PLAN? WELL, AS IT IS A COUNTY PROJECT, NOT A PORT PROJECT.
WE ARE DEFINITELY SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PROJECT.
WE ARE WORKING WITH BCT IN COORDINATION. AND I KNOW THEY JUST HELD THEIR KICKOFF MEETING FOR THE LIGHT RAIL PROJECT, BUT WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC TOO, COMING THROUGH THE AIRPORT AND HELP THE PASSENGERS GET TO THEIR TERMINALS AS WELL, SO. MAYBE IT'S A CONSULTANT. SO WHY IS THIS MASTER PLAN SILENT ON THAT COMPONENT?
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I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM PRACTICAL THAT. WHAT I'M DOING IS I'M SITTING NEXT TO NEIGHBORING.MY COLLEAGUES TO THE LEFT AND THOSE THAT ARE NEIGHBORING TO YOUR PORT.
IT'S ALARMING TO HEAR THAT THERE'S LITTLE COLLABORATION WITH TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC IMPACTS.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE PORT THAT SEEMS TO BE RUNNING INDEPENDENTLY FROM THE AIRPORT.
SO I'M JUST LOOKING FOR, IS THERE PLANNING TOOLS THAT YOU GUYS ARE USING IN THE FUTURE THAT'S GOING TO INCORPORATE WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE AIRPORT AND THESE SURROUNDING AREAS THAT HELP MITIGATE SOME OF THEIR CONCERNS THAT THEY'VE MENTIONED HERE? AND THEN YOU PRESENT BEFORE US FROM A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE A MASTER PLAN THAT, UNLESS I MISS SOMETHING, DOESN'T SEEM TO INCLUDE THE LIGHT RAIL COMPONENT, SO.
WELL, IT IS NOT A PORT PROJECT, BUT YEAH, PERHAPS PHILIP CAN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT TO THAT, TOO. HI. PHILIP HATFIELD WITH AECOM. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE A TEAM DOING THE MASTER PLAN.
THE AIRPORT TO SEAPORT TO CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT WAS DEFINITELY CONSIDERED.
AS JUSTIN MENTIONED, IT'S A COUNTY PROJECT, NOT A PORT PROJECT.
SO GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREAS, PARKING STRUCTURES, SHARED RIDE, YOU KNOW, UBER, LYFT, LOTS, THINGS LIKE THAT ARE ALL FACTORED INTO THE MASTER PLAN TO COORDINATE WITH THE AIRPORT TO SEAPORT TO CONVENTION CENTER PROJECT TO MOVE PASSENGERS IN AND OUT OF THE PORT AND TAKE THEM OFF THE ROAD. SO THE REASON IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY SHOWN, IT IS TALKED ABOUT IN THE MASTER PLAN, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY SHOWN. IT'S BECAUSE IT'S NOT A PORT PROJECT.
IT'S A COUNTY PROJECT. AND THEN IN REGARD TO TRAFFIC, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONSIDERATION FOR HOW TO DEAL WITH INCREASES IN PASSENGERS AND CARGO, BECAUSE THAT'S HAPPENING NO MATTER WHAT.
THAT'S COMING. SO THERE WAS A LOT OF LOOKING AT THE EXISTING GATE OPERATIONS, HOW TO REVISE THE GATE OPERATIONS, HOW TO CHANGE PROTOCOLS AND PROCEDURES TO MAKE THEM MORE EFFICIENT, TO MOVE THEM, TO ELIMINATE THEM.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WERE LOOKED AT. THE IDEA BEHIND THE NEW GRIFFIN ROAD EXTENSION GATE IN THE SOUTHWEST IS TO CREATE, PERHAPS. AND THIS WOULD HAVE TO BE STUDIED. I MEAN, THAT'S THE THING ABOUT A MASTER PLAN, RIGHT? IS THERE'S STILL STUDIES THAT NEED TO COME TO FOLLOW, TO CONFIRM AND TO SELECT THE APPROPRIATE PROJECTS OR DEFINE THE PROJECTS.
BUT THE IDEA IS THAT CREATE ONE WAY TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SOUTH PORT AREA.
SO AN EXIT OR ENTRY IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER AND AN EXIT, A CONVERSION EXIT OR ENTRY AT ELLA DRIVE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT ALONG THE SAME ROAD ON THE SAME GATE, YOU SPLIT THEM.
AND THAT DOESN'T ALSO OVERLOAD EACH OF THE ROADS.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT'S HAPPENING IS.
AND THIS IS NOT UNDER THE PORT'S CONTROL. THIS IS UNDER THEIR TENANTS, EACH OF THE TENANTS.
AND THIS HAPPENS IN A LOT OF PORTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NOT JUST HERE.
IT'S THEY HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR MOVING THE CARGO IN AND OUT OF THEIR TERMINALS.
THAT'S NOT THE PORT AS THE LANDLORD. IT'S THE TERMINAL OPERATORS AS THE TENANTS.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT APPOINTMENT SYSTEMS TO TRY TO SPREAD CARGO OUT OVER THE FULL 24 HOURS AS OPPOSED TO KEY, YOU KNOW, DAYLIGHT HOURS. THEY'RE LOOKING AT OPTIMIZING THEIR TERMINAL OPERATIONS.
SO THAT WAY YOU CAN HOLD CONTAINERS LONGER AND SPREAD THEM OUT.
THE REALITY IS THAT THE TRUCK FLEET PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO INCREASE.
IT'S THE SAME TRUCK FLEET MOVING, YOU KNOW, AN INCREASED NUMBER OF CONTAINERS.
SO THOSE ARE WHAT THE TERMINAL OPERATORS THEMSELVES ARE LOOKING AT. AND EACH OF THE MAJOR TERMINAL OPERATORS HAVE THEIR OWN PLANS TO DENSIFY, OPTIMIZE AND BECOME MORE EFFICIENT, WHICH INCLUDES MOVING CONTAINERS IN AND OUT OF THEIR TERMINALS ON THE PORT.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAURIE HARARI. HI. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
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IN 2043, FUEL OIL AND DIESEL ARE EXPECTED TO REDUCE.IS THAT BECAUSE OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES AND OTHER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, ALTERNATIVES? CORRECT. YEAH. AS THERE'S INCREASING LOOK TO EVS, THE DIESEL AND TYPICAL CAR FUELS ARE GOING TO GO DOWN.
SO LIQUID BULK IN GENERAL IS RELATIVELY STATIC.
WE'LL SEE INCREASES COMING FROM JET FUEL. THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THAT'S THE END OF NON-ACTION ITEMS.
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COMMITTEE REPORTS, CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE CAC ACTIONS OF THE OCTOBER 22ND, 2025 MEETING.[ ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS ]
MEMBER COMMENTS. IF ANY MEMBER HAS ANY COMMENT.NO? THANK YOU. 2025 PARTICIPATION RECORD NOTICE.
NOTIFICATION OF BROWARD MPO 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS. NUMBER 4. NOTICE OF BROWARD VARIANCE REPORT BETWEEN THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 THROUGH 2030 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THE FISCAL YEAR 2027 THROUGH 2031 DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.
NUMBER 5. PUBLISHING OF THE ANNUAL LISTING OF OBLIGATED PROJECTS FOR THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2025.
NUMBER 6. UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM FISCAL YEAR 2026 2027 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2027 2028 CALL FOR PLANS AND STUDIES. NUMBER 7. SAFE ROAD SUMMIT FEBRUARY 25-26.
I KNOW BILL IS GOING TO TALK ON NUMBER 6 AND 7.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. YEAH. JUST VERY QUICKLY. YOU KNOW, WE DO DEVELOP OUR BUDGET EVERY TWO YEARS.
AND SO WE'RE DOING THAT RIGHT NOW. THERE IS AN OPEN OPPORTUNITY NOW IF YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS, IDEAS, SUGGESTIONS, WHATEVER. CARL IS, YOU KNOW, THE GUY TO TALK TO POINT OF ENTRY FOR ANYTHING THERE.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE SAFE ROAD SUMMIT'S COMING UP HERE.
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. FEBRUARY 25TH. 26.
25TH, 26. YEAH, I SHOULD HAVE THAT BURNED INTO MY MEMORY AT THIS POINT, BUT YEAH.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT EVENT, AND WE CAN ALL SAMPLE ENTERING AND EXITING THE CONVENTION CENTER IN PORT AND MAYBE THE BYPASS. YEAH, EXACTLY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU.
NEXT MEETING ON MARCH 4TH. THERE IS NO MEETING ON FEBRUARY.
YOU KNOW WHY, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ROAD SUMMIT.
SO HOPE TO SEE YOU IN FEBRUARY AT THE SUMMIT.
AND ON MARCH 4TH, 2026. I DO HAVE ONE LAST COMMENT.
OKAY, SURE. JUST AS AN INITIAL HEADS UP AND NO DECISIONS HAVE DECISIONS MADE.
AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO ACTION ITEMS SHOWING UP FOR OUR NORMAL MARCH TAC.
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT WE'LL HAVE THAT FEBRUARY RESCHEDULED AND MARCH TAC.
AND WE MAY CANCEL THE NORMAL MARCH TAC. YOU FOLLOWED THAT, SO.
YEAH. MORE TO COME. WE'LL CERTAINLY GIVE YOU PLENTY OF NOTICE.
THANK YOU. THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE MEETING.
OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
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