CAN WE GO AHEAD? ALRIGHTY. [00:00:02] HELLO, EVERYONE. WELCOME. [1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum] TONIGHT WE HAVE A FUN PACKED AGENDA. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW ME, MY NAME IS GREGORY GALE. I AM THE ACTING CHAIR FOR TONIGHT. AND I HAD THE DISTINCTION OF HAVING THE LONGEST MEETING AS CHAIR FOR THIS ORGANIZATION. SO IT'S A RECORD THAT I DO NOT CARE TO BEAT TONIGHT. WE HAVE A HUGE AGENDA. MY HOPE IS THAT WE CAN LEAVE HERE BEFORE IT STARTS SNOWING. SO WITH THAT SAID, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE'RE GOING TO START OFF FIRST WITH THE ROLL. SO [2. Electronic Roll Call] CARL. EMMA BROWARD MPO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A WHILE FOR US, IT SEEMS, BUT THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE A BUTTON THAT SAYS PRESENT. YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO, TO MARK YOUR ATTENDANCE THAT WAY. EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY GOOD? OKAY, I'M GOING TO RECORD THE ATTENDANCE. ALL RIGHT, MR. CHAIR, YOU'RE FREE TO PROCEED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER [3. Approval of Minutes - October 22, 2025] 22ND, 2025. I'M GOING TO JUST ASK IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES BEFORE WE ACTUALLY VOTE. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? NOT SEEING ANY. I THINK WE ACTUALLY HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND NOT SEEING ANY DISCUSSION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. SO, MR. BUSSEY, I SEE YOU'RE ABSTAINING. YES. IT'S PROBABLY NOT WORTH THE HASSLE. THERE IS PAPERWORK YOU HAVE TO FILE AS TO WHY YOU'RE ABSTAINING AND WHY YOU HAVE A CONFLICT. YEAH. I WASN'T THERE, SO SO YOU CAN VOTE YES OR YOU CAN VOTE NO, BUT YOU CANNOT ABSTAIN. YEAH. THERE. OKAY, MR. CHAIR. THE THANK YOU. OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. [4. Approval of Agenda] EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED THIS BY EMAIL. AND SO ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR CHANGES? NOT SEEING ANY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO WE'LL OPEN UP FOR A VOTE. MR.. DID YOU WANT TO REGISTER A VOTE FOR THIS APPROVAL OF AGENDA? OKAY. THE VOTE PASSED, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM ARE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE US WITH ANY INPUT. NOT SEEING ANY. WE WILL MOVE ON. WE HAVE FIVE AGENDA ITEMS TO GO THROUGH TONIGHT. [1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the 2050 Metropolitan Transportation Plan] THEY'RE IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE. THESE ARE ITEMS THAT WE MUST GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE INPUT TONIGHT. OUR FIRST AGENDA ITEM IS A PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE 2050 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. PAUL AND I BELIEVE BILL WILL GIVE US A BRIEF BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THE TOPIC. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CAC AND HAPPY NEW YEAR. HAPPY NEW YEAR. FIRST MEETING SINCE OCTOBER. RIGHT. SO AND I WILL BE GIVING A VERY, VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE ITEMS ARE PRESENTED TO YOU BACK IN OCTOBER, AS WE ALWAYS DO. WE SHOULD AS A NON-ACTION, AND THEN WE BRING IT TO YOU AS AN ACTION ITEM. SO WITH THAT, I'LL START. SO THE FORMAT IS LIKE THIS. WE HAVE THREE SETS OF AMENDMENTS FOR FDOT, MPOS AMENDMENTS AND BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT'S [00:05:06] AMENDMENTS. SO THAT'S THE FORMAT YOU'LL SEE. SO AS WE DO THESE PRESENTATIONS, WE ALWAYS WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT THE M, T, P IS ONE OF OUR MAIN CORE PRODUCTS. IN FACT, THE MAIN CORE PRODUCT. AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE A FOUR STEP AMENDMENT PROCESS AT THE MPO, RIGHT? YOU SEE STEP ONE, STEP TWO THREE. WE'RE AT STEP FOUR WHERE WE'VE DONE THE ANALYSIS OF ALL THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS. AND NOW WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO BRING TO YOU THE, TO WHAT? EARLIER TODAY TO OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WE'RE BRINGING IT TO YOU AND ULTIMATELY TO THE BOARD IN THE FEBRUARY 12TH FOR APPROVAL. SO THESE ARE THE FDOT AMENDMENTS, THREE PROJECTS, PINES BOULEVARD AT I-75 PARK AND RIDE LOTS ESSENTIALLY IT'S A PROJECT THAT'S BEEN REMOVED FROM THE MCP BECAUSE THAT PROJECT IS BEING CONSUMED BY ANOTHER PROJECT. IT WILL BE DONE. IT'S JUST, IT WON'T BE A STANDALONE PROJECT. THE BROAD BOULEVARD TRUCK PARKING THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S A HAPPY THING THAT WAS IN AND OUT OF YEAR AND THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE THE FUNDING FOR THAT PROJECT TO A EARLIER TIME BECAUSE AGAIN, WE HAVE A LACK OF TRUCK PARKING IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND THE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO ESSENTIALLY OBTAIN GRANT FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO CONSTRUCT THAT PROJECT EARLIER. WE HAVE THE STATE ROAD 84 AT FEC CORRIDOR PROJECT. AGAIN, THAT'S A PROJECT THAT'S THE PLANNING PHASE WAS ABLE TO BE ADVANCED TO, I THINK IT'S FISCAL YEAR 29. SO AGAIN, SOMETHING ELSE THAT'S, YOU KNOW, A HAPPY HAPPENING. NEXT SETS OF AMENDMENTS ARE THE BROWARD MPLS AMENDMENTS. FOR THREE OF THOSE ARE ACTUALLY THE BROAD SAFETY ACTION PLAN PROJECTS. AND THESE FOUR ARE THE BCT AMENDMENTS. ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST ONE IS OAKLAND PARK, WHICH BROWARD COUNTY IS NOW IS IS MOVING FROM OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN INTO OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN. WHICH MEANS THE PROJECT IS FULLY FUNDED AND THEY ARE FUNDING THE PROJECT COMPLETELY WITH LOCAL DOLLARS. SO THAT'S AGAIN GOOD NEWS. AND THEN THE OTHER THREE PROJECTS ARE GOING INTO OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN, WHICH MEANS THAT ONE PHASE OF THAT, THAT PROJECT IS ACTUALLY FUNDED. AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ESSENTIALLY COMPLETE THE FUNDING PACKAGE FOR THOSE PROJECTS. SO WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. AND WE ARE, OF COURSE, ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF THESE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, PAUL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR PAUL? NOT SEEING ANY. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE. WE HAVE A MOTION. I'M SORRY. AND A SECOND SORRY. AND THEN WE'LL CALL FOR THE VOTE. I THINK EVERYONE HAS VOTED. ALL RIGHTY. WE'LL GO AHEAD. AND THAT'S CARL STOPS ME. WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM TWO, THE AGENDA ITEM TWO MOTION TO RECOMMEND [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] BROWARD MPO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2026 2030 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. FM NUMBER 4481021SFRTA ROLLING STOCK SEFT TRIP. THERE'S NO PRESENTATION, BUT I BELIEVE THERE MIGHT BE A STAFF MEMBER HERE IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS CONCERNING AGENDA ITEM TWO. AND CHAIR, I AM THAT STAFF MEMBER, SO ASK AWAY. ALRIGHTY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS AGENDA ITEM? AND MICHAEL, YOU ARE ON YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. AS FAR AS THE ROLLING STOCK IS THIS IS THIS A ROLL FORWARD TYPE OF THING? THEY WAS IT WASN'T IT 2050? AND THEY, THEY BROUGHT IT UP TO 2045 OR SOMETHING. SO, MR. SMITH, YOU'RE CORRECT THAT THIS IS A PROJECT YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT A COUPLE OF TIMES BEFORE. SO WE AND WHEN I SAY WE COLLECTIVELY AS A REGION, INCLUDING MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR SEVERAL YEARS TO PULL TOGETHER A FUNDING PACKAGE FOR ROLLING STOCK FOR TRI-RAIL. IT INCLUDES LOCOMOTIVE CAB CARS AND TRAILERS. THEY HAVE ALSO RECEIVED A, I THINK IT'S A 80 PLUS MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT AS PART OF THIS FUNDING PACKAGE. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF REGIONAL COORDINATION THAT'S GONE ON WITH THIS. UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, THE PRICES HAVE GONE UP. AND THE FIRST THING THAT THEY WENT OUT TO BID FOR WERE THE LOCOMOTIVES. THEY CAME IN AT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. AND SO THEY REACHED OUT TO US AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH OUR OTHER REGIONAL PARTNERS. [00:10:04] WE'VE PUT TOGETHER A FUNDING PLAN THAT WE, WE HOPE BASICALLY COVERS THOSE COST OVERRUNS FOR US FOR THE BROWARD MPO. WE IDENTIFIED $7.5 MILLION. THAT'S WHAT THIS ACTION IS HERE TONIGHT. IN ORDER TO TRANSFER THAT MONEY OVER, IT'LL BE FLEXED OVER TO FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION AND THEN SPENT ON THOSE LOCOMOTIVES THAT WE'VE ALREADY SUBSTANTIALLY FUNDED. SO THAT'S REALLY THE, THE SUMMARY STORY HERE. SO WE DO THINK THIS IS A GOOD THING. WE'RE NOT IN THIS ALONE. PALM BEACH AND MIAMI DADE ARE BOTH BRINGING MONEY TO THE TABLE AS WELL. OH WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND HOPEFULLY THAT THEY'LL THEY'LL BE UP TO I WOULDN'T SAY A NATIONAL STANDARD, BUT COMMON WHAT'S COMMON IN THE TRANSIT INDUSTRY ABOUT THE LATEST PASSENGER INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND SO FORTH THAT WERE REALLY BEHIND THE TECHNOLOGICAL VIEW OF WHAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE REST OF THE WORLD AS FAR AS ABILITY TO LOOK AND, AND CHECK WITH A LED SIGNS AND SO FORTH. THAT THE LATEST METRO RAIL VEHICLES DO NOT POSSESS. OKAY. AND JUST FOR YOU, MR. SMITH, THROUGH THE CHAIR. THE LOCOMOTIVES ARE SIEMENS, SO YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK THOSE UP. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY QUITE NICE. YOU KNOW, SO AND IT'S THE ONE VENDOR IN THE US. OKAY. I WAS REFERRING MOSTLY TO THE ROLLING STOCK, THE PASSENGER COACHES AND CONTROL CAR. THOSE HAVE NOT BEEN PROCURED YET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAX, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. TRI-RAIL MIGHT NOT EXIST IN A YEAR AND A HALF UNLESS THE STATE OR THE COUNTIES PICK UP SOME OF THE FUNDING. SO JUST IF THAT HAPPENS, IF THEY DO GO AWAY, DOES THIS MONEY GET RETURNED TO THE GENERAL FUND, OR IS IT GOING TO BE LOCKED IN PLACE FOR THIS PROCUREMENT? I WOULD SAY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LOCOMOTIVES ON ORDER AT THAT POINT IN TIME. SO THIS PROCUREMENT, IT'S ACTIVE. IT'S MOVING FORWARD RIGHT NOW. SO THOSE WILL BE ASSETS THAT WILL HAVE BEEN PURCHASED BY FEDERAL DOLLARS. AND JUST LIKE THE OVERALL SYSTEM YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE INVESTMENTS IN THAT RAIL CORRIDOR ARE IN FACT FEDERAL INVESTMENTS. MUCH OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE, LIKE THE DOUBLE TRACKING YOU KNOW, FTA PUTS A 30, 40, 50 YEAR LIFESPAN ON THAT. SO IF TRI-RAIL DOES GO AWAY AT THE END OF 27, SOMEBODY WILL BE, YOU KNOW, CUTTING A CHECK TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR ALL OF THE INVESTMENT THEY'VE MADE IN THIS CORRIDOR FOR COMMUTER RAIL. AND SO IT WILL, YEAH, IT COULD BE A LITTLE BIT MESSY. SO I DON'T KNOW WHO WOULD OWN THE ROLLING STOCK. WOULD IT BE FDOT? NO. THE ROLLING STOCK I BELIEVE IS OWNED BY SFR TO THE RAILROAD CORRIDOR IS OWNED BY THE STATE OF FLORIDA. SO THE THE AGENCY SFR WILL STILL EXIST EVEN IF TRI-RAIL IS NOT RUNNING. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ASKING EXCELLENT QUESTIONS. MAX, I WISH I HAD ANSWERS TO ALL OF THOSE. I HOPE THAT WE DON'T GET TO THAT POINT. BUT YEAH, I DON'T EITHER, BUT BUT SOMEONE'S GOING TO HAVE TO OWN THOSE ASSETS AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO RESELL THEM. SO ALMOST EVERYTHING WITH SFR IF YOU REMEMBER THE HISTORY, RIGHT? IT, IT WAS SET UP BY FLORIDA DOT DISTRICT FOR. SO THEY BIRTHED THAT AGENCY AND SET IT UP PRETTY MUCH. IT ALL HAS REVERSIONS BACK TO THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY MORE THAN LIKELY, YES, ANY ASSETS. THERE'S A BUILDING UP THERE THAT THEY OWN BUILT WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS. I HELPED PUT TOGETHER THAT FUNDING PACKAGE. JUST A LITTLE SELF PROMOTION THERE. YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT, ALL THOSE ASSETS WILL PROBABLY GO BACK TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA. THEY'RE THE LOGICAL PERSON AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO DISPOSE OF IT AND THERE'LL BE LAWSUITS AND THE COUNTIES WILL GET INVOLVED AND YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THAT'S IT FOR ME. HAPPIER QUESTIONS. YEAH. THANK YOU MAX. THANK YOU MARK. OH THANK YOU. TO KIND OF DOVETAIL INTO MAX, BUT I'LL BE QUICK. THE THE OVERALL DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDING, THE WAY I HAD LOOKED AT IT, IT'S 7.5 FOR FISCAL YEAR 26 FOR BROWARD COUNTY. PALM BEACH COUNTY IS IN 2031, 2032. [00:15:01] AND THEN MIAMI-DADE AT 4.3 MILLION IN 2028. SO WE'RE THE FIRST TO BAT, SO TO SPEAK. YES. THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE WHEN WE ALL LOOKED AT OUR PLANS, WE HAD THE THE CAPACITY, THE FUNDING AVAILABLE IN CURRENT YEAR, OUR OUTER YEARS WERE FULLY BOOKED. SO THAT'S JUST KIND OF THE WAY THE DICE ROLLED OUT. AND IT ACTUALLY WORKED OUT WELL FOR US AND OUR DISTRICT BECAUSE THEY NEEDED TO GET THOSE FUNDS SPENT AND OFF THE BOOKS, AND BY US FLEXING THEM OVER TO FTA AND THEN HANDING THEM TO RTA. THAT ACTUALLY HELPS THE DISTRICT AND SOME OF THEIR PRODUCTION SCHEDULE METRICS. SO I THINK THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WIN WIN. THE WAY THINGS WORKED OUT, WE'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, MIAMI-DADE IS STILL LOOKING TO BRING MORE RESOURCES. THIS IS WHAT THEY COULD COMMIT AT THIS POINT IN TIME. YEAH. YES, SIR. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS AGENDA ITEM? PHIL, THE COUNTY BY COUNTY COMMITMENT VOLUNTARY OR NEGOTIATED, OR IS THERE ANY METRICS OF POPULATION THAT DETERMINE WHICH COUNTY PAYS HOW MUCH MONEY? EXCELLENT QUESTION. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I WANT TO I WANT TO SAY THAT THE FOUR FOUNDERS OF OF TRI-RAIL THOUGHT ABOUT THE SYSTEM THEY SET UP WAS IT WAS EQUAL EQUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THE THREE COUNTIES. I KNOW DURING MY TIME THERE, WE LOOKED AT DIFFERENT METRICS BASED UPON POPULATION, MILES OF TRACK, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, IT ALWAYS COMES BACK TO BASICALLY THE MOST EQUITABLE SEEM TO BE TO SPLIT IT THREE WAYS. SO THAT WAS THE, THE CURRENT FUNDING WAS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WAS AT YOU KNOW, WOULD BRING $1 AND THE COUNTIES WOULD EACH BRING A DOLLAR AND, YOU KNOW, OR I GUESS THE STATE WOULD BRING THREE TO MATCH TO THE $3 FROM THE COUNTIES. BUT THAT WHOLE THING IS, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE FUNDING MECHANISM AGREEMENT THAT WAS WORKED ON IS, IS I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO FAR INTO TA'S BUSINESS. SO I THINK I'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION, MR. BRUCE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ASK ARTIE FOR FOR MORE, OR I'LL TALK. I CAN GIVE YOU MY UNVARNISHED VIEW OFF THE RECORD AFTER THE MEETING. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS CONCERNING AGENDA ITEM TWO? NOT SEEING ANY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND. ALRIGHTY. WELL, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. THE MOTION PASSED, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. WE'LL GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. [3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Broward Safety Action Plan Technical Report] MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TECHNICAL REPORT. I BELIEVE WE HAVE MR. JAMES CROMAR HERE AND HE'S GOING TO PRESENT. GOOD EVENING, JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO. I ALSO HAVE FAISAL QURESHI, WHO IS THE DEPUTY PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. OH, FAISAL, SORRY I MISSED YOU. WELL, HE'LL ONLY STEP UP IF HE HAS HARD, REALLY HARD QUESTIONS. I COULD IF I COULD JUST TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY. HE WAS PRESENTING IN POMPANO BEACH, AND I DIDN'T GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE YOU AN EMAIL BILL. HE WAS SUPERB. HE HAD TO FACE A VERY UNCOMFORTABLE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS. I WOULD SAY. SO OPINIONATED, OPINIONATED. ANOTHER ADJECTIVE. AND HE WAS SUPERB. SO SUPER GREAT. SORRY FOR INTERRUPTING. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE CHRISTINE FANCY, WHO IS OUR PROJECT MANAGER ON THE CONSULTANT SIDE. SO NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT HER. OKAY. SORRY. THIS IS MY COLOR COMMENTARY. OKAY, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN TODAY. IN MARCH OF LAST YEAR, WE CAME WITH A SHORTER VERSION OF THE EXECUTIVE, THE EXECUTIVE PLAN, WHICH WAS THE INFORMATION WE HAD TO DATE. AND WE ASKED YOU TO APPROVE THAT SO THAT OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY COULD APPLY FOR AN IMPLEMENTATION GRANT. SO THAT WAS A COMPLETE PLAN. BUT SINCE APRIL, MARCH, WE'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO WORK ON STUFF. AND SO WE NOW ARE PRESENTING WHAT WE'RE CALLING THE BSAP TECHNICAL REPORT, BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN, TECHNICAL REPORT. AND IT HAS MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION. MANY. YOU COULD SPEND MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS GOING THROUGH ALL THE [00:20:01] DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT WE HAVE. BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE, ON THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN, WE RECEIVED A GRANT THROUGH THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL PROGRAM. THE SS FOR A. OUR MISSION WAS TO CREATE A DATA DRIVEN, ACTION ORIENTED PLAN. SO WE WORKED WITH THE DATA THAT WERE AVAILABLE. AND WE'RE AWARE THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS PERFECT DATA, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE. WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ABOUT BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY, BUT BUT WHAT WE HAVE WE USED AN ACTION ORIENTED PLAN. THE IDEA IS TO CREATE A PLAN FOR ACTION THAT WE WOULD MOVE FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION. AND SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT. AND THEN THE PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE SEVERE INJURIES AND ROADWAY FATALITIES TO ZERO. IN BROWARD, WE RECEIVED A $5 MILLION GRANT THROUGH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. BROWARD MPO ADMINISTERED THAT GRANT, AND OUR PARTNERS AT BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDED A LOCAL MATCH OF IN-KIND SERVICES ON THREE DIFFERENT PROJECTS. AND LATER ON. WHERE IS SHE? JOSETTE WILL BE INTRODUCING SOMETHING ABOUT THE LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY PLAN, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE THREE LOCAL MATCH PROJECTS. THE OUTCOMES. WE WANTED TO HAVE AN ACTION PLAN THAT HAD DEFINED GOALS. AND SO WE TALKED TO YOU ALL BEFORE ABOUT A GOAL TO REACH ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS. BY THE YEAR 2050. WE WANTED TO IDENTIFY PROJECTS AND THEN MOVE THEM FORWARD FOR IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN ALSO HAVE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS. SO IT'S PROJECTS, POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, NOT NOT ALL CAPITAL. SOME OF IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS THAT WILL BE HAPPENING. SO ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE IMAGE THERE YOU SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FROM THE EXECUTIVE PLAN THAT WE PRESENTED IN APRIL. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU SEE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE TECHNICAL REPORT. SO YOU SEE WE HAVE THE SAME ELEMENTS, BUT WE'VE EXPANDED SOME OF THEM A BIT. THERE'S MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, ABOUT THE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS. IN THE PREVIOUS PLAN, I THINK WE HAD ONE PAGE THAT LISTED THEM OR TWO PAGES, AND NOW WE HAVE ONE PAGE FOR EACH OF THE CORRIDORS. THERE ARE EIGHT DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS. WE HAVE INFORMATION ON THOSE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE ACTION PLAN. AND THEN AGAIN, THE IMPORTANT PART OF TAKING ACTION. SO THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE MOVED FORWARD. AND TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW MUCH MORE THERE IS, I THINK THIS DOCUMENTS WHAT, 60 SOMETHING PAGES, BUT WE HAVE HUNDREDS AND PAGES OF MORE IN THE APPENDICES, AND THOSE ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT IN A LINK THAT WAS IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM. AND THOSE ARE PART OF THE PLAN. THERE ARE DIFFERENT COMPONENTS OF A SAFETY ACTION PLAN THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIRES. AND SO WE WILL BE CLOSING OUT THE GRANT AND NEED TO REPORT BACK THAT WE COMPLETED WHAT IT WAS THEY REQUESTED. AND SO I WANT TO GO BRIEFLY THROUGH THOSE ELEMENTS AS A WAY OF TALKING ABOUT THE PLAN ITSELF. WE NEEDED TO HAVE A LEADERSHIP COMMITMENT AND GOAL SETTING. SO WE NEEDED TO HAVE MPO BOARD APPROVAL OF THE SAFETY ACTION PLAN. AND WE WILL BE GOING TO THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY, ON FEBRUARY 12TH TO GET THEIR APPROVAL. AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE YOUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING. WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING A GOAL YEAR. SO THE IDEA IS TO GET TO ZERO BY THE YEAR 2050, A PLANNING STRUCTURE. WE HAD A DIVERSE GROUP OF DIFFERENT INTERESTS THAT MET REGULARLY. WE HAD A TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP THAT WAS MORE PROFESSIONAL STAFF LEVEL. AND THEN WE HAD AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND MAX WAS ON THAT ALONG WITH CHAIR REINHART. THEY MET QUARTERLY AND IT WAS MORE THAN TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS. IT WAS COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EMERGENCY SERVICE PROVIDERS, HEALTH PEOPLE, PRIVATE SECTOR. SO WE HAD A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES, WHICH I THINK WAS VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING US THOSE THAT ALWAYS TALK ABOUT TRANSPORTATION TO GET US TO BROADEN OUR FOCUS. I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE NICE THINGS THAT THIS GROUP DOES. ALSO, IT GIVES US NEW PERSPECTIVES THAT WE DON'T ALWAYS HEAR OUR SAFETY ANALYSIS. THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT. SO WE DID THE ANALYSIS THAT SHOWED NEARLY A THOUSAND DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES ON OUR ROADWAYS EVERY YEAR. AND WITH THAT INFORMATION, WE CREATED A HIGH INJURY NETWORK. ABOUT 6% OF OUR ROADWAYS ACCOUNT FOR OVER THREE QUARTERS OF THE CRASHES THAT THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES THAT OCCUR. WE TALKED ABOUT CASEY KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY. WE ALSO DEVELOPED A HIGH RISK NETWORK, LOCATIONS THAT HAVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THESE ROADWAYS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHERE CRASHES AREN'T NECESSARILY ALREADY OCCURRING. BUT WE WANT TO BE PROACTIVE IN CREATING SAFER ROADWAYS. THERE. WE HAVE OUR 11 QUARTERS THAT WE PRIORITIZED, AND THEN ALL THESE DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS, WE HAD THE RESOURCES TO DO ADDITIONAL IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS ON ISSUES SUCH AS RAIL SAFETY, SAFETY AROUND SCHOOL ZONES IN NEIGHBORHOODS, SAFETY RELATED TO LIGHTING, ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. ENGAGEMENT AND COLLABORATION IS ANOTHER COMPONENT THAT WE NEED TO SHOW. SO WE HAD A MULTI-PHASE APPROACH. INITIALLY. WE CAME OUT WITH SOME EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT SAFETY, ABOUT WHAT THE PROCESS WAS. WE STARTED GOING OUT TO THE COMMUNITIES AS PART OF OUR 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS, HAD A SERIES OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, ROADWAY SAFETY ASSESSMENTS. AND THEN IN THE MOST RECENT MONTHS, WE'VE HAD WHAT WE CALL THE SAFETY ROAD SHOW, WHERE WE HAD A BOX WITH DIFFERENT BITS OF EQUIPMENT AND GIVEAWAYS, AND WE'D GO TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TALK TO PEOPLE. LIKE THERE WAS A VETERANS GROUP, THERE WAS A BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT. THERE WAS A BIKE RODEO IN COOPER CITY. [00:25:03] WAS IT FAISAL? I CAN'T REMEMBER, BUT DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT IN ADDITION TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA AND OTHER WAYS OF GETTING NEWS OUT. POLICY AND PROCESS ANALYSIS AND CHANGES WERE IMPORTANT AS A COMPONENT TOO. SO WE LOOKED NOT ONLY AT WHERE WE COULD MAKE PHYSICAL INVESTMENTS, BUT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE POLICIES THAT COULD CHANGE AT A LOCAL LEVEL? SO WE'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT. BUT FOR EXAMPLE, A LOT OF OUR CITIES MAY WANT TO SUPPORT COMPLETE STREETS OR VISION ZERO OR A SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH, BUT VERY FEW HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN FORMAL ACTIONS. AND SO THERE'S A MULTI-STEP APPROACH THAT WE WANT TO DO. AND PART OF THIS IS SAFE SYSTEM APPROACHES. IT'S HOLISTIC. IT'S NOT JUST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DRIVER OR THE PEDESTRIAN, OR IT'S THE ROADS NEED TO BE SAFER, THE VEHICLES NEED TO BE SAFER. ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS WORKING TOGETHER. POST-CRASH CARE IS VERY IMPORTANT. MOVING AT SAFER SPEEDS. WE HAD TO HAVE STRATEGY AND PROJECT SELECTION. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL THE DIFFERENT RECOMMENDATIONS AND TRIED TO STRUCTURE THEM IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE COULD ASSIGN RESPONSIBILITY AND FIGURE OUT POTENTIAL FUNDING STREAMS AND ALL THESE DIFFERENT AREAS. WE HAD OUR OUR 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS. AND YOU SAW THREE OF THOSE WERE ON THE MTP AMENDMENT THAT PAUL FLAVIEN TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. BUT WE ALSO HAD RECOMMENDATIONS COMING COMING OUT OF ALL OF OUR DIFFERENT FOCUS PLANS. AND THEN FINALLY, THE LAST COMPONENT IS PROGRESS AND TRANSPARENCY. SO WE WILL GLADLY COME UP WHENEVER YOU WANT AND GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO CHART PROGRESS. IF WE DID THESE IMPROVEMENTS, AND WE'VE HAD A DECREASE IN THE CRASHES AND SERIOUS INJURY ON OUR ROADWAYS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO NEED TO DO AN ANNUAL REPORT CARD TO OUR PARTNERS AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SO WE'LL HAVE THAT AVAILABLE. BUT ALSO ON OUR WEBSITE WE HAVE A SAFETY DASHBOARD. SO FOR EACH OF YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, YOU CAN GO IN. WE ADDED INFORMATION FROM THE YEARS 2023 AND 2024. SO YOU CAN PICK A YEAR OR A NUMBER OF YEARS, A LOCATION TYPE TIME OF DAY TYPE OF CRASH, ALL THIS DIFFERENT INFORMATION. AND THIS IS IMPORTANT AS OUR, SOME OF OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES HAVE RECEIVED SS FOR A GRANTS TO CREATE THEIR OWN LOCAL SAFETY ACTION PLANS SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY TO GATHER ALL THE INFORMATION. WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT, AND THEY CAN THEN USE THAT RESOURCE TO ANALYZE AND MOVE ON TO, TO FIGURING OUT IMPROVEMENTS. SO LESS MONEY FOR THE FOR THE EARLY STEPS OF THE PROCESS. SO WHAT'S NEXT IS WE YOU ALL VOTED TO RECOMMEND THE SOME OF THE CORRIDORS IN THE 2015 TPI AS AMENDMENTS. WE ALSO WILL BE COMING TO YOU WITH OUR UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM, OUR TWO YEAR BUDGET. WE'RE LOOKING TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE PROGRAMS INTO THAT AS THE WORK PLAN FOR OUR MPO STAFF. WE'LL HAVE OUR ANNUAL REPORT CARD. WE HAVE AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE THAT WILL PROBABLY MEET A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR. YOU'RE STICKING AROUND WITH US, RIGHT, MAX? I THINK KEN REINHART IS ALSO. SO AND THEN WE'LL, AS I MENTIONED, COORDINATE WITH THE LOCAL AGENCIES ON THEIR SAFETY ACTION PLAN. ABOUT 6 OR 7 IN BROWARD RECEIVE FUNDING TO DO THEIR LOCAL PLANS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD REQUEST A POSITIVE VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND ENDORSEMENT OR APPROVAL AND HAND IT TO YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING AGENDA ITEM THREE? IF NOT, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS TO ASK. IS IS YOUR TOTAL NUMBER 6.25 MILLION? IS THAT WHAT YOUR NUMBER IS? SO THE WE HAD $5 MILLION TO SPEND. I WAS GOING TO FLIP BACK, BUT NO NEED. AND THE LOCAL MATCH WAS IN-KIND SERVICES. SO IT WASN'T CASH COMING INTO IT, BUT IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF $1.25 MILLION IN WORK. SO THE COUNTY WAS ALREADY CONTRACTED WITH CERTAIN CONSULTANTS THAT WERE DOING THE WORK, AND THEY WERE SPENDING THEIR MONEY. AND WE GOT CREDIT FOR THAT AS THE LOCAL MATCH. SO WE HAVE 2 MILLION PEOPLE IN BROWARD AND YOU HAVE $5 MILLION, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND LET ME GIVE YOU ANOTHER STAT, THOUGH. SO THERE WAS $5 BILLION, 5 BILLION WITH A, B AND THE WHOLE SS PROGRAM. WE GOT 5 MILLION. SO WE DID PRETTY WELL. YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE SIX CORRIDORS THAT HAVE. IS IT 75% OR 65% OF ALL THE. SO ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, ABOUT 6% OF THE CORRIDORS IN BROWARD OKAY, ACCOUNT FOR 7,077% OF THE DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. OVER HALF OF THOSE ARE STATE CORRIDORS. ABOUT 25% ARE COUNTY CORRIDORS, AND ABOUT 20% ARE LOCAL ROADS. CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY JUST NAME A FEW OF THEM? NAME A STREET. IT'S PROBABLY ON THE LIST. SO STATE ROAD SEVEN IS REALLY BAD. THE 11 PRIORITY CORRIDORS, WE LOOKED AT PORTIONS OF BROWARD BOULEVARD. 31ST WAS A GOOD ONE. ALSO, THE COUNTY IS FOCUSING ON THAT, THAT THEY'RE DOING IMPROVEMENTS. THE THREE THAT YOU SAW MOVING FORWARD TODAY, TODAY IN THE MTP ARE 19TH STREET OVER THERE TOWARD LAUDERHILL OR NORTH NORTHWEST, 19TH STREET, SOUTHWEST, SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET, THE SECTION THAT'S EAST OF 95 GOING INTO DEERFIELD BEACH. [00:30:03] STATE ROAD SEVEN SISTRUNK SISTRUNK IS ONE OF THE WORST AND UNFORTUNATELY IT'S A LOCAL ROAD, BUT IT HAS REALLY BAD STATISTICS. SO IS IT MORE VEHICLE, BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, ALL OF THE ABOVE, ALL OF THE ABOVE. AND SO OUR ANALYSIS FOR EACH OF THE CORRIDORS WE LOOKED AT WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF CRASHES, WHAT ARE THE SITUATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. SO AND THERE ARE DIFFERENT COUNTERMEASURES THAT ONE MIGHT USE. BUT IF I COULD JUST DO KIND OF THREE THEMES THAT ARE VERY IMPORTANT IS, IS LIGHTING, MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE ARE VISIBLE. THERE'S WHERE PEOPLE CROSS THE STREET. SOMETIMES THE BUS STOPS ARE IN THE WRONG PLACE. SO IT'S A QUESTION OF, DO YOU MOVE THE BUS STOP OR DO YOU PUT IN SAFER MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS AND THEN SPEEDS ENCOURAGING SPEEDS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE CONTEXT. SO FOR EXAMPLE, I'M LOOKING DOWN HERE, PEMBROKE PINES BOULEVARD WEST OF 75 IS NOT TERRIBLE WITH DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES, AND IT CAN MOVE A LITTLE BIT FASTER. THERE AREN'T MANY PEOPLE WALKING, THERE'S A LOT OF GATED COMMUNITIES AND FEW DRIVEWAYS, WHEREAS YOU GET TO STREET LIKE BROWARD BOULEVARD OR 31ST OR STATE ROAD SEVEN, THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT DRIVEWAYS, DIFFERENT TYPES OF ACTIVITY. AND SO A SPEED LIMIT ON PINES IS NOT NECESSARILY THE APPROPRIATE SPEED FOR A STREET IN THE DIFFERENT CONTEXTS. SO WE ADDRESS THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS. FOR EXAMPLE, ON 31ST THE COUNTY IS LOOKING TO DECREASE THE SPEED LIMIT ON THAT ROADWAY ALSO. AND THAT WILL HELP ALONG WITH OTHER PHYSICAL STRUCTURES. AS WE TALK ABOUT SPEED, IT'S NOT JUST A QUESTION OF POSTING A SIGN AND SAYING YOU NEED TO MOVE SLOWER, BUT WHAT DOES THE ROAD TELL YOU AS A SAFE SPEED TO DRIVE? SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS. YOU CAN NARROW THE ROADWAY, YOU CAN PUT IN VERTICAL ELEMENTS THAT ENCOURAGES SAFER MOVEMENTS, DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT SORT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU, CHAIR. JUST A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS FOR YOU IN THIS REGARD. YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF WRESTLED WITH THIS COMING FROM THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA GROWING UP ON THE WEST COAST OF FLORIDA, BUT LIVING ALL ACROSS THE STATE. THIS COUNTY SEEMS VERY INSIGNIFICANT WHEN IT COMES TO PULLING PEOPLE OVER AND SPEEDING AND AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, ERRATIC DRIVING. IT FEELS LIKE BSO MAKES YOUR JOB EVEN HARDER. AND I'M WONDERING IF THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN HAD, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THEY'RE LOOKING INTO POTENTIALLY BEING MORE ACTIVE, WHICH WOULD BRING IN MORE MONEY FOR THE COUNTY AND PULLING PEOPLE OVER FOR THAT? SO ENFORCEMENT IS ONE OF THE TOPICS THAT WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF DISCUSSION AND, AND IT WAS USEFUL TO HAVE LAW ENFORCEMENT ON OUR COMMITTEES BECAUSE THEY COULD PROVIDE THIS PERSPECTIVE TOO. BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO ENCOURAGE SAFER MOVEMENTS TOO, THAT AREN'T JUST HAVING POLICE PRESENCE. AND SO SOMETIMES IT'S THE DESIGN OF THE ROADWAY THAT TELLS YOU, YOU KNOW, THINK OF DIFFERENT ROADS THAT YOU DRIVE ON. AND SO IN YOUR, I MEAN, YOU COULD IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GO 55MPH, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T FEEL LIKE YOU SHOULD GO 55 AS IT DOES ON ON 95. AND SO THERE ARE THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN ON THE ROADWAY ITSELF TO ENCOURAGE SAFER DESIGN. AND THEN THERE'S EDUCATION. SO IT WAS FUNNY, ONE GROUP, SEVERAL GROUPS TALKED ALL ABOUT ENFORCEMENT. WE WENT TO ANOTHER GROUP THAT WAS PEOPLE THAT DEAL WITH CHILDREN. AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE EDUCATION EFFORTS WE COULD DO. SO IT'S THE SAFE SYSTEM APPROACH IS A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE ELEMENTS. SOMETIMES THEY'RE REDUNDANT, BUT THEY THEY ALL WORK TOGETHER. SO WOULD ENFORCEMENT WORK? PART OF IT'S CULTURAL IN THIS AREA TOO. PART OF IT'S, YOU KNOW, DEDICATION OF RESOURCES. IF THE POLICE AREN'T THERE, THEN WOULD PEOPLE BE SPEEDING? SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT THINGS. I MEAN, I'M A YOUNG FATHER, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO DISCIPLINE A CHILD IN THIS REGARD JUST BECAUSE OF THE FACT, LIKE, ARE YOU HEAVILY DISCIPLINING YOUR CHILD? YOU'RE SAYING, OH NO, BAD JOB. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GOING WITH THE WHOLE, OH, YOU DID A BAD JOB KIND OF THING. WHICH I UNDERSTAND FOR INSURANCE PURPOSES AND SAFETY FOR OUR OFFICERS OUT THERE. FIRST RESPONDERS. BUT TO ME, I THINK THEY SHOULD STEP UP THEIR GAME AND REALLY PULL PEOPLE OVER. AND AGAIN, THAT IT'S AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT, BUT IT WOULD BE ONE ELEMENT OF A OF A MULTI-PHASE APPROACH. SURE. AND THEN AS FAR AS DO, DO DO DO DO DO DO. YOU KNOW, I GET THIS QUESTION A LOT. PEOPLE SEEM ESPECIALLY I, I LIVE IN EAST OAKLAND PARK AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OKAY. AND I, I SEE IT THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. WALLACE PETERSON LIVES IN OAKLAND PARK AS WELL. WE GET THE QUESTION OFTEN JUST CITY ROAD, COUNTY ROAD. YEAH. AND PART OF YOUR EDUCATION PROCESS, IF WE COULD MAYBE GET OUT THERE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF WHAT DELINEATES BETWEEN A CITY AND A COUNTY ROAD, BECAUSE OFTENTIMES THE CITY PUSHES BACK ON THE COUNTY TO IMPLEMENT, WHETHER IT'S A SPEED TABLE OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. YEAH. BUT NO, I THINK THIS. CAN I ADD TO THE COMPLICATION THERE? GO AHEAD. THERE'S STATE ROADS ALSO. YEAH. OF COURSE. AND MOST OF THE CITIES IN BROWARD COUNTY HAVE SIGNED AGREEMENTS WITH BROWARD COUNTY THAT THAT THE COUNTY WILL TAKE CARE OF THE STRIPING, SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO IF THEY DO ANYTHING ON A ROADWAY, THEY NEED TO MAKE AN AGREEMENT WITH BROWARD COUNTY THAT BROWARD COUNTY WILL MAINTAIN IT OR THE CITY WILL MAINTAIN IT. I'M TRYING TO [00:35:01] THINK OF ANYBODY. I USED TO LIVE IN WILTON MANORS, AND I WAS ON A TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT NARROWING WILTON DRIVE. AND FOR YEARS THE STATE WOULD SAY, YOU WANT TO NARROW THE ROAD? FINE. YOU CAN TAKE OVER IT. WELL, THERE'S A. AND THEN OVER TIME, THEY WORKED OUT AN AGREEMENT THAT FDOT ALLOWED FOR THE NARROWING OF THE LANE AND IT MAINTAINED THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. AND SO. SO IT BECOMES A QUESTION OF WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MAINTENANCE. ONE THING THAT I MENTIONED, WILTON DRIVE, ONE THING WAS VERY INTERESTING. THE NARROWING, REMOVING OF A LANE AND ADJUSTING THE SPEEDS. THERE WERE SOME STUDIES THAT WERE DONE AFTERWARD THAT SHOWED THE TRAFFIC FLOW ACTUALLY IMPROVED WITH WITH LESS CAPACITY. THEY NEEDED TO DO SOME ADJUSTMENT TO THE SIGNALS, BUT TRAVEL TIMES ACTUALLY IMPROVED WITH THE NARROWER ROAD. SO I GUESS I'M THROWING THAT OUT WITH THE IDEA THAT IT'S NOT ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WIDER ROADS AND FASTER SPEEDS THAT'S GOING TO GET PEOPLE AROUND. NO, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANKS. THANK YOU, CHAIR VINCENT. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR COMING TONIGHT. THE LIGHTING SAFETY IS DEFINITELY A GOOD IDEA. RAIL SAFETY. I BELIEVE THE RAILS ARE SAFE, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE PEOPLE FROM STOPPING THEM FROM DRIVING AROUND THE SAFETY GATES? THAT'S ON THEM. THAT'S NOT THE RAILS. AS FAR AS SAFER PEOPLE, SAFER VEHICLES, SAFER SPEEDS, SAFER ROADS, HOW DO YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THAT? PEOPLE ARE WHAT THEY ARE AND SAFER VEHICLES. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE SAFER VEHICLES? YOU KNOW, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE MONEY, HOW YOU PLAN TO IMPLEMENT THESE, THESE THESE ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE HERE. I'VE BEEN TRYING FOR THE BETTER PART OF 15 YEARS, ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AS FAR AS GETTING SPEED BUMPS PUT IN. WE GOT NOTHING BUT LIP SERVICE RIGHT NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE THE CITY IS GOING TO START COOPERATING WITH US IN A PARTICULAR AREA. BUT HOW DO WE DO THAT? WHAT CITY ARE YOU IN? I'M SORRY. WHAT CITY ARE YOU FROM? PEMBROKE PINES. PINES? YEAH, YEAH. I'M SORRY I LOST, BUT BUT THE THE UNFORTUNATE, SAD TRUTH IS THAT WE HAVE 300, 338 CORRIDORS ON OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK, AND WE DON'T HAVE THE MONEY RIGHT AWAY TO TAKE CARE OF EVERYTHING. AND SO WE INTRODUCED THREE CORRIDORS THAT WILL BE IN OUR MTP. THEY WILL GET FUNDING IN A FEW YEARS TO START THE DESIGN. AND SO AGAIN, WE RECOGNIZE THERE'S MORE NEED. SO THERE'S A QUESTION OF BEING STRATEGIC. THERE'S A QUESTION ALSO OF LOOKING AT WHAT ARE SOME OF THE SMALLER IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT ARE LOW COST AND HIGH IMPACT. ONE OF THE, THE PRODUCTS OF THE STUDY WAS WHAT WE CALL THE THOUSAND LITTLE THINGS. LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE LITTLE THINGS THAT CAN GO IN THAT DON'T COST A LOT OF MONEY OR NOTHING? THERE ARE WAYS THAT YOU CAN IMPROVE THE HEAD CROSSING SIGNAGE TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET. BCT BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT HAS A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'RE INTRODUCING SOLAR POWERED LED LIGHTS ON TOP OF THEIR TRANSIT STOPS, SO THAT THEY WILL AUTOMATICALLY PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE ILLUMINATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE BUS. SO THERE'S IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COMBINATION OF THINGS. THERE IS A GRAPHIC, I THINK WE SHOWED THAT THAT SHOWS IT'S GOING TO BE A MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH. YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN TO, TO, TO DECREASE THIS. I'M INTERESTED IN WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR TRAFFIC TABLES TO YOUR SPEED TABLES IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'LL HAVE TO TALK ABOUT THAT NOW AND SAY FOR PEOPLE, THE, THE LOVELY CHILDREN OF OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM CAN'T SEEM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO EXPEDITE CROSSING THE STREET. AND WHILE PEOPLE ARE WAITING THREE LIGHTS TO GET ACROSS WITH SOMEBODY HOLDING A STOP SIGN AND SAY, OKAY, YOU CAN'T WAIT, YOU CAN'T WAIT. AND WE'RE MISSING THE CARS AND YOU GET TWO CARS GOING THROUGH THE TURN SIGNAL WHILE THEY'RE BUSY ON THEIR CELL PHONES. SO YOU WANT SAFER PEOPLE TRY TRYING TO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT. ONE, ONE STATISTIC THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING TO WAS WITH OUR ANALYSIS OF SCHOOL ZONES IN THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE HOURS WHERE THE FLASHERS WERE GOING, THERE WAS ONLY ONE DEATH OR SERIOUS INJURY CRASH INVOLVING A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 19 DURING THAT FIVE YEAR PERIOD. SO THERE'S SOME EVIDENCE THAT THAT'S PRODUCTIVE AND WORKING. AND SO NOW THERE'S THE QUESTION ABOUT THE SPEED ENFORCEMENT CAMERAS. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEM, SOME PEOPLE DON'T. BUT THERE ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO. AND IT'S IT'S GOING TO BE INCREMENTAL. IT WON'T ALL HAPPEN AT ONCE. THANK YOU. BY THE WAY, I JUST YOU MENTIONED SAFER VEHICLES TOO. AND IF WE THINK ABOUT YEARS AGO EVEN BEFORE I WAS, WAS ABLE TO READ, RALPH NADER WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW, HOW CARS WERE UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED. AND SO OVER TIME, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE REGULATIONS ABOUT MAKING THE CARS SAFER SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN. AND SO NOW WE HAVE OUR AIRBAGS THAT WE DIDN'T USED TO HAVE. I REMEMBER MY DAD PUTTING IN THE SEATBELTS IN THE CAR THAT THEY WEREN'T STANDARD ISSUE. YOU HAD TO ADD THOSE. THERE ARE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WILL HAPPEN IN TIME. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANKS. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO MORE. PHIL. THANK YOU. CHAIR. IS THERE A ONE LABEL OR WORD FOR EVERYTHING OTHER THAN A PEDESTRIAN, [00:40:05] A CAR OR A BICYCLE? TWO WORDS IF I COULD. VULNERABLE USERS. OKAY. SO IT'S SOMEBODY WHO, IF YOU'RE IN A VEHICLE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT KIND OF PROTECTS YOU. BUT IF YOU'RE WALKING OR BIKING OR ON A SKATEBOARD OR SCOOTER OR WHATEVER, THE ONE WORD FOR SCOOTERS, SKATEBOARDS AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. MICROMOBILITY. BUT HE SAID SKATEBOARDS TOO. AND SO THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S INTERESTING TOO, IN OUR DATA, KNOWING WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE, THE STATE HAS VEHICLE, MOTORCYCLE, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE. WHERE'S THE SCOOTER FIT, YOU KNOW. SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE CHANGING THAT A BIT. WE DO KNOW THAT WITH OUR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, THEY WILL TRACK PEOPLE THAT COME IN INJURED BECAUSE THEY FELL OFF A SCOOTER OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY REFLECTED IN OUR ROADWAY SAFETY DATA. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN CHANGE OVER TIME. SO THOSE INJURIES AND DEATHS, IF THEY OCCUR, ARE IT DEPENDS ON HOW THE REPORTING OFFICER LABELS THEM IN THE REPORT. SO THEY MIGHT CALL YOU KNOW, THEY COULD CALL IT A PEDESTRIAN OR THEY COULD, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING IT VARIES. AND THERE'S A TABLE THAT THEY USE. AND THEN YOU CAN GO INTO THE CRASH REPORT AND READ ALL THE DETAILS. BUT THERE ARE 50,000 CRASHES A YEAR OVERALL ON THE ROADWAYS. AND SO IT'S HARD TO PULL THAT DATA OUT. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING SOME CHANGES TO THAT RIGHT AT THE STATE LEVEL. SO AND I GUESS THE OTHER PART OF THAT IS PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF. YOU KNOW, NOT NON TRADITIONAL VEHICLES. YOU'VE GOT A BIKE LANE THAT'S USED FOR MOTORCYCLES OR SKATEBOARDS. I MEAN THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE FOR MOTORCYCLES, BUT I SEE THAT AND THE E-BIKES THAT CAN MOVE AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND YEAH, THAT'S YEAH, THAT'S A, WE COULD HAVE A WHOLE OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT TOO. THERE'S A LOT OF CONFLICTING VIEWS ON HOW TO PROCEED. BUT YEAH, SO THAT, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS A CHALLENGE. SO IF, IF DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE INCREASING FROM, FROM THE NON TRADITIONAL VEHICLES, WE WOULDN'T REALLY KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT. CHRIS JERICHO CHRIS. SO WE DO KNOW THAT AND I'M NOT GOING TO REMEMBER EXACTLY, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT LIKE IN BROWARD, SOME OF OUR CRASH NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN, BUT THE, THE PED AND BIKE ONES ARE TRENDING UP. SO SO WE'RE ABLE TO YEAH, WE'RE ABLE TO DISTINGUISH THAT WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. WE HAVE ONE MORE AND THEN WE DO THE VOTE. WALLACE THANK YOU. COULD YOU GIVE US AN EXAMPLE? LIKE, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE THOUSAND LITTLE THINGS THAT AREN'T SUPER EXPENSIVE THAT THAT CAN BE DONE TO, TO MITIGATE DANGEROUS SPEEDING AND SUCH? I'M GOING TO INVITE CHRISTINE. FANCY UP WHO IS THE PROJECT MANAGER OR CONSULTANT? I DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE IN HERE. SO, BUT SHE'S THE ONE THAT COMPILED THAT INFORMATION. SO IF YOU CAN TALK A LITTLE, PLEASE. HI CHRISTINE. FANCY WITH WSP. SO LEADING PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL IS A BIG ONE WHERE YOU GET RETIME THE SIGNAL TO GIVE THE PEDESTRIAN THREE SECOND HEAD START. WE DO HAVE THOSE ON A ONE A CURRENTLY AND OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTY. SO THAT'S QUICK. YOU JUST RETIME THE SIGNAL. THERE'S ANALYSIS DONE BY THE COUNTY, THE BUS TOPPER LIGHTS THAT JAMES MENTIONED. IT'S BASICALLY LIKE A HAT THAT GOES ON THE SIGNPOST. THE COUNTY ALREADY HAS SOME OF THOSE PROGRAM THIS YEAR. IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A PROGRAM. SO WE IDENTIFIED A LOT OF THOSE LIKE 1500 LOCATIONS ALONG OUR HIGH INJURY NETWORK. BIKE DETECTION WAS ANOTHER ONE. WE IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE THERE WERE BIKE KILLED IN SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES. SO OUR DETECTION, WE USE VIDEO DETECTION AT OUR SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS NOW TO DETECT, YOU KNOW, VEHICLE VEHICLE IN THE LEFT TURN LANE NEEDS A LEFT TURN RIGHT. THOSE DETECTION SYSTEMS YOU DRAW BASICALLY DETECTION ZONES WITHIN THE SOFTWARE. AND YOU CAN DRAW A BIKE ZONE ON THE SOFTWARE AND IT'LL DETECT BIKES. SO IT'S ABOUT GOING INTO THE PROGRAM, DRAWING A BIKE BOX ON THE SOFTWARE SO THAT THE CAMERA CAN BE REPROGRAMED TO DETECT BIKES. SO THAT'S ANOTHER EASY REPROGRAM NOT INFRASTRUCTURE. OTHER ONES WERE RESTRIPE CROSSWALKS TO BE THE HIGH VISIBILITY WITH THE BIG BLOCKS. AT RAILROAD INTERSECTIONS. YOU MENTIONED THE RAIL SAFETY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN TO DIXIE HIGHWAY AND OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD, NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS AT DOWNTOWN OAKLAND PARK. AT THAT INTERSECTION, THERE'S A LED BOARD THAT HAS THE NO LEFT TURN WHEN THE THE TRAIN GATES ARE DOWN. SO WE IDENTIFIED THE INTERSECTIONS THAT DIDN'T HAVE THOSE BOARDS ALONG THE TRACK ADJACENT TO THE TRACKS TO PUT THOSE UP. WE ALSO IDENTIFIED AREAS WHERE WE HAD HIGH RISK RIGHT TURN AREAS. NO. RIGHT. NO RIGHT TURN. [00:45:01] YIELD TO PED. SIGNS COULD GO UP. WHAT ELSE AM I MISSING? I THINK THAT'S IT. SO WE IDENTIFIED WE STARTED THE PROGRAM WITH CALLING IT A THOUSAND LITTLE THINGS. AND WE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED 2235. OH WOW. SO THERE'S A LOT TO DO THAT WE CAN DO QUICKLY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARE WE LOOKING I KNOW WE'RE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT THE KILLED SERIOUS INJURY NETWORKS. BUT I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT MANY OF THE CRASHES I THINK I SAW THERE, OR SERIOUS INJURIES WERE NEAR SCHOOLS AND PARKS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON THE NETWORK, BUT ARE WE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THESE THINGS THERE IN THOSE PLACES, EVEN THOUGH THEY AREN'T NECESSARILY IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF THOSE HIGH INJURY? IN GENERAL, YES. AND THE DETAILS WOULD BE DETERMINED. WE DID A NEIGHBORHOOD ANALYSIS LOOKING AT LIKE LOCAL LOCAL ROAD NETWORKS. AND THERE WERE THREE LOCATIONS, ONE IN HOLLYWOOD, ONE IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND SOME OF THE NORTHWEST NEIGHBORHOODS, AND ONE IN PLANTATION JUST OFF OF STATE ROAD SEVEN AND BROWARD THAT IT'S NOT A LOT OF CRASHES ON ONE ROAD, BUT IT'S IN A CERTAIN AREA IN THE AREA. YEAH, THAT'S GREAT TO IDENTIFY THOSE. BUT OUR MTP MPO FUNDING CANNOT BE SPENT NECESSARILY ON EVERY LOCAL ROAD. WE HAVE A WHAT'S CALLED A FEDERAL AID NETWORK. SO A ROADWAY HAS TO BE. SO IT'S A QUESTION OF WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS AT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO SEE HOW THE DIFFERENT IMPROVEMENTS CAN MOVE FORWARD. YEAH. WITH OUR MTP ALSO, WE HAVE A $3 MILLION LOWER LIMIT FOR PROJECTS THAT CAN GET INTO THE PLAN. AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PROJECTS THAT WILL COST LESS. SO IT'S A QUESTION OF COORDINATING WITH BROWARD COUNTY AND WITH WITH THE STATE. SEE IF THEY CAN PUT SOMETHING IN AT A LOCAL LEVEL. ANOTHER THING TOO THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THOUGH, IS AS DEVELOPERS COME IN AND THEY HAVE TO ASK THEM TO SAY YES, IF THERE'S A PLAN OF WHAT IT IS, THEN THE CITY CAN THEN EASILY ASK THEM TO, TO, TO HELP HELP OFFSET THAT. I, I DO LIKE, I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE, ARE SAYING REGULARLY THAT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S SORT OF THE ROAD DETERMINES THE SPEED, THE CHARACTER OF THE ROAD BECAUSE IT, IT REALLY DOES. I MEAN, IF WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT YOUR SPEEDOMETER, YOU JUST KIND OF GO THE SPEED THAT YOU CAN GO. I WAS, I KNOW I'VE TALKED ABOUT 21ST BEFORE, BUT I WAS COMING OVER THE BRIDGE AT 21ST AND 39TH THE OTHER DAY. AND I WAS BEHIND A SCHOOL BUS THAT WENT OVER. HE WAS GOING 54. I KEPT UP WITH IT, AND THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN JUST GO THAT FAST THERE IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I, I, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO, TO CAUSE ROADS, PARTICULARLY, I THINK IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS NEAR PARKS OR SCHOOLS TO, TO FORCE PEOPLE NOT TO, NOT TO GO AS FAST AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN, I THINK IS A GREAT, GREAT THING. NORTHWEST 21ST. SO IF YOU WENT A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH, THERE'S SOME THIS WE HAVE A NEW CROSSWALK THERE THAT'S RAISED AND IT'S GREAT, BUT BUT ONCE YOU GET PAST, YOU KNOW, ANYWHERE NORTH OF THAT IS STILL A FREEWAY, YOU KNOW, THEN PEOPLE COME UP TO THE SPEED HUMP AND GO AHEAD AND SLAM ON THE BRAKES. SO YEAH. SO THAT A PROJECT ALONG NORTHWEST 21ST AVENUE AND I'M, I THINK JAMES AND I ARE GOING TO TAKE SOME CREDIT FOR THIS IS THAT WAS NOT EVEN A COUNTERMEASURE THEY USED TO EVEN CONSIDER THROUGH OUR WORK WITH, WITH BROWARD COUNTY THROUGH OUR SAFE STREETS DESIGN, DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL THAT WE WORKED WITH THE COUNTY ON AND THROUGH ALL OF THE OTHER DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, PRIORITY CORRIDOR CONCEPT PLANS AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS. THE COUNTY HAS OPENED UP TO A LOT MORE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COUNTERMEASURES THAT THEY PREVIOUSLY RIGHT. WOULDN'T CONSIDER. YEAH. SO I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME PROGRESS IN, IN THAT SENSE. THEY'RE REALLY USING 21ST AVENUE THAT PROJECT TO AS A PILOT, THAT'S LIKE THE FIRST ONE THEY'VE INSTALLED IN THE, IN THE ENTIRE COUNTY. I KNOW I'VE GONE OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC AND IT DEFINITELY MAKES A DIFFERENCE RIGHT THERE. IT DEFINITELY PEOPLE DOWN. YEAH. YEAH. FOR SURE. SO, SO LOOKING AT OUR APPROACH AND LOOKING AT SOME OF THE OTHER CORRIDORS THAT WE WENT FORWARD WITH DOING THE PRIORITY CONCEPTS FOR, FOR, FOR THOSE SPECIFIC PRIORITY CORRIDORS. WE REALLY BELIEVE IN REDUNDANCY. YOU HAVE TO, YOU CAN'T JUST USE ONE COUNTERMEASURE. IT TAKES MULTIPLE COUNTERMEASURES TO REALLY CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND TO HAVE THOSE ROADS SELF-ENFORCING RIGHT. WE HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN AS PRACTITIONERS TO MAKE THE ROADWAY AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. SO IN THAT WAY, LAW ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION AND THOSE OTHER GROUPS CAN ALSO DO THEIR PART. BUT WE HAVE TO DO OUR PART FIRST TOO. WE CAN'T JUST RELY UPON OTHER AGENCIES AND PARTNERS BECAUSE WE DON'T CONTROL REALLY WHAT THEY DO, BUT WE CAN CONTROL WHAT WE DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH. OH WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. ALRIGHTY. SO EXCUSE ME, I THINK I'M GOING THROUGH PUBERTY. SORRY. SO NOW WE HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS. SO WE'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND SOMEONE SUBMIT A MOTION. SO MAX AND CHRISTOPHER WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE. [00:50:19] MOTION PASSED, MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU, JAMES. HE'S GOING TO BE BACK IN A COUPLE MINUTES, I GUESS. I JUST WANT TO SAY WE HAVE REALLY AGENDA ITEM FOR AGENDA ITEM FIVE. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE PARTNER AGENCY, FORT EVERGLADES. AND SO IT'S NOW TEN MINUTES TO SEVEN. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE OF THE TIME. SO OUR NEXT AGENDA ITEM IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE ROADS FOR [4. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Roads for Economic Vitality Program Policies and Evaluation Criteria Updates] ECONOMIC VITALITY PROGRAM POLICIES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA UPDATES. AND CARRIE MACNEIL IS OUR PRESENTER. THAT'S A LONG TITLE. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU CHAIR. YES, IT IS A LONG TITLE. SO THE ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY ALSO GOES BY REV FOR SHORT. THIS IS OUR COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM HERE AT THE MPO. AND IT USED TO BE FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE CCIP PROGRAM. SO I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THAT. I'M CARRIE MACNEIL, BY THE WAY, A SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE MPO. AND WE ARE BRINGING THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT ASKING FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD. WE'LL BE BRINGING IT TO THE BOARD IN FEBRUARY FOR APPROVAL. I'LL BE GOING OVER WITH YOU TONIGHT. THE PROGRAM RECAP FIRSTLY AND THEN NEXT GO OVER THE REV SCHEDULE, AND THEN I'LL PROVIDE A SUMMARY OF THE CHANGES TO THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT WE'VE MADE. AND THEN AFTER THAT GO OVER THE KEY PROGRAM POLICY CHANGES AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY Q&A. SO LIKE I MENTIONED, REV IS THE NEW CLIP. SO AS PART OF THE 2050MTP REV NOW FITS UNDER THE UMBRELLA FOR THE SAFE ROADS UMBRELLA OF THE ROADS FOR FAMILIES PROGRAM, WHICH USED TO BE THE COMPLETE STREETS PROGRAM. SO WHY ARE WE UPDATING C SLIP TO REV? THIS IS DONE IN ACCORDANCE WITH NEW DIRECTIVES FROM THE USDOT ORDER 2,100.7. THE BOARD APPROVED A SKIPPING THE 2025 APPLICATION CYCLE. SO IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NEW PROJECT APPLICATIONS. HOWEVER, WE ANTICIPATE TO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NEW APPLICATIONS IN THIS CALENDAR YEAR 2026. SO THIS PAUSE IN RUNNING THE TYPICAL ANNUAL CYCLES ALLOWED US TO ADDRESS KNOWN PROGRAM ISSUES, MAKE SOME UPDATES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CRITERIA AND POLICIES. AND IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE FUNDING, THE BACKLOG OF PROGRAMED PROJECTS. SO WE ARE HERE IN JANUARY. WE ARE KIND OF AT THE END OF OUR REVAMPED SCHEDULE. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE BROUGHT THE DRAFT PROGRAM REVISIONS TO THE TAC AND THE BOARD IN OCTOBER. AND THEN BEFORE THAT, WE HAD TWO HYBRID WORKSHOPS IN BOTH JUNE AND AUGUST. WHERE WE WENT OVER THE PROPOSED CHANGES. WE TOOK IN INPUT FROM OUR, OUR, ANYBODY WHO ATTENDED AND MADE CHANGES BASED UPON THAT, THAT INPUT AND FEEDBACK. SO IT HAS BEEN AN ITERATIVE PROCESS AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE THE EARLY SUMMER. SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO BRINGING THIS RECOMMENDATION TO YOU ALL AND TO THE BOARD. SO WE HAVE HERE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, THE REV CYCLE ONE SCHEDULE FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2026. AND YOU'LL SEE ON THE TOP ROW IN GREEN, WE HAVE THE, THE REV YOU KNOW, PROGRAM MILESTONES FOR THIS YEAR. AND THEN BELOW THAT, WE HAVE THE SCHEDULE OVERLAID FOR YOUR REFERENCE WITH THE LOP DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE TIP DEVELOPMENT. SO THOSE ARE THE TWO BLUE COLORS. SO IN THIS SPRING, WE ARE ANTICIPATING STAFF IS ANTICIPATING CONDUCTING AN APPLICATION WORKSHOP AND HOSTING PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS. AND THEN WE'LL RUN THE CYCLE LIKE NORMAL AND RANK AND BRING THE PROJECTS TO THE BOARD IN THE FALL. SO THE CURRENT EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR THESE PROJECTS WE HAVE IS BASED ON SIX DIFFERENT THEMES ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, EQUITY, MOBILITY, ECONOMIC VITALITY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. AND THEY'RE WEIGHTED FROM FROM HIGH TO LOW. THERE THE PROPOSED CRITERIA WOULD BE SPLIT INTO FOUR THEMES. SO THOSE FOUR PROPOSED THEMES ARE ECONOMIC VITALITY, [00:55:05] SAFETY, ACCESS AND MOBILITY. AND WE'VE SHOWN HOW WE WANT TO WE'RE PROPOSING DISTRIBUTING THE WEIGHTING AND THE ASSOCIATED POINTS WITH THAT WAITING ON THE RIGHT IN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE CHART HERE. SO AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE SEVERAL OF THE POLICY HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE WANT TO TO SHARE. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAVE BOTH THE EVALUATION CRITERIA CHART AND THE FULL POLICY REVISIONS AS PROVIDED AS BACKUP AS ATTACHMENTS TO THIS AGENDA ITEM. BUT THE MAIN HIGHLIGHT KEY HIGHLIGHTS ARE THAT WE ARE CHANGING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST MINIMUM TO $2 MILLION AND THE TOTAL PROJECT COST MAXIMUM. THIS IS PER APPLICATION PER PROJECT APPLICATION TO $5 MILLION. THIS THESE ARE ALL IN NUMBERS. SO IT INCLUDES THEY INCLUDE DESIGN C, E, I AND CONSTRUCTION NUMBER TWO ON THE SCREEN HERE IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO LIMIT APPLICANTS TO ONE APPLICATION PER PROJECT SPONSOR PER APPLICATION CYCLE. AND THAT INCLUDES PARTNER APPLICATIONS. NUMBER THREE, PROJECTS THAT INCLUDE LANE REDUCTIONS IN THE SCOPE OF WORK ARE NOT ARE NO LONGER ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT TO REV, AND THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEW ADMINISTRATION'S GUIDELINES. NUMBER FOUR, THE APPLICANT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SUBMITTING CONCEPT PLANS AS PART OF THEIR REV PROJECT APPLICATION SUBMITTAL. AND NUMBER FIVE, ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DOCUMENTATION OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE ARE GOING TO BE ENFORCED THIS NEXT CYCLE. NUMBER SIX, WE ARE GOING TO OPERATE ON AN EVERY OTHER YEAR SCHEDULE, SO WE ARE GOING TO ACCEPT AND RANK NEW PROJECT APPLICATIONS EVERY OTHER YEAR. NUMBER SEVEN APPLICATION PROCESS TO INCLUDE AN INITIAL SUBMITTAL DEADLINE AFTER THE PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS AND PRIOR TO THE APPLICATION DEADLINE, WHICH IS LIKE THE HARD DEADLINE. NUMBER EIGHT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHARTS I SHOWED EARLIER WE'RE CODIFYING THAT THE REVISED PROJECT EVALUATION CRITERIA UTILIZES THE FOLLOWING WEIGHTING ECONOMIC VITALITY AT 33%, SAFETY AT 33, ACCESS AT 20 AND MOBILITY AT 14. AND LASTLY, POLICIES THAT ADDRESS SCOPE CHANGES, SCOPE CHANGE REQUESTS TO PROGRAM REV PROJECTS AND CECIL PROJECTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE THE FULL POLICY REVISIONS. BONUS POINTS WILL BE ADDED FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THAT ARE SUBMITTED THAT ARE IN THE MPO'S ADOPTED MDP OR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN. BONUS POINTS WILL BE AWARDED TO PARTNER AGENCIES WHO DID NOT RECEIVE AN AWARD IN THE PREVIOUS REV CYCLE. AND BONUS POINTS WILL BE GRANTED TO PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY PARTNER AGENCIES WHO DID NOT FILE SUIT AGAINST THE MPO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, AND THE LEAST FUN POINT DEDUCTIONS APPLIED TO PROJECTS SUBMITTED BY LOCAL AGENCIES WHO HAVE REQUESTED SCOPE CHANGES OR REMOVED PROGRAM REV PROJECTS FROM THE TIP. THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. AND THAT'S IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. JUSTIN. YES. THANK YOU. SO WHEN I READ THIS ONE AND I USUALLY DON'T GET TOO WORKED UP OVER A LOT OF THESE ITEMS, BUT THIS ONE GOT ME A LITTLE WORKED UP BECAUSE OF ALL THE WORK THAT THE COMMITTEE HAS BEEN DOING ON THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM OVER THE YEARS. IT USED TO BE CALLED KEY SLIP. AND SO A COUPLE OF CONCERNS I HAD. I SENT CARRIE AN EMAIL AND SAID, HEY, CAN YOU ANSWER A FEW QUESTIONS FOR ME? SO I'LL JUST GO THROUGH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS I HAD. JUST SO EVERYBODY COULD HEAR WHAT I'M THINKING AND WHAT MY CONCERNS WERE ABOUT. THE FIRST ONE I HAD A CONCERN ABOUT IS WHAT I VIEW AS A PENALTY, AND THAT IS IF YOU HAVE NOT SUED THE MPO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS OR WHATEVER IT SAYS, COUNTERCLAIM, ETC., THEN YOU GET A 20% BONUS ACROSS THE BOARD ON YOUR APPLICATION. WELL, MY QUESTION IS, WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU SUE THE MPO AND YOU WIN BECAUSE YOU WERE IN THE RIGHT. YOU GET PENALIZED 20%. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M IN MY HEAD. I'M LIKE, WAIT, THAT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR. AND THERE COULD BE ALL KINDS OF REASONS FOR SUING OR COUNTERCLAIMS OR HAVING TO INCLUDE THE MPO AS A, AS A PARTICIPANT IN A LAWSUIT. I DON'T KNOW, I JUST, I DIDN'T LIKE THAT IT SEEMED SORT OF RETALIATORY IN A WAY. AND PROBLEMATIC. AND THEN I ASKED FURTHER, WELL, HOW MANY, HOW MANY LAWSUITS HAVE WE HAD? ONLY TWO IN THE LAST THREE YEARS AND ONLY BY ONE CITY. SO MY CONCERN ALSO IS I'M NOT EVEN SURE IF THIS IS EVEN A PROBLEM TO SOLVE. YOU GUYS CAN ENLIGHTEN US HERE IF THAT IS I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT GO AWAY. THAT'S IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A, I DON'T KNOW, SOMETHING DOESN'T SIT RIGHT [01:00:01] WITH ME ON THAT ONE. THE OTHER ISSUE I RAISED WAS THE PARTICULAR, THE NEW POLICY LANE ELIMINATION PROJECTS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE EXPENSES ANYMORE. THAT IS A NEW POLICY. AND UNDER, IF YOU RECALL UNDER THE SEA SLIP PROGRAM CITIES WERE CREATED COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLANS AND CREATED LISTS OF PROJECTS AND, AND GOALS OBJECTIVES. AND I'M SURE AND MAYBE THE STAFF CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I'M SURE SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDED LAYMAN ELIMINATIONS IN SOME LOCATIONS. MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY IF THE CRITERIA NOW IS BEING WEIGHTED TOWARD ECONOMIC VITALITY, WHICH INCLUDES ACTIVITY CENTERS AND ACTIVITY CENTERS. SOMETIMES YOU NEED TO DO A LANE ELIMINATIONS BECAUSE THESE ARE MORE URBANIZED, DENSE, MIXED USE DISTRICTS. SOME OF THIS STUFF IS THE. THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE A CHOICE TO CHANGE. BUT I'M NOT VOTING FOR IT. I'LL TELL YOU THAT. AND I JUST THIS POLICY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A TOP DOWN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENT THAT NEVER EXISTED UNTIL NOW. AND, AND IT ALSO SEEMS IN CONFLICT WITH PROBABLY ALMOST EVERY COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN THAT WE HAVE. SO I DON'T KNOW HOW WE OVERCOME THAT OR HOW THE CITIES WILL OVERCOME THAT. DO THEY NEED TO AMEND THE PLANS? I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE WELL, YOU SHOULD READ THE ORDER FROM THE US DOT THAT'S INTERESTING BY ITSELF. AND THEN, SO THEN MY LAST QUESTION WAS. ALL RIGHT, WELL, WHAT IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS? WHAT HAPPENS BECAUSE WE'RE WE ARE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I'LL JUST TELL YOU WHAT MY VOTE WOULD BE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TO APPROVE THIS. BECAUSE I HAVE A NUMEROUS CONCERNS AND I ALSO DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TO CHANGE OUR CRITERIA. OUR EVALUATION CRITERIA. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AT MULTIPLE MEETINGS OVER THE YEARS. WE'RE LOSING EQUITY. THERE WAS A MULTIPLE DISCUSSIONS AT MULTIPLE MEETINGS ABOUT WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT IN BROWARD COUNTY, BECAUSE OF WHERE PROJECTS WERE BEING FUNDED AND WHERE THEY WERE NOT BEING FUNDED. AND NOW WE'RE LOSING ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP. SO ALL THOSE GOALS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT NOT PUTTING ROADS AND TRANSPORTATION IN AREAS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND FLOODING. ET CETERA. THOSE THAT ONE'S OUT THE, THAT CRITERIA IS GONE. SO I, I JUST, I KNOW THE STAFF HAS TO PERFORM CERTAIN POLICIES AND PUT THEM IN PLACE BECAUSE OF AN ORDER FROM A TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. BUT SINCE WE'RE ADVISORY, I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR IT. SO THANK YOU. BUT I APPRECIATE CARRIE FOR FOLLOWING UP. SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS AS BEST SHE COULD. AND SO I'LL LEAVE IT TO THE COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PHIL. YEAH, I GUESS I NOTICED THE SAME THINGS. AND I WHO THOUGHT OF THE IDEA OF PENALIZING LAWSUITS. I MEAN, ISN'T THAT INFRINGEMENT ON FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS? NO COMMENT. I'M GOING TO SAVE CARRIE. I'LL I'LL TRY TO TAKE THIS ONE FROM YOU. SO NO, NOT AT ALL. AND THIS IS NATIONAL THIS IDEA WHERE IT CAME FROM WAS THE NATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF NPOS. AND SO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WAS TALKING WITH HIS PEERS. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY, IT WAS EXPRESSING HIS FRUSTRATION WITH GETTING SUED FOR YOU KNOW, KIND OF FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS TWICE. AND THEY ALL SAID, WHY ARE THEY SUING YOU? YOU KNOW WHAT? DON'T. DON'T YOU HAVE THAT LANGUAGE IN THERE FOR YOUR MEMBER GOVERNMENTS? AND IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT LAWSUIT, WHICH MEANS THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT WIN ARE THE LAWYERS. EVERYBODY ELSE LOSES. THEY'RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO PUT LANGUAGE. YOU, YOU, YOU NEED TO NIP THAT STUFF IN THE BUD. SO OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAME BACK WITH THE GUIDANCE OF HIS PEERS NATIONALLY THAT WE SHOULD JUST SIMPLY NOT BE SUPPORTIVE OF, OF ALLOWING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GIVING OUT MONEY. SO THAT'S WHERE THAT'S THE ORIGIN. IT'S, IT'S NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE. OUR GENERAL COUNSEL REVIEWED IT, DEVELOPED THE LANGUAGE THAT'S IN THERE. NOW, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE ADVISORY. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO APPRECIATE THE ROLE AND THE COMMENTS HERE. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS, AS STAFF, YOU KNOW, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WANTED THAT IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY IT'S SITTING IN THERE. QUITE FRANKLY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OUR BOARD'S GOING TO DO WITH THAT. I'M SURE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THEM WILL HAVE OPINIONS ON IT. AND OF COURSE, WE WILL ULTIMATELY FOLLOW THEIR DIRECTION AND AND AS KERRY, YOU KNOW, ANSWERED YOUR YOUR QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, AS AN ADVISORY BOARD, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GIVE US COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THOSE MAKE IT THROUGH IN, IN THE MINUTES AND IN THE, IN THE NOTES THAT WE PROVIDE TO THE BOARD SO THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, [01:05:06] OF ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE RAISED HERE DURING THESE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL. I HOPE THAT ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. WELL, NOT IN IN A MANNER THAT I'M PLEASED WITH, BUT I THINK WE HAVE A JUDICIAL SYSTEM IN THIS COUNTRY THAT RESPECTS RIGHTS OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING CORPORATE PEOPLE. AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T LIKE LAWSUITS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WAY OF RESOLVING DISPUTES WITHOUT HAVING TO TAKE OUT THE SIX SHOOTERS. AND YOU KNOW, I JUST, I, I AGREE, YOU KNOW, HAVING ONE PUBLIC ENTITY SUE ANOTHER PUBLIC ENTITY IS NOT GOOD FOR THE TAXPAYERS, BUT I'LL JUST LET THAT ONE REST. THE OTHER POINTS WERE MADE. I, I CERTAINLY AGREE WITH THE CONCERNS. AND AS FAR AS THE, THE FOUR AREAS ACCESS, MOBILITY, VITALITY AND SAFETY, I WAS SAD TO SEE ENVIRONMENTAL JUST GET REMOVED, BUT I'M THINKING ARE THESE CATEGORIES, THERE'S GOT TO BE A LOT OF OVERLAP BETWEEN ACCESS MOBILITY, VITALITY AND, AND SAFETY. AND PROBABLY THERE'S SOME ENVIRONMENTAL BURIED IN EMBEDDED SOMEWHERE IN THERE ANYWAY. WHO DECIDES IF SOMETHING IS ACCESS VERSUS MOBILITY OR VITALITY OR SAFETY. SO STAFF PROPOSES HOW EACH OF THE DATA SETS THE CRITERIA SHOULD BE CATEGORIZED WHETHER THEY FALL UNDER YOU KNOW, ECONOMIC VITALITY, SAFETY, ACCESS, MOBILITY, AND WHICH WEIGHTING WE SUGGEST OR RECOMMEND TO ASSIGN TO EACH OF THOSE. AND THEN WE BRING THAT TO THE COMMITTEES AND THEN THE BOARD MAKES THE FINAL DECISION. SO IT IS BOARD ADOPTED. THE POLICY, THE POLICIES AND THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN PLACE ARE BOARD ADOPTED. AND THEN WE'RE REQUESTING THAT THE BOARD ADOPT THESE REVISED THE REVISED EVALUATION CRITERIA. SO THEY WILL DECIDE IF THEY AGREE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON, ON, ON HOW WE PROPOSE TO GROUP THOSE DIFFERENT DATA SETS. SO I GUESS I'M THINKING THAT THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME ARBITRARINESS HERE. AND INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL ON WHAT CATEGORY IT FITS IN. SO WELL, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO RESPOND BY SAYING, NO, IT'S NOT ARBITRARY. OKAY. WE HAVE AN OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND WE HAVE DATA SETS. AND ON THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS, WE WENT INTO SOME DETAIL ON WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THE DATA IS, WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, HOW WE DO THE MEASUREMENTS. SO IT'S NOT ARBITRARY AND IT'S NOT AN INDIVIDUAL WHO MAKES THE DECISION. OKAY. SO THAT THAT I JUST WANT TO SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON THAT WE HAVE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA AND WE DO THEM. I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND DEFEND THE NEW FOUR CRITERIA THAT WE'RE GOING TO USE, BUT I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE A FEDERALLY FUNDED ORGANIZATION. WE GOT A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN UP IN D.C. THESE ARE HIS RULES. THESE ARE THE RULES THAT COME WITH THE DOLLARS. SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SPEND YOUR LOCAL DOLLARS. MAYBE THE STATE, MAYBE THE COUNTY DOLLARS. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A FEDERALLY FUNDED ORGANIZATION. WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FEDERAL LAW. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TRIED TO ADAPT AS BEST WE CAN WHILE HOLDING AN UNDERSTANDING THE, THE DESIRES OF THE REGION AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK IN. SO I THINK YOU'RE, I'M NEVER GOING TO GIVE YOU A SATISFACTORY ANSWER IS WHERE I BELIEVE WE ARE. AND, AND YOU GUYS CAN, YOU KNOW, YOU VOTE TO SUPPORT IT OR VOTE TO SAY THAT YOU DON'T LIKE IT. BUT THAT'S THE FEDERAL LAW. AND SO WE WILL WE HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO FOLLOW THAT, SIR. AND ON THE LAST ONE DOES A NO VOTE HAVE ANY IMPACT? WELL, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE VARIOUS BOARD MEMBERS YOU KNOW, REVIEW IT, WE WILL WRITE UP YOU KNOW, YOUR CONCERNS AND A NO VOTE AND COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME, RIGHT, THAT, THAT YOU GUYS HAVE RAISED ISSUES AND CONCERNS AND WE ABSOLUTELY MAKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE WE SUMMARIZE IT, WE PUT IT IN. MEETING NOTES. THAT INFORMATION GETS PASSED ON TO THE BOARD. YOU ARE AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO OUR BOARD. THAT THAT IS YOUR ROLE AND FUNCTION. SO YOU KNOW, WE TAKE THE COMMENTS THAT YOU GIVE TO US HERE SERIOUSLY. WE LISTEN TO THEM. WE TRY TO INCORPORATE THEM AS BEST WE CAN. BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY IT'S THE BOARD THAT IS EMPOWERED TO MAKE THE FINAL CALL ON [01:10:04] THESE THINGS. THANK YOU SIR. THIS HAS GENERATED MANY COMMENTS. OUR NEXT PERSON IS VINCENT. THANK YOU FOR COMING. I'M NOT GOING TO BEAT YOU UP. I'M REALLY A NICE PERSON. I JUST NEED A LITTLE BETTER UNDERSTANDING AND A LITTLE CLARIFICATION. HOW WOULD THIS PROGRAM BENEFIT A COMMUNITY AND OR THE RESIDENTS OF THAT COMMUNITY OF ECONOMICS AND HOW IT WOULD REVITALIZE THEM IN IN THAT MANNER WITH THE MONEY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR THAT. WHAT, WHAT KIND OF A PROGRAM WOULD IT BE TO HELP OUT THAT COMMUNITY? SURE. GOOD QUESTION. SO THIS IS A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. SO IF A PROJECT IS AWARDED FUNDING YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN YOUR COMMUNITY, THEIR PROJECTS, THEIR PROJECTS, YOU RECEIVE TRAFFIC CALMING PROJECTS, THEIR PROJECTS THAT CREATE ACCESS TO YOU KNOW COULD BE TRANSIT STOPS THAT COULD PROVIDE PEOPLE ACCESS TO GET TO JOBS. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO THIS PROGRAM. AND SO BASED ON THE TYPE OF PROJECT, IT COULD OFFER DIFFERENT ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE LOOK IN OUR ECONOMIC VITALITY CATEGORY OF CRITERIA. WE LOOK AT EMPLOYMENT DENSITY. SO A PROJECT IS A PROJECT IS RANKED BASED ON PARTLY THE EMPLOYMENT DENSITY MTP KEY ACTIVITY CENTERS US AND WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS ANALYSIS TOOL OUTPUT. SO IT DOES LOOK AT YOU KNOW, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE AREA NEAR THE PROJECT. SO SINCE I'M A RETIRED VETERAN, ALSO, DOES THAT INCLUDE VETERANS ON SOME FORM OR ANOTHER THAT WOULD HELP THEM? AND IN THAT, IN YOUR QUEST FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE, WITH THAT TOO, WITH JOBS OR, YOU KNOW, IN GENERAL, BUT YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY HAVE WORKSHOPS IN PARTICULAR. SO THE CRITERIA FOR THE DEMOGRAPHICS ANALYSIS TOOL IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, INCLUDE BOTH THE SENIOR POPULATION AND LOW INCOME POPULATION. WE DON'T THERE'S NOT A CATEGORY SPECIFICALLY FOR VETERANS, BUT IT DOES TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THOSE CRITERIA, THOSE, THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WALLACE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WAS WONDERING, I KNOW THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION WHEN WE HAD THE WORKSHOP SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, LAST YEAR ABOUT THE DECISION. I BELIEVE THE THE FLOOR FOR APPLICATIONS WAS 500 AND NOW IT'S 2 MILLION. AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD REMIND US OF WHY WE DECIDED TO RAISE THAT, THAT BASE AMOUNT FOR APPLICATIONS. SURE. SO I BELIEVE YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FIRST POLICY HIGHLIGHT HERE ON SLIDE EIGHT WHERE WE'RE RAISING THE FLOOR. YEAH. CORRECT. TO 2 MILLION. I BELIEVE IT WAS 750 000. THE CURRENT IS 750,000. WE'RE RAISING IT TO 2 MILLION. AND AGAIN THAT IS INCLUSIVE OF DESIGN CEI AND CONSTRUCTION. WAS IT NOT BEFORE I CORRECT. IT WAS NOT BEFORE IT IS. THIS IS MORE OF AN ALL ALL IN COST. OKAY. YEAH. AND OKAY. I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION TOO, AND IT WAS ABOUT NOTICE. AND I KNOW THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP TOO, WHICH I THINK IS GREAT THAT MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOTICED AND THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE YOUR PARTNERS NEED TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION OF THAT. I'M WONDERING, I KNOW THERE ARE PENALTIES IN PLACE NOW. IF A PROJECT IS, YOU KNOW, A PARTNER, A RECIPIENT ASKS FOR A CHANGE IN SCOPE OR ELEMENTS OR DESIGN OR WHATEVER, DEPENDING ON KIND OF WHEN THEY DO IT AND WHAT THEY ASK FOR. THERE'S 10 TO 20%. IF THAT HAPPENS, OR EVEN IF THEY, YOU KNOW, REQUEST A PROJECT, A PIECE OF THE PROJECT TO BE REMOVED AND THEN THEY CAN'T APPLY AGAIN. IS THERE A REQUIREMENT NOTICE THEN DOES THAT TRIGGER ANOTHER NOTICE FOR, FOR THE, YOU KNOW, AFFECTED AREA OR WHATEVER. IF THE SCOPE THEN CHANGES, IS THERE A NEW BECAUSE I'M THINKING IN OUR CITY, LIKE FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU KNOW, THEY GO SIX MONTHS OR THEY CHANGE THE DESIGN. THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER MEETING. PUBLIC MEETING. SO I'M WONDERING IF THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT AS WELL. SO IF SOMEBODY COMES IN WITH A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE TO A SCOPE OF WORK, WE USUALLY YOU KNOW, PUT THAT ONUS ON THE APPLICANT OR THE CITY OR, YOU KNOW, WHOEVER, WHETHER IT'S MUNICIPALITY OR ANOTHER ENTITY WHO SUBMITTED THE PROJECT TO NOTIFY THEIR RESIDENTS THROUGH, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS FORMS OF PUBLIC OUTREACH OF THE CHANGE IN THE SCOPE. [01:15:01] GOTCHA. IS THAT SO THE, THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE OUTLINED HERE WOULD NOT COVER THOSE CHANGES IN SCOPE. OR COULD THAT BE INCORPORATED SO THAT THAT RESIDENTS ARE KEPT IN THE LOOP IF THE MUNICIPALITY, YOU KNOW, FAILS TO DO SO? THE WAY THAT THE POLICIES ARE CURRENTLY WRITTEN OR THE REVISIONS ARE CURRENTLY WRITTEN IS JUST IT'S JUST APPLICABLE TO THE PROJECT AT THE TIME OF WITH APPLICATION THAT WE'RE LOOK, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION. AS FAR AS THE QUESTION IS IF, IF THEY APPLY TO WHEN YOU CONDUCT A CHANGE IN SCOPE AND THE MPO APPROVES IT. LET ME YEAH, LET ME JUST TRY TO TAKE A CRACK AT THIS. SO THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS NO, WE DON'T DO THAT. GENERALLY THIS IS A PROGRAM FOR CITIES. WE'RE TRYING TO HELP CITIES BUILD PROJECTS. YES. SO ULTIMATELY IT'S THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO DO THAT COMMUNICATION. EVEN WHAT WE REQUIRE UP FRONT, IT'S A CITY RESPONSIBILITY. YOU HAVE TO GO OUT IN YOUR COMMUNITY, CONTACT YOUR RESIDENTS, YOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THEM. FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, IT'D BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR US TO PUT ALL OF THESE OTHER REQUIREMENTS IN. AND IT'S JUST BECAUSE OF THE LONGEVITY OF THESE PROJECTS. AND AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE FEDERAL DOLLARS WORK IS UP FRONT. YOU SUBMITTED A PROJECT TO US, RIGHT? AND KERRY SHOWED YOU THE SLIDE UP THERE. IT COULD BE TWO YEARS BEFORE THE FIRST FUNDING SHOWS UP FOR THE DESIGN. AND GUESS WHAT? WHEN THAT FUNDING SHOWS UP, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR, WHICH IS CURRENTLY 31. RIGHT. AND THEN THAT'S FOR DESIGN. AND SO YOU WENT OUT TO YOUR PUBLIC TO GET SUPPORT FOR A GENERAL CONCEPT, BUT THE DESIGN WORK ON THAT WITH THIS PROGRAM MIGHT NOT START FOR 6 TO 7 YEARS. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN DO YOU, WHEN DO YOU AS A CITY WANT TO DO THE COMMUNICATION? PROBABLY NOT FOR THAT FULL SIX YEARS. BUT WHEN THE DESIGN STARTS UP AGAIN, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DO MORE COMMUNICATION AND THEN CONSTRUCTION IS ANOTHER THREE AFTER. SO SADLY, THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE, THE TIME FRAME OF THESE FEDERAL DOLLARS. OH, I KNOW THEY TAKE A LONG TIME. THAT'S WHY I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE WOULD BE A WAY TO, TO WITH THAT REQUIREMENT THAT CITIES HAVE TO PROVIDE, OR YOUR ENTITIES HAVE TO PROVIDE PROOF OF NOTIFICATION. IF IT COULD, IT COULD BE NOT JUST AT THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT THEN ALSO MAYBE AT ONCE THE DESIGN PHASE IS DONE AND WHEN SHORTLY BEFORE CONSTRUCTION STARTING. SO IT'S THREE TIMES INSTEAD OF ONE TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. JUST, JUST SO THAT BECAUSE SOME CITIES DO AND SOME CITIES DON'T, YOU KNOW, THINGS GET LOST IN TRANSLATION SOMETIMES AND THAT MIGHT SAVE HEADACHES. IT'S AN EXCELLENT COMMENT. AND I THINK CARRIE WOULD TELL YOU THAT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE PUT THAT IN THERE WAS TO ENCOURAGE DO BETTER. YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? I THINK IT'S AN EXCELLENT COMMENT. AND I CARRY YOU KNOW WE CAN TALK OFFLINE MAYBE. GREAT. YEAH. I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL. ROSANNA. SO I'M YOU KNOW, I'M DISAPPOINTED WHERE WE'RE AT, BUT I UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE AT WHERE WE'RE AT. ESPECIALLY THE REDUCED LANES. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. BUT I'M CURIOUS IF IF WE VOTE NO AND THE BOARD ALSO VOTE VOTES NO. WHAT HAPPENS. TYPICALLY, IF THE BOARD VOTES NO, THEY GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT OF WHY THEY'RE VOTING NO. AND SO USUALLY THEY AND IF THEY VOTE SOMETHING DOWN, IT WILL INCLUDE DIRECTION ON WHAT THE IMPROVEMENTS OR THE CHANGES THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SEE WITH THE ITEM. WE THEN USUALLY YOU KNOW, TRY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS AND THEN BRING THE ITEM BACK AND REQUEST YOU KNOW, APPROVAL AGAIN. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. MARK. THANK YOU. GREG. THE FIRST QUESTION IS RHETORICAL. OUT OF THE 67 COUNTIES IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, WHICH ONE TYPICALLY SEES THE MOST FUNDING FROM EITHER FEDERAL OR STATE? I THINK WE'RE SITTING IN IT. THE SECOND GO AHEAD. I'M NOT SURE THAT'S TRUE ANYMORE. I THINK WE'RE IN THE TOP THREE. NORTH IS GETTING AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY. WE'RE IN THE TOP THREE, BUT ABSOLUTELY OKAY. THE SECOND. THE BUDGET FROM DESIGN TO CEI $5 MILLION. AND FOR THE TYPE OF PROJECT THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING IN TERMS OF SAFETY. AND I'M GOING RIGHT BACK TO THE SUMMARY. REALLY BRIEF. THERE ARE SMALL PROJECTS. THEY'RE VERY SMALL PROJECTS. YES. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION I CAN OFFER OR SUGGEST IF A MUNICIPALITY STRIKES OUT, [01:20:01] THEY CAN'T SEEM TO GET THEIR PAPERWORK TOGETHER. THEY'RE ALLOWED TO COME BACK IN A YEAR. WHAT'S THEIR DURATION? IT DOESN'T DIE, I KNOW THAT. THAT'S MY ONLY QUESTION. I'M STILL GOING TO DEBATE WITH YOU IF IF WE'RE DEFINITELY IN THE TOP TWO. WHAT TYPE OF FUNDING? BUT YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE WE ARE A VERY FORTUNATE. THANK YOU. SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IF A AGENCY HAS TO REMOVE A PROGRAMED REV PROJECT FROM THE TIP, WE HAVE IN THIS, THESE PROPOSED THIS PROPOSED LANGUAGE IF IT'S PRIOR TO ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN THEY WOULD GET A POINT DEDUCTION OF 20% OFF A PROJECT'S BASE SCORE. THAT'LL BE APPLIED TO THE NEXT PROJECT APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THAT LOCAL AGENCY. SO THAT ONLY LASTS FOR ONE CYCLE. SO IF THEY APPLY AGAIN THE NEXT TIME IT'S A YEAR. AND THEN IF IF A LOCAL AGENCY REQUESTS TO REMOVE A PROGRAM REV PROJECT FROM THE TIP AFTER ENTERING INTO AN AGREEMENT FOR DESIGN, THE LOCAL AGENCY IS NOT ELIGIBLE TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION IN THE NEXT REV CYCLE. AGAIN LAST ONE YEAR. YEAH. YEAH. SO KERRY, I HAVE JUST TWO QUESTIONS AND THEN I SIT. 721 SO FOLLOWING UP WITH WHAT MARK SAID. SO THAT PENALTY, IF THE PERSON, IF THE MUNICIPALITY AGENCY HAD A PENDING SUIT DOES THAT EVER GO AWAY? DOES IT VANISH AFTER ONE YEAR? JUST GIVE ME ONE SECOND TO SCROLL TO THAT. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THE ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS THAT IT WOULD LAST. IT'S IN EFFECT FOR THREE YEARS. SO AS LONG AS THERE HASN'T BEEN AN ACTIVE LAWSUIT WITHIN THE PAST THREE YEARS, THEN THAT POLICY WOULD NOT APPLY TO YOU OR APPLY TO AN APPLICANT. SO AGAIN, IT SAYS ANY YEAH, ANY PROJECT SUBMITTED BY AN APPLICANT THAT IS NOT IN THE LAST THREE YEARS FILED SUIT AGAINST THE MPO. AND SO EVEN IF THE MUNICIPALITY ETC. COULD BE A PARTNER TO THE LAWSUIT OR INITIATE LAWSUIT, IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. THEY'RE JUST PART OF A SUIT. I MIGHT ASK, SO IF CORAL SPRINGS WAS THE THE ENTITY THAT DID THE LAWSUIT AND COCONUT CREEK DECIDED TO JOIN, DO BOTH MUNICIPALITIES GET PENALIZED FOR THAT OR JUST CORAL SPRINGS? BOTH. IF THE WAY OUR ATTORNEY WROTE THE LANGUAGE IS FAIRLY, YOU KNOW, BROAD WHERE IF IF YOU'RE TAKING A LEGAL ACTION AND THERE'S A BROADER LEGAL TERMS AND I DON'T THAT'S NOT MY THING. BUT YEAH, HE USED THE BROADER LEGAL DEFINITION. SO IF YOU'RE TAKING LEGAL ACTION AGAINST THIS MPO, AND IT'S WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS OF WHEN THE APPLICATION IS BEING SUBMITTED THAN THOSE PENALTY POINTS APPLY TO YOU. SO IN EFFECT, IF IF MY MUNICIPALITY DECIDED TO DO AN AMICUS BRIEF IN SUPPORT OF THE LAWSUIT, AM I ALSO GOING TO BE PENALIZED? I DON'T BELIEVE THAT COUNTS AS A LEGAL ACTION UNDER THE DEFINITION THAT OUR GENERAL COUNSEL CRAFTED FOR THIS. YEAH. SO I THINK YOU CAN EXPRESS YOUR OPINION, SUPPORT WHATEVER FOR SOMEBODY ELSE SUING US AND STILL STAY IN THE SAFETIES. YOU'RE CLOSE TO THE DANGER ZONE. OKAY. STILL ON THE SAFE SIDE. AND, AND ONE FINAL THING. SO WE'RE MEETING AT SIX AND THE TAC MET EARLIER. WHAT WAS THEIR POINT OF VIEW ON THIS MATTER? SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, CARL, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. THE TAC ALL BUT ONE PERSON VOTED IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM. AND THERE WERE NO MODIFICATIONS MADE TO THE MOTION. THERE WASN'T AS CONSTRUCTIVE A DISCUSSION AS WE. THERE WAS DEFINITELY A CONVERSATION. THERE WERE DEFINITELY DISCUSSIONS. THERE WERE QUESTIONS. I DID ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS AND YEAH. ALRIGHTY. NOT SEEING ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? ALRIGHTY. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND SO I'M GOING TO CALL FOR THE VOTE. MR. PEREZ, DO YOU WANT TO. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S EVERYONE. MOTION PASSED. ALRIGHTY. [01:25:01] THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL NOW GO TO AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. [5. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE Broward County's Low Stress Multimodal Mobility Network Master Plan] AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE JAMES, WHO'S GOING TO BE PRESENTING A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO ENDORSE BROWARD COUNTY'S LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY NETWORK MASTER PLAN. CAN CAN WE ADD MORE WORDS TO THAT? WE DID, AND WE DECIDED TO TAKE SOME OUT. OKAY. IT'S LIKE ELOCUTION AT THE MPO. JAMES YOU'RE ON. JAMES CROMAR WITH THE BROWARD MPO. I INTRODUCED THIS AS ONE OF THE THREE LOCAL MATCH PROJECTS THAT BROWARD COUNTY PROVIDED AS PART OF THIS BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN LOCAL MATCH. I AM GOING TO INTRODUCE JOSEPH SEVERYN WITH BROWARD COUNTY, WHO WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS, AND SHE WILL INTRODUCE THE PRESENTATION. YES, YES. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE NAME WAS ACTUALLY LONGER AND THIS IS A SHORTENED VERSION. SO THERE'S THAT. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. I AM JOSETTE SOUVERAIN. I'M THE CONTRACT ADMINISTRATOR FOR BROWARD COUNTY'S MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN. WE'RE EXCITED TO SHARE THIS WITH YOU TONIGHT. WE'RE SEEKING ENDORSEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK. OUR EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WAS ATTACHED AS PART OF THIS AGENDA ITEM EXPLAINS THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO AN ANALYZES THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO CREATE THE PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK. AND IT HAS MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROJECTS AS WELL AS JURISDICTIONAL ENTITIES, COUNTY, STATE, CITY. AND THEN THERE ARE SOME MULTI AGENCY COMPONENTS OF IT AS WELL. SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE TO YOU CHRISTINA FUHRMAN. SHE IS THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER WITH MARLIN ENGINEERING. THANK YOU JOSETTE. GOOD EVENING. I'LL KEEP THIS QUICK AND I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL THIS FINE EVENING. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA FUHRMAN. I'M THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER WITH MARLIN ENGINEERING. SO OUR BROWARD MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE MMMP, HAS A VISION TO CREATE AN INCLUSIVE, LOW STRESS, MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK FOR PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY. THINK 8 TO 88. WE HAVE A GOAL OF ENHANCING ACCESS AND MOBILITY TO EDUCATION, ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES. OUR AGENDA FOR TONIGHT I'M GOING TO DISCUSS THE LOW STRESS NETWORK. TALK ABOUT THE PRIORITIZATION AND THEN PROVIDE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS AND CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, WHICH WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF WRAPPING UP. AND THEN WE CAN BREAK FOR ANY QUESTIONS. SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE PROPOSED LOW STRESS NETWORK FOR BROWARD COUNTY. THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY THAT WAS PROVIDED TO ALL, AS JOE SAID, LAID OUT LAYS OUT THE PROCESS THAT WE WENT THROUGH TO IDENTIFY THE NETWORK. WE ALSO DID A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW TO KIND OF CATEGORIZE THESE DIFFERENT PROJECTS AN EASY, MODERATE OR DIFFICULT TO IMPLEMENT BASED ON RIGHT OF WAY UTILITIES, TREES AND JURISDICTIONAL OWNERSHIP AND THE AGENCIES INVOLVED. WE IDENTIFIED CANALS, OPPORTUNITIES ALONG CANALS, AND THEN EXISTING FACILITIES THAT COULD BE RETROFITTED OR REDESIGNED TO MEET OUR LOW STRESS CRITERIA. AND AT THE TIME THAT WE CREATED THIS PRIORITIZATION, THIS LIST OF PROJECTS, 1% OF THOSE PROJECTS WERE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. ONE OF THOSE HAS HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED ALONG ATLANTIC BOULEVARD, BUT THERE ARE 250 IDENTIFIED PROJECTS OF ABOUT 300 SEGMENTS. SO A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED PROJECTS. THIS DOES NOT EQUATE TO 100% BECAUSE SOME PROJECTS FALL INTO MULTIPLE CATEGORIES, BUT ABOUT 50% OF THESE PROJECTS ARE LOOKING AT WIDENING THE SIDEWALKS TO LIKE AN URBAN SIDE PATH OR A SHARED USE PATH STANDARD OF 10 TO 12FT CLOSING SIDEWALK GAPS 44% WERE PLANNED PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE SURTAX, THE TIP, THE C SLIP OR COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN. WE'VE ALSO IDENTIFIED NEW TRAIL SEGMENTS AND OR EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING GREENWAYS OR CONNECTION TO, TO THE GREENWAYS IMPLEMENTING IDENTIFIED PROPOSED PROGRAMS. WE DID DO A REVIEW OF ALL CITY MOBILITY PLANS. AND ABOUT 20% OF OUR NETWORK COMES FROM THOSE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS, TRAFFIC CALMING, BIKE LANE MODIFICATIONS TO CREATE PROTECTED AND OR BUFFERED BIKE LANES, ENHANCEMENTS TO EXISTING GREENWAYS. SO THE EXISTING GREENWAYS, IF YOU'VE NEVER RIDDEN THEM THEY'RE LOW STRESS, BUT THEN WHEN YOU GET TO A CROSSING, THEY BECOME VERY HIGH STRESS. THOSE CROSSINGS AREN'T ALWAYS CONVENIENT OR COMFORTABLE FOR A PERSON RIDING A BIKE OR WALKING OR USING A SCOOTER. TO A LESSER DEGREE, SOME PROJECTS ARE RECOMMENDING LANE NARROWING OR REPURPOSING. WE'VE IDENTIFIED SOME AREAS FOR BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGES. AND THEN I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE STUFF UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SO OUR PRIORITIZATION [01:30:05] METRIC HAD SIX METRICS IN IT. WE WORKED WITH OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP ON CREATING THIS PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA. IT WAS 100 POINTS. SAFETY WAS THE HIGHEST METRIC. IT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES, FOLLOWED BY CONNECTIVITY AND COMFORT, WHICH ARE ALSO GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO OUR PROJECT AND THEN TO A LESSER EXTENT, BUT ALSO INCLUDED IN THE CRITERIA, THE DEMOGRAPHIC NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND THEN THE HEALTH AND DEMAND POTENTIAL. SO WE LOOKED AT ALL OF THESE ITEMS, PUT IT INTO A PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA, AND THEN WENT AHEAD AND TOOK A DEEP DIVE WITH THE 300 PROJECTS. SO THE MAP THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS THE PROJECTS PRIORITIZED THROUGH OUR METRICS HERE. THE HIGHEST RANKING PROJECT WAS 84.67. AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THAT WAS PROJECT 200 DIXIE HIGHWAY BETWEEN MCNAB ROAD AND POMPANO PARK PLACE. SO THE PURPLE LINES ALL RECEIVE GENERAL HIGH SCORES, BUT THE HIGHEST SCORE IS IN THE DARK PURPLE LINE, AND THOSE PROJECTS WERE CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST AREAS WITH A COUPLE CORRIDORS YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE. AND THEN AS WE STEP DOWN IN SCORE, THE LOWEST SCORING PROJECTS ARE IN THAT THIN YELLOW LINE. SO WE'VE COMPLETED THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE TOOK OUR, WE TOOK OUR LIST OF PROJECTS. WE STARTED LOOKING AT WHICH PROJECTS ARE ALREADY PROGRAMED OR PLANNED IN THE SURTAX AND THE TIP. AND THEN WE STARTED FOCUSING ON PROJECTS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR PLANNING OR CONSTRUCTION OR DESIGN. AND WE WORKED WITH OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND WE CAME TO THEM WITH SEVERAL DOZEN PROJECTS AND WE NARROWED IT DOWN TO TEN PROJECTS AND WE MADE SURE WE INCLUDED CITY PROJECTS, COUNTY PROJECTS, STATE PROJECTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED ALONG THE CANAL. WE CREATED A, A, A MATRIX FOR THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. LOOKED AT RIGHT OF WAY DRAINAGE IMPACTS POTENTIAL FATAL FLAWS EXISTING THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. WE DID A WALK OF ALL THE TEN CORRIDORS AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH A HIGH LEVEL COST ESTIMATE FOR JUST THE HIGH LEVEL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE CAME UP WITH. SO NOW WE'RE IN THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN PHASE. WE WE TOOK THE FOUR HIGHEST RANKING PROJECTS TO THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP. THEY AGREED. AND THROUGH A VERY INCLUSIVE PROCESS, WE SPOKE WITH THE CITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED AND IDENTIFIED SEVERAL TIMES. WE SPOKE WITH THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP. WE TALKED TO OUR AGENCY PARTNERS, AND THEN WE FINALLY WENT OUT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND HELD A WORKSHOP SO THAT WE CAN GET INPUT FROM THE PUBLIC THAT LIVE ADJACENT AND NEARBY TO THE FOUR QUARTERS THAT WERE SELECTED. SO THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING DEVELOPED FOR CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. WE WILL GO BACK TO OUR CITY PARTNERS AND OUR TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP FOR INPUT AND FEEDBACK ON THOSE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS. WE'LL FINALIZE THE PLANS, COME UP WITH RECOMMENDATIONS, A SCOPING REPORT, AND GET A DETAIL, A MORE DETAILED COST ESTIMATE FOR THOSE FOUR CORRIDORS. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK REVIEW, THIS WAS THE TEN THAT THE TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP HELPED PARE DOWN TO TO DO THE FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS. AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IT DOES VARY CITY ROADS, COUNTY ROADS, CITY STATE ROADS, AND THEN A CANAL OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF THE DRAINAGE DISTRICTS. AND WE MADE SURE WE HAD A DIVERSITY IN TERMS OF LOCATION NORTH EAST, SOUTH WEST. SO THESE FOUR PROJECTS WENT ARE IN CONCEPTUAL DESIGN CURRENTLY. DIXIE HIGHWAY DOES FOR EXAMPLE HAVE A BUFFERED BIKE LANE TODAY. BUT THROUGH THE. OUR ANALYSIS, TALKING WITH THE CITY AND TALKING WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS AND THE BUSINESSES THAT SHOWED UP TO THE MEETING. NOBODY'S REALLY USING THOSE BUFFERED BIKE LANES. AND I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE THAT A WIDE SHARED USE PATH WOULD BE BETTER SUITED ALONG THIS CORRIDOR HERE, CONSIDERING THE TRAFFIC, THE SPEEDS THE EXISTING BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE THAT ARE USING THE FACILITIES TODAY. AND THEN THE FOLLOWING PROJECTS. 166 B 179, WHICH IS NORTHEAST THIRD AVENUE, MCNAB ROAD AND MIRAMAR PARKWAY. THERE ARE SLIGHT ADJUSTMENTS MADE THROUGH DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR STAKEHOLDERS. 160, FOR EXAMPLE, IS ACTUALLY IT BEGINS THE PROJECT LIMIT BEGINS AT SOUTHWEST 10TH AND IT GOES TO COPANS ROAD. AND SO WE MADE A MODIFICATION BECAUSE THE SEGMENT THAT FALLS INTO DEERFIELD BEACH, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH IS 10TH STREET TO SAMPLE IS ALREADY PLANNED PROGRAMED. AND THEY ACTUALLY DID A QUICK BUILD AND PUT IN BUFFERED BIKE LANES AND TIGHTENED UP THE CURB RADII AND DID THESE THIS KIND OF QUICK FIX. AND THAT'S PROGRAMED TO TO HAVE A MORE PERMANENT FIX ON THAT. SO THE, THE SEGMENT THAT WE'RE FOCUSED IN ON WHEN IT COMES TO PROJECT ONE 60 IS THE SEGMENT FROM SAMPLE ROAD TO COPANS, WHICH FALLS IN POMPANO BEACH. [01:35:02] AND WE'VE WORKED AT THE CITY, IN THE COMMUNITY TO, TO CREATE A CONCEPT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN PROCESS FOR SIX B AND 179. WE DID MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE PROJECT LIMITS BASED ON THE FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM CITY STAFF. AND THEN DISCUSSIONS WITH SOME OF THE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP AND OF COURSE COUNTY ADMINISTRATION. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, MCNAB ROAD, THEY, THE CITY HAD REQUESTED THAT WE EXTEND THE BOUNDARY TO, TO US 441 STATE ROAD. SEVEN AND 83RD AVENUE BECAUSE THAT FALLS WITHIN THEIR CITY LIMITS. AND ALSO BECAUSE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WITH THE STATE ROAD SEVEN AND THEN ALSO THE ORIGINAL LIMIT EXTENDED, I THINK TO LIKE 81ST, WHICH WAS JUST A FEW HUNDRED FEET INTO TAMARACK. SO WE MADE THE ADJUSTMENT AND JUST INCLUDED THE SEGMENT IN NORTH LAUDERDALE AND THAT SEGMENT GOT ADDED TO THE TAMARACK SECTION. AND THEN WITH MIRAMAR PARKWAY, SOMETHING SIMILAR WHERE THE ORIGINAL LIMITS INCLUDED FDOT. AND SO WE KIND OF CUT THE LIMIT AT 441 JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS THE CITY AND COUNTY JURISDICTIONS ONLY. AND THAT THE PART THAT INCLUDED FIFTH TO SOUTHWEST 56TH AVENUE TO 441 IS A STATE ROAD. SO WE JUST INCLUDED THAT AND ADJUSTED THE, THE, THE, THE OTHER PROJECT FOR HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD, WHICH WAS PROJECT NUMBER 83. SO THAT IS YOUR KIND OF QUICK AND DIRTY UPDATE ON THE LOW STRESS MULTIMODAL MOBILITY MASTER PLAN. AND I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE TWO MAX. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS JUST A QUICK QUESTION QUESTION BECAUSE I NOTICED THAT I THINK 6% OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WERE ALONG CANALS. WHAT DID THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT HAVE TO SAY? FUNNY ENOUGH, WE CONTACTED. WE TRIED CONTACTING THEM MULTIPLE TIMES PHONE CALLS, EMAILS. I NEVER UNFORTUNATELY RECEIVED A RESPONSE. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE COUNTY WILL HAVE TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS KIND OF COORDINATE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. BUT THROUGH MY WORK ON OTHER PROJECTS WHERE I HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AHOLD OF SOMEBODY WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THEY HAVE A WHOLE DEPARTMENT COMMITTED TO RECREATION AND, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES ALONG CANAL SINCE THEY ARE A PUBLIC, PUBLICLY OWNED ENTITY AND THEY'RE MANAGING PUBLIC LANDS. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GET A POINT OF CONTACT THAT IS WILLING TO MEET AND DISCUSS AT THIS EARLY OF A STAGE, BECAUSE THEY TYPICALLY DON'T LIKE TO MEET AND TALK TO YOU UNTIL YOU KIND OF FURTHER ALONG YOU PASS CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT, THEY LIKE TO TALK TO YOU LIKE, RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE KIND OF GETTING INTO THE DESIGN PORTION OF IT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS THESE PROJECTS PROGRESS FORWARD, THE COUNTY WILL PULL IN. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, BUT NOT JUST SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. RIGHT. IT'S ALL OF THESE WATER CONTROL DISTRICTS TOO, THAT WE IDENTIFIED. SO THERE'S PLANTATION WATER CONTROL DISTRICT, THERE'S THE MARGATE, COCONUT CREEK AND OTHERS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF COORDINATION THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO OCCUR FOR IMPLEMENTATION, ESPECIALLY ALONG THOSE CANALS AND CITY JURISDICTIONAL ROADWAYS. YEAH. SO I LIVE NEXT TO THE HIATUS CANAL. OKAY. AND I WORKED THIS WAS LIKE THREE YEARS AGO NOW. I WORKED WITH THE FORMER MAYOR OF THE CITY OF PLANTATION TO TRY TO ADD MORE TREES TO THE HIATUS GREENWAY, BECAUSE A LOT OF IT LACKS TREE COVERAGE. AND SF, WMD SAID NO, THAT THEY WILL NOT ADD ANY TREES ALONG ANY CANAL EVER, ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE THEY WANT ACCESS FOR THEIR MAINTENANCE VEHICLES. YEAH, THEY I THINK THEIR DESIGN GUIDELINES REQUIRE A MINIMUM 15 FOOT CLEARANCE FROM THE CANAL. SO THEY'VE ACTUALLY BEEN CUTTING TREES ENTRIES RECENTLY, SO THEY WON'T PLANT ANYTHING WITHIN AT LEAST 15FT OF OF THE WATER. YEAH. WE MIGHT WANT TO FIND PARALLEL PROJECTS FOR THOSE 6% THAT ARE ALONG CANALS. I KNOW THAT IN THEORY THEY'RE THE BEST RIGHTS OF WAY TO USE, BUT IN PRACTICE, IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND A FRIENDLY FACE THAT THAT AGREES WITH WHAT WE WANT. YEAH. AND I HAVE HEARD, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE IS A SHIFT OCCURRING WITHIN SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT BECAUSE I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OTHER AGENCIES AND CITY STAFF MEMBERS WHO'VE DIRECTLY WORKED WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT ON CERTAIN PROJECTS. WHAT COMES TO MIND IS THE GRIFFIN ROAD ORANGE TRAIL, WHERE THERE ACTUALLY ARE TREES PLANTED ALONG THE CANAL, AND THAT APPARENTLY TOOK A LOT OF COORDINATION AND A LOT OF EFFORT AND A LOT OF TALKS AND COMMUNICATION WITH SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. SO IT'S NOT THAT IT CAN'T HAPPEN. I THINK IT CAN. IT'S JUST IT TAKES A LOT OF WORK. ARDUOUS. YES. THAT'S IT FOR ME. MICHAEL. OH. GOOD EVENING. I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE SEEING WHERE THESE PROJECTS ARE PARALLEL TO. SO THE THE QUESTION I'M ASKING IS, DO ANY OF THESE PATHS THAT YOU'RE ADVOCATING RUN PARALLEL TO EXISTING RAILROAD TRACKS? [01:40:01] AND THE REASON I ASK IS FEC HAS ONE CARGO TRAIN THAT IS HOLDS A LIMESTONE ROCKS AND IN OPEN OPEN CONTAINERS IN OTHER AREAS OF THE WORLD THAT WOULD BE NOT ALLOWED. BUT IN ANY EVENT SINCE THEY HAVE SUCH LOADS. WHAT WHAT'S THE WIDTH OF FROM THE TRACKS TO THE, IF THERE IS ANY PARALLEL PLANNING FOR, FOR YOUR PROJECT. SO WHAT COMES TO MIND IS DIXIE HIGHWAY. WE'VE, WE'VE IDENTIFIED QUITE A FEW AREAS ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY FOR, FOR THE NETWORK. I KNOW, FOR INSTANCE, HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD, I'M SORRY, NOT HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD. HALLANDALE BEACH HAS BEEN WORKING WITH, I BELIEVE, THE MPO AND THE COUNTY ON A SHARED USE PATH ALONG DIXIE HIGHWAY. POMPANO BEACH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. WHAT IS IT? 10TH AVENUE TO COPANS. AND THEY'RE PUTTING IN ESSENTIALLY PROTECTED BIKE LANE, WHICH CLASSIFIES AS A LOW STRESS FACILITY. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SIMILAR TREATMENTS ALONG THE REMAINDER OF DIXIE HIGHWAY SO NORTH OF COPANS ROAD, FOR INSTANCE. AND THEN ASIDE FROM DIXIE HIGHWAY, I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY OTHER RAILROAD AREA THAT WE IDENTIFIED. ALL RIGHT. AS FAR AS DIXIE HIGHWAY, AS I SAID, WITH, I MEANT DISTANCE FROM THE TRACKS TO THE PARALLEL PROJECT. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT DISTANCE MIGHT BE? NO, I'M SORRY, BUT I CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO IT TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY BEST PRACTICE OR RECOMMENDATION. I WILL SAY THAT THE FEC, FOR INSTANCE, TYPICALLY HAS A 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE TRACKS KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE. AND FOR THE POMPANO BEACH PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY IN CONSTRUCTION THAT BIKE THAT PROTECTED BIKE LANE IS WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT ON THE EDGE, OF COURSE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT IS WITHIN THE ARE RIGHT OF WAY. YOUR STATEMENTS BRING TO MIND THE PROPERTY RIGHTS OF THE RAILROAD. DO THEY, DO THEY INCLUDE OR INTRUDE ONTO YOUR PROJECT? SO THE ONLY AREAS REALLY WHERE THEY INTRUDE INTO THE PROJECT IS THOSE CROSSINGS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME AREAS WHERE THE ROADWAY WE IDENTIFIED CROSSES THE RAILROAD. SO THAT'S THOSE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE CHALLENGING. LOCATIONS. THEY'RE ALREADY CHALLENGING LOCATIONS. SO TO INCLUDE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT ARE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CURRENT STANDARDS. AND WORKING WITH THE FCC WILL BE A CHALLENGE AND A HURDLE THAT I ASK BECAUSE IN OAKLAND PARK THE CITY HAS HAD TO LEASE FEC PROPERTY FROM THE EAST SIDE OF THE PAVEMENT OF THE ROADWAY. DIXIE HIGHWAY TO THE TRACKS. YES. RIGHT. WITH. SO ACTUALLY THAT IN IN THE CASE OF OAKLAND PARK, THAT AREA BELONGS TO THE FEC RAILROAD. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING IF THAT APPLIES OR NOT TO YOUR PROJECT. THAT'S GOING TO BE UP TO THE JURISDICTIONAL OWNER OF THE ROADWAY. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WHERE CITIES WILL GO INTO LEASE AGREEMENTS, MAINTENANCE AGREEMENTS WITH THE FEC FOR TEN FEET OR SO, MAYBE MORE, MAYBE LESS TO PUT IN A SIDEWALK OR A BUS FACILITY. BUT WE ALSO WON'T KNOW UNTIL WE GO INTO DESIGN AND THEY START DOING SURVEYING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT WOULD COME LATER ON. CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE? I SAID WE WOULDN'T KNOW. YOU KNOW, IF WE WOULD, IF WE WOULD NEED TO GO INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY UNTIL WE GET TO DESIGN. TYPICALLY, WE WOULD TRY TO USE THE THE ROADWAY RIGHT OF WAY FIRST. BUT THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, MANY DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT DO HAVE LEASES WITH THE FEC. LIKE I BELIEVE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD HAS PARKING IN THEIR DOWNTOWN AREA AS LISTERIA. SO THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT LEASED OPPORTUNITIES THAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE WITH FEC. BUT AS FAR AS OUR PROJECT GOES WE HAVEN'T DONE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR ANY COMPONENT OF THE DIXIE HIGHWAY THAT WOULD REQUIRE GOING INTO FEC RIGHT OF WAY. [01:45:09] SO AS FAR AS YOUR, THE LIMITS OF YOUR PROJECT, YOU, YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP OF ANYTHING YET. RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. OUR THE PROPOSED NETWORK IS FALLS WITHIN RIGHT CITY OR NOT CITY, BUT RIGHT OF WAY WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO STAY WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND WORK WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH UNIQUE DESIGN SOLUTIONS IS KIND OF ONE OF THE OBJECTIVES OF OUR, OUR PLAN. AND WHEN WE FINALIZE THIS, WE'LL HAVE A DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR LOW STRESS FACILITIES. WHAT, WHAT A LOW STRESS FACILITY LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE ON SOME OF THESE MORE CHALLENGING AREAS, LIKE AREAS WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS CONSTRAINED OR WHERE THERE'S A RAILROAD CROSSING OR EVEN AN UNDERPASS. THANK YOU. VINCENT. HI, CHRISTINA. THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLANATIONS. AND I WAS JUST WONDERING LOOK, TAKING IT FOR AN EXAMPLE ON PINES BOULEVARD WHERE YOU HAD THE DARKER AREA THAT WAS THAT WAS ON THERE. I GUESS IT HAD A HIGHER NUMBER THAT WAS ON IT ON HERE, 72 TO 85, WHICH I GUESS THAT GIVES IT MORE PRIORITY IF I'M READING THE CHART CORRECTLY. CORRECT. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT, ACTUALLY, OUT OF CURIOSITY, WHAT KIND OF CONSTRUCTION WOULD THAT BE IN THAT AREA FOR, FOR THAT. SO IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, THE HIGH LEVEL PROJECT DESCRIPTION IS TO WIDEN THE SIDEWALKS TO A SHARED USE PATH. OKAY. BUT THAT'S A HIGH LEVEL DESCRIPTION, RIGHT? WE, WE WOULD, IT WOULD HAVE TO ADVANCE NOW TO CONCEPT DESIGN TO HAVE A FURTHER REVIEW AND ANALYSIS TO SEE IF THAT'S FEASIBLE OR POSSIBLE. JUST GENERALITIES ON IT. THE TRAFFIC CALMING AND LANE NARROWING WOULD BE NICE. WE'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO START DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FINALLY, AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. IT'S TOO BAD THAT WE HAVE TO DO THAT AFTER WIDENING THE STREETS TO GO AHEAD AND ACCOMMODATE MORE TRAFFIC. WE'RE IN F DRIVERS OR GRIDLOCKING EVERYTHING NO MATTER WHAT. BUT NOW IT'S TOO BAD. WE HAVE TO DO THINGS TO MAKE THE HUMAN ELEMENT DO THE RIGHT THING. BUT GETTING BACK INTO. I DON'T WANT TO GET ON THE SOAPBOX, BUT THE THE BIKE LANES, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE THAT A BIKE LANE AND SEPARATE FROM VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, NOT MIXED WITH IT. IT, THERE'S NO PLACE FOR IT AND IT'S NOT SAFE. YOU SEE BIKE RACKS AND BICYCLISTS, IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO AN EDUCATION PROGRAM, I DON'T BELIEVE THEY SEEM TO KNOW MOST OF THEM, THAT THEY HAVE TO UPHOLD THE SAME FLORIDA STATE STATUTES AS VEHICULAR DRIVERS DO. NO LIGHTS. NO THIS, NO THAT. THEY GOT TO WAIT FOR BIKES. YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S LIKE BEATING A DEAD HORSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. WHEN I SAW THAT IT WAS A LOW STRESS, PRESENTATION. I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE JAZZ MUSIC OR SOMETHING, SO I'M A BIT DISAPPOINTED. I COULD PUT SOME BOSSA NOVA ON FOR YOU IF THAT WOULD BE AWESOME. I LOVE THAT. SO ONE JUST MINOR COMMENT. I WAS TRYING TO ASCERTAIN AS TO THE DEFINITION FOR LOW STRESS. AND I SEE A LOT OF QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY QUANTITATIVE ANY INSTRUMENT THAT YOU USE. SO MY FAVORITE THING TO SAY ABOUT LOW STRESS, BECAUSE YOU SAY LOW STRESS AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? REALLY LOW STRESS IS THINK OF PEOPLE ALL AGES AND ABILITIES, RIGHT? IT'S FOR KIDS. IT'S FOR ELDERLY, IT'S FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. IT'S FOR PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING, USING A SCOOTER OR USING A SKATEBOARD. EVERYTHING BUT, BUT, BUT THEIR VEHICLE SO LOW STRESS IS ESSENTIALLY A FACILITY DESIGNED FOR A SEVEN YEAR OLD TO TAKE OR SOMEBODY THAT'S 77 THAT DESCRIBES THE FORT LAUDERDALE AIRPORT FOR ME DURING HOLIDAYS. LOW STRESS FOR ME. I FIBBED, I THINK, CHRISTOPHER, WE HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION BEFORE OR COMMENT BEFORE WE TAKE OUR VOTE. CHRISTOPHER. OH, SORRY. THANK YOU CHAIR. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THIS CHART AND KIND OF GOING OVER SOME OF THESE ROADS, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT I TRAVEL OFTEN, I SEE LIKE JUST BASIC, I LIVE, I LIVE RIGHT OFF NORTHEAST 13TH AVENUE THAT'S THERE, NORTHEAST 15TH AVENUE, NORTHEAST 16TH AVENUE. THEN I LOOK AT SOME OF THESE ONES EAST OF 95 THAT I KNOW VERY WELL. BUT IT'S, THEY ALL RUN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER. [01:50:03] AND SO IN THIS CHART THAT YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT SAYS PRIMARY ALIGNMENT FROM TO AND THEN LENGTH IN MILES AND, AND WHAT I'M HAVING A HARD TIME WRAPPING MY MIND AROUND IS IF THEY'RE ALL RUNNING PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER, IT'S NOT REALLY EXPLAINING VERY WELL TO ME. IF IT'S RUNNING FROM HERE, HOW IS IT GETTING TO THAT SPOT CONSIDERING THEY'RE RUNNING SIDE BY SIDE? CAN YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THAT? AM I JUST READING THIS INCORRECTLY ALTOGETHER? SO ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT, OH, LIKE A LOT OF THESE ROADS RUN PARALLEL TO EACH OTHER? YEAH. SO. SO IT'S NOT FROM IN TWO. SO ONE OF, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIZATION WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THE, THE NETWORK, ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES WAS ACCESS TO SCHOOLS, ACCESS TO TRANSIT, ACCESS TO JOBS, PARKS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES. SO WHEN YOU THINK OF LOW STRESS, YOU THINK OF LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, RIGHT? THERE'S NOT A LOT OF CARS. TRAFFIC SPEEDS ARE LOW. UNFORTUNATELY, MOST OF THESE PRIMARY DESTINATIONS ARE ON THESE HIGH SPEED ARTERIALS, WHICH IS WHY ROADWAYS LIKE PINES BOULEVARD AND DIXIE HIGHWAY HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, BECAUSE THESE ROADS CONNECT YOU TO THE PLACES THAT YOU NEED TO GO TO. UNFORTUNATELY, OUR NETWORK, THE WAY THAT WE'VE BUILT OUT THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU CAN'T TAKE A LOCAL STREET FOR THE MOST PART TO GO TO A DOCTOR'S OFFICE OR TO THE GROCERY STORE. IN SOME CASES YOU CAN, BUT FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ON SOME TYPE OF ARTERIAL. I LIVE IN LIGHTHOUSE POINT AND THERE IS NO GETTING AROUND WITHOUT HITTING US. ONE, YOU KNOW, TO GO TO PUBLIX, I HAVE TO TAKE US ONE TO GO TO THE THE PARK THAT I ENJOY. I HAVE TO TAKE US ONE. SO, YOU KNOW, TO GET TO THESE DESTINATIONS THAT WE ALL WANT TO GO TO AND THAT WE'RE PRIORITIZING FOR ECONOMIC PURPOSES, FOR SOCIAL PURPOSES, FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL ON ARTERIAL, UNFORTUNATELY. SO THAT KIND OF TAKES AWAY FROM THE LOW STRESS BECAUSE THEY ARE HIGH SPEED, HIGH VOLUME ROADWAYS. BUT IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT LOW STRESS ELEMENT, OUR GUIDELINES, FOR INSTANCE, ARE CALLING FOR SOME TYPE OF BUFFER BETWEEN A SIDEWALK OR A SHARED USE PATH AND THAT VEHICLE TRAVEL LANE, AND TO TAKE THOSE ON STREET BIKE LANES AND MAYBE MOVE THE CURB AND CREATE A LARGER SHARED USE PATH SO THAT WE'RE GETTING BICYCLISTS OFF THE ROAD, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. DID I ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? I'D ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CITIES HAVE THEIR OWN BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MASTER PLANS OR PLANS. AND SO WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE 13TH STREET, 15TH STREET ARE NOT ON OUR COUNTY WIDE MASTER PLAN. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S NOT ON A MUNICIPAL PLAN. AND SO THE IDEA IS, IS THAT WE WILL ALSO HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO BUILD OUT THIS. WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO CALL IS LIKE MORE LIKE A SPINE NETWORK TO START WITH. AND HAVE, YOU KNOW, MUNICIPALITIES BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THE NETWORK AND REALLY ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE THE LOW STRESS DESIGN MANUAL THAT WE'RE CREATING SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE LIKE A MORE ROBUST LOW STRESS SYSTEM WITHIN THEIR MUNICIPALITIES. NOW, I CAN APPRECIATE THE SENTIMENT AND WHAT YOU ALL ARE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH. I'M JUST TRYING TO DELINEATE HERE FROM AND TO LIKE WHERE THE END CAP IS. I MISUNDERSTOOD. WHY ARE THEY RUNNING ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER? SO THE THE FIRST TWO, FOR INSTANCE, ARE ONE WAY PAIRS. SO THOSE FIRST TWO PROJECTS OR THAT FIRST PROJECT IS A ONE WAY PAIR. AND THEN HOW THE FROM AND TWO WAS SEPARATED WAS KIND OF BASED ON THE ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS AND JURISDICTIONAL OWNERSHIP WAS ALSO CONSIDERED. OKAY. SO WE TRY, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE DEVELOPING THIS, THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, A TEAM EFFORT HERE. BUT THEY ON A HIGH LEVEL, THEY TRY WE TRY TO KIND OF CHOP UP THE ROADWAY SEGMENTS INTO THINGS THAT MADE SENSE WHERE OKAY, WELL, HERE IT'S KIND OF SHIFTING FROM A MORE FROM AN URBAN TO MORE SUBURBAN TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THE FROM IN TWO COMES COMES INTO PLAY. SO LIKE MCNAB ROAD, FOR INSTANCE, YOU SEE THERE IT'S SIX B, BUT IT'S ALSO 7A7B7C6A. SO AND THAT'S ALL OF MCNAB ROAD REALLY. MCNAB INTO CYPRESS CREEK. SO WE DIVIDED IT BASED ON ESSENTIALLY LIKE CITY JURISDICTIONAL AND AS WELL AS ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS. OKAY, I APPRECIATE THAT. DOES THAT MAKE MORE SENSE? IT HELPS. I JUST THINK I'M OFF ON THIS ONE. SORRY, GUYS. OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. I'M SURE SHE'S GOING TO BE SHE'S GOING TO BE AROUND SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY [01:55:03] FOLLOW UP WITH HER. SO YEAH, MY CONTACT INFORMATION IS AT THE END HERE. IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION OR NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION, I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU OFFLINE. THANK YOU. IT IS FIVE MINUTES TO EIGHT. ALRIGHTY. WITH THAT SAID LET'S HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE MAX AND SECOND. OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OR ALL AGAINST? MR. VIDAL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REGISTER A VOTE? THERE YOU GO. ALRIGHTY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE ONE ACTION ITEM LEFT. [1. Report From Partner Agency - Port Everglades Master/Vision Plan Update] AND NOT TO SAY ANYTHING BAD ABOUT THE OTHER PRESENTERS, BUT I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ONE. SO OUR NON-ACTION ITEM REPORT FROM PARTNER AGENTS AGENCY, THE PORT EVERGLADES MASTER VISION PLAN UPDATE WITH JUSTIN HOLLABAUGH. YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUSTIN HOLLABAUGH. I AM A SENIOR PLANNER WITH BROWARD COUNTY'S PORT EVERGLADES, AND I'M HERE TO I'M HERE TONIGHT TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR MASTER VISION PLAN UPDATE. WE TYPICALLY AND THE MASTER VISION PLAN UPDATE IS, IS A ROADMAP TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN IN THE FIVE 0 TO 5 0 TO 5 YEAR TIMELINE, 5 TO 10 AND 10 TO 20. AND FOR THIS UPDATE. WE ADDED A 20 YEARS AND BEYOND TIMELINE FOR OUR PROJECTS, SO WE TYPICALLY UPDATE OUR MASTER VISION PLAN EVERY FEW YEARS. THIS UPDATE WAS JUST ADOPTED BY THE, THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN NOVEMBER OF THIS PAST PAST YEAR. AND YOU KNOW, AS PART OF THAT PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR MASTER VISION PLAN, WE HAVE DONE QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, WELL OVER 30 MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR SO. AND THAT INCLUDED TENANT STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FOCUS GROUP MEETINGS CHARRETTES. WE HELD A CHARRETTES FOR EACH OF THE BUSINESS LINES HERE AT THE PORT, WHICH I WILL TALK ABOUT AND TWO PUBLIC, TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS AS WELL AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. I'M JOINED HERE TODAY BY MR. PHILIP HATFIELD FROM AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, WHO WE ARE WORKING WITH ON THIS UPDATE. SO FIRST I'LL GET A LITTLE BIT INTO THE PORT. THE PORT 101. WE ARE AN ENTERPRISE FUND OF BROWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT, 100% SUPPORTED BY USER FEES NOT SUPPORTED BY TAXPAYER DOLLARS. WE HAVE OPERATING REVENUE IN FY 25 OF 226 MILLION. AND WE ARE A LANDLORD PORT WITH THE BULK OF THE LAND WITHIN THE JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY IS COUNTY OWNED LAND. AND SO WE DO DEVELOP AND LEASE THE LAND AND FACILITIES. WE DO NOT OPERATE TERMINALS OR HANDLE CARGO. WE HAVE AGREEMENTS IN PLACE WITH OUR TENANTS FOR THE OPERATIONS. HERE YOU CAN SEE WE, WE THE PORT, ABOUT 72% OF THE PORT LIES WITHIN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, ANOTHER 14% WITHIN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND 13% IN DANIA BEACH AND SOME SURROUNDING UNINCORPORATED BROWARD COUNTY LAND SURROUNDING THE AIRPORT. DIRECT, DIRECT ACCESS TO ALL THE MAJOR HIGHWAYS. AND WE LIKE TO SAY WE ARE A ONE STOP LIGHT AWAY FROM LA. THIS, THIS SLIDE SHOWS HIGHLIGHTS WHAT A HUGE ECONOMIC DRIVER TO THE THE REGION AND THE STATE THAT THE PORT IS WITH, WITH $28.1 BILLION IN ANNUAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, WHICH AS A RESULT OF THIS ACTIVITY, GENERATES OVER 204,000 JOBS THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH OVER 12,000 JOBS WITHIN THE THE COUNTY, THE LOCAL JOBS. [02:00:02] AND THAT ALSO GENERATES $1.1 BILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES. AND YOU CAN SEE THE, THE LOCAL PURCHASES THAT ARE MADE AS A RESULT OF OF THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. ALSO, I THE PORT ITSELF PORT EVERGLADES IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING ONE THIRD OF FLORIDA'S FUEL. SO WE 100% OF THE FUEL THAT GOES TO MIAMI-DADE, BROWARD COUNTY, PALM BEACH, AND MARTIN COUNTY ALL COMES FROM THE PORT. AND WE ALSO SUPPLY MIA AIRPORT AND FL THROUGH UNDERLYING UNDERGROUND PIPELINE AS WELL AS NAPLES AND KEY WEST BY BY TRUCK AND ALL THE, THE LOCAL COUNTIES ARE DISTRIBUTED BY TRUCK AS PART OF THE. FIRST PHASE OF OUR MASTER PLAN UPDATE IS OUR MARKET ASSESSMENT SUMMARY WHICH I CAN HIGHLIGHT OUR CONTAINER, OUR CONTAINERIZED CARGO, WHICH IS MEASURED BY 20 FOOT EQUIVALENT UNITS. THAT'S A ONE TEU. WHEN YOU SEE THE CONTAINER TRUCKS ON THE, ON THE ROAD WITH THE LONG THOSE, THOSE ARE MOSTLY 40 FOOT CONTAINERS THAT YOU SEE ON THE, THE 18 WHEELERS. SO THAT'S A TWO UNITS, TWO TEUS PER TRUCK. SO WE'RE CURRENTLY AT ABOUT 1.1 MILLION TEUS THAT COME THROUGH THE PORT EACH EACH YEAR. AND WE'RE PROJECTED OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS TO REACH CLOSE TO 2 MILLION. ALSO, OUR CRUISE PASSENGER PROJECTIONS SHOW THAT WE'VE. FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS, WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OVER 4 MILLION CRUISE PASSENGERS, WHICH IS A HUGE MILESTONE FOR THE FOR THE PORTS. AND WE'RE ON TRACK TO HIT THAT AGAIN THIS YEAR. AND OVER THE NEXT 20 YEARS YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTION WILL, WILL COME CLOSE TO 6.9 MILLION. OTHER CARGO IS NON-CONTAINERIZED CARGO, WHICH THE, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS CEMENT. YOU CAN SEE THE PROJECTIONS THERE MEASURED BY TONS. AND THAT'S LARGELY BASED ON THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, OUR LIQUID BULK, OUR, OUR PETROLEUM DISTRIBUTION THROUGHOUT THE 12 COUNTIES IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGION BY TRUCK, AS WELL AS THE THE FOUR COUNTIES THAT ARE 100% SUPPORTED BY PORT EVERGLADES. THE NEXT. THE NEXT CLOSEST PORT THAT'S. THAT SUPPLIES PETROLEUM TO FLORIDA IS TAMPA. SO WORKING WITH ACOM WE KIND OF DERIVED THIS ASSESSMENT CRITERIA FOR RANKING OUR PROJECTS. WE HAVE 34 TOTAL PROJECTS IN THIS MASTER PLAN UPDATE LARGELY RANKED ON COMPETITIVENESS, ECONOMICS AND SUSTAINABILITY. AND EACH, EACH PROJECT HAS, WAS, WAS SCORED BASED ON THESE CRITERIA. AND AS A RESULT, HERE IS OUR LIST OF 34 PROJECTS. THESE ARE BROKEN DOWN BY BUSINESS LINE AND TIME PERIOD. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THE 0 TO 5, 5 TO 10 AND 10 TO 20, AS WELL AS THE 20 YEAR AND BEYOND PROJECTS. THE PROJECTS IN YELLOW ARE SPANNING TWO OF THOSE TIME PERIODS, AND THE PROJECTS IN ORANGE ARE SPANNING MORE THAN TWO, MORE THAN TWO TIME PERIODS. A VERY LONG LONG CYCLE FOR SOME OF THE, THE BIGGER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. HERE YOU CAN SEE LOCATION OF OF SOME OF THESE PROJECTS. I CAN HIGHLIGHT THE HIGHEST RANKED PROJECT ON OUR LIST WAS THE SOUTHPORT SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD ALONG GRIFFIN ROAD. HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTHERN TIP OF THE PORT AND THAT WILL WE'RE IN THE STUDY PHASES NOW, BUT THAT WILL OPEN UP A SECONDARY ACCESS POINT TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CARGO TRUCK [02:05:01] CONGESTION THAT IS IS ALWAYS A, AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH YOU KNOW, MORE DEMAND AND HIGHER PROJECTIONS. SO THE THAT IS THE CONGESTION THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH AND FIND WAYS TO MITIGATE. WE ALSO HAVE SOME PARKING PROJECTS IN THE, IN THE SHORT TERM TIME FRAME HERE WHICH WILL HELP US ACCOUNT FOR YOU KNOW, THE INCREASING CRUISE PASSENGER PROJECTIONS AS WELL AS AS, AS CARGO. AND WE HAVE SOME PARKING STRUCTURE PROJECTS AS WELL AS THE, THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREA IMPROVEMENTS. ALSO ONE OF WE WILL BE RENOVATING AND MODERNIZING ALL OF OUR CRUISE TERMINALS IN, IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS. SO OUR FIRST PROJECT COMING UP IN THE SHORT TERM IS CRUISE TERMINAL 29. THAT WILL EXPAND THE TERMINAL AS WELL AS THE PARKING AND GROUND GROUND TRANSPORTATION AREA AS, AS CRUISE SHIPS GET BIGGER AND BIGGER ALL THE TIME WITH MORE PASSENGER CAPACITY, WE'RE YOU KNOW, MODERNIZING OUR, OUR TERMINALS AND INFRASTRUCTURE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT. ON THIS TEN YEAR VISION PLAN MAP, WE ARE CONTINUING OUR WORK IN SOUTHPORT WITH REDEVELOPING THE CONTAINER TERMINAL YARDS AND REALLY DENSIFYING AND MAXIMIZING THAT SPACE BRINGING IN, WE HAVE TWO TERMINAL OPERATORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WORKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PORT THAT ARE GOING TO BE RELOCATED DOWN THE SOUTH PORT AND THAT AND THAT BIG AREA THERE. SO WE ARE WORKING TO, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE, THE TENANTS AND THE OPERATORS TO HELP THEM MAXIMIZE THEIR PROCESS AND OPERATIONS AND MAKE BEST USE OF THE LAND DOWN THERE. YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE MORE GROUND TRANSPORTATION FACILITY PROJECTS AND A NEW MID PORT PARKING STRUCTURE AS WELL TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THE INCREASING YOU KNOW, VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING IN WITH THE INCREASE OF CRUISE PASSENGERS. AND 20 YEARS. 20 YEARS FROM NOW, WE WILL BE CONTINUING MODERNIZING AND EXPANDING THE, SOME OF THE OTHER CRUISE TERMINALS UP TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PORT. YOU SEE 26, 21, AND 19. ALSO WE ARE. WIDENING SOME OF THE SLIPS IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PORT TO ALLOW FOR THAT IS THE, THE PETROLEUM SLIP SLIP ONE AND AND SLIP AND SLIP TWO ALSO IS, IS SHARED WITH CRUISE. SO WE WILL BE ALLOWING FOR BIGGER SHIPS AND, AND FOR TWO SHIPS TO BE IN THAT SLIP AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH CURRENTLY CANNOT HAPPEN. SO AND, AND AND YOU CAN SEE THESE, THESE RED THESE RED MARKINGS ON THE MAP ARE THEY'RE GOING TO BE INSTALLATIONS FOR OUR FUTURE SHORE POWER INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH MOST MODERN SHIPS NOW ARE CAPABLE OF BEING ABLE TO TURN OFF THEIR ENGINES WHILE THEY'RE IN THE PORT AND PHYSICALLY PLUG INTO THE ELECTRICAL GRID, WHICH RESULTS IN REDUCED EMISSIONS CARBON DIOXIDE AND NITROUS EMISSION EMISSIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL REALLY HAVE A POSITIVE EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES THERE AS VESSELS TYPICALLY HAVE PRETTY HIGH EMISSIONS. SO SHORE POWER IS ON THE HORIZON. A LOT OF PORTS ARE WORKING ON THIS TECHNOLOGY TO INCORPORATING IT INTO THEIR INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN FOR ALL OF OUR CRUISE TERMINALS AS WELL. SO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF OUR PROJECTS AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS NOW IF YOU HAVE. OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION THESE 20 YEAR AND BEYOND PROJECTS TOO. SO SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WILL EXTEND BEYOND THE 20 YEARS. [02:10:01] WE DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND I JUST WANT TO REMIND THE MEMBERS IT IS 810 AND I'M ON MY WAY TO BREAKING MY RECORD. SO, MICHAEL. JUST ONE QUICK ONE. I'M TOLD THAT THE AIRPORT TO CONVENTION CENTER PEOPLE MOVER IS IS PLANNED. DO YOU PLAN TO ADD THAT PROJECT ON YOUR 20 YEAR VISION PLAN? WELL, THAT PROJECT IS IN THE, THE BEGINNING STAGES, BUT IT IS ACTUALLY NOT A PORT PROJECT. IT'S A IT'S A COUNTY PROJECT, SO IT DOESN'T GO DIRECTLY INTO OUR PLAN. BUT WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH THOSE PROJECT TEAMS AND, AND, YOU KNOW, PLANNING OUR PROJECTS FOR THE, THAT AIRPORT AND SEAPORT CONNECTOR GOING IN THERE. SO IT'S NOT ON OUR PLAN, BUT YEAH. MICHAEL. OKAY. MAX. THANK YOU. SO MY FIRST QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY MICHAEL'S QUESTION. SO THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT, FOR ANSWERING THAT ONE. THE SECOND ONE IS, IS A FOLLOW UP, WHICH IS AS THAT LRT GETS PLANNED AND AS IT GETS BUILT, IT DOES OVERLAP SOMEWHAT WITH SOME OF YOUR PROJECTS. FOR EXAMPLE, THE ELLER DRIVE RECONFIGURATION IS ACTUALLY PLANNED TO BE IN ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME FRAME AS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LRT. IS THE PORT GOING TO LOOK TO DOUBLE UP ON THAT WORK, TO DO IT TOGETHER? BECAUSE THAT WAY YOU CAN SAVE EITHER YOU OR THE COUNTY. I WOULD. I WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEONE TO SAVE SOME MONEY. SO WE'RE NOT DOING THE PROJECT TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE. BASICALLY THAT WELL, I, I, I KNOW THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF COORDINATION WITH WITH THE AGENCIES AS A, AS ARE BUILDING IT. I KNOW I KNOW WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL ALIGNMENT YET, BUT IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY YOU KNOW, IN THEIR PLAN. AND I, I THINK THAT THAT PORTION THAT GOES ALONG THE ELDER DRIVE WILL BE ELEVATED. I'M NOT 100% SURE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE TO DEFINITELY COORDINATE OUR PROJECTS TOGETHER. GONNA NEED SPACE TO PUT THE COLUMNS TO PUT IT ELEVATED. YEAH. SO. RIGHT. THANK YOU. WALLACE. THANK YOU. I THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. I KNOW ONE OF THE PROJECTS I THINK I SAW LISTED THERE WAS THE CHANNEL DEEPENING AND WIDENING. AND IN THE NEWS A LOT, QUITE, QUITE RECENTLY HAS BEEN THE DREDGING TO MAKE WAY FOR BIGGER SHIPS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CORAL REEFS. IS THAT WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO THERE? IS THAT THAT THAT DEEPENING AND WIDENING AND IF SO, I KNOW THAT'S THAT'S HOW THOSE REEFS ARE HOME TO ONE OF THE LAST STRAND STANDS OF, OF STAGHORN CORALS. WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO TO AVOID KIND OF THE DISASTER THAT HAPPENED IN MIAMI WHEN THEY WIDENED AND DREDGED THE PORT AND, AND WIPED OUT THE REEFS THERE. WELL, THE MITIGATION PHASE OF THE DEEPENING AND WIDENING PROJECT HAS ALREADY BEGUN. AND IT IS ONGOING AND IT WILL BE ONGOING. WE STARTED WITH THE WEST WEST LAKE PARK MITIGATION PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS SOUTH OF THE PORT IN THAT, IN THAT AREA SOUTH OF THE DANIA CUTOFF CANAL. THAT IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE DEEPENING AND WIDENING PROJECT. SO THAT, AND THAT PORTION IS IS NEARLY COMPLETE. AND THAT IS A HUGE PART OF THAT MITIGATION. BUT IT WILL CONTINUE WITH THE CORAL RELOCATION. AND THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEEN ONGOING YOU KNOW, INTERAGENCY COORDINATION WITH YOU KNOW, NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES ARMY CORPS, ARMY CORPS IS LEADING THE PROJECT. SO THEY ARE DEFINITELY MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE THAT PART. RIGHT. DEFINITELY. AND I KNOW THEY'RE RELOCATING WHAT IS SOMETHING LIKE 100,000 CORALS OVER AN AREA OF 79 ACRES A COUPLE MILES OFFSHORE? AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE, THE FIRST PHASE BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY MITIGATION IS THE ATTEMPT TO RELOCATE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT HAD REALLY MIXED RESULTS IN DADE WHEN THEY TRIED TO DO THAT. AND A LOT OF A LOT OF THE IT WAS LIKE 70% REDUCTION IN CORALS DOWN THERE. SO YES, I HOPE THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND TRYING TO FIND BETTER WAYS TO, TO SAVE SOME OF THESE ENDANGERED CORALS IN THAT AREA. ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S PART OF OUR THAT'S PART OF OUR, OUR TOURIST ATTRACTION TOO IS OUR, OUR, OUR HEALTHY REEFS. AND WE SO, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO RUIN ONE THING TO, TO BUILD ANOTHER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S THE MAIN REASON WHY THE, THE TIMELINE FOR THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN [02:15:02] STRETCHED OUT AS, AS LONG AS IT HAS BEEN. SO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE CORALS ARE TAKEN CARE OF. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE RELOCATED UP TO, YOU KNOW, TO A SAFE LOCATION OFFSHORE WHERE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT WE HAD THE FORTUNATE PLEASURE OF GETTING A TOUR OF YOUR FACILITY, AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER WHEN AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE NOT BEEN THERE THE SCALE IS HUMONGOUS. BESIDE ONE OF THOSE SHIPS REALLY MAKES YOU FEEL INSIGNIFICANT. IT IS HUGE. AND JUST THE OPERATION REALLY YOUR ENTITY REALLY PROVIDES THE STANDARD OF LIVING WE HAVE IN BROWARD. I IS THERE ANY ENTITY IN BROWARD THAT HAS AN ECONOMIC IMPACT OF $28 BILLION? I CAN'T THINK OF ANY. I MEAN, IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU OR YOUR ENTITY THE STANDARD OF LIVING WE HAVE WOULD NOT BE HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO COMMEND YOU ON THAT ONE. ONE QUESTION I DO HAVE THOUGH, BECAUSE SO MUCH OF OUR FUEL COMES FROM PORT EVERGLADES, AND THE ISSUE WE HAD WITH WILMA IS THAT YOU GUYS HAD FUEL, BUT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ELECTRICITY. TELL ME WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW. WERE WE TO BE HIT BY A STORM? DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRODUCE ENERGY? DO YOU HAVE ELECTRICITY? WELL, NOT ONLY IT'S IN THE GROUND. YOU GOT TO GET IT ONTO THE TANKERS AND THEN THE TANKERS BEING ABLE TO GO TO WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO. SO TELL ME WHAT THE CASE WOULD BE IF WE WERE TO BE HIT BY A HURRICANE. WELL, I BELIEVE THAT IN PHILIP MAY HAVE A BETTER ANSWER, BUT I THINK IT, IT WAS AS A RESULT OF THE FLOODING DURING, DURING WILMA TOO. SO THAT THERE'S PLANS IN PLACE TO YOU KNOW, MITIGATE THE FLOODING. GOOD EVENING. PHILIP HATFIELD. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR AECOM WORKING WITH THE PORT. SO NOT JUST THE HURRICANE, BUT CERTAINLY OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO PRETTY EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS THAT CAUSED THE PORT TO SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL DAYS AND NO FUEL TO COME OUT. SO A NUMBER OF MEASURES, SOME SOME ARE ON THE FUEL FACILITIES THEMSELVES. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE FUEL FACILITIES, NOT BY THE COUNTY. SO THEY ARE IMPLEMENTING CHANGES TO THEIR FLOOD PROTECTION, DEALING WITH EXCESS WATER, THEIR PUMPING SYSTEMS. THE, THE PORT IS LOOKING AT AND THEY'RE PLANNING ALREADY TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE MEASURES OUTSIDE OF THOSE TERMINALS TO BASICALLY TAKE THE WATER AND MOVE THE WATER AWAY SO IT DOESN'T STAND THERE AND FLOOD THE PORT IS IS IN THE MIDST AND WILL BE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, A RESILIENCE PROGRAM TO IMPROVE THE BULKHEADS TO RAISE THE BULKHEADS SO THAT YOU'VE GOT AT LEAST FRONT FACING RESILIENCY MEASURES. AND THEN THEY'LL CONTINUE TO LOOK IN THE BACK LAND WITH DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND THEN AS THEY IMPLEMENT THE VARIOUS PROJECTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN SOUTHPORT, AS THEY LOOK TO OPTIMIZE AND DENSIFY, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF ELECTRIFICATION. THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK TO PROTECT CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES LIKE SUBSTATIONS AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS FROM FROM FLOODING AND STORM EVENTS. SO THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF MEASURES THAT GET IMPLEMENTED AS, AS THERE'S DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PORT TO, TO ADDRESS PROVIDE RESILIENCY. SIR. SO IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST THING. SO IF WILMA HIT TODAY, RIGHT. AND WE ALSO HAD THE THOUSAND YEAR STORM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, DO WE HAVE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO KEEP FUEL MOVING? NOT COMPLETELY BUT BUT IT'S BETTER. YEAH. AND IT'S AND THEY'RE WORKING ON IT. I MEAN THESE THINGS TAKE TIME, RIGHT? YOU'VE GOT TO YOU'VE GOT A PLAN PERMIT DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCT AND, AND A LOT OF THAT IT NEEDS GRANT FUNDING. SO THERE IS GRANT FUNDING THAT THE PORT GETS TO HELP WITH THOSE. SO IF, IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT TODAY, IT WOULD BE AN IMPROVEMENT OVER WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS WITH THE 1000 YEAR STORM, BUT IT STILL NEEDS A WAY TO GO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS. SO THAT WAS OUR FINAL PRESENTATION. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I AM ON THE AGENDA. MEMBER COMMENTS. [1. Member Comments] ARE THERE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS OUT THERE? I WAS TOLD IT'S SNOWING. MICHAEL MICHAEL SMITH VERY FAST. IN A PERSONAL NOTE THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 8TH EMERGENCY SERVICES THE POLICE AND SO FORTH BLOCKED. 95 WERE 84 INTERSECTS AND ALL TRAFFIC WAS MOVED OFF TO THE SIDE [02:20:08] ROAD. I TRIED A A SIDE STREET SOUTHWEST. 22ND TERRACE. IT DIDN'T GO THROUGH. EVEN I SAW BROWARD BUS TRY IT TO HE DIDN'T MAKE IT, BUT HE GOT TO TURN AROUND, AND I HAD CAR TROUBLE. THE POINT IS WE REALLY NEED TO STUDY ABOUT NO OUTLET SIGNS LIKE WE HAVE ON OAKLAND PARK AND COMMERCIAL BOULEVARD FOR STREETS THAT DON'T RUN THROUGH TO THE NEXT STREET. SO EMERGENCY SERVICES AND, AND FOLKS LIKE ME THAT DON'T KNOW ALL THE STREETS ARE ABLE TO TELL WHETHER IT'S THROUGH STREET OR JUST A DEAD END. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. MICHAEL. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE ON MARCH THE 4TH. [ NEXT MEETING: MARCH 4, 2026 *MOTION TO ADJOURN ___________________ * Motion Requested] SO WITH THAT SAID, THANK YOU, EVERYONE. HAVE A GOOD EVENING. YES. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.