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GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. WE HAVE A QUORUM NOW.
[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
SO IF YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SEATS, WE'LL BEGIN THE MEETING BEFORE THE MEETING STARTS I JUST WANT YOU TO REALIZE THAT WE HAVE EMERGENCY EXITS IN THE REAR ON EACH SIDE.AND FOR COMMISSIONER JAFFE, THAT WAY, WE GOT OUR SAFETY REGULATIONS OUT OF THE WAY.
NO, NO, THEY JUST ASKED ME TO TAKE CARE OF IT.
SO I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER ITS 9:41.
WE NEED TO DO AN ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL.
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
AND YOU DO SO BY PUSHING THE YES BUTTON.SO IF YOU PUSH THE YES BUTTON, IT SHOULD PUT YOUR NAME UP ON THE BOARD.
YES. REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO.
APPARENTLY THERE IS A SLIGHT GLITCH, BUT YOU ARE.
PLEASE DO CLICK YES, IT IS SHOWING UP THAT YOU ARE LOGGING IN ON THE SYSTEM.
IT'S JUST NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN FOR SOME REASON.
SO, YES, PLEASE CLICK YES, PLEASE CHECK IN.
ALL RIGHT. THE SERVERS IN ARIZONA ARE WET.
SO WE'LL SAY THAT EVERYBODY HAS BEEN REGISTERED AS HERE AND WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO THE NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 14 MINUTES, IF YOU WANT TO MAKE
[3. Approval of Minutes - November 14, 2019]
A MOTION THAT'S BEEN MADE BY BOARD MEMBER CARN AND SECONDED BY SIMONE, WE CAN NOW VOTE ON THE MINUTES. YOU'RE RIGHT.LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A GLITCH, BUT IS IT STILL RECORDING IN THE BACKGROUND? IT IS. OK, IT'S A VOTE.
CAN SOMEBODY ELSE SEE [INAUDIBLE] ON [INAUDIBLE].
I'M JUST WAITING ON MICKEY BELVEDERE RIGHT NOW TO TALLY IN.
UNFORTUNATELY, THIS SYSTEM DECIDED IT DOESN'T WANT TO WORK.
BELVEDERE, YOU VOTED? YES, SHE DID. YES, SIR.
EVERYONE IS CHECKED IN. EVERYONE HAS VOTED.
THEY HAVE NOT I'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CHECK THEM IN YET.
OK. LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE DEPUTY CHAIR IS HERE AND VOTED IN THE AFFIRMATIVE FOR THE MEETINGS. THIS IS MY REMISS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR TWO THINGS.
FIRST THING IS, IS THAT WE HAVE A FORMER SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION HERE, MIKE [INAUDIBLE] RAISING HIS HAND BACK THERE, VISITING US.
SO WELCOME. WE'RE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE.
[APPLAUSE] AND SECOND, WE NEED TO RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
ALLEGIANCE] THANK YOU FOR THAT. NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS IS THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
[4. Approval of Agenda]
IF I CAN GET A MOTION FOR THAT AND A SECOND.GOTCHA. YOU'RE RECOGNIZED SIR.
SO AT THE LAST EXECUTIVE MEETING, WE VOTED TO MOVED MEMBER COMMENTS ITEM THAT IS NOW IN ADMINISTRATIVE ITEM, NUMBER ONE, TWO DIRECTLY BELOW THE COMMENT FROM THE CHAIR.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT REFLECTED ON THIS AGENDA.
THAT'S MAINLY BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY APPROVED THE AGENDA BEFORE I LEFT TOWN AT THAT TIME.
AND THEY DID CALL AND ADVISE ME OF IT, BUT I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING IN FRONT OF ME.
I WILL SAY JUST BRIEFLY, WE HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE AND IT HAS NOT WORKED OUT TO OUR BENEFIT IN THE PAST WHEN MR. BLATTNER WAS CHAIR, IT TENDED TO DELAY ACTION ITEMS. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S BEEN A TREND TO MOVE THE ACTION ITEMS BEFORE ALL OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS AND HAS WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR US.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN LOSING QUORUMS ON VOTES.
AND SO UNLESS THERE'S A VERY COMPELLING REASON WHY TO DO IT, I WOULD PREFER JUST TO KEEP IT THE WAY IT IS. WE DID MOVE AGENDA ITEMS, ACTION ITEMS UP BEFORE IT BECOMES THE NEW CHAIR. SO THOSE ACTION ITEMS WILL BE DONE BEFORE COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR AND COMMENTS
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FROM THE MEMBERS IF WE WERE TO MOVE THE MEMBER COMMENTS UP SO THAT WOULDN'T HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE ACTION ITEMS. I CAN SEE THAT IT WAS VOTED IN FULL SUPPORT BODY OF MEMBERS THAT WERE PRESENT AT THE LAST MEETING. SO I WOULD ASSUME THAT IT WAS A HIGH ITEM OF OF A PRIORITY FOR THEM.I MEAN, SETTING UP THE AGENDA IS THE PRIVILEGE OF THE CHAIR.
AND I CHOSE NOT TO DO IT AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OBJECT TO THE DECISION OF THE CHAIR, WE CAN TAKE UP THAT MOTION.
BUT AT THIS TIME FOR THIS MEETING, I WANT TO LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS UNLESS YOU OBJECT.
I WON'T OBJECT THIS TIME, BUT I WANT IT.
WE'D LIKE IT TO BE ADDRESSED AT THE NEXT EXECUTIVE MEETING.
SO UNDERSTOOD. PLEASE, MR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLEASE PUT THAT ON THE AGENDA FOR US TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA FOR TODAY.
WE CAN NOW VOTE. ALL VOTES ARE IN.
OK. WE HAVE NOW PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[5. Public Comments]
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC, YOU CAN SEE MISS THOMAS IN THE BACK RIGHT THERE. I DO HAVE ONE REQUEST THAT HAS ALREADY COME UP.MR CORBIN, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.
THE FLORIDA ENGINEERS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION FINALLY FINISHED THEIR INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPLAINT FILED AGAINST CHRISTINE [INAUDIBLE], THE ENGINEER ON RECORD FOR THE COMPLETE STREETS LANE ELIMINATION PROJECT ON WILTON DRIVE IN WILTON MANORS AND NORTHEAST FOURTH AVENUE IN FORT LAUDERDALE.
THE PROBABLE CAUSE PANEL OF THE FLORIDA BOARD OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS DISMISSED THE CHARGES AGAINST MS. [INAUDIBLE], EVEN THOUGH SHE MADE SOME SERIOUS MISTAKES LEADING TO THE FAILURE OF AN INTERSECTION.
HER REPORT WAS SEALED, BUT SHE DIDN'T SIGN AND DATE IT WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF FLORIDA STATUTE 471.025.
BUT THE BIG PROBLEM WITH THE REPORT IS THE ASSUMPTION OF 2.2 PERCENT, 20 YEAR POPULATION GROWTH RATE INSTEAD OF THE TRUE TEN POINT FIVE PERCENT FIGURE. THIS PROJECT WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN APPROVED IF THE CORRECT TRAFFIC DATA HAD BEEN USED. QUOTE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO SUGGEST THAT THIS ERROR WAS INTENTIONAL, BUT RATHER AN OVERSIGHT THROUGH INADEQUATE QUALITY CONTROL UNQUOTE.
THE INTERSECTION AT NE FOURTH AVENUE AND NORTHEAST 13TH STREET IS NOW A FAILED INTERSECTION, BUT IT'S MUCH WORSE THAN THAT.
THE TWENTY YEAR DATA INCORRECTLY SHOWS THE INTERSECTION WITH A THROUGH LANE AND A TURNING LANE, THERE IS ONLY A THREE LANE ON NE FOURTH AVENUE GOING SOUTH.
SO RIGHT NOW CARS CONSISTENTLY USE THE BIKE LANE AS A TURNING LANE AND THEY ALSO CUT THROUGH THE SUNOCO STATION ALL THE TIME.
ALEX, THE OWNER OF THE SUNOCO STATION, SAID HE WAS ALMOST RUN OVER BY A CAR CUTTING THROUGH. THE FEMC REPORT STATES, QUOTE, THE INTERSECTION WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE EXCESSIVE DELAY AND THIS COULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT SAFETY BOTH AT THE INTERSECTION AND THROUGH INCREASED NEIGHBORHOOD INTRUSION.
THIS INTERSECTION SHOULD BE RE-EVALUATED AND CORRECTIVE MEASURES TAKEN, UNQUOTE.
NO BETTER TIME THAN THE PRESENT.
THE SAME INTERSECTION SCREW UP IS HAPPENING AGAIN ON A BIGGER SCALE.
SUNRISE BOULEVARD NE 4TH AVENUE ALSO SHOWS NOT LOSING ANY DRIVING LANES.
YET AN APPENDIX ON THE REPORT SHOWS LANE ELIMINATION.
JUST LAST WEEK, FORT LAUDERDALE VOTED TO HAVE THIS GO THROUGH.
YOU NEED TO FIX THE FAILED INTERSECTION CREATED BY COMPLETE STREETS AND STOP THIS FROM HAPPENING AGAIN AT SUNRISE BOULEVARD.
IS THERE ANYONE I CAN TALK TO AND GO OVER THIS REPORT WITH ITS A 40 PAGE REPORT.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE ABOUT THIS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT I SHOULD SEE.
SIR? THAT WAS A CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE EMPLOYEE.
I RECOMMEND GOING TO THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE.
AND IN FACT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT SHE'S NO LONGER AN EMPLOYEE.
SHE'S BEEN TRANSFERRED. DIANE ALARCON, IS THAT.
OR WHO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT? WHO IS SHE? [INAUDIBLE].
BUT THAT'S JUST ONE ENGINEER THAT MESSED UP.
I'M TRYING TO STOP THIS SAME EXACT THING FROM HAPPENING AT A MAJOR INTERSECTION ON SUNRISE BOULEVARD.
THERE'S MISTAKES THROUGH FDOT.
THERE'S MISTAKES THROUGH YOU GUYS.
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I MEAN, ALL ALONG THE WAY.WHO CAN I BRING THIS UP WITH HERE? EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WHO WOULD YOU RECOMMEND? I'D BE HAPPY TO SIT WITH MR. CORBIN AGAIN AND GO OVER THESE ISSUES.
I'M KIND OF BEFUDDLED BY WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT AT SUNRISE AND FORTH BECAUSE OF THAT ONE WAY PAIR WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY ON.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THAT AREA THAT MR. CORBIN IS PROBABLY UNAWARE OF.
I'M JUST READING FROM THE REPORT THAT I GOT, BUT I WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU.
THANK YOU. PERFECT. THANK YOU, SIR.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE BOARD AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, PUBLIC COMMENTS IS CLOSED.
WE HAVE APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCES.
[6. Approval of Excused Absences]
I HAVE HUNSCHOFSKY, KIRDAHY, MCKINZIE, SHARIEF, ZIADE, GANZ, AND COMMISSIONER HARRIS SAYS HE'S LATE IN TRAFFIC.OH, HE'S HERE. SO JUST THOSE FIVE IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO EXCUSE.
AND THEN THERE THE SECOND IT, SO WE CAN NOW VOTE ON THAT.
OK, GREAT. IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment)]
ITEM NUMBER TWO HAS BEEN PULLED BY MORE THAN ONE INDIVIDUAL FOR THE CONSENT.IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD THAT WISHES TO PULL ANY OTHER ITEM? I SEE THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THERE ARE REQUESTING I'M RECOGNIZING CHAIR BLATTNER.
NO. OK. VICE CHAIR ORTIS? NO. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR.
THANK YOU. YES, I WOULD ACTUALLY MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS.
YES. OK. WELL, THIS IS JUST FOR IF YOU WANT TO PULL ANY OTHER AGENDA ITEM FROM CONSENT.
I'M SORRY, I WAS ON ONE ITEM TWO.
SORRY. OK. SO IF I CAN GET A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT ITEMS 1 AND 3.
IT HAS BEEN MOTIONED BY UDINE OR UDINE, I APOLOGIZE.
AND SECONDED BY CARN. OKAY, PERFECT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE A CONSENT ITEMS 1 AND 3.
YOU CAN NOW VOTE. I AM WAITING ON HARRIS. HE'S IN TRAFFIC.
OK. PASSES IN THE AFFIRMATIVE 23-0.
NOW ADDRESSING CONSENT ITEM TWO, IF YOU WANT TO REQUEST TO SPEAK.
[2. MOTION TO ADOPT a Resolution of the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization (BMPO) Supporting a Single Modern Transit Technology Designed for Urban/Suburban Environments Running Continuously Through Northwest 27th Avenue/University Drive Corridor Such as Monorail, Mag Lev Train, or Another Modern Technology Determined by the Project Development and Environment Study]
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S A LITTLE PREMATURE. BROWARD COUNTY HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS AS MUCH AS I THINK IT NEEDS TO DETERMINING, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN LOOKING MORE AT THE EAST WEST PART ON THE FOR THE MASS TRANSIT AND THIS HASN'T BEEN HAD THE FULL DISCUSSION OF THE COUNTY COMMISSION AT ALL. SO BEFORE WE START BLESSING THIS PROJECT AND BLESSING, YOU KNOW, THE CONNECTION HERE AND WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY, ETC., I WOULD SAY, WAIT.
LET BROWARD COUNTY CAN'T GET ITS ACT TOGETHER ON THIS.
HAVE A CHANCE FOR FULL DISCUSSION AND I MAY ASK IF CHRIS WALTON MIGHT WANT TO IF THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF HE IF HE COULD SPEAK TO THIS.
I KNOW YOU'VE PUT ME ON [INAUDIBLE] AND I'VE MET I'VE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM MIAMI DADE AND HAVE ASKED THAT WE MEET TOGETHER AND TALK ABOUT COORDINATION OF THIS.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE NEXT [INAUDIBLE] MEETING WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY DISCUSS THIS AND AND TALK ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, HOW WE COORDINATE TECHNOLOGIES, HOW WE CAN COORDINATE ROUTES. BUT RIGHT NOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE THERE YET.
OKAY. BEFORE THE MOTION, IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT, WE CAN HOLD OFF ON A MOTION BECAUSE THERE'S A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS THAT WANT TO SPEAK.
I'M FINE WITH THAT. I'M INTERESTED IN HEARING WHAT THEY.
YES, I'M FINE WITH THAT. OKAY.
I WILL THEN AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER FURR THAT IT BE DEFERRED BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK WE HAD ENOUGH PUBLIC DISCOURSE ON THIS ITEM WHICH IS WHY I WANTED TO PULL IT.
DEPUTY VICE CHAIR GOOD. THANK YOU, MR.
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CHAIR. AS SOMEWHAT OF A DITTO ON BOTH POINTS.I THINK THAT MORE INFORMATION NEEDS TO BE SHARED, ESPECIALLY ON THE MUNICIPALITIES THAT ARE GOING TO BE IMPACTED.
I JUST WANTED TO ALSO HEAR FROM THEM BEFORE I SUPPORT A RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
THANK YOU. THAT SOUNDS PERFECTLY REASONABLE TO ME.
AS PROMISED, I WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. WALTON. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. REALLY JUST TO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE HERE FROM BROWARD REALLY HASN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS.
WE HAD NOT DONE ANY STUDY AT ALL IN THAT AREA.
OUR FOCUS ON OUR RAIL PROJECT, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WILL PROBABLY BE EAST WEST FIRST, WE'RE IN FURTHER DISCUSSIONS WITH BRIGHT LINE AND SFR TRA ABOUT THE COASTAL LINK BUT I WOULD ASK THAT WE WOULD SLOW THIS DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT WE HAVE MORE OF AN OPPORTUNITY NOT TO SAY THAT SOME POINT TO FUTURE WE WOULDN'T GET THERE BECAUSE WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT THAT POTENTIAL LINK IS A VALUABLE ONE.
BUT AT THIS POINT IN THE PROCESS, WE'RE NOT READY TO MAKE ANY SORT OF COMMITMENTS ON ANY SORT OF TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN NO STUDY FROM US.
THANK YOU, SIR. SOUNDS LIKE THE CONDUCTOR IS SAYING, LET'S PUMP THE BRAKES.
SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT REQUESTS TO SPEAK, YOU CAN DO A MOTION TO TABLE INDEFINITELY.
THERE'S A MOTION THERE WAS A QUESTION FOR MOTIONS TO DEFER IT WAS NEVER SECONDED.
SO YOU NEED TO BRING IT. RIGHT. NO.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW.
AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THERE IS DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION.
BOARD MEMBER SOFIELD. MR. SOFIELD'S RECOGNIZED.
AND THEN YOUR POINT OF ORDER WILL BE RECOGNIZED.
POINT OF ORDER TAKES PRECEDENCE.
OKAY. PLEASE PUT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK BUTTON SO I CAN TURN ON YOUR MICROPHONE.
YES. MY POINT IS THERE WAS A MOTION DEFER, NOT A MOTION TO THE FORE FOR A TIME CERTAIN WHICH REQUIRES DISCUSSION.
MOTION TO DEFER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED BY ROBERT'S RULES DISCUSS.
SO IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER AT A TIME CERTAIN, I WOULD THINK WE'D WANT TO DO THAT JUST TO GO BY THE RULES.
OK. SO THERE SHOULD BE A CLARIFICATION AS TO WHAT THE ORIGINAL MOTION WAS.
IT WAS IN A GENERAL CONTEXT, BUT NOW WITH THE COMMENT, MAYBE THERE A DESIRE TO MODIFY THAT TO A TIME CERTAIN. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. CAN I NOT MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER INDEFINITELY? DO I HAVE TO DO IT IN TIME CERTAIN.
I'D RATHER DO INDEFINITELY BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW.
I DO NOT KNOW HOW LONG THIS IS GOING TO TAKE.
THAT'S THE MOTION. AND IT WAS SECONDED.
OK. IF YOU PUT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK.
[INAUDIBLE] I'M KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE INDEFINITELY PART.
I KNOW THAT DADE COUNTY IS MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS THING PRETTY PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND WE'VE INVESTED TWENTY SOJME THOUSAND DOLLARS ALREADY AS AN MPO TO SEND A DELEGATION TO GO LOOK AT THESE ITEMS. AND WHEN I HEAR THE WORDS AND DEFINITELY I'M THINKING 5, 10, 20 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
IS THERE A WAY OF SAYING CAN WE COME BACK IN SIX MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, A YEAR, SOMETHING? YOU KNOW, SOMETHING. WELL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE RECONSIDERING THEIR VOTE IN THE PROCESS OF IT RIGHT NOW.
SO THEY MAY BE MOVING IN THIS DIRECTION REGARDLESS OF OUR INPUT.
IT WAS ALWAYS MY VISION AND I BELIEVED THE VISION OF BROWARD COUNTY THAT WE WERE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE OBSERVED ANY WAYS WE WOULD LIKE MIAMI DADE TO BE ON BOARD.
IT IS A REQUEST. IF THEY DID COME ON BOARD WITH THE SAME TECHNOLOGY, WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR CIS FUNDS FROM THE STATE, WHICH IS WHY WE WANTED THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY SAY THERE'S TWO THINGS I THINK WAS MENTIONED THAT YOU CAN SEE FROM OUTER SPACE THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA AND THE BORDER OF DADE COUNTY AND BROWARD COUNTY.
SO WE HAVE TO LET THEM DO THEIR DUE PROCESS FIRST.
AND IF THEY CHOOSE WRONGLY AGAIN, WE WILL THEN SURFACE THIS ITEM AGAIN AS AN OBJECTION.
CAN WE AT LEAST BRING IT BACK IN SIX MONTHS OR A YEAR, AT LEAST WITH A REPORT OR SOMETHING, JUST SOME DAY? WELL, THE ONLY REASON I WOULD SAY LET'S DO IT INDEFINITELY IS JUST BECAUSE THEY MAY CHOOSE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE WANT ANYWAYS.
AND THEN IT WOULD MAKE IT MOOT.
WELL, WE'RE DEFERRING THE EMOTIONS TO DEFER INDEFINITELY AND IT'S BEEN SECONDED.
CHAIR BLATTNER, I'M OPPOSING THE MOTION TO DEFER INDEFINITELY BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THINGS GO TO DIE. AND I THINK IT SHOULD IT SHOULD BE SPECIFIC.
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A SIX MONTHS THAT SERVES AS A REMINDER TO US THAT WE NEED TO PERHAPS TAKE SOME ACTION OR AT LEAST RECONSIDER THIS.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THE REASON THAT I WOULD HAVE SUPPORTED THIS IS BECAUSE IT SAYS EXACTLY
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WHAT WE DID, WHAT WE CAME UP WITH, A CONCLUSION FROM THE TRIP THAT SEVERAL OF US TOOK.IT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT REQUIRING.
IT SIMPLY BASICALLY SAYS WHATEVER YOU DO IN DADE COUNTY, WE RECOGNIZE, HAS AN IMPACT ON US. AND WE WOULD PREFER THAT PARENTHETICALLY, IT INCLUDE EVERYTHING BUT HEAVY RAIL.
SO THERE I SEE NOTHING WRONG WITH SENDING A MESSAGE TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN MIAMI DADE THAT WE PREFER THE TECHNIQUES AND TECHNOLOGY THAT IS REFERRED TO IN THIS.
AND SO I'LL VOTE AGAINST THE DEFERMENT.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE POINT OF IT.
THIS IS WHAT OUR RESEARCH SHOWS WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE AND SEND A MESSAGE TO OUR COLLEAGUES IN DADE COUNTY AND SET IT UP IN SIX MONTHS FOR REVIEW IF YOU'RE GOING TO DEFER IT. SO I GUESS WHAT I'M SAYING, FIRST OF ALL, I WILL NOT VOTE FOR AN INDEFINITE DEFERMENT. SO DO I NEED TO? PARDON ME. THERE'S A MOTION CURRENTLY ON THE FLOOR.
WELL, IF I WANT TO CHANGE THAT.
THE MOTION AS IT'S PRESENTLY ON THE FLOOR.
LET IT BE VOTED DOWN. WELL, IT MIGHT RESOLVE ITSELF.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR.
DO YOU YIELD, SIR? OH, YES. OK. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR.
I'D LIKE TO. I'D LIKE TO ASSURE YOU THIS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO KILL THIS AT ALL.
IN FACT, I WANT THIS TO BE HAPPENING AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THE DATE IS IF EVERYBODY FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH A SIX MONTH, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE. YEAH.
AND WE CAN DO IT, THEN THAT'S FINE.
SO I'LL AMEND MY MOTION TO HAVE THIS BACK TO A TIME, CERTAIN DATE IN JUNE.
THAT WOULD BE SIX MONTHS FROM NOW.
AT OUR JUNE MEETING. IS THAT OK WITH IT, IF THAT'S OKAY? WE HAVE AMENDED FROM THE MOTION MAKER AND IT WAS AGREED TO BY THE PERSON WHO MADE THE SECOND FOR SIX MONTHS.
THERE IS ONE MORE SPEAKER BOARD MEMBER UDINE.
I WAS JUST GOING TO SUGGEST PUTTING A DATE.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER FURR AND I MET WITH THE IN MIAMI AT THE SOUTH FLORIDA REGIONAL PLANNING. NO ONE WANTS THIS TO DIE.
WE JUST. THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT AHEAD OF US.
AND WE JUST NEED TO CATCH UP WITH OUR TECHNICAL PEOPLE TO LOOK AT THIS AND THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. OKAY.
THANK YOU. HAVE WE COME TO A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS? I DO REMEMBER THERE BEING A DISCUSSION AT THIS BOARD THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT PARTICULAR CORRIDOR IS NOT NECESSARILY A PRIORITY OF THIS COUNTY.
THE FACT THAT THEY WANT TO CREATE A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM OUT ON UNIVERSITY DRIVE IS NOT NECESSARILY A PRIORITY OF THE BROWARD COUNTY AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
SO I AGREE WITH BEAM FURR THAT WE SHOULD POSTPONE THIS NOT JUST FOR TO DETERMINE TECHNOLOGY, BUT TO DETERMINE PRIORITY.
AND I THINK THAT'S QUESTION STILL HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED BY THIS BOARD.
SOUNDS LIKE MORE TIME MIGHT HELP.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I JUST. I ACTUALLY WAS ON THE PHONE LAST NIGHT WITH MY COLLEAGUE DOWN IN MIAMI DADE ON THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE. MISS [INAUDIBLE].
YOU KNOW, AS THE CHAIR SAID, WHEN THIS WAS ORIGINALLY PUT ONTO THE AGENDA, IT WAS JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE'RE NOT HAPPY WITH HEAVY RAIL.
NOT THAT IT'S A PRIORITY FOR BROWARD BECAUSE IT'S NOT.
NUMBER TWO, NUMBER THREE, NOT EVEN CERTAINLY NUMBER FOUR CORRIDOR.
THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THIS IS THEY'RE NOT HAPPY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WAS RECOMMENDED OUT OF THE PD IN OR OUT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THIS CORRIDOR. AND THEY'RE GONNA BE REHEARING IT IN MARCH.
THE TPO. AND THEN AT THAT POINT, THIS IS THE ONLY REASON WHY THIS WAS SOMEWHAT TIMELY AS JUST TO SAY, HEY, THERE'S A DESIRE NOT TO DO HEAVY RAIL.
I THINK MR. WALTON WOULD PROBABLY AGREE TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT EVEN A QUESTION.
KNOWING THAT THIS ISN'T ONE OF OUR PRIORITIES HERE, BUT IT'S JUST HOW DOES THIS FIT INTO AN OVERALL SYSTEM LONG TERM, WHICH IS OUR PURVIEW OF THIS ORGANIZATION.
SO THAT IS ALL I WANTED TO ADD TO THAT COMMENT.
SO DEFERRAL TO JUNE IS FINE BECAUSE THEN I CAN GET MISS [INAUDIBLE] TO COME UP HERE WITH HER TEAM AND PRESENT WHERE THEY ARE AND FIGURE OUT HOPEFULLY BY THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER PRIORITIZED LIST OF TRANSIT PROJECTS OUT OF THE COUNTY AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL FITS IN TOGETHER.
BUT IT'S THE STIMULATION OF THE CONVERSATION, NOT NECESSARILY THE OBJECTION OR DESIRE TO HAVE IT GO FIRST. ALL RIGHT.
CHAIR BLATTNER. IN RESPONSE TO YOUR COMMENTS, MR. STUART, I THINK THE RELEVANCE OF THIS MOVING FORWARD IS THAT REGARDLESS OF WHERE UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD IS ON THE PRIORITY LIST AS IT WAS PREVIOUSLY ON THAT LIST NEEDS TO BE REVIEWED NOT FOR PLACEMENT, BUT TO DETERMINE TECHNOLOGY CONNECTIVITY TO OTHER SYSTEMS.
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AND SO PARENTHETICALLY, THIS IS SOMETHING WE MIGHT ADDRESS AS A MAYBE UNDER MEMBER COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE AN EFFORT ON THE PART OF STAFF TO REVISE AND REVIEW THE EXISTING UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY WOULD BE AVAILABLE AND WHERE WE GO WITH IT REGARDLESS OF WHEN IT HAPPENS.THAT PLAN IS NOT ANY LONGER ACCURATE AND MEANINGFUL IF DADE COUNTY MOVES FORWARD WITH ANY KIND OF A MASS TRANSIT SYSTEM.
THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, THIS ORGANIZATION, ALONG WITH BROWARD COUNTY, MIAMI-DADE COUNTY AND TRI RAIL AND THE TWO DOT DISTRICTS, WE DID AN ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS, ONE OF THE LAST ONES IN THE NATION ON THIS CORRIDOR, AND IT WAS SELECTED FINALLY WITH A BUS RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TO CONNECT INTO MIAMI DADE.
AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE BOOKS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS ITEM UNTIL THE JUNE MEETING AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. SO IF YOU WILL, PLEASE.
EXECUTIVE BOARDWAITING ON GOOD.
OK. SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS VOTED UNANIMOUSLY 24 0.
THE CONSENT AGENDA HAS BEEN DISPENSED WITH.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO THE ACTION ITEMS.
[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE the Commitment 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP)]
GENERAL COUNSEL, IF YOU'LL READ ACTION ITEM ONE, PLEASE.YES, MR. CHAIRMAN, BUT THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL.
A MOTION TO APPROVE THE COMMITMENT 2045 METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
OKAY. SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO IF THERE'S A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, NOW IS THE TIME TO DO SO. SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
WE DO HAVE IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FROM BROWARD COUNTY THAT CAME AFTER THE CLOSING OF COMMENT PERIOD.
IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE INCORPORATED INTO A TECHNICAL REPORT WHICH SHOULD BE FINISHED NO LATER THAN THE END OF MARCH.
ALL OF THOSE ITEMS WILL BE ADDRESSED AT BROWARD COUNTY, BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
AND BUT AS FAR AS PASSING THE PLAN, IT MUST BE PASSED TODAY AND THE WORK HAS NOT BEEN FINISHED ON THE TECHNICAL REPORT.
IT WILL BE DONE SO BY THE END OF MARCH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP? OK. IF NOT I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ACTION ITEM 1.
PETER [INAUDIBLE] RESPONSEEXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
I KNOW WE SENT IN COMMENTS FROM THE COUNTY LATE.
AND I KNOW AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY MY MISTAKE AND MY FAULT.
I'M CHAIR OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE TASK FORCE FOR THE COUNTY.
AND AND I HAD JUST THE WEEK BEFORE HAD MET WITH [INAUDIBLE] FROM DISTRICT 4 ON A HOLLYWOOD ISSUE.
AND IT CAME TO MY ATTENTION THAT THAT MUCH OF THE FDOT MATRIX THAT SHOWS, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY'RE DOING PROJECTS DOESN'T DIDN'T INCORPORATE A LOT OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE.
IT'S THINGS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT HE WAS TELLING ME.
AND SO IT KIND OF ROAD BROUGHT MY AWARENESS LEVEL UP A LITTLE BIT.
MADE ME THINK REALIZE WE'RE DOING IT.
WE'RE ABOUT TO DO THE 2045 PLAN.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE 2045 PLAN INCLUDED ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN BROWARD COUNTY. AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH NEW GROUNDWATER MAPS THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN THROUGHOUT YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THERE WE'RE WAITING FOR.
WE JUST ADOPTED A NEW UNIFIED SEA LEVEL CURVE THAT IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS BEFORE.
THAT SHOWS AN INCREASE IN LEVEL THAT WHICH WOULD YOU KNOW, I WANTED ALL THOSE THINGS TO BE PART OF OUR 2045 PLAN BECAUSE THEY NEED THEY NEED TO BE INCORPORATED.
AND I SAW PETER [INAUDIBLE] RESPONSE TO JENNIFER [INAUDIBLE], WHO HAD WHO I HOPE THIS IS INCLUDED. IS THIS INCLUDED IN THE, DOES EVERYBODY SEE THE LETTERS BACK AND FORTH.
OKAY, GOOD. IN CORRESPONDENCE.
AND SO FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS INCORPORATED IN SUCH A WAY THAT WE'RE ABLE TO REFER TO THIS AND WHERE NEEDED, WE CAN MAKE THOSE KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS.
IS THAT IS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IS ACCURATE? BECAUSE IT'S GONNA GO INTO THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENT.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE A SERIES OF I WANT TO SAY FIFTEEN OR SO TECHNICAL DOCUMENTS GO IN AND THEN GUIDE THE PLAN ITSELF.
OKAY. SO AND THEN INSIDE THE PLAN AND THEN PETER HAS A PRESENTATION THAT WE COULD DO, BUT
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I DON'T WANT TO GET EVERYBODY TOO FAR INTO THIS.RIGHT. IT ACTUALLY SHOWS WHERE WE NEED TO DEAL WITH EIGHT CORRIDORS AND MEET, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE TIME PLANNING TIME HORIZON OF THE PLAN ITSELF, THE THINGS THAT DOT CANNOT DO.
YEAH. AND IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE JUST WE JUST DID A WHOLE THING ON IT OR THE FDOT IS DOING A HUGE THING ON A A1A IN HOLLYWOOD.
BUT WE ARE SEEING WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IF YOU RAISE A ROAD, ALL WHAT HAPPENS WITH SIDE ROADS AND DRAINAGE AND HOW THERE HAS TO BE CONNECTION WITH CITIES AND DRAINAGE PIPES, CONNECTIONS, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE GETTING INCREDIBLY COMPLICATED.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE DOING EITHER A COMPLETE STREET OR WHATEVER WE'RE DOING, THOSE THINGS HAVE TO HAVE THAT COORDINATION.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS INCORPORATED INTO THE 2045 AND WHATEVER PLAN WE DO, WHATEVER PROJECT WE DO THAT THOSE ARE THAT IS PART OF OUR CALCULATIONS. OKAY.
THANK YOU, SIR. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND BOARD MEMBER SOFIELD SECONDED BY COLBOURNE SO WE CAN NOW VOTE ON ACTION ITEM 1.
JUST TO NOTE COMMISSIONER RYAN JUST ENTERED THE ROOM SO HE CAN VOTE IF HE SIGNS IN, IF HE WISHES TO. IF YOU PUSH THE YES BUTTON, IT'LL SIGN YOU IN.
WE'RE GOOD NOW. AND I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK PETER FOR HIS RESPONSE ON THIS.
SO THIS IS APPROVED 25-0 WITH YOUR AFFIRMATIVE VOTE FROM BOARD MEMBER RYAN.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM 2, GENERAL COUNSEL.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE an Amendment to the Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020 - 2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP): FM# 435513-1 SR-9/I-95 @ SR-842/Broward Boulevard, Interchange Improvements]
PLEASE READ THAT TITLE.YES. THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FEDERAL FISCAL YEAR 2020 THROUGH 2024R TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? IF NOT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND.
ACTION ITEM 2 HAS BEEN MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER UDINE AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER CARN, YOU CAN NOW VOTE ON ACTION ITEM 2.
I AM WAITING ON ORTIS AND WILLIAMS. IT IS. WELL, WE'RE MISSING A VOTE.
DID SOMEBODY WALK OFF THE DAIS? I DID. OH, OKAY. BUSTED.
OKAY. SO THAT IS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO ACTION. ITEM 3, GENERAL COUNSEL, PLEASE READ THE TITLE.
[3. MOTION TO ACCEPT the Audit Report Prepared for the Broward MPO]
YES. A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE ORDER REPORT PREPARED FOR THE BROWARD MPO.OKAY, SO THIS IS APPROVAL OF THE AUDIT BY [INAUDIBLE].
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? BOARD MEMBER CARN. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I ALWAYS LIKE TO COMPLIMENT AN AGENCY WHEN THEY RECEIVE AN UNQUALIFIED OPINION.
I UNDERSTAND THE WORK THAT GOES INTO MAKING AN AUDIT HAPPEN.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE WORK THAT LEADS UP TO HAVING OUR BOOKS COME OUT ON TOP.
SO THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE STAFF FOR THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT INTO OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEMS TO MAKE THEM APPEAR AS UNQUALIFIED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR POSITIVE COMMENTS SIR.
SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ACTION ITEM 3. IT'S BEEN MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER LAZAROW AND SECONDED BY VICE CHAIR ORTIS.
THEN HE TOOK AWAY HIS SECOND AND SNUCK IN THERE BY BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS. SO IT HAS A MOTION AND A SECOND IF YOU WANT TO VOTE TO APPROVE ACTION, ITEM 3.
BLATTNER AND GREEN. [INAUDIBLE] OK. IT'S APPROVED 25-0.
THANK YOU. WE'RE MOVING ON TO ACTION ITEM FOUR GENERAL COUNSEL.
[4. MOTION TO APPROVE the 2020 Broward MPO Federal and State Legislative Priorities]
PLEASE READ THE TITLE. YES, SIR.MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2020 BROWARD MPO FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
THE FEDERAL PRIORITIES SEEM TO BE PRETTY WELL SET NONCONTROVERSIAL FOR THE STATE.
THERE WAS A PROPOSAL PRIMARILY BY ME WHICH WAS FOR IF WE CAN SHOW THAT SLIDE ON THE FOR EVERYBODY FOR THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
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THE IDEA WAS THAT THESE ARE THE FIVE OR WE HAVE ONE AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK, THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS VOTED TO SUPPORT ALL FIVE INSTEAD OF JUST THE ONE.THE ONE I WAS ABSENT FROM THAT MEETING.
I KNOW COMMISSIONER FURR WAS TOO, BECAUSE WE WERE DOWN IN KEY WEST AT THE CLIMATE SUMMIT, BUT WE HAVE LONG HELD THE GOAL OF LIFTING THAT CAP LEGISLATIVELY.
AND SO I BROUGHT THIS AS AN IDEA OF MAKE THIS OUR SINGLE PRIORITY FOR THE UPCOMING STATE AND TRY TO GET THAT CAP LIFTED.
AND PER THE STATE STATUTES, WHAT WOULD ESSENTIALLY WOULD HAPPEN WOULD IT WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITION OF TWO MORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
AND AT THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING IN NOVEMBER, I BROUGHT UP THAT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SEVEN, YOU SHOULD HAVE ALL NINE.
IT ONLY MAKES SENSE BECAUSE THERE ARE PARALLEL AGENCIES.
THEY BOTH WORK FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY.
SO THE IDEA WAS TO LIFT THE CAP SO THAT EVEN THE SMALL CITIES CAN ALWAYS VOTE, BUT ALSO CHANGE OUR LOCAL AGREEMENT SO THAT ALL NINE OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WOULD ALSO BE VOTING AND IT GENERATED SOME CONVERSATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, I MISSED THIS PAST EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, BUT THE DEBATE FOR TODAY WILL BE TO WHETHER TO SUPPORT ALL FIVE OR JUST HAVE THE SINGLE PRIORITY FOR ONE.
AND WE HAVE TWO MOTIONS THAT ARE GEARED UP EITHER FOR FIVE OR FOR ONE IN THE SYSTEM.
SO WHEN WE DETERMINE AS A BOARD WHICH DIRECTION WE'RE GOING TO GO AT THAT TIME, THEN THAT'S THE ACTION ITEM THAT WE'LL BE VOTING ON.
AND AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE DEPUTY VICE CHAIR GOOD.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING.
BUT I'D LIKE TO ACTUALLY CONSIDER A THIRD OPTION.
AND THAT IS TO NOT HAVE AN OR BUT JUST HAVE THE SIX BULLET ITEMS. I YOU KNOW, AFTER, YOU KNOW, MORE CONSIDERATION, YOU KNOW, WE PAY SUFFICIENT DOLLARS TO OUR LOBBYISTS. I DON'T SEE WHY THEY HAVE YOU KNOW, THEY CAN HANDLE FIVE AND NOT ONE OR IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.
SO MY ESTIMATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE IMPORTANT.
I THINK HAVING GREATER FLEXIBILITY OF THE MPO IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE, ESPECIALLY AS IT RELATES TO THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP.
WE'VE HAD GREAT CONVERSATION THIS YEAR ABOUT IT.
AND SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO INCLUDE THAT.
BUT I ALSO DO NOT WANT TO ELIMINATE ANY OTHER CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE LISTED THERE AS LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
SO I WOULD LIKE A THIRD OPTION TO BE CONSIDERED AND I MOVE TO AMEND THE LEGISLATIVE STATE PRIORITIES TO REMOVE THE WORD OR FROM JUST WANT TO POINT OUT TO YOU.
RIGHT. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY LIKE THAT.
[INAUDIBLE] THIS IS EXACTLY TO THAT.
NEXT TO BE RECOGNIZED, YOU CAN PUT YOUR REQUEST TO SPEAK.
BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I WOULD SUPPORT SOME LOOKING INTO ALL FIVE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING ALL FIVE OF THEM VERSUS JUST ONE LEGISLATIVE ITEM.
OK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
BOARD MEMBER JAFFE. I WANT TO THANK THE CHAIR FOR ADVOCATING TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP HERE TO TWENTY FIVE. SO ABOVE TWENTY FIVE FOR ALL MUNICIPALITIES AT THIS DESIRE TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE HERE. I THANK YOU FOR ADVOCATING FOR THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. CHAIR BLATTNER.
I ALSO WOULD SUPPORT ALL FIVE, BUT THERE COULDN'T BE A PRIORITY AWAITING IF YOU WANT.
IF YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THE FIRST ITEM IS PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEM.
NOT THAT THE OTHER FOUR ARE NOT.
BUT IF THAT'S OUR MAJOR INTEREST, AS REPRESENTED BY THE FACT THAT WE HAD AN OPTION TO ONLY HAVE ONE ITEM ANYWAY, I'D STILL LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOBBY TEAM AND STAFF HERE UNDERSTANDS AS IF THE EXPANSION OF THE BOARD ISN'T THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF FIVE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT I'D LIKE TO GIVE THEIR OPINION BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OK. SEEING NONE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE ARE PROPOSE 5 FOR OUR LEGISLATIVE LIST AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS TAKING NOTE THAT EVERYBODY'S IN AGREEMENT, THAT THAT FIRST ONE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT.
SO THE FIVE HAS BEEN MOTIONED BY BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE AND SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GREEN. I SEE A DISCUSSION BOARD MEMBER LAZAROW YOU'D LIKE TO DISCUSS.
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OKAY. YOU ARE RECOGNIZED FOR DISCUSSION.I'M SORRY. I THOUGHT THAT THE DISTRACTED DRIVING WAS ALREADY A PRIMARY OFFENSE.
IT IS NOT. I THOUGHT WE DID THAT LAST SESSION THAT THEY MADE THE TEXTING.
ONLY WITH TEXTING. SO CAN SOMEBODY DESCRIBE DISTRACTED, PLEASE? SORRY. [INAUDIBLE] STAFF BROWARD MPO.
THE LAW WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT INCLUDED JUST TEXTING.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF AMBIGUITY AS TO WELL WHAT IF I'M SENDING A MESSAGE ON FACEBOOK OR ANY OTHER APP? DOES THAT COUNT? SO THE LAW WAS VERY SPECIFIC THAT IS JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR TEXTING.
SO THE PRIORITY IS TO MAKE ANY SORT OF DISTRACTED DRIVING A PRIMARY OFFENSE.
SOMEBODY COULD BE DOWN, COULD BE READING, READING A BOOK ON THEIR PHONE, AND THAT DIDN'T COUNT. PEOPLE.
I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT IF IT'S LIPSTICK.
SORRY. BUT I'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN BEFORE.
BOARD MEMBER GOOD AND I AGREE THAT WE CANNOT DO THAT.
BUT THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU.
SO IS IT ONLY WHEN THE CARS IN MOTION ARE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE DISTRACTED COULD MEAN WHEN I'M AT THE LIGHT.
IS THAT CONSIDERED ALSO DISTRACTED? WELL, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE CURRENT INTENT IN LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE OF THAT BILL IN TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW IS, IF YOU ARE TOUCHING IT AT ALL, IF IT'S ON YOUR HEAD AND YOU'RE TOUCHING YOUR PHONE, THAT IS TALKING STRICTLY ABOUT COMMUNICATION ON THE CORRECT.
THANK YOU. AND, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT LIPSTICK, IT REMINDS ME OF THAT MOVIE AIRPLANE [INAUDIBLE]. WELL DISTRACTED FOR ME COULD MEAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING.
LIKE I GET DISTRACTED VERY EASILY.
BOARD MEMBER FURR YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
WITH REGARD TO THE PRIORITIES ON THIS, I'M HAPPY WITH THAT BEING ON THERE.
BUT I ACTUALLY THINK IT IS A VERY, VERY LONG SHOT OF THAT HAPPENING.
AND I ONLY SAY THAT AND I AND IF WE'RE GOING TO BE DIRECTING OUR LOBBYISTS, I WANT THEM TRYING TO GET MONEY FOR US MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I WANT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS TO BE RIGHT UP THERE ON THE HIGH PRIORITY, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT I HAVE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THIS I'LL BE HONEST, I DON'T THINK I DON'T SEE THIS OCCUPYING MANY OF THE LEGISLATORS YOU KNOW, THOUGHTS SO.
WELL, LET'S JUST. I MEAN, MAYBE IT WILL.
I MEAN, I COULD BE WRONG MANY TIMES.
I'VE BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME.
AND I THE FIRST TIME I HEARD SOMETHING CAN'T BE DONE WAS YOU CAN'T GO INDEPENDENT.
AND WE DID THE SECOND TIME I HEARD IT CAN'T BE DONE WAS RAISING IT FROM 19 VOTES TO 25.
AND IT DID. SO I HAVEN'T LOST FAITH.
SOMETIMES IT TAKES A LITTLE LONGER.
DEPUTY VICE CHAIR GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO IF THE FIVE ARE ADOPTED, WILL WE BE ABLE TO GET UPDATES FROM OUR LOBBYISTS AS TO THEIR DISCUSSIONS? YEAH, WE ACTUALLY. AS IT RELATES TO ALL BULLETS.
YEAH. ABSOLUTELY. BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, ACTUALLY CANDIDATES AND TSE THE TEAM IS UP IN TALLAHASSEE AS WE SPEAK AND THEY'RE LISTENING IN.
BUT THE BIGGER THE BIGGER PICTURE IS AS WE WILL BE GETTING UPDATES WEEKLY.
I MEAN, I PROBABLY DAILY BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN SESSIONS KIND OF COMES TO THE END.
THAT'S WHEN ALL THE THINGS MAGIC HAPPENS, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT I WILL BE UPDATING EVERYBODY OR THE EXECUTIVE OR THE CHAIR, WHOEVER YOU WANT TO HANDLE IT. YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE ME DIRECTION AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO I GUESS MY POINT IS I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR LOBBYISTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE GIVE EQUAL IMPORTANCE TO THESE BULLETS AND THAT WE WANT TO GET FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS TO HOW THEIR DISCUSSIONS ARE HAPPENING.
WHAT'S THE FEELING UP IN TALLAHASSEE? IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST POSITIVE.
YEAH. AND AND GET GET SOME FEEDBACK BACK TO US.
BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO WE'RE ASKING OUR LOBBYING TEAM TO PUSH ON THE STATE TO REGULATE ALL TYPES OF DISTRACTED DRIVING.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE ASKING OF OUR LOBBYING TEAM? SOMEONE. I'LL SPEAK FOR PAUL.
THE ANSWER IS YES, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST WITH THIS ORGANIZATION ALONE.
IT'S PARALLEL WITH THE 26 OTHER MPOS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
I LIKE TO HEAR YOU AS WELL. SO JUST BE CLEAR WHEN YOU SAY ALL TYPES OF DISTRACTION.
WELL, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND.
WE'RE WORKING ON THE TECHNOLOGY.
IT'S TECHNOLOGY. YEAH, IF SOMEONE'S EATING, PUTTING ON THEIR LIPSTICK, DISTRACTED BY PUPPIES, THAT'S.
WELL I MEAN BECAUSE LAST SESSION THE ISSUE WAS THE ISSUE THAT CAME UP WITH THAT BILL WAS THAT ORIGINALLY THAT BILL WAS MUCH STRONGER IN ITS LANGUAGE AND THEY WERE TRYING TO
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REGULATE LITERALLY ANY TYPE OF DISTRACTED DRIVING.AND THE REASON WHY I GOT BUMPED DOWN TO TEXTING IS BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE CHILDREN IN THE CAR. YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TAKE AN EMERGENCY PHONE CALL, YOU KNOW.
AND SO THEY WEREN'T TRYING AND, YOU KNOW, RIGHTFULLY SO PEOPLE FOUGHT AGAINST MAKING, YOU KNOW, REGULATING ALL TYPES OF DISTRACTED DRIVING, CAUSE I COULD OPEN UP A LITANY OF CIVIL LITIGATION IN DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE OR UNDERSTAND WHAT DO WE MEAN BY REGULATING DISTRACTED DRIVING AS A PRIMARY OFFENSE? SO IF YOU'RE SAYING IT'S JUST STUCK TO TECHNOLOGY, I STILL THINK THERE ARE SOME ISSUES WITH THAT IF WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THAT LANGUAGE STRONGER.
YES. WOULD I LOVE PEOPLE TO NOT BE DISTRACTED WHILE DRIVING, OF COURSE, BUT THAT'S A VERY SUBJECTIVE TERM. AND THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WHILE YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR. WHY YOU MIGHT HAVE THE YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DRIVING TO NOT BE DISTRACTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT AGAIN, LIKE IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN IN A CAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, LIKE. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PUSHING FOR SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE A FUTURE UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE FOR A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE JUST ON THEIR DAILY WAY TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS.
WELL, BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS, I'LL SAY THIS.
YOU KNOW, I SIT ON THE STATE MPO BOARD AND IT WAS DETERMINED BY OUR GENERAL COUNSEL ON THE STATE BOARD, WHICH HAPPENS TO BE THE SAME FIRM AS OUR GENERAL COUNSEL AS WELL, THAT EVEN THE TEXTING IS TRULY NOT ENFORCEABLE JUST DUE TO THE.
IT'S A VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
SO IT COMES DOWN TO IN REALITY, I'M JUST BEING BLUNT.
THIS IS A FEEL GOOD ITEM AND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING MORE BECAUSE I EVEN POINTED OUT THAT MANY CARS HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY WHERE YOU PUSH A BUTTON, YOU SAY TEXT BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS AND YOU SAY, HI, ARE WE MEETING FOR DINNER TONIGHT? AND IT WILL GO AS A TEXT MESSAGE ON YOUR PHONE, EVEN THOUGH YOU NEVER TOUCHED YOUR PHONE.
AND WOULD THAT BE ADMISSIBLE IN COURT? PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE OF THE FIFTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS AND FOURTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
AND SO IT'S JUST A FEEL GOOD ITEM, JUST TO BE BLUNT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER CHAIR BLATTNER? I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT THAT IT'S REALLY FEEL GOOD BECAUSE YOU LOOK AT EACH WORD, IT'S IN HERE. FIRST OF ALL, I THINK THE KEYWORD IS PRIMARY OFFENSE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, UNLESS YOU IF YOU'RE PULLED OVER FOR ANY OTHER REASON THAN SEAT BELT, YOU STILL GET A TICKET FOR SEAT BELT. SO IT'S THE SAME THING HERE.
NUMBER ONE, YOU'D HAVE TO BE PULLED OVER FOR DISTRACTED DRIVING.
AND THEN THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IT'S A PRIMARY OFFENSE AND YOU GET A TICKET FOR IT.
RIGHT. SO AM I INTERPRETING THIS CORRECTLY MR. ATTORNEY, THAT'S THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS, IS THAT IT MAY NOT BE A PRIMARY OFFENSE NOW, BUT IT SHOULD BE.
PRIMARY OFFENSE MEANING YOU CAN GET A TICKET FOR IT.
YES. YOU CAN BE PULLED OVER FOR IT AND GET A TICKET.
NOW, IF YOU ARE DISTRACTED AND YOU GET PULLED OVER, YOU CANNOT GET A TICKET.
WELL, THERE ARE ACTUALLY OTHER OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS THAT YOU MIGHT GET A TICKET FOR. IT MAY NOT BE RELATED TO WHAT THAT THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING AT THE MOMENT.
BUT YOU'RE CORRECT, IT'S A FEEL GOOD CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE THE PARTICULARS. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE LEGITIMATELY WHAT THE ACTUAL ELEMENTS WILL BE OF THE RELATION.
OK. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED TO FOR ALL FIVE PRIORITIES TO BE MADE WITH AN EMPHASIS ON LIFTING THE CAP ON VOTING MEMBERSHIP FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO IS A MOTION BY A BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE SECONDED BY BOARD MEMBER GREEN.
OK, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY 25 0 THAT DISPENSES WITH THE ACTION ITEMS. WE'RE GOING ON TO REGULAR ITEMS, STARTING WITH COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR.
[7. Comments from the Chair]
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW, JUST SO YOU'RE FULLY AWARE, IF YOU COME INTO THIS BUILDING AND YOU HAVE A MEETING ON THIS DAIS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT AN MPO MEETING, THEY ARE BEING RECORDED VIDEO AND AUDIO.AND THESE MICROPHONES ARE VERY SENSITIVE.
AND SO YOU CAN BE HEARD ON VIDEO IF SOMEBODY ABOARD.
SOME COMMENTS HAVE BEEN HEARD FROM THE MICROPHONES IN OTHER MEETINGS, NOT BROWARD MPO, WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN RECORDED AND GOTTEN TO THAT MEMBER.
SO JUST BE AWARE, ANYTIME THERE'S A MEETING GOING ON IN THIS BUILDING, THEY ARE RECORDING AND THESE MICROPHONES ARE VERY SENSITIVE.
PLEASE REMAIN CIVIL TOWARDS OTHER MEMBERS, EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT HERE.
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THE SECOND AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE THERE WAS COMMENTS RECENTLY MADE THAT I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE OF. THE SECOND IS FOR COMMENTS WE HAVE SOMEBODY ON THIS DAIS WHO IS NOW A GREAT GRANDFATHER. YEP.AND AS A DECEMBER 8TH, SHE WAS DUE ON DECEMBER APPARENTLY MIRACLES HAPPEN.
THE MICS ARE HOT. CHAIR BLATTNER NOW HAS A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
[APPLAUSE] SO I JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT I LEARNED ABOUT THIS ACTUALLY WHEN WE WERE ON OUR TRIP TO ASIA BACK IN JULY.
AND I JUST REMEMBERED IT. AND WHEN I KNEW SHE WAS DUE ON DECEMBER 7TH AND THEN SO DECEMBER 7TH, I TEXTED HIM.
I SAID, IS SHE HERE YET? NO, BUT SHE CAME ON THE 8TH NATURALLY.
SO JUST WANTED EVERYBODY TO KNOW THAT THAT'S RATHER AMAZING.
AND THE BLATTNER LINE WILL CONTINUE FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
[8. Executive Director’s and Legislative Reports]
GOING ON TO AGENDA ITEM 8.YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. WELL DESERVED.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND LEGISLATIVE REPORTS, I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU WERE GONNA DISPENSE WITH THESE SINCE WE HAD ALREADY HAD A DISCUSSION ON PRIORITIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO GENERAL COUNSEL'S REPORT.
[10. General Counsel’s Report]
THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, FIRST OF ALL, THE LAST MEETING OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER.I WANT TO WISH EVERYONE HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR, BECAUSE NEXT TIME WE SEE EACH OTHER WILL BE NEXT YEAR.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS HAPPENING IS, OF COURSE, I ALWAYS ANNOUNCE HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY MEMBERS ARE PRESENT IN THE VOTING MEMBERSHIP FOR THAT PURPOSE.
THAT'S NOT HAPPENING IN THE ORDER THAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE.
SO UNLESS THERE'S AN ISSUE WHEN WE START TO VOTE, I WILL BRING IT TO YOUR ATTENTION AT THAT TIME AND ANNOUNCE WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR PURPOSES OF COUNTING TO THE AGENDA, MY REPORT IS COMMITTED AS ALWAYS.
AND ANY QUESTIONS? PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO ASK.
AND JUST ONE OTHER COMMENT, JUST YOU WITH REGARD TO THE COUNTY AND THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND THE QUESTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED, JUST WANT THE MEMBERSHIP TO REALIZE THAT I'M IN CONTINUING CONVERSATIONS WITH ANDREW MYERS, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY GENERAL COUNSEL, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THOSE ISSUES COLLECTIVELY.
SO WHEN THERE IS SOMETHING TO REPORT, I WILL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT THAT TIME.
OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. I KNOW THAT ON THE NEXT EXECUTIVE BOARD AGENDA MEETING IN FEBRUARY, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH THE SAME AGENDA ITEM THAT WAS ON THE DECEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING, EVEN THOUGH BOTH I WHO WAS A CONVERSATION BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR. SO WE'LL BOTH BE AT THE FEBRUARY MEETING AND WE'LL CONTINUE THAT ITEM AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS ON THE FOURTH AMENDMENT.
[11. MPO Surtax Services Updates: http://www.browardmpo.org/index.php/current-projects-studies/surtax]
AGENDA ITEM ELEVEN IS THE REQUIRED UPDATE ON THE MPO SURTAX SERVICES PER OUR CONTRACT WITH BROWARD COUNTY. MR. MACNEIL. GOOD MORNING, CARRIE MACNEIL, PROJECT MANAGER FOR SURTAX SERVICES HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO.SO JUST REMINDER, OUR ROLE IN THIS PROCESS IS TO FIRST REVIEW THE PROJECTS WHICH THIS PROCESS INCLUDED, THE ONLINE [INAUDIBLE] TOOL, WHICH ALLOWS CITIES TO SUBMIT MORE DETAILED PROJECT INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR MUNICIPALS FOR TAX PROJECTS AND OF COURSE, ARE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS WITH ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES.
AND NOW WE'RE IN THE RANKING PROCESS.
THIS IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS AND WE'RE NEARING COMPLETION AND GOING TO SOON MOVE INTO PROGRAMMING COMING UP WITH A PROGRAM LIST OF PROJECTS.
AND WE WILL BE DELIVERING THAT PROGRAM LIST OF PROJECTS TO BROWARD COUNTY STAFF BY MARCH 1ST, 2020. OK, GREAT.
NOW I KNOW AT THE END THERE'S GONNA BE A SUMMARY REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE BOARD JUST FOR REVIEW AS PRETTY MUCH A REPORT STATUS AS WELL.
SO THAT'S YOU'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT WHEN WE HIT THAT AGENDA ITEM.
NON ACTION ITEMS. NUMBER ONE IS DEMONSTRATION OF THE MPOS INTERACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
OH, SORRY. WELL, I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.
WELL, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO CONTINUE.
SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. SO A REMINDER THAT THE ILA BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTY AND MPO REQUIRES SURTAX SERVICES HIS STAFF TO REGULARLY BRIEF THE BOARD AT LEAST TWO TIMES PER YEAR AND THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT LEAST FOUR TIMES A YEAR ON THE STATUS OF OUR WORK.
AND THE ILA DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY ACTION BY THE MPO BOARD OR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON THE SURTAX EFFORTS. OK.
RUNNING LIST OF EFFORTS TO DATE, AS YOU SEE, WE'VE HELD A COUPLE OF WORKSHOPS AND UPDATED
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THE TAC & CAC MONTHLY AS WELL AS THE MPO BOARD.THE LATEST EFFORT TODAY WAS THE STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 5TH.
EARLIER THIS MONTH, WHICH WENT OVER THE SCORING METHODOLOGY AND PROJECT READINESS APPROACH AND THE PRESENTATION AND THE AUDIO FROM THIS MEETING ARE BOTH AVAILABLE ON THE DOCUMENTS PAGE OF THE SURTAX WEB SITE ON WEB PAGE OF THE MPOS WEB SITE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO CHECK IT OUT, GOING OVER THE NEXT STEPS.
WE WILL FINALIZE THE RANKING PROCESS, WHICH AGAIN IS AN ITERATIVE PROCESS.
WE ARE RUNNING TEST FRIENDS AND REVIEWING THE RESULTS.
AND NEXT IS ACTUALLY SCHEDULING AND COMPLETING FIELD REVIEWS, WHICH OUR ENGINEER HAS BEEN REACHING OUT TO S THE MUNICIPALITIES AND CONTACTING THEM ABOUT THEIR POTENTIALLY CONSTRUCTION READY PROJECTS.
WE WILL FINALIZE THE RANKED LIST AND THEN PREPARE THE CYCLE 1 PROGRAM OF RECOMMENDED MUNICIPAL PROJECTS. SO OUR SCHEDULE WE'RE IN MID-DECEMBER AND SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DEVELOPING, WORKING ON STEPS, MOVES TOWARDS DEVELOPING THE LIST OF PROGRAM PROJECTS, WE WILL BE BRINGING THAT TO THE MPO BOARD AND THGE TAC & CAC IN FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP FIELD VISITS AND LOOKING AT PROGRAM READINESS FOR THESE PROJECTS AND THEN DELIVERING THE LIST OF PROJECTS BY MARCH 1ST TO THE COUNTY. I BELIEVE YOU SAW THIS LAST MONTH.
THAT IS JUST A OVERVIEW OF THE COUNTY FUNDING TIMELINE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
JANUARY 9TH, THE COUNTY HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WILL HAVE A WORKSHOP ON THE MUNICIPAL SURTAX PROJECTS. MARCH 1ST WE WILL DELIVER THE LIST TO COUNTY STAFF AND MARCH 26 THAT LIST OF PROJECTS WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE SURTAX OVERSIGHT BOARD.
THE COUNTY SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION WILL INCLUDE THE CYCLE 1 PROJECTS INTO THE FISCAL YEAR 2020 BUDGET AND THEN THE CYCLE 1 PROJECTS WILL LAUNCH IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT APRIL SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET RESOLUTION.
LASTLY, WE HAVE PLACED ALL THE DIGITIZED MUNICIPAL SURTAX PROJECTS ON THE BROWARD MPO WEB SITE. THIS CAN BE ACCESSED ON THE DOCUMENTS PAGE OF THE SURTAX WEB SITES.
YOU'LL GO TO THE HOMEPAGE AND THEN TO WHAT WE DO.
AND THEN THERE'S A TAB ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE CALLED DOCUMENTS AND YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN AS IT'S SHOWN HERE ON THIS SLIDE TO PROJECT MAPS AND THEY'RE SEPARATED BY CITY.
SO IT'S A HYPERLINK THAT LEADS TO A PDF WHICH HAS ALL OF THE MAPS THAT WERE ABLE TO BE DIGITIZED. AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE PROJECTS WHERE YOU RECEIVED SPECIFIC PROJECT LIMITS.
THERE IS A MAP AT THE VERY BEGINNING AT THE VERY TOP, WHICH IS AREA WIDE PROJECTS.
SO IT LISTS THE PROJECTS THAT WERE AREA WIDE IN NATURE AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE SPECIFIC PROJECT LIMITS FOR IT. SO I THINK THAT'S IT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? LET ME KNOW. OR ANY GENERAL QUESTIONS.
I'M HERE. LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
BOARD MEMBER GREEN, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
ON THIS MAP THERE ARE WHAT APPEARS TO BE THE DATES, YEARS.
SO WHEN I SEE SOMETHING LIKE 05 ON A MAP AND 08, AM I ASSUMING THAT'S A YEAR OR THAT'S NOT TRUE? ARE YOU REFERRING TOO, IT MIGHT BE THAT PROJECT I.D.
NUMBERS FOR EXAMPLE, FOR THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD, IT WOULD SAY H0LL-0 0 5, 0 0 6, ETC.
SO. IT'S JUST PROJECT NUMBERS.
THE MAPS DO INCLUDE THE PROJECT I.D.
NUMBERS, WHICH YOU KNOW, ARE THREE DIGIT.
SO IT MIGHT APPEAR AS A YEAR, BUT I CAN JUST VERIFY THAT FOR YOU AFTERWARDS.
OK. SO THE RANKING IS STILL UNDER WAY.
CORRECT. SO PROBABLY YOU WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE A YEAR.
RIGHT. THERE ARE NO YEARS OF IMPLEMENTATION OR FUNDING OR RANK SHOWN ON THE PROJECT MAPS.
OK. THANKS. NOW, I'M NOT SO AFRAID OF 28.
YOU AND THE REST OF THE FOLKS ON THE TEAM.
YOU KNOW, MY COLLEAGUES ON THE CITY COMMISSION EXPECT ME TO DELIVER.
OK. AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE TRUE FOR ALL OF YOU HERE.
AND IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE DETAIL OF THIS, YOU SHOULD.
AND I THINK IT REALLY WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF YOU WOULD MEET WITH THOSE ON YOUR STAFF THAT ATTENDED THAT MEETING AND LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AND REVIEW THE
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MATERIAL THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT A PROJECT ISN'T COMPLETE OR IT'S NOT AS WELL-DEFINED AS IT SHOULD BE, THAT'S YOUR CHANCE TO DO SOMETHING.ACTUALLY, I THINK TOMORROW'S THE DEADLINE ISN'T? OR FOR SOMETHING.
CORRECT. SO WE I ANNOUNCED AT OUR WORKSHOP THAT WE WERE GOING TO BE PLACING THESE MAPS ON THE WEBSITE. AND SO WE HAVE GIVEN THE CITIES A FULL WEEK TO REVIEW THESE MAPS AND LET US KNOW IF THEY SEE IF THEY NOTICE ANY ERRORS IN THE CODING AND CORRECT TOMORROW AND FINALLY THE OTHER THING THAT'S A PART OF THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE AS THIS IS PHASE ONE.
I THINK YOU CALL IT IT'S NOT PHASE, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? CYCLE ONE. CYCLE ONE.
CORRECT. BUT THERE IS GOING TO BE A CYCLE TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE AND SIX THAT ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT THIS, YOU WILL THINK OF PROJECTS THAT NEED TO BE IN THE NEXT CYCLE, WHICH WILL BEGIN IN 2021.
CORRECT. OR THE BEGINNING OF THE.
YEAH. CORRECT. SO YOU COULD STAY, YOU CAN STAY WHERE YOU NEED TO BE FOR THE FIRST CYCLE AND BEGIN TO THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO FOR CYCLE TWO.
BUT AGAIN I THINK IT'S A REALLY GOOD JOB AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE MATERIAL YOU'VE PROVIDED US. THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE, YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CHECKING.
IS THIS ONE OF THE TWO BRIEFINGS THAT WE GET FOR THE YEAR? WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN COMING EVERY MONTH.
SO WE ARE EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.
MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, YOU SAY THE COUNTY'S GOING TO HAVE A WORKSHOP IN JUNE.
IN JANUARY. WHAT IS THE EXPECTATION? IS THAT JUST THE COUNTY OFFICIAL IS EVERYONE INVITED OR ARE THEY GOING OVER PROJECTS? CAN YOU GIVE ME A LOT OF DETAILS ON THAT? SURE. SO THAT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I DON'T KNOW IF THE WORKSHOP HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED OR THE INVITE HAS BEEN SENT OUT.
OUR SPECIAL GUEST, GRETCHEN CASINI, IS HERE TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION TO THE MEMBERSHIP. AND BY THE WAY, JUST TO SHARE, THAT IS ALSO THE SAME DAY AS OUR BOARD ENGAGEMENT, WHICH IS YOUR RETREAT.
AND YES, THERE IS A JANUARY 9TH WORKSHOP AND THE THE INTENDED AUDIENCE FOR THAT WORKSHOP IS GOING TO BE RELATIVELY BROAD.
WE'VE ALREADY STARTED COMMUNICATING WITH CITY MANAGERS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT CITY MANAGERS, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS.
WE'VE GOTTEN A LIST FROM ANDREW AND CARRIE, WHO ARE DOING A GREAT JOB FOR YOU ALL.
OF ALL OF THEIR PROJECTS, SPECIFIC POINTS OF CONTACT.
SO ANYONE AT THE CITY LEVEL WHO IS WORKING ON THE SURTAX, WHO HAS SURTAX PROJECTS OR CONTRACT MANAGEMENT AND THEN ALL LEGAL STAFF WILL ALL BE INVITED BECAUSE IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TALK ABOUT METRICS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC PROJECTS.
WE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT STRATEGIES AND APPROACHES TO PROJECT, TO PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT, TO THE REHAB AND MAINTENANCE PROCESS, HOW WE'RE GOING TO COLLECT APPLICATION DATA AND SOME OTHER JUST KIND OF GENERAL TIMELINES ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN MUNICIPALITIES CAN EXPECT TO RECEIVE THEIR CONTRACTS FOR CYCLE ONE AND WHAT THE TIME FRAME WOULD BE TO GET THOSE CONTRACTS BACK.
IT'S MORE HIGH LEVEL AND JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO DIALOGUE.
THANK YOU. YOU'RE VERY WELCOME.
BOARD MEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR.
JUST AS A POINT, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE BOTH GRETCHEN AND ANGELA.
THEY'VE BOTH BEEN GRETCHEN'S HAS BEEN ASSIGNED TO OVERLOOK THE ENTIRE SURTAX PROJECT.
AND ANGELA IS NOW THE APPOINTED TO BE THE ATTORNEY FOR THE SURTAX.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU, SIR. DEPUTY VICE CHAIR GOOD.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. SO, AGAIN, THE SURTAX MEETING IS GOING TO BE HELD FROM WHAT TIME TO WHAT TIME? ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE COUNTY'S WORKSHOP? I BELIEVE IT GOES FROM ONE TO 4.
OUR MEETING START AT 10:30 AND WILL END AT 3:00.
OK. SO SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS WE CAN WHEN WE FIRST SCHEDULED THIS.
I HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH GREG AND YOU ALL THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT BE DONE BY TWO SO WE COULD START. THAT'S WHY WE HAVEN'T SENT THE INVITATION OUT YET.
BECAUSE IF THERE IS A LEVEL OF INTEREST AT THE ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL, WHICH AGAIN, WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUNSHINE THE MEETING AND HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS ATTEND, ANYONE IS WELCOME. WE CAN REARRANGE THE AGENDA BASED ON A LEVEL OF INTEREST.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE.
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IT WILL BE AT THE CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.WE COULD MOVE IT FROM TWO TO FIVE.
SO AS SOON AS WE GET SOME FEEDBACK, I WAS HOPING TO TALK TO GREG AFTER THIS MEETING.
THEN WE'LL TRY TO FINALIZE THE AGENDA AND GET IT SENT OUT TO EVERYONE TOMORROW.
I SO APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNTY WOULD CONSIDER THAT OPPORTUNITY SO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE MPO WHO WISH TO ATTEND COULD PARTICIPATE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN WE'VE HAD ON OUR CALENDAR FOR QUITE SOME TIME OUR MEETING AND AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN BOTH, I THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO I WOULD HOPE THAT IF I CAN ASK THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE AND YOURSELF, I JUST APPRECIATE YOU SAYING THAT SO MUCH AND I HOPE THAT MR. STUART CAN ACCOMMODATE THIS IN SOME FASHION.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES, BUT I THINK THAT IF WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN OUR RETREAT AND THEN ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THIS AND GET INFORMATION THAT'S GOING TO HELP US IN THE FUTURE, BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.
I THINK IT'S IT'S HELPFUL TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE.
AND JUST TO SHARE WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS, WE ALSO BOTH GRETCHEN AND I REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO LEAVE HERE AND GET THERE SAFELY AND NOT DISTRACTED.
VICE CHAIR ORTIS YOU'RE RECOGNIZED.
GRETCHEN, YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
I'VE PARTICIPATED AS MUCH AS I COULD IN THE SURTAX REVIEW.
OUR STAFF AND OUR CITY ENGINEER HAVE BEEN REALLY MONITORING.
BUT AS A CHAIR OF EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER BLATTNER SAYS, WE'RE SENT HERE BY OUR CITY TO PRODUCE. AND WHEN I CALL COMMISSIONER BEAM FURR AND TELL HIM OUR LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING IN PEMBROKE PINES, HE'S VERY RECEPTIVE.
BUT I'M TELLING YOU TODAY, ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY AND I HOPE IT'S RECORDED OUR LIGHTS IN PEMBROKE PINES ARE NOT WORKING.
AND THE CRUNCH OF NOW HOLIDAY RESIDENTS AND GUESTS COMING INTO OUR CITY.
IT IS JUST NOT IT'S NOT RIGHT.
SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE ABOUT OUR CITY.
I'M SURE [INAUDIBLE] I'M SURE.
BUT HE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE KNOW WE GOT THESE FIBER OPTICS GOING IN.
BUT WE NEED TO FIX THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
AND BECAUSE I GET CALLS EVERY DAY, JUST WANT TO VENT A LITTLE BIT.
IT WAS RELEVANT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER.
OK. I DON'T ANY MORE REQUESTS AND I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THE AGENDA AT THIS TIME IF I CAN DO SO WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT BOARD MEMBER, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER SOFIELD WAS TALKING ABOUT.
OUR COMMENTS ARE AT THE END, BUT WE STILL HAVE NON ACTION ITEMS TO GO FOR.
SO IF I HAVE NO OBJECTIONS, I'M GOING TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS FOR MEMBER COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. IS THERE ANYBODY HERE OBJECTING TO ME? SEEING NONE, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO MEMBER COMMENTS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME, PLEASE REQUEST TO SPEAK AND YOU WILL BE RECOGNIZED. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER FURR.
JUST A REAL QUICK. I KNOW WHEN WE WERE HAVING THE DISCUSSION ABOUT MEMBERSHIP AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT WE WE BOTH PATTY AND I HAD TALKED ABOUT, WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE FIVE REGIONS. AND I JUST WANT TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THE NEW MAYOR HAS ASSIGNED SOMEBODY TO THE 5TH REGION THAT WAS THAT WAS NOT BEING REPRESENTED.
MAYOR [INAUDIBLE] HAS TAKEN HIMSELF OFF THE MPO, BUT HE HAS ADDED LAMAR FISHER.
SO WHAT SO WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS EVERY EVERY REGION IS NOW REPRESENTED.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE BEEN THINKING THAT WAY, BUT THE MORE WE CONTINUE TO TRY TO THINK THAT WAY, THE BETTER.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE BY BY MAYOR [INAUDIBLE], AND I THINK IT'LL BE GOOD FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU FOR THAT.
I KNOW HE'S BEEN ON THE BOARD FOR A LONG TIME AND I PERSONALLY THINK THAT HE ENJOYS IT.
SO I YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A SURPRISE MOVE AND IT'S NICE TO HAVE A MAGNANIMOUS ACT LIKE THAT. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
I'VE JUST QUESTION THE EXECUTIVE MEMBER FURR.
DO YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE NOTICE? YES. THE ATTORNEY AND I ARE.
TODAY. OK. SO SOMETIME WITHIN SOMETIME SOON, THERE'S PAPERWORK THAT FOLLOWS.
YEAH. YOU KNOW, WE GET ONE FROM BROWARD COUNTY EVERY YEAR.
WHEN YOU GET APPOINTED, THEY SEND A LETTER OVER.
SO I GOT REAPPOINTED [INAUDIBLE] AND THEY SEND OVER.
AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, I ALREADY GOT THAT YESTERDAY.
THE COMMENTS SECTION IS CLOSED FROM MEMBERSHIP GOING TO NON ACTION ITEMS.
[1. Demonstration of the MPO's Interactive Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Tool]
WE HAVE A DEMONSTRATION OF THE MPOS INTERACTIVE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BY MR.[01:10:01]
RESTREPO. I LIKE THIS TOOL.IT HAS BEEN REFINED FROM PREVIOUS YEARS, THE PREVIOUS YEARS IN MY PERSONAL OPINION WERE JUST FINE. BUT NOW IT'S ON STEROIDS.
SORRY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
MY NAME'S CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO. I'M PART OF THE PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING STAFF HERE AT THE BROWARD MPO. AND I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A COOL LITTLE DEMONSTRATION THAT WILL HELP, HOPEFULLY HELP YOU COMMUNICATE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN YOUR BACKYARD.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A COUPLE OF WAYS WE COULD DO THIS.
YOU CAN EITHER FOLLOW ON THE SCREENS, WHICH I DON'T SEE THEM RIGHT NOW.
TAP.OK. IN THE MEANTIME, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS I'M GOING TO DO A DEMONSTRATION OF THE INTERACTIVE TIP TOOL AND WHAT THAT WHAT THE MORE MOST IMPORTANT WORD OF THAT IS, IS THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TIP.
AND WHAT THAT IS, IS IT'S YOUR.
IS IT WORKING? WHAT THAT IS, IS YOUR DOCUMENT THAT WE HAVE HERE.
TELL THIS TO PROJECTS THAT ARE PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND IT'S ADOPTED EVERY YEAR AND NEWLY UPDATED.
SO HOPEFULLY WITH THIS TOOL WILL HELP YOU SHOW OFF ALL YOUR PROJECTS, ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT WE'RE ALL DOING TOGETHER.
IT WORKED EARLIER. THIS IS A REMINDER THAT EVEN THOUGH STEROIDS HAVE A PURPOSE, A MISUSE OF THEM HAVE DELETERIOUS CONSEQUENCES.
WALT HAD TO SHOW UP THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AFTER HIS BAD JOKE.
[LAUGHTER] I CAN MAKE THOSE TOO.
SO THERE'S TWO WAYS WE CAN DO THIS.
YOU CAN EITHER LOOK AT THE SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU THAT'LL SHOW ME.
SHOW ME MY STEP OR MY PATH TO GET TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO.
OR YOU CAN DO IT YOURSELVES ON SWITCHING THE SCREEN AND THEN TO GO ONTO THE INTERNET.
IF YOU DO IT THAT WAY, I'LL WALK YOU STEP BY STEP.
SO THE FIRST THING THAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IS CLICK ON THE INTERNET TOOL.
AND BY DOING THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO TYPE IN BROWARDMPO.ORG.
THAT'LL BRING US TO OUR MAIN PAGE WHERE EVERYTHING IS HOSTED FOR OUR AGENCY.
ONCE YOU'RE THERE, YOU'RE GONNA GO TO THE WHO WE ARE, SORRY, WHAT WE DO.
AND THERE YOU'RE GONNA HIGHLIGHT THE TRANSPIRATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
CLICK ON THAT BUTTON AND I'LL PULL YOU TO THE NEXT PAGE.
ONCE YOU'RE ON THIS PAGE, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT AND GO TO OUR IMPORTANT LINKS BOX. THERE YOU'LL SEE A HYPERLINK THAT SAYS INTERACTIVE TIP.
CLICK ON THAT TO GET YOU TO OUR TOOL.
ON THE LANDING PAGE YOU'LL GET TO AN OVERVIEW PAGE THAT'LL GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS AND WHO TO CONTACT IN CASE THERE'S ANY KIND OF PROBLEMS OR HAPPINESS.
WHAT YOU'LL DO TO MAKE A SEARCH IS SEARCH TIP AND WHILE THE TRANSPIRATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOES HAVE ALL THESE PROJECTS IN IT, IT IS A VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENT.
SO WHAT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SHOW YOU IS HOW TO CONDENSE IT TO A REPORT OF JUST IN YOUR JURISDICTIONAL BOUNDARY.
TO DO THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN AND GO TO THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, CLICK ON THE LAYER NAME CHOOSE AND YOU'RE GONNA HIT CITIES.
THIS WILL HELP YOU. I'M SORRY.
IN ALPHABETICAL H.I USUALLY DO COCONUT CREEK BECAUSE THE FIRST ONE UP THERE.
YOU'LL GO THERE AND CLICK THE DROPDOWN MENU AND CLICK ON CORAL SPRINGS.
YOU'RE GONNA THEN HIT THE SEARCH BUTTON AND THIS WILL BRING LOAD UP A GENERATED REPORT.
HERE IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU TOO MUCH DETAIL.
BASICALLY, ALL IT DOES IS GIVE YOU A NAME AS THE SECTION AND THE FM NUMBER.
BUT TO GET A FULL PDF REPORT, YOU'LL CLICK ON THE BUTTON THAT SAYS GENERATE REPORT.
ONCE THERE, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS TO AID THE REPORT.
YOU CAN HAVE THE COVER PAGE. IT'S A GREAT PAGE.
IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO SELECT, IF YOU WANT, A FIVE YEAR SUMMARY BASED OFF OF THE CODE AND FUNDING SOURCE.
YOU CAN DO THAT, BUT IT'LL MAKE THE REPORT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
WHAT YOU'LL DO IS YOU THEN SELECT HOW YOU WANT THIS INFORMATION TO BE DISPLAYED TO YOU.
YOU CAN DO IT BY PROJECT NAME OR PROJECT NUMBER, WHICHEVER YOUR PREFERENCE.
I LIKE DOING IT BY PROJECT NAMES.
SO YOU'LL CLICK THERE AND THEN YOU'LL CLICK RUN REPORT.
ONCE THAT HAPPENS, A REPORT WILL BE GENERATED.
TO GET THE REPORT YOU THEN CLICK DOWNLOAD REPORT.
THIS WILL BRING YOU TO A NEW SITE.
SO DON'T WORRY, IT'S NOT GETTING DOWNLOAD TO YOUR DESKTOP.
BUT YOU CAN CHOOSE TO DO SO IF YOU WANT TO.
THIS IS THE COVER PAGE THAT FIRST GETS POPULATED.
AND AFTER THAT, IT'S A REPORT BASED OFF OF THE SECTIONS OF THE TIP THAT DISPLAYS ALL OF THE FINANCIAL INFORMATION FOR ALL THE PROJECTS IN YOUR CITY OR MUNICIPALITY.
SO IT'S A REPORT YOU DON'T SEE THE PROJECT, IT'S NOT A MAP.
WHAT IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE LIMITS OF THE SITUATION? SO WHAT YOU DO IS YOU GO BACK TO THE TAB THAT HAD OUR INTERACTIVE TIP TOOL.
THEN CLICK ON THE TAB THAT SAYS THIS WILL BRING IT TO A NEW PAGE FOR IT TO LOAD.
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THIS IS THE LANDING PAGE. IT'LL JUST GIVE YOU A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF HOW TO USE SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS ON THE MAP. YOU CAN SCROLL THROUGH IT IF YOU CHOOSE.BY CLICKING THE LITTLE BUTTONS RIGHT HERE TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
BUT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING REAL QUICK.
SO HERE YOU CAN SCROLL IN AND OUT TO VIEW OF THE PROJECTS WITHIN BROWARD COUNTY.
EACH PROJECT IS HIGHLIGHTED IN EITHER BLUE OR YELLOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF PROJECT IT IS. YOU CAN CLICK ON THE LAYERS AND TO SEE WHAT THE LEGEND IS, BUT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT JUST REPORTING. SO YOU CLICK ON A PROJECT ANYWHERE YOU'D LIKE AND THIS PROJECT COMES UP RIVERLAND ROAD.
IT JUST GIVES YOU THE BRIEF INFORMATION OF THE NAME OF THE PROJECT AND THE PROJECT NUMBER TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.
YOU WOULD THEN CLICK ON THE PROJECT OVER HERE TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT WHAT IF YOU WANT TO PDF PRINT OUT? YOU THEN CLICK ON THIS BUTTON RIGHT HERE.
RUN REPORT LIKE THE REPORT BEFORE IT WILL BRING YOU TO A NEW TAB AND YOU CAN CHOOSE TO THEN DOWNLOAD IT FROM HERE IF YOU WISH.
AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU A DETAILED INFORMATION OF ALL OF THE SOURCES AND PHASES OF THE PROJECT AS WELL AS A MAP.
AND THAT'S YOUR DEMONSTRATION. OK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO SEE THAT THERE IS A REQUEST TO SPEAK BY BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS.
YES. IS THERE AND I MAY NOT KNOW WHERE THIS IS OR I MAY HAVE MISSED THIS, BUT.
A GALLERY NOT A THAT GALLERY, A GLOSSARY OF THE ABBREVIATIONS FOR THE FUNDING SOURCES.
YES, ACTUALLY, THAT'S IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM DOCUMENTS.
SO ACTUALLY, I WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO FIND THAT REAL QUICK.
RIGHT. THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO IS YOU GO TO OUR BROWARDMPO.ORG JUST LIKE HOW WE DID BEFORE.
WHAT WE DO AND CLICK ON THE TRANSPIRATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TAB.
IT'LL BRING YOU TO THIS PAGE. THE TIP PAGE AND YOU SCROLL DOWN AND THEN YOU WILL THEN CLICK ON THE BIG DOCUMENT.
THIS IS A COUPLE HUNDRED PAGES LONG SO I WAS, TRYING TO SAVE YOU SOME SPACE OF READING ALL OF THAT. WHAT YOU'LL DO IS THEN YOU THEN GO TO OUR INDEX AND LOOK FOR THE ABBREVIATIONS. WHICH I WISH I KNEW WHAT PAGE IT WAS SO I CAN GET THERE FASTER.
WE'RE GONNA SEARCH TOGETHER AND YOU CAN.
CAN YOU CONTROL F IT? CONTROL F? LIKE SEARCH. I'M SORRY.
YEAH. LEGEND ABBREVIATIONS, PAGE ONE.
SO JUST TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY A LOT OF TIMES WHEN I'M TALKING TO OTHER FOLKS AROUND THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE STATE AND I START GETTING INTO CONVERSATIONS WITH FFR AND DDA AND SU AND SA. AND THOSE ARE ALL THE FUNDING CODES.
AND THEY DO NOT EXPECT FOR YOU ALL TO KNOW THEM.
THE ONLY ONE THAT YOU NEED TO REALLY FOCUS ON IS IF IT SAYS LF THAT MEANS THAT'S WHAT YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS COMMITTED TO THE PROJECT.
AND THEN ALL OTHER FUNDS ARE ACTUALLY FROM OTHER SOURCES.
SO HERE'S YOUR TABLE OF LEGENDS AND ABBREVIATIONS.
THAT'S ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY PAGE NUMBER ONE ON OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. RESTREPO.
THE SECOND IS THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
[2. Transportation Planning Equity Assessment]
MRS. LYCHAK. THIS WAS A MAJOR HIT AT AMPO BY THE WAY.I CAN HOLD IT. OH, I CAN HOLD IT.
GOOD MORNING CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
MY NAME IS ERICA LYCHAK, AND I HAVE WITH ME ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE] FROM TINDELL OLIVER, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS ON WHAT WE'RE CALLING OUR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
NOW, I KNOW THAT EQUITY IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WHILE.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN SPRINKLED INTO SOME OF OUR DISCUSSIONS IN VARIOUS WAYS, SHAPES AND FORMS. BUT WE REALLY WANTED TO COME TO YOU AND JUST KIND OF PRESENT TO YOU THAT CULMINATION OF TWO YEARS OF HARD WORK, OF DATA AND OF REALLY PRIORITIZING EQUITY.
I KNOW THAT THE MTP OF THE COMMITMENT 2045 WAS THE FIRST OPPORTUNITY THAT WE KIND OF HAD TO REALLY ELEVATE EQUITY.
AND ELIZABETH IS GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THAT PROCESS.
BUT AGAIN, WANTED TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.
BUT THEN THE TAKEAWAY FOR YOU IS HOW TO TAKE THIS ASSESSMENT OUT, USE IT IN YOUR MUNICIPALITIES WITH MANY OF THE GROUPS THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
IT REALLY IS SOMETHING THAT HAS A WIDE RANGE OF APPLICABILITY AND IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SORT OF BE ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL HAND IT OVER TO LIZ.
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AS ERICA MENTIONED, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH [INAUDIBLE].I'M TINDELL OLIVER'S PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS AND I AM EXCITED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT, AS ERICA MENTIONED, THIS NEARLY ACTUALLY OVER A TWO YEAR EFFORT AT THIS POINT TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT TO CONSIDER EQUITY ACROSS ALL OF THE MPOS PLANS AND PROGRAMS. AS YOU'RE PROBABLY AWARE, ANY AGENCY THAT RECEIVES FEDERAL FUNDING MUST ADHERE TO SPECIFIC TITLE SIX REQUIREMENTS, AS WELL AS OTHER FEDERAL NONDISCRIMINATION AUTHORITIES, SUCH AS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE.
THE MPO HAS ALWAYS ADHERED TO THESE REQUIREMENTS AND BEEN FOUND IN COMPLIANCE AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND. BUT DURING THE 2016 FEDERAL CERTIFICATION REVIEW THAT IS COMPLETED EVERY THREE YEARS, FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION STAFF CHALLENGED THE MPO AT THAT TIME TO THINK ABOUT HOW THEY COULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR TITLE 6 AND ADDRESS EQUITY IN A COMPREHENSIVE MANNER ACROSS THE MPOS PLANS AND PROGRAMS AND DEVELOP A STANDARDIZED WAY FOR DOING SO.
BECAUSE WHILE EQUITY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN CONSIDERED IN THE MPO PLANNING PROCESSES, IT HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN DONE IN THE SAME WAY BY CERTAIN MPO STAFF OR CONSULTANTS OR WHOEVER.
EXCUSE ME, WHOEVER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT AT THAT TIME.
SO THOSE ARE TWO KEY GOALS OF THIS STANDARDIZED PROCESS AND COMPREHENSIVE ACROSS THE PLANS AND PROGRAMS. SO THE PROCESS ITSELF CAN REALLY BE DISTILLED DOWN TO TWO PARTS.
THE FIRST PART WAS TO DEVELOP THE STANDARDIZED WAY TO IDENTIFY WHAT EQUITY AREAS ARE AND HOW THEY'RE DEFINED IN THE COUNTY.
AND THIS MAP IS THE OUTPUT OF THAT PROCESS.
THIS INCLUDED A VERY COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL THE AVAILABLE DATA METHODOLOGIES AND A PEER AGENCY REVIEW.
AND WHAT WE THOUGHT AT THE BEGINNING WAS THAT THERE WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY FEW EXAMPLES OUT THERE OF MPOS CONSIDERING EQUITY IN THIS MANNER.
BASED ON OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND OUR RESEARCH AND WE WERE CORRECT. SO THIS IS REALLY POSITIONING THE BROWARD MPO TO BE A NATIONAL BEST PRACTICE FOR CONSIDERATIONS OF EQUITY.
AND AS CHAIR MENTIONED THAT THE ASSOCIATION FOR MPO CONFERENCE IN BALTIMORE, WE DID GET THAT FEEDBACK. THE SECOND PART IS TO DEVELOP AND APPLY THE ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND PROGRAMS. AND THIS ENTIRE PROCESS WAS GUIDED BY A WORKING GROUP OF MPO STAFF REPRESENTING EVERY SINGLE AREA OF THE MPOS FUNCTIONS.
SO IT'S A VERY COLLABORATIVE EFFORT.
THE EQUITY AREAS THEMSELVES ARE BASED ON DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS THAT ALL TIED DIRECTLY BACK TO TITLE 6 AND OTHER FEDERAL NONDISCRIMINATION AUTHORITIES.
THEY'RE ILLUSTRATED ON THIS SLIDE.
AND IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE HAD A NEXUS THAT TIED THE EQUITY OUTPUT MAP DIRECTLY TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE MPO IS RESPONSIBLE TO ADDRESS.
IT'S OH, I'M SORRY, LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
THE EQUITY TOOL ITSELF IS AN EXCEL BASED FILE, AND THE OUTPUT IS THIS MAP, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. IT'S INTENDED TO BE ONE TOOL IN THE TOOLBOX.
IT'S NOT INTENDED TO DEFINITIVELY IDENTIFY ANY CERTAIN POPULATION GROUPS, BUT IT IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE A CONSISTENT WAY TO ANALYZE THIS DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION.
IT IS A STATISTICALLY DRIVEN CALCULATION AND THERE'S NO ABILITY FOR THE USER TO BE ABLE TO INFLUENCE THE OUTPUT.
SO EVERYBODY WILL GET THE SAME CALCULATIONS THAT USES THE TOOL.
IT DOES, HOWEVER, PROVIDE FOR FLEXIBLE GEOGRAPHY.
SO SOMEBODY LOOKING TO CALCULATE AN EQUITY AREA, SCORE FOR THEIR OWN COMMUNITY, CITY, SUB AREA, ETC. CAN INPUT THE DATA FOR THE BLOCK GROUPS OR THE CENSUS TRACKS THAT COMPRISE THEIR COMMUNITY AND HAVE A SIMILAR OUTCOME BUT BASED ON THEIR OWN SPECIFIC LOCAL DATA, IT CAN ALSO BE TAILORED TO LOOK AT A REGIONAL PICTURE AS WELL.
SO IT IS VERY FLEXIBLE IN THAT MANNER.
SO THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY THE DELIVERABLE FOR THE FIRST PART OF THIS PROCESS.
THE SECOND PART WAS THEN TO APPLY, DEVELOP AND APPLY EQUITY ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY ACROSS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT PLANS AND PROGRAMS, WHICH WAS A KEY GOAL OF THIS EFFORT.
AND IN LOOKING AT WHAT THE MPO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, IT REALLY BECAME APPARENT
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THAT THERE WERE THREE LEVELS OF WHICH WE NEEDED TO CONSIDER EQUITY.THE FIRST WAS AT A HIGHER LEVEL, WHICH IS LOOKING AT THE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OVER A LONG TERM PERIOD AND AND HOW THE PROJECTS ARE ULTIMATELY INITIALLY DEVELOPED. THAT IS THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.
AND WE WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT THIS PROCESS WAS GOING ON AT THE SAME TIME, AS COMMITMENT 2045 SO WE COULD NOT ONLY DEVELOP OUR METHODOLOGY, BUT USE IT AS PART OF THAT PLANNING PROCESS. THEN AS PROJECTS ARE FURTHER REFINED AND LOOKED AT CLOSER FOR POTENTIAL IMPLEMENTATION, THAT'S WHAT I REFER TO AS THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT LEVEL THAT'S LOOKING AT EQUITY AS PART OF YOUR CORRIDOR STUDY, YOUR ALTERNATIVE'S ANALYSIS, YOUR PD&E STUDY FOR EXAMPLE. AND THEN THE THIRD LEVEL IS THE PROJECT INVESTMENT.
THAT'S REALLY THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHERE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION.
AND SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONSIDERED EQUITY FROM THE GROUND UP STARTING AT THAT PROJECT CONCEPT LEVEL, SO THAT BY THE TIME THAT THE PROJECTS ARE FUNDED, EQUITY HAS BEEN CONSIDERED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
AND THAT LAST STEP IS MORE OF A CHECKS AND BALANCES AND MONITORING PROCESS RATHER THAN LOOKING AT EQUITY FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH IS OFTEN WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN THE PAST WITH MANY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCIES.
SO FOR COMMITMENT 2045, WE WERE ABLE TO INTEGRATE EQUITY INTO ALMOST EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE PROCESS. TRADITIONALLY, AS PART OF THIS LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS, EQUITY IS USUALLY CONSIDERED TOWARDS THE END WHEN THE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED, THEY ARE CHECKED AGAINST MAPS OF DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS.
AND WHAT WE DID IS WE INTEGRATED EQUITY VERY EARLY ON, FOR EXAMPLE, DURING THE SCENARIO PLANNING PROCESS.
WE LOOKED AT EQUITY AND OUTPUTS OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES FOR EACH SCENARIO COMPARED TO THE TREND SCENARIO FOR EQUITY AREAS VERSUS NON-EQUITY AREAS.
WE DID THE SAME THING FOR THE 2045 NEEDS SYSTEM AND THEN WE ALSO DID THE SAME THING FOR THE COST FEASIBLE PLAN FOR THE FUNDED PROJECTS TO UNDERSTAND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EQUITY AREAS VERSUS NON EQUITY AREAS OF THE COUNTY.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DETERMINED AS A KEY LESSON LEARNED WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF ELEVATING EQUITY TO A LEVEL ON WHICH IT CAN BE INTEGRATED THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS. AND IN THIS CASE, EQUITY WAS ELEVATED TO ONE OF THE SIX PLANNING FACTORS FOR COMMITMENT 2045.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE AS PART OF THAT PROJECT PRIVATIZATION PROCESS, THE PROJECT TEAM WAS ABLE TO APPLY A NUMBER OF PRIORITIZATION CRITERIA TO EQUITY, AND IT ACTUALLY ACCOUNTED FOR EIGHT OF THE 37 TOTAL POINTS.
SO IT REALLY HAD A CHANCE TO BE A FACTOR IN HOW THE PROJECTS WERE PRIORITIZED AND THAT THE GOAL OF THIS PROJECT WAS, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, TO NOT ONLY APPLY THIS PROCESS TO ONE PLANNING FUNCTION OF THE MPO, BUT ACROSS THE BOARD.
SO EQUITY ASSESSMENTS, TO VARYING DEGREES HAVE ALSO BEEN INTEGRATED INTO THE COMPLETE STREETS AND LOCALIZED INITIATIVE PROGRAM.
WE'VE MADE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE NEXT UPDATE OF THE COMPLETE STREETS MASTER PLAN, THE MOBILITY HUB PROGRAM, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY FINALIZING A MONITORING PROCEDURE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
SO IT REALLY HAS BECOME A COMPREHENSIVE WAY TO LOOK AT EQUITY IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK IS GOING TO BE VERY USEFUL AND HOPEFULLY USEFUL TO THE COMMUNITIES AS AN OUTPUT OF THIS PROJECT ARE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED.
SO UNDER THE MPOS WEB SITE AND THE RESOURCES TAB, THERE IS A DEDICATED AREA FOR THE TRAINS TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
ONCE WE UPDATE THE EQUITY DATA ANALYSIS, FILE WITH THE NEW AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY DATA THAT'S COMING OUT THIS MONTH THAT WILL BE PUT ONLINE AND IT HAS DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS AND A TEMPLATE SO THAT ANYBODY CAN DOWNLOAD THE FILE AND CALCULATE THEIR EQUITY AREAS FOR THEIR OWN COMMUNITY.
IT'S GOT A DETAILED REPORT ABOUT HOW THIS METHODOLOGY WAS DEVELOPED AND WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PEER MPO AGENCIES VET IT EARLY ON TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY YOU KNOW, THEY WERE KIND OF WORKING ON SOMETHING SIMILAR AS FAR AS IDENTIFYING EQUITY AREAS.
AND THEY AGREED THAT THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE WERE USING WAS SOUND.
WE HAVE AN INTERACTIVE MAP WHERE ANYBODY CAN GO AND CLICK ON A BLOCK GROUP AND IT WILL POP UP ALL THE DATA THAT COMPRISES THE EQUITY SCORES.
AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT'S GREAT ABOUT THIS IS THE DATA CAN BE EXPORTED AND USED BY THE AGENCIES. AND I THINK THAT'S.
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR ORGANIZATIONS, PARTICULARLY NONPROFITS AND SMALLER AGENCIES THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE STAFF RESOURCES TO BE ABLE TO GO DOWNLOAD CENSUS DATA, ANALYZE IT, PUT IT THROUGH GIS AND HAVE AN EXPORT LIKE THIS.
SO THAT'S THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT THING I WANTED TO MENTION.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO OTHER INFORMATION KITS FOR PARTNER AGENCIES AS FAR AS WHAT IS
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EQUITY, HOW CAN IT BE USED IN THE PLANNING PROCESS? AND WHAT ARE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE? SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS AS ERICA MENTIONED IS THAT THESE RESOURCES ARE AVAILABLE OR WILL BE VERY, VERY SOON.AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR AGENCIES AS WELL.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. FIRST BOARD MEMBER TO BE RECOGNIZED IS BOARD MEMBER SIMONE.
AND ACTUALLY, YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO PRESS ANYTHING.
THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, MY LIGHT WAS OVERLOOKED.
I HAD A REQUEST ON THE PRESENTATION BEFORE ON THE TOOL THAT FOR US THAT ARE TECHNOLOGY CHALLENGED, IF WE COULD PLEASE GET THOSE DIRECTIONS BECAUSE HE WAS GOING EXTREMELY FAST.
I KNOW FOR ME AND I WOULD APPRECIATE HAVING SOME WRITTEN DIRECTIONS ON HOW TO NAVIGATE THAT WEB SITE. CHRISTOPHER WILL PROVIDE THAT TO YOU.
HOW ABOUT YOU INCLUDE THAT WITH YOUR SUMMARY OF TODAY'S MEETING? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT IDEA. YEAH.
OH, GOOD. IT'LL BE IN THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT.
IT'LL MAKE THE SUMMARY DOCUMENT A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAT WE SEND OUT JUST TO SHARE WITH EVERYBODY. THAT'S OK. WE WELCOME IT.
SUPER EXCITED TO HEAR THIS INFORMATION.
WE'RE GONNA BE USING IT WITHIN THE MPOS WORK.
JUST A FEW QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY THE OPPORTUNITY TO THOROUGHLY DIVE INTO SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS GOING TO BE HELPFUL.
YOU OBVIOUSLY USED THE PREVIOUS CENSUS.
THE CENSUS IS GOING TO BE UPDATED.
SO THERE IS A DESIRE TO UPDATE THIS INFORMATION MOVING FORWARD ONCE THE CENSUS IS COMPLETE. YES.
SO ACTUALLY, WE USE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, FIVE YEAR ESTIMATE DATA IN THERE.
AND WE HAVE CREATED SOME PROCEDURES FOR MPO STAFF TO BE ABLE TO UPDATE THAT GOING FORWARD. THE IDEA IS TO UPDATE IT ANNUALLY.
SO THEN WHEN THE CENSUS DATA IS AVAILABLE, IT WILL BE UPDATED TO REFLECT THAT AS WELL.
AND WE'VE ALREADY SEEN OVER THE COUPLE OF YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS DATA.
THE DEMOGRAPHICS HAVE CHANGED IN CERTAIN BLOCK UPS AMONG THE COUNTY.
SO I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUALLY UPDATE THE DATA AS THE DEMOGRAPHICS CHANGE.
SO WHEN YOU MENTIONED PURE AGENCY REVIEW, WHAT AGENCIES PARTICIPATED? WE DID A COMPREHENSIVE RESEARCH ASSESSMENT OF 40 MPOS LARGER MPOS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY WERE CONSIDERING EQUITY.
THERE HAVE BEEN RESEARCH PAPERS AS WELL THAT HAVE CASE STUDIES ON HOW MPOS ARE ADDRESSING EQUITY. AND SO WE RESEARCH THOSE CASE STUDIES AS WELL.
AND WE REACHED OUT TO TO MPOS THAT WERE DOING SOMETHING CLOSE TO THIS LEVEL.
SO OUR PEER TO PEER AGENCY REVIEW CONFIRMED WHAT THE FEDERAL AGENCIES HAD TOLD US, THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE SOMETHING BRAND NEW.
RIGHT. THIS WAS EMBARKING ON A NEW WAY TO LOOK AT EQUITY.
AND OUR RESEARCH CONFIRMED THAT.
DELAWARE VALLEY REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
PHILADELPHIA. THAT'S IN PHILADELPHIA.
I GUESS I WAS MORE INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT AGENCY ASSISTED YOU WITHIN THIS COUNTY TO PROVIDE THIS MAP THAT YOU'RE SHARING.
WELL, WE DEVELOP THE MAP FROM THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE CREATED.
WHERE DID YOU FIND THE DATA? THE DATA IS FROM THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY.
THE CENSUS WEB SITE. SO IT'S BASED ON 10 YEAR OLD DATA.
NO, IT'S BASED ON FIVE YEAR ESTIMATES.
THIS PARTICULAR MAP IS FOR 2013 TO 2017.
EVERY YEAR, THE CENSUS UPDATES THE AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY ESTIMATES IN BETWEEN THE CENSUS YEARS. DO THE ONE CATEGORY THAT YOU HAD AGE.
YOU HAD THE YOUNGEST FROM 10 TO 17.
WHY 10. WE DO HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE DATA.
AND THE IDEA OF INCLUDING YOUNGER ADULTS UNDER 18 IS TO CAPTURE THE AGE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DRIVE BUT MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR.
AND WE HAD TO INCLUDE SOME YOUNGER AGES BELOW THAT THRESHOLD BECAUSE THAT'S THE CATEGORY OF AGE THAT CENSUS PROVIDES.
I'M TOTALLY FINE BECAUSE WE HAVE CHILDREN THAT WALK TO SCHOOL.
SO MY QUESTION IS REALLY WHY YOU STOPPED AT 10.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THE THOUGHT PROCESS BEHIND IT.
WE NOT ONLY DEAL WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT WE ALSO DEAL WITH PEDESTRIAN.
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AND WE'RE ALWAYS MPO'S ALWAYS YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZING THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE.SO I WAS JUST INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THE 10 NOT THAT WE HAVE FIVE YEAR OLDS WALKING TO SCHOOL. BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, SCHOOL CHILDREN, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY START EARLIER THAN 10 WITH REGARD TO YOUR MAP, IF WE CAN GET THAT ON THE FLY.
IN LOOKING AT THE MAP, AND I GUESS I'LL SPEAK TO THE AREA THAT I'M FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH I REPRESENT SOUTHWEST AREA SOUTH OF GRIFFIN ROAD.
I'M JUST INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE, YOU KNOW, YOU ESSENTIALLY HAVE THREE BLUE CATEGORIES, MAYBE AND THEN THERE'S THERE'S WHITE.
SO WHITE IS OBVIOUSLY A BLACK [INAUDIBLE] SCORE, VERY LOW.
THEN YOU HAVE THE MEDIUM HIGH.
AND MAYBE IF YOU DID, I MISSED IT HOW YOU CAME UP WITH, FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S JUST FOCUS ON A MEDIUM LIGHT BLUE CATEGORY THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
WHAT WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF THAT KIND OF CATEGORY? WHAT WOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET THAT KIND OF SCORE.
SO THE SCORES ARE DEVELOPED BASED ON THE STATISTICAL DEVIATION FROM THE MEAN FOR THE ENTIRE COMBINATION OF DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS WITHIN THAT BLOCK GROUP COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AVERAGE.
OK. JUST CAN YOU JUST TALK TO ME IN LIKE NORMAL LINGO? YES. SO IS VERY AVERAGE CONVERSATION.
YOU AND I ARE CHATTING HERE AND I SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M ASSUMING IT'S PINES BOULEVARD, I-75 EAST.
THERE'S AN AREA THERE THAT'S A HIGH TO A VERY HIGH BLUE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE SOME AREA SOUTH OF IT, WHICH I WOULD IMAGINE IS IN MIRAMAR, WHICH IS LIKE A MEDIUM CATEGORY.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WOULD COME UP WITH THOSE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES SO CLOSE TOGETHER. AND WHAT WHAT GOES INTO IT? I WOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN IT AS THE MIX OF POPULATION THAT LIVES WITHIN THAT SPECIFIC BLOCK GROUP IS JUST SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE COUNTY AVERAGE IF IT'S LIGHT BLUE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY SLIGHTLY, IS IT WITH REGARD TO ETHNICITY OR REGARDING IT'S THE WHOLE.
INCOME, WHAT IS IT? THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT.
WHERE DO YOU LIST WHAT GIVES YOU THE HIGHEST POINTS IN A CATEGORY FOR YOUR SCORE? WELL, THAT'S WHERE THE INTERACTIVE MAP IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE THE MAP THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO USE, BECAUSE THIS IS SORT OF A STATIC OUTPUT THAT GIVES YOU THE VERY SIMPLIFIED HIGH LEVEL.
SO WHEN YOU GO ON TO OUR WEB SITE AND YOU ACTUALLY CLICK ON THE INTERACTIVE MAP, WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT INDIVIDUAL COLORED BLOCK, IT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU THE PERCENTAGE BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING AS TO WHY THAT WAS A HIGH EQUITY AREA.
IT MAY BE FOR, LET'S SAY, A LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY AND YOU'LL SEE THE PERCENTAGE THERE AND THEN IT'LL GIVE YOU THE BREAKDOWN.
SO I WAS GOING TO GIVE THE LIKE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS AS TO WHY THAT LIT UP AS DARK BLUE AS OPPOSED TO WHITE AS, OPPOSED TO.
THAT''S AWESOME. SO I THINK THAT'S GREAT.
SO I GUESS FOR A HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATION HERE AMONG THE MPO, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT GIVES YOU.
WHAT GIVES YOU MORE POINTS? IS IT YOUR INCOME? IS IT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE A LARGE MINORITY AREA? HOW YOU KNOW IS IT BASED ON AN ISSUE? SORRY. AND THEN HOW IS IT DIVIDED? IS IT DIVIDED WITHIN ONE MILE ARIUS MEAN, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GO HOUSE TO HOUSE, SO YOU DIVIDE THE MAP INTO HOW MANY SECTIONS.
SO THESE ARE OUR CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS.
OK. YOU CAN DO CENSUS TRACK, THE SAME ANALYSIS IN THE TOOL WITH CENSUS TRACK DATA, WHICH MAY BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A LARGER AREA.
OK, WE LOOKED AT BLOCK GROUP LEVEL TO BE ABLE TO DISTILL IT DOWN TO THE SMALLEST GRAPHIC AREA POSSIBLE. THE CALCULATIONS THEMSELVES.
IT'S NOT LIKE IF YOU HAVE A THRESHOLD OF A MINORITY POPULATION AT SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT IN ONE BLOCK GROUP AND SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT IN THE OTHER.
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE EXACT SAME SCORES BECAUSE IT'S THE OUTPUT IS COMPLETELY DEPENDENT ON THE MIX OF THOSE SEVEN DEMOGRAPHIC INDICATORS WITHIN THAT BLOCK GROUP.
OK. SO. SO TO NOT TO TAKE MORE TIME, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL BEFORE BECAUSE I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO GO AND LOOK AT THE INTERACTIVE MAP TO GET A BETTER IDEA OF HOW THAT'S COMPUTED SO THAT WHEN WE GO ON THERE, WE HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING.
SO A NUMBER DOESN'T JUST POP UP AND I AND I TAKE IT FOR GOLD.
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I WANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW THAT NUMBER WAS DEVELOPED AND YOU KNOW, WHICH INDICATORS MAY HAVE GIVEN MORE MORE WERE GIVEN MORE POINTS VERSUS ANOTHER IN ONE PARTICULAR SECTION VERSUS ANOTHER. JUST EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.BUT I DO WHEN I'M I GUESS I'M NOT EXPLAINING MYSELF, BUT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND THE STRENGTH GIVEN TO ONE INDICATOR OVER ANOTHER.
SO SHE WHAT SHE'S REALLY LOOKING FOR IS WHY WOULD YOU HAVE A VERY HIGH? AND THE ANSWER IS YOU'D HAVE A VERY HIGH BECAUSE YOU MAY HAVE A DEVIATION THAT'S EXTREMELY HYPER SENIORS AND A DEVIATION THAT'S EXTREMELY HIGH FOR PERSONS OF COLOR AND A DEVIATION. SO IT'S THE COMBINATION OF THEM.
IT'S CUMULATIVE TO MAKE IT THAT COLOR IS WHAT SHE'S LOOKING FOR.
YES. AND I CAN APPRECIATE THE COMPLEXITY OF THIS.
I COULD HAVE PROBABLY PRESENTED 30 MINUTES JUST ON HOW WE CALCULATED THIS.
THERE IS A REPORT ON THAT EQUITY WEB PAGE RIGHT NOW THAT GOES INTO DETAIL ABOUT THE PROCESS AND HOW IT PROVIDES STEP-BY-STEP EXAMPLES FROM A SPECIFIC BLOCK GROUP TO KIND OF CARRY YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM AFTER.
CAN I MAKE A SUGGESTION? AND JUST IF THERE'S INTEREST AMONG SOME OF THE MEMBERS, WHAT WE COULD DO IS HOLD A SEMINAR.
THAT'D BE GREAT. ON IT AND BECAUSE I MEAN, NOT FOR NOTHING.
AND, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAIR WAS THERE AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION WITH THIS WAS PRESENTED AND EVERYBODY'S LIKE, YOU'RE DOING THIS FOR FREE.
SO THERE ARE A LOT OF OUR OTHER COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE DOING THIS ARE CHARGING PEOPLE MONEY TO DO THIS.
SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IT'S AN AMAZING THING.
AND IF THE SCHOOL BOARD ITSELF COULD USE THIS ONCE YOU'VE DISTILLED THE INFORMATION.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT FOR US. SO WE'LL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE TEAM TO SET UP A SEMINAR FOR EVERYBODY. IT WON'T BE AT THE RETREAT, BUT IT'LL BE ANOTHER DAY AND WE'LL TRY TO FIND ADVANTAGEOUS DAY FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE INTERESTED.
AND MAYBE THERE MIGHT BE MEMBERS OF YOUR SCHOOL BOARD TEAM THAT MIGHT WANT TO ATTEND AS WELL. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SUGGEST WHEN I HAD ASKED, YOU KNOW, WHO PARTICIPATED. THERE MAY BE INFORMATION WE HAVE THAT WE CAN SHARE ALSO TO BE INCLUDED AS FAR AS TITLE 1 ISSUES.
I MEAN, IT COULD REALLY HELP YOU BETTER STRENGTHEN YOUR MAP, BUT I THINK THIS IS A FABULOUS START.
I REALLY, REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT WAS THAT WENT INTO THIS.
AND MY LAST QUESTION AND OR POINT WAS YOU REFERENCE THAT YOU CAN BE GIVEN BECAUSE I WONDERED HOW THIS INFORMATION IT'S GREAT TO HAVE IT, BUT HOW IS AN INTEGRATED OR CONSIDERED AND YOU MENTIONED THAT SOMETHING REGARDING YOU CAN GET UP TO EIGHT POINTS OUT OF I THINK IT WAS SIXTEEN OR EIGHTEEN.
2045 PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS.
OK. EVERY PLANNING FACTOR THERE WERE SIX HAD CRITERIA UNDERNEATH THEM.
AND SINCE EQUITY IN THIS PLAN WAS ELEVATED TO ONE OF THE SIX ALONG WITH ACCESSIBILITY, SAFETY, ETC., IT HAD ITS OWN SET OF CRITERIA UNDER IT.
SO IT HAD ENOUGH POINTS TO BE ABLE TO BE MEANINGFUL.
WHICH YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IN THAT LONG RANGE PLANNING PROCESS.
THAT WAS GREAT. AND THAT'S REALLY THE KEY BECAUSE IT'S GREAT TO SAY YOU HAVE IT, BUT HOW YOU INTEGRATE IT IN THE PROCESS IS REALLY CRITICALLY IMPORTANT.
AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK BY STAFF.
THANK YOU, MR. STUART. THANK YOU.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. CHAIR BLATTNER.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP OR PRESENTATION BECAUSE I LOOK AT THIS.
I DON'T MEAN TO BE DISMISSIVE OF IT.
SO WHAT. WHAT ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO USE THIS INFORMATION FOR? HOW DOES IT HELP YOU? IF WE AS A MPO FOR BROWARD COUNTY ARE CONSCIENTIOUS ABOUT ADDRESSING EQUITY ISSUES, HOW DO WE DO THAT? SO IF WE HAVE THAT WORKSHOP, THAT SEMINAR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO COME AWAY WITH THE ANSWERS TO THOSE.
CAN I GIVE YOU JUST ONE QUICK EXAMPLE? JUST BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S PROBABLY THE QUESTION IS THE SO WHAT? IT HAS A BROAD RANGE OF APPLICABILITY.
BUT ONE EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU IS THAT ONE OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN BROWARD CONTACTED ME AND SAID, WE'RE LOOKING AT A NEW LOCATION FOR A LIBRARY.
CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF OAKLAND PARK OOPS, OAKLAND PARK SORRY, COMMISSIONER CARN. IT'S FINE.
BUT BECAUSE THEY WERE LOOKING AT THAT AND WANTED TO HAVE A VERY GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES WITHIN THAT CITY TO ENSURE THAT THAT LIBRARY WAS PLACED IN ESSENTIALLY THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS LOCATION.
WITH MANY MORE TO COME I'M HOPING. AND JUST MY COMMENT ON THAT, TOO, IS WHEN THIS MAP WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO ME, THE VERY FIRST THING THAT I DID IS I WENT TO MY IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SEE HOW ACCURATE IT WAS. AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LOW DEVIATION NEIGHBORHOOD AND BASED ON MY NEIGHBORS, I AGREE WITH THAT.
BUT TO GIVE CREDIT TO THE MAYOR OF THE GREAT CITY OF PEMBROOK PINES, HE HAD MADE A
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COMMENT. HE SAID THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MILLENNIALS IN PEMBROOK PINES AND ALSO IN MIRAMAR.AND I DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN THAT PART OF THE COUNTY, BUT I THOUGHT THIS DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT. AND WHEN I WENT TO THIS MAP AND I LOOKED IT UP, HE WAS DEAD ON.
AND I WAS I MEAN, I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT GUY KNOWS.
WELL, I MEAN, PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.
AND SO IT IS EXTREMELY ACCURATE.
AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED ABOUT THE DETAIL, EVEN JUST THE INDIVIDUAL BLOCK GROUPS THAT COME UP WITH THE INFORMATION.
I HAVE TWO THINGS I WANT TO SAY BEFORE EVERYTHING ELSE IS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
TWO MORE THINGS. ONE, WHILE WE STILL HAVE A QUORUM.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE UP A VOTE OF AN EXCUSAL FOR VICE MAYOR SCHROEDER OR BOARD MEMBER SCHROEDER. SHE DID NOT ATTEND APPARENTLY, SHE HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL.
SHE IS VERY, VERY SICK AND IT'S VERY DIRE.
SO IF I COULD GET A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THAT MOTION.
SHE'S STILL TYPING. SO MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER COLBOURNE.
I MADE THE MOTION. WELL, THERE IS A CONSPIRACY THERE.
NOW WE'RE UNEXCUSED ABSENCE MOTION.
BOARD MEMBER SIMONE SECOND BY BOARD MEMBER WILLIAMS, WE CAN NOW VOTE.
OK. THANK YOU FOR ENTERTAINING THAT OUT OF ORDER.
AND THE SECOND THING, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING HALLANDALE, OUR ATTORNEY HERE, IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
YOU CAN TALK TO HIM. FOR THOSE OF YOU DON'T KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY MAYOR COOPER IS GOING TO BE REINSTATED BY GOVERNOR DESANTIS.
AND THERE ARE RULES CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF THIS BOARD.
AND I PERSONALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS, BUT HE IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL TO CONSULT.
AND HOPEFULLY EVERYTHING THAT HE SAYS WILL ECHO EXACTLY WHAT YOUR ATTORNEY, CITY ATTORNEY IS HOPEFULLY THEY SHOULD BE THE SAME.
BUT HE DOES SPECIALIZE IN MPO LAW.
SO IF YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND ANYTIME HE IS AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT.
THANK YOU. I'M UNSURE IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT SHE'S BEING REINSTATED AND THEREFORE REINSTATED TO THIS POSITION, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE INFERRING.
SHE WAS NOT IN THIS POSITION WHEN SHE WAS REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
KEITH LONDON, I BELIEVE, WAS HERE.
SO THIS IS NOT GOING TO IMPACT MY POSITION AT ALL.
BUT HE'S STILL AT YOUR DISPOSAL ANYTIME.
HE WORKS FOR US. DOES HE REALLY WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN THIS DISCUSSION.
I DON'T THINK SO. I DON' THINK HE HAS A CHOICE.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO DRIVE [INAUDIBLE] DOWN TO HALLANDALE AT ANY TIME.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ENDING A LITTLE EARLIER THAN USUAL.
11:29. SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
JUST QUICKLY TO REMIND EVERYBODY, DON'T FORGET THE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY AND OUR BOARD RETREAT IN JANUARY AND WE'RE GONNA BE DOING A TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT WITH ULI ON APRIL 22ND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.