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GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.OKAY. MAY WE HAVE A ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL?
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
OKAY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO, OVER HERE IN THE CORNER.JUST TO ADD IN, WE HAVE THREE. I'M SORRY. YES.
YOU CAN TOUCH THE SCREEN. THEY ARE TOUCH SCREENS.
I KNOW, WE'RE SO EXCITING. WE GOT TOUCH SCREENS NOW. [LAUGHTER].
YEAH. NOT WORKING EITHER GIVE ME ONE MORE TRY. LET ME TRY THIS. CANCEL.
IT'S ALWAYS A HICCUP. YEAH. DOES IT WORK? YES.
HARTMANN, GOOD, AND DUNN AT THIS TIME. AND EVERYONE IS IN.
ACTUALLY I'M WAITING FOR. OH THERE HE GOES. THANK YOU.
AND YEP, WE'RE DOING GOOD. OKAY, GREAT. MAY I HAVE A
[3. Approval of Minutes - May 14, 2026]
MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION.MAY WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTING? YES.
YOU FORGOT TO PUSH THE BUTTON DURING ROLL CALL.
OH. [LAUGHTER] THEY ARE EXPENSIVE. NOT A BAD ADVICE.
WHAT HAPPENED? OKAY. IT WORKED OUT. WE'RE GOOD.
[4. Approval of Excused Absences]
NOW WE HAVE APPROVE EXCUSED ABSENCES. WE HAVE COOPER, DAVIS, FISHER, MALLOZZI, ROGERS, TRANTALIS AND BORGELIN. WE HAVE A MOTION? JUST A MOMENT CHAIR.I AM ADDING IN THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS AS WELL. AS SOON AS I FIND THEIR NAME.
THERE WE GO. APPROVAL OF EXCUSED ABSENCE. PLEASE MAKE A MOTION.
THANK YOU. THAT WAS FAST WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. CAN WE HAVE THE ELECTRONIC VOTING? GREAT. AND FOR REMINDER FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE ONLINE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND ONLY IF YOU DISAGREE WITH APPROVING THE MOTION.
OKAY. MOTION PASSES. EVERYONE VOTED. YES, CHAIR.
OKAY. APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[5. Approval of Agenda]
MOTION. SECOND. DOING GOOD. HARDIN AND LONERGAN.WE'RE DONE OKAY. IT'S NOW TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO COMMENT? NO, WE DO NOT. OKAY. MAD RUSH IS OVER. OKAY. VERY GOOD.
THEN WE GO STRAIGHT TO ITEM NUMBER 7. MOTION TO ELECT.
[7. MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS to Serve for the Next Year, July 2026 Through June 2027: A. Chair B. Vice Chair C. Deputy Vice Chair D. Executive Committee - Broward County Representative E. Executive Committee - Small Municipalities Representative F. Executive Committee - At-Large Representative G. Executive Committee - At-Large Representative (if no Chair Emeritus)]
ELECT OFFICIALS, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO.MR. BRYAN CALETKA. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. BRYAN CALETKA BROWARD MPO.
EVERY JUNE WE HAVE THE ELECTION CYCLE FOR THE OFFICERS.
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AS OF CURRENT, THERE ARE SIX UNOPPOSED OF THE OFFICERS SEEKING REELECTION.BEFORE WE HOLD THE ELECTIONS. AND SO THE ELECTIONS ARE OPEN AT THIS TIME.
IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO BE RECOGNIZED TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADD THEIR NAME TO THE LIST.
SEEING NO ONE. SEEING NO ONE. NOMINATIONS HAVE CLOSED.
WHAT I'D RECOMMEND, MADAM CHAIR, IS THAT YOU VOTE FOR THE SIX.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE SIX REAPPOINTMENT? IT'S BEEN MOTION AND SECOND. PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
LOOKS LIKE MOTION PASSES. IF ONE MORE. MEMBER SIMMONS.
IS YOUR SCREEN NOT WORKING, SIR? GOOD. WHO ELSE IS THERE? I THINK I FIXED IT MEMBER CAUSWELL. [LAUGHTER] WHO'S MISSING? MEMBER.
CAUSWELL. MEMBER CAUSWELL. CAUSWELL. YOU GOT IT? NO? WAITING FOR HER VOTE. THE GREEN BUTTON? YES.
[LAUGHTER]. I'M JUST SAYING. YOU NEED HELP? WE'RE GOOD.
WE'RE GOOD. CAUSWELL YOU HAVEN'T VOTED. YES. SORRY.
[LAUGHTER] THERE WE GO. OKAY. THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT, MOTION PASSES.
CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE] THANK YOU.
OKAY, SO THE 7TH IS. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO DO BLUE OKAY. WE HAVE THE INCUMBENT COUNCILMEMBER FADGEN OF PLANTATION, AND WE HAVE COMMISSIONER LONERGAN OF OAKLAND PARK.
AND NORMALLY WHAT WE DO IS WE GIVE A FEW MINUTES TO SPEAK TO THE GROUP.
IF COUNCILMEMBER FADGEN WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST.
OH. COMMISSIONER LONERGAN, HE DEFERRED TO YOU.
WAIT ONE SECOND. PUSH THE BUTTON ON THE SCREEN.
OH. PERFECT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LET ME SAY, I.
I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY. AND I WANT TO BE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR ONE REASON.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ME TO SHARE MORE, LEARN MORE.
AND I'M HOPING TO BE MORE INVOLVED. I GREATLY RESPECT, ADMIRE, AND APPRECIATE ALL THAT COUNCILMEMBER TIM FADGEN DOES FOR THE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF PLANTATION AND THE RESIDENTS OF BROWARD COUNTY VIA HIS DEDICATION, HARD WORK IN PLANTATION AND ON THIS BOARD.
I'M JUST SEEKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
IT'S. IF IT'S NOT NOW, MAYBE IT'LL BE IN THE FUTURE.
MY CONCERN ABOUT WAITING IS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR ME MAY END, AND I DON'T WANT TO FIND THE DAY WHERE I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, I SHOULD HAVE TRIED. I SERVED ON THE OAKLAND PARK COMMISSION FOR 12 YEARS, THREE YEARS AS MAYOR.
I'M ON THE MPO BOARD FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.
I'M A 2025 GRADUATE OF THE MPO TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY, AND I'M BEGINNING MY THIRD YEAR ON THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES, TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES FEDERAL ADVISORY ADVOCACY COMMITTEE.
SO ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
AND THERE IS NO WRONG ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR.
COUNCILMEMBER FADGEN. IS IT ON? OH, THERE WE ARE.
I THOUGHT I HAD TO PRESS A BUTTON. THANK YOU FOR THE KIND WORDS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO THE MPO. AS I HAVE ENJOYED SERVING WITH ALL, ALL
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OF THESE ALL OF THIS FELLOW PUBLIC SERVANTS. I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE MPO FOR THREE AND A HALF YEARS ON THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.I'M THE VICE CHAIR OF MTECC. I AM THE INAUGURAL GRADUATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION ACADEMY.
I DON'T ENJOY MEETINGS. I HAVE A REPUTATION ON MY COUNCIL THAT I DON'T SPEAK OFTEN BECAUSE IF I HEAR SOMETHING, ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES THAT I AGREE WITH, I'M NOT GOING TO OPINE ON IT.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IF YOU WILL FILL OUT YOUR BALLOT AND ENSURE THAT YOU PRINT YOUR NAME, THIS IS A PUBLIC RECORD.
AND THEN HAVE A SIGNATURE, AND THEN WE WILL COME BY AND COLLECT THEM.
AND THEN THE ATTORNEY, MR. GABRIEL AND VILMA HURTADO, WILL GO AND COUNT THEM AND COME BACK.
AND THEN WE WILL ALSO COUNT THE VOTES OF THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS.
AND REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT A COMPUTER VOTE. THIS IS HAND BALLOTS.
REBECCA IS CONTACTING THOSE WHO ARE ON VIRTUAL.
AS THEY'RE COLLECTING THE VOTES, I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE VIRTUAL MEMBERS TO GIVE THEIR VOTE, AND I WILL GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER. BOARD MEMBER DUNN, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME YOUR VOTE.
YES. TIM LONERGAN, OAKLAND PARK. LONERGAN THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER GOOD. YES. LONERGAN. LONERGAN THANK YOU.
BOARD MEMBER HARTMANN. LONERGAN. LONERGAN, THANK YOU.
AND SCUOTTO I THINK YOU HAVE TO HIT STAR NINE.
LONERGAN. LONERGAN, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT'S ONLINE.
OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST WAITING NOW. DO WE JUST WAIT OR DO WE GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA SO WE CAN KEEP THIS MOVING? GO ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA?
[ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment)]
DO I NEED THE ATTORNEY? I JUST DISCUSSED IT AND HE'S LIKE, JUST MOVE FORWARD.OKAY, GREAT. HE'S APPROVED ALL OF THESE ITEMS ALREADY.
OKAY, WONDERFUL. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
MAY WE HAVE A ELECTRONIC VOTE ON IT.
[LAUGHTER]. BOARD MEMBER WALKER. WALKER. THANK YOU.
[1. MOTION TO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year 2027 List of Priority Projects]
ACTION ITEM NUMBER 1. WE WAIT FOR THE ATTORNEY TO READ IT INTO RECORD? OKAY. PLEASE READ IT. I WILL FILL THOSE SHOES TODAY.MOTION TO APPROVE BY. [LAUGHTER] EXCUSE ME. MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2027.
LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS. [LAUGHTER] I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE PROBABLY GOTTEN MORE SLEEP.
ALL RIGHT, SO A PRESENTATION WAS HEARD AT THE LAST MEETING.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. MEMBER WELCH. THANK YOU
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CHAIR. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. SO IN REFERRING TO PAGE 71 OF THE PRIORITY LIST, I'D LIKE TO MAKE NOTE THAT EVEN THOUGH IT IN THE DESCRIPTION TALKS ABOUT THE WIDENING FROM ATLANTIC TO COPANS LISTED AS WIDENING FROM 6 TO 8.I JUST WANT TO MAKE REFERENCE AND FOR THE RECORD THAT IN SEPTEMBER 10TH, 2025 SENATOR TINA POLSKY AND REPRESENTATIVE CHRISTINE HUNSCHOFSKY RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FDOT AND THE FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE STATING THAT ANY FUTURE WIDENING FROM 8 LANES TO 10 LANES BETWEEN ATLANTIC AND COPANS ROAD WOULD ONLY BE INITIATED WHEN TRAFFIC CONDITIONS EXCEED THE LEVEL OF SERVICE D.
IT FURTHER PROVIDES THAT ANY SUCH FUTURE WIDENING WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT, INCLUDING PUBLIC HEARINGS, INCLUSION IN THE BROWARD MPO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, AND A DESIGN PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING.
AND THE REASON I MENTION THAT IS BECAUSE FOLLOWING THAT PRIORITY LIST ARE THREE OTHERS.
PROJECT 520773 COPANS ROAD TO SAMPLE WIDEN FROM 6 TO 10, AND THEN 5.
452078-1. SAMPLE ROAD TO WILES WIDENING FROM 6 TO 10.
AND THEN THE THIRD 452114-123. WILES ROAD TO BROWARD WIDEN FROM 6/8 TO 10. SO AGAIN REFERRING THAT LETTER AND THE CONDITIONS THAT IT WOULD BE IT WOULD ENTERTAIN GOING FROM 6 TO 10 FROM 8 TO 10.
PAD EVALUATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, EVALUATION OF REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES AND MITIGATION OF COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BEFORE BEING ADVANCED THE SAME AS IT WAS FOR THE ORIGINAL PRIORITY THAT I LISTED.
YOU MADE THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE THE.
YOU SAID A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE. SORRY, I'M NOT ON THE MIC YOUR QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS WAITING TO BE RECOGNIZED.
GO AHEAD. OKAY. GO, GO AHEAD. MEMBER SIMMONS.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBER WELCH.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR ON WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
SO FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE LANES FROM 6 TO 10 OR 8 TO 10, YOU'RE ASKING IF IT IF IT DOES GO TO 10 THAT THAT SHOULD TRIGGER A PD&E STUDY? AS WELL AS ENVIRONMENTAL AND COMMUNITY LIKE IMPACT REPORT.
YES FIRST PRIORITY LISTING FROM COPANS ATLANTIC TO COPANS THAT THE SAME CONDITIONS APPLY IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER WIDENING FROM 8 TO 10 FROM COPANS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE BROWARD PALM BEACH COUNTY LINE.
OKAY. FOR THE SUBSEQUENT THREE PRIORITY LIST.
SO IT IS YOUR INTENT TO, IF IT'S RECOMMENDED TO MOVE FROM TO 10 AT ANY POINT, THAT BEFORE IT GETS APPROVED AND SHOVELS AND DESIGNS AND ALL THAT STUFF IS DONE, THAT THESE REPORTS AND THE PD&E STUDIES ARE DONE.
AND THEN. WHO WILL? THIS BOARD WILL REVIEW THOSE REPORTS AND THEN WE WOULD APPROVE, I GUESS, THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROJECT? I WOULD ASK FOR A CLARIFICATION AT THAT POINT THROUGH THE CHAIR.
MAY. MAY I? COULD WE COULD WE HAVE I GUESS A PRESENTATION ON THIS PROJECT OR, OR SOMEONE TO, TO JUST GIVE US A, A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT? YES. IT'S A TURNPIKE STAFF IS HERE.
CORRECT? I DO HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. WELL, IT HASN'T BEEN SECOND.
OKAY. BUT YOU HAVEN'T RECOGNIZED THE OTHER SPEAKER
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OKAY.GOOD MORNING, JAMES BROWN. THE MPO LIAISON OF FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE.
I DO NOT HAVE A COMMENT AT THIS TIME. OH [LAUGHTER].
WELL, I WAS HOPING THAT YOU WOULD JUST GO AHEAD AND DESCRIBE THE PROJECT.
[LAUGHTER]. AGAIN, I CANNOT SPEAK TO THESE PROJECTS AT THIS TIME.
YEAH. THAT'S PROTOCOL. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU I CAN STICK MY NOSE IN THIS, I APOLOGIZE.
PLEASE. SO BASICALLY, THIS WAS A 10 LANING OF THE TURNPIKE THROUGH BROWARD.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ORIGINALLY LOOKING AT.
THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK OBJECTED TO THE 10 LANES AND THE NEGOTIATION FOR THE PORTION IN THAT PART OF COCONUT CREEK WAS TO KEEP IT 8 AND THEN THEY WOULD COME BACK, WHICH IS WHAT THIS ACTUALLY DOES, THIS AMENDMENT, BUT IT'S THE COKE BOTTLE EFFECT. AND SO TO THE NORTH, IT'S GOING TO BE 10 LANES TO THE SOUTH, IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, 10 LANES. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO NARROW IT DOWN IN FRONT OF COCONUT CREEK.
THAT'S HOW IT'S CURRENTLY WRITTEN? IT WAS MEETING THE INTENT AND THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD.
SO THE AMENDMENT, IF I CAN JUST GET A CLARIFICATION, IN THE AMENDMENT.
AND THEN MEMBERS SORENSEN WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AS WELL.
ALL OF THEM ARE COCONUT CREEK. EVERYTHING TO THE NORTH.
YES, FROM ATLANTIC NORTH. SO IT ISN'T JUST THE ONE THAT THE.
WE HAVE THE LETTER FROM THE FDOT AND THE ENTERPRISE.
AND THAT'S. WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THE DISCUSSION OF THAT.
I YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO GET TOO FAR INTO THE WEEDS ON THAT PARTICULAR BACK AND FORTH, BUT WHAT I CAN GARNER FROM THE LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED, IT WAS FOR THAT SEGMENT AND NOT FOR ALL THE WAY TO THE.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO WIDEN IT TO 10 LANES THROUGH PALM BEACH AS WELL.
SO IT'S JUST THIS PORTION. BUT IF THAT'S NOT YOUR RECOLLECTION, AND I MEAN, THAT'S FINE.
IS IT JUST SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT SECTION FOR THAT SEGMENT? CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MOTION? YOU'RE ON. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHAIR, I APPRECIATE IT. THE MOTION IS FOR THE PROJECTS FOR 52077-3, 452078-1 AND 452114-1, 2 AND 3. THAT ANY WIDENING BEYOND 8 LANES SHOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS AS A PART OF A NEW PD&E EVALUATION, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, EVALUATION OF REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES, AND MITIGATION OF COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BEFORE BEING ADVANCED.
AND THAT IS THE MOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
MEMBER SORENSEN. THANKS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON A SEPARATE TOPIC ON THIS DRAFT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT IS. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MIGHT JUST.
ALAN GABRIEL, YOUR I KNOW THE MOTION WAS. ORIGINAL MOTION WAS MADE AND SECONDED.
BUT THEN THERE WAS A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT.
THE MAKER OF THE MOTION REQUESTED AN AMENDMENT.
AND THEN. HAS THERE BEEN A SECOND TO THAT? YEAH.
OKAY. TO THE SECOND. THAT'S CONFIRMING THAT THERE'S BEEN NO SECOND TO THAT SO THAT EVERYONE, INCLUDING ME [LAUGHTER], ARE AWARE OF THAT. SO MEMBER.
MEMBER SORENSEN ALSO. SO HAS. I'M HAPPY TO SECOND THAT MOTION. AND THEN I HAVE ANOTHER TOPIC UNRELATED TO THIS TOPIC.
OKAY. SO THERE'S A SECOND ON THE AMENDMENT. SO THE.
CORRECT. SO THE AMENDMENT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AT THIS POINT.
OKAY. OKAY. MR. CALETKA. YEAH. I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY JUST SO IT'S OUT THERE.
AND IT'S VERY HELPFUL THAT THERE COULD BE NO COMMENTS FROM THE TURNPIKE BECAUSE EVEN IF I'M WRONG, THEY CAN'T CORRECT ME. [LAUGHTER]. BUT CURRENTLY THEY ARE UNDERGOING A PD&E STUDY AND IT IS FOR THE 10 LANES.
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AND SO THE MOTION WOULD BE TO DO AN ADDITIONAL PD&E IF I UNDERSTAND YOUR MOTION CORRECTLY.BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO 8 ORIGINALLY. AND IF IT FALLS BELOW LEVEL OF SERVICE D AS IT IS NOW, IT WOULD AUTOMATICALLY TRIGGER THE EXTRA LANES BEING BUILT.
IS THAT CORRECT, COMMISSIONER? DID I? OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
IS THAT A REASONABLE REQUEST? THIS. SHE IS A BOARD MEMBER.
YEAH SHE'S A BOARD MEMBER. IT SOUNDS LIKE A REASONABLE REQUEST.
I'M JUST SAYING, IS THAT GOING TO SLOW DOWN 20 OTHER PROJECTS OR SOMEONE ELSE IN OTHER CITIES OR SOMETHING? BECAUSE IT SOUNDS REASONABLE TO ME. I'M JUST.
THE ONLY FROM A TECHNICAL CAPACITY SIDE OF THINGS, THE, THE ONLY PROBLEM POTENTIAL THAT THIS COULD HAVE IS WHEN SOUTH OR WHEN SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY IS EXTENDED PHYSICALLY TO 95. THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COMING OFF OF THE SAWGRASS AT THIS NEW INTERCHANGE TO THE NORTH OF, YOU KNOW, THE AREA WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE THE NEW 10 LANES WILL GO WILL BECOME A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE AND DENSE THAN WE HAD ANTICIPATED.
AND THAT COULD COME BACK BEFORE US. YEAH. OKAY.
REMEMBER JAFFE. COULD SOMEBODY JUST EXPAND UPON WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS ARE THAT TRIGGER A PD&E? IN TERMS OF ON THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION? OR ARE THEY AT THE SAME AT ALL LOCATIONS? BECAUSE THE MOTION, I BELIEVE, AND THE AMENDMENT IS TO REQUEST A PD&E AT UNDER THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AND THIS INCREASE REQUIRED REQUESTED INCREASE. IS IT OTHER AREAS ARE NOT GET.
IS. ARE OTHER LOCATIONS GETTING A PD&E IN THAT SITUATION OR ARE THEY MEET THE REQUIREMENTS? OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY NEVER, YOU KNOW, USUALLY DONE OR IS IT NORMALLY DONE? SIR IT IS NORMALLY DONE. BUT WHAT THEY'RE. TURNPIKE IS CURRENTLY DOING IS THEY HAVE A PD&E TO EXPAND ALL THE WAY FOR 10 LANES.
AND COCONUT CREEK IS REQUESTING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO 8 AND THEY'RE REQUESTING AN ADDITIONAL PD&E TO BE DONE AND MORE PUBLIC OUTREACH FOR THE AREA. SO THE ASK WITH THE AMENDED MOTION, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IS THEY WANT TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL PD&E, WHICH IS PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY AND OUTREACH PRIOR TO GOING FROM 8 TO 10.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S AUTOMATICALLY GOING TO GO TO 10 WHEN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE DROPS BELOW D.
BECAUSE THE EXISTING PD&E THAT'S GOING ON NOW IS FOR THE 10 LANES ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.
JUST SAYING. OKAY. MAY WE HAVE A ROLL. NOT A ROLL CALL.
CAN WE VOTE ON IT? IT HAS TO BE I HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2027 LIST OF PROJECT PRIORITIES MADE.
MOTION MADE BY BOARD MEMBER WELCH WITH A SECOND BY SORENSEN.
AND WE CAN START THE VOTE. THIS IS FOR THAT AMENDMENT.
THIS IS FOR THE AMENDMENT ONLY. THIS IS TO AMEND THE AMENDMENT.
THIS IS TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION. TO AMEND THE ORIGINAL MOTION.
OKAY. AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE VIRTUAL, IF THEY WISH TO VOTE NO, THEY NEED TO.
RAISE THEIR HAND OTHERWISE IT'LL BE ASSUMED YOU'RE VOTING YES. BOARD MEMBER THOMPSON.
OKAY. THE AMENDMENT. EVERYONE VOTED. OKAY. MOTION PASSES.
NOW WE VOTE ON THE ACTUAL ITEM AS AMENDED. OKAY.
WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE ITEM.
AMENDMENT IT'S BEEN SECOND, NOT MOTIONED. I THOUGHT THERE WAS THERE.
ANOTHER ITEM IN THE. OH YES, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
HOLD OFF ON THAT. [LAUGHTER] MEMBER SORENSEN.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. GREG, WANT TO LOOK AT LET'S SEE, I'M LOOKING AT HIGHWAY AND FREIGHT.SECOND ITEM, US-27 RAIL CORRIDOR. CAN YOU TALK TO US ABOUT THAT? PLEASE, BECAUSE LAST TIME WE. YEAH. YEAH. SO US 27, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET A PD&E OUT THERE TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, CREATING A RAIL CORRIDOR ON 27 TO BYPASS THE CITIES AND BECAUSE OF THE TRASH COMING OUT OF MIAMI-DADE AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN LIFE. AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S IN THERE ON OUR LIST OF PRIORITIES.
IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DOT'S PRIORITIES. YEAH. AND AGAIN, DOT'S FEEDBACK, IF YOU COULD REMIND US.
ANY MORE? IT HASN'T CHANGED. NOT INTEREST. SO JUST NOT INTERESTED.
SO HOW DO WE. SO IF WE'RE INTERESTED IN FUNDING IT, THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING FORWARD.
JUST HOW DOES THIS WORK? [LAUGHTER] WELL YOU KNOW OVER THE YEARS WE'VE HAD PROBLEMS LIKE THAT BEFORE WITH THE MANAGED LANES AND SO FORTH WITH THE WITH THE DOT. FDOT THE TURNPIKE AUTHORITY IS A GOOD EXAMPLE TO.
WE JUST KEEP PERSISTENT AND PERSISTENT AND PERSISTENT AND YOU KNOW, AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T FALL BEHIND AND SOMEBODY DOESN'T REMEMBER TO DO IT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN FOR THE REGION AND I JUST THINK THIS WOULD BE GAME CHANGING FOR SO MANY CITIES.
AND JUST WALK ME THROUGH, IF YOU WOULD JUST WHY, WHY WOULD THIS RAIL CORRIDOR, HOW WOULD THIS POSSIBLY IMPACT? AND GENERALLY, WHO WOULD IT POSITIVELY IMPACT? CAN YOU JUST WALK US THROUGH THAT, PLEASE? THE POSITIVE IMPACTS ARE, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EVERY ONE OF THE EAST COAST CITIES THAT THE FEC CURRENTLY GOES THROUGH, AS WELL AS THE CSX BECAUSE THAT WOULD THEN DISTRIBUTE THE FREIGHT TO FURTHER WEST PAST ANY OF THE URBANIZED AREAS.
THE IRONY AND THIS IS REGIONALISM AGAIN, IS, WELL, IT'S GOOD FOR US AND OUR FRIENDS UP IN PALM BEACH, IT'S ALSO GOOD FOR THEM. BUT ONCE YOU GET TO MARTIN INDIAN RIVER AND SAINT LUCIE, THEY'RE OBJECTING TO IT.
SO IT'S BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE AFRAID IS COMING AT THEM IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
AND THEY DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THAT FOR THE CITY OF BELLE GLADE OUT BY YOU KNOW, OUT, OUT BY THE EVERGLADES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE COUNTRY.
IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. AND THAT'S ANOTHER BENEFIT THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE WE'D BE ABLE TO GET DISTRIBUTION CENTERS FROM BEING IN THE URBANIZED AREAS OUT TO AN AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, COULD CARRY THAT. AND SINCE THE FIELD QUALITY OF THE, OF THE SUGAR CANE GROWTH OUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, BECOMING LESS AND LESS PRODUCTIVE THAT WOULD CREATE ANOTHER INDUSTRY FOR THE FOLKS THAT LIVE OUT THERE.
GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT READY FOR IT AND IT'S OKAY, YOU KNOW, WE JUST KEEP, HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT AT IT AND WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE STATE TO SEE THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT A PRIORITY FOR THEM.
OKAY, GREAT. SO THAT'S ALL FANTASTIC. AND AGAIN, JUST TO SUMMARIZE, YOUR VIEW IS THIS IS VERY POSITIVE FOR THE TRI COUNTY AREA HERE IS THAT WE HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE THREE THE TWO OTHER MPOS AS WELL.
GREAT. OKAY. AND SO THE OPPORTUNITY COULD BE FOR US AS MEMBERS TO ENGAGE WITH FDOT AND, AND SHARE KIND OF OUR VIEWS ON, ON WHY THIS IS POSITIVE AND, AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE IS THAT.
WHAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART BEING AN MPO. THINGS DON'T GET DONE IN FIVE YEARS OR SEVEN.
SOME THINGS TAKE 24 YEARS AND I'M LIVING PROOF OF HOW LONG THINGS TAKE.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF GETTING MAKING SURE THE DIALOG CONTINUES.
AND THEN I JUST ENCOURAGE ALL OF US. THE MORE, IF THIS IS OF INTEREST TO YOU, THE MORE YOU CAN ENGAGE THE STATE, I SURE AM GOING TO GOING TO DO THAT. WOULD BE GREAT.
SO PERFECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
OKAY [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE A SECOND AND THIS IS FOR THE ITEM AS AMENDED.
MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NOW WE'RE ON TO REGULAR ITEMS. CONTINUED. COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR. CHAIR WE DO HAVE THE VOTE TALLIED.
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WE HAVE THE VOTE TALLIED. WE HAVE THE VOTE TALLY.YES. DRUMROLL. AND THE TIM LONERGAN IS THE WINNER.
OKAY. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. SO DO WE DO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT OR. THAT'S BEEN VOTED ON.
SO NOW WE CAN GO TO REGULAR ITEMS? NOW THE CHAIR CAN MAKE COMMENTS?
[7. Comments from the Chair]
YES, MA'AM. [LAUGHTER] OKAY. NO DRUMROLL FOR THE CHAIR.[LAUGHTER] BUT I DO WANT TO SAY ONE MORE TIME CONGRATULATIONS TO THE EXECUTIVE TEAM.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU, TIM FOR YOUR TIME ON THE EXECUTIVE.
[LAUGHTER] THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME ON THE EXECUTIVE IN THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
I DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR, FOR THE CONTINUED WORKING ON US-27 THAT PROJECT IT'S JUST A, SOME FEW MILLIONS BELOW WHAT IT NEEDS TO WHAT IT NEEDS SO THAT WE CAN COMPLETE THAT PROJECT. IT IS A REGIONAL PROJECT AND THE MPO TEAM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON IT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, TO MENTION THAT I DO WANT TO WELCOME WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER.
MEMBER PAUL ROLLI FROM WILTON. SORRY, WILTON MANORS.
WELCOME. [APPLAUSE]. YOU'LL BE HAPPY HERE. WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM.
[LAUGHTER] AND YOU WANT ME TO SAY THIS? OR YOU WANT TO SAY THIS? ALL RIGHT, SO I KNOW, AND YOU ALL KNOW WHAT A GREAT TEAM WE HAVE HERE IN AT THE MPO, BUT SO DOES NARCAN. ALL THE MEMBERS. AND THEY RECEIVE THIS RECOGNITION.
TWO DAYS AGO, ACTUALLY IN TULSA, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING THERE WITH MR. STUART AND, AND BRYAN CALETKA TO RECEIVE THIS.
SO CONGRATULATIONS. THE AWARD IS FOR THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN 2026 ACHIEVEMENT AWARD PRESENTED TO BROWARD COUNTY MPO. CONGRATULATIONS. [APPLAUSE]. THAT NATIONAL RECOGNITION IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO SAFE.
I THINK WE HAD 11 APPLICANTS SUBMIT THIS LAST MONTH AND WE DID LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR ALL OF THEM.
WE'RE REAL EXCITED TO SEE THAT. AND THE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER, THERE WILL BE MONEY AVAILABLE.
AND IN THE REAUTHORIZATION BILL THAT'S ACTUALLY INCLUDED FOR MORE IMPLEMENTATION MONEY.
SO THE MONEY AT LEAST WILL CONTINUE FLOWING. AND THAT'S THE DESIRE UP IN WASHINGTON.
SO WE KNOCKED IT OUT OF THE PARK AND WITH THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT.
SO THANK YOU AND. BEAUTIFUL. AMONG THE TEAM TOO I'VE.
WERE TO BE, YOU KNOW REGRET AND I. FAZEL QURESHI, JAMES CROMAR, KERRIE MACNEIL ALL THE FOLKS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS OVER THE YEARS YOU KNOW, THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE GREAT STAFF WORK AND THEN OUR CONSULTING TEAMS AS WELL, WHICH IS WSP AND BROWARD COUNTY CAN'T FORGET THEY WERE PARTNER.
OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT, GREAT. GREAT JOB. CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE.
OKAY. IS MEMBER COMMENTS ANY OTHER MEMBER, ANY OTHER MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DO SO. OKAY. SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME.
[9. Executive Director’s Report]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAKE SOME COMMENTS? ACTUALLY.VIDEO TIME. POPCORN? NO. SORRY. [LAUGHTER] IS THERE SOUND? SOUND. ACTION. ACTION. SOUND. THE VIDEO.
POPCORN WOULD BE A REALLY GOOD MACHINE.
LOOK AT THIS PRETTY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SING FOR THEM, SIR? [LAUGHTER] WOULD I LIKE TO SING?
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IT'S JUST MUSIC. THERE'S NO WRITTEN OR SPOKEN WORDS.JUST SO THIS VIDEO WAS PREPARED AS PART OF OUR BUILT FOR BROWARD WEEK.
AND THIS IS PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.
AS WE GO THROUGH DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS NOT ONLY FUNDED BUT ALSO HELPED BUILD.
AND OUR GOOD FRIENDS OUT IN PARKLAND, YOU CAN SEE BEAUTIFUL LOCKS, LOCKS ROAD, WHICH AS A CHILD, I REMEMBER GOING OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, BUT NOW IT'S SOMEWHERE.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY. SO WITH THAT, I JUST, IT'S A POINT OF PRIDE THAT WE TOGETHER HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER PROJECTS THROUGHOUT BROWARD THAT ARE BROWARD SPECIFIC AND UNDERSTAND WHAT BROWARD IS, YOU KNOW, UNLIKE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS WE HAD EARLIER WITH THE TURNPIKE, THAT'S A STATEWIDE FACILITY. OUR LOCAL FACILITIES ARE DESIGNED FOR THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
AND SO YOU ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AROUND THE COUNTY.
AND THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. BOTH BRYAN AND I ARE REALLY PROUD OF THE TEAM THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER, INCLUDING OUR CONSULTANTS. YOU KNOW WHO UNFORTUNATELY, SHE STEPPED UPSTAIRS TASHA CUNNINGHAM BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS ALL PART AND PARCEL OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, I THINK IS AMANDA HERE? SEEING NONE. OKAY, SO WHEN AMANDA IS ALSO PART OF THE PUBLIC RELATIONS, THIS WAS HER IDEA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS BUILD FOR BROWARD CONCEPT. AND WE THOUGHT IT WAS A WONDERFUL WAY OF LOOKING AT HOW WE ACTUALLY DO PROJECT DELIVERY.
AND THAT TO ME IS NICE TO SEE BECAUSE WE TALK A LOT ABOUT PROJECTS THAT ARE 7, 12 YEARS OFF, BUT THESE ARE PROJECTS THAT GOT DELIVERED IN CAREER TIME.
SO THAT'S ACTUALLY ELECTED OFFICIAL TIME BECAUSE YOU HAD TWO TERMS. SO IF YOU HAD TWO TERMS, YOU GOT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS.
AND I THINK MAYOR WALKER WOULD AGREE TO THAT, RIGHT? YOU, YOU GOT YOUR JOB AS MAYOR AND THEN THAT PROJECT SHOWED.
AND WHILE OUR RPCS HERE IN FLORIDA DO NOT PARTICIPATE, WE PARTICIPATE FOR THEM.
WELL THIS YEAR IT WAS IN TULSA, BUT THEY MOVE AROUND THE COUNTRY AND, AND THEY ALSO HELP FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE NLC MEMBERS, THEY ALSO WORK WITH NLC FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND NOT JUST IN TRANSPORTATION, BUT ALSO IN WATER AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FUNCTIONS THAT MPOS/COGS DO AROUND THE COUNTRY. THE MOST INTERESTING DELIVERY OF A PRODUCT FOR AN MPO/COG IS ACTUALLY THE ZOO IN PORTLAND, MAINE, AS WELL AS THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH IS MANAGED BY THEIR MPO/COG.
AND THEN YOU GO TO PLACES LIKE SAN DIEGO WHERE THE COG ACTUALLY OPERATES THE MANAGED LANES AND, YOU KNOW, BRINGS IN THE REVENUE FROM THE MANAGED LANES AND THEN REDISTRIBUTES THEM BACK OUT TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FOR OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING IDEAS THAT WE GET GOING TO THAT PARTICULAR MEETING.
AND I'M HOPING BRYAN TAKES MY CHAIR WHEN IT'S IF HE GETS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
AND THAT'S WHAT I GOT A REPORT FOR YOU TODAY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR REAPPOINTMENT. THANK YOU.
SO IT MIGHT BE INTERESTING WHERE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR NEXT DIRECTOR WILL TAKE OUR MPO.
THAT'S THE CHALLENGE. [LAUGHTER]. THANK YOU OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A, A LEGISLATIVE REPORT.
[10. Monthly Legislative Reports]
OH, THE COUNCIL IS AT THE BOTTOM. WE HAVE A LEGISLATIVE REPORT TODAY? IS UP WITH THAT DO WE HAVE THEM ONLINE?[00:45:02]
I DO NOT HAVE ANY ONLINE THOUGH WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE THE LOBBYISTS IN WASHINGTON AND THE LOBBYISTS UP IN TALLAHASSEE.TALLAHASSEE DID THAT FUN STUFF WITH THE TAXES.
AND WE WERE HOPING THAT WE COULD HAVE A REPORT ON THAT, BUT THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
AND BUT THE WASHINGTON SIDE, I CAN REPORT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
THE BASICS BUILD THE ACT IS MOVING FORWARD. YOU KNOW, WE HAD A REALLY ROBUST CONVERSATION ON THE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE AT NARC ON WHERE THINGS ARE HEADED. AND ON SUNDAY, I'M OFF TO CHICAGO TO MEET WITH THE FOLKS FROM AMPO, AND WE'RE GOING TO FURTHER THE DISCUSSION.
OUR PARTNERS IN CHICAGO AND IN BOSTON AND IN SACRAMENTO AND IN HOUSTON.
WE'RE ALL KIND OF HAVING THIS DISCUSSION OF HOW THAT ACTUALLY MOVES THROUGH THE SENATE.
THE HOUSE BILL MOVES THROUGH THE SENATE AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.
SO YOU WILL BE ABLE TO REPORT BACK TO THE COMMITTEES ON THE LEAGUE OF CITIES SIDE.
AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE LEGISLATIVE UPDATE AS WE SPEAK.
THERE IS SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE BEING PROPOSED IN THE FEDERAL CIRCULAR THAT KIND OF GIVES ME PAUSE WHERE THEY CAN CANCEL CONTRACTS EVEN AFTER WE HAVE OBLIGATED AUTHORITY TO SPEND MONEY.
SO THAT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE. OKAY, WELL, WAIT A SECOND.
SO THAT THAT IS WORRISOME, ESPECIALLY WITH SOME OF THE OTHER GRANTS THAT WE HAVE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION, LIKE THE RAIL SAFETY GRANT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FEC.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP AN EYE ON THAT AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WITH THAT THAT'S YOUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATE.
I JUST KNOW THAT WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE IN A WORLD OF HURT. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT. GENERAL COUNSEL. YES. THANK YOU.
[11. General Counsel's Report]
SO MY REPORT IS ALWAYS SUBMITTED TO YOU AS PART OF THE BACKUP MATERIALS FOR YOU.SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE THERE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO CONTACT ME OR ASK ME ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS. I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM WITH YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND SEE YOU NEXT MONTH.
[1. Draft 2027 Broward MPO Federal & State Legislative Priorities]
GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR, BRYAN CALETKA BROWARD MPO.TO GIVE YOU A QUICK SUMMARY, THERE IS A POWERPOINT THAT I CAN GO THROUGH, BUT THE QUICK SUMMARY IS THAT THEY REMAIN UNCHANGED FROM LAST YEAR'S PRIORITIES. AND THE TELEPHONE POLE REMOVAL PRIORITY IS STILL ON THIS LIST AT THE REQUEST OF COMMISSIONER ROGERS LAST YEAR.
IT'S AT YOUR PLEASURE, MA'AM. CAN YOU GIVE US A FLASH OF THE POWERPOINT? GIST OF IT IS, IS WE STILL WANT TO HAVE MORE THAN 25 PEOPLE VOTE BECAUSE WE'RE LIMITED BY THE STATE.
BOTH FLORIDA AND ALABAMA LIMIT IT TO 25 VOTES.
WE HAVE 38 MEMBERS ON THIS BOARD, AND WE WOULD LIKE EVERYBODY TO HAVE THEIR VOTE COUNTED EVERY TIME.
ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A SAME LEVEL OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANT FUNDS, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CALL PL OR PLANNING FUNDS AND AS YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LARGER PORTION OF THEM THAN WHAT WE CURRENTLY GET OF COURSE.
OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE HAVE A SAFE STREETS 4 BROWARD SAFETY DASHBOARD DEMONSTRATION BY FAZEL
[2. Safe Streets 4 Broward - Safety Dashboard Demonstration]
QURESHI. DID I GET IT RIGHT? FAZEL QURESHI. THAT'S WHAT I SAID.FAZEL. [LAUGHTER]. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WELL GOOD MORNING BOARD.
AS A. AS A AS GREG STATED, AS THE MONEY CONTINUES, WILL CAN HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO MOVE DOWN FOR THE SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT GRANTS IN THE FUTURE. OUR EFFORTS HERE AT MPO WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
[00:50:07]
ONE THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS THE SS4A NOFO DID CLOSE RECENTLY.WE DID HAVE 12 APPLICANTS THAT REACHED OUT TO THE MPO FOR LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
AND WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THIS TOOL THAT WE'RE PROVIDING YOU ALL WILL BE USEFUL FOR LOCAL AGENCY SAFETY ANALYZES TO BE ABLE TO GET INFORMATION REALLY QUICKLY WHERE YOUR STAFF CAN REPLY AND PROVIDE YOU ALL WITH THE INFORMATION THAT YOU NEED WHEN YOU ALL ARE HAVING SAFETY TYPE OF CONVERSATIONS.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME SEE IF I REMEMBER THIS CORRECTLY.
IS IT ALT TAB? YES. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO THERE'S TWO WAYS OF GETTING TO OUR DASHBOARD.
THE FIRST WAY IS IF YOU GO TO THE BROWARDMPO.ORG WEBSITE AND YOU SCROLL DOWN, THERE'S THIS NICE, BEAUTIFUL ICON HERE, THE SAFE STREETS 4 BROWARD.
YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT OR YOU CAN GO TO SAFESTREETS4BROWARD.ORG.
AND IT'LL DROP YOU DOWN TO THIS WEBSITE, TO THIS LANDING PAGE.
SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE LANDING PAGE, THERE'S A FEW DOCUMENTS THAT COULD BE OF USE FOR YOUR STAFF, FOR YOUR OWN INFORMATION POSTED DIRECTLY ON THE HOME PAGE, SUCH AS A DIFFERENT FOCUS POINTS, WE CREATED. THE [INAUDIBLE] DESIGN GUIDANCE MANUAL, QUICK GUIDE, POLICY ANALYSIS REPORT, AND WE HAVE OTHER DELIVERABLES THAT WERE CREATED THROUGH OUR $5 MILLION GRANT IN OUR ARCHIVED RESOURCES SITE, AS WELL AS IF YOU CLICK ON THIS LINK HERE.
SO HOW TO GET TO THE DASHBOARD? YOU WILL SEE AT THE TOP THERE ARE A FEW DIFFERENT TABS.
IF YOU CLICK ON SAFETY DASHBOARD, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO OUR PAGE.
SO ONCE YOU GET TO THE SAFETY DASHBOARD, YOU WILL SEE THERE IS A SHORT HOW TO VIDEO HERE THAT YOU CAN ALSO WATCH IN CASE YOU FORGET, AFTER THIS MEETING ON HOW TO USE CERTAIN FUNCTIONALITIES YOU WILL HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HEARING MY VOICE FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES.
[LAUGHTER]. SO ALL RIGHT. SO THE GOOD STUFF, YOU CAN SCROLL DOWN.
THE BOTTOM LEFT, THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS OR YOU CAN CLICK CLOSE.
SO THERE IS A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE SAFETY DASHBOARD.
SO ONCE YOU LAND ON TO THIS PAGE, YOU WILL SEE AT THE TOP THERE ARE SOME KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASH NUMBERS, AS WELL AS A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED.
THERE'S FOUR THERE'S FIVE DIFFERENT GROUPS. THE TOTAL.
THE BIKES, PEDS, MOTORCYCLES AND MOTOR VEHICLE KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES AT THE TOP.
ON THE LEFT SIDE, THERE'S A PLETHORA OF FILTERS FOR THE EASE OF THIS PRESENTATION.
I WILL JUST SELECT ONE YEAR SO YOU ALL CAN SEE HOW ALL THE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE UPDATES.
SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE FROM 2018 TO 2023.
SO THAT IS ALL THE NUMBERS FROM IN THAT TIME PERIOD.
IF YOU DO WANT TO SEE ANY OTHER SPECIFIC NUMBERS, YOU CAN CLICK ON ONE OR, OR MULTIPLE YEARS HERE.
SO YOU'LL SEE AS I CLICKED ON THAT, ALL OF THE NUMBERS ACROSS THE PAGE HAS UPDATED.
LATER ON THIS YEAR, WE WILL INTEGRATE THE 2025 DATA.
SO YOU ALL WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE THAT DATA SET.
SO HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, AS I STATED, THERE ARE MULTIPLE FILTERS THAT YOU CAN USE.
ALL OF THESE FILTERS ARE CUSTOMIZABLE. YOU CAN HAVE OVERLAPPING FILTERS AND ALL THE INFORMATION, REGARDLESS IF IT'S THE MAP OR ALL THE OTHER ADJACENT CHARTS AND GRAPHS WILL ALL BE UPDATED AT YOUR DISPOSAL.
SO NOW WHEN WE GET TO THE CENTER OF THE PAGE, ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE THE.
AND I'LL GO OVER SOME OF THOSE IN A LITTLE BIT.
ON THE MAP ITSELF, YOU'LL SEE THERE IS RED AND BLUE DOTS.
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OR RED BLUE, ANOTHER BLUE AND ORANGE. SO THESE ARE THE KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES ONLY.IF YOU SCROLL IN, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF SMALLER BLUE DOTS WILL START TO APPEAR.
THOSE ARE THE NON KILLED AND SERIOUS INJURY CRASHES.
AND YOU CAN EITHER CLICK ON THE ICONS OR THE BLUE DOTS.
IF YOU WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THOSE SPECIFIC INSTANCES.
AND YOU'LL SEE THIS WINDOW WILL POP UP. IT'LL PROVIDE YOU SOME INFORMATION, YOU KNOW, REGARDING THE TIME OF DAY, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHERE THE CRASH HAPPENED, AND SO ON.
AND SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE MULTIPLE THAT ARE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
SO YOU'LL SEE THIS CRASH WAS ON JUNE OR ON JANUARY 6TH, 2021 AT 9:00 A.M.
AND IF YOU CLICK NEXT, IT SHOULD IN THEORY SHOW A DIFFERENT CRASH.
OH, WELL, THERE WERE TWO CRASH REPORTS ON THE SAME DAY. INTERESTING.
ON THE TOP IS KIND OF LIKE IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER.
SO AT THE, THE FIRST ONE THAT APPEARS IS THE SEVERITIES BY YEAR.
SO THESE ARE THE NUMBER OF CRASHES THAT WERE EITHER NO INJURY, INJURY, SERIOUS INJURY OR FATAL.
AND YOU CAN HOVER OVER SOME OF THE DIFFERENT COLORS IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO, IF IT IF IT DOESN'T DISPLAY THE NUMBER BY ITSELF, YOU CAN ALSO EXPAND THIS. SO ALL OF THESE CHARTS YOU CAN.
OH, I CLICKED ON SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
LET'S GO BACK. YEAH. NOW, HOW DO I DO THAT, GREG? AN ARROW? YEAH. THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION.
OKAY. SO LET'S SEE. I'LL JUST REFRESH THIS. THERE IT IS.
LET ME JUST CLICK ON A YEAR AGAIN. LET'S CLICK 2020 THIS TIME.
SOMETIMES YOU DO HAVE TO GIVE IT JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR IT TO UPDATE. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT'S BY YEAR. SO LIKE I STATED, YOU CAN EVEN EXPAND THIS IF YOU WANT THIS FOR A PUBLIC MEETING OR FOR PRESENTATIONS, YOU CAN EXPAND IT SO IT'S EASIER TO SEE.
EVEN. BY THREE HOUR TIME INTERVALS. AT THE BOTTOM HERE THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRASH TYPES.
THEN AT THE BOTTOM HERE YOU DO HAVE DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTING FACTORS SUCH AS AGGRESSIVE DRIVING, SPEEDING, ALCOHOL RELATED, DRUG RELATED, HIT AND RUN, DISTRACTED DRIVING, RED LIGHT RUNNING, AGING DRIVER INVOLVED, CRASHES, AND TEENAGE DRIVER INVOLVED CRASHES.
SO THE COOL THING ABOUT HERE IS LIKE I STATED HERE ON THE LEFT SIDE, IF YOU DID WANT TO JUST SEE ANY SPECIFIC SUBSETS, EVEN JUST SPEEDING RELATED CRASHES ALTOGETHER, YOU DO HAVE THAT ABILITY HERE WITH THE, WITH THE FILTERS ON THE LEFT SIDE.
THE OTHER COOL THING YOU HAVE IS YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A TOOL JUST TO SEE A HEAT MAP.
SO YOU CAN SEE HOW PREVALENT CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES ARE IN SPECIFIC AREAS ACROSS THE COUNTY.
AND YOU ALSO HAVE A CRASH TYPE WHERE IF YOU VISUALLY WANT TO SEE WHERE CRASHES ARE HAPPENING IN THE DIFFERENT TYPES IN THE SAME VIEW, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO BE ABLE TO VIEW THAT. ONE OTHER COOL THING THAT OUR TOOL DOES OFFER.
IT'S IF YOU WANT TO TURN ON CERTAIN LAYERS OR JUST SEE SPECIFIC AREAS AND SEE THE CRASH DATA THERE.
SO YOU CAN JUST SEE A SPECIFIC AREA AND ALL THE NUMBERS WILL UPDATE ACROSS THE TOP IN THE CHARTS.
TOOL. AND YOU CAN MAYBE JUST HIGHLIGHT, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN SPECIFIC LOCATION AND, AND YOU'RE SEEING AS ALL THE, ALL THE GRAPHS AND DATA IS BEING UPDATED ON THE FLY, ON THE TOP LEFT, ON THE TOP RIGHT, THERE IS A DROP DOWN.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE LEGEND, YOU CAN ALSO TURN ON DIFFERENT LAYERS HERE.
LIKE IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHERE THE BUS ROUTES ARE AT A SPECIFIC LOCATION.
WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. AND ALSO IF YOU WANT TO SEE A DIFFERENT BACKGROUND MAP, MAYBE YOU WANT TO SEE HOW DOES THIS LOOK LIKE IN. ON GOOGLE MAPS, FOR EXAMPLE. SO YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO, TO REALLY PLAY AROUND WITH THIS AND CUSTOMIZE IT.
AS JAMES CROMAR WOULD STATE, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE BEST SAFETY DASHBOARD ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE FUNCTIONALITIES AND WHAT'S THE MOST CUSTOMIZATION THAT WE CAN OFFER YOU ALL IN, IN YOUR AGENCY STAFF MEMBERS TO BE ABLE TO USE THIS DASHBOARD EFFECTIVELY.
[01:00:04]
WE CAN EASILY PROVIDE YOU ALL THE BACKGROUND DATA SO YOU ALL CAN DO YOUR OWN ANALYSIS THAT THAT YOU ALL WOULD LIKE FOR YOUR DIFFERENT INITIATIVES.AND ALL WE ASK IS JUST FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO JAMES CROMAR, MYSELF OR ANY OTHER STAFF MEMBER HERE AT THE MPO, AND WE CAN SET UP A QUICK MEETING TO MAKE SURE WE CAN GET YOU THE DATA THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING FOR.
AND WITH THAT, THAT IS MY PRESENTATION AND MY DEMONSTRATION.
AND I'LL OPEN UP TO QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
AND YOU MIGHT GO, WELL, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO WITH THIS? AND FOR WHETHER IT'S YOUR COMMISSION DISTRICT, YOUR CITY, OR YOUR PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL THAT DATA OUT.
SO AS YOU'RE PREPARING YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLANS, OR YOU'RE WORKING WITH YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, YOUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOLKS, ALL THE PEOPLE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SAY, HEY, WE'VE BEEN HAVING A NUMBER OF CRASHES IN THIS LOCATION AND THE POLICE HAVE BEEN RESPONDING TO THESE PARTICULAR AREAS.
IS THERE SOME TYPE OF ENFORCEMENT THAT MIGHT BE BETTER TO BE UTILIZED IN AREAS OF YOUR CITIES? ANOTHER ASPECT FOR THIS, WHICH YOU WILL BENEFIT FROM EACH OF THE CITIES IN THE COUNTY, IS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR OTHER GRANT FUNDS.
THEY GO UP AND WHETHER IT'S IN TALLAHASSEE OR UP IN WASHINGTON, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE THE DATA NECESSARY TO BACK UP CLAIMS THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SOME MONEY TO FIND RELIEF TO FIX SOME OF THESE PROBLEMS. AND THIS TO ME IS THE VALUE ADD. AND IT BECOMES THE NATIONAL EXAMPLE, BECAUSE UNLIKE A LOT OF OUR COLLEAGUES AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT WENT FORWARD WITH THE SAFE STREETS 4 ALL GRANT, THIS ISN'T STATIC.
IT IS UPDATED AS THE DATA AND ANALYSIS IS AVAILABLE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
AND THAT GIVES YOU AS FAST OF A WINDOW AS YOU CAN FIND.
SO REAL INTERESTING SIDE TO THIS IS THE DEPTH OF THE DATA AND WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, SPEAKING WITH FAZEL ON THE ON HOW YOU OPERATE IT, I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU WITH EXAMPLES OF WHERE YOUR CITIES COULD GO TO ACTUALLY GO AFTER MORE MONEY, BECAUSE THAT TO ME IS THE VALUE THIS THING OFFERS.
AND WITH THAT. QUESTIONS FOR FAZEL I HAVE A QUESTION FROM MEMBER LONERGAN. I HAD NO QUESTIONS.
SO EXCELLENT PRESENTATION AND LOVE SEEING THIS.
YES. SO I WOULD, I WOULD SUGGEST THE DESKTOP, BUT IT'S REALLY A GOOD PROGRAM.
I APPRECIATE IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS.
SO THANK YOU, MR. QURESHI. THANK YOU. MEMBER THOMPSON GO AHEAD.
CAN WE MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE ON A MOBILE DEVICE? BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THE PUBLIC USES MOBILE.
IF YOU HAVE AN IPAD, IT WORKS GREAT. SO WE CAN WORK TOWARDS THAT.
YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S JUST BUDGET AND YOU KNOW, WE'LL FIGURE THAT OUT.
THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
WE JUST HAVE REPORTS FROM THERE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? QUESTION FOR THE GOOD OF ALL? OKAY. MEETING ADJOURNED.
CONGRATULATIONS. RECORD TIME. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.