[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]
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GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. I'M MORE THAN THRILLED TO SEE THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM HERE.
SOMEBODY'S LIVING RIGHT, AND GLAD TO SEE THAT. SO GLAD EVERYBODY COULD MAKE IT TONIGHT. WE HAVE A, HOPEFULLY, AN ABBREVIATED MEETING TONIGHT.
HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S PROBABLY A CURSE.
OKAY, FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS IS CALLING TO ORDER. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
THAT'S GREAT. SO LET US DO THE
[2. Electronic Roll Call]
ELECTRONIC ROLL CALL. MAX, CAN YOU HELP REBECCA WITH THAT IF SHE NEEDS SOME HELP THERE? THANK YOU.NEXT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? UH, CHAIR, JUST A MINUTE.
CHRISTOPHER FISHER, YOU WERE ACTUALLY ON THE CHAIR NEXT TO YOU. MOVE OVER ONE.
OKAY, NO COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES, SO COULD I HAVE A MOTION, SECOND, THEN TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? WORKING ON THE ATTENDANCE, HOLD ON A MINUTE. LET ME LET MS. CHRISTINE MCKAY PRESS PRESENT SO THAT SHE IS IN.
VERY GOOD. OKAY, NOW I'VE GOT THAT IN THERE. I WAS WAITING FOR THOSE TWO, AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT NOW I'M READY FOR YOUR MINUTES. SORRY, CHAIR.
[3. Approval of Minutes - May 27, 2026]
OKAY, SO A MOTION AND SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. MAX AND DARREN. OKAY, GO AHEAD AND LET'S VOTE ON THAT THEN. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOOD. AND[4. Approval of Agenda]
SIMILARLY WITH THE AGENDA, MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE AGENDA? IT'S LIKE MAX AGAIN AND JOHN MIKE.OK, AND LET US VOTE AGAIN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THIS IS A TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE ANY, SO I'M ASSUMING ANYBODY OUT THERE IN THE PUBLIC WANT TO SPEAK ANYTHING? OK. NEXT, WE
[6. MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS to Serve for the Next Year (July 2026 Through June 2027): A. Chair B. Vice Chair]
CAN JUMP RIGHT INTO THE BUSINESS THEN. THAT'S A MOTION TO ELECT OFFICERS TO SERVE FOR THE NEXT YEAR, FOR THE CHAIR AND THE VICE CHAIR.AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, BOTH GREGORY AND I HAVE OPTED TO STAY, AND THAT'S ALSO ANYBODY ELSE IS FREE TO JOIN.
IF YOU WANT TO SELF-NOMINATE OR NOMINATE SOMEBODY ELSE, THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT. SO, ANYBODY IN THAT BOAT? OKAY, THIS SIMPLIFIES THINGS. WE HAVE ONE SLATE, SO LET'S JUST GO AHEAD AND VOTE. WE'LL VOTE FOR BOTH ON THE ONE SLATE, JUST IN THE INTEREST OF TIME. SO AGAIN, LET'S LET US VOTE.
I'M SORRY, CHAIR, WAS WORKING ON ANOTHER SYSTEM. CAN YOU PLEASE REPEAT THAT? IS THAT FOR THE ELECTING? WE HAVE A MOTION TO ELECT.
YEAH, DO WE HAVE YEAH, MOTION, JOHN, MICHAEL, AND SHELDON.
OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. AND WE VOTED, SO OKAY, NO VOTING TWICE. WE CAN'T DO THAT HERE, YOU KNOW THAT.
QUESTION? YOU SEE ON YOUR BIG SCREEN DOWN THE LOWER LEFT SAYS MIC.
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THE NAMES, I HAVE NOT BEEN, UM, DUDE, AND AN OPTION TO SELECT WHOEVER IT IS, SO. I DON'T SEE THE NAMES OR, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT FAMILIAR TOO MUCH WITH THE VOTING MACHINE WHERE BECAUSE I NORMALLY BE ONLINE.SO, UM, WHO AM I VOTING FOR? AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I REALLY NEED AN OPTION.
WHAT'S THE OPTION? THERE'S NO OPTION HERE. SO OKAY, THANK YOU.
SO THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO PERSON THAT'S AVAILABLE TO SELECT FROM? WHAT IF YOU WANT TO SELECT SOMEBODY ELSE? IF I COULD, THROUGH THE CHAIR.
SO BASICALLY THE FLOOR IS OPEN, SO IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES OR SOMEONE ELSE, THEN YOU ARE FREE TO DO THAT.
BOTH OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, THEY ARE THE TWO GENTLEMEN THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THEM IF YOU LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. THEY'RE SITTING IN THE BACK. THANK YOU.
VICE CHAIR HAS HIS HAND UP SO YOU CAN SEE HIM. THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT YOU'RE VOTING FOR, BUT ANYBODY IS, YOU KNOW, IS WELCOME. NOW WOULD BE THE TIME IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE A NOMINATION, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE WILL RUN A, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE RUNOFF ELECTION HERE.
HAD A LITTLE INTRIGUE, BUT JUST CURIOUS.
SO I'LL GO BACK AND TURN OFF MY MIC.
DO YOU HAVE ANY NOMINATION IN MIND THEN? DO YOU WANT TO PURSUE THAT? OKAY.
SO WE STILL HAVE NO OTHER NOMINATIONS AT THIS POINT.
WELL, IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU BOTH. I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
WE THINK. OKAY, GOOD. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
THAT WAS AN AD WITH CRANBERRY PEOPLE A LONG TIME AGO. OH.
[1. PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program]
AT THAT POINT, WE CAN GET INTO THE FIRST ACTION ITEM THEN, PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO '31 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND ZHIHONG CHEN WAS GOING TO GUIDE US THROUGH THAT. ZHIHONG.THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS. GOOD EVENING. I'M ZHIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.
IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO UPDATE THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. MPO IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE FORWARD MPO.
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS A 5-YEAR PROGRAM INCLUDING PROJECTS THAT THE REGION EXPECTS TO BUILD OVER THE NEXT 5 YEARS. THOSE PROJECTS INCLUDE RAIL, TRANSIT, HIGHWAY, AVIATION, AND SEAPORT, AS WELL AS BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND FREIGHT-RELATED PROJECTS.
TODAY I'M PRESENTING FISCAL YEAR 2027 TO 2031 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM. THIS SLIDE SHOWS BROWARD MPO'S CORE PRODUCTS. TIP IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS.
THIS SLIDE PRESENTS BROWARD MPO'S PLANNING PROCESS.
BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL LAW, BROWARD MPO UPDATES METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN EVERY 5 YEARS. BY FOLLOWING FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS, BROWARD MPO UPDATES LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS AND TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM EVERY YEAR.
PROJECT IN THE MTP MOVE TO LOPP AND THEN MOVE TO THE TIP FOR IMPLEMENTATION. BASED ON THE FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATIONS, BROWARD MPO STAFF CREATED THIS TIP DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
BY FOLLOWING THIS PROCESS, BROWARD MPO PREPARES DRAFT TIP, STARTS 30 DAYS PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD, HOLDS PUBLIC MEETING, AND TAC/KAC BOARD APPROVES THE DRAFT TIP. AFTER BOARD APPROVES THE TIP, BROWARD MPO SENDS THE FINAL TIP TO FEDERAL HIGHWAY
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ADMINISTRATION, FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, AND AFTER THAT, ON JULY 15TH. THE TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST EACH YEAR. BASED ON THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE REQUIREMENT TO THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS, THE BROWARD MPO RELEASED PUBLIC NOTICE ON NEWSPAPERS BROWARD MPO'S WEBSITE, SOCIAL MEDIA, BROWARD MPO'S MOBILITY MONDAY, AND 8 PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN BROWARD. THIS SLIDE IS A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE.LET'S TAKE A TIP FOR THIS YEAR. THE TIP INCLUDES 363 PROJECTS. TOTAL FUNDING AMOUNT IS ABOUT $4.7 BILLION, INCLUDING $131 MILLION IN INDIRECT COST.
FOR TRANSPARENCY PURPOSE, AFDA INTRODUCED INDIRECT COST IN THE TIP. THE FUND USED TO SUPPORT FDAS STAFF IN-HOUSE SERVICES, THE INDIRECT COST.
WHEN YOU READ THE PROJECT LIST IN THE TIP, A PHASE CODE WITH ENDING LETTER X INDICATES THIS PHASE FUNDED BY INDIRECT COST.
FOR INSTANCE, CONSTRUCTION PHASE CSX,. THAT IS INDIRECT COST. PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, PEX, IS FUNDED BY INDIRECT COST. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS FUNDING SUMMARY BY FUNDING SOURCE AND THE TRANSPORTATION MODE.
ON LEFT SIDE, THE GRAPH DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT AND THE RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL FOR EACH FUNDING SOURCE. THE GRAPH ON RIGHT DISPLAYS FUNDING AMOUNT AND RESPECTIVE PERCENTAGE IN TOTAL FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE.
THE TIP INVESTS $143 MILLION OF BROWARD MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS SUPPORT 46 PROJECTS. ABOUT $64 MILLION IS INVESTED IN 29 BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROJECTS.
LET'S TAKE A QUICK LOOK AT THE PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS.
BASED ON THE PROJECT COST, THIS SLIDE COMPRISES 3 MAJOR PRODUCTS. ONE IS WIDENING SOCAL EXPRESSWAY. THE SECOND ONE IS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT ALONG I-95. THE THIRD ONE IS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS ON FLORIDA TURNPIKE AT COCONUT CREEK.
BROWARD MPO STAFF ALSO MONITORS OH, THIS SLIDE SHOWS OVERALL FUNDING FOR MTP FUNDING PROGRAM. THE TIP INVESTS $4.4 BILLION TO SUPPORT 328 PROJECTS, THOSE PROJECTS FROM MTP FUNDING PROGRAM. THE POWER AND PURE STAFF ALSO MONITORS PROJECT PROGRESS.
THIS SLIDE PRESENTS NUMBER OF GRADUATED PROJECTS FROM TIP. ALL FUNDS FOR PROJECTS HAS BEEN SECURED BEFORE OR ON FISCAL YEAR 2026.
WE CALL THE PROJECTS FULLY FUNDED AND GRADUATED FROM THE TIP. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS NEEDED. THERE ARE 82 PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT $476 MILLION. FOR DETAILS OF THOSE PROJECTS, YOU CAN LOOK AT ATTACHMENT 1.
AFTER BROWARD MPO START PUBLIC COMMENTS PERIOD, WE RECEIVED REQUESTS FROM SPECIFIC FOR SPECIFIC PROJECTS. ONE REQUEST FROM TURNPIKE. THE
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REQUEST ASKS TO ADD ONE GUARDRAIL PROJECT TO THE DRAFT TIP. FDOT ALSO REQUESTS PROJECT LENGTH CHANGE FOR TWO PROJECTS. SO THIS SLIDE PRESENTS THE PROJECT CHANGE FOR THOSE THREE PROJECTS.FOR DETAILS, YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE ATTACHMENT 4. YOU CAN ACCESS THE PDF DOCUMENT THROUGH THE LINK ON THIS SLIDE. TODAY, WE ARE SEEKING A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO BOARD APPROVE THE DRAFT TIP. WITH THAT, BROWARD MPO STAFF AND FDIC STAFF ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
YEAH, SORRY, THERE WAS SOMETHING.
THERE, I REALIZED YOUR MIC IS TURNED OFF. YOUR MIC.
ALL RIGHT, BUT AM I GOOD TO GO? YES.
OKAY, UH, THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION, JIYOUNG.
I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. THE FIRST IS, IS JUST A BIT OF HOUSEKEEPING, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ATTACHMENT 1, WHICH IS THE, THE MAIN LIST, THEN WE HAVE THE ATTACHMENT 02, WHICH IS THE PROPOSED CHANGES AFTER YOU SENT IT OUT. IF WE MAKE A MOTION TODAY, ARE WE RECOMMENDING FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE LIST WITH THE CHANGES INCLUDED? YES.
THE TIP DOCUMENT, YOU CAN FIND IT THROUGH THE LINK.
YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF IT HAD TO BE TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS OR JUST ONE BIG MOTION FOR THE WHOLE THING.
MY SECOND QUESTION, I LOOKED THROUGH THE LIST OF PROJECTS AND I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY PROJECTS FROM THE PRIMO PROGRAM. SO I'M THINKING SPECIFICALLY OF THE LIGHT RAIL, THE AIRPORT SEAPORT CONVENTION CENTER CONNECTOR. THAT ONE IS SUPPOSED TO START CONSTRUCTION, I BELIEVE, IN 2028 OR 2029. AND SUPPOSEDLY FINISH CONSTRUCTION BY 2032. SO I WOULD THINK THAT WE'D NEED TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS PROGRAMMED WITHIN THIS TIP, AND I DIDN'T SEE IT. AND I WAS THINKING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THE OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BRT, BECAUSE THERE'S NO FEDERAL FUNDING REQUESTED, THERE'S NO STATE FUNDING REQUESTED, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE ON THIS LIST, BUT I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THE BRTS. SO I JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON THERE, OR THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MY COLLEAGUE, CHRISTOPHER.
HELLO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU, MAX, FOR THE QUESTION.
CHRISTOPHER RESTREPO, REGIONAL PLANNING MANAGER AT MPO. VERY GOOD QUESTION. SO THOSE PROJECTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, THEY ARE NOT IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SEEKING FEDERAL OR STATE DOLLARS. SO THOSE PROJECTS ARE NOT IN OUR TIP BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PART OF FDOT'S WORK PROGRAM. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE WORK PROGRAM, THEY'RE NOT CAPTURED AS PART OF OUR TIP DOWNLOAD. HOWEVER, THOSE PROJECTS DO EXIST WITHIN OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN UNDER OUR ILLUSTRATIVE LIST.
SO IF YOU GO TO OUR MTP, ROUTE22050.ORG, YOU CAN PULL UP THAT PLAN AND GO TO THE ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN LIST AND FIND THOSE PROJECTS THERE.
THE LRT ISN'T SEEKING FEDERAL FUNDING OR STATE FUNDING? NOT THROUGH FDOT'S WORK PROGRAM AND NOT ANY MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS.
OK. IS THAT BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE A CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION? IF IT IS REQUESTING ANY KIND OF FTA GRANT OR ANY OTHER KIND OF FEDERAL DOLLARS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN PUT AS PART OF OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN, AND THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED PARTIALLY FUNDED. AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE PROJECTS THERE, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE REPRESENTED IN OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT PART OF FDOT'S WORK PROGRAM.
SO IF I COULD, AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, SO BILL CROSS, LET ME TRY TO THE TIP DOCUMENT, IT IS A REGIONAL DOCUMENT. SO OUR PARTNER AGENCIES CAN PROVIDE US PROJECTS THAT HAVE NO FEDERAL FUNDING IF THEY WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE IT INTO THE DOCUMENT. PRIMARILY WE PUT THAT INTO THE MTP. THAT'S GENERALLY WHERE THOSE KIND OF THINGS BUT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT THINGS INTO THE TIP AS WELL, EVEN IF THERE'S NO FEDERAL FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS A REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION DOCUMENT.
BUT THAT'S UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL AGENCIES. WE DO MEET WITH BCT QUARTERLY. WE COORDINATE ON ALL OF THESE THINGS. SO THESE PROJECTS ARE NOT THERE BY THEIR DECISION. BUT OF COURSE, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN PLAN AND ALL THE FUNDING FOR THEIR PRIMO, AND THAT'S ALL AVAILABLE THROUGH THEM. SO IF THAT CLARIFIES, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE YES, A LITTLE BIT.
I THINK I'M GOING TO EMAIL BCT BECAUSE EVERY MEETING THAT THEY HAVE DISCUSSING PRIMO SAYS THAT THEY EXPECT, YOU KNOW, 25% OF PRIMO FUNDING, THE CAPITAL
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FUNDING, IS GOING TO BE FROM LOCAL DOLLARS.BUT THE OTHER 75% ARE COMING FROM STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY AT EVERY MEETING.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT MATH IS NO LONGER CURRENT AND UP TO DATE, AND WE'RE SITTING DOWN WITH THEM HERE LATER IN JULY TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION. BUT LEGISLATION PASSED A YEAR AND A HALF, 2 YEARS AGO, UM, MIGHT HAVE BEEN 2 SESSIONS AGO NOW, UM, AT THE STATE LEGISLATIVE LEVEL THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH GUTTED THE STATE'S NEW START TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE PROGRAM. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT THAT'S COMING BACK THIS YEAR, BUT IT'S VERY FLUID. THE FEDERAL GRANT PROGRAM HAS ALSO I THINK I'LL JUST CALL IT FLUID AS WELL UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION. IT'S NOT AS CLEAR, YOU KNOW, A PATH TO OBTAIN FUNDING THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, FOR PROJECTS LIKE BCR, WE HAVE THAT, AS CHRISTOPHER WAS SAYING, THAT'S IN OUR ILLUSTRATIVE PLAN, WHICH MEANS CERTAIN FUNDS ARE THERE AND LINED UP, INCLUDING THE COUNTY HAS, YOU KNOW, BEEN THROUGH THE COUNTY COMMISSION, THEY'VE COMMITTED CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COUNTY FUNDS, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED A COST-FEASIBLE PROJECT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE FEDERAL GRANT YET. SO SOME OF THE PROJECTS ARE MORE COMPLICATED.
IF YOU'RE DOING A SIDEWALK, IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
IT'S IN HERE, THERE'S A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND ALL THE REST.
BUT THESE HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS, BILLION-DOLLAR MAJOR TRANSIT INVESTMENT PROJECTS, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLICATED BECAUSE THEY'RE USING A MORE COMPLEX FUNDING STRATEGY. SO JUST BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT DOESN'T MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T EXIST OR IT'S NOT MOVING FORWARD.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO BE A NEW I'M FAIRLY NEW TO THIS, UM, MEETING, BUT, UM, I WANT TO BRING TO THE ATTENTION OF THE CAC AND ALSO TO MPO.
IT'S REGARDING, UM, INTERSECTION OF HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD AND SOUTHWEST 48TH AVENUE IN WEST PARK, WHERE THERE'S ALSO A SCHOOL ZONE THERE. THERE'S A TRAFFIC LIGHT THERE, AND, UM, I'VE GOT SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FROM RESIDENTS AND EVEN MYSELF WHO USE THAT, UM, THAT LIGHT THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, TURNING INTO FORT NORTH ONTO 48TH AVENUE, UM, COMING WEST FROM HALLANDALE BEACH, AND IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. AND, UM, I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE AT THE LAST MEETING WHERE THAT SAFE CITY, UM, SAFE STREET, UM, ITEM WAS ON THE AGENDA. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM THAT WE CAN, UM, ACTUALLY GET A TURNING, YOU KNOW, LIKE A TURNING SIGNAL, LIKE AN ARROW TO SAY TURN LEFT OR RIGHT AT THE SIGNAL. HOW CAN WE GET SOME FUNDING FOR THIS? BECAUSE THERE IS, UM, A LOT OF MONEY HERE GOING INTO OTHER PROJECTS, AND THIS IS FROM UP TO 2031. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS BRING THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MPO BEFORE, BUT HALLANDALE BEACH IS ALSO A, UM, THAT IT'S A DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT, UM, ROAD. SO HOW CAN WE GET SOME INPUT THERE? I DID PUT A FEW QUESTIONS TO ASK IF IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IF THERE WAS ANY RECENT TRAFFIC STUDY BEING CONDUCTED FOR THAT ACTUAL INTERSECTIONS, YOU KNOW, MAYBE FOR A LONG TIME OR PRESENT? I DON'T KNOW. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW. AND THE OTHER IS, ARE THERE ANY PLANNED IMPROVEMENT FOR THAT PARTICULAR INTERSECTION? AND ANOTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE, CAN THE MPO WORK WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION AND THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO EVALUATE SAFETY CONDITIONS IN THE SCHOOL ZONE AREA? AND MY LAST QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT PROCESS SHOULD RESIDENTS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS FOLLOW TO REQUEST A FORMAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOR THAT, UM, AREA? I KNOW IT'S PROBABLY OFF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON TONIGHT, BUT THAT'S I'M NOT
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SURE IF THAT'S THE CORRECT SECTION TO PUT IT IN, BUT I JUST WANTED TO.AGAIN, THROUGH THE CHAIR, LET ME TAKE A CRACK AT THE RESPONSE.
OKAY, SO BILL CROSS, DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PLANNING AND PROGRAM, BROWARD MPO. SO FIRST OFF, IN THE FUTURE, IF YOU HAVE VERY SPECIFIC GRANULAR QUESTIONS, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY DESIRABLE TO EMAIL THOSE TO US. AHEAD OF TIME, OR WE CAN TALK TO YOU OFFLINE AFTERWARDS BECAUSE, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF INTERSECTIONS AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE KIND OF DETAIL THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU OFF THE TOP OF OUR HEADS. SO EITHER GIVE US A HEADS UP OR WE'LL TAKE IT OFFLINE AFTERWARDS AND WE'LL LOOK IT UP AND FIND OUT. BUT IN GENERAL, OKAY, IN GENERAL, TRAFFIC SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY ARE IN THE DOMAIN, EVEN ON STATE HIGHWAYS, OF BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC OPERATIONS. SO WHAT WE CAN DO IS WE CAN ALWAYS HELP FACILITATE AN INITIAL MEETING WITH THEM, WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, TO LOOK AT THAT LOCATION TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE HAVING SAFETY ISSUES. ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT WE HAVE GIVEN HERE RECENTLY WAS ABOUT OUR NEW SAFETY DASHBOARD.
SO IN FACT, THAT'S AVAILABLE WE CAN LOOK THAT UP ONLINE, AND WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO LOOK IT UP ONLINE. YOU CAN GO RIGHT TO THAT LOCATION THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF AND SEE FOR YOURSELF, YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ISSUES OR CONCERNS THERE.
BUT WE DON'T AS THE MPO, WE DON'T REALLY DEAL DIRECTLY WITH THE TRAFFIC SIGNALS. BUT WE ARE ALWAYS HERE AS A RESOURCE TO HELP FACILITATE YOU GETTING IN CONTACT. AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THE MEETING. BUT IN THIS CASE, IT'S BROWARD COUNTY TRAFFIC OPS. THAT WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO TALK TO, TO FIND OUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE OPTIONS MIGHT BE THERE, WHETHER OR NOT A STUDY IS REQUIRED. OFTEN THEY REQUIRE SOME KIND OF A STUDY TO JUSTIFY MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
SO, BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE AND A RESOURCE TO YOU TO HELP YOU KIND OF FIND YOUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S NOT ALWAYS REAL EVIDENT AND WE'LL HELP, YOU KNOW, CONNECT YOU TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE.
OKAY. SO AFTER THE MEETING, LET'S LET'S YOU AND I CONNECT AND WE'LL GET YOU ON A PATH.
OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY. YEAH, LET ME ADD TO THAT TOO. GENERALLY, OUR COMMENTS DURING A MEETING ADDRESS THE AGENDA ITEM THAT'S UP IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW.
OTHERWISE, IT CAN BE VERY DIFFICULT TO STAY ON TRACK, BUT WE DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY AT THE END FOR MEMBER COMMENTS FOR THINGS THAT WE HADN'T COVERED IN THE MEETING, AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO BRING THINGS UP. WE VALUE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THIS IS WHAT THE CAC DOES. WE HAVE A REPUTATION FOR ASKING QUESTIONS AND WANTING ANSWERS, SO YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
GOOD EVENING. I HAVE ONE QUESTION ABOUT A PARTICULAR PROJECT, AND I BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE A PREVIOUS MEETING.
IT'S THE PROPOSED TRUCK PARKING AREA, I-95 AND WEST BROWARD BOULEVARD. I CAN QUOTE YOU THE FM NUMBER IF YOU WISH, FM NUMBER 454279-1. THE MTP NUMBER IS B AS IN BRAVO, M AS IN MIKE, 090. SO THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS LIKE THE LAST SPEAKER, SORT OF SELF-INTEREST BECAUSE WE USE THE AREA IN THE NETWORK TRANSPORTATION NETWORK THAT WE'RE FAMILIAR WITH. AND IN MY CASE, IT'S THE AREA WHERE TRI-RAIL HAS A STATION IN FORT LAUDERDALE AND THE PARKING AREA SOUTH OF BROWARD BOULEVARD.
THIS PROJECT IS ON THE NORTH SIDE. AND SMALL RELATED ITEM IS THE THE STORM ON APRIL 11TH THROUGH THE 13TH, 2023, WHERE THE AREA WAS FLOODED. AND I WAS PARKING AND AT THE TIME UNDER THE RAMP AT MAYBE HALF ONE OF THE HALF A DOZEN SPACES THAT WERE NOT FLOODED. SO THIS PROJECT WAS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BROWARD BOULEVARD AND WEST OF I-95. IS SUPPOSEDLY LESS THAN $15 MILLION, BUT STILL THEY PLAN
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TO BUILD STRUCTURES ON IT. AND IF IT WAS A PRIVATE ENTITY BUILDING THE STRUCTURES, THEY WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A FLOOD ELEVATION ESTIMATE FROM THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. I'M NOT AWARE IF STATE THE STATE NO AGENCY CAN OR IS ABLE TO EXEMPT ITSELF FROM SUCH OVERSIGHT, BUT I WOULD ASK AGAIN THAT THE APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IN THIS CASE IS FDOT, WHICH IS THE LEAD ON THIS PROJECT, WILL ENDEAVORED TO INCLUDE A STUDY EVEN IF IT COST MORE THAN THE $14 OR $15 MILLION SINCE IT'S A PRIME AREA FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT STAGING AREA FOR THE NEXT HURRICANE STORM IN CASE THERE IS FLOODING AND A NECESSARY AREA TO STAGE EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT.THIS IS REALLY NECESSARY JUST IN THE FACE OF PAST STORMS. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU.
OKAY, VINCENT PARLATO. GOOD EVENING.
DO YOU ALWAYS GET THROWN UP HERE AND STUFF AND THROWN UNDER THE BUS BY YOUR MANAGEMENT? YOU'RE ALWAYS HERE, BUT THANKS FOR BEING HERE. MY QUESTION IS, ON ONE OF YOUR PROJECTS, YOU HAD BIKE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ON THERE. SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY ON THAT ISSUE.
FOR THAT PURPOSE. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT OF TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.
AT SOME POINT IN TIME, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MINDSET COMES IN THAT BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS ARE MIXED WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE NOT. SO I THINK THE MONEY CAN BE ALLOCATED IN SOME OTHER BETTER WAY.
YEARS AGO, YOU NEVER HAD THIS. AND TO PAINT A LINE IN THE STREET AND WITH A PATH THAN A ROADWAY THAT'S TAKING UP VEHICULAR TRAFFIC WE GOT ENOUGH PROBLEMS WITH VEHICULAR TRAFFIC TRYING TO MOVE IT WITHOUT HAVING MORE ADVERSE ISSUES WITH BICYCLES AND PEDESTRIANS THAT DON'T LOOK WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO BEGIN WITH. IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BICYCLES ON THERE WITH THAT, YOU NEED TO HAVE IT SEPARATE.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SOMETHING SEPARATE.
YOU WANT TO PUT SOMETHING ON THE SIDEWALK, ANOTHER SEPARATE SIDEWALK, WHATEVER, THAT'S FINE, BUT THEY DON'T BELONG IN THE TRAFFIC. SO MY POINT IS, IS THAT IT'S AN AWFUL LOT OF MONEY TO TRY AND KEEP THIS IN A MIX WHERE IT DON'T BELONG.
JUST COMMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. APPRECIATE IT.
YES, GOOD EVENING. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. THIS PRESENTATION INCLUDED THE COCONUT CREEK INTERCHANGE THAT'S IN PLAN DESIGN RIGHT NOW. AND 3 WEEKS AGO, WE REQUESTED FROM THE ENGINEERING REP OR PRESIDENT GO-BETWEEN THAT THEY HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING IN THE CITY OF COCONUT CREEK.
THE ONE THAT THEY WERE HOLDING WAS GOING TO BE IN FORT LAUDERDALE, DOWN THE STREET HERE, 30 MINUTES AWAY, WHERE THE PUBLIC IS NOT THERE IS NOBODY THAT IS IMPACTED BY THAT PROJECT. AND WE TALKED WITH JUSTIN, I TALKED WITH JAMES BROWN ALSO, AND I TALKED WITH JUSTIN ONCE, AND HE OFFERED AT THE MEETING THAT THEY WOULD COORDINATE HAVING THEM DO THAT FOR US IF WE COULD FIND A VENUE. I FOUND A VENUE. I GAVE HIM THE VENUE.
HE HAS NEVER ANSWERED ANOTHER CALL FROM ME. HE HAS NEVER CALLED ME BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE MPO COORDINATE SETTING UP A PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PEOPLE OF COCONUT CREEK. WE HAVE THE LOCATION AND WE CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT, AND I WOULD LIKE, UH, THAT TO BE DONE BECAUSE WE'RE GETTING NO TRACTION FROM THE ENGINEERING COMPANY.
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GOOD EVENING, JAMES BROWN, THE MPO LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR FOR FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE. MR. PEREZ, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU AND I SPOKE EARLIER TODAY. I DID SPEAK WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER.INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED WITH ME IS THAT HE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO YOU. I WILL TAKE THIS BACK TO OUR TEAM. I KNOW THAT A DECISION HAS NOT BEEN MADE YET ON A MEETING OR LOCATION, SO ALL I CAN DO IS TAKE THAT BACK TO MY TEAM. IF WE CAN WORK WITH THE MPO, OR IF YOU WANT TO GO THAT ROUTE, THEN ALMOST CERTAINLY FACILITATE GETTING THAT INFORMATION TO OUR TEAM.
WELL, I MEAN, THE KEY HERE IS TO FACILITATE THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE.
AND IT'S AND TO ME, THIS IS NOT THE WAY WAY TO DO A PROJECT. YOU HAVE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE IMPACTED INDIVIDUALS, WHICH ARE 500, 600 FEET AWAY, NOT A HALF AN HOUR DRIVE.
THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE. THAT JUST CAN'T BE. I WAS THERE, AND WHERE WE TALKED AT THAT PRESENTATION IN FORT LAUDERDALE, THERE WERE HARDLY ANY PEOPLE THERE. OF COURSE, YOU NEED A 500-ROOM FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU ONLY HAD 25, 30 PEOPLE, SO YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY FEEDBACK. THE GENTLEMAN JUSTIN HASN'T EVEN GOTTEN BACK WITH THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE CALLED HIM. THIS CAN'T BE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. PEREZ. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS. I WILL TAKE THOSE BACK TO MY TEAM.
AND WE DO HAVE A VENUE FOR YOU WHICH WILL HOLD MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE.
OKAY, HAVE YOU SHARED THAT INFORMATION? YES, I SHARED THAT WITH HIM IN THE FIRST CALL AND THE ONLY CALL THAT HE EVER ANSWERED.
I JUST WANT TO UNDERSCORE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE IS SAYING, AND I WOULD LIKE THE MPO TO PLAY A ROLE IN TERMS OF FACILITATING HAVING A DISCUSSION. OR PRESENTATION BETWEEN FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE AND THE CITIZENS OF COCONUT CREEK. SO IF THE MPO COULD PLAY THAT ROLE, I THINK IT WOULD BE WELL WELCOMED.
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? OKAY, IN THAT CASE, LET'S PUT IT TO THE VOTE. MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND? WE DO.
MAX AND JOY, OKAY? LET US VOTE.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME FOLLOW-UP GOING ON, SO WE WILL FOLLOW UP WITH A FOLLOW-UP,
[1. Broward MPO Performance Measures Dashboard & State of the System Report]
MAKE SURE THAT GETS DONE. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ALONG TO THE NON-ACTION ITEM, BROWARD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD AND STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. AND PAUL FLAVIN IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THAT.GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CAC. GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIR.
NOW, MY NAME IS PAUL FLAVIAN, AS THE CHAIR TOLD YOU.
I'M THE DATA MANAGER AT THE BROAD NPO. I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR PRODUCING COLLECTING, ANALYZING, AND PRODUCING SOME DATA PRODUCTS, BUT WE HAVE A WHOLE TEAM BEHIND US. SO WHAT I'M DOING TODAY IS ESSENTIALLY EVERY YEAR I BRING OUT THESE TWO PRODUCTS THAT WE UPDATE ON A YEARLY BASIS. BOTH OF THESE PRODUCTS WE'VE STARTED PRODUCING AROUND 2018 AFTER THE FEDS TOLD US WE HAD TO DO WHAT'S CALLED PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SO WITH THAT, I'LL START. THE FIRST PRODUCT I'LL BE SHOWING YOU IS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD, AND THEN THE SECOND PRODUCT WILL BE THE STATE OF THE SYSTEMS REPORT.
SO OKAY, NOW BOTH OF THESE PRODUCTS LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE.
NOW IF YOU GO TO THE HOMEPAGE I'LL GO TO THE HOMEPAGE, WHICH IS RIGHT HERE FIRST THING YOU WOULD DO, YOU WILL GO TO THE TABS WHERE YOU SEE RESOURCES AND PRESS ON PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AND YOU WILL SCROLL DOWN AND YOU WILL SEE THIS PICTURE WITH THE BROAD MPO PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD ON IT, AND YOU WILL CLICK ON THE PICTURE. AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO WHERE THE DASHBOARD LIVES.
SO ESSENTIALLY YOU LOOK TO THE LEFT, YOU SEE THOSE TABS THERE. THE
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FIRST ONE IS, YOU KNOW, TALKS ABOUT THE BROAD MPO, WHO WE ARE, WHAT WE DO. IT HAS SOME STATS ABOUT POPULATION AND EMPLOYMENT. IT HAS A LITTLE BLURB ABOUT OUR BOARD. WE HAVE A SCORECARD FOR OUR FOR OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON. LIKE I SAID, IN ALL OF THIS DATA THAT YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY, ESSENTIALLY THE US CENSUS, 5-YEAR DATA. SO IT UPDATES ITSELF ESSENTIALLY EVERY YEAR AROUND DECEMBER.SO BROWARD, OUR POPULATION, OUR NUMBER OF JOBS, SHOWS YOUR POPULATION GROWTH CURVE.. AND AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT OUR ACTUAL BOARD MEMBERS, ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, YOU CAN CLICK ON HERE ALSO.
IT'LL TAKE YOU THERE. NOW ON THE SECOND TAB HERE, YOU HAVE THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM, UM, STATE OF THE SYSTEM. ESSENTIALLY HERE, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A LINK TO OUR, UM, METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, ROUTE TO 2050. YOU COULD CLICK HERE, IT'LL TAKE YOU TO THAT, TO THAT SITE. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE SOME MORE STATS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ZERO-CAR HOUSEHOLDS AND ZERO-CAR VEHICLES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, JOB ACCESS, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, LITTLE FACTS AND FACTOIDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO BROWARD. AND THE THIRD TAB IS OUR SCORECARD. NOW, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES THAT WE HAVE TO MONITOR AND SET TARGETS FOR.
NUMBER ONE IS SAFETY. NUMBER TWO IS, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITIONS, SO ESSENTIALLY THE PAVEMENT CONDITIONS FOR ROADWAYS IN BROWARD AND THE BRIDGE CONDITIONS FOR THE ROADWAYS IN BROWARD.
AND TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, ESSENTIALLY OUR TRANSIT PARTNERS HAVE TO ESSENTIALLY HAVE A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR POLICY AND PLAN FOR ALL THEIR EQUIPMENT AND THEY HAVE TO SET TARGETS FOR THOSE. AND ALSO TRANSIT SAFETY. SO WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE HERE AND IN THE SCORECARD YOU COULD JUST GO HERE, IT WILL TELL YOU HOW WE'RE DOING. ON SAFETY, YOU SEE SOMETHING LIKE AN X OR A RED X. ANYTHING RED IS BAD. ANYTHING GREEN IS GOOD. SO IF IT'S X WHERE IT SAYS GOAL MET, OBVIOUSLY WE DIDN'T MEET THE GOAL HERE. NOW FOR SAFETY, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE A ZERO VISION TARGET SET. SO IT'S PROBABLY ALWAYS GOING TO BE THAT WAY, BUT HOPEFULLY THE TREND IS THAT WE'RE GETTING BETTER. AND INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, YOU SEE, WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD IN TERMS OF PAVEMENT CONDITION, IN TERMS OF BRIDGE CONDITIONS. SYSTEM RELIABILITY, WE'RE DOING WELL ON MOST ASPECTS. TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, AGAIN, WE'RE DOING WELL ON MOST ASPECTS. AND THEN TRANSIT SAFETY, IT'S SORT OF A MIXED BAG. NOW THAT'S THE SCORECARD, RIGHT? IT HAS EVERYTHING ENCOMPASSED INTO ONE PAGE. NOW EACH OF THOSE PERFORMANCE MEASURE AREAS ALSO HAS ITS OWN ITS OWN PAGE.
LIKE YOU CLICK HERE ON SAFETY, YOU HAVE AN ENTIRE PAGE DEDICATED TO IT AND HAS ALL KINDS OF LITTLE COOL THINGS IN HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOULD MENTION, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THIS MAP, IF YOU CLICK HERE ON THOSE, THOSE THREE LITTLE DOTS, YOU CAN ACTUALLY DOWNLOAD THAT MAP, WHETHER YOU COULD DOWNLOAD IT AS A GIS, YOU COULD DOWNLOAD IT AS A PICTURE, A LOT OF THE INFORMATION HERE, AGAIN, YOU COULD COPY A PICTURE OF IT. YOU COULD ACTUALLY SEND IT OUT ON AN EMAIL IF YOU WANT, SEND IT OUT TO PEOPLE ON X IF YOU WANT. IT'S, YEAH, IT'S A VERY COOL LITTLE DASHBOARD. AND WHAT WE DO, WE ALSO MEASURE OURSELVES WHEN IT COMES TO PERFORMANCE MEASURES WITH OUR PARTNERS TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH, THE PALM BEACH MPO, AND THE MIAMI-DADE TPA.
SO, BUT IF YOU DID JUST WANTED TO SEE BROWARD, FOR EXAMPLE, HERE, YOU WOULD JUST CLICK HERE AND THEN IT'S JUST BROWARD.
FOR EXAMPLE, 5-YEAR AVERAGE OF FATALITIES. NOW THIS IS THE 5-YEAR AVERAGE DATA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE YEARLY DATA. SO YOU WOULD CLICK ON THIS LITTLE BUTTON HERE AND IT WOULD SHOW YOU THE YEAR-BY-YEAR INFORMATION JUST FOR BROWARD.
NOW, I KNOW YOU GUYS SAW THE DASHBOARD, UM, THAT WAS, UM, DISPLAYED FOR YOU LAST MONTH BY, UM, BY FAZAL QURESHI. NOW, THIS DASHBOARD ONLY SPEAKS TO THE PERFORMANCE MEASURES WHICH THE FEDS REQUIRE US TO MONITOR AND SET TARGETS FOR, WHICH IS, UM, SERIOUS INJURIES AND FATALITIES. NOW, THE OTHER DASHBOARD IS THE DEEP DIVE, RIGHT, WHERE YOU LOOK AT EVERY CRASH WHERE YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING AND YOU HAVE EVERY STATISTIC AVAILABLE.
NOW, THAT ALSO RESIDES AT OUR WEBSITE, BUT AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO SET THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS. THIS IS JUST FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES. AND AGAIN, WE HAVE ALL THIS INFORMATION HERE. A LOT OF IT CAN BE DOWNLOADED. A LOT OF IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW,
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MANIPULATED ANY WAY YOU WANT.AGAIN, EVERY PERFORMANCE MEASURE, INFRASTRUCTURE CONDITION, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU HAVE BRIDGE CONDITIONS.
AGAIN, THE GREEN DOTS INDICATE BRIDGES THAT ARE IN GOOD CONDITION. IF THERE WERE ANY RED DOTS, AND I THINK THERE'S ONE ACTUALLY, THAT WOULD INDICATE A BRIDGE THAT'S IN BAD CONDITION. AGAIN, ALL THAT CAN BE DOWNLOADED. YOU COULD DOWNLOAD, YOU KNOW, THE CSV ESSENTIALLY IS LIKE AN EXCEL. EXCEL FILE THAT'LL HAVE ALL THE LOCATIONS OF THOSE BRIDGES AND ALL THEIR INFORMATION.
ALSO, THIS FOR SYSTEM PERFORMANCE. NOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, IT'S ESSENTIALLY LEVEL TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY. SO ESSENTIALLY, IF IT TAKES YOU 20 MINUTES TO GET TO WORK, RIGHT, YOU EXPECT THAT 20 MINUTES TO BE EVERY TIME YOU GO INTO WORK. NOW, IF IT GOES, LET'S SAY, 40, THAT'S A DEVIATION FROM TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.
SO THIS IS WHAT THIS IS MEASURING. THE 75% IS AT 75% OF THE TIME YOU WOULD GET TO WORK IN 20 MINUTES. AND THAT 25% WOULD BE THE DEVIATION.
THAT'S THE TARGET. RIGHT NOW WE'RE AT 72%, SO WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY MEETING THE TARGET.
AND THEN AGAIN, AND THIS IS FOR HIGHWAYS AND THIS IS FOR NON-HIGHWAYS AS WELL. I MEAN INTERSTATE AND NON-INTERSTATE.
AND THEN WE HAVE A MEASURE FOR TRUCK TRAVEL TIME RELIABILITY.
AGAIN, IF THAT MEASURE IS ESSENTIALLY THE GOAL IS 2, 2 OR UNDER. IF IT'S UNDER 2, THAT MEANS THE RELIABILITY FOR TRUCKS ON THE HIGHWAYS IS PRETTY GOOD.
SO WE'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN OVER THAT. SO THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO FREIGHT IS ACTUALLY MOVING PRETTY WELL IN THIS COUNTY. WE HAVE THE TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT PAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS ALL THE ROLLING STOCK AND BUSES AND THINGS LIKE THAT FOR BCT AND SFRTA.
AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS THERE. YOU COULD, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, DOWNLOAD IT, LOOK AT IT. AND WE HAVE TRANSIT SAFETY. NOW, TRANSIT SAFETY IS ONLY FOR BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BECAUSE SFRTA IS PART OF THE FRA.
UNDER THE FRA UMBRELLA IN TERMS OF SAFETY, SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO ABIDE BY THIS, SO WE DON'T MONITOR THEM FOR THAT. NOW THAT'S THE PERFORMANCE MEASURE DASHBOARD.
NOW THE OTHER DATA TOOL THAT WE PRODUCE IS THIS, THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT. NOW IT LIVES HERE, BUT WE ALSO PRINT IT, AND I HAPPEN TO HAVE A FEW FEW COPIES OF IT HERE. NOW, WE DO HAVE AN EXCELLENT GRAPHIC ARTIST HERE AT THE MPO, SO HE'S DONE A MAGNIFICENT JOB OF PRODUCING THIS DOCUMENT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF ANY OF YOU AT THE END, IN THE EVENING, WANT TO, WANT A COPY, I HAVE 3 THAT I CAN, I CAN, YOU KNOW, SHARE WITH YOU. SO, AND AGAIN, WHAT THIS WHAT'S IN THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT IS PRETTY MUCH EVERY MODE OF TRANSPORTATION IN BROWARD, RIGHT? YOU HAVE ROADS, TRANSIT, BIKE PATH, SEAPORT, AIRPORT, ALL THOSE STATS ARE IN THERE.
IT ALSO INCLUDES PERFORMANCE MEASURES. SO AGAIN, AND IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME INFORMATION ON LAND USE, HOUSING, POPULATION. SO YEAH, IT'S ESSENTIALLY, IT'S GOT TO ENCAPSULATE EVERYTHING IN BROWARD, RIGHT? POPULATION, HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. SO AGAIN, I THINK WE DID A REALLY NICE JOB WITH THE GRAPHICS AND EVERYTHING AND ALL THE LITTLE FACTOIDS. IT'S NOT WORD HEAVY AND IT'S EASY TO DIGEST AND GO THROUGH. AND AGAIN, THAT'S THE REPORT PRETTY MUCH, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE. NOW, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU, IN ADDITION TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, IS PROVIDE ANY SORT OF FEEDBACK AND HOW WE CAN MAKE THESE PRODUCTS BETTER. BECAUSE AGAIN, IF WE'RE PRODUCING SOMETHING THAT'S NOT USEFUL, THAT'S A PROBLEM. SO HOW CAN WE MAKE IT MORE USEFUL? SO WITH THAT, MR. CHAIR, THAT'S AND I'M READY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.
OK, PAUL, THANK YOU. WE'VE GOT SOME QUESTIONS, COMMENTS.
YES, THANK YOU. VERY GOOD PRESENTATION. TWO COMMENTS.
IN THE EFFORT TO SAVE OUR TREES, YOU COULD SEND US OUT A COPY OF THAT DOCUMENT SO WE COULD READ.
IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL. AND GET IT OUT TO US.
ABSOLUTELY. IT ACTUALLY RESIDES ON THE WEBSITE. AND IF YOU CLICK ON IT, IT'S A PDF THAT POPS UP.
OKAY, I'LL SEE IF I CAN FIND IT ON THE WEBSITE. SECOND, ON THE FATALITY, THERE WAS A CHART THAT YOU SHOWED THERE,
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A 5-YEAR CHART THAT SHOWED FROM 2006 TO 2011 A TREMENDOUS DROP. WHAT WERE WE DOING AT THAT TIME? WERE WE ADVERTISING? DID WE DO SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE FROM 2011 ON, THE GRAPH JUST WENT THE WRONG WAY. AND WHAT WERE WE WERE WE ADVERTISING? WAS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON? OUT THERE THAT, UH, THAT IS A THAT WAS THE FINANCIAL THAT WAS A OH, THAT WAS THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SHUT DOWN. THAT'S WHAT IT WAS, DRIVING.MR. CROSS HAD TO REMIND ME THAT. YEAH, THAT WAS THE BIG ABOUT 2008, 2009, WE STARTED THAT.
PEOPLE WEREN'T DRIVING. PEOPLE WEREN'T YEAH, I DON'T WANT TO GO BACK, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DROP THE LIVES, MAN.
THANK YOU, BILL. I HAD FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK IF LET'S SAY WE DO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT, WHAT'S THE MEMORY SIZE OF THAT? I DON'T HAVE OKAY, OKAY.
OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, SIR, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I'M JUST I'M NOT SURE IF MY COMPUTER HAS THE MEMORY TO TAKE THAT, TO REPRODUCE.
BUT THE OTHER QUESTION IS, ON THE FIRST PART OF THE HOW TO GET TO THE DASHBOARD AND SO FORTH AND THE REPORT, THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.
IS THERE ANY WAY TO EXPAND THE AREA THAT THAT SHOWS? BECAUSE I RECALL VAGUELY THAT WHEN I LOOK FOR SOMETHING ON THE MPO WEBSITE, ALL I GOT WAS A CORNER OF MY COMPUTER. MAYBE THAT'S THE WAY I'M MINE IS SET UP, LIKE A QUARTER OF THE AREA ON THE SCREEN. WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WAS ACCESSIBLE. AND THIS I NOTICED NOW THIS IS STILL THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM, BUT PREVIOUS TO THAT, IT ONLY TAKES UP ABOUT 30%. IS THERE ANY WAY NOT THE STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT, BUT THE OTHER ONE WHERE THE INFORMATION COULD BE WIDENED OUT TO AT LEAST 70% OF THE SCREEN.
WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO FIXING THAT, SIR.
MAYBE IT'S MY SOFTWARE AT HOME, I DON'T KNOW, BUT IF I ACCESS SOMETHING THAT IS PART OF THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM THE MPO, IT ONLY GETS A QUARTER OF THE SCREEN AND THEN THERE'S SOME KIND OF MICROSOFT AD ON THE RIGHT SIDE, SO ANYWAY.
WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE AD, BUT WE DEFINITELY LOOK INTO HOW IT FITS ONTO THE SCREEN, SEE IF THAT'S AN ISSUE WITH US.
OH, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SAVE A PAPER COPY FOR ME. THANK YOU.
I AM LOOKING AT YOUR STATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WHERE YOU GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE CARLESS AND THE LOCATION OF THE MAJOR JOB CORRIDORS.
WITHIN THIS DOCUMENT, WHILE I REVIEW IT FROM HOME, IS THERE ANY CROSS-REFERENCING WITH HOUSING AND TRANSIT CORRIDORS? MEANING WE CAN TAKE A LOOK THROUGH TRANSIT CORRIDORS TO SEE WHERE THE DENSEST PART OF HOUSING IS THAT IS NEAR A TRANSIT CORRIDOR OR PROPOSED HOUSING THAT IS ALSO NEAR A TRANSIT CORRIDOR? NO, NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT.
BUT WE I THINK WE HAVE AN EFFORT AT THE MPO WHERE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT LAND USE AND HOUSING AND HOW THOSE THINGS ACTUALLY WHERE THAT INTERSECTION HAPPENS.
WHERE THAT CROSS-REFERENCE IS.
SO I THINK THAT SHOULD BE COMING UP TO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OUR BOARDS AT SOME POINT IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE THE PROPOSED CURRENT LAND USE, CURRENT RESIDENTIAL LAND USE, AND THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL LAND USE SPECIFICALLY NEAR THESE TRANSIT CORRIDORS.
AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, IN ADDITION TO LOOKING AT THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE INCOME AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ALL THOSE THINGS SORT OF INTERRELATE.
THANK YOU. SO THAT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD, RIGHT? IT'S COMING DOWN THE ROAD.
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IN THE WORKS.PAUL, AGAIN, GREAT PRESENTATION. I JUST WANT TO ASK A FEW THINGS AND THEN MAKE SOME COMMENTS. SO ON PAGE 21, THE SYSTEM CONDITIONS AND FACTS, I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT THE PERCENTAGE OF TRUCKS, WHICH I'M ASSUMING THIS IS ON BROWARD COUNTY HIGHWAYS, FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE HAS 12.5% OF THE TRUCKS THAT ARE IN USE THE HIGHWAYS IN BROWARD. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLIDE OR PAGE 21.
OH, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT AGAIN? SURE. SO IT SAYS PERCENTAGE OF TRUCK TRAFFIC ON MAJOR FREIGHT CORRIDORS.
SO OFF THE TRUCKS THAT ARE IN BROWARD, 12.5% USE THE TURNPIKE? BASED ON THE COUNTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, YES.
WHICH IS INTERESTING. SO THESE ARE THE MOST POLLUTING VEHICLES ON THE HIGHWAY, AND THEY USE THE TURNPIKE, WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS NEIGHBORHOODS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT THIS IS TELLING ME.
OKAY, I'M GONNA CONTINUE THERE.
I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT TRUCKS, THE TRAFFIC THERE IS SO THEY USE THAT SO MUCH.
ON PAGE 19, I THINK THIS IS REALLY FORTUITOUS SINCE WE'RE GOING TO GET A I DO NEED TO ADD SOMETHING TO THAT THOUGH. REMEMBER, THE MOST IT'S BASED THE WAY THEY FIGURE OUT THE TRUCK TRAFFIC PERCENTAGE IS THE TOTAL TRAFFIC, THE NUMBER OF TRUCKS DIVIDED BY THE TOTAL TRAFFIC. I HAVE 100,000 AND AND I HAVE 1,000.
SO THAT BUT THE TURNPIKE IN TERMS OF ADT, WHAT WE COUNT, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE TRAFFIC IS, DOESN'T COMPARE TO I-95.
YEAH, I KNOW. I-95 I THINK OBVIOUSLY HAS MORE VEHICLES ON THERE, BUT THE TURNPIKE SEEMS THE ISSUE FOR US IN COCONUT CREEK BECAUSE IT'S BEING EXPANDED AND THE CURRENT PLANS HAVE THE EXPANDED LANES HAVING PRIMARILY BEEN USED BY TRUCKS. AND THESE ARE THE LANES THAT ARE GOING TO BE CLOSEST TO RESIDENTIAL HOMES. I WANTED TO JUMP TO 19, WHICH I THINK IS SO FORTUITOUS SINCE WE'RE HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE GETTING A TOUR OF THE AIRPORT. AND THE REVENUE OPERATIONAL REVENUE SOURCES IN 2024 I THOUGHT IT WAS FASCINATING. I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS DIAGRAM. SO FROM FORT LAUDERDALE, 33% OF THE FUNDING COMES FROM THE AIRPORT. IS THAT WHAT I'M SEEING? YEAH, AIRLINES REVENUE.
YEAH. AND THEN WHAT IS OTHER? DO WE KNOW WHAT OTHER IS? OH, THAT LIKE TAXES ON TICKETS, OR IT COULD INCLUDE THINGS LIKE CONCESSIONS AND OTHER THINGS, ALL THE OTHER ANCILLARY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE AT THE AIRPORT.
OKAY. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE RENTAL CAR AGENCIES, IS THAT WHAT THEY PAY OR WHAT WE PAY THEM AND THEN THEY PAY TO THE AIRPORTS? THAT'S WHAT THEY PAY TO THE AIRPORT.
OKAY. ALRIGHTY. AND THEN PARKING. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY I THIS IS GREAT SEEING IT THAT WAY. AND I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT SPIRIT HAD SUCH A LARGE FOOTPRINT AT THE AIRPORT. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY INTERESTING.
THE FIRST PERSON WHO'S CAUGHT ACTUALLY, THE SECOND PERSON WHO'S CAUGHT THAT, I THINK IT WAS MY FRIEND REBECCA HERE THAT POINTED OUT, HEY, SPIRIT IS NO LONGER WITH US.
YEAH, SO I'M SURE THAT WILL AFFECT THE REVENUE, UM, GOING BACK. AND THEN DO YOU KNOW WHY, UM, ATLANTA IS THE NUMBER ONE DESTINATION? IS THAT JUST CONNECTION? WELL, REMEMBER, FOR YES, FORT LAUDERDALE SERVES AS A HUB FOR THE CRUISE INDUSTRY. THE CRUISE INDUSTRY IS HUGE HERE, WHETHER YOU'RE GOING OUT OF MIAMI OR PORT EVERGLADES. SO USUALLY THEY FLY IN THEY FLY INTO THROUGH ATLANTA. ISN'T THAT HOW THE WORLD STARTED? WE ALL FLEW THROUGH ATLANTA.
INTERESTING. YOU TALKED ABOUT IN YOUR PRESENTATION HOW THIS DATA CORRESPONDS TO THE OTHER DATA. SO IN TERMS OF COMMUTING TRAFFIC, I SAW THAT FIGURE BEING IS IT 20 WHAT WAS IT? OH, DEAR. HOW THE TYPICAL TIME IT TAKES US TO ACTUALLY DRIVE IN BROWARD.
JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, ACTUALLY.
I SAW IT HERE AND I JUST DIDN'T I CAN'T FIND IT.
BUT ANYWAY, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH OUR COLLEAGUES TO THE NORTH AND THE COLLEAGUES TO THE SOUTH OF US? I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT I CAN GET THAT TO YOU, MR. VICE CHAIR.
OKAY, BECAUSE I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, UM, TO THE SOUTH
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OF US THEY HAVE MORE MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAN WE DO.THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE THAN WE DO.
THEY WE HAVE 1.5% OF OUR POPULATION USES PUBLIC TRANSIT.
3.3% OF MIAMI-DADE USES PUBLIC TRANSIT. SO IS A LITTLE MORE THAN DOUBLE IN TERMS OF PERCENTAGE.
BUT I WOULD BET THOUGH, BUT I'M GOING TO LOOK THOSE NUMBERS UP FOR YOU, BUT I BET THAT THEIR COMMUTING NUMBERS ARE NOT THAT FAR OFF FROM US.
I MEAN, DO THEY DO WE KNOW IF THEY HAVE MORE BUSES? ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. AND IT'S JUST I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW DOES THAT WORK OUT FOR A COMMUNITY THAT ACTUALLY SPENDS MORE MONEY ON MASS TRANSIT. OBVIOUSLY, THEY'RE MOVING MORE PEOPLE THAN WE ARE. AND DOES THIS TELL ME THE PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IN COMPARISON TO OUR NEIGHBORS THAT USE CARS? NOT FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
OKAY. SO I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW. I LOOK AT THIS REGIONALLY MORE SO THAN BROWARD IN TERMS OF HOW WE SHOULD BE DOING STUFF. AND THEN WHAT'S ALSO INTERESTING FOR ME IS OBVIOUSLY THE STATE OF TRANSPORTATION IN BROWARD AND HOW WE COMPARE TO OTHER PARTS. SO WE HAVE THE NORTH, WE HAVE THE SOUTH, BUT IF JUST ON YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HOW DO WE COMPARE WITH LEON COUNTY, WITH DUVAL COUNTY, WITH ORANGE COUNTY, ETC.? ARE WE GOOD? ARE WE BAD? ARE WE IN THE MIDDLE? IN TERMS OF TRAVEL, IN TERMS OF, LIKE, SAY, COMMUTING TIME, COMMUTING TIME, IN TERMS OF MOVING PEOPLE.
I'M MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS GENERAL AREA. I WILL TELL YOU, OUR COMMUTING TIMES ARE ALMOST IDENTICAL TO PALM BEACH COUNTY, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
AND MIAMI-DADE, I'M I DON'T KNOW, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THAT IT BECAUSE AGAIN, IN THIS REGION WE HAVE SO MUCH, LIKE, INTERCONNECTIVITY.
PEOPLE MOVE, GO INTO ANOTHER COUNTY TO WORK OR COMING, YOU KNOW, EITHER WORK IN THAT COUNTY OR LIVE IN ANOTHER COUNTY. SO LIKE, I'M A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. I LIVE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND I'M COMING HERE. MY COMMUTE IS AROUND 20-ISH MINUTES.
BUT I CAN LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION.
YEAH, BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS AMAZING DATA AND I'M ACTUALLY GOING TO SAVE THIS ON MY DESKTOP BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO GO THROUGH THIS IN MORE DETAIL.
BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE US WELL, FOR ME, I'D WANT TO SEE HOW WE COMPARE TO THE OTHER PLACES IN FLORIDA.
THAT COULD BE A PLACE OF IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS, FOR POTENTIALLY FOR THIS.
AND THANK YOU, CHRISTOPHER FISHER.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. I WANT TO ECHO THE VICE CHAIR'S COMMENTS ON THIS IS AMAZING DATA HERE. I ALSO BELIEVE THE WORK THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS AND JUST THE PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY EYE APPEALING. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. REALLY EASY, PALATABLE, AND EASY TO BREAK DOWN.
WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM AT THE MPO.
I CAN TELL. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS STUDY, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'LL BE BENEFICIAL, BUT I THOUGHT POTENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP IN FUTURE STUDIES, UM, BRINGING IN BSO, FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL, AND LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO SEE, UM, ACCIDENTS TICKETS, HOW MANY THEY'VE ISSUED WITH CRASHES. WELL, I GET YOUR CRASHES, BUT, YOU KNOW, TICKETING AND REVENUES GENERATED OR MONIES GENERATED THROUGH TICKETING THAT HAVE BENEFITED BROWARD COUNTY. I KNOW WE ARE OUR FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL IS OVERWHELMED, LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY, ON I-95. AND ALSO, THE VICE CHAIR'S POINT, I HAVE TO BE HONEST. UM, WE IN BROWARD COUNTY, AND I THINK ALL HERE IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA, COULD DO A MUCH, A MUCH BETTER JOB OF OUR INTERSTATES AND OUR ROADWAYS BEING MUCH CLEANER. I KNOW THAT FALLS MORE INTO THE FDOT DEPARTMENT, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AROUND TO THE OTHER COUNTIES AROUND THE STATE I TRAVEL QUITE OFTEN I CAN TELL YOU OUR ROADWAYS ARE DEFINITELY NOT AS WELL PAVED OR AS CLEANLY. SO THAT'S SOMETHING ELSE. IF WE COULD TALK ABOUT CLEANLINESS IN THERE, IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT'S BENEFICIAL ALSO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, SIR.
OK, ANYBODY ELSE? I'VE GOT A QUESTION TOO, PAUL.
ON A LOT OF OUR SAFE STREETS DATA, WE MAKE A DISTINCTION IN SOME STATISTICS WHERE NUMBERS EXCLUDE THE EXPRESSWAYS AND THE TURNPIKE.
AND OTHER DATA IS NET. THERE IS GROSS, SO ADDING THAT TOGETHER. DO YOU BREAK THAT OUT IN YOUR NO, FOR PERFORMANCE MEASURES, YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE ALL CRASHES ON PUBLIC ROADWAYS.
OK. YEAH. SO YOU'RE COVERING THE WHOLE THING. ABSOLUTELY.
OK, GREAT. GREAT. OK, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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VERY ENLIGHTENING, AND GIVES US SOME HOMEWORK TO DO HERE TO MEMORIZE ALL THIS BY THE NEXT MEETING. HERE. AND THIS IS A GOOD SEGUE INTO SOMETHING I MEANT TO DO EARLIER AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, IS TO RECOGNIZE OUR NEW MEMBERS.WE HAVE TWO THAT ARE HERE FOR THIS FIRST MEETING HERE.
JOY SMITH, YOU'VE HEARD FROM JOY ALREADY. AND JOY, IF YOU COULD JUST TAKE A MINUTE AND AND LET US KNOW WHO YOU REPRESENT AND WHY YOU'RE HERE.
OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN WELL, GOOD EVENING. I'M JOYCE SMITH, AND I'VE BEEN APPOINTED BY BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER ALEXANDER DAVIS, AND I'M HERE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CITIZENS OF BURKE COUNTY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A VOICE AND A SEAT AT THE TABLE. SOME OF THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN SPENDING YES, I'M HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, UM, REPRESENTS SPLIT EQUALLY.
THANK YOU. AND ALSO, REBECCA BRACHTER, YOU'RE BRAND NEW HERE. WELCOME. HI. AND CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF? HI, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS REBECCA. I'M A LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER IN POMPANO BEACH. WELL, AND I SERVICE ALL OF BROWARD COUNTY, BUT I RESIDE AND I'M REPRESENTING POMPANO BEACH. I WORK IN THE MENTAL HEALTH FIELD. I'M A, UH, AGAIN, A CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER. I ALSO WORK SEPARATELY WITH ATHLETES AND MENTAL HEALTH, AND I SERVICE A LOT OF THE ATHLETES IN OUR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS HERE IN BROWARD COUNTY AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. I'M ALSO A FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, UM, BASKETBALL OFFICIAL IN BROWARD AND PALM BEACH COUNTY. UM, AND I JOINED THE CAC TO JUST GET A LITTLE MORE OUT, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY AND I THINK THERE'S A VERY DRASTIC CORRELATION BETWEEN TRAFFIC AND MENTAL HEALTH. UM, AND YEAH, AND I THINK THERE'S A LACK OF AWARENESS ON IT. UM, AND I COULDN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME TO MY OFFICE FOR A SESSION AND ARE ALREADY VERY UPSET JUST BECAUSE OF THEIR COMMUTE. UM, AND THAT, THAT JUST SETS FOR A LONG DAY AND A LONG WEEK FOR THEM. AND SO I JUST I JUST KIND OF WANT TO PUT SOME MORE AWARENESS OUT THERE AND PUT SOME OF MY PERSPECTIVE AND JUST OFFER THE LITTLE BIT OF ASSISTANCE THAT I CAN IN THIS AREA TO SERVE MY COMMUNITY.
I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A COUPLE OTHER MEMBERS. YOU WERE HERE AND WERE INTRODUCED IN THE PAST, IS THAT RIGHT? LAST MEETING OR SO? OKAY. I WANT TO FOLLOW THAT UP FOR ALL NEW MEMBERS OR RELATIVELY NEW, WHATEVER. WE'VE GOT YOUR BACK IN MANY, MANY WAYS. I'M SURE IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST MEETING, YOU'RE WONDERING, WHAT THE HECK DID I HEAR? YOUR MIND IS TOTALLY BOGGLED. I KNOW I WAS FOR MY FIRST MEETING.
SEVERAL THINGS. IS EVERYBODY STILL GOING THROUGH AN INDOCTRINATION? WE DID THAT IN THE PAST, I KNOW, TO KIND OF EXPLAIN HOW THE CAC WORKS AND SOME OF THE ISSUES.
I'M SORRY, CHAIR, I DO NOT KNOW THE ANSWER. WE'RE STILL DOING THAT WITH OUR NEW MEMBERS OR NOT, AND I DON'T YEAH, I DON'T THINK SO, BUT I GUESS IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEN, YEAH. MY PERIPHERAL VISION IS FINE, SO WHEN I'M SPEAKING TO YOU, CHAIR, I DO SEE THE VICE CHAIR. HE'S ENTHUSIASTICALLY ENCOURAGING US TO DO THAT.
SO, YEAH, WE WILL PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER.
AND MAYBE REACH OUT TO SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS OR ALL OF YOU, YOU KNOW, IF ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. I DON'T KNOW HOW QUICKLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL THIS TOGETHER, BUT YEAH, I THINK IT IS A GOOD IDEA BECAUSE WE DO AS MUCH AS WE MAKE AN EFFORT HERE, BROWARD MPO LIKES TO PRIDE OURSELVES ON WHAT WE CALL PLAIN SPEAK, OR WHAT WE USED TO CALL IT, RIGHT, AND NOT USING A LOT OF TRANSPORTATION JARGON. WE CAN'T HELP IT. IT JUST COMES OUT. SO YEAH, IF NOTHING ELSE, JUST GETTING US ALL KIND OF TALKING ON SOME COMMON TERMS ABOUT WHAT WE DO AND KIND OF WE HAVE A CYCLE THAT WE GO THROUGH. SO WHEN YOU'RE HERE FOR A WHILE, YOU START TO LEARN IT BECAUSE REALLY MOST OF THE STUFF THAT WE DO, IT'S ON A REPEAT. YOU KNOW, ONCE A YEAR WE GO THROUGH THE SAME THINGS AND WE BRING THE SAME DOCUMENTS TO YOU IN THE SAME MONTH SO YOU DO START TO LEARN AND GET THAT SENSE OF IT. BUT YEAH, I THINK AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING AND
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GIVE YOU THAT BIG PICTURE OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE DO HERE AT THE MPO AND WHY, AND MAYBE JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE DON'T DO, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S A VALUE TO THAT.SO WE WILL CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.
OKAY, GREAT. AND I HAVE A COPY ON MY DESK. IT SOUNDS IT LOOKS LIKE I'M THE ONLY ONE GOT IT.
THE MATRIX OF EACH MEMBER OF THE CAC AND WHO THEY REPRESENT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR ALL OF US TO HAVE THAT.
OKAY. SOME OTHER WAYS WHERE WE HAVE YOUR BACK TOO, THE MPO WEBSITE, AS YOU GOT AN INKLING HERE, THERE IS TONS OF INFORMATION ON IT. SO IT'S UP TO YOU TO GET MORE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
IT'S SOMEWHERE BETWEEN KEEPING YOU AT THE EDGE OF YOUR SEAT AND CURING YOUR SI-AN INSOMNIA. I WILL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THAT, HOW FAR DEEP A DIVE YOU WANT TO MAKE, BUT THERE'S JUST TONS OF INFORMATION THAT WOULD ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE ON THE WEBSITE. SO NAVIGATING TO WHERE THAT IS, IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME TIME, BUT BUT CERTAINLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. THE STAFF IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
THEY'RE VERY WILLING TO ASSIST, NOT JUST PAUL, BUT THE REST OF THE STAFF TOO IF THEY'RE INVOLVED. THE GLOSSARY IS ON OUR AGENDA EACH MONTH, SO YOU WANT TO GET FAMILIAR WITH THAT, WHAT ALL THESE LETTERS MEAN.
AND I STILL HAVE TO REFER TO THAT ONCE IN A WHILE TOO FOR SOME OF THE MORE OBSCURE ONES.
CHAIR, REBECCA SCHULTZ BROWARD, MPO. I WILL SAY WHAT YOU WERE REFERRING TO AS THE SEATING CHART IN YOUR HANDS IS ALSO THE PARTICIPATION RECORD THAT IS INCLUDED ON EVERY AGENDA. THAT IS ADMIN ITEM NUMBER 2, WHICH HAS EVERYBODY'S NAMES AND THE CITY OR AGENCY THAT THEY REPRESENT.
OKAY, GREAT. AS WELL AS YOUR ATTENDANCE.
AND LASTLY, SOMETHING I'VE SUGGESTED TO SOME OF THE NEW MEMBERS IN THE PAST, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY PUTS OUT A TRAINING A GROUP OF TRAINING CLASSES ON TRANSPORTATION. AND I'LL GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT THE NEXT TIME AROUND.
IT EXPLAINS KIND OF THE BIG PICTURE OF HOW THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM WORKS.
IT'S VERY GOOD. IT'S MORE OF A HIGH-LEVEL THING, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO ONE MEETING TO THE NEXT HERE, WE LEARN A PIECE AT A TIME, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO RELATE ALL THAT TO HOW THE WHOLE THING WORKS.
SO THIS RUTGERS CLASS IS GOOD.
IT'S A SELF-PACED ONLINE PROGRAM, SO YOU CAN DO IT AT YOUR LEISURE. SO I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT. I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION OUT TO EVERYBODY.
IT WOULD BE A GOOD REFRESHER FOR OTHERS AS WELL. OKAY,
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ON THAT CHEERFUL NOTE, NOW IT'S TIME FOR MEMBER COMMENTS FOR ISSUES THAT MAYBE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT TODAY. WE HAVE A COUPLE.OH, ACTUALLY, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT DURING MY INTRODUCTION, I FORGOT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M THE VICE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WEST PALM BEACH. PARK. I LEFT THAT ONE OUT. I'M SORRY. OKAY, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU.
AND GREGORY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT BILL SAID.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING AN ORIENTATION FOR NEW MEMBERS, I THINK THERE IS ALSO BENEFIT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR FOR US AS A GROUP TO MEET. I'VE SAID THIS IN THE PAST AND I, YOU KNOW, FIRMLY BELIEVE THIS. WE ALL BRING OUR DIFFERENT SKILLS AND STRENGTHS TO THIS ORGANIZATION.
I LEARNED SO MUCH. I MEAN, EVERY TIME I HEAR AND I'M GOING BLANK NOW EVERY TIME I HEAR YOU SPEAK, I AM LIKE, MY GOD, YOU SHOULD BE RUNNING THIS PLACE. I DON'T KNOW, DO YOU LIKE EAT, SLEEP, MAX? DO YOU EAT, SLEEP, DRINK ALL OF THIS INFORMATION? THE DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE THAT HE HAS.
I MEAN, I THINK I WAS FIRST IMPRESSED WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE BUSES. I'M LIKE, WOW, THAT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE. BUT I THINK WE ALL BRING THESE DIFFERENT STRENGTHS TO THIS, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL, AT LEAST FOR ME, TO LEARN, YOU KNOW, ALL THE DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS THAT INDIVIDUALS HAVE. AND IF WE CAN, AS ONE OF THE MEETINGS, THAT WE CAN JUST SIT DOWN IN ADDITION TO LEARNING ALL THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, THINGS ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION, JUST TO ALSO KNOW. WE ALL REPRESENT DIFFERENT ENTITIES AS WELL AND IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW, YOU KNOW, ABOUT SOME OF THESE ENTITIES AS WELL.
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SO SO, WE WILL MOST CERTAINLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT.FIRST OFF, FOR THE TRAINING FOR THE NEW MEMBERS WHICH OF COURSE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO CALL THEMSELVES A NEW MEMBER AND JOIN IN WILL BE WELCOME TO DO THAT. ONE OF MY IDEAS HERE, JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, IS THAT WE MAY WELL BE LOOKING AT NO OCTOBER-NOVEMBER SCHEDULE. SO OCTOBER FOR YOU, NOVEMBER FOR OUR BOARD. THAT MEETING, THAT CYCLE MAY GET CANCELED. SO IF THERE'S INTEREST, I DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW WE COULD STILL HAVE THAT MEETING AND HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MEETING AND GREETING AND HEARING FROM EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE. OR WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR AND WAIT FOR A LIGHT AGENDA AND MAYBE SCHEDULE AN HOUR AT THE END OF ONE OF OUR MEETINGS TO DO THAT. SO I'M LOOKING FOR ANY KIND OF FEEDBACK ON THAT. THOSE ARE JUST TWO INITIAL THOUGHTS.
YEAH, I THINK FIRST, AT LEAST FOR ME, I USE THE DATA THAT I GET HERE FOR ADVOCACY. I MEAN, I TALK TO PEOPLE AND I'M LIKE, HEY, WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? I SEE THIS HAPPENING.
AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE NOT AWARE OF THIS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF OTHERS BECAUSE I REPORT BACK TO MY AUTHORITY, THE PERSON WHO APPOINTED ME, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU EMPOWER US MORE TO BE THE ADVOCATES THAT I THINK WE ARE. WE ARE HERE BECAUSE WE WANT TO HELP AND WE WANT TO PREVENT THINGS. AND I THINK THE MORE KNOWLEDGE WE HAVE, I THINK THE BETTER WE CAN BE IN TERMS OF BECOMING ADVOCATES.
SURE. I RECOMMEND A HAPPY HOUR AT BILL'S HOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, MICHAEL SMITH, YOU HAVE A COMMENT? OKAY, JUST SOME OF THE BIGGEST MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR PROJECTS GOING ON IN SOUTH FLORIDA AND BROWARD COUNTY USUALLY HAVE TO DO WITH FDOT'S EXPANSION OF TOLLWAYS AND TOLL LANES, WHETHER THEY BE I-95 OR THE TURNPIKE. I JUST WANT TO STATE WHAT IS IN FRONT OF US, BUT STILL I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO SAY THE AMOUNT OF BILLIONS GOING INTO THE ROADWAY SYSTEM AND FOR CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, AND UPKEEP IS A HUGE, HUGE STACK COMPARED TO ANYTHING ELSE TRANSIT, BUS TRANSIT, LOCAL STREETS, POTHOLES. AND ONE MEMBER PREVIOUSLY MADE THE COMMENT ABOUT WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, AND I JUST HAPPEN TO SEE IN THE LIST THAT RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS OR THE FDOT IS ALLOCATING MORE FUNDS FOR MOWING THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY THAN IT IS FOR ROADWAY STRIPING ON MAJOR ROADS. THEY DON'T DO ALL THE STRIPING, BUT FOR THEIR PART, THEIR BUDGET, THEIR OWN BUDGET FOR STRIPING THE ROADWAYS, THE LANES, IS LESS THAN WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND OR BUDGETED FOR MOWING THE GRASSES AND THE SHRUBS AND SO FORTH. AND THE OTHER THING IS, THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT I THINK IS ANY STUDY, NOT A CONSTRUCTION, BUT JUST A STUDY ABOUT ELECTRIFICATION OF THE SOUTH FLORIDA STATE-OWNED RTA RIGHT-OF-WAY THAT IS USED BY TRI-RAIL AND AMTRAK.
OKAY, THANK YOU. JOY SMITH AGAIN. JOY, DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER COMMENT TO MAKE? I GUESS NOT. YOUR NAME MAGICALLY APPEARS UP HERE NOW.
THAT'S WHAT MISS REBECCA SAID SHE WAS GOING TO LOOK INTO BECAUSE IT KEEPS POPPING.
SORRY, I'M NOT THE ONE PRESSING IT. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT, UM, ONE MORE COMMENT. I LEARNED THIS MORNING TOO THAT OUR AIRPORT TOUR IS ON. IT'S GOING TO BE JANUARY 29TH. SO MAKE A NOTE OF THAT. SO FOR THE NEW
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MEMBERS' INFORMATION THERE, WE HAD A TOUR OF THE PORT EVERGLADES PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS VERY EDUCATIONAL, AND WE HAD REQUESTED TO DO THE SAME THING AT THE AIRPORT, AND THAT WILL BE REALITY ON JANUARY 29TH DO WE HAVE A TIME? UH, NOT YET. UH, THEY'LL GIVE US MORE DETAILS CLOSER[ NEXT MEETING: AUGUST 26, 2026 *MOTION TO ADJOURN ___________________ * Motion Requested]
TO THAT. ALL RIGHT, UH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE AUGUST 26TH, RIGHT HERE. UH, ANY LAST MINUTE COMMENTS BY ANYBODY? OKAY, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND TO GO HOME AND GET DINNER.OKAY, ALL VOTE AYE. AND IF YOU VOTE NO, HIDE. OKAY, THANK YOU EVERYBODY.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.