Aug 26, 2026 Technical Advisory Committee

[1. Call to Order and Recognition of Quorum]

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OKAY, IT'S 2:31. WE HAVE QUORUM. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN.

CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE WANT TO GO AHEAD WITH ROLL CALL.

[2. Electronic Roll Call]

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A NICE SUMMER. EVERYONE THAT'S HERE IN THE ROOM, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PRESS PRESENT ON THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

THOSE OF YOU ONLINE, MAKE SURE YOU USE THE ONLINE VOTING SYSTEM IN ORDER TO PRESS PRESENT AND AND FOR THE VOTING DURING THE MEETING. THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOOD. OKAY, WELL, WE HAVE OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM JUNE 24TH,

[3. Approval of Minutes - June 24, 2026]

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE. LET'S VOTE ON IT.

THANK YOU. IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME A QUICK MOMENT.

AND WE'RE READY. OKAY, MOVING ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.

[4. Approval of Agenda]

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. OKAY.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. AND I WILL OPEN IT UP. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS TIME? NO. OKAY. SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD TO THE REGULAR ITEMS.

[1. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE an Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program: Florida Department of Transportation - Roll Forward Report With Staff Recommendations]

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ROLL FORWARD REPORT WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND WE HAVE JIHONG CHEN. JIHONG. THANK YOU, MADAM VICE CHAIR, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JIHONG CHEN WITH BROWARD MPO.

AND IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PROCESS ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NEWLY ADOPTED FISCAL YEAR 2027 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THE BROWARD MPO SCORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES.

TIP IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS BROWARD MPO ROLL FORWARD REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.

IN MARCH OR APRIL, THE BROWARD MPO RECEIVES TIP DATABASE FROM FDOT.

THE DATABASE IS GENERATED FROM THE FDOT'S DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

FROM HERE, IT SPLITS INTO TWO PATHS. PATHS IN BLUE INDICATES BROWARD MPO DEVELOPS THE DRAFT TIP AND THE BOARD APPROVES THE TIP IN JULY. AND THE PATH IN RED INDICATES STATES APPROVE THE DRAFT ALTERNATIVE WORK PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST. AFTER JULY 1ST FDOT GENERATES ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR EACH MPO.

PROJECTS SUPPORTS TO AUTHORIZE AND ENCUMBER PRIOR TO JUNE 30TH, BUT DID NOT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS. THOSE PROJECTS WILL AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE WORK PROGRAM, BUT DID NOT IN THE TIP.

TO RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TIP.

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LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR THIS YEAR.

THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT INCLUDES 264 PROJECTS.

TOTAL FUNDING ROLLED FORWARD IS ABOUT $440 MILLION, INCLUDING $75 MILLION IN INDIRECT COST. THIS SLIDE SHOWS ROLL OVER FUNDS DISTRIBUTED AMONG TRANSPORTATION MODES. THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT ALSO INCLUDES 20 PROJECTS CARRYING OVER $594,000 OF MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PROJECTS. BROWARD MPO STAFF COORDINATE WITH PLANNING PARTNERS, IDENTIFIED PRODUCT CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND REMOVAL.

THIS SLIDE PRESENTS TWO PRODUCT CHANGES. ONE IS BROWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOURCE.

THE CHANGE IS TO ADD EXTRA DESCRIPTION TO THE PROJECT.

THE SECOND ONE IS SFRTA PROJECT SECTION 5339 FORMULA FUNDS.

THE CHANGE IS ROLL FORWARD FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024, 2025 AND 2026 INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. ADJUSTING THE FUNDING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028, 2029, 2030, AND 2031 AND ALSO REMOVING THE DUPLICATE ENTRY ON PAGE 122. BROWARD MPO STAFF IDENTIFIED TWO ADDITIONS.

THOSE TWO PROJECTS, BOTH SFRTA PROJECTS SECTION FTA SECTION 5307 FTA SECTION 5337. BOTH PRODUCTS IS TO ROLL FORWARD FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 2026 INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT TWO. BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMEND REMOVAL ONE PROJECT.

THIS PROJECT ALSO SFRTA PRODUCT. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN OBLIGATED SO IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO INCLUDE IN THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT. WITH THAT, WE HAVE MPO STAFF AND THE DOT STAFF READY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU JIHONG.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY. ARE THERE ANY ONLINE? NO. SEEING NONE. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MADE BY CHRIS.

SECONDED BY VIVIANA. LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OUR SECOND ACTION ITEM IS MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE the Broward MPO’s Public Participation Plan]

THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS THE BROWARD MPO'S COMMITMENT TO INVOLVING THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANNING PROCESS. AS YOU SEE FROM THE GRAPHIC, IT INFLUENCES ALL OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS, JUST LIKE THE TIP THAT MISS CHEN JUST PRESENTED. OKAY. THIS IS A CORE PRODUCT WE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS.

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AND THOSE WERE EITHER INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT OR WE GAVE A RESPONSE BACK TO THE COMMENTER.

SO WHAT IS THE PPP? WELL, IT EXPLAINS WHEN PARTICIPATION HAPPENS THROUGHOUT ALL OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS, EVEN ITSELF AND OUR PLANNING STUDIES. OKAY. HOW THE FEEDBACK WILL GET USED, HOW DO WE INCORPORATE IT? WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE TAKING IN FEEDBACK, BUT IT'S ALSO USED AND APPLIED TO OUR PLANS AND IT REAFFIRMS THE MPO'S PROMISE TO BE OPEN AND TRANSPARENT ABOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND INVOLVE THE PUBLIC.

NOW, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES OR TO UPDATE FROM THE LAST FIVE YEARS, WE HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE IN THE CONTEXT BECAUSE IN 2021, IT WAS A POST, A NEWLY POST COVID WORLD. SO WE KIND OF OVERCORRECTED A LITTLE ON SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS.

AND ALSO TECHNOLOGY MOVES A LOT FASTER THAN OUR UPDATE CYCLES.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE CHANGES IN SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY.

THE ADVERTISING POLICY, THE PREVIOUS ONE WAS VERY HEAVY ON NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING, OF WHICH WE HAVE DATA THAT SHOWS THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE HAVE MOVED TO ONLINE SOURCES.

OKAY, WE UPDATED OUR GRAPHICS AND TABLES, NEW ENGAGEMENT METHODS ONCE AGAIN TO BRING US UP TO, I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE UP TO 2026, MAYBE, YOU KNOW, 2023, BUT WE'RE GETTING THERE.

OKAY. AND OUR OVERALL GOALS WERE STREAMLINED AND MADE MUCH MORE CLEAR.

AND WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE QUEUE. IS THERE ANYONE ONLINE? NO.

WELL, I HAVE A COMMENT. I WANTED TO THANK THE BROWARD MPO FOR PUTTING FORWARD ANOTHER GREAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IN TIMES WHERE NOT EVERYTHING IS READILY AVAILABLE ONLINE.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO TRANSPARENCY IS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. SO WITH THAT DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY VIVIANA SECONDED BY RASEM.

AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

MEMBERS ONLINE. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO VOTE.

MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE THIRD ACTION ITEM

[3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Updates to the Broward MPO's Title VI Program & Limited English Proficiency Plan]

WE HAVE CARL. VICE CHAIR YESBECK, MEMBERS OF THE TAC.

GOOD AFTERNOON. CARL EMA BROWARD MPO STAFF HERE WITH OUR TITLE SIX AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN.

SO I THINK FOR THIS GROUP YOU'RE PROBABLY A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR WITH THIS TOPIC.

BUT IN CASE YOU'RE NOT, TITLE SIX IS PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.

IT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION AGAINST RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN.

SO ANYONE WHO'S RECEIVING FEDERAL MONEY HAS TO BE SURE THAT THEY HAVE A TITLE 6 PROGRAM IN PLACE WITH THE OBJECTIVES, AS YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, THAT WE'RE PROVIDING SERVICES IN A NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER, THAT WE ALLOW OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS WITHOUT REGARD TO THEIR RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AND ALSO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEANINGFUL ACCESS FOR THOSE WITH LIMITED ENGLISH ABILITY. THIS SLIDE GOES OVER REQUIREMENTS, WHICH IS MAYBE A LITTLE DRY, BUT I THINK IT'S GOOD BECAUSE THIS IS ALSO BASICALLY OUTLINES THE SECTIONS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM YOURSELF. HOPEFULLY YOU TOOK A LOOK AT OURS OR HAD A CHANCE ALREADY TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE DRAFT, BUT WE DO OUR UPDATE TO THE TITLE SIX PLAN EVERY THREE YEARS, AND THIS NEXT ONE IS DUE IN JANUARY 2027.

SO WE'RE A LITTLE EARLY, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, YOU KNOW, COMING FROM WASHINGTON, THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES LIKE EVEN RIGHT NOW THAT ARE GOING ON WITH TITLE SIX AND MAYBE YOU'RE FAMILIAR DISADVANTAGED BUSINESS ENTERPRISE AS WELL HAS BEEN IMPACTED.

SO WE WANTED TO GET THIS DONE EARLY OFF TO FTA, MAKE SURE WE HAVE TIME TO TAKE CARE OF AND HANDLE ANY COMMENTS THAT WE GET BACK.

SO THE GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT WE USE IS THE FTA'S CIRCULAR 4702 1B THAT'S THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT AND IT OUTLINES THE REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM. SO IT'S SPLIT INTO GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, WHICH EVERY AGENCY, REGARDLESS OF AGENCY TYPE,

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SO STARTING WITH GENERAL, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU'LL FIND IN THE DOCUMENT AND IN THE REQUIREMENTS HERE.

SO NOTICE OF TITLE SIX FOLKS RIGHTS UNDER TITLE SIX.

WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT TO EVERYONE. SO WE UPDATE THAT, MAKE SURE IT'S AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH AS PAUL WAS JUST ALLUDING TO, I MEAN, MOST PEOPLE ARE GOING TO INTERACT WITH THE, THE MPO NOWADAYS ON THE WEBSITE.

SO THAT'S OUR PRIORITY. BUT WE ALSO HAVE PHYSICAL COPIES IN THE LOBBY.

SAME GOES FOR THE TITLE 6 COMPLAINT. SO IF WE HAVE PROCEDURES THAT IF SOMEONE WERE TO WANT TO FILE A COMPLAINT WITH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE MPO OR THROUGH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS, THEY CAN DO THAT. AND THAT EXPLAINS HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT ALSO PROVIDES THE FORMS TO DO SO. SO THAT'S IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH UP ON THE WEBSITE AND AGAIN IN THE LOBBY.

LIST OF TITLE 6 INVESTIGATIONS AND COMPLAINTS.

THIS IS FORTUNATELY SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T RUN INTO TOO OFTEN.

THE LAST TITLE 6 COMPLAINT THAT WE HAVE ON FILE WAS FROM 2013, AND IT WASN'T EVEN DIRECTED AT THE MPO, BUT WE STILL HAD TO, YOU KNOW, IT WAS PROCESSED THROUGH US AND WE HAD TO SEE IT THROUGH TO RESOLUTION WITH OUR FEDERAL PARTNERS.

SO WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT. YOU WON'T SEE IT IN THE PLAN, BUT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING THAT ON FILE.

WE DIDN'T ACTUALLY PLAN THIS, PAUL AND I, BUT YEAH, WE HE JUST PRESENTED ON THE PPP TO YOU.

SO WE DO OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF COORDINATION WITH THE PPP TITLE 6 GOES HAND IN HAND WITH OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORTS.

SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY SOME COORDINATION THAT TAKES PLACE THERE.

LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THIS GOES BACK TO THE MEANINGFUL ACCESS PIECE.

SO WE THIS HELPS US WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY OR LEP PLAN THAT HELPS US DETERMINE WHAT SERVICES AND OTHER LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH THAT WE WANT TO THAT WE SHOULD BE PROVIDING. SO THAT'S SOME AGENCIES HAVE IT OUTSIDE THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM, BUT WE EMBED IT INTO OUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM ITSELF.

THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE LIKE AT THE TITLE SLIDE, YOU'VE GOT BOTH LISTED THERE IN THE TITLE.

RACIAL COMPOSITION OF OUR NON-ELECTED BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. YOU MIGHT REMEMBER A COUPLE MONTHS BACK, I SENT OUT A SURVEY TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THAT SURVEY.

WE HAVE A TABLE IN THERE THAT WE'RE REQUIRED TO REPORT TO FTA.

SO WE'VE UPDATED THOSE TABLES WITH THE LATEST RESULTS FROM, YOU KNOW, TAC, CAC AND ALSO OUR LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD, WHICH IS TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED OR TOPS ALSO IS IN THERE.

THEIR SUBRECIPIENT MONITORING. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ANY SUBRECIPIENTS WE HAVE, WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE ADHERING TO TITLE 6 REGULATIONS. UNLESS THEY'RE A DIRECT RECIPIENT THEMSELVES AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN DEAL WITH THE FTA DIRECTLY.

AND THEN FINALLY, FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS, THE LAST THING IS JUST BOARD APPROVAL OF THE TITLE 6 PROGRAM. SO ONCE IT GETS APPROVED BY THE BOARD, THAT'S REALLY THE LAST THING WE DO IS ADD THAT EVIDENCE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LETTER TO FTA THAT WE SIGN AND THAT GETS ADDED TO APPENDIX B IN THE DOCUMENT.

SO THAT'S FOR GENERAL REQUIREMENTS. MOVING ON. THERE'S AGENCY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS.

SO THAT'S STATES, THAT'S TRANSIT AGENCIES, THAT'S AND OF COURSE MPOS.

SO WHAT WE'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR UNDER THAT IS A DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE.

SO PRETTY SIMPLE EXERCISE. WE'RE GRABBING THE LATEST CENSUS DATA AND REFRESHING OUR TABLES, LOOKING FOR TRENDS, THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW BROWARD COUNTY IS A MINORITY MAJORITY COUNTY OR MAJORITY MINORITY.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SAY, BUT YOU GET THE POINT.

YEAH, THAT TREND IS CONTINUING. AS YOU'D PROBABLY EXPECT.

SO I DIDN'T NOTICE ANY, YOU KNOW, BIG DRASTIC CHANGES THERE WHEN WE PUT THAT TOGETHER AND SAW THE UPDATED NUMBERS BASED ON THE LATEST ACS FIVE YEAR DATA, MOBILITY NEEDS OF OUR MINORITY POPULATIONS, WE TALK ABOUT THAT.

IT'S MORE OF A NARRATIVE PIECE THAT WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF OUR EFFORTS, LIKE THE ROADS FOR ECONOMIC VITALITY REV PROGRAM, FORMERLY CSLIP. THAT'S IN THERE. WE TALK ABOUT HOW THE MTP ADDRESSES THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN STAGES THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS. WE USE OUR DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS TOOL, WHICH YOU MIGHT REMEMBER AS THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT.

WE USE THAT TO CHECK IN ON THE PROCESS AND SEE, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE MEETING THE NEEDS OF, YOU KNOW, MINORITY AND OTHER POPULATIONS THAT THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERED VULNERABLE.

MAPS ILLUSTRATING STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR TRANSIT.

SO WHAT WE DO IS BASICALLY FOR THAT, WE USE OUR, AGAIN, THAT TOOL TO IDENTIFY THE MINORITY POPULATIONS AND KIND OF OVERLAY THAT WITH THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND THE TRANSIT PROJECTS IN THERE. SO THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOP THOSE MAPS. AND THEN FINALLY, ANALYSIS OF THE MPOS INVESTMENTS. WE TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WHAT WE'RE DOING ISN'T UNINTENTIONALLY CREATING LIKE A DISPARATE IMPACT.

THIS LAST PIECE IS, IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE CONTROVERSIAL NOW THOUGH, BECAUSE WE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE THAT IN JUNE 11TH, THERE WAS A USDOT FINAL RULE, BASICALLY ELIMINATING DISPARATE IMPACT LIABILITY FROM TITLE 6 IMPLEMENTATION.

SO WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT. WE'RE TAKING THE ADVICE FROM OUR PEERS OVER AT THE ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS AMPO AND

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DEVELOP YOUR TITLE SIX PROGRAMS, DON'T MISS YOUR DEADLINES, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO RECOGNIZE, ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, CONFLICTING GUIDANCE DOCUMENTATION NOW.

SO PROBABLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, WE'RE HOPING IS THAT THERE'S AN UPDATE TO THE CIRCULAR FAIRLY SOON THAT WOULD INFORM US, GIVE US SOME, YOU KNOW, SOLID GUIDANCE ON HOW TO PROCEED SINCE AGAIN, AS WE USE THE CIRCULAR AS THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT FOR FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS.

SO MORE TO COME ON THAT AND WE'LL SEE. SO DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS UNTIL I MENTIONED IT MANY TIMES, YOU ALL ARE. I THINK WE PRESENTED MAYBE A YEAR OR SO AGO ON THIS BACK WHEN IT WAS THE EQUITY ASSESSMENT.

NOW IT'S DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS TOOL. SO IF YOU HEAR ME SAYING THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS.

AND JUST AS A REFRESHER, IF YOU DON'T REMEMBER IT, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, IT'S A RELATIVELY SIMPLE PROCESS WE USE TO IDENTIFY AND MAP OUT WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO AS ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AREAS IN THE COUNTY.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WE LOOK AT LEGISLATION, SEE WHAT GROUPS ARE, YOU KNOW, MEANT TO BE PROTECTED.

THAT'S THAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE LOOK AT THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, AGE DISCRIMINATION ACT, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, AND SO ON. AND SO WE SELECT INDICATORS BASED ON THOSE.

IT'S NOT JUST SUBJECTIVE. WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT LEGISLATION AND NONDISCRIMINATION GUIDANCE IS OUT THERE.

AND THAT'S HOW WE SELECT THOSE INDICATORS. AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THOSE INDICATORS.

YOU CAN THEN COMPARED AGAINST THE COUNTY WIDE AVERAGE.

AND THEN FOR EACH BLOCK GROUP, YOU'RE ABLE TO ASSIGN A SCORE LIKE A COMPOSITE SCORE, YOU KNOW, HIGH, VERY HIGH AND SO ON.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE USE. FOR THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM, WE REALLY WERE JUST KIND OF SCALING IT BACK A BIT BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT, WHAT THEY WANT US TO DO. WE'RE STICKING AND ADHERING MORE TO THE CIRCULAR.

SO WE'RE REALLY FOCUSING IN ON MINORITY POPULATIONS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT'S ASKING FOR.

BUT WE USE THIS ACROSS THE MPO AND IT BRANCHES OUT INTO THESE OTHER GROUPS THAT I MENTIONED BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION THAT'S OUT THERE.

SO SOMETHING A LITTLE UNIQUE TO THE MPO, I MEAN, OTHER OTHER AGENCIES HAVE DEVELOPED SOMETHING SIMILAR IN RECENT YEARS, BUT HAVING TO TWEAK IT AND ADJUST IT AS, YOU KNOW, REGULATIONS CHANGE.

AND THEN LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY, LEP PLAN.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THIS. IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S IN THE TITLE. SO I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

SO WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR LEP PLAN, HOW YOU DO SO IS THROUGH THE FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS.

AND THAT'S YOU KNOW THE NUMBERS THERE 1,2,3,4.

SO FIRST THING YOU DO IS YOU FIND OUT WHO'S HERE.

SO AND THAT'S KIND OF THE TABLE THAT'S PROVIDED THERE THAT'S UPDATED BASED ON THE LATEST.

SO YOU KNOW IT'S LEP POPULATIONS DEFINED BY, YOU KNOW, THOSE WHO SPEAK ENGLISH LESS THAN VERY WELL IS HOW IT'S DETERMINED.

SO THOSE ARE THE GROUPS THERE YOU CAN SEE OF THAT LEP POPULATION.

WHAT'S THE PERCENTAGE SPEAKING DIFFERENT LANGUAGES.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, HOW DOES THAT COMPARE WITH THE OVERALL BROWARD COUNTY POPULATION.

SO THAT'S REALLY ONE IS GET AN IDEA OF WHAT LEP POPULATIONS YOU HAVE IN THE AREA.

TWO IS FREQUENCY OF CONTACT. SO JUST BECAUSE THERE'S GROUPS HERE ON THIS LIST, IT DOESN'T MEAN THE MPO NECESSARILY IS ALWAYS COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THEM.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN AND DETERMINE LIKE WHAT'S MOST APPROPRIATE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE GOING OUT INTO THE COMMUNITIES AND CONDUCTING OUTREACH, ARE WE, YOU KNOW, GETTING A LOT OF TRANSLATION REQUESTS IN CERTAIN LANGUAGES? ARE WE, YOU KNOW, COMING UP AND, OR GOING INTO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE YOU KNOW, SPEAKING PREDOMINANTLY ONE OF ONE OF THESE LANGUAGES, YOU HAVE TO FACTOR IN THINGS LIKE THAT AND FREQUENCY OF CONTACT BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY YOU DON'T WANT TO GO, I'M SKIPPING FORWARD A LITTLE BIT. YOU DON'T WANT TO ALLOCATE RESOURCES TOWARDS THINGS THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT REALLY NO ONE'S GOING TO BE LOOKING AT. NUMBER THREE, NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF ACTION TO PEOPLE'S LIVES.

SO THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU TRANSLATE OR AND PROVIDE SERVICES AND OTHER LANGUAGES ON? SO FOR AN MPO IN A TRANSIT AGENCY, IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S GOING TO BE VERY DIFFERENT.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE RUNNING A TRANSIT AGENCY WITH YOU KNOW, BUSSES AND TRAINS, MAYBE THERE'S SAFETY BULLETINS, THINGS THAT ARE LIKE A LITTLE MORE CRITICAL THAT SOMEONE'S READING IN THEIR LANGUAGE.

IF YOU CAN'T READ OUR LONG RANGE PLAN, YOU'LL BE FINE.

YOU KNOW, BY THE END OF THE DAY, YOU'LL SURVIVE.

BUT, I MEAN, WE'LL GET TO IT, BUT YOU KNOW, BUT NOTHING'S GOING TO HAPPEN THAT DAY, LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

SO THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS WE THINK OF. SO TYPICALLY FOR US, WE'LL THINK ABOUT LIKE MEETINGS ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN OUR BOARD VOTES ON SOMETHING THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT SOMEBODY. AND SO WE TRY TO GET THOSE OUT AND TRANSLATE IT.

AND BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE FOUR FACTOR, YOU CAN ALWAYS, THIS MIGHT CHANGE, YOU KNOW, WHAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE IMPORTANT, BUT FOR AN MPO, FOR US AT LEAST, WE THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MEETING INVITES, MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THOSE BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DECISIONS GET MADE. AND MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN 20 YEARS, BUT IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, COULD IMPACT YOU. AND THEN FOUR IS JUST, AGAIN, IT'S RESOURCES.

IT'S HOW MUCH MONEY YOU HAVE. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRANSLATE EVERYTHING AND NEVER DO ANOTHER PROJECT AGAIN.

BUT YEAH, YOU HAVE TO DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE AND MAKE A RESPONSIBLE DECISION ON WHAT MAKES SENSE TO TRANSLATE.

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AND THESE ARE THE SERVICES WE PROVIDED FOR A WHILE.

WE DON'T SEE BASED ON THE TRENDS. I MEAN, THERE WERE REALLY MINOR CHANGES TO THOSE PERCENTAGES ON THAT PREVIOUS SLIDE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE ON WITH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING.

I MEAN BASICALLY WHAT WE DO NOW IS WE PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, SPANISH NEWSPAPER ADS.

SO ALL OUR CORE PRODUCTS THAT GO TO THE PAPERS, THEY'RE ENGLISH AND SPANISH. THE WEBSITE TRANSLATION.

SO THIS IS AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SO MANY PEOPLE HAVING THEIR FIRST TASTE OF THE MPO ON THE WEBSITE.

THIS IS VERY USEFUL TO US. AND YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE, I MEAN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREENSHOT AND SQUINT ON THE TOP RIGHT, THERE'S A DROP DOWN MENU AND I'VE OPENED THAT AND I JUST, I ACTUALLY COUNTED AND THERE'S 77 LANGUAGES THERE AVAILABLE, WHICH YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING TO TRANSLATE EVERY IMAGE AND EVERY DOCUMENT, BUT YOU WILL GET, YOU KNOW, 90% OF, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT AND WHAT WE DO.

AND THEN FROM THERE, IF YOU WANT TO DELVE DEEPER, I MEAN, YOU CAN CONTACT US AND REACH OUT AND WE CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

MPO PHONE LINE AS WELL AFTER YOU GO THROUGH THE ENGLISH MENU, IT'LL TRANSITION INTO SPANISH AND WHICH WILL GO TO A SPANISH SPEAKING STAFF MEMBER.

SO THAT'S STILL IN PLACE. 711 RELAY. WE ALWAYS INCLUDE THAT AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR NOTICES AND OUR EMAIL SIGNATURES THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR FOLKS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING, THAT SERVICE IS AVAILABLE.

WE ALSO HAVE A LIST OF TRANSLATORS AND INTERPRETERS ON STAFF.

SO PEOPLE WHO HAVE LANGUAGE ABILITY ON STAFF, WE ALWAYS MAKE SURE WE GET AN UNDERSTANDING OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO US RIGHT HERE AND WHO'S WILLING AND WHO'S GOT THE PROFICIENCY TO BE ABLE TO FUNCTION, YOU KNOW, IN A LIMITED CAPACITY, OF COURSE, AS A, YOU KNOW, TRANSLATOR, INTERPRETER AND, YOU KNOW, CHECK A DOCUMENT OR HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE OVER THE PHONE. I MEAN, THEY CAN DO THAT. SO THOSE ARE THE LANGUAGES YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE THAT WE CURRENTLY CURRENTLY HAVE. BUT YEAH, WE CHECK AGAIN, AS YOU KNOW, STAFF COME AND GO JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S REFRESHED.

AND I JUST FINISHED OFF THIS SLIDE BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ALSO SOME CASE BY CASE THINGS AND PLAN SPECIFIC MATERIALS THAT WE'RE WILLING TO TO TRANSLATE. WE HAVE A SMALL BUDGET.

I MEAN, THE BUDGET WILL CHANGE DEPENDING ON DEMAND, OF COURSE, BUT WE HAVE A SMALL BUDGET SET ASIDE FOR, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT COME UP THAT WE WANT TO TRANSLATE SOMETHING INTO AND YOU'LL SEE IT CAN BE AND THIS MAYBE JUMPS BACK TO THAT RESOURCES THING ON THE LAST PART OF THE FOUR FACTOR.

BUT YOU'LL SEE IN THE DOCUMENT, THERE'S A TABLE THAT SHOWS THE TRANSLATION COSTS.

I MEAN, HIGHLY TECHNICAL, LENGTHY DOCUMENTS LIKE THE ONES WE PRODUCE, YOU PRODUCE THEY'RE QUITE EXPENSIVE.

SO BUT WE DO KEEP A POT OF FUNDS ASIDE JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WE CAN, WE CAN TRANSLATE FOR FOLKS.

SO THAT'S REALLY IT. YOU KNOW, A QUICK SNAPSHOT.

I HAVE TO KEEP IT WITHIN TEN SLIDES OR BILL GET MAD AT ME. SO I'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT BRIEF THAT'S TITLE SIX AND LEP.

AND SO NEXT STEPS WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE BOARD NEXT MONTH OF COURSE, AND HOPEFULLY THEY APPROVE.

AFTER THAT, WE'LL SEND IT OVER TO FTA ALONG WITH THE NOTE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ACKNOWLEDGING THE FINAL RULE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OF THAT OR FTA RESPONSE QUITE YET, BUT THAT'LL GO TO THEM.

AND THEN THEY'LL REVIEW, GIVE US BACK THEIR COMMENTS AND WE'LL, YOU KNOW, MAKE ANY ADJUSTMENTS WE NEED TO MAKE.

AND THEN IT GOES INTO EFFECT IN FEBRUARY. SO I WON'T BE BACK BOTHERING YOU WITH IT UNTIL CLOSER TO JANUARY 2030.

SO THAT'S IT AND I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU VICE CHAIR YESBECK.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? NO. HOW ABOUT ONLINE? NOTHING. OKAY. SO CAN WE GET A MOTION? OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION MADE BY STEPHEN, SECONDED BY CHRIS. LET'S ALL VOTE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO ADD ANOTHER ACTION ITEM.

[4. **MOTION TO APPROVE the 2027 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) Meetings Schedule]

YES. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO.

I KNOW THIS WAS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT OUR SEPTEMBER AGENDA THAT WAS THE OR THE YES, THE SEPTEMBER AGENDA THAT WAS OUR ONLY ACTION ITEM.

WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NON-ACTION ITEMS FOR OUR SEPTEMBER AGENDA, BUT THAT IS OUR ONLY ACTION ONE.

AND AS YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE QUORUM.

SO IT WAS EASIER FOR US TO ADD IT IN TODAY. THE REQUEST IS FOR THE 2027 MEETING DATES.

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IT IS STILL THE SAME. IT IS THE FOURTH WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH EXCEPT FOR JULY AND THE END OF DECEMBER.

THE ONLY CHANGE OR THE CHANGE THAT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR IS, OF COURSE, THE THANKSGIVING ONE, WHERE IT WILL MOVE TO THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER.

THAT IS THE SAME AS EVERY YEAR PRIOR. EVERY TIME BEFORE.

AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE POSTED AFTER THIS MEETING AND WILL BE EMAILED OUT TO EVERYONE FOR YOUR CALENDARS FOR 2027.

THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE 2027 TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING SCHEDULE.

MOTION IS MADE BY CHRIS, SECONDED BY VIVIANA.

NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. OKAY, LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE.

OKAY. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. OKAY. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR NON ACTION ITEMS.

[1. Federal Discretionary Grants]

JENNIPHER TUCY.

HELLO. LOVELY TO SEE ALL OF YOU AGAIN AS WE ALWAYS DO.

I'M JENNIPHER TUCY WITH THE BROWARD MPO, A GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PIO BRANCH.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND MEMBERS. I'M GOING TO BE COVERING THE.

I'M JUST GONNA LEAVE THAT PEN ON THE FLOOR NOW. [LAUGHTER] THE GRANTS, UPDATES AND DISCUSSION.

AN UPDATE ABOUT OUR MEETINGS. WE ARE MOVING THEM TO QUARTERLY.

SO THE NEXT DATE THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS GOING TO BE IN OCTOBER.

IT WILL STILL BE THE SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, BUT WE WILL BE ALIGNING THEM TO JANUARY, APRIL, JULY AND OCTOBER. JUST SO YOU KNOW. BUT FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR REACH OUT ANYTIME.

YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU JUST WANT TO CHAT, BE FINE.

BUT IT WILL CERTAINLY YOU DO NOT NEED TO DO ANYTHING.

IF YOU HAVE ALREADY REGISTERED, IT SHOULD LINE UP. YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT OUT THE INVITES OR HOW THEY WERE.

HOWEVER, THEY WERE SWITCHED AROUND. BUT IF YOU ARE NEWER TO HERE AND YOU HAVE NOT JOINED, PLEASE USE THE QR CODE OR THE LINK THAT IS THERE TO REGISTER FOR THEM.

SO THE FEDERAL AWARDED GRANTS, THE ACTIVE DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.

THE QUAD P, I BELIEVE IS THE RFQ IS ON THE STREETS.

FOR THE ACTIVE FTA GRANTS FOR THE 17TH STREET, WE ARE NOW IN THE 60% OF THE DESIGN.

AND THERE'S A PUBLIC MEETING ACTUALLY THIS EVENING AT 6:30, I BELIEVE.

THANK YOU. I WAS LOOKING THAT UP. YEP. I WILL BE THERE AS WELL, SO I WASN'T SURE IF IT WAS 6 OR 6:30.

FOR THE PUBLIC INPUT WILL BE THE SECOND MEETING OF IT.

THESE ARE THE ACTIVE OPEN FEDERAL GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE.

THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY. THANK YOU. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR JENNIPHER? NOTHING ONLINE. NO. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OKAY, LET'S MOVE FORWARD TO THE NON ACTION ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A REPORT FROM A PARTNER AGENCY COMMUTE BROWARD EDUCATION AND ADVANCEMENT UPDATE.

[2. Report From Partner Agency - Commute Broward - Education & Advancement Update]

GOOD AFTERNOON. GREAT TO SEE EVERYBODY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND BOARD.

MY NAME IS ROBYN CHIARELLI, AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION.

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WE OPERATE THE COMMUTE BROWARD PROGRAM, AND I'M PROUD TODAY TO GIVE YOU A PROGRESS UPDATE ON OUR ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST YEAR.

SO I'LL START OFF BY TALKING ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD'S ROLE IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF COMMUTE BROWARD BEFORE.

SO BROWARD HAS A STRONG NETWORK OF TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND COMMUTER BENEFITS AVAILABLE.

AND OUR ROLE IS TO CONNECT THOSE RESOURCES TO THE WORKFORCE.

OUR NICHE IS WORKING WITH LARGE EMPLOYERS THAT GIVES US A SCALABLE WAY TO REACH A LOT OF COMMUTERS ALL AT ONCE.

I DESCRIBE THIS APPROACH AS LIKE SHAKING AN APPLE TREE RATHER THAN SHAKING AN INDIVIDUAL APPLE.

WORKING WITH ONE, LARGE EMPLOYER CAN POTENTIALLY CONNECT US TO HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF COMMUTERS.

AND THERE'S SUPPORT FOR THAT APPROACH THROUGH FLORIDA LAW.

FLORIDA STATUTES 768091 LIMITS EMPLOYER LIABILITY WHEN AN EMPLOYER PROVIDES COMMUTER INFORMATION TO ITS WORKFORCE. SO JUST BY PROVIDING PROMOTING DIFFERENT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS OR GIVING YOUR TEAM INCENTIVES FOR THEIR COMMUTE LIMITS YOUR AS AN EMPLOYER, YOUR LIABILITY IS LIMITED.

AND THAT ALLOWS EMPLOYERS TO PLAY AN ACTIVE ROLE IN PROVIDING RIDE SHARING OPTIONS WITHOUT EXPOSING THEM TO LIABILITY SIMPLY BECAUSE THEY CHOSE TO PROMOTE A TRANSPORTATION OPTION TO THEIR TEAM.

ULTIMATELY, THE WORK OF COMMUTE BROWARD HELPS EMPLOYERS ACCESS A LARGER WORKFORCE.

ASSISTS EMPLOYEES IN GETTING THEM MORE TRANSPORTATION CHOICES, AS WELL AS HELPS OUR REGION GET MORE VALUE OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE. SO WITH THAT IN CONTEXT, LET'S TALK ABOUT OUR YEAR IN REVIEW.

WE MADE PROGRESS IN SIX KEY AREAS THIS LAST YEAR.

FIRST, WE SECURED SECURED MAJOR EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS.

WE BUILT A STRONGER PIPELINE OF EMPLOYERS. WE DEVELOPED TOOLS FOR EMPLOYERS AS WELL AS EXPANDED OUR OUTREACH TO THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY. WE'VE INCREASED VISIBILITY OF OUR PROGRAM BOTH ONLINE AND IN PERSON.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'RE CONTINUING TO SUPPORT BROWARD MPO WITH THEIR ANNUAL EVENTS AS FISCAL AGENT.

SO I'LL TOUCH ON EACH ONE OF THESE. SO FIRSTLY, OUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT OVER THE LAST YEAR WAS SECURING MAJOR PARTNERSHIPS, MOVING RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS TO OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS.

SO WE'VE SECURED OFFICIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH AMERICAN EXPRESS WITH THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, AS WELL AS CONRAD FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS GROUP IS THAT IT REPRESENTS THREE DIFFERENT SECTORS.

SO YOU HAVE YOUR CORPORATE, PRIVATE, HOSPITALITY AND PUBLIC.

SO IT SHOWS THAT OUR MODEL CAN WORK ACROSS A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES.

SO NOW WE'RE TAKING THOSE SECURED PARTNERSHIPS AND MOVING THEM INTO AN IMPLEMENTATION PHASE, ROLLING OUT CUSTOMIZED COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR EACH OF THEM TO GIVE YOU A SMALL TASTE OF WHAT A CUSTOMIZED COMMUTER BENEFIT PROGRAM MIGHT ENTAIL.

IT COULD BE CARPOOL AND VANPOOL RIDE MATCHING GUARANTEED RIDE HOME BENEFITS.

CUSTOMIZED SURVEYS. TRANSPORTATION FARES AS WELL AS GUIDANCE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS PART OF ONE OF THE BEST WORKPLACES FOR COMMUTERS, WHICH IS AN INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNIZED PROGRAM.

AND IN ADDITION TO SECURING PARTNERSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS, WE'VE BUILT A STRONG EMPLOYER PIPELINE.

SO WE'RE ACTIVELY ENGAGING WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS BROWARD HEALTH, WESTON, FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH, PUBLIX, AND OTHERS. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT THESE PARTNERSHIPS TAKE TIME TO BUILD.

SO THERE'S THE INITIAL CONNECTION. THERE'S MULTIPLE MEETINGS AND FOLLOW UPS, AND THEN ULTIMATELY EXECUTION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH OUR ORGANIZATION.

SO SOME OF THESE ARE IN EARLY CONVERSATIONS WHILE OTHERS ARE FURTHER ALONG.

ACTUALLY, WE JUST FINALIZED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH TELEPERFORMANCE, WHICH IS THE LAST ONE ON THE LIST.

INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, TELEPERFORMANCE HAS 1000 EMPLOYEES AND I ASKED THE HR DIRECTOR, HEY, HOW MANY OF YOUR EMPLOYEES EVERY DAY HAVE A CHALLENGE WITH TRANSPORTATION? HE SAID ABOUT 15% OF HIS WORKFORCE ON A DAILY BASIS HAS AN ISSUE.

SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 150 PEOPLE IN NORTH LAUDERDALE WHO NEED INFORMATION ABOUT ALL THEIR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.

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WE DEVELOPED EMPLOYER FACING TOOLS TO SUPPORT THE CONVERSATIONS WE'RE HAVING WITH EMPLOYERS.

SO AFTER THAT INITIAL OUTREACH, EMPLOYERS DON'T JUST HEAR ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A TANGIBLE TAKE HOME THAT THEY CAN TAKE BACK REVIEW INTERNALLY, SHARE WITH THEIR TEAMS AND THAT INCLUDES LEAVE BEHIND MATERIALS, INCLUDING THIS HANDY DANDY BOX, WHICH THERE'S A BROCHURE INSIDE, WHICH IS REALLY FUN AND SITS ON THEIR DESK AND REMINDS THEM ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD GET AND GET FOLLOW UP CALLS FROM THAT, WHICH IS GREAT, AS WELL AS CUSTOMIZED DIGITAL COLLATERAL THAT FOCUSES AND TARGETS A VARIETY OF INDUSTRIES.

WE'VE ALSO SPENT TIME THIS YEAR POSITIONING COMMUTE BROWARD FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY.

HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS ARE A GREAT RESOURCE AND IT'S HELPING US SECURE EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS.

SO HR FOLKS, THEY IMMEDIATELY UNDERSTAND THE WORKFORCE BENEFITS TO IMPLEMENTING COMMUTER BENEFITS, WHETHER IT'S RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, EMPLOYEE ABSENTEEISM, ISSUES, RELIABILITY OF EMPLOYEES.

HR FOLKS QUICKLY UNDERSTANDS HOW THIS COULD ASSIST WITH WORKFORCE CHALLENGES SUCH AS THOSE.

SO TO REACH OUT TO THE HR COMMUNITY, WE PRODUCED AN HR INSIGHTS WEBINAR.

WE PARTICIPATED IN THE BEST PLACES FOR WORK, THE BEST WORKPLACES FOR COMMUTERS VIRTUAL FORUM, WHICH IS GEARED TOWARDS EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS CONTINUED OUTREACH THROUGH JOB FAIRS AND ALSO HR FOCUSED ORGANIZATIONS.

AS AN EXAMPLE, THE LADIES IN THE PHOTO WITH ME ARE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE BROWARD ASSOCIATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES, AND THESE RELATIONSHIPS ARE ESPECIALLY HELPFUL TO GET US INTO THE HR COMMUNITY AND ULTIMATELY INTRODUCE US TO THE DECISION MAKERS WHO WILL ADOPT THE COMMUTE BROWARD PROGRAM. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE ALSO INCREASED VISIBILITY OF OUR PROGRAM PRIMARILY THROUGH LINKEDIN AS WELL AS IN-PERSON OUTREACH. WE'VE GENERATED OVER 14,000 POST IMPRESSIONS THROUGH LINKEDIN, AS WELL AS INCREASED OUR LINKEDIN NETWORK BY 143%. WE'VE USED A STRATEGY TO ENGAGE WITH LINKEDIN AMBASSADORS, WHICH HAS ALLOWED US TO SHARE COMMUTE BROWARD CONTENT WITH OVER 77,000 FOLLOWERS. AS AN EXAMPLE, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THERE'S A PICTURE OF LARRY LONG JR.

AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY IN ORANGE OR PEACH, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY MY FAVORITE COLOR, APPARENTLY THAT'S ME ON HIS LAPTOP AND I'M BEING INTERVIEWED BY HIM AND HE WAS ASKING ME QUESTIONS ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD.

AND AFTER OUR INTERVIEW, HE POSTED ON HIS LINKEDIN PAGE, WHICH REACHED HIS 43,000 FOLLOWERS.

SO THESE OPPORTUNITIES EXPAND OUR REACH BEYOND JUST THE TRADITIONAL TRANSPORTATION CIRCLES AND INTO BUSINESSES AND WORKFORCE COMMUNITIES. AND THEN THE GENTLEMAN PICTURED ON THE UPPER RIGHT FROM MICROSOFT.

THIS IS PART OF OUR STRATEGY OF COLD VISITS. COLD VISITS ARE LITERALLY STOPPING IN AT A MAJOR EMPLOYER INTRODUCING COMMUTE BROWARD LEAVING ONE OF THESE BOXES BEHIND. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE DROP IN VISITS.

SO THE GOAL ISN'T SIMPLY INCREASING SOCIAL MEDIA GROWTH, BUT IT'S ALSO USING STRATEGIC CONNECTIONS TO INCREASE AWARENESS, AS WELL AS CREATE CREDIBILITY OF OUR PROGRAM AND OPEN DOORS WITH MORE EMPLOYERS.

SO LET'S LOOK AHEAD TO THIS FISCAL YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 27.

SO WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON BUILDING UPON THE FOUNDATION WE'VE ALREADY CREATED.

WE WILL STRENGTHEN HOW WE REPORT PERFORMANCE, MAKE TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION EASIER TO UNDERSTAND FOR OUR AUDIENCES, CONTINUE TO EXPAND EMPLOYER PARTICIPATION AND DO A BETTER JOB OF DEMONSTRATING OUR REGIONAL VALUE OF OUR PROGRAM.

THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE PRACTICAL TOOLS COMING OUT OF THE PROGRAM, INCLUDING HOW TO GUIDES, FOCUS GROUPS FOR HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS, EMPLOYER TRAINING, EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, AND FINALLY, AN ANNUAL IMPACT STATEMENT. THE IDEA IS TO MAKE COMMUTE BROWARD EASIER TO EXPLAIN, EASIER TO USE,

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AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THE GOAL IS ACTION. WHICH IS WHERE WE WANT TO MOVE PEOPLE SIMPLY FROM SEEING AN IMPRESSION OR HEARING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM TO ACTUALLY TAKING ACTION BY ADOPTING THE PROGRAM AS AN EMPLOYER OR GOING AHEAD AND MAKING THEIR BEST COMMUTE CHOICE AS A COMMUTER.

SO THAT'S IT FOR THE UPDATE FROM COMMUTE BROWARD.

WE'RE CONTINUING TO BUILD EMPLOYER PARTNERSHIPS, EXPANDING OUR REACH THROUGH THE HR AND BUSINESS COMMUNITIES.

NEXT YEAR, WE'RE FOCUSING THAT REACH AND ENGAGEMENT AND TURNING IT INTO ACTION.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP, AND I WOULD BE DELIGHTED TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.

OKAY. THANK YOU ROBYN. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ONLINE? IF NOT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THIS WAS A VERY INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING IT. I'M ESPECIALLY INTERESTED IN THOSE HOW TO GUIDES.

I KNOW THAT DESPITE ALL OF OUR COLLECTIVE EFFORTS, SOMETIMES ALTERNATIVE MODES CAN BE DAUNTING FOR THE PUBLIC.

SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GREAT A GREAT CHALLENGE TO TACKLE.

YES. AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I JUST HEARD THE TRAIN HORN AND SO WE DO HAVE A MARKETING TASK FORCE THAT'S COMPRISED OF TRI-RAIL, AS WELL AS BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT COMMUTER SERVICES AND ALL OF THE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS WHO WILL BE WORKING CLOSELY WITH ME ON THE HOW TO GUIDES.

OKAY. YES. THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

OKAY. WE'LL GO TO

[3. Report From Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation - SR-93/I-75/Alligator Alley Master Plan]

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, STATE ROAD 93, I-75 ALLIGATOR ALLEY MASTER PLAN.

WE HAVE HASA SOSA FROM FDOT HERE WITH US TODAY.

HI. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. I'M GEYSA SOSA, I'M THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FOR DISTRICT 4 FDOT.

WE CAN GO OVER DO I, DO I NEED TO POINT OR ON THE PRESENTATION? I THINK YOU JUST CLICK JUST CLICK OKAY. YES. OKAY.

JUST AS YOU MENTIONED, STATE ROAD 93, I-75, ALLIGATOR ALLEY MASTER PLAN.

AND THIS IS FROM DISTRICT FOUR TOLL PLAZA ALL THE WAY TO THE OTHER SIDE ON THE WEST COAST DISTRICT ONE TOLL PLAZA.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE PLAN WITH THE MASTER PLAN THAT WE'RE CONDUCTING AND OUR NEXT STEPS.

I'M HERE JOINED BY ALEX PARADIS AND HE WILL BE CONDUCTING THE PRESENTATION WITH ME.

OKAY, SO THE STUDY PURPOSE AND NEED. JUST LIKE I-95, 595 THE OTHER SECTION, THE SOUTHERN GOING SOUTHBOUND SECTION OF 75, WE CONDUCT THIS MASTER PLANS LOOKING AT A LONG TERM VISION.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT 2050 IMPROVEMENTS. WE WOULD BE LOOKING AT CAPACITY OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, SAFETY INNOVATIONS, FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES. AND WE WILL DEVELOP A ROADMAP FOR NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND FUTURE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT EFFORTS, WHICH IS WELL KNOWN AS PD&E EFFORTS.

I WOULD THIS IS A 75 MILE CORRIDOR. SO FROM ONE TOLL PLAZA TO THE OTHER, LOTS OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE CAN SEE.

WE LOOK AT ALSO EMERGENCY RESPONSE, WILDLIFE CROSSING SUCH AS OTHERS.

AND I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH ALEX TO CONTINUE ON THE STUDY.

AND WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT? THANK YOU. HI, EVERYONE.

I'M ALEX PARADIZ WITH RS&H. I'M THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER LEADING THIS STUDY FOR THE DEPARTMENT.

SO THE SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE ARE TAKING ON THIS STUDY ARE FOCUSED AROUND SOME OF THESE KEY ISSUES YOU SEE HERE ON THE SLIDE THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE EVACUATION AND SAFETY. THE FREIGHT NEEDS TECHNOLOGY AND CONNECTIVITY, THE VARIOUS WILDLIFE AND HABITAT INVOLVEMENT ON THE CORRIDOR, INFRASTRUCTURE, HARDENING, THE MOBILITY AND TRAVEL AND OF COURSE, THE FUNDING, PRIORITIZATION AND PLANNING.

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IT'S A FACILITY ABOUT 75 MILES ON, ON LIMITED ACCESS FACILITY.

IT IS ABOUT 25 MILES OF THAT IS BROWARD COUNTY.

THE REMAINING. SO A MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS IN COLLIER COUNTY AS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED INTERSTATE 75.

70 MILE PER HOUR POSTED SPEED LIMITS. THE TWO PLAZAS ON EITHER END OF THE STUDY.

THERE'S ABOUT 31 BRIDGES IN DISTRICT FOUR IN BROWARD COUNTY AND ABOUT 80 IN COLLIER COUNTY IN DISTRICT ONE WITH OVER 40 WILDLIFE CROSSINGS.

IT'S A VERY UNIQUE CORRIDOR. THERE'S TWO INTERCHANGES, SNAKE ROAD AND STATE ROAD 29, WITH VARIOUS PULL OFFS AND MANAGED ACCESS AND ALL THAT HAS LIMITED LIGHTING, OF COURSE, DUE TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING THE CORRIDOR.

THERE'S THE ONE SERVICE PLAZA, THE MICCOSUKEE PLAZA THE TWO, THE BROWARD REST AREA, THE COLLIER COUNTY REST AREA AND VARIOUS RECREATIONAL AREA PULL OFFS. AND THOSE AS WELL HAVE LIMITED LIGHTING FOR SIMILAR REASONS.

SO SOME OF THE LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS A, IT IS A UNIQUE, UNIQUELY SURROUNDED BY EXTENSIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL, SENSITIVE LANDSCAPES. SOME OF THESE. SO HAVING A CLEAR AWARENESS OF ALL OF THESE AREAS IS VERY CRITICAL TO ANYTHING THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS, THIS STUDY. YOU KNOW, THERE'S VARIOUS THE WILDLIFE CROSSINGS, THE SUN TRAIL, THE PARKS AND RECREATION, TRIBAL COMMUNITIES AND OTHER SENSITIVE COMMUNITIES.

OF COURSE, THE ANY COORDINATION WITH THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IS HANDLED BY CENTRAL OFFICE.

SO WE DON'T DO THAT. WE WON'T BE DOING THAT DIRECTLY THROUGH THE STUDY.

AND OF COURSE, THERE'S THE, THE SECTION 4F AND 6F PROTECTED LANDS.

SO AGAIN, HAVING A VERY, A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF THESE AREAS IS VERY CRITICAL TO THIS TO HOW THIS STUDY ADVANCES.

SO EQUALLY IMPORTANT IS HAVING A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE PERMITTING COMPLEXITIES OF THIS CORRIDOR AS THE STUDIES ADVANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO LIMIT IMPACTS TO THE WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY.

THE HYDROLOGY OF THE AREA. MAINTAINING THE EXISTING DRAINAGE PATTERNS VERY.

ALSO VERY CRITICAL. AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE COORDINATING AS NEEDED WITH THESE JURISDICTIONS.

SO AS FAR AS ONGOING OR PLANNED AND ADJACENT PROJECTS THE BROWARD COUNTY THERE'S SEVERAL PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2050 MTP. THIS, MASTER PLAN IS ONE OF THEM. THERE'S A FEW OTHER STUDIES GOING ON ON US 27, WHICH IS AN ADJACENT PROJECT BEYOND THE LIMITS OF OF THIS STUDY, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, NEARBY AND WORTH MENTIONING.

SO SOME OF THE OTHER ADJACENT PROJECTS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IS THAT US 27 RAMP IMPROVEMENTS.

THE THERE'S I-75 ITS SAFETY STUDY THAT'S IN DESIGN RIGHT NOW THAT'S PROVIDING IMPROVING THE ITS CONNECTIVITY AND THE POWER CONNECTIVITY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE EVERGLADES TOLL PLAZA.

IT'S AN ALL ELECTRONIC TOLLING CONVERSION ON THE EAST TOLL PLAZA.

THAT DESIGN IS ONGOING AS WELL. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF A LOT OF ACTIVITY OUT OF COLLIER COUNTY.

IT'S A MUCH, MUCH BIGGER SEGMENT OF THE PROJECT.

AND IF YOU'LL NOTICE THERE ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THE PLANNED OR ONGOING DEVELOPMENTS IN PARTICULAR THAT AVE MARIA IS A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL LIKELY GENERATE A LOT OF A LOT OF TRIPS, WHICH WILL IMPACT THE CORRIDOR.

SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION. SO THE GOALS OF THIS STUDY ARE TO GATHER THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT EVALUATE THE BENEFITS AND COSTS OF THE DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVES.

AND THEN FIGURE OUT THE SEGMENTATION AND PHASING OPTIONS TO SEE LIKE WHAT CAN BE DONE, WHAT CAN, WHAT ARE LIKE THE INTERIM IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE THE NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT CAN BE ROLLED INTO FUTURE STUDIES.

AND THEN OF COURSE, IDENTIFYING THE FUNDING FOR THESE AND ALL WITH THE GOAL OF, YOU KNOW, FOR FDOT AND THE MPO TO PRIORITIZE AND PROGRAM THESE PROJECTS AND THE FUTURE STUDIES.

SO THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT, WE HAVE WE'VE COMPLETED THE DATA COLLECTION STAGE OF THE PROJECT AND THE INITIAL TRAFFIC COLLECTION AND INITIAL TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.

WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PLAN AND THE WEBSITE IS LIVE.

NOT ON THIS PRESENTATION, BUT THAT CAN BE DISTRIBUTED AFTER THE FACT.

SOME OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE UPCOMING ARE THE TRAVEL DEMAND PROJECTIONS, OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS,

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I MEAN, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THE TRAFFIC COUNTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS, OF COURSE, THERE'S SEVERAL HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS. THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 400 CRASHES PER YEAR.

AND OVER THE LAST, THE, THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF DATA COLLECTION THERE WAS OF THOSE WERE 27 FATALITIES.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG FOCUSES FOR US IN THIS STUDY.

SO THIS IS IT IS AN UNUSUAL CORRIDOR BECAUSE THE PEAK TRAFFIC IS OCCURRING ON THE WEEKENDS AND NOT THE WEEKDAYS.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE'LL BE LOOKING AT AS WE DEVELOP OUR TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS IS REALLY FOCUSING ON THOSE THE WEEKEND PROJECTIONS SINCE THOSE ARE LEADING THE DEMAND.

SO ON TO THE SCHEDULE. SO THIS IS THE GENERAL SCHEDULE.

WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF 2026. WE'RE NEARING THE MIDPOINT OF THE STUDY.

THE, THIS PART OF THE STUDY IS REALLY, IT'S THE INITIAL, THE DATA COLLECTION, RIGHT? LIKE WE JUST WENT OVER. SO IT'S NOT, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN INTO ANY OF THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS YET, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S COMING UP IN THE NEXT MONTHS FOLLOWING THIS IS THE FIRST SERIES OF THE MPO PRESENTATION.

SO WE WILL BE CREATING A TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDES ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS.

WE'LL BE HAVING THAT MEETING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE'LL GATHER THAT INFORMATION. WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADVANCE THE, THE STUDY, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW THAT UP WITH OUR SECOND SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS TO THE MPO. AND THEN AS THE STUDY CONTINUES, WE WILL HAVE A SECOND TRC REVIEW MEETING, FOLLOWED BY OUR FINAL PRESENTATION TO THE MPO AS WE FINALIZE THE STUDY AND AND GET THAT, THAT FINAL THE FINAL MASTER PLAN DOCUMENTATION OUT.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES THE, THE, AGAIN, THIS WAS A VERY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, BEGINNING STAGES OF THE STUDY.

THIS IS REALLY A INTRODUCTION TO YOU ALL OF THE STUDY AND WHAT'S HAPPENING.

SO BY THE NEXT, BY THE TRC REVIEW MEETING AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MPO PRESENTATION, WE'LL HAVE A LOT OF A LOT MORE DATA OF LIKE WHERE THE STUDY IS GOING TO BE GOING TO BE HEADED. SO WITH THAT, I WELCOME ANY, ANY COMMENTS, ANY FEEDBACK.

OKAY. WE HAVE CHRIS. YEAH, I JUST. JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING IT UP, BUT TWO THINGS THAT JUST SUGGEST I WAS WONDERING, WERE YOU GOING TO CONSIDER TRYING TO USE A DIFFERENT PAVING MATERIAL ON THE AREAS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING HIGH CRASH WITH A, WITH A BETTER FRICTION GRADIENT, LIKE THEY DID ON 595, THAT SEEMED TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE.

YEAH, THE HIGH FRICTION SURFACE TREATMENT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE EVALUATE. YOU KNOW, BASED ON THIS CRASH INFORMATION AND USUALLY HAPPENS ON SHARP CURVES.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE EVALUATING. AND THOSE ARE, SOME THINGS THAT COULD BE PART OF THE, LIKE THE NEAR TERM IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED MORE QUICKLY THAN HAVING TO GO THROUGH, YOU KNOW, A LONG STUDY PROCESS. AND THEN I DIDN'T HEAR, IS THERE ANY LOOK IN CONSIDERATION FOR LIKE THE REST STOP AREAS? SO THIS STUDY WILL NOT BE FOCUSED ON ANY IMPROVEMENTS.

THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL. JUST FOR THE ROADS NOTHING ABOUT THAT STUFF.

IT'S MORE OF IT'LL LOOK AT THE ACCESS POINTS.

SO IF THERE'S ANY AREAS THAT CAN BENEFIT FROM MAYBE AN EXTENDED AUXILIARY LANES LIKE HAVE BETTER DECELERATION OR ACCELERATION, LIKE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL COME OUT OF THIS. BUT ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THOSE REST AREAS IS THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, FUTURE STUDIES. JUST FOR THE LIFE OF ME, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY I'M PAYING A TOLL TO HAVE REST AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING. NOTHING. COMMENT NOTED.

OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE LEONARD. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, ALEX.

OH, SORRY. WELL, GREAT PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU.

I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. NOT SURE IF YOU'RE AWARE.

WAS THERE A PREVIOUS STUDY DONE FOR THAT LOCATION? SO LIKE A MASTER PLAN. THIS IS UNIQUE. THIS IS THE FIRST OF ITS KIND STUDY ON THE ALLEY.

OKAY. WE'RE VERY EAGER TO TO SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF IT AND WHAT THE VISION IS FOR THE FUTURE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INFORMATIVE PRESENTATION. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT THE NEXT JUNCTURE.

NOW WE HAVE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FROM A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD FOR DAHLIA RODRIGUEZ.

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I'M HERE TO BRING UP SOME SPECIFIC PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERNS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

THE MISSING CROSSWALK PAVEMENT MARKING AT THE FOSTER ROAD AND NORTHWEST 10TH AVENUE IN HALLANDALE BEACH.

FOR MONTHS, I HAVE BEEN ASKING, WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET DONE? WHEN IS IT GOING TO GET DONE? I REPORTED IT TO THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY DEPARTMENT ON MAY 15TH AS WELL.

THAT COMPLAINT WAS IDENTIFIED AS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK ISSUE.

ROADWAY SAFETY VEHICLES NOT STOPPING PROPERLY, HEAVY AFTER SCHOOL TRAFFIC AND CONCERNS OF THE CHILDREN COMING FROM NICHOLS AND HALLANDALE HIGH. I ALSO SUBMITTED A VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THIS.

WITH THIS COMPLAINT, THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION DIRECTOR, DOCTOR SHEN, SUBSEQUENTLY REFERRED ME TO THE LOCATION IN WRITING, SAYING THAT THERE IS A MISSING CROSSWALK PAVEMENT ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO LET US KNOW WHEN IF IT IS GOING TO GET DONE.

ON MAY 19TH, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.

SHE RESPONDED SAYING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE DONE BY JUNE 8TH.

AND THEN I ALSO RECEIVED OTHER CORRESPONDENCE IN SAYING 6 TO 8 WEEKS TIME FRAME.

AS OF TODAY, AUGUST 26TH, THE CROSSWALK IS STILL NOT INSTALLED.

I ALSO HAVE VIDEO DOCUMENTATION OF THAT AND HOW IT LOOKS AFTER THEY'VE ACTUALLY DID PAVEMENTS FOR THE CARS, BUT NOT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT CROSSED THE STREET. SO I HAVE THAT AS WELL.

I'M NOT OPPOSED TO SPEED ENFORCEMENTS WHICH HAS BEEN INSTALLED RECENTLY.

DEFINITELY. I'M WITH THAT. BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THE ENFORCEMENT DOES NOT REPLACE THE NEED FOR SAFE PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE.

FROM WHAT I HAVE DOCUMENTED AND OBSERVED, VEHICLES ARE NOT STOPPING.

THEY'RE NOT CONSISTENTLY YIELDING AND STOPPING FOR PEDESTRIANS AT THIS LOCATION.

THE QUESTIONS THAT I DO HAVE TODAY IS WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE MPO PROCESS FOR A DOCUMENTED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERN WHEN THE MUNICIPALITY DEPARTMENT, LIKE HALLANDALE BEACH, HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THE MISSING INFRASTRUCTURE, PROVIDED COMPLETION TIME FRAMES AND THE SAFETY CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN.

I ALSO WANT TO KNOW WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOW UPS AND WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE ISSUES LIKE THIS, AND HOW CAN WE TRACK WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE CONCERN IS RAISED.

AND AGAIN, I DO HAVE PHOTOS IF AND I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS AND VIDEOS IF NEED BE.

THANK YOU. AND THEN CAN I TURN THIS INTO YOU GUYS? SOME PICTURES AND THINGS. GREAT. YES. YES. SPECIFIC LOCATIONS, PHOTOS AND EVERYTHING.

THANK YOU. THE TOP ONE I CAN GET. I'M SORRY. JAMES CROMAR BROWARD MPO.

DAHLIA, IS THAT YOUR NAME? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THERE'S WE HAVE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK.

AND SO WE RARELY HAVE PEOPLE COME AND SPEAK. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND IDENTIFYING THAT OPPORTUNITY.

AND DOCTOR SHEN, I MIGHT GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THIS ALSO.

BUT ONE OF MY ROLES HERE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE BROWARD SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

AND WE LOOKED AT STATISTICS ALL AROUND BROWARD COUNTY AND IDENTIFIED ISSUES IN DIFFERENT WAYS THAT WE CAN IMPROVE SAFETY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU PROBABLY ARE AWARE OF, WE HAVE MORE PROBLEMS AND NEEDS THAN WE HAVE MONEY.

AND SO IT'S A QUESTION OF PRIORITIZING AND COLLABORATING AND WORKING WITH OUR PARTNERS.

AND SO HALLANDALE BEACH HAS BEEN A GOOD PARTNER, AND WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON SAFETY.

BUT I JUST WANT TO GIVE YOU A CHANCE, DOCTOR SHEN TO TO MENTION WHAT YOU CAN ILLUMINATE US ON.

AND I BELIEVE THIS, THIS SOUNDS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A CITY ROAD.

OKAY. SO DOCTOR SHEN, IF HE PUSHED REQUEST THE BOTTOM GREEN.

YEP. MIKE. THERE WE GO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. DOCTOR SHEN FROM THE CITY OF HALLANDALE BEACH AND DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DIRECTOR.

I SPOKE WITH MISS RODRIGUEZ OVER THE WEEKEND.

I NOTICED THAT LOCATION. ACTUALLY, I DROVE THERE ALSO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY HOME.

I LIVE IN POMPANO BEACH AND USING FASTER ROAD GO TO MY OFFICE.

SO SHE HER STATEMENT IS CORRECT. THERE WERE NO PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK AT THAT LOCATION AND HOWEVER, THE PROJECT IS UNDER OUR CITY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, SO I HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND SHE SENT ME THE PHOTOS AND THE EMAILS I FORWARDED TO PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND SHE WAS COPIED ON THAT.

SO WE ARE CLOSELY COMMUNICATING WITH HER AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALSO PROVIDED A RESPONSE TO ME.

HE'S LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE, AND WE ARE VERY, VERY FOCUSED ON IMPROVED SAFETY.

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SO FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY. AND SHE HAS MY CELL PHONE AND SHE CAN CALL ME AT ANY TIME.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO I APPRECIATE HEARING THAT THE CITY IS ON TOP OF IT, AWARE OF IT, AND JUST WANT TO MENTION FOR YOUR SAKE ALSO THAT AGAIN, OUR FUNDING IS LIMITED AND THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNDING SOURCES.

SO WE'RE NOT THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN. WE CAN HAVE SOME FUNDING, BUT SOME COME FROM, THE STATE OR THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OR EVEN PRIVATE DEVELOPERS AS THEY DO PROJECTS TOO. SO IF WE CAN KEEP IN TOUCH ON IT ALSO, AND IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW HOW THE PROGRESS GOES ON THAT.

SO. SURE, I WILL FORWARD THE INFORMATION TO YOU.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD. THANKS. YEAH. THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING YOUR COMMENT TO THE MPO MEETING.

WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBER COMMENTS? NOPE. NOPE. OKAY. THE. ACTIONS OF THE CAC AND THE MPO

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HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE. IT'S ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND.

THE INFORMATION IS IN YOUR PACKAGE AND YOU SHOULD ALL RECEIVE THE INVITE BY NOW.

BUT IF NOT, FEEL FREE TO TAKE A LOOK. AND OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE SEPTEMBER 23RD, AND THAT WILL BE A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP, POSSIBLY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION.

SO ASSUMING THERE ARE NO FURTHER TIP AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, WE WOULD LOOK TO HAVE SEPTEMBER AS A VIRTUAL WORKSHOP TO GIVE YOU ALL A BREAK FROM HAVING TO SHOW UP HERE.

SO. OKAY. BILL, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR THE GROUP? NO, I WAS GOING TO MENTION, BUT YOU DID ALREADY JUST THE REGIONAL AWARDS AND THAT DATE, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JOIN US. THAT'S KIND OF AN ANNUAL THING.

AND IT'S USUALLY VERY SUCCESSFUL AND A NICE TIME TO MEET YOUR COLLEAGUES AND JUST, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT TIME. SO I'D ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO PUT THAT DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN JOIN US.

OKAY. NO LAST COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. WE CAN ADJOURN. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.