[1. Call to Order and Pledge] [00:00:12] GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING. THIS MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER. LET'S STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD AND INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. MAY I HAVE A ROLL [2. Electronic Roll Call] CALL? GOOD MORNING. REBECCA SCHULTZ, BROWARD MPO. FOR EVERY ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS IN THE ROOM, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PRESS PRESENT IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. FOR THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE, WE ARE KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE ON MY CHART. I HAVE SHUHAM, A BOARD MEMBER, SHUHAM, HARTMAN, MALOZY, LLEWELLYN, AND DROSKY. I'VE MARKED—I WILL MARK YOU IN THE ATTENDANCE. GOOD. VICE CHAIR? OKAY, EVERYONE. VICE CHAIR, ARE YOU PRESENT? YES. OKAY. IS IT SHOWING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. OH, IT'S GOOD. YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY, AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. SO, APPROVAL [3. Approval of Minutes - July 9, 2026] OF THE MINUTES. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION, AND IT'S BEEN SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? ELECTRONIC. ELECTRONIC VOTING. DO I? ON THE ELECTRONIC VOTING. OLD ENGLISH. I'M WAITING ON WALKER AND GOOD. MOTION PASSES. APPROVAL [4. Approval of Excused Absences] OF EXCUSED ABSENCES. WE HAVE REQUESTS FROM BORGELAND, DAVIS, FISHER, AND FURR, AND ROGERS. WE HAVE A FIRST. SECOND. AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ELECTRONIC VOTING. THANK YOU. FOR THOSE WHO JUST CAME IN, WE HAVE—WE ARE APPROVING EXCUSED ABSENCES, NUMBER FOUR. I HAVE THE MOTION BY WELSH AND SECONDED BY HARDIN. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S NOT SHOWING THE FIRST, BUT THE MOTION IS MADE BY WELSH, AND I'M WAITING FOR SIMMONS, THOMPSON, IN COOPER AND CHAIR FOR YOU TO VOTE, AND CHAIR. THANK YOU. OKAY. MOTION PASSES. [5. Approval of Agenda] APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND WE HAVE A REQUEST. WE HAVE TWO REQUESTS TO SPEAK. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR MEMBER COOPER. WE MOVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR ABOVE ITEM NUMBER ONE AND ACTION ITEMS, PLEASE, MADAM CHAIR. I DIDN'T WANT TO BE ABSENT DURING THAT DISCUSSION. I'LL PROBABLY LEAVE HERE AND GO ONLINE NOW. I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY WE COULDN'T DO THAT. ANY OBJECTIONS? I DON'T HEAR ANY. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, BOARD. THANK YOU. MEMBER GOOD. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES, I I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT A POINT THAT I'M GOING TO PULL ITEM NUMBER TWO AND THE CONSENT FOR DISCUSSIONS, SO THE VICE CHAIR MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THAT ITEM NUMBER FOUR PRIOR TO CONSENT ITEMS. I TOLD GENERAL COUNSEL, SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA AS AMENDED WILL PROVIDE FOR MOVING ACTION [00:05:01] ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO JUST BEFORE THE CONSENT. ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. AND THEN DO WE GO AHEAD AND AMEND THE POLLING OR JUST WAIT TILL THIS WAY TO THAT? OKAY, VERY GOOD. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? WELL, WE DO HAVE A MOTION, A MOTION AS AMENDED. DO WE HAVE TO MAKE MOTIONS AGAIN, OR I THINK IT'S REFLECTED ON THERE, THE THE APPROVAL THE AGENDA AS AMENDED. MOTION MADE BY COOPER, SECONDED BY WELCH. OKAY, VERY GOOD. COOPER, I REMEMBER COOPER. I DO HAVE YOU ON HERE. OKAY, ALL RIGHT, VERY GOOD. ROLL CALL. THE VOTE. AYE. VOTING. OKAY, WERE AHEAD. YES. YEAH. MOTION PASSES. TOKEN NOTT?. YEAH. I AGAIN NOTABILIR. ANY MOTION WORSE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND IT'S 310 ???. PASSES, AND WE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE SOMEONE [6. Public Comments Please submit to info@browardmpo.org at least 24 hours prior to the start of the meeting.] FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO MAKE COMMENTS. DALIA RODRIGUEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED. THANK YOU AGAIN. SO AGAIN, EVERYONE, NEW PEOPLE. I AM A RESIDENT FROM HALLANDALE BEACH, AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE SAFETY, BUT ALSO ABOUT HOW RESIDENTS CAN EFFECTIVELY BRING TRANSPORTATION CONCERNS FORWARD AND SEE THEM FOLLOW THROUGH. EARLIER THIS YEAR, I REPORTED PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CONCERNS AT FOSTER ROAD AND NORTHWEST 10TH AVENUE INVOLVING A MISSING CROSSWALK AND VEHICLES NOT CONSISTENTLY STOPPING FOR PEDESTRIANS. I SUBMITTED THE CONCERN TO THE CITY MAYOR, THE CITY MANAGER, AND I ALSO PROVIDED VIDEOS TO THE TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE MISSING CROSSWALKS AND PROVIDED EXPECTED TIME FRAMES FOR THE WORK. WHEN THOSE FRONT TIME FRAMES PASSED AND I STILL DID NOT HAVE ANY CONFIRMATION THAT THE WORK HAD BEEN COMPLETED, I CONTACTED THE MPO BECAUSE I WASN'T GETTING A RESPONSE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS OR OUR CITY MANAGER OR OUR MAYOR OF HALLANDALE BEACH. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THE POSITIVE OUTCOME BECAUSE THE CROSSWALK HAS BEEN PAINTED AS OF MONDAY. I DO APPRECIATE THE MPO STAFF, PARTICULARLY MR. JAMES, FOR FOLLOWING UP WITH THE CITY AND HELPING GETTING A RESPONSE, BUT I ALSO WANT TO THINK—I ALSO WANT TO TAKE THIS AS AN EXPERIENCE AND RAISE MORE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. HOW DO WE MAKE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY CONCERNS EASIER FOR RESIDENTS TO TRACK FROM THE TIME THEY ARE REPORTED UNTIL THE WORK IS ACTUALLY COMPLETED? I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO REPEATEDLY CONTACT DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THE SAFETY IMPROVEMENT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED. AND THAT QUESTION BECAME EVEN MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THIS WEEK BECAUSE ACTUALLY ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, I WAS INVOLVED IN A HIDDEN RUN WHILE RIDING MY E-BIKE NEAR HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD AND NORTHEAST 4TH AVENUE. THANKFULLY, I WAS NOT CRITICALLY INJURED. I WAS EVALUATED AT THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE POLICE WITH THE INFORMATION THAT HELPED THEM LOCATE THE DRIVER. AFTER THE CRASH, I STARTED LOOKING FOR MORE CLOSELY AT THE INTERSECTION AND ITS HISTORY AND I FOUND THAT THE CITY HAD PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED NORTHEAST 4TH AVENUE AND EAST HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD AS A POOR CONDITION AND ITS HALLS WERE NOT AS GOOD AS THEY WERE BEFORE. THIS IS ALL 003 CROSSWALK UPGRADES DOCUMENTATION. MY QUESTION TODAY, AGAIN, IS WHAT IMPROVEMENTS WERE ACTUALLY MADE AT THIS SPECIFIC INTERSECTION, WHEN WERE THEY MADE, AND WHAT ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN OR BICYCLE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED? I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR. I'M NOT ASKING THE BOARD TO DETERMINE WHO WAS AT FAULT FOR MY CRASH OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I AM JUST SAYING THAT THIS ROADWAY OR SIDEWALK CAUSED THE CRASH. I'M NOT SAYING THAT EITHER. I'M JUST BRINGING THIS TO YOUR GUYS' ATTENTION. I'M ASKING ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS. IF AN INTERSECTION HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED AS NEEDING A CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENT, HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPLETED, MAINTAINED, AND REEVALUATED WHEN CONDITIONS CHANGE? AND HOW CAN RESIDENTS SEE THE PROCESS AND KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE, WHAT REMAINS OUTSTANDING, AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE NEXT STEPS? I ALSO WANT TO BRIEFLY MENTION THAT AFTER MY CRASH, MY E-BIKE WAS TOWED. I WAS INITIALLY TOLD I CAN RETRIEVE IT FROM THE POLICE STATION, AND IT WAS LATER TOWED ACCORDING TO A CITY ORDER. AND I'M ADDRESSING THAT AS A SEPARATE MATTER BECAUSE MY PRIMARY PURPOSE HERE TODAY IS FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. I APPRECIATE THE MPO GIVING RESIDENTS AN OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. I'M NOT SIMPLY HERE TO COMPLAIN. I AM HERE [00:10:01] BECAUSE I USE THESE STREETS, THESE SIDEWALKS, THESE CROSSINGS, WITH A BICYCLE AND JUST BY WALKING. I ALSO USE THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIKE THE BTC AND THE MINICARS. AND I ALSO USE THE BUS CLOUD. SO WITH THAT ALL BEING SAID, I HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING AROUND. I DEFINITELY SEE THINGS IN THE CITY THAT I TRY TO POINT OUT TO THE CORRECT PEOPLE. AND I APPRECIATE THAT THE MPO HAS A GUIDEBOOK BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I WAS ABLE TO EVEN SCAN IT AFTER, YOU KNOW, BRINGING IT TO SOME OF THE ATTENTIONS OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT ACTUALLY SCAN IT AND DOCUMENT IT THE RIGHT WAY. BUT THEN STILL, THE FOLLOW-UP DIDN'T COME. SO AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT WAS DONE AT FOSTER ROAD AND NORTHWEST 10TH. AND I HOPE WE CAN TAKE THE SAME COMMITMENT TO FOLLOW THROUGH AND APPLY IT TO OTHER LOCATIONS BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY FOR THE PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLE SAFETY STILL IS GOING TO REMAIN A CONCERN. THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT YOU SPOKE EARLIER AT OUR PREVIOUS MEETING, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE ENGAGED WITH STAFF, SO STAFF WILL FOLLOW UP IN TERMS OF THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE REQUESTING. MAYOR COOPER, I KNOW YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS. HER MIC IS NOT ON. IT'S NOT SHOWING HERE FOR ME TO KNOW. CAN YOU PRESS TO SPEAK? OKAY, THERE IT IS. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JUST JUMPING AROUND. FIRST OF ALL, I DIDN'T ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS EARLIER BECAUSE I FIGURED I'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY. FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE, THANK GOD, YOU'RE OKAY FROM YOUR ACCIDENT. I WANT TO BE ABUNDANTLY CLEAR THAT OBVIOUSLY DR. SHEN HAS WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH YOU IN OUR CITY AND OUR DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. AND I WANT TO ALSO MAKE IT CLEAR, HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD HAS BEEN SLATED FOR RESURFACING. THAT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO 2030. CROSSMARK, ALL THE CROSSWALKS, WE ARE ALSO DOING ALL THE REPAIRS FOR ADA-COMPLIANT CROSSWALKS. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S PART OF OUR PLAN. AND I BELIEVE DR. SHEN PROBABLY HAVE SHARED IT WITH YOU. IF SHE HASN'T, I'LL MAKE SURE SHE DOCUMENTS IT TO YOU AND GETS IT TO YOU. CITY STREETS ARE THE GERMANE CONCEPT OF DR. SHEN. AND IF YOU HAVE ISSUES DIRECTLY WITH THE BUS SYSTEM, BEING OUR CLOUD SYSTEM, AS WELL AS CITY STREETS, THAT WOULD BE THE AGENCY THAT YOU WOULD COMMUNICATE WITH. AND I BELIEVE THAT YOU DO HAVE HER CONTACT INFORMATION. I DO WANT TO SAY, AND I'VE TALKED TO FDOT, I'VE TALKED TO FDOT, ABOUT THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE RESURFACING OF HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD THAT WAS DELAYED, AND WE BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE IN THE QUEUE IN TWO YEARS. I WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THAT AND DR. SHEN TO SEE HOW WE CAN EXPEDITE IT, BECAUSE THAT IS THROUGHOUT HALLANDALE BEACH BOULEVARD, AND IT IS A STATE-CONTROLLED HIGHWAY. SO THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING. THANK YOU. MEMBER CHANTELIS? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS CONCERN BRINGS ON A LARGER CONVERSATION AS WE'RE HEARING COMMENTS MADE BY THE ADMINISTRATION OF WASHINGTON THAT CAUSE ME EVEN GREATER CONCERN. TODAY YOU'RE BRINGING TO OUR ATTENTION THE NEED FOR BETTER BIKE SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. AND RECENTLY THIS WEEK, THE ADMINISTRATION OF WASHINGTON HAS TALKED ABOUT ELIMINATING FUNDING FOR BICYCLE LANES. AND TALKING ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, BICYCLE AND BICYCLE-VEHICULAR TRAFFIC CONCERNS ARE LIKE FAR-LEFT ISSUES, AND THAT THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN ACCOMMODATING THOSE WHO RIDE BICYCLES BECAUSE THEY WANT TO FOCUS MORE ON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. SO I KNOW THAT THIS BOARD WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS AT A LATER TIME AND SEE WHERE, HOW WE'RE GOING TO, WHAT KIND OF, HOW WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT. SOME OF OUR PRIORITIES HERE, SINCE WE HAVE ALWAYS FOCUSED ON TRYING TO BUILD MORE AND BETTER CONNECTED BICYCLE PATHS THROUGH OUR CITIES. BUT WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INDICATES THEIR UNWILLINGNESS TO FUND THESE THINGS, WE HAVE TO FIND OTHER WAYS TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THE DEMANDS AND THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. UNFORTUNATELY, UNDER THE WRONG CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THIS IS GOING TO OPEN UP A LARGER QUESTION HERE AS A BOARD AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO FIND WAYS TO PURSUE THE, THE AGENDA THAT WE HAVE OUTLINED NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS INDICATED ITS UNWILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND WE ALL ECHO VICE CHAIR COOPER'S COMMENTS, HOPING THAT, GLAD THAT YOU ARE DOING WELL [00:15:02] AFTER YOUR ACCIDENT. ALL RIGHT. ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR. SO ITEM [4. MOTION TO AUTHORIZE the Direct Appointment of Bryan Caletka as Executive Director and Allow the Chair to Negotiate an Agreement Between Bryan Caletka and the MPO Board of Directors] NUMBER FOUR, WHICH HAS BEEN MOVED UP TO THE MOTION TO AMEND THE AGENDA, IS A MOTION TO AUTHORIZE THE DIRECT APPOINTMENT OF BRYAN CALETKA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND ALLOW THE CHAIR TO NEGOTIATE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRYAN CALETKA AND THE MPO BOARD OF DIRECTORS. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION? NO, ACTUALLY, I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS ON THIS. AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, YOU WENT FORWARD WITH A DECISION TO DO A DIRECT APPOINTMENT AS OPPOSED TO A NATIONAL APPOINTMENT. OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A NATIONAL SEARCH. SO SUPPORTING THE DECISION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE IS, YOU KNOW, MY PRIMARY CONVERSATION FOR TODAY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, MULTIPLE WAYS YOU CAN PATH, YOU CAN GO. BUT OBVIOUSLY, THE DIRECT APPOINTMENT IS ACTUALLY, ONE, THE MOST EXPEDIENT AND ALSO PROBABLY FROM AN ECONOMIC STANDPOINT IS THE BEST VALUE FOR THE MONEY THAT WE HAVE. I CAN SHARE WITH YOU OF THE 14 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR POSITIONS OPEN NATIONALLY. WE WOULD BE COMPETING IN THAT POOL. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN SOMEWHAT FILLED. I CAN ALSO SHARE WITH YOU, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BROUGHT TO YOU A COUPLE OF TIMES, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THAT I, AT MY SALARY RATE, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAY SEEM LARGE TO SOME OF YOU, COMPARED TO CITY MANAGERS, IT'S ACTUALLY LOWER THAN THE NATIONAL AND LOWER THAN EVEN MIAMI-DADE. SO WITH THAT, YOU JUST HAVE TO REMEMBER, IF YOU DO A NATIONAL SEARCH, IF YOU CHOOSE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, THAT WE'LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO HELP YOU OUT. WE'LL ACTUALLY NOT ONLY COST YOU THE MONEY FOR THE NATIONAL SEARCH, BUT WE'LL ALSO COST YOU THE MONEY TO BRING IN SOMEBODY AT THAT, AT THE LEVEL THAT YOU WOULD BE LOOKING FOR WITH THE EXPERIENCE. THAT SAID, WE WILL ACTUALLY, WITH APPROVAL OF THIS MOTION, WE'LL ALLOW THE CHAIR TO GO FORWARD IN THE NEGOTIATION CONTRACT. I HAVE AN EXAMPLE CONTRACT THAT WAS PREPARED BY OUR GENERAL COUNSEL, DAVID AND ALAN. AND SO THAT'S GOING, YOU KNOW, WOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND THEN YOU WOULD SEE IT. THE NEXT BOARD MEETING TO APPROVE THAT PART OF THE PROCESS WOULD ALSO HAVE ME HERE FOR A PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS TO SUPPORT BRIAN AND HIS EFFORTS. AND IF THAT'S THE APPOINTMENT YOU CHOOSE. AND AT THAT POINT, I WOULD THEN DISAPPEAR INTO THE SUNSET AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'LL MISS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU VERY MUCH. BUT EXCITED TO GO ON MY NEXT 3.0 LIFESTYLE. SO WITH THAT, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CHAIR AND MYSELF, PLEASE FEEL FREE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE COMMENTS. VICE CHAIR COOPER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. FIRST OF ALL, STARTING WITH THE CONTRACT AND SALARIES AND THAT NEGOTIATION, I FIRMLY SUPPORT THE MOTION BEING MADE TO DIRECT OUR CHAIR TO NEGOTIATE WITH MR. CALETKA. I ALSO WANT TO JUST SHARE, RECENTLY HAD THE STATE OF THE CITY. AND HAD A DISCUSSION ABOUT SALARIES. AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY CONTINUES TO ATTACK LOCAL AND ELECTED OFFICIALS AND PROFESSIONALS IN REGARDS TO COMPENSATION. IN REALITY, IF WE DO NOT COMPENSATE OUR EMPLOYEES WELL, WE WILL NOT RETAIN OR ACQUIRE THE NECESSARY PROFESSIONALISM. SO I WANT TO THANK BRIAN FOR THE TIME HE TOOK, CAME DOWN TO THE CITY, MET WITH US, MET WITH STAFF, AND I THINK WE'RE IN GOOD HANDS. THIS TRANSITION THEN WILL BE MUCH MORE SEEMLY AND THE CONTINUITY TO KEEP THIS ORGANIZATION RUNNING AS SMOOTHLY AS IT HAS IN LIGHT OF THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. STORT AND HIS WORK. SUNSET AND TEQUILAS, I GUESS. BUT NOT REALLY QUICKLY. BUT, AND I'M HAPPY THAT HE WILL BE HERE THROUGH THE TRANSITION AS WE PRODUCE ONE OF THE LARGEST. DOCUMENTS THAT WE DO COMING FORWARD AND THAT EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM IS WELCOME. AND I HOPE YOU NEGOTIATE AND COME BACK WITH A SETTLED CONTRACT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER FADGEN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. MY COMMENTS AREN'T NECESSARILY SAYING THAT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT BRIAN CAN DO A WONDERFUL JOB AS THE NEXT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WITH THE MPO. BUT IN MY CITY, ONE OF THE REGULAR CONVERSATIONS I HAVE WITH MY DIRECTORS AND MY POLICE CHIEF AND FIRE CHIEF IS SUCCESSION PLANNING, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE DROP. ASKING WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO GET THEMSELVES PREPARED? WHAT ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT [00:20:02] CERTIFICATIONS ARE THEY GETTING? AND I ADVOCATE FOR ALL OF OUR OPENINGS WITH OUR DIRECTORS AND CHIEFS THAT WE TAKE RESUMES FROM THE OUTSIDE. RIGHT? MY CITY HAS SOME REALLY GREAT STORIES OF THE INTERNAL PERSON WORKING UP THE RANKS. MY PROCUREMENT DIRECTOR, HE WAS A DITCH DIGGER IN UTILITIES AND HE WORKED HIS ALL WAY UP. WE JUST GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY AND HE GRABBED IT AND HE RAN. AND THOSE ARE GREAT STORIES. BUT THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN KNOW THAT THE INTERNAL PERSON IS READY FOR THE JOB IS IF WE HOLD THEIR FEET TO THE FIRE THAT THEY COMPETE AGAINST OUTSIDE. RESUMES. UM, SO I REALLY THINK IT'S A MISTAKE NOT TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH, PARTICULARLY, UM, BRIAN'S RESUME IS A VERY UNIQUE RESUME, A RESUME, A RESUME THAT YOU MIGHT NOT NECESSARILY TYPICALLY SEE AS A DIRECTOR FOR, UM, UM, TO BECOME THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE, OF AN MPO. UM, IT'S A DIFFERENT, IT WAS A DIFFERENT PATH AND I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT'S AN INADEQUATE PATH. YOU KNOW, HE ACTUALLY WAS SITTING ON THIS SIDE OF THE, OF THE DESK AND THAT'S A UNIQUE PERCEPTION THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT MOST MPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS WOULD NOT NECESSARILY HAVE. AND IN HIS WORK EXPERIENCE, UM, WORKING WITH US, I THINK WE ALL HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR HIM AS I DO. UM, BUT I DO FEEL THAT WE NEED TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH AND BRIAN NEEDS TO, UM, WIN THAT JOB AGAINST OUTSIDE COMPETITION. SO THIS IS, HAS A LOT TO DO WITH CONSISTENCY BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I'M DOING. WHAT I ASK OF MY CITY AND I DON'T, I WOULDN'T FEEL RIGHT IF I, UM, DID NOT ASK FOR THE SAME THING THAT I ASK OF MY PEOPLE. SO I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT WE GO FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH AND I'M ROOTING FOR BRIAN TO WIN THE JOB. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER SORENSEN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK, UM, MEMBER FADGEN, GOOD, ALL, ALL FAIR POINTS. UM, GREG, AS YOU LOOK AT THE KIND OF THE BROADER PICTURE OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS, YOU'VE INTERACTED WITH MANY, YOU'RE, YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCES, AND SO FORTH. GIVE US A SENSE FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE OF, I, I, AND I AGREE THAT BRIAN HAS MAYBE A UNIQUE FOR, FOR THIS ROLE. HOW DOES, GIVE US A LITTLE MORE SENSE OF HOW YOU THINK THAT STACKS UP WITH NATIONAL LEADERS AND, AND ANY OTHER FEEDBACK ON THAT? FOR THE RECORD, THE MIC IS ON. SO TO SHARE WITH EACH OF YOU, UM, THERE IS ACTUALLY A NATIONAL EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK OF A BOARD MEMBER TRANSITIONING OVER TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND THAT IS IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, UM, WHERE THAT HAD OCCURRED. AND JOSH, WHO GOT THAT JOB, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A LOT OF US IN THE INDUSTRY THAT WERE LIKE GOING, OKAY, WELL, THAT'S, THAT'S AN INTERESTING TRANSITION. LET'S SEE HOW IT PLAYED. IT PLAYED EXTREMELY WELL. WELL. HE'S STILL THERE. THAT OCCURRED SIX YEARS AGO. I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY DIDN'T DO AN INTERNAL PROMOTION TO THAT. HE HAD TO COMPETE FOR IT. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THAT WOULDN'T BE THE RIGHT THING. IT JUST ADDS THREE MORE MONTHS TO THIS, TO THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME. BUT THAT SAID, BRIAN'S TRANSITION OVER TO THIS IS NOT UNUSUAL. HIS BACKGROUND IS ACTUALLY KIND OF FASCINATING. THE GENETIC SIDE AND LINKING SYSTEMS, I THINK, IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY FIND OF GREAT VALUE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT, IS LINKING PROJECTS AND FIGURING OUT HOW THINGS ACTUALLY, GENOMES, HOW THEY FOLLOW DOWN. WITH THAT SAID, I WOULD ACTUALLY ALSO LOOK TO MY PEERS IN ORLANDO. IF YOU WANT TO DO A LOCAL EXAMPLE, WHERE THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HARRY BARLEY, AT THE TIME, HAD HIS NUMBER ONE, WHO GOT THE JOB, GARY HUTMAN, THEY DID A SEARCH, AND THEN STILL WENT WITH GARY. SO THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON. BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHERE YOU CAN GO IN FLORIDA, SARASOTA MANATEE, WHO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RETIRED, AND HIS NUMBER ONE TOOK OVER WITHOUT A NATIONAL SEARCH. THEY JUST AUTOMATICALLY DID A DIRECT APPOINTMENT. THERE ARE JUST VARIOUS PATHS YOU CAN GO. BUT ULTIMATELY, AND I DO MEAN THIS SINCERELY, IT IS THE MONETARY COMPENSATION THAT WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT. AT THE LEVEL TO BRING SOMEBODY IN NATIONALLY. MY FRIEND JOSH OVER IN SEATTLE IS IN THE 400 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND RANGE. AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE RANGE WE WOULD BE NEEDING TO LOOK AT HERE, GIVEN THE BUDGET, OUR TIP BUDGET IS ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS A YEAR. SO TO UNDERSTAND HOW ALL OF THAT FITS TOGETHER IN EVERY PIECE, THAT'S THE IMPORTANT PART. SO YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT [00:25:01] IN CONSIDERING. AND IT'S WEIRD HAVING THE CONVERSATION OF BRIAN IN THE ROOM. THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ALSO PART OF UNDERSTANDING THE JOB. WHEN I ACTUALLY HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH HIM A COUPLE MONTHS BACK NOW, I'M LIKE, IS IT WEIRD TO YOU HAVING SAT ON THE COMMISSION HERE AND HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT YOU WHILE YOU'RE SITTING IN THE ROOM? AND BECAUSE THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST DISCONCERTING PARTS OF THE JOB. AND HE WAS LIKE, YEAH, NO, I GOT THAT. AND THAT TO ME IS A LEVEL OF MATURITY THAT YOU WOULD REALLY WANT TO FIND IN AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN A LEADERSHIP POSITION. I WOULD GO TO SEATTLE NATIONALLY. I WOULD LOOK AT CHICAGO. MY FRIEND ERIN THERE, SHE ENDED UP COMING OFF OF THE CAC AND THEN THE TAC AND THEN BECAME THE DIRECTOR. SO SHE WAS BOARD MEMBERS IN DIFFERENT WAYS AND ADVISORY WAYS. IT JUST DEPENDS. THERE'S NO REAL DIRECT CLEAR PATH FOR THIS OTHER THAN THE ONE WE CHOOSE. I CAN'T TELL YOU THAT THE BEST PRACTICE THAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT I'M GOING TO BE HERE TO HELP THE TRANSITION. SO IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO SAY, OKAY, GOOD LUCK. AND I'M GONE. THIS WAS KIND OF MY BABY. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WILL HELP RYAN OR WHOEVER SITS IN THAT SEAT IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT TYPE OF TRANSITION BECAUSE WHEN YOU JUST FIRE SOMEBODY OR, YOU KNOW, THEY LEAVE, IT'S VERY HARD FOR THE ORGANIZATION TO GET BACK INTO BALANCE. AND THAT TO ME IS WHAT I WOULD BE LOOKING AT HERE BECAUSE THERE'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON AND SO MANY MOVING PARTS. AND I THINK THE WOMAN FROM HALLANDALE BEACH APPROPRIATELY SAID, IT'S JUST LIKE, OKAY, WELL, I WANT TO GET THESE THINGS DONE. IT TAKES SIX YEARS FOR US TO LINE UP MONEY TO FIX THAT SIDEWALK ON THAT CROSSING. AND THEN SOMETIMES THEY'RE DELAYED FOR NO REASON THAT ANY OF US COULD IMAGINE LIKE THE US ONE REPAVING. AND THAT IS JUST, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT INSTITUTIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND BUILT IN. SO WITH THAT, I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF I FULLY DID, BUT LET ME KNOW. GREAT. THANK YOU. YEAH, THAT HELPS. AND YOU'VE HAD IN EFFECT SIX YEARS, RIGHT, OF WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE WITH, WITH BRIAN. IS THAT? SIDE-BY-SIDE, BUT IN A DIFFERENT WAY, YOU KNOW, DURING THE SIX YEARS I ASKED, I WAS ASSIGNING THINGS. I WAS LIKE, HEY, THIS IS WHAT'S GOING ON. YOU NEED TO DO THIS. YOU NEED TO DO THAT. STEP IN WHEN YOU CAN. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT DELEGATION OF DUTIES HAS ALWAYS BEEN THERE. THIS IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE WITH THIS NEXT SIX MONTHS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY HIS AND HIS CALL. AND I'LL BE THERE TO SAY, YEAH, MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE SAID IT THAT WAY, OR MAYBE I WOULDN'T DO IT THIS WAY. OR I'LL ALSO BE THERE TO SAY, OH, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A GOOD CALL AND LEAVE IT THERE. BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BALANCE AND HAVING THAT TIME. AND DO YOU FEEL HE'S READY AND, AND ABLE TO TAKE THAT NEXT STEP? YES. RIGHT. WELL, GREG, I THINK YOU'VE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB. THANK YOU. SO YOUR PERSPECTIVE MATTERS TO ME. YOUR, THE TRANSITION OF ROLE OF EMERITUS, COUNSELOR, SUPPORTER, CHEERLEADER IS, IS ADVISOR, ADVISOR, SHOULDER TO CRY ON IS, IS FANTASTIC. AND, AND BRIAN, WITH THAT AND THAT FEEDBACK AND MY INTERACTIONS WITH YOU THUS FAR ON THE MPO, I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT YOU CAN, YOU CAN EXCEL IN THIS ROLE. AND SO MADAM CHAIR, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF THE DIRECTION WE'RE GOING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MEMBER SORENSEN. WE DO HAVE A VIRTUAL HAND. MEMBER MALLOZZI. MEMBER MALLOZZI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I WAS MAKING SURE YOU CAN HEAR ME. YES, AWESOME. SO, AGAIN, SORRY THAT I HAD TO BE THERE VIRTUALLY, BUT I HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND I'M OUT OF THE STATE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS MY CONFIDENCE IN MR. CALETKA. I BELIEVE I HAVE WATCHED HIM WHILE I HAD THE HONOR OF WATCHING HIM WHILE HE WAS VICE CHAIR OF THE MPO MANY YEARS AGO. THIS IS HIS PASSION. IT'S RARE TO FIND SOME PEOPLE HAVE JOBS AND THOSE JOBS PAY THE BILLS. BUT IN MY OPINION, THIS IS TRANSPORTATION AND EVERY ASPECT OF TRANSPORTATION IS THE PASSION OF BRYAN CALETKA. AND I'VE WATCHED THAT PASSION JUST FLOURISH AND I'VE WATCHED HIM STEP INTO DIFFERENT ROLES AND HE'S TAKEN THEM ON AND I THINK HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB. AND WHILE YOU NEVER KNOW, THERE MIGHT BE THE PERFECT INDIVIDUAL SOMEWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT MIGHT DO BETTER THAN MR. CALETKA. BUT I THINK WE HAVE SOMEONE HERE THAT KNOWS. HOW KNOWS HOW IT IS RUN HERE IS NOT AFRAID TO DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY IF NEEDED, IS NOT AFRAID TO TAKE OUTSIDE COUNSEL IS NEEDED. AND I THINK THAT HE WILL DO A FABULOUS JOB. AND WHILE I HATE TO SEE GREG STUART LEAVE, I UNDERSTAND THAT HE WILL, YOU KNOW, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE AND ENJOY THAT AS WELL. BUT I'M GLAD THAT YOU WILL BE THERE TO GUIDE BRIAN AS LONG AS THE VOTE GOES HIS WAY. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK THAT. GOING OUTSIDE WOULD NOT BE THE BEST IDEA FOR THE ORGANIZATION. [00:30:05] I THINK THAT NO MATTER WHAT WE WOULD CHOOSE BRYAN CALETKA, AND THEN IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY AND TIME AND THEN NOW WE CAN MOVE DIRECTLY INTO THE NEXT CHAPTER OF THE BROWARD MPO. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MEMBER MALLOZZI NEXT. WE HAVE DEPUTY VICE CHAIR JAFFE. THANK YOU CHAIR. OBVIOUSLY, I APPRECIATE ALL MY COLLEAGUES COMMENTS ON THIS AND THERE'S PROS AND CONS TO ANY OF THESE TYPE OF CHOICE ONE OR CHOICE TWO. I WILL SAY TWO EXAMPLES THAT I'VE LOOKED AT BEFORE I MADE MY DECISION HERE AS EXACT AS ON BEING ON THE EXECUTIVE BOARD AND HOW WE WANT TO HANDLE THIS IS THAT THE IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THE BROWARD COUNTY MANAGER RETIRED AND I'M NOT 100% SURE IF THEY WENT FOR AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL SEARCH. BUT THEY ENDED UP HIRING THE ASSISTANT. COUNTY MANAGER FOR THE COUNTY MANAGER POSITION. AND THEN SECOND IS I KNOW THAT ANOTHER BIG ENTITY THAT WAS JUST FORMED RECENTLY AS THE SOLID WASTE AUTHORITY AND I ALSO REMEMBER THAT THEY SPENT A WELL OVER A YEAR. ON A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR A ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE SOUTH SOLID WASTE. THEY WENT OUTSIDE THE COUNTY TO SOMEBODY WHO WAS LIVING IN CALIFORNIA. AND THEY HIRED HIM. AND HE ENDED UP COMMUTING BACK AND FORTH FROM CALIFORNIA AND THEN HAD A FAMILY ISSUE AND HAD TO RESIGN WITHIN LIKE SIX MONTHS AFTER THEY TOOK THAT POSITION AND SPENT A YEAR PLUS, I DON'T KNOW, WHATEVER THEY SPENT TO FIND A DIRECTOR. SO THERE'S PROS AND CONS. I'M JUST LAYING OUT, YOU KNOW, GIVING TWO EXAMPLES. I KNOW THAT ONE WORKED OUT, ONE DIDN'T WORK OUT. BUT, OF COURSE, I SUPPORT MR. KLECKA. I'VE WORKED WITH HIM, AND I BELIEVE HE HAS THE STRONG BASE LEADERSHIP FOR WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION AND COMMUNITY NEEDS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU MUCH, JEFFY. WE HAVE A VIRTUAL MEMBER, LLEWELLYN. GOOD MORNING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN. OKAY, THANK YOU. SO WE JUST WENT THROUGH SOMETHING SIMILAR IN THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH WITH OUR CITY MANAGER WHO HAD BEEN WITH US FOR SEVEN YEARS AND WAS RETIRING. AND HER NUMBER ONE WAS THE PERSON THAT WE ULTIMATELY ENDED UP APPOINTING. OUT OF THE FIVE OF US, FOUR OF US IMMEDIATELY SELECTED HIM AND WANTED HIM TO TAKE OVER THAT ROLE FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, ONE BEING THAT HE HAD TRAINED WITH HER, HAD WORKED WITH HER FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE THAT, WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH NOT ONLY THE POSITION ITSELF BUT THE CITY. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT BROWARD COUNTY IS A UNIQUE, UNIQUE ENTITY, AND SOMEBODY WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN BROWARD COUNTY WOULD ALSO BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR THIS ORGANIZATION IN PARTICULAR. I ALSO DO THINK ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE ALSO DID NOT DECIDE TO GO OUT FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH IN THAT CASE WAS BECAUSE IT'S EXPENSIVE. IT'S EXPENSIVE TO DO THAT, AND IT IS TIME-CONSUMING. AND ULTIMATELY, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO END UP WITH THE SAME RESULT ANYWAY. AND I DO THINK THAT WE ALL DO. I DO HAVE CONFIDENCE IN BRIAN, AND I THINK HE WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT PERSON TO STEP IN. I HAVE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF TIMES WITH BRIAN. WE ACTUALLY HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS SOMEWHAT CONTROVERSIAL A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, AND HE WAS VERY HELPFUL, HANDLED EVERYTHING VERY GRACEFULLY AND PROFESSIONALLY. AND ALTHOUGH IT WASN'T NECESSARILY THE OUTCOME THAT WE WANTED IN THE LONG RUN, IT'S STILL HE HANDLED EVERYTHING BETTER THAN I COULD HAVE EXPECTED ANYBODY TO HANDLE. BUT WITH THAT IN MIND, I'M FULLY SUPPORTIVE OF NOT GOING OUT FOR A NATIONAL SEARCH AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEGOTIATIONS WITH BRYAN CALETKA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHARE THAT, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, I'VE BEEN ON THIS BOARD FOR 13 YEARS. AND THE ONLY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, THAT I KNOW, IT'S STUART, MR. STUART. AND I HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN MR. STUART AND THE WORK THAT HE HAS DONE ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. HE HAS HIRED BRIAN. HE HAS TRAINED BRIAN. AND IF WE PROCEED THE WAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HE WILL BE THERE FOR BRIAN IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF THE JOB AS WELL. THANK YOU. FROM AN HR PERSPECTIVE, I DO THINK THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO TRANSITION A POSITION [00:35:03] AT THIS LEVEL TO ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL. I HAVE WORKED WITH BRIAN THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS, BOTH ON THE BOARD AND OFF THE BOARD. AS CHAIR, I DO SIT ON THE MPO AC IN WHICH WE TRAVEL TO ORLANDO. THANK YOU. AND BRIAN HAS REALLY BEEN A MENTOR, A SOURCE OF, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION. VERY RESPONSIVE, WHETHER IT'S JUST FOR KNOWLEDGE OR INFORMATION FOR MY CITY AS A WHOLE. I DO HAVE, I DO THINK HE HAS ALL THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY AND EXPERIENCE. I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A NATIONAL SEARCH FOR CITY LEADERS. I'VE BEEN A CITY MANAGER SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE CITY OF MIRAMAR. IN FACT, THE FIRST VACANCY WE HAVE HAD ON MY FIRST DAY ON THE JOB, WE PROCEEDED WITH A NATIONAL SEARCH. WE DID HIRE SOMEONE LOCALLY. IT WAS STILL A GOOD EXPERIENCE BECAUSE EVEN SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE INTERVIEWED THEN, WE END UP HIRING THEM IN OTHER POSITIONS MANY YEARS AFTERWARDS. SO, IT WASN'T NECESSARILY A WASTE, BUT I WILL SAY THAT, AGAIN, FROM AN HR, PREVIOUS LIFE, HR PROFESSIONAL, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOMEONE. WE KNOW THE PERSON CAN DO THE JOB. AND WE KNOW THAT WHEN WE GO OUT ON THESE NATIONAL SEARCHES, IT IS COSTLY. AND AT THE SAME TIME, MOST TIMES, YOU JUST HIRE THE LOCAL, A LOCAL PERSON. I WOULD SAY WE HAVE SOMEONE IN PLACE AND I AM MORE THAN HAPPY AND WILLING TO NEGOTIATE WITH BRIAN, MR. CALETKA, AND BRING THE INFORMATION BACK TO THIS BOARD. AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE, HANDS RAISED, MEMBER SIMMONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I, SINCE WE'RE SHARING, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING EXPERIENCES. I FEEL LIKE I MUST AS WELL. A FEW YEARS AGO, CORAL SPRINGS WENT OUT AND DID A NATIONAL SEARCH. AND I'M NOT SAYING THIS TO DERAIL ANY OF THIS. I'M ACTUALLY FINE WITH BRIAN MOVING FORWARD. BUT I JUST WANT TO ADD THIS FOR EVERYONE'S EDIFICATION, IS THAT WHEN WE DID THAT SEARCH, SOME OF THE CANDIDATES FOR CITY MANAGER BROUGHT OUT SOME VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES THAT WE WERE FACING AS AN ORGANIZATION. AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO COURSE CORRECT OR CHANGE SOME THINGS OR MOVE SOME THINGS AROUND AND CHANGE SOME POLICIES BECAUSE THOSE WERE BROUGHT TO THE FOREFRONT. SO I GUESS WHAT I'LL ASK, JUST ASK OF MR. CALETKA, BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE GOING TO BE JUST FINE, IS TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO CHANGE OR DO BETTER OR IMPROVE ON AND SEE HOW WE CAN GROW FROM YOU ASSUMING THE MANTLE AND BE A BETTER MPO MOVING FORWARD. CHANGE IS ALWAYS GOOD. IT'S VERY NECESSARY SOMETIMES. BUT WE'D LOVE TO SEE WHERE THERE'S JUST WAYS WE CAN MAKE IMPROVEMENTS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. IF WE CAN HAVE A ROLL CALL. ROLL CALL VOTE, I GUESS. YOU VOTED. REBECCA SCHULTZ-BROWARD, MPO. I DO HAVE IT. I HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTE, PLEASE, FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU FOR VOTING. FOR THOSE THAT ARE ONLINE, IF YOU DISAGREE WITH THE MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS, MR. CALETKA. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE, AND I'LL DO MY BEST. NO, NO, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP. WE'RE CONGRATULATING HIM ON THIS STEP. AND MR. GABRIEL AND I WILL COORDINATE WITH YOU, MADAM CHAIR, AND WITH MR. CALETKA IN THE NEGOTIATIONS OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOUR MIC IS NOT ON. [ CONSENT ITEMS (All Items Open for Public Comment) ] OKAY. WE'LL GET YOU A RESPONSE. OKAY. ON [00:40:01] TO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS. NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. CHAIR, I BELIEVE WE HAD NUMBER TWO PULLED. NUMBER TWO CONSENT ITEM PULLED. I'M SORRY? I BELIEVE. MEMBER GOOD. YES, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. YES. I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM NUMBER TWO FROM THE CONSENT. WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. ITEMS NUMBERS ONE AND THREE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE 20-27 MPO BOARD MEETING DATES. AND ITEM THREE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATES TO THE BROWARD MPOS TITLE VI PROGRAM AND THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN. PLEASE CALL THE VOTE. MOVE TO APPROVE IT. MOTION PASSES. ITEM NUMBER—ITEM [2. MOTION TO APPROVE the Broward MPO Federal and State Legislative Priorities for Fiscal Year 2027] NUMBER TWO, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS MOTION TO APPROVE THE BROWARD MPO FEDERAL AND STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2027. YEAH, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I I PULLED THIS ITEM BECAUSE I I AGREE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES WE HAVE. I WOULD LIKE FOR US TO CONSIDER AN ADDITION TO THESE EFFORTS, AND PROBABLY MORE AT THE STATE AS OPPOSED TO THE NATIONAL LEVEL. AND MY ISSUE IS IN REGARDS TO THE MICROMOBILITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICES. AS WE KNOW, THESE DEVICES ARE E-BIKES AND SCOOTERS, AND, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BETTER THAN THE LAST MILE OPTION, YOU KNOW, FOR TRANSPORTATION NOWADAYS. AND WHAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IS THAT THESE DEVICES HAVE BECOME VERY VERY POWERFUL, RIGHT? THEY THEY'RE 45 MILE PER HOUR. SOME CAN GET THEM A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THAT, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, TWEAK, AND IT BECOMES A DIFFERENT KIND OF MACHINE. BUT IT ALSO IS A VERY IMPORTANT TOOL FOR MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE CHALLENGES, YOU KNOW, WITH THEIR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS AND REALLY CREATES A VERY VIABLE FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. HOWEVER, PEOPLE ARE TREATING THESE MICRO BODIES DEVICES IF THEY WERE JUST BICYCLES, AND THEY'RE NOT. AND WE KNOW THAT STATE LEGISLATION PASSED A BILL TO START TAKING THESE DEVICES UNDER CONSIDERATION, START LOOKING AT REGULATIONS, AND IT WAS VETOED IN THE FINAL PROCESS, MEANING THERE IS NO STATE GUIDANCE ON HOW TO HANDLE THESE TYPE OF MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. SO WHAT DOES THAT DO? IT LEAVES ALL OF US WITH AN OPTION TO MANAGE THOSE REGULATIONS CITY BY CITY. SO WHAT'S THE COMPLICATION WITH THAT? WELL, CITY A VERSUS CITY B HAPPENS TO BE SISTER CITIES OR BROTHER CITIES, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO PUT IT, AND THE RULES ARE DIFFERENT. AND THE MOMENT YOU CROSS THAT CITY BOUNDARY, YOU MIGHT BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH ONE CITY, BUT THEN YOU'D BE IN NONCOMPLIANCE WITH ANOTHER CITY. AND THEN THAT TAKES AWAY THE WHOLE POINT BEHIND HAVING THESE MICROMOBILITY DEVICES AS A PRIMARY FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK, THAT WE START LOOKING, LOOKING AT UNIFORMITY, YOU KNOW. AND SO IT REALLY WOULD BE GREAT IF DURING OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES THAT WE INCORPORATE SOME FORM OF EFFORT TO GET THE STATE TO COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF BASELINE UNIFORMITY AND SOME SORT OF REGULATION SO THAT WE CAN START FOLLOWING THEM. YOU KNOW, IN THE ABSENCE OF ANY STATE, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WOULD ASK IS THAT WE AT LEAST LOOK AT THIS COUNTYWIDE, LOOKING AT THROUGH A COUNTY TYPE OF PROCESS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE, AGAIN, IT IS A VERY CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR US IN REGARDS TO UNIFORMITY. ARE YOU IN COMPLIANCE WITH, YOU KNOW, WITHIN YOUR TRAVEL ROUTE THAT CROSSES A CITY BOUNDARY? SO TO MY COLLEAGUES, I ASK THAT WE AMEND THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES TO ALSO INCLUDE SOME FORM OF UNIFORMITY GUIDANCE REGULATIONS FROM THE STATE IN REGARDS TO THESE MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, BUT BEFORE I GO TO THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS? I WOULD LIKE A PRESENTATION. YES, MADAM CHAIR. GO AHEAD. [00:45:07] LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. SO, SORRY, THE PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING, THE SUMMARY OF WHICH IS THAT NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED. WE'VE UPDATED FOR SOME OF THE CURRENT TERMINOLOGY. YOU SAID THE PRESENTATION WAS GIVEN AT? AT THE JUNE. AT THE JUNE BOARD MEETING. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. WE HAVE MEMBER SIMMONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO, AS THE CHAIR OF THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF CITIES TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES COMMITTEE, I JUST WANTED TO, ONE, JUST DITTO WHAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FEDERAL LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, BUT I ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE IF YOU ALL, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE, BUT THE OMB'S TARGETED CHANGES TO HOW THEY'RE GOING TO WORK WITH THEIR GRANTS IS SLATED TO BE IMPLEMENTED OCTOBER 1ST, BUT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CHANGES TO THAT. THANK YOU. AND I THINK THAT THERE ARE PLENTY OF CHALLENGES, LEGAL CHALLENGES TO IT BECAUSE ONE OF THE BIGGEST THING IS THE EARLY TERMINATION OF GRANTS, ESPECIALLY WHILE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY WHILE WE'RE DEPLOYING THEM. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE DO AROUND TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE COMES FROM OR COMES THROUGH GRANTS, ESPECIALLY FEDERAL GRANTS. SO, JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS BEING VERY MINDFUL OF THAT AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT THEIR CITIES AND THEIR TEAMS ARE PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT. SECOND THING, COMMISSIONER GOODE, THANK YOU FOR BRINGING UP THE QUESTION. I APPRECIATE THAT. UP THE THE E-BIKE AND EMOTOS AND AND ADDING, YOU KNOW, THAT TO BE A PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. AS YOU ALL MAY KNOW, THAT THERE WAS A BILL IN FRONT OF THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, AND HE VETOED IT, SAYING THAT IT WILL LEAD TO, I GUESS, MORE SURVEILLANCE. BUT REALLY IT WASN'T ABOUT LEADING TO MORE SURVEILLANCE. I ACTUALLY WORKED WITH A MOTHER OUT OF USF WHOSE SON WAS KILLED BY AN E-BIKE ON TRYING TO WORK WITH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE TO PUT TOGETHER SOME TYPE OF LEGISLATION TO START ADDRESSING THESE IN A WAY THAT COULD BE PREVENTATIVE. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU ALL, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE ALMOST DAILY YOU'RE GETTING ALERTS OR SOME TYPE OF INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN OR, YOU KNOW, ADULTS SOMEHOW BEING INJURED USING THESE BIKES. AND SO WHAT THAT BILL WAS GOING TO DO WAS GIVE LAW ENFORCEMENT A LITTLE BIT MORE TEETH, NOT NECESSARILY JUST AN ENFORCEMENT, BUT BEING ABLE TO DOCUMENT WHAT WAS HAPPENING SO THAT THE STATE COULD REVIEW IT AND THEN MAKE FURTHER CHANGES IF NEED BE. SO I AGREE THAT WE SHOULD PUT OUR STRENGTH AS AN MPO BEHIND MAKING SURE WE WE KEEP WORKING TO GET SOME LEGISLATION, BECAUSE AGAIN IT MADE IT THROUGH BOTH THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE. WE JUST DIDN'T GET PAST THE GOVERNOR'S DESK. SO I HOPE THAT THE NEXT GOVERNOR WILL BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER TRANTALIS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO I CONCUR THAT WE NEED TO GET BACK TO OUR FIRST QUESTION, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE A PUBLIC POLICY, BUT I HESITATE TO DEFER TO THE STATE BECAUSE IF WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE PAST ISSUES THAT THE STATE HAS TAKEN CONTROL OF, LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IE LIVE LOCAL, VACATION RENTALS, HOMELESSNESS, IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE ABYSMAL RESPONSE FROM THE STATE IN WHICH WE HAVE SUFFERED TIME AND AGAIN FROM THEIR INABILITY TO APPRECIATE WHAT WE DEAL WITH AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. SO I MIGHT RECOMMEND THAT WE. WE HAVE THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES. WE HAVE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN WHICH WE CAN COLLABORATE AND COME UP WITH A UNIFORM PATTERN, BUT I WOULD HATE FOR THE STATE TO SAY, OH, WELL, CITIES CANNOT REGULATE THE USE OF ELECTRIC BIKES, AND WE FIND THEM BEING USED IN OUR PARKS, AND RIGHT NOW THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE IS TRYING TO RESTRICT THEM FROM OUR PARKS BECAUSE KIDS GO IN THERE AND DO WHEELIES AND CREATE HAVOC, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT. BUT THE STATE WOULD TIE OUR HANDS AND SAY, WELL, TOO BAD. THIS IS WHAT WE LEGISLATED, AND THIS IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH. SO LIKE I SAID, THE ABYSMAL RESULTS THAT WE HAVE SEEN OUT OF TALLAHASSEE AND JUST THOSE OTHER THREE AREAS AND HOW IT HAS NEGATIVELY IMPACTED US IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, I WOULD STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT WE KEEP THE HOME RULE ON THIS ISSUE AND TRY TO WORK AMONGST OURSELVES. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A VIRTUAL HAND. I DON'T KNOW WHO IT IS. I HAVE TWO, THE FIRST ONE BEING BOARD MEMBER MALLOZZI, AND THEN THE SECOND WOULD BE COOPER. BOARD MEMBER MALLOZZI? HELLO. THANK YOU. I AM GOING TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE FROM PEMBROKE PINES. UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS POINT, TWO YEARS AGO, WE SUFFERED A MORTALITY FROM A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT THAT [00:50:05] INADVERTENTLY CROSSED THE STREET IN FRONT OF A VEHICLE AND LOST. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS UNKNOWN OR UNHEARD OF. WE SEE THIS ALL THE TIME, AND WITH THE PRICES OF ALL OF THESE MOBILITY THINGS COMING DOWN, IT'S EVERYONE CAN HAVE THEM, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE THAT CAN'T AFFORD CARS, AND THIS IS GIVING THEM FREEDOM, AND THIS IS GIVING THEM MOBILITY, BUT US NOT HAVING ANY STRUCTURE, AND JUST LIKE MEMBER GOODE SAID, YOU HAVE, YOU COULD BE GREAT AT IT, BUT YOU CAN'T AFFORD IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK WE SHOULD PUT OUT EVERYTHING WE CAN TO TRY AND GET AS MANY DIFFERENT VENUES TO CONSIDER THIS, BUT I DO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES WHEN I SAY THAT I THINK WE MIGHT BE BETTER OFF ON THE COUNTY LEVEL BECAUSE TALLAHASSEE HAS NOT BEEN A FRIEND OF US RECENTLY, SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO HELP, I AM THERE, AND I WOULD LOVE TO HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER COOPER? YES. THANK YOU, MEMBER GOODE, AS WELL, AND I AGREE WITH ALL THE COMMENTS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, I BELIEVE NOVEMBER IS A SCHEDULED WORKSHOP ON MOBILITY. I NEED TO ALSO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT WE HAVE IMPLEMENTED OURS, AND WE'VE DONE ROBUSTLY. WE'VE DONE ROBUST EDUCATION WITH OUR SCHOOLS, IF ANYBODY WANTS TO MODEL THAT, BUT IT'S BEING WELCOMED BY OUR RESIDENTS, AND IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE. ALL THE STATE ROADS, THESE MOBILITIES, THE BIKES, IF THEY'RE OVER A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SPEED, THEY ARE ENFORCEABLE ALREADY. WE HAVE ACTUALLY TICKETED YOUNG PEOPLE, AS WELL AS TAKEN THEIR BIKES AND IMPOUNDED THEM. SO IT'S HAPPENING. IT'S HAPPENING ALREADY AND CAN'T HAPPEN. I AGREE WITH THE COUNTY APPROACH. AS MAYOR TRANTALIS, BOARD MEMBER TRANTALIS SAID, WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT ON A COUNTY BASIS AND GET THIS TEED UP BECAUSE IT WILL TAKE FOREVER IF WE WAIT FOR THE STATE. ON ANOTHER NOTE, WHILE I'M IN THE QUEUE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE HAVE IN LINE FOR A DRONE OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES AS PART OF OUR LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE. I MENTIONED EARLIER I BELIEVE AT ANOTHER MEETING THAT WALMART AND WING IS ALREADY LOOKING AT PILOTS TO DO DRONE DELIVERIES. OBVIOUSLY, I JUST HAD THAT AS MY QUESTION AS WELL. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, FOR THE RECOGNITION AND TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO HAVE FOUR OTHER SPEAKERS AS WELL, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT A LOT OF WHAT'S BEING SAID IN THIS SESSION HAS BEEN JUST TOO MUCH, AND I'M VERY THANKFUL TO YOU FOR THAT. I THINK YOU HAVE A GREAT POINT, AS WELL. YOU KNOW, ON ON BOTH SIDES, THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. IT IS SOMETHING THAT DOES AFFECT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITIES, AND IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S REGIONAL, SIMILAR TO SPEED LIMIT, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE YOU HAVE LOCAL JURISDICTION, BUT YOU DO HAVE ON, YOU KNOW, STATE ROADS OR HIGHWAYS. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO TO TO ADVOCATE FOR SOMETHING TO BE DONE AT ALL LEVELS: THE BROWARD LEAGUE OF CITIES, BROWARD COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE STATE, YOU KNOW, WHICHEVER ONE COMES FIRST. IF BROWARD COUNTY CAN CAN GIVE US SOME GUIDANCE, THEN WE NEED TO GET THAT GUIDANCE IN AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. SO I DO AGREE WITH ALL THAT'S BEING SAID, AND, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE AT LEAST FOUR MORE SPEAKERS RIGHT NOW, SO I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO THEM IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AND AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE THEIR COMMENTS QUICKLY. MEMBER SIMMONS? NO, NO. MEMBER—MEMBER WELCH. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT, AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ABOUT THE TRICKLING EFFECT FROM ONE MINUTES POLITY TO ANOTHER. UP IN OUR NECK OF THE WOODS, COMMISSIONER SIMMONS KICKED IT OFF IN CORAL SPRINGS, AND THEN IN KES HUMBLED AGAINST IT. IT WAS JUST A GREAT PIECE OF ADVICE THAT OF YESTERDAY, AND I THINK THIS IS THAT'S NOT MY HOPE OF BEING A REPRESENTATIVE, WOULDN'T IT? IT ISN'T NEVER, AND ANYONE EVER NEEDS TO HONESTLY SPEAK [00:55:01] FOR THEMSELVES, NOT ONLY IN THE LAND, BUT I THINK THAT I THINK EVERY CHILD DESERVES SOME RESPECT. IT'S A MATTER OF OUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR IHM HOMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HAD MENTIONED, TOO, BUT I BELIEVE WE HAVE DONE THAT AS WELL. BUT ONE THING I THINK WE NEED TO CAUTION IS, AS MEMBER TARANTELLIS BROUGHT UP EARLIER, THE FEDERAL LEVEL NOW IS LOOKING AT THE ELIMINATION OF BIKE LANES OR FUNDING FOR BIKE LANES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS ABOVE US, RATHER THAN JUST REGIONAL, THAT DON'T REALLY PAINT A VERY BRIGHT PICTURE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THIS. AND I'M VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO THE WORKSHOP IN NOVEMBER SO WE CAN COME FORWARD. SO I DON'T DISAGREE THAT WE SHOULD TAKE IT OFF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, BUT I THINK WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO FOCUS ON IT AS A REGION BECAUSE WE HAVE A VERY LARGE POPULATION THAT THIS IS THEIR MAJOR FORM OF TRANSPORTATION. AND THAT'S MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER DANIEL. GOOD MORNING. I DON'T USUALLY SPEAK. I LISTEN. CONGRATULATIONS, BRIAN, IN YOUR CORNER. I KNOW YOU'LL DO A FABULOUS JOB. AS A MOTHER OF BOYS, TEENAGER AT THAT, MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS A SCHOOL, A RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, PUBLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, AS A SCHOOL OWNER, PRIVATE SCHOOL OWNER, I'M TELLING YOU, I THINK WE'RE BEING FAR REMOVED. THE KIDS ARE GOING TO USE THE BIKES. NOW, HOW DO YOU HELP THEM, PROTECT THEM? IF YOU'RE TAKING THEM OUT OF THE PARK, WHERE DO YOU WANT THEM TO BE? DO YOU WANT THEM TO DO PRACTICE, DO THEIR STUNTS? YOU WANT THEM TO DO IT ON THE STREET? LIKE, I THINK WE SHOULD STOP THINKING PUNITIVELY AND FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE HELP THEM DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO. REMEMBER BEING YOUNG. REMEMBER WHO YOU WERE. LIKE, MAKING ALL THESE RULES IS NOT HELPING. HOW DO YOU HELP THEM TO BECOME MORE SAFE? HOW DO YOU HELP THEM TO ENJOY THEMSELVES, ENJOY THESE MOTOR VEHICLES? YOU HAVE ACCIDENTS ON PLANES. YOU HAVE ACCIDENTS WITH CARS. YOU HAVE ACCIDENTS WHILE BIKING. I WAS TEACHING MY YOUNGEST HOW TO RIDE A SKATEBOARD, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, AND I MESSED UP MY KNEES. I DON'T KNOW WHO TOLD ME I COULD DO THAT. LIKE, THAT'S OUT OF MY MIND. RIGHT? SO, I HAD A MAJOR ACCIDENT ON A SKATEBOARD. I DON'T KNOW WHERE, I HAVE NO IDEA. SO, ACCIDENT IS SOMETHING THAT IS A POSSIBILITY. SO, HOW DO WE KEEP THEM SAFE, BUT LET THEM KNOW WE WANT THEM TO ENJOY THEMSELVES. WE'RE NOT JUST GOING TO BE PUNITIVE AND PUNISH THEM FOR JUST BEING CHEAP. WE'RE GOING TO BE PUNISHING CHILDREN. SO, MAYBE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW DO WE BUILD PARKS THAT ACCOMMODATE THIS. HOW DO WE MAKE OUR PARKS ACCOMMODATE NOW? I THINK THAT SAYS IT ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A VIRTUAL HAND. I'M NOT SURE WHO THAT IS. OKAY. WE'RE TAKING THAT OFF. MEMBER LONERGAN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I APPRECIATE IT. GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO SAY I DO THINK THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. IT AFFECTS ADULTS AND CHILDREN. IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE KIDS. FOR ADULTS, IT'S MORE ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. FOR KIDS, MAYBE IT'S HEALTH, GETTING TO SCHOOL, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MIGHT BE. SEPTEMBER 3RD, NBC6 NEWS, JULIA BRAGG. TEEN RUSHED TO HOSPITAL AFTER BEING STRUCK BY CAR WHILE RIDING SCOOTER IN OAKLAND PARK. THIS IS CRITICAL. THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO JUMP ON, AND WE SHOULDN'T WASTE ANY TIME ON IT. IT DOES NEED TO BE. IT'S AN INTERNAL PRIORITY, WHETHER IT'S A LEGISLATIVE PRIORITY WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OR STATE. I DO AGREE THAT WE NEED TO JUMP ON THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER GOODE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE SOME RESPONSES, YOU KNOW, FIRST TO MY COLLEAGUE. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT BEING PUNITIVE. IT'S JUST ABOUT CREATING SOME GUIDE RAILS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO OPERATE TOGETHER, YOU KNOW. OKAY. OKAY. SO THAT'S MY – SO THE INTENT IS NOT PUNITIVE. HOWEVER, AND TO MY COLLEAGUE, MAYOR TRANTALIS, SO, YOU KNOW, I RESONATE VERY CLEARLY WITH THE STATE ISSUE. I REALLY DO. AND I'M NOT NECESSARILY SAYING LET'S ADVOCATE EVERYTHING TO THEM. I DO WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THOUGH, THAT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT, THOUGH, THAT WE AT LEAST INFLUENCE THE NARRATIVE. I THINK WE NEED TO BE IN THE NARRATIVE ON THIS AT THE STATE LEVEL BECAUSE A SILENT VOICE IS JUST AS DANGEROUS. SO I THINK PUSHING A POSITIVE PERSPECTIVE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, DOWNRIGHT HARDCORE RULES OR WHATEVER, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE IN THE NARRATIVE WITH A POSITIVE STATEMENT, ASKING THE STATE TO PUT SOME GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT WE CAN UNIFORMLY, YOU [01:00:01] KNOW, RELATE TO. OKAY. SO I THINK THERE IS A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. BUT I THINK FOR THOSE CITIES THAT ARE LIKE DEERFIELD BEACH, WHO ARE COUNTY LINE TO PALM BEACH COUNTY, AND FOR MIRAMAR, WHO IS A COUNTY LINE TO DADE COUNTY, YOU KNOW, THAT BECOMES STILL AN ISSUE ABOUT CROSSING BORDERS AND HAVING, YOU KNOW, UNIFORMITY IN HOW WE USE THESE DEVICES. SO, MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO THEN FORMALLY MAKE A MOTION THEN TO INCLUDE THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR US TO ASK THE STATE TO ASSIST US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU. BASED ON UNIFORMITY AND MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. THAT'S A MOTION. WE DO HAVE A MOTION. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? AND I DO HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT HAS JUST LOGGED ON. LET'S SEE. YOU HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND ON THE MOTION TO AMEND THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES, SO THAT'S CURRENTLY PENDING. OKAY, SPECIFICALLY TO AMEND IT, CORRECT? OKAY, TO INCLUDE THE MICRO MOBILITY DEVICE. OKAY. MEMBER SIMMONS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST I'M ALL ABOUT THE RECORD, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR ON WHAT IT IS THAT HAS MOTIVATED ME TO BE VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THIS TOPIC. IT AGAIN, IN TERMS OF WHAT I'M DOING TODAY AND WHAT I'M DOING TODAY, I'M VERY MUCH TO ITERATE BOARD MEMBER GOOD'S COMMENTS, IT'S NOT TO BE PUNITIVE, BUT FOR ME IT'S TO STOP TEENAGERS FROM HAVING LIFELONG INJURIES. WE HAVE HAD KIDS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED. WE HAVE KIDS THAT HAVE TBIS. AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PARENTS THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE BUYING. WE'RE PUTTING VEHICLES IN CHILDREN'S HANDS, AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE ROAD. I AM ACTIVELY EDUCATING RESIDENTS AND TELLING THEM TO TAKE AN EXTRA SECOND BEFORE YOU PULL OFF FROM A STOP SIGN OR PULL OFF FROM THE LIGHT BECAUSE KIDS ARE TRYING TO BLOW THROUGH THE INTERSECTION BECAUSE THEY DON'T TRULY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS TO SHARE THE ROAD OR RULES OF THE ROAD. AND SO IT IS MORE, FOR ME, MORE OF AN EDUCATION PURPOSE. IT'S NOT TO BE PUNITIVE. I'M A GADGET GUY. I BUY ALL THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGY. THEY NEVER SAY BUY THE FIRST THING OR SOMETHING. I'M THAT GUY THAT BUYS THE FIRST THING OR SOMETHING. SO, AND I ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE WORLD IS MOVING TOWARDS THIS. AND IF FOR FOLKS THAT CAN'T AFFORD A CAR, CAN'T AFFORD GAS, BECAUSE HOW HIGH IS GAS RIGHT NOW, EVERYONE? I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I WANT TO ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO USE E-BIKES AND E-SCOOTERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT FOR ME, IT'S TRYING TO MAKE SURE OUR CHILDREN ARE PROTECTED AND OUR PARENTS ARE EDUCATED. SO NOT TO BE PUNITIVE, BUT TO TRY TO SAVE LIVES AND STOP KIDS FROM HAVING LIFELONG ISSUES BECAUSE OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU, MEMBER DANIEL. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU WOKE ME UP. SO IF IT'S NOT PUNITIVE, WHAT'S THE ALTERNATIVE? BECAUSE NO ONE IS SPEAKING OF AN ALTERNATIVE. AS A PARENT, WE DO KNOW. WE DO READ. SO I DO READ. I DO KNOW WHAT I'M PURCHASING FOR MY KIDS. BUT I DO ALSO KNOW THE WORLD THEY ARE PREPARING FOR. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MINE. SO I HAVE TO PREPARE THEM FOR THAT WORLD. SO WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT. I WOULD SAY THAT I WOULD... I WALK IN THE MORNINGS DURING THE TIME WHEN KIDS ARE GOING TO SCHOOL. THERE IS ONE YOUNG MAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S ON ONE OF THESE SCOOTERS. AND HE'S USUALLY, WHEN I RUN INTO HIM, WE'RE GOING OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS. NO, BUT AT THE SAME AGE AS MY GRANDSON. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT. AND I'M ALWAYS THINKING THAT HE'S GOING TO RUN ME OVER ONE DAY. OKAY. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING REALLY, REALLY FAST. SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE KIND OF WAVED TO HIM TO KINDLY SLOW DOWN A COUPLE OF TIMES. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE TO SHARE THE PATH. IT'S FOR DIFFERENT VEHICLES. AND IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO START THE CONVERSATION TO MAKE IT SAFER. NOT JUST FOR KIDS OR FOR ENTERTAINMENT OR FOR FIRST AND LAST MILE. BUT FOR US ALL AS TO WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO USE THIS. WITH OR WITHOUT A BICYCLE LANE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO BE ON THE SIDEWALK, ON A BICYCLE LANE, IN THE STREETS. WHAT'S BEST? WHAT'S BEST PRACTICE? SO, WITH THAT, CAN WE GET A VOTE ON THE MOTION? AND THIS IS ON THE MOTION TO AMEND. MOTION TO AMEND. I'M SORRY. STAFF HAS A COMMENT. STAFF, YOU WANTED TO RESPOND TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS? JUST A RESPONSE AND ALSO SOME CLARIFICATION ON WHAT TO ADD INTO THE... THE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES SO THAT WE ARE CAPTURING THE INTENT AND PURPOSE OF THE BOARD'S AMENDMENT. [01:05:02] OKAY. SO, FIRST, REPRESENTATIVE GOODE, I THINK HE PUT A LISTENING DEVICE IN OUR MEETING ROOMS BECAUSE WE JUST HAD THIS CONVERSATION THIS WEEK. DID YOU? NO. THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SOMEONE SAY WHO PUT A LISTENING DEVICE IN OUR BOARDROOM. JUST A BRIEF HISTORY. ON THESE MICROMOBILITY DEVICES, AND I DO THINK THE TERM IS A MISNOMER, THESE DID START OFF AS FIRST-LAST-MILE CONNECTIONS. AND THEY WERE VERY HIGHLY REGULATED, PROVIDED BY PRIVATE COMPANIES IN A VERY DEFINED GEOGRAPHY. I'M SURE MAYOR TRANTALIS HAS A LOT OF INTERESTING STORIES ON WHEN FORT LAUDERDALE WAS THE FIRST CITY IN THE COUNTY TO INTRODUCE THESE AND WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED. SINCE THEN, THESE VEHICLES... HAVE BECOME UBIQUITOUS. YOU CAN WALK INTO COSTCO RIGHT NOW AND HAVE A SELECTION OF SIX OF THEM. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IS THAT THE TERM MICROMOBILITY, WHERE THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPPOSED TO BE SHORT TRIPS, ARE NOW TAKING THE PLACE OF TRIPS. ANECDOTALLY, I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I PICKED UP MY SON FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL, AS I'M DRIVING HOME, THERE'S A MOTHER WITH HER SON ON A SCOOTER. AND THEY ARE TAKING THE SAME ROUTE I AM. FROM THE SAME SCHOOL. SO MY CAR TRIP IS EQUAL TO THEIR MICROMOBILITY TRIP. AND AS A PLANNER, I COMPLETELY AGREE THAT WE DO NEED MORE CLARITY ON WHAT THESE VEHICLES DO AND WHERE THEY CAN OPERATE AND WHERE THEY CAN'T. AND WHAT ARE THE RULES OF THE ROAD FOR THESE. THAT BEING SAID, I'M PERSONALLY VERY HAPPY TO INCLUDE THIS IN OUR STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. I DO FEEL IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR CLARITY ON EXACTLY WHAT... WHAT LANGUAGE TO PUT IN THERE SO THAT WE CAPTURE EXACTLY THE INTENT OF THE BOARD. MS. ATTORNEY, CAN YOU HELP US WITH THE LANGUAGE BASED ON THE DISCUSSIONS? I THINK MEMBER GOOD STAYED VERY WELL WHERE HE WAS LOOKING FOR THE STATE TO PROVIDE UNIFORMITY WITH RESPECT TO... AND THAT'S USE SOME GOOD LANGUAGE, WHICH WE CAN GET IT OFF THE RECORDING DEVICE. BUT IT BASICALLY WAS SOME UNIFORMITY ON A STATEWIDE BASIS. WITH RESPECT TO MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. AND I GOT THAT TO MEAN THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN REGULATIONS. THAT MEANS SOME UNIFORM GUIDELINES OR BEST PRACTICES OR SOMETHING FROM THE STATE. I THINK THAT WOULD WORK. WOULD THAT WORK, MEMBER GOOD? YES. I MEAN, EVERYTHING THAT WAS SAID. YEAH. AND I THINK WHAT HE SAID WHEN HE INTRODUCED THE AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION CAPTURED THAT WITH RESPECT TO UNIFORM GUIDELINES. BEST PRACTICES. YOU KNOW, OPERATION GUIDELINES. WHATEVER MIGHT BE RELATED TO MICROMOBILITY DEVICES. THANK YOU. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. YES. SO, ENCOURAGE STATE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON UNIFORMITY OF MICROMOBILITY GUIDELINES. BEST PRACTICE. AND THERE'S GOOD, TOO. WE'LL TAKE IT OFF OF THE RECORDING AS WELL. THANK YOU, MR. CALVARESI. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MAY WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTE ON THIS ITEM? ONE MORE. ONE MORE VOTE. ONE MORE VOTE. THAT WAS FOR THE, AS AMENDED? OR NO, TO AMEND. SO, NOW YOU HAVE THE ORIGINAL MOTION AS AMENDED. WITH RESPECT TO THE INCLUSION OF THE MICROMOBILITY DEVICE MATTER AS PART OF THE STATE LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES. OKAY. THE AMENDMENT PASSED. SO, NOW WE'RE GOING TO VOTE ON. THE AMENDED MOTION. ON THE AMENDED, ON THE ITEM ITSELF AS AMENDED. CORRECT. OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND ELECTRONIC VOTING. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION PASSES. ON TO ACTION ITEMS. [1. MOTION TO APPROVE an Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2027-2031 Transportation Improvement Program: Florida Department of Transportation - Roll Forward Report With Staff Recommendations] SO, ACTION ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2027-2031 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ROLL FORWARD REPORT WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A PRESENTATION [01:10:02] ON THAT? WE DO. WELCOME. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS. GOOD MORNING. I'M WITH BROWARD MPO. IT'S TIME OF THE YEAR TO PROCESS ROLL FORWARD REPORT. IT'S AN ANNUAL ROUTINE PROCESS FOR THE BROWARD MPO. THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT IS THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE NEWLY ADOPTED TIP IN JULY. YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN THE MPO'S CORE PRODUCTS FOR MANY TIMES. TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE CORE PRODUCTS. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS BROWARD MPO'S ROLL FORWARD REPORT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. EACH YEAR IN MARCH OR APRIL, THE BROWARD MPO RECEIVES TIP DATABASE. FROM FDOT, THE DATABASE IS GENERATED FROM FDOT'S DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM. FROM HERE, IT SPLITS INTO TWO PATHS. PATH IN BLUE INDICATES BROWARD MPO PREPARES DRAFT TIP, AND THE BOARD APPROVES THE TIP IN JULY. THE PATH IN RED INDICATES THE STATE APPROVES THE DRAFT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM ON JULY 1ST. AFTER JULY 1ST, FDOT GENERATES ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR EACH MPO. PROJECTS IN ROLL FORWARD REPORT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE OBLIGATED PRIOR TO JUNE 30 BUT DID NOT BECAUSE OF VARIOUS REASONS. THOSE PROJECTS AUTOMATICALLY ROLL FORWARD IN THE WORK PROGRAM, BUT NOT IN THE TIP. IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FUNDS FOR THOSE PROJECTS, THOSE PROJECTS HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TIP, SO THE BOARD MPO HAS TO PROCESS THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT. IN SEPTEMBER, AFTER THE BOARD APPROVES THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT, PROJECTS IN THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT MERGE INTO THE NEWLY ADOPTED TIP, AND THE TIP TAKES EFFECT ON OCTOBER 1ST. BY THE LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT FOR THIS YEAR. THE REPORT INCLUDES 264 PROJECTS. TOTAL FUNDING ROLLED FORWARD IS ABOUT $440M INCLUDING $75M IN INDIRECT COST. DIRECT COST IS USED TO SUPPORT FDOT'S SUPPORT IN-HOUSE FDOT RESEARCH. TOTAL FUNDING ROLLED FORWARD IS ABOUT $749 MILLIARDEN INCLUDING $846,662 THAT IS DOCH SERVICES. THIS SLIDE SHOWS ROLLOVER FUNDS DISTRIBUTED AMONG TRANSPORTATION MODES. THE ROLL FORWARD REPORT ALSO INCLUDES 20 PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT $494,000 IN MPO ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS ROLLING FORWARD. THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS THOSE PROJECTS. BROWARD MPO STAFF COORDINATED WITH PLANNING PARTNERS IDENTIFIED PROJECT CHANGES, ADDITIONS, AND REMOVALS. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS TWO RECOMMENDED PROJECT CHANGES. ONE IS FORWARD COMMUTER RAIL SOURCE IS TO ADD EXTRA DESCRIPTION TO THE PROJECT. THE OTHER ONE IS SFRTA SECTION 5339 FORMULA FUNDS. THE CHANGE IS TO ROLL FORWARD FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024, 2025, AND 2026 INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. AND ALSO ADJUST THE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028, 2029, 2030, AND 2030. THE CHANGE IS TO ROLL FORWARD FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2024, 2025, AND 2026 INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. THE CHANGE IS TO ROLL FORWARD FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2028, 2030, AND 2031. AND ALSO REMOVE ONE DUPLICATION ENTRY ON PAGE 122. AND ALSO CHANGE TYPE OF WORK. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT TOOL. THIS SLIDE PRESENTS TWO RECOMMENDED ADDITIONS. THOSE TWO PRODUCTS. BOTH SFRTA. SFRTA PRODUCTS. AND THE BOTH PRODUCTS ROLL FORWARD THE FTA FUNDS FROM FISCAL YEAR 2025 AND 2026 [01:15:02] INTO FISCAL YEAR 2027. THIS SLIDE PRESENTED ONE RECOMMENDED REMOVAL. THIS PRODUCT IS ALSO SFRTA PRODUCT. THE REASON FOR REMOVAL. BECAUSE THE PRODUCT HAS BEEN OBLIGATED. AND THIS PRODUCT DON'T NEED INCLUDED IN THE TIP. WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MPO STAFF AND FDOT STAFF IS HERE READY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS FROM OUR MEMBERS. CAN WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTE? I DO BELIEVE, NOPE, WE NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MAY WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTE? [2. MOTION TO APPROVE the Broward MPO’s Public Participation Plan] BOARD MEMBER DUNN? THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TIP. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE THE TIP. WE HAVE A PRESENTATION BY MR. CALARISI. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. SO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK FOR THE MPO TO PROVIDE OUTREACH TO OUR CORE PRODUCTS AND OUR PLANNING SERVICES. THIS IS THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN IS THE BOARD'S COMMITMENT TO THE TRANSPARENCY IN THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS AND THAT WE WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION IN A TECHNICALLY SOUND MANNER. SO WHAT IS THE PPP? IT IS A CORE PRODUCT, JUST LIKE OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND TIP. IT REQUIRED A 45-DAY COMMENT PERIOD, OF WHICH WE DID RECEIVE COMMENTS, SOME FROM THE PUBLIC, SOME FROM OUR PEER AGENCIES. ALL OF THE COMMENTS WERE EITHER INCORPORATED INTO THE DOCUMENT OR WE WROTE BACK TO THE COMMENTER TO EXPLAIN THE COMMENT. WHY WE DID OR DID NOT INCLUDE IT. SOME OF THEM WERE CLARIFYING COMMENTS. OKAY, SO WHAT IS THE PPP? OR SORRY, WHAT DOES IT DO? IT EXPLAINS WHEN PARTICIPATION HAPPENS, OKAY? IT TELLS THE PUBLIC HOW WE'RE GOING TO USE THEIR FEEDBACK, NOT JUST THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND TALK AT THEM, NOT THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO OUT AND ASK THEM FOR INFORMATION THAT THEN GOES IN A DRAWER SOMEPLACE, BUT THAT WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THEIR INFORMATION AND SYNTHESIZE IT INTO OUR PLANNING PROJECTS. AND IT'S ALSO OUR PROMISE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY WILL BE INVOLVED IN HOW THEIR FUTURE IS SHAPED. SO WHAT'S CHANGED FROM THE PREVIOUS PPP? SO OUR PARTNERS AT WHITE HOUSE GROUP WHO HELPED US UPDATE THIS, WE HAD TO BRING IT INTO, I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, THE LAST TIME THAT WE UPDATED, THE PPP WAS POST-COVID, IT WAS 2021. AND IN THAT, THERE WERE CERTAIN ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HOW THE WORLD WAS GOING, HOW THE WORLD WAS TRENDING. AND WE'VE SEEN THAT SOME THINGS HAVE CHANGED, THEY EITHER DIDN'T GO AS EXTREME, BUT WE HAD TO BRING EVERYTHING BACK DOWN TO WHAT 2026 LOOKS LIKE. OKAY, SO WE UPDATED OUR SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY, THE SPECIFIC ONE BEING THAT TARGETED ADS OR GEO-TARGETING FOR INFORMATION IS NOW AN OPTION ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THAT'S PROVEN VERY EFFECTIVE. OKAY. LOOKED AT OUR ADVERTISING POLICY TO STREAMLINE THAT. WE USED TO INCLUDE MULTIPLE NEWSPAPERS, OF WHICH WE'VE SEEN THAT THE NEWSPAPER, THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF ADVERTISING THE NEWSPAPERS HAS GONE, HAS DECREASED. OKAY. UPDATED OUR GRAPHING TABLES, UPGRADED OUR ENGAGEMENT METHODS TO MODERNIZE THEM, AND UPDATED THE GOALS TO MORE ALIGN WITH THIS BOARD'S DIRECTIVES. AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO MEMBER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. I DO WONDER THOUGH, IN TERMS OF OUTREACH, ARE WE DOING A LOT MORE IN TERMS OF GOING OUT TO EVENTS? YES. SO THE PPP IS THE OVERALL FRAMEWORK AND IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO DOES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO DOES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO DOES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO DOES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. IT'S NOT PRESCRIPTIVE AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO DOES IN THE DAY-TO-DAY. IT'S VERY BROAD. IT'S VERY 30,000 FOOT. BUT WE DO HAVE OUR PIO CONSULTANT WITH US, OF WHICH OUR CONSULTANT AND THE PIO TEAM DEVELOPED A 12-MONTH PLAN, [01:20:01] WHICH INCLUDES MULTIPLE TRIPS OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, A STRONGER SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE, AND A LOT MORE GRASSROOTS EVENTS. SO YES, THAT IS IN THE PLAN AND WE ARE GOING OUT TO THE PUBLIC MORE. OKAY, SO YOU'LL BE REACHING OUT TO... MUNICIPALITIES, UM, OR DO WE REACH OUT TO YOU IN TERMS OF OF HAVING, UM, HAVING YOU COME OUT TO BOTH WORK? WE ARE ALWAYS HAPPY TO HAVE AN INVITATION. WE—OUR GOALS ARE TO HIT AS MANY CORNERS OF THE COUNTY AS POSSIBLE. WE DO KNOW THAT CERTAIN EVENTS ARE CONCENTRATED IN CERTAIN AREAS, SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY THAT MAY NOT MAKE IT TO THE TOP OF INSTAGRAM OR THE TOP OF FACEBOOK AND YOU WANT TO LET US KNOW ABOUT IT, PLEASE DO. UM, PREFERABLY ANYTHING WITH A FREE TABLE WOULD BE FANTASTIC. UPPER LETTERS, UPPERCASE LETTER FREE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I LOOK FORWARD—I LOOK FORWARD TO TO SEEING MORE OF IT. I DO LIKE TO SEE WHEN WE HAVE, UM, THINGS GO OUT, WHETHER IT'S ON SOCIAL MEDIA OR NEWSLETTERS AND SO FORTH, AND I DO TRY TO READ THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. I DO HAVE THREE OTHER COMMENTS. COMMISSIONER DUNN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, COULD YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT TO LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AS WELL AS, UM, INCOME DIVERSITY, AND WHAT THE PLAN IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE FOLKS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNICATIONS? YES. SO WE DO MAP OUT LANGUAGE—LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AS WE—AS THE FIRST STEP OF EXPLORING A PROJECT. AND BASED ON THE PRIMARY OR SECONDARY LANGUAGE, WE DO HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES, OR EVEN TERTIARY LANGUAGE, WE DO HAVE TRANSLATION SERVICES TO TRANSLATE DOCUMENTS INTO THOSE OTHER LANGUAGES. AS FAR AS INCOME DIVERSITY, WE USE THAT TO DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF OUTREACH TO DO. AND THERE'S—SO WE HAVE SO MANY MORE—WE HAVE MORE OPTIONS IN THE PUBLIC THAN JUST THE PUBLIC MEETING NOW. SO THERE'S VIRTUAL OPTIONS, WHICH WE DO KNOW THAT THERE'S A TECHNOLOGY GAP FOR THAT. BUT ALSO WITH THE INCOME DIVERSITY, THOSE GROUPS TEND TO WORK—NOT TYPICALLY WORK YOUR YOUR REGULAR NINE TO FIVE JOBS. SO WE CAN DO OUR—WE WOULD DO OUR OUTREACH IN WHAT ARE TYPICALLY OFF HOURS TO CAPTURE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. BUT THAT DOES START AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PROJECT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN, WHERE WE LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS OF THE STUDY AREA. OKAY. AND THEN YOU ADJUST THE TACTICS BASED ON THE DEMOGRAPHICS? ABSOLUTELY. WE HAVE A FULL, UM, TOOLKIT OF RESEARCH THAT WE PULL FROM. WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE TOOLKIT ONLINE. WE HAVE OUR OUTREACH GUIDEBOOK, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO ALL OF OUR CITIES. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DEPUTY CHAIR JAFFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PAUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I SAW, UH, IS THE, UH, LET'S GO BIKING, IS THAT PART OF THE PPP? AND IF IT IS OR IF IT ISN'T, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE GO BIKING WAS AN INCREDIBLE SUCCESS IN THE CITY OF WEST, AND I REALLY GOT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR THAT BECAUSE IT REALLY GOT THE PARTICIPATION OF THE COMMUNITY OUT THERE. AND, UH, IN THE FUTURE, MAYBE IF WE END UP DOING ANOTHER ONE, MAYBE TO, UH, INCORPORATE ALSO, BESIDES THE BICYCLISTS, BUT A MICRO MOBILITY SEGMENT WITH SCOOTERS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO WE CAN DO FULL EDUCATION ON BOTH THOSE AT THE SAME TIME WITH A—ON AN OUTDOOR AROUND. I KNOW WE HAVE ONE IN MIRAMAR TOO, WAS GREAT, AND JUST WANT TO PUT A PLUG IN FOR THAT. YES, IT'S A—IT'S REALLY A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SORT OF A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SORT OF A—A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SORT OF A—IT'S REALLY A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SORT OF A, YOU KNOW, JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE SORT OF A. IT REALLY IS A GREAT EVENT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF THOSE WE CAN DO A YEAR, BUT IT'S REALLY GOOD. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO HAVE BIKE LANES, IT WILL BE EVEN BETTER. SO THE PPP IS AN OVERALL FRAMEWORK. IT'S OUR MO OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THE OUTREACH AND WHAT STANDARDS WE'RE GOING TO ADHERE TO. INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WE DO AT OUR TEAM LEVEL, MICRO LEVEL, WITH GREG AND BRIAN'S SUPPORT. I'M SORRY TO PUT HER ON THE SPOT, BUT TASHA CUNNINGHAM IS IN THE – SHE'S IN THE LUNCHROOM NOW, OUR PIO CONSULTANT WHO'S – CAN WE GET HER BACK? YEAH. BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO INCORPORATE THE MICROMOBILITY NOW, MAYBE IN AN OUTDOOR EVENT IN A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. I AGREE. WE HAVE TO START ACKNOWLEDGING IT, RIGHT? IT'S OUT THERE. YEAH, SO TASHA CUNNINGHAM HELPED US DEVELOP OUR 12-MONTH OUTREACH PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES EVENTS LIKE THE LET'S GO BIKE GAME. HI. WE WERE JUST SAYING ABOUT THE LET'S GO BIKING EVENTS THAT WE HAD IN MIRAMAR AND WESTON THAT THOSE ARE REALLY SUCCESSFUL EVENTS, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD INCORPORATE ALSO MICROMOBILITY DEVICES WITHIN THOSE EVENTS IN YOUR PLANNING. WE WILL, YEAH. OKAY. MEMBER SIMMONS? [01:25:04] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST WANT TO LET MY BOARD MEMBERS KNOW, SINCE THE FIRM THAT EMPLOYS ME, THE WHITE HOUSE GROUP, ASSISTED IN THE PRESENTATION, I AM GOING TO BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS VOTE JUST TO AVOID ANY ETHICAL CONFLICTS. OKAY. SEEING NO OTHER COMMENTS, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. MAY WE HAVE ELECTRONIC VOTING? LET'S TAKE A VOTE. I NEED YOU, CHAIR. THANK YOU. [3. MOTION TO APPROVE: A. Agreement No. 27-04 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and GFT, Infrastructure, Inc. for General Planning Consultant Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $8,000,000 B. Agreement No. 27-04 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. for General Planning Consultant Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $8,000,000 C. Agreement No. 27-04 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Kittelson & Associates, Inc. for General Planning Consultant Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $8,000,000 D. Agreement No. 27-04 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and Volkert, Inc. for General Planning Consultant Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $8,000,000 E. Agreement No. 27-04 Between the Broward Metropolitan Planning Organization and WSP USA, Inc. for General Planning Consultant Services in an Amount Not to Exceed $8,000,000] GOT IT. MOTION PASSES. ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE. WE HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THAT ITEM. ARE WE GOING TO READ ALL OF THEM AT ONCE? ONE. WHAT? MISS? MR. STUART, HOW DO YOU WANT TO PROCEED ON THIS? THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN TO TORTURE THE ATTORNEY. ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD TO READ THEM THE RECORD ONE BY ONE FOR OFFICIAL REQUIREMENTS. AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY VOTE ON THEM EN MASSE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THIS IS MY FIFTH TIME IN OUR ABILITY TO HAVE A LIBRARY OF SERVICES, A PLANNING LIBRARY OF SERVICES, DURING MY TIME HERE. AND SO THIS IS JUST THE CONTINUATION. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM GETTING ON BOARD. WHILE THERE'S AN $8 MILLION MAXIMUM OVER THE THREE YEARS PLUS TWO ONE-YEAR ADDITIONS THAT THEY CAN SERVE TO THE ORGANIZATION, WE HAD ADVERTISED A $10 MILLION MAX, BUT WE BROUGHT IT BACK TO $8 MILLION. I WILL LET YOU KNOW THAT THE PROBABILITY OF GETTING $8 MILLION PER CONTRACT IS PRETTY HIGH, GIVEN THE SUCCESS THAT WE'VE HAD ON FEDERAL GRANTS FROM USDOT. AND WITH THAT, ARE YOU READY, DAVID? YEAH. MARATHON. SO I TREAT THIS JUST LIKE A CONSENT AGENDA. SO IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC AGREEMENT OR QUESTION YOU HAVE WITH RESPECT TO ANY OF THEM, YOU PULL THEM OUT SEPARATELY. OTHERWISE, APPROVE THEM ALL WITH ONE MOTION. WE HAVE ITEM 3A, WHICH IS AGREEMENT NUMBER 2704 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND GFT INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., FOR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. WE HAVE 3B, AGREEMENT NUMBER 27-04 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND GFT INFRASTRUCTURE, INC., FOR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. WE HAVE 3C, AGREEMENT 2704 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, INC., FOR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. WE HAVE ITEM 3D IS AGREEMENT NUMBER 2704 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND VOLKERT, INC., FOR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. AND WE HAVE AGREEMENT 3E, AGREEMENT NUMBER 2704 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND WSP USA, INC., FOR GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICES IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. AND WE HAVE AGREEMENT 3E, AGREEMENT NUMBER 2704 BETWEEN THE BROWARD MPO AND WSP USA, INC., PLANNING CONSULTANT SERVICE AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $8 MILLION. WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION PRESENTER AVAILABLE. MAY WE HAVE A PRESENTATION? THAT'S WHAT'S CHAIR LIKES. YES. CAN I BRING DARCI MAYER? HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. DARCI MAYER, SENIOR PLANNER, BROWARD MPO, AND I MANAGE THE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT, OR GPC, CONTRACT. SO THE GENERAL PLANNING CONSULTANT, OR GPC, LIBRARY OF FIRMS PROVIDES GENERAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND RELATED SERVICES, AND FIRMS UNDER CONTRACT FOR THE GPC SERVICES SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE MPO WITH TASKS SHOWN IN THE UPWP AND THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN OR OTHER TASKS THAT MAY BE NECESSARY. YOU, AS DIRECTED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD AT THE APRIL 14, 2022 MEETING, THE BOARD AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF A GPC LIBRARY AND THE EXECUTION OF CONTINUING CONTRACTS WITH EACH OF THE FIRMS FOR A TERM OF FIVE YEARS. SO THOSE CONTRACTS ARE GETTING READY TO EXPIRE. THEY'RE GOING TO EXPIRE IN APRIL OF NEXT YEAR. AND JUST TO REFRESH YOUR MEMORY, THE FIRMS IN OUR CURRENT GPC LIBRARY ARE KIM LEE HORNE AND ASSOCIATES, KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, AND WHITEHOUSE GROUP. SO SINCE THOSE ARE GOING TO EXPIRE, AND RFQ OR REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS FOR GPC SERVICES WAS ADVERTISED IN MAY OF THIS YEAR. WE RECEIVED NINE RESPONSES, AND THE DUE DATE WAS JUNE 23RD OF THIS YEAR. WE RECEIVED RESPONSES FROM AECOM TECHNICAL SERVICES, DRMP, GFT [01:30:06] KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, PARSONS TRANSPORTATION GROUP, VOLKERT, WHITEHOUSE GROUP, AND WSP USA. SO AN EVALUATION SELECTION COMMITTEE, OR ESC, COMPRISED OF MPO STAFF RANKED THE FIRMS BASED ON THEIR RESPONSES TO THE RFQ, AND THE FIVE HIGHEST RANK FIRMS WERE SHORTLISTED TO PROVIDE AN ORAL PRESENTATION TO THE ESC FOR FINAL RANKING. AFTER RECEIVING THE ESC'S RESULTS, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S INTENDED AWARD RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE FOLLOWING FIRMS, GFT INFRASTRUCTURE, KIMLEY-HORN AND ASSOCIATES, KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES, VOLKERT, AND WSP USA. SO BEFORE YOU TODAY IS APPROVAL OF THE RECOMMENDED FIRMS AND THIS WILL ESTABLISH OUR NEW GPC LIBRARY. I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THIS CONTRACT IS ALSO GOING TO BE FOR THE SAME TERM AND THAT'S FOR THREE YEARS WITH UP TO TWO ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS. I DO HAVE STAFF, MPO STAFF, WE HAVE PROCUREMENT STAFF AND MANAGEMENT HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM EACH OF THE FIRMS IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE ONE COMMENT. MEMBER HARDIN. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU SHORTLISTED FIVE FOR ORALS. WAS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT THEN YOU JUST MOVED ALL FIVE ON. YOU DIDN'T ELIMINATE ANY. WAS THERE A RANKING PROCESS FROM THE ORALS OR NOT? THERE WAS AND THAT WAS FORWARDED ON TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS MADE THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE ALL FIVE FIRMS TO ESTABLISH THE NEW LIBRARY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MEMBER GOOD? SORRY. YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST AGAIN, I'M HAVING DIFFICULTY REALLY GETTING BACK TO THE PRESENTATION. BUT HOW MANY CONTRACTS THAT WERE IN OUR CURRENT LIBRARY PASSED INTO... INTO THE FUTURE CONTRACT HERE? SO TWO OUT OF THE THREE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO THAT WOULD BE KIMLEY, HORNE & ASSOCIATES AND KITTELSON & ASSOCIATES. THE REST OF THE LIBRARY WILL BE NEW FIRMS. OKAY. BECAUSE WHAT'S ACTUALLY INTERESTING TO ME IS THAT BECAUSE YOU EXPANDED THE LIBRARY SERVICE FROM THREE TO FIVE. CORRECT. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED PROBABLY AT LEAST ALL THREE OF THOSE FIRMS TO... CORRECT. I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED PROBABLY AT LEAST ALL THREE OF THOSE FIRMS TO... CORRECT. CORRECT. TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, LEARNED ENOUGH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE MPO AFTER FIVE YEARS, YOU KNOW, WHY THEY WOULDN'T MAKE IT INTO AN EXPANDING LIST. AND I JUST DON'T KNOW, IS THERE A PERFORMANCE MEASURE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THIS PROCESS? I MEAN, CAN THERE BE AN EXPLANATION OF HOW THAT CAME TO BE? SURE. SO THE PROCESS WORKS THAT THERE'S THE ESC COMMITTEE, SO IT'S COMPRISED OF FIVE MPO STAFF. SURE. SO THE PROCESS WORKS THAT THERE'S THE ESC COMMITTEE, SO IT'S COMPRISED OF FIVE MPO STAFF. AND THEY RANKED THE PROPOSALS. SO WE RECEIVED THE NINE, AND THEY HAD CRITERIA IN THE RFQ THAT THE RANKING WAS BASED ON. AND SO THE TOP FIVE FROM THOSE RANKINGS WERE ASKED TO COME BACK AND DO AN ORAL PRESENTATION. WHERE THE FINAL RANKINGS WERE THEN... WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? SORRY. THE FINAL RANKINGS WERE BASED ON THAT, THE EQUIVALENT OF THE TWO. SORRY. THE FINAL RANKINGS WERE BASED ON THAT, THE EQUIVALENT OF THE TWO. THE EVALUATION OF THE WRITTEN PROPOSAL, AND THEN THE ORAL PRESENTATION. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. YOU EXPLAIN THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. AGAIN, MY QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, WAS THERE ANY PERFORMANCE MEASURES OR ANYTHING THAT WAS UTILIZED IN THE PROCESS? BECAUSE FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST THINKING THAT IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, PAST PERFORMANCE OR PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OR HISTORY OR WHATEVER, I MEAN, TYPICALLY YOU WOULD EXPECT SOMEBODY WHO DID FIVE YEARS WITH THIS. AGAIN, I'M JUST REALLY KIND OF UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ACTUALLY REALLY SUPPORT THIS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT KNOWING MORE DETAILS. I UNDERSTAND. I DON'T HAVE THE RFQ IN FRONT OF ME TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE CRITERIA WAS, BUT PAST PERFORMANCE WAS NOT ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS. SO WHAT IS EVALUATED IS WHAT IS PRESENTED. I THINK I CAN HELP. OH, THANKS. I'M OSCAR NELSON. I AM THE MODERATOR. I'M THE PROCUREMENT MANAGER HERE. HOPEFULLY I CAN SHED SOME LIGHT ON THE EVALUATION CRITERIA THAT [01:35:01] WAS USED. QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE WAS ONE. IT WAS WEIGHTED 40%. PERSONNEL, UP TO 25%. THE PROPOSED TECHNICAL APPROACH, MAXIMUM OF 20%. AND PROJECT UNDERSTANDING WAS 15%. THAT WAS GIVEN TO THE EVALUATION SELECTION COMMITTEE MEMBERS AS, THE EVALUATION TOOL TO MAKE THEIR DETERMINATION. OKAY. I UNDERSTAND ALL THAT. THANK YOU. I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND SOME OF THE THINGS, SOME OF THE CATEGORIES YOU SPOKE TO, HOW, AGAIN, ALL THREE FIRMS WOULD, AGAIN, NOT RECEIVE GOOD MARKS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THE PROJECT. I MEAN, YOU'VE BEEN HERE FIVE YEARS, AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY HIGH RANKING. BUT THEY'RE NOT IN FRONT OF ME. THE SCORES ARE NOT IN FRONT OF ME. AND SO IN THE ABSENCE OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF, WAS THAT PART OF THE BACKUP THAT I MAY HAVE MISSED? YOU KNOW, WHAT THE SCORES WERE IN EACH OF THESE BY EVALUATORS AND ANYTHING? BECAUSE, I MEAN, I'M TYPICALLY USED TO RECEIVING THAT KIND OF INFORMATION IN ADVANCE OF HAVING TO VOTE ON SOMETHING. THAT'S SCORING. OF THIS NATURE. YEAH. SO, ALL RIGHT. I'M JUST GOING TO SAY, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS IN THE ABSENCE OF INFORMATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, MEMBER GOOD. MR. HARDEN, MEMBER HARDEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A COMMENT ON FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, MEMBER GOOD'S COMMENTS. IT HAPPENS. I MEAN, SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE BAD DAYS OR, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER FIRMS WERE JUST BETTER THAN THE ONE THAT WAS WORKING FOR US IN THE PAST. SO, I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE FOLKS THAT DID THE RANKING, THEY LOOKED AT THE, THE INFORMATION THEY GOT, AND THEY RANKED THEM BASED UPON WHAT THEY GOT. AND PERHAPS THE OTHER FIRMS WERE JUST BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAD IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. YES, MR. STUART. THANK YOU. I DON'T SIT ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEES, AND I DO THAT VERY PURPOSEFULLY. SO, OVER YEARS, YOU GET TO KNOW THESE CONSULTANTS, AND THEY COME, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE IN AND OUT OF YOUR OFFICE ENOUGH. I NEVER WANTED TO BE ON THAT SIDE WHERE I WOULD PUT MY THUMB ON THE SCALE, THAT SAID, MEMBER GOOD, I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA HOW SOMEBODY DOING WORK FOR US FOR FIVE YEARS COULDN'T HAVE PERFORMED. IT WAS MY DECISION NOT TO PUT THE RANKING SHEETS IN BECAUSE I DID NOT WANT TO EMBARRASS THE OTHER FIRMS. THEY CAN COME IN AND MEET WITH STAFF AND UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WEREN'T SELECTED, AND I THINK THAT IS APPROPRIATE. BUT IN THE END, I'M, WAS SHOCKED. THAT THEY DIDN'T. AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST FROM MY PERSONAL REVIEW OF LOOKING AT THIS FROM AN OBJECTIVE SIDE, NO DIFFERENT THAN YOU'RE SITTING THERE RIGHT NOW. BUT THAT WAS A DECISION POINT. WE CAN PROVIDE YOU THOSE REVIEWS TO SHEETS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT FOR YOURSELF. AND IT'S VERY CLEAR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ACTUALLY, I, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE DID GO THROUGH A PROCESS. I HAVE TO TRUST THE EVALUATION AND THOSE WHO SAT ON THE SELECTION COMMITTEE. AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE FROM THREE FIRMS TO NOW FIVE FIRMS, AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD THING. WE DO HAVE SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE WORKED FOR US IN TERMS OF HISTORICAL KNOWLEDGE, AND WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL FIRMS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAY BRING SOME OTHER PERSPECTIVE AS WELL TO WHAT WE DO. SO I DO APPRECIATE IT. IS THERE MORE TO THE PRESENTATION OR ARE WE? WE'RE DONE. WE'RE DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE NO OTHER COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. SO CAN WE HAVE AN ELECTRONIC VOTING? BOARD MEMBERS WALKER AND SIMMONS, THAT ARE STILL IN THE ROOM. THANK YOU. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AND WE'VE ALREADY HEARD NUMBER FOUR. [7. Comments from the Chair] THAT'S IT FOR ACTION ITEMS. WE DO HAVE ANYTHING ELSE HERE? YES, WE DO. WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM THE CHAIR. WE DON'T WANT TO MISS THAT. SO LET'S GET THE CHAIR. ALL RIGHT. I DO WANT [01:40:01] TO TAKE A MOMENT HERE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO SOME OF OUR MEMBERS WHO HAVE GONE THROUGH ELECTIONS. WE HAVE TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE REELECTED. THAT WOULD BE MEMBER WALKER AND MEMBER MALOLSI. SO I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THEM. AND I DO WANT TO CONGRATULATE MEMBER SHUHAM, WHO IS NOW, IS IT OFFICIAL? IT'S ALMOST OFFICIAL, BUT SHE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THE PRIMARIES FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER. SO WE WISH HER WELL. AND IF I MISS ANYONE ELSE, CONGRATULATIONS. AND IF ANYONE ELSE CONTINUING, GOOD LUCK. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THAT'S IT FOR ME IN TERMS OF COMMENTS. WE DO HAVE COMMENTS FROM OTHER MEMBERS. I [9. Executive Director’s Report] DON'T SEE ANY, SO WE'RE GOOD. AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT. WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE YOUR REPORT WITH US? ABSOLUTELY, MADAM CHAIR. AND WHAT A GREAT DAY TO, THIS IS ONE OF MY LAST TIMES I'M GOING TO BE DOING THIS. BRIAN, COME ON OVER HERE. SIDE-BY-SIDE HERE. BEFORE WE GO AND HAVE THE PRESENTATION WITH THE TURNPIKE, WHICH I'M VERY EXCITED TO SEE, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, THERE IS SOMETHING THAT I ACTUALLY WANT TO BRING UP. BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TO WASHINGTON, D.C. TWO TIMES SINCE WE LAST GOT TOGETHER. AND THE FIRST TIME I WENT UP WAS WITH OUR SMART METRO PROGRAM. IT IS COMPLETE. WE'VE PROVIDED THAT TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. BUT WE WERE PRESENTING IT TO THE U.S. DOT SECRETARY, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY. I HAD A VERY LONG CONVERSATION WITH LOREN SMITH. MANY OF YOU MAY REMEMBER HIM. HE PRESENTED AT THE SAFE ROAD SUMMIT. HE AND I HAVE LEFT OPEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION. HE WAS ASKING ME ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF GRANTS WE WOULD WANT TO GO AFTER HERE AT THE AGENCY. THEY ACTUALLY, AND THIS IS A VERY POSITIVE THING, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE AISLE IN BROWARD. AND THE REALITY IS THEY WANT MORE MONEY TO GO AFTER. THEY WANT MORE MONEY TO COME DOWN TO US BECAUSE WE CAN PERFORM IN ACTUALLY SPENDING THE MONEY APPROPRIATELY AND THROUGH THE SYSTEMS THAT THEY APPRECIATE. SO WITH THAT, THAT'S ONE OF THOSE HALLMARKS THAT YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO LOOK TO YOURSELVES. BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT GET SAID. AND THE POLITICS HAS BEEN REALLY HORRIBLE, I'LL BE HONEST. BUT IN THE END, WHEN THEY TURN AROUND AND THEY SAY TO YOU, YEAH, WE TRUST YOU. WE KNOW WE CAN TRUST YOU WITH THE MONEY. THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT. WHILE WE MAY BE LOSING. THERE WAS A ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE, I THINK IT WAS SAID BY THE SECRETARY, BIKE LANES ARE DEI. I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THAT MEANT. OUR SECRETARY OF FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE REMOVING THEM FROM FURTHER WORK. EVEN THOUGH IT'S IN THE STATE STATUTE YOU NEED TO PROVIDE BIKE LANES ON OUR ROADWAYS. IT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY INTERESTING COUPLE OF YEARS. AND THEN IT WILL CHANGE AGAIN. AND I PROMISE YOU IT WILL. SO JUST, YOU KNOW, DON'T LOSE HOPE. AND SO, BY THE TIME I WAS UP THERE, WE ALSO THEN MET WITH DR. OZ'S SISTER. WHO IS RUNNING THE TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OVER AT THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. VERY FASCINATING CONVERSATIONS. INTERESTING WOMAN. VERY SUCCESSFUL IN HER OWN RIGHT. NOT ON TELEVISION, BUT ACTUALLY IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY. SHE WAS VERY FASCINATED ON THE THINGS THAT WE HAD DEVELOPED HERE AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. OUR SMART METRO PROGRAM, ALSO KNOWN AS INTERLINK, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT. WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING FORWARD AT A RATE THAT IS UNEXPECTED. I'LL BE HONEST. WE'RE GOING TO BE HAVING ITEMS TO YOU IN DECEMBER WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ACTUALLY MOVING A LOT OF THAT OVER TO OUR NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. BECAUSE THERE'S INTEREST WITH MPOS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY TO UTILIZE THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE DEVELOPED HERE IN BROWARD. BUT WE CAN'T GO PAST OUR BORDERS ACCORDING TO THE STATE STATUTE. SO WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. AND TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET IT TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHARE THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION. MORE INFORMATION ON THAT WILL COME. BRIAN WILL BE PROVIDING YOU THAT UPDATE. I'LL BE PROVIDING IT TO HIM. AND THEN HE'LL PROVIDE IT TO YOU. WHICH IS GOING TO BE FUN. I'LL STAND ON THIS SIDE, HOPEFULLY. DEPENDING ON YOUR OUTCOME OF NEXT MONTH. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO BRING UP. BRIAN AND I BOTH. THE STATE OF THE REGION IS COMING UP AT THE END OF OCTOBER. AND WE'RE HONORING ONE OF OUR FORMER BOARD MEMBERS. JAMES SCOTT. AND HE WAS A NEIGHBOR. HOW DO YOU FORGET? ANYWAY, WE'RE GOING TO BE HONORING HIM FOR ALL OF HIS YEARS OF SERVICE TO US. AND BRINGING ACTUALLY THE CASH OUT OF TALLAHASSEE. WHICH IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE [01:45:01] FROM THE FEDERAL RAIL ADMINISTRATION COME DOWN AS WELL. WE HAVE VIDEOS RECORDED BY USDOT STAFF. DEPENDING ON WHAT SIDE OF THE AISLE YOU SIT ON. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE OFFENSE. THEY ARE WHO THEY ARE. AND THEY HAVE TO REPRESENT WHAT THEY REPRESENT. BUT THEY'RE GOOD PRESENTATIONS. AND SOLID WHERE WE'RE GOING. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE WINTERFEST. WE'RE HONORING THEM. THAT IS AN ECONOMIC DRIVER HERE. THAT IS CRUCIAL TO SOUTHEAST FLORIDA. AND HOW WE ACTUALLY ARE RECEIVED AROUND THE COUNTRY. AND GLOBALLY AROUND THE WORLD. OUR MARINE INDUSTRIES AREA IS HUGE. AND IT'S A TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, JUST GETTING THE LOGISTICS OF JUST GETTING TO THE BOAT SHOW NOW. HAS BECOME FULL-TIME JOBS. AND LOTS OF PARKING AND FIGURING OUT WHERE THAT GOES. SO YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THAT PROGRAM. WE ALSO ARE HONORING STATE DISTRICT SECRETARY STEVE BRAUN. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY KIND OF WHAT I WANTED TO REALLY FOCUS ON. IF YOU ALL CAN ATTEND. GET YOUR CITY MANAGERS TO ATTEND. YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN, BUY A TABLE. I KNOW THIS IS A ROUGH YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PROPERTY TAX. BUT THERE'S SOME VALUE ADD. WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE. US AND THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE FEW. IF IT DOES PASS. AGENCIES THAT WILL HAVE MONEY TO PROVIDE YOU FOR SERVICES THAT YOUR GOVERNMENTS WILL NEED. IN THE TRANSPORTATION REALM. AND THAT'S ACTUALLY AN IMPORTANT FACTOR. WITH THE HONOR TO STEVE. IT IS FOR THE SOUTHWEST 10TH PROJECT. FOR THOSE OF THOSE COMMUNITIES. WHETHER IT'S PARKLAND, CORAL SPRINGS, TAMARACK, COCONUT CREEK, DEERFIELD BEACH. ALL THE WAY TO SUNRISE AND SOUTH. I MEAN WE'RE GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT PROJECT IN A WAY THAT IS SO UNIQUE. AND STEVE REALLY TOOK THE LEAD IN MAKING SURE THAT WE WORKED TOGETHER. WHETHER IT'S THE MPO, THE STATE DOT AND ALL THOSE CITIES. TO ACTUALLY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF OUR ROADWAY HIGHWAY SYSTEM IN PLACE. AND I THINK THAT'S AN HONOR SO WELL DESERVED FOR STEVE IN RECOGNITION. I MEAN THERE IS SOME SIGNIFICANT THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE HAPPENING THERE. OTHER THAN I'M ALSO NOT GOING TO BE AROUND AFTER THAT. WELL I'LL BE HERE UNTIL APRIL. BUT YOU KNOW SO THIS WILL BE ONE OF THE LAST TIMES I'M GOING TO BE AT THAT EVENT AS WELL. SO IF YOU CAN JOIN US. YOU KNOW MYSELF AND BRIAN WOULD APPRECIATE TO SEE YOU AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVES. IF YOU CAN'T. SEE IF SOME OF YOUR OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS CAN ATTEND. AS WELL AS THEIR STAFF. BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FOLKS. TO ACTUALLY SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME. WITH FOLKS WE ACTUALLY ALL HAVE TO DEAL WITH OUTSIDE OF A WORK ENVIRONMENT. AND THAT TO ME IS THE VALUE THAT THAT OFFERS ALL OF US. TO TALK WITH EACH OTHER AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES. AND ALSO CONCERNS. AND YOU KNOW AND IT HUMANIZES. BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AFTER COVID. IS WE ACTUALLY FORGOT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. IN WAYS THAT IS HUMAN. AND I CAN STILL PICK UP THE PHONE AND TALK TO ANYBODY AT THE TURNPIKE. ANYONE AT DOT. UP IN TALLAHASSEE. UP IN WASHINGTON. THAT IS ELUSIVE ANYMORE. PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THOSE TYPE OF RELATIONSHIPS. AND WHILE YOU MAY HAVE THEM LOCALLY WITH YOUR RESIDENTS. OR THE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK WITH. YOU DON'T REALLY NECESSARILY. THEY'RE NOT HAVING THEM. THEY'RE QUICK EMAILS AND TEXTS AND CAPPED LETTERS. AND YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE SAME CONVERSATION. AND HAVING THAT CONVERSATION I THINK IS CRITICAL. FOR THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITIES. WITH THAT BRIAN IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING. SURE. THANK YOU FOR THE MOMENT. I JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD. FOR THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THAT YOU GAVE. FOR A DIRECT APPOINTMENT. MANY OF YOU ACTUALLY KNOW ME VERY WELL. AND ALL OF THOSE NICE THINGS THAT YOU SAID ABOUT ME. JUST RAISED MY EXPECTATIONS UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING YOU. THANK YOU. MR. BROWN. ARE YOU READY? ALL RIGHT. THIS IS GOING TO BE FUN. THIS IS A PRESENTATION ON THE TURNPIKE EXPANSION. IN PARTICULAR SUNRISE. BEFORE YOU GO INTO THE PRESENTATION. WE DO HAVE A RAISED HAND FROM MAYOR COOPER. SHE HAS RAISED HER HAND. MAYOR. MAYOR COOPER. I WAS RAISED AS WELL. DID YOU MEAN ME? MELOSI. COMMISSIONER I MISSED YOU. THAT WOULD BE FINE. I WAS TOLD IT WAS COOPER. MELOSI WE'RE GLAD TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS. NO. BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I HAD MY HAND RAISED DURING MEMBERS COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY TWO THINGS. THANK YOU FOR CONGRATULATING ME. ON MY BEING UNOPPOSED. YOU'RE WELCOME. THAT IS A WONDERFUL FEELING. AND ALSO I WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW. THAT WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING MPO STAFF. IN OUR CITY. FOR OUTREACH. AND GETTING OPINIONS. AND SURVEYS. I HAVE HAD AN OVERWHELMING POSITIVE RESPONSE. FROM MY RESIDENTS. [01:50:02] THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ENGAGED. SOME PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY CONTACTED ME. TELLING ME. OH I'VE GOTTEN THIS SURVEY. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY EXCITED TO DO THIS SURVEY. SO I WANTED TO LET. PAUL CAVARISI AND STAFF KNOW. THAT THEY'RE DOING A FABULOUS JOB. AND I THANK YOU FOR ACKNOWLEDGING ME. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. IS THAT MAYOR COOPER AS WELL OR NO? THAT MUST HAVE BEEN IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WE CAN GO ON TO THE PRESENTATION NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. STEWART FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. I AM JAMES BROWN. I'M THE LIAISON ADMINISTRATOR. TO FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE. I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY INTRODUCE. OUR NEW MPO LIAISON. WHO'S STEPPING INTO MY ROLE. HECTOR REYES. HE'S GOING TO BE A BIT AT OUR MEETING. AND I AM STEPPING INTO VICTORIA WILLIAMS ROLE. SHE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE RETIRING. AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AFTER 50 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE. WOW. CONGRATULATIONS. AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU. IN YOUR NEW ROLE. SO WITH THAT SAID. WE ARE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE. ON THE NEW OAKLAND PARK INTERCHANGE PROJECT. AND I HAVE OUR PROJECT MANAGER. JUSTIN RELITZ WHO'S GOING TO DO THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR. DEPUTY CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. APPRECIATE HAVING US TODAY. SO. THERE WE GO. SO TODAY I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE. NEW PROPOSED INTERCHANGE PROJECT. AT TURNPIKE AND OAKLAND PARK INTERCHANGE. AND THIS ONE IS. FPID 452075-1. SO WHAT YOU SEE NEXT. IS A PROJECT SCHEDULE. FOR THIS PROJECT. NOTE THAT THE PD&E STUDY. FOR THIS PROJECT. WAS FINISHED IN 2024. AND NOW WE ARE STARTING THE DESIGN PHASE. FOR THIS NEW INTERCHANGE. DESIGN PHASE IS CURRENTLY. WE ARE ACTUALLY IN NEGOTIATIONS. WITH A NEW CONSULTANT THAT WAS SELECTED RECENTLY. AND WE ARE GOING TO START DESIGN. IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. I'M EXCITED TO START THAT. WE DO HAVE RIGHT-OF-WAY. THAT WILL START ALSO. IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 2028. THE PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING. AND THE CONSTRUCTION LETTING. HAS NOT BEEN SCHEDULED AT THIS TIME. SINCE IT IS CURRENTLY NOT. IN THE FIVE YEAR WORK PROGRAM. FOR FDOT. SO ONCE THAT OCCURS. THEN WE WILL LET YOU KNOW OF THOSE DATES. NEXT. THIS IS A PROJECT LOCATION MAP. OF WHERE WE ARE LOCATED. FOR THIS PROPOSED PROJECT. THIS PROJECT INCORPORATES. LOCAL ROADS AND STATE ROADS. ALONG THE AREA. THIS IS ALONG OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. FROM INVERRARY BOULEVARD. TO NORTHWEST 50TH AVENUE. NEXT FROM ROCK ISLAND ROAD. FROM OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. TO THE CANAL. ALSO ON NORTHWEST 55TH AVENUE. FROM NORTHWEST 26TH STREET. TO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. AND THEN NORTHWEST 52ND AVENUE. RIGHT NEXT TO FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE. NOTE AS WELL THAT. WE ARE FOCUSING ON THIS PROJECT. TO BUILD A NEW INTERCHANGE. THE WINDING OF FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE. WITH A FUTURE PROJECT. NEXT ON THIS SLIDE. THIS GIVES AN OVERVIEW. OF THE AREA. WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN. IS A DEPICTION. OF THE PROPOSED INTERCHANGE. AND. I'M GOING TO WORK THROUGH MY ARROWS HERE. SO WHAT YOU SEE. IS NORTH IS ORIENTED UP. ON THE SCREEN. NOTE THIS IS BASED ON THE PD&E STUDY. AND ANY CHANGES THAT. OKAY I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO. KEEP ON CLICKING. SO ANIMATIONS WERE ON THIS. BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO FIRST TO MENTION. THAT THE. TOOK THESE TIMERS OFF. BUT THAT'S OKAY. SO WANT TO MENTION. THAT IT DOES SHOW A WINDING TURNPIKE ON THIS. BUT AS I MENTIONED. THE WINDING OF THE TURNPIKE. WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP ON CLICKING. AND TO NOTE. ALSO IT REALIGNS ROCK ISLAND ROAD. AND. I WILL SHOW SOME MORE DETAILS. IN THE NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS MIGHT RUN THE ANIMATIONS FOR ME. BUT IN THIS ONE. FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO MENTION. THAT THIS HAS THE. THIS IS WHAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAPPEN. BUT IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. IT'S OKAY. SO FIRST IN. I'M JUST REALLY GOOD WITH THE CLICKER TODAY. RIGHT SO NUMBER ONE. TO ACCOMMODATE THE NEW RAMPS. SECOND THERE WILL BE. A NEW NORTHBOUND ON RAMP. THAT WILL [01:55:01] BE PROVIDED. AND THEN THIRD. WE JUST WANT TO GET TO THE PRETTY PICTURE. RIGHT THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SAY. THIRD WE WILL HAVE A NEW NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP. FOURTH WE WILL HAVE A NEW SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP. AND SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP. SO THIS WILL BE A FULL NEW INTERCHANGE. THAT WILL BE BUILT. THERE WILL BE A REALIGNED NORTHWEST 52ND AVENUE. YOU'LL HAVE A RAMP CONNECTOR TO ROCK ISLAND ROAD. AND ALSO INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS. THAT WILL INCLUDE IMPROVED LIGHTING. SIGN AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS. PEDESTRIAN CYCLIST IMPROVEMENTS. WE'LL WORK TO REFINE THAT. AS WE GO THROUGH THE DESIGN PHASE. AND COORDINATE WITH THE COMMUNITIES ACCORDINGLY. ALSO OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE. OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD BRIDGE. OVER TURNPIKE WILL BE REPLACED. WITH THIS PROJECT. NEXT. SO THIS IS A RENDERING. OF WHAT IT WILL LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE. NOTE IN THIS ONE. THE RENDERING DOES SHOW. THAT WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. SINCE WE'RE EARLY ON IN THE DESIGN. SO THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE FUTURE. JUST IN TERMS OF STAGING THE PROJECT. SO AS YOU CAN SEE. THIS IS A DEPICTION ON THE 3D. OF WHAT YOU CAN SEE. AS YOU SEE THERE'S A NEW NORTHBOUND OFF RAMP. THERE IS A NEW NORTHBOUND ON RAMP. A NEW SOUTHBOUND ON RAMP. AND SOUTHBOUND OFF RAMP. YOU CAN SEE THE NEW RAMP CONNECTOR BRIDGE. TO CONNECT THOSE RAMPS THERE. TO AND FROM TURNPIKE TO ROCK ISLAND ROAD. INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL OCCUR ALONG. I DO ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT WE ARE COORDINATING. WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT STAFF. BECAUSE THERE IS A BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT BUS RAPID PROJECT. THAT IS CURRENTLY ONGOING. AT OAKLAND PARK BOULEVARD. THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE STUDY PHASE. AND WE ARE COORDINATING WITH THEM. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER. ON THEIR PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS. AND OUR PROJECT IMPROVEMENTS. OH I ALSO WANT TO MENTION THAT. A FEW YEARS AGO WE ACTUALLY DID PURCHASE. THE OLD GOLF COURSE HERE. AS PART OF THE INTERCHANGE. THAT WAS PURCHASED BY FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE. A FEW YEARS AGO. IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS PROJECT. JUST SO THAT WE HAVE THE LAND AVAILABLE. TO BUILD THIS INTERCHANGE. AND NEXT HERE IS MY CONTACT INFORMATION. MY NAME IS JUSTIN RELITZ. I'M A CONSULTANT WITH. IN HOUSE CONSULTANT WITH THE ENTERPRISE. AND HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. I DO HAVE TWO COMMENTS. ONE FROM VIRTUAL. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD MADAM CHAIR. WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE. BUT IF THERE WAS TO BE ANY ACTION TAKEN. WE CAN'T TAKE ANY ACTION. NOT THAT WE WERE. BUT JUST WANT TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HI THERE. IT'S ME AGAIN. SORRY. I REMEMBER. I DID NOT SEE THAT IN YOUR PRESENTATION. BUT I DO RECALL. A GAS LINE. OR A FUEL LINE. THAT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE MOVED. DO YOU RECALL WHAT I'M SPEAKING ABOUT? SIR? NO I DO. SO YOU ARE CORRECT. THERE IS A FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION LINE. I WILL GO BACK ONE SLIDE. IF YOU'LL LET ME AND NOT MOVE. SO AS YOU'RE LOOKING NORTH IS UP. ON THE EAST SIDE OF TURNPIKE. THERE IS A FLORIDA GAS LINE THERE. AS YOU MENTIONED. WE ARE NOT TO RELOCATE THAT GAS LINE. AND WORK WITH THAT GAS COMPANY. SO THAT WE FIT THE PROJECT. WITHIN THE LIMITS OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. AND RESPECT THE GAS LINE. AND WHERE THEY ARE. SO THAT'S OUR GOAL WITH THIS PROJECT. WITH THE INTERCHANGE. AND ALSO WITH THE WIDENING. AND IS THAT. SORRY TO INTERRUPT. I LOVE HEARING THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WHEN YOU ARE SAYING THAT THAT IS YOUR GOAL. IS YOU CONTINUE SOUTHBOUND. IN TOTALITY. YOU'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO THAT THE ENTIRE TIME. OR THIS IS JUST FOR THIS ONE ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. OUR GOAL IS IN THIS AREA. TO ALSO NOT MOVE THE GAS LINE. IT'S VERY COSTLY. AND IT'S VERY IMPACTFUL. IN TERMS OF WHERE YOU WOULD FIND A PLACE FOR THAT GAS LINE. BUT EVEN HERE. IN THE REGION. YOU KNOW SAY FROM SUNRISE TO COMMERCIAL. THE TWO INTERCHANGES CLOSE TO THIS. OUR GOAL IS TO NOT MOVE THAT GAS LINE. AND ALLOW THAT GAS COMPANY TO DO OUR IMPROVEMENTS. WITHIN THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO IT IN. AND AGAIN. WHEN YOU CONTINUE TO GO FURTHER SOUTH. THAT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO BE YOUR BEST PRACTICE? THAT IS OUR GOAL. AND BEST PRACTICE TO USE. YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. MEMBER DUNN. GIVE IT A SECOND. YOU SHOULD BE. I'M FROM THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. AND AS YOU KNOW. THIS DIRECTLY IMPACTS MY CITY. I HEARD YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT. ARE YOU WORKING WITH THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AS WELL? TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT? I KNOW LIKE THREE OF THE ROADWAYS. ROCK ISLAND 56 AND 55. I [02:00:01] BELIEVE ALREADY RATED D AND F. ARE YOU WORKING WITH STAFF TO MITIGATE THE IMPACT? YES. I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN IN TOUCH WITH CITY OF LAUDERHILL STAFF. THEY'VE REACHED OUT TO ME. WE HAVE MET WITH THEM ONCE OR TWICE. AND WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM. SO FAR. BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING. WE WORKED WITH THEM A LOT DURING THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT. THE STUDY PHASE. AND THEN ALSO SINCE WE WERE KIND OF GETTING THE DESIGN ON BOARD. AND GET DESIGN CONSULTANT ON BOARD. BUT I HAVE HAD THEM REACH OUT TO ME. I'VE HAD A FEW CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM. AND WE SAID HEY LOOK. WHEN WE GET THE DESIGN PHASE ON BOARD. WE'LL KEEP ON WORKING WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH THEM. BUT THEY'VE ALSO PRESENTED KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS IN THE AREA. THEY'VE REACHED OUT FOR INPUT. AND WE'VE GIVEN INPUT SINCE THERE IS THIS PROPOSED INTERCHANGE IN THE AREA. A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS. NOT ONLY IN THE CITY OF LAUDERHILL. BUT ALSO IN THE CITY OF TAMARACK. THAT'S GOING TO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF IMPACT. AND I KNOW THAT STAFF I THINK WAS TALKING ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF WORKING WITH THE FPL EASEMENT. WHERE ARE YOU GUYS WITH THAT? SO WE'RE PLANNING TO WORK WITH FPL. OUR GOAL IS TO NOT IMPACT THEIR EASEMENT. OR IF WE DO HAVE ANY IMPACT. WE'LL REACH OUT TO FPL AND SEE WHAT THAT IMPACT MIGHT BE. BUT IT IS ONE OF OUR EARLY CONVERSATIONS TO HAVE WITH THEM. TO HAVE WITH FPL TO SAY HEY HERE'S OUR ROADWAY. HERE'S YOUR TRANSMISSION LINE. WHAT CAN WE DO TO LESSEN THE IMPACT OF THAT EASEMENT. SO IT IS. WE HAD THOSE CONVERSATIONS EARLY ON. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE THOSE CONVERSATIONS WITH FPL. ON THEIR EASEMENT FOR SURE. OKAY. AND THE PURCHASING OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS. AND I BELIEVE I HAD CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I THINK WITH SOMEBODY AT MPO WHO HELPED ME TO KIND OF GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY FROM THE TURNPIKE. BUT MY RESIDENTS PARTICULARLY THOSE IN THE HILL THAT ABUTS THE GOLF COURSE. ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE AND THE LACK THEREOF. AND SO I KNOW THAT THIS IS A LONG TERM PROJECT. RIGHT. BUT WHO DO I TALK TO TO MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE CUTTING THAT GRASS. AND WE DON'T HAVE ISSUES WITH COYOTE AND ALL OF THAT. WE CAN GET YOU CONTACT OF THE PERSON. IT'S OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUP THAT ACTUALLY DEALS WITH THE PROPERTY OF THAT. AND I KNOW I'VE HEARD THAT SIMILARLY. YEAH. OUT OF HILLS OF EVERY REACH OUT TO ME AS WELL. IT'S A BIG ISSUE. AND SO OUR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM IS WELL AWARE OF THAT. BUT WE CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT WITH A PERSON FROM OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY AND PROPERTY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO HELP WITH THAT. SO YEAH. AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO JAMES BROWN. HE CAN GET YOU IN CONTACT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET YOU THE RIGHT INFORMATION. ALL RIGHT. SO I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO COME TO OUR OCTOBER 14TH WORKSHOP. OKAY. TO UPDATE MY COLLEAGUES IN THE PUBLIC ABOUT WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS. OKAY. WHO DO I TALK TO? WHO I HAVE STAFF REACH OUT TO. ALL RIGHT. FANTASTIC. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTION MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS OR [10. Monthly Legislative Reports] COMMENTS IN THE QUEUE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE DO HAVE NEXT A MONTHLY LEGISLATIVE REPORT FROM BECKER. HI. GOOD. WHAT'S LEFT OF THE MORNING? I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOUR FEDERAL ADVOCATE FROM WASHINGTON, D.C. PERRY ADAIR WHO FLEW DOWN YESTERDAY AND TOOK AN INTERESTING BRIGHT LINE RIDE UP THIS MORNING. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD MORNING MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. IT'S STILL THE MORNING. WELCOME. APPRECIATE THE FLEXIBILITY OF MOVING ME TO THIS PORTION OF THE PROCEEDINGS. SO AGAIN, PERRY ADAIR WITH BECKER & POLIAKOFF. I THINK THERE IS A PRESENTATION. I KNOW I'VE SUBMITTED A PRESENTATION TO ACCOMPANY THIS. JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN D.C. THERE WE GO. PERFECT. I THINK I HAVE CONTROL. YES, YOU DO. BEAUTIFUL. OKAY. NICE. SO I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SOMEBODY FROM BECKER IN D.C. AT LEAST HAS BEEN PRESENTED BEFORE. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT WHO WE ARE. WHAT WE'VE DONE. WHAT WE'VE DONE IN AND OUT OF FLORIDA. OBVIOUSLY WE'RE HEADQUARTERED HERE IN THE COUNTY BUT OBVIOUSLY I'M FROM THE D.C. PORTION. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST 50 PLUS YEARS MAINLY THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND D.C. BUT THEN HERE IS YOUR MAIN D.C. TEAM. ANTHONY BEDELL WHO I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE MET BEFORE. CLARENCE WILLIAMS. FUN FACT, ANTHONY IS A MEMBER OF USDOT TRUMP 1.0. HE HEADED UP THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL SECTION AND HE'S BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN TRUMP 2.0. ALSO OMAR FRANCO AND AMANDA WOOD, OUR SENIOR DIRECTORS IN D.C. JUST TO GIVE YOU SORT OF THE LAY OF THE LAND OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE'RE IN, WELL WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN SHUTDOWN, GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN SEASON AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. LUCKILY CONGRESS PASSED A CR, CONTINUING RESOLUTION TO EXTEND FUNDING AFTER THE MIDTERMS TO DECEMBER 11TH. THAT INCLUDED SO WHAT'S CALLED ANOMALIES WHICH I'LL GET TO LATER. USUALLY A CR IS JUST A NORMAL EXTENSION OF GOVERNMENT FUNDING [02:05:02] BUT THIS INCLUDED A MORATORIUM, A TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON THE OMC. A MORATORIUM ON THE OMB GRANT DECISION-MAKING RULE. I BELIEVE BOARD MEMBER SIMMONS REFERENCED THAT EARLIER. THAT WOULD TAKE NORMAL CAREER GRANT MAKING DECISIONS PRE AND POST AWARD FROM CAREER STAFF INTO POLITICAL APPOINTEE HANDS. GENERATE A LOT OF CONTROVERSY. I KNOW NACO SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND I THINK OMB RECEIVED ABOUT I THINK NEARLY HALF A MILLION COMMENTS. SO THAT'S BEEN PAUSED TO DECEMBER AS WELL AS AN EXTENSION OF THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITIES. I DON'T WANT TO GET TOO BOGGED DOWN ON THAT. WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS IS AWAITING A FULL DEAL IN DECEMBER. AND THEN HOPEFULLY WE'LL SEE HOW THE MIDTERMS AFFECT THOSE RESULTS IF THE REPUBLICANS WANT TO CLEAR THE DECKS BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR IF THINGS CHANGE HANDS. SO LET ME MOVE AHEAD. I MENTIONED SERVICE TRANSPORTATION REAUTHORIZATION. TO DATE CONGRESS HASN'T TAKEN ANY ACTION APART FROM EXTENDING CURRENT AUTHORITIES TO DECEMBER TO GIVE MEMBERS MORE TIME TO GET A FULL DEAL. REALLY ONLY THE HOUSE HAS TAKEN ANY OTHER ACTION BESIDES THAT EXTENSION. THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS IS THE BUILD AMERICA 250 ACT. HOUSE REPUBLICANS ANSWER TO THE NEXT REAUTHORIZATION ALTHOUGH THERE HAS BEEN BIPARTISAN INPUT. NO NEED TO COMMIT THAT TABLE TO MEMORY JUST BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED THE FINAL PRODUCT CAN LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'VE SEEN THUS FAR OUT OF THE T&I COMMITTEE WHICH HAS APPROVED THE BILL. I THINK PROBABLY THE BIGGEST ITEMS IS THE DEPRIORITIZATION OF CERTAIN COMPETITIVE FUNDS FROM THE BIDEN ERA. MORE OF A FOCUS ON FORMULA FUNDING. SOME REPEALS OF SOME BIDEN ERA COMPETITIVE FUNDING. I THINK THAT WOULD BE ON EVS ANNUALLY. I THINK IT'S $130. BUT AGAIN WE'LL SEE WHAT THE SENATE HAS TO SAY ABOUT THAT. THEY HAVEN'T TAKEN ACTION YET. AND AGAIN IF THE MIDTERMS SHAKE OUT WHERE ONE OR BOTH CHAMBERS SWITCHES CONTROL THAT WILL AFFECT THE CALCULUS AS WELL. I REFERENCED THAT WOULD BE GRANT MAKING RULES. SO IT GENERATED A LOT OF FEEDBACK, A LOT OF RULES, OR A LOT OF COMMENTS TO THE RULE I SHOULD SAY, THE PROPOSED RULE. WHILE IT IS PAUSED TO DECEMBER 11TH WE'VE SEEN SOME AGENCIES TAKE SOME GUIDANCE ACTION. TO INFORM THEIR OWN INTERNAL GRANT DECISION-MAKING PROCESS. GUIDANCE IS NOT BINDING BUT IT'S KIND OF THEIR WORKAROUND TO THE OMB RULE MORATORIUM IN THE CR. SO AGAIN A LOT OF NATIONWIDE PUSHBACK ON THE RULE. WE'LL SEE WHAT CONGRESS SAYS IN DECEMBER ABOUT THAT GOING FORWARD. AND LOOKING AHEAD I MENTIONED THE REAUTHORIZATION THAT'S STILL BEING DISCUSSED WHILE THE EXTENSION IS PENDING. THERE ARE SOME FEDERAL GRANTS IN THE PIPELINE. THIS IS NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST. BUT JUST WHAT'S LEFT OF THE IIJA FUNDING ON A MAJOR BASIS. I KNOW WE'VE CHATTED WITH PAUL AND THE TEAM THAT THERE'S A PROTECT GRANT IN THE WORKS. LOWER AND LOWER EMISSIONS, BUS AND BUS FACILITIES. WE'LL SEE WHAT THE NEXT ITERATION OF THOSE PROGRAMS LOOK LIKE. THE CURRENT IIJA EXTENSION WOULD CONSOLIDATE SEVERAL OF THESE COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS. AND THEN AS ALWAYS EARMARKS ARE BACK. FOR THE LAST I WANT TO SAY FIVE OR SIX YEARS THEY'VE BEEN BACK. SO WE'VE BEEN PRETTY SUCCESSFUL. I KNOW THE DELEGATION MAP IS CHANGING SLIGHTLY WITH THE NEW EXTENSION. I KNOW THE MAPS. MORE LIKELY THAN NOT CONGRESSWOMAN SCHULTZ IS GOING TO STAY IN HER SEAT. AND IS GOING TO HAVE A BIGGER CHUNK OF THE MPO AREA. I THINK CONGRESSWOMAN DIAZ-BALART IS ALSO GOING TO GET A CHUNK OF THE COUNTY IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND FUN FACT OMAR FRANCO OUR SENIOR DIRECTOR WAS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR CONGRESSWOMAN DIAZ-BALART. HE'S THE VICE CHAIR OF THE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE. SO THE MPO IS PRETTY WELL SUITED FOR THE UPCOMING ROUND OF APPROPRIATIONS. WHICH WE EXPECT TO KICK OFF IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. AND THAT IS WHERE WE ARE. HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE OLIVER GILBERT AS WELL. THAT'S RIGHT. A NEW CONGRESSWOMAN. SUCCEEDING CONGRESSWOMAN WILSON. THAT'S RIGHT. YES. OKAY. NO QUESTIONS [1. Metro Transportation Engineering & Construction Cooperative Update] FROM MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS. NON-ACTION ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE A QUORUM. BUT WE DO WANT TO AT LEAST DO ITEM NUMBER ONE. NON-ACTION ITEM. I KNOW IT'S ALMOST 12 O'CLOCK. DON'T FORGET YOUR ATTORNEY. SO YOU KNOW IF YOU WANT TO HAVE THESE PRESENTATIONS. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS THE METRO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COOPERATIVE UPDATE. MTECC. OH. WE'LL BE VERY QUICK. MTECC IS AN INTERLOCAL AGENCY CREATED BY CITIES THAT ARE PART OF THIS COUNTY. IT IS SELF-FUNDED THROUGH THE MEMBERSHIP. AND WE DO HAVE LIMITED STAFF. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICK. THESE ARE THE CITIES THAT ARE CURRENTLY MEMBERS. MIRAMAR JUST JOINED EARLIER THIS MONTH. YES, WE DID. WE HAVE THREE ACTIVE PROJECTS. WE'LL GO OVER THESE BRIEFLY IN A MINUTE. WE HAVE THREE [02:10:03] PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING ON BOARD. THESE ARE ALL FDOT LAP GRANT PROJECTS. EACH PROJECT WE DEVELOP UNIQUELY WITH THE CITY. OUR SERVICES CAN BE DEVELOPED TO SUPPORT THE CITY. AND WE DO THAT. WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY AND FOLLOW THE CITY'S PROTOCOLS AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. CHRISTINE. EXCUSE ME. GOOD MORNING. JUST REALLY QUICK. REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE THREE ACTIVE PROJECTS WE HAVE. OUR FIRST PROJECT IS IN COCONUT CREEK. WE HAVE THREE MILES OF PEDESTRIAN LIGHTING THAT'S GOING ON THE WEST SIDE OF LYONS ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE A REALLY FAST MOVING SCHEDULE HERE ON THE RIGHT. BUT JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE SEPARATELY PROCURED OUR LIGHT POLES AND OUR LUMINAIRES. SO THAT WE COULD PARALLEL THE PROCUREMENT WITH OUR CONSTRUCTION ADVERTISEMENT. TO ADVANCE OUR PROJECT. AND WE'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. AND WE'RE HOPING, WE'RE PLANNING TO FINISH THREE MONTHS EARLY. I'M GOING TO INTERRUPT CHRISTINE REAL QUICK. THIS WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THOSE APPROPRIATIONS FROM CONGRESS AS WELL. SO THAT WAY YOU UNDERSTAND WHERE SOME OF THIS MONEY ACTUALLY GOES. AND UNDERWAY, JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU WE'VE GOT A LOT OF PROGRESS HAPPENING ON LYONS ROAD. SO IF YOU'RE IN THE AREA, YOU'LL SEE OUR TEAM OUT THERE. AS OF TODAY, WE HAVE 91 FOUNDATIONS. 48 LIGHT POLES ALREADY UP. OUR LOAD CENTER CABINETS FOR THE POWER CONNECTIONS ARE LIKE 90% CONSTRUCTED. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG. OUR NEXT PROJECT IS IN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE. THE 17TH STREET MOBILITY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT. THIS IS ALSO AN FTA FUNDED WITH A PARTNERSHIP FROM THE MAP PROGRAM WITH BROWARD COUNTY. IT'S BASICALLY A RECONSTRUCTION OF A WHOLE MILE OF STREET. TO BASICALLY IMPROVE BIKEABILITY, WALKABILITY, TRAFFIC CALMING, AND SAVE THE TREES. IT'S THE MAIN THING FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'RE SAVING 220 TREES. WE'RE ADDING ANOTHER 132 TREES ON THE CORRIDOR. ADDING FIVE RAISED INTERSECTIONS AND A RAISED CROSSWALK. CONTINUOUS SIDEWALKS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PORTION THAT AREN'T THERE NOW. AND BEAUTIFYING THE WHOLE STREET. TRAFFIC CALMING. AND JUST TO NOTE, WE'VE HAD FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS TOTAL ON THIS PROJECT. TWO WERE LED BY A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE BROWARD MPO TEAM IN THE PLANNING SECTION. AND THEN TWO IN THE DESIGN SECTION. SO A LOT OF PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT ON THIS PROJECT. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SCHEDULE IS PRETTY FAST. APRIL, 60% IN AUGUST. WE'RE DOING 100% IN OCTOBER. FINISHING BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. FEC IS A PARTNER TO DO THE CONNECTION ACROSS THE TRACKS. AS I SAID, MAP IS FUNDING OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL UPGRADES. SO BIG PARTNERSHIP, LOTS OF FUNDING COMING TOGETHER AND MOVING VERY QUICKLY. OUR THIRD PROJECT IS THE PEMBROKE PINES MOBILITY HUB. THIS IS ALSO AN FTA GRANT IN THE CITY OF PEMBROKE PINES. THIS ONE WILL BRING PEOPLE WALKING, BIKING WITHIN THE CITY CENTER AREA THAT THE CITY HAS REALLY DEVELOPED IN AN URBAN MIXED USE CAPACITY TO BRING THEM UP TO TRANSIT ALONG PINES BOULEVARD. THIS ONE INCLUDES A TRAIL, BUS STOPS, BIKE CONNECTIVITY, AND SOME BUS SHELTERS ON PINES. AND WE ARE FINALIZING PLANS THIS YEAR TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. OKAY. SO WE GET A QUESTION A LOT, WHY PARTNER WITH MTECC? THERE'S REALLY A FEW KEY ISSUES. NUMBER ONE, EXPERTISE IN FEDERAL FUNDING. NUMBER TWO, WE'RE VERY FOCUSED. NUMBER THREE, WE DELIVER TIMELY. AND NUMBER FOUR, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH YOUR CITY STAFF. AND THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF OUR BOARD MEMBERSHIP NOW AND OUR STAFF IF [2. Report From Partner Agency - Commute Broward - Education & Advancement Update] YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. FEEL FREE TO FOLLOW UP. BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS IN THE QUEUE. THE OTHER TWO REPORTS THAT WE HAVE, IF THEY ARE SHORT REPORTS SUCH AS THIS ONE, I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO BE ABLE TO COVER THEM. IF THEY ARE NOT, THEN IF WE CAN, LET ME KNOW IF WE CAN MOVE THEM. SO, ROBIN CHIARELLI. THE SPEED TIME. BOOM, LET'S GO. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD MORNING, GOOD EVENING, WHATEVER TIME IT IS. MY NAME IS ROBIN CHIARELLI. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. OF THE GREATER FORT LAUDERDALE TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION. WE'RE A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ESTABLISHED IN 1992. GREG IS THE BOARD CHAIR. THANK YOU, GREG. NOT SINCE 1992, BUT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND WE OPERATE COMMUTE BROWARD. AND I'M PROUD TO GIVE A QUICK PROGRESS UPDATE TODAY ON COMMUTE BROWARD'S ACTIVITY OVER THE LAST YEAR. AND I'LL START OFF BY FIRST OF ALL TALKING ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD'S ROLE. WHO ARE WE? AND WHAT DO WE DO? OUR NICHE IS WORKING WITH LARGE EMPLOYERS. AND THAT GIVES US A SCALABLE WAY TO REACH A LOT OF COMMUTERS. SO, IF YOU THINK [02:15:02] ABOUT IT IN TERMS OF AN APPLE TREE, YOU'RE NOT SHAKING ONE SINGLE APPLE. YOU'RE SHAKING AN ENTIRE APPLE TREE. BY WORKING WITH ONE LARGE EMPLOYER, WE'RE ABLE TO REACH HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS, OF COMMUTERS. TO LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THEIR TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, COMMUTER BENEFITS, AND HOW WE CAN SUPPORT THE WORKFORCE. AND THERE'S ACTUALLY SUPPORT IN FLORIDA STATUTES FOR THIS APPROACH. FLORIDA STATUTE 768091 LIMITS EMPLOYER LIABILITY WHEN AN EMPLOYER PROVIDES COMMUTER INCENTIVES AND INFORMATION TO THEIR EMPLOYEES. SO, THERE'S PROTECTION FOR EMPLOYERS WHO PROVIDE THIS INFORMATION, WHO INCENTIVIZE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR THEIR TEAMS. SO, WHAT DOES COMMUTE BROWARD DO? WE HELP EMPLOYERS ACCESS A LARGER WORKFORCE. WE HELP EMPLOYEES TAP INTO MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS THAT THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF. AND WE HELP THE REGION GET MORE VALUE OUT OF THE TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE. SO, WITH THAT IN CONTEXT, WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT THIS PAST YEAR IN SIX KEY AREAS. AND SO, THE NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS, I'LL GO THROUGH EACH ONE BRIEFLY. THE MAJOR ONE IS WORKING WITH LARGE EMPLOYERS SUCH AS AMERICAN EXPRESS, CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE, AND CONRAD FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH. AND WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP IS THAT IT REPRESENTS THREE MAJOR INDUSTRIES, WHETHER IT'S CORPORATE, PUBLIC, OR HOSPITALITY. AND I THINK THAT OUR MODEL WORKS ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES. AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE WORKING WITH EACH OF THESE TO ROLL OUT CUSTOMIZED COMMUTER BENEFITS PROGRAM FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. TO GIVE YOU A TASTE OF WHAT A CUSTOMIZED COMMUTER BENEFIT PROGRAM MIGHT LOOK LIKE, COULD INCLUDE CARPOOL AND VANPOOL RIDE MATCHING, INFORMATION ABOUT THE GUARANTEED RIDE HOME PROGRAM, CUSTOMIZED SURVEYS, TRANSPORTATION FARES, A LOT OF HANDHOLDING TO GET THE EMPLOYEES INFORMED. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, WE'RE WORKING WITH LARGE FIRMS ABOUT THEIR TRANSPORTATION CHOICES. AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PIPELINE THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, WORKING WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT EMPLOYERS. SO, THIS LIST HERE, BROWARD HEALTH AS AN EXAMPLE, WEST AND FORT LAUDERDALE BEACH, PUBLIX, THESE ARE SOME EMPLOYERS THAT WE ARE IN CONVERSATION WITH. AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND IS THE PATH TO PARTNERSHIP TAKES QUITE A TIME TO BUILD FROM THE INITIAL CONNECTION, MULTIPLE MEETINGS, FOLLOW-UPS, AND THEN FINALLY TO EXECUTING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. SO, THE GOAL IS TO KEEP EACH OF THESE MOVING AND BUILD THEM FROM AN INITIAL RELATIONSHIP TO A FULL PARTNERSHIP BY SIGNING AN MOU, A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. ANOTHER AREA WE FOCUSED ON THIS YEAR IS DEVELOPING TOOLS TO PUT IN THE HANDS OF EMPLOYERS. AS AN EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE THERE THE ORANGE AND WHITE TOOLKIT, AS WELL AS DIGITAL FACING TOOLS. THAT SPEAK TO A NUMBER OF INDUSTRIES TO MAKE OUR PROGRAM, COMMUTE BROWARD, EASIER TO UNDERSTAND. WE'VE ALSO SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE HUMAN RESOURCES COMMUNITY. HR FOLKS, THEY GET IT. THEY UNDERSTAND HOW COMMUTER OPTIONS AND COMMUTER BENEFITS AFFECT THEIR WORKFORCE, HOW IT AFFECTS RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION. SO, THOSE LADIES IN THE PHOTO WITH ME ARE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE HUMAN RESOURCES OF BROWARD COUNTY. HUMAN RESOURCES ASSOCIATION OF BROWARD COUNTY. AND SO, MAKING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND CONNECTIONS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE REACH OF OUR MESSAGE TO THE PEOPLE WHO WILL BE ABLE TO ADOPT OUR PROGRAM AND MAKE THE, GET IN FRONT OF THE DECISION MAKERS WHO WILL BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE. WE'VE ALSO INCREASED PROGRAM VISIBILITY, PRIMARILY THROUGH LINKEDIN. WE'VE INCREASED OUR LINKEDIN NETWORK BY 143%. WE'VE ALSO WORKED WITH AMBASSADORS, SUCH AS THE GENTLEMAN DEPICTED ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT. YOU CAN SEE ME ON HIS LAPTOP IN PEACH. I TEND TO WEAR PEACH A LOT, MY FAVORITE COLOR. I'M VERY SMALL, BUT YOU SEE THE PEACH BLOUSE. THAT'S ME. HE'S INTERVIEWING ME ABOUT COMMUTE BROWARD. AND AFTER THE INTERVIEW, HE POSTED TO HIS 43,000 FOLLOWERS ON LINKEDIN. AND IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LINKEDIN, IT'S MORE OF A HIGH QUALITY RATHER THAN HIGH QUANTITY SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM. SO 43,000 FOLLOWERS IS QUITE A LOT. AND THEN THE QUALITY OF THOSE FOLKS WERE GETTING TO THE DECISION MAKERS, THE HR EXECUTIVES WHO HE WAS ABLE TO PUT THE COMMUTE BROWARD PROGRAM IN FRONT OF. LOOKING AHEAD TO THIS YEAR, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE GOING [02:20:01] TO FOCUS ON STRENGTHENING PROGRAM REPORTING, SIMPLIFY TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION, EXPAND OUR PARTICIPATION OF EMPLOYERS, AND INTEGRATE THE REGIONAL VALUE OF THE PROGRAM. AND YOU'LL SEE PRACTICAL TOOLS COMING OUT OF THE PROGRAM, SUCH AS HOW-TO GUIDES, AN EMPLOYER FOCUS GROUP, EMPLOYER TRAININGS, EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS, AND FINALLY AN IMPACT REPORT. AND SO THAT'S IT FOR THE COMMUTE BROWARD UPDATE. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. WE HAVE NO COMMENTS FROM MEMBERS [3. Report From Partner Agency - Florida Department of Transportation - SR-93/I-75/Alligator Alley Master Plan] IN THE QUEUE. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE NEXT AND LAST ITEM WOULD BE ITEM NUMBER THREE, REPORT FROM OUR PARTNER AGENCY. IS THAT HAYSA? GEYSA SOSA. GOOD MORNING. GEYSA SOSA. GOOD MORNING. IT'S STILL MORNING. THAT WAS IT? GOOD MORNING. WELCOME. GOOD MORNING. I'M FROM FDOT. I'M PROJECT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER. AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT. WE'RE GOING TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY MASTER PLAN. I'M HERE WITH ALEX PAREDES. HE'S THE CONSULTANT PROJECT MANAGER. AND THIS GOES FROM THE TOLL PLAZA IN BROWARD TO THE TOLL PLAZA IN COLLIER COUNTY. AND WE'LL GO OVER DETAILS BRIEFLY. THANK YOU, ALEX. THANK YOU. SO THIS IS A VERY HIGH-LEVEL STUDY, FIRST OF ITS KIND ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY. THE PROJECT LIMITS ARE, LIKE HAYSA SAID, FROM TOLL PLAZA TO TOLL PLAZA, COVERING BROWARD AND COLLIER COUNTY, 75 MILES. 25 MILES IN BROWARD, 50 MILES IN COLLIER COUNTY, SO MAJORITY OF IT OVER THERE. THE WHOLE, THE POINT OF THE STUDIES TO IDENTIFY LONG-TERM VISION FOR THE ALLIGATOR ALLEY AND WHAT CAN BE NEAR-TERM IMPROVEMENTS AND WHAT CAN OTHER, LIKE, MORE LARGER IMPROVEMENTS, LIKE CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL ROLL INTO, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THE PD&E PROCESS. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES AND CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE STUDY WILL BE LOOKING AT EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EVACUATION AND SAFETY, TECHNOLOGY AND CONNECTIVITY. FREIGHT TRUCKING NEEDS, WILDLIFE HABITATS, INFRASTRUCTURE HARDENING, THE MOBILITY AND TRAVEL DEMAND, AND, OF COURSE, THE FUNDING PRIORITIZATION AND PHASING FOR THESE FUTURE PROJECTS. I'M GOING TO SKIP SOME HERE. SO THE ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURAL AWARENESS AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE AND PERMITTING IS VERY KEY, AND IT WILL DRIVE A LOT OF THE DECISIONS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE ON THIS PROJECT, YOU KNOW, NOTING THERE'S A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND CULTURALLY SENSITIVE AREAS ON THIS CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS THE TRIBAL COMMUNITIES OF WHICH THE DEPARTMENT'S ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT OFFICE IS THE ONE THAT HAS THE DIRECT COORDINATION WITH THEM, BUT THEY WILL BE ENGAGED AS NEEDED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF ONGOING PROJECTS HERE THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED. THERE ARE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENTS OUT IN COLLIER COUNTY WHICH WILL, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THE TRAVEL DEMAND, SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT AS WE DO THE TRAVEL DEMAND PROJECTIONS. AND SO FROM THE STUDY, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE IN ALL THE STAKEHOLDER INPUT, IDENTIFY, DO THE BENEFIT AND COST ANALYSIS, IDENTIFY SOME OF THESE PROJECTS, THE NEAR-TERM AND LONG-TERM, SEGMENT THEM AND PHASE THEM TO SEE HOW AND WHEN THEY CAN BE IMPLEMENTED. WE'LL BE LOOKING AT EVALUATING THE FUNDING AND, OF COURSE, WHAT THE GOAL IS TO GET WITH THE MPO AND THE DEPARTMENT TOGETHER TO PRIORITIZE AND PROGRAM THESE, EITHER THE NEAR-TERM PROJECTS OR THE FUTURE STUDIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO WE'VE COMPLETED, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE BEGINNING HEADING INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE STUDY, WE'VE COMPLETED THE DATA COLLECTION, THE CRASH DATA TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, WE'VE INITIATED THE PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT, AND WE'RE GETTING INTO THE TRAVEL DEMAND PROJECTIONS AND OPERATIONAL ANALYSIS AND THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS FOR, YEP. SO WE HAVE, THERE'S, THE DEPARTMENT'S LOOKING AT FUNDING FOR FUTURE, SO ONCE THE STUDY'S COMPLETED, WE WILL IDENTIFY ANY OTHER NEAR-TERM PROJECTS. ANY OF THE SAFETY AND OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE NOW AS COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONES THAT WILL GO INTO FUTURE STUDIES. AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE'S CONCERNED, THIS IS ABOUT A 24-MONTH STUDY, WHICH WILL END AT THE END OF 2027. RIGHT NOW, THIS IS OUR FIRST MPO MEETING. WE WILL HAVE TWO MORE THROUGH THE PROCESS, AS WELL AS SETTING UP THESE TECHNICAL REVIEW COMMITTEES WITH ALL THE, WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS TO GET THE, GET FEEDBACK. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT. WE'LL GET FEEDBACK, MAKE THE UPDATES AS NEEDED, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK TO PRESENT AGAIN TO THE MPO TWO MORE TIMES BEFORE THE STUDY CONCLUDES. AND WHAT'S THAT? YEAH, AND AS WELL, RIGHT, WE'LL BE, WE'LL BE DOING THE SAME WITH COLLIER COUNTY, RIGHT? OKAY. [02:25:02] AND THAT'S, DID THAT AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. AGAIN, HIGH-LEVEL STUDY, LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, IT'S A 2050 PLANNING HORIZON. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT, WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT'S NEEDED NOW, AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO STUDY, AND WHAT CAN WE BRING INTO THE QUARTER TO, YOU KNOW, IMPROVE THE SAFETY AND, AND ADDRESS THE MOBILITY NEEDS OF THE FUTURE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I HAVE ONE MEMBER COMMENT FROM DEPUTY VICE CHAIR JEFFY. THANK YOU. YEAH, I'M SORRY YOU GUYS WERE THE LAST ON THE LIST, BUT FOR THE CITY OF WESTON, THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT PROJECT, SO I'M GOING TO INVITE YOU OUT TO THE CITY OF WESTON TO GIVE A PRESENTATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE, BECAUSE WE'RE THE LAST CITY, OR THE FIRST CITY, DEPENDING ON WHICH WAY YOU'RE TRAVELING. AND OUR FIRE STATION, OUR AOR, DOES HANDLE THE ONLY FIRE STATION FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE OUT THERE ON ALLIGATOR ALLEY. YEP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. NO FURTHER ACTION OR NON-ACTION ITEMS. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. MEETING ADJOURNED. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.