Jun 24, 2020 Technical Advisory Committee

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TODAY THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ARE SEEKING A MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2021-2025, TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.

WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE QUESTIONS.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JIHONG.

THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NICK, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YOUR HAND'S UP.

>> YES, I DO.

>> GREAT.

>> HI, THANK YOU.GOOD PRESENTATION.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH THE REMOVAL OF THE PARK AND RIDE, FM 4215485.

HOW DOES THIS ACTION TODAY RELATE TO WHAT THE MPO BOARD DID AT THEIR LAST BOARD MEETING? DIDN'T THEY NOT ALREADY REMOVE THIS FROM DRAFTS? SO WHY ARE WE SEEING IT FOR REMOVAL TODAY?

>> YES. THAT PROJECT IS PRESENTED AND THE BOARD DECIDED TO REMOVE THE PART OF A PARK AND RIDE SECTION.

BUT WHEN THEY DO THE DECISION, THE DRAFT FOR TIP ALREADY PUBLISHED.

SO STILL AGAIN, THE DRAFT TIP.

>> OKAY. I THINK IT'S STRANGE THAT WE HAVE TO VOTE TO POTENTIALLY REMOVE SOMETHING THAT'S ALREADY BEEN REMOVED POTENTIALLY, BUT I GUESS IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN REMOVED.

SEEING THAT THIS IS ON OUR AGENDA THOUGH, AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THIS PARK AND RIDE.

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I REALLY FEEL THAT, FOR ME, I CANNOT SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT INCLUDES THAT REMOVAL, MORE TASKS AS THE TACK TO PROVIDE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, TECHNICAL SUFFICIENCY, ACCURACY, AND COMPLETION OF STUDIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS ACCORDING TO OUR ROLE, AND I DO NOT FEEL THAT PROJECT MET ANY REASONS FOR REMOVAL BASED UPON THOSE CRITERIA.

SO WHEN THE RECOMMENDATION COMES UP, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS AS LONG AS THAT REMOVAL'S THERE. THANK YOU.

>> HI, BILL OR MIKE, ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?

>> HEY, JIHONG. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE THROUGH THE CHAIR.

>> SURE, GO AHEAD, BILL.

>> I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, NICK, BASICALLY THE BOARD'S ACTION WAS DIRECT US TO REMOVE IT.

SO WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A REVIEW PERIOD WITH THE DRAFT TIP THAT SITS OUT THERE FOR 30 DAYS FOR PUBLIC AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS ITEM IS SHOWING UP HERE.

I BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THAT THE BOARD ACTED LAST MONTH, THERE'S A PRETTY HIGH PROBABILITY THAT THE BOARD IS GOING TO SUPPORT THIS RECOMMENDATION AND TAKE ACTION IN JULY ON THE BOARD.

THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE, AND I THINK YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTION TODAY, NICK IS CORRECT.

SO IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'M GLADLY TRY TO ADDRESS THEM FOR YOU.

>> OKAY, THANK YOU.

>> MR. GOOD, YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> YES, MA'AM. SURE. THANK YOU.

IN THE SAME PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE AMENDMENTS, THE PARK AND RIDE AS WELL AS THE PEMBROKE ROAD PROJECTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED.

WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THOSE FUNDS? THEN WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FUNDS? BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE BOTH IN CYCLE 1 OR SOONER.

>> WHAT'S THE TOTAL FUNDING? LET ME SEE.

FOR THE PARK AND RIDE THERE'S THE STATE FUNDS. LET ME SEE.

>> JUST SO YOU KNOW, THE PARK AND RIDE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT IT'S BIFURCATING THE PROJECT, MEANING THAT THEY'RE KEEPING A PIECE OF IT AND NOT KEEPING ANOTHER PIECE OF IT.

>> THE PARK AND RIDE PROJECTS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, ONLY PARK AND RIDE, THEY HAVE OTHER PROJECTS IN TRY TO IMPLEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE TIP.

FOR THE PARK AND RIDE PROJECTS, THEIR TOTAL FUNDING IS ABOUT 15 MILLION AND FOR THE YEAR 2020, ABOUT 14 MILLION.

FOR THE PEMBROKE ROAD, TOTAL COST IS 3.7 MILLION.

>> JIHONG, LET ME JUST ADD TO THAT, IF I COULD THROUGH THE CHAIR.

FOR THE PARK AND RIDE ONE, ACTUALLY THERE WERE MORE THAN ONE PROJECT LOCATED THERE, THEY HAVE UNIQUE FM NUMBERS.

SO WE ARE SPECIFICALLY RECOMMENDING TODAY THAT WE REMOVE THE PROJECT WITH UNIQUE IDENTIFIER THAT IS JUST THE PARK AND RIDE PROJECT.

SO THAT'S THE DASH ONE, I BELIEVE, PROJECT FOR 15 MILLION.

IT IS STATE MONEY THAT WAS COMPETITIVELY AWARDED ON A I BELIEVE, A STATEWIDE BASIS.

I DON'T THINK THAT WE REALLY KNOW YET WHERE THAT MONEY WILL WIND UP, WHETHER IT WILL STAY WITHIN THE DISTRICT OR WHETHER IT WINDS UP BACK AT A STATEWIDE LEVEL FOR REDISTRIBUTION.

>> MY OTHER QUESTION IS REGARDING THE PINES BOULEVARD, UNIVERSITY DRIVE AT THE DEFERRAL.

THE QUESTION IS, DID THE MPO RECEIVE A RESOLUTION AND SUPPORT THIS ITEM FROM THE CITY?

>> AGAIN, I'LL TRY TO TAKE THIS ONE, JIHONG.

SO TO THE CHAIR, THIS PROJECT DOES HAVE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THROUGH THE 2045 MTP PROCESS.

HOWEVER, IT WAS LOCATED IN THE LAST PERIOD OF THE 2045 PLAN SO IT'S FURTHER OUT.

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DOT HAD EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN POTENTIALLY MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD AT THE SAME TIME AS ANOTHER RELATED PROJECT AT FLAMINGO AND PINES.

THAT CREATES A TECHNICAL ISSUE IN THAT IT'S MOVING THE PROJECT MORE THAN TWO PHASES WITHIN THE MTP DOCUMENT.

BUT BEYOND THAT, WE KNEW WHEN WE HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND ASKING FOR THE RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT THAT THERE WERE SOME ISSUES AND CONCERNS WITH MOVING THIS PROJECT FORWARD IN AN EARLIER TIME FRAME.

SO WE DID GO BACK AND RECONFIRM WITH THE CITY; THEIR DESIRE AND COMFORT WITH MOVING THIS PROJECT UP OR NOT AND THE CITIES STRONG PREFERENCE WAS THAT IT SHOULD REMAIN IN AN OUTER YEAR WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MTP AND WE HAVE COMMUNICATED THAT WITH OUR PARTNERS AT DOT.

>> SO YOU'RE SAYING THEN THE CITY COMMISSION PROVIDED A RESOLUTION WITHDRAWING THEIR SUPPORT FOR THAT PIECE THAT WAS IN THE 2125 PERIOD?

>> NO, SIR. THEY PROVIDED US A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.

THEY HAVE NOT WITHDRAWN THAT SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING IT IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN BUT DOT'S PROPOSAL WAS TO ACCELERATE THAT PROJECT BY 15 OR 20 YEARS AND THAT RAISED A COUPLE OF ISSUES AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE REACHED OUT ON THAT QUESTION.

NOT WHETHER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE REMOVED.

SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TODAY IS TO REMOVE IT FROM THE TIP BUT WE'RE NOT REMOVING IT OR AFFECTING ITS FUTURE IN THE MTP IN ANY WAY.

>> WELL, I GUESS THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO.

DID THE CITY COMMISSION PROVIDE A RESOLUTION FOR THE 2025 TIP AND INCLUDE IT, WHATEVER THIS PROJECT WAS, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A STUDY OR SOMETHING. IS THAT CORRECT?

>> THE DOT WAS PROGRAMMING FUNDING FOR A [INAUDIBLE] STUDY AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY TYPE OF ADDITIONAL RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY FOR OR AGAINST SINCE WE RECEIVED THE RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF INCLUDING THAT PROJECT IN THE 2045 PLAN.

>> OKAY. SO I SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THE CITY HAS SUBMITTED A LETTER OR A FORMAL DOCUMENT IN SUPPORT OF THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHY ANY OF IT WOULD BE CHANGING WITHOUT A FORMAL CITY ACTION THAT WOULD COUNTER THE PRIMARY.

>> [OVERLAPPING] I THINK WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO HERE IS ACTUALLY TO RETAIN THE STATUS QUO BECAUSE WHAT THE CITY SAW AND WHAT THE CITY SUPPORTED WAS THIS PROJECT IN AN OUTER YEAR OF THE 2045 PLAN THE LAST 10 YEAR PERIOD, 2035 THROUGH 2045.

DOT WAS PROPOSING TO ACCELERATE IT, AND SO WE COMMUNICATED THAT WITH THE CITY AND THEY WERE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF ACCELERATING THE PROJECT.

BUT WE DID NOT GO BACK AND ASK FOR ANYTHING FORMAL FROM THE CITY, ANOTHER RESOLUTION BECAUSE WE'RE NOT AFFECTING ITS PLACE IN THE MTP.

WE DON'T NORMALLY DO RESOLUTIONS PROJECT BY PROJECT FOR THE TIP, THOSE RESOLUTIONS ARE DONE BEFORE A PROJECT IS PRIORITIZED AS PART OF THE MTP AND SO THIS WAS A LATE, WE GET THE DOWNLOAD FROM FDOT IN THE SPRING, WE NOTICED THAT PROJECT WAS PROGRAMMED WITH VERY EARLY FUNDING, THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A SURPRISE TO US, SO WE COORDINATED AT THAT POINT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS?

>> HEY, THIS IS BARNEY MCCOY WITH BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT.

JUST A QUESTION, I GUESS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

EVEN THOUGH THE MPO BOARD HAD ALREADY DIRECTED THAT THIS BE REMOVED, WAS THERE EVER A DEFINITIVE ANSWER GIVEN US TO WHERE THESE FUNDS WOULD ULTIMATELY END UP AS IT WAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WOULD POSSIBLY LEAVE THE REGION? IS THAT ANYONE ELSE'S UNDERSTANDING OF THIS?

>> THIS IS BILL AGAIN, I GUESS THROUGH THE CHAIR I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THAT.

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SO JOHN, I SEE YOU SITTING THERE WITH FDOT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO WEIGH IN, BUT OUR UNDERSTANDING FROM [LAUGHTER] DOT IS THAT THESE WERE AWARDED COMPETITIVELY ON A STATEWIDE BASIS, AND SO IT'S NOT CERTAIN THAT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO STAY HERE WITHIN THE REGION AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S YET TO BE DETERMINED.

>> OKAY. I'D LIKE TO JUST GO ON RECORD.

DO I ECHO NICK SOFOULS SENTIMENT ON THIS AS WHERE BROWARD COUNTY TRANSIT STANDS ON THIS ISSUE OR THIS ITEM?

>> THROUGH THE CHAIR, AM I ALLOWED TO SPEAK?

>> SURE MR. STUART GO AHEAD.

>> THANKS, SORRY GUYS I WAS JUST ON A DIFFERENT PHONE CALL, MEETING AND HAPPENED TO [INAUDIBLE].

TOM, THANK YOU FOR ASKING THE QUESTIONS.

NICK, I DIDN'T ACTUALLY HEAR WHAT YOU ACTUALLY SAID, BUT I DID HEAR BARNEY.

PART OF WHAT I'M HEARING FROM THIS PROJECT AND HOPEFULLY MAYBE THIS MAY STRAIGHTEN IT OUT OR MAKE IT EVEN MORE CONFUSING FOR YOU IS WHEN THIS WAS PRESENTED TO THE PEMBROKE PINES COMMISSION, IT WAS ONLY PINES [OVERLAPPING].

>> GREG, I'M GOING TO STOP YOU FOR JUST A MOMENT.

I THINK BARNEYS COMMENT WAS RELATIVE TO NICK, WHICH IS RELATIVE TO THE PARK AND RIDE, NOT TO THE PINES ISSUE.

>> OKAY. THEN I'M GOING GO BACK TO THE PARK AND RIDE FOR THAT, SO I WILL BUILD ON THAT.

THE PARK AND RIDE ITSELF, THOSE ARE STATE FUNDS AS BILL WAS TALKING ABOUT.

SORRY ABOUT THAT TOM, AND THE BIGGER PICTURE WITH THAT IS THAT MONEY WILL GO BACK UP TO THE STATE AND WILL GET REPROGRAMMED, BUT IT WILL ACTUALLY COME BACK DOWN TO SOUTH-EAST FLORIDA FOR THE PARK AND RIDE IN PINES.

THE PINES FACILITY IS JUST MUCH MORE [INAUDIBLE] AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT IS.

SO WHETHER YOU SUPPORT OR DON'T SUPPORT THE PARK AND RIDE, THE BOARD'S ACTIONS HAS ALREADY OCCURRED AND THAT IS THE NEXT STEP FOR THIS, AND IT WAS A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

SO I JUST WANT TO FOCUS YOU ALL ON THAT AND THE FACTS ON WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM, FROM THE STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THIS, IT IS COMPETITIVE AT THE STATE LEVEL.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE OTHER FACILITIES IN SOUTH-EAST FLORIDA THAT COULD ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS FUNDING, SO IT DOESN'T LEAVE THE AREA AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT TO DEAL WITH THAT AS WE SPEAK.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU GREG.

>> THANK YOU, KAREN.

>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOUIS, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I HAVE A QUESTION, IS THERE A PROCESS TO AMEND THIS YEARS' TIP ONCE YOU GUYS APPROVE TO ADD LIKE ANOTHER PROJECT?

>> JIHONG.

>> HI, THANKS LOUIS.

THE TIP IS A LIVING DOCUMENT AFTER APPROVAL, THEY'LL HAVE TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS, REVISIONS BASED ON THE REQUEST FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, REQUESTS FROM DOT.

SO YES, IT'S A LIVING DOCUMENT.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANK YOU JIHONG. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TIP?

>> NO. SEEING NONE AND AS JIHONG MENTIONED THIS IS A PUBLIC MEETING, SO I OPEN IT UP IF THERE'S ANY PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TIP.

WE DO NOT SEE ANY IN OUR ATTENDEES OR IN OUR PARTICIPANTS.

SO I CALL FOR A MOTION AND THE MOTION WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND THAT THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR FY 21 TO 25 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.

IF YOU COULD RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION BY MICHAEL RIGHETTI.

SECONDED BY MAQSOOD.

ANY COMMENTS? ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS?

>> YES, MADAM CHAIR.

>> YES MR. GOOD.

>> YES, I'D LIKE TO AMEND THAT MOTION.

>> [OVERLAPPING] OKAY.

>> THAT PROJECT FM 4419541 BE REMOVED FROM CONSIDERATION FOR THE PROJECT AMENDMENT.

THAT'S MY AMENDED MOTION.

>> DO WE NEED TO DO ACTION ON THE FIRST MOTION?

>> AMENDMENT FIRST.

>> OKAY. CAN I GET A SECOND FOR MR. GOODS AMENDED MOTION? MAQSOOD MADE THE SECOND.

>> I NEED A SECOND.

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OKAY, SO FOR THIS, WE'LL DO THE CONSENT MOTION.

IF ANYBODY HAS AN ISSUE WITH THAT AMENDED MOTION, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND, OTHERWISE, IT WOULD PASS ON CONSENT, AND TO RESTATE THE AMENDED MOTION, IT WOULD BE TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR FY 21 TO 25 TIP WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS ACCEPTING THE PROJECT NUMBER.

IF YOU COULD REPEAT THAT, 44, THE WESTERN PARK AND RIDE, CORRECT?

>> NO, IT'S THE PINES BOULEVARD UNIVERSITY DRIVE 4419541.

>> PARDON ME, THAT SAYS I HAVE NUMBER IS ARTERIAL CONNECTIVITY STUDY.

THE PALM BOULEVARD SHOULD BE 4465871.

>> WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

>> PALM BOULEVARD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

SO I HAVE NUMBER IS 4465871.

>> SO WHAT IS THE NUMBER THAT I'M LOOKING AT IN YOUR PRESENTATION?

>> THE 4419541 ARTERIAL CONNECTIVITY STUDY IS THIS PRODUCT.

>> THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T WANT IT TO BE REMOVED.

>> OKAY, YOU WANT TO KEEP THE PALM BOULEVARD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

>> THIS F NUMBER IS 4465871.

>> OKAY, SO JUST ONE MORE TIME, MR. GOOD, JUST TO CLARIFY WHICH PROJECT FOR EVERYONE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO REMOVE OR KEEP IN THE TIP.

>> I'M GOING TO GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR.

IT'S THE 21, 2025 PROJECT TO REMAIN.

CAN THAT BE HEARD.

>> YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEMBROKE ROAD UP FROM US 27TH TO SOUTHWEST 160TH.

>> NO, I'M TALKING ABOUT PINES BOULEVARD UNIVERSITY DRIVE.

>> PINES, OKAY.

>> OKAY, SO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH THAT AMENDED MOTION.

OTHERWISE WOULD PASS ON CONSENT.

[NOISE] NICK HAS RAISED HIS HAND.

ANYBODY ELSE? NICK DID YOU TAKE YOUR HAND DOWN OR IS IT STILL? OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU, SO THEN A ROLL-CALL ON THIS ITEM? CORRECT. [OVERLAPPING]

>> YES VICE CHAIR.

>> OKAY, REBECCA, IF YOU COULD HELP US OUT THAT.

>> I'M READY TO GO. [NOISE]

>> GO AHEAD.

>> GO DOWN THE LIST, MAXINE CALLOWAY? SHE'S NOT HERE. ANDREW PINNEY? PLEASE SAY YES OR NO.

>> ANDREW PINNEY SAYS YES, THANK YOU.

TAMMY REED-HOLGUIN? HOGUIN. TAMMY? [NOISE]

>> TAMMY? NO.

>> SHE MAY HAVE WALKED AWAY.

I'LL COME BACK LATER.

ENELISE MICHAELS? [NOISE]

>> THANK YOU. MAGGIE BARSZEWSKI?

>> YES, THANK YOU. TOM GOOD?

>> YES. THANK YOU. MICHAEL RIGHETTI? [FOREIGN]

>> YES, THANK YOU. CHARLES SCHRAMM?

SYDNEY RAMIERZ? [NOISE] SYDNEY RAMIERZ? [NOISE] ALL RIGHT, I'LL COME BACK, LISA MARIE GLOVER?

>> THANK YOU. KAREN WARFEL?

>> NO. [NOISE]

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>> NO, THANK YOU. CHRIS TORRES?

>> YES, THANK YOU. LISA ZELCH?

>> NO, THANK YOU. BRADLEY SWING.

>> YES, THANK YOU. PETE SCHWARZ?

>> NO, THANK YOU. ROBERTA MOORE?

>> NO, THANK YOU. CLARRISA LP?

>> YES, THANK YOU. IGOR COLMENARES?

>>YES.

>> YES, THANK YOU. MATTHEW COYLE?

>> YES, THANK YOU. RICHARD HUGHES?

>> YES, THANK YOU. CARL KENNEDY?

>> YEAH, THANK YOU. CARL THOMPSON? [NOISE] IS KARL ABSENT? MATTHEW WOOD.

>> YES, THANK YOU. MIRIAM JACQUE?

STEPHEN DAVID? HE'S STILL ABSENT. NATALIE YESBECK? [NOISE]

>>YES.

>> YES, THANK YOU. LISA WIGHT?

>> YES, THANK YOU, KAREN FRIEDMAN? OH YEAH, KAREN FRIEDMAN? SHE'S NOT ON ANYMORE.

SHE'S NO LONGER ON. RICHARD TORNESE?

[INAUDIBLE]? [INAUDIBLE]?

>> OKAY. WELCOME BACK.

DAWN [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO. THANK YOU. NICK SOFOUL?

>> NO ON THE AMENDMENT.

>> NO. THANK YOU.

ANDREW [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO. THANK YOU, AND CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE].

CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE]? PLEASE SAY YES OR NO.

[BACKGROUND] WE CAN HEAR YOU.

>> OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME?

GOING BACK, I HAVE BARNEY MCCOY.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> SO YES. THANK YOU.

>> THIS IS BARNEY. I'M SORRY I HAD TO STEP AWAY. NO.

>> NO. THERE YOU ARE, I HAD TO FIND YOU ON MY LIST.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S NO. THANK YOU.

TAMMY REED-HOLGUIN? TAMMY REED-HOLGUIN OR SYDNEY RAMIERZ?

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VICE-CHAIR OR MIKE, WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO DO FOR THE TWO THAT WE DON'T HAVE?

>> ARE THEY ON?

>> THEY ARE ON. I'VE ASKED TO UNMUTE, BUT THEY ARE NOT RESPONDING.

>> THEY MUST HAVE STEPPED AWAY THEN OR.

>> I CAN, MIKE, MARK THAT IN THE MINUTES THAT THEY'VE STEPPED AWAY.

>> YES. STEPH MUST HAVE STEPPED AWAY.

TAMMY? NO? OKAY. ALRIGHT.

>> THAT'S IT, REBECCA, THAT'S EVERYBODY?

>> THAT'S EVERYONE. KARL, WERE ARE YOU TAKING MY NUMBERS?

>> YES, REBECCA. FROM THOSE WHO RESPONDED, I GOT 21 YESES AND EIGHT NO'S.

>> I CONFIRM.

>> OKAY. MOTIONING PASSES AS AMENDED.

>> MOTION PASSES.

>> I THANK MY COLLEAGUES. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE NEXT ITEM IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROWARD MPO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE BROWARD MPO'S TITLE VI PROGRAM AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN. ERICA?

>> WAIT, WASN'T THAT JUST A MOTION ON AN AMENDMENT?

>> YEAH. WE NEED [OVERLAPPING]

>> WE HAVEN'T [INAUDIBLE] THE ITEM.

>> YES. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE MAIN ITEM NOW, MADAM CHAIR, AND I THINK YOU COULD DO THAT THROUGH CONSENSUS.

>> SURE. CAN I GET A MOTION? ON THE MAIN ITEM, PLEASE.

>> IT'S ALREADY BEEN MADE.

>> SECOND?

>> THE MOTION'S SECOND HAS ALREADY BEEN MADE, AND I ASKED FOR THE AMENDMENT, THE AMENDMENT PASSED.

NOW YOU'RE TAKING THE VOTE ON THE MAIN MOTION, THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SECONDED.

>> OKAY. SO IF ANYBODY HAS ISSUE WITH IT, LIKE WE'VE DONE, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

NICK HAS RAISED HIS HAND AS WELL AS PETE.

SO WE'LL DO ROLL-CALL FOR THE MAIN MOTION.

REBECCA, WHEN YOU'RE READY.

>> GIVE ME A MOMENT, I NEED ANOTHER COLOR.

[LAUGHTER].

I HAVE ANOTHER COLOR, I'M READY. ALRIGHT. ANDREW PINNEY?

>> YES. THANK YOU. TAMMY REED-HOLGUIN?

>> WHAT'S THE QUESTION? I HAD TO STEP OUT. WHAT ARE WE VOTING ON?

>> IT'S THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE TIP.

>> OH, YES.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

>> [INAUDIBLE] MICHAELS?

TOM GOOD? YOU'RE MUTED.

>> THANK YOU. YES.

>> YES. THANK YOU. MICHAEL [INAUDIBLE]?

>>YES. THANK YOU.

>> CHARLES [INAUDIBLE]?

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]?

>> SYDNEY RAMIERZ? SYDNEY RAMIERZ? I'LL COME BACK. KAREN WARFEL?

>> YES. THANK YOU. CHRIS TORRES?

>> YES. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]?

>> CAN YOU SKIP ME FOR A SECOND AND COME BACK TO ME?

>> OKAY. BRADLEY [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO. THANK YOU. ROBERTA MOORE?

THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU. ROBERT HUGHES?

>> NO. THANK YOU.

CLARISSA [INAUDIBLE]?

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>> AWESOME. THANK YOU. [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU. MATTHEW WOOD?

>> YES. THANK YOU. MIRIAM JACQUE?

>> [INAUDIBLE] I KNEW IT. [LAUGHTER] YES.

>> YES. THANK YOU. NATALIE [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU. LISA WIGHT?

KAREN FRIEDMAN? OH, WAIT THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YES. THANK YOU.

SHE'S ABSENT. RICHARD [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU. BARNEY MCCOY? BARNEY MCCOY STAR SIX?

>> NO. ALL RIGHT, THERE WE GO.

NO. THANK YOU. DAWN [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU. NICK SOFOUL?

>> NO. THANK YOU. ANDREW [INAUDIBLE]?

>> NO. THANK YOU.

CHRISTINA [INAUDIBLE]?

>> YES. THANK YOU, AND COMING BACK, LISA [INAUDIBLE]?

>> THANK YOU BOTH, MOTION PASSES.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ACTION ITEM.

AGAIN, HAVE PATIENTS WITH ME.

I WILL GET THE HANG OF THIS.

THE BROWARD MPO TO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE BROWARD MPO'S TITLE VI PROGRAM AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN, ERICA.

[2. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Updates to the Broward MPO's Title VI Program and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan]

>> GOOD AFTERNOON, ERICA LIVE CHAT WITH THE BROWARD MPO, JUST BEAR WITH ME HERE AS I'M GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU.

IF YOU ARE JUST ABLE TO CONFIRM, YOU CAN SEE MY SCREEN.

>> PERFECT, AND JUST TO ENSURE WE'RE IN SINGLE PRESENTATION MODE, OR ARE YOU SEEING BLACK? NO. OKAY. WONDERFUL. YES. SO GOOD AFTERNOON, ERIKA LIVE CHAT.

I AM THE TITLE VI AND DBE COORDINATOR FOR THE BROWARD MPO, AND JUST HERE TO GIVE YOU REALLY A VERY BRIEF PRESENTATION, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR TITLE VI, WHICH IS CONNECTED TO THE LAEP PLAN.

JUST A QUICK REVIEW, SO THE TITLE VI PROGRAM PURPOSE IS THAT TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.

THE BROWARD MPO, OF COURSE, BEING A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS MEANS THAT WE MUST ADHERE TO SET ORDER.

NOW, THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TITLE VI PROGRAM ARE THREEFOLD.

SO WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IS PROVIDED IN A NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER.

WE PROMOTE FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DECISION-MAKING WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.

THE THIRD IS TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO TRANSIT RELATED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES BY PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.

SO HIGH LEVEL, THIS PLAN IS REALLY AN UPDATE TO OUR PLAN.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN UPDATE EVERY THREE YEARS TO

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THE FTA AND WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WAS RECEIVED, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE.

WE'VE SUBMITTED PLANS IN THE TRIENNIAL TIME FRAMES IN PREVIOUS, SO AGAIN THIS IS AN UPDATE TO A WELL ESTABLISHED PLAN.

THE FTA HAS ALWAYS CONCURRED, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES.

NOW, OUR CURRENT PROGRAM DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL JULY 30TH OF 2021, BUT WE DO HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE FTA FOR THEM TO BEGIN REVIEW OCTOBER FIRST OF 2020.

SO WE'RE JUST BEING PROACTIVE AT THIS POINT.

AGAIN, THE FTA CONCURRED WITH THE LAST PLAN THAT WE SUBMITTED IN 2017, NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.

ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE DID IN THIS 2020 PLAN INCORPORATE THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT, WHICH WAS A WAY TO LOOK AT EQUITY THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MPO AS AN ASSESSMENT, AND WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO INTEGRATE THAT SYSTEM OF EQUITY ANALYSIS THROUGHOUT THIS TITLE VI PLAN.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT.

THERE WAS AN ATTACHMENT PROVIDED TO YOU, WHICH IS THE FINAL VERSION OF THIS PLAN, BUT WITH THAT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS IN REGARDS TO THE TITLE VI OR ANY QUESTIONS, I'M CERTAINLY OPEN TO TAKING ANY OF THOSE SHOULD THEY ARISE. THANK YOU.

>> KAREN, YOU MUTE IT, SORRY.

>> I UNMUTE MYSELF. THANK YOU.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ERICA? NO, SEEM NO. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU.

>> WONDERFUL. THANK YOU.

>> SO CAN WE GET A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THE BROAD MPO APPROVE UPDATES TO THE BROWARD MPO'S TITLE VI PROGRAM AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN PLEASE.

THE MOTION FROM MICHAEL RIGHETTI, A SECOND BY NATALIE SPECK.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? GREAT. SO IF NO ONE HAS AN ISSUE, WE WILL PASS THIS ON CONSENT.

IF YOU DO, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEEING NONE, IT PASSES ON CONSENT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE NEXT ITEM IS MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVES PROGRAM DSLIP POLICIES.

WE HAVE CONOR, TO PROVIDE US WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THAT TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[3. MOTION TO RECOMMEND BROWARD MPO APPROVE Amendments to the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Policies]

I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN REAL QUICK.

CAN YOU GUYS SEE THAT?

>> THERE WE GO. CAN YOU GUYS SEE MY SCREEN?

>>YES.

OKAY, PERFECT. ALRIGHT. SO MY NAME IS CONOR CAMPOBASSO WITH THE BROWARD MPO AND TODAY I'M GOING TO BE GIVING AN UPDATE ON THE POLICIES FOR THE COMING CYCLE OF CSLIP.

SO BEFORE WE GET INTO IT THOUGH, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION FOR THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH THE CSLIP PROGRAM OR MAYBE NEW MEMBERS HERE ON THE TAC.

ESSENTIALLY, CSLIP IS A FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE USE AT THE BROWARD MPO TO HELP FUND LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS IN THE BROWARD AREA.

SO I'LL JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT.

THE REASON WHY WE'RE UPDATING, ACTUALLY IN THE PAST, WE TYPICALLY UPDATE THE POLICIES ONCE A YEAR AND THEY'RE TYPICALLY BASED OFF OF EITHER RECOMMENDATIONS FROM TECHNICAL STAFF LIKE THE TAC OR FDOT, OR EVEN INTERNAL MPO STAFF, TAKE ALL THOSE COMMENTS AND THEN BASED OFF THOSE, WE'LL DO SOME CHANGES TO STREAMLINE THE CSLIP PROCESS.

THIS YEAR IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

WE HAD SOME MAJOR CHANGES OCCURRING OUTSIDE OF THE PROGRAM, AND THE BIGGEST ONE BEING THAT DOT EARLIER THIS YEAR NOTIFIED US THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER OR THEY WILL BE GREATLY REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL PROJECTS THAT THEY ARE MANAGING AND CONSTRUCTING.

THIS REALLY LEAVES ONLY THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM AS THE ONLY DELIVERY MECHANISM AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANTS.

ONE THING THAT THE MPO REALIZES IS THAT THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM OR LAP CAN BE A CUMBERSOME PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IF THE AGENCY DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF STAFF MEMBERS TO ALLOCATE TO IT.

SO ONE THING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING IS STANDING UP A PROGRAM OR A CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ARM AT THE MPO, AND THAT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ARM WOULD ESSENTIALLY TAKE OVER THOSE LAP SERVICES OR THE LAP REQUIREMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE AGENCY AND HELP DELIVER THE PROJECTS.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING LATER THIS YEAR ON THAT.

SO WE WILL JUST GET STRAIGHT INTO THE POLICIES THEN.

SO, I'M ESSENTIALLY GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL THE POLICIES THE CSLIP PROGRAM HAS.

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I'LL BE SKIPPING OVER A COUPLE THAT HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR A WHILE OR ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, AND THEN TOUCHING ON THE ONES THAT WE'VE CHANGED, WHICH WILL BE EITHER CROSSED OUT IN RED TEXT OR THE NEW TEXTS WILL BE ADDED IN BLUE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT LATER.

SO THIS PAGE REALLY DOESN'T HAVING ANYTHING CHANGING ON IT.

ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION IS THAT THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE A FUNDING CAP OF $3 MILLION AND THAT IS FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS, SO ALL OF THE ONE ITEM COSTS MINUS THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIKE CEI DESIGNING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

IT ALSO HAS A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF 500,000 FOR CONSTRUCTION COSTS.

TWO MORE THINGS ON HERE.

IT'S JUST THAT THE PROGRAM DOES HAVE THAT APPLICATION LIMIT OF TWO APPLICATIONS PER APPLICANT AND AN ADDITIONAL TWO IF YOU'RE PARTNERING WITH THE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, SAY YOU'RE A LOCAL CITY AND YOU'RE PROPOSING A PROJECT THAT GOES INTO ANOTHER CITY, AND YOU TEAM UP TOGETHER TO SUBMIT A PROJECT, YOU CAN DO AN ADDITIONAL TWO APPLICATIONS.

SO THE FIRST POLICY THAT WE ARE CHANGING HAS TO DO DIRECTLY WITH DOT DELIVERING THE PROJECT.

SO IN THE PAST WE WOULD HAVE YOU INCLUDE ESSENTIALLY THAT DOT WILL BE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECTS ON THE AGENCY'S BEHALF IN RESOLUTION TEXTS, SINCE THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE AND SINCE LAP IS THE ONLY AVAILABLE OPTION, SORRY, I GOT TO MINIMIZE THAT.

PERFECT. SORRY. I HAD EVERYBODY'S VIDEO FEED OVER SOME OF THE TEXT, SO I WAS ABLE TO MINIMIZE THAT SO NOW I CAN READ THIS CELL.

SO ESSENTIALLY NOW REALLY LAP IS THE ONLY OPTION, SO THE ADDED TEXT HERE IS THAT THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU PROVIDE WITH YOUR APPLICATIONS SHOULD NOTE THAT THE PROJECT WILL BE DELIVERED VIA LAP.

THAT'S SPECIFICALLY STATES ON LOCAL FACILITIES BECAUSE IN THIS NEXT ONE HERE, THE TOP BULLET, IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A PROJECT ON A STATE FACILITY, FOR EXAMPLE, DOT STILL MAY BE CONSTRUCTING THAT PROJECT ON THE AGENCY'S BEHALF.

THEY'LL GO THROUGH A PROCESS WITH YOU PRIOR TO THE SUBMITTAL OF THE PROJECT AND DETERMINE WHICH AGENCY WILL BE BEST SUITED TO DELIVER THE PROJECT.

BUT IN MOST INSTANCES, DOT DOES PREFER TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN PROJECTS ON THEIR OWN FACILITIES.

IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A PROJECT ON A STATE FACILITY, THEY WILL NEED SOME LEAD TIME, SO AS SOON AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT DOING SO, DEFINITELY REACH OUT TO DOT, THAT'S HERE FOR A MINIMUM OF SIX WEEKS LEAD TIME, BUT THE SOONER, THE BETTER.

A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A LOT OF DELAYS DEPENDING ON HOW BUSY PEOPLE ARE, AND IT DOES GET PASSED AROUND QUITE A BIT, GETTING ALL THE CORRECT APPROVALS AND EVERYTHING, SO THE SOONER, THE BETTER ON STATE FACILITIES.

THE NEXT ITEM HERE, AGAIN TALKING ABOUT DIRECTLY IN THE PAST, YOU HAD TO ESSENTIALLY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST IN THE LAP PROGRAM, SINCE LAP IS AGAIN, THE ONLY OPTION AVAILABLE IN THE COMING CYCLES, IT JUST SAYS THAT ANY AGENCY DELIVERING A PROJECT VIA LAP, WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MOST CURRENT LAP CERTIFICATION PROCESS AND THEN WE ADDED A LITTLE SENTENCE AT THE END, JUST MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S AWARE THAT THE LAP CERTIFICATION IS ON A PER PROJECT BASE UNLESS YOU'RE A LARGER AGENCY SUCH AS THE COUNTY, SO IN MOST SITUATIONS YOU'D BE ON A PER PROJECT BASIS.

>> SO NO REAL CHANGES HERE, JUST THAT ALL THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE SUBMITTED ARE GOING TO REQUIRE ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, SPECIFICALLY LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.

IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT THING TO ACQUIRE FOR THE APPLICATIONS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE GOOD PUBLIC SUPPORT, IN SOME INSTANCES, THE APPLICATION WON'T MOVE FORWARD.

ON THAT SAME NOTE, SAME WITH RIGHT-OF-WAY, THERE'S NO RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITION, SO IF YOU ARE PROPOSING IMPROVEMENTS SAY IN PRIVATE PROPERTY OR SOMEBODY ELSE'S RIGHT-OF-WAY, IF IT'S IN A DIFFERENT CITIES RIGHT-OF-WAY, YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT CITY TO GET A RESOLUTION SUPPORT.

HOWEVER, IF IT'S IN PRIVATE PROPERTY, THERE'S NO RIGHT-OF-WAY ACQUISITIONS SO THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD.

THIS BIG TEXT HERE IS JUST TALKING ABOUT CONTINGENCIES AND COST OVERRUN.

THE ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT HERE IS THAT THE MPO DOES PROVIDE A $1 MILLION CONTINGENCY, THAT IS TO SEE THE PROJECT THROUGH THE WORK PROGRAM, SO THAT'LL ACCOUNT FOR ANY COST FLUCTUATIONS THAT IT MAY SEE IN THE YEARS THAT IT'S IN A WORK PROGRAM.

THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY FOR SCOPE CHANGES THAT'S JUST TO SEE THE PROJECT AS SCOPE THROUGH THE WORK PROGRAM.

AGAIN, NO REAL CHANGES HERE, THESE ARE ALL POLICIES THAT HAD BEEN IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT FOR A WHILE NOW, AND THIS IS THE LAST POLICY PAGE HERE.

TWO THINGS THAT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT ARE THE LAST TWO BULLETS AT THE BOTTOM.

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THE FIRST IS THAT THERE ARE REQUIRED MEETINGS PRIOR TO SUBMITTAL, SO YOU DO HAVE TO COME MEET WITH THE MPO AND TYPICALLY DOT IS THERE AS WELL.

MEET WITH US, TALK ABOUT YOUR PROJECT AND WE'LL HELP YOU WORK THROUGH ANY POTENTIAL FATAL FLAWS WITH IT, MAKE SURE IT'S FUNDABLE AND PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK THAT YOU MAY WANT.

THE LAST ONE HERE IS JUST THAT ALL APPLICATIONS ARE SUBJECT TO A COMPLETENESS REVIEW AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS ESSENTIALLY IN BETWEEN THE TIME THAT YOU SUBMIT THE PROJECT TO THE TIME THAT IT IS RANKED.

THE MPO STAFF SITS DOWN, GO THROUGH EACH INDIVIDUAL PROJECT, MAKE SURE ALL THE DOCUMENTATION IS THERE, MAKE SURE IT'S MEETING ALL THE POLICIES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

IF YOU ARE MISSING SOMETHING OR IF THERE'S SOMETHING FAIRLY WRONG WITH THE PROJECT, THERE IS A POTENTIAL OF IT DROPPING OUT.

LAST CYCLE WE HAD ABOUT FIVE PROJECTS DROPOUT FOR VARIOUS REASONS, THINGS LIKE THEY WERE PROPOSING IMPROVEMENTS IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, OUTSIDE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY, AND ALSO SOME APPLICANTS MISSING RESOLUTIONS.

THINGS LIKE THAT COULD HAVE THE PROJECT ESSENTIALLY FALL OUT FROM THE RANKING.

WITH THAT, THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION, SO I'LL BE OPENING UP TO ANY QUESTIONS.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH CONOR, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR CONOR?

>> YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO RAISE MY HAND.

>> GO AHEAD PETE.

>> HEY CONOR, HOW IS IT GOING? THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION.

>> YOU ARE WELCOME.

>> I KNOW THAT JENNIFER AND OTHER PEOPLE FROM OAKLAND PARK HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH YOU ABOUT THIS AND I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD AND JUST REITERATE.

SINCE THE CEASELESS PROGRAMS SWITCHED OVER TO THE LAP PROCESS, CITIES END UP HAVING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, CEI PROJECT DESIGN AND ALL THOSE COSTS, AND WE WANT TO KEEP IT ON THE FRONT BURNER HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT THOSE COSTS SOMEHOW, THE CITY GETS MADE WHOLE AGAIN.

WHAT WE CAN DO TO ENSURE THAT THOSE ARE REIMBURSABLE MOVING FORWARD, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SECTION THAT THE MPO IS CONTEMPLATING, BUT THAT WON'T NECESSARILY HELP US WITH THOSE THINGS I DON'T THINK SO.

I JUST WANTED TO RAISE THAT QUESTION, I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST OAKLAND PARK THAT HAS THIS ISSUE AS A CITY, WITH THE DESIGN COST AND THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COSTS THAT AREN'T REIMBURSABLE.

>> [NOISE] SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, AND MIKE FEEL FREE TO STEP IN IF YOU WANT TO TOO TALK ABOUT IT.

RIGHT NOW THE INTENT FOR THE MPO IS THAT WE WILL BE REIMBURSING THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.

THAT BEING SAID WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH DOT TO MAKE SURE THAT I GUESS ESSENTIALLY THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.

SO IT'S STILL SOMETHING THAT IS ON THE FRONT BURNER AND THERE'S BEEN QUITE A FEW MEETINGS TALKING ABOUT THIS, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO OFFICIAL ANSWER ON, MIKE DO YOU WANT TO ADD ANYTHING TO THAT?

>> WHAT I'M GOING TO ADD IS WE'RE WORKING HARD.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CEASELESS PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFUL.

WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH FDOT, I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE LAP PROGRAM SO WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT ARE SOME OF OUR OPTIONS TO HELP OUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES GET THESE PROJECTS CONSTRUCTED.

SO THERE'S STILL A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE VARIABLE WITH THE PROGRAM, BUT WE'RE DOING OUR BEST AND AS SOON AS WE KNOW ANYTHING NEW ON IT, OF COURSE WE'LL LET YOU ALL KNOW.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR RESPONSE [NOISE].

>> RIGHT. THANK YOU MIKE.

SO DO THE POLICIES TO PETE'S POINT AND I ECHO HE'S SAYING SENTIMENTS ABOUT THE DESIGN AND CEI.

DO THE POLICY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS IT THE WAY THEY'RE WRITTEN? I NOTICED IT SEEM LIKE IT JUST DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THAT PIECE.

>> YES. IN THE PREVIOUS CYCLE IT DID SAY THAT LAP PROJECTS, IF YOU'RE BACK THEN, IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN LAP, YOU'D ESSENTIALLY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DESIGN COSTS AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WE TOOK IT OUT THIS YEAR SINCE IT'S NOT NECESSARILY AN MPO POLICY, IT'S A DISTRICT FOR POLICY.

WE TOOK THAT OUT AND THEN THAT OPENS IT UP TO ALLOW FOR THE DISCUSSION TO CONTINUE WITH DOT, SO IF THAT DOES CHANGE, THE POLICIES WON'T CONFLICT WITH THAT SO WE WON'T HAVE TO ADAPT TO THOSE.

>> OKAY. THAT'S GREAT. MR. GOOD, YOU HAVE A QUESTION? IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.

>> THANK YOU AGAIN.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> [LAUGHTER] BUT YOU'RE READING LIPS.

>> [LAUGHTER]

>> VERY WELL TOO THE THANK YOU.

I WANT TO ECHO THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY MR. SCHWARZ AND MS WARFEL.

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I'M ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THE LAP PROCESS, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GOT THE SMALLER PROJECTS.

IT'S HIGHLY ARDUOUS AND EVERY YEAR IT'S ANOTHER LAYER OF SOMEBODY NEEDING ANOTHER CERTIFICATION AND LEARN SOME NEW PROTOCOL THAT THEY ADDED THAT WASN'T THERE LAST YEAR AND IT'S JUST THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT IS SPENT JUST ON THE LAP PROCESS ITSELF FORGET DESIGN, IT IS A VERY LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE PROJECT.

IT'S VERY COSTLY AND IT'S VERY CUMBERSOME, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT AND TIMELY, AND I JUST DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.

YOU SPOKE ABOUT THE MPO HAVING A CONSTRUCTION ON AND YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MUCH ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS AND I THOUGHT A MIGHT HAVE HEARD, WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHAT I HAVE HEARD.

BUT THAT CONSTRUCTION ON, DOES THAT MEAN THAT IT TAKES THE PLACE OF THE LAP PROCESS AT NO COST TO THE CITY, OR IT'S GOING TO COST THE CITY WITH AN AGREEMENT?

>> I HAVE AN IDEA OF HOW IT WORKS, BUT I HAVEN'T BEEN NECESSARILY PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS AND I DO SEE BILL IS STILL ON THE LINE TOO SO I DON'T KNOW IF EITHER MIKE OR BILL WANTS TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> I CAN TALK, RIGHT NOW THERE'S STILL A LOT OF DETAILS.

TOM, AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WANTED TO, WHAT CONOR HAD MENTIONED.

WHEN WE SAW THIS COMING DOWN THE PIPE, NOT JUST THIS BUT OTHER ISSUES COMING ABOUT THE CITIES, ALL CITIES, WHETHER IT'D BE THROUGH SURTAX OR CSLIP OR OTHER PROGRAMS. DON'T KNOW WE HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CONSTRUCT THE PROJECTS, AND WE WANTED TO COME UP WITH A POSSIBLE WAY THAT MAYBE WE COULD HELP OUT MUNICIPALITY.

IT'S AN MPO ROLE, AS A PLANNING AGENCY BUT ALSO TO HELP OUT FROM THAT SIDE OF IT.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S, I DON'T WANT TO NECESSARILY COMMIT TO TO SAY, "OH, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, [NOISE] BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS YET." WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WE AGREE WITH BOTH WHAT PETE SAID, WHAT YOU SAID TOM IS THE LAP PROGRAM IS VERY DIFFICULT.

WE KNEW THAT BEFORE AND WE WERE VERY HAPPY WHEN DOT WAS ABLE TO TAKE THAT OVER BECAUSE IT WAS, IT'S NOT JUST EVEN THE COST, IS EVEN IF THE COSTS WERE ASSUMED, THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STAFF WORK THAT'S INVOLVED AS PART OF IT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE NOT AN EXPERT AT IT.

AS YOU NOTICED HERE, YOU HAVE TO BE CERTIFIED TOO, THERE'S STAFF TIME THAT'S A PART OF IT, AS WELL AS THE COST.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A METHOD OR A WAY TO HELP EASE SOME OF THAT BURDEN FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES AND WE'RE DEFINITELY LOOKING AT IT, WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT LAP IS A BIG ISSUE WITH THE CITIES.

THAT'S WHY I SAID WE WERE HAPPY WHEN DOT TO TAKE IT OVER BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SHIFTED BACK AND WE UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AS OUR PARTNERS, BUT WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT HOW WE CAN HELP THE CITIES IMPLEMENT THEIR PROJECTS.

WE HAVE OUR IRONS IN THE FIRE AND WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING READY, ALL THE DETAILS WE'LL SHARE THEM WHEN THEY'RE READY.

>> SO YOU MENTIONED THE DOT AND THEM TELLING US STUFF.

WHAT KIND OF PUSH-BACK HAS THE MPO GIVEN TO DOT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT KIND OF SUPPORT CAN THIS BOARD, THIS PACK BOARD PROVIDE IN TERMS OF A UNIFIED VOICE, IN TERMS OF RESPONSE BACK TO THE DOT, SAYING THAT WE WOULD REALLY PREFER THEM TO CONTINUE TO [NOISE] BE THE MAIN DELIVERY MECHANISM FOR THESE PROJECTS?

>> WELL, THE ONE GOOD THING, I'M GLAD WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION HERE.

WE DO HAVE OUR FDOT LIAISON.

I SEE YOU SMILING THERE, JOHN AND I SEE HE IS TAKING [OVERLAPPING] NOTES TOO.

JOHN, YOU'RE ON MUTE, BUT I SEE YOU TAKING NOTES TOO SO I HOPE HE'S GOING TO TAKE SOME GOOD NOTES AND TAKE THEM BACK TO FDOT.

BUT WE WORK, OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR GREG STEWART, OUR STAFF WORKS CLOSELY WITH FDOT AND THEY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PARTNERSHIP THERE.

WE TRY TO BE UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE DOT IS AND THE DIRECTION THAT DOT IS GOING, AND UNDERSTANDING THE TYPE OF FUNDING AND WHAT WE CAN DO WITH IT.

DOT IS WELL AWARE OF SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE AND IT'S GOOD THAT YOU ALL ARE BRINGING IT UP

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AND THAT JOHN IS ON THIS MEETING WITH US SO THAT HE CAN ALSO BRING THAT BACK TO FDOT AS A CONCERN FROM THIS BOARD.

>> I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

RECOGNIZING THAT THE DOT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE AND THEY'RE LISTENING AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO ALL THE THINGS IN THEIR POWER TO BRING THIS BACK.

I JUST WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER TAKING IT ANOTHER LEVEL HIGHER AND MAYBE THROUGH A CONSENSUS OF THIS BOARD, ASK YOU AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OR THE DIRECTOR OF THE MPO TO FILE A LETTER WITH THE DOT, PUTTING THEM ON NOTICE THAT WE WOULD PREFER THAT THEY CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN DELIVERY MECHANISMS FOR THESE PROJECTS.

I KNOW THAT MR. JOHN IS HERE, BUT I THINK SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE FORMAL AND DIRECT COMMUNICATION TO THE TOP IS A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACTFUL.

>> MIKE OR JOHN, CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT FROM THE DOT SIDE OF WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM?

>> WELL JOHN.

>> JOHN.

>> SORRY I NEEDED TO UNMUTE THERE.

I HONESTLY COULDN'T GIVE YOU A DIRECTION ON WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM HIGHER UP ON STAFF.

I WOULD BE BRINGING THIS BACK TO MY MANAGEMENT TEAM TO DISCUSS FURTHER.

IF YOU'D LIKE, WE CAN BRING BACK OR WE COULD REQUEST TO BRING BACK ONE OF THE PEOPLE FROM THAT UPPER MANAGEMENT TEAM ABOVE THE LAB PROCESS TO DISCUSS THIS AT THE NEXT MEETING IF THAT'S NECESSARY. OR [OVERLAPPING].

>> I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT [OVERLAPPING] JUST THINKING ABOUT IF THERE ARE STRUCTURAL ISSUES OR STAFFING ISSUES AT THE DOT, I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THOSE AS WELL OF WHERE THIS HAS COME FROM BECAUSE I THINK WE'VE GONE FAR OVER THE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE FROM WHAT WE TRANSITIONED TO DOT, LIKE MR. GOOD SAID, AND WE'VE WORKED OUT A LOT OF THE KINKS AND I THINK IT'S WORKING WELL NOW.

SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND, AND FROM THE DOT SIDE, WHAT THE CHALLENGES ARE ON YOUR SIDE WOULD BE GREAT [OVERLAPPING]

>> ONE PART OF THAT IS ACTUALLY, AND THIS IS ONE PERSONNEL CHANGE THAT WE'VE MADE RECENTLY HERE AT DOT IS WE'VE ACTUALLY BROUGHT ONE OF THE FORMER LAB PROJECT MANAGERS INTO THE LIAISON TEAM AND SHE IS NOW THE LIAISON TO PALM BEACH TPA.

SO WE'LL DISCUSS THIS WITH MARSHA A LITTLE BIT, SHE'S ON MY TEAM RIGHT NOW AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE BRING THE RIGHT PEOPLE INTO THIS TO HELP ADDRESS THE QUESTION.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU.

>> IF I MAY, MADAM MAYOR.

>> MADAM MAYOR?

>> I PROMOTED YOU. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?

>> NICE [LAUGHTER].

>> GO AHEAD TOM.

>> IT'S SO WELL EASE TO DO.

I UNDERSTAND TO GET FEEDBACK AND MAYBE THAT MEANS THAT MAYBE THE DOOR IS SLIGHTLY STILL AJAR AND MAYBE WE CAN STILL HAVE SOME INPUT INTO THAT DECISION PROCESS IF WE HAVE THIS COMMUNICATION.

SO RECOGNIZING THAT, I'D LIKE TO ASK THAT MAYBE WE DEFER THIS POLICY BECAUSE IF WE ACT ON THIS POLICY TODAY IT'S THAN WE'VE GIVEN IN AND BASICALLY ACCEPTED IT.

I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BEST IF MAYBE WE STOOD A POSITION OF WE REALLY WANT THE DOT TO CONTINUE TO BE THAT MECHANISM FOR DELIVERY OF THESE SERVICES.

SO I WOULD LIKE WHEN THE TIME'S RIGHT, MAYBE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM UNTIL AFTER WE'VE HAD THAT CONVERSATION.

I'D LIKE TO ASK ONE OTHER THING OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR HERE IS, WHAT IS A PROPER PROTOCOL FOR THIS BOARD IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ON AN ITEM OF THIS NATURE? COULD WE DO SOMETHING DIRECTLY WITH THE AGENCY OR IS IT BETTER THAT WE TAKE EMOTION AND CREATE AND CRAFT SOMETHING AND RECOMMEND IT TO THE MPO BOARD FOR THEM TO TAKE AN ACTION ON IT AND THEN MAYBE THEY'D DO THE DIRECT DIALOGUE, SO TO SAY?

>> SO A COUPLE OF THINGS ON IT.

I LIKE THE IDEA OF JOHN, IF YOU CAN GET FDOT REPRESENTATIVES HERE TO TALK THROUGH THE LAB PROGRAM AND WHERE THE DIRECTION IS FROM FDOT.

BUT I CAN ASSURE YOU AND I KNOW CONNOR HAS DIRECTLY BEEN WORKING WITH DOT, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO [INAUDIBLE] ON A WEEKLY BASIS ON THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE TAKING.

I KNOW THAT IT'S PRETTY FIRM WITH DOT ON THIS DIRECTION, BUT I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE DOOR IS COMPLETELY CLOSED, BUT IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THEM HERE.

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I LIKE THE IDEA TOM, OF WHAT YOU SAID IS MAYBE COMING FROM THE MPO BOARD COULD BE A POSSIBILITY AS A DIRECTION.

WITH REGARDS TO THE ITEM ITSELF I WOULD BE A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT DEFERRING THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE DUE DATE IS GOING TO COME UP SOON.

IF WE WEREN'T TOO COMFORTABLE WITH THIS, WE WOULDN'T HAVE PROBABLY BROUGHT IT BUT WE FEEL THAT THE DOOR FOR THIS IS JUST A LITTLE SLIVER AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN WITH DOT CHANGING REVERSING COURSE.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT'S JUST I DON'T BELIEVE EVEN JUST NECESSARILY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, IT MIGHT GO A LITTLE HIGHER BUT THAT'S FOR THE DISTRICT TO ANSWER.

THOUGH I'M NOT QUITE SURE BUT I SEE THAT MAYBE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MIGHT WANT TO ADD A FEW WORDS.

I BELIEVE HE'S GOT HIS HAND UP.

>> YES, [OVERLAPPING] I TOOK IT DOWN AND I'M MUTED SO THROUGH THE CHAIR.

IF THIS ACTUALLY THIS ORIGINALLY CAME OUT OF THE SECRETARY IN TALLAHASSEE.

ORIGINALLY, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENED.

THEY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE DISTRICT'S MORE ON THE REGIONAL PROJECT DELIVERY, THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, AND THE ARTERIALS OF THAT THEY MANAGE.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS COME OUT OF THE PROCESS, AND MIKE AND I WORKED REALLY HARD TO GET DOT TO BUILD THESE THINGS BACK DURING THE RECESSION, IT USED TO BE A REQUIREMENT NOT ONLY THAT YOU WENT THROUGH THE LAB PROCESS, BUT YOU ALSO HAD TO HAVE A PERCENTAGE OF CASH [INAUDIBLE] BEYOND EVEN THE DESIGN MONEY.

ONE OF THE THINGS STACY MILLER AT THE TIME, SHE WAS IN WORK PROGRAM, WE SAID, "OKAY, WELL HOW DO WE GET THESE PROJECTS BUILT?" THE LOGICAL TURNAROUND WAS LET'S GET DOT TO BUILD THEM AND THE MPO WILL FUND THE DOT COSTS OF THE CI AS WELL AS THE LAB PROGRAM ITSELF.

ALL OF THAT WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNED TO ENSURE THAT PROJECTS GOT DELIVERED OVER THE YEARS AS WE CREATED [INAUDIBLE].

THERE WAS SOME DIFFICULTY AND SOME OF THE PROJECTS, WE'VE HAD PROJECTS APPROVED BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS GET ALL THE WAY THROUGH DESIGN.

THEN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT WILL SAY, WELL, WE DON'T WANT IT ANY LONGER.

THAT DOESN'T FIT WELL INTO THE DOT WORK PROGRAM MIX AND IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE THEY GET DINGED FOR PROJECTS BEING REMOVED, BEING PUT BACK IN, BEING SKIPPED AROUND AT CENTRAL OFFICE OF TALLAHASSEE.

ONE OF THE CONVERSATIONS I HAD WITH SECRETARY [INAUDIBLE] WAS, ALL RIGHT WE HAVE 31 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS PLUS THE COUNTY POSTAL SCHOOL BOARD.

HOW CAN WE BEST DELIVER IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN ENSURE THAT LAB CERTIFICATION GOES ON LONGER, FOR OUR COUNTY IS ONE OF THOSE THAT ACTUALLY HAS A LONGER-TERM LAB CERTIFICATION.

SO THAT WAY PROJECTS CAN STILL BE BUILT EFFICIENTLY.

THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HAD A WELL, MAYBE THE MPO CREATES A SEPARATE ENTITY THAT DOES CONSTRUCTION FOR THE CITIES, FOR OUR MUNICIPAL PARTNERS, AND DELIVERY OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

THERE'S ANOTHER OPTION AND MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE IF DOT CONTINUE TO DELIVER.

HOWEVER, THEY'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT.

THEN THE THIRD OPTION, OBVIOUSLY, WOULD BE FOR THE CITIES TO DELIVER, YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH LAB CERTIFICATION.

BUT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COVER, AND AGAIN, THAT'S A DISTRICT BY DISTRICT POLICY, IT ISN'T A STATE-WIDE POLICY.

WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO COVER THE CITY'S COSTS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT THING.

ALL OF THOSE THREE THINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON IN DISCUSSION.

TOM, I'D LOVE MAYBE A LETTER, EVEN FROM THIS BOARD.

I AGREE WITH MIKE, WE NEED TO SEE IF YOU CAN MOVE THE ITEM BUT A LETTER FROM THIS BOARD, YOU ARE ALL VERY TECHNICAL EXPERTS.

YOU'RE USED TO DEALING WITH THE DOT, WITH THE STATE, WITH FEDERAL HIGHWAYS, AND ACTUALLY MOVING SOMETHING FORWARD FROM THE TECHNICAL GROUP TO MYSELF OR EVEN OUR NEW BOARD CHAIR, MAYOR ORTIS BASICALLY SAYING WE WOULD LIKE FOR THIS TO BE VISITED, WE STRONGLY SUPPORT WHETHER IT IS FUNDING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL FROM THE MPO TO BUILD THE PROJECTS AND FILL IN THOSE GAPS OR FIND AN ALTERNATIVE DELIVERY MECHANISM IF DOT DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT.

BECAUSE THIS WILL ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN THE DISCUSSION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE DEPARTMENT AND AS WELL AS WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS WITH THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION ON THIS AREA AS WELL.

THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU'RE BRINGING UP THAT ARE REALLY GREAT AND I'M GLAD TO HEAR THERE'S THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEAL WITH TOM AND THIS ISN'T EASY BECAUSE THE DECISION WAS A SURPRISE TO US.

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I LEARNED IT AT TALLAHASSEE DAYS OR BROWER DAYS AND TALLAHASSEE IN JANUARY.

BY THE TIME I GOT BACK TO MY OFFICE, I HAD AN EMAIL FROM THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT DISTRICT FOUR SAYING THAT THEY NO LONGER WANTED TO DO THIS.

THIS HAS BEEN MORPHING SINCE JANUARY AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST WAY TO GET MONEY OUT TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS TO BUILD PROJECTS.

SO ANYTHING YOU CAN OFFER TO HELP, THROUGH THE CHAIR, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

WHETHER IT'S A LETTER, WHETHER YOU WANT TO COME TO AN MPO MEETING AND ACTUALLY BRING THIS UP, WE CAN ACTUALLY TRY TO GET TECHNICAL STAFF FROM DOT HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS AND THEIR DELIVERY SIDE, P OVER IN OAKLAND PARK THERE YOU ARE [OVERLAPPING] DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE. I HAD THIS CONVERSATION WITH YOUR CITY MANAGER.

HOW CAN WE GET YOUR INFORMATION OVER TO THESE FOLKS SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS WHERE EVERYBODY IS COMING FROM.

MIKE, I HATE TO DO THIS TO YOU BUT MAYBE WE EVEN DO SOME TYPE OF SUMMIT WITH THE TECHNICAL STAFF FROM DOT AS WELL AS THE CITIES TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION BUT THIS IS GETTING PAST EVEN THE [INAUDIBLE].

IT'S ACTUALLY A REAL GLOBAL DISCUSSION ON HOW WE DELIVER.

NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS PANDEMIC AND A RECESSION ON TOP OF THAT, I DON'T SEE THINGS GETTING BETTER AT THE BOTTOM LINE FOR OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS.

SO WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO DELIVER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AT THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL WITH THE FUNDING THAT WE GET FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

SO I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT, QUITE PROBABLY OVER ANSWERED THE QUESTION SO I APOLOGIZE.

BY THE WAY, THAT WAS FUNNY WHEN YOU SAID HOW TO RAISE YOUR HAND, I ENJOYED THAT, TOM YOU RAISED YOUR HAND UP.

I GOT IT PETE, YOU DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT ONE.

>> SO IF I MAY, I WILL CLOSE OUT A LITTLE BIT HERE.

I UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAD INTRODUCED TO US, [INAUDIBLE].

I WILL SAY THOUGH THAT I DON'T BELIEVE ANYTHING IS SET IN STONE.

I KNOW THAT THINGS MAY LOOK VERY COMMITTED BUT I'VE ALSO SEEN THIS ORGANIZATION COME TOGETHER AND TWICE IN MY TIME I'VE SEEN THINGS BE [NOISE] DIFFERENT THAN THE WAY THAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO GO.

WE JUST VOTED ON ONE OF THE ITEMS WHICH WAS THE PARK AND RIDE; WHICH WAS WELL PAST TO COMMITMENT OF FUNDING AND IT GOT DELETED.

AS YOU SAW SOUTHWEST 10TH STREET WAS ANOTHER MAJOR PROJECT THAT GOT PUT ON HOLD SINCE THERE WAS ANOTHER; SO THAT THE DOT CAN READDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS.

SO THIS IS A CONCERN THAT WE ALL HAVE AND IF WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND ADDRESS IT, I THINK IT COULD MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.

RECOGNIZING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET THIS POLICY THROUGH AND THERE'S A WILLINGNESS TO ALLOW THIS BODY TO SOMEHOW ENGAGE EITHER THE MPO OR THE DOT DIRECT THROUGH SOME OF THE PROCESSES THAT MUST-DO AHEAD SPOKE TO.

WHAT I LIKE TO RECOMMEND IS THAT AT MINIMUM THAT WE HAVE A CHANGE IN THE POLICY.

I WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND, IF YOU HAVE THE POLICY, IT'S 1,2,3,4; IT'S THE FIFTH BULLET DOWN.

>> CAN YOU PULL IT UP CONOR?

>> YEAH. I WAS ABOUT TO SHARE THAT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.

>> CAN YOU SEE MY SCREEN?

>> OKAY. SO IS IT THIS ONE?

>> IT STARTS, "ALL APPLICATION WILL REQUIRE SUPPORTING."

>> OKAY. SO WHERE IT SAYS RESOLUTION SHOULD ALSO NOTE THAT THE PROJECTS WILL BE DELIVERED VIA LAP IF LOCATED ON A FACILITY.

I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND LANGUAGE WHERE IT SAYS AFTER LAP, COMMA, IF REQUIRED COMMA.

>> THAT'S TOTALLY ACCEPTABLE.

>> IN OTHER WORDS SO IT DOESN'T TIE US; THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN NOW, IT JUST ABSOLUTELY TIES US.

BUT AT LEAST IF WE PUT LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT SAYS; IF IT'S REQUIRED TO GIVES US STILL THE ABILITY TO PASS THE POLICY AND ENGAGE THE DOT TO WHERE THEY MAY GO AHEAD AND DO IT OR YOUR IDEAS ABOUT WHAT THE MPO MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO MAY FULFILL THAT IF REQUIRED AS WELL. YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?

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>> I DON'T SEE STAFF OBJECTING TO IT, I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> MADAM CHAIR THEN I GUESS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS; I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS IF IT'S AN AMENDMENT OR JUST MAKE THE MOTION WITH THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE AS REFERENCED FOR THE POLICY.

>> THANK YOU.

>> SOUNDS GOOD.

>> I WOULD RECOMMEND THE LATTER.

>> OKAY. THEN I MAKE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS POLICY WITH THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE IN LANGUAGE ON BULLET NUMBER FIVE IN THE POLICY.

>> SECOND.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, PETE.

ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE MOTION? MICHAEL, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT WE'RE GETTING? NO? OKAY, SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS WE WILL PASS THIS ON CONSENT.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH PASSING ON CONSENT PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.

SEEING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES TO APPROVE THE CSLIP POLICY CHANGES WITH THE AMENDMENT TO THE ITEM ABOUT LAP.

GREAT, THANK YOU. [OVERLAPPING].

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

WE CAN PUT SOME CLOSURE TO THE OTHER PIECE ABOUT OUR INVOLVEMENT OR OUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE DOT.

IS IT THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD HERE TO ENTERTAIN THE DOT AT THE NEXT MEETING FOR THAT CONVERSATION AND THEN MAKE A DISCUSSION ON WHAT WE DO FOLLOW UP TO THAT CONVERSATION?

>> YES, I AGREE.

>> SO THROUGH THE CHAIR, IF WE CAN GET CONSENSUS FROM THE BOARD TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN THEN YOU CAN GIVE THAT DIRECTION TO THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR THERE.

>> SURE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY THAT DISAGREES WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION? IF YOU CAN RAISE YOUR HAND.

[NOISE] I SEE NONE.

SO JOHN, IF YOU COULD COORDINATE WITH MPO STAFF FOR OUR NEXT MEETING TO HAVE DOT STAFF AND COME AND HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH US, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>> YEAH AND CHAIR WE'LL ALSO BE WORKING WITH DOT TO MAKE IT HAPPEN TOO.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU, MICHAEL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

>> THANK YOU, MR GOOD. SO OUR NEXT ITEM IS PRESENTATION ON THE 2020 MPO STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE.

>> THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.

PETER GIES HERE, SYSTEMS PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE BROWARD MPO.

I KNOW IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT LATE SO I AM GOING

[1. 2020 Broward MPO Strategic Business Plan Update]

TO TRY AND GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR COMMITTEE IS ACTUALLY SEEING ONE OF OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OUR MPO BOARD WORKS ON TYPICALLY ON A BIYEARLY BASIS AND IT IS THE STRATEGIC DIRECTION FOR THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE.

I THINK FOR THIS CYCLE, WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT TAC WAS AWARE OF THE POLICY DIRECTION THAT THE BOARD WAS GOING INTO.

TO REITERATE, THE MPO BOARD IS A POLICY-MAKING BOARD AND THEREFORE THEY'RE THE ONES WHO REALLY SET THE POLICY DIRECTION FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU ALL AS TECHNICAL STAFF UNDERSTAND WHAT THE POLICY BOARD AS A WHOLE IS, THE DIRECTION THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE INTO, AS WELL AS A WAY TO ALIGN YOURSELF WITH YOUR MPO BOARD REPRESENTATIVES.

BECAUSE I KNOW MOST OF YOU SIT DOWN AND HOPEFULLY BRIEF YOUR MPO BOARD MEMBERS AT THE BOARD MEETINGS.

THIS IS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN ALSO TIE BACK A LOT OF THE ITEMS THAT ARE COMING BACK TO THE MPO BOARD TO THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.

SO I WANTED TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY PASSED LAST MONTH AT THE MPO BOARD MEETING AND HOW IT AFFECTS YOU AND HOW IT AFFECTS THE ORGANIZATION MOVING FORWARD OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> SO SOME HISTORY ON THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.

THE FIRST STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN WAS PASSED BY THE BROWARD MP0 IN 2015.

THIS WAS OUR FIRST ATTEMPT SINCE WE'VE GONE INDEPENDENT TO TRY AND GET THE BOARD TOGETHER AND PUT THEIR HEADS TOGETHER TO PROVIDE THAT POLICY DIRECTION FOR THE ORGANIZATION.

CLEARLY SINCE 2010 THROUGH NOW, WE'VE GROWN AS AN ORGANIZATION AND WE ARE INVOLVED IN QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE'RE EXPANDING BEYOND OUR TRADITIONAL MPO DUTIES AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED ALSO AS A HIGH-PERFORMING MPO NATIONALLY.

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IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR FOCUS ON OUR CORE PRODUCTS, BUT THAT WE ALSO GROW STRATEGICALLY SO THAT WE DON'T LOSE SIGHT OF THOSE CORE PRODUCTS.

BUT THAT WE'RE ALSO ADDING VALUE TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WITH THE SERVICES THAT WE'RE PROVIDING.

IN 2017, WE REVISED THAT STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN AND SAT DOWN ONCE AGAIN WITH THE MPO BOARD AND REASSESSED WHERE WE WERE AND SET A MISSION AND VISION FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND ALSO SOME FIVE-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR SUCCESS MARKERS.

SO THAT WAY WE COULD MEASURE OUR PROGRESS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE SETTING UP SOME GOAL POSTS FOR THE MPO'S FUTURE.

THE REVISED STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN WHICH WAS ADOPTED, LIKE I SAID LAST MONTH, IT BUILDS OFF OF THE MISSION AND VISION AND THE GOALS OF THE PAST STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLANS.

THE INTENT IS NOT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL EVERY TIME WE GO BACK TO THE MPO BOARD AND ASK THEM ABOUT THEIR STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN, BUT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN INCORPORATE COURSE CORRECTIONS WHERE NECESSARY BUT KEEPING THE GENERAL MISSION AND VISION IN MIND WHEN WE ARE MAKING THOSE COURSE CORRECTIONS.

THIS STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN INCORPORATES FEEDBACK FROM OUR 2020 BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM.

THE BOARD ENGAGEMENT FORUM IS SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED DOING LAST YEAR AS A WAY TO ENGAGE OUR BOARD MEMBERS IN THE JANUARY TIME-FRAME WHEN THEY TYPICALLY DO NOT HAVE AN MPO BOARD MEETING.

BUT WE USED THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THE ORGANIZATION, THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT WE'RE ENGAGING IN, THE STATUS OF OUR CORE PRODUCTS AND USE THAT AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY DIVE DEEP INTO SOME OF THOSE CORE PRODUCTS AND HOW THOSE APPLY TO THE ORGANIZATION, SOME OF THE LEGISLATION THAT'S CHANGED, SOME OF THE HOT TOPICS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE TRANSPORTATION WORLD AND HELP INFORM OUR BOARD MEMBERS.

MOST RECENTLY IN 2020, WE SPENT A GOOD CHUNK OF TIME ON REVISITING OUR STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN AND GETTING THEIR INPUT FOR THIS REVISED STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.

I DO WANT TO ALSO EMPHASIZE THAT AS PART OF THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN UPDATE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ALIGNING OURSELVES WITH THE DIRECTION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL AND AT THE STATE LEVEL.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS RECENTLY BEEN EMPHASIZING IS EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AUTOMATED CONNECTED ELECTRIC SHARED VEHICLES, AND ALSO RESPONSES TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE'VE THAT UPDATED AS PART OF THE REVISED STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.

HERE'S SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN.

FOR THIS STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN, WE'VE CHOSEN TO GO WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT PHYSICALLY.

SO RATHER THAN A BOOK THAT YOU TYPICALLY ARE USED TO WHERE YOU OPEN IT UP, IT HAS A TABLE OF CONTENTS AND THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE PLAN THAT YOU CAN FLIP TO, WE'VE CREATED EACH ELEMENT OF THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN AS A HANDOUT, AND THEN INCORPORATED ALL OF THAT INTO A FOLDER.

THE INTENT BEHIND THAT IS THAT YOU CAN ADD AND REMOVE PIECES OF THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN DEPENDING ON WHO YOU'RE SPEAKING TO, OR HOW YOU WANT TO CONVEY INFORMATION TO, EITHER ANOTHER BOARD OR TO A COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU'LL SEE THAT ALL THE ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN ARE LISTED HERE, BUT THE ONES THAT I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON TODAY ARE THE ACHIEVEMENT FRAMEWORK, THE PLAN, AND THE ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK.

THE OTHER THREE SECTIONS ARE YOUR TYPICAL WHO WE ARE, WHO OUR PARTNERS ARE, AND I THINK THEY'RE FAIRLY SELF-EXPLANATORY SO I DON'T WANT TO SPEND TOO MUCH TIME ON THOSE PIECES.

SO VERY QUICKLY, THE ACHIEVEMENT FRAMEWORK IS A WAY FOR US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE KEEP OUR EYE ON THE BALL FROM OUR CORE PRODUCTS PERSPECTIVE, WHAT WE ARE FEDERALLY REQUIRED TO DO AND WHERE THERE'S A DESIRE TO GROW IN THE FUTURE.

SO YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE THAT WE HAVE THREE LEVELS.

WE HAVE CORE RESPONSIBILITIES, INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, AND VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES.

JUST BRIEFLY, OUR CORE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THINGS LIKE OUR METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN, OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, OUR UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM; THESE ARE OUR CORE PRODUCTS THAT WE MUST FULFILL IN ORDER FOR US TO REMAIN AS AN MPO.

THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO DO FEDERALLY REQUIRED.

WE WANT TO PUT THOSE AT THE TOP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE CONSTANTLY FOCUSING ON THOSE ITEMS. BUT THEN THERE ARE ALSO OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO GROW IN THE FUTURE, AND MOST RECENTLY, YOU'VE HEARD THAT WE'VE STARTED TO ENGAGE IN SURTAX SERVICES WHERE WE ARE PROVIDING LOCAL PRIORITIZATION ASSISTANCE FOR THE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS AND THE SURTAX.

WE'VE ALSO BEGAN STANDING UP A CITY SERVICES TEAM TO OFFER TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SERVICES TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

ALSO AS YOU DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS ITEM, LOOKING AT ESTABLISHING A COLLABORATIVE FOR OFFERING ENGINEERING AND CEI SERVICES LOOKING TO THE FUTURE.

ALSO ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, UNDER THE GREEN BAR FOR INNOVATIVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR GROWTH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT DOING MORE IN TERMS OF RESILIENCY PLANNING AND CLIMATE CHANGE PREPARATION.

I THINK THAT DOVETAILS NICELY WITH

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THE WORK THAT WE DO ON THE CORE PRODUCT SIDE AND THE MTP.

WE DEFINITELY KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE THAT WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO IN THE FUTURE, AND IT'S GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING TO PROGRAM PROJECTS AS WELL.

JUST QUICKLY ON THE VISIONARY OPPORTUNITIES, THESE ARE AREAS THAT WE KNOW OTHER MPO'S IN THE NATION ARE MAKING GREAT STRIDES IN AND THE BOARD HAS EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THE MPO LINKING ITS TRANSPORTATION POLICY AND FUNDING INFLUENCE, AND SO YOU CAN SEE UNDER THAT HEADING, WE HAVE LINKING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO TRANSPORTATION, PREPARING FOR AN AUTONOMOUS FUTURE WITH AUTOMATED CONNECTED VEHICLES AND SMART CITIES AS WELL.

I ALLUDED TO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE TWO-YEAR AND FIVE-YEAR SUCCESS MARKERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU SEE HERE THESE ARE OUR NEW TWO-YEAR AND FIVE-YEAR SUCCESS MARKERS.

THE TWO-YEAR SUCCESS MARKER HAS REALLY FOCUS ON THE NEXT FEW YEARS AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO HANDLE ESPECIALLY THIS LAP PROCESS.

THE IDEA THAT WE WANT TO HELP FACILITATE THAT PROCESS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING THE BURDEN OFF OF THEM WHEN IT COMES TO ENGINEERING AND CEI.

I THINK TODAY'S CONVERSATION WAS VERY CONSTRUCTIVE IN MAKING SURE THAT WE MOVE IN A DIRECTION THAT BENEFITS THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND MAKING SURE THAT THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL DOLLARS TO BUILD THEIR PROJECTS AND NOT MAKE THE PROCESS BURDENSOME.

WE ALSO ARE LOOKING TO FOCUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND RESILIENCY.

AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE WORKING INTERNALLY TO SET UP A PROCESS FOR ANALYZING THE EIGHT RESILIENCY QUARTERS THAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IN THE MTP.

WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO DO THAT, AND WE ALSO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE SAFETY TARGETS.

PAUL FLAVIEN I BELIEVE TWO MEETINGS AGO, SHARED WITH YOU THE FEDERAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES AND THAT WE'VE ADOPTED THE STATE'S DIRECTION ON THAT WHICH IS A VISION ZERO GOAL WHERE WE WANT TO HAVE ZERO FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ON OUR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.

THE MTP HAS ESTABLISHED A FUNDING PROGRAM FOR SAFETY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE FUNNELING PROJECTS THROUGH AND GETTING PROJECTS BUILT THAT DO ADDRESS THOSE SAFETY CONCERNS.

THE FIVE-YEAR SUCCESS MARKERS FOCUS MORE THIS TIME AROUND ON THE ORGANIZATIONAL SIDE OF THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE IMPACT OF STAFF CHANGES.

IN THE ORGANIZATION WE'RE GROWING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING THOSE THINGS INTO ACCOUNT AND THAT WE ARE SETTING UP A PROCESS TO ADDRESS NEW TRANSPORTATION TRENDS AND TECHNOLOGIES.

TYPICALLY, IN THE PAST THESE ARE THINGS THAT COME UP, AND WE NEED DIRECTION FROM A STAFF RESOURCE PERSPECTIVE ON HOW TO ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

THIS MAY BE THINGS LIKE SMART CITIES, AUTOMATED VEHICLES, AND THE LIKE AND WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD A SYSTEM IN PLACE TO ADEQUATELY ADDRESS THOSE AND SEE WHETHER IT WAS ACTUALLY WORTH PURSUING.

WHICH LEADS US INTO THE ADAPTIVE FRAMEWORK.

THIS IS A FRAMEWORK WHERE WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND OUR MPO BOARD ARE INVOLVED IN THE DECISIONS OF HOW STAFF RESOURCES ARE ALLOCATED SO THAT WHEN NEW THINGS DO COME UP OUTSIDE OF THAT CORE PRODUCT AND GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES, THAT WE CAN TALK AND HAVE AN HONEST CONVERSATION WITH THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND MPO BOARD AND SAY, "HEY, HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, SMART CITIES HAS COME UP AS AN EMERGING ISSUES, WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF CITIES TALK ABOUT IT.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE WE COULD ALLOCATE STAFF RESOURCES AND MAY REQUIRE MORE STAFF.

IT MAY REQUIRE MORE CONSULTANT HELP; TELL US HOW YOU FEEL WE SHOULD ADDRESS THAT POLICY." WE WOULD GET FEEDBACK FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ULTIMATELY TAKE THAT TO THE MPO BOARD TO SEE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MPO SHOULD PURSUE.

AGAIN, THE LAST BULLET POINT ON HERE IS, ENSURING THAT WE HAVE A CONSISTENT APPROACH AND THAT WE ARE TACKLING THE ISSUES THAT ARE WORTHWHILE FROM A POLICY PERSPECTIVE TO THE MPO BOARD.

SO WITH THAT, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO YOU.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN IS AVAILABLE ONLINE AND THE LINK IS IN YOUR AGENDA ITEM, SO FEEL FREE TO REFER TO THAT.

MADAM CHAIR, I BELIEVE YOU'RE MUTED.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS PLAN REVIEW? NO. SEEING NONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PETER.

>> GREAT. THANK YOU.

>> WE'LL MOVE ONTO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION.

FAZAL IS GOING TO GIVE US A PRESENTATION ON THE PROGRESS OF MOBILITY PROJECTS.

>> ALL RIGHT. LET'S SEE, I HAVE SO MUCH THAT I'M GOING TO REVIEW.

[2. Mobility Projects Update]

>> CAN EVERYONE SEE MY SCREEN FINE?

>> PERFECT. SO MY NAME IS FAZAL QURESHI, I'M THE MOBILITY PROJECTS MANAGER AT THE BROWARD MPO.

TODAY I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON A YEARLY UPDATE AND SUMMARY OF OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.

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[INAUDIBLE] WHAT IS GOING ON? SO THE FIRST THING I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS OUR IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS REALLY QUICKLY.

AS YOU ALL KNOW AND HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH OR WITHOUT MOBILITY TEAM.

IN ORDER TO GET PROJECTS PROGRAMMED, WE HAVE TO GET THE PROJECTS PROGRAM READY AND THEN WE ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE PROJECT ALL THE WAY THROUGHOUT UNTIL IT'S COMPLETED.

THE ONE MAJOR THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS THE PROGRAM READY REQUIREMENTS.

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH SEVERAL MUNICIPALITIES OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO TRY TO GET OUR NEXT GROUP OF COMPLETION MASTER PLAN PROJECTS, PROGRAM READY AND ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE BEEN MEETING FROM LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND COLLABORATING WITH THEM ON VARIOUS ITEMS SUCH AS SCOPE OF WORK AND RUNNING VERIFICATION.

WE ALSO RELY ON THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO DO SOME OF THE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND TO PROVIDE A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT.

THIS CYCLE FROM PROGRAMMING TO COMPLETION SOMETIMES TAKES UP TO TEN YEARS UNFORTUNATELY, BUT THAT'S JUST THE PROCESS AS OF RIGHT NOW.

ONE THING I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT IS, RIGHT AROUND THE TIME THAT A PROJECT IS GOING TO CONSTRUCTION, THAT IS THE TIME WHERE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER DO A GROUNDBREAKING OR DO A RIBBON CUTTING AT THE END.

I WANT TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE OF HOW PROJECTS HAVE BEEN GOING ALONG DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, ANY OF OUR PROGRAM READY FOR PROJECTS THAT I'VE BEEN AFFECTED, PROGRAMMING PROJECTS OR PROGRAMMED PROJECTS HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED, PROJECTS AND DESIGN HAVE NOT BEEN AFFECTED.

HOWEVER, IN CONSTRUCTION WE'VE HAD A FEW IMPACTS.

OUT OF THE 15 PROJECTS, THERE'S BEEN THREE PROJECTS THAT CONSTRUCTION WAS EITHER DELAYED OR COMPLETELY STOPPED DUE TO COVID-19 INFECTIONS, CONTRACTOR OFFICES BEING COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN OR CONTRACTORS REQUESTING MATERIALS FROM MANUFACTURERS.

HOWEVER, IT'S SOME OF THOSE MANUFACTURERS WERE COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN DURING THE MONTH OF MARCH AND MAY.

DURING THIS TIME, IN ORDER TO FURTHER SHOW THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITIES, I'VE ALSO WORKED ON OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS AND THESE MOBILE PROJECTS ARE MOVING FORWARD.

OUR PIO TEAM AND OUR MOBILITY TEAM HAD BEEN WORKING HAND IN HAND WITH FDOT WITH OUR NEW EDUCATIONAL MESSAGING INITIATIVE.

AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, AS YOU SEE HERE, THIS IS ONE OF THE POSTS THAT WE'VE SENT OUT.

WE GIVE A PICTURE OF A CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING ON ON A MOBILITY PROJECTS AND GIVE SOME OTHER PERTINENT INFORMATION SUCH AS THE CITY THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN, WHAT CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY SHOWN, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT, THE LENGTH, AND ALSO THE ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE.

ALSO WITH THESE CAPTIONS, WE ALSO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL MESSAGE ON THE BENEFITS OF THESE COMPLETE STREETS IMPROVEMENTS AND INCOMPLETE STREETS IN GENERAL, AND [NOISE] WE PROVIDED WITH EACH OF THE POSTS ON OUR VARIOUS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS SUCH AS LINKEDIN, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, ET CETERA.

THE FIRST GROUP OF PROJECTS THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE FUNDS PROGRAMMED FOR THEM.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE PROGRAMMED AT VARIOUS TIMES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE PROJECTS AT THE BOTTOM THAT ARE IN GREY, THOSE PROJECTS WERE ACTUALLY OUR FIRST GROUP OF COMPLETION MASTER PLAN PROJECTS THAT BECAME PROGRAM READY.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE FUNDING ASSIGNED FOR FEASIBILITY STUDY IN FISCAL YEAR 2025.

ONCE THOSE PROJECTS GO THROUGH A FEASIBILITY STUDY AND THEIR DEAN FEASIBLE WITH THE DIFFERENT SCOPE ELEMENTS THAT WE HAD IDENTIFIED.

EACH ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS WILL BE ASSIGNED TO SEPARATE FM NUMBER, SO THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE EIGHT MORE PROJECTS THAT COMES OUT OF THAT FEASIBILITY STUDY.

CURRENTLY, AS OF RIGHT NOW, ANOTHER INITIATIVE THAT WE'VE UNDERTAKEN IN THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN OUR 30 YEAR CHECK WHERE SOMEWHERE A YEAR FROM DESIGN STARTING, OUR MOBILITY TEAM HAS BEEN MEETING WITH THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES AND THE DOT TO GO OVER THE PROJECT SCOPES BEFORE TO PROJECTS GO INTO DESIGN AND CONSULTANT IS ACQUIRED.

SO FAR THIS YEAR, WE HAVE MET WITH [INAUDIBLE] FOR THESE SIX PROJECTS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED AND WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM TO HELP FURTHER DEFINE THIS GOAL.

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WE'VE ALSO FOUND OUT SOME OF THESE PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED [NOISE] IN SURTAX APPLICATIONS SO WE'VE BEEN CHANGING THE SCOPE AROUND TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S A BETTER USE OF TAXPAYER'S DOLLARS.

THIS EXAMPLE OF WHAT A FEASIBILITY STUDY CAN COME UP WITH.

THIS PROJECT SPECIFICALLY WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN OUR UNIVERSITY DRIVE QUARTERS STUDY FROM A FEW YEARS BACK.

AS YOU CAN SEE, DOT WILL LOOK AT WHERE TO RIGHT AWAY IS, HOW MUCH SPACE IS AVAILABLE DEPENDING UPON THE TYPICAL SECTION THAT WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT, AND IT GIVES DESIGN WHEN THE PROJECT NEEDS TO DESIGN A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT'S POSSIBLE AND WHAT'S FEASIBLE WITH OUR FUNDS.

THIS IS EXAMPLE OF SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET THIS PROJECT PROGRAMMED AND PROGRAM READY, WE DEVELOPED A RENDERING SUCH AS THIS TO HELP SHOW THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF MORGAN AND TO HELP SHOW THE COMMUNITIES WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT ALONGSIDE CABLE OF ART.

SO THIS IS A VISUAL, NOT EVERY PROJECT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE RENDERINGS OF THIS KIND, BUT THERE'S OTHER SOFTWARE OUT THERE THAT'S AVAILABLE THAT'S FOR FREE SUCH AS [INAUDIBLE] THAT WE HAVE ALSO GIVEN TO LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

SO WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS AND DESIGN AT THE MOMENT.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE 18 PROJECTS THAT HAVE STARTED DESIGN, THEY'RE ALL IN VARIOUS PLACES ALONG.

SOME OF THEM ARE IN 30 PERCENT, SOME ARE IN 60, SOME ARE IN 90, AND SOME OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY ABOUT TO FINISH DESIGN.

>> AS YOU SEE IN THESE TABLES, THE TWO TABLES I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT ARE PRETTY IMPORTANT TO ALL THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES.

IT'S A PRODUCTION DATE AND THE LETTING DATE.

THE PRODUCTION DATE REFERS TO THE DATE AT WHICH THE PROJECT DESIGN IS GOING TO BE COMPLETE, AND THE LETTING DATE IS WHEN A CONTRACTOR IS GOING TO BE AWARDED THE PROJECT TO START CONSTRUCTION.

HOWEVER, FOR THAT PROCESS, CONSTRUCTION TYPICALLY STARTS THREE TO FOUR MONTHS AFTER THE PROJECT HAS BEEN AWARDED TO A CONTRACTOR.

THIS IS A TYPICAL SECTION THAT WE HAD PUT TOGETHER, OUR DOT HAD PUT TOGETHER FOR WASHINGTON STREET IN SEMI SECOND AVENUE, AND ONE THING THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THIS PAST YEAR IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS HAPPENING ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY.

FOR THIS PROJECT WE HAD A SURTAX PROJECT THAT WAS GOING THROUGH THE CORRIDOR.

WE HAD ANOTHER SEA OF HOLLYWOOD PROJECT THAT WAS HAPPENING IN THAT SAME CORRIDOR, WE ALSO HAD A BROWARD COUNTY WATER AND SEWER PROJECT THAT WERE HAPPENING IN THE SAME CORRIDOR OR WE WERE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR SCOPE ELEMENTS WERE IMPLEMENTED BY EITHER THE MPO OR THEY WERE IMPLEMENTED BY THE LOCALS OR BY BROWARD COUNTY.

WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT COORDINATION PRETTY SUCCESSFULLY.

CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS THAT ARE IN CONSTRUCTION, AND SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SEGMENTS.

EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS, WE ACTUALLY HAVE 38 CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE WORKING ON.

BECAUSE SOME OF THESE CORRIDORS ARE GROUPED TOGETHER UNDER 1FM NUMBER.

HOWEVER, DEPENDING UPON THE SCOPE AND ELEMENTS, SOMETIMES YOU GROUP THEM TOGETHER JUST BECAUSE IT'S MORE FEASIBLE THAT WAY.

ONE THING THAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT HERE IS A PROSPECT ROAD PROJECT THAT WE JUST STARTED CONSTRUCTION IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

FOR THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING EVENT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.

HOWEVER, DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, WE HAD TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE TO DO INSTEAD.

[NOISE] SO LET ME SHARE THIS LINK.

[NOISE] LET ME SEE, HOW DO I SHARE THIS? [NOISE] IS EVERYONE ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN?

>> GOT IT.

>> SO FOR PROSPECT ROAD, THE BROWARD MPO BETWEEN OUR PIO TEAM AND THE MOBILITY TEAM, AND ALSO THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK OR WITH THE HELP OF CITY OAKLAND PARK, WE WERE ABLE TO CREATE THIS ADOBE SPARK PAGE.

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THIS ADOBE SPARK PAGE GIVES A LOT OF INFORMATION RELATED TO PROSPECT ROAD.

NOT JUST IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'RE IMPLEMENTING, BUT ALSO THE BENEFITS OF EACH OF OUR SCOPE ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

IT'S VERY USER-FRIENDLY. I MEAN, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST SCROLL DOWN AND IT GIVES YOU ALL TYPES OF INFORMATION, CRASH DATA GIVES YOU RENDERING, IT GIVES YOU BENEFITS OF EACH OF THE ELEMENTS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH DOT AND WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK WHEN RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS TO GUIDE THEM TO THIS PAGE.

SO THAT WAY THE RESIDENTS HAVE A LITTLE BIT BETTER CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

SO FAR IT'S BEEN A SUCCESS.

LET ME GO BACK TO THE POWERPOINT SLIDE.

SO THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WERE IN CONSTRUCTION.

THIS IS JUST A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD WHERE WE'RE DOING SOME SIDEWALK WORK.

NOW IN FISCAL YEAR 2020, WE HAVE HAD 10 PROJECTS THAT COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION.

OUT OF THESE 10 PROJECTS, ONE OF THEM WAS FULTON DRIVE AND ANOTHER ONE WAS OUR URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT, HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD THAT WON AN AWARD DURING OUR SAFE STREETS SUMMIT THIS YEAR.

THIS IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS WE HAD IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH WHERE WE RECONSTRUCTED A MULTI-USE PATH FOR BICYCLES, PEDESTRIANS, SKATERS, AND I'M PRETTY SURE DURING THIS COVID-19 PANDEMIC, SOME OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, OUR COMMUNITIES HAVE REALLY SEEN THE BENEFIT OF IT AND I'M PRETTY SURE IT DOES GET USED A LOT MORE THAN THE ONE PERSON THAT'S ON THIS PICTURE.

THIS IS A AERIAL IMAGE OF THE HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PICTURE, WE FOLLOWED A LOT OF THE STANDARDS THAT WE SET IN OUR COMPLETE STREET GUIDELINES 2.0 SUCH AS WIDER SIDEWALKS, ELIMINATION OF A LANE, BUFFER BIKE LANE, PARALLEL PARKING.

WE PROVIDED MANY LANDSCAPE OPPORTUNITY AREAS, WATER IRRIGATION SLEEVES AND THE REMAINING PART OF THIS PROJECT IS, THE PHASE TWO WILL BE CONSTRUCTED WITH A SURTAX FUNDS FROM THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.

THEY ARE LEADING THAT EFFORT.

THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF ALL OF OUR MOBILITY PROJECTS AND THE CONSTRUCTION DOLLARS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.

OVER THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, PROJECTS THAT ARE EITHER BEEN PROGRAMMED ALL WAY UP TO COMPLETION ACCOUNTS FOR UPWARDS OF $310 MILLION.

THROUGH THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE COME UP WITH DIFFERENT INITIATIVES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, AND THANKS TO THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE BROWARD COUNTY AND ALSO FDOT.

WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OVERCOME A LOT OF OBSTACLES THAT HAVE COME IN OUR WAY THIS YEAR SINCE IT'S BEEN VERY UNIQUE.

BUT THANKS TO ALL THESE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY DELIVER 10 PROJECTS THIS YEAR.

NEXT YEAR COULD BE ANOTHER 10.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO IMPLEMENTING MORE SUCCESSFUL [INAUDIBLE] PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE.

WITH THAT, I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYONE HAS ANY.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU FOR THE GREAT UPDATE ON ALL THE PROJECTS FAZAL.

DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SAY NO.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ARE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE REPORTS FOR YOUR RECORDS.

WE DO HAVE MEMBER COMMENTS IF ANYBODY HAS ANY COMMENTS THAT THEY'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE GROUP.

>> CHAIR, I'D JUST LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING REAL QUICK. I'M SORRY.

>> YES, SIR. GO AHEAD.

>> MAYBE THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO JUST JUMP BACK FOR JUST A MOMENT.

WE APPROVED THE POLICY AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER 3 THE QUESTION I HAD WAS,

[1. Member Comments]

IS THAT GOING DIRECTLY TO THE MPO AT THEIR NEXT MEETING? FOR THE APPROVAL?

>> MIKE, CAN YOU? YOU'RE MUTED.

>> SORRY. [LAUGHTER] ALL RIGHT. [LAUGHTER].

>> WE ALL DO IT. [LAUGHTER]

>> YES, IT GOES TO THE MPO BOARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE TAC, ALL ITEMS DO.

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>> ALL RIGHT, WILL THEY GET A FLAVOR OF THE CONVERSATION THAT WE HAD ABOUT A DESIRE FOR NOT HAVING TO DO LAP.

>> WHAT WE CAN DO IS, BECAUSE I KNOW KARL AND REBECCA'S ON.

WE HAVE A SECTION THAT'S IN THE AGENDA ITEM ITSELF WHEN IT GOES TO THE BOARD AND IT'S A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMITTEES, SO THE TAC AND THE CAC.

WHAT WE CAN DO IN THAT SECTION OF IT IS, WE CAN GIVE A SENTENCE OR TWO ABOUT WHAT WAS DISCUSSED AND WHY THAT CHANGE WAS MADE [OVERLAPPING].

>> I WOULD ADD, IF YOU DO BRIEF YOUR BOARD MEMBERS, THAT'S A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THE CONVERSATIONS AND CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE TAC.

>> MADAM CHAIR, I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP.

THAT'S A GREAT POINT THERE.

AS TAC MEMBERS, THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE ROLES ALSO IS BRING IT UP.

I KNOW SOME DON'T HAVE DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ON OUR MPO BOARD.

BUT REALLY THAT'S PART OF IT, WHEN ITEMS COME UP THAT MAYBE, EVEN IF IT'S APPROVED, BUT MAYBE THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION AND YOU THINK THAT YOUR ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO'S ON OUR BOARD MEMBER SHOULD BRING IT UP AT THE BOARD, PLEASE, THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THAT CONTACT ON THE MPO BOARD TOO, AS JUST ANOTHER MEANS TO [NOISE] COMMUNICATE ANY ISSUES THAT WERE DISCUSSED AT THE TAC.

>> WHAT I'VE DONE, WE DO HAVE TWO MEMBERS AND SOMETIMES I'M NOT ABLE TO PHYSICALLY MEET WITH THEM, BUT EVEN JUST A QUICK MEMO, AN INFORMAL COVER SHEET ON THE AGENDA TO LET THEM KNOW IF THERE'S HOT TOPICS, AND THIS WOULD BE ONE THAT I WOULD INCLUDE IN THAT MEMO.

>> YES. PERFECT.

>> [OVERLAPPING] ANY OTHER MEMBER COMMENTS? NO. GREAT. JUST THE TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS THAT ARE IN HERE THAT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT, THERE'S FUNCTIONAL CLASS ASSESSMENT THAT'S COMING UP FOR ROADWAYS THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY DEEMED TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, PLEASE TAKE A LOOK [NOISE] MORE AT THAT AGENDA ITEM

[3. The Broward MPO and Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) plan to jointly perform an interim roadway functional class assessment, with special emphasis placed upon public roads not currently eligible for federal aid funds from FHWA for disaster recovery and other purposes. Municipalities interested in participating in the interim assessment, please visit: http://browardmpo.org/index.php/federal-functional-classification]

[4. Notification of 2045 Metropolitan Transportation Plan (MTP) Amendment Requests Deadline and Process]

AS WELL AS JUST NOTIFICATION TO US ABOUT THE MTP AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT IS NOW DUE ON NOVEMBER 10TH, IF THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE MTP.

SO JUST KEEP CONSCIOUS OF THAT, THAT THAT WILL BE COMING.

FOR THOSE OF YOU LIKE ME WHO ARE NOT SURE WHAT DAY IT IS, IT IS JUNE.

>> NEXT MEETING.

WE ARE SKIPPING SUMMER BREAK IN JULY AND WE'LL MEET AGAIN IN AUGUST.

ANYTHING ELSE, MIKE, YOU'D LIKE TO ADD BEFORE WE CLOSE? [OVERLAPPING].