WHAT YOU NEED AND MOTIONS WILL BE MADE AGAIN BY RAISING YOUR VIRTUAL HAND, WAVING IN FRONT
[1. Call to Order and Pledge]
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HAND FROM THE CAMERA SPEAKING.WHEN NOT CALLED UPON WILL NOT SUFFICE.
THOSE DIALING IN DIAL STAR NINE TO INDICATE A RAISED HAND AND THE CHAIR WILL RECOGNIZE THE FIRST TWO HANDS ON THE PARTICIPANTS LIST AS THE INDIVIDUALS TO MAKE AND SECOND A MOTION. MS. SCHULTZ WILL CONTROL THE POWERPOINT VIA SCREEN SHARE AND MR. GABRIEL WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.
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YES, MAYOR. SO MEMBERS, PLEASE WHEN YOUR CITY IS CALLED, IF YOU WOULD JUST INDICATE YOUR PRESENCE BY SAYING HERE I WILL MARK YOU AS BEING IN ATTENDANCE.I'M GOING TO GO RIGHT THROUGH THE DISTRICTS.
PARKLAND. MS. HUNSCHOFSKY HAD INDICATED SHE WILL BE COMING, STARTING THE MEETING LATE.
THANK YOU. FORT LAUDERDALE MAYOR TRANTALIS.
FORT LAUDERDALE COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE.
LAUDERHILL. I SAW MS. BATES WAS PRESENT.
LAUDERDALE LAKES. WILTON MANORS.
I HAVE DAVIE, WHICH IS VACANT FOR THE MOMENT.
HERE. MOVING TO NON MUNICIPAL REPRESENTATIVES.
BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSIONER FISHER.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SHARIEF.
AND ANYONE THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED.
SEEING NONE. MAYOR WE DO HAVE A QUORUM.
THANK YOU MR. GABRIEL. THANK YOU.
I NEED A MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
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YOU CAN JUST RAISE YOUR VIRTUAL HAND OR PRESS THE MOTION BUTTON TO DO THAT.SO I NEED SOMEBODY TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
I MAKE A MOTION. I HAD MY HAND RAISED.
THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR HAND RAISED.
THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] ACTUALLY, ACCORDING TO WHAT THE [INAUDIBLE] SAYS, IT'S COMMISSIONER JAFFE WITH THE PRIMARY VOTE.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER WELCH FOR THE SECOND.
WELL, LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION.
I'M IN THE PARTICIPANTS AND I DON'T SEE ANY HAND.
I DON'T KNOW. REBECCA I'M IN PARTICIPANTS AND I SEE ALL UP. OK, WE GOT IT.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? AND IF THERE IS NO OPPOSED WE WILL HAVE THE MINUTES CONSIDERED.
HOW ABOUT THE APPROVAL OF AGENDA.
SAME WAY. COMMISSIONER JAFFE MAKES A MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.
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OKAY COMMISSIONER BLATTNER SECONDS THE MOTION.ANY DISCUSSION ON THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE IS THERE ANY OPPOSED TO THE AGENDA.
ALL RIGHT. LET'S SAY IT'S A UNANIMOUS APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS MS. SCHULTZ. MAYOR ORTIS.
OKAY, MS. SCHULTZ. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT APPROVAL OF THE EXCUSED ABSENCE. WE HAVE NO EXCUSED ABSENCES I BELIEVE.
WE HAVE NO EXCUSED ABSENCE MR. MAYOR. GOOD.
ACTION ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER ONE, PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTIONS TO APPROVE THE DRAFT FISCAL
[1. **PUBLIC MEETING AND MOTION TO APPROVE the Draft Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2025 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) with Staff Recommended Amendments]
2021-2025 TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT PROGRAM TIP WITH STAFF RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS.YOU WANT TO TAKE THIS, MR. STUART. YEAH, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO DR.
CHEN, WHO WILL DO A PRESENTATION ON THE CHANGES OR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKED TO VOTE ON TODAY. THERE WERE SEVERAL, NOT A LOT.
BUT CONSIDERING IT'S A BILLION DOLLARS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE SOME CHANGES THAT WERE DONE.
CHEN WILL RUN US THROUGH THAT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE SOME QUESTIONS IF WE NEED TO.
I'M JIHONG CHEN PROJECT PROGRAMMING MANAGER WITH BROWARD MPO.
SO EVERYBODY CAN SEE MY SLIDE.
SO BROWARD MPO HAS ALWAYS PRESENTED AS A DRAFT TRANSPORTATION AND IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
IT IS THE JULY BOARD MEETING AND THEY NO EXCEPTION NOW WE'RE PRESENTING THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2021 TO 2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM TODAY.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS CORE PRODUCTS HUNDREDS OF TIMES.
SO TODAY I WILL NOT RESTATE IT AGAIN.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THIS MPO PLANNING PROCESS.
PROJECTS MOVE THROUGH THE PIPELINE PROJECTS IN THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH WAS A MULTI-MODAL PRIORITY LIST AND THEN AFTER THAT DRAFT A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.
AND THEN TO TIP FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS TIP DEVELOPMENT OF PROCESS.
THE BROWARD MPO STARTS THE TIP DEVELOPMENT WITH RECEIVING TIP DOWNLOAD IN MIDDLE APRIL FROM FDOT EVERY YEAR.
THE MAJOR STEPS FOR DEVELOPING THE TIP, INCLUDING PREPARING THE DRAFT.
RUNNING THE ADVERTISEMENT ON NEWSPAPERS FOR PUBLIC NOTICE MAKING THE DOCUMENT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
STARTING 30 DAYS PUBLIC COMMENTS APPEARING HOSTING PUBLIC MEETINGS [INAUDIBLE] DRAFT THE TIP AND THEN SENDING IT TO THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION AND THE FEDERAL FUNDING AUTHORITY AND THE FDOT.
AS [INAUDIBLE] TIP FOR THIS YEAR.
THE DRAFTED TIP IT WAS ABOUT 4.9 BILLION DOLLARS.
FOUR HUNDRED SIXTY FOUR PROJECTS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS FUNDING SUMMARY BY SOURCE AND BY TRANSPORTATION MODE.
THE GRAPH ON THE LEFT DISPLACE PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL INVESTMENT AND THE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH FUNDING CATEGORY.
YOU MAY NOTICE THE COLORS IN THE PIE CHART MATCH WITH THE COLORS IN THE FUNDING SOURCE LIST.
THE FUNDING SOURCE ARE LISTED ARE IN DESCENDING ORDER BASED ON FUNDING AMOUNT.
THE TOP FUNDING SOURCE IS THE STATE.
THE GRAPH ON THE RIGHT SIDE PRICES THE PERCENTAGE OF A TOTAL INVESTMENT AND THE FUNDING AMOUNT FOR EACH TRANSPORTATION MODE.
ALSO, THE SAME THING, THE COLORS IN THE PIE CHART MATCH WITH THE COLORS IN THE TR ANSPORTATION MODE LIST.
TRANSPORTATION MODES ARE SORTED IN DESCENDING ORDER BASED ON FUNDING AMOUNT.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE BROWARD MPO'S ATTRIBUTABLE FUNDS.
THE DRAFTED TIP INCLUDES ONE HUNDRED TWENTY NINE MILLION DOLLARS BROWARD MPO'S ATTRIBUTE
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FOR FUND.AMONG THE 129 MILLION DOLLARS ABOUT 92 MILLION DOLLARS IS INVESTED ON FORTY EIGHT BIKE AND THE PED PROJECTS OF ABOUT 22 MILLION DOLLARS SUPPORTS 3 PLANNING PROJECTS.
AND ABOUT 15 MILLION DOLLARS FUNDS SIX MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAJOR PROJECTS AND THE PROGRAMS IN THE DRAFTS OF TIP.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS FOUR PROJECTS FOR IMPROVING MAJOR HIGHWAYS.
THE MAP SHOWS THE LOCATIONS OF THE 4 PROJECTS.
THE TABLE INCLUDES THE INFORMATION FOR THOSE PROJECTS.
FIRST ONE IS SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY WIDENING AND RECONSTRUCTING THIS STRETCH OF THE CORRIDOR. THE SECOND ONE IS SR [INAUDIBLE] ADDING LANES.
THE THIRD ONE IS INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT ON I 95 CORRIDOR.
AND THE [INAUDIBLE] ONE IS I75 INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS OVERALL FUNDING FOR BROWARD MPO PROGRAMS. YOU MAY NOTICE THE COLOR IN THE MAPS MATCH WITH THE COLOR IN THE TABLE.
THE TIP WAS 80 MILLION DOLLARS.
45 CSLIP AND THE TYPE OF PROJECTS.
145 MILLION DOLLARS ON COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN PROJECT.
THREE MILLION DOLLARS ON ONE MOBILITY HUBS PROJECTS.
906 MILLION DOLLARS ON SEVENTEEN ROADWAY PROJECTS.
11 MILLION DOLLARS ON SIX SYSTEM MANAGEMENT PROJECTS.
AND 9 MILLION DOLLARS ON EIGHT SAFETY PROJECTS.
THE BROWARD MPO MONITORS PROJECTS PROGRESS FOR THE PROJECTS IN THE BROWARD MPO'S FUNDING PROGRAMS. THIS SLIDE SHOWS PROJECTS JUST GRADUATED FROM THE TIP AND UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF TWENTY FOUR PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT ONE TWENTY FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
AMONG THE 24 PROJECTS, THERE ARE TWO TYPE OF PRODUCTS WORTH THREE MILLION DOLLARS.
SEVENTEEN COMPLETE STREET MASTER PLAN PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
UNDER THE LAST FIVE TIGER PROJECTS WORTH ABOUT TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS.
THOSE PROJECTS [INAUDIBLE] UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMEND FIVE AMENDMENTS AND ONE MODIFICATIONS TO THE DRAFT TIP.
THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMEND REMOVING THE TWO PROJECTS ON THIS SLIDE FROM THE DRAFT TIP. FIRST ONE YOU MAY REMEMBER LAST OF THE BOARD MEETING WITH [INAUDIBLE] OF MOTION ON THIS ITEM. FIRST ONE IS I75 AT ROYAL PALM BOULEVARD, PARK AND RIDE.
ON JUNE 11 2020 THE MPO BOARD VOTED TO REMOVE THE PARK AND RIDE ELEMENT FROM THE PROJECT AND THEY KEPT THE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROJECT.
MPO STAFF CONFIRMED WITH FDOT AFTER THE BOARD MEETING THAT THE PROJECT SCOPE ONLY INCLUDES PARK AND THE RIDE ELEMENT.
AND SO THEREFORE RECOMMENDS TOTAL REMOVAL OF THESE PROJECT FROM THE DRAFT TIP.
TO OTHER IMPROVEMENTS OF THIS AREA, SUCH AS THE INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS, ARE INCLUDED IN SEPARATE PROJECTS WILL NOT BE AFFECTED BY THE REMOVAL OF THIS PROJECT.
THE SECOND ONE IS PEMBROKE ROAD FROM US TWENTY SEVEN TO SW 160TH AVENUE.
THIS PROJECT IS INCLUDED IN THE CYCLE ONE FISCAL YEAR 2020, MUNICIPAL SURTAX CAPITAL PROJECTS PRIORITIES.
AND THIS DOCUMENT WAS OVERRULED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON JUNE 18TH 2020 MEETING AND ALSO THE CITIES OF PEMBROKE PINES AND THE CITY OF MIRAMAR HAVE MUTUALLY AGREED TO REMOVE THIS PROJECT FROM THE DRAFT TIP BASED ON THE APPROVAL OF THE SURTAX FUNDING FOR
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THIS PROJECT. THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMEND TO DEFER THE PROJECT ARTERIAL CONNECTIVITY STUDY ALONG I 595 CORRIDOR ON THIS SLIDE.THE PLANNING STUDY FOR THIS PROJECT IS A FULLY FUNDED AND CURRENTLY UNDERWAY.
DEFERRAL OF THIS PROJECT DOES NOT IMPACT THE PLANNING STUDY.
SO ONGOING ARTERIAL CONNECTIVITY STUDY IS ANTICIPATED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR VETTING AND CONSIDERATION AS PART OF THE FUTURE AMENDMENT TO THE 2045 MTP AND MAYBE ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE FUNDING.
DR. CHEN, CAN I INTERRUPT YOU? OH SURE PLEASE. MS. WELCH HAS HER HAND UP.
DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR DR.
I THOUGHT I HAD LOWERED IT EARLIER.
APOLOGIES. [INAUDIBLE] GO AHEAD, DOCTOR.
THANK YOU. THE SECOND PROJECTS ON THIS SLIDE DEFERRAL OF THE PROJECT PINES BLVD AT UNIVERSITY DRIVE WAS INCLUDED IN THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMENDATION LIST ONES [INAUDIBLE] PAGE WAS INITIALLY SENT OUT LATER MPO STAFF RECEIVED FURTHER CLARIFICATION FROM THE CITY OF THE PEMBROKE PINES MPO BOARD MEMBER.
THE CITY NO LONGER OBJECTS TO THE PROJECT BEING INCLUDED IN THE DRAFT TIP.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER THE SUBJECT PROJECT IS ELIMINATED.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT [INAUDIBLE] MADE RECOMMENDATIONS DURING THEIR [INAUDIBLE] MEETINGS PRIOR TO THE MODIFIED STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[INAUDIBLE] NOT TO DEFER THE PROJECTS DURING THE JUNE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING.
THIS SLIDE INCLUDES TWO PROJECTS MPO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE MEETING PACKAGE INITIALLY SENT.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO REMOVE THE PROJECT.
SUN TROLLEY VEHICLE REPLACEMENT FROM THE DRAFT TIP.
THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE COMMISSION TOOK ACTION ON JULY 7TH 2020 TO RETURN FTA FLEX FUNDS, WHICH ARE BEING PLACED ON THE MOBILITY HUBS.
THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL INTENDED USE FOR THE FUNDS AND IS ACCEPTABLE TO FTA FHWA AND FDOT.
THIS REMAINS CONSISTENT WITH THE MULTIMODAL PRIORITIES LIST AT THE TIME THE FUNDS WERE APPROPRIATED. THE SECOND ONE IS ADDING THE FUND REMOVED FROM THE SUN TROLLEY VEHICLE REPLACEMENT TO THE PLANTATION'S SUNRISE ANCHOR HUB.
SO IN SUMMARY, THE BROWARD MPO RECOMMENDS FIVE AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT TIP.
REQUESTED BY THE PORT EVERGLADES THE BROWARD MPO STAFF RECOMMEND TO ADD 100 PERCENT LOCALLY FUNDING THE SEAPORT OF PROJECTS TO THE DRAFT TIP AS INFORMATION ONLY PROJECT.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THOSE PROJECTS.
BY FOLLOWING THE FEDERAL AND THE STATE REGULATION, THE BROWARD MPO RELEASED PUBLIC NOTICE ON MAY 31ST 2020 AND DISTRIBUTED THE DRAFTED TIP ON JUNE 3RD 2020.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE IS TO GET A WORD OUT.
FOR ONE [INAUDIBLE] PUBLIC MEETINGS ARE HELD.
HOW TO ACCESS THE DOCUMENT AND HOW TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HOSTED AT THE [INAUDIBLE] MEETING.
MEETING TODAY IS THE LAST PUBLIC MEETING.
SO MPO BOARD WILL MAKE FINAL ACTION ON THE DRAFT TIP TODAY.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE ONE NEW FEATURE TO THE DRAFTED TIP, YOU MAY NOTICE THE
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DRAFT TIP INCLUDES MORE THAN 400 PAGE.SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THE SECTIONS YOU WANT TO READ.
SO THE BROWARD MPO STAFF HYPERLINK [INAUDIBLE] SO, REBECCA.
CHEN IS GOING TO DEMONSTRATE THE INTERACTIVE TIP.
SO THAT WAY YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND PROJECTS AND HER TEAM IS ACTUALLY PUTTING TOGETHER MAPS OF EACH PROJECTS BY MUNICIPAL AREA AS ALSO BY COUNTY COMMISSION DISTRICT.
SO CLICK ON THE LINK, GO THROUGH THE DOCUMENT AND CLICK ON THE SECTION YOU WANT TO READ.
LET'S SAY HIGHWAY. SO DIRECT YOU TO THE HIGHWAY.
IT'S EASY TO FIND THE SECTION YOU WANT TO READ.
TODAY, THE BROWARD MPO STAFF ARE SEEKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DRAFT TO FISCAL YEAR 2021-2025 TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
NO QUESTIONS. LET ME JUST SAY BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
WHO WAS THAT? MS. GOOD. I'M SORRY. I'M TRYING TO FIND THE HAND RAISING SO I'M RAISING MY HAND.
IT'S UNDER PARTICIPANTS IF YOU OPEN PARTICIPANTS.
GO TO YOUR PARTICIPANT. ALRIGHT COMMISSIONER.
MEMBER GOOD. JUST A VERY QUICK QUESTION.
VERY THOROUGH. AND I WAS TRYING TO FOLLOW ALONG AT THE BEGINNING.
BUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, YOU MENTIONED PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT WHAT WAS ON THE SCREEN, I DIDN'T SEE WHERE EXACTLY THAT WAS.
SO CAN YOU JUST POINT TO WHERE THAT IS IN YOUR PRESENTATION AND IN THE PROCESS? IF IT'S NOT IN YOUR PRESENTATION? RIGHT. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE.
IS IT THERE. YES THOSE ARE THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
OK. THOSE PUBLIC MEETINGS IS DURING THE [INAUDIBLE] AND THE CAC.
WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS, TAC CAC AND THE BOARD.
I JUST. I'D VENTURE TO GUESS THAT NOT A LOT OF PUBLIC ATTENDS THE TAC MEETINGS.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE SAY PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND, OF COURSE, MPO IS A PUBLIC MEETING, BUT I'M THINKING MORE MOVING FORWARD TO LOOK, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS WE HAVE OR WITHIN OUR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS OF MUNICIPALITIES. AGAIN, I'M A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, BUT I'M JUST LOOKING FOR GREATER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO UNDERSTAND WHAT MPO DOES.
AND THE PROCESS FOR APPROVING PROJECTS AND THEIR OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT.
SO MAYBE, MR. STUART, YOU CAN KIND OF ENLIGHTEN ME.
HOW IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC AWARE ABOUT WHAT WE DO WHEN WE DO IT AND HOW WE DO IT? MR. STUART. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONER.
VICE CHAIR GOOD. HOW ABOUT THAT? I'D RATHER THAT. MS. GOOD IS FINE. MS. GOOD. SO THE BIG PICTURE WITH THIS IS WE ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF ACTUALLY OUTREACH THROUGH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, ESPECIALLY NOW DURING THE PANDEMIC.
TYPICALLY, WE'D HAVE OTHER WORKSHOPS WHERE WE GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THIS LAST YEAR, WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION PLAN WE WENT IN TO, I WANT TO SAY MAYBE, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED DIFFERENT LOCATIONS AND TALKED ABOUT THE MPO PROCESS AND THE FIVE BILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE ADOPTING TODAY.
RIGHT. SO WE ACTUALLY SHOW THEM THIS IS HOW THIS ALL WORKS.
IN THE CASE OF TODAY'S MEETING, YOU KNOW, INCLUDING THE BOARD MEMBERS WERE WITHIN ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHT PARTICIPANTS.
HOWEVER, LIKE EVEN DURING THE TAC AND CAC MEETING, WE'VE BEEN EXCEEDING THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING TO US VIRTUALLY.
TYPICALLY, IT'S HARD FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THE MPO PROCESS WHEN WE TALK TWENTY FIVE YEARS OUT, THIS IS MORE TANGIBLE BECAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO GO INTO MANY LOCATIONS.
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WE WILL TYPICALLY PUT DOCUMENTS IN LIBRARIES.THIS YEAR IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN EXCEPTION.
WE HAVE PEOPLE COME INTO THE OFFICE AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT IT AND THEN VIA THE WEB SITE, THE AMOUNT OF HITS THAT WE GET IS A GOOD AMOUNT.
AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS IS HOW WE'VE BEEN PUSHING IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
AND AGAIN, I'M INVOLVED WITH THE MPO SO I KNOW WHERE TO LOOK.
BUT I THINK THE AVERAGE RESIDENT WHO WOULD TYPICALLY BE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND LACK OF IMPROVEMENTS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO CONNECT.
AND SO ALL I'M SPEAKING ABOUT IS SIMPLIFYING HOW WE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, THE GREATER COMMUNITY, SO THEY BETTER UNDERSTAND THE DYNAMICS OF WHAT WE DO.
AND ALL THOSE MEETINGS THAT YOU JUST SPELLED OUT AND I GET THAT WE'RE WITHIN THE PANDEMIC RIGHT NOW AND IT'S A DIFFERENT TIME AND PLACE.
AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT CRITICAL OF THAT I THINK YOU ALL HAVE DONE AN AMAZING JOB.
BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, I THINK WE COULD DO BETTER IN HOSTING MAYBE A CERTAIN NUMBER OF TOWN HALLS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY JUST TO SPELL OUT THE PROCESS, WHETHER IT'S NORTH, CENTRAL AND SOUTH.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR YOU TO DO TOWN HALLS AT EVERY MUNICIPALITY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THEM WITHIN CERTAIN QUADRANTS.
MAYBE WE SHOULD DO IT WITHIN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE ARE DIVIDED UP INTO ON THIS MPO BOARD SO THAT THOSE MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN THOSE DISTRICTS CAN KIND OF SHARE THE INFORMATION AND INVITE THE PUBLIC OUT TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SCOPE OF WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED MOVING FORWARD.
THESE ARE, AGAIN, ARE JUST SUGGESTIONS, BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE VIEW WHAT WE DO HERE AND THE GREAT WORK THAT WE ALL THINK WE'RE DOING, THERE IS A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE MPO DOES AND HOW WE DO IT.
AND I THINK ANYTIME WE CAN EXPAND UPON THAT, WE'RE IN A BETTER PLACE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT AND NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PRESENTATION MS. CHEN YOU DID A FABULOUS JOB.
THANK YOU MS. GOOD. MR. STUART, YOU HEARD.
YEP AND NOTED AND WE'LL WORK WITH THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, WHICH HAS GOOD [INAUDIBLE] ONTO AND WOULD YOU ALL JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING MS. GOOD ON HER REELECTION.
I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE AND SEND MESSAGES FROM THE CITY OF WESTON THAT THEY'RE VERY APPRECIATIVE THAT MY COLLEAGUES LISTENED AND RESPONDED TO THEIR REQUEST LAST MONTH ON THE PARK AND RIDE PROJECT.
IN TERMS OF THE TRANSPARENCY ABOUT WHAT VICE CHAIR GOOD WAS SAYING, I DO AGREE WITH THAT.
I THINK THAT WE'RE MAKING PROGRESS, ESPECIALLY DR.
CHEN. I LIKE YOUR HYPERLINKS ON THE TIP PLAN SO THAT YOU CAN GO LOOK AT SPECIFIC PROJECTS. I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD WAY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO GET MORE INVOLVED.
BUT JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG TO EVERYBODY.
I GOT A LOT OF GOOD FEEDBACK AND THEY THANK EVERYBODY AT MY COLLEAGUES AT THE MPO AND THEY'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING IMPROVEMENTS IN BROWARD COUNTY TRANSPORTATION.
ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU ALL ARE DOING.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
THANK YOU, CHAIR. I JUST HAD A QUESTION.
WHEN MS. CHEN WONDERFUL PRESENTATION WENT OVER THE TIP FOR 2021-2025 288 MILLION.
I NOTICED THAT THERE WERE ZERO DOLLARS FOR TRANSIT.
IS THAT BECAUSE THE FOCUS IS TOWARDS THE MOBILITY HUBS IN THIS.
THAT WAS A YES. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ASSUME.
LET ME JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, A NEW CHAIR.
I'VE BEEN IN A LOT OF ZOOM MEETINGS, BUT THIS IS A ZOOM MEETING THAT IS JUST LIKE A REGULAR MEETING. SO I CERTAINLY WANT TO CONGRATULATE MR. STUART AND EVERYBODY STAFF FOR MAKING THIS SO EASY AND SO PRESENTABLE.
CHENS PRESENTATION WAS UNBELIEVABLE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT QUITE INTRICATELY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT EVERYTHING.
AND THIS MAKES IT MUCH EASIER.
BECAUSE IT TAKES THE ENTIRE VILLAGE.
RIGHT. AN WERE ON ITEM TWO MR.
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GABRIEL.MR. CHAIR HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MR. GABRIEL, I HAVE A HAND.
IF YOU CAN BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME, MEMBERS WHO HAVE STARTED LATE.
SO I'M GOING TO ASK JUST TO GO THROUGH THE MEMBERSHIP LIST OF THOSE WHO DID NOT RESPOND THAT THEY WERE PRESENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET CREDIT FOR BEING HERE WITH US AND THEN THEY ACCOUNTED FOR VOTING PURPOSES.
IF YOU DON'T MIND MY DOING THAT CHAIR.
GO AHEAD. SO FOR DISTRICT ONE, I'M SHOWING NORTH LAUDERDALE.
COMMISSIONER ZIADE ARE YOU HERE? HERE. THANK YOU.
YES SORRY. AND CITY OF PARKLAND.
FOR DISTRICT TWO, I HAD DEERFIELD BEACH.
AND LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA AS BEING ABSENT.
I'M HERE. WE HAD A LINK PROBLEM.
GOTCHA. AND I'VE GOT FOR DISTRICT THREE I HAD.
I SAW COMMISSIONER MCKENZIE IS HERE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MCKINZIE YOU PRESENT.
I DO NOT HEAR HIM, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE HIM OFF THE LIST AS BEING ABSENT.
I'VE GOT ALSO LAUDERDALE LAKES.
MS. WILLIAMS. I'M HERE, OK? CAN YOU HEAR ME. I SAW YOU SPEAKING.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THEN OAKLAND PARK WAS NOT PRESENT.
DISTRICT FOUR, EVERYONE WAS PRESENT.
FOR NON MUNICIPAL I SHOW COMMISSIONER SHARIEF ABSENT.
AND [INAUDIBLE] COMMISSIONER RYAN.
OK. COMMISSIONER RYAN IS ABSENT.
I DO BELIEVE THAT MAYOR GANZ HAS ALSO JOINED US AS WELL.
WE HAD A LITTLE PROBLEM WITH THE AUDIO.
THANK YOU. ATTORNEY GABRIEL, I NOTICED THERE'S THERE'S A SCHNAUZER THAT'S ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE MEETING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU SHOW ME AS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER RYAN YOU'RE LATE.
THANK YOU. NO I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE THE BEGINNING.
YOU MISSED THE ROLL CALL THOUGH.
YOU'RE SHOWN AS BEING PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER FURR. I SEE YOUR HAND. COMMISSIONER FURR.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT TO VICE CHAIR GOOD.
I'M ON THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND MS. CHEN HAD PRESENTED THIS TO US AT OUR MEETING IN JUNE, AND I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT AT THIS MEETING OF THE C.A.C., THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE COMMITTEES IN WHICH A LOT OF RESIDENTS CAN COME VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON WHENEVER THAT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN.
AND THEY DO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO DO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO THIS IS ANOTHER TOOL THAT IS USED FOR A PURPOSE YOU WOULD CALL A PUBLIC HEARING.
SO WE HAD DISCUSSED THIS AT THE C.A.C.
MEETING. MS. CHEN PRESENTED THIS WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TO US AND THE POWERPOINT.
AND I JUST WANTED MS. GOOD TO KNOW THAT THIS IS ALSO ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN COME AND MAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS AS WELL.
WE SEE A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION BEFORE AND WE VOTE ON IT BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO THE MPO. SO I JUST WANT YOU TO BRING THAT TO HER ATTENTION.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HARRIS. MR. HARRIS. GOOD MORNING.
I WAS AT A MEETING LAST NIGHT ON A PROJECT ON GRIFFIN ROAD JUST WEST OF TROPICAL ACRES, AND WE HAD SOME TRAFFIC ENGINEERS THERE AND A MEETING OF SOME PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY.
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AND WHEN I MENTIONED THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD OF THE MPO AND WE WERE WORKING ON CERTAIN VARIOUS THINGS. AND TO SOME OF THEM THERE THAT HAVEN'T LIVED IN THE AREA FOR A VERY LONG TIME, THEY ALMOST WERE VERY SUSPECT AND CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THE MPO IS AND WHAT THEIR INFLUENCE IS ON GRIFFIN ROAD WHEN SOME DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THERE.SO, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE CHAIR AND THROUGH MR. STUART AND ALSO THROUGH COMMISSIONER RYAN, I'LL PROBABLY AT OUR NEXT STAFF MEETING.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT THAT WOULD ENERGIZE THE GRIFFIN CORRIDOR THAT WE MIGHT NEED SOME ADDITIONAL EXPLANATIONS ABOUT WHAT THE MPO DOES AND WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP SATISFY THE CONFUSION.
AND IT'S ALMOST LIKE A FEAR WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE OF ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA. ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL BE HAPPY TO COME OUT AND DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO.
COMMISSIONER FURR CAN YOU LOWER YOUR HAND, PLEASE? THANK YOU. OK. MR. LET ME SEE HERE. HOLD ON.
OK. ALL RIGHT. CALL THE ROLL PLEASE MR. GABRIEL. SO THIS IS WE'RE GOING TO DO A UNANIMOUS VOTE.
UNLESS SOMEONE IF YOU WOULD, YOU CAN ASK FOR THE UNANIMOUS VOTE FOR APPROVAL AND THEN ASK IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO MIGHT OPPOSE TO THE APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A MOTION. ALL WRITE OUT FOR UNANIMOUS APPROVAL.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION A FIRST AND SECOND.
OK, HOLD ON. LET ME SEE WHO DID THAT.
MAYOR TRANTALIS MADE THE MOTION.
MR. CLARK SECONDED THE MOTION.
HEARING NONE, IF IT'S OK, WE'LL HAVE A UNANIMOUS ROLL CALL AND ANY OBJECTIONS, JUST RAISE YOUR HAND. SO FIRST ANY [INAUDIBLE] FOUR.
MR. JAFFE, YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION.
COMMISSIONER. AND THEN SEEING.
WAIT. WE GO TO THE OBJECTIONS.
ANYONE. WAIT MR. GABRIEL WAIT.
YES SIR. MR. JAFFE I SEE A HAND.
DO YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION. NO, I LOWERED IT.
I WAS RAISING MY HAND TO MAKE THE MOTION.
I LOWERED MY HAND. THERE WE GO.
ALL RIGHT, MR. GABRIEL, YOU'RE BACK.
OK. SO WE HAVE. SO THAT WAS UNANIMOUS VOTE CONSENT FOR APPROVAL ON EITHER ONE.
THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE MOVE TO ITEM TWO.
[2. MOTION TO APPROVE Amendments to the Complete Streets and Other Localized Initiatives Program (CSLIP) Policies]
AN ACTION ITEM TWO IS A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENTS TO THE COMPLETE STREETS AND OTHER LOCALIZED INITIATIVE PROGRAMS. C SLIP POLICIES.MAYOR ZIADE MAKES THE MOTION AND KIRDAHY SECONDS THE MOTION.
WOULD THE BOARD LIKE A PRESENTATION FROM MR. CAMPOBASSO OR OK. HELLO EVERYONE.
MY NAME IS CONNOR CAMPOBASSO WITH THE BROWARD MPO.
I HOPE YOU ALL CAN HEAR ME ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. SO I'LL JUST GET INTO IT TODAY.
WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE UPDATE TO THE CSLIP POLICIES.
WE COME TO THE TAC THE CAC AND THE BOARD, AND WE KIND OF REFLECT ON WHAT WE LEARNED IN THE PAST YEAR AND KIND OF MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AS WE GO.
I PUT THIS SLIDE UP FOR YOU ALL.
IT'S JUST A QUICK DEFINITION OF WHAT CSLIP IS.
I KNOW THERE'S SOME NEW MEMBERS THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR, SO I JUST WANT TO INCLUDE THAT. A QUICK SUMMARY IS IT'S ESSENTIALLY A GRANT STYLE FUNDING MECHANISM THAT WE USE AT THE MPO TO HELP FUND SOME LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS HERE IN BROWARD.
NOW, TALKING ABOUT THE POLICIES AND KIND OF WHY WE CHANGE THEM IN THE PAST, WE DO LOOK BACK AND TRY TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BASED OFF SUGGESTIONS FROM EITHER TECHNICAL STAFF, F DOT OR STAFF INTERNALLY AT THE MPO.
AND WE TAKE THOSE SUGGESTIONS AND WE TRY TO INCORPORATE IT IN THE POLICIES FOR THE NEXT COMING CYCLE. THIS YEAR, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF EXTERNAL CHANGES OCCURRING HERE IN BROWARD.
THE MAIN ONE IS THAT FDOT INDICATED TO THE MPO THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BE GREATLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THAT THEY MANAGE.
AND WHEN I SAY LOCAL PROJECTS, I MEAN PROJECTS ON LOCAL FACILITIES.
SO CITY ROADS, COUNTY ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IN THE PAST, FDOT WAS THE MAIN CONSTRUCTION ARM THAT WE UTILIZE TO DELIVER THESE PROJECTS. SO THAT REALLY JUST LEAVES ONE OPTION AND THAT'S THE LOCAL AGENCY PROGRAM OR
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THE LAP PROGRAM. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROGRAM, IT TENDS TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE CUMBERSOME.AND THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND THERE'S ALSO A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION TYPICALLY WITH THE LAP PROGRAM HERE IN BROWARD.
NOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE TRYING TO MITIGATE FOR SOME OF THOSE BURDENS THAT ARE PLACED ON MUNICIPALITIES. I KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED HERE IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MANAGEMENT CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ARM THAT THE MPO IS LOOKING TO IMPLEMENT.
AND IDEALLY THAT MANAGEMENT ARM WOULD HELP DELIVER THE LAP PROJECTS ALMOST IN AN FDOT CAPACITY SIMILAR TO THE OLD PROGRAM OR THE PREVIOUS CYCLES.
THE OTHER THING THAT WE ARE ALSO LOOKING INTO, AND I'LL TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT LATER, IS MITIGATING FOR THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES COST.
SO WITH LAP TYPICALLY YOU'RE PAYING FOR THEIR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES LIKE DESIGN AND CEI.
THE INTENT OF THE MPO IS TO PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES.
THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THE DETAILS OF MANY OF THESE THINGS, SO THERE'LL BE SOME MORE INFORMATION COMING IN THE FUTURE.
SO WITH THAT SAID, I'LL GET STRAIGHT INTO THE POLICIES.
NOW, WE DIDN'T UPDATE EVERY SINGLE POLICY.
SO YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF POLICIES THAT LOOK LIKE THIS.
BUT AS WE GET INTO IT, I'LL BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE ONES THAT HAVE CHANGED.
SO I'LL KIND OF GLOSS OVER SOME OF THESE CONSISTENT POLICIES.
AND JUST TOUCH ON SOME MORE IMPORTANT ONES AND THEN WE'LL KIND OF DEEP DIVE INTO THE ONES THAT HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED.
SO ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, LIKE I SAID, NOTHING REALLY HAS CHANGED HERE.
SOME KEY FEATURES OF THE PROGRAM, THOUGH.
IT'S A THREE MILLION DOLLAR CAP, SO YOU CAN APPLY FOR PROJECTS UP TO THREE MILLION DOLLARS OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS. AND THERE'S ALSO A FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLAR FLOOR FOR, AGAIN, CONSTRUCTION COSTS.
AGENCIES ARE ALLOWED TO APPLY FOR UP TO TWO APPLICATIONS AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL TWO PARTNER APPLICATIONS FOR A TOTAL OF FOUR APPLICATIONS.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE FIRST POLICY THAT HAS BEEN MODIFIED.
SO, AGAIN, FDOT USED TO BE THE MAIN DELIVERY ARM.
AND WE HAD AGENCIES INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESOLUTIONS THAT THEY TOOK TO THEIR COMMISSION.
SO WE CUT OUT THE PART HERE THAT INDICATES THAT DOT WILL BE DESIGNING AND CONSTRUCTING THE PROJECTS ON THE AGENCY'S BEHALF.
AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE RESOLUTION.
AND INSTEAD, WE'RE JUST REPLACING IT WITH THAT THE RESOLUTION SHOULD NOTE THAT THE PROJECTS WILL BE DELIVERED VIA LAP IF LOCATED ON A LOCAL FACILITY.
NOW, WHEN WE TOOK IT TO THE TAC ONE OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS WAS TO ADD THOSE LAST TWO WORDS THERE. IF REQUIRED.
AND WE HAVE INCORPORATED THAT IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
WE THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS THE MPO TO IF THERE WAS A SCENARIO IN THE FUTURE WHERE FDOT STILL WOULD DELIVER A PROJECT ON A LOCAL FACILITY, SAY, IF IT WAS IMPACTING A STATE FACILITY OR IF FOR SOME REASON THEY GO BACK AND SAY THAT THEY ARE WILLING TO DELIVER THE PROJECTS FOR CSLIP [INAUDIBLE] FACILITIES SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, IT WON'T PRECLUDE US FROM ALLOWING THAT. SO WE INCLUDED IN THERE.
WE THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.
SO THAT HAS BECOME OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION AS WELL.
CAN I ASK A QUESTION? SURE THING.
ON THAT LAP. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THE FUNDING PART RESORTS BACK TO MUNICIPALITIES.
IS THAT TRUE? THE OLD ONE DID NOT.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE MPO BECAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF MONEY HELP THE MUNICIPALITIES. SO WHAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER FOR THAT? SO YOU ARE CORRECT.
SO IN QUITE A WHILE AGO, THE LAP PROGRAM DIDN'T HAVE A FUNDING REQUIREMENT THAT WAS FOR THE AGENCIES ITSELF.
SO THE WHOLE PROGRAM WAS FUNDED.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. SOMETIME IT MAY HAVE BEEN FIVE OR PLUS YEARS AGO.
THE ACTUALLY I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
BUT DISTRICT FOUR CREATED A POLICY SO THAT I GUESS THE INTENT WAS TO HAVE MUNICIPALITIES TO HAVE SOME SKIN IN THE GAME.
AND WHAT IT WAS, WAS, YES, IT REQUIRED THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN, THE CI, ALL THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND THEN THE LAP PORTION THE LAP FUNDING WOULD GO TOWARDS THE CONSTRUCTIONS ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS.
SO I THINK THE REIMBURSEMENT WAS BELIEVE IT WAS ONCE A MONTH.
BUT WHAT THE MPO IS DOING NOW IS TO KEEP THE SORT OF THE CSLIP FEELING THE SAME WAY THAT IT WAS. WE'RE LOOKING TO KIND OF REPEAL THAT POLICY AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL SO THAT WE, AS THE MPO CAN ACTUALLY PAY FOR THOSE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FOR THE AGENCY.
GOOD. SO THAT IS ONE THING WE'RE LOOKING INTO.
I DON'T KNOW, GREG, IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IT'S STILL KIND OF ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT IS STILL UP IN THE AIR.
AND WE'RE WORKING OUT THE DETAILS DIRECTLY WITH DOT ON THAT ONE.
ACTUALLY. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. ACTUALLY, JUST LITERALLY RIGHT NOW, ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL THINGS ABOUT VIRTUAL MEETINGS IS MY EMAIL LIT UP AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH MR.
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BRAUN AT DOT TO GO OVER THIS ISSUE.SO STANDBY HOPEFULLY WE'LL RESOLVE IT BY THE END OF SUMMER.
THANK YOU. SO WE'LL JUST GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE HERE.
AGAIN, THIS IS TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO THOSE DETAILS ABOUT DOT DELIVERING THE PROJECTS. SO IF YOU ARE APPLYING FOR A PROJECT ON A STATE FACILITY, DOT IS STILL ALLOWING FOR THAT. AND THERE WILL BE SOME DISCUSSIONS ON WHETHER OR NOT IT WILL BE DOT DELIVERING THE PROJECT OR THE LOCAL AGENCY DELIVERING THE PROJECT.
AND THAT'S REALLY GOING TO DEPEND ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT.
SO WE JUST WANT TO IF YOU ARE PROPOSING A PROJECT ON STATE FACILITY, WE DO WANT YOU TO INCLUDE THAT IN THE RESOLUTION AS WELL.
AND THE OTHER ONE ON HERE IS GOING INTO MODIFYING SOME OF THE PREVIOUS POLICIES THAT ALLOWED FOR LAP, BUT IT WASN'T REALLY REQUIRED.
WE TOOK THAT SECTION OUT AND WE JUST INCLUDED A SENTENCE THAT IF AN AGENCY IS DELIVERING A PROJECT TO LAP, THEY WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE MOST CURRENT LAP CERTIFICATION PROCESS.
AND TYPICALLY, THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS IS PER PROJECT BASIS.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FOR THE COUNTY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING FOR THE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES EACH TIME YOU DO A LAP PROJECT, YOU HAVE TO THEN GET RECERTIFIED EACH TIME YOU RECEIVE A LAP PROJECT.
SO EVEN IF YOU SUCCESSFULLY DID A LAP PROJECT IN THE PAST, YOU STILL HAVE TO REAPPLY.
THAT BEING SAID, IF YOU DID A GOOD JOB IN THE PAST, MY UNDERSTANDING IS ALSO THAT IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY EASY TO GET RECERTIFIED FOR LAP.
SO THAT'S REALLY THE LAST ONE THAT'S CHANGED, I'LL STILL GO THROUGH AND HIT ON A COUPLE MORE OF THESE POLICIES IN HERE SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT ONES.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO REQUIRE IS A GOOD LOCAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
THESE PROJECTS NEED TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND ONE OF THE KEY THINGS IS THEY NEED TO BE PROGRAM READY AND I'LL HIT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER AS WELL.
CAN I INTERRUPT YOU VICE MAYOR GREEN HAS A QUESTION.
CAN YOU HEAR ME THERE? YES. YES. OK.
THIS IS A VERY MINOR THING, BUT I BELIEVE YOU HAD WERE INTENDING TO HAVE THE WORD.
BASIS AND YOU HAVE ES AND SHOULDN'T IT BE IS.
THE LAST WORD. YOU ARE CORRECT.
GOOD CATCH. YEAH WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION IN THE POLICY DOCUMENT IF IT'S APPROVED.
HE'S MUTED. AND HE'S MUTED MR. CHAIR.
THANK YOU. SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OK.
BACK TO YOUR POINT MAYOR ORTIS BROUGHT UP AND THIS SEEMS TO ME TO BE A PRETTY BIG BURDEN THAT FALLS BACK ON THE MUNICIPALITIES.
AND IF YOU COULD GO IN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AS FAR AS WHAT THE MPO COULD DO TO HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT BURDEN.
SO THERE'S REALLY TWO MAJOR BURDENS.
AND THE FIRST ONE IS THE FINANCIAL BURDEN.
AND THAT'S GOING INTO THE AGENCY HAVING TO PAY FOR THE DESIGN, THE CEI AND ALL THOSE OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES.
THE MPO IN THAT INSTANCE, AS GREG MENTIONED, WE'RE MEETING WITH THE DOT TRYING TO ALLOW FOR A WAY THAT THE MPO CAN PAY FOR THOSE SERVICES USING THE EITHER OUR SU DOLLARS OF THE TAP DOLLARS ITSELF. THE SECOND MAJOR BURDEN IS ACTUALLY MANAGING A LAP PROJECT.
THERE'S A LOT INVOLVED WITH IT.
YOU HAVE THE DESIGNATED STAFF PERSON.
THAT STAFF PERSON HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE CERTIFICATION PROCESSES.
THERE'S A LOT OF PAPERWORK AND A LOT OF REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AGENCY ITSELF.
OUR THOUGHT ON THAT IS UTILIZING THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT ARM THAT THE MPO IS STANDING UP. THAT WAY THERE'S ONLY ONE AGENCY THAT REALLY HAS TO DO ALL THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS, AND ESPECIALLY FOR NEW AGENCIES THAT HAVEN'T DONE IT BEFORE.
THERE'S A LOT OF STANDUP INVOLVED.
EVEN GOING DOWN TO A.D.A COMPLIANCY.
YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THERE'S LIKE AN ADA PAGE ON YOUR WEB SITE AND YOUR WEB SITES ALL A.D.A ACCESSIBLE AND THEY CAN ACCESS THE PROJECT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY TINY DETAILS THAT ARE REQUIRED WITH THE LAP PROCESS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MITIGATE IT WITH THAT CONSTRUCTION ARM.
BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT WE ARE ASKED TO MAKE A DECISION ON THIS RIGHT NOW WITHOUT HAVING THAT GUARANTEED. YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.
THIS CHANGE IS REALLY REACTING TO WHAT DOT IS DOING.
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AND WE AT THE MPO DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CONTROL OVER WHAT THEY ENVISION THEIR AGENCY DOING.SO THIS IS KIND OF JUST REACTING TO THAT.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT BEFORE IS STILL IT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR. WE'RE STILL WORKING OUT THE DETAILS.
WE'RE HOPING WE'LL COME TO A CONCLUSION SOON.
BUT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UNFORTUNATELY, WE JUST KIND OF HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE AND WORK THROUGH. AND WE'LL BE.
THIS IS MR. CHAIR THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THIS IS GREG STUART. YOU KNOW, CONOR AND I BOTH WILL BE REACHING OUT TO ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS SHOULD WE COME TO A CONCLUSION PRIOR TO THE NEXT BOARD MEETING.
THE REASON WHY IS, THE FUNDING FOR THESE PROGRAMS ARE ACTUALLY IN THE NEW FIFTH YEAR AND SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE SIXTH.
YOU DON'T EVEN SEE THE SIXTH YEAR OF THE TIP.
THAT'S WHEN THIS CHANGE WILL IMMINENTLY TAKE EFFECT.
AND BECAUSE THE PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE CURRENTLY HAVE EXISTING AGREEMENTS AND WE'LL BE WORKING WITH DOT IN THE CITIES AND THE COUNTY TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION AND EVEN STANDING UP AN ARM.
DOT WILL HELP STAND IT UP, IT WILL BE AN INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION TO HELP DELIVER WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO HELP THE CITIES DELIVER PROJECTS IS REALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO. AND SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERS BOTH THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HARD TIME SUPPORTING THIS WITHOUT THOSE GUARANTEES.
BUT I UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION WE'RE IN.
MS. WELCH. YES, THANK YOU, CHAIR.
WELL, ON THE SURFACE, THIS DOES SEEM TO BE AN INTERESTING MOVE GOING BACK TO THE LOCAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT, BUT I LIKE THE MAYOR GANZ SUGGESTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY COMING BACK TO US AT THE CITY LEVEL.
IF THE CITY WERE TO DO IT JUST IN THE CITY AND THE STAFF GETTING RECERTIFIED PLUS DEDICATING SOMEONE FULL TIME ADDITIONAL IN THESE PANDEMIC TIMES THAT WE'RE ALREADY SUFFERING, THAT COULD BE A PERSON THAT'S UPWARDS OF 80 TO 100 THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR.
AND I JUST WAS INTERESTED TO KNOW, BECAUSE IF ANY OF THESE PROJECTS ARE FEDERALLY FUNDED, THEN WE FALL UNDER A DIFFERENT SET OF CRITERIA FOR THE PROJECTS.
NOW IS THE MPO, IF THIS ARM AND OTHER RELIEF OF SOME OF THE FINANCIAL BURDENS.
HOW WOULD YOU ENVISION THAT HAPPENING? MR. STUART.
SO I CAN TAKE A CRACK AT IT REAL QUICK.
AND THEN GREG IF YOU WANT TO STEP IN.
SO, TOUCHING ON YOUR FIRST POINT, ALL THOSE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP SO FAR ARE REALLY THE REASON WHY WE STARTED THE CSLIP PROGRAM.
WE WANTED TO TAKE AWAY ALL THOSE BURDENS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE SLOWLY REVERTING BACK TO THAT THAT OLD TAC PROCESS.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE REALLY WANT TO WANT TO KIND OF STAY AWAY FROM, BECAUSE THIS IT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN OF THE BOARD HAVING TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS, BOTH FINANCIALLY AND ON A STAFF LEVEL BASIS.
GOING TO THE OTHER POINT ABOUT THE FEDERAL FUNDING.
SO THE CSLIP PROGRAM UTILIZES A KIND OF A MIX OF FUNDING.
SOME OF IT'S OUR S U DOLLARS OUR ATTRIBUTABLE DOLLARS THAT WE KIND OF HAVE FREE RANGE OVER. THE OTHER IS WHAT'S CALLED THE TAP DOLLARS, BECAUSE THIS IS ESSENTIALLY A MODIFICATION TO THE TAP PROGRAM.
AND THAT GOES THROUGH THE STATE.
SO THE STATE HAS SOME CONTROL OVER THAT.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE GRASPING THE LARGEST POT OF MONEY POSSIBLE.
SO THERE WILL STILL BE SOME REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS PAYING FOR THE DESIGN AND CEI.
I DON'T KNOW, GREG, IF YOU ENVISION MAYBE JUST UTILIZING THE SU DOLLARS FOR THAT.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO TOUCH ON THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
YEAH. AND JUST TO CLARIFY THROUGH THE CHAIR.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER WELCH, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS THIS IS ALL FEDERAL MONEY, WHETHER IT'S TAP OR SU.
AND IT'S PASSED THROUGH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, DOWN TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS VIA THE MPO.
THE STATE OF FLORIDA PUTS ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS ON THAT MONEY.
AND OUR FEDERAL LOBBYING TEAM HAS BEEN VERY BUSY UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C., WORKING ON A REAUTHORIZATION BILL TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES.
AS CONOR MENTIONED, THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY TO HAVE TO DOT DELIVER THE PROJECTS HAPPENED IN THE LAST RECESSION.
AND IT WAS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE FORMER DOT SECRETARY, DISTRICT SECRETARY AND DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS.
THAT DOT WOULD BE DELIVERING THESE PROJECTS.
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SO NOW WITH THIS CHANGE AGAIN AT THE DISTRICT AND LIKE I SAID, I'LL BE WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF OVER THE SUMMER.WE'LL TRY TO COME UP WITH ALTERNATE METHODS AND WE WILL PROVIDE THE BOARD WITH THE INFORMATION AS IT COMES OUT FROM DOT.
AND IN FACT, SOME OF THEM ARE ON THE LINE IN THE [INAUDIBLE] SIDE.
SO I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE A ROBUST CONVERSATION WITH THEM AND THEY WILL HAVE HEARD YOUR MESSAGE. AND I TRULY APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMMENTING ON THIS, BECAUSE WHILE THE FACES OF THE MPO BOARD MEMBERS MAY HAVE CHANGED OVER THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, THE REALITY OF THE ISSUES FACING OUR GOVERNMENTS HAVE NOT.
AND I REALLY, TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL WORK ON IT.
AND AS REGARDS TO THE LOW BID CONTRACTORS WITH FEDERAL GUIDELINES.
WE MUST FOLLOW FEDERAL GUIDELINES ON THIS.
THIS IS FEDERAL MONEY ULTIMATELY.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND THOSE OF THE PREVIOUS TWO SPEAKERS. YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THIS FURTHER, I CONCUR.
HONESTLY, THIS IS GONNA BE A HUGE IMPACT TO OUR MUNICIPALITIES AS IT RELATES TO HAVING TO DESIGN THESE PROJECTS.
CAN YOU AGAIN WHY THE CHANGE WHY IS THE CHANGE COMING FROM FDOT.
GREG, DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THAT ONE.
YEAH, I WILL TAKE THAT ONE. I WILL TAKE THAT ONE.
OK. WHEN FORMER CHAIR CALETKA AND I WERE IN TALLAHASSEE IN JANUARY AND BROWARD DAYS BEFORE I WOULD GET RID OF THE DEPARTMENT SECRETARY, THERE HAD TO DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING THIS AWAY FROM THE DISTRICT STAFF DELIVERY.
THEY HAVE A LOT OF PROJECTS ARE GOING TO BE DELIVERING THIS.
IT ACTUALLY TAKES MORE TIME TO BUILD A SIDEWALK THAN IT DOES TO PUT A RAMP ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
SO THEY WERE LOOKING AT IT AS A SAVINGS TO THE DISTRICT STAFF.
UNDERSTOOD. SO THIS IS WHERE THAT CHANGE CAME ABOUT THE DOT, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE OF THE COVID ISSUES AS WELL, WE'RE GOING TO BE FACING SOME STEEP REDUCTIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IN DEALING WITH THEIR STAFFING LEVELS, TOO.
SO THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON WITH US, UNFORTUNATELY.
YOU KNOW, IT WAS A DECISION THAT WAS MADE.
SOMETIMES THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN WE'RE TRYING TO REACT TO IT.
SO WE'RE AS CONNOR HAS ALLUDED TO, WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH ANY WAY POSSIBLE NOT TO LEAVE THE BURDEN ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND RECOGNIZE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS TO DELIVER PROJECTS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
AND THAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM. SO WE'LL GET THERE.
I HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE WITH THE DOT IN RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO FIND A SOLUTION. THAT BACKGROUND NOISE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMEBODY IS WASHING THEIR DISHES.
SO THANK YOU, MR. STUART. AND I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, AT MPO TRYING TO FILL, I GUESS, THE VOID FOR SOME OF THESE FOR THE CITIES.
AND YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IF THIS IS POSTPONED TODAY OR IT WASN'T APPROVED? WHAT WOULD HAPPEN? SO, UNFORTUNATELY, LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER, THIS IS MORE OF A REACTION. SO DOT ALREADY IN A WAY, MADE THEIR DECISION AND THESE POLICIES ARE JUST REFLECTING THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF MUCH WOULD CHANGE THE POLICIES THEY NEED TO KIND OF REFLECT WHAT THE CYCLE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE DOING HERE.
I WOULD BE A LITTLE WORRIED THAT IF THEY WERE DELAYED, THAT IT MAY AFFECT OUR ABILITY TO GET SOME OF THIS FUNDING BECAUSE IT IS AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE ANNUALLY. SO AND LIKE GREG MENTIONED, THEY'RE FUNNELED THROUGH DOT.
SO THERE MAY BE SOME ISSUES IF WE DON'T ADOPT IT.
BUT I CAN'T BE I CAN'T SAY THAT FOR CERTAIN.
BUT THE UNFORTUNATE THING IS THAT A LOT OF WHAT YOU'VE SHARED TODAY, THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTIES. MEETINGS ARE STILL TAKING PLACE.
IT'S REALLY BEING THROWN DOWN OUR THROATS.
BASICALLY, IT'S TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT KIND OF MENTALITY IS WHAT I'M HEARING.
AND I'M HOPING THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M HEARING.
SO IN IN FAIRNESS TO THE MUNICIPALITIES, THEY REALLY YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED I THINK SOMEONE MENTIONED REGARDING COVID AND THE IMPACTS.
WELL, MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING TO BE GREATLY IMPACTED AS THIS THE SCHOOL SYSTEM REGARDING COVID. THERE'S TREMENDOUS CUTS BEING CONSIDERED ACROSS THE BOARD THROUGH ALL OUR BUDGETS.
SO IF THERE'S IF THERE'S ANY ENTITY OUT THERE THAT'S NOT BEING IMPACTED BY COVID IT'S
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IT'S DEFINITELY IN THE MUNICIPALITIES AND THE LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.SO ALL I'M SAYING IS BEFORE APPROVING SOMETHING LIKE THIS, I'D LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MR. STUART TO HAVE GREATER CONVERSATION.
MAYBE NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS MEETING AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS, I GET THAT IT'S BEEN BEFORE OTHER COMMITTEES AND THOSE COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE.
BUT I THINK NOW THAT WE'VE HAD THIS GREATER CONVERSATION TODAY, I THINK MOST OF THE MS. MUNICIPALITIES PARTICIPATING TODAY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. AND MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME FURTHER FEEDBACK FROM THEM AS TO HOW TO BEST DEAL WITH SOME OF THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE ISSUES OF KNOW STAFF CERTIFICATIONS.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK MPO WILL BE A HUGE ASSET IN DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE MOVING FORWARD.
AND I THINK WE WOULD ALL BENEFIT FROM HAVING A A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT'S GOING TO OCCUR. SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING TO MAKE A CHANGE IN POLICY, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE POLICY REFLECTS WHAT WE FEEL WE THINK NEEDS TO OCCUR.
I GET THAT WE'RE BEING REACTIVE, SO TO SPEAK.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST APPROVE SOMETHING IF IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE APPROVED TODAY WITHOUT HAVING MORE SPECIFICS AS TO HOW CERTAIN THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DEALT WITH.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF MR. STUART WOULD HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.
YOU KNOW, WE ASK THAT WE CAN DEFER.
YEAH, WELL, I KNOW, I'M SORRY, BUT WE CAN DEFER.
YES, WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I JUST, YOU KNOW. I THINK, YES, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.
YES. AND THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE.
IF WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL POLICY, SO AT LEAST WE CAN KEEP THESE PROCEEDS, THE APPLICANTS IN THIS PROCESS MOVING FORWARD BECAUSE IT TAKES FIVE YEARS TO GET FUNDING.
AND THEN DURING THIS YEAR AND I ACTUALLY REALLY APPRECIATE THE COMMENT THAT'S GOING ON AND WE ARE RECORDING THIS.
I'M GONNA BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THIS WITH THE DISTRICT SECRETARY, THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AT DOT, AS WELL AS THE STATE SECRETARY.
AND THIS IS THE THIS IS THE PROBLEM THAT WE'RE HAVING.
AND WE REALLY NEED YOU TO EITHER HELP US SOLVE THE PROBLEM OR CHANGE THE WAY YOU'RE DOING BUSINESS. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THIS IS ALWAYS USEFUL.
IT REALLY IS. SO, MR. CHAIR, MY LAST COMMENT THEN I WOULD ASK THEN, MR. STUART, IF THIS GETS APPROVED TODAY, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNICATION ARE, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE CAN FIGURE OUT THE INVOLVEMENT OF MPO AND HOW YOU'RE GOING TO HELP SOME OF THESE MUNICIPALITIES. DO YOU ENVISION THERE'LL BE A COST TO THOSE MUNICIPALITIES? MR. STUART, OUR DESIRE IS THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL CONSUME LIKE WE DO NOW, THE ENTIRE COST, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S A COST OF DOT TO DELIVER THIS.
BUT WE ARE PAYING DOT TO DELIVER THIS WITH OUR FEDERAL SHARE.
SO WE'VE BEEN HOLDING THEM HARMLESS IN THE DELIVERY PROCESS.
SO NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO THEY WANT TO MOVE AWAY FROM THAT.
SO IT'S JUST A MATTER OF FINDING A DELIVERY METHOD THAT HOLDS THE CITY'S HOMELESS AND ALLOWS THEM TO UTILIZE THE FEDERAL FUNDS.
SO THEN I WOULD JUST ASK THEN IF IT'S THE CHAIR, THAT MAYBE ONCE YOU HAVE MEETINGS WITH DOT AND WE GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EMPIRE'S INVOLVEMENT, THAT SOME KIND OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION CAN BE SHARED WITH THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTY SO THAT THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON HOW IT'S GOING TO FUNCTION MOVING FORWARD AND HOW MPO WILL SIGNIFICANTLY STEP UP TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH. BECAUSE WHAT I DON'T WANT.
WHAT I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE OUT THERE IS THIS MIXED MESSAGE OF OF POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
AND I THINK YOUR DESIRE IS TO MINIMIZE THOSE IMPACTS.
AND SO I THINK A CLEAR MESSAGE ACROSS THE COUNTY FROM FROM THE CHAIR OF THE MPO AND YOURSELF WOULD REALLY BENEFIT EVERYONE'S UNDERSTANDING OF HOW IT WILL LOOK LIKE MOVING FORWARD. THAT IS GOOD.
[INAUDIBLE]. I HAD A NEWBORN BABY GIRL.
THANK YOU. SO I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION AND THANKS TO MS.
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GOOD FOR ALL OF THOSE GREAT QUESTIONS, I KIND OF KIND OF KNOCKED AWAY A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS AS SHE WAS SAYING.SO I GUESS BASICALLY I THINK I'M TRYING TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND IS THAT FDOT WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THEY WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COMPLETE THE PROJECT.
BUT THEY'LL STILL BE PROVIDING FUNDING.
OR AM I CONFUSED ON THAT? OK. SO THROUGH THE CHAIR.
GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, SO THE FUNDING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE.
IT'S MPO FUNDING THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO THE FUNDING WILL STILL BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION SITE.
WHAT WE'RE DELIBERATING NOW WITH THE DISTRICT STAFF IS THE DESIGN MONEY AND THE CEI TO MONITOR THE CONSTRUCTION.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT FOR THE LAB PROGRAM IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SO, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY STILL LIKE, YOU KNOW, A FIGURE LIKE CORAL SPRINGS WE CAN KIND OF HANDLE, WE'RE LARGE ENOUGH THAT WE CAN HANDLE KIND OF TAKING ON THIS PROJECT.
SO THIS MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AS BIG OF A BURDEN TO CORAL SPRINGS, BUT TO OTHER CITIES.
THIS DEFINITELY WILL BE A BURDEN.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I GUESS POLICIES CAN ALWAYS BE CHANGED.
AND I GUESS WE'RE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND PREVENTATIVE TO KIND OF MAKE SURE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS NOW.
BUT I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT TO TAKE THESE POWER STATIONS TO FDOT AND SAY, LOOK, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, WE ALL ARE IN CRUNCH TIME AND ALL THE THINGS LIKE THAT GET IT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY DETRIMENTAL TO CITIES THAT CANNOT HANDLE PUTTING TOGETHER THEIR OWN PROJECT.
YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO COMPLETION AND THEN KIND OF BEING LEFT ON THEIR OWN TO DEAL WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM THAT MIGHT NOT WORK OUT EFFECTIVELY, AS I UNDERSTAND, WITH THE LAB PROGRAM. SO, YOU KNOW, I GET IT.
THEY'RE TRYING TO SAVE, SAVE, YOU KNOW, NUMBERS AND SAVE FACE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT TO REALLY UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHAT THIS OR THIS IS GOING TO BE TO NOT JUST CITIES OF THIS, YOU KNOW, SMALLER CITIES, NOT JUST IN BROWARD, BUT THROUGHOUT THE STATE. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE BIG CITIES.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MANY OTHER PLACES ARE GOING TO BE HARD BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA MONEY, SEND IT TO PLAINS.
THE LARGEST CITY IN BROWARD COUNTY.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEWBORN.
AND THAT WAS ABOUT DURING THE PRESENTATION.
IT WAS MENTIONED THAT REIMBURSEMENT WAS ONE TIME A MONTH, BUT IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT RE REIMBURSEMENT WAS PROBLEMATIC DURING THE PREVIOUS PROJECT PROCESS.
AND SO AS THE TAKE AWAY FOR THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT IT COULD OFTEN RUN REIMBURSEMENT FROM ONE FISCAL YEAR INTO ANOTHER, WHICH COULD IMPACT FURTHER MANY OF OUR CITIES.
BUT I JUST WANT TO BRING THAT UP.
SO MR. STUART COULD TAKE THAT FORWARD.
MR. CLARK. THANK YOU, CHAIR AND MEMBERS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SMALLER MUNICIPALITIES AND SOME OTHER MIDSIZE ONES, WE NEED ALL THE HELP WE CAN GET. OR EVEN LARGE ONES.
SO THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO SAY.
WE NEED HELP AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET INVOLVED WITH THESE PROJECTS AS WOULD BE EXPECTED.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER BLATTNER.
THANK YOU. JUST IN GENERAL, I LIKE ANY PROGRAM THAT GIVES LOCAL ADVANTAGE.
AND IF IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD FDOT PROJECTS ON A LOCAL STREET, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE AS MUCH CONTROL OVER HOW THAT PROJECT GOES.
AND SINCE MOST OF THOSE ARE LOW BID, I DON'T THINK IT'S TO THE CITY'S ADVANTAGE TO CONTINUE THAT PROCESS.
AND HERE'S A CASE WHERE WE DON'T WE DON'T HAVE THE CHOICE IN A WAY.
AND BECAUSE ALL GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES OR OR SHOULD SAY SUPPLIES ARE STRUGGLING WITH COVID, BUT THE MPO IS NOT, IN FACT, FROM, OUR WASHINGTON AND TALLAHASSEE PEOPLE. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY BEING DEDICATED TO TRANSPORTATION OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IF IT PASSES, IS SIGNIFICANT, SIGNIFICANT.
AND IN MANY, MANY WAYS, I THINK THAT THE GENERAL CONCEPT FOR ME IS THAT THE MPO HAS
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DEMONSTRATED TREMENDOUS FLEXIBILITY AND THE ABILITY TO GROW AND TAKE ON PROJECTS THAT WILL BENEFIT THE CITIES.LONG AGO, WE DECIDED THAT WE'RE A CITY DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO A PROJECT FOR WHATEVER REASON. GENERALLY, THESE WERE STAFFING ISSUES AT THE CITY LEVEL.
AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE THAT ABILITY.
MR. STUART. CORRECT ME ON THIS.
IF I'M NOT ACCURATE AT ANY CITY CAN APPLY TO THE MPO FOR ASSISTANCE WE'RE PLANNING.
THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. AND EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WITH THIS PROJECT IS ALL CONSTRUCTION. THERE'S NO PLANNING MONEY IN THERE ANYWAY.
SO THIS THIS REALLY FITS LIKE A HAND IN GLOVE FOR ME.
AND NOW ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO DETERMINE IF IT'S WHAT I WANT TO PROVE THIS TODAY.
IS THAT A DETRIMENT TO MOVING FORWARD? HONESTLY, YES. BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE PROGRAMING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
THEIR NEW WORK PROGRAM IN OCTOBER.
SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMFORTABLE PROGRAMING THE DOLLARS FOR THE OUTER YEARS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHY I MADE THIS STATEMENT, IS WE NEED TO MOVE THIS FORWARD BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE AN OUTER YEAR, NOT HALF MONEY MADE AVAILABLE WHEN WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR THAT WE PROVIDE THROUGH THIS THESE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. AND THAT NEEDS TO STAY.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEIR PROGRAMING EVERY YEAR THAT MONEY, BECAUSE IF THAT MONEY ISN'T PROGRAM FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR, IT MOVES AROUND IN THE DISTRICT, THEN IT COULD BE UP IN ST.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS THE UNIQUENESS OF THE MPO PROCESS AND OUR SHARED RESPONSIBILITY WITH.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
OK. MR. CAMPABOSSO, SORRY, GO AHEAD AND FINISH YOUR EXCELLENT PRESENTATION.
THAT'S ALL I HAD. THOSE WERE ALL THE POLICY CHANGES.
I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION TWO THINGS ALREADY.
I THINK I WAS I WAS KICKED OUT OF MY PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S FINE.
I REMEMBER THE LAST TWO THINGS I WAS GOING TO MENTION.
SO THE ONE THING I WAS GONNA MENTION IS THAT THERE ARE MANDATORY ONE ON ONE MEETINGS THAT HAPPENED PRIOR TO AN APPLICATION SUBMITTAL.
THESE ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO KIND OF HELP THE MUNICIPALITIES FLUSH OUT ANY KIND OF MINOR ISSUES THAT THEY MAY HAVE WITH THE PROJECT.
AND IT ALSO, IN A WAY, SAVES THE MUNICIPALITIES TIME, TOO, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE TRYING TO APPLY FOR PROJECT THAT WE SIMPLY CAN'T FUND, WE CAN TELL THEM AT THAT MEETING AND THEN THEY THEY CAN TRY TO FIND A DIFFERENT AVENUE TO FUND THAT.
AND THE LAST THING KIND OF TYING IN WITH THAT IS WE DO ALSO DO A SORT OF PROP PROGRAM READY CHECK IN BETWEEN THE EVALUATION AND THE RANKING.
AND THAT ALLOWS US TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE PROJECTS ARE, IN FACT, PROGRAM READY.
THEY'RE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING THE BEST PROJECTS THAT WE POSSIBLY CAN. THOSE ARE REALLY THE ONLY THINGS I WANTED TO MENTION ON TOP OF THAT.
SO I'LL TAKE ANY MORE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE.
THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING YOU ESTABLISH [INAUDIBLE] IN MY OPINION.
I HAVE A QUESTION LIKE TO GET IT ANSWERED RIGHT AWAY INSTEAD OF WAITING TO THE PRESENTATION, BUT A GREAT PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU. MR. GABRIEL. GO AHEAD.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. SO WE HAVE WE ALREADY HAD A MOTION FIRST AND SECOND, YOU'RE READY TO PROCEED JUST TO GET MR. GABRIEL THROUGH THE CHAIR.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTIFY MR. GABRIEL THAT WE HAVE BOTH COMMISSIONERS FROM OUR MEMBERS, FROM PARKLAND AS WELL AS LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA.
IF YOU WANT TO DO A VOICE RECOGNITION, BECAUSE THAT CHANGES THE WAY THE VOTE GETS COUNTED. OK.
[INAUDIBLE] SO I'M SHOWING JUST A FEW WE HAVE.
WELL, SEA RANCH LAKES IS IN THE VILLAGE.
HOW REAGAN, COOPER CITY, WEST PARK AND SOUTHWEST RANCHES AS ASSETS PARK ALL THE REST OF PRISON. OK, GOOD.
IS THERE A SECOND. I HAVE A COMMENT WITH MY MOTION.
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WELL GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION AND THEN MOVE.MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. I JUST I WANTED TO MAKE A MOTION TO TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS, BUT ALSO INCLUDE THAT THE BOARD, SOME KIND OF COMMUNE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM THE CHAIR AND THE DIRECTOR GO TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES ONCE THE PROCESS HAS BEEN FORMALIZED. AND WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ABOUT EPA'S INVOLVEMENT.
AND I WOULD LIKE THE BOARD ON IT AND WANT TO INCLUDE IT IN THE MOTION.
BUT I DO WANT FOLLOW UP TO THE MAIN MPO REGARDING THAT PROCESS BEFORE A LETTER IS WRITTEN. BUT I WANTED THE MOTION TO INCLUDE SOME KIND OF WRITTEN COMMUNICATION CHAIR.
MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD [INAUDIBLE].
OKAY. SO BEFORE WE START, WE HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
THERE WAS A MOTION WAS MADE BY [INAUDIBLE] AND SECONDED BY [INAUDIBLE].
OH, YOU'RE RIGHT. SO WE HAVE THOSE PENDING RIGHT NOW.
SO UNLESS THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO AMEND BY MS. GOOD TO INCLUDE.
YES, THAT WOULD BE A MOTION TO.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THE AMENDMENT? SOMEBODY READ THAT AGAIN. ALL RIGHT.
THERE'S A SECOND. WHO WAS THAT? OK, COMMISSIONER, DISCUSSION ON THE AMENDMENT.
I'D LIKE UNANIMOUS CONSENT THAT UNANIMOUS CONSENT AND THE MOTION.
I'D LIKE UNANIMOUS ANY BODY OBJECT.
SEEING NONE, THE MOTION TO AMEND IS APPROVED AND NOW ON THE MAIN MOTION AS AMENDED.
SO THAT WOULD BE, AGAIN, A MOTION FOR A UNANIMOUS CONSENT UNLESS ANYONE HAS AN OBJECTION.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CALL IT THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THANK YOU. AND THAT INCLUDES THE REQUIRED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION.
CORRECT. DIRECTION TO THE STAFF, TO THE CHAIR, TO MR. STUART, CORRECT? WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
MY MOTION WAS THAT A LETTER GO OUT FROM THE CHAIR OF THE MPO AND THE DIRECTOR.
[3. MOTION TO APPROVE Updates to the Broward MPO's Title VI Program and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) Plan]
MOTION TO APPROVE THE UPDATES TO THE BROWARD MPOS TITLE SIX PROGRAM AND LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. THE LEP PLAN.THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. GABRIEL. AND THIS IS GREG STUART.
FOR THE RECORD, I'M GOING TO TURN THIS OVER TO ERIC AND I, WHO WILL DO THE PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR.
I'M JUST GOING TO SHARE MY SCREEN WITH YOU.
AND JUST CONFIRM THAT YOU CAN, IN FACT, SEE WHAT I'M SEEING.
I'M HOPING YOU'RE SEEING A TITLE, A TITLE SLIDE SAYING TITLE SIX PROGRAM UPDATE FROM IN PEMBROKE PINES. THANK YOU.
WONDERFUL. SO, YEAH, I'M HERE JUST TO CHAT WITH YOU ABOUT THE UPDATE THAT WE ARE DOING TO OUR TITLE SIX PLAN.
AND JUST TO KIND OF REVIEW WHAT TITLE SIX IS.
IT'S PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964 THAT PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN IN PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES THAT RECEIVE FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.
SO, OF COURSE, THE BROWARD MPO IS A RECIPIENT OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
AND SO WE ADHERE TO ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS UNDER THAT UNDER THAT ORDER.
SO THE OBJECTIVES REALLY OF OUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM ARE THREEFOLD.
AND THAT'S TO ENSURE THAT THE LEVEL AND QUALITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SERVICE IS PROVIDED IN A NONDISCRIMINATORY MANNER TO PROMOTE FULL AND FAIR PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION DECISION MAKING WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR OR NATIONAL ORIGIN.
AND THEN LAST, TO ENSURE MEANINGFUL ACCESS TO TRANSIT RELATED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES BY PERSONS WITH LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
NOW, IN REGARDS TO KIND OF SOME OF THE SPECIFICS OF OUR TITLE SIX PROGRAM, I'M JUST GOING TO KIND OF RUN YOU OVER THE KIND OF HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW AND THEN WE'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE DETAILS. BUT REALLY, THIS IS AN UPDATE TO OUR EXISTING PROGRAM.
SO WE'VE WE'VE BEEN CONDUCTING TITLE SIX PROGRAMS FOR A FEW YEARS NOW, AND IT'S DUE TO
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THE FTA EVERY THREE YEARS.SO THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE, WHILE IT DOESN'T EXPIRE UNTIL JANUARY 30, 1ST OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE, YOU'LL SEE AT THE LAST BULLET THERE, THE SUBMISSION DEADLINE TO THE FTA IS OCTOBER 1ST OF 2020.
NOW, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF TIME INTO THE FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, BEING PROACTIVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS IS NEVER A BAD THING.
NOW, WITH REGARDS TO THE LAST PLAN THAT WE HAD OR THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE'RE WE'RE SORT OF UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF RIGHT NOW, THE FTA REVIEW, THAT PLAN.
IT'S AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW PROCESS.
THEY CONCURRED WITH THAT PLAN AND HAD NO CORRECTIVE ACTIONS.
SO WE THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD THING.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO CONTINUE TO REPLICATE THOSE REALLY GOOD EFFORTS.
THE ONE HIGHLIGHT THAT I WILL POINT OUT WITH THE 2020 PLAN IS THAT IT INCORPORATES THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING EQUITY ASSESSMENT.
AND FOR SOME OF THE NEWER BOARD MEMBERS, YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN AS DETAILED OF A PRESENTATION IN THE PAST.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS CREATED BY THE MPO.
WEIRDLY, WE'VE RECEIVED RECOGNITION IN REGARDS TO THE WAY THAT WE'VE APPROACHED EQUITY IN TRANSPORTATION AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PLANS AND PROGRAMS, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE WITHIN THE MPO AND ACTUALLY BROADER USES AS WELL, ALLOW FOR LOOKING AT EQUITY IN A VERY STANDARDIZED WAY.
SO WHAT YOU'LL SEE HERE IS A MAP, AND THIS IS TWENTY SEVENTEEN THROUGH TWENTY NINETEEN.
AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS ACTUALLY MAPPED OUT ALL OF OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND WE'VE OVERLAID THOSE WITH OUR TITLE SIX BLOCK GROUPS OR BASICALLY THE HIGHLIGHTED GROUPS WITHIN THE TITLE SIX POPULATION.
AND, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND AGAIN, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO TO READ THE LEGEND.
I HOPE IT ISN'T TOO SMALL, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO CHARACTERIZE THEM BY THE TYPE OF OUTREACH THAT WE'VE DONE. SO WHETHER IT'S BEEN COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE DID, AS GREGORY MENTIONED EARLIER. MR. STUART, WE DID DO A LOT WITH THE MTV.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE ARE THE GREEN DOTS SORT OF SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MEETINGS, PRESENTATIONS, NETWORK EVENTS, SCHOOLS.
NOW, THE REASON THAT WE DO THIS IS TWOFOLD.
ONE IS TO OBVIOUSLY IDENTIFY THE AREAS THAT WE HAVE TOUCHED AND WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CONNECT WITH. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WE USE IT TO IDENTIFY AREAS FOR FUTURE OUTREACH.
OR LAYERING THOSE TWO MAPS ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER GIVES US A REALLY GOOD SENSE OF THE TITLE SIX POPULATIONS OR JUST AREAS IN BROWARD COUNTY THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO OR, YOU KNOW, FURTHER DEVELOP OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES.
SO JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHLIGHT OF SOME OF THE SOME OF THE SORT OF FEET ON THE STREET, WHAT THAT TITLE SIX PROGRAM ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE, I'VE JUST KIND OF INCLUDED A FEW EXAMPLES. SO THE FIRST ONE YOU'LL SEE UP TOP IS A SCREENSHOT, BUT ALSO CAPTURING SPEAK UP, BROWARD. AND THAT'S REALLY BECOME THE THE ARM, I SHOULD SAY, OF WHICH WE DO A LOT OF OUR OUTREACH. IT'S BECOME THE PUBLIC FACING ELEMENT OF THE MPO.
AND THAT'S SOMEWHERE, OBVIOUSLY, THAT WE DO A LOT OF OUTREACH.
YOU'LL SEE THAT IN LIGHT OF A LOT OF THE COVID AND THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
OUTREACH HAS REALLY TAKEN ON A NEW FACE AND A NEW LOOK.
SO WE'VE DONE A LOT OF THINGS VIRTUALLY.
I KNOW IT WAS MENTIONED THAT WE'VE SEEN GREAT PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS THROUGH PEOPLE CONNECTING VIRTUALLY.
BUT WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS THAT WE'RE CONDUCTING A SERIES OF WEBINARS RIGHT NOW OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS, AND THEN JUST KIND OF A SCREENSHOT OF SOME OF THE PARTICIPANTS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT OUR THINK LIKE A PLANNER WORKSHOPS WHICH ARE AIMED AT STUDENTS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY EXPANDED THAT PROGRAM.
TRADITIONALLY, WE WERE ONLY MEETING WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, BUT WE'VE EXPANDED THAT UP TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS, EXPOSING THEM TO THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION, CAREERS AND TRANSPORTATION, AND REALLY JUST GIVING THEM A SENSE OF, YOU KNOW WHAT NOT JUST WHAT THE MPO DOES, BUT THEIR POTENTIAL FUTURE IN THIS INDUSTRY SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE. WE'VE ALSO GOT A TWO TRAVELING DISPLAY BOOTHS THAT I'M HOPING MANY OF YOUR CITIES HAVE SEEN. WE'VE CERTAINLY TRIED TO GET THAT BOOTH OUT.
VARIOUS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT COMMISSION MEETINGS OR CITY EVENTS GOING CITIES, EVENTS GOING ON. WE'VE TRIED TO GET THAT BOOTH OUT ALONG WITH SOME OF MPO LITERATURE.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE THAT YOU'LL SEE IS THE TRACK PROGRAM.
SO THIS, AGAIN, IS GEARED AT STUDENTS, BUT THIS IS WHERE WE BRING IN BROWARD SCHOOL TEACHERS AND THEY ARE GIVEN MATERIALS.
THEY'RE GIVEN A TWO DAY TRAINING TO THEN TAKE BACK WHAT IS A NATIONAL PROGRAM TO THEIR SCHOOLS IN REGARDS TO TRANSPORTATION, CIVIL ENGINEERING AND THE LIKE.
SO, AGAIN, JUST A FEW EXAMPLES OF THE WAYS IN WHICH TITLE SIX IS IS KIND OF OUT IN THE COMMUNITY. THE LAST THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON IS THE LEP OR THE LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY. SO THIS IS A PORTION OF THE TITLE SIX PLAN.
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BUT REALLY, AGAIN, ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE MEANINGFUL ACCESS FOR THOSE WHO MAY HAVE A LIMITED ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND ENGLISH.SO WHEN WE PUT TOGETHER THAT PLAN, WE USE WHAT'S CALLED A FOUR FACTOR ANALYSIS, WHERE WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND PROPORTION OF LEP PERSONS WITHIN THE BROAD URBANIZED AREA.
WE LOOK AT FREQUENCY OF CONTACT, NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF ACTION TO PEOPLE'S LIVES, AND THEN RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR LEP OUTREACH AND COST ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
NOW WE DO A LOT IN TERMS OF MAKING OUR WRITTEN MATERIALS AND OUR WEB MATERIALS AVAILABLE IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES. WE ALSO HAVE STAFF WHO SPEAK A PLETHORA OF LANGUAGES, SOME OF WHICH MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.
BUT REALLY WE ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE RESOURCES TO ANY RESIDENT OR ANY ANYONE IN BROWARD WHO SHOULD REQUEST.
SO, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST KIND OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW.
CERTAINLY OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AFTER THE FACT.
I AM THE TITLE IX COORDINATOR HERE AT THE MPO.
SO I AM YOUR POINT OF CONTACT.
BUT WITH THAT, THE PRESENTATION IS COMPLETE.
AND I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
SURE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. LYCHAK. MS. GOOD. YES.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, MR. STUART AND STAFF.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PICTURE MAKES.
I HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS REGARDING SHOWCASING A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE DO IN MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT AND IN THE PICTURE CERTAINLY DEMONSTRATES A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
AND I REALLY WANT TO PUT ALL OF YOU ON THE BACK FOR YOUR EFFORTS IN REACHING OUT TO STUDENTS, TEACHERS, THE COMMUNITY, AND IN MEETING THIS REQUIREMENT.
AND I THINK SHOWCASING EVEN THAT ONE SLIDE AND YOU BEING ABLE TO SHARE IT WITH THE ENTIRE MPO. SOME OF THEM MAY NOT EVEN BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE THINGS AND OUTREACH THAT YOU DO WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT.
YES. I WANTED TO ASK YOU ABOUT A MISSPELLED WORD.
WHY THAT'S SUCH A LIMITED LIST OF PROHIBITED DISCRIMINATIONS.
IS IT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE TITLE SIX BILL AND YOU'RE JUST REPEATING THAT? I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A LIMITED LIST IN BROWARD COUNTY BEFORE.
SO, YES, THROUGH THE CHAIR. YEAH, WE DEFINITELY HAVE TO ADHERE TO THAT THAT LIST, BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT IS PART OF THE FORMAL ORDER AS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964.
HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT A LOT OF THE OTHER EFFORTS THAT WE DO IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ASSESSMENT WE TAKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO OUR PLANNING EFFORTS AND OUR OUTREACH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABLE TO PERSONALIZE OUR OUTREACH A LITTLE BIT AND WE LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER FACTORS.
BUT THIS DOCUMENT REALLY AND THIS PLAN AND PROGRAM, YOU KNOW, AS IT'S IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE FTA, THAT'S REALLY THE REQUIREMENT THAT SET FOR US.
WE HAVE TO FOLLOW FAIRLY STRICT, I SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, GUIDELINES WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING THIS PLAN.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T LOOK AT A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT FACTORS.
WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, ZERO CAR HOUSEHOLDS.
THERE'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE INCLUDE ON A LOCAL LEVEL WHEN WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF DO SOME OF OUR OUTREACH IN SHAPING THOSE THINGS.
AND I GET THE IMPRESSION THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOLLOW.
AGAIN, I'M ALMOST INSULTED THAT THERE ARE SO FEW THINGS INCLUDED THERE.
SO. I'LL JUST LET IT GO TODAY, BUT I MIGHT WANT TO REVISIT THIS.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND THE SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WELCH, SECONDED BY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS IT? IT'S MS. GOOD. I DON'T SEE YOUR HAND.
I'M SORRY. I'M THE LITTLE WINDOW WENT DOWN AND I CAN'T FIND MY LITTLE RAISE HAND.
JUST VERY QUICKLY, IF IT'S OK THROUGH THE CHAIR.
GO AHEAD. WITH REGARD TO THE COMMENT JUST MADE.
AGAIN, THIS THIS IS THE TITLE SIX PROGRAM PLAN, BUT NOTHING WOULD PROHIBIT US FROM HAVING
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A POLICY ADOPTED BY THE MPO THAT WOULD MAYBE MEET THE THE CONCERNS BY THE COMMISSIONER. IS THAT CORRECT? AND IF MR. STUART CAN COMMENT ON THAT THROUGH THROUGH THE CHAIR.BASICALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROGRAM, THIS IS TO ENABLE US TO RECEIVE FEDERAL DOLLARS.
SO WE MUST ADHERE TO THE FEDERAL STATUTE.
HOWEVER, WE CAN GO OUTSIDE OF THIS LEP PLAN AND HAVE OTHER POLICIES AS AS ERICA WAS SAYING THAT WE DO.
AND IN FACT, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THERE IS AN INTEREST THAT MAYBE WE DO A SUBCOMMITTEE ON THIS WITH VICE MAYOR SO HE CAN SEE WHAT WE HAVE IN OUR EQUITY TOOL, WHICH IS NOT ADOPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THIS IS JUST SOMETHING WE CAN WORK AWAY.
SO I THINK THAT ACCOMPLISHES WHAT I BELIEVE YOU'RE SAYING.
YES, SIR. I MEAN, I'LL I'LL LET YOU, THE COMMISSIONER, SPEAK.
BUT I BUT I THINK THAT AND I AGREE WITH HIS COMMENTS.
I WOULDN'T WANT THE TAKE AWAY.
AND AGAIN, IT GETS BACK TO PERCEPTION THAT I'M ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE TAKE AWAY TO BE THAT THIS IS WHAT THE ONLY THINGS THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF MPO.
YOU KNOW, EVEN I WOULD JUST ASK THAT WE LOOK AT HOW WE CAN FORMULATE SOME KIND OF POLICY THAT CAN DEMONSTRATE MORE OF.
EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO ENCOMPASS THE VARIOUS SCRIPTS THAT WE DO NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST. AND AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO.
IF ANYBODY OBJECTS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
SEEING NO HANDS, MR. GABRIEL, WE HAVE UNANIMOUS CONSENT.
OK, WITH IT, THERE IS NO ONE OBJECTING.
AND NOW WE'RE ON THE REGULAR ITEMS WHERE I HAVE I HAVE NONE OTHER THAN THE GREAT
[7. Comments from the Chair]
PRESENTATION BY OUR GREAT MPO AND STAFF AND MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR ME AS THE CHAIR TO RUN ONE OF THESE MEETINGS.THE [INAUDIBLE] COOPERATION FROM OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS AND MAYORS AND VICE CHAIRS.
[8. Member Comments Click here to submit a comment to go before the Board.]
ANY MEMBER COMMENTS? I'M HEARING NONE.A VIRTUAL HAND, ANY VIRTUAL HANDS.
VICE CHAIR GOOD. SEEMS TO BE RAISING HER.
[INAUDIBLE]. YOU WANT TO RAISE YOUR HAND AGAIN.
BECAUSE YOU'VE DONE A FABULOUS JOB.
BUT IT'S OK. MAYOR ORTIS, I WILL NOT MAKE ANY COMMENT.
THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND WOULD YOU FEED THE DOG, PLEASE? I HEARD HER BARK. IT'S NOT MY DOG.
IT ISN'T. IT ISN'T [INAUDIBLE].
MR. STUART. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR.
[9. Executive Director’s Report]
CHAIRMAN. I BASICALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S AWARE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN REBECCA AND CARL AND THE ENTIRE TEAM.THESE MEETINGS ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR PARTICIPATION.
BUT REALISTICALLY, THIS RUNS AS SMOOTHLY AS IT DOES BECAUSE THEY HAVE DONE A LOT OF PREPARATION FOR THIS.
THAT SAID, TODAY IS ACTUALLY WELL, JULY ONE WAS ACTUALLY THE BEGINNING OF OUR NEW BUDGET YEAR. FOR THOSE OF YOU LISTENING, THIS IS ALSO MY DOG CRYING IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND I OH, SORRY, I DIDN'T MEAN IT, BUT IT IS A FRENCHIE.
SO YOU AND I HAVE THAT IN COMMON.
SHE'S VERY VERBAL. WITH THAT SAID, WE START A NEW BUDGET YEAR AND IT'S A TWO YEAR BUDGET WE ADOPTED SEVERAL MONTHS BACK.
THIS IS A A 10 MILLION DOLLAR A YEAR BUDGET.
SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT THAT WE HAVE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE ORGANIZATION.
I DON'T KNOW. REBECCA, CAN I SHARE MY SCREEN SO I CAN SHOW THEM THE ANNUAL REPORT? VIRTUALLY. YES, SIR.
OK. SO CAN YOU DO THAT FOR ME OR DO I NEED TO DO IT? YOU OPTIONS. AND YOU'RE BAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN.
[INAUDIBLE] I ALSO HAVE TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES WITH THAT, I THINK.
I'M HOPING. CAN YOU SEE A SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU? DO YOU SEE AN ANNUAL REPORT DATED 20 19 THROUGH 2020? YES. AWESOME.
SO BASICALLY, THIS IS OUR NEW ANNUAL REPORT.
TYPICALLY IN A NORMAL AND I WOULD HAVE HAD THIS ON THE DIASPORA, YOU OR WE WOULD BE MAILING THIS TO YOU. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT IN A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT.
SO THIS ACTUALLY RESIDES ON OUR WEB SITE.
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IT IS A DIGITAL VERSION OF OUR ANNUAL REPORT GOING FROM RESPONSES FROM OUR FORMER CHAIR AS WELL AS MYSELF.THE LAST YEAR, JIONG DID A REALLY GREAT JOB IN DESCRIBING WHERE WE WERE.
BUT FOR TALK FROM FISCAL YEAR 20 THROUGH 24, WE HAD FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT PROJECTS AT A TOTAL OF FOUR POINT EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS THAT WE SPENT IN BROWARD TO ACTUALLY BUILD AND CONSTRUCT TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAJOR CONCERNS AND CLIMATE, WE ALSO HAVE IDENTIFIED WHERE CLIMATE RESIST RESILIENCY IS GOING TO NEED TO BE STUDIED AND LOOKED AT.
AND THIS IS HOVERING AROUND THE AREA OF DANIA BEACH, FORT LAUDERDALE, HOLLYWOOD.
THEN WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH STRATEGIC, THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH IS AN EFFORT THIS MPO IS LEADING WITH MIAMI-DADE AND PALM BEACH.
WE HAVE OUR SURTAX SERVICES HIGHLIGHTED HERE.
THIS IS THE WORK WE'VE BEEN DOING WITH BROWARD COUNTY.
WE HAVE SOME ENGAGEMENTS AND I THINK THIS IS GOING TO THE VICE CHAIRS, WHOLE CONCEPT OF WHAT DO WE DO AND HOW ARE WE ENGAGING THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS PRETTY UNIQUE. AND THAT'S THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY ATTENDED 30 CONFERENCES AND ATTENDING CONFERENCES IS ONE THING.
BUT FOR 30, WE'VE ATTENDED WE'VE ACTUALLY MADE PRESENTATIONS ON WHAT THIS ORGANIZATION DOES. AND WE'VE BEEN ASKED AS OF THIS MORNING, I WAS JUST ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PRESENTATION IN TENNESSEE, VIRTUALLY.
SO WE'RE LITERALLY CONSTANTLY BEING ASKED TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE IN BROWARD, WHICH WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB, I THINK, IN SHOWCASING IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. SO YOU'RE REALIZING, YOU KNOW, THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT IS GOING ON ARE SAFE STREETS SUMMIT THIS YEAR WAS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE LARGEST WE'VE HAD IN OUR HISTORY OF HOSTING, AND NEXT YEAR IS GOING TO BE HOSTED BY IN PALM BEACH.
HOWEVER, IT WILL BE VIRTUAL BECAUSE WE'RE THINKING THE PANDEMIC IS STILL NOT GOING TO BE COMPLETED JANUARY IT LIST OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE DID IN THE PAST YEAR.
TWENTY NINE MILES OF BIKE LANE TYPE PROJECTS, 100 HUNDRED FACILITY MILES AND 30 PROJECTS TOTALING ABOUT THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS.
THAT'S THERE FOR YOU ALL TO READ AND SEE.
ULTIMATELY, THE CSLIP PROJECT, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE WERE JUST DISCUSSING.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE A MAJORITY OF THE CSLIP PROJECTS HAVE OCCURRED OVER TIME.
THE TIGER MAP IS ALSO SHOWING YOU WHERE WE HAVE FEDERAL DOLLARS COMING IN.
THIS WAS A DISCRETIONARY GRANT, THE MPO.
AND IT'S ACTUALLY FILLING IN A LIKELY NETWORK, WHICH YOU CAN SEE FROM DOWN BY THE AIRPORT ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH POMPANO OUT OUT TO COCONUT CREEK AND THEN BACK EAST.
SO THERE IS A METHOD TO OUR MADNESS WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR BIKE LANE PROJECTS.
YOU ALSO HAVE A PAGE THAT TALKS ABOUT BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON OUR MOBILITY HUBS. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY IN DOWNTOWN FORT LAUDERDALE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU ARE AWARE, BUT AS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE AND THE MPO, WE'RE PUTTING IN A WHOLE INTERCONNECTIVITY BETWEEN BROWARD COUNTIES, BUS TERMINAL, BRIGHT LINE AND IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO WHEN PEOPLE GET OFF THE TRAIN, THEY DON'T GET INTO A LOST SITUATION AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET TO THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE, TO THE GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS, TO THE FAT VILLAGE AREA FOR FESTIVALS.
AND SO ONCE THE COVID CRISIS IS OVER WITH, THIS IS WE ANTICIPATE AND THIS CONSTRUCTION WILL BE DONE. WE ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO BE A HIGHLY USED PROJECT.
AS WE TALKED WITH OUR PARTNERS ON THE FREIGHT SIDE AS WELL, THE AMOUNT OF FREIGHT THAT'S STILL COMING IN AND OUT OF BROWARD COUNTY AND PORT EVERGLADES HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL.
WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO START SEEING IN THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS IS THE FEC IS LOOKING TO START BRINGING IN AUTOS INTO PORT EVERGLADES AT A GREATER CLIP.
AND THAT WAY, WHEN THE TRAINS GO NORTH, THEY'RE NOT EMPTY.
THEY'RE ACTUALLY FILLED WITH CARS.
WE HAVE A PAGE THAT IS DEDICATED TO OUR BOARD MEMBERS.
NOW, THIS WAS LAST YEAR'S BOARD MEMBERS.
AND THEN YOU KNOW MORE AGAIN ABOUT WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR ADMINISTRATIVE BUDGET.
THAT'S DOWN HERE AND THEN THE CAPITAL BUDGET BELOW.
THIS IS OUR TEAM AND THIS IS WHAT OUR WORLD HAS LOOKED LIKE, AS MANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE ALSO BEEN GOING THROUGH. THIS IS HOW WE SEE THE THIRTY NINE EMPLOYEES.
WE HAVE A GROUP PROJECT MEETINGS.
I JUST WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY OF OUR MISSION AND VISION AND THANK EVERYBODY INVOLVED, WHETHER YOU'RE THE ELECTED OFFICIAL OR STAFF MEMBER WITH US AND WITH OUR PARTNER AGENCIES, BECAUSE WE COULDN'T ACCOMPLISH THINGS WITHOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE.
AND, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WILL BACK OVER TO YOU.
THANK YOU, MR. STUART. GREAT REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[10. Monthly Federal and State Legislative Reports: http://browardmpo.org/index.php/about-the-mpo/legislative-initiatives]
CALVARISI. ALL RIGHT.[01:40:07]
GOOD MORNING, CHAIR MEMBERS, THE BOARD.SORRY, I HAVE ONE OF MY ROOMMATES SITTING ON MY LAP, SO IF YOU SEE ANOTHER FACE.
SO I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE FEDERAL SIDE, BECAUSE WE HAVE OUR SPECIAL GUESTS FROM TRIPP SCOTT ERICKS TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATE LEGISLATURE STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION FROM LAST YEAR. SO THE THERE'S A TALKS OF A SECOND COVID 19 RELIEF PACKAGE.
UNFORTUNATELY, BOTH SIDES, THE HOUSE AND SENATE, ARE ON.
THEY BOTH AGREE THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN, BUT THEY ARE ON TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SIDES AS FAR AS WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN AS THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING REGARDING INFRASTRUCTURE, NO MATTER WHAT ISSUES TO HOW THAT FUNDING GETS THROUGH TO THE LOCALS.
ON THE TWENTY TWENTY ONE APPROPRIATIONS UPDATE, CONGRESS IS PASSING A LOT OF SPENDING BILLS. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE BILLS NEED MONEY IN ORDER TO WORK.
SO THERE'S THERE'S A LOT OF COMMIT.
THERE'S A LOT OF COMMITMENTS, BUT NOT ENOUGH FUNDING FUNDING YET.
SO THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO FUND THESE COMMITMENTS.
NOW, THE FAST ACT, WHICH IS THE CURRENT TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, WHICH FUNDS ALL FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION, INCLUDING THE EPA, IS SET TO EXPIRE IN A YEAR.
SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF TWO POSSIBILITIES.
THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THE FAST ACT IS EXTENDED JUST BY CONTINUING RESOLUTION.
THE SECOND IS THE INVEST ACT, WHICH WAS BROUGHT THROUGH BY THE HOUSE AND PASSED, WHICH IS REALLY AN EXPANSION OF EVERYTHING THAT GREG JUST EXPLAINED IN THE ANNUAL REPORT.
SO TAKE EVERYTHING YOU SEE THERE AND IT WILL GREATLY INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR ALL OF THOSE PROGRAMS. SO AS YOU MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE LOOKING AT WORST CASE SCENARIO, WE STAY THE SAME. BEST CASE SCENARIO, ALL THE FUNDING AND ALL THE COMMITMENTS THAT THE BOARD IS MAKING, JUST GET THAT MUCH JUST BECOME THAT MUCH MORE RICH.
OK. I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S IN THERE, BUT THERE IS ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.
OK. MORE FUNDING FOR SAFETY, WHICH IS A LARGE CONCERN FOR PARTICULARLY SOUTH FLORIDA.
OK. WE'RE LOOKING AT EXPANDED RAIL FREIGHT RAIL PROGRAMS AND THERE'S EVEN A CARVE OUT FOR EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE.
NOW TO BRIEFLY. NOW I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TRIPP SCOTT ERICKS, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT, PERSONAL PRIVILEGE HERE AND THANK THE TEAM FOR PROVIDING THEIR ALMOST DAILY UPDATES. THE GOVERNOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE, WHICH OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HAS BEEN E-MAILING TO TO YOU.
I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR SUMMARIES AND HOW THOUGHTFUL THEY'VE BEEN WITH IT.
AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO CANDICE ERICKS, WHO LEADS OUR TROOPS, GOT ERICKS STATE ADVOCACY TEAM.
GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. CHAIR, VICE CHAIR AND MEMBERS, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME OKAY? YES. WONDERFUL.
WELL, GOOD MORNING AND I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE.
I AM NOT ON THE SCREEN THIS MORNING BECAUSE MOST OF YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN INCOMING NEW SPEAKER AND THE SENATE PRESIDENT.
AND I'M HEADED RIGHT NOW TRAVELING IN THE CAR.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE ME ON VIDEO.
SO I'M NOT LOOKING AT ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE ROAD.
AND I'M HEADED TO GO MEET UP WITH THE NEXT INCOMING SPEAKER AND SOME OF THE LEADERSHIP TEAM. SO I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING THERE, BUT I AM JOINED BY MY ENTIRE TEAM.
I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT LAUREN JACKSON ON.
AND WE ALSO HAVE CHERYL STEINFELD, WHO IS OUR BOOTS ON THE GROUND DOWN HERE IN BROWARD WHEN WE ARE ALL UP IN TALLAHASSEE.
SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AGAIN.
WE LOVE WORKING WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO WARREN JACKSON TO GO THROUGH A BRIEF PRESENTATION ABOUT SOME OF THE BILLS AND SOME OF THE BUDGET AREAS THAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TO YOU THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE SEEN IN SOME OF THE PAST REPORTS.
BUT, LAUREN, I'LL TURN OUT OF TO YOU AND I WILL.
WE CAN EITHER DO A QUESTION AND ANSWER AT THE END, BUT OR WE CAN DO INTERACTIVE WHATEVER THE CHAIR WOULD PREFER. MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO DO THAT? I'D LIKE TO HAVE MS. JACKSON COME ON.
HEY, GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE. I'M GOING TO SHARE MY PRESENTATION REAL QUICK.
DOES EVERYONE KNOW WHO THE INCOMING SPEAKER IS? HE SHOULD, BUT HE DOES NOT.
HE IS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FOR [INAUDIBLE].
HE'S A WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CENTRAL FLORIDA AREA.
TAMPA AREA. HE'S BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A WHILE NOW AND HE'S AWARE OF A LOT OF OUR ISSUES.
AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW THE TWO INCOMING SPEAKERS ACTING OUT AS WELL, WHICH WOULD BE PAUL
[01:45:03]
RENNER FROM THE JACKSONVILLE AREA AND ALSO DANNY PEREZ FROM THE MIAMI AREA.MS. JACKSON, IS IT IS IT SHARING IT? CAN EVERYONE SEE IT? YES.
OH, NOW THE PRESENTATION IS IN.
HERE IT COMES. WELL, NO, NOT YET.
IF HE IF YOU LIKE, REBECCA HAS A PRESENTATION OR SHE CAN SHARE IT AND WE CAN JUST GO WITH NEXT SLIDES. OK.
YEAH, SURE THING. I HAD A COUPLE OF UPDATES TO THE PREVIOUS ONE, BUT FOR SOME REASON IT'S JUST SAYING I CANNOT SHARE SCREEN WHILE OTHER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY AGAIN. SURE, YEAH.
WE DID THIS YESTERDAY AND IT WORKS.
SO I'M GOING TO BE BRIEF. I KNOW THAT WE'RE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, BUT JUST TO QUICKLY GO OVER SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS SESSION.
AS YOU KNOW, THE SESSION WAS IN JANUARY THIS YEAR.
IT LASTED A LITTLE BIT LONGER THAN NORMAL, ABOUT SIX DAYS OVER SCHEDULE.
AT THE END OF THE SESSION, THERE WAS A HIGH DEGREE OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE THE THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE THIS SESSION.
AND AT THE END OF THE SESSION, COVID 19, WAS REALLY JUST STARTING TO TAKE EFFECT.
WE WERE REALLY KIND OF UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING MAJOR. BUT THEY DID PASS IT ON NINETY THREE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET.
THEN THE GOVERNOR, OF COURSE, VETOED ABOUT A BILLION DOLLARS OF THAT.
HE CALLED IT THE. HE LIKENED IT TO THE GAME OF THRONES RED WEDDING.
PART OF THAT BILLION WAS ALSO REPLACED BY SOME CARES FUNDING IN CERTAIN BUCKETS.
BUT IN THAT NINETY TWO POINT TWO BILLION DOLLAR BUDGET THAT THAT WAS PRESERVED, THERE WAS THE WORK PROGRAM WAS STILL FULLY FUNDED AT NINE POINT TWO BILLION DOLLARS.
AND THAT INCLUDED VARIOUS THINGS.
EIGHT HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FOR RAIL AND TRANSIT.
FOUR HUNDRED BILLION FOR AVIATION.
IT ALSO INCLUDED 2.5 BILLION FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
PART OF THAT, HE ALSO PRESERVED SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT MILLION FOR THE PLANNING AND DESIGN OF THE COURSE, EXPANSION OF THE TOLL ROADS ALONG IN THE RURAL AREAS OF THE STATE. AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP.
SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AS WELL OF YOUR OF YOUR PRIORITIES THAT WERE ADOPTED.
THANKFULLY, WE DID NOT HAVE TO PLAY DEFENSE ON BOARD MEMBERSHIP RESTRICTIONS LIKE WE HAVE IN THE PAST WITH WITH SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SORT OF AGGRESSIVELY PURSUE THOSE OFFENSIVELY, BUT WE DID LAY SOME PRETTY SOLID GROUNDWORK, WE BELIEVE, WITH SECRETARY BALL AND HIS STAFF AND HIS LEGISLATIVE TEAM, AS WELL AS OUR DELEGATION MEMBERS AND WITH THE RELEVANT, RELEVANT MEMBERS OF OUR STATE WIDE COALITIONS THAT WERE A PART OF.
BUT WE'RE WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THESE PRIORITIES IN THE UPCOMING YEAR AND THEN TO LOOK AT WHAT PASSED.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS IN THE INTERESTS OF TIME.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, REALLY, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.
SB 1718 DIRECTS FDOT TO DEVELOP A STATEWIDE MASTER PLAN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
AND IT'S DIRECTED TO TO WORK WITH THE OFFICE OF ENERGY AND ALSO THE PSC IN DEVELOPING THAT. AND THE OFFICE OF ENERGY ACTUALLY GOT STARTED EARLY BEFORE THE GOVERNOR SIGNED THE BILL ON ITS OWN E.V.
ROADMAP. THAT'S GOING TO PLAY INTO THAT.
SO THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN WORKING HARD AND COLLECTING INPUT AND WORKSHOPPING ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN DEVELOPING THAT WITH E BIKES.
WE WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE HOME RULE AND LOCAL CONTROL, AND A LOT OF THAT WAS DUE TO OUR COALITIONS EFFORTS ON MICROBIOME, THE MICRO MOBILITY BILL FROM THE PREVIOUS SESSION, AND THEN ALSO WITH SB 178, WHICH IS THE SLIP STUDY.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT REQUIRES THAT A SLIP STUDY BE CONDUCTED ON ANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, STATE FUNDED CONSTRUCTION PROJECT ALONG THE COASTAL CONSTRUCTION ZONE.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH FBEP IN THE INTERIM TO ENSURE THAT OUR SEAPORT IS IT ISN'T GOING TO BE HARMED BY THAT.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY OTHER FURTHER QUESTIONS ON THAT STORY IS AHEAD.
THE FDOT PACKAGES DID NOT MAKE IT THIS YEAR, WHICH IS NOT UNUSUAL.
USUALLY THE AGENCY BILLS ONLY ONLY PASS EVERY OTHER YEAR OR EVERY OTHER COUPLE OF YEARS.
THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO REQUIRE THE COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF SIGNALS AT MID BAR CROSSWALKS.
[01:50:04]
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE FISCAL IMPACT.BUT THANKFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE WORK WITH OUR GREATER COALITIONS OF FLORIDA LEAGUE OF CITIES DID A GREAT JOB IN THE MOPAC WITH CARL [INAUDIBLE].
AND WE WERE ABLE TO PREVENT THAT FROM MOVING FORWARD IN THE SENATE, ALTHOUGH THE HOUSE DID PASS IT AND IT WAS NARROWED DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
BY THE TIME THE HOUSE PASSED IT.
THE TRANSPORTATION TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE BILL ALSO DID NOT MAKE IT, THOUGH IT GOT REALLY CLOSE. AND THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED MORE COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COUNTIES ON TRUST, TRANSPORTATION, DISADVANTAGED PROGRAMS. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON ANY OF THOSE.
SO JUST LOOKING AHEAD, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF UNCERTAINTY, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN DISCUSSING A LOT OF THAT PARTICULAR THAT CSLIP PRESENTATION THAT WAS JUST GIVEN THE 2020 ELECTIONS. THERE ARE A LOT OF OPEN SEATS.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHALLENGE SEATS THAT ARE TAKING PLACE RIGHT NOW.
WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS AS TO HOW THE ELECTIONS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PLAY OUT ADMINISTRATIVELY AND WHAT THE IMPACTS ARE GOING TO BE ON THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT A NEW LEGISLATIVE NEW LEGISLATURE IN 2021.
WE ALSO ARE GOING TO HAVE NEW LEADERSHIP, AS CANDICE MENTIONED.
SHE'S GOING TO THE INCOMING SPEAKER'S EVENT RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE'RE GOING TO THE POWERS ALREADY BEGAN TO SHIFT FROM PRESIDENT GALBANO TO THE PRESIDENT DESIGNATE FULTON SIMPSON AND THE SPEAKER DESIGNATE, WHICH IS CHRIS SPROUSE, AS CANDICE WAS MENTIONING. AND WE KNOW WITH THE COVID 19 RECOVERY.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG WE'RE GONNA BE IN THIS CRISIS, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THE RECOVERY IS GOING TO LAST EVEN LONGER AND THERE'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BUDGET CHALLENGES AS A RESULT OF THAT GOING FORWARD.
THERE'S TOURISM IMPACTS OR A SEAPORT, AN AIRPORT.
THERE'S THERE'S CHALLENGES FOR TRANSIT.
I KNOW THAT THE GAS TAX WAS ALREADY ESTIMATED TO BE, I THINK, THIRTY SEVEN POINT FIVE PERCENT UNDER ESTIMATES FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.
AND I THINK IT'S 25 PERCENT DOWN YEAR TO DATE.
SO WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING SOME SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES THERE.
AND THEN DESPITE ALL OF THE THE THE PRIORITY CHANGES AS A RESULT OF COVID 19, WE DO THINK A LOT OF THE LEGISLATION THAT FAILED LAST YEAR WILL WILL LIKELY RETURN AS IT USUALLY DOES. SO THOSE WILL CONTINUE TO BE ONGOING CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING ON YOUR BEHALF.
FROM THE BEGINNING, WE STARTED STRENGTHENING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, OUR VERY FIRST SESSION WHEN WE WHEN WE HAD TO PLAY DEFENSE ON BOARD MEMBERSHIP. WE REALIZE THAT MPOS ACROSS THE STATE DID NOT HAVE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, THAT THEY NEEDED IF THEIR DELEGATION EVEN KNEW WHAT AN MPO WAS. SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL TO HAVE THOSE THOSE PARTNERS HERE AND OUR LOCAL LEVEL.
WE HAD GREAT PARTICIPATION IN OUR IN OUR WORKSHOP PRIOR TO THE TO THE SESSION WITH STATE REP RELATIONSHIPS. GREGG ALREADY MENTIONED COMING UP FOR BROWARD DAYS AND MEETING WITH THE SECRETARY. WE ALSO SPEND ALL OF OUR TIME IN CLOSE CONTACT, YOU KNOW, WITH WITH LAWMAKERS, WITH AGENCY STAFF, WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND EVERYONE ALL ACROSS THE STATE AND A LOT OF COALITIONS, THE MPOAC AND IN OTHERS.
SO WE CONTINUE TO RAISE THE AWARENESS OF MPOS, THE FUNCTION OF EMBRYOS, AND RAISE THE AWARENESS OF THE BROWARD MPO AND ALL THE GOOD WORK THAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING WITH REGIONAL COLLABORATION. THIS IS AN ONGOING EFFORT THAT THAT IT SEEMS TO BE STRENGTHENING RIGHT NOW DURING THE COVID 19 CRISIS, THAT THAT WE'RE ALL KIND OF COOPERATING AS A REGION.
AND WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THOSE RELATIONSHIPS REMAIN STRONG AND CONTINUE TO GROW AS WE AS WE FACE A LOT OF THE SAME CHALLENGES.
AND IT WOULD GIVE US A LOT MORE MANPOWER TO FACE THOSE CHALLENGES TOGETHER.
AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH WHETHER IT'S WITH TRANSPORTATION ORGANIZATIONS, SFRTA, THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WINGS ON ON STRENGTHENING THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND KEEPING TRANSPORTATION IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
AND THEN JUST POST COVID 19 OPPORTUNITIES.
WE LEARNED A LOT, I THINK, THROUGH THIS ABOUT AREAS THAT CAN BE MODERNIZED AND GOVERNMENT. SO WE WE DEFINITELY THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO MODERNIZE GOVERNMENT, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALLOWING THE CONTINUATION OF VIRTUAL MEETINGS, WHICH WE THINK GETS MORE PARTICIPATION.
WE ALSO KNOW TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO BE PLAYING A HUGE ROLE IN OUR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THAT THERE'S GOING TO STILL BE A LOT OF A LOT OF INNOVATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE AND A LOT OF REDESIGN.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BE CONTINUING TO BE PART OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS AS WELL.
AND I KNOW THAT WAS REALLY QUICK AND BRIEF, BUT IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO ANY SLIDES AND AND ANSWER THOSE.
AND OF COURSE, THIS IS CANDICE'S CONTACT INFORMATION.
AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO ALSO REACH OUT TO ANY OF US INDIVIDUALLY WITH ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AS WELL. THANK YOU.
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AND THANK YOU FOR UPDATING US TO ALL THE TIME.THAT WRAPS UP ONE OF THE BETTER.
CANDICE, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
LET'S THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. THANK YOU, CHAIR.
[11. General Counsel’s Report]
THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN AND BOARD MEMBERS.SO AS I HAVE MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY, THE OTHER MEETINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBER VOTES WERE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF 25 MEMBERS CAN VOTE AT ANY ONE TIME THAT COUNT.
OF COURSE, ALL VOTES TO GET REGISTERED AND SHOW AS BEING PARTICIPATING AND VOTING.
HOWEVER, TWENTY FIVE ONLY OF THOSE ARE COUNTED.
SO I MENTION THAT BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO REALIZE TODAY AT ONE POINT WE HAD 114 PARTICIPANTS THAT WERE JOINED IN THIS VIRTUAL MEETING.
SO REBECCA AND I ARE CONSTANTLY RUNNING THROUGH TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S PARTICIPATING AS OUR MEMBERS AND WHO ARE NOT OUR MEMBERS AND KEEPING TRACK OF THOSE SO THAT THE VOTES COUNT FOR ALL THOSE CITIES WHO ARE PARTICIPATING.
COMMISSIONER MACKENZIE HAS BEEN DRIVING AROUND IN A CAR AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WATCH HIM. AND I DO THANK HIM FOR PARTICIPATING CONTINUOUSLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S NOT EASY TO DO THAT.
AND I AND OTHERS, OF COURSE, ARE DOING THAT AS WELL.
BUT I WANT YOU JUST TO REALIZE THAT WE'VE HAD EIGHT ALTERNATES WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME.
OF THOSE EIGHT, FIVE OF THOSE MEMBERS WERE THOSE VOTES TO NOT COUNT OFFICIALLY BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS THAT WE'VE HAD TODAY.
THAT'S A GOOD THING, NOT A BAD THING THAT WE HAVE THAT PARTICIPATION.
BUT I WANT TO MOVE TO THE SURTAX MATTER.
AND THE QUESTION ABOUT THE CONFLICT PROVISION THAT MPO HAS BEEN ADDRESSING WITH THE BROWARD COUNTY AND THAT'S THE SURTAX PROVISION THAT'S IN THE INDIVIDUAL, MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY, OUR LOCAL AGREEMENTS THAT YOU HAVE FOR PROJECTS, SPECIFIC PROJECTS WITH YOUR CITIES. THE MPO HAS BEEN ADDRESSING WITH THE COUNTY OUR OBJECTION TO LANGUAGE IN THE RESTRICTION THAT'S CONTAINED IN THAT PROVISION AS IT IMPACTS THE MPO AND WHAT WE AS AN MPO MAY BE ABLE TO DO WITH REGARD TO THE CITIES AND HOW OUR ACTIVITIES WITH YOU MAY IN FACT CAUSE A PROBLEM AND RESTRICT YOUR USE OF MPO FUNDS IN THE FUTURE.
THAT'S THAT'S IMPORTANT, OF COURSE, TO ALL OF US ON THIS.
AND MOST OF YOU DO REALIZE THAT WE DID FILE A REQUEST WITH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ASKING THEM TO REVIEW THIS AND TO ISSUE AN OPINION THAT WOULD INDICATE THAT THE ACTIVITY OF THE COUNTY WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE.
WE ARE EXPECTING IT'S BEEN ABOUT A MONTH NOW.
WE ARE EXPECTING A RESPONSE FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE WITH MOMENTARILY.
WE'VE BEEN ADVISED THAT IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN PUSHED, THE OPINION HAS BEEN WRITTEN.
IT'S BEEN PUSHED UP THE RANKS AND IT'S BEING REVIEWED FOR ISSUANCE SHORTLY.
ALSO, WE JUST WANT TO COMMENT TO THE FACT THAT MR. STUART AND I HAVE ASKED THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AND THE COUNTY MS. SCHRADER TO SIT WITH US IN A MEETING TO SEE IF WE CAN TRY AND RESOLVE OUR ISSUES.
WE'VE DONE A PAPER FORM, OF COURSE, AND WRITTEN FORMAT, BUT WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROGRESS EITHER WAY. THAT MEETING IS CASUALLY BEING SCHEDULED AT THIS MOMENT FOR NEXT THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, NEXT WEEK.
SO I'M HOPEFUL. WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT MAYBE WE CAN MAKE SOME PROGRESS WITH THAT.
BUT I WANTED TO BRING THOSE ITEMS TO YOUR ATTENTION AS TO THE PROGRESS OR NOT PROGRESS OF THOSE THAT SINGLE ISSUE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THEM.
MY REPORT IS PART OF YOUR BACKUP.
HAVE A GREAT DAY AND A HAPPY AUGUST HOLIDAY.
YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. JUST REAL QUICK, MR. GABRIEL, YOU MENTIONED THAT SOME OF THE MEMBERS TODAY, THEIR VOTES WEREN'T NECESSARILY COUNTED BECAUSE OF THE NUMBERS OF INDIVIDUALS.
I KNOW WE HAD TALKED ABOUT ENSURING THAT THE VOTES TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICTS THAT WE REPRESENT. BUT I DIDN'T HEAR YOU REFLECT THAT.
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT I'M WORKING WITH BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THIS ON MY PIECE OF PAPER, BUT FRANKLY, WHAT I DO IS IT'S MY DISTRICT AND I LOOK AT EACH DISTRICT AND THE MEMBERS AND THE POPULATION IS IT IS CALCULATED, INVOLVED IN THEIR CALCULATIONS.
REBECCA AND I HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THAT AS YOU AS YOU HAVE BEEN TALKING AND AS P RESENTATIONS ARE BEING MADE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THAT TO TRY AND VERIFY WHO'S PRESENT AT ANY TIME THE VOTE IS TAKEN AND WHO IS NOT.
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO COMPLETELY VERIFY THAT UNTIL THE MEETING IS OVER.
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BUT I DO HAVE AT THE WORST BECAUSE WE DID LOSE A COUPLE OF REGULAR MEMBERS, REGULAR CITY MEMBERS WHO ARE NOT PRESENT FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER.FOR EXAMPLE, DAVIE, THE SEAT IS VACANT.
THAT OPENS THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MEMBER CLARK COMMISSIONER CLARK TO VOTE.
AND HIS VOTE DOES COUNT BECAUSE THE OTHER THE OTHER ALTERNATE MEMBERS WERE NOT PRESENT TODAY. AND SO TO FILL THERE ARE FIVE VOTES AS THEY HAVE BETTER REFLECT THE PLACE OF DAY BEFORE TODAY. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VOTES THAT WERE THOSE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING ARE THOSE WITHIN AT LEAST THE FIRST BITE OF THE APPLE, SO TO SPEAK, IS FROM THE VERY DISTRICT THAT WE'RE MISSING SOMEONE FROM.
ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. YES.
I WANTED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF SORT OF WHAT COMMISSIONER GOOD WAS SPEAKING ABOUT.
IT'S OBVIOUS THAT THERE'S MORE PARTICIPATION WHEN WE SEEM TO BE HAVING THESE ZOOM MEETINGS, WHICH ALSO MAKES IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THE SMALLER CITIES.
I MEAN, IF THERE'S FIVE CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THE VOTING TODAY, THAT'S QUITE A BIT, BECAUSE USUALLY LATELY IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN MORE THAN ONE OR TWO, IF ANY.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE IF THESE TWO MEETINGS AREN'T GOING TO GO AWAY FOR A LONG TIME.
THOSE OF US IN THE SMALL CITIES ARE GOING TO HAVE LESS AND LESS CHANCE OF ACTUALLY HAVING OUR VOTE COUNTED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT MY TWO CENTS IN FOR US LITTLE GUYS.
THANK YOU. DID YOU WANT CHANGE FOR YOUR TWO CENTS.
AND A BAGEL TO GO. MR. GABRIEL, YOU COVER 12? OR IS THAT A SEPERATE ITEM.
[12. MPO Surtax Services Updates: http://www.browardmpo.org/index.php/municipal-capital-projects]
YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. WE'RE GOING TO INTRODUCE ANDREW RIDDLE, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT THE MUNICIPAL SIDE OF THE CENTER, SURTAX, AND PROVIDES THAT INFORMATION OVER TO THE COUNTY FOR THEIR FINAL THOUGHT.I'M ANDREA REDL, SURTAX SERVICES MANAGER, PROVIDING YOU THE MPO SURTAX UPDATE.
OH, YOU'RE YOU'RE MUTED, MR. RIDDLE, SOMEHOW. MIKE, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. OK.
HERE ARE THE MPO CYCLE ONE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WAS APPROVED AS SHOWN IN THE GREEN BOXES.
WE HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS ON JUNE 18TH.
THE COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVED NINETY SEVEN OF 110 PROJECTS RECOMMENDED FOR CYCLE ONE TOTALING SIXTY FIVE POINT SEVEN MILLION DOLLARS.
THIS INCLUDES TWENTY NINE OF THE THIRTY THREE SHOVEL READY PROJECTS ESTIMATED AT FORTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS.
ALL DESIGN PHASES FOR THE PEMBROKE ROAD AND MARIMAR PARKWAY EXTENSIONS TO COMPLETE THE REGIONAL NETWORK, ESTIMATED AT SIX MILLION DOLLARS, WAS ALSO APPROVED, AND 64 OF THE SEVENTY THREE PLANNING AND DESIGN PROJECTS ESTIMATED AT 18 MILLION OTHERS WAS APPROVED.
THESE PROJECTS HAVE REMAINING PHASES AND REQUIRE FUNDING FOR FUTURE CYCLES.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT CITIES MUST HAVE AN EXECUTED PROJECT AND A LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY BEFORE THEY CAN START THEIR SURTAX FUNDED PROJECTS.
WE LOST YOU AGAIN, MR. RIDDLE. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, SIR. OK, SO NOW THAT CYCLE ONE IS APPROVED.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY SURTAX STAFF ON DEVELOPING THE FIVE YEAR PLAN COVERING FISCAL YEAR 21 THROUGH 25.
WHAT ARE THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE FIVE YEAR PLAN? IS THE ESTIMATED SURTAX REVENUE AND THE AMOUNT ALLOCATED TO THE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS AS IDENTIFIED IN THE SURTAX PLAN BUDGET? THE IMPACTS FROM THE PANDEMIC WILL BE A FACTOR IN THE REVENUE ESTIMATES OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS. SO JUST KEEP THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
ANOTHER ELEMENT OF THE PLAN IS THE ESTIMATED EXPENDITURES.
THE TOTAL COST OF EXISTING AND NEW COMMUNITY BUS SERVICE IS SUBTRACTED FIRST FROM THE SURTAX AMOUNT ALLOCATED FOR EACH FOR THE MUNICIPAL PROJECTS EACH YEAR.
THE REMAINING AMOUNT WILL BE USED TO FUND THE HIGHEST RANKED UNFUNDED CAPITAL PROJECTS.
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HOWEVER, IT IS A PRIORITY TO CONTINUE FUNDING THE REMAINING PHASES OF THIS APPROVED CYCLE. ONE PROJECTS AND THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.HERE'S THE FIVE YEAR PLAN SCHEDULE FROM NOW THROUGH JULY 13TH, MPO AND COUNTY SURTAX STAFF WILL BE IDENTIFYING PRIORITIES FOR THE FIVE YEAR PLAN.
WE ARE AIMING TO POST THE DRAFT MPR RECOMMENDATIONS BY JULY 17 AND WE WILL HOLD A REMOTE STAKEHOLDER MEETING ON JULY 22ND.
ON JULY 30, FIRST MPO SURTAX STAFF WILL TRANSMIT THE FIVE YEAR PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNTY STAFF. THE SURTAX OVERSIGHT BOARD WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE FIVE YEAR PLAN ON AUGUST 13TH AND 14TH, AND THE COUNTY COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO APPROVE THE FIVE YEAR PLAN IN AUGUST OR SEPTEMBER.
SO HERE'S THE JULY 22ND REMOTE STAKEHOLDER MEETING.
NOTICE THIS HAS BEEN EMAILED TO ALL OF YOUR MUNICIPAL SURTAX STAFF AND POSTED ON THE EMPLOYEES CALENDAR AND WEB SITE.
PARTICIPANTS MUST REGISTER FOR THE MEETING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE.
AND THE ZOOME MEETING JUST LIKE THIS FORMAT.
SO, MR. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY UPDATE, BUT I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU, MR.. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. REPRESENTATION? I SEE NONE.
LET'S GO RIGHT TO ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. MR. STUART. ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS.
[1. Mobility Projects Update]
THE THAT I WANTED TO GET INTO HERE, THESE ARE NON ACTION ITEMS. I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.AND THAT IS THE MOBILITY PROJECT UPDATE.
THIS IS FONZO KURESHI TO PRESENT THE STATUS OF THE PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THAT THE MPO HAS FUNDED.
AND THEN THEN WE'RE GOING TO HEAR A PRESENTATION FROM F.D.A., NSW COUNTRY FOSUN.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? MY SCREEN REALLY QUICK.
CAN ANYONE SEE MY SCREEN? YES. FIRST AND FOREMOST, ALL RIGHT.
LET ME JUST PUT IT. IT'S COMING UP.
HE HAS AS A AS A GREG STUART HAD JUST MENTIONED THE MOVE WITH MANGER AT THE BROWARD AND PEELE. TODAY I'M GOING TO PRESENT.
I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A MOBILITY PROJECTS UPDATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.
BEFORE I PURSUE THAT PRESENTATION, I JUST WANT TO QUICKLY GO OVER THE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS THAT WE HAVE ESTABLISHED HERE AT THE APPEAL.
FOR FOUR PROJECTS TO BE TO BE AVAILABLE, TO BE FUNDED, EVERY PROJECT THAT WE PLAN, WE HAVE WE HAVE TO GET THIS PROJECTS PROGRAM READY WHERE WE WORK WITH THE LOCAL.
PARTNERS TO DO IT, TO TRY TO GET CERTAIN TYPES OF DOCUMENTATION, SUCH AS RESOLUTIONS OF SUPPORT. MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SOME PUBLIC OUTREACH BEING DONE.
AND WE ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER TO HELP DEVELOP THE SCOPE THAN ANNOUNCING AS A PROJECT WE CAN PROGRAM READY. THEY'RE ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING.
AND YOU GO THROUGH ALL THE OTHER STEPS, SUCH AS PROGRAMING DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION. AND AND BEFORE OUR PROJECT STARTS SOME CONSTRUCTION, THERE'S ALWAYS AN OPPORTUNITY. DID YOU LOVE TO DO A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT? AND THEN ONCE IT'S COMPLETE, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE PROJECT.
CURRENTLY, THERE'S CURRENTLY WITH THE WHOLE KOVA 19 PANDEMIC.
WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH IMPACT TO OUR SCHEDULES.
AND WE'VE STILL BEEN GETTING PROJECTS PROGRAM READY.
THERE'S PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE SO PROGRAM THAT WEREN'T DELAYED.
ALL THE PROJECTS IN DESIGN ARE STILL FUNDED AND THEY'RE SO PROCEEDING FORWARD.
OVER IN CONSTRUCTION, WE HAD A FEW IMPACTS.
OF THE FIFTEEN PROJECTS, THREE PROJECTS WERE EITHER DELAYED OR THEY HAD TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP DUE TO COVID 19 INFECTIONS OR OR SOME OF THE MANUFACTURERS THAT DAY THAT CONTRACTORS RECEIVE PRODUCTS FROM ACTUALLY CLOSED DOWN DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED A NEW A NEW EDUCATIONAL MESSAGING INITIATIVE WHERE WE WORK WITH DOT AND WE AND WE WORK WITH MPO PR DEPARTMENT TO TRY TO HELP PUSH OUT SOME PROJECT UPDATES FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON IN BROWARD COUNTY AND AND AND THOSE THAT ARE FUNDED WITH MOBILITY FUNDS.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE POST POSTS THAT WE HAVE SENT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE GENERALLY GIVE ON THE POST ARE SUCH A ARE THE PROJECT, THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT WHERE THE PROJECT GETS THE TYPE OF ACTIVITY THAT'S GOING ON WHEN IS PROJECTED TO BE COMPLETED.
AND ACTUALLY, IN THE CAPTIONS OF THESE OF THESE ZONES, WHICH ARE MEDIA POLLS THAT WE'VE
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BEEN USING, WE ACTUALLY PROVIDE A PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE BENEFITS OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING SHOWN AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE IN THE POLLS THEMSELVES FOR PROGRAM PROJECTS. WE HAVE TEN DAYS THAT THAT HAVEN'T STARTED DESIGNING THAT THAT HAVE FUNDS THAT FUNDING SOME OF THAT.IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN, THERE'S THERE'S EIGHT PROJECTS THAT ARE THAT ARE FUNDED FOR FEASIBILITY.
ONCE THOSE PROJECTS GO THROUGH A WHOLE FEASIBILITY STUDY, THEY WILL BE PROGRAMED AS A SEPARATE PROJECTS, OR SOME OF THEM MAY BE GROUPED TOGETHER TOGETHER DEPENDING UPON THE SCOPE AND DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE, THE AMOUNT OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS THAT ARE NEEDED AND AND AND OTHER FACTORS.
THIS PAST YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS 30 YEAR INITIATIVE WHERE THE MOBILITY TEAM NEEDS IT TO LOOK MUNICIPALITIES AND WITH DOT RIGHT BEFORE A PROJECT IS ABOUT TO BEGIN DESIGN. AND WE EVEN TALK WITH THE TALK WITH THE LOCALS TO DISCUSS THIS GOAL, MAKE SURE THAT THEY THAT THAT THERE'S SOLE SUPPORT FOR THESE PROJECTS.
AND THEN SOMETIMES THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT THE CITIES ACTUALLY HAVE PROGRAMED IN THOSE SECTIONS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH OTHER TYPES OF FUNDING SOURCES.
SO THEN SO THEN WE'RE ABLE TO ADJUST THE SCOPE AND WE TRY TO DO THAT RIGHT BEFORE THE PROJECT IS ADVERTISED FOR DESIGN ACQUISITION FOR THESE PAST FEW MONTHS.
WE HAVE MET WITH. WE HAVE MET WITH THE WITH THE LOCALS FOR THESE SIX PROJECTS WHERE WE WENT OVER THE SCOPE'S AND SOME OF THESE SCOPES, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO ADJUST BECAUSE THOSE LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES ACTUALLY ACQUIRED SOME FUNDS AND SOME OTHER WAY.
SO JUST SURTAXES, RECEIPTS OR OR SOME OTHER FUNDING SOURCE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN COME OUT OF A FEASIBILITY STUDY.
THEY JUST LOOK THEY'LL TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AT THE RIGHT AWAY THAT'S AVAILABLE AND YOU LOOK AT DIFFERENT TYPES OF LAYOUTS AND AND AND THEY'LL USE THIS FEASIBILITY STUDY TO HELP DEVELOP THE SCOPES FOR FOR FOUR PROJECTS AS THEY MOVE INTO DESIGN AND THEN END IT.
AND IT GIVES EVERYONE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO DO AND ACCOMPLISH WITH OUR FUNDS. IS AN EXAMPLE OF A PROJECT.
WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO GET A PROGRAMED DEPEND UPON THE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, SOMETIMES WE'RE ABLE TO DEVELOP RENDERING SUCH AS THIS.
AND THIS IS A RENDERING OF A PROJECT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET PROGRAMED ALONG SOUTHGATE BOULEVARD, WHERE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SEPARATED BY GLUING FACILITY ADJACENT TO A SIDEWALK.
AND IT'S KIND OF OFFSET FROM THE FROM THE TRAVEL WEEK.
COMING RIGHT NOW, INDESIGN, YOU HAVE 18 PROJECTS, ALL THE PROJECTS ARE IN ARE IN DIFFERENT PHASES. AND IN SOME OF THESE PROJECTS ARE ABOUT TO START CONSTRUCTION EITHER LATER ON THIS YEAR OR EARLY OR NEXT YEAR.
CURRENTLY. OF WITH THESE 18 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
THERE'S SOME PROJECTS SUCH AS FOUR THREE ONE SEVEN ZERO FOUR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN HAD MULTIPLE SEGMENTS JUST BECAUSE IT'S A PROJECT.
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE CAN GO TO PROJECTS WITH OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE CLOSE BY.
AND A LOT THESE PROJECTS GO THROUGH VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES.
THERE'S A TYPICAL SECTION THAT WE SOMETIMES SHOW DURING OUR PUBLIC OUTREACH MEETINGS WITH THE PUBLIC. THIS IS SOMETHING THE DESIGN TEAM WILL PUT TOGETHER AND IT WILL GIVE THE PUBLIC SOMEWHAT OF AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT.
ACTUALLY DOING DESIGN, THIS PROJECT IS IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD ALONG MOSHIN STREET.
AND WE FOUND OUT DURING DURING DESIGN.
IT'S VERY LATE IN DESIGN THAT YOU SEE IN HOLLYWOOD AND IN BROWARD COUNTY HAVE PROJECTS THAT WERE PROGRAMED INTO SECTIONS.
SO WE ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR IMPROVEMENTS ARE IMPLEMENTED EITHER THROUGH OUR PROJECT OR THROUGH THEIRS, TO PREVENT TO TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING EVERYONE'S TAXPAYER DOLLARS EFFECTIVELY.
REALLY, IN CONSTRUCTION, WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS.
THERE'S PROJECTS ALL OVER BROWARD COUNTY.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE 15 PROJECTS, WE A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE SEGMENTS. SO CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THIRTY EIGHT SEGMENTS, FOOD FOR THESE FIFTEEN PROJECTS. THAT'S ALMOST THREE THREE SEGMENTS PER PROJECT, FOUR FOR THIS PROJECT, FOR A PROJECT THAT THAT JUST STARTING CONSTRUCTION ON PROSPECT ROAD.
WE WERE PLANNING TO HOST A A GROUNDBREAKING EVENT WITH THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THIS OCTOBER 19 PANDEMIC, WE WERE UNABLE TO.
SO THAT'S IT. SO WE ACTUALLY DO OUR COMPLETE STREETS INITIATIVE.
WE ACTUALLY DEVELOPED THE SPARK PAGE THAT.
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MEAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN.SO, SO, SO ARE SO ARE SO OUR MOBILITY TEAM DEVELOP THIS THIS PART PAGE, WHICH WHICH ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS JUST SCROLL DOWN.
IT PROVIDES VARIOUS TYPES OF BENEFITS FOR PROJECTS WHERE THE PROJECT IS LOCATED.
IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE SEE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND IN SOME OF THE SAFETY DATA.
AND IT ALSO GIVES YOU RENDERINGS FOR HOW THE PROJECT WILL LOOK IN THE FUTURE.
AND AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD EVER REALLY PROMOTING.
WE HAVE PROVIDED THIS THING TO DUTY FOR TWO F.D.A.
AND THE CITY OF OAKLAND PARK, FOUR FOR ANY REASONS THAT HAVE QUESTIONS.
WE'D BEEN. WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PUSH THEM TO TRY TO REDIRECT THE THE RESIDENTS AND ANYONE FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THIS PAGE, BECAUSE MOST OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THIS PAGE.
AND IT'S AND IT SERVES AS A WAY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DELIVERING A CONSISTENT MESSAGE WITHOUT PROVIDING INCORRECT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
ARE GUYS ABLE TO SEE THE TABLE? IT'S ON THE SCREEN. YES.
PERFECT. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF OUT OF A SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION THAT'S THAT'S GOING ON AND THAT'S GOING ON IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD.
IN THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, WE ACTUALLY COMPLETED 10 DIFFERENT PROJECTS.
ALL THESE PROJECTS, SOME OF THESE PROJECTS HAD MULTIPLE SEGMENTS.
TWO PROJECTS THAT THAT I REALLY WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE COMPLETED IN THIS PAST YEAR WAS THE WILTON DRIVE PROJECT AND ALSO OUR URBAN DEMONSTRATION PROJECT IN THE CITY OF HOLLYWOOD. YES IS A.
THIS IS A PICTURE AFTER A PROJECT WAS COMPLETED IN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH.
THIS WAS A MULTI USE PATH W CONSTRUCTED.
I'M PRETTY SURE THIS GETS A LOT OF RECREATIONAL USE NOWADAYS.
DUE TO THE WHOLE COLGIN NINETEEN POINT, I MAKE AN EXERCISE.
AND WHAT I DID, I GET MORE USE.
AND WILL WE EVER EXPECTED THIS EARLY ON.
THIS IS A ARIELA OF OUR HOLLYWOOD COMPLETE DEMONSTRATION PARTY THAT WE COULD BE LAST YEAR. THIS PROJECT GUSHES A LOT OF OUR COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES, ELEMENTS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR IN OUR CAPEX REQUIREMENTS 2.0 SUCH AS PARALLEL PARKING BUFFER BIKE LANES, MADE BLOCK CROSSINGS, LANDSCAPE OPPORTUNITY AREAS AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
AS OF THIS LAST FISCAL YEAR, WE'VE HAD OVER 310 MILLION DOLLARS OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS HAVE BEEN EITHER USED OR ALLOCATED FOR FOR FOR PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
AND THESE ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT HAVE THAT ARE FULLY FUNDED IN THE FUTURE BASED UPON THE DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING UP FROM ULTIMATELY PRIORITY LIST AND IN FROM OUR FEASIBILITY STUDIES. THIS WILL BE MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS MORE.
THERE ARE GOING TO BE USED, BUT WE HOPE FOR.
TO SEE SOULS DELIVER GOOD PROJECTS WITH THEIR IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
[2. Report From Partner Agencies - Florida Department Of Transportation - SW 10th Street and I-95 Projects Update]
GREGG THROUGH THE CHAIR.I WOULD LIKE THE SIMPLEST 10TH STREET, MR. CARVER RAISING. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA DO THE INTRODUCTION ON THIS AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH THE SOUTHWEST 10TH OR SAWGRASS CONNECTOR BETWEEN THE TURNPIKE AND I-95.
THIS IS A THE THIRD LARGEST PROJECT THE MPR HAS WORKED ON SINCE MY I STARTED HERE.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SHARE THE COMPROMISES THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE GOP HAVE GOTTEN TO. UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING IS EVER THE WAY YOU ORIGINALLY STARTED.
AND WITH THAT, MR. CARVER, EASY ONE OFFICIAL LEAVE.
SO THIS IS THE LARGEST PROJECT THAT I'VE WORKED ON WHILE BEING AT THE MPO.
WE'VE BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
IT STARTED WITH A SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC OUTREACH EFFORT AND THEN THAT LED TO A BOARD DIRECTED PD AND E PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, WHICH LOOKED AT EVERYTHING, SERHANT, EVERYTHING IN THE CORRIDOR, SURROUNDING THE CORRIDOR, UNDER THE CORRIDOR. AND THROUGH THAT PROCESS, THE DISTRICT, WHILE WORKING WITH THE LOCAL WELL,
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WORKING WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE EXTENDED GOVERNMENTS AROUND THERE HAVE HAD TO TAKE MANY VARIABLES IN CONSIDERATION.SOME SOME PHYSICAL, SOME PREP, SOME PREFERENTIAL.
AND WHAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY IS THE RESULT OF THAT OUTREACH EFFORT AND REALLY A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO THE F.D.A.
I ALSO WANT TO THANK ON BOARD CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD MEMBERS FOR ALLOWING YOU MINUTES HERE TO KIND OF GIVE ME AN UPDATE IN THE SOUTHWEST STREET.
ALSO HAVE WITH ME PHIL SCHWABE WITH OUR SNH ARMS. AND WE'LL BE KIND. I'LL BE GOING OVER SOME THINGS.
AND HE'S ABOUT THE OVERVIEW AND WHERE WE HAVE BEEN AND WHERE WE'RE GOING.
AND HE'LL JUST GO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO GO OVER A COUPLE RENDERINGS AND SOME ITEMS. ON IT, YOU HEAR ME OK? BUT NOT TO JUDGE ME, THIS PLACE WOULD GO UP, UP.
I'LL CONTINUE. SO IS GOING NEXT GREEN? LOOKS LIKELY. THANK YOU.
I KNOW YOU ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SOUTH CENTURY CORRIDOR.
IT'S REALLY A REGIONAL PROJECT AS WELL AS LOCAL PROJECTS OF IMPORTANCE.
IT'S BEEN A VISION FOR MANY DECADES THAT CONNECT THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY TO I-95.
SO REGIONALLY, IT'S SIGNIFICANT AS FAR AS MOVING TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR COUNTY AND TRI COUNTY AREA. IT'S ALSO VERY SIGNIFICANT TO LOCAL ROADWAY RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES ALONG THIS FORKFUL CORRIDOR.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE DO A GOOD JOB DELIVERING THIS PROJECT.
THE INSET REALLY SHOWS THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE PROJECT PDP STUDIES ALL MENTIONED THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT IN ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT ARE THE PREFACE TO GOING INTO FINAL DESIGN AND THEN CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE MAIN CORRIDOR IN HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE IS THE SOUTHWEST STREET CORRIDOR.
AND THEN ON YOUR RIGHT SIDE, IN GREEN IS IS THE STATE.
IT GOES ON I-95, THAT INTERCHANGE CONNECTION WITH I-95 AND THE CONNECTOR FACILITY.
IT ALSO EXTENDS A SECOND EXPRESS LANE IN THAT AREA.
AND IT'S A PROJECT EXTENDS TO JUST NORTH OF THE HILLSBOROUGH BOULEVARD INTERCHANGE.
AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE AND ON THE LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE IS ALSO DOING A PTSD STUDY TO LOOK AT THAT, THAT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TURNPIKE INTERCHANGE AT SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO JUST BRIEFLY, THIS PROJECT HAS A LONG HUNG HISTORY DECADES.
BUT I'M JUST GONNA GO OVER IT LAST BASICALLY THREE YEARS.
IN TWENTY SEVENTEEN, THE MPO BOARD VOTED TO PRIORITIZE THIS PROJECT.
THEY HAD RECEIVED RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THE COAT. AND THEY'D PASSED THOSE LONG TO AT THE OTEY WHO BEGAN TO ACTUALLY USE THAT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THE BASIS FOR A PDT STUDY SCOPE.
WE ACTUALLY EXECUTED THE CONTRACT WITH THE ARSON TEAM IN JULY OF TWENTY SEVENTEEN.
SO THREE YEARS AGO WE KICKED OFF THE STUDY.
AND THEN IN NOVEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR, WE ACTUALLY HAD OUR FORMAL KICKOFF MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC. AND THAT'S A GOOD TIME.
YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE'VE HELD OVER 200 STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF MEETINGS LISTED HERE.
THEY'RE REALLY SOME OF THE LARGER MOSCOW MEETINGS.
BUT WE'VE BEEN REACHING OUT TO THE PUBLIC PRETTY MUCH CONTINUOUSLY, EVEN THROUGH A LOT OF THE CURRENT TIMEFRAME.
WE'VE JUST HAD SOME WEBINARS RECENTLY THAT WE THINK WERE VERY SUCCESSFUL IN PROVIDING INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
BUT AFTER OUR KICKOFF MEETING, WE LEFT TO.
LED TO OUR ALTERNATIVE'S PUBLIC WORKSHOP.
AND IN APRIL 2018, WHICH WE PRESENTED DIFFERENT CONCEPTS TO THE PUBLIC AND WE RECEIVED FEEDBACK ABOUT HOW TO LOCATE THE CONNECTOR ALONG FACILITY.
WHAT CAME OUT OF THAT WAS REALLY A NORTHERN ALIGNMENT WHERE WE LOCATE THIS CONNECTOR ROADWAY ON THE NORTHERN PART OF THAT THAT RIGHT AWAY AND RECONSTRUCT THE LOCAL ROADWAY ON THE SOUTH END. SO KIND OF SETTING THAT CORRIDOR UP THAT LED US TO OUR NOVEMBER.
TWENTY EIGHTEEN SECOND ALTERNATE WAS WORKSHOP WHERE WE WE BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC A NUMBER OF COMPLETED ALTERNATIVES, WHICH INCLUDED SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES, ROUTE AMOUNT OF DEPRESSED SECTIONS ALONG THAT QUARTER, OR WHAT KIND OF CAME OUT OF THAT AS A FEEDBACK LED US TO SOME SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, INCLUDING ALLOWING TRUCKS IN THIS CONNECTOR ROAD.
ORIGINALLY, TRUCKS WERE NOT ALLOWED.
IT ALSO MOVED AN OVERPASS THAT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED OR CONCEPTUALLY TO BE IN FRONT OF THE WATERWAYS COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS BASICALLY, IN THEIR VIEW, SHED AND THERE WERE CONCERNS WITH IT.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO DO SOME REDESIGNS AND MOVE THAT BRIDGE FURTHER TO THE WEST OUT OF THAT COMMUNITIES. YOU SAID WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT THE CONNECTOR LANES WOULD NOT BE TOLD.
THOSE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR DECISIONS OR POLICY CHANGES THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THAT APRIL 18TH, I'M SORRY, NOVEMBER 2018 WORKSHOP AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
WE HAD SCHEDULED A PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH WAS FOR OCTOBER OF TWENTY NINETEEN LEADING UP TO
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THAT HEARING. WE'D GOTTEN FEEDBACK FROM THE MPO AND THE CITY THAT THE PROJECT AT THAT POINT STILL REALLY WASN'T MEETING EXPECTATIONS.SO WE POSTPONED THE HEARING AND LOOKED TO MEET WITH THE CITY AND KIND OF ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU. IF THERE'S REALLY FIVE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT KIND OF CAME OUT OF THIS THIS EFFORT THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO KIND OF REALLY THANK THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH, MAYOR GAN'S COMMISSIONER ROSKI AND THEIR STAFF. THEY'VE REALLY BEEN TREMENDOUS AS FAR AS WORKING WITH US DEDICATED THEIR TIME AND EFFORT TO WORK, TO LOOK AT THE ISSUES THAT WERE THERE WERE WITH THE PROJECT AND LOOK AND HELP US DEVELOP SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN DELIVER AND GET MORE FEEDBACK ON THE PROJECT. SO I'LL JUST GO OVER THOSE BRIEFLY.
FIRST, THE CONCERN WAS THAT THE CONNECTER FACILITY, ALTHOUGH IT CONNECTED WITH I-95 EXPRESS LANES, IT DID NOT CONNECT WITH THE GENERAL PURPOSE LANES.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE HAVE THE A CONCEPT CHANGE.
AND NOW THE CONNECTOR FACILITY IS PROPOSED TO CONNECT WITH THE I-95 GENERAL PURPOSE LANES AS WELL AS EXPRESS LANES.
ALSO, THE LOCAL ROADWAY FELT THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO BE MORE AT A MORE COMPLETE STREETS, ELEMENTS TO THAT. SO WHAT WE HAVE DONE IS FOCUS ON ITEMS LIKE THE BIKE PATH, WHICH WAS SLATED TO BE ADJACENT TO THE TRAVEL LANES.
WE'VE MOVED THAT INTO A SHARED USE PATH AWAY FROM THE ROADWAY FEATURES AND ALLOWED US TO LOOK AT IT TO REALLY BRING IN THAT MORE OF A COMPLETE STREETS VISION TO THAT THAT LOCAL ROADWAY MATTER.
DEPRESSED SECTION IS SOMETHING WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT.
LOOKING AT THE IMPACTS AND HOW WE CAN MAXIMIZE THE DEPRESSED AREAS OR REDUCE THE IMPACTS THAT ARE THOUGHT TO BE DUE TO ESTHETICS AND NOISE.
SO A LOT OF THE DEPRESSED SECTION IS REALLY TO HELP WITH THOSE ESTHETICS, NOISE IMPACTS THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT, HOW WE CAN DO THAT IN OTHER WAYS THROUGHOUT THE CORRIDOR.
SO INCLUDING WARRANTING NOISE ABATEMENT, LIKE NOISE LOSS THROUGHOUT THE QUARTER, ENHANCING LANDSCAPING AND OTHER THINGS TO PROVIDE BUFFER AREAS TO HELP REDUCE THOSE TYPE OF IMPACTS. FOURTH, THE FOURTH, THE AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE.
SO THERE'S PEOPLE FOR ME WITH A QUARTER OR NO, THERE'S A LOT OF EXTRA RIGHT AWAY OUT THERE NOW THAT EXISTS AND THERE'S A LOT OF TREES AND GRASS AREA.
SO BRINGING IN THE ADDITIONAL ASPHALT TAKES AWAY FROM THAT GREEN SPACE.
SO WE'VE LOOKED AT CONCEPTS TO KIND OF BRING BACK ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE, ALLOWING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING AND KIND OF REALLY MAKING IT MORE OF A LOCAL FEEL TO IT AND TRAFFIC CALMING WITH WITH THOSE EXTRA AMENITIES.
AND FINALLY, THERE WERE CONCERNS BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE TURNPIKE.
I'D MENTIONED THAT THE TURNPIKE STUDY THAT'S ONGOING AND THE CONCERNS RELATED TO THAT, THE TURNPIKE DID NOT APPLY TO APPLY FOR ACCESS.
THEY WEREN'T LOOKING AT CONCEPT THAT PROVIDED FOR ACCESS.
TODAY, THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS.
SO THE TURNPIKE HAS BASICALLY MAKING SOME CHANGES.
THEY BASICALLY DROPPED THEIR EXPRESS LANE CONCEPT FROM THE SAWGRASS EXPRESSWAY AND THE TURNPIKE FACILITIES.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT SOME NEW CONCEPTS AS FAR AS HOW THOSE CONNECTIONS CAN BE MADE.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRESENTED AT THE MPO IN SEPTEMBER AND THEY'LL PROVIDE IT UPDATE AT THAT TIME. SO WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TURN IT OVER TO PHIL SWAB JUST TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THAT DETAIL. TOO MUCH DETAIL, BUT GIVE YOU SOME RENDERINGS AND A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION OF THOSE THOSE ISSUES THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH AND SOME OF WHAT THE SOLUTIONS LOOK LIKE. THANKS, ROB.
AS ROB MENTIONED, WE'VE MADE SEVERAL ADJUSTMENTS, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS JUST TO HELP ILLUSTRATE SOME OF THOSE.
THE GRAPHIC YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS THE TYPICAL SECTION OF THE LOCAL LANES THAT WE HAD PREVIOUSLY HAD BEFORE WE MADE A CHANGE BASED ON THESE CONCERNS.
SO THE BIKE LANE IS IN THE PAVEMENT WITH A EIGHT FOOT SIDEWALK.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS A. WIDEN THE SIDEWALK TO TWELVE FEET, WHICH ALLOWS US TO CREATE MORE GREEN SPACE AND MORE BUFFER BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE ROAD, AS WELL AS BETWEEN THE LOCAL ROADS AND THE CONNECTOR LANES.
CONCERN REGARDING GREEN SPACE AND WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST A LINE DIAGRAM TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THE CONNECTIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE FROM THE CONNECTOR LANES WHICH ARE IN GREEN.
THE BLACK LANES GOING LEFT TO RIGHT OUT TO LOCAL LANES.
SO THERE'S TWO SETS OF LOCAL ACCESS RAMPS TO GET YOU FROM THE LOCAL LANES INTO THE CONNECTOR LANES AND VICE VERSA.
THERE'S A PAIR JUST TO THE EAST, A POWERLINE ROAD.
AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER PAIR.
OVER AT. JUST TO THE WEST OF EXCUSE ME, EAST, A MILITARY TRAIL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE MAKING CONNECTIONS TO BOTH THE NINETY FIVE EXPRESS AND THE GENERAL PURPOSE LINES, WHICH REALLY ALLOWS US TO GET A LOT OF USE OUT OF THE CONNECTOR
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LINES. SO THE THOUGHT WAS, IF WE'RE ABLE TO FILL UP THOSE CONNECTOR LANES AND PULL MORE TRAFFIC OFF THE LOCAL LIGHTS, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO ELIMINATE THESE LOCAL ACCESS RAMPS TO GAIN GREEN SPACE? WELL, THE NEWPORT CENTER RAMPS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA.EVEN ELIMINATING THOSE DOESN'T GAIN ANY GREEN SPACE.
BUT THE POWERLINE ROAD RAMPS, IF WE DO ELIMINATE THEM, IT WILL CREATE MORE TRAFFIC ON THE LOCAL LANES OF TRAVEL TIME AND THE CONNECTOR LANES AND THE LOCAL LANES WILL BE RELATIVELY THE SAME. BUT IT DOES PUT MORE TRAFFIC ON THE LOCAL AGENTS, BUT IT DOES GAIN SOME GREEN SPACE AND IT MOVES THE ROAD FURTHER AWAY FROM THE HOMES.
I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF GRAPHICS TO HELP ILLUSTRATE THAT THE TOP PICTURE IS WITH THE POWER LINE ROAD RAMP. SO WHAT THIS GRAPHIC SHOWS YOU IS THAT THESE F PNL POLLS THAT EXIST OUT THERE TODAY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY RELOCATED IN THE TOP PICTURE WHERE THIS IS THE WATERFORD COURTYARD COMMUNITY, WHICH IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE QUARTER.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TO BY ABOUT 12 TO 18 FEET FROM FROM FROM THIS COMMUNITY WHEN WE'RE BUILDING THE RAMPS.
SO IT GETS A LITTLE BIT MORE NARROW HERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE TRAFFIC AND ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT ON THE TRAFFIC AND BOTH OF THESE BUILD OPTIONS, EITHER WITH THE RAMPS OR WITHOUT THE RAMPS, BOTH OPTIONS IN THE 20 DESIGN HERE, LOWER THE TRAFFIC THAT'S OUT THERE TODAY THAT WE HAVE TWENTY SIXTEEN COUNTS AND IT'S CONSIDERABLY LESS.
BUT WITH THE POWERLINE ROAD RAMPS, WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE FUTURE TRAFFIC BELOW WHAT TODAY'S TRAFFIC IS BY 73 PERCENT IN THE A.M.
IF WE WERE NOT TO BUILD THOSE RAMPS, WE'RE ABLE TO GAIN SOME GREEN SPACE.
AS I MENTIONED, THESE F PINNELL POLES REMAIN IN THE SAME LOCATION.
AND THERE'S NO RIGHT AWAY NEEDED FROM WATER FOR COURTYARD'S SO THEY CAN KEEP THE LANDSCAPING THAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE, WHICH ARE PRETTY DECENT SIZED TREES.
THE TRAFFIC IS MORE THAN IF WE WERE TO DO THE POWERLINE ROAD RAMPS IN THE LOCAL LANES.
BUT IT STILL REDUCES IT MORE THAN IT IS TODAY, 40 PERCENT AND A 20 PERCENT IN THE PM.
THIS NEXT GRAPHIC GIVES YOU A MORE OF AN AERIAL VIEW WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE RAMP.
THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LANE.
THIS IS THE WESTBOUND DEPRESS RAMP, WHICH ACTUALLY GOES UNDER THE EASTBOUND CONNECTOR LANES, WHICH ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE HERE.
THIS ALLOWS US TO MAKE THIS CONNECTION, BUT NOT ELEVATE ROADS IN FRONT OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT.
SO I'M GOING TO TRANSITION THE SLIDE.
AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IS IF WE DID NOT BUILD THAT RAMP WITH THAT GREEN SPACE AND RIGHT AWAY AREA WOULD LOOK LIKE SO THAT THIS IS THE WITHOUT RAMPS.
AND AGAIN, I'M GOING TO TRANSITION VERY QUICKLY TO GO BACK TO THE WITH RAMPS.
AND BOTH OF THESE CASES HAS A TWELVE, TWELVE FOOT SHARED USE PATH.
AND THEN HERE'S THE COMPARISON FROM A RENDERING STANDPOINT.
AND WHAT WE HAD DONE WAS DO A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION MATRIX FOR BOTH BUILD OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE WITH AND WITHOUT POWERLINE ROAD RAMPS, AS WELL AS THE NO BUILD.
AND WHEN WE DO THIS COMPARISON, WHAT WE TRIED TO DO IS CATEGORIZE ALL THE COAT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ROBERT MENTIONED EARLIER INTO SOME CATEGORIES THAT WE COULD EVALUATE AND SHOW ON A MATRIX LIKE THIS.
AND BETWEEN THE TWO OPTIONS, THERE'S THERE'S A FEW AREAS THAT THEY VARY SLIGHTLY WITH.
THE BIGGEST ONES BEING THE TRADEOFF BETWEEN ESTHETICS, WHICH WE'RE CONSIDERING THE GREEN SPACE, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING WITH THE LOCAL TRAFFIC, BYAM, AS WELL AS THE ACCESSIBILITY BY NOT PROVIDING THAT RAMP FROM THE LOCAL LANES TO THE CONNECTOR LANES.
THE PEOPLE AND THE VEHICLES ALONG POWERLINE ROAD AND WEST WESTERN COMMUNITIES WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE CONNECTOR ROAD.
SO ROB MENTIONED WE HAD SOME WEBINARS, VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE, A LOT OF GOOD INPUT, A LOT OF GOOD QUESTIONS. WE'VE ACTUALLY POSTED THE SLIDES FROM THOSE MEETINGS.
THE RECORDINGS FROM THOSE MEETINGS, WE'VE RESPONDED TO ALL QUESTIONS THAT CAME IN IN WRITING UP THROUGH THE FIRST WEBINAR.
AND WE HOPE TO GET THE OTHER TWO WEBINAR QUESTIONS, WRITTEN RESPONSES RIGHT NOW AND POSTED ON THE WEB SITE HOPEFULLY EARLY NEXT WEEK.
WE DO PLAN ON HAVING MORE HFA MEETINGS AND STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS FACE TO FACE OR VIRTUAL DEPENDS ON WHAT'S PERMITTED.
WE'LL CONTINUE OUR COORDINATION WITH THE CITY OF DEERFIELD BEACH.
BEEN VERY PRODUCTIVE AND WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE AND PROVIDE THE ANALYSIS TO HELP SUPPORT DECISION MAKING AND CONTINUE THIS OUTREACH WITH SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATING FLIERS.
WE'RE DOING THIS UPDATE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY.
AND WE DO ANTICIPATE MOVING FORWARD TO A PUBLIC HEARING IN SEPTEMBER.
SO ULTIMATELY, THAT LEADS TO A LOCATION DESIGN CONCEPT ACCEPTANCE, WHICH ALLOWS THE PROJECT TO MOVE INTO THE FINAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
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AND THAT FUNDING IS IN FISCAL YEAR TWENTY TWENTY THREE.SO WE WOULD ANTICIPATE STARTING SOMETIME IN THE CALENDAR YEAR 2023 WITH CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETING IN TWENTY TWENTY SEVEN OR TWENTY TWENTY EIGHT.
THAT'S ALL WE HAD. SENATOR JOHNSON.
YES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, ROBERT, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
I ATTENDED YOUR VIRTUAL MEETINGS AND SAW YOU PRESENTING IT TO THE PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THOSE MEETINGS. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR COMING BACK TO THE MPO TO SHOW THIS.
AS ALL OF YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN A HUGE PROPONENT OF THIS LINK FOR ALL THE YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE MPO AS I WROTE OF FORMER DEERFIELD BEACH CITIZEN AND NOW LIVE AT LIGHTHOUSE POINT.
BUT IT IMPACTS US ALL SO MUCH IN THIS PART OF THE COUNTY.
AND I DO APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS TO TRY AND WORK ON CHANGES AND BRING ALL, YOU KNOW, BRING IT TO THE BEST THAT IT CAN BE.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THIS IS THE FINAL SAY ON THIS.
THE GRACE OF GOD, I CAN BE THERE FOR THE RIBBON CUTTING, IF NOT FOR THAT.
CUT THE RIBBON CUTTING TO START IT.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL MAKE IT TO THE RIBBON CUTTING WHEN IT'S OVER.
BUT IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, I THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN START GOING FORWARD ON THIS IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? HEARING THAT, MR. STUART. AS TO STUART.
AND YOU LEAVE US. BUT DO THEY WANT TO? IS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I MEAN.
[ FINANCIAL REPORTS - for information purposes ]
I MEAN IT NOW. OK.GOOD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
NOW HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, TOO, IT CAN ONLY SORT OF MAKE SPACE IN THE CORNER.
THAT SAID, HERE WE GO, FULL SCRIPT, THANKFULLY.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S TIME TODAY.
SO WE HAVE THE FINANCIAL REPORTS.
IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOUR STATEMENT OF REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES ARE LOCAL CONTRIBUTION.
WE'RE GOING TO BE SENDING OUT SOME ADDITIONAL YOU KNOW, QUITO'S SEVERAL PEOPLE HAVEN'T PAID FOR THIS YEAR, AND WE ALREADY SAW IT LAST YEAR AND WE STARTED OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR, JULY ONE. SO WE'RE GONNA BE REACHING OUT FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T PAID.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO PUBLICLY SHAME ANYBODY AT THE MOMENT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S THERE IN THE RECORD FOR YOU TO RECOGNIZE THAT WE'RE STILL SEEKING PAYMENT. THAT MONEY ACTUALLY GOES DIRECTLY TO FACILITATE OUR ADVOCATES IN TALLAHASSEE AND IN WASHINGTON THAT REPRESENTS THE MPO TO BRING MORE MONEY TO BROWARD, NOT JUST TO THE CITIES, NOT JUST TO THE COUNTY, BUT TO ALL OF US.
AND SO THOSE THINGS ARE VERY IMPORTANT.
AND THEN I DON'T KNOW, REBECCA, YOU HAVE THE NEXT SLIDE.
THANK YOU. AND WE HAVE A COMMITTEE REPORT, SO YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION
[ COMMITTEE REPORTS - no discussion ]
TODAY REGARDING THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE C.A.C.ADVISORY COMMITTEES ON WHAT THEY HAVE ADVISED YOU TO MOVE FORWARD WITH.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU LOOK FORWARD WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND EXCEPT FOR ONE.
AND THEN FINALLY, THE MPO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
AND I WANT TO AGAIN CONGRATULATE THE NEW EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, AS WELL AS THE RETURNING EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS BECAUSE OF THEIR ACTIONS.
THEY HAVE QUITE A BIT OF ACTIONS THAT THEY DO THAT YOU DON'T GET TO SEE AS WELL, THAT THESE MEETINGS WOULD GO ON ALL DAY IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THOSE MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE COMMISSIONER FOR A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER, GOOD. COMMISSIONER COBURN AND COMMISSIONER HARRIS.
COMMISSIONER JOHNSON AND MAYOR WORDLIST, THAT'S THE REASON THIS MEETING ISN'T GOING UNTIL FOUR THIRTY IS BECAUSE THEY TOOK THE OTHER THURSDAY OUT OF THEIR DAYS TO ACTUALLY DO SOME OF THE EXECUTIVE WORK FOR THEY DO.
AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, NOT TO BELABOR THIS, BUT I THINK EVERYBODY CAN GO HOME FROM
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HERE WHERE YOU ACTUALLY ARE AT HOME.SO, COMMISSIONER, I WOULD LIKE TO ADOPT YOUR DOG.
AND MINE IS NOT AS WELL BEHAVED.
SWAP. AND WITH THAT, IF THEY HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MEMBERS, WE CAN CALL THIS A DAY.
YOU CAN GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
AND REMEMBER, TAKE WHAT YOU HEARD.
IT TAKES LONGER TO PLAN AND BUILD A SIDEWALK THAN IT DOES A MAJOR HIGHWAY.
OH, NO. I'M APPEALING A MOTION TO ADJOURN, MOTION TO ADJOURN.
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THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY DUCK.ALL RIGHT, GERRI. HAVE A GREAT DAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER.
I.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.