[GAVEL BANGS]
>> CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE.
>> I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO
THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA AND TO
THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS
ONE NATION UNDER GOD,
INDIVISIBLE,
WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
FOR ALL.
>> ALRIGHT EVERYBODY, TRUST
THAT YOU'LL DO THE ROLL CALL.
>> YES, UHHM.
CHAIRWOMAN ARONSON?
>> PRESENT.
>> COUNCILWOMAN MORGAN?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> COUNCILMAN PICKETT?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER CLASBY?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER FOWLER?
>> HERE, MA'AM.
>> COMMISSIONER LOWRY?
>> YES, MA'AM.
>> WE HAVE A CALL.
>> VERY GOOD.
UHHMM,
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLIC.
IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM
THE PUBLIC AT THIS TIME?
OR ANY...
>> MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, UHM..
TOM LANAHAN
FROM THE TREASURE COAST REGIONAL
PLANNING COUNCIL
IS HERE WITH A SPECIAL REQUEST.
>> VERY GOOD.
>> UH, GOOD MORNING, UH,
I'M SORRY AFTERNOON, GOSH,
I'M IN A DIFFERENT PLACE IN
MY HEAD, [CHUCKLES]. GOOD
AFTERNOON.
I'LL START OVER.
UH, TOM LANAHAN, TREASURE COAST
REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL.
UHM, I WAS HOPING TO GET Y'ALL'S
PERMISSION TO ALLOW US TO HOLD
OUR MONTHLY, UH, COUNCIL
MEETING, UH, HERE ON MAY 15TH
UHH USING YOUR YOUR SPACE HERE.
UHM, ORDINARILY WE MEET AT, UH,
INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE,
UH, THE CAMPUS DOWN ON
SALERNO ROAD. UH, HOWEVER,
ON [COUGH] MAY 15TH THEY WILL BE
ON SUMMER BREAK.
UH, SO THEY CAN'T HAVE ME THERE.
SO, UHM, I WAS HOPING THAT WE
COULD USE THE SPACE HERE.
I ASKED PETER ABOUT IT. HE SAID,
WELL, "LET'S TALK TO THE BOARD."
SO THAT'S MY REQUEST. [COUGHING]
IT WOULD BE A BASICALLY
9, 9-ISH TO 12-ISH ON THE 15TH
OF MAY.
AND WE PROMISE WE WON'T MAKE
A MESS.
>> DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS ABOUT LETTING HIM
DO THAT?
>> IS THIS AN ACTION ITEM,
PETER? OR...
>> NO.
IT'S JUST, WE WANTED TO KNOW IF
THERE IS ANY OBJECTIONS TO IT.
>> YEAH. [CROSSTALK]
>> CAN WE HAVE THEM DO IT HERE
EVERY TIME?
>> I KNOW IT. RIGHT?
[CROSSTALK] [LAUGHING]
>> [INAUDIBLE]
UP HERE TOO. [CHUCKLES]
>> OH, LOOK AT THIS.
>> WE DO HAVE A [INAUDIBLE].
WE COULD.
>> PLEASE. [CHUCKLES]
UHM, YEAH.
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD HAVE
ANY OBJECTION TO IT, TOM.
>> GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
>> OF COURSE.
>> SEE YOU ON MAY 15TH. LET ME
KNOW WHAT YOU, UH, NEED
BEFORE IT.
>> GREAT.
>> ARE ANY OTHER COMMENTS
FROM THE PUBLIC?
[PAPER RUSTLING]
SEEING NONE, WE ARE GOING TO
MOVE ON.
COMMENTS FROM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEMBERS?
THAT'S YOU ALL?
ANYBODY?
>> I HAVE ONE.
WE HAVE OUR TRAINING FOR MPO
AT THE END OF THIS MONTH,
APRIL 30TH.
IT'S A FRIDAY AND THAT IS OPEN
TO EVERYBODY I BELIEVE, RIGHT?
TH-THE TRAINING.
>> TO THE BOARD MEMBERS.
>> W-WELL, THAT'S WHAT I MEANT.
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
[CHUCKLES]
>> I DON'T THINK THE AUDIENCE
GOT TOO EXCITED ABOUT
BUT IT'S OPEN TO ALL THE BOARD
MEMBERS
IF ANYBODY WANTS TO GO UP.
I HEAR IT'S GREAT. CURTIS RAVED
ABOUT IT.
DIDN'T YOU DO IT AS WELL
STEPHANIE ONE TIME?
>> I'VE DONE IT MULTIPLE TIMES.
>> OKAY.
IT'S A MULTIPLE NEEDED KIND
OF THING.
>> YOU JUST GOTTA BE CAREFUL
BECAUSE OF SUNSHINE.
UHM...
>> YEAH.
>> THEY'VE HAD MULTIPLE MEMBERS
IN THE PAST.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S A TRAINING.
>> THEY, THEY PUT YOU. THEY PUT
YOU AT DIFFERENT TABLES AND THEY
SEPARATE YOU BECAUSE OF
SUNSHINE.
>> OKAY.
>> BECAUSE I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
THEY WOULD BE...
I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST AN OVERALL
TRAINING, NOT A MEETING.
>> IT IS A TRAINING.
TRAINING AND A DAY LONG SESSION
THERE.
I THINK, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
CENTRAL FLORIDA CAMPUS.
WANT TO SAY IT WAS IN
THE ORLANDO AREA.
>> IT IS.
I THOUGHT, IT WAS JUST TAGGED
ON TO THIS MONTH'S, UHM...
BOARD MEETING AT
THE FLORIDA MALL.
>> NO.
MY UNDERSTANDING... I'LL HAVE TO
TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
>> I WILL TOO BUT IF ANYBODY'S
INTERESTED LET LET PETER KNOW.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU BET.
>> I AM GOING...
BUT UHM WOULD LOVE TO SEE
THE REST OF THEM GO.
ALL RIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE
ANY COMMENTS?
SEEING NONE, I AM LOOKING,
DID EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE
TO LOOK OVER THE AGENDA OR
THE MINUTES? [PAPER RUSTLING]
>> NO, ACTUALLY WE'RE ON AGENDA.
YEP.
>> MOVE APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL
THOSE IN FAVOR.
>> AYE.
>> ALL RIGHT, ANY OPPOSED?
AGENDA IS APPROVED, AND NOW
WE'RE DOING THE MINUTES
FOR OUR LAST MEETING ON
FEBRUARY 4TH.
ANYBODY HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK
THEM OVER?
>> WE APPROVE.
>> SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT, MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
CONSENT AGENDA.
ANYBODY HAD A CHANCE
TO LOOK THAT ONE OVER.
[PAGE FLIPS]
>> WE'VE APPROVED OF
THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> SECOND.
>> I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY 'AYE'.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
CONSENT AGENDA APPROVED.
ALRIGHT, NUMBER NINE.
ACTION ITEMS, LONG LIST.
TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE
PROGRAM, OUR TAP GRANT.
PETER?
>> YES. THANK YOU,
MADAM CHAIRMAN,
CHAIRWOMAN AND UHM,
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON.
WELL, THE TRANSPORTATION
ALTERNATIVES PROGRAM ALSO
KNOWN AS TAP
PROVIDES FUNDING FOR PROGRAMS
AND PROJECTS
DEFINED AS TRANSPORTATION
ALTERNATIVES,
INCLUDING ON AND OFF ROAD,
PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE
FACILITIES,
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
FOR IMPROVING NON-DRIVER ACCESS
TO PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION.
RECREATIONAL TRAIL PROGRAM
PROJECTS,
COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT,
ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION
ACTIVITIES,
AS WELL AS SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL
PROJECTS.
THE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR THE
2026 GRANT CYCLE
FOR THE SAFE ROUTES TO TPL
IS ESTIMATED TO BE
APPROXIMATELY $700,000
THAT WILL BE PROGRAMMED IN
FISCAL YEAR 29-30.
NOW, CANDIDATE TAP PROJECTS
ORIGINATE
FROM THE CURRENT TRANSITIONAL
ALTERNATIVES PRIORITY PROJECT
LIST AND AS PART OF THE TAP
GRANT CYCLE THE, UH,
TPO ADVISORY GROUP
REVIEWS THE GRANT
APPLICATIONS AND RECOMMENDED TO
THE BOARD THE ENDORSEMENT BEFORE
AND THEN THE BOARD APPROVES
OR PRIORITIZES THEM PRIOR TO
THEIR SUBMITTAL TO THE FLOOR
OF APARTMENT TRANSPORTATION.
A SINGLE TAP GRANT APPLICATION
WAS RECEIVED
FOR THE 2026 GRANT CYCLE, THAT
BEING AN APPLICATION
FROM ST. LUCIE COUNTY FOR
THE EASY STREET SIDEWALK PHASE
TWO PROJECT, WHICH IS THE SECOND
RANKED PROJECT IN THE
TRANSITIONAL ALTERNATIVES
PRIORITY PROJECT LIST.
THE PROJECT CONSISTS OF THE
CONSTRUCTION OF
A 6 FOOT WIDE CONCRETE PAVED
SIDEWALK FROM CANAL 22
TO SILVER OAK DRIVE AS DEPICTED
THERE IN RED ON THE SCREEN.
THE SIDEWALK WILL BE
APPROXIMATELY A HALF-MILE
IN LENGTH AND WILL CONNECT
TO THE SIDEWALK PROJECT TO BE
CONSTRUCTED FROM US HIGHWAY ONE
TO CANAL 22 DEPICTED IN-IN GREEN
ON THE SCREEN THAT WAS AWARDED
TAP GRANT FUNDING LAST YEAR.
THE PROJECT IS ESTIMATED TO COST
ABOUT $1.4 MILLION AND
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A
TOTAL OF $1.3 MILLION OF TAP
GRANT FUNDING.
NOW AT THEIR MEETINGS DURING
THE WEEKS OF MARCH 16TH
AND MARCH 23RD, THE TPO ADVISORY
COMMITTEES DID
RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL OF THE
EASY STREET SIDEWALK PHASE TWO
PROJECT FOR THE ALLOCATION OF
THE TAP GRANT FUNDING FOR
THE 2026 GRANT CYCLE.
SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE TPO ADVISORY COMMITTEES
AND THAT THE INCLUSION OF THE
PROJECT IN THE TRANSPORTATION
ALTERNATIVES PARTY PROJECT LIST,
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE EASY
STREET SIDEWALK PHASE TWO
PROJECT BE APPROVED FOR THE
ALLOCATION OF THE TAP GRANT
FUNDING FROM THE 2026
GRANT CYCLE.
>> OKAY.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND?
>> I DO. I'LL MAKE A MOTION
TO APPROVE.
>> SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
ALL RIGHT.
2026 TAP PRINTS APPROVED.
>> UHM, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN,
THERE IS ONE OTHER ITEM THOUGH
FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM
FOR THE BOARD'S APPROVAL,
AS I RECEIVED A LAST-MINUTE
REQUEST FROM THE FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION,
DISTRICT FOUR, FOR OTHER
SIDEWALK
PRODUCTS THAT WOULD BE READY
FOR CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL
YEARS 26-27 AND 27-28,
AS THEY MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL TAP
GRANT FUNDING
AVAILABLE IN THOSE FISCAL YEARS.
SO I CONSULTED WITH EACH OF THE
THREE LOCAL GOVERNMENT STAFFS
AND THEY PROVIDED THESE
CANDIDATES
ON THE SCREEN FOR THIS POTENTIAL
ADDITIONAL TAP GRANT FUNDING.
AND THEY CONSIST OF FROM
THE CITY OF
PORT ST. LUCIE, A SIDEWALK ON
IROLY AVENUE, FROM BAYSHORE
BOULEVARD TO ROSA BOULEVARD,
THEY'LL BE READY FOR
CONSTRUCTION
IN FISCAL YEAR 26-27 FROM THE
CITY OF FORT PIERCE SIDEWALKS
ON BOTH SIDES OF 17TH STREET
FROM GEORGE AVENUE TO DELAWARE
AVENUE THAT WOULD BE READY FOR
CONSTRUCTION 27-28 AND FROM
ST. LUCIE COUNTY THE SIDEWALK ON
JUANITA AVENUE FROM NORTH
53RD STREET TO NORTH 41ST STREET
THAT WILL BE READY FOR
CONSTRUCTION IN FISCAL YEAR
27-28.
IT'S REQUESTED THAT THE BOARD
APPROVE THESE PROJECTS
FOR SUBMITTAL TO FDOT
DISTRICT FOUR FOR
THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL TAP
GRANT FUNDING.
>> ANY, ANY DISCUSSION ON
THIS ITEM?
>> I LIKE THAT.
>> YEAH.
>> MOVE APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>> ALL THOSE, ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
>> IT'S APPROVED AS WELL.
>> IS THAT IT FOR TAP GRANTS,
PETER?
[COUGHING]
>> YES, WE'RE ALL TAPPED OUT.
[CHUCKLES]
[COUGHING]
>> ALRIGHT.
9B GLADES CUTOFF ROAD PROJECT
DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDY.
>> YES, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
THE REIMAGINE MOBILITY 2050 LONG
RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN
THAT WAS JUST ADOPTED
BY THE BOARD
IN FEBRUARY INCLUDES
THE WIDENING OF
GLADES CUT-OFF ROAD FROM RANGE
LINE ROAD TO SELVITZ ROAD.
A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT
ENVIRONMENT STUDY,
ALSO KNOWN AS A PD&E STUDY,
IS REQUIRED TO BE COMPLETED IN
ORDER FOR THE PROJECT
TO RECEIVE FEDERAL FUNDING AND
SERVES AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN
THE PLANNING AND DESIGN PHASES
AND GUIDES DECISION MAKING BY
EVALUATING THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS
OF THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.
NOW IN ORDER TO ADVANCE
THE GLADES CUTOFF PROJECT,
THE STATE AND CITY OF COUNTY
INITIATE THE PD&E STUDY STARTING
IN 2023.
SO HERE TO PRESENT AN UPDATE ON
THE STUDY THAT
INCLUDES YOUR PROJECT THAT
INCLUDES THE PROJECT
ALTERNATIVES
BEING CONSIDERED FOR YOUR
COMMENTS AND FOR YOUR
RECOMMENDATION
OF THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE FOR
DESIGN FROM KIMLEY HORNE,
THE COUNTY'S CONSULTANT FOR
THE PD&E STUDY, LISA STONE.
LISA.
>> THANK YOU, PETER.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> SO THE TRANSPORTATION
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IS SHOWN
ON THE SLIDE. I WANTED TO SHOW
YOU WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT
GLADES CUT-OFF ROAD.
WE ARE IN THE PD&E PHASE.
SO PRIOR TO THE PD&E PHASES,
A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL DO
A PLANNING PHASE,
WHICH IT'S KIND OF LIKE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON A SMALLER
SCALE.
BUT PD&ES INCLUDE ALTERNATIVES
DEVELOPMENT,
ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS,
ALSO PUBLIC AND AGENCY OUTREACH
SUCH AS WHAT WE'RE
HAVING TODAY,
UHM, ULTIMATELY LOOKING AT
A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
FOLLOWED THE OTHER PHASES
ARE SHOWN.
SO AFTER THE PD&E PHASE,
WE DO GO INTO A DESIGN PHASE,
RIGHT OF WAY IF NEEDED,
CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE.
THROUGH ALL OF THESE PHASES,
WE DO PUBLIC OUTREACH.
>> SO, AS PETER MENTIONED THIS
IS GLADES CUT-OFF ROAD
BEGINNING AT RANGELINE ROAD
ENDING AT SELVITZ ROAD IT GOES
THROUGH THE CITIES OF FORT
PIERCE AND PORT ST. LUCIE.
THE PROJECT LENGTH IS
APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES.
CURRENTLY IT'S A TWO-LANE
UNDIVIDED ROADWAY,
RURAL, MINOR, ARTERIAL, AND
THE POSTED SPEED CURRENTLY
RANGES FROM 30 TO 50 MILES
AN HOUR.
WITH EACH PD&E STUDY, WE
DETERMINE A PURPOSE AND NEED.
THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THIS
STUDY IS TO DEVELOP AND EVALUATE
ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL ADDRESS
THE OPERATIONAL AND SAFETY
DEFICIENCIES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
SO BY DOING THIS, WE'RE
GOING TO LOOK AT INCREASING
CAPACITY, ENHANCING MODAL
RELATIONS,
INTERRELATIONS, AS WELL AS
ACCOMMODATING FUTURE GROWTH
FORECASTING
OUT TO THE YEAR 2045.
WE HAVE DONE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
ON THIS PROJECT AND
ON THIS SLIDE I WANTED TO SHOW
YOU THE TRAFFIC LEVEL
OF SERVICE.
LEVEL OF SERVICE RANGES ANYWHERE
FROM A TO F. A BEING THE BEST,
SO WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN
A ROAD IT'S NICE AND OPEN.
YOU CAN GET, YOU KNOW, FROM HERE
TO THERE EASILY.
F BEING YOU ARE STUCK IN
TRAFFIC, YOU'RE NOT GOING
ANYWHERE.
SO, ANYTHING THAT I'M GOING TO
BE SHOWING YOU IN RED IS LEVEL F
AND THAT'S FAILING.
SO, CURRENTLY ON THE LEFT YOU
SEE EXISTING CONDITIONS
WITH THE VARIOUS INTERSECTIONS
ALONG GLADES CUTOFF ROAD FOR THE
PROJECT LINK.
YOU CAN SEE FOR THE MOST PART
TODAY IT IS GREEN.
GREEN IS GOOD ALTHOUGH THE
MIDWAY ROAD INTERSECTION
DOES FAIL AT LEVEL OF SERVICE F.
WHEN WE FORECAST OUT THE TRAFFIC
FOR 2045, THE NO BUILD
CONDITION WHICH MEANS WE ARE
DOING NOTHING.
WE DON'T WIDEN.
IT'S BASICALLY JUST MAINTAINING
THE ROAD.
YOU CAN SEE THE FAILURE
UP AND DOWN
THROUGH FOR THE SEGMENTS AS WELL
AS THE INTERSECTIONS.
FOR THE 2045 BUILD CONDITIONS,
WHICH I'LL GO INTO FURTHER
DETAIL IN A SECOND,
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT WIDENING
TO FOUR LANES DIVIDED AND
IMPROVING ALL OF THESE
INTERSECTIONS,
WHICH YOU CAN SEE ALL OF
THE GREEN WITH THAT.
>> YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ON
THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. [COUGH]
>> UHUH
>> THERE IS A SIGNAL
AT COMMERCE.
>> CORRECT. RIGHT.
>> I DIDN'T SEE IT ON
THE LEGEND.
>> SO, SO THE PTAR WHICH IS THE
PROJECT TRAFFIC ANALYSIS REPORT
THIS WAS APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR
AGO.
UHM, THIS WAS BEFORE THAT SIGNAL
WAS THERE.
BUT WE ARE INCLUDING THAT IN OUR
CONCEPT PLANS.
>> YEAH.
>> I WAS LIKE...
>> YEAH, SORRY,
THIS WAS APPROVED A LITTLE WHILE
AGO.
>> SO THIS IS OLD NEWS.
[CHUCKLES]
>> WELL, THE PTAR IS A LITTLE
OLD,
BUT WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU,
THE OTHER STUFF IS NEW.
WE DID JUST HOLD AN ALTERNATIVES
PUBLIC WORKSHOP,
AND THIS IS A PARED DOWN VERSION
OF THAT POWERPOINT.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
>> MHM.
ALSO AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC
ANALYSIS WE DID TRAFFIC COUNTS.
WE LOOKED AT, UH, LOOKING
AT THE COUNTS,
FORECASTING OUT TO THE YEAR
2045.
NOTE THAT ANY TIME YOU GO
ABOVE 20,000
YOU'VE GOT TO ADD A LANE.
SO AS WE CAN SEE HERE UP
AND DOWN THE CORRIDOR,
I KNOW IT MAY BE KIND OF HARD
TO READ THAT BUT
WE DO NEED TO WIDEN FOR THE
ENTIRE LENGTH.
ALSO, WE LOOKED AT A FIVE-YEAR
CRASH SAFETY ANALYSIS,
AND, UHM, THERE WAS ONE FATALITY
OUT THERE THAT FOR
THE PERIOD THAT WE LOOKED AT.
ALSO, IT'S MANY OFF-ROAD REAR
END SORT OF, UHM, CRASHES.
AND AGAIN, WITH IMPROVEMENTS
THAT WE ARE PROPOSING A LOT
OF THESE WILL BE ALLEVIATED.
SO, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU TWO
TYPICAL SECTIONS
FOR THE BUILD ANALYSIS.
THE FIRST ONE, IS ON-STREET
BIKE LANES.
SO, WE WOULD BE WIDENING GLADES
CUT-OFF TO FOUR LANES.
IT WOULD BE DIVIDED.
EACH, EACH LANE WOULD BE
12 FEET WIDE.
THE MEDIAN IS 22 FEET.
THE FEC RAILWAY IS ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THIS TYPICAL SECTION.
SO BASICALLY WE HOLD THAT RIGHT
OF WAY LINE AND BUILD WEST.
SO, RIGHT OF WAY IS NEEDED
IN ORDER FOR US
TO DO THIS FOR BOTH OF THE
ALTERNATIVES I'M SHOWING YOU.
NOTE THAT THE BIKE LANES ARE
BUFFERED BIKE LANES AT 7 FEET
EACH, AND THEN WE HAVE A 12-FOOT
SHARED USE PATH
THAT IS FOR MULTIMODAL USE.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS TYPICAL
SECTION,
WHICH IS THE NO BIKE LANES
ON THE ROAD ALTERNATIVE.
IT IS IDENTICAL TO THE ONE
I JUST SHOWED YOU,
OTHER THAN THERE'S NO BIKE LANES
ON THE ROAD.
KEEP IN MIND THESE ARE BOTH
DESIGNED FOR 45 MILES AN HOUR.
SO WE'VE GOT FOUR 12 FOOT LANES
TWO IN EACH DIRECTION,
22 FOOT MEDIAN,
AGAIN THE 12 FOOT SHARED
USE PATH IS THERE AS WELL AND WE
DO STILL NEED RIGHT-OF-WAY
IN AREAS.
THE PROPOSED TRAFFIC SIGNALS
THAT ARE SHOWN HERE AT
BURNSIDE DRIVE, RESERVE
BOULEVARD, COMMERCE CENTER
AND WILDER.
I KNOW IT'S BLINKING RIGHT NOW.
IT WILL BE FULL AND FULL USE
IN THE FUTURE.
LTC PARKWAY AND JENKINS ROAD.
SO THESE ARE ALL PROPOSED.
I DID WANT TO DRAW
YOUR ATTENTION TO
A COUPLE OF INTERSECTIONS.
THIS IS TAKEN FROM OUR CONCEPT
PLANS THAT WE SHOWED AT THAT
ALTERNATIVES PUBLIC WORKSHOP
I WAS JUST TELLING YOU ABOUT
UHM, YOU CAN GO ON THE WEBSITE
TO LOOK AT ANY OF THESE
IN FURTHER DETAIL.
[COUGHING]
BUT THE MIDWAY ROAD
INTERSECTION, NORTH IS KIND OF
TO THE RIGHT.
AND THEN,
AS YOU CAN SEE,
WITH EITHER THE BIKE LANES ON
THE ROAD OR
NO BIKE LANES,
WE DO STILL NEED TO TAKE
RIGHT-OF-AWAY FROM THAT
GAS STATION THAT'S THERE.
BUT NOTE THAT THERE'S ALSO
INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS
THAT IS, UHM, IMPROVING THIS
INTERSECTION QUITE A BIT.
ONE OF THE PINCH POINTS WE HAVE
IN THE PROJECT IS WHERE
FLORIDA'S TURNPIKE GOES OVER
GLADES CUTOFF ROAD.
THE TURNPIKE DID HAVE A PD&E
STUDY COMPLETED ABOUT
A YEAR AGO.
IT IS IN THE DESIGN PHASE
RIGHT NOW,
AND THE BRIDGE OVER GLADES
CUT-OFF WAS DETERMINED
TO BE REPLACED.
THE CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT RIGHT
NOW IS LOOKING OUT AT 2040.
HOWEVER, THAT CAN BE PULLED IN
DEPENDING ON FUNDING,
WHICH WE SEE THAT HAPPEN QUITE
A BIT.
SO AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW,
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO GLADES
CUT-OFF ROAD
CANNOT BE DONE UNTIL THAT BRIDGE
IS REPLACED.
IF YOU LOOK ON THE RIGHT, THIS
IS SORT OF A CRUDE RENDERING.
BUT IF WE WERE TO WIDEN TO
FOUR LANES AND EVEN JUST
HAVE THE MOST MINIMUM
MEDIAN THERE,
WE STILL DO NOT HAVE THE ROOM.
FOR ALL PD&ES, WE DO AN EFFECTS
EVALUATION.
THAT INVOLVES SOCIAL IMPACTS,
CULTURAL ENVIRONMENTS, LOOKING
AT HISTORICAL RESOURCES,
ARCHAEOLOGICAL,
AS WELL AS NATURAL IMPACTS AND
PHYSICAL WILL BE DOING
A NOISE STUDY.
AND THE RESULTS OF THAT WILL BE
SHOWN AT THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS AN EVALUATION MATRIX
THAT HELPS US DETERMINE WHICH IS
THE BEST ALTERNATIVE FOR
A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE.
[COUGHING]
NOTE THAT, AGAIN, I KNOW THIS IS
REALLY HARD TO SEE.
IT IS ON OUR WEBSITE IF YOU'D
LIKE TO LOOK INTO IT FURTHER.
BUT WE TAKE THE NO BUILD
ALTERNATIVE,
WHICH, AGAIN, IS THE DO NOTHING
ALTERNATIVE.
THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT
THE TWO-BUILD ALTERNATIVES
THAT I'M SHOWING YOU,
WHICH IS THE ONE WITH BIKE LANES
AND ONE WITHOUT.
WE LOOK AT WHICH ONE IS, UHM,
MEETING THE PURPOSE AND NEED.
ALSO, IF THERE'S ANY RIGHT OF
WAY IMPACTS
AND HOW MUCH THOSE ARE.
WE LOOK AT CONSTRUCTION COSTS,
RIGHT OF WAY COSTS, UHM,
AND ALSO ANY ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACTS AS WELL.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT?
OKAY.
FOR PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT,
WE DID HOLD A PUBLIC KICKOFF
MEETING BACK IN MAY OF 2024.
[SODA CAN TAB OPENING]
AS MENTIONED,
WE JUS THELD THE ALTERNATIVES
PUBLIC WORKSHOP IN FEBRUARY.
HAD A GREAT TURNOUT FOR ALL OF
OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WE HOLD THEM VIRTUALLY, ONLINE
OR PEOPLE CAN COME IN PERSON.
THE EXACT SAME INFORMATION IS
SHOWN AT BOTH OF THOSE.
OUR PUBLIC HEARING,
WE'RE LOOKING AT HOLDING,
THE MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR,
AND WE ALSO ARE AVAILABLE FOR
ANY STAKEHOLDER AND SMALL GROUP
MEETINGS.
[COUGHING]
EXCUSE ME.
THE PROJECT WEBSITE, IF YOU'D
LIKE TO GO ONLINE AND SEE
ALL OF THE INFORMATION, AS WELL
AS THE FULL PRESENTATION
THAT WE PRESENTED, IS ON
GLADESCUTOFFROAD.COM.
SO WHAT IS SOME OF THE FEEDBACK
THAT WE HEARD FROM THE WORKSHOP?
UHM,
A LOT OF PEOPLE SUPPORTED THE
WIDENING AND THE FUTURE SIGNAL
OR EXPEDITING THE SIGNAL
INSTALLATIONS.
ALSO REQUESTS FOR ANY INTERIM
IMPROVEMENTS. UHM,
ALSO THE COMMERCE PARKWAY RIGHT
THERE,
IT IS PENDING FEC COORDINATION,
UHM, BUT THEY WERE ALSO
CONCERNED WITH SPEEDERS,
WITH BIKE PED FACILITIES,
THEY WANTED TO KNOW MORE
ABOUT THAT.
A LITTLE BIT OF MIXED FEEDBACK
ON THE BIKE LANE.
SOME FOLKS WANTED IT,
SOME DID NOT.
THEY THOUGHT THE THE SPEED WAS
TOO HIGH TO HAVE BICYCLISTS ON
THE ROAD. UHM,
WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE PROJECT
SCHEDULE, ENVIRONMENTAL
CONSIDERATIONS, NOISE
CONSIDERATIONS, POND LOCATIONS,
THE HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC,
AND THE SCHOOL SAFETY.
SO, HERE IS OUR SCHEDULE. UH,
RIGHT NOW, DESIGN, RIGHT-OF-WAY
AND CONSTRUCTION
IS NOT FUNDED.
UHM, WE WILL BE CONTINUING OUR
DOCUMENTATION OF
THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVES SOON
ONCE WE NARROW THAT DOWN
WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING BEING
HELD PROBABLY MID YEAR AND
WRAPPING IT UP AT THE END
OF THE YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, THIS IS SUBJECT
TO CHANGE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS
OR COMMENTS BEFORE I ASK FOR
ANY OPINIONS
ON THE PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE
>> THANK YOU, MS. DUNN.
[COUGHING]
AND BOARD,
QUESTIONS?
>> COMMISSIONER,
COMMISSIONER FOWLER?
QUICK QUESTION ON THE [CLEARS
THROAT] TYPICAL SECTION
THAT SHOWS
UHH THE BIKE LANES INCLUDED.
IT'S GOT THE 7 FOOT BIKE LANES
AND YOU SAID THEY'RE BUFFERED.
HOW ARE THEY BUFFERED?
I JUST CAN'T TELL BY
THE PICTURE.
>> I KNOW. I'M SORRY.
>> IT'S OKAY.
>> SO, THERE'S DOUBLE LINES.
SO, BACK IN THE DAY, YOU KNOW,
WE USED TO JUST
DO 5 FOOT BIKE LANES.
NOW THEY HAVE IT WITH A 22 INCH
DOUBLE SOLID LINE.
>> OKAY SO JUST PAINT ON THE...
>> CORRECT.
NO PHYSICAL BOUNDARY.
>> OKAY.
NOW, DO WE...
IS THERE A REASON FOR THE MEDIAN
NEEDING TO BE 22 FEET?
IS THERE ANY LEEWAY TO
MAYBE REDUCE
THAT TO BE ABLE TO ADD SOME SORT
OF, MORE SUBSTANTIAL SEPARATION
FROM THE MOTORISTS
AND THE BICYCLISTS?
>> SO...
>> LIKE MAYBE A RACE CURB OR
JUST SOME SORT OF BETTER
SEPARATION.
>> SO HONESTLY,
WHEN WE STARTED THIS STUDY,
THIS TYPICAL SECTION WAS THE
STANDARD.
NOW THEY, ASK...
THEIR STANDARDS SAY IT IS
REALLY...
ONLY DO IT IF YOU HAVE TO IF YOU
REALLY WANT BIKE LANES
ON THE FACILITY THEY REALLY ONLY
WANT YOU LOOKING AT 35
MILES AN HOUR AND UNDER TO HAVE
BIKE LANES. UHM, THEY HADN'T IN
THE PAST AND AGAIN WE'RE USING
DOT STANDARDS, ANY SEPARATIONS
THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, NEED TO BE
LOOKED AT BUT THAT WAS NOT
INCLUDED AS PART OF THAT.
UHM, IT INCREASED COSTS.
I KNOW IT DOES ATTRIBUTE
TO SAFETY,
BUT UHM, YOU HAVE TO THINK
ABOUT WHERE
YOU'RE GOING TO OPEN AND CLOSE
THESE BOUNDARIES AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER FACTOR.
>> OKAY.
>> [INAUDIBLE] BUT CAN
THE MEDIAN BE NARROWED?
>> AND AS FAR AS THE MEDIAN
BEING NARROWED...
SO,
FOR PD&ES,
WE ALWAYS DESIGNED A STANDARD.
WE TRY NOT TO TAKE OUT
A VARIATION OR AN EXCEPTION.
DURING THE DESIGN PHASE, WE CAN
LOOK AT NARROWING THAT DOWN.
>> OKAY.
>> BUT FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE,
HOW MUCH OF IT CAN BE NARROWED
TO WHAT CAN BE DOWN TO?
>> IS IT 15?
>> I MEAN WE COULD GO DOWN TO
A BARRIER WALL IF WE HAD TO
BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT
IT'S HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC
OUT THERE YOU'VE GOT TO OPEN IT
FOR FOLKS TO GET IN AND
OUT OF VARIOUS, UHM, PROPERTIES.
>> SO, THERE IS FLEXIBILITY
THERE,
ESPECIALLY BEING A LOCAL
PROPERTY.
>> THERE IS FLEXIBILITY.
>> WOW.
>> CORRECT. [COUGH]
>> IF YOU CAN GO FROM 22 FEET TO
A WALL, THERE'S FLEXIBILITY.
>> GOT IT? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
GOOD. THANK YOU, PETER.
THANK YOU.
>> COMMISSIONER?
>> YEAH. COMMISSIONER CLASBY?
>> UHM, THE MEDIAN, ARE THERE
A RAISED, UH...
IS IT A RAISED, UH, CURVE?
>> YEAH, TYPE F CURVE.
>> I MEAN, I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS
NO BIKE LANE BECAUSE WHERE
IS THE FUNDING COMING FROM
THIS AGAIN?
>> SO, RIGHT NOW THERE IS
NO FUNDING.
THE PD&E IS FUNDED BY
THE COUNTY.
>> RIGHT.
OKAY, EXACTLY.
>> BUT WE ARE LOOKING IN ORDER
TO DO A PD&E
THAT WOULD SET US UP FOR
POTENTIALLY FEDERAL FUNDING SO
WE ARE LOOKING AT IN THE FUTURE
FUNDING VARIOUS SEGMENTS
WITH THE TPO.
>> THE LONG-RANGE PLAN FUNDS
[COUGHING]
IT FOR FEDERAL FUNDING
IN THE FISCAL YEARS, 31 TO 35
TIME BOUND.
>> AND IT'S DONE, CORRECTLY
IF I'M WRONG,
BUT FDOT WOULD NOT RECOMMEND
BIKE LANES BECAUSE
OF THE SPEED LIMIT IN THIS AREA?
>> YEAH.
>> CORRECT.
>> AND BIKES WOULD NOT BE
PROHIBITED
ON THE MULTI-USE PATH, CORRECT?
>> CORRECT.
>> YEAH,
I MEAN I IN THE SENSE OF FDOTS
REGULATIONS AND, YOU KNOW,
AFFORDABILITY I THINK THAT WE
OUGHT TO GO FOR THE OPTION
WITHOUT BIKE LANES.
[COUGHING]
IF THERE'S AN ISSUE WITH,
CARS BREAKING DOWN
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
THERE'S TWO LANES ON
EITHER SIDE,
HAZARDS AND CARS, HOPEFULLY
QUICKLY REMOVED.
UHM, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH
A NO-BIKE LANE OPTION.
>> MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, IF I MAY
ALSO NOTE THAT
THE ADVISORY CITIZENS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND THE
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ALSO RECOMMENDED THE NO-BIKE
LANES ALTERNATIVE BUT THE
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY
COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THE BIKE LANES
ALTERNATIVE WITH THE CONDITION
THAT THEY ARE PROTECTED.
THE TYPE OF BARRIER THAT
WE DISCUSSED BE PROVIDED FOR
BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPEEDS
HERE ON THE ON
THE PROPOSED ROADWAY.
>> VERY GOOD.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS,
COUNCILMAN PICKETT?
>> WE RECEIVED QUITE A BIT OF
PUSHBACK
FROM FEC, PUT IN THE LIGHT
AT COMMERCE.
IS THERE GOING TO BE
ANY PUSHBACK
FROM FEC, ON THE NORTH SIDE
OF GLADES CUT-OFF?
BECAUSE THERE'S TWO SETS OF
RAILROAD TRACKS THAT COME ACROSS
THAT ROAD.
>> CORRECT. UHM,
WE'LL HAVE TO CROSS THAT
RAILROAD TRACK,
I GUESS, WHEN WE GET IT.
[CHUCKLES]
BUT I KNOW IT'S BEEN
A CHALLENGE.
>> HISTORICALLY, YES.
>> OKAY, SO WHAT AS FAR
AS PROPERTY, UHM, ACQUISITION
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IT
RIGHT AWAY, WHAT, WHAT'S THE
AMOUNT OF DISTANCE THAT
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO?
>> SO, IT'S...
IT'S IN THE MATRIX AND AGAIN
THIS IS LOOKING AT IF WE WERE
TO THE CADILLAC, YOU KNOW,
STANDARDS, OR 100%.
UHM, DURING THE DESIGN PHASE,
WE WOULD NEED TO LOOK MORE
AT THE DRAINAGE,
EVEN THOUGH WE DO DO
A POND SITING REPORT.
SO, I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN READ
THIS, I WANT TO SAY...
>> I HAD IT TO YOU. [INAUDIBLE]
>> OH, A MATRIX.
SO, UHM, PROBABLY THE LARGER
PROPERTIES ARE TOWARDS
THE NORTH,
LIKE NEAR SOUTHERN EAGLE,
THAT AREA.
UHM, BUT THE GENTLEMAN
THAT DID REPRESENT THEM
CAME OUT AND WE TALKED TO THEM.
BUT DURING THE DESIGN PHASE,
YOU KNOW, WE CAN LOOK FOR WAYS
TO DECREASE THE IMPACTS.
>> MY FINAL, MY FINAL QUESTION.
[PAPER FLIPS]
WE HAVE A DEVELOPER
THAT SUPPOSEDLY,
IS SUPPOSED TO DEVELOP A PORTION
OF THAT ROAD.
COLE, IS THAT CORRECT?
HAVE THEY BEEN IN CONTACT
WITH YOU HAVE
THEY SPOKEN ABOUT IT AT ALL
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY'RE
ON THE HOOK FROM MIDWAY ROAD TO
THE BRIDGE AT THE TURNPIKE,
AND YOU WERE JUST SAYING THE
TURNPIKE BRIDGE IS GOING TO
BE REPLACED SO THAT KIND OF PUTS
THAT IN A VERY VICARIOUS
SITUATION, IF THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE WIDENING THAT.
>> I'M NOT AWARE OF THE SCOPE
OF THAT.
>> MADAM,
MS. STONE, IF WE COULD
ASK COLE FROM THE CITY OF PORT
ST. LUCIE TO COME TO THE PODIUM.
[COUGHING]
>> YEAH, AND MY COUNTER PARTNER,
PATRICK,
WITH ST. LUCIE COUNTY, HE CAN
HELP ANSWER THIS AS WELL, TOO.
BUT THE LTC RANCH DEVELOPER
GREENPOINT,
THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR
ESSENTIALLY WILDER TO
THE 95 BRIDGE.
SO THERE'S MISSING PIECE AT
NORTH 95 BRIDGE. [CROSSTALK]
>> OKAY.
>> THANK YOU FOR
THE CLARIFICATION, COLE.
>> THANK YOU.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
THE BOARD?
>> MS. STONE, I HAD A COUPLE
QUESTIONS.
ONE, IS IF WE, SO IS THIS THE
SAME MEDIAN SIZE ON THE
NORTH SIDE OF MIDWAY?
BECAUSE I SAW THAT YOU WERE
TAKING QUITE
A BIT OF THE GAS STATION. UHM.
QUITE A BIT OF THE GAS STATION,
WHICH OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT
LOOKED LIKE YOU'RE GOING OVER
TANKS THERE.
IS THERE ANY ROOM TO DECREASE
THE MEDIAN ON
THAT SIDE TO ALLEVIATE THE NEED
FROM THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY?
>> FOR THE GAS STATION, I DON'T
BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK
AT THAT, THERE'S THAT ONE AREA
YOU PULL UP, IT'S RIGHT NEXT
TO THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
>> IT REALLY IS.
>> I MEAN, THAT,
THAT LOOKS EXPENSIVE.
ALL RIGHT.
MY OTHER QUESTION WAS, UHM, THE
RANGE LINE AND GLADES CUTOFF,
IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THERE HAS
BEEN A REDESIGN OF
THE ROAD THERE, A DIRECTIONAL
REDESIGN, IS THAT INCLUDED
IN YOUR PLAN?
>> SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR CONCEPT
PLANS NOW OUR PROJECT
IT INCORPORATES THAT DESIGN AND
IT SHOWED AS DASHED.
>> OKAY.
>> AND THEN WE ACTUALLY JOIN
THAT JUST A LITTLE EAST OR
NORTH,
SORRY, JUST A LITTLE NORTH.
>> OKAY. SO THAT'S SOUTH OF
WHERE YOU, THIS PLAN.
>> CORRECT.
>> VERY GOOD. IS THAT DEVELOPER
FUNDED, PETER,
THE S DOWN THERE AT RANGE LINE?
>> FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
>> VERY GOOD.
YES. OKAY.
VERY GOOD.
>> THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS.
>> COUNCILWOMAN MORGAN?
>> I JUST THOUGHT OF SOMETHING.
IN HEARING YOU, IN HEARING YOU,
PETER, WITH THE ADVISORY
COMMITTEES THAT HAVE RECOMMENDED
THE NO-BIKE LANES, OF COURSE
THE BICYCLE, ONCE THE
BIKE LANES, IS THERE,
IF THEY GO WITH NO-BIKE LANES,
IS THERE
A POSSIBILITY THAT THE SHARED
USE PATH COULD BE INCREASED
BY A COUPLE OF FEET?
>> SO, RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE
THE MAXIMUM SIZE IS 12, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THERE MAY BE LEEWAY
FOR US. [LAUGHING]
>> GOOD ANSWER.
>> I'M USED TO SEEING
THE STANDARDS EIGHT TO 12 FEET,
DEPENDING ON TRAFFIC.
>> WELL, STANDARD.
>> IF IT'S A COUNTY ROAD,
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT,
>> YEAH.
>> IF WE GET FEDERAL FUNDING
AND THEY'RE REVIEWING
OUR STANDARDS
>> THAT CAN BE ASCERTAINED,
LATER ON DOWN THE ROAD
THAT MAYBE THAT COULD BE
WIDENED A LITTLE BIT TOO.
I HAVE SEEN, UHM, SHARED PATHS
STRIPED LIKE FOR BIKES
>> YEAH.
>> AND THEN FOR,
PEDESTRIANS SO THAT IT WAS
LIKE A SAFETY THING FOR THAT
SO I'M JUST WONDERING IF
THAT MAY BE A POSSIBILITY.
>> I MEAN IT'S 12 FEET WIDE
WHICH IS A TRAVEL LANE.
>> YEAH.
>> IT'S PRETTY WIDE.
>> YEAH, BUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT
WITH ALL THESE ELECTRIC THINGS
THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT I CAN'T
STAND AND I'VE MADE THAT CLEAR.
UHM, AND THEN YOU HAVE THESE
WONDERFUL LITTLE CARTS THAT
PEOPLE GET ON AND GET
ON THE SIDEWALKS,
WHICH AREN'T SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE.
IT'S BETTER TO GO A LITTLE BIT
BIGGER THAN SMALLER,
BUT JUST A THOUGHT.
I'LL SHUT UP NOW.
>> MADAM CHAIRWOMAN, BECAUSE
IT IS AN OFF-SYSTEM ROAD,
WE'RE NOT BEHOLDEN TO ALL
THE STANDARDS,
THE FDOT STANDARDS,
AND SO IT WOULD BE
A LOCAL DECISION ON PART OF THE
COUNTY AND THE TPO TO ENHANCE
THAT MULTI-USE PATH TO INCLUDE
SOME TYPE OF CREATIVE WAY
WHERE IT INCLUDES BOTH BICYCLES
SEPARATED FROM THE PEDESTRIAN
AS WELL, AND THERE MAY BE
MOTORIZED BICYCLES SEPARATED
FROM THE STANDARD TYPE
OF BICYCLE.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE
EXPLORED IN THE FUTURE
AND ULTIMATELY COME BEFORE
THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
AND THE TPO FOR APPROVAL.
>> WE MAY HAVE TO DO A FIELD
TRIP TO SPAIN,
BECAUSE THEY HAVE IT OVER THERE.
[LAUGHING]
>> YOU KNOW, WHAT, THEY CAN SEND
ME A PICTURE.
[CHUCKLES]
>> TARRAGONA,
VALENCIA, BARCELONA.
>> I KNOW A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES
TO DO THAT BUT
I JUST SEND A PICTURE.
SEND ONE PERSON TO TAKE A BUNCH
OF PICTURES.
>> OH, I HAVE THE VIDEO.
[CHUCKLES]
>> OKAY.
SO MR. STONE IF I'M ASKING
THIS CORRECTLY
YOU WOULD LIKE US TO VOTE ON
EITHER THE BIKE PATH VERSION
OR THE NO-BIKE PATH VERSION.
>> YES.
>> WELL YOU CAN ADD CONDITIONS
TO IT TOO.
SO IT'S YOURS.
>> YEAH.
>> I MEAN THE CONDITIONS
ARE GONNA TO BE ADDRESSED
IN THE PLANNING PHASE,
LET'S BE HONEST.
SO I'M OKAY WITH NOT,
BUT DEFINITELY MAKING
A DECISION HERE
ON BIKE PATH OR NO BACK PATH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A MOTION?
>> MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT
A BIKE PATH.
>> OKAY. I GOT TWO MOTIONS.
>> OKAY.
>> ONE OF YOU SECOND.
>> I'LL SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE
THE VERSION WITH NO-BIKE PASS
ANY FURTHER DISC...
ANY OTHER MOTIONS
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION
ON THIS MOTION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY, "AYE".
>> AYE.
ANY OPPOSED?
>> OKAY.
NO BIKE PASS.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIT ABOUT
THREE GOLF CARTS ON THAT BIKE.
>> OH, STOP!
[CHUCKLES]
>> IT DID LOOK VERY...
>> [INAUDIBLE] THIS AT YOU.
[LAUGHING]
>> STEPHANIE, YOU WERE READING
MY MIND BECAUSE
THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY
SUGGESTION.
>> I THINK THERE'S SOME MEAT
ON IT. [CROSSTALK]
>> A MOM AND A DAD, A STROLLER,
I MEAN THAT'S 4 FEET AND NOW
YOU GET AN E-BIKE
GOING 35 MILES AN HOUR.
I MEAN THAT'S JUST DISASTER.
>> OKAY, UHM...
>> I AGREE.
>> I DO TOO.
>> MOVING ON, 9C, ST. LUCIE
COUNTY 20,000, 2026 ANNUAL
TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
>> HERE'S THE TPS TRANSIT
PROGRAM MANAGER,
MARCIA LALLER
TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.
>> THANK YOU.
PETER, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD.
THE TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS
A STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE SYSTEM IS AREA REGIONAL
TRANSIT OR ART.
ST. LUCIE COUNTY TRANSIT
OVERSEAS ART,
AND THERE IS A CONTRACTOR IN
THE TRANSPORTATION,
THAT PROVIDES THESE SERVICES.
THE TDP PROCESS YOU HAVE MAJOR
UPDATES AND YOU HAVE
ANNUAL UPDATES.
AND AS YOU RECALL, BACK IN 2024,
THE TPO ENDORSED,
THE REIMAGINE TRANSIT PLAN,
WHICH WAS THE BRAND
FOR THE MAJOR UPDATE.
AND SO TODAY, WE'RE HAVING
AN ANNUAL UPDATE.
>> THE REASON THE ANNUAL UPDATE
IS BEING PRESENT IS BECAUSE,
OF THE NEW TDP RULE THAT
REQUIRES, ENHANCE PRESENTATIONS,
AND COORDINATION BETWEEN TRANSIT
AGENCIES AND MPOS,
AND REQUIRES THE TDP
PRESENTATIONS TO MPOS,
AND HERE IS ADOLFO CAVELLI FROM
THE TRANSIT AGENCY TO MAKE THE
PRESENTATION.
>> THANK YOU.
WELCOME.
>> THANK YOU, MARCIA.
>> WELCOME, ADOLFO.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR,
VICE CHAIR, MEMBERS OF
THE TPO BOARD.
ADOLFO CAVELLI, ST. LUCIE COUNTY
TRANSIT DIRECTOR.
I'M HERE TO GIVE A BRIEF
PRESENTATION, AS MARCIA SAID,
ON OUR [COUGHING] ANNUAL UPDATE
TO OUR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
A TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS
A PLAN THAT'S REQUIRED
BY THE STATE,
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION.
IT'S IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE
GRANT DOLLARS.
IT'S BASED ON A TEN-YEAR
PLANNING HORIZON WITH A
MAJOR UPDATE,
EVERY FIVE YEARS AND ANNUAL
UPDATES IN THE YEARS IN BETWEEN.
OUR CONTRACTOR THAT PROVIDES THE
SERVICES FOR ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
IS MV TRANSPORTATION.
THEY STARTED WITH US ON JULY 1ST
OF 2020.
THEY WERE HERE WITH US FOR
THREE YEARS WITH TWO ONE-YEAR
RENEWALS,
AND THEN LAST YEAR, WE PUT
IT BACK OUT FOR BID.
WE HAD SEVEN QUALIFIED PROPOSALS
FROM SEVEN NATIONAL...
SIX NATIONAL COMPANIES
AND A LOCAL COMPANY,
AND MV TRANSPORTATION
WON THE BID,
AND THEY WERE HERE WITH US FOR
THREE MORE YEARS WITH
AN OPPORTUNITY
FOR TWO ONE-YEAR RENEWALS
FOLLOWING THAT.
GIVE YOU A LITTLE UPDATE.
TRANSIT OPERATIONS
AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY.
SO WE HAVE A PARCEL ON
SELVITZ ROAD THAT WE'VE HAD
FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP TO BUILD
AN OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
FACILITY.
OUR CONTRACTOR,
MV TRANSPORTATION,
CURRENTLY SITS AT,
LTC PARKWAY OFF OF MIDWAY ROAD.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, THEY HAVE
175 EMPLOYEES,
AND THEY HAVE TWO BATHROOM
STALLS FOR MEN AND WOMEN'S
BATHROOMS,
AND THAT'S IT.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO GET THEM
A HOME.
WE'VE OUTGROWN THAT LOCATION.
AND THEN THE COUNTY STAFF, WHICH
IS MYSELF AND FIVE EMPLOYEES,
WE'RE AT THE ADMINISTRATION
BUILDING ON VIRGINIA AVENUE.
WE TRY TO BRING IT ALL IN-HOUSE
TO ONE LOCATION,
WHICH WILL HELP US BETTER
PROVIDE OVERSIGHT AND ALSO HAVE
A PLACE TO GROW.
WE'LL ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW,
FUEL ISLANDS THERE,
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GET RETAIL
FUEL, CUT BACK ON THE OVERTIME,
WITH THE DRIVERS GOING TO THE
GAS STATION AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.
FORTUNATELY, WE DO HAVE
LOCAL FUNDS.
THANKS TO OUR BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
WE HAVE ABOUT $6 MILLION
IN LOCAL FUNDS.
WE ALSO HAVE THE VALUE OF
THE PROPERTY.
WE HAD NOT APPLIED FOR A GRANT
FOR THIS FOR A FEW YEARS,
KNOWING THAT WE WEREN'T
SHOVEL READY.
SO LAST YEAR, WE APPLIED FOR
A GRANT FOR THIS LOCATION,
THROUGH A BUS AND BUS FACILITIES
GRANT.
WE FORTUNATELY,
WE RECEIVED THREE.
IT WAS BASED ON SIX SCORING
CRITERIA FOR THE GRANT
APPLICATION.
NOT RECOMMENDED, RECOMMENDED,
AND HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
SO WE RECEIVED THREE HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED AND THREE
RECOMMENDED VOTES.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS IS WE
DIDN'T GET THE GRANT.
GOOD NEWS IS WE WERE ONE HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED VOTE,
AWAY FROM GETTING THE GRANT.
SO WE ARE LOOKING, WE'RE
ALIGNING VERY WELL,
TO APPLY FOR IT THIS YEAR IN
2026 WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE,
WITH THE HOPES OF GETTING
THE GRANT.
WE DID DO A DEBRIEFING WITH THE
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION,
AND THEY GAVE US SOME FEEDBACK
ON WHERE WE COULD DO BETTER.
SO WE'RE LOOKING EXTREMELY
FORWARD TO APPLYING FOR THIS
GRANT AGAIN.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR
LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION,
AND SUPPORT FOR THIS FACILITY.
>> PORT ST. LUCIE INTERMODAL
FACILITY,
SIMILAR TO OUR FORT PIERCE.
IN FORT PIERCE, WE HAVE
AN INTERMODAL FACILITY,
THAT'S BEEN CONSTRUCTED
SINCE 2012.
IT'S GOT A DRIVER'S BREAK ROOM.
IT'S GOT RESTROOMS FOR
OUR RIDERS.
OUR PORT ST. LUCIE INTERMODAL
FACILITY IS NOT LIKE THE ONE
IN FORT PIERCE.
IT'S A PARKING LOT WITH
A SIDEWALK.
UHM... GEEZ, A PICNIC TABLE.
[AWKWARD LAUGH]
IT'S A PARKING LOT WITH
A PICNIC TABLE.
SO WE BUILT THAT IN 2011.
WE ARE TRYING HARD TO BRING
THIS ONE TO FRUITION.
WHERE ARE WE AT?
SO WE HAVE $3 MILLION
IN FUNDING, GRANT FUNDING,
WITH NO LOCAL MATCH SO FAR,
SO THAT'S BEEN AMAZING.
WE HAVE $1.5 MILLION FROM THE
STATE, $1.5 MILLION
FROM THE FEDS.
WE NEED $5.4 MILLION
TO CONSTRUCT THE FACILITY,
SO WE'RE CURRENTLY SHORT
$2.4 MILLION.
WE RECENTLY JUST APPLIED
FOR A GRANT, A BUILD GRANT,
BETTER UTILIZING INFRASTRUCTURE
GRANT,
THAT WE WILL FIND OUT IF WE GET
THE GRANT IN JUNE.
HOPEFULLY WE DO.
IF WE DO, WE CAN BRING THIS TO A
FACILITY JUST LIKE FORT PIERCE,
RESTROOMS FOR THE RIDERS,
BREAK ROOM FOR THE DRIVERS.
THERE'LL BE SOME OTHER THINGS.
AND ON THE NORTH END
OF THE PROPERTY,
I THINK CITY OF PORT ST. LUCIE
TALKED ABOUT,
THEY HAVE THOSE GYMS THEY HAVE
ON CROSSTOWN PARKWAY.
WE'LL HAVE A GYM ON THE
NORTH END.
POSSIBLE FOOD TRUCKS
JUST SOUTH OF THAT.
THEN ON THE WEST SIDE OF
THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE THE...
YES, WE HAVE THE CLICKER OR THE,
WHERE WE HAVE THE MOUSE,
WE HAVE THE MOUSE, SORRY.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YES, SIR.
>> SO RIGHT OVER HERE, WE HAVE,
THANKS TO THE TPO,
WE HAVE A COVERED BIKE RACK THAT
WE HAVE IN STORAGE THAT'LL FIT
25 BICYCLES.
WE'LL HAVE SWINGS HERE WHILE
THE RIDERS ARE WAITING,
AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT
A PARK-LIKE FEATURE,
THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CITY
OF PORT ST. LUCIE'S PARKS THEME.
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, SO
AND AGAIN, AS MARCIA SAID,
IN 2024 WE HAD OUR MAJOR UPDATE.
WE WENT OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS
COUNCIL MEMBERS,
EDC SCHOOL BOARD, VETERANS
COMMUNITY AND ASKED, YOU KNOW,
AS I ALWAYS SAY WE'RE THE
GATEKEEPERS OF DOLLARS,
BUT WHAT DO YOU GUYS WANT US
TO DO WITH THOSE DOLLARS.
SO WE HAD AN IMPLEMENTATION
PLAN,
WHICH I'LL SPEAK ABOUT
THE SUCCESSES ON THE NEXT
FEW SLIDES.
ONE THING TO NOTE, THE 30 MINUTE
FREQUENCY ON US ONE.
SO OUR FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM THAT
OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY,
FROM 6 A.M. TO 8 P.M. AND
SATURDAY FROM EIGHT TO FOUR.
THE BUSES COME EVERY HOUR
TO THE BUS,
TO THE 232 BUS STOPS THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTY.
WE WERE GOING TO ADD
A 30 MINUTE HEADWAY,
WHERE THEY COME EVERY 30 MINUTES
ON US ONE.
OUR RIDERSHIP ON US ONE, ALL OF
OUR RIDERSHIP'S INCREASING,
BUT WE HAD A SLIGHT DECREASE
IN SERVICE ON US ONE,
BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE
USING OUR MICRO TRANSIT SERVICE,
IN THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE COUNTY,
SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO TO US
ONE TO TRAVERSE NORTH AND SOUTH.
AND TO BE QUITE HONEST WITH YOU
A FIXED ROUTE BUS TODAY,
COST $700,000 AND THEN $500,000
A YEAR TO RUN.
SO THAT WOULD BE A $2.4 MILLION
INVESTMENT YEAR ONE,
AND THEN $1,000,000 THEREAFTER
TO PUT TWO BUSES ON THE ROAD,
THAT ARE NOT NECESSARY.
SO WE DID NOT, WE PUSHED THAT
BACK ANOTHER YEAR,
AND WE'RE GONNA DO A RIDER STUDY
HERE IN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO.
HERE'S AN OVERALL MAP
OF OUR SYSTEM.
WE HAVE OUR MICRO TRANSIT ZONES.
ZONE ONE STARTED IN 2019 IN PORT
ST. LUCIE, DECEMBER OF 2019.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, WE DID 63
TRIPS DECEMBER 2019.
TODAY THIS ZONE DOES OVER 4,000
TRIPS A MONTH.
WE HAVE THREE MICRO TRANSIT
ZONES.
THEY STRATEGICALLY CONNECT
TO ONE ANOTHER SO YOU
COULD TRAVERSE,
FROM THE NORTH END OF THE COUNTY
TO THE SOUTH END OF THE COUNTY.
ZONE TWO LAUNCHED IN 2023.
ZONE FOUR...ZONE THREE LAUNCHED
IN 2024.
THESE THREE ZONES, TODAY, DO A
LITTLE OVER 9,000 TRIPS A MONTH,
AND THEY ARE DOOR TO DOOR TRIPS,
AND IF YOU WANT TO GET FROM ONE
ZONE TO THE NEXT,
WE HAVE CONVENIENT CONNECTION
POINTS IN BETWEEN THE ZONES.
SO A RIDER THAT WOULD LIKE
THAT LIVES ON BECKER ROAD,
PER SE NEEDED TO GET TO NEW
HORIZONS, THEY CAN TAKE A RIDE,
A DOOR-TO-DOOR RIDE,
TO THE CONNECTION POINT AT THE,
JOBS EXPRESS TERMINAL ON GATLIN
BOULEVARD,
THE WINN-DIXIE PARK AND RIDE OFF
OF BAY, THE PARK AND RIDE BY,
WINN-DIXIE OFF OF BAYSHORE
OR THE PORT ST. LUCIE
INTERMODAL FACILITY
ON OROZO, ON OROZO ACROSS
FROM CITY HALL.
AND THEN ANOTHER VAN WOULD
PICK THEM UP,
AND BRING THEM DIRECTLY
TO NEW HORIZONS.
ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR?
I KNOW I'M PROBABLY TALKING
A LITTLE FAST.
WE'RE GOOD?
EVERYBODY AWAKE?
>> WE'RE AWAKE.
[CROSSTALK]
[SOFT LAUGHTER]
>> ALRIGHT COOL.
JUST MAKING SURE.
MICROTRANSIT ZONE THREE, I KNOW
I TOUCHED ON IT A LITTLE BIT.
THAT'S OUR MOST RECENT
LAUNCH JULY 15, 2024.
STARTS AT MIDWAY ROAD, GOES JUST
TO NORTH OF OUR AIRPORT,
FROM KINGS HIGHWAY,
EAST TO 25TH STREET.
WE DID BACK OUT AND BUMP OUT
A LITTLE BIT BY THE JAIL,
YOU KNOW,
GETTING RELEASED INMATES,
NOT WALKING DOWN MAIN ROADS,
WHEN THEY GET OUT OF JAIL.
NOW THEY COULD TAKE A MICRO
TRANSIT TRIP OUT OF THE JAIL,
WHEN THEY ARE RELEASED.
A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT MICRO
TRANSIT THREE, OUT OF
THOSE 9,000 TRIPS,
ZONE THREE IS CURRENTLY DOING
1,900 OF THOSE 9,000 TRIPS
A MONTH.
THIS SERVICE ACTUALLY IS
A LITTLE BIT MORE EXTENDED,
THAN OUR FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.
SO THIS SERVICE STARTS AT 5
A.M. AND ENDS AT 9 P.M.,
RATHER THAN SIX TO EIGHT.
WE DID AN HOUR ON EACH END.
IT'S TO HELP WITH
THE PORT ST. LUCIE EXPRESS,
WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT IN
A LITTLE BIT.
SO IF YOU ARE GETTING ON
THE PORT ST. LUCIE EXPRESS,
TO GO TO PALM BEACH, WHICH I'LL
TALK ABOUT IN A FEW SLIDES,
YOU NOW CAN TAKE A MICRO TRANSIT
VAN THERE,
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO PARK YOUR
CAR THERE OR GET A RIDE.
[CLEARING THROAT]
FORT PIERCE IS FREEBIE, LIKE
TO THROW THAT IN THERE.
A FEW YEARS BACK, MR...
PREVIOUS CITY MANAGER CAME TO
THIS COUNTY.
ACTUALLY, I GOT TO TELL
YOU THIS.
[SOFT LAUGH]
WE SAW A PRESS RELEASE THAT
FORT PIERCE STARTED A FREEBIE
PROGRAM.
SO I CALLED MR. MIMS UP
AND SAID,
HEY, WE'VE GOT A TRANSIT SYSTEM
IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY HERE,
YOU SHOULD CALL US SO WE HAVE
THE SAME TYPE OF SERVICES GOING.
SO WE GOT TO TALK.
IT WAS GREAT.
WE HAD A GREAT CONVERSATION.
HE'S LIKE, HEY, WE NEED TRANSIT.
WE NEEDED TO DO IT OURSELVES.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY
DOLLARS, WE NEED TRANSIT.
SO THEY STARTED THIS PILOT
PROGRAM, THE FORT PIERCE
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
CORRECT, COMMISSIONER BRODERICK?
>> YES.
>> FPRA STARTED IT, AND MR. MIM
SAYS, LOOK, WE NEED MORE MONEY
FOR THIS.
SO OUR TEAM WENT OUT AND FOUND
SOME MONEY FROM FDOT,
THANKS TO THE STATE.
WE RECEIVED $1.5 MILLION GRANT
THAT WE MANAGED,
AND WE WERE THE ONLY ONES THAT
COULD APPLY FOR IT BECAUSE,
WE ARE THE TRANSPORTATION
COORDINATOR FOR
ST. LUCIE COUNTY.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO GET
THAT GRANT.
WE WORK WITH COMMISSIONER
BRODERICK'S STAFF TO IMPLEMENT
THAT GRANT.
WE REIMBURSE THEM THERE 50%.
I THINK IT'S VALID TILL 2027.
SO WE'VE GOT ANOTHER YEAR LEFT
AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT
THE CITY'S GONNA DO.
>> GREAT PROGRAM.
>> YEAH.
YEAH, IT'S AN UNBELIEVABLE
PROGRAM.
I MEAN WE GET THE NUMBERS FROM
SARAH EVERY MONTH.
THOUSANDS OF TRIPS.
VERY CONVENIENT.
SEVEN DAYS A WEEK GETTING PEOPLE
TO WHERE THEY NEED TO,
IN DOWNTOWN FORT PIERCE.
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR US,
THOUGH, BECAUSE WE HAVE
MINIVANS,
AND THEY'RE DRIVING
AROUND TESLA'S.
SO WE'VE GOT TO STEP UP OUR GAME
WITH THE COUNTY, BUT YEAH,
IT'S GOING, IT'S GOING WELL.
IT'S GOING WELL.
[SOFT CHATTER]
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL KEEP RUNNING THE VANS.
YOU'RE RIGHT,
COUNCILWOMAN MORGAN.
>> GAS TAX.
SORRY.
[LAUGHTER]
[COUGHING]
>> AS A MATTER OF FACT,
WE'RE GOING TO GET F-250.
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DIDN'T THINK I SAID IT THAT
WAY.
>> NO, I HEARD YOU.
SORRY.
LAUGHTER]
PORT ST. LUCIE EXPRESS SERVICE.
THIS BOARD, TPO, PETER BUCHWALD,
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
HAD A VISION YEARS AGO TO START
THIS JOBS EXPRESS PARK AND RIDE,
AND IF YOU BUILD IT
THEY WILL COME.
SO WE LAUNCHED, THEY LAUNCHED
THE PORT ST. LUCIE EXPRESS
A FEW YEARS BACK.
WE JUST HAD OUR ONE YEAR
ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR
IN SEPTEMBER 2025.
THE FASTEST GROWING AND MOST
SUCCESSFUL EXPRESS COMMUTE
ROUTE,
IN SOUTH FLORIDA.
MORE TRIPS THAN BROWARD, MORE
TRIPS THAN DADE LAUNCHES,
WHEN THEY LAUNCHED YEARS AGO.
66 PASSENGERS GET ON AND OFF
THIS BUS EVERY DAY.
TWO TRIPS IN THE MORNING,
TWO TRIPS IN THE EVENING,
MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
GETS YOU DOWN AUSTRALIAN
BOULEVARD, I WANT TO SAY,
BY CLAMADA STREET.
ONCE YOU'RE DOWN THERE, YOU CAN
GET ON THE TRI-RAIL,
YOU CAN GET ON THE BRIGHT LINE,
YOU CAN GET ON PALM TRANS ROUTE.
WE GET NOT TONS OF CALLS,
BUT WE GET CALLS REGULARLY,
FROM RESIDENTS IN TRADITION THAT
ARE LIKE, HEY, HOW DO I GET
TO THE AIRPORT?
IT'S SO MUCH MONEY.
YOU COULD TAKE OUR MICRO TRANSIT
VAN FROM TRADITION,
TO THE JOBS EXPRESS
PARKING RIDE.
YOU CAN TAKE THAT IS ONLY $3.00.
THAT'S THE ONLY ONE
THAT'S A FARE.
IT'S A $3.00 FARE, WHICH YOU CAN
GET AT PALMTRAN'S WEBSITE,
PALMTRAN.ORG.
IT'S A PARADISE PASS.
AND THAT WILL TAKE YOU
DIRECTLY DOWN TO, LIKE I SAID,
THE INTERMODAL STATION DOWN
AT PALM BEACH.
AND THEN PALMTRAN HAS A CIRCULAR
ROUTE THAT RUNS ALL DAY LONG,
TO THE AIRPORT FOR ANOTHER
TWO BUCKS.
SO FOR $5, YOU CAN GET
DOWN THERE.
FOR $5, YOU CAN GET BACK.
AND WI-FI, AIR CONDITIONING,
RESTROOM IN THE BUS,
ADA ACCESSIBLE.
ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BUS UNDER
THE WORD EXPRESS THERE'S
THOSE TRUNKS
SO YOU CAN BRING YOUR LUGGAGE
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING
IN THE AIRPLANE.
SO, VERY CONVENIENT,
VERY SUCCESSFUL.
MET A GUY, BEEN ON THE BUS
A COUPLE TIMES JUST TO MEET
WITH PEOPLE.
MET A GUY AT THE OPENING DAY
WHEN WE DID IT.
HE WAS ON AVERAGE SPENDING $1000
A MONTH, VEHICLE, GAS,
YOU KNOW, WEAR AND TEAR IN THE
VEHICLE, MILES HE WAS PUTTING
ON HIS VEHICLE.
HE WORKED DOWN AT
THE COURTHOUSE.
HE SAID HE'S SAVING, I THINK IT
WAS LIKE $800 A MONTH,
AND HE WAS GIVING HIS VEHICLE
TO HIS DAUGHTER,
RATHER THAN BUYING ANOTHER CAR.
SO, AND HE SAID I COULD GET MY
WORK DONE ON THE COMPUTER,
I DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
DRIVING, I COULD TAKE A NAP
ON THE WAY HOME.
SO VERY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM.
VANPOOL.
A COUPLE YEARS BACK WE HAD
SOME BUSINESSES,
PARTICULARLY LIKE IN OFF OF ST.
LUCIE BOULEVARD, MAVERICK BOATS,
A1 TRUSSES, THEY SAID HEY WE
NEED TO GET OUR WORKERS TO WORK,
BUT WE CAN'T, YOU DON'T RUN 24
HOURS A DAY, YOU DON'T HAVE
BUS STOPS,
YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO OUR
BUSINESSES, SO WE WENT
AND RECEIVED A GRANT
FROM THE STATE THROUGH SOUTH
FLORIDA COMMUTER SERVICES,
TO START A VANPOOL PROGRAM.
VANPOOL PROGRAM WORKS ANYWHERE
FROM FOUR EMPLOYEES,
TO 15 EMPLOYEES THAT EITHER
WORK AT THE SAME LOCATION,
OR WORK WITHIN THE VICINITY
OF EACH OTHER.
ONE PERSON VOLUNTEERS TO DRIVE,
THEY DRIVE THEIR CO-WORKERS
OR THEIR CO-BUSINESSES THAT ARE
CLOSE BY TO WORK, THEY TAKE THEM
BACK HOME
OR THEY MEET AT WAWA, WHATEVER
THEY DO TO DO.
THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE, THE
ONE THAT VOLUNTEERS TO DRIVE,
GETS TO USE THAT VEHICLE, NOT
NECESSARILY A VAN,
IT COULD BE A CAR
IF IT'S A SMALLER AMOUNT
OF PEOPLE,
AND THEY GET TO USE THAT VEHICLE
FOR 20% OF THE MILES.
SO IF THEY'RE DRIVING AROUND
1000 MILES A MONTH,
THE VOLUNTEER DRIVER GETS
200 MILES DAYCARE,
FOOD SHOPPING, LAUNDROMAT,
WHATEVER THEY NEED TO DO.
COUNTY'S NOT PUTTING IN
A DOLLAR. WE RECEIVED
A GRANT WHERE IT'S FULLY FUNDED,
THE FIRST 50,000.
WE ARE PUTTING IN $500 PER MONTH
PER VEHICLE TO BRING
THAT COST DOWN FOR THE RIDERS.
THE AVERAGE VAN POOL COSTS
$1,300 A MONTH.
IF YOU GOT AN AVERAGE VAN POOL
CONSISTS OF EIGHT PEOPLE,
FOR A 100 DOLLARS A MONTH
YOU HAVE RELIABLE
TRANSPORTATION
TO AND FROM WORK.
HOW DO WE BENEFIT FROM IT?
WE'RE NOT JUST GIVING AWAY
MONEY.
SO WE PUT IN $500 A MONTH
FOR THESE VEHICLES.
OUR GRANTS THAT WE GET FROM THE
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION.
A PORTION OF IT IS BASED
ON RIDERSHIP AND MILEAGE.
SO IF YOU SEE THESE VANS ON
THE ROAD AND THEY'RE DRIVING,
THAT'S RIDERSHIP AND MILEAGE,
THAT GETS US MORE MONEY.
WE JUST RECEIVED OUR
FIRST CLIENT.
IT'S FIVE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, PARTICULARLY
PORT ST. LUCIE,
AND THEY COMMUTE TO THE VA
IN PALM BEACH.
THAT'S LIKE A WIN-WIN FOR US,
RIGHT?
IT'S A GOOD STORY.
WE'RE GOING DOWN TO THE VA.
IT'S WORKERS HELPING OUR
VETERANS AND THAT VAN,
IS DRIVING 50 MILES EACH WAY,
WHICH IS GREAT FOR US.
WE NEED MORE MILES, MORE MONEY.
SO THAT $500 A MONTH WE'RE
GIVEN, WE'RE GONNA GET
BACK $900,
IN TWO YEARS FROM THE FEDS WHEN
WE GET OUR GRANT DOLLARS BACK,
BASED ON OUR RIDERSHIP
AND MILEAGE.
SO HOPEFULLY THIS COMES A LITTLE
BIT BUSIER.
WE'VE BEEN TO A LOT OF PLACES,
WE'RE YOU KNOW WALMART, AMAZON,
WE'VE BEEN TO ALL THE PLACES AND
WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR FEEDBACK.
WE DO HAVE A FOLLOW-UP MEETING
AT A1 TRUST,
AS WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT
TO THEIR EMPLOYEES.
BUT YEAH, HOPEFULLY WE GET THESE
ON THE ROAD.
WE'RE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY.
THE GRANT'S GOOD FOR A COUPLE
YEARS.
IT'S NOT COSTING US ANY DOLLARS,
BUT IF WE COULD SPEND
THESE DOLLARS
WE'LL GET MORE MONEY IN RETURN.
TRANSIT SOFTWARE UPGRADE.
SO THIS IS LIKE KIND OF WHAT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE FREEBIE
THING BEFORE.
SO WHEN I STARTED HERE WE HAVE
THREE MAIN SERVICES.
WE HAVE OUR DOOR-TO-DOOR POWER
TRANSIT FOR PEOPLE
WITH DISABILITIES
AND THAT ARE TRANSPORTATION
DISADVANTAGED.
WE HAVE OUR MICRO TRANSIT SYSTEM
WHICH I WAS SPEAKING
ABOUT BEFORE
AND THEN WE HAVE OUR FIXED ROUTE
SYSTEM.
THREE SERVICES, THREE DIFFERENT
APPS, VERY CONFUSING,
VERY INEFFICIENT.
SO THANKS TO OUR BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS
AND THROUGH GRANTS.
LAST YEAR WE RECEIVED A GRANT
TO SWITCH OVER TWO OF OUR
THREE SERVICES,
OUR POWER TRANSIT AND OUR
MICRO TRANSIT TO THE TRIPP SPARK
SOFTWARE AND THEN
JUST LAST MONTH WE JUST
APPROVED THROUGH
A FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
GRANT AND THE APPROVAL FROM
THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS, WE JUST RECEIVED
A GRANT,
TO SWITCH OUR FIXED ROUTE
SYSTEM.
SO OVER THIS YEAR, PROBABLY BY
JULY, REALISTICALLY,
WE WILL HAVE ONE APP FOR ALL
OF OUR SERVICES.
SO IT'S BETTER FOR OUR
DISPATCHERS,
IT'S OBVIOUSLY BETTER FOR
THE RIDER AND THE END USER.
THERE'S AN APP INSTEAD
OF JUST CALLING.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR ME,
[LAUGH] FOR US,
IS RIGHT NOW A PERSON
THAT WANTS TO USE MICRO TRANSIT,
BECAUSE IT'S DOOR-TO-DOOR MORE
CONVENIENT A VAN RATHER THAN
A BIG BUS.
IF THEY'RE GOING FROM WALMART TO
TRADITION THEY CAN BOOK AN APP,
ON THE APP THEY COULD BOOK
A TRIP.
WELL IN JULY IT'S GOING TO SAY
SORRY THE BIG BUS
WILL BE COMING,
TO THE BUS STOP RIGHT IN FRONT
OF YOU IN FIVE MINUTES.
YOU TAKE THAT AND IT'S GOING TO
TAKE YOU TO TRADITION AS WELL.
SO IT'LL FILL UP OUR FIXED ROUTE
BUSES,
WHICH WILL PUT MORE RIDERSHIP
ON THE BIG BUSES
WHICH GETS US MORE DOLLARS.
IT'LL MAKE THE RIDES MORE
EFFICIENT AND MORE PASSENGERS
PER HOUR.
TALKING ABOUT EFFICIENCY,
I'M PROUD TO SAY,
THE STATE CAME OUT WITH
SOME NUMBERS LAST MONTH,
SAYING OUR TRANSIT DEPARTMENT
WAS THE SECOND LOWEST,
IN OPERATING COST PER CAPITA
IN THE ENTIRE STATE OF FLORIDA.
SECOND LOWEST OPERATING COST PER
CAPITA IN THE ENTIRE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
AND WE WERE ALSO FIFTH OUT
OF 29 AGENCIES OUR SIZE,
ON COST PER PASSENGER TRIP.
SO WE WERE THE FIFTH BEST OUT OF
29 AGENCIES AND THEN
THE SECOND LOWEST IN COST
FOR OPERATING EXPENSE
PER CAPITA.
PLANS FOR 2026.
SO IN THAT PLAN THAT WE HAVE
WE'RE WORKING ON
A COUPLE THINGS.
WE STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH
OUR BOARD.
I STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH
THE ADMINISTRATION.
I STILL HAVE TO MEET WITH OUR
BOARD IN A PRESENTATION MAYBE
IN AUGUST.
BUT WE HAVE SOME THINGS
IN THE WORKS.
SOME I CAN TALK ABOUT,
OTHER STUFF I'D LIKE TO TALK
TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS FIRST.
BUT ONE THING FOR SURE,
ROUTE SEVEN IS OUR ROUTE
THAT GOES FROM
THE FORT PIERCE INTERMODAL
FACILITY TO
THE INTERGENERATIONAL CENTER,
WHICH CONNECTS TO INDIAN RIVERS
GO LINE.
THAT ROUTE IS SUPPOSED
TO TAKE 15 MINUTES,
THAT HOUR ROUTE,
IT TAKES LIKE AN HOUR.
SO THE DRIVER'S SPEEDING.
I MEAN, JUST BEING HONEST,
HE'S SPEEDING ALL DAY LONG.
SO WE'RE GOING TO STREAMLINE
THAT ROUTE, REMOVE A BUS STOP
OR TWO,
AND NOT DO THIS BIG LOOP SO WE
CAN HAVE THAT WE'LL BRING
THAT TO THE BOARD
AND THEN ROUTES FIVE AND EIGHT,
ROUTE EIGHT GOES FROM
THE FORT PIERCE INTERMODAL
FACILITY ON D AND 8TH TO,
IT'S NOT GOING TO SHOW, OH YEAH,
I THINK IT'S ONE MORE,
I THINK WE GOT IT.
YES, SO ROUTE EIGHT GOES FROM
THE FORT PIERCE INTERMODAL
FACILITY DOWN 25TH ST. JAMES
TO THE PORT ST. LUCIE
INTERMODAL FACILITY
AND THEN ROUTE FIVE GOES FROM
THE PORT ST. LUCIE INTERMODAL
FACILITY DOWN
PSL BOULEVARD DOWN GATLIN
TO TRADITION.
THIS IS GOING TO BECOME
ONE ROUTE,
SO INSTEAD OF THREE BUSES IT
WILL BE TWO BUSES,
SO WE'LL HAVE A FEW EXTRA
DOLLARS SAVED.
I KNOW WE'LL BE HAPPY ABOUT THAT
WITH THE WAY PROPERTY TAXES ARE
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY IT'S GONNA
GET RESIDENTS FROM TRADITION
TO FORT PIERCE IN A LOT FASTER
ROUTE IF THEY WANT TO GET
TO DOWNTOWN
FORT PIERCE, IF THEY WANT
TO GO TO THE AIRPORT.
ONCE YOU GET TO THE INTERMODAL
FACILITY, YOU'RE IN MICRO
TRANSIT ZONE THREE,
YOU CAN GO TO THE AIRPORT,
YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE YOU NEED
TO GO IN THIS ZONE.
YOU CAN ALSO HAVE ONE OF
THE TESLAS PICK YOU UP
AND BRING YOU TO DOWNTOWN
OR THE BEACH AND VICE VERSA.
YOU KNOW WE'VE WE TALKED TO OUR
RIDERS WE HAVE RIDERS
THAT ARE LIKE HEY
IT WOULD BE A LOT MORE
CONVENIENT FOR US
TO GET DOWN HERE
TO THE HOSPITAL TO GET DOWN HERE
TO TARGET TO GET DOWN HERE
TO THE STORES
TO SHOP RIGHT NOW
IT TAKES A LONG TIME.
SO WE'RE GONNA ELIMINATE SOME
OF THE UNDERPERFORMING STOPS
ON HERE AND THESE
TWO ROUTES,
INSTEAD OF THIS ROUTE TAKING
LIKE 30 MINUTES
BECAUSE IT'S IT DRIVES VERY SLOW
BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT
OF STOPS
WE'RE GOING TO COMBINE THESE
AND IT'LL TAKE AN HOUR,
INSTEAD OF THE TWO HOURS SLOW
DOWN THAT IT TAKES NOW.
WE'RE ALSO AGAIN WE'RE GOING TO
PRESENT TO THE BOARD
AND GET APPROVAL.
RIGHT NOW ROUTE EIGHT STOPS ON
THE CORNER OF 25TH AND VIRGINIA
SO OUR STUDENTS THAT GO TO
INDIAN RIVER STATE COLLEGE OFF
VIRGINIA HAVE TO WALK A COUPLE
OF BLOCKS.
WE TALKED TO SOME OF
THE STUDENTS AND THEY SAID
IT'S VERY INCONVENIENT
WHEN IT'S RAINING OUT WITH THEIR
SCHOOL BOOKS SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO
JUMP OFF 25TH STREET, GO TO
THE COLLEGE, AND THEN GET BACK
ON 25TH STREET.
SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S COMING SOON AND THEN
WE HAVE SOME OTHER BIG PLANS
WHICH ARE GET PEOPLE FROM
FORT PIERCE TO TRADITION
AND AGAIN WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
HOPEFULLY WE TALK TO OUR BOARD
IN AUGUST AND COME BACK TO YOU
GUYS SOON.
I KNOW I WENT BACKWARDS,
I'M SORRY.
THAT'S IT ACTUALLY.
QUESTIONS?
[BACKGROUND CHATTER]
>> COMMISSIONER CLASBY.
>> YES, THANK YOU FOR
THE PRESENTATION.
COULD YOU TELL US WHEN WILL
WE BE GETTING THE AUTOMATED
PASSENGER COUNTERS?
>> GREAT QUESTION, COMMISSIONER
CLASBY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT IS IN, SO WHAT I JUST SPOKE
ABOUT, ABOUT THE JULY,
WHERE ALL THE SOFTWARE ARE GOING
TO COME TOGETHER.
WE ALSO HAVE IN THAT THAT GRANT
THAT WE RECEIVED AT THE BORDER
PROVE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER
COUNTERS.
SO TODAY THE MAIN ROUTES ARE
THE FIXED ROUTE SYSTEM.
WE PROVIDE OVER ABOUT
600,000 TRIPS A YEAR FOR OUR
FIXED ROUTE.
RIGHT NOW IT'S LIKE 1900.
THE DRIVER CLICKS ON AND OFF
WHEN THE DRIVER GETS ON
AND THE RIDER GETS OFF.
I GET THE REPORTS AT THE END
OF THE MONTH,
AND 17,000 PEOPLE GOT ON THE BUS
AND ONLY 12,000 PEOPLE GOT OFF
THE BUS.
SO I'M LIKE WHERE ARE THE OTHER
5,000 PEOPLE?
[LAUGHTER]
DRIVERS BUSY, RIGHT?
THERE'S POOR PEOPLE CROSSING
THE STREET.
THERE'S PEOPLE FIGHTING ON THEM,
BUT WHATEVER IS GOING ON.
SO AUTOMATIC PASSENGER COUNTESS
BRINGS US INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
WE SHOULD HAVE THEM BY JULY,
AUGUST THE LATEST.
THE STUDIES SHOW, BELIEVE IT
OR NOT STUDIES SHOW,
10% INCREASE IN RIDERSHIP
RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
BECAUSE AGAIN THAT DRIVER IS
DISTRACTED THEY'RE MISSING
CLICKING
SOMEBODY THEY'RE MISSING
CLICKING SOMEONE OFF,
SO ONCE WE GET THOSE IN PLACE I
WOULD EXPECT OUR 600,000 TRIPS,
AUTOMATICALLY TO GO UP TO
660,000 TRIPS THOSE
60,000 TRIPS,
OR 60, 000 MORE PEOPLE THAT ARE
ON THE BUS,
THAT GIVES US MORE GRANT DOLLARS
TO RUN OUR SYSTEM.
>> AND THERE'S NO REAL WAY
TO SCAM THAT, RIGHT?
LIKE YOU WERE TELLING ME IT
TURNS OFF?
>> YES.
THE MECHANICS AREN'T COUNTED.
>> CORRECT, THANK YOU
COMMISSIONER CLASBY.
SO YES, IT'S EXACTLY
WHAT HE SAID.
SO ELECTRIC GUY OR AIR READERS
OR WHATEVER THEY ARE ON THE BUS,
IT TURNS OFF WHEN THE BUS
FINISHES THE SHIFT IT TURNS OFF.
IF A MECHANIC GETS ON AND OFF 20
TIMES IT'S NOT COUNTING THAT.
IF THE DRIVERS GET OFF IN THE
MORNING IT'S NOT COUNTING THAT.
SO YES, IT'S, IT'S,
IT'S FOOLPROOF
AND THEN THE FDA HAS TO ACTUALLY
APPROVE US AND SIGN OFF ON IT.
SO YES, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
BOARD, OTHER QUESTIONS?
>> HM-MMM.
COMMENTS?
SO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR AN ACTION
ITEM ON THIS,
YOU WANT US TO APPROVE
THIS PLAN?
YES?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
PLEASE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH EVERYBODY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> I'D LIKE THE MOTION
TO ENDORSE,
THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY 2026 ANNUAL
TDP UPDATE.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
9D, ST. LUCIE FREIGHT NETWORK.
>> YES, THANK YOU MADAM
CHAIRWOMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD.
WELL, THE ST. LUCIE FREIGHT
NETWORK WAS INITIALLY
DESIGNATED,
BY THE TPO IN 2015 AND
IDENTIFIES THOSE ROADWAYS,
IN THE TPO AREA THAT ARE MOST
SUITABLE FOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
NOW THE FREIGHT NETWORK IS
PERIODICALLY UPDATED
AND HERE TO PRESENT THE
LATEST UPDATE IS THE TPO'S
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGER,
YI DING.
>> THANKS PETER.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MANAGING
CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD.
SO THE ST. LUCIE FREIGHT NETWORK
WAS INITIALLY DESIGNATED
IN 2015 AND THE LAST UPDATE
WAS IN 2023.
RECENTLY BASED ON THE TRAFFIC,
FREE TRAFFIC VOLUME
AND FREIGHT RELATED JOBS,
FDOT DESIGNATED
A FREIGHT ACTIVITY ADDRESS
IN THE DISTRICT FOUR.
IN THE ST. LUCIE AREA THERE ARE
SEVEN FREIGHT ACTIVITY AREAS.
SO GLADE'S CUTOFF ROAD RIGHT
HERE, AIRPORT AREA,
THE PORT OF FORT PIERCE,
OLEANDER AVENUE AREA,
COMMERCE PARK,
KINGS HIGHWAY, AND TRADITION.
[COUGHING]
SO FOR THIS 2026 FREIGHT NETWORK
UPDATES WE INCLUDED
THOSE DESIGNATED FREIGHT
ACTIVITY AREA AND ALSO SINCE
THE LAST UPDATES
BROADSTONE PARKWAY EXTENSION HAS
BEEN CONSTRUCTED
ALONG WITH BAKER ROAD.
SO WE ADDED THOSE TWO SEGMENTS
TO THE MAP HERE.
[CLICK SOUND]
AND TO BETTER CONNECT IT TO
THE DESIGNATED FREIGHT
ACTIVITY AREA.
SO WE INCLUDE ORLANDO AVENUE
HERE BETWEEN EDWARDS ROAD TO
MIDWAY ROAD.
WE ALSO HAVE THE ST. LUCIE
BOULEVARD ADDITION ADDED
TO THE MAP.
PEACOCK, CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD
TO ST. LUCIE WEST
THAT WILL COVER THE COMMERCE
PARK FREIGHT ACTIVITY AREA.
SO FOR SOME SAFETY CONCERN BASED
ON THE SPOT SPEED STUDY
TPO CONDUCTED A COUPLE YEARS
AGO, IN THIS MAP WE WILL REMOVE
THE MIDWAY PARK FROM
THE OKEECHOBEE TO I95.
HERE, RIGHT HERE.
SO THIS SEGMENT IS NOT EXISTED
IN THIS UPDATE.
SO AT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MEETINGS,
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION
OF THIS UPDATE.
SO BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
AND SINCE THE UPDATE TO THE MAP
REFLECTS THE CURRENT MAJOR ROAD
NETWORK AND THE MOST
SUITABLE SEGMENT
OF THE NETWORK FOR FREIGHT
MOVEMENT IN OUR AREA,
IT IS RECOMMENDED UPDATE
BEING ADOPTED BY THE BOARD.
>> BOARD, DO YOU HAVE
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DING?
>> WE NEED A MOTION TO ADOPT.
>> YES, WE DO.
[PAPERS SHUFFLING]
>> WE'LL MOVE.
>> DO I HEAR A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU FOR THE DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES.
ADOPTED.
MOVING ON.
9E26272728 DRAFT UNIFIED
PLANNING WORK PROGRAM AND
PROPOSED BUDGET.
>> THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRWOMAN
AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WELL, IF YOU RECALL FROM THE
DECEMBER AND FEBRUARY MEETINGS
WHEN THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK
PROGRAM FOR THOSE
FISCAL YEARS WAS DISCUSSED,
I MEAN THOSE
UPCOMING TWO FISCAL YEARS 26, 27
AND 28.
IT WAS SUMMARIZED HOW THE
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
IS THE TWO-YEAR PROGRAM OF
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING
ACTIVITIES
SUPPORTED BY FEDERAL AND STATE
FUNDS THAT ARE UNDERTAKEN
BY THE TPO.
IT WAS ALSO IDENTIFIED THAT THE
WORK PROGRAM REFLECTS
THE LOCAL NEEDS
AND IDENTIFIES THE SCHEDULE
FOR EACH STUDY AND TASK.
IN ADDITION, THE PLANNING
PRIORITIES WERE CONFIRMED
AND THE PLANNING PROJECTS
WERE REQUESTED.
FROM ALL OF THESE PARTIES HERE,
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN.
WELL, THE INPUT WAS RECEIVED
AND NOW THE TPO TEAM
WILL PRESENT HOW THAT INPUT WAS
INCORPORATED INTO THE DRAFT
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
AND THE OTHER
MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PROGRAM.
AND TO START OFF, LET'S BRING
BACK UP TO THE
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS MANAGER,
YI DING.
>> THANK YOU.
SO WITH GROWING INTEREST IN
LARGE-SCALE SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT
WEST OF THE INDIAN ROAD AND I95
INTERCHANGE, A SUB-AREA,
NORTH COUNTY SUB-AREA
TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SOCIETY
IS PROGRAMMED IN THE, UPWP.
THIS STUDY WILL ASSESS
THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC IMPACT
OF THOSE DEVELOPMENTS
AND IDENTIFY THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENTS AND THE
ESTIMATED COST SO
THOSE ARE NEEDS TO BE
ACCOMMODATED THE FUTURE GROWTH
IN THE AREA.
THE TASK 3.4 CONGESTION
MANAGEMENT PROCESS.
WHICH INCLUDES AN OFF-PEAK
TRAVEL STUDY
TO ENCOURAGE THE DRIVERS TO
TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF PEAK HOUR
TO HELP TO REDUCE CONGESTION.
THE GOAL IS TO PROMOTE A MORE
BALANCED USE OF THE ROADWAY
SYSTEM
THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
>> TASK 4.1, REGIONAL PLANNING
CORPORATION.
>> AS PART OF THIS TASK, THE
TREASURE COAST REGIONAL COUNCIL,
OR TCTC, IS MADE UP OF TWO
MEMBERS OF EACH TPO AND MPOS
IN THE TRADER COAST AREA,
SO ST. LUCIE TPO, INDIAN RIVER,
AND MARTIN MPOS.
SO IT WAS CREATED TO PURSUE
THE TRANSPORTATION REGIONAL
INCENTIVE PROGRAM OR TRIP
FUNDING FOR THE THREE
MPO REGIONS.
SO TO SUPPORT THIS EFFORT,
THE TCTC DEVELOPED A REGIONAL
LONG-RANGE TRANSITION PLAN
TO IDENTIFY AND
PRIORITIZE THE PROJECTS FOR
A TRIP FUNDING.
THIS REGIONAL PLAN IS UPDATED
EVERY 5 YEARS,
FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF EACH
MPOS LONG-RANGE TRANSITION PLAN.
SO FOR THIS CYCLE, TPO WILL LEAD
THIS EFFORT.
AND THERE WILL BE MANY OTHER
RECURRING PROJECTS
AND ACTIVITIES.
THE TASK 2.3 ANNUAL
TRAFFIC COUNTS.
SO TPO WILL CONTINUE TO CONDUCT
THE ANNUAL TRAFFIC COUNTS
IN THAT AREA AND PROVIDE THE
REPORTS TO THE PUBLIC
AND THE LOCAL AGENCY.
TASK 2.4 PERFORMANCE TARGET
SETTING TO COMPLY WITH
THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT.
TPO NEEDS TO SET SAFETY
PERFORMANCE TARGETS EVERY YEAR
AND THE BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT
AND SYSTEM PERFORMANCE TARGET
EVERY FOUR YEARS.
TASK 3.3 TRANSPORTATION
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
THE TPO WILL DEVELOP THE TIP
EVERY YEAR TO PRIORITIZE
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT
PROJECTS FOR THE NEXT
FIVE YEARS.
THAT'S EACH JUNE, THE BOARD
WILL ADOPT THE TIP.
CMP ANNUAL REPORT, SO FOR THE
CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROJECT,
THE TPO STAFF WILL UPDATE THE
ANNUAL REPORT
TO MONITOR THE PROCESS OF THE
RELEASE OF CONGESTION.
AND AGAIN, THE SPRITZ NETWORK
UPDATES.
THIS MAP WILL BE UPDATED ONE
MORE TIME DURING THE
SUPWP CYCLE.
AND OTHER EFFORTS INCLUDING
UTILIZING THE FDOT SIGNAL
FOR A CRASH DATABASE TO USE THAT
DATA TO SUPPORT TPO'S SAFETY
ANALYSIS.
SO AT THIS POINT I WILL TURN IT
TO MARCELLA, TPO'S TRANSIT
PROGRAM MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, YI.
TRANSPORTATION HUB STUDIES.
TWO STUDIES FOR TWO LOCATIONS TO
DEVELOP FACILITIES SIMILAR
TO THE JOBS EXPRESS TERMINAL.
THE JOBS EXPRESS PARK AND RIDE
IN TRADITION.
ONE LOCATION IN FORT PIERCE
NEAR I95
AND THE OTHER LOCATION IN
PORT ST. LUCIE NEAR WALTON N1.
REGIONAL AND INTERCITY EXPRESS
BUS ROUTES ANNUAL UPDATES.
SO THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT
EFFORTS.
SO SEPARATELY WILL BE AN UPDATE
ON THE OPERATIONS,
ALL THE OPERATIONS IN THE GATLIN
JOBS EXPRESS PARK AND RIDE
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL
THE REGIONAL BUS SERVICES
INCLUDING THE PORT ST. LUCIE
EXPRESS, FLIX BUS AND GREYHOUND
AND THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE
CHARGERS AND THE PARK AND RIDE
COMPONENT ITSELF.
THE SECOND, EXPRESS BUS ROUTES
RESULTED FROM PUBLIC COMMENT
DURING OUR CALL FOR
UPWP PROJECTS.
AND SO THESE EXPRESS BUS ROUTES
ARE WITHIN
ST. LUCIE COUNTY, CONNECTING
MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTERS.
AND THESE STUDIES WILL BE
COORDINATED WITH
THE COUNTY TRANSIT TRANSIT
DEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT
WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
VEHICLE SHARING STUDY UPDATE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE PRESENTING THE
ORIGINAL VEHICLE SHARING STUDY
TO YOU
LATER THIS YEAR.
SO THIS WILL BE AN UPDATE.
SO VEHICLE SHARING IS SHORT-TERM
ACCESS TO AUTOMOBILES.
AND THE MAJOR COMPANY
IN THAT SPACE IS ZIPCAR.
AND THEY OFFER HOURLY RENTALS.
AND THE VEHICLES ARE AVAILABLE
24-7.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO
A BRICKS AND MORTAR PLACE
TO OBTAIN THESE VEHICLES
YOU JUST ACCESS THEM BY APP.
AI IN TRANSPORTATION USE
CASE STUDY
THE ST. LUCIE COUNTY EDUCATION
FOUNDATION MADE PUBLIC COMMENT
TO THE BOARD JUST RECENTLY
REGARDING THEIR AI
TRAFFIC SIGNAL PROJECT.
AND THIS IS TRAFFIC SIGNALS
THAT ADJUST IN REAL TIME
AND THIS IS A COLLABORATION WITH
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
SO THEY WILL BE HERE TO PRESENT
THIS AS A FORMAL REPORT
TO YOU ALL.
AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE STUDY UPDATE,
LOOKING AT SELF-DRIVING CARS
AND THE TRENDS.
AS YOU KNOW, ROBO-TAXIS ARE
OPERATING THROUGHOUT
THE COUNTRY,
EVEN IN FLORIDA,
AND SELF-DRIVING TRUCKS ARE
ON THE ROAD IN FLORIDA AS WELL.
RECURRING PROJECTS
AND ACTIVITIES, UPWP,
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
DEVELOPMENT, IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE UPWP THAT YOU JUST HEARD
ABOUT, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS.
BUT THEN, OF COURSE, IN THE
LATER YEARS, WE'RE GOING
TO PREPARE
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT
OF THE NEXT UPWP.
TRANSIT PLANNING, PROVIDING
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO
THE TRANSIT PROVIDERS,
INCLUDING INCORPORATING TRANSIT
PERFORMANCE MEASURES
INTO THE TPO'S PLANS
AND PROGRAMS.
AND WE MIGHT EVEN HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY
TO DO SOME PASSENGER RAIL
SERVICE PLANNING.
TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGE.
THIS IS THE PARATRANSIT, THE
DOOR-TO-DOOR TRANSPORTATION
THAT'S FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
DEPENDENT ON PUBLIC
TRANSPORTATION
AND THE TPO IS STAFFED TO
THE LOCAL COORDINATING BOARD
FOR THE TRANSPORTATION
DISADVANTAGE.
ADVANCED VEHICLE PLANNING.
WE MIGHT HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITY
TO PLAN FOR THE VERTIPORT
IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY AND THOSE
ARE THE VEHICLES THAT TAKE OFF
AND LAND VERTICALLY.
AND THEN OF COURSE AS AI AND
TRANSPORTATION ADVANCES
MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.
PUBLIC EDUCATION, OUTREACH
AND SO FORTH CONTINUING
TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE TPO,
PARTNERING WITH AGENCIES
AND OUTREACH, AND
OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION PLAN
EVALUATION.
OTHER EFFORTS, AS YOU KNOW,
MOBILITY NEEDS ARE RAPIDLY
EVOLVING
AND WE WILL BE STAYING UP
TO DATE WITH THOSE NEEDS.
AND NOW I'LL HAND IT OVER
TO STEPHANIE TORRES,
OUR BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM
MANAGER.
>> THANK YOU, MARCIA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM
CHAIRWOMAN
AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
WE HAVE SOME REALLY EXCITING
WORK ACTIVITIES
INCLUDED UNDER TASK 3.5,
BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN PROGRAM
PLANNING.
SO FIRST UP, WE'LL HAVE
THE WALTON SCRUB PRESERVE
PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION
FEASIBILITY STUDY.
AS A RESULT OF THE UNIFIED
PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
CALL FOR PROJECT,
THE WALTON SCRUB PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTION FEASIBILITY STUDY
WAS A PROJECT SUGGESTION
FROM THE BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS PROJECT WILL EVALUATE
AND DEVELOP PLANNING CONCEPTS
FOR A SAFE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
ALONG INDIAN RIVER DRIVE
AT WALTON SCRUB PRESERVE.
THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON
IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN
CONNECTIVITY
BETWEEN THE WESTERN PORTION
OF THE PRESERVE,
INCLUDING THE ESTUARY
OBSERVATION TOWER AND TRAIL
NETWORK
AND THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE
ROADWAY
ALONG THE INDIAN RIVER DRIVE
LAGOON-
I MEAN, THE INDIAN RIVER LAGOON,
WHERE A FUTURE FISHING PIER IS
PLANNED.
NEXT, WE HAVE THE PARK AND
STRIDE LOT PLAN,
A COUNTY-WIDE INITIATIVE
TO IDENTIFY AND DESIGNATE
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PARKING
LOCATIONS
WHERE RESIDENTS CAN SAFELY PARK
AND IMMEDIATELY CONNECT
TO WALKABLE ROUTES, TRAILS, AND
NEIGHBORHOODS
TO ENCOURAGE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
AND ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION.
AND FINALLY,
AS RECOMMENDED BY THE FEDERAL
HIGHWAY
DURING THE TPO'S FEDERAL
CERTIFICATION REVIEW,
WE HAVE EXPLORE ST. LUCIE
WALK-BIKE NETWORK INTERACTIVE
MAPS.
THIS PROJECT WILL DEVELOP
A PUBLIC-FACING,
WEB-BASED INTERACTIVE MAPPING
APPLICATION
THAT VISUALIZES THE EXISTING AND
PLANNED BICYCLE
AND PEDESTRIAN NETWORK
THROUGHOUT ST. LUCIE COUNTY.
THE TOOL WILL ENHANCE PUBLIC
UNDERSTANDING
OF AVAILABLE FACILITIES,
IDENTIFY CONNECTIVITY GAPS
BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS
AND KEY DESTINATIONS,
AND SUPPORT DATA-DRIVEN
PLANNING EFFORTS.
THE TOOL WILL ALSO INCORPORATE
THE PARK AND STRIDE
MOBILITY LOTS,
IN ADDITION TO INCLUDING A
TREASURE COAST SCENIC HIGHWAY
ROUTE LAYER.
NEXT, I'LL WALK YOU THROUGH SOME
ADDITIONAL RECURRING PROJECTS
AND MAJOR ACTIVITIES.
TASK 3.7, SAFETY AND SECURITY
PLANNING,
WHICH WILL SUPPORT INITIATIVES
THAT IMPROVE SAFETY FOR ALL
ROADWAY USERS,
INCLUDING DATA ANALYSIS,
COORDINATION WITH PARTNERS,
TARGETED SAFETY EFFORTS,
AND THE PROCUREMENT
AND DISTRIBUTION
OF BICYCLE SAFETY EQUIPMENT,
INCLUDING REFLECTIVE
SAFETY SUPPLIES
TO ENHANCE SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS
IN THE COUNTY.
THEN WE HAVE TASK 3.9,
ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING.
THE TPO WILL CONTINUE TO
COORDINATE WITH STATE
AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO REDUCE
NATURAL DISASTER RISK,
AND CONTINUE THE INTEGRATION OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATIONS
INTO THE TPO'S METROPOLITAN
PLANNING PROGRAM.
IN TASK 4.2,
WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH
OUR LOCAL PARTNERS
CONDUCTING TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT REVIEWS
AND WORK WITH OUR CONSULTANT
STAFF TO MAINTAIN
AND UTILIZE THE TRANSPORTATION
IMPACT TRACKER,
WHICH WAS DEVELOPED OVER
THE LAST YEAR.
IN ADDITION, THE TPO
OFFERS ADMINISTRATIVE
AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT
TO THE TREASURE COAST SCENIC
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE,
COORDINATING MEETINGS
AND FULFILLING STATE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS.
FINALLY, THROUGH TASK 5.1,
WE FOCUS ON ENGAGING
THE COMMUNITY,
INCREASING AWARENESS,
AND PROMOTING SAFE
TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS.
TOGETHER, THESE ACTIVITIES
HELPED US AT ADVANCE SAFETY,
COORDINATION, AND COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT
THE REGION.
NOW, WE'LL PASS IT BACK OVER
TO PETER, WHO WILL FINISH UP
THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK
PROGRAM PRESENTATION.
>> SO NOW, HOW WILL ALL THOSE
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES
BE FUNDED?
WHILE THE FEDERAL
AND STATE GRANTS,
THE TPO WILL BE RECEIVING TO PAY
FOR THESE PROJECTS
AND ACTIVITIES OVER THE NEXT
TWO FISCAL YEARS ARE IDENTIFIED,
ON THE SCREEN AND DETAILED
IN TABLES 2 AND 3
IN THE UNIFIED PLANNING WORK
PROGRAM,
WITH JUST OVER $1.5 MILLION
IN REVENUES
PROJECTED TO BE RECEIVED IN
FISCAL YEAR '26 TO '27,
AND JUST UNDER $1.5 MILLION
IN REVENUES
PROJECTED TO BE RECEIVED FOR
FISCAL YEAR '27 TO '28.
NOW, THE BUDGET EXPENSES FOR
BOTH FISCAL YEARS
ARE EQUAL TO THE PROJECTED
REVENUES FOR THOSE FISCAL YEARS.
AND THE PROJECTED EXPENSES ARE
DETAILED BY CATEGORY
IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET FOR BOTH
FISCAL YEARS.
THAT'S ALSO BEFORE THE ADOPTION
TO SUPPORT THE DRAFT UNIFIED
PLANNING WORK PROGRAM.
AND THAT IS ALSO ON PAGE 164
OF YOUR PACKET.
AND ALSO INCLUDED ON THE TABLE
ARE THE BUDGETED AND ACTUAL
EXPENSES FOR THE TWO
FISCAL YEARS OF
THE CURRENT UNIFIED PLANNING
PROGRAM FOR COMPARISON.
AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT
COMPARISON INCLUDE
THE EXPENSES FOR STAFF SALARIES
ARE INCREASED ACROSS
THE TWO FISCAL YEARS
TO UP TO 5% EACH FISCAL YEAR
BASED ON STAFF PERFORMANCE
AND COST OF LIVING INCREASES.
STAFF BENEFITS WERE INCREASED
FOR OVERALL EXPECTED BENEFIT
COST INCREASES.
THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AND
CONSULTANTS CATEGORY,
THIS INCLUDES
OUR HVAC AND JANITORIAL SECURITY
SERVICES,
AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTORS AND
CONSULTANTS
USED FOR PLANNING SUPPORT
AND INCLUDING FOR THE ACTIVITIES
THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM,
THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS
INCLUDING
THE NORTH COUNTY SUB-AREA
TRANSITION NETWORK STUDY,
TRASH STATION HUB STUDY,
OFF-PEAK TRAVEL STUDY,
AND SO FORTH.
THE EQUIPMENT CATEGORY,
THESE EXPENSES INCLUDE $1,000
FOR THESE SAFETY
REFLECTIVE FLASHERS THAT
STEPHANIE REFERENCED,
THAT CATEGORY.
AND FINALLY, THE GENERAL
ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGE,
UTILITIES AND BUILDING RENTS,
THESE WERE INCREASED
TO ACCOUNT FOR
EXPECTED COST INCREASES
OR INFLATION.
SO, THE...
AT THEIR MEETINGS DURING
THE WEEK OF MARCH 17TH
AND MARCH 24TH,
THE TPO ADVISORY COMMITTEES
RECOMMENDED
THE ADOPTION OF THE DRAFT
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM.
SO, BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS
OF THE TPO ADVISORY COMMITTEES,
AND BECAUSE THE COMMENTS
RECEIVED FROM THE TPO BOARD,
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES,
AND THE PUBLIC DURING THE CALL
FOR PLANNING PROJECTS
HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED
INTO THE DRAFT UNIFIED PLANNING
WORK PROGRAM,
AND THE PROGRAM TASKS,
ACTIVITIES, AND PROJECTS
ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE
TPO PLANNING PRIORITIES,
AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET,
FISCALLY SUPPORTS THE DRAFT
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM,
WITH THE PROJECTED EXPENSES
EQUAL TO THE PROJECTED REVENUES,
IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT
THE FISCAL YEAR '26 TO '27
THROUGH '27 TO '28 DRAFT UNIFIED
PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
AND PROPOSED BUDGET BE ADOPTED.
>> QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD?
>> YES.
>> COMMISSIONER CLASBY.
>> WE'LL GO TO PAGE
IN THE AGENDA...
[PAPERS SHUFFLING]
NINETY-THREE.
[PAPERS SHUFFLING]
IT SAYS THAT WE'LL GIVE STAFF
SALARIES UP TO
A 5% PAY INCREASE EACH
FISCAL YEAR.
THAT'S PART OF THIS, RIGHT?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S BASED ON STAFF PERFORMANCE
AND COST OF LIVING INCREASES.
I'M JUST WONDERING, SINCE
WE HAVE MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS
HERE,
HOW MANY PERCENT DID
WE GIVE OUR JURISDICTIONS
PAY INCREASES THIS YEAR?
DO WE KNOW?
>> WE DID FOUR?
>> THE COUNTY WAS FOUR, YEAH.
>> CITY, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA?
>> SAME.
>> I CAN'T REMEMBER.
>> IT'S ABOUT THE SAME.
IT WAS THREE AND A HALF, 4%,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
>> WELL, WE CAN'T SPEAK FOR
THE CITY OF FORT PIERCE.
[LAUGHS]
>> THEY JUST GAVE THEIR UNION
WORKERS 5%.
IT WAS A THING RECENTLY.
BUT I'M JUST SAYING THAT KEEP
THAT IN MIND,
CONSIDERING WHAT EVERYBODY'S
GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW,
YOU KNOW?
>> SO, IS THAT A PRO OR A CON?
>> OR A COMMENT?
>> JUST...
[LAUGHTER]
>> I DON'T PERSONALLY WANT TO GO
ABOVE WHAT THE COUNTY GAVE.
>> OKAY, THERE YOU GO.
>> [CROSSTALK] I JUST HAVE TO...
JUST TO SAY, AND I GET YOU AND I
HEAR YOU,
IT DOES SAY UP TO 5% SO, WE'RE
COVERED.
[CROSSTALK]
>> IT SAYS UP TO FIVE.
>> YOU KNOW...
>> THAT COULD BE TWO.
>> YEAH, BUT TO COMMISSIONER
CLASBY'S POINT,
WE DON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER IT
AFTER THAT.
IF WE SAY FIVE,
IT COULD BE FIVE.
AND IF IT SAYS UP TO... YEAH...
BUT WE WON'T HAVE CONTROL OVER
THE FIVE, IS WHAT HE'S SAYING.
SO, I GET IT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS,
CONCERNS?
IS THAT A MOTION?
>> YES.
>> OKAY.
YOUR MOTION IS... [CROSSTALK]
[LAUGHTER]
TO APPROVE WITH
THE AMENDED SALARY.
>> SO, WE'RE ON 9E, RIGHT?
MY MOTION WOULD BE TO ADOPT THE
FY2026-27 TO FY27-28 DRAFT UPWP,
AND THE PROPOSED BUDGET
WITH THE CONDITION THAT THE
SALARY INCREASE
WOULD ONLY GO UP TO 4%
RATHER THAN 5%.
>> VERY GOOD.
I HAVE A MOTION.
>> IS IT OKAY... I HAVE
A QUESTION FOR THE...
WHAT IF THE LOCAL GOVERNORS
DO... BECAUSE YOU... OBVIOUSLY,
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS ARE GOING TO DO.
>> [CROSSTALK]
>> WELL, WE CAN ALWAYS READDRESS
IT AT THAT TIME.
>> OKAY.
>> OKAY, AND HOW IT'S THE...
SO, WE BASE OUR PERFORMANCE,
OUR PERFORMANCE PROGRAM IS BASED
ON EITHER A COST OF LIVING OR...
SO, NOT EVERYBODY GETS 5%
INCREASE BASED ON PERFORMANCE,
AND BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING,
IF ANY.
SO, THAT'S WHAT FLEXIBILITY
IS... IT STARTS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THE, BOARD HAS
THE ABILITY TO CAP THE INCREASE.
THE PERSON THAT HAVE MY
INCREASES IS MY CONTRACT
THAT THE BOARD
WILL REVIEW ANYWAY, SO...
>> AND THAT'S SEPARATE
SO... YES?
>> SO, COULD IT BE ADJUSTED TO
SAY NOT TO...
INSTEAD OF SAYING 4%, BECAUSE
YOU'RE DEAD SET ON THAT FOUR,
WHAT IF IT WAS TO WHATEVER
THE... [CROSSTALK]
NOT TO EXCEED WHAT
THE COMMISSIONER DONE.
>> I DON'T THINK THEY'RE
GONNA WANT THAT.
>> YEAH, I THINK THE 4% IS FINE.
[LAUGHTER]
IF YOU WANNA CAP IT AT 4%, CAP
IT AT 4%.
>> WHAT IF THE COUNTY COMES BACK
AT 3% AND THEN... YEAH.
I DON'T THINK THEY'D WANT
THAT EITHER.
>> WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,
I'D LIKE SOME FLEXIBILITY
BECAUSE I DO
BASE MY INCREASES BASED
ON PERFORMANCE OVER
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE
PERFORMANCE REVIEW,
LIKE THE FLEXIBILITY
TO AWARD THE STAFF BASED
ON THEIR PERFORMANCE.
SO, UP TO 4% WOULD BE,
AND LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
HERE... JUST TO CAP
THE EXPENSES.
>> OKAY, SO, I DO HAVE A MOTION.
>> I'LL SECOND.
UP TO 4%.
>> UP TO 4% WITH THE...
SHE'S SECONDING COMMISSIONER
CLASBY'S
MOTION TO APPROVE
WITH AMENDMENT.
AND DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER
DISCUSSION?
[PAPER SHUFFLING]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY "YAE."
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
OKAY.
THEN 9E IS APPROVED WITH THE
CONDITION THAT IT NOW REFLECT
UP TO 4% CAP ON SALARY
INCREASES. [PAPER SHUFFLING]
>> GOT IT, THANK YOU.
>> MOVING ON.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-01
FOR THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING
ORGANIZATION AGREEMENT.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD,
BECAUSE THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT
TRANSPORTATION REQUIRES THE TPO
TO EXECUTE WHAT'S KNOWN AS
THE MPO AGREEMENT
SO WE COULD RECEIVE THE FEDERAL
AND STATE FUNDS TO SUPPORT
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM
THAT YOU JUST ADOPTED.
SO, THIS AGREEMENT IS EXECUTED
EVERY TWO YEARS
PRIOR TO THE START OF THE WORK
PROGRAM.
SO, RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-01 WAS
PREPARED TO AUTHORIZE ME
TO EXECUTE THE MPO AGREEMENT
AND SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
CONTRACTS
AND ALL THE ASSOCIATED DOCUMENT
REQUIRED FOR THE RECEIPT
OF THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS
TO SUPPORT
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE WORK PROGRAM.
SO, BECAUSE IT FACILITATES
THE RECEIPT OF
THE FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS,
TO SUPPORT THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF THE WORK PROGRAM,
IT'S RECOMMENDED
TO THE BOARD TO ADOPT
RESOLUTION NUMBER 26-01
TO AUTHORIZE THE TPO
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR,
EXECUTE THE MPO AGREEMENT
AT SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS
OR DOCUMENTS
REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT THE
UNIFIED PLANNING WORK PROGRAM.
[PAPER SHUFFLING]
>> AND THIS IS TYPICAL.
YES, MR. BUCHWALD?
>> THAT'S CORRECT.
WE CAN... [PAPER SHUFFLING]
WHEN THEY RECEIVED
THE AGREEMENT, I CAN GO AHEAD
AND EXECUTE IT,
SECTION 2, UHM...
AS LONG AS YOU ADOPT
THIS RESOLUTION.
>> DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS
FROM THE BOARD?
>> SECTION 2, 509F.
>> SECOND.
>> ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
[PAPER SHUFFLING]
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR?
>> AYE.
>> ANY OPPOSED?
MOTION CARRIES, 9G,
SAFETY GRAPHIC PANELS UPDATE.
>> WELL, LET'S SEE IF IT WERE
POSSIBLE TO HAVE ANY MORE FUN.
WE>> PLEASE BE PREPARED
WITH YOUR CELLPHONES,
AS REAL-TIME POLLING WILL BE
CONDUCTED AT THE END OF
THIS AGENDA.
>> TA-DA!
>> NOW, IMPROVING SAFETY IS
A TPO PRIORITY
AND APPROPRIATE MESSAGING HELPS
IMPLEMENT THIS PRIORITY
BY SUPPORTING A CULTURE OF
IMPROVING SAFETY.
SO, RIGHT THERE BEHIND YOU ARE
TWO LARGE PANELS WHICH PORTRAYS
SAFETY MESSAGES.
ONE OF THE PANELS URGES DRIVERS
TO MAINTAIN A SAFE DISTANCE
FROM VULNERABLE ROAD USERS,
WHILE THE OTHER
PORTRAYS A CRASH DUMMY WHO
IS TEXTING AND DRIVING.
NOW, ALTHOUGH THESE SAFETY
MESSAGES REMAIN AS RELEVANT
TODAY,
AS THEY WERE WHEN IT'S FAR MORE
THAN A DECADE AGO,
THE CURRENT UNIFIED PLANNING
WORK PROGRAM INCLUDES
UPDATING THE PANELS AND INPUT
ON THE UPDATES
IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME.
NOW, WE HAVE THREE PROPOSED
MESSAGES FOR YOUR INPUT
THAT WERE CREATED BY
CRYSTAL WILSON, OUR
TPO'S COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST,
AND IF EVERYBODY LIKES
AT LEAST TWO OF THEM,
THEN THE NEW SAFETY PANELS WILL
BE FABRICATED AND INSTALLED.
SO, LET'S START UP WITH
THE FIRST ONE, WHICH IS
"HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN,
PROTECT EVERYONE."
THIS IMPORTANT SAFETY MESSAGE
IS FOR ALL ROAD USERS
TO STAY AWARE OF THEIR
SURROUNDINGS AND AVOID
DISTRACTIONS OF ANY KIND.
WHILE DISTRACTED DRIVING IS ONE
OF THE LEADING CAUSES
OF CRASHES IN THE TPO IS,
EVERYONE'S RESPONSIBILITY
INCLUDING BICYCLISTS
AND PEDESTRIANS,
TO LOOK OUT FOR
FELLOW ROAD USERS AND BE
PREDICTABLE AND COURTEOUS.
A PHONES DOWN, HEADS UP, PROTECT
EVERYONE
PANEL PORTRAYS THIS MESSAGE.
NEXT, WE HAVE "SPEED KILLS, SLOW
DOWN."
AS YOU KNOW, THE TPO CONDUCTED
A SPEED-KILLS ANALYSIS,
TO EXAMINE THE LINK BETWEEN
VEHICLES SPEED AND CRASH
SEVERITY
INTO IDENTIFYING HIGH-CRASH
LOCATION, HIGH CRASH LOCATIONS.
THE SPEED-KILLS ANALYSIS FOUND
THAT SLOWER SPEED SAVED LIVES
AND PREVENTS SERIOUS INJURIES.
AND EXCESSIVE SPEED IS ONE OF
THE LEADING CAUSES OF CRASHES
IN THE TPO AREA.
SO, THE "SPEED KILLS, SLOW DOWN"
PANEL DEPICTS
A CATASTROPHE THAT COULD
RESULT FROM DRIVING TOO FAST.
AND FINALLY, WE HAVE "SLOW DOWN,
SAVE OUR LIVES."
AGAIN, BUILDING ON THE MESSAGE
OF SLOWER SPEED SAVES LIVES,
AND PREVENTS SERIOUS INJURIES,
THE PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE
ROAD USERS IS ALSO INCORPORATED
INTO THIS GRAPHIC.
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS ARE PEOPLE
WHO FACE A HIGHER RISK
OF SERIOUS INJURIES
AND FATALITIES AND TRAFFIC,
BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT PROTECTED
BY A VEHICLE.
THE RISK OF SERIOUS INJURIES
AND FATALITIES TO THESE
VULNERABLE ROAD USERS INCREASES
EXPONENTIALLY
AS THE SPEEDS INCREASE
BY THE DRIVERS.
SO, [PAPER SHUFFLING] WE
PREVIEWED THESE IN FRONT OF
THE TPO ADVISORY COMMITTEES
AND THEY WERE SPLIT
ON THE RECOMMENDATION WITH THE
BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, ADVISORY
COMMITTEE.
THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
RECOMMENDING THE SELECTION
OF THE HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN,
PROTECT EVERYONE, AND
SLOW DOWN, SAVE OUR LIVES.
WHILE THE CITIZENS ADVISORY
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE
HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN, PROTECT
EVERYONE, AND SPEED KILLS,
SLOW DOWN SAFETY
GRAPHIC PANELS.
SO NOW PLEASE TAKE OUT YOUR CELL
PHONES AND KYLE, WILL YOU
PLEASE LAUNCH THE
REAL-TIME POLL.
>> CAN WE NOT DISCUSS IT AHEAD
OF TIME BECAUSE
I'M A DETAILS PERSON [CROSSTALK]
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO START
VOTING YET.
>> OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
[LAUGHING]
DO WE HAVE STRONG OPINIONS?
I'M NOT GOOD AT, YOU KNOW, LIKE
IMMEDIATELY I NEED AN OPINION.
>> SO, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE
JUST GOING TO GO IN THE ROOM
HERE?
>> YEAH, THEY'LL GO RIGHT HERE,
THEN WE CAN...
>> OH THAT'S IT?
>> YEAH.
>> WE'RE GOING TO REPLACE THESE,
AND THESE CAN BE USED ELSEWHERE.
>> WHO SEES THESE BESIDES
THE BOARD? [CROSSTALK]
>> HOW MUCH DOES THIS COST?
>> YEAH, YEAH. [CROSSTALK]
>> I MEAN, WHO SEES THESE
BESIDES THE BOARD?
NOW I'M QUESTIONING ALL OF THIS.
SEE, THIS IS WHY I WANTED
A DISCUSSION.
[LAUGHING]
>> THEY SEE THEM FROM THE
BROADCAST NOW THAT WE'RE ON
AND WHENEVER WE HAVE MEETINGS
HERE, SO WE'VE HAD THESE
UP FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
THEY COST ABOUT $900 TO REPLACE
EACH PHOTO.
AND THESE CAN BE THEN USED
WE CAN TRANSPORT THEM
TO OTHER LOCAL GOVERNMENTS,
SHOULD OR OTHER AREAS.
OR WE CAN KEEP THEM HERE IN
THE OFFICE, BUT IT'S TO REFRESH
THESE TWO HERE AND THAT'S WHY,
AS YOU'LL SEE, ON THE MENTIMETER
WE HAVE A 'NO
OPTION', YOU DON'T LIKE ANY
OF THE ALTERNATIVES, AND TO KEEP
THESE AS IS.
SO, KYLE WHAT'S THE, I THINK IT
COMES UP WITH THE THREE
DIFFERENT OPTIONS, AND THE
FOURTH VOTES, IF YOU GO
TO THE NEXT SCREEN.
IS EVERYBODY LOGGED IN ON
THE MENTIMETER?
>> YEAH, MINE SAYS...
>> OH NO, NO, NO, SORRY, SORRY
>> MINE SAYS 'YOU'RE ALL SET,
WAITING FOR PRESENTER'.
>> WAITING FOR PRESENTER.
>> OKAY, DO WE HAVE
SOME DISCUSSION...
>> I WASN'T A BIG FAN
OF ANY OF THEM.
I DON'T WANT TO RUIN THE POLL IN
HERE, BUT [INAUDIBLE] I ASSUME.
SO, I MEAN, I LOOKED AT THEM
WITH PATRICK DURING, BECAUSE
I'M NOW GETTING BRIEFED BY MY
DIRECTOR WITH TPO MEETINGS.
>> NICE.
>> SO, I KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
A LITTLE BETTER, BUT YEAH.
I LIKE TO PLAY AROUND WITH
CHAT GPT, SO I KINDA CAME UP
WITH SOME OF MY OWN TOO.
>> NOW, JAMES IS DOING YOUR
MARKETING.
[LAUGHING]
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OPINIONS?
I'M JUST CURIOUS.
WHAT DID YOU LIKE
COMMISSIONER LOWERY?
>> BEFORE YOU VOTE, WHAT IF YOU
MOVED TO THE NEXT SCREEN, KYLE?
[BACKGROUND CHATTER]
>> OH, HERE IT, OH THAT'S IT.
>> PETER, WAS THERE ANYTHING
ELSE THAT WAS AVAILABLE?
>> NO, NOT YET. [CROSSTALK]
THIS IS THE FIRST THREE
WE'VE DONE.
SO, YEAH, WE CAN TAKE IT BACK
TO THE DRAWING BOARD
AND REVIEW, AND I THINK THE LAST
SLIDE SHOWS ALL THREE.
>> YEAH.
>> I THINK THAT ONE SENDS
A MESSAGE.
>> WE MIGHT AS WELL DO THAT
SEMI-TRUCK DOING THE U-TURN...
>> YEAH THE SEMI-TRUCK..
>> YEAH, THAT ONE WAS A GOOD
I DON'T KNOW.
>> SOMEONE DIED, SO THAT'S
A LITTLE, YEAH.
>> YEAH, YOU MIGHT AS WELL DO
THE SEMI-TRUCK, RIGHT?
>> WHAT HAPPENS IF WE GET
WARNING THAT IT'S TOO HORRIFIC,
THAT SPEED KILLS?
>> I VOTED.
>> YOU VOTED?
>> THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING
THIS TO YOU, WE DON'T WANT
TO UPSET PANELS UP THERE BEHIND
YOU AND YOU GO, WHAT ARE THESE?
WE CAN GO BACK, CERTAINLY GO
BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AND...
>> I HAVE NO STRONG OPINIONS
[CROSSTALK]
>> I KNOW WHAT CLASBY VOTED FOR.
>> YEAH. [LAUGHING] NONE.
>> OKAY, I'M GOING TO THROW UP.
>> OKAY, A LEFT TURN IN HERE,
SO, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW IF I
LOVE ANY OF THEM, BUT I SEE THAT
THEY'RE ALL TOWARDS BASICALLY
THE DRIVERS OF VEHICLES.
AND I THINK WE'RE ALSO SORT OF
MISSING, I MEAN, WHAT ABOUT
THE WALKERS AND THE BICYCLISTS
AND THE E-BIKERS THAT FAIL TO
USE THE CROSSWALKS, RIGHT?
THAT'S ON THEM, THEY SHOULDN'T
BE DOING THAT.
MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING
THAT SHOWCASES THAT
PEDESTRIANS, MOTORCYCLISTS,
BICYCLISTS SHOULD ALSO BE
PAYING ATTENTION, AND USING
THE REQUIRED APPARATUSES
BECAUSE IT WORKS BOTH WAYS,
IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE VEHICLE'S
FAULT.
>> ARE THESE THE THREE, THESE
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE THE TOP
LETHAL, THESE ARE THE MOST
LETHAL INFRACTIONS, RIGHT?
>> THERE'S NO WAY IT CAN BE THAT
MANY VOTES.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> YOU'RE CHEATING.
>> THERE'S OTHER VOTES,
THAT OTHER PEOPLE VOTED, RIGHT?
>> PEOPLE WATCHING FROM HOME
ARE PROBABLY VOTING.
>> YEAH, YEAH, THE AUDIE
YOU KNOW, TOM VOTED. [CROSSTALK]
PATRICK VOTED.
>> YOU CAN VOTE UP TO TWO, SO.
>> YEAH, PATRICK AND TOM VOTED.
>> THAT'S WHY NEVER BELIEVE
COMMUNITY SURVEYS THAT USE
SURVEY MONKEY BECAUSE SOMEONE
COULD VOTE LIKE 100 TIMES.
NOT THAT I WOULD DO THAT.
SO, I'M ASKING BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE A STRONG OPINION HERE.
NONE OF THESE REALLY SPEAK
TO ME.
>> SO, IF I MAY ADD, MA'AM
CHAIRWOMAN, TO ADDRESS
COMMISSIONER FOWLER'S
COMMENT, WELL THE ATTEMPT WAS
TO, FOR HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN,
TO ALSO DEPICT THE ROLE THAT
PEDESTRIANS OR BICYCLISTS PLAY
IN SAFETY BY THEMSELVES,
ALSO STAYING OFF
THEIR PHONES,
PUTTING OFF THEIR PHONES,
AND ALSO BEING
COURTEOUS AND PREDICTABLE
IN TERMS OF THE USAGE
OF THE ROADWAYS,
SO, IF THAT'S NOT, IF THERE'S
TOO MUCH EMPHASIS ON THE DRIVER,
THEN WE CAN CERTAINLY MODIFY
THAT TO DEPICT IT A LITTLE BIT
BETTER, THE...
>> YEAH, IF YOU LOOK VERY
CLOSELY, ALL THREE OF THEM ARE
ON THEIR PHONES.
>> YEAH. YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
>> PETER, IS IT POSSIBLE TO TAKE
ONE OF THESE, AND MAKE-
PUT TWO ON ONE?
>> NO, THAT REALLY MUDDIES THE-
>> OR IS THAT TOO MUCH?
>> MUDDIES THE MESSAGE, I THINK.
THIS ONE IS EFFECTIVE...
[CROSSTALK]
>> YOU COULD GET THE CELL
PHONES, THE E-BIKES, YOU CAN
GET A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING.
>> WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO THAT
IN TERMS OF THE PATH,
BUT TYPICALLY IT'S ONE GRAPHIC
PER DISPLAY.
>> OKAY, EVERYBODY READY
TO VOTE?
>> [CROSSTALK] WE'RE ALREADY
DONE.
>> I VOTED JUST NOW.
>> I DIDN'T, I STILL DON'T HAVE
ANY STRONG OPINIONS.
ALL RIGHT.
>> I MEAN IF HEAD UP, PHONES
DOWN, I MEAN IT'S KIND OF
THE SAME THING AS 'DON'T TEXT
AND DRIVE', ESSENTIALLY.
>> ALL RIGHT, I VOTED,
WE'RE GOOD.
>> SO WE'VE GOT [INAUDIBLE] AND
NONE FOR ONE OF THESE,
THAT'S THE SECOND ONE.
>> YEAH.
>> SO, WE'RE ONLY GOING TO PUT
ONE GRAPHIC UP HERE.
>> PICK ONE AND CHANGE IT.
[LAUGHING]
>> I DON'T THINK THIS ONE IS
EFFECTIVE.
>> I DON'T LOVE THIS ONE EITHER.
I LIKE THAT ONE.
>> YEAH.
>> I LIKE THE REAL ACCIDENTS,
SPEED KILLS, IT BETTER BE
GRAPHIC.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME HERE
ANYMORE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SEE
THAT ACCIDENT.
[LAUGHING]
>> 229 DAYS, SO...
>> I LOVE THAT THIS IS WHAT WE
SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME ON TODAY.
>> NOW YOU SOUND LIKE JOE.
>> ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOOD.
>> YOU MAY BE GOOD, BUT I'M
CONFUSED, SO WHAT IS THE
DIRECTION FROM THE BOARD?
YOU SAY TO USE ONE THE, SO
YOU LIKED THIS ONE [CROSSTALK]
>> WE DO, KEEP THIS ONE AND DO
ONE.
>> AND CHANGE, WELL THAT'S FINE,
THAT'S GREAT.
AND WHAT IS THE, OUT OF THOSE...
>> THEY LIKED THE FIRST ONE.
>> HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN.
>> YOU LIKE THE HEADS UP, PHONES
DOWN TOO, OKAY.
>> YEAH, HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN.
>> BUT THAT SHOWS EVERYBODY IN
THE ROAD,
OKAY. >> SO, TWO ANTI PHONE
[INAUDIBLE]
>> YEAH.
>> WE'RE SENDING A MESSAGE.
>> YEAH.
WE'RE GOOD?
THAT'S, I THINKS THAT'S THE VOTE
FROM THE AUDIENCE AS WELL AS
THE BOARD, RECOMMENDED THE
FIRST ONE AND NONE, SO JUST ONE.
>> WELL THE FIRST ONE WAS ALSO
RECOMMENDED AS UNANIMOUS
BY ALL THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES,
THEY JUST HAD ISSUES.
ON THE OTHERS THEY WERE SPLIT.
>> THE SECOND ONE THEY COULD,
NOBODY COULD DECIDE ON THE
SECOND ONE, SO WE'RE GOOD.
>> WELL CITIZENS ADVISORY LIKED
THE SECOND ONE, THE SPEED KILLS,
THE CRASH, BUT NOBODY ELSE DID,
SO.
>> I DID.
>> OH, I MEANT TO SAY FROM
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEES.
>> THREE PEOPLE HERE DID,
BUT NOT, IT WAS THE LEAST.
>> OKAY, SO WE'RE JUST GOING TO
GO AHEAD AND CHANGE THAT ONE
TO HEADS UP, PHONES DOWN, THERE
WE GO.
>> YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
CHANGE ONE.
>> YEAH.
>> OKAY.
>> COMPROMISE.
I MEAN, I KIND OF LIKE THE REAL
ONE, BUT IT'S NOT BELIEVABLE,
A KIA SEOUL IS NOT GOING TO PUSH
A FORD CREW CAB OFF THE ROAD,
FROM REAR-ENDING IT, I'M SORRY.
[LAUGHING]
JUST SAYING. I HAD TO THROW
THAT IN THERE, SORRY.
>> OKAY, GREAT.
>> MOVING ON, ARE WE, WE'RE DONE
WITH THAT, WE'RE WONE WITH THAT,
ANY COMMENTS FROM FDOT?
>> OH YES.
>> OKAY.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR,
GOOD AFTERNOON NPO
BOARD MEMBERS,
I HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS, SO THE
WIDENING PROJECT, YOU HAD ASKED
COMMISSIONER MORGAN, THE LAST
TIME I WAS HERE, TO LOOK INTO
THE SIGNAL IN FRONT OF THE FIRE
STATION AT MIDWAY AND JENKINS.
SO, OKAY, LET ME START OFF WITH
SO I CAN END OFF WITH THE
GOOD NEWS.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN LET,
THE PROJECT DOESN'T INCLUDE
THE SIGNAL IT'S BEEN LET.
HOWEVER, BIG HOWEVER,
THIS IS NOT A NO.
WHAT IT IS, WE HAVE OUR PROJECT
MANAGERS WHO ARE ALSO WORKING
WITH THE COUNTY.
THERE WILL BE A SIGNAL.
>> YES!
>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHEN, BUT IT
WON'T BE WITH THE PROJECT
BECAUSE THE PROJECT IS ALREADY
UNDERWAY, PRETTY MUCH.
BUT WE ARE FINDING OTHER
OPTIONS, LIKE OTHER MECHANISMS
WITH THE COUNTY TO GET IT IN.
WE RECOGNIZE, OF COURSE, YOU
AND YOUR COMMUNITY'S NEEDS
AND SAFTEY, SO CAESAR, HE SAID,
YOU KNOW, GO BACK, LET THEM
KNOW WE ARE WORKING.
JAMES HEWE'S WONDERFUL
PROJECT MANAGER, HE'S WORKING
ON IT, AS WELL AS TALKING
WITH THE COUNTY.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A SIGNAL
JUST NOT EXACTLY
BECAUSE THE PROJECT'S
ON ITS WAY.
>> SO IF YOU NEED A COPY OF
THE WARRANT STUDY THAT WAS DONE
YEARS AGO AND SIGNED
BY MICHAEL PALLY, I HAVE IT.
>> OKAY THAT'S GOOD,
I'M GONNA WRITE THAT DOWN,
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
>> I KEEP, I KEEP EVERYTHING.
>> THANK YOU.
>> YES, YOU'RE WELCOME.
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT IT'S NOT WITH
THE PROJECT BUT I KNOW EVEN
FROM MY PAST EXPERIENCE,
ONCE THE PROJECT IS LET AND IT'S
GETTING UNDERWAY, THE SHIP KIND
OF SAILS, BUT WE KNOW IT'S
VERY IMPORTANT, SO WE'LL FIND
A MECHANISM TO GET IT IN.
AND I'LL COME BACK AND I'LL LET
YOU KNOW WHEN I HEAR OKAY
THIS IS HAPPENING OR THIS IS
HAPPENING WE WON'T MAKE YOU
WAIT AND WAIT AND WAIT.
>> AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN
229 DAYS.
>> 229 DAYS.
[LAUGHING]
>> NOT THAT ANYONE'S COUNTING.
ACTUALLY IT [INAUDIBLE]
TODAY'S ALMOST OVER.
>> 228.
NO ONE'S COUNTING.
>> BUT I WANTED TO JUST LET YOU
KNOW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING
INTO IT.
>> THANK YOU.
>> THEY HEARD YOUR, YOU KNOW,
I WENT BACK AFTER THE LAST BOARD
MEETING AND SO YEAH.
SO THANK YOU.
YEAH, YOU'RE WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, RECOMMENDATIONS,
COMMENTS BY MEMBERS?
NO?
VERY GOOD.
TPO STAFF?
YES, MA'AM, CHAIRWOMAN, MEMBERS
OF THE BOARD.
LET'S CALL BACK UP STEPHANIE,
THE TPO'S
BICYCLE MODESTY PROGRAM MANAGER
WITH A COUPLE
OF ANNOUNCEMENTS.
>> THANKS, PETER.
>> OKAY.
>> SO ON APRIL 16TH, THE TPO
WILL BE HOSTING A CERTIFIED
BICYCLE
HELMET FITTERS CLASS.
YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ME OUT AT
PUBLIC EVENTS DOING THE
HELMET FIT. IT'S REALLY GREAT
FOR THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHAT THIS CLASS WILL ALLOW
YOU OR YOUR STAFF TO DO IS
TO GO AHEAD AND BECOME
A CERTIFIED BICYCLE
HELMET FITTER.
YOU'LL THEN BE ABLE TO ORDER
COMPLEMENTARY HELMETS
AND SAFETY MATERIALS
FROM THE FLORIDA PED BIKE
RESOURCE CENTER.
SO, WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
YOU THERE.
I HAVE SHARED THIS WITH
MY NETWORK,
WHICH INCLUDES SOME OF YOUR
STAFF,
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
DEPARTMENT, I HAVE SOME
FLYERS ON THE BACK.
YOU CAN LET ME KNOW, I'LL
CONTACT THEM OR THEY CAN
CONTACT ME.
AND THEN YOU CAN JOIN ME AT THE
ST. LUCIE COUNTY SAFETY FESTIVAL
AND HELP ME FIT SOME
OF THOSE HELMETS.
I'LL BE JOINING SAFE KIDS
OF THE TREASURE COAST.
THEY'LL BE HOLDING THE BIKE
RODEO WHERE
THEY BRING THE BIKES OUT,
LET THE KIDS RIDE THE BIKES,
AND I'LL BE FITTING
IT CAN BE KIDS, ADULTS,
TODDLERS, ALL AGES, AND THEY'LL
BE ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND
JOIN US FOR THE BIKE RODEO
AT THE SAFETY FEST
ON APRIL 25TH. ALL RIGHT.
>> VERY GOOD.
STEPHANIE HAVE YOU WORKED WITH
THE SCHOOL BOARD ON THE HELMET
FITTING?
>> SO I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH
THE SCHOOL
BOARD AS FAR AS FOR THE CROSSING
GUARDS AND INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOLS THEMSELVES, BUT I'M
HAPPY TO IF YOU HAVE A CONTACT
THAT COULD GET ME IN FOR LIKE,
YOU KNOW, SAFETY PRESENTATIONS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT,
I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO.
>> OKAY VERY GOOD THANK YOU.
>> AND ONE MORE QUESTION
REGARDING THE BIKE HELMET
FITTING EVENT
AND I DID MENTION I DID HEAR
YOU MENTION
SAFE KIDS OF THE TREASURE COAST
FOR THE SAFETY-
HAVE YOU CONTACTED THEM
TO BE THERE
ALSO, AND TO ASSIST?
>> YES, YES ABSOLUTELY SO
I'M PARTNERED WITH
SAFE KIDS FOR THE SAFETY FEST.
SAFE KIDS IS GOING TO BE
ATTENDING THE CERTIFIED BICYCLE
HELMET FITTERS CLASS SO THAT
SOME ADDITIONAL STAFF CAN GET
CERTIFIED BECAUSE THEY DO A LOT
OF PUBLIC EVENTS.
>> THANK YOU, STEPHANIE.
>> THANK YOU.
>> ANY OTHER TPO STAFF?
>> NO, MA'AM, THAT'S IT.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INPUT
TODAY FOR THE ACTION ITEMS
THAT YOU APPROVED.
>> YOU'RE WELCOME MR. BUCHWALD.
THE NEXT ST. LUCIE TPO BOARD
MEETING IS A REGULAR MEETING
SCHEDULED FOR 2PM,
ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD.
WE'RE ADJOURNED.