Hillsborough County, Florida



CAPTIONING

JANUARY 7, 2014

METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION

***This is not an official, verbatim transcript of the ***following meeting. It should be used for informational ***purposes only. This document has not been edited; ***therefore, there may be additions, deletions, or words ***that did not translate.

>>MARK SHARPE: GOOD MORNING.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

IT'S JANUARY 7th, AND THIS IS YOUR HILLSBOROUGH MPO.

WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE AND PRAYER, BY COMMISSIONER MILLER.

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OUR GRACIOUS AND HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE SO THANKFUL THAT YOU ALLOWED US TO COME OUT THIS MORNING TO MAKE DECISIONS TO MAKE THIS COUNTY A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

WE KNEW IT WAS NOT THE ALARM CLOCK THAT WOKE US BUT IT WAS YOUR LOVING HANDS.

AND WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SEE ANOTHER YEAR.

YOU BROUGHT US THROUGH 2013.

WE HOPE THAT WE HAVE A SUCCESSFUL 2014.

WE KNOW WE CAN WITH YOUR GUIDANCE AND YOUR COMFORTING OF US AS WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

AND WHEN WE LEAVE THIS PLACE, WE ASK THAT YOU TAKE US BACK TO OUR HOMES TO FIND EVERYTHING SAFE AND SOUND.

THESE AND ALL BLESSINGS WE ASK IN YOUR NAME.

AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>>MARK SHARPE: AT THIS TIME, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SO WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MS. ALDEN.

>>BETH ALDEN: GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

IN DECEMBER OUR COMMITTEES HAVE A HOLIDAY TRADITION OF A COUPLE OF THEM MEET JOINTLY.

IT GIVES THEM AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF IDEAS AND SOME NETWORKING, AND STAFF CONTRIBUTES REFRESHMENTS TO MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE FESTIVE, SO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET JOINTLY AND THE BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE ALSO MET JOINTLY.

ALL OF THE COMMITTEES, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COORDINATING BOARD, ALL REVIEWED THE FDOT TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM UPDATE AND SUPPORTED THAT FOR YOUR REVIEW TODAY, AND SEVERAL OF THE COMMITTEES ALSO LOOKED AT THE REPORT ON THE BRUCE B. DOWNS CORRIDOR EVALUATION FOR A HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AND APPROVED THAT REPORT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS ON SOME OF THE STATUS REPORTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY.

THOSE ARE IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET.

AND ALSO, THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED BOARD APPROVED THE ANNUAL EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR, WHICH I THINK YOU'LL BE LOOKING AT TODAY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO CONSENT.

WE'VE GOT THE MPO MEETING MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 3rd AND OUR COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>>HARRY COHEN: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN COHEN.

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR ACTION ITEMS.

WE'RE GOING TO START WITH ACTION ITEM "A," AND THAT'S THE FDOT DRAFT FIVE-YEAR WORK PROGRAM.

MR. BLAIN.

>>WALLY BLAIN: GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, BOARD MEMBERS.

WALLY BLAIN, MPO STAFF.

I DO WANT TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM REAL QUICK.

ROGER ROSCOE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS GOING TO COME AND GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON THE WORK PROGRAM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THIS IS A PROGRAM THAT STAFF HAS REVIEWED, AND AS PART OF THE AGENDA ITEM, WE'VE DONE A SYNOPSIS OF THE PROGRAMMING OF PROJECTS COMPARED TO THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ADOPTED LAST SEPTEMBER.

STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THE PROGRAMMING OF PROJECTS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PRIORITIES THAT YOU ADOPTED AND DOES RECOMMEND THAT YOU ENDORSE THE WORK PROGRAM AFTER YOU'VE HEARD THE PRESENTATION.

WE DO HAVE UNTIL 20 -- THE 22nd OF THIS MONTH TO SUBMIT ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING.

SO WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MR. ROSCOE.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, MR. ROSCOE.

>> THANK YOU, MR. BLAIN.

MR. CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE MEMBERS, ROGER ROSCOE WITH THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

GOOD MORNING.

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PROUD TO PRESENT THE FIVE-YEAR TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM PUBLIC HEARING WEBINAR THAT TOOK PLACE FROM THE PERIOD OF JULY 1st, 2014, THROUGH JUNE 30th, 2019.

THE WORK PROGRAM CONTAINS THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN DISTRICT 7, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF CITRUS, HERNANDO, HILLSBOROUGH, PASCO, AND PINELLAS COUNTIES.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALSO INCLUDE THE FLORIDA TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE PROJECTS FOR THE FIVE COUNTY REGIONS.

THE DEPARTMENT REMAINS COMMITTED TO THE EXISTING WORK PROGRAM PROJECTS ANNUALLY.

WE REVIEW AND UPDATE THE CURRENT PROJECT COST ESTIMATES AND SCHEDULES.

DURING THIS PROCESS, WE ARE ALSO EVALUATING POTENTIAL NEW PROJECTS TO ADD AS FUNDING PERMITS.

THESE ARE EVALUATED BY REVIEWING SAFETY AND SECURITY CONCERNS; MAINTENANCE ISSUES, WHICH INCLUDE PRESERVATION, OPERATION SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT, AND CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS.

POTENTIAL NEW PROJECTS ARE IDENTIFIED BY THE MPOs, THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS OR, IN THE CASE OF CITRUS COUNTY, THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION AND ALSO THE TAMPA BAY AREA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, ALSO KNOWN AS TBARTA, AND FROM THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM GOALS ALSO REFERRED TO AS SIS.

THIS PRESENTATION WILL ALSO HIGHLIGHT MAJOR CHANGES IN THE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.

THOSE PHASES INCLUDE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT, PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING OR DESIGN, RIGHT-OF-WAY OF CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN-BUILD, AND GRANTS.

NOW, FOR CAPACITY PROJECTS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

CONSTRUCTION WAS ADVANCED FROM FISCAL YEAR 2017 TO FISCAL YEAR 2015 ON COUNTY ROAD 581, BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD, FROM PEBBLE CREEK DRIVE TO COUNTY LINE ROAD.

CONSTRUCTION WAS ALSO ADDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2016 ON MARITIME BOULEVARD FROM GATX DRIVE TO CONTAINER YARD ENTRANCE.

CONSTRUCTION WAS ADDED TO FISCAL YEAR 2015 FOR PORTWIDE ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS.

THE HOWARD FRANKLAND BRIDGE NORTHBOUND SPAN REPLACEMENT PROJECT WAS ALSO ADDED AS A DESIGN-BUILD FOR 2019.

THESE PROJECTS ARE SHOWN IN BOTH HILLSBOROUGH AND PINELLAS COUNTIES.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, $43.8 MILLION IS PROGRAMMED FOR 15 RESURFACING PROJECTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: STATE ROAD 574 WEST OF REYNOLDS STREET FROM EAST OF TURKEY CREEK ROAD TO THONOTOSASSA ROAD, DESIGN WAS ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND CONSTRUCTION IN 2017.

AND ON STATE ROAD 60, ADAMO DRIVE, FROM EAST OF FALKENBURG ROAD TO WEST OF LAKE KATHY ENTRANCE, DESIGN WAS ADDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 AND CONSTRUCTION IN 2017.

SEVERAL PROJECTS WERE ADDED OR ADVANCED UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, PALM AVENUE, AND CYPRESS STREET.

OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS $11.3 MILLION WAS ADDED FOR ATMS AND I.T.S. PROJECTS IN THE CITY OF TAMPA AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY; $140.1 MILLION FOR TRANSIT, INCLUDING PURCHASING OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT; 127.5 MILLION FOR AVIATION PROJECTS SUCH AS TERMINAL BUILDING REHABILITATION AT TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT; AND 61.5 MILLION FOR SEAPORTS, INCLUDING BIG BEND CHANNEL IMPROVEMENTS AND INTERMODAL IMPROVEMENTS.

THE TURNPIKE ENTERPRISE IS CONTINUING TO FUND THE WIDENING OF THE VETERANS EXPRESSWAY.

THE NEXT SEGMENT FOR THE SUGARWOOD MAIN LINE PLAZA TO VAN DYKE ROAD WILL BE WIDENED FROM FOUR TO EIGHT LANES, OF WHICH TWO LANES WILL BE EXPRESS LANES.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE WIDENING PROJECTS TO THE SOUTH. CONSTRUCTION IS FUNDED IN FISCAL YEAR 2015 AT A COST OF $60.9 MILLION.

THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS PART OF A THREE-STEP PROCESS THAT OCCURS BEFORE THE WORK PROGRAM IS ADOPTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

FOLLOWING THE DISTRICT'S PUBLIC HEARING, THE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM FROM EACH DISTRICTS ARE SUBMITTED TO THE STATE SECRETARY FOR REVIEW.

FOLLOWING THIS EVALUATION, A STATEWIDE HEARING IS CONDUCTED.

ONCE THESE THINGS HAVE OCCURRED AND ALL ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, THE WORK PROGRAM IS THEN APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR AND BECOMES EFFECTIVE ON JULY 1st, 2014.

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM IS AN INTERACTIVE PROCESS INVOLVING INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS.

VERBAL AND WRITTEN COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE WEBINAR.

WRITTEN LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCES WERE RECEIVED THROUGH DECEMBER 26th, 2013, MAKING THEM PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING RECORD.

THE MPOs HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 22nd, 2014, TO PROVIDE ANY WRITTEN COMMENTS.

AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU AS PART OF THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

PLEASE REMEMBER TO WALK WISE, BIKE SMART, AND DRIVE SAFELY.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. ROSCOE.

BOARD MEMBERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS?

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I WANTED TO ASK YOU A QUESTION.

I SAW SOME PLANS FOR THE WIDENING OF STATE ROAD 60 FROM I THINK IT WAS EAST OF 75 OVER TOWARDS PLANT CITY.

IS THAT ON HERE?

IS THAT ON THE FIVE-YEAR WORK PROGRAM?

>> GOOD MORNING.

LEE ROYAL, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.

WE DO HAVE A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT'S UNDERWAY THAT'S IN THE VALRICO AREA GOING OUT TOWARDS PLANT CITY --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: BUT IT'S NOT --

>> -- BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO BE WIDENED --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

>> -- EAST OF I-75.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

BECAUSE --

>> WE RECENTLY HAD A RESURFACING PROJECT THERE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YOU DID?

>> MM-HMM.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO THERE'S NOTHING IN THE WORK PROGRAM THAT --

>> NO.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: -- REFLECTS THAT?

I JUST --

>> BUT THE WIDENING IS ON THE WEST SIDE OF I-75.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: RIGHT.

>> YES.

OKAY.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: I SAW THAT.

OKAY.

I GUESS I JUST WANTED TO -- I DON'T WANT TO ENCOURAGE ANY MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY 60, AND I THINK THAT IF WE'RE ROUTING TRAFFIC FROM THE WINTER HAVEN INTERMODAL SITE, IT NEEDS TO GO NORTH TO I-4 AND THEN COME BACK AROUND AND GO TO THE CONNECTOR BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THE RESIDENTS -- WE HAVE TOO MANY TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON 60 AS IT IS.

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE ANY MORE TRUCK TRAFFIC.

THANK YOU.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: DIRECTOR LOPANO.

>>JOE LOPANO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

THERE'S SOME REALLY, REALLY GOOD PROJECTS IN HERE, ESPECIALLY SOME REALLY GOOD PROJECTS AROUND THE AIRPORT HELPING US TO GET BETTER ACCESS AND SO ON.

THERE IS ONE ITEM THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE WORK PLAN, AND THAT'S THE AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER PROJECT THAT WE HAVE ASKED THE STATE TO FUND WITH US, AND SO I WOULD ASK THAT THIS BOARD INCLUDE IN ITS WRITTEN COMMENTS BACK TO THE FDOT THAT -- THAT THAT PROJECT BE INCLUDED IN THE FIVE-YEAR WORK PLAN.

>>MARK SHARPE: ABSOLUTELY, I AGREE WITH THAT.

>>JOE LOPANO: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>MARK SHARPE: IF YOU'RE WILLING TO MAKE THAT IN THE MOTION TO -- WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT -- A MOTION --

>>MIKE SUAREZ: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: -- IN THE FORM OF A MOTION BY DIRECTOR LOPANO, SECONDED BY OUR NEW HART CHAIRMAN, COUNCILMAN SUAREZ.

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

DIRECTOR WAGGONER.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: [INAUDIBLE]

I'M SORRY.

ARE THERE ANY PROJECTS IN HERE DEALING WITH THE EXPRESS LANES THAT D.O.T. HAS BEEN DOING PLANNING STUDIES ON, MOVING THOSE FORWARD?

>> LEE ROYAL AGAIN.

NOT AT THIS TIME.

WE DO HAVE STUDIES THAT ARE UNDERWAY FOR EXPRESS LANES THAT WILL DETERMINE -- AGAIN, IT'S A PROJECT DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT STUDY TO DETERMINE HOW WE CAN IMPLEMENT AND PUT THOSE INTO OUR INTERSTATE SYSTEM.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: OKAY.

COULD I GET A BRIEFING ON THE STATUS OF THOSE STUDIES?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: OKAY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO IT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>MARK SHARPE: ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY --

>>FRANK CHILLURA: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: -- SECONDED BY OUR MAYOR CHILLURA.

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

AND THAT WAS FOR ITEM "A."

WE'RE NOW MOVING TO THE STATE ROAD 60/BRANDON BOULEVARD STUDY.

>>LISA SILVA: GOOD MORNING.

LISA SILVA, MPO STAFF.

WE STUDIED A PORTION OF STATE ROAD 60 FROM I-75 OUT TO VALRICO ROAD, AND PART OF THE REASONING WAS THAT STATE

ROAD 60 FROM VALRICO ROAD EAST TO THE COUNTY LINE IS UNDER A STUDY FOR PD&E, AND THERE'S A NEW INTERMODAL CENTER IN WINTER HAVEN, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT PORTION OF STATE ROAD 60 AND ITS COMPATIBILITY FOR ALL USERS.

AND WE HAVE WIATT BOWERS WITH ATKINS HERE TO PRESENT THE DETAILS.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

WELCOME, MR. BOWERS.

>> GOOD MORNING.

SO AS LISA SPOKE ABOUT, THE REASON AND THE BACKGROUND OF WHY WE WERE DOING THIS STUDY WAS TO LOOK AT THE INTERMODAL LOGISTICS CENTER IN WINTER HAVEN AND THE CONNECTIONS OVER FOR FREIGHT TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THERE IS A PD&E STUDY TO WIDEN STATE ROAD 60 EAST OF VALRICO ROAD THAT IS UNDERWAY.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY SAFETY CONCERNS ON THE CORRIDOR, AND THE STUDY, AS WE TALKED, ADDRESSES ALL MODES AND GOES THROUGH THE AREA OF THE CENTER OF BRANDON.

SO WE REVIEWED A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUDIES, VERY DIFFERENT FREIGHT STUDIES, BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN CRASH STATISTICS, SOME OF THE LAND USE PLANS, AND AS WELL, STUDIES THAT FDOT HAD DONE ON ADJACENT CORRIDORS AS WELL AS ON STATE ROAD 60.

THIS IS A STUDY AREA MAP.

WHAT YOU SEE HERE FROM I-75 TO VALRICO ROAD IS THE CORRIDOR ITSELF, AGAIN, NOTING THE INTERMODAL LOGISTICS CENTER THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PATHS THAT CAN GET USED IN THE FUTURE THROUGH THE BARTOW NORTHERN CONNECTOR AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED CENTRAL POLK PARKWAY, WHICH WOULD GET TRUCK TRAFFIC UP TO THE POLK PARKWAY AND THEN TO I-4 AND THEN TO THE NEW I-4/CROSSTOWN CONNECTOR AS A WAY TO GET TO AND FROM THE PORT.

SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE FOUND, AGAIN, THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED FREIGHT TRAFFIC, THAT THERE CURRENTLY IS A RELATIVELY HIGH SPEED ON STATE ROAD 60.

THE SPEED LIMITS VARY BETWEEN 45 AND 50.

THE MAJORITY OF THE CORRIDOR HAS BICYCLE LANES, BUT THERE'S A SEGMENT IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN KINGS AND BRYAN THAT IS ONLY SIX TRAVEL LANES VERSUS EIGHT ON THE REST OF IT, AND THAT SEGMENT DOESN'T HAVE BIKE LANES.

THERE ARE ALSO NO SIDEWALKS ON 60 AT -- BASICALLY UNDERNEATH THE I-75 INTERCHANGE, SO FROM FALKENBURG TO THE BRANDON TOWN CENTER MALL.

CONGESTION HAS BEEN INCREASING.

THE MALL INTERSECTION IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS IN THE COUNTY AND THERE'S HIGH CRASH RATES ALONG THE CORRIDOR.

YOU CAN SEE HERE A MAP BASICALLY OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND SOME OF THE TOP 50 CONGESTED INTERSECTIONS, OF WHICH SEVERAL ARE EITHER ON THIS CORRIDOR OR DOWN ADJACENT ON LUMSDEN ROAD.

ALSO, AGAIN, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, CRASH STATISTICS AND SOME OF THE HIGH CRASH CORRIDORS AND INTERSECTIONS.

THE HIGHEST INTERSECTION, AGAIN, IN OUR AREA IN THIS STUDY WAS AT THE MALL, THE GRAND REGENCY BOULEVARD.

SO AS A RESULT OF ALL THIS, WE DEVELOPED, IN CONCERT WITH MEETING WITH THE PUBLIC AND SOME OF THE COMMITTEES AND SOME OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, SOME IDEAS, AND THAT INCLUDED ADDING OR CONNECTING PARALLEL ROADS TO PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES TO STATE ROAD 60 FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC, REDUCING THE SPEED LIMIT TO 45 MILES PER HOUR ON THE ENTIRE PORTION FROM I-75 TO VALRICO ROAD.

NARROWING THE TRAVEL LANES TO 11 FOOT WOULD ALLOW US TO INSTALL A SEPARATED BIKE LANE.

YOU COULD SEE AN EXAMPLE OF THAT ON THE ABOVE PICTURE.

IT ALSO -- THAT SEPARATED BUFFER WOULD ACTUALLY ALLOW FOR BETTER TURN RADIUS FOR TRUCKS THAT ARE GOING TO AND FROM MAKING DELIVERIES TO SOME OF THE LOCAL RETAILERS AND SUCH.

ADDING NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS, WHICH MAY HELP WITH BETTER PROGRESSION, AS WELL AS PROVIDING CROSSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEDESTRIANS AND NONMOTORIZED VEHICLES.

IMPROVING TRAFFIC SIGNAL VISIBILITY, WHICH CAN BE DONE WITH BLACKPLATES AND FLASHING YELLOW ARROWS, WHICH D.O.T. IS INSTALLING THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND I UNDERSTAND IN DISTRICT 7 AS WELL, AND ALSO DEVELOPING A UNIFIED SIGNAGE WAY-FINDING TO HELP PEOPLE BETTER IDENTIFY THE AREA.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO CAUTION THAT ALL OF THESE OPPORTUNITIES WERE JUST IDENTIFIED AT A VERY HIGH LEVEL, AND THEY DO REQUIRE FURTHER ANALYSIS AND STUDY AND WOULD NEED TO MEET ANY APPROPRIATE FDOT OR LOCAL STANDARDS.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE PROJECTS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT TO TRY AND GET AT THE ISSUE OF THERE BEING NO SIDEWALKS UNDERNEATH THE I-75 INTERCHANGE.

IT'S A SHARED-USE PATH THAT WOULD BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE ROAD, 12-FOOT SHARED-USE PATH, WHICH WOULD CONNECT YOU FROM ALL OF THE RETAIL AND HOTELS THAT ARE ON FALKENBURG ROAD AND COMING IN OVER TO, AGAIN, THE MALL AREA.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE POTENTIAL OF HOW YOU MIGHT DEAL WITH SOME OF THE CONGESTION AT LITHIA PINECREST AND BRYAN, AND IN THIS EXAMPLE, KIND OF A ROUNDABOUT AT WHERE THOSE TWO ROADS INTERSECT, AND THAT WOULD HELP IN THE TRAFFIC FLOW AT THOSE SIGNALS WITH STATE ROAD 60.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND GOING BACK TO MY PREVIOUS COMMENTS, I GUESS I WOULD DIRECT THIS TO RAY CHIARAMONTE.

WHERE -- WHERE DOES THIS STUDY GO FROM HERE?

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: I THINK WHAT WE WOULD DO IS IF ENDORSED, WE WOULD BEGIN TO LOOK AT SOME -- SOME OF THE IDEAS.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK -- BACK TO YOU.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

I MEAN, I ENDORSE THE BIKE AND ALL THAT, BUT WIDENING THE LANES TO ENCOURAGE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS REALLY GOING TO UPSET RES -- THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT COME IN FROM NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF 60 INTO 60 TO TRAVEL INTO DOWNTOWN OR WHEREVER THEY GO TO WORK, AND I DON'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE TRUCK TRAFFIC JUST TO MAKE IT CONVENIENT FOR THE WINTER HAVEN INTERMODAL CENTER.

THEY NEED TO FIND -- SINCE THEY GOT SO MUCH MONEY OVER THERE FOR THEIR ROUTE, THEN THEY CAN JUST PEEL OFF A FEW MILLION DOLLARS TO FIND A NEW ROUTE TO TAKE THE TRUCKS TO GET THEM OVER TO I-4, BUT I THINK THIS -- I MEAN, IT'S A GOOD -- THIS STUDY IS GOOD, AND I THINK IT -- IT SHOWS A LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR HOW WE CAN MAKE THE -- MAKE IT SAFER ON 60, ESPECIALLY FOR BIKES AND PEDESTRIANS, BUT THE WIDENING OF THE LANES IS, I THINK, A LITTLE MUCH.

>> JUST TO CLARIFY, WITHIN OUR STUDY PARAMETERS FROM I-75 TO VALRICO ROAD, WE HAVE NO TRAVEL LANE WIDENING --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: RIGHT.

>> [INDISCERNIBLE CROSS TALK]

>>SANDRA MURMAN: BUT FROM VALRICO --

>> RIGHT.

THAT'S A --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: -- OVER THERE, WHICH --

>> -- SEPARATE STUDY THAT FDOT IS DOING.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO IF YOU WIDEN THE ROADS AND THE TRUCKS COME IN FROM WINTER HAVEN, THEN THEY'RE GOING TO COME ALL THE WAY IN THROUGH BRANDON, AND IT'S GOING TO ADD MORE CONGESTION TO AN ALREADY -- I DON'T -- IS -- I DON'T KNOW THE LEVEL OF THE ROAD FOR 60, BUT THERE'S JUST A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF CONGESTION.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: YEAH.

I DO WANT TO CLARIFY, THOUGH, THAT THE WIDENING OF THAT ROAD'S NOT PART OF THE STUDY.

>> CORRECT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

THOUGH IT WAS DISCUSSED.

>> THE PART EAST IS NOT PART OF OUR STUDY.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: RIGHT.

IT'S DISCUSSED BY FDOT, BUT NOT --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YES.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: -- PART OF THIS STUDY.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: RIGHT.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: RIGHT.

AND --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S KIND OF OFF THE TABLE, BUT I DO -- I DO ENDORSE THE PLAN.

I THINK THE SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE AREA, SO I MOVE APPROVAL.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND?

>>LISA MONTELIONE: SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE HAVE A SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE.

COMMISSIONER MILLER.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

SIR, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT ADDING TRAFFIC LIGHTS ALONG 60; AM I CORRECT?

>> YES.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: WHO -- LET ME ASK YOU THIS QUESTION.

WHO CONTROLS THE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT -- THERE AT REGENCY MALL AND -- BRANDON MALL, I'M SORRY.

>> MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY ARE OPERATED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

>>LES MILLER, JR.: OKAY.

ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS I WAS ABLE TO WITNESS LAST MONTH WAS THE TURN LANES COMING OUT OF THAT MALL WHEN SOMEONE IS GOING TO THE WEST.

THE TURN -- THE ARROW IS A VERY SHORT ARROW TO TURN LEFT, AND THERE WAS AT LEAST FOUR CARS THAT RAN THAT LIGHT, AND IF SOMEONE TOOK OFF FIRST GOING -- GOING EAST BEFORE -- JUST BECAUSE WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, IT'S THEIR TIME TO GO, THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SOME SERIOUS ACCIDENTS THERE, SO I'M JUST WONDERING IS THERE ANY WAY SOMETHING CAN BE DONE ABOUT THE LIGHTS, SPECIFICALLY THE TURN LANE -- THE TURN LIGHT COMING -- SOMEONE COMING OUT OF THE MALL GOING BACK TO THE WEST, THAT TURN LIGHT IS A VERY SHORT LIGHT AND PEOPLE RUN THAT LIGHT BECAUSE IF TWO OR THREE CARS GET BY AND YOU'RE IN A LONG LINE COMING OUT OF THAT MALL, YOU'RE GOING TO -- YOU'RE GOING TO RUN IT.

IT'S A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION, SO I THINK WE DEFINITELY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

>>MARK SHARPE: ANY OTHER COMMENTS?

OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE, AND THAT'S FOR THE STATE ROAD 60/BRANDON FREIGHT COMPATIBILITY STUDY.

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

WE'RE NOW MOVING TO ITEM "C," WHICH IS THE BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD PEAK-HOUR HOV LANE FEASIBILITY STUDY.

>>GENA TORRES: GOOD MORNING.

THIS IS GENA TORRES FROM --

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME, GENA.

>>GENA TORRES: -- THE MPO STAFF.

I JUST WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR CONSULTANTS.

THIS PROJECT CAME OUT OF OUR CONGESTION MANAGEMENT/CRASH MITIGATION STUDIES.

WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT INNOVATIVE WAYS TO USE OUR EXISTING PAVEMENT TO KIND OF MOVE TRAFFIC AND -- EFFICIENTLY, SO WE LOOKED AT A STUDY, AND I WANT TO START AT THE BEGINNING SO YOU DON'T GET -- OKAY.

AND WE HAD OUR HELP FROM URS, SO WE HAVE HERE LAUREN BROOKS AND DOMINGO NORIEGA, AND THEY'LL DO THE PRESENTATION, AND I'LL BE HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AFTER.

>>MARK SHARPE: WELCOME.

>> GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS, BOARD MEMBERS.

DOMINGO AND I GREATLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY TO DISCUSS OUR FINDINGS FROM EXPLORING THE FEASIBILITY OF IMPLEMENTING A HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OR HOV LANE ON BRUCE B. DOWNS FROM I-75 TO BEARSS AVENUE.

THE STUDY COMMENCED BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE MPO'S PREVIOUS STUDY CALLED THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT/CRASH MITIGATION PROCESS LANE OPERATION STRATEGIES STUDY, KIND OF A MOUTHFUL.

ANYWAY, OUR STUDY INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING COMPONENTS, WHICH WE WILL DISCUSS IN DETAIL LATER IN THIS PRESENTATION.

OUR STUDY MET THE THREE GOALS OF THE LANE OPERATION STRATEGIES STUDY, PARTICULARLY GOAL NUMBER 3, IN THAT IT PROVIDED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HELP REDUCE PEAK-HOUR DEMAND AND ALSO IMPROVE PEAK-HOUR OPERATIONS ALONG THE BRUCE B. DOWNS CORRIDOR.

AND AGAIN, BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD EMERGED AS A STRONG CANDIDATE FOR POTENTIAL HOV IMPLEMENTATION IN THAT EVEN AFTER THE WIDENING OF THE FACILITY TO EIGHT LANES, CONGESTION WOULD LIKELY REMAIN A PROBLEM INTO THE FUTURE.

THE FACILITY HAS HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUMES DURING PEAK HOURS, AND WITH THE WIDENING, THERE WAS OPPORTUNITY TO DESIGNATE HOV LANES ON THE FACILITY.

IN ADDITION, THERE'S CARPOOLING WITHIN THE NORTH TAMPA OR PROJECT AREA, AND THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL INITIATIVES TAKING PLACE WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA THAT THE HOV LANE WOULD HELP SUPPORT.

OUR STUDY, AGAIN, FOCUSED ON EVALUATING THE DEDICATION OF ONE SHARED HIGH-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE OR HOV LANE IN THE PEAK HOUR AND PEAK DIRECTION ALONG BRUCE B. DOWNS BOULEVARD FROM I-75 TO BEARSS AVENUE.

AS PART OF OUR STUDY, WE REVIEWED PREVIOUS AND PRESENT INITIATIVES IN THE STUDY AREA, WE ASSESSED TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT SUPPORT FACTORS, WE CONDUCTED EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, AND PERFORMED STAKEHOLDER COORDINATION.

SOME OF THE PAST AND PRESENT INITIATIVES WE REVIEWED WERE OBVIOUSLY THE MPO'S PREVIOUS LANE OPERATION STRATEGY STUDY, SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD REPORTS THAT ARE PRESENT, PARTICULARLY HOW TO FORECAST TRAFFIC ON AN HOV FACILITY, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT TBARTA'S RAIL/BUS RAPID TRANSIT STUDY THAT IS EXPLORING THE USE OF BRUCE B. DOWNS FROM USF TO WESLEY CHAPEL.

AS PART OF OUR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT FACTORS, WE EXPLORED U.S. CENSUS DATA OR JOURNEY-TO-WORK DATA IN THE AREA.

WE ALSO LOOKED AT SEVERAL CASE STUDIES AROUND THE COUNTRY.

WE LOOKED AT HOV LANES ON INTERSTATES BECAUSE THE HOV LANES ARE LIMITED ON ARTERIALS WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AND THE MPO'S PREVIOUS STUDY ACTUALLY EXPLORED THE FEW INSTANCES WHERE THAT OCCURRED.

BUT OVERALL, THE FINDINGS OF THE CASE STUDIES INDICATED THAT TO HAVE A SUCCESSFUL HOV LANE, THE HOV LANE MUST PROVIDE TIME AND COST SAVINGS, AND A MATURE HOV LANE SHOULD ALSO CARRY BETWEEN 400 TO 800 VEHICLES PER HOUR DURING PEAK PERIODS.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE CONDUCTED STAKEHOLDER INTERVIEWS, AND WE LEARNED THAT THERE'S MODERATE PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE TRANSPORTATION DEMAND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS IN THE NORTH TAMPA OR PROJECT AREA SUCH AS CARPOOLING, VANPOOLING, AND EMERGENCY RIDE, AND WHILE TBARTA AND NEW NORTH TRANSPORTATION ALLIANCE ARE ACTIVE IN THE AREA AND ENCOURAGING TDM STRATEGIES, DUE TO FUNDING CONSTRAINTS, OUTREACH TO EXPLORE TDM PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT OR IMPLEMENTATION HAS BEEN LIMITED.

SO THIS TABLE WAS DEVELOPED BASED ON OUR FINDINGS FROM OUR RESEARCH AND ALSO DUE TO OUR EXPERIENCE IN ESTABLISHING TDM PROGRAMS WITHIN THE UNITED STATES, OUR COMPANY DOES THAT.

ANYWAY, THE TABLE SHOWS THAT OVER TIME WITH THE TDM PROGRAM IN PLACE, THE LIKELIHOOD OF INDIVIDUALS USING AN HOV LANE IS GREATER AS THE USE OF SHARED MODE OPTIONS INCREASES.

ALSO, WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TDM PROGRAM, THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF COMMUTERS SERVED, THE MORE SINGLE-OCCUPANCY VEHICLE TRIPS ELIMINATED AND THE HIGHER THE COST SAVINGS TO COMMUTERS.

AND, AGAIN, I'LL ANSWER QUESTIONS ONCE DOMINGO DOES HIS SECTION.

>> OKAY.

THANK YOU, LAUREN.

GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY.

SO THE -- IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE WHETHER OR NOT THIS -- THIS PROPOSED PROJECT -- THIS INITIATIVE WORKS, WE PERFORMED A TRAFFIC STUDY, TRAFFIC SIMULATION STUDY WHERE YOU BASICALLY MODEL THE TRAFFIC EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN YOU MODEL THE FUTURE CONDITIONS AND TRY TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE VEHICLES WITH HOV, AS WE'RE PROPOSING, AND THE NON-HOV VEHICLES.

THE EXISTING CONDITIONS RIGHT NOW, WHAT -- BASICALLY, THE ROAD FROM BEARSS TO PALM SPRINGS IS FOUR LANES.

THERE'S AN UPCOMING PROJECT THAT IS GOING TO WIDEN THE CORRIDOR TO -- TO SIX LANES.

THE SPEED LIMIT IS 45, AND THE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY RATE RANGES FROM 1.15 TO 1.20.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS IF THERE WERE TWO PERSONS IN -- IN EACH CAR, THE OCCUPANCY WILL BE 2 -- 2.0.

IT'S LESS THAN THAT, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT THAT BAD.

THERE'S QUITE A FEW PEOPLE ALREADY THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, RIDING IN CARS ALONG WITH THE DRIVER.

OOPS.

OKAY.

THIS IS A SNAPSHOT OF THE TRAFFIC COUNTS RIGHT NOW ON THE CORRIDOR, AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

IT RANGES FROM 36,000 TO 47,000 ALREADY.

AGAIN, THE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE MODELED WAS A NON-HOV ALTERNATIVE BUT THAT BASICALLY INCLUDES ONE ADDITIONAL LANE IN -- IN EACH DIRECTION, AND THEN THE HOV ALTERNATIVE IS THE SAME AS THE ONE ADDITIONAL LANE IN EACH DIRECTION BUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT ADDITIONAL LANE IS AN HOV LANE.

AND WE ALSO ASSUMED THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE AN INCREASE ON HOV PARTICIPATION OF AT LEAST 5%, WHICH IS VERY LIKELY.

THIS IS THE TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO DOUBLE FROM THE EXISTING TRAFFIC, SO EVEN IF YOU WIDEN THE -- YOU KNOW, THE CAPACITY OF THE ROAD, YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE CONGESTION REGARDLESS.

THIS IS THE -- THE MODEL THAT WE DEVELOPED.

IT'S A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL THAT ACTUALLY IS ABLE TO GET THE CONDITIONS OF HOV AND NON-HOV VEHICLES.

THIS IS THE -- THE EXISTING CONDITION.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY SURPRISES THERE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE CONGESTION THAT IS -- IS EXPERIENCED.

AND IT WILL RUN A LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT WILL GO INTO THE FUTURE CONDITION FOR -- FOR 2035 WITH THE -- WITH THE HOV IN PLACE.

AND THIS IS -- THIS IS THE CONDITION WITH THE HOV LANE.

THE CARS THAT ARE ON THE LEFT SIDE ARE GOING TO BE THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE HOV LANE.

WE TRIED TO MODEL THAT LANE ON THE OUTSIDE ON THE RIGHT LANE, AND IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET ANY KIND OF CONSISTENT FLOW ON THAT HOV LANE BECAUSE OF SO MANY DRIVEWAYS AND SO MANY INTERSECTIONS.

SO WITH -- YOU KNOW, WITH -- WITH THIS, WE CAN ACTUALLY MODEL THE CONDITIONS, AND THIS -- THIS PROGRAM IS ALSO ABLE TO SUMMARIZE THE SPEED OF ALL TYPES OF VEHICLES AND THE TRAVEL TIME SAVINGS ASSOCIATED WITH HAVING THIS HOV LANE.

SO WE'RE GOING HERE ALL THE WAY TO THE NORTH, SKIPPER ROAD.

AND, AGAIN, THIS IS AN ENTIRE MODEL THAT HAS SIMULATIONS FOR A.M. AND P.M. PEAK HOUR.

HERE'S BASICALLY THE -- THE SUMMARY OF OUR RESULT, AND I'D LIKE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE BLUE LINE.

THE BLUE LINE IS ACTUALLY THE -- THE SPEEDS FOR THE HOV LANES, THE RED IS IF THERE WAS NO HOV LANE AT ALL, AND THE GREEN IS THE NON-HOV LANES IF WE PUT AN HOV LANE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BLUE -- THE BLUE LINE IS HIGH ON ALL THE SEGMENTS; THEREFORE, THERE'S SLIGHTLY HIGHER SPEED IF YOU PUT THE HOV LANE.

THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IS THAT IN THIS SEGMENT -- IN THIS CORRIDOR, THERE'S TOO MANY INTERSECTIONS, THERE.

THERE'S OVER -- IN FIVE MILES, YOU HAVE NINE SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, PROBABLY ONE MORE WILL BE SIGNALIZED IN THE FUTURE, MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS, SO YOU CANNOT GET A CONTINUITY OF, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT FLOW ON THE HOV LANE.

HERE ARE THE FINDINGS AS FAR AS TRAVEL-TIME SAVINGS.

THE HOV WILL HAVE IN THE A.M. PEAK-HOUR SOUTHBOUND 1.6 MINUTES LESS OF TRAVEL TIME THAN THE OTHER VEHICLES, AND IN THE P.M. IT'S JUST ONE MINUTE.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT -- IT'S FIVE MILES -- YOU'RE SAVING NOT EVEN TWO MINUTES.

SO BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS A VERY TEMPTING AND INTRIGUING IDEA, BUT IT DOESN'T APPEAR -- DOESN'T APPEAR THAT -- THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF VERY SIGNIFICANT TIME SAVINGS BECAUSE OF SO MANY POINTS AND INTERSECTIONS.

SO THAT'S BASICALLY OUR STUDY.

>>MARK SHARPE: INTERESTING.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: I KNOW.

I KNOW.

BUT IT'S --

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: [INAUDIBLE]

>>SANDRA MURMAN: [INAUDIBLE]

>>LISA MONTELIONE: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN TO MOVE TO ACCEPT THE REPORT, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM BOARD MEMBERS?

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR EVALUATION.

WELCOME.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: GOOD MORNING, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL.

IF I COULD JUST FIND MY -- OOH.

IT WAS HERE A MINUTE AGO.

SO EVERY YEAR WE COME TO YOU AND REPORT ON WHAT THE CTC, WHO IS THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE SUNSHINE LINE, THE OPERATOR OF THIS TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED PROCESS.

AS INTRODUCTION, WE DO HAVE SOME NEW PEOPLE ON OUR BOARD.

THE SUNSHINE LINE IS THE OPERATOR FOR DOOR-TO-DOOR AND BUS PASS TRANSPORTATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.

THAT'S PERSONS WHO ARE ELDERLY, WHO ARE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, AND LOW-INCOME.

THE TWO ADD UP.

COORDINATES WITH 17 OTHER CONTRACTORS SUCH AS DACCO, WITH SERVICES PROVIDED MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 6:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M.

THE ANNUAL TASK OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED BOARD -- I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STOP FOR A MINUTE AND SAY WE HAD A VERY FANTASTIC YEAR.

TWO OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS WERE RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE WITH APPRECIATION CERTIFICATES FOR THEIR WORK IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE WHOLE PROCESS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

NOW, THE TASK IS THAT WE REVIEW FIVE CRITERIA AND CONDUCT SURVEYS, 2,868 CLIENTS FOR THIS YEAR THAT JUST ENDED.

THE FIVE CRITERIA ARE RELIABILITY, SERVICE EFFICIENCY, SERVICE EFFECTIVENESS, SERVICE AVAILABILITY, AND SAFETY.

AND WE DO PROVIDE THOSE TWO SURVEYS, ONE FOR THE DOOR-TO-DOOR AND ONE FOR THE BUS PASS PROGRAM.

THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS FOR THE CTC IN THE LAST YEAR ARE THAT THEY WERE RECOGNIZED AS THE URBAN CTC OF THE YEAR FOR THE STATE.

YAY!

AND THERE'S KAREN SMITH RECEIVING AN AWARD THAT WE DID GET IN AUGUST.

THE -- THERE WERE A TOTAL OF OVER ONE MILLION MILES TRAVELED, OVER HALF A MILLION TRIPS, AT AN AVERAGE COST OF $8.60, WHICH IS DOWN FROM THE YEAR BEFORE, WITH TWO CHARGEABLE ACCIDENTS, WHICH IS THE SAME AS THE YEAR BEFORE.

94% OF THE TRIPS THAT WERE PROVIDED WERE ON TIME, AND SATISFACTION FROM THE SURVEY REMAINS AT 99.9%.

IT'S GETTING QUITE BORING.

THE CTC WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THE OPERATOR, FOR THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS LAST YEAR, AS WAS RECOMMENDED BY THIS BOARD AND THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COORDINATING BOARD.

AREAS OF CONCERN THAT WERE REPORTED IN THE SURVEY, TELEPHONE CALLS ARE NOT ANSWERED PROMPTLY WAS -- THE QUESTION IS, IS IT, AND THEY SAID NOT TOO WELL.

TRIP INFORMATION IS RECORDED ACCURATELY, THERE ARE SOME ISSUES IN THAT REGARD, AND WE -- AND THE OPERATOR IS WORKING ON ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES.

COMMITTEE COMMENTS ARE THAT WE'D LIKE TO, AGAIN, CONGRATULATE THE SUNSHINE LINE FOR ONE MORE YEAR OF EXCELLENCE.

THE -- WE ARE CONCERN -- THE BOARD IS CONCERNED THAT THE SUNSHINE LINE VANS AND DRIVERS CONTINUE TO DECREASE.

THERE COMES A POINT WHERE -- AS YOU KNOW, WE ARE AGING AND THAT THERE WILL BE SOME -- SOME -- AT SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAR MORE PEOPLE NEEDING -- IT ACTUALLY IS HAPPENING NOW -- THAN CAN BE PROVIDED FOR, AND THIS IS OF GREAT CONCERN FOR THE COMMITTEE OR THE BOARD.

THE NEEDS OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY INCLUDE ACCESS TO EDUCATION, ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT, ACCESS TO RECREATION AND FUN, AND SHOPPING.

WITH THOSE IN MIND, OUR -- THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE COMING TO YOU FROM THE TD BOARD ARE THAT WE WANT TO WORK WITH THE CTC DURING THE UPDATE OF THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED SERVICE PLAN, WHICH WILL COME TO YOU IN -- IN THE LATE SUMMER OF THIS YEAR TO IDENTIFY THE COSTS FOR PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SERVICE FOR PRIORITY IV GROUP, WHICH IS EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, SHOPPING, AND RECREATION.

THE CTC, IF YOU MAY RECALL, HAS FIVE PRIORITIES.

THEY'RE DOING EXTREMELY WELL IN THE FIRST TWO, WHICH IS TO GET PEOPLE TO THEIR MEDICAL TRIPS AND TO SUPPORT THINGS SUCH AS GROCERY SHOPPING, BUT THE BOARD IS CONCERNED THAT WE ARE NOT -- WE ARE NOT TRULY ADDRESSING ALL THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY AND THAT WE REALLY DO NEED TO START STEPPING OUT IN THAT REGARD.

THE OTHER PART OF THEIR WORK THIS YEAR IS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SUNSHINE LINE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND AGING SERVICES TO ENSURE THAT SERVICES ARE MAINTAINED AND PERHAPS EVEN FINDING SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO INCREASE SERVICE.

THEY'D ALSO LIKE TO INCLUDE THE COORDINATED CONTRACTORS IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO SEE HOW WE CAN PERHAPS FIND SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO HAVE BETTER COORDINATION AND MAYBE SOME MORE TRIPS FOR PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE IN THAT POPULATION, SUCH AS DACCO OR SO ON, SCHOOL BOARD, AND MAYBE WE CAN FIND SOME TRIPS THAT WAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO JUST START LOOKING AT THEM IN THE EVALUATION PROCESS.

BRIEFLY, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU THIS MORNING IS TO APPROVE THE CTC EVALUATION AND TRANSMIT THIS TO THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED FOR THEIR REVIEW, AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION --

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MICHELE.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: -- AND SUPPORT.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND MICHELE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE TO THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: WHY, THANK YOU.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: YOU ARE AN ANGEL OF MERCY, DONE A LOT OF WORK, AND I HOPE EVERY PERSON ON THIS BOARD -- WE NEED TO SHOW OUR APPRECIATION FOR YOU.

AND I THINK YOU'VE JUST DONE A REMARKABLE JOB OF HOLDING IT TOGETHER, STAYING SO PATIENT, AND WORKING THROUGH.

I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

I'M CONCERNED -- YOU SAID THE NUMBER OF VANS HAVE DECREASED IN THE SUNSHINE LINE?

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: THAT'S CORRECT.

EACH YEAR THAT WE HAVE -- FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, WHICH IS ALL I'VE BEEN ON THEIR SERVICE, WE HAVE SEEN A DECLINE IN THE NUMBER OF VANS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE SERVICE.

THIS HAS GONE DOWN ABOUT SEVEN IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS WELL AS THE DRIVERS TO ABOUT I THINK IT'S FIVE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

WE JUST DID OUR BUDGET THIS LAST YEAR, AND I DON'T RECALL ANYTHING COMING UP ABOUT THE VANS -- NEEDING FUNDING FOR VANS OR LOSING -- SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CHECK INTO THIS, AND I -- THAT'S A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE I KNOW THE NEED IS NOT DECREASING THERE.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: NO, IT'S NOT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: DO YOU HAVE ANY WAY OF MEASURING THE UNMET NEED THAT'S OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED SERVICES WHO -- FOR EITHER SUNSHINE LINE OR THE HARTPLUS PROGRAM?

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: THAT'S WHY WE DO THE SERVICE PLAN EACH YEAR.

IT DOES HAVE OUR PROJECTIONS, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO MINE A LITTLE MORE IN THAT PROCESS TO REALLY GET A BETTER HANDLE ON WHAT THOSE NEEDS ARE, AND IN A FEW MINUTES I'LL COME TO YOU AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE BIGGER PICTURE, WHICH YOU'LL --

>>SANDRA MURMAN: OKAY.

WELL, I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS YOU AND RAY CHIARAMONTE AND MYSELF SIT DOWN WITH MIKE MERRILL AND REALLY LOOK AT THIS PROGRAM AND FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE NEEDS ARE AND WHY WE'RE DECREASING OUR COMMITMENT TO THE SUNSHINE LINE.

I KNOW WE ARE DOING SOME COORDINATED PROGRAMS WITH THE HART -- WITH HART.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES, WE ARE.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: I DON'T THINK THAT'S WORKED OUT AS WELL AS WE WANTED IT TO.

THAT WAS FOR DIABETES PATIENTS THAT WERE TRAVELING, TRYING TO PICK UP THE SERVICES THERE, SO -- OKAY.

I'LL LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR --

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>>MARK SHARPE: COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

MICHELE, ON ONE OF THE QUESTIONS -- IT'S PAGE -- WELL, THERE'S TWO PAGE NUMBERS IT LOOKS LIKE.

PAGE 18 ON THE LEFT SIDE AND C-19 ON THE RIGHT SIDE.

[INAUDIBLE]

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES, MA'AM.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: IT HAS A TABLE OF COORDINATED CONTRACTOR'S COST PER TRIP.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: AND THERE'S A WIDE VARIATION.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHY THERE IS SUCH A STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOW OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICES AT $1.67 AND A HIGH, IT LOOKS LIKE, OF HART PARATRANSIT SERVICE AT 34.85?

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: WELL, FOR ONE THING, THE NUMBER OF HOURS.

HART DOES HAVE MUCH LONGER HOURS.

THEY TAKE MANY MORE PEOPLE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: WELL, THIS IS AVERAGE COST PER TRIP.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: AVERAGE, THAT'S CORRECT.

SO IT'S VERY UNEVEN HOW IT'S -- HOW YOU CALCULATE IT, BUT THE FACT IS THAT FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, IT'S A VERY SMALL POPULATION, VERY SMALL HOURS, LIMITED, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S BEEN LIMITED VANS AND SO ON; WHEREAS, HART HAS TO DO FAR MORE WITH THEIR PROCESS, AND THEY DO TAKE IN FAR MORE PEOPLE FOR THE PARATRANSIT.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: IT JUST SEEMS VERY CONFUSING THAT IT'S --

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE THERE'S AN ADA -- YES.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- IT'S AN AVERAGE COST PER TRIP, AND IT'S --

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS --

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- THE 33 --

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: -- WHY WE'RE LOOKING AT --

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- DOLLAR DIFFERENCE.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: MAYBE THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE FORMULA THAT NEEDS TO BE EXPLAINED OR --

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE BRINGING THEM INTO THE PROCESS THIS YEAR, SO THAT

WE -- OR I SHOULD SAY IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THEY REALLY DON'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: NO.

THANK YOU.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: I AGREE.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: AND IF I CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF THAT, IT IS TWO TOTALLY -- ONE'S VOLUNTARY AND ONE'S KIND OF MANDATORY.

THE HART PROGRAM IS MANDATED REALLY BY -- THEY HAVE TO TAKE EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT CALLS, REGARDLESS.

THE COUNTY PERSON IS A SOCIAL -- THE COUNTY PROGRAM IS MORE OF A SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAM AND IT'S MORE ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, BUT WE DO HAVE A GREAT COST-EFFECTIVE PROGRAM IN OUR SUNSHINE LINE.

WE DO.

AND YOU CAN SAY IT, BUT IT IS BECAUSE IT IS SELECTIVE AND IT IS SMALLER.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES.

>>MARK SHARPE: COUNCILMAN COHEN.

>>HARRY COHEN: THANK YOU -- THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. CHAIR.

I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT ONE THING THAT CAME UP DURING THE MEETING WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THIS BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY THE ITEM THAT WE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME ON IN THE MEETING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THAT WAS THE WAY IN WHICH WE SURVEY THE USERS OF THE SUNSHINE LINE TO GET THEIR INPUT ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THE SERVICE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE CHANGED.

ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WAS RAISED IS THAT WE HAVE A WIDE VARIETY OF DISABILITIES THAT MANY OF OUR CUSTOMERS ARE FACED WITH, AND AS A RESULT, ONE -- ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL REACH-OUT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK.

AN INTERNET SURVEY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE WHO IS VISUALLY IMPAIRED.

A TELEPHONE SURVEY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS HEARING CHALLENGES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WAS COMING UP WITH A LOT MORE FORMS AND FORUMS WITH WHICH TO GET INPUT FROM PEOPLE SO AS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE REALLY REACHING ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE NEEDS, AND THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DETERMINED WE WANTED TO WORK ON FOR THE FUTURE YEAR.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: YES.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED A MOTION, THEN, TO ACCEPT --

>> [INDISCERNIBLE CROSS TALK]

>>MARK SHARPE: -- OR APPROVE THE FISCAL YEAR 2012-13 CTC EVALUATION AND TRANSMIT TO THE FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED AND BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

>> SO MOVED.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: MOUTHFUL.

SECOND.

>>MARK SHARPE: YES.

AND EVERYONE'S APPROVED.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL.

I'M GOING TO SAY COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

[CHORUS OF AYES]

ANY OPPOSED?

MOTION PASSES.

THANK YOU, MA'AM.

FANTASTIC.

WE'RE GOING GO TO OUR STATUS REPORTS.

AND YES, YOU DO A FANTASTIC JOB, MICHELE.

START WITH THE FDOT DISTRICT 7 SAFETY PROGRAM.

WELCOME, SIR.

>> GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS.

LET ME FIND MY POWERPOINT.

MY NAME'S PETER HSU.

I'M DISTRICT SAFETY ENGINEER FOR FLORIDA D.O.T.

I HAVE EXCITING NEWS TO TELL YOU.

OH, BY THE WAY, ALL THE BOARD MEMBER, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE YOU -- HAVE THIS POWERPOINT HERE.

ALL -- I BELIEVE ALL YOU HAVE SEEN THIS NEWS ARTICLE, PROBABLY ABOUT A WEEK AGO.

>>MARK SHARPE: WHO'S ON THE -- IS THAT FLORIDA STATE AND AUBURN THERE?

[LAUGHTER]

>> NO, DON'T LOOK AT -- DON'T LOOK AT [INAUDIBLE] JUST LOOK AT THIS SIDE.

>>MARK SHARPE: OH, THE OTHER SIDE.

OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>>MARK SHARPE: ALL RIGHT.

>> THEY SAY THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THE TRAFFIC -- THE FATALITY REDUCTION IS GOING TO THE 35 LOW BASED ON THE DATA ALL THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS LAST YEAR.

SO I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE OVERALL DATA.

WE DID HAVE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

I'M GOING TO SAY THANKS TO CITY, COUNTY, THAT FROM MY D.O.T. PEOPLE, TO WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC FATALITY IN TAMPA BAY, ESPECIALLY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CRASH TRENDS.

I'M GOING TO TELL YOU THE FOCUS AREA WE'RE LOOKING FOR.

I BELIEVE THE BOARD MEMBERS REALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALSO THE D.O.T. EFFORT TO REDUCE CRASHES, AND ALSO, WE HAVE A SAFETY SUMMIT.

I NEED ALL THE BOARD MEMBERS' HELP TO WORK TOGETHER TO REDUCE THE TRAFFIC FATALITY -- ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FATALITY.

THE GOOD NEWS YOU CAN SEE TODAY, 18% OVER THE LAST YEAR STATEWIDE TRAFFIC FATALITY REDUCTION IS HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

OVERALL REDUCTION IN TAMPA BAY IN DISTRICT 7, FIVE COUNTY -- 40% OF THE TRAFFIC FATALITY REDUCTION IS -- IN TAMPA BAY IS HAPPENING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

GOOD JOB.

REALLY, IT'S -- IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND FOR THE PAST TEN YEAR, WE HAVE TRAFFIC FATALITY REDUCTION, GOING DOWN, EXCEPT BICYCLE AND MOTORCYCLISTS.

THAT NUMBER IS VERY FLUCTUATING.

THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE IN THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW.

THAT'S THE ONE I TRIED TO SHOW YOU.

THE LATEST DATA AS OF THIS MORNING, THE STATEWIDE TRAFFIC FATALITY REDUCTION IS AROUND 120, IT'S STILL 132, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 4.5% REDUCTION.

FOR THE OVERALL HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, YOU DROPPED 24 IN THE YEAR 2013.

REALLY, THIS IS OVERALL 13% REDUCTION.

AND ALSO, I JUST WANT TO SHOW YOU PEDESTRIAN FATALITY IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY REALLY HAVE AN AMAZING REDUCTION.

LAST YEAR ALMOST 35%.

I NEED TO GIVE THE CREDIT TO CITY OF TAMPA.

THE MAYOR HAVE THE [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] PROGRAM, $2.2 MILLION.

THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, YOUR BOARD ALLOCATE $8.9 MILLION THE YEAR BEFORE TO ADDRESS PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

REALLY, WE'RE SEEING THE FRUIT RIGHT NOW.

AND THIS BICYCLE FATALITIES, THE ONE I TELL YOU, WE DID HAVE A MORE THAN 20% REDUCTION.

THREE IS NOT -- IF YOU LOOK AT PERCENTAGE, IT'S BIG, BUT IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BODY, IT'S ONLY THREE, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREND, IT'S VARIABLE.

I REALLY CANNOT TELL THE TREND UP OR DOWN.

BUT I NEED TO TELL YOU THE FOCUS AREA D.O.T. IS DOING IS A STATEWIDE GOAL.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE MOBILE USER, BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN AND MOTORCYCLIST, AND ALSO, THIS GREEN BAR IS -- ONLY HAPPEN ON STATE HIGHWAY, THE RED BAR HAPPEN ON CITY AND COUNTY ROAD.

AND THIS IS THE ONE -- WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT LANE DEPARTURE, PEOPLE JUST SAY BYE-BYE, HIT A TREE OR HIT WHEREVER, AND ALSO INTERSECTION.

AND I NEED TO TELL YOU THE ROLE OF MY DISTRICT 7 SAFETY OFFICE.

WE AVERAGE RECEIVE $15 MILLION A YEAR FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC FATALITY.

REALLY IT'S A TRAFFIC SAFETY ISSUE.

FEDERAL HIGHWAY IS LOOKING TO REDUCE FATALITY AND SEVERE INJURY, SO REALLY, WE -- OUR GOAL IS REALLY WORK ON STATE HIGHWAY AND THE LOCAL ROAD.

JUST FROM A STATISTICS SIDE, IN TAMPA BAY, 50% OF THE CRASHES HAPPEN ON CITY AND COUNTY ROAD, 50% OF CRASHES HAPPEN ON STATE HIGHWAY.

OVERALL STATEWIDE, 48% OF THE CRASHES HAPPEN ON CITY AND COUNTY ROAD.

AND I NEED TO TELL YOU THE EFFORT WE'RE DOING.

WE'RE USING ENGINEERING, ENFORCEMENT, EDUCATION.

I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THOSE THREE Es.

FROM THIS ENGINEERING IMPROVEMENT, WE HAVE BEEN PURCHASING THESE BRIGHT STICKS TO REALLY INCREASE THE SIGN, REALLY, VISIBILITY SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE SIGN, PROBABLY AT LEAST A HALF A MILE INSTEAD OF THE TYPICAL 500 FEET.

WE HAVE -- DOING THIS ONE -- MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HEARD THIS ONE, RECTANGULAR RAPID-FLASHING BEACON.

I CALL IT FANCY FLASHING BEACON.

WE HAVE DOING THIS QUICK KURB TO REALLY ADDRESS AT THIS ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN BUYING THIS MORNING $2-MILLION COUNTDOWN SIGNALS.

AND MOST OF YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER THIS BIKE LIGHT PROGRAM.

WE PURCHASED MORE THAN 27,000 SET OF THIS ONE, GIVE IT OUT TO A LOT OF PEOPLE OVER HERE.

I AM SO HAPPY.

ON DECEMBER 29th, ON MY TRIP BACK FROM VEGAS ON 2:30 IN THE MORNING, I -- TAXI RIDE -- CANNOT -- NOBODY WILL PICK ME UP AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING.

SO TAXI RIDE HOME, GO 56th STREET.

I SAW THREE BIKERS, REALLY LOW-INCOME -- I COULD TELL IT WAS LOW-INCOME PEOPLE.

ALL THREE BIKERS HAD THIS BIKE LIGHT ON.

I PAY EXTREMELY ATTENTION WHAT TYPE OF LIGHT THEY HAVE.

IT'S D.O.T. LIGHT.

IT'S WORKING.

THIS BIKE LIGHT HAVE BEEN REALLY -- TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, HILLSBOROUGH SHERIFF OFFICE, THEY SAID THIS IS THE BEST TOOL THEY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE PEDESTRIAN -- THE BICYCLE SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH CITY AND COUNTY TO ADDRESS SCHOOL ZONE SAFETY ISSUE.

WE HAVE BEEN DOING -- USING A VERY UNIQUE CONTRACT CALLED DESIGN-BUILD PUSH-BUTTON CONTRACT, TO REALLY [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] CROSSWALK.

THIS RELATE TO PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

WE WORK ON MORE THAN 500 LOCATION.

WE HAVE INSTALLED THIS.

WE CALL THIS AUDIBLE VIBRATORY PAVEMENT MARKING OR WE CALL IT COOKIE TO WAKE UP THE PEOPLE SO YOU ARE NOT GOING OFF THE ROAD.

WE DO THAT FOR MORE THAN 150 MILE.

AND WE HAVE USED A ROADWAY SAFETY AUDIT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE.

THIS PHOTO WE -- WAS TAKEN RELATE TO THE MIDDLETON HIGH SCHOOL, THE GIRL WAS KILLED A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

BASICALLY, WE WORK WITH SCHOOL, WE WORK WITH ENFORCEMENT PEOPLE, WE WORK WITH ALL EDUCATOR AND COMMUNITY PEOPLE TO FIND A SOLUTION.

AND ALSO, WE HAVE VERY UNIQUE CONTRACT JUST ESTABLISHED A YEAR AGO.

WE CREATE A TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN, AND BICYCLE SAFETY STUDY CONTRACT.

THIS IS DISTRICTWIDE EFFORT.

AT THIS MOMENT, ALMOST $700,000 WAS ALLOCATED TO REALLY WORK WITH HARTLINE OR PSTA OR ALL THE TRANSIT AGENCY AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO LOOK AT THIS TRANSIT, PEDESTRIAN, BIKE SAFETY ISSUE.

AND FOR THE EDUCATION PROGRAM, PEOPLE -- I BELIEVE WE DELIVERED A PRESENTATION, WALK WISE TAMPA BAY, TO THE BOARD HERE, AND WE HAVE CREATED A LOT OF EDUCATION MATERIAL.

IN YOUR PORTFOLIO, YOU DEFINITELY SEE A RECIPE FOR THE ROAD.

YOU PROBABLY SAW A KEY.

PEOPLE ASKED ME WHAT'S THAT KEY FOR.

PROBABLY YOU CAN OPEN ONE OF YOUR COWORKER'S CAR.

I'M JOKING.

I'M JOKING.

[LAUGHTER]

AND FOR ENFORCEMENT --

>>LISA MONTELIONE: [INAUDIBLE]

>> -- FOR ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE ALLOCATED MORE THAN $1.3 MILLION, BASICALLY FEDERAL DOLLAR OR STATE DOLLAR, AND STARTING FROM -- IN THE LAST THREE YEAR WE ALLOCATED MONEY TO 12 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY, ESPECIALLY CITY OF TAMPA, TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY SHERIFF GOT THE LION'S SHARE OF THE MONEY.

I NEED TO SAY CONGRATULATE TO CITY OF TEMPLE TERRACE.

YOUR ENFORCEMENT -- YOUR POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO GET A GRANT VERY, VERY SOON, PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MONTH, TO -- TO COME START THIS PEDESTRIAN ENFORCEMENT.

I SAW THE GRANT APPLICATION.

IT WILL BE APPROVED VERY SOON.

AND, BASICALLY, THIS ENFORCEMENT GRANT CONCENTRATE ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

REALLY, IN THE MEANTIME, THEY WILL DO PROBABLY MORE THAN 80% PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, 20% OF THE BIKE SAFETY.

AND WE HAVE -- D.O.T. HAVE WORKED WITH THE BOARD AND ALL THE LOCAL AGENCY HERE.

WE WORK WITH YOU TOGETHER TO DEVELOP PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN APRIL 2010 BY THE BOARD HERE.

ALSO, WE WORKED WITH THE -- YOU HAVE VERY GOOD MEMBER HERE, MPO MEMBER HERE, A STAFF MEMBER HERE.

REALLY, THEY CREATE A BICYCLE SAFETY ACTION PLAN.

IT WAS ADOPT IN MAY 2011.

AND I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THE MONEY WE RECEIVE.

I MENTIONED WE RECEIVE APPROXIMATELY $15 MILLION A YEAR FEDERAL MONEY.

IN THE LAST THREE YEAR -- TWO AND A HALF YEAR, WE ALLOCATED MORE THAN $10 MILLION TO THE AGENCY ON YOUR ROAD, CITY AND COUNTY ROAD.

IN THE LAST CYCLE WE HAD, WE ALLOCATED MORE THAN $4.5 MILLION FOR 25 PROJECTS -- REQUESTS FROM HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND CITY OF TAMPA.

MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR, 2014, IS $6 MILLION.

YOU PROBABLY DEFINITELY SEE THIS -- THIS FLETCHER AVENUE PROJECT.

D.O.T. ALLOCATES $3 MILLION AS A PART OF THE SAFETY PROJECT TO ADDRESS THIS FLETCHER AVENUE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ISSUE.

AND BRIEFLY, TO LET YOU KNOW, JUST IN 2013 SAFETY SUMMIT, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WAS AWARDED $2 MILLION, CITY OF TAMPA WAS AWARDED MORE THAN $1 MILLION.

AND WE DID HAVE A SAFETY SUMMIT TO WORK WITH YOUR STAFF, CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, REALLY TO WORK TOGETHER TO LOOK INTO THE SAFETY ISSUE ON YOUR CITY AND COUNTY ROAD.

I REALLY APPRECIATE COMMISSIONER -- CITY COUNCIL LADY LISA TO ATTEND LAST YEAR.

I THINK SHE MENTIONED SHE REALLY LEARNED A LOT.

I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELP TO TALK TO YOUR CITY STAFF.

GO AHEAD.

SO YOUR PUSH REALLY HELPED YOUR CITY TO GET MORE THAN A MILLION DOLLARS.

THANK YOU.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: THANK YOU.

>> WE DO HAVE OUR NEXT ANNUAL MEETING, SAFETY SUMMIT MEETING ON MARCH 5th.

THAT'S A THURSDAY, SO ...

AND REALLY, ALSO, WE PROVIDE A LOT OF TRAINING TO YOUR CITY AND COUNTY STAFF, REALLY TELL THEM HOW TO USE THE MONEY, HOW TO REALLY GET THE MONEY FROM US.

REALLY, I NEED TO REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT, YOUR INVOLVEMENT TO REALLY WORK WITH US TO ADDRESS THE -- THE TRAFFIC SAFETY IN ALL ROADS IN TAMPA BAY.

REALLY, I NEED TO CONGRATULATE ALL.

YOU MADE IT -- ALL YOU MADE IT WITH THIS GOOD ARTICLE HAPPENING.

I JUST SHOW YOU, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, THE NUMBER HERE.

IT'S PROVEN.

THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THAT'S A TREMENDOUS REPORT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR -- YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

THERE'S I DON'T THINK ANYTHING MORE IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY THAN THE SAFE STREETS.

TRAGICALLY, A 16-YEAR-OLD BOY WAS KILLED YESTERDAY RIDING A BICYCLE ON GUNN HIGHWAY.

HE WAS A STUDENT AT MIDDLETON.

SO WE KNOW THAT WHILE THE NUMBERS ARE REALLY MOVING IN OUR DIRECTION, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO TO KEEP OUR STREETS SAFE.

AND JUST, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR ENTHUSIASM, FOR GOING AFTER EVERY GRANT POSSIBLE, ALL THE THING'S THE STATE'S DOING TO PARTNER WITH US TO MAKE OUR STREETS SAFE.

WE JUST REALLY --

>> OKAY.

>>MARK SHARPE: THAT WAS A GREAT PRESENTATION.

>> YEP.

>>MARK SHARPE: COUNCILMAN -- COMMISSIONER LOTT.

>>RICK LOTT: YES.

I AM -- FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON EVERYTHING YOU DID.

I THINK ALL OF IT HAS A BIG IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THE ONE THING I DIDN'T NOTICE YOU MENTION THAT I THINK HAS BEEN EXCELLENT HAS BEEN THE LABELING OF THE HIGHWAYS ON THE INTERSTATE, SO WHEN YOU GET TO AN INTERSECTION, LONG BEFORE YOU GET THERE, YOU HAVE THE BIG 75, I-4, 275.

I'VE NOTICED THAT THAT HAS HELPED A LOT OF INDECISION GO AWAY BY -- ESPECIALLY -- LIKE, I HAVE THREE KIDS DRIVING.

JUST WATCHING THEM DRIVE HAS MADE IT MUCH SAFER, SO WHOEVER'S IDEA THAT WAS, KUDOS TO THEM.

THAT'S GREAT, AND I HOPE TO SEE MORE OF THAT.

SO THANKS FOR THAT --

>> THANK YOU.

>>RICK LOTT: -- FOR WHOEVER DID THAT.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU FOR SAYING THAT.

I'VE HEARD MANY COMMENTS ON THAT, COMMISSIONER LOTT.

COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE AND THEN DIRECTOR WAGGONER.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, PETER, FOR ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO, AND I SEE STEVEN BENSON IS BACK THERE.

HE HAS BEEN WORKING VERY HARD ON PEDESTRIAN/BICYCLE SAFETY AS WELL.

AND WE HAD DISTRICT 1, I BELIEVE, BILLY HATHAWAY --

>> YEAH.

>>COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE: -- COME AND SPEAK AT OUR JOINT LIVABLE ROADWAYS-BICYCLE/PEDESTRIAN SAFETY COMMITTEE.

HE WAS FABULOUS.

HE SHARED SO MUCH WITH US, AND WE WERE VERY GRATEFUL TO HAVE HIM COME AND SPEAK WITH OUR GROUP AND TRAVEL SO FAR TO COME TO THAT MEETING.

AND AS COMMISSIONER SHARPE POINTED OUT, WE DID HAVE A YOUNG MAN THAT -- THERE WAS ALSO A 24-YEAR-OLD WHO WAS STRUCK IN YBOR CITY ON PALM AVENUE OVER THE WEEKEND, AND ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING BETTER, WE'RE STILL NOT QUITE THERE YET.

I KNOW ON BUSCH BOULEVARD AND FOWLER AVENUE, ON FLETCHER, IN CERTAIN AREAS, THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE WHO CROSS WHEREVER IT IS THEY WANT TO CROSS, AND IT'S -- I'VE SEEN ALL AGES, I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, ALL DEMOGRAPHICS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO DO THIS, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE CAN EDUCATE FOLKS FROM -- FROM DOING THAT, AND I'M NOT SURE WHAT CAN BE PUT IN PLACE, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE NEED TO CONCENTRATE ON IS TO TRAIN PEOPLE TO CROSS WHERE A CROSSWALK IS AND WHERE IT'S SAFE TO CROSS.

THIS MORNING ON BUSCH BOULEVARD -- I HAD TO DROP MY CAR OFF AT THE SHOP, SO I'M CARLESS, SO I MIGHT USE THAT KEY AND SEE WHOSE CAR I CAN GET INTO SINCE I DON'T HAVE A CAR TODAY, BUT -- BUT AT FLORIDA AND BUSCH THE LIGHT WAS GREEN, AND SOMEBODY JUST WALKS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, FULL TRAFFIC.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE ON BUSCH BOULEVARD PEOPLE ARE GOING SLOW, YOU KNOW, AND JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON A GREEN LIGHT.

I DON'T -- I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

SO WE NEED TO TRY AND FIND SOME WAY TO ADDRESS PEOPLE WHO DON'T SEEM TO WANT TO CROSS SAFELY.

>> THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.

>>MARK SHARPE: DIRECTOR WAGGONER.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: MR. HSU, IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE DOWNWARD TREND.

IT'S EXCELLENT.

VERY HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

ONE THING I NOTICED IS, YOU KNOW, ALONG WITH OUR BIKE TREND, MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES AS WELL ARE TRENDING UPWARD IF I LOOK AT THE GRAPH CORRECTLY.

>> YES.

YOU HAVE A FULL-BLOWN VERSION?

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: YES, SIR.

>> THE PRESENTATION HERE IS SHORTER.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: AND THE NUMBER OF FATALITIES IS TWO TO THREE TIMES IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY --

>> YES.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: -- THE NUMBER OF BIKE FATALITIES.

>> YES.

THAT'S THE REASON --

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: IS THERE -- IS THERE AN EXPLANATION OR WHAT CAN WE DO TO ADDRESS THAT?

WE'RE LOSING TWO TO THREE TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON MOTORCYCLES THAN WE'RE LOSING ON BIKES, NOT THAT THERE'S A COMPETITION, IT'S JUST THAT, ONE, THEY'RE BOTH GOING THE WRONG WAY, AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A LOT ABOUT WHAT WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE OUR MOTORCYCLE SAFETY.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART RIGHT HERE, I DID MENTION MOTORCYCLE FATALITY -- BY THE WAY, 2013 YOU'RE STILL LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY 20% REDUCTION IN MOTORCYCLE FATALITY, BUT OVERALL TREND IS STILL GOING UP.

BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHART RIGHT HERE, MAJORITY OF THE MOTORCYCLE FATALITY HAPPEN ON YOUR CITY OR COUNTY ROAD.

I'M WORKING WITH YOUR -- REALLY, THIS -- RURAL AREA HAVE A CURB.

I'M WORKING WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS PEOPLE VERY CLOSELY.

I TRY TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE SOME ACTION ON YOUR COUNTY ROAD.

RECENTLY I HAVE HELPED THE CITY OF CITRUS COUNTY, HERNANDO COUNTY.

THEY ARE VERY, VERY RURAL COMPARED WITH CITRUS COUNTY.

BASICALLY, I ENCOURAGED THEM, AND THEY TAKE THE ACTION.

I ALLOCATE ALMOST $2 MILLION TO CITRUS COUNTY AND HERNANDO COUNTY TOTAL TO ADDRESS THIS CURB ISSUE RELATE TO MOTORCYCLE, JUST SAY BYE-BYE.

SO WE ARE TAKING ACTION, BUT FOR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY I AM WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORK STAFF AT THIS MOMENT.

MOST OF THE ISSUE HAPPEN ON RURAL HIGHWAY REALLY IS ON THE LOCAL ROAD.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: OKAY.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT D.O.T. ALSO ON YOUR NEW ATTENTION TO SAFETY.

I HAD AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

IN ANTICIPATION OF MY RETIREMENT, I DECIDED TO GET MY BIKE OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF A FORREST GUMP GENE KICKED IN, BUT I ENDED UP RIDING 15 MILES AROUND NORTHWEST HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND IT WAS A TOTAL EYE-OPENER.

I WILL TELL YOU SOME OF THE SAFETY THINGS DO HELP TREMENDOUSLY, BUT THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF MISSING THINGS, MISSING PAINTED CROSSWALKS THAT HAVE JUST TOTALLY WORN OUT AND AREN'T THERE ANYMORE, AND THAT DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

I ALSO NOTICED THERE'S A LOT MORE PEDESTRIANS AND PEOPLE ON BIKES THAN I REALIZED FROM DRIVING AROUND.

IT WAS LIKE NOW I WAS ONE OF THEM AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE WORLD THROUGH DIFFERENT EYES, BUT I DO THINK THESE SAFETY THINGS HELP.

I KNOW IT MADE ME FEEL A LOT SAFER WHEN -- WHEN THE CROSSWALK WAS CLEARLY MARKED, YOU HAD COUNTDOWN LIGHTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, SO THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU, MR. HSU.

>> [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: OH, YES.

DIRECTOR LOPANO.

>>JOE LOPANO: THIS IS SORT OF TAGGING ON TO WHAT RAY JUST SAID.

I RIDE MY BIKE A LOT DOWN BAYSHORE, AND I SEE IN THE WORK PLAN IS AN EXTENSION OF THE BIKE LANE DOWN TO GANDY, WHICH IS GREAT.

JUST A QUESTION.

DO YOU HAVE -- DO WE HAVE BIKE LANES THAT HAVE BUMPS ON THEM SO THAT WHEN A CAR IS VEERING OFF INTO THE BIKE LANE, IT LETS THEM KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT?

>> THAT'S THE HOT TOPIC RIGHT NOW CALLED BUFFERED BIKE LANE.

THAT'S THE ONE CITY OF TAMPA HAVE ASKED D.O.T. TO CONSIDER, BUFFERED BIKE LANE ISSUE, JUST LIKE THE -- OUR DISTRICT 1 SECRETARY, STATEWIDE BIKE AD SAFETY CAMPAIGN, SECRETARY HATHAWAY NEXT DOOR, IN DISTRICT 1, OUR DISTRICT 1.

WE'RE WORKING ON THIS ISSUE AGGRESSIVELY.

WE DID HAVE THE OPTION LIKE WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT THIS IS A BUMP ISSUE WE ALREADY TRIED ON GULF BOULEVARD.

AS AN OCCASIONAL BIKER LIKE ME, I LOVE IT.

PROFESSIONAL BIKER HATE ME BECAUSE I INSTALL IT.

IT'S THE SAME CONCERN, SAFETY CONCERN.

WE PUT THOSE QUICK KURB -- THE ONE I JUST SHOWED, THE QUICK KURB THERE.

WE PUT IT THERE.

I CAN TELL YOU A LOT OF PRIMARY BIKER, THEY SAY TO D.O.T., GREAT JOB, YOU PROTECT ME, BUT PROFESSIONAL BIKER SAY, NO, I HATE IT, YOU BLOCK MY WAY.

SO, REALLY, THIS BUMPER ISSUE IS A TRICKY ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT OVERALL PICTURE.

I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OCCASIONAL BIKER LIKE ME, BUT PROFESSIONAL BIKER, THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT THINKING, SO ...

>>JOE LOPANO: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MR. HSU.

>> THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: OUR NEXT UPDATE IS TRICOUNTY ACCESS PLAN UPDATE.

MS. OGILVIE.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: GOOD MORNING AGAIN.

TRICOUNTY MPO.

OOPS.

OH, THAT CAME UP RIGHT.

YES.

GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.

THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED COORDINATING BOARD IS EXTREMELY BUSY THIS YEAR WITH MANY THINGS, BUT -- THERE WE GO -- JUST TO UPDATE YOU ON ONE OF OUR ACTIVITIES.

WE'VE HAD A TRICOUNTY PARTNERSHIP SINCE 2006 WITH PASCO, PINELLAS, AND HILLSBOROUGH, AND WE CREATED AT THAT TIME THE TRICOUNTY ACCESS PLAN, WHICH YOU SAW IN 2009 WITH SOME UPDATES OF THE NEEDS FROM OUR TRICOUNTY EXPERIENCE.

WELL, WE'VE HAD CHANGES IN MAP-21 FUNDING, WHICH IS WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE'RE POOLING ALL OUR MONEY TOGETHER.

WE GOT ABOUT 2.2 MILLION A YEAR TO -- TO PROVIDE SERVICES, BUT THAT HAS CHANGED WITH MAP-21, SO WE'RE GOING TO STILL KEEP THAT PLAN BUT HAVE MORE OF A LOCAL ORIENTATION FOR THE JOB ACCESS REVERSE COMMUTE NEED AND NEW FREEDOM, WHICH IS OVER AND BEYOND WHAT WE PROVIDE TODAY, HAS ALLOWED FOR QUALITY-OF-LIFE PROJECTS TO BE PROVIDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

THE JARC OR JOB ACCESS REVERSE COMMUTE HAS NOW GONE TO HART, AND WE'LL HAVE TO BE WORKING MORE CLOSELY WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE PROCESSES ARE -- OR THE NEEDS ARE HEARD AND ADDRESSED.

AND THEN WE HAVE -- THE NEW FREEDOM HAS MOVED.

BEFORE IN 50 -- WHAT IS CALLED SECTION 5310, WE USED TO PROVIDE JUST VANS.

NOW THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MONEY FOR OPERATIONS, THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM FDOT, WHO ADMINISTERS THAT PROJECT, THAT WE DID CONTINUE TO HAVE -- ABOUT 1.4 MILLION HAS COME FROM THE STATE TO DO THAT, AND THAT IS WONDERFUL NEWS FOR THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE -- THE WAY WE'RE UPDATING THIS SESSION IS -- WE HAD -- EXCUSE ME -- IN NOVEMBER THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS.

WE SAT DOWN, WE INVITED THE PUBLIC, THEY CAME, THEY SPOKE.

WE ALSO ENHANCED THIS WITH THE WEB -- WITH A WEB ACCESS SURVEY, WHICH IS WHAT COUNCILMAN COHEN WAS TALKING ABOUT, WHERE THE BOARD WAS A LITTLE UPSET THAT WE DIDN'T THINK MORE COMPLETELY ABOUT ALL THE ABILITIES OF THIS POPULATION THAT WE'RE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH, AND THAT SURVEY ENDED IN DECEMBER -- ON DECEMBER 20th OF 2013.

HERE ARE THE RESULTS OR A SUMMARY OF THEM.

IN PASCO, THEY ARE SEEING A NEED FOR LOCAL CONNECTIVITY MORE THAN A REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.

THEY'D LIKE TO SEE -- THEY SEE A DIFFERENCE THAT SENIORS AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES WANT TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR QUALITY-OF-LIFE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THEY'D LIKE TO SEE SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS AND COVERAGE TO NEW AREAS IN PASCO AND BEYOND, ACTUALLY.

IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THE COMMENTS THAT CAME BACK WERE A NEED FOR REGIONAL PARATRANSIT ACCESS, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE FUNDING COMES FROM; MORE LOCAL SERVICE IN AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHOUT SERVICE; THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE, WHICH FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED ARE SIDEWALKS AND BUS SHELTERS; AND MORE FLEX ROUTES.

THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THIS FLEX SERVICE ROUTE -- ROUTES THAT HART HAS.

IN PINELLAS THEY WANT TO SEE THE REVERSE OF PASCO.

THEY WANT TO SEE MORE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY, GREATER NEEDS FOR SENIORS TO HAVE MEDICAL SERVICE AND ACCESS, AND FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED OR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES -- EXCUSE ME -- TO HAVE OPTIONS FOR TRAVEL ASSISTANCE SO THEY CAN COME AND MAYBE GO TO THE STRAZ OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, CONNECTIONS TO AND FROM HILLSBOROUGH TO -- TO PINELLAS.

THERE'S A GREAT NEED FOR THAT CONNECTIVITY TO OCCUR, AND THEY WANT TO SEE MORE OF IT.

THEY'D LIKE TO SEE EXTENDED EVENING SERVICE HOURS AND REGIONAL PARATRANSIT SERVICE, JUST LIKE HILLSBOROUGH.

FROM THE SURVEY, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETELY VETTED, BUT THESE ARE THE TOP PRIORITIES THAT WE HEARD -- 114 PEOPLE HAVE SO FAR PUT THEIR OPINIONS IN -- THEY'D LIKE TO SEE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS FOR QUALITY-OF-LIFE AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES.

THERE'S MORE REGIONAL TRANSIT, MORE FOCUS ON EXPANDING THE FIXED-ROUTE TRANSIT SERVICES FOR COVERAGE AND HOURS OF OPERATION, FOCUS INVESTMENT ON RAIL AND BUS TRANSIT, AND THE CONNECTIONS ALL -- ALL 114 SAID CONNECT TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.

OUR NEXT STEPS IS THAT WE ARE HOLDING A TRICOUNTY COORDINATING BOARD MEETING ON JANUARY THE 16th, WHICH IS NEXT WEEK, THURSDAY, FROM 2:00 TO 4:00, AT THE FDOT OFFICES, WHICH ARE 11201 NORTH MALCOLM MCKINLEY DRIVE JUST SOUTH OF FOWLER AVENUE.

WE WILL BE -- ALL THE BOARDS ARE -- WILL BE ATTENDING, AND WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THESE ISSUES AND PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS TO OUR -- EACH OF OUR MPOs ON WHAT THE FINDINGS ARE AND HOW WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO -- TO ACCOMPLISH A TRICOUNTY ACCESS PLAN FOR ALL THREE.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, MICHELE.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

AND MICHELE, I'D LIKE FOR YOU TO COME TO TBARTA WHEN YOU GET THESE FINDINGS READY.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: CERTAINLY.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: AND BECAUSE THEY ARE REGIONAL IN NATURE, I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAKE A PRESENTATION AND GET IT ON THEIR RADAR FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.

>>MICHELE OGILVIE: WELL, THANK YOU.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

>>SANDRA MURMAN: SO DO THAT.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU.

GOOD.

OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS MR. CLARENDON, AND IT'S THE TRANSIT ASSETS AND OPPORTUNITIES STUDY.

WE'VE JUST GOT ONE MORE, SO HANG WITH US.

>>RICH CLARENDON: GREETINGS.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE BOARD.

RICH CLARENDON WITH THE MPO STAFF.

I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU -- GIVE YOU A VERY SHORT PRESENTATION ON A STUDY WE'VE COMMENCED TO LOOK AT THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS THE FOCUS OF A LOT OF OUR TRANSIT SERVICE, AND, INDEED, THE DOWNTOWN IS BECOMING MORE AND MORE A PLACE WHERE PEOPLE COME TO BOTH WORK, LIVE, AND PLAY, AND SO WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO LEVERAGE SOME OF THE INVESTMENT WE ALREADY HAVE IN TERMS OF TRANSIT AND MAKE THAT FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PARTNERS WITH US.

WE ARE A COSPONSOR ALONG WITH THE TAMPA DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIP, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF OTHER ENTITIES INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT OF THIS STUDY.

AS I SAID, WE WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN BUILD ON THE TRANSIT ASSETS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE IN OUR URBAN CORE.

THIS INCLUDES BOTH THE RAIL, THE STREETCAR SYSTEM AS WELL AS THE RUBBER-TIRED TROLLEY THAT WE HAVE, ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE FREIGHT CORRIDORS THAT CRISSCROSS THROUGH THIS AREA AND TO SEE IF THOSE COULD BE LEVERAGED IN SOME WAY.

THIS IS AN AREA WHERE THE RAIL TECHNOLOGIES ARE EVOLVING.

A FEW YEARS AGO WE DIDN'T HAVE A VEHICLE LIKE THIS, WHICH IS A DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT, SO WE REALLY WANT TO SEE IF WE CAN KNIT THIS INTO A LARGER REGIONAL TRANSIT NETWORK, AS I SAY, MAKE USE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE WE ALREADY HAVE HERE FOR THE STREETCAR AND OTHER SYSTEMS.

AND THE IDEA HERE IS TO COME UP WITH SOME PROJECTS -- SOME DEFINABLE SEGMENTS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO FIT INTO OUR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN FOR 2040 AS WELL AS SHORTER-RANGE PLANS SUCH AS HART'S TEN-YEAR TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

THESE ARE OUR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

OBVIOUSLY, WE WANT TO TRY TO EXPAND TRANSIT SERVICE, IDENTIFY SOME UNTAPPED TRANSIT MARKETS, EXTEND SERVICE WHERE IT MAKES SENSE TO DO SO, IDENTIFY ANY OPPORTUNITIES WE MIGHT HAVE TO UTILIZE SOME OF THE EXISTING FREIGHT RAIL CORRIDORS, INTEGRATE THOSE TECHNOLOGIES.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE HAVE A LOT OF LINES THAT CONVERGE DOWNTOWN AND ONE DAY MAY BE USEFUL FOR PASSENGER SERVICE, BUT WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE, WHEN THEY STEP OFF A VEHICLE, CAN GET TO THEIR ULTIMATE DESTINATION AND, OBVIOUSLY, AS I SAY, MAKE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES THAT ARE FLEXIBLE IN THEIR DESIGN AND CAN MAKE USE OF FLEXIBLE USE OF RAIL.

NOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS WON'T PRODUCE MONEY IN AND OF ITSELF, BUT WE ARE LOOKING FOR REVENUE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE STREETCAR SYSTEM.

WE WANT TO IDENTIFY SOME OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO LEVERAGE SOME TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE CAN BRING IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR IN PARTNERSHIPS, JOINT DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AND PERHAPS REDUCE THE LIABILITY COST FOR THE STREETCAR SYSTEM, WHICH IS A BIG FINANCIAL DRAIN.

NOW, WE'RE NOT STARTING FROM SCRATCH ON THIS.

THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF PREVIOUS STUDIES.

WE ARE TAKING THESE INTO ACCOUNT, AND WE WANT TO BUILD ON -- ON THOSE SEGMENTS OR THOSE PORTIONS OF IT THAT -- THAT FOCUS ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

OUR SCOPE, REALLY, IS, AS I SAY, TO BOTH LOOK AT THE RAIL AND THE RUBBER-WHEELED SERVICES, SEE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES LIE AND ASSESS THOSE IN TERMS OF THEIR POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH TRANSIT AND HAVE TRANSIT WORK WITH DEVELOPMENT; DO SOME FEASIBILITY, BASICALLY LOOK AT SOME FATAL FLAW TYPE ANALYSIS, WHAT MIGHT NOT PAN OUT, AND TAKE THOSE OFF THE TABLE AND HOPEFULLY END UP WITH A -- SOMETHING THAT'S BOTH VIABLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE.

WE HAVE STARTED OUR OUTREACH IN TERMS OF THE PUBLIC.

WE HAVE HAD ONE STAKEHOLDER MEETING WITH A FAIRLY DIVERSE RANGE OF DOWNTOWN INTERESTS, AND WE HAVE OUR SECOND ONE COMING UP LATER IN THIS MONTH.

THIS JUST GIVES YOU A VERY QUICK --

>>LISA MONTELIONE: EXCUSE ME, RICH.

>>RICH CLARENDON: -- VISUAL IMAGE OF ALL THOSE ITEMS I WAS TALKING TO.

>>MARK SHARPE: RICH.

APOLOGIZE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: CAN YOU GIVE US A DATE OF THAT UPCOMING

>>RICH CLARENDON: SURE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- SESSION?

>>RICH CLARENDON: IT'S JANUARY 22nd.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: JANUARY -- AND WHERE WILL THAT BE HELD?

>>RICH CLARENDON: IT'LL BE AT 4:00 P.M. OVER AT THE STRAZ CENTER.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: 4:00?

AND IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?

>>RICH CLARENDON: IT IS.

AND WE HAVE TRIED TO COMPILE A STAKEHOLDERS LIST, SO IF THERE'S SOMEBODY SPECIFIC YOU WANT US TO INVITE, JUST LET ME KNOW.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: OKAY.

WELL, MAYBE IF YOU CAN SHARE THE LIST AND WE CAN SEE --

>>RICH CLARENDON: SURE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- WHO YOU ALREADY HAVE INVITED --

>>RICH CLARENDON: ABSOLUTELY.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: -- THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

>>RICH CLARENDON: GREAT.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: THANK YOU.

>>RICH CLARENDON: SO WE HAVE A LOT OF LINES THAT CONVERGE ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, SUCH AS YBOR, TAMPA HEIGHTS, HYDE PARK, HARBOUR ISLAND, AND THE LIKE.

HOW CAN WE GET THESE TO WORK BETTER TOGETHER?

THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF THE RAIL LINES THAT EXTEND OUTWARDS FROM DOWNTOWN, AND YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE THE POTENTIAL AND WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE CAN GROW THIS SYSTEM OUTWARD.

WE'RE ALSO TAKING A LOOK AT BOTH NEAR-TERM DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES -- THIS IS JUST AN IMAGE OF ONE QUADRANT, IF YOU WILL, OR ONE CORNER OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA AND THE CHANNEL DISTRICT SHOWING WHAT'S ALREADY ENTITLED.

AND WE KNOW SOME OF THESE ARE GOING TO COME TO FRUITION, AND WE WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE AND SEE IF WE CAN SERVE THEM AND HAVE TRANSIT BE SERVED BY THEM.

LONGER-TERM, WHAT'S THE FUTURE FOCUS OF THE DEVELOPMENT?

THIS IS THE FORMER HIGH-SPEED RAIL SITE IN THE NORTHERN END OF DOWNTOWN.

IT MAY VERY WELL COME ABOUT AS A INTERMODAL CENTER AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT AND SEE IF WE CAN CAPITALIZE ON IT.

WE'RE STARTING FROM SORT OF A BLANK SLATE.

WE GAVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW SOME PICTURES.

THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF HOW SOMEBODY CONCEIVED OF HOW THE TRANSIT NETWORK CAN BE IMPROVED AND BETTER INTEGRATED.

AS I SAY, WE HAVE A LOT OF SERVICE CURRENTLY IN DOWNTOWN.

IF YOU LOOK AT IT, THOUGH -- AND THIS IS A FAIRLY BUSY MAP -- WHAT I GET OUT OF THIS IS ALTHOUGH WE HAVE A LOT OF LINES, SERVICE DOESN'T REALLY RUN ALL THAT LATE IN THE EVENING, AND IT'S ALSO -- MOST OF THOSE BUS ROUTES RUN ON A 30-MINUTE OR 60-MINUTE SCHEDULE, SO ALTHOUGH THERE'S A SPIDER-WORK OF ROUTES, THEY DON'T ALWAYS WORK TO THE ADVANTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON A SCHEDULE.

CAN TRANSIT -- THE TRANSIT NETWORK BE IMPROVED TO ENHANCE OR ACCELERATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOWNTOWN AND SURROUNDING AREAS?

THIS IS A KEY QUESTION THAT WE HOPE TO ANSWER.

AND HOW COULD THE STREETCAR BE IMPROVED OR ENHANCED?

THIS IS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IMAGE OF WHAT'S CALLED A MODERN STREETCAR, NOT THE VINTAGE VEHICLES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

THEY MAY RUN A LITTLE FASTER MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE EFFECTIVELY.

AND WHAT ROLE SHOULD DEVELOPMENT PLAY IN POSSIBLE REVENUE STREAMS TO SUPPORT TRANSIT?

THIS HAS WORKED ELSEWHERE IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

WE WANT TO SEE IF THE POTENTIAL IS HERE AS WELL.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, CAN DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES HELP ATTRACT OR BENEFIT INTERCITY SYSTEMS?

WE KNOW THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES OR SYSTEMS THAT ARE EMERGING BOTH TO THE WEST OF US AND TO THE EAST OF US.

IF THEY COME TO TAMPA, AS I SAY, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE A WAY TO GET OFF OF THOSE VEHICLES AND TO THEIR ULTIMATE DESTINATION.

WE HOPE TO WRAP THIS UP BY APRIL OF THIS YEAR.

I ALMOST SAID NEXT YEAR.

WE ARE IN 2014.

BUT WE WILL BE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH A DRAFT REPORT.

AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

>>MARK SHARPE: DR. POLZIN.

>>STEVE POLZIN: A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

RICH, WHEN THIS CONCEPT WAS FIRST CONCEPTUALIZED A YEAR OR MORE AGO IN COMMITTEE, THERE WAS AT LEAST SOME DISCUSSION OF AN ELEMENT OF THIS THAT WOULD LOOK AT THE CONDITION OF THE EXISTING ASSETS.

IS THAT IN THE SCOPE?

I KNOW THAT -- AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE ASSETS ARE PROPERTY OF THE CITY OF TAMPA, AND THEY'RE TEN-PLUS YEARS OLD NOW AND AT SOME POINT IN TIME, YOU KNOW, RESTORATION, MAINTENANCE, ET CETERA.

HART HAD EXPRESSED A CONCERN THAT THAT HAD NOT BEEN, IN EFFECT, PLANNED FOR AND -- AND ITEMIZED TO THE POINT WHERE IT CAN BE BUILT INTO LONGER-TERM NEED BUDGETS.

IS THAT A PIECE OF THIS SCOPE?

>>RICH CLARENDON: WE'RE NOT SCOPED TO DO THAT, BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT THE CITY HAS COMMISSIONED THE SAME FIRM THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, MAINTENANCE NEEDS, AND SO WE'RE AWARE AND WE'RE WORKING JOINTLY, BUT IT'S NOT PART OF OUR SPECIFIC SCOPE.

>>STEVE POLZIN: OKAY.

ON THIS -- YOUR SCOPE IS POTENTIALLY HUGE IN TERMS OF -- WHAT'S THE LEVEL OF EFFORT, WHAT'S THE BUDGET FOR THIS STUDY?

I SEE IT'S A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME FRAME, SO -- YOU OUTLINED A LOT OF THINGS THAT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO ADDRESS, SO WHAT'S -- WHAT'S THE BUDGET?

>>RICH CLARENDON: YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S -- IT'S POTENTIALLY A COMPLICATED SCOPE.

WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT IT, AS I SAY, TO SORT OF A FATAL FLAW ANALYSIS.

FOR US IT'S -- IT'S A SIZABLE TASK, UPWARDS OF $100,000 IN CONSULTANT FEES, BUT, YOU KNOW, IN A BIGGER PICTURE, THAT'S NOT MUCH FOR A STUDY LIKE THIS.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE FAIRLY HIGH-LEVEL, AND IT'S REALLY DESIGNED, AS I SAY, TO SET THE STAGE FOR WHAT -- WHAT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE TO WORK INTO OUR LONG-RANGE PLAN AND THE HART TDP.

>>STEVE POLZIN: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, RICH.

COUNCILMAN -- WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH COUNCILMAN SUAREZ AND THEN DIRECTOR WAGGONER.

>>MIKE SUAREZ: THANK YOU, CHAIR.

RICH, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, YOU HAD TALKED ABOUT TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, SPECIFICALLY ON STREETCAR.

I MEAN, IN TERMS OF THE ONES THAT ALREADY HAVE ENTITLEMENTS, I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED MOST OF THOSE ARE ALONG THE

LINE -- IF I LOOKED AT YOUR MAP CORRECTLY, WE'VE ZONED A LOT OF THOSE ON COUNCIL, SO WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR MATURE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GOING TO COME THROUGH.

HAVE -- HAVE YOU LOOKED AT OR THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE ELSE ALONG THAT LINE -- AND THEN I KNOW THAT PART OF WHAT WE HAD DISCUSSED ON THE STREETCAR BOARD AND THEN ALSO HART WAS THE EXTENSION OF THE STREETCAR AND HOW THAT -- HOW THAT CAN BE EFFECTIVE AS A TOD ASSET, YOU KNOW, THAT IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE NEED TO GO, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT, JUST AS A MINOR EXTENSION, CIRCLING THE SQUARE, SO TO SPEAK, WHERE WE CONNECT BOTH TERMINUS OF THE CURRENT STREETCAR LINE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES LIE, AND I ASSUME THAT'S WHAT PART OF THIS REPORT'S GOING TO BE.

>>RICH CLARENDON: YEAH.

THE PICTURE THAT I SHOWED YOU, REALLY, WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE, IT WASN'T TO SAY THAT'S WHERE OUR SOLE FOCUS WAS GOING TO BE.

I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ENTIRE DOWNTOWN FABRIC AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRYING TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ENTITLEMENTS ARE THAT WE THINK HAVE SOME POTENTIAL, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WORKING FAIRLY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO IDENTIFY THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND SEE WHICH ONES REALLY MAKE SENSE TO TRY TO EXTEND -- YOU KNOW, GET TRANSIT SERVICE, PREMIUM TRANSIT SERVICE CLOSE TO SO THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO WORK TOGETHER.

>>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.

AND THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS THAT I KNOW WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE FREIGHT LINES THAT ALREADY EXIST, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DUST OFF SOME OF TURANCHIK'S OLD PLANS FROM THE '90s, BUT I THINK THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW -- AND I THINK THAT THE VEHICLE YOU SHOWED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION -- IS THAT WHAT THEY CALL A DIESEL ELECTRIC TYPE OF TRAIN THAT CAN BE USED ON A -- THIS TYPE OF GAUGE TRACK, IS THAT WHAT THAT IS?

>>RICH CLARENDON: YES.

IT'S A DIESEL MULTIPLE UNIT.

IT'S A SELF-PROPELLED CAR, BASICALLY.

>>MIKE SUAREZ: RIGHT.

AND ESSENTIALLY, IT'S AN ELECTRIC CAR THAT DOESN'T NEED A CAVALIER OVER -- ON TOP OF IT SO THAT WE CAN MOVE IT IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS ON THE -- WITHIN THE CITY WITHOUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE OVERHEAD ELECTRIC --

>>RICH CLARENDON: EXACTLY.

>>MIKE SUAREZ: -- POWER SOURCE; CORRECT?

>>RICH CLARENDON: THAT'S CORRECT.

>>MIKE SUAREZ: OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, RICH.

APPRECIATE IT.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU, SIR.

DIRECTOR WAGGONER.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: RICH, WILL TECHNOLOGIES LIKE THE AUTOMATED PEOPLE MOVER TECHNOLOGY BE CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR THIS REALLY WHAT LOOKS LIKE A DOWNTOWN CIRCULATOR ISSUE?

WE HAVE A PRIME EXAMPLE AND AN EXTENSION BEING PROPOSED OUT TO WESTSHORE.

IT WOULD SEEM THAT THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY IS GETTING MORE ADVANCED AND MORE APPLICABLE AND IT HAS A LOT OF ADVANTAGES OPERATIONALLY COST-WISE.

WILL THAT BE ONE OF THE CONCEPTS CONSIDERED IN YOUR WORK?

>>RICH CLARENDON: WELL, I GUESS THE SHORT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS WE HAVEN'T CONSIDERED IT UP TO THIS POINT, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CERTAINLY SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE, WHAT'S EVOLVING THAT MIGHT MAKE SENSE.

IT IS MORE EXPENSIVE, OBVIOUSLY, TO ELEVATE THINGS, SO -- AND TO AUTOMATE THINGS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S POSSIBLE.

>>JOSEPH WAGGONER: YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW THAT ELEVATION IS REQUIRED ANY MORE FOR THIS KIND OF TECHNOLOGY THAN IT IS FOR, SAY, THE RAIL OR THE -- YOU KNOW, TRADITIONAL RUBBER-TIRE APPLICATION.

I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED QUITE A BIT, AND I THINK IT'S WORTH TAKING A LOOK AT, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CONNECTION TO THE AIRPORT THAT USES EXACTLY THAT TECHNOLOGY.

>>MARK SHARPE: DIRECTOR LOPANO.

>>JOE LOPANO: THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I'M SO HAPPY YOU'RE DOING THIS STUDY, AND I WISH YOU HAD A MILLION DOLLARS TO DO THIS STUDY, BUT YOU HAVE 100,000, AND WE'LL GET 100,000 OUT OF IT.

THE MOMENTUM IS HERE FOR US TO PROGRESS THESE IDEAS, AND WE HAVE STUDY UPON STUDY UPON STUDY THAT SAYS THIS IS WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.

WE HAVE CITY UPON CITY UPON CITY THAT'S ALREADY DONE IT AND BEEN SUCCESSFUL.

THE DMU THAT COUNCILMAN SUAREZ WAS TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN RIDE THAT DOWN IN MIAMI.

IT'S WORKING RIGHT NOW, I'VE DONE IT.

IT'S FABULOUS.

ALL RIGHT.

IT RUNS ON FREIGHT TRACKS, AND ALL OF A SUDDEN COMMUNITIES ARE POPPING UP WHERE THE TRAIN STOPS.

THIS IS HERE NOW, AND SO THERE'S NO REASON TO WAIT.

IT'S TIME TO ACT.

SO I'M -- I'M REALLY ANXIOUS TO SEE THE RESULTS OF YOUR STUDY, BUT WE'VE GOT TO STOP STUDYING AND START DOING, IN MY OPINION.

>>MARK SHARPE: OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'M GOING TO SECOND THAT.

[LAUGHTER]

>>JOE LOPANO: YEAH.

STOP STUDYING, START DOING.

>>MARK SHARPE: I LIKE THAT.

YEAH, WE CAN STOP RIGHT THERE.

I WOULD ASK -- AND THANK YOU, BOTH DIRECTOR WAGGONER AND DIRECTOR LOPANO, FOR BRINGING THESE POINTS UP -- RICH, THOUGH, THAT YOU TALK WITH OUR COUNTY STAFF.

I WOULD START WITH OUR COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, MR. MERRILL, AND WORK YOUR WAY DOWN WITH ERIC JOHNSON, HERB MARLOWE, AS WELL AS A GENTLEMAN THAT WE'VE HIRED WHO'S HANDLING OUR P3 BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT SOME POTENTIAL OPTIONS WHICH WOULD INCLUDE RAIL AND WOULD INCLUDE THE AIRPORT AND POTENTIALLY GOING INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA.

WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT IT MORE THIS YEAR, BUT -- THESE ARE JUST OPTIONS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED, BUT I WOULD -- I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU TALK WITH THEM.

AND THANK YOU.

>>RICH CLARENDON: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: ANYONE ELSE?

OKAY.

OUR FINAL STATUS REPORT IS THE -- THAT'S AN EXCELLENT REPORT, MR. CLARENDON.

FINAL STATUS REPORT IS THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT ADAPTATION STRATEGIES, AND THIS IS ALLISON YEH, FINAL REPORT.

>>ALLISON YEH: GOOD MORNING.

ALLISON YEH WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG MORNING, AND I HAVE A VERY QUICK BRIEFING FOR YOU.

IT'S -- I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS WON'T GO UP.

OKAY.

THE NAME OF THE PROJECT IS SURFACE TRANSPORTATION VULNERABILITY ANALYSIS.

IT IS A PROJECT -- PILOT PROJECT FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION THROUGH A COMPETITIVE GRANT PROCESS. WE'RE ONE OF 14 JURISDICTIONS IN THE COUNTRY ALONG WITH BROWARD COUNTY MPO THAT RECEIVED THIS GRANT TO STUDY THE VULNERABILITY OF THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.

I'LL EXPLAIN MORE ON THAT LATER.

THE PROJECT IS LED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MPO AND PLANNING COMMISSION WITH OUR PARTNERS AT THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL, UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS.

WE STARTED THE PROJECT IN AUGUST AND EXPECT TO BE FINISHED BY THIS SUMMER.

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROJECT BACKGROUND.

YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH IT, BUT IT'S REALLY THE REASON WHY WE GOT THIS GRANT.

WE'RE THE FOURTH LARGEST POPULATION IN FLORIDA.

22% OF OUR POPULATION LIVE IN A FLOOD-PRONE AREA.

WE -- PEOPLE COME TO HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TO WORK, WE'RE THE ECONOMIC HUB OF THE TAMPA BAY METRO REGION, WE HAVE THE LARGEST SEAPORT IN THE AREA, AND WE'RE -- FROM A NATIONAL SECURITY STANDPOINT, WE'RE HOME TO U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND AND SPECIAL COMMAND OPERATIONS CENTER, AND WE ALSO HAVE TAMPA GENERAL RIGHT DOWNTOWN, WHICH IS A REGIONAL BURN CENTER AND TRAUMA CENTER.

SO FOR ALL THOSE REASONS -- LAST YEAR HURRICANE SEASON STARTED JUNE 1st.

BY JUNE 5th WE HAD A TROPICAL STORM.

AT THE SAME TIME, WEATHER CHANNEL DUBBED US THE MOST VULNERABLE AND OVER CITY -- DUE CITY FOR A HURRICANE, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN DIRECTLY HIT BY A HURRICANE IN OVER 90 YEARS IN THIS AREA.

WE HAVEN'T BEEN HIT BY A HURRICANE, BUT YOU REMEMBER A LOT OF STORMS.

TROPICAL STORM DEBBY, YOU PROBABLY SAW THESE IMAGES ALL OVER THE NEWS, FLOODING BAYSHORE BOULEVARD, AND REALLY KIND OF EXPOSED HOW VULNERABLE OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS.

AND THEN LATER ON IN AUGUST THAT YEAR, HURRICANE ISAAC STOPPED THE FIRST DAY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. SO IT -- ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T BEEN HIT BY A STORM, WE'VE BEEN DEFINITELY DISRUPTED BY STORMS.

WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY.

WE'RE UPDATING OUR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCORPORATE THIS INFORMATION INTO THAT PLAN AS WELL AS THE POST-DISASTER REDEVELOPMENT WORK THAT THE COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IS DOING.

OUR PROJECT SCOPE IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM'S VULNERABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THREE CLIMATE STRESSORS.

ONE IS THE POTENTIAL LONG-TERM SEA LEVEL CHANGES IN THE AREA.

WE WOULD BE USING U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEER DATA FOR THAT.

ON TOP OF THAT, WE WOULD LOOK AT -- ALONG WITH THAT HURRICANE STORM SURGES.

THE TAMPA BAY REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL DOES MODELING IN THAT AREA.

AND FINALLY, WE'RE GOING TO BE USING THE COUNTY'S FEMA, FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AREA, FLOOD MAPS.

SO ALONG WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO -- DEVELOP ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR A REPRESENTATIVE AND SELECT GROUP OF ASSETS.

THE OUTCOME IS TO TRY TO QUANTIFY THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF POTENTIAL DISRUPTION, SO THERE'S NOT -- THERE'S A LOT OF STUDYING DONE BUT NOT A LOT OF IMPLEMENTATION DONE IN THIS AREA, SO WE WANT TO LOOK AT POSSIBLE STEPS AND WHAT THE COSTS MIGHT BE AND HOW TO MITIGATE THOSE RISKS.

ALTHOUGH WE'RE DOING THAT, WE'RE -- ALONG WITH THE LONG-RANGE PLAN UPDATE, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO MAKE SPECIFIC DECISIONS.

THE STUDY IS TO SUPPORT DECISION-MAKING IN THIS AREA, AND IN THE END, WE'LL BE USING THIS TO DISSEMINATE AND SHARE THE INFORMATION HOPEFULLY THROUGH OUR OTHER PARTNERS.

WE'RE A PILOT PROJECT, SO OUR CHARGE IS TO FIND OUT HOW THE PROCESS WORKS AND SHARE THAT PROBABLY NATIONALLY ALSO, SINCE THIS IS A FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROJECT.

WE JUST FINISHED DATA COLLECTION, AND WE'LL BE PROBABLY COMING BACK TO YOU WITH MORE INFORMATION, BUT THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION TODAY.

>>MARK SHARPE: ALLISON, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM.

>>ALLISON YEH: THANK YOU.

>>MARK SHARPE: WE APPRECIATE -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENTS WITH THIS US.

>>ALLISON YEH: YOU'RE WELCOME.

>>MARK SHARPE: ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: OKAY.

THANK YOU.

VERY QUICKLY, YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE DIFFERENT MEETINGS I ATTENDED.

I WANT TO EMPHASIZE, WE'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COUNTY AND THE JURISDICTIONS ON THE POLICY LEADERSHIP GROUP, SO WE ARE PLUGGED INTO THAT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE MIKE MERRILL INCLUDING THE MPO AND PLANNING COMMISSION IN THIS IN A WAY WE'VE NEVER REALLY BEEN INCLUDED BEFORE, AND IT'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL, SO WE'RE, I THINK, REALLY GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT.

IT'S GOING TO HELP US TREMENDOUSLY WITH THE UPDATE OF OUR 2040 PLAN, WHICH IS DUE IN DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR.

SO WE'RE ALL GOING TO BE VERY BUSY THIS YEAR.

WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE A POSTER FOR JOE AMON, WHO WAS OUR CHAIR OF OUR CAC, BACK THERE BY LINDA IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SIGN THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING.

WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT THAT AT SOME POINT TO HIS WIFE.

I WANT TO REMIND YOU, YOUR NEXT MPO POLICY MEETING WILL BE HELD JANUARY 28th AT 9:00 AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDROOM.

NEXT MPO MEETING WILL BE HELD FEBRUARY 4th AT 9:00 AT THE BOCC BOARDROOM.

WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAD A VERY SUCCESSFUL WEEKEND THAT CHAIRMAN SHARPE AND VICE CHAIR MONTELIONE PARTICIPATED IN AT THE HOME SHOW.

WE HAVE A NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOME SHOWS.

WE'RE GOING TO PARTICIPATE WITH THEM IN THE NEXT THREE.

THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A CIVIC PROJECT, AND AT OUR TRANSPORTATION SUMMIT AT THE AIRPORT, MR. TURNER BECAME VERY ENAMORED WITH ALL THESE TRANSPORTATION ISSUES AND DECIDED THAT WE WOULD BE A PERFECT CIVIC PROJECT TO DISPLAY AT HIS HOME SHOW, SET UP A HUGE EXHIBIT WHERE WE WERE ABLE TO SHOWCASE SOME OF THE NEW THINGS WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IN OUR PLANS, LIKE THE BIKE SHARE PROGRAM, ELECTRIC CARS, MORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT, THE MAYOR'S RIVERWALK, THE GREEN ARTERY WERE ALL SHOWCASED IN THIS EXHIBIT, WE GOT SOME TELEVISION COVERAGE FROM BAY NEWS 9 AND ABC, AND CHAIRMAN SHARPE AND COUNCILWOMAN MONTELIONE PARTICIPATED IN THOSE INTERVIEWS, SO WE DID GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC THROUGH THERE.

PEOPLE ACTUALLY BECAME AWARE THAT WE HAVE A PLANNING COMMISSION HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, THAT WE EXIST, SO THAT WAS GOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

>>JOE LOPANO: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: OH, DIRECTOR LOPANO.

>>JOE LOPANO: I SAW THAT AT THE HOME SHOW.

IT WAS REALLY VERY NICE AND VERY IMPRESSIVE.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT, IF I MAY.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF OUR -- OF TAMPA BAY, RIGHT, WE HAD THE FIRST PEOPLE MOVER OUT OF ANY AIRPORT IN THE WORLD.

IT WAS DONE 42 YEARS AGO HERE; RIGHT?

WE HAD THE FIRST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT IN THE HISTORY OF AVIATION A HUNDRED YEARS AGO FLOWN BY A GUY NAMED TONY JANNUS, AND THAT WAS REENACTED THIS PAST WEEKEND.

IT WAS NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND, IN FACT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER MURMAN.

SHE WAS BEARING THE STORMY WEATHER AND ABOUT 45, 50 DEGREES AND RAINY, BUT SHE WAS THERE FOR THE CEREMONY, AND IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF IMPORTANT TO THINK ABOUT WHERE WE CAME FROM AND WHAT OUR LEGACY IS AS WE GO FORWARD, AND WE HAVE A RICH -- RICH LEGACY OF INNOVATION.

SO THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY.

>>MARK SHARPE: THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

AS PART OF OLD AND NEW BUSINESS, I DID WANT TO WELCOME THE NEW PLANNING COMMISSIONER MEMBER OF THE MPO, MR. THEODORE GREEN.

WE'RE HONORED TO HAVE YOU, SIR.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU AT OUR MEETINGS AND HEARING YOUR COMMENTS, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR, FOR BEING HERE.

I DID -- I GUESS IN -- AS PART OF THE NEW BUSINESS, I WOULD ASK STAFF -- I WATCHED -- I SAW BOBBY BOWDEN LAST NIGHT FLIPPING THE COIN, SO LET ME PUT IT IN BOBBY BOWDEN TERMS.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EVERY DADGUM PLAN THAT THIS -- WE'VE DONE OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE PLANS AND ALL THE PLANNING BECAUSE I HEAR SOMETIMES WE DON'T HAVE ANY PLANS.

WE'VE BEEN PLANNING AND PLANNING.

LET'S HAVE EVERY PLAN -- I WANT THEM INVENTORIED SO WE CAN HAVE THEM AT THE NEXT MEETING -- EVERY PLAN THAT WE'VE HAD CONDUCTED IN THE LAST TEN YEARS SO WE CAN SHOW AND WAVE.

I'D LIKE THAT AS WELL.

I DO APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT LESS PLANNING, MORE DOING.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE "NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM."

REMEMBER CUSTER, WE DON'T PLAN, WE DO -- I LOVE THAT -- WE'RE AMERICANS, WE DON'T PLAN, WE DO.

SO -- THAT'S A GREAT LINE.

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[LAUGHTER]

>>MARK SHARPE: YEAH.

YEAH, WAIT A MINUTE, WHAT HAPPENED TO CUSTER?

OOH.

[LAUGHTER]

I KNOW THAT.

I JUST LOVE THE LINE.

OKAY.

I WON'T USE IT ANYMORE, BUT I STILL LOVE IT.

I'M NOT AFRAID.

I DON'T CARE.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: [INAUDIBLE]

>>MARK SHARPE: GIVE US ANOTHER CHANCE.

CHARGE!

ANY -- I KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT, UNDER OLD AND NEW BUSINESS, LEGISLATIVE POLICY POSITIONS 2014 AND THE CCC DECEMBER MEETING?

DID WE ALL SEE THAT?

OKAY.

ANYTHING ELSE?

>>RAY CHIARAMONTE: OKAY.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE -- THE TMA GROUP HAS BEEN MEETING ALSO, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE CCC BE MERGED WITH TBARTA, SO WE'RE PROCEEDING ON THAT LEVEL.

COMMISSIONER MURMAN IS ONE OF OUR LEADERS THERE PUSHING US, AND SO WE ARE MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: AND I'D JUST LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE CAN ONLY DO IF WE HAVE THE MONEY TO DO, AND -- AND MAYBE IF WE -- IF WE CONCENTRATE ON HOW WE'RE GOING TO FUND THESE THINGS, IT WOULD BE TIME WELL SPENT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING IF WE DON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO DO IT.

>>MARK SHARPE: ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

>>LISA MONTELIONE: HATE TO BE THE KILLJOY, BUT --

>>MARK SHARPE: AND WITH THAT -- YES, WE CHARGE FORWARD.

SEE YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THANK YOU.

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