CAPTIONING
OCTOBER 14, 2008
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION

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>>JOE AFFRONTI:  GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO OUR METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION MEETING 
FOR OCTOBER 14th, 2008.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND 
BRIEF INVOCATION.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
HEAVENLY FATHER, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR BLESSINGS.
WE ASK THAT YOU GUIDE US TODAY TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS 
FOR THE CITIZENS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
WE ASK YOU TO PROTECT OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE 
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD FIGHTING FOR OUR FREEDOMS.
IN YOUR NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN.
OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE 
SEPTEMBER 2nd MEETING?
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MOVE TO APPROVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.
>> SECOND.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT CARES TO ADDRESS ANY 
ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA?
IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
JOE AMON, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT.
>> GOOD MORNING.
THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE -- I'M JOE AMON, BY THE 
WAY, CHAIRMAN OF THE CAC.
SEPTEMBER 10th WE MET, AND I'LL GO VERY BRIEFLY THROUGH THE 
ACTION ITEMS THAT WE HAD.
AMENDMENTS TO THE FISCAL YEAR 08-09 TRANSPORTATION 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
AFTER WE GOT A BRIEFING FROM THE FDOT AND A SHORT 
DISCUSSION BY THE CAC, WE APPROVED TO FORWARD THE 
AMENDMENTS TO THE MPO FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TODAY.
WE LOOKED AT THE COMPREHENSIVE BIKE PLAN UPDATE.
AFTER A SHORT DISCUSSION ON THAT, AGAIN WE MOVED IT TO 
BRING IT TO YOU AND FORWARD IT TO YOU WITH OUR APPROVAL.
2035 MPO LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, THE UPDATE 
SCHEDULED A PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC 
DATA.
WE LOOKED AT THAT, HAD A NUMBER OF BRIEFINGS ON IT, AND WE 
APPROVED THE LRTP UPDATE SCHEDULE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN 
AND SOCIOECONOMIC DATA AND AGAIN PASSING IT TO YOU.
DRAFT STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM COST FEASIBILITY PLAN, 
THAT WAS QUITE AN INTERESTING PRESENTATION.
WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS that IT ONLY ADDRESSED I-275 AND I-
75.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
I THINK IT'S DEEPER THAN THAT, BUT THAT WAS KIND OF AN 
INTERESTING PRESENTATION.
WE FELT THAT MAYBE WE NEEDED A LIT BIT MORE DATA.
BUT ANYWAY, WITH THAT, WE APPROVED IT TO FORWARD THE DRAFT 
COST FEASIBILITY PLAN TO THE MPO BOARD FOR APPROVAL AT 
TODAY'S MEETING.
STATUS REPORT, PRESENTATION BY THE TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY EXPRESSWAY ON BUS TOLL LANES.
THAT GOT A LOT OF US GOING.
MR. WAGGONER DID A GREAT PRESENTATION FOR US, AND THAT'S 
SOMETHING THAT THE CAC HAS ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED IN, THESE 
MANAGED LANES, SO I THINK MR. WAGGONER WAS TALKING 
[INCOMPREHENSIBLE] THERE, AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU 
COMING AND HAVING A CONVERSATION WITH US.
WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT VERY, VERY CLOSELY, AND SINCE 
IT'S NEAR AND DEAR TO OUR HEARTS, WE THINK THAT IS A VIABLE 
MEANS OF HELPING MOVE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR ROAD 
SYSTEM.
LASTLY, THE COMMUTER CHOICES WEEK.
IT'S ACTUALLY A MONTH, NOT A WEEK, BUT USUALLY WE CALL IT A 
WEEK, AND I THINK IT'S A MONTH THIS YEAR.
SO WE HAD A BRIEFING ON THAT.
NOW, MOST IMPORTANT -- AND THE REASON I'M TALKING SO FAST, 
IS THAT I WANTED TO BE ABLE TO READ YOU A LETTER TODAY THAT 
I'M BRINGING TO YOU.
AT THE CAC MEETING, THE CCC'S JOINT CITIZENS ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE WITH THE OTHER MPOs IN THE AREA, WE HAD A 
PRESENTATION BY TBARTA ON THEIR MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, 
AND IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING IN THAT WHAT WE SAW WAS A LOT 
OF ACTIVITY, BUT WE SAW A LACK OF SOMETHING, AND THAT -- AS 
THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO REPRESENT THE WHOLE AREA -- 
THERE'S A FIVE-OR-SO -- I THINK THERE'S FIVE OF US 
REPRESENTED, FIVE MPOs REPRESENTED IN THAT ORGANIZATION, SO 
IT WAS QUITE INTERESTING, AND WHAT WAS INTERESTING ABOUT IT 
IS THE CONNECTIVITY OF THAT PLAN.
WE SAW A LOT OF ROADWAYS, BUT OUR BIGGEST QUESTION IS HOW 
DO YOU GET PEOPLE FROM THIS ROADWAY TO THAT ROADWAY?
AND THERE SEEMED TO BE A LACK OF IT.
AND THAT -- WE HAD A LONG DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT, AND THE 
OUTCOME OF THAT WAS IS THAT THE MEMBERS THAT WERE MEMBERS 
OF THE JOINT CITIZENS -- AND OUR MPO, OF COURSE, IS PART OF 
THAT -- AGREED THAT WE WOULD GO BACK TO OUR MPOs AND 
PRESENT THEM WHAT OUR CONCERNS WERE AND EACH OF US WOULD 
GIVE A LETTER TO THE MPO SHOWING YOU WHAT OUR INTEREST IS 
AND WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE, AND WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'M 
GOING TO READ YOU A LETTER THAT IS IN YOUR -- I BELIEVE 
WE'VE GIVEN YOU A COPY OF IT IN YOUR PLAN, AND WE ADDRESSED 
IT TO MAYOR AFFRONTI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 
MPO, AND IT'S OUR CAC'S -- LOCAL CAC'S CONCERN ON 
CONNECTIVITY OF TBARTA'S REGIONAL NETWORK.
DEAR CHAIRMAN AFFRONTI, AT THE SEPTEMBER 2008 MEETINGS OF 
BOTH WEST CENTRAL FLORIDA MPO CHAIRS COORDINATING 
COMMITTEES JOINT CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THE 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MPO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 
PRESENTATIONS FROM TBARTA PROMPTED DISCUSSION THAT MEMBERS 
FELT SHOULD BE SHARED WITH THE MPO BOARD.
IN GENERAL, THE CAC SUPPORTS TBARTA'S WORK TO BRING TRANSIT 
TO THIS AREA.
ONE AREA OF POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT NOTED, HOWEVER, WOULD THE 
INCREASED EMPHASIS ON PROVIDING LOCAL CONNECTIONS TO THE 
MAIN CORRIDORS SUCH AS U.S. 19, THE SUNCOAST PARKWAY, I-75, 
AND I-4, AS OUTLINED IN THE TBARTA PROPOSALS.
THE CAC SUGGESTS THAT TRANSIT PROVISIONS ON THESE 
CONNECTORS, WHETHER FEEDER BUSES, LIGHT RAIL, OR OTHER 
SOLUTIONS WOULD ENSURE THAT RESIDENTS AND VISITORS HAVE THE 
BENEFIT OF USING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION TO GAIN ACCESS TO 
THE REGIONAL TRANSIT SYSTEM ENVISIONED IN THE TBARTA STUDY.
SO WE WOULD LIKE -- THE CAC WOULD LIKE TO CONVEY OUR 
CONCERNS REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF TRANSIT CONNECTIVITY 
IN ORDER TO MOVE PEOPLE EFFECTIVELY IN THE TAMPA BAY AREA.
WE BRING THIS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
KEEP IT IN THE BACK, AND WE'LL RESPOND.
IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU-ALL WOULD LIKE US TO DO TO 
HELP, WE'LL BE HAPPY TO -- WE'LL BE AT YOUR BIDDING AND 
GIVE YOU WHATEVER INPUT THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU.
WITH THAT WE SIGNED IT SINCERELY -- I SIGNED IT ON BEHALF 
OF THE MPO CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
CONNECTIVITY IS A BIG ISSUE WITH US.
YOU CAN BUILD ALL THE ROADS YOU WANT, BUT IF YOU HAVEN'T 
GOT A WAY TO GET PEOPLE ONTO THEM, IT'S A WASTE OF MONEY, 
AND THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT WE SEE A BIG -- BIG VOID RIGHT 
NOW.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT ALL THESE MAJOR CORRIDORS, BUT WE SEE 
THE VOID ON WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET PEOPLE INTO THOSE AREAS 
AND HOW DO YOU GET THEM ON TO THAT -- HOW DO YOU GET THEM 
ONTO THE ROADWAYS, OR EVEN IF WE DO TRANSIT, HOW DO WE GET 
THEM THERE IF WE DO RAPID TRANSIT.
HAVING SAID THAT, THAT'S OUR REPORT.
WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE A MEETING THIS MONTH BECAUSE I 
THINK YOU-ALL DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
WE WILL MEET AGAIN IN NOVEMBER.
WITH THAT, THAT'S THE CONCLUSION OF MY REPORT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. AMON?
WELL, JOE, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU 
DO.
>> THANK YOU, SIR.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
THE NEXT IS COMMISSIONER FERLITA, THE POLICY COMMITTEE 
REPORT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
THE POLICY COMMITTEE MET AT 9:00 A.M. ON SEPTEMBER 16th IN 
THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDROOM.
FOLLOWING APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JULY 22nd POLICY 
COMMITTEE MEETING, THE MEMBERS RECEIVED A PRESENTATION BY 
STAFF AND THEIR CONSULTANT ON THE UPDATE OF THE 
COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE PLAN.
THE PLAN WHICH SERVES AS INPUT TO THE MPO'S LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN SEEKS TO IDENTIFY AND PRIORITIZE NEEDED 
IMPROVEMENTS TO FACILITATE ENHANCED BICYCLE TRAVEL AND 
SAFETY.
FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, THE POLICY COMMITTEE CONCURRED WITH 
THE COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE AND RECOMMENDED THAT 
IT BE FORWARDED TO THE FULL MPO FOR CONSIDERATION.
MPO STAFF THEN PRESENTED AMENDMENTS TO THE FY 08-09 
TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WHICH ARE ROLLED-
FORWARD -- FORWARD PROJECTS.
THE COMMITTEE PASSED A MOTION TO APPROVE THESE AMENDMENTS 
AND FORWARDED THEM TO THE MPO FOR ADOPTION.
STAFF WILL PRESENT THESE AMENDMENTS AT TODAY'S MEETING.
THE NEXT ITEM WAS THE 2035 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
STAFF PRESENTED THE SCHEDULE SHOWING THE MAJOR TASKS AND 
MILESTONES TO UPDATE THE LRTP, THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
PLAN, AND THE SOCIOECONOMIC DATA.
THE POLICY COMMITTEE MOVED TO APPROVE FORWARDING THE PLAN 
TO THE MPO FOR ADOPTION.
THE PLAN IS BEING PRESENTED AGAIN TODAY TO THE FULL MPO 
BOARD.
FDOT STAFF THEN PRESENTED THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM 
COST FEASIBILITY PLAN, WHICH IS BASED ON REVENUE ESTIMATES 
AND CONSTRUCTION COST ESTIMATES TO THE YEAR 2035.
THE PLAN IS INTENDED TO BE USED BY MPO IN THE DEVELOPMENT 
OF THEIR 2035 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLANS.
UNDER STATUS REPORT, THE COMMITTEE HEARD A PRESENTATION BY 
MR. JOE WAGGONER OF THE TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY 
EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY ON BUS TOLL LANES.
MR. WAGGONER WILL BE MAKING THE PRESENTATION LATER THIS 
MORNING.
AS A REMINDER, THE OCTOBER POLICY COMMITTEE HAS BEEN 
CANCELED.
THEREFORE, THE NEXT MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER 18th 
AT 9:00 A.M. IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDROOM.
ALL MPO BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND, AND I THANK 
THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ATTENDED THIS POLICY MEETING.
THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERLITA.
ANY QUESTIONS, ANY COMMENTS?
IF NOT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
THE -- WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTION ITEMS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE -- OH, BEFORE WE CONTINUE, I HAVE A 
NOTE HERE FROM COMMISSIONER BLAIR.
DUE TO AN UNEXPECTED OBLIGATION, I WILL BE LATE FOR TODAY'S 
MPO MEETING.
PLEASE READ THIS REASON IN THE RECORD, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE 
DOING.
OKAY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL ACTION ITEMS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE, GENA TORRES.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THERE HE IS, PROBABLY.
>>GENA TORRES:  GOOD MORNING.
GENA TORRES, MPO STAFF.
I'LL BE INTRODUCING AND CONCLUDING THE PRESENTATION, BUT 
THE MAJORITY OF IT WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU BY OUR 
CONSULTANT THAT HELPED US WITH THE PROJECT.
THE BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN PLANS ARE ALTERNATE -- 
ALTERNATELY ARE UPDATED EVERY COUPLE YEARS, SO IT'S TIME 
FOR THE BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE, AND THAT'S WHY WE DID THIS 
ONE.
THE CURRENT ONE WAS ADOPTED IN 2001, SO NEXT WE'LL BE 
WORKING ON THE PEDESTRIAN PLAN IN A YEAR OR TWO.
THE UPDATE FOR THE BIKE PLAN KICKED OFF IN MARCH OF THIS 
YEAR, AND THE BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACTED 
AS THE STEERING GROUP, SO EACH MONTH WE SPENT AT LEAST AN 
HOUR OR MORE ON LOOKING OVER THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF THE 
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, AND THE BPAC IS MADE UP OF A 
REALLY DIVERSE GROUP OF AGENCY STAFF -- STAFF MEMBERS AND 
ALSO CITIZENS, SO WE HAVE -- YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE GOT A 
LOT OF INPUT FROM THAT GROUP.
WE WERE REALLY PLEASED WITH THE OUTCOME.
IT'S TECHNICALLY SOUND, IT'S RATIONAL.
WE HAD A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT TOO ON OUR OUTREACH.
I DON'T WANT TO STEAL RICH'S THUNDER HERE, BUT WE'RE REALLY 
HAPPY TO SEE THE PROJECTS THAT CAME OUT OF THE BIKE PLAN 
UPDATE AND HOPEFULLY ENCOURAGE THE JURISDICTIONS TO 
IMPLEMENT THOSE, AND WE'LL BE REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THOSE 
CONSTRUCTED, BUT WITH THAT, I'LL HAVE RICH COME UP AND GIVE 
YOU THE DETAILS OF THE BICYCLE PLAN UPDATE PROCESS AND 
RESULTS, AND THEN I'LL CONCLUDE WHEN HE'S FINISHED.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD AND MR. CHAIRMAN.
I'M RICH CLARENDON WITH URS CORPORATION.
WE WERE THE CONSULTANTS ON THE UPDATE OF THE BICYCLE PLAN.
I DO HAVE A FEW SLIDES TO GO THROUGH, AND I'LL TRY TO GO 
THROUGH THEM FAIRLY QUICKLY, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF 
THE UPDATE PROCESS, WHAT'S IN THE UPDATED PLAN AND ALSO TO 
SEEK YOUR CONCURRENCE TO ADOPT IT WHEN WE CONCLUDE.
A LOT OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THE PLAN WAS LAST LOOKED 
AT IN 2001.
WE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY AND WE HAD CONSIDERABLE INPUT FROM 
THE BICYCLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO THE GOALS AND 
OBJECTIVES.
THEY'RE REALLY THEIR GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.
THERE WERE NO GOALS THAT WERE ELIMINATED.
WE FELT THEY WERE ALL PRETTY RELEVANT AND CONTINUED TO BE 
IMPORTANT AND NOT OBSOLETE.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF REWORDING.
ONE OF THE THEMES THAT CAME ACROSS VERY CLEARLY IN THE 
DISCUSSION OF BICYCLE FACILITIES, BOTH BIKEWAYS THAT ARE ON 
ROADS AS WELL AS TRAILS AND GREENWAYS, IS THE NEED TO 
CONNECT THEM, SO CONNECTING THE DOTS WAS SORT OF TAKEN AS A 
THEME.
THAT MIGHT BE BETWEEN ADJACENT COMMUNITIES, THAT MIGHT MEAN 
CONNECTIONS TO TRANSIT FACILITIES AND TRANSIT ROUTES, AND 
CONNECTIONS FOR BICYCLES -- BICYCLISTS TO GET TO MAJOR 
ACTIVITY CENTERS.
ANOTHER THEME THAT CAME OUT VERY CLEARLY IN THE DISCUSSION 
OF THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WAS THE NEED TO PARTNER MORE 
WITH ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS AND 
SAFETY.
WE LOOKED AT SEVERAL THINGS RELATED TO THE NEED FOR BICYCLE 
FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE POTENTIAL FOR CYCLING OR 
SOMETHING THAT WE CALL LATENT DEMAND.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT ON-ROAD CONDITIONS AS MEASURED BY BICYCLE 
LEVEL OF SERVICE.
WE ALSO CONSIDERED THE NEEDS FOR TRAILS AND GREENWAYS.
THOSE ARE SOMETIMES CALLED OFF-ROAD FACILITIES.
WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF WHERE BICYCLE CRASHES HAVE OCCURRED 
AND TRIED TO DRAW SOME CONCLUSIONS AS THEY RELATE TO SAFETY 
PROGRAMS, AND AS GENA MENTIONED, WE ALSO HAD CONSIDERABLE 
PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITY WHERE WE WENT OUT AND SURVEYED THE 
PUBLIC, AND WE GOT OVER 700 RESPONSES, WHICH I THINK WAS 
PRETTY GOOD FOR A SURVEY OF THIS SIZE.
JUST TO START WITH THE POTENTIAL DEMAND, THIS JUST IS A 
VERY BRIEF VIEW OF THE BICYCLE LATENT DEMAND.
THE AREA THAT'S IN MAGENTA AND SORT OF THE WARMER COLORS IS 
WHERE THERE'S A HIGHER DEMAND, FADING OUT TO THE GREEN.
THIS IS BASICALLY CONSIDERING ALL THE KEY GENERATORS AND 
ATTRACTORS SUCH AS POPULATION, WHERE EMPLOYMENT IS.
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PLAYS A BIG PART IN DETERMINING BICYCLE 
DEMAND AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF PARKS AND TRANSIT ROUTES.
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS TRIES TO CONVEY IS WHERE PEOPLE WOULD 
WANT TO BICYCLE IF THERE WERE ADEQUATE FACILITIES.
BY THE SAME TOKEN, WE LOOKED AT BICYCLE LEVEL OF SERVICE, 
WHICH IS BASICALLY A COMFORT LEVEL A BICYCLIST HAS ON THE 
ROAD GIVEN FACTORS SUCH AS THE OVERALL LEVEL OF TRAFFIC 
VOLUMES, WHAT THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT IS, WHETHER THERE ARE 
TRUCKS OR HEAVY VEHICLES USING THAT ROAD, IF THERE'S ANY 
ON-STREET PARKING, THE WIDTH OF THE LANES, THE -- WHETHER 
OR NOT THERE IS A BICYCLE FACILITY SUCH AS A LANE THAT 
EXISTS OR NOT, AND ALSO EVEN THE CONDITION OF THE PAVEMENT, 
AND SO THIS JUST SHOWS THAT THERE ARE A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER 
OF ON-ROAD SEGMENTS THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE CATEGORY, WHAT 
WE CALL "C" AND "D" CATEGORY, ABOUT OVER 75% LESS THAN THAT 
IN THE UPPER CATEGORIES OF "A" AND "B," AND FORTUNATELY 
ONLY 1% IN THE "F" CATEGORY, BUT WE COULD DO -- WE COULD 
OBVIOUSLY DO MORE IMPROVEMENTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT SOME ON-ROAD -- I'M SORRY, OFF-ROAD 
TRAILS AND GREENWAYS.
WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME ADOPTED 
MASTER PLANS FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY AND TRIED TO 
BUILD ON THOSE.
THE MPO HAS LOOKED AT THE REGION IN TERMS OF MULTIUSE TRAIL 
POSSIBILITIES.
WE TOOK THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
WE TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT INITIATIVES BY THE INDIVIDUAL 
JURISDICTIONS SUCH AS THE TEMPLE TERRACE MULTIUSE TRAIL, 
PLANT CITY URBAN FOREST TRAIL, AND WE ALSO WENT BEYOND THAT 
AND LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME GAPS 
IN THE CURRENT SYSTEM IN OPPORTUNITIES.
THIS BASICALLY SHOWS WHERE WE HAVE EXISTING OFF-ROAD 
FACILITIES, THOSE THAT ARE PLANNED TO BE CONSTRUCTED AT 
SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THOSE THAT MIGHT BE PROGRAMMED; 
IN OTHER WORDS, HAVE SOME FUNDING ASSOCIATED WITH THEM, AND 
THEN THOSE THAT ARE PROPOSED, WHICH ARE BASICALLY THOSE 
GAPS IN OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE IS BASICALLY LOOK AT THIS IN 
THE CONTEXT OF WHERE WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH ON-ROAD 
FACILITIES, AGAIN GOING BACK TO THAT THEME OF TRYING TO 
CONNECT THEM ALL UP INTO A COHERENT WHOLE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT BICYCLE CRASH LOCATIONS.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT INDICATOR OF WHERE WE MIGHT HAVE SOME 
SAFETY ISSUES.
THE LOCATIONS ARE SHOWN HERE OF ALL THOSE THAT WE COULD 
PINPOINT ON A MAP.
WE LOOKED AT SOME CONTRIBUTING FACTORS, THOSE THAT WE COULD 
DRAW FROM THE DATA THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE IN ORDER TO SEE 
WHAT COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE SAFETY AND EDUCATION NEEDS.
I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE ENTIRE PUBLIC SURVEY, BUT I'LL 
JUST GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF QUICK SLIDES SHOWING SOME RESULTS 
FROM THE ON-LINE AND THE MAIL-OUT SURVEY.
AS I SAID, WE HAD OVER 700 RESPONDENTS.
CLEARLY MORE BICYCLE LANES AND TRAILS CAME OUT ON TOP WITH 
OVER 33% OF THE RESPONDENTS INDICATING THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE 
THEM TO BICYCLE MORE.
TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT FOR MOTORISTS ALSO RANKED VERY HIGH, AS 
WELL AS JUST MORE PUBLIC AWARENESS, BY WHICH I THINK 
BICYCLISTS ARE SAYING FOR PEOPLE TO BE AWARE THAT THEY ARE 
OUT THERE.
THE TOP THREE AREAS WHERE BICYCLISTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE 
IMPROVEMENTS OR FACILITIES, WE LOOKED AT BOTH IN TERMS OF 
AREAS, DOWNTOWN TAMPA, USF, BRANDON, AND SO FORTH, AS WELL 
AS CORRIDORS, WHICH IS A SITUATION SUCH AS THE UPPER TAMPA 
BAY TRAIL, CONNECTION TO THE SUNCOAST TRAIL, BAYSHORE 
BOULEVARD, BRUCE B. DOWNS, ET CETERA.
THESE ARE -- CAME OUT CLEARLY IN TERMS OF THE RESPONSE ON 
THE PUBLIC SURVEY.
SO WE TRIED TO TAKE ALL OF THIS INTO ACCOUNT TO ESTABLISH 
BICYCLE PRIORITIES FOR BOTH THE BIKE LANES ON-ROAD AND ON-
ROAD CORRIDORS AS WELL AS OFF-ROAD TRAILS AND SAFETY AND 
EDUCATION PROGRAMS.
OUR OBJECTIVE REALLY WAS NOT TO BE CONSTRAINED NECESSARILY 
AT THIS POINT BY FUNDING.
THAT WILL COME LATER WHEN THESE GET CONSIDERED AS PART OF 
THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, BUT WE HAVE 
ATTEMPTED TO PUT THESE INTO SOME SORT OF PRIORITY.
AS I SAID, THE BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS AN 
INTEGRAL PART OF THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS HOW THEY WEIGHTED NINE DIFFERENT CRITERIA TO HELP 
US ESTABLISH PRIORITIES FOR ON-ROAD BIKE LANES.
AND THIS WAS THE RESULT WHEN YOU CONSIDER THOSE FACTORS, 
TAKING THOSE NINE EVALUATION CRITERIA AND APPLYING THEM TO 
THE INDIVIDUAL ROAD SEGMENTS THAT LACK BICYCLE FACILITIES 
TODAY.
JUST FOR SAKE OF CLARITY, WE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT 
ARE HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS.
THESE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE THE ONES IN THE CITY OF TAMPA, 
BASICALLY TRYING TO FILL IN THE GAPS IN THE NETWORK AND 
SOME OF THE KEY CORRIDORS SUCH AS NEBRASKA AVENUE, 
WESTSHORE, DALE MABRY, FLORIDA, ET CETERA.
LIKEWISE, WE DID THE SAME THING FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTY TO 
HAVE THE HIGH-PRIORITY BICYCLE CORRIDORS HIGHLIGHTED, AND 
AGAIN, SOME OF THE KEY CORRIDORS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY ARE 
CORRIDORS SUCH AS RACE TRACK ROAD, WATERS AVENUE, GUNN 
HIGHWAY, LUMSDEN ROAD, KINGS AVENUE, U.S. 301, STATE ROAD 
39, IN PLANT CITY PARK ROAD, AND TEMPLE TERRACE HIGHWAY.
THESE ARE SOME THAT JUST COME ACROSS WHEN YOU PUT ALL THOSE 
NINE FACTORS TOGETHER.
HOW EACH OF THESE CORRIDORS WILL BE DEVELOPED TO 
ACCOMMODATE BICYCLISTS WILL DEPEND ON FEASIBILITY AND 
DESIGN STUDIES THAT COME LATER IN THE PROCESS.
THAT REALLY WASN'T OUR OBJECTIVE HERE, BUT WE DID LOOK AT 
SOME POTENTIAL TREATMENTS IN ORDER TO ESTIMATE OVERALL 
COST.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THAT.
THIS IS THE WESTSHORE -- I'M SORRY -- THE WEST KENNEDY 
BOULEVARD, WHICH IS A HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDOR AND AN 
IMPORTANT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE WESTSHORE BUSINESS 
DISTRICT AND DOWNTOWN.
WESTSHORE -- WEST KENNEDY ITSELF IS QUITE NARROW AND 
PERHAPS LACKS THE LANE WIDTH OR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY TO ENABLE 
US TO PUT IN OR RETROFIT TO ADD BICYCLE LANES, BUT THERE 
ARE SOME ALTERNATIVES THAT ARE CLOSE BY THAT COULD FUNCTION 
AS ADEQUATE PARALLEL CONNECTIONS.
PLATT AND CLEVELAND IS AN EXAMPLE, HAS ADEQUATE PAVEMENT 
WIDTH AND WOULD NOT TAKE TOO MUCH TO RESTRIPE IT.
LIKEWISE, NORTH OF KENNEDY, CYPRESS BOULEVARD COULD ALSO BE 
RETROFITTED WITH RESTRIPING.
OUT IN THE UNDEVELOPED OR LESS DEVELOPED NORTHWEST 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS LUTZ-LAKE FERN ROAD.
IT'S -- IT SERVES AS AN IMPORTANT CONNECTION TO THE NORTH 
SUNCOAST TRAIL, WHICH IS A 43-MILE OFF-ROAD TRAIL ADJACENT 
TO THE SUNCOAST PARKWAY.
IT'S A VERY POPULAR BICYCLE LANE DESTINATION.
THE TROUBLE IS PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING THERE ON A 
ROAD, BUT LUTZ-LAKE FERN WOULD PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE 
CONNECTION TO IT.
RIGHT-OF-WAY IS GENERALLY AVAILABLE.
WE THINK THAT PAVED SHOULDERS APPEAR TO BE A FEASIBLE 
ALTERNATIVE FOR LUTZ-LAKE FERN ROAD, AND THIS COULD BE DONE 
AS -- IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESURFACING PROJECT, WHICH IS A 
STRATEGY THAT THE COUNTY HAS OFTEN USED.
SO THOSE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF ON-ROAD IMPROVEMENT 
COSTS.
WHEN YOU TOTAL THOSE ALL UP, THIS IS HOW THEY BREAK OUT BY 
AREA.
AGAIN, I DON'T NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT THESE ARE NOT ALL THE 
CORRIDORS, THESE ARE THE HIGH-PRIORITY ONES THAT LACK 
BICYCLE FACILITIES, NOT MEANT TO LIMIT THE NEED FOR 
FACILITIES ON OTHER CORRIDORS.
IT JUST DOES TABULATE THE HIGH-PRIORITY CORRIDORS SO THAT 
WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOUR LONG-RANGE PLAN UPDATE, YOU CAN 
CONSIDER FUNDING SOME OF THESE.
THEN WE ALSO CONSIDERED THE NETWORK OF OFF-ROAD TRAILS AND 
GREENWAYS BEING PLANNED AND COMPILED A LIST OF ALL THE 
TRAIL SEGMENTS CATEGORIZED BY THEIR PLANNING STATUS, AGAIN, 
WHETHER THEY EXIST TODAY, WHETHER THEY'RE PROGRAMMED FOR 
IMPROVEMENT IN THE FUTURE, ARE PART OF SOME PLAN, OR ARE 
JUST PROPOSED AS A CONNECTION FOR A GAP.
WE DIDN'T ATTEMPT TO PRIORITIZE THOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE 
ALREADY PRIORITIZED FOR THE MOST PART IN ADOPTED GREENWAYS 
AND TRAILS PLANS.
FOR EXAMPLE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, ONE OF THEIR TOP 
PRIORITIES IS THE UPPER TAMPA BAY TRAIL, THE PHASE FOUR 
CONNECTION BETWEEN THE EXISTING TRAIL AND THE NORTH 
SUNCOAST PARKWAY.
LIKEWISE, WITHIN THE CITY OF TAMPA THE SOUTH TAMPA GREENWAY 
IS ANOTHER HIGH-PRIORITY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE GANDY 
TRAILBRIDGE AND THE BAYSHORE AREA, TWO VERY POPULAR 
BICYCLING DESTINATIONS.
AND IN THE TEMPLE TERRACE AREA THERE'S A MULTIUSE TRAIL 
INITIATIVE THAT'S BEING PURSUED RIGHT NOW.
SO WHEN YOU TOTAL ALL OF THOSE COSTS TOGETHER, THIS IS WHAT 
YOU COME OUT TO BY JURISDICTION.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CONSTRAINED BY FUNDING, BUT THIS DOES 
GIVE YOU INPUT INTO YOUR LONG-RANGE PLAN WHEN YOU CONSIDER 
OVERALL TRANSPORTATION NEEDS.
I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE OUT THE NEED FOR SAFETY AND 
EDUCATION BECAUSE THAT IS AN IMPORTANT INGREDIENT TO 
PROVIDING FOR BETTER BICYCLING CONDITIONS.
PROVIDING THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IMPORTANT, BUT IF PEOPLE 
DON'T KNOW THE PROPER WAY TO BICYCLE AND BICYCLE SAFETY, 
THEN YOU'RE REALLY NOT GETTING THE MOST OUT OF THOSE 
INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, SO WE LOOKED AT WHAT COULD BE 
DONE TO IMPROVE SAFETY CONDITIONS AND IDENTIFIED SOME 
HIGHER-PRIORITY SAFETY STRATEGIES AND COUNTERMEASURES.
WE ALSO ESTIMATED THESE COSTS BASED ON PROJECT EXPERIENCE 
HERE IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AS WELL AS ELSEWHERE, EXPANDING 
BICYCLE EDUCATION AND AWARENESS, AND JUST PROVIDING BETTER 
BICYCLE SKILL EDUCATION IS AN IMPORTANT STRATEGY AND ONE 
THAT'S BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE ELSEWHERE.
PROPERLY FITTED HELMETS IS ANOTHER GOOD EXAMPLE OF A FAIRLY 
LOW-COST TYPE OF STRATEGY.
THE COST OF A HELMET IS -- COULD BE AS LOW AS $10, $15.
IT'S AN INVALUABLE INVESTMENT.
SO WE THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO MAYBE PACKAGE SOME 
OF THESE TOGETHER AND MAYBE PERHAPS SET ASIDE AN AMOUNT OF 
FUNDING IN A RANGE OF $50- TO $100,000 FOR THESE WHAT WE 
CALL SOFT PROGRAM COSTS.
SO OVERALL, THE STRATEGY FOR BETTER BICYCLE CONNECTIONS IS 
TO CONTINUE BUILDING INCREMENTALLY WHERE OPPORTUNITIES 
PRESENT THEMSELVES, EITHER THROUGH NEW TRAILS AND 
GREENWAYS, EXPANDED ROADS THAT ALLOW FOR WIDER WIDTHS AND 
DESIGNATED BICYCLE FACILITIES, RETROFITTING PAVED SHOULDERS 
IN CONJUNCTION WITH RESURFACING PROGRAMS, IMPROVING 
ADJACENT PARALLEL STREETS WHERE WE HAVE HIGH-VOLUME, HIGH-
SPEED ROUTES, AND JUST MAINTAINING THOSE BICYCLE FACILITIES 
THAT WE HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT IN THE PUBLIC SURVEY WAS 
SOME LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION ON THE PART OF BICYCLISTS THAT A 
FACILITY MIGHT EXIST, BUT IF THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH AND 
DEBRIS IN IT OR GRASS GROWING OVER IT, IT REALLY LOSES ITS 
EFFECTIVENESS, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, COMBINING ALL OF 
THESE INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGIES WITH A BEEFED UP SAFETY AND 
EDUCATION PROGRAM.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT BACK TO GENA TO WRAP UP.
>>GENA TORRES:  THANK YOU, RICH.
THAT WAS GREAT JOB, GREAT PRESENTATION, I THINK, ON SHOWING 
ALL OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE PUT INTO THIS DOCUMENT.
THE COMMITTEES OF THE MPO HAVE RECEIVED THIS PRESENTATION, 
AND I'M PLEASED TO SAY THEY HAVE RECOMMENDED IT FOR 
ADOPTION.
THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE POLICY COMMITTEE, THE 
BPAC, AND ALSO THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAVE ALL 
REVIEWED THIS PRESENTATION AND THE PLAN.
ONCE IT'S ADOPTED, THE -- THERE IS AN EXECUTIVE BROCHURE, 
WHICH WE'VE NEVER DONE FOR OUR BIKE OR PED PLANS, SO I'M 
REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
IT'S A CITIZEN-FRIENDLY DOCUMENT.
WE CAN SHOW IT TO PEOPLE TO CONCISELY GIVE THEM SOME OF THE 
MAPS THAT SHOW SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT WE ARE 
SUGGESTING IN THE PLAN AND HOPEFULLY, REALLY ULTIMATELY, 
THAT THE JURISDICTIONS WILL TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND 
WORK TOWARDS SEEING SOME OF THOSE PROJECTS BUILT AND 
CONSTRUCTED.
SO -- WELL, ACTUALLY WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL HAPPEN AFTER THIS 
IS ADOPTED IS A LOT OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL, AS RICH 
SAID, MAKE THEIR WAY INTO THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION 
PLAN, AND THAT WILL HAPPEN.
THERE WILL BE OTHER THINGS WE HAVE TO DO TO GET THOSE 
PROJECTS IN THERE, REALLY DETERMINING THE COSTS AND THE 
HIGHEST PRIORITIES, BUT I REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO THAT 
PROCESS TOO BECAUSE I THINK THAT MAKES THIS BICYCLE PLAN 
MUCH MORE IMPLEMENTABLE, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT -- I'LL ANSWER 
ANY QUESTIONS, AND THEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION 
TO ADOPT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  MS. SAUL-SENA.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  THANK YOU.
I WANT TO BEGIN BY COMPLIMENTING YOU ON THE 
COMPREHENSIVENESS OF THIS PLAN.
IT'S THE BEST THAT THE MPO HAS EVER PRODUCED.
IT'S EXCELLENT.
I KNOW THERE WAS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF WORK PUT INTO IT, 
AND IT REALLY PROVIDES US A GUIDE FOR WHAT WE NEED TO 
INVEST IN, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS COMPARED TO OUR 
OTHER TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, THEY ARE -- THEY'RE LACKING 
THE ZEROS, THEY'RE LACKING THE, YOU -- YOU KNOW, THE SIXTH 
DIGIT OR SEVENTH OR EIGHTH THAT SO MANY OTHER PROJECTS 
REQUIRE.
IT'S EXCITING TO SEE HOW WE'RE PLANNING TO CONNECT THE DOTS 
TO CREATE CITY- AND COUNTYWIDE BICYCLING OPTIONS FOR 
PEOPLE, AND AS WE LOOK FORWARD TO BECOMING LESS DEPENDENT 
ON FOSSIL FUELS, THIS REALLY GIVES US SOME OPTIONS.
ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO DO IN A POLICY COMMITTEE IN THE 
FUTURE IS LOOK AT HOW MUCH WE SPEND ON THIS AND OUR TOTAL 
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN BEGIN TO CREATE A 
MORE BALANCED FUTURE, SO KUDOS, AND I'D LIKE TO MOVE THAT 
WE ADOPT THIS PLAN.
>> SECOND.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
MS. FERLITA.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST VERY QUICKLY.
OBVIOUSLY I SUPPORT THE MOTION.
GENA, MS. SAUL-SENA AND I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK 
BRIEFLY.
I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN AGREEMENT 
THAT YOU'VE WORKED HARDER AND LONGER ON THIS WHOLE BICYCLE 
ISSUE THAN ANYBODY I'VE EVER KNOWN.
I THINK AS LONG AS I'VE KNOWN YOU YOU'VE BEEN WORKING ON 
IT, AND SO THE PRODUCT IS HERE AND IT'S A GOOD ONE.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS.
>>GENA TORRES:  THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  GREAT JOB.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IF NOT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANKS.
GREAT JOB.
OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE T.I.P. AMENDMENTS, WALLY 
BLAIN.
>>WALLY BLAIN:  GOOD MORNING.
WALLY BLAIN, MPO STAFF.
THERE ARE TEN AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD TO YOU 
AS A GROUP THIS MORNING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
NINE OF THESE FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF BEING WHAT'S CALLED 
A ROLL-FORWARD AMENDMENT AND ONE IS A NEW PROJECT THAT'S 
BEING ADDED TO THE T.I.P. THIS YEAR.
THE NINE PROJECTS THAT ARE ROLLED FORWARD, I'LL BRIEFLY GO 
THROUGH EACH OF THOSE REAL QUICK.
TWO OF THOSE ARE SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
ONE IS OUT IN THE PLANT CITY AREA ON CHARLIE GRIFFIN ROAD.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN APPLIED FOR, GONE THROUGH 
THE ENHANCEMENT PROCESS, AND IS RECEIVING ENHANCEMENT 
FUNDING.
THE ROLL-FORWARD PROCESS MEANS THAT IT WAS PROGRAMMED LAST 
YEAR.
THE PROJECT WAS NOT INITIATED, OUR CONSTRUCTION HAD NOT 
BEGUN ON THAT PHASE, SO WE NEED TO ROLL IT FORWARD, SO 
WE'RE JUST BRINGING THE MONEY FROM LAST YEAR INTO THIS 
CURRENT YEAR OF THE T.I.P. SO THAT PROJECT CAN CONTINUE ON.
SO THERE IS THE SIDEWALK ON CHARLIE GRIFFIN ROAD.
THERE'S ALSO AN INTERRAIL CROSSING INTERSECTION FOR SAFETY 
THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, AND THAT'S LISTED AS THE NEXT -- AT 
THE HARTFORD STREET RAIL CROSSING.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS FOR TEMPLE TERRACE.
IT'S ALSO LISTED AS A SIDEWALK PROJECT.
CERTAINLY THERE IS SIDEWALK WORK BEING DONE THERE, BUT 
THERE'S A PROJECT SHEET THAT IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE 
AMENITIES AND OTHER CROSSWALKS, THINGS THAT ARE BEING ADDED 
IN THIS SIDEWALK PROJECT.
THE NEXT SIX PROJECTS FOR THE ROLL-FORWARD ARE ALL FOR 
HART.
THESE ARE BASIC TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE, BUS PURCHASES, 
THINGS THAT HART HAS CONTINUOUSLY DONE.
THOSE PROJECTS NEED TO BE ROLLED FORWARD SO THAT MONEY IS 
AVAILABLE FOR THEM IN THIS YEAR, SO THAT'S THE NINE ROLL-
FORWARD AMENDMENTS THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR APPROVAL ON.
THE NEXT PROJECT IS A NEW PROJECT.
IT IS OUT OF THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM.
THIS IS A STATE POT OF MONEY THAT IS OUT THERE TO PROVIDE 
ACCESS TO SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOLCHILDREN SO THEY HAVE A SAFE 
ROUTE TO SCHOOL.
IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THEM TO BE IN AN AUTOMOBILE.
SO THIS PROJECT IS FOR SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
IT'S OVER ON 40th STREET JUST SOUTH OF THE RIVER.
THE PROJECT WOULD CONNECT WITH A SIDEWALK THROUGH THE 
NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST, AND THERE IS A MAP ALSO IN YOUR 
PACKET THAT KIND OF OUTLINES THIS AREA, SO THIS IS A NEW 
PROJECT THAT'S BEING ADDED.
THE FUNDS THAT ARE BEING ADDED FOR THIS PROJECT ARE 
$303,000.
THIS COMES OUT OF A RESERVE BOX, SO IT DOES NOT IMPACT ANY 
OTHER PROJECTS.
THE MONEY IS SET IN THAT RESERVE BOX FOR PROJECTS LIKE THIS 
SO THEY CAN BECOME READY AND BE IMPLEMENTED AS SOON AS 
POSSIBLE.
THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY ALL COMMITTEES AND 
ARE BEING FORWARDED FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO THEY CAN BE ROLLED 
FORWARD INTO THE T.I.P.
ANY QUESTIONS?
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  ANY QUESTIONS FOR WALLY?
>> MOVE APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION?
WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> COMMISSIONER HAGAN IS OUT, DINGFELDER OUT, BLAIR'S OUT.
MILLER.
>>LOUIS MILLER:  YES.
>> LOTT.
>>RICK LOTT:  YES.
>> AFFRONTI.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  YES.
>> SHARPE IS OUT.
SAUL-SENA.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  YES.
>> CAETANO.
>>JOSEPH CAETANO:  YES.
>> FERLITA.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  YES.
>> WAINIO.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  YES.
>> WAGGONER.
>>JOSEPH WAGGONER:  YES.
>> MOTION CARRIED.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU.
>>WALLY BLAIN:  THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH, WALLY.
OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE 2035 MPO LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE, ONE OF THE UPDATE SCHEDULE, JOE 
ZAMBITO.
>>JOE ZAMBITO:  GOOD MORNING.
JOE ZAMBITO WITH THE MPO STAFF.
AS MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE, WE HAVE JUST STARTED THE PROCESS 
TO UPDATE OUR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WHICH 
CURRENTLY HAS A HORIZON YEAR OF 2025 TO THE NEW HORIZON 
YEAR OF 2035.
UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS, WE'RE REQUIRED TO UPDATE OUR 
PLAN ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND SINCE OUR LAST PLAN WAS 
ADOPTED IN 2004, WE WILL BE ADOPTING A NEW PLAN NEXT YEAR 
IN 2009, SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO GO OVER THE SCHEDULE WITH YOU 
A LITTLE BIT, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT SOME OTHER 
INFORMATION ON WORK THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING TO GET READY FOR 
THE PLAN UPDATE IN YOUR PACKET THERE IS A SUMMARY SCHEDULE 
THAT SHOWS THE MAJOR TASKS THAT WILL BE UNDERTAKEN IN ORDER 
TO UPDATE OUR PLAN.
I'LL JUST POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THE IMPORTANT ONES FOR YOUR 
CONSIDERATION.
THE SECOND GREEN LINE DOWN IS THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
PROCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THE UPDATE 
OF OUR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT 
THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN PROCESS GOES FROM BEGINNING 
TO END OF THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
ALL THE WAY ALONG THE LINE WE'LL BE SEEKING PUBLIC INPUT, 
WE'LL BE PRESENTING THINGS TO THE PUBLIC AND ASKING THEM TO 
RESPOND TO IT AND GIVE US THEIR THOUGHTS.
WE'LL HAVE A MORE DETAILED PRESENTATION ON THAT A LITTLE 
LATER.
ANOTHER IMPORTANT LINE IS THE RED ONE NEAR THE BOTTOM.
THAT'S THE PROCESS WHERE WE'LL BE DEVELOPING THE LONG-RANGE 
PLAN, AND OUR SCHEDULE CALLS FOR DEVELOPING THE NEEDS 
PORTION OF THE PLAN; THAT IS, WHAT ARE THE NEEDS THAT WE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSING, AND THAT'LL OCCUR IN THE FIRST 
QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR OF 2009, AND THEN THE DRAFT COST-
AFFORDABLE, THAT'S WHERE WE WILL TAKE THE NEEDS, COMPARE IT 
TO THE ESTIMATED REVENUES, AND SEE HOW MUCH OF THE NEEDS DO 
WE THINK WE CAN AFFORD OVER THE TIME PERIOD BETWEEN NOW AND 
2035.
AND LAST IS THE PLAN ADOPTION, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE 
TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT YEAR WITH A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 
ADOPTION OF THE PLAN SCHEDULED FOR NOVEMBER.
WHAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET IS SORT OF JUST THE MAJOR 
TASKS SUMMARIZED, BUT THERE IS A MUCH MORE DETAILED 
SCHEDULE WITH EVERY SINGLE STEP THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN 
ALONG THE WAY, WHERE WE'LL BE PRESENTING TO COMMITTEES, 
WHERE WE'LL BE DOING PUBLIC INPUT OR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
THINGS, SO EVERYTHING IS PRETTY MUCH SCHEDULED OUT SO THAT 
THE STAFF CAN KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS AND MAKE 
SURE WE STAY ON SCHEDULE TO GET THINGS DONE AS NEEDED.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO SUZI DIERINGER, WHO'S 
OUR ECONOMIC AND RESEARCH MANAGER WITH THE PLANNING 
COMMISSION.
SHE HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING THE POPULATION AND 
EMPLOYMENT PROJECTIONS FOR THE FUTURE.
THIS IS INPUT THAT IS USED AS INPUT INTO THE TRANSPORTATION 
MODEL WHICH WILL IDENTIFY WHERE WE WILL NEED IMPROVEMENTS 
IN THE FUTURE BASED ON WHERE WE THINK DEVELOPMENT IS GOING 
TO TAKE PLACE.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME ASK SUZI TO COME UP AND GIVE YOU SOME 
INFORMATION ON THAT.
>>SUZI DIERINGER:  I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DO MY WHOLE 
PRESENTATION, JOE.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  MR. CHAIRMAN, CAN I ASK ONE QUESTION?
>>SUZI DIERINGER:  OKAY.
GOOD MORNING.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  DID YOU WANT TO ASK JOE A QUESTION?
>>SUZI DIERINGER:  THE POPULATION FORECASTS AND FIVE 
CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYMENT FORECASTS ARE NEEDED FOR THIS 
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION UPDATE.
THE FORECASTS ARE A PRINCIPAL INPUT INTO THE TRANSPORTATION 
MODELING PROCESS, WHICH IS USED TO IDENTIFY YOUR 
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS IN YOUR PLAN.
THE YEARS WE NEEDED WERE 2025, 2035, AND 2050.
THESE PROJECTIONS AND FORECASTS WERE NEEDED NOT ONLY AT THE 
COUNTYWIDE LEVEL, WHICH WE CALL THE CONTROLLED TOTALS, BUT 
ALSO AT SMALL GEOGRAPHIC LEVELS CALLED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 
ZONES.
AND JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THERE ARE 758 TAZs IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, SO THESE ARE SMALL, SMALL AREAS.
THE FIRST STEP OF THIS PROCESS WAS TO FORECAST THAT 
COUNTYWIDE TOTAL.
WE DID THIS BY REVIEWING PREVIOUS STUDIES, INCLUDING YOUR 
CURRENTLY ADOPTED LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH HAD 
PROJECTIONS TO THE YEAR 2025, AND ALSO YOUR RECENTLY 
COMPLETED MPO TRANSIT STUDY, WHICH HAD PROJECTIONS TO THE 
YEAR 2050.
THE STATE FORECAST POPULATION, THESE ARE THE OFFICIAL 
FORECASTS FOR THE STATE, THEY ARE CONDUCTED BY THE 
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA'S BUREAU OF ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS 
RESEARCH KNOWN AS BEBR.
THEY DID -- WE LOOKED AT THEIR MEDIUM SERIES FOR 2025 AND 
2035 POPULATION.
AND LASTLY, WE REVIEWED TRENDS.
NATIONAL TRENDS, STATE TRENDS SHOW THINGS LIKE HOUSEHOLD 
SIZES ARE GETTING SMALLER, SMALLER FAMILIES, SMALLER 
HOUSEHOLDS.
THIS IS A FACTOR WHEN WE'RE PROJECTING FUTURE HOUSING 
UNITS, FUTURE POPULATION.
ALSO, ON THE EMPLOYMENT SIDE, FOR EXAMPLE, INDUSTRIAL 
EMPLOYMENT HAS DECLINED OVER TIME.
IT'S OFFSET WITH PRODUCTIVITY GAINS, SO IT'S NOT 
NECESSARILY A BAD THING, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEEDED TO 
CONSIDER IN DOING THESE PROJECTIONS.
ONCE WE HAD THE CONTROL TOTALS OR THE COUNTYWIDE TOTALS, WE 
HAD TO ALLOCATE AMONG THOSE 758 TAZs.
TRADITIONAL METHODS FOCUS ON HISTORICAL TRENDS, SO 
BASICALLY I LOOKED BACK THE PAST 20 YEARS AND SAY, GIVEN 
THAT, LET ME PROJECT OUT THE NEXT 20 YEARS.
THIS TREND METHOD CONTINUES OUT YOUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT 
PATTERNS, BUT AS A CONSEQUENCE IT IGNORES THE INFLUENCE OF 
ANY GROWTH MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES, ANY LOCAL COMPREHENSIVE 
PLAN POLICIES THAT YOU HAVE IN PLACE THAT GUIDE GROWTH.
IF YOU RECALL, COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE ADOPTED BY LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS WITH THE PURPOSE OF GUIDING AND DIRECTING 
FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHEN ALLOCATING THE CONTROL TOTALS AMONG THE 758 TAZs, 
THOSE POLICIES AND STRATEGIES WERE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AND 
REALLY DIRECTED THE RESULTING ALLOCATION.
THE THREE PRIMARY STRATEGIES WERE COMPACT URBAN FORM; THIS 
IS MAINLY OUR URBAN SERVICE BOUNDARY IN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY, ACTIVITY CENTERS AND DISTRICTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS; THIS IS WHERE WE WANT DEVELOPMENT TO 
GO, AND CORRIDORS THAT LINK THE ACTIVITY CENTERS AND THE 
DISTRICTS AND SUPPORT THE URBAN DENSITIES WITHIN THE URBAN 
SERVICE AREA.
NOW, AFTER ALL THIS WAS COMPLETED, A DOES-THIS-MAKE-SENSE 
REVIEW WAS COMPLETED, AND THAT REVIEW INCLUDED MEETING WITH 
FELLOW PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF LAND USE PLANNERS WHO 
REPRESENT EACH OF THE JURISDICTIONS AND SAYING DOES THIS 
MAKE SENSE, DOES THE OUTCOME LOOK REASONABLE TO YOU.
WE ALSO CHECKED AGAINST THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR 
CONSISTENCY AND THEN SAT DOWN WITH FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION STAFF AND SAID FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE, 
DOES HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S NUMBERS FIT, DO THEY MAKE SENSE, 
OR ARE THERE SOME ODD THINGS OUT THERE THAT WE NEED TO 
RELOOK.
GIVEN ALL THAT, SOME REALLOCATION AND REFINEMENTS WERE 
MADE.
YOU -- IN YOUR PACKET YOU SHOULD HAVE THESE LAST TWO SLIDES 
WHICH JUST SHOW THE DATA.
THEY PROBABLY DON'T MEAN A LOT TO YOU JUST LOOKING AT THE 
NUMBERS, BUT BY 2050 WE ARE PROJECTING OVER TWO MILLION 
PEOPLE LIVING IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, AND ON THE EMPLOYMENT 
SIDE, BY 2050 ALMOST 1.5 MILLION JOBS, SO AGAIN, I'M 
SHOWING --
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  IF I MAY INTERJECT, IT WOULD BE A LOT -- 
I THINK A LOT MORE VALUABLE TO PEOPLE WATCHING AND 
CERTAINLY TO ME IF YOU HAD BASELINE DATA ON THESE GRAPHS.
JUST TO GIVE 20-YEAR PROJECTIONS, YOU'RE ASSUMING WE KNOW 
WHAT THE POPULATION IS AND WHAT ALL THESE OTHER NUMBERS ARE 
TODAY.
THIS IS MEANINGLESS UNLESS I HAVE A BASE TO LOOK AT.
I KNOW YOU HAVE IT.
>> I DO.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  BUT YOU SHOULD SHOW IT.
>> OKAY.
I'LL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
YEAH, TO ME, I KNOW IT, SO YEAH.
THANK YOU.
ACTUALLY, THAT WAS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
I'M GOING TO ASK LYNN MERENDA TO COME OUT NOW.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  EXCUSE ME.
BEFORE WE DO THAT, MS. SAUL-SENA HAS SOMETHING THAT -- HAS 
A QUESTION.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  THANK YOU.
IT'S -- WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS -- AND I KNOW THAT 
OTHER BOARD MEMBERS SHARE THIS CONCERN -- IS THAT YOU'RE 
TAKING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, YOU'RE REFINING IT, AND 
YOU'RE PROJECTING IT FORWARD.
I SUGGEST TO YOU THAT WE ARE AT A REAL SHIFT IN THE WAY WE 
LIVE AS A CULTURE BASED ON THE COST OF GAS, AND I REALLY 
THINK THAT THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE LIFESTYLE PATTERNS, AND I 
THINK THAT IT'S -- SINCE WE'RE FOCUSING ON TRANSPORTATION 
AND THE CHOICES PEOPLE MAKE ABOUT WHERE THEY LIVE AND WHERE 
THEY WORK AND HOW THEY WORK, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS 
CENTRAL AND CRITICAL TO THIS CONVERSATION, AND I HAVEN'T 
HEARD YOU SAY THAT THAT'S BEEN A MAJOR FACTOR IN YOUR 
THINKING.
IS IT?
>> IT HAS BEEN, BUT I WASN'T EXPLICIT ABOUT SAYING THAT.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  NO, YOU --
>> IN THE COMPACT URBAN FORM, IDENTIFYING THOSE ACTIVITY 
CENTERS, FOCUSING GROWTH THERE, DEVELOPING THOSE CORRIDORS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE MAJOR HIGHWAY CORRIDORS, THEY HAVE TO 
BE TRANSPORTATION LINKING.
ALL OF THAT WILL SUPPORT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING TO ME.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  WELL, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT ECONOMICS 
MORE THAN PHILOSOPHY ARE GOING TO SHAPE GROWTH IN THE 
FUTURE, AND THE ECONOMICS OF TRAVELING 45 MINUTES TO WORK 
ARE -- IS JUST NOT SUSTAINABLE, AND I ALSO DIDN'T HEAR YOU 
SAY THAT THAT -- THE WORD "SUSTAINABLE" IS SORT OF A CENTER 
OF ALL THIS, AND I KNOW THAT MARK SHARPE HAS BEEN TALKING 
ABOUT THIS AND FOCUSING ON THIS.
IN FACT, HE PROBABLY HAS SOME MATERIALS IN FRONT OF HIM 
RIGHT NOW ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY CENTRAL TO OUR 
THINKING, AND I THINK YOU NEED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD BECAUSE I 
THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE WHAT -- 
WHAT DRIVES LAND USE PATTERNS AND TRANSPORTATION PATTERNS 
AND HOW WE LIVE AND WHERE WE SHOULD BE INVESTING OUR 
RESOURCES, WHICH IS WHAT THE POINT OF THIS WHOLE THING IS, 
SO I THINK YOU NEED TO SAY IT OUT LOUD IF IT IS INDEED PART 
OF WHAT'S SHAPING WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND IF NOT, IT NEEDS TO 
BE, I BELIEVE.
>> IT ABSOLUTELY IS.
I AGREE 100%, AND I BELIEVE THIS METHOD, WHICH IS DIFFERENT 
THAN WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, INCORPORATES ALL THOSE 
THOUGHTS BY ENCOURAGING THE GROWTH WITHIN THE URBAN SERVICE 
AREA AND DISCOURAGING SPRAWL, DISCOURAGING THE PREVIOUS 
PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT, ENCOURAGING THOSE CORRIDORS AND 
ACTIVITY CENTERS.
IT -- I DIDN'T SAY IT EXPLICITLY, AND I SHOULD HAVE, BUT 
YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, IT IS IN THERE.
IT WAS ALL CONSIDERED.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  IN THE CITY WE'RE LOOKING AT CHANGING 
OUR ZONING REQUIREMENTS SO PEOPLE DON'T -- PEOPLE WHO ARE 
REDEVELOPING COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, PARTICULARLY IN THE 
OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY, DON'T HAVE TO HAVE AS MUCH PARKING 
BECAUSE WE'RE ASSUMING PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO BE -- PEOPLE 
ARE GOING TO BE TRYING TO USE COMMERCIAL -- COMMERCIAL USES 
WITHIN WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT ACCESS.
>> YEP.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  SO IT'S CHANGING OUR LAND USE DECISIONS 
WHICH, IN TURN, WILL AFFECT TRANSPORTATION DECISIONS.
IT'S ALL CONNECTED, BUT THE PREMISE IS WE'RE NOT GOING TO 
BE ABLE TO HAVE CHEAP OIL IN THE FUTURE.
>> THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU, MS. SAUL-SENA.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
LYNN.
>> GOOD MORNING.
LYNN MERENDA, MPO STAFF.
I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN.
WE ARE LISTENING.
IT IS A PRIORITY FOR THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MPO.
WE ARE COMMITTED TO MEANINGFUL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THROUGHOUT 
THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING PROCESS.
IT'S A PRIORITY FOR THIS MPO THAT ALL CITIZENS BE GIVEN THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE, INCLUDING LOW-INCOME 
INDIVIDUALS, THE ELDERLY PERSONS, PERSONS WITH 
DISABILITIES, AND PERSONS WILL LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES ARE TO PROVIDE PARTICIPATION 
OPPORTUNITIES AND A WIDE VARIETY OF THEM, TO BE INCLUSIVE 
OF ALL OUR CONSTITUENCIES, TO BE RESPONSIVE, TO ACTUALLY 
RESPOND AND/OR INCORPORATE THEIR IDEAS INTO OUR PLANS, TO 
PROVIDE A PREDICTABLE PROCESS THAT PEOPLE CAN COUNT ON, TO 
BE CREATIVE AND FLEXIBLE, AND TO MAXIMIZE EXPOSURE WHILE 
MINIMIZING COSTS.
THIS NEW PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN STREAMLINED PROCEDURES 
ALLOWING THE MPO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TO SIGN OFF ON THE LRTP 
ADMINISTRATIVE MODIFICATIONS, T.I.P. ADMINISTRATIVE 
AMENDMENTS, T.I.P. ROLL-FORWARD AMENDMENTS, AND UPW 
REVISIONS, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE ROLL-FORWARD AUTOMATIC TYPE 
THINGS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE.
IN THE FUTURE, UPON APPROVAL OF THIS, RAY CHIARAMONTE WILL 
BE ABLE TO SIGN OFF ON SO YOU COULD GET ON TO MORE 
IMPORTANT BUSINESS THAT ARE JUST AUTOMATIC THINGS.
IT HAS SIMPLIFIED LANGUAGE, IT IS USER-FRIENDLY, IT CLEARLY 
DEFINES PROCEDURES FOR NOTIFICATION AND PUBLIC 
PARTICIPATION IN THE MAJOR MPO WORK PRODUCT, INCLUDING THE 
LRTP, THE T.I.P., AND THE UPWP.
IT HAS AN EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF REQUIREMENTS.
IT HAS A WHOLE SECTION ON TRANSPORTATION TERMS AND 
ACRONYMS.
IT HAS OUR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY PLAN.
I ALWAYS LOSE MY PROFICIENCY WHEN I GO TO SAY THIS.
AND IT HAS OUR EXPANDED TOOLBOX.
WHAT IS IN OUR TOOLBOX.
OUR OPTIONS THAT WE'VE USED IN THE PAST, NEW IDEAS TO 
FURTHER ENHANCE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION, AND STRATEGIES 
SUPPORTING OUR GOALS.
SOME STRATEGIES THAT WORKED WELL FOR US IN THE PAST LAST 
TIME WHEN WE DID OUR MPO TRANSIT STUDY, WE ALLOWED A HOME 
GAME VERSION THAT ALLOWED COMMUNITIES TO PARTICIPATE EVEN 
IF THEY COULDN'T ATTEND OUR WORKSHOPS AT THE COUNTY -- AT 
THE FAIRGROUNDS, SO WE HAVE A WHOLE GAMUT OF THINGS TO 
CHOOSE FROM.
OUR PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GOALS: TELL OUR STORY, THEY'RE 
COOPERATIVE AND CREATIVE, AND THEY ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY.
THE KEY THING IN THE WHOLE PROCESS IS THAT WE COORDINATE, 
COLLABORATE, COOPERATE, AND COMMUNICATE WITH KEY PARTNERS 
IN THE PLANNING PROCESS.
PRIMARY IN THAT IS OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH FDOT AND HART, 
ALSO OUR LAND USE TIES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE 
REGIONAL TIE-IN WITH TBARTA AS WELL AS THE CHAIRS 
COORDINATING COMMITTEE.
WE WORK CLOSELY WITH ALL THE JURISDICTIONS, AND PRIMARY IN 
THIS PLAN IS ALSO OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PUBLIC AND 
OTHER STAKEHOLDERS AND CONSTITUENCIES.
WE HAVE HAD A 45-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT AND REVIEW PERIOD, AN 
AD THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET WAS PLACED IN THE TAMPA 
TRIBUNE, THE FLORIDA SENTINEL, AND THE La GACETA ON AUGUST 
22nd.
WE'VE MADE PRESENTATIONS TO THE CAC, TAC, AND POLICY 
COMMITTEES, WHO'VE ALL FORWARDED THIS FOR YOUR APPROVAL 
TODAY.
AND COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED WERE ALL FROM FDOT, AND 
THEY'VE BEEN RESPONDED TO AND/OR INTEGRATED INTO THIS PLAN.
THE NEXT STEP IS TO ADOPT THE 2008 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION 
PLAN, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU 
HAVE OR ACCEPT ANY OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS.
THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF LYNN?
>> OKAY.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  IF NOT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
GOOD JOB.
>> THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  AND I MIGHT POINT OUT THAT THE POLICY 
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, THE CITIZENS ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, AND THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MOVE FOR APPROVAL, MR. CHAIRMAN.
>> SECOND.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
NEXT ITEM IS MR. CLIFFORD ON THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION -- 
OR, I'M SORRY.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.
DRAFT STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM COST FEASIBILITY PLAN.
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  YES, SIR.
BOB CLIFFORD, FDOT, TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE ROADWAY 
COMPONENT OF THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM AS WE MOVE 
FORWARD AND AS YOU MOVE FORWARD WITH YOUR LONG-RANGE PLANS 
FOR INCORPORATION WITHIN THE PLAN, AND REALLY WHAT WE TALK 
ABOUT WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM, 
THERE ARE REALLY FOUR COMPONENTS RELATED TO PROJECTS.
ONE IS WHAT ARE THOSE PROJECTS THAT ARE PRESENTLY ONGOING 
IN TERMS OF WHAT WE'RE DOING.
WE HAVE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS HERE WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY, THE TAMPA AIRPORT INTERCHANGES PROJECT, THE I-275 
PROJECT, AND THE I-75/BRUCE B. DOWNS FLYOVER PROJECT THAT 
ARE ALL PROJECTS THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITHIN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TOTALING ABOUT $360-MILLION WORTH OF 
ACTIVE CONSTRUCTION PRESENTLY.
THEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR THE PRESENT FIVE 
YEARS, IF YOU WILL, THE WORK PROGRAM.
YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE WORK PROGRAM.
WE GO OVER IT EVERY YEAR.
YOU GIVE US PRIORITIES FOR IT.
WE TALK ABOUT THE WORK PROGRAM, THAT'S WHERE WE REALLY SEE 
AN EVEN INCREASED LEVEL OF CONSTRUCTION WITHIN THIS AREA 
AND WITHIN THIS REGION.
WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ALONE OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS 
IN THE WORK PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE $900 MILLION OF 
CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RELATED TO THE CONNECTOR PROJECT, THE 
I-4/SELMON CONNECTOR PROJECT AND CONNECTING IN WITH THE 
PORT; I-275 CONTINUES ON; AND THEN PROJECTS ON I-75 UP IN 
THE NEW TAMPA AREA, SO CONTINUING CONSTRUCTION AT A TUNE OF 
$900 MILLION OVER THAT TIME PERIOD.
WE THEN LOOK AT KIND OF THE THIRD ELEMENT, WHICH WE REFER 
TO AS THE SECOND FIVE YEARS, AND THAT IS WE LOOK AT OUR 
WORK PROGRAM, OUR CURRENT WORK PROGRAM, WHICH GOES FROM 
JULY 1st OF 2008 UNTIL JUNE 30th OF 2013.
WE LOOK AT THE NEXT FIVE YEARS FROM 2013 TO 2018.
DURING THAT TIME PERIOD WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WE HAVE 
AN ADDITIONAL $244 MILLION OF CONSTRUCTION, AND AGAIN, NOW 
WE'RE LOOKING AT CONTINUING ON I-75 UP IN THE NEW TAMPA 
AREA, THE PROJECT FROM FOWLER TO BRUCE B. DOWNS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT CONTINUING I-275 BETWEEN DOWNTOWN 
AND THE HOWARD FRANKLAND BRIDGE, CONTINUING THAT PROJECT AS 
THAT CONTINUES ON.
THEN WE LOOK AT THE LONGER TERM FROM 2018 THROUGH 2035 TO 
MATCH UP WITH YOUR LONG-RANGE PLAN AND WHAT WE LOOK AT IN 
TERMS OF PROVIDING YOU INPUT RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC 
INTERMODAL SYSTEM AND HOW THAT FITS IN WITH YOUR LONG-RANGE 
PLAN.
WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD, WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT AN ADDITIONAL 
$335 MILLION OF PROJECTS, LINKS -- WHAT WE REFER TO AS YOU-
ALL REMEMBER THE LINKS PROJECT, LINKS FOUR AND FIVE, AND 
REALLY WHAT THAT IS IS THAT'S THE CONNECTION BETWEEN I-275 
AND THE TAMPA AIRPORT INTERCHANGES PROJECTS, THAT MEMORIAL 
BOULEVARD CONNECTION BETWEEN THOSE AREAS, KIND OF THAT LAST 
PIECE OF THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE AIRPORT INTERCHANGES 
AND I-275.
WE'RE FIXING THAT AREA.
THAT'S A KEY PROJECT.
LOOKING AT AND HAVING CONSTRUCTION ON REDOING THE I-4/I-75 
INTERCHANGE.
AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE VOLUME GROWTH IN BOTH CORRIDORS, WE 
REALIZE THAT THAT INTERCHANGE NEEDS TO BE REDONE AND NEEDS 
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY IN ORDER TO MOVE TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE 
TWO INTERCHANGES, SO WE HAVE THAT PROJECT WITHIN THAT TIME 
PERIOD.
AND THEN ALSO MOVING FORWARD, FINALIZING I-275 IN THE 
SEGMENT NORTH OF BEARSS AVENUE GOING NORTH AS IT MOVES 
FORWARD TO I-75 AND WIDENING THAT FROM FOUR TO SIX LANES 
WITHIN THAT AREA.
THOSE ARE KIND OF THE KEY PROJECTS AND THE DOLLARS WE TALK 
ABOUT RELATED TO THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM.
ALL TOLD WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 
WELL IN EXCESS OF $1.5 BILLION WORTH OF PROJECTS OVER THE 
NEXT 25 YEARS.
THAT'S A LOT OF -- A LOT -- AND THAT'S CONSTRUCTION THAT 
WE'RE PRIMARILY TALKING ABOUT, NOT ALL BUT PRIMARILY 
TALKING ABOUT, CONSTRUCTION.
ONE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS IS WE'VE ASSUMED A VERY 
CONSERVATIVE APPROACH IN WHAT WE'RE ASSUMING FOR REVENUES 
OUT INTO THE FUTURE.
AS YOU RECALL, WE'VE BEEN BEFORE THIS BOARD BEFORE AND MANY 
OTHER BOARDS TALKING ABOUT REVENUE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE 
HAD OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
YOU'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
FOR YOUR KNOWLEDGE, IN THE STATEWIDE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL 
PROGRAM AND STATEWIDE WORK PROGRAM, WE'VE REDUCED OVER $2 
BILLION OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, SO A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF 
DOLLARS HAVE BEEN REMOVED OUT OF THE WORK PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT -- EXCUSE ME.
IT'S NOT $2 BILLION, IT'S $4 BILLION OVER THE LAST TWO 
YEARS, SO IT -- IT -- GLASS HALF EMPTY.
WE'VE TAKEN QUITE A BIT OF MONEY OUT OF THE WORK PROGRAM.
GLASS HALF FULL, WE STILL HAVE QUITE A BIT OF CAPACITY 
IMPROVEMENTS PLANNED AND CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 
THOSE KEY PROJECTS WITHIN THIS REGION.
ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'LL SEE -- AND THERE'S -- I KNOW 
YOU'VE GOT VARIOUS DIFFERENT PIECES OF INFORMATION THERE.
YOU SEE WE'VE HAD SOME DELAYS ON VARIOUS PROJECTS.
THAT'S INFORMATION THAT RAY AND HIS STAFF PUT TOGETHER, AND 
THAT'S BASICALLY RELATED TO THOSE -- THOSE DELAYS IN 
REVENUE OR REVENUE REDUCTIONS THAT WE'VE HAD TO MOVE THINGS 
OUT FURTHER, BUT I CAN TELL YOU AS WE'VE FORECAST AHEAD, 
WE'VE TAKEN A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND BASICALLY HAVE 
ASSUMED NO GROWTH IN REVENUES OUT INTO THE FUTURE TO -- IF 
WE GET MORE REVENUE, THAT'S GREAT, WE CAN MOVE PROJECTS IN, 
BUT WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND KEEP TAKING 
PROJECTS AWAY AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE OTHER THING THAT -- TO LOOK AT I KNOW YOU HAVE ON THE -
- ON THE SHEETS THAT THE STAFF PROVIDED YOU, WE PROVIDED 
THE DATA FOR ALL SEVEN DISTRICTS FOR THE NEXT -- FOR THE 
SECOND FIVE YEARS, AND ONE OF THE THINGS -- BECAUSE I'VE 
BEEN ASKED THIS QUESTION BEFORE, SO I'LL ANSWER IT BEFORE I 
GET ASKED THE QUESTION, IS WHY IN DISTRICT 7 DOES IT SEEM 
SO LOW FOR THE SECOND FIVE YEARS OF ONLY $400 MILLION WORTH 
OF PROJECTS?
WELL, THE PART TO THINK OF, IN OUR WORK PROGRAM PRESENTLY 
WITHIN THIS REGION, 900 MILLION IN HILLSBOROUGH BUT ABOUT 
1.5 BILLION JUST IN OUR FIVE-YEAR WORK PROGRAM RIGHT NOW ON 
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, SO WE LOOK AT THINGS FROM AN EQUITY 
PERSPECTIVE ON A STATEWIDE BASIS OVER A 15- AND 30-YEAR 
LOOK, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE HIGH POINTS AND LOW POINTS 
WITHIN THAT TIME PERIOD.
WE'RE PRESENTLY RIGHT NOW IN A VERY HIGH POINT, 
PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO CONSTRUCTION.
WE TALK ABOUT THE I-275 PROJECTS, WE TALK ABOUT THE 
CONNECTOR PROJECT, WE TALK ABOUT THOSE I-75 PROJECTS,
SIGNIFICANT ROADWAY PROJECTS, A LOT OF DOLLARS BEING 
EXPENDED ON THOSE, MUCH-NEEDED PROJECTS AND STATEWIDE 
PRIORITIES, WHICH IS WHY THEY WERE FUNDED WHERE THEY WERE, 
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE ON.
WE'RE PRESENTLY WORKING THROUGH WITH OUR PARTNERS IN THE -- 
AT THE AVIATION AUTHORITY AND THE PORT AUTHORITY ABOUT THE 
REST OF OUR COST FEASIBLE PLAN RELATED TO THOSE NONHIGHWAY 
STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM MODES -- TAMPA INTERNATIONAL 
AIRPORT IS ONE AS IS THE PORT OF TAMPA -- AND HOW THAT 
PLAYS IN.
WE'VE PRESENTLY JUST WORKED THROUGH THAT WITH THE FIVE-YEAR 
WORK PROGRAM.
WE'RE NOW LOOKING AT THE SECOND FIVE AND WHAT REVENUES WE 
MAY BE ABLE TO BRING TO THOSE FACILITIES IN PROVIDING 
ADDITIONAL CAPACITY FOR THOSE FACILITIES.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PRESENTLY AT.
TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'VE BEEN GOING 
AROUND, BEEN TO ALL YOUR COMMITTEES, TO THIS BOARD.
WE'RE SEEKING ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE.
THE INTENT IS OUR EXECUTIVE BOARD TO ADOPT THE COST 
FEASIBLE PLAN FOR THE STRATEGIC INTERMODAL SYSTEM, THE 
ROADWAY PORTION, IN NOVEMBER OF THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN 
THEN PROVIDE IT FORMALLY TO EACH MPO SO THAT YOU CAN 
UTILIZE IT IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUR LONG-RANGE PLAN.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE PRESENTLY AT AND WHAT OUR SCHEDULE IS IN 
TERMS OF MOVING FORWARD.
AND AT THIS POINT, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD OPEN IT UP TO ANY 
QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU, BOB.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THIS DOESN'T REQUIRE A VOTE.
ALL IT IS IS LOOKING FOR ANY COMMENTS OR --
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  RIGHT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  -- SUGGESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
MS. SAUL-SENA, AND THEN I'LL GET TO YOU, LOU.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  THANK YOU.
WE ARE SO FORTUNATE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE BREADTH OF 
INVESTMENT THAT'S BEING MADE NOW, AND WE'RE REALLY 
APPRECIATIVE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMITMENTS WE HAVE AND 
THE COMMITMENTS WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THE FUTURE 
WON'T PRECLUDE PARTICIPATION BY FDOT IN CREATING A TRANSIT 
SYSTEM.
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  OKAY.
THANKS.
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  WE'RE FULLY ONBOARD WITH THAT EFFORT.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  EXCELLENT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  MR. MILLER.
>>LOUIS MILLER:  [INAUDIBLE]
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  ECONOMIC STIMULUS, TRYING TO MOVE THE 
PROJECTS FORWARD.
>>LOUIS MILLER:  YEAH.
HAS THAT BEEN CONSIDERED HERE, OPPORTUNITY FOR MOVING 
PROJECTS FORWARD WITH SOME FUNDING THAT MIGHT BECOME 
AVAILABLE?
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  I'LL LET MR. SKELTON ADDRESS THAT.
>>DON SKELTON:  YEAH.
WHAT THE GOVERNOR IS PROPOSING RIGHT NOW IS NOT ANY 
ADDITIONAL MONEY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT OUR CURRENT YEAR LETTING PLAN AND 
ACCELERATING THOSE PROJECTS TO GET PEOPLE BACK TO WORK 
QUICKER.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  GOOD.
>>DON SKELTON:  AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT.
WE WILL BE ACCELERATING SOME OF THE PROJECTS IN THE CURRENT 
YEAR, LETTING THEM A MONTH OR TWO MONTHS EARLIER THAN WE 
HAD ORIGINALLY PLANNED.
ONE ASPECT THAT'S NOT REFLECTED IN THIS, AGAIN, BOB HIT ON 
THE POINT OF WE'VE TAKEN A VERY CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ON 
ESTIMATING THE REVENUES.
ALSO WHAT'S NOT IN HERE IS AS THE FINANCIAL PICTURE AND THE 
ECONOMY PICKS UP A LITTLE BIT MORE, THERE MAY BE SOME 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL, 
USER-FINANCED FACILITIES.
THOSE DON'T NECESSARILY REFLECT IN HERE, SO SOME OF THE 
THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT DON'T REFLECT 
IN HERE AND WE'LL LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO DO.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU.
ANY -- YES.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  JUST A COMMENT, AND THIS IS NOTHING 
THAT -- I THINK EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM KNOWS WHAT I'M 
ABOUT -- THE COMMENTS I'M ABOUT TO MAKE, EVERYBODY KNOWS 
THEM.
WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE A FINANCIAL PROBLEM IN THIS STATE.
TRANSPORTATION IS ONE OF THE THREE HUGE COMPONENTS OF THE 
STATE'S BUDGET, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT -- AND ARE ALREADY 
CUTTING BACK DRAMATICALLY THE MONEY IN THE TRANSPORTATION 
SECTOR BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE EASY TARGETS BECAUSE 
THERE'S LARGE POTS OF MONEY THERE.
I THINK COLLECTIVELY, I MEAN, WE ALREADY KNOW WE'RE BEHIND 
THE CURVE ON TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE BEEN FOR YEARS.
CONGESTION IS WORSE, AND IT'S -- AND IT'S JUST GOING TO GET 
WORSE UNLESS WE MOVE THESE PROJECTS FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY, 
AND IN A SENSE, I SEE A SILVER LINING HERE WITH THE 
DOWNTURN IN THE ECONOMY, THE SLOW GROWTH OF THE POPULATION 
THAT WE ARE NOW IN.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A FEW YEARS HERE WHERE WE CAN DO A LITTLE 
CATCHUP IF WE PUSH THE PROJECTS FORWARD AGGRESSIVELY, BUT 
IF ALL WE DO IS PULL MONEY OUT OF PROGRAMS, ONCE THE UPTURN 
KICKS BACK IN IN A FEW YEARS, ONCE POPULATION GROWTH STARTS 
PICKING BACK UP AND MIGRATION INTO THE STATE GETS BACK TO 
NORMAL LEVELS, WE'RE JUST GOING TO FIND OURSELVES IN A 
DEEPER HOLE THAN WE'RE ALREADY IN, SO I THINK -- I GUESS 
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THAT COLLECTIVELY, EVERYBODY INVOLVED IN 
TRANSPORTATION NEEDS TO SEND A MESSAGE TO TALLAHASSEE THAT 
THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP A BIT HERE IF THEY MOVE 
FORWARD WITH THE MAJOR PROJECTS, AND SO THEY NEED TO GET 
AGGRESSIVE, THEY NEED TO PUT THE MONEY INTO IT.
THEY CAN'T TAKE IT OUT.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, DOING THAT HELPS US GET OUT OF THIS 
ECONOMIC PROBLEM AS WE ALL KNOW, CREATING JOBS, CREATING 
ECONOMIC BENEFITS, AND POSITIONING US TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF 
THE UPTURN WHEN IT COMES, SO WE'RE DOING JUST THE OPPOSITE 
OF WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO POSITION THIS STATE FOR THE FUTURE 
IF WE'RE REDUCING MONEY FOR TRANSPORTATION, AND THAT'S -- 
THAT'S -- I THINK IT'S AN OBVIOUS MESSAGE, BUT I DON'T 
THINK IT'S BEING STRESSED ENOUGH IN TALLAHASSEE.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY OTHER -- ANY OTHER COMMENTS?
IF NOT --
>>BOB CLIFFORD:  THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  -- BOB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE APPRECIATE THAT.
OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
LIVABLE ROADWAYS.
COUNCILWOMAN SAUL-SENA.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  THANK YOU.
THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE MET ON SEPTEMBER 3rd AND 
SEPTEMBER 24th.
THE CITY AND COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WERE DISCUSSED WITH 
A FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS GUIDELINES.
THE DISCUSSION LED TO A MOTION -- AND THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY 
HERE WHO REPRESENTS A MUNICIPALITY -- TO PROMOTE THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF LIVABLE ROADWAY INITIATIVES IN THE 
COMPREHENSIVE PLANS BY COORDINATING AND COMMUNICATING WITH 
A CROSS-SECTION OF DISCIPLINES FROM THE START OF A PROJECT.
A LIVABLE -- A WALKING TOUR OF KENNEDY BOULEVARD AND TWIGGS 
STREET IN CHANNELSIDE PROMPTED THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS 
COMMITTEE TO RECOMMEND TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION AND THE CITY OF TAMPA THAT WE REEVALUATE THE 
LEGAL AGREEMENTS THAT GOVERN SIDEWALK AND STREET TREATMENTS 
TO CREATE A COMFORTABLE EAST-WEST PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM 
DOWNTOWN THROUGH THE CHANNEL DISTRICT TO THE STREETCAR.
RIGHT NOW KENNEDY BOULEVARD IS NOT A COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN 
EXPERIENCE, BUT WE ANTICIPATE THAT AS THE PEOPLE MOVE INTO 
THE CHANNEL DISTRICT IT'S GOING TO BECOME BUSIER AND 
BUSIER, SO WE NEED TO REWORK IT TO MAKE IT -- TO MAKE THE 
SIDEWALK EXPERIENCE MORE COMFORTABLE AND TO MAKE THE STREET 
MORE PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY.
THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE DISCUSSED AT LENGTH THE NEED 
TO ENSURE EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO ALL MODES OF 
TRANSPORTATION AND FEEL BY SHIFTING SOME HIGHWAY FUNDING TO 
IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT FOR WALKING, CYCLING, AND TRANSIT 
WILL BE A GIANT STEP TOWARD CREATING A LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A PRESENTATION BE MADE TO THE POLICY 
COMMITTEE WITH EMPHASIS ON TO HOW TO IMPROVE THE SAFETY OF 
THOSE WALKING AND CYCLING AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF LAND USE 
DECISIONS ON MOBILITY.
THE COMMITTEE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRESENT THESE COMMENTS -- 
THESE CONCEPTS, RATHER, TO THE COUNTY'S TRANSPORTATION TASK 
FORCE AND TO TBARTA.
LASTLY, AS THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN IS UPDATED, 
COMMITTEE MEMBERS WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THE 
GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AND SUGGEST PUBLIC OUTREACH MATERIALS 
FOR THE PLAN UPDATE WHICH INCLUDE BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN AND 
TRANSIT BEST PRACTICES, CRASH INFORMATION, AND CRASH 
COUNTERMEASURES.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE WAS 
CHANGED FROM OCTOBER 22nd TO OCTOBER 29th.
A PANEL DISCUSSION IS PLANNED TO HEAR FROM LOCAL AGENCIES 
ON THE COST OF PLANTING, MAINTAINING, AND REMOVING 
LANDSCAPING ALONG OUR ROADWAYS, AND YOU'RE INVITED TO 
REFERENCE THE ARTICLE IN YOUR FOLDERS.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE FEEL THAT TO MAKE ROADWAYS 
LIVABLE, WE NEED TO SPEND MONEY MORE EQUITABLY, AND IT'S A 
PARTICULAR THING THAT WE'VE NEVER LOOKED AT AS THE MPO, 
PERCENTAGEWISE WHERE OUR MONEY GOES, WHO IT BENEFITS, AND 
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE FEEL THAT THIS WOULD BE A VALUABLE 
TOOL IN EVALUATING HOW WE DECIDE TO SPEND MONEY.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT AT A FUTURE POLICY 
COMMITTEE MEETING WE LOOK AT HOW OUR MONEY -- OUR -- IN OUR 
LONG-RANGE PLAN RECOMMENDATIONS IS DESIGNATED.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT, OR COULD WE JUST BRING THAT 
UP AT OUR NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, ADAM?
>>ADAM GORMLY:  YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION.
IT WOULDN'T BE INAPPROPRIATE TO JUST BRING IT UP AT THE 
POLICY COMMITTEE.
A MOTION [INDISCERNIBLE CROSS TALK]
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  I THINK IT COULD JUST BE BROUGHT UP AT 
THE -- I THINK IT MIGHT TAKE THE STAFF A WHILE TO DO THE 
WORK, SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD HAVE THE INFORMATION 
AVAILABLE AT THE NEXT POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING, BUT IT'S 
SOMETHING WE COULD DEFINITELY GET OUR ARMS AROUND, AND IT 
WOULD BE SORT OF A WAY OF US CALIBRATING OUR INVESTMENTS TO 
ENSURE BALANCE.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND?
>> SECOND.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  MOVED AND SECONDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION?
ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
THE NEXT ITEM IS THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION 
ADVISORY COUNCIL, WHICH I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND BUT MR. 
CHIARAMONTE DID.
SO RAY.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  THANK YOU.
ON SEPTEMBER 19th, WALLY BLAIN AND I ATTENDED THE MPOAC 
POLICY COMMITTEE DOWN AT THE SARASOTA/MANATEE MPO OFFICE.
WE DISCUSSED MPOAC LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS FOR 2009, COSTS 
AND REVENUE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS AS WE ALL PREPARE FOR 
OUR LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATES, AND WE HAD A 
REPRESENTATIVE FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO 
DISCUSS CONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE T.I.P. PROGRAM AND THE 
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 
23rd, WHICH MAYOR AFFRONTI AND I WILL BE ATTENDING IN 
ORLANDO.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  OKAY.
ANY OTHER -- ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, RAY.
OKAY.
THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
MR. CHIARAMONTE.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  OKAY.
I'M GOING TO STAY HERE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME SO WE CAN GO 
FASTER.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF MEETINGS ON OUR LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE.
I SET UP A MEETING WITH MAYOR IORIO, TAMPA STAFF, HART, AND 
TBARTA TO DISCUSS OUR TRANSIT COMPONENT AND LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
ON SEPTEMBER 12th WE PRESENTED THE MPO TRANSIT PLAN TO THE 
AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION IN MIAMI.
WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TRANSPORTATION SUPERSESSION AT 
THE CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH WAS HELD BY OUR LOCAL 
ENGINEERING ASSOCIATIONS.
AS I MENTIONED, SEPTEMBER 19th WAS THE POLICY COMMITTEE 
MEETING.
I PRESENTED THE TRANSIT PLAN AND PARTICIPATED IN THE 
WESTSHORE ALLIANCE RETREAT.
I THINK THERE'S SOME TREMENDOUS OPPORTUNITIES WITH THAT 
ORGANIZATION TO REINFORCE OUR MOVE TOWARD A TRANSIT PLAN 
AND INCLUDING WESTSHORE AS OUR -- ONE OF OUR TWO MAIN 
EMPLOYMENT CENTERS.
SEPTEMBER 26th WAS THE TBARTA MEETING WHERE THE EXECUTIVE 
BOARD DISCUSSED PROPOSED BUDGET, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SEARCH, 
OFFICE SPACE, AND THEY FOLLOWED THAT WITH A VERY 
INTERESTING WORKSHOP THAT ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE TBARTA 
BOARD PARTICIPATED IN AS FAR AS OUR FUTURE DIRECTION.
I'M ALSO PARTICIPATING IN THE PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP STUDY 
OF GANDY BOULEVARD AND WHAT TO DO IN THE FUTURE WITH THAT 
CORRIDOR.
I GAVE A KICKOFF SPEECH FOR COMMUTER CHOICES WEEK ON 
OCTOBER 6th AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE MEETING THAT WAS HELD 
HERE.
WE'VE RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FROM THE 
FLORIDA COMMISSION FOR TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED 
INFORMING OUR MPO OF ITS NOMINATION FOR THE 2008 
OUTSTANDING DESIGNATING PLANNING AGENCY OF THE YEAR AWARD.
WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT.
A COPY OF THE LETTER AND CERTIFICATE IS IN YOUR BACKUP.
THE MPO HAS RECEIVED A RESOLUTION FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA IN 
SUPPORT OF SECURING FEDERAL NEW STARTS FUNDING FOR LIGHT 
RAIL THAT WAS PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL, AND WE DID RECEIVE A 
LETTER ADDRESSED TO MAYOR AFFRONTI FROM DEBBIE HUNT OF FDOT 
EXPLAINING WHY THEY COULD NOT APPOINT MR. WAINIO TO THE 
RAIL STAKEHOLDERS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING.
THE LETTER IS ALSO IN YOUR FOLDER.
WE HAD A BOAT TOUR OF THE PORT YESTERDAY, WHICH I'D LIKE TO 
THANK MR. WAINIO FOR HELPING ORGANIZE.
THAT WAS VERY GOOD.
WE HAD A LOT OF ATTENDANCE FROM OUR TECHNICAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE AND OUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
ALSO I'VE INCLUDED A NEWSLETTER FROM THE FLORIDA TRANSIT 
PLANNING NETWORK, WHICH FEATURES A STORY ABOUT OUR MPO 
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN UPDATE.
WANT TO REMIND YOU, POLICY COMMITTEE MEETING FOR OCTOBER 
HAS BEEN CANCELED.
THE NEXT MEETING OF THE POLICY COMMITTEE WILL BE NOVEMBER 
18th, AND THERE IS NO MPO MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
THE NEXT MPO MEETING WILL BE HELD DECEMBER 2nd.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU, RAY.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. CHIARAMONTE?
I MISSED GENA TORRES, BUT BEFORE WE -- OH, I'M SORRY.
>>LINDA SAUL-SENA:  I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE 
FEDERAL -- THE NATIONAL AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION 
IDENTIFIED 7th AVENUE AS ONE OF THE TEN BEST STREETS IN 
AMERICA, 7th AVENUE GOING THROUGH YBOR CITY, FOR ITS -- FOR 
ITS WONDERFUL QUALITIES OF BEING PEDESTRIAN-FRIENDLY AND 
ATTRACTIVE, AND I THINK WE SHOULD BE VERY PROUD.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  JUST TO ADD ON TO THAT A LITTLE, THAT 
IS A REALLY MAJOR AWARD -- UNION STATION IN WASHINGTON IS 
ANOTHER PLACE GETTING AN AWARD, AND LAST YEAR THE WINNERS 
DID GET TIME ON NATIONAL MEDIA ON CNN WHERE THEY ACTUALLY 
WENT TO THESE PLACES WITH REPORTERS, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE 
GETTING SOME ATTENTION FOR YBOR CITY.
>>JOSEPH CAETANO:  CAN WE SEND ONE TO THEIR -- PERHAPS SHE 
COULD BE ON THAT BOARD TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  WELL, THE PRESENTATION -- I'M NOT 
SURE -- I CAN FIND OUT.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THAT'S TAKING PLACE.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GENA, BEFORE -- BEFORE YOU GET STARTED, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT 
GETTING YOU UP SOONER, BUT I MAY HAVE TO LEAVE EARLY, SO I 
WOULD LIKE TO GET INTO THIS BEFORE I DO.
IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION FOR MR. 
CHIARAMONTE, WHICH IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE MPO BOARD 
WILL ACTUALLY EVALUATE OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AS YOU KNOW, RAY TOOK OVER AS ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN 
MAY OF THIS YEAR AND WAS OFFICIALLY APPOINTED AS THE 
INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN JUNE, AND IN DECEMBER WE HAVE 
TO ELECT OFFICERS FOR THE MPO BOARD, AND AT THAT TIME I 
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DO AN EVALUATION ON MR. 
CHIARAMONTE.
I THINK HE'S DONE A FANTASTIC JOB FOR THE MPO, AND -- BUT I 
THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN EVALUATION 
ON MR. CHIARAMONTE, WHICH THE BOARD HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO 
DO, AND LET'S EVALUATE.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK IN DECEMBER WHEN WE ELECT THE OFFICERS 
FOR THE MPO AND DECIDE AT THAT TIME WHETHER WE WOULD LIKE 
TO MAYBE APPOINT MR. CHIARAMONTE AS THE PERMANENT EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTOR, BUT IT'LL ALL BE BASED ON THE EVALUATION.
I DID MAKE ONE BOO-BOO HERE.
I PUT IN HERE TO RETURN IT TO ME BY NOVEMBER 1st, AND 
THAT'S NOT APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE SUNSHINE, SO IF YOU WOULD 
RETURN THEM TO LINDA.
LINDA THEN WILL DO A SUMMARY OF ALL THE EVALUATIONS, AND 
THEN WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU IN DECEMBER.
SO IF -- IF THAT'S -- DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT OR 
ANY -- YES, ROSE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MR. CHAIRMAN, YES.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU BROUGHT THAT UP BEFORE YOU LEFT.
MR. GORMLY, I AM IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CHAIRMAN ABOUT 
WHAT WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T DO IN TERMS OF MR. CHIARAMONTE, 
AND I'M NOT TRYING TO PREDETERMINE A VOTE, BUT THE INTERIM 
THING, QUITE FRANKLY, I GET TIRED OF WHEN HE MAKES THESE 
WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS, HE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT HE BEING 
THE INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND I THINK IT'S TIME AT 
THAT POINT FOR US TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO 
KEEP HIM.
I'M CERTAINLY SUPPORTIVE OF THE CHAIRMAN'S SUGGESTION.
I DON'T SEE ANY DOWNSIDE, BUT OF COURSE, YOU BEING OUR 
ATTORNEY, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY NOW TO LOOK AT THAT.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE ARE OBLIGATED TO WAIT UNTIL A CERTAIN 
POINT TO PUT OUT A FEEL FOR LOOKING FOR A PERMANENT 
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
AM I CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION?
>>ADAM GORMLY:  YOU ARE CORRECT, IN THAT THERE'S NOTHING 
BINDING THE BOARD OR RESTRICTING THE BOARD'S ABILITY TO DO 
THAT IN ANY PARTICULAR TIME FRAME.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  TIME FRAME.
OKAY.
SO, THEN, IF THE REST OF THE BOARD MEMBERS ARE WILLING OR 
OBVIOUSLY THE MAJORITY, THEN WE CAN TAKE UP THAT ISSUE IN 
DECEMBER?
>>ADAM GORMLY:  I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
OKAY.
>>RICK LOTT:  [INAUDIBLE]
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  YES.
>>RICK LOTT:  WHEN WE SAY DECEMBER -- SO WE HAVE TO WAIT 
UNTIL DECEMBER?
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  WELL, WE DON'T HAVE A MEETING IN NOVEMBER.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MEET, SO FOR THAT REASON -- I SHOULD 
HAVE SAID THAT IN THE BEGINNING.
BUT WE DON'T MEET IN DECEMBER -- IN NOVEMBER, SO --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  AND THEN I ALSO THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE 
TIED TO HIS EVALUATION.
I'D DO IT RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANTED TO DO IT, BUT I THINK 
FOLLOWING THE APPROPRIATE PROCEDURE --
>>RICK LOTT:  [INAUDIBLE] NOVEMBER, SO --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS?
I JUST WANTED TO ADD TOO THAT THERE'S AN ARTICLE THAT WAS 
IN THE La GACETA ABOUT MR. CHIARAMONTE THAT YOU MIGHT WANT 
TO READ.
IT'S VERY INTERESTING AND GREAT.
OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY.
GENA.
SORRY.
>>GENA TORRES:  IT'S OKAY.
GENA TORRES AGAIN, MPO STAFF.
I JUST HAD A REALLY BRIEF REPORT, BASICALLY TO ANNOUNCE OUR 
NEXT MEETING TOO, BUT WE DID MEET ON SEPTEMBER 3rd, AND THE 
COMMITTEE REELECTED OUR CHAIR, TINA RUSSO, AND WE FILLED 
THE VACANT VICE CHAIR WITH JIM SHIRK.
OBVIOUSLY THE DRAFT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS REVIEWED, AND WE 
ADDED A FEW CHANGES AND COMMENTS TO IT.
I WON'T GO INTO THOSE, BUT WE OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTED THE PLAN.
WE RECEIVED A PRESENTATION ON HART'S TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT 
PLAN, AND THE COMMITTEE IS OBVIOUSLY SUPPORTIVE OF HART'S -
- ALL THEIR WORK.
WE EMPHASIZE that TRIPS BEGIN AS PEDESTRIANS AND A LOT OF 
TIMES INCLUDES BEING A CYCLIST TOO WITH THERE BEING OVER 
20,000 USES OF THAT RACK ON THE FRONT OF THE BUS, SO WE ARE 
DEFINITELY INTERESTED AND INVOLVED IN COMMENTING ON HART'S 
WORK.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT FUTURE RAIL TRANSIT, STATIONS, 
AND STOPS INCLUDE COMFORTABLE PLACES FOR PEDESTRIANS TO 
REST AND THEY HAVE BIKE LOCKERS AND STORAGE AREAS.
WE ALSO ARE LOOKING INTO THE SHARED USE OF BRT, BUS RAPID 
TRANSIT, LANES.
IT SOUNDS INITIALLY A LITTLE BIT CRAZY THAT YOU MIGHT WANT 
TO SHARE A BUS LANE WITH A BICYCLIST, BUT IT REALLY DOES 
WORK, AND IT WORKS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE'S NOT A BUS THERE AT EVERY MOMENT, SO IT REALLY CAN 
BE DOABLE, AND IF RIGHT-OF-WAY IS TIGHT AND WE DON'T WANT 
TO HAVE OR WE CAN'T FIT IN A SEPARATE LANE FOR A BIKE AND A 
SEPARATE LANE FOR BUSES, IT COULD BE A SOLUTION.
A TOPIC THAT CONTINUES TO SURFACE -- AND I WANTED TO BRING 
IT UP BECAUSE I KNOW THAT OUR -- WELL, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT 
IT ON STAFF -- IS BIKE RENTALS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE 
BIKE RENTALS WHERE A PERSON COULD WALK UP TO A -- IT WOULD 
BE  LIKE A BIKE RACK AND SWIPE THEIR CREDIT CARDS -- AND 
THEY HAVE THIS IN D.C., THEY HAVE IT IN OTHER PLACES, AND 
YOU CAN USE THAT BICYCLE AND BRING IT BACK TO ANOTHER PLACE 
WHERE THERE'S ANOTHER RACK.
AND I SEE IT WORKING IN THE PORT.
THERE IS A STUDENT -- WELL, I GUESS HE IS A STUDENT.
ANYONE YOUNGER THAN ME LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE KID THESE DAYS, 
BUT IT LOOKED LIKE A STUDENT FROM UT WANTS TO DO IT IN 
CHANNELSIDE.
THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE, CHANNELSIDE AND YBOR.
SO I COULD JUST SEE THIS AS A REALLY GOOD PUBLIC-PRIVATE 
PARTNERSHIP KIND OF THING, SO WE'RE LOOKING INTO HOW WE 
COULD DO THAT.
THE BPAC WILL HOLD A CELEBRATORY MEETING TOMORROW, OCTOBER 
15th, BECAUSE OF YOUR ADOPTION OF THE BIKE PLAN.
I GUESS IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO FUN AND FESTIVE HAD YOU 
NOT ADOPTED THE PLAN, BUT WE'RE GOING TO MEET AT MARION 
STREET TRANSIT MALL AT 5:30.
WE'RE GIVING AWAY BIKE LIGHTS.
WE'RE GOING TO DO FREE INSPECTIONS FOR PEOPLE THAT COMING 
OFF THE BUS THAT USE THEIR BIKE REALLY FOR THE MAIN MODE OF 
TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVE BIKE LIGHTS THAT WE PURCHASED WHEN WE CLOSED OUR 
TREASURY, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOUNT BIKE LIGHTS FOR PEOPLE 
AND DO AN INSPECTION, AND THEN WE'LL WANDER SOMEWHERE FUN 
AND SPEND THE REST OF OUR EVENING HAPPY THAT WE'VE ADOPTED 
THE COMPREHENSIVE BICYCLE PLAN, SO ANYONE'S WELCOME TO 
ATTEND AND COME MEET US AT MARION STREET TOMORROW.
THANK YOU.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU, GENA.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
IF NOT, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I HAVE A REAL IMPORTANT MEETING IN TEMPLE TERRACE THAT I'VE 
GOT TO ATTEND WITH A DEVELOPER COMING IN FROM ATLANTA, SO 
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LEAVE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THE 
MEETING OVER TO OUR VICE CHAIR, ROSE FERLITA.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.
GOOD LUCK ON YOUR MEETINGS.
I KNOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
>>JOE AFFRONTI:  THANK YOU.
YOU BET.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ITEM 7 ARE OUR NEXT ITEM, AND THOSE ARE 
SIMPLY STATUS REPORTS.
THERE'S NO ACTION REQUIRED.
THEY'RE INFORMATIONAL.
THE FIRST ONE WILL BE THE PORT OF TAMPA MASTER PLAN UPDATE, 
AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY RAM KANCHARLA, WHO IS 
THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PORT 
AUTHORITY.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  IF I MAY INTRODUCE HIM WITH A COUPLE OF 
REMARKS, CHAIRMAN.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  SURE.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE YOU TOOK OVER 
AT THIS MOMENT GIVEN YOUR SPECIAL APPRECIATION FOR THE 
PORT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS TIMED THAT WAY OR NOT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ACCIDENTAL, I'M SURE.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  BUT JUST A QUICK OPENING STATEMENT 
BEFORE RAM STEPS UP.
YOU KNOW, THE PORT OF TAMPA, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, I BELIEVE, 
IS A VERY LARGE AND VERY DIVERSE BUSINESS, AND EVEN DURING 
THESE VERY CHALLENGING TIMES, THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT GOING ON 
OVER THERE.
WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE PORT OVER THREE YEARS AGO, WHAT I 
FOUND WAS A PORT THAT WAS DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, THEY 
WERE DOING SOME THINGS WRONG, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT I 
FOUND LACKING WAS A CLEAR VISION AND A STRATEGIC FOCUS.
LOTS OF ACTIVITIES WERE MOVING FORWARD BUT ON A PIECEMEAL 
BASIS WITHOUT LOOKING AT HOW ALL THOSE PIECES WOULD FIT 
TOGETHER AND HOW THEY WOULD GET US TO WHERE WE WANTED TO BE 
20 YEARS OR MORE DOWN THE ROAD.
ACCORDINGLY, WE EMBARKED ON A NEARLY TWO-YEAR $1.5-MILLION 
EFFORT TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN AND AN 
ACCOMPANYING STRATEGIC PLAN.
THOSE PLANS ARE COMPLETE.
THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLETE FOR QUITE A FEW MONTHS NOW, AND 
THESE VERY LENGTHY DOCUMENTS ARE AVAILABLE TO EVERYBODY 
THAT WANTS TO SEE THEM ON OUR WEB SITE, AND THEY ARE 
LENGTHY.
THERE'S HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PAGES.
TODAY OUR HEAD OF STRATEGIC PLANNING, WHO WORKED VERY 
CLOSELY WITH OUR CONSULTING TEAM, RAM KANCHARLA, IS HERE TO 
JUST GIVE YOU-ALL REALLY JUST A FEW HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT 
MASTER PLAN AND STRATEGIC PLAN BECAUSE, AS I JUST 
INDICATED, THEY ARE VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND VERY LARGE, AND 
WE CAN'T GIVE THEM JUSTICE HERE TODAY, BUT RAM, IF YOU 
COULD PROVIDE THEM WITH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE 
HIGHLIGHTS.
>> THANK YOU, MR. WAINIO.
GOOD MORNING.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE 2008 MASTER PLAN THAT WAS JUST 
COMPLETED EARLIER THIS YEAR, AS MR. WAINIO SAID.
IT WAS DONE BY A TEAM OF CONSULTANTS, AND IT WAS -- WE 
INTERVIEWED HUNDREDS OF CUSTOMERS, TENANTS, AND WORK-
RELATED BUSINESSES IN DEVELOPING THIS PLAN.
IT WAS NOT JUST DONE BETWEEN THE CONSULTANTS AND THE PORT 
STAFF.
THE MASTER PLAN, JUST TO MAKE CLEAR, IS A LONG-TERM 
PLANNING DOCUMENT, AND IT HAS A 20-YEAR HORIZON, AND IT 
FOCUSES ON THE NEXT TEN YEARS.
SOME OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PLAN IS TO IDENTIFY 
STRATEGIC ISSUES, OPPORTUNITIES, CHALLENGES, THE LAND USE 
VISION, AND DEVELOP A LONG-TERM CAPITAL PLAN.
THE PLAN GUIDES OUR SHORT-TERM PLANNING, WHICH IS 
CONSTANTLY UPDATED, AND WE REACT TO THE GLOBAL MARKETPLACE, 
WHICH IS VERY DYNAMIC, SO OUR SHORT-TERM PLAN IS HIGHLY 
DYNAMIC WHILE THE LONG-TERM PLAN SETS THE DIRECTION.
THE PLAN ITSELF IS 700 PAGES, AS MR. WAINIO SAID, AND WE 
TRIED TO CONDENSE IT DOWN TO 25 SLIDES, WHICH I'LL PRESENT.
WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE CHAIR, YOU MAY FEEL FREE TO ASK 
QUESTIONS DURING THE PRESENTATION OR AT THE END OF THE 
PRESENTATION.
I'LL GO INTO A VERY BRIEF REPORT OF THE PORT ITSELF BEFORE 
I GET INTO THE STRATEGIC PLAN.
THE BOARD IS AN INDEPENDENT SPECIAL DISTRICT SIMILAR TO THE 
AVIATION AUTHORITY.
IT'S GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF SEVEN MEMBERS, 
FIVE OF WHOM ARE APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.
A COUNTY COMMISSIONER AND THE MAYOR IS ALSO REPRESENTED ON 
THE BOARD.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND REVISED IT WITH 
NEW LEADERSHIP ONBOARD.
WE SAID ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS IS WE WILL BE RECOGNIZED AS 
A LEADER IN THE MARITIME INDUSTRY, AND THE OTHER MAJOR 
FOCUS WAS WE WILL BE STRATEGICALLY CUSTOMER-DRIVEN, AND MR. 
WAINIO IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THE 
PORT'S BUSINESS.
AND FINALLY, WE WILL EMPLOY SOUND FINANCIAL, BUSINESS, 
ENVIRONMENTAL, AND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN FULFILLING OUR 
MISSION.
THAT'S VERY KEY.
TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE PORT ITSELF, THE PORT IS THE 
LARGEST PORT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WE DO, GIVE OR TAKE, 50 MILLION TONS ON AN AVERAGE YEAR IN 
THE PAST FEW YEARS.
IT'S ABOUT THE 14th LARGEST PORT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 
AND IT CERTAINLY IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSE PORTS NOT ONLY 
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA BUT IN THE UNITED STATES.
IT HAS A LAND MASS OF OVER 5,000 ACRES, AND THIS CONSISTS 
OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES.
WE ARE HIGHLY COMMITTED TO REINVESTING IN THE MARITIME 
ACTIVITIES, IN THE MARITIME INFRASTRUCTURE, AND MOST OF YOU 
KNOW PETROLEUM -- WE ARE THE GATEWAY FOR THE PETROLEUM FOR 
THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WE DO MORE THAN 50% OF ALL OF THE PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM-
RELATED PRODUCTS THAT COME INTO THIS STATE, AND WE HAVE 
BEEN THE NATION'S PREMIER FERTILIZER PORT FOR THE PAST FIVE 
TO SIX DECADES.
JUST TO SHOW YOU HOW BIG THIS PORT IS, THIS AREA 
HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS YELLOW/MAGENTA COLOR WILL SHOW YOU WE 
ARE THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WHERE PORT AND PORT-
RELATED ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE.
THIS CONSISTS OF BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTIES HERE.
NOW I'LL JUST VERY BRIEFLY IN ONE SLIDE -- THE PORT 
FACILITIES ITSELF -- THIS IS A -- THESE ARE PUBLIC 
FACILITIES, OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE TAMPA PORT 
AUTHORITY.
THAT IS -- CONSISTS OF ABOUT 2,500 ACRES, ABOUT HALF OF THE 
COMPLETE PORT INFRASTRUCTURE, PORT OF TAMPA INFRASTRUCTURE, 
AND THERE ARE SIX MAJOR AREAS.
I WON'T GO INTO THAT, BUT THE PREVIOUS MAP SHOWED YOU THE 
AREAS.
AND WE ALSO CONTROL THE SPOIL ISLANDS, WHICH BASICALLY IS 
THE DREDGE DISPOSAL ISLANDS.
THERE ARE TWO LARGE ISLANDS CONSISTING OF OVER A THOUSAND 
ACRES ITSELF, AND THERE ARE ABOUT 67 PUBLIC BERTHS AND 
SEVERAL ROADWAYS AND RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE PORT 
MAINTAINS WITHIN THIS 5,000 ACRES.
AS I SAID, IT IS ONE OF THE MOST DIVERSIFIED PORTS IN THE 
STATE OF FLORIDA AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY BECAUSE MOST 
PORTS -- JUST TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, MIAMI IS INTO CRUISE 
AND CONTAINERS, SO THERE IS A NARROW FOCUS AND A NICHE 
FOCUS IN SEVERAL PORTS, BUT WE ARE HIGHLY DIVERSIFIED.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR LINES OF BUSINESS:  CRUISE 
CONTAINER, BREAK BULK, DRY BULK, LIQUID BULK, SHIPBUILDING, 
AND WE ARE ALSO IN THE MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT CHANNELSIDE 
AS SOME OF YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA WHEN WE SAY DRY BULK WHAT WE MEAN 
BY THAT.
FERTILIZER IS OUR LARGEST DRY BULK WITH COAL AND AGGREGATE.
AGGREGATE IS ONE OF THOSE COMMODITIES WE ARE LOOKING TO 
DOUBLE TO TRIPLE IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR SO.
WE'VE HAD MAJOR GROWTH IN THAT AREA, AND WE WILL SEE SOME 
GROWTH IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN TERMS OF CARGO INBOUND INTO 
THE PORT AND SOME OF THE OTHER CARGO ARE CITRUS PELLETS AND 
SALT.
LIQUID BULK, PETROLEUM -- PHOSPHATE USED TO BE FOR THE LAST 
SIX DECADES THE NUMBER ONE COMMODITY TRADED AT THE PORT, 
BUT PETROLEUM HAS OVERTAKEN PHOSPHATE AND PHOSPHATE-RELATED 
PRODUCTS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
TODAY WE DO CLOSE TO 19 MILLION TONS OF PETROLEUM AND 
PETROLEUM-RELATED PRODUCT THROUGH THE PORT.
AMMONIA, LIQUID SULFUR, AND SULFURIC ACID ARE THE INBOUND 
PRODUCTS THAT WE BRING IN TO MAKE FERTILIZER.
THIS SHOWS YOU THE SIZE OF THE PORT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE.
WE ARE AS BIG AS THE NEXT TWO PORTS OR WE ARE AS BIG AS THE 
REST OF THE PORTS.
THERE ARE 14 DEEPWATER PORTS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA, SO 
YOU CAN SEE THAT WE ARE THE LARGEST AND BY FAR THE BIGGEST 
IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
WE ARE [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] OUR ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY AS WE 
WERE DOING THE UPDATE OF THE MASTER PLAN, AND WE CONTRIBUTE 
NEARLY 100,000 JOBS IN THIS REGION WITH ABOUT $8 BILLION IN 
ECONOMIC IMPACT AND $6 BILLION IN WAGES, AND WE ALSO 
CONTRIBUTE ABOUT 600 MILLION IN STATE AND LOCAL TAXES TO 
THIS REGION.
THERE IS A PURPOSE FOR US SHOWING THIS PARTICULAR MAP AS WE 
DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF THE PORT, AND I'LL GET INTO IT AS I 
FURTHER DISCUSS THE STRATEGIC PLAN -- MASTER PLAN, I'M 
SORRY.
ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF A SOUND MASTER PLAN IS TO START 
WITH A MARKET PROJECTION AND THE MARKET ASSESSMENT.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR MAJOR LINES OF BUSINESS, AS I 
DISCUSSED EARLIER.
THIS IS THE CUMULATIVE ANNUAL GROWTH RATE FOR EACH OF THESE 
BUSINESSES, AND YOU WILL SEE CONTAINERS CONTINUES TO PLAY A 
MAJOR GROWTH FACTOR IN THIS PORT, AND THIS IS A VERY LOW 
FORECAST.
WE ARE CONFIDENT AND SURE THAT WE WILL FAR EXCEED THIS LOW 
FORECAST.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS A HIGH FORECAST.
AGAIN, LET ME STRESS, THIS IS ALL OF THE PORT, JUST NOT 
TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES.
THIS IS THE PORT OF TAMPA, THE 5,000 ACRES THAT CONTRIBUTES 
TO THIS ECONOMIC ENGINE.
AND HERE YOU WILL SEE THAT THERE IS A FLAT LINE TO A SLIGHT 
DEGREE IN THE EARLY YEARS.
I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A 
FLAT LINE THAT MAY EXTEND ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO BECAUSE OF 
THE GLOBAL AND DOMESTIC DOWNTURN OF ECONOMIES AND GLOBAL 
TRADE ITSELF.
BUT ON THE LONG RUN WE ARE FAIRLY CONFIDENT WE'LL BE MUCH 
CLOSER TO THE HIGH FORECAST THAN TO THE LOW FORECAST, WHICH 
MEANS WE ARE GOING TO ADD 20 TO 30 MILLION MORE TONS OF 
CARGO THROUGH THIS PORT.
AND THIS IS A VERY -- SPEAKS TO MR. WAINIO'S LEADERSHIP AT 
THE PORT SINCE HE'S COME ONBOARD.
YOU WILL SEE MAJORITY OF THIS GROWTH IS HAPPENING ON PORT -
- TAMPA PORT AUTHORITY-OWNED PUBLIC FACILITIES.
IT'S GOING TO GO FROM 15 MILLION TONS TO A PROJECTED 38 
MILLION TONS POTENTIALLY ON PORT FACILITIES.
IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THERE ARE SEVERAL CHALLENGES 
AND OPPORTUNITIES WHICH I WILL GO INTO, BUT THIS PAINTS A 
CLEAR PICTURE WHERE THE GROWTH IS COMING FROM.
WELL, WHAT ARE THE KEY ISSUES?
I THINK THE BOLD HIGHLIGHTED AREAS CLEARLY SHOW THAT LAND, 
NAVIGATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND US CONTINUING TO PLAY A 
MAJOR ROLL IN THE ENERGY MARKETS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA 
AND OUR ABILITY TO SUSTAIN A FINANCIALLY SOUND ORGANIZATION 
IS VERY IMPORTANT IN US TO GROW THIS PORT.
WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGES?
WE CERTAINLY KNOW THAT THE FERTILIZER INDUSTRY USED TO BE 
CLOSE TO 35 MILLION TONS AT ONE POINT.
THAT CONTINUES TO DECLINE.
TODAY WE ARE IN THE 15-MILLION TON RANGE.
THE COMPETITION IS GETTING VERY INTENSE.
THERE IS HUGE AMOUNTS OF INVESTMENT FROM THE NEIGHBORING 
STATES, GEORGIA, CHARLESTON, LOUISIANA, HOUSTON.
THERE IS A LOT OF -- SOME IS HEALTHY COMPETITION, SOME IS 
NOT SO HEALTHY COMPETITION.
WE ARE TRYING TO GET OUR BUSINESSES AWAY FROM SOME OF THESE 
PORTS WHILE WE ARE GOING TO PLAY ALONG WITH SOME OF THESE 
OTHER PORTS.
I'LL GET INTO THAT, AND MR. WAINIO IS AN EXPERT IN THIS 
GLOBAL TRADE AREA.
HE CAN JUMP IN AT ANY POINT, BUT REGULATORY COMPLEXITIES 
ARE ALSO INCREASING TREMENDOUSLY.
OUR SECURITY IS THE BIGGEST ISSUE SINCE I'VE BEEN AT THE 
PORT FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
WE HAD TO FOCUS NEARLY FOUR YEARS OF OUR EFFORT ON 
COMPLYING WITH THE SECURITY REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE AND 
FEDERAL LAWS.
AND ALSO ANOTHER CHALLENGE IS CERTAINLY A DECLINE 
POTENTIALLY IN STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, WHICH HAS PLAYED 
AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE GROWTH OF THE PORT.
IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, I WENT OVER SOME OF THOSE 
PREVIOUSLY, BUT AVAILABILITY OF LAND, OUR ABILITY TO DREDGE 
THE CHANNELS DEEPER, HAVING A SEAMLESS TRANSPORTATION 
SYSTEM, AND HAVING MODERN FACILITIES IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, THE PORT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 80 TO 90 
YEARS.
WE HAVE REPLACED QUITE A FEW OF OUR OLD FACILITIES, BUT YET 
WE HAVE TO REPLACE SEVERAL FACILITIES, AND IT COSTS TENS OF 
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO REPLACE EACH OF THOSE FACILITIES.
THIS IS JUST A VISION.
THIS IS NOT TO PUT ANY PANIC IN ANYBODY.
AS THE PORT GROWS, AS SOME OF THE LEASES COME TO FRUITION, 
AS THEY EXPIRE, THIS IS A PLAN THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO 
DEVELOP CERTAIN AREAS OF THE PORT IN A CERTAIN MANNER, SO 
THIS IS JUST TO GUIDE US IN THE FUTURE AS WE DEVELOP THE 
PORT IN THE LONG RUN.
THIS IS -- THIS WAS A VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS 
ENTIRE MASTER PLANNING EFFORT.
WE COORDINATED WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN DEVELOPING 
THIS.
AS THE PORT TRAFFIC IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW 20 TO 30 MILLION 
TONS IN THE NEXT 20 YEARS, IT IS VERY CRITICAL FOR THE PORT 
TO TRY AND DEVELOP A PORT ACTIVITY CENTER AREA.
THIS INCLUDES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LANDS, AND THE REASON 
FOR US TO DO THIS IS SEVERALFOLD, AND LET ME EXPLAIN AS 
BRIEFLY AS I CAN.
IT IS TO ENHANCE THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION WHEN FUTURE 
CHANGES TO THESE LAND AREAS ARE IDENTIFIED, TO ENSURE 
COMPATIBILITY OF LAND USES, TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF 
THESE NEW PORT PROJECTS IN THESE AREAS.
PRIMARILY WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PORT AND PORT-
RELATED BUSINESS THRIVE IN THESE AREAS, AND SOMETIMES WE 
ARE LUCKY THAT THIS ECONOMIC MIXED-USE RESIDENTIAL BOOM HAS 
SLOWED DOWN, BUT IT WAS STARTING TO ENCROACH INTO THESE 
AREAS, AND THERE WAS SOME GENTRIFICATION HAPPENING, SO IT 
WAS GREAT FOR -- WE HAVE SOME BREATHING ROOM, AND WE CAN 
DEVELOP THIS PORT ACTIVITY CENTER, WORK WITH THE CITY-
COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE SURE THIS AREA IS 
PRIMARILY PROTECTED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND MARITIME USERS.
I WENT OVER SOME OF THESE HIGHLIGHTED POINTS HERE.
ONE VERY, VERY KEY ITEM FOR THE PORT IS, AS I SAID, THE 
INCREASE IN THIS TRAFFIC.
WE WILL NEED A SEAMLESS ACCESS TO THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM, 
AND WE'RE THANKFUL TO D.O.T. FOR SHOWING THEIR LEADERSHIP 
IN MAKING SURE THIS PROJECT IS IMPLEMENTED IN A TIMELY 
MANNER.
WE EXPECT IT TO BE IN PLACE BY 2014, IF I'M RIGHT, OR 
SOONER.
THE NEXT ASPECT I'LL GO INTO IS THE CONTAINERIZATION.
THE MAJORITY OF OUR LINES OF BUSINESS, WHICH I ADDRESSED 
BEFORE, ARE QUITE MATURE.
WE'VE BEEN IN THOSE LINE OF BUSINESS, EVERYTHING FROM 
CRUISE TO BREAK BULK, FOR THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE DECADES, 
BUT THIS IS A NEW INITIATIVE WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF MR. 
WAINIO SINCE HE'S BEEN ONBOARD.
WE ARE INVESTED VERY HEAVILY IN THE CONTAINER BUSINESS, AND 
IT'S A NEW LINE OF BUSINESS RELATIVELY SPEAKING AND WHICH 
WE EXPECT TO GROW PHENOMENALLY.
OUR CURRENT FOOTPRINT IS ONLY 25 ACRES, BUT AS THIS 
EXPANSION AREA SHOWS, WE HAVE THE CAPACITY TO EXPAND IT TO 
125 ACRES, AND WHEN IT EVENTUALLY EXPANDS TO THAT 
FOOTPRINT, WE CAN HANDLE 500- TO 600,000 CONTAINERS IN THIS 
LOCATION, WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHERN TIP OF HOOKERS POINT, IF 
YOU CANNOT PLACE WHERE THIS AREA IS.
THERE ARE THREE MAJOR GANTRY CRANES.
THERE ARE PLANS TO BRING IN ADDITIONAL CRANES TO SUPPORT 
THIS INCREASED TRAFFIC.
THERE ARE SEVERAL REASONS FOR OUR OPTIMISM.
CERTAINLY THE ONE MAIN INGREDIENTS OF THIS IS OUR STRATEGIC 
LOCATION.
WE ARE CLOSE TO THE POPULATION CENTER AND THE GEOGRAPHIC 
CENTER.
WE ALWAYS WERE THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER, BUT THE POPULATION 
CENTER IS ALSO MOVING CLOSER TO THE PORT, WHICH IS A VERY 
GOOD THING IN TERMS OF CONTAINER TRADE.
LET ME STRESS A FEW OTHER FACTORS THAT WILL LEAD TO SUCCESS 
IN THE CONTAINER BUSINESS.
THE LOCAL MARKET WITHIN A HUNDRED-MILE RADIUS, THEIR 
NUMBERS SHOW ANYWHERE FROM 400,000 TO 600,000 CONTAINERS 
COME IN WITHIN THIS AREA AROUND THE PORT, AND WE WANT TO 
CAPTURE A PIECE OF THAT BUSINESS.
THE POPULATION CERTAINLY DICTATES THE NUMBER OF CONTAINERS 
THAT ARE IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA.
IT'S SEVEN MILLION AND GROWING.
IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING IN THE COUNTRY AND THE 
STATE.
THE IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS CERTAINLY -- AS COMMISSIONER 
SAUL-SENA WAS SAYING EARLIER, THE GAS PRICES.
PREVIOUSLY COMPANIES USED TO GET THEIR CARGO FROM 
CHARLESTON, SAVANNAH, MOBILE, OTHER PLACES, AND MAYBE COST 
THEM $2-, $300 TO BRING THEIR TRUCKS IN.
TODAY IT COSTS THEM CLOSE TO $1,000 WITH THE INCREASED 
PRICE IN FUEL, SO WITH ALL THESE FACTORS, WE ARE CONFIDENT 
THAT WE WILL GROW THIS BUSINESS, AND WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF 
[INCOMPREHENSIBLE] WITH SOME MAJOR PLAYERS LIKE ROOMS TO 
GO, ET CETERA.
ANOTHER KEY ELEMENT OF THIS PLAN IS CERTAINLY -- I DON'T 
WANT TO SPEAK IN FRONT OF -- MR. WAINIO IS THE LEADING 
EXPERT IN THIS PANAMA CANAL, BUT [INCOMPREHENSIBLE] SPENT 
IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT OF THE CANAL IS WHEN THIS EXPANSION IS 
COMPLETED BY 2015, YOU WILL SEE A DYNAMIC SHIFT IN THE 
WHOLE GLOBAL TRADE BUSINESS.
MAJORITY OF OUR CONTAINERS COME THROUGH THE WEST COAST OR 
SOMEONE OF THE EAST COAST PORTS, BUT THESE SHIPS HAVE BEEN 
TRANSITING THE CANAL AND COMING INTO THE GULF, AND THE 
CONTAINER BUSINESS IN THE GULF IS EXPECTED TO DOUBLE AND 
TRIPLE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS OR 15 YEARS UPON COMPLETION 
OF THIS CANAL EXPANSION, AND WE HOPE TO CAPTURE A BIG PIECE 
OF THAT GROWTH.
THIS SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE MAJOR SITES THAT ARE BEING 
DEVELOPED IN AND AROUND THE PORT.
THIS IS A LOT OF DRY BULK TERMINALS, AND THE PICTURE ON 
YOUR RIGHT TOP IS PORT REDWING, WHICH IS A 
[INCOMPREHENSIBLE]
WE JUST SIGNED OUR FIRST NEW CUSTOMER IN THAT AREA.
CAPITAL INVESTMENT IS A VERY BIG FOCUS AT THE END OF ALL OF 
THIS PLANNING EXERCISE.
THE REASON FOR THIS RANGE -- IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 
BILLION TO A BILLION AND A HALF, THERE ARE TWO BIG REASONS 
FOR THAT RANGE.
ONE IS DREDGING.
DREDGING COULD COST ANYWHERE FROM 150 MILLION TO 500 
MILLION, DEPENDING ON HOW DEEP YOU'LL EVENTUALLY DREDGE THE 
CHANNEL.
OUR PHASE ONE GOAL FOR THIS IS 45 FEET.
TODAY WE ADDED 43 FEET, AND WE PLAN TO TAKE IT TO 45 FEET 
TO KEEP UP WITH OUR PARTNERS, MOBILE AND HOUSTON, WHERE WE 
WILL SHARE OUR CONTAINER TRAFFIC IF IT COMES TO FRUITION.
AND JUST THAT TWO FEET ALONE COSTS OVER $100 MILLION, AND 
IF WE DO TAKE -- PLAN TO TAKE IT DEEPER, DEPENDING ON THE 
MARKET AT THAT POINT IN TIME, IT COULD COST SEVERAL HUNDRED 
MILLION DOLLARS MORE.
FACILITY REHABILITATION AND MODERNIZATION STILL CONTINUES 
TO BE A MAJOR ISSUE AT THE PORT.
WE CONTINUE TO SPEND IN ANY GIVEN YEAR $10- TO $20 MILLION 
ON JUST REHABBING EXISTING FACILITIES, AND WE HAVE PLANS TO 
BUILD SEVERAL NEW FACILITIES.
JUST IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS, WE WILL BE ADDING TWO TO THREE 
NEW DOCKS TO SUPPORT THE BREAK BULK, DRY BULK, AND THE 
PETROLEUM BUSINESSES.
AGAIN, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES, LET ME MAKE SURE I MAKE CLEAR, 
THESE ARE CONCEPT PLANS.
THE PORT HAS BEEN HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL IN DEVELOPING AND 
EXPANDING ITS FOOTPRINT.
IN THE PAST, HOOKERS POINT, SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES WAS ADDED 
OVER THE YEARS TO DEVELOP THAT PARCEL OF LAND.
THESE ARE SOME OF OUR OTHER PLANS.
THIS IS CAUSEWAY BOULEVARD ON THE NORTH, THOSE ARE THE 
SHRIMP DOCKS, AND OUR PLAN IS TO ADD EIGHT NEW BERTHS AND 
OVER A HUNDRED ACRES TO THIS AREA.
WE ARE STARTING OUR PRELIMINARY PLANS IN DEVELOPING THIS 
AREA, AND ALL AROUND IT IT'S IDEAL BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK 
AROUND THE AREA WE'RE PLANNING TO FILL, IT'S ALREADY 
DEEPWATER CHANNELS.
IT IS VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE TO -- EVEN IF YOU FOUND 
WATERFRONT LANDS -- TO BRING THE CHANNEL TO THE LAND, AND 
SO WE HAVE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND, AND THIS TOOK US TWO YEARS 
AND LOOKING AT HUNDREDS OF OPTIONS TO COME UP WITH THESE 
CONCEPT PLANS.
UNDER THE CONCEPT WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH END OF PENDOLA 
POINT, IF YOU KNOW WHERE THAT IS, IT'S VERY CLOSE TO THE 
TECO POWER PLANT, THE ENERGY PLANT THAT WAS RECENTLY 
REFURBISHED, A NEW PLANT, I GUESS.
JUST SOUTH OF THAT IS PENDOLA POINT, AND WE HAVE PORT 
FACILITIES ALREADY ON THE SOUTH SIDE, THE NORTH SOUTH, AND 
ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE PLAN ON DUPLICATING THAT -- IT SHOWS 
ANOTHER 200-PLUS ACRES WITH SEVERAL BERTHS THERE.
LOOKING AHEAD, THE NUMBER OF OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES, 
BUT WE'VE LAID OUT A PLAN, AND WE -- WE HAVE LAID OUT 
SHORT-TERM PLANS, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO LAY OUT THESE 
SHORT-TERM PLANS TO ADDRESS AND CAPITALIZE ON THESE 
OPPORTUNITIES AND ADDRESS THE CHALLENGES.
THAT'S VERY KEY FOR MR. WAINIO THAT WE LOOK AT THIS LONG-
TERM GUIDANCE AND DEVELOP SHORT-TERM PLANS TO IMPLEMENT 
THESE PLANS, AND I'VE TALKED ABOUT A NUMBER OF THESE 
THINGS.
I WON'T GO INTO THAT AGAIN, BUT CERTAINLY WE PLAN ON 
EXPANDING OUR BUSINESS IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS AS THE ECONOMY 
TURNS AROUND.
AND FINALLY, WE KNOW THAT THE POPULATION WILL GROW, THE 
ECONOMY WILL GROW, ALBEIT IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT SLOWER IN 
THE NEXT COUPLE YEARS, BUT IN THE LONG RUN THERE IS -- 
GLOBAL TRADE CONTINUES TO GROW AND ALL THE FACTORS THAT WE 
ARE GOING TO PUT IN PLACE AS MR. WAINIO WAS ADDRESSING 
PREVIOUSLY.
WE WILL TAKE THE SLOW GROWTH PERIOD TO BE READY FOR THE 
ANTICIPATED INCREASE IN BUSINESS AND A NUMBER OF LINES OF 
BUSINESS AT THE PORT.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REMARKS, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY 
QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM 
ANYONE?
MR. WAINIO.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  NO.
WE COVERED THAT VERY QUICKLY.
WE RUSHED THROUGH IT BECAUSE WE KNOW WE'RE ALL PRESSED FOR 
TIME, SO APPRECIATE YOU LISTENING, AND IF THERE ARE ANY 
QUESTIONS THAT COME UP LATER, WE'RE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, WE'RE 
ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO SHOW YOU THE PORT.
IF YOU WANT TO COME IN AND JUST SIT AND TALK WITH US ABOUT 
ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES, WE'RE HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE THAT AS 
WELL, SO --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY OPEN ABOUT THAT 
INVITATION, MR. WAINIO.
I APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU, MR. KANCHARLA.
>> THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THE NEXT IS PRESENTATION AGAIN IS 
INFORMATIONAL ONLY, AND THAT'S GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY JOE 
WAGGONER, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A PRESENTATION ON THE BUS 
TOLL LANES.
MR. WAGGONER.
>>JOSEPH WAGGONER:  GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FERLITA.
LET'S SEE.
I'VE GOT TO MAKE THE TRANSITION HERE.
I'M HERE TO DO SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT TODAY.
YOU HAVE A TOLL AGENCY THAT WANTS TO TALK ABOUT A TRANSIT 
CONCEPT.
TODAY -- WE'VE HEARD THIS REPEATEDLY TODAY.
I HAD A LOT OF GREAT LEAD-IN MATERIAL BEFORE I GOT UP HERE.
TODAY AND IN THE FUTURE YOUR TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES FACE 
GROWING TRIP DEMAND, AND WHAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT IS 
TRADITIONAL TRANSPORTATION RESOURCES THAT ARE DIMINISHING 
AND ACTUAL PURCHASING POWER, AND WE ALSO FACE DIMINISHING 
OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP NEW SOLUTIONS, NEW LINES OF 
SERVICE IN REGARD TO THE ALIGNMENTS AREN'T THERE.
YOUR OPPORTUNITIES ARE GETTING FEWER AND FEWER AS THE 
DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THE FUTURE.
THERE ARE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE CHOICES 
IN THE FUTURE TO ADDRESS THIS TRAIL OF DEMAND, AND I WOULD 
LIKE TO SHARE ONE CONCEPT WITH YOU TODAY.
IT'S A TRANSIT SOLUTION.
THIS IS A SLIDE I PICKED UP OFF OF A TBARTA PRESENTATION.
SHOWN HERE ARE TWO HIGHWAY-BASED SOLUTIONS.
IF YOU LOOK IN THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU SEE BUS RAPID 
TRANSIT.
THAT'S A TRANSIT SOLUTION THAT HAS MAJOR PASSENGER 
CAPACITY, PROVIDES FAST SERVICE, HAS ROUTE FLEXIBILITY, AND 
KEY, IT ALSO HAS VOLUME FLEXIBILITY.
YOU CAN ADD MORE SERVICE TO IT AS THE NEED OCCURS.
THE OTHER ITEM THAT'S A HIGHWAY-BASED SOLUTION ON THIS 
SLIDE ON THE BOTTOM LEFT IS A MANAGED LANE SOLUTION.
THIS IS A DEDICATED BUS LANE.
COMBINING THESE ELEMENTS WITH TOLLING COULD GIVE US A 
CONCEPT THAT ADDRESSES, AGAIN, ALL OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I 
HAD NOTED UP FRONT, WHICH IS NEW FUNDING SOURCES AND 
SUSTAINABLE CHOICES FOR THE FUTURE.
OUR PROPOSAL IS TO CREATE A DEDICATED BUS LANE BUT OPEN IT 
UP TO AUTOMOBILE USE AND APPLY PRICE MANAGEMENT TO THAT TO 
CREATE A REVENUE STREAM THAT SUPPORTS THE MAINTENANCE AND 
OPERATION OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND POTENTIALLY TO PROVIDE 
A NEW SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR TRANSIT AGENCIES TO FUND THAT 
OPERATING COST THAT MIGHT GO WITH IT, BUT EVEN BETTER, IF 
WE CAN BUY DOWN THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION IMPLEMENTATION 
ENOUGH, IT COULD CREATE A SOURCE OF REVENUE THAT YOU CAN GO 
AND BUILD EVEN MORE TRANSIT SERVICE OUT THERE WITH.
OUR IDEA IS TO MAKE TRANSIT AN EQUITY PARTNER BASICALLY IN 
THE TOLL BUSINESS.
FOR EASE OF DESCRIPTION, WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS A BUS 
TOLL LANE CONCEPT.
IN EFFECT IT'S A PRICE -- IT'S A TRANSITWAY THAT IS PRICE 
MANAGED TO ASSURE TRIP TIME AND SCHEDULE RELIABILITY.
IT'S A SOLUTION THAT COULD BE APPLIED AS NEW CONSTRUCTION, 
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE APPLIED TO EXISTING PAVEMENT ON EXISTING 
ROADWAYS.
THIS TRANSIT CONCEPT WOULD COMPLEMENT PLANNED RAIL 
ALIGNMENTS AS A CONNECTIVE SERVICE.
I WANT TO TALK FOR A MINUTE ABOUT WHAT PRICE MANAGEMENT IS.
THIS IS SOMETHING, AS A PERSON OF HIGHWAY BACKGROUND 
PRIMARILY BUT A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, I'VE DEALT WITH, I 
UNDERSTAND, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY 
UNDERSTANDS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN I THROW SOME OF 
THESE TERMS OUT.
YOUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TALK ABOUT LEVEL OF SERVICE, AND 
THEY DESCRIBE IT AS LETTERS "A" THROUGH "F," "A" BEING THE 
BEST, "F" BEING THE WORST.
LEVEL OF SERVICE "C" DESCRIBES A QUALITY OF SERVICE WHERE 
YOU'RE ABLE TO GET THE MOST VEHICLES IN THAT LANE OF 
HIGHWAY -- WE'RE TALKING A FREEWAY NOW, ACCESS CONTROLLED -
- PER HOUR AT THE DESIGNED OPERATING SPEED.
TYPICALLY LEVEL OF SERVICE "C" IS BETWEEN 1400 TO 1800 
VEHICLES PER HOUR.
DEPENDS ON THE GEOMETRY OF THE ROAD ITSELF.
SO I'VE LAID OUT A 16 -- PICKED A POINT IN THE MIDDLE HERE 
-- 1600 VEHICLES PER LANE PER HOUR, AND AT THAT POINT YOU 
CAN CARRY IT AT 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.
YOUR VEHICLE OCCUPANCY, THE NEXT COLUMN YOU SEE THERE, IS 
THE AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER VEHICLE ON OUR ROADWAYS 
TODAY, AND EVEN WITH THE GAS CRUNCH WE'VE HAD AND THE 
INCREASE IN PEOPLE CARPOOLING, THAT NUMBER PROBABLY HASN'T 
SHIFTED VERY MUCH AT ALL FROM THAT WHICH YOU SEE RIGHT 
HERE, AND THE KEY PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A 
SHIFT FROM MOVING VEHICLES TO MOVING PEOPLE AS THE NEXT 
COLUMN YOU SEE, HOW MANY PEOPLE AM I MOVING IN A PRICE-
MANAGED LANE WITH THAT VOLUME AND THAT OCCUPANCY.
IT'S ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE, AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU GET OUT 
OF ONE LANE OF HIGHWAY IF IT CAN WORK AT ITS BEST.
THIS IS WHERE THE CHANGE COMES.
THIS IS THE TRANSIT CONCEPT.
THE IDEA IS WE ADD BUSES TO THIS.
WE TAKE IT AND MAKE IT A PRICE-MANAGED BUS LANE.
IN HERE, WHEN YOU ADD 25 BUSES TO THIS MIX OF TRAFFIC, YOU 
MAINTAIN THE SPEED, AND I'M NOW MOVING 4,000 PEOPLE PER 
HOUR.
THAT'S THE CHANGE.
A PRICE-MANAGED APPLICATION IS INTENDED TO MOVE PEOPLE.
A BUS TOLL LANE -- I'M SORRY.
A PRICE-MANAGED IS INTENDED TO MOVE VEHICLES.
A BUS TOLL LANE IS INTENDED AND FOCUSED ON MOVING PEOPLE, 
AND YOU GET TWICE THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE BY JUST ADDING 25 
BUSES.
IF YOU ADD 50 BUSES TO THAT MIX, YOU CAN MOVE OVER THREE 
TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE YOU GET OUT OF A TYPICAL LANE OF 
HIGHWAY.
THAT NUMBER IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR BUSWAYS IN THIS COUNTRY.
A KEY NUMBER I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS UNDER THAT BUS 
TOLL LANE YOU SEE 1.6 AND YOU SEE 3.2.
THAT'S THE AMOUNT OF CAPACITY IN THAT LANE OF HIGHWAY THAT 
THOSE BUSES ARE ABSORBING.
THE KEY THING YOU TAKE AWAY FROM THAT IS THAT LEAVES OVER 
95% OF THE CAPACITY AS A POTENTIAL REVENUE STREAM, AND IT'S 
A POTENTIAL CHOICE FOR AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS TO MAKE THEIR -- 
YOU KNOW, TO CHOOSE HOW THEY GET FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THEIR 
DESTINATIONS EVERY DAY.
I PUT THIS ONE IN HERE JUST FOR -- WELL, JUST FOR FUN 
BASICALLY.
THERE ARE PLACES IN EUROPE AND IN SOUTH AMERICA WHERE THEY 
ACTUALLY RUN 100 BUSES PER LANE PER HOUR, AND THEY DO MOVE 
IN EXCESS OF 10,000 PEOPLE PER LANE PER HOUR, SO THAT CAN 
BE DONE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT HAS EVER BEEN CONSIDERED IN THIS 
COUNTRY, BUT IT IS DOABLE.
SO THAT'S HOW THE PRICE-MANAGED SIDE OF IT WORKS.
IT'S DEMAND-BASED.
THE TOLL AGENCY DOESN'T SET THE TOLL RATE.
IT'S SET BY THE AMOUNT OF DEMAND COMING INTO IT.
THE KEY THING IS YOU SAY WE WANT TO ALLOW 1600, 1400 
VEHICLES PER LANE.
YOU MONITOR THAT.
AS IT GOES UP ABOVE YOUR TARGET LEVEL, THE TOLL RATE WOULD 
GO UP UNTIL YOU GET A DROP-OFF.
IF THE RATE DROPS TOO LOW, YOU DROP YOUR RATES.
IT'S ALL AUTOMATIC.
THERE'S NO TOLL POLICY OTHER THAN WHAT'S YOUR DESIRED LEVEL 
OF SERVICE.
WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES OF THIS CONCEPT THAT I'M TALKING 
ABOUT?
WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, A PUBLIC 
PARTNERSHIP OR P2 TO PARAPHRASE THE P3 TERMINOLOGY.
WHAT ARE OF THE ADVANTAGES YOU GET IN PROJECT FUNDING? 
TYPICALLY YOUR HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT AGENCIES ARE COMPETING 
FOR PIECES OF A FUNDING PIE THAT'S THE SAME PIE, IT'S JUST 
HOW MANY SLICES IT'S CUT INTO.
BY ACTUALLY GETTING US TOGETHER AND HAVING TRANSIT AND A 
TOLL AGENCY OR OTHER HIGHWAY AGENCIES WORK TOGETHER, WE 
HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THE PIECES OF THAT PIE TOGETHER.
BOTTOM-LINE RESULT IS IT SHOULD ENABLE US TO MOVE FORWARD 
FASTER TO IMPLEMENT SOLUTIONS.
ANOTHER ADVANTAGE YOU GET IS ON OPERATIONS.
YOU HAVE EXISTING TOLL FACILITIES, YOU HAVE EXISTING 
HIGHWAYS, YOU HAVE AN EXISTING TRANSIT AGENCY IN THIS AREA.
THE KIND OF IMPROVEMENT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE IS AN 
INCREMENTAL IMPROVEMENT.
YOU HAVE STAFF, YOU HAVE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
INFRASTRUCTURE.
IT'S AN INCREMENTAL COST TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE YOU ALREADY 
HAVE THERE.
AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE A SAVINGS IN THAT IT'S MORE EFFICIENT, 
AND IT COULD SAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, EXPANDED USE OF YOUR 
TRADITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES.
AND THEN THERE'S THE OPPORTUNITY -- AND THIS IS KEY.
THIS IS WHAT'S UNIQUE ABOUT THIS -- WHERE YOU BRING TRANSIT 
IN AS AN EQUITY PARTNER IN THIS CONCEPT.
OUR AGENCY AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, WE COULD BE THERE 
JUST TO RUN, MAINTAIN, AND OPERATE THE ROADWAY AND THE TOLL 
SYSTEM AND COLLECT THE TOLLS.
IF A ROADWAY, JUST BY EXAMPLE, COSTS $100 AND THE TRANSIT 
SIDE AND HIGHWAY SAID EACH PUT UP 50, THE OPPORTUNITY FOR 
EXCESS REVENUES, THOSE ABOVE YOUR OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE 
COSTS, TO BE SHARED IS THERE, AND THAT EXCESS REVENUE WOULD 
GO TO TRANSIT FOR THEIR USE TO EITHER OFFSET OPERATING OR 
DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING TRANSIT IS ALWAYS IN NEED OF IS NEW 
REVENUE SOURCES, AND THIS IS A WAY THAT THEY COULD GET TO 
IT.
IF THE TRANSIT AGENCIES COULD COME UP WITH 100% OF THE 
INFRASTRUCTURE, AGAIN, WE WOULD PROVIDE THE TOLL OPERATIONS 
AND MAINTENANCE SERVICE AND JUST PASS THE EXCESS REVENUES 
THROUGH THE TRANSIT AGENCY AS THEY'RE A PROVIDER OF THAT 
SERVICE.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS?
THE WHOLE KEY TO MAKING TRANSIT SUCCESSFUL IN MY OPINION IS 
IT'S GOT TO BE COMPETITIVE.
IT'S GOT TO OFFER THE PERSON -- WHEN THEY GET UP OUT OF BED 
IN THE MORNING, HOW AM I GOING TO GET TO WORK, WHAT'S THE 
BEST WAY IN TERMS OF TIME AND COST, AND WITH THIS KIND OF 
APPLICATION, WE CAN GIVE TRANSIT RIDERS TIME SAVINGS 
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH A ROADWAY ON A BUS THAT 
THEY PAY THE BUS FARE ONLY, THEY DON'T PAY THE TOLL.
THEY'RE ASSURED OF GOOD SERVICE, RELIABLE TRIP TIMES TO GET 
THERE, THEY SAVE THE EXPENSE OF AUTOMOBILE GAS, PARKING, 
MAINTENANCE, AND SO ON.
THE ADVANTAGE OF BRT IN LIEU -- NOT -- IN COMBINATION WITH 
THIS BUS TOLL LANE MEANS THAT YOU HAVE A VERY FLEXIBLE 
SERVICE.
IT CAN GO ANYWHERE THE ROAD CAN GO, WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE 
FEWER TRANSFERS.
ONE OF THE KILLERS IN TERMS OF TRANSIT IS YOU WANT TO 
MINIMIZE THE TRANSFERS YOU PUT A CUSTOMER THROUGH.
THAT'S ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT A BUS IS IT -- YOU 
KNOW, ON THE LANE IT ACTS KIND OF LIKE A TRAIN.
IT HAS, YOU KNOW, TEN BUSES THERE, YOU KNOW, 25 BUSES PER 
HOUR, YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL, IT'S IN THERE, IT'S A 
TRAIN, BUT THE INDIVIDUAL MODULES CAN BREAK OUT AND GO UP 
TO YOUR LESS DENSELY DEVELOPED URBAN CENTERS.
AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS ALSO BENEFIT FROM THIS SOLUTION.
IF YOU GO BACK OR YOU RECALL THAT 50-BUS SOLUTION THAT I 
POINTED OUT TO YOU WHERE IT MOVES FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF 
PEOPLE THAT A LANE OF HIGHWAY COULD MOVE, THAT'S RELIEVED 
CONGESTION ON THE FREE LANES THAT WOULD BE PARALLEL TO THIS 
FACILITY, SO YOU'RE ABSORBING SOME OF THAT CONGESTION, SO 
THEY ARE GETTING A DIRECT BENEFIT.
THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OR BENEFIT THE AUTOMOBILE DRIVER GETS 
OUT OF THIS IS THEY HAVE A CHOICE, AND IT'S BASED ON THEIR 
NEED AND THEIR VALUE OF TIME.
THEY GET UP IN THE MORNING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE FIRST 
CHOICE THE TRANSIT CHOICE.
GET ON THE BUS, IT'LL GET YOU THERE FASTER.
WE'RE GIVING YOU THE BEST COST POSSIBLE.
THE NEXT CHOICE THEY HAVE TO MAKE IS DEPENDING ON THEIR 
DESIRED FLEXIBILITY THEY NEED FOR THE DAY AND WHAT THEY'RE 
WILLING TO PAY FOR THAT.
THEY CAN GO IN THE FREE LANES, WHICH ARE PARALLEL, OR IF 
THE NEED IS THERE EITHER COMING HOME FROM WORK OR GOING TO 
WORK TO GET IN THAT PRICE-MANAGED LANE, IT'S THERE AND IT'S 
A SUSTAINABLE CHOICE BECAUSE THAT PRICE MANAGEMENT 
GUARANTEES THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR GROWTH IN 
THE FUTURE, YOU'RE GOING TO BE MAINTAINING THAT SERVICE, 
AND YOU CAN ADD TO IT WITH TRANSIT AS TIME GOES ON.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OUR COMMUNITY?
YOU CAN REDUCE CONGESTION, YOU CAN IMPROVE AIR QUALITY WITH 
THIS SOLUTION.
IT WILL ENHANCE OUR ECONOMY BY IMPROVED MOVEMENT OF GOODS 
AND SERVICES.
I TALKED ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY IN TERMS OF REDUCING DEMAND 
ON YOUR TRADITIONAL FUNDING SOURCES, AND IT ALLOWS 
YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THESE REGIONAL AGENCIES TO REINVEST 
THAT EXCESS REVENUE BACK INTO YOUR COMMUNITY.
A COUPLE OF OTHER BENEFITS THAT I CAN THROW OUT HERE.
I THINK IT'S KEY TO NOTE THAT THIS KIND OF APPLICATION 
COULD ACTUALLY ENABLE YOU TO PLAN AND GROW TRANSIT-ORIENTED 
DEVELOPMENT SOONER TO THE SMALL URBAN CENTERS IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND ADJACENT COUNTIES AS WELL.
IT'S -- IT'S GOING TO BE MANY YEARS BEFORE SOME AREAS ARE 
READY FOR A RAIL SOLUTION, AND THAT'S RECOGNIZED IN THE 
RAIL PLAN THAT'S OUT THERE, BUT GETTING THAT CONNECTIVITY 
TO THE RAIL LINES THAT ARE THERE SOONER AND PROVIDING A 
TRANSIT ALTERNATE THAT ENABLES YOU TO PLAN AND DEVELOP 
SOONER TO SUIT THAT LONG-TERM NEED IS WHAT THIS IS ABOUT 
AND WHAT THIS CAN HELP YOU WITH.
EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS SIMPLY REFERS TO THE FACT THAT 
FIRST RESPONDERS DURING PEAK HOURS ONLY HAVE -- YOU KNOW, 
THEY WIND UP ON THE LOCAL STREETS TO GET TO A DISTANCE TRIP 
JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONGESTION THEY'RE GOING TO HIT.
THIS COULD GIVE THEM FASTER ACCESS TO EMERGENCY NEEDS.
EVACUATION.
THIS WOULD EXPAND THE HIGHWAY ROUTE, BUT IT ALSO PROVIDES A 
BUS FLEET.
NOT ALL OF US HAVE MOBILITY CHOICES, AND I KEEP HEARKENING 
BACK TO WHEN KATRINA HIT NEW ORLEANS.
IT WAS SAD TO SEE THAT YOU HAD A BUS FLEET SITTING IN WATER 
UP TO THE DRIVER'S SEAT WHEN PEOPLE COULDN'T FIND A WAY OUT 
OF TOWN, AND I KNOW THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PLANS 
HERE.
I KNOW HART'S ONBOARD WITH THAT AND AS WELL AS PINELLAS 
COUNTY, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THIS COULD ADD TO AS WELL.
I TALKED VERY ON -- EARLY ON ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING GOOD 
DECISIONS, AND THE BUSINESS DECISIONS ARE KEY TO ME.
I'M GOING TO RUN OF A REVENUE AGENCY, AND THIS IS ABOUT 
ESTABLISHING A REVENUE SOURCE, SO I'M GOING TO SPEND A 
LITTLE TIME HERE.
THE BUS TOLL LANE HAS A FINITE LANE CAPACITY.
THAT IS THAT 1600, 1400 VEHICLES PER HOUR YOU ALLOW IN 
THERE.
ANY ONE OF THE VEHICLES YOU ALLOW IN THAT FACILITY, WHETHER 
IT'S A SINGLE-OCCUPANT VEHICLE, A HIGH-OCCUPANT VEHICLE, A 
HYBRID, OR A MOTORCYCLE, ALL OF THOSE ABSORB THE SAME 
AMOUNT OF CAPACITY, SO WHAT I'M SAYING TO YOU IS DON'T GIVE 
IT AWAY BECAUSE WHEN YOU GIVE AWAY THAT CAPACITY, YOU'RE 
GIVING AWAY YOUR REVENUE STREAM, AND WHEN YOU GIVE IT AWAY, 
YOU'RE LOSING IT AS A POTENTIAL FINANCING SOURCE FOR 
CAPITAL INVESTMENTS.
I'LL CLOSE ON THIS ONE JUST BY SAYING THERE IS A P3 PROJECT 
UNDERWAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., IN THE STATE OF VIRGINIA, 
WHERE THEY'RE ADDING LANES TO THEIR BELTWAY.
THEY'RE DOING THAT WITH A COMPANY, AND THE COMPANY'S COME 
BACK TO THEM AND SAID IT'S A HOT-LANE SOLUTION, HIGH 
OCCUPANCY TOLL LANE, WHERE THEY GIVE A DISCOUNT OR FREE 
BASED ON HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU HAVE IN THE CAR, AND WHAT THE 
P3 PROVIDER HAS COME BACK TO VIRGINIA AND SAID, WELL, WHEN 
THE HOV GETS ABOVE A CERTAIN POINT, YOU HAVE TO START 
PAYING ME, THE STATE, TO OFFSET THE COST OF MY FINANCING, 
SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU GIVE IT AWAY, AND ON THE P3 
SIDE THEY DO THE NUMBERS.
THEY KNOW WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THINGS WORK FINANCIALLY, SO 
THAT'S THE END OF THAT LECTURE.
I'LL MOVE ON.
FILLING THE TOLL FUNCTION.
THEA IS HERE.
WE SERVE THE TAMPA-HILLSBOROUGH REGION.
WE'RE EXPERIENCED, AND WE'RE WILLING TO PARTNER.
OUR NEXT STEP -- AND WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON THIS RIGHT 
NOW.
WE'VE PRESENTED THIS SAME IDEA TO THE HART BOARD, AND 
THEY'VE DIRECTED STAFF TO WORK WITH US FOR OPPORTUNITIES, 
AND WE'RE DOING EXACTLY THAT.
WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO WITH THE MPO -- AND I'VE BEEN TALKING 
TO RAY ABOUT THIS -- IS WE'D LIKE TO SEE THIS APPLIED AS 
THE NETWORK SOLUTION IN THE NEXT LONG-RANGE UPDATE THAT 
WE'RE GOING TO PUT OUT THERE.
AGAIN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE INTERSTATES AROUND OUR 
AREA, THE NEXT HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT WE MAKE ON THOSE 
CORRIDORS MAY BE THE LAST ONE YOU MAKE ON THOSE CORRIDORS, 
SO THE IDEA OF MAKING A MANAGED-LANE SOLUTION OUT THERE 
THAT IS SUSTAINABLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO CONSIDER RIGHT 
NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FINANCIAL SIDE.
I'LL LEAVE YOU WITH THIS SLIDE JUST BECAUSE IT SHOWS THE 
KIND OF VEHICLES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED.
THEY'RE FOCUSED ON CUSTOMER COMFORT, THEY'RE HIGH-CAPACITY, 
AND THEY'RE LOOKING INTO ALTERNATIVE FUELS.
THAT WILL BE AN INTERESTING THING TO SEE IN THE NEXT FIVE 
TO TEN YEARS HOW OUR CURRENT FLEETS OF AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS 
TRANSITION FROM FUEL OIL, FOSSIL FUEL DEPENDENCY TO 
ALTERNATE FUELS, BUT A LOT OF THESE BRT CONCEPTS ARE 
ALREADY DOING THAT AND ARE AHEAD OF THAT GAME.
SO THAT, MY FRIENDS, IS MY PRESENTATION, AND I THINK I'LL 
SKIP THAT SLIDE.
THAT WAS JOE HAVING FUN, BUT -- SO IF I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, 
I'LL BE GLAD TO TRY AND ANSWER.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MR. WAGGONER, YOUR PARTNERSHIP CONCEPT IS 
GREAT, AND I APPRECIATED THE PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM ANYBODY?
YES, SIR.
>>DON SKELTON:  JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.
JOE, GOOD PRESENTATION, AND CERTAINLY THE IDEA OF MANAGED 
LANES IS ONE OF VALUE.
THE DEPARTMENT IS IMPLEMENTING A MANAGED LANE CONCEPT DOWN 
IN SOUTHEAST FLORIDA.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PD&E STUDY GOING ON ON I-75 RIGHT NOW 
THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS CONCEPT AS PART OF -- THE TAMPA 
INTERSTATE STUDY WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED MANY YEARS AGO HAS 
THE LOCAL-ACCESS FREEWAY AND THE EXPRESS FREEWAY.
I THINK WE'VE NOW COME TO THE REALIZATION THAT THAT EXPRESS 
FREEWAY FROM A FINANCING STANDPOINT IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE 
SOME TYPE OF EITHER HOT-LANE OR MANAGED-LANE CONCEPT, SO 
THE CONCEPT HAS A LOT OF MERIT AND I THINK NEEDS TO BE 
MOVED FORWARD, AND I KNOW THAT THE TBARTA MASTER PLAN IS 
CONTEMPLATING MANAGED LANES AND BUS RAPID TRANSIT IN IT AS 
WELL.
>>JOSEPH WAGGONER:  THANK YOU, SIR.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANKS, MR. SKELTON, FOR THAT INPUT.
MR. WAGGONER, THANK YOU AGAIN.
>>JOSEPH WAGGONER:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THE NEXT THING WE NEED TO ENTERTAIN IS IS 
THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK 
ABOUT ANY GENERAL CONCERN, NOT NECESSARILY ANYTHING ON THE 
AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE HERE?
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
OTHER THAN THAT, ANYONE WANT TO BRING UP ANY OLD BUSINESS?
ANY NEW BUSINESS?
APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE, AND WE STAND ADJOURNED.


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