CAPTIONING
MARCH 2, 2010
METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION

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>>ROSE FERLITA:  GOOD MORNING.
WELCOME TO MARCH 2nd'S MEETING FOR MPO.
I WOULD LIKE TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE STAND, WE'LL START WITH THE PLEDGE OF 
ALLEGIANCE AND AN INVOCATION.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
AS I PRESIDE OVER THIS MEETING IN MAYOR AFFRONTI'S BEHALF, 
I ASK THAT GOD WATCH OVER MRS. AFFRONTI AS SHE UNDERGOES 
SURGERY THIS MORNING.
SERVING OUR COMMUNITY IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR, AND I ASK THAT 
GOD GUIDE US AS WE CARRY OUT OUR RESPONSIBILITIES.
WE PRAY FOR SAFETY, HEALTH, AND WELL-BEING FOR OUR 
COMMUNITY AND FOR OUR COUNTRY.
IN GOD'S NAME WE PRAY.
AMEN.
>> AMEN.
>> AMEN.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  BEFORE WE START OUR AGENDA THIS MORNING -- 
GOOD MORNING, AGAIN, BY THE WAY, EVERYONE -- I'D LIKE TO 
READ A COUPLE OF MEMOS INTO THE RECORD.
MAYOR LOTT AND COUNCILMAN JOHN DINGFELDER HAVE CONFLICTS 
THIS MORNING, AND FOR THOSE REASONS WILL NOT BE IN 
ATTENDANCE IN TODAY'S MEETING, AND ALSO INTO THE RECORD I'D 
LIKE TO READ A MEMO FROM COUNCILMAN TOM SCOTT.
MAYOR AFFRONTI, BECAUSE I AM SCHEDULED TO BE OUT OF TOWN ON 
TUESDAY, MARCH 2nd, I WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MPO 
MEETING.
PLEASE READ THE REASON FOR MY ABSENCE INTO THE RECORD.
THANK YOU.
SINCERELY, THOMAS SCOTT.
OKAY.
THE FIRST THING WE'LL DEAL WITH IS AGENDA ITEM 2, PUBLIC 
INPUT ON AGENDA ITEMS.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK AT THIS POINT?
OKAY.
THEN I GUESS WE'LL GO TO OUR CAC REPORT.
JOE AMON, ARE YOU HERE?
>> GOOD MORNING, MADAM.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  GOOD MORNING, SIR.
>> GOOD TO SEE YOU HERE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  NICE TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
WE'RE SO FORMAL TODAY.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  HEY, JOE.
[LAUGHTER]
>> MEMBERS OF THE MPO, THE CAC MET ON FEBRUARY 10th, AND WE 
HAD ELECTION OF OFFICERS, AND I'M BACK IN THE BARREL FOR 
ANOTHER YEAR ALONG WITH ED AUSTIN, AND WE APPRECIATE DOING 
IT, SO IT WAS -- IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE, SO WE ENJOY IT.
WE ALSO HAVE -- LAUREL LOCKETT, LEONARD PLOTKIN, AND PIERRE 
MATHURIN ARE GOING TO BE OUR REPRESENTATIVES ON THE JCAC, 
AND ED AND I WILL BE THE ALTERNATES FOR THE -- FOR THE CAC.
OKAY.
PUBLIC INPUT.
AS ALWAYS, PIERRE HAS SOMETHING GOOD TO SAY ABOUT 
TRANSPORTATION, AND HE NOTIFIED US OF A CHANNEL 3 TV SHOW 
CALLED "BLUEPRINT OF AMERICA" THAT PAINTED A PICTURE OF THE 
TRANSPORTATION MODES IN AMERICA.
MR. LEDUC EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE CAC WASN'T TELEVISED, 
AND I TAKE THAT WITH A -- THAT CREATED A HEATED DEBATE.
I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO BE TELEVISED, BUT ANYWAY, THE REAL 
POINT OF IT WAS THAT MR. LEDUC WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT 
CITIZENS HAD ACCESS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON IN THE CAC, AND SO 
WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WAYS OF MAKING SURE THAT WE GET 
INFORMATION OUT.
IT MIGHT BE FACEBOOK OR SOME OTHER METHOD, BUT WE'LL -- 
WE'VE GOT A MEETING COMING UP IN APRIL.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON OUR AGENDA TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
WE ALSO FOUND OUT IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO DO TV, SO IT'S NOT 
IN THE CARDS.
PROBABLY GOOD.
MR. STINSON BROUGHT TO THE COMMITTEE'S ATTENTION -- AND 
THIS WAS ABOUT A MONTH AGO, BUT WE'VE HAD THREE DEATHS 
ALREADY OF YOUNG KIDS, BICYCLE DEATHS, AND THAT'S A MAJOR 
ISSUE TO US ON OUR BICYCLE PATHS, SO HE WANTED TO JUST MAKE 
US AWARE OF THAT SO WE KEEP PUSHING FOR THE BICYCLE PATHS 
AND THAT THERE'S A MAJOR NEED AND WILL BE A MAJOR NEED FOR 
THAT FOR A LONG WAY INTO THE FUTURE.
ACTION ITEMS.
T.I.P. AMENDMENT.
FDOT PRESENTED TWO AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST WAS A PROJECT FOR SIGNING AND MARKING DESIGNATED 
BIKE LANES ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE FROM BENJAMIN ROAD TO 
CENTRAL AVENUE.
THE SECOND WAS AN AMENDMENT TO CORRECT THE T.I.P. WHICH 
SHOWS THE INCORRECT LENGTH FOR A SIDEWALK PROJECT.
I THINK IT SHOWED ZERO, AND IT'S LIKE A 3,000-FOOT OR 1300-
FOOT PROJECT, AND SO IT'S CHANGING THAT AND ALSO THE COSTS, 
IT REDUCED THE COSTS, SO THE ONLY POINT THAT THE CAC 
BROUGHT UP WAS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY 
SIDEWALK WORK WAS ADA COMPLIANT, AND WE WERE ASSURED BY THE 
FDOT THAT THEY LOOK AT THAT ON ANY PROJECT THAT THEY DO.
SO THE CAC APPROVED BOTH AMENDMENTS AND RECOMMENDED 
FORWARDING THEM TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THE SECOND ITEM WAS THE USF AREA MULTIMODAL DISTRICT STUDY.
THE MPO STAFF PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON A STUDY CONDUCTED 
JOINTLY WITH PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT TO DETERMINE IF 
THE USF AREA COULD QUALIFY AS A MULTIMODAL DISTRICT AND 
THAT IS TO BICYCLE, PEDESTRIAN, AND TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT 
WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD HELP MEET LEVEL-OF-SERVICE 
TARGETS SET FOR THOSE MODES.
CAC RECEIVED MAPS AND A LIST OF PROJECTS SHOWING WHERE 
THOSE BICYCLE LANES AND TRANSIT SERVICE AND PEDESTRIAN 
IMPROVEMENTS WERE NEEDED, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THAT 
DOCUMENT, WE PASSED A MOTION TO SEND IT TO YOU FOR 
APPROVAL.
WE APPROVED THAT.
STATUS REPORTS.
THE PLANNING AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT STAFF SHOWED US THEIR 
VIDEO EXPLAINING THE PROPOSED ONE-CENT SALES TAX AND A LIST 
OF TRANSIT AND NONTRANSIT PROJECTS THAT WOULD BE FUNDED 
WITH THE ONE-CENT SALES TAX.
IT'S SPLIT 75/25, AND INTERESTING ENOUGH, THERE WERE A LOT 
OF STORIES TOLD BY MEMBERS OF THE CAC ABOUT COMMENTS MADE 
AT THESE MEETINGS BY FRIENDS, AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT 
RIGHT AFTER THAT I WAS AT A ROTARY MEETING IN NEW TAMPA 
WHERE THEY HAD JUST HAD A PRESENTATION UP THERE IN NEW 
TAMPA, AND AT THE ROTARY MEETING I TALKED TO A BUNCH OF 
FELLOWS THAT HAD BEEN THERE, AND THEY PRESENTED THE PROGRAM 
AS BEING CONFUSING.
I JUST BRING THAT TO YOU JUST AS A STATEMENT FROM CITIZENS 
THAT SAID THE PROGRAM WAS CONFUSING TO THEM, AND THESE ARE 
PEOPLE FROM THE NEW TAMPA AREA.
THEY SHOULD KNOW -- SHOULD APPRECIATE THE TRANSPORTATION, 
AND THEY DO, BUT THE WAY THE PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED WAS 
CONFUSING TO THEM AND HOW THE MONEY WAS GOING TO BE SPENT, 
WHERE, AND ALL THAT TYPE OF STUFF, SO I BRING THAT TO YOU.
WE GOT A PRESENTATION, HEARD A PRESENTATION FROM THE -- 
FROM THE FDOT CONCERNING THEIR 2060 PLAN.
WE'RE GOING WAY OUT NOW LOOKING AT THE FUTURE, AND IT WAS 
QUITE INTERESTING FOR US.
THERE'S A TWO-YEAR PLAN TO HAVE AN UPDATE.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FOLLOWING THAT VERY CLOSELY.
WE THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE QUITE INTERESTING.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'RE GOING TO HEAR -- ON MARCH 10th 
WE'RE GOING TO CUT OUR MEETING SHORT.
WE'RE GOING TO START EARLY AND HAVE A ONE-HOUR MEETING SO 
WE CAN BE IN THE WEBINAR THAT FDOT IS CONDUCTING.
THE CAC IS GOING TO SIT THROUGH -- HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE 
WEBINAR.
NEW BUSINESS, THE UPWP KICKOFF, WATER TRANSIT EARMARKS, WE 
GOT A PRESENTATION ON THAT, AND OF COURSE, THE 
SELMON/CROSSTOWN GREENWAY, WE'RE CLOSELY FOLLOWING THAT ONE 
ALSO, WHICH IS -- LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE IS LEADING THE 
EFFORT ON THAT PROJECT.
WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT CLOSELY.
THAT ACTUALLY CAME UP AT -- IT SKIPS ME NOW, BUT ANOTHER 
PUBLIC MEETING ABOUT THAT GREENWAY UNDERNEATH THE SELMON, 
SO WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THAT ONE VERY CLOSELY.
THE NEXT MEETING FOR CAC IS, LIKE I SAID, MARCH 10th.
WE'RE GOING TO START EARLY.
IT'S GOING TO BE A ONE-HOUR MEETING WITH A SHORT AGENDA SO 
WE CAN BE THERE FOR THE -- AND PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR.
WITH THAT, I GIVE YOU MY -- THAT'S MY REPORT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, JOE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. AMON?
JOE, I DO WANT TO SAY THAT IF YOU'RE HERE AT THE END OF THE 
MEETING, I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE 
CAN DO TO HELP THAT -- THAT LACK OF CLARITY, AND IF NOT, IF 
YOU'RE NOT HERE AT THE END OF THE MEETING, MAYBE I'LL GIVE 
YOU A CALL LATER AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
>> CALL ME AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  WILL DO.
>> ANYTIME.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, I THINK.
>> THANKS.
[LAUGHTER]
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, JOE.
NEXT THING ON OUR AGENDA IS THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY 
COMMITTEE REPORT, AND I THINK, NED, YOU'RE GOING TO DO 
THIS, NED BAIER.
>>NED BAIER:  GOOD MORNING, MPO BOARD.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  GOOD MORNING.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>>NED BAIER:  YOUR TECHNICAL STAFF MET ON FEBRUARY 15th, 
AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORT.
WE DID LOOK AT THE TWO ACTION ITEMS BEFORE YOU.
THESE ARE THE T.I.P. AMENDMENTS REQUESTED BY THE FLORIDA 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION.
ONE IS FOR A BIKE LANE PROJECT ON STATE ROAD 50 AND 
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE, AND SECOND IS SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON 
DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, AND AFTER A PRETTY LENGTHY 
PRESENTATION, WE DO SUPPORT UNANIMOUSLY THESE -- THESE 
T.I.P. AMENDMENTS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS 
CONSISTENT WITH THE MPO 2035 PLAN AND THE PRIORITIES AND 
THE MPO PLAN FOR THESE, AND IT IS, AND AS YOU KNOW AND AS 
JOE MENTIONED, THE NEED FOR IMPROVEMENT TO SAFETY, ON-
STREET BIKE LANES IN PARTICULAR, AND MAKING MORE OF AN 
INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM, SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT CERTAINLY THE 
STAFFS FROM EACH OF THE AGENCIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
REALLY SUPPORT, SO WE DO SUPPORT THAT.
YOU'LL BE RECEIVING A PRESENTATION HERE SHORTLY.
THE SECOND ITEM WE HEARD WAS A PRESENTATION ON THE 
MULTIMODAL DISTRICT EFFORT UNDERWAY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF 
SOUTH FLORIDA, AND THIS IS A JOINT PROJECT BY THE MPO AND 
THE COUNTY STAFF.
THE TECHNICAL WORK HAS BEEN DONE, AND YOU'LL RECEIVE A MORE 
DETAILED PRESENTATION TODAY BY GENA TORRES THAT DESCRIBES 
IN DETAIL WHAT THE -- THE PROJECT LIST CONTAINS IN THAT 
AREA, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MPO PLANS AND THE HART 
PLANS FOR THAT AREA.
THE USF AREA IS FACED WITH A SITUATION WHERE TRANSIT AND 
BIKE -- IMPROVEMENTS TO BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN NETWORK IS 
REALLY THE ANSWER.
MOST OF THE ROADS ARE CONSTRAINED IN THAT DISTRICT WITH 
VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, SO THIS IS AN EFFORT BY THE COUNTY AND 
THE MPO TO ALLOW FUNDS COLLECTED BY DEVELOPMENT TO BE USED 
FOR A BROADER PURPOSE OTHER THAN JUST WIDENING ROADS.
SO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND THEN 
AT THE SAME TIME ENCOURAGE MULTIMODAL TYPE OF PROJECTS THAT 
THE MPO PLAN SUPPORTS.
SO WE DID UNANIMOUSLY APPROVE THE LIST OF PROJECTS IN THE 
INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY.
WE HAD A SERIES OF PRESENTATIONS.
THE TECHNICAL COMMITTEE HAS BEEN -- OVER THE LAST YEAR HAS 
BEEN APPRISED OF THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS RIGHT ALONG, AND 
THERE'S MANY PEOPLE ON THE STAFF TEAM THAT ARE ALSO ON THE 
TECHNICAL STEERING COMMITTEE THAT THE HART AND THEIR STAFF 
ARE MANAGING, SO MANY OF US ARE RECEIVING ALMOST WEEKLY 
UPDATES ON THE ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS, AND IT SEEMS TO BE 
GOING WELL, AND WE'RE ALL VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT.
AND JOE HAD MENTIONED THE FLORIDA 2060 PLAN, AND WE THINK 
THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT EFFORT BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION, AND I THOUGH THAT SOME OF THE TECHNICAL 
STAFF WILL BE JOINING THE CAC IN THAT CONFERENCE CALL 
THAT -- THAT WILL BE HELD IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS ON MARCH 
10th.
AND FINALLY, JUST UNDER NEW BUSINESS, THE MPO HAS SOMETHING 
CALLED THE UPWP, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE TWO-YEAR WORK 
PROGRAM OUTLINING TASKS AND PRIORITIES OF THIS MPO BOARD 
AND ITS STAFF, AND THERE IS A LOT OF INTEREST FROM THE 
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
MOST OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS WILL BE SUBMITTING POTENTIAL 
PROJECTS OR POTENTIAL STUDIES AND SO FORTH IN THIS PROCESS 
OVER THE NEXT COUPLE MONTHS THAT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY SEE.
I KNOW HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAS REQUESTED FUNDING FOR ITS 
TRAFFIC COUNT PROGRAM IN SOMETHING THAT'S USED IN 
DETERMINING CONCURRENCY AND LEVEL OF SERVICE, SO THAT'S AN 
EXAMPLE OF OTHER PROJECTS THAT WILL BE COMING THROUGH YOUR 
UPWP PROCESS.
AND THEN JUST THE -- AGAIN, THE SELMON/CROSSTOWN GREENWAY 
IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMITTEE CERTAINLY SUPPORTS IN ALL 
EFFORTS RIGHT NOW TO IMPROVE PRIORITIES AND SAFETY FOR 
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN NEEDS.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT.
SO OUR NEXT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING WILL BE 
MARCH 15th AT 1:30, AND THE PUBLIC'S INVITED, AND IT'S ON 
THE 18th FLOOR.
SO WITH THAT, THAT'S THE REPORT.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BAIER?
NED, THANK YOU, AS ALWAYS.
APPRECIATE IT.
>>NED BAIER:  OKAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
OKAY.
I GUESS THE NEXT ITEM IS THE REPORT ON THE POLICY 
COMMITTEE, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
POLICY COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 23rd ON THE 18th FLOOR OF 
THE COUNTY CENTER BUILDING.
THE MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 24, '09, POLICY COMMITTEE 
MEETING WERE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.
ACTION ITEMS WERE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM 
AMENDMENTS.
MPO STAFF PRESENTED TWO T.I.P. AMENDMENTS.
THE FIRST PROJECT ADDS THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE 
PROJECT TO INSTALL SIGNING AND PAVING MARKINGS FOR 
DESIGNATED BIKE LANES ON STATE ROAD 580, STATE ROAD 582 
FROM BENJAMIN ROAD TO CENTRAL AVENUE.
THE SECOND AMENDMENT TO THE T.I.P. IS TO CONSTRUCT 
SIDEWALKS ON STATE ROAD 597, DALE MABRY HIGHWAY, FROM 
NORTHGREEN AVENUE TO NORTH LAKEVIEW DRIVE.
THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY LISTED IN THE T.I.P. WITH A LENGTH 
OF ZERO MILES AND A COST OF $663,553.
THAT'S NOT A TYPO.
ZERO MILES AND THAT'S THE COST.
THE POLICY COMMITTEE APPROVED BOTH AMENDMENTS AND FORWARDED 
THEM TO THE FULL MPO FOR ADOPTION AT TODAY'S MEETING, WHICH 
WE'RE DOING.
THE USF MULTIMODAL DISTRICT STUDY, MPO STAFF STATED THAT 
THEY ARE LOOKING AT THE USF AREA TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR 
NOT IT WOULD QUALIFY AS A MULTIMODAL DISTRICT.
THE STUDY WILL FOCUS ON WHERE TRANSPORTATION IMPACTS FROM 
DEVELOPMENT OCCUR AND ON MORE THAN JUST ROADWAY 
IMPROVEMENTS.
THE COMMITTEE APPROVED THE STUDY, AND THE STAFF WILL 
PRESENT THIS ITEM AT TODAY'S MEETING AS WELL.
STATUS REPORTS.
HART RAIL STUDIES FUNDING STRATEGY.
MR. DAVID ARMIJO, CEO OF HART, PRESENTED A MULTIMODAL 
YEAR -- MULTI-YEAR, I'M SORRY, MULTIAGENCY FUNDING STRATEGY 
BEING DEVELOPED IN THEIR ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS STUDY.
THE COMMITTEE FORWARDED THIS APPROVED PRESENTATION AND 
REQUEST TO THE FULL MPO BOARD.
MR. ARMIJO WILL MAKE THAT PRESENTATION TODAY, REQUESTING 
THE MPO'S FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN THIS EFFORT IN ORDER 
TO MOVE FORWARD THROUGH THE FEDERAL NEW STARTS FUNDING 
PROGRAM.
AS A REMINDER, THE NEXT POLICY MEETING -- POLICY COMMITTEE 
MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 23rd, AT 9:00 A.M., IN THE 
PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDROOM.
AS ALWAYS, ALL MPO BOARD MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND.
THE NEXT ITEM IS -- I'M GOING TO NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE 
THE CONSENT AGENDA MINUTES.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  SO MOVED, MADAM CHAIR.
>>MARY MULHERN:  SECOND.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU.
WE'LL GO TO OUR ACTION ITEMS UNDER SCHEDULE FOUR.
"A" WILL BE THE T.I.P. AMENDMENTS.
WALLY, ARE YOU GOING TO SAY THAT?
WALLY BLAIN IS GOING TO GIVE US THAT REPORT.
THANK YOU.
>>WALLY BLAIN:  GOOD MORNING.
WALLY BLAIN, MPO STAFF.
THERE ARE BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY THREE T.I.P. AMENDMENTS.
TWO OF THESE PROJECTS DEAL WITH THE RESTRIPING AND SIGNING 
OF BIKE LANES, ONE DEALS WITH THE SIDEWALK PROJECT.
WE HAD GATHERED SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AFTER YOUR 
AGENDA WENT OUT, SO THERE ARE REVISED SHEETS IN YOUR 
FOLDERS THAT DISCUSS THE STRIPING AND SIGNING OF THE BIKE 
LANES.
ONE OF THESE PROJECTS IS ON STATE ROAD 580, WHICH IS 
HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE BETWEEN BENJAMIN ROAD AND CENTRAL 
AVENUE.
THAT PROJECT IS ABOUT 5.3 MILES LONG, AND THE COST OF THAT 
CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN IS A TOTAL OF A LITTLE OVER 
$78,000.
THE OTHER SIGNING AND RESTRIPING OF BIKE LANES IS ON FOWLER 
AVENUE BETWEEN RIVERHILLS AND U.S. 301.
THAT'S ABOUT 2.3 MILES LONG, AND THE COST IS A LITTLE OVER 
$26,000.
THE TOTAL COST FOR THOSE TWO IS $104,000 FOR THE RESTRIPING 
AND SIGNING OF BIKE LANES ON HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE AND FOWLER 
AVENUE.
THE THIRD AMENDMENT IS FOR A SIDEWALK ON DALE MABRY HIGHWAY 
UP IN THE CARROLLWOOD/CHEVAL AREA.
THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS COME THROUGH THE MPO BEFORE AS 
FAR AS A TRANSPORTATION ENHANCEMENT PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.
THE CHANGE THAT'S NEEDED FOR THE T.I.P. AMENDMENT IS, AS 
YOU HEARD FROM THE COMMITTEE REPORTS, THE CHANGE IN THE 
LENGTH.
ORIGINALLY IT WAS LISTED AS ZERO MILES.
THE ACTUAL LENGTH ON THAT IS ABOUT .6 MILES, A LITTLE OVER 
300,000 -- OR 30,000 FEET -- 3,000 FEET, EXCUSE ME, AND THE 
COST FOR THAT IS $497,000, SO THAT'S A REDUCTION OF ALMOST 
$166,000 FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROGRAMMED FOR THE 
PROJECT, SO THE SIGNING AND STRIPING OF THE BIKE LANES, THE 
MONEY FOR THAT COMES FROM AN ARTERIAL SAFETY CONTINGENCY 
FUND, AND THEN THE AMENDMENT ON THE SIDEWALK PROJECT FOR 
DALE MABRY IS A REDUCTION OF THE COST.
THESE PROJECTS DO NOT IMPACT ANY OTHER PROJECTS IN THE 
T.I.P., AND AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE T.I.P., WE WILL NEED A 
ROLL CALL VOTE.
>> I MOVE APPROVAL.
>> SECOND.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  WE'LL HAVE TO GET -- IS THAT RIGHT, MR. 
GORMLY?
WE NEED A ROLL CALL VOTE, SO --
>> THANK YOU.
HAGAN.
>>KEN HAGAN:  YES.
>> BECKNER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  YES.
>> MILLER.
>>LOUIS MILLER:  YES.
>> SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE:  YES.
>> MULHERN.
>>MARY MULHERN:  YES.
>> CAETANO.
>>JOSEPH CAETANO:  YES.
>> FERLITA.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  YES.
>> WAINIO.
>>RICHARD WAINIO:  YES.
>> AND WAGGONER.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  YES.
>> THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
WALLY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.
>>WALLY BLAIN:  THANK YOU.
>>RECORDING SECRETARY:  MOTION CARRIED [INDISCERNIBLE CROSS 
TALK]
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OUR SECOND ACTION ITEM IS USF AREA 
MULTIMODAL DISTRICT STUDY.
GENA TORRES IS GOING TO PRESENT THAT.
GOOD MORNING, GENA.
>>GENA TORRES:  GOOD MORNING.
I'M GENA TORRES, AND I AM WITH THE MPO STAFF, AND I JUST 
WANT TO CATCH YOU UP-TO-DATE ON A STUDY THAT WE'RE JUST 
FINALIZING NOW, "WE" BEING THE MPO STAFF AND ALSO PLANNING 
AND GROWTH MANAGEMENT.
NED BAIER WAS MY CO-PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS, AND WE WERE 
LOOKING AT THE USF AREA TO SEE IF WE COULD FOCUS THE 
MOBILITY OPTIONS, THE TREATMENTS THAT COULD BE DONE IN THAT 
AREA THAT WOULD HELP PEOPLE ACTUALLY WALK AND BICYCLE AND 
GET TO TRANSIT AND USE TRANSIT BETTER THAN PRIMARILY JUST 
FOCUSING ON ROADWAYS, AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN DEVELOPMENT WANTS 
TO COME IN THERE -- AND ACTUALLY DID -- THERE WAS A FEW 
CASES WHERE DEVELOPMENT WANTED TO COME IN THERE -- THE 
IMPACTS THAT THEY WERE PLACING ON THE ROADWAYS, SUCH AS 
FLETCHER AVENUE, THESE ROADWAYS WERE ALREADY CONSTRAINED 
AND THEY WERE ALREADY FAILING, SO THIS MULTIMODAL DISTRICT 
WOULD GIVE THEM OPTIONS, PERHAPS, THAT THEY COULD HELP 
PEOPLE MOVE AROUND IN A DIFFERENT WAY BESIDES HAVING TO 
WIDEN OUR ROADWAYS, AND REALLY, DOES USF WANT FLETCHER 
AVENUE TO BE EIGHT LANES OR WIDER?
I DON'T THINK SO.
WHAT WE DID IS USE -- THE D.O.T. HAS A HANDBOOK THAT REALLY 
GUIDES HOW TO DECIDE WHETHER AN AREA WOULD BE A GOOD 
MULTIMODAL DISTRICT, SO WE FOCUSED ON THE COUNTY'S SECTION, 
WE DIDN'T GO DOWN INTO THE CITY.
THIS WAS FOR THE, YOU KNOW, POTENTIAL COUNTY COMPREHENSIVE 
PLAN, SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE STAYED IN THAT AREA, AND 
IT'S REALLY A PRIME AREA.
LOTS OF PEOPLE LIVE THERE AND LOTS OF PEOPLE WORK THERE, SO 
IT ALREADY SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO HAVE 
THIS KIND OF DISTRICT.
THE GUIDEBOOK, THE HANDBOOK ASKS THAT WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT 
THINGS, AND THERE'S PLENTY OF ACTIVITY CENTERS, LOTS OF 
PARKS, AND HOSPITALS, AND JUST PLACES THAT PEOPLE WOULD 
WANT TO ACCESS, JUST EVEN LIVING AND WORKING AND DOING 
BUSINESS IN THAT AREA.
THE EXISTING LAND USES WERE CERTAINLY PLENTIFUL, PLENTIFUL 
ENOUGH THAT THOSE TRIPS MAKE SENSE.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT EMPLOYMENT DENSITY, THE HANDBOOK 
RECOMMENDS 40 EMPLOYEES PER ACRE.
AS A WHOLE, THE DISTRICT DIDN'T REALLY MEET THAT 
REQUIREMENT OR THAT RECOMMENDED TARGET, BUT ALTHOUGH ON 
30th STREET IT WAS LIKE 60 EMPLOYEES PER ACRE, SO THERE'S 
PLACES AND POCKETS IN HERE THAT WERE REALLY GOOD, MAYBE 
FUTURE, YOU KNOW, INFILL COULD BE CONSIDERED ON THE WESTERN 
PORTION OF THIS BOUNDARY.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
PLENTY OF PEOPLE LIVING THERE, WAY BEYOND WHAT'S 
RECOMMENDED IN THE HANDBOOK.
THERE ARE 24 UNITS PER ACRE IN THIS AREA, SO IT'S 
DEFINITELY PLENTY OF PEOPLE.
THE IMPORTANCE OF STREET CONNECTIVITY IS IDENTIFIED IN THE 
HANDBOOK BECAUSE IF YOU -- IMAGINE TAKING A BICYCLING OR 
WALKING TRIP OR TRYING TO GET TO A TRANSIT STOP AND A YOUR 
STREET COMES TO A DEAD END OR THERE'S JUST NOT 
CONNECTIVITY, YOU HAVE TO GET YOURSELF OUT ON TO ANOTHER 
ROADWAY TO MOVE AROUND, SO IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT WE LOOKED 
AT THIS CRITERIA, AND THERE ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO BE 
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE, EVEN IF IT'S A TRAIL THROUGH A 
DEAD-END STREET.
IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE FOR VEHICLE MOVEMENT, BUT 
FOR BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO MAKE 
SURE THERE'S SOME CONNECTIONS THERE.
THE LAST THING -- NOT THE LAST THING, BUT WE ALSO MADE SURE 
THAT THERE WERE PLENTY OF FACILITIES ALREADY IN PLACE TO 
WORK OFF OF, SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS WHERE THE EXISTING BIKE 
LANES AND SIDEWALKS AND WHERE THE TRANSIT ROUTES ARE, SO 
THERE WAS DEFINITELY SOME THINGS GOING ON IN THE AREA, BUT 
WHEN YOU APPLY THE BIKE -- THE LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR TRANSIT 
AND BICYCLING AND WALKING, THERE'S SURELY PLACES FOR 
IMPROVEMENT OF THOSE MODES, SO THE ANALYSIS INCLUDED THE 
LEVELS OF SERVICE.
AFTER WE KIND OF DID THIS FIRST PORTION OF THE STUDY TO 
DECIDE IF IT MADE SENSE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HAVING A 
MULTIMODAL DISTRICT, WE WENT TO THE PUBLIC OUT THERE, AND 
JUST A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT OF STUDENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND 
EMPLOYERS EVEN.
WE HAD FOLKS THERE AND JUST RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.
JUST A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT FOR THE WORKSHOP, AND EVERYONE 
SEEMED VERY -- VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE IDEA OF MOVING AHEAD 
OF LOOKED AT THIS AS A MULTIMODAL DISTRICT FOR BICYCLING, 
WALKING, AND TRANSIT, SO AFTER THIS FIRST PUBLIC WORKSHOP, 
THE PROJECT TEAM STARTED PULLING TOGETHER VERY SPECIFIC 
PROJECTS.
WE COULD USE A SIDEWALK FROM HERE TO HERE, WE NEED TO FILL 
A GAP ON A BIKE LANE FROM, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN THINGS, AND 
TRANSIT, SO WE BEGAN TO CREATE A LIST OF NEEDED PROJECTS, A 
PROGRAM OF IMPROVEMENTS, AND ONCE WE DID THAT AND WE 
ASSIGNED SOME COSTS TO THOSE, WE HAD ANOTHER PUBLIC 
HEARING -- PUBLIC WORKSHOP I SHOULD SAY, AND AT THAT ONE -- 
THESE WERE HUGE BOARDS -- WE HAD PEOPLE JUST WRITE ALL OVER 
THESE MAPS.
THIS WAS -- WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE SHOWED WHAT ROADWAY 
PROJECTS WERE PART OF THE -- GOING ON IN THIS AREA, AND I 
WOULD BE REMISS NOT TO SAY THAT THE STAKEHOLDER TEAM THAT 
WE HAD ALSO INCLUDED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND TEMPLE 
TERRACE AND STAFF FROM THE CITY OF TAMPA, EVEN THOUGH THIS 
WASN'T A CITY OF TAMPA PROJECT.
WE HAD JUST A REALLY GREAT TURNOUT OF LOCAL AGENCIES AND 
EMPLOYERS WHO COULD TELL US WHAT THEY WERE DOING IN THEIR 
WORK PROGRAMS, SO WE REALLY WERE INCLUDING EVERYONE'S 
EFFORTS.
AND AGAIN, WE JUST HAD THESE BOARDS AROUND THE ROOM.
THE STUDENTS WERE VERY, VERY -- THEY GAVE US A LOT OF 
INFORMATION.
THEY HAD PICTURES THEY TOOK OF THEIR -- OF THEIR BIKE ROUTE 
OR WHERE THEY WERE WALKING, OF -- ALONG FLETCHER AND HOW 
DIFFICULT IT WAS.
THEY WERE VERY ACTIVE IN GIVING US INPUT.
SO AFTER THAT MEETING, WE REALLY FINALIZED THIS LIST OF 
IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE THOUGHT THAT WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE 
ANALYZED IT, THAT IF THOSE WERE BUILT, THEY COULD GET THAT 
AREA UP TO A LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR BICYCLING AND WALKING AND 
TRANSIT IF THOSE STANDARDS ARE SET FOR THAT AREA, WHICH IS 
KIND OF WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
THE HANDBOOK RECOMMENDS DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SERVICE AND 
WHAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND WHAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR 
WALKING, AND SO WE -- THAT'LL BE A SLIDE IN A SECOND.
YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD RECOMMENDED SOME LEVELS OF SERVICE 
TARGETS TO TRY TO REACH.
THESE ARE THE -- YOU'VE GOT THIS STUFF IN YOUR PACKET.
THE SPREADSHEET'S A LITTLE EASIER SOMETIMES FOR ME TO SEE, 
BUT ANYWAY, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT MAPS SHOWING WHERE WE'D 
LIKE TO SEE AND WHERE THESE THINGS -- THESE FACILITIES ARE 
NEEDED FOR TRANSIT, FOR WALKING, FOR CYCLING, AND HOW TO 
MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS.
THIS WAS THE RECOMMENDED LEVEL-OF-SERVICE LEVELS THAT WE 
WOULD HOPE TO -- THAT THAT AREA WOULD REACH WHEN ALL THESE 
PROJECTS -- OR THE PLANNING PERIOD IS COMPLETED, AND THIS -
- THESE ARE VERY REASONABLE OR -- I THINK THESE PERFORMANCE 
TARGETS REALLY KIND OF EXPLAIN WHY WE EVEN DID THIS.
WE WOULD LOVE -- LIKE TO SEE 80% OF THESE MAJOR ROADS HAVE 
BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES THAT ARE A LEVEL OF 
SERVICE "C" OR BETTER, AND THEN WE HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS 
THAT, IF THOSE WERE DONE, WOULD REACH THAT GOAL.
ALSO HERE, THIS IS THE TRANSIT STOPS THAT PEDESTRIANS WOULD 
HAVE AT LEAST A LEVEL OF SERVICE "C" OR BETTER WITHIN A 
QUARTER OF A MILE OF TRANSIT STOPS, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE THE 
LIST OF PROJECTS THAT, IF DONE, THAT WOULD REACH THAT 
TARGET.
AND LASTLY, THAT PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING THERE WOULD BE 
WITHIN A HALF A MILE OF TRANSIT THAT IS AT A LEVEL OF 
SERVICE "D" OR BETTER, AND THERE'S DIFFERENT ROUTES THAT WE 
IDENTIFIED THAT WE WOULD HELP REACH THAT.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
ACTUALLY, THE MPO'S PORTION OF THIS IS KIND OF REALLY 
WRAPPING UP, AND WHEN IT COMES TO IMPLEMENTATION, IT'LL BE 
THE COUNTY THAT CAN TAKE IT AND MOVE IT FORWARD IN THE 
FUTURE AS THEY CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN AMENDMENT AND 
DESIGNATE THE DISTRICT.
WE HOPE TO SEE THAT DESIGNATED AS A MULTIMODAL DISTRICT, 
AND NOW WHAT WE'VE HAD AT LEAST IN PLACE, THEN, WILL BE 
THIS LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT DEVELOPERS AND EVEN THE 
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS CAN LOOK TO AS BEING REALLY 
IMPORTANT TO BEING ABLE TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND WITHOUT 
NECESSARILY DRIVING THEIR CAR.
SO THE PRESENTATION HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO ALL THE 
COMMITTEES.
THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE.
NED MENTIONED IT WAS CONSISTENT WITH THE LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN, SO IT'S BEEN A FUN STUDY, AND I HOPE 
THAT YOU WOULD APPROVE THE LIST OF IMPROVEMENTS IDENTIFIED 
AND THE COUNTY CAN MOVE THOSE FORWARD.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  COLLEAGUES, ANY QUESTIONS?
COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE:  GENA, NOT SO MUCH A -- AND THANK YOU, MADAM 
CHAIRMAN.
NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION BUT AS A -- ALAN SNEL FORWARDED ME A 
"USA TODAY" PIECE WHICH I GOT YESTERDAY.
USA TODAY RANKED FLORIDA THE DEADLIEST STATE FOR 
PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS.
AND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET THE DEADLIEST STATE RANKING ONE 
WEEK AND THEN FORBES THE WORST FOR COMMUTERS A COUPLE WEEKS 
EARLIER, IT'S ALL POINTING TOWARDS A CHALLENGE.
SOMEONE SAID, WELL, WE HAVE NO PLACE TO GO BUT UP, BUT I 
APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY 
ESSENTIAL, AND IT ALL COMES TOGETHER.
I APPRECIATE -- NOW, YOU'RE WORKING WITH THE -- THE FOLKS 
THAT ARE PUTTING TOGETHER THE REFERENDUM AS WELL?
>>GENA TORRES:  YES, I HAVE, AND THEY'VE BEEN -- AT LEAST 
THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE MPO QUITE A BIT.
>>MARK SHARPE:  OKAY.
BECAUSE IT ALL INTERCONNECTS, AND I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT 
YOU'RE DOING.
>>GENA TORRES:  SURE DOES.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ANYTHING ELSE?
>>MARK SHARPE:  AND I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  I THINK MS. MULHERN HAS A QUESTION.
>>MARY MULHERN:  I HAD ONE QUESTION.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  GO AHEAD.
>>MARY MULHERN:  GENA, I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP THAT SHOWS 
ALL THE TRANSIT, INCLUDING THE FUTURE RAIL PLAN, AND 
THERE'S THINGS NAMED HERE THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE 
NAMES, SO I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD TELL ME IF -- IS 
THIS LIKE FUTURE -- I KNOW THE RAIL PART IS FUTURE, BUT 
METRO RAPID, IS THAT WHAT WE CALL ONE OF OUR -- IS THAT 
GOING TO BE THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT?
>>GENA TORRES:  YES.
>>MARY MULHERN:  THAT'S WHAT METRO RAPID IS.
OKAY.
WHEN YOU SAY IMPROVED LOCAL BUS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, JUST 
MORE -- MORE ROUTES?
>>GENA TORRES:  I'M SURE IT'S HEADWAYS -- INCREASED 
HEADWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY -- ROUTES THAT ARE ALREADY 
EXISTING.
>>MARY MULHERN:  OKAY.
SO THAT METRO RAPID IS THE BUS RAPID TRANSIT.
AND THEN I'M JUST A LITTLE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS, AND SINCE -- 
I'VE BEEN WATCHING AND COMMENTING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THE 
EVOLUTION OF OUR HOPEFUL REFERENDUM FOR RAIL, AND HERE IT'S 
REFERRED TO AS SHORT-DISTANCE RAIL.
WHERE DID THAT NAME COME FROM, AND IT SOUNDS A LITTLE 
UNFORTUNATE TO ME TO CALL OUR LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM SHORT-
DISTANCE RAIL, WESTSHORE TO USF.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MR. CHIARAMONTE, I THOUGHT YOU MAY WANT TO 
WEIGH IN.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  THAT COMES FROM THE TBARTA MASTER PLAN 
BECAUSE THAT PLAN COVERED COMMUTER RAIL WHICH WAS 
CONSIDERED MORE LONG-DISTANCE RAIL, AND IT'S JUST ANOTHER 
WAY OF SAYING LIGHT RAIL.
>>MARY MULHERN:  YEAH.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT ADVERTISING AND EDUCATION AND 
BRANDING, AND SHORT-DISTANCE RAIL, I THINK, IS BAD.
WE NEED TO CALL IT -- JUST CALL IT LIGHT RAIL --
>>GENA TORRES:  I'LL CHANGE IT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  -- OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT'S ALL.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
>>MARY MULHERN:  I'M THRILLED THAT YOU'RE DOING THIS, AND, 
YOU KNOW, WE GET ANOTHER STUDY EVERY WEEK OR EVERY DAY 
ABOUT HOW BAD THINGS ARE FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLISTS 
HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  GENA, JUST -- NED, DID YOU WANT TO SAY 
SOMETHING BEFORE WE GO ON?
GO AHEAD.
>>NED BAIER:  I JUST WANTED TO REINFORCE THAT.
THE PROJECT REALLY IS SHIFTING NOW FROM THE MPO TO 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY WHICH REALLY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR 
THE IMPLEMENTATION, AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO GO 
THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS WHICH IS 
ALSO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN ALSO A LAND 
DEVELOPMENT CODE PROCESS BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A DIFFERENT 
WAY OF DOING BUSINESS FOR THE COUNTY'S LAND DEVELOPMENT 
APPROVAL PROCESS, AND IT'S -- IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT 
THING.
IT'S GOING TO TAKE PROBABLY THE REMAINING PART OF THIS YEAR 
AND INTO NEXT YEAR, BUT AT THE END OF THIS, AGAIN, WE HOPE 
THAT MONIES COLLECTED IN OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT PROCESS CAN 
BE USED NOT JUST FOR ROADWAY CAPACITIES, BUT THEY CAN 
ACTUALLY BE USED FOR THE MULTIMODAL TYPE OF PROJECTS.
I WANT TO REALLY THANK THE MPO BOARD AND THE MPO STAFF FOR 
MAKING THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE WITH THIS.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY GOOD JOINT PROJECT, SO THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, NED.
BEFORE WE TAKE THAT VOTE, I JUST AGAIN WANT TO SAY I ALWAYS 
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS, AND I'LL KEEP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF 
ANY OPPORTUNITY TO COMPLIMENT YOU, GENA.
BOTH PROFESSIONALLY AND PERSONALLY, I MEAN, FROM MY DAYS 
BACK IN SOUTHEAST SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, YOU HAVE BEEN 
ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO PEDESTRIAN ISSUES -- ISSUES AND 
BICYCLE ISSUES AND STUFF, AND IT SHOWS IN WHAT YOU'VE 
PRESENTED TO US, SO I APPRECIATE THAT.
>>GENA TORRES:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THAT BEING SAID, WE HAVE A MOTION BY 
COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
I NEED A SECOND --
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  SECOND.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  -- TO CONCUR.
COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
OKAY AND THE THIRD ACTION ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED BY 
DAVID ARMIJO, HART RAIL STUDY AND FUNDING REQUEST.
YOU COULD SAY THIS BLINDFOLDED, COULDN'T YOU DAVID.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  OH, YOU NEVER KNOW.
I MAY THROW A SURPRISE IN HERE.
LET'S SEE.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.
DAVID ARMIJO, CEO FOR HART, FOR THE RECORD.
GREAT DAY.
IT WAS SUNNY A MINUTE AGO ALMOST, AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO 
RAIN AGAIN, SO I GUESS WE'RE GOING TO GET THIS ALL DAY.
I'LL BE BRIEF.
I JUST WANT TO TALK ABOUT THREE KEY ELEMENTS IN THIS 
PRESENTATION, JUST VERY BRIEF UPDATE ON WHERE WE ARE ON THE 
ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS, AND WE ARE, IN FACT, COMING INTO THE 
FINAL LEG.
WE'RE ABOUT 90 DAYS AWAY FROM WHAT WE HOPE WILL BE THE 
COMPLETION OF THAT PROJECT.
WHAT IS, IN FACT, THE NEXT STEP, WHICH IS REALLY WHAT I'M 
TALKING ABOUT, WHICH IS THE NEXT STEP IN THAT LONG PROCESS 
IS THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING AND EXPANDING ON THE 
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE.
WE ANTICIPATE THAT COULD TAKE US UP TO THREE YEARS, AND 
I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, WHAT THAT EFFORT IS, AND 
MOST IMPORTANTLY HOW DO YOU PROCEED WITH THESE TYPE OF 
EFFORTS.
THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME FORM OF FUNDING, AND SO I WANT TO 
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE FUNDING STRATEGY, AND BY THE 
END OF MY PRESENTATION, ALTHOUGH I DID BRING THIS TO THE 
POLICY BOARD, I AM GOING TO ASK FOR SOME SUPPORT OF THE 
STRATEGY FROM THIS BODY.
THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS STUDY WHICH HAS ITS GENESIS DATING 
BACK INTO THE 1990s HAS BEEN MOVING FORWARD IN THIS 
COMMUNITY.
WE'VE NOW NARROWED IT DOWN TO A STUDY IN TWO SPECIFIC 
CORRIDORS, AND THOSE CORRIDORS, FOR THE RECORD, IS THE 
AREA -- IN FACT, I'LL SHOW YOU THAT -- FROM NORTHEAST 
DOWNTOWN TAMPA TO THE NORTH OF USF, AND ON THE WEST SIDE 
THE DOWNTOWN AREA TO WESTSHORE, AND IN FACT, A LITTLE 
JUNKET TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE AIRPORT.
THIS IS WHAT THE STUDY AREA LOOKS LIKE, AND WHAT YOU SEE ON 
THIS ARE SOME OF THE ALIGNMENTS THAT ARE STILL BEING 
STUDIED.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE STARTED IN WHAT WAS 
REFERRED TO AS THE TAMPA RAIL PROJECT, AND WHAT THAT 
PROJECT DID IS IDENTIFIED ABOUT 20 MILES.
IT BASICALLY PUT MOST OF THE RAIL ON THE CSX ALIGNMENT.
THAT ALIGNMENT IS STILL UNDER STUDY, BUT SINCE THEN WE'VE 
GONE THROUGH VARIOUS PHASES -- WE'RE NOW IN OUR THIRD 
PHASE.
FIRST PHASE EXPAND EVERYTHING UP.
WE HAD AS MANY AS 30 DIFFERENT IDEAS AND SEGMENTS AND 
ALIGNMENTS.
THE SECOND PHASE WE NARROWED THAT DOWN TO ABOUT SIX.
AS WE GO INTO THIS FINAL PHASE, WE'RE GOING TO NARROW IT 
DOWN TO A FINAL DECISION OF AN ALIGNMENT.
SO AS WE COME TO THAT DECISION, AND WE HOPE TO DO THAT IN 
THE NEXT 60 TO 90 DAYS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WELL, SPECIFICALLY DECIDING ON WHAT IS THE LOCALLY 
PREFERRED ALIGNMENT, WHAT IS THE PART OF THE PROJECT THAT 
WOULD GO FORWARD FOR FURTHER STUDY AND FURTHER WORK, AND 
SPECIFICALLY LOOKING AT WHAT WOULD THE TECHNOLOGY BE.
WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT SHORT RAIL, LIGHT RAIL, WHAT 
TECHNOLOGY WOULD THAT BE.
WHAT WAS -- WHAT EXACTLY WILL BE THE ALIGNMENT, WHAT'S THE 
TERMINUS POINT?
IF IT'S USF TO DOWNTOWN, SPECIFICALLY WHERE IS IT?
IS IT ON FLORIDA, IS IT ON CSX, IS IT ON NEBRASKA?
HOW'S THAT GOING TO WORK?
WHAT IS THE OPERATING PLAN FOR SUCH A PROGRAM?
THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, WHO WE WOULD LIKE TO BE 
OUR PARTNER IN THIS PROJECT, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL PICK UP 
AS MUCH AS HALF THE COST, REQUIRES US TO HAVE A COST 
ESTIMATE, WHAT WOULD IT COST TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THAT 
SYSTEM FOR 20 YEARS BASED ON A STARTING POINT THAT MIGHT BE 
SIX YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
THIS IS THE SCHEDULE THAT WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE NOW IN THE THIRD ROUND.
WE'RE IN THE MARCH TO MAY PERIOD.
THIS IS THE POINT WHERE THE TRAVEL MODELING WORK STARTS TO 
COME IN.
I'M SURE WE'LL BE READING AS WE DO OUR OUTREACH IN THE 
PAPERS HOW MUCH THE RIDERSHIP IS, WHAT THE COST IS GOING TO 
BE.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DIALOGUE SO FAR.
THERE'S GOING TO BE EVEN MORE DIALOGUE AS THIS NEXT PHASE 
GOES FORWARD.
AND THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC OUTREACH PHASE IN MAY FOR ONE LAST 
EFFORT TO GET OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TALK ABOUT WHAT THE 
PLAN'S GOING TO BE.
THERE WOULD BE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD COME BEFORE 
THE -- THE HART BOARD IN JUNE, AND I BELIEVE OUR FINAL 
CLOSURE OF THIS PROJECT WOULD COME BACK TO THE MPO BOARD 
SOMETIME IN THE SUMMER, AND THEN WE WOULD BEGIN TO WORK 
WITH OUR FEDERAL TRANSIT FOLKS.
NOW, WHAT ARE THE POST-EFFORTS FOR THE NEXT STEP?
AND I'LL SHOW THAT IN A MOMENT, WHICH IS PRELIMINARY 
ENGINEERING.
WELL, ONCE WE'RE DONE AND ONCE WE'RE SUBMITTED, AND 
ALTHOUGH WE'VE HAD MANY DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PARTNERS AT 
THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, THERE'S STILL GOING TO 
BE A PROCESS OF GETTING THEIR SIGN-OFF AND THEIR AGREEMENT 
THAT THE MODELING AND WORK THAT WE'VE DONE IN FACT MEETS 
ALL THE GUIDELINES THAT THEY'VE GIVEN US.
THAT ALSO MIGHT REQUIRE SOME CHANGES.
AS YOU DO WITH ANY KIND OF EDITORIAL PROCESS, THERE MAY BE 
SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO GO BACK AND TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT, 
SO WE'RE CERTAINLY LOOK THROUGH THAT.
ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WANT FROM THE FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION THIS YEAR IS A RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR 
EVALUATION SO WE CAN PROCEED INTO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT FOR THIS REGION?
WELL, IF WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING, WE WANT 
SOMETHING TO HAPPEN, WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT RATING.
WE HAVE TO MOVE TO THE NEXT STEP BECAUSE THAT'S THE STEP 
BEFORE WE MOVE TO A FULL FUNDING GRANT AGREEMENT, SO IF 
WE'RE SEEKING FEDERAL FUNDS, THAT'S WHAT THE PROCESS IS 
GOING TO REQUIRE, BUT MOSTLY IMPORTANT IS DETERMINING WHAT 
THE CORRIDOR IS, WHAT THE LOCALLY PREFERRED STRATEGY'S 
GOING TO BE FOR THIS YEAR SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT INTO 
LONG-RANGE FUNDING PLANS THAT THE FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION WILL BE WORKING ON, WHICH IS THE NEXT ICE-T 
TYPE OF LEGISLATION THAT WOULD BE COMING FORWARD.
AGAIN, SOME OF THAT INCLUDES -- THIS KIND OF GETS INTO THE 
WEEDS -- WHERE THE RAIL FACILITIES ARE GOING TO BE, WHAT 
ARE THE TRAINS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, IF IT'S, IN FACT, GOING 
TO BE TRAINS, WHAT ARE THE SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND SO ON.
ALL THE FUNDING PACKAGES, WHAT WERE THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE 
LOCAL STAKEHOLDER GROUPS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
THIS NEXT EFFORT, WE'RE ESTIMATING ABOUT THREE YEARS, IT 
COULD TAKE AS MUCH AS FIVE YEARS.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON RESOURCES, HOW AGGRESSIVE WE GO 
FORWARD WITH THE PROCESS.
TO DO THAT ALSO INVOLVES MONEY.
WE'RE ESTIMATING BETWEEN $30- AND $50 MILLION.
HOW DO WE GET THAT KIND OF MONEY?
I PUT DOWN ON THE ASTERISK HERE A 13-MILE PROJECT.
THAT'S ASSUMING WE WOULD DO THE USF-MOFFITT AREA TO 
DOWNTOWN.
IF THE PROJECT IS LARGER, IF WE DECIDE TO LINK THE TWO 
CORRIDORS FROM THE USF AREA ALL THE WAY TO WESTSHORE, 
THAT'S GOING TO ADD ANOTHER FIVE MILES, FOUR TO FIVE MILES, 
AND THAT'S GOING TO RAISE THE COST OF THE PROJECT AND WOULD 
REQUIRE MORE ENGINEERING EVALUATION.
THIS IS, IN FACT, THE SYSTEM THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP END OF IT, WE'VE BEEN IN THE SYSTEM 
PLANNING ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS STAGE ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
WE'RE NOW TRYING TO MOVE OUR WAY DOWN TO THAT FTA DECISION 
ON ENTRY INTO PE.
ONCE WE GET THERE WE MOVE INTO THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
NOW, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROJECT IN JUNE OF LAST YEAR, 
THERE WAS ABOUT 90 OTHER TRANSIT SYSTEMS AROUND THE COUNTRY 
WORKING ON SIMILAR TYPE PROJECTS.
THAT IS NOW UP TO 107 AS OF THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.
MOVING INTO PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING MOVES US TO ABOUT 10 TO 
12 PROJECTS IN THE UNITED STATES, SO IT'S A HUGE MOVEMENT 
TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND THAT'S WHAT IT'S GOING TO 
TAKE.
THE NEXT STEP AFTER THAT IS FINAL DESIGN.
ONCE WE GET THROUGH THIS NEXT STEP, WHICH WILL BE LENGTHY 
AND CHALLENGING, THE FINAL STEP WILL BE MUCH MORE QUICK AS 
WE BEGIN TO MOVE INTO AN ACTUAL PROJECT THAT WOULD BE -- 
THAT WOULD GO TO CONSTRUCTION, AND AS YOU CAN SEE AT THE 
VERY BOTTOM IS REVENUE OPERATIONS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE 
REALLY WANT TO END UP BEING.
SO HOW DO WE GET THERE?
HOW DO WE GET TO AT LEAST $30 MILLION IF WE GO ON THE LOW 
END OF THE SPECTRUM?
CURRENTLY WE HAVE BEGUN TO GET SOME FEDERAL FUNDING FROM 
OUR DELEGATION.
SENATOR NELSON HELPED US OUT BY GIVING US AN EARMARK OF 
$1.65 MILLION.
THE HART BOARD STEPPED UP TO THE PLATE AND MATCHED THAT.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FDOT TO DO THE SAME.
WITH THAT IN PLACE, OUR GOAL THIS YEAR FOR 2010 IS TO GET 
ABOUT $5 MILLION.
THEN IN 2011 STEP THAT UP TO ABOUT $9- TO $12 MILLION, SO 
WE START MOVING TOWARDS THAT 30 MILLION.
HAVING A MULTIYEAR APPROACH WITH SEVERAL FUNDING PARTNERS 
WOULD HELP IN THAT -- IN THAT PROCESS.
NOW, SO FAR, IN TALKING WITH THE STATE, BECAUSE THE STATE 
HAS ITS OWN CHALLENGES, THEY'VE MADE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS 
AND THEY'VE ASKED US TO LOOK AT TRIP FUNDING BECAUSE THAT'S 
A PROCESS WE COULD GET MULTIPLE YEARS.
HART HAPPENS TO HAVE SOME MONEY ALREADY IN PLACE.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE STATE TO HELP US DO A SWAP ON THAT, 
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN MATCH THAT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WE'VE GOT 800,000.
IF THEY CAN DOUBLE THAT UP, GET TO THE 1.6 THAT WE'RE 
LOOKING FOR, THEN WE'LL GET TO THE FIVE MILLION THAT WE 
NEED THIS YEAR.
THIS IS THE PROCESS THAT THAT'S GOING TO REQUIRE, WHICH 
MEANS REALLOCATING THE FUNDS AND ACTUALLY ALLOWING US TO GO 
INTO PE FOR THOSE FUNDS AND GO FORWARD.
NOW, I'VE PUT A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT OUT OF SEQUENCE, BUT I'M GOING TO GO 
INTO MY CLOSURE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED AS WE STARTED DOWN THIS 
PROCESS IS THE GAME CHANGED.
AS WE LOOK AT THE PROJECTS, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO BE COST-
EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT.
THAT HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE FEDERAL TRANSIT 
ADMINISTRATION SINCE 2005.
A COUPLE -- ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES FOR 
THE FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION WERE -- WERE RECALLED, 
AND ACTUALLY SECRETARY LAHOOD FOR TRANSPORTATION ISSUED A 
NEW LETTER AND PULLED BACK THE LETTER OF 2005, AND 
ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY'RE NOW RECOMMENDING AS A PRIORITY IS 
SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND LIVABLE COMMUNITIES AND LAND 
USE, SO LAND USE IS GOING TO BE VERY CRITICAL.
THIS BODY, THE MPO, WORKING WITH THE LOCAL PLANNING 
COMMISSION, IS GOING TO BE VERY, VERY CRITICAL, AND SOME OF 
THE PRESENTATIONS YOU ALREADY SAW EARLIER TODAY, THOSE 
DISCUSSIONS OF HOW WE PLAN FOR THE FUTURE FOR TRANSIT WITH 
HOW MUCH FREQUENCY OF SERVICES, HOW WE WORK WITH THE LAND 
USE IS GOING TO BE A VERY CRITICAL PART OF WHETHER OR NOT 
WE GET FUNDING FOR THE FUTURE.
THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING ABOUT LOOKING AT THE ZONING, THE 
KIND OF STATION AREA PLANS.
THIS IS ALL OF THE WORK THAT HART WOULD BE INVOLVED IN IN 
THE NEXT STEP AND PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, SO WORKING 
CLOSELY WITH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IS GOING TO 
CRITICAL TO THIS PROJECT OR THERE'S NO WAY TO GO FORWARD.
FINALLY, AS WE MOVE FORWARD, I BELIEVE THIS STRATEGY OF 
WORKING WITH THE THREE MAJOR PLAYERS OF THE FEDERAL 
GOVERNMENT, THE STATE, AND THE LOCAL IS GOING TO BE 
CRITICAL.
I KNOW I'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH MR. CHIARAMONTE 
ABOUT HOW WE CAN PARTICIPATE.
I KNOW RAY'S LOOKING AT OPPORTUNITIES IN OUR FUNDING AND 
PLANNING GRANTS AND HOW WE CAN SHARE THAT WEALTH AND THAT 
TIME TOGETHER.
THE REALITY IS THERE'S MORE WORK TO BE DONE EVEN BEYOND THE 
MONEY.
IT'S JUST A QUESTION OF EVEN HAVING THE STAFF TO DO ALL 
THIS, SO I THINK THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT RAY AND I HAVE 
OPENED SOME UP.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER TO BE ABLE TO PULL 
THIS THING OFF.
LET ME GO TO THE FINAL.
SO THE FINAL POINT HERE WOULD BE THAT WE DO ANTICIPATE THE 
PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING, THE FTA APPROVALS THIS YEAR.
OUR GOAL IS TO MOVE INTO THE NEXT STEP IN THE PROJECT.
I MENTIONED THE -- THE MONEY FOR THE SUPPORT OF HART.
WHAT I WOULD ASK THIS BOARD AS -- JUST AS A SUPPORT TO THIS 
CONCEPT IS JUST A GENERAL SUPPORT OF THAT WE'RE ON THE 
RIGHT TRACK.
I KNOW I WENT BEFORE THE POLICY COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER FERLITA HAD MENTIONED WHERE WE'RE GOING, BUT I 
THINK AT THIS POINT IN TIME, GIVEN THE POLITICAL PROCESS 
THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW AND KNOWING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE 
GOING AND SUBMITTING APPLICATIONS AND PROCESSES TO THE 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO KNOW 
THAT THIS MPO BODY IS IN SUPPORT OR BELIEVES WE'RE ON THE 
RIGHT TRACK.
I'M CERTAINLY AM OPEN TO ANY COMMENTS OR SUGGESTIONS YOU 
MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, DAVID.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ARMIJO?
MARY, GO AHEAD.
>>MARY MULHERN:  GREAT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
IT'S CHANGED SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS PAYING CLOSE 
ATTENTION, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT AGO.
I HAD A COUPLE THOUGHTS.
AS YOU MENTIONED THE ALIGNMENT AND THE DIFFERENT 
POSSIBILITIES, AND ESPECIALLY WITH LAND USE AND TRANSIT-
ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT GIVING US A LEG UP, PERHAPS, IN THE 
FEDERAL FUNDING AND ALSO IN TRYING TO RAISE THE FUNDS, WE 
HAVE TWO MAJOR PROJECTS ALONG THE -- KIND OF 
NEBRASKA/FLORIDA CORRIDOR.
ONE IS THE HEIGHTS PROJECT, WHICH IS PRIVATE --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  CORRECT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  -- A PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, WHICH IS 
MULTIUSE BUT WILL CREATE A LOT OF DENSITY AND VERY -- YOU 
KNOW, WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO HEAR WE GOT THE FUNDING FOR THE 
ENCORE PROJECT, WHICH IS ALSO ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND WHICH 
ALSO IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HOUSING -- WITH HUD, SO I 
THINK THOSE ARE -- YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT WHERE TO 
ALIGN THAT, WHETHER TO PUT IT ON THE CSX TRACK OR PUT IT 
CLOSER TO THE ACTUAL CORRIDORS, ROAD CORRIDORS AND COMMUTER 
CORRIDORS, I REALLY THINK THAT THE INFILL AND THE 
DEVELOPMENT THAT IS ON THE BOARDS AND IS PROBABLY GOING TO 
BE HAPPENING IS CLOSER TO THE ROADWAYS, NEBRASKA AND 
FLORIDA, SO I HOPE WE'RE GOING TO GO IN THAT DIRECTION, AND 
I'VE BEEN SAYING THAT ALL ALONG, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME 
I'VE HEARD THAT THAT IS BECOMING A POSSIBILITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING I -- I WANTED TO SAY IS THAT I -- 
I REALLY THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT WHICHEVER PART GOES FIRST, I 
THINK -- YOU SAID THAT IT'S PRETTY MUCH DECIDED THAT IT'S 
GOING TO BE THE USF TO DOWNTOWN LEG OR YOU'RE --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  NO.
WE'LL BE GIVING A RATING TO THAT PROCESS, AND WE'LL BE 
WORKING WITH BOTH -- WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE PHASE OF PUBLIC 
INPUT AND OUTREACH, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE 
HART BOARD AND WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER GROUPS ON THAT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  YEAH.
WE NEED IT EVERYWHERE, SO IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT, BUT IF 
IT -- THE OTHER THING THAT STRUCK ME WAS THAT IT WAS LESS 
COSTLY TO DO THE DOWNTOWN TO WESTSHORE PART, AND I'VE ALSO 
FELT VERY STRONGLY ALL ALONG THAT EXTENDING THAT THE LITTLE 
BIT TO THE AIRPORT SO THAT WE HAVE THAT PART IS A 
CONSIDERATION WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT AGAIN SINCE IT'S 
NOT -- IT'S NOT A BIG PIECE TO ADD ON, AND IT IS -- WHETHER 
THAT COMES FIRST OR SECOND OR WHEREVER IT COMES IN THE 
ENTIRE RAIL PLAN, I WANT US TO KEEP LOOKING AT THAT, AND I 
THINK --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  GREAT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  -- THAT TO GO FROM DOWNTOWN TO THE AIRPORT 
IS HUGE.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WELL, THANK YOU.
>>MARY MULHERN:  GO TO WESTSHORE, YOU KNOW, GO SHOPPING, 
AND YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, GET FROM MEETING TO MEETING, BUT TO 
GET TO THE AIRPORT IS IMPORTANT.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  MARY SHAVALIER IS OUR PRIMARY PROJECT 
PERSON ON THIS, AND SHE HAS BEEN VERY HAPPY TO SEE THE 
ENCORE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS AND HEIGHTS, AND WE'VE PUT ALL 
THAT INTO THIS, AND THAT REALLY WILL HELP THIS PROJECT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  GOOD.
OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COLLEAGUES?
MR. SHARPE.
>>MARK SHARPE:  MR. ARMIJO, WITH REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL 
ANALYSIS, CAN YOU -- CAN YOU -- TO DATE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE 
BY HART TO DETERMINE THE -- THE COSTS OF THE PROPOSED PLAN, 
WHICH CONSISTS OF THE -- LOOKING AT THE 75%?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  OH, GREAT.
WELL, THANK YOU.
IN FACT, IF I CAN KIND OF ROLL BACK TO THE TASK FORCE THAT 
COMMISSIONER HAGAN AND OTHERS HAVE PARTICIPATED ON AND LED, 
WE WORKED DILIGENTLY LAST YEAR TO WHAT WE CALLED AT THAT 
TIME THE HART RAPID TRANSIT INVESTMENT PLAN, AND WHAT THAT 
BASICALLY DID IN PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO THE TASK 
FORCE WAS TAKE WHERE WE GO OVER A TEN-YEAR PERIOD, THEN WE 
EXPANDED IT TO A 20-YEAR, THE LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION 
PLAN THAT THE MPO WAS UPDATING, AND WE TOOK IT OUT ANOTHER 
DECADE TO 30 YEARS, AND THEN FROM THERE WE ESSENTIALLY 
ASSUMED BASED ON RIDERSHIP, DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS, AND SO 
ON WHAT WOULD BE IN THE PACKAGE, HOW MUCH RAIL, HOW MUCH 
BUS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE THEN TOOK THAT OUT AND WE PRICED THAT WITH A NUMBER OF 
ASSUMPTIONS.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY 
STAFF, AND, IN FACT, WE EVEN HAD THE CITY OR ACTUALLY THE 
TRANSIT AGENCY OF SALT LAKE CITY TAKE A LOOK AT OUR 
NUMBERS.
OUR NUMBERS ARE A LITTLE MORE CONSERVATIVE THAN THE MPO 
NUMBERS AND OTHERS, AND WE'VE TAKEN A VERY CONSERVATIVE 
APPROACH TO THAT.
WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THOSE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN VETTED 
OUT VERY WELL OVER A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND THAT INCLUDES 
CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATING, AND WE'VE LAID THAT OUT, AND 
I'D CERTAINLY BE HAPPY TO COME BACK AT SOMETIME AND SHOW 
THAT PRESENTATION AS TO WHAT THOSE COSTS ARE TO THIS BODY.
>>MARK SHARPE:  ALL RIGHT.
IS THAT INFORMATION -- I WAS -- YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN ENGAGED 
IN A FEW DEBATES, AND SOME OF THE GENTLEMEN -- INDIVIDUALS 
I'VE SPOKEN AGAINST HAVE KIND OF MADE THE POINT THAT THERE 
IS NO FINANCIAL PLAN, THERE IS -- I MEAN, THERE'S NO 
ANALYSIS, THERE REALLY -- YOU KNOW, EVEN THE CORRIDOR, THE 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR, WHY DID THEY PICK THAT CORRIDOR, THEY 
REALLY DIDN'T -- NO CONSIDERATION TO HOW IT WAS SELECTED, 
AND I'M WONDERING, THE INFORMATION, HOW WOULD SOMEONE 
WATCHING THIS -- IF THEY WANTED TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE 
ANALYSIS TO DATE, HOW CAN THEY GET A COPY?
AND ARE YOU WORKING ON -- WHICH I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AT 
SOME POINT IF AN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE ANALYSIS SO THAT 
OTHERS -- SO THAT EVERYONE CAN SEE WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT 
WHEN YOU PUT THIS TOGETHER.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL SOURCES RIGHT NOW.
THE TASK FORCE STILL HAS, I BELIEVE, A WEB SITE LINK.
YOU CAN GO THERE AND SEE WHAT WAS, IN FACT, BROUGHT FORWARD 
TO THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS BACK IN SEPTEMBER-
OCTOBER TIME PERIOD, SO THAT -- THAT DOCUMENT EXISTS.
THE HART WEB SITE, WHICH IS GOHART.ORG, THERE IS THE LINK 
FOR THE ALTERNATIVE ANALYSIS PROCESS, AND THAT INFORMATION 
IS THERE.
WE DO HAVE A SERIES OF SUMMARIES.
WE BROUGHT OUT THE NOTEBOOK, WHICH IS THE BIGGEST NOTEBOOK 
I'VE EVER SEEN, WHICH HAS ALL THIS.
SO WE HAVE THAT.
NOW, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SUMMARY THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED 
THAT SHOULD BE READY WITHIN THE NEXT TEN DAYS THAT IS 
BETTER BECAUSE IT HAS NOT JUST THE NUMBERS, THE PIE CHARTS, 
AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT IT EXPLAINS EACH OF THE FUNCTIONS 
BECAUSE WE'RE ALSO INTRODUCING SERVICES LIKE BUS RAPID 
TRANSIT, LIGHT RAIL CONCEPTS, AND FLEX SERVICE, WHICH IS 
SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CURRENTLY DO THAT WE'RE GOING TO 
ROLL OUT IN APRIL.
SO THERE'S A NUMBER OF CONCEPTS, A NUMBER OF ELEMENTS TO 
THE PROJECT THAT WHILE IT GOES OUT 30 YEARS, SOME OF THOSE 
ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE INTRODUCING EVEN THIS YEAR AND IS 
AVAILABLE.
>>MARK SHARPE:  WHAT'S THIS DOCUMENT CALLED, THE ONE THAT 
YOU'RE WORKING ON?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  IT WOULD JUST BE -- MARY, DO WE HAVE A 
NAME FOR IT?
>>MARY SHAVALIER:  [INAUDIBLE]
>>MARK SHARPE:  THAT'S BORING.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A NAME.
MAYBE SOMEONE CAN GIVE US SOME HELP ON THAT.
>>MARK SHARPE:  WELL, BUT IT'S IN A BROCHURE FASHION?
IS IT THE LIST YOU MADE AVAILABLE --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  I THINK WE'RE JUST SIMPLY GOING TO CALL
IT -- WE'VE BEEN CALLING IT THE MOBILITY PLAN, BUT I THINK 
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE MORPHED INTO SOMETHING LIKE THE 
30-YEAR PLAN.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT IT IS.
>>MARK SHARPE:  WE'VE GOT 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE WHO ARE 
POLICYMAKERS WHO ARE GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN, 
AND ONE OF THE CHALLENGES I HEARD -- AND I HEARD THIS AGAIN 
THIS MORNING AT THE BREAKFAST, WHICH WAS WE WANT TO BE ABLE 
TO SEE IT AND TO HAVE IT -- I MEAN, I KNOW YOU'VE DONE IT, 
BUT TO HAVE IT AVAILABLE WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL, AND I'D 
LIKE TO HAVE AS MANY COPIES AS WE CAN GET.
THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  THANK YOU.
>>MARK SHARPE:  -- WITH REGARD TO -- I SEE IT IN YOUR 
DOCUMENT HERE, BUT THERE'S BEEN -- I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL 
YESTERDAY THAT SAID 75% OR 72% OF THE MASS TRANSIT IS GOING 
TO GO IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO EQUATE MASS TRANSIT 
WITH ONLY THE RAIL, AND WE'VE INDICATED IN OUR 
DOCUMENTATION THAT THIS AA THAT'S BEING DONE IS LOOKING AT 
DIFFERENT MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE HAVEN'T SELECTED ONE YET, BUT EVEN IN THE CONCEPT OF THE 
POTENTIAL MODES FOR EVALUATION FOR CERTAIN -- CERTAIN 
CORRIDORS, IT INCLUDES OTHER THINGS OTHER THAN RAIL, BUT 
MASS TRANSIT ITSELF, WHAT IS MASS TRANSIT?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WELL, MASS TRANSIT IS EVERYTHING.
IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING FROM BUS, RAIL, SHUTTLES, VANS, 
OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.
THE BREAKDOWN OVER A 30-YEAR PERIOD -- BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE 
ASKED THE QUESTION, HOW MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON RAIL, HOW 
MUCH ARE WE SPENDING ON BUS.
THE OPERATING COSTS OVER THE 30-YEAR PERIOD WILL HAVE -- 
ABOUT 18% OF THE 75%, WHICH IS THE TAX, WILL GO TO RAIL, 
ABOUT 9% WILL GO TO WHAT WE CALL BUS RAPID TRANSIT, METRO 
RAPID, AND SO ON, AND THE REMAINDER WILL BE TO BUS AND TO 
OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICE, SO MORE THAN TWO-THIRDS OF IT 
WOULD GO TO THOSE SERVICES.
>>MARK SHARPE:  IS THAT WRITTEN DOWN ANYWHERE?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  OH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT ON OUR 
WEB SITE BECAUSE WE HAVE THOSE AND IT'S ALL IN PIE CHARTS, 
IT'S EASY TO READ.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO INTO 
CONSTRUCTION?
WELL, CONSTRUCTION IS THE BIGGEST COST, SO ABOUT TWO-THIRDS 
OF THE COSTS OVER THE NEXT 30 YEARS WILL GO INTO 
CONSTRUCTION, BUT IT'S NOT JUST CONSTRUCTION OF A RAIL 
SYSTEM, IT'S CONSTRUCTION OF FACILITIES, ANOTHER BUS BAY, 
ANOTHER GARAGE FOR OUR PARATRANSIT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS, 
BUSES --
>>MARK SHARPE:  PARK-N-RIDES?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  PARK-N-RIDES.
YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO THAT IS GOING TO BE 
THERE.
BIKEWAYS, I MEAN, WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, BIKE RACKS, 
BIKES TYPE OF FACILITIES AT THESE FACILITIES WHERE WE HAVE 
TRANSIT CENTERS, SO ALL THOSE THING ARE IN THAT 
CAPITALIZATION PLAN.
>>MARK SHARPE:  THE PARK-N-RIDES, JUST A QUICK QUESTION 
BECAUSE IT WAS POSED TO ME LAST WEEK.
IT WILL BE PAID FOR THROUGH THE TRANSIT SURTAX.
WILL THERE BE -- ARE WE EXPECTING A USER FEE FOR THE PARK-
N-RIDES?
WILL SOMEONE BE CHARGED WHEN THEY USE --
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  I'M SMILING.
I SAY NOT AT THIS TIME, AND THE REASON I'M DOING THAT, I 
CAN  TELL YOU RIGHT NOW NATIONWIDE TRANSIT IS HIT PRETTY 
HARD BECAUSE OF REVENUES AND COSTS, AND TRANSIT SYSTEMS 
AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE NOW STARTING TO CHARGE FOR PEOPLE TO 
PARK TO TAKE THE SERVICES.
SO THAT'S NOT IN ANY OF OUR PLANS.
WE DON'T EXPECT TO DO THAT.
>>MARK SHARPE:  GOOD.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO 
COME TO OUR SERVICES AND MAKE THOSE LINKS AND CONNECTIONS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MR. WAGGONER, AND THEN COMMISSIONER 
BECKNER.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  DAVID, I NOTICED -- I DON'T KNOW IF 
THAT'S -- OKAY.
THAT'S BETTER.
I NOTICED THAT -- KEY TO ME IS I SHARE YOUR PAIN AS A 
DIRECTOR OF AN AGENCY.
I'VE NOTICED THAT YOU'VE ACTUALLY GONE BACK AND PRIORITIZED 
AND WOUND UP CUTTING SOMETHING THAT'S -- THAT'S ALREADY IN 
YOUR PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD THIS PROJECT.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  YES.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  I KNOW THAT WE HAD -- A REPRESENTATIVE 
FROM TBARTA HERE LAST WEEK PRESENTED ABOUT $10-MILLION 
WORTH OF PLANNING STUDIES, AND YOU'RE WORKING HARD TO FUND 
AND ADVANCE WHAT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE CORNERSTONE OF, YOU 
KNOW, THE NEXT MAJOR TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT IN THE AREA.
IS THERE ANY CHANCE PRIORITIZATION MIGHT HAPPEN THERE?
I'M NOT SURE HOW THE FUNDING WORKING FROM AGENCY TO AGENCY 
OR WITHIN THE REGION.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  I HAD THE CONVERSATION WITH SECRETARY 
SKELTON, HE'S NOT HERE TODAY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF MR. 
COLLISTER WANTS TO JUMP IN ON THAT.
WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TOGETHER TO SEE WHERE THERE'S MONEY 
AVAILABLE.
OBVIOUSLY I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT.
HOW WE GO FORWARD IS -- YOU KNOW, IS ONE OF THE ELEMENTS.
THEY GAVE US THE RECOMMENDATION OF WORKING THROUGH THE TRIP 
FUNDING OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE OUT THERE WE 
WANT TO GO WITH.
PART OF WHAT I'M ASKING FOR A LITTLE BIT TODAY IS START TO 
MOVE ON PRIORITIES HERE.
WE LOOK AT LAST YEAR -- I KNOW WITH THE STIMULUS MONEY, 
MAKING THE CONNECTION ON THE I-4, THAT HAD TO BE A 
PRIORITY.
AT SOME POINT THIS REALLY HAS TO BECOME THE PROJECT THAT 
HAS TO HAVE SOME PRIORITY BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF 
PROJECTS, OBVIOUSLY, VERY GOOD PROJECTS FOR THE REGION, BUT 
THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN THE PROCESS AND PLANNING FOR ALMOST 
TWO DECADES.
WE'RE TRYING TO PROVE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL, AND SO I 
APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS, BUT I THINK WE'RE WORKING 
CLOSELY TOGETHER.
I THINK THE STATE'S DOING THE BEST THEY CAN WITH MONEY 
AVAILABLE, SO IF THEY FIND ANY MONEY AND CAN SEND IT OUR 
WAY, WE WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, MR. WAGGONER.
COMMISSIONER BECKNER, YOU HAD A QUESTION?
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  YEAH, JUST REAL BRIEFLY.
DO WE HAVE A BREAKDOWN WHEN WE'RE STARTING TO TALK ABOUT -- 
BECAUSE THERE'S A CONVERSATION AS HOW MUCH THAT THE 
REFERENDUM AND THINGS WOULD BE FOCUSED AS FAR AS THE 
EXPENSE TO RAIL.
IS THERE ANYWHERE THAT LISTS AS FAR AS THE PERCENTAGE OF 
DOLLARS THAT WOULD BE COMMITTED TO RAIL VERSUS THE OTHER 
MODES OF TRANSPORTATION THAT WE ALSO WANT TO FOCUS ON?
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  WE HAVE THAT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M REFERRING TO, AND SO WHAT I'LL MAKE 
SURE TODAY WHEN I GET BACK, I'LL CHECK THE WEB SITE AND 
MAKE SURE THAT'S AVAILABLE BECAUSE THOSE PIE CHARTS ARE 
AVAILABLE.
IT SHOULD BE ON THERE.
I'LL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS BECAUSE IT REALLY LAYS IT OUT 
VERY CLEARLY AS TO WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING, AND I THINK 
THAT'S WHAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO HAVE THE BIG BOOK, YOU JUST NEED TO SEE 
IT, AND THAT'S --
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  WELL, THAT'S CORRECT.
CLARITY IS GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT, AND THERE'S A LOT 
OF MISNOMERS OUT THERE BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT RAIL IS PART OF 
THE REFERENDUM, AND CERTAINLY IT'S A PART -- IT'S NOT THE 
OVERALL FOCUS OF OUR LOCAL REFERENDUM.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A HIGH-SPEED RAIL THAT'S COMING IN, YOU 
KNOW, THAT'S BEEN FUNDED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM 
ORLANDO, IT'S GOING TO RUN TAMPA, AND THEN EVENTUALLY INTO 
MIAMI, AND SO WE JUST REALLY NEED TO DIFFERENTIATE THAT AND 
LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT A RAIL SYSTEM, 
IT'S ABOUT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION, AND WE JUST NEED TO 
BE ABLE TO GET THE RIGHT FACTS OUT TO PEOPLE TO LET THEM 
KNOW, AGAIN, THE PERCENTAGES BECAUSE THERE ARE CONSTRUCTION 
COSTS THAT ARE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY BE UP FRONT THAT MAY BE A 
LITTLE BIT LARGER AMOUNT AND THEN OPERATING COSTS, BUT 
CERTAINLY IT'S NOT THE FOCUS OF THIS REFERENDUM.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, MR. ARMIJO, FOR THAT 
PRESENTATION.
I APPRECIATE IT.
LET ME READ THE RECOMMENDED --
>>MARK SHARPE:  OH, OKAY.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  I'M GOING TO READ THE RECOMMENDED ACTION 
INTO THE RECORD.
IT'S A BIT LONGER THAN MOST OF THEM.
SO -- SUPPORT HART'S REQUESTED MPO CHAIRS COORDINATING 
COMMITTEE TO USE 800,000 OF PREVIOUSLY PRIORITIZED TRIP 
FUNDS TO SUPPORT PRELIMINARY ENGINEERING FOR RAIL RATHER 
THAN ACQUISITION OF BUSES ON REGIONAL CORRIDORS FOR EXPRESS 
ROUTES AND TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL 900,000 IN TRIP FUNDS 
IF THAT WILL NOT DELAY OTHER CCC HIGH-PRIORITY TRIP 
PROJECTS.
THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED ACTION.
I NEED A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT.
>>MARY MULHERN:  SO MOVE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MS. MULHERN FOR THE MOTION --
>>MARK SHARPE:  SECOND.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  -- SECOND COMMISSIONER SHARPE.
ALL IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY AYE.
[CHORUS OF AYES]
OPPOSED NAY.
MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU AGAIN.
>>DAVID ARMIJO:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
THE NEXT THING ARE SOME STATUS REPORTS.
THE FIRST ONE'S GOING TO BE THE REFERENDUM OUTREACH.
COUNTY STAFF.
I DON'T -- MICHELE, ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT?
OH, OKAY.
LUCIA.
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
LUCIA GARSYS, ADMINISTRATOR FOR PLANNING AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO TODAY IS JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF 
TIME KIND OF BACKTRACKING FOR A MOMENT, TELLING YOU ABOUT 
WHERE WE ARE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE WORK AS IT 
MOVES TOWARD THE REFERENDUM.
IF YOU'LL RECALL, THE BOARD ON NOVEMBER 4th RECEIVED A 
REPORT FROM THE TRANSPORTATION TASK FORCE, AND I THINK I 
COUNT FOUR MEMBERS OF THIS GROUP THAT WERE ON THAT TASK 
FORCE, RECOMMENDED A COUPLE OF THINGS, BUT THE MOST 
SIGNIFICANT ONE WAS A 1% SALES TAX MOVING FORWARD WITH A 
LIST OF PROJECTS, BOTH TRANSIT AND NONTRANSIT, AND SO THE 
BOARD AND THE TASK FORCE BELIEVED IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT 
THAT THE POTENTIAL LIST OF PROJECTS THAT THE TASK FORCE 
RECOMMENDED BE VETTED IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK I'M GOING TO TALK UNTIL I LOSE MY VOICE, BUT -- 
SO WHAT WE DID IN FEBRUARY IS WE, ALONG WITH HART, 
CONDUCTED NINE MEETINGS, AND YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A 
BROCHURE THAT WAS USED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITIES 
AND ANYONE INTERESTED ABOUT WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING, WHAT 
THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETINGS WAS.
THERE WAS, IN ADDITION, A TEN-MINUTE VIDEO THAT WAS 
PRODUCED FOR THESE MEETINGS, AND I WOULD OFFER TO YOU 
YOU'RE WELCOME TO VISIT THAT ON THE TASK FORCE WEB SITE, 
AND THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE IF YOU'D BE 
INTERESTED IN DOING THAT.
THAT REALLY SET IN MOTION THE PURPOSE OF THE MEETING, AND 
THE PURPOSE REALLY WAS TO GET INSIGHT ON THE PROJECTS 
THEMSELVES.
AND IF YOU RECALL TRANSIT AND NONTRANSIT PROJECTS, 
ULTIMATELY THERE WERE NINE MEETINGS THAT WERE CONDUCTED 
THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY DURING THE SAME TIME HART WAS 
CONDUCTING VERY SPECIFIC ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS MEETINGS 
WITHIN NEIGHBORHOODS, SO THEY WERE REACHING OUT TO WEST 
TAMPA, SEMINOLE HEIGHTS, VERY SPECIFIC AREAS, CARVER CITY, 
IN THE WORK THAT THEY WERE DOING.
WE HAD A TOTAL OF ABOUT 380-SOME-ODD, 390 PARTICIPANTS.
A COUPLE OF THOSE MAY BE DOUBLE COUNTED.
WE HAD SOME FOLKS WHO ATTENDED EACH MEETING AND ENJOYED 
THAT.
RECEIVED COMMENTS, ET CETERA.
LET ME JUST HIGHLIGHT TO YOU KIND OF WHAT THE SUMMARY WAS.
A LOT OF FOLKS HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REFERENDUM ITSELF, 
WHAT WAS THE TAX GOING TO BE USED FOR.
THERE WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW TO WE ENSURE THAT THIS ISN'T 
USED FOR SOMETHING ELSE, AND THAT REALLY CAME FROM FOLKS' 
EXPERIENCE WITH THE LOTTERY, ET CETERA, THAT HAD HAPPENED.
THE TRANSPORTATION SURTAX CAN ONLY BE USED FOR 
TRANSPORTATION, AND IT IS VERY LIMITED IN WHAT IT CAN BE 
USED FOR.
IT IS FOR TRANSIT AND IT IS FOR BUILDING ROADS AND 
ANCILLARY KIND OF FACILITIES TO ROAD BUILDING.
SO WE SPOKE TO THEM, ASSURED THEM THAT.
THE OTHER PIECE THAT CAME OUT IS IN THE LIST OF PROJECTS 
THAT WE HAD THERE WERE A NUMBER OF PROJECTS, ESPECIALLY IN 
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY THAT WERE DEVELOPER FUNDED, 
AND AGAIN, THAT REALLY OCCURRED BECAUSE AS DEVELOPMENT 
OCCURRED IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY, THESE WERE THE 
PROJECTS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS HIGH PRIORITIES.
FOLKS WERE CONCERNED THAT THESE DEVELOPER-FUNDED PROJECTS 
WERE INDEED PROVIDING SOME KIND OF BENEFIT TO DEVELOPER 
WITHOUT GIVING PUBLIC BENEFIT AS WELL.
WE ASSURED THEM THAT THERE WOULD BE MECHANISMS IN PLACE IF 
WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM.
WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS WE'RE IN A POSITION, THOUGH, 
WHERE WE WILL PROBABLY BE RECOMMENDING TO OUR BOARD AS 
EARLY AS TOMORROW THAT THESE DEVELOPER PROJECTS WOULD BE 
BETTER REMOVED FROM THE LIST AS WE LOOK FOR SUBSTITUTE 
PROJECTS.
SINCE THAT WORD HAS KIND OF GOTTEN OUT, I WILL TELL YOU 
THAT THERE'S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE COMMUNITY THAT'S 
INTERESTED IN SOME OF THEM, SO WE'RE GOING TO BE BALANCING 
SOME OF THOSE, BUT ULTIMATELY WE ARE FINDING THAT SOME OF 
THE -- SOME OF THE STRUCTURE THAT WE HAD IN PLACE FOR 
PROJECTS LIKE U.S. 301, ET CETERA, IS NO LONGER IN PLACE.
THE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE AVAILABLE TO DO 
PARTNERSHIPS LIKE WE DID WITH U.S. 301 NO LONGER EXIST.
BANKS DON'T HAVE THE KINDS OF LETTERS OF CREDIT AND -- AND 
DEVELOPERS NO LONGER HAVE THE FINANCIAL BACKING TO ENTER 
INTO ASSURANCES THAT WOULD ENABLE US TO HAVE THE KIND OF 
SECURITY THAT WE WOULD BE -- RECOUP -- THAT WE WOULD RECOUP 
THE FUNDING FOR THESE PROJECTS.
AS WELL WE HAD SOME LEGAL ISSUES OF OPENING UP DRIs AND THE 
MONUMENTAL TASK THAT THAT WOULD PRESENT.
SO IN THE COMBINATION OF THOSE THINGS, WE WILL BE 
RECOMMENDING TO OUR BOARD THAT WE REMOVE DEVELOPER-FUNDED 
PROJECTS AND LOOK FOR ALTERNATIVES.
WE'RE WORKING WITH THE MPO TO ENSURE THOSE PROJECTS ARE 
INDEED HIGH-PRIORITY PROJECTS, THAT THEY ARE SOMETHING OF 
BENEFIT, AND CAN INDEED SERVE THE COMMUNITY.
AS WE VETTED THESE PROJECTS AS WELL DURING THIS PROCESS, 
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THE TAX ITSELF IS 
LIMITED, SO TO BUILD TRAILS LIKE WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WE 
COULD IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CURRENTLY DO; HOWEVER, 
LISTENING TO THE CONVERSATION EARLIER ABOUT PROVIDING 
SAFE -- SAFE TRAVEL ALTERNATIVES FOR FOLKS ON BIKES, WHEN 
WE REPAVE ROADS, WE ALWAYS ADD SHOULDERS, AND THESE 
SHOULDERS THEN SERVE AS BIKE LANES, SO WE ARE NOW WORKING 
TO SEE WHAT KIND OF SHOULDERS -- ADDED SHOULDERS WE MIGHT 
USE FOR SOME OF THE ALTERNATIVES TO THE TRAILS.
WE GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS IN THE SOUTH PART OF THE COUNTY AS 
WELL.
YOU KNOW MARIELLA SMITH HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE TALKING ABOUT 
A LOOP ROAD, AND -- AND WE ARE LOOKING AT SUBSTITUTING THAT 
KIND OF PROJECT.
SO NINE MEETINGS, LOTS OF COMMENTS, LOTS OF PARTICIPATION.
AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THOUGH, IF THE BOARD THEN APPROVES THE 
REFERENDUM, WHAT WE WOULD LOOK TO IS WE HAVE -- RAY AND I 
HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT AN I-TOWN MEETING AND ALTERNATIVE 
FORMS OF COMMUNICATION, MIGHT ALSO INCLUDE SOME OF THE 
SOCIAL MEDIA THAT OUR BOARD IS LEARNING ABOUT FOR BUDGET 
LIKE FACEBOOK AND TWITTER.
KIND OF ON THE HORIZON OF WHAT -- WHAT'S UP IN THE NEXT TWO 
WEEKS OR SO, THERE IS A BOARD MEETING TOMORROW.
AFTER THAT BOARD MEETING, AROUND 2:30 OR 3:00, THE BOARD 
WILL BE CONTINUING ITS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE ORDINANCE AND 
THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE AND WILL BE INTRODUCED INTERLOCAL 
AGREEMENTS, SO THOSE WILL BE COMING TO THE BOARD TOMORROW.
WE WILL ALSO BE TALKING TO THE BOARD ABOUT PROJECT LISTS AS 
WELL.
THERE IS A WORKSHOP THAT IS BEING FINALIZED FOR MARCH 10th, 
AND THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION AS WELL FOR MORE 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BOARD TO LOOK AT ORDINANCE LANGUAGE 
AND REFERENDA, ET CETERA.
AND THEN IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE ORDINANCES TOMORROW, IT 
CAN HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AS EARLY AS MARCH 17th.
THAT WOULD BE THE TARGET PROVIDED THAT THE ORDINANCE 
LANGUAGE IS APPROVED TOMORROW.
SO THAT'S KIND OF THE PICTURE, THE RADAR SCREEN OF WHERE WE 
ARE RIGHT NOW.
THERE'S LOTS OF DISCUSSION, LOTS OF COMMUNICATION, LOTS OF 
GROUPS MEETING AND TALKING ABOUT THE APPROPRIATENESS.
WE ARE IN THE FINAL HOURS, SO ALL THE DETAIL IS BECOMING 
VERY IMPORTANT AND BEING FLESHED THROUGH AND OUT WITH ALL 
THE GROUPS INVOLVED.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU, MS. GARSYS.
I THINK COMMISSIONER BECKNER HAD A QUESTION.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
SO, MS. GARSYS, SO THAT WE UNDERSTAND AS FAR AS WHERE WE'RE 
GOING, AT TOMORROW'S MEETING WE HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT WE 
WILL BE DISCUSSING THE FULL BALLOT LANGUAGE AS AN ENTIRETY?
WILL THIS BE PART OF THE REGULAR BOCC MEETING OR WILL THERE 
BE A MEETING AFTERWARDS?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  AT THE LAST WORKSHOP THAT WE HAD ON 
THURSDAY THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT CONTINUING THE -- THE 
DISCUSSION BECAUSE IT --
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  RIGHT.
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  -- BECAUSE IT CERTAINLY WAS MEATY AND 
THERE WAS NEED FOR IT, SO IT WAS DISCUSSED THAT THAT WOULD 
OCCUR AT THE MARCH 3rd MEETING.
THAT WOULD THEN BE THE -- THE INTENT WOULD BE FOR -- THE 
COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IS PREPARING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE 
AND SENDING THAT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS TODAY FOR 
CONSIDERATION.
SO THE BOARD MEMBERS WILL BE RECEIVING ORDINANCE LANGUAGE 
THAT WILL HAVE THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE IN IT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS THERE MAY BE TWO ALTERNATIVES OF THE 
REFERENDUM LANGUAGE THAT ARE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD THAT 
DESCRIBE DIFFERENTLY OF HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS SOME OF THE 
ISSUES, AND THOSE WOULD BOTH BE PRESENTED WITH PROS AND 
CONS OF HOW WE MIGHT PROCEED AND WHAT WOULD HAPPEN UNDER 
EACH ALTERNATIVE.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  SO THE BALANCE OF THE AGENDA ITEMS THAT 
WERE NOT COVERED AT THE BOCC WORKSHOP, ARE THOSE -- WILL WE 
HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP THAT WILL ADDRESS THAT, LIKE WHEN 
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ISSUES OF THE PROJECTS LIST, IS 
THAT GOING TO BE ANOTHER WORKSHOP OR ARE WE ANTICIPATING 
THAT THAT WILL BE A POINT OF DISCUSSION TOMORROW AS WELL?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THROUGH AS MUCH OF 
THE DISCUSSION AS POSSIBLE, AND SO SHOULD WE HAVE THE TIME, 
WE WOULD LIKE TO GET THOSE PROJECT LISTS AND THE DISCUSSION 
OF THE PROJECTS ON THE AGENDA AS WELL TOMORROW.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  SO THEN, IS THE VISION, THEN, THAT THE 
BOARD WOULD TENTATIVELY APPROVE A PROJECTS LIST AND THEN IT 
WOULD GO OUT FOR PUBLIC HEARING FOR PUBLIC INPUT OR HOW 
WOULD THAT PROCESS WORK?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  WHAT WE WOULD BRING TO YOU TOMORROW IN 
TERMS OF THE PROJECT LIST WOULD BE WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM 
THE COMMUNITY, SO WE WOULD IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN 
EITHER SUPPORTED OR WHERE THERE HAVE BEEN POINTS OF 
CONTROVERSY SUCH AS DEVELOPER-FUNDED PROJECTS OR PROJECTS 
THAT WE CAN'T -- THAT ARE NOT ELIGIBLE WITH THE FUNDING 
SOURCE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT TO YOU.
RAY CHIARAMONTE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AN ANALYSIS OF THE 
PROJECTS AND IDENTIFY HOW THEY FIT WITH THE MPO PLAN AND 
IDENTIFY SOME ALTERNATIVES.
WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO THEN IS BRING BACK A RECOMMENDED 
LIST TO YOU AT THE MARCH 10th MEETING SO THAT WE HAVE THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO GIVE YOU KIND OF THE STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE 
BASED ON PUBLIC OUTREACH AND THEN GO BACK, REVISE THE LIST, 
AND BRING THAT BACK TO YOU AT MARCH 10th.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  SO WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE 
PROJECT LIST AT THE BOCC MEETING TOMORROW, AND THEN YOU'LL 
BE BRINGING BACK -- AND THAT WILL COME -- INPUT FROM THE 
MPO, AND THAT'LL BE BROUGHT BACK THEN AT OUR WORKSHOP ON 
MARCH THE 10th?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT, COMMISSIONER.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  OKAY.
AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL BE ABLE TO WEIGH IN, THEN, ON THE 
FINAL LIST AND THAT?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  YES.
AND IT WOULD BE INTENDED THAT THE LIST ITSELF WOULD BE 
ADOPTED BY A RESOLUTION --
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  BY A RESOLUTION.
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  -- SO ALONGSIDE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND THE 
INTERLOCAL AGREEMENTS, THE LIST WOULD BE ADOPTED AS WELL.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  AND SO THE LIST YOU'LL BE BRINGING BACK, 
THEN, TOMORROW DOES NOT HAVE, THEN, THE DEVELOPER-RELATED 
PROJECTS?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  THE RECOMMENDATION WILL BE TO REMOVE THOSE 
AND LOOK FOR SUBSTITUTES ALONG WITH THE MPO AND THEIR 
PRIORITIES OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY IN THAT 
AREA.
>>KEVIN BECKNER:  OKAY.
THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MRS. GARSYS, I KIND OF WANT TO YIELD TO 
CHAIRMAN HAGAN ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
KEN, IT WAS NOT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE 
SOME DISCUSSION DURING THE BOCC MEETING AND THEN HAVE A 
WORKSHOP LATER, AND SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS FITS IN, BUT 
AS FAR AS WHAT I'M SEEING IN TERMS OF OUTSTANDING ITEMS, 
WE'VE GOT GOVERNANCE ISSUES, WE HAVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEES, 
WE HAVE INTERLOCALS THAT WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT, WE'RE 
TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT LIST, AND ALL OF THIS HAS TO BE 
APPROVED EITHER SINGLY AS WE GO FORWARD OR IN TOTALITY AT 
SOME POINT BEFORE WE SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING?
IS THAT RIGHT?
>>KEN HAGAN:  YES.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE WERE GOING TO COVER FOR 
CERTAIN A TIMELINE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EXACTLY 
WHAT'S THE EXPECTATION OF WHEN THE FINAL VOTE WILL BE.
YOU KNOW, INITIALLY WE WERE SHOOTING FOR TOMORROW, AND 
UNFORTUNATELY WITH ALL THE ISSUES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN 
RESOLVED, WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO MEET THAT DEADLINE.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  RIGHT.
>>KEN HAGAN:  SO WE ASKED FOR STAFF TO SCHEDULE AT LEAST 
TWO WORKSHOPS IN MARCH IN ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE A 
DISCUSSION AT BOTH OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS, AND I THINK NOW 
THE EXPECTATION -- AND I'LL ASK -- I'LL ASK LUCIA TO 
CONFIRM THIS -- WOULD EITHER BE AT OUR FIRST MEETING IN 
APRIL -- WHAT IS THAT, APRIL 7th MAYBE?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  IT MAY BE THE 4th.
>>KEN HAGAN:  I THINK IT'S APRIL 7th, EITHER THE 7th OR THE 
2nd MEETING, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS -- WE CERTAINLY NEEDED 
TO ADDRESS THAT.
I KNEW THAT THE PROJECT LIST WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO 
COMMISSIONER BECKNER.
HE'S TOUCHED ON THAT A NUMBER OF TIMES.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COVER THAT AT OUR LAST WORKSHOP, SO I 
WANTED US TO DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THE SPECIFIC 
PROJECTS TOMORROW, AND THEN IF WE HAD TIME, AND I DIDN'T 
THINK WE WERE GOING TO GET THERE, TO BE ABLE TO TOUCH ON 
THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE, BUT I DEFINITELY THINK --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS YOU'RE GOING TO GO 
DURING THE MEETING?
>>KEN HAGAN:  TOMORROW, YES.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  IF WE CAN --
>>KEN HAGAN:  CERTAINLY THE TIMELINE, AND THEN THE PROJECT 
LIST SHOULD BE THE ORDER AND THEN THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE 
SHOULD WE HAVE TIME TO GET TO THAT --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  SO WE'RE LOOKING AT --
>>KEN HAGAN:  -- FOR TOMORROW.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETIME IN MARCH FOR 
THIS TO KIND OF ALL COME --
>>KEN HAGAN:  YES.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  -- TO FINALITY?
>>KEN HAGAN:  AND WHAT I KNOW, WE'VE GOT TWO -- YOU MAY
HAVE -- I WAS OUT OF THE ROOM FOR SOME DISCUSSION.
YOU MAY HAVE TOUCHED ON THIS.
WE HAVE AT LEAST TWO WORKSHOPS SCHEDULED IN MARCH IN 
ADDITION TO BEING ABLE TO DISCUSS IT DURING OUR BOARD 
MEETINGS, BUT THE FINAL VOTE WILL INVOLVE A PUBLIC HEARING, 
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY 
ON AS FAR AS IF THAT WOULD BE 2:00 WHEN WE TYPICALLY HAVE 
OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS DURING BOARD MEETINGS OR IF WE'RE 
EXPECTING A BIG CROWD, DO WE WANT TO MOVE IT TO AN EVENING 
PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN -- LUCIA AND I 
HAVEN'T DISCUSSED LATELY, BUT THE GOAL IS TO ADOPT THE 
REFERENDUM LANGUAGE, THE ORDINANCE, THE INTERLOCAL 
AGREEMENT, AND THE PROJECTS ALL AT ONE TIME.
THAT'S WHAT -- THE GOAL, AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T EVEN 
RECEIVED THE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT YET TO BEGIN LOOKING AT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OR THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS IN TERMS OF THE -
- THE REVISED LANGUAGE EITHER ON THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE.
SO YOU'LL GIVE US SOME DIRECTION TOMORROW?
>>KEN HAGAN:  YES, MA'AM.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
SO COMMISSIONER SHARPE, YOU HAVE A QUESTION?
>>MARK SHARPE:  WOULD IT BE -- YESTERDAY WAS A MEETING THAT 
TOOK PLACE WHERE WE -- YOU WERE THERE AND ALL THE PARTNERS 
WERE THERE TALKING ABOUT THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES, AND I'M 
HOPEFUL AT TOMORROW'S MEETING -- WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO AS 
WELL IS KIND OF BEGIN TO -- TO HIGHLIGHT OR PINPOINT THOSE 
OUTSTANDING ISSUES WHICH ARE LEFT TO BE RESOLVED.
THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE -- YOU KNOW, WHO HAVE TO LIVE WITH 
THE LANGUAGE AND MAKE THE LANGUAGE WORK ONCE WE'RE DONE, 
THEY COMMENTED ON THE ISSUE OF THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE AND 
THE PROS AND CONS.
THERE'S THE ISSUE OF THE 75/25 IN OR OUT OR THE -- AND THE 
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR, IN FACT, OPINED ON THE ISSUE OF THE 
75/25 AND WHY IT MIGHT MAKE SENSE TO NOT HAVE IT ACTUALLY 
IN THE REFERENDUM LANGUAGE BUT TO HAVE IT IN THE 
INTERLOCAL, BUT THERE ARE TWO SIDES.
THE ISSUES OF GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT WAS ADDRESSED, AND I 
THOUGHT THEY DID A GOOD JOB.
THE INTERLOCAL.
ACTUALLY, THE ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY AND THE ATTORNEY FOR 
THE CITY HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER ON LANGUAGE, AND 
ACTUALLY THERE'S A SIX-PAGE, SEVEN-PAGE DOCUMENT THAT'S 
BEING PUT TOGETHER WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE ON -- IT LAYS 
ALL THIS INFORMATION OUT.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT -- THAT THE -- ALL THE 
OUTSTANDING ISSUES -- WE NEED TO HAVE THEM ITEMIZED.
WILL THAT BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD SO WE CAN KNOW WHAT THE 
ISSUES ARE BECAUSE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A NEW 
ISSUE.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KNOW WHAT ALL THE ISSUES ARE AND 
THEN LAY OUT ALL THE FACTS BECAUSE I THINK ONE OF THE 
CHALLENGES WE FACED IS WHEN THE CONCERNS ARE RAISED ABOUT 
SPECIFIC ITEMS -- AND THEY'RE VERY VALID AND THEY NEED TO 
BE ADDRESSED -- THERE'S A LOT OF PARTIES THAT WE -- HAVE 
EXPRESSED A LOT OF INFORMATION AS TO, WELL, WAIT A MINUTE, 
THIS IS THE WAY IT NEEDS TO BE.
THE ATTORNEYS COME IN AND THEY EXPLAIN, WELL, HOLD ON A 
SECOND, IF YOU DO IT THIS WAY, IT'S GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT 
HERE THAT WE DIDN'T EVEN INTEND, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE, 
AS EXPRESSED OVER AND OVER, THAT THE BACKGROUND IS PROVIDED 
AS WELL SO THAT WE'RE NOT JUST STARTING FROM SCRATCH AS IF 
WE REALLY JUST KIND OF, WELL, WE JUST DECIDED LET'S JUST DO 
75/25 OR NOT HAVE IT IN THERE, WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE, SO I 
GUESS I'M GOING BACK TO CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS AN 
ITEMIZED LIST OF ALL OF THE OUTSTANDING ISSUES THAT WE'RE 
AWARE OF, AND IF THERE ARE NEW ONES, THEY CAN BE PRESENTED, 
AND THEN ALSO A -- HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE?
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  YES, IN ADDITION TO WHERE -- WHERE WE'RE 
GOING PART, AND COMMISSIONER HAGAN AND I HAVE A MEETING 
THIS AFTERNOON TO -- TO TALK THROUGH THAT PIECE, SO WE 
WILL -- I WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS ALL PART OF THE --
>>MARK SHARPE:  BECAUSE I WILL STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT I 
WAS IMPRESSED AND MR. ARMIJO WAS HERE -- HE'S LEFT, BUT WE 
HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS A LOT OF ISSUES, INCLUDING 
THE BONDING ISSUE, AND THE -- THE INTERCONNECTIVITY THERE 
WAS SOME CONCERNS RAISED BY THE PARTNERSHIP AND BY TBARTA, 
AND AS WE WALKED THROUGH, WE WALKED THROUGH THE INTERLOCAL, 
WE WALKED THROUGH THE ORDINANCE ITSELF, AND AS WE EXAMINED 
THE LANGUAGE, YOU BEGAN TO SEE A LOT OF THE ISSUES WE 
THOUGHT WERE OUTSTANDING --
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  WERE COMING --
>>MARK SHARPE:  -- WERE COMING TOGETHER.
EVEN THE LANGUAGE ISSUE, IT'S PRETTY SIMPLE.
WE'RE KIND OF BOILING IT DOWN, TWO DIFFERENT -- APPEARS TO 
BE TWO DIFFERENT SIDES ON ONE MAJOR ISSUE, BUT EVEN THERE, 
THERE'S AN UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN BOTH SIDES, SO I THINK 
WE'RE ABLE TO KIND OF HOPEFULLY LAND THIS THING.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF ISSUES OUT THERE, BUT THERE'S ALSO 
A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE AVAILABLE THAT WOULD BE 
VERY HELPFUL TO ALL OF US AS WE KIND OF PROCEED.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
WELL, NOW, COMMISSIONER SHARPE, I DON'T MEAN TO CUT YOU 
SHORT, BUT WE STILL HAVE LOTS OF THINGS ON THIS AGENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT UP TOMORROW, AND I'M AFRAID WE'RE 
GOING TO LOSE SOME OF OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRETTY SOON, SO 
GO AHEAD.
>>MARK SHARPE:  THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN.
>>MARY MULHERN:  MADAM CHAIRMAN, I JUST WANT TO TAKE THIS 
OPPORTUNITY SINCE THE CITY HASN'T HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN 
ON MUCH OF THIS OR ANY OF IT OTHER THAN OUR MAYOR TO SAY 
THAT WE WANT TO SEE -- I KNOW MY CONSTITUENTS IN THE CITY 
AND A LOT OF THE CONSTITUENTS IN THE COUNTY THAT I KNOW AND 
HAVE SERVED BEING ON THIS BOARD ARE READY FOR US TO MOVE ON 
THIS, AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS BEEN THROUGH THIS FOR, WHAT, 
20 YEARS OR WHATEVER?
SO I WANT TO COMMEND CHAIRMAN SHARPE FOR REALLY TRYING TO 
MAKE IT HAPPEN AND PUSH IT FORWARD, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY 
TO YOU THAT I THINK THAT EVERYONE HAS HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO 
STUDY THIS ISSUE, AND I WANT TO SEE YOU GUYS GET IT 
TOGETHER AND REALLY COME THROUGH FOR OUR CONSTITUENTS, AND, 
YOU KNOW, OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING COUNTY STAFF, MPO STAFF, 
CITY TRANSPORTATION STAFF.
WE'RE PAYING FOR FDOT, WE'RE PAYING, YOU KNOW, OUR TAXES 
TOWARD THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ALL OF THIS WORK AND MAN 
HOURS AND TIME AND YEARS OF IT THAT HAVE GONE IN TO TRYING 
TO GET RAPID TRANSIT OR RAIL TO COME TO TAMPA, AND WE -- WE 
CANNOT LET THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE RIGHT NOW PASS.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU HAVE MAYBE SOME RECONCILIATION 
TOMORROW AND COME UP WITH SOME -- YOU KNOW, GET PRETTY 
CLOSE TO WHAT YOUR LANGUAGE IS GOING TO BE, AND I JUST FEEL 
LIKE THERE'S BEEN JUST YEARS OF THIS, AND I REALLY WANT TO 
SEE SOME LEADERSHIP.
AND I'M SORRY THAT THE CHAIR OF THE TRANSPORTATION 
COMMITTEE COULDN'T STAY FOR THE REST OF THE MEETING, BUT 
I'M GOING TO TRY TO BE THERE, BUT IF NOT, JUST REMEMBER 
WHAT I HAD TO SAY, I HOPE.
AND I ALSO WANT TO SAY -- BECAUSE FROM A MARKETING 
STANDPOINT -- HERE'S THE OTHER THING.
WE'VE SPENT ALL THIS MONEY ON -- GOING TO ALL THESE CITIES 
TO LOOK AT THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEMS, ESPECIALLY CHARLOTTE 
TWICE.
I MEAN, THE CHAMBER WENT TO CHARLOTTE, THEN WHO WENT TO 
CHARLOTTE RECENTLY?
>>MARK SHARPE:  MPO.
>>MARY MULHERN:  THE MPO, AND THEY GOT THE MONEY THAT WE 
WOULD HAVE GOTTEN IF THIS HAD PASSED.
NONE OF YOU-ALL WERE ON THE BOARD I DON'T THINK WHEN THAT 
DIDN'T PASS, BUT I KNOW CHAIRMAN SCOTT WOULD APPRECIATE ME 
REMINDING PEOPLE THAT WE WOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT MONEY, AND 
CHARLOTTE NOW HAS THE FIRST LEG OF THEIR TRANSIT SYSTEM, 
WHICH HAS BEEN A ROARING SUCCESS, SO I THINK -- THE OTHER 
THING I WANT TO ASK YOU TO DO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANGUAGE 
OF THIS REFERENDUM IS REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE AREN'T HOPING 
FOR MORE MONEY FOR ROADS, AND I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT SINCE 
DAVID ARMIJO'S GONE, PEOPLE DO NOT THINK BUSES ARE SEXY, 
BUT IF YOU TALK ABOUT RAIL AND RAPID TRANSIT, THAT SOUNDS 
LIKE MOVING THE CITY AND THE COUNTY FORWARD, AND I THINK 
YOU SHOULDN'T BE SHYING AWAY FROM THE FACT THAT WE'RE 
TRYING TO PUT A RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM TO START IT IN THE 
CITY, AND YOU NEED TO REALLY SELL THE FACT THAT THIS IS 
GOING TO EXPAND TO THE COUNTY, AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING 
THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD BUT REALLY NEEDS TO BE PART OF IT.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT THIS FIRST 
INVESTMENT THAT WE MAKE IS GOING TO -- YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 
GOING TO FEEL IT IMMEDIATELY BUT KNOW THAT THEY'RE GOING TO 
BE PART OF THE SPOKES AND THE WHOLE SYSTEM THAT IS GOING TO 
MOVE OUT, AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO SELL.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
AND I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CUT YOU SHORT AS WELL.
>>MARY MULHERN:  THANKS FOR INDULGING ME.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THAT'S OKAY.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR CRITIQUE, AND I'M SURE YOU WILL SEE 
LEADERSHIP.
YOU WILL SEE IT IN PROBABLY SEVEN DIFFERENT FLAVORS, SO 
IT'S NOT ABOUT RECONCILIATION, IT'S ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND 
WHERE THAT LEADERSHIP WILL GO TOMORROW, BUT I'M SURE WE'LL 
ENTERTAIN SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
LUCIA, THANK YOU.
>>LUCIA GARSYS:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THE SECOND INFORMATION REPORT -- WE DIDN'T 
NEED TO TAKE ANY ACTION ON THAT, THAT WAS STRICTLY 
INFORMATIONAL -- TRANSIT LEVEL OF SERVICE, BETH ALDEN.
>>BETH ALDEN:  GOOD MORNING, BOARD MEMBERS.
BETH ALDEN, MPO STAFF, AND I'M GOING TO BE GIVING YOU A 
SUMMARY OF AN ANALYSIS THAT WE CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE 
LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, AND IT ILLUSTRATES SOME OF 
THE UNSEXY PARTS OF THE REFERENDUM.
THIS -- THE TRANSIT LEVEL-OF-SERVICE EVALUATION IS -- IT'S 
A STATEWIDE EVALUATION TOOL DEVELOPED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION.
WE LAST DID IT WITH THE 2004 UPDATE OF THE LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN.
WE DID AGAIN THIS PAST YEAR TO HELP INFORM THE 2035 PLAN 
UPDATE, BUT THE DIFFERENCE WAS THAT WE LOOKED AT BOTH 
EXISTING CONDITIONS AND WHAT FUTURE CONDITIONS WOULD BE 
WITH AND WITHOUT THE SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS TO THE BUS 
SYSTEM.
SO WE LOOK IN THIS EVALUATION AT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT 
SERVICE MEASURES.
IT USED TO BE THAT PASSENGER LOADING OR CAPACITY, HOW 
CROWDED YOUR BUSES ARE, WAS THE ONLY MEASURE FOR TRANSIT 
LEVEL OF SERVICE.
THAT DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY USE THE 
SERVICE AND WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR, WHETHER THEY'RE 
WILLING TO WAIT TO GET ON A BUS, YOU KNOW, HOW OFTEN THE 
BUS COMES.
SO FREQUENCY OF SERVICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN 
LOOKING AT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR TRANSIT, AND WHEN YOU'RE 
THINKING ABOUT LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR TRANSIT, YOU MIGHT 
FOCUS IN ON WHAT "D" LEVEL OF SERVICE IS BECAUSE WE LOOK 
FOR AT LEAST A MINIMUM LEVEL OF SERVICE OF "D" ON THE 
ROADWAYS.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, CONGESTED BUT STILL KIND OF TOLERABLE.
THAT KIND OF EQUIVALENT LEVEL FOR BUS FREQUENCY IS THAT THE 
BUS COMES AT LEAST EVERY 30 MINUTES.
AND THIS IS BASED ON NATIONAL RESEARCH ON TRAVEL BEHAVIOR.
FOR HOURS OF SERVICE; THAT IS, DOES THE BUS OPERATE IN THE 
MORNING AND DOES IT COME LATE IN THE EVENING, LEVEL OF 
SERVICE "D" IS AT LEAST 12 HOURS PER DAY.
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR FOR US BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF 
SERVICE JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT HAVE EARLY HOURS AND 
LATE HOURS, SO HOW DID WE DO THIS YEAR?
LOOKING AT OUR COVERAGE AS ONE OF OUR FACTORS, LOOKING JUST 
AT THE MAJOR ROADS, THE COLLECTORS AND THE ARTERIALS, WE'RE 
SERVING ABOUT 31% OF OUR NETWORK TODAY.
THAT WOULD GO UP A LITTLE BIT WITH THE TRANSIT SERVICE 
EXPANSION UP TO 45%, BUT WE HAVE MAJOR ROADS ALL OVER OUR 
THOUSAND-SQUARE-MILE COUNTY, SO A BETTER MEASURE OF SERVICE 
COVERAGE AND ONE THAT'S PART OF THE STATEWIDE EVALUATION 
LOOKS AT HOW MANY PEOPLE AND JOBS ARE SERVED BY THE TRANSIT 
SERVICE, AND WE USE A RELATIVELY LOW THRESHOLD TO SET A 
GOAL OF THREE HOUSEHOLDS PER ACRE OR FOUR EMPLOYEES PER 
GROSS ACRE.
SO NEXT I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW WELL THOSE AREAS ARE 
SERVED TODAY AND WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
THE BROWN AREAS ON THIS MAP ARE OF THE AREAS WITH THE MOST 
PEOPLE AND JOBS, AND THE ROUTES IN DARK GREEN ON THIS MAP 
ARE THE AREAS OF THE MOST FREQUENT SERVICE AND LONGEST 
HOURS, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN 2035 THE STATUS QUO SCENARIO 
THAT IS WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL SALES TAX, YOU SEE SOME 
IMPROVEMENT IN SERVICE BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT.
IF YOU ADD THE SALES TAX IMPROVEMENTS, YOU START TO SEE 
THAT DARK GREEN AND BROWN -- DARK GREEN AND DARK BLUE LINES 
COVERING A LOT MORE OF THIS AREA.
YOU ALSO SEE IN SOME OF THE LOWER-DENSITY AREAS AROUND THE 
COUNTY THE FLEX ROUTE CIRCULATORS.
THERE IS A GRADING METHOD FOR COVERAGE.
IN 2004 WE HAD 75% OF THE TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE AREA, THOSE 
BROWN AREAS, SERVED BY AT LEAST SOME KIND OF TRANSIT 
SERVICE.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE BUS A DAY.
IN 2035 UNDER A STATUS QUO SCENARIO WE'RE STILL AT ABOUT 
THAT SAME LEVEL, ABOUT 78% OF THE TRANSIT SERVICE -- 
TRANSIT SUPPORTIVE AREA.
WITH THE WITH SALES TAX SCENARIO, WE GET UP TO 91% OF THAT 
AREA, SO THAT GIVES US A GRADE "A" ACCORDING TO THE STATE 
METHOD.
BUT THERE'S AN EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT BENEFIT TO EXPANDING 
THESE SERVICE LEVELS, AND THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE AND JOBS 
ARE SERVED BY FREQUENT SERVICE, SO THE QUESTION HERE IS 
WHETHER -- WHETHER A PASSENGER IS WILLING TO STAND AT A BUS 
STOP AND WAIT FOR 15 MINUTES FOR MORE.
SOME BUSES ONLY COME ONCE PER HOUR, AND TODAY ONLY 13% OF 
PEOPLE AND JOBS HAVE ACCESS TO FREQUENT SERVICE IN 
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY.
THAT'S THAT DARK PURPLE BAR AT THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CHART.
WITH THE EXPANSION WITH THE SALES TAX THERE'S A BIG JUMP, 
SO THAT'S 55% OF PEOPLE AND JOBS HAVING ACCESS TO FREQUENT 
SERVICE.
AND HERE'S SOME OF THE IMAGES FROM THE LONG-RANGE 
TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT YOU'VE SEEN WITH FREQUENT SERVICE 
IN DARK GREEN AND THEN WITH THE SALES TAX, THAT DARK GREEN 
AREA COVERING A MUCH LARGER AREA.
WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IS NATIONALLY HOUSEHOLDS WITH ACCESS 
TO GOOD TRANSIT SERVICE DRIVE 4,000 FEWER MILES PER YEAR, 
AND THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE ON OUR ROADS AND IT ALSO MAKES 
A DIFFERENCE IN OUR HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS.
FINALLY, WE LOOKED AT TRANSIT VERSUS AUTO TRAVEL TIME AS 
ONE OF THE SERVICE FACTORS.
AND WE LOOK AT THAT IN A SAMPLE OF ACTIVITY CENTERS, 
LOOKING AT HOW LONG IT WOULD TAKE YOU TO GET FROM POINT "A" 
TO POINT "B."
FOR COMPARISON, HERE ARE THE CENTERS THAT WE LOOKED AT IN 
2004, LOOKING FOR THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, REGIONAL 
SHOPPING, UNIVERSITY AREA, SOME RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE USED VERY SIMILAR AREAS IN OUR PLANNING FOR THE 2035 
PLAN, SO UNIVERSITY, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT, MAJOR 
SHOPPING AND BUSINESS DISTRICT, SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS, AND 
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT IN 2004 ABOUT 25% OF THOSE TRIPS WERE 
SAME TIME BY TRANSIT AS -- AS BY DRIVING.
IN 2009 THAT ACTUALLY WENT DOWN TO 16%.
LOOKING AT A 2035 WITH SALES TAX SCENARIO WITH THE SERVICE 
EXPANSION WE GET UP TO 68% OF THOSE TRIPS ARE FASTER BY 
TRANSIT OR THE SAME TIME, SO THESE -- TRANSIT THEN BECOMES 
COMPETITIVE WITH DRIVING FOR A LOT MORE TRIPS.
YOU HAVE IN YOUR PACKET A HANDOUT THAT SHOWS SOME OF THE 
TRAVEL TIMES ON THE RAIL CORRIDORS, SO IT PROVIDES YOU WITH 
SOME OF THOSE DETAILED STATISTICS.
COPIES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE SIGN-IN TABLE AT THE 
FRONT.
WE'RE GATHERING SOME MORE DATA ON PEAK-HOUR DRIVING TIMES 
AND WILL THEN POST THIS TO THE WEB SITE SO THAT EVERYONE 
WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE ACCESS TO TRAVEL TIME COMPARISONS FOR 
THE RAIL CORRIDORS VERSUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  BETH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>>BETH ALDEN:  THAT WRAPS UP MY PRESENTATION.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  ANY QUESTIONS?
>> I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  GO AHEAD, MR. WAGGONER.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  I LOOKED THROUGH THE REPORT, AND ONE OF 
THE THINGS THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION WERE THE TRAVEL TIMES 
ON PAGE 319 IN 2035.
PARTICULARLY OF INTEREST TO ME, OF COURSE, IS THE BRANDON 
CENTER TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA.
MAYBE IT'S IN HERE AS LIKE HOW THESE WERE CALCULATED, BUT I 
WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE THAT A TRANSIT OR AN AUTO TRIP 
WOULD BE THAT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT IF -- ARE THEY BOTH 
USING ACCESS LIKE THE SELMON EXPRESSWAY TO GET -- TO MAKE 
THAT TRIP?
>>BETH ALDEN:  THE DRIVING TIMES ARE FROM THE TAMPA BAY 
REGIONAL PLANNING MODEL, SO THAT DOES ASSUME FUTURE GROWTH 
IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  YEAH, BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU CAN 
GET ON PRACTICALLY AT THE BRANDON TOWN CENTER, WHETHER 
YOU'RE IN AN AUTOMOBILE OR A BUS, AND GET ALL THE WAY DOWN 
TO DOWNTOWN TAMPA AND IT TAKES YOU TWICE AS LONG IN THE 
SAME YEAR.
THAT MAKES --
>>BETH ALDEN:  IT HAS TO DO WITH --
>>JOE WAGGONER:  NO, I'M SORRY.
THAT MAKES NO SENSE TO ME.
I DON'T GET THAT.
>>BETH ALDEN:  OKAY.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S OTHER FACTORS THAT 
ARE FIGURED IN,.
WERE THEY BOTH ON THE SAME ROUTE OR ARE THEY TAKING 
DIFFERENT ROUTES?
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT BETTER.
>>BETH ALDEN:  OKAY.
I'LL COME SEE YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
>>MARK SHARPE:  I'D LIKE TO KNOW THAT ANSWER AS WELL.
>>BETH ALDEN:  OKAY.
WE'LL BE PROVIDING IT TO THE BOARD MEMBERS THEN?
>>MARK SHARPE:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE?
BETH, THANK YOU.
AS ALWAYS, I APPRECIATE IT.
>>BETH ALDEN:  THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
AND THE LAST INFORMATIONAL ONE IS THE SELMON/CROSSTOWN 
GREENWAY.
ANNA VASQUEZ IS GOING TO DO THAT ONE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS NICO STEARLEY.
THIS IS ANNA VASQUEZ, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR 
TIME.
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>> ABSOLUTELY.
NICO STEARLEY AND ANNA VASQUEZ.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE BOARD THIS MORNING FOR THE 
OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT OUR GREENWAY CONCEPT TO THEM.
I KNOW IT HAD BEEN MENTIONED PREVIOUSLY THIS MORNING --
>>ROSE FERLITA:  I THINK IF YOU MOVE OVER CLOSER TO THE 
MIKE OR MOVE THE MIKE OVER TO YOU, WE COULD HEAR YOU 
BETTER.
>> OKAY.
I'LL TRY TO SPEAK UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTING THIS IDEA, AND LIKE I SAID, YOU 
HAVE BEEN MENTIONING IT.
RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THIS CONCEPT OF AN URBAN 
GREENWAY THAT IS ADJACENT AND UNDERNEATH THE 
SELMON/CROSSTOWN, AND IF YOU GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT -- 
THIS IS THE CONDITION RIGHT NOW, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY 
TRYING TO LOOK AT IS PROVIDING A MULTIMODAL PATH THAT 
INTERCONNECTS DOWNTOWN TAMPA, THE CENTRAL BUSINESS 
DISTRICTS WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO ALL THE WAY TO BRANDON 
AS WELL AS PINELLAS COUNTY THROUGH THE FRIENDSHIP 
TRAILBRIDGE.
THERE WE GO.
EXCUSE ME.
LIKE I SAID, WE WANT TO CONNECT OUR URBAN COMMUNITY TO 
GREENSPACES.
GO BACK, PLEASE.
>> SORRY.
EXCUSE ME.
>> THERE WE ARE.
TO GREENSPACES THAT ARE CLEAN AND RESPONSIBLE ENVIRONMENTS 
INTEGRATED WITH THRIVING ECOSYSTEMS, MULTIMODAL OPTIONS, 
SAFE INFRASTRUCTURE, HEALTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES BY 
REDUCING OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT.
AND THIS IS -- THIS IS A SITE PLAN OF WHERE WE SEE THE 
CONNECTIONS.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS CONNECT GREENSPACES THAT SURROUND OUR 
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT AS WELL AS HISTORICAL DISTRICTS 
OF YBOR AND HYDE PARK AND ALL THE WAY OUT, LIKE I 
MENTIONED, FROM BRANDON TO PINELLAS COUNTY.
WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS CONCEPT TO HAVE A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT 
INGREDIENTS, THOSE BEING SUSTAINABILITY, CONNECTIVITY, 
COMMUNITY, LIVABILITY, AND THE ECONOMY.
>> AS WE SEARCHED FOR WAYS TO INTEGRATE THE ENVIRONMENT 
WITH OUR URBAN CONDITION WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF HEAT ISLAND 
EFFECT, A LOT OF PARKING SPACES, A LOT OF AUTOMOBILES, AND 
VERY LITTLE, YOU KNOW, BICYCLE LANES OR PEDESTRIAN MEANS OF 
GETTING TO PLACES, WE SAW AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT McKAY 
BAY PRESERVES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BALLAST POINT, PICNIC 
ISLAND, TO THE FRIENDSHIP TRAILS, AND ONE OF THE WAYS OF 
CONNECTING THESE GREENSPACES IS BY COEXISTING WITH NATURE, 
HAVING URBAN ECOSYSTEMS THAT ENHANCE THE ENVIRONMENT, 
ENHANCE OUR SPACES BY TREATING THE WATER THAT IS BEING SHED 
FROM THE EXPRESSWAY OR FROM THE PARKING SPACES AND TREATING 
THEM WITH BIOSWELLS, HAVING GRASSLAND, HAVING, YOU KNOW, 
WHITE EGRETS INHABIT THESE WATERWAYS AS WELL, AND ALSO 
CREATING PARK SPACES AND BRINGING BACK NATIVE PLANTS, 
HAVING AN URBAN TERRAIN, HAVING MORE TREES IN THE DOWNTOWN.
ALSO INCREASING THE ACCESS FOR MULTIMODAL PATHS THROUGH 
DOWNTOWN.
THE EXPRESSWAY CUTS THROUGH VERY CRUCIAL AREAS WHERE THERE 
ARE MANY RESIDENTS, THERE ARE MANY ACTIVITIES.
PEOPLE NEED TO GET TO THESE PLACES EASILY AND SAFELY.
THERE ARE MANY WAYS OF GETTING TO OTHER PLACES BESIDES 
DRIVING YOUR CAR.
YOU COULD RIDE YOUR BIKE, YOU COULD RUN, YOU COULD SKATE, 
AND YOU COULD BIKE.
AND THERE ARE MANY PRECEDENTS THROUGHOUT THE NATION WHERE, 
YOU KNOW, THESE MULTIMODAL PATHS HAVE MANY DIFFERENT 
VARIETIES OF PATHS.
THERE ARE URBAN MOUNTAIN BIKE PARKS, THERE ARE SKATEBOARD 
PARKS.
THERE ARE ALSO BOARDWALKS, AND THESE ARE ALL BEAUTIFUL, 
TEXTURED PATHS THAT CREATE NODES AND INTEREST THROUGHOUT 
THE PATH AS WELL.
>> MOST IMPORTANTLY, WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS THIS 
BECOME AN ARTERY TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE CITY, NOT 
STRICTLY A PATH FOR RECREATION BUT ACTUALLY A PATH THAT CAN 
BE CONSIDERED A ROAD THAT INTERCONNECTS DESTINATIONS, 
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ADVANCED RESIDENCE, 
AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TOURISTS AND RESIDENTS ALIKE.
WITH YOUR DAILY COMMUTE, YOU KNOW, YOU GET IN YOUR CAR AND 
YOU LEAVE.
WELL, THERE'S THE THING WE'RE TRYING TO IMPLEMENT CALLED 
THE NO EXCUSE ZONE THAT SURROUNDS THE CENTRAL BUSINESS 
DISTRICT, AND WHAT THIS IS IS GOING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF 
DISTANCE IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME IS BASICALLY THE SAME 
AS IF YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR OR POSSIBLY ON A BIKE, OR, YOU 
KNOW, HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO FROM BIKE TO BUS, BUS TO 
RAIL, YOU KNOW, TO PED, TO GET THROUGH THE CITY AND DO YOUR 
EVERYDAY ACTIVITIES AND ROUTINE WHILE INTRODUCING THE 
HEALTH BENEFITS OF USING THIS ALTERNATIVE PATH.
>> ALSO, THE URBAN GREENWAY WOULD ALSO BENEFIT THE CITY BY 
HAVING MORE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN AN AREA THAT'S 
UNDERDEVELOPED.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKING SPACES IN THE DOWNTOWN 
AREA.
IN THE MOVEMENT OF LEED, MANY BUILDINGS ARE WANTING TO 
ACHIEVE CERTIFICATION.
HAVING A WAY TO GET TO WORK OTHER THAN DRIVING YOUR CAR 
WOULD DEFINITELY BE OF INTEREST TO THESE BUSINESSES AS 
WELL.
ITS PROXIMITY TO THE FORUM, TO THE CONVENTION CENTER, ALL 
THESE PLACES COULD BENEFIT FROM HAVING A PATH THAT RUNS 
ADJACENT TO IT WHERE ACTIVITIES COULD OCCUR ON THE PATH AS 
WELL AND ENCOURAGE MANY DIFFERENT PEOPLE OF MANY DIFFERENT 
INTERESTS TO ATTEND THESE ACTIVITIES.
>> WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TODAY.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T HEARD IT AND FOR THOSE THAT HAVE, 
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AGAIN.
>> THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
ANY QUESTIONS?
GO AHEAD, MARK.
>>MARK SHARPE:  [INAUDIBLE] CAN YOU GET THE INFORMATION ON 
THIS PLAN?
>> NICO AND I BEGAN THIS AS A GRASS-ROOTS EFFORT, AND THE 
EXPRESSWAY AUTHORITY VENTURED INTO ACCEPT THAT INTO THE 
TIGER GRANT APPLICATION, WHICH PROPELLED IT EVEN FURTHER BY 
HAVING MORE OUTREACH INTO THE COMMUNITY.
THE MPO OR THE GREENWAY TRAILS GROUP HAS ALSO BROUGHT IT IN 
UNDER THEIR ARMS AND HAS BEGAN A FEASIBILITY STUDY?
>>MARK SHARPE:  ARE YOU WORKING WITH RICHARD GONZMART ON 
IN?
>> NO.
>>MARK SHARPE:  YOU SHOULD TALK TO HIM BECAUSE HE'S -- HAS 
HE TALKED WITH YOU?
>> [INAUDIBLE]
>>MARK SHARPE:  HE HAS SOME -- A LOT OF IDEAS ABOUT 
CONNECTING YBOR AND USING THE CROSSTOWN AND FOR BICYCLING 
PURPOSES AND SUCH.
WOULD YOU BE ABLE TO USE BIKES ON THIS?
IS IT --
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>>MARK SHARPE:  I KNOW THERE'S SOME ISSUES ABOUT SAFETY, 
OBVIOUSLY VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES, BUT --
>> WELL, THE ONE BENEFIT OF THIS, HAVING A GREENWAY 
UNDERNEATH THE EXPRESSWAY, IS THAT IT'S HIGHLY VISIBLE FROM 
ANY OF THE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN, SO IT CREATES 
DESIRE.
IT'S ALSO ACTING AS A SPINE THAT CONNECTS THE CITIES OF 
BRANDON THROUGH YBOR CITY, THROUGH PALMETTO BEACH, DOWN TO 
HYDE PARK, ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO BALLAST POINT AREA, AND 
BECAUSE IT'S SO VISIBLE AND BECAUSE IT'S SO ICONIC OF AN 
ELEMENT THAT HAVING BICYCLE LANES, HAVING PEDESTRIAN 
PASSAGES CREATES A SAFETY FACTOR AS WELL BECAUSE IT 
ACTIVATES IT, IT HIGHLY ACTIVATES IT AND INCREASES SAFETY 
AS WELL BECAUSE MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ON IT AND 
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE CROSSING THE STREET, LARGER CROWDS.
>>MARK SHARPE:  I WAS IN BOSTON NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND YOU 
SAW HOW THEY COORDINATED THE BIG DIG.
>> UH-HUH.
>>MARK SHARPE:  WHICH IS -- IT'S A CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT, 
BUT THEY GOT IT DONE, AND -- BUT YOU'RE WALKING, YOU'RE 
BIKING RIGHT ALONG -- NOT RIGHT ALONG BUT IN THE VICINITY 
OF HIGHWAYS, BUT IT'S A GREAT WAY TO GET AROUND, AND PEOPLE 
ARE USING IT.
I MEAN, IT'S AMAZING THAT THEY'RE MORE WALKABLE THAN WE 
ARE.
>> RIGHT.
>>MARK SHARPE:  SO --
>> WE'RE GOING TO START WORKING ON SOME LITERATURE, LIKE A 
SMALL BROCHURE THAT WE CAN START -- BASICALLY WE'VE BEEN 
GOING AROUND TO VARIOUS COMMITTEES AND BOARDS SHARING THIS 
IDEA, JUST LIKE SHE HAD SAID, GRASS-ROOTS, BUT WE REALLY 
WANT TO GET SOMETHING THAT AFTER WE DO THIS, YOU CAN TAKE 
IT WITH YOU AND ACTUALLY HAVE SOMETHING.
WE'RE WORKING ON POSSIBLY A BLOG.
JUST -- YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN SLOW-GOING UNFORTUNATELY WITH 
THE FINANCING, BUT ACTUALLY IT'S BEEN PROSPEROUS AS WELL, 
AND THERE'S POSITIVE OUTLOOK HERE, SO THANK YOU FOR 
LISTENING.
>>MARK SHARPE:  GREAT IDEA.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
MR. WAGGONER, YOU WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT?
>>JOE WAGGONER:  THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FUNCTION OF GREAT MINDS THINKING 
ALIKE, BUT WE HAD ADDED A PATHWAY, A GREENWAY TO OUR PD&E 
STUDY ON THE SELMON BEFORE I EVER HEARD OF OTHER PEOPLE 
THINKING ABOUT IT, AND WE'D INCLUDED IT IN OUR TIGER GRANT 
APPLICATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, JUST LIKE ALL THE REST OF THE TIGER GRANT 
APPLICATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, NOBODY 
GOT A DOLLAR OUT OF THAT DEAL.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  NO, BUT AT LEAST THE EFFORT WAS THERE.
>>JOE WAGGONER:  THE EFFORT WAS MADE, AND THE AGENCY AND 
OUR BOARD IS COMMITTED TO THOSE KINDS OF CONCEPTS.
WE ARE ALWAYS CONSTRAINED BY REVENUES, THOUGH.
WE'RE EXPLORING OTHER OPTIONS, BUT ONLY TIME AND ACTIONS 
WILL TELL.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOE.
MS. MULHERN, YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING?
>>MARY MULHERN:  I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS 
AND SAY THAT THE CITY IS, I THINK, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT, 
AND HOPEFULLY YOU'RE WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION 
DEPARTMENT.
IT'S JUST A FANTASTIC IDEA, ESPECIALLY FOR BIKE LANES 
BECAUSE YOU ARE UNDERNEATH THE FREEWAY, YOU HAVE ABSOLUTE 
SAFETY FROM -- FROM CROSS-TRAFFIC, SO IT'S A GREAT 
SOLUTION.
>> AND WEATHER AS WELL.
>>MARY MULHERN:  AND WEATHER.
YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
>> THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU ALL FOR THE PRESENTATION.
APPRECIATE IT.
>> MADAM CHAIR, ONE MORE COMMENT FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION.
I'M PLEASED TO GIVE THE MPO TODAY -- WE'VE ALREADY DONE 
ABOUT A 15% LEVEL OF DESIGN EFFORT ON THIS BY LOOKING AT 
HOW TO INTEGRATE AN URBAN TRAIL UNDERNEATH THE LEE ROY 
SELMON AS PART OF THE TIGER GRANT PROCESS THAT JOE JUST 
MENTIONED HERE A MINUTE AGO, SO WE'LL PROVIDE THAT TO THE 
CITY TODAY.
WE'LL GLADLY GIVE YOU A COPY OF IT AS WELL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES IN FITTING AN URBAN TRAIL IN 
THERE, BUT IT CAN BE DONE.
AND WE ALSO THINK THAT WITH SOME MORE DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE 
CITY AND THE MPO, WE CAN PROBABLY SHAPE THIS INTO AN 
ENHANCEMENT PROJECT THAT CAN BE DONE IN FUTURE YEARS.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  THANK YOU.
THANKS FOR THAT INPUT.
OKAY.
AGAIN, THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  OKAY.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CHAIRMAN'S REPORT.
LIVABLE ROADWAY COMMITTEES, COUNCILWOMAN MARY MULHERN.
>>MARY MULHERN:  THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
THE LIVABLE ROADWAYS COMMITTEE MET ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 
24th.
THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED A PRESENTATION ON THE UNIVERSITY 
MULTIMODAL LIST OF PROJECTS.
THERE WAS LIVELY DISCUSSION ON THE MERITS AND POSSIBLE 
IMPACTS THE PROJECTS WILL HAVE ON IT -- THE IMMEDIATE 
AREA'S QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE 
PROJECTS LIKE THIS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
THE COMMITTEE ENTHUSIASTICALLY SUPPORTS THIS PROJECT.
ALAN STEINBECK, RENAISSANCE PLANNING, PROVIDED AN UPDATE ON 
THE FEASIBILITY SCOPE FOR THE SELMON GREENWAY PROJECT, 
WHICH WE JUST HEARD ABOUT.
THE SCOPE INCLUDES CREATING A STAKEHOLDERS GROUP USING 
DOWNTOWN PARTNERSHIPS, EXISTING OUTREACH, A PLANNED WALKING 
TOUR TO ASSESS CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND A STRONG 
ENGINEERING AND DESIGN ASSESSMENT OF FEASIBILITY.
ARIZONA JENKINS, ON BEHALF OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, 
HAS ASKED THE COMMITTEE FOR HELP ON ADDRESSING THE REDESIGN 
OF THE ARMENIA AND BUSCH BOULEVARD INTERSECTION TO MAKE IT 
SAFER FOR PEDESTRIANS.
THE COMMITTEE HAS AGREED TO WORK WITH FDOT, HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY, AND THE CITY OF TAMPA TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE.
THE NEXT LIVABLE ROADWAYS MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 
24th, AT 9:00 A.M.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  COUNCILWOMAN, THANK YOU FOR THE 
INFORMATION.
BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE, MICHELLE OGILVIE, 
AND ACTUALLY I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THE NEXT TWO 
THINGS, RIGHT MICHELE?
>>MICHELE OGILVIE:  THAT'S CORRECT.
MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
NOW I'VE LOST IT.
TOO MUCH PAPER.
WHERE'S MY BICYCLE?
HERE IT IS.
BICYCLE-PEDESTRIAN COMMITTEE MET ON FEBRUARY 10th, 2010, 
CONTINUING ON THE COMMITTEE'S FOCUS ON PROMOTING BICYCLE 
AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.
TINA RUSSO ANNOUNCED THAT 30 TEACHERS, ALL ELEMENTARY, HAVE 
BEEN TRAINED IN BICYCLE SAFETY IN ASSOCIATION WITH ST. 
JOSEPH'S CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL SAFE KIDS AND HILLSBOROUGH 
COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD.
THE GOOD SKILLS, BICYCLE SKILLS A CHILD LEARNS WILL 
TRANSLATE TO GOOD DRIVING BEHAVIOR IN ADULTHOOD.
THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE NEED FOR A STRONGER 
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TAMPA POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HART TO 
HELP PROMOTE BETTER AWARENESS OF BICYCLE SAFETY.
IT WAS DECIDED BY THE MEMBERS THAT THEY WILL WORK THROUGH 
THE FLORIDA BICYCLE ASSOCIATION AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY'S 
COMMUNITY SAFETY ACTION TEAM'S CURRENT ACTIVITIES TO BRING 
STRONGER BICYCLE SAFETY AWARENESS TO US ALL.
MARCH IS FLORIDA'S BICYCLE MONTH, AND DOWNTOWN TAMPA WILL 
HOST THE SECOND ANNUAL CRITERIUM AND FESTIVAL ON SATURDAY, 
MARCH 27th, AND ONE OF THE ACTIVITIES WILL BE A BICYCLE 
RODEO, WHICH, OF COURSE, PROMOTES SAFETY AS ONE OF ITS 
CONSCIOUS PROJECTS.
THE NEXT BPAC MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE ON MARCH 10th AT 5:30 
P.M.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MICHELE, THANK YOU.
>>MICHELE OGILVIE:  THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  AND THE SECOND REPORT, I GUESS, IS THE 
TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.
>>MICHELE OGILVIE:  TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED.
WE HELD THAT MEETING LAST WEEK, FEBRUARY THE 25th, 2010, 
AND THE -- THE MEETING BEGAN WITH A COMPLIMENT FROM 
CATHLEEN BARJA, COMPLIMENTING THE SUNSHINE LINE ON THE 
OUTSTANDING SERVICE ITS DRIVERS AND STAFF HAVE GIVEN TO 
HER.
THE BOARD ELECTED ITS OFFICERS.
MAYOR JOE AFFRONTI WILL BE CHAIR, LEONARD PLOTKIN VICE 
CHAIR, GLORIA MILLS MEMBER-AT-LARGE.
THE BOARD REVIEWED AND APPROVED THE COMMUNITY 
TRANSPORTATION COORDINATOR'S REQUEST TO ENTER INTO A NEW 
CONTRACT WITH MENTAL HEALTH CARE, WHO WILL PROVIDE 6800 
INDIGENT PERSONS WITH TRANSPORTATION TO MEDICAL AND SOCIAL 
SERVICES.
LET ME SKIP A LITTLE.
THE BOARD EXPRESSED OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED 
SELMON GREENWAY PROJECT, AND THE CHILDREN'S BOARD STAFF 
HAS -- WOULD LIKE TO ASSIST IN LINKING THIS PROJECT WITH 
CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS THIS SUMMER THAT ARE FOCUSED ON THE 
THEME OF GREEN.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL THE 22nd AT 6:00.
IT WILL BE OUR ANNUAL PUBLIC HEARING, AND -- ON THE 26th 
FLOOR OF THE COUNTY CENTER -- A REGULAR MEETING WILL 
FOLLOW.
THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  MICHELE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MICHELE?
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT?
OKAY.
THE LAST THING IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
>>RAY CHIARAMONTE:  VERY QUICKLY.
I MADE A PRESENTATION OF OUR MPO PLAN TO THE NEW URBAN 
PLANNING PROGRAM AT USF.
IT'S THE FIRST YEAR OF THE MASTER'S PROGRAM IN URBAN AND 
REGIONAL PLANNING TO THE LAW GROUP.
I ATTENDED THE CONNECTING THE REGION MEETING AT THE 
LAKELAND CIVIC CENTER, HAD ALMOST -- OVER 300 ATTENDEES TO 
HEAR MAYOR McCRORY OF CHARLOTTE SPEAK ABOUT RAIL TRANSIT, 
AND I HAD A MEETING WITH MAYOR IORIO, MAYOR AFFRONTI, AND 
MAYOR LOTT TO DISCUSS THE REFERENDUM ON FEBRUARY 23rd.
WE ENCLOSED THE LETTER WE RECEIVED FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF 
TRANSPORTATION ON OUR MPO PLAN, ESPECIALLY COMPLIMENTING 
THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PART OF OUR PLAN.
WANT TO POINT OUT THREE EVENTS COMING UP.
ONE AGAIN IS THE 2060 FLORIDA TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT FDOT 
IS SPONSORING THE WEBINAR FROM 2:00 TO 3:00 MARCH 10th AT 
THE PLANNING COMMISSION BOARDROOM.
COMMISSIONER MARK SHARPE'S GOING TO SPEAK IN THE PLANNING 
COMMISSION BOARDROOM ON MARCH 18th AT LUNCHTIME.
WE HAVE A LUNCH-AND-LEARN THING ONCE A MONTH, AND HE'S THE 
SPEAKER ON MARCH 18th.
AND THE PINELLAS COUNTY TRANSIT SUMMIT, WHICH I'VE LEFT A 
FLIER, IS OCCURRING ON MARCH 22nd OVER IN THE GATEWAY AREA 
OF PINELLAS COUNTY AND IS HAVING -- KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS THE 
PRESIDENT OF PHOENIX COMMUNITY ALLIANCE, WHO'S GOING TO 
SPEAK ON THE PHOENIX LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM AT THAT EVENT, WHICH 
I BELIEVE IS FREE, AND THAT IS MY REPORT.
>>ROSE FERLITA:  RAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK.
ANY QUESTIONS OF RAY?
NO.
ALL RIGHT.
I THINK WE NEED TO OFFER THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS ANY HERE 
THAT WANT TO SPEAK ON GENERAL COMMENTS.
NOBODY, ALL STAFF; RIGHT?
OKAY.
OLD BUSINESS ANYONE?
NEW BUSINESS ANYONE?
THAT BEING THE CASE, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.


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