Zoning Hearing Master - Regular Meeting

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS AFTER 10:00. THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH A TECHNICAL ISSUE AND GIVE US THE THUMBS UP TO START, SO WE'LL START AS SOON AS THEY GET THE, THEY GIVE ME THE APPROVAL TO START. ARE YOU READY TO GO? WE WERE READY FOR A MINUTE.

THANK YOU, GOOD MORNING, EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE JANUARY 14th MEETING OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TRANSPORTATION PLANNING ORGANIZATION. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYBODY. I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE LATE, BUT IT IS 2026, WHICH JUST STILL STAGGERS ME A LITTLE BIT THAT IT'S 2026, BUT HERE WE ARE. IF YOU WOULD REMEMBER, PLEASE REMEMBER TO SILENCE YOUR ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. LIKE TO ASK THE RECORDING SECRETARY TO PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. GOOD MORNING. ROSS. HERE. WOSTAL. HERE. MILLER. HERE. MYERS. HERE. > COHEN. HERE. BOLES. HERE. > CLENDENIN. HERE. HURTAK. HERE. CARLSON. KILTON. GRAY. HERE. KLUG. HERE. KRISHHAM. SLATER. HARTFIELD. PRESENT. JOSEPH.

HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM, SIR. > THANK YOU VERY MUCH. IS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW OUR MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 10th, AND IF SO, IS THERE A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN. I HAVE A COUPLE SECONDS. THE ONE I HEARD WAS FROM COMMISSIONER MYERS. ANY DISCUSSION OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? NO NAYS. MINUTES ARE ADOPTED. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENT? I CURRENTLY HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, MR. RICK FERNANDEZ. I SEE HIM ONLINE. MR. FERNANDEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED, SIR. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR. I'LL DEFER PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE THE CAC REPORT TO FOLLOW.

OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP CURRENTLY, SO COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ADVANCE COMMENTS. MR. FERNANDEZ, YOU ARE RECOGNIZED AS THE CAC CHAIR. SO GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. GOOD MORNING TO ALL, AND ALSO HAPPY N NEW YEAR. THE, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME'S RICK FERNANDEZ, CHAIR OF YOUR CAC. YOUR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MET ON JANUARY 7th, 2026. WE HAD 16 INDIVIDUALS IN ATTENDANCE, SO WE EASILY MET OUR QUORUM. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, MAYBE IT'S JUST THE NEW YEAR EXUBERANCE, THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST ATTENDED MEETINGS WE'VE HAD IN QUITE SOMETIME. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL KEEP THAT VIBE GOING INTO THE FUTURE. AT THE MEETING, THE CAC CONDUCTED ITS ANNUAL REVIEW OF MEMBER ATTENDANCE. AND WE ALSO AS DID YOU LAST MONTH, WE ALSO HAD OUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS. THE CAC VOTED RICK FERNANDEZ, MYSELF TO REMAIN AS CHAIR. DANA LAZARUS WAS VOTED AS VICE CHAIR, AND STEPHEN HOLLENKAMP AS OFFICER AT LARGE. ESSENTIALLY THAT'S THE SAME LEADERSHIP GROUP THAT'S BEEN IN PLACE NOW FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. WE JUST HAD A SHUFFLE AT THE VICE CHAIR AND AT LARGE POSITIONS. UPON REVIEW OF THE ATTENDANCE, THE CAC VOTED TO RECOMMEND TO THE TPO BOARD REMOVAL OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS WHO HAVE HAD EXTENDED ABSENCES FROM OUR MEETINGS. IN THIS CASE WE WERE TALKING ABOUT A FULL YEAR. THIS WILL BE ON A FUTURE TPO MEETING AGENDA FOR CONSIDERATION, AND TPO STAFF IS WORKING TO SEEK POTENTIAL APPLICANTS TO FILL THE ANTICIPATED VACANCIES. JUST AN FYI WITHOUT CALLING ANYONE OUT IN PARTICULAR, ONE OF THOSE SEATS IS A BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT. ANOTHER I BELIEVE WAS AT LARGE. TPO STAFF PRESENTED THE 2026 SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND

PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN TARGETS FOR ACTION, BOTH OF THOSE I BELIEVE ARE ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. CAC MEMBERS NOTED THAT THIS WAS A QUOTE FROM ONE OF THE MEMBERS THAT THIS PROCESS FEELS LIKE BUDGETING FOR FUTURE DEATHS. A COMMENT FRANKLY THAT'S BEEN MADE REPEATEDLY YEAR AFTER YEAR WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS BROUGHT TO US. WE ASKED ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY AND BEST PRACTICES INVOLVED, AND STATED THAT THESE DON'T ACTUALLY FEEL LIKE TARGETS. DON'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE, BUT THEY OUGHT TO BE CALLED SOMETHING OTHER THAN TARGETS. MEMBERS ASKED FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, REITERATING THAT THIS FEELS LIKE IT IS LACKING CONTEXT AND DOES NOT SHOW THE IMPACT OF PROJECTS, THEIR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, OR THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND PROGRAMMING. CAC MEMBERS RAISED CONCERN ABOUT THE TRANSIT MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURES THAT RELATES TO THE TRANSIT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN PORTION OF THE REPORT. THE CAC VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THE TPO BOARD NOT APPROVE THE TARGETS. AGAIN, NOT APPROVE THE TARGETS. THE LACK OF INFORMATION WAS CITED AS THE REASON FOR THIS. ON ANOTHER NOTE FOLLOWING THAT ACTION, THE CAC VOTED TO INCLUDE THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK SPEED STUDY RESULTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UPCOMING MARCH SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS REPORT PRESENTATION, AND THE MIRROR TARGETS TOGETHER WITH THAT PRESENTATION. THE CAC ALSO PROVIDED FEEDBACK TO TPO STAFF ON THE PRIORITIZATION PROCESS AND THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION STUDY. I THINK TAT LATTER STUDY IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO YOU BY WADE REYNOLDS TODAY.

THE CAC RECEIVED ITS ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP UPDATE, WHICH INCLUDED RECOGNIZING THAT ITS MEMBERSHIP IS UNDERREPRESENTED WITH THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 25, WITH WOMEN, AND WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE ASIAN OR HISPANIC LATINO. AS COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AS A WHOLE. GEOGRAPHICALLY, IT IS ALSO UNDERREPRESENTED IN THE GREATER BRANDON AREA AND THE NORTHEAST, SOUTH, AND NORTHWEST AREAS OF HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. I'LL BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OTHERWISE, RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED.

THANK YOU, MR. FERNANDEZ. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MR. FERNANDEZ? SEEING NONE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YES, SIR. NEXT UP WE HAVE HARMONI MCGEE FROM OUR TPO STAFF. GOOD MORNING, MS. McGEE.

GOOD MORNING. HARMONI MCGEE, TPO STAFF. REGARDING TODAY'S ACTION ITEMS, THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE TPO BOARD APPROVE THE 2026 SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN TARGETS. COMMITTEE DISCUSSION FOCUSED ON THE BUS PERFORMANCE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY SHULD BE INTERPRETED. WHILE THE RATES ARE INCREASING, IT WAS CLARIFIED THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS NOT TO LOWER THE RATES BUT TO ENSURE THE TARGETS ARE DATA DRIVEN AND REALISTIC. TPO STAFF ALSO NOTED THAT WHEN THERE IS A SINGLE TRANSIT AGENCY, THE TARGETS ARE PROVIDED BY THAT AGENCY. CLARIFICATION WAS REQUESTED REGARDING THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE NUMBERS, AND STAFF STATED THAT THERE IS A 1% REDUCTION ON HIGHWAY SAFETY TARGETS. ONE PUBLIC COMMENT WAS RECEIVED ON X FROM BOB O'MALLEY WHO TAGGED THE TPO IN A TAMPA BAY 28 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE RELATED TO THE BRIGHTLINE STATIONIARY STUDY SURVEY. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, MS. McGEE. BOARD MEMBERS, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MS. McGEE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. EVERYBODY I'M ASSUMING HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW TH CONSENT AGENDA. IF SO, IS THERE A MOTION? MOVE APPROVAL.

I SAW BOARD MEMBER GRAY, BOARD MEMBER GRAY MOVED APPROVAL AND COMMISSIONER MYERS SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO NAYS. CONSENT AGENDA IS ADOPTED. WE MOVE INTO ACTION ITEMS. FIRST ITEM IS A 2026 SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT SAFETY PLAN TARGETS. CONNOR TRAHOSE McDONALD FROM OUR TPO STAFF IS HERE TO PRESENT. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, I'M CONNER? TREJOS-MACDONALD HERE TO PRESENT THE 2026 PERFORMANCE SAFETY TARGETS AND PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCY SAFETY PLAN TARGETS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. A LITTLE BIT OF A BACKGROUND. THE T O O IS REQUIRED TO SET -- AND FEDERAL HIGHWAY REVIEWS THE PROGRESS OF THE HIGHWAY SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THERE ARE SEVERAL FEDERALLY MANDATED MEASURES, INCLUDING SAFETY, BRIDGE AND PAVEMENT CONDITIONS, SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, TRANSIT ASSET MANAGEMENT, AND THE PTAS. TODAY WE'RE REVIEWING THE TARGETS FOR SAFETY AND THE SAFETY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION AGENCY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO FOR THE SAFETY PERFORMANCE TARGETS ON FATALITIES, WE HAVE SEVEN MEASURES. TWO OF THOSE ARE ELECTED BY THE TPO, MEANING THEY'RE DISCRETIONARY TARGET NOT REQUIRED BY FEDERAL HIGHWAY. THOSE BEING FATALITIES AND MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES. OVERALL THE TAKEAWAY IS THAT FATALITIES ARE DOWN QUITE A BIT. WE DID MEET THE TARGET FOR FATALITIES. RATE OF FATALITY -- SORRY, EXCUSE ME, AND MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES. FOR THOSE IN A FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE AND THE RATE WERE JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE THE TARGET THAT WE SET. HOWEVER, WITH THE FATALITIES GOING DOWN IN RECENT YEARS, EVEN WITH THE 5-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TARGET OF THOSE SET ON THE RIGHT, THE FURTHEST RIGHT COLUMN AND TO GELT THOSE TARGETS WE APPLY A 1% REDUCTION FACTOR THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN OUR LRTP. IT'S IDENTIFIED AS A FEDERAL HIGHWAY BEST PRACTICE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO FOR SERIOUS INJURIES, WE MET THE TARGETS THAT WE SET. FOR SERIOUS INJURIES WE'RE ALSO DOWN AS WELL, WHICH IS A TREND THAT WE SAW WITH THE FATALITIES. WE ALSO APPLY A 1% REDUCTION FACTOR HERE AND RECOMMENDING THE TARGETS ON THE RIGHT SIDE, THE

FURTHEST RIGHT COLUMN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. CONNOR, I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PAUSE? I THINK HTV WAS ON THE ADVANCED ONE SLIDE TOO FAR. COULD THEY BRING UP THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, PLEASE? THANK YOU.

I CAN TALK THROUGH THOSE A LITTLE BIT. ON THE SERIOUS INJURIES ON FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE, THE ACTUAL THAT WE SAW IN 2025 THAT WE PREDICT OUT, BECAUSE THE CRASHES ARE TWO MONTHS BEHIND, FOR REPORTING PURPOSES, SO THAT WAS AT 931 AND WITH THE FIVE-YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE MOVING OUT OF THE 2021 FIVE-YEAR GROUP, WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TARGET OF NO MORE THAN 891. THE RATE WE'RE RECOMMENDING A TARGET OF NO MORE THAN 5.55. AND NONMOTORIZED RECOMMENDING A TARGET OF NO MORE THAN 228. NONMOTORIZED MEANS MOSTLY BICYCLISTS AND PEDESTRIANS SCOOTERS ARE NOT INCLUDED AND AN E-BIKE WOULD BE INCLUDED IF THE OFFICER REPORTS THAT AS A -- NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

IT'S BEEN REQUESTED IN THE PAST FROM THE TPO BOARD TO SEE THE FATALITIES AS IT RELATES TO POPULATION. SO WE USED THE FLORIDA OFFICE OF ECONOMIC AND DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH TO SEE THAT POPULATION PER YEAR AND COMPARED THE RATES AGAINST ONE MILLION PEOPLE SO WE ARE SEEING A DECREASE WITH POPULATION INCREASES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WITH THE NEWS THAT FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES ARE GOING DOWN, THE QUESTION IS WHAT ARE WE DOING THAT'S RIGHT AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING? SO THIS HAS BEEN -- IDENTIFIED UNDER STRATEGIC HIGHWAY SAFETY PLAN -- THAT ARE DATA DRIVEN PRIORITIES USED TO GUIDE SAFETY STRATEGIES, INVESTMENTS, AND COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS ACROSS THE STATE. THAT ORGANIZED ROADWAYS, ROAD USERS, USER BEHAVIOR AND TRAFFIC RECORDS OR INFORMATION SYSTEMS. OVERALL, THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT D.O.T. IS TAKING AN ALL HANDS ON DECK APPROACH FOR SAFETY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WHAT ARE WE DOING AT THE TPO? WE HAVE SEVERAL SYSTEM AND CORRIDOR PLANNING STUDIES INCLUDING A MANHATTAN AND HENDERSON STUDY, AN COUPLING BEARSS AVENUE. WE HAVE A SAFETY TREATMENT EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION WHICH WAS MENTIONED IN THE COMMITTEE REPORTS THAT ACTUALLY CAME FROM A SAFETY TARGET PRESENTATION LOOKING AT WHAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS CONTRIBUTES TO LOWERING FATALITIES AND SERIOUS INJURIES. WE ALSO HAVE SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS AND COORDINATIONS WITH OTHER PEER AGENCIES, SO WORLD DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, WE HAVE PUBLIC SAETY CAMPAIGNS, AND WE COLLABORATE WITH THE CTSD. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SEVERAL GRANT SUPPORT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS, PROGRAM, THE SAFE STREETS FOR ALL, AND THE TIP WE FUND WHERE WE PROGRAM FUNDS ANNUALLY TO SAFETY PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

SO TRANSITIONING INTO THE P TASP, THERE ARE SEVERAL MEASURES THAT ARE USED. FATALITIES AND RATE BY MODE, THE INJURY AND INJURY RATE BY MODE, SAFETY EVENTS, AND SAFETY EVENTS RATE, AND SYSTEM RELIABILITY, AND I'LL GET INTO WHAT THOSE MEAN AS WELL. TYPICALLY WHEN THERE IS A SOLE TRANSIT AGENCY IN AN MPO JURISDICTION, THE PRACTICE IS TO ADOPT THOSE TARGETS STRAIGHT FROM THE AGENCY. TYPICALLY IT'S RECOGNIZED THAT THE AGENCY WOULD KNOW MORE THAN WE DO ON THESE EVENTS, SO THAT WOULD BE THE BEST PRACTICE THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING TO DO AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR FATALITY AND FAERALITY RATE WE ARE AT ZERO IN 2025, AND RECOMMENDING TARGETS AS, TARGETS AND THE RATE AT ZERO. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FOR INJURIES AND INJURY RATES, THESE INCLUDE INJURIES ABOARD VEHICLES OR WITHIN A FACILITY OR STATION. HART USES HISTORICAL DATA TO PREDICT FUTURE NUMBERS AND TO SET THAT TARGET. AND THE RATE SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE TARGETS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SIMILARLY, SAFETY EVENTS ARE PREDICTED OUT USING HISTORICAL DATA. SAFETY EVENTS ARE THINGS LIKE COLLISIONS, FIRE, OR SMOKE, DERAILMENTS OR EVACUATIONS. RECOMMENDING THE TARGETS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THANK YOU. AND THE LAST TARGET IS SYSTEM RELIABILITY BY MODE, WHICH IS MEASURED BY THE MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURES --

EXCUSE ME, MR. McDONALD. I THINK THE SLIDES AE OUT OF SYNC AGAIN. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A SLIDE WE NO LONGER HAVE IN FRONT OF US. THERE WE GO. OKAY. GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU. SO HART USES A 10% INCREASE FACTOR, SO THIS IS THE MEAN DISTANCE BETWEEN MAJOR MECHANICAL FAILURES, SO IF YOU'RE DRIVING A CAR, IT WOULD BE AROUND 9,000 MILES BETWEEN A MECHANICAL FAILURE AND AIMING FOR A BETTER NUMBER AT A ABOUT 9,800 OR 9,700. AND WE'RE RECOMMENDING THOSE TARGETS THAT HART HAS RECOMMENDED IN THE RIGHT -- IN THE RED. AND FINAL SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TODAY WE'RE RECOMMENDING THE TPO BOARD APPROVE THE 2026 SAFETY AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AGENCY SAFETY PLAN TARGETS, AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, MR. McDONALD. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS FOR MR. McDONALD. COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK.

THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THESE, AND WHILE I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE CAC THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR GOAL SHOULD BE ZERO, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE GOING DOWN, I THINK THAT'S VERY GOOD THING, AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN PREVIOUS YEARS. BUT WHAT CONCERNS ME IS, AND I KNOW THIS IS THE TRANSIT AGENCY, AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE'S HERE FROM THE TRANSIT AGENCY, BUT I REALLY BELIEVE THAT WE SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A GOAL OF LOWER REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE NUMBERS SHOW IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I THINK THAT THERE'S SOMETHING TO BE SAID FOR THAT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF, I KNOW YOU EXPLAINED IT, BUT I JUST DON'T AGREE. SO. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE IS HERE FROM HART TO TALK ABOUT THAT.

I THINK HEATHER SOBISH IS HERE FROM HART TO ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU, HEATHER. HI, HEATHER SOBUSH WITH HARLT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE JUST ASSUMED A 10% INCREASE JUST TO BE CONSERVATIVE. BUT I CAN BRING THAT BACK TO THE SAFETY TEAM THAT WE WOULD WANT TO TARGET A LOWER NUMBER. YEAH, I THINK JUST A TARGET. IT'S BEEN VERY NICE FOR US TO SEE THE ACCIDENT TARGET WITH, WITH ALL MODES GO DOWN, SO YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T MEET IT IF YOU DON'T TARGET IT. SO. I'LL DEFINITELY BRING THAT BACK TO THE TEAM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES.

MR. CHAIR, JUST A QUESTION FOR CONNOR. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. SO BACK IN 2012 WHEN THE REQUIREMENT FOR THESE PERFORMANCE TARGETS WAS ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS TALK AROUND KIND OF FINANCIAL PENALTIES ASSOCIATED WITH NOT MEETING THEM AND KIND OF REDUCTION OF OBLIGATION AUTHORITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE CURRENT PRACTICE IS ON THE FEDERAL FRONT WITH ARE THEY, SO IF YOU SET TARGETS THAT ARE TOO AGGRESSIVE, AND YOU DON'T MEET THEM, IS THERE A REDUCTION IN KIND OF FINANCIAL RESOURCES?

TO MY KNOWLEDGE THERE IS NOT A SORT OF PUNISHMENT FOR NOT MEETING THOSE TARGETS. WHEN WE RELATE THOSE TO THE TIP AND LRTP WE USE THEM IN A SYSTEM PERFORMANCE REPORT, SO WE'RE REQUIRED TO SHOW WHAT INVESTMENTS ARE CONTRIBUTING TO MEETING THOSE NUMBERS SO THAT'S HOW IT'S RELATED BUT THERE IS NOT A PUNISHMENT FOR NOT MEETING THE TARGETS. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN, SECONDED BY I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THIS REPORT EVERY YEAR HAS ALWAYS BOTHERED ME A LITTLE BIT, AND WHEN I WAS FIRST ON THE TPO I USED TO TALK A LOT ABOUT IT AND THEN I JUST KIND OF REALIZED THIS IS THE WORLD OF TRANSPORTATION AND SO I KIND O GAVE UP ON THAT. BUT I TOO SHARE SOME CONCERNS OVER THIS THAT I DON'T WANT TO BELABOR. BUT BECAUSE I'VE SAID IT IN YEARS PAST, BUT I DO THINK THIS REPORT, YOU KNOW, IS FEDERALLY MANDATED THAT WE DO THIS. AND I THINK IF IT WASN'T, I'D PROBABLY WOULD MAKE A LOT MORE NOISE ABOUT THIS THAN I AM BECAUSE IT'S -- WE HAVE TO CHECK THE BOX BY FEDERAL LAW. BUT I SEE VERY LITTLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE GOALS AND OUR PROJECTS AND OUR AFTERACTION REVIEWS OF OUR PROJECTS, AND THERE'SIC, TO ME THERE IS NO STRAIGHT LINE, LIKE OKAY WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE MOTORCYCLE FATALITIES BY TEN. WELL, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO DO THAT? I MEAN, ARE WE WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT? ARE WE DOING PSAs? WHAT EXACTLY ARE WE DOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT GOAL, AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED AS A RESULT OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, AND WHAT IMPACT DID IT HAVE ON THAT GOAL? WHAT WORKED, WHAT DIDN'T WORK? SO THAT WE CAN DO THE SAME THING AGAIN NEXT YEAR. SO IT'S NOT, THAT'S THE WORLD THAT I'M USED TO LIVING IN OUTSIDE OF HERE IS THE ESTABLISHED GOALS. YOU DEVELOP PROGRAMS THAT ADDRESS THOSE GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND THEN YOU ASSESS WHAT IMPACT YOU HAD, AND THEN YOU START THAT PROCESS OVER AGAIN. I DON'T SEE THAT WE'RE DOING THIS. AND I THINK THESE GOALS REALLY, I MEAN, NO OFFENSE TO YOU. I KNOW YOU HAVE TO COME UP WITH GOALS, BUT THEY JUST SEEM HOLLOW TO ME. THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY'RE BASED IN ANY REAL SCIENCE. THEY'RE JUST, WE WANT TO DO BETTER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR, SO WE'RE GOING TO REDUCE IT BY 10%

OR WHATEVER. I MEAN, IT'S NOT A MEANINGFUL NUMBER. THE SECOND THING, AND I REALLY HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT THIS UNTIL MR. FERNANDEZ COMMENTED ABOUT IT, BUT I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING TO THIS TOO, AND THAT IS THESE ARE OUR TARGETS. AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE REQUIRED TO USE THAT TERMINOLOGY BY SOME MYRIAD OF REGULATIONS BECAUSE WE'RE REGULATED TO DEATH IN THIS INDUSTRY HERE, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE REDUCTION GOALS OR, YOU KNOW, SAFETY GOALS OR SOMETHING BECAUSE I MEAN IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A TARGET TO MAKE SURE 437 PEOPLE DIE. I MEAN, THAT'S NOT REALLY OUR TARGET. WE WANT -- WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO DIE. SO IT'S THE SAME NUMBER, BUT IF WE COULD PUT REDUCTION GOALS ON IT, IT MAKES IT CLEARER THAT, I MEAN, I THINK MOST PEOPLE REALIZE THAT WE'RE NOT HOPING THAT THAT MANY PEOPLE DIE, BUT WHEN YOU SAY THAT'S OUR TARGET, IT REALLY DOESN'T EXPRESS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO VERY WELL.

IF I CAN RESPOND, AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS, MAYOR, BOARD MEMBERS. WE HAVE ASKED THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY LIAISONS PREVIOUSLY IF THEY WOULD ENTERTAIN A CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE, AND THE RESPONSE WE RECEIVED WAS THAT THE WORD TARGET APPEARS IN THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION BILL, AND SO THEY WOULD PREFER FOR US TO MAINTAIN THAT TO PROVIDE CONSISTENCY WITH OTHER MPOs. BUT I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING TO IS A DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE LONG-TERM ASPIRATIONAL GOAL OF ZERO AND THE ANNUAL TARGETS, WHICH ARE INTENDED TO TRACK HOW WELL WE'RE DOING TO EVENTUALLY ACHIEVE THAT GOAL. ZERO AS A PRACTICAL MATTER IS A LONG WAYS AWAY. THERE ARE SOME WAYS THAT WE COULD GET CLOSER TO IT WITH, YOU KNOW, INCREASING INVESTMENT, PARTNERING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, I THINK YOU HIT MOST OF THE MEAT OF THAT ISSUE. BUT TO DATE AS A SNAPSHOT IN THIS MOMENT IN HISTORY, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT. WE SHARE THESE TARGETS WITH THEM. WE ATTEND THE CTST AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ABOUT WHAT TRENDS WE ARE SEEING, AND ADVISE OR YOU KNOW IT'S REALLY A CONVERSATION WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS ABOUT HOW THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO TACKLE SPECIFIC ISSUES WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE PRECISION. WHAT I WANT TO TEASE NOW IS AS A RESULT OF LAST YEAR'S CONVERSATION, WE TOOK ON A SAFETY EFFECTIVENESS STUDY, AND WHAT WE HOPE TO PRESENT TO YOU IN MAY IS A LIST OF THE TREATMENTS THAT ARE THE MOST ECONOMICALLY EFFECTIVE. SO WITH THE MONEY THAT THE TPO CONTROLS, HOW CAN WE MAXIMIZE OR OPTIMIZE OUR INVESTMENT. WHAT SHOULD WE BE FOCUSING ON? BUT MORE SPECIFICALLY, WHAT COMBINATION OF TREATMENTS YIELDS THE BEST RESULTS. WE KNOW THAT IF WE WERE TO LOOK AT ANY CORRIDOR WITH A STRONG CRASH HISTORY, IF WE DO ONE THING, THAT MIGHT HAVE MINIMAL EFFECT. BUT IF WE DO TWO, THREE, YOU

KNOW, WHAT WE'RE INVESTIGATING IS WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE COMBINATION THAT HELPS US REDUCE THE NUMBER OF CRASHES WITHOUT BLOWING THE BUDGET. THANK YOU, DR. WONG. COMMISSIONER?

I WANTED TO GO OVER SOMETHING YOU HAD POINTED OUT WHERE YOU WERE HOPING FOR MORE OF A LINEAR PAINTED RESULT OF CAUSE AND EFFECT. BUT JOHNNY, GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY, I THOUGHT I REMEMBERED IN THE PAST YOU HAVE PAINTED PRETTY CLEAR PICTURES ABOUT US IMPLEMENTING THINGS LIKE SMART TECHNOLOGY AT INTERSECTIONS AND YOU PAINTING THOSE DIRECT RESULTS THAT HAVE LOWERED SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS. MAYBE IT WASN'T IN THIS REPORT, AND MAYBE THAT'S THE DISCONNECT THAT, BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME OF THAT DATA THAT HAS SHOWED A CAUSE AND EFFECT OF SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, ACTIONS THIS BOARD AND YOUR ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN, RIGHT?

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. EVERY, EVERY ENGINEERING SOLUTION TO REDUCE CRASHES HAS AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT IT CAN ACHIEVE. THERE'S, WITHOUT GOING WAY OUT INTO THE WEEDS, THERE IS A DATABASE OF RESEARCH REPORTS THAT GIVE AN ESTIMATE OF WHAT THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON CRASH RATES AND CRASH TYPES. WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ABOUT ICAS, WE ARE LOOKING TO ADVANCE THAT WHEN THAT WAS PRESENTED, I FELT THAT THERE WAS A STRONG POSITIVE REACTION FOR THE BOARD SO BEGINNING AT THE END OF THIS SUMMER WE'RE BEGINNING A PLAN TO HELP GOVERNMENTS IMPLEMENT THAT TECHNOLOGY AT THE LOCATIONS WHERE IT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.

BOARD MEMBER GRAY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR ROSS, AND I ECHO YOUR REMARKS TOO WITH THE STRONG NEED FOR COMMUNICATION. THERE IS AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE MISSING. IF IT TOOK MAYOR ROSS SOME YEARS TO FIGURE IT OUT, WELL CERTAINLY, I WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE AS WELL. IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN MAKE THOSE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS TO COMMUNICATE MORE EFFECTIVELY, PROGRESS MADE. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE POINTS YOU HAD SHARED IS THAT IN SPITE OF THE POPULATION GROWING, THERE IS STILL A DECREASE, AND THEN WHAT WE COULD EXPECT IS AND WHAT CATEGORIES. IN OTHER WORDS, THAT COMMUNICATION TO NOT ONLY US BUT TO THE CONSTITUENTS. YOU ARE THOUGHTS?

DEFINITELY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. SO ONE, THERE IS VERY, WELL, THERE ARE QUITE A FEW SOURCES AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO REVIEW CRASHES. IN ADDITION WHEN WE REPORT PROGRESS, WE OFTEN DO THAT THROUGH OUR STATE OF THE SYSTEM REPORT, AND WE ARE UPDATING THAT THIS YEAR, SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE PROGRESS THAT WE MADE TOWARDS THOSE TARGETS. AND AS FAR AS COMMUNICATION, I BELIEVE THOSE, THOSE REPORTS AS WELL AS THE DATA PLATFORMS MAY ASSIST WITH THAT. OKAY. SO BE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. COMMISSIONER BOLES.

THANK YOU, SIR. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO KIND OF BRING UP WAS THAT WE HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WE'RE, WE CAN BUDGET FROM THE TPO FOR THIS, RIGHT? A COUPLE -- WHATEVER MILLIONS IT IS OR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, WHATEVER DOLLARS THAT IS. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT IS WHETHER IT'S YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT'S DEPLOYING EXTRA DEPUTIES IN CERTAIN AREAS OR, YOU KNOW ROTATIONS OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S TRAFFIC SIGNALS OR I DON'T KNOW, SIGNAGE. WHATEVER IT COULD BE. A PROGRAM IN SURROUNDING COUNTIES THEY HAVE DONE SOME DRONE PROGRAMS WITH LOCAL HOSPITALS, TAMPA GENERAL FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY'RE BRINGING BLOOD PRODUCTS OUT TO THE SCENES, AND I KNOW THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY IS EXPLORING THAT AS WELL RIGHT NOW. AND THAT WOULD KIND OF EFFECTIVELY REDUCE HAVING THAT BLOOD PRODUCT GET OUT THERE FOR MAJOR TRAUMA, MAJOR HIGH VELOCITY ACCIDENTS IS REALLY CRITICAL IN GETTING LIFE SAFETY. CERTAINLY THAT, THAT TREATMENT OF CARE. SO THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE COULD EXPLORE AS WELL MAYBE PARTNERING WITH THE EMPC HAS WORKED ON THAT WITH SOME OF THE LOCAL AGENCIES, BUT I DO KNOW THAT HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND TAMPA GENERAL ARE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AS WELL.

I THINK THE CITY OF TAMPA JUST GOT SOME FEDERAL TRANSPORTATION DOLLARS TOWARDS A PROGRAM. YEAH. BUT THAT IS A MEASURABLE OUTCOME THAT YOU CAN SAY, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD SAY HEY, WE KNOW THAT THESE PEOPLE GETTING THESE TREATMENT MODALITIES EARLIER ACTUALLY HAVE A BETTER OUTCOME. SO JUST ANOTHER THOUGHT PROCESS. IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR PROGRAMS,. [OFF MIC] YEAH. THANK YOU. WE'D BE HAPPY TO COLLABORATE WITH HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND THE OTHER CITIES ON A GRANT APPLICATION, KIND OF FOLLOWING THE MODEL OF THE ONE BLOOD PROGRAM. YOU'RE RIGHT, THE CITY OF TAMPA WAS JUST AWARDED SOME FEDERAL MONEY TO GET THAT UNDERWAY, SO THANK YOU.

ARE THERE OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO NAYS. TARGETS ARE ADOPTED. THANK YOU, MR. MACDONALD. THANK YOU. NEXT ACTION ITEM IS A TPO PRIORITIZATION PROCESS EVALUATION. ELIZABETH CA WATKINS FROM OUR TO STAFF WILL EXPLAIN. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING, TPO BOARD. THANK YOU FOR THAT GREAT CONVERSATION AND INSIGHTS. I THINK IT'LL REALLY TEE UP THIS PRESENTATION REALLY WELL. SO THIS PRESENTATION IS TO PRESENT TO YOU A FEW SHORT-TERM ACTIONS THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TO HELP PRIORITIZE PROJECTS. SO WE UNDERTOOK THIS EFFORT -- I'M SORRY. ABSOLUTELY. THE REASON WE UNDERTOOK THIS EFFORT WAS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO FEEDBACK THAT WE RECEIVED FROM YOU AND YOUR ADVISORIES COMMITTEES ON TRYING TO BRING MORE CLARITY TO THIS LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS. SO WHY DOES THIS MATTER? FROM A FUNCTIONAL PERSPECTIVE, THIS IS THE LIST THAT $25 MILLION OF FEDERAL FUNDS ARE ALLOCATED ANNUALLY TO PRIORITIZE TO LOCAL NEEDS. SO JUST AS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT SAFETY, THIS IS THIS POT OF FUNDING THAT YOU ALL HAVE DIRECT AUTHORITY OVER. SO BEYOND THE ACT OF PROGRAMMING, IT ALSO SERVES AS A COMMUNITY STATEMENT OF PRIORITIES. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WHAT'S REQUIRED WHEN WE DEVELOP OUR LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS? THE REQUIREMENT TO DO THIS IS BASED UNSTATE STATUTE, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE A PRESCRIPTIVE METHODOLOGY, BUT WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE'VE BEEN USING HERE AS ITS PERFORMANCE ANYWAYSED AND THE HIGHEST NEEDS BUBBLE TO THE TOP TO ADVANCE PROJECTS THAT CAN ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S THE PRIMARY DOCUMENT THAT D.O.T. USES TO DEVELOP THEIR WORK PROGRAM AND FUND PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN SORT OF FAST AND FURIOUS BECAUSE ANNUALLY WE'RE PREPARING THIS LIST FOR YOU, SOLICITING

PROJECTS, AND EVALUATING. SO OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS, WE'VE DONE A FEW THINGS. FIRST, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT PARTNERS WOO ARE IMPLEMENTING THESE PROJECTS. WE'VE TALKED WITH SOME PEER AGENCIES, BOTH IN FLORIDA AND OUTSIDE OF FLORIDA TO TRY TO LEARN FROM THEM ON THINGS THEY DO TO ADVANCE PROJECTS AND GET THINGS BUILT. AND THEN WE'VE BROUGHT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY'VE EVOLVED THROUGH THE DIFFERENT COMMITTEES, AND WE'RE BLINGING IT TO YOU TODAY -- BRINGING IT TO YOU TODAY FOR YOUR ACCEPTANCE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO START THIS PROCESS IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, SO WE WOULD REALLY LOVE YOUR INSIGHT AND DIRECTION IF WE CAN PURSUE THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE FIRST SHORT-TERM ACTION THAT WE'RE FOCUSING ON IS ALL ABOUT PROJECT READINESS AND SUPPORTING PROJECT DELIVERY. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO AADDRESS IS THAT THE WAY WE HAVE BEEN PRIORITIZING PROJECTS HAS BEEN ON NEED AND LESS SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHAT'S REALLY READY TO MOVE THAT ASPHALT? SO SOME THINGS WE WANT TO DO TO ADDRESS THAT IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT SPONSORS AND D.O.T. AND NAVIGATING THIS COMPLEX PROJECT DELIVERY PROCESS. BUT WE ALSO WANT TO SCREEN PROJECTS FOR READINESS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN A PROJECT THAT, THAT ISN'T READY FOR DESIGN OR CONSTRUCTION FUNDING COULDN'T BE ON HERE. IT'S JUST A MORE TARGETED AND STRATEGIC CONVERSATION OF IDENTIFYING THAT PROJECT AND HELPING THE PROJECT SPONSOR GETTING IT ADVANCED IN THE MOST PRACTICAL WAY POSSIBLE. THE SECOND SHORT-TERM ACTION WE'D LIKE TO TAKE IS TO PHYSICALLY REFORMAT THIS LIST.

WE DON'T -- OKAY. NOW WE DO.

NEXT SLIDE. THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE, HAVE FOCUSED ON IS SOMETIMES IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE STATUS IS OF THAT PROJECT, AND THEREFORE, UNDERSTANDING WHAT WAS FUNDED AND WHY. SO FOR EXAMPLE, FROM YOUR LAST PRIORITY LIST, PRIORITIES 1 AND 9 WERE FUNDED. BUT WHAT HAPPENED THROUGH 2 THROUGH 8? SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RESTRUCTURE THIS LIST TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE IT IS IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S NEXT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE TO YOU WHERE IT LAYS OUT EVERY STEP OF THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PHASES AND GIVING A SHORT UPDATE OF ITS STATUS AND IF IT'S NOT COMPLETE, WHEN WE ANTICIPATE IT TO BE COMPLETE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE NEXT SHORT-TERM ACTION IS NOTING THOSE SYMBOLIC PROJECTS. SO I MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THIS PRESENTATION THE PRIMARY ACTION OF THIS LIST IS TO PROGRAM FUNDS, BUT IT'S ALSO TO COMMUNICATE PRIORITIES IF OUR PARTNERS ARE GOING AFTER DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. SO WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS TO NOTE IN A STATUS COLUMN EXPLAINING WHICH PROJECTS AREN'T THERE TO GO AFTER THAT $25 MILLION POT, BUT REALLY NEED TO BE ON THIS LIST TO HELP SUPPORT A DISCRETIONARY APPLICATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO JUST TO ILLUSTRATE THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, LAST YEAR THE PRIORITY LIST HAD 72 PROJECTS, SO 72 BOXES, BUT ONLY 17 OF THOSE WERE ACTIVELY COMPETING FOR FUNDING. SO WHAT WE WANT TO DO THROUGH THESE VARIOUS STRATEGIES IS TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY BY ILLUSTRATING WHERE THEY ARE AND

WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP ADVANCE THESE PROJECTS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THEN THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO UNDERTAKES A YOUR STAFF IS TO DO A BETTER JOB OF COMMUNICATING TPO IMPACTS. WE'RE A LONG RANGE PLANNING AGENCY, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE LAYING ASPHALT OR FILLING SIDEWALKS. BUT WE DO PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN ASSISTING OUR PARTNERS FROM THE COUNTY, THE CITIES, AND HART IN GETTING THOSE PROJECTS, IMPORTANT PROJECTS DELIVERED. SO WE WOULD LIKE TO DO A BETTER JOB LIKE COMMISSIONER GRAY SAID, OR BOARD MEMBER GRAY OF TELLING THAT STORY. AND REALLY EXPLAINING THE OUTCOMES, AND WHAT WAS DELIVERED PARTIALLY DUE BY TPO SUPPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO TO GIVE YOU A FLAVOR OF THIS, A FEW THINGS THAT I AM PERSONALLY REALLY PROUD OF IS YOU ARE SUPPORT EVERY YEAR HELPS HART REPLACE A FEW BUSES. IT'S HELPED THE CITY OF TAMPA MOVE THE GREEN ARTERY FROM PLANNING TO IMPLEMENTATION. FOR OUR FRIENDS IN SOUTH COUNTY, THE TPO HELP ASSISTED BY PRIORITIZING THE I-75 BIG BEND INTERCHANGE PROJECT AS WELL AS SECURING STATE FUNDS TO IMPLEMENT THE BOOK ENDS OF THE BIG BEND SO I THINK THERE IS A STORY THERE TO TELL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR, IS TO ACCEPT THESE SHORT-TERM RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT WE CAN IMPLEMENT THEM AND TURN THEM AROUND TO YOU WITH WE BRING THE NEXT -- WHEN WE BRING THE NEXT PRIORITY LIST LATER THIS SUMMER. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU, MRS. WATKINS. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS. COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN.

MORE OF A STATEMENT THAN A QUESTION. ONE, I WANT TO APPLAUD STAFF FOR TAKING ON THIS CHALLENGE BECAUSE IT'S SINCE I'VE BEEN ON TPO THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CONFUSING PROCESS. AND I THINK THAT THIS IS, WHILE IT'S PROBABLY NOT PERFECT, IT'S ON THE WAY TO THAT. TO THAT GOAL. IF WE EVER ACHIEVE IT, SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING IT ON. IT'S DEFINITELY AN EASIER WAY TO COMMUNICATE AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO EXPRESS OUR WANTS, NEEDS, AND DESIRES IN THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. SECONDLY, I JUST WANT -- IT'S NOT A CRITICISM BUT IT WOULD BE -- IT'S JUST POINTING OUT THE INHERENT BIAS SOMETIMES AS WE TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. WHEN YOU FIRST TALKED ABOUT TPO PROJECTS YOU TALKED ABOUT LAYING ASPHALTER AND IT'S MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT. IT'S AN INHERENT BIAS IN OURCOMMUNICATION. WE NEED TO AVOID THOSE THINGS. THANK YOU.

BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNCILMEMBER HURTAK?

THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO ECHO MY COLLEAGUES SAID. I THINK, I THINK IT'S STILL REALLY HARD TO SEE IT IN THE ABSTRACT, SO I'M, I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO GOING FORWARD WITH THIS AND SEEING WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS NEXT LRTP. AND I THINK BY THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME ACTUAL TANGIBLE CHANGES. IT'S REALLY HARD TO GIVE FEEDBACK AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE WE ARE NOT IN IT, THE TRENCHES LIKE YOU ALL ARE, SO, I WILL APPROVE THIS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE I CAN SEE WHAT THE VISION MIGHT BE, BUT UNTIL WE CAN SEE IT CONCRETE, IT'S A LITTLE HARD FOR US TO SAY. BUT I DO APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO TAKE ON THIS HEAVY LIFT SO THAT WE CAN ALL UNDERSTAND BETTER WHERE OUR DOLLARS GO, WHAT WE CAN ACTUALLY, THE CHANGE WE AS THIS BOARD CAN AFFECT. SO I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

COMMICOMMISSIONER WOSTAL. HEY, JOHNNY. I HAVE A QUESTION. MIGHT SOUND SILLY BUT SINCE THE NUMBERS ARE IRRELEVANT, DO THEY HAVE TO BE ON THE LIST OR COULD IT JUST BE ALPHABETICAL AND ACHIEVE THE EXACT SAME THING?

I WOULD RECOMMEND ASSIGNING A NUMERICAL RANKING FOR THE PROJECTS THAT HAVE FULFILLED ALL THE REQUIREMENTS TO RECEIVE THE FUNDING. FOR THE OTHERS THAT ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT OR MAYBE MISSING AN APPLICATION OR ARE SYMBOLICALLY LISTED, WITH THE FULL INTENTION OF GOING AFTER A FEDERAL GRANT, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE NOT ASSIGNING A NUMBER TO THOSE. THEY COULD REMAIN ON THE LIST, BUT VISUALLY, YOU MAY TREAT THOSE AS A SEPARATE SET OF PROJECTS. AND OVER TIME, AS THEY BECOME MORE COMPLETE, AS THEY ARE READY FOR FUNDING, THEN WE COULD ASSIGN A NUMERICAL RANKING. I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THE BOARD SHOULD KEEP IN MIND THEN OF VALUE. THANK YOU. YES, COMMISSIONER BOLES.

A QUESTION FOR EITHER OF YOU. WHO'S THE DISCRETION -- WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DISCRETIONARY GRANTS, YOU SAID PARTNER. CAN YOU GIVE SOME EXAMPLE WHO THOSE PARTNERS ARE? ABSOLUTELY. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT DISCRETIONARY GRANTS. THOSE ARE GRANTS THAT COME FROM D.C. SO RECENTLY THE CITY OF TAMPA WON A SAFE STREETS FOR ALL GRANT TO DO INITIATIVE OF THE WHOLE BLOOD YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT. SO INCLUSION ON THIS LIST WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT DISCRETIONARY APPLICATION. AND THOSE, AND THOSE PARTNERS ARE THE DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES THAT COULD BE PLANT CITY, TEMPLE TERRACE, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, OR CITY OF TAMPA OR WHATEVER. YES.

BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE S THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLENDENIN, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BOLES. ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO NAYS. THANK YOU, MS. WATKINS. NEXT WE HAVE A COUPLE STATUS REPORTS. FIRST ONE BY WADE REYNOLDS FROM TPO STAFF REGARDING TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION STUDY. GOOD MORNING, CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS. ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME OKAY AND SEE THE PRESENTATION? WE CAN HEAR YOU, YES, THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU. THIS IS THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION STUDY. IT PAIRS WELL WITH THE R WITH ELIZ WGHT'S -- IT PAIRS WELL WITH ELIZ WGHT'S PRESENTATION BECAUSE ITEMS 1 THROUGH 9 ON THE LIST ARE THE SMART CITIES PROGRAM, WHICH THIS IS LOOKING HOW WE FURTHER PRIORITIZE WITHIN THAT CATEGORY. THE SMART CITIES PROGRAM WAS THE HIGHEST RANKED PROGRAM IN THE LRTP SURVEY, WHICH IS WHY IT IS AT THE TOP OF THAT LIST. AND THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT LED US -- MR. REYNOLDS. HOLD ON JUST A SECOND BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE THAT LIST. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE PERHAPS. OH, I WILL GET TO IT. I APOLOGIZE, SIR. I WAS JUST GIVING A BRIEF INTRO ON THAT. ALL RIGHT.

BUT THE LIST THAT'S, OUR LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS, THE FIRST NINE PROJECTS ON THAT ARE IN THE SMART CITIES CATEGORY, WHICH IS DICTATED BY THEIR, BY THE LRTP AND HOW THAT SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED. ANOTHER REASON THAT KICKED OFF THIS STUDY WAS STRUCTURAL ISSUES WITH SOME SIGNALS WHERE WE COULD MAKE UPGRADES, BUT EITHER THE SUPPORTS OR THE WIRE -- SPAN WIRES THAT HOLD THOSE SIGNALS UP DO NOT ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL SIGNAL HEADS ON, AT THAT INTERSECTION. AND THEN FINALLY, LOOKING TOWARDS RESILIENCE, ONE OF THE BIG TAKEAWAYS FROM THE STORMS LAST YEAR FOR ME WAS WHEN úINTERY DARK AFTER THE STORMS, WE WERE SIX OR SEVEN DAYS WITHOUT POWER, AND IT WAS VERY SCARY TO GO OUT AT NIGHT AND APPROACH THOSE COMPLETELY DARK INTERSECTIONS. SO UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, UPS, YOU WILL SEE IN THIS RANKING. SO THE PURPOSE WAS TO ASSESS THE BASELINE CONDITION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS ACROSS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND WORK ON A METHODOLOGY TO PRIORITIZE THOSE THAT ARE NOT IN A STATE OF GOOD REPAIR. AND TO ESTABLISH A, THE OUTCOME IS TO ESTABLISH A PERFORMANCE BASED METHODOLOGY THAT WE CAN USE TO EVALUATE THE LOT SUBMISSIONS TO REPAIR OR REPLACE OR UPGRADE TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS. SEE THIS WILL AID IN PLANNING AND RESPONSE OPERATIONS IN EMERGENCIES. WE ARE HOPING TO ADJUST SIGNAL TIMINGS TO ACCOMMODATE PLANNED OR UNPLANNED EVENTS. UNPLANNED MIGHT BE A HURRICANE. PLANNED MIGHT BE A FOOTBALL GAME. AND SUPPORTING TRAFFIC STUDIES RELATED TO VISION ZERO AND SAFETY AS WELL. AND ALSO TO SERVE OUR PARTNER AGENCIES AS A RESOURCE FOR COORDINATING THESE IMPROVEMENTS ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. SO TASK 1 WAS AN INVENTORY OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS. THAT IS ONGOING, AND I'LL GET TO

THE REASON FOR THAT IN A MOMENT. AND THEN TASK 2 IS THE PRIORITIZATION METHODOLOGY, WHICH I'LL BE EXPLAINING. AND TASK 3 IS A RANKING OF INTERSECTIONS BASED ON THAT. SO THE COMBINED DATA SET, IT'S JUST OVER 1200 SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS IN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY ACROSS JURISDICTIONS. TEMPLE TERRACE IS NOT LISTED HERE, BUT THOSE SIGNALS ARE MAINTAINED BY HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY. PLANT CITY, TAMPA, AND HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY MAINTAIN THEIR OWN SIGNALS. SO LOOKING AT RESILIENT, THE RESILIENCY COMPONENT TO THIS, SO FOR STRUCTURAL, THE TYPE, CONDITION, AND AGE OF THE SIGNAL, FOR CABINET, THE AGE, THE MOUNTAINING TYPE, AND THE HEIGHT. YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME CABINETS RECENTLY PLACED ON MUCH LARGER OR HIGHER ELEVATION CONCRETE PEDESTALS. AND/OR, OR ATTACHED TO A POLE TO ELEVATE THEM ABOVE FLOOD WATERS IN CASE THEY'RE IN THE FLOOD PLAIN. AND THAT LEADS INTO THE LOCATION, WHICH IS WITHIN A FLOOD PLAIN, COULD BE PRIORITIZED ON AN EVACUATION ROUTE, OR WITHIN HURRICANE WIND ZONES, WHICH WOULD BE THOSE AREAS CLOSER TO THE COAST. SO TECHNOLOGY WITHIN THE CABINET. FLOOD SENSORS AND UN INTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY WHICH I MENTIONED EARLIER. IN MANY CASES THAT WILL NOT RUN A FULL SIGNAL BUT IT WILL ALLOW FOR A BLINKING YELLOW THAT IS NOT A COMPLETELY DARK INTERSECTION WHEN POWER'S INTERRUPTED. SO LOOKING AT THE MOST VULNERABLE LOCATIONS, THE TASK IS TO ASSIGN A PRIORITY RANKED SIGNAL ELEMENTS, AND ASSIGN A SCORE TO EACH ELEMENT AND COMPARE THE OVERALL RESILIENCY SCORE. SO THE RANK OF THOSE ELEMENTS, IF WE LOOK AT THE TOP UNDER STRUCTURE, THAT IS THE HIGHEST RANK, AND THAT RANK OF FIVE IS

BASICALLY A MULTIPLIER TO GET TO THE SCORE FOR THAT. SO A RANK OF FIVE MULTIPLIED BY A SCORE OF 2 FOR CONCRETE WOULD BE 10. IF THAT WAS STRAINED WOOD POLE, THAT NUMBER WOULD BE 20 FOR A TOTAL. SIMILAR WITH THE AGE. EITHER LESS THAN OR GREATER THAN 10 YEARS, REALIZE WE MISSPELLED YEARS THERE NOW. AND THE CONDITION, GOOD, FAIR, OR POOR. AS WELL AS SPAN WIRE CONDITION. FOR RESILIENCY, THOSE MEASURES ARE BEING WITHIN A FLOOD PLAIN. A DOCUMENTED FLOOD HISTORY OR ON AN EVACUATION ROUTE. SO HERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT WE HAVE LOOKED AT. IN THIS CASE, AMONG THESE INTERSECTIONS, KENNEDY AND U.S. 92 AND STATE ROAD 579 WOULD RANK THE HIGHEST. SO THERE WERE SOME CHALLENGES. ONE WAS THE AVAILABILITY OF DATA ACROSS AGENCIES. THE CITY OF TAMPA AND PLANT CITY ARE DOING DATA COLLECTION EFFORTS RIGHT NOW AS WELL AS HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY TOWARDS SOME OF THE SIGNALS. WE ARE GOING TO INCORPORATE THE MEASURES THAT THEY COLLECT INTO THIS EVOLVING DATABASE. BUT AS YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE FROM THIS, THERE WAS NOT A GREAT DEAL OF OVERLAP BETWEEN AGENCIES FOR THE DATA COLLECTED. SO WE DID DO SOME FIELD VISITS TO START TO BUILD OUT THIS DATABASE ON CORRIDORS. PART OF THE REASON THE U.S. 41 CORRIDOR WAS CHOSEN, BECAUSE OF, IS BECAUSE OF ITS PROXIMITY TO THE WATER. MUCH OF IT BEING WITHIN A FLOOD PLAIN, SO THAT IS A GOOD

EXAMPLE. WE ALSO LOOKED AT HILLSBOROUGH AVENUE/TAMPA ROAD, AND MANHATTAN IN THE CITY OF TAMPA TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE SIGNALS AND SEE HOW THEY WOULD PERFORM JUST AS AN EXAMPLE. SO UPON IMPLEMENTATION, THIS METHODOLOGY WILL ALLOW FOR AGENCIES TO SUBMIT SU -- THAT SERVICE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDING REQUEST. FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WE WILL HAVE A STANDARDIZED DATA COLLECTION AND DATABASE TO PULL FROM. AND CAN LOOK AT SOME PROACTIVE REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT RATHER THAN REACTIVE WHEN WE HAVE A FAILURE IN THE SYSTEM. SO THE NEXT STEPS, WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU NEXT MONTH FOR YOUR BLESSING AND HOPEFUL -- HOPEFULLY APPROVAL OF THIS STUDY AND METHODOLOGY, AND FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH, WE WERE HOPING TO USE THIS TO EVALUATE ANY LIST OF PRIORITY PROJECTS SUBMISSIONS FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BLOCK GRANT FUNDING. AND ONGOING WE WILL BE BUILDING OUT THE DATA BASE OF INTERSECTIONS. SO WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR TAKE ANY COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. REYNOLDS. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS BOARD MEMBER --

MR. REYNOLDS, THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER THE METHODOLOGY. I WAS WONDERING WHY -- IT COVERS A LOT OF STRUCTURE BASED ANALYSIS. WAS ANY SAFETY RELATED CONSIDERATIONS BEEN GIVEN TO THESE INTERSECTION IN YOUR METHODOLOGY? FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WERE TO OVERLAY EITHER YOUR CONGESTION HOT SPOTS OR YOUR ACCIDENT HOT SPOTS, OVER THESE INTERSECTIONS, I WOULD THINK THEY MAY BE SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT COME OUT OF IT, WHETHER IT'S DEDICATED LEFT LANES OR ADDING A DEDICATED LEFT SIGNAL, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, AND IT MIGHT BE PREMATURE TO JUST LOOK AT STRUCTURE BY ITSELF IN PRIORITIZATION OR PUTTING MONEY INTO THESE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT ON THE METHODOLOGY, ON RESILIENCY, WHILE IT'S ENCOURAGING TO HEAR THE UPS EVALUATION, THAT STILL HAS A, A LIMITED TIME OF HOW MUCH THE UPS CAN CARRY THROUGH, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO, AND SOME OF THESE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTERSECTIONS BEING, YOU KNOW, HAVING OUTAGES FOR ALMOST A WEEK IN SOME CASES, SOUTH TAMPA, THEREABOUTS. YOU WOULD THINK AN ANALYSIS WITH THE TECOs OF THE WORLD AND HAVING RES REREDUNDANT SUBSTATI, THE RESILIENCE SHOULD COME FROM THE SUBSTATION LEVEL AND NOT JUST LOCALIZED. JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.

THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT, FOR ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS. I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED AND I NEGLECTED TO DO SO THAT THE CAC RECOMMENDED SOMETHING SIMILAR WITH REGARD TO SAFETY. AND WE DO BELIEVE WE CAN ACCOMMODATE THAT. THAT WILL BE AWARDING ADDITIONAL POINTS FOR SIGNALS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK. THAT'S THE VISION ZERO HIGH INJURY NETWORK OF OUR MOST DANGEROUS ROADWAY SEGMENTS. AND I HOPE THAT THAT WILL GO SOME LENGTH TO SATISFYING THAT REQUEST. THERE WAS ALSO AN ADDITIONAL REQUEST FROM THE CAC TO LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL BUTTON, THE RECALL BUTTON, ACCESSIBILITY. SOME OF THOSE ARE INACCESSIBLE FOR, FOR FOLKS USING WHEELCHAIRS OR MOBILITY DEVICES. THEY MAY BE PLACED ON A POLE THAT IS TOO FAR BEHIND THE SIDEWALK TO BE REACHABLE. BY A PERSON. SO THAT IS SOMETHING WE ARE SEEING IF WE CAN ACCOMMODATE AS WELL. AND ONE ADDITIONAL SUGGESTION FROM THE TAC, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE WAS TO INCLUDE A MEASURE OF ROADWAY VOLUME. VOLUME TO CAPACITY RATIO FOR THE APPROACHES ON THOSE INTERSECTIONS. SO THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME OF THE HIGHEST VOLUME HIGHEST CONGESTION INTERSECTIONS AS WELL. WITH REGARD TO THE, TO THE TECO QUESTIONS OF REDUNDANCY, I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR YOU THERE. ALTHOUGH I AGREE THAT THAT WOULD BE A MUCH MORE RESILIENT WAY TO HANDLE THIS. BUT HAVING A MINIMUM REDUNDANCY FOR UNINDEPENDENTERRED POWER SUPPLY WE HOPE WILL BE A FIRST STEP IN THAT.

THANK YOU. IF I CAN ADD SOMETHING, AFTER HURRICANES MILTON AND REHE KNOW, THERE WAS -- HELENE, THERE WAS AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE WORKING GROUP THAT GOT TOGETHER AND IDENTIFIED FUTURE BEST PRACTICE TO DEVELOP THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE SIGNALS TO ALLOW FOR DAISY CHAINING OF GENERATORS. AND SO WHILE THE, WHILE THE EXPECTATION SHOULDN'T BE TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS UNINTERRUPTED POWER SUPPLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENT OF A CAT 3 OR WORSE STORM, THERE ARE SOME WORKAROUND STRATEGIES THAT CAN ENSURE THAT THE INTERSECTIONS THAT NEED POWER THE MOST CAN GET THEM WITHOUT REQUIRING A GENERATOR AT EACH SPECIFIC LOCATION.

BOARD MEMBER SLATER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION. JUST A RECOMMENDATION SO, ALTHOUGH IT DIDN'T GET INTO INTERSECTION SPECIFIC OR REALLY CONDITION TYPE ASPECTS, THE FLORIDA POLICY PROJECT DID A REALLY INTERESTING STUDY AROUND THE EFFICIENCY OF SIGNAL SYSTEMS AND OPPORTUNITIES, IT IDENTIFIED INDUSTRY BEST PRACTICES, AND IT IDENTIFIED OPPORTUNITIES IN WHAT YOU WOULD NEED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ADVANCEMENTS IN AI AND IT IDENTIFIED THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT WITH INVESTMENTS IN YOUR SIGNAL SYSTEMS. A LOT OF THE ELEMENTS IN THE FLORIDA POLICY PROJECT REPORT ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP IN SOME OF THE BILLS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED IN TALLAHASSEE, SO I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT REPORT. IT WAS JUST DONE A YEAR AGO AND SEE IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF SYNC THOSE UP.

THANK YOU, MR. SLATER. COMMISSIONER BOLES.

BACK AT IT AGAIN. IF I RECALL IN I THINK COMMISSIONER WOSTAL YOU WOULD MAYBE RECALL THIS AS WELL, WASN'T THERE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY HAD A CONTRACT TO KIND OF SIGNALIZE POWER SOURCE WITH A SOLAR POWER WITH TRANSPORTATION, WHERE WE HAD IDENTIFIED LIKE A MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS GOING TO BE PUT TOWARDS THAT. I'M NOT SURE IF THAT FOLDS INTO ANYTHING THAT YOU ALL CAN DO AS WELL, BUT FOR LIKE THE REALLY -- I DON'T KNOW, HOW DO WE PRIORITIZE THE BEST ONES, BUT YOU KNOW, THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MOST TRAFFIC ON IT THAT THERE WAS A SOLAR BACKUP THAT WAS GOING THROUGH A NUMBER OF PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTY THERE. AND I'M NOT SURE IF THAT EVER MADE IT OUT OF THE BLOCKS OR NOT. DO YOU RECALL, YOU DON'T RECALL THAT? I THOUGHT SOMEHOW SOMEONE HAD CONTACTED YOU AS WELL. BUT I WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THAT AT SOME POINT LAST YEAR THAT, THAT THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE CERTAINLY EXPLORE AS WELL OUTSIDE OF JUST UPS BECAUSE THE BATTERY'S ONLY GOING TO LAST 12 HOURS AT THE VERY AT LEAST IF YOU HAVE MAYBE SOME SOLAR POWER THERE THAT CAN KEEP IT BLINKING YELLOW DURING, YOU KNOW, THE MAJOR TIMES DURING THE DAY, THINK ABOUT HOW WE CAN FOLD THAT INTO THE RESILIENCY.

YES, SIR, THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS, BOARD MEMBERS? IF NOT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. REYNOLDS. APPRECIATE THE REPORT. THANK YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON. EVERYBODY IN MY HOUSE HAS THE FLU. AH, WELL WE THANK YOU FOR NOT BEING IN PERSON. SO NEXT UP, PLAN HILLSBOROUGH 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, WE HAVE OH, IT IS MS. ZORNITTA. SO MELISSA ZORNITTA, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IS HERE ALONG WITH KATRINA CORCORAN.

GOOD MORNING. MELISSA Z ZORNITTA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY CITY COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOU ALL TODAY. AN WALE WE LIKE TO COME AND GIVE AND GIVE YOU ALL AN UPDATE ON OUR WORK, PARTICULARLY AS IT RELATES TO OUR COMBINED STRATEGIC PLAN. THIS YEAR I'M GOING TO HAVE KATRINA CORCORAN OUR STRATEGIC PLANNING AND POLICY MANAGER GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION OF SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR RECENT ANNUAL REPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING.

GOOD MORNING. AS MELISSA MENTIONED, KATRINA CORCORAN, PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF. I AM HER HERE TODAY TO PRESENT N THE PLAN HILLSBOROUGH 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 TO 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. IS IT FROZEN?

THAT DOESN'T LOOK PROMISING. WELL, I APOLOGIZE, BOARD MEMBERS. YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY FIGURED THIS OUT, BUT THERE WERE SOME TECH ISSUES THAT HTV WAS TRYING TO WORK THROUGH THIS MORNING, AND SO WE'VE HAD -- WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO GIVE THE VERBAL COMMANDS TO DICTATE THE SLIDES. KATRINA, DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE CONTINUING EVEN WITHOUT THE SLIDE DECK? THEY'VE GOT IT IN THAW BOARD PACKET -- THEIR BOARD PACKET, WHICH IS AVAILABLE ONLINE. CERTAINLY. I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH, AND I WILL TRY TO DESCRIBE THE VISUALS HERE FOR YOU. THERE YOU GO. WE MIGHT HAVE REPAIRED IT. OH. ON THIS --

HERE WE GO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEARING WITH ME. SO THIS SLIDE GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF THE 2024 THROUGH 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN. YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT WE'VE DIVIDED THE STRATEGIC PLAN INTO PILLARS AND GOLS. THESE FOUR PILLARS ARE HOW WE CATEGORIZE OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND TASKS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND YOU'LL NOTING THESE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENT -- NOTICE THESE THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO WITH THIS, WE HAVE THE NUMBER HIGHLIGHTS SO YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE OVER 2100 CLIENTS SERVED. 90-PLUS PRESENTATIONS TO OUTSIDE GROUPS. OVER 65 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS AS WELL AS 3, OVER 370 CONSISTENCY REVIEWS. AND OVER 1300 MAPS CREATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR FIRST PILLAR IS INTEGRATED AND CONNECTED COMMUNITIES, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDIES AND EXAMPLES WITH THIS, STARTING WITH OUR BRIGHTLINE STATION AREA SURVEY AND STUDY. SO THIS WAS CONDUCTED BY THE TPO AND CONSIDERED POTENTIAL USERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR A POTENTIAL FUTURE BRIGHTLINE STATION. WE HAVE OUR PLANT CITY SUN TRAIL CONNECTIVITY STUDY THAT LOOKED AT OPPORTUNITIES TO CONNECT PLANT CITY TO FLORIDA'S STATEWIDE SUN TRAIL NETWORK. WE HAVE OUR TEMPLE TERRACE MULTIMODAL CONNECTIONS STUDY THAT LOOKED AT POTENTIAL FOR A NEW TRAIL NETWORK TO DESTINATIONS IN TEMPLE TERRACE. WE HAVE OUR CITY OF TAMPA FUTURE LAND USE UPDATE AND OUTREACH, SO THIS IS AN UPDATE FOR THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND STAFF RELEASED SURVEYS, CONDUCTED SEVERAL OUTREACH MEETINGS AND RELEASED DRAFTS OF THE FLU FOR PUBLIC COMMENT AND REVIEW.

FINALLY WE HAVE OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY URBAN EXPANSION AREAS OR UEAs. THIS FOCUSES ON I-4 AND LITTLE MANATEE SOUTH AS POTENTIAL AREAS FOR COORDINATED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR SECOND PILLAR IS PARTNERSHIPS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STARTING OFF WITH THE GULF COAST SAFE STREETS SUMMIT AND CONVERSATION. THE TPO HOSTED THIS SUMMIT LAST SUMMER WITH THE GOAL TO SHARE STRATEGIES ABOUT SAFER STREETS AND PLAN HILLSBOROUGH ALSO HOSTED A RELATED EVENT WITH SPEAKER GILL -- WE ALSO SPONSORED THE FLORIDA GREENWAYS AND TRAILS SUMMIT, AND WE HAVE OUR PLANT CITY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, SO STAFF ARE WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO THE OVERALL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND WE ALSO KICKED OFF WITH A VISIONING SURVEY THAT HAD OVER 1700 RESPONSES AND WE'LL BE WORKING ON AN UPDATE TO THAT VISION FOR PLANT CITY. AND FINALLY, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR FUTURE LEADERS IN PLANNING OR FLIP PROGRAM WHICH IS A VERY POPULAR PROGRAM WITH HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. WE'VE EXPANDED THAT FROM FOUR TO FIVE D DAYS AND CREATED AN ALUMI CONNECTION PROGRAM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO FOR OUR THIRD PILLAR, THIS IS RESILIENT, NATURAL, AND BUILT ENVIRONMENT. WE HAVE OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL PRIORITIZATION STUDY WHICH YOU JUST HEARD ABOUT. WE ALSO HAD OUR HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY USA EXPANSION STUDY FICKLE MODEL. SO THAT STAFF UPDATED THIS MODEL WITH DEMOGRAPHIC ESTIMATES AND BUDGET FIGURES TO LOOK AT HOW USA EXPANSION WOULD GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE COUNTY. WE HAVE OUR CITY OF TAMPA SECTION UPDATES INCLUDING RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE, SOLID WASTE, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. ALL OF THESE SECTIONS OF THE TAMPA COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL BE IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL LATER THIS MONTH. AND FINALLY, WE HAVE OUR USF STUDIO ON TAMPA'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS, AND STAFF WORKED WITH USF STUDENTS TO EVALUATE THE ESA FLU CATEGORY FOR TAMPA. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OUR FOURTH AND FINAL PILLAR IS TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONAL

ENHANCEMENTS, SO WE HAD OUR CONTINUED DISCUSSIONS ON THE MERGER STUDY AS WELL AS A PEER EXCHANGE THAT HELPED TO GUIDE NEXT STEPS FOR THE POTENTIAL MPO MERGER. THE TPO ALSO HAD THEIR FEDERAL AND STATE CERTIFICATIONS FOR ANNUAL AND FOUR-YEAR FEDERAL CERTIFICATION PROCESSES, WITH STRONG POSITIVE REVIEWS. WE HAD UPDATES TO OUR TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM OR TIP MAPPING TOOL AS WELL AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TRAFFIC COUNTS WEB PAGE, WHICH ENHANCED USABILITY OF THESE TOOLS AND ADDED NEW DATA. AND FINALLY, WE HAD OUR AI TASK FORCE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS NOT WITHIN THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT, BUT IT WAS WITHIN OUR 2024 ANNUAL REPORT. HOWEVER, THIS AI IS A BIG TOPIC RIGHT NOW, SO I WANTED TO GO OVER THAT. WE AS STAFF CREATED STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES FOR THE USE OF AI, INCLUDING CHECKING IN WITH OUR INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY TEAM ON THE USE OF THE TOOLS, AS WELL AS LOOKING WITH, WORKING WITH YOUR SUPERVISOR IF YOU ARE GOING TO UTILIZE THAT AND HAVING VERY SPECIFIC COMPONENTS THAT STAFF CAN USE THAT FOR. ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE GUIDE RAILS FOR UTILIZING THAT WITH A CONSULTANT. SO WE HAVE A TIMELINE FOR THAT FOR STAFF TO UTILIZE THAT, AND THE CONSULTANT TO CONSULT WITH STAFF IF THEY WILL BE UTILIZING AI. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FINALLY, WE WILL BE PRESENTING IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE RIVER BOARD LATER THIS MONTH AND IN FEBRUARY, AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO BE ON THE EITHER OF THOSE BOARDS, I'LL BE EMPHASIZING DIFFERENT PROJECTS JUST TO KEEP IT A LITTLE EXCITING. WE HAVE CONTINUED TRACKING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR 2024 THROUGH 2029 STRATEGIC PLAN AS WELL OVER THE NEXT YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION ON THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.

THANK YOU, MS. CORCORAN. BOARD MEMBERS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE REPORT? I HAVE ONE QUESTION IF NOBODY ELSE DOES. SO CONCERNING YOUR AI TASK FORCE AND THE POLICIES, I KNOW THE CITY-COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION'S AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY, BUT IT'S ALSO, BUT IT'S EMBEDDED LIKE THE TPO WITHIN HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY AND IS HOSTED. SO HAVE YOU DEVELOPED CONSISTENT POLICIES BETWEEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE COUNTY SO THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING BUSINESS WITH THE COUNTY AND THE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DISTINCTION. THEY THINK IT'S ALL THE SAME THING. ARE THE POLICIES CONSISTENT BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONCERNING THE USE OF AI?

SO I KNOW THAT THE, THAT OUR STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES ARE WITHIN OUR EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK, BUT I SEE THAT MELISSA Z IS BEHIND ME, SO I WILL PASS THAT OVER TO HER. OKAY. AT THE TIME THAT WE WROTE THE PROCEDURES FOR THINGS LIKE CONTRACTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT COULD BE, ARE SIMILAR FOR BETWEEN THE JURISDICTIONS, I THINK WE FELT WE WERE IN LOCKSTEP WITH THEM, BUT IT IS AN EVOLVING SITUATION, SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN CHECK IN AGAIN AND DO SO ON A PERIODIC BASIS TO MAKE SURE THAT AS THE TECHNOLOGY EVOLLEYBALLS AND THE USE OF IT DOES, THAT SO DO OUR POLICIES.

OKAY. CERTAINLY NOT UP TO TEMPLE TERRACE TO DIVE INTO THE COUNTY'S BUSINESS, BUT I WAS JUST SEEMS IMPORTANT THAT THAT WOULD BE CONSISTENT. YES. SO OKAY, THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? VERY GOOD. THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU. OKAY. DR. WONG.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, BOARD. HAPPY NEW YEAR ONCE AGAIN. ON OUR CALENDARS FOR FEBRUARY, WE HAVE A TPO SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR THE 3rd AND A REGULAR TPO BOARD MEETING ON FEBRUARY 11th. I AM LOOKING TO PROPOSE A CANCELLATION OF THE FEBRUARY SPECIAL MEETING IN SHORT BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT SIGNIFICANT UPDATES TO PRESENT TO YOU, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME. THAT BEING SAID, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF MAJOR MILESTONES COMING UP IN EARLY AND MID-FEBRUARY THAT WE SHOULD KEEP OUR EYE ON, RELATED TO THE MERGER STUDY. WE'RE RIGHT NOW WORKING ON SCHEDULING A WORKSHOP WITH THE LEAGUE OF CITIES TARGETING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY. THE INTENTION TO HAVE THAT WORKSHOP IS TO RECEIVE SOME GUIDANCE ON HOW TO HANDLE THE REPRESENTATION OF LESSER POPULATED CITIES ACROSS THE REGION, AND WE HOPE TO GET SOME VERY CLEAR DIRECTION ON THAT, WHICH WILL PAVE THE WAY FOR HAVING A MORE ROBUST CONVERSATION AT THE FEBRUARY 13th TMA MEETING. THAT TMA MEETING WILL BE HOSTED ON AGAIN FRIDAY, THE 13th, I HOPE THAT'S NOT A FORESHADOWING. IT WILL BE HELD AT THEA, SO THANK YOU FOR HOSTING US. I LIKE TO EXTEND AN INVITE TO YOU ALL NOW, BUT A FORMAL INVITE WILL BE COMING. WE'D LIKE TO HAVE IN ADDITION TO OUR TMA REPS, THE BOCC AND CITY OF TAMPA COUNCILMEMBERS ATTEND. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT TWO TO FOUR APPORTIONMENT SCENARIOS, AND WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO TAKE A GUT CHECK BEFORE WE BRING THIS TO ANY OTHER BOARDS FOR FORMAL CONSIDERATION. AND LASTLY, MOVING ONTO THE NEXT ITEM UNLESS THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT NOW, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF LEGISLATIVE UPDATES FOR YOU. THERE HASN'T BEEN MUCH MOVEMENT ON THE BILLS THAT I, THAT I BROUGHT TO YOUR ATTENTION IN NOVEMBER,. AS WE KNOW, SESSION JUST KICKED OFF YESTERDAY. THERE ARE A FEW THAT I'M

TRACKING. FIRST IS HB243. I KIDSPEAK TO THIS IN NOVEMBER, BUT IT WOULD REDEFINE CLASS IIIE-BIKES AND CONSIDER THEM ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLES SO A CLASS II IS ANYTHING THAT CAN ACHIEVE A SPEED OF 28 MILES PER HOUR OR GREATER. AND THAT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SINCE THEM -- SENSE FOR THEM TO BE OPERATING ON SCOOTERS, PEDESTRIANS, SCOOTERS, AND STROLLERS. THERE IS A BILL IN THE HOUSE WITH A MATCH IN THE SENATE BEGINNING OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR, ANY NEW CROSSWALK BUILT IN A SCHOOL ZONE OR ON A ROAD GREATER THAN A 35-MILE AN HOUR POSTED SPEED HAS TO HAVE EITHER A PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON OR A COMBINATION OF RFBs, FLASHING BEACONS, OR OTHER INROADWAY WARNING LIGHTS TO IMPROVE THE VISIBILITY OF THE CROSSWALK. WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THAT AT THE . SB804 WOULD REQUIRE EVs TO PAY AN ADDITIONAL $250 FEE AT REGISTRATION AND AT EACH SUBSEQUENT RENEWAL. ALL THE FEES COLLECTED FROM EV REGISTRATIONS WILL BE DEPOSITED INTO THE STATE TRANSPORTATION TRUST FUND. I THINK THE INTENTION BEHIND THAT IS TO SUPPLEMENT THE REVENUE THAT'S BEING LOST RELATED TO THE GAS TAX. THERE ARE SOME -- THERE IS A PROPOSED CHANGE IN A BILL IN BOTH THE HOUSE AND SENATE FOR TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES IE, UBER AND LYFT. THOSE DRIVERS WOULD NOW BE REQUIRED TO COVER -- TO RETAIN INSURANCE COVERAGE BASED ON WHETHER THEY'RE OPERATING AND THERE'S A PASSENGER IN THE VEHICLE OR NOT IN THE VEHICLE AT THE TIME. THAT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF UBER AND LYFT DRIVERS THAT ARE CIRCULATING IN OUR AREA. THE REQUIRED INSURANCE FOR A DRIVER WHEN A PASSENGER IS IN

THE VEHICLE IS MINIMUM $1 MILLION LIABILITY COVERAGE. HB519 RELATES TO GOLF CART CROSSINGS. WITH THIS BILL, IF IT'S PASSED, GOLF CARTS WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CROSS A HIGHWAY OF FIVE OR MORE LANES AT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTIONS, PROVIDED THAT THE SPEED ON THE ROAD IS 35 MILES PER HOUR OR LESS. AND LASTLY, I'LL SKIP THAT ONE, LASTLY, THERE IS A BILL IN THE HOUSE WITH A MATCH IN THE SENATE FOR TOD POLICIES, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ACT. AND THIS BILL PASSES, IT WOULD REQUIRE MIXED USE ZONING WITHIN CERTAIN DESIGNATED AREAS IDENTIFIED AS TOD, AND IT WOULD PROHIBIT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS FROM IMPOSING RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THOSE AREAS RELATED TO ZONING ITEMS LIKE SETBACKS. THIS ISN'T MY AREA OF EXPERTISE EXACTLY, SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DELVE INTO THAT MORE, I WOULD DEFERTO MELISSA ZORNITTA OR SOMEONE ELSE. BUT THAT IS MY UPDATE ON THE LEGISLATIVE BILLS IN SESSION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, DR. WONG. ANY QUESTIONS FOR DR. WONG CONCERNING EITHER OF THOSE ITEMS? I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU, IF POSSIBLE, WE DON'T HAVE THE SUN COAST LEAGUE OF CITIES MEETING SCHEDULED YET. WORKING ON THAT, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TRY TO ATTEND THAT IF YOU CAN BECAUSE ANYTHING THAT'S GIVEN TO THE SMALL CITIES IN TERMS OF REPRESENTATION, IT'S, IT AFFECTS THE LARGER ENTITIES TOO, SO COMMISSIONER?

YEAH, JUST WANTED TO COMMENT THAT SINCE THAT OTHER MEETING WAS CANCELED, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF US DID HAVE THAT FEBRUARY 3rd MEETING ON OUR CALENDARS, SO MAYBE IF YOU ARE ABLE TO DO THE SUN COAST MEETING THEN, WE'LL ACTUALLY HAVE SOME AVAILABILITY AND KNOW THAT IN ADVANCE. THAT'S A GOOD POINT. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. OBVIOUSLY IT WAS ON MY CALENDAR, SO THAT WORKS FOR ME TOO, SO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, CONCERNING ANYTHING? THANK YOU, DR. WONG. CHAIR, MAY I ASK -- YES. -- THE BOARD TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CANCEL THE SPECIAL MEETING? SO MOVED. SECOND.

WE HAVE MOTION BY BOARD MEMBER JOSEPH, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WOSTAL. ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NO NAYS. MOST POPULAR VOTE OF THE YEAR RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? I SAW HOW QUICKLY YOU JUMPED ON THAT ONE. LET'S SEE YOU I JUNE. [LAUGHTER] ANYTHING ELSE, DOCTOR? THAT'S IT. OKAY. BOARD MEMBERS, ANY OLD BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS? TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD. CAN I JUST ASK A QUICK, QUICK QUESTION. YES. ANY WORD FROM WAYMO AS TO HOW THEY'RE DOING?

COUNCILMEMBER, NO, I HAVEN'T HEARD FROM WAYMO SINCE NOVEMBER. AS YOU RECALL WE MOTE WITH THEM. I'M LOOKING TO SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS THIS COMING MONTH, SO FEBRUARY 11th WE'RE GOING TO GET, PROVIDED THAT THEIR SCHEDULE ALLOWS WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE FROM THEM. IF I COULD ADD SOMETHING TO THAT. I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THEM. THEY'RE IN THIS KIND OF DATA COLLECTION PHASE RIGHT NOW, SO THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO LEARN THE SYSTEM WITH THE VEHICLES. AND -- COMMISSIONER WOSTAL. COUNCILMAN CARLSON, I HAVE COUNTY GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WORKING ON CONNECTING ME TO CYBERTAXI AND I'M HAPPY TO INCLUDE YOU IN ANY CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THEIR ANNOUNCEMENT TO COME TO FLOR. THANK YOU. -- FLORIDA. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER OLD BUSINESS OR NEW BUSINESS? IF THERE IS NOTHING, WE WILL STAND ADJOURNED. THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.