Good morning and welcome to our uh --------- October 27th MO meeting. Please join us for a prayer from Pastor Jim Harp followed by the pledge of allegiance. >> Good morning. >> Let's pray.
Father, thank you for this day. Uh once again, Lord, we thank you for your many blessings in our lives. Lord, we thank you that uh we acknowledge your presence here this morning. Lord, what a what a great pleasure and privilege it is for me to come and open this meeting, Lord, with just that acknowledgement, God,
that you're here. And uh Lord, I thank you for uh just even reading in your word this morning uh what just just the direction that you've given us to to walk humbly with you, Lord, and to recognize you in every aspect of our lives. And Lord, your word tells us also
that you place leaders in authority over us and in in our communities and and beyond. And Lord, I thank you for these that are here that have been uh placed in this position, Lord, of of oversight and supervision and making decisions. And God, I ask for your wisdom and your
direction, your guidance for each of them. And I thank you for this beautiful place that you've allowed us to reside, to live. And and uh God, we just ask your continued blessing upon us, Lord. So I pray this day, Lord, you'd be glorified. Bless this meeting. I pray for each decision that's made God it
would uh come in line with your plans and your for your kingdom and your glory. I ask these things in Jesus name. Amen. >> Amen. >> I pledge algiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation
under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Let's do the roll call, please. >> Commissioner Eileen Vargas, >> present. >> Commissioner Sarah Herd, >> here. >> Commissioner Stacy Heatherington,
>> Commissioner Blake Caps, >> here. >> Commissioner Edward Campy, >> here. >> Commissioner Christopher Collins >> here. >> Commissioner Ka Mayfield >> here. >> Commissioner, I'm sorry. Mayor Carmine Depalo >> here. >> Commissioner Sha Reed
>> here. And we have a quorum. >> Excellent. >> Uh, is there a motion to approve the agenda? >> I'll move to approve the agenda. Second. >> There's a motion in a second. All those in favor? I opposed. That motion passes unanimously. >> I do have a question on this. Um, is
this board bound by a certain Florida state statute? It's 120.525. Uh, it's meeting, hearings, and workshops. >> Why? Well, because it says the agenda with any meeting materials available in
electronic form excluding confidential and exempt information shall be published on the agency's website, but it wasn't published on there. >> It was it was on the website. You all posted it on the on the NPO website. >> I took this this morning. It doesn't
show available. >> Do you want us to pull it up now? >> Sure. Please do. Looks like it's posted. >> Yeah, but the download So there's no uh agenda packet or see where the download section is on the
top right. >> Mhm. >> Yeah. >> He's right. I'm not sure we'll get it. >> So, did um >> I >> just surprised that I'm hearing about this now. I >> found out this morning. I was poking around >> and I I never got any calls this past
week about it. I mean, it's been up I mean, it's been you all got the um agendas on um Monday, last Monday. We always send out the agenda seven days in advance, >> but to his point for the public Can this be rectified now and uh in the future? I mean, how are we going to
handle this? >> Don't know. Let's have let's have legal counsel look at it and proceed. >> Oh, sure. Mhm. >> Is there a motion to approve the minutes? >> Moved. >> Second. >> There's a motion and a second. All those in favor? I
>> opposed. That motion passes unanimously. Uh there I have one request to speak from the public and that's Susan Gibbs Thomas. Oh, I'm sorry. AA. So, okay. Um I have no other requests to speak from the
public. Would anyone like to address us? And moving on. Uh do we need to take any items out of order this morning? >> Um no. I think >> in order to accommodate our special guest. >> Um no. I think we're all set. >> Okay. Excellent. Um
then we'll take up 8A. >> Um this item is the Florida Department of Transportation draft tenative work program. It comes before you every year. We are fortunate enough to have Steve Braun, the District 4 secretary, here to talk about the state of the state. And
he is here with his um staff that um has been um the District 4 staff that I will tell you is um they are they are wonderful with the um to work with for the NO. They have done so much for the Martin NO to support us and the NO
board's priorities. So, um, before I take, you know, just, um, talk about their presentations themselves, I will introduce Steve Braun to come up here to talk to you a little bit about what's in store for Martin County. >> Welcome, Secretary, our longtime collaborator.
>> Morning. >> Good morning. Uh, thank you for being here. Um, thank you for having me. Uh, appreciate uh, Beth's, uh, introduction of of me and the entire team here. And likewise, we sincerely enjoy the relationship with NO staff. one wonderful working relationship. Uh, as
some of you know, I cut my teeth on on several key projects in this region early in my career and it's it's always great uh, you know, coming in here and bring back some of those memories of collaboration uh, over the years. So, I do appreciate that. Um, I am here today
really with the entire district 4 team, not the entire team, but key people from the team that were involved in developing the work program. So, that's the primary intent of this meeting. um or this presentation. I am going to go through a couple of other more big picture type slides of of the Florida
Department of Transportation. Um I was coming in hot this morning. I had a statewide call. Uh so I didn't get a chance to to really interact with with any of you before the meeting, but always enjoy that opportunity. Uh one of the topics on the call, um as you probably saw, there was severe weather
north of here in the district north of of here in Bvard County. So we set up the cadence uh every week to talk out through our calendars and then uh during storm season, you know, we all kind of again collaborate towards uh supporting other districts if needed as well. So
fortunately no major issues here uh in Martin or Treasure Coast, but we'll keep an eye on that weather. >> I saw that there was 14 and a half inches of rain. >> Yeah. Yeah, it was >> flooding. >> Nothing significant. I mean in in Bard County there was some flooding. Yeah,
for sure. >> Remarkable. >> Where am I going with this? >> Be you can >> Oh, okay. >> So, as I mentioned, the primary focus of today's presentation, the draft tenative work program.
>> You can just use the wheel to >> So, you've probably heard a lot of our folks talk about the the DOT compass. It's it's shown there on on on the left hand side. Uh communities are at the center of that compass. And I wanted to share that really um to show off our
focus areas. Um as mentioned, we sincerely enjoy the collaboration with our communities and understand how important transportation is to our community. So you as an NPO understand the importance of of the collaboration with the communities and likewise uh we do too. So communities at the center of
that compass and then the true north on that compass is safety. We prioritize safety. We look at safety opportunities all all that we do. But we also focus on other areas. Resiliency, you you I mentioned kind of storm event, uh rain events, making sure our infrastructure is resilient. Also making sure our
workforce is resilient, too. Uh supply chain, that's become more and more of a household term over recent years and really understanding how critical transportation is uh to our supply chain. um you know so again impacts to
the communities um resonates uh closely with supply chain technology looking for opportunities to embrace technology uh how do we better manage our transportation network how do we embrace technology to to be more effective and efficient and then workforce development
really uh as you'll see in in my presentation massive work program we're looking always to continue to get people interested in this industry transportation is important and really doing all we can to get people interested in this industry and developing the people we
have in in the agency or in in in um in other agencies as well. In the middle of the screen, you know, we talk about relationships, right? Um these are other core principles that we have uh trust, respect, relationships, empowerment and
communication. And a lot of that obviously is emphasized internally but but externally with with uh agency partners, industry professionals, we continue to to look at those core principles as well. Um big basis of that is um the relationships. We love our
acronyms at DOT. So we call that TRE part of the journey. I'm going to touch on really just statewide. Um you know I think generally uh we're pretty humble as as an agency but more recently we've been sharing externally um how critical this industry
is um nationally but even uh internationally our state secretary recently returned from a trade mission in Italy and he came back really talking about internationally people look to Florida as a model for the for transportation.
So, not only is Florida DOT well respected across the nation, uh other countries even look to us, how do we deliver transportation? So, everything from the spaceport, uh 12,000 uh lane miles, uh four large hub
commercial airports across the state. Um and then the three largest uh cruise passenger ports uh in in the world. Uh we also have the most mega projects in history. uh mega project is defined as 500 million or more projects. We have several of those around the state.
We've recently heard that the the state secretary and I've kind of spoken to our team in district 4 about this as well. Um, if you take really our work program and break it down into things that that resonate with other industries, uh,
10,000 plus active contracts, uh, $19 billion in active contracts. And that number is staggering when when I look at the team behind me, everything it takes to kind of make this machine work, $47 million in output uh, per day uh,
statewide. So we're essentially operates um at the same level as far as uh uh budget as as Fortune 500 companies. So that's even more critical as I mentioned really just to get people engaged in this industry and and making sure we're
leveraging uh the latest and greatest technology um and so forth. 47 million a day. Uh I think once our comproller shared that uh we jumped on that and said that that's an important number to share and that really relates to everyone out
there contractors consultants uh you know uh really helping deliver this program. So bringing it down to district 4 as most of you know uh district 4 covers the five counties uh Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucy and Indian
River. um 4 million residents, 783 bridges, over 6,000 lane miles, believe it or not, 92 airports in in this district. Uh and then three deep water ports. I mentioned the mega projects. We do have a mega project in in Broward County, the Southwest 10th
Street connector. Uh that's over a billion dollar project. It's been um planned for spoken about for decades and and we're on the cusp of delivering that project uh through phase design build. We're seeing population increases across the entire district. Um so really
understanding the population increase the the demands that that puts on on the transportation network um even makes it more critical to to make that connection and plan for that growth. So a summary of our 5-year work program. So the the the five-year program now uh
is fiscal year 27 to fiscal year 2031. Um for district 4 for those five counties I mentioned 5.7 billion dollar project uh work program. Massive number um really just taken uh all hands on deck to deliver that type of program.
And you'll see there the range of types of projects on in that program. On the far left you'll see safety um 126 million. Those are dedicated safety funds fora safety specific projects. When I talk through all the other projects we we deliver safety is an
element of all of those projects as well. So don't don't be alarmed by that number being lower than the others. The other categories do include safety. For example, resurfacing 57 million in resurfacing. There are safety elements within those resurfacing projects as
well. Uh bridge repair and replacement uh 162 million. And then the the state highway system other road construction that's primarily capacity improvement projects. Um you'll see on the bottom right there our modal program 784
million. So that you know a lot of people see DOT as as roads and bridges. We obviously as you know uh are a partner with the airports, seapports, transit agencies. So that's that's a pretty robust multimmodal element of our
program uh in district 4. So, I touched on a couple of these points. Um, we're constantly reimagining transportation, right, as an industry. Um, and I'll kind of work through this slide. Uh, innovation in project delivery. I mentioned uh phase design
build, modified phase design, build, other approaches to deliver projects um in in more of a collaborative type environment with contractors, but also ways where we could could expedite uh those projects. things such as volunteer acceleration, working with the
contractors to really incentivize um uh advancing projects once they start construction. Um, a lot of you may have seen right on the I4 corridor uh in central Florida, uh, the department was able to accelerate pieces of those those projects, build ex
uh, uh, auxiliary lanes in advance of the the other project uh, to see that immediate uh, um, benefit uh, on that facility. workforce development I touched on and I do appreciate the partnership with other agencies as we continue to to look at getting people
interested in this industry. Uh so hiring events uh tomorrow we actually have in Broward County what we call construction career days. We're going to have about 2,000 high school students there interacting uh with industry professionals really just learning about this industry. Um at district 4 we have
a mentoring program. We have a program last week that we had had a graduation for a rotation program, a similar program that I went through early in my career where uh employees get a chance to rotate through different offices uh just to give them exposure to other offices but also build relationships
with people in those offices. uh research and innovation. Some of you if if you haven't have a a chance to visit the Sunrex facility in Lakeland, right? Originally was really a testing ground for tolling equipment for for the turnpike that's expanded to testing
autonomous vehicles um other technology connected vehicles and more recently an announcement uh where they'll be testing advanced air mobility um which is on the emerging technology side of this slide. Um,
think Jetsons, right? Basically an opportunity to to to get into some kind of pod um aircraft and really get to your destination. So, Sunrs um again is is leading the charge. State of Florida is reading the leading the charge on advanced air mobility as we drove past
the Wii field here. Maybe one day in the future I won't be stuck on on the turnpike in traffic. I'll be able to get into uh one of these advanced air mobility pods. Drop me off just down the street here. Um so looking forward to those type of things. I mean we have leveraged drone technology over recent
years in hurricane response in bridge inspections in site inspections traffic analysis. So really taking that to the next level. Um and then from a safety perspective leveraging technology as well. Uh we've seen it real-time traffic management, smart work zones, um lane
closure, uh notification system where the contractor enters uh the data uh related to the lane closure and that goes straight to your your um uh ways or uh or Apple Maps application. Um, so again, a lot going on there, a lot on
that slide, but I really just wanted to share what we're doing as an agency and then really with the partnerships in in um transportation uh professionals like like your staff here looking for opportunities to push the envelope on any of those um areas that I mentioned.
So here it is. There's the It's not quite Jetsons, but that that looks pretty uh far-fetched, but in reality, we expect these advanced air mobility um vehicles really to be taken the air in that testing area in Sunrs and then within the next few years, we'll
actually see that. So, imagine the planning needed for that that highway in the sky type technology. How do you manage that? So we as an agency expect to be heavily involved uh in the planning and implementation um with with obviously private industry
being a big part of that as well. So I mentioned some of the points uh with developing our workforce um and again uh everything from developing future leaders but really from the the first day someone starts with the department understanding that they have
a career path with us or uh within the industry. Um I mentioned the Southwest 10th Street project, a billion dollar project. We're going to be doing a road to your future hiring event uh in in June of 2026. And more recently, we've been able to do um
you know, things that that private industry do, hire on the spot at career fairs. We actually hired uh two interns last week at a infrastructure night at Florida Atlantic uh University in Bokeh. Um so looking forward to to more of
that. And as I mentioned, construction career day is actually this week. target zero. Um really uh zero fatalities is the target. Uh we continue to to embrace that. Um we have a very
robust safety program. We partner with other agencies not only for the engineering side of it but the education and outreach. Uh I do appreciate Martin uh county and NO staff recently were engaged in in an outreach event uh with the department. Um, and really these
tableabling events, going out to schools, you name it, we're there really just trying to uh educate the public on on safety and and that's important really from a uh driver behavior perspective. There's only so much we can do in the planning and engineering. So, they need to kind of be balanced uh to
get to that target of zero fatalities. So, I'll catch my breath there for a second. Um, you know, I always enjoy coming to these meetings because there's excitement about the five years ahead, right? The the new five-year work program, but I think as a as a planning organization,
it's important to to step back, maybe reflect on some of the projects that are actually coming to fruition or recently completed. So, I'm going to spend a few minutes uh and and give you all some credit on the planning process, prioritizing projects, and and getting to a point where we're uh able to design
and deliver those projects, and then we finally get to the point where uh the construction is complete. Um so, long history on this project, State Road 714, Martin Highway. Appreciate the community's uh patience through this project, but this was a major capacity improvement project, as you know. Um,
you know, adding those additional lanes uh were critical uh for that connection. Um, really a backbone of that east west network here in in the county. Uh, I95 turnpike connections, you know, all the way to the eastern part of the county. Um, you know, anytime we we going on a
capacity improvement project like that, um, we're adding bike lanes, sidewalks, and so forth as well. This project, as you know, included the widening on the Turnpike Bridge as well. So um that looks like a rendering but that's the finished uh product. Uh so appreciate uh
everyone involved in that project. Safety, right? We've um stood up here many years uh hearing about state road 710. We understood a heavy lift to actually get that project fully funded, but we went ahead at least at Tommy Clemens uh and did the turn lane
improvement, which at least was some immediate uh return there. Get get that uh turn lane implemented, make sure vehicles um were out of that through through lane. Um and that that project is completed. So again, appreciate uh the opportunity to deliver that that
project. Uh resurfacing projects uh you know here you're seeing the outcome of a resurfacing project on state road uh 15. Um what's important to note there besides the entering Martin County sign um the wider shoulder, right? So a lot
of times we'll go into resurfacing. It's more than just replacing your mill and and and and replace that uh pavement material. If there are opportunities to add guardrail or wider uh uh shoulders from a safety perspective, uh we we're
having those conversations early as we scope those projects. So here you you see that completed project and an ongoing project here at US1 also resurfacing, but it includes sidewalk improvements. It it includes new light in uh really just to to light um the the
intersections and um you know the corridor at large. So again that's under construction and we're continue to work through that project. And with that I'll um hand off to Caesar Martinez, our district planning and environmental administrator. Um I don't
want to steal too much of his thunder. Um but uh we're here to really present what what I believe is a is a instrumental uh work program and again looking forward to the continued coordination with the team. Uh I do want to just quickly acknowledge uh the DOT
folks that are here. Um as most of you know right every two years there's what we call the short cycle with based on the legislature schedule. So this year the development of the work program was on that short cycle. Um and they a lot of these folks back here lock themselves
in a conference room uh for months on end and really just develop this program. We get allocations from central office and then we best balance that with the no's priority projects. So SA is going to get into a little bit of that process and then just share um highlights of of key projects that are
in the program. >> Thank you. Thank you, Secretary. Again, Cesar Martinez, this plan administrator. So before we get into the projects, a quick overview of of the cycle that he just explained to you. So again, this
year is an early cycle. So normally we will be like later in the year presenting this to you. uh but in the last three months uh we have worked with the NO staff um to develop the drafted work program and balance the work program based on the allocations that
we've received. Um so that's our presentation today. Um hopefully today we will get your approval and then we'll submit to central office and to the governor's office for approval as well and the Florida Transportation Commission and Department of Commerce. So that will happen in December. Um
later in January um the final tenative work program is submitted again to the governor's office FTC and department of commerce and it will be approved by the governor by July 1st and then at that point it will become officially the department's work
program for the next five years. So in general this is the process that we go through. Um we update cost cost of estimates and um rightaway estimates on an annual basis for all projects in the prior four years. Um overall the project
costs um have remained in the same trend. So the cost estimates have continued going up um with respect to the prior year. Funding allocations for this year were lower um compared to prior cycle and that was due to changes
in revenue projections um that impacted the allocation distribution. And our goal is to maintain projects that were committed in the common four years of the award program related to safety, preservation and and maintenance. And new projects or new phases um are
generally programmed in what it will be the new fifth year of the work program. In this case is 2031. And we're happy to say that the this before award program is balanced to the allocations that were received. So starting uh with NPO priorities
number one, two and three. This is a state of 710. We have uh five segments um along this corridor. So starting from the west um well first of all I want to say that all design phases for all projects or for all segments and the
rightway phases are funded. So design phases are ongoing and the rightway phase will start in fiscal year 27. Right. So um in terms of construction for segment A and E, this is the realignment of county road 714 and the
widening of of the piece that goes into Okishobi County. Those are funded in fiscal year 29 and fiscal year 30. So the realignment is for 6.9 million. The construction for the small piece on Okishobi is 2.2 2 million and the construction engineering inspection of
another.3 million. Segment B, this is from the FPL power plant P plant to Marin County line. Um, this is funded for construction and utilities uh in 20 and construction for the corridor in fiscal year 2031. So this is new funding
173.4 million for construction and another 20 million for construction engineering and inspection. Next segment is Alapara Road to FPL power plant road. Um that's another uh new funding allocated to the project. So this is construction for fiscal year 31
for another 86.8 million and construction engineering inspection for 18.1 million. So between segment B and C you have almost 300 million total of new funding allocated to the project. And then next is segment D. This is from
B vaning Avenue to Alapata Road. Construction is funded in fiscal year 30 17.2 million and CI 1.8 million. So with that we can happily say that all segments on sale 710 in Marin County and
eastern Okishobe County are fully funded for construction between fiscal year 29 30 and 31. >> Thanks. >> As far as the segments, >> thank you. Then as far as the segments in Tokyobi County, we're working with our partner
district. Um and they confirmed to us um again they're funded as well for construction fiscal year 32. So they will come after us. The only piece that is not funded is the one next to state of 70, but that's a very minimal compared to the rest and they're working delineately to get that other piece
funded. Number four, this is Cove Road from Caner Highway to US1 widening to four lanes. Another accomplishment, the project development environment study was completed last month in September. Design was executed for 4.6 million and
right away um we added another 1.8 million. So it's fully funded for 6.8 million in fiscal year 27. The construction phase for this project um it remains unfunded. Number five, this is bridge road
replacement. Uh we did a visibility study. We presented to this um board and as well to the city. We work with the NO staff. Uh we concluded that the bridge is in very good condition. Doesn't need to be replaced at this time. So we acknowledge the desire for replacement
in the future. Uh but at this time the project is unfunded. Number six, this is Commerce Avenue from Indian Street to Salerno Road with resurfacing, shoulder widening and drainage um at a cost of 6.1 million and this remains unfunded.
Number seven, US1 Palm City Road. This is another project that we work very closely with no staff with a feasibility study. Um have presented again to this forum and the city of Stewart. Um so far the feedback has been very positive. the
we will be doing a public meeting very soon uh in the next few months. As of now, the project remains unfunded. Number eight, Palm City Road from Mterrey to US1. This is a pedestrian and bicyclist improvement project remains
unfunded. Number nine, Mterrey at East Ocean Boulevard from Kingswood Terrace to St. Lucy Boulevard. The request was for a pedestrian signal. We have looked into it. We did a signal warrant analysis. As of now, um the requested signal
signalization is not warranted. So the project remains unfunded. Number 10, Willoughby Boulevard extension from Ontario Road to US1. This is a new two-lane road. The project development environment study is ongoing. 5.2 million and design phase of
1 million is funded in fiscal year 30. Number nine. um H High Meadow Avenue from I95 to Marin Highway widening to four lanes. Another accomplishment, the project development environment study was completed last month in September. Design has started at a cost of $2.3
million and we had additional rightaway funding of $1.5 million. The construction phase remains unfunded. Number 12, Citrus Boulevard from Hemingsway Terrace to 710 resurfacing and shoulder widening at a cost of 5.1
million. Um, this project remains unfunded through lab, the local agency program. Number 13, Alapara Road from 710 to Minmade Road is a resurfacing and um shoulder widening at a cost of 6.6
million. This project remains unfunded again through the lab program. 14 uh Alapara road from Mino May to St. Lucy County line um again remains unfunded through the lap program at number 15 P road Street from Caner
Highway to US1 resurfacing project at a cost of 2 million uh through the lab. So that one is funded number 16 Seals Point Road from Ocean Boulevard to Palmer Street resiliency project. We're working with NO to
complete our coordination but as of now the project remains unfunded. Number 17. Um this is A1A Ocean Boulevard um from state 714 at state 714. Sorry. This is a small project but mighty I will say this relocating the
mass arms the traffic signals um mass arms um from out from the sidewalk. So design has been funded in fiscal year 2031 at a cost of $300,000. And number 18 can highway at South River Drive. the new south bar right turn lane
and that one remains unfunded. Now into the transportation alternatives program. The top Fisherman Cove. This is sidewalks pipe drainage and crosswalk. Um a lot project with Marin County construction um $600,000 fiscal year 29.
So this was added as new funding. Safe rout to school program South Street to Highland Avenue sidewalks pipe drainage and crosswalk. This is another LA project. New funding in construction 1 million fiscal year 29.
Palm Beach Road from 714 to Ocean Boulevard resurfacing new funding construction of 1.5 million in fiscal year 31 and it's a state funed agreement with Marian County Sandra/San Avenue from Martin Dons Boulevard to San
Avenue. Again, this is a resurfacing uh another 1 million fiscal year 31. And again, this is a state funed agreement with Marian County. With that, that's all I had questions and comments. And this is um contact
information for Mr. Secretary and I will take any questions or comments from the board. >> Questions? Commissioner Heatherington? >> Yes. Firstly, uh, let me say to Secretary Braun, thank you for being here and thank you for your presentation as well and to all the members of the
DOT. I had a couple things. Um, thank you on behalf of our District 2 residents. You saw that South River was on there. Um, I think it was number 18, the southbound turning lane, but we have collaborated together for five plus years with your team. um seeing some
members coming and going throughout your um district 4 and the district 2 residents of South River truly appreciate it. We have made some major safety improvements. Of course, their primary goal was a a signal. Um we have made major traffic um safety
enhancements there and the residents are very appreciative. So, thank you for that. And then thank you for your presentation on the priority projects of 710. We've worked long and hard. We've had a lot of residents come in for safety. Um, so we appreciate you. We all
went really to bat in Tallahassee to get that funding. So that's appreciative. I have a question. When you mention your priority projects as far as the signalization at 7 10 and Alipata Road,
is it falling in between say your A through E projects? >> Correct. that will fall into segment uh C between C and D basically. Um so we're looking into the signalization as of
now. Um we don't have a final say whether or not we the synchronization will be part of the project but we're looking into it. I know our staff have u doing this the analysis that it will be required to get the transitional approved. Um we don't have a like I say
final say today on it but we're looking into it. >> Okay. But but we're thinking there will be a signal along that corridor because if you think about it and I'll give you my um I actually grew up out in Indiantown. I represent District 2, but I grew up in Martin County and I grew up right in Little Ranch estates now. So
have lots of friends and family and I'm out in Indian Town at least probably once a week if not more. And from my perspective, I know you were working on a warrant signal analysis and I feel that 710 and you probably have witnessed it. There's been a number of crashes is
probably one of the most 710 alipad one of the most dangerous intersections. You think those were coming from Okachchobee. They're going eastbound and if you're in that turning lane turning onto Alipata, many times people will
just go around to continue going east. So those that are pulling out of Alipata heading east, there's conflict movements there. I've seen traffic backed up from 710 on Alipata or 609, whichever you'd
like to call it, waiting at that intersection, backed up all the way to Palamino and or Morgan Street, which is so past Indianwood, past Palamino intersections, and past Morgan Street. And that's happening at a probably more
frequent infrequent occurrence. So I would just ask that you know you you really can seriously consider that and if that's something that can be moved up. I know there's some talk about realigning that intersection as well, but for the safety of the residents, I believe that that is crucial, a crucial
component of this and um we appreciate all your efforts. And then I just wrote down one more thing and I believe it was number 13. You had it's unfunded project Alipata Road resurfacing to North Minuteade. And I just say this to make a
note that um from the intersection of 710 to approximately Morgan, if you notice the power poles are just about and I know that I've mentioned this to Mr. Donaldson and FPNL and our public
works department, the power poles sit probably about 2 feet off the road there. And it's we've had cars um have crashes into them. We've had the neighborhoods lose power um on a
multitude of times. So, as you are going through that resurfacing and shoulder widening project, we would love to collaborate with you and FPNL and try to get those power poles move further off the road. And I again, I can't say thank you enough from our community for the
safety of our residents and we appreciate it. >> Commissioner Caps, >> great to have you here. I haven't met you yet, uh, Mr. Ron, but, uh, good to meet you. >> Thank you. Nice to meet you. >> Um,
so I understand Highway 710 is an strategic intramotal system road and just can you refresh our memories about what that means? >> Sure. So, is it statewide system, right?
Strategic interal system. We love our acronyms. the CIS SIS um essentially it's the hierarch the highest hierarchy or the top of the hierarchy as far as the the highway network. So if you think of the interstate system, um any of the
roadways that that connect regions, so State Road 60, State Road 70, State Road 710 are in that category because they they really uh serve uh freight industry regional interreional connections and
then also the other element of the CIS are some of the modal uh connections as well to seapports and airports. So if you think of it really it's that that hierarchy from a economic sustainability of the state moving people and goods it's really that higher order projects
and I don't know Cesar if you want to this group sits in his his shop but if I may even though there wasn't a question um that presented us with that opportunity to try to strategic interodal system to fund this project right we understood this was a critical
project for this community for this NPO. As mentioned, a lot of you advocated for it. We at the district advocated for it because the CIS is a a statewide competitive program. So, we made that our our top CIS priority for the district. Um really competing against
interstate interchange projects from other regions and other districts. And that was important. It was important for us to understand the importance of this project. We know the importance of it and we were able to advocate for it. In additional in addition to to the
advocacy from a lot of you um we also um had to really I I'll use the term here peacemeal elements of the project. Right. We were able to at least a couple years ago advance the design phase to at least show statewide we're willing to
invest district funds in in in the design just to keep the momentum of that project going. Um uh rather than saying you know hope is not a strategy. So it was important right we we had to share the data we had to understand really from you guys. So that presents
presented us with that opportunity to tap into the strategic and modal system. There were some big dollar amounts on that screen right >> uh that that and and there was a round of applause which I I think shows you or shows me the understanding that this
board has on on how important that that funding uh was for this project. But it probably would have taken us had it not been a cess facility probably would have taken us decades to peacemeal the funding for that project to be honest. >> So I understand uh the strategic
interotal system has its own budget and that it was not increased in this this year. So that that required you to sort of uh use some discretion and to prioritize
the project and move money from one to another. >> So excellent point. Um so although great news for 710 and great news for Martin County, we had a look at at other cy projects strategic and sister projects
across the state and across the district that we could either defer or kind of shuffle funds around to to make that happen. >> Right. So, I just wanted to thank you for that. >> Thank you >> uh for for using that discretion in that way. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, we all do. We know that that's an
unprecedented allocation and we know that you had to do an awful lot of juggling in order to make that happen. Commissioner Reid. >> Yes. I have a question with this work program that we vote on. When when do our questions get answered? Um, for example, I remember Chair Herd brought
up wetland mitigation on the cove road widening project and then I also had questions on two priority projects with land development code and crosswalk. So, at what what phase in these programs do those questions get answered for us as a board?
So, I'm going to say different stages of those projects. So if it's a project specific comment, if if we're working on a project development environment study or even working on the design of a project and constituents or yourself
have questions, we work through those on on a project level basis. Um mitigation, right? That's part of that that environmental analysis. That's part of that that project. So that project team uh should be working or with you to
to address how how those environmental impacts will be mitigated. Um I say that in the sense that that what we're presenting is is the full work program, right? It's all projects in this county over the next 5 years. Uh
we're happy to answer questions on those specific projects, but to answer your question, I think we can address those at a project level. uh today is really more about here here's the presentation here's the full portfolio of projects uh we're planning to to deliver and they're
at different stages in the process some are uh project development environment some are are we're only initiating the design phase but those are I would say the two points of entry for working conversations on on those specific projects either during the design phase
or if a project has a project development environment study at that point of the process. I I long answer to a yes no question or I don't know if that helped. >> It doesn't It doesn't really help, but
um yeah, I I don't know if there's other board members with more experience than I do. I know I've only been up here for a year, but they were good questions from the chair and I thought they were good questions from me. And I don't know if it's my responsibility to continually bring these questions up or if they're
jotted down somewhere and you guys will address these questions and concerns throughout it. It's new to me um now that I sit up here, but is it my responsibility to continually bring these things up as we go through or does someone actually
remember my questions and concerns or the chairs or any of our board members up here? who who actually brings them forward to to answer them and keeps track. >> Oh, Venita gets up here. So, remember that slide I had trick >> which one? >> Trust,
>> respect, relationships, empowerment, communication. >> So, I trust and empower my team, right? So, if your your question, who remembers that? I'm expecting the project team >> heard those questions, they're following up and they they'll get back to you at
the appropriate time. one of which is the project manager Bonita Sy who's here that can probably answer that but if you've made the comment if there was a formal comment at at a presentation here an email or even a comment that you or one of your constituents make especially
in a project development environment study that all goes into the the project team uh looking at those those comments and at some point if they have the answer they'll present it back here or or close the loop with you Venita >> so so to follow up on that.
If I wanted to find out any comments or concerns on any projects that we have on the NO board from here until maybe 2050 in our long range plan, would I public record request that? Who would I reach out to to find out all the questions, comments, and concerns for each
individual project? Commissioner Reed, you could always reach out to me and if there's it's a regarding a state road or state managed project, I will reach out to um FOT to be able to you have you all coordinate. If it's a county managed project, I can
reach out to the project manager to have them um call you and address your keep track of it in like a database somewhere or is it I mean it sounds like it's in each individual folder and you might know more. >> Yeah. Hi. Uh good morning, Bonita Sy with DOT. Yeah, I wanted to an answer uh
Sean Reed's uh inquiry for Cove Road specifically. Um we did complete the PD&E phase of the project and we do um document all the comments from the public and and the MO and we do address all those comments as well. The project
is currently in the design phase. We're about 5% complete in the design. We just uh recently got started. So what they're doing right now, the design team is working on uh trying to find um you know innovations and how to make the project
better. So they're taking the PD&E design and they're further developing it and with that you know you're going to have refinements. So to we do we did capture the wetlands question and and the design team is looking at that and the goal of the project is obviously to
not create more impacts. We want to try to minimize impacts and we want to give a product to the community you know that could be um lasting for a long number of years. So we still have all the PD comments that were captured. Um the design team is looking at that further
refining all you know all the all the questions you have. So um we do have a project website. So um if you want to inquire um the contact information or the design project manager is there but like B said you can give her uh
information or or you know contact the project manager directly if you want to you know find out inquire. I think the best is just if you know the project manager of the project just contact them directly or work through Beth. >> Thank you very much. Just a bit of
housekeeping. um chairwoman Herd had to attend another important meeting that her absence was not an option. So I as the um next I guess senior member of the group will handle the meeting from this
point forward. Um Commissioner Reid, anything further? >> That's a thank you. This is much more of a high level uh view, but your questions are important and I would definitely from my experience recommend hitting them to our local uh staff which will
then work with the secretary's staff at every level. Um Mayor Depalo, you're next. >> Yes. Thank you, Secretary Bryan. I appreciate you being here and back to 710. I appreciate all the hard work that
everybody has done to get the funding for that project. Uh, some people know, some people don't. I I was a I was a cop out there for many, many years. And I picked up more bodies off that road than I would ever care to remember.
And it's important that that road get done. And recently, as you may know, you know, we've had four fatalities on that road within actually one day from one end to the other end. And um prior to that, we we lost a good
friend in law enforcement in a crash on that road. And I appreciate you getting the money and getting it done as soon as possible. I know that we have projections to say, okay, we're going to do this and this amount of time and that
amount of time, but if I think it's a great importance to move that project as fast as we can. And I know that I went to a class last week on on FDOT and NO and all that and and
it's it's actually mindboggling everything you have to go through. Um, I I give Beth here a ton of praise for the job she does because it's there's a lot of wheels moving at one time,
but if we can move those wheels a little bit faster, it would be great. And and to the commissioner's comment on Alipata Road, um I also live out there and when you're
coming out of Alipata Road onto 710, it is dangerous and you're sitting there for a long time. So that light is needed. Even though we're looking at, you know, Indiantown as a village is growing and even though we're looking at realigning everything so that Alipata
comes out at Martin Luther King, we can have a four-way intersection there. For the time being, I think it would be beneficial to put a traffic light at Alipata and 710. not only to allow people to get out of
Alipata safely onto 710, but also to slow traffic down cuz I can tell you cars come flying through there at 70 and 80 miles an hour, you know, and we got a great law enforcement team out there, but they can't be everywhere every minute of every day. So, if we can get
traffic slowed down and now with a traffic light at at Garcia and 710, it's going to slow it down, too. So, I think it'll it'll be beneficial to have a traffic light there. And if we could get that get that done somehow,
uh I think that the that it would be a safety factor and something that the residents that live there would really appreciate, especially the people that live off of off of 609. So I I appreciate and I thank you for all your hard work. I really do. You and
your team are doing a great job and uh you provide a lot of information to the community and thank you. They came out and did a uh a presentation for the village which was very well received and very well appreciated. So thank you. That's all I wanted to say.
>> Thanks for your comments. >> Thank you very much. Um, we have one request to speak form from a member of the public if you don't mind. >> Something was triggered with your previous comment. Uh, as far as local context, I I I did want to me mention
Chris K is over here. So, so he's our Treasure Coast operations engineer. So, his office is in in Fort Pearson. Um, you know, basically Chris is boots on the ground here in the Treasure Coast. has responsibility of the construction and
the maintenance of for Treasure Coast. So, similar to the questions before, if if a constituent of yours, you know, has a has a maintenance question or the status of of of a project, uh, you know, Chris is, you know, available really just to and has that relationship with
with Ampo and county staff as well. So, I did want to mention that uh besides the team involved with the work program development, I appreciate Chris being here and all he does here in the treasure coast. >> Well, I would tell you, Secretary, from my perspective of having been up here for quite a while, uh your staff is
remarkable. Uh you know, uh all of the faces that came with you. I know a lot of these folks drive from far away to be here and have many municipalities that they responsible for. Uh I recognize all those faces. They're there. you have an excellent team here. Uh and from my
point of view for all I'm Palm City, so a lot of the projects we have the turnpike in 95. Um they've always been very responsive. Uh our team is for a small county, we have a stellar team. My concern is always that the larger counties will try to steal them. Um but
that in mind uh I think the relationship is remarkable and some of it it's a it's FDOT is one of the largest bureaucracies at the state level that we deal with but it's it's has a very personal feel. I think it just takes a while to understand who's who and how to get it
done. So to my colleague, Commissioner Reid, I think as time passes, he'll also start to realize, okay, I go here for this and I go, excuse me, I go over here for that, and a lot of those new type of commissioner um concerns will start to eb. So, I appreciate it. And having you
here today, I know throughout the past, your predecessors, whenever the secretary shows up, it's a big deal. I >> I always enjoy coming up here. >> Yeah, we appreciate it. So, we do have one um request to speak for him from
Miss Susan Gibbs Thomas. >> Ma'am, you are recognized. >> The first mayor of Indian Town. >> That's right. >> Thank you so much. Um for the record, my name is Susan Gibbs Thomas. I am a resident of Martin County and I do live in Indian Town.
Um and it is a pleasure to stand before you this morning. It really is. It's actually emotional having sat in one of those seats. I know exactly the um the work that you have to do and what you
continue to do and the longstanding members on this board. um have been doing that along with the staff for many years to get to this point where the secretary is able to stand here before you and say we have
got it funded. They have listened and they have heard thankfully the community and the tragedies that happen on that road. And and I have down here I wanted to say exactly what everybody else has already said. And so all I can do is
just echo those those sentiments but also to kind of pile on um on a couple of things. talk about assist the CIS system, but 609 feeding into 710. And thank you, Commissioner Heatherington,
for your comments there and your persistence in that because you know exactly what it is. But you have to realize my sister has lived out on that road on the corner of of um of the Grove
Road and and 609 for 50 years. Minute Made Grove out there. that that road. She was out there when it was still a grove for 50 years. And she complains to me quite regularly about the traffic. And I don't know if people really realize that at this point in time, it
amazes me every time I drive by it, which is almost daily, that St. Lucy County now has cross town parkway and Becker Road >> connected to State Road 609. So you have
all the traffic that is utilizing it instead of 95 and we're talking heavy dump trucks and that kind and it's just it's amazing and I know I'm going over my time and I apologize. also safety priorities and I appreciate
the secretary's comments about momentum and keeping a tight priority of 710 because I think we are kind of it and it's wonderful and the and the mayor has spoken to the the lives that are still being taken on a regular basis. When
this is done, you're still going to have a two-lane road once this is done until you get to State Road 70. So, I think that needs to be um continue to be a tight priority that the whole thing gets
done and thank you so much for staff, state staff, local staff and what you do to make it a reality. It is a it's a pleasure to see. Thank you. >> Thank you. Good timing. Okay, with that we would end that um
specific agenda item. Any other questions or comments from board members? Anyone else from the public like to address us? >> Yeah, I I just want to say that from the staff perspective, the the staff at District 4, as you all have said, have
been amazing. Um, Steve Braun, Caesar Martinez, I mean, they've been telling Martin Countyy's story up in Tallahassee. Um, Jessica Rubio and Chris Cares, they have been so responsive. Um, thank you all so much from from just the no staff. And thank you board for not
only advocating for that project but also just as an FYI. Um I know that's this get is getting most of the airtime but the um Secretary Braun mentioned the resurfacing of US98 um the wider shoulders. The reason why that happened is because this board a few years ago um
um approved an amendment to their bylaws to have a freight advisory committee. We're one of the few NO states that have a freight advisory committee and it was through their efforts and recommendations that the rural roadways are getting wider um shoulders and
that's that does a lot for the safety for those those highways out west that um that don't have shoulders especially that are two lane that don't have shoulders. So, thank you to this board for um you know um recommending that freight advisory committee because they have been very helpful with not only 710
but with projects like US98. >> Excellent. Um shall we move on? >> Our next agenda item is 8B. >> No, the staff is recommending approval of this. >> Move approval item 8. >> I'll move approval. >> Thank you.
>> Uh we have a motion and a second. All those in favor signify by saying I. >> I. >> Any opposed? Yes, sir. Question. >> Yeah. On that um thing that I brought up in the beginning of the meeting. Does that have anything to do with voting on action items at all?
>> Well, I think uh he's talking about that the agenda wasn't posted on the website. What I'd like to see us do until we get a legal clarification is >> Yeah, the meeting was posted on the website and I will talk to legal about the agenda. >> Right. So, what I'd like to do is
continue the meeting as though it's our regular meeting and that if we get a legal I'm not a lawyer, >> uh, but if we get a legal uh finding that somehow that was a problem, then we would the presentations are the same,
we'd have to uh do all of the votes again at a future meeting. But I don't want to not have the meeting. >> Mhm. >> Right. Yeah. I'm not saying that, but we still go on with taking action. We're going to take the actions if we >> just want to make sure. >> Yeah, I I I understand. Uh in my
opinion, we would take the actions as as though it's a traditional regular meeting and if uh after the fact we find out that um somehow these that the meeting was not properly uh in the previously figured out how it should be,
we will at our we'll have a special meeting or at our next meeting we will listen to all the votes again. But we wouldn't have to have the secretary come back unless he's got extra cash that they came up with or something like that. We'd be more than happy to have him come back. But in the meantime, that's how I think would be the most
appropriate. I hear your >> I want to make sure. So I I can vote. >> Yes, you can vote. And if we find out that you none of us shouldn't have voted, we will have to reconsider all of these votes at a future meeting. But let's say we find out that oh no, that was okay. It was more of a technicality
than the meeting was. >> Well, like I said, yeah, the meeting was the the posted. We will talk to the um um um attorney about the agenda. Go ahead, >> sir. >> If I may share related to that point, I also am not an attorney. Uh just for
Commissioner Reed's consideration or in this discussion, we did have a public hearing related to our work program last week. So, that was a notice public hearing. We had that information available. Again, not necessarily an NPO notice, >> but uh we presented at at a public
hearing last Thursday night and the entire uh work program uh even more than what was presented in this presentation were shared online prior to that hearing. So just excellent for consideration. Thank you. >> Thank you very much. So with that in mind, that's Oh, I have you have a light
for this? >> That's an old light. >> Hers is in. And Commissioner Reed, that was your question. That's why your lights on. >> Yeah, it was. I just didn't feel comfortable voting on stuff. >> Well, you're more than welcome if you I think if you're at a meeting, you're supposed to vote, but if you want >> it just be a no on them, that's all.
>> That's fine. That's the same thing as voting, but that's fine. >> Um, we have a motion and a second. All those in favor? >> I All those opposed? >> No. >> We have motion carries with Commissioner Reid opposing. Thank you very much. Thank you. I don't know if some of the
staff is staying for this next one from FDOT. Um you don't know if some of this >> if they're departing and we'll give them a moment to depart. >> They're welcome to stay for the next item is the um the um the federal highway. >> The next item uh 8B Federal Highway
Administration Federal Transit Administration Transportation Management Area, the TMA 2025 certification report. >> I got you. You can use a clicker if you'd like or I can give you the mouse. I don't know if that's
>> I am. Good morning and welcome. >> Good morning. >> Are you Erica Thompson? >> I'm Erica Thompson and here Thank you. I'm here to present the summary of the findings of the 2025 Port St. Lucy TMA certification.
Um, as you know, Martin Martin is part of the Port St. Lucy TMA. So um federal regulations require a a certification review for transportation management areas. Those are areas that are have a
metropolitan planning area of over 200,000 in population. And so we are required at least every four years to evaluate the planning processes and then document those findings. So
we came well we did a virtual site visit back in March. Um the review team was myself, Dana Knox from my office and then Aries Little from uh transit administration and we identified four
noteworthy notwe practices, no corrective actions and two recommendations. And so I'm going to just hit on some of the highlights. So, the federal review team um commends the Martin County Transit um for developing a transit
efficiency study and collaborating to improve service connectivity along State Road One. Um we also um recognize the Martin NO for developing an interactive map to enable the prioritization of future projects
based on the location and impacts of the future developments. And the federal review team commends the Martin NPO for its innovative approaches to engagement with the public and transportation industry stakeholders um and their creative outreach methods
that included um children's activities that was unique. And just the fact that you were able to um come up with 700 um completed surveys, that's very impressive. Um, and the Florida Commission uh for the
Transportation Disadvantaged recognized the Martin NO as a 2022 planning agency of the year uh for extraordinary efforts to assist those who are transportation disadvantaged. So, we >> I'm sorry, I didn't hear that. Could you repeat that one?
>> Yes. Uh, the Martin NO was named the 2022 planning agency of the year for their extraordinary efforts um to assist those who are transportation disadvantaged. >> That's what I thought you said. That's that's appreciate that. >> Happy to repeat that.
>> Okay. Um, this SL I didn't these slides got a little messed up. Sorry. There were there were no corrective actions. So that means that Martin NO is satisfying all the federal requirements which is exactly what they need to do. So
>> can I ask a question? Yes. How um usual or unusual is it to have no corrective action? >> Um I I won't say it's unusual. Um you know sometimes uh with some of the newer
um TMAs they're they we usually find a few a few more corrective actions. Um it's it's hard to say. It's hard to say. >> No, that's great. >> Yeah, but it's it's excellent. That's >> And then we did have a few
recommendations. Um really um the first one for outreach and public participation is really just to um we recommend that the NO build on that um interactive map by adding demographic and transit layers to it because that
will just enhance the understanding of the community needs by by layering those. And then for um the LRTP or long range transportation plan fiscal constraint to increase transparency for the public, it would be great if they
could add information um that would basically show um a list of the projects and then a list of or another column that basically shows how much uh revenue there is. just to show that that's and
then um that's it. So, thank you. Um and if hopefully you all got the full report um but if you need a copy of it, I'm sure Beth can give it. It was in >> Oh, it was in the packet. Okay. Excellent. So, if you have any
questions, you can reach out to me. Um but really, this is the final part of this very long uh review process that we have. So, you guys are good for four years. >> Well, I thank you on behalf of the board. But I thank you for yours and your team's effort. Questions for Miss
Thompson? Seeing is that >> a question? I'm >> u That is an item that we would uh approve. Commissioner Heatherington. >> Um pending any public comment. I will move staff's recommendation to approve the um
2025 certification report. >> Thank you. I don't have any uh request to speak forms from the public. Anyone from the public looking to address us on this topic? Seeing none, back to the board. We have a motion. >> Second. >> Thank you. We have a motion now and a
second. All those in favor? >> All those opposed. >> The motion carries with Commissioner Reid dissenting. Thank you. Thank you very much, Miss Thompson and your team. Our next agenda item is
8 C fiscal year 26 through fiscal year 30 transportation improvement program the tip. These are amendments. >> Um yes I'm u Margie Tamblin the senior planner for the NO will present this item. >> Good morning board members. Um I will
present today the fiscal year 26 to fiscal year 30 transportation improvement program amendments. Um I have a few more this time. So, amendment number three is for State Route 710 Southwest Warfield Boulevard. We got a letter from FDOT asking for us to add this project. Um, and this is um just
west of the 126th boulevard to the Okobee Martin County line. And we are adding funding um in fiscal years 26, 27, 29, and 30. And we'll have about eight just over $8 million that is allocated to that project there. And
then the other project that we have that we're adding is a section 5307 formula fund. So this is for transit for the Port St. Lucy urbanized area and this is the funding that we have allocated. So we have the FTA funds and then also the local funds there. So just under 2.5
million there. And with that any questions? >> Very quick commissioner Heatherington. >> Nope. That's an old light. I will move staff's recommendation um to of the amendment number three and four to the >> Thank you. Any questions for staff from
the board? Anyone from the public looking to address us? Seeing none, we have a motion. >> Second. >> And now a second as well. All those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed. >> The motion carries with Commissioner Reed dissenting. Thank you very much.
Our next agenda item is 8D. [Applause] Florida Turnerpike fiscal year 27 through fiscal year 31 draft tentative work program. >> Yes. Um um this item is brought to for you because the turnpike is actually F
dot it it's its own F dot district. Um F district 4 is who you heard from in item um agenda item 8A. This is I um agenda item 8D. and James Brown is our um liaison from the turnpike and he will present the the turnpike's draft
tenative work program for Martin County. >> Fantastic. Mr. Brown, good morning. Welcome. Uh you are recognized, sir. >> Sure. James Brown, I am the MO leazison of Florida's turnpike enterprise. Uh I work with district 4. So I work with the NPOS's all the way from Indian River uh
down to Broward and I actually have District 6 as well and work with Miami date. Thank you. >> If why not? Yes, why not? Uh this is a picture uh showing the uh turnpike mainline rated at Bridge Road. [Music]
Our facilities in Martin County, we have 20 miles of facility uh through the county. Uh you'll notice that uh we're making preparations along the majority of the main line to widen it to a minimum of six lanes. Uh some of our plans for Martin County uh are to widen
it in segments and later in my presentation I'll get into what segments are funded for design at this time. Uh but just wanted to point out that the uh the the mainline itself uh ultimately we will be a minimum of six lanes. So
wanted to showcase a uh your toll dollars at work. So we had a bridge replacement south of Becca Road. Uh that project had just started uh anticipated uh to finish in the spring of 28 for a cost of uh just uh $43 million. Uh this
is the replace that bridge because of its age as well as to prepare it for the future widening. So it'll it'll be able to accommodate that future widening of lanes. For Martin County, we have three projects that have some funding uh for
design and rightaway. I point out the first project is the construction of a new interchange, the direct connect interchange, uh which will connect I95 to Florida's Turnpike Enterprise. Uh we just had our public hearing last week and Commissioner Caps, thank you for
attending that. Uh we did have a good turnout. We had 45 virtual that attended and 27 in person. So, it was a really good turnout for that project. Uh, again, that is funded for fiscal year 30. Happy to see that that was accelerated by a year. We were
anticipating it was going to come into that fifth year. Uh, but again, for a cost of $25 million for design. >> The next two. >> Can I stop you, Mr. Brown? Just for clarification for the public, I've had some people ask about that as well. Um, when you say funded, you don't mean
funded to build it. You mean funded? >> Correct. Yes. The only phase. Yeah. There's no further the construction is not funded for that at this time. Yeah. >> Aware that you don't have a crystal ball. Can you give us a ballpark of when this would actually be a thing? I have people I they get, you know, I tell
people we move at the speed of government. Uh some people think that you're getting ready to, you know, have a groundbreaking on this project like in the next couple of months. We're talking something that's a decade out. >> Correct. >> Okay. So, just so everyone understands
this is not eminent. It's it's at least 10 years out. >> Correct. >> Thank you. >> Yep. >> The next I'll mention is the uh improvements to the Martin Highway interchange with Florida Sternpike Enterprise. Uh that is currently in design. Uh there's a shy of 2 million a
residual amount to complete that design phase uh with right ofway funded in fiscal year 29. Uh some of the improvements there is really the the movements uh adding turn lanes uh separating the northbound off so that kind of gets people to where they're
going either making that left or that right right at Martin Highway. Uh and then the segment of the widening which is in design right now is from Martin Highway up to St. Lucy County line and that is uh planned to be widened to eight lanes in that segment. So for
Martin County, from Palm Beach up to Martin Highway, the plan is to widen to six. And then from Martin Highway up to St. Lucy and we're kind of really going up towards like cross town parkway area would be widened to eight lanes. So that's the plan.
And then last week was National Teen Driver Safety Week. So we did want to have a safety moment. Uh teen driver safety week. It's dedicated to the high rates of car crashes among our teen drivers, which is the leasing cause of death for this age group. And we just
wanted to make everyone aware that we need to educate teens, parents, and communities about the safe driving behaviors for our teens. With that, I'll open it up to any additional questions. >> Fantastic questions for Mr. Brown. >> Commissioner Caps.
>> Yes. I thought I would just mention my attendance at the uh public hearing that we had at IRSC for the direct connect on Bridge Road where we're connecting the turnpike and 995.
Um and and I would just like to say that uh that was a first class presentation. Uh staff did an amazing job. uh the the props and the videos were very sharp and enlightening and I really appreciated
the the meeting and learned a lot. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. I'll be happy to share that with that project team. Thank you. >> Yes. Thank you, sir. Uh any questions from the public? Seeing none, uh we give you our thanks. >> Thank you. >> I have a >> Oh, I'm sorry. >> We need approval. Um staff is
>> I apologize. The the lights are way over here >> in the corner. Um, I just wanted to say I travel the turnpike a lot both ways and I'm really excited and I think a lot of people will be about all these improvements even though they're far off. The direct exchange I think is particularly great. So, thank you. >> Thank you, >> Commissioner Collins.
>> That was >> Oh, okay. They have the >> We only have one for both of us. >> No, I think that's true. Maybe you're right. Uh, thank you very much. >> Staff is recommending approval. >> Yes, we have a motion. I'll entertain a motion. >> Move approval. >> I'll second. >> Thank you. We have a motion and a
second. And all those in favor? >> I. >> All those opposed? >> No. >> That motion carries with Commissioner Reed desenting. Thank you very much. >> That was D 8E. State Road 710 project update. This is a discussion. We will not be voting.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I don't know if you have any >> I we might have >> discussed what we needed to say, but if you have anything further >> again Martinez, planning administrator. Um, one last update, not as exciting as $300 million earlier, but um, just to let you know, uh, we had a two
commissioners read earlier point about a contact person. Previously, Ron Kariva was in this forum providing you a almost a monthly update on 710. Uh, just to let you know going forward, I'm your contact, your main contact. We have design project managers for each
segment, but like the overall contact for the corridor. Yeah, feel free to reach out to me. Beth um, has my contact information. um can provide that. But um Ron's still working with the state, but he's now u working for the Florida Storm Pipe Enterprise. >> Okay. >> Um now um going forward, this item may
remain in the agenda um as a status update from design perspective um since the project is fully funded for construction. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. That's good to know. Um any other questions about that update?
Seeing none. Number nine, comments from FDOT. Any additional comments from our friends? No. >> Good morning, sir. >> Good morning. Uh, my name is John Crane. I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm the director of transportation
development and you know, Jessica, the work program, Cesar, planning and environmental. Uh, Burgot is my modal development. They all are under me. So, I'm the director there and I report directly to Steve. I wanted to give Mr. Reid my my business card. You know, uh
are you can if you have questions, you know, you just get one of us and and we even if we don't have the answer, we can certainly get someone to answer that question for you. So, uh I just wanted to make that point and and really to thank my staff. They did a really good
job. Uh you know, I heard a lot of good things about the collaboration with Beth and her team. So, uh, thank you all >> very much. Thank you. Um, comments from the advisory committee members.
>> And while we were meeting, I did ask, uh, one of Beth's staff to have someone go up to our legal department. And now we have someone come from legal. >> Why don't we just do this? Let me just
Do we have two other items? Committee. Uh any advisory committee member reports? Uh any comments, general comments from the board, Mr. Commissioner Reid? >> Yeah, I have one. Um my my comments weren't directed like in a harmful way
towards DOT or anything, by the way. I'll state that on the record. And same for the NO. I have conversations at length, whether it's with Ricardo or Beth. I've actually reached out. I think I might have emailed Chris and Steve before and you guys always answer my questions. More so what I was addressing
was specifically from a board perspective. I know how it works in the city of Stewart board. If we have comments or concerns, they get addressed at the next board meeting specifically to that agenda item. Instead, it's like I'm following along, I guess, and just
reiterating it every meeting and it they haven't been addressed. And that that's the only reason why. and I just wasn't sure on the process, but that's how it works at the city level and I believe this board might be a little bit different and that's what I'm just trying to get brought up to speed on. So, thank you guys for all you do by the
way. >> Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay, now we will hear from >> uh good morning everybody. My name is Melissa Petrich. I'm one of the senior assistant county attorneys. The matter issue was brought to me that I guess the agenda was not while it was given out.
it wasn't published on the public website based upon that it's legal's recommendation that we postpone this meeting postpone any votes on it so that reasonable notice could be made um we do have to look into it further what reasonleness is but at this point I
would recommend that we postpone the remainder of this meeting and reconvene >> well that being said you are the final item of our meeting um what we did do um is announced publicly that we would conduct the
meeting understanding that we would have to after I said that but I also said and so did the secretary neither of us are attorneys um so I said wouldn't it be a good idea to actually ask one of ours so Ricardo I appreciate that um what we did
is conduct the meeting understanding that we might have to come back there was only uh three or four actual uh action items that we >> were >> 1 2 3 4 I have six six items that we voted on that we would uh create an
additional meeting or at our next meeting uh bring them all back up for reconsideration. >> Correct. I would recommend those six items come back as uh that no official action be taken on those matters that have already been voted on and that you revote on those at the next meeting.
>> Is this a new light, Commissioner Collins? >> Yes. I just wanted to thank Commissioner Reid for the astute. You know, you you were paying attention there and it it can be uncomfortable and you have to have courage to bring that up, but you very well saved this board from taking
an action that could be an issue. >> You're welcome. >> Thank you to council as well. >> Yeah, thank you. I was actually supposed to go to law school, but I never went. Um but uh yes, thank you. >> Thank you. All right. I appreciate that. >> I have a question. >> Yes. Um, MRI, how is this going to be
remedied so this doesn't happen in the future? >> It's just a simple >> It's within each department. I think there are I know for the departments I deal with, you know, we go through it. Everybody's got their designated tasks. I think that's something that the director of each department can speak with their staff to make sure that
there's a checklist that goes on. >> Okay. So, this will be Miss Beltran. >> Yeah. This is this is the first time this has ever happened since I've been here. I've been here 16 years. So my apologies to everyone. FDOT does have a deadline with the work programs as does the turnpike. So the meeting will be
very soon the the um the the um the meeting that this is going to postpone to. We will advertise um obviously the agenda as well as the um whole agenda packet which includes all the issues that were discussed at this meeting. >> All right. So that'll be before February
of next year. Is that >> Oh yeah, that'll be before like November 1st. as quickly as it can legally be uh advertised. >> Our public um participation plan um says 5 days at least 5 days. That's why you get the agenda always 7 days in advance.
So by probably ne we'll we'll do that when we that's what we'll be do working on this afternoon and you will we'll work with your executive aids to get um um a second meeting by next week. >> Fantastic. >> Thank you. >> I appreciate it. >> I have a comment. Okay. Um I believe
it's 7 days for it. Um, but while you're here, I do have a question on um, Sunshine Laws and stuff. So, so my documents, I believe I'm supposed to turn them in. I have a screenshot and what I read into the record that should
be turned into the clerk, I guess, to be put in >> without knowing the I and not to to be not short, I don't know the context of what just I only was upstairs. Got >> you're saying so like if Yeah. So, like if I had a screenshot of it that I had
brought with me and then I read the statue, should I turn that in for public records? >> You can I >> Is it supposed to be? I guess. >> Well, you're Have you been sharing it with everyone? >> Well, I shared it publicly here at the board >> and yes, submit it in as a as a as a >> So, I just hand it to Beth at the end of
the >> You can do that. >> You can give it the will take it and submit it to the clerk for the record. >> I just wanted to make sure while you're here. >> Uh, Commissioner Caps. Yes. I would just like to say don't sweat us. It's okay.
Uh we we know you and your staff do an awesome job and small mistakes can be made, but we'll we'll work through it. >> Absolutely. I completely agree. I have the utmost confidence in our staff. I appreciate that our colleague, Commissioner Reid, uh saw it. Would have
been and I know you said you saw it this morning. it would have been helpful uh with some extra time, but >> we showed at 8 a.m. this morning. >> I got you. I think we've completely addressed it. Um and we will remedy it and I appreciate you giving us the heads up on that and Miss Petri for coming
down and giving us that. Uh any notes? >> Um we do have um the um >> development reviewed advisory committee will be having a special meeting in December to talk about ebikes. I know that's a um big conversation um now with
the sheriff's office. They actually came to our um joint advisory committee meeting last week um as well as I think the sheriff has been talking to the board of county commission. So the um um bike ped committee will be talking about that kind of taking a deep dive into that subject. Um hopefully we'll have a
speaker from South Florida whose um local government has passed a local ordinance regulating having some regulations for ebikes. Um so I'll um certainly give you more information on that before that meeting occurs. Um and then secondly under notes we have our
update for our development review map. >> Yep. >> Good morning. So we have recently updated our development review map. Your name for the >> Oh sorry. Ricardo Vasquez senior our principal planner with the Martin NPO. So we've recently updated our development review interactive map to showcase all the recent development that's happening in the county and its
municipalities. We have the most recent information from the county, from the city of Stewart, and the village of Indiantown. We've also updated our map to identify our most recent list of project priorities. You guys all adopted last June. So, some of the uh the red lines and red dots you see um a few of
them are new. And then you'll see also some of those have turned from red to green signifying that they've been funded for construction. So, as we recently just got the work program today, you know, we'll be making some additional updates to those to those lines in the future. So, with that, um, I'll be happy to answer any questions
about this map. And of course, you can find it on our website. It's, uh, there's a button right under our picture slider that says development review map that you can click and access the map right away. Thank you. >> Thank you, Commissioner Reid. >> Love the map. You'll hear me say it every time. I think the public that pays
attention, I think they appreciate you guys as well. Thank you. >> Thank you. Any other questions or comments for that? Our next meeting, well, we will have an additional meeting. The next
official MO policy board meeting is February 23rd. Uh, and with that, we will adjourn. Thank you very much. Part: 2
Okay. >> And I answer. >> Okay. We're going to go ahead and call the October 27th, 2025 CRA meeting to order. First order of first thing in order is the pledge of allegiance. Please stand. >> Pledge of Pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Next up is the approval of the minutes from the 20 September 22nd meeting. >> Move. So move.
>> I have a motion. >> All right. >> Second >> and a second. Any discussion, questions, comments. Then all in favor say I. >> I. >> Does anyone have any disclosure of conflicts of interest?
Seeing none, moving ahead to the comment section. We're going to start with the public comment. Please stand and state your name for the record. You'll have three minutes to speak for anyone who wishes to speak at this time. Yes, sir. >> Good afternoon, y'all. Uh William
Corbin, executive director for the business development board of Martin County. And um just wanted to let you all know that um CRA staff uh Susan and Jordan have been a pleasure to work with. Um at the business development board, we are engaged in trying to
increase um you know revenues um and investment in the county and economic development uh stretches across holistically and our CRAAS are a really great tool for that as you all are well aware and >> we go to his board next month. >> Yeah. And so we're trying to collaborate
and work together um and stay a breast of activities so we can um you know really work uh work together for the common cause. So >> cool. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Thanks Will. >> Thank you. >> Anyone else? >> Seeing none moving on to our first
presentation, the CRA Rio Capital Projects Review Town Center Redevelopment in Dixie Highway Streetscape. Am I done? Are you okay? >> Okay. Hello. >> Oh, thank you. Thank you. Good afternoon. How's everybody doing today?
>> Thanks. >> My name is Christina Ferman. I'm with Marlin Engineering and I'm here today with uh Pablo Duyas who is with uh Dover Colon Partners. We're concurrently working on two projects together. The civic center master plan and the Dixie Highway streetscape plan.
Which way do I point? Is it on? Is that on? >> Julie is not here. >> There we go. >> See, that was a technical issue we figured out. So, our outline, um, we're just going to review the timeline, um, where we're at in the project, dive into the
socioeconomic characteristics of Rio, and then from there, we'll talk about our first master plan, which is the civic center, and then we'll dive into our Dixie Highway streetscape plan. We'll talk about next steps, and then we'll um, break for Q&A.
So, we started this in the end of May. Um we did our site visit in June. July we had our first public meeting where we introduced the project to the residents at the civic center. Um since August we've been working on some alternatives and concepts drafting the report as we
go along. In September we went to the NAC board to get their feedback on our um concepts at that point. Um today we're here to get your feedback. Um, in December, we do plan to go to the public to get some additional feedback before
we finalize everything with the preferred alternative and go back to the NAC in January with the preferred alternative. So, just a a quick overview of the progress we're at. Um, these are two separate projects and they have five and
six tasks. Um, project, excuse me, project management, which is task one, has ongoing throughout the project. We've completed the existing conditions review. Um we're concurrently working on public involvement. We're here today as part of of that task. Um task four is in
pro in process. That is the conceptual programming and plan development for both uh the streetscape and civic center master plan. Um task five relates to the streetscape plan only and it's the cost estimates. And then the final task for both projects is the documentation of
everything. Christina, could I just butt in for a second? >> Yes. So, just in case anybody is not clear as to why this is coming to you today or what's the genesis of this, we have been talking about it since early
2025. Um, but I'm realizing that maybe you're not as familiar as we are with it or the public isn't. So, I just wanted to give a little intro, if you will. It's two separate projects. One is a streetscape, one is for the civic center and the properties around that. If you
recall over the years, we've been buying properties in a key location in Rio for exactly this purpose. So, we have purchased um some of those properties. I don't know, Jordan, like five of them, six of them. Uh and and that's what's
going to be talked about when Christina gets to the civic center piece. The streetscape is of course part of our redevelopment plan. And as you know, part of it in Rio was done uh right near Martine and where the civic center now
sits. That part of the streetscape has been completed. This what you're going to see are the other two pieces, if you will. So, um we have the projects and and this might be the confusing part and I didn't want anyone to be confused running concurrently. And the reason
we're doing that is because it makes a lot more sense since it's all in the same location, if you will, for our consultant to look at it in a holistic manner, not just as two peacemeal things. Plus the fact it's definitely
more cost-effective to have them working on both projects in the same location at the same time, if you will. So what you're going to see are concepts for both projects separate but happening concurrently if that makes sense. Hope that was helpful.
>> Thank you. >> Okay. So diving into Rio, we know that Rio's got a population of about 2500 people with about a quarter of that population having a disability. It is an older community at at a median age of 56
with uh just about a third of the population 65 and older. Very high home ownership rate at 97%. Um when it comes to income and poverty, uh the annual household income as well as the individual income trend higher in Rio than it does for the the county or the
state and the poverty rate is about 12% which is on par with the county average. Uh when it comes to commuting characteristics, average travel time to work is about 14 minutes. And we also found out that about or just over 80% of the households have three or more cars
in Rio, which is an interesting um tidbit of information there. And about 90% drive alone to work, which is on par with the rest of uh South Florida or Florida in general. Um, so diving into the civic center master plan, we did do
a a short survey for the community when we kicked off the project and had our first public meeting. Um, and we wanted to get a sense of what people would like to see in a civic center. So, we asked folks what types of activities or uses they would like to see within a civic center. And the top responses, of
course, is community events or festivals. That's what the Rio Civic Center is being used for today. And that's what the community would like to continue to see it being used for. Um but it was also followed with a community garden, art exhibits, community meeting spaces also ranked um
high up on the this question as well. And then dog park or theater, performing arts center uh tied for the top five spot. We also asked folks how they travel to the civic center today. We we asked them to select all that apply. So you can see
most people do drive alone, but there are still a number of people that walk, bike, and carpool. And then folks that chose other and other being ride share, golf carts, and a skate and and skate or skating. Um so a variety of modes
getting to the civic center today. Um just an overview, the the civic center is located on Dixie Highway in Jensen Beach. It provides a vital service to the community um through its numerous activities today and the CRA is looking to redevelop the existing
building and surrounding area. Um this site does include this the civic center as well as the parcel east east and west of it and we are performing this project in parallel schedule with the streetscape project which we'll discuss after.
The project goals and objectives is to creating a functional and inclusive civics hub for the community. um fostering that community identity and connectivity, prioritizing sustainability and resilience, and incorporating the public's fe um vision
into the future concepts for the civic center. So, this is the location of the civic center. You can see the building behind 1819. Um that is the parcel along with everything else outlined in orange that
we're looking at. So that dotted line there is a demarcation point between the parcels that must be used for civic center use only. And then the the eastern parcel that's currently vacant with trees. Um we can be a little bit
more creative with that parcel um if if the community wishes. So uh we did do a site visit and here's some photos of the the civic center property. You can see right now it's just mostly grass area with with the civic center building. Um and and we did
see some some um older trees that we would like to preserve as part of our concept plan. Uh future land use designates it as the Rio redevelopment. And then you dive into the zoning, it designates it as the
CRA center. You have to dive in further to the regulating plan. And this includes the regulating plan on the screen with that yellow arrow pointing to the approximate location of the civic center property. Um so the regulating plan identifies the subdists and this
and in this instance it is designated as a core subdist. So this will dictate the the building volume placement um the type of buildings setbacks all of that um is part of the regulating plan. Um
furthermore, the street type is also an important component of the regulating plan and Dixie Highway is intended as a primary street. Therefore, the intent is to develop it in a pedestrianfriendly manner so that that the building gets
placed closer to the street, right? Building frontage with parking maybe in the back or the side. Um but really we want to foster like a walkable type of community here. And this is also important for our streetscape.
Um, at our first meeting, we asked folks to select their preferred architectural style and we had a number of different architectural styles because you can find a number of different architectural styles in Rio. Overwhelmingly, the community did choose the Florida vernacular style and this was solidified
at the NAC meeting where the NAC made a motion to move forward with this architectural style uh for the civic center. And so now I'm going to hand it over to Pablo to dive into the civic center um site plans that we're we're running with
and and talk to you about the two concepts that we're looking to build on. >> Arrows. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Good afternoon everyone. My name is Pablo Dyas. I work with Dober Cole and Partners uh partnering with uh Martin Engineering for the streetscape and the
civic center project. So the Rio Civic Center as Christina was explaining is based on the actual the current site plus the other two sites on the east and west of the property and where we have uh these existing
conditions there are location of uh we are locating many trees that are valuable that we don't want to disturb too much. Um we are trying to get a new connection uh to in the north north south connection through Dixie Highway.
Um the the condition of the the building is to front face that Dixie Highway and um that roundabout that you see right there is the new location of the roundabout not the one that is existing right now because that's going to be
moved in the future. So those are the different conditions that we are working with in order for the project to um meet expectations and uh work for everyone. So in some of the alternatives that we
were working on, we have been um sketching and and designing uh alternatives where we are having areas where parking can be um not permanent but convert convertible in
different parts of uh different parts of the year or different parts of uh of the season. Um, we want to incorporate dec decorative entry features uh decorative um furniture um and an open uh lawn or
outdoor space for events. These are four of the of the possibilities for for design alternatives that we already took to the public and to the NAC meeting. And um from this we have selected a couple that
we are developing a bit more. So this one I'm sorry I have my notes here. Okay. So as you can see on on um the upper left corner where it says northeast
there is a pave plaza to the west that can be closed and used to stage a farmers market. Um there's a village green to the east um that can be used for other events for performances. Uh as you can see on the back there we we were
proposing a um yeah a band stand or um what was the name? >> Pavilion. Yes. I'm sorry. Um >> I'm going to help you out there. >> Yes. um to to have you know all these
events happening there. Okay, this is another alternative where um the basic program stays but uh the building is uh or has the architecture of Florida vernacular like Christina was uh explaining. It's a push back a bit
more so we can locate uh event tables or or um other types of furniture on the front for people to use in special occasions. These are other views uh from the pro of the project from the roundabout where
the future location is going to be. This would be the pavilion. Um bear in mind that all all the architecture that we are suggesting right now is not the final architecture. These are just um placeholder for style. So the the
program is based on this buildings is based on in terms of area but this is not the final architecture that you're going to have. This is just a disclaimer. Basically what I just said of um the these illustrations are for the purpose of
just showing what it is. >> Okay. I'm going to hand it >> if you like. Oh, thank you. I'm gonna hand it to Christina again for the intro of the streetscape plan and then I'll come back. >> Thank you, Pablo. So, now diving into
the Dixie Highway streetscapecape plan, which includes that west segment from the Florida East Coast Railroad to Ryopine Lane and then the east segment from Orange Avenue to Langford Lane. Again, this is the primary corridor that runs through Rio. It it serves all of
the area. Um, and we're looking to redesign it and enhance it to improve connectivity in the surrounding area in the community. About 10 to 15 years ago, there was a town center streetscape project between Ry Pine Lane and Orange Avenue, and that's why that segment is
left out, as Susan had noted previously. So, our plan's going to accommodate drainage, wide sidewalks, access to businesses, on street parking, landscaping, streetscape, um, and then beautifification of course of the S-curve. Um, as Pablo had
mentioned, we are accounting for the relocation of the Martin Avenue roundabout as well as future development that Jordan and Susan both have shared with us that are occurring along Dixie Highway. So, again, similar goals and objectives as our civic center. um
creating a functional and conceptual streetscape plan, engaging the community with stakeholders for the future vision, prioritizing sustainability and resilience, and coordinating this of course with the civic center plan project. So again, we did a that site visit that
top photo shows that completed section of the um streetscape. Uh you can see the wide sidewalks, the median, the landscaping, the um narrow travel lanes. So, we're looking to do emulate something similar to this and we're going to the public to make sure that
they're on board and to see if there's anything that we can improve upon or that they would like to see differently. The bottom photos show um the section that is from the FEC to Riyopine Lane. You can see a lot of pavement. Um some instances the sidewalk ends. It's not a
continuation um across the driveways. Uh, also uh by the dick by the um railroad tracks on the north, excuse me, on the south side there is no sidewalk today. And you can see that in that photo. There's a gentleman on his bike using the travel lane. That always makes
me a little nervous. Um, but you can see him there uh riding his bike on Dixie Highway. And then these photos just show um part of the S-curve and also that that area that's uh west of the excuse me, east of the completed section. Um,
again, a lot of pavement, narrower sidewalks. Sometimes the sidewalk is right there next to the travel lane and other times it's set back from the travel lane. Um, so some different types of typicals and and sections here that we're working with, different right ofway widths, which we'll show you
shortly. Um, so just to give you an aerial view, this is our target area that we're working within the the orange line and that segment in the middle is the completed segment of Dixie Highway. Again looking at land use we can see the RIO
redevelopment and then along that S-curve the residential looking at the zoning we have industrial we have CRA center we have medium density residential and CRA neighborhoods as the um zoning uses for
the area. Um we did do data collection. So the the little red circles are speed and volume counters. So we took those at four locations and then we had cameras. We have highdefinition cameras and we
utilize artificial intelligence to count the number of pedestrians, bicycles and other vehicles um within the the street. Uh it also provides trajectories for us so that we can determine the pedestrian and bicycle behavior. Uh the orange
location uh the orange dots are representative of the planned pedestrian midblock crossings that the board has already selected. The data does support those locations and then the green circle represents the existing pedestrian crossing that's near the skate park today.
So looking at the findings, Cubanav, Key Drive, and Orange A all had the highest total bicycle pedestrian volume counts. We did collect data over a 24-h hour period on a typical Thursday and a typical Saturday. Lots of crossing activity um at these locations. Um we
saw that higher volumes are on the north side sidewalk than they are on the southside sidewalk. And that may be because there's segments missing along the south side. And then as I mentioned to you there uh the proposed midblock crossings do show the highest level of
midblock activity for the speed and volume. um starting at Rio in Summerav which is on the west section of Dixie Highway and then as you can see 7,000 average daily vehicles and then as you travel east along that
segment it it does narrow down to just under 6,000 vehicles. So the speed and volumes data was collected over a 72-hour period. It did find that speeding is present along the corridor anywhere from 3 to 8 miles. Um, and so
you can see here the posted speed limit being 30 30 25 where the S-curve is and 35 uh west, excuse me, east of that S-curve. And so just some of the potential countermeasures that we're looking at and and we do intend on going to the public with u some of these
counter measures to see if they would be supportive of any of the counter measures to help slow down traffic along that corridor. Um, so going back to that survey, we did ask folks how they travel on Dixie Highway today. Um, of course, most people do drive, but there are a
significant amount of people that walk, that bike that corridor, that scooter along the corridor, use a motorcycle, and have golf cart. Today, we did ask folks how they would like to travel in the future along Dixie Highway. Um, nobody wants to give up their cars, and that's fine, but there are a lot more
people that want to be able to walk and bike and use their golf cart and scooter along Dixie Highway. Um, on their other modes of transportation, somebody wrote walker. So to me that's representative of the folks with disabilities there, right? Um so we want to make sure that we're providing and accommodating for
their needs as well. >> Uh we did ask folks what the top elements what missing elements along Dixie Highway. Shade trees by far outbeat any element along Dixie Highway at almost 60% of of uh residents saying
that they want to see shade trees. Um and then followed by public art, landscaping, waste receptacles, and a complete sidewalk network. Um again, a lot of the side streets do not have sidewalks today, so people are walking in the street. And then I would imagine
that anybody in a walk or a wheelchair is going to have a difficult time navigating that as well. And then when we ask folks what type of features they want to see improved along Dixie Highway, again, street trees beat everything else, but they also want to see improved landscaping, street
furniture, and lighting. And then I um in fifth place, a protected bike lane. Um so that goes to a lot of people biking along the the highway there. So that's a photo of Dixie Highway and I'm going to hand it over to Pablo to talk about the typicals and uh the existing
as well as the proposed. Thank you, Christina. So what I'm going to show you right now are street sections of what we found, what the existing conditions are and then what we are proposing to uh make this a better environment for pedestrians and for cars and for
everybody. So this um this section as you can see is closer to the east side of uh Dixie Highway and sorry west side of Dixie Highway. Good call. Um, and as you can see, what we found is that the
right of way is very narrow. It sometimes it includes a sidewalk, sometimes it doesn't. And there's not really a very good condition for pedestrians to to uh walk by. And this is what we're trying to propose. More street trees. Um,
according to the the survey uh responses that we got, uh, um, keeping parking on on street parking, um, not playing too much with, uh, the travel lanes, but accommodating
landscape and more um, protective measures for pedestrians. This is another um street section uh a bit further east close to where the the the streetscape is already done. And as
we can see there's lack again of street trees and the conditions for pedestrians are not the best and this is the proposal that we have. What we found when we started doing all the the surveys and getting all the information that we have for the existing conditions
is that the ride of way is very variable all along the Dixie Highway. Sometimes it goes up to 100 ft, sometimes it goes down to 40 ft, sometimes it includes uh easements for sidewalks, sometimes it doesn't even include um on street
parking properly. So it's a a challenge to work through those conditions um but not impossible and there are many ways we can accommodate all these elements to make the street safer and um of um so it
looks better as well. Now, if we continue going east after the S-curve, this is one of the sections that's one of the bleakest. Not only because there is not only enough street trees, uh there are a few good
conditions for pedestrians, but like I said before, the ride ofway is 100 ft. So the distance that we have to play with is is um is wider is is better in a sense but at the same time it gives the sensation
that it's such a wide place. So it's one of the parts where there's more speeding where there's more accidents and that's because there the road is not designed to uh be protective of pedestrians. So this is one of the proposals that we are
working with. um maybe adding a median, having uh on street parking as a protective measure, uh landscape and trees on both sides and uh generous u sidewalk on both sides. If you continue moving east, this is
another street section. This is the these are the existing conditions and our proposal of having shade trees and landscape to uh make the environment better and um the pedestrian safety also better. What I'm going to show you here are not
street sections but a a schematic plan view of what we are trying to uh accomplish uh in the scurve. This is the crossing right in the middle of it. This is the existing condition where we have a kind of okay
um sidewalk and crossings um but the road is very wide. There's no uh traffic calming measures and there's a lot of speeding. There's a lot of um of pedestrians that don't want to use this because of the condition it is is
it in. So, as you can see in the pictures, um there's no trees. Uh there's when we were there, these are pictures that we took when we were there. There was basically no one walking through it and it was very very hot. There was no shade at all. We we
did the site visit around 11:00 a.m. and it was terrible. [Laughter] So um this uh the these two pictures show a couple of options that we are working uh in and if you see the one on
the left we are adding medians um we are reducing the travel lane width uh widening the sidewalks uh eliminating some of the right turn lanes that uh that we have and reducing also the curb radi so cars have to uh lower their eat
when they uh get out of the road into the the subdivision. On the right, we have basically the same concept except it's a race intersection. So, it's a race table. All that red that
you see, it has the same dimensions as the one on the left, but it's a race intersection, which is much safer and um works better as a trafficcoming measure. Christina Thank you, Pablo. Um, so you can see here our next steps is to refine our
concepts and alternatives, meet with the stakeholders to get their feedback. Um and then in December we're going to be going to the Winterfest so we can talk to the public, get their feedback on u potential um counter measures to reduce
speeding and and and accidents along Dixie Highway, but also to get their feedback on the civic center site plan to see which site plan that they would prefer to move forward with and then also get further input on the typical se sections that Pablo just showed you. Um
so with that said, we'll be going to back to the NAC meeting. uh in January to show them what the preferred alternative which will be based on public and stakeholder feedback and input. Um and we hope to have everything wrapped up and finalized by February.
With that said, we will take any questions, comments, concerns. Christina, would you let them know what the deliverables are so they'll >> Yes. So, I apologize for not being clear on that, but yeah. So, the final will include um a report for both projects.
The civic center will include um two site plans, two conceptual site plans. Uh one that includes just the civic center property and another that is inclusive of that uh eastern parcel um to show
what potential uses can come out of that other civic or excuse me that other parcel um to create help create synergy with the civic center. Um, and then for the streetscape, we're u proposing we're we're going to be proposing um conceptual design um like a bird's eye
view concept plan of Dixie Highway. >> Will you be coming back to us at all? >> Jordan will be coming back to you with the final um alternatives for both projects. Jordan will come back in January with that.
>> Are both of these funded? We're funded right now for planning um for design and construction. Um I think this Susan or Jordan might be better suited to answer. >> Um so yeah, we're funded through design
concept. Um and then we do have additional funding for both projects, not total. uh we are looking to do possibly a bond with some other projects in other CRAAS and we'll bring that to you as soon as we have more information
on that. One of the reasons why we do go out to get concept, not only because it drives your construction in in a positive way because you get imp uh input from the community, but also to get engineers estimates of what that
potential cost would be so that you can go out and borrow the money because you need that information in order to uh approach a lender um before you can get that kind of uh funding. If in fact that happens, that will be
fantastic. If not, of course, there's always plan B, C, D, E, F, G. Uh, and we'll pick one of those >> comment. Excuse me. At the civic center, you had outside seating and pushing a civic center building back. >> That was one of the alternatives. Yeah,
>> it would seem like you would pull the civic center forward close to Dixie, have the seating in the back also where the band stand will be >> so that you can make use of that more than one way. >> Plus, it's not going to be on Dixie
Highway too, which is going to be more busy, let's say. >> Exactly. Those are the two alternatives we're working with right now. either pushing the the building back or pulling it forward. And once we get more feedback um in the December event,
>> the Winter Fest, >> the Winterfest, >> um we will decide which one is is best. However, the report will include both >> and then it's um it's it's a weigh in versus situation
where we'll see what what's the best option. And just so you guys know, uh we did go at the NAC with four different site plans and they helped us narrow it to these two. >> Yeah. >> And and the other four did include like the building up on the street. They
wanted it set back a little bit either these two alternatives they like best um just to have that kind of civic feel to it and and be able to you utilize the lawn a little bit more for for potential events in the future. While we're on this, can you talk a
little bit about the the parcel to the east and what that building the potential future development is and what that what we're talking about with that? >> So, that building is a projected building if we decide that
it's necessary to have more more um uh constructed space, let's say, and not just open space depending on the feedback that we get from the people. uh it was thought as a small incubator uh
of business or a small um like startup space for businesses. Um and it's not definite that it's going to be there. It's just a possibility. >> Yeah. When we go to Winterfest in December, one of the questions we're going to be asking residents is, "Hey,
do you guys want this as maybe like an outdoor space?" because we did hear that a lot at the meetings is that folks want outdoor space and how valuable outdoor space is. Um but we also recognize right the CRA's been buying properties they want to maybe be able to cash in on some
of these properties that they've bought. So, uh, with that said, you know, you know, a future development could be like Pablo had suggested, it could be incubator space, it could be a restaurant, it could be store, retail stores, it could be anything really that
that falls within the the regulatory plan, >> but it would be sold to private investors, private businessmen, not not run by the county. if it right if it does get developed that is the intent is is um to showcase like the possibilities
and also to help the CRA kind of dictate the type of development that would go there to ensure that it matches with the civic center and there's some type of synergy there if that makes sense. It's interesting to note as well if you didn't know this that the property that the civic center
now sits on uh we cannot change the use for that property. So, in other words, the properties around it that we've purchased, you know, we could build a building or use it as open space or and we were real excited because we were hoping to be able to have a big huge
wide space to develop a new civic center, but that's not the case because that property is specifically only to be used for civic center uses. So, we had to keep the building on that particular piece of property. >> You can't spill the civic center over to
the east parcel. That's exactly correct. Really? >> You can spill it over. >> I mean, you can spill it over, but you can't >> We couldn't move it. >> No, but if you want >> Oh. Oh, spill your >> civic center. You could spill it over. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. >> Yeah.
>> So, that was one of my questions. >> I'm glad I'm here for you. [Laughter] >> Your work here is dog. >> Currently, you have what's planned here two separate buildings. Would there be any way where you can combine and have a larger building
>> in that space if that's something that But you're saying that the community wanted these this two separate. >> Well, we had um developed it this this way, right? Uh if you look at the footprint, it's essentially I think double what is present today. >> You're you're going to knock down the
existing one and build this. Yes. >> Correct. That's the entire >> So that was my So that was my question. >> Me too. Instead of just that one building, instead of having two separate buildings, are you able to have one right civic center? >> Correct. That maybe you would have
options for, I don't know, business space or whatever you guys if that's what the community wants. I'm I'm a big advocate of the community giving input. So, I love how you guys are going back. Um, but that's that's just my thought process because you're I mean, of course, everything you look at, you're looking at dollar bills. So, I mean,
that's one way to I would think that you could, you know, deal with some cost effective ways of doing things, but if this is what the community wanted, then, you know, so be it. Um, the other thing that I wanted to ask was about the streetscape, the current roundabout that will be moved. But I understand why
you're going to move it because that's like a focal point and you're going to need access as far as travel and cars and vehicles and everything. But um >> just just to clarify, it's being moved by the development occurring across the street from the civic center. >> Rioarine Village. >> Briomarine Village.
>> Okay. >> They're the ones that originally proposed moving it. >> Okay. So the current one, will that remain there? >> No. >> So they will completely get rid of that. It's just going to be a four-way. >> Won't the current one be moved west? >> So there will be two. So, if you see the the pictures that are on the screen
right now, >> the >> that's where it's being moved to. >> This is the one that's existing right now and one will exist in the future and this is the new one. >> So, there will be but there will be there will be two roundabouts >> and then there's another one further west. >> There will be it's further west. >> Oh, yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. >> In this location only one and then the
other one. >> No, I'm talking within a half mile of each other. Yes. So, there will be two roundabouts. >> Okay. So, >> you're the one that was going there. Yes. >> Okay. The Martin A one will go >> the Martin A one disappears. It basically becomes two. Oh, I'm here. >> Now I Now I see it. Okay. Thank you.
>> One question. Is Julie Priest happy? >> Say that again. >> What? >> Who's happy? >> Good question. >> Yeah. Really? Julie Priest? >> Oh, yes. We've met with Julie Priest. She's come to our meetings. Um, >> we met with the civic center first. We We met with them first to talk about
what the civic center is used for, what they what some of the challenges that they have today. um potential issues that we can resolve in the future and uh that's when we discussed with them about salvaging the existing building or you know building a new one and they were
strongly in favor of building a new one. Uh the existing building was built in like 1950 or 1951. Um they've done some retro fitting of the building but it's still not sufficient and it still doesn't meet the me the needs that they have today. >> Falling apart.
>> Yeah, >> it is. It's an older building and yes, it's the kitchen for instance, it can accommodate what they need for today. So, you know, we're we're accounting for that in the the proposed design as well. A nice commercialized kitchen so that
they can have community events. This kind of um that space that you see that Pablo said is convertible, that can be a parking, but then you can close close the street essentially and and have an open farmers market, which is why we have the trees in there and everything
as well. Yeah. And going a little bit back to your question, maybe because of the scale, you cannot picture it, but that rectangle building that you see there, it's more than double of the area that you have right now. >> No, I understand. I'm just thinking there's I mean, you have a lot of people
around here locally that like to find venues that they can host wedding receptions, >> right? And that that all came >> that's a good money maker, too, you know. And I'm just thinking if you have a larger space for that, then that would be beneficial. >> Yeah. Yeah. The intent is to have like a large space that you can maybe convert
into smaller spaces. >> Um so that you can still have your your personal meetings, right? But you could also have those birthday parties and stuff like >> and then they would have the outdoor space as well, >> right? Exactly. >> Which you still could cuz there's plenty of space there if you had one building.
>> Yeah. >> Okay. Thank you. So >> I have a question. Um on these buildings, are they proposed to be singlestory with tall ceilings or twostory? Well, I think that was another question that we wanted to go talk to the
community about because yeah, we could make it so that they have nice tall ceilings, but we could also make it so that it's twotory. Um, so that's been a conversation that we've had with staff with the NAC that was brought up as well um amongst the community members. So,
that's one of the questions that we want to go to residents in December and talk to them about as well. One of the possibilities is that maybe the the half that is in front would be two stories with different offices and smaller spaces and the half that is in the back
might be a twotory high big room for bigger vents. >> Yeah. The only thing I'm cautioning is because of what happened in Jensen when they took us from a singlestory community center to a twostory community center. That community center is not
welcoming. It's difficult to access. Bathrooms are on the downstairs. The meeting space is upstairs. You know, there's one elevator. It's just it's not communityfriendly. And I would hate to see something with
the history that Rio's Civic Center has fall. So, I would really hope that people think about that, you know, because this is about the community and keeping the community together. >> Yeah. >> And so, you know, I just want a lot of thought. I hope will go into that.
>> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Acknowledge. Thank you. >> Any other questions? Cool. Thank you very much. >> Thank you. >> Good job. >> Thank you. >> Yes, sir. >> Public comment. Sorry,
Gary Earler, Port Salerno. Uh, this wasn't a this wasn't on my topic for attending this meeting, but I believe it was a third slide from the end. um whenever they showed
uh like a four-way stop and then they were going to eliminate the right-hand turn to slow down traffic. Uh >> we have that issue in Port Solerno where they did it on Cove Road. Um yeah, it's this one on the left.
>> Mhm. >> Where they were going to eliminate part of the right-hand turn lane. Yes. >> I And you say traffic studies were done. I was just wondering which we have that same issue going on now. Um they eliminated a right-hand lane and
now it's either tore up when they redesign the road. It's a mess. Everybody, half the staff can attest to it. Every NAC meeting it becomes an issue. Um there is traffic and I was wondering if
the studies were done exactly how much traffic was going to the right. Uh the tabletop seems to be the corrective action that's that's being done now. I personally don't like it, but if the
community likes it, I love it. Um but removing a right-hand turn lane that there is existing, how many cars go that way? That's that's my biggest thing. We have that issue coming into Old Dixie and Port Solerno and we're fighting it
to get it reversed and it we know it's not going to happen. I have something else later. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> You had those numbers of course. >> Okay, moving back along. Fourth quarter report.
>> Before we leave this, um, sorry, Mike. Um, I just wanted to know if you had any other input you wanted to share now with our consultants. I'd like to know I'm curious about the design of the building that because you show us three of them
and I didn't know which to make sure to see which one >> which design. >> We're not to any designs yet. >> We're just trying to get an idea before we get into >> just this is more site plan. um you know what you might prefer in terms of where
the building is set but we won't see architecture until the next kind of next phase >> except that the style of architecture chosen by the community >> times up for you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Just wanted to make sure we got
everything down. >> Okay. >> Thank you, Pablo. >> Are you? >> Yeah. All right, it's that time of the year again. It's the fourth quarter report. For the record, my name is Jordan Pastorius,
assistant manager of the Office of Community Development. The fourth quarter report for fiscal year 2025 will be reviewing July, August, and September. >> Do I need to do that full screen thing? >> Oh, yeah.
>> How do I do that? >> View. Oh, yeah. that one. Thanks. Sure. And then Yeah. All right. We're going to start off with Golden Gate, the uh septic to sewer program. There's 72% of the properties connected. El Camino uh
project is currently under construction. The landscape vision plan we held uh we found the key findings for that project. The neighborhood improvements. Uh the consultant was retained
as you can see um as of today. 72% have connected to sewer. The El Camino project they were putting in some drainage structures and with the Golden Gate landscape vision plan uh they had identified the
project site and the key community points of interest. Golden Gate neighborhood improvements. Um this was the concept for that project and identifying all the streets um involved
in Hob Sound uh unpaved roads. The notice to proceed was issued for construction of Eleanor and Hammond Streets and the Hope Sound Historical Society started work on the Hopesound Historic Train Station.
with neighborhood enhancements. Uh pole banners were installed on Southeast Bridge Road and we received four responses to the Dixie Storm Water and Streetscape project. Um
the unpaved roads you'll see here, the those roads are identified as gravel or previous asphalt or sand. The Hope Sound Historic Train Station. Uh, moving right along and both new veteran banners uh were put
up and then new Christmas banners were ordered. Moving to Jensen Beach, the West End Boulevard drainage improvements. There were design options submitted with the Church Street project. We worked very closely with the uh owner to
the north uh where he agreed and we're in that process of him donating property for additional rightway. As you can see, this is the area for the West End Boulevard and Maple A drainage improvements.
And that additional um property that would would be donated as rideway is 30 feet to the north, which will allow for organized on street parking and pedestrian safety with sidewalks and street trees with shade uh and
undergrounding utilities in Port Solerno. the new Monrovia park uh that went out to bid and with the neighborhood improvements we reached 90% design as well as 90% design for the new Monrovia unpaved roads
in port the uh new Monrovia septic to sewer we um the county and we received a grant to move that along here you can see outlined the park design
during that that time frame name and the neighborhood improvements outlined here for potential sidewalk improvements and traffic calming, potential lighting and repaving of the roadway.
This identifies the raised intersection that reached the 60% plans where ballots were sent out in September. And here you can see outlined in red the 43rd A and Field Street improvements reaching 90% design plans during this
time frame. And this would make that complete section that that block uh circle in Old Palm City. the Palm City property RFP. We received one bid and during this time started negotiating the contract
and on the Cornell a streetscape project, Captech Engineering and staff presented the 30% design plans to the neighborhood advisory committee. Here you can see the property we started negotiating that contract with.
And this was the 30% uh initial design concept for Cornell A where the residents are looking for wider safer um sidewalks as well as drainage improvements, shade trees, things like that.
and Rio, the Dixie Highway streetscape project and the Town Center Civic Center properties both running in conjunction with each other. Had a initial community meeting with the Civic Center as well as a neighborhood advisory committee meeting with the Dixie Highway
crosswalks. Marlin Engineering conducted traffic studies uh confirming those crosswalk locations for us and the infill sewer. Um even though most of that all of that is complete, there's still some private roads within
Rio. And so we're we keep on working on those private roads. So Northeast Oak Lane Drive um is the next one up where uh currently working on easements to put sewer in on that street.
This identifies or outlines the Dixie Highway streetscape project as well as the Civic Center properties uh property that we just talked about in our previous presentation. the Dixie Highway streetscape project.
Um there's there were four identified and then it was actually cut down to three after talking with both the neighborhood advisory committee and businesses along the road of looking at foot traffic. That X there is actually
supposed to be placed over that number four. So it's one the the the one two and three locations with those crosswalks. Um, we also have signage and again with infill sewer working with
those property owners to to obtain easements. CRA wide the county uh centennial. We had the plaque dedication at the historic courthouse and NAC uh we trained one new member.
The CRA presented the quarterly report to the board of county commissioners and with the budget workshop, we presented the CRA FY 2026 budget and attended two budget hearings. Now, the numbers, getting into the fun
stuff, permit overview. Um, we compare the fourth quarter of 2024 with the fourth quarter of 2025. Um, as you can see, there were 398 permits issued at 9.8 million in the fourth quarter. And that 398 permits, if
you look at the bottom, you'll see 5,044 total permits countywide. So, we made up 7.8% of permits countywide in 2024 fourth quarter. And moving to 2025, we made up 8.6% 6% of all countywide
permits at 394 at a valuation of 32.5 million. The 24 quarter uh residential and in 2024 we had 253 residential
permits at 4.6 million and in 25 we had 316 residential permits at 13.3 million. Moving on to commercial. In 2024's fourth quarter, we received
145 commercial permits at 5.2 million. And in 2025, we received 78 commercial permits at 19.1 million. Residential permits. Um,
you can see here by the both of these charts that they're fairly consistent, but when we move on to the residential valuation, uh, what stuck out to me was Golden Gate um was significantly higher
uh than the the previous year's quarter. And looking into that data, there were 24 new construction uh new single family home permits that were pulled. So as >> that that I think is the result of
septic to sewer. >> So you can think >> Yep. >> And well the whole thing septic the sewer and the neighborhood restoration. Yep. >> So you can think the all these permit numbers they could be um a water heater, a roof, things like that of lower value
than a brand new building. So those brand new buildings significantly increase that that valuation. with the commercial permits um fairly consistent dropped off a little bit with fourth quarter 2025.
However, the valuations um you might see that big yellow on the right hand side. That's huge. Um that stuck out like a sore thumb. There were two new commercial building permits. One was 1 million in valuation, another at
1.2 million. And the other two permits that were large in size were two tenant improvement permits by the Pine School. One for their dining hall as well as one for classroom expansion. And both of
those were valued at 6.9 million each. >> So that was why that grew so so large. And that concludes the fourth quarter report. Thank you. Any questions?
>> I'm sorry. >> The traffic calming ballots. What What were the results on that? I think I missed that one. >> Calming. Which one? Which one? >> Well, this is the >> We had a good We we had a good uh >> Right. This is the fourth quarter
report. So, that's what happened in the fourth quarter. We didn't have any results at that time yet. So we'll talk about that in the next presentation. >> Okay. >> And then the >> have that information here. >> Thank you. Um there was also an issue
with engineering on the 43rd and fields. Um did that get resolved or >> is that more of a capital projects update or okay? >> What is I'm sorry I was asking her another question. 43rd engineering.
>> The fields 43rd in fields. >> Uh what about still a good good to go? No, no hiccups. We're good >> as far as I know. >> Okay. All righty. Okay. And then Thank you. That's it. >> Anything else?
>> Anyone else? Nope. Thank you. Any public at all? No. >> Thank you so much. >> Thank you. Uh while we're talking about it, capital projects review. Now we're >> Sorry, I'm gonna jump to jump to it.
>> I'm ready. I'm ready to go. Okay. Okay. So, we're going to start with Golden Gate. Um, and I do have an update for you from Joy um about El Camino.
So Joy, do you want to join us? >> He's hiding. >> Where is it? There we go. >> Good afternoon, Joy Puera, program manager. I just thought I'd like to give you an update of the El Camino because most people are always saying that
there's nothing going on out there. And and what people don't really realize is most of it is underground in the very beginning. And then once everything goes underground, then you start seeing everything come about. So
we had clearing grubbing. So of course the contractor was out there. They started from Jefferson heading north all the way to Delmare. Uh if you recall the project is it was bid in two sections. The main section from Delmare to Jefferson and then the alternative plans was from Indian Street to Delmare. So,
so far they had cleared um they've cleared everything up between Jefferson and Indian but kind of stopped um doing more of it from Delmare to Jefferson. Uh then they did the leveling and grading. Uh so if you go out there, you know that all the trees that needed to
be removed that were in the way of the, you know, facilities that are going to go in have been removed. Um they put sil fencing up to prevent um any contaminants from going into adjacent properties. Then they did the grading of the swailes. At least they started the
grading of the swailes. Um they started laying out the rock. But if you've noticed, um we're in a very wet season right now. >> So everything has been pretty much submerged out there. So I know a lot of the swells that have been created will
have to be redone and cleaned out with new rock. Um so that's a disadvantage now, but it is the rainy season, hurricane season. Um and the contractor knows that they're allocated a certain amount of rain days. Uh drainage installation, that's the
main key thing. Um all the drainage has been installed between uh Jefferson and Delmare. Um they did start I think uh between Delmare and Clayton. They started installing some um but this is of course of course the uh coral. Is
this all coral report now or can I tell them up to date? Oh, >> this is capital. >> Yeah, up to date. So, um they are actually going to be starting to put the drainage in uh at the alternative uh the alternative section which would been be between Indian Street and Delmare. So,
you should be seeing that starting um this week if the rain is if the I guess the ground starts drying out because it's totally saturated right now from the rain we had over this weekend. Um, but they're moving they're moving uh very quick and getting all these
structures in. And that is the end of my report. So, we're in the, you know, underground installation part. You know, nothing's happened above ground, but uh within the next two months, we should be seeing a drastic change out there. Does anybody
have any questions for me? >> Do you have any other questions while I'm up here? You might as well stay. >> Okay. >> I'll wait for my turn. >> Okay. >> Um Okay. >> You want me to stay? >> Yeah, sure. >> Okay.
We will go back to this. >> Okay. Um the Golden Gate Landscape Vision Pilot Project uh was to have an event this Wednesday evening, the 29th. That event is going to be postponed. Just letting you guys know that was a um
decision from administration today along with the CRA. We need to do a little bit more collaboration with our consultant and I think um to make sure that we have a better event that's well attended. So, we are going to postpone from this
Wednesday probably till after the holiday because we're already in November and we know how that goes when you try to have events and everybody has personal events and holidays and and uh whatever. So, please let people know if
you especially Cadilla, you're in the Golden Gate area all the time. So, uh, if you do know people that were interested in coming to that, please let them know that, uh, we'll be back out there with a new date as soon as we have something confirmed.
Um, neighborhood improvements, we're still at 30%. Uh, and they are going to come to the CRA board next month. W, and you know, Den from DDEC has been here before. She's going to come back to you again next month with some updates on
that. Moving to Hob Sound. Um, streetscape and uh, stormwater project contract negotiations are still ongoing with our potential engineer. That's going well. Uh, now we're into
Port Solerno, Jamie. That's just letting you know. So, our new Monrovia Park bid comes in on Wednesday. That's really exciting because of course, as you know, once we get our uh bids in, we can choose a
contractor and that project will we'll start seeing some shovels in the ground, which will be really fun. Uh neighborhood improvements. We did talk about ballots a little bit. Did we say anything about ballots here?
>> I didn't see it, so that's >> Well, just that we've completed it. Um the neighborhood did overwhelmingly approve the designed traffic calming elements. So we will go forward with that. Um Rio, you heard from uh our
consultants uh Marlin Engineering and Do Cole today. They were to come to Fall Fest. That was supposed to be the next thing that happened, but Fall Fest got cancelled because of weather. Um and they will be at Winterfest. And if
you I just wanted to say a quick thing. if you leave here today and digest some of it or drive around as we have folks do um and then they call me while they're uh but if you do have any further um
input on that because you've maybe driven there or gone and seen or whatever, please let us know um so we can get all of that uh information from you before the end of that design period.
That was all I had for capital projects updates. If anybody has any questions on any other projects, feel free to ask. I just want to make a statement. I've had people reach out to me and they're very excited about the park improvements
starting. I mean, there are some who are like, "Well, where can I go, you know, to enjoy a park?" And so, people are starting to get excited about that. So, I'm glad. >> Yeah, it is exciting, especially when you get to this point. >> Yes. Yes. Yes. ready to be done, ready to get going. >> So now, can I go back to the question I
had about the engineering issue for fields and 40? >> Uh right now it's at 90%. Um there were some comments from traffic and engineering about where they were putting their drainage, so they had to
make some uh small revisions. There was some drainage that was proposed on the west end of Field Street west of 43rd and they were concerned that if that road ever got extended, it would be in the way. So, they just had to make some tweaks on it, >> which we're hoping to because
>> Yeah. So, it's still still going um it's still going forward. I haven't seen the plans come back, but the consultant is working on it. >> Perfect. Okay. I know we had talked about some new drainage that had happened on 40 um 4th
with the new homes that had been built there recently. >> Oh, right. The ones that they actually undergrounded >> look into that. Okay. >> That was actually a part of the the site plan for the actual individual homes that did that. >> Okay. But it's like right there. So,
okay, good. And then the Any word on when the sewer to septic u meeting is going to happen? tenatively. >> Uh we have not heard anything from utilities. I did give a presentation to the Port Serna NAC on that status, you know, when I get an update from utilities on that.
>> Um I don't even know if it's actually gone out to bid yet. I know they said uh I thought it was November, December that it was going out go out to bid. >> I don't think it has. >> So they're not going to schedule a meeting until after >> Right. So I and I think I mentioned in
that >> it was this month or next month, >> right? >> Yeah. We wouldn't I don't think they would have a date for us, Jamie, until probably February >> or even later than that. >> Even later than that because it'll have to go out to bid for 60 days at least, I would think. 30 to 60.
>> Probably 30 to 60 days. >> Yeah. And then open the bids and then take it to the board and all that stuff. >> Yeah. >> Thank you. >> Sure. Chuck, >> did you forget Palm City?
>> Did I forget Palm City? >> Yeah. I did not forget Palm City. >> Okay. >> We're going to talk about that. >> Okay. >> Did you have a specific question? >> Oh, no. As far as the capital projects, I don't remember you saying anything about them. >> Oh, well, we recently had a an NAC
meeting. Well, it was really a community meeting um where we had sent out some information to everybody and I know Jordan talked with lots of the homeowners and sent out letters to everybody on that street to come and talk with us. We had utilities there. We
had uh public works there. Of course, Commissioner Campy was there. Um we had some resilience people there as well from the county to talk about the drainage and that kind of thing. Lots of people showed up. How many people, Jordan, would you say? Like >> 70. >> About 70 people.
>> Yeah. Yeah. It was a great turnout. Um people were really engaged and and interested in talking about the drainage issues, which of course there are many. um you know there isn't a single project that's going to alleviate that. So
that's why we had the other departments there because the Cornell A Streetscape project is further down the road. Uh you know utilities is going to have to go first with Septic Dour which is going to be after New Monrovia. So that will be
or Port Seno that'll be a little while uh for that to be done. So you're looking probably at least three or four years down the road before we even get to that project. So we wanted to make the community aware of that and to know what their issues
were so that the projects that are being planned before that um make sense. Thank you, Chuck, because I really did need to talk about that. Any other questions? Any public at all? seeing. Yes, ma'am.
>> I have something to say. I don't get the newspaper, but a lot of people do. That's Mr. Pine. I think he's obsessed with the the county or something something around that man. Um, one of the things said, "You know what
the CRA is doing with the money, making everything pretty?" >> And I say, "Thank you, Tom. I'm glad he's enjoying it. I'm glad he thinks it looks good. Nothing wrong with that. >> I didn't think it was a right. >> Well, he's of course has a different
spin on that. That we're not doing anything that actually helps when I would have to say probably 75% of our dollars, if not more, is infrastructure based. So, >> and I feel bad. >> He's allowed to have public comment.
>> I didn't say he wasn't allowed to buy. Yeah, >> that word py just really stuck with my head. >> Okay. Anyone else? >> We'll move back into the public comment section of our agenda. Any >> updates?
>> What? Okay. >> I know it wasn't on there. Sorry. >> I used to be able to read your mind. >> Not been in the chair seat back in the chair seat again, Mike, for a long enough time. I did have some updates. I didn't know that I was going to, but
then it turned out all kinds of things happened. So, um, we did purchase a or I should say the county purchased a property in Solerno and that's going through its um, journey before it has closed. Hasn't closed yet. It's right on Solerno Road. Um, and we're hoping that
it will be a lovely green space area. So, that was something that's happened. Uh, we do have our 2026 dollars as of October 1st. So, that's a great thing. Um, we can continue to move along with
our projects. And I tell you this so that you'll be ready because of course we'll be bringing you our 2027 CIP at the end of the year and early next year. So, get ready for that. Um, next month we do have CRA board and uh
art and public places. Uh, I know I did have one member that was interested in possibly moving that meeting because it is the week of Thanksgiving. I don't know if there's anybody else
that would like to do that. The the proposal that I have for you is potentially December 1st and then either have a December meeting or don't have a December meeting. use that as both
November and December. Thought I'd throw it out there. I see I I'm getting a thumbs up over here. Anybody else? >> Yeah, I would say I would be fine with combining the two. >> I don't know if December 1st works for everybody.
>> Yes. >> Same as any crappy Monday on here. >> Works for me. >> Would we like to do that? because I won't be in town. >> Okay. Can I get a motion from the board that they would like to do that?
>> Make a motion that we move the CRA and AIP meetings to December 1st and combine it and cancel the December meeting. >> Can I just say one thing about that? Potentially we may have something important in December. So, let's just say potentially cancel.
>> Okay. Make that change to your motion. Okay. Good. Thank you. >> Change December. Uh, I got a motion. I'll >> second. >> And a second. All in favor? >> I. >> Any opposed? Seeing none.
>> Okay. So, everybody put on your calendars December 1st. We'll do we'll do our double meeting. >> I hope refreshments >> potentially. >> No, we'll do No, no, no. Double AIP and
CRA. >> Oh, I see what you're Yes. Okay. Okay. Moving on. Uh just so that you all know in November what's coming to the board of county commissioners that will be of interest to this group. Um November 4th, Rio Marine Village, both
phases. Final final final final final final site plan. That's not technical by the way. They don't call it that in growth management. Um but this is a very big deal. And uh I just wanted to let you all know in case anybody wants to
come and say to the board that you know that's a great project. Um also in November on the 18th the meeting on the 18th we are hoping to have the rightway donation for Church Street in Jensen.
So that would be a great thing to happen as well. >> Can you repeat the the Ryomarine project date? I'm sorry. the Ryomarine project date November 4th at the board of county commissioners >> which is here >> correct >> in a time >> uh it it is on the agenda I can't give
you a specific time because there isn't one >> oh I'm sorry the meeting starts at >> 9 and then last but not least What you see before you is all of your
good work. So, just so you all know, we did receive an American Planners Association award, second place for best places in Florida for Palm City Place and Patio. Um, yay. Thank you for voting. And then we went
to the Florida Redevelopment Association conference two weeks ago and we were uh honored with three awards which is a kind of big deal. They they only give out 19 throughout the state. Um so the
first one that we won was for annual report which I have diligently um given them every year and never received anything but I think it was our digital platform live from Martin County. They really liked it. Uh so we
did receive an award for that and then we received two more awards. won for Palm City Place and Patio which was the infrastructure capital projects category and the biggest surprise and biggest honor was the president's award for also
for Palm City Place and patio uh and that is the what they find is the best project throughout all categories statewide for that year. So we we really cleaned up I think and and this is uh
what we came home with. So it was very exciting. Interesting to note that they split some of these awards into large city small city or large county small county uh and that's based on population. We just hit unfortunately
the large city. though even nicer in a way that we're competing against Tampa and Orlando and Miami um who have a lot more money uh to spend than we do and we still came home with some really good stuff. So, thank
you all and thank you to the staff. >> Thank you. >> Yeah, congratulations >> these guys. >> Nice job. >> And that is all I have for you today. >> Are you sure? Not really, but you know, I'll interrupt you if I think of something.
>> Um, then we'll move on to the public comment section. Any Yes, sir. I knew we had one. >> I thought it was going home. Gary Erler, Porterno again. Um it was actually a question something that came up uh at our NAC couple three weeks ago
and it won't we won't have another meeting for another six seven weeks. Um there's a development that's was proposed now I guess it's approved um supposed to be sharing a driveway
with the veterary office. Uh, I kind of did a little digging, uh, looked at some of the county maps and I saw that the the veterinarian owns his own driveway. There's a rightway between him and that
proposed property or development. Um, it was explained to us during the presentation of that that uh they would end up with a shared driveway. Uh I I asked this board or possibly staff if they could uh do a little digging on
that and our next NAC uh some of that can be clarified. That'd be great. That's all. Thank you folks. Congratulations on your awards. Have a wonderful afternoon. >> Thank you.
>> Any other public comments? Moving on to members. Member comments. >> Yes. I want to thank uh our beautiful person for the making a copies for me. I appreciate it very much and I promise
I'm not loaning it to anybody. >> Not this one. >> We'll just steal those later. Any other public any other member comments? >> I I just wanted to make clarification for the septic to sewer um project.
It is for Port Solo. There's Oh, sorry. I see I keep forgetting there's a misconception that it's just New Monrovia that we'll be converting. It's just in done in phases. Yes, it starts in New Monrovia, but it'll be all of Porcelo. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Yes, sir.
>> Yes. I'd like to make a comment and it's been a long time coming, but a lot of planning by both NAC at Palm Old Palm City and the staff and Commissioner Campy. If it hasn't been for our staff and Commissioner Campy, Palm City Place
would not be there. So, thank everyone for that. >> And a member of our NAC, >> an old member of our NAC. [Laughter] >> Uh, any staff comments at all? >> Then we are ajourned. Thank you all very
much.