That's >> very nice. >> Good morning everyone. The MO board meeting of August 21st, 2025 is called to order. I remind everyone to please silence all electronic devices.
Do that, too. Clerk, can we have um Oh, I'm sorry. Um at this time, can please rise for the invocation of pledge of allegiance. United please have uh call the role. Here, here, >> here.
>> Here. Thank you. >> All right. Now, we have a call for public comment. We >> have anybody signed up to speak? Anybody on the on the phones or anything? Right. Um, we don't have the the minutes
um from last meeting, so we're going to skip over that. Um, no advisory committee reports. Uh, first you would like to speak. >> Good morning, board. I just wanted to make a special note that we do have the Pasco Sheriff's Office here today to
provide security to our meeting. So, we'd like to thank them for coming and hopefully the meeting will be in a safe and secure environment. >> Yes. Thank you for keeping us safe. All right. First up, we have Citizen
Advisory Committee James Malo. Hey, good morning everybody. How is everybody doing today? Good. Good. All right. So, I'm James Malum, the chairman of the citizen advisory committee. Uh we did have a meeting that I was not at, so I'm going to give you some uh notes. I have some
notes to uh let you know what happened at the meeting. Um so, our action items were as follows. Um the Pasco NPO began I'm sorry uh the Pasco MO freight plan phase 2 development task order. Um there
was a it's a staff plans no staff plans to continue the partnership with uh Venesh. Did I say somebody give me a thumbs up? Okay. Um to complete phase two of the freight
plan. Uh this is a $221 million plan. Um there was a motion uh that to approve uh move forward with that and that motion did pass. Uh second action item was Pasco County resiliency improvement plan
as order. Uh they're trying to get approval for that. Uh the over we received an overview of that plan task order uh which in in short little blurb is uh
uh resilience planning and adaption access uh vulnerabilities and their threats resulting from natural and humanmade events. and better and it plans to prepare communities to adapt uh
and to withstand disruptions caused by such nuisance. There was a motion to approve and motion did pass on that action item. The next action item uh was pass fiscal year 2026 2023 tip amendment.
It was presented uh to us nine uh transportation improvement projects proposed for inclusion as amendments to the adopted fiscal year 2026 to 2030 transportation improvement program also known as tip uh that was adopted in
June. There was a motion uh to pass that and uh was carried. Moving on to our fourth action item that we reviewed was the commission for the transportation disadvantaged uh designated official plan agency or the
DOPA the APA uh metropolitan planning organization transportation displanning grant agreement uh was $36,419. So we were presented with that plan uh and a motion uh was made and uh vote was
announced for toward. Um the fifth one uh action item that we reviewed was the G Coast Safe Streets Summit GCSS uh interlocal funding agreement funds
transfer from TPO to Pasco County MOO for the use on the 2025 G Coast Safe Streets Summit. And this agenda item was tabled. Uh status the status reports were reviewed uh Pasco County Freight Plan
phase one. Uh NPO consultant was with uh Alfred Benes uh and company presented the conclusions of phase one and introduction of phase two. Next, we reviewed uh the Pasco County
Parks, Recreation, National Resources, Natural Resources uh Department Trail Wayfinding Plan presentation where uh parks planner and a project manager delivered presentation on Pasco County Parks Recreation Service uh
natural resources department trailbinding plan. There was no action taken on that. and 3D and pass any active transportation scope of work development discussion. Uh we discussed uh with the active
transportation planner, the Pasco County development economic growth department. Uh there was discussion held to solicit the input on the direction and focus uh of the Pasco County Active Transportation Plan or the AP
uh scope and identify the overarching needs and deficiencies in the current county active transportation map. And that is all I have for you all. Thank you very much. Have a great day everybody. Have any questions?
Oh, >> I I I just wanted to pay. >> Okay. >> You said the um Spanish project >> 120 >> million million. That correct?
So, just can we get the right amount? Okay. My my notes uh appear to be uh either I'm I'm reading it wrong or >> it was a lot. I took my breath away. So So you know when we turned 50, which was a long time ago for me,
we start wearing these and I didn't have them on as I was reading that. I'm like, why can't I see that? >> Have trouble hearing, but >> Okay. So we're we're both >> we're both getting uh getting up there. But 121 million sounds a lot better, doesn't it? Not to spend though. Anyway, take care everybody.
>> Thanks so much. >> Thank you. I want to recognize Commissioner Mariano and Mr. Wakeman are in attendance. >> Thank you. >> I just go a meeting.
Thank you. >> He beat to it. I >> I stole his seat, so I guess it's only fair. >> Mayor Black, would you like to make the introduction? >> This past Tuesday evening uh or excuse me, this past Monday evening, city
commission met for final interviews with our uh city manager candidates. We had spoken with a couple of others a couple weeks ago. And our third candidate was our acting city manager, Marita Van Irving. and um very pleased to state that at the conclusion of our meeting
Monday evening, uh the commission moved to extend a contract to Miss Van Irvin to serve as our city manager in Date City. That will be ratified uh discussed and ratified at uh not this next city commission meeting, but commissioning
after. At our most recent city commission meeting last Tuesday evening, we swore in uh our new police chief in Starling. Uh Chief Stling was previously with the Varco uh police department. She is a
native of Lahi up in Bradford County, US Highway 301. And uh so >> that's right. We are pleased to have uh Chief Sterling now in Date City uh from Lauy by way of Florida. So,
>> welcome to both. I mean, we look forward to a long, very rewarding relationship. Your employee is uh city manager and police chief, city of D. >> Congratulations. Welcome.
>> All righty. Next up, we have uh techical advisor committee Vanderberg. Morning, NO board. Cynthia Spyel normally makes these presentations, but she was unavailable today, so we asked if I could come uh make this presentation
since I'm presenting on a another item a little later on on the agenda. But um I I I won't go through all the the same items that the CAC just presented. The technical advisory committee heard all the presentations and agenda items that
you just heard. um and and made recommendations for approval on all of them. Uh the committee did recommend that I say a few words about the freight plan uh and study that we're all pretty excited about in Zephr Hills and I think overall for the county as well. Um we we
just discussed a lot about the importance, you know, of that freight plan and study, how important it is to have a truck route that gets developed countywide to have that on a map that we can use and, you know, hopefully how
this freight plan can assist in also allocating funding to help support uh road projects that will help support manufacturing and and good creation of good jobs. And uh and I guess the last thing that we hope
that this freight plan and study will do is a lot of land use decisions are being made in Pasco County. And there there's priority areas where we feel in Zephr Hills and I think he folks do in Pasco County too of where it makes good sense to have land use for manufacturing for
creation good jobs. Um so we we hope that this freight plan will help go a long way in helping us in all three of those areas. So appreciate y'all uh supporting that freight plan and study and look forward to working with you further on it as the project continues.
That's all that I had today. Um I was trying to let you and this this council know. Um so I chair the federal association counties and we had our fall and one of the uh one of the um
proposals on our slate of proposals is is concerning props. So I want to make sure I get that language down here. Um we're going to discussing it last to me. Uh but uh and I don't have it in front
of me, but the gist of it is is that um there's some movement to go to heavier um trucks on the the on roads and they go and fact are supporting that um that
before they allow heavier trucks on county roads that the feds need to come up with function plan for both degradation of the roads. Um, but that's very that's a
very policy state. So, I want to get that and I I'd love to you know that we don't we don't want to deter commerce but we also don't want to have to pay for local roads and park
the transportation. Yeah, it's it's a well philosophy when you went into the whole especially. >> Thank you. Anyone else? >> Thank you, sir.
>> Thank you. >> Uh next up we have bicycle and pedestrian advisor committee. >> Good morning. >> The Pasco County NOP pack committee met on Wednesday, August 6 with a quorum. The committee voted to approve five
items as presented earlier by the CAC. Um the committee also heard presentations from Alfred Vanes and Company regarding the conclusion of the brick known in phase one and the uh rating trailway finding plan um and also participated in discussion about the pas
county active transportation plans going forward. Any questions? Did you have a presentation about way? >> Yes ma'am. Okay, it'll be >> I know, but I have something to see. I
was listen my staff was uh present this morning at the ribbon cutting of the Elmer. >> All righty. Um we'll move on to our action items. Um great plan phase 2 development task order approval. Gotberry.
>> Thank you Mr. Chairman and good morning board. >> Morning. annual packet for your approval as a task order in the amount of 121,000 $1344 Alfred Vanesh and company to perform
transportation planning work for the Pasco MO consisting of the completion of the countywide freight transportation plan that the no began earlier this year. Work to be performed under this task
order consists of conducting additional outreach and stakeholder engagement, performing an assessment and identification of existing and anticipated future freight infrastructure needs and
policies and developing a set of recommended freight transportation improvement projects. operational improvements and freight transportation policies. And lastly, developing a freight
movement implementation plan. The task order will expire on June 30th, 2026. However, the team anticipates the completion of the plan by April 1st, and that plan will be presented to this
board upon its completion. Are there any questions or comments? I ask for a motion for approval. Mr. Chair, move for second. All in favor? >> I oppose.
>> Thank you. Thank you, sir. Next up, we have a Pasco County approvement plan dashboard approval. Angel. >> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Uh, in your agenda packet for your approval is a task order in the amount of 224,8944
bulker appropriated to perform transportation planning work for the Pasco MPO consisting of the completion of the countywide transportation resiliency improvement plan. Work to be performed under this task order consists of coordination with previous and existing planning efforts such as the
resilient Pasco project to improve adaptation and preparedness for the focus of a county's transportation system. Evaluation of natural man-made and technology related vulnerabilities and threats to Pas Countyy's transportation system. Prioritization of vulnerable transportation facilities for
improvements and recommendation and prioritization of projects, programs, and policies that aid in the adaptation and limit local, regional, and statewide disruptions. These recommendations will be implemented over a 5year, 10 year,
and 20-year horizon. Have any questions? >> Report on their little road goes underwater part of the system. So have challenges. So >> good. >> Yeah, I think u the road in that area
in certain areas. Uh only if you looked at this a lot of uh we just completed the upfall still water project in Port Richie and I think the southern upfall was one that we're taking water provide more residency probably
a closed road that could be cleaned out. It's part of the storm water and wild um Hudson is a pipe that could be created and wides to go out to the del. So I don't want to look with the to kind of look at those opportunities are there to
kind of get the water out if we have any evacuation water. >> Absolutely. Thank you. >> Ask for a motion to move. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I vote.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next up, we have pass 26 if amendments Gorman and then Scott Barry. >> Good morning. I just wanted to preface
this agenda item to state that this is not a overview or a amendment of the entirety document. It is just the roll forward document of the projects from FBOT that were not funded in the previous fiscal year that will be funded
in the current or next fiscal year. So as you're looking through your agenda, please note that the do the document in there is those are the only projects that we are currently reviewing. I just wanted to make that clarification on the
>> my agenda that's my staff even even 400 magnifiers. >> Oh now I will yeah >> we can put it up here too.
Apple stock. >> As as Miss Gorman stated, these this list of nine proposed TIP amendments for the current TIP. These these are not new projects. These are projects that were
in the previous TIP document. They were in the Florida DOT's previous work program. They they were already committed for funding. However, they were never implemented in the previous fiscal year.
Therefore, the Florida DOT requests that the NO add these projects back into our current TIP document so they can be added into the Florida the current Florida DOT District 7 work program and
that they can be implemented in the current fiscal year and we call that we we do this on an annual basis. It's called the roll forward list of amendments. Yes. Correct me if this is a wrong wrong
time to talk about motion later. Last our last commission meeting uh the board discussed all the market change and the market on that segment of the north south road in Pasco is incredibly
hot. county for years has advocated I mean industry and jobs you know come into that area and it's happening a great thing but with that government's quick to pivot and move
with shift all the housing and the businesses that are that starting to come online corridor don't have a red light there I think it's time to speak to it that we need to
realign about the market shape. I think we need to have another conversation about Shady Oak Road and corridor in general and just government struggle to be flexible and what market does but I feel we have an
obligation at minimal to discuss and recognize what's going on and see what we segments of the road know it's not on the risk now but I think it's an important conversation Um well I cannot read this so I would if
someone can tell from her but um as commissioner waking up said I don't know if you listen to the board meeting on Tuesday but we we had a pretty uh on Cham Hills and especially trying to find relief from Prella you know the school
to whatever wherever public's and that retail commercial areas coming in around the retail web um and we have a lot of common industry in that area too. So we think you really need to elevate that stretch of the road
fact of of FY Hills Road. We've had several projects come into being on that road but it's never been changed from a two road. The total project north to south is a $57 million project. So we
were hoping maybe we can start lane at the southern there at 52 and work four lanes back past the schools help with some of that traffic. Uh but actually it's it's something we need to move forward on sooner than
later and it's very important. I'm not saying we come up to 17 and do the entire road, but we need to start doing a portion of the south back and finish continue to tool. It's $7 million.
>> Yeah. And I I was just going to back on what said, but um one you know there are core schools there and just the safety of is huge and and the so I definitely would
love to possible. >> Thank you. I believe that project is currently listed as one of the no's cost feasible plan projects in the recently adopted long range transportation plan.
So it it is on the no's radar and it is considered to be a priority project given that it is a a county facility. It would have to be um committed for construction by Pasco County.
>> Mr. >> Yes, sir. already. We We could amend the LRTP, the long range transportation plan. We could amend the cost feasible plan project list and move that into a
into a lower band year into but that's not really that's not going to really have I mean it would be more of a it would be more of a recommendation a policy statement
that's not going to since it is a county facility it's not a state-owned facility that's not going to really impact back the county's funding on it. But if we were to again being being a county-owned facility,
there's really not um a mechanism for which for the state to fund the widening of that facility. It would have to be funded on a local level
>> unless we get money from the general fund like >> Good morning. So I just wanted to um clarify the NO's position slightly on the LRTP and what we can do with the county funds. So if we are going to work
with the county to position a project on the long range transportation plan of the list of priority projects, we can do so. Currently, it's in van year 2041 uh for for being for for moving forward. However, if we're looking at putting it
in a position that to make it higher or quoteunquote move faster, we can work with the county to assess that because it's currently one of their CIP projects. So, we have to work with the county to move it along and then we would amend our LRTP, put in our list of
priority projects. So, it's a collaborative effort. Um, it's not one-sided. So, I would have to work with the county to move. So, >> I think that would be what we would like you to do. Start dialogue what the steps are that we need to move forward
at the side. >> Correct. M >> so with shield I I want to say I greatly appreciate my comment commission listening to what was going on yesterday about and how we working to try to resolve this issue line road is part of
one of these projects that are getting through the engineers getting it started that gets finished with four lanes we're talking about a ton more traffic coming down road I I think it should be strategic in the world system as far as road added in got a ton of traffic
coming down Other thing I had a a conversation with Justin Han yesterday playing a little phone tag back before but he talked to the termike authority because I I had mentioned that we looked at the Hudson Avenue connection there and uh termite authority I don't there's
anyone here from today but also >> so the first the first part is to go look at the the tolls how that'll work second is to be critical that we work with that together with them at some point because part of the thing was shady road would have to be shifted over from Dick
Straight you talked about uh would would actually work and we break that together we should be working at the same time with them so hopefully you'll be engaged with that quickly as well >> correct we are working with FDOT on funding Hernando County Land Road um we're currently working on the with
Hernando County uh MO so we and and county commissioners as well and I'm sure the fee will make its way to your BOCC um in the near future. So all of these projects you're discussing are coming online >> with the interchange at the turn of a
key part to making this happen and that may elevate the road enough with enough freight and freight traffic etc. But studying it that could be a big freight car business out there if those trucks can't get out they're not going to run. >> Absolutely.
Thank you. Okay. Um, do you mind just leaving? >> Yeah. Okay. Well, I saw I saw 54. Um, um, >> I'll rate them, too. The the first project on the list is a
capacity project for state route 52 from Aaron Cutoff to County Route 581 but for a length of 3.6 miles to widen it from two to four lanes. And again, the these are all
projects that were in the previously adopted tip. So they're they're not new projects to to the Yes, ma'am. Um the second project is um County Line Road, which Tania just
mentioned to you, the the capacity project on County Line Road. The next project is a drainage project on US19
from Laura Avenue to 5A Road. The next project is >> Mr. Ch. >> So when we had this thing before, I asked for it to be added up all the way up to Wildwood as well. Did they get added in there at
>> grade 19 and I think 5A might be where it that connection point hits. So it's it's very very close. It's like right next to I just want to make sure that's that's part of >> you asking it were to be extended to the to the >> it might be included. I was trying to
trying to verify that it was if not I want to get that. So it's literally five road is like right below Wildwood and there's a train that can connect to that's right there that we've had DOT out of the meetings. We're trying to look at this and develop things cooperative but we still got to take
care of it. Get that water over that help. We'll follow up with that, sir. Thank you. The the next project is a resurfacing project on US 98.
The next project is resurfacing on State Route 56 from Bruce B. Downs Boulevard to Metapoint Boulevard. And the last two projects, well, excuse me, the next project is
a s a traffic signal project on US301 at the intersection of Wire Road. And the last four projects are transit
projects that will be applied to go pass. >> Um so we need >> Yes. Yes. Yes. M favor. I I move. Thank you.
>> Thank you. Right. Next up, we have transportation. This fan grant agreement. >> Good morning. >> Uh we have the transportation disadvantage planning grant agreement in the amount of $36,419.
This is for the um commission for transportation disadvantage for our local coordinating board that helps with our paratransit rides uh through the pasco as they are the um the uh community transportation coordinator. This helps us plan and program out the
pair of transit meets over the next year which includes four board meetings, the planning documents and overall evaluation of the coordination of the pair transit meet for Pasco County. I'm asking you to review and approve.
>> U do our autistic kids who go to have them um do they get to use their >> Actually, I do not want to misspe. We actually have group asking group they like to come up and talk about how they coordinate with schools. >> I believe they can. I believe they can,
but I do not want to misspeak on their behalf. just >> because I I thought we had set up >> they could >> I believe they can but I don't want to misspeak on their behalf because that would mean all of us some of Basco
County kids and all of the other Pasco um we have worked with Pepin in the past we don't provide specific service to them because we can't charter we can't provide charter services and we can't provide uh >> can't provide service in charter school that >> correct yes because considered a charter
service. Just like uh if you were to want to provide service for you by being banked, we can't do those types of things. But if child um applies for one of our programs and qualifies, they may be able to get the service to
more depth on find. >> Sure. So, our commission for transportation disadvantage um we have qualifications in there um which are financial if you're at 125% of the poverty level you may be applicable for
that program. If you have a qualifying disability or lack of transportation within the family structure >> lack of transportation within the the family structure >> I I want to tell y'all a story. Um, but first I want to tell you that we we are
working to to connect OD uh that there's a missing piece of OE from Massachusetts to that affects more schools and hoping to get this done. I think when I was on the school board so
I think we're getting close. Um, and it'll certainly help your program if kids are going to be able to rec that. Um, I have a story for you and I I might get this wrong, but Mr. Richardson called me and told me this that there was a student that was um walking from
North State Road Loop 2 to the West Campus Jesse. Um and um they got I'm saying I'm going to tell you what road they got to and there was a bus stop and they when they a bus pulled up while
they were walking past the bus stop and the young man asked he was going there for an orientation. The young man asked if he had a ride and our bus driver said he had no money going to school. Not even enough money for a bus. And so our
bus driver said, "Sure." And he took him to the campus and he gave him just he gave him a blue and white pass that allowed him to take the bus back home that day. So I have a meeting to put up
on this. Uh but thank you so much to that bus driver and this shows the importance. >> All right that >> okay so do you need a motion for to move to approve? >> All in favor? >> I oppose.
Thank you. All right clarity backup go pass updates. I apolog Nina Elen had some prior engagements so she apologizes for not making a meeting but she sends her regards
in just going to go over some systemwide updates All right. So, recently we completed a comprehensive operations analysis. It was a 15-month project. The study got down to the base level of every bus
stop, how much ridership was where. Uh we got outreach events. Um we had interviews with stakeholders and bus operators, staff. And through all that study, we identified some service areas that we can uh provide better service to
and increase our service as a whole. So as you can see on the right side, we have our 31 route which is Dayton City. We've provided service to more Wickens and also down to uh the Clinton Avenue extension to Publix and there's also a
hospital that is getting service now um in the Trinity area which is just below that. We essentially took our 23 route, our current route, and split it into two and then extended service down to YMCA. Um, and the Mitchell Plaza. On the right
is Zephr Hills. Um, we extended our service essentially taking parts of two other routes and combining them into this route and then provided service further south towards the Crystal Spring. Part of the goal of the CLA was to
increase our on-time performance. So, we had to adjust our schedules to do that. And as you can see on the left side, um we had significant increase in on-time performance uh on three of our routes. Um our goal for on-time performance is 85%. So, currently we're not there, but
we're trending in the right direction. And what we consider to be on time is zero to five minutes of your scheduled route time. Um if you're over five minutes past where you're supposed to be, you're late. Uh and then obviously if you're ahead of time, you're early.
So on time is 0 to 5 minutes normal schedule. Mr. Do you have a schedule like you show like a curve of how far 0 to 5 minutes what the gaps are from 20 minutes later
to 10 minutes late. we can get down to that now with the technology that we have. Actually, if you look in the top right quadrant, it shows by month um where our on-time performance is, whether we're early, whether we're late. Um we can also now start to see by the
day, by the stop, or if we're on time to locations. And that's one of the great things about this new uh technology platform that we've integrated recently is that we have pretty much a one-stop shop where we can look at every bus stop and see do we have ridership, do we not have
ridership uh to make a determination, do we need to have something there that ridership is very critical to us because it tells us that we need to adjust our routes, how we need to adjust it is just a scheduling issue. Also tells us do we need to upgrade that stuff? if it's
being abused and significantly we want to upgrade it to the shelter and that helps us with our ADA compliance as well. So it's a great thing we've been working uh with this project. Um our ADA voice messages um so when we're
operating the bus you come to major intersections or area of interest and bus operator has to pull down the microphone and make the announcement that you're approaching this area. Well, with this project, we have now geollocated these areas and now
automated the sound. So, the hotware has more safety focused and focused on the people on the bus. Mrs. citizens tribe as county government center. They're also like a graphic. So click
that. >> So that takes me into our bottom right quadrant which is our infotainment. So infotainment gives you the next three stops that you are approaching. So if you were approaching middle road, it would tell you that that your next stop
is there and it tells you the next resource. So you can see it in Vegas. Uh so that's one of the great things that we have going for us. It also gives us that info to Jimmy gives us the ability to promote our app which I'm going to show you a video on our next slide about the app. And also if you look at the the
middle one where it says 54 East it has a smile, you're on camera. This is critical for us. It's a great thing because it's it's not just actual safety, but it's also the perceived safety of the passengers on the bus. When they recognize that they're on camera and they can see themselves,
they're less likely to act upon county. >> Okay. Uh we also upgraded our cameras and what you can do now which we used to not be able to is if there's an incident on the bus accident we can do a live
look. So I could go on to check the bus what it's doing right now. Takes a lot of bandwidth don't get me wrong but you could actually look in. And so what I did is I took a screenshot of one of our buses and you can see how clear the camera is. So that was a great upgrade.
We also have 360 degree um view within the bus and outside the bus. We included a new uh camera on the back of the bus, but we never had so another great thing that we uh have been working with and and just the technology that our system
is coming into. Uh it's a hugely we're we're doing some pretty interesting things. So more features that we have um to get that bus stop level data takes APC. APCs
are automatic passing. Theoretically it's just two beams of light laser that come down and every time person breaks those beams in a certain pattern either to enter the bus or exit the bus it counts it as a forwarding or the lighting and it's geoloccated. So it
knows exactly what that's associated. So, we can see trends on where we're picking people up and not. And again, goes back to the data collection. Um, our real-time app. So, I showed what our desktop app looks like. It's on the left hand side right there. Um, you
could do trip planning. So, if you wanted to go from here to Oh, it's over on Clinton Road. It will tell you to get on the 31 route at a specific stop at a specific time and what how to get there when when you would get off and then you could look
for your return trip. It also would tell you if you had to transfer to a different bus uh how to do that where that's the nice thing. It's also um on your phone so easy. I actually was just doing it yesterday. you're using it as a
tool to identify where routes are intersecting each other. So, we're using uh and I have a quick video code on the bus. >> So, we're working with that as well. Yes. Um, we are going to be upgrading our bus stop signs and with that it'll
have QR codes for the Google Play and Apple Store. So, you can download that. Moving on to a future project, we have a multimmoal transfer station that's going to be constructed in zip codes, but currently in the design phase with
construction early 2026. We're very excited about this because currently at our transfer stations, we're either generally on side of a public road or we're in a park. Could be
like Trinity Hospital, downtown city. There are two examples. Um, this will give us our clean facility that we can control, which is a good thing. Provides additional safety to our passengers because there's they're not having to cross roads necessarily to transfer. Um,
we're very excited about this. Uh, been great to to get us. Um, another great thing is currently our operators don't have designated restroom facilities. So have to utilize
businesses follow. Um, here they will have settings to use. They also have an ability to take a break at the end of their run for that five or 10 minutes that they have that we built in which helps their mental stability and reduces driver
fatigue which increases their safety. another location and it's on the west side at Fox Hollow again has been a great partner of these uh still this one's also in the design phase but it's going to be constructed later in 2026
about fall. So, some upcoming projects. Um, we're looking to conduct a 12-month pilot project, Micro Transit. An area is identified in the Hudson Shady Hills area. Um, some of the connections and areas within the service zone are the
Sono shelter, uh, US 19 with our 21 route, Little Road with our 24 route, State Road 52 with our 16, the Hudson Library, and multiple shop. So service area is going to be a good first mile last mile
connectivity to our physical fixed routes and also provide service within. So same day service with a premium mobile ticketing is another project that we're working on. Uh the attorney's office is working with the vendor to create the agreement. What it does is
gives you a digital bus pass that's on your phone so you can purchase it wallet or anything else. reduces the amount of time people have to come into our physical locations to purchase a bus pass because they can just do everything from the phone and show it to the operator operator puts it into the
system. So it'll be extremely convenient when we are able to integrate that and commissioner Jagger back to your QR code question. We will also be integrating the mobile plus pay and it worked out bringing through our code
that's going to be 100% sure just up in DC they used to have these cards been taken away take the card replenish it you know now they have a simple thing on the app you can just have put your credit card set it up and now you don't even have to
open up your phone you just be walking up and just like hover over the top. It registers you takes the money and way they go. Do you see anything like that typically with the company away? Interesting. I know when we went out for
our bid, we went for a bid that did not include hardware uh because we had the flamingo in fast and it didn't necessarily work. Um, but you're you're saying that it's actually just
>> it's so easy to be just smart that the car back in which open it up. Hold it. Register. >> Okay. I mean, theoretically, our the system that we're going to is similar to that, but yes, you'd have to physically
open it to show the operator. It's almost like going into a baseball. This takes everything out of there. Again, if someone knows once you use the good thing is with the mobile ticket, we're not sending anybody there.
It's all just profit share. >> Just what? >> Profit share. So, as people who are purchasing, they get 10% or x% of the sales and then we get them We're not physically spending any money on. Okay. Um, moving forward to the ADA bus
stop enhancements. You can see in the picture that we have a couple that were completed. The top one is a shelter that was at Bandit Point Hospital and then the bottom one is a bench pad that was installed across the street from the the Hudson High. Couple future projects are
Emerald Boulevard in Hudson. We connect with Fernando's the boss there and so we're installing a shelter pad along with shelter so that way we have better connectivity. Currently it's just brass and dirt. So it's going to amenity for
our passengers in both systems. Uh in Trilby we identified five locations that we're going to be upgrading the bus stops. Currently again they are nothing but a sign and dirt and grass. We're going to upgrade them to um to bench bench pads and boarding
lighting pads. Some amenities to control here in Moon Lake. We're incorporated into the sidewalk project over there. So we're going to be installing blinded lighting pads along with bench pads on Lake Drive Catalona Banberry and
>> so if someone's and they're trying to get to work tell them >> it tells you you could select the bus stop that you're getting on and it tells you either you choose either what time it'll be there or how many minutes until it gets there. And if there is a
notification where the bus broke down, there's also notifications that people had a question also on the Trill uh area. I I've had uh someone reach out to me about the uh bus stop on Highway 98 just south of Reese just south of 575
Trilby Road. Um, and I don't know if at some point with all the highway improvements, there will be sidewalks along US Highway 98 between 301, the Hernandez County line. But to get to that bus stop pad on US 98, just south
of Shelby Road, Highway 575, there is no sidewalk connection. They have to walk through the grass and someone's disabled trying to get to that bus stop. that means that they are in the bicycle lane which is not an opt ideal situation for
someone safely to get to that. They also had asked about shelter here, but if if we could work, you know, whether that's with highway construction or just a very simple, it's not a very far distance from that intersection there, that roundabout to that bus stop area where
the pad and bench are just to allow for some type of sidewalk, safer walking from the intersection down to that bus stop. >> Okay. we could work with the MO and see if we can get some projects associated with that. >> Thanks.
>> Yep. >> Um and State Road 54 um just last week they installed coding and body pads and bench pads to marathon and we got high.
>> Are there any cameras at those um on those shelters? >> Cameras. And I have one question not related to this bike. Did we are we did we go anywhere with bike racks spending the bikes buses? So we we've looked into
the options uh talking with bus operators the issue becomes twofold. Some of our turns are just too tight for that third bike because the distance that it has to go out and also it obstructs their line of vision. Uh so it's not ideal to go three out. Um,
>> would they bring the bike onto the bus? >> That's what I was gonna ask. >> Yeah. Europe where they can have a place in the bus or the train or whatever for bikes like a bunch of
>> So, we we looked at the configuration of our internal buses. Um, if we were to try and retrofit an internal bike rack, we would have to remove seating and it also affects our um, ADA area because when you get on our bus, we have two on
each on each side. We have seats that fold up when wheelchair mobilities devices are secured in those locations and they have to have a wall on the backside that they secure it to. If we were to try to put a bus a bike rack in
there, you could be infecting that bus. Then once you hit the back area of the where the the secure limits are, you now have two steps to go up to the back of the bus. >> You could have one for that.
>> Sorry. >> If you have two bikes on the bus, that mean one in the bus. looking at the configurations that we have currently with our buses. We cannot because it would affect like I said there there's a wall that's installed on
the bus for the securements. >> I'm just think >> that we should write bus >> and hope that they're not 40. >> I know if it's the last run of the day that they let them bring it in, but they
have to help secure it. But it's usually just because it's going to be the last thing we try to help change. >> What about put on the back of the bus on the other side? Putting bike rack on the back of the bus. Yeah.
Well, we would have to look into that because that's where the the door to the engine is that folds up and cow. Um, so I don't know if we would be able to figure that. Definitely we could take it in. I have a note and look to see if
it's feasible. Does it look affect any visibility? If you have it on the door strong way, the way the hitches are set up, you could take the pin out and slide it out and remove it if you had it. >> We're passionate about it. trying to
figure out. >> We can look into seeing if there is I don't even know if they've developed that to be honest. I I don't know. We can look into it. >> Yeah, I'm going to get into the bike rack business. >> I mean, more and more people run their bikes to work. >> Yes. Good luck.
>> Uh and the last uh upcoming project is route 41. We're bringing a route along 41. Uh it's going to provide service to utilities building, the tax collector's office, her park, and shopping centers
with connection to our current 54 route. and um future routes on 52 and future routes on Lincoln. >> That is very good. Um because where our utility building is where the jail lets
folks out and just walk them down the road, walk them down. So >> that'll make sure that a way to get bus. >> Yeah. Is there any future route going to cover County Road 52 which would service
San Antonio, St. Pet, city of St. and University of >> So in our 10-year vision plan, we have service along 52 and it's going up into date city. Now, it's not a specific
defer, >> right? >> Yes, sir. So it's not a currently defined route as of right now, but it could be within our planning curriculum to look at providing service along road 52 area for this. >> Yeah. Yes. There's going to be in the
near future some development happening around St. B and also the St. Louis University. Yep. They have a lot of people involved. >> Okay. Yeah, we may put that ination there. Any further questions?
>> Just saying. I appreciate your efforts and getting real time data coming to the people. I just was looking at the app myself just playing with a little bit. Um, and also I think it's critical that we try and make the shelter as comfortable as possible because it's 95
degrees out there. If you're sitting there waiting on a bus, shade is a good thing to have. It rains all the time. So I think we need to make effort to keep making any popular. >> Yeah. Thanks again.
>> Thank you. >> Thank you very make sure you make know you have between sit. Yes. >> By anyone else you got that prior slide of this that it was a uh station. Where
exactly is this one at? >> Uh, this is on Fox Drive in >> Okay. >> Richmond down at the bottom. >> Yeah, it's just east of uh 19. >> Okay. >> Yeah, >> this is our start. What? This is our
utilities or >> is just to the to the right of it. I believe they're have that property transparency. >> Commissioner, you could upgrade the back. facilities. >> We're actually going to try to get to the right side. We are going to try to
get something jump. >> Anyone else? >> All right. Thank you. >> Thank you, sir. >> Um we're going to move on to uh SAS reports of presentation. We have a
request to public number 10 first. I was fairly non that's county parks recreation natural resources department trail finding land presentation chang >> uh good Morning board members. My name
is Jay Yen. I am the senior planner with Pastor Park uh recation and natural resource department. Together um today I'm presenting the trailway finding plan together with Erin Swanson. Hi, good morning Swanson with Pasco County
Transportation Engineering Department. Um this plan has been developed uh by parks department in partnership with transportation engineering department. Um, today we're really excited to share our progress with you and looking forward to your feedback.
Uh, slide. Oh, sorry. I didn't realize I click this. There we go. Hello. Um, so this a quick overview of what we'll be covering today. Uh, we will begin with the intended purpose following our timeline of how we got here and then
we'll share uh some of the existing signage standards as well as examples. Then we will showcase our designs uh next steps and then we will open it up for discussion and feedback. First I will hand over to Erin uh
explain why we started this plan. All right. Hello. So as most of you may know um I have been the project manager for the orange belt trail. During that preliminary design phases, I was looking into our trail head designs and I
realized that a lot of um the research that's done with FDOT2 standards and things like that, they don't have a um SOP or a standard for wayfinding. So through our discussions with parks as well as the planning department, it was
decided that it would be a great idea for the county to develop a standard. And so again, with the collaboration of the transportation engineering department, parks and planning, we have um developed as a presentation for you that we're hoping to adopt and utilize
on all of our major spine trails. So Sun Coast Trail, Coastal Anquote, Lupuchi State Trail, Orange Bell Trail, Indian Starky, Rifty Gap, Starky Wilderness. Thank you. On that, we want this plan to
be a living document um to allow some flexibility. Uh meaning that when a new trail is added or a new sender is being established, we'll be able to incorporate those changes into our plan. Uh next, I want to cover a little bit
about our timeline. We start this process uh about around one year ago. Uh we started by diging and reviewing some of our um existing signage. Then we reach out to uh key agencies including
FDOT uh FDP which is the uh main agency that oversee and managing uh coast to coast trail and we also reach out to surrounding counties within the coast to coast trail alliance. Uh through that we find some best practice
and some standards that they share. Uh with that we develop uh the designs in house and we gather input from the internal staff as well as uh other departments and after that uh we revise our designs. Now we're bringing the
designs to you for a review and feedback. After that we'll finalize the plan and then uh ready for implementation. Here is a map map showing the location of all our major existing and future trails and
we also highlight the coast to coast trail there um for your reference. So as I mentioned before we reach out to different agencies intended to find a established uh way finding signage standard.
However, we couldn't really find one. Um the closest one that we find is this one um the uh coast to coast trail implementation and marketing guide uh which was developed in 2017.
It provide a polymer design of wayfinding. Um however it didn't um it didn't follow it didn't um develop furthermore um and it was not adopted uh as a way finding standard across the uh
coast to coast trail alliance. However uh a couple uh counties did use the design and color skin for data science uh which we'll share in the next few slides. Here are some examples.
Um uh here are directional signs from different counties. Um so you can see here the uh signs from Belucia and Panilas counties. They adopted the similar design and color skin from the
2017 marketing guide though their designs are still slightly different from each other. And Orange County uh developed a completely different design. um while Lake County they um develop a modular system for their directional
signage. It's worth noting that when we reach out to FDP, they have mentioned that the um design uh waybinding from Lake County is considered the best across the uh coast to coast uh trail alliance. Would you
say that same? Oh, when we reach out to FDP, they mentioned that they consider um the way finding system done by Lake County is the best across the coast to coast trail alliance >> change out.
>> Uh they have like more well I'll cover that later. Um here are some myomarker examples. uh again uh because there's no design center um ref uh develop within that
2017 marketing guide. So each county is doing their own thing uh with their mail marker. Here are some maps again. Lucia County uh uses used the um design and color skin from that 2017 uh marketing guide
while the other two counties uh developed their own designs. Uh from this review um the one of the key findings that we have is there's no universal standard for trailway finding signage. Now we've seen the coast to
coast trail or um burida state. Uh during this process that we really uh solidify our goals that we want our signage to be clear, simple u modular and easy to update. And for now we are
prioritizing these three major type of signage which are directional signs, mile markers and maps. Um and then we will consider other type of wayfinding signage as needed as we move along.
Here are the designs. This is our directional sign. Uh as you can see, we reference the design from uh Lake County. For one, uh we believe it's easier to see the different destination.
Um the second is that this design is preferable for our operational staff. Uh it's easy to be uh updated or for example a new destination, a new park is added, it's easy to swap out and um up
update this sign without replacing the whole sign. Uh the other feature that we adapted from the lake design is to assign a thin color for every major trail. So that will make um trail user
to easily distinguish from trail to trail and the locations for this directional sign will be um at county lines and major intersections. >> Back to that slide. Could you go back to
that slide? Yeah, please. Um, so what I like about Lake County, it shows you like we we get something those things you want to know the directions as well. So it looks like you're weaving that out over here. >> Um,
>> I also I I don't like that top blue. I mean, their voice, but it's not very it's not very I don't want to say there's no logo. It's just they're very it's very generic where it's
>> something like >> Yeah. Could you just marry the two? is I thought that the Panelis and the Valia County sign were actually really pretty, but I see the utilitarian um benefits of being able to change
things out. So, I'd like you to work on it a little more, make it a little more festive. Um, also I've seen this um for many years. Um, sister was on the board of humanities council where communities have those um,
what are those squares where you can take your phone QR code? Yeah, QR codes and um, you can hit the QR code and you can see what's around restaurants, stores, you know, something. So, I'd love to have these be a little more
interactive and have a I know that'll take a little time, but have some QR codes with that lead to some history and whatever, >> right? And and in our BPAC meeting and then I believe our technical advisory committee, we received that uh feedback as well. The one thing we will be
working on is where that QR code will lead to. Uh and that is something the county currently does not have on our website. So, some ideas we've thought of is using the Pasco Mapper public version to um help direct folks for other um once especially once we develop an
active transportation plan layer for that that will help them lead to other trails and parks and things like that. Um but we will certainly work on that and figure out what the best route for that QR code to lead our residents to. And then as far as the signage,
>> um, you guys looked at Colorado, what they're doing with that B. I mean, the trail system's phenomenal. They got a lot of things to get to. I don't I I didn't go on a trail, so I don't know. But it seemed to me with that much activity. I'm sure they're directing people to different
places and and I think they might give you some benefit by taking a look to me. >> I just have one comment. Um just thinking back like uh picture like where it says sunroach trail. I like the idea of like kind of incorporating like our logo is very for county and if you look
at like um lake their sign is very to the eye. They have the coast coast logo. We don't have I don't >> Yeah. >> Yeah. I can now like now I need
something and the Sun Coast Trail actually has its own um our former Jim Slaughter who was head of parks uh they designed so good start and
at the bathroom and also I know you're talking about waying but when the maps I didn't see anything on the west Oh, we have another we have the coastal life anatol trail and the trail board going up at 19. Oh, yes. And they just
make sure you get that the uh what do you think? >> I don't think official. Yeah, >> we have a food designer going through our city. >> State all the way southwest. Going to
get another trail going up there, too. >> But I'm really excited to see this. Um I'm late to my There was a time that we had a million dollars set aside for wave binding. Um because part of the part of the
importance of wavefinding in my opinion is the economic impact that can bring to businesses around trip. So, we want to be sure that we're able to put that information out to people because people come from all over the world to ride the
coast of America and so they have no idea what's around and um just really wonder and our other parts >> by Is are there any other slides? Yeah. Yeah. Okay.
Um so next this is our mile markers. Again we reference the lake county design um since I think it's uh easy to read and also it will be easy uh to update installed by our operational staff. Um and this uh trail marker will
be placed every half mile from the south end u contining continuing northward every half a mile. And then just one comment for the smile markers. The top color will change depending on what trail it is following. So for the orange belt trail have like a lighter orange
color that color will change. Commissioner of a lot of the purpose for having male marker mile markers is this services. say we're just pass there there was a logo. All right. So, for the map design, these
will be located at our trail heads. These designs um are large enough to where folks who are cycling can easily view them. They're 7 foot tall and 4 feet wide. Here's a closer look at what the sign content will have included. And again,
this is where that feedback of a QR code was brought up previously in our um VPAC meeting. And the signage will have um the map of the general aerial um as you can see in the bottom right corner as
well as um a larger overview of the trail alignment. My issue with that going back is you're not showing your just I mean in my opinion you should and I saw it on the other side. You're calling
out the main trail which you did. Um but but actually go can you go back up? Can you see that? Yeah. >> Um so so
the the trail going through park is not. So why what you're showing there is close to closing notes. Well, the the idea would be this map specifically would be at a Sun Coast Trail trail trail head and um the color
coding as you can see where the Starky Wilderness Trail traverses through the Starky Wilderness that will be colorcoded green so folks can see it on the map. Um but alongside the in this map the um there will be wayfinding way finding the signage the directional
signage to u indicate to our users which uh direction and how far away other trail and other amenities are going to put them on this map. But in a you have your bank trail and then your minor and similar trails that connected
my >> which trail specifically >> like the trail that goes down Massachusetts. >> Oh, like general multi-use paths. >> Um there's um there is a trail on Ridge Road. Um
there's there's other trails that do connect us. I certainly do. Commission. >> So I'm looking we have Starkley Mobless Trail, Park Trail,
Sher Gap Trail. Is there a way to change the language to make it one just did that on the section any >> Well, that's what I was saying. But they're saying that this would be this is this sign would be on the Sun Coaster,
>> correct? If you had this on the coast to coast trail say start something it would it would be the coast to coast logo and then I would guess and then it would be simple without >> correct. So you would see this like at state road 54 in the sun coast trail
that trail head. >> But again just simplify the side if if all that is just like one one piece and it's three different pieces three different name modifying that name one thing three different things you need. Yeah. Shared
use of wilderness. Just make it one name just follow. >> Oh, I'm all those all trails do all have separate paintings, >> right? For whatever reason. U Well,
they're all built different, right? Thank you. And these aren't going to be right on the trail. This will be parking. Well, sometimes I think you need to have them when you when you make them.
the longing. What's the park in Tampa Hills? >> Uh Lake Park. >> No, the big one that's river. >> There's a big There's a big park there.
It has a nice offro in the offro um like downs. Anyway, there's signs when you come to an intersection, you got to come in turn right or left. They they do them. So, they're not on the trail head, but they're in the parks. >> Flats
flats. So, okay. This is a record. >> Thanks. >> Yes. Sorry. >> Okay. >> Thank you. >> Thank you. Thank you.
>> Uh next up we have a virtual presentation. FBA 205 certification review one second. Good morning. Can you hear me? >> Yes. Yes. >> Okay. >> Again, good morning. I'm here today to
present to you the Tampa St. Petersburg TMA 2025 certification summary and findings for the Pasco County MO. Next slide. The site visit was held on January the
28th. The federal review team consisted of Curling Thomas, Carlos Gonzalez, Carrie Shepard, Aries Little, and Jason Morgan. Next slide. The next slide shows the map and location of the Tampa Bay, St.
Petersburg TMA which includes Pasco County MO, Hillsboro and Panelis MO. Next slide. Okay. The federal review team found five
noteworthy practices or recommendations and no corrective actions. The first noteworthy practice was regarding the Metropolitan Planning Organization structure. The Federal
Review team commends the Pasco MO for its collaboration with Pasco County and other planning and transportation partners, nurtured in an environment of mutual respect and focusing interconnectivity and other integral
elements of the planning process. The Pasco County MO executive director regularly meets one on-one with board members to listen to concerns, answer questions, and discuss projects,
programs, and activities. The second noteworthy practice was on safety considerations in the planning process. The federal review team commends the Pasco County MO for its extensive highly visible road safety
audits in Zephr Hills. The MO ensured participation at all levels including elected officials, technical experts, and ERA residents, maximizing an audit and making it a successful marketing
platform for the MOO. Next slide. The third noteworthy practice was regarding the NPO's outreach and public participation. The Pasco County MO conducted an
exemplary outreach during the development and implementation of its longing transportation plan. strategies included targeted outreach, a new website, and
various workshops to educate the public and feedback. In addition to the outreach events, the MO demonstrated an ability to coordinate and join forces with local entities to
provide information and solicit input. The MO took excellent advantage of Metro Quest, obtaining a record number of survey results for over 1,100 individual participants.
Next slide. The fourth noteworthy practice was regarding the scope of the long range transportation plan. The federal view team was impressed by the data-driven needs based process for the MOO uses to
identify projects for the cost feasible plan. Given limited resources, the NO uses a clear project prioritization process that reflects the goals and objectives of the plan innovate Pasco
2050. The no finds that data-driven decisionmaking promotes transparency, enhance public trust, and precludes project advancement on unclear or subjective basis.
The fifth noteworthy practice was regarding the transportation improvement program. The Federal View team commends Pasco County MO for adoption of an interactive outreach platform for sharing its tip and list of
priority projects. The new tip is searchable and has several features that enable the MO government officials and the public to easily locate and obtain
projects in the tip. Next slide. The federal review team provided four recommendations to assist the MO in their planning process. The first one is related to agreements. The federal review team recommends the Pasco County
MO complete an evaluation of the current coordination process with FDOT to ensure the annual list of obligated projects include transit projects. The second recommendation was regarding transit. The federal review team
recommends current processes are documented to ensure transit safety targets are adopted, updated, and reflected directly or by reference in the long range transportation plan and the public transportation agency safety
plan. The third recommendation was regarding the unified planning work program. The federal review team recommends that the Pasco County MO re-evaluate the frequency of the UPWP update process to ensure the
document remains current and ensure the most up-to-date UPWP is on the MO website. Lastly, the fourth recommendation is also regarding the UPWP. The federal review team recommends all
federal fund sources be clearly identified in the UPWP. Additionally, the federal review team recommends the MO insurers FTA formula 5307 and transit discretionary planning awards are programmed in the unified
planning work program as outlined by the appropriate guidance. Thank you. This concludes the Tampa St. Petersburg TMA 2025 certification close out and findings for the Pasco County
MO. Are there any questions? >> No, we're good. Thank you. >> Thank you. >> Next up, we have the pastor count plan presentation, Scott. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I shared
with you earlier, the Pesco and PO staff began the development of a countywide freight transportation plan at the beginning of the year. The plan's development was split into two phases across two separate fiscal years. Plan
phase one of the plan was developed through the winter and spring of this year and was completed on June 30th. The stamp was assisted with the plan's development by Alfred Banesh Company.
The NO staff will continue its partnership with Banesh to complete phase two of the freight plan. Mr. Robert Kersy, transportation group manager with Banesh, is with us today to
present to us an overview of the work performed on the freight plan in phase one and to share about the work upcoming in phase two. >> Thank you, Scott. It's great to be here today. I'm Bob Kery with Bish. I'm the
project manager for the Pasco General Frequ illustrating the context really showing some aerial drone shots that were taken this year. First video actually of existing infrastructure and trucks navigating uh the roadways within Pasco
County. This is State Road 52 at Pasco Road and Treywood Boulevard. That is the new State Road 52. And you see that in that shot, this value vehicle is a truck. There's a roundabout uh that's actually
at US 98 and Troy Road. A lot of roundabouts being built in the eastern part of the county right now. And they were building they built amount of lane for the sport for us to navigate and negotiate those intersections. Once again, same same area. US 98 in J
City 752 is the plan for that intersection around because you got to know it at this time trucks. It's it's horrible. I'll leave
it just that >> and D can't move fast enough to fix it. D is evaluating it right now. Uh coming up with some potential alternatives folks from the DOT who may have
something to add to that. um the NPO and through this study would be coordinated what FDOT is doing I guess will be I guess primarily function the sense of urgency that needs to happen 52 and 75
needs to be there in my opinion and I say that very respectfully appreciably so I'll just duty recognized and duty And this is one that's just coming online at US 98 and cold label highway.
So we're getting a good introduction to roundabout design accommodating all vehicles including heavy trucks and we're going to be able to very quickly see just how well they are performing. That is said flying J. Uh the next group of photos that I have here to illustrate
more on the land use side and actually uh the demand side as more industrial facilities, warehouses, distribution centers are coming online. This one specifically is at state road
54 in Sun Lake Boulevard. This one is the target warehouse. Delta is the target warehouse just north of State Road 52 off Pasco Road. Not yet operational, not generating any traffic and we keep driving. If you can take its
time at this point, >> uh this is a location that was discussed a little bit earlier. This is actually the Sun Coast and Shady Hill Road. And as you know in that area there's a mix of land uses including the school, some new industrial warehousing coming
online. You also have some heavy uh refuge facilities in the area that are county operated as well as schools. So the whole um Shad Hills Road and Haze Road complex is very important for that
portion of the county especially because unlike some of the other things that I've shown these are not state and this is the new Amazon distribution center which is going in at state road 52 and we were on the other side.
Here's an example. Valley County has uh taken a lead in providing more access and more capacity near a warehouse facility. This is actually kind of up middle of the photo there. You actually see overpass road going over I75
and this is actually Old Pascular Road as it comes down past residential development and provides access there into a mixeduse industrial warehouse facility. So that kind of states some of the context and I'm going to go through a
status update of where we stand with the project coming down phase one and going into phase two and what we will be accomplishing in the next six months. Purpose of the study is to perform a comprehensive analysis of the Pasco County freight transportation system. Such an analysis has not been done and
documented. This is very good study. Our objectives are to improve operating efficiencies and performance. Truly is going to going to speak to the infrastructure and and how it is designed for trucks and facilities where where trucks are operating. Improve
accessibility and connectivity is most referred to in the industry as the first mile, last mile. to get to those final destinations and trip areas and enhance economic development opportunities strengthening accounting. Count's been looking for economic development for a
long time as you see illustrations in his at least from the industrial and warehousing side. So what this study will be doing is trying to merge the land use and transportation needs. Phase one has just been completed as
Scott stated. It really dealt with a lot of the factf finding and inventory of existing facilities and doing an existing conditions analysis. One of the biggest items we had here was the outreach and stakeholder engagement primarily with a lot of the internal
Pasco County departments, agencies, the economic development council um to really find out what's going on with existing development and challenges with approval of development and coming up
with the complimentary programs have already been described at the county level. Phase two will really get into analyzing the data that we collected in phase one and really focus on the development of the plan and the implementation.
So what did we learn from from phase one? Uh we've mapped a lot of the existing infrastructure and facilities. FDOT District 7 just wrapped a district-wide strategic freight plan for the five county area last year. So we're
going to build upon that. The state does a great job of keeping up with what's going on with the state facility and providing state facilities and providing funding for the state roads. We want to partner with them and build upon what they've done and really get into what
the county can do at the local level from land use providing that first mile last mile like connectivity. So the timing of this study is very good in the fact that we're following right along what was done at state and we can build
upon that work that's already been done. We took a look at traffic volume both where are trucks within the existing infrastructure both on the state facilities and we also pull the data then from county traffic operations department. So we got the new facil off off system
facilities off of it. So we looked at sheer truck volume as well as percent trucks going to focus our effort on where the trucks are and try to make sure addressing needs in those areas. Talked a lot about trucks. This is more of a
multimodal analysis if we'll consider airports and rail. You don't have any rail facilities within county and you have one airport size in the Zer Hills airport
which currently does not carry a frame. So we are addressing those and taking note especially from the rail side from more of a safety standpoint as far as closing closing roadways whenever the gates are down our trains are aggressive from a
safety standpoint and also from a operation standpoint whenever those gates are down close but primarily as you can imagine with some of the demonstrations I had earlier 95% of our work is going to be done with the truck and the This is just a map that's a heat map
that's showing the industrial land use within the area. We started out, of course, looking at everything within that spill county, but once you actually start to narrow down to where the industrial land uses are and where they currently are in proximity to the state
roadway network, we really are able to pretty quickly zoom in and narrow down to some specific hotspots like some of the apprehension ones to really focus our efforts in coming up with our study recommendation plan.
As a season issue, we want to take a look at where is current congestion, where is future congestion. Obviously, trucks are using the same facilities as our motors to our commuters or local trips. So, if there's congestion for one
type of vehicle, there's congestion for all. One of the things that we can do as the Pasco network continues to develop, especially with more of a secondary roadway network off outside of the state facilities, you can actually start to focus more on the local trips and being
able to separation between the motoring public and the trucks. So, our schedule is uh we're about to launch into phase two here in August. kind of break it into the components of a couple of months we're really focused
on assessing and identifying the needs. Couple of months we're going to spend taking those needs and turning them into recommendations and then to prioritize those and then uh provide documentation as Scott mentioned wrapping everything
up by the end of March. That gives us plenty of time to come to you, go back to the committees, take input, refine our study findings and our documentation and have everything finalized when we're at when our test work order
is set to expire in June of next year. This is the deliverables that we have and this is the stakeholder engagement. These are all the folks who we've been talking to so far. We promised them that after we introduced this the study to
them and gave them a a presentation very similar to what we've just spoken through about and we'll come back to them with with dates and recommendations and get to buy also a lot of interest in this study. I think one of the key takeaways in talking to the county staff
is they really do want us to identify a free network in Ohio for the county so they know where we're recommending to focus truck routes and the facilities that trucks are to use that will help them in their approval of land use and
development as well as design criteria for those facilities to make sure that they accommodate trucks. So that would be a primary outcome of this study will be a map build upon what was done for the the FDMT study and comment that but
that's going to be a good good tool on the policy side. Other outcomes of the study will be identifying specific products along the way or improvements need to be made to accommodate trucks also operational improvements at major
intersections. much of the delay in starting and stopping trucks and uh really impacting the operation of the facility as traffic signals. So, we're willing to drill down those type of improvements. So, everything from operations to
potential capacity improvements to policies will be out of this stud. Scott, my project manager at the MO and there's our contact information. I'll entertain any questions. Next up, we have Z Hills transportation
plan presentation. Todd B. >> Morning again. Todd Vandenber. I'm the planning director for the city of Zville Hills. Um while we're on the PowerPoint I have to present to you today. I just begin by sharing our our staff and city council placing a high priority on
mobility and transportation. So we've been working on that the past year that I'll be sharing some information with you today. Uh two main things we were involved with. One was uh create mobility plan. Uh we went to the state got deeo grant to to help us prepare for
mobility plan work with Rob Kirsty who's just up here and Jamie Brown consulting and create a mobility plan. A lot of that information then we pulled from the mobility plan and inserted into our transportation mobility element that's been brought through the city and to the
state for approval. So that start with presentation. So what was driving the mobility and transportation? Uh we'll talk a little bit about that. Uh we'll discuss a little bit the mobility needs and opportunities what we have and and some
of the planning that we're involved with that I alluded to and the priority strategies and even more so it's not on there the partnering we're looking to do. So what's driving this? I think we all realize that Zephrville's Pasco County were growing during this rate and it's
always difficult from transportation multimodal facilities to keep pace with all the residential that's occurring. And we realize how important the economic resiliency is. Having a good land use balance and making sure we're
preserving land for non-residentials, particularly uh manufacturing, light industrial that allow for keeping good quality jobs in Pasco County. and some of the planning uh you know that we
we'll talk a little bit today from the city working with the MO with the state uh on key decisions. So, but going back here, here's the mo the the mobility plan that we work with Rob Kerzy and his team. Uh, we called it
going places or Zill's mobility plan. This was done last year. We had a lot of community engagement, a lot of city staff, a lot of your Pasco County uh planners and and uh MTO staff attended to help us facilitate that process of
community engagement. Had a lot of lot of really good ideas that came out of that. From the ideas, we we identified and prioritized problem areas transportation, mobility wise, and have come up with recommended solutions. And
so what where are those needs and opportunities? We kind of broke them down into five key areas. traffic congestion, our our walkability, infrastructure, traffic safety, uh our bus service, transit, and the importance
of integrating transportation and land use into our planning efforts. Um, so what's our plan? So we we went through the whole mobility plan, got that approved, got that adopted, and took all a lot of that information. We incorporated into our our comprehensive
plan, transportation mobility element. Just like the county, we're also updating our comprehensive plan. Um, so a lot of that information is very helpful. We and we start with the transportation mobility element because it was such a high priority for us.
So here's some of the strategies and some of the highest priorities that we we've talked about. Want to look at traffic safety. Uh identify the areas in the city where we've had traffic safety issues and prioritize those. I'll show some slides on walking uh bike
infrastructure trails what we're doing with public transit. Uh talk a little bit about uh road capacity and transportation land use. So here's safety. Um just one slide where we kind of identified in the right
hand slide there is right across near Zephr Park on State Road 54. Um checking with our police. This is an area where we had some crashes, pedestrian crashes, um some fatalities actually. So we
wanted to prioritize this location and put a signalized crosswalk. So we're going to be placing that as a priority to get a signalized crosswalk there. We we also want to look holistically at our streets and adopt a complete street design standard. So that's some shots of
our downtown and other areas of what a difference complete street design standards can make from a safety standpoint. Here's kind of an interesting area um new topic that we've just developed with our community redevelopment area and it's called a
greenway loop and you see it's kind of in our downtown for city hall is Steuart Middle School kind of right downtown that we wanted to identify and prioritize a loop for pedestrians and bicycle. And on the right there, you see
kind of the typical section with the roads, a sidewalk, and and actually a 12 foot wide trail with lighting and and landscaping that we're looking to implement, construct this upcoming years. And of course, uh reimagining G
Boulevard has been a high priority priority for for us. I think you all know it's been on the books for for years actually decades to make improvements and uh we have a formbbased code that's been adopted downtown. So uh
getting that transportation uh infrastructure in place will really help facilitate that development and redevelopment in the downtown where where you're seeing uh Dog Boulevard right now. It's birectional and our oneway pairs paralleling dog on sixth
and seventh street. On the right side, you see some uh conceptual renderings of how Golivar could be transformed into a complete street and really change the look and aesthetics of that important port south of these zipper hills.
Yeah. And we want to support new types of development redevelopment along God boulevard within our foreign base code. So y'all are familiar with that. I've seen the um different types of um mixed use development that our form based code
now allows. And so we're we're trying to develop a some catalyst sites and working with developers and property owners to help facilitate this type of mixeduse development along the corridor. Again, the transportation we we got to
figure that out and get the final design done for the corridor. That'll help us um big part of it. the trails. You've heard a lot about the trails, so good segue into this. We've identified three high priority trail
projects and one of them is the Fort King Road. We have trail on Simon's Road coming off of Island Boulevard and we want to continue the trail from uh Simons Road down Fort King all the way back to to Island Boulevard. That we
list that as our high priority. Ger Road is another project that we're working on right now with Pastor County that just got resurfaced and also looking to put sidewalk and trail on that between 301 and Island. And then Wire Road is important road north south that
terminates at Can Road 54 where Zo Herrell's High School is. A lot of people walk on that road. There's no sidewalks. Uh so we want to we've got a trail that's been started uh from Breton south to Dory Road. Now we got to get that trail road for
continued down south road 54. So even though these are all county roadway projects, we're taking the lead in this. So we're working with Kimney Horn right now to do the design engineering to get that done. It's it's that high of a priority for us to get these projects done. So, we're going to get uh we're
just doing the scope services right now, Kimley Horn, and then we'll continue with the design engineering and hope to partner with the county to hopefully partner to get these three high priority projects done. Uh we're we're looking at public
transit, too. Our council Lance isn't hearing more, but um you know our our council wanted us to Councilman Smith was a driver on this wanted us to look at our again we've we know still pass the county but we wanted to prioritize
our bus stop locations with the higher ridership and and get shelters put in. So here's an example of private shelter on three locations that we're we're just finishing about 90% on the design engineering of these facilities and we're going to be put these in ourselves
the upcoming fiscal year. And of course you saw the bus transfer station that we're excited about and working with as well. Y'all are aware of the high priority road projects capacity of course was talked about with mobility and transportation element. uh community
meetings. Um you know, you're all aware of the all the industrial and I got some slides coming up on that. Got to get uh Chansy Road four lane. Um and if we get that four lane uh
you know, you get to the intersection of Chansy and Cairo 54, we can get Cairo 54lane out to all the way to 98. Of course, 98's being four lane right now. So, and and then that just helps us get improved mobility for the trucks that
Mr. Kersy was just talking about. 301's of course on there. We've already talked about that, but Island Boulevard is a high priority for Zephr Hills, uh, which goes around Zephr Hills and south of Morris Bridge. You all know what priority Morris Bridge is. So, we can
get that whole corridor for lane. it would be greater for Southeast Pasco County. Um the other uh proactive stands the city has taken uh work with Kinley Horn and we've identified a traffic hotspots,
hot zones map and what we did is we worked with our consultants and identified local transportation priorities. So we wanted to look at it at the local level to see what we could do and identify and prioritize and then
doing design engineering to help uh address these issues. And there are different types of issues. Uh we just finished one on the left side there. That's Geer Road County was very helpful with us in getting that uh major collector road between Iowa Boulevard and and the 301 resurface that just got
done recently. working with the county right now on the design engineering of sidewalk on that same corridor and we about completed the uh the design engineering on a couple of these priorities you see on the right uh Dodu road geer road and pretty pond all those
are capacity improvements turn links so we're trying to a lot of these are county will maintain corridors but we're we're taking the lead and get the design engineering done so maybe a development comes along we can get the developer make that improve permits and or we kind of hope to work with partner with the
county to get some of these priorities completed. Got a roundabout at pretty wire. It's about 90% design done. Three of these lakes are counting on maintained but again it's a lot of development occurring in this area. So we're proposing a roundabout at this
intersection. Cosmic Road. This is not an updated slide. Happy to announce finally at about two years we got the Duke to work with us and the county rightways permit to get Casic Road connected uh from the
from the west to go east that you see on the right part of the slide there to wire road that connects to Otis Allen port area of our large retail commercial node. There's a Duke transmission pole that held it up for a long period of time and
we finally got that worked out. So, this is an important link that helped improve regional traffic in this area. This this came from our our mobility plan where we talked about looking to the future to have a multimote bipex
loop road and this goes around Zipper Hills around Zephr Hills airport industrial corridor along along Chansy Road. We decided to bring it all the way up to Otis Allen Road. That's an important corridor as you all know the county going down Catholic road it goes
all the way to 27 275. So that's an important lake. Uh the LRTP on O sound road also shows that connect connecting to US 98 down the road. So again with all the industrial we have happening to probably look at a defined corridor
where we look at it from designating the area and then future improvements to make sure they're freight friendly. And you can see the south southern boundary is Chansy Road. Uh North Bridge and Island Boulevard are the boundaries of
that proposed loop road that we hope to get land. Very excited about all the industrial development that's happening in Sephor Hills. Um uh on the bottom right hand corner is
Baduko a Brazilian company coming by 600,000 square feet 600 jobs. Now we hear that they might even be expanding so that could even be larger. They're that picture that you see there is phase one about 150,000 square feet. Um the
bottom lefthand corner is is the National Guard Armory that's developing the airport and the the um right hand slide is MECH building products. Uh another great manufacturer
uh job 70 to 80,000 quick success story on that uh on that property as had 39 and Chansy as you can see. uh had had someone look and put 750 units in that. We denied that. Shortly thereafter, my tech came and and gobbled
up that 125 acres. What's important about that one real quick is it has rail access. One of the reasons we were recommending Nile is we want to protect those properties that have rail access. Mitech's going to use rail. All their product coming in is going to be on
rail. Some of their product going out is going to be on rail. diminishes the need for the roads that have a lot of those trips. So that was important. And then uh pivot slumber is the upper leftand corner. There's a lot of happening right there.
Uh working mode we work with dot and the importance of getting these intersections where the freight is to make sure we're looking at those inter sections carefully in a typical session that the trucks can make the turning movements around those key intersections. So that's in our mobility
plan, transportation element. So that that's a summary coming our vision of transportation, mobility in the city. Uh how we're trying to look at capacity, safety, uh roadway projects, trails, the bus, and partnering with the
county and DOT to make those improvements for Zephr Hills. Appreciate your time. Happy to answer any questions if you have any. Thank you. Thank you so much. All right, we can move on to other business.
Have some other business for us. >> Mr. Mariano had to leave. So, he asked me if I would nominate Pastor Jenak to be um on the BPA committee to replace Dennis Kegan. Second
favor I congratulations. Anybody else have any uh other business? >> I just wanted to uh renounce to the board that we are owning we have a trip to Metro to look at their merger structure. As you guys all know, we are
talking about the Tampa Bay regional merger and this trip is specifically to go by elected official out to Orlando to view Metro Plan. Um they are merged MBO. I think they've been since the early 90s and the NBO director Terry Hman has
invited up us um all three there to meet their elected officials, have the conversations and also review how they run their MO. That will be October 27th. will be leaving from downtown Tampa uh
from the call palace but the government building uh was the address off the top of my head but it is downtown Tampa and we're moving in from the Pierce garage so if you are interested if you have not confirmed please confirm as soon as possible um so that way we can have an
account for lunch um it does start at 8 a.m. and we'll be traveling together on the bus all the way to Orlando so you do not have to And so check that out. So everybody knows a calendar on that. I'm >> sorry.
Have a calendar event. >> Yes, we did. >> Check your emails. >> Yeah. >> Anybody have any other business? >> Sure. So I I had a um a resident reach out to me this morning actually. So I
run the Oak River. stuff. Um, but I I I guess there's some issues there with speeding and whatnot. So, I wanted to read this beforehand. I guess he's residents around some issues for a long time. They've been trying to get some help. I told him I read
breakfast for the board. Good morning, sir. Appreciate you answering my phone today and putting up with my early morning grant. My concern is the speeding around Grove area and parks for kids walking school here in cars. Break the speed limit constantly, which is only 20 mph limit. Uh the HOA restricts
us on how to park our vehicles and causes more problems for pedestrians on the sidewalks. Not to mention my walking buddy got struck by a vehicle going the wrong way and had to go through surgery. Do we need to wait for a child to get killed on our streets before we can take any appropriate measures that might save
lives? Thank you very much for taking my call today. Again, I appreciate it. Just a frustrated neighbor that lives at 24649 Laurel Ridge Road. Uh and my house happens to be our one of the most dangerous spots on the street. Uh, every afternoon I cringe while my wife and I watch kids walk home from
school with speed cards right next to have a blessed day and praying board can do something. So I don't anything that works in during set >> what room was that again? >> Uh, his address is 24649 Range Drive. um the additions that it
was uh around the Oakrove area. So you got on it might be an enforcement issue out there or maybe some change but I want to read. >> All right. Our next meeting is going to be on Thursday, October 9th at 10:00
a.m. Uh, North Pas. >> Oh, thank you. >> Thank you. The thought.