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CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ASK FOR A ROLL CALL, PLEASE.

UH. GOOD EVENING.

THOMAS. COME VISIT REBECCA AND MARIE PRESENT.

PAUL. EDWARDS.

DAVID JONES, YOU'RE.

HARRY MILLER. COME ON.

NO PRESENT. PAUL EDWARDS IS WALKING IN.

THANK YOU. NEED A MOTION FOR A PREVIOUS MINUTES FROM OUR APRIL MEETING?

[ADOPTION OF MINUTES ]

TO PROVE THE MINUTES OF THE APRIL 25TH, 2022 MEETING.

LIKE. ANY DISCUSSIONS AS THEY ARE MINE.

SECOND. AND HEARD.

CALL FOR THE VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR I OPPOSED.

PUBLIC COMMENTS.

MR. BATTEN, YOU'VE GRACED US WITH YOUR PRESENCE.

YOU HAVE NOTHING. WHAT IS IT? THERE'S NO MIC. OKAY.

MOVE ON, CHAIR.

COULD YOU NOTE THE MISSION TO JUST ALL STEPPED IN? YES. MEAN JUST 701.

[BUSINESS ]

I'LL PASS THE FLOOR TO YOU, FRANK, FOR.

ZERO. FLIP SCREEN.

WELL, YES.

BEFORE WE GET STARTED, ACTUALLY, AND I APOLOGIZE, I DID HAVE A QUESTION.

IT JUST CAME TO ME. DID WE WERE YOU ABLE TO SET UP THE MEETING WITH SCOTT AND THE COUNCIL CHAIRMAN? I PASS IT ON TO THE CITY MANAGER AND SHE'S AWARE OF IT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

I'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN FILIBERTO ABOUT THE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, CHAIR. AGAIN, FRANK WATANABE, THE CITY ENGINEER.

TONIGHT I HAVE A PRESENTATION.

I CALL IT CRASHES AND THE VISION ZERO UPDATE.

JUST TO GIVE YOU A HEADS UP, THE VISION ZERO, THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AFTER THREE TRIES THE THE ORDINANCE FOR THE CITY TO NOW HAVE A VISION ZERO.

SO WE'RE ONE OF THE CITIES I THINK WE'RE SEVEN OUT OF THE SO MANY CITIES IN BREVARD COUNTY.

SO WE'RE GETTING UP THERE ON THE MAP HERE JUST JUST BRIEFLY SHOWN IS ON THE THE OVERALL MAP SHOWS THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS.

THIS IS FROM THE TPO LAST YEAR.

SO IT'S SHOWN IN RED AND HIGHLIGHTED ALL THE STREETS THAT HAS MOST OF THE ACCIDENTS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS.

SO ON AN ANNUAL WISE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT 95 PALM BAY ROAD BABCOCK ON THE BIG RED YOU CAN SEE NOT MUCH IN PALM BAY I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT STREETWISE NUMBER IN TERMS OF BASED ON ALL BASED ON THE NUMBER OF TRAFFIC YOU HAVE ON THOSE ROADS.

SO PALM BAY, BABCOCK, I-90, IF I HAVE LARGER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, YOU HAVE THE ACCIDENTS.

AND THEN JUST A SIDENOTE, THIS PHOTOGRAPH I TOOK IS BECAUSE I TOOK IT OUT OF THE OUT OF THE WEBSITE.

BUT THIS PHOTO HAPPENED LAST MEETING WHEN WE LEFT HERE, WHEN I LEFT, SAW THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED, I PULLED OVER AND TALKED TO ONE OF THE OFFICERS.

THEY DIDN'T NEED MY ASSISTANCE, BUT I REMEMBER SEEING THIS.

SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I BROUGHT THIS INTO THE INTO OUR PRESENTATION BECAUSE IT WAS KIND OF RELEVANT SINCE IT HAPPENED AT THE SAME NIGHT WE HAD THAT LAST MEETING, THAT ACCIDENT OCCURRED RIGHT HERE ON MALABAR ROAD, RIGHT BY THE WALMART.

SO I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT'S THE VISION ZERO? VISION ZERO IS BASICALLY ZERO.

LIFE IS WHAT'S ACCEPTABLE.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IS ON ON A DAILY BASIS FOR FLORIDA.

ON A DAILY BASIS, YOU HAVE EIGHT FATALITIES AND 59 SERIOUS INJURIES.

THAT'S SHOCKING ON A DAILY BASIS, FLORIDA.

SO, I MEAN, THAT'S AGAIN, WAY TOO MANY THAT WE HAVE ON OUR FLORIDA ROADS NATIONWIDE.

WE'RE STILL LEADING, I THINK US IN SEVERAL LARGER STATES OF THE TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA ARE THE LATE ARE THE LEADING STATES AGAIN BASED ON TRAFFIC.

BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY WE STARTED THE VISION ZERO.

AND THAT'S WHAT THIS WHOLE INTENT IS TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.

MOVING ON, SOME OF THE SAFETY FACTORS IN BROWARD COUNTY JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN AS A MAY.

FATALITIES ARE DOWN BY 17%.

BUT OVERALL, IF YOU LOOK AT STATISTICAL CRASHES AT THE VERY BOTTOM STATE VERSUS LOCAL, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE STILL HIGHER UP IN THE LOCAL ACCIDENTS, CRASHES 59%, OVER 41%. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THIS MAP THAT'S KIND OF HIGHLIGHTED LIKE A THERMAL MAP, YOU SEE IMAGING, YOU CAN SEE THE BIG RED DOT RIGHT IN THE BOTTOM.

THAT'S PALM BAY, YOU KNOW, SO THAT'S NOT REALLY GOOD FROM A OVERALL STANDPOINT.

AND I'LL GO OVER AS WE GET INTO THE SHEETS LATER ON, HOW WE LOOK AT ACCIDENTS.

I DO HAVE ACCESS TO WHAT THEY CALL THIS.

THIS THE FLORIDA STATE CRASH DATABASE IS WHAT THEY CALL SIGNAL FOR ANALYSIS.

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I HAVE ACCESS. I CANNOT SHARE THAT DOCUMENT BECAUSE THAT DOCUMENT HAS THE ACTUAL ACCIDENT REPORTS.

SO THERE'S NAMES AND INFORMATION THAT I CAN'T SHARE BECAUSE THAT'S ALL PRIVATE.

I WILL SHOW YOU ANOTHER DASHBOARD THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE ACCESS TO, WHICH IS OFF THIS TIPOS CRASH DATABASE, AND I'LL GO OVER THAT LATER ON.

BUT THIS AGAIN, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I DO LOOK AT THIS PRETTY MUCH LIKE EVERY OTHER WEEK, AND I COMPARE IT TO WHAT STREETS WE HAVE AND WHAT AREAS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT JUST JUMPS OUT AT US.

SO I DO THAT ON A ROUTINE BASIS.

SO DOES OUR TRAFFIC OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT.

HE ALSO LOOKS AT THE OVERALL ACCIDENT DATABASE.

HIGHLIGHT AGAIN, STRATEGIC PLAN BASED ON THIS IS THESE ARE ACTUALLY FOUR SLIDES THAT I BORROWED.

I WENT TO THE VISION ZERO, VISION ZERO LEADERSHIP STAKEHOLDER MEETING, WHICH I AM NOW REPRESENTATIVE BECAUSE WE NOW HAVE A VISION ZERO AUDIENCE.

SO THESE ARE SLIDES THAT I GOT FROM THE FACT THEY CALL THEM, THEY CALL THEM INSTEAD OF A VISION ZERO, THEY CALL THEMSELVES TARGET ZERO.

SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT COLLABORATION, INFRASTRUCTURE AND EDUCATION.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE SAME THINGS YOU SEE, LIKE IN ALL TYPES OF TRAFFIC JOINT VENTURES WHERE YOU WANT TO DO SOME ENGINEERING, SOME ENFORCEMENT, SOME OUTREACH.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE SAME THING HERE.

SO I STOLE THIS FROM THE THE PRESENTATION SAME WITH THIS ONE ON THE SAFETY SYSTEM APPROACHES I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT WITH IS PRINCIPLES VERSES DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURIES. INJURIES IS UNACCEPTABLE.

HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES.

HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE.

RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED, SAFETY IS PROACTIVE AND REDUNDANCY IS CRUCIAL.

AND THOSE KEY ELEMENTS ARE SOMETHING THAT I WILL BRING IT TO YOU LATER ON ON A GRANT PROGRAM CALLED SAFE ROADS.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST CAME OUT LAST FRIDAY.

IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST FEDERAL FUNDING SOURCES THAT BROKE OUT OF THE NEW HIGHWAY GRANT.

ROAD GRANT. SO THESE PRINCIPLES IS WHAT THEY'RE DRIVING FOR, THE STATE FEDERAL GRANT.

THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY CAME OUT.

THIS IS THE TOP. SAFE SYSTEMS. AND OF COURSE, THE ELEMENTS REGARDING YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE SAFE, SAFE ROADS FOR THE USERS, VEHICLE SPEED ROADS AND OVERALL POST CARE.

SO THIS IS THIS AGAIN, AN F TOP SLIDE, IF NOT IN A WAY OF CHANGING AND HOPING TO IMPROVE SAFETY AS TO THEIR TARGETING, THE SPEEDS OF VEHICLES AND TARGETING WHAT THEY COULD DO ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THAT BASICALLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO IS SETTING THE SPEED LIMITS.

AND SO HISTORICALLY, HOW YOU SET THE SPEED LIMIT IS BASED ON, NUMBER ONE, THE DESIGN SPEED.

AND YOU DESIGN A ROADWAY.

ENGINEERS MAKE IT DESIGNED FOR THAT ROADWAY, TYPICALLY SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN WHEN THE ACTUAL PEOPLE DRIVE TO MAKE IT SAFER.

AND THEN THERE IS A POST THE SPEED, WHICH IS WHAT FLORIDA STATUTE STATES.

FLORIDA STATUTE STATES UNDER UNDER.

I THINK IT IS 130 SOMETHING.

YOU KNOW, ALL LOCAL STREETS ARE ARE PRIMA FASCIA, 30 MILES PER HOUR.

ALL COUNTY ROADS, I'M SAYING ARE HAD THE SAME STATUE AND THEN ONLY IF YOU GO TO A HIGHER LEVEL OF OF A STATE FACILITY ARE THE 60 PLUS FROM A LOCAL STANDPOINT ALL LOCAL ROADS YOU DON'T HAVE TO POST THEM.

IT'S 35, 30 MILES PER HOUR FACE VALUE ONLY WITH AN ENGINEERING STUDY CAN YOU THEN CHANGE THAT TO EITHER 25 OR 45 OR ANYTHING HIGHER.

THAT'S POST SPEED.

THAT'S THE STATE STATUTE.

SO WAY YOU COULD ENFORCE IT.

EFFORT NOW IS LOOKING AT WHAT THEY CALL TARGETS.

SPEED. TARGET SPEED IS IN A SENSE, YOU READ ALL THIS.

BASICALLY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE OPERATIONAL SPEED.

WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE SAFE AND REASONABLE SPEED? THAT'S WHERE IN IN FLORIDA STATUTE STATES THAT.

FLORIDA STATUTE STATES WHEN YOU GO THROUGH THE SPEED SURVEY IS WHAT IS SAFE.

THEY CALL SAFE AND PRUDENT AND OTHER STATES, THEY CALL IT SAFE AND REASONABLE.

BUT WHAT THAT MEANS IS BASICALLY WHAT IS THE OPERATIONAL SPEED? WHAT IS THE BEST HIGHEST OPERATIONAL SPEED AT THE POST IS SPEED, NOT THE DESIRED SPEED, NOT THE OTHER SPEED, WHICH I'LL TALK ABOUT LATER ON WHEN YOU DO SPEED SURVEY, BUT WHAT IS THE OPERATIONAL SPEED FOR THAT ROADWAY? THAT'S WHAT FOLKS ARE DOING IN THIS OVERALL PROCESS OF SETTING SPEED LIMITS APPROACH OR SETTING SPEED LIMITS PREVIOUS WAY, BASICALLY IN THE PAST, WHAT YOU DID WAS YOU DO THE SPEED SURVEY AND IT'S WHAT THEY CALL THE 85TH PERCENTILE.

YOU KEEP HEARING THIS WHEN YOU DO SPEED SURVEYS AND THIS IS NATIONAL.

THIS HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE AS LONG AS I'VE DONE SPEED SURVEYS IN CALIFORNIA.

I USED TO TEACH SPEED RADAR SURVEYS TO YOUR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

WHAT IT IS YOU HAVE TO GO OUT THERE WITH THE RADAR GUN.

YOU HIT 100 CARS AND IT HAS TO BE A HANDHELD RADAR GUN.

CANNOT BE A MACHINE RATE MACHINE BECAUSE THE MACHINE CAN'T DETERMINE IF CARS ARE FALLING BEHIND EACH OTHER.

IF IT'S A SLOW CAR, IF IT'S A FAST CAR, YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE AVERAGE SPEED ON A GENERAL BASIS.

SO ONLY WITH THE HANDHELD GUN THAT YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION AND PICKING UP CARS, YOU GET THE AVERAGE A CORRIDOR MACHINE COUNT OR CAN'T DO THAT.

SO THEN YOU DETERMINE WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE IS, WHICH IS BASICALLY HERE'S THE STATISTICS, WHERE THERE'S A BELL SHAPED CURVE WHERE THE 85TH PERCENTILE IS, THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD BE SAFE AND REASONABLE.

THAT'S WHERE THE AVERAGE IS, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SHOULD POST THE SPEED THAT HAS BEEN AROUND EVERY STATE.

I KNOW ON TERMS OF SYDNEY SPEED LAWS.

HER APPROACH NOW IS WHAT THEY CALL THIS TARGET SPEED APPROACH.

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AND ON THIS TARGET SPEED APPROACH, BOTTOM LINE THEY'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS THE BASIC STATE IN HERE, BUT THEY'RE LOOKING AT IS THE 50 PERCENTILE.

SO IT'S A DREAM FROM THE 85TH TO THE 50 PERCENTILE.

I THINK IT'S HUGE.

I'M NOT SURE IF YOU GET THAT PASS.

A LOT OF STATE STATUTES, BECAUSE STATE STATUTE SAYS YOU HAVE TO FOLLOW THE STANDARD ENGINEERING PRACTICE, WHICH IS THE 85TH PERCENTILE.

THAT'S IN ALL STATES.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE. MAYBE FLORIDA IS THE FIRST.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S US WORKING ON.

I JUST WANT TO TARGET THE TARGET SPEED AGAIN.

THIS CAME FROM THE FORD OFFICE.

AGAIN, THE BOTTOM LINE AND ALL THIS ARE TALKING ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, FROM AN ENGINEER STANDPOINT, FROM SAFETY, EQUITY, QUALITY OF LIFE, ECONOMICS, TO DROP THAT POST TO SPEED.

AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THAT ON SOME OF THEIR PROJECTS RIGHT NOW.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU THIS IN THE NEXT SLIDE.

BUT IN ADDITION TO TARGET SPEEDS, THEY'RE ALSO USING SPEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND THESE KIND OF SPEED MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE IN TRAFFIC CALMING, WHICH YOU'VE SEEN BEFORE IN SMART STREETS AND I'M SAYING AND WALKABLE COMMUNITY.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ADDING FEATURES ON THE ROADWAY TO HELP, YOU KNOW, IN SOME WAYS RESTRICT THE ROADWAYS, TIGHTEN THE ROADWAYS, CONFORM THE ROADWAY.

SO IT'S NOT AN OPEN TUNNEL.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT ROUNDABOUTS, YOU KNOW, STREETS, PARKING, CHICANES, CHICANES IS JUST YOU KNOW, YOU JUST LIKE A LITTLE CHOKER.

SOMETIMES YOU JUST PUT PLASTIC LINEAR METERS, NARROWING THE ROADWAY DOWN, DOING HORIZONTAL DEFLECTIONS, STREET TREES AND LANDSCAPING IS VERY GOOD.

SHORT BLOCKS, IT'S A LONG BLOCKS.

MID-BLOCK CROSSINGS, CROSSINGS.

THEN SPEED TABLES. SPEED TABLES ARE BASICALLY SPEED HUMPS OF THE WHOLE INTERSECTION.

YOU JUST RAISE THE INTERSECTION UP.

THERE'S LIKE ONE BIG THREE HUMP, BUT THEY CALL THEM SPEED TABLES.

THESE ARE ALL STANDARD PRACTICES USED FOR TRAFFIC CLIMBING.

THESE ARE ALL STANDARD PRACTICE AND USE FOR.

FROM A TRAFFIC ENGINEER STANDPOINT OF THESE ARE NOT IN THE MUTED.

SO AGAIN, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ARE NOT IN THE UTC.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO BACK UP ALL OF THESE AND SO WHEN YOU INSTALL THEM, YOU'RE BASICALLY DOING A DEMO PROJECT.

EVEN SPEED HUMPS TODAY, A LOT OF STATE AGENCIES HAVE THEM.

THEY'RE NOT IN THE OECD.

SO THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO HAVE AN ENGINEER SIGN OFF ON IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT CONSIDERED STANDARD.

WE HAVE CONTROL DEVICE BASED ON THE FEDERAL REQUIREMENT, WHICH IS THE WHAT FOLLOWS.

THESE ARE ALL, AGAIN, NEW TECHNIQUES.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 20 YEARS.

THAT'S HOW IT TAKES FOREVER ENGINEERS TO FINALLY ACCEPT IT.

AGAIN, THESE ARE SOME TECHNIQUES.

AGAIN FOR SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIANS.

ANOTHER TECHNIQUE THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR US, LOOKING AT AND I'VE JESUS IN CALIFORNIA, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A LI PEDESTRIAN INTERVAL.

TYPICALLY WHEN A PEDESTRIAN HITS THE PUSH BUTTON, YOU KNOW, THE WALK SYMBOL COMES UP AND THEN THE WALK SYMBOL COMES BACK UP AND THE PEDESTRIAN GETS TO WALK SIGNAL.

YOU HOPE THAT IT'S ALMOST LIKE THE PEDESTRIAN GETS HIS OWN PET TIME.

HOLD IT FOR A FEW SECONDS JUST TO GET THEM GOING BEFORE THE CLOCK STARTS TO CLICKING.

THAT'LL GIVE HIM JUST A FEW MORE SECONDS THERE, SAYING THAT A FEW MORE SECONDS WILL HELP SAVE THAT PERSON'S LIFE.

IF SOMETHING SOME SITUATIONS WHERE SOMEONE JUMPS THE RED LIGHT, SOMETHING JUMPS TO GREEN LIGHT.

THAT'S ONE THING THEY'RE LOOKING AT.

I COMING FROM CALIFORNIA, THEY DO THAT QUITE OFTEN.

HOLD BACK A FEW SECONDS FOR THE PEDESTRIANS, GIVING THEM THAT FEW MORE FEW SECONDS TO GET STARTED BEFORE THE WHOLE SYNC OF THE CYCLE STARTS UP AGAIN.

AND THAT FOR ALL APPROACHES OR THE SAFEST, SAFEST WAY TO DO AN INTERSECTION IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF PEDESTRIANS, IS GIVE IT A HEAD FACE.

EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN AND THEN ONLY THE HEADS CROSS.

YOU'VE SEEN THOSE IN VERY LARGE URBANIZED INTERSECTIONS WHERE YOU COULD ACTUALLY DIAGONALLY CROSS SAY.

YEAH. NASHVILLE'S THAT WAY.

A GOOD CITY. PASADENA, COLORADO STREET IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA.

ALMOST EVERY STREET WHERE YOU HAD THE BIG PARADE, THEY HAD THOSE DIAGONALS, HEADS.

SAFEST WAY TO GO BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH HUGE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, YOU GIVE THEM A PIT FACE AND THEN THEY CROSS ANY WAY THEY CAN.

SO IT CLEARS OUT A LOT MORE PEOPLE AT ONCE THEN.

THEN THE CYCLE GOES FOR THE VEHICLE AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING AT.

THIS IS THE I WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT.

WE'RE GOING TO TARGET SPEEDS AND REVIEWS BY F.

THIS IS KIND OF A BREAKDOWN FROM ALL THE PROJECTS THEY'VE DONE, MOST RECENTLY ABOUT 80 PROJECTS.

YOU CAN SEE THAT ON THIS TABLE CHART, YOU KNOW, MAJORITY OF THEM.

31 OF THE PROJECTS THEY HAD, THEY'RE LOOKING AT A FIVE MILE PER HOUR REDUCTION ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LIKE TWO PROJECTS, LOOKING AT 50 MILE IN PRODUCTION. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT JUMPING THE GUN TO MAKE IT A HUGE THING, 45 MILE AN HOUR DOWN TO 30.

SO THEY'RE ONLY LOOKING AT FIVE MILE AN HOUR DECREASE.

THAT FIVE MILE ANALYST COULD HELP A LOT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT. YOU CAN SEE THE TABLE HERE.

SO THE JURY IS BETWEEN THE FIVE AND TEN MILES PER HOUR, WHICH IS THE 31 AND 24%.

BUT AGAIN, THESE ARE FOUR PROJECTS.

SO THESE ARE ON MAJOR ROADS.

YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH THEY'RE ON STATE ROUTES.

SO YOU'RE COVERING 20,000 PLUS VEHICLES ON A ROADWAY WHERE WE HAVE OUR ROADWAYS TO THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR HIGHEST VOLUME ROADWAYS, MALABAR.

I CAN'T COUNT PALM BAY ROAD AND I CAN'T COUNT BABCOCK.

THOSE ARE ON STATE FACILITIES AND THEY'RE MAINTAINED BY OTHER AGENCIES, BUT THE HIGHEST ONE WE MAINTAIN.

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AND THEN PEOPLE ALWAYS SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE BAYSIDE LAKES, NOT EVEN CLOSE, YOU GUYS NOT EVEN CLOSE.

SO I'M JUST. EVEN EMERSON.

NOT EVEN CLOSE TO CAPACITY.

WE'RE NOT EVEN AT THE HALFWAY MARK.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE CERTAIN STREETS THAT ARE GETTING EVEN CLOSER.

GOOD EXAMPLE. KOGAN.

KOGAN. JUMP REASON WHY PARKWAY.

THERE'S MORE PEOPLE HEADING SOUTH TO JUMP ON THE PARKWAY AND HEAD NORTH.

AND SO KOGAN NOW AND THAT LAST SECTION BETWEEN SANFILIPPO AND BABCOCK, IT'S GETTING THERE.

IT'S ALMOST ANY SINGLE LANE.

IT'S ONLY A SINGLE LANE. THERE'S NO TURN LANES AND PEOPLE HAVE FIGURED IT OUT.

THEY DON'T WANT TO COME UP TO MALABAR.

SO THEY'RE ALL HEADING NORTH, HEADING SOUTH, GET ON THE PARKWAY TO HEAD NORTH.

AND PEOPLE ARE GETTING SMARTER ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT'S A LOT FASTER AND A LOT QUICKER.

WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE TARGET SPEED.

NOW, THIS IS WHAT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AGAIN.

NOW WE'LL GET TO HOME BASE WHERE I ASKED IT.

HOW CAN I LOOK AT THESE ACCENTS IF YOU GO ON THE TPO VISION ZERO DASHBOARD? SO IN OTHER WORDS, YOU'RE GOING TO BOARD COUNTY TPO.

AND THEN ON THE VERY FAR CORNER, THOSE THESE PULLED OUT.

YOU'LL SEE WHEN THIS IS IN ZERO DASHBOARD, YOU HIT THAT AND THIS SCREEN WILL POP UP.

IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY.

THE MAP. ZOOM IN AND ZOOM OUT.

FATALITIES, INJURIES CHANGE.

YOU CAN ZOOM THE MAP ALL THE WAY DOWN TO A SINGLE ROAD AND THEY'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S ON THAT ROAD.

AND THESE ARE. DATA COMING RIGHT OFF THE.

STATE WHAT THEY CALL THE SIGNAL FOR ACCENT DATABASE.

THEY HAVE A COMPANY ON THAT DATA, SO YOU DON'T GET TO SEE THE ACTUAL DATA, BUT THEY PULL THE DATA OUT AND THEY CREATE THIS DASHBOARD SO ANYBODY COULD OPEN THIS UP.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ANY RESIDENT COULD OPEN UP.

LOOK AT THIS MAP. I JUST KIND OF ZOOM THE ENTIRE PALM BAY AREA.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM.

2014 TO 2021, 159 FATALITIES, 1600 INJURIES.

IT JUMPS A LOT. BUT YOU'RE LOOKING AT.

2014 TO 2021.

STANDARD PRACTICES FOR ENGINEERING FIVE YEARS.

ACTUALLY MORE AND MORE NOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT THREE TRACKS.

TYPICAL RANGE IS A FIVE YEAR ACCENT.

MAKE A JUDGMENT CALL.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP STAYING WITH THE LAST 20 YEARS.

YOU GOT TO BREAK IT DOWN AS SOMETHING IS DOABLE.

TYPICALLY FOR AN ENGINEERING STUDY, FIVE YEAR PERIOD, THIS IS A BIGGER PERIOD.

BUT YOU CAN CHANGE THESE DATAS TO AS YOU GO INTO THESE PROGRAMS. I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS.

I USE THAT SAME DATA AND I BACKED IT UP WITH THE STATEWIDE SIGNAL FOUR.

AND I LOOKED AT OUR STREETS BECAUSE I'M HEARING LIKE, YOU KNOW, I LOOKED AT OUR STREETS.

SO EL DORADO, FROM MALABAR TO BAYSIDE, FOUR FATALITIES, 35 INJURIES.

THESE ARE SERIOUS INJURIES.

EMERSON BETWEEN MALABAR AND BAYSIDE ZERO 29, AND THIS IS DURING THAT 14 TO 21 EMERSON FROM MITTON ROAD, SAINT JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY, THREE FATALITIES.

IS THAT ONE RIGHT THERE BY GLEN COVE AND THEN 46 INJURIES.

THAT'S A HIGHER VOLUME ROAD.

MALABAR ROAD FROM I-95, ST JOHN HERITAGE PARKWAY, ACROSS COURSE ONE OF THE MAJOR CORRIDORS, SEVEN FATALITIES, 147 INJURIES.

MAKES SENSE TO ME.

VOLUME ROADWAY IS THE ONLY ROADWAY HAS OVER 20,000 TRIPS.

BAYSIDE LAKES IS ONE BAYSIDE LAKES FROM WALLED IN DEGROOTE.

THIS IS THIS IS OFTEN THEIR DATABASE.

THREE FATALITIES ON INJURIES.

I KEEP HEARING THIS. FIVE THREE FATALITIES.

29 INJURIES FROM 2014 TO 2021.

ME THAT'S NOT BAD.

GUPTA BOULEVARD FROM MALABAR SANFILIPPO ZERO 55 DEGREE FROM JUPITER, SAN FELIPE 226.

HONESTLY, THESE BEYOND MALABAR ROAD, IT JUMPS OUT.

THESE ARE ARBITRARY BELOW STATE AVERAGE.

AGAIN, I COME FROM AN AREA WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN AN URBANIZED AREA, YOU KNOW, A MAJOR ROW ON A YEARLY BASIS HAS FIVE OR MORE, FIVE OR MORE.

BUT ANYTHING IS LESS THAN FIVE.

YOU'RE UNDER THE YOU'RE UNDER THE AVERAGE, THE ONLY ONE EXCEPT THIS MALLEABLE, WHICH I WOULD ASSUME MALABAR WOULD BE HIGHER.

QUESTION. EXCUSE ME, ON THE MALABAR ROAD.

I'M 95 TO ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.

THIS DOESN'T INCLUDE IDENTIFY.

I TOOK IT OUT, RIGHT? NO, NO, I'M JUST.

MY THOUGHT IS, IS THAT IN THE TIME FRAME THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE FROM, THAT TRAFFIC HAS SIGNIFICANTLY SPIKED OVER THAT TIME DUE TO THE PARKWAY FURTHER OPENING UP WITH THE INTERCHANGE IN WEST MELBOURNE AND DIFFERENT SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER THINGS.

SO THAT'S NOT REALLY A FIVE YEAR, FIVE YEAR AVERAGE.

IT'S A FIVE YEAR.

CORRECT. THAT'S WHY WHAT HAPPENED YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING AT THE LAST FIVE YEARS BECAUSE YOU'LL SEE A LARGER NUMBER.

THE ISSUE IS THAT, AGAIN, THESE ARE PURE STATISTICAL NUMBERS.

WHEREVER THE VOLUME INCREASES, YOUR ACCENT'S GOING TO INCREASE.

AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY LIFE IS.

AND I'M SAYING BECAUSE UNLESS WE START CHANGING HABITS, THAT'S WHAT THE VISION ZERO IS TO START PEOPLE'S CHANGING HABITS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS

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ABOUT HOW YOU DRIVE AND BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

IF YOU'RE DRIVING TOO FAST, DO WHAT YOU SHOULD BE DOING WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.

INJURIES, INCIDENTS COULD OCCUR, BUT IT'S BASED ON VOLUME OF ROADWAYS.

I'M ALWAYS DRIVING DEFENSE BECAUSE I'M ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME.

I'M ALWAYS DRIVING DEFENSIVELY.

I'M ALWAYS LOOKING AT MY REARVIEW MIRROR, YOU KNOW? AND I'VE SEEN CARS ALMOST HIT ME AND I TURN ALL MY LIFE, EVEN MY FLASHING LIGHTS, THEY STILL ALMOST HIT ME BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T PAY ATTENTION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S BASED ON THE NUMBER OF INCIDENTS, THE NUMBER OF VOLUME OF TRAFFIC PER TIME PERIOD.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, THESE STREETS HAVE GOTTEN MORE CROWDED IN THE LAST 2 TO 3 YEARS THAN THERE WERE BACK IN 2014.

SO YOU'RE CORRECT, HUNDRED PERCENT.

I'M JUST GIVING THE FACTS BASED ON THE DATA THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME SO MEAN.

THE ISSUE WAS THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT DO WE LOOK AT THESE ROADWAYS, AS YOU CAN SEE? YES, I DO. AND OUR ROADWAYS, YOU KNOW, ARE NOT SO GREAT.

THEY'RE WE'RE IN A TERRIBLE CONDITION.

NO, WE'RE NOT. I SAID FROM A STATISTICAL STANDPOINT, WE ARE UNDER THE FIVE WE ARE UNDER THE FIVE EXCEPT FOR MALABAR ROAD.

YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, IF I WANT TO PULL UP BABCOCK PALM BAY ROAD, I 95.

YEAH, I'M GOING TO GET TONS OF ACCIDENTS.

BUT THOSE ARE NOT OURS TO MAINTAIN.

THEY'RE NOT ANOTHER AGENCY'S RESPONSIBILITY, NOT OURS.

THE ONES, THE ONLY ONE. I HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY AS A CITY ENGINEER, AS YOUR CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER IS SEVEN MALABAR ROAD.

AND WE'RE WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THAT.

WE GOT A PD STUDY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT SIGNAL ISING INTERSECTIONS.

I'VE GOT A GRANT TO INSTALL ITS COMPONENT DOWN MALABAR ROAD.

WE JUST GOT THE GRANT.

I GOT THE CONSULTANTS WORKING ON IT.

WE'RE GOING TO RETYPE THIS MALABAR ROAD.

NONE OF THE SIGNALS ARE SYNCHED IN ANY WAY.

THEY'RE NOT TIED TOGETHER.

THEY'RE NOT, WHICH IS SHOCKING FOR ME.

I COME FROM WHERE EVERY YOU KNOW, EVERY CAMERA, THEY HAVE NEW TECHNOLOGIES, HIGH TECH, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE THE TIMINGS ARE USING HIGH TECH VEHICLE DETECTIONS AND CAMERAS.

WE'RE SO FAR BACKWARDS, WE'RE ON A FIXED CLOCK.

THAT'S ALL THEY ARE.

AND SO JUST TO GET THEM IN SYNC AND HAVE THEM COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER.

SO THAT WAY YOU COULD DRIVE DOWN THE STREET AND GET ALL THE GREEN LIGHTS THAT'S THERE FOR US TO BE A HUGE, HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

IT HAPPENED TO ME THE OTHER DAY ON PALM BAY ROAD.

I WAS AMAZED. I KNOW.

BUT AGAIN. AGAIN.

HE PASSED PEOPLE HERE.

THERE'S SAY, YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T THE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEN THE KNOWLEDGE AND THEN THE WILLPOWER TO MOVE FORWARD.

THEY HAD OTHER THINGS TO DO. YOU HAD MANY OTHER OBJECTIVES FOR ME.

CAN'T KEEP WIDENING ROADWAYS.

RIGHT THERE. BUT THAT ROAD AT WALMART, THE ONLY THING I COULD DO IS ADD THE ONE EXTRA EASTBOUND LANE THAT'S MISSING.

RIGHT NOW, IT'S THREE TWO.

I'M GOING TO HAVE THREE, THREE.

BUT BEYOND THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE SINGLE TIME AND COORDINATION.

IT'S GOING TO BE ENHANCING THAT CORRIDOR, MAKING IT SAFER, MAKING IT MORE TRANSIT FRIENDLY, PULLING UP BUS, PULL UP BAYS, MAKING IT SO PEDESTRIANS HAVE BETTER WAYS TO CROSS. SO THAT WAY PEOPLE WOULD DECIDE TO WALK INSTEAD OF DRIVING THE CAR TWO BLOCKS.

SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS WE WANT TO START DOING, MAKING THAT A BETTER CORRIDOR AND A SAFER CORRIDOR.

BUT FIRST THING I GOT TO DO IS TO GET THOSE SIGNALS TIME AND COORDINATE.

IT FINALLY GOT TO THE STATE AND THE TPO TWO FUND.

WE'VE GOT A $600,000 GRANT TO DESIGN RIGHT NOW.

NEXT YEAR. I HOPE YOU GET THE IMPLEMENTATION MONEY AND WE'LL BE ROCKING AND ROLLING.

LITTLE BY LITTLE. YEAH.

THE QUESTION. YEAH.

I'LL WAIT FOR IT. JUST HIGHLIGHT THE CRASHES IN BEAVER COUNTY.

WE DID LOOK AT PALM BAY FOR THE CITY MANAGER.

SHE WANTED ME TO SEE THIS IN PALM BAY, WHICH I DO.

NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT BEAVER COUNTY.

NOT SO GREAT. THIS LAST YEAR, SERIOUS INJURIES UP 3.5.

FATALITIES UP 1.6%.

THAT'S NOT GOOD, YOU GUYS. SAY IT AGAIN.

THIS IS COBBETT TIME, TOO.

LAST YEAR COVERED LESS PEOPLE ON THE ROADS AND WE WENT UP 4% IN SERIOUS INJURIES, UP 2% IN FATALITIES.

THIS IS FLORIDA, BREVARD COUNTY.

AND ALSO WE NEED TO WE NEED TO GET A BETTER CONTROL OF THIS.

AND THAT'S I'M GLAD WE DID THE VISION ZERO.

JUST TO HIGHLIGHT. NOW, THIS IS BRAND NEW.

THIS CAME OUT FRIDAY, LAST FRIDAY, BRAND NEW SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL.

THIS IS WHAT THE CALL IS FOR SAFE STREETS.

FOR AMERICA. FOR AMERICA, AS THE PHRASE FOR GRANT PROGRAM JUST GOT RELEASED.

AND THERE'S GOING TO HAVE SEVERAL WEBINARS AND INFORMATION SEMINARS.

ALL CITIES, LOCAL AGENCIES IN COUNTIES, TRIBAL AREAS COULD APPLY FOR IT.

THEY HAVE OVER $1,000,000,000 IS AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT FOR EACH YEAR, $5 BILLION SET ASIDE FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

THE GRANT OPPORTUNITY JUST OPENED UP AND THE CLOSING DATE IS FEBRUARY 15.

THEY'RE LOOKING AT EVERYTHING FROM WALKABILITY TO SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS TO EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN FOR SAFETY.

SO ALL THE CITIES GET THIS AND THIS IS THIS IS RIGHT OUT OF THE FEDERAL MONEY, FIRST CHUNK OF MONEY.

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THE FEDS COMES OFF THE SAFE STREETS FOR AMERICA.

WITH THAT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION.

THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE 95.

SO WE HAVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THE ORDINANCE ITSELF IS ALREADY ON THE BOOKS.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE AUDIENCE. I GET THE TEASER.

YEAH. OKAY, THAT'D BE GREAT ACTUALLY.

I'LL COPY THE AUDIENCE ITSELF.

OKAY, THAT'S GREAT.

THE NEXT QUESTION I HAD WAS.

IF THE OT IS THE ONLY ENTITY THAT CAN CHANGE SPEED LIMITS.

NO. ANY JURISDICTIONAL CAN DO AN ENGINEERING STUDY AND CHANGE IT BASED ON AN ENGINEERING STUDY.

IF THAT'S DOING MORE DRASTIC BY USING THIS TARGET SPEED ZONE SETTING.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO GET AROUND THE 85TH PERCENTILE.

IT WOULD SET PRECEDENCE IF THEY COULD DO THAT AND GET THAT PAST STATE LAW AGAIN.

STATE STATUTE READ STATE STATUTE.

IN MOST STATES, THEIR STATUTES ARE PRETTY SIMILAR.

IT'S THE 85TH PERCENTILE WITH AN ENGINEERING STUDY TO CHANGE THAT TO THE 50 PERCENTILE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A HARD CHALLENGE.

IT'S I'M GLAD THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD CHALLENGE BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN SET IN STONE IN A STATISTICAL.

BUT EVERY CITY COULD DO A SPEED SURVEY.

AND AS LONG AS THE SPEED SURVEY.

YOU READ OUR SURVEY. IT SHOWS YOU WHAT THE 85TH PERCENTILE IS AND IT DROPS.

YOU CAN THEN POSE THAT SPEED LOWER LIMIT OR YOU CAN POST IT A HIGHER SPEED.

AND OUR CITY, WE DO HAVE THE CAPABILITY.

AND I GO OUT MANY TIMES, PEOPLE GET A CALL AND THAT WANTS TO BE LOW.

AND I TELL PEOPLE I'LL DO A COURTESY SPEECH SURVEY BECAUSE IF I DO OFFICIAL ENGINEERING SPEECH OR IF I GO OUT THERE AND HIT 100 CARS AND CARS SEVERAL DAYS AND THE SAY IS POSTED AT 40 MILES PER HOUR, THEY WANT IT AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

AND MY SPEED SURVEY SHOWS 50.

WHOOPS. GUESS WHAT? BY MY STATE STATUTE, I'VE GOT IT POSTED AT 50.

I CANNOT DISSOLVE THAT DOCUMENT.

THAT'S WHY I SAY I'LL DO A TRIAL.

I DO A SIMPLE I'LL DO A NON PROFESSIONAL STUDY BECAUSE ONCE IT'S CONSIDERED TO BE A PROFESSIONAL STUDY, I CAN'T CHANGE.

I CAN'T DISSOLVE IT. ONE LAST QUESTION, BUT PIGGYBACKING ON WHAT YOU JUST SAID.

ANYTHING. I KNOW IT'S.

ANYTHING BEEN DONE WITH WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING ABOUT.

JUST GONE THROUGH THAT AREA.

YES, SIR. WE'VE BEEN IT'S BEEN A PRIORITY FOR US.

JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, OUR FIRST ATTEMPT AFTER LOOKING AT THE ROADWAYS, WE KNOW IT'S THERE'S SOME MARKINGS THAT HAVE FADED OUT.

WE WE INSTALLED THE FLASHING SPEED RADAR SIGN THAT'S POSTED UP THERE.

PRIOR TO THAT, I CHANGED THE SIGNAL AT WALDEN AT EMERSON.

SO. SO THE SIGNAL HAS A LONGER READ TIME NOW ON EMERSON THAN ON THAN HAD BEFORE.

SO PEOPLE HAVE TO STOP THAT, MAYBE HELP ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO NOT BLOWING THROUGH THERE.

SO BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, EMERSON IS 40 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN WHEN IT GETS TO THE CURB, IT'S POSTED AT 30 MILES PER HOUR.

ADVISORY SIGN YELLOW.

BLACK ON WHITE IS THE REGULATORY SIGN.

THEN AFTER IT GETS PAST THE CURVE, IT GOES BACK TO THE STANDARD 40 MILES PER HOUR.

HOWEVER, DURING THAT 30 MILE PER HOUR SIGNS, IT'S A WARNING SIGN.

TELL PEOPLE TO DROP IT DOWN TO 30.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT MAYBE POTENTIALLY ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL MAYBE SOME SIGNAGE.

SO WE WERE LOOKING ALL THESE THINGS I'VE BEEN RUNNING WHAT THEY CALL A BALL BANKING ON THAT CURVE.

SO THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IF YOU DRIVE IT ON A SAFE, REASONABLE, SAFE.

KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I COULD TAKE THAT CURVE BALL.

BANKING IS ACTUALLY HIGH ON MY OWN.

IT IS A DEGREE WHERE HITS.

YOU HAVE TO POST IT AT A HIGHER WHEN IT HITS 13.

I DON'T HIT THAT SO I CAN GO THROUGH THAT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND NEVER HIT A RED MARK.

SO IN OTHER WORDS, THAT 30 MILES PER HOUR IS AN OVER PRODUCTION.

I COULD HAVE POSTED THAT. 35.

BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE ROADWAY GEOMETRICALLY.

THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH ROADS. I THINK A LOT OF IT IS BECAUSE YOU COME FROM A 40 MILE AN HOUR ROADWAY, WHICH IS SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN A BIKE LANE, TOO.

THEN YOU TOOK IT DOWN TO A ROADWAY.

IT HAS CURB, CURB AND GUTTER, NO BIKE LANE AND IT'S SLIGHTLY TIGHTER.

THEN YOU'RE COMING AROUND A CURVE, SEVERAL CURVES.

I BELIEVE JUST THAT WITH TREES AND THE CHANGE AND THEN THE DEMOGRAPHICS CAUSES PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, IT'S SIDESWIPE AT EACH OTHER.

THIS IS MY GUT FEELING. OVERALL, THE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS, SEVERITY, IT'S THERE, BUT IT'S NOT ALARMING, WHICH IS BASED, I'D SAY, IS NOT ALARMING.

I'D BE LYING MORE AND MORE IF I SAW SERIOUS INJURIES ON OF A CONSTANT NATURE OF REAR ENDS, THE CONSTANT NATURE OF HIDDEN PEDESTRIANS, CONSTANT NATURE OF SIZE.

SWIPING AT TURNS RIGHT THERE AT.

THE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT FEELS.

I DON'T SEE THOSE. WHAT I SEE.

MAJORITY OF WHAT I READ TO THE ACCENTS IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WERE DUIS FOR PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING RECKLESS.

PEOPLE JUST JUST NOT BEING RESPECTFUL OF THE ROADWAY.

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ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF THE ONES THAT COULD BE CORRECTABLE.

THAT'S THE ISSUE. THERE HAS TO BE SERIOUS INJURIES, FIVE OR MORE CORRECTABLE.

IF IT'S A DUI AND YOU GET A DOZEN DUIS, THAT'S NOT CORRECTABLE.

IF THEY'RE NOT BEING PAINTED, IF THEY'RE NOT JUST BEING RESPONSIBLE, THEY'D BE STUPID, BASICALLY.

AGAIN, I CAN'T FIX THAT.

I CAN ONLY FIX WHAT'S CORRECTABLE.

AND THAT'S IN THE MOU. IT SAYS FIVE OR MORE CORRECTABLE ACCIDENTS.

SO WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THOSE.

SO IT'S ON MY LIST.

WE CAN WE MAY GET AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING COMPANY AS WELL, BECAUSE, AGAIN, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING MORE TO THAN JUST BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE GOTTEN FROM THE RESIDENTS. WE MAY GET AN OUTSIDE ENGINEERING COMPANY TO DO AN OUTSIDE KIND OF LIKE A SECONDARY REVIEW.

IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT NOW.

THANK YOU. OKAY.

YEAH, WE DO. PUBLIC COMMENT.

GO AHEAD. THERE.

DONE THAT BEFORE, CARMINE.

NO PROBLEM. WELL, IT WAS PERTAINING TO THE AGENDA ITEM.

THAT'S WHY I WAS TRYING TO DO IT.

SO I HAD TWO QUESTIONS, LIKE TO SEE IF I COULD ADDRESS ON IT.

ONE, IS THE CITY CONSIDERING CHANGING ITS LEVEL OF SERVICE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT? AND WE DO OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT CAN BE ON IT BEFORE THERE HAS TO BE A BUILD OR MODIFICATION.

THAT'S THE FIRST ONE.

AND THEN THE SECOND ONE WAS PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK ON DE GROOT ROAD IN THE S-CURVE BY THE NEW DOLLAR GENERAL OR DOLLAR STORE THAT'S COMING IN HERE.

WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK COMING RIGHT INTO A CURVE.

JUST CURIOUS, SINCE WE WANT PROJECT ZERO.

I GUESS A PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK, EVEN IN A BLIND SPOT, IS BETTER THAN NO PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK AT ALL.

TO HIGHLIGHT YOUR FIRST QUESTION ON THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

YES, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ON MY PLATE THAT'S BEEN GETTING PUSHED BACK.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE ONLY CITY THAT HAS A LEVEL OF SERVICE C AS OUR STANDARD FOR CAPACITY.

THOSE AGENCIES FROM FROM A REGIONAL NATION, EVERYBODY ELSE LEVEL SERVICE D IS A STANDARD THEN E AND F IS WHEN YOU HAVE CONCERNS WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO IMPROVEMENTS. BUT FOR ANY IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAS TO BE DONE FOR A DEVELOPER.

YOU HAVE TO GET THAT THRESHOLD LEVEL OF SERVICE D OR ABOVE, WHICH IS BOTH INTERSECTION AND STREETS AND HOURS IS C, AND SO IT'S A LOT TIGHTER AND HARDER.

BUT THE ISSUE IS, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS KNOW HOW TO PLAY THAT GAME AS WELL.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING, PROBLEM IS ALREADY EXISTING.

AGAIN, FLORIDA STATUTE HAS IT STATE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A DEFICIENT ROADWAY OR YOU HAVE A DEFICIENT INTERSECTION, THEN A DEVELOPER COMES IN.

I DON'T CARE IF IT'S TACO BELL'S OR WALMART, IT'S DEFICIENT.

SO GUESS WHAT? YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING.

YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF THE DEFICIENCY FIRST.

THEN YOU CAN HIT US FOR ANY IMPROVEMENT.

THE STATUTE. SO THAT'S WHERE A CHALLENGE COMES IN, WHERE WE HAVE ALL THESE STREETS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE CARE OF BECAUSE WE RULE TWO LANE ROADS ARE FINE, BUT NOW WE HAVE ROADS THAT ARE MAYBE NOT FOUR LANE BUT MAYBE TURN LANES, INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS, SOME OTHER MINOR IMPROVEMENTS, BUT THEY'RE OFF THE HOOK BECAUSE HE SAYS THAT'S AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY AND THE STATUTE SAYS WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO TOUCH IT.

THAT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. SO THAT'S WHERE I'M TRYING TO FIX SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

BILL SO THAT'S I'M ON MY LIST TO DO, BUT THAT HAS TO BE DONE ON A GLOBAL SENSE.

WE'RE GOING TO TIE THAT IN WITH THE WITH THE CHANGE WITH THE LAND USE AND THE COMP PLAN UPDATES, WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE.

NOW I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WAYS TO.

TO TWEAK THAT THE FLORIDA STATUTE HAS.

I WORKED WITH OTHER CITIES AND I KNOW HOW TO REWRITE THAT SO IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR US.

SO WE'RE IN THAT PROCESS.

WE'RE GETTING THERE.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE. NUMBER TWO, THE STRIPING AND THERE'S A TURN LANE ON DEGROOT AT THE DOLLAR GENERAL, THE LEFT TURN LANE.

I KNOW THAT COULD BE FORCED ON HIM.

WE'RE ALSO INSTALLING NEW SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE THAT WAS ALSO FORCED UPON THEM.

COUNCIL APPROVED, BUT I DON'T RECALL A CROSSWALK.

I MEAN, A CROSSWALK ACROSS.

ROUTE TRAIN CROSSWALK ON DEGROOT ROAD AT THE TURN ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SW TURN JUST BEFORE YOU GET TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL, A NEW ONE OR EXISTING ONE? THERE'S AN EXISTING ONE, I THINK THAT WAS THERE.

NO, THIS IS A NEW CROSSWALK BECAUSE I'VE NEVER AND I WAS DRIVING UP ON IT AND I SAW IT THE OTHER DAY.

BRAND NEW CROSSWALK.

I APPRECIATE IT. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL DONE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IF IF THAT SHOOTS AN ALARM FOR ME, THEN WE'LL PUT UP ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, I BELIEVE.

THAT'S WHY I FORCED THAT WE HAD THE LEFT TURN BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TURN THERE ANYWAY BECAUSE THERE'S SAY IT'S DOLLAR GENERAL, PEOPLE WANT TO GO THERE.

THERE'S A CROSSWALK NOW ON THE WEST SIDE.

PEOPLE WANT TO CROSS TO THE WEST SIDE.

THERE'S NOT A CROSSWALK. THEY'LL DO IT ANYWAY.

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I PREFER THEM TO. I PREFER TO TRY TO FIND THE MOST SMARTEST LOCATION, SAFEST LOCATION.

AND I'M HOPING THAT'S AT AN INTERSECTION.

IT'S NOT A BIG BLOCK, RIGHT? IT'S AN INTERSECTION.

SO PROBABLY THE INTERSECTION JUST PRIOR TO THE DOLLAR GENERAL.

ALL RIGHT. IT STARTS IT STARTS AT BY THE PARK.

THEY CREATED IT BY THE PARK.

AND IT ENDS RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION AFTER THAT HOUSE.

YEAH. SO I THINK I KNOW IT'S STREET YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT IT'S SOUTH OF THE OF THE DOLLAR GENERAL AND WE PUT THAT WHERE THERE IS AN INTERSECTION, WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

IF WE HAVE TO PUT ADDITIONAL ADVANCED WARNING SIGNS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS WOULD DO THAT.

OKAY. I WANTED TO GO BACK TO THE MALABAR ROAD.

I'M. SPECIFICALLY OUT AT ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY IN MALABAR ROAD.

AS THE SCHOOL COMES IN AND LETS OUT, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO IN COOPERATION WITH THE SCHOOL, COOPERATION WITH THE COUNTY TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT INTERSECTION? BECAUSE 330 IN THE AFTERNOON YOU'RE BACK IN TRAFFIC, UP ALL THE WAY OVER THE BRIDGE.

YEAH. AND YOU'VE GOT INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS COMING FROM THE SCHOOL.

YOU HAVE IMPATIENT DRIVERS COMING FROM THE PARKWAY TRYING TO GET ON MALABAR ROAD.

AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET KILLED.

I MEAN, IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

WE KNOW BECAUSE THE INEXPERIENCED DRIVERS, WE'VE SEEN MORE ACCIDENTS OUT THERE SINCE THEY OPEN UP THE SCHOOL THAN WE HAD IN 20 YEARS BEFORE THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THE CITY CAN DO.

IT'S NOT REALLY THE CITY'S PROBLEM, BUT IT IS BECAUSE IT AFFECTS THE CITIZENS.

IT AFFECTS OUR STUDENTS GOING OUT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

BUT RESPONSIBILITY LIES WITH THE SCHOOL AND THE COUNTY, I BELIEVE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. THE INTERSECTION OF MALABAR AT THE PARKWAY IS THE COUNTY, NOT US.

WE HAVE THE UPPER HEAD OF THE T, BUT THE INTERSECTION ITSELF IS A COUNTY INTERSECTION.

THE INTERSECTION DOES MEET THE WARRANTS FOR A SIGNAL.

HOWEVER, THE SIGNAL IS A COUNTY LED PROJECT.

THE AGREEMENT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE PULL THE SIGNAL FROM THE SOUTHERN BABCOCK AND ST GEORGE HERITAGE PARKWAY, THE STANMORE SIGNAL WILL THEN SPELL A FULL, FULL MASTER.

THAT TEMPORARY SIGNAL WOULD BE RELOCATED UP HERE TO THE MALABAR AT ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY.

THAT'S A VERBAL AGREEMENT I HAVE WITH THE PUBLIC OR THE ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.

HOWEVER, YOU'RE RIGHT.

I MEAN, WE'VE HAD DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.

WE HAVE ST JOHN'S HERITAGE, WE HAVE ALL THESE DEVELOPMENTS COMING IN.

BUT AGAIN, THAT IS AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY.

NOW ON THE HOOK TO PUT THAT SIGNAL IN THE COUNTY IS.

WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND THE COUNTY HAS AGREED.

WE STARTED OUR PROCESS WITH THE AGREEMENT FOR BABCOCK AND DOING ALL THESE.

THE HORSE TRADING AGREEMENT WAS MADE WITH THE COUNTY ASSISTANT COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR THAT IF I PULL THAT SIGNAL OUT THERE, CAN WE MOVE IT OVER HERE? HE WAS 100% COUNTY DOESN'T THEY DO NOT INSTALL SPAMMERS.

HOWEVER, FOR THIS SITUATION, HE AGREED TO IT.

FOR THE RECORD, YOU AGREE TO JOHN DANILOFF, JUST TO FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, DO YOU THINK THAT POSSIBLY MIGHT HAPPEN BEFORE SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP IN AUGUST? IT WILL NOT. IT'S LIKE SAYING THIS.

I'LL TALK TO THE COUNTY, SEE WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO HELP IMPROVE WHAT THEY CAN IMPROVE.

THAT INTERSECTION NEEDS A SIGNAL.

ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT TOPIC? AND REQUESTS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.

BUT DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? I DO. IF NOT.

THE BRIDGE I WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT ON ST JOHN'S HERITAGE PARKWAY HAS NEVER BEEN DEDICATED OR NAMED FOR ANYBODY.

AND PAT WOODWARD PLAYED A BIG PART IN THE CITY AND PLAYED A BIG PART IN GETTING THE PARKWAY BUILT.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE, BUT I'D LIKE TO LOOK AT GETTING THAT BRIDGE NAMED IN HONOR OF PAT.

I'VE GOT TO HELP YOU OUT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S OUT OF MY LEAGUE.

I'M SAYING THIS REALLY OUT OF THIS.

I THINK IT'S A GOOD SUGGESTION.

THEY WANT TO, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOARD, BRING IT UP TO THE CITY.

AGAIN. IT'S OUT OF MY REALM OF WHAT I COULD DO.

IT'S NOT AN ENGINEERING. IT'S NOT REALLY THE BOARD'S FUNCTION, BUT I THINK IT'S AN ADMIRABLE THING TO LOOK AT.

I SUGGEST. SIDE NOTE IF THERE IS NOTHING ELSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN I'VE BUGGED UTILITIES DIRECTORY FOR AN UPDATE HAD THE UTILITIES DIRECTOR COME AND GIVE A PRESENTATION.

THAT'S ON THE RECORD THEN OR LIKELY AT THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE WHERE WE SIT ON THE ROAD PAVING.

BUT RIGHT NOW, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE FINISHED MOST OF THE AREAS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, LIKE JUST THE HIGHEST FLORIDA AVENUE.

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WE'VE GOT A FINAL PUNCH FOR THE AVENUE.

THOSE ARE ALL DONE. IS DONE.

PALM BAY COLONY'S DONE.

KIRBY'S DONE ABOUT READY TO START BIDDING OUT THE REMAINING PORTIONS OF MALABAR FROM BABCOCK ALL THE WAY TO US.

ONE. CLEARLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE CONTRACT RIGHT NOW IN UNIT 20, WHICH IS RIGHT OVER HERE, WHICH IS BY JUPITER ELEMENTARY, PAVING ALL THIS.

I LIKE RIGHT WHERE WE'RE HEADED.

AND THEN JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, WE OPENED BIDS.

WEDNESDAY, UNIT 30.

ASKED. GIVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE.

SO I'M A QUESTION BY CHANCE, DO YOU HAVE OR ARE YOU ABLE TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT ANY LIKE AN UPDATE AS FAR AS TO ANY MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE ARE BENEFITING FROM WITH ALL OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN? I COULD PROVIDE YOU SOME VACCINES FROM THE LAST GO AROUND WE HAD WHEN WE HAD THE MAJOR ONES WE HAVE ARE IN THIS NORTH.

SO IT'S. WEST QUADRANT TALKING ABOUT.

A LOT OF THE PROBLEM IS BECAUSE THE ROADWAYS AND INTERSECTION ARE VERY DEFICIENT.

SO THEY'RE TRYING TO. THAT STATUE AND NOT HAVE TO PAY.

SOME IMPROVEMENTS. THE BIGGEST ONE IS REALLY THE WIDENING OF MALABAR ROAD.

HAS NOW. PROGRAM, $7 MILLION OF TIFF FUNDS.

SO NOW WE'RE HOPING TO GET THE OTHER $3 MILLION FROM THE STATE AND THE TPO GOES FORWARD FOR THE DESIGN.

THAT STUDY IS ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S GOT TO HAVE THAT.

FUNDING AMOUNT SO THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.

WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING IN JUNE, AND WE'RE MORE LIKELY TO PUSH IT.

AND IF WE PUSH IT, THE STATE IS GOING TO SAY THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO BABCOCK AND SOME OF THESE OTHER CITIES, IT FALLS OFF THE TABLE.

I HOPE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.

THE OTHER AREA DOWN SOUTH OR THE OTHER, BABCOCK.

PARKWAY IS WHAT I CALL THE SOUTHERN EASTERN.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND I CAN SHOW YOU A LISTING OF ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

YOU SIGNAL THOSE NEW TURN LANES, NEW ROADWAYS.

SO THERE'S ALL THAT STUFF HAPPENING DOWN THERE.

THEY'RE ON THE HOOK. MAYBE I'LL BRING THAT TO YOU GUYS AS A DISPLAY.

THANK YOU. ANYTHING ELSE? THE UN CALLED. THE MEETING ADJOURNED.

THE LIGHTNING.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.