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Check out planhillsborough.org forward slash be dash involved. Good morning everyone and welcome to this morning September the 9th TPO board meeting. I will call this meeting to order and start with the Pledge of Allegiance. If you could please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, liberty and justice. Thank you very much. We will begin with a roll call. Ross is excused. Wostel? Here. Miller? Here. Myers? Here. Cohen? Bowles? Here. Clendenin? Here. Hertac? Yeah, she's here. She'll be back in a second. Young? Mayor Kilton is excused. Gray? Klug? Here. Stevens? Here. Slater? King? Joseph? Here. You have a quorum, sir. Great. Thank you. We'll move on to approval of the minutes. Trusting that everyone's had an opportunity to review them. If there are no changes, may I have a motion for approval of the meetings? So moved. Second. I have a motion by Member Stevens and a second by Commissioner Myers. All of those in favor say aye. Aye. Like sign. That motion is approved. We are moving on to public comments. We still have no signups. Is that correct? Seems to be correct. We will move on to committee reports and advanced comments from Rick Fernandez and Harmony McKee. Good morning, Board. Can you all hear me all right? Yes. Okay. Thank you. For the record, Rick Fernandez, Chair of your CAC, have a short report for you today. I'm sure you'll be happy to hear. We met on September the 2nd for our regular monthly meeting, had no problem with quorum. There was one action item on our agenda, which I believe mirrors an action item on your agenda this morning. That is the 2026 Roll Forward Tip amendments. Committee members asked questions about the Federal Transit Administration funding and the Fort Tampa Bay projects in particular, including about dredging plans. There was a discussion on human trafficking. There was a discussion on human trafficking and the funding Hart received previously. The CAC recommended that the TPO Board approve the roll forward amendments to the FY27-31 tip. And before I close, I wanted to give a shout out to staff, in particular, Sarah Caper, who I hope is in the room today. We are a rather demanding group, I suppose, certainly curious. And at the end of each meeting, we are encouraged, asked, prompted to offer topics that we would like presentations on at future meetings. And we're pretty good about that. As a result, we've had dozens of items on a list that has been curated over a period of months, maybe even years at this point. And it became a bit overwhelming as far as how we might actually be able to get to them. Sarah has made an effort to triage those and has presented them to us, has sought our input, has surveyed us in terms of topics that are actually still topical for us. And we are coming to a point, I think, where we have them under some type of organization, the idea being to present the most important topics in serial fashion over the course of the coming year. In any event, it was a project she took on herself. We didn't ask her to do this. And I'm sure it took a good bit of time and at least two presentations to our committee over the last two months. So I appreciate that very much. I wanted Sarah to have that recognition publicly from me as chair and from the committee as a whole. That said, good morning to you all. Respectfully submitted. Thank you, Mr. Fernandez. And if the clerk could please reflect that member Hertak is present in the boardroom. And Ms. McGee, you're welcome for your advanced comments. Good morning, Harmony McGee, TPO staff. Regarding today's action item, the Technical Advisory Committee recommended that the TPO board approve the 2026 Rule 4 tip amendments. Prior to the recommendation, members discussed several clarifying points. A question was raised about the current composition of Hart's fleet, specifically the percentage of vehicles operating on compressed natural gas versus diesel. Staff noted that approximately 75% of the fleet is currently compressed natural gas with a full transition anticipated by 2028. Members also asked how the proposed Gibsonson Drive and I-75 diverging diamond interchange design would account for the existing signal at Fernhill Drive located immediately east of the interchange. Public comments were received via email and social media, Maritza Astor-Kiza, the chair of the Drew Park Community Advisory Committee, emailed requests regarding the development of the Rays Stadium. Her comments focused on ensuring protection of Drew Park tax dollars, safeguarding the community's residents and businesses, establishing a permanent community voice in the stadium's development process, measuring impacts before commitments are made, and putting protections for Drew Park in writing. This committee has not taken a formal position in support or opposition to the proposed project because the matter has not been presented to their CAC for a formal vote. Their full comments and recommendations are included in your packet. On X, we received comments in support of building light rail. This concludes my report. Thank you so much, Ms. McGee. We will move on to the consent agenda. If there is no questions on the consent, may I have a motion? So moved. Motion, Commissioner Cohen. Second, Commissioner, Board Member Gray. All those in favor say aye. Like sign. That motion is approved. We'll move on to our first action item, which is the Roll Forward Tip Amendments being presented by Mr. Walsh. Mr. Walsh. Good morning, TPO Board. Good morning, Mr. Vice Chair. Harry Walsh on TPO staff. I'm here today to present to you the 2026 TIP Roll Forward Amendment. So an introduction or a refresher for those of you who have been through this annual process with us before. The TIP Roll Forward Amendment is an annual administrative process that we do, and this graphic hopefully elucidates why we do it. So in March of every year, we start with a tentative work program, both FDOT and the TPO, and we're operating on the same list of projects. Going forward through the year, we have that same list. This board adopts the TIP in early June of every year. This year, I believe it was June 6th meeting that this board adopted the TIP. And then on June 30th of every year, FDOT adopts its work program. And any projects that aren't authorized by June 30th automatically roll forward in their process to the next fiscal year's work program. So, unfortunately, or not unfortunately, but separately, we have the TPO federally is required to have its TIP be static. It stays exactly how we adopted it unless this board votes to amend. So in order to link up the projects and have both our TIP and the FDOT work program saying the same thing, we have to have this meeting in September where we vote to amend the TIP and include all of those roll forward projects. So that's starting October 1st. We're operating on the same list of projects for the next fiscal year. So the key points for this process are it is an annual administrative amendment schedule. It ensures consistency between the two, the work program and the TIP. And there are no new funds. That's a key point here. There's no new projects that are being introduced at this point. I mean, all of these projects have been previously scoped and awarded this year. There were 22 total projects that are rolling forward. Twelve of them are transit projects, essentially heart projects, three safety projects, two resurfacing to seaport, one capacity, one ITS and one planning. Then a summary of the funds breakdown. The largest category is transit with one hundred and fifty seven million dollars rolling forward. That's 62 percent of the total going forward. The seaport has seventy seven million dollars, which is 30 percent of the total funds rolling forward. Nine point five million for a resurfacing project. That's four percent. And then the remaining four percent are the capacity planning and safety projects. So a total of two hundred and fifty four million dollars rolling forward in this TIP amendment. Now, I'll have a full list of all the projects at the end of this presentation, but I wanted to pull out a few of the larger, larger fund items or more notable items that I thought the board might be interested in. The first is the heavy maintenance facility updates for heart. So that top picture is their temporary unleaded fuel facility or tough that was recently completed as part of phase one of the facility upgrades. And then the bottom is a rendering of the heart heavy maintenance facility. This fleet services building will add services for the buses. So CNG and diesel fueling, the bus wash, fare box, cash retrieval, as well as some facility specific upgrades, security fencing, site lighting and stormwater improvements. Then additionally, in the transit space last year, heart was awarded by an FTA low, no emissions grant to transition its fleet from diesel to natural gas. That's a thirty two million dollar project. And the most recent update we received from heart is that only twenty five percent of their fleet remains diesel. And then by twenty twenty eight, they expect to have a full CNG fleet, fully natural gas. And just a note and a nod to our agency partners, the largest grant of its kind. This is the largest grant of its kind in Florida, one of the largest nationally that was awarded and its heart's largest federal award. So just a nod to them moving on from transit to the seaport. And I defer to our port representative if there's any clarification or if I'm misrepresenting any project. But there are two main projects to note here, the Omniport for twenty two million dollars. It's a new facility. So this is their current facility. You see in this picture, this will be across the water. It'll add another deep water berth and it's meant to accept a diverse range of ships in bulk cargo. So that's the Omni part of the Omniport. And then the existing facility, which is this Hooker's Point Infra Grant, it's fifty five million dollars plus local match. It expands the existing container yard and it adds another deep water berth. And all of this is in service of the Port of Port Tampa Bay's Vision 2030 plan to add, I believe, 50 to 60 percent total capacity by 2030. So that's what both of these projects are trying to achieve. And then going to capacity, there is at I-75 at Gibsonton Drive a planned diverging diamond. On the left, you can see the footprint of the project from FDOT's website. And then on the right is a tentative rendering that the project manager provided to our team. So that still can change. And in that picture, you see north is to the right. So we're like from the east of where the diverging diamond will be. And you see three point three million. That's not a significant amount for a construction project. All that is is for environmental permitting having to do with its proximity to the river to keep the project viable once further funds are available for construction. And then here's the list of projects. This first one is all of the transit projects. As I mentioned, transit is one of the largest category here, both in terms of funding and number of projects. Mostly the things that I mentioned already. So some capital for fixed route, the purchasing of the buses, the transition over to CNG, a few smaller projects that they have going forward administratively, bus shelter upgrades and several things for building repair and the heavy maintenance facility that we already mentioned. And then all the other projects put together here are essentially all the things that I mentioned previously. There's also for the ITS project, Hillsborough County has a smart traffic network study that they're going to be doing. And there's also a bridge planning study that does not involve construction. But there's 11 bridges around Hillsborough County that are being analyzed to see what state are they in and what repairs might need to be done going forward. So it's a planning level study. So with that, I'm happy to go back and show you any of the slides that we went through quickly. But the ask for you is to approve by roll call vote the roll forward amendments to the fiscal year 27, 20, 30, 31 to that I will take any questions. I'm seeing no questions. So if that's correct, I will have the clerk call the vote. Wostel. Oh, yes. Motion by Commissioner Clendenin, second by Cohen and Myers and somebody else. Okay, thank you. And clerk, if you could call the vote. Wostel. Yes. Miller. Yes. Myers. Yes. Cohen. Yes. Bowles. Yes. Clendenin. Yes. Hurtak. Yes. Young. Gray. Klug. Stevens. Yes. Slater. King. Joseph. Yes. Motion carried 15 to 0. Thank you, Mr. Walsh, very much. Thank you. We will move on to action item B, which is the election of a livable roadways committee chair for the remainder of 2026. The current chair has stepped down. Cameron Clark is going to introduce that item and the requirements to fill it. Yes. Yes. Ms. Hurtak. Thank you so much. And I have really enjoyed being the chair of the livable roadways committee, but due to health issues, I've decided to step down. Um, and also because I will be transitioning out, uh, obviously at the end of next year or at the middle of next year. So I wanted to give somebody a chance to hop in and, uh, and develop, um, a group, um, or, you know, a whole strategy there. It's been a really wonderful thing. I will be there next, uh, Wednesday just to say goodbye. Uh, but, uh, it's been a, it's been a lot of fun and I, I highly recommend it. It's a wonderful board. Wonderful. And we wish you well in your recovery. Go ahead. Uh, board members. So this is one of the committees where we typically seek a volunteer to see if anyone wants to fill the position. Understanding full well that we're talking about just filling it out for the next couple of months. We, we do, uh, new officer elections and new committee appointments at the end of the year anyway. And in speaking with Dr. Wong, it's, it's understood that the committee has, uh, regularly has a quorum to be able to function in case a new member is not able to attend. Um, but typically with something like this in, we don't do, uh, the committees by nomination and vote typically as we do with chair and vice chair. We ask to see if anybody, uh, first wishes to fill this role for the next couple of months. And that's how I'd start to see if anybody would volunteer for that. Yeah. So, um, obviously the schedule is already set and we're all very well aware that most of the members on this board are already volunteering their time and sacrificing more would be even, um, more difficult and the rest of us always have well, well established schedules. So if no one, um, is able to volunteer, what is, what is kind of the recourse, Mr. Clark? Typically, if there's no, um, volunteer for a committee role, uh, the chair appoints someone. Okay. Um, and the chair might need to take time before he makes such a, um, big decision. So I don't see anybody, um, jumping on it right now. If do they have a vice chair? Yes, chair. The, um, the livable roadways committee is chaired by a member of the planning commission who attends regularly. Um, he has filled in on rare occasion when the chair was unavailable to attend. I think he's perfectly well capable of managing that committee over the remainder of 2026. I will also say earlier in the week, we sent an email to everyone asking them to check their calendars against the dates. For your, uh, reminder, the September meeting will be held next Wednesday, the 16th in October. It'll be on the 21st, November 18th, December 16th. So it's the third Wednesday of each month beginning at 9am. So that would every, every regular BOCC member, um, is automatically opted out of being able to meet that because of our Wednesday 9am board meetings every other Wednesday ourselves. So would it be appropriate to make a motion to appoint the vice chair to be the acting chair for the remainder of the year 2026? Um, commissioner, I don't think that that would be allowable under the bylaws, which specify it has to be a member of the TPO board. So unfortunately he couldn't be appointed to serve as the chair. What I would maybe suggest for this board is recognizing that your schedules are already filled through the remainder of the year, if someone wants to essentially fall on the sword, and we would all recognize that there's not really a requirement for them to attend, that they would be doing the TPO board a favor. I can do that. Or as if you like humor, mayor Ross is not here to defend himself. So, um, so yeah, I nominate mayor Ross. I'll second, he'll think twice before he misses the meeting. I'm actually very entertained by that, um, nomination. So if there's no conflicts with that, um, I'll enjoy his comments at the next board meeting. I'm seeing none. Do we have to have a motion to approve that? Well, in this instance, it's been a motion. So, uh, I would just say all in favor of the motion. All in favor of the motion, say aye. Aye. Any nays? That motion is approved to appoint mayor Ross as the chair of the livable roadways committees. Um, I thank you very much for your attention to that item. All right. We'll move on to, uh, Mr. Brian Hunter from FDOT for the status report on the safety outreach in motion. Good morning, everybody. Brian Hunter with the Florida Department of Transportation. And so if you've heard recently, Secretary Hall, myself, really anybody at FDOT talk, we always mention how safety is our number one priority. And we approach that with kind of four pillars to achieve a safe transportation network. The first one is engineering, which are the things that you would typically associate with the Florida Department of Transportation. So this is planning, designing, building and maintaining an integrated multimodal transportation system that is safe for all users. The second, so there's four, those four pillars, they all start with E. And so we call them the four E's of safety. So the first one is engineering. The second one is enforcement. So we look at data. We see where there are some particular challenges and we work with our state and local law enforcement agencies to try and rectify that challenge. So a couple of weeks ago, you may have seen on social media that we did a, um, speeding campaign on the bridges crossing the bay. We noticed that there was a challenge. A lot of people were exceeding the speed limit on the bay. So we went out there and worked with our law enforcement partners to do an enforcement campaign to get people to slow down and make safer, better choices. The third E is emergency response. And so that's when the crash does happen. We have emergency responders, first responders that go out there and assist the victims of that crash. So that's our fire, police, emergency, emergency medical services, and even our road rangers who create a safe environment for them to work in. And then the fourth E is education. And so that's the one that I'm going to talk about today. So Florida DOT has the Florida Strategic Highway Safety Plan. And so it's got five elements to it. And you can use the QR code or the web visit the website if you want to read about any of these. But the main takeaway is that death or serious injury is just unacceptable on our in our transportation system. And so that's why the department has adopted target zero, which is our goal to have zero serious fatal, serious injuries or fatalities on our roadway. And we have three different points that we use to try and achieve that. The first one is we identify what behaviors led to those serious or fatal crashes. Then we understand try and understand why the choices were made that were made. And then we try to use our influence in order to have people make better choices and safer choices. And so that's where our outreach comes in. The numbers on the screen right here are from 2025. So this is the the cumulative district wide activity that we did. So we had 7500 conversations, almost 30 trainings. We went to almost 60 community events. Our social media, which is focused on safety and project information, reached over 200,000 people. And traditional media, we were able to reach 350,000 people. And then, you know, it's very important to get people indoctrinated to making safe choices early on. And so as they were as people were kids are learning how to drive. We went to high schools. We went to 11 high or 18 high schools. We talked to over 110 classes, 2,300 students. These are teen drivers trying to get them to understand that their actions behind the wheel have consequences and how to make better choices while they're driving. And that's just one example of the outreach that we do. Another one is our community traffic safety team. So this is where we bring in law enforcement, municipalities, counties, cities, residents, local organizations. And we talk about what are some of the challenges that you're having traffic safety wise in your community and how we can use the four E's to improve that situation for the people who live in your community and are most affected by any dangers on the roadway. So these are regular meetings that occur. We invite a ton of people to them. They're actually very highly attended. And they seem to be very effective at taking some of those lessons that we've learned at like a national level and boiling them down to state and local level where we can actually have some actionable items and make an influence on traffic safety. Another aspect to our outreach is where we try to make sure that the most vulnerable populations receive information to help them be less vulnerable. And so that includes children out on our roadways. So we we filmed segments for local media, teaching parents and caregivers how to install a car seat properly in a car. And then we go and talk to kids as well. We teach them how to be a pedestrian, a bicyclist, you know, how to cross a road, when to use a that you should use a crosswalk, what that little button does. You know, for us, it's things that are just intuitive. But a lot of kids don't know when to utilize those facilities. And then if you're riding a bike, how your bicycle helmet should fit, make sure that it's buckled, it's tight, it's in the appropriate, you know, portion of your head. And we give out bicycle helmets to kids as well, so that everybody riding a bike can be out there and do it as safe as possible. And then on the flip side of that spectrum, we do what we call car fit. And this is where we have trained technicians that go out and they they teach people how to adjust their car to them. So how you should be comfortable driving a car, where your mirror should be pointed. And so that when you're driving a car, you don't have the distraction of, you know, reaching for something or being out of place. You have a better awareness of what's going around you on the road, while you can still focus on what's going on in front of you. So we do this at community events. We also, if an organization invites us out, we will, we'll go out there and teach anybody that is willing to listen to any of these safety topics. We're always willing to go out there. And so these are trained folks who know how to do it. They set up examples for people, teach them how to do it themselves. And then one of the final things I'll talk about today is our roundtables. This is where, once again, we bring in partners in the community. This one was recently done a couple weeks ago. It was focused on Hillsborough County. We had people from all three cities as well as the county. TPO staff is in the back part of the picture. You probably can't see them, but there's a couple of them back there. And what we do is we talk about some of the things that we're seeing as far as traffic safety and challenges that we're having. They talk about the same things. We determine what we can do to move forward and make those changes that need to be made. Then we talk about what our messaging is going to be. If you ever took a marketing class, you know that sometimes you need to beat people over the head with the message. So we are all at the state, local, you know, law enforcement, community organizations, we're all putting that same message out there so that people can hear it repeatedly. So maybe they remember and make safer choices. And one of the most valuable things of these roundtables is we it's a feedback loop for us. We hold these pretty regularly. We see what changes were implemented. We hear what the impacts of those changes were and we can reevaluate and make some adjustments to what we're doing. And that includes, you know, the way that we design roads. We incorporate that how we are responding to incidents on the roadways and in our outreach. So it's a really a it's an important feedback loop for all of us so that we can make sure that we're being effective in what we're doing. And we have an entire team of folks that is dedicated to going out there and doing this outreach and talking to folks. That program is led by Tina Russo. She is our bicycle and pedestrian program manager. And if you've ever seen her talk in the public about roadway safety, she is passionate and she loves what she does. So if you ever get an opportunity, you know, have an opportunity for someone to come out, she'd be a great person to have. She really connects with the kids. And like I said, if you've ever heard anybody from FDOT talk, we emphasize that safety is our number one priority and we always end on a safety message. So the one on the left is a reminder to drive safe. And that is with Coda the Fluff, who I understand is a rather popular social media star. And so we've been able to partner with Coda on a number of social media posts to get the message of driving safety safely out there. And then on the right is a video that we did with Coda the Fluff, the Rays. So we have Raymond and DJ Kitty. It's a reminder on how to what to do now that school is back in session. So it's very timely. It's about two and a half minutes long. So I won't play it for you all now. But if you get an opportunity, it's it's a good video to watch. And, you know, show your kids, teaches everybody drivers and kids how to interact safely with each other. So and that is the end. If anybody has any questions, I'll be more than happy to take them. Okay, thank you for not playing the video. I'm trying to have a record fast meeting today. Yes, Ms. Hurtat. Thank you. I just want to say thank you for all the the work you do. But I wanted to bring up something that I've talked to you about before that I noticed again yesterday. The the northbound 275 exit at Hillsboro during rush hour, people just believe that that striped off spot is another lane for them. And we witnessed an almost crash. Someone was coming while someone was trying to get off at the west. And it was it was just millimeters away. So I'm asking for more enforcement there, but not even more enforcement. Maybe some barricades because people are simply not they just really believe that's a lane. And I only really see it during rush hour. Okay. So I know you've done some enforcement and I'm just going to ask for more enforcement, maybe some barricades, maybe anything to prevent what could be a simply preventable tragedy. Absolutely. Yeah. So you brought that to our attention. We were out there. I think over three days they had 50 incidents where they were able to educate folks that that was not a travel lane. We did on the first couple of hash marks. We put a black stripe which would follow the design guidelines. We are evaluating whether we can continue those so that it's a little more visually. It's hard to see sometimes that white striping on the concrete, especially when it's fresh concrete. So we're looking to see if we can go with more of those. But yeah, we'll take a look at that and I'll follow up with you. See what we can do. Okay. Member Gray. Thank you. And thank you, Mr. Hunter. You know, we just passed a policy regarding e-bikes not on campus during the school times. And my question is, with this, and you've done a marvelous job, your organization, with Target Zero and Tina Russo, have you breached that situation where e-bikes, and I'm sure there's other names, but they're all over the city of Tampa downtown and on roads. There's a big safety hazard. Many of our children still swear that they're going to be safe riding up and down Boyette Road or other main fairways. What's your thoughts on that? So right now, those regulations are determined at the local level. But when we do our outreach, we do educate folks on the challenges with those. We have seen an increase in crashes related to e-bikes, and so it is part of our education and outreach topics that we broach with children and kids at school. Well, it's an important, relevant subject right now. It very much so is. Yeah. All right. Well, thank you so much. Director Wong. Brian, I just want to say thank you for attending today and sharing this information with the board. I have been particularly impressed with the speed and responsiveness of FDOT pertaining to safety issues that you've identified. We've worked with you as partners on initiatives big and small. One particular case that stands out in my mind was months ago. We had a member of the public who lived near 275 come to this board and say that we need to implement the sound walls because a car had run off of the interstate and ended up in his backyard. About 45 minutes after this meeting ended, I gave him a call. And when I spoke to him, he said, oh, DOT already called me. And that just speaks to how quickly you move and how concerned you are with the impacts of your facility on the community. So I appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you. Excellent. All right. I see no more questions. Thank you very much, Mr. Hunter, for the presentation. All right. We will move on to Director Wong's report. I'm going to help you set this record, Commissioner. The next TPO board meeting will be held on October 14th. We have a TMA meeting on October 2nd at PSTA. We'll be discussing the merger draft deliverables. There is one legislative update. I'll be really quick. On 2nd of September, the federal transportation authorization was extended again through 11th of December. That gives Congress approximately three more months to negotiate a reauthorization. As I mentioned last week, I would like for you to consider canceling the TPO regular meeting on November 4th. That's the day after the election. And I know many members around the table will be attending watch parties. I've worked with FDOT to ensure that we won't have any urgent action items coming in that month. We don't. We do have an action item that we'd like to cover, but there's no harm in pushing that off until December. I think that with the routine action items we'll be taking up in December, we can fit it all into the meeting without extending it. So moved. That is the end of my director's report. Thank you. Yeah. Does the chair, can the chair just do it? Can we just take a motion now? Okay. We've got a motion. Hertak and second from Bowles to cancel the November the 4th, 2026 meeting. See what happens when Mayor Ross isn't here? We're just canceling. Okay. But all those in favor say aye to cancel the meeting. Aye. Like sign. That's a good choice. All right. That motion is approved. November the 4th, 2026 board meeting has been canceled. That concludes Director Wong's report. Is there any old business? Any new business? Commissioner Wessel. Yes. I don't mean to ruin your record here, but I do have some new business that I want to bring up. And it relates to Ms. Asterkiesa's comment at the beginning of the meeting and also the email that was received by Councilman Carlson. The issue of the TPO being really spearheading a planning exercise related to the stadium district. And I wanted to ask Dr. Wong what you thought was the best way to proceed on that type of a project. Because I do think we need it. Given that a lot of the concerns are related to transportation, but also land use and parking and other topics that fall outside of the MPO's wheelhouse. I think it would make sense for us to be a partner as part of a larger study. The planning commission seems to be particularly well positioned to take that on with some support. One of the reasons why I want to be cautious about how we proceed is we didn't envision that we would conduct this study when we drafted the UPWP months ago. We have been mindful of not spending all of the planning funds that we have recognizing that there may be a need for a stadium district planning effort. But what I would like to do is engage the community and better understand how they would like for us to scale and scope the transportation impacts around the stadium district itself. That's very easy. But given that a lot of the game day attendees will be coming from Pinellas and Pasco, there's always a concern that we might need to do a regional transportation study, which could escalate the cost considerably. So until I'm able to speak with members of Tampa City Council, Hillsborough BOCC and the community, I think that we should perhaps make ourselves available to participate, but I'd have to take a look at what the funding commitment would be beforehand. So I think what I would ask of you then is to please go ahead and set those meetings up with relevant commissioners and council members, any ones of us that wish to meet with you to discuss that. And in terms of funding, you know, once you've determined the scope of what you might need, the county commission might be in a position to help you, the city council might be in a position to help, but we can't help unless we know what is being asked of us. But I think it behooves us to get on this and start working on it. And I think the best thing to do would be to start initiating individual discussions with each of us to get us an idea of what our priorities are in terms of what ought to be studied. I agree and understand. I'll work on scheduling those meetings. Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Okay. Seeing no one else, this meeting is adjourned. Thank you.