STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Tyler HudsonEric JohnsonCommissioner Pat Kemp - ChairCommissioner Kimberly Overman - Vice ChairRichard McClainCouncilmember Gil SchislerRules for Meeting ParticipationRoles and Responsibilities

1. CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES

2a. Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee Hybrid Meeting ~ May 17, 2021Meeting Minutes with Attachment ~ May 17, 2021

2b. Joint Strategic Planning and External Relations and Operations and Safety CommitteeHybrid Meeting ~ June 21, 2021Meeting Minutes - Joint Strategic Planning and External Relations and Operations and SafetyCommittee Hybrid Meeting ~ June 21, 2021

3. PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER)

4. PRESENTATIONS

4a. FDOT Strategic Intermodal System (SIS) Plan UpdateChris Leffert, FCCM, Transit Programs Administrator, FDOT

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Monday, August 16, 2021, 9:00 AM Hybrid Format of Participation - In Person at

HART Administrative Office, 1201 East 7th Ave, Florida Conference Room, Tampa, FL 33605and

Via Communication Media TechnologyInformation not viewable is available upon request through the Clerk of the Board phone:

813-384-6552 or e-mail: [email protected]

AGENDA

MEMBERSHIP

Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee - Monday, August 16, 20211

The Presentation is available in video form by clicking here. Meeting Summary FormPublic Question FormSIS Policy Plan Update - FAQ

4b. Transit Development Plan (TDP) Quarter Three UpdateChristopher Cochran, Director of Service DevelopmentTransit Development Plan Quarter 3 FY2021 Update

5. OLD BUSINESS

6. NEW BUSINESS

7. ADJOURNMENT

Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee - Monday, August 16, 20212

Hillsborough Transit AuthorityCommittee Hybrid Meetings

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RULES FOR HYBRID MEETING PARTICIPATION

HART Committee members, Employees, and Presenters

Thank you for your participation in this hybrid meeting.

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There will be an opportunity for members of the public who have pre-registered with HART staff to provide comments. General Counsel will read into the record the Public Comment Participation Rules.

During the meeting, please wait until the Chair asks for comments or questions from the Boardmembers for each agenda item as the meeting progresses through the agenda.

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The names of raised hands will be called on in order for the Chair to acknowledge, then the participant may unmute their device and speak. Please speak your name before your comment.

Please note that all presentations will be controlled by HART staff.

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STRATEGIC PLANNING AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE

The Strategic Planning & External Relations Committee advises on developing specific objectives, strategies, and tactics to implement the Agency’s operations and service development strategic plan, along with measurements that ensure the success of the plan. This Committee reviews the plans pertaining to expansion of HART services and facilities. The Strategic Planning & External Relations Committee develops HART's Legislative Policies and Government Relations Priorities; advises the Board of Directors of the official positions of the local, state, and federal entities concerning legislative matters pertaining to the operations, development, and funding of the Authority. The Strategic Planning & External Relations Committee reviews HART’s goals for external brand image as well as the marketing and community engagement strategies. Subject Areas:

a. Recommend annual state and federal legislative agendas for the Board’s approval.

b. Make recommendations regarding the selection of a lobbyist, interact with the lobbyist, and advise the HART Board of Directors of the official position of the local, state, and federal entities concerning legislative matters pertaining to the operations, development, and funding of the Authority, including long-range capital and operating projects.

c. Review and recommend to the full Board of Directors the Transit Development Plan (TDP), the Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) Long Range Transportation Plan and Transportation Improvement Plan, as well as other system and corridor level plans with transit elements.

d. Review requests for proposals for planning, engineering, architectural, design and other project-related consultant services.

e. Review and recommend project studies, plans, and designs; comprehensive operations analyses, Capital Improvement Plan, system reviews, and service delivery strategies; acquisition, use, lease, sale or disposal of real property belonging to HART.

f. Review and recommend interlocal agreements and amendments to such agreements that are necessary to implement projects.

g. Review and make recommendations to the Board of Directors on land use related to the Agency and property acquisition and disposal.

h. Provide guidance for Transit Oriented Development strategies.

i. Provide insight on the creation of a TOD policy plan.

j. Provide critical input to the project team on the implications of the project in terms of community vision, implementation strategies, environmental issues, challenges and opportunities.

Meeting Frequency:

The Strategic Planning & External Relations Committee shall meet on a monthly basis. Membership:

The Strategic Planning & External Relations Committee shall be comprised of seven members.  

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Hillsborough Transit Authority Strategic Planning and External Relations Hybrid Meeting

May 17, 2021

Attendance in Person Committee Members (4) Staff (11) Tyler Hudson Danielle Arthur Eric Johnson Chris Cochran Commissioner Pat Kemp Eartha Cole Councilman Gil Schisler Loretta Kirk Adelee Le Grand Ivan Maldonado Jose Marquez Chanita Moore Yolanda Moreno Lena Petit Teri Wright Others Present (2) Julia Mandell, Gray Robinson Dave Sobush, Tampa Bay Partnership

Attendance via Communications Media Technology (CMT) Committee Members (3) Staff (3) Rena Frazier John Edmondson Richard McClain Jacqueline Halldow Commissioner Kimberly Overman Lorena Hardwick Others Present (1) Tim Crobons, Connectics

Attendance log are attached. The May 17, 2021 Operation and Safety Committee meeting was held in a hybrid format with quorum physically present at the HART Administrative Office, 1201 East 7th Avenue, Florida Conference Room, and the rest of the committee members participating via Communication Media Technology (CMT). CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The meeting was called to order by Committee Chair Commissioner Pat Kemp at 9:04 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance followed. Ms. Danielle Arthur, Board Administrator, performed roll call for attendance. Committee members Frazier, Hudson, Johnson, Kemp, McClain, Overman, and Schisler were present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Committee member Schisler moved and Committee member Hudson seconded approval of the minutes from the January 25, February 15, March 15, and April 19, 2021 Strategic Planning

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and External Relations Committee Hybrid meetings. Ms. Arthur performed a roll call vote. Committee members Frazier, Hudson, Johnson, Kemp, McClain, Overman, and Schisler voted aye. The motion passed unanimously. PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER)

There was no public comment. PRESENTATION Access to Opportunity: the Connection between Jobs and Transit in Tampa Bay

Dave Sobush, Director, Policy and Research, reported that the Tampa Bay Partnership Tampa Bay Partnership worked in cooperation with the University of Minnesota’s Accessibility Observatory on the research that shows how transit can help change future and development of transit-dependent neighborhoods and assist the recovery from COVID-19 disruptions. He presented the highlights of the study. A full copy of the presentation is available upon request from the Board Administrator at [email protected]. Committee member Overman thanked Mr. Sobush for the presentation and requested that the presentation be made available because of the great data that it contained. She noted that she had a couple of reasons why she wanted to explore this data more, one of which being that equity is extremely important to include in future planning. Committee member Overman mentioned that scenario D appears to have the greatest impact on transit dependent individuals and connecting the community to jobs. She explained the importance of promoting transit, but also answering how to connect to where people live and how they afford to live because transit is a component of a family's financial plan. Committee member Overman stated that it is important to decide which scenario to focus on and then based on that, work with the current Transit Oriented Development (TOD) study that is underway while developing a strategy along with local and regional counties to see how to best prepare for success for the people that work here. She explained that she enjoyed seeing the numbers and the various outcomes because the option chosen will help her focus her efforts of marrying transit and affordable housing. Committee member Overman commented that she is looking forward to receiving the presentation and thanked Mr. Sobush for pointing out the comparisons because it is important as HART grows to deploy resources towards enhancing transit as it will make a big difference in ensuring the best return on investment for citizens and the routes developed as consequence of strategic planning. Mr. Sobush pointed out that scenario D presented is additive to the other scenarios meaning that there must be an evolutions from scenario A, to scenarios B and C to be sustainable in scenario D. He noted that the presentation will be available following the meeting. Director Hudson thanked the Tampa Bay Partnership for being really laser focused on job accessibility as he thinks that is one way that people most frequently experience firsthand the shortcomings of our transit system. He inquired whether any of these studies have looked at land use and zoning to shape the trajectory of where new businesses are going. Committee member Hudson referenced an older study, and noted that some of the top metrics for transit accessibility

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were Honolulu, Hawaii; Madison, Wisconsin; and Tucson, Arizona which are not places that he would intuitively think would beat Hillsborough County. Mr. Sobush responded that land use and zoning is certainly not off topic noting that the system is complex. He continued that two ways to improve job accessibility are to get transit from where people are living to where they're working, and shorten the distance between those places; therefore, land use is certainly a way to improve job access. Mr. Sobush noted that there is probably a research institute that can predict better accessibility via transit by moving jobs; but the University of Minnesota explored changes in the transit network and how that affects job access for residents. Director McClain noted that this presentation highlights areas of improvement while also showing the community’s national standpoint. He thanked Mr. So bush for the explanation that these plans are expected to be an evolution from scenario A to B to C, and finally D. He mentioned that it was interesting to hear that scenario C would probably have the largest effect on the community and enhancing transit for our constituents. Committee member McClain mentioned that there has been a large focus on transit over the last five years while the region continued to grow substantially. He asked if there is a direct cause for the current state of transit and asked further if the cause is lack of financial means. Committee member McClain request a copy of the presentation to explore the data presented. Mr. Sobush agreed with Director McClain that the current state of transit is lack of funding noting that is why additional funds to get these projects started is so important. He added that that is the reason why so many at the meeting and the Tampa Bay Partnership have been supportive of the referendum efforts for many, years. Committee Chair Kemp stated that this is a watershed in the way that transit is looked at in the region. She added that she has always thought that strengthening parts of the region is how to strengthen the region as a whole. Committee Chair Kemp stressed that she does not think people understand how critically low the investment is in transit as Mr. Sobush mentioned in his presentation. She noted that it is not surprising to her that HART is serving the critical needs better than other places and explained that the reason is probably because the resources are so distressed and limited. Committee Chair Kemp mentioned that the presentation totally reversed the regional conversation with the focus on single interstate regional rapid transit route. She continued that she would like to explore this information further on how it serves Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties because only 5% of the projected hypothetical users would use transit to cross county lines whereas 100% of Pasco would. Committee Chair Kemp noted that there was not a single projected individual that would ever take the transit from Wesley Chapel to St Petersburg and only a few people would ever take it from Wesley chapel to the airport or Westshore. She stressed that it is the local bus routes already in place that need to be strengthen within the region as it is the workforce. Committee Chair Kemp mentioned that this information has shown that through scenario A being what the Agency should focus on with the other scenarios only bringing minimum returns for investment and efficiency that may not even be there. She requested for the future, a mechanism to put additional service, such as rail, into the scenarios to see terms and costs of efficiency as well as generated stats. Committee Chair Kemp inquired if both connections of

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South county to MacDill Air Force Base and Tampa to St. Petersburg for the ferry were studied as the first is a commuter connection, but the latter is not. She expressed that this information is extremely interesting as it sets another tone of where to move forward with scenario A being strengthening the base of every transit system which are the local bus routes where there are the most efficiencies, service, usefulness, access to jobs and opportunities. Committee Chair Kemp spoke about the region geography separated by bridges which are daunting barriers without stops and stated that this is why she has been trying to focus resources on the local bus system. Mr. Sobush indicated that one reason for these studies is to incite conversation noting that if job access is the target, certain results can be achieved. He continued that affordable housing or land use goals used for implementing transit will require different connections. Mr. Sobush stated that, with respect to the regional rapid transit, because there are already long corridors served by transit, there is not much of a jump there. He continued that the 100% of Pasco riders traveling to Hillsborough county are workers and customers for those businesses making it is important to connect this region and perform as a market of 3.9 million people because the region will be better off and the national rankings will improve. Committee Chair Kemp stated that she would not contest that, but the data was only based off of one route which probably had the majority of the riders from University of South Florida (USF), maybe a few from downtown, and none from the Westshore area because people do not travel that way. She added that people do not travel that way in their cars and so will not do it by transit and that is not the way to focus. Committee Chair Kemp expressed that she always thought jobs access actually was the most important objective to transit with other community projects, such as Transit Oriented Development, incidental to that Committee member McClain noted that with the growth in the region, HART will have to take regional transit in serious consideration moving forward which is why he thought scenario C would have the most impact. He added that local transit is the workforce and will always be very important, but as the region expands and people start to move more freely, regional transit will play a key part in this region and Tampa in general as well as the nation as a whole. Committee member McClain stated that if HART does not secure some form of reliable, efficient regional transit in the future, then the Agency will lose out from an economic standpoint. Committee Chair Kemp stated that the term regional can be defined in many ways. She gave the example of the route between Wesley Chapel and USF that is defined as regional, but there are much longer routes within Hillsborough County which raises questions about definitions of regional as well. Committee Chair Kemp stated that all areas should be served. Strategic Planning Process

Adelee Marie Le Grand, AICP, HART Chief Executive Officer, spoke about the strategic planning process which included a glance of the current state of the Agency and an explanation of the overall process.

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Committee Chair Kemp stated that she is looking forward to the continued conversation and starting to define where HART should be going and how to get there in the most cost efficient and useful way to serve the most people. Committee member Schisler stated that he is glad to see the strategic plan planning process presentation as well as the presentation from Mr. Sobush. He cautioned against trying to do too many initiatives at one time, but he is happy to see the initiation of the strategic planning process and it appears that staff has good handle on it. Committee member Schisler expressed that he is looking forward to the results. INFORMATION ITEM

Network Reevaluation and Short-Term Service Plan Update

Mr. Christopher Cochran, Director of Service Development, updated the Committee on the network evaluation study and short-term operations plan that was launched early 2020. He noted that initially, this contract to Connetics was a market assessment to develop a short-term operations plan for the next two to four years based on the All for Transportation (AFT) funding. Mr. Cochran explained that the first $300,000 for the contract came from an FTA grant with the remaining $105,000 planned to come from the AFT funding. He continued that at this point, tasks 1 through 3 have been completed with the exception of the orgin and destination study. A deliverable for tasks 1 through 3 was a very comprehensive market assessment that has provided HART with valuable information on jobs accessibility and how HART serves the population which he further explained. Mr. Cochran restated that there was not enough funding for tasks four and five which was aimed at developing the AFT funding that is not moving forward and therefore, is not needed. He did stress that the origin and destination survey which is a real critical piece still needs to be done as it is information that is used by HART and other agencies to model for big capital grants. Mr. Cochran stated that the study was initially scheduled for 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic and now is being evaluated with the vendor on the best way to move ahead. He stated that staff will provide an update when available. Mr. Cochran referred the Committee to the report in the packet and asked if there were any questions. OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business. NEW BUSINESS There was no new business. ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 9:46 a.m.

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BOARD ATTENDANCE LOG

Meeting: Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee Hybrid Meeting Date:05/17/2021 COMMITTEE MEMBERS

NAME PRESENT ABSENT AFTER ROLL CALL Physical CMT

Rena Frazier X Tyler Hudson X Eric Johnson X Commissioner Pat Kemp X Richard A. McClain X Commissioner Kimberly Overman X Councilman Gil Schisler X

OTHER BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT Mayor Jane Castor Marvin Knight Commissioner Gwen Myers Commissioner Mariella Smith Councilmember Luis Viera Melanie Williams

STAFF PRESENT OTHERS

In Person Julia Mandel, Gray Robinson Danielle Arthur Dave Sobush, Tampa Bay Partnership Chris Cochran Tim Crobons, Connectics Eartha Cole Loretta Kirk Adelee Le Grand Ivan Maldonado Jose Marquez Chanita Moore Yolanda Moreno Lena Petit Teri Wright Communication Technology Media (CMT) John Edmondson Jacqueline Halldow Lorena Hardwick

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June 21, 2021

Attendance in PersonCommittee Members (3) Staff (12)Tyler Hudson Danielle ArthurEric Johnson Chris CochranCommissioner Pat Kemp Eartha Cole

Scott DrainvilleLoretta KirkLorena HardwickAdelee Le GrandChanita MooreYolanda MorenoLena PetitJustin WillitsTeri Wright

Others Present (1)Julia Mandell, Gray Robinson

Attendance via Communications Media Technology (CMT)Committee Members (5) Staff (3)Rena Frazier Greg BrackinMarvin Knight John EdmondsonRichard McClain Jose MarquezCommissioner Kimberly OvermanCouncilman Gil Schisler

Committee Members Absent (1)Melanie Williams

Attendance log are attached.

The June 21, 2021 Joint Strategic Planning and External Relations and Operation and SafetyCommittee meeting was held in a hybrid format with committee members physically present at the HART Administrative Office, 1201 East 7th Avenue, Florida Conference Room, and the rest of the Committee members participating via Communication Media Technology (CMT).

CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

The meeting was called to order by Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee Chair Commissioner Pat Kemp at 9:04 a.m. Pledge of Allegiance followed.

Ms. Danielle Arthur, Board Administrator, performed roll call for attendance. Committee members Frazier, Hudson, Johnson, Kemp, McClain, Overman, and Schisler were present. Committee member Williams was absent.

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Committee Chair Kemp suggested that the meeting be facilitated by one Committee Chair to streamline the agenda flow and allow one person to monitor participation of the Committee members present both virtually and physically in the room. She asked if there were any objections.

There were no objections.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Committee Chair Kemp referred the Committee members to the minutes from the May 17, 2021 Strategic Planning and External Relations Committee meeting and Operations and Safety Committee meeting and asked if either Committee had any questions or comments.

There were no questions or comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT (3 MINUTES PER SPEAKER)

There was no public comment.

PRESENTATION

Strategic Planning Discussion

Ms. Adelee Le Grand, Chief Executive Officer, outlined the structure for the presentation and noted collaborative effort that was involved in putting this information together. Mr. Christopher Cochran, Director of Service Development, indicated that the presentation included a comprehensive set of data from the HART Comprehensive Operational Analysis, as well as a combination of information from studies from multiple agencies throughout the region. Ms. Lorena Hardwick, Director of Government Relations, reviewed the 2021 Strategic Planning process, the current size of the Agency, and the current Mission and Vision of HART. Mr. Justin Willits, Senior Planner, detailed the existing studies, projects and service, as well as outlined the future priorities. A full copy of the presentation is available upon request from the Board Administrator at [email protected].

Committee member McClain referred to slide 2 that demonstrated the timeline for development ofthe Strategic Plan as January 2021 through December 2022. He stated that his understanding is that HART already has a strategic plan in place. Committee member McClain inquired if staff isupdating the existing plan or starting from scratch with a new plan.

Mr. Willits responded that HART has a Transit Development Plan (TDP), which is the technical planning work done on an annual basis to submit to the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). He added that the strategic plan will lead into an updated TDP for next year and is more of a visioning and strategic plan for the Agency as a whole, whereas the TDP is a more technical service specific document.

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Ms. Le Grand clarified that HART does not have a 20-year strategic plan, but instead, a list of projects identified based on different sets of analyses, either from the TDP or studies done by other Agencies. She stressed that there is not one document that clearly states what it is that HARTwants to do and its role in the community. Ms. Le Grand referred to the timeline, noting that the Agency will need additional time, as most of the work will happen in the last two phases of developing the strategies to trade-offs and opportunities. She continued that once vision, mission, goals, and process for evaluating success are identified, it is important for staff that the strategy is developed for HART to be successful. Ms. Le Grand explained that creation of a solid strategic plan takes time, as it requires coordination in the community, which will be detailed in the evaluating options phase, where a specific strategy will be identified to turn into action items or actual capital and operating projects moving forward. She gave an example of a specific strategy and outlined that after those specific strategies are identified, the budgeting exercises will tie into implementing those strategies on a year over year basis. Ms. Le Grand restated that it will take until the end of December of 2022 to complete, but by that time, the strategies will connect to the budgeting process to allow the Board to determine if the Agency is making the right financial decisions based on implementing the strategies.

Committee member McClain thanked staff for the clarification and noted that he is shocked that HART does not have a strategic plan.

Committee Chair Kemp inquired about the jobs per acre data in the University area.

Mr. Willits stated that he does not have the information readily available, but can provide it separately. He added that he remembers that it is between 10 and 20 jobs/acre so it is not quite as dense as downtown and Westshore at this point.

Committee Chair Kemp referred to slide 13 showing cell phone data and inquired why the data is not nearly as strong along Interstates 275 and 4.

Mr. Willits stated that the data is used primarily as origin and destinations from those placescollecting data from all stops and starts, not just from home to work representing four or five trips throughout the day, not just a single morning and afternoon.

Ms. Le Grand offered that this is a key shift in a way to start thinking about public mobility. She noted that for a long time, in the travel demand model, it has been about trips from home to work or “home-based work trips” as it is technically called, and that is what transit mostly supported. Ms. Le Grand explained that before COVID-19, a lot of people were taking trips outside of merelygoing from home to work, and transit was not meeting those needs. She continued that the Agency can explore if the service should only provide home to work trips or provide all the trips that people want to take by transit or “home-based other trips”. Ms. Le Grand stated that the cell phone data reveals every trip that somebody made from 2013 to 2018, which shows that there is a shift in the way people are moving around.

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Committee member Hudson asked for clarification on how the trips are counted.

Mr. Willits responded that a trip from home to work and back would count as two trips, but if an errand is taken into account, it counts as four.

Committee Chair Kemp noted the importance of travel trends and stated that she is pleased to finally have the technology of cellphone data, as she believes that it is needed, and it will be a great tool to analyzing. She thanked staff for the clarification on how to read the data and look at it from a different angle.

Ms. Le Grand offered, as a point of thought, to look at the service as a business: does it make sense to leave the extra opportunity of “home-based other trips” out of the strategic plan or is there value to reviewing and targeting those trip patterns as well.

Mr. Willits clarified that the slides 13 and 14 both use cell phone data; and slide 14 also shows an overlay of the HART service in comparison to the cell phone data. He added that the data shows that the service is not overservicing as the resources are not available, but it is underserving the Rocky Point area and a couple of other spots that are on the radar for short-term improvements.

Committee member Overman referred to slide 14 compared to slide 13 and noted that some areas with high trip density are not served at all, such as Plant City, parts along the interstate, and Oldsmar. She continued that they appear to be commuter-based types of trips, as opposed to the Brandon, University, and downtown areas. Committee member Overman mentioned that the Brandon, University, and downtown areas also have hospitals, which could account for increase in trips. She pointed out the two slides showing the differences between the density for commuter traffic and the density associated with the basic service traffic that people utilize throughout the day and on the weekends.

Mr. Willits stated that the data is capturing 95% of the automobile traffic, including a lot of the commuter traffic, which staff is comparing to the internal trips within the county, the cell phone data, and the ridership on the existing service to determine if it is meeting the needs and where the gaps are.

Committee member Kemp commented that she has, for years, talked about Oldsmar because as she recalls, it has 12,000 residents and 40,000 people a day that come to Hillsborough to work and it is the area that is underrecognized. She added that CSX tracks go through that area as well. Committee Chair Kemp inquired why some parts of the Interstate-4 are darker than others.

Mr. Willits explained that cell phone data is not perfect, and one of the flaws is that “stop and go traffic” can create inaccurate data points, which is important to remember when reviewing the data. He added that the darker portions can be congestion. Mr. Willits mentioned that this data was compiled over one week in October of 2019.

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Committee member Overman mentioned that it could be where the Florida State Fairgrounds are along with other employment complexes

Ms. Le Grand referred to slide 17, which demonstrated the ridership trend over 5 years for each mode and noted that even with the declining bus ridership, it is still the lion's share of all ridership. She added that the streetcar ridership is increasing exponentially, but it still pales in comparison to the bus service and stressed that the bus service needs to be recognized as the backbone of all service at HART. Ms. Le Grand noted that, when discussing the future, the bus service needs to be strategically and deliberately thought about in terms of how the service should perform. She explained that the other modes are important, but if the bus service cannot perform and be as efficient as possible, other services added to it will not be as successful. Ms. Le Grand posed the question of the role of the bus service for the overall future.

Committee Chair Kemp commented that, from her reading, there are only two places that have more ridership by some other mode than the bus: subway systems in Washington, D.C. and New York, NY. She stressed that, other than that, the bus service is heartbeat and the core of every transit system in the country and it is important for people to know that. Committee Chair Kemp noted that the bus service can be made better with dedicated corridors to ensure frequency as in other jurisdictions around the country. She mentioned that slide 17 shows the plateau that occurred staring in 2016 after a steep climb from as far back as 2008 and when compared to the budget, the ridership trend has never mirrored the trends of the budget.

Committee Vice Chair Schisler inquired about transit supportive policies.

Mr. Willits responded that those are policies that mandate parking requirements in fairly well-served transit areas, where there is good existing service.

Committee Vice Chair Schisler referred to slide 23 that showed recent population growth, and asked what the numbers are based upon while also noting that the Temple Terrace populationgoing forward will be significantly more with the redevelopment district and three other substantive constructions currently occurring. He suggested that in the future, staff reexamine the population in Temple Terrace.

Committee Chair Kemp referred to slide 26 which presented a scenario of serving 50% of the population, noting that the raw calculation of operating expenses is just to reach the population within a quarter mile with any service, not necessarily frequent service.

Mr. Willits confirmed the statement and added that it is the cost for members of the community to simply access the service. He added that frequency of the service is a topic to discuss moving thestrategic planning forward.

Ms. Le Grand added that another question to ask is how to phase in service with better reach in the community. She continued that this can also be reviewed as a way for us to improve our service

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on an annual basis. Ms. Le Grand stated that these are some of the conversations that staff wantsto have. She noted that the purpose of the presentation is to start the conversation and share the questions that will be posed to the leadership team, Operators, etc. Mr. Le Grand explained that this also has to be an internal strategic planning process to understand what they see as challengesand provide them information to ensure alignment with the front lines be returning to the committee for another series of conversations. She expressed that the purpose of slide 26 is to open up a formal conversation, to spur the Committee members’ thinking about what kind of service and at what level should HART provide considering all the data. Ms. Le Grand stated that once it is known how many people the service should reach, staff can go behind the scenes to determine financial impact it would have on the Organization.

Committee member Hudson inquired if 50% of the reach in the community is an industry standardor best practice.

Ms. Le Grand responded that depending on the type of system, there are different metrics. She continued that this 50% reach is in alignment with the most recent study performed by the Tampa Bay Partnership that discussed the overall economy if service increased its reach, and would allow recognition of that economic impact while exploring what HART would have to do to at least try to make that happen. Ms. Le Grand reminded the Committee that the study did have many layers to explore with different levels of service.

Committee member Hudson commented that the 50% reach seems like a crude of a measurement because he does not believe that expanding more 60-minute frequency service just to reach more of the population is a great idea. He mentioned that the frequency of service relative to the proximity of high-density locations seems like a better approach.

Ms. Le Grand agreed that expanding 60-minute frequency service is not a great idea and added that this will not be a system with only one metric. She noted that there needs to be a conversation around frequency, while at the same time being deliberate on attaining the 50% reach. Ms. Le Grand referred to the previous maps noting that staff would employ strategies in those areas that have been identified as right for transit ridership supporting all the attributes that define a transitriders’ persona, which would include increased service and frequency. She noted that part of theconversations should be around frequency. Ms. Le Grand stated that in the last update on the service standards, the longest frequency currently used is 60 minutes, so service will not go beyond that as it did in the past. She continued that she hopes that conversations will lead to a goal of “by a specific timeline, there is no frequency of less than 30 minutes”. Ms. Le Grand stated that the Agency can then work towards that, while understanding the financial implications of attaining a service with that frequency.

Committee member Kemp stated that the Tampa Bay Partnership study have a metric that people would reach their destination within one hour, which would require frequency since they mighthave to switch within a grid system. She commented that she has more commonly seen the metric of “how many people can travel from their origin to destination within 45 minutes”. Committee member Kemp continued that studies show that people will not use transit if it takes longer than

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45 minutes, so that would include more frequent opportunities with an ability to transfer and still complete the trip within 45 minutes.

Committee member Overman asked for clarification that the operating cost of reaching 50% of the population is $134.5 million plus a capital cost of $48.3 million, which is shown in paratheses.

Mr. Willits clarified that the $48.3 million is the estimated increase over the current operating costs of $86.2 million, making the new total $134.5 million.

Committee member Overman inquired if there will need to be consideration of an increase in the capital expenses.

Mr. Willits answered affirmatively.

Committee member Overman stated that the Board will need to know that number in the long term. She spoke about importance of the strategic plan to identify how service can attain that 50% reach by incorporating the transit-supportive policies mentioned earlier in the presentation. Committee member Overman stated that bus service cannot just be put everywhere to get more than 50%reach, it would seem as though HART would need to be very strategic about how they partner with the City of Tampa, Temple Terrace, Plant City and Hillsborough County on their TOD policiesfor identifying where people live and where jobs are created to help facilitate maximizing the opportunity to serve those corridors. She asked for clarification that it was the intent of the transit support of policy.

Mr. Willits responded affirmatively, noting that staff is currently working with the Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) and the City on projections for a few corridors to explore what kind of growth could be absorbed on the transit network with the existing service, and then with modest increases in frequency. He further noted that staff is completing the same exercises with other peer agencies during this process.

Committee member Overman noted that there is HARTPlus service in certain areas of the county where density is starting to infill, but have not been identified as transit emphasis, transit corridors or TOD zones, as they do not have the actual zoning for it at the moment, even though it would seem as they would be appropriate for it. She inquired if part of this process is being able to work in partnership with the land use development in identifying areas that should be designated as TODs, so that HART can efficiently implement its service in those areas.

Mr. Willits stated that such collaboration is a part of the longer-term process. He noted that conversations to -date are focusing on current service, while identifying those places for the future. He added that staff is trying to capitalize on good development along the existing service routes, allowing the Agency to receive more out of current service and trying to fill those empty seats on the buses while striving to reach maybe some places not currently served that are growing in a fairly transit supportive way in the future.

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Committee member Hudson stressed how important it is that the strategic planning effort be integrated into what the County and the City are doing with their comprehensive plans. He added that all zoning decisions needed for the future have to be consistent with the jurisdiction's comprehensive plan; and he believed that there were current efforts to change those. Committee member Hudson stated that the City of Tampa and the County have great, but inchoate, policies about TOD. He further stated that to allow the HART strategic plan to be stronger, any elements in this comprehensive plan, that can make a huge difference in how development decisions are evaluated, should be communicated.

Committee member McClain agreed with Committee member Overman’s comments, but noted that Ms. Le Grand had mentioned incrementally increasing the population served over the years in this 20-year plan. He noted that increasing incrementally will allow for the service to be increased in a very targeted strategic way. Committee member McClain noted that one thing he would like to see moving forward is where the funding will come from to cover the costs of increasing theservice to the 50% reach.

Committee Chair Kemp clarified that slide 26 gives the crudest kind of outlying possibilities and is not a suggestion of a future plan. She stressed that she does not want anybody to get the wrong impression. Committee member Kemp expressed that slide 26 gives a valuable picture for the Committee to see operational cost at 50% reach since cost of operations is 70% of the transit needs,and noted that there would certainly be significant more capital costs. She reiterated that this is just one possibility of a goal and not the only goal moving forward.

Mr. Willits explained that one of the takeaways for next phases of this plan is to analyze what the50% reach could be, based on direction from the Board, whether it is 50% of low income or minority or density over a certain threshold, with a baseline of 30 minutes. He continued that scenarios can be developed for further discussion, but this presentation was the starting point of getting the Agency in the right direction. Mr. Willits stated that staff is currently working with the County Planning Commission and City staff to identify existing density that are supportive, and what corridors have potential in the near term. He noted that staff is reviewing transit emphasis corridors identified in 2005 and exploring the upper limits of the growth potential along the corridors where trips can be absorbed for those that are still pretty consistent with existing service. Mr. Willits stated that staff is then going to perform some calculations that talk about the existing capacity to allow for more people on the existing service that is already performing well, and how to translate that into policy for the short, medium, and long term. He added that this is the best first action that the Agency can take while identifying those corridors experiencing growth that donot necessarily have transit.

Committee member Overman mentioned that at the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)hearing, there was support at the TPO level of FDOT’s offer to begin the conversation with CSX regarding the rail lines. She continued that that project would be an investment made at the federal level to expand regional access of the CSX lines to serve the county in about 10 to 15 years and spoke of the importance of realizing that the discussion of a passenger rail service has been on the

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priority list for the last 31 years. Committee member Overman added that with FDOT willing to update calculations based on all studies conducted thus far, HART should be absolutely focusedon the core mission of providing bus service throughout Hillsborough County in the best utilization able to provide service in the frequency needed. She added that it also is important to incorporatethe long-term priorities, such as passenger rail, as a transit option within Hillsborough County,even though it may not be within the immediate scope of this strategic plan. Committee member Overman referred to the earlier comment that HART has not had a strategic plan that was not just project-based. She noted that rail service has not moved forward, because it has not been adequately added to the strategic plan of HART or Hillsborough County. She requested that as the strategic plan is developed, that long-term projects not be left off, because the Agency is focused on what currently can be done. Committee member Overman spoke of the importance of incorporating a longer-term vision for Hillsborough County, given the population growth in the area as well as the potential for federal funding that may not have been so easily acquired before. She noted that at a previous meeting with FDOT, it became readily clear that the region will not move forward with passenger rail in any near time period without the federal process that permits funding at the federal level to be approximately 50%, the state provides 25% as well as the local level match in order to invest and create a transit facility. Committee member Overman stressed that not going the federal route, which previously has been the case, the region pays approximately50%-85% of the cost, which keeps projects on the long-term priority list from moving forward because the region cannot handle the cost. She noted the importance of the ground transit level bus service, but also the incorporation of long-term priorities in this strategic plan.

Committee Chair Kemp recalled that she has been interested in rail for the community for several years; and that it was placed on the TIP list last year for $3.5 million for a study hoping that it could be moved forward. She added that both the HART and TPO Boards have voted to pursue this as a project of interest. Committee Chair Kemp stated that she does not believe that anybody ever thought it could be done without federal or state money, especially matching funds. She commented that many people are supportive of looking at the CSX connection from University of South Florida (USF) south of Fowler Avenue to Ybor City to downtown Tampa and then down through South Tampa. Committee Chair Kemp stressed that it travels through the most transit dense area of users in the entire region from USF to downtown. She referred to Committee member Overman’s comment about the long timeframe for this project, and noted that CSX tracks have been converted all over the country. Committee Chair Kemp specifically pointed out that in Florida, it was done decades ago in Miami to create Tri Rail, which still operates today and more recently in 2014, in Orlando to create Sun Rail, which took eight years in total from start of conversations to operations. She added that three of the years on the Sun Rail project involved negotiating the contract which can be copied for the project at HART. Committee Chair Kemp noted that Congresswoman Castor has frequently expressed her strong interest in moving this project forward. She commented that she does not see the project as being a long-term, but rather a short term to explore and see how that fits in the current service model. Committee Chair Kemp stated that the other project that she has worked extensively on is the ferry service that can service Hillsborough County and intercity over to St. Petersburg. She mentioned that at the most recentBoard of County Commissioners (BOCC) meeting, they agreed to assume management of the intercity service. Committee Chair Kemp noted that this project is supported by five different

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jurisdictions: City of Tampa, City of St Petersburg, Pinellas County, Hillsborough County, and FDOT. She added that it is expected that this regional service not only continue, but expand from 6 months to 12 months by 2024 making it a year-round operation. Committee Chair Kemp stated that there is still ongoing work at the county level about the commuter portion of the project from South County, who really want service, to MacDill Air Force Base. She explained that prior to COVID-19, there were more than 100 van pools with between 5 and 15 people going from South County to MacDill, which would take an hour as opposed to 13 minutes on a ferry. Committee member Kemp stated that there is a lot of support by the community for this project as it will also introduce extensive bus service from South County.

Ms. Le Grand stated that these conversations are part of the process. She referred to slide 2 that demonstrated the 2021 Strategic Planning Process and noted that staff is currently in the visioning phase, when discussions on the mission, vision and goals are being had, as well as how to measure success. Ms. Le Grand mentioned that staff does not want to create a goal that cannot be measured because it will be unclear if it is accomplished. She added that this is the current focus with specific projects or strategies building “the evaluation of options” phase. Ms. Le Grand explained that all options, such as the CSX or ferry project, will be explored, building upon understanding about the long- and short-term investments. She further explained that this is a 20-year plus plan, so there will be some projects that will be completed in a shorter period of time, but there will also be projects that take 20 years. Ms. Le Grand stated that outside of this strategic planning effort, the Agency has hired a firm that is building a 20-year financial model with the intention that through the strategic planning effort, when projects are created or service changes are needed and are ready for implementation, the model will demonstrate financial impact on HART. She added that this tool can help make those annual decisions during budget preparation time. Ms. Le Grand noted that there are several priorities that have been discussed over the years creating a great catalog of what the specific projects are, but there is no direct list of what HART wants to implement, how it supports the vision or the community, and why these projects have been chosen for implementation. Ms. Le Grand proposed that staff and the Board work to define who HART is and the Agency’s role in this community through either the existing vision of “HART invites, inspires, and implements sustainable and innovative transportation” or a new vision. Ms. Le Grand pointed out that a vision as something that an Agency will work hard to achieve. She said it is important to determine HART’s aspirational goals that the Organization wishes to accomplish within the next 20 years. She further posed the question of if the community understands the vision, if it means anything to them, and do they see themselves in that kind of community. Ms. Le Grand noted that if this vision does not fit the community, then this is the opportunity to revisit it and put out a statement that people can understand what HART is trying to accomplish. She noted that all of Board members represent different spaces in the community and inquired, from their view point, what role they see HART playing in the future. Ms. Le Grand explained that from the brainstorming today, staff will return to discuss how to bring the ideas into a concise cohesive vision. She stated that, from her position as CEO of HART, she sees HART as an agency providing a competitive mobility choice, not just a choice for one sector of the population because they are low income or transit dependent; but a choice that everybody who has to move around this county can rely on because it is sufficient, effective and reliable.

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Committee member Hudson inquired if it is necessary to have a mission, vision, and motto as well as the definitions for each.

Ms. Le Grand defined a mission as primarily what the Agency is currently performing and stated that the HART mission is “HART takes people to places that enhance their lives”. She offered that more can be added to the mission, if the Board wishes. Ms. Le Grand defined a vision as what the Agency wants to aspire towards, meaning what the Agency wants for the future in taking people places and what is the Agency working toward doing more than currently. She noted that the motto is something catchy.

Committee member Hudson stated that he is in favor of the motto as it has a little of the mission and vision and as a lawyer, he suggested imposing a word count. He expressed that he liked the wording that Ms. Le Grand used as it was a great way to center things. Committee member Hudson spoke about the enormous impact that HART will have on what the city will look like in 100 years.

Ms. Le Grand suggested noting that impact in the region, and the county over the next 100 years in the vision.

Committee member Hudson noted the impact of the streetcar service to the city, and stated that looking backwards would not be the worst thing when thinking about the future. He stressed the importance of being responsible for the future generations.

Ms. Le Grand stated that previously, transit investment was made to support the need to get from point A to point B, but now that transit investment has a direct correlation to economic growth. She continued that the vision is to ensure that HART is playing a major role in the economic growth of the region through investments. Ms. Le Grand noted that not all of the ideas listed today may end up in the vision, but they can lead towards the creation of goals. She agreed with Committee member Hudson that the Agency should be deliberate and ensure that service is utilized not only to get people from here to there, but also to support the economic growth.

Committee member Hudson added that HART is not a bus agency that drives the economy, but itis an economic driver that happens to have a bus. He spoke of the importance of thinking this way in the future.

On Commissioner Kemp’s request, Ms. Le Grand restated her statement that she sees HART to be a competitive transportation choice that is effective efficient and reliable.

Committee Chair Kemp stated that she agrees with that direction for the Agency.

Committee member Overman noted that she is appreciative of the conversation, but part of the vision that everyone has to be cognizant of is the ongoing funding that will be needed to fulfill both the mission and vision of sustainable and innovative transportation options that serve our community. She stated that with the current footprint and growth projections in regards to housing and economic opportunity in Hillsborough County, the timeline works well because in the coming

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months, the BOCC will be discussing a strategy for developing transportation resources. Committee member Overman commented that she assumes that this plan would include funding for transit within the overall mobility transportation plan. She continued that since there is no tax in place to fund transportation, but the BOCC appears to be on a path for creating one, this strategic plan, in conjunction with the conversations and all other elements associated with it, is critically important to clearly identify overall sustainable and innovative transportation. Committee member Overman spoke about importance of making the plan very clear to be incorporated in the work to frame how a revenue source, whether it's a tax or other source, could provide HART with the resources to move that mission and vision forward. She stated that she believes that the goal at these meetings would be to prepare for discussion so the next time the voters are asked for a sales tax initiative in November of 2022, they will act favorably. Committee member Overman reiterated that the timeline for the strategic plan matters and should match the timeframe of the tax if one is implemented. She again spoke of the importance of addressing both short-term goalswhile identifying long-term goals as well.

Ms. Le Grand noted Committee member Overman’s great insight and stated that currently, the Agency is reviewing the vision to ensure that it helps the Agency get to a benchmark year and accomplish several things. She continued that the other current task is creating goals, which is being done from now to the end of the year, in addition to revisiting the vision statement because none of the current projects are tied to specific goals. Ms. Le Grand stated that it is not unique to have a list of projects, a TIP list and TDP, but there are no goals to tie those projects or documents to show achievements of the Agency. She stressed that staff is not trying to get rid of any priorities or any projects that may exist, but there may also be new projects that are identified to add to thelist. Ms. Le Grand stated that either way, the projects need to be tied to some goals created by the Board and provide examples, such as creating a more sustainable environment with use of transit, centering goals around electric vehicles, or providing more frequent and timely service. She added that the vision created this year may not be the vision to keep for the next 30 years, but these are pieces that the Agency is trying to knit together. Ms. Le Grand summarized that once the visionis in place, goals will be created to support that vision. which will lead to creating strategies to implement those goals.

Committee Vice Chair Schisler noted that these are all good points from everyone at the meeting and he thanked Committee Chair Kemp for the update on the ferry project. He agreed with Committee member Overman’s comments on future funding to cover increasing cost of the implementation of these projects while tying them all together into the common goals, mission and vision. Committee Vice Chair Schisler stated that management needs to be very cognizant of the task that will be needed to communicate the strategic plan to the public because none of the goals will lead to success unless the community is convinced to use bus, train, or ferry. He stressed that as part of the planning, the communication plan needs to be developed. Committee Vice Chair Schisler commented that he believes that it is going to be very critical to communicate before any tax increase will be passed by the electorate. He noted that the previous transportation surtax being overturned created a lot of bad publicity which may make it harder to pass this next time. Committee Vice Chair Schisler again stressed that the communication plan will be necessary as part of the overall strategy and development as this moves forward.

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Committee member Johnson recalled a previous comment at the Board meeting made by Ms. Le Grand that the Agency should be run like a business, where there is awareness of what the consumer wants and incorporation of that in the goals and vision planning. He agreed with Committee member Schisler’s comments that the Organization needs to ensure that there isoutreach and communication. Committee member Johnson also noted the Agency should be cautious not to repeat mistakes of previous leadership, but he believes that Ms. Le Grand has done a tremendous job getting the Agency on the right path. He commented that it is frightening that HART did not have a strategic plan, but it appears that the Agency is moving in the right direction by creating one and ensuring that all stakeholders are identified as well as their wants before creating the goals.

Committee Chair Kemp commented that she is very pleased with moving forward. She noted that a strategic plan has been needed as long as she has been on the Board and she was frustrated that the Agency never moved in this direction or had these extremely important conversations. Committee Chair Kemp said she did not believe that people realize that the Agency is always in crisis in terms of inability to provide a reasonable transit system that can grow with the City as it becomes an economic center and provides opportunities. Committee Chair commented that it is important for people to have opportunities to move to other places, get to jobs, and travel to places that enrich their lives. She added that HART has been far behind for such a densely populated area, which has caused too little opportunity to serve the community in a way that is reasonable. Committee Chair Kemp mentioned that this is a great starting point to get the Board thinking about how the Agency should move forward. She noted her belief that there has never been metrics used for cost of ridership or service, or where it gets people in terms of a competitive transportation mobility option that is efficient, effective, and reliable. Committee Chair Kemp stated that she is ready to see this process move forward as she believes that it will be a robust process that will work over time.

Ms. Le Grand thanked the team that has been involved with this process. She continued that this was one of the first assignments she presented to staff asking them to start reviewing previous studies and cataloging what the recommendations are as all of these studies are related to the business that HART is in. Ms. Le Grand explained that staff has gone through that process to put this information together for the conversation today. She referred to Committee member Schisler’s comment about engagement and responded that a part of this process is engagement, which is why this conversation will continue until the end of this calendar year with discussions with the Board, internal stakeholders and partners in the community. Ms. Le Grand continued that they will be asked where they see HART, how the Agency supports its mission or vision, how the service provided enhances or improves what others are doing, and what role HART plays. She continued that staff will start gathering this information using it to help reframe the vision as well as develop goals to return as this process continues with updates. Ms. Le Grand invited the Committee to reach out after the meeting if more comments or suggestions arise so staff can collect it and keep it as a part of the process. She thanked both committees for this joint meeting and opportunity to have this conversation.

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INFORMATION ITEM

Monthly Safety and Security Update - April and May 2021

The item was included in the packet.

OLD BUSINESS

There was no old business.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting adjourned at 10:58 a.m.

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August 16, 2021

Christopher CochranDirector of Service Development

Transit Development Plan (TDP): Quarter 3 Update

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What is the TDP

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• A Transit Development Plan (TDP) is a multi-year financial and operating planfor a transit agency.

• FDOT requirement

• Major Updates are completed every five years with minor updates in between.

• Last Major Updates was 2017.

• Staff has begun working on Minor Update internally• Completion is scheduled for first quarter of FY2022• Due to FDOT by December 2021

• Major Update Extension• In Quarter 3 of FY2021, FDOT and HART came to a consensus that a

one-year extension to the TDP cycle was in the best interest of the Agency• New deadline for Major Update is Fall of FY2022

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Quarter 3 Updates

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• Tampa Arterial BRT Project• Task 5 – Recommended Alignment PD&E began• Scheduled to be completed at the end of 2021 or beginning of 2022

• FTA Transit Oriented Development Pilot Program• 60% of project completed• During recent quarter, Project staff began developing policy framework

and evaluation of station area planning efforts.• Scheduled to be completed at the end of 2021

• HART was unable to expand services as presented in current TDP in Quarter 3due to COVID and lack of ridership

• June 13, 2021 service modifications were made to align service withcurrent demand and maximize service reliability.

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