1. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

2. Mission Statement Plan, Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain the roadway system under the jurisdiction of Lee County

3. DOT Organization • Engineering Services • Traffic • Operations • Tolls • GIS

4. Federal/State or Regulatory Agency Mandated • Superintendence and control of County road system FS 336.02 (1) (a) • Clean Water Act Section 402, FS 373 • National Bridge Inspection Standards 23 CFR Part 60 • Drawbridge operation 33 CFR Part 117 • Regulatory Sign and Signal Maintenance FS 316 • Update/Maintenance of Transportation Element of Lee Plan and CIP FS 163 • Maintenance/Reporting of County Road System

5. Comprehensive Plan Mandated • Long range planning with the MPO (36.1.1 and 42.1.1) • Prepare and implement financially feasible CIP (37.1) • Maintain adopted LOS standards (37.1.1) • Maintain/update roadway service volumes (37.1.2) • Traffic Count Program (37.1.3) • Traffic signal progression program (40.2.2) • Monitoring and improving signals, signs, street lighting and lane markings on all roadways (40.2.2) • Traffic safety studies (40.2.3) • Traffic signal/intersection improvement program (40.2.7) • Leescape Plan and RLAC (40.3) • Bicycle/Pedestrian system and BPAC (40.4.2-40.4.8) • Neighborhood Traffic Control Plans/Traffic Calming (41.1.3) • Coordination of transportation facilities with other agencies (42.1)

6. Historical/Board Directed • Roadway Landscaping Program • Arterial Streetlights • Non regulatory road signs • Controlled Access Roadways • ROW permitting and regulations • Signalization Retiming and Operations Center

7. Cost of Core Services • Mandated $27,480,000 • Comp Plan $ 14,490,000 • BoCC/Historical $ 4,180,000 Total $ 46,150,000

8. Where Have We Been?

9. Five-Year Historical Data

10. Five Year HistoryApproved Positions

11. Major Increases or Declines • Implementation of Signal Operations Center  • Landscape program  • Asset Management System  • Material costs  • Arterial street lighting program  • Contracted services 

12. Where Are We Today?

13. Positions • 394 approved positions • 9 vacant positions

14. Cost Reductions and/or Efficiencies • Eliminated in house surveying • Reduction in 42 positions and corresponding Fleet since FY 2007 • Terminated Interlocal agreements with municipalities except for traffic signals

15. Major Issues and Long Range Projects • Long range plan update with MPO • Coordination of large developments – Red Sox Stadium and Babcock Ranch • Bike lane/complete streets • Road resurfacing shortfall • Bridge Replacement (Big Carlos) • Upgrade of Signal System • State mandates for sign retro-reflectivity • Bridge Incident Management System • Increased mileage of roadway and landscaping to maintain • Revenue shortfalls for capital improvements

16. Where Are We Going?

17. Three Year Revenue/Expense Projection

18. Core Services Engineering Services • Long range planning – 20 year horizon • Transportation related development review activities • Bicycle/Pedestrian planning, programming and committee administration • ROW inventory • Design and construction of capital projects • ROW permitting • Resurfacing program

19. Core Services Landscape Program • $32 million investment • 184 centerline miles landscaped • $1.75 million contract budget • Large tree/palm trimming • Irrigation maintenance and repair • Spraying and fertilization

20. Core Services Canal Program • Quarterly mowing of 163 miles of canal ROW, 211 weirs and 67 retention ponds • Maintenance of primary drainage canals for hydraulic function 12-14 month cycle • Chemical application for aquatic vegetation control in canals and flood prone ditches

21. Core Services Road/Bridge Programs • Mowing and maintenance of 2,422.85 miles of ROW, on a 4-8 week cycle in high visibility or 8-10 weeks in rural areas • Quarterly sweeping of curbed sections • 425 miles of sidewalks and bike paths • Maintenance of ditches, swales and drainage culverts • Maintenance of 130 bridges, 3 bascule and over 150 box culverts • 50.3 miles of handrail and guardrail maintenance and repair

22. Core Services Traffic Section • Maintain over 96,000+ signs • Refurbish annually 1,700 miles of pavement markings, 16,000 raised pavement markers and 1,000 intersections • Operate and maintain 395 traffic signals • Maintain county-wide database of crash statistics • Prepare traffic data collection and prepare traffic studies • Operate 15 hour per day coverage of Signal Operation Center • Maintenance of 4,873 arterial street lights

23. Cutback/Reduction Options • Use contracted services for design and construction of capital projects • Reduce maintenance cycles throughout • Not replace non regulatory signs • Decrease staffing and hours of Signal Operations Center • Reduce agreements with constitutional offices • Eliminate staff support to committees (BPAC and RLAC) • Arterial Street Lighting • Landscaping

24. Enhanced Revenue Options • Implement drainage utility • Increase/expand toll system • Increase permit fees • Shift local option gas tax revenue from capital to fund O&M