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Commissioner Craft stated that it concerns him that it has been put on a list and it has not been discussed by the St. Lucie MPO. Commissioner Smith stated as a thought, a few years ago when the regional planning council took the three counties and lined up the DRI's; he was thinking how were all the people going to get to I-95 and to this section of the region. It would be encouraging to recognize the DRI that will be happening between the three counties that somehow the people in the capacity of the turnpike and I- 95 as it exists today through the region is going to need a western edge. A question to Mr. Wolfe, the district's funding as a total, assuming all the projects are under the same usage criteria,use or lose it by the end of 2007. If for some reason.there is a project that is anticipated outside of this portion of the district that is in another portion of the district; what happens to that money when there is no conceivable way it is going to get built? Does that money get re-allocated to other parts of the district? Mr. Wolfe's response was inaudible. Ms. Miller.stated the monies come to district four; the funds were sub-divided between the southern and northern regions on an 85/15 split based on the normal statutory distribution. At this point, because of rolling forward FY 05/06 money into FY 06/07, much of that is needed to get underway in FY 06/07 as possible. The southern region has not approached the district yet, stating they won't _ be able to utilize all of their.funding. That scenario will have to be worked through whether those funds would be rolled forward to FY 07/08 or re-distributed within the district for potential use from the northern region. Commissioner Smith stated he wanted to set the stage, if there is any consideration that the district is eight months away from the end 1 of that period and there is are three proj ectsthat are active and there is a way to say, if FDOT is going to take that money back and re-distribute through the state system can there be a recognition of how to re-distribute it within the entire district four versus the south region. Mr. Wolfe's comments were inaudible. Commissioner Smith asked if transit will be a part of the discussion. Mr. Wolfe's comments were inaudible. Commissioner Craft stated that he appreciated the comments and look forward to having a conversation with the St. Lucie MPO but that is what concerns him. It is important that it is looked at and it is something that is being moved ahead and it has not been discussed on the St. Lucie MPO. -It is important to have that discussion before considering moving forward with the PD&E study. A presentation to St. Lucie MPO regarding the issue so a formal discussion could be addressed would be important moving to the next step. Mr. Drummond asked what the time line was for the TCTC to make a recommendation. TCTC Meeting minutes 05.18.06 Page 6 of 9