Title: Regional Transportation Advisory Council - Description: RTAC Letterhead

 

Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting

Conference Room 4, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 3:00 PM

(Estimated duration: one hour and thirty minutes, expected ending at 4:30 PM)

Meeting Agenda

1.     Introductions, 5 minutes (3:00 PM) Tegin Teich, Chair

2.     Chair’s Report, 5 minutes (3:05 PM), T. Teich, Chair

3.     Approval of June 13, 2018, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (3:10 PM),
T. Teich, Chair (minutes posted to
MPO Website Calendar before meeting)

4.     Update on Focus40, the MBTA’s 25-Year Investment Plan, 45 min (3:15 PM), Jennifer Slesinger, Senior Transportation Planner and Focus40 Project Manager, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, presentation and discussion of the Focus40 process, proposed programs, and next steps

5.     Election Committee, 15 minutes (4:00 PM), Jen Rowe, Advisory Council Coordinator, nomination of candidates by the Election Committee and by Advisory Council members; nominations close at the end of the meeting
(The Advisory Council will elect officers for 2018 at its October 11 meeting.)

6.     Old Business, New Business, and Member Announcements, 15 minutes (4:15 PM), T. Teich, Chair, ongoing Advisory Council items and issues, including notices by members and items that were not anticipated

7.     Adjourn (4:30 PM)


 

 

 

Agenda posted before (3:00 PM, September 5, 2018)

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