Agenda posted by 5:00 PM, October 25, 2012

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Thursday, November 01, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, expected ending at 12:30PM)

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes  

2.      Public Comments, 10 minutes  

3.      Chair’s Report, 5 minutes  

4.      Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

5.      Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes

6.      Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

 

7.      Action Items:

a.      Work Scope: Silver Line to Chelsea, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and action on this proposed work scope, 15 minutes (posted)

b.     Meeting Minutes of October 18, 2012 MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)

 

8.      MPO Certification Activities Schedule, Pam Wolfe, Manager, Certification Activities, presentation and discussion of the MPO schedule for FFY 2013, 15 minutes (posted)

 

9.      TIP Update, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of analysis of TIP programming, 20 minutes

 

10.   Location Selection: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, Central Transportation Planning Staff, presentation, discussion, and consensus on these recommended locations for inclusion in the following two MPO studies, 20 minutes (posted)

a.      FFY 2013 Safety and Operations of Intersections, Mark Abbott, MPO Staff

b.     Priority Corridors for LRTP Needs Assessment - 2, Seth Asante, MPO Staff

 

11.   Priority Corridors for LRTP Needs Assessment - 1, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of these completed memoranda, 20 minutes (posted)

a.      Route 203  Corridor Study, Boston, Seth Asante, MPO Staff

b.     Route 114 Corridor Study, Danvers, Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff

 

12.   Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

 

 

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