Original
agenda posted before 5:00 PM, January 26, 2012
Revised
version posted before 5:00 PM February 1, 2012
Thursday, February 2, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours; estimated end at noon)
Please note: MPO members will
vote on whether to go into executive session to consider information that
includes matters relating to the deployment of security personnel or devices
and strategies; the MPO meeting will be adjourned from the executive session. The
MPO meeting will be followed by a UPWP Committee meeting scheduled to begin at
approximately noon.
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:
8.
TIP
Amendment One Update, Sean Pfalzer, Interim TIP Manager, MPO Staff, discussion of possible new items (non-target)
to add to the proposed amendment and consensus on adding, 15 minutes
9.
Work Scope:
MassDOT Title VI Program Scope Amendment, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of proposed additional tasks, 15 minutes (posted)
10.
Improving
the Southeast Expressway: A Conceptual Plan, Karl Quackenbush and Bill
Kuttner, Project Manager, MPO Staff, presentation
and discussion of the results of this study, 20 minutes (posted)
11.
Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including
regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
12.
MPO
Executive Session: The MPO will vote on going into Executive Session for the
purpose of considering the results of a project that includes material related
to deployment of security personnel and security strategies, topics eligible
for executive session under item 4 of Section 21 (a) of the Open Meeting Law.
The MPO will adjourn from executive session.
Executive Session - All Hazards Planning, Maureen Kelly, Safety and Security Specialist, MPO Staff, presentation of the results of this project that includes inventory and mapping of critical transportation and community resources and elements important to preparedness for possible hazard events; this topic should be discussed in executive session due to the security sensitivity of some content; the project also includes a web tool to make non-secure information available to the public, 20 minutes (memorandum posted)
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people with disabilities and via public transportation. Assistive listening
devices and large-print materials will be available at the meeting site. Upon
advance request, every effort will be made to prepare materials in other
formats and in languages other than English, and to provide interpreters in
American Sign Language and other languages. For assistance or accommodations,
contact Mike Callahan, preferably two weeks before the meeting, at 617.973.8853
(voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or mcallahan@bostonmpo.org.
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in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of
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believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional
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