Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, February 9, 2012

Revised agenda posted February 10. 2012

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 10:00 AM  (Estimated duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes, expected ending 12:15)

 

 

MEETING AGENDA – Revised February 10, 2012 (new item #8)

 

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:

 

  1. Work Scope Amendments: Karl Quackenbush, and Elizabeth Moore, Manager, Transit Service Planning, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of  proposed additional tasks, 20minutes (posted)   

-          MassDOT Title VI Program Scope

-          MBTA 2012 Review of Fare Structure, Tarrifs, and Service

 

  1. Studies: Karl Quackenbush and other MPO Staff, further discussion and approval of  these studies, 15 minutes

-          All Hazards Planning, Maureen Kelly, Safety and Security Specialist (presented in Executive Session 2-2)

-          Improving the Southeast Expressway: A Conceptual Plan, Bill Kuttner, Project Manager (posted)

 

  1. Meeting Minutes of February 2, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Specialist, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)  

 

8.       MassDOT Stop-Controlled Intersection Program,  Carrie Lavallee, MassDOT Highway Division, presentation and discussion of this MassDOT program, 15 minutes (posted)

 

9.       FFY 2012 Safety and Operations Analyses at Selected Intersections – Location Selection, Karl Quackenbush and Chen-Yuan Wang, Project Manager, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and consensus on locations to be examined in this study, 20 minutes (posted)

 

10.    MBTA 2012 Title VI Program Monitoring, Karl Quackenbush and Elizabeth Moore, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this MBTA-funded work program, 15 minutes (to be posted)

 

11.    State Implementation Plan Update, Kate Fichter, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report on progress, 5 minutes (to be posted)     

 

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

 

The meeting location is accessible to 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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