Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, August 16, 2012, 10:00 AM   

 

(Estimated duration: approximately 2 hours - expected ending at noon)

 

Please note: The previously scheduled CMP Committee meeting was cancelled.

 

 

MEETING AGENDA - Revised August 16, 9:00 AM

 

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. FFYs 2012-15 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment Three, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion of amendment to FFY 2012 element of the TIP in order to program additional, non-target, grant projects for obligation in FFY 2012, and approval of a shortened, 15-day public comment period, 45 minutes

 

  1. Meeting Minutes, August 2, 2012, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, discussion and approval of these draft minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

 

8.     Review of MPO Memorandum of Understanding, David Mohler, Chair, discussion of evaluation of the MPO communications, process, and operations resulting from the July 7, 2011 MOU, 15 minutes

 

9.     Statewide Household Survey, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, and Sanjay Kaul, Manager, Travel Model Development, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion on the results of this statewide project and implications for the Boston Region MPO, 60 minutes

 

10.  State Implementation Plan Update, Kate Fichter, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes (posted)

 

11.  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 (preferably two weeks before the meeting), 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 David Fargen at 617.973.7085 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or dfargen@bostonmpo.org.

 

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