Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 26, 2015

                                                                        Revised and reposted April 1, 2015

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

April 2, 2015, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3 hours 45 minutes, expected ending at 1:45 PM) 

Please note:

a.    This meeting will be preceded by a CMP Committee meeting that will begin at 9:00 AM.  

b.    A new agenda item 7.e. has been added.

c.    Agenda item 11 has been removed.

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

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.      TIP: First Tier List of Projects, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, updated project evaluations and presentation and discussion of First Tier List of Projects, 20 minutes 

8.      Long-Range Transportation Plan: Anne McGahan and Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the topics listed below: 2 hours  

a.  Finances (LRTP and TIP)

b.  Universe of Projects and Programs

c.  Action Item: MPO Recommendation for Programming LRTP First Time-Band, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, discussion and action on direction for LRTP Staff Recommendation: Should staff be directed to include some or all currently-programmed TIP target projects as the projects for the first LRTP time-band?

d.  Program Priorities and Associated Funding Allocations, discussion of MPO member program priorities and potential funding allocations   

e.  LRTP Development Schedule, discussion and consensus on the currently proposed schedule for MPO meetings and action on the LRTP; this schedule is correlated to the UPWP and TIP development schedules, 10 minutes

9.      Break, 15 minutes  

10.   Other Action Items:

a.  Work Scope: Bicycle Network Gaps: Feasibilty Evaluation Study, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion and approval of this work scope, 10 minutes (posted)

b.  Location Selection: Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion and approval of these recommendations for study locations, 15 minutes (posted)

-       Addressing Safety, Mobility, and Access on Subregional Priority Roadways: FFY 2015

-       Low-Cost Improvements to Freeway Bottleneck Locations

-       Priority Corridors for LRTP Needs Assessment 

c.  Meeting Minutes, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, discussion and approval of the minutes of the March 5, 2015 MPO meetings, 5 minutes (posted)    

  

Meeting locations are accessible to people with disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request (preferably two weeks in advance of the meeting), every effort will be made to provide accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and in languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages. Please contact the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes that the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.