Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 2, 2015

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

April 9, 2015, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3 hours and 5 minutes, expected ending at 1:05 PM)

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. Action Items:

a. Meeting Minutes, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, discussion and approval of the minutes of the March 19, 2015 MPO meeting, 10 minutes (to be posted)

8. Long-Range Transportation Plan: Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the topics listed below, 2 hours (to be posted)

a. Project Evaluations

b. LRTP Funding Alternatives

• Recommendations for prioritizing O&M-type low-cost improvements

• Continuation of current LRTP (Paths to a Sustainable Region) priorities

9. Project Mobility and the Public/Private Partnership Finance Mechanism: Dana Levenson, Chief Financial Officer, MassDOT, presentation and discussion of this project and the public/private partnership finance mechanism planned for its implementation, 15 minutes

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

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.

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