Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, October 29, 2015

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

November 5, 2015, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, expected ending at 11:30 AM)

 

Please note:     This meeting will be preceded by a UPWP Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM.

 

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.  Minutes of October 15, 2015, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted) 

b.  Work Program for: Identifying Opportunities to Alleviate Bus Delay, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

8.      Work Plan for: Long-Range Transportation Plan, Federal Fiscal Year 2016, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

9.      Proposed Framework for Updating TIP Evaluation Criteria, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion, 35 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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