Agenda posted before 1:00 PM, November 25, 2015

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

December 3, 2015, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 20 minutes, expected ending at 12:20 PM)

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 5 minutes

2. Public Comments, 20 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. Work Program for Freight Planning Support: FFY 2016, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve,
5 minutes (posted)

b. Work Program for Pedestrian Level-of-Service Metric Development, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

c. Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2016 – 2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 2, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of proposed TIP amendment to reallocate funds that the MPO has programmed for the future extension of the Green Line from College Avenue to Route 16 in Medford (Phase 2); vote to circulate for 30-day public comment period, 30 minutes (posted)

d. Draft Long-Range Transportation Plan, Charting Progress to 2040, Amendment 1, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of proposed LRTP amendment to modify the project extending the Green Line from College Avenue to Route 16 in Medford (Phase 2); vote to circulate for 30-day public comment period, 30 minutes (posted)

e. Minutes of November 19, 2015, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)

8. Low-cost Improvements to Freeway Bottleneck Locations: FFY 2015, Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the findings and recommendations, 15 minutes (posted)

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

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