Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, June 9, 2016

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

June 16, 2016, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 3 hours and 45 minutes, expected ending at 1:45 PM)

This meeting will be preceded by an Administration & Finance (A&F) Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM in the CTPS Large Conference Room, Suite 2150,
10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes 

2.      Public Comments, 45 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.  CTPS State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2017 Operating Budget, Paul Regan, Chair, MPO A&F Committee: vote to approve; 10 minutes

b.  Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2016–2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 4, Louren็o Dantas, MPO Staff: presentation of public comments received, discussion of the amendment, and vote to endorse the amendment to reprogram the funds for the Green Line Phase 2 extension;
25 minutes (posted)

c.  Draft FFYs 2016–2020 TIP Adjustments and TIP Amendment 5, Louren็o Dantas, MPO Staff: discussion of adjustments and amendments; vote to endorse the adjustment and vote to release the draft amendment for 30-day public comment; 25 minutes (to be posted)

d.  Draft FFYs 2017–2021 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP),
Louren็o Dantas, MPO Staff: presentation of the staff recommendation for programming the TIP’s highway target funds; review of statewide highway and transit elements of the TIP; vote to release the draft TIP for 30-day public comment; 60 minutes (to be posted)

e.  Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Amendment 1, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff: discussion of required changes, possible presentation on modeling results, and potential vote to release the draft amendment for 30-day public comment; 30 minutes (to be posted)

8.      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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