Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, August 11, 2016
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
August 18, 2016, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration:
2 hours and 15 minutes, expected ending at 12:15 PM)
Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Congestion
Management Process (CMP) Committee meeting at 9 AM.
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: Approval of Past Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes
a. Minutes of July 7, 2016, MPO meeting (posted)
b. Minutes of July 28, 2016, MPO meeting (to be posted)
8. Action Items:
a. Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Budget Adjustments, Bryan Pounds, MassDOT, UPWP Committee Chair: presentation on the UPWP Committee’s recommendation to revise/reallocate the budgets of certain 3C program items; consultation and vote to approve this administrative adjustment; 10 minutes (posted)
b. Work Plan for I-90/I-495 Interchange Project, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director: presentation and discussion of the CTPS work to support this MassDOT project, and vote to approve; 15 minutes (to be posted)
c. FFYs 2016–2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Adjustment, Lourenço Dantas, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of a project adjustment, and vote to approve; 5 minutes (posted)
d. Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Amendment 1, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff: presentation of public comments, discussion, and vote to endorse the amendment; 15 minutes (posted)
9.
Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on
MPO Coordination,
Elizabeth Moore, MPO Staff: discussion of a
draft comment letter responding to the NPRM on changes to the transportation
planning regulations (23 CFR Part 450 & 49 CFR Part 613); 45 minutes (posted)
10. Members’
Items, reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues; 5 minutes
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