Regional Transportation Advisory Council Meeting
Zoom Video Conferencing Platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81529970913
March 8, 2023, 2:30 PM4:15 PM
(Estimated duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes, expected ending at 4:15 PM.
1. Introductions, 3 minutes (2:30 PM), Lenard Diggins, Chair
2.
Public Comments, 2 minutes (2:33 PM)
3.
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 Unified
Planning Work Program (UPWP) Raw Universe of Proposed Studies 45 minutes (2:35 PM), Srilekha Murthy, MPO Staff, Presentation and discussion of the raw
Universe of Proposed Studies for the FFY 2024 UPWP (posted)
4.
FFYs 202428 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Overview, 45 minutes (3:20 PM), Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff, Presentation and discussion of funding outlook,
project scoring, and priorities for scenario development for the FFYs 202428 TIP (posted)
5. Approval of December 14, 2022, Meeting Minutes, 2 minutes (4:05 PM), Lenard Diggins, Chair (Minutes posted to MPO Website Calendar before meeting)
6. Chairs Report, 3 minutes (4:07 PM), Lenard Diggins, Chair
7.
Old Business, New Business, and Member Items, 5 minutes (4:10 PM)
8. Adjourn (4:15 PM)
Agenda posted before (4:00
PM, March 1, 2023) 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 MPO staff to
request these services. See below for contact information. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
(MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in compliance with
federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, and related
statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination in federally
assisted programs and requires that no person in the United States of America
shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin (including limited
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interpretation and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO
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individuals with limited English proficiency, in compliance with U.S.
Department of Transportation policy and guidance on federal Executive Order
13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, M.G.L. c 272 sections 92a, 98, 98a,
which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
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color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with the Governor's
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contact Title VI Specialist, Boston
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