Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 29, 2012

 

 

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, April 5, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration:  3 1/2 hours, expected ending 1:30 PM)

 

 

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:

  1. Work Scope - Assembly Square Station Service and Fare Equity Analysis, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, and Scott Peterson, Manager, Travel Model Application Group, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this proposed MBTA-funded work scope, 15 minutes (posted)    
  2. Technical Memorandum: Maintenance Costs for Municipally Controlled Federal-Aid-Eligible Roadways, Karl Quackenbush and Efi Pagitsas, presentation and discussion of this research concerning possible adoption of a pavement management system for the region, 20 minutes (posted)
  3. Meeting Minutes of March 15, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)  
  4. FFYs 2012-15 TIP Administrative Modification, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion and approval, without additional public review, of the addition of an earmark for the Blue Hill Avenue and Warren Street project in the City of Boston to the FFY 2012 element of the FFYs 2012-15 TIP, 10 minutes (to be posted)

 

8.       Unified Planning Work Program, Steve Woelfel, Chair, UPWP Committee, and Mary Ellen Sullivan, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the UPWP development process and the UPWP Committee Recommendation for the FFY 2013 UPWP, 30 minutes (to be posted)   

 

9.       Transportation Improvement Program, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the TIP project evaluation process and results, the Top Tier List of  Projects, and the Staff Recommendation for the FFYs 2013-16 TIP, 90 minutes (posted)      

 

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

 

The meeting location is accessible to people with disabilities and via public transportation. Assistive listening devices and large-print materials will be available at the meeting site. Upon advance request, every effort will be made to prepare materials in other formats and in languages other than English, and to provide interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages. For assistance or accommodations, contact Mike Callahan, preferably two weeks before the meeting, at 617.973.8853 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or mcallahan@bostonmpo.org.

 

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