Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 12, 2012

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, April 19, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 4 hours, expected ending 2:00 PM)

Please note: The monthly State Implementation Plan Update is discussed at MPO meetings for public information purposes.

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. State Implementation Plan Update, Kate Fichter, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes (posted)

8. Action Items:

1. Meeting Minutes of April 5, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
2. Arterial Traffic Signal Improvements and Coordination, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, and Efi Pagitsas, Manager, Traffic Analysis and Design, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the results of this MPO study, 15 minutes (posted)
3. Unified Planning Work Program, Steve Woelfel, Chair, UPWP Committee, and Mary Ellen Sullivan, MPO Staff, further discussion of the UPWP Committee Recommendation for the FFY 2013 UPWP and vote to release a Draft UPWP for public review, 20 minutes (posted)
4. Transportation Improvement Program, Sean Pfalzer and Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, further discussion of the Staff Recommendation for the FFYs 2013-16 TIP, consideration of any proposed changes presented, discussion of Long Range Transportation Plan implications, and vote to release a Draft TIP for public review, 150 minutes (posted)

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

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