Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Carey Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington, MA *

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 10:00 AM

 

(Estimated duration: 3 hours - expected ending at 1:00 PM)

 

Please note: There will be two MPO committee meetings following the MPO meeting at approximately 1:00 PM: The Congestion Management Committee meeting will be held in Carey Hall, the same meeting room as the MPO meeting; the Administration and Finance Committee meeting will be in Estabrook Hall, one flight below.

 

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.       Welcome from Host Municipality, Deborah Mauger, Chairman, Board of Selectmen, and Richard Canale, MPO Designee, Town of Lexington (Brief introduction to Town of Lexington and overview of the town’s transportation and related issues) 20 minutes 

 

8.       Action Items:

  1. FFYs 2012-15 TIP Transportation Improvement Program Amendment, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff (Presentation and discussion of Amendment to accommodate cost changes to some FFY 2012 projects and decision to circulate draft) 30 minutes (to be posted)  
  2. Meeting Minutes of May 17, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff (Approval of these meeting minutes) 5 minutes (posted)  

 

9.       Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS (Presentation and discussion of these proposed work programs) 15 minutes (to be posted)

a.      MBTA 2013 National Transit Database: Purchased Bus

b.      MBTA 2013 National Transit Database: Directly Operated

 

10.   Designation of Internal Roadways, Logan Airport, Lourenço Dantas, Senior Transportation Planner, Massport (Presentation and discussion of the request from Massport to delete from the National Highway System the current “intermodal connector” segments owned, operated, and maintained by Massport and located within Logan) 20 minutes, ( to be posted)   

 

11.   Station Selection for the Safe Access to Transit for Bicycles and Pedestrians Project, Efi Pagitsas, Manager Traffic Analysis and Design (Presentation, discussion, and consensus on staff recommendation on station  selection) 25 minutes (posted)

 

12.   Public Comments on Draft Documents (Review of public comments received during the public comment period) 30 minutes (to be posted)

  1. Draft FFYs 2013-16 TIP, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff
  2. Draft FFY 2013 Unified Planning Work Program, Mary Ellen Sullivan, MPO Staff

 

13.   Members’ Items, (Reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues) 5 minutes  

 

* Public transit access to this meeting is by MBTA Bus Routes #62 from Alewife Station or Arlington Heights, or #76 from Alewife Station. LEXPRESS provides transit service within Lexington.

 

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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 (preferably two weeks before the meeting), 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 David Fargen at 617.973.7085 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or dfargen@bostonmpo.org.

 

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