Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 26, 2012

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, May 3, 2012, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 3/4 hours, expected ending at 12:45 PM)

Please note: This meeting will be followed by a Congestion Management Process Committee meeting beginning at approximately 1:00 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. Long Range Transportation Plan Amendment, David Mohler, Chair, discussion of two motions:

- Move the Hanover, Route 53 Project into the 2012-15 LRTP time band

- Move the Woburn, Montvale Avenue and New North Bridge Streets Projects into the 2016 – 20 LRTP time band

and vote to circulate Draft Amendment to the LRTP, 45 minutes (to be posted)

2. Meeting Minutes of April 19, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)

8. Work Scope: South Station Expansion Support, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation and discussion of these proposed work programs, 15 minutes (posted)

9. JARC and New Freedom Project Solicitation Update, Alicia Wilson, MPO Staff, discussion of recent solicitation process in these programs and discussion of proposals requesting funding, 20 minutes (posted)

10. I-495/MetroWest Development Compact Plan, Barry Keppard, MAPC Regional Planner, presentation and discussion of this regional land use, development, and preservation planning project, 30 minutes

11. 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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