Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:00 AM

 

(Estimated duration: approximately 3 hours - expected ending at 12:45 PM)

 

Please note: There will be a UPWP Committee meeting at 9:15 AM just before the MPO meeting.  

 

MEETING AGENDA  - Revised June 20, 2012

 

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. FFYs 2012-15 Transportation Improvement Program Amendment, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion of Amendment to accommodate cost changes to some FFY 2012 projects and decision to circulate draft, 45 minutes (to be posted)  
  2. Central Transportation Planning Staff Operating Budget, Paul Regan, Chair, Administration and Finance Committee, and Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion of recommendation of the Administrative and Finance Committee and decision to approve, 20 minutes
  3. Meeting Minutes of June 7, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)  

 

8.     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 (to be posted)   

 

9.     Update on Draft FFYs 2013-16 TIP, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation of new information to be included in the Draft TIP, 20 minutes (to be posted)

 

10.  Update on Draft Amendment to the Long Range Transportation Plan, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, update on progress of public comment period,10 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 David Fargen, preferably two weeks before the meeting, at 617.973.7085 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or dfargen@bostonmpo.org.

 

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