Agenda posted by 5:00 PM,
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Please note: There will be a meeting of the MPOs Advisory Council Review Committee immediately following this meeting (at approximately 1:15 PM). The meeting will be held in the offices of the MBTA Advisory Board, 177 Tremont Street, Boston.
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 5 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
7. Climate Change Panel Presentations and Discussion, 2 hours (white paper to be posted)
a.
Introduction Climate Change and Why it
Matters, Scott
Peterson, Director of Technical Services, MPO Staff
b. Panelists:
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Steve
Woelfel, Director of Strategic Planning
Metropolitan Area Planning Council Tim Reardon,
Manager of Planning Research
Boston Region MPO Anne McGahan, Manager of the
Long-Range Transportation Plan and Air Quality Issues
c. Panel Presentations:
Presentation: Policies and Tools for Decision Making
Questions and Discussion
Presentation: Next Steps to Advance Climate Change
Initiatives
Questions and Discussion
8. Action Items:
a. Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and possible action on these work scopes, 20 minutes (posted)
MBTA Service Standards and Service Delivery Policy
Update Policies and Tools for Decision Making
SWAP Regional Public Transit Feasibility Study
b. Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
9. Members
Items, reports
and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes