Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, September 27, 2012

Metropolitan Planning Organization Advisory Council Review Committee Meeting

MBTA Advisory Board, 177 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

Thursday, October 04, 2012, 1:15 PM Approximately (Estimated duration: 1 ½ hours, expected ending at 2:45 PM

Meeting Agenda – Revised 9-28, to add Item 5

1.      Introductions, 1 minute  

2.      Public Comments, 5 minutes 

3.      Review of Committee Purpose and Objectives, Paul Regan, Chair, review of the committee charge from the MPO, 5 minutes

4.      Discussion of the Process for the September 2012 Election of Officers,  Laura Weiner, Chair, Advisory Council Nominating Committee, overview of Advisory Council bylaws, steps taken in the 2012 process, outcome, and issues of concern, 20 minutes

5.      Discussion of Advisory Council Voting Membership Rules, Steve Olanoff and Laura Weiner, Advisory Council, viewpoints and issues regarding Advisory Council bylaws excluding MPO member entities from voting membership on the Advisory Council, 20 minutes

6.      Recommendations, Paul Regan,  identification of issues to be addressed and possible actions for improvements, 25 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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