Agenda posted by 5:00 PM, January 10, 2013

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

Thursday, January 17, 2013, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3 hours and 15 minutes hours, expected ending at 1:15 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:

a.      TIP Criteria, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion and vote to approve proposed modifications to TIP criteria, revised to include MPO comments, 15 minutes (posted)

b.     Work Scopes, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and action on these proposed work scopes, 30 minutes

-       FFY 2012 – 13 I-93 North and Southeast Expressway HOV Lane Monitoring (posted)

-       Modeling Support for MassDOT EIS for I-93/I-95 Interchange Improvements Project North of Boston (to be posted)

c.      MPO Meeting Minutes: December 20, 2012, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

d.     MPO Title VI Report Update, Alicia Wilson, MPO Staff, discussion and vote to submit this annual update to the Triennial Title VI Report to MassDOT Office of Civil Rights, 45 minutes (posted)

 

8.      Transportation Equity, Alicia Wilson, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of two memoranda guiding the MPO’s Transportation Equity FFY 2013 activities and analyses,  45 minutes (posted):

a.      Title VI and Environmental Justice Demographic Profiles in the Region

b.     2013 Environmental Justice Outreach in the Transportation Equity Program

 

9.      Report - Roundabout Installation Screening Tool ,Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, and Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this FFY 2012 MPO-funded report, 15 minutes (posted):   

 

 

10.   Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

 

 

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