Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 11, 2013
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 5&6, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Thursday, April 18, 2013, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3.5
hours, expected ending at 1:30 PM)
Please note: There will be a Unified Planning Work Program Committee meeting at 9:00 AM
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 30 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 15 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 10 minutes***
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive
Directors Report, 5
minutes
7. Action Items:
a. Work Scope, Roadway Network Inventory for Emergency Needs: A Pilot Study, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this proposed work scope, 10 minutes (posted)
b.
MPO Meeting Minutes: April 4, 2013, Maureen Kelly, MPO
Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
c.
TIP Amendment Four, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, review of public comments on the Draft Amendment Four to the FFY 2013
element of the FFYs 2013 2016 Transportation Improvement Program and vote to
approve, 10 minutes (to be posted)
d. TIP Amendment Five, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation on changes to project costs and timing to the FFY 2013 element of the FFYs 2013 2016 Transportation Improvement Program and vote to release for public comment, 30 minutes (to be posted)
8. MBTA Capital Investment Program, Victor Rivas, Deputy Director of Capital Budget, MBTA, presentation and discussion of this short-range capital spending plan for the MBTA system, 30 minutes (link to draft: http://www.mbta.com/uploadedfiles/About_the_T/Financials/14-18%20Draft%20CIP%202013-3-5.pdf )
9. Development of Draft Certification Documents, further discussion of the recommendations for the FFYs 2014 17 Transportation Improvement Program and the FFY 2014 Unified Planning Work Program, 45 minutes (posted)
a. Draft TIP, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff
b. Draft UPWP, Calli Cenizal, UPWP Committee Chair, MassDOT; Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director; and Michelle Scott, MPO Staff
10. State Implementation Plan Update, Kate Fichter, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes (posted)
11. Members
Items, reports
and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes
*** The MPO Intersection Improvement Program - Lourenηo Dantas will give a briefing on the program mission and process for implementation. (posted)
Meeting locations are accessible to people with disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request (preferably two weeks in advance of the meeting), every effort will be made to provide accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and in languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages. Please contact the MPO staff at 617.973.7100 (voice), 617.973.7089 (TTY), 617.973.8855 (fax), or publicinformation@ctps.org.
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