Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, May 30, 2013
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Woburn Country Club, a municipally owned, public facility (Please see the posted flyer for directions.)
Thursday, June 6, 2013, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: approximately 2 1/2 hours, expected ending at 12:30 PM)
Please note: There will be an Administration and Finance Committee meeting immediately following the MPO meeting, at approximately 12:35 PM.
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 10 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive
Directors Report, 10
minutes
7. Welcome from Host
Municipality, The Honorable Scott D. Galvin,
Mayor, City of Woburn, brief introduction to the City of Woburn and overview of
local and North Suburban Subregion transportation issues and priorities, 15
minutes
8. Action Items:
a. Amendment Five, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, discussion of public comments and vote to approve Amendment Five, 15 minutes (posted)
b. Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation, discussion and approval of these proposed work scopes, 20 minutes
- Land Use and Traffic Impacts Study from Potential Development Along Needham Street in Newton (posted)
- NTD, Direct and Purchased Bus Services (to be posted)
c.
MPO Meeting Minutes: May 16, 2013, Maureen Kelly, MPO
Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Memorandum: MBTA Systemwide Passenger Survey: Comparison of Results, Karl Quackenbush and Annette Demchur, MPO Staff, review of the study process and information gleaned, 20 minutes (to be posted)
10. Review of Public Comments on Public Review Draft Documents, presentation and discussion of public comments received to date, 15 minutes
- Transportation Improvement Program, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff
- Unified Planning Work Program, Michelle Scott, MPO Staff
11. Update on MetroWest Regional Transit Authority Capital Program, Lynn Ahlgren, MetroWest RTA, presentation and discussion of the RTAs plans for FFYs 2014 -17, 20 minutes
12. Members
Items, reports
and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes
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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