Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, June 13, 2013
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2&3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Thursday, June 20, 2013, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes, expected ending at 12:15 PM)
Please note: There will be a Unified Planning Work Program Committee meeting immediately following the MPO meeting, beginning at approximately (but not before) noon.
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 15 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. Action Items:
a. Draft FFYs 2014-17 Transportation Improvement Program and Long Range Transportation Plan Revisions, Sean Pfalzer and Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, discussion of MassDOT proposal to fund the Canton Interchange project and vote to incorporate it into the draft FFYs 2014-17 TIP and take related actions, including amending the Long Range Transportation Plan and conducting a new the public comment period for the LRTP Plan Amendment and revised draft TIP, 40 minutes (TIP tables posted, LRTP materials to be posted)
b. Central Transportation Planning Staff Operating Budget, Paul Regan, Chair, Administration and Finance Committee, and Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation and discussion of A&F Committee recommendation to approve SFY 2014 CTPS Operating Budget and MPO action, 15 minutes (posted)
c.
MPO Meeting Minutes: June 6, 2013, Maureen Kelly, MPO
Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Review of Public Comments on Draft Documents, presentation and discussion of public comments received to date, 10 minutes
- Transportation Improvement Program, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff
- Unified Planning Work Program, Michelle Scott, MPO Staff
9. Update on RTA Capital Programs, Paul Talbot, Administrator, Cape Ann Transportation Authority, presentation and discussion of the CATA Capital Program, 15 minutes
10. 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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