Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, October 10, 2013
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
The Academy Building at Cushing Memorial Park, 700 Winter Street, Framingham, MA
October 17, 2013, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 3 hours and 20 minutes, expected ending at 1:20)
Please note: For information on travel to the meeting, please see the meeting flyer at this link: http://www.ctps.org/Drupal/calendar/2013-10-17
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 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. Welcome from Host Municipality, Dennis Giombetti, Chair, Framingham Board of Selectmen, and others, introduction to the Town of Framingham and overview of local and MetroWest Regional Collaborative subregional transportation issues and priorities, and update from the MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, 30 minutes
8. Action Items:
a. Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, discussion of these proposed work scopes, 60 minutes (posted)
Long-Range Transportation Plan, Anne McGahan, MPO
Staff
Diesel Multiple Unit Feasibility Study, Ying Bao,
MPO Staff
b. Meeting Minutes of September 12 and October 3, 2013, meetings, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 10 minutes (to be posted)
9. Report: Route 30, Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this recently completed MPO study, 15 minutes (posted)
10. Briefing: MAPC MWRA Aqueduct Multiple Use Path Initiative, David Loutzenheiser, Transportation Planner, MAPC, presentation and discussion of this MAPC planning now underway, 15 minutes
11. Update on the MPOs Technical Assistance to MetroWest RTA, Jonathan Belcher, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of this ongoing technical assistance work, 15 minutes
12. FFY 2014 Schedule for Certification Activities, Pam Wolfe, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the activities to be conducted in FFY 2014 and the schedule for their implementation, 15 minutes (posted)
13. Members
Items, reports
and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes