Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, January 16, 2014                                          

 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, Second Floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

January 23, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: approximately two hours, expected ending at noon)

Please note: There will be a UPWP Committee meeting at 9:15 and a CMP Committee meeting immediately following the MPO meeting.

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 Item: Freight Program Work Scope, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this  work program, 15 minutes (to be posted)

8.      Technical Memorandum: FFY 2013 Route 3A Subregional Priority Roadway Study in Cohasset and Scituate, Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the results of work conducted in this study, 20 minutes (to be posted)

9.      What is Title VI?, Elizabeth Moore, Director of Policy and Planning, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion, 30 minutes

10.   State Implementation Plan Update, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes (to be posted)

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

Text Box: 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. The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state non-discrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, English proficiency, income, religious creed, ancestry, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or military service. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons has been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or other non-discrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. A complaint must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date on which the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.