Revised agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 17, 2014
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2&3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
March 20, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour
and 50 minutes, expected ending at 11:50 AM)
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. Action Items:
a. FRA NEC FUTURE: Modeling Support Work Scope, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, CTPS, presentation and discussion of this work program, 15 minutes (posted)
b. Minutes of February 20 and March 6, 2014, meetings, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. South
Coast Rail Corridor Plan Presentation, Jean
Fox, Project
Manager, MassDOT and Scott Peterson, Director of Technical Services, MPO Staff,
presentation
and discussion of this transit expansion and economic development project, 45
minutes
9. State Implementation Plan Update, Office of Transportation Planning, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes
10. Members Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
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