Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, September 11, 2014

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

September 18, 2014, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 10 minutes, expected ending at 12:10 PM)

This meeting will be preceded by a Congestion Management Process Committee meeting scheduled for 9:00 AM.

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

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 Items:

a. TIP Amendment Four, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation of updates and comments on the draft TIP Amendment Four to the FFYs 2014-17 Transportation Improvement Program, and vote to approve, 20 minutes (posted)

b. Work Scope: MBTA Neighborhood Maps, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve this MBTA-funded work (posted) 15 minutes

c. Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2014, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 10 minutes (to be posted)

8. Long-Range Transportation Plan Update: brief presentations on two elements of the LRTP (30 minutes) -

• Cube Land Application in LRTP Scenario Planning, Scott Peterson, Director of Technical Services

• Preview of the LRTP Needs Assessment, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff

9. Briefing on FFYs 2015-18 STIP Status, Sreelatha Allam, MassDOT, update on changes to the draft STIP in the Boston Region, 5 minutes

10. State Implementation Plan Update, Sreelatha Allam, 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

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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