Agenda posted before 1:00 PM, November 25, 2015
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
December 3, 2015, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration:
2 hours and 20 minutes, expected ending at 12:20 PM)
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 20 minutes
3. ChairÕs Report, 5 minutes
4. Committee ChairsÕ Reports, 5 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive DirectorÕs Report, 5 minutes
7. Action Items:
a.
Work Program for Freight Planning
Support: FFY 2016, Karl Quackenbush, MPO
Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve,
5 minutes (posted)
b. Work Program for Pedestrian Level-of-Service Metric Development, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)
c. Draft
Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2016 – 2020 Transportation Improvement Program
(TIP) Amendment 2, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and
discussion of proposed TIP amendment to reallocate funds that the MPO has
programmed for the future extension of the Green Line from College Avenue to
Route 16 in Medford (Phase 2); vote to circulate for 30-day public comment
period, 30 minutes (posted)
d.
Draft Long-Range Transportation Plan, Charting Progress to 2040, Amendment 1, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, presentation and
discussion of proposed LRTP amendment to modify the project extending the Green
Line from College Avenue to Route 16 in Medford (Phase 2); vote to circulate
for 30-day public comment period, 30 minutes (posted)
e. Minutes of November 19, 2015, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
8.
Low-cost Improvements to Freeway
Bottleneck Locations: FFY 2015, Seth Asante, MPO Staff, presentation and
discussion of the findings and recommendations, 15 minutes (posted)
9.
MembersÕ Items, reports and notices
by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5
minutes
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