Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, July 21, 2016

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

July 28, 2016, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 45 minutes, expected ending at 12:45 PM)

Please note:  This meeting will be preceded by a UPWP Committee meeting
at 9:00 AM.

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 5 minutes 

2.      Public Comments, 20 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: Approval of Past Meeting Minutes, 10 minutes

a.  Minutes of June 2, 2016, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff
(to be posted)

b.  Minutes of June 16, 2016, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff
(to be posted)

c.  Minutes of June 23, 2016, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff
(to be posted)

8.      Action Items:

a.  Revised Work Program for Shared-Use Mobility Services: Study of Their Impacts on the Region’s Transportation System, Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve; 10 minutes (posted)

b.  Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2017 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Alexandra Kleyman, MPO Staff: presentation of public comments, discussion, and vote to endorse the final certification document; 20 minutes (posted)

c.  FFYs 2016–2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 5, Louren็o Dantas, MPO Staff: presentation of public comments, discussion, and vote to endorse the amendment; 15 minutes (to be posted)

d.  FFYs 2017–2021 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP),
Louren็o Dantas, MPO Staff:
presentation of presentation of public comments, discussion, and vote to endorse the final certification document; 40 minutes (to be posted)

9.      Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) on MPO Coordination, Elizabeth Moore, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the NPRM on changes to the transportation planning regulations (23 CFR Part 450 & 49 CFR Part 613) and potential implications to the MPO; 20 minutes

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

 

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