Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, September 8, 2016

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

September 15, 2016, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours, expected ending at 12:00 PM)

Meeting Agenda

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 Item: Approval of Past Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes

a. Minutes of August 18, 2016, MPO meeting (to be posted)

8. Action Item:

a. Work Program for Section 405C Traffic Records Improvement,
Karl Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director: presentation and discussion of the CTPS work supported by an Executive Office of Public Safety and Securitys (EOPSS) grant and directed by MassDOTs Traffic and Safety Engineering Division, and vote to approve; 10 minutes (posted)

9. Discussion: Municipal (Local) Contributions to Transportation Project Costs, MPO Staff: discussion on the MPOs policies regarding the expectation of local and state contributions to the cost of projects programmed in the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP); 60 minutes (to be posted)

10. State Implementation Plan (SIP) Update, Bryan Pounds, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes

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

Posted materials are available via the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at http://www.ctps.org/calendar/month.

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