Revised Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, June 18, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
June 20, 2019, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: approximately
2 hours, expected ending at 12:00 PM)
Please note: This meeting is proceeded by a meeting of the Administration and Finance Committee beginning at 9:00 AM in the Central Transportation Planning Staffs (CTPS) large conference room, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150.
Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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1. Introductions, 3 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 3 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 3 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 3 minutes
7. Action Item: Approval of April 25, 2019, and May 2, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (posted)
8. Action Item: CTPSs State Fiscal Year 2020 Operating Budget, Paul Regan, Chair, MPOs Administration and Finance Committee: Vote to approve, 10 minutes
9.
Action Item: MBTA 2020
Title VI Triennial Report, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation and
discussion of this work scope to collect data and assess performance of MBTA
services rendered to predominantly minority riders and predominantly
nonminority riders, and to produce a report for the MBTA to meet its triennial
Title VI reporting obligations to the Federal Transit Administration, 10
minutes (posted)
10.
Action Item: Administrative Modification to the
Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 201923 Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP), Matt
Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this administrative change in
TIP programming, 10 minutes
11.
Update on Rail Vision Project, Scott
Hamwey, Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Office of Transportation: Presentation and discussion of the Rail Vision Plan,
25 minutes
12. Public Comments and Draft MPO Responses on the FFYs 202024 TIP, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the comments received on the draft FFYs 202024 TIP and draft MPO responses, 20 minutes (to be posted)
13. Presentation of MPO Staff Research Project: Ferry Inventory Update, Tom Humphrey, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this research effort, funded through the Staff-Generated Research budget in the Unified Planning Work Program; 20 minutes (posted)
Meeting materials are
posted on the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month. Times reflect the expected duration of each item and do not
constitute a schedule. 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 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193
(TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinfo@ctps.org. The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state
nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities.
The MPO does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin
(including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry,
ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or
expression, veterans status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background.
Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to
have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or another
nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a
representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. Complaints filed under
federal law (based on race, color, national origin [including limited English
proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180
calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred.
Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color,
religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or
ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (based on race, color,
age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression,
religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, disability, veteran's status
[including Vietnam-era veterans], or background) must be filed no later than
300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination
occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by
contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org. The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, Cape Ann
Transportation Authority, and MetroWest Regional
Transit Authority, which are Federal Transit Administration Section 5307(c)
applicants, have consulted with the MPO and concur that the public
involvement process adopted by the MPO for the development of the
Transportation Improvement Program satisfies the public hearing requirements
that pertain to the development of the Program of Projects for regular
Section 5307, Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant applications, including
the provision for public notice and the time established for public review
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14. Members Items, reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes