NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to
participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please
contact Rσisνn Foley, MPO Staff, at rfoley@ctps.org or 857.702.3704.
Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, October 14, 2021
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
October 21, 2021, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 21 minutes,
expected ending at 12:21 PM)
Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM.
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 10 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 10 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7.
Action Item: Approval of August 19, 2021, and
September 2, 2021, MPO Meeting Minutes, 10 minutes (posted)
8. Action
Item: Work Scope, Addressing Priority Corridors from the Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) Needs Assessment for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY)
2022, Seth Asante, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion
of the proposed work program for studying one of the priority corridors
identified in the Needs Assessment of the LRTP, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Action
Item: Work Scope, Addressing Safety, Mobility and Access on Subregional
Priority Roadways for FFY 2022, Chen-Yuan Wang, MPO Staff: Presentation and
discussion of the proposed work program to identify and evaluate roadway
corridor segments in the Boston region that have not been identified in the
Needs Assessment of the LRTP, 5 minutes (posted)
10. Action Item: Work Scope, Safety and Operations at Selected Intersections for FFY 2022, Seth Asante, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the proposed work program to identify improvements that address safety and operations problems at as many as three intersections in the Boston region, 5 minutes (posted)
11.
Action Item: Work Scope, MBTA 2022 Title VI Program Monitoring, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the
proposed work program to assist the MBTA with its annual monitoring for ongoing
Title VI compliance, 5 minutes (posted)
12.
Action
Item: FFY 2022 UPWP Amendment One, Sandy
Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and
vote to release Amendment One for a 21-day public comment period, 10 minutes
(posted)
13.
Action Item: MPO Public Outreach Plan, Jonathan Church, MPO
Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote
to endorse the public outreach plan, 10 minutes (posted)
14.
Action Item: Community
Connections Program Update, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Update on and discussion of the Community
Connections program, including outreach to regional transit authorities regarding
operations projects, 25 minutes
15.
Long-Range
Transportation Plan Kick-Off, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the new LRTP, Destination
2050, scheduled for adoption in 2023, 30 minutes
16.
Members Items: Reports and notices by MPO members,
including regional concerns and local community issues, 2 minutes
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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 MPO staff to request these
services. See below for contact information. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in
compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
1987, and related statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination
in federally assisted programs and requires that no person in the United
States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin
(including limited English proficiency), be excluded from participation in,
denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any
program or activity that receives federal assistance. Related federal
nondiscrimination laws administered by the Federal Highway Administration,
Federal Transit Administration, or both, prohibit discrimination on the basis
of age, sex, and disability. The Boston Region MPO considers these protected
populations in its Title VI Programs, consistent with federal interpretation
and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO provides meaningful
access to its programs, services, and activities to individuals with limited
English proficiency, in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation
policy and guidance on federal Executive Order 13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, M.G.L. c 272 sections 92a, 98, 98a,
which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
admission to, or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race,
color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with the Governor's
Executive Order 526, section 4, which requires that all programs, activities,
and services provided, performed, licensed, chartered, funded, regulated, or
contracted for by the state shall be conducted without unlawful
discrimination 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. A complaint form and additional information can be
obtained by contacting the MPO or at http://www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination. To request this
information in a different language or in an accessible format, please
contact Title VI Specialist, Boston
Region MPO, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116 By Telephone: For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the
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