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Agenda updated before 5:00 PM, November 19, 2024

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

November 21, 2024, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours, expected ending at 12:00 PM)

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Meeting Agenda

1.       Introductions, 5 minutes

2.       Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

3.       Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

4.       Public Comments, 15 minutes

5.       Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6.       Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

7.       Action Item: Approval of October 10, 2024, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8.       Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2025–29 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment One, Adriana Jacobsen, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment One, 10 minutes (posted)

9.       Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Three, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Three, 5 minutes (posted)

10.   Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Adjustment One, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Adjustment One, 5 minutes (posted)

11.   Action Item: Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Amendment One, Erin Maguire, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release the draft LRTP Amendment One for a 21-day public comment period, 10 minutes (posted)

12.   Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Four, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Four for a 21-day public comment period, 5 minutes (posted)

13.   Action Item: FFY 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Amendment One, Dave Hong, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to waive the 21-day public comment period and endorse FFY 2025 UPWP Amendment One, 10 minutes (posted)

14.   Action Item: Work Scope for MBTA Bus Shelter Maps, Ken Dumas, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope for MBTA Bus Shelter Maps, 5 minutes (posted)

15.   Action Item: Work Scope for Mapping for MBTA Bus Network Redesign, Ken Dumas, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope for MBTA Bus Network Redesign, 5 minutes (posted)

16.   Lab and Municipal Parking Phase II, Sophie Fox, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion on this FFY 2024 MPO-funded discrete study to further explore parking use at specific lab and life sciences sites in the Boston region and develop a methodology to determine which factors influence parking occupancy, 15 minutes (posted)

17.   Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes