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Agenda updated before 10:00 AM January 14, 2025

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

January 16, 2025, 10:00 AM, (Estimated duration: 1 hours and 27 minutes, expected ending at 11:27 AM)

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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, 5 minutes  

5.      Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6.      Action Item: Approval of November 21, 2024, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

7.      Action Item: Disparate Impact and Disproportionate Burden (DI/DB) Policy Update, Betsy Harvey Herzfeld, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse the updated DI/DB Policy, which describes how the MPO identifies potential disparate impacts and disproportionate burdens that may result from implementation of the projects in the Long-Range Transportation Plan, 5 minutes (posted)

8.      Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2025–29 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Five, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Five, 5 minutes (posted)

9.      Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Seven, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to waive the 21-day public comment period and endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Seven, 5 minutes (posted)

10.   Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Eight, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Eight for a 21-day public comment period, 10 minutes (posted)

11.   Action Item: MassDOT Resilience Improvement Plan, Boston Region Project Submissions, Lauren Magee, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse the MPO’s list of priority resilience projects to be considered for inclusion in MassDOT’s Resilience Improvement Plan, 10 minutes (posted)

12.   Quarterly Engagement Update, Stella Jordan and Erin Maguire, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of themes and topics from public engagement activities from August through December 5, 2024, 20 minutes (Link to StoryMap)

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