Agenda posted by 5:00 PM,
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 & 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
Please note: There will be a meeting of the MPO’s Advisory Council Review Committee immediately following this meeting (at approximately 1:15 PM). The meeting will be held in the offices of the MBTA Advisory Board, 177 Tremont Street, Boston.
1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chair’s Report, 5 minutes
4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes
7. Climate Change – Panel Presentations and Discussion, 2 hours (white paper to be posted)
a.
Introduction – Climate Change and Why it
Matters, Scott
Peterson, Director of Technical Services, MPO Staff
b. Panelists:
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Massachusetts Department of Transportation – Steve
Woelfel, Director of Strategic Planning
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Metropolitan Area Planning Council – Tim Reardon,
Manager of Planning Research
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Boston Region MPO – Anne McGahan, Manager of the
Long-Range Transportation Plan and Air Quality Issues
c. Panel Presentations:
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Presentation: Policies and Tools for Decision Making
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Questions and Discussion
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Presentation: Next Steps to Advance Climate Change
Initiatives
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Questions and Discussion
8. Action Items:
a. Work Scopes: Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and possible action on these work scopes, 20 minutes (posted)
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MBTA Service Standards and Service Delivery Policy
Update Policies and Tools for Decision Making
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SWAP Regional Public Transit Feasibility Study
b. Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2012, meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
9. Members’
Items, reports
and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community
issues, 5 minutes