Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, February 14, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue,
Newton Center, MA
February 21, 2019, 10:00
AM
(Estimated duration:
2 hours and 55 minutes, expected ending at 12:55 PM)
Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program Committee meeting.
Civil
Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2. |
1. Introductions, 1 minute
2. Host Remarks, 15 minutes
3. Public Comments, 10 minutes
4. Chairs Report, 1 minute
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
7. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
8. Action
Item: Approval of January 17, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (posted)
9. Action
Item: Public Participation Plan Revisions, Karl
Quackenbush, MPO Executive Director: Discussion of proposed revisions to the
MPOs Public Participation Plan and expected vote to release for 45-day public
review period;
10 minutes (posted)
10. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2019-23 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Amendment Two, Matt Genova, MPO Staff:
Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse Amendment Two to the FFYs 2019-23
TIP;
10 minutes (posted)
11. Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP): Project Proponent Updates, Various Project Proponents: Presentation and discussion of the status
and progress of projects programmed in the MPOs LRTP and TIP, including the
Reconstruction of Melnea Cass Boulevard (City of Boston); the Reconstruction of
Rutherford Avenue from City Square to Sullivan Square (City of Boston); the
Reconstruction of Highland Avenue, Needham Street, and Charles River Bridge
(City of Newton with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation as the
project proponent); and, the New Boston Street over MBTA Bridge Replacement
(City of Woburn); 40 minutes
12. LRTP:
Universe of Programs, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff:
Continued discussion of proposed LRTP investment programs; 30 minutes (to be posted)
13. FFYs
2020-24 TIP: First-Tier List and TIP Development Updates, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Continued discussion of
project prioritization for the FFYs 2020-24 TIP and updates to project scoring
and TIP budgets; 30 minutes (to be
posted)
14. Performance-Based
Planning and Programming Agreement, Bryan
Pounds, MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning: Discussion and expected vote
to approve this agreement on mutual responsibilities related to performance-based
planning and programming among MPOs, states, and public transportation
operators; 10 minutes
15.
Members Items, reports and notices by
MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues; 5 minutes
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 (MBTA), Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA), and MetroWest
Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA), which are Federal
Transit Administration (FTA) 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 and comment. |