Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, April 4, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
April 11, 2019, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration:
approximately 3 hours, expected ending at 1:00 PM)
Civil
Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2. |
1. Introductions, 1 minute
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Councils Report, 3 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 3 minutes
7. Action
Item: Approval of March 21, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (posted)
8. Long-Range
Transportation Plan (LRTP) Major Infrastructure Project Updates, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, and Project Proponents: Presentation
and discussion of staffs work to update project data for major infrastructure
projects being considered for funding in the new LRTP, Destination 2040. Project proponents and staff of the Massachusetts
Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will be present to provide updates and
answer project-specific questions. The focus of this presentation will be on
major infrastructure projects located in MassDOT Highway District 4; 60 minutes (to be posted)
9. Transit
Programming in the Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2020-24 Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP), Samantha
Silverberg, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) and Matt Genova,
MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the MBTAs project selection and
programming process. MPO staff will also present draft project programming from
the other regional transit authorities in the Boston region (MetroWest Regional
Transit Authority and Cape Ann Transportation Authority) for the FFYs 2020-24
TIP; 30 minutes (to be posted)
10. Transit
Provider Representation on the MPO Board, Michelle Scott,
MPO Staff: Presentation and continued
discussion of transit provider representation on the MPO board; MPO staff's
recommendations for a transit committee; 30 minutes (to be
posted)
11. Development
of the MPOs Disparate Impact and Disproportionate Burden (DI/DB) Policy, John Gliebe, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion
of modeling work that has been conducted to further the development of a DI/DB
Policy to analyze potential equity impacts of the new LRTP, Destination 2040; 30 minutes
12.
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. |