Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, May 9, 2019
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
May 16, 2019, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: Approximately
2 hours and 20 minutes, expected ending at 12:20 PM)
Please Note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting, beginning at 9:15 AM
Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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1. Introductions, 3 minutes
2. Public Comments, 20 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes
6. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
7. Action Items: Approval of April 11, 2019, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute (to be posted)
8. Action Item: Draft Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Sandy Johnston, MPO staff, presentation and discussion of proposed draft UPWP. MPO Board vote to release the draft document for a 30-day public review and comment period, 15 minutes
9.
Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP):
Continued Discussion of Major Infrastructure Projects and Investment Programs, Ann McGahan, MPO Staff,
presentation and discussion of MPO staffs initial recommendations for
programming the LRTP, 80 minutes
10.
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, Cape Ann
Transportation Authority, and MetroWest Regional Transit Authority, which are
Federal Transit Administration 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
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