Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
Unified Planning Work Program Committee Meeting Agenda

Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, March 21, 2019

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

March 28, 2019, approximately 1:00 PM (Estimated duration: 1 1/2 hours, expected ending at 2:30 PM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

Please note: Beginning time is approximate. This meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) beginning at approximately 10:00 AM.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Public Comments

3. Action Items:

a. Meeting Summary of February 21, 2019, meeting, MPO Staff, approval of this meeting summary, (to be posted)

b. Meeting Summary of March 7, 2019, meeting, MPO Staff, approval of this meeting summary, (to be posted)

4. Update on Staff-Generated Research, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager, recap of federal fiscal year (FFY) 2017 and update on ongoing FFY 2019 MPO staff efforts through the Staff-Generated Research budget line

5. Development of UPWP Committee’s Recommended List of Discrete Studies for FFY 2020, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager, presentation of the results of the UPWP Committee’s study concept ranking survey and of the MPO staff-recommended list of studies, followed by Committee discussion of the list of studies to be funded

6. Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues

7. Next Meeting Staff and Committee members will discuss the timing and content of the next planned meeting of the UPWP Committee.

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