NOTE: If you
require any accommodations to participate in this meeting or experience
technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Kate White, MPO
Staff, at kwhite@ctps.org or 857.702.3658.
Agenda posted before 12:00 PM July 10, 2020
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Zoom Video Conferencing
Platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87677933769
July 16, 2020, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: Approximately
2 hours, 15 minutes expected ending at 12:15 PM)
Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a meeting
of the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee beginning at 9:00 AM.
Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
accessibility information is on page 3. |
1. Introductions, 2 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 1 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 3 minutes
4. Public Comments, 10 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7.
Action Item: Approval of June 11, 2020,
MPO Meeting Minutes, 3 minutes (posted)
8. Action Item: Work Scope, Tobin Bridge Managed Lanes Feasibility Study, Drashti Joshi, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this work scope to understand the implications of limiting access of one general purpose lane on US 1 over the Tobin Bridge to transit only, transit and high-occupancy vehicle (HOV), or transit and HOV with a reduced HOV toll, 5 minutes (to be posted)
9. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse, 15 minutes (posted)
10. Action Item: FFYs 202024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Five, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse, 10 minutes (posted)
11. Action Item: FFYs 202024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Seven, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release for a 21-day public comment period, 10 minutes (to be posted)
12. Discussion: TIP Project Selection CriteriaInitial Proposed Capacity Management/Mobility Criteria Revisions, Matt Genova and Betsy Harvey, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of proposed revisions to the Capacity Management/Mobility goal area of the TIP criteria, 20 minutes
13. Discussion: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Project #608611 (Randolph-Quincy Replacement and Rehabilitation of the Highway Lighting System at Interstate 93 and Route 24), John Bechard, MassDOT Highway Division: Presentation and discussion of revisions made to MassDOT Project #608611lighting improvements at the I-93/Route 24 Interchange in the Blue Hills Reservation, 30 minutes
14. 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
eharvey@ctps.org. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning
Organization (MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in
compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
1987, and related statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination
in federally assisted programs and requires that no person in the United
States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin
(including limited English proficiency), be excluded from participation in,
denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any
program or activity that receives federal assistance. Related federal
nondiscrimination laws administered by the Federal Highway Administration,
Federal Transit Administration, or both, prohibit discrimination on the basis
of age, sex, and disability. The Boston Region MPO considers these protected
populations in its Title VI Programs, consistent with federal interpretation
and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO provides meaningful
access to its programs, services, and activities to individuals with limited
English proficiency, in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation
policy and guidance on federal Executive Order 13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, M.G.L. c 272 sections 92a, 98, 98a,
which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
admission to, or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race,
color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with the Governor's
Executive Order 526, section 4, which requires that all programs, activities,
and services provided, performed, licensed, chartered, funded, regulated, or contracted
for by the state shall be conducted without unlawful discrimination 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. A complaint form and additional information
can be obtained by contacting the MPO or at http://www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination. To request this
information in a different language or in an accessible format, please
contact Title VI Specialist, Boston Region MPO, 10
Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116, civilrights@ctps.org, 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY) |