NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Rσisνn Foley, MPO Staff, at rfoley@ctps.org or 857.702.3704.

 

 

Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, September 10, 2020

                                                 

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Zoom Video Conferencing Platform: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86249255048

 

September 17, 2020, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: Approximately 2 hours, expected ending at 12:00 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.

Meeting Agenda

1.      Introductions, 2 minutes  

2.      Chair’s Report, 2 minutes  

3.      Executive Director’s Report, 5 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 August 6, 2020, MPO Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8.      Action Item: Work Scope, Wellington Circle Study, Sanjay Kaul, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of this work scope to provide analytical and project coordination support to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and its project team. The analytical support will include utilizing the travel demand model to produce forecasts of multimodal travel flows in the regional study area for existing conditions, a future 2040 No-Build scenario, and as many as three build alternatives, 5 minutes (to be posted)

9.      Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year 2020 Unified Planning Work Program Amendment Three, Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse, 10 minutes (posted)

10.   Discussion: Transportation Improvement Program Project Selection Criteria, Matt Genova, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of final criteria for approval, 40 minutes (to be posted)

11.   Discussion: Performance-based Planning Update, Michelle Scott, MPO Staff and Ben Muller, MassDOT Office of Transportation Planning: Presentation and discussion of progress in federal performance areas and the status of performance targets, 25 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 MPO’s 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)