NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Abby Cutrumbes, MPO Staff, at acutrumbes@ctps.org or 857.702.3682.

Agenda posted before 10:00 AM, October 8, 2024

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

October 10, 2024, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 49 minutes, expected ending at 11:49 AM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 3.

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Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 5 minutes

2. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

3. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

4. Public Comments, 5 minutes

5. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

7. Action Item: Approval of August 1, 2024, Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)

8. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2025–29 TIP Amendment One, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment One for a 21-day public comment period, 15 minutes (posted)

9. Action Item: FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Two, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to waive the 21-day public comment and endorse FFYs 2025–29 TIP Amendment Two, 15 minutes (to be posted)

10. Action Item: Work Scope for MBTA Maps Support, Ken Dumas, MPO Staff: Presentation and vote to approve the MBTA Maps Support work scope, 5 minutes (posted)

11. MPO Board Election Nomination Update, Eric Bourassa, Metropolitan Area Planning Council: Presentation and discussion on 2024 MPO election updates,
5 minutes

12. Operations Plan Review, Dave Hong and Erin Maguire, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion on the proposed revisions to the MPO Operations Plan, 20 minutes (posted)

13. Federal Highway Grant Recipient Update, Ken Miller, Federal Highway Administration: Presentation and discussion on federal highway grants recently awarded in the Boston region, 15 minutes

14. Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

CIVIL RIGHTS NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Welcome. Bem Vinda. Bienvenido. Akeyi. 欢迎. 歡迎.

You are invited to participate in our transportation planning process, free from discrimination. The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is committed to nondiscrimination in all activities and complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin (including limited English proficiency). Related federal and state nondiscrimination laws prohibit discrimination on the basis of age, sex, disability, and additional protected characteristics.

For additional information or to file a civil rights complaint, visit www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination.

To request accommodations at meetings (such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages) or if you need this information in another language, please contact:

Boston Region MPO Title VI Specialist

10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150

Boston, MA 02116

Phone: 857.702.3700

Email: civilrights@ctps.org

For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service, www.mass.gov/massrelay. Please allow at least five business days for your request to be fulfilled.