Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, January 14, 2016

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

January 21, 2016, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 2 hours and 5 minutes, expected ending at 12:05 PM)

Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program Committee (UPWP) Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 5 minutes

2. Public Comments, 5 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 5 minutes

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 5 minutes

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 5 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7. Action Items:

a. Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2016–2020 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 2, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation, discussion, and vote to approve, 5 minutes (posted)

b. Minutes of January 7, 2016, MPO meeting, Maureen Kelly, MPO Staff, approval of these meeting minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)

8. TIP Project Evaluation Criteria, Sean Pfalzer, MPO Staff, presentation and continued discussion of changes and revisions to the project evaluation criteria and performance metrics, 30 minutes (to be posted)

9. GHG Reduction Strategy Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Anne McGahan, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the review of greenhouse gas reduction strategies, 25 minutes (to be posted)

10. Improving Truck Travel in the Everett-Chelsea Industrial Area, Bill Kuttner, MPO Staff, presentation and discussion of the first topical study report of the MPO’s freight planning action plan, 20 minutes (posted)

11. State Implementation Plan Update, Bryan Pounds, MassDOT, monthly report for public information on progress, 5 minutes

12. Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes

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 publicinformation@ctps.org.

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