Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, August 10, 2017

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

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

August 17, 2017, 10:00 AM
(Estimated duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes, expected ending at 11:45 AM)

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 3 minutes

2. Public Comments, 5 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 5 minutes

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 2 minutes

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 3 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes

7. Action Item: Approval of July 20, 2017 MPO Meeting Minutes, 2 minutes (posted)

8. Action Item: Draft Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2017–21 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 4, Alexandra (Ali) Kleyman, MPO Staff: review of public comments on the proposed amendment to the highway program; vote to approve; 5 minutes (posted)

9. Action Item: Representation of Regional Transit Agencies (RTAs) on the MPO Board, Lourenço Dantas, MPO Staff: continued discussion of the ways to formalize the representation of operators of public transportation services on the MPO board; potential vote; 40 minutes

10. Intersection Improvement Program Summary, Ryan Hicks, MPO Staff: summary of the Intersection Improvement Program (funded as a pilot program in FFYs 2014 and 2015), which implemented traffic signal adjustments and other low-cost improvements for local intersections; 30 minutes

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

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