Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
Unified Planning Work Program Committee

Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 5, 2018

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting

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

April 12, 2018, 11:45 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour, expected ending at 12:45 PM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

Please note: Start time is approximate. This meeting will be preceded by a meeting of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Public Comments

3. Action Items:

a. Approval of March 15, 2018, Meeting Summary, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager (posted)

4. Proposed FFY 2019 MAPC 3C-Funded Planning Activities, Eric Bourassa, Transportation Director, Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) Overview of MAPC’s proposed planning activities for FFY 2019 using 3C PL/5303 funds

5. Proposed FFY 2019 UPWP Budget, Karl Quackenbush, Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) Executive Director Overview of the proposed budget for CTPS’s planning activities, including both 3C PL/5303 and agency-funded work (to be posted)

6. Proposed FFY 2019 List of Discrete Studies, Bryan Pounds, Massachusetts Department of Transportation, UPWP Committee Chair Approval of the list of discrete studies to be included in the FFY 2019 UPWP, incorporating budgets

7. Members’ Items, Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues

8. Next Meeting Discussion of the date and agenda of the next planned meeting of the UPWP Committee

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 publicinfo@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or another nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. Complaints filed under federal law (based on race, color, national origin [including limited English proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (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) must be filed no later than 300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org/.

Posted materials are available via the MPO’s meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.