NOTE: If you
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experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Sean
Rourke, MPO Staff, at srourke@ctps.org or 857.702.3705.
Agenda updated at 9:45 AM, February 14, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
February 16, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 14 minutes, expected ending at 12:14 PM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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Please note: This meeting will be preceded by an Administration and Finance Committee meeting beginning at approximately 9:00 AM.
This meeting will be followed by a Unified Planning Work Program Committee meeting beginning at approximately 1:00 PM.
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Directors 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: January 19, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote
to approve,
5 minutes (posted)
8. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 202327
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Three,*
Ethan Lapointe, MPO
Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse, 5
minutes (posted)
9. Action
Item: Work Scope for the Lab and Municipal Parking Study, Rosemary McCarron, MPO
Staff: Presentation, discussion,
and vote to approve the proposed work scope for the Lab and Municipal Parking
study, 5 minutes (posted)
10.
Action Item: Bridge and Pavement Condition
Targets, Jack Moran
and Annabel Shein, Massachusetts Department of
Transportation: Presentation, discussion, and vote to adopt the proposed bridge
and pavement condition targets, 30 minutes
(posted)
11.
FFYs 202428
TIP Project Readiness Updates,* Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff:
Presentation and discussion of project readiness updates for FFYs 202428 TIP
projects, 45 minutes (posted)
12.
Community Connections Shuttles Performance
Update (NewMo and Royall Street Shuttles), Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff
and Nicole
Freedman, Neponset
Valley Transportation Management Association Staff: Presentation and discussion
of performance updates of Community Connections Shuttles,15 minutes
13. Members
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
*The
MBTA, Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA), and MetroWest Regional
Transit
Authority (MWRTA), which are Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Section
5307(c)
applicants, have consulted with the MPO and concur that the public
involvement
process adopted by the MPO for the development of the TIP satisfies the
public
hearing requirements that pertain to the development of the Program of Projects
for
regular Section 5307, Urbanized Area Formula Program, grant applications,
including
the provision for public notice and the time established for public review and
comment.
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Meeting
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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 MPO staff to request these
services. See below for contact information. 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 By Telephone: For
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