NOTE: If you
require any accommodations in order to participate or
experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Stella
Jordan, MPO Staff, at sjordan@ctps.org or 857.702.3675.
Agenda updated at 10:30 AM, February 28, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
March 2, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, expected ending at 12:30 PM)
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Please note: This meeting will be preceded by an Administration and Finance Committee meeting beginning at approximately 9:00 AM.
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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 26, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote to approve the January 26, 2023, MPO meeting
minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8.
Action Item: Work Scope, Flexible Fixed-Route Bus
Service, Blake
Acton, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope
for the Flexible Fixed-Route Bus Service study, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 202327
Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Adjustment Three,*
Logan Casey, MPO
Staff: Presentation and vote to endorse
TIP Adjustment Three, 5 minutes (posted)
10. Action
Item: Title VI Triennial Report, Betsy Harvey, MPO Staff: Vote to endorse the Title VI Triennial Report
following its 30-day public comment period, 5 minutes (posted)
11. Action
Item: Community Connections Shuttles Performance Data, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation,
discussion, and vote to approve ongoing funding for the Community Connections
shuttle pilot projects, 15 minutes, (posted)
12. Discussion:
FFYs 202428 Presentation of
Final TIP Project Scores,* Ethan Lapointe, MPO
Staff: Presentation
and discussion of evaluation scores for projects being considered for programming in the
FFYs 202428 TIP, including projects evaluated through the MPO's Community
Connections program, 60 minutes (posted)
13. Draft
Universe of Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRPT) Roadway Projects, Michelle Scott, MPO
Staff: Presentation
and discussion of the draft LRTP universe of roadway projects, 30
minutes (posted)
14. 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
materials are posted on the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month. Times reflect the expected duration of each item
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
people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the state MassRelay service: · Relay Using TTY or Hearing Carry-over: 800.439.2370 · Relay Using Voice Carry-over: 866.887.6619 · Relay Using Text to Speech: 866.645.9870 For more information, including numbers for Spanish speakers, visit https://www.mass.gov/massrelay. |