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Agenda updated at 9:00 AM, March 7, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
March 9, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 24 minutes, expected ending at 12:24 PM)
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 20 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7. Action
Item: February 2, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote to approve the February 2, 2023, MPO meeting
minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Action Item: Transit Asset Management
Performance Targets, Sam
Taylor, MPO Staff and Jillian Linnell, Massachusetts Bay Transportation
Authority (MBTA): Presentation and vote to endorse transit asset management
performance targets, 35 minutes (posted)
9. Transportation
Improvement Program (TIP) Development: Regional Transportation Authority
Capital Planning Process,* Shona Norman, Cape Ann Transportation Authority (CATA) and Joy Glynn, MetroWest
Regional Transit Authority (MWRTA): Presentation and discussion of the CATA and
MWRTA capital project selection processes, 20 minutes
10. Presentations
on MPO Target-Funded Projects with Cost Increases for FFY 202327 TIP*, Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff, Massachusetts
Department of Transportation Staff, and Municipal Proponents: Presentation and
discussion of MPO Target projects with cost increases, 40 minutes (posted)
11. Members
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
*The MBTA, CATA, and MWRTA, which are Federal Transit
Administration 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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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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