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experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please contact Stella
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Agenda updated at 4:00 PM, March 13, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
March 16, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 44 minutes, expected ending at 12:44 PM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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Please note: 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. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Director’s 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 16, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes: Vote to approve the February 16, 2023, MPO meeting
minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Action
Item: Transit Safety Performance Targets, Sam Taylor, MPO Staff and Michael Catsos, MBTA: Presentation, discussion, and vote to endorse
the transit safety performance targets, 30 minutes (posted)
9. Discussion:
Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Investment Program Proposals, Bradley Putnam, MPO Staff:
Presentation and discussion of investment programs to include in the LRTP, 25
minutes (posted)
10.
Discussion: Federal Fiscal Years (FFYs) 2024–28 Transportation Improvement
Program (TIP) Preliminary Project Programming Scenarios,*
Ethan Lapointe, MPO
Staff: Presentation and discussion of FFYs 2024–28 TIP preliminary project
programming scenarios, 60 minutes (to be posted)
11. 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
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. |