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Agenda updated at 11:30 AM, July 31, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
August 3, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 59 minutes, expected ending at 11:59 AM)
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Director’s 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: June 1, 2023, Meeting Minutes: Vote to approve the June 1, 2023, meeting minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Action Item: Work Scope: Flexible Fixed-Route Bus Service, Steven Andrews, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope to develop a methodology to estimate flexible bus route service demand in areas outside the traditional catchment area of Regional Transit Authority bus routes, 5 minutes (posted)
9. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Amendment Two, Srilekha Murthy, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and expected vote to waive the 21-day public review period and endorse the FFY 2023 UPWP Amendment Two, 10 minutes (posted)
10. Action Item: FFYs 2023–27 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment 12,* Ethan Lapointe, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and expected vote to waive the public review period and endorse, 15 minutes (to be posted)
11. Massachusetts Vehicle Census, Liz Williams, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Office of Transportation Planning: Presentation and discussion of the public-facing dashboard containing information about local trends in vehicle ownership by type and use, 15 minutes
12. Update on Certification Review Action Plan, Tegin Teich, Executive Director: Presentation and discussion of the action plan to address corrective actions and recommendations from the 2022 federal Planning Certification Review, 20 minutes (to be posted)
13. MPO Election Process, Eric Bourassa, Metropolitan Area Planning Council, and Brian Kane, MBTA Advisory Board: Presentation and discussion of the upcoming annual MPO member elections, 10 minutes
14. Discussion of the Annual Meeting, Tegin Teich, Executive Director: Discussion about the November Annual Meeting, including format and content, 10 minutes
15. Discussion of Hybrid Meetings, Tegin Teich, Executive Director: Discussion of the previous hybrid meeting experience and potential future hybrid meetings, 10 minutes
16. 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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