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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, September 14, 2023
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
September 21, 2023, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 56 minutes, expected ending at 11:56
AM)
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1. Introductions, 3 minutes
2. Chair’s Report, 1 minutes
3. Executive Director’s Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 5 minutes
5. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 2 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7. Action Item: July 20, 2023, MPO Meeting Minutes, Vote to approve the July 20, 2023, MPO meeting minutes, 3 minutes (to be posted)
8. Action Item: Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan, Betsy Harvey, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to release the Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plan for a 15-day public review period, 15 minutes (to be posted)
9. Action Item: Work Scope, Applying Conveyal to Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Project Scoping¸ Srilekha Murthy, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the work scope to apply Conveyal software to TIP project scoring and evaluation, 5 minutes (to be posted)
10. Transit Transformation Program: Update and Discussion, Ethan Lapointe and Logan Casey, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the development of the Transit Transformation Program, including takeaways from stakeholder engagement, literature review, and qualifying projects, 20 minutes
11. TIP Process, Engagement, and Readiness Committee, Ethan Lapointe and Logan Casey, MPO Staff: Presentation, discussion, and request for volunteers to serve on the committee, 10 minutes
12. Lab and Municipal Parking Study, Sophie Fox, MPO Staff: Presentation and discussion of the discrete Lab and Municipal Parking Study, funded in the Federal Fiscal Year 2023 Unified Planning Work Program, 20 minutes (posted)
13. Safe Routes to Schools (SRTS) Infrastructure and Signs and Lines Grant Solicitations, Miranda Briseño, Massachusetts Department of Transportation Staff: Presentation and discussion of the SRTS Infrastructure and Signs and Lines grant, 20 minutes
14. Members’ Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
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