Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, June 15, 2018

Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

June 21, 2018, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 23 minutes, expected ending at 12:23 PM)

Please Note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting and an Administration and Finance Committee meeting, both beginning at 9:00 AM

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

Draft Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions, 3 minutes

2. Public Comments, 10 minutes

3. Chair’s Report, 2 minutes

4. Committee Chairs’ Reports, 1 minute

5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes

6. Executive Director’s Report, 2 minutes

7. Disparate Impact and Disproportionate Burden (DI/DB) Policy Stakeholder Engagement Update, Jay Monty, City of Everett: update on the second DI/DB Stakeholder working group meeting; 2 minutes

8. Action Item: Approval of April 12, 2018, MPO Meeting Minutes, 1 minute

9. Action Item: Work Program for MassDOT Highway Division On-Call Modeling, Scott Peterson, MPO Staff: review and approval of the proposed work to provide analytical support to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation for various bridge, roadway, viaduct, tunnel closure, and reconstruction projects; 5 minutes (posted)

10. Action Item: Work Program for MBTA State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2019 National Transit Database: Data Collection and Analysis, Steven Andrews, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of the proposed work to develop estimates of passenger-miles traveled and unlinked trips for various MBTA modes; vote to approve; 5 minutes (posted)

11. Action Item: Central Transportation Planning Staff’s SFY 2019 Operating Budget, Paul Regan, Chair, MPO’s Administration and Finance Committee: vote to approve; 10 minutes

12. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2019 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: overview of the FFY 2019 UPWP and discussion of public comments received during the 30-day public review period for the document; vote to approve; 10 minutes (posted)

13. Action Item: FFY 2018 UPWP Amendment One, Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: overview and discussion of a proposed amendment to the current fiscal year UPWP; vote to approve; 5 minutes (posted)

14. Action Item: FFYs 2018-22 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Amendment Five, Alexandra (Ali) Kleyman, MPO Staff: overview and discussion of the amendment to the FFYs 2018-22 TIP; vote to endorse the amendment; 5 minutes (posted)

15. Update to the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Regional Plan, Marc Draisen and Tim Reardon, MAPC: presentation and discussion of updates to the regional plan; 25 minutes

16. Demographics Development Process, Tim Reardon, MAPC: presentation and discussion of the process used to develop the 2040 demographic projections; 20 minutes

17. Long-Range Transportation Plan (LRTP) Scenario Planning, Karl Quackenbush, Executive Director, and Anne McGahan, MPO Staff: presentation and discussion of initial modeling results and options for incorporating scenario planning into the LRTP development process; 30 minutes

18. Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues; 5 minutes

Posted materials are available via the MPO’s meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.

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 the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinfo@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or another nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. Complaints filed under federal law (based on race, color, national origin [including limited English proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (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) must be filed no later than 300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.

Times reflect the expected duration of each item and do not constitute a schedule.