Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, January 30, 2020
Revised agenda posted before 10:00 AM, February 4, 2020
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
Transportation Board Room, 2nd Floor, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA
February 6, 2020, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 2 hours and 30 minutes, expected ending at 12:30 PM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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1. Introductions, 2 minutes
2. Public Comments, 10 minutes
3. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
4. Committee Chairs Reports, 2 minutes
5. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
6.
Executive Directors Report, 5
minutes
7.
Action Item: Haymarket Redevelopment, Scott Peterson, MPO staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the
work scope to support the MBTA in its review of a developers plan to transform
Government Center Garage into a dense mixed-use development, which will affect
MBTA service and access to transit service, 5 minutes (to be posted)
8.
Action Item: Dedicated Bus Lanes Part II,
Jonathan Belcher, MPO staff: Presentation, discussion, and vote to approve the
work scope to support the MBTA in developing tiers to prioritize the
implementation of dedicated bus lanes and to produce a funding and partnership
guide for municipal staff, 5 minutes (posted)
9.
Action Item: Proposed State Fiscal Year
2020 Transit Asset Management (TAM) Targets for the Boston Region, Michelle Scott,
MPO staff,
and Jillian Linnell, MBTA staff:
Presentation, discussion, and expected adoption of a
proposed set of updated TAM performance targets, 30
minutes (to be posted)
10. Considerations for Incorporating Cost-Effectiveness Analysis into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Process, Matt Genova, MPO staff: Follow-up discussion about approaches to cost-effectiveness analysis that the MPO could use in TIP project programming decisions and monitoring activities, 30 minutes
11. Break, 5 minutes
12. TIP Criteria Revisions: Clean Air and Sustainable Communities, Matt Genova, MPO staff: Presentation and discussion about proposed revisions to the project scoring criteria within the Clean Air and Sustainable Communities goal area, 25 minutes
13.
Addressing
Transportation Equity in the Clean Air and Sustainable Communities Goal Area, Betsy Harvey, MPO staff: Presentation
and discussion about proposed transportation equity project scoring
criteria as it relates to the Clean Air and Sustainable Communities goal, 20
minutes
14.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community issues,
5 minutes
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Meeting
materials are posted on the MPOs meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month. Times reflect the expected duration of each item
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 the MPO staff at
857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or
eharvey@ctps.org. 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, civilrights@ctps.org, 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY) |