AGENDA: Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization

1. Call to Order
2. Introductions
3. Potential approval of prior meeting minutes: November 18, 2019
4. Public Comment
5. Draft Barnstable Urbanized Area (UZA) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU):Staff will describe and the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning (“MPO”) may vote to adopt the draft Barnstable UZA MOU which includes an updated reference to the Massachusetts Air Quality Transportation Conformity MOU dated September 16, 2019.  
6. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1 – September 30) 2020-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Amendment #2:Staff will describe, and the MPO may vote to release for public comment draft Amendment #2 which would add funding recently awarded through the Community Transit Grant Program to the TIP.
7. Federal Fiscal Year (“FFY”) 2021 Unified Planning Work Program (“UPWP”) Development: Staff will describe the process for developing the 2021 UPWP and ask the MPO for suggestions of potential tasks and studies for inclusion in the 2021 UPWP.
8. Revised TIP Project Evaluation Criteria:Staff will describe, and the MPO may vote to adopt, revised project evaluation criteria for the selection of TIP projects beginning with the FFY 2021-2025 TIP.
9. FFY 2021-2025 TIP Development:Staff will describe the process for developing the FFY 2021-2025 TIP and identify transportation projects across Cape Cod that are eligible to funded through the TIP.
10. Sidewalk Maintenance: The MPO will discuss the importance of and challenges associated with sidewalk maintenance, particularly on state-owned roads across Cape Cod.
11. Reports: Massachusetts Department of Transportation staff willdiscuss the status of the Transportation Improvement Program projects. Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority and Cape Cod Commission staff will report on recent and upcoming transportation initiatives across Cape Cod.
12. New Business: Topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair more than 48 hours before the meeting.
13. Adjourn

This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print, as available). For accommodations or language assistance please contact the Cape Cod MPO by phone: (508) 362-3828, fax (508) 362-3136, Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 711 or email   frontdesk@capecodcommission.org. Title VI Notice of Nondiscrimination: The Cape Cod MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related federal and state statutes and regulations. It is the policy of the Cape Cod MPO to ensure that no person or group of persons shall on the grounds of Title VI protected categories, including race, color, national origin, or under additional federal and state protected categories including sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, ancestry, veteran's status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity administered by the Cape Cod MPO. To request additional information about this commitment, or to file a complaint under Title VI or a related nondiscrimination provision, please contact the MPO’s Title VI Coordinator by phone at (508)362-3828, Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), dial 711, fax (508) 362-3136 or by e-mail at mhevenor@capecodcommission.org.If this information is needed in another language, please contact the MPO’s Title VI Coordinator by phone at (508)362-3828.

Caso estas informações sejam necessárias em outro idioma, por favor, contate o Coordenador de Título VI da MPO pelo telefone 508-744-1299. The public discussion of the Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) at CCJTC, MPO, and transportation meetings satisfies the Program of Projects (POP) public hearing requirements of the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).