AGENDA: Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization

Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting Agenda

DATE:                               Monday, December 15, 2025

TIME:                                1:00 p.m.

PLACE:                            In Person: Barnstable County Complex, Mary Pat Flynn Conference Room, 3195 Main Street, Barnstable, MA 02630

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AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Roll call/Attendance
3. Potential approval of prior meeting minutes: November 17, 2025
4. Public Comment
5. Federal Certification Review Hearing: As required every four years, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) are conducting a certification review of the transportation planning process conducted by the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization for the Barnstable urbanized area. FHWA and FTA staff will describe the review process and will invite members of the public to share their views of how the metropolitan transportation planning process is conducted in the region.
6. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1 – September 30) 2026-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) Adjustment 1: Staff will describe the draft 2026-2030 TIP Adjustment # 1, which would adjust the funding year for the Cape Cod Gateway Airport SMART microgrid grant and the Town of Barnstable Safe Streets for All planning grant while also adjusting the funding amounts for the Bourne Scenic Highway Median project, the Barnstable Route 6 Resurfacing project, and the Mashpee Route 151 Corridor Phase 2 project based on the latest funding information. Committee members may vote to approve draft TIP Adjustment # 1.
7. Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (“BUILD”) Grant Support Letter: Staff will provide an overview of a potential BUILD grant application for the Yarmouth Route 28 Corridor Improvement project that staff are assisting the Town of Yarmouth prepare. Committee members will discuss and may vote to submit a letter of support for the application.
8. Vision 88: Staff will present a status update on Vision 88, the region’s long-range vision for an 88-mile off-road trail system for bicycles and pedestrians connecting Woods Hole and Provincetown, including the status of trail segments in design and conceptual planning.
9. Regional Bicycle Rack Inventory: Staff will present an overview of the recently completed Regional Bicycle Rack Inventory project, including an online viewer that displays the locations of publicly-owned bicycle racks.
10. Reports: Massachusetts Department of Transportation staff will discuss the status of the Transportation Improvement Program projects that are planned in the next five years. Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority staff will report on the status of current and future projects and initiatives to improve public transportation services on Cape Cod. Cape Cod Commission staff will report on upcoming public meetings and available grants.
11. New Business: Topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair more than 48 hours before the meeting.
12. 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).