AGENDA: Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization

Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting Agenda

DATE:                               Monday, March 25, 2024

TIME:                                1:00 p.m.

PLACE:                            Online at capecodcommission.org/mpo/join, passcode: join

PHONE:                           (929) 205-6099, Meeting ID: 932 6393 2207

AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Roll call/Attendance
3. Potential approval of prior meeting minutes: February 26, 2024
4. Public Comment
5. Sub-region D Representative Election: The Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) will hold a vote of all Select Board members from Sub-region D (Towns of Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown) in attendance and tally any absentee ballots submitted to elect the Sub-region D representative to the MPO for the term from March 25, 2024 to December 31, 2026. The slate of candidates is as follows: Jerry Cerasale, Ryan Curley, and Leslie Sandberg.
6. Cape Cod Canal Bridges Program: Staff will provide an update on the status of the Cape Cod Canal Bridges Program, a program that will include the eventual replacement of the Bourne and Sagamore bridges, as well as improvements to the approach roadway networks.
7. Federal Fiscal Year (October 1, 2024– September 30, 2025) 2025 Unified Planning Work Program (“UPWP”) Development: Staffwill provide an update on the development of the 2025 UPWP, a program which summarizes all significant transportation activities planned for the fiscal year on Cape Cod. Committee members may ask questions and vote on potential tasks and studies for inclusion in the 2025 UPWP.
8. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1– September 30) 2024-2028 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Amendment # 2:  Staff will describe the 2024-2028 TIP draft Amendment 2, which would remove the Barnstable Park and Ride Expansion and Improvements at Route 132 project and its associated funding. Committee members may vote to release the 2024-2028 TIP draft Amendment 2 for a 21-day public comment period.
9. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1 – September 30) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Development: Staff will review the process for developing the 2025-2029 TIP. Committee members may ask staff questions and vote on potential projects for inclusion in the 2025-2029 TIP. The TIP summarizes the regionally significant transportation infrastructure projects receiving federal funding for construction over the next five years.
10. Safe Streets for All Cape Cod Safety Action Plan: Staff will describe the Safe Streets for All Cape Cod Safety Action Plan grant and ask Committee members for feedback on the development of the Vision Zero advisory committee, a committee which will oversee the development of a comprehensive safety action plan to reduce and eliminate serious-injury and fatal motor vehicle crashes affecting all roadway users.
11. Reports: Massachusetts Department of Transportation staff will discuss 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).