AGENDA: Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee

Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee
Meeting Revised Agenda

DATE:                               Friday, March 14, 2025

TIME:                                8:30 a.m.

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

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

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AGENDA

1. Call to Order
2. Roll call/Attendance
3. Potential approval of prior meeting minutes: February 14, 2025
4. Public Comment
5. Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee Bicycle Representative Alternate: Committee members will discuss and potentially vote to either renew the current Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee bicycle representative appointees, (Sean Polay and Rik Ahlberg, alternate) or to seek new nominees for the Bicycle Representative and Bicycle Representative Alternate to the Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee for the term July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
6. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1 – September 30) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Development TIP Adjustment #1: Staff will describe the 2025-2029 TIP draft Adjustment # 1, which would add a $369,620 Community Transit Grant in Federal Fiscal Year 2025 to support an Older Adult Digital Equity Access Program for the Cape Cod Regional Transit Authority. Committee members may vote to recommend that the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization endorse draft Adjustment #1.
7. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1 – September 30) 2025-2029 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Development TIP Amendment #4: Staff will describe the 2025-2029 TIP draft Amendment # 4, which would remove $8,284,827 in regional target funding from the Mashpee Route 151 Improvements (Phase 2) project to reflect the current construction bid price and remove the Harwich Safe Routes to School project from Federal Fiscal Year 2025. Committee members may vote to recommend that the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization release the 2025-2029 TIP draft Amendment # 4 for a 21-day public comment period.
8. Federal Fiscal Year (October 1 – September 30) 2026 Unified Planning Work Program (“UPWP”) Development: Staffwill provide an update on the development of the 2026 UPWP, which summarizes all significant transportation activities planned for the fiscal year on Cape Cod. Committee members may ask questions and vote to make a recommendation to the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization on potential tasks and studies for inclusion in the 2026 UPWP.
9. Federal Fiscal Years (October 1– September 30) 2026-2030 Transportation Improvement Program (“TIP”) Development: Staff will provide an update on the development of the 2026-2030 TIP. Committee members may ask staff questions and vote to make a recommendation to the Cape Cod Metropolitan Planning Organization on potential projects for inclusion in the 2026-2030 TIP. The TIP summarizes the regionally significant transportation infrastructure projects receiving federal funding for construction over the next five years.
10. Statutory Speed Limits: Staff will introduce a discussion of the process for reducing statutory speed limits within thickly settled or business districts under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 90, Section 17C. Committee members will discuss challenges and questions they have encountered when implementing or considering town wide adoption. Committee members will have the opportunity to request assistance they may need with the process.
11. Charging Smart Grant Application:Staff will provide an update on a grant opportunity through the Interstate Renewable Energy Council Charging Smart program for a regional grant application, with municipal partners, to evaluate local policies and procedures that play a role in the deployment of electric vehicle charging equipment. Municipal partners would receive no-cost technical assistance. Committee members will discuss and may vote on whether to submit a letter of support for the application.
12. 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.
13. New Business: Topics not reasonably anticipated by the Chair more than 48 hours before the meeting.
14. Adjourn

This meeting is accessible to people with disabilities. The Cape Cod Joint Transportation Committee (JTC) 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 JTC 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 JTC 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 JTC 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 Joint Transportation Committee (JTC). To request additional information about this commitment, or to file a complaint under Title VI or a related nondiscrimination provision, please contact the JTC and 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 JTC and 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).