MassDOT Board Retreat
(Massport Board Room –Logan Airport)
Thursday October 27, 2011
8:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.
AGENDA
Coffee (8:00 A.M.) – Massachusetts Aeronautics Division (optional)
Retreat (8:30 A.M.) - MassPort Board Room
- Welcome remarks
- Secretary’s Remarks (10 minutes)
- Massachusetts State Ethics Commission- Presentation on Conflict of Interest and Financial Disclosure Laws – (9:00am - 45 minutes including Q&A)
- Highway Division Project Development and Construction Overview (9:45 A.M. - 60 minutes )
A. Planning Process (Office of Transportation Planning)
· Federal Requirements
· Role of the MPO
· TIP Development
· STIP Approval
B. Project Development
· Project Initiation
· Design Process
· Environmental Permitting
· Right of Way
· Procurement
· Sample Projects
o Framingham
o Leverett
C. Construction Contract Administration
· Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Requirements
· Role of the District Office
· Role of the Boston Office
· Process for Progress Payments
· Process for Extra Work Orders and Requests for Additional Funds
Break
(10:45 A.M. – 15 minutes)
V. Design Build Presentation (11:00A.M. - 30 minutes)
VI. Rail and Transit Division (11:30 A.M. - 30 minutes)
· MBTA Update(Public Process regarding fare increases)
Lunch Break
(12-1 P.M.)
VII. RMV Division Update on Strategic/Operating Plan ( 1:00 P.M. 30 minutes)
VIII. MA Aeronautics Update on Strategic/operating Plan (1:30 P.M. 30 minutes)
Overview of Capital Projects and FAA Funding
IX. Massachusetts Attorney General Office Update on Open Meeting Law
(Jonathan Sclarsic 2:00 P.M. - 30 minutes followed by Q & A)
- Wrap Up (2:30 P.M.)