Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization
Unified Planning Work Program Committee Meeting Agenda

Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, May 9, 2019

Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting

Conference Rooms 2 and 3, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA

May 16, 2019, 9:15 AM (Estimated duration: ½ hour, expected ending at 9:45 AM)

Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility information is on page 2.

Please note: This meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) beginning at approximately 10:00 AM.

Meeting Agenda

1. Introductions

2. Public Comments

3. Action Items:

a. Meeting Summary of March 28, 2019, meeting, MPO Staff, approval of this meeting summary (posted)

b. Committee Review of Draft Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2020 UPWP and Vote to Forward to MPO, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager, the Committee will provide any relevant comments on the MPO Review Draft of the FFY 2020 UPWP, and then vote to forward it to the MPO for a vote to release the document for a 30-day public comment period.

4. Members’ Items, reports and notices by MPO Members, including regional concerns and local community issues

5. Next Meeting Staff and Committee members will discuss the timing and content of the next planned meeting of the UPWP Committee.

Meeting locations are accessible to people with disabilities and are near public transportation. Upon request (preferably two weeks in advance of the meeting), every effort will be made to provide accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible formats and in languages other than English, and interpreters in American Sign Language and other languages. Please contact the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192 (fax), or publicinfo@ctps.org.

The MPO complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other federal and state nondiscrimination statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. The MPO does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency), religion, creed, gender, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran’s status (including Vietnam-era veterans), or background. Any person who believes herself/himself or any specific class of persons to have been subjected to discrimination prohibited by Title VI, ADA, or another nondiscrimination statute or regulation may, herself/himself or via a representative, file a written complaint with the MPO. Complaints filed under federal law (based on race, color, national origin [including limited English proficiency], sex, age, or disability) must be filed no later than 180 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. Complaints filed under Massachusetts General Law (based on race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or ancestry) or Governor's Executive Order 526, section 4 (based on race, color, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, creed, ancestry, national origin, disability, veteran's status [including Vietnam-era veterans], or background) must be filed no later than 300 calendar days after the date the person believes the discrimination occurred. A complaint form and additional information can be obtained by contacting the MPO (see above) or at www.bostonmpo.org.

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