Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, June 24, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86238186980
July 1, 2021, 9:00 AM (Estimated duration: 45 minutes, expected ending at 9:45 AM)
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   Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
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Please note: This meeting will be followed by a meeting of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization beginning at approximately 10:00 AM.
1. Introductions
2. Public Comments
3.     
Action Item: Summary of May 6, 2021,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.     
Federal Fiscal Year 2022 Discrete
Studies, Sandy
Johnston, UPWP Manager: Discussion of budget for discrete
studies in the new UPWP and priorities
5.     
Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC)
Use of UPWP Funds, Eric
Bourassa, Transportation Director, MAPC: Presentation
on how MAPC uses the roughly 20 percent of UPWP funds that it receives
6.     
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
7. Next Meeting: The next meeting will be before the MPO meeting on July 15, 2021
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   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 MPO staff to
  request these services. See below for contact information.  The Boston Region Metropolitan Planning
  Organization (MPO) operates its programs, services, and activities in
  compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
  Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
  1987, and related statutes and regulations. Title VI prohibits discrimination
  in federally assisted programs and requires that no person in the United
  States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin
  (including limited English proficiency), be excluded from participation in,
  denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any
  program or activity that receives federal assistance. Related federal
  nondiscrimination laws administered by the Federal Highway Administration,
  Federal Transit Administration, or both, prohibit discrimination on the basis
  of age, sex, and disability. The Boston Region MPO considers these protected
  populations in its Title VI Programs, consistent with federal interpretation
  and administration. In addition, the Boston Region MPO provides meaningful
  access to its programs, services, and activities to individuals with limited
  English proficiency, in compliance with U.S. Department of Transportation policy
  and guidance on federal Executive Order 13166. The Boston Region MPO also complies with the
  Massachusetts Public Accommodation Law, M.G.L. c 272 sections 92a, 98, 98a,
  which prohibits making any distinction, discrimination, or restriction in
  admission to, or treatment in a place of public accommodation based on race,
  color, religious creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability,
  or ancestry. Likewise, the Boston Region MPO complies with the Governor's
  Executive Order 526, section 4, which requires that all programs, activities,
  and services provided, performed, licensed, chartered, funded, regulated, or
  contracted for by the state shall be conducted without unlawful
  discrimination 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. A complaint form and additional information
  can be obtained by contacting the MPO or at http://www.bostonmpo.org/mpo_non_discrimination. To request this
  information in a different language or in an accessible format, please
  contact Title VI Specialist, Boston
  Region MPO, 10 Park Plaza, Suite 2150, Boston, MA 02116 By Telephone: For people with hearing or speaking difficulties, connect through the
  state MassRelay service: ·        
  Relay Using
  TTY or Hearing Carry-over:
  800.439.2370 ·        
  Relay Using
  Voice Carry-over: 866.887.6619 ·        
  Relay Using
  Text to Speech: 866.645.9870 For more information, including numbers for Spanish
  speakers, visit https://www.mass.gov/massrelay   | 
 
Posted materials are available via the MPOs
meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.