Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 1, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85606761279
April 8, 2021, approximately 12:00 PM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, expected ending at approximately 1:30 PM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and accessibility
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Please note: This meeting will be preceded 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 March 4, 2021,
meeting, Sandy
Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
Action Item: Summary of March 25, 2021,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (to be posted)
5.
Continued Discussion of the Federal
Fiscal Year 2022 Universe of Proposed Studies, Various MPO Staff: Review
of study concepts gathered by staff from outreach, partner agencies, and
internal discussions, continued from the March 25, 2021, meeting (posted)
6.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
7.
Next Meeting: The committee will discuss timing of the next meeting
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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
the MPO staff at 857.702.3700 (voice), 617.570.9193 (TTY), 617.570.9192
(fax), or eharvey@ctps.org. 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 |
Posted materials are available via the MPOs
meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.