Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, April 29, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85339125313
May 6, 2021, Meeting Time 12:00 PM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 30 minutes, expected ending at 1:30 PM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
accessibility information is on page 2. |
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 April 8, 2021,
meeting, Sandy
Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
Final Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 UPWP
Development Schedule, Sandy Johnston, UPWP
Manager:
Briefing
on the final schedule for the committee (posted)
5.
Flexible Scoping of UPWP Studies, Tegin Teich, MPO
Executive Director: Consultation with the committee on
staff proposal to identify special
cases in which some of a discrete project budget may be spent before a scope is
presented to the Board
6.
FFY 2022 Discrete Study Selection, Sandy Johnston, UPWP
Manager: Presentation of study ranking survey results and the
staff-recommended list of studies for inclusion in the FFY 2022 UPWP (posted)
7.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
8.
Next Meeting: The next meeting will likely be held in June.
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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 Posted materials are available via the MPOs
meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.