NOTE: If you require any accommodations in order to
participate or experience technical difficulties during the meeting, please
contact Kate White, MPO Staff, at kwhite@ctps.org or 857.702.3658.
Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, August 12, 2021
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
August 19, 2021, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hour and 26 minutes, expected ending at 11:26 AM)
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Civil Rights, nondiscrimination, and
accessibility information is on page 3. |
Please note: This meeting will be preceded by a Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee meeting beginning at 9:00 AM.
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1. Introductions, 5 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 5 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 10 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7.
Action Item: Approval of July 1, 2021, MPO
Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 UPWP,
Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Presentation,
discussion, and vote to endorse the FFY 2022 UPWP, 10 minutes (posted)
9.
Formats of Future MPO
Meetings, MPO Chair David Mohler,
Massachusetts Department of Transportation Office of Transportation Planning,
and Executive Director Tegin Teich,
Central Transportation Planning Staff: Discussion of holding future MPO
meetings with virtual, in-person, and/or hybrid formats, 20 minutes
10.
Action Item: MPO Public Outreach Plan (POP),
Kate White, MPO
Staff: Presentation, discussion, and
vote to release the POP for a 45-day public review period, 20 minutes (posted)
11.
Members Items: Reports and notices by MPO members,
including regional concerns and local community issues, 2 minutes
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Meeting
materials are posted on the MPOs meeting calendar
webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month. Times reflect the expected duration of each item
and do not constitute a schedule. 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. |