Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, February 25, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84376214610
March 4, 2021, Meeting Time 9:00 AM (Estimated duration: 45 minutes, expected ending at 9:45 AM)
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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 beginning at approximately 10:00 AM.
1. Introductions
2. Public Comments
3.
Action Item: Summary of February 4, 2021,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
New Amendment and Modification Procedures,
Sandy Johnston, UPWP
Manager: Presentation of new UPWP amendment and administrative
guidance from the Federal Highway Administration for future UPWPs and discussion
of MPO adoption of this guidance (posted)
5.
Coordination with other MPOs, Ben Muller, UPWP Committee Chair, and Jonathan
Church, Manager of MPO Activities: Discussion of collaboration between MPOs in
Massachusetts and opportunity for committee members to ask questions
6.
Discussion of UPWP pre-Universe, Sandy Johnston, UPWP
Manager: Discussion of initial list of study concepts to be
considered for inclusion in the FFY 2022 UPWP and opportunity for committee
members to ask questions. Materials have been emailed to committee members
7.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
8.
Next Meeting: The next meeting is tentatively planned for March 18 or 25, 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 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,
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Posted materials are available via the MPOs
meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.