Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, November 11, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87134784387
November 18, 2021, Meeting Time 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 (MPO) beginning at approximately 10:00 AM.
1. Introductions
2. Public Comments
3.
Action Item: Summary of October 21, 2021,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
Action Item: Amendment One to the Federal
Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022 UPWP, Sandy Johnston,
UPWP Manager:
Review
of public comments and vote to recommend that the MPO endorse this amendment at
its next meeting (posted)
5.
Tools to Analyze Congestion Pricing in MPO
Planning, Tegin Teich,
Executive Director, Central Transportation Planning Staff, and Marty Milkovits, Director of Modeling and Analytics:
Update
on tools that MPO staff can use to analyze concepts, such as congestion pricing,
including in the process of developing the new Long-Range Transportation Plan.
This presentation is a follow-up to UPWP Committee discussions during the development
of the FFY 2022 UPWP.
6.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
7. Next Meeting: Discussion of the scheduling for the next committee 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 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
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