NOTE: If you
require any accommodations in order to participate or experience technical
difficulties during the meeting, please contact Heyne Kim, MPO Staff, at hkim@ctps.org or 857.702.3678
Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, August 11, 2022
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
August 18, 2022, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 1 hours and 51 minutes, expected ending at 11:51 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 Committee meeting beginning at approximately 9:00 AM.
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1. Introductions, 2 minutes
2. Chairs Report, 2 minutes
3. Executive Directors Report, 5 minutes
4. Public Comments, 10 minutes
5. Committee Chairs Reports, 5 minutes
6. Regional Transportation Advisory Council Report, 2 minutes
7.
Action Item: Approval of July 7, 2022, MPO
Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (posted)
8. Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2023 Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP), Sandy Johnston, MPO Staff: Discussion
and vote to endorse the FFY 2023 UPWP, 10 minutes (posted)
9. Action
Item: FFY 2022 UPWP Amendment Two, Sandy
Johnston, MPO Staff: Discussion and
vote to endorse FFY 2022 UPWP Amendment Two, 10 minutes (posted)
10.
Presentation: Upcoming Federal Certification
Review, Cassandra
Ostrander, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and Leah Sirmin, Federal
Transit Administration (FTA): Presentation
by FHWA and FTA staff on the 2022 Boston Region MPO Certification Review,
15 minutes (posted)
11. Action
Item: Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Application, Rebecca Morgan, MPO Staff:
Discussion and vote
to approve the SS4A Grant Application, 20 minutes (posted)
12. Presentation:
Boston MPO Staff Structure Update, Tegin Teich, Executive Director: Presentation
and discussion on the updated Boston MPO staff structure, 20
minutes
13. Members
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 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: ·
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