Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, August 12, 2021
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform, link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81756183585
August 19, 2021, 9:00 AM (Estimated duration: 30 minutes, expected ending at 9:30 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: Including introduction of the new chair of the UPWP Committee
2. Public Comments
3.
Action Item: Summary of August 5, 2021,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
Action Item: Federal Fiscal Year (FFY)
2022 UPWP, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager:
Description
of changes to the final version of the document from the draft; presentation of
comments received; and vote to forward to the MPO for endorsement (posted)
5.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
6. Next Meeting: Discussion of plans for the next meeting, likely September 2, 2021, before the MPO meeting to finalize Amendment One to the FFY 2021 UPWP
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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 state
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800.439.2370 ·
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Posted materials are available via the MPOs
meeting calendar webpage at ctps.org/calendar/month.