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Agenda posted before 4:00 PM, August 25, 2022
Metropolitan Planning Organization Meeting
September 1, 2022, 10:00 AM (Estimated duration: 46 minutes, expected ending at 10:46 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 21, 2022, MPO
Meeting Minutes, 5 minutes (to be posted)
8.       Action
Item: Federal Fiscal Years 202226 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP)
Amendment Eight, Jonathan Church, MPO staff: Presentation
and discussion of the proposed TIP amendment and vote to endorse, 10 minutes (to
be posted)
9.       Members
Items: Reports and notices by MPO members, including regional
concerns and local community issues, 5 minutes
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  accommodations such as assistive listening devices, materials in accessible
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  compliance with federal nondiscrimination laws including Title VI of the
  Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), the Civil Rights Restoration Act of
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  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,
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