Agenda posted before 5:00 PM, May 21, 2020
Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP) Committee Meeting
Zoom videoconferencing platform
May 28, 2020, 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 March 26, 2020,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
4.
Action Item: Summary of April 2, 2020,
meeting, Sandy Johnston, UPWP Manager: Approval
of this meeting summary (posted)
5.
Action Item: Vote to forward the draft Federal
Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 UPWP to the MPO, Sandy
Johnston, UPWP Manager: Review of the draft FFY 2021 UPWP document and a
vote to forward it to the MPO with a recommendation to vote to release for
public comment (posted)
6.
Discussion on Transit Mitigation for New
Development Sites replacement study, Annette Demchur, Director of Policy and Planning:
Discussion about ideas for potential replacement study concepts for an item
that will be amended out of the FFY 2020 UPWP due to redundancy with work to be
carried out by MassDOT
7.
Members Items: Reports
and notices by MPO members, including regional concerns and local community
issues
8.
Next Meeting: Discussion of timing of next UPWP 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 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
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