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Public Participation Plan Update
Paul Black, MPO Staff
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The Capital Area MPO has a Public Involvement Plan that describes how the MPO involves the public in developing transportation plans and related policy documents. Related to this plan is the Title VI (Civil Rights)/Minority/Low-income/Limited English Proficiency Outreach Plan.
The MPO staff reviewed the existing plans, and then looked at other "best-practices" plans from around the state and similar MPOs around the nation. The document presented here today does 4 things:
• Consolidates the 2 plans into a single document
• Updates the format of the documents to be more user-friendly and easy to understand
• Updates specific parts of the document to reflect improvements in the planning process and recognize changes in modern communication and media.
• Every plan needs a goal, and our already adopted Strategic Plan and draft MTP have PPP goals to inform this plan; Strategic Plan goals/measures folded in by reference
Placeholder reference for 2045 MTP goals & measures; draft goals have PPP-specific goal and related objectives/measures to tie in once adopted
Under the last bullet, substantive changes include:
• Revision of the methodology to determine “Communities of Concern” for the Title VI/Minority/Low-income/LEP Plan
• Adding or making clearer what the public participation requirements are for adopting, amending, or correcting plans or other required documents. This was mostly clarifying application to sub-plans or processes not directly addressed in the current plan.
• Staff released the draft Public Involvement Plan Update for public review and comment from February 25, 2016 through April 20, 2016 and is preparing for the public hearing at the April 20, 2016 Executive Board meeting.
Requested Actions: Action Conduct public hearing on updates to the Public Participation Plan and approve the update with incorporated comments from the hearing as needed.