50 MVMPO Public Participation Plan – March 2017 Page i 3.4.1 Creating Alternative Formats. 51 3.4.3 Electronic Versions of MVMPO Materials. 51 3.4.4 Braille Versions of MVMPO Materials. 52 3.4.7 Other requests for alternate formats.
Public Participation Procedures for Long-Term Planning. 56Ĥ.1 Solicitation of Public Input Prior to Study or Plan Development. 57 4.2 Solicitation of Public Input on a Draft Plan or Study. 60 4.3 Posting of Plan or Study Information on Web Pages. Public Involvement Procedures for the MVMPO Transportation Improvement Program. 64 Appendix A: Public Participation During the Project Development Process. 71 Appendix B: MVMPO Transportation Planning Process Summary. 74 Appendix C: MVMPO Public Participation Stakeholder List. 91 Appendix E: Public Meeting Accessibility Checklist.Ĩ6 Appendix D: Federal Public Participation Mandates. Note: the Merrimack Valley Planning Commission Transportation Program Unit staff (a/k/a MVMPO staff) prepared this 2016 PPP under Contracts #75074, MA-80-X008, and MA-80- X009 with MassDOT. All versions of the MVMPO Public Participation Plan have been prepared in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, the Federal Transit Administration,Īnd the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA).
MVMPO Public Participation Plan – March 2017 Page ii MVMPO Public Participation Plan – March 2017 Page iii 1. The Merrimack Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (MVMPO) has developed this Public Participation Plan (PPP) to ensure that its transportation decision-making process is inclusive, and accessible, in accordance with state and federal law requirements. The MVMPO uses this Plan to offer the public early, continuous, and meaningful opportunities to help identify social, economic, and environmental impacts of proposed transportation policies, projects and initiatives. This PPP shapes all MVMPO public engagement, from information distribution to formalized public involvement. This Plan also governs public participation requirements that apply to all federally funded transit plans/projects implemented by the Merrimack Valley Regional Transit Authority (MVRTA) – an MVMPO member agency. This PPP guides the MVMPO’s inclusion of populations that may have been underserved by the transportation system and/or have lacked access to the decision-making process. It states the methods that the MVMPO uses to reach out to persons who are low-income, minority, Limited English Proficient (LEP), or have a disability, and other traditionally under- represented populations. It provides a toolbox of public engagement techniques that the MVMPO staff can match to different community contexts and transportation decisions.
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