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PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN DRAFT - 2021 Two Chatham Center [email protected] Voice 412.391.5590 Suite 500 spcregion.org Fax 412.391.9160 112 Washington Place Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission 2021 Officers Chairman: Rich Fitzgerald Vice Chairman: Leslie A. Osche Secretary-Treasurer: Pat Fabian Executive Director: Vincent Valdes Allegheny County Armstrong County Beaver County Butler County Rich Fitzgerald Darin Alviano Tony Amadio Kevin Boozel Lynn Heckman Pat Fabian Daniel Camp Kim Geyer Clifford Levine Donald K. Myers Kelly Gray Mark Gordon Robert J. Macey Jason L. Renshaw Charles Jones Richard Hadley Kelli Wingard Jack Manning Leslie A. Osche Fayette County Greene County Indiana County Lawrence County Scott Dunn Mike Belding Robin Gorman Morgan Boyd Joe Grata Rich Cleveland Sherene Hess Loretta Spielvogel Fred Junko Jeff Marshall Mark Hilliard James Gagliano Dave Lohr Betsy McClure Mike Keith Amy McKinney Vincent A. Vicites Blair Zimmerman Byron G. Stauffer, Jr. Daniel J. Vogler Washington County Westmoreland County City of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Department Larry Maggi Tom Ceraso Scott Bricker of Transportation (2 Votes) Scott Putnam Gina Cerilli Rev. Ricky Burgess Brian Allen Nick Sherman Douglas Chew William Peduto William Kovach Diana Irey Vaughan Sean Kertes Mavis Rainey Kevin McCullough Christopher Wheat Robert Regola Aurora Sharrard Cheryl Moon-Sirianni Larry Shifflet Governor's Office Pennsylvania Department Port Authority of Transit Operators Committee Jessica Walls-Lavelle of Community & Allegheny County (1 Vote) Sheila Gombita Economic Development Katharine Kelleman Johnna Pro Ed Typanski Federal Highway Federal Transit U.S. Environmental Federal Aviation Administration* Administration* Protection Agency* Administration* Alicia Nolan Theresa Garcia-Crews Laura Mohollen U. S. Economic Development Administration* *Nonvoting Members This document is available in alternate formats upon request. 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SPC કોઈપણ Hindi: यह दतावेज़ अनुरोध िर वैकल्पिक फॉरमेट मᴂ શપુ ક લીધા વવના વવનતં ી પર અનવુ ાદ અને उिल녍ध है। અર્થઘટન સેવાઓ પૂરી પાડશે. વધ ુ ર્માહહતી एस िी सी (SPC) अनुवाद और 핍या奍या सेवाएं ર્માટે કૃપા કરી (412) 391-5590 પર SPCને अनुरोध िर बिना शुपक उिल녍ध कराएगी। कृ िया अगधक जानकारी के ललए (412) 391-5590 કૉલ કરો. िर एस िी सी (SPC) को कॉल करᴂ। Oriya: Sindhi: درخواست جي صورت ۾ هي دستاويز متبادل ٻولي ۾ ଏହ ି ଡକ୍ୟୁମେଣ୍ଟର ଅନୟମରୋଧମର ମ କ୍ୈ ଳ୍ପକ୍ି ଫେମୋଟମର دستياب آهي. ଉପଲବ୍ଧ। ମକ୍ୌଣସି ଚୋ썍 ମ ଛଡ଼ୋ ଏସପିସ ି ଅନୟ ୋଦ ଏ ଂ درخواست جي صورت ۾ SPC ترجمي ۽ ترجماني جون مفت خدمتوڻ فراهم ڪندي. ୋଖ୍ୁୋ ମସ ୋ ପ୍ରଦୋନକ୍ରି ।ୁ مهرباني ڪري وڌيڪ معلومات ﻻ ِء ଦୟୋକ୍ର ି ଅ鼿କ୍ ସୂଚନୋ ପୋଇଁ ଏସପିସ ି (412) 391- (412) 391- 5590 تي SPC کي ڪال ڪريو. ମର କ୍ଲ କ୍ରନ୍ତୟ। 5590 Punjabi: :Urdu يہ دستاويز درخواست کيے جانے پر متبادل اشکال ميں ਇਹ ਦਸਤਾਵੇ爼 ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਨ ‘ਤੇ ਵਵਕਲਪਕ ਰੂਪ拓 دستياب ہے۔ ਚ ਉਪਲਬਧ ਹੈ। SPC ਵਬਨ拓 ਵਕਸੇ ਖਰਚ 'ਤੇﹱਵਵ SPC درخواست کيے جانے پر ترجمہ اور ترجمانی کی خدمات مفت فراہم کرے گا۔ ਬੇਨਤੀ ‘ਤੇ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਦੁਭਾਸੀਆ ਸੇਵਾਵ拓 ਪਰਦਾਨ مزيد معلومات کيلئے SPC کو 5590-391 (412) پر ਕਰੇਗਾ। کال کريں۔ The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) hereby gives public notice that it is the policy of the Commission to assure full compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, Executive Order 12898 on Environmental Justice, and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. Title VI and other related statutes require that no person in the United States of America shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, age, or disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under any program or activity for which SPC receives federal financial assistance. Any person who believes they have been aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice by SPC under Title VI has a right to file a formal complaint with the Commission. Any such complaint must be in writing and filed with SPC’s Title VI Coordinator within one hundred eighty (180) days following the date of the alleged discriminatory occurrence. For more information, or to obtain a Title VI Discrimination Complaint Form, please see our website at: spcregion.org or call 412-391-5590. TABLE OF CONTENTS SECTION 1: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1.1 ABOUT US 1 1.2 HOW CAN I CONTACT SPC? 3 1.3 WHAT IS THE PUBLIC PARTICIPATION PLAN? 4 1.4 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION GOALS 5 SECTION 2: FEDERAL GUIDANCE AND CONSULTATION ............................................................................................................................ 2.1 FEDERAL GUIDANCE 9 2.2 CONSULTATION 10 SECTION 3: ACCESS AND INFORMATION FOR ALL ............................................................................................................................ 3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE 12 3.2 LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY 13 3.3 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)/ SECTION 504/508 COMPLIANCE 15 3.4 TRIBAL CONSULTATION 15 3.5 ELDERLY, NON-CAR HOUSEHOLDS, AND OTHER TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED 16 3.6 TITLE VI DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS 17 SECTION 4: HOW TO PARTICIPATE ............................................................................................................................ 4.1 INFORMATION SHARING, NOTIFICATIONS AND REQUESTS 19 4.2 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES 24 4.3 PROVIDING PUBLIC COMMENT 35 SECTION 5: EVALUATING OUR STRATEGIES .................................................................................................................... 37 APPENDICES A. DEFINITIONS B. DOCUMENT REVIEW NETWORK C. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY RESOURCES D. TRIBAL LIAISONS E. TITLE VI DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCEDURES F. EVALUATION FORM SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county Southwestern Pennsylvania region. Read About Us > 2021 Public Participation Plan | 3 SECTION 1 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 About Us The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county Southwestern Pennsylvania region. As the official MPO, we are responsible for regional transportation planning activities. As such, we direct the use of state and federal transportation funds — approximately $23 billion through 2045. We don’t do this alone. We work with interested parties to ensure our planning and programming efforts represent the needs of the entire region. How we do that is documented in this plan, the Public Participation Plan. Interested parties include citizens, Transportation planning and affected public agencies, representatives programming consider all transportation of public transportation employees, modes important to you and the regional freight shippers, providers of freight system. Transportation planning sets goals and transportation services, private providers evaluates transportation needs for the entire of transportation, representatives of users region. Transportation programming chooses of public transportation, representatives of and allocates funds to projects that meet the users of pedestrian walkways and bicycle identified needs of the region. transportation facilities, representatives of the disabled, and other interested parties. 2021 Public Participation Plan | 1 SECTION 1 Our commitment to these activities is reflected in our Mission Statement: The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Visit us at: is the cooperative forum for regional spcregion.org collaboration, planning, and public decision- making. The Commission develops plans and programs for public investments; fulfills federal and state requirements for transportation, economic development, and local government assistance programs; and operates with public involvement and trust. awrence Butler Armstrong eaver niana Allegheny Westmorelan Our ten-county region includes the City of Washington Pittsburgh