TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tyffany L. Neal, Transit Director
DATE: May 28, 2024
RE:
Title
Fayetteville Area System of Transit - Title VI Program Update
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective 4.1: Maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services.
Executive Summary:
The Transit Department is the recipient of federal transit grant funds with numerous terms and conditions. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) requires grantees to update and submit for approval a Title VI program every three years. The City's/FAST's Title VI program update is due on August 1, 2024.
Title VI prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in programs and activities receiving Federal financial assistance. This plan incorporates Environmental Justice (EJ), which was initiated by Executive Order 12898 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations) and addresses Limited English Proficiency (LEP).
The attached program update has few changes since the 2021 program was approved.
City Council's approval of the program update is requested for submission to FTA.
Background:
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects individuals from discrimination based on race, color, or national origin in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title VI also includes provisions to ensure access to FTA funded programs for persons who have Limited English Proficiency (LEP). The program is an organizing framework by which the City and FAST will incorporate equity consistently across its programs, policies and services that allow everyone to participate and enjoy the benefits of the FAST transit system.
FTA's Title VI circular provides detailed guidance to FTA fu...
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