TO: Mayor and Members of City Council
THRU: Kelly Olivera, Assistant City Manager
FROM: Tyffany L. Neal, Transit Director
DATE: February 12, 2024
RE:
Title
Approval of the Transit 2024-2028 Equal Employment Opportunity Program
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COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
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Relationship To Strategic Plan:
Goal 4: Desirable Place to Live, Work and Recreate
Objective D: To develop and maintain public transportation investments with high quality transit and airport services.
Executive Summary:
City Council is asked to approve the Transit 2024-2028 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Program and authorize submittal of the Program to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA).
An EEO program is a detailed set of procedures and employment information designed to ensure entities meet federal EEO requirements. As an FTA recipient who employs more than fifty (50) transit-related employees and requested or received capital or operating assistance in excess of $1 million (or planning assistance in excess of $250,000) in the previous federal fiscal year, Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) is required to submit an EEO program every four (4) years and implement all of the EEO program elements.
The attached EEO program for FAST has been developed to ensure compliance with FTA requirements.
Background:
The Federal Transit Laws, 49 U.S.C. 5332(b), provide that "'no person in the United States shall on the grounds of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, or age be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any project, program or activity founded in whole or in part through financial assistance under this Act." This applies to employment and business opportunities and is considered to be in addition to the provisions of the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
The analysis of the FAST workforce from March 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023, showed that minorities compos...
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