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Bend MPO policy board adopts updated Title VI plan reflecting federal guidance
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The Bend MPO policy board on Dec. 19 adopted an updated Title VI plan that removes references to two rescinded executive orders, renames an LEP subsection to 'language access' while retaining translation and complaint procedures, and adds FHWA assurances and an updated complaint process.
The Bend Metropolitan Planning Organization policy board unanimously adopted an updated Title VI plan at its Dec. 19 meeting, concluding a staff-led update that aligns the document with current federal guidance while preserving local language‑access and demographic-mapping practices.
Andrea Napoli, Bend MPO senior planner, presented the update, noting that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color and national origin and that the MPO's plan—last updated in 2019—needed revisions after changes in federal guidance. "Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 states that no person in The United States shall on the grounds of race, color, or national…
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