KTA board approves updated Title 6 plan after staff summary of outreach and policy changes

The Knoxville Area Transit (KTA) board voted to approve an updated Title 6 plan after staff outlined a series of technical and policy changes intended to bring the agency's materials into current practice.

Isaac, a KTA staff member, told commissioners the update includes a summary of public outreach over the past three years, a language-assistance plan update, revised guidance for non-elected boards and commissions, the incorporation of CAAT service standards into the Title 6 document and updated demographic and service-profile maps. "We had Calyptus come in two months ago, and we did have a presentation over the Title 6 plan," Isaac said while summarizing the edits and where the changes appear in the packet.

Isaac said the agency posts the Title 6 update on its website and that a notice of "what is your rights under the Title 6 plan" is displayed on buses and in flyer racks; he added the plan also is submitted to the Federal Transit Administration for review. After no additional questions from commissioners, a committee member moved to approve the plan and the board voted in favor; the chair announced, "Motion passes."

The board did not record a roll-call vote in the meeting transcript. Isaac said the update is largely administrative and compliance-focused; the plan as described centralizes existing service standards and documents recent outreach activity rather than changing core service policy.

The approval concludes the formal update; Isaac indicated the document will be available on KTA's website for public review and will be transmitted to the Federal Transit Administration as part of the agency's compliance process.