the Citizen News (Naugatuck/Beacon Falls), Town Times (Watertown), the Bee Intelligencer, and La Voz. Title VI and Environmental Justice are contained in Appendix F of the Long Range Transportation Plan which is distributed as per attachment B. It is not included in the Transportation Improvement Plan or Unified Work Plan. See attachment A. Comments are reviewed at Regional Planning Commission meetings and monthly COG meetings and prior to any plan adoption. We have instituted translations in Spanish of the COGCNV home page and certain subsections of our website. We have provided translations and comment documents in Spanish at public meetings on projects. See Attachment J. We have raised serious concerns over a proposed multi-modal passenger terminal which would move the bus system's transfer point from the downtown to the train station, increasing travel times for many bus passengers and reducing bus operation efficiency. We have no formal Title VI Complaint process, but have received no complaints. The Transportation Plan is on our website with the VI analysis in Appendix F. The website is We have no known Native American Tribal Governments in our region. Contracting opportunities are advertised in the newspaper with the largest circulation in our region, the Waterbury Republican-American. In addition, we keep a list of consultants to notify and consult with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). In our most recent major study, the Naugatuck River Greenway, a woman owned business, Fitzgerald and Halliday, was a subcontractor. We incorporate CTDOT requirements into our agreements. 2011 Identified Areas of Deficiencies The Department has reviewed the information provided by COGCNV and has found the following deficiencies and areas of concern with their Title VI practices. The Department will schedule a meeting with COGCNV to discuss these deficiencies and work with the region to develop an Action Plan to address these identified issues. DOT requires the region to update their demographic, population, age structure, educational attainment, labor force and socio-economic characteristics economic and social data using the 2010 Census Data. Respond to efforts been undertaken to improve performance, especially with “Have respect to low-income and minority populations? Have organizations representing income and minority populations been consulted as part of this evaluation? Have concerns been considered?
the Citizen News (Naugatuck/Beacon Falls), Town Times (Watertown), the Bee Intelligencer, and La Voz. Title VI and Environmental Justice are contained in Appendix F of the Long Range Transportation Plan which is distributed as per attachment B. It is not included in the Transportation Improvement Plan or Unified Work Plan. See attachment A. Comments are reviewed at Regional Planning Commission meetings and monthly COG meetings and prior to any plan adoption. We have instituted translations in Spanish of the COGCNV home page and certain subsections of our website. We have provided translations and comment documents in Spanish at public meetings on projects. See Attachment J. We have raised serious concerns over a proposed multi-modal passenger terminal which would move the bus system's transfer point from the downtown to the train station, increasing travel times for many bus passengers and reducing bus operation efficiency. We have no formal Title VI Complaint process, but have received no complaints. The Transportation Plan is on our website with the VI analysis in Appendix F. The website is We have no known Native American Tribal Governments in our region. Contracting opportunities are advertised in the newspaper with the largest circulation in our region, the Waterbury Republican-American. In addition, we keep a list of consultants to notify and consult with the Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT). In our most recent major study, the Naugatuck River Greenway, a woman owned business, Fitzgerald and Halliday, was a subcontractor. We incorporate CTDOT requirements into our agreements. 2011 Identified Areas of Deficiencies The Department has reviewed the information provided by COGCNV and has found the following deficiencies and areas of concern with their Title VI practices. The Department will schedule a meeting with COGCNV to discuss these deficiencies and work with the region to develop an Action Plan to address these identified issues. DOT requires the region to update their demographic, population, age structure, educational attainment, labor force and socio-economic characteristics economic and social data using the 2010 Census Data. Respond to “Have efforts been undertaken to improve performance, especially with respect to low-income and minority populations? Have organizations representing and minority populations been consulted as part of this evaluation? Have concerns been considered? income
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