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Promoting inclusive public participation is accomplished through MTA's Public Participation Plan (Attachment B) MTA strives to involve all segments of our community in planning future MTA programs, services, and projects by promoting inclusive public participation. The MTA will use its available resources to employ the following strategies, as appropriate: ✓ Value public participation and promoting expansive involvement by members of the community; V Encourage, frequent and continuous engagement by the public throughout the entire ✓ Outreach to populations, communities, including underserved populations and treating all members of the public fairly, considering all public input as an important component of the planning and implementation process; ✓ Promote partnerships among residents, business community, organizations, and public officials; V Select accessible and varied meeting locations and times; V Employ different meeting sizes and formats; ✓ Use social media in addition to other resources as a way to gain public involvement, including virtual public involvement. ✓ Use translated radio, newspaper ads, press releases on stations and in publications that serve Limited English Proficiency (LEP) populations; ✓ Providing communications and agency reports that are clear, timely and broadly distributed. Documented Public Outreach The following is a summary of outreach efforts conducted by the MTA as they relate to Title VI requirements under the Public Participation Plan. Many of our activities are conducted in partnership with other service organizations and non-profit agencies within the community. This is in no way a complete list but rather documents the agency's outreach efforts as they relate specifically to minority and low-income populations. Information pertinent to each event and/or activity will be provided to HDOT upon request. Examples include copies of: meeting announcements, agendas, posters, attendee list, etc. 11