PUBLIC NOTICE :: Participate in the Sarasota Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board Meeting on September 1, 2021

NOTIFICATION IS GIVEN that the Sarasota Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board will meet at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021, at the Sarasota/Manatee MPO located at 8100 15^th Street East, Sarasota, Florida. Meeting materials and information regarding technology and access will be posted to the MPO website at www.mympo.org on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.

There are five (5) ways for the public to participate:

1. In person at the Sarasota LCB meeting, by filling out a comment card.
2. Written comments will be accepted before, during, and after each meeting. All written comments will be included as part of the official public record of the meeting. Please email Nanette Eubanks, Clerk to the Board at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include your name, email address, and phone number with your written comment.
3. The Sarasota LCB Board meeting will be live streamed at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. The public can view the meeting and comment during the meeting using the comment box at https://publicinput.com/Q742.
4. The public may call-in by phone and leave comments via voicemail.   Telephone Number 1-855-925-2801; Meeting code 8196.
5. For those wishing to address members of the Sarasota LCB directly, you are requested to provide a written request in advance. Please email Nanette Eubanks, Clerk to the Board at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 for your comments to be distributed to Sarasota LCB members prior to the meeting. Please provide the following information in the email:
   1. Subject line (RE): PUBLIC COMMENT FOR SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 SARASOTA LCB BOARD MEETING
   2. Please include the following information in the body of the email:  1) Name, email, and phone number; 2) The agenda item you wish to address; 3) A summary of your public comment (3000-character limit)
   3. Following the receipt of the email, instructions will be sent on how to join the virtual meeting to speak once the Chair calls on you during the public comment period.

The MPO rules of procedure, decorum, and policy governing the public comment period, shall be followed, and enforced in person or virtually.  During the public comment period, the Chair will ask the public to speak based on the written requests to speak in the order they are received. 

It would greatly help MPO staff if questions and comments could be emailed to Clerk to the Board (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) PRIOR to the beginning of the meeting, and ideally before 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September  1, 2021.

This notice is published pursuant to the requirements of Federal Laws, Florida Statutes, and MPO Policy. There are no stenographical records by a certified court reporter for the noticed meeting(s) listed above. Accordingly, any person seeking to appeal any decision(s) made at the noticed meeting(s) herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at the meeting(s) upon which any appeal is to be based.

Public participation is solicited without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, or family status. Persons who require special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act or persons who require translation services (free of charge) should contact the Sarasota/Manatee MPO at 941-359-5772 at least seven (7) days prior to the meeting.

The MPO’s planning process is conducted in accordance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes. Any person or beneficiary who believes they have been discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, or family status may file a complaint with the Sarasota/Manatee MPO Title VI Coordinator by calling 941-359-5772 or in writing mailed to Sarasota/Manatee MPO, ATTN: Title VI Coordinator, at 8100 15^th Street East, Sarasota, Florida 34243.

CONTACT:     Corinne Tucker, Multi Modal Planner, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.