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------------------------------------------------------------- The Alaska Tribal Transportation Work Group (ATTWG) Announces the The 2020 Annual Alaska Tribal Transportation Symposium Is Cancelled. Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) we are observing an abundance of caution and ATTWG decided to cancel this Symposium. Those who paid Registration for the Symposium through Eventbrite will be refunded if requested Please monitor our website for more information on our rescheduled 18th Annual Alaska Tribal Transportation Symposium We will continue monitoring how the virus outbreak evolves as we move forward. Please exercise safety. Some of the Center For Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention recommendations include; Washing your hands in warm soapy water for at least 20-seconds, use hand sanitizer that has at least 60% alcohol, avoid touching your face with unwashed hands, where a mask and avoid close contact with people who are sick. ATTWG recognizes safety is priority and encourages everyone to follow CDC guidelines. For Frequently Asked Questions about the Coronavirus please go to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) link; https://www.transit.dot.gov/coronavirus and click on the first bulleted item; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is updated as needed. The
Intertribal Transportation Association (ITA) will conduct their 2020 Annual Meeting virtually on; December 8th (8:30am - 11:30am), 9th (8:30am - 11:30am) & 10th (8:30am - 1:30pm) Membership is due December 1st Presentations include; FHWA, US DOT Self-Governance Director, Milo Booth, DOI's BIA, FTA, Legislative Update/Road Map for the next Transportation Bill, as well as elections for Regional ITA Representatives. The following is a letter from ITA President MaryBeth Frank-Clark: Hello ITA Friends! Hope all are safe and healthy during this trying time with COVID. I wanted to provide you an invitation letter plus 2021 membership form for ITA. The 2020 membership will expire the end of November 2020. The 2021 membership begins December 1, 2020 and expires November 30, 2021. If you have already paid 2021 membership……thank you! Your membership dues will need to be paid by the “Virtual” Annual Meeting date of December 8-10, 2020 if you would like to “vote” during the meeting. There will be a “Virtual” Annual Meeting registration form out shortly; there is no cost to the Annual meeting this year but would like to keep record on how many participate. Please visit ITA website for updates. I hope his finds you well; take care and hope to see your smiling face at the Virtual meeting. I look forward to your on-going membership and please share this with other tribes in your region. ------------------------------------------------------------- MaryBeth Frank-ClarkThu, Oct 29, 4:46 PM to Emma, David, Chris, Curry, Cordell.ringel@gmail.com, Howard.brown@sa-dot.com, Barak, Nick, Damon, sara@kasaan.org, whitney@kasaan.org, Gloria, Myrna, Gerry.hope@sitkatribe-nsn.gov, William, lizcabot@wca-t.com, Grant, SR, Dean, Jeff.donnell@redlakenation.org, Richard, Jonah, gsilversmith@navajodot.org, Kim, Tricia, Anthony, Richard, Tom, John.beresford@lajolla-nsn.gov, Carla, Richard, Ron, Becky, Chris Hello ITA Friends! Hope all are safe and healthy during this trying time with COVID. I wanted to provide you an invitation letter plus 2021 membership form for ITA. The 2020 membership will expire the end of November 2020. The 2021 membership begins December 1, 2020 and expires November 30, 2021. If you have already paid 2021 membership……thank you! Your membership dues will need to be paid by the “Virtual” Annual Meeting date of December 8-10, 2020 if you would like to “vote” during the meeting. There will be a “Virtual” Annual Meeting registration form out shortly; there is no cost to the Annual meeting this year but would like to keep record on how many participate. Please visit ITA website for updates. I hope his finds you well; take care and hope to see your smiling face at the Virtual meeting. I look forward to your on-going membership and please share this with other tribes in your region. |
The FAST Act passed in December, 2015. This 5-year surface transportation authorization also includes Tribal Transit. The FAST Act is in affect through 2020.
Update: On October 1st the President signed a Continuing Resolution (CR) that passed Congress in September. The CR extends the FAST Act to December 11, 2020 U.S. DOT Officials Roll Out the U.S. DOT Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program (TTSGP) was on October 1st, 2020.
THE ROLL OUT FEATURED: ELAINE CHAO, SECRETARY ADAM SULLIVAN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND MILO BOOTH, DIRECTOR OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS THE ROLLOUT WAS VIRTUAL AND RECORDED. CLICK BELOW TO VIEW RECORDING: https://www.youtube.com/embed/VjEGXLStHO4 ---------------------------------- FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation WebinarsThe FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation periodically hosts webinars to facilitate sharing of information with the transportation departments at Tribal Governments. All webinars will be held at 10:00 a.m. Alaska Time on their respective dates. No registration is required to attend the webinars.
Upcoming Sessions: TTP 101 - Project Development, December 16, 2020. This TTP 101 webinar is intended for transportation employees new to the Tribal Transportation Program (TTP) or those that need a refresher. This webinar provides an overview of the documentation required for the project package, which is required prior to starting construction. Presenters: Terry Schumann, Environmental Protection Specialist, FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation and David Cremer, Environmental Coordinator, FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation _______________________ - ATTWG - Advocating for Alaska Tribes! ________________________ |