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3 <br /> Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can <br /> discuss issues and provide feedback to staff related to this item as necessary. <br /> Attachment 1a — Greene Tract Vicinity Map <br /> Attachment 1 b — Proposed 2020 Resolution <br /> 2. Orange County Complete Count Committee - Status and Efforts for 2020 Census <br /> At its May 21, 2019 meeting, the Board of Commissioners approved the creation of an <br /> Orange County Complete Count Committee (CCC) to develop and implement a 2020 <br /> Census awareness campaign to encourage residents to respond. Board of <br /> Commissioners Vice Chair Renee Price was appointed to lead the Committee, with <br /> Community Relations Director Todd McGee as staff liaison. <br /> The Committee is a group of community volunteers, local government elected officials <br /> and staff dedicated to increasing awareness and motivating residents to respond to the <br /> 2020 Census. The Committee held its first meeting in July and has been meeting <br /> regularly since. The committee is comprised of 56 members representing 28 community <br /> organizations and local governments. With increased awareness of the Census, more <br /> members are added to the CCC. <br /> The CCC will work with community partners to focus on hard-to-count communities, <br /> including people of color, non-English speaking communities, low-income families, people <br /> who live in non-traditional housing and the refugee populations within the County. An <br /> accurate count of these populations will ensure that all available federal resources will be <br /> provided to support these communities. <br /> Committee members represent a broad spectrum of government and community leaders <br /> from business, non-profits, faith-based groups, and other community organizations. The <br /> Committee has created a page on the Orange County website <br /> (www.orangecountync.gov/2020census) to house information and materials, including <br /> inks to resources for the public to use to help promote awareness. <br /> The Committee has created several subcommittees to focus on specific areas: <br /> • Be Counted Sites: libraries, community centers, senior centers <br /> • Publicity and Marketing: Public Information Officers for the County and Towns <br /> • Hard to Count Non-English speaking: Chinese School, El Centro <br /> • Hard To Count Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) with Clients: <br /> Department of Social Services, Department of Health <br /> • Housing: County, Town, Habitat for Humanity, EmPOWERment, <br /> • Community Outreach: National Association for the Advancement of Colored <br /> People (NAACP), churches, faith assemblies <br /> • Business Community: Chambers of Commerce <br /> • Schools: Orange County Schools, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools <br /> • Colleges/Universities: Durham Technical Community College, UNC-Chapel Hill <br /> off-campus <br /> • Plan ning/GIS/Information Technology Support: Planning and Technology <br /> Department Staffs <br /> • Elected Officials: Serving as Ambassadors <br />