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33 <br /> Long Term Recovery Planning <br /> f <br /> 0 ® <br /> Ofi GE COUNTY <br /> 1 N��ar��aa, ., <br /> 2 <br /> Long Term Recovery Planning <br /> 3 w,o 1 u�.�Nn <br /> �a�„ mc�a <br /> 4 <br /> 5 <br /> 6 Commissioner Price stated her questions were in a different report. She asked if the <br /> 7 Meals on Wheels program is taking care of any gaps within food distribution. <br /> 8 Travis Myren said yes, Meals on Wheels has been very active. <br /> 9 Commissioner Price referred to housing community and development, and said the link <br /> 10 is rather indirect. She asked if staff would look into this. <br /> 11 Travis Myren said yes. <br /> 12 Commissioner Dorosin referred to page 22 (electronic version), under the County <br /> 13 Economic Development Funds, and said there is a balance of—$325,000 in Emergency Loans <br /> 14 and Grants program. He asked if the plan is to give those funds out, continuing on a rolling <br /> 15 basis. He asked if these funds are being publicized. <br /> 16 Travis Myren said the County is distributing the funds in rounds, and has already gone <br /> 17 through two rounds. He said a third round would have to be opened to distribute more funds. <br /> 18 He said, of the remaining balance, $50,000 is recommended to fund an Arts support program, <br /> 19 since they did not apply for the small business grants program. He said the Economic Impact <br /> 20 survey has been distributed to the private sector, and about 300 responses have been received. <br /> 21 He said staff recommends using this data to create and execute a round 3 distribution. <br /> 22 Commissioner Dorosin encouraged the County to keep moving forward and get the <br /> 23 funds into people's hands as quickly as possible. <br /> 24 Commissioner Dorosin said the report notes a plan to use $175,000 to hire a consultant <br /> 25 to help with long term recovery plans, but this evening's presentation intimated that these funds <br /> 26 would be used for the actual recovery process. He asked if staff could clarify, as the County <br /> 27 has a recovery coordinator. <br /> 28 Travis Myren said the County does not have a recovery coordinator, and these funds <br /> 29 have been used to hire Haggerty Consulting to project manage the recovery support functions. <br /> 30 He said this consultant will serve in the long term recovery coordinator position. <br /> 31 Commissioner Dorosin pointed out a line item that has —$105,000 allocated to a <br /> 32 recovery coordinator. <br />