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12 <br /> 1 Travis Myren said staff is learning a lot about survey work, and self-selection involves a <br /> 2 bias. He said using different communication networks are important to reaching more people. <br /> 3 Commissioner Price said it would be helpful to go into different communities and find <br /> 4 trusted messengers to help accomplish this task, similar to the census. <br /> 5 <br /> 6 <br /> 7 3. Update on COVID-19 Long Term Recovery Planning <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Travis Myren, Deputy County Manager, presented the following: <br /> 10 <br /> 11 BACKGROUND: <br /> 12 Although the response effort to COVID-19 is ongoing, the County and its municipal partners <br /> 13 have allocated a total of$175,000 in CARES Act funding to retain a consultant to support long <br /> 14 term recovery planning. As part of the effort, the County has organized over 150 community <br /> 15 organizations and representatives to help identify needs and create recommendations that will <br /> 16 promote an expeditious and equitable long-term recovery while improving the County's <br /> 17 resiliency to respond to future events. <br /> 18 <br /> 19 These organizations involved in the Long Term Recovery Planning process are organized into <br /> 20 seven Recovery Support Functions focused on the local economy, the health system, human <br /> 21 services, housing, natural and cultural resources, community planning, and public information. <br /> 22 With the assistance of the consulting group, these support functions have been asked to <br /> 23 characterize and quantify the impact of the pandemic, create potential recovery strategies, and <br /> 24 establish recovery priorities using a social justice and racial equity perspective. These strategies <br /> 25 will ultimately be presented to each of the governing boards in the County for their consideration <br /> 26 and implementation. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 During the work session, the County's Long Term Recovery consultant, Hagerty Consulting, will <br /> 29 present an overview of the project, a status update on the activities that have occurred to date, <br /> 30 and a timeline for completing the project. The consultant is presenting the same information to <br /> 31 Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and Hillsborough, which are actively participating in project management <br /> 32 and sharing in the cost of the consultant. A copy of supplemental questions submitted by the <br /> 33 Chapel Hill Town Council is attached for additional information and context. Final work products, <br /> 34 including recommendations, will be presented to local governing boards in early 2021. <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Kayla Slater and Michael Levkowitz, Hagerty Consulting, made the following PowerPoint <br /> 37 presentation: <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Slide #1 <br /> 40 <br /> 41 <br /> 42 Orange County <br /> 43 Recovery and Iransfonnaflon Planning Pioie& <br /> 44 <br /> 45 <br /> 46 '$r� <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Slide #2 <br /> 49 <br /> 50 <br /> 51 <br /> OverviewProject <br /> Planning St s Update <br /> . . <br />