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