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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 18, 2021 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 7-a <br /> SUBJECT: Review of COVID-19 Long Term Recovery Plan <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager and Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Presentation <br /> 2. List of Recovery Support Function Travis Myren, 919-245-2308 <br /> Participants <br /> 3. Supplemental Questions & Answers <br /> Submitted by the Chapel Hill Town <br /> Council <br /> UNDER SEPARATE COVER <br /> 4. Plan and Supporting Documents — <br /> Only Available Electronically at: <br /> https://www.orangencforward.orq/ <br /> PURPOSE: To review and provide input on the County's COVID-19 Long Term Recovery Plan <br /> BACKGROUND: In 2020, the County and its municipal partners allocated a total of $175,000 in <br /> CARES Act funding to retain a consultant to support long term recovery planning and to draft a <br /> final report with detailed recommendations, implementation approaches, and performance <br /> indicators. The planning effort involved several community organizations and representatives <br /> (Attachment 2) to quantify and characterize the impact of the pandemic in their respective focus <br /> areas, generate ideas and recommendations, establish recovery priorities using a social justice <br /> and racial equity perspective, and review of the final draft documents. <br /> Public engagement efforts during the planning process sought to engage all community members <br /> and included deliberate measures to improve representation from communities of color. The <br /> County convened focus groups and translated engagement materials into four languages to <br /> increase representation from communities most severely impacted by the pandemic. Feedback <br /> from these groups was shared with local governments, elevated, and referenced throughout the <br /> planning process to help shape the strategies and initiatives in the plan. <br /> The guiding vision of the Plan is to leverage recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic to strengthen <br /> and transform Orange County by improving economic sustainability, providing resources, and <br /> achieving social and racial equity. The recommendations in the Plan are organized into seven <br /> Recovery Support Functions focused on the local economy, the health system, human services, <br /> housing, natural and cultural resources, community planning, and public information. The majority <br /> of the Plan provides detailed recommendations in each of those Recovery Support functions in <br />