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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> ASSEMBLY OF GOVERNMENTS <br /> MEETING <br /> AGENDA ITEMS ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: January 25, 2022 <br /> SUBJECT: Assembly of Governments Meeting Discussion Items <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager/Town <br /> Managers/Chapel Hill <br /> Transit/County Transportation <br /> Services/County <br /> Planning/County Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks & <br /> Recreation <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> As noted in "Background" section Bonnie Hammersley, 245-2300; Maurice <br /> Jones, 968-2743; Eric Peterson, 732-1270; <br /> Richard White, 918-7315; Travis Myren, <br /> 245-2300; Brian Litchfield, 969-4908; Theo <br /> Letman, 245-2008; Craig Benedict, 245- <br /> 2575; David Stancil, 245-2510 <br /> PURPOSE: To discuss topics of mutual interest between the governing boards of Hillsborough, <br /> Carrboro, Chapel Hill and Orange County. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> 1. Long-Term Recovery Plan Update <br /> In 2020, the County and its municipal partners allocated a total of $175,000 in CARES Act <br /> funding to retain a consultant to support long term recovery planning and to draft a final <br /> report with detailed recommendations, implementation approaches, and performance <br /> indicators. The planning effort involved several community organizations and <br /> representatives to quantify and characterize the impact of the pandemic in their respective <br /> focus areas, generate ideas and recommendations, establish recovery priorities using a <br /> social justice and racial equity perspective, and review of the final draft documents. <br /> Public engagement efforts during the planning process sought to engage all community <br /> members and included deliberate measures to improve representation from communities <br /> of color. The County convened focus groups and translated engagement materials into <br /> four languages to increase representation from communities most severely impacted by <br /> the pandemic. Feedback from these groups was shared with local governments, elevated, <br />