Minutes 01-25-2022 Virtual Assembly of Governments Meeting

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9 Council Member Miller-Foushee asked how the survey was administered. She said it was important to hear all of the voices in the community and to capture diverse demographics. She said that she wants to know how the data is aggregated demographically. Travis Myren said the initial survey did not adequately capture the diversity of the county. He said that is why they layered the community engagement and enlisted community leaders to try to capture more diverse voices and populations that had been disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. Council Member Miller-Foushee stated that she would like to see what the numbers of the initial response looked like in regards to the demographics of the survey respondents. Travis Myren said he would send that information to the governing boards. Council Member Foushee said she was also interested in the demographics of the survey respondents and would like to see percentages of communities of color. She said that it is really important to reach communities of color, but that it is equally important that the people who receive and interpret the information reflect communities of color as well. She said she wondered about the demographics of the project management team. She said that life understands life. She said she is looking at the project management team and she knows that representation matters. She said that she understands when Council Member Miller-Foushee talkes about her Northside neighborhood being gutted because it is coming from one person of color to another. She said people don't know, unless they live and walk in it on a daily basis. She said she is concerned about who was receiving the information, how it was being interpreted, and if the needs of the community were going to be met. Council Member Foushee asked who was on the project management team and recovery team now. Travis Myren said the project management teams and recovery support teams were in place. He said he does not know if it is fair to provide the names of the team members because he does not have permission from them to do so at this time. Council Member Foushee said that she saw some names in the packet and asked who the support function leads were and that it is an important question. Travis Myren said that from Carrboro it is Rebecca Buzzard, from Chapel Hill it is John Richardson, and from Hillsborough it is Margaret Hauth. Council Member Foushee asked if it is the people listed in the packet. Travis Myren said yes and they are in the process of replacing Annette Moore. Council Member Foushee asked for the support function leads. Travis Myren said he would get that information to the governing boards. Commissioner Fowler stated that a concern is the widening acheivement gap and asked if the schools were included in the strategies for recovery. Travis Myren said the schools were represented on the support recovery team. He said the agenda item shows all of those involoved, but he does not have the demographics. Commissioner Hughes asked if there was involvement of the school districts at the staff level because he reached out to school board members and they were unsure what he was talking about in regards to the plan and their input. Travis Myren said staff would have been involved in the recovery support functions but he is unsure if they took those to their elected board. Commissioner Hughes said it was important to have community groups involved in the plan especially organizations like Partnership for Young Children, Children and Families Rising, and Kidscope, since they work with vulnerable families. Travis Myren said he will check to see that those organizations received an invitation. Council Member Romaine asked about the Orange County crisis diversion facility and if it is part of the recovery plan. She said that she didn't see it mentioned and is curious if she missed it or if it is not included.