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Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force Update and Funding Requests (30min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: August 3, 2020
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to receive an update from Katie Galbraith and Maticia Sims, Co-Chairs of the Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force (RRTF), on the Task Force’s work to date. The update includes funding requests being submitted by the Task Force to Durham County and City governments for consideration.
The purpose of the Task Force is as follows: “Mayor Schewel and Chair Jacobs have issued emergency stay-at-home orders and other declarations to keep Durham safe during the COVID-19 crisis. Now the time has come to plan for how Durham will recover, renew, and reemerge, and to accomplish the dual purpose of keeping our community safe while helping our economy reopen. To make best decisions about how to revise emergency declarations and stay-at-home orders, they have decided to form, under their emergency powers, a task force on recovery and renewal to advise them. The task force will meet weekly with them over the next 100 days, engaging throughout with community partners, experts, and local businesses, in order to provide our elected leaders with actionable guidance and advice.”
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item aligns with the County’s Strategic Goal 2: Health and Well-Being For All and Goal 3: Safe Community
Resource Persons: Katie Galbraith and Maticia Sims, Durham Recovery and Renewal Task Force Co-Chairs, Ryan Smith, RRTF Director of Policy and Partnerships
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board receive the update and funding requests from the Recovery and Renewal Co-Chairs and ask follow-up questions as deemed appropriate.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________