Board of Selectmen - March 31, 2021
Submitted on March 25, 2021 - 9:20am
Revised on March 26, 2021 - 11:34am
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Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 10:00am
The Town of Halifax, working with Steve Kearney of the community design firm Stantec, will hold the Halifax Local Rapid Recovery (LRRP) Kickoff Meeting on Wednesday, March 31 at 10am.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is providing assistance to communities across the State to:
Provide a rapid (6 month) process to identify actions that will help communities recover economic losses from the pandemic
Offer communities an analysis of short, medium and long-term recovery goals and develop a list of projects or actions
Agenda
1. Review Primary Project Objectives
Community Goals
A. Review community goals from application=
B. Discuss potential additional goals
LRRP Project Goals
A. Ensure that communities have data-driven plans to aid in COVID-19 recovery effort.
B. Support the Commonwealth in the collection and standardization of baseline data to measure COVID-19 impacts.
2. Discuss Program Schedule and Milestones (Utilize Community Agreement for this Purpose)
A. Phase 1: Diagnostic, Complete by mid- to late- May
I. Kick-off meeting – Complete.
II. Bi-weekly standing meeting schedule – Establish Date.
III. Site tour – Establish Date.
IV. Site reconnaissance - ~1 week after site tour
B. Phase 2: Project Recommendations, Complete by Mid-June
C. Phase 3: Final Plan, Complete by end of August
3. Discuss Project Roles & Responsibilities (Utilize Community Agreement for this purpose)
4. Review and Confirm (or refine, if necessary) Study Area
A. Draft Study Area attached
5. Discuss Baseline Data and determine if there is any documentation to support baseline data collection.
This might include any of the following:
A. Existing business lists
B. Existing studies, surveys and plans
C. All available visitation, student and employee data from local destination drivers/anchor institutions
D. GIS shapefile or study area (if available):