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Home My WebLink AboutC20-388 NWCCOG CARES ActNWCCOG Economic Development District EDA CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Counties CONTRACT This contract is made between Eagle County Government and Northwest Colorado Council of Governments Economic Development District. Eagle County Government is awarded $30,000 to carry out the activities described in the Scope of Work attached to this contract (Attachment A), which shall outline projects for economic recovery and resiliency efforts that prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for necessary expenses for responding to economic injury as a result of coronavirus, as well as serve to carry out strategies and tasks outlined in county-level economic development plans. The project shall be a partnership between the Eagle County Government and the Economic Development Organization(s) in Eagle County. The project will start on Oct. 1, 2020 and will be completed no later than March 30, 2022. This funding comes from EDA CARES Act. Reporting Requirements: Eagle County will submit progress reports, no more than 2 pages in length, describing progress on the scope of work every 6 months on the following dates: •April 1, 2021 (covering the period October 1, 2020 – March 30, 2021) •October 1, 2021 (covering the period April 1, 2021 – September 30, 2021) •April 1, 2022 (covering the period October 1, 2021 – March 31, 2022) Payment Schedule: •$10,000 – 10/15/2020 •$10,000 – 1/1/2021 •$10,000 – 10/1/2021 The parties to this contract signify agreement by their signatures below. ________________________ ______ ____ ___________ Jeanne McQueeney, Commissioner Date Eagle County ___ _10/7/2020___ Chris Romer, President/CEO Date Vail Valley Partnership ________________________ ___________ _____________ Rachel Lunney , Director Date NWCCOG Economic Development District DocuSign Envelope ID: 17AF9CE4-1446-4854-9761-3E1D566B28B5 10/14/2020 10/27/2020 C20-388 Attachment A: Scope of Work County: Eagle County 1. Eagle County is leading the development of a community-wide Community Vision and Resiliency Plan. Through a robust community engagement process, stakeholders and community members will work to achieve these desired outcomes: 1. Build a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable community 2. Create a community vision for Eagle County 3. Develop a team of community partners invested in the plan and each other 4. Create strategies that advance to community’s vision for the future 5. Build action plans for priority strategies that identify specific action steps and the planning and implementation vehicles (e.g. Economic Recovery and Resilience Plan, Comp Plan, LURs, CAP, Housing Guidelines, etc) to carry the vision and strategies forward. SCOPE PHASE 1: GROUNDWORK, VALUES, ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY 1: PRE-LAUNCH GROUNDWORK Timing: April - October Products and Deliverables: • Final Scope and Budget, Partner Agreements • Community Engagement Goals + Public Involvement Plan • Communications Strategy (Goals, Tools/Systems/Products/Activities, Tactics) • Purpose and Roles Document for Project Teams • Capacity Building: Facilitation Training, Capacity + Collaboration Assessment • Launch Activities: Coms rollout, initial survey/focus groups; logo contest ACTIVITY 2. OUR COMMUNITY VALUES Timing: October - January Products and Deliverables: • Engagement Summary of Activity 2 (with concerns and aspirations) • Community Values Note: As a tool, Values are not policy. They don’t make decisions or provide specific strategic or tactical direction. They are a touchstone that policies, decisions, or strategies can be checked against and create clarity about root tensions underneath challenging political issues. ACTIVITY 3: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT Timing: October - January Products and Deliverables: • Assessment Report / Summary. Create easily digestible, visually compelling content that DocuSign Envelope ID: 17AF9CE4-1446-4854-9761-3E1D566B28B5 • delivers key information / findings from the Assessment. Use both to get feedback and then update to show final findings. PHASE 2: VISION AND STRATEGIES ACTIVITY 4: OUR GOALS AND VISION Timing: January - April Products and Deliverables: • Long-term Goals (component of Vision) • Definitions of Important Concepts (could be Equity, Resilience, Prosperity, etc) • Comp Plan Supports - Strategic Goals and Policy Framework stuff • Growth and Development Principles? • Activity 4 Engagement Summary ACTIVITY 5: STRATEGIES AND ACTION PLANNING Timing: May - Aug Products and Deliverables • Strategies and Action Plans for project priorities • Final Vision / Plan • Engagement Summary PHASE 3. IMPLEMENTATION AND STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITY 6: IMPLEMENTATION AND STEWARDSHIP Timing: May - Aug Products and Deliverables • Stewardship Plan • Process documentation 2. Through work with Vail Valley Partnership, Eagle County developed the Eagle County Economic Development Plan in 2016. Five objectives were identified: build a business-friendly Eagle County; market the Vail Valley business brand; retain, grow and recruit businesses; support our opportunity segments; and provide support for a quality workforce. The final objective of “provide support for a quality workforce,” strikes at the heart of the issues facing Eagle County today. As an economy built upon tourist-based recreation and amenities, Eagle County has been hard hit by the Covid-19 Coronavirus with 21% unemployment at the beginning of the pandemic, double that of the Colorado state average. The pandemic has exposed fissures in our local economy which have existed for decades - the lack of affordable housing, sustainable and comprehensive transportation systems, affordable and accessible childcare, and affordable and accessible healthcare. COVID-19 has not only had disparate financial impacts on low- to mid-income workers, but also many employees and their families were unknowingly exposed to the virus. For example, Latinos, who make up just 30% of DocuSign Envelope ID: 17AF9CE4-1446-4854-9761-3E1D566B28B5 the Eagle County population, represent 60% of the positive tested COVID cases, all due to lack of benefits, sick pay, information, health care and other protective programs and policies. Similarly, the strategic direction provided by NWCCOG in its Economic Development District’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) also emphasizes the importance of the same issues. Without a quality workforce, a diversified economy, and supports for workers and families, we cannot be resilient in the face of so many challenges. 3. Through the emergency management support function for economic resiliency, Eagle County has been working closely with Vail Valley Partnership, Basalt Chamber of Commerce, and other entities to launch this project with Community Builders. Individuals from both organizations will sit on the leadership/steering committee for this plan. DocuSign Envelope ID: 17AF9CE4-1446-4854-9761-3E1D566B28B5