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Exhibit A <br />CONNECT Consortium <br />GOALS, FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION AND OPERATING PRINCIPLES <br />The CONNECT Consortium, and the development of the "CONNECT Our Future" Regional Strategic <br />Framework are designed to be inclusive, publicly- and community- driven, and designed to produce strong <br />and vibrant communities that, working together, produce a strong and vibrant region. This was the approach <br />used in the development of the CONNECT Core Values and Vision, and is the approach that will be <br />continued with this work. The Goals and Principles under which the Consortium will work, and its <br />Functional Organization, each as defined below, are based on this underlying approach. <br />GOALS: <br />The overarching goals of the Consortium are to: <br />• Create the "CONNECT Our Future" Regional Strategic Framework as a platform to help <br />communities and the region reaching economic and quality of life goals; and <br />• Develop a forum and process for ongoing collaborative problem - solving to address emerging <br />regional and community issues in the future. <br />Specific deliverables for the Consortium include: <br />The "CONNECT Our Future" Regional Strategic Framework that includes: <br />a. A Regional Preferred Development Scenario (as defined on page A -5 of this Exhibit A) <br />developed through extensive public engagement process and data analysis that informs long - <br />range planning for the region's future growth; <br />b. An effective place -based economic development strategy that focuses on job creation, <br />workforce readiness, and community revitalization, including strategies to address the most <br />opportunity -poor neighborhoods; <br />c. Assessments and strategies for housing that meets community needs, both now and in the <br />future; <br />d. Assessments and strategies to reduce emissions and enhance the region's air quality; <br />e. Assessments and strategies that help grow the local food industry while providing healthy <br />foods in areas of need; and <br />f. Assessments and strategies for energy conservation and job growth in the energy field. <br />2. A functional framework and process for ongoing communication, collaboration, and problem - solving <br />that engages public, non - profit, and private organizations across boundaries. <br />FUNCTIONAL ORGANIZATION: <br />The CONNECT Consortium is being organized as a vehicle to successfully accomplish the work required to <br />meet the goals, not to serve as another governmental structure. As such, its organization is designed to <br />produce the "CONNECT Our Future" Regional Strategic Framework, and its component elements, and to <br />assist communities and the region with a broad range of problem - solving around growth, economic <br />Page B -4 <br />Attachment number 3 <br />G -2 Page 309 <br />