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(as defined on page A -5 of this Exhibit A), as well as the development and integration of place -based economic development strategies, housing, energy, food access and other plans. Program teams are open to Consortium members and non - members based on expertise and interest. Support Teams will provide services, resources, and overall project management needed by all work groups, such as communications materials and strategies, and financial and contract processing. Each team will have a CCOG Team Coordinator who will serve as project manager for that team, with CRCOG liaisons for each team. Each program team (and some support teams) will be led by a non -CCOG or CRCOG Team Chair selected by the team. Both Program and Support Teams may be reconfigured as needed to accomplish the work of the Program. The Consortium will include all members who have signed a Consortium Agreement in the form of that agreement to which this Exhibit A is attached, and is open to any interested organization, local government, or private entity willing to do so. The Consortium will integrate the content produced by the Program Teams to create the Framework, working at two levels. They are: • The Program Forum: Senior staff, department heads, content experts, and other Consortium representatives who review and integrate Program Team components of the Framework, identify potential policy questions, resolve content or technical conflicts to the extent possible, and ensure that Framework elements work in sync. The Program Forum will meet bi- monthly. • The Policy Forum: Elected officials, private and non - profit sector CEOs and /or Board members who examine policy implications and messaging issues, identify needed policy or regulatory changes, provide feedback to the Program Forum, and resolve policy - related conflicts to the extent possible. The Policy Forum will meet semi - annually. The Consortium also is the body that endorses the final Framework, through both Forums and with heavy stakeholder engagement. The CONNECT Council will provide oversight in the sense of quality control and conflict resolution when the Consortium cannot reach a consensus position. The Council, like the Consortium, will be organized in the two divisions below to address technical /programmatic /content issues, and to resolve important policy conflicts. • The Program Council will be composed of key staff, Team Coordinators, and Team Chairs. • The Policy Council will be composed of members appointed from the Consortium by, and including members of, the Executive Boards of both CCOG and CRCOG, supplemented by CEOs /Board members from non - profit organizations and the private sector. The Boards of CCOG and CRCOG will serve as the final vetting group for review of recommendations or policy matters affecting local governments or suggesting state or federal policy change. This is a role they have undertaken in the past and that will enhance the acceptance of Consortium recommendations. They will have the opportunity to review, but, except to the extent that individual members of those Boards serve on the Policy Forum or Policy Council, will not be involved in decision - making regarding, any recommendations aimed primarily at the non - profit or private sectors. Those recommendations will be published through professional associations and Consortium members representing those entities on the Consortium. Each Consortium member understands and acknowledges that CCOG and CRCOG are Page B -6 Attachment number 3 G -2 Page 311