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Initiate reports, plans, and studies, as needed, to communicate and coordinate proposals,  priorities, and activities, and collaborate with other organizations and interests on sustainability issues. Serve as primary conduits of information between their agencies and the Consortium.  Consortium members shall coordinate with Management and Elected Officials of their respective agencies, as appropriate, to ensure that Consortium activities are consistent with Party goals for the Project. The Consortium is an advisory body and is intended to provide assistance to partner agencies as and when requested and as an adjunct and available resource for on-going mandated projects. Decisions will be in the form of reports and/or proposals to agency staff. The tools and strategies proposed by the Consortium will serve as framework documents to advance the consideration federal Livability Principles by the appropriate implementing agencies. Assistance with communicating to agencies’ boards, commissions, and decision-making bodies will be provided by the Project Manager as requested. Focus Area Teams. Focus Area Teams may be appointed by the Project Manager or Consortium as needed. At minimum, at least one member of the Steering Committee shall serve on each Focus Area Team. Consortium representatives shall be responsible for communicating Focus Area Team discussions and recommendations to the Steering Committee and Consortium. Each team shall have a facilitator appointed by the Steering Committee who shall be responsible for assisting the team to achieve their common objectives and communicating the progress of the team. Partners. Partners are non-voting members that have been approved by the Consortium Membership. These entities could include educational, economic, human services, public utility or other agencies such as Lane Community College; Lane Workforce Partnership; Springfield Utility Board; City of Coburg; United Way of Lane County; Travel Lane County; and Springfield and Eugene Chambers of Commerce. Partners may attend and participate in Consortium meetings and be members of teams working on Project tasks. Stakeholders. Stakeholders are groups identified by the Consortium Membership as representing varied disciplines, such as (but not limited to) housing, educational, economic, human services, public utility or other boards, commissions, and committees. Stakeholders may attend and participate in Steering Committee meetings at the discretion of the Consortium members. VI.Decision-Making Steering Committee Decision-Making Steering Committee decisions will be in the form of reports and/or proposals to agency staff. The Committee will use a consensus decision-making process and will foster mutual respect and a collaborative approach to problem solving. Members will seek to advance broad interests and look for win-win solutions. Consensus means that all voting members present can live with Revised DRAFT MOU Page 5 of 8