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➢ IBM will bring deep technical expertise and analytics software to create the Analytics Tool, through a contractual relationship with City of Austin. IBM, the Austin Lab and its extended Smarter Cities team will work with the City of Austin, the UT Center for Sustainable Development (UT), and the CATS Consortium to produce a powerful regionally -based software tool to allow for cross - organization analysis as the basis for investments in livable, sustainable communities. Sec. 4. Accountability All parties with responsibility for deliverables at all levels will be signatories to an Interlocal Agreement, Contract as provided for by State law, or an MOU. Only the Interlocal Agreements and Contracts will be legally enforceable; however, those communities executing MOUs for planning and analytical services will need to meet specific milestones to benefit from those services. Financial and Legal Requirements of the HUD Agreement No expenditures shall be made from the proceeds of the grant unless they are outlined in the approved or amended budget; all disbursements shall be made through interlocal agreements, subgrantee contracts, or other documents authorized by CAPCOG policy, and any expenditure over $15,000 shall be approved by the CAPCOG Executive Committee. All signatories of this MOU agree to comply with the requirements contained in the agreement, including the Terms and Conditions established by HUD, as they relate to the intent and scope of the project coinciding with the approved budget. Sec. 5. Governance and Decision - making Protocols Grantee. The Capital Area Council of Governments is the grantee and bears responsibility for financial, legal, and compliance requirements of the grant and its successful implementation. The CAPCOG Executive Committee is the governing body of CAPCOG and as such shall have final authority on all issues if they bear on any of the requirements contained in binding agreements between HUD and CAPCOG. Executive Team shall be composed of CAPCOG, CAMPO, City of Austin, and ECT represented by Betty Voights, Maureen McCoy, Kevin Johns, and Sally Campbell; there will be no substitutions or proxies except in the case that one of these named representatives leaves employment of the agency he /she represents. In that event, the agency shall name a new representative. The Executive Team is charged with making decisions related to HUD compliance and budget, disputes over implementation issues such as contract performance and deliverables, quick turn - around issues, and may override decisions of other committees and partners. Steering Committee shall be composed of representatives of Executive Team members and cities of Round Rock and San Marcos, Cap Metro, and CARTS. Steering Committee members shall each have one primary member and one named proxy. Proxies will be formally designated and cannot change from meeting to meeting. The Steering Committee is intended to be the decision - making body for core aspects of implementation including but not limited to: Adoption of demonstration site goals and criteria. Selection of activity centers for Analytic Test Sites and for Planning Demo Sites. • Approval of the RFP for demo site consultant services and recommendation for the consultant contract. Page 4 of 6