Municipal Acronyms
The next time you visit your City Hall and ask for information, you may hear something like ‘Although GASB has reduced requirements, you’ll first have to FOIA that information, then submit a SPR. If you’re looking for HOME, keep the BID in mind and don’t forget about the PILOT at year end.
The next time you visit your local government, you can cut through all those Municipal Acronyms by understanding the following list.
Municipal Acronyms
- ACT 51: Transportation Funding
- ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act
- BID: Business Improvement District may be created to develop a more successful and profitable business climate in a defined area, and to collect revenues, levy special assessments and issue bonds to pay for its activities.
- BRA: Brownfield Redevelopment Authority may be created to clean up contaminated sites, thus allowing the property to revert to productive economic use.
- CAFR: Comprehensive Annual Finance Report
- CDBG: Community Development Block Grant
- CIP: Capital Improvements Program
- DDA: Downtown Development Authority may be created to halt property value deterioration, to increase property tax valuation in the business district, to eliminate the causes of deterioration and to promote economic growth.
- EDC: Economic Development Corporation may be created to alleviate and prevent conditions of unemployment and to assist industrial and commercial enterprises.
- FLSA: Fair Labor Standards Act
- FMLA: Family and Medical Leave Act
- FOIA: Freedom of Information Act
- GASB: Governmental Accounting Standards Board
- GIS: Geographic Information System
- GPS: Global Positioning Satellite
- HAZMAT: Hazardous materials
- HRC: Home Rule City
- LDFA: Local Development Financing Authority may be created to encourage local development, to prevent conditions of unemployment and to promote growth.
- MCL: Michigan Compiled Laws
- MIOSHA: Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Act
- MZEA: Michigan Zoning Enabling Act
- NIMBY: ‘Not In My Back Yard,’ referring to placement of controversial projects such as foster care homes, prisons, nuclear waste sites, landfills, etc.
- OMA: Open Meetings Act
- PA: Public Act
- PSD: Principal Shopping District may be created to develop or redevelop a principal shopping area and to collect revenues, levy special assessments and issue bonds.
- PUD: Planned Unit Development
- QBS: Qualification Based Selection of consultants
- RFP: Request for Proposals
- SEV: State Equalized Value
- TIFA: Tax Increment Finance Authority, available prior to 1989, has been replaced by the LDFA; its boundaries cannot be expanded.
Grant Acronyms
- CMI: Clean Michigan Initiative
- ISTEA: Intermodal Surface Transportation Enhancement Administration
- TEA-21: Transportation Enhancement Act for the 21st Century
- TEDF: Transportation Economic Development Fund
- ULA: Urban Land Assembly
Boards, Committees, Departments Acronyms
- BRA: Brownfield Redevelopment Authority may be created to clean up contaminated sites, thus allowing the property to revert to productive economic use.
- CNS: Community and Neighborhood Services
- CPRB: Citizens Police Review Board
- DDA: Downtown Development Authority (City)
- DPW: Department of Public Works
- EEOC: Equal Employment Opportunity Committee
- HBA: Housing Board of Appeals
- HDC: Historic District Commission
- HITA: High Income Tax Relief
- LDFA: Local Development Finance Authority (City)
- LRC: Land Reutilization Committee (City)
- NRT: Neighborhood Response Team (Police)
- PC: Planning Commission
- TIFA: Tax Increment Finance Authority (City)
- ZBA: Zoning Board of Appeals
Planning Acronyms
- GIS: Geographic Information Systems
- PILOT: Payment In Lieu of Taxes
- PUD: Planned Unit Development
- SPR: Site Plan Review
- SUP: Special Use Permit
Economic Development Acronyms
- BEA: Baseline Environmental Assessment
- CFT: Commercial Facilities Tax Abatement
- EC: Enterprise Community
- EIA: Environmental Impact Analysis
- FAR: Floor Area Ratio
- IFT: Industrial Facilities Tax Abatement
- RFP: Request for Proposals
- RLF: Revolving Loan Fund
- RZ: Renaissance Zone
- TDR: Transfer of Development Rights
- TIF: Tax Increment Financing
Community & Neighborhood Services Acronyms
- AMI: Average Median Income
- AMP: Average Median Purchase Price
- BRI: Brownfield Revitalization Initiatives
- CAPER: Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report
- CDBG: Community Developmental Block Grant
- CHDO: Community Housing Development Organization
- CNS: Community and Neighborhood Services
- CP: Consolidated Plan
- ER: Environmental Review
- ESG: Emergency Shelter Grant
- HOME: Home Investment Partnership
- LOW/MOD: Housing income limits
- MBWE: Minority Business Women Enterprise
- PJ: Participating Jurisdiction
- RRP: Rental Rehabilitation Program
- SEV: State Equalized Value
Agency Acronyms
- APA: American Planning Association
- CUED: Council of Urban Economic Developers
- DOJ: United States Department of Justice
- EDA: United States Economic Development Administration
- EOWS: Executive Office of Weed & Seed
- EPA: Environmental Protection Administration
- ERP: Extrasensory Perception Project
- HUD: Housing and Urban Development
- MDEQ: Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
- MDNR: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- MDOT: Michigan Department of Transportation
- MEDC: Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- MHPN: Michigan Historic Preservation Network
- MML: Michigan Municipal League
- MSPO: Michigan Society of Planning Officials
- NPS: National Parks Service
- NTHP: National Trust for Historic Preservation
- SHPO: State Historic Preservation Office
- SHPRB: State Historic Preservation Review Board
- USGS: United States Geological Survey
- WMSRDC: West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission
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