Diff of Glossary r1

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+ = Glossary =
+ The vocabulary you need to read a Great Falls agenda packet.
+ * '''ACFR''' — Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The City's audited annual financial statements, presented to the Commission each January or thereabouts. See [[CityBudget]]
+ * '''BID''' — Business Improvement District, a self-assessing downtown district. See [[BusinessImprovementDistrict]]
+ * '''CDBG''' — Community Development Block Grant, federal money passed through the City. See [[CommunityDevelopmentBlockGrant]]
+ * '''COS''' — Certificate of Survey. Land is often described in resolutions as "Tract 1 of COS 3779"
+ * '''CUP''' — Conditional Use Permit. A use allowed in a zoning district only with specific Commission approval, granted by resolution
+ * '''FLUM''' — Future Land Use Map, the map component of the growth policy. See [[FutureGreatFalls2045]]
+ * '''GFFR''' — Great Falls Fire Rescue. See [[FireRescue]]
+ * '''GFPD''' — Great Falls Police Department. See [[PoliceDepartment]]
+ * '''GFPS''' — Great Falls Public Schools. See [[GfpsBoardOfTrustees]]
+ * '''INTERCAP''' — the Montana Board of Investments loan programme local governments borrow from for capital work
+ * '''MAFB''' — Malmstrom Air Force Base. See [[MalmstromAirForceBase]]
+ * '''MCA''' — Montana Code Annotated, the state statutes
+ * '''MDT''' — Montana Department of Transportation
+ * '''MLUPA''' — Montana Land Use Planning Act. See [[MontanaLandUsePlanningAct]]
+ * '''MPO''' — Metropolitan Planning Organization, the regional transportation planning body. See [[MetropolitanPlanningOrganization]]
+ * '''OCCGF''' — Official Code of the City of Great Falls, the municipal code. See [[OfficialCode]]
+ * '''OCI''' — Overall Condition Index, the street pavement rating the Public Works department reports on
+ * '''OF''' — Office File number. Many capital project items carry one, printed in the agenda item title as "OF 1862.0"
+ * '''PUD''' — Planned Unit Development, a negotiated zoning classification assigned by ordinance
+ * '''SCIR''' — Strategic Capital Investment Reserve. See [[StrategicCapitalInvestmentReserve]]
+ * '''SID''' — Special Improvement District, a district that assesses property owners for a specific improvement
+ * '''SIC''' — Safety Inspection Certificate, the fire code inspection programme
+ * '''SRF''' — State Revolving Fund, the state loan programme for water and sewer work
+ * '''TBID''' — Tourism Business Improvement District. See [[TourismBusinessImprovementDistrict]]
+ * '''TIF''' — Tax Increment Financing. See [[TaxIncrementFinancing]]
+ Ordinances change the [[OfficialCode]] and take two readings and a public hearing. Resolutions are one-off acts — a fee schedule, a levy, a permit, a lease — and take one. Both are numbered in unbroken sequences; the City posts them by year.
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+ Ordinances: https://greatfallsmt.gov/260/Ordinances
+ Resolutions: https://greatfallsmt.gov/257/Resolutions
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