EGISP Glossary

A Community Benefits Agreement or "CBA" is a contract signed by community groups and a real estate developer that requires the developer to provide specific amenities and/or mitigations to the local community or neighborhood. Site-specific community benefits agreements (CBAs) ensure that particular projects create opportunities for local workers and communities.

Source: Partnership for Working Families

A CBO is a government rule that sets terms and conditions under which developers must establish and comply with Community Benefits Agreements.

Georgia CIDs are a type of business improvement district (BID), an economic development tool used worldwide. A BID is a group of property owners within a defined geographic area where a majority of owners agree to impose additional taxes or fees on themselves (such as a property tax) to fund public services.

Source: Georgia State University

A Community Land Trust (CLT) is a member based non-profit organization that obtains and manages land for community benefit. Parcels of land are removed from the real estate market and become community- owned. The CLT owns the land and puts it to use for community benefit. The CLT is a democratically governed organization. Through a unique board structure, meaningful community based decision-making is possible.

Source: Atlanta Land Trust

An Environmental Justice Ordinance (EJO) requires that each new commercial development application in the city include a list of all potential discharges and emissions, a material storage plan and an accident risk analysis and emergency management plan. EJOs help formalize and set objective standards for the review process; address process challenges experienced by residents seeking to challenge individual projects; and mitigate developer influence in the approval process.

Equity is the fair and just inclusion into society in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential. Equitable policies and programs address the harm from past planning efforts and work to eliminate present and future harm to people of color, minority communities, seniors, disabled persons, and the LGBTQ community. Racial equity is in place when life outcomes are not determined by skin color.

A written agreement, law or policy requiring businesses to make an effort to hire local residents first, before hiring others for open positions.“First Source” typically establishes a process by which residents are given the first opportunity for jobs, as opposed to a Local Hiring requirement which mandates a particular outcome, such as a percentage of positions or work hours that must be filled by local residents. Depending on the policy, First Source could apply to hiring of construction and/or permanent employees.

Source: Partnership for Working Families

Development Impact Fees are authorized by the State of Georgia in the Georgia Code [O.C.G.A. § 36-71-2(8)]. Development impact fees are defined as “a payment of money imposed....as a condition of development approval to pay for a proportionate share of the cost of system improvements needed to serve new growth and development.” In other words, developers are charged Impact Fees so that the actual municipal costs for the additional residential or commercial development are paid for by the new development, rather than the local government.

Inclusion is the action or state of including or of being included within a group or structure. More than simply diversity and numerical representation, inclusion involves authentic and empowered participation in decision-making and a true sense of belonging.

Inclusionary zoning (IZ), also known as inclusionary housing, refers to municipal and county planning ordinances that require a given share of new construction to be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes.

Source: Wikipedia

A land bank is a public authority created to hold, manage, and develop tax delinquent, vacant, and dilapidated and other properties. Land banks act as a legal and financial mechanism to transform vacant, abandoned, and tax-foreclosed property back to a productive use. In addition, a land bank is a powerful locational incentive that encourages redevelopment in distressed, blighted communities that generally have little available land. The Metro Atlanta Land Bank revitalizes blighted neighborhoods with direct reinvestment back into the Atlanta and Fulton County neighborhoods to support their long-term growth.

Source: Metro Atlanta Land Bank

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is a type of agreement between two or more parties. It expresses mutually accepted expectations of all parties. MOUs are not legally binding, but can signal a forthcoming binding contract.

MFBE stands for Minority & Female Business Enterprises.

LBE stands for Local Business Enterprises.

SBE stands for Small Business Enterprises.

The evolution and development of disparity studies arose from legal challenges to existing affirmative action or race-conscious programs enacted by government rules, legislation or policies intended to alleviate perceived or actual discrimination against different racial, ethnic or gender groups in public contracting. In response to the legal precedent, government agencies have commissioned disparity studies to examine the extent to which minority contractors are underutilized in public procurement in a particular industry and geography, such that the agency can determine whether a legally-defensible race-conscious program is justified or needed to provide remedial relief given discriminatory or exclusionary behavior.

Source: Minority Business Development Agency

The See-Click-Fix application is a mobile app and website that can be utilized to request government attention on matters including:

• Abandoned Vehicle

• Airplane Noise

• Animal Control Issues

• Code Enforcement Issue

• Dead Animal

• Drainage/Flooding Issue

• Fire Department

• Graffiti

• Illegal Dumping

• Leaf Vacuum Truck Pick- Up (Loose leaves)

• Missed Recycling

• Missed Trash

• Missed Yard Bags (Bagged leaves & yard debris)

• Missing Pet Alert

• Other

• Park Maintenance

• Pothole

• Power Outage

• Private Property Issue

• Public Works

• Sidewalk Issue

• Snow/Ice Removal

• Street Light Issue

• Street Sweeping (Not Leaf Pickup)

• Traffic Signal Issue

• Traffic or Street Sign Issue

• Water and Sewer Issue

A sheltered market is a procurement tool that restricts the bidder pool for public contracts only for small businesses. This tool promotes small business participation on small contracts by preventing large businesses from competing for smaller contracts. with small businesses

A Unified Development Ordinance (UDO), also referred to as Unified Development Code (UDC), is a document in which traditional zoning and subdivision regulations are combined with other desired city regulations such as design guidelines and water management. It serves as a local policy instrument. A UDO may help local governments to respond better to the way development occurs and help avoid overlapping regulations.

Source: Wikipedia