Glossary

We know that it's helpful to have a decoder for all of those acronyms out there! Here's a list of frequently used abbreviations.

AACF: Academic Advisory Committee on Facilities

ADA: Americans with Disabilities Act

AGO: Attorney General's Office

AOR: Architectural Opportunities Report

ASUW: Associated Students of the University of Washington

BIA: Business Improvement Area

C & C: UW Computing & Communications

CASPO: Capital and Space Planning Office

CCW: Central Cooling Water

COPC: Community Outreach Partnership Center

CLAC: Campus Landscape Advisory Committee

CMP: Campus Master Plan

CPO: Capital Projects Office

CUA: City/University Agreement

CUCAC: City University Community Advisory Committee

DCLU: City of Seattle Department of Design, Construction and Land Use

DON: City of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods

DSEIS: Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement

EIS: Environmental Impact Statement

EH & S: UW Environmental Health & Safety Department

EMI: Electromagnetic Interference

FCC: Federal Communications Commission

FEIS: Final Environmental Impact Statement

FFGA: Full Funding Grant Agreement

FICM: Facility Inventory and Classification Manual

FTA: Federal Transit Administration

FTE: Full Time Equivalent

GPSS: Graduate and Professional Student Senate

GPDP: General Physical Development Plan

GSF: Gross Square Feet

HECB: Higher Education Coordinating Board

HOV: High Occupancy Vehicle

HRA: Historic Resources Addendum

HUB: Husky Union Building

HUD: U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

ITS: Intelligent Transportation System

LEM: Location Efficient Mortgage

LOS: Level of Service

LPA: Locally Preferred Alternative

LRT: Light Rail Transit

METROKC: Metro/King County Government

MIO: Major Institutional Overlay

MOA: Memorandum of Agreement

NEDC: Northeast District Council

NEPA: National Environmental Policy Act

NMFS: National Marine Fisheries Service

NPIAC: Neighborhood Plain Implementation Advisory Committee

OED: City of Seattle Office of Economic Development

OFM: Governor's Office of Financial Management

OIR: City of Seattle Office of Intergovernmental Relations

OPM: City of Seattle Office of Policy Management

ORA: UW Office of Regional Affairs

PDA: Public Development Authority

PFY: Partnership for Youth

PM: Project Manager

PSRC: Puget Sound Regional Council

PUDA: Property Use and Development Agreement

RPZ: Residential Parking Zone

SDOT: Seattle Department of Transportation

SEPA: State Environmental Policy Act

SLI: Statement of Legislative Intent

SMC: Seattle Municipal Code

SOV: Single Occupancy Vehicle

SPD: Seattle Police Department

SPU: Seattle Public Utilities

ST: Sound Transit

TOD: Transit Oriented Development

TMP: Transportation Management Plan

UBNA: Union Bay Natural Area

UHCCA: University Heights Community Center Association

UCUC: University Community Urban Center Plan

UW: University of Washington

UWPD: University of Washington Police Department

UWMC: University of Washington Medical Center

WAC: Washington Administrative Code

WSDOT: Washington State Department of Transportation