123 INDIANAPOLIS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN 2020 PLANNING DOWNTOWN’S FUTURE TODAY APPENDIX E: GLOSSARY OF TERMS Mayor’s Special Event Advisory Board:  A committee to ensure that all major Downtown events are safe and successful and that residents and visitors have a positive experience in the city. Metropolitan Development Commission (MDC): The policy-making body of the Department of Metropolitan Development.  It has nine appointed members who serve a one-year term.   Metropolitan Statistical Area(MSA):  A definition of central Indiana used to report Census information.   Counties in the MSA are Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Marion, Morgan and Shelby. Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO): The Department of Metropolitan Development is the designated MPO for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Area which includes all of Marion County including the cities of Beech Grove, Indianapolis, Lawrence, Southport, and the town of Speedway and portions of the surrounding counties.  Included are portions of Hamilton, Boone, Hendricks, Johnson, and Hancock counties, including the municipalities of Fishers, Westfield, Whiteland, New Whiteland and cities of Carmel, Zionsville, Brownsburg, Plainfield Greenwood. Mile Square:  The Indiana General Assembly of 1820 approved a one square mile donation for the City of Indianapolis.  The boundary streets are North, East, South and West streets. Mixed-Use:  Mixed-use development is designed to encourage a variety of community activities, locales and services to co-exist in close proximity, thereby reducing the need for extensive automobile travel. Multimodal Transportation:  The consideration of more that one mode to serve transportation needs in a given area and is included within the meaning of intermodal. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS): Standards for six principal air pollutants, including Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, Ozone, Lead, Particles with diameters of 10 micrometer or less and Particles with diameter of 2.5 micrometers or less. National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA): A voluntary association of about 1,200 colleges and universities, athletic conferences and sports organizations devoted to the administration of intercollegiate athletics.  Through the NCAA, member schools and conferences consider any athletics problem that has become national in character.   Volunteer representatives from these schools and conferences establish rules that govern the Association and programs designed to further its goals and purposes. Objective:  A quantifiable refinement of a goal means of achieving a goal.  Objectives often relate to more than one goal. Paradigm:  A simplified model which is used to make decisions related to complex conditions.   Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT):  Payments a public agency makes to local units of government in lieu of property taxes for the land owned by that agency. People Mover:  An elevated, automated rail system. Program:  A proposal with an end product that is not physical in nature but is a plan for dealing with an issue.  Programs are direct outgrowths of objectives. Project:  A proposal with an end product that is physical in nature.  As with programs, projects are direct outgrowths of objectives. Primary Arterials:  These routes have greater traffic-carrying capabilities and higher level of service then other at-grade routes to channel major traffic movements and serve as connecting routes to the freeway system. Public Works Coordinating Council (PWCC):  A groups of utility related agencies that meet once a month to exchange information, update project status and coordinate future projects.  Agencies involved include DMD permits, DPW, INDOT, Marion Co. Surveyor’s Office and all major local utilities Quality of Life:  The attributes or amenities that combine to make an area a good place to live.  Examples include the availability of political, educational and social support systems; good relations among constituent groups; a healthy physical environment; and economic opportunities for both individuals and businesses. Ralston Plan:  The original one square mile plan prepared by Alexander Ralston in 1820. Rapid Transit:  An elevated or at grade urban passenger transportation system operating completely separate from all modes of transportation on an exclusive right-of-way. Redevelopment Areas:  Areas that are designated for redevelopment by the Metropolitan Development Commission and administered by the Department of Metropolitan Development.  Establishing a redevelopment area allows government to accomplish a wide variety of public goals.  A variety of tools can be used in the districts to acquire and assemble land, prepare it for disposition, write-down acquisition costs, make needed area improvements and assist developers and property owners in improving their property. Regional Center (RC):  The area bounded by 16^th Street on the north, I-65 and I-70 on the east, I-70 on the south and the previously proposed alignment of Harding Street improvements on the west.  Plans were prepared for this area in 1970, 1980 and 1990. Rezoning:  Changing the zoning on a particular piece of property. Secondary Arterials:  These routes serve a higher percentage of short trips than do primary arterials.   They carry significant volumes and are needed provide system continuity.   Skywalk:  An upper-level pedestrian walkway. Social Assets and Vulnerability Indicators (SAVI):  The Community Service Council and The Polis Center have developed a database of information from sources such as the U.S. Census, the Indianapolis Police Department, the Marion County Sheriff's Department, the Family and Social Services Administration and the Marion County Health Department.  Information in this database can be displayed on a Marion County map.  This database includes information about the people that live in Marion County and their social condition. Streetscape:  Furniture and fixtures in the street right of-way including benches, lighting, landscaping and paving. Sustainable Development:  Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.