Tenleytown RFP: CM Cheh's and Brown's response to Neil Albert's letter

Frequently Used Abbreviations

ANC = Advisory Neighborhood Commission
CFA = Commission of Fine Arts
CM = Council Member
DCPL = DC Public Libraries
DCPS = DC Public Schools
DM = Deputy Mayor
DMPED = Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development = Neil Albert (or his office more generally)
DPR = Department of Parks and Recreation
ed specs = educational specifications = DCPS's facilities requirements/standards
LCOR = developer DMPED is now negotiating exclusively with for this project (I have no idea what LCOR stands for!)
LEED = Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
LSRT = Local School Restructuring Team (aka SIT) = a parent-teacher board
NCPC = National Capital Planning Commission
OCFO = Office of the Chief Financial Officer
OPEFM = Office of Public Education Facilities Management = Allen Lew's shop
PILOT = payment in lieu of taxes
PPDP = public-private development project = PPP
PPP = public-private partnership = PPDP
PUD = Planned Unit Development = a project that requires special approval by zoning authorities
RFP = Request for Proposals = the initial stage in some competitive bidding processes
SIT = School Improvement Team (aka LSRT)
TIF = tax-increment financing
ZC = Zoning Commission