<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">MassGIS has a layer of conservation restrictions:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-protected-and-recreational-openspace" class="">https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-protected-and-recreational-openspace</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">— Andy<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jun 27, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Nicholas Davidowicz <<a href="mailto:nicholasdavidowicz@gmail.com" class="">nicholasdavidowicz@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" class="">You should expand it where you are sure this holds. The abbreviation obscures the information too much.</div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 2:50 PM Bill Ricker <<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" class="">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto" class="">Interesting. <div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">This might be a case where OSM "abbreviate everything" may be overboard.</div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 14:10 Angela Morley <<a href="mailto:silivrenion@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">silivrenion@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">GlenAsp actually messaged me direct on OSM and answered the questions thusly, fyi...<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" class="">CR stands for Conservation Restriction, which is a way of permanently protecting land from development while retaining ownership. (Essentially, the owner deeds the development rights, usually to a town or land trust, in perpetuity.) Most states other than Massachusetts call it a conservation easement. In the case of the "Stevens CR", this is what it’s commonly referred to.</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" class="">PRD stands for Planned Residential Development. This refers to North Andover’s cluster zoning, (or PRD) by-law, which allows a developer to cluster houses close together in exchange for setting aside a piece of permanently protected conservation land. The open space is then typically named for the development, with the PRD acronym at the end. Here’s a link to North Andover’s open space plan, listing the names of these areas:</p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 20px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:14px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif;text-align:left;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" class=""><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzUaLZFJDl3WXhPS0R4RWljSEk/view" rel="nofollow noreferrer noreferrer" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(34,68,221);text-decoration:none;outline:0px" target="_blank" class="">https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzUaLZFJDl3WXhPS0R4RWljSEk/view</a></p>
It's strange and foreign seeing CR and PRD all over the place, especially for a member of the general public who looks at that and wonders "hmm, what does this space mean for me? Is it private? Is it part of a reservation? Is it recreational land open to public use?"</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="m_7474625340711999819m_-3218469301477904217gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Angela</div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Bill Ricker <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:bill.n1vux@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">bill.n1vux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Stevens CR appears to be locally accepted abbreviation of "Stevens<br class="">
Coolidge Reservation" which barely distinguishes it from "Stevens<br class="">
Coolidge Place" (abbreviated SCP); both are used in official documents<br class="">
of The Trustees of the Reservation.<br class="">
<a href="http://www.thetrustees.org/assets/documents/places-to-visit/managementplans/Weir_Hill_Mgmt_Plan_2006.pdf" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank" class="">http://www.thetrustees.org/assets/documents/places-to-visit/managementplans/Weir_Hill_Mgmt_Plan_2006.pdf</a><br class="">
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(Elsewhere, I would expect "Conservation Reservation" would be the<br class="">
generic expansion.)<br class="">
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Does PRD appear in a context where "Parks and Recreation Department"<br class="">
makes sense?<br class="">
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// bill<br class="">
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