[Talk-us-massachusetts] CR/PRD labeled green spaces

[Alan & Ruth Bragg]

Using Andy's link I opened the "MassGIS Data: Protected and Recreational
OpenSpace" shapefile in a new layer in JOSM.
The MassGIS attribute tags are(These are all defined at the bottom of
Andy's link):
ARTICLE97=1
ASSESS_ACR=0.0
ATT_DATE=2015-12-22
CAL_DATE_R=2015-06-29
DCAM_ID=0
DEED_ACRES=4.25
EOEAINVOLV=5
FEESYM=N
FEE_OWNER=The Center Realty Trust of North Andover
FY_FUNDING=0
GIS_ACRES=0.63948233
INTSYM=CR
LEV_PROT=P
OLI_1_ABRV=M210CC
OLI_1_INT=CR
OLI_1_ORG=Town of North Andover Conservation Commission
OLI_1_TYPE=M
OS_DEED_BO=14279
OS_DEED_PA=254
OS_ID=210-1720
OWNER_TYPE=N
POLY_ID=1720
PRIM_PURP=C
PROJ_ID1=210_CR_28
PUB_ACCESS=L
SHAPE_AREA=2587.89318015
SHAPE_LEN=217.710178988
SITE_NAME=Academy Road CR
SOURCE_TYP=REST
TOWN_ID=210


Here's an image of the steven's CR in OSM overlayed with the MassGIS
"Academy Road CR"
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Agu4WYUcMs5sQZ8o6

So my take is that the name is wrong, the location is not accurate and the
public access code L makes it open to "membership only"
*PUB_ACCESS* Y - Yes (open to public)
N - No (not open to public)
L - Limited (membership only)
X - Unknown
Alan


On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 4:26 PM Andy Anderson <aanderson at amherst.edu> wrote:

> MassGIS has a layer of conservation restrictions:
>
>
> https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-protected-and-recreational-openspace
>
> — Andy
>
> On Jun 27, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Nicholas Davidowicz <
> nicholasdavidowicz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You should expand it where you are sure this holds. The abbreviation
> obscures the information too much.
>
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 2:50 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Interesting.
>>
>> This might be a case where OSM "abbreviate everything" may be overboard.
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 14:10 Angela Morley <silivrenion at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> GlenAsp actually messaged me direct on OSM and answered the questions
>>> thusly, fyi...
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>
>>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzUaLZFJDl3WXhPS0R4RWljSEk/view
>>> 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?"
>>>
>>> Angela
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Stevens CR appears to be locally accepted abbreviation of "Stevens
>>>> Coolidge Reservation" which barely distinguishes it from "Stevens
>>>> Coolidge Place" (abbreviated SCP); both are used in official documents
>>>> of The Trustees of the Reservation.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.thetrustees.org/assets/documents/places-to-visit/managementplans/Weir_Hill_Mgmt_Plan_2006.pdf
>>>>
>>>> (Elsewhere, I would expect "Conservation Reservation" would be the
>>>> generic expansion.)
>>>>
>>>> Does PRD appear in a context where "Parks and Recreation Department"
>>>> makes sense?
>>>>
>>>> // bill
>>>>
>>>
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