Dolph Lake Park

Dolph Lake Park

The Master Plan for Dolph Lake Park, together with an environmental analysis, has been presented to the City Planning Commission and approved.

The plan now goes to City Council on December 6. following a public hearing tomorrow night in Council Chambers on the drainage plan for the area.

Drawings of the final Master Plan, developed by Colvin-Robinson Associates with input by the Sister Lakes Conservation Association, the Ann Arbor Public Schools, and the University of Michigan, and the Ann Arbor Parks Department, are shown at right.

Input from the schools concerned coordination of plans for the portion of Lakewood Woods owned by the system, and input from the UM concerned plans for Saginaw Forest nearby. The plans call for a linkage to the latter property.

Approval of the plans by council will enable the Parks Department to begin initial development of the new park with funds available from the 1971 Parks Bond, reserved for the park. Completion of the master plan will require additional funding.

Copies of the maps showing initial development and the final conception, along with the environmental analysis, are available in the Parks And Recreation Department office in City Hall.

DOLPH PARK

Department of Parks and Recreation 

City of Ann Arbor, Michigan

Final Master Plan

PLAN CONCEPT- DEVELOPMENT OF A MAIN 1/2 MILE NATURE TRAIL WITH ACCESSES INTO MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL ZONES

ZONING OF SENSITIVE AREAS FOR CONSERVATION

ALTERNATING MANAGEMENT OF OLD FIELD AREAS AS PART OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM

LINKAGE TO NEARBY OPEN SPACES AND FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AREAS

SITE STATISTICS-

APPROXIMATE ACREAGE-

LAKES- FIRST SISTER LAKE 4.5

SECOND SISTER LAKE 10

FEN AND SWAMP 15

OLD FIELDS AND SHRUB-BRUSH 30

MATURE OAK FOREST 11.5

ACQUISITION-

WAGNER ROAD - 3.3 ACRES

SAGINAW FOREST LINKAGE

2ND SISTER LAKE'S SOUTHERN SHORE