Title
Resolution to Approve Annexation of Vacant Land on Fuller Road, 0.26 Acres, I -09-27-425-001.
Memorandum
Council approved purchase of this land on September 2, 2025 (R-25-322) for parkland purposes with funds from the Open Space and Parkland Preservation Millage. The City completed the purchase from Julius W. Van Dyck-Dobos on December 15, 2025. The parcel is a vacant Ann Arbor Charter Township island adjacent to City-owned parkland (Furstenberg Nature Area).
MCL 117.9(8) allows for annexation of land to the City of Ann Arbor by City Council resolution if the land to be annexed is owned by the City, adjacent to the City, and consists of a park or vacant property with no one residing therein.
Staff
Prepared by: Rosie Pahl Donaldson, Land Acquisition Supervisor
Reviewed by: Christopher Frost, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor owns vacant land on Fuller Road in Ann Arbor Charter Township adjacent to Furstenberg Nature Area;
Whereas, The City wishes to annex the property and include it as part of the park system; and
Whereas, Section 9 of the Michigan Home Rule City Act (MCL 117.9(8)) allows for annexation of land to the City of Ann Arbor by City Council resolution if the land to be annexed is owned by the City, adjacent to the City, and consists of a park or vacant property with no one residing therein;
RESOLVED, That the City of Ann Arbor hereby annexes the following described parcel from Ann Arbor Charter Township to the City of Ann Arbor:
Commencing at the East 1/4 corner of Section 27, Town 2 South, Range 6 East, Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan; thence North 01 degrees 05 minutes West 52.45 feet along the East line of said Section 27; thence South 33 degrees 48 minutes West 669.26 feet to the centerline of Fuller Road; thence along the centerline of Fuller Road North 56 degrees 53 minutes West 117.65 feet; thence continuing along said centerline North 53 degrees 24 minutes West 392.78 feet for a Place of Beginning; thence South 36 degrees 36 minutes West 33.0 feet to an iron pipe on the 750 foot contour U.S.G.S. Datum; thence along said 750 foot contour through iron pipes at the junctions of the following courses: North 58 degrees 11 minutes West 52.29 feet; North 65 degrees 51 minutes West 36.08 feet; South 52 degrees 01 minutes West 44.65 feet; North 89 degrees 51 minutes West 85.20 feet; thence leaving said 750 foot contour North 39 degrees 11 minutes East 138.90 feet to the centerline of Fuller Road; thence along said centerline South 53 degrees 24 minutes East 161.42 feet to the Place of Beginning.
Being land described in a deed recorded in Liber 5612, Page 979, Washtenaw County Records.
Property Tax I.D. # I -09-27-425-001
Address: Vacant Fuller Road, Ann Arbor, MI