Additional History of Arbor Preserve

(for latest click HERE instead)

March 2025:

The Final Site Plan for Arbor Preserve is now in front of the Lodi Township Planning Commission. After their vote, it goes to the Board. Please express your views to both the Planning Commission and the Board. If the Board approves the Final Site Plan, the large Toll Brothers development for 107 luxury homes will destroy the fields, forests, and critters that now occupy the site and impact the water and wells of nearby residents and neighbors - those in direct proximity Orchard Grove and Alex Drive, as well as many downstream neighborhoods and the City of Saline:  

As of February 4, 2025, Toll Brothers (applicant) is requesting site plan approval for a 107 unit luxury home development proposal (Arbor Preserve) with two sites: North, located on the east side of Wagner Rd between Scio Church Rd and Waters Rd, and South, located on the north side of Waters Rd between Wagner and Alex Drive. The sites are upstream of Stonebridge, which is in a flood plain and has experienced flooding issues. The sites border the existing Orchard Grove community and neighbors on Alex Drive, which have had concerns with existing wells drying up. The sites are also upstream of the groundwater recharge area of the Saline wellhead protection area. Downstream, this flow will additionally affect: Travis Pointe, Lake Forest, Maple Creek, East Horizons, Brookview

Highlands, Brookview Golf Course, Guenther Gardens and the Saline River and River Raisin.

There are no possible connections to municipal water/sewer. Two wastewater treatment plants are proposed to be built and privately managed and discharge effluent to the Rouse Drain. Stormwater runoff is proposed to be managed through the construction of diversion berms, swales, and detention basins.

Meeting location: Lodi Township Hall, 3755 Pleasant Lake Rd, Ann Arbor 

On Tuesday, March 25 the Lodi Township Planning Commission met to consider the Feb 2025 submission for "FINAL SITE PLAN" for the two Toll Brothers luxury homes developments called Arbor Preserve North and South. 

SUMMARY from 3/25: The Planning Commission was disappointed in the submission that has gross inaccuracies in their own data as well as missing information, and Chair Strader told Toll Brothers to revise their plans and come back.  The agenda/packet for the April 22nd meeting is now available and this topic is not on it.  Check back for updates, the agendas are typically published the week prior to a meeting.  Listen to the recording of the past meeting:

Recording of 3/25 PC Meeting

Article in Sun Times

Note: The Sun Times article has two inaccuracies:

• Next Planning Commission meeting was April 22nd (not 29th)

• Tree data - a member of the public pointed out how the developer plans include summaries that are grossly underrepresenting the number of Landmark trees (large, old growth trees) to be destroyed. Toll Brothers did not state actual numbers in the plans, however a local data expert digitized those plans and summarized what the massive data Toll Brothers submitted on paper really says. Toll Brothers say 38 Landmark trees will be destroyed, when in actuality adding up the data in their own plans shows that they are proposing destroying 325 Landmark trees and destroying over 3300 trees total.  See actual tree data here.

If you want to have input about these development plans, please attend the meeting, write the Planning Commission (and Board of Trustees) or do both. We hope you will also look at the Livable Lodi letter, to EGLE, the state environmental agency, linked HERE, opposing the private wastewater treatment plants the developers propose. If you agree with the points made, please add your name to the letter (and share it with others). 

For detailed arguments against these developments, feel free to examine a document written by Livable Lodi, accessed HERE.

A few talking points you might consider in communicating with the Planning Commission and Board of Trustees are below.

Thank you.

Livable Lodi

Attend Tuesday, July 22nd Planning Commission meeting at 7pm

Lodi Township Hall, 3755 Pleasant Lake Rd, Ann Arbor 

Planning Commission

When: July 22, 2025 @ 7:00pm 

Where:  3755 Pleasant Lake Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

CLICK HERE FOR AGENDA
CLICK HERE FOR COMPLETE PACKET
ADDITIONAL ARBOR PRESERVE INFORMATION – SAFD
(info for other topics also at the meeting: MASTER PLAN PROPOSED UPDATES
CLICK HERE FOR PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS)

Attend Tuesday, August 5th Board meeting at 6:30pm 

Arbor Preserve is not on the agenda, yet take advantage of the public comment time to state facts and let the Board know how you feel

 Agenda | Packet | Additional Info. |PC Bylaws | Attorney Memo | New Business Item #4 Comments from Trustee Blackburn 

Lodi Township Hall, 3755 Pleasant Lake Rd, Ann Arbor