Lyn Ary Park Master Plan                                                           

The master planning process for Lyn Ary Park has been undertaken with the guidance of the Turnagain Community Council (TCC) and the Lyn Ary Park Community Advisory Committee. Over the years, Lyn Ary Park has experienced development and growth that has been guided by the TCC and the Municipality of Anchorage (MOA). The community has expressed a strong desire to formalize recent discussions delineated in neighborhood resolutions in the form of a Master Plan that would provide for the future development and management of the park.

The Lyn Ary Park Master Plan (approved by both the Turnagain Community Council and the Parks and Recreation Commission) serves as a summary of previous and current public process and Parks and Recreation Department policy. This Master Plan will guide future development and management at Lyn Ary Park and takes the form of a summary of the community’s needs and desires regarding how the Park should be maintained and how it should develop. Weighing the community needs and desires, a set of actions were developed. Some of these actions are required for maintenance of the basic functional health of the park as it currently exists, others provide options for how the Park can or will develop, and others try to provide a framework for making future decisions when unanticipated needs or desires arise.

The Turnagain Community Council approved the Draft Lyn Ary Park Master Plan at its meeting of December 17th 2009 and the Municipality of Anchorage Parks and Recreation Commission approved the plan on January 14th, 2010. 

Public comments on the Draft Lyn Ary Park Master Plan are being accepted at: littlesr@muni.org or by mail at Municipality of Anchorage, Parks and Recreation Department, PO Box 196650, Anchorage, AK 99519. 907-343-4586.

Next steps are consideration of the plan at the Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission.