DETROIT, MI - Organizers of a yet-to-be-built

Detroit Dog Park

in Corktown say they are awaiting Detroit City Council to include them on an agenda so that plans for the city's first designated, off-leash space for canines can be built.

In December, the group behind the effort reached an agreement with the city to take over Macomb Playlot in Corktown for three years. Also in December, Detroit Dog Park completed a Kickstarter campaign that raised more than $15,000 in less than a month.

Mary Carter, one of the organizers of Detroit Dog Park, said Saturday that as soon as the city signs off on the 0.7-acre site beside Roosevelt Park and the Michigan Central Train Depot at Rose and 17th Streets in Corktown, the group will begin to build fencing and other necessary items at the site.

Though the first round of funding is complete, Carter said additional funds would likely be needed moving forward. The nonprofit group plans to install fencing, benches, signs, a shelter, a brick patio and a play apparatus called "Mount Dogmore."

Organizers had originally planned to open the space up in June, and the exact opening date is now a moving target.

In the meantime, they said they're content with meeting on the third Saturday of every month at Ernie Harwell Park, the former site of Tiger Stadium.

MLive Detroit reporter Khalil AlHajal contributed to this report.