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Norwayne ‘vitality center’
wins 2015 national award
Wayne finances remain dire
INVITATION TO BID
City of Romulus ITB 15/16-11 - Project #0155-11-0010
Wickham Road Water Main
The City of Romulus, is requesting sealed bids for the construction of a new water main along
Wickham Road between Wick Road to Merriman Road (Project 15/16-11). The major items of work
include approximately 1,450 feet of directional drilled 8-inch fusible PVC water main, 250 feet of
open trench 8-inch ductile iron water main with 7 tapping sleeve and valve connections to existing
water mains and a butterfly valve on an existing 24-inch water main.
No pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City of Romulus Clerk until 2:00 PM local time, on
February 9, 2016. All bids should be clearly addressed:
ITB 15/16-11 - Project # 0155-11-0010 Wickham Road Water Main
City of Romulus Clerk's Office
11111 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
Contract documents for this project shall be on file on and after 4:00 PM, January 19, 2016, at the
City of Romulus Clerk's Office or may also be examined from the office of the City's Engineer,
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc, 34000 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150 (phone 734-522-6711)
or online at the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network website:
Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of the City's Engineer, Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment,
Inc. A prepaid, non-refundable fee of eighty dollars ($55.00) will be charged for each set of contract
documents and an additional non-refundable fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) will be charged if con-
tract documents are mailed.
Bid security in the form of a Certified or Cashier's Check or bid bond for a sum no less than five per-
cent (5%) of the amount of the Bid will be required with each Bid.
The City of Romulus reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, or waive irregularities in Bids.
No Bid may be withdrawn for a period of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the sched-
uled closing time for receipt of the Bids.
Neither the submission of nor acceptance of any bid shall constitute a contract between any bidder
and the City of Romulus. No such contract shall exist unless and until all required bonds and proof
of insurances and copies of endorsements have been received by the City and an agreement is signed
by authorized representatives of the City of Romulus and the successful Bidder.
Questions regarding the project or the ITB documents should be directed to Marcus McNamara of
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment at 734-522-6711 or
Publish: 1/21/2016
RM012116-0007 2.5 x 6.5
INVITATION TO BID
City of Romulus ITB 15/16-12
- Project #0155-14-0050 - Pennsylvania Road Water Main
The City of Romulus is requesting sealed bids for the construction of a new water main along
Pennsylvania Road from Wharman Road to Wayne Road (Project 15/16-12). The major items of
work include approximately 3,200 feet of directional drilled 12-inch fusible PVC water main, and
400 feet of open trench 12-inch ductile iron water main with connections to existing water mains.
No pre-bid meeting is scheduled for this project.
Sealed bids will be received at the office of the City of Romulus Clerk until 2:00 PM local time, on
February 9, 2016. All bids should be clearly addressed:
ITB 15/16-12 - Project # 0155-14-0050 Pennsylvania Road Water Main
City of Romulus Clerk's Office
11111 Wayne Road
Romulus, MI 48174
Contract documents for this project shall be on file on and after 4:00 PM, January 19, 2016, at the
City of Romulus Clerk's Office or may also be examined from the office of the City's Engineer,
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment, Inc, 34000 Plymouth Road, Livonia, MI 48150 (phone 734-522-6711)
or online at the Michigan Inter-governmental Trade Network website:
Copies thereof may be obtained from the office of the City's Engineer, Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment,
Inc. A prepaid, non-refundable fee of eighty dollars ($55.00) will be charged for each set of contract
documents and an additional non-refundable fee of fifteen dollars ($15.00) will be charged if con-
tract documents are mailed.
Bid security in the form of a Certified or Cashier's Check or bid bond for a sum no less than five per-
cent (5%) of the amount of the Bid will be required with each Bid.
The City of Romulus reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, or waive irregularities in Bids.
No Bid may be withdrawn for a period of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days after the sched-
uled closing time for receipt of the Bids.
Neither the submission of nor acceptance of any bid shall constitute a contract between any bidder
and the City of Romulus. No such contract shall exist unless and until all required bonds and proof
of insurances and copies of endorsements have been received by the City and an agreement is signed
by authorized representatives of the City of Romulus and the successful Bidder.
Questions regarding the project or the ITB documents should be directed to Marcus McNamara of
Orchard, Hiltz & McCliment at 734-522-6711 or
Publish 1/21/2016
RM012116-0006 2.5 x 6.312
The Jefferson Barns community
Vitality Center has been named as the
winner of the 2015 Audrey Nelson
Community Development Achievement
Award.
The
National
Community
Development Association (NCDA) will
recognize the Norwayne project during
the Jan. 22 Winter Conference in
Washington, D.C. where Mayor William R.
Wild and Community Development
Director Joanne Campbell will accept the
award for the city. Westland is one of 16
awardwinners nationwide.
The award has special significance for
Wild, who made the improvement of the
Norwayne subdivision, the oldest in the
city, a priority of his administration when
he first took office in 2007.
“I was born in Norwayne,” Wild said.
“This was an exciting project forme to see
this former school building undergo a
rebirth to the Jefferson Barns Community
Vitality Center that will be the hub of com-
munity activity in theNorwayne neighbor-
hood. We are honored to accept the
Audrey Nelson Community Development
Achievement award on behalf of the city,”
he added.
In 1987, NCDA established the Audrey
Nelson Community Development
Achievement Award to recognize exem-
plary uses of Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funding and the part-
nerships between local governments and
non-profit organizations to assist low- and
moderate-income individuals.
The award has been expanded in
recent years to include projects funded
with the HOME Investment Partnerships
(HOME) Program, Neighborhood
Stabilization Program, and other funding
sources.
Westland opened the newly-renovated
Jefferson Barns Community Vitality
Center in July last year in what was for-
merly a vacant elementary school. Closed
since 2010, the school was built during
World War II to educate the children of
parents working as part of the Arsenal for
Democracy war effort. Renting the build-
ing from the Wayne-Westland Community
Schools for $1 per year, renovations were
made possible when the city received a
loan from the federal Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
that will be repaid over 15 years from
Community Development Block Grant
funds.
City officials used those funds to com-
plete renovations that included moving a
wood gymnasium floor from the closed
Melvin G. Bailey Recreation Center to the
former elementary school. New tenants
at the community center include the
Housing and Community Development
Department, Wayne Metropolitan
Community Action Agency, Nankin
Transit and the Norwayne Boxing Gym.
The center also contains a library and
community space. Safe Step / Beginning
StepCommunities have negotiated a lease
at the Dorsey Center where Alcoholics
Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous
will continue to meet. Community rooms
are available at the Norwayne center for
rentals for public and private events and
the police department is expected to have
an office at the center for community
police officers.
Constructed in 1942, the Norwayne
neighborhood was added to the National
Registry of Historic places in July of 2013.
Erected during WorldWar II for the work-
ers at the Willow Run Bomber Plant and
during its peak was home to more than
20,000 residents. By the 1980s Norwayne's
housing stock started to decline and it was
apparent that the area was in need of
restoration.
“It is a wonderful opportunity to work
on this project with so many dedicated
people and organizations,” commented
Campbell. “Almost every week another
group is calling to schedule a new class or
activity. This is a significant impact on the
revitalization of the Norwayne communi-
ty.”
Wayne officials got both good and bad
news about the city financial reports dur-
ing ameeting earlier thismonth.
The good news was that the audit of
city finances was unmodified and is an
accurate reflection of the financial condi-
tion of Wayne. According to Brain
Camiller of Plante Moran, the financial
statements are materially correct and can
be relied on.
“I'm not telling you that you're in good
financial shape,” he cautioned the mayor
and councilmembers.
The city continues to operate at a loss
in the general fund and the 2016 budget
deficit is reported at $2.25 million. That
deficit does not include the $82 million in
unfunded legacy and retirement medical
obligations.
“That number should scare you,”
Camiller said. “You don't have $2.25 mil-
lion to balance the budget. You are bleed-
ing a couple hundred thousand dollars
per month. You will be out of money by
LaborDay, 2017.”
Camiller expressed concern about the
water and sewer fundwhich currently has
a balance of $528,000 after liabilities,
enough to fund only three weeks of opera-
tions. Camiller said that that was clearly
not enough.
“You should have 90 days of opera-
tional funds on hand,” he said, in addition
to funds for repairs.
He said that he did not intend to fright-
en officials, but the picture is clear.
Mayor Susan Rowe thanked Camiller
for his presentation and after discussion,
members of the council approved a plan
to create a task force of citizens to help
address the financial woes. Each council
member will appoint two members of the
community to the task force and the city
manager would work with them to clearly
outline the current situation. No council
members would participate in the task
force. Rowe said that the task force mem-
bers would serve for two years and could
suggest areas for more revenue for the
city.
Wayne has experienced a 40 percent
drop in tax revenue during the past sever-
al years, accounting for themajority of the
deficit in the budget, officials have said.
Stepping up
The staff at Wayne Memorial High School "stepped up" for their students recently
after they offered to wear tutus for a day if students and other staff members made
donations to the Zebra Step Team. Step Team members made the tutus for the
staff members and sure enough, they donned the ballet skirts. The effort generat-
ed more than $250 to be used to help purchase new uniforms for the Step Team.
Fashionistas included, from left, David Daigneau, Assistant Principal Kesha
Reeves, Step Team Advisor Trish Barnes, Assistant Principal Lindsay Rousseau,
Kristen Skoryanc, Stephanie Bigelow and Lee Grizzell.
