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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 17/18-26 Chassis & Mounted Six Compartment Animal Transport Vehicle
for Romulus Ordinance Department
The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified companies for the acquisition of one
2018 extended cab truck chassis and one six (6) compartment animal transport unit mounted to the
specified Chassis for the Romulus Ordinance Department.
(1) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid must use the forms provided by the
City. Official bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN Purchasing Group
page of BidNet Direct (
/). Bids may be rejected unless made on the forms
included with the bidding documents. Copies of documents obtained from any other source are
not considered official copies.
(2)
Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discre-
tion of the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN Purchasing
Group page of BidNet Direct. All interested parties are instructed to view the MITN website reg-
ularly for any issued addenda. It is the responsibility of the bidder to obtain all issued addenda
and acknowledge receipt of said addenda by including a printed copy of each addendum as part
of the required documents for this solicitation and to list the addendum and sign and date the
"Acknowledgment of Receipt Addenda Form: supplied in the bid documents.
(3) A total of three copies (one marked "Original" and two marked "Copy") of the bid must be
submitted together in one sealed package/envelope and returned to the
City Clerk's Office
no
later than 2:30 P.M., Tuesday,
2/13/2018
. Bids should be addressed using the bid package label
provided in the ITB documents.
(4) At approximately 2:45 p.m., local time all timely received bids will be publicly opened and
read.
(5) The successful Bidder will be required to submit proof of all bonds and insurance required by
the ITB documents and copies of all required endorsements.
(6) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves the
right to reject all bids and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in bids received and to
award the bid in whole or in part.
(7) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director,
or Gary Harris, Purchasing Department Buyer by calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing
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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 17/18-27 ELECTRONIC MSDS MANAGEMENT
ITB 17/18-29 THREE YEAR PRICING FOR UCMR4
WATER TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES
ITB 17/18-32 TWENTY-FOUR MONTH FIXED PRICING
FOR ULTRA LOW SULFUR DIESEL (#1 & #2)
ITB 17/18-34 TWELVE MONTH FIXED PRICING UPM
COLD PATCH ASPHALT REPAIR MATERIAL -DPW
The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified companies for the above item/items
and/or services.
(1) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid must use the forms provided by the
City. Official bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN Purchasing Group
page of BidNet Direct (
/). Bids may be rejected unless made on the forms
included with the bidding documents. Copies of documents obtained from any other source are
not considered official copies.
(2)
Clarifications, modifications, or amendments may be made to this solicitation at the discre-
tion of the City. Any and all addenda issued by the City will be posted on the MITN Purchasing
Group page of BidNet Direct. All interested parties are instructed to view the MITN website reg-
ularly for any issued addenda. It is the responsibility of the bidder to obtain all issued addenda
and acknowledge receipt of said addenda by including a printed copy of each addendum as part
of the required documents for this solicitation and to list the addendum and sign and date the
"Acknowledgment of Receipt Addenda Form: supplied in the bid documents.
(3) A total of three copies (one marked "Original" and two marked "Copy") of the bid must be
submitted together in one sealed package/envelope and returned to the
City Clerk's Office
no
later than
2:30 P.M.
, Tuesday, 2/13/2018. Bids should be addressed using the bid package label
provided in the ITB documents.
(4) At approximately 2:45 p.m., local time all timely received bids will be publicly opened and
read.
(5) The successful Bidder will be required to submit proof of all bonds and insurance required by
the ITB documents and copies of all required endorsements.
(6) The City reserves the right to postpone the opening without notification and also reserves the
right to reject all bids and to waive any minor informality or irregularity in bids received and to
award the bid in whole or in part.
(7) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director,
or Gary Harris, Purchasing Department Buyer by calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing
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The first public forum concerning the
Plymouth Arts and Recreation Complex
(PARC) proposal to build a $30 million
performing arts theater drew an audience
of nearly 175 people last week.
The plan includes the renovation of the
current building which was formerly
Central Middle School on Main Street in
downtown Plymouth and the construction
of a new800-seat performing arts center.
Several residents spoke during the
public forum, almost all indicating sup-
port for the plan that PARCPresident Don
Soenen described as “a unique opportuni-
ty.”
“I think we have a unique opportunity
to make Plymouth a focal point for the
arts. We are right at the heart of that,” he
said in an earlier interview. “Good free-
way access, restaurants, local and regional
arts organizations really give us an oppor-
tunity to develop Plymouth into an arts
community. It will make this community
more attractive. It will increase the quality
of life.”
Soenen said 800 seats is optimal for the
performing arts center, and there will be
about 800 parking spaces.
“Parking should not be an issue,” he
said.
Soenen told the assembled crowd that
residents would not pay for operating
costs at the entertainment center. He said
the group may ask for a 1-mill, 20-year tax
to pay the construction and renovation
costs, about $110 a year for the average
Plymouth homeowner. No tax proposal
has been created, Soenen said, and that
action would involve negotiations with
both city and township officials. He sug-
gested that a board of directors might be
appointed to oversee a special authority
chargedwithwriting the tax proposal.
The 16.6-acre site is near the Miracle
League and Plymouth Cultural Center,
which has an ice rink. “It really becomes
almost a campus setting with the Miracle
League, the Cultural Center,” Soenen said.
There are many uses, “all in one location.
That's just unheard of in a downtown com-
munity.”
Marsha Kreza, PARC marketing direc-
tor,, is also supportive of the performing
arts theater.
“With the resurgence of the arts in
Detroit, it's a perfect location. We've got the
expressways here.” She and others are
working on “creative placemaking. With
newpeople coming into Plymouth, we feel
this would be good all around,” including
for business and real estate, Kreza said. “It
serves a real need in the community, too.”
PARC is drawing from Canton, Livonia
and Northville, as well as throughout the
region, Soenen said. Tenants will number
33-35 at capacity. Currently, there are 25
tenants at the facility, including artists,
heater groups. Youth and adult recreation
classes, culinary arts programs, the
Michigan Philharmonic and classes from
the College for Creative Studies based in
Detroit..
He noted the Plymouth-Canton
Steelers and Our Lady of Good Counsel
youth football use the field, and have for
decades. “I think we have to consider the
impact to the community if PARC doesn't
go forward,” he said.
“We can only speculate what that might
be.” He emphasized the performing arts
center is essential, and also acknowledges
the building'smajor infrastructure issues.
Soenen cited Plymouth Township
growth, including the Five Mile corridor.
“We've had a major growth of businesses
coming to our community. They look for
these amenities. I think this'd be a huge
asset,” he said.
“The theater is not that expensive. The
operating costs for the theater are not that
onerous,” said Soenen. “They do say all
bets are off if we don't have the theater,”
he added referring to the independent
business analysis done on the project.
“I think we're in a good position” with
minimal opposition to PARC, Soenen said.
His opinion was apparently validated at
the forumwhennearly every resident who
spokewas in favor of the theater complex.
“This is truly a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity,” said PARC Vice President
Mark Malcolm, who with his wife, Patti,
donatedmore than $3.5million to save the
PARC building from destruction. “By
working together, we can leave Plymouth
better than we found it,” Malcolm told the
forumaudience.
A professional feasibility study indicat-
ed that the project is viable, Soenen said,
and determined that renting space pro-
vides an income stream for PARC.
Another study determined that the pro-
posed entertainment complex would ben-
efit property values.
“PARC will bring numerous long-term
benefits to the Plymouth community,
including quality of life and economic
benefits,” the study concluded.
If all goes as planned, the theater com-
plex could open as early as 2020.
SpecialWriter Julie Brown contributed to
this story.
Forum reveals plans for arts complex
Black History to be celebrated
Advisory council to meet
Ron Harrison came to the staff from
Cleveland to perform adult drug interven-
tions. He'd talk to parents about getting
teens into treatment.
“They were clear-headed, they were
respectful, they were engaged” after treat-
ment, said Yagiela. He started after-care
with kids and their parents focused on sub-
stance abuse.
The agency became Plymouth
Community United Way-affiliated in the
mid-1980s. It's offered a variety of programs
in western Wayne and Washtenaw coun-
ties, including drug court and residential
treatment inAnnArbor.
Opioid addiction is common now, and
includes adult clients. A Youth Assistance
Program began in the mid-1980s at the
behest of Pete Wilson of the Wayne County
YouthHome.
“We used a lot of volunteers when we
began that,” said Yagiela, with the focus
later shifting.
He praised John Santomauro, former
Canton Township Public Safety Director,
for helping to get misdemeanor and ordi-
nance violations heard for juveniles in the
35th District Court. The Conference of
Western Wayne has also been a good part-
ner.
“We had a way to intervene with kids
before they became part of the formal sys-
tem,”Yagiela said.
He's taught with police at Madonna
University, and wrote a document on mak-
ing treatment as community-based and out
of the formal systemas possible.
He also praised now-Detroit Mayor
Mike Duggan, who then worked for Ed
McNamara, for Lansing talks on length of
detention placements. Wayne County
gained the ability and funds to manage
those.
Yagiela recalled meeting longtime busi-
nessman Harold Guenther who told him,
“'I'm going to explain the Plymouth way to
you.”
“I was scared to death. But it was an
important lesson,”Yagiela said.”
Yagiela is highly respected at other com-
munity Youth Assistance Programs, as well
as school districts and law enforcement. As
hewinds downduties, he's focused onwork
with substance abuse clinicians, as well as
state funding changes.
He also notes the juvenile justice system
will raise the age up to include those 18,
with attendant funding challenges.
The agency has buildings in Plymouth,
Canton, Westland, Garden City and
PittsfieldTownship/AnnArbor.
Yagiela has two grown daughters, and
with wife Pamela has three stepchildren.
His stepson and the stepson's wife work for
GrowthWorks.
Yagiela
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Middle Park Manor Block Club will
present A Black History Celebration
from 5-8 p.m. Feb. 10 at Pentecostal
Temple Church, 30043 Parkwood St. in
Inkster.
The evening will include dinner,
entertainment and a 50-50 drawing.
Tickets for the event are priced at 410
and available by calling (734) 337-1424 or
(734) 595-1079.
The Plymouth Township Citizens
Advisory Council for 2018 will meet for
the first time inMarch.
Township Supervisor Kurt Heise said
the advisory council is a way for residents
to be directly involved in the strategic
planning, mission, and future of their
township government.
He said that the first Citizens Advisory
Council formed last year was very suc-
cessful, with more than 100 residents
involved at some point in the process. The
council presented a final report to the
board of trustees in the fall of last year.
The council is a citizen-driven, volun-
tary group of concerned residentswho are
interested in serving on one or more of
the four following committees: Public
Safety; Municipal Finance; Municipal
Infrastructure or Environmental
Stewardship, Heise said.
The Citizens Advisory Council will
meet at least twice a year, but committees
will be asked to meet at least four times a
year to review and discuss township serv-
ices and issues, and to help the township
board with ideas to improve the commu-
nity, he explained.
While not an elected body, Heise said
the citizens council will serve to further
the civic health and future direction of the
township.
“The council is a strategic planning
and review committee that has a hand in
assisting the board of trustees in our poli-
cy-making process,” Heise said, “It's vital
that we get feedback from our experi-
enced, hardworking residents.”
The organizational meeting of the
council is planned from7-9 p.m. Thursday,
March 22 the Plymouth Town Hall
Meeting Room, 9955 N. Haggerty Road.
Membership is limited to Plymouth
Township residents and the meeting is
open to the public.
Residents with questions can contact
Heise at (734) 354-3201 or email him at
