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CITY OF ROMULUS INVITATION TO BID
ITB 13/14-20 FIVE (5) 2014 VEHICLES FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS
(1) The City of Romulus, Michigan is seeking bids from qualified companies for the above
item/items.
(2) Qualified individuals and firms wishing to submit a bid must use the forms provided by the City.
Bid forms and specifications may be obtained from the MITN system @ http://www.mitn.info/.
(3) Bids must be submitted in sealed envelopes and returned to the City Clerk's Office no later than
2:30 P.M., Tuesday, May 27, 2014. At approximately 2:45 p.m., local time all timely received
bids are to be publicly opened and read.
RESPONSE ENVELOPES MUST BE CLEARLY MARKED:
CITY OF ROMULUS CLERK'S OFFICE
ITB 13/14-20 FIVE (5) 2014 VEHICLES FOR BUILDING INSPECTORS
11111 Wayne Road
Romulus, Michigan 48174
(4) The City reserves the right to reject all bids and proposals and to waive technicalities.
(5) For additional information contact Lynn A, Conway, City of Romulus, Purchasing Director, by
calling (734) 955-4568 or by emailing lconway@ci.romulus.mi.us.
Please Publish: Thursday, May 15, 2014, The Eagle or The Associated Newpapers of Michigan
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF INKSTER, WAYNE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
RE: Case #ZBA 14-01
Notice is hereby given pursuant to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Act 110 of 2006, as
amended by PA 12 of 2008 and as provided under this act, the City of Inkster's Zoning
Board of Appeals will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, June 5, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in
the Inkster City Hall Council Chamber, which is located at 26215 Trowbridge Inkster,
Michigan. The purpose of the public hearing is to consider a use variance to allow a Used
Car Dealership and Minor Automotive Repair in a B-2 (Thoroughfare Mixed-Use)
District. Zehrab Abdul Sater is the applicant. The subject property is located on the West
side of Beech Daly Road north of Annapolis Road and is legally described as follows:
Lots 16, 17 and 18 of Frank H. Fellraths Subdivision as recorded in Liber 33, Page 58, of
Plats, Wayne County Records (Property ID # 44-024-01-0016-000; Commonly identified
as 3952 Beech Daly).
Public comments are invited. Persons unable to attend the public hearing may send their
comments in writing to the attention of the City of Inkster Community Development
Director, 26215 Trowbridge, Inkster, Michigan, 48141. Comments will be received
through 12:00 noon, Thursday, June 5, 2014. Please reference Case No. ZBA 14-01 in all
correspondence.
The City of Inkster will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as
signers for the hearing impaired and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at
the public hearing, to individuals with disabilities upon five (5) business days written
notice. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
City of inkster at 313.563.3211.
Felicia Rutledge
Inkster City Clerk
PUBLISH: May 15, 2014
Community Development Department • 313.563.9760
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
The Charter Township of Canton will provide necessary reasonable auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired
and audio tapes of printed materials being considered at the meeting, to individuals with disabilities at the meeting/hearing upon two
weeks notice to the Charter Township of Canton. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services should contact the
Charter Township of Canton by writing or calling the following:
Gwyn Belcher, ADA Coordinator
Charter Township of Canton, 1150 S. Canton Center Road
Canton, MI 48188
(734) 394-5260
Published: May 15, 2014 EC051514-0934 2.5 x 1.557
BELLEVILLE - R OMULUS
School board rejects proposed lease for cell tower
Local student ‘jumps up’ for charity event
Firemen plan open house
Mayor LeRoy D. Burcroff is invit-
ing the community to participate in
a process to create a vision plan for
the future of the city called
“EnvisionRomulus.”
Community members are invited
to “help shape the future of
Romulus” during a Community
Summit scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 4, at the Romulus
Athletic Center, 35765 Northline
Road.
The planning process will allow
residents, business owners, school
officials, clergy members, civic lead-
ers and others to work side by side
with city officials to create a vision
that will lead to making sound deci-
sions on planning, land use and poli-
cymaking in the city, Burcroff said.
“One thing that is unique about
Romulus is that we have a large
amount of undeveloped land - com-
mercial, industrial and residential,”
Burcroff said. “I've been passionate
that we need a vision to help plan
our community's future. It's so
important to get everybody included
in the process of shaping the com-
munity. This isn't Burcroff's vision;
it's the community's vision.”
A vision plan looks at the poten-
tial of a community by bringing
together people fromall walks of life
to talk about their ideas and aspira-
tions for the future. The aspirations
are unrestrained and can focus on
anything from the environment, eco-
nomic development, infrastructure,
education, culture, recreation and
any other issue that is important to
those who live, work and play in the
community.
“In my experience, I have been
through a visioning process in the
private sector as well as with my
church,” Burcroff said. “The vision-
ing process with a community is sim-
ilar. We want to include community
input and have people rally behind
the collaborative efforts of all.
“When I came into office as
mayor, it was a critical time for our
community. These are important
economic times. I knowwhere we've
been and where we are, but I need
to make sure we have a clear pulse
of where the community wants us to
be going forward.”
Residents will be asked such
questions as “what are your ideas
for the future” and “what kind of
community do you want to be part
of.”
Burcroff said a steering commit-
tee is working with OHM Advisors,
an integrated engineering, architec-
ture and planning firm based in
Livonia that has more than 50 years
of public and private-sector expert-
ise, forward thinking and insightful
counsel.
Information and data will be
gathered from prior planning stud-
ies, the U.S. Census, mapping
sources and community meetings
and forums. OHM also will survey
people inside and outside of
Romulus to gauge the city's reputa-
tion, strengths, weaknesses and
opportunities. The survey results
will be used to guide the visioning
process aswell.
“Oncewe come out of the process
- what's really important - is that this
will shape us going forward,”
Burcroff said. “This will influence
our master plan, our recreation plan
and our capital improvement plan.
This will be our vision of where our
city wants to go. My job is to make
sure people are rallying around the
vision and setting its course. This is
not a vision that will be in a docu-
ment that will sit on a shelf some-
where. This will be a living, breath-
ing process that will shape our
future formany years to come.”
In addition to community meet-
ings, a project website has been cre-
ated to allow residents to stay up to
date on the project and share their
ideas regarding the future of
Romulus.
The webpage can be found at
www.envisionromulus.com.
Members of the Van Buren
School District Board of
Education have decided not to
pursue an offer from AT&T to
lease property near Haggerty
Elementary School.
The telephone provider offered
$750 per month for five years to
lease a 10,000 square foot parcel in
the section currently used as park-
ing for parents at the school. The
company planned to erect a 130-
foot cell tower and surround the
property section with a 6-foot,
cyclone andbarbedwire fence.
The lease would have also
included a 7.5 percent rent
increase for a second five-year
term and for each five years up to
a total of 25 years.
The offer was brought to the
board members by James
Williams, the district director of
building and grounds earlier this
month during a work study ses-
sion.
The tower would have been
built near the Woodbury Green
residential community next to the
school,Williams said.
Superintendent of Schools
Michael Van Tassel told the
trustees that he was not in favor of
the lease and that he felt the rental
fee was insufficient and that most
cell towers erected on school
grounds aremuch further fromthe
road than theHaggerty proposal
He also suggested that he had
concerns about the health impact
of the tower on the students
because “we really don't know
what towers do or don't do.”
Board members agreed not to
pursue the proposal.
India Harris, a fifth-grader at
Romulus Elementary School, has
raised $1,075 for the American
Heart Association.
The 10-year-old Romulus girl
participated in the 35th annual
Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser, a
signature event promoted by the
heart association each year. Money
raised goes toward programs that
benefit childrenwithheart disease.
Harris said the school raised
about $3,500 and sponsored jump
roping and hula hooping for the
event. Physical education teacher
Laurie James received a banner
from the Jump Rope for Heart
organization for the gymnasium in
recognition of the students' efforts.
Romulus Mayor LeRoy D.
Burcroff was among thosewho con-
gratulated Harris at the school. He
also introduced her at a city coun-
cilmeeting.
Harris is the daughter of Leon
Harris, an independent contractor,
andUrsulaWoodruff-Harris, senior
business intelligence consultant at
the IronsideGroup.
Harris has raised funds to sup-
port the heart association through
Romulus Elementary for several
years. In the first year, she raised
$100. Last year, she raised nearly
$600 in honor of her cousin, Joseph
Garces, who was born with
Tetrology of Fallot, a heart defect
that affected his energy levels. Last
year, Garces had his heart surgical-
ly corrected and has been doing
great ever since, the family said.
Student participants are asked
to get sponsors to donate money
prior to the fundraising event,
which took place Feb. 28. India set
a goal of $1,000 and solicited family,
neighbors, co-workers and friends
of her parents to help accomplish
it. Her goal was surpassed, thanks
in part to a generous donation from
family friend, Dean Dolley. He
waited until the last day to match
the donations already secured so
she could achieveher goal.
"You have to get people to help
you raise money for people with
sick hearts," Harris said. "My grand-
parents and a couple of family
members had heart-related illness-
es. It was my last year here and I
wanted to make it big. I just like
helping people. Some people don't
have the medication that will cure
them. People have to get themoney
for that. Some people can die from
heart disease if they don't get the
surgery."
At school, Harris has been an
honor student and is vice-president
of the student council, running on
an anti-bullying platform.
Woodruff-Harris said her daughter
has defended children who were
bullied on a school bus and
believes people should be treated
fairly.
Harris' talents and interests are
wide-ranging. She has a first
degree black belt in Tai Kwon Do
and attends KICKSTai KwonDo in
Wayne.
She also plays acoustic guitar
and is an avidLego enthusiast.
Inspired by the Ford Mustang,
her favorite car, she plans to attend
Michigan State University in order
to become an automotive car
designer.
Romulus residents have been invited to a
special Open House at the Fire Department
headquarters from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. May
31.
Firefighters will be distributing fire safety
materials and participating in various
demonstrations throughout the day and
youngsters will appreciate special guest
appearance byFirePup.
The station is located at 28777 Eureka
Road and the event is open to the public.
Firefighters will be serving hot dogs and
chips during the day.
As public education is a key component of
fire prevention, Romulus firefighters take
every opportunity to share with residents
the importance of working smoke detectors
and the dangers of fire hazards in the home,
noted a recent prepared release from the
department.
The first week in October is recognized as
National Fire Prevention Week and during
that time, attention is focused on promoting
fire safety in schools and classrooms.
However, the Romulus Fire Department
encourages practicing fire safety all year
long.
Romulus Firefighters routinely advocate
for fire safety education through participa-
tion in community events such as the annual
Pumpkin Festival and the Library's Summer
ReadingProgram.
For more information, contact the fire
department at (734) 941-8585.
India Harris is congratulated and
thanked by Romulus Mayor LeRoy
Burcroff for her $1,075 contribution
to the American Heart Association.
Harris secured pledges for her
jump roping and hula hoping
stamina to earn funds for the chari-
ty.
I know where we've been and where we are,
but I need to make sure we have a clear pulse
of where the community wants us to be going forward.
”
Mayor to host visioning session for residents