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September 1, 2016
WAYNE COUNTY DRAIN COMMISSIONER
POST DRAIN
NOTICE OF LETTING AND DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS
NOTICE OF LETTING
DATE:
September 14, 2016
TIME:
2:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Wayne County Department of Public Services Roads Division
Central Maintenance Yard
29900 Goddard Road Extension
Romulus, Michigan
QUESTIONS:
(313) 224-3620
The Wayne County Drain Commissioner will meet on the above date, time and location to receive con-
struction bids for the Post Drain. Bids will then be opened and publicly announced.
A pre-bid conference will be held at 2:00 p.m. on September 6, 2016, at the Wayne County
Department of Public Services Road Division Central Maintenance Yard, 29900 Goddard Road
Extension, Romulus, Michigan.
Representatives of the Drain Commissioner and Spicer Group, Inc.
will be present to discuss the Project.
Bidders are encouraged to attend and participate in the con-
ference.
Spicer Group, Inc. will transmit to all prospective Bidders of record such Addenda, as Spicer
Group, Inc. considers necessary in response to questions arising at the conference. Oral statements may
not be relied upon and will not be binding or legally effective.
The Post Drain will be let in two sections(s) as follows, each section having the length, average depth
and width as set forth: All stations are 100 feet apart. Section 1, Station 7+01 to Station 23+76, consists
of an open channel approximately 4,025 feet in length with of an average depth of 5 feet and 4-foot
drain bottom. Section 2 Station 38+16 to Station 80+21, consists of an open channel approximately
1,675 feet in length with of an average depth of 4 feet and 4-foot drain bottom. The following items will
be required and a contract let for same:
Open Drain Construction
5,700
Lin. Ft.
Open Channel Excavation
1
Lump Sum Sedimentation Basin
1
Lump Sum Site Clearing and Debris Management
Crossings (Furnish and Install)
NO. 3 - STA. 7+78 - City of Romulus (Native Ground)
32
Lin. Ft.
57"x38" C.M.P.A.
NO. 5 - STA. 44+37 - City of Romulus (Native Ground)
32
Lin. Ft.
36" Dia. C.M.P.
Soil erosion and Sediment Control
10
Sq. Yds.
Miscellaneous Plain Riprap at Weir
2
Each
10" & 8" field Tile Outlet
2
Each
Plain Riprap Splash Pad
1
Lump Sum Seeding, Mulching and Fertilizing of Project
1
Lump Sum Cleanup and Restoration
1
Lump Sum Traffic Control
This Notice of Letting, the plans, specifications and bid proposal shall be considered a part of the
Contract. The Contract will be let in accordance with the Contract Documents now on file at the Wayne
County Drain Commissioner's Office at the Downriver Wastewater Treatment Facility, 797 Central Ave,
Wyandotte, MI 48912 and Spicer Group, Inc., 125 Helle Blvd, Suite 2, Dundee, MI 48131, and avail-
able to interested parties. Bids will be made and received in accordance with these documents. Bidding
Documents, including plans and specifications, may be obtained at no charge at the following locations:
1. Wayne County Drain Commissioner's Office
Downriver Wastewater Treatment Facility
797 Central Ave
Wyandotte, MI 48912
2. Spicer Group, Inc.
125 Helle Blvd, Suite 2
Dundee, MI 48131
3. Online at
A security deposit in the form of a cashier's check, money order, certified check or bidders bond shall be
submitted with any bids. No cash will be permitted. The security deposits of all unsuccessful bidders
shall be returned after the Contract is awarded.
The Contract will be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder giving adequate security
for the performance of the work and meeting all conditions represented in the Instructions to Bidders.
The Contract completion date and the terms of payment will be announced at the time and place of let-
ting. If no satisfactory bids are received, we reserve the right to reject any and all bids and to adjourn to
a time and location as we shall announce.
DAY OF REVIEW OF APPORTIONMENTS
DATE:
September 26, 2016
TIME:
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
LOCATION:
Wayne County Department of Public Services Roads Division
Central Maintenance Yard
29900 Goddard Road Extension
Romulus, Michigan
QUESTIONS:
(313) 224-3620
The Wayne County Drain Commissioner will hold a Day of Review of Apportionments on the above
date, time and location. The Day of Review of Apportionments is an opportunity to review the tentative
apportionment of benefit for each parcel and municipality within the Drainage District.
The Drain Commissioner, engineers and/or other staff members will be available to assist individuals
throughout the day, and make revisions where necessary. There is no need to schedule an appointment
for a specific time on the Day of Review. The computation of cost for the Drain will also be available at
the Day of Review. Drain assessments are collected in the same manner as property taxes and will
appear on your winter tax bill. If drain assessments are being collected for more than one (1) year, you
may pay the assessment in full with any interest to date at any time and avoid further interest charges.
Persons with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in the Day of Review
should contact the Drain Commissioner's Office at the number noted above (voice) or through the
Michigan Relay Center at 7-1-1 (TDD) at least 24 hours in advance of the Day of Review to request
mobility, visual, hearing or other assistance.
You may appeal the Drain Commissioner's determination of apportionments to the Wayne County
Probate Court within ten (10) days.
The following is a description of the several tracts or parcels of lands constituting the Special
Assessment District of the Post Drain, as well as a list of any county, township, city, village to be
assessed at large:
Post Drain consists of lands situated in Sections 7-8 and 18 of City of Romulus, T.3S.-R.9E., in Wayne
County, Michigan.
In Section 7 - The South ½ of the Section.
In Section 8 - The Southwest ¼ of the Section.
In Section 18 - The North ½ of the North ½ of the Northeast ¼ and the Northeast ¼ of the Northwest ¼
of the Section.
Dated: August 25, 2016
______________________________________
Kenneth M. Kucel, P.E.
Wayne County Drain Commissioner
P
LYMOUTH
Dr. Who?
Library offers new exhibit
Visitors to the Plymouth
District Library during the last
few weeks have discovered a
large blue police call station,
with doors, windows and a flash-
ing blue light on themain level.
Thanks to a team at Johnson
Controls, the library is the proud
owner of a TARDIS (Time And
Relative Dimension In Space), a
fictional time machine and
spacecraft in the British science
fiction television program and
film, DoctorWho.
Last year, an engineering
team from Johnson Controls Inc.,
under its Blue Sky Initiative,
took up a project to build a
TARDIS for the Plymouth
library. The Asia Pacific
Business Resource Group, under
the leadership of Ratnam
Jeedigunta,
researched,
designed and built the TARDIS,
with technical help from Accent
Remodeling inCanton.
Johnson Controls Automotive
Division, with 1,500 employees, is
located inPlymouthTownship.
The public is invited to a
Doctor Who celebration begin-
ning at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Following a reception with
refreshments, a Doctor Who
movie will be shown at 7 p.m.
The Asia Pacific Business
Resource Group team members,
along with other JCI representa-
tiveswill be onhand.
The TARDIS can be found on
the library main level, near the
DVD collection. It will eventual-
ly be moved to the library Teen
Zone.
The library is located at 223
MainSt. indowntownPlymouth.
For more information, call
(734) 453-0750.
had traveled toEngland to hone
their skills, where they lived
supporting themselves “doing
just about anything to earn 20
pounds for a dance lesson.”
“All ballroom form started
there,” Phillips said. “We want-
ed to learn from the best.” The
siblings stayed in England for
several years studying dance
and Phillips eventually took a
job inPhiladelphia to appear in
the Gotta Dance showwhere he
met Suzanne who was also
dancing in the production.
Suzanne grew up in
Westland, where her parents
still live, and where she gradu-
ated from John Glenn High
School. After graduation, she
left for New York to pursue her
lifelong dance ambitions and a
professional career. Apparently,
she had the right idea as she
became a featured dancer at
Radio City Music Hall in the
Christmas and Easter shows for
6 years. During the hectic
Christmas season, Suzanne
would sometimes do more than
20 shows in a week. She also
appeared in the Denver Center
Theater Company production
of The Stories of Eva Luna and
has worked in a number of
movies and several other tour-
ing companies.
The couple parted when the
show ended and he returned to
England and she began a tour
as Baby in Dirty Dancing. They
met again when her tour took
her to England, but were again
almost immediately separated
by professional roles in differ-
ent shows. They reunited when
their tour dates coincided on
yet another show.
“We were together only
about six weeks in that first
year. When we met again, I
asked her to marry me and
here we are, 26 years later,”
Clive Phillips said. Meeting and
parting has characterized their
relationship.
He continues to travel exten-
sively in professional dance
competitions and for the first
two years of their marriage, he
lived in Australia, touring with
a show he, his sister and
Suzanne wrote, choreographed
anddirected.
After two successful studios
in New York and one in
Manhattan, the couple decided
it was time for a quieter life.
While two hip replacements
haven't slowed Phillips down or
impacted his competition
scores, the couple made the
decision to move to Michigan
five years ago. Once again,
Suzanne and the couple's three
sons, Dillon, Tristan and
Brendan, were here for nearly
two years while Clive commut-
ed every two weeks from New
York, where he was taking care
of their business, selling their
home and touring in competi-
tion.
“That got old fast,” Phillips
said.
His list of championships
and professional accolades is
incredibly extensive and hers
includes several prestigious
titles, including the Triple
Crown American Smooth and
International
Standard
Championship and the
Manhattan
Dancesport
American Smooth and
International
Standard
Championship. Both have
worked and danced with a long
list of celebrities.
When the couple comes off
the dance floor where their
every move validates their
championship status in the
dance world, they don't bring
the ego that often accompanies
their level of professional status
with them.
Their physical stamina and
athleticism is matched by their
patience and unique good
humor with students. Whether
they are choreographing pro-
fessionals training for a global
competition or teaching a pair
of inept senior citizens to Fox
Trot, the atmosphere of gentle
fundoesn't alter.
Dance New York is still
accepting students, Phillips
said, and the growing populari-
ty and reputation of the new
studio has necessitated the hir-
ing of two other professional
dancers to help with both class
and private lessons, Jonathan
Welly andTiffany Sullivan.
“Ballroom dancing is addic-
tive,” Phillips said. “There is
nothing quite like it.”
The 16 million people who
watch Dancing With the Stars
every week would probably
agree.
Dance
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Clive and Suzanne Phillips
