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October 16, 2014
PLANNING COMMISSION
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Michigan Public Act 110 of 2006, of the State of Michigan, as amended, and pur-
suant to the Zoning Ordinance of the Charter Township of Canton that the Planning Commission of the Charter Township of
Canton will hold a Public Hearing on Monday November 3, 2014 in the
First Floor Meeting Room of the Canton Township
Administration Building, 1150 S. Canton Center Road at 7:00 p.m.
on the following proposed special land use request as pro-
vided in Section 27.03 of the Canton Township Zoning Ordinance:
SHAJARA TAYYIBA SPECIAL LAND USE
- CONSIDER REQUEST FOR SPECIAL LAND USE APPROVAL FOR AN
PRIVATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AS REQUIRED IN SECTION 11.02B.4 FOR PARCEL NO. 011 99 0019 001 (7437
SHELDON N.). Property is located west of Sheldon Road and north of Warren Road.
Written comments addressed to the Planning Commission should be received at the Canton Township Administration Building,
1150 Canton Center S. prior to Thursday, October 30, 2014 in order to be included in the materials submitted for review.
SEE ATTACHED MAP
Greg Greene, Chairman
Publish: Newspaper - October 16, 2014
EC101614-1010 2.5 x 8.125
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014 for the following:
CARDIAC MONITORS
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids
must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number
and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of
services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
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EC101614-1016 2.5 x 1.934
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed proposals at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014 for the following:
SNOW REMOVAL SERVICES
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids
must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number
and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of
services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014 for the following:
HD STUDIO CAMERAS
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids
must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number
and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of
services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 10/16/2014
EC101614-1014 2.5 x 2.048
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014 for the following:
PODIUMS FOR SUMMIT BANQUET
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids
must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number
and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of
services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 10/16/2014
EC101614-1013 2.5 x 2.048
CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CANTON
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Charter Township of Canton, 1150 Canton Center S, Canton, Michigan will accept
sealed bids at the Office of the Clerk up to 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 30, 2014 for the following:
EXTRICATION TOOLS
Bids may be picked up at the Finance & Budget Department, or you may contact Mike Sheppard at: (734) 394-5225. All bids
must be submitted in a sealed envelope clearly marked with the proposal name, company name, address and telephone number
and date and time of bid opening. The Township reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals. The Township does
not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of
services.
TERRY G. BENNETT, CLERK
Publish 10/16/2014
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ELLEVILLE
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LYMOUTH
‘Dash in Disguise’ planned in Belleville Oct. 25
Chamber sponsors car raffle
New details regarding the
Plymouth Township Park pavil-
ion were revealed at the meet-
ing of the township board of
trustees last week following the
award of the construction con-
tract. Quotations for the initial
advertised sealed-bid inquiry
were due July 14 and were
opened publicly on that date in
TownshipHall.
The original bid specifica-
tions information and accompa-
nying project manual, prepared
by Township Clerk Nancy
Conzelman, called for a base-
project bid and an alternate
construction-management bid
that would allow the township to
purchase certain materials
directly for installation by sub-
contractors.
Construction of the pavilion
at Plymouth Township Park will
begin this fall after approval of
the construction bid to Acme
Enterprise Inc. of Roseville, the
second-lowest bidder, by a 5-2
vote. The two dissenting
trustees, Bob Doroshewitz and
Chuck Curmi, and several mem-
bers of the audience questioned
the procedures and accounting
utilized in the bidding process.
Township
Supervisor
Reaume and Treasurer Ron
Edwards have argued strongly
for approval on both the pavil-
ion and amphitheater projects
since they introduced their first
plans to build a basic-structure
pavilion, estimated to cost about
$85,000. The amphitheater ini-
tially was not discussed or
advertised.
“Recreation
amenities
enhance our community's liv-
ability,” said Reaume, in his fall
letter to the community. The 12-
page, four-color publication
highlights a new $350,000
amphitheater and all-season
pavilion warming station that
Doroshewitz saidmay cost near-
ly $700,000when complete.
Township board meeting
have attracted hundreds of resi-
dents during the past months
calling for greater accountability
and public input into the use of
township funds, prompted by
the plans for the amphitheater
and pavilion. Many have cited
public safety as a priority and
suggested trustees concentrate
funding in the understaffed fire
department which currently
does not have a ladder truck
and where the 20-year-old fire
engines and equipment suffer
constant breakdowns.
At the board meeting last
week, township resident and
activist Chris Hunter criticized
the board and what Curmi
described as “value engineer-
ing” which occurred between
members of the board andAcme
representatives after the bids
were submitted and opened.
“It seems to me we are
rewarding someone for poor
behavior,” Hunter said. The first
bid fromAcme was $547,303 and
after conversations regarding
costs with township officials
took place, Acme lowered the
cost to $492,573, a savings of
$54,550.
Hunter told the board that he
was in favor of “value engineer-
ing” but that it should take place
“before the bids were finalized,
not after.”
“It seems to me we are
rewarding a company that gave
us a high bid for an inefficient
building. Now they claim the
new bid includes better, more
efficient materials that will bet-
ter withstand the weather,”
Hunter said. He asked why
those materials at the lower cost
were not in the original bid.
Doroshewitz said he estimat-
ed the true cost of the project
was going to be $677,000 despite
the assurances from Reaume
and Edwards that the bids were
complete.
Included in the project are
construction costs of $492,753;
$150,000 for utility lines to the
new building; $24,500 for archi-
tectural fees and another
$10,000 for furnishings. It's
unclear how the pavilion speci-
fications and purchase instruc-
tions were changed from the ini-
tial inquiry without revising the
engineering drawings or involv-
ing the architect-designer firm
D.S. Wright. No further details
emerged about Conzelman's
alternate construction-manage-
ment bid requirement.
The pavilion, as planned, will
be a 4,500 square foot structure
near the baseball fields in the
park, at the top of the sledding
hill. It will include restrooms, a
warming center and a kitchen
area with a sink and refrigera-
tor.
Doroshewitz questioned a
reference in building plans to a
water connection for a snow-
makingmachine.
“When did we decide to put
in a snowmachine?” he asked.
Edwards defended the pro-
posed snow making device
claiming that many winters see
little snow and that the sledding
hill should be more useable. He
estimated that the machines
being considered cost $25,000 to
$30,000.
Both Doroshewitz and Curmi
proposed the hiring of a project
manager to oversee the con-
struction and monitor any esca-
lating expenses or changes to
the plans. Reaume responded
that the project manager would
be Building Department
DirectorMarkLewis.
Neighbors can expect to see
zombies, witches, a Dracula or
two and several cartoon charac-
ters haunting the gazebo in
Horizon Park in downtown
Belleville in the early morning of
Oct. 25. From there, the crea-
tures will run, walk or shamble
down Main Street through down-
town in an effort to get to Fourth
Street Square.
Then it will be pancakes and
smiles all around as the Booville
1-Mile Dash in Disguise con-
cludes with the Community
Action Foundation 5 Pancake
Breakfast, an annual fundraiser
to help area families inneed.
The fun run for families and
individuals is organized by the
YMCA which serves Belleville
andVanBurenTownship in addi-
tion to Plymouth, Canton and
Northville.
Karen Mida, a member of the
Community Action Foundation 5,
proposed joining the pancake
breakfast with the YMCA fun run
this year.
“CAF5 works with kids and
families to ensure they have the
health and medical assistance
they need to live healthy lives. We
thought it would be a great part-
nership with the YMCA to offer
this event that coincides with the
CAF5 breakfast because our mis-
sions for healthy living are so
closely aligned,”Mida said.
Registration for the Dash in
Disguise will begin at 7:45 a.m.
and continue for one hour and
the race will commence at 9 a.m.
Participants in the costumed
run/walk/race will receive a dis-
counted price on tickets for the
pancake breakfast, Mida added.
Fees for the Dash in Disguise are
$5 per person with those ages 3
and younger admitted at no cost.
All proceeds from the YMCA
event will benefit the annual
campaign which provides finan-
cial assistance to families in
need.
Pancakes will be served from
8-11 a.m. and the cost is $6 for
adults, $4 for children ages 5-12
and those younger than 5 eat at
no cost with an adult.
“The YMCA is so excited
about being part of the Booville
events,” said Sage Hegdal, execu-
tive director of the Plymouth
Family YMCA, “Many people
don't realize that the Plymouth
Family YMCA serves Belleville
and Van Buren in addition to
Plymouth, Canton andNorthville.
“Many families in Belleville
and Van Buren have personally
benefited from our financial
assistance program, so we are
happy that proceeds from the
event will go back to families
here,” he said.
There will be prizes for the
best family costume, the most
creative costume and the most
colorful costume and the first 100
finishers will receive a prize at
the finish line.
For information about the
YMCA, call (734) 453-2904 or visit
ymcadetroit.org/Plymouth.
Don Howard
Staff Writer
Citizens criticize award of construction contract
The Belleville Area Chamber of
Commerce will sponsor the annual car
raffle this year.
Each $20 ticket is one chance to win a
24-month, or 10,500 mile per year, lease
on a Ford Focus or $5,000. Chamber offi-
cials said that only 1,000 tickets will be
sold.
The drawing will take place Dec. 6,
during theBellevilleWinterFest.
Tickets can be purchased at the cham-
ber office, 248MainSt. inBelleville.
More information is available at (734)
697-7151.