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ROSEVILLE — Rotary Park, 29571 Utica Road, is set to get fitness equipment that’s a bit out of the ordinary.
At the Roseville City Council’s Feb. 11 meeting, council unanimously approved the purchase of an X-Treme Ninja Course from Greenfields Outdoor Fitness.
This equipment will provide 14 obstacles for fitness enthusiasts to move through. This includes equipment that assists with balance, agility, and upper and lower body strength. It finishes with participants running up a ramp. For a detailed description of what the equipment will offer, visit gfoutdoorfitness.com/x-treme-ninja-course-2.
Greenfields Outdoor Fitness partnered with the National Recreation and Park Association to offer workout equipment at a reduced cost to municipalities in 2022. A letter from Downtown Development Authority Administrative Specialist Jim Gammicchia to the council said that due to the partnership, the city couldn’t entertain bids from other manufacturers. The deal saves the city $40,000 on the equipment, bringing the total to $136,878. The purchase will be paid for through voter-approved bond funding.
“I did look at it online and, I’ll tell you what, it does look like it’s going to be a lot of fun once it gets installed,” Roseville Mayor Robert Taylor said at the meeting.
“I give a lot of credit to people who can do stuff like this,” Gammicchia said about the course, adding that it is for “all ages.”
Force main project moves ahead
A bid for the 13 Mile Road force main project was unanimously approved at the City Council’s Feb. 11 meeting.
New Haven-based Pamar Enterprises’ bid was chosen at $2,269,489 with a $450,000 construction contingency. Pamar was the low bidder out of the five bids submitted for the project. The new sanitary sewer main, which is about 3,600 feet in length and 16 inches in diameter, will run under the middle lane of 13 Mile Road from the Mayflower Street pump station and finish near Cantabarry Drive.
Construction is expected to start later this year on the project, according to Department of Public Services Director Rob DeBruyn. He said plans are still being finalized, but he expected something to be in place by the summer.
“There will be minimal impact on traffic, as we plan on taking lanes on an as-needed basis,” DeBruyn said.
He added that much of the new main will be able to be fed into the ground without cutting throughout the expanse of the line. One of the larger disruptions will be at the intersection of Utica and 13 Mile roads but will last only six to eight hours and won’t take place during the workweek.
The project is aided by funding for infrastructure projects secured from the state during the budget appropriations process, which totaled $6.6 million for Roseville. DeBruyn confirmed funding for the force main will mostly come from the state appropriation. Last year, state Sen. Veronica Klinefelt, a Democrat who represents Eastpointe and Roseville, worked to get funding for a variety of infrastructure projects.
DeBruyn said that the project is being done in conjunction with a pump station replacement, which is also being worked on by Pamar.
DeBruyn explained at the time that a force main is necessary when the elevation of sewage is not on an incline.
“When sewage runs level, it needs to be forced,” DeBruyn said.
DeBruyn said the replacement is a preventative measure.
“It’s an old line and we don’t like to wait for emergencies,” he said.
The work may not be noticed by the public, but DeBruyn said doing these kinds of projects are essential government functions.
“This is tantamount to clean water getting to your house,” he said. “This is the type of infrastructure that makes sure that everything you flush down the toilet gets to where it needs to go; you never have to worry about it again.”
