REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Proclamation of National Public Works Week 2024
Report
COUNCIL PILLAR
Deliver and Enhance High Quality Efficient Services and Infrastructure
Enhance Community Sports, Recreational and Arts Assets
BACKGROUND
Since 1960, the American Public Works Association (APWA) has sponsored National Public Works Week to celebrate how public works projects and public works professionals help improve our communities. Across North America, thousands of APWA members, citizens, and government agencies join together in activities, events, and ceremonies designed to pay tribute to public works personnel and to recognize the important role they play in planning, building, managing, and operating at the heart of local communities to improve the quality of life each day.
DISCUSSION
May 19-25, 2024, is designated as National Public Works Week. The APWA has chosen “Advancing Quality of Life for All” for this year’s theme, which highlights the way public works professionals contribute to and enhance the quality of life in the communities they proudly serve. This theme encourages APWA members and their citizens to think about the important role public works professionals play in providing essential services that lead to healthier, happier, and more vibrant communities.
Various departments within the City of Santa Clara work together to deliver high quality public works projects including Parks & Recreation, Public Works, Water and Sewer Utilities, and Silicon Valley Power. The staff in these departments work as one team and partner with the community to provide infrastructure services in transportation, roadway and landscape maintenance, wastewater and stormwater treatment, water and solid waste systems, parks and recreation spaces, power, emergency management and first response, right-of-way management, and maintenance of public buildings and other facilities essential to our citizens. This highly motivated City team is dedicated to enhancing and advancing the quality of life in all the communities it proudly serves each day. Working together, the City and its citizens have built a city that is safe, sustainable, and resilient.
In honor of Public Works Week, the Mayor has signed a City Proclamation, proclaiming May 19-25, 2024, as Public Works Week in Santa Clara.
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This is an informational report only and no action is being taken by the City Council and no environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) is required.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact other than staff time for preparing this report.
PUBLIC CONTACT
Public contact was made by posting the Council agenda on the City’s official-notice bulletin board outside City Hall Council Chambers. A complete agenda packet is available on the City’s website and in the City Clerk’s Office at least 72 hours prior to a Regular Meeting and 24 hours prior to a Special Meeting. A hard copy of any agenda report may be requested by contacting the City Clerk’s Office at (408) 615-2220, email clerk@santaclaraca.gov <mailto:clerk@santaclaraca.gov> or at the public information desk at any City of Santa Clara public library.
Staff
Reviewed by: Craig Mobeck, Director of Public Works
Approved by: Jovan Grogan, City Manager