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City Council Agenda Request
May 15, 2018
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AGENDA REQUEST NO:
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| | AGENDA OF: City Council Meeting |
| INITIATED BY: Terrell Smith, Administrative Manager
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| | PRESENTED BY: Robert Valenzuela, Director of Public Works |
| | RESPONSIBLE DEPARTMENT: Public Works |
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| | | | | | | | | AGENDA CAPTION: | National Public Works Week
May 20 - 26, 2018 |
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| | | | | | | | | RECOMMENDED ACTION: | | Proclamation declaring May 20 - 26, 2018 National Public Works Week. |
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| | | | | | | | | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: | Since 1960, the American Public Works Association (APWA) has sponsored National Public Works Week. Across North America more than 28,000 APWA members in the US and Canada use this week to energize and educate the public on the importance of the contribution of public works to their daily lives: planning, building, managing and operating the heart of our local communities and building the quality of life.
Instituted as a public education campaign by the APWA in 1960, National Public Works Week (NPWW) calls attention to the importance of public works in community life.
APWA encourages public works agencies and professionals to take the opportunity to make their stories known in their communities. The occasion is marked each year with scores of resolutions and proclamations from mayors and governors. Some special historical highlights of NPWW include a United States Senate resolution affirming the first National Public Works Week in 1960, letters of acknowledgment from Presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Lyndon B. Johnson, and a Presidential Proclamation signed by John F. Kennedy in 1962. In addition, Governor Abbott signed a Gubernatorial Proclamation for Public Works Week in April 2018.
Each year, the NPWW focuses on a theme. The 2018 National Public Works Week Poster Theme is “The Power of Public Works”. This year National Public Works Week celebrates the impact that the many facets of public works have on modern civilization. From providing clean water, to building roads and bridges, removing snow on roadways, to devising emergency management strategies to meet natural or manmade disasters, public works services determine a society’s quality of life. This year’s poster honors the vital contribution public works professionals make every day to communities all across North America, and it invites the public to celebrate their quiet dedication and indispensable influence on our way of life.
National Public Works Week (NPWW) is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and women in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as public works. National Public Works Week is observed each year during the third full week of May. Through NPWW and other efforts, APWA seeks to raise the public's awareness of public works issues and to increase confidence in public works employees who are dedicated to improving the quality of life for present and future generations. |
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