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Public Works: Serving you and your Community

SECOND QUARTER 2012 Insight APWA YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PUBLIC WORKS RESOURCE

READY, SET, GO! READY, SET, GO! READY, SET, GO! APWA INTERNATIONAL APWA INTERNATIONAL APWA INTERNATIONAL

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P4 California Chapters Dinner P5 Cover Story—Fun for All

At Congress P6 California Speakers Guide P9 Calling all Volunteers! P10 Special Program for

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Welcome to sunny Southern California! The Southern California Chapter is ex-cited and honored to be hosting the 2012 APWA International Public Works Con-gress and Exposition. It was about three years ago when we received a call from

National informing us that we were chosen as the host. Since that time, it’s been a whirlwind of activity in fund raising and planning. This Chapter is very fortunate to have such dedicated members who stepped up big time, to donate their time and talents to pull everything together and ac-complish a five year task in three years. The 2012 Congress Host Chapter Committee has worked many overtime hours to make this a memorable event for all. There are a number of top quality speakers through-out the Congress, and many diverse and informative Education Sessions. A big favorite is the Exposition Hall where you can see all of the latest equipment and technology which makes all our jobs easier. The

Exposition’s Grand Opening is noon on Sunday, Au-gust 26, and is always a great opportunity to learn and network. Be sure to Catch a Wave with us at the Get Ac-quainted Party on August 26 from 5pm-7pm. This party will get you in the California Beach spirit with the Beach Boys tribute band “Catch a Wave” that sound more like the Beach Boys than the Beach Boys do! Book some educational tours where you can see some fascinating Public Works Projects. Have your spouse or significant other take advantage of the ac-tivities available while you are attending the sessions. Take full advantage of all congress has to offer. Who knows, you might enjoy the area so much that you extend your stay after the congress and enjoy all Southern California has to offer! So, now here we are! Everybody enjoy all of the benefits of the Best Show in Public Works, with the flavor of Southern California. COWABUNGA!

CATCH A WAVE — AND YOU ARE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA!

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SOCAL’S CONGRESS MANAGEMENT TO BRING YOU A GREAT CONGRESS 2012 JEFF COOPER l NATALIE MEEKS l CO-CHAIRS CONGRESS 2012

A unique experience filled with learning and fun is available at the APWA Con-gress 2012. With months of prepara-tion, countless hours, numerous pres-entations, fund-raisers, and extensive planning, it is almost done, and Con-gress will be here before we know it. Your Host Committee and all of its sub-committees have been working hard to bring APWA the best Congress ever, and we sincerely hope that you will take advantage of all that Congress

has to offer you and your staff.

There will be over 125 educational sessions and terrific key-note speakers. Even in these tough economic times, there is a way you and your staff can attend Congress. According to Co-Chairs Jeff Cooper and Natalie Meeks, members will-ing to donate their time and talents will have a wide range of opportunities to gain both ‘first-hand’ and ‘behind the scenes’ knowledge. You can read about the benefits of be-ing a Congress 2012 volunteer and how to sign up on Page 9 of this issue.

Chris Vogt, 2012 Chapter President, is heading up the special events committee and promises an out-standing Get Acquainted Party and inspiring opening and closing cere-monies. Stop by the Southern Cali-fornia Chapter’s Hospitality area for rest, refreshments, and a chance to meet other professionals from around the Public Works world.

And finally, with the downloadable free Expo Hall Pass, you can send all your staff to be a part of Congress for no more than the cost of parking. The Exhibit Hall will be full of vendors and ex-hibitors that will display their newest and best products and services. There will be equipment demonstrations and simulators, and even two classrooms on the Expo Hall floor that will be open to all Expo attendees, free of charge! See the ad for Free Expo Hall Passes below.

For complete registration details or more volunteer informa-tion, visit at the Congress website: www.APWACongress2012.com See you in Anaheim!

The California Chapters Dinner will be held on Monday, Au-gust 27, 2012, at the City National Grove of Anaheim, lo-cated next to Angels Stadium. This will be an exciting and fun-filled evening with a sumptuous buffet dinner and hosted bar. Entertainment highlights include a roving magician, live band, and DJ.

This special event is not just for Congress Attendees. All local folks who are not able to attend the Congress during the day are encouraged to come to the event to meet col-leagues and members from the Southern California and other chapters.

The Grove is a short 10 minute drive from the Convention Center and easily accessed by train (Metrolink Station lo-cated at Angel Stadium 2150 East Katella Avenue). In addi-tion, busses will leave from the Hilton and Marriott Hotels @ 6:00 pm and return whenever!

The cost of the event is $65.00 per person. Reserva-tions can be made through the APWA website: http://southernca.apwa.net

CALIFORNIA CHAPTERS DINNER AT THE GROVE IN ANAHEIM—BE THERE! SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD l AUGIE CHANG l BOB BEAMER l CO-CHAIRS l REGION 8 COMMITTEE

Send your field and office staff who would not normally get to attend Congress!

To download unlimited printable Expo Passes, visit http://southernca.apwa.net

Scroll down to the Congress 2012 section and click FREE EXPO PASS !

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FUN FOR ALL AT CONGRESS - SPECIAL ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL EVENTS CO-CHAIRS l CONGRESS 2012 SUBCOMMITTEES

Get Acquainted Party - Beach Party Your friends in Southern California have put together an opening evening of fun, SoCal style! The annual Get Ac-quainted Party will be held on Sunday, August 26th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm. There will be plenty of refreshments while you reconnect with your APWA friends from around the na-tion. A Beach Boy’s Tribute Band called “Catch a Wave” that sounds just like the Beach Boys will perform for your listening and dancing pleasure. The event will be held at our “Beach” on the plaza in front of the Convention Center Arena. Plan on tasting California wines, while you get your photo taken on a surfboard! This is one Beach Party you won’t want to miss! Come on over and Catch a Wave!

Awards & Recognition Ceremony Join fellow Southern Californians on Monday, August 27th from 5:00 - 7:00 pm to celebrate three local projects that have won National’s “Project of the Year” honors. They are: the Port of LA’s Wilmington Waterfront Park Project, the City of Santa Monica’s Charnock Well Field Restoration Project, and the County of LA’s Big Tujunga Dam Seismic Rehabili-tation and Spillway Modification Projects. Also being hon-ored is this Insight Chapter Newsmagazine with the Na-tional’s 2012 Exceptional Performance in Chapter Journal-ism! A reception follows the ceremony. The SoCal Chapter is also being honored with the PACE Award - President’s Award for Chapter Excellence.

Sports Activities at Congress

There are three events at Congress where you can display your athletic skills. You don't have to register for Congress to participate in these fun events with your fellow Public Works colleagues. Download the registration forms from the APWA Congress website, which is found on the APWA Home Page > Quick Links > The Best Show in Public Works > REGISTER NOW! Fill out the form(s) and mail them in with your check. If you have any questions about any of these great events, contact Ken Montgomery at kenten-nis@cox.net or at 949-857-1478.

Tennis Tournament at Anaheim Tennis Center Sunday August 26th 8:00 - 10:00 am Doubles Tennis Tour-nament at the Anaheim Tennis Center $20/player - no part-ner needed - round robin format - all skill levels welcome - refreshments & prizes.

Golf Tournament at Coyote Hills Golf Course On Wednesday, August 29th, 8:00 am, golfers will tee off for an 18 hole Golf Tournament at Coyote Hills Golf Course in Fullerton. The cost is $135/player and includes range balls, golf cart, prizes, breakfast and lunch. Come on out and en-joy one of the area’s nicest golf courses with your friends from APWA.

5K Run/Walk on Tuesday Morning Strap on your running shoes and come out Tuesday morn-ing, August 28th, 7:30 am for our 5K Fun Run along the Santa Ana River bike trail, starting at Katella Avenue. The cost is $25/runner including refreshments and prizes.

Angel Baseball Game Tuesday Evening Come on out to the ball park on Tuesday evening, August 28th 7:05 pm and enjoy the Angels vs Red Sox. The Chap-ter has a block of seats reserved at Angels Stadium. The cost is $35/ticket and the order form is available at http://www.apwa.net/congress/2012/attendees/Special-Events#Baseball .

Give Life with the Red Cross Blood Drive The Public Works community has a history of responding to humanitarian needs. APWA and the American Red Cross will be conducting a Blood Drive during the 2012 Congress and both donors and volunteers are needed.

Can you spare an hour to donate blood or a couple of hours to assist with the Blood Drive? The donation area at the Convention Center is open from 8:00am - 3:00pm on Mon-day and Tuesday during Congress. No advance paper work is needed to donate blood – just show up with your driver’s license and we will do the rest! Please consider giving your time and blood as a life-affirming gesture. It will be greatly appreciated, and someday, the recipient could be you or a loved one. Give Life! Give to the Blood Drive at the 2012 Congress. Thank you.

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Santa Monica Street Maintenance: Launching a Better Software Solution In 2010, the Santa Monica Street Maintenance Division launched an electronic work order system to track and man-age labor hours and work history. Get tips for selecting and launching a new system and how to use such a system to advocate for additional resources. Mr. Ryan K. Kraemer, Senior Administrative Analyst Mr. Sylvester Mabry, LEED AP, Acting Street & Fleet Ser-vices Manager Ms. Homa Mojtabai, Administrative Analyst Mr. Robin Jarrett, Street Maintenance Supervisor City of Santa Monica

Go Green without Going Extreme! The centerpiece project of the City of Corona, California’s renewable energy efforts, is a one (1) kilowatt grid-tie solar bus shelter micro grid that offset the costs of a newly in-stalled traffic signal intersection. The Solar Bus Shelter spins the meter backwards during the day, saving the City 25% of its annual signal intersection utility costs. Ms. Julie Ferrick Mr. Andrew Ferrick, President and CEO Solade Concepts, Corona

Succeeding at Succession Planning Recognizing that it is imperative that institutional knowledge be passed on to the next generation of leaders, the City of Thousand Oaks has developed an Employee Leadership Academy, a Mentoring Program, and outreach and intern-ships with local colleges and high schools. Mr. Jay T. Spurgin, PE, Deputy Public Works Director City of Thousand Oaks Transforming Trash Collection Save Money and Im-prove Services The County of Los Angeles has replaced an open market trash collection system with a series of franchise and non-exclusive franchise agreements. Using competitive bidding, 21 customized exclusive residential franchises have been implemented reducing monthly trash bills. The commercial sector trash collection will switch to franchising in 2012. Mr. Paul Alva, PE, MPA, Senior Civil Engineer Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

On-Call Design Build - How it Works & the Benefits For the right type of capital improvement project, the design-build process offers speed and pricing advantages over de-sign-bid-build. Three cities that have had success with on-call design-build will discuss its pros and cons. Mr. Javier Saunders, Regional Manager - San Diego Harris & Associates, San Diego Mr. Mike Shull, Superintendent, Planning, Construction, and Maintenance, City of Los Angeles Ms. Nancy Smith, Attorney At Law Nossaman LLP, Los Angeles

Incorporating Solar Power into Water System Operation Discover how the Los Angeles County’s Waterworks District facility in Lancaster, California, is being transitioned to a solar power system to offset the power loads from operating three wells and four booster pumps. This project is the first example in the District of using a renewable energy source for operations. Mr. Clark Ajwani, PE, Waterworks Division Los Angeles County Public Works

New Technology Delivers High Density Parking Review three case studies that compare construction costs, operational costs, and benefits of automated parking vs. conventional, ramp access parking. Find out about the sus-tainable design aspects of automated parking and it when it makes sense to consider this option. Mr. Oscar Delgado, Director of Public Works City of West Hollywood — And other panelists

Asset Management vs. Asset Maintenance Examine the differences and similarities between asset management vs. maintenance management systems. Learn about Pinellas County, Florida’s approach and the delinea-tion makes between the two processes to allocate resources more effectively. Mr. Jeff M. Thurman, CPM LA Consulting, Manhattan Beach

Diversifying Solid Waste Management Practices in the Country’s Most Populous County Los Angeles County is implementing three demonstration projects for conversion of solid waste into electricity, biofu-els, and other beneficial products. Each project will use a different technology and process feedstock composed of

CONGRESS 2012 FEATURES 54 SPEAKERS FROM CALIFORNIA!

Congress 2012 in Anaheim will feature a huge number of local speakers. Don’t miss the opportunity to

hear about timely topics that are of vital interest to our Southern California Region, given by our friends

and colleagues. Here is a summary of topics and speakers to put on your Congress calendar!

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post-recycled residual MSW. Mr. George Gomez, Administrator Assistant II Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Ten Years of Low Flow Diversions – We Lived and Learned, Now We Share The Los Angeles County Flood Control District has devel-oped a highly effective standard design for Low Flow Diver-sions which continue to evolve as new issues arrive. Up-coming system improvements and their advanced telemetry system will also be discussed. Mr. Bruce Hamamoto, Watershed Management Division Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Zero Waste - It's Not Just about Recycling Anymore Zero Waste = diverting from the landfill at least 90% of waste generated from all sources. Examine innovative strategies for achieving zero waste; review zero waste plans adopted by others; get tips for creating the awareness, ac-ceptance, and behavioral changes necessary for a sustain-able future. Ms. Michelle P. Leonard, Vice President HDR Engineering, Pasadena

A Sustainable Flood Control System - Is It a Pipe Dream? Accurately tracking and predicting future O&M expenditures, while implementing forward-thinking O&M strategies is working for Ventura County. Building on fourteen years of meticulously tracked O&M expenditures, the county calcu-lated just how much each of its wide variety of drainage channels, pipes, pump stations, and dams cost to maintain. A twenty year forecast of flood O&M costs was completed by applying an “aging factor” and predicted inflation rate to the O&M budget. Mr. Karl Novak, Deputy Director, Ventura County

Santa Ana’s Complete Street Multi-Modal Transit Vision The City of Santa Ana is going forward with three transpor-tation projects for transit, access, and economic develop-ment including: a guide way connection with the City of Gar-den Grove; the redevelopment of the Santa Ana Transporta-tion Center into a multi-modal center; and the Santa Ana Boulevard Grade Separation. Mr. Raul Godinez, II, PE, Executive Director of Public Works, City of Santa Ana

Triple Threat – Earthquake, Tsunami, and Radiation: Lessons Learned - 2011 Tohuku, Japan, Earthquake The recovery process for the Mw 9.0 Mw Tohuku earth-quake & tsunami is expected to take 7 years (not including dealing with the radiation from the nuclear power plant.) Ex-amine lessons learned for recovery on such a large scale. Mr. Curtis Edwards, PE, F.ASCE, Vice President, Senior Project Manager, PSOMAS, San Diego

Stop Creeping in your Fleet! Maximizing Utilization by the Cross Function of Equipment Sponsored by the APWA Fleet Services Committee, Fleet creep is seeking to have more backup assets to fill the void when vehicles/equipment are in service more often and for longer periods of time. Discover innovative ways to reduce fleet creep through cross functioning of equipment and other sustainable practices. Ms. Mary Joyce Ivers, CPFP, PWLF, Fleet and Facilities Manager, City of Ventura

How Did Selecting a Project Delivery Method Get So Complicated? Not that long ago, public works projects used the traditional design-bid-build method. Now alternative delivery methods are being tried. Learn the advantages and disadvantages of these methods and figure out what can be replicated in your area. Mr. Michael A. Barbour, Executive Officer Highway Project Director, Los Angeles County MTA & other panelists

Project Cooperation and Shared Services for Cities The County of Los Angeles is home to more than 10,000,000 people. Learn how its public works department integrates the 88 incorporated cities into the county's capital improvement projects as well as shared professional ser-vices and routine maintenance of infrastructure. Ms. Pamela Manning, Business Relations Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Strategic Communication - Telling the Public Wks Story Discover how the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works utilizes effective, coordinated and proactive commu-nication to ensure transparency, develop a better public un-derstanding of public works roles and responsibilities, and to tell the public works story. Mrs. Gail Farber, Director of Public Works Mr. Bob Spencer, Chief, Public Affairs Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Using Risk Management to Reduce Liability for Public Works Agencies The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

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(Continued from Page 7) presents its Risk Management System (RMS), which includes a dashboard and reports that are used to track the progress of corrective action plans (CAP) developed to reduce or eliminate future claims and lawsuits against the department. Mr. Dave Diotalevi Mr. Steve Hennessee, PE, Principle Engineer Mr. Dean Lehman, PE Assistant Deputy Director Mr. Robert Scharf County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works

Using ShakeCast for Damage Assessment and Emer-gency Response after an Earthquake Discover how public works agencies can utilize ShakeCast, an earthquake monitoring and facility damage assessment system, operated by the United States Geological Society (USGS), to prioritize and deploy inspection teams to the most damaged facilities after an earthquake event. Mr. Tommy Muttaraid, Associate Civil Engineer Los Angeles County Department of Public Works

Going Green with ARTIC The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center

(ARTIC) will be an environmental and sustainable transpor-tation facility where people can move seamlessly between multiple modes of transit services to reach Southern Califor-nia activity centers and business districts. Ms. Jamie Lai, Transit Manager, City of Anaheim Ms. Virginia Tanzmann, FAIA, LEED AP, Vice President Parsons Brinckerhoff, PB Architecture, Inc., Mr. Albert H. Kaneshiro, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate, Project Manager, HOK

You Picked All the "Low-Hanging Fruit," Now What? Learn where to go next after you’ve resolved the easier and more obvious issues in your facilities. This session presents case studies showing different ways public works agencies can improve a building’s energy performance—operationally, financially, and environmentally. Ms. Mary Joyce Ivers, CPFP, PWLF, Fleet and Facilities Manager, City of Ventura Mr. Harry C. Lorick, PE, PTOE, Principal, LA Consulting, Inc., Manhattan Beach

Wednesday, August 29th

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It’s Not Too Late! Announcing our New Sponsorship Branding Program

Your Company can still sponsor one of our special events or activities such as hospitality area, sports events, Futures Program (College Students), prizes and gifts, and more. Opportunities range from $500 to $5,000. See your logo displayed at Congress!

Visit www.APWACongress2012.com for details.

Congratulations To Southern California’s Insight Newsmagazine

Committee For

The 2012 Award for Exceptional Performance

in Chapter Journalism

Please Join us for the Award Presentation at Congress 2012

Monday, August 27 at 5 pm

Greenbook Seminar at Congress 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 Anaheim Hilton at the Convention Ctr 7:30 am to 4:30 pm—Including Lunch on Exhibit Floor at Congress between

11:30 am and 1:30 pm

Attend our Greenbook Seminar & Congress 2012, too! Space is limited - for more details and to register on-line visit http://southernca.apwa.net.

$129 per person Greenbooks available for purchase on site.

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VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHT

Would you like to earn free time at Congress? Would you like to see your staff members who don't usually get to at-tend an APWA Congress earn free time, too? It’s as easy as clicking your mouse!

The website to volunteer to help at Congress 2012 in Ana-heim is now ready for volunteers to register. You and your employees will be able to choose from over 400 volunteer jobs such as monitoring education sessions, greeting atten-dees in the exhibit hall, checking attendees into special events, staffing hotel welcome tables, meeting attendees in the Host Chapter hospitality area, and many other duties.

When you volunteer for a job for part of a day at Congress, the rest of the day is yours to enjoy for free! Or if you vol-unteer for a job that takes place before Congress begins, such as Registration bag stuffing, you can return to Con-gress once it opens for free time! This is a terrific opportu-nity for your employees who would usually not get to travel to a convention out of our area.

All you have to do is visit our Volunteer Sign-up website and make your selections. You can volunteer for any job and let the committee assign you where you are needed, or you can pick the specific job, day and time. Just visit http://www2.apwa.net/meetings/congress/volunteer.asp, make your choices and click submit at the bottom of the web-page! Everything you need to know about volunteering is

on this website. You will receive an email confirmation of your selections and an ID number that will allow you to change your selection should your schedule change. Our volunteer slots are filling up fast, so don’t wait too long! And thanks very much for your help!

VOLUNTEER AT CONGRESS 2012 AND ATTEND FOR FREE! LISA ANN RAPP l BETH GEORGE l CO-CHAIRS CONGRESS 2012 VOLUNTEERS AND OPERATIONS COMMITTEE

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CONGRESS FUTURES PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS BONNIE TEAFORD l TONY OLMOS l SHONNA SOMER l CO-CHAIRS FUTURES COMMITTEE

Futures Day is designed to introduce college students ma-joring in engineering or a technical trade to the wonderful world of public works as a career opportunity. This fun-filled day will include networking opportunities, free passes to the exhibit floor where students can see the latest in public works equipment and technology, a panel discussion

with public works professionals, free lunch, and a technical tour of a local construction project. Futures Day is held at no charge to students and is scheduled for Tuesday, Au-gust 28, 2012.

If you are interested in participating in the Futures Pro-gram, or if you know of a college level student who is, please email us at apwa2012anaheimfutures@gmail.com and provide us with your First and Last Name, School, Ad-dress, Phone Number, and Email address. A member of the Futures Committee will contact you and provide you with additional information as the day of the event nears. Committee Co-Chairs are Ms. Bonnie Teaford, PE, Director of Public Works, City of Burbank; Ms. Shonna Sommer, PE, Project Manager, Calleguas Municipal Water District; and Mr. Tony Olmos, PE, City Engineer, City of Huntington Beach.

Our Apology……. In our last issue of

Insight, we neglected to list three of our sponsors who generously supported the 2012 Chapter Dinner Dance. They were: Interwest Consulting Group, RBF, and Harris & Associates. Please know how much we appreciate you and all our sponsors!

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INSIGHT PLANNING SPECIAL CONGRESS 2012 EDITION LISA ANN RAPP l EDITOR/PUBLISHER l INSIGHT—SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER NEWSMAGAZINE

CONGRESS OFFERS FIVE GREAT TECHNICAL TOURS GEORGE ALVAREZ l CO-CHAIR l TECHNICAL TOURS COMMITTEE

If you are attending the 2012 Congress in Anaheim, you won’t want to miss out on the opportunity to attend one of the five tours being offered on August 29, 2012 between 7:30 am and 11:00 am. Earn CEUs and see firsthand one of the tours listed below. Space is limited so be sure to sign up as early as possible.

Orange County Sanitation District Facility Participants will tour the largest sanitation district in Orange County and learn about the basic steps of wasterwater treat-ment before it is recycled back into the ocean, how biosolids are recycled back into useable products, and the strategic plan and budget process to manage and fund the agency.

Caltrans District 12 Traffic Management Center This tour includes a visit to the actual TMC, followed by a presentation and virtual tour. The tour will present key fea-tures of the building and the traffic management center, and the activities that are coordinated with the California High-way Patrol.

Port of Long Beach Board a boat and tour the second busiest harbor in the na-tion! Enjoy the spectacle of giant cargo ships being loaded and unloaded. The tour will discuss the expansion and op-eration of the port.

Robert B. Diemer Water Treatment Plant The Diemer facility is one of the five treatment plants of MWD system. The tour will cover the control center, the treatment facilities including various stages of water treat-ment, and the outflow tunnels.

Mickey and Disney Tour along with a visit to the Trans-portation Facilities Mickey and Friends is one of the largest parking structures in the country and Anaheim is host to millions of visitor trips per year in addition to local commuter traffic in the Re-sort. The participants will learn how the City of Anaheim and Disney work together to manage the traffic on a daily basis.

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The Chapter Newsmagazine Committee is preparing a spe-cial Congress 2012 Edition to celebrate Public Works in Southern California, and to highlight our Chapter Sponsors and Committees. If you would like to suggest an article,

photo, or feature, we would love to hear from you. Each Congress attendee and vendor will receive a copy. Submis-sion window closes July 20th; space is filling up fast! Con-tact Lisa Rapp at lrapp@lakewoodcity.org with your ideas!

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SPOTLIGHT ON SOCAL

Acknowledging our Congress 2012 Sponsors:

$10,000 Southern California Edison URS Corporation GHD (formerly Winzler & Kelly)

APWA Chapters and Branches: $25,000 Ventura Chapter $25,000 San Diego Chapter $10,000 Sacramento Chapter $2,500 High Desert Branch $2,500 Inland Empire Branch $5,000 Coachella Valley Branch $1,000 Northern California Chapter $1,000 Silicon Valley Chapter $250 Central Coast Chapter

Visit the Congress 2012 website at: www.APWACongress2012.com for a complete list of sponsorship benefits & pledge support now!

$2,500 Willdan HR Green, Inc. HDR Psomas Rick Engineering

$1,500 Port of Long Beach Rutan & Tucker

$1,000 ASCE LA Section Anaheim Public Utilities Group Delta Consultants, Inc. LaBelle Marvin

Recycle Anaheim Tait & Associates Twining, Inc. Hall & Forman Stantec VA Consulting, Inc.

$5,000 AndersonPenna Partners Harris & Assoc. Huitt Zollars Hill International Interwest Consulting Group

SA Associates Atkins North America Southern California Gas Company GK & Associates RBF

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See our new dedicated website at www.APWACongress2012.com!

Public Works Institute Module No. 3

Southern California Chapter

October 23, 24, and 25, 2012 Embassy Suites, Downey

Customer Service Conduct Effective Mtgs Delegation & Empower-ment of Employees Presentation Skills & Re-port Writing Action Plans Team Development Workplace Safety

Ethics Creating Partnerships Contracting/Bidding Emergency Mgmt Water/Waste/Storm Water Engineering & Technology Operations ...and much more.

Management Skills & Organizational Design

$399*/person APWA members, Member # required. $499*/person nonmember. Includes class notes, breakfast, snacks & lunch. Visit http://southernca.apwa.net to register. Limited to 40.

Taught by APWA’s Past Presidents and Top Public Works Directors & Practitioners

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Jul 26 ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP BBQ—Honoring Scholars and Sponsors Rio Hondo Events

Center—Downey, CA

Aug 26-29 APWA International Congress & Exposition Anaheim, CA

Aug 28—CA Chapters Dinner The Grove—Anaheim, CA

Sep 18 High Desert Branch General Membership Luncheon Santa Clarita, CA

Sep 20 G.I.S. Seminar Cypress Community Center—Cypress, CA

Sep 27 CHAPTER LUNCHEON Lakewood, CA

Oct 1 Coachella Valley Branch Membership Meeting Mission Hills CC—Rancho Mirage, CA

Oct 24-26 Public Works Institute—Mod 3 Embassy Suites—Downey, CA

Oct 25 CHAPTER LUNCHEON Lakewood, CA

Dec 12 B.E.S.T. CHAPTER AWARDS PROGRAM Sycamore Plaza—Lakewood, CA

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Sponsorship Opportunities

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Honoring Outstanding Public Projects. Programs, and Public Works Leaders

13th Annual BEST Awards December 12, 2012

Coming Soon — Online applications at http://southernca.apwa.net

Watch our website and emails for important announcements on applications and deadlines.

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JULY 26 - Annual Scholarship BBQ Rio Hondo Events Center in Downey Annually, APWA Southern California Chapter honors our scholarship recipients and the sponsors of our scholarship program. Come and meet the future leaders of our profession as they prepare for their next academic year. We will also honor new APWA life members and the hard-working members of the Greenbook Committee. Be sure to reserve your place on-line at our chapter website.

SEPT 27 - Sustainability The Centre at Sycamore Plaza in Lakewood Panel of experts covers groundbreaking new ideas!