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How to Use a Risk-Based Approach to Save Money Managing Your Stormwater Assets

While water and wastewater systems typically have dedicated funding resources to address system issues, identifying and choosing the most cost-effective approach to stormwater management can be a struggle. Risk-based asset…

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Fleet Services Open Forum

Hosted by APWA’s Fleet Services CommitteeThis session features Fleet professionals in open discussion about the current trends, challenges, and solutions in fleet management practices. Discover what resources are available to…

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Through the Looking Glass: Using Metrics to Easily Communicate Your Success

There is a lot of pressure on local governments today to transition to a more citizen-centric form of service delivery that is transparent, holds government accountable, and provides an easy…

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Impacts of Homelessness on Public Works

Across the nation, higher rents and a shortage of low-income housing are increasing homelessness and challenges to public works departments in keeping the public-rights-of-way safe and clean. The City of…

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Connecting Communities: Massive Project Completion in South Orange County

Fossils, politics, endangered species, and a landfill-the $127 million La Pata Avenue Gap Closure project in Southern Orange County, California, encountered more challenges than they could have imagined during the…

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Ethical Yoga – How Flexible Are Your Principles

Ethics are complicated. Sometimes public works professionals are faced with difficult public policy choices that may stretch our ethical boundaries. Discover how to create and maintain an ethical culture in…

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If We Must Downsize Lets Do It Right

Discover how to maintain core services and make better use of resources in the face of declining revenues. Examine strategies for organizational realignment, equipment and process changes, management system implementation,…

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Public Outreach during Construction: How to Turn Concerned Commuters into Project Advocates

You have spent months, even years, planning, designing and raising money to build your public works project. How do you keep the public and key stakeholders informed? How can you…

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Spotlight on Operations & Maintenance: Empowering Employees to Achieving Organizational Excellence

This session will explore the journey the City of West Des Moines Public Services embarked on to change the culture within its organization and the results that have been achieved.…

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ADA: Project Civic Access – It May Be Headed Your Way

" Project Civic Access is a Department of Justice project to audit a municipality's compliance with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). The project now includes 185 settlement agreements with…

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