| | | Public Works Awareness Week | | School children and adults from the Conejo Valley and surrounding areas are invited to attend the annual City of Thousand Oaks Public Works Open House at the Municipal Service Center, located at 1993 Rancho Conejo Boulevard, in Newbury Park. The open house celebrates National Public Works Awareness Week and acquaints residents with services provided by the City, including tree and landscape maintenance, repair and maintenance of the City’s vehicle fleet, street maintenance, recycling program, and the operation of water and wastewater systems within the City’s service area. The tour features our Thousand Oaks Transit buses which run on compressed natural gas (CNG). One of many tour highlights is a bus ride through the Municipal Service Center’s carwash which recycles our water. This year the 20th Annual City of Thousand Oaks Public Works Open House will be held on May 18-20, 2010; tours start at 8:00 a.m. and reservations are required. To make reservations, or for additional information, please provide the following information: your name, your phone number and the number of people in your group who are planning on attending the tour, then email PublicWorksMSC@toaks.org. National Public Works Week (NPWW) is a celebration of the tens of thousands of men and woman in North America who provide and maintain the infrastructure and services collectively known as Public Works. To learn more about the history and why the City of Thousand Oaks celebrates NPWW, please visit the American Public Works Association (APWA) website at http://www.apwa.net/About/NPWW/. Thousand Oaks is proud to have been featured in APWA Reporter Magazine! Read about the highlights of our tour and see photos from our annual event. We look forward to seeing you at this year's event! | View 2010 Invitation>> Message from APWA>>  Thousand Oaks is Featured in APWA Reporter Magazine>> | Highlights of Public Works Week! |  Fleet staff show off the vehicle lift. The lift can hold up to 60,000 pounds! |  Public Works staff explain traffic signals. | |  The children are full of questions in the sign shop. |  The sweeper cleans the street to keep our storm drains free of pollutants and debris. | |  Children learn by feeling the rings of the trees. |  One of the old favorites of Public Works Week - the M.S.C. Welding Shop. Watch the sparks fly! | |  Wendy the water drop teaches about water conservation. |  Tree crew staff demonstrate the aerial lift which can reach 80' in the air! | | |
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