Item 165/2025
Final
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
To:
Lisa L. Kim From: William E. Murray
Dept:
City Manager Dept: Public Works
Date: 5/13/2025
Subject: Adoption of a Proclamation recognizing May 18 – 24, 2025 as National Public Works Week. (Action Item)
OBJECTIVE
For City Council to adopt a proclamation recognizing the week of May 18 - 24, 2025 as National Public Works Week in the City of Garden Grove.
BACKGROUND
Public Works professionals are responsible for planning, building, maintaining, and operating the infrastructure and services essential to public health, safety, environmental sustainability, and the overall quality of life in Garden Grove.
DISCUSSION
The Public Works Department oversees more than $120 million in capital, operating, and utility budgets to manage the City’s infrastructure and services. Public Works divisions include Engineering, Water, Streets, Facilities, and Administration —each critical to sustaining the city’s safety, mobility, public facilities, and utility systems.
In FY 2023-24, the department’s accomplishments included:
Rehabilitating 68 residential and arterial streets and 33,000+ sq. ft. of sidewalk and curb.
Maintenance and upkeep of 139 traffic signals and 840 city-owned street lights. Managing 31 private development projects and constructing citywide infrastructure under a $70 million Capital Improvement Program. Clearing 15 tons of debris from storm channels and cleaning 1.2 million linear feet of sewer lines.
Trimming 2,741 trees, planting 500, and removing 142 dead or hazardous trees.
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Closing 1,800 vehicle maintenance work orders, including support for Public Safety operations.
Completing major capital improvements t o City libraries, parks, and building systems.
Conducting community clean -up events, and successfully implementing SB 1383 organic waste diversion requirements.
The department’s dedicated engineers, managers, and frontline employees work 24/7 to deliver safe drinking water, maintain parks and buildings, respond to emergencies, enhance traffic safety, enforce environmental compliance, and ensure efficient public service delivery.
The theme of this year’s National Public Works Week is “People, Purpose, and Pr esence”, celebrating the workforce whose purpose is to serve the community, whose presence keeps Garden Grove functioning, and whose people power progress.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
Adopt the Proclamation recognizing May 18 – 24, 2025, as National Public Works Week in the City of Garden Grove.
By: Ana V. Neal, Principal Administrative Analyst
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. Proclamation