January 28, 2023 Moorpark Acorn Eye on the Environment George Doran was the first to say goals should be “SMART.” His mnemonic acronym for goals, in the November 1981 issue of Management Review, said goals should be specific, measureable, assignable, realistic and time-related. While various adjustments have slightly changed the acronym since then—the last three…
TRANSPORTATION PROJECT DESCRIPTION Hueneme Road Widening (Edison Dr to Rice Ave) ESTIMATED ENVIRONMENTAL COST $880,000 ESTIMATED DESIGN COST $1,200,000 ESTIMATED RIGHT OF WAY COST $15,000,000 ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COST $26,000,000 CONST. START DATE TBD CONST. END DATE TBD PROJECT MANAGER/ DESIGN ENGINEER Matthew Hespenheide CONTACT NUMBER (805) 654-2187 Location Map – Hueneme Road Widening (Edison…
January 21, 2023 Yahoo! Written By David Goldstein Gas stoves have been entangled by a social media kerfuffle in recent weeks after a U.S. Consumer Product Safety commissioner’s comments prompted exaggerated responses that government agents would be coming for said stoves. Amid the drama, regulators have been described as technocratic authoritarians. But through examples in…
January 18, 2023 VC Reporter Written By David Goldstein George Doran was the first to say goals should be “SMART.” His mnemonic acronym for goals, in the November 1981 issue of Management Review, said goals should be specific, measurable, assignable, realistic and time-related. While various adjustments have slightly changed the acronym since then — the…
January 7, 2023 VC Star By David Goldstein Boxing Day, which follows Christmas, is a holiday originating in Great Britain and now celebrated throughout Europe and in many countries previously part of the British Empire. In America, any trash collection day in the two-week period following Christmas might also be called Boxing Day, but for…
January 3, 2023 Ojai Valley News An engineer who’s served Ventura County for more than 37 years has been named Legacy Professional of the Year by the American Public Works Association. Chris Hooke, deputy director of the Ventura County Transportation Department, has overseen approximately 200 transportation improvement projects on the county road system in the…
VCMC Parking Lot ImprovementsCompletion Date N/A SUPERVISOR DISTRICT #1 OWNER: VENTURA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PROJECT MANAGER: DEVI NALLAMALA CONTACT NUMBER: 805-658-4354 Project Location: The project site is comprised of a 1.7-acre portion of Assessor’s Parcel No. 074-0-170-080 within the Ventura County Medical Center campus. More specifically, the site is located at 375 Hillmont Avenue, Ventura.…
December 21, 2022 The Californer VENTURA, Calif. – Californer — Ventura County Public Works Agency Engineering Services completed the Fillmore Library’s $2.5 million expansion project in November 2022. The expansion allows the library to offer programs and services to the community including greater access to computers and the internet, early childhood literacy programs, English as…
December 12, 2022 Ventura County Star Rainfall reaches 8 inches in mountains, runs near an inch on coast. The Ventura County mountains recorded up to 8 inches of rainfall during the three-day storm ending Monday morning, according to data from the Ventura County Watershed Protection District. Most communities in the county received between two-thirds of…
December 9, 2022 Patch Moorpark State fund has over $20m remaining for recycling-based businesses, and more to be allocated next year Three Ventura County businesses were recently approved for 4%, fixed-rate loans totaling $12,739,000 through the Ventura County Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program. The RMDZ is a statewide program consisting of 40 zones, and…