On November 20, Cal Poly Air Quality Engineering class visited the APCD Office for an educational tour of our air monitoring lab and facility. This is the fifth visit that APCD staff has helped coordinate on behalf of 44 aspiring engineers with the purpose of enhancing their air monitoring class knowledge with the help from Air Quality Specialists.

Professor Thatcher, Ph.D. of the Cal Poly Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, expressed her sincere gratitude to the SLO County APCD for facilitating this educational visit, as well as to the staff that took the time and made the effort to talk to the students. Professor Thatcher also noted other benefits of having this kind of exposure to real life air quality monitoring, "this increased the learning of the students and brought up other aspects of the monitoring system. The feedback from my students has been incredibly positive.  They feel that the tour gave them a much better understanding of the monitoring system in the county and throughout the state, and the data it produces." 

APCD staff involved in this presentation are grateful for the opportunity of talking to a future generation of environmental engineers, and look forward to the possibility of continuing with this kind of educational tour. 

The APCD Board extends its appreciation to Kevin Kaizuka, for his 20 years of combined service to SLO County and the APCD.

Kevin came to work for the District in 2007 as the manager of our Fiscal and Administrative Services Division. In that capacity, Kevin has overseen the development and updating of our long-range fiscal plan, preparation and implementation of our annual budget, tracking of all daily financial issues, and maintained an unblemished record of outstanding independent financial audits of the agency. In his 12 years with the County, Kevin worked for the Auditor-Controller in a variety of increasingly responsible positions in the internal audit and accounting divisions before taking charge of accounting operations at Public Works for 24 special districts under their oversight.

In his spare time, Kevin is an avid mountain biker who enjoys competing in races, volunteer work building and maintaining the public trail systems throughout the county, volunteering at the County Animal Shelter, and is an active computer gamer who spends many a late night battling online foes. Kevin also enjoys spending down time with his wife and dogs.