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City Manager

 Mayor and Council committed to support the development of the next phase of the Crime Reduction Strategy through the development of a new, broader portfolio. This process began with the creation of a new staffing position called Director, Public Safety Strategies. The intent of the new position is to provide additional focus to the integration of all public safety portfolios and City Departments in order to achieve results which align with Council’s vision of managing public safety. Building on current service delivery models, work undertaken in this new approach will focus on enhancing program integration and effectiveness while also identifying and implementing new initiatives that reflect an innovative and progressive approach to public safety;  Supported the Surrey RCMP Domestic Violence Unit in planning and delivering one workshop on Substance Use & Domestic Violence. Funding for this workshop was received through a civil forfeiture grant provided to the RCMP Domestic Violence Unit;  Worked with the City’s Human Resources Department and ICBC to organize an employee education campaign focused on pedestrian safety and distracted driving;  Further developed strong partner relationships with Aboriginal serving agencies including the Native Court Workers Association of BC;  Worked with CUPE 402 and City outside workers (Parks and

 The Public Safety Strategies office received a $30,000 Crime Prevention & Remediation Grant from BC Civil Forfeiture funds to support the work of the Vulnerable Women and Girls Working Group resulting in the delivery of 3 collaborative planning workshops designed to identify areas of need, reduce gaps in service, and improve supports for the target population. The project succeeded in bringing together professionals from nine non-profit service agencies, a range of provincial and federal government ministries, the RCMP, academics, as well as a separate reference group consisting of women and female youth with experience of vulnerability and street- engagement. As a result of this collaboration, three projects were identified as being needed in the City of Surrey. These are a women’s overnight drop-in, a mobile assistance program van, and a youth overnight drop-in;  The Office of Public Safety continued to lead the work of the Surrey Coalition Against Domestic Abuse (SCADA) conference planning committee in the development of the annual training forum for service providers. As an extension of this work, the Rakhi Project (broader public education and awareness campaign on domestic abuse) was also expanded in its outreach with the development of a Rakhi Project toolkit to support municipalities who have expressed interest in replicating this project in their own communities;  Successfully enforced the City’s bylaws in business license hearings;  Provide legal and corporate secretarial support services to the Surrey City Development Corporation;

Engineering) to gather staff input specific to reporting examples to assist in the development of a revitalization of the City Watch program in 2016;

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