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City Manager

Corridor. The work shares with the community and entrepreneurs various venues, institutions, events, organizations and public art pieces that comprise the Cultural Corridor;  Creation of City - SFU Joint Venture to establish and fulfill Innovation Boulevard Business Plan;  Increase business license revenue by increasing enforcement efforts and inspections;  Made the Inter Municipal Business License pilot project with 11 Fraser Valley municipalities a permanent program;  Made the Metro West Inter Municipal Business License pilot project with 6 Metro Vancouver municipalities a permanent program;  Administered the 2016 Tax Exemption process resulting in the management, review and processing of 500 property applications;  Through three 2015 Canadian Transportation Agency decisions, Surrey has changed the law as it relates to railway crossings in both the federal and provincial schemes. Previously the CTA would impose indemnities in favour of railways in its terms of approval; a practice which has existed for decades. Surrey successfully convinced the CTA that this was not appropriate and as such, the law on this issue has changed across Canada; and  Successfully transitioned from contractor managed Surrey Animal

 Led Innovation Boulevard marketing including new website, newsletter, social media, content development and online dashboard to showcase success metrics;  Retention and expansion of existing businesses and attraction of new businesses through outreach, advocacy, and market expansion including:  Outreach: Conducted 80 (YTD) comprehensive one-on-one business visits; and  Advocacy: Took action on over 90 issues raised during business visits and reported back to business contacts.  Organized and led the transit referendum business educational campaign in partnership with BIAs, Chambers and board of trade;  Hosted an educational social media workshop in partnership with Surrey Tourism to increase online presence of Surrey based businesses and promote the True Surrey brand. Approximately 40 companies attended the event;  Hosted six Surrey Tech Meet-ups in partnership with the BC Technology Industry Association to support entrepreneurs, create connections and showcase companies;  Revitalized Newton’s 137th Street through the Newton Pop Up Art initiative that placed art in empty shop windows, created new public art exhibits and established a gallery space for artistic groups and students to showcase their work; a central tenant to the Cultural Corridor initiative;  Mapped and created an online resource to highlight the artistic and cultural infrastructure along King George Boulevard – Surrey’s Cultural

Resource Centre to City staff, in collaboration with CUPE 402.

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