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Engineering

 Completed a comprehensive review and rewrite of the City’s waste collection services bylaws to reflect the Rethink Waste Collection program for single-family households and Apartment Buildings;  Secured a location for the 2015/2016 Winter Shelter in the City Centre, including managing and coordinating site enhancements and extensive building renovations;  Completed the Unwin Parkland assembly in Newton, as well as completing the Cloverdale Fairgrounds land assembly;  Secured a 7-year lease renewal with the BC Lions for their City Centre location; ECONOMIC  Generate $1,000,000 in new annual lease and rental revenue to the City;  Develop residential subdivisions in Cloverdale and Royal Heights, and sell the finished lots;  Negotiate a lease renewal with Imasco Minerals;  Continue to provide best-in-class conveyancing services;  Assist SCDC in their due-diligence requirements;  Enhance Engineering land development design process by expanding electronic design submission/review to include external utility drawings;  Implement proposed Servicing Agreement changes after review with development industry;

 Invested $17.3 million in the Parkland Acquisition Program. Parkland acquisitions, excluding riparian dedications and parkland transferred to the City as a requirement of subdivision, resulted in 54 acres being added to the City’s park inventory during 2015, and more than 93 acres being added during the last two years;  Acquired the necessary land for the East Bridgeview Pump Station location (Phase IV); and  Secured a 3-year lease renewal for the RCMP Newton District office.

FUTURE INITIATIVES

 Develop criteria to qualify land development project as “priority” for expedited Engineering processing (“nexus”);  Prepare typical project schedule for Engineering component of overall land development process and implement on “priority” projects;  Configure AMANDA changes to streamline Engineering land development inspection processes;  Roll-out Engineering land development project feedback form and complete at least one form with each consultant;  Revise Engineering content of land development web pages to improve information accessibility;

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