2018-19 City of Surrey Engineering Goals and Accomplishments

MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER Thank you, staff, for your tremendous work throughout 2019 which made it another successful year where our Department continued to provide service excellence to our community. At the start of the year, our leadership team established nearly 150 Strategic Initiatives for 2019 to endeavor for the City’s vision of a Thriving, Green and Inclusive City. Our initiatives were comprehensive and focused on the four Surrey Excels This year, staff finalized the Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy (CFAS) while securing $77 Million in federal funding for our Disaster Adaptation Mitigation Fund (DMAF). This was the largest funding ever received by the City. With this funding, and in collaboration with multiple external agencies, our CFAS has led to the City’s $178 Million DMAF Program which will see our staff deliver numerous capital projects over the next eight years to increase resiliency of our infrastructure to mitigate impacts of sea level rise and climate change.

lenses of Surrey Citizens , City Funds , Our Processes and Our People . This Annual Report highlights some of the key initiatives we accomplished in 2019 – all of which were achieved through our staff’s dedication, collaboration, teamwork, and innovative approaches to service our community. 2019 was a year in which our Department exemplified incredible change management skills as we delivered objectives of our new Council while completing long-range strategic plans that set the stage for climate change and sustainability initiatives for future years. Collectively, we successfully transitioned from LRT to SkyTrain on Fraser Highway and worked collaboratively with TransLink to deliver a concept design and favourable business case. Staff have supported Council’s principles of smart development, streamlined processes to improve service delivery, and established three new social housing sites.

This year our Department also led various safety and health initiatives for our staff, and we were the recipient of numerous prestigious awards that recognized our innovation, dedication to continuous improvement and service delivery. Amongst the award winners was our excellence in Snow and Ice Winter Maintenance, our Vision Zero Safe Mobility Plan and our CFAS for climate resilience. Looking forward to 2020, our Strategic Initiatives will continue to focus on securing final approvals and commencing procurement for SkyTrain, streamlining processes to improve service levels, delivery of our DMAF and capital program, and developing various strategic plans and climate action measures that will support the City’s broader objectives. Thank you for your collective support to help our Department achieve our accomplishments and for your continued commitment to our citizens.

Scott Neuman General Manager, Engineering Department

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2019 ACCOMPLISHMENTS | ENGINEERING