City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

• Respond to the Provincial housing legislation changes; Perform a review of the Certified Professional Program, implementing streamlining, quality assurance and oversight opportunities; • Develop a performance monitoring program for Plumbing and Building permits, to provide a transparent, data -driven, quality assurance oversight program and identify opportunities for improvement and training (based on the Electrical Performance Monitoring Program), in Plumbing and Building; • Plan and host a Single-Family Dwelling Designers Forum to discuss new processes and online tools, and to provide tips for enhanced streamlining of approval processes including quality and completeness of submissions; • Plan and hold a Small Builders Forum to discuss new processes and online tools, and provide tips for enhanced successes during building field reviews; •

• Provide end-to-end online permitting capabilities for building and planning permit process; • Enable Digital Plan Reviews for all permit types; • Research and pilot digital compliance, tools to augment the effectiveness of staff and provide applicants enhanced compliance reporting; • Advance the Official Community Plan update to comprehensively support housing needs integration, climate action and the assessment of all agricultural, food-producing land in Surrey, with a view to protecting these lands for the purpose of addressing future food security requirements; • Continue to advance SkyTrain related Neighbourhood Concept Plans (“NCPs"), including the Fleetwood Plan, Clayton Plan and 196th Street NCP; • Complete NCPs for South Westminster Stage and South Campbell Heights; and • Initiate NCPs for Grandview 5 East.

PUBLIC SAFETY

• Continue to support the accelerated delivery of the new Cloverdale hospital and BC Cancer Centre, with continued support for Fraser Health Authority and their project team to prepare and advance the Building Permit Application; and

• Continue to resolve non-permitted construction, streamlining citizen complaints, inquiries, and follow-up. New processes have been established to align activities and responses between the Building Division, Bylaw Division, and Legal Services Division.

City of Surrey | 2024—2028 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | Planning & Development

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