2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

STRATEGIC PLANNING AND THE 2025-2029 FINANCIAL PLAN

The City of Surrey has two key corporate high-level strategic frameworks: • Sustainability Charter 2.0 (primarily outward or community-focused); and • Surrey Excels (primarily inward- focused). The vision, goals, and desired outcomes presented in the Sustainability Charter 2.0 articulate what we want to see for our whole community, looking ahead over the next 40 years, toward the vision of A Thriving, Green, Inclusive City. Surrey Excels aligns strongly with the Sustainability Charter 2.0. The framework sets out the City’s internal organizational priorities, measures, and initiatives. Surrey Excels is organized into a tier structure, with the Tier 1 Strategic Map at the overall city-wide or corporate level, and a set of Tier 2 Strategic Maps prepared by each department. Each level reflects the organization’s priorities, including associated key measures and annual strategic initiatives; those at the Tier 2 level link to the corporate Tier 1 level. The Surrey Excels Tier 1 Map outlines the following six organizational priorities: 1. A Vibrant Downtown 2. Liveable, Equitable, Connected Neighbourhoods 3. Housing for All 4. Exceptional Public Safety

Surrey Excels is intended as an inward- facing strategic framework. Each of the strategic initiatives and measures identified in Surrey Excels fits into one or more of the eight themes of the Sustainability Charter 2.0. For the 2025-2029 Financial Plan, a set of corporate and departmental strategic initiatives and key measures, some of which are drawn from Surrey Excels Strategy Maps, have been organized according to the eight themes of the Sustainability Charter 2.0. These provide a snapshot of the strategic direction and priorities of the City, which are facilitated through the delivery of the annual Five Year Financial Plan. The Climate Change Action Strategy (“CCAS”) was approved in 2023 and will provide strategic direction for the City, and align with both the Charter and Surrey Excels. The CCAS will be integrated in the City’s Strategic planning framework, including the Financial Plan.

5. Service Excellence 6. Employer of Choice

Each of the six organizational priorities has clear measures to indicate the City’s progress in each area, as well as a list of key strategic initiatives related to each priority.

City of Surrey | 2025—2029 Financial Plan | Executive Overview

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