COS Financial Plan 2018 - 2022

ENGINEERING

EDUCATION & CULTURE

 Through direct contact with residents, we have doubled our Large Item Pick- Up participation rates from an average 15% per year to 30%; and  Hosted four Pop Up Junk Drop events between June and July 2017 with approximately 1,000 tonnes of waste and recycle materials collected and 62% of waste diverted from landfill. In addition, over 55 tonnes of reusable materials were recovered by non-profit agencies working with the City.  Received the “Award for Community Celebration” by the Public Works Association of BC for the City’s Public Works Week. This award recognizes the City’s ability to inform the public about the essential role that public works plays in the quality for our community and for promoting public works as a career choice; and  Presented on how the City of Surrey uses the Bluebeam software in our digital review of land development servicing drawings at the 2017 Bluebeam eXtreme Conference in Los Angeles.

 Received the “Exceptional Performance Award in Public Works Journalism” by the American Public Works Association in recognition of the City’s exceptional performance in presenting a positive image of our community and the public works profession. This is the first time a Canadian city has received this prestigious award;  Received Metro Vancouver Board

approval for new utilities through Tynehead Regional Park to support development at 162A Street;

INFRASTRUCTURE

 Completed construction of the Surrey Biofuel facility )operations will commence December 2017);  Completed the South Surrey Operations Centre on time and budget in November of 2017;  Streamlined GIS update of new water assets or assets that require correct information with IT in order to have the right information updated in GIS as soon as it becomes available;

FUTURE INITIATIVES, GOALS & OBJECTIVES

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

 Reduce illegal dumping and associated costs by 50% over the next 5 years (year 4 of 5).

 Implement Surrey Disaster Debris Management Plan, in alignment with the Regional Engineer’s Advisory Committee adopted resolution, and integrated the Joint Municipal Regional Disaster Debris Management Operational Plan within our emergency management plans; and

the future lives here.

2018-2022 Financial Plan

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