City of Surrey 2019 Annual Financial Report

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

The Engineering Department provides city services relating to transportation, solid waste, water, sewer, drainage, district energy, land development and the management of real estate assets. The department consists of the following: Design & Construction, Land Development, Realty Services, Operations, Utilities, and Transportation Divisions.

LAND DEVELOPMENT Land Development coordinates sites servicing for all land development projects and building permits, provides inspection services to meet Council-adopted standards and requirements and delivers administrative support of client services. OPERATIONS Operations maintains the City’s engineering infrastructure including roads, drainage, sewer and water operations, and its fleet of vehicles and equipment. This division is also responsible for waste and recycling services and business enhancement initiatives. REALTY SERVICES Realty Services manages the acquisitions, dispositions, leasing and licensing of the City’s real estate portfolio. This includes property appraisal and assembly of property for civic purpose projects and use and purchasing of land for the Parkland Acquisition Program.

DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION The Design & Construction Division is responsible for delivering the Engineering Capital Construction Program and providing survey work. TRANSPORTATION Surrey’s Transportation Division plans and manages the multi-modal infrastructure and services. These sections include Transportation Planning, Traffic Management, Transportation Infrastructure, Road Safety, and Parking Services. This Division is also responsible for delivering GIS services for the City and Communications for the Engineering Department. UTILITIES The Utilities Division is responsible for planning infrastructure required to deliver important services to our City such as, district energy, sanitary sewer, water, drainage, and environmental services

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• Secured property, and completed extensive building renovations, to accommodate a 42-bed homeless shelter in the City Centre, in support of the City’s homeless and vulnerable population. • Subdivided and provided a City-owned property, under a long-term lease, to BC Housing for the 130- unit Green Timbers Supportive Housing project. • Implemented a Safety Qualification Statement for counter permit contractors which documents their level of safety training and provides assurances of City safety requirements in order to reduce safety violations and safeguard Surrey’s travelling public. • Mandatory internal safety certification training for all Engineering Operations employees to foster a safe work environment and share safety innovations. • Expanded the Road Weather Information System, with 10 new stations to enable predictive snow and ice road condition forecasting and continuously improve winter maintenance activities. • Managed the Surrey Biofuel Facility to process the City’s organic waste into 70,000 gigajoules of renewable natural gas, reducing both community and corporate GHG emissions and generating offset credits toward carbon neutrality.

• Enhanced the GIS and capital project planning process to improve access to information about the City’s capital projects. • Implemented new digital solutions across the Department, including drawing review process and ‘E-Sign’ live, which supports more environmentally sustainable practices, streamlines processes and reduces costs. • Increased the number of land development projects able to use surety bonds as an alternate form of security to facilitate development and encourage reinvestment in the City. • Implemented Surrey Disaster Debris Management Plan to ensure an operational framework for managing large volumes of debris after an emergency event. • Increased annual lease and rental revenues by more than $433,000. • Increased, through appraisal review, park dedication contributions to the City by an additional $700,000 over and above the original amounts tendered as part of development applications. • Reduced illegal dumping by over 40%.

• Added a surplus $700,000 of City park dedication contributions, through appraisal review, as part of development applications. • Completed 216 appraisal requests representing 745 properties to advance the City’s strategic goals of increased civic, social, infrastructure and parkland services. • Processed and registered 2,064 documents at the Land Title Office in support of land development community and City infrastructure. • Secured a city-wide, 20-year Operating Agreement with FortisBC which will provide increased collaboration, operational efficiencies and financial savings to the City. • In partnership with Metro Vancouver, prepared procurement documents for the Residential Drop Off/ Eco-Centre site in Surrey to support the City’s waste diversion goals. • Committed $37.7 million in parkland acquisition expenditures and added 41 acres to the City’s parkland, through land development, for the enjoyment of residents and visitors.

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