City of Surrey Financial Plan 2020-2024
CITY MANAGER
INCLUSION
Continued to Advance Phase 2 of the Transitional Housing plan by working with BC Housing and community partners to initiate construction of one modular supportive housing project, the development approval process for an additional two modular supportive housing projects, and the opening a new 42-bed shelter.
BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS
Continued working with partners including SCDC, Federal and Provincial governments, SFU, TransLink, the YMCA and others to establish Surrey City Centre as the second metropolitan centre in the region, with an emphasis on attracting office and employment uses to the City Centre; and Supported the initiation and/or update of land use plans along the Fraser Highway corridor in an expedited manner to timely support the Skytrain Extension project.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Initiated the necessary steps to successfully transition policing services in the City of Surrey from the RCMP to a new Surrey Police Department.
ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS
Worked with the Engineering and Planning & Development departments to implement process improvements to reduce permit processing times for single family building permits; and Worked to obtain the City’s largest Federal government contribution of $76.6 million in response to the City’s Disaster Mitigation Assistance Fund application.
HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Worked with the CEO of Fraser Health and the Ministry of Health to advance plans to build a new hospital in Cloverdale.
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