City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

CITY MANAGER

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 ongoing completion and/or updating of land use plans in Fleetwood, Semiahmoo, East Newton, Redwood Heights, and Newton-King George.

PUBLIC SAFETY

• Established and led the City’s Emergency Operations Centre (“EOC”) to manage the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and • Continued to support the necessary steps to successfully transition policing services in the City of Surrey from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Supported the development of Surrey Makes Personal Protective Equipment (“PPE”) initiative to support local manufacturers in retooling and securing contracts to help supply PPE; and • Supported the development and launch of the Surrey Store to Door initiative to encourage residents to shop online and support local businesses, offering online sales and delivery services.

HEALTH AND WELLNESS

• Coordinated the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the President and CEO of the Fraser Health Authority; and • Worked with the CEO of Fraser Health and the Ministry of Health to accelerate the application review and approval projects for the new hospital in Cloverdale.

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Worked to finalize the Supportive Policies Agreement with TransLink for the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain Project, and continued to support staff on finalizing the reference design, specifications and municipal access agreement for the Project, ensuring the project is ready for procurement with potential handover to the Provincial Government for delivery; and

City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | City Manager

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