City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 Financial Plan

CAPITAL PLANNING PROCESS

Surrey has grown significantly over the last few decades, evolving from a primarily agricultural community to a largely urban residential and business region. This change has increased the City’s portfolio of public responsibilities. Historically, Council made capital planning decisions based on the recommendations of Finance staff, which were in turn, based on evaluation of the relative merit of projects described in departmental planning documents. Finance attempts to distribute capital resources fairly among departments and geographic regions. This approach was effective when the City was relatively small. As the City has grown, it has put into place a more formal capital planning process. The formal process, depicted below is used to develop a Long-Term Capital Plan (LTCP).

CITIZENS

Council Direction

Departmental Plans

COMPILE & CLASSIFY PROJECTS

Large Scale Capital

Sustaining Capital

Statutory Reserve

Council Priorities

Capital Planning Model

IT Assets, Fleet

Sewer, Water, DCCs

Project Ranking

Projects Not Ranked

Long-Term Capital Maintenance Plans

SEEK GUIDANCE

Preliminary Long-Term Capital Plan (LTCP)

Council Debate & Direction

Adopted LTCP

Council Decision

City of Surrey | 2021—2025 Financial Plan | Capital Program

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