City of Surrey's 2022-2026 Financial Plan

CITY MANAGER

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

• Continued working with partners including the Federal and Provincial governments, SFU, UBC, TransLink 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; • Supported the 2021 Love Where you Live Campaign that sought to

advance civic pride and enhance the overall cleanliness of the City; • Introduced process improvements and guaranteed permitting timelines for land development and building projects; and • Supported the ongoing completion and/or updating of land use plans in Fleetwood, Newton-King George, and Semiahmoo.

PUBLIC SAFETY

• Continued to lead the City’s EOC to manage the City’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to prepare for and monitor the 2021 Fraser River freshet and respond to the November 2021 flood event; and • Continued to support the necessary steps to successfully transition policing services in theCity of Surrey from the RCMP to the Surrey Police Service.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Supported the continuance of the Parking to Patio Program which has allowed for the expansion of restaurant operations onto privately owned parking lots and City road-right-of-ways; and

• Supported the City’s application and acceptance for membership to the Consider Canada City Alliance to maximize foreign direct investment.

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Supported the ongoing development and consultation on the Surrey Transportation Plan “Big Vision, Big Moves”; and • Worked to initiate architectural/design services and construction administration services for the new Newton Community Centre, the Bear Creek Park Athletics Centre, the new Cloverdale Sports and Ice Complex and the Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre expansion.

City of Surrey | 2022—2026 Financial Plan | General Operating Fund | City Manager

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