City of Surrey's 2022-2026 Financial Plan

INVESTMENT AND INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS

2021 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

PUBLIC SAFETY

• Worked directly with the Provincial Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General’s office and the Federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services’ office to help advance Surrey’s transition to the Surrey Police Service; and

• Organized a visit to Surrey’s Safe Centre and roundtable session with the Federal Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Services – participants included local MPs and some members of Council.

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Assisted City Departments to secure funding from senior levels of government including $13.8 million in new Rapid Housing Initiative funding to support the development of a 30-unit modular supportive housing project for youth aged 17 24 years experiencing or at-risk of homelessness.

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

2022. The insights will inform our efforts to attract more businesses desired by residents in each town centre;

• In partnership with the Township of Langley, City of Richmond, and BC Tech Association, the City was awarded with $400,000 from the Province of BC to establish a Supply Chain Resiliency Program to support local manufacturing businesses in locking emerging market opportunities; Working with 136 companies considering locating to Surrey in 2022. This represents a 100% increase in leads compared to 2019 and four times as many leads compared to 2020. This accounts for over three million sq. ft. of commercial and industrial space interest in Surrey; Conducted a survey to assess consumer spending habits in Surrey that will be used as a baseline for future surveying being deployed in • •

• Launched a data framework pilot with over 100 unique datasets that have been used to create data-driven insights for investment opportunities in Surrey, community vibrancy, and manufacturing supply chain analysis; • Identified profiles of businesses and office workers, migration patterns, demographics, and sentiments regional “Future of Work” survey. Results are informing the direction of potential strategies for Surrey City Centre development, and investment attraction programming and projects. towards establishing satellite offices in Surrey through a City-commissioned

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