City of Surrey's Annual Financial Report 2020

CITY OF SURREY OVERVIEWS ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

The Engineering Department provides city services relating to transportation, solid waste, water, sewer, drainage, district energy, land development and the management of real estate assets. The department consists of the following: Land Development, Realty Services, Operations, Design & Construction, Utilities, and Transportation Divisions.

LAND DEVELOPMENT Land Development includes the Development Services section which prescribes the municipal infrastructure required to service land and building development; Inspection Services section which ensures infrastructure meets Council-adopted requirements; and the Client Services section which administers Engineering permits for construction in City road allowances. OPERATIONS Operations maintains the City’s engineering infrastructure including roads, drainage, sewer and water operations. This division also manages and maintains the City’s fleet of vehicles and business enhancement initiatives. UTILITIES The Utilities Division is responsible for planning infrastructure required to deliver important services to our City such as, district energy, sanitary sewer, water, drainage, and environmental services.

REALTY SERVICES Realty Services manages the acquisitions, dispositions and development of the City’s real estate portfolio. Realty Services is responsible for the timely acquisition of land and rights-of-way for capital projects, park purposes and civic use; as well as managing the City’s real estate inventory including leasing and property sales. DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION The Design & Construction Division is responsible for delivering the Engineering Capital Construction Program and providing survey work. TRANSPORTATION Surrey’s Transportation Division plans and manages the multi-modal infrastructure and services. These sections include Transportation Planning, Traffic Management, Transportation Infrastructure, Road Safety, and Parking Services. This Division is also responsible for delivering GIS services for the City and Communications for the Engineering Department.

2 0 2 0 A C C O M P L I S H M E N T S • Provided a City-owned warehouse building, located in the Newton neighbourhood, to the Fraser Health Authority for use as a Covid-19 Testing Facility. • Secured property and completed extensive building renovations to accommodate a 46-bed homeless shelter in the City Centre, in support of alleviating homelessness. • Provided a City-owned property, under a long-term lease, to BC Housing for the development of a 61-unit transitional housing project in Guildford. • Provided a City-leased property to BC Housing for a 40-unit transitional project in Newton. • Provided a City-owned property in the City Centre (Hospital Precinct), under a long-term lease, in partnership with the Elizabeth Fry Society for a supportive housing facility for women, children and indigenous youth. • Implemented a Safety Qualification for counter permit contractors to document their safety training and provide assurance that the minimum City safety requirements have been satisfied.

• Continued with mandatory internal safety certification training for all Engineering Operations employees to foster a safe work environment. • Completed an Annual Capital Program of $100M through 19 construction tenders. • Finalized a Compensation Agreement and Supportive Policies Agreement for the Surrey- Langley-SkyTrain along Fraser Highway. • Completed construction of the CNG station at the Operations Centre to provide for City fleet to use a lower-carbon fuel source. • Supported an ongoing Metro Vancouver investment of over $300M of engineering infrastructure improvements to support City and regional growth and post disaster water security. • Finalized a Single-Use Item and Plastic Packaging Strategy to help reduce and eliminate the negative impacts these items have on our streets, the environment and landfills. • Reduced processing time for reviewing land development off-site servicing drawings by 10% over 2019.

• Received Council approval to increase the number of projects to use surety bonds as an alternate form of security for Servicing Agreements which reduces developers’ fees and encourages freed-up working capital to be reinvested in the City. • Entered a five-year lease with a subsidiary of Warner Bros., at the Cloverdale Fairgrounds, for the use of City-owned properties as the Superman & Lois Smallville set. • Completed 214 appraisal requests representing 695 properties in furtherance of the City’s strategic initiatives to increase civic, social, infrastructure and parkland services. • In support of Land Development projects, processed and registered 1,367 documents at the Land Title Office. • Finalized a 20-year modernized Municipal Operating Agreement with Fortis BC, which will provide increased collaboration and operational efficiencies between the parties. • Committed $28million in parkland acquisition, excluding riparian dedications and parklands transferred through the land development process, resulting in 10-acres of parkland being added to the City’s inventory for the use and enjoyment of all its residents and visitors.

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