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Planning & Development

 Initiated West Newton eco-industrial district (“EcoNewton”) project and secured BC Hydro funding to identify City goals and objectives connected with clean tech, waste, energy and water conservation in the business sectors. Initial stakeholder engagement completed in con junction with Economic Development;  Enhanced and improved the Stage 1 Sustainable Development Checklist; ENVIRONMENTAL  Supported the City’s Biodiversity Conservation Strategy, which was approved by Council;  Completed and received Council approval of new Development Permit Areas for protection of hazardous conditions;  Replaced gas chlorine systems in pools with new liquid chlorine systems;  Monitored overall Community Climate Action Strategy implementation and reported progress to Council;  Analyzed the new Compact of Mayors’ climate commitment framework and brought forward for Council approval;  Continued implementation of the Community Climate Action Strategy, including the Community Energy & Emissions Plan and Climate Adaptation Strategy. Specific projects included:  Completing Buildings Backgrounder and assessing priority areas/opportunities with other staff;

 Supported capacity building for planners to better implement the Stage 1 Checklist, with a planners’ workshop held in 2015 to address knowledge gaps around green buildings; and  Continued to work with staff to further sustainability procurement goals (including through updates to the Purchasing Manual), identify high impact opportunity areas for the City to pursue, and share success stories.  Supporting the “Empower Me” pilot program partnership with Fortis BC and VanCity, in partnership with Engineering and Surrey Fire Services;  Completing an update to Green Buildings display and web content;  Investigating the applicability of building energy issues to Surrey such as Building Code compliance, home energy labelling, and energy benchmarking;  Completing the “Project Green Suites” program in 15 pilot multi -family buildings aimed at behavioural change using an ambassador approach;  Completing a multi-family (MURB) rental outreach pilot with BC Hydro; and  Finalizing climate adaptation metrics.

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