City of Surrey 2017 - 2021 Financial Plan

Engineering

INFRASTRUCTURE

 Initiated a pilot program for Large Item Pick Up Services at high rise apartment buildings;  Carried out 6 Pilot Pop Up Junk Events between July and October resulting in over 1,250 tonnes of waste collected with over 68% of this waste diverted from landfill and over 100 tonnes of reusable household items donated to non-profit organizations;  Through direct contact with residents, we have doubled our Large Item Pick Up participation rates from an average of 15% per year to 30% since May 2016; and  Completed SCADA system upgrade that is used to monitor the City’s pump stations.

 Enhanced Engineering land

development design process by expanding electronic design submission/review to include external utility drawings;  Significant progression towards completing construction of the Surrey Biofuel facility (85% completion by December 31, 2016);  Finalized an agreement with FortisBC to sell and purchase biomethane produced at the Biofuel Facility;  Increased customer waste diversion from 70% to 72%;

FUTURE INITIATIVES, GOALS & OBJECTIVES

INCLUSION

 Continue to assist the Surrey Food Bank (“SFB”) with identification and selection of new premises for their relocation, as well as potentially acquiring the existing SFB facility to ensure a smooth relocation transition.

 Continue to respond to the needs of the homeless population by locating and securing facilities intended for year-round shelters, winter shelters, and extreme weather shelters; and

BUILT ENVIRONMENT & NEIGHBOURHOODS

 Servicing Strategies:

 Secure a location within the Newton or City Centre area to host a regional Residential Drop-off Eco-centre Facility;  Complete cadastral data comparison between ParcelMap BC and COSMOS to make recommendations on the adoption;  Create digital initiation and tracking application for road acquisitions; and

 City Centre (finalize);  Redwood Heights (finalize);

 Abbey Ridge (finalize);  Area #3 (initiate); and  Campbell Heights Local Area Plan (initiate).

2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN

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