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Engineering
2016-2020 FINANCIAL PLAN
Increased, through appraisal review
and negotiation, the cash-in-lieu
contribution of park dedication
payments to the City by an additional
$555,000 over and above the original
amounts tended as part of
development applications,
representing a 20% increase;
Completed 325 appraisal requests,
representing a 9% increase over 2014.
The Appraisal Section also provided
land valuation estimates for
approximately 368 properties within
the proposed Light Rapid Transit
corridors, as well as property
valuation estimates for the DCC
budget analysis for both the Parks
Program and the City Centre Road
Grid;
The Conveyancing Section, in support
of the activities of Realty, Land
Development and the Tax Department,
processed and registered in excess of
1,750 documents at the Land Title
Office, representing a 35% increase
over 2014; and
Assisted the Transportation Division in
the completion of negotiations and
agreements for the transfer to the
Province of some 78 City-owned lands
with a value of over $22 million in
support of the South Fraser Perimeter
Road and Port Mann/Highway #1
projects.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Finalized the standards for new street
lights to be LED, including the initial
phasing in conversion of street lights
in the Newton Town Centre Area;
Construction of the Anderson Creek
Bridge across King George Boulevard
was completed by the end of 2015;
Sustained high organic waste
diversion from the projected tonnage
of 57,000 tonnes with actual of 61,000
tonnes;
Introduced the Surrey Apartment
Organics Collection Program. This
program provides for voluntary
participation in weekly organic waste
collection services at apartment
buildings across the City;
Finalized the supplementary
specifications for using recycled
asphalt pavement; and
Construction of the Newton Storm
Water Detention Pond completed in
November 2015.
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Completed construction of $3 Million
in mobility and safety improvements
around school zones, in advance of
September 2015, as part of Phase 2 of
the City’s Safe and Active Schools
Initiative;
Finalized the updated Design Criteria
and Standard Construction Documents
which were officially published
January 1, 2016;
Achieved 95% completion of the City-
wide road tenure research;
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