Engineering
2016-2020 FINANCIAL PLAN
Create AMANDA Engineering building
permit review process module to
ensure Engineering requirements are
completed before building and/or
occupancy permits are issued;
Develop new City Policy that every
contractor working on City roads or
statutory rights-of-ways must be
certified through a safety training
program;
Increase Engineering-Operations
overall efficiency by 25% over the next
5 years;
Reduce outside employees
preventable accidents by 90% in the
next 4 years (with 2014 being the base
year);
Complete final phase of the City’s
Main Operations Centre project;
Commence construction of the South
Surrey Operations Facility located in
the Grandview Heights community;
Implement a suitable framework for
Key Performance Indicators;
Establish a second capital construction
crew that will help reduce the impact
of costs for capital projects;
Streamline our water tie-in operations
utilizing hydro excavation wherever
practical and cost effective; and
Implement an in-house Crack Sealing
Operation to cost effectively increase
the life of our road surfaces.
ENVIRONMENTAL
Secure a location within the Newton
or City Centre area to host a regional
Residential Drop-off Eco-centre
Facility;
Complete the purchase of the 143 acre
Tree Seed Centre in Campbell Heights,
for park purposes;
Participate in ongoing environmental
stewardship by overseeing and
managing the P-15 Habitat
Replacement process;
Expand EV fleet through attrition and
where it makes economic sense to do
so;
Reduce illegal dumping and
associated costs by 50% over the next
3 years (Year 2 of 3). Stage 2:
Implement multifaceted public
education campaign; Explore pilot
“small RDO” facility in South Surrey;
Reduce Fleet emissions by 20% by the
year 2020;
Establish CNG fuelling for R&D North
at FortisBC facility (168 Street at Fraser
Highway); and
Establish Stokes Pit Materials
Processing.
SOCIO-CULTURAL
Implement, with the assistance of
Transportation Planning, the Utilities
Division, and the Design &
Construction Division, an overall
strategic three-year plan for the
delivery of the annual Capital Works
Program;
Secure a 2016/2017 lease renewal for
the continued operation of the Winter
Shelter in the City Centre;
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