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Engineering
2017-2021 FINANCIAL PLAN
The Conveyancing Section, in support
of the activities of Realty, Land
Development and the Tax Department,
processed and registered in excess of
2,230 documents at the Land Title Of-
fice, representing a 27% increase over
2015;
Registered 510 statutory rights-of-way
for the Land Development Division,
including liaison with the development
community, representing a 21% in-
crease over 2015;
Prepared typical project schedule for
Engineering component of overall land
development process and piloted on
several projects to establish clear,
realistic expectations and
accountabilities including
milestones;
Received Canadian Open Data Summit
for Democracy Award and Canadian
Open Data Excellence Award 2016;
Streamlined our approach to carrying
out illegal dumping clean-up resulting
in a savings of over $400,000/year;
Completed an Operations inventory
audit with a goal of reducing annual
losses of unaccounted materials and
equipment. Implemented controls to
significantly reduce annual losses by
over 85%;
Implement an in-house Crack Sealing
Operation resulting in a cost effective
and efficient means of repairing road
cracks before progressing to more
serious road surface issues; and
Implemented 4 water fill stations
incorporating electronic pay stations.
Completed the sale of City lands to
SFU in support of the University’s
Engineering Science Building in the
City Centre;
Rolled out Engineering land
development project feedback form
to measure client satisfaction and
seek improvement;
Created dedicated web mapping
applications for: United Way Avenues
of Change, Street Light Replacement
Program, Cultural Corridor, Survey
Road Tenure, and Survey Jobs; and
Received top award from the Public
Works Association of BC for hosting the
Best National Public Works Week event
in the Province.
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