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OBJECTIVE
STRATEGY
MEASURE
PROGRESS
Financial Stability
Plan for anticipated
community needs.
Long term Comprehensive Municipal Plan (CMP)
updated annually.
To Council in March 2011.
Fund planned capital expen-
ditures.
Balance CMP without long-term borrowing.
No long-term debt required
in 2011 CMP.
Build reserves for
unanticipated community
needs.
Have Unrestricted General Reserve Fund balance of
$12 million by 2014.
2011 closing balance of $7 million. CMP includes an an-
nual allocation to the Unrestricted Reserve.
Maintain a reasonable
tax burden for taxpayers.
Tax rate increase similar to rate increase of other
local governments.
Chilliwack 2011 tax increase was 3.45%, Abbotsford
4.30%, Maple Ridge 5.00%, and Langley 3.95%.
Chilliwack remains at the low end of municipal
taxation on a representative home when compared
to similar communities in the lower mainland.
Only Surrey is lower than Chilliwack of
19 communities surveyed. With Utilities and Other Gov’t
levies, Chilliwack is lowest.
Chilliwack remains at the low end of business taxa-
tion when compared to similar communities in the
lower mainland.
Chilliwack has the lowest class multiplier of 19 communi-
ties surveyed.
Other revenue opportunities explored.
Available Government Grants applied for. Received
$3,564,733 for the Bailey Landfill Gas Extraction System
project under the RSP Gas Tax Program. Applying for the
next round of flood infrastructure grants.
Identify priority projects that will be eligible for
infrastructure grants and save for municipal portion.
Incorporated a savings plan into the 10 Year Financial
Plan for 1/3 funding for the Collinson, McGillivray and
Hope River drainage pump stations.
New growth pays for itself.
DCC Bylaw reviewed and rates amended.
Good Steward-
ship of Municipal
Infrastructure
Maintain the road system.
Average pavement quality index goals set at: Arte-
rial 6.5, Collector 6.0, Local 5.5.
Investment into road rehabilitation program was updated
in 2011 to $2.375 million to allow additional paving, which
was concentrated in the collector and local road classes.
The 2012 and 2013 budget for road rehabilitation is $
2.375 million per annum, rising to $2.5 million in 2014.
Additional patch truck in operation in 2011.
Maintain the utility systems.
Service delivery interruptions minimized.
Flushed 150% of water system in 2011. Replaced 3,440
metres of aging cast iron water pipes. Over 600 life ex-
pired water metres replaced in 2011. Over 1,200 backflow
prevention devices tested in 2011. Replaced 500 metres
of sanitary sewer and flushed 135 km.
Maintain municipal fleet.
Repair and replacement program planned and
funded.
Vehicle Maintenance Management System in use.
Equipment Replacement Reserve Fund in balance. Re-
placed aged items.
Maintain municipal facilities.
Fund maintenance programs.
Funded all major maintenance
identified as required.
Manage Airport Lease.
Manage Airport Lease.
Compliance with Airport Head Lease and Operating
Agreement as measured by breaches and recorded vari-
ance from contractual terms. Successfully completed
upgrades to airport infrastructure.
Completed airport roof and HVAC upgrading project
in 2011. Completed vehicle access security upgrade in
2011. Completed pavement assessment in 2011. Planned
replacement of apron pavement sections in 2012. GPS
approach survey completed in 2011.
Protect the community
from flood risk.
420,000 cubic metres of gravel removed from the
Fraser River annually .
110,000 cubic metres of gravel removed from the
Vedder River every second year.
No gravel removed from the Fraser River in 2011. Provin-
cial Government developing a 10-year gravel manage-
ment plan. Gravel to be removed from the Vedder River
in 2012.
Existing funding opportunities for gravel study and
dyke upgrades maximized. Senior levels of govern-
ment lobbied for additional monies.
Applied for $4 million in provincial-federal funding for
dyke and pump station upgrades in 2011-2014.
Open drainage watercourses and ditches in the
floodplain cleaned on a 3 - 7 year cycle to maintain
drainage integrity.
Cleaned over 58,000 metres of open drainage channels
with DFO and CEAA approval in 2011.
Drainage pumping stations to be operable at all
times.
Drainage pumping equipment at Collinson and McGil-
livray drainage stations received major overhauls in 2011.
Dykes maintained to Provincial standards.
All dykes inspected and maintained in 2011 prior to
freshet. Bank armour rock repairs to Vedder trail in 2011.
Objectives, Measures
& Progress
2011 City of Chilliwack Annual Report
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