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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
variance from contractual terms.
Completed condition assessment of
runway, taxiways and apron areas
in 2012 including completion of
necessary crack sealing. Global
Navigation Satellite System (GNSS)
approach and departure procedures
proposal currently under review
by Transport Canada with approval
expected in 2013.
Protect the community
from flood risk.
230,000 cubic meters of gravel
removed from the Fraser River annually
.
110,000 cubic meters of gravel
removed from the Vedder River every
second year.
No gravel removed from the
Fraser River in 2012. Provincial
Government developing a 10-
year gravel management plan.
39,000 cubic meters of gravel was
removed from the Vedder River in
2012. The reduced removal volume
is a reflection of lower than normal
gravel deposition.
Existing funding opportunities for flood
studies and dyke upgrades maximized.
Senior levels of government lobbied for
additional monies.
Applied for $4 million in provincial-
federal funding for dyke and pump
station upgrades in 2011-2014.
Secured $1.56 million for the Young
Road Dyke Upgrades Project.
Open drainage watercourses and
ditches in the floodplain cleaned on a
3 - 7 year cycle to maintain drainage
integrity.
Cleaned over 60,000 meters of
open drainage channels with DFO
approval in 2012.
Drainage pumping stations to be
operable at all times.
New Flood box gate installed at
McGillivray pump station to allow
free flow to Vedder River during
periods of low river levels.
Dykes maintained to Provincial
standards.
All dykes inspected and maintained
in 2012 prior to freshet.
Maximize utilization
of existing infrastructure.
Development directed to serviced
areas.
Infill continued in 2012.
Ensure adequate water
supply.
Amount of water produced
meeting daily demand.
Demand met. Lawn watering
restrictions during summer.
Approved 276 applications for
the toilet rebate program. A
comprehensive water conservation
plan is being designed and
implemented.
Ensure quality drinking
water.
Meets drinking water standards.
Comprehensive and extensive
drinking water quality testing
program undertaken in 2012, with
2,300 water samples tested. High
drinking water quality standards
being maintained. Review of
Drinking Water Emergency
Response Plan in 2012 was
undertaken.
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city of chilliwack
| 2012 annual municipal report