2019 Annual Report

City of Chilliwack 40 Replaced aged items as required. Used 32 retreaded tires. 105 heavy duty vehicles / equipment serviced and inspected quarterly in 2019 and 101 light vehicles serviced. 7 high efficiency diesel trucks, 5 hybrid cars and 1 electric car in service. 100% bio-degradable oil in 3 Parks mowers, 3 backhoes, 2 graders and 2 dump trucks in Operations. Replacing standard mineral based oils with long-life synthetics oils. Completed over 1,500 repairs and preventative maintenance work orders in 2019. Manage airport lease. Manage airport lease. Ditch work for the future expansion is nearing completion. Protect the community from flood risk. Remove 230,000 cubic metres of gravel from the Fraser River annually and 100,000 cubic metres of gravel from the Vedder River every second year. No gravel removed by the Province from the Fraser River in 2019. Provincial Government reviewing Fraser River gravel management program. No gravel removed from the Vedder River in 2018/2019 due to limited sediment accumulation between 2016 and 2018. Removals occur in even-numbered years. Existing funding opportunities for flood studies and dyke upgrades maximized. Senior levels of government lobbied for additional monies. Received funding through the Province of BC for the $4.2 million McGillivray Pump Station upgrades; the design- build project was completed in mid-2019. Applied for and received funding through the National Disaster Mitigation Program for $341,850 for updated floodplain mapping; work on the project commenced in 2018 and was completed in early 2019. Applied for and received $750,000 through UBCM (funded by EMBC) for Fraser River bank erosion protection and downstream CHIP location and Orchard Slough Check Dam location; work was completed in 2019. Applied for funding through the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP) for raising the West Dyke (Right Bank) between Sumas Prairie Road and the Vedder Canal. EMBC has accepted the application and approved funding in the amount of $960,000; the design-build project is under way with work scheduled to take place late 2019 and early 2020. Collaborated with Skwah First Nation and Shxwhá:y Village to review flood protection options for the two First Nations communities. The federal Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund application was approved in the amount of $45 million; this is in addition to the City of Chilliwack contribution of $7 million and potential Indigenous Services Canada $10 million contribution. The Continued support for the development of a regional approach to flood management to maximize lobby efforts to secure senior government funding opportunities. Open drainage watercourses and ditches in the floodplain cleaned on a 3 - 7-year cycle to maintain drainage integrity. The 2019 drainage maintenance program saw 58,000 linear channel metres being cleaned with DFO approval. Drainage pumping stations to be operable at all times. McGillivray, Collinson and Wolfe Road drainage stations inspected and operational during 2019 freshet. Transformer oil testing, replacement of river level transducers, fire suppression system verification and control panel upgrades have all been completed in 2019. Dykes maintained to Provincial standards. All dykes inspected and maintained in 2019 prior to freshet. West Dyke and Vedder Dyke Drainage Pump Stations and Flood Boxes inspected in fall 2019 prior to high winter stream flows. Maximize utilization of existing infrastructure. Development directed to serviced areas. Infill development. Ensure adequate water supply. Amount of water produced meeting daily demand. Demand met. Stage 2 lawn watering restrictions program implemented during summer. Issued 143 rebates under