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Surrey’s History

CITY SERVICES In 2015, the City of Surrey collected $345 million in taxation revenue. These funds are used to support City services such as:

 15 Fire halls and over 416 fire fighters;  5 community policing stations and 819 RCMP members;  9 library branches including the state-of-the-art library built at City Centre;  9 Community Recreation Centres that include gymnasiums, fitness rooms and multi-purpose rooms; 6 indoor pools and 8 outdoor pools; 5 ice arenas providing 8 sheets of ice; 8 Skate Parks including 2 covered youth parks; 6 Drop-in Youth Lounges and 1 Seniors Centre and seniors programming in all community centres;  Surrey Art Gallery with visual arts studios, media tech lab, Youth New Media Gallery & the City’s permanent art

collection; Main Stage Theatre with a seating capacity of 402 and Studio Theatre with a seating capacity of 130; Centre Stage Theatre venue at City Hall with a seating capacity of 200; 60 Public Art installations;  Museum with Kids Gallery, Textile Studio and history exhibits; Civic Archives with local government records and community collection; Historic Stewart Farm including 8 designated heritage buildings;  Develop and maintain 7,525 acres of parkland which include 221 athletic fields, 14 synthetic turf fields, 3 track and field complexes, 77 public tennis courts, 300 kms of trails and paths, 2 large urban forest parks;  Improvements to the various transportation routes within the City including road widening, median beautification, construction of pedestrian/cycling overpasses and large scale transportation projects;  Many water, sewer, drainage, and dyking improvements and upgrades; and  Transforming Surrey from a suburban community to a thriving urban environment with national and international opportunities for business and tourism.

2016-2020 FINANCIAL PLAN

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