COS Financial Plan 2018 - 2022

SURREY’S HISTORY

CITY SERVICES In 2017, the City of Surrey collected $371 million in taxation revenue. These funds are

used to support City services such as:  15 fire halls and over 386 fire fighters, of which over 25 are volunteers;  835 RCMP members and 5 community policing stations, plus a newly established Surrey Outreach Team trailer in the 135A Street area;  9 library branches including the state-of -the-art library built at City Centre;  11 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 is a contemporary art museum with exhibit halls, visual arts studios, TechLab, digital media gallery and the City’s permanent art collection;  Surrey Civic Theatres including the Main Stage theatre with a seating capacity of 402 and Studio Theatre with a seating capacity of 130 at the Surrey Arts Centre; and the Centre Stage performance venue at City Hall with a seating capacity of 200;  Over 70 public art installations are distributed across Surrey in civic facilities and parks including the Urban Screen venue;

 3 community arts facilities including Newton Cultural Centre, which houses the Arts Council of Surrey; the Parkway Studios which houses the Royal Canadian Theatre Company and Streetrich Hip Hop Society; and South Surrey Recreation and Arts Centre which houses the Semiahmoo Arts Council;  Surrey Museum hosts a changing, interactive kids gallery, textile studio, history exhibits and cultural events. Civic Archives provides access to local government records and community collections including extensive photographic records; Historic Stewart Farm includes 8 designated heritage buildings;  Develop and maintain 7,582 acres of parkland which include 243 athletic fields, 16 synthetic turf fields, 3 track and field complexes, 77 public tennis courts, 290 kilometres of trails and paths and 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.

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2018-2022 Financial Plan

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