City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• Sport Surrey played host to 33 tournaments, 9 Provincial events, 8 Regional events, 3 National events, and 6 International events; • 2019 WSBC Softball Americas Olympic Qualifier at Softball City. Approximately 35,000 spectators over the 8 days of the event, 2,532+ hotel room nights, 225 volunteers, and $300,000 was received through ticket sales; • Playing host to two international pickleball tournaments; and • Hosting the Water Polo Canada - Western Nationals Tournament.

ECOSYSTEMS

The Parks Division acquired more than 73 hectares of parkland in 2019, including 64.55 hectares of nature preserve and habitat corridor parkland.

• The Parks Division planted over 4,400 street and park trees and 23,320 native plants (including 6,446 trees and seedlings) in 2019; and •

EDUCATION & CULTURE

• Sounds of Summer continues to be one of our most popular programs. We hosted a total of 11 concerts this year. This year we added more contemporary artists and saw more families attend the events; • $528,750 was invested in 104 different not-for-profit cultural organizations that support the production and presentation of cultural programming in Surrey; and • Surrey Art Gallery received a national award for outstanding achievement in education for its Indigenous contemporary art design.

PUBLIC SAFETY

• The Children and Youth At-Risk Table (CHART) started in 2019, a key component of the Surrey Anti-Gang Family Empowerment Program. 132 cases were assigned to 18 partner agencies, providing tailored services to divert youth from gangs; • In 2019 water safety initiatives included: the Mayor’s Proclamation for Drowning Prevention Week (July 21 -27), public activities for National Lifejacket Day (May 17) and a public

lifejacket loaner program at Crescent Beach. The loaner lifejacket program was supported by the Surrey Firefighters Charitable Society and was featured on radio and news broadcasts across the Province; and • A mobile trailer for Surrey’s Emergency Support Services program was received, in partnership with Semiahmoo First Nations. This trailer is to be shared resource for emergency activations .

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