City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

PARKS, RECREATION AND CULTURE

ECONOMIC PROSPERITY & LIVELIHOODS

• City of Surrey Indoor Pools continued to show Surrey as a destination for aquatic sport hosting. Surrey pools hosted 19 tournaments in 2019. These included the Synchronized Swimming BC Provincial Championships, the BC High School Water Polo Championships and the Under-19 Inter-Conference National Water Polo Tournament; • Establish a Climate Action Fund policy that formalizes the use of CARIP funds and secures long-term funding for climate action initiatives; • Parkland acquisition – review parkland DCCs in anticipation of submitting a package of new DCCs to the province in 2020; and • The City is proud to announce that it will be hosting the 2021 Special Olympics BC Summer Games for the first time.

ECOSYSTEMS

• Complete the Nicomekl Riverfront Park Management Plan and begin implementation of portions of the plan in coordination with the City’s Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy and with support from Canada’s Disaster Mitigation Adaptation Fund; • Continue to advance a Biodiversity Conservation Strategy (BCS) DCC to be included within the Parkland Acquisition DCC as the preferred funding mechanism for the acquisition of Green Infrastructure Network (GIN) lands as identified in the BCS that are

not anticipated to be conveyed to the City through existing land conveyance mechanisms; • Complete a management plan for Charles Richardson Nature Reserve to convert the site to a biodiversity preserve; • Initiate development of the city-wide Urban Forest Management Strategy; and • Complete Biodiversity Design Guidelines.

Oak Meadows Park

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