City of Surrey 2020-2024 Financial Plan

SURREY’S HISTORY

CITY SERVICES In 2019, the City of Surrey collected $439 million in taxation revenue, for both general and utilities operating. These funds are used to support City services such as:

• 15 fire halls and over 393 fire fighters, of which 20 are volunteers; • 843 RCMP members and 5 community policing stations; • 9 library branches including the state-of -the-art library 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 9 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; • 3 professional cultural institutions including the Museum of Surrey and its interactive kids gallery, textile studio, history exhibits and cultural events; the Surrey Art Gallery, a contemporary art museum with exhibit halls, visual arts studios, Tech-Lab, digital media gallery and the City’s permanent art collection; and the Civic Archives provides access extensive photographic records; and the Historic Stewart Farm and its 8 designated heritage buildings that support a range of year-round programming; • 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; to local government records and community collections including

• Over 100 public art installations are distributed across Surrey in civic facilities and parks including digital art such as the UrbanScreen 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; • Develop and maintain 6,974 acres of City owned parkland (excludes Metro Vancouver Regional Parks within City boundaries) including 196 full size grass athletic fields, 15 full size synthetic turf fields, 3 track and field complexes, 77 public tennis courts, 334 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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