City of Surrey Financial Plan 2020-2024
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 Surrey Museum 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 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 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. Surrey Recreation and Arts Centre which houses the Semiahmoo Arts Council;
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