2016-2020_Financial_Plan

Surrey’s History

2016-2020 FINANCIAL PLAN

CITY SERVICES

In 2015, the City of Surrey collected $345 million in taxation revenue. These funds are

used to support City services

such as:

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15 Fire halls and over 416 fire

fighters;

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5 community policing

stations and 819 RCMP

members;

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9 library branches

including the state-of-the-art

library built at City Centre;

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9 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;

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Surrey Art Gallery with visual

arts studios, media tech lab,

Youth New Media Gallery &

the City’s permanent art

collection; Main Stage Theatre

with a seating capacity of 402

and Studio Theatre with a

seating capacity of 130; Centre Stage Theatre venue at City Hall with a seating

capacity of 200; 60 Public Art installations;

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Museum with Kids Gallery, Textile Studio and history exhibits; Civic Archives with

local government records and community collection; Historic Stewart Farm including

8 designated heritage buildings;

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Develop and maintain 7,525 acres of parkland which include 221 athletic fields, 14

synthetic turf fields, 3 track and field complexes, 77 public tennis courts, 300 kms of

trails and paths, 2 large urban forest parks;

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Improvements to the various transportation routes within the City including road

widening, median beautification, construction of pedestrian/cycling overpasses and

large scale transportation projects;

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Many water, sewer, drainage, and dyking improvements and upgrades; and

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Transforming Surrey from a suburban community to a thriving urban environment

with national and international opportunities for business and tourism.