• City of Tampa Television (CTTV) is available worldwide in streaming video via the Internet at www.cttv15.net.

• A typical person in Tampa produces 6 pounds of garbage and 2 to 3 pounds of recyclable materials a day.

• Who audits the auditors? A team from the National Association of Local Government reviewed the City's Internal Audit Department in June 2002. The department was in full compliance with Government Auditing Standards.

• The City spends $3.5 million annually for electricity to illuminate 30,812 streetlights.

• In the 2001 United Way Campaign, 3,259 or 76.6% of the City's employees participated. Total gifts and pledges amounted to $323,658, or 125.5% of the Campaign goal. The City has been recognized by the United Way of Hillsborough County as a Premiere Pacesetter and Gold Award Winner.

• Tampa Educational Cable Consortium has won a national award for Overall Excellence in Educational programming 4 times.

• The Water Conservation Program achieved a 26% decrease in per capita water use since 1989, while the water service population increased 20%.

• The Parking Division maintains its own in-house security force, with a current total of 40 Security Guards, 2 Assistant Chiefs of Security, and 1 Chief of Security to cover all of our parking garages and open surface lots on a mobile or walking assignment, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.

• Tampa Recreation Department taught 4,227 kids to swim in the 2002 Summer Learn to Swim Program.

• Rafael Vinoly, world-renown architect from New York City and Argentina, has designed a new building for the Tampa Museum of Art. The 124,000 square foot building will be 3 times as large as the current facility. Construction is expected to begin this year.

• The Hillsborough River Water Treatment Plant began treating water in 1926 and to date is the largest surface water treatment plant in Florida.

• Traffic Operations patched over 10,000 potholes last year.