• District III police facility · $1 million
• Fire station improvements · $950,000
• Police Chiller and Cooling Tower · $913,000
• Eight new police civilian support positions · $296,436
• Seven new firefighters · $300,345
• Seven police officers added to the streets
• Upgrade two fire pumpers from Basic Life Support to Advanced Life Support capability
• New firefighter recruitment and scholarship program

• Street resurfacing, sidewalks, signage, traffic calming and neighborhood roadway enhancements · $4.9 million, a 16% increase from FY04 funding
• East - West Road & I-275 Interchange · $1.6 million
• I-75 at West Meadows Bridge Construction · $915,468
• Downtown Riverwalk design · $1 million
• North Franklin Street Gateway · $750,000
• Manhattan Avenue: Gandy Boulevard to Euclid Avenue · $698,807
• Lemon Street: Occident Street to Westshore Boulevard · $618,000
• N. 22nd Street: 23rd Avenue to Lake Avenue · $297,500
• N. 22nd Street: Lake Avenue to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. · $137,000
• Lake Avenue Enhancements · $283,000
• Nebraska Avenue Enhancements · $300,000
• Bayshore Boulevard Enhancements · $200,000
• Traffic Management Center Relocation · $271,750

• West Tampa Elementary School Drainage
  Improvements · $575,000
• Lake Edna Improvements · $420,000
• Neptune Street: Grady Avenue to Manhattan Avenue Box Culvert Replacement · $400,000
• 21st Avenue: 42nd to 46th Street Pipe Rehabilitation · $315,000
• Sediment Filtration Devices · $160,000
• South Court Drive Drainage System · $130,000
• East Tampa Flood & Drainage Improvements · $112,500

• Hunt Center Relocation at Al Lopez Park · $1.4 million
• New Tampa Gymnastic Center · $829,000
• Riverfront Park · $400,000
• Cypress Point Park Improvements · $400,000
• Freedman Tennis Complex · $300,000
• West Tampa Little League Lighting · $257,619
• Berns Park & Desoto Avenue Renovations · $220,000
• East Ybor Historical Park Improvements · $207,725
• Virgina Rivers Center Development · $175,000
• Desoto Park · $160,000
• Fair Oaks Playground · $150,000
• American Legion Playground · $150,000
• Freedom Playground Improvements · $150,000
• Gadsden Park · $128,000
• Woodland Terrace Center expansion design · $100,000
• Harbour Island Median Improvements · $100,000
• Four additional N.E.A.T. employees and equipment to focus on cleaning up our rights-of-way
  and medians · $249,784
• 47 new employees (full and part-time) to staff new or renovated parks, recreation centers, pools and playgrounds

• The new Tampa Museum of Art is expected to begin construction in FY05. This project is funded by public funds and private donations.

This list highlights some, not all, of the City of Tampa’s investments in Tampa for the fiscal year 2005 budget. For more information you can view the entire budget on the city website www.tampagov.net.