A parking enforcement officer walks 6 to 7 miles per 8 hour shift.

The original motor to the manual elevator in Old City Hall was recently replaced - it had been in service and maintained for over 85 years.

The City collects 150 tons of street sweepings weekly with 6 street sweepers.

With its 17,000 parking spaces in garages, lots and streets the City parks over 4 million vehicles annually.

The City's 84 garbage trucks travel 715,000 miles each year, an average of 8,500 miles per vehicle and never leave the City.

The Tampa Recreation Department turned 75 years old this past July 1st.

The City processes almost 4 million pieces of mail annually.

Building Maintenance changed over 7,400 air conditioning filters in City facilities last year, about 30,000 square feet of filter media - almost enough to cover the Ice Palace ice rink twice.

Tampa's first Park was purchased on June 22, 1905 from heirs of Mr. Harry Bradley Plant for $125,000. This property consisted of approximately 48 acres. The grounds of the hotel were Tampa's first City Park. It is known today as Plant Park.

The Hillsborough River Dam, located at Rowlett Park, creates a 12 mile-long reservoir that impounds 1.7 billion gallons of water.

The Tampa Fire Rescue Department has a response time of 4.8 minutes and rescue response time of 5.5 minutes. Fire/Rescue responds to 61,000 calls per year.

The Police Department has a response time of 7.3 minutes for emergencies, 12.0 minutes for non-emergencies and will answer 666,000 calls in 1999.

Tampa Water Department customers may obtain a free rain sensor for an automatic irrigation system by calling 274-7091.

The City of Tampa started addressing Y2K issues in 1996 and has spent over $5 million modifying existing systems and purchasing new ones so that all City computer systems can process date related information correctly beyond December 31, 1999.

Major Y2K Initiatives Completed in FY99

• The in-house Police Records System has been replaced by a multi-function integrated Public Safety Records Management system, as part of a Federal grant for technology upgrades.
• Both Police and Fire Rescue Computer Aided Dispatch Systems have been converted and are in production. Recently a new Fire Records System was installed that provides the department with enhanced reporting capabilities.
• Accounting, Purchasing and Budgeting systems were replaced with an integrated financial software package. The Utility and Building Service systems, along with several smaller auxiliary systems have been modified to meet Y2K requirements.
• A large number of departmental applications and all Mainframe/mid-range application servers have been upgraded or replaced for Y2K compliance.
• A comprehensive Geographic Information Systems update was completed that prepares the City for the Year 2000 census. Approximately 9,500 addresses were added to the database.

FY2000 Budget

Funds are included to replace many department PC's with newer models and upgrade the mainframe computer's processing and storage capacity during the fall of 1999.