• Tampagov.net, the city's web site, receives over 1 million page requests per month.

• 3,521 adults and children participate in art and craft classes offered through the city's four art studios.

• The Utility Accounting Division meter readers take over 750,000 meter readings each year.

• The Internal Audit Department was created by voter referendum in 1975.

• United States Military Special Forces paramedics train with Tampa Fire Rescue.

• Approximately 5,000 illegal signs are removed from the city rights-of-way each year.

• The Residential Development Division issued a total of 13,335 building and site permits for FY02.

• The Code Enforcement Department takes more than 300 calls daily.

• The Records Center houses over 11,000 reels of microfilm.

• CTTV uses four remote-controlled cameras to cover Tampa City Council and other board meetings. One operator controls all four cameras from a control room next to the Council Chambers.

• You are not required to give your name or any other personal information when registering a complaint with the Code Enforcement Department.

• Triage, the Water Department's 24-hour Customer Service Section, received nearly 50,000 calls and processed more than 10,600 workorder requests for service in FY02.

• The City of Tampa established the first Municipal Records Center in the State of Florida.

• City vehicles and equipment used 2.4 million gallons of fuel in FY02.

• All new residential construction in Tampa is designed to withstand a wind velocity of 120 m.p.h.

• The City of Tampa's first ever dual Sister Cities affiliation agreement was signed last year with the cities of Veracruz and Boca Del Rio, in the State of Veracruz, Mexico.