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local officials continue to determine the mix of taxes in each city with citizen involvement as required by the Hancock Amendment. SB 209 was heard in the Senate Ways & Means Committee on January 29 and HB 165 has been assigned to the House Ways & Means Committee (Oppose) --City Attorney John Mulligan is preparing an update on this topic for our consideration at an upcoming executive session. TIF Restrictions : The League opposes SB 176, HB 103, and SB 20, which they believe unduly, constrain TIF. They also oppose SB 225 (Stuoffer) which bans TIF in 100-year flood plains and restricts cities from banning discharge of weapons at request of hunters. Cities have many ball fields in the flood plain so this bill puts kids at risk. (Oppose) Countywide Sales Tax: HB 356 (Avery) would end the sharing of sales tax from the “A” cities to the “B” cities and County in 2008. It has been assigned to the Local Government Committee. (MML has no stance) Your contacts with legislators will be extremely important as these bills come up for consideration. Companies such as AT&T have much influence in Jefferson City and have flooded the halls with dozens of lobbyists. Your voice needs to be heard in order to both promote and protect municipal interests. MoDOT is waiting on a letter from Olivette and U-City approving the bridge enhancements at Olive and I 170. MoDOT has been informed that our next Council Meeting is on February 26. The proposed bridge enhancements include an ashlar stone treatment tinted “Cemented Deal HC141” which is a light beige. Since this color is a neutral, it goes with the tones of the sidewalks. An Olivette representative mentioned that their City is very interested in having the names of both cities on the bridge. I am not clear on design or cost on the signage. Patrick Owens from the Great Rivers Greenway (GRG) was present. The design plans for the streetscape are 60% complete. The enhancements will be included in our upcoming budget transfer conversation. Great I requested that East-West Gateway (EWG) consider Olive Blvd for their Streets Initiative . Staff from Community Development and Public Works are teaming up to develop a proposal for the March submittal round. The communities that receive assistance in design will be the ones that demonstrate the best chance of success in creating a great street. The process is as follows: th ? March 16 – Initial Concept Application-- We will submit an application for Olive Blvd. Need, Civic support, area development, physical feasibility and cost-effectiveness will be considered.