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be appointed to the Board. The Mayor must identify three individuals with the approval of a majority of the City Council to participate on the Board, totaling five- members. As with other Boards, the Council may also appoint an ex-officio member and I intend to provide initial staff support. Once the Board is in place, they can begin to review the citizen task force plans and establish a long range vision for the planning and use of the funds. 2. City Attorney John Mulligan will coordinate the tax certification. The tax will not begin to be collected for several months after certification. We will receive funding at the very earliest January, 2007. 3. August 15, the Historic Preservation Commission will be working on a resolution to identify Olive Blvd as a Historic District. Staff will then draft the boundaries for their consideration and forward to Council for final approval. The historic designation is necessary for the expenditure of funds on the Olive Blvd. projects. The boundaries will not only apply for the economic development sales tax funds. Olive Blvd will become a designated district in all regards benefiting property owners with the on-going review and participation of the Historic Preservation Commission. reduced pool hours Page 9 of the fall Recreation Guide outlines required in order to accommodate a reduction in staffing due to the guards returning to school. The revised pool schedule is identified from August 12 thru September 4 stating that the pool will change hours of operation including a cut in mid-day hours during the week. Due to concern raised by citizens, the Rec. staff has established an alternate plan to accommodate the reduction in the number of guards needed on weekday afternoons and possible evenings by closing the waterslide and/or the deep end of the pool. This will maintain the current pool hours without access to the entire facility as long as we have a minimum number of lifeguards available. polling day On we had a candidate screwing oversized signs to poles in r-o-w and School District trees. The size and number of allowable signs will be discussed by the Plan Commission in September in conjunction with the sign code review. The new tree ordinance will address mutilation of City trees, but not private trees. In the example of the signs posted at Pershing School, the screws were in District trees, which would be considered private by our ordinance. The District did ask that they remove the screws and the signs were affixed with tape. In November, regardless of the status of the ordinance amendments, I will work with the City Clerk, Library and School District to provide the polling stations with information regarding our wishes for the protection of our property. Supreme Court ruled that HB 209 was Tuesday, the Missouri unconstitutional . HB 209 wiped out past taxes due on cell phones and lowered your gross receipt tax rate on telecom services, while applying the new, lower rate to wireless companies. Rates were lowered as of July 1 to comply with HB