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some cell companies continue to contest the law, we do not know what they will do with the tax they collect. The City has not received any revenue (9% utility tax) from the cell phone companies to date. Some legislators have told local officials that the telephone industry is drafting a new bill to replace HB 209 and some legislators have indicated that they will try to enact it into law. This subsequent bill to 209 will likely be similar to HB 209 (apply the GR tax to cell phones but force a rollback of the rate, but go back to the more city favorable formula known as the Griesheimer compromise). It will probably try to address the back tax litigation somehow. Presumably, the industry will try to fix the problem that caused the law to be thrown out. AT&T wants to deliver video Related but separate, service to our residents. AT&T has been negotiating with a municipal consortium coordinated through the MML with attorneys Ken Heinz and Paul Martin. They are offering the same franchise agreements to all municipalities in order to operate within their boundaries. However, the delivery system is different. AT&T will require repeater boxes in the public rights-of-way, I attached a presentation from a recent Illinois Municipal League conference which shows the repeater boxes. The presentation can be found on-line at http://www.iml.org/spps/ahpg.cfm?spgid=43, titled, “AT&T's Project Lightspeed: It's a Duck”. A group of University City residents is holding a public meeting to discuss opportunities surrounding U.City’s oldest home, the Sutter-Meyer House on th Thursday, November 9, at the Pershing School Library, 6761 Bartmer, at 7 pm. Since the Council has not decided what the future will be for this city-owned former farmhouse, a citizen group is working together to research the possibilities for the home, which is on the National Register of Historic Places and was designated a city historic landmark in 1986. The citizen committee, calling Sutter-MeyerSociety themselves the will develop ideas and make recommendation to the Historic Preservation Commission and to the City Council. Green Center, a natural laboratory & Cultural gathering place, The has already raised $48,000 to build a greenhouse onsite in Kaufman Park to enhance their educational opportunities. They need to raise an additional $50,000 before they can begin construction. The capital campaign to complete the project is in full swing, if you have any questions contact, Matt Hoyne at 725-8314. Olive There has been some conversation about expediting the construction at and I-170 to avoid multiple closures during the Hwy. 40 construction. I will meet with representatives of MODOT and Olivette next week to discuss the pros and cons of speeding up project completion. While it definitely would make sense regionally to complete the project ahead of schedule, there will undoubtedly be impact to our business owners if the proposal includes prolonged closures.