larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the record the city commission meeting of october the sixteenth two thousand and seventeen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input concerning city topics and then then moved on to approval of the minutes there were two meetings to approve the minutes for the first where the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of september fifth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved with changes next came the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of october second two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved after that the commission moved on to consent agenda number one and consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were approved and all the items on consent two were adopted the commission then moved onto unfinished business there were three items of unfinished business to take care of the first was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the third amendment to the agreement between the city of sarasota and mckim and creed pertaining to engineering services for lift station eighty seven in the amount of three million seventy one thousand four hundred dollars this item was approved the next item of unfinished business was a presentation and discussion of a report on the historic preservation of review process the commission decided to update the historic surveys of the city data is missing from the surveys for all structures built in the late one nine hundred fifty s and the one nine hundred sixty s depending on the area of the city this is the mid century modern period we also know it as the era of the sarasota school of architecture the commission also decided to create new protection and incentives for historic preservation consistent with key action items two point one two point four three point one and three point two of the two thousand and seventeen two thousand and twenty strategic plan the commission also ordered a review of the historic preservation standards for review mission and appeals process after that the commission moved on to the last finished business which was a presentation and discussion of downtown parking meters they directed staff to reconsider options and alternatives to metered parking in the downtown after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting and they began with commission presentations there were three of them the first was a proclamation proclaiming october twentieth to the twenty ninth two thousand and seventeen as eat local week the next commission presentation proclaimed october two thousand seventeen as domestic violence awareness month the last commission presentation was a memorial resolution recognizing the transitioning of paul and junior legendary serious so to a leader affectionately known as mr downtown this resolution was adopted after another round of citizens input the commission moved on to public hearings there were three legislative public hearings on the agenda the first was a proposed ordinance amending the city code chapter twenty four personnel article two pensions this item was passed on first reading the next public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the pension section of the city code to conform to changes in state law and to allocate chapter one eighty five annual and reserve monies to police officer retirees this item passed on first reading the third public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the comp plan of the city of sarasota the utilities and capital improvement chapters this item also passed on first reading the commission then moved on to new business there were three items of new business to take care of the first was a proposed resolution adopting a schedule authorizing future processing of an administrative amendment to the comp planned for marie selby botanical gardens this item was adopted the next item of new business was to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the purchase and sale agreement between the city and community solutions three sixty four property located at twenty five thirty two east twenty fifth street in the amount of eleven thousand two hundred seventy nine dollars and thirty six cents this item was approved the next item of new business this was the last item on the agenda was a discussion regarding changing the city commission election date a motion to direct the city attorney to bring back language concerning moving city elections to be held consistent with the general election in november during even years failed and that did it for the re commission meeting of october sixteenth two thousand and seventeen if you'd like to look at the video and all the backup material you can do so at our website sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting