hi i'm john operate the city of zero and this year commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting may fourth two thousand and fifteen first the commission approve the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of april twentieth with corrections as well as the minutes of the special city commission meeting of april twenty eighth next under board actions the commission accepted a report from the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory boards regular meeting march nineteenth the commission also deferred direction concerning designation of funds to a park maintenance and improvement fun until it can be considered during the budget process they also directed staff to prepare a notice a public hearing for the blore a homeowners association they also denied acceptance of the prep board's recommendation regarding gillespie park and instead directed staff to wreak locate the barbecue pit and tables currently in the pavilion area to another area of the park directed the temporary use of tables for the reading program there and directed staff not to remove the shelter the commission also recommended the appointment of a member laurel keyser to the sarasota county park board and there was consensus for the city attorney to not include a provision concerning carnival type of events in the proposed amendment to the special events ordinance next under consent agendas the commission approved all items on consent one and adopted all the items on consent to next under unfinished business the commission adopted a proposed resolution to adopt a schedule to process an administrative amendment to the comprehensive plan and directed staff to develop definitions to address the meaning of functional equivalent asked stated in the comp plan next was adoption of repose a resolution providing that the city commission will hold and attend a joint meeting with the cities of north port venice and the town of long various matters there was consensus for the city auditor and clerk to schedule the location date and time for a joint meeting and to contact parties with details and for the city attorney to finalize the resolution and bring it back to the commission under consent agenda number two and no action was taken on the resolution next was approval to authorize the mayor to execute the as is residential contract for sale and purchase between the city of sarasota and marshall consulting for property located at six fifteen jones street in the amount of forty two thousand five hundred dollars this was passed the evening started with three commission presentations first was a proclamation proclaiming may third through the night two thousand and fifteen as construction safety week next was a proclamation proclaiming may twelfth two thousand and fifteen as my algea chronic fatigue syndrome and lyme disease international awareness day and final it was a proclamation proclaiming may twenty ninth two thousand and fifteen as time sifters archaeology society day next the commission received a scheduled presentation of the united way of florida's asset limited income constrained employed report that was followed by two public hearings first was a public hearing of a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code by adding a new section expanding the jurisdiction of the code compliance magi strate to include the citation system for unlicensed contracting or unpermitted work this was passed on first reading next was a public hearing of a proposed ordinance amending the service of the city code regarding vehicles for hire to update the definitions of of for hire vehicle to remove exemptions for non profits to require for hire vehicles and not be older than a certain age to increase the level of background checks required on for hire vehicle drivers to allow the parking division to consider certificates permits or licenses obtained in other jurisdictions and to create a fine schedule for certain violations this also passed on first reading next was one item of unfinished business it was the approval to authorize the mayor to execute the vacant land contract between the city of sarasota and the ringling school of art college of art and design pertaining to property located at twenty five twenty four coconut avenue in the amount of twenty thousand dollars and authorized the property exchange of the city on lot located at thirteen eighty four dr martin luther king jr way for the lot owned by ringling college of art and design located at twenty four forty two coconut avenue to facilitate the ringling sound stage project this was approved subject final approval of a site plan application by the plain board and finally the the in the thing was one item of new business it was the commission approved the extension of time to commence construction of a hotel pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and flora day's development company and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of may fourth two thousand and fifteen if you like to look at the agenda the back of material or watch the video you can do so is sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm john knopper the city of sarasota i'll see you after the next me