on miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap you look back at some of the major actions of the sarasota city commission meeting of july the twenty first two thousand and fourteen the commission began the afternoon session as they always do with citizens input concerning city topics and then they moved right into approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for it was the regular city commission meeting of july the seventh two thousand and fourteen and those minutes worked through death corrected the commission then moved on to consent agenda one all the items of consent one were approved and then they moved on to consent to all the items on consented gena number two were adopted the commission then moved on to board appointments there were a few board appointments to deal with the first was the mayor's nomination to the sarasota housing authority board of directors this was postponed by consensus of the city commission the second court appointment was to the board of adjustment and they appointed alan m friedman the third board appointment was an appointment to the human relations board in the city commission appointed matthew slack and the fourth board appointment was the star member of the public art committee and the commission appointed zachary brenda's as the star member to the public our committee the commission then moved on to unfinished business there were a few items of unfinished business on the agenda the first was a proposed resolution establishing a process for appointments of the city commission to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of the city commissioners elected from district to district three this was adopted with the modification that up to twenty five pages a supplemental information will be allowed to accompany the application the second item of unfinished business was a presentation and discussion regarding the homelessness efforts by the salvation army and an update on the progress of the streets team this presentation was given the third item of unfinished business was a presentation  negotiate for the lido pavilion and pool the commission directed the invitation to negotiate be revised to reflect the city's interest in retaining the building as a one storey building compliant with thema qualifications so that it does not have to comply with velocity requirements the fourth item of unfinished business was an approval regarding bayfront twenty twenty continuing dialogue and outreach and community outreach and staff liaison the commission directed support for a continuing dialogue and community outreach for bayfront twenty twenty and designated the city manager a staff liaison utilizing the two thousand and seven bayfront master plan in conversations with the following parameters a conference center will not be considered the property will remain open to the public the public view corridor will not be impeded and an update will be given in january of two thousand and fifteen and that did it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of july the twenty first the evening session began with commission presentations there was one and it was a key to the city presented to dan kennedy longtime educator and co founder of the sarasota military academy the commission then moved on to scheduled presentations there was one and it was from the sarasota police foundation incorporated after another round of citizens input concerning city toppers the commission then moved on to public hearings there were a few public hearings on the agenda the first was a proposed order it's amending the sarasota city code creating a new chapter entitled special events permits this item was continued to the september fifteenth two thousand and fourteen regular city commission meeting the second public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code regarding water and sewer rates this item was passed on first reading the third public hearing on the agenda was a proposed resolution amending a resolution which approved an application permitting construction of a ten story mixed use building containing one hundred sixty eight residential dwelling units ten thousand square feet of retail space twenty one thousand square feet of office space and two hundred thirty off street parking spaces at a property located at fourteen forty five second street this item was passed on first reading the commission then moved on to new business the first item of new business was a presentation in discussion regarding retail market analysis for downtown the rosemary district the same norman circle and the martin luther king jr corridor this report was accepted the next item of new business was a discussion regarding the information technology department risk assessment assessment report this was accepted this presentation was accepted by consensus the third item of new business was a discussion regarding a letter from sarasota county concerning the proposed come as you are shelter  now the city commission directed staff to notify the county that the city is no longer interested in participating in the process of building a come as you are shelter and that a joint meeting of the city and county is not needed in september they also directed  marburger other eleven recommendations the fourth item of new business was a discussion regarding the future sale of city owned parkland there was commission discussion on this item and there was consensus to place this item on a future agenda for furthe discussion the commission then moved on to the fifth item of new business which was a discussion regarding sarasota police department accreditation the commission directed that the issue of accreditation be referred or to the independent police advisory panel for further study including whether it is beneficial from a cost perspective and to hear an explanation regarding the current status of accreditation the sixth item of new business was a presentation in discussion regarding city code and zoning code modifications along the dr martin luther king jr way pertaining to business hours of operation and a parking prohibition from the city limits east of new us three zero one to north avenue there was commission consensus for staff to research other businesses operating hours around the city and to report back to the city commission the seventh item of new business and the last item on the agenda was a discussion regarding budget adjustments for the originally approved budget for the fiscal year two thousand and thirteen fourteen commit there was commission consensus on this item to consider negative budget amendments for the city managers departments at the july twenty fourth to twenty fourth excuse me two thousand and fourteen special meeting and that does it for the rest of the city commission meeting of july the twenty first two thousand and fourteen if you'd like to check out the video and the agenda and all the back up material you can do so at our website at sarasota dot org on the right hand side look for video on demand for the city of sarasota and miles larson will see you after the next meeting