miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission report a look ahead at the regular city commission meeting of september eighteenth two thousand and seventeen want to let you know before we get started that the agenda is subject to change and sometimes it does at the last minute the commission begins the evening session of the meeting with commission presentations there is one it is the adoption of a memorial resolution recognizing the transitioning of dorothy g smith a committed member of the community who gave over seventy years of service to the newtown community next come scheduled presentations there are two of them the first is a legislative update from representative julio gonzales of district seventy four florida house of representatives the next scheduled presentation is also a legislative update from representative jim boyd of district seventy one for the house of representatives after another round of citizens input the commission moves on to public hearings there are several legislative public hearings on the agenda all having to do with the budget the first is the second hearing of a proposed resolution certifying the rates of milledge to be levied by the city of sarasota the next legislative public hearing is the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the city of sarasota next comes second public hearing of a proposed resolution certifying the rates of milledge to be levied within the same armin's special business improvement district the next public hearing is the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the sane arm and special business neighborhood improvement district next is the second public hearing of a proposed resolution certifying the rates of milledge to be levied by the city of sarasota within the golden gate point streetscape special district within the downtown improvement district then comes a second hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the downtown improvement district after that is a proposed ordinance amending a previous ordinance to reset the base year for determination of tax increment funds collected within the newtown community redevelopment area after that there is one quasi judicial public hearing on the agenda is a proposed resolution approving a g s own waiver application to allow construction of a four storey up to four hundred seventy six parking space public parking garage with the front yard setback of two feet on madison drive and five feet on north adams drive after that the commission moves on to new business there are two items of new business on the agenda the first is an adoption of a proposed resolution creating the economic development fund beginning with the fiscal year twenty seventeen twenty eighteen annual budget and continuing for future annual budgets the next item of new business this is the last item on the agenda is a report regarding an amendment to the zoning code to allow medical marijuana dispensaries and that will do it for the regular city commission meeting of september eighteenth two thousand and seventeen if you'd like to take a look at the agenda or any of the back up material you can do so at our website sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand the meeting will be getting underway shortly miles larson with the city of sarasota