everybody on miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of march the fifth two thousand and eighteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input concerning city topics and then  on to approval of the minutes there were three meetings to approve the minutes for the first where the minutes from the joint special meeting of the after action report of hurricane irma of the governments of the sarasota board of county commissioners the city commissions of the cities of north port and sarasota the city council of the city of venice the town commission of the town of longboat key and the school board of sarasota county on february ninth two thousand and eighteen these minutes were approved the next mean to approve the minutes for was the regular city commission meeting of february twentieth two thousand and eighteen these minutes were removed and will be brought back march nineteenth and the minutes from the special city commission meeting of february twenty second two thousand and eighteen and these minutes were approved after that the commission moved onto consent agenda number one then consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were approved and all the items on consent to were adopted and then came unfinished business there were three items of unfinished business on the agenda the first was a second reading of a proposed ordinance amend the future land use chapter of the comprehensive plan of the city of sarasota to change the classification of property at thirty to fifty one north washington boulevard from community office institutional to community commercial there was consensus to table this item until the march nineteenth regular city commission meeting and place it under unfinished business in the afternoon session the next item of unfinished business was an approval of a metropolitan planning organization funding request priority update for the myrtle street project roundabout us forty one and fruitvale road sarasota trail project and the advanced traffic management system there was a failed motion on this item for funding request priority for the myrtle street project roundabout us forty one and the road sarasota trail project including the coon key bridge and the next segment of the school avenue multi use recreational trail and the advance traffic management system with the exception of the new project for food bill road a motion carried to approve the existing projects with the exception of the new f the road project to be voted on separately there was also a caried motion to add the new fruitvale road project to the queue for requests for funding by the sarasota breynton metropolitan planning organization list for priority funding the third item of unfinished business was a presentation and discussion regarding a possible creation of defined truck routes within the city of sarasota there was a motion not to move forward with the proposal for defined truck routes and to direct staff to research and find ways to improve the existing no through trucks designation as written in the city code died for a lack of a second a motion carried it to accept the proposed truck routes with proper signage and with the a denim providing education the commission also achieve consensus to direct staff to research other jurisdictions concerning enforcement and height restrictions and to report back before the commission with findings after a short break the commission returned for the evening session and they began with commission presentations there were for the first was a presentation of the team of the quarter for the first quarter two thousand and eighteen the next presentation was recognising the sarasota police department two thousand and seventeen annual report cover contest winners the third presentation was recognizing devon beattie for achieving the rank of eagle scout through his project donated to the city of sarasota and the fourth presentation was a certificate of appreciation recognizing  e allen for being a good samaritan during a health emergency after another round of citizens input the commission moved on to public hearings there was one legislative public hearing on the agenda it was a proposed ordinance to correct and modify projects related to level of service standards in the capital improvement chapter of the comprehensive plan of the city of sarasota this item passed on first reading the commission then moved on to new business there were two items of new business on the agenda the first was a report regarding legal issues associated with increasing front yard setback requirements for buildings and with mandatory wider sidewalks no action was taken on this item the next item of new business in this was the last item on the agenda was a report regarding implementation of rank choice voting in city of sarasota elections the commission directed the city attorney to contact the supervisor of elections to gain insight as to their position with regard to rank choice voting and the division of elections concerning the status of the state certification of voting software and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of march fifth two thousand and eighteen if you'd like to think a look at the video or any of the back up material you can do so at our website sarasota f l i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting