hi i'm john knopper the city of sarasota and the sugar commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of june sixth two thousand and sixteen first the commissioners approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting may sixteenth two thousand and sixteen and then recessed in convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency or c r eight firstly approve the minutes of the special c r a meeting of march twenty first two thousand and sixteen and the minutes of the special c r a meeting of april twenty two thousand and sixteen and finally the commission's reappointed kenneth bailey to the downtown c r a advisory board they then reconvene as the city commission to consider consent agendas one and two under consent one of the commissioners polled two items for more discussion the first was an affirmation of a planning board resolution approving the conditional use in sight plan applications to permit tasking nail located on main street to operate under four c o p liquor license they directed staff to schedule this for a public hearing the other i was to execute an agreement between the city and let's think wireless for installation maintenance every pair of surveillance systems services on an as needed basis now this was approved in the commission directed staff to work with the vendor to provide an assessment and bring back this item prior to purchase of any cameras the commission then adopted all items on consent to next the commission made several board appointments firstly appointed david parrish to the board of rules of appeals next they reported frank brenner to the civil service board they also reappointed benita wagner to the general employees pension plan board of trustees they re appointed michael valentino to the same armin's business improvement district board of directors and finally the mayor reappointed david morgan and gerald duane finger to the sarasota housing authority board of directors and also appointed jack meredith and peter green next up was a few items of unfinished business versus adoption of a proposed resolution approved in the local housing assistance plan as required by the state housing initiatives partnership program act authorizing and directing the mayor to execute any necessary documents and certifications needed by the state and authorized in the submission of the local housing assistance plan for review and approval but the florida housing finance corporation and this was approved next was approv authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute these sub recipient agreement between the city of sarasota and community assisted support of living in corporate it pertaining to a housing first program in the amount of two hundred eighty nine thousand and fifty four dollars this was also approved next up was a presentation in discussion regarding the newtown conservation historic district project phase one report which included a recommendation for phase two with the funding request in the amount of one hundred fifty five thousand six hundred fifty five dollars this item was approved and finally was a presentation and discussion regarding a request for a waiver of procurement requirements to allow vicky o heritage productions incorporated to perform work on face two of the newtown conservation historic district project and this was also approved and we began the evening session with one commission presentation it was a commission recognition citation of the sarasota herald tribune and pulitzer prize winning reporter michael break up under unfinished business was a presentation and discussion to authorize the mayor to send a letter on behalf of the city commission to promote the extension of the legacy trail north downtown sarasota from its current and at cove or house garden the commission directed staff to draft a resolution and a letter from the mayor to express support for the extension of the legacy trail mixed up with several public hearings versus a public hearing regarding a proposed resolution amend the infrastructure sales surtax fifteen year extension expenditure project detail list in accordance with the procedures established by a serious or county ordinance pertaining to the one percent local government infrastructure sales surtax levy and this item was adopted next was a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota so as to modify the regulations applicable to community boat docks and this i don't passed on first reading next was a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota to amend the definition of a convenience store to be any retail food store that is under four thousand square feet and includes operating hours at any time between two am and six construction by amending the definition of a diseased tree article six zone districts by increasing the minimum diameter of trees required for single family development and article seven by modifying existing regulations and providing additional regulations at all to the production and removal of trees grant trees in mitigation trees by adding to the list of exempt trees and by modifying the regulations applicable to the replacement tree fun now this was passed on first reading with some modifications with that was a public hearing of her post or amending the city code by adding a penalty for failure to post a tree removal permit and for failure to provide tree protection barriers this also passed on first code this was adopted on first reading and finally was a public hearing of a proposed ordinance extending the portable sign pilot program for one year allowing portable signs to be placed on public rights of way in downtown sarasota establishing reasonable time place and manner restrictions for placement of signs on public rights away and providing for prohibitions this was passed on first reading and next up was new business first the commission approved the fiscal year two thousand and sixteen two thousand and seventeen annual budget for the city of sarasota bayfront moring field and finally was a presentation in discussion regarding the management letter governance letter and comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ended september thirtieth two thousand and fifteen which includes the report for the c r a and the reports necessary to comply with federal and state signal audit requirements and the commission accepted this report and that does it for the regular city commission meeting of june sixth two thousand