hi i'm john operate the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of october fifth two thousand and fifteen first up was approval of minutes the commission approved the minutes of the special city commission meeting of september fourteenth minutes of the special city commission meeting of september twenty first two thousand and fifteen next was the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of september twenty first which were referred back to the city clerk for any modifications to individuals titles referenced in the minutes and bring them back at the next commission meeting next step was consent agendas one and two one item was pulled from consent one that item was regarding affirmation of a planning board resolution approving a site plan application to allow spanish in of harvest tabernacle of sarasota located at thirty six fifty seventeenth street the commission directed staff to set the item for a public hearing and for the city attorney to add a reference to the community services facility in section three and the remainder of consent one was approved and all items and consent to were dotted next was one item of unfinished business and that was direction regarding the monthly stipend i'm out for benefit your two thousand and sixteen for hundred three retirees eligible for the medicare connector model plans now the commission voted to maintain access to the eligibility to the group vision and dental plans access to the eligibility to the city owned health center without a reduction in the monthly stipend about to provide a monthly stipend of two hundred fifty dollars per month and a lousy a one time re entry into the city's group medical plan for preet one nine hundred ninety three medicare eligible retirees if the stipend is limited by city commission actions and if the plan is reopened to provide those retirees three months notice in advance of the reopening if the stipend is eliminated and we began the evening session with commission presentations first was a proclamation proclaiming october two thousand and fifteen as domestic violence awareness month followed by a proclamation proclaiming october twenty four through the thirtieth two thousand and fifteen as local we next was a scheduled presentation there was a presentation regarding a legislative session update by congressman berman be cannon of florida's sixteenth congressional district united states house of representatives next  a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance repealing certain articles of the code of the city of sarasota specifically article two taxicabs and other vehicles prior and article for petty cabs and low speed vehicles and this was passed on first reading next up was new business first was a report regarding the mediated settlement agreement in the case of lewis r doyle al first the city of sarasota and the commission approved this mediated settlement next it was a report regarding enforcement of the city's no lodging ordinance there was some commission discussion but no action was taken next was a presentation a discussion regarding proposed agenda items for the joint meeting of the sarasota county bo county commissioners on friday november sixth two thousand and fifteen regarding homelessness there was consensus to move forward with the proposed agenda items and finally was a presentation a discussion regarding implementation of a residential monthly parking permit program and after some discussion the commission voted to approve the program and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of october fifth two thousand and fifteen if you like to look at the agenda at the back of material or watch the video you can do so it com on the right side look for video on demand and the city of syria so is excited to announce the installation of the hearing loop listening assistance system here in the commission chambers and the s r q media studio the loop system complements the audio visual and close captioning services provided by the commission meetings and will greatly improve active participation by our citizens i'm john operate the city of sarasota and i'll see you after the next meeting