everybody on miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at some of the major actions of the regular city commission meeting of may the fifth two thousand and fourteen the question began the afternoon as they always do with citizens and put concerning city topics then they moved on to approval of the minutes there were two meetings to approve the minutes for the first meeting was the regular city commission meeting of april twenty first two thousand and fourteen those minutes were approved the next meeting was the joint special meeting of the city commission of the city of sarasota and the s a board of county commissioners that meeting was on april twenty second and those minutes were approved with a correction the commission then moved on to consent agenda one and consent agenda one was approved in its entirety except for one item and that item was to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the agreement between the city of sarasota and t l c diversified pertaining to lift station number forty rehabilitation in the amount of one million eighteen thousand two hundred dollars and this item was tabled until the may nineteenth two thousand fourteen regular city commission meeting the commission then moved onto consent agenda number two and that was adopted by the commission then moved to unfinished business there were a few items of unfinished business to deal with the first was a second reading of proposed ordinance pertaining pedestrian activity in medians and roundabouts and this was adopted on second reading the next item of unfinished business was the second reading of the proposed ordinance to repeal provisions providing for ex officio members of the police advisory panel and the police complaint committee and this item was adopted on second reading as well the third item of news of unfinished business excuse me was the discussion regarding the fourth amendment to the lease agreement between the city of sarasota and the fraternal order of police the commission decided to extend the lease agreement between the city of sarasota and the fop for ninety days in order to obtain further clarification regarding some insurance requirements the fourth item of unfinished business was a continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report and there was consensus among the commission not to pursue the f b i property that they had discussed and to have dr margaret appear at the may nineteenth a regular city commission meeting if possible the fifth item of unfinished business was a status report regarding the lift station number eighty seven project there was consensus among the among the commission to build the list station to withstand category three hurricane conditions and there was discussion regarding architectural style options and the commission encouraged public input before any decision would be made and that took care of the afternoon session of the city commission meeting after a break they came back for the evening session and that began with presentations the first presentation was a proclamation presented to the city commission on april the twenty fourth two thousand fourteen by the kids down commission in recognition of honoring national take our daughters and sons to work day then they went on to another round of citizens and put and after that there were no public hearings so they moved right on to a few items of new  business the first item was a consideration of adequate board insurance to be included in the budget there was consensus among the commission to direct staff to work with the city attorney to obtain information from other municipalities specifically the sarasota county the city of venice and the city of northport concerning insurance coverage is that have been purchased and to get this information for further discussion the next item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding the new brand for the sarasota police departments known as blue plus you this presentation was given and no action was taken the third item of new business and the last item on the agenda was a presentation in discussion regarding open burn ordinances the commission directed the city ordinance the city attorney excuse me to draft an ordinance that would regulate that be no burning within five hundred feet of a fuel storage facility and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of may the fifth two thousand and fourteen if you'd like to check out the video and all of the backup material you can do so at our website  com look on the right side for video on demand miles larsen with the city of sarasota we'll see you after the next