hi i'm john knopper of the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of april twenty first two thousand and fourteen first the commission started with the approval of minutes there were three meetings to approve minutes was the minutes of the joint special meeting of the city commission and the sarasota board of county commissioners of april first two thousand and fourteen those were approved with corrections next was the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of april seventh those were also approved with corrections finally the minutes of the special city commission meeting of april fourteenth those were approved next the city commission recessed in convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency also known as the next was a report with the new town c r a advisory board special meeting march twelfth the joint meeting of the downtown and new town c r a advisory boards of march twentieth the regular meeting of april third and a special meeting of april presentation and discussion it was a request of the c r a to recommend to the city commission approval of the new town c r a advisory boards recommendation for twenty four thousand dollars of tax increment financing funds also known funds for seven young people to be hired as counselors in training for summer camp at the robert taylor community complex the summer now the c r a recommended approval by the city commission with the option of adding another nine thousand dollars if that amount could not be raised from outside sources for a grand total of thirty three thousand dollars next was a report from the downtown c r a advisory boards regular meeting of march thirteenth that report was accepted next was a presentation and discussion request of the c r a to recommend to the city commission authorization for the city manager to execute the first amendment to the agreement with a b morgan corporation pertaining to phase t the state street parking garage project in the amount of ten million five hundred sixty six thousand eight hundred twenty six dollars the c r a recommended approval by the city commission finally it was a presentation and discussion was  another request of the c r a to recommend to the city commission adoption of a proposed resolution approving an enter fund loan of eight hundred seventy four thousand two hundred ninety five dollars from the fleet liability the consent agenda one day they are approved all ten items except number six that i was that item was approved with an amended contract change order amount of fourteen thousand three hundred twenty five dollars and both items on consent agenda number two were adopted next the commission moved on to unfinished business first was an adoption of a proposed resolution declaring its intention to terminate the road impact fee interloping agreement dated county government no longer implement administer or collect roadway impact fees within the city limits that resolution was adopted related to that item was a transition of existing roadway impact fee to a multi modal transportation impact fee and amending the road impact fee in our local agreement the commission approved stack to continue working on an amendment to that in our local agreement also related to those  items was to set for a public hearing of proposed origins amending the sarasota city code by adding a new article thereby creating a multi modal transportation impact the program to be imposed on new development so to ensure that the cit transportation system would be adequate to accommodate vehicles pedestrians bicycles mass transit and other modes of traffic generated generated by any new development and to assess the cost of such facilities approve this item to be set for a public hearing next was the continued discussion of the homelessness status update they received this update and no action was taken the next was the authorization for the city manager to execute the temporary parking in staging area agreement between the city and sawyer loop partners pertaining to the use of property at thirteen thirty north avenue for the purpose of providing a temporary parking and construction for the construction workers and others involved in the construction of the deep injection well and for construction staging and the amount of one thousand and seventy five dollars per month now this item was tabled until after the joint city and county meeting of april twenty second and the commission began the evening session with presentations first was a commission citation recognize in the selection of rachel mallett the daughter of city employee bill mallett as the twenty fourteen girl of the year by girls incorporated of sarasota county next was a proclamation proclaiming april twenty first two thousand and fourteen as campaign against summer hunger next to the commission moved on to public hearings first was a proposed ordinance to reset the base year for determination of tax increment funds collected within the newtown c r a area and reaffirming that tax increment funds collected in that area shall be deposited into the existing redevelopment trust fund the commission withdrew the proposed ordinance and referred this item to a later date next was a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code to add a new division in title pedestrian activity in medians and roundabout basically restricts the sitting standing or placing objects in roadway medians and roundabouts this item was passed on first reading next was a proposed ordinance men in the city code revising the definition of earnings to clarify that the term annual leave and compass is big vacation days bonus days and run walk swim days and adding the general statement that any other types of leave that may be accrued by employ and paid in lump sum are not included in the definition provision allowing the city manager to give permission for use of city own property for lodging out of doors and and deleting the provision providing that persons charged with a violation during last year do not have to be afforded the opportunity to be transported to a shelter and by providing that persons afforded the opportunity to be transferred ported to a shelter may be transported to any available shelter that was passed on first reading and finally the there was a proposed ordinance amending the city code to repeal provisions providing for ex officio members of the police advisory panel and police complaint committee and to substitute provisions providing for staff sport to those two panels this was also passed on first read next the commission moved on to three items of new business the first was a status report of the list station number eighty seven project after the presentation there was consensus for the city manager to have the urban design studio sketch a concept design for live station eighty seven based on input from several neighbors and to have staff screened the area to make it more appealing next staff was looking for direction regarding special events during the multiple construction projects going on from may two thousand and fourteen through september two thousand and fifteen the commission directed the city attorney to draft resolution and bring that back to give clarity concerning special events specifically that the vents will they not be permitted on main street during that time period from gulfstream avenue to orange  the exception of parades the new new year's event and thunder by the bay lastly the authorization to advertise the fiscal year two thousand and fourteen two thousand and fifteen action plan relating to the implementing the consolidated plan submitted to the us you asked the department of housing and urban development also known as hud also an amendment to the twenty eleven two thousand and twelve action plan to eliminate fifty thousand dollars in c b b g funding for the maple avenue drainage project and to reallocate that funding to the dr martin luther king jr streetscape project and a proposed amendment to delete fifty thousand dollars in home funding for the tax credit program and to add those funds to the housing rehabilitation program and a proposed amendment to reduce home funding for the youth services program by one hundred thousand dollars and add those funds to the housing rehabilitation program now the commissioner approved advertisement of the fiscal year two thousand and fourteen two thousand and fifteen action plan and also approved advertisement of those two additional amendments and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of april twenty first two thousand and fourteen if you like to see the agenda video or the back of material you can do so sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm john city of sarasota