hi i'm john up with the city of sarasota and this year commission recap a look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of october sixth two thousand and fourteen the commission began with the approval of minutes commission approved the minutes of the special city commission meeting of september ninth two thousand and fourteen with corrections and the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of september fifteenth two thousand and fourteen also with corrections next the city commission recessed and convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency also known as the c r a firstly approve the minutes of the special c r a meeting of april twenty first two thousand and fourteen with corrections next was appointment to the downtown c r a advisory board the commission reappointed anthony sousa jr and delayed filling two more vacancies until the next commission meeting then there reconvened is a city commission and considered consent agendas one and two commission proved all of consent agenda one and adopted all of consent agenda to except one item regarding the replacement of the existing sign at the sarasota fairgrounds there was consensus to have staff review the item further and bring back a report to the commission at their next meeting next was a board appointment commission appointed duncan miller to the employee retirement account committee next was unfinished business the commission first her adoption of a proposed resolution establishing an ad hoc committee to be known as the bobby jones golf club masterplan committee now there was consensus that a master plan should begin with the feasibility study and persons interested in serving on the committee should fill out a advisory board application to be considered the commission also asked that all previous reports regarding the bobby jones golf club should be posted on the city website and that staff report back to the commission at the next meeting next the commission approved amending the definition of gender found in chapter eighteen of the city code so as to clarify that there prohibit of discrimination on the basis of gender includes gender identity and expression and that the city code should include  definition of each next was a continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report after some discussion there was no action taken in the evening session with there were two commission presentations giving first was a proclamation proclaiming october two thousand and fourteen as domestic violence awareness month next was a proclamation proclaiming october two thousand and fourteen as architecture and design month next there were two scheduled presentations first was the commission received a report on the two thousand and fourteen suncoast super graham boat super bowl grand prix excuse me festival and next was a presentation regarding the sarasota high school band performing in london on new year's eve next the commission move to public hearings first was a public hearing of a proposed ordinance to conditionally vacate a forty foot wide right of way known as mary street between coconut avenue and florida avenue this was passed on first reading next was a proposed ordinance amending the city's comprehensive plans future land use chapter by adding the rosen rate rosemary residential overlay district also known as the r rob a lowering maximum density up to seventy five welling units per acre on individual projects but limiting the total number of dwelling units within the to a density of twenty five dwelling units per acre now the our right is bounded on the north by ten st on the west by coconut avenue on the designation from florida avenue and add primary street designation to a segment of coconut avenue from boulevard of the yards to south of tenth street this was also passed on first reading next the commission moved to new business first was a presentation a discussion regarding the applications of qualified electors for a city commission commission district seat two and district seat three vacancies there was consensus that each commissioner will come back to the november nineteenth special meeting with their top two choices for each district and select appointees after some discussion and finally this evening the commission approved the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and surely e smith for property located at eight hundred seventeen thirty second street in the amount of seven thousand one hundred twenty eight dollars and eighty two cents and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of october sixth two thousand and fourteen if you like to look at the agenda the video or the back of material you can do so at sarasota dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm john up of the city of sarasota will see you after the next me