hi i'm john operate the city of sarasota and this year commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of august fifteenth two thousand and sixteen the commission began with approval of minutes they approved the minutes of the special city commission meeting of july seventh two thousand sixteen and they approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of july eighteenth two thousand and sixteen with corrections next the commission approved all items and consent agenda number one and adopted the first item of consent to on second reading and the  second item was adopted on second reading with the inclusion the changes read into the record by the city attorney up next was one board appointment commission appointed leonardo lunardi to the historic preservation board and finally in the afternoon was one item of unfinished business was a discussion regarding large scale special events and after discussion they directed the city attorney's office to prepare two separate ordinances for commission consideration that a future meeting first is in order to prohibit special events that require closure of more than five city blocks to two way vehicular traffic and the second is in order to require city commission approval for a special event that requires closure of more than five city blocks to two way vehicular traffic and under remarks of commissioners there was consensus to add an item to a future agenda concerning the regulation of delivery trucks on main street and there was consensus to add an item to a future agenda concerning the schip program to consider providing funding for homebuyers and we began the evening session with to schedule presentations first was a presentation from students working against tobacco followed by a presentation regarding the florida studio theatre's request for the butterfly lady sculpture to be placed on the keating terrace next was public hearings first was a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code recycling and solid waste to increase residential rates by one dollar with no change to the level of service and to increase some commercial rates depending upon the container size and the frequency of collection with many rates remaining the same and this was passed on first reading next it was a public hearing regarding a proposed dorrance providing for the designation of the structure located at fifteen seventy boulevard of the arts historically known as the baker's badcock furniture store building as a structure of historic significance pursuant to the historic designation regulations of the city this also passed on first reading next was new business was a presentation and discussion regarding the brotherhood of men technical skill development initiative the commission accepted the proposal of staff and brotherhood of men with the condition that audited financials are made available and reports are provided also with the report at six months and then one year that there be a three month timeline for the adjacent neighbor to enter into negotiations regarding the property located at seven hundred fifty five thirty second street and at the negotiations do not conclude that the property be made available to the program that the city waive the administrative regulation concerning disposal of real property that the city commission policy of offering blighted property to adjacent neighbors the way that the property is located at twenty nine fifty three north link avenue and fourteen twenty one eighteenth street have titles transferred to the brotherhood of men and that the building permits associated with rehab in these properties are waived next was a presentation and discussion regarding the preliminary two thousand and seventeen legislative priorities for the city of sarasota now no action was taken but the commission did discuss including the following items as legislative priorities support for the extension of the legacy trio creation of a public records council at the state level to enforce the sunshine and public records laws creation of a commission on social equity at the state level support for the band the box initiative support for energy solar and green jobs support for a living wage and modification to the current language regarding the c r a and finally his presentation and discussion regarding the city of services summer internship program two thousand and sixteen and that does it for the record city commission meeting of aug fifteenth two thousand  sixteen if you'd like to look at the agenda of the backup material or watch the video you can do so sarasota go dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm john not at the city of sarasota and i'll see you after the next meeting