everybody i'm miles larsen with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of october the twentieth two thousand and fourteen the commission began the afternoon session as they always do with citizens input concerning city topics and then moved right into approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for it was the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of october the sixth two thousand and fourteen those minutes were approved with corrections the commission then recessed as the city commission  convened into a special session of the c r a the community redevelopment agency they had two items to take on as the c r a the first was an approval of the minutes of a special c r a meeting of october the sixth two thousand and fourteen those minutes were approved  moved right into consent agenda one all the items on consent agenda one were proved and then they moved on to consent agenda two and all the items on consent to were adopted on second reading the commission then moved on to unfinished business they had a few items of unfinished business to deal with the first was a report on electronic message boars electronic message boards excuse me that report was accepted the next on i'm of unfinished business was a proposed resolution approving a g s own waiver application allowing the replacement of an existing sign of the sarasota county agricultural fair association on the real property located at twenty eight ninety six ringling boulevard with the proposed sign which exceeds the maximum height and with standards  this item was adopted the third item of unfinished business was a direction regarding a follow up to city the commission workshop held september thirtieth two thousand and fourteen concerning opec which is other post employment benefits  commission had several accepted several recommendations and i'm going to go through them here for you the first item the first thing that they did was they approved the cost sharing option number one a flat dollar value with plan redesign for pre ninety three retirees to be implemented over a four year period beginning two thousand and fifteen the next thing the commission did was they approved a medicare advantage vendor coordinator option for pre one thousand nine hundred three medicare eligible retirees and their dependen to the to be implemented by two thousand and sixteen with any retiree that elects this option to receive a medical account funded by the city with a flat dollar stipend of one hundred fifty dollars per month to allow the option of utilizing the city's health clinic w reduced stipend of one hundred dollars per month and to grandfather and current users the next thing they did was if they approved it revising the current reduced premium subsidy on pre one nine hundred ninety three retiree single coverage when a retiree's pension is below eighteen thousand dollars by limiting this subsidy to retirees that have achieved normal retirement under the terms of our pension plan the fourth thing they did was they approved the elimination of the medicare fifty percent reduction in premium for pre nine hundred ninety three single and plus one coverages in two thousand and sixteen and they approved a one time exit and reentry in the cities group plans for non medicare eligible pre nine ninety three retirees by which a non medicare eligible retiree could waive the city's coverage and reenter the group plan as the coverage and costs exist at the time of re entry the next thought of unfinished business was a continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report there was commission discussion on this item no action was taken and that did it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of october the twentieth after a dinner break the commission came back and began with commission presentations the first was a proclamation proclaiming october the twenty a to over the twentieth two thousand and fourteen as norman schimmel day the next item of the next commission presentation was a formal presentation of the government finance officers association certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting and the distinguished budget presentation award the commission then moved on to schedule presentations there were two the first was a presentation on youth homelessness and the next was a presentation from downtown cares and panhandling effort after another round of citizens and put concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings the first legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code by creating a new chapter to be entitled special events permits now this item was passed on first reading with modifications including extending the moratorium from february first to april thirtieth and requiring forty days notice from the date the event reservation request is emailed to nest to the necessary associations before the special event permit approval and they directed the creation of a short term no longer than thirty days a committee by resolution to work with the city attorney concerning creating a standard of quality of events to be held in say an arm and circle park the next public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending ordinance number fourteen five ninety five fifty nine which will be codified in the sarasota city code as multi modal transportation impact fee so as to exempt from said impact fee all new development within the portion of the sarasota county city of sarasota enterprise zone located within the city limits this item was passed on first reading the commission then moved on to unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was to receive an except the final report by the city of sarasota independent police advisory panel regarding sarasota police department accreditation the commission accepted this report and directed the city manager to draft a budget amendment to convert the s p d accreditation manager into a full time position the commission then moved on t business the first item of new business was a presentation in discussion regarding upcoming statewide voter referendum on medical marijuana dispensaries and treatment facilities and a possible moratorium the commission directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance for  moratorium on medical marijuana cultivation manufacturing operations facilities for a period of one year after the effective date and to bring the ordinance back to the city commission as soon as possible the second item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding a proposed draft two thousand and fifteen legislative priorities for the city of sarasota and a florida league of cities update this update was given there was commission discussion and no action was taken the third item of new business was an approval for fee waivers for the vacation of a north new public right away to develop the roy bean boys and girls club youth development park the commission waive the fees for the vacation of this public right away to develop this this you development park the fourth item of new business was a presentation in discussion regarding a request by moat marine laboratory for a letter of support for a new twenty first century state of the most science education center and aquarium the commission did die this request for a letter of indorsement and they encouraged marine laboratory to continue with the current bayfront two thousand and twenty process and they directed the administration not to bring any other groups to the city commission until the end of the bayfront twenty twenty process and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of october the twentieth two thousand and fourteen if you'd like to take a look at the video or any of the back up material you can do so at our website sarasota gov dot com look for video on demand on the right side i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting