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 june fifteenth two thousand and fifteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input concerning city topics and then they moved right into approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for and it was the regular city commission meeting of june the first two thousand and fifteen and those minutes were approved with corrections the commission then moved on to consent agenda one and consent agenda to all the items on consent one were approved and all the items on consent to were adopted the commission then moved on to the board appointments and there was one item under board appointments to take care of and it was commission representation on boards and committees there were quite a few of them and i listed for you right now commissioner alpert will serve on the board of directors of the economic development corporation with vice mayor at well as alternate mayor shaw will serve on the council of governments with vice mayor at well as alternate mayor show will serve on the enterprise zone redevelopment agency commissioner commissioner freeland will serve on the juvenile justice council of the department of justice juvenile assessment center advisory committee with commissioner chapman as alternate mayor shah will serve on the minnesota league of cities with commissioner chapman as alternate vice mayor at well will serve on the sarasota  national policy committee with commissioner chapman as alternate commissioner chan i will serve on the sarasota county coastal advisory committee with vice mayor at well as alternate mayor shot will serve on the sarasota county community action agency board with commissioner chapman as an alternate mayor shah will serve on the sarasota metropolit sarasota man it's the metropolitan planning organization with vice mayor at well as an alternate commissioner chapman will serve on the public transportation task force of the sarasota minutes the metropolitan planning organization with commissioner alpert as an alternate mayor shaw will serve on the southwest florida regional planning council commissioner freeland as he will serve on the suncoast partnership to end homelessness with mayor shaw as an alternate vice mayor at well will serve on the tourist development council with commissioner freeland eddie as alternate mayor shot will serve on the task force on gangs with commissioner freeland eddie as alternate commissioner alpert will serve on the water planning alliance board with commissioner chapman as alternate and mayor shot will serve on the house sarasota housing authority after that the commission moved on to unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was a proposed resolution supporting an amendment to the united states constitution to establish that only human beings not corporations are endowed with constitutional rights and that money is not speech and therefore regulating political contributions and spending is not equivalent to limiting political speech this item was adopted the next item of unfinished business was a continued discussion regarding lift station number eighty seven construction alternatives and funding options this item was continued to a future meeting to be held no later than july tenth two thousand and fifteen the next item of unfinished business was an approval of a proposed agenda for the joint meeting of july first two thousand and fifteen with the cities of sarasota venice north port and the town of longboat key this item was approved as modified and that did it for the afternoon session of the meeting after a short break the commission returned and began the evening session with citizens input concerning city topics and then they moved on to public hearings but there was one public hearing and it was an a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code so as to update the regulations  security alarm systems within the city of sarasota in conformance with current standards and procedures this item was passed on first reading with modifications including the following to make three or more false alarms excessive add language to indicate the alarm user awareness class is free and adding civil penalties assessed to excessive false alarm users discuss the commission then moved on to new business the first item of new business w presentation and discussion regarding the fiscal year two thousand and fifteen two thousand and sixteen annual budget for the city of sarasota bayfront morning field this item was approved the next item of new business was a presentation in discussion regarding the special magistrate's recommendation in the florida land use and environmental dispute resolution act proceeding initiated by petitioner george wald against the city regarding the development rights upon a vacant parcel of real property located at eight hundred thirty six laurel street the commission chose to accept the recommendation of the special magistrate the third item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding the city's response to a notice of harris act claim by owners of the ringling shopping center property the commission authorized the city attorney to send the proposed response to the to the notice of claim under the harris act with alternative be incorporated in the response the next new business was a presentation in discussion regarding an update on a frame commercial signs on public sidewalks downtown the commission directed the city attorney to draft an ordinance for commissioner view based on the discussion held that research is legal questions maintains uniqueness for the downtown looks at size requirements for signs and reviews permitting issues the fifth item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding the proposed fiscal year and fifteen twenty sixteen action plan pertaining to implementing the consolidated plan submitted to the u s department of housing and urban development the commission approved this plan the next item of do business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding the citizen participation plan pertaining to implementing the consolidated plan submitted to the u s department of housing and urban development there was a consensus among the commission to bring this item back on the aug seventeenth two thousand and fifteen regular city commission meeting agenda and that took care of the regular city commission meeting of june fifteenth two thousand and fifteen 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 dot com on the right side look for video on demand miles larsen with the city of sarasota it will see you after the next me