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 september the seventeenth two thousand and eighteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input concerning city topics and then they moved on to board actions there was one board action on the agenda it was an approval to add one member and artist to the public art committee and issuing two calls to artists for acquisition of artworks for the roundabouts at the intersections of tenth street and fourteenth street with us forty one in the amount of four hundred thousand dollars this report was accepted and after that came consent agenda number one then consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were proved and all the items on consent two were adopted then came board appointments there was one board appointment on the agenda it was an appointment to the police complaint committee the commission appointed jamie still after that came unfinished business there were two items of unfinished business on the agenda the first was an approval of a vendor contract for review and investigations of allegations related to employment issues within the city auditor and clerks department in the amount of thirty thousand dollars this item was approved the next item of unfinished business this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to approve the lido beach re nourishment program this item was approved after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting and they began with scheduled presentations there was one it was a presentation regarding the city of sarasota two thousand and eighteen healthy weight community champion after another round of citizens input the commission moved on to public hearings there were several legislative public hearings on the agenda the first was the second public hearing regarding a proposed resolution certifying to the property appraiser and the tax collector of sarasota county the rates of milage to be levied by the city of sarasota for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and eighteen this item was adopted on second reading and was the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the city of sarasota this item was adopted on second reading next came the second public hearing of a proposed resolution certifying to the property appraiser and the tax collector of sarasota county the rates of milage to be levied by the city of sarasota within the golden gate point streetscapes special district for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and eighteen this item was adopted on second reading next came the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the golden gate point streetscape special district this item was adopted on second reading after that came the second public hearing of a proposed resolution certifying to the property appraiser and the tax collector of sarasota county the rates of milage to be levied by the city of sarasota within the downtown improvement district for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and eighteen this item was adopted on second reading and next was the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the downtown improvement district  item was adopted on second reading next came a public hearing on a proposed ordinance to amend the city code to add a new article to be entitled article five historical properties advil warm exemption this item passed on first reading after that the commission moved on to kwanzaa judicial public hearings there was one it was a proposed ordinance providing for the designation of the structure located at nine twenty six south palm avenue historically known as the william g and marie am selby home as a structure of historic significance this item passed on first reading after that the commission moved on to new business there were five items in new business on the agenda the first was a presentation and discussion regarding a proposed resolution adopting an amendment to the fees schedule for review and processing of applications for development approval by providing that no application fees shall be due for the refiling of applications better have been previously withdrawn this item was adopted the next item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding a red tide update and the protocol for the city's response to red tide cleanup and mitigation no action was taken on the side  next item of new business was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the second extension of the agreement between the city of sarasota and sister cities association of sarasota providing financial support to the sister cities association on a reimbursement basis for items eligible under the terms of the agreement and an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars this item was approved the next item of new business was direction regarding four concepts regarding continued conversations with sarasota county relating to the c r a the commission approved the four concepts related to the continued conversation and directed staff and the city attorney's office to bring back the appropriate enter local agreements for the commission's approval the next item of new business this was the last item on the agenda was an approval to sign on to the request by lee county mayors for expansion of leak our local declaration of emergency regarding red drift algae blue green algae and fish kills this item was approved and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of september seventeenth two thousand and eighteen if you'd like think a look at the video including all of the backup material you can do so at our