everybody on miles larsen with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at some of the actions of the reading the city commission meeting of august the eighteenth two thousand and fourteen the commission began the afternoon session with citizens input concerning city topics and then moved right into approval of the minutes there were two meetings to approve the minutes for the first or the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of july the twenty first those minutes were approved with corrections the next meeting to approve the minutes for was the special city commission meeting of july the twenty fourth and those minutes were approved after that the commission moved onto consent agenda one and all the items on consent one were approved and then consented genda two and all the items on consent to were adopted after that the commission moved on to board appointments there were a few board appointments to take care of the first was an appointment to the sarasota county community action agency board mayor willie shaw was reappointed to that board the second board appointment was the employee retirement account committee  the disappointment was tabled until an application is received from the city resident the third court appointment was the an appointment to the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory board the commission appointed robert  the fourth board appointment the last on the agenda was the appointment to the service at a county stormwater environmental utility advisory committee and this was tabled until additional applications are received for consideration the commission then moved on to unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was an adoption regarding a second reading of a proposed ordinance regarding water and sewer rates this was adopted on second reading this second item of unfinished business with was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the agreement between the city of sarasota and t l c diversified pertaining to lift station forty rehab in the amount of one million eighteen thousand two hundred dollars beside him was approved the third item of unfinished business was to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the fourth amendment to a lease agreement between the city and the fraternal order of police sarasota lodge number three for property located at thirty six hundred circus boulevard  the commission approved a ninety day extension of the current lease agreement the fourth item of unfinished business was a discussion regarding the seven purchase offers for the city's state street garage properties the commission accepted purchase proposal by henry and associates for the pad light site in the amount of six hundred eighty eight thousand dollars and included including the density transfer of eighteen residential units they commission also accepted the purchase proposal by w m r consulting for the commercial condominium in the amount of one million seven hundred sixty eight thousand two hundred ninety six dollars the commission also directed the city attorney to work with the prospective buyers concerning the due diligence period the fifth item of unfinished business on the agenda was a reduction of general fund operating expenditures for the fiscal year two thousand and thirteen fourteen of approximately one point two million dollars the commission directed the city attorney city auditor and clerk and city manager to identify additional funds to reduce in the current fiscal year and that did it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of august the eighteenth the evening session began with citizens input and then moved right into public hearings there was one public hearing on the agenda and this was a proposed requested terminations of the road impact fee in our local agreement between sarasota county and the city in order to implement a multi modal transportation impact the administered by the city this item was approved  then the commission moved on to new business the first item of new business was a presentation in discussion of the north palm avenue streetscape project the commission decided to delay this project to allow time to determine the feasibility of solving the drainage problems while also saving some or all of the existing palm trees the second item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding the appointment of enterprise zone development agency board of directors in accordance with florida statutes the commission barnett the third item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding utilities fees and other charges the commission consensus had consensus to move forward with chart changes to utility fees and for staff to continue to review alternative solutions related to deposits on commercial accounts the fourth item of new business and the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding a request for appeal of valet parking permit denial by florida quality parking and mccurdy comedy theater the commission approved issuance of a temporary valet parking permit for the next nine months and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of august the eighteenth two thousand and fourteen if you'd like to take a look at the video and all the backup material you can do so at our website