of sarasota and this year commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of september eighth two thousand and fifteen first up was approval of minutes the commission approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of august seventeenth two thousand and fifteen then they moved on to consent agendas one and two under consent one the city manager pulled an item regarding the agreement for law enforcement dispatch services and there was consensus to table this item to a later date to allow staff to make modifications to add language concerning regular coordination and communication with the sheriff's office now the remainder of consent one was approved all items under consent two were adopted including a proposed resolution to create the downtown improvement district expansion ad hoc committee then was one board appoint the commission also appointed tony susa and susan m payne to that same downtown improvement district expansion ad hoc committee next up was unfinished business first was adoption of a proposed resolution declaring a moratori street closures for main street between the orange avenue and gulf stream avenue beginning october two thousand and fifteen and continuing through september two thousand and sixteen in order to mitigate the impact of various downtown construction projects this item was adopted next the commission gave approval to authorize the city manager to execute contract change order number three between the city of sarasota and david johnston associates pertaining to the revised concept plan and additional services for the north palm avenue streetscape project the amount of nineteen thousand four hundred twenty five dollars resulting in a total project amount of sixty two thousand five hundred forty five dollars this was approved forty one next was appointed up to city commissioners to the extension of the downtown community read redevelopment agency next steps process and review and approval of the city's letter to the chair of the board of county commissioners requesting consideration of the next steps mayor shah and commissioner freeland eddie were appointed and there was consensus to add a response timeline to the letter presented by staff and finally in the afternoon was approval to finalize the proposed two thousand and sixteen legislative priorities for the city of sarasota this was approved with additional language and the commission delegated mayor shaw as the city's representative at the sarasota legislative delegation hearing to be held at nine am in the sarasota county commission chambers on october second and we began the evening with commission presentations vs the presentation of the employee of the quarter and team of the quarter for the second quarter of two thousand and fifteen public works crews we are since he was selected as employee of the quarter and the city's facility maintenance team as the team of the quarter next  september twelfth through the twentieth two thousand and fifteen as national drive electric week and finally the mayor gave a proclamation proclaiming september two thousand and fifteen as attendance awareness month next up are to schedule presentations first was a presentation  the commission approved the filing and processing of a waiver from the code next up were several public hearings first the commission the commission considered the following four resolutions proposed resolution certifying to the property praiser and the tax collector of sarasota county the military to be levied by the city of sarasota for the city's general fund the sane arm and special business neighborhood improvement district the golden gate point streetscape special district and the downtown improvement district for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and fifteen and separate votes the commission passed resolutions on first reading next the commission considered the following four resolutions proposed resolutions approving a budget and making appropriations of sums of money  expenditures of the city of sarasota saying arman special business neighborhood improvement district the golden gate point streetscape improvement district and the downtown improvement district for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and fifteen and ending on september thirtieth two thousand and sixteen and separate votes the commission passed four resolutions on first reading next was a proposed resolution amending the infrastructure sales surtax ten year extension expenditure project detail s and a meaning the infrastructure sales fifteen year extension expenditure project detail as this item was adopted and finally it was a proposed ordnance abducting a table of organization for city government for fiscal year two thousand and fifteen two thousand and sixteen as required by the city charter the definitions of for hire vehicle and in service in the city as well as other stipulations and a second reading of a proposed ordinance amending the same code of the city of sarasota of for hire vehicles by creating the definition of a transportation network company also known as t and c providing for the application process for t and c companies and drivers to receive applicable city certificates permits and licenses as well as other stipulations and a proposed resolution temporarily extending the renewal period for vehicles for hire and creating an initial registration period fourteen sees now these three items were withdrawn from consideration and there was a unanimous vote to not regulate seas and they directed the city attorney pertaining to contributions to the affordable housing trust fund and transit development trust fund for the deep dark a project located at thirty three south palm ave and thirty miramar court this was approved with the have suggested language that by approving the issuance of the building permit the city is not waiving any other right or clean in the process and finally this evening was a presentation and discussion to allow the limited vending and programming opportunities to activate five points part on a temporary basis an authorization to amend the city code to allow the city manager to permit vending and programming opportunities and designated parts of the commission approved the administration to move forward with the pilot project to allow vendors in five points park and authorized the city attorney to amend the city code section twenty three dash three point six for city commission consideration and that did it for the regular city commission meeting september eighth two thousand and fifteen if you