your buddy on miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the wreck of the city commission meeting of october fifteenth two thousand and eighteen the commission began the meeting with citizens it put concerning city topics and then they recessed and conven into a special session of the community redevelopment agency there were four items on the c r a agenda the first was an approval of the minutes from the special c r a meeting of september ninth two thousand and eighteen those minutes were approved next was a report from the newtown c r a advisory board regular meetings of july twelfth two thousand and eighteen and september thirteenth two thousand and eighteen those reports were accepted after that was an approval of a proposed budget for a new town cultural arts center and museum in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars the c r a approved the budget in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars to be used within the scope of services and approval of contract agreement and the last item for the c r it was an approval of a funding request in the amount of eighteen thousand and eighty six dollars and seventy cents in tax increment financing dollars for greatness beyond measure incorporated this item was approved the community redevelopment agency then adjourned and reconvene as the city commission they moved onto consent agenda number one then consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were approved 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 of the star program member to the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory board the commission reappointed victoria macchi the commission then moved on to unfinished business there were five items of unfinished business on the agenda the first was approval to authorize staff to draft a proposed ordinance to create a parks and recreation district and set for a legislative public hearing at the nov fifth two thousand and eighteen regular city commission meeting this item was approved and the city attorney was directed to prepare the ordinance and set for a public hearing the next item of unfinished business was an approval of the issuance of two calls to artists for the roundabouts to be located at ten st and us forty one and fourteenth street and us forty one and a proposal of a total budget of four hundred thousand dollars utilizing public art funds for the acquisition of artwork for the two roundabouts this item was approved the next item unfinished business was a continued discussion of the results of the inspection and examination including the proposed build out costs associated with the purchase of real property located at thirty five eighty seventeenth street for a relocation of the central records division of the office of the city auditor and clerk the commission denied the purchase of the property for the relocation of the central records division and directed the city attorney to provide a written notice to the seller stating that the city of sarasota finds the risk category rating to be on satisfactory the commission also directed the city auditor and clerk to work with staff to explore a new location along with other options and bring this information back to the commission at a future meeting for discussion the next item of unfinished business was a discussion of the bayfront master plan phase one and the gulf coast wonder and imagination zone building no action was taken on this item the next item of unfinished business was the adoption of a proposed resolution amending the budget for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and eighteen this item was adopted next on the agenda was commission presentations and there was one it was a proclamation proclaiming october twenty seventh to november third two thousand and eighteen as mobility week next came scheduled presentations there was one it was a presentation on an interim update on the affordable housing action plan after another round of citizens input concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings the first public hearing it was a legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance to vacate an approximately eight hundred forty eight square foot portion of a larger water utility easement area obtained by the city of sarasota pursuant to a utility easement deed recorded in the official records of sarasota county on august eleventh two thousand and nine and approximately three hundred three square foot portion of a larger water utility easement area obtained by the city of sarasota pursuant to a utility easement deed recorded in the official records of sarasota county on november twenty sixth two thousand and thirteen with said portions to be vacated located within a tract of real property located at seven thousand five hundred south tamiami trail this item passed on first reading the next item on the agenda was a quasi judicial public hearing it was a proposed ordinance to rezone the vacant parcel of real property located on the west side of north washington boulevard in the block between thirty second street and thirty third street with a street address of thirty two fifty one north washington boulevard from the office regional district zone district to the commercial general zone district this item was passed on first reading next came new business there were two items of new business on the agenda the first was a request for authorization to initiate proposed zoning text amendments under abbreviated procedure of the zoning code this item was approved the next item of new business and this was the last item on the agenda was  continued discussion of the review of metered parking program for downtown no action was taken on this item and further discussion was continued to a future meeting and that did it for the record the city commission meeting of october fifteenth two thousand and eighteen if you'd like to take a look at the video including all of the backup material you can do so at our website sarasota f l dot gov i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next m