i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of august the seventeenth 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 were three meetings to approve the minutes for the first or the minutes from the special city commission meeting of july the seventh two thousand and fifteen these minutes were approved next were the minutes from the special city commission meeting of july the thirteenth two thousand and fifteen these minutes were approved as corrected and then were the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of july the twentieth two thousand and fifteen and these minutes were approved as clarified the commission then moved on to consider agenda one and consent agenda to all the items on consent one were approved and all the items on consent to were adopted then the commission moved on to unfinished business in there were three items of unfinished business to take care of the first was an approval regarding allowing beer and wine to be sold at a cafe in the park located within paine park the commission prove the sale of beer and wine to be sold at a cafe in the park and they directed the city attorney to prepare an amendment to the concession license for administrative approval by the city manager the next item of unfinished business was an approval regarding the city of sarasota as a response letter to the request from the sarasota county board of county commissioners for support for a twenty four seven public safety tree and stabilization facility for homeless adults the commission directed the staff to incorporate changes to the response letter as discussed and directed city staff to work with county staff to establish an agenda so that a joint meeting can be held within sixty days the next item of unfinished business and this was the last item on the on the agenda for the afternoon was direction regarding the downtown community redevelopment area extension there was consensus for staff to prepare an economic and social impact analysis to accompany the seven steps and to bring the item back for appointment of members after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting it began with citizens input concerning city topics and then moved right into public hearings there was one legislative public hearing it was a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code so as to remove certain geographical limitations on the a pic ability of division two and also to provide that said division shall apply to nonconformity created by the exercise of eminent domain power by the county or the state in addition to those created by the city this item was passed on first reading the commission then moved on to new business and there were two items a new business the first was a presentation and discussion regarding a proposal to use deep water horizon local claim settlement funds for a bay and beach monitoring public education and climate planning process the commission approved support for the proposal to use a portion of the settlement funds for this purpose the second item a new business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding proposed two thousand and sixteen legislative priorities for the city of sarasota there was consensus to add language supporting community redevelopment agencies sunshine public record laws reform and long term funding for the federal transportation trust fund and to delete reference to the enterprise zones there was also consensus to change the order of the agenda to accommodate presentations by members of the local that's legislative delegation on the days they are scheduled to appear before the city commission and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of august the seventeenth 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 gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting