everybody 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 november the sixteenth 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 two meetings to approve the minutes for the special city commission meeting of october the twenty seventh and the regular city commission meeting of november the second both minutes were approved after that the commission  board actions and there was one it was a report from the downtown improvement district board's regular meeting of october the twentieth two thousand and fifteen this report was accepted then came consent agenda one and then consent agenda to all the items on consent one were approved except for one this item was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the second amendment to the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and harvest tabernacle of sarasota incorporated pertaining to extension of time for the development of properties located at twenty five forty five twenty fifth street lot six twenty fifth street twenty five thirty two twenty fifth street and twenty four zero one booker avenue the commission directed staff to move this item to the regular city commission meeting of december the seventh two thousand and fifteen under either new business or unfinished business there was also consensus for all new property related transactions to be placed under new business and for amendments to property related transactions to be placed under unfinished business in the future the commission then adopted all of the items on consent agenda number two then the commission moved onto unfinished business and there was one item one finished business on the agenda it was a presentation regarding the establishment of two thousand and sixteen to two thousand and want two thousand and twenty one consolidated plan priorities the commission approve the purdy's for the two thousand and sixteen to two thousand and twenty one consolidated plan as recommended by staff for public comment during commissioner remarks there was consensus for staff to transmit information to the county regarding consideration of a county owned property for a homeless shelter as presented by the city manager there was consensus also for the city attorney to sign the retainer agreement with attorney robert lincoln which includes a waiver of conflict provision and that did it for the afternoon session after a short break the commission returned and resumed the meeting with commission presentations there was one of them it was a proclamation proclaiming december first two thousand and fifteen as world aids day after another round of citizens input concerning city topis topics the commission moved on to public hearings there were three legislative public hearings and one  quasar judicial public hearing on the agenda the first legislative public hearing was a was regarding a proposed resolution stating that the city of sarasota is intention to use the uniform method of collecting a special assessment to partially fund the design and construction of a public parking garage upon a portion of real property located at forty seven north adams drive so as to benefit the commercial tourist zone properties abutting st armand circle this resolution was adopted the next legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance to be entitled portable sign pilot program this would allow portable signs to be placed on public rights of way in the downtown core zoning district this item was passed on first reading with modifications upon second reading including the addition of downtown bayfront areas and extended hours for signs the third legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the comprehensive plan of the city the future land use chapter to amend the future land use map twenty thirty to change the future land use classification of approximately twenty four point six six acres of property located west of north orange ave east of the seminole golf road track between seventeenth street to the north and eleventh street to the south from the community office institutional future land use classification to the metropolitan regional number ten future land use classification this item was passed on first reading judicial public hearing and it was a resolution of the planning board of the city of sarasota recommending approval of a major conditional use application to allow expansion of an existing religious institution through the construction o a new up to twenty four thousand square foot recreation center accessory as part of the overall church use within the harvest tabernacle of sarasota church located at thirty six fifty seventeenth street the commission  resolution of the planning board then came new business and there were four items of new business on the agenda the first was a discussion regarding the dedication of land to pineapple park the commission directed staff to bring the item back at the february first two thousand sixteen regular city commission meeting next was a presentation in discussion regarding the zoning text amendment related to community boat docks the commission approved staff to process the proposed owning text amendment to the community dock regulations utilizing the regular zoning text amendment process as found in the zoning code then was a presentation in discussion regarding the purpose in the purpose and the sesame of an adequate and appropriate cross connection control program the commission directed staff to continue the cross connection control program as is and finally a report regarding a new american civil liberty union lawsuit regarding the city's panhandling ordinance was given by the city attorney and that did it for the record the city commission meeting of november the sixteenth two thousand and fifteen if you'd like to take a look at the video or any of the backup 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