am i everybody i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap it look back at the regular city commission meeting of july the sixth two thousand and fifteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens and put concerning city topics and then they moved right into approval of the minutes there were two meetings to approve the minutes for the first or the minutes from the special city commission meeting of june the eighth two thousand and fifteen those minutes were approved asked corrected next where the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of june the fifteenth two thousand and fifteen and those minutes were also approved as corrected next was board actions and there was one board action to take care of it was a report from the downtown improvement district board's regular meeting  june ninth two thousand and fifteen the commission accepted this report and directed the city attorney to draft a resolution creating a downtown improvement district expansion task force next was consent agenda one and then consent agenda to all the items on consent one were proved and the one item on consent to was adopted next game unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was a resolution pertaining to a moratorium on street closures for main street between orange avenue and gulf stream avenue from july seventh two thousand and fourteen to september thirtieth two thousand and fifteen the commission directed the city attorney to draft a resolution to expand the moratorium for a term of one year the next item of one finished business was a discussion of portable signs in the public right of way the commission directed the city attorney to prepare an ordinance to establish a pilot program to allow portable signs in the public right of way the next item of unfinished business was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the addendum to the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and palm ave hospitality holdings pertaining to the closing on the property and commencement  construction of a boutique hotel on the site consisting of the current city owned property and an adjoining parcel of land at the corner of paul and coconut avenues this item was approved and the commission authorized the city attorney and to regulate dredging within the city of sarasota and to waive the requirements of the zoning code sections as they relate to the required zoning text amendment the commission authorized the city attorney to prepare a resolution to allow sarasota county to regulate dredging within the city of sarasota and waive the requirements of zoning code sections as they relate to the required zoning to zoning text amendment the next on of unfinished business and the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was  continued discussion of the homelessness status report the commission accepted the report and directed staff to provide a thirty sixty ninety day work plan after a short break the commission returned and began the evening session of the meeting with commission presentations there was one it was a proclamation proclaiming july two thousand and fifteen as unity month in honor and memory of two prominent members of the sarasota community carlos  and his longtime friend johnny campbell and the nine victims of the recent tragedy in charleston south carolina the commission then moved on to another round of citizens input concerning city topics and then on to public hearings the first public hearing was a proposed resolution approving an application requesting an amendment to the comprehensive plan of the city of sarasota changing the future land use classification of approximately twenty four point six six acres of property located west of north orange ave east of the seminal golf railroad track between seventeenth street to the north and eleventh street to the south this item was adopted the next public hearing it was a proposed ordinance to be entitled banners on city light poles allowing banners to be installed on city light poles located in on or within the public rights of way establishing permanent requirements for banners on city light poles located in on or within public rights of way this item was passed on first reading with changes as discussed including keeping the special event function with city staff grandfathering banners installed as of the date of first reading and allowing grandfathered banners one hundred eighty days to meet the requirements of the ordinance rather then one hundred twenty days the third public hearing was a proposed ordinance amend the code of the city of sarasota creating the definition of a network company providing for the application process for t n c companies and drivers to receive political city certificates permits and licenses providing for city background checks being required for  drivers providing for insurance requirements for a t n c providing for enforcement procedures regarding violations and creating a fine schedule for certain violations this item was passed on first reading with the possibility of significant changes on second reading and there was commit commission consensus for the second reading to occur during unfinished business in the evening the commission then moved on to unfinished business there was one item of unfinished business to take care of and it was an approval of a settlement of claim for damages resulting from the april twentieth two thousand and ten b p oil spill there was consensus commission consensus to schedule a special out of the sunshine meeting to be held july thirteenth two thousand and fifteen at two o'clock pm the commission then moved on to new business the first item of new business was a presentation and discussion of a request to process a zoning text amendment pertaining to the definition of a convenience store the commission authorized staff to proceed with the zoning text amendment to change the definition of convenience store the next item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding changing city elections to coincide with federal and state elections in even numbered years the commission directed the city attorney to prepare two alternative ordinances calling a referendum to amend the city charter to change city election dates to coincide with federal and state elections in even number of years one ordinance would provide for an august first election and a november runoff election but with the first election in november only if only two candidates qualif the other ordinance would provide for only a november election with plurality voting this was set for a public hearing after october first two thousand and fifteen the next item of do business was a discussion regarding suspension of funding or a vote no confidence regarding the hiring of the director of special initiatives there was commission discussion and no action was taken the next item of new business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding proposed dates  times for scheduling the annual state of the pension plans workshop the commission directed the city auditor and clerk to schedule the annual state of the pension plans workshop to be held august thirty first two thousand and fifteen either from five o'clock to eight o'clock pm or from four o'clock to seven o'clock pm and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of july the sixth 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 dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting