everybody i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the record the city commission meeting of march the seventh two thousand and sixteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with the citizens and put concerning city topics and then they moved into approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for it was the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of february the sixteenth two thousand and sixteen and those minutes were approved the city commission then recessed and convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency they had three items to take up as the c r a the first was an approval of the minutes from the special c r a meeting of january the nineteenth two thousand sixteen in those minutes were approved next was a report regarding the newtown community redevelopment agency advisory boards regular meetings of july the ninth two thousand and fifteen october first two thousand and fifteen and january the seventh two thousand and sixteen and the special meeting of february the ninth two thousand and sixteen that report was accepted the third item for the c r a was a request regarding the newtown community redevelopment agency advisory boards a request for one hundred fifty five thousand six hundred fifty five dollars in tax increment finance funding for the new town conservation historic district project phase two the c r a recommended approval for the site i'm the c r a then adjourned and reconvened as the city commission and then they moved on to consent agenda number one seven of the nine items on consent one were approved item for a six was authorization for the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the sub recipient agreement between the city of sarasota and community assisted support living incorporated pertaining to a housing first program in the amount of two hundred eighty nine thousand and fifty four dollars the commission directed staff to add proposed language to the sub recipient agreement concerning leveraging expenditures within sarasota provided the language is not inconsistent with previous agreements and to bring back the item to the commission for final approval item for a seven was an authorization for the city attorney to file an injunction and take legal steps needed to remedy the nuisance conditions for property located at thirty seven ten colorado street this item was continued for thirty days to allow further examination and action the commission then moved on to consent agenda number two and all the items on consent to were adopted after that the commission went on to unfinished business there were two items of unfinished business to take care of the first was a presentation and discussion regarding options to consider for the development of the marian anderson place site the commission directed staff to prepare an invitation to negotiate and for staff to look at environmental issues mediation remediation excuse me a business incubator and ensure community involvement at all phases and to bring the i t n back to the commission for review the next item of unfinished business and this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was an approval regarding authorization to the city attorney's office to prepare and the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute a long term ground lease between the city of sarasota and sarasota memorial hospital pertaining to property located at eight hundred twenty five dr martin luther king jr way and twenty seven  north avenue for the creation of a new health care facility and residency program with florida state university college of medicine in the amount of one dollar per year the commission approved this item with inclusion of language concerning early notification of any deviation from the current use of the property for the city to have the first right to buy back the property as discussed and to allow the lessee a right to inspection including environmental phase one prior to the signing of that lease and that did it for the afternoon session of the meeting after a short break the commission returned for the evening session where they began with scheduled presentations there was one it was a presentation and discussion regarding the s r q class program next came citizens input concerning city topics and then public hearings there were two public hearings on the agenda the first was a public hearing regarding a proposed resolution renaming thirty fourth street between us three zero one and goodrich avenue to john river street this resolution was adopted the next public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending chapter twenty four of the sarasota city code amending and renumbering section twenty four dash four three b to conform to changes in state law and adding section twenty four desh fifty four to allocate chapter one seventy five annual and reserved monies to pre and post two thousand and three retirees this item was passed on first reading next the commission moved onto unfinished business and there was one item of unfinished business it was a continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report the commission accepted the report and directed staff to identify gaps in service assess associated costs and bring the information back to the city commission then the commission moved on to new business there were five items of new business on the agenda the first was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditors and clerk to execute the land exchange agreement between the city of sarasota and palace are developments incorporated pertaining to city owned property located at the northeast corner of us forty one unfruitful road and palace our own property located on the east side of us forty one between fourth street and fruit fill to facilitate the construction of a future roundabout this item was approved with the changes read into the record by the city attorney and with the allowance of an additional density of five units the next item of new business was an approval regarding a request by freedom senior management company at sarasota baker community to continue the temporary program to issue and dedicate a limited number of spaces for overflow employee parking in whittaker gateway park for daytime business use by neighboring businesses this item was approved the next item of new business was an approval regarding a proposal to add a new arborists position to the neighborhood in development services table of organization and to upgrade the existing arborist position to a senior this item was approved with a corrected budget amount of ninety four thousand six hundred thirty six dollars in total funding for both positions the next item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding two thousand and sixteen wells fargo and u s conference of mayors working investing in neighborhood stabilization community wins grant program the commission approve the submission of a grant application in partnership with the salvation army st teams program the next item of new business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding preliminary policy direction for community asset partnership program there were several consensus decisions on this item first there was a consensus for staff to establish the community asset partnership policy and for staff to bring back to the city commission a case by case analysis for exists of existing named assets for review second there was a consensus on utilizing a centralized approach for identifiers and funding thirdly there was a consensus to include commercial naming and sponsorships on a case by case basis for if there was consensus to allow the option of utilizing our f p s as well as passive means for naming partnership opportunities fifth there was consensus to include citizen honors in the cap program there was consensus for annual notification of donation opportunities with additional opportunities not included in the end your report brought to the attention of the city commission as they become available and seventh there was consensus to incorporate temporary street name dedications and permanent street renaming into the policy and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of march the seventh two thousand and sixteen if you'd like to take a look at the video along with all of the backup material you can do website sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand a mouse larsen with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting