then they moved on to approval of the minutes there was one meeting to approve the minutes for it was the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of march the sixth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved with preference changes after that the commission recessed and convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency the first item as the c r a was approval of the minutes from the special sarasota c r a meeting of february the sixth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved next was an appointment to the new town c r a advisory board the c r a reappointed mark huey and appointed sophie paine the next item as the c r a was a presentation regarding the c r a annual financial report and report of activities for the fiscal year ended september thirtieth two thousand and sixteen this report was received and accepted the c r a then adjourned and reconvened as the city commission and then they moved on to consent agenda number one and then consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were approved and all the items on consent two were adopted after that came board appointments there were two board appointments to take care of the first was an appointment of a chairperson for the independent police advisory panel the commission reappointed william fuller the third next was an appointment to the nuisance abatement board the commission appointed dr arthur linda mannus next came unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was an approval of proposed language for a zoning text amendment to provide definitions for food pantry and nutritional counseling and food distribution services and to provide that nutritional counseling and food distribution service shall be an accessory use to community service primary use the commission authorized staff to proceed with the zoning text amendment and waived submission of the proposed amendment to the development review committee for review as well as the neighborhood and development services staff report as related to the proposed zoning text amendment the next item of unfinished business was a discussion regarding the repeal of section twenty five dash twenty four c city code pertaining to pertaining to credit against impact fees for new development in previously developed but now vacant parcels the commission directed staff to set for a public hearing and ordinance to repeal the section of the city code the next tide of unfinished business this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was a presentation and discussion regarding review of invitation to negotiate on marian anderson play site the commission approved the i t n without the rezone of the southern ten acres after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting and began with commission presentations the first was a proclamation proclaiming april second through april eighth two thousand and seventeen as national crime victims rights week the next presentation was a presentation regarding the city of sarasota two thousand and seventeen healthy weight community champion the next presentation was for the team of the year two thousand and sixteen and then there was a presentation for the employee of the year two thousand sixteen congratulations barney kavanagh next came scheduled presentations there were two of them the first was a presentation regarding the southwest florida regional planning council next came a presentation regarding the progress of the proposal to extend the legacy trail from the culverhouse nature park trailhead to pain park in downtown sarasota after another round of citizens input concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings the first legislative public hearing was a proposed resolution amending the infrastructure sales surtax ten year extension expenditure project detail list and the fifteen year extension expenditure project detail list in accordance with the procedures established  county this resolution was adopted the next public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the city code to provide that dogs must be leashed and all city parks except in designated dog parks there was consensus to continue the public   to the regular city commission meeting of may first two thousand and seventeen the next public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code to require signatures from two thirds of individual condominium unit owners indicating no objection to a proposed street closure for a special event this public hearing was closed and there was consensus for staff to get further input from stakeholders and report back to the commission at a later date the next public hearing and this was the last item on the agenda was a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota to provide that an application for approval of a development agreement may be accompanied by a general development plan in place of a site plan under certain circumstances the commission passed this ordinance on first reading with the inclusion that on second reading if a developer chooses to submit a general development plan each phase or block must have a public hearing with the planning board and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of march twentieth two thousand and seventeen if you'd like to take a look at the video and 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 larsen with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting