the city of sarasota and this year commission recap a look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting july twenty first two thousand and fourteen after citizens input the commission approved their minutes from the regular meeting of july seventh two thousand and fourteen with corrections next the commission moved to consent agendas all of the items on consent agenda one were approved and the items in consent to were adopted next the commission moved to board appointments first was the mayor's nomination to the sarasota housing authority board of directors which the mayor requested to be continued until another meeting next was an appointment to the board of adjustment allan friedman will fill that spot next was easy appointment to the human relations board matthew slack was selected to fill that vacancy and finally there was an appointment of the star member which is a student to the public art committee the commission selected brenda's next the commission moved to unfinished business first was an adoption of a proposed resolution establishing a process for appointments to the city commission to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of the city commissioners elected from district two and district three the commission adopted resolution with the modification that applicants can also submit up to twenty five pages a supplemental information next was a presentation in discussion of the homelessness efforts by the salvation army and an update of the progress of the street teams the commission received that report but no action was taken next was a presentation and discussion  regarding an invitation to negotiate also known as an eye in for the legal pool and pavilion the commission directed staff to proceed with the i t n with the understanding that the pavilion would remain a single storey building with  qualifications and finally in the afternoon religious discussion regarding the beit front twenty twenty efforts at the july seventh meeting the commission requested that the city manager and city attorney prepare a recommendation outlining how the city would approach participating in the bay front two thousand and twenty dialogue the commission directed the city manager to act as the layers and in order to continue that dialogue and use the two thousand and seven bayfront master plan as a basis for other conversations the evening session began with one commission presentation it was a proclamation and presentation of the key to the city to dan kennedy a long time educator and the sarasota military academy next was the scheduled presentation regarding the sarasota police foundation incorporated the foundation named for people to serve on its board of directors next the commission moved to legislative public hearings the first was a public hearing of a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code providing for the issuance or denial for special limits insane arman circle in order to better distinguish a park permit from  special events permit the commission voted to continue this item until their september fifteenth meeting next was a proposed public hearing of a proposed ordinance i should say amending the city code so as to adjust the water in sewer rates by six percent for the purpose of back spending repairing operating and maintaining the water and sewer system of the city by establishing these new rates for water and sewer services this was passed on a four to one vote on first reading next was a quasi judicial public hearing it was a proposed resolution amending a previous resolution which had approved the construction of a ten storey mixed use building located at fourteen forty five second street so as to add the adjacent parcel at fourteen zero one second street to the site planned for the development this was approved by a four three two vote on its first reading next the commission moved on to several items of new business the first was a presentation and discussion of the retail market analysis for the downtown area though rosemary district saying armin circle and the martin luther king jr corridor the commission accepted the report and no action was taken next was the discussion regarding the information and technology department risk assessment report the commission accepted this report as well next was a discussion regarding a letter from sarasota county concerning the proposed come as you are shelter the commission voted to end the city's pursuit of the come as you are shelter in the city and directed staff to continue to work on the eleven other recommendations from dr mar concerning the sarasota police accreditation commission voted to refer the matter to the independent police advisory panel for further study including a cost benefit analysis next was a presentation a discussion regarding city code and zoning code modifications along dr martin luther king jr way pertaining to business hours of operation and parking prohibition from us three zero one two north avenue after a lot of input from the newton community the commission voted to conduct a study on business hours throughout the city and report that back to the city commission and finally there was a brief discussion regarding the budget adjustments for the originally approved budget for  scal year two thousand and thirteen two thousand and fourteen there was consensus to consider negative budget amendments for the city managers department at the july twenty fourth special me and that does it for the regular city commission meeting july twenty first two thousand and fourteen if you like to look at the video look at the agenda or see the back material you can do so at sarasota dot com look on the right side for video on demand i'm john the city of