larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the record the city commission meeting of july seventeenth two thousand and seventeen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input concerning city topics and 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 july third two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved with corrections for minor scribner's errors after that the commission 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 one of the items on consent agenda number two a proposed ordinance banning medical marijuana treatment center dispensing facilities from being located within the boundaries of the city of sarasota was adopted with aware as clause added that indicated that an ordinance would be returned to the commission to authorize dispensary is in the city with specific requirements next game board appointments there were four board appointments to take care of the first was an appointment to the board of rules and appeals the commission reappointed just in vogue lee next was an appointment to the citizens with disabilities advisory board the commission appointed carafa bowling next was the independent police advisory panel the commission reappointed donald bailey danger anderson and randolph coiner and appointed leasing john the fourth board appointment was for the police complaint committee the commission reappointed thomas first and appointed leasing john there was consensus among the commission to table the last seat and bring it back at the september fourth city commission meeting the commission then moved on to unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was a discussion regarding sarasota county's final payment of tax and permanent generated within the downtown sarasota community redevelopment area into the redevelopment trust fund the commission decided to forward to sarasota county and offered to divide the five point two million dollars in half and the city of sarasota would determine the expenditures including brick and mortar projects staff plans to return with a response from the county the next item of unfinished business was an approval of the preliminary milage rates for the city of sarasota the sane armin's business improvement district the golden gate point streetscape special district and the downtown improvement district for fiscal year two thousand and seventeen two thousand and eighteen and authorized staff to communicate the rates to the sarasota county property appraiser this item was approved the next item of unfinished business was direction regarding  us forty one tenth street and fourteenth street roundabout project there was consensus to direct staff to continue looking into the roundabout project decorative lighting and landscape enhanced mint the next item of unfinished business was the second reading of a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code by adjusting the local business tax receipt fees this item failed to pass on second reading the next item of unfinished business this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was a presentation and discussion regarding an update on the change vulnerability assessment an adaptation plan this item was approved after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting they began with commission presentations there was one it was a proclamation proclaiming july twenty second july twenty ninth and august fifth two thousand and seventeen as days for hope next was a scheduled presentation from the suncoast campaign for grade level reading after another round of citizens input concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings there were three legislative public hearings on the agenda the first was a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota to allow property owners and developers who are required to provide public art in connection with the development project to request a contribution from the public art fund to be able to acquire public art having a greater value than the public are that could be obtained by utilizing only the required private contribution this item passed on first reading the next legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code regarding the rosemary residential overlay district by providing for the terminations of the r rod when the dwelling unit kept of seven hundred seventy five units has been reached or on december thirty first two thousand and eighteen whichever occurs first and thereafter reverting to a maximum of twenty five dwelling units per acre this item passed on first reading the third legislative public hearing was a proposed ordinance to vacate that certain approximately twenty foot wide platted alley right of way bounded on the west by the easter right of way line of washington boulevard extending easterly for up to approximately six hundred eleven feet to the municipal boundary of the city of sarasota situate in block a new town terrace located in the block to the north of dr martin luther king jr way and to the south of twenty eighth street this item was passed on first reading next came unfinished business there was one item of unfinished business on the agenda it was the second reading of a proposed ordinance amending the city code to provide that dogs must be leashed in all city parks except in designated dog parks this item was adopted on second reading with option one removing section eight twenty nine of the city code next came new business there was one item of new business to take care of this was the last item on the agenda it was an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the agreement between the city of sarasota and waste pro pertaining to recycling processing and transfer station services in an amount not to exceed two point four million dollars this item was approved and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of july seventeenth two thousand and seventeen if you'd like to take a look back at the agenda or any of the backup material you can do so at our website 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