buddy miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap and look back at the regular city commission meeting of september eighteenth two thousand and seventeen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting as they always do with the citizens and put 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 regular city commission meeting of august twenty first two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved after that the commission moved onto consent agenda number one and consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were proved and all the items on consent to were adopted next came unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was a continued discussion regarding opeth of trust fun retiree medical health insurance the commission chose to freeze benefit rates for one year at the dollar amount allow a fifty percent reduction in medicare rates for one year implement the can are x plan and direct staff to work towards developing a viable solution during next year's budget season the next item of unfinished business this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was an approval to authorize the city commission to approve the proposed purchase parking access revenue control system between the city of sarasota and p s x for the state street parking garage and the paul avenue parking garage integration using a single source acquisition in the amount of two hundred seventeen thousand and sixty two dollars this item was approved after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting and began with commission presentations there was one it was the adoption of a memorial resolution recognizing the transitioning of dorothy g smith a committed member of the community who gave over seventy years of service to the newtown community next came scheduled presentations there were two of them the first was a legislative update from representative julio gonzales of district seventy four florida house of representatives and the next scheduled presentation was a legislative update from representative jim boyd district seventy one florida house of representatives after that the commission moved on to public hearings there were several legislative public hearings on the agenda having to do with the budget they were all adopted on second reading the first was the second hearing of a proposed resolution certifying the rates of milledge to be levied by the city of sarasota the next legislative public hearing was the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the city of sarasota the next public hearing was the second public hearing of a proposed resolution certifying the rates of milledge to be levied within the same arm and special business neighborhood improvement district sarasota within the golden gate point's treats cape special district then came the second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the golden gate point streetscapes special district next was the second public hearing of a proposed resolution levied by the city of sarasota within the downtown improvement district there was a second public hearing of a proposed resolution approving a budget for the downtown improvement district again all those resolutions were adopted on second reading after that came a proposed ordinance amending a previous ordinance to reset the base year for determination of tax increment funds collected within the newtown community redevelopment area that item passed on first reading after that there was one quasi judicial public hearing on the agenda it was a proposed resolution approving a g s own waiver application to allow construction of a four storey up to four hundred seventy six parking space public parking garage with a front yard setback of two feet on madison drive and five feet on north adams drive this item was adopted after that the commission moved on to new business there were two items a new business on the agenda the first was an adoption of a proposed resolution in creating the economic development fund beginning with the fiscal year twenty seventeen twenty eight hundred annual budget and continuing for future annual budgets this item was adopted the next item of new business this was the last item on the agenda was a report regarding an amendment to the zoning code to allow medical marijuana dispensaries the commission authorized staff and the city attorney's office to move forward with a proposed zoning text amendment to allow medical marijuana dispensaries to operate as a permitted land use in the city and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of september eighteenth two thousand and seventeen if you'd like to take a look at the video or any of the back up material you can do so  dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll 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