sarasota and this year commission recap look at the action taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of july twentieth two thousand and fifteen first up was approval of minutes the commission approved the minutes of the joint special meeting of the service of the city commission north port city commission then a city council and the town of longboat key commission of july first two thousand and fifteen next the commission approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of july sixth as clarified as well as the minutes of the special city commission meeting on july thirteenth that's the commission moved on to consent to gender is one and two they approved all items on consent one and then doctored all items and consent to accept item number three which was tabled and item number four which was withdrawn by the applicant next up was board appointments first was the mayor's nomination to the sarasota housing authority board of directors john colone was reappointed next it was an appointment to the newtown citizen historic taskforce w harben and robert taylor were appointed next was the nuisance abatement board the commission reappointed marjorie sykes and appointed douglas christie and valerie bush on next was of the appointment to the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory board the commission appointed james ward and tabled the appointment of the two at large seats until interviews could be held with the applicants and final is as an appointment to the police complaint committee robert louis  selected by the commission then moved on to unfinished business first was the second reading of a post or nist to conditionally vacate a ten foot wide alley with the property at nine fifty south osprey avenue the alley being about one hundred  fifty feet in length from north to south this was adopted on second reading next was direction to staff regarding landscaping and lighting for the us forty one tent to fourteenth street roundabout project there was consensus to go forward with  researching funding options including grants for the enhanced landscaping and decorative lighting next was approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the guaranteed back some price amendment which when the city of sarasota and john f swift incorporated pertaining to the main street and orange avenue roundabout construction manager at risk in the amount of one million three hundred twenty one thousand two hundred ninety five dollars this was approved by the commission the evening session with the schedule presentation it was a presentation regarding the allowing beer and wine to be sold at a cafe in the park which is located within paine park now this was referred to the administration to bring back at a future me action and public comment next up or to public here first was a public hearing regarding the sarasota police department they have a grant application for a local justice assistance grant thirty thousand nine hundred twenty two dollars from the department of justice the funds to be used for a department wide replacement of gas masks for all sworn officers and there was a consensus to accept the report next was a public hearing regarding a proposed resolution providing for the designation of certain city property car would drive as a part to be known as a blow or a park this was denied next was one item of unfinished business it was a presentation in discussion regarding the downtown community redevelopment agency extension st committee's final report of march thirty first two thousand and fourteen no action was taken the commission then moved on to new business first was a discussion concerning a request from sarasota county for response for support for a twenty four seven public treat and stabilization facility for homeless adults there was consensus to have the c manager draft a response expressing the city's views and bring that back to the commission at a future meeting next was approval of the proposed preliminary milage rates for the city the same arm and special business neighborhood and prudent district the golden gate point streetscape special district and the downtown improvement district for fiscal year two thousand and fifteen twenty sixteen and authorization to communicate the rates to the property appraiser the commission approved the certification of the preliminary milage rates to the county property appraiser for the city and each of the taxing districts and finally was a discussion regarding options to resolve a possible scheduling conflict with the regular city commission meeting scheduled for monday august seventeenth two thousand and fifteen there was consensus for the meeting to be held beginning at six pm on aug seventeenth if a trial affecting the city is scheduled for that same day and that did it for the regular city commission meeting on july twentieth two thousand and fifteen if you'd like to look at the agenda of the back of material or watch the video you can do so at sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand i'm john not to the city of sarasota i'll see you after the next me