of sarasota and this is your commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting september nineteenth two thousand and sixteen we begin with approval of minutes the commission approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of september sixth two thousand and sixteen with the correction and a clarification next was consent agendas one and two the commission approved all items and consent one except two items that were polled for discussion the first was the proposed revised two thousand and sixteen and proposed two thousand and seventeen regular city commission meeting schedules and deadlines now the commission deferred a decision to a future meeting and directed all three charter officials to meet and resolve the matter to allow for more ed vance receipt of agenda material and directed that the item come back under unfinished business to allow for public input the next item polled was approval to authorize the purchasing division to negotiate with benders and development concerning leasing a property at seven one one five to seven four five six sixteenth street east for the city auditor and clerks central records division the commission postponed the item and directed the city auditor and clerk and purchasing to work to find other options locally and to contact but not be limited to the vendor access for information regarding records storage the commission then adopted all items of consent to two of them on second reading next was unfinished business first was approval  to execute contractor change order number nine between the city of sarasota and gator grading and paving pertaining to breynton wrote improvements in the amount of three hundred sixty four thousand one hundred four dollars and thirty four cents resulting  project amount of four million eight hundred seventy six thousand eight hundred ninety dollars and sixty seven cents and this was approved next was the florida studio theatre's request to have the butterfly lady sculpture placed on the keating terrace and the commission directed the city attorney to draft a loan agreement that would authorize display a butterfly lady on the private property of florida studio theater and include directions from the public art committee relating to a determination of disrepair which would allow it to come back to the cit ownership also to include language from the letter referencing the florida studio theater agreeing to cover the cost of moving the statue and the cost related to its restoration and maintenance and that once relocated the statue would be covered by the theaters insurance and while the city retain ownership of the statue the theater would assume full responsibility and include the condition that the sculpture be prominently listed as a donated by the city and we began the evening session with the commission presentation it was a presentation of the team of the quarter two thousand and sixteen this was followed by a scheduled presentation it was a legislative update by representative julio gonzales district seventy four florida house of representatives next up was several public hearings the first eight were the second reading of poe's resolutions certifying to the property appraiser and the task collector of sarasota county the rates of milage to be levied by the city of sirius soda for the fiscal year beginning october first two thousand and sixteen as well as approving a budget for the following the city of sara said is general fund the same arm and special business neighborhood improvement district the golden gate point streetscape special district and the downtown improvement district and these were all adopted on second reading next was a public hearing regarding a proposed ordinance amending the city code regarding pensions for general employees and there was consensus to continue this public hearing to a date certain and finally it was a public hearing regarding a proposed or ins amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota by amending article for development review procedures division one thousand site plans administrative interpretations and adjustments for downtown zone districts so as to expand eligibility for adjustments regarding access loading areas and parking on the primary street grid and providing for the availability of administrative adjustments regarding maximum setback limits minimum height requirements and certain design standards for additions to and remodelling of certain properties now this passed on first reading with the first zoning text amendment option of the second zoning text amendment and the third zoning text amendment as modified by the planning board and that does it for the regular city commission meeting of september nineteenth two thousand and sixteen if you like to look at the agenda or the back of material you can do so it's sort of gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand john knopper the city of sarasota and i'll see you after the next commission