with the city of sarasota and this is your commission report a look ahead at the regular city commission meeting of december the seventh two thousand and fifteen want to let you know before we get started that the agenda is subject to change and sometimes it does at the last minute the commission begins the afternoon session of today's meeting with citizens and put concerning city topics and then they will move right into approval of the minutes there are two meetings to approve the minutes for the first are the minutes from the special joint meeting between the city of sarasota and the sarasota county board of commissioners on november the sixth two thousand and fifteen and then are the minutes from the regular city commission meeting of november the sixteenth two thousand and fifteen after that the commission will recess and convene into a special session of the community redevelopment agency they have three items it take up as the c r a the first is an approval of the minutes from the special c r a meeting of september the twenty first two thousand and fifteen is an appointment to the downtown community redevelopment agency advisory board and finally an appointment to the newtown community redevelopment agency advisory board the c r a will then adjourn and reconvene as the city commission and move right into consent agenda one and then consent agenda two after that they move on to board appointments and there are seven board appointments on the agenda the first is an appointment to the board of adjustment then is an appointment to the citizens with disabilities advisory board then it's the downtown improvement district board of directors and then the historic preservation board after that is the human relations board and then is an appointment to the parks recreation and environmental protection advisory board that's the star program member on that board and finally an appointment to the public art committee the commission then moves on to unfinished business and there are five items of unfinished business to take care of the first is a second reading of a proposed ordinance to be entitled portable sign pilot program this would allow portable signs to be placed on public rights of way in downtown sarasota the next item of unfinished business is an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the a dent into the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and palm ave hospitality holdings pertaining to a property closing date of december seventeenth two thousand and fifteen and the commencement of construction after the closing date next is an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the assignment and first amendment to the major encroachment agreement flora days hotel sarasota to memorialize the assignment to palm ave hospitality holdings and authorize limited additional encroachments the next item of unfinished business is an approval to authorize the mayor and city auditor and clerk to execute the second amendment to the purchase and sale agreement between the city of sarasota and harvest tabernacle of sarasota pertaining to an extension of time for the development of properties located at twenty five forty five twenty fifth street lot six twenty fifth street twenty five thirty two twenty fifth street and twenty four zero one book or avenue and the last item of unfinished business this is the last item on the agenda for the afternoon is an approval for the utilization of one hundred fifty five thousand dollars in deep water horizon funds to be used towards a climate change plan and bay and beach monitoring project and that will do it for the afternoon session of the regular city commission meeting of december the seventh two thousand and fifteen if you'd like to take a look at the agenda or any of the back up material you can do so at our website sarasota gov dot com on the right side look for video on demand the meeting will be getting underway shortly in the meantime miles larson with the city of sarasota