this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of june fifth two thousand and seventeen the commission began the afternoon session as they always do with citizens and put concerning city topics and then they moved on to approval of the minutes the first meeting to approve the minutes for was the joint special meeting of the city commission of the city of sarasota and the sarasota board of county commissioners meeting of april twenty sixth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were deferred to the next meeting for  consideration of approval at the request of the city auditor and clerk the next meeting to approve the minutes for was the statutory city commission meeting of may twelfth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved with changes and then within minutes from the regular city commission meeting of may fifteenth two thousand and seventeen these minutes were approved with changes next came consent agenda number one and consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were proved and the one item on consent to was adopted after that came board appointments and there were four board appointments to take care of the first was an appointment of the mayor's nomination to the sarasota housing authority board of directors the commission appointed v board of adjustment the commission reappointed allan friedman the next board appointment was to the nuisance abatement board the commission reappointed joanne go net and valerie bush on the next board appointment was an appointment to the planning board local planning agency and the commission appointed katherine kelly all rick and damian blue mattie the commission then moved on to unfinished business there were three items of unfinished business to take care of the first was direction regarding the rosemary residential overlay district the commission directed staff to proceed with an expedited zoning text amendment to the rosemary residential overlay district to allow residential development in accordance with the d at a maximum of twenty five units per acre once the cap of one thousand seven hundred seventy five is reached or after december first two thousand and eighteen the commission also directed staff to proceed with a comprehensive plan amendment and zoning text amendment to increase the maximum residential density allowed by right to seventy five units per acre within the district to include a consideration for affordable housing opportunities to include the sarasota housing authority and to hold community workshops to obtain input from the community the next item of unfinished business was an approval of letters of interest for managing underwriting for issuance of st armand's pay parking area improvement revenue bonds this item was approved the next item of unfinished business this was the last item on the agenda for the afternoon was an approval of a cancellation of a call to artists for public art in the state street garage this item was approved after a short break the commission returned for the evening session of the meeting and began with commission presentations there were two of them the first was the employee of the quarter for the first quarter two thousand and seventeen congratulations  next presentation was proclaiming may twelfth through may sixteenth two thousand and seventeen as national police week and may fifteenth two thousand and seventeen as peace officers memorial day the commission then moved on to schedule presentations there was one it was the two thousand and seventeen legislative wrap up and the presentation was given by a state representative when gay newton florida house district seventy after another round of citizens and put concerning city topics the extending the boundaries for mitigation to the entire neighborhood and to caliper mitigation the commission authorized the administration to bring back a resolution to form a temporary tree advisory committee the next public hearing  a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code by adding definitions of food pantry and nutritional counseling and food distribution services this item was passed on first reading the third public hearing was a proposed ordinance amending the sarasota city code to provide for appeals of parking code violations to be heard before a magistrate in place of the civil traffic hearing officer this item was passed on first reading next came unfinished business there was one item of unfinished business on the agenda it was direction regarding the settlement of a dispute regarding the final payment of tax and comment from the downtown sarasota community redevelopment area there was commission consensus to bring this item back to the june nineteenth city commission meeting at the request of administration next came new business there were four items of new business on the agenda the first was a presentation and discussion regarding proposed recognition options to honor the service of paul f staff was directed to move forward in dedicating pineapple park with the plaque and rename the park paul thorpe park the next item of a new business was a presentation and discussion regarding proposed approval a fiscal year two thousand and seventeen twenty eight annual budget for the city of sarasota bayfront moring field this item was approved the next item of new business was a presentation and discussion regarding a decision to pursue recovery of all or part of attorneys fees and costs expended in the defense of the citizens for sunshine vs commissioner chapman suit the commission approved to pursue recovery of the judgment for cost that is currently entered in the amount of nine thousand two hundred thirty eight dollars and sixteen cents the next item of new business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding approval of a request to consider a resolution for a community wide target of one hundred percent renewable zero emission energy sources by twenty forty five and one hundred percent municipal operations target by two thousand and thirty the commission directed staff to bring back language in a resolution for consideration at the june nineteenth two thousand and seventeen commission meeting on the clean energy one hundred and remove language concerning the paris climate accord and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of june fifth 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 at our website dot com on the right side look for video on demand on miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the