everybody i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap a look back at the regular city commission meeting of february the fifth two thousand and eighteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens input 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 city commission meeting from january sixteenth two thousand and eighteen these minutes were approved with corrections for minor came consent agenda number one then consent agenda number two all the items on consent one were approved and the one item on consent to was adopted next came unfinished business there were two items of unfinished business on the agenda the first a proposed resolution urging members of the florida legislature to oppose senate bill five seventy four and house bill five twenty one which would erode home rule power by preempting to the state the regulation of the trimming removal or harvesting of trees and timber on private property there was commission consensus not to take action on the side of the next item of unfinished business was an authorization to process an amendment to the future land use map of comprehensive plan as requested by marie selby botanical gardens from the community office institutional to metropolitan regional future land use classification this item was approved after a short break the commission returned for the evening session which began with commission presentations there was one it was the employee of the quarter for the fourth quarter of two thousand and seventeen this was awarded to drop shanley next was scheduled presentations and there was one it was an update concerning the sarasota bayfront planning organization process and progress after another round of citizens it put concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings there were two legislative public hearings on the agenda the first  a proposed ordinance amending the code of the city of sarasota to provide a process by which an advisory board member who has served two consecutive terms may be appointed to a third term this item passed on first reading the next public hearing was the second reading of a proposed ordinance amending the zoning code of the city of sarasota to provide definitions for drug store pharmacy grocery store and medical marijuana dispensary this item was adopted next came new business there were three items of new business on the agenda the first was a presentation and discussion regarding local governments lawsuit against pharmaceutical companies doing business in florida to recover expenses resulting from the the commission chose to proceed with the lawsuit and get regular updates on the progress the next tide of new business was an authorization to move forward with negotiations and to conclude with a letter of intent for the acquisition of property to relocate live station number ten the commission chose to return the proposal to staff to come back to the commission with other options the next item new business and this was the last item on the agenda was a presentation and discussion regarding extending the sunset date of the north trail overlay district this item was approved and the sunset date was extended for five years and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of february fifth two thousand and eighteen 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 f l dot gov i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and we'll see you after the next meeting