sarasota and this year commission recap look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting in january twentieth two thousand and fifteen first the commission approved the minutes of their regular city commission meeting of january fifth two thousand and fifteen with clarifications next the commission convened into a special session of the community redevelopment agency also known as the c r a firstly approved the minutes of the special c r a meeting of october twentieth two thousand and fourteen next was the approval to authorize to sarasota c r a to execute the assignment and consent between the c r a ruling and orange l l c and ringling square l l c pertaining to property located at six hundred twenty six ringling boulevard this was the city commission and moved on to consent agendas one and two the approved all items on consent one and adopted all the items on consent to next the commission moved onto unfinished business first was the second reading of a proposed ordinance calling the referendum for the purpose of determining whether the city charter shall be amended to provide that an individual who is elected or appointed to the city commission to fill a vacancy in an at large seat or a district seat shall have been a resident or qualified elector of the city or the district to be represented for one year preceding the date he or she takes the oath of office next was a second reading of a proposed ordinance calling a referendum for the purposes of determining whether the city charter shall be amended to provide that the one hundred eighty day period allowed to obtain said that signatures for a citizen's initiative petition to amend the city charter shall commence upon the date that a copy of the petition and final form is submitted to the office of the city under a clerk to require that citizens initiative petitions be filed with the office of the city daughter and clerk on or before the date that the first signature of is obtained and provide that the ordinance scheduling a referendum on a proposed charter amendment resulting from a citizens initiative petition shall be adopted within sixty days after the petition containing the required number of signatures is presented to the city commission now both of these were passed on second reading and the commission directed our referendum concerning content and both of those ordinances be held may twelfth two thousand and fifteen with the option of cancelling the referendum if necessary next was the continued discussion regarding the homelessness status report after some discussion there was consensus for the city attorney to set for a public hearing and ordinance concerning removal of personal items from public property the commission began their evening session with the commission presentations first was a presentation naming the city of sarasota as number seventeen on the sarasota fifty most generous workplaces list for two thousand and fourteen by the united way and next was a presentation and recognition for the two thousand and fourteen employee appreciation committee next the commission moved on to public hearings there was one it was a public hearing of proposed ordnance to correct and modify projects related to level of service standards in the capital improvements chapter of the comprehensive plan and adopting by reference an updated schedule of level of service projects into the capital improvements chapter of the city sarasota city plan now this was passed on first reading next the mission moved on to a few items of new business first was the approval of the city of sarasota as annual investment report for the year ended september thirtieth two thousand and fourteen this was approved next was the adoption of a proposed resolution setting forth the investment policy for all funds of the city sarasota with the exception of pension funds and other post employment benefit funds also known as funds as well as establishing investments object is and other investment criteria this was adopted by a five to zero  next was a presentation a discussion regarding the city's donation and naming policy and no item was no action was taken on that item and finally in the evening session was to continue discussion regarding the potential whistleblower claim against the city after some discussion the commission directed that the information technology function and staff including the web coordinator to be moved to the city manager's office under the reporting structure of his choosing they also directed the clerk's office not to conduct an audit of the i t department for two years and for the city manager to return with an update on the i t department in ninety days and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of january twentieth two thousand