everybody i'm miles larson with the city of sarasota and this is your commission recap it look back at the regular city commission meeting of july the eighteenth two thousand and sixteen the commission began the afternoon session of the meeting with citizens and put 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 minutes from the regular city commission meeting of july the fifth two thousand and sixteen these minutes were approved with corrections the commission then recessed and convened into a special session of the c r a there were two items to take up as the c r a the first was an approval of the minutes from the special c r a meeting of june sixth two thousand and sixteen these minutes were approved next was an appointment to the downtown c r a advisory board and the c r a reappointed mark huey the c r a then adjourned and we convened as the city commission and moved into consent agenda one and then consented tended to all the items on consent one were proved and all the items on consent two were adopted next came unfinished business the first item of unfinished business was an update on the bay front twenty twenty initiative this report was given no action was taken next was a presentation and discussion on the state of the former gee whiz building located at one thousand one bowl of art of the arts the commission directed staff to explore the costs associated with its best  removal and demolition of the building and to report back to the city commission next was a discussion of a deadline for the initiation of quality assurance assessment of the audit function no action was taken on this item during remarks of commissioners the city attorney announced it was anticipated that an out of sunshine meeting would be needed in september concerning a calm and westra with regards to lift station eighty seven there was also consensus to place an item on a future meeting agenda regarding the appeal of the citizens for sunshine law suit after a short break the commission reconvened and began the evening session with commission presentations there was one it was a proclamation proclaiming july twenty fourth two thousand sixteen as the one hundredth birthday anniversary of john d macdonald next came scheduled presentations and there was also one it was an update on the zico virus after another round of citizens and put concerning city topics the commission moved on to public hearings there were three legislative public hearings on the agenda the first was a grant application for the local justice assistance grant of thirty thousand eight hundred three dollars from the department of justice no action was taken on the side on the next legislative public hearing was a proposed resolution establishing an inventory list of all real property within the city's jurisdiction to which the city holds fee simple title that is appropriate for use as affordable housing this resolution was adopted the third legislative public hearing was a proposed resolution relating to the state revolving fund loan program this resolution was adopted the commission then moved on to judicial public hearings and there was one it was a proposed ordinance to rezone those certain portions of real property located on the west side of us forty one north tamiami trail on the south side of whitaker baju and located northerly of hampton road with the real property within street addresses of seventeen fifteen eighteen eighty nine and nineteen ninety five north him the m e trail and commonly known as the yacht center property this item was passed on first reading with potential changes noted on the record prior to the second reading the commission then moved on to new business and there was one item a new business the last item on the agenda it was consideration for the position of assistant city manager this item was approved and that did it for the regular city commission meeting of july the eighteenth two thousand and sixteen if you'd like to take a look at the video including all of the backup material you can do so at our website www 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 next meeting