of the city of sarasota and this year a commission recap a look at the actions taken by the city commission at their regular meeting of march third two thousand and fourteen after citizens input the commission approved the minutes of the regular city commission meeting of february eighteenth two thousand and fourteen commission then convene is the community redevelopment agency also known as they see are a first they approve the minutes for the special c r a meeting of february eighteenth and then the  d a presentation of the c r a annual financial report for the fiscal year ended september thirtieth two thousand and thirteen and they recommended approval to the city commission next the move commission and move to consent agendas one and two on consent agenda one two items were poll pulled first dealt with the comprehensive annual financial report the commission directed the external auditor who was  by charter supposed to do this annual financial report directed them to come back with a full presentation of that report and the second was to the second item the commission polled was to vote for a special meeting to accept that financial report as well as the management and government governance letters issued by that external auditor next the move to consent agenda there was one item that was adopted next the commission moved on to board appointments there were two first the commission elected lean walsh normal as chair of the independent police advisory panel they also appointed william fuller as the chair for the police complaint committee next they moved on to unfinished business there was one item and they adopted on second reading ordinance to expand the duties of the independent police advisory panel to include making recommendations  administrative aspects of policing as well as policy matters in the evening the commission moved directly to public hearings there was one and that was that when they passed on first reading an ordinance to reduce the speed limit on two roads around the robert l taylor community complex those roads are thirty four street between north osprey east to us three a one and on north osprey from thirty fourth street north to the city limits  the concept of reason to reducing those speed limits from twenty five to twenty is to enhance pedestrian safety in the area next they moved on to new business there was five items there first the commission approved the purchase and sale agreement for a property at twenty four ten links avenue with harvest tabernacle of sarasota in the amount of one hundred dollars harvest tabernacle intends to build a home on that site and rent to a low income housing or a low income family the next they had a discussion and presentation of the cultural part concept plan now no action was taken do the unknown plans for the quake property commission also decided to hold back on any invitation to negotiate to find a new tenant for the property that was home to gee whiz next the commercial commission heard a presentation on the city of sarasota popular engle financial report report that's required by the city charter for fiscal year ended september thirtieth two thousand and thirteen next the commission had it as scutching on the come as you are homeless shelter for the chronic homeless and heard a report by the d on their visits to other sites around the country no action was taken after the presentation finally the commission had a discussion concerning legal fees with the citizens for sunshine suit against the city of sarasota and commissioner chapman chapman's attorneys gave the commission an update on the case and the current motions still being heard by the court of the city attorney asked that this matter be continued until the next meeting give him a chance to meet up with  get further information information and also no action was taken or for authorization of payment until the end of march and that was it for the regular city commission meeting of march third two thousand and fourte if you like to take a look at the agenda the all the backup material or the video you can do so sarasota dot com look on the right side for video on demand i'm john knopper the city of sarasota will see you after next me