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VI) CONSENT AGENDA NO. 1:

VI.1) Approval Re: Authorize the Mayor and City Auditor and Clerk to execute the Contract Agreements between the City of Sarasota and Redevelopment Management Associates, LLC; Lambert Advisory, LLC; Camoin Associates, INC.; ABLE Operations LLC.; and Upsize Marketing Strategies, LLC (RFP 24-11HR) for Economic Impact, Financial Feasibility & Marketing Analysis Continuing Consulting Services. The previous contract had a total expenditure of approximately $264,000.00 over a five-year term

VI.2) Approval Re: Authorize the Mayor and City Auditor and Clerk to execute the Agreement between the City of Sarasota and Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc. (RFP 23-39PB) for Consulting Engineering Services (Main Street Complete Streets) with an estimated cost of $2,269,326.00

VI.3) Approval Re: Authorize the Mayor and City Auditor and Clerk to execute the Amended and Restated Agreement between the City of Sarasota and the Lakewood Ranch Stewardship District and SMR Schwartz, LLC. for Realignment of Water Transmission Pipeline providing for the replacement and realignment of a 2.1 mile segment of the Verna raw water transmission pipeline along with a contribution of $2,000,000.00 to the City of Sarasota towards construction and procurement of materials

VI.4) Announcement Re: Provide Notice of Issuance of Emergency Purchase Order for Southern Sanitary Systems, Inc. and Averett Septic Tank Company

VI.5) Approval Re: Authorize the Mayor and City Auditor and Clerk to execute the Second Extension of Agreement between the City of Sarasota and Mason Evans Inc. d/b/a Diamond Investigations and Security (Original Bid #20-30BK) for Security Guard Services at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall at an average cost in the amount of $220,000.00 per year

VII) CONSENT AGENDA NO. 2:

VII.1) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5534, amending Chapter 24, Article IV of the Code of the City of Sarasota to update Section 24-135 (B) to be consistent with current IRS Regulations concerning the commencement of mandatory distributions of retirement benefits; to provide that the Employee Retirement Accounts Committee shall review the Investment Policy Statement (IPS) for the City's Defined Contribution Retirement Plan on an as needed basis rather than on an Annual Basis; and to clarify that the IPS shall include criteria to evaluate investments offered to participants; providing for the repeal of ordinances in conflict, etc. (Title Only)

VII.2) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5538, amending Ordinance 09-4860 which, pursuant to Application No. 06-RE-02 rezoned four parcels of real property located on the south side of 17th Street between Shade and Euclid Avenues with a street address of 2530 17th Street from the City and County Industrial Light Warehousing (ILW) zone districts to the Industrial General District (IGD) zone district subject to a proffered site plan which has expired so as to substitute a new site plan application No. 23-SP-14 allowing the redevelopment of an up to 122,955 square-foot, three-story self-storage facility with off-street parking; all as is more particularly set forth herein; etc. (Title Only) (Application No. 24-ROA-01, Applicant: Joel Freedman, AICP, as agent representing 17th Street Storage, LLC as contract purchaser and Hap's Kids, LLC, as fee simple owner)

VII.3) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5542, amending the Sarasota City Code, Chapter 25, Planning, Article II, Multimodal Transportation Impact Fee, Division 2, Multimodal Transportation Impact Fees by Public Facility, Section 25-49, Multimodal Transportation Impact Fees schedule, so as to increase said impact fees to be imposed upon new development by a tiered and phased schedule, in some circumstances, up to the highest calculated rate supported by the City of Sarasota Multi-modal Transportation Impact Fee Update Study dated July 16, 2024; reciting findings and intent as well as the authority of the City of Sarasota to enact a multimodal Transportation Impact Fee ordinance; making concurrent modifications to Subsection (d)(4) thereof to authorize the City Manager to administratively approve and execute fee deferral lien agreements and to amend Section 25-17 to adopt the updated study; providing for the severability of the parts hereof if declared invalid; providing for the repealing of ordinances in conflict, etc. (Title Only)

VII.4) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5543, amending and restating prior Ordinance 20-5341 which established a trust fund for the deposit of tax increment revenue collected within the Bay Park Improvement District; to allow an annual deposit into said trust fund of an amount which is less than the full amount of the tax increment revenue collected, as more fully specified herein; providing for severability of the parts hereof, etc. (Title Only)

VIII) BOARD APPOINTMENTS:

IX) UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

IX.1) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5529, increasing the additional Homestead Exemption for certain income qualified persons aged sixty-five (65) and older, from $25,000 to $50,000, commencing in the 2025 Tax Year; providing for the annual adjustment of the income limitation associated with such exemptions; providing for application and submission requirements for such exemptions; directing the City Auditor and Clerk of the City of Sarasota, Florida, to deliver a certified copy of this ordinance to the Sarasota County Property Appraiser; providing for severability, etc. (Title Only)

IX.2) Adoption Re: Second Reading of Proposed Ordinance No. 24-5540, amending the Zoning Code (2002 Edition), Article II, Definitions and Rules of Construction, to add, modify or clarify definitions for commercial artwork sign, freeboard, recovery elevation, structure, front yard, side yard, and rear yard, and to allow food distribution on an individual appointment only basis as an accessory use of an appropriately licensed community service; Article IV, Development Review Procedures, to modify the standards applicable to a Variance for preservation of trees and to remove utility easements on private property from the vacation requirements; Article VI, Zone Districts, to modify the landscape plan requirements and to add staging requirements for non-residential and major renovation developments, and to modify the design standards applicable to front porches and garages in the Newtown Conservation Historic Overlay District and to create a minimum lot area and width applicable to single-family attached housing types and modify setback regulations in the multiple-family zones; Article VII, Regulations of General Applicability, to establish the standards applicable to commercial artwork signs in certain downtown zone districts, to modify the regulations applicable to generators and pool equipment, to allow for permeable pavement surfaces in drive aisles of grass parking lots, to provide for administrative review of alternative parking ratios outside the downtown zone districts, to allow non-opaque fencing to be placed on vacant lots, to delete separation requirements between an accessory dwelling unit and the principal building, and to establish standards applicable to bollard lighting; and to amend the facade and streetwall requirements so that the streetwall may be generally coplanar to the front facade of a building in the Ringling Overlay District, North Trail Overlay District and Downtown Zone Districts; providing for severability of the parts hereof, etc. (Title Only) (Application No. 24-ZTA-04, Applicant: City of Sarasota)