Okay, go ahead.

You good.

Okay.

Actually, I'll there is all right.

All right, I want to call this uh special city commission meeting to order.

It's July fifteenth, twenty twenty four.

And um we'll have the city auditor and clerk do the invocation.

Um large audience and the crowd in the audience.

Yes.

We seek your divine strength, wisdom, and guidance in the deliberations that affect the lives of each other citizens of our community in the name we pray, amen.

Okay.

And um, please leave us under the pledge of pleasure.

I'm not even sure.

Are there any changes to the order of the day?

No, madam mayor.

All right, thank you.

And if you want to read the pledge of public conduct, yes.

We may disagree, but we will be respectful to one another.

We will direct all comments to issues.

We will not engage in personal attacks.

All right.

So do we have anybody signed up to speak?

No, madam mayor.

Okay.

All right.

So we're at agenda item two one.

And that is the uh second public hearing regarding the proposed ordinance number 24525.

Um and I'm gonna call upon the city auditor and clerk to read the title.

And also to um, I'm sorry, let's do an oath.

Do you swore or affirmate the evidence or factual representation which you are about to give or present to this commission during any public hearing held this 15th day of July 2024 at Truthful?

Yes.

Thank you.

And then I'll go ahead and read the opening.

Okay.

All right.

I'm gonna open the public hearing and have you read the title of the proposed ordinance.

Okay.

Ordinance number two four-five-five two five in ordinance of the city of Sarasota, Florida, amending the comprehensive plan of the city of Sarasota, the Sarasota City Plan, future land use chapter to revise the text of the production intensive commercial future land use classification so as to identify solar utilities as an additional existing and planned primary use within the classification and to provide a definition of solar utility, repealing ordinances in conflict, providing for serverability of the parts hereof, providing for reading by title only, and providing for an effective date.

Okay.

Um these ones we could combine, Mr.

Farnier, or no.

Uh well, from they're both dealing with the solar utility.

We can waive the vote last time.

We've already received it.

I thought we did.

Yeah.

Okay.

All right.

So I'm also going to open the public hearing then on proposed ordinance number two four five five two three and have the city auditor and clerk read that.

Thank you.

Ordinance number two four-five five two three, an ordinance of the city of Sarasota, Florida, amending the zoning code 2002 edition, Article 2, definitions and rules of construction, division two definitions, section 2-201, definitions to add definitions for solar utility, glare and glant.

Article 6 zone districts, division six, production intensive commercial zone districts.

Table 6-601 to add solar utility as a permitted use in the industrial general IGD and industrial heavy IHD zone districts in Article 7, regulations of general applicability, division two, off-street parking, section 7-204, number of parking spaces required, bicycle standards, and alternative parking ratios in division three, transitional buffers.

And Division 6 additional use and development standards.

Section 7-602, specific standards for certain uses.

All to add development standards specific to development of solar utility, providing for several ability of the parts here are providing for reading by title only and providing for an effective date.

So I'm going to call upon our long-range planner, Mr.

Smith to make a presentation.

Good evening, David Smith for the record.

These are the second public hearings, second adoption public hearings.