City Council

401 West Venice Avenue City of Venice Venice, FL 34285 www.venicegov.com Meeting Agenda City Council Thursday, May 21, 2020 2:00 PM Virtual Meeting Special Virtual Meeting - Assisting Businesses During COVID-19 Broadcast This meeting will re-broadcast the week after the meeting on Access Sarasota (Comcast Channel 19)(Verizon Channel 32). To view the meeting live please log onto www.venicegov.com, click on meetings, find today's meeting and click "in progress". Instructions on How to Watch and/or Participate in the Virtual Meeting 20-4517 Instructions on How to Watch and/or Participate in the Virtual Meeting Attachments: Virtual Meeting Instructions CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE I. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION will be limited to one hour. Excluding Public Hearings (Five Minutes Each Speaker for City Residents, City Property Owners, and Owners of Businesses within the City Limits and Two Minutes for all Other Speakers unless Other Time Limits are Established). An Additional Opportunity for Audience Participation will be Observed Immediately Following the Lunch Break for Meetings that Extend into the Afternoon. II. NEW BUSINESS A. COUNCIL ACTION/DISCUSSION 20-4519 Direct City Manager to Issue an Executive Order to Require All Restaurant Employees Who Come in Contact with the Public to Wear Masks During the COVID-19 Declared Emergency City of Venice Page 1 of 2 Printed on 5/20/2020 City Council Meeting Agenda May 21, 2020 20-4520 Direct City Manager to Issue an Executive Order to Reduce Building Permit Fees by Twenty-Five Percent During the COVID-19 Declared Emergency Attachments: Memorandum Russ Bobbitt (COBA) Correspondence Mr. Lavallee's Letter to COBA 20-4521 Direct City Manager to Issue an Executive Order to Temporarily Modify the Policy Regulating the Use of Public Rights-of-Way in the Downtown Business District for Restaurants During the COVID-19 Declared Emergency Attachments: Memorandum Recommendations Land Development Code Downtown Business Survey 20-4522 Direct City Manager to Issue an Executive Order Suspending Temporary Sign Restrictions During the COVID-19 Declared Emergency to Support Business Reopenings Attachments: Memorandum Recommendations Land Development Code Downtown Business Survey III. ADJOURNMENT The meeting will not go beyond 5:00 p.m. unless City Council grants an extension. ********* If you are disabled and need assistance, please contact the City Clerk’s office at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. NOTE: No stenographic record by a certified court reporter is made of this meeting. Accordingly, any person who may seek to appeal any decision involving the matters noticed herein will be responsible for making a verbatim record of the testimony and evidence at this meeting upon which any appeal is based. City of Venice Page 2 of 2 Printed on 5/20/2020