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Au,qust 27, 2002 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, August 27, 2002, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., *Cameron C. Pitts, J. Thomas Berm III, Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, Interim City Manager C. W. McCoy, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 02 - 256 - The following call for the meeting was read: "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the City Manager's Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 6th floor, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 27, 2002 for the purpose of a Public Work Session. In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. By order of the Mayor." 02 - 257 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Master Gardeners Presentation - Barbara Early 2. Police Teen Academy - Lieutenant Floriani 3. Items Submitted by City Manager A. Water Conservation Up-date - James R. Spacek B. New Department - Otis Jordan 02 - 258 - Motion by Mr. Pitts, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711(A) of the Code of Virginia, to discuss or consider the following: employee personnel matters and appointments to boards and commissions as per subsection 1; the acquisition of real property for a public purpose, as per subsection 3; and plans to protect the public from terrorist activity, as per subsection 20. The subject matter of the meeting includes the performance of individual employees of the City, appointments to City boards and commissions by City Council, the need to acquire certain real estate for public utility purposes, and planned responses to possible terrorist activity. The purpose of the meeting is to protect the public interest by ensuring frank and confidential discussion of matters for which public disclosure could harm or jeopardize the public interest. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Mr. Griffin, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, pursuant to Section 2.2-3712(D) of the Code of Virginia, certifying that to the best of the Council Members' knowledge during the immediately preceding Closed Meeting of the City Council: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and 2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the Closed Meeting was convened, were heard, discussed or considered in the meeting by the City Council. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote.