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Au,qust 12, 2003 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, August 12, 2003, there were present: Mayor James W. Halley III, Vice Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., Cameron C. Pitts, J. Thomas Berm III, William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, City Manager C. W. McCoy, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 03 - 266 - The following call for the meeting was read: "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the City Council Chamber, 801 Crawfard Street, 6th floor, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 12, 2003 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." 03 - 267 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Marketing/Advertising Update- Jim Hambright 2. Hamearama Update - Steven Lynch and Sheila Martin 3. Financial Briefing - Lena Hague 4. Items Submitted by City Manager - UPARR - USO - Jail Consultant - Sports Hall of Fame 03 - 268 - Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, 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: the acquisition of real property for a public purpose, as per subsection 3, the sale of publicly held real property, as per subsection 3; a specific legal matter requiring the advice of legal counsel, as per subsection 7. The subject matters are the acquisition of real property for a public purpose and the disposition of publicly held real property in the Scott's Creek and the downtown areas of the City and a zoning matter. 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. Moody, 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.