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March 9, 2004 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, March 9, 2004, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor Bernard D. Griffin, Sr., Cameron C. Pitts, J. Thomas Benn III, Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, City Manager C. W. McCoy, City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 04 - 89 - 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 Crawford Street, 6th floor, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 9, 2004 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." 04 - 90 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Commission of Architectural Review Appeal- 1048 Naval Avenue Motion by Mr. Griffin, and seconded by Mr. Benn, to concur with the decision of the Commission of Architectural Review for Port Norfolk and Park View to deny removing a slate roof and installing architectural grade shingles, and was adopted by unanimous vote. *Note: The applicant did not appear for the appeal. He indicated earlier in the day to the City Clerk that he intended to withdraw his appeal. No formal withdrawal was received. 2. City Assessor's Annual Report - William E. Froehlich 3. Southeastern Public Service Authority (SPSA) Briefing - John Hadfield, Executive Director 4. Retirement Systems' Funding - Lee A. Dumbauld 04 - 91 - Motion by Mr. Pitts, 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: appointments to boards and commissions, per subsection 1, and legal matters requiring the advice of legal counsel, as per subsection 7. The subject matter of the meeting is the appointments to boards and commissions of the City, and also legal matters related to pending or threatened litigation involving the City. 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 Ms. Randall, 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 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.