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January 25. 2005 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, January 25, 2005, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, Stephen E. Heretick, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Ray A. Smith, Sr., Interim City Manager James B. Oliver, Jr., City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 05 - 34 - 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, January 25, 2005 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." 05 - 35 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Commission of Architectural Review Appeal - 549 Mount Vernon Avenue Motion by Mr. Whitehurst, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to postpone consideration of the Commission of Architectural Review Appeal to construct a balcony and stairway at the rear of 549 Mount Vernon Avenue in the Port Norfolk Historic District to the meeting of March 8,2005, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 2. Commission of Architectural Review Appeal - 549 Broad Street Motion by Mr. Heretick, and seconded by Mr. Smith, to approve the request to remove original wood windows and install Anderson Replacement windows at 549 Broad Street. Substitute motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to defer action until February 22, 2005, for a professional opinion on whether the windows work or not, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 3. Portside - Dr. L. Pettis Patton 4. Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) - Lance W. Wolff 5. Hope VI Update - Kathy Warner 6. Business Retention Program - Steve LynchlThomas Reese 05 - 36 - Motion by Ms. Psimas, 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: appointments to boards and commissions and employee personnel matters, as per subsection 1; and the sale of publicly owned real property, as per subsection 3. The subject matter shall be (1) appointments to boards and commissions; (2) personnel matters; and (3) the possible sale of publicly owned real estate in the midtown area of the City, including the terms of sale. The purpose shall be to having frank discussion appointments and personnel matters; and also to discuss negotiating strategy for the sale of real estate. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote.