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March 8. 2005 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, March 8, 2005, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor William E. Moody, Jr., Charles B. Whitehurst, Sr., Marlene W. Randall, *Elizabeth M. Psi mas, Ray A. Smith, Sr., Interim City Manager James B. Oliver, Jr., Senior Deputy City Attorney George M. Willson. 05 -105 - 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 8, 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 - 1 06 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Commission of Architectural Review Appeal - 549 Mount Vernon Avenue Motion by Mr. Smith, and seconded by Mr. Whitehurst, to defer 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 April 12, 2005, and was adopted by unanimous vote. 2. Path of History Park - Columbia Gas Representatives 3. Introduction of Lynn Lochen, Director of Convention and Visitors Bureau 4. SPSA - American Ref-Fuel - John Maher/Councilman Whitehurst 5. Suffolk Fairgrounds - Portsmouth Water Transmission Mains - James Spacek 05 - 107 - Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Mr. Smith, 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: consultation with legal counsel and briefing by staff members concerning probable litigation where consultation and briefing in open session would adversely affect the City's negotiating posture and consultation with legal counsel concerning a legal matter requiring the provision of legal advice, as permitted under subsection (A)7. The subject shall be a contract between the City of Portsmouth and a private business. The purpose of the meeting is to permit frank and confidential discussion of matter of which premature public disclosure could materially harm the interests of the City and its citizens. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Ms. Psi mas, pursuant to Section 2.2-3712(0) 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.