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AUQust 7.2006 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, August 7, 2006, there were present: Mayor James W. Holley III, Vice Mayor Marlene W. Randall, William E. Moody, Jr., Stephen E. Heretick, Elizabeth M. Psi mas, Ray A. Smith, Sr., Douglas L. Smith, City Manager James B. Oliver, Jr., City Attorney G. Timothy Oksman. 06 - 345 - 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, 5:00 p.m., Monday, August 7, 2006 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." '" Councilman Moody asked for and received consensus of City Council to continue taping non-agenda speakers. 06 - 346 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Mainline Safety Relocation Project (Centerline Rail) 2. WRT Allied Site - Land Use Alternatives 3. SPSA - Councilman Ray Smith, Tim Oksman, John Hadfield, Lance Wolff, John Rowe, Louie Jordan. 06 - 347 - Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Randall, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, subsection 7 for consultation with legal counsel and staff pertaining to litigation, and also consultation with legal counsel regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice. The subject matter of the meeting is the recently concluded litigation involving Friendship Temple, also known as the Garden of Prayer. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss legal obligations related to this litigation. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote. Motion by Mr. Moody, 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. The motion was adopted by unanimous vote. On motion, meeting adjourned at 8:00 p.m.