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September 10, 2013 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, September 10, 2013, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, ~IVilliam E. Moody, Jr., *Marlene W. Randall, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., Danny W. Meeks, City Manager John L. Rowe, Jr., City Attorney George M. Willson. 13 - 372 -The following call for the meeting was read: "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6t" Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2013 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." 13 - 373 -The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Draft Legislative Package -Sherri Neil, Manager of Intergovernmental Affairs - John Rowe, City Manager - • Will provide a report on the history of the Hampton Roads Legislative Coalition at the September 24, 2013 meeting and possible reestablishment of the organization. Also suggested that Portsmouth host the first meeting. - Councilman Moody - • Asked that delegates from the region be invited to collaborate on a region legislative package. 2. Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Funds for Schools and Procurement -John Rowe, City Manager 13 - 374 -Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to go into Closed Meeting pursuant to provisions of Section 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, for the following purposes: - Briefing by staff members and consultation with legal counsel pertaining to probable litigation involving a contract, as permitted under Subsection A.7; - Discussion concerning a prospective business in the Downtown area of the City where no previous announcement has been made of the business' interest in locating in the city, as permitted under Subsection A.6; and - Discussion concerning the expansion of an existing business or industry in Burton's Point where no previous announcement has been made of the business' or industry's interest in expansion, as permitted under Subsection A.6. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Ms. Randall, 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 the following vote: