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March 24, 2014 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, March 24, 2014, there were present: Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William 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. 14 - 108 -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, 6:00 p.m., Monday, March 24, 2014 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." 14 - 109 -The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Budget Adjustments -Carol Swindell, Chief Financial Officer 2. Weed and Debris Ordinance Amendment -Fred Brusso, Director of the Department of Neighborhood Advancement 14 - 110 -Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Mr. Meeks, to go into a Closed Meeting pursuant to Virginia Code 2.2-3711 for the following purpose: Briefing by staff and consultation with legal counsel concerning a legal matter involving the acquisition of real property in the PortCentre section of the City, as permitted under Subsection A.3 and A.7; and Discussion or consideration of the acquisition of real property for public purposes in the Downtown area of the City and on Portsmouth Boulevard where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position of the City, as permitted under Subsection A.7. 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 Mr. Moody, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members' knowledge: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under 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 closed meeting just concluded by the City Council. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None On motion, meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m.