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November 24, 2014 <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, November 24, 2014, there <br />were present: <br />Mayor Kenneth I. Wright, Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William E. Moody, Jr., Marlene <br />W. Randall, Elizabeth M. Psimas, Dr. Curtis E. Edmonds, Sr., *Danny W. Meeks, City <br />Manager John L. Rowe, Jr., City Attorney George M. Willson. <br />14 - 431 -The following call for the meeting was read: <br />"Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6t" Floor <br />Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 6:00 p.m., Monday, November 24, 2014 for the <br />purpose of a Public Work Session. <br />In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. <br />By order of the Mayor." <br />14 - 432 -The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br />1. Zoning Code Amendments Update -Robert Baldwin, Director of Planning and Fred <br />Brusso, Director of the Department of Neighborhood Advancement <br />2. Legislative Package Update -John Rowe, City Manager <br />3. Briefing on Walking/Bike Friendly Community Status -Susan Wilson, Manager of <br />Transportation and Maritime Planning <br />• Councilman Meeks inquired about an update on the following: <br />- Moving of the Police Department <br />- Work Order on Utilities <br />- Recreation Center <br />4. Briefing on the Elliott Avenue Athletic Field -Brannon Godfrey, Deputy City <br />Manager <br />14 - 433 -Motion by Ms. Randall, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to go into a Closed <br />Meeting pursuant to Virginia Code 2.2-3711 for the following purposes: <br />Consideration of candidates for appointment to City boards and commissions, <br />as permitted under Subsection A.1. <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright <br />Nays: None <br />Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Mr. Moody, pursuant to Virginia Code <br />Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members' knowledge: <br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting <br />requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and <br />2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which <br />the Closed Meeting was convened <br />were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting just concluded by the City <br />Council. <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br />Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright <br />Nays: None <br />