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<br />February 3, 2017 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Friday, February 3, 2017, there were <br />present: <br /> <br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Paige D. Cherry, William E. Moody, Jr., Elizabeth <br />M. Psimas, Nathan J. Clark, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon <br />H. Ashby, Jr. <br /> <br />Consultants: <br />James Oliver <br />Zin White <br />Susan Puryear <br /> <br />The following staff was present: <br />Holt Butt, Assistant City Assessor <br />LaVoris Pace, Deputy City Manager <br />Vincent Jones, Deputy City Manager <br /> <br />17 - 61 - The following call for the meeting was read: <br /> <br /> "Please attend a called meeting of the City Council to be held at the Wakefield <br />Airfield Conference Center, 15189 Airfield Road, Wakefield, Virginia, on Friday, <br />February 3, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. for the purpose of a City Council Retreat. <br /> <br />In addition, you may consider a motion to go into a Closed Meeting. <br /> <br />By order of the Mayor." <br /> <br />17 - 62 - The following items were discussed: <br /> <br />Welcome/Goals of the Retreat <br />- The Council’s Vision <br />- Guiding Principles <br />- Teambuilding/Maximizing Communication <br />- Bold Priorities <br /> <br />Ground Rules <br /> <br />What Do You See? <br /> <br />The Work of Council <br /> <br />Your Vision for Portsmouth <br /> <br />Guiding Principles <br /> <br />-Working with Each Other <br /> <br />-Working with the Manager’s Office <br /> <br />-Working with citizens, partners <br /> <br />Working Together <br /> <br />Portsmouth Assets <br /> <br />Every Picture Tells a Story… <br /> <br />City Council Action items: <br /> <br />By consensus, the City Council agreed on the following: <br /> <br />To create a City Council Task Force on Poverty. <br />- <br /> Dr. Patton is to decide how it’s to be staffed <br />-th <br /> Each Council member is to provide three names by February 14. <br /> <br />th <br />To have a joint meeting with the Planning Commission on February 16, at 5:00 p.m., to <br />discuss Form Base Code. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />