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<br />June 26, 2017 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, June 26, 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, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Nathan J. Clark, Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, City Manager <br />Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. <br /> <br />17 - 260 - The following call for the meeting was read: <br /> <br />th <br /> "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6 Floor <br />Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Monday, June 26, 2017 for the <br />purpose of a Public Work Session. <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 - 261 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to go into a Closed <br />Meeting pursuant to Virginia Code 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of: <br /> <br />Consultation and interviews of potential candidates for appointment to Boards <br />and Commissions. <br /> <br />The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Clark, Cherry, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Rowe <br />Nays: None <br /> <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 /> <br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting <br />requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and <br /> <br />2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the <br />Closed Meeting was convened <br /> <br />were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting just concluded by the City <br />Council. <br /> <br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote: <br /> <br />Ayes: Clark, Cherry, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Whitaker, Rowe <br />Nays: None <br /> <br />Portsmouth Redevelopment & Housing Authority Commissioners Present: <br />Davy Smith, III, Chairman <br />Dr. Reuben Washington, Vice Chairman <br />Sonya Chapman <br />Charlene Cofield <br />Leslie Harris <br />Bruce LaLonde <br />Rita Roberts <br />Alisa Winston, Interim Executive Director, Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing <br />Authority <br /> <br />17 - 262 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Joint Meeting City Council & Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority - <br />Davy Smith III, Chairman <br />- Commissioner LaLonde requested a resolution of support to PRHA. City <br />Manager Patton will have one prepared for Council consideration on July 10, <br />2017 <br />- Commissioner LaLonde also requested additional security/police presence for <br />housing areas. <br /> <br /> <br />