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<br />February 2, 2018 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Friday, February 2, 2018, there were <br />present: <br /> <br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., Ray <br />A. Smith, Sr., Nathan J. Clark, *Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, <br />City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. <br /> <br />Consultants: <br />James Oliver <br />Zin White <br />Susanne Puryear <br /> <br />The following staff was present: <br />Holt Butt, City Assessor <br />LaVoris Pace, Deputy City Manager <br />Vincent Jones, Deputy City Manager <br />Bob Baldwin, Planning Director <br />James Wright, City Engineer <br />Daniel Jones, Director of Information Technology <br />Chief Tanya Chapman, Police Chief <br />Robert Moore, Director of Economic Development <br /> <br />18 - 51 - The Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance: <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 2, 2018 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 />18 - 52 - The following items were discussed: <br /> <br />Welcome/Goals of the Retreat <br /> <br /> Building on 2017 Retreat/Maximizing the Effectiveness of City Council <br /> <br /> Review of the “Four Big Things” <br /> <br /> Review Guiding Principles <br /> <br /> Teambuilding/Communication <br /> <br />Ground Rules <br /> <br />First Amendment Considerations <br />a. Panhandling <br />b. Parades and Demonstration <br />c. Boards and Commissions <br /> <br />Team Building <br /> <br />Setting a Bigger Table – the Context <br /> <br />The “Four Big Things” <br /> <br /> Review progress <br /> <br />Teambuilding/Celebrating Successes <br /> <br />Strategic Discussions <br /> <br /> Economic Development <br /> <br /> Crawford Gateway Revitalization <br /> <br /> <br />“At the End of the Day…” <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />