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May 21, 2018 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, May 21, 2018, there were present: Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Elizabeth M. Psimas, William E. Moody, Jr., *Ray A. Smith, Sr., *Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Nathan J. Clark, Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. 18 - 185 - The Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance: "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6th Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 6:00 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2018 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." Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority Members Present: Davy Smith III, Chair Reverend Reuben Washington, Vice Chair Sonya Chapman Charlene Cofield Bruce LaLonde Rita Roberts Edward Bland, Executive Director 18 - 186 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. City Council Joint Meeting with Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority (PRHA) -  Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Land Presentation -Councilman Moody asked that quarterly updates be provided on transferred property (from PRHA) and any other property that’s in the process of being sold. -There was a consensus of the PRHA Board to transfer titles of vacant property to the City. -There was a majority consensus of City Council to receive titles of vacant property being transferred from PRHA. -There was a consensus of City Council to direct the administrations of both the City and PRHA to prepare documents necessary to implement the change in titles. 18 - 187 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to go into Closed Meeting: (A) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing the disposition of publicly held real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically regarding commercial development at Seaboard Square. (B) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing the disposition of publicly held real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically regarding publicly owned vacant residential lots in Park View. Councilman Moody recused himself from discussion of the following matter out of an  abundance of caution and to avoid the appearance of any conflict. (C) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing the disposition of publicly held real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically regarding the Afton Green development, 4300 George Washington Highway & 0 George Washington Highway (Tax Parcels 0461-0080, 0090, 0100, and 0110).