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January 7, 2019 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Monday, January 7, 2019, there were present: Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, William E. Moody, Jr., Elizabeth M. Psimas, Nathan J. Clark, Paul J. Battle, Shannon E. Glover, City Manager Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. 19 - 08 - The Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance: th "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6 Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 6:00 p.m., Monday, January 7, 2019 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." 19 - 09 - The following item were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Wheelabrator - Luke McCoy, Portsmouth Governor Appointee and SPSA Vice Chair, Liesl DeVary, Executive Director of SPSA and John Keifer, Norfolk Governor Appointee and SPSA Chairman 2. Financial Overview - Cheryl Spivey, Chief Financial Officer 3. Regional Broadband Network - Daniel Jones, Chief Information Officer Mayor John Rowe requested and received a consensus of Council to ask the  City Manager to make the full funding of the Portsmouth Broadband Ring a priority for first year/one time cost funding in the CIP and if there is a need to move forward faster, to make an out-of-the-budget cycle appropriation. 19 - 10 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to go into a Closed Meeting: (A) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing the acquisition and/or disposition of publicly held or controlled real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically regarding (1) Crawford Bay (2) the North Pier and (3) development of a new fire station; and (B) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of discussing and considering prospective candidates for and appointees to boards and commissions. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None Motion by Ms. Psimas, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and 2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the Closed Meeting was convened were heard, discussed or considered in the closed meeting just concluded by the City Council.