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<br />April 09, 2019 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 there were <br />present: <br /> <br />Mayor John L. Rowe, Jr., Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke , William E. Moody, Jr., <br />Elizabeth M. Psimas, Nathan J. Clark, Paul J. Battle, Shannon E. Glover, City Manager <br />Dr. L. Pettis Patton, City Attorney Solomon H. Ashby, Jr. <br /> <br />19 - 136 - 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., Tuesday, April 9, 2019 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 />19 - 137 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Reinvent Hampton Roads - Jim Spore, President and Chief Executive Office, <br />Reinvent Hampton Roads <br /> <br />2. Violent Crime Initiative - Chief Angela Greene, Interim Police Chief <br /> <br /> <br /> Atlantic Union Bank Pavilion update - James Wright, City Engineer <br /> <br /> <br /> VRS Enhanced Benefits - Elizabeth Gooden, Human Resource Management Director <br /> <br />3. City Manager’s Report Review/Report Backs <br /> <br /> There was a majority consensus of City Council to discontinue recording and <br /> <br />broadcasting Non-Agenda Speakers starting with the Tuesday, April 9, 2019 City <br />Council Meeting. <br /> <br /> <br />4.City Council Liaison Reports <br /> <br />-Councilman Glover <br /> - <br /> <br /> Planning Commission update. <br /> <br />-Councilman Clark - <br /> <br /> Tidewater Community College Jobs Skills Training Program Board meeting <br />update. <br /> <br />-Councilwoman Lucas-Burke - <br /> <br /> STOP Inc. update. <br /> <br />-Councilman Battle - <br /> <br /> Portsmouth Community Services Board update. <br /> <br />-Councilwoman Lucas-Burke - <br /> <br /> Food Bank update. <br /> <br /> <br /> There was a consensus of City Council to allow the Food Bank to submit paperwork <br />to be included in the Support to Organizations category of the budget. <br /> <br /> <br />-Mayor Rowe - <br /> <br /> Informed citizens and City Council that he had been made the Chair for the <br />urban section of the Virginia Municipal League (VML) and is now part of the <br />VML Executive Committee. <br /> <br />19 - 138 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Moody, to go into Closed <br />Meeting: <br /> <br /> Vice Mayor Lucas-Burke recused herself from discussion of the following matter (Item <br /> <br />A) out of an abundance of caution and to avoid the appearance of any conflict. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />