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<br />November 12, 2019 <br /> <br />At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 there <br />were 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 - 397 - 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, November 12, 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 />General Assembly Members Present: <br />Senator L. Louise Lucas <br />Delegate Stephen E. Heretick <br />Christie New Craig, Chief of Staff for Senator Cosgrove <br />Delegate-Elect Don L Scott, Jr. <br /> <br />19 - 398 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: <br /> <br />1. Joint City Council and General Assembly Delegation <br /> a. FY 2020 Legislative Package - Sherri Neil, Intergovernmental Affairs Manager <br /> <br />2. Five Year Forecast - Gloria Washington, Budget Officer <br /> <br />3. City Manager’s Report Review/Report Backs - Dr. Patton, City Manager <br /> <br />4. <br />City Council Liaison Reports <br /> <br />-Councilman Glover - <br /> <br /> Planning Commission meeting update. <br /> <br />-Vice Mayor Lucas-Burke - <br /> <br /> Portsmouth Public Schools meeting update. <br /> <br /> Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority meeting update. <br /> <br />-Councilman Battle - <br /> <br /> Planning Council update. <br /> <br /> There was a consensus of City Council to reactivate the Clean Community <br /> <br />Commission and have City Manager Patton and City Attorney Ashby look at the <br />ordinance and come up with appropriate amendments to make the membership at- <br />large. <br /> <br /> Councilman Glover asked that members of City Council participate in a conference <br /> <br />call with Leon Andrews, Director of Race, Equality and Leadership (REAL). <br /> <br />19 - 399 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to go into Closed <br />Meeting: <br /> <br />(A) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.1 for the purpose of discussing <br />and considering prospective candidates for and appointees to boards and commissions; <br />and <br /> <br />(B) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing <br />the disposition of real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely <br />affect the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically <br />regarding the Victory Crossing area; and <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />