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December 10, 2019 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, December 10, 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 - 449 - The following call for the meeting was read: th "Please attend a Called Meeting of the City Council to be held in the 6 Floor Conference Room, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 10, 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 - 450 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. City Council Chamber - Solomon Ashby, City Attorney -Mayor Rowe asked that staff place this item on the next agenda for Council consideration. 2. Conditional Zoning - Bob Baldwin, Deputy City Manager 3. City Manager’s Report Review/Report Backs - Dr. Patton, City Manager . 4City Council Liaison Reports -Councilman Clark -  Tidewater Community College Workforce Solutions Committee meeting and a possible partnership with the City. 19 - 451 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to go into Closed Meeting: (A) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.8 for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel employed or retained by the public body regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice, specifically regarding Gray Machines; and (B) pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation in open meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the City, specifically regarding Michael A. Moore v. City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Circuit Court Case Numbers 19003403, 19003277 and 19004481, and Integrated Management Group v. City of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Circuit Court Case Number 19002742. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe Nays: None Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, pursuant to Section 2.2- 3712(D) of the Code of Virginia, certifying that to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge during the immediately preceding Closed Meeting of the City Council: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements by 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 meeting by the City Council.