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<br />May 13-14, 2020
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<br />At a Virtual Called Meeting of the City Council on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, there
<br />were present:
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<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.
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<br />20 - 125 - The Mayor called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance:
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<br />Mayor Rowe read the following statement:
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<br />“In accordance with Governor Ralph Northam’s Declaration of a State of
<br />Emergency due to novel coronavirus (Executive Order 51) on March 12, 2020 and the
<br />Local Declaration of Emergency ratified by the Portsmouth City Council; and due to the
<br />coronavirus pandemic which is continuing in the Commonwealth of Virginia, this work
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<br />session of the Portsmouth City Council is being held by video conference on the 13 day
<br />of May, 2020 without a quorum present in the City Council Chamber in order to reduce
<br />the likely spread of the coronavirus. Each city council member is participating from their
<br />home and I am in the City Council Chamber. This meeting is being held in accordance
<br />with Portsmouth City Ordinance 2020-21.”
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<br /> Please attend a Virtual Called Meeting of the City Council to be held at Portsmouth,
<br />Virginia Facebook Live, 5:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2020, for the purpose of a Closed
<br />Meeting.
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<br /> By order of the Mayor."
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<br />20 - 120 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Clark, to go into a Closed
<br />Electronic Meeting pursuant to Virginia Code Subsection 2.2-3708 A.3 and City Council
<br />Ordinance 2020 - 21 and:
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<br /> (A) Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.3 for the purpose of discussing the
<br />disposition of real property where discussion in an open meeting would adversely affect
<br />the bargaining position or negotiating strategy of the public body, specifically regarding
<br />development of the Victory Village site; and
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<br /> (B) Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of consultation with
<br />legal counsel pertaining to actual or probable litigation, where such consultation in open
<br />meeting would adversely affect the negotiating or litigating posture of the City, specifically
<br />regarding City of Portsmouth v. Cygnus Newport, Portsmouth Circuit Court Case
<br />Numbers 19001591, 1593 and 1594.
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<br />The motion was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Glover, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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<br />Motion Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, pursuant to Virginia Code
<br />Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge:
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<br />1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting
<br />requirements under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act, and
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<br />2. Only such public business matters as were identified in the motion by which the
<br />Closed Meeting was convened
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<br />were heard, discussed, or considered in the closed meeting just concluded by the City
<br />Council.
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<br /> The motion was adopted by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Battle, Clark, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Psimas, Rowe
<br />Nays: None
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