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July 26, 2022 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, there were present: Mayor Shannon E. Glover, William E. Moody, Jr., Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, *Paul J. Battle, *Christopher L. Woodard, Jr., City Manager Tonya D. Chapman, City Attorney Lavonda Graham-Williams. 22 - 221 - Mayor Glover called the meeting to order and welcomed all in attendance. " Please attend a called meeting of the City Council to be held in the City Council Chamber, 801 Crawford Street, 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 26, 2022, 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." 22 - 222 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. National Night Out - Mark Palamarchuck, Director of Parks and Recreation / Chief Stephen Jenkins, Interim Police Chief 2. Behavioral Healthcare Services - Nathan Woodard, Director of Behavioral Healthcare Councilman Whitaker asked if the state included criteria like poverty levels to ˗ determine funding.  Mr. Woodard will provide information on the list of criteria determined by the state with regards to funding for cities. Councilman Whitaker asked if funding from the city should be increased for the ˗ Department of Behavioral Healthcare.  City Manager Chapman will provide a report back. 3. Honorary Street Naming Policy - Meg Pittenger, Assistant Director of Planning Councilman Whitaker asked that the following be reviewed and possibly added to ˗ the policy before approval by City Council:  Cost of the sign.  City being responsible for maintenance.  Background checks on requestee to make sure of their associations and verify community involvement. Councilman Woodard asked for a visual of how the honorary sign would look. ˗ 4. Port Norfolk Recreation Center - James Wright, City Engineer Mayor Glover suggested that City Council revisit the Comprehensive Strategy as ˗ it relates to recreational facilities to meet recreational needs of communities and costs associated with these recreational facilities. 5. City Manager’s Report/Report Backs - City Manager Chapman City Manager and staff will be attending the Prentis Park Civic League meeting, ˗ as part of the Rock the Block Initiative, 6 p.m., Monday, August 1, 2022, at the Sheriff’s Training Academy. 22 - 223 - Motion by Mr. Moody, and seconded by Ms. Lucas-Burke, to go into a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711 A.7 for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel and briefings by staff members 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 the taxation status of certain properties and the city jail. The motion to go into closed meeting was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Battle, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Whitaker, Woodard, Glover Nays: None