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October 22, 2024 At a Called Meeting of the City Council on Tuesday, October 22, 2024, there were present: Mayor Shannon E. Glover, Vice Mayor Lisa L. Lucas-Burke, Wiliam E. Moody, Jr., *Dr. Mark M. Whitaker, Mark A. Hugel, Vernon L. Tillage, Jr., City Manager Steven Carter, City Attorney Lavonda Graham-Williams. 24 - 305 - 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, October 22, 2024, 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." 24 - 306 - The following items were discussed in Public Work Session: 1. Hampton Roads Alliance Briefing - Doug Smith, President & CEO / Steve Harrison, Chief Operating Officer 2. Portsmouth Public Schools Reallocation Ordinance - Dr. Cardell Patillo, School Board Chairman Councilman Whitaker asked for and received a consensus of City Council to support  the five reappropriation items to the schools located under the City Manager’s report as part of the regular agenda. City Council asked that City Manager Carter and Superintendent Bracy work together  to discuss appropriate language for an ordinance authorizing the schools to establish a Capital Reserve Fund to be brought back for City Council consideration on December 10, 2024. 24 - 307 - Motion by Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Mr. Tillage, to go into a closed meeting pursuant to Virginia Code subsection 2.2-3711(A)(8) for the purpose of consultation with legal counsel employed by the City regarding specific legal matters requiring the provision of legal advice by such counsel, specifically regarding the possible amendment of the City Code to eliminate use valuation and assessment of open-space land. The motion to go into closed meeting was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Whitaker, Glover Nays: None Motion Ms. Lucas-Burke, and seconded by Dr. Whitaker, pursuant to Virginia Code Section 2.2-3712(D) certifying that, to the best of the Council Members’ knowledge: 1. Only public business matters lawfully exempted from open meeting requirements under 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 closed meeting just concluded by the City Council. The motion was adopted by the following vote: Ayes: Hugel, Lucas-Burke, Moody, Tillage, Whitaker, Glover Nays: None