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2i 2 TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1998 and that there was a meeting planned with the new director of the Gateway Streetscape organization as well. She went on to say that their goal was to make her neighborhood the most enviable in the City. Mayor Adams brought several items of mail to the attention of Council~ including a brochure from Anderson & Associates of Roanoke, the Piedmont Regional Chamber of Commerce, information on a Civil War Trails event in Manassas, VA~ and the Virginia Severe Storms Management Conference. The Mayor also noted that he had contacted Mr. Wayne Knox, the City' s Planning~ Zoning and Housing Manager, about the possibility of the Master Gardeners group helping residents in the City establish home gardens for vegetables and flowers, with the possibility of producing $500 or more annually in vegetable products from each such garden for the use of families, citing the example of a similar program in Portland, Oregon. Council next considered the need to meet in Executive Session. In accordance with Section 2.1-344 (A) of the CODE OF VIRGINIA (1950, and as amended) and upon motion, duly seconded, and by unanimous recorded vote, Council convened in Executive Session for the purpose of discussing the following matters: (A~) Personnel matters as authorized by Subsection 1 and; (B.) Consultation with legal counsel, as authorized by Subsection 1. At the conclusion of this Executive Session, each member of Council certified that (1) only public business matters exempt from open meeting requirements were discussed in said Executive Session; and (2) only those business matters identified in the motion convening the Executive Session were heard, discussed, or considered during said Session. Following their return to open meeting Council took no action on either of the above Executive Session items.