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Louisville City Council Meeting October 17, 2000 Page 4. EXECUTIVE SESSION Davidson requested that Council go into executive session to discuss the possibility of a lawsuit on the Fischer Annexation. City Clerk Varra read Section 2.90.050 Public Statement of the Louisville Municipal Code. Sisk asked City Attorney Light if executive session is called when there is threat of litigation or pending litigation. City Attorney Light stated that in both circumstances, the open meeting ordinances states that when pending litigation for a lawsuit is actually commencing, and any situation where the person requesting the session believes in good faith that a lawsuit may result, executive session may be called. Mayer asked City Attorney Light if the City is justified in going into executive session. City Attomey Light stated that it is his understanding the request for executive session is to address specific legal questions regarding legal issues attached to the annexation and zoning of the Fischer property. He stated that there are certain matters that are proper for executive session. VOTE: Roll call vote was taken. The motion failed by a vote of 5-1. Sisk voted no. ORDINANCE NO. 1344, SERIES 2000 - AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN ANNEXATION, KNOWN AS THE FISCHER ANNEXATION, TO THE CITY OF LOUISVILLE, COLORADO - 2na reading - public hearing continued from September 19, 2000 (advertised Daily Camera 9/10/00) Davidson called for City Attorney presentation. City Attorney Sam Light read Ordinance No. 1334, Series 2000. Davidson called for Staff presentation. Planning Director Paul Wood stated that Ordinance 1344, Series 2000, if authorized, would annex a 7.6 acre parcel known as the Fischer Annexation. The landowner/applicant JoBelle Fischer (Fischer Farms Development - LLC), is petitioning 4