It is not non staff, non council, non city attorneys clamoring for it. No, it's not like when neighborhoods supposedly clamored for something that benefited a donator to a certain private business of a certain politician and that came ahead of so many more important things that would serve so many more people.
There is more to this story that will be revealed.
Keep in mind that non confidential public business is not confidential just because someone closes a door and claims to the public it is.