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t o R o� MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
DATE: February 13, 2020
RE: City Commission Meeting — February 13, 2020
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matter of
West Flagler Associates, Ltd. vs. City of Miami
Case No.: 19-CV-21670-RNS
File No. 7167
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of January 23,
2020, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the February 13, 2020
City Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.
"Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, a private
attorney-client session will be conducted at the February 13, 2020, Miami City
Commission meeting. The person chairing the City of Miami commission meeting will
announce the commencement of an attorney-client session, closed to the public, for
purposes of discussing the pending litigation case of West Flagler Associates, Ltd. vs.
City of Miami, Case No. 19-CV-21670-RNS, pending in the United States District Sourt
for the Southern District of Florida, to which the City is presently a party. The subject of
the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to
litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10:00 a.m. (or
as soon thereafter as the commissioners' schedules permit) and conclude
approximately one hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the City
Commission, which include commissioners Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Ken Russell, Joe
Carollo, Manolo Reyes, and Keon Hardemon; City Manager Emilio T. Gonzalez; City
Attorney Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco; Division Chief for
General Litigation Christopher A. Green; and Assistant City Attorney Kerri L. McNulty. A
certified court reporter will be present to ensure that the session is fully transcribed and
the transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the above-cited, ongoing
litigation. At the conclusion of the attorney-client session, the regular commission
meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the commission meeting will
announce the termination of the attorney-client session."
cc: Emilio T. Gonzalez, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
VM/BLM/CAG
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