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Department: Office of the City Clerk
UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A
PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE FEBRUARY
8, 2024 MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE PERSON CHAIRING THE CITY
COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF AN
ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC, FOR PURPOSES OF
DISCUSSING THE PENDING LITIGATION IN THE MATTERS OF GRACE, INC.;
ENGAGE MIAMI, INC; SOUTH DADE BRANCH OF THE NAACP; MIAMI-DADE
BRANCH OF THE NAACP; CLARICE COOPER; JARED JOHNSON; YANELIS
VALDES; AND ALEXANDRA CONTRERAS VS. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 1:22-CV-
24066-KMM, PENDING IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA, CITY OF MIAMI V. GRACE, INC.; ENGAGE
MIAMI, INC; SOUTH DADE BRANCH OF THE NAACP; MIAMI-DADE BRANCH OF
THE NAACP; CLARICE COOPER; JARED JOHNSON; YANELIS VALDES; AND
ALEXANDRA CONTRERAS, CASE NO. 23-12472, PENDING IN THE UNITED
STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT, AND AMERICAN
CIVIL LIBERTIES, UNION OF FLORIDA, INC. VS. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 2023-
023038-CA-01, CURRENTLY PENDING IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
ELEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA, TO
WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTLYA 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:OO 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 CHAIR CHRISTINE KING, VICE-CHAIRMAN
JOE CAROLLO, COMMISSIONERS MIGUELANGEL GABELA, MANOLO REYES,
AND DAMIAN PARDO; THE CITY MANAGER, ARTHUR NORIEGA, V; THE CITY
ATTORNEY, VICTORIA MENDEZ; CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY JOHN A.
GRECO; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEYS GEORGE K. WYSONG AND KEVIN R. JONES;
OUTSIDE COUNSEL CHRISTOPHER N. JOHNSON AND GEORGE T. LEVESQUE. 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 CITY
COMMISSION MEETING WILL BE REOPENED AND THE PERSON PRESIDING
OVER THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINATION OF
THE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION.