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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNE)
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney tj
DATE: February 17, 2009
RE: Proposed Resolution for City Commission Meeting — February 26, 2009
Authorizing the expenditure of attorney's fees for outside counsel to represent
the City of Miami and City of Miami Zoning Board
File No. 09-00186
The attached proposed Resolution seeks authorization to expend attorney's fees to engage
outside counsel for the purposes of representing the City of Miami and the City of Miami Zoning
Board in connection with the Administrative Appeals of Denials of Building Permits for 1700
Southwest 3rd Avenue, Miami, Florida, Zoning Board Case No. 09-00019 and 1330 Northwest
2nd Court, Miami, Florida, Zoning Board Case No. 09-00020, with funds allocated from Account
No. 00001.980000.531010.0000.00000.
Background
Outlook Media of South Florida, LLC., has appealed the Zoning Administrators' denial
of two Building Permit Applications, which requested permission to erect Outdoor Advertising
Signs in the City of Miami. The same matter is the subject of pending litigation in which the
Office of the City Attorney is representing the City to uphold the denial of the same Building
Permit Applications. In addition, the City Attorney's Office will be advocating for the upholding
of the denial of the Building Permit Applications before the Zoning Board and the City
Commission, both acting in a quasi-judicial capacity. Therefore, outside counsel is needed to
represent the Zoning Board and the City Commission in this matter.
c: Pedro G. Hernandez, City Manager
Elvi Gallestegui, Agenda Coordinator
Attachment(s)
159495.doc