HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: John A. Greco, Interim City Attorney
DATE: April 11, 2024
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding 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; Alexandra Contreras; and Steven Miro v. 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. v. 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
presently a party.
File No.: 15758
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of March 14, 2024, the
below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the April 11, 2024 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 April 11, 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; Alexandra Contreras; and Steven Miro v. 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. v. 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 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 the Chair Christine
King, Vice -Chairman Joe Carollo, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo,
and Manolo Reyes; 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; City's 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."
cc: Art Noriega, V, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
VM/JAG/GKW
ndez, City Attor ey 4/2/2024