HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: George K. Wysong III, City Attorney Al.itfrvo
DATE: May 23, 2024
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matters of
The Mad Room LLC d/b/a Ball and Chain, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a
Taquerias El Mexicano, Little Havana Arts Building, LLC, and La Gran
Fiesta, LLC v. City of Miami, Case No. 21-CV-23485-RKA, pending in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Tower
Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company Piedra Villas, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company El Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo
Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company v. City of
Miami, Case No. 2022-008069-CA-44, pending in the Circuit Court of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, and
Tower Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company Piedra Villas, LLC,
a Florida Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited
Liability Company El Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company,
and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company v. City
of Miami, Case No. 3D23-285, pending in the District Court of Appeal of
the State of Florida, Third District.
File No.: 16053
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of May 9, 2024,
the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the May 23, 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 May 23, 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 The Mad Room LLC d/b/a Ball and
Chain, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a Taquerias El Mexicano, Little Havana Arts Building,
LLC, and La Gran Fiesta, LLC v. City of Miami, Case No. 21-CV-23485-RKA, pending in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Tower Hotel, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company Piedra Villas, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company El Shopping, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited
Liability Company v. City of Miami, Case No. 2022-008069-CA-44, pending in the
Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida, and
Tower Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company Piedra Villas, LLC, a Florida
Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company El
Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company v. City of Miami, Case No. 3D23-285, pending in the
District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Third District, 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 Chairwoman Christine King, Vice -
Chairman Joe Carollo, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Manolo Reyes, and
Damian Pardo; the City Manager, Arthur Noriega, V; the City Attorney, George K.
Wysong III; Chief Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco; Deputy City Attorney Kevin R.
Jones, Assistant City Attorneys Eric Eves, and Marguerite Snyder, and City of Miami's
Outside Counsel Raquel A. Rodriguez Esq., Michael E. Dutko Esq., and Angel A.
Cortinas, Esq. 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
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