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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable ayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria fez City Attorney
DATE: February 12, 2015
RE: City Commission Meeting — February 26, 2015
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
File No. 15-00224
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of February 12, 2015, please
schedule the below -listed Attorney -Client Session for the February 26, 2015 City Commission Meeting
at 2:00 p,nl.
Under the parameters of Florida Statutes §286.011(8) [2014], 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: Shanika A. Graves, as personal
representative of the estate of Travis McNeil, and on behalf of the estate of Travis McNeil and the
survivors of the estate, T.M. and K.J.P. vs. City of Miami, Case No. 13-22501-CIV-KMM, pending in
the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, to which the City is presently a
party. This private meeting will begin at approximately 2:00 p.m. (or as soon.thereafter as the
Commissioners' schedules permit) and conclude approximately one (1) hour later. The session will be
attended by the members of the City Commission: Chairman Wifredo (Willy) Gort, Vice Chairman
Keon Hardemon, Commissioners Marc David Sarnoff, Frank Carollo, and Francis Suarez; the City
Manager, Daniel J. Alfonso; the City Attorney, Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys John A. Greco
and Barnaby L. Min;. Litigation Division Chief Kevin R. Jones; and Senior Assistant City Attorney
Henry Humiefeld. 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.
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cc: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator
Doc. No.: 514127