HomeMy WebLinkAboutCover MemoCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
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TO: Pedro G. Hernandez, City Manager
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
FROM: Julie O. Bru, City Attorney
DATE: April 15, 2008
RE: City Commission Meeting — April 24, 2008
Executive Session scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission Meeting of April 10, 2008, please
schedule the below -listed Executive Session for the April 24, 2008 City Commission Meeting at
2:00 p.m.
Under the parameters of F.S. §286.011(8) [2007], 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 JERRY FRANK
TOWNSEND, et al. v. City of Miami, et al., Case No. 03-21072-Civ-Jordan, pending in the
United States District Court, 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 hour later. The session will be attended by the members of the
City Commission: Chairman Joe Sanchez, Angel Gonzalez, Marc Sarnoff, Tomas Regalado, and
Michelle Spence -Jones; the City Manager, Pedro G. Hernandez; the City Attorney, Julie O. Bru;
Assistant City Attorney, Warren Bittner; and Assistant City Attorney Maria J. Chiaro. 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.
e: Priscilla A. Thompson, City Clerk
Todd Hannon, Legislative Services Supervisor
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