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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
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TO: The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
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FROM: Julie O. Bru, City 'Attorney \
DATE: January 13, 2012
RE: City Commission MeetingT January 26, 2012
Executive Session scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
File No. 12-00031
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Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at its Meeting of January 12, 2012, please
schedule the below -listed Executive Session for the January 26,2012, City Commission Meeting
at 2:00 p.m.
Under the parameters of F.S. §286.011(8), F.S. [2011], 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 cases of (1) Contender
Fishing Team, LLC as owner of the vessel FL3021NR for exoneration from or limitation of
liability v. City of Miami, Case No.: 08-22268-Civ-Hoeveler and (2) Richard S. Sol v. City of
Miami, et al., defendants, Case No.: 08-22498-Civ-Hoeveler, both pending in the United States
District Court, Southern District of Florida. 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 Francis Suarez, Frank Carollo, Marc David Sarloff, Wifredo (Willy)
Gort and Michelle Spence -Jones; the City Manager, Johnny Martinez; the City Attorney, Julie
O. Bru; and Deputy City Attorney Warren Bittner. 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.
cc: Joluuzy Martinez, P.E., City Manager
Elvi. Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator
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