HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Office of the City AttorneyCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of tle City Connnission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
DATE: May 17, 2016
RE: City Commission Meeting — May 26, 2016
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 3:00 p.m. regarding litigation cases
involving Marine Stadium
File No.: 16-00726a
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of May 12, 2016, the
below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the May 26, 2016 City Commission
Meeting at 3:00 p.m.
Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, 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 in the following
cases: Village of Key Biscayne v. City ofMiami, Case No. 15-200 AP, before the Circuit Court
of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Appellate Division; Village of Key
Biscayne v. City of Miami and National Marine Manufacturer 's Association, Case No. 3D 15-
2824, before the Third District Court of Appeal; City of Miami v. Village of Key Biscayne and
Miami -Dade County, Case No. 3D16-866, before the Third District Court of Appeal; City of
Miami v. Village of Key Biscayne, Case No. 3D16-900, before the Third District Court of
Appeal; City of Miami v. Village of Key Biscayne, Case No. 3D 16-1019, before the Third
District Court of Appeal; and Village of Key Biscayne v. City of Miami, Case No. 15-02997 CA
09, before the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, to
which the City is presently a party. This private meeting will begin at approximately 3:00 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 Keon Hardemon, Vice -Chairman Ken Russell, and Commissioners Wifredo "Willy"
Gort, 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;
Division Chief for Land Use/Transactional Matters Rafael Suarez -Rivas; and Assistant City
Attorneys Ker-i L. McNulty and Amanda L. Quirke-Hand. 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: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
Todd B. Harmon, City Clerk
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