HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Office of the City AttorneyCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and embers of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, Cityt
DATE: May 27, 2016
RE:
City Commission Meeting — June 9, 2016
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 3:00 p.m. regarding the litigation
case James Edward Hoefling, Jr. v. City of Miami, Ricardo Roque and Jose
Gonzalez.
Case No. 11-223 58-Civ-Lenard/Goodman
File No. 16-00789a
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of May 26, 2016, the
below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the June 9, 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 case of: James
Edward Hoefling, Jr. v. City of Miami, Ricardo Roque and Jose Gonzalez, Case No. 11-22358-
Civ-Lenard/Goodman, before the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida. 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 General Litigation
Christopher A. Green; and Assistant City Attorneys Douglas A. Harrison, and Forrest L.
Andrews. 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
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
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