HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo - Office of the City AttorneyCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Memberof h4 C Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
DATE: October 3, 2016 �11
RE: City Commission Meeting — October 13, 2016
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 2:00 p.m. regarding litigation cases
involving Marine Stadium.
File No.: 1136
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of September 29, 2016,
the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the October 13, 2016 City
Commission Meeting at 2:00 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 of Miami, Case No. 15-200 AP, before the Circuit Court
of the 1 ltl' 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. 3D15-
2824, 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 11t1i Judicial Circuit in and for
Miami -Dade County, 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: Chainnan Keon Hardemon, Vice -Chairman Ken Russell, and
Commissioners Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Frank Carollo, and Francis Suarez; the Acting City
Manager, Fernando Casamayor; the City Attorney, Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys
John A. Greco and Barnaby L. Min; Division Chief for Land Use/Transactions Rafael Suarez -
Rivas; and Assistant City Attorneys Kerri L. McNulty 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
VM/BLM/JAG