HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: George K. Wysong III, City Attorney 767_
DATE: February 13, 2020
RE: City Commission Meeting — January 9, 2020
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matter of
West Flagler Associates, Ltd. vs. City of Miami
Case No.: 19-CV-21670-RNS
File No. 6995
MAY BE WITHDRAWN
UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A
PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE
FEBRUARY 13, 2020 MIAMI CITY COMMISSION MEETING. THE PERSON
PRESIDING OVER THE COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE
COMMENCEMENT OF AN ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION, CLOSED TO THE
PUBLIC, FOR PURPOSES OF DISCUSSING THE CASE OF WEST FLAGLER
ASSOCIATES, LTD. VS. CITY OF MIAMI, CASE NO. 19-CV-21670-RNS, PENDING IN
THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF
FLORIDA, TO WHICH THE CITY IS PRESENTLY A PARTY. THE SUBJECT OF THE
MEETING WILL BE CONFINED TO SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY
SESSIONS RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES. THIS PRIVATE MEETING
WILL BEGIN AT APPROXIMATELY 10:00 A.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, WHICH INCLUDE CHAIRMAN KEON HARDEMON, VICE-
CHAIRMAN KEN RUSSELL, AND COMMISSIONERS ALEX DIAZ DE LA PORTILLA,
JOE CAROLLO, AND MANOLO REYES; CITY MANAGER EMILIO T. GONZALEZ;
CITY ATTORNEY VICTORIA MENDEZ; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY JOHN A. GRECO;
DIVISION CHIEF FOR GENERAL LITIGATION CHRISTOPHER A. GREEN; AND
ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY KERRI L. MCNULTY. 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 PRESIDING
OVER THE COMMISSION MEETING WILL ANNOUNCE THE TERMINATION OF THE
ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION.
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of December 12,
2019, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the January 09, 2020
City Commission Meeting at 10:00 a.m.
"Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, a private
attorney -client session will be conducted at the January 9, 2020, Miami City
Commission meeting. 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 West Flagler Associates, Ltd. vs.
City of Miami, Case No. 19-V-21670-RNS, pending in the United States District Sourt
for the Southern District of Florida, to which the City is presently a party. The subject of
the meeting will be confined to settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to
litigation expenditures. This private meeting will begin at approximately 10:00 a.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, which include commissioners Alex Diaz de la Portilla, Ken Russell, Joe
Carollo, Manolo Reyes, and Keon Hardemon; City Manager Emilio T. Gonzalez; City
Attorney Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys John A. Greco and Barnaby L. Min;
Division Chief for General Litigation Christopher A. Green; and Senior Appellate
Counsel Assistant City Attorney Kerri L. McNulty. 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: Emilio T. Gonzalez, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
VM/BLM/CAG
sndez, City Httor
ey 12/26/2019