HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
DATE: February 11, 2021 ('J u,- _
RE:
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matter of
Ernesto Cuesta, et al. vs. City of Miami and West Flagler Associates, Ltd.
and West Flagler Associates, Ltd. vs. City of Miami.
Case Nos.: 20-006298 CA (43), pending before the Circuit Court of the
11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County and 19-CV-21670-RNS,
pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of
Florida
File No.: 8561
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of January 28,
2021, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the February 11, 2021
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 February 11, 2021 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 Ernesto Cuesta, et al. vs. City of Miami and West Flagler
Associates, Ltd., Case No. 20-006298 CA (43), pending before the Circuit Court of the
11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, and 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 Vice -Chairman Ken Russell and Commissioners Alex Diaz
de la Portilla, Joe Carollo, Manolo Reyes, and Jeffrey Watson; City Manager Art
Noriega, V; and Attorney Raquel Rodriguez. 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."
cc: Art Noriega, V, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
VM/BLM/CAG
ndez, ity Attor ey 2/2/2021