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 25, 2021
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.
Case Nos.: 20-006298 CA (43), pending before the Circuit Court of the
11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County
File No.: 8636
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of February 11,
2021, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the February 25, 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 25, 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, 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