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: March 11, 2021
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matters of
Ernesto Cuesta, et al., vs. the City of Miami and West Flagler Associates,
Ltd., Ernesto Cuesta, et al., vs. the City of Miami, et al., Case No. 20-
006298 CA (43), pending in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in and for
Miami -Dade County, City of Miami vs. Ernesto Cuesta, et al., Case No.
3D21-532, pending in the Florida Third District Court of Appeal, and West
Flagler Associates, Ltd., vs. the City of Miami, Case No. 19-CV-21670-
RNS, pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District
of Florida.
File No.: 8694
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of February 25,
2021, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the March 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 March 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 pending litigation in the matters of Ernesto Cuesta, et al., vs. the City of
Miami, et al., Case No. 20-006298 CA (43), pending in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit
Court in and for Miami -Dade County, City of Miami vs. Ernesto Cuesta, et al., Case No.
3D21-532, pending in the Florida Third District Court of Appeal, and West Flagler
Associates, Ltd., vs. the 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 includes 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