HomeMy WebLinkAboutNotice to the PublicNOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA
PLEASE ALL TAKE NOTICE THAT a meeting of the City of Miami
Commission has been scheduled for Thursday, February 8, 2024, at the
City of Miami City Hall, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Florida
33133. A private attorney -client session will be conducted under the
parameters of §286.011(8), F.S. The person chairing the City
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 GRACE, Inc.; Engage Miami, Inc;
South Dade Branch of the NAACP; Miami -Dade Branch of the NAACP;
Clarice Cooper; Jared Johnson; Yanelis Valdes; and Alexandra
Contreras vs. City of Miami, Case No. 1:22-CV-24066-KMM, pending
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida,
City of Miami v. GRACE, Inc.; Engage Miami, Inc; South Dade Branch
of the NAACP; Miami Dade Branch of the NAACP; Clarice Cooper;
Jared Johnson; Yanelis Valdes; and Alexandra Contreras, Case No. 23-
12472, pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit, and American Civil Liberties, Union of Florida, Inc. vs. City of
Miami, Case No. 2023-023038-CA-01, currently pending in the Circuit
Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County,
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 Chair Christine King, Vice -Chairman Joe Carollo,
Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo, and Manolo
Reyes; the City Manager, Arthur Noriega, V, the City Attorney,
Victoria Mendez; Chief Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco; Deputy
City Attorneys George K. Wysong and Kevin R. Jones; Outside
Counsel Christopher N. Johnson and George T. Levesque. 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 City Commission meeting will be reopened
and the person chairing the City Commission meeting will announce
the termination of the attorney -client session.
(City Seal)
Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Ad No. 41149