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File Number: 15633 Final Action Date: 2/22/2024
UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A PRIVATE
ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE MARCH 14, 2024 MIAMI CITY
COMMISSION MEETING. 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 VS. 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 DISCUSSIONS. 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, MANOLO REYES, AND
DAMIAN PARDO; 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 THIS SESSION IS FULLY TRANSCRIBED AND THE TRANSCRIPT
WILL BE MADE PUBLIC UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE 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.
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