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Master Report
Enactment Number:
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
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File Number: 15633
Revision:
File Type: Discussion Item
File Name: Attorney Client Session - GRACE, Inc. v. City of
Miami
Status: DISCUSSED
Controlling Body: City Commission
Introduced: 2/23/2024
Requesting Dept: Office of the City Clerk Final Action Date: 2/22/2024
Title: 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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City of Miami
Master Report
Enactment Number:
History of Legislative File:
City Hall
3500 Pan American Drive
Miami, FL 33133
www.miamigov.com
Revision: Acting Body: Date: Action: Result:
City Commission
City Commission
2/22/2024 Meeting Completed
2/22/2024 DISCUSSED Passed
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