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File Number: 15649 Final Action Date: 3/14/2024
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; YANELIS VALDES; JARED
JOHNSON; ALEXANDRA CONTRERAS; AND STEVEN MIRO 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; YANELIS VALDES; JARED
JOHNSON; 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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