HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney ,
DATE: March 14, 2024 0
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding 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 v. 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.
File No.: 15649.
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of February 22,
2024, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the March 14, 2024 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 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 v. 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 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 the 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; City's 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 presiding over the City 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/JAG/GKW
nd-L e Httoriey ) 2/29/2024