HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney 0
DATE: March 14, 2024
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding the matters of
The Mad Room LLC d/b/a Ball and Chain, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a
Taquerias el Mexicano, Little Havana Arts Building, LLC, and La Gran
Fiesta, LLC vs. City of Miami, Case No. 21-CV-23485-RKA, pending in the
United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Tower
Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Piedra Villas, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, El Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo
Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company vs. City of
Miami, Case No. 2022-008069-CA-44, pending in the Circuit Ccourt of the
Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida; and
Tower Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Piedra Villas, LLC,
a Florida Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited
Liability Company, El Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company,
and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company vs. City
of Miami, Case No. 3d23-285, pending in the District Court of Appeal of
the State of Florida, Third District, to which the City is presently a party.
File No.: 15660
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 The Mad Room LLC d/b/a Ball and
Chain, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a Taquerias el Mexicano, Little Havana Arts Building,
LLC, and La Gran Fiesta, LLC vs. City of Miami, Case No. 21-CV-23485-RKA, pending
in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida; Tower Hotel, LLC,
a Florida Limited Liability Company, Piedra Villas, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability
Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, El Shopping, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited
Liability Company vs. City of Miami, Case No. 2022-008069-CA-44, pending in the
Circuit Court of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, in and for Miami -Dade County, Florida; and
Tower Hotel, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, Piedra Villas, LLC, a Florida
Limited Liability Company, Beatstik, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, El
Shopping, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company, and Yo Amo Calle Siete, LLC, a
Florida Limited Liability Company vs. City of Miami, Case No. 3d23-285, pending in the
District Court of Appeal of the State of Florida, Third District, 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, 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 Kevin R. Jones and George K.
Wysong; Division Chief Rachel Dooley; and City's Outside Counsel Raquel A.
Rodriguez, Esq. and Michael E. Dutko, Esq. 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/vja
ndez, City Attor
ey 2/29/2024