HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: George K. Wysong III, City Attorney 767_
DATE: July 25, 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 v. 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 (Plaintiffs) v.
City of Miami (Defendant), and City of Miami (Counter -Plaintiff) v. Tower
Hotel, LLC, Beatstik, LLC, (Counter -Defendants) and William Fuller,
Martin Pinilla, Ben Bush, Zack Bush, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a Taquerias
El Mexicano, BNZ Bar, LLC, BNZ Fiesta, LLC, Calle Ocho Marketplace,
LLC, Charlie Licksterz, LLC, La Gran Fiesta, LLC, Little Havana Arts
Building, LLC, Mad Room, LLC d/b/a Ball and Chain and Yo Amo Calle
Ocho, LLC (Third Party Defendants) 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 v. 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.: 16376
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of July 11, 2024,
the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the July 25, 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 July 25, 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 v. 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 (Plaintiffs) v. City of Miami (Defendant), and City of Miami (Counter -
Plaintiff) v. Tower Hotel, LLC, Beatstik, LLC, (Counter -Defendants) and William Fuller,
Martin Pinilla, Ben Bush, Zack Bush, Altos Mexicano, LLC d/b/a Taquerias El Mexicano,
BNZ Bar, LLC, BNZ Fiesta, LLC, Calle Ocho Marketplace, LLC, Charlie Licksterz, LLC,
La Gran Fiesta, LLC, Little Havana Arts Building, LLC, Mad Room, LLC d/b/a Ball and
Chain and Yo Amo Calle Ocho, LLC (Third Party Defendants) 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
Cale Siete, LLC, a Florida Limited Liability Company v. 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
Chairwoman Christine King, Vice -Chairman Joe Carollo, Commissioners Miguel Angel
Gabela, Damian Pardo, and Manolo Reyes; the City Manager, Arthur Noriega, V; the
City Attorney, George K. Wysong III; Chief Deputy City Attorney John A. Greco; Deputy
City Attorney Kevin R. Jones, Assistant City Attorneys Eric Eves, and Marguerite
Snyder, and City of Miami's Outside Counsel Raquel A. Rodriguez Esq., Michael E.
Dutko Esq., and Angel A. Cortinas, 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
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