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File Number: 17165
Final Action Date: 1/23/2025
UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES, A
PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE
FEBRUARY 13, 2025, 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
MATTER OF WILLIAM O. FULLER, MARTIN PINILLA, II, THE BARLINGTON GROUP,
LLC, CALLE OCHO MARKETPLACE, LLC, YO AMO CALLE SIETE, LLC, LITTLE
HAVANA ARTS BUILDING, LLC, LITTLE HAVANA ARTS BUILDING TOO, LLC,
TOWER HOTEL, LLC, BRICKELL STATION, LLC, PIEDRA VILLAS, LLC, FUTURAMA,
LLC, EL SHOPPING, LLC, BEATSTIK, LLC, VIERNES CULTURALES/CULTURAL
FRIDAYS, INC., LITTLE HAVANA BUNGALOWS, LLC, AND LHAB TREST, LLC V.
CITY OF MIAMI, JOE CAROLLO, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, ARTHUR
NORIEGA, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, VICTORIA MENDEZ, IN HER INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY, RACHEL DOOLEY, IN HER INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, ASAEL MARRERO,
IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, DANIEL S. GOLDBERG, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY, WILLIAM ORTIZ, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, LUIS TORRES, IN HIS
INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, ADRIAN PLASENCIA, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY,
RENE DIAZ, IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, IVONNE BAYONA, IN HER INDIVIDUAL
CAPACITY, JOHN DOES 1-20, CASE NO. 23-CV-24251-RAR, PENDING IN THE
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF 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 CHAIRWOMAN CHRISTINE KING,
COMMISSIONERS MIGUEL ANGEL GABELA, DAMIAN PARDO, AND MANOLO
REYES; THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, LARRY M. SPRING, JR.; CITY
ATTORNEY GEORGE K. WYSONG III, CHIEF DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY JOHN A.
GRECO; DEPUTY CITY ATTORNEY KEVIN R. JONES, ASSISTANT CITY
ATTORNEY SUPERVISOR ERIC J. EVES, ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY AND
MARGUERITE SNYDER; AND OUTSIDE COUNSEL RAQUEL A. RODRIGUEZ ESQ.,
ANGEL CORTINAS, ESQ., AND JONATHAN KASKEL, ESQ. 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 -
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File ID: 17165 Enactment Number:
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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