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File Number: 17196 Final Action Date: 2/27/2025
UNDER THE PARAMETERS OF SECTION 286.011(8), FLORIDA STATUTES,
A PRIVATE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION WILL BE CONDUCTED AT THE
FEBRUARY 27, 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 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
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File ID: 17196 Enactment Number:
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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