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 Al.itfrvo
DATE: June 26, 2025
RE: Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 10:00 a.m. regarding 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, and Victoria
Mendez, in her individual capacity, Case No. 23-CV-24251-RAR, pending
in the United States District Court, Southern District of Florida.
File No.: 17799
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the Special City Commission
Meeting of June 17, 2025, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the
June 26, 2025 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 June 26, 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, and Victoria Mendez, in her individual capacity, 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 the
Chairwoman Christine King, Commissioners Miguel Angel Gabela, Damian Pardo, and
Ralph "Rafael" Rosado; the Chief Financial Officer, Larry M. Spring, Jr.; City Attorney
George K. Wysong III; 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 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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