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',
DATE: February 26, 2026
RE: 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, et al., Case No.
23-CV-24251-FAM, pending in the United States District Court, Southern
District of Florida.
File No.: 18927
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the City Commission Meeting
of February 12, 2026, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the
February 26, 2026 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 February 26, 2026, 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, et al., Case No. 23-CV-24251-FAM, 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, Rolando Escalona, and Ralph
"Rafael" Rosado; City Manager James Reyes; City Attorney George K. Wysong III;
Deputy City Attorney Kevin R. Jones; Assistant City Attorney Supervisor Eric J. Eves;
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: James Reyes, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Miriam Santana, Agenda Coordinator
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