HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemorandumCITY OF MIAMI
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney ,
DATE: December 8, 2016
RE: City Commission Meeting — December 8, 2016
Attorney -Client Session scheduled for 3:00 p.m. regarding litigation cases
involving Marine Stadium.
File No. 1431
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of November 17, 2016,
the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the December 8, 2016 City
Commission Meeting at 2:00 p.m.
"Under the parameters of Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, the person chairing the
City of Miami Commission meeting will announce the commencement of an attorney-client
session, closed to the public, for purposes of discussing the pending litigation in the following
cases: Village of Key Biscayne v. City of Miami, Case No. 15-200 AP, before the Circuit Court of
the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -Dade County, Appellate Division; Village of Key
Biscayne v. City of Miami and National Marine Manufacturer's Association, Case No. 3D15-
2824, before the Third District Court of Appeal; and Village of Key Biscayne v. City of Miami,
Case No. 15-02997 CA 09, before the Circuit Court of the 11 th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami -
Dade County, to which the City is presently a party. This private meeting will begin at
approximately 3:00 p.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: Chairman Keon Hardemon, Vice -Chairman Ken Russell, and Commissioners
Wifredo "Willy" Gort, Frank Carollo, and Francis Suarez; the Acting City Manager, Fernando
Casamayor; the City Attorney, Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys John A. Greco and
Barnaby L. Min; Division Chief for Land Use/Transactions Rafael Suarez -Rivas; and Assistant
City Attorneys Kerri L. McNulty and Forrest L. Andrews. 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 Commission meeting will be reopened and the person chairing the Commission
meeting will announce the termination of the attorney-client session."
cc: Daniel J. Alfonso, City Manager
Todd B. Hannon, City Clerk
Anna Medina, Agenda Coordinator
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