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 the matter of Alexis
Stevens v. City of Miami.
Case No. 15-23931
File No. 1432
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 3:00 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 case of
Alexis Stevens v. City of Miami, Case No. 15-23931, before the United States District Court for
the Southern District of Florida, 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 City Manager,
Daniel J. Alfonso; the City Attorney, Victoria Mendez; Deputy City Attorneys John A. Greco and
Barnaby L. Min; Division Chief for Labor and Employment Kevin R. Jones; and Assistant City
Attorneys Kerri L. McNulty, Stephanie K. Panoff and Barbara A. Diaz. 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
VM/BLM/JAG
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