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OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Commission
FROM: Victoria Mendez, City Attorney
DATE: February 23, 2017 , ��
RE: City Commission Meeting — February 23, 2017
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. 1800
Pursuant to my request to the City Commission at the meeting of February 9,
2017, the below -listed Attorney -Client Session is scheduled for the February 23, 2017
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 X. 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
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