HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-07 Special Meeting City CommissionMINUTES OF MEETING
DANIA BEACH CITY COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING TO ANNOUNCE ATTORNEY -CLIENT SESSION
TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023 — 4:55 PM
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
Mayor Ryan called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Present:
Mayor:
Vice -Mayor:
Commissioners:
City Manager:
City Attorney:
Deputy City Clerk:
A. J. Ryan IV
Lori Lewellen
Joyce L. Davis
Tamara James
Marco A. Salvino, Sr.
Ana M. Garcia, ICMA-CM
Eve Boutsis
Erin McClendon
2. Notice of Special Meeting to Conduct an Attorney/Client Session
City Attorney Boutsis announced there will be a Special Meeting of the City Commission at 6:30
p.m., on March 14, 2023, in the City Commission Chamber. The meeting will then be
temporarily adjourned and an Attorney/Client session, which is not a meeting open to the public,
will be held in the Northwest Conference Room in City Hall. The subject matter of the meeting
shall be settlement negotiations or strategy related to litigation expenditures in the litigation
cases with Citizens for Responsible Development. At the conclusion of the Attorney/Client
session, the City Commission meeting will be reconvened.
3. Adjournrnent
Mayor Ryan adjourned the meeting at 5:03 p.m.
ATTEST:
ERIN McCLENDON
DEPUTY CITY CLERK °
Approved: March 14, 2023
Minutes of Special Meeting 2
Dania Beach City Commission
Tuesday, March 7, 2023 — 4:55 p.m.
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J. RYAN IV
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
CITY COMMISSION OF DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA
The City Attorney seeks advice regarding settlement negotiations or strategy sessions related to
litigation expenditures. Therefore, there will be a Special Meeting of the City Commission at
6:30 p.m., on March 14, 2023, in the City Commission meeting room, located at City Hall at 100
West Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004. The meeting will then be
temporarily adjourned and an Attorney/Client session, which is not a meeting open to the public,
pursuant to state law (Florida Statute, Section 286.011 (8)) will be held in the Northwest
Conference Room on the first floor of City Hall, located at 100 West Dania Beach Boulevard,
Dania Beach, Florida. The subject matter of the meeting shall be settlement negotiations or
strategy related to litigation expenditures in the litigation styled:
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT AND HERBERT SIMPSON, V CITY
OF DANIA BEACH, BROWARD COUNTY, AND DANIA ENTERTAINMENT
CENTER, LLC, under Lower Court Case No.: CACE 11-22597, and Appellate Court Case No.
4D2021-1306 (4thDCA 2021).
And
CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, V. CITY OF DANIA BEACH, under
Case No.: 14-019078(21) (Fla. 17'' Jud. Cir. 2014).
CITY OF DANIA BEACH NOTICE OF ATTORNEY/CLIENT SESSION
Pursuant to Florida Statutes 286.011(8), there will be an attorney/client session beginning at 6:30
p.m., on March 14, 2023, attended by Mayor A.J. Ryan; Vice -Mayor Lori Lewellen;
Commissioner Joyce Davis; Commissioner Tamara James; Commissioner Marco Salvino; City
Manager Ana Garcia; City Attorney Eve Boutsis; Special Litigation Counsel, Andrea Amigo.
The Special Meeting of the City Commission will be recessed for this session. These officials
shall meet in private for approximately one-half (1/2) hour. The entire session shall be recorded
by a certified court reporter. The reporter shall record the times of commencement and
termination of the session, all discussion and proceedings, the names of all persons present at any
time, and the names of all persons speaking. No portion of the session shall be off the record.
The court reporter's notes shall be fully transcribed and filed with the entity's cleric within a
reasonable time after the meeting. At the conclusion of the attorney/client session, the Special
City Commission meeting will be reconvened.
Erin McClendon, Deputy City Clerk
The City of Dania Beach complies with the provisions of the Americans With Disabilities Act. "If you are a person
with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost
to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact City of Dania Beach City Clerk, Thomas Schneider, 100
West Dania Beach Boulevard, Dania Beach, Florida 33004 at 954-924-6800, within 2 working days of receipt of
this Notice of Special Meeting. If you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711."