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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-03-07 Special Meeting to Announce Attorney-Client SessionAGENDA DANIA BEACH CITY COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING TO ANNOUNCE ATTORNEY/CLIENT SESSION TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 2023 - 4:55 PM ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL ANY DECISION MADE WITH REGARD TO ANY MATTER CONSIDERED AT THIS MEETING OR HEARING WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING, AND FOR SUCH PURPOSE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDING IS MADE WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THE TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. LOBBYIST REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. PRIOR TO ENGAGING IN ANY LOBBYING ACTIVITIES, WHETHER OR NOT COMPENSATION IS PAID OR RECEIVED IN CONNECTION WITH THOSE ACTIVITIES, EACH LOBBYIST SHALL FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK AN ANNUAL REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND PAY AN ANNUAL TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250.00) REGISTRATION FEE FOR EACH PRINCIPAL OR EMPLOYER. REGISTRATION FORMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY WEBSITE: WWW.DANIABEACHFL.GOV. (ORDINANCE #2012-019; AMENDED BY ORDINANCE #2019-019) IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT, PERSONS NEEDING ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE PROCEEDINGS SHOULD CONTACT THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, 100 W. DANIA BEACH BOULEVARD, DANIA BEACH, FL 33004, (954) 924-6800 EXTENSION 3624, AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING. IN CONSIDERATION OF OTHERS, WE ASK THAT YOU: A. PLEASE TURN CELL PHONES OFF, OR PLACE ON VIBRATE. IF YOU MUST MAKE A CALL, PLEASE STEP OUT INTO THE ATRIUM, IN ORDER NOT TO INTERRUPT THE MEETING. B. IF YOU MUST SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE SPEAK SOFTLY OR GO OUT INTO THE ATRIUM, IN ORDER NOT TO INTERRUPT THE MEETING. DECORUM POLICY FOR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA: INDIVIDUALS WHO WISH TO MAKE ANY “CITIZEN’S COMMENTS” UNDER THAT PORTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION AGENDA, OR WHO OTHERWISE WANT TO ADDRESS THE CITY COMMISSION, MUST FIRST BE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY CLERK (FORMS ARE AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND MUST BE GIVEN TO THE CLERK BEFORE THE MEETING). OTHERS WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY MATTERS MUST FIRST BE RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR. ALL SUCH PERSONS MUST USE THE PODIUM IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. NO MORE THAN ONE PERSON AT A TIME MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION FROM THE PODIUM. COMMENTS ARE ONLY TO BE MADE TO THE CITY COMMISSION AND ARE NOT TO BE DIRECTED TO THE AUDIENCE OR CITY STAFF. NO INDIVIDUAL SHALL MAKE ANY SLANDEROUS OR UNDULY REPETITIVE REMARKS, OR ENGAGE IN ANY OTHER FORM OF BEHAVIOR THAT DISRUPTS OR IMPEDES THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR. NO INDIVIDUAL MAY SPEAK DIRECTLY TO OR ADDRESS THE MAYOR, CITY COMMISSIONER OR CITY STAFF: COMMENTS ARE TO BE ONLY DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSION AS A WHOLE. NO CLAPPING, APPLAUDING, HECKLING OR VERBAL OUTBURSTS IN SUPPORT OF OR OPPOSITION TO A SPEAKER OR HIS OR HER REMARKS SHALL BE PERMITTED. NO SIGNS OR PLACARDS SHALL BE PERMITTED IN THE COMMISSION CHAMBER. IF ANY PERSON’S CONDUCT AS DETERMINED BY THE MAYOR IS FOUND TO BE DISRUPTIVE OR INTERFERES WITH THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF THE MEETING, THE PERSON MAY BE ASKED BY THE MAYOR TO LEAVE THE COMMISSION CHAMBERS; IF THE PERSON DOES NOT LEAVE AND THE CONDUCT PERSISTS, THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE REQUESTED TO ESCORT THE INDIVIDUAL FROM THE CITY COMMISSION CHAMBERS. ALL CELLULAR TELEPHONES ARE TO BE SILENCED DURING THE MEETING. ALL PERSONS EXITING THE COMMISSION CHAMBER SHALL DO SO QUIETLY. (RESOLUTION #2020-032) 1.CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL 2.NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO CONDUCT AN ATTORNEY/CLIENT SESSION Notice of Attorney/Client Session 3.ADJOURNMENT 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 City Manager’s Conference Room on the second 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 (4th DCA 2021). And CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, V. CITY OF DANIA BEACH, under Case No.: 14-019078(21) (Fla. 17th 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 IV; Vice-Mayor Lori Lewellen; Commissioner Joyce L. Davis; Commissioner Tamara James; Commissioner Marco A. Salvino, Sr.; City Manager Ana M. 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 clerk within a reasonable time after the meeting. At the conclusion of the attorney/client session, the Special City Commission meeting will be reconvened. ____________________________ Thomas Schneider, CMC, 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.”