CLOSED ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION 
PURSUANT TO §286.011, FLORIDA STATUTES, THE CITY ATTORNEY HEREBY ADVISES THE MAYOR AND CITY COMMISSION THAT HE DESIRES ADVICE CONCERNING THE FOLLOWING PENDING LITIGATION MATTER:

F.F. COSMETICS FL, INC., ET AL V. CITY OF MIAMI BEACH, CASE NO. 15-14394, UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS, 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.

THEREFORE, A PRIVATE CLOSED ATTORNEY-CLIENT SESSION WILL BE HELD DURING THE LUNCH RECESS OF THE CITY COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 18, 2017, IN THE CITY MANAGER’S LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM, FOURTH FLOOR, CITY HALL TO DISCUSS SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS OR STRATEGY RELATED TO LITIGATION EXPENDITURES WITH REGARD TO THE ABOVE-REFERENCED LITIGATION MATTER.

THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE: MAYOR PHILIP LEVINE; MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION; MICKY STEINBERG, JOY MALAKOFF, MICHAEL GRIECO, RICKY ARRIOLA, KRISTEN ROSEN-GONZALEZ, AND JOHN ELIZABETH ALEMAN; CITY MANAGER JIMMY L. MORALES, CITY ATTORNEY RAUL J. AGUILA, FIRST ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY ROBERT ROSENWALD, RICHARD OVELMEN, ESQ., AND ENRIQUE DANIEL ARANA, ESQUIRE.

A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER WILL BE PRESENT TO RECORD THE TIME OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE MEETING, THE TIME OF TERMINATION OF THE MEETING, ALL DISCUSSIONS AND PROCEEDINGS, THE PERSONS PRESENT, AND THE NAMES OF ALL PERSONS SPEAKING. THE TRANSCRIPT SHALL BE A PUBLIC RECORD AT THE TERMINATION OF THE LITIGATION.