[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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RIGHT. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS CITY COMMISSION SHADE MEETING WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER NOW.
MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL. NANCY. SYKES. KLEIN. YES. YES. CYNTHIA. GARRIS. YES. JIM.
[2. PUBLIC COMMENT]
SPRINGFIELD. HERE. JOHN PRATER. HERE. OKAY, THEN WE HAVE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMENTS. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER CARD AND THAT IS MISS BJ KOLODY. YOUR FIRST. NOPE. NOPE. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN GIVE ME ANYTHING LIKE THIS. OKAY. WELL, I'LL REPEAT MYSELF. I'M GLAD WE ALL SWAM IN. BJ WAS CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE. THIS IS A QUESTION JUST TO UNDERSTAND.AND IF I DON'T GET AN ANSWER, I'LL GET IT LATER ON. BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF THESE MEETINGS, BUT THIS ONE I'M VERY INTERESTED IN. WOULD THERE BE A JURY TRIAL DEMANDED BY THE PLAINTIFF, OR DOES THIS SHADE MEETING SETTLE THIS LAWSUIT? I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT. WHENEVER YOU ALL DECIDE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT THEN. I HAVE NO
[3. CITY ATTORNEY REQUESTS THE ADVICE OF THE CITY COMMISSION REGARDING SETTLEMENT NEGOTIATIONS AND LITIGATION EXPENSES IN THE PENDING LITIGATION MATTER FOR]
OTHER SPEAKER CARDS. PUBLIC COMMENT IS CLOSED. WE ARE ON TO THE CITY ATTORNEY. YES, MADAM MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, I REQUEST YOUR ADVICE OF THE CITY COMMISSION SITTING AS A BODY REGARDING SETTLEMENT OF AND NEGOTIATIONS, INCLUDING LITIGATION EXPENSES IN THE PENDING LITIGATION MATTER FOR CASE NUMBER CA26-1218. FLORIDA CAREY, INC.VERSUS CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA. THE PARTICIPANTS, AS YOU KNOW, ARE LIMITED TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COMMISSION, WHICH IS, OF COURSE, OUR MAYOR, NANCY. SYKES KLEIN, OUR VICE MAYOR, BARBARA BLONDER, OUR MAYOR ELECT COMMISSIONER CYNTHIA HARRIS, COMMISSIONER JIM SPRINGFIELD, AND COMMISSIONER JOHN PRATER. YOUR CITY MANAGER, DAVID BIRCHAM, WILL ACCOMPANY US AS WELL. I WILL BE PRESENT CITY ATTORNEY ISABEL LOPEZ, AND WE DO HAVE A CERTIFIED COURT REPORTER, MISS LAURA PERLEY, WHO IS ALREADY IN THE BACK ROOM WAITING FOR US TO RECESS AND DISCUSS LITIGATION, STRATEGY AND EXPENSES. AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT THE SHADE MEETING WILL BE 15 MINUTES OR SO, MAYBE 20, AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK IN THE SUNSHINE FOR ANY DIRECTION. REGARDING THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED, ANY DIRECTION REGARDING SETTLEMENT OR NO SETTLEMENT AFTER WE'RE DONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE WILL RECESS TO
[4. RECESS TO THE ALCAZAR CONFERENCE ROOM FOR SHADE MEETING. IT IS ESTIMATED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN (15) MINUTES.]
THE ALCAZAR CON OKAY. WE ARE REOPENING OUR REGULAR MEETING THE CITY ATTORNEY. YES, MADAM[5. RE-OPEN REGULAR MEETING]
[6. ANY MATTERS TO BE DECIDED IN THE PUBLIC MEETING, FOLLOWED BY ADJOURNMENT]
MAYOR, VICE MAYOR AND COMMISSIONERS, AFTER OUR SHADE MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED LITIGATION COSTS AND STRATEGY, I HAVE BEFORE YOU FOR A VOTE, A SETTLEMENT AND DISMISSAL AGREEMENT AND RELEASE BETWEEN FLORIDA CARRY INC. A FLORIDA NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION, ON ITS BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS MEMBERS. WHO ARE THE PLAINTIFFS? IN A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AT THE END OF JULY, AND THE CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND ANY OF ITS OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS, WHETHER NAMED OR UNNAMED IN THAT LAWSUIT, STYLED FLORIDA CARRY INC. VERSUS CITY OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, ET AL. CASE NUMBER CA 26-1218. THE GIST OF THE LAWSUIT IS THAT WITH PAYMENT OF $40,000 TO COMPENSATE THE PLAINTIFFS FLORIDA CARRY FOR THEIR ATTORNEYS FEES IN THIS MATTER PURSUANT TO STATUTE, THEY WILL DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST THE CITY AS A CORPORATION AND ALL THE NAMED OR UNNAMED DEFENDANTS. AND SO I BRING THIS TO YOU FOR YOUR APPROVAL OR THANK YOU. WE DID HAVE A QUESTION FROM THE AUDIENCE REGARDING JURY TRIAL. COULD YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YES. THE PLAINTIFFS DID ASK FOR JURY TRIAL. BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU AGREE TO A SETTLEMENT, THEN THE CASE IS OVER. THEN WE WILL NOT BE. OKAY. SO. DO WE NEED A MOTION NOW? OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE AGREE TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE SETTLEMENT. I'LL SECOND THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MADAM CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE[00:05:04]
ROLL. NANCY. SYKES. KLEIN. YES. JOHN. PRATER. YES. CYNTHIA. GARRIS. YES. JIM. SPRINGFIELD.YES. BARBARA. BLONDER. YES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT. W
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