City Council Meeting 03/20/2018 06:00 PM City Hall Chambers 1600 Nela Avenue

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND EXECUTIVE SESSION NOTICE AND AGENDA

City Hall 1600 Nela Avenue, Belle Isle, Florida 32809

PUBLIC NOTICE OF ATTORNEY/CLIENT EXECUTIVE SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING

TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 2018 at 6:00 P.M.

Pursuant to Section 286.011(8), Florida Statutes, the City Council of the City of Belle Isle, Florida, will commence a public meeting and then meet in an Attorney/Client Executive Closed Session to discuss strategy and settlement negotiations related to litigation expenditures in the following case: City of Belle Isle v. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Division of Administrative Hearings Case No.: 18-001101

The Attorney/Client Executive Session is estimated to last thirty (30) minutes and shall only be attended by the following individuals:

Mayor Lydia Pisano

Commissioner Ed Gold, Jr.

Commissioner Anthony Carugno

Commissioner Jeremy Weinsier

Commissioner Mike Sims

Commissioner Harvey Readey

Commissioner Alexa Dowlen

Commissioner Sue Nielsen

City Attorney A. Kurt Ardaman, Esq.

City Manager Bob Francis

Court Reporter

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA FOR EXECUTIVE SESSION

1.                Call to Order (A quorum is determined)

2.                Business

  • Request by City Attorney for advice from the City Council concerning litigation and to discuss settlement negotiations and strategy related to litigation expenditures.
  • Recess public meeting and open closed Executive Attorney-Client Session

3.                Reopen Public Meeting for termination of Executive Session

4.                City Council Meeting

  • Discussion and potential action on matters relating to the above case.

Please Note: In accordance with Florida Statutes 286.0105: Any person who desires to appeal any decision at this meeting will need a record of the proceedings and for this purpose may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made which includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is based, which such written record is not provided by the City of Belle Isle.

Help for the hearing impaired is available through the Assistive Living System. Receivers can be obtained at the meeting from the Information Technology Director.

Also, in accordance with Florida Statutes 286.26: Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the Office of the City Clerk, 1600 Nela Avenue, Belle Isle, Florida, (407)851-7730, 48 hours in advance of the meeting.

1.  Call to Order and Confirmation of Quorum

2.  Invocation and Pledge to Flag - Alexa Dowlen - District 6

3.  Certificate of Appreciation for Conner Bradley for his transformation of Lesser Park.

4.  Consent Items

5.  Citizen's Comments

Persons desiring to address the Council MUST complete and provide to the City Clerk a yellow “Request to Speak” form located by the door. After being recognized by the Mayor, persons are asked to come forward and speak from the lectern, state their name and address, and direct all remarks to the Council as a body and not to individual members of the Council, staff or audience.  Citizen comments and each section of the agenda where public comment is allowed are limited to three (3) minutes. Questions will be referred to staff and should be answered by staff within a reasonable period of time following the date of the meeting. Order and decorum will be preserved at all meetings. Personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks are not permitted. Thank you.

6.  Unfinished Business - no report

7.  New Business

8.  Attorney's Report

9.  City Manager's Report

10. Mayor's Report

11.  City Council Reports

12.  Adjournment

“If a person decides to appeal any decision made by the Council with respect to any matter considered at such meeting or hearing, he/she will need a record of the proceedings, and that, for such purpose, he/she may need to ensure that a verbatim record of the proceedings is made, which record includes the testimony and evidence upon which the appeal is to be based.”(F. S. 286.0105). “Persons with disabilities needing assistance to participate in any of these proceedings should contact the City Clerk‘s Office (407-851-7730) at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.”