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Date: 3 -20 -12 <br />Item No.: 4a <br />MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING A CLOSED <br />SESSION BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council <br />FROM: Gregory P. Priamos, City Attorney <br />SUBJECT: Closed Session - Existing Litigation [Government Code §54956.9(x)] <br />Name of Case(s): Meadows Construction Services, Inc. v. City of <br />Riverside, et al <br />Riverside Superior Court Case No. RIC 10007606 <br />A closed session will be held on March 20, 2012, for the purpose of conferring with and /or <br />receiving advice from your legal counsel concerning litigation which has been formally <br />initiated to which the City of Riverside is a party. [Government Code §54956.9(x)] <br />The City Attorney will provide you with a status report on this particular case. <br />If the City Council authorizes the City Attorney to defend, or seek or refrain from seeking <br />appellate review or relief, the parties and substance of the litigation shall be reported in <br />open session at the public meeting during which the closed session is held. If the City <br />Council authorizes initiation or intervention, such authorization shall also be reported and <br />the public advised that the action, defendants and other particulars may be disclosed upon <br />request after the action is formally commenced. [Government Code §54957.1(a)(2)] <br />If the City Council accepts a settlement offer signed by the opposing party, the substance <br />of the settlement shall be reported at the public meeting during which the closed session is <br />held. [Government Code §54957.1(a)(3)(A)] <br />Any disclosures shall include the vote or abstention of each member. <br />Dated: March 15, 2012 <br />Prepared by: Gregory P. Priamos <br />City Attorney <br />O: \Cycom \WPDocs \D015 \P014 \00114764. doc <br />W <br />