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Date: 12-11-12 <br /> Item No.: 10 <br /> MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING A JOINT CLOSED <br /> SESSION BEFORE THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE <br /> AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY <br /> 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 -Anticipated Litigation[Government Code§54956.9(b)(3)(c)] <br /> Name of Claimant(s): MetroRiverside v. Redevelopment Agency, et al. <br /> Tort Claim No(s): 12-09-37; 12-09-38 <br /> A closed session will be held on December 11, 2012, for the purpose of conferring with <br /> and/or receiving advice from your legal counsel concerning anticipated litigation. Based <br /> upon the receipt of a claim pursuant to the Tort Claims Act and the advice of its legal <br /> counsel, the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, <br /> believes there is significant exposure to litigation. [Government Code §54956.9(b)(1)] <br /> If the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, <br /> authorizes the City Attorney to defend, or seek or refrain from seeking appellate review or <br /> relief, this determination shall be reported in open session at the public meeting during <br /> which the closed session is held. If the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the <br /> Redevelopment Agency, authorizes initiation or intervention, such authorization shall also <br /> be reported and the public advised that the action, defendants and other particulars may be <br /> disclosed upon request after the action is formally commenced. [Government Code <br /> §54957.1(a)(2)] <br /> If the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Reel accepts a settlement offer <br /> signed by the opposing party, the substance of the settlement shall be reported at the <br /> public meeting during which the closed session is held. [Government Code <br /> §54957.1(a)(3)(A)] <br /> Any disclosures shall include the vote or abstention of each member. <br /> Dated: November 27, 2012 <br /> Prepared by: Gregory P. Priamos <br /> City Attorney <br /> 0:\Cycom\WPDocs\D01 TP004\00141800.doc <br /> 10 <br />