MEMORANDUM FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY CONCERNING A JOINT CLOSED
SESSION BEFORE THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AND THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE AS THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF RIVERSIDE TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Phaedra A. Norton, City Attorney
SUBJECT: Closed Session – Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation [Government Code §54956.9] Initiation of Litigation Pursuant to Paragraph (4) of Subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9 (Deciding Whether to Initiate Litigation). Number of Potential Case(s): one A closed session will be held on January 10, 2023, for the purpose of conferring with and/or receiving advice from your legal counsel concerning whether to initiate litigation. Based on existing facts and circumstances and the advice of its legal counsel, the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, has decided to initiate or is deciding whether to initiate litigation. [Government. Code §54956.9(d)(4)].
If the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency, authorizes the City Attorney to defend or seek or refrain from seeking appellate review or relief, this determination shall be reported in open session at the public meeting during which the closed session is held. If the City, and the City as the Successor Agency to the Redevelopment Agency authorizes initiation or intervention, such authorization shall also be reported and the public advised that the action, defendants and other particulars may be disclosed upon request after the action is formally commended. [Government Code § 54957.1(a)(2)].
Any disclosure shall include the vote or abstention of each member.
Dated: DATE \@ "MMMM d, yyyy" \* MERGEFORMAT December 29, 2022 Prepared By: Phaedra A. Norton
City Attorney
Rev Date: 06/24/2022