Suits Brought By City_November 1981SUITS BROUGHT BY CITY 17
Date
C. Att. distributed rep. of settlement offered 11/10/81
by Marion Rec. Corp., & advised that since sum
proffered was substantially less than the
$159,000 now due, & in ord. to protect City, he
having suit against concessionaire, the hrg. g
been set for 11/25/81. He advised that if, in
interim, concessionaire improves settlement offer,
the suit could be dismissed. Mayor Ciment requested
that Comm. be kept apprised of any negotiations;
that if anything is finalized prior to next Comm.
mtg., Comm. can take action at the 11/18/81 mtg.
(see GOLF COURSE [CONTRACTS], GOLF COURSES)
SUITS BROUGHT BY CITY 18
Date
C. Att. Memo 9317, CMB vs. Buckley - award of 11/18/81
att's fees. Comm. approved recommendation of
C. Mgr. & C. Att. to appropriate sufficient money
from Excise Tax Ser. 1969 Debt Serv. Res. Fund in
excess of requirements of Res. 12650 to pay total
judgment for att's fees & costs in approx. amt. of
$535,000. W/respect to an addl. amt. of $300,000
which may be req'd to pay remaining claims, C.
Att. indicated it was not necessary to act on this
at this time, as this particular ph. of lawsuit
was still in litigation. (see OCEAN FRONT PARK
[77th to 87th TERRACE])
SUITS BROUGHT BY CITY 19
Date
Rep. on status of Marion Rec. Corp. golf course 11/25/81
concession contr. w/CMB & pending litigation.
C. Att. gave brief rep., advising he requested Ct.
to appt. a receiver to stop MRC from having access
to cash flow; that MRC had ret'd. new counsel; &
that Ct. had granted their request for continuance
of hrg. to consider appt. of receiver, previously
scheduled for 11/25/81, until 12/9/81. Comm.,
indicated emergency action was req'd; C. Att. to
proceed to have hrg. scheduled a.s.a.p. Att. Howard
Rose, representing Murray Candib & Raymond Floyd; &
Messrs. David Harrington & Thomas Sullivan, appeared
& expressed int. in concession, should it become
available. (see GOLF COURSES, GOLF COURSE [CONTRACTS])