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A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF POMPANO BEACH AND POMPANO BEACH COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSE OF RESOLUTION OF LITIGATION INVOLVING THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
(Fiscal Impact: $265,000.)
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(Staff Contact: Greg Harrison)
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Summary Explanation/Background:
The CRA is the defendant in that certain litigation styled: Vicente Thrower v. Pompano Beach Community Redevelopment Agency, Case No. 16-012620, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Broward County, Florida (the Thrower Litigation), by which Mr. Thrower is seeking reimbursement of $483,000 in attorneys' fees and costs (the Fees) incurred in defending a prior criminal prosecution alleging unlawful compensation by a public official and bribery, for which Mr. Thrower was acquitted.
Both the City and the CRA recognize the importance of encouraging public service and protecting their volunteers who serve on advisory committees from personal financial jeopardy. The CRA is constrained by the restrictions placed on the Redevelopment Trust Fund to reimburse the Fees without a judicial determination. The City believes it is in the best interest of the CRA and the City to amicably settle the Thrower Litigation without such judicial determination.
The Interlocal Agreement provides that the CRA will enter into a settlement agreement with Mr. Thrower that provides for voluntary dismissal of the Thrower Litigation with prejudice upon receipt of payment by the City of $265,000 as full and complete settlement of all claims for reimbursement of the Fees.
Origin of request for this action: City of Pompano Beach/Pompano Beach CRA
Fiscal impact and source of funding: $265,000 from Risk Management Fund - Fund Balance
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