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<br />~ <br />~HILLS <br /> <br />CONFIDENTIAL LITIGATION MEMO <br /> <br />DATE: April 17,2008 <br /> <br />TO: Mayor and City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Jim Willis, Interim City Administrator <br /> <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Clear Channel Outdoor, Inc. mediation <br /> <br />This memo and the attachment from John Baker are confidential and are <br />not to be disclosed publicly. <br /> <br />Following consultation with the Mayor, 1 have scheduled an Executive Session with respect to <br />this litigation for 6:00 p.m., next Monday, April 21. It will be the first item on your Work <br />Session agenda. <br /> <br />Thursday moming the City and representatives of Clear Channel met in a mediation session at <br />the City offices. Following about three hours of mediation, the mediator, retired Judge Robert <br />Lynn, recommended that the session be adjoumed, and that the full City Council be invited to <br />join in a subsequent session. The purpose of the Executive Session is to receive a report on the <br />mediation session from our attomeys and to discuss options available to the City with respect to <br />the continuation of the mediation process. <br /> <br />The attomeys representing the City in this litigation, John Baker and Robin Wolpert of the <br />Greene Espel law finn, provided the mediator with the attached memo dated April 15th outlining <br />the City's summary of the essential facts involved in the litigation. It is being provided to you <br />for infonnationlbackground purposes. <br /> <br />Also attached is the legal position of Clear Channel as prepared by their legal team. This is a <br />public document. It will provide you with their perspective on the litigation. <br /> <br />Ms. Wolpert will be present at the Executive Session to provide you further background on this <br />matter and respond to your questions. <br />