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METRO SOUTH (7)Good afternoon, Steve and Chris, We did some research on the notice issue and based on this research Lyman advises that sending out the notice tomorrow for the first meeting on 8/28 complies with the Sunshine Law requirements cited below: A vital element of the Sunshine Law is the requirement that boards subject to the law provide "reasonable notice" of all meetings. See s. 286.011(1), F.S. Even before the statutory amendment in 1995 expressly requiring notice, the courts had stated that in order for a public meeting to be in essence "public," reasonable notice of the meeting must be given. See Hough v. Stembridge, 278 So. 2d 288, 291 (Fla. 3d DCA 1973); Yarbrough v. Young, 462 So. 2d 515, 517 (Fla. 1st DCA 1985). Reasonable public notice is required for all meetings subject to the Sunshine Law and is required even though a quorum is not present. AGOs 90-56 and 71-346. And see Baynard v. City of Chiefland, Florida, No. 38-2002-CA-000789 (Fla. 8th Cir. Ct. July 8, 2003) (reasonable notice required even if subject of meeting is "relatively unimportant"). Notice is required even though meetings of the board are "of general knowledge" and are not conducted in a closed door manner. TSI Southeast, Inc. v. Royals, 588 So. 2d 309, 310 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991). "Governmental bodies who hold unnoticed meetings do so at their peril." Monroe County v. Pigeon Key Historical Park, Inc., 647 So. 2d 857, 869 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994). Should you have any questions, please contact me or Lyman. Thanks, Andrea Andrea Amigo 470 Columbia Drive • Suite C101 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 Tel: (561) 688-6560 Fax: (561) 688-2343 aamigo@RRBPA.COM / www.rrbpa.com NOTICE TO RECIPIENT: This e-mail message and any attachment to this e-mail message contains confidential information that may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not review, retransmit, convert to hard copy, copy, or use or disseminate this e-mail or any attachments to it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail or by telephone at 561-688-6560 and delete this message. Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by Roberts, Reynolds, Bedard & Tuzzio, PLLC.