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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
Date:
June 25, 2021
of the City Commission
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Downtown Development Authority
From: Todd B. Hannon
References:
Agenda for July 8, 2021
City Clerk
Enclosures:
List of members, DDA Resolution
and Resumes
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Board was created to exercise supervisory
control over the activities of the director and the staff of the Downtown Development Authority.
Twelve (of the fifteen) members of the DDA shall be appointed by the current board of directors of
the DDA and submitted to the City Commission for confirmation. One member may be appointed
by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County and submitted to the City
Commission for confirmation. One member may be appointed by the Cabinet of the State and
submitted to the City Commission for confirmation.
The Commission At Large is being requested to confirm the appointment of the
following members:
1. Gary Ressler, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2020.
2. Alicia Cervera Lamadrid, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2019, has
served as a member since March 14, 2013, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous
(5/5) vote of the Commission.
3. Richard Lydecker, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2019, has served as a
member since December 15, 2011, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (515)
vote of the Commission.
4. Jared Diamond. (Term 9/1/2021 through 8/31/2024)
5. Arva Suzanne Graham Gibson. (Term 9/1/2021 through 8/31/2024)
6. Melissa Tapanes Llahues. (Term 9/1/2021 through 8/31/2024)
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said authority. By copy
of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the July 8, 2021,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
Christina Crespi, Executive Director, DDA
Barnaby L. Min, Deputy City Attorney
Ivonne de la Vega, Secretary to the Board of Directors, DDA
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator