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RESOLUTION NO.
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A RESOLUTION CREATING A COMMITTEE CONSISTING
OF SEVEN MEMBERS AND APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS
TO SERVE ON SAID COMMITTEE TO STUDY AN
INTERIM EXHIBITION CENTER IN THE CITY OF
MIAMI; PROVIDING FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PRESENT
ITS RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION AT
THE SEPTEMBER 11, 986 CITY COMMISSION
MEETING.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Seotion 1. A seven member Committee is hereby established
for the purpose of studying an interim exhibition oenter in the
City of Miami and making reoommendations to the City Commission
at its September 11, 1986 meeting.
Seotion 2. The following individuals are hereby appointed
to serve on said Committee:
1. Jaok Bads
Assistant City Manager
3800 Pan Amerioan Drive
Miami, Florida 33133
2. Joanne Holshauser
4230 Ingraham Highway
Miami, Florida 33131
Cesar H. Odio, City Manager
Mayor Xavier L. Suarez
3. Rev. Henry Nevins Vioe-Mayor Miller J. Dawkins
St. John's Baptist Churoh
1328 N.W. 3 Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
4. Tony Pajares, Direotor Cesar H. Odio, City Manager
Conferenoes & Conventions
Department
400 S.B. 2 Avenue
Miami, Florida 33121
8. Larry Perl
Perl Exposition
Corppration
6915 Red Road
Miami, Florida 33143
Commissioner J. L. Plummer, Jr.
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DuPont Plaza Hotel
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Miami, Florida 33131
7. Monty Trainer
2660 Tigertail Avenue
Miami, Florida 33134
Commissioner Rosario Kennedy
Commissioner doe Carollo
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of
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XAVIER L. SUAP
MAYOR
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CITY OF MIAM1, FLORIDA
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
Cesar H. Odio
FROM: City Manager 0
DATE: J U L 181986
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SUBJECT: Interim Exhibition
Space
REFERENCES:
ENCLOSURES:
FILE:
The hotel industry in the City of Miami has long urged that a
downtown exhibit hall be constructed to attract mid -size
conventions. Due to the increasing competition from other
destinations that have built, and are in the process of
increasing the size of their convention facilities, the number of
conventions that we will be able to attract without an exhibit
hall will continue to decrease.
Miami Beach is in the process of enlarging their exhibit hall,
which will enhance our hotel occupancy downtown for the larger
size conventions but the distance and cost of shuttling
conventioneers from Miami Beach to downtown is causing the
downtown hotels to be eliminated from participatir`g in the mid-
size groups.
The Miami Convention Center lacks the necessary exhibit and
banquet facilities to host these conventions and Coconut Grove
Exhibition Hall lacks the proper meeting rooms and banquet
facilities to host these groups under one roof. A small exhibit
hall (309000 sq. ft.) is being negotiated with the developers of
the Knight Center to enhance its ability to attract more groups
within one year, but until a permanent site for a proper downtown
exhibit hall is found, an interim solution to the exhibition
space problem in downtown would be to add meeting rooms to the
existing Coconut Grove Exhibition Center so that it would become
a complete convention center with banquet, meeting and exhibition
space under one roof.
Increasing the Miami Convention Center' exhibit space, and the
addition of meeting rooms at Coconut Grove Exhibit Center, will
make those facilities more marketable, and thus reduce or
eliminate the operating deficits through increasing revenues.
It is suggested that up to $7,000,000 from the Convention
Development Tax be allocated for the purpose of adding
approximately 55,000 sq. ft. of meeting room space, upgrading the
existing exhibition space and building banquet facilities at the
Coconut Grove Exhibition Center.
This will be scheduled as a discussion item on the July 24, 1986
agenda.
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