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HomeMy WebLinkAboutM-86-0016FORM 4 ML&9ORANDUM OF VOTIN!CONFLICT LAST NAME -FIRST NAME -MIDDLE NAME Kennedy, Rosario THE BOARD, COUNCIL, COMMISSION. AUTHORITY. OR COMMITTEE ON MAILING ADDRESS - jWHICH 1 SERVE IS A UNIT OF: I CITY - COUNTY Miami Dade DATE ON WHICH VOTE OCCURRED Jan. 9, 1986 NAME OF BOARD. COUNCIL. COMMISSION. AUTHORITY. OR COMMITTEE City of rtiami Commission D CITY D COUNTY tJ OTHER LOCAL AGENCY D STATE NAME OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR STATE AGENCY r WHO MUST FILE FORM 4 This form is for use by any person serving on either an appointed or elected board, council, commission, authority, or committee, whether state or local, and it applies equally to members of advisory and non -advisory bodies who are faced with a voting conflict of interest. As the voting conflict requirements for public officers at the local level differ from the requirements for state officers, this form is divided into two parts: PART A is for use by persons serving on local boards (municipal, county, special tax districts, etc.), while PART B is prescribed for all other boards, i.e., those at the state level. PART C of the form contains instructions as to when and where this form must be filed. PART A VOTING CONFLICT DISCLOSURE FOR LOCAL PUBLIC OFFICERS (Required by Section 112.3143(3), Florida Statutes (Supp. 1984).] The Code of Ethics for Public Officers and Employees PROHIBITS each municipal, county, and other localpublic officer FROM VOTING in an official capacity upon any measure which inures to his special private gain. Each local officer also is prohibited from knowingly voting in his official capacity upon any measure which inures to the special gain of any principal (other than a government agency as defined in Section 112.312(2), Florida Statutes) by whom he is retained. In any such case a local public officer must disclose the conflict: (a) PRIOR TO THE VOTE BEING TAKEN by publicly stating to the assembly the nature of his interest in the matter on which he is abstaining from voting; and (b) WITHIN 15 DAYS AFTER THE VOTE OCCURS by describing the nature of his interest as a public record in this part below. NOTE: Commissioners of a Community Redevelopment Agency created or designated pursuant to Section 163.356 or Section 163.357, Florida Statutes (Supp. 1984), or officers of independent special tax districts elected on a one -acre, one -vote basis are not prohibited from voting. In such cases, however, the oral and written disclosure of this part must be made. 1, the undersigned local public officer, hereby disclose that on .Tan _ 9 19 RA (a) I abstained from voting on a matter which (check one): inured to my special private gain; or x inured to the special gain of Dec oma Corn. My husband, David T. Kennedy, has in the past. I therefore, abstain CE FORM 4 - REV. 10-84 served as a consultant tc from voting in this matte sm 4 (b) The measure on which I abstained and the nature of my interest in the measure is as follows: Item E Sports Arena/Exhibition liall. Jan. 15, 1986 Date Filed Signatur Please see PART C for instructions on when and where to file this form. PART B VOTING CONFLICT DISCLOSURE FOR STATE OFFICERS [Required by Section 112.3143(2). Florida Statutes (Supp. 1984),] Each state public officer is permitted to vote in his official capacity on any matter. However, any state officer who votes in his official capacity upon any measure which inures to his special private gain or the special gain of any principal by whom he is retained is required to disclose the nature of his interest as a public record in Part 8 below within 15 days after the vote occurs. I, the undersigned officer of a state agency, hereby disclose that on 119 (a) i voted on a matter which (check one): inured to my special private gain; or inured to the special gain of , by whom I am retained. (b) The measure on which 1 voted and the nature of my interest in the measure is as follows: Date Filed Signature Please see PART C below for instructions on when and where to file this form. PART C FILING INSTRUCTIONS This memorandum must be filed within fifteen (1 S) days following the meeting during which the voting conflict occurred with the person responsible for recording the minutes of the meeting, who shall incorporate the memorandum in the meeting minutes. This form need not be filed merely to indicate the absence of a voting conflict. NOTICE: UNDER PROVISIONS OF FLORIDA STATUTES#112.317(1993), A FAILURE TO MAKE ANY REQUIRED DISCLOSURE CONSTITUTES GROUNDS FOR AND MAY BE PUNISHED BY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: IMPEACHMENT, REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE OR EMPLOYMENT, DEMOTION, REDUCTION IN SALARY, REPRIMAND. OR A CIVIL PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED SSAD. CE FORM 4- REV. 10-94 PAGE 2 ELI ILM �DT�ON 86-1� it 1% 11011ilonsto AMT MMII,= I 12 10 -ice 1 r47 if OL _7 it- - 71 w7 Oil IJ IV M(11 A xi� ling n i � -�- �441 No r ? Ic [ u Ull Miff ..TlIp It r WA -.y;� r a, Biscayne Bap" fs'r 4I tag{ a, ® hQl a/ f wntown r '.. • Jla, y Mcimi >r't rickell Ave. " r fa �y Dinner Key y (Coconut Grove Exhibition Center) x r r"� 3•": � t�^5y1"?�5 ` t �1 �'}�,r� l . 'k ,.l' '. ! '� � � t4,r ks�, �.,r..r-+ter-s,� ir �:�'�'ai: . r.i�, ! 5 p �•.,. `#t t t����, � c� � ,.. t `t v`' '�g .�..i'"t b^'�-a.� t. +.. !iF � I `t, �' � . t. i � t. �a � 1 f s f l I ; 1'r h V`v�t?r •>.isr"t� ft� -A4 MOM" - — . w9p, ;A —a-ma ma 'T, R5 i Q "A"7 WSW � ~ '� � :::...� �t ���,,� �: �� . �� __ . �� ��.� .� y =�.h • a i,, r''� • � L �/ After the convention. In recent years, Miami has risen to a position of prominence as a Ne- World center of international commerce. But it has been, is and always will be one of the world's favorite cities for fun, sun, golf, tennis, fishing, boating, jai -alai, greyhound and thoroughbred racing and outdoor vacation recreation. In Miami, there are cruise lines to glide you through the Caribbean. Great charter fishing fleets to help you chase world records. Side trips to the Keys for skin diving. Or to the Everglades for adventure. There are miles of restored beaches. There's the special Latin flavor of the shops, cafes and bistros of Calle Ocho. There are international boat races, tennis tournaments, golf classics and football bowl games you can plan your convention dates around. Meet in Miami. Because Miami is where business and pleasure meet every day and night of the year. For more information, contact: Tony Pajares, Director City of Miami Convention Bureau City of Miami Convention Center 400 S.E. Second Avenue Miami, Florida 33233 Telephone: (305) 579-6341 A Perhaps no Metropolitan area in the U.S. or the world provides a more colorful mix of a sophisticated international businesscenter and the pleasuresof a seaside tropical resort. Miami is the New World's colorful, dynamic new crossroads of culture, commerce and tourism. And its year round, warm weather cl imate makes it an ideal spot to combine pleasure with convention business anytime of the year. _ • �• _!u{+•"�. ra f ��..�.- -• t.n�.: % * `, i T � f IY Li 4*1 t- Sw ,�► �/,. .� „sue•-. , •4JO Ar is l' J Y�s.wKMiFy, l� _ '_= ...� I - t� ...~'.fir �'./A•..': . : ���, 6 z t� Press Release MIANlI GRAND PRIX EXHIBITION CENTER PROPOSED i s Downtown Miami Hoteliers Contact: David Zadikoff . Chairman Exhibition Center Committee �. 358-1234 The Downtown .Miami Hoteliers and Dade Country Hotel Industry have recognized the urgent need for at least 200,000 square feet of exhibition space in Downtown .Miami, since the 1983 Laventhal and Horwath study. titled, "Evaluation of Market Support and Operating Potentials for the Dade County Convention Center i Complement", prepared for the Metro Dade Commission. As concluded in this study, by 1986. 200,000 square feet of exhibition space should be located in the City of Miami in addition to the expanded Miami Beach Convention Center because the Laventhal and Horwath study stated "these facilities would be compatible rather than competitive". The downtown Miami Hotels provided the leadership in having the legislature authorize the existing 3 w convention room tax in order to construct a new exhibition tenter in Downtown .Miami and also expand the existing Miami Beach Convention Center. i The Downtown Miami Hotels were also active in causing the consolidation of the Tourism Development Council and the "Beach" Visitor and Convention Au- thority into the new Greater :Miami and the Beaches Tourism Council. The Miami hotels also joined with the rest of the industry in creating the Tourist Industry Coalition. In July of this year, the Downtown Hoteliers, through their Management, Marketing and Sales organizations and staffs, completed a study in conjunction with the City of Miami Convention Bureau, which concluded that there is an urgent and immediate need for at least 200,000 square feet of flexible flat floor 0 p%!DN $rf lb MGPEC Page 2 of 3 exhibition space in the downtown area. The study group believes, and the Downtown Hoteliers recommend. that the immediate construction of such a facility, if opened by 1987. could generate 40 conventions for 198 d and 1988, at an average size of 3000 rooms each. In addition, many small groups of 200 to 300 rooms r would be booked for individual hotels through the new marketing and sales efforts to be made in support of the new Miami Grand Prix Exhibition Center. The estimate of 40 conventions was in part based on the hundreds of groups that during the last four vears Miami has not been able to book because it lacks a flexible exhibition center. It is estimated that a new exhibition center would create in excess of 360,000 room nights in Miami hotels. raising the occupancy level of all hotels throughout the area as well as creating 5000 new jobs in the City of Miami. The hotels alone would increase sales by 18 million dollars. of which 900,000 dollars would be collected in bed tax. The Nliami Sports and Exhibition Authority has obtained for the City from its existing bed tax resources, a 10 million dollar grant for the immediate building of the 200,000 square foot exhibition center in Downtown :Miami. The 10 million dollar exhibition center funds are available to the City from the Sports and Exhibition Authority upon designation of the project. Preliminary studies by the Hotel's Architectural consultants validate the construction of this center with durable permanent materials including the efficient use of movable partitions in the interior of the building for subdividing space for exhibitions, meeting rooms and the banquet area, with. a serving kitchen along with normal service, storage, loading, and administration areas, all of which can be completed with a 10 million dollar cost budget assuming no cost for land or abnormal soil conditions. Given these facts, we have determined that the only cost-free site immediately available and suitable for the exhibition center, located centrally to ojurL' k- Page 3 of 3 the hotels, downtown facilities, public transportation and parking, would be on the former Florida East Coast Railway site now owned by the City of Miami on the north side of the entrance of the Port of Miami on the bay adjacent to the new Rouse Bayside Specialty Center. under construction, with the exhibition center building located within the existing Miami Grand Prix Race course. The architectural character would blend its functional characteristics, grand. but festive and inviting amenities, in keeping with this prime location. The new center would compliment the activities of the Grand Prix and Bayside Specialty Center with a stately attractive landscape appearance and with "fast track" design/ construction program. if started promptly, can result in a 1987 opening coinciding with the opening of the Bayside Specialty Center. The Isamu Noguchi Park and the 1987 nationally and internationally televised Grand Prix Race. We believe that the opening of this center and the bringing of these new convention groups to Nliami will also substantially reduce and hopefully eliminate the present 41 million dollar annual operating deficit of the James L. Knight Center facility and therefore, for all of these reasons we are recommending to the Miami City Commission, this Thursday, January 9, 1986, that it authorize the immediate construction of this 2100, 000 square foot Miami Grand Prix Exhibition Center, and related activities. including requesting the 10 million available from the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority for this purpose. In the spirit of private/public partnership and in addition to the existing 3% convention room tax, the Downtown Hoteliers have pledged 10% of room revenue derived from new convention room bookings as a dedicated source for operational funding of the facility. FACT SHEET MIAMI GRAND PRIX EXHIBITION CENTER (MGPEC) 3 t 1 The ,MGPEC would be a facility providing 200,000 sq. ft. of flexible flat space opening in 1987. It would be located on free and clear land already owned by the City of Miami adjacent to Bayside Specialty Center and the Port of Miami. The $10 million cost would come from funds of the Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority generated by the existing 3% hotel convention room tax. • Miami hotels currently have an average 50% occupancy and urgently need convention and group business. • Lack of needed space has cost this community an estimated 30 - 40 lost medium-sized conventions per year. • Downtown Hoteliers have pledged 10% of their own room revenues derived from new convention room bookings as a dedicated source for operational funding of the MGPEC. i • Construction of the facility would provide an estimated 5,000 new jobs and would increase the revenues derived from the bed tax by $900,000 per year. • Reduce current $4.5 million dollar annual operating deficit of the James L. Knight Center by increasing its convention and group use. DOWNTOWd MIAMI HOTELIERS HOTELS Hyatt Regency Holiday Inn 3rickell Point Howard Johnson Convention Center Dupont Plaza Columbus Riverparc Everglades Pavillon Marina Park Miami Colonial GENERAL MANAGERS Mr. David Zadikoff Mr. Ron Bann Mr. Phil Goldfarb Mr. J.J."Skip" Shepard Mr. Ron Fine Mr. Richard Knight Ms. Shirlee Ostroff Mr. Chris Mander Mr. Pickle Mr. Delcampo V- Castles Whited kV Al.D 2/2 /" Arena plans rolling along at full. speed - - Even with money from the so-called bed Ux bottled up in a court challenge, the planning has barreled ahead full speed. Al- ready target dates are posted. and serious talk is being done to woo big-time indoor convention and sports business. This week, the Tbird District Court of Appeal cleared, for nova, a legal roadblock to collecting Dade's new 3 per cent bed fax. Roughly $11 million per year is at stake, two-thirds of It to finance a S68-mi1- lion doubling of the size of the Miami Beach Convention Hall, the remaining one-third for construction of a major Miami convention -sports complex down- town. To the nine voting knembers of Miami's six -month -old Sports and Exhibition Au- thority and their zealous extcutive-direc- tqr; Rick Horrow. - the - appellate ruling came as no big surprise. Since early January. the board has been ryaning in high gear anyhow, hammering together Ideas for a midtown facility —that; could cost $100. million or 60, the bulk of It In private money, an& -designed to bring peopla, excifeent and casb pour►ng back iatodgwntovirmp.' -13.Y, t'hursday; with the,, court decision still verberating- In .ippp . circles, the Ml authority wes lac ng out to pro.: deb&pers a ddlkue set of ground rules3 a hope is -to have designs in hand' and 641st of-devel9pers winnowed down bq mld=July. W-=b: The best urban convention. I itlon and Indoor sports com- : plex obtainable; by a private devel- WTI%wlth a proven -track record who Is has. tq pick his own site (the authority baa i oaen already previewed), put up a betty investment and, hopefully, also come up yvith a money -making management Plan. • . Einphasts Is on private creativity and fi- nancing, possibly along lines of the Rouse Co.'s plan to build and operate the Bayside attraction at Namarins. . The Miami center has a big scope. it Nvouid require at.least 200.000 square feet pt exhibit space,,plus meeting rooms and other facilities fof.iktotal of 347,000 square feet, and a I6,00¢aeat coliseum. Add park- Ing. aced/or prozlfty to mass transit. it must be located" titoreover, within five minutes of 1,500 flint -class hotel rooms — Although the -sportirfadUty conceivably could be built seprrately, and farther away. Along with the hardware planning, they're thrashing out Ideas for luring major conventions, trade shows, indoor assent- .blles and entertainment spectacles that -could bring as many as 10,000 people at a time. As for sporting events, the possibili- ties Include professional and college bas- ketball, indoor soccer and tennis, major 'title fights, the national Golden Gloves boxing championships. Indoor track meets, hockey, gymnastics, even volleyball. Ro n Chase. head of the Chamber of! Commerce sports committee. de- i scribed to the authority last week ef- forts to bring to Miami the Olympic Com- -mittee's off-year Olympic Sports Festival In 1986.87. Now staged in Colorado 'Springs, the festival features 33 Olympic events and Is covered by 6% hours of na- :tional TV broadcasting. A new site is to be I :selected around April 1. Said Chase: "It would bring a tremendous number of ath- letes, coaches and other visitors to South Florida-' -Horrow talks of his recent visit to St. Louis at the invitation of the five -year -old Indoor Soccer League. ,which is eyeing new tranchlse areas. St. Louis crowds, he said. pow avemge 8,300 per game, Kansas :City. draws 15.000 and Cleveland 13.000. :At pmsent. the league has no television :contract. "But once It catches on national- -ly.,' Horrow said. "'1'V Is assured." : Such glowing possiblUties, of course. are :part of,the hype to sell big -ticket facilities like convention -sports centers. But a sepa- :rate study of potential convention business Impact for Miami and Mlaml Beach last -year took a similar tone. The two big Dade facilities,: reported the firm of Laventhol and Horwath, could by 1989 be drawing throngs of convention delegates who .would spend-t450 million per year. And that atudy didn't even Include .F,` �• I 'n1.i �r r�► I ol t ,�eariii t , e� asrr8 SSOClr,PS II1C July 24, 1985 � pcf�R TON ' Miami Convention Bureau 400 S.E. 2nd Avenue Miami, FL 33131 Gentlemen: I am writing to you in regards to obtaining information pertain- ing to holding our 1990 CLEANING 1 ANAGE:4ENT CONFEP.NECE AND EXPO- SI:ION tentatively iTn riiami . The show is held in May, Wednesday through Friday, inclusive. Set-up is on Monday and Tuesday, breakdown until midnight Saturday. The first half of May is preferable. We need approximately 70,000 gross square feet, and preferably a hall with high ceilings... there were some tall exhibits in our previous shows. In addition, we need conference space for (estimated) 5 large meetings, theatre style ... a couple for 500 and the remaining 3 for 250. That's flexible. In the past, we have used 600 sleeping rooms at our peak. I would appreciate it if you could advise me as to availability in the Miami Convention Center along with the estimated price per square foot would be helpful as well. If you have any questions relating to the above, please don't hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Z. Jill A. Fahe} Director of Operations .. JAF/mn Exposition and Conference Marketing and Management 3695 Post Road. Southport. CT 06490 (203) 259-5734 FOUNDED 1936 Naflonal i Lantional Fooc�, Association COMPRISI%G RETAILERS, WHOLESALERSIJOBBERS AND %IANUFACTURERSIDISTRIBUTORS OF THE HEALTH FOOD INDUSTRY October. 13, 1981 -Kay Hollander, Asst. Director Miami Convention Bureau City of Miami 150 S.E. 2nd Avenue Suite 1200 Miami, Florida 33131 Dear Kay: Thank you for your interest in the 1984 N.N.F.A. Convention. The N.N.F.A. needs 140,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space in addition to 3,000 + sleeping rooms. In reviewing your literature I do not find sufficient available exhibit space to accomodate us. Your interest is appreciated. Sincerely, f W14�" c'N Robert J. Grenoble �4; Executive Director V .. RJG/lw ro. Tony Pajares DAtE June 13, 1985 'Director SUBJEC_ Lst Business for j City of Miami h0`I REFE?:_NCE3 i Terry Buice�<�uc(.� Convention Manager ENCLOSURES Shell Oil Company wished to consider Miami for there 1988-89 & 90 annual meetings for 61*500 people/4000 rooms. There requirements are as follows: 50,00 to 70,000 sq. ft.exhibit space General Session room for 6,500 people . 2 additional breakout rooms for 2,000 people They are requesting Monday -Thursday during the 1st 3 weeks of February. The Boat Show completely ties up the Miami Beach Convention Center during February, so Miami can't even be considered. The other sites under consideration are: Atlanta Dallas Las Vegas Unfortunately, Miami can not be considered for these conventions without an exhibit hall of sufficient size. TB:rh ♦ �Wr.;�. jReyir .•� - .�9=?� t •�i ter•. �'.ts�:.;' HYATT RE&E� -.'�I@MIAMI �- 1 150SE5 CCNG %OFFICE ■ ■ ■ irii �i i 15GSF SECC`:DA�'ENUE MtM4 RVZ:DA33131 USAdun TO: Miami Convention Bureau The Pavillon Hotel Holiday Inn/Brickell Point DuPont Plaza Hotel Howard Johnson Hotel FROM: Mike Consuello/Director of Sales DATE: July 13, 1982 - RE: NATIONAL NUTRITIONAL FOODS ASSOCIATION We have received word from Mr. Robert Grenoble, Executive Director of the above group that Miami has note been selected to host their 1986 Convention. They feel that the exhibit aid hotel facilities are not sufficien o mee ezr needs. Please, there ore, release any space that was Bing held foi this group over the dates of July 17 - 26, 1986. MC/ts Mrs. Kay Hollander Miami Convention Center 150 SE Second Avenue Miami, FL 33131 Dear Kay: The National Recreation and Park Association is grateful to you for your hospitality during my recent visit to Miami. As you are aware, our organization consists of some 17,000 members, and our meeting requirements seek accommodations for 6-000-7,000 conferees. Of course, we are discussing with you a conference as far as six years in the future. By then, our needs are like- ly to increase. To say the least, I was favorably impressed with the City of 14iami and its beautiful hotels as a site for the National Congress for Recreation and Parks. I'm sure that my disappointment was apparent when I learned that no extensive exhibit space is avail- able —in con 3u coon �fi a "dawn own" conference. While Z appreciate a tact that other groups readily use the Coconut Grove for exhibit space, I do not believe it would serve our purposes. t Many meetings, I'm sure, have as their focal point the opportun- ity for conferees to buy merchandise through the exhibitors. This is not now the purpose of our meeting, and we find it dif- ficult to attract conferees to the exhibit area in sufficient numbers to please the exhibitors. By the same token, the ex- hibits represent one of our major sources of income. As much as I like the City of Miami. as a potential conferen --� site, I would not be willing to recommend it to our Site Selec- tion Committee because of the absence of exhibit space. •-41; Lffe.Beinit, 3101 Park Center Drive • Alexandria, Virginia 22302 • (703J 820-4940 }CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERI AN ACTION AN AFFILIATE OF THE AMERICAS SOCIETY, INC. December 11, 1985 Caesar Odio City Manager City of Miami P.O. Box 330708 ;Miami, FL 33133 Dear Caesar: First of all, congratulations on the new job. From the outside it looks like Miami is in for a time of healthy change. The point of this letter has to do with the venue of the Miami Conference on the Caribbean, an event that has become one of the larger annual events each fall in the city. As you know, the City of Miami has provided a small, but important grant of $25,000 annually to support this event. Another $25,000 has been approved for each of the 1986 and 1987 conferences. Both Dade County and the State of Florida provide somewhat larger grants, the total of which approximates $100,000. The total budget of the Miami Conference is in the range of $350,000 - $450,000. For the past three years, the Miami Conference has been held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and has utilized the full capacity of the Knight. Center and the University of Mliami facilities. As the conference participation has grown, the hotel and its adjacent facilities have come under increasing strain, to the point where the services and capacity are taxed practically to dysfunction. This year the countries organized themselves into a cohesive group to convince C/CAA that should the event be again held in the fiyatt facility they would not participate. It is important to make clear that we are not unhappy with the level of cooperation received from the ityatt, but we have simply out gown its capacity. SUITE 1010. 1333 NEW HAMPS141RE AVENUE. N W , WASHINGTON. D.0 20036 • 202/466-7464 • TELEX 4943133CCAA a The Caribbean Basin participation, of course, is what makes the conference happen. The conference has become as important to the U.S. government as it is to the countries themselves and, of course, to greater ;Miami. This year's participation exceeded two thousand and included Vice President Bush, along with 9 prime ministers and presidents. Next year the European and Japanese involvement will expand more than the substantial participation of this year. The amount of business accomplished, apart from tourism dollars, is incalculable for the greater Miami area. We want to continue the event in South Florida and the countries echo that sentiment. On the other hand, we need to change facility to make that happen. The Fontainbleu Hotel in Miami Beach is the only facility that I have seen that will acco;nmodate our needs £or a total complex. Yet we do not :ant to lose the City of Miami's support and financial committment. While the city money is budgeted for the conference, it would obviously be lost by our move to Miami Beach without the city's sanction and agreement. I hope the rationale of maintaining this activity in the greater Miami area is strong enough to permit continued support for it outside the city limits of Miami. Please give me a call so that we might discuss this in some depth. It is an important decision that we must move on in the next 30 days since planning must be begun on the basis of a facility decision. Warm regards. F eJ-; Peter B inson irector PB.J/ lb cc: Javier Suarez, Mayor Cite of Miami