HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemo 1-15-09CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: December 26, 2008
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: January 15, 2009 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members
The Miami Sports and Exhibition Authority (MSEA) was created to promote sports, conventions and
exhibitions and to strive to generate and further community support to achieve this purpose. The Authority
shall endeavor to attract professional sports franchises to utilize facilities in the City.
Members of MSEA shall be qualified electors of Miami -Dade County. One member shall be the Mayor
who shall be a voting ex -officio member and the chairperson thereof. One voting member shall be a City
Commissioner appointed by the City Commission to serve as acting chairperson of the authority in the
absence of the Mayor and not be reappointed for another immediately succeeding year until each
Commissioner has served or has declined to serve. Each City Commissioner shall nominate two members,
except for the City Commissioner appointed as a voting member, who shall nominate only one member. Of
the two members nominated by each City Commissioner, one may be the Commissioner, as an ex -officio
voting member, representing that Commissioner's specific district.
Three (3) appointments are required at this time:
Vice Chair Spence -Jones has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. David Chiverton, incumbent, whose term expired September 10, 2008.
2. Vacancy (due to the resignation of Colin Carby, incumbent).
Commissioner Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Gene Meehan, incumbent, whose term expired September 26, 2008.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy
of this memorandum to the Agenda Office, we are requesting that this issue be placed on the
January 15, 2009 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the September 11, 2008 and
December 11, 2008 Commission meetings.
PAT:pb
Olga Ramirez-Seijas, Assistant City Attorney
Tim Schmand, Executive Director, MSEA
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator