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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of Date: September 24, 2003
the City Commission
Subject: Downtown Development
Authority
From: Priscilla A. Thompson References: October 9, 2003 Agenda
City Clerk
Enclosures: List of Members
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 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. Six appointments are currently needed for terms which expired on
August 31, 2003.
• The Commission At -Large is being requested to confirm the reappointment of the
following members nominated by the current board of directors of the DDA:
Scott Robins
Rodrigo Trujillo
Alvin West
Timothy Prunka, who has served as a member since June 9, 1994. City Code
Section 2-885(b) provides that no member shall serve more than eight
consecutive years on any one board. This provision may be waived by a unanimous
affirmative vote of the members of the Commission.
• The Commission At -Large is being requested to confirm the reappointment of Tony
E. Crapp, Sr. as the representative for the Cabinet of the State.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said board. By copy
of this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the October 9,
2003 Commission agenda.
PAT:ss
c: Olga Ramirez-Seijas, Assistant City Attorney
Dana Nottingham, Liaison/ Executive Director, DDA
Sandra Hernandez, Secretary to the Board of Directors, DDA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator