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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of the
City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: October 17, 2003
Subject: Orange Bowl Advisory Board
References: November 13, 2003 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members
The Orange Bowl Advisory Board was created to serve in an advisory capacity and make recommendations
in writing to the City Commission as they relate to the Orange Bowl which shall include, but not be limited
to: (1) Identification of essential capital improvements to modernize and restore the Orange Bowl as a first
class facility; (2) Identification of funding sources to finance said capital improvements; (3) Identification of
new and enthusiastic promotional strategies to market and attract diverse events to the Orange Bowl; (4)
Recommendations for the solicitation of corporate sponsorship of the Orange Bowl facility and its
components (skyboxes, etc.); and (5) Presentation of reports of the Board's fmdings, as directed by the City
Commission.
Members shall be qualified electors of the City of Miami. The Commission may, by a four -fifths
vote, waive the requirement of a member being an elector, and/or the attendance requirement per
the City Code.
Four appointments are needed at this time:
• *Vice Chairman Teele has one nomination for seat currently held by Dr. Laurinus Pierre,
who requires a waiver of the elector requirement, if reappointed.
• Chairman Winton has one nomination for seat currently held by Rick Rodriguez Pina,
who requires a waiver of the elector requirement, if reappointed.
• *Mayor Diaz has two appointments for seat currently held by:
1. vacancy created because Steven Marin resigned.
2. Douglas Greist, who is not a City elector and works for Miami -Dade County.
Pursuant to City Code Sec. 2-884(e), employees of Miami -Dade County or any
municipality therein other than a City of Miami employees, shall not serve on or be
appointed to any Board of the City of Miami, unless the City Commission waives
this restriction by a four -fifths affirmative vote of its membership and the employee is
a resident of the City of Miami.
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 September
11, 2003 Commission agenda. *This matter was deferred from the January 9th, March 27th, and the
June 12, 2003 Commission meetings.
PAT:ss
c: Joel Maxwell, Deputy City Attorney
Maria Santovenia, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Christina Abrams, Liaison/Director, Conferences, Conventions & Public Facilities
Department