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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: January 16, 2004
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: February 12, 2004 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. The appointed Commissioner shall nominate only one member. Ordinance 12073
passed on May 24, 2001, provides that 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.
Nine members' terms expired on or before January 12, 2004:
❖ Commissioner Gonzalez has two nominations for seats currently held by:
o Eli Feinberg who has served as a member since March 13, 1987. 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 (5/5) affirmative vote of the members of the Commission. At the
Commission meeting of October 9, 2003, a motion was made to waive the term
limitation for Mr. Feinberg; the motion failed 4/1. Mr. Feinberg continues to serve
until replaced.
o Commissioner Angel Gonzalez
❖ Vice Chairman Sanchez has two nominations for seats currently held by:
o Orlando Garcia, Jr.
o Diego Garcia
❖ Commissioner Winton has two nominations for seats currently held by:
o Sam Gentry
o Thomasina Williams
• Commissioner Regalado has two nominations for seat currently held by:
o Maritza Gutierrez (requires a 4/5ths waiver of residency/elector requirement)
o Commissioner Tomas Regalado continues to serve as acting chairperson of the
authority in the absence of the Mayor until May 31, 2004.
❖ Chairman Teele has two nominations for seats currently held by:
o Pastor Dwayne K. Gaddis
o Commissioner Arthur Teele
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
February 12, 2004 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the January 8, 2004
Commission meeting.
PAT:ss
c: Alejandro Vilarello, City Attorney
Jim Jenkins, Executive Director, MSEA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator