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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of
the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: August 13, 2004
Subject: Orange Bowl Advisory Board
References: September 9, 2004 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.
Three appointments are needed for members whose terms expired on or before January 24, 2004:
• Vice Chairman Sanchez has one nomination for seat currently held by Lewis Freeman.
• Chairman Teele has two nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Dr. Laurinus Pierre, who requires a waiver of the elector requirement, if
reappointed;
2. Sam Burstyn, who requires a waiver of the elector requirement, if reappointed.
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 Commission
agenda. This issue was deferred from the January 22, 2004, March 11, 2004, May 6, 2004 and the
June 24, 2004 Commission meetings.
PAT:ss
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Joel Maxwell, Deputy City Attorney
Maria Santovenia, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Christina Abrams, Liaison/Director, Conferences, Conventions & Public Facilities Department