HomeMy WebLinkAboutMemo-1CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: August 13, 2004
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: September 9, 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, 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.
One appointment is needed at this time:
❖ Commissioner Gonzalez has one nomination for seat currently held by Eli Feinberg, who
has served as a member since March 13, 1987 and whose term expired January 12, 2003.
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.
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
September 9, 2004 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the January 8th, February
12th, April 8th, May 27th and the July 8, 2004 Commission meetings.
PAT:ss
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Jorge Fernandez, City Attorney
Jim Jenkins, Executive Director, MSEA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator