HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemo-1CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: February 11, 2005
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: March 10, 2005 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.
Chairman Sanchez has one nomination for seat currently held by Orlando Garcia, Jr., who has
exceeded the number of absences allowed per City Code and whose term expired on January 12,
2005.
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 March
10, 2005 Commission agenda. This issue was deferred from the January 13, 2005 Commission
meeting.
PAT:ss
c:
Jorge Fernandez, City Attorney
Jim Jenkins, Executive Director, MSEA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Orlando Garcia, Jr.