HomeMy WebLinkAboutmemoCITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: November 18, 2005
Subject: Downtown Development
Authority
References: December 15, 2005 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Board was created to exercise supervisory control over
the activities of the director and the staff of the Downtown Development Authority.
Twelve (of the fifteen) members of the DDA shall be appointed by the current board of directors
of the DDA and submitted to the City Commission for confirmation. One member may be
appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Dade County and submitted to the City
Commission for confirmation. One member may be appointed by the Cabinet of the State and
submitted to the City Commission for confirmation. Four appointments are currently needed for
terms which expired on August 31, 2005.
• The Commission At -Large is being requested to confirm the reappointment of the
following members appointed by the current board of directors of the DDA:
1. Carlos Migoya
2. Jorge Perez
3. Sergio Rok, who has served as a member since May 13, 1993. 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.
4. Loretta Cockrum.
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 December
15, 2005 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the November 3, 2005 Commission
Meeting.
PAT:ss
c: Olga Ramirez-Seijas, Assistant City Attorney
Dana Nottingham, Liaison/ Executive Director, DDA
Sandra Hernandez, Secretary to the Board of Directors, DDA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator