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: February 10, 2006
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: March 9, 2006 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.
Five members' terms expired on January 12, 2006:
• Chairman Gonzalez has two nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Commissioner Angel Gonzalez
2. 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. Mr.
Feinberg is currently serving his 19th term.
• Commissioner Sanchez has two nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Diego Garcia who has served as a member since January 13, 1998. 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. Mr. Garcia
is currently serving his 9th term
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has two nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Bob Beamon (requires a 4/5ths waiver of residency/elector requirement).
2. John Harris (requires a 4/5ths waiver of elector requirement).
Additionally, Commissioner Regalado has one nomination because Carlos Zaldivar
resigned.
Furthermore, Vice Chairman Winton appointed Allen Rubin on January 12, 2006, but Mr.
Rubin requires a waiver of the elector requirement.
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 9, 2006 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the January 12, 2006
Commission meeting.
PAT:am
c:
Olga Ramirez-Seijas, City Attorney
Tim Schmand, Executive Director, MSEA
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator