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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
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From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: April 14, 2006
Subject: Downtown Development
Authority
References: May 11, 2006 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. One appointment is currently needed for term
which expired on August 31, 2005.
• The Commission At -Large is being requested to confirm the reappointment of the
following member appointed by the current board of directors of the DDA:
1. 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.
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 May 11,
2006 Commission agenda. This matter was deferred from the November 3, 2005, December 15,
2005, February 9, 2006 and March 9, 2006 Commission Meetings.
PAT:pb
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