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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members of
the City Commission
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From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date: April 14, 2006
Subject: Orange Bowl Advisory Board
References: May 11, 2006 Agenda
Enclosures: List of members
The Orange Bowl Advisory Board was created to serve in an advisory capacity and make
recommendations in writing to the City Commission as they relate to the Orange Bowl which shall include,
but not be limited to: (1) Identification of essential capital improvements to modernize and restore the
Orange Bowl as a first class facility; (2) Identification of funding sources to finance said capital
improvements; (3) Identification of new and enthusiastic promotional strategies to market and attract
diverse events to the Orange Bowl; (4) Recommendations for the solicitation of corporate sponsorship of
the Orange Bowl facility and its components (skyboxes, etc.); and (5) Presentation of reports of the Board's
findings, as directed by the City Commission.
Members shall be qualified electors of the City of Miami. The Commission may, by a four -
fifths vote, waive the requirement of a member being an elector, and/or the attendance requirement
per the City Code.
Three (3) members' terms expired on January 24, 2006:
• Commissioner Spence -Jones has one nomination for seat currently held by:
1. Dr. Laurinus Pierre (requires a 4/5ths waiver of residency requirement)
• Mayor Diaz has two appointments for seats currently held by:
1. Frank Cruz -Alvarez
2. Juan Carlos Flores
• Commissioner Regalado also has one nomination for a vacancy created because Carlos
Zaldivar resigned.
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 January 12, 2006 and March 9, 2006
Commission meetings.
PAT:pb
c: Maria J. Chiaro, Assistant City Attorney
Elvi Alonso, Agenda Coordinator
Daniel Newhoff, Liaison/Assistant to the Director, Conferences, Conventions & Public Facilities Department