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To: Honorable Mayor and Members November 9, 2007
of the City Commission
From: Timothy F. Schmand
Executive Director
Subject: Amend Chapter
2/Article XI/Division 6, of
the City of Miami, Florida,
entitled "Administration,
Boards, Committees,
Commissions, Miami Sports
& Exhibition Authority"
For: City Commission
Meeting of
December 13, 2007
RECOMMENDATION:
It is respectfully recommended that the City Commission approve the amendment of
Chapter 2/Article XI/Division 6, of the City of Miami, Florida, entitled "Administration,
Boards, Committees, Commissions, Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority" to amend: (I)
Frequency of meetings and (II) Include certain amendments relating to the composition
of the board, adopted by the City Commission on June 14, 2001.
BACKGROUND:
The Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority was created in 1983 as an independent and
autonomous agency and instrumentally of the City of Miami to promote sports,
conventions and exhibitions with the authority to exercise any power usually possessed
by private corporations performing similar functions that are not in conflict with the
Florida constitution or law. The attached resolution respectfully requests the City
Commission to approve the amendment of Chapter 2 (Administration), Article XI
(Boards, Committees, Commissions), Division 6 (Miami Sports & Exhibition Authority),
changing the frequency of the board meetings from monthly to quarterly; and Section 2-
1013 of the code, which does not contain the amendments relating to the composition of
the board that were adopted by the City Commission on June 14, 2001. The MSEA
board approved this directive unanimously at a regularly scheduled board meeting held
on July 30, 2007.
Attachments:
resolution
MSEA meeting minutes (section relating to the code amendment)