HomeMy WebLinkAboutMSEA CCMemo 2012-02-09CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members
of the City Commission
From: Priscilla A. Thompson
City Clerk
Date:
Subj ect:
References:
Enclosures:
January 27, 2012
Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
Agenda for February 9, 2012
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 (5) appointments are required at this time:
• Chairman Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Anthony Luis Recio, incumbent, whose term expires on March 10, 2012.
• Commissioner Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Eli Feinberg, incumbent, whose term expires on March 10, 2012, has served as a
member since March 13, 1987, and would require a term waiver by a unanimous
(5/5ths) vote of the Commission.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Marc David Sarnoff, incumbent, whose term expired on February 11, 2011.*
• Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones has two (2) nominations for seats currently held
by:
1. Dwight Jackson, incumbent, whose term expires on February 10, 2012.
2. Walter Frazier, incumbent, whose term expires on June 9, 2012.
* This item was continued from February 10, 2011, March 10, 2011, April 14, 2011, May 12, 2011, June 9, 2011,
July 14, 2011, October 13, 2011, November 17, 2011, December 15, 2011, January 12, 2012, Commission meetings.
This item was continued from October 13, 2011, November 17, 2011, December 15, 2011, and January 12, 2012,
Commission meetings.
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
February 9, 2012, Commission agenda.
PAT:th
c: Veronica Xiques, Assistant City Attorney
Kirk Menendez, Liaison, MSEA
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator