HomeMy WebLinkAboutMSEA CCMemo 2013-09-12CITY OF MIAMI
INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Mayor and Members Date: August 16, 2013
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: Agenda for September 12, 2013
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.
Four (4) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Marc David Sarnoff has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Nathan Kurland, incumbent, whose term expired on July 12, 2013.*
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Marc David Sarnoff, incumbent, whose term expired on February 11, 2011.t
2. Frank Veloso, incumbent, whose term expired on December 15, 2012.*
• Commissioner Michelle Spence -Jones has one (1) nomination for a seat currently:
1. Vacant. (Vacancy created due to notification that Mr. Luther Campbell is no
longer a duly qualified elector of Miami -Dade County)
* This item was continued from July 11, 2013, Commission meeting.
t 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, February 9, 2012,
March 8, 2012, April 12, 2012, May 10, 2012, June 14, 2012, July 12, 2012, September 13, 2012, October 11, 2012,
November 15, 2012, December 13, 2012, January 10, 2013, February 14, 2013, March 14, 2013, April 11, 2013,
May 9, 2013, June 13, 2013, and July 11, 2013, Commission meetings.
t This item was continued from January 10, 2013, February 14, 2013, March 14, 2013, April 11, 2013, May 9, 2013,
June 13, 2013, and July 11, 2013, 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
September 12, 2013, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Veronica Xiques, Assistant City Attorney
Kirk Menendez, Liaison, MSEA
Elvi Gallastegui, Agenda Coordinator