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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: February 20, 2014
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: Agenda for March 13, 2014
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.
Seven (7) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Eli Feinberg, incumbent, whose term expires on March 14, 2014, has served as a
member since March 13, 1987, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5)
vote of the Commission.
• Vice Chair Keon Hardemon 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)*
• Commissioner Marc David Sarnoff has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Nathan Kurland, incumbent, whose term expired on July 12, 2013.1.
2. Jay Solowsky, incumbent, whose term expires on March 14, 2014.
* This item was continued from September 12, 2013, October 10, 2013, January 9, 2014, and February 13, 2014, Commission
meetings.
This item was continued from July 11, 2013, September 12, 2013, October 10, 2013, November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014,
and February 13, 2014, Commission meetings.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Marc David Sarnoff, incumbent, whose term expired on February 11, 2010
2. Frank Veloso, incumbent, whose term expired on December 15, 2012.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Anthony Luis Recio, incumbent, whose term expires on March 14, 2014.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said authority. By copy of
this memorandum to the Agenda Office, we are requesting that this issue be placed on the March 13,
2014, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Kirk Menendez, Liaison, MSEA
Barnaby Min, Deputy City Attorney
Julia D. Hernandez, Agenda Coordinator
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, July 11, 2013,
September 12, 2013, October 10, 2013, November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, and February 13, 2014, Commission meetings.
§ This item was continued from January 10, 2013, February 14, 2013, March 14, 2013, April 11, 2013, May 9, 2013, June 13,
2013, July 11, 2013, September 12, 2013, October 10, 2013, November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, and February 13, 2014,
Commission meetings.