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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: February 18, 2016
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
References: Agenda for March 11, 2016
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.
Five (5) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Keon Hardemon has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:*
1. Keon Hardemon, incumbent, whose term expires on February 12, 2016, has exceeded
the number of allowed absences (4 in 2015), and the number of allowed consecutive
absences (3 in 2015), and will require a 4/5ths waiver of attendance.
• Vice Chair Ken Russell has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Jay Solowsky, incumbent, whose term expired on March 14, 2014.1.
2. Vacant.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Frank Veloso, incumbent, whose term expired on December 15, 2012.1
* This item was continued from January 14, 2016, and February 11, 2016Commission meetings.
t This item was continued from March 13, 2014, April 10, 2014, May 8, 2014, June 12, 2014, July 10, 2014, September 11,
2014, October 9, 2014, November 20, 2014, December 11, 2014, January 8, 2015, February 12, 2015, March 12, 2015, April 9,
2015, May 14, 2015, June 11, 2015, July 9, 2015, September 10, 2015, October 8, 2015, January 14, 2016, and February 11,
2016, 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, July 11, 2013, September 12, 2013, October 10, 2013, November 21, 2013, January 9, 2014, February 13, 2014, March
13, 2014, April 10, 2014, May 8, 2014, June 12, 2014, July 10, 2014, September 11, 2014, October 9, 2014, November 20,
2014, December 11, 2014, January 8, 2015, February 12, 2015, March 12, 2015, April 9, 2015, May 14, 2015, June 11, 2015,
July 9, 2015, September 10, 2015, October 8, 2015, November 19, 2015, January 14, 2016, and February 11, 2016,
Commission meetings.
• Commissioner Francis Suarez has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Tony Recio, incumbent, whose term expires on March 12, 2016.
For your convenience, we are including a copy of the current membership of said authority. By copy of
this memorandum, we are requesting that the Agenda Office place this issue on the March 11, 2016,
Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Lourdes Blanco, Liaison, MSEA
George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator