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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members Date:
of the City Commission
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From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
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March 28, 2016
Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
Agenda for April 14, 2016
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.
Six (6) appointments are required at this time:
• Chair Keon Hardemon has two (2) nominations for seats currently held by:
1. Keon Hardemon, incumbent, whose term expired 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.*
2. Davie Madison, incumbent, whose term expires on April 9, 2016.
• 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 Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Wifredo (Willy) Gort, incumbent, whose term expires on April 9, 2016.
• Commissioner Frank Carollo has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Frank Veloso, incumbent, whose term expired on December 15, 2012.
* This item was continued from January 14, 2016, February 11, 2016, and March 11, 2016, Commission 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, Apri19,
2015, May 14, 2015, June 11, 2015, July 9, 2015, September 10, 2015, October 8, 2015, January 14, 2016, February 11, 2016,
and March 11, 2016, Commission meetings.
$ This item was continued from February 11, 2016, and March 11, 2016, Commission meetings.
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 April 14,
2016, Commission agenda.
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c: Lourdes Blanco, Liaison, MSEA
George K. Wysong, Assistant City Attorney
Anna M. Medina, Agenda Coordinator
§ 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, Apri19, 2015, May 14, 2015, June 11, 2015,
July 9, 2015, September 10, 2015, October 8, 2015, November 19, 2015, January 14, 2016, February 11, 2016, and March 11,
2016, Commission meetings.