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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members
of the City Commission
From: Todd B. Hannon
City Clerk
Date: December 29, 2022
Subject: Downtown Development Authority
References: Agenda for January 12, 2023
Enclosures: List of members, DDA Resolution
and Resumes
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) Board was created to exercise supervisory
control over the activities of the director and the staff of the Downtown Development Authority.
Twelve (of the fifteen) members of the DDA shall be appointed by the current board of directors of
the DDA and submitted to the City Commission for confirmation. One member may be appointed
by the Board of County Commissioners of Miami -Dade County and submitted to the City
Commission for confirmation. One member may be appointed by the Cabinet of the State and
submitted to the City Commission for confirmation.
• The Commission -At -Large is being requested to confirm the appointment of the
following members:
1. T. Spencer Crowley, III, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2022.
2. Eileen Higgins, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2022.
3. Jose Mallea, incumbent, whose term expired on August 31, 2022.
4. Maryam Laguna Borrego. (Term 9/1/2022 through 8/31/2026)
5. Martu Freeman -Parker (Term 9/1/2022 through 8/31/2026)
6. Patrick Goddard. (Unexpired term ending August 31, 2023)
7. Steven Hurwitz. (Term 9/1/2022 through 8/31/2026)
8. Nicholas Katz. (Term 9/1/2022 through 8/31/2026)
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 January 12,
2023, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
c: Christina Crespi, Executive Director, DDA
George K. Wysong, III, Assistant City Attorney, Supervisor
Ivonne de la Vega, Secretary to the Board of Directors, DDA
Miriam M. Santana, Agenda Coordinator