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INTER -OFFICE MEMORANDUM
To: Honorable Members Date: September 21, 2015
of the City Commission
Subject: Miami Sports and Exhibition
Authority (MSEA)
From: Todd B. Hannon References: Agenda for October 8, 2015
City Clerk
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 Wifredo (Willy) Gort has one (1) nomination for a seat currently held by:
1. Eli Feinberg, incumbent, whose term expired on March 13, 2015, has served as a
member since March 13, 1987, and will require a term waiver by a unanimous (5/5)
vote of the Commission.*
• 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 expired on March 14, 2014.1
This item was continued from March 12, 2015, April 9, 2015, May 14, 2015, June 11, 2015, July 9, 2015, and September 10,
2015, Commission meetings.
t This item was continued from 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, and September 10, 2015, Commission meetings.
$ 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, and September 10, 2015, 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.**
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 October 8,
2015, Commission agenda.
TBH:ne
Lourdes Blanco, Liaison, MSEA
Rafael Suarez -Rivas, Senior Assistant 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, 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, and September 10, 2015,
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, 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, and September 10, 2015, Commission meetings.