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Pursuant to City Code section 2-22(4) a and b: Members of agencies, boards and committees shall be affiliated with the city;
this requirement shall be fulfilled in the following ways: a. An individual shall have been a resident of the city for a minimum of six
months; or b. An individual shall demonstrate ownership/interest for a minimum of six months in a business established in the city
for a minimum of six months.
• Resident of Miami Beach for a minimum of six(6) months: Yes or No ID
• Demonstrate an ownership/interest in a business in Miami Beach for a minimum of six months: Yes or NoID
•Are you a registered voter in Miami Beach: Yes_W or No
• I am now a resident of: North Beach ID South Beac Middle Beach
• I am applying for a appointment because I have special abilities, knowledge and experience. Please list below:
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•Are you presently a registered lobbyist with the City of Miami Beach? Yes Epor No
Please list your preferences in order of ranking [1] first choice [2] second choice, and�[3] th d choice. Please note that
only three(3)choices will be observed by the City Clerk's Office. (Regular Boards of City)
❑Affordable Housing Advisory Committee ❑ Fine Arts Board ❑Normandy Shores Local Government
Neighborhood Improvement
0 Art in Public Places Committee ❑Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender ❑ Parks and Recreation Facilities Board
Enhancement Committee GLBT
❑ Beautification Committee ❑Golf Advisory Committee 0 Personnel Board
❑ Board of Adjustment* ❑ Health Advisory Committee ❑ Planning Board*
❑ Budget Advisory Committee 0 Health Facilities Authority Board ❑ Police Citizens Relations Committee
❑Capital Improvements Projects ❑ Hispanic Affairs Committee ❑ Production Industry Council
Oversight Committee
❑Committee on the Homeless istoric Preservation Board ❑Safety Committee
❑Committee for Quality Education in MB ❑ Housing Authority ❑Single Family Residential Review Panel
❑Community Development Advisory ❑ Loan Review Committee ❑Sustainabilit Committee
❑Community Relations Board ❑Marine Authority ❑Tennis Advisory Committee
❑Convention Center Advisory Board ❑Miami Beach Commission for Women 0 Transportation and Parking Committee
❑ Debarment Committee ❑Miami Beach Cultural Arts Council ❑Visitor and Convention Authority
0 Design Review Board* ❑ Miami Beach Human Rights Committee ❑Youth Center Advisory Board
❑ Disability Access Committee ❑ Miami Beach Sister Cities Program ❑Waterfront Protection Committee
*Board Required to File State Disclosure Form
Note: If applying for Youth Advisory Board,please indicate your affiliation with the Scott Rakow Youth Center:
1. Past service on the Youth Center Advisory Board:Yes IJ No U Years of Service:
2. Present participation in Youth Center activities by your children Yes No I.D. If yes, please list the names of your children,
their ages,and which programs. List below:
Child's name: Age: Program:
Child's name: Age: Program:
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*Have you ever been convicted of a felony:Yes or No f yes, please explain in detail:
• Do you currently have a violation(s)of City of Miami Beach codes:Yes or N f yes, please explain in detail:
• Do you currently owe the City of Miami Beach any money:Yes or No If yes,explain in detail
•Are you currently serving on any City Boards or Commi ees:Yes or No U. If yes;which b
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• List all roperties owned or have an interest in,which are located within th City of Miami Beach:
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• I am now employed by the City of Miami Beach:Yes U or No Which department?
• Pursuant to City Code Section 2-25(b): Do you have a parent U,spouse Z3,child U brother ,or sister who is
employed by the City of Miami Beach?Check all that apply. Identify the department(s):
The following information is voluntary and is neither part of your application nor has any bearing on your consideration for
appointment. It is being asked to comply with federal equal opportunity reporting requirements.
Ethnic Origin: Check one only
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Ge er: MaleU Female
White (Not of Hispanic Origin):All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe,North Africa or the Middle East.
UAfrican-American/Black (Not of Hispanic Origin):All persons having origins in any of the Black racial groups of Africa.
Hispanic: All persons of Mexican,Puerto Rican,Cuban,Central or South American,or other Spanish culture or origin,regardless of race.
UAsian or Pacific Islander:All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East,Southeast Asia,the Indian Subcontinent,or
the Pacific Islands. This area includes,for example,China,India,Japan,Korea,the Philippine Islands and Somoa.
UAmerican Indian or Alaskan Native: All persons having origins in any of the original peoples of North America,and who maintain
Cultural identification through tribal affilia' n or community recognition.
Physically Challenged: Yes or No
Employment Status: Employed U Retired, Homemaker U Other
NOTE: IF APPOINTED,YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW CERTAIN LAWS THAT APPLY TO CITY BOARD/COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. THESE LAWS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO,THE FOLLOWING:
• Prohibition from directly or indirectly lobbying city personnel (Miami Beach City Code section 2-459).
• Prohibition from contracting with the city(Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1).
• Prohibition from lobbying before board/committee you have served on for period of one year after leaving office (Miami Beach
City Code section 2-26).
• Requirement to disclose certain financial interests and gifts(Miami-Dade County Code section 2-11.1).
• CMB Community Development Advisory Committee: prohibition, during tenure and for one year after leaving office, from having
any interest in or receiving any benefit from Community Development Block Grant funds for either yourself, or those with whom
you have business or immediate family ties(CFR 570.611).
Upon request,copies of these laws may be obtained from the City Clerk.
"I HEREBY ATTEST TO THE ACCURACY AND TRUTHFULNESS OF THE APPLICATION AND HAVE RECEIVED, READ AND
WILL ABIDE BY CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VII — OF THE CITY CODE "STANDARDS OF CONDUCT FOR CITY OFFICERS,
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Jo Manning
1460 Ocean Drive #408
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305.538.3270
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I was born in New York City in 1940 and received all of my schooling through
undergraduate level there. In 1961 1 applied to the Peace Corps and met my husband,
Nick Manning, who is currently a part-time university lecturer and a producer of
documentaries and independent feature films. We both have graduate degrees from
Syracuse University. My husband had a Fulbright in India and we lived in Poona in the
1970's, where he taught at the Indian Film & TV Institute. We have two children and five
grandchildren and semi-retired to Florida 16 years ago. Our son is involved in new
business development in Coimbatore, India, and is an international business consultant;
our daughter, who's based in London, is an independent contractor who restores wall
paintings and edits pre servation/conservation documents for English Heritage, the
conservation arm of the British government.
I have degrees in English Literature and Library Science, and was the founder and
Director of the Reader's Digest General Books Library for over twenty years. I also
worked for ABC News and for Citibank, all in New York City. Since moving to Florida
in 1997, I have been employed by two institutions of higher learning. I was on a two-year
contract with the University of Miami as a reference librarian and as a database/Internet
research instructor; I performed the same functions at Barry University in Miami Shores,
where I worked for four and a half years before retiring from the library profession.
During that time, I wrote for general interest magazines and professional journals, did
book and movie reviews, features, and edited newsletters. I have for years done research
for a variety of private clients, companies, individuals, and e-commerce groups.
In the early 1990s I began to write fiction, and was published in a number of little
magazines and national newspapers. My first novel was published in 2000, followed by a
second and a third, in 2002 and 2004. The second novel received an award from Booklist
magazine as a Top Ten Novel of 2002. I also had stories in anthologies. In 2005, Simon &
Schuster published my first attempt at non-fiction,My Lady Scandaloccs, the biography
of Grace Dalrymple Elliott, a celebrated 18`x' century courtesan and memoirist. I write
freelance articles for magazines on a variety of subjects (i.e., a travel-cultural piece in the
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November 2008 issue of Bonita Living) and give lectures (some gratis, others fee-based)
for organizations such as the Bass Museum, the Miami Beach Regional Library, the
Lowe Museum of Art at the University of Miami, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the
museum Dr Johnson's House in London, and various private groups, including
homeowner associations (1500 Ocean Drive), charities (JAFCO/Jewish Adoption and
Foster Care Options), and professional groups (South Florida Writers). My latest
published work consists of five short stories in the 2012 published art catalog, The Look
Of Love (D Giles Ltd, London).
I have always taken an interest in my community and have been a successful advocate for
historic neighborhoods. In St. George, Staten Island, I formed a group that fought against
the incursion of an unsuitable high-rise office building in a predominantly residential pre-
Civil War neighborhood of single-family homes and small apartment buildings. I have
been involved with parent-teacher groups and professional organizations throughout my
life and served in various offices in these associations.
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Living in an historic neighborhood on South Beach, in The Drake, a Contributing Art
Deco Building, has been a privilege. Our buildings are the reason tourists and visitors
flock to the beach. We are the real thing! I have given testimony at the Historical
Preservation Board, the Zoning Board, the Planning Board, the Beach Preservation
Committee, the Transportation & Parking Committee and at meetings of the City
Commission. I fought hard to keep the Electrowave (now called the South Beach Local) a
city-run entity. My neighbors and I organized an association called NODARA (North
Ocean Drive Area Residents Association), and I am now vice-president of that group; I
am also the president of my condominium association, a post I've held for seven years.
I gathered parking usage statistics for Zone Five that proved on-street parking in the
historic neighborhood was necessary and of great importance to residents. Aligned
against us were businesses with access to garage space who nonetheless demand multiple
valet spaces to conduct their operations. I am not anti-business, not by any means, but I
believe in researching the facts in order to come to a fair solution to issues. I see myself
as a mediator and problem-solver. I do not rely on empty allegations or hyperbole to
prove a point or to sway public officials. I do believe that citizens have a right to be heard
—but not that they are always right -- and I'm a good listener and communicator who's
sincerely dedicated to historical preservation and am an enthusiastic member of the
Miami Design Preservation League. I recently testified for historic designation for the.
Miami Herald building.
I believe I have the qualifications: the energy, the intelligence, the dedication, and the
will, to serve on Miami Beach boards and committees, including the Historic
Preservation Board. I put in two years on the Transportation & Parking Committee and
was influential in stopping a public works project—the widening of 23`d Street—that
would have cost taxpayers $5 million dollars. I sincerely believe in the message of
historic preservation—the fight is not over—to identify and preserve our Art Deco
heritage for future generations. Ours is a Contributing Art Deco Building on Ocean
Drive and I know that this is one of the major attractions for tourists who come to our
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area, along with nightlife, good restaurants and beaches. It is not a poor second in terms
of attractions, but rather uppermost in the hierarchy of what makes Miami Beach such a
fabulous community in which to live and work.
It is an honor to serve on the Historic Preservation Board, especially after two full and
active years as a working member—with an excellent attendance record -- of the
Transportation & Parking Committee. To date, in three years, I have only missed one
meeting of the HPB, but it was my grand-daughter's christening in London and there
really was no option.
An update:. I.have now served on the Historic Preservation Board for three years and
could not be prouder of the job my colleagues and I are doing. This is a knowledgeable
and congenial board with dedicated members who understand not only what historic
preservation is all about but who believe in working with residents and commercial
interests to make this city even greater than it is now. We have a terrific staff who are
there to impart information and guidance, and 1, personally, am most appreciative of
them. I am very proud of our board's work in bringing H&M, the clothing retailer, to the
old Lincoln Road Theatre, as well as the Tesla automobile group and Forever 21, another
clothing retailer, as well as encouraging and supporting single-family homeowners to
seek historic designation for their properties and gain valuable tax credits in the process
of increasing our city's stock of historic properties. Lately we have been working with
the Collins Park group of buildings, Wyndham Gardens, and all of the renovation of
historic property taking place on Collins Avenue in the 20s and 30s. A very important
designation we were part of was the Morris Lapidus historic district.
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