South Florida Sun Sentinel from Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Page 22

Sun-Sentinel, Wednesday, March 4, 1987 3B BEACEfl EXTRA DIGEST County to consider school-impact fees Staff reports IMPACT FEES Proposed school impact fees on new construction Voters last November gave the County Commission the power to impose the impact fees on new homes everywhere in the county, whether or not the area was unincorporated. TYPE FEE "It is unfair to assess it against certain housing types. It doesn't charge people who are impacting the system," said Homebuilders President Gary Kendall. "If they want to fairly assess it, why not charge tuition?" Kendall asked. Wilken defended the formula, saying it was based on a demographic survey that showed children tended to live in the types of housing hit by the fee.

People who think the fee is unfairly applied to their situation can appeal to the School Board for an administrative hearing, the proposed ordinance said. The county's only other impact fee, which raises money for road improvements, affects new construction mostly in the unincorporated area. The road-impact fees run $804 for a single-family house of less than 2,000 square feet. Larger single-family homes are assessed $1,045. Multifamily dwellings are charged $562 a unit.

Condominiums and retirement centers are assessed $321 a unit, and mobile homes are $402. The topic is scheduled to be heard at 11:45 a.m. in the commission chambers, 301 N. Olive West Palm Beach. Single-family, 1-2 bath $1,284 Single-family.

3 bath $1,602 Low-rise, multifamily $289 Mid-rise, multifamily $0 High-rise, multifamily $0 Mobile home $0 Existing road impact fees charged for new construction in unincorporated areas and in some municipalities: By SALLY GELSTON Staff Writer Palm Beach County commissioners today will consider imposing school-impact fees of $289 to $1,602 against new single-family and multif amily homes of two stories or less. Exempt from the fee would be mobile homes and condominiums or apartments of three stories or more, because research shows that few school-age children live in that type of housing, said Assistant County Attorney Thomas Baird. Before the impact fee can take effect, the commission must conduct two public hearings, Baird said. Voters last November gave the County Commission the power to impose the impact fees on new homes everywhere in the county, whether or not the area was unincorporated. Commissioners Karen Marcus and Dorothy Wilken said they supported the fee, which would be paid by developers but passed on to new-home buyers.

"I think we actually have gone on the record supporting it. We set up a formula. And went to the public through the referendum. If there is a group that is unhappy with it, this is not the time to FEE TYPE get involved in the process," Marcus said. The proposed school impact-fees are $1,284 on a single-family home with one or two bathrooms.

New houses with more bathrooms would be charged $1,602, while multif amily homes of two stories or less would pay $289. Low-income housing built with federal grants would be exempt from the fees. Developers could avoid the fees by donating land for a school building. The fee structure has come under fire from the Home Builders and Contractors Association of Palm Beach County. Single-family, 2,000 square feet ot less $804 Single-family, 2,000 square feet or more $1,045 Multifamilyper unit $562 Condoretirementper unit $321 Mobile home $402 Vials found to be safe The allegedly radioactive vials found Tuesday near West Palm Beach were declared safe by a chemist from Good Samaritan Hospital, police said.

Police found the vials next to Meridian Road off Okeechobee Road and east of Florida's Turnpike after a neighborhood child brought one home, said Joe Bradshaw, Palm Beach Sheriff's Office spokesman. The inch-long vial was encased in a lead, cylinder-type container and labeled radioactive, Bradshaw said. He said the vial was one of about 200 found in a box labeled Good Samaritan Hospital. The vials were identified as xenon gas a chemical used in the X-ray process. The radioactivity of this material reportedly dissipates in about 10 days, and most of the vials were at least a month old, Bradshaw said.

Woman, teen die in wrecks A Lake Worth woman and a Lake Park teen-ager were killed Tuesday in separate accidents in Palm Beach County, police said. Sydell Mosner, 74, of the 4300 block of Fountains Drive, was killed about 11:30 a.m. in a car crossing Lake Worth Road west of Lake Worth, police said. The car, driven by Mosner's husband, Gabriel had entered Lake Worth Road from Cypress Edge Drive and was traveling south toward Huntington Trail when it was struck broadside by a car going east on Lake Worth Road, police said. The eastbound car, driven by Richard S.

Fleischer, 37, of Royal Palm Beach, was damaged, but Fleischer was not injured, police said. Mosner was dead on arrival at Wellington Regional Hospital, where her husband was in critical but stable condition, a spokesman said. Richard Lowery, 16, was killed and his passenger, James Manley, was seriously injured after their van struck an 18-tractor-trailer on West Eighth Street in Riviera Beach about 3:30 p.m., police said. Lowery, traveling east on West Eighth Street, turned left into Congress Avenue, striking the tractor-trailer, police said. The van was hit by a pickup truck behind the tractor-trailer, police said.

Manley was in serious condition at Humana Hospital, and the tractor-trailer driver, Bernard Hawthorne, was treated at St. Mary's Hospital in West Palm Beach and was released, police said. The driver of the pickup truck, Joseph Jackson, was not injured, police said. Robber escapes with cash i'Jf" I ft i-J 77E, zlmm 1 mmmm mm wpw mm mmm ws a -SlU J' JS .0 i i wciimji Mmt i ml, mmlrl' v00mMkmmeM 15 ippiiiii Staff photoMARK RANDALL Towing accident Gregg Wilber Trace talks to a Florida High The vehicles veered off the roadway, the patrol said. The truck also knocked down a light pole before settling on its side.

was towing a Cadillac, changed lanes near the Road overpass and the tow chain broke. He sideswiped a Ford Escort. way Patrol trooper investigating Trace's accident Tuesday on Interstate 95. Trace, who Homeowners may face assessment to support Okeechobee cleanup Woman's rescue in vain Accident victim dies in hospital I LAKE BILL A robber escaped with an undetermined amount of cash on Tuesday after holding up an Atlantic Federal Savings and Loan office near West Palm Beach, authorities said. The holdup was the third robbery of a Palm Beach County financial institution in less than 24 hours.

Witnesses told sheriff's deputies that the robber walked into the office in the 5000 block of Okeechobee Boulevard about 9 a.m. The man ordered a teller to fill a paper bag with money, then fled on foot with the cash, said sheriff's spokesman Joe Bradshaw. The robber was described as in his mid-30s to early 40s; about 5 feet 6 inches tall; 165 pounds; with brown, graying hair, a mustache and bushy eyebrows. Teen charged in shooting A Boynton Beach teen-ager was charged Tuesday with attempted first-degree murder and another teen-ager was listed in guarded condition at Bethesda Memorial Hospital after an argument about 3 p.m. over a girlfriend, police said.

Jimmy Hobson, 17, of the 2000 block of Northwest Second Street, Boynton Beach, was injured after another youth carrying a 12-gauge shotgun returned soon after to the scene of the dispute, police said. The youth fired through the window of a residence in the 2000 block of Northwest Second Street, and the shot struck Hobson in the back, police said. Injured girl improving Little tube-fed Talisa dim, whose tragedy has sparked a community fund-raising drive to help the brain-damaged child, was improving in health Tuesday. The Boca Raton girl was listed in fair condition and transferred from the intensive care unit to a regular room, said a spokesman from Tampa General Hospital. Talisa, l'i, nearly drowned in her family's pool Jan.

3. She has no medical insurance, and bills have raced past $70,000, said her father, James Crim. Boca Raton high school students, friends, and members of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Boca Raton are raising money to help her. Anyone wishing to contribute may call St.

Paul Pastor Thomas Ahlersmeyer, 395-0433. Suit seeks bank's money A Lake Worth bank filed suit Tuesday against a customer who allegedly made free use of $50,000 mistakenly credited to his checking account. The First American Bank and Trust of Lake Worth claims that Thomas J. Addona, whose account was erroneously credited Jan. 26, immediately began writing checks to himself and depositing the money in another bank.

First American discovered its mistake one month later and deducted $50,000 from Addona's account, the suit said. After the deduction, Addona's account was overdrawn by more than $31,000, the suit said. Addona, who has a North Palm Beach address, could not be reached for comment. Boynton teen-ager sought BOYNTON BEACH Police put out an area bulletin Tuesday for a Boynton Beach teen-ager who was reported missing after he failed to come home after school, according to Boynton Beach police Sgt. James Cummings.

Charles Jackson 14, of the 100 block of Northeast 14th Avenue, was last seen Tuesday during school hours at Lake Worth Junior High School, Cummings said. His father, Charles, notified Boynton Beach police about 7:30 p.m. after Charles Jr. failed to get off the bus at nis regular stop, Cummings said. I- Jl i Dan Klimkiewicz helped pull three women from a car that landed upside down in a canal.

The House plan for Lake Okeechobee calls for: $5.32 million from the state and $4.26 million from the water management district for the lake clean-up- $314,893 to the Department of Environmental Regulation for an Improved lake monitoring and research program. $101,400 to the Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission for wildlife studies. $625,549 to the Department of Natural Resources for aquatic weed and estuary studies. $2.25 million to the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to help nearby farmers develop methods to keep manure from running Into the Taylor Creek-Nubbins Slough and Lower Kissimmee areas. By LINDA KLEINDIENST Tallahassee Bureau Chief TALLAHASSEE South Florida homeowners may be asked to help shoulder the cost of cleaning up Lake Okeechobee under a plan unveiled Tuesday by a House natural resources subcommittee.

The House bill carries a $12.9 million price tag, with the state putting up $8.6 million and the South Florida Water Management District $4-3 million through property taxes. "The turning around of the lake will take multiple years," said the subcommittee chairman, Rep. Mike Friedman, D-Miami Beach. "This is a good beginning point." The House plan for the 680-square-mile lake proposes that taxpayers in the water management district including Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties help pay for the cleanup. Homeowners could be charged up to an additional $1.80 a year on a house assessed at $85,000 (with a $25,000 homestead exemption).

Because of high phosphorous levels in the lake, scientists have voiced increasing concern over algae blooms that could kill fish and lake vegetation. A 100-square-mile algae bloom was discovered in August. After a yearlong study requested by former Gov. Bob Graham, a state technical committee last summer reported that the problem was being caused by excess phosphorous going into the lake. Most of the phosphorous which exceeds acceptable levels by 40 percent comes from cattle manure from the By DAVID ENSCOE Staff Writer A woman who was pulled from her overturned car by a pair of good Samaritans died Tuesday at West Boca Medical Center.

Annette Mensky, 67, of West Palm Beach, was one of three women trapped Monday when their Toyota skidded off rain-slicked Clint Moore Road west of Boca Raton, and landed upside down in a shallow canal. Her passengers, two women in their 70s, suffered minor injuries. The three were rescued from the car by two motorists who waded into the murky, chest-deep canal near Jog Road. Mensky, the driver, was unconscious when she was pulled from the car. She was revived by another motorist who stopped and administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

At 3 p.m. Monday, Dan Klimkiewicz was driving his 4-year-old daughter home from school when he was waved down by a frantic woman. "A car was upside down in the canal and the woman was yelling that there were people inside," he said Tuesday. Klimkiewicz and another passer-by slogged into the canal and tried to open the car doors, but the doors were Imbedded in the mud and wouldn't budge. Then they spotted a tow-truck driver who had stopped to investigate.

"We asked him if we could use his winch, and he reluctantly agreed," Klimkiewicz said. "Then we jumped into the water with the cable and hooked it onto an axle." The truck driver worked the winch and freed the overturned car from the muck, Klimkiewicz said. "Precious seconds were passing and we saw there was no way he could pull it all the way out," he said. Klimkiewicz and the other man again entered the chest-deep water and forced open a door of the water-filled car. They guided two of the women out, but there was no sign of the driver.

"They told us there was another woman in there," Klimkiewicz said. "I went back to the car and looked in, but I couldn't see anything. It was a terrible feeling. But then she bobbed up and we pulled her firmly and gently out of the car. I think her dress was caught on something." The two men carried Mensky to the bank where onlookers tried in vain to revive her.

Finally, a woman emerged from the crowd and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Mensky until she began to breathe. Paramedics arrived a short time later and rushed Mensky to the hospital. "I don't know who she the woman who performed CPR was or where she came from, but she knew what she was doing," Klimkiewicz said. "I was praying that the Lord would save Mensky." Klimkiewicz, 50, never found out who the name of the man who helped him rescue the women. He said he checked with the hospital Monday night and was told that Mensky was in critical condition but improving.

He said he was stunned when he learned that she had died Tuesday morning. which serves as a backup water supply for South Florida and is host to a large sport fishing industry, is estimated at $1 billion. The bill, which is expected to become part of a House package dealing with the protection of the state's surface waters, also calls for an advisory council to oversee the lake protection program. The measure calls for the council members to be appointed by the water management district. 1 "We've seen a willingness by all par ties in the lake area to work said Friedman, adding that the bill would be voted on by the subcommittee next month.

"We want to keep those players involved." -J Lower Kissimmee River and the Taylor Creek-Nubbins Slough. The economic value of the lake, 1 irtivriihir-.