Boca Raton Bobcats Open at Seacrest the of a Homeowner for Each Thous- Following Friday
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" BITIU2RY E J iv. 1 o i 5 52034 CA RATOThursdoy, Sept. 12, 196N8 NEWS 18 Pages 10<. Voi. 13, No. 123 No objections heard as tax hike approved Some speak on proposed new budget A tax hike and a new city budget skimmed through pub- lic hearings this week with comparatively few public ob- jections. Generally the objections were minor and were referred to the city manager for further study without formal action of the City Council. The tax increase, which' will boost the millage from the present 6.85 to 7.441 drew no comment from mem- Not quite ready for the Dolphins yet, nevertheless, this bers of the public attending the young charger puts a touch of football and fall in the air hearing,, with nrs spirit. Locally the high school season starts at St. A full mill increase would- Andrews School for Boys who meet Bade Christian at 3:30 add one dollar to the tax bill p.m. Monday. The Boca Raton Bobcats open at Seacrest the of a homeowner for each thous- following Friday. and dollars of assessed valua- tion. The new millage rate will produce tax income of $1,773,- Motorcycle helmet law 836 on the upcoming budg- et, compared to $1,517,711 pro- duced by the old rate in the cur- rent budget. still enforced in city Among the highlights of the new budget, which becomes ef- The helmet law for motor- go ahead and enforce the law," fective Nov. 1 are across-the- Visitors and workmen alike have a good on the new roof of the pavilion at South cycle riders will continue to he said. board pay increases for all city view - and a shady one - of the David T. Beach. Formerly the pavilion was protected <|| be enforced in Boca Raton City Three defendants, charged employes. Sanitation workers, installing the city's sewage outfall system. only by a canvas cover stretched over pipes. Attorney Malcolm Anderson with four violations of the hel- who were involved in a wildcat Workmen were putting the finishing touches said yesterday. met law are scheduled for the walkout earlier this year over ' 'It is my understanding that Oct. 1 session. wages and working con- the municipal courts of Palm Since the disputed court rul- ditions, will find that the new Change to be studied Beach are awaiting a ruling ing and subsequent publicity on pay plan answers most of the . from the attorney general's of- the case, many local bike rid-,; •.objections., raised by the em- fice," he said, "however, it is ers have stopped wearing hel- ployes. still in violation of a state law mets. They claim they are hot Also included are a total of Cluster zone law passes not to wear a helmet while rid- and uncomfortable and obstruct 21 new positions on the mu- ing a motorized bike. hearing. The juvenile arrested nicipal roster, representing a •Until we are told differ- yesterday was the first to be payroll increase of $86,369. Ten days from now City of on the residents for mainten- ter mains in a section of Hills- gently from some higher au- ticketed in the past two weeks. (Continued on Page 7A) Boca Raton will have a cluster ance of the park area. boro Park addition. ^thority," he continued,' 'we will development ordinance on its In other action at Tuesday's AGREED to levy a franchise continue to prosecute for the books. meeting, the CityCouncil: tax of one per cent on the violation," The ordinance, which took - INTRODUCED an ordi- Southern Bell Telephone Com- A juvenile was arrested on the Violent storm hits Planning and Zoning Board two nance which will rezone eight pany's operations here. There charge yesterday afternoon. years to draft was passed in lots in the Boca Harbour sec- was no objection from the phone Anderson said the youth would its entirety by City Council tion from R-l-C to R-l-D, and company which will receive a be brought before juvenile court Tuesday evening. another which would change a credit for its occupational li- Oct. 1, the next regularly sched- electric power lines The council, however, has tract in Section 29-47-43 from cense and any other taxes lev- uled day. asked the planning board to re- R-l-D to R-3 multiple fam- ied by the city. "It could be called a test A violent electric storm routed around the area for about view the possibility of allow- ily. REJECTED a suggestion by j*case for us," he said. passed over Boca Raton about an hour until crews could repair ing less than ten gross acres STARTED the legal process- Councilman Ed Guthrie that the ''I would assume if he pleads 3:20 yesterday afternoon, blow- the damage. be plotted for cluster develop- es rolling toward confirmation city add flourides to the treated in the same manner as the ing transformers all over It was indicated by officials ment. The clause, if added, of the assessment roll for wa- water supplied to all homeown- as the one thrown out of the the city and cutting elec- that lightning struck a pole in will mean that the developer ers. other court, this one would also tric lines. that vicinity cutting the elec- with say. 9.5 gross acres has ACCEPTED a proposal to be dismissed. However, we'll A spokesman for Florida tric wires in several places. a possibility of having his land work in conjunction with Flor- have to wait and see." Power and Light Co. said a With most of the downtown considered for the cluster plan ida Atlantic University for the Police Chief W. Hugh Brown feeder line was out of com- section blacked out, the Police if the board and the council establishment of a supervisory mission for about 20 minutes. Department went on emergency Ann Landers Page 2B said his department would keep approves. Calendar 2B training course on the FAU on enforcing the law and making The office of the Power com- power. Traffic was slowed con- Members of the council also campus. Dr. John Webb will pany was included in the tem- siderably, not only by driving Church News 4B arrests. asked the city attorney to help Classifieds 8-9B teach most of the classes. 0 "We'll abide by the instruc- porary blackout. rain but also because signals, phrase the ordinance so that in Two electric lines were were not working at the inter- Editorials 4A tions of Mr. Anderson," Chief the event the development resi- Public Notices 8B Brown said. knocked . down at Northwest sections. Police reported no dents should want to turn the City seeks Fourth avenue and Palmetto Real Estate 6-7B ! "If this case is upheld in accidents during the temporary park over to the city, Boca Ra- 6A Park road. Traffic had to be power shortage. Sports court then certainly we must ton will be able to levy a tax Women's News 1-2-3B park bids Bids for the next phase of construction at .Spanish Riv- er Park are being sought this week by the City. Solicitations for bids went out Monday and are sched- uled to be opened at 3 p.m. Oct. 1. Included in the current pro- ject is installation of site util- ity services, pedestrian tunnels under .State Road A-l-A, an observation tower, toilet build- ings, picnic shelters and gen- eral park f acilities. Park land scaping bids also are being so- licited at this time, but will be awarded under-a separate contract. The invitation specifies a lump-sum bid for the entire project with an alternate bid for a second pedestrian tunnel. Already completed at the Park site are an entrance road and parking lots, which cur- rently are being used by the public. Picnic tables, drinking foun- tains, trash containers and di- rectional signs are among the items covered in "general park facilities." Dense growth of colorful periwinkles deco- intervals. A Periwinkle by any other name is Vinca rosea. Upper photo shows "selective | rates the parking lot in Spanish River Park. clearing" which has removed natural under- Using plans supplied by the landscape archi- story of vegetation from park's tropical ham- Sept. 9-11, 1968 tect the city currently is advertising for bids mock and left bare sand in place of the nat- Hi Lo Rain to landscape the park. The plans call tor humus on the hammock floor. Mon. 89 73 1.95 : planting in this same area a total of 415 Tues. 92 68 .37 ; Yinca rosea seedlings, spaced at two-foot (See editorial, page 4A) Wed, 88 70 None Judge takes dim view BOCA RATON NEWS Thursday, Sept. 12, 1968 3A of tower-top viewers F.BYRON PARKS REALTOR Judge George de Accepting their pleas, Claire takes a dim view Judge de Claire fined Via Mizner of youths climbing city each $25. Royal Palm Plaza water towers even if "We have a lot of they "only want to look graffiti experts here," at the scenery." he said referring to the OVER 25 YEARS IN BOCA RATON Carl Becker Schmidt way the tanks have been Associates and Gregory H. Rich painted by youths, Elmer L. D. Liwudais both pleaded guilty to "I think it is unbe- Tei.I 395-3700 Frances B. Livaudais trespass when they ap- coming a blue ribbon peared in court Tues- town like Boca Raton." day. They had been ap- prehended by police on the north city tower. AWNING WINDOW CONVERSIONS MR. BOCA RATON HOMEOWNER, you know exactly what your ORIGINAL window cast will be.