I :•-••< ;••.•:••• SAMIKI^CAPT1VA AND THC ISLANDS FROM ISTCRO BAY TO THE OASPAMU. AS 3 SECTIONS 64 PAGES INTERVAL SchoQleysets reassessments By Bradley Fray Owners of interval ownership units on Sanibel and Captiva and throughout Lee County can expect to be individually reassessed this year, according to a decision by Lee County Property Appraiser Harry Schooley. Interval owners will be assessed just like any other condominium owner; Schooley said on Wednes- day, based on the price they paid for their unit weeks. After being told by a member of Schooley's staff that reassess- ments to interval developers would Debased on a "capitalization Larry Henderson [left] and Nelson Williams search the weeds along Bowman's of income" approach, Sanibel Beach Road for Utter tossed by careless motorists. The two youngsters were councilman Zee Butler announced In the bag amonamorz than. 10Q volunteer* who picked^ upUQer£dty.Tday all over Samhel and Captive. More onBA:~' last week. Schooley later said that his employee Was misquoted and that he hadn't yet- decided how interval should be appraised, but would consult with Tallahassee officials. "The Tallahassee people don't know a thing about it," Schooley said this week. "Sanibel had. the Spanishw rush first interval in the state and they haven't had to deal with it."' " By Peter Larson up; Not since Sutter's Mill or the goods from the Orient. If the Heretofor an- interval unit, heyday of the Alaskan Yukon has Santo Domingo wreck is the which could be sold to as many as For most Key West business- there been anything quite like it. "Concepcion," the salvagers Stand 51 unit week owners, has been men the boom season begins to Five months ago off the coast of to ggain an estimated $190 million. assessed as a regular condomin- fade in May.But not for treasure Santo Dominggo divers struck the \ Hundreds of documented ium unit, based on the one-time hunters Mel and Denise Fisher. greatest mother load of treasure wrecks litter the floor of the sale market value. Councilman As soon as winter winds abate and in the history of underwater Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and Butler has argued for months to the Gulf of Mexico is calm and Salvage when they announced the Florida's Atlantic Coast. His- Schooley's office that that method clear enough for diving the discovery of the "Conception," a torians have known for decades is unfair, treats taxpayers un- Fishers will return again to the galledn that sank in 1641 in an area that entire treasure bearing fleets equally and cheats the city of its wreck site of the "Atocha," a thaCcainfh e to b e kknow n as Silver were often destroyed by storms fair share of the taxes. A unit that Spanish galleon that foundered ShbaQs. When the "Concepcion" before they ever ventured into the sells 51 times is worth more than and sankk in 1622 off the Marquesas sahlc she was carrying more than a Atlantic to begin the 60-day one that sells only once, she has Islands, 40 miles west of the year's worth of treasure accumu- voyage to Spain. In some cases repeated again and again. Florida Keys.y . latedjn the New World, including Spanish records even mention the Schooley's new. plan, to assess 8,000,000 gold" and silver pesos, approximate location of ill-fated each owner of a unit week, will be The Fishers, haver worked the Atocha wredfe.1lol^nearly five 321 chests of worked silver, 43 fleets and include inventories of equitable through the use of one of chests of pearls^ 21 chests of years. By their os^ estimation continued on 10-A :# continued on 12-A they have recovered i^ emeralds and 43i8 chests of trade goldld , silveil r and'pricelesdi s artifacts from, the sunken vessel. This year, aided by a new gamma ray metal detector, the Fishers hope to Island workers see real need for housing recover the remainder of; the Atocha treasure,;->a~ treasure ByStufeHoDy two questionnaires, one for employers and made available. The employers indicated conservatively valued at $100 one for employees, to determine the need they have 316 workers needing housing. million. ^., The need for affordable housing on' for affordable housing on Sanibel. About 45 About half of the employers said they The Fishers ;are not alone in Sanibel is acutely felt by island businesses percent of the employers and 25 percent of have difficulty finding workers because of their quest for drowned doubloons and their employees, according to the • the employees returned the questionnaires. the lack of housing on Sanibel. Twenty-one results of the city's recently completed Committee members, said they were pleased said they provide employee housing now and ducatos. Off the Florida coast survey on moderate cost housing. The city's with the response rate, and agreed the and 23 said they would if it were and at wreck sites throughout the Moderate Cost Housing Committee heard, survey definitely demonstrated a need for economically feasible. fi; Caribbean a new gold rush is on. those results last Friday, then scheduled a housing. '-..'-rA ~ ; "Both employers and employees see a real "town meeting" for May 24 to discuss the The treasure hunting fever kits : Of the 348 employees returning the need," said Frances Falvey, who tabulated afflicted scientists and. scoundrels, whole housing problem. forms, well over half indicated they would i professional - divers and thrill- The committee last month distributed apply for moderate cost housing if it were + continued on 22-A seeking millionaires who wouldn't know which end of a snorkel was , A2 May 4,1979 Island Reporter Island Reporter May 4,1979 A3 IN BRIEF Maxwell strikes^ Nungestezretaliates 4Growth' articles By Susie Holly ethics committee, the FCCMA dismissed •Nungester stated handicap laws are a the charges in December. nuisance and conformance need not be Former city employee Steve Maxwell has In an unsigned letter to the ICMA, dated compulsory; -. win major award Blackout hits island requested the International City Manage- April 17, Maxwell said he requested an •Nungester stated "dishonesty and mis- ment Association (ICMA) to reopen an appeal and formal hearing before the representation is necessary for survival; investigation of Sanibel City Manager FCCMA Board' of Directors about the •vival information was removed from The major award for Sanibel and Captiva residents were William Nungester, prompting Nungester among 39,000 Lee County residents left investigation. Maxwell had questioned Maxwell's personnel file; investigative reporting given to fflea lawsuit against Maxwell., whether the investigation was complete, •the city's employee turnover, rate* annually by the Florida Press without electricity-tor. 3 hours 55 minutes An earlier investigation by the' Florida saying the FCCMA investigator never remains constant; y y Wednesday. The power outage occurred City and County Management Association formally interviewed him. He also claimed' •Nungester arbitrarily administers the' AssociatioAi n was won thih s year at 11:23 a.m. when an inactive ; :tttud»~- (FCCMA) 'found no evidence to support that my being publicly dismissed without city's personnel management system; by Island Reporter, according mission line dropped on and short-circuit- charges by Maxwell that Nungester had case by William B. Nungester has surely •Nungester allows for ambiguity, conflict to Reg Ivory, FPA executive ed a 138,000 volt Florida Power and Light violated the code ofEthics of the assodaton. prejudiced my position before the FCCMA" and fear to govern his employees; director. Those charges were dismissed, but Maxwell He asked therefore, that ICMA "objectively •Nungester has abused CETA employ . The Claudia Ross Memorial line feeding - the Lee County Electrical now claims the investigation may have been evaluate" his complaints. •ment practices; V Cooperative's primary substation in North conduct-improperly. An ICMA spokesperson said that in cases •most employees have received^ no Award for Investigative Fort Myers. Power was restored in phases ' Maxwell filed the charges with the like this ICMA usually asks the state objective performance evaluations; Reporting, one of the most on the islands beginning at 3:16 p.m. The FCCMA last fall; a few months after association to investigate the complaint and •Nungester has; misrepresented ap- coveted awards of FPA's Nungester fired him from his -job as blackout forced many island business and Seven inches of ramfaU in the pdst two toeeks left many island roads under water. report back. Then the ICMA committee on plicants in salary negotiations; - . Better Weekly Newspaper restaurants to dose for several hours. assistant to the citymanager for '"At- professional conduct meets to determine if •Nungester's hiring practices have been Contest, went to Island Sanibel Elementary School students also titudinal differences.*' \ ' •;..'• the complaint is valid. ICMA receives nepotistic; Reporter for a set of articles were sent home early because of the After an investigation by the FCCMA anywhere from 5-20 complaints in a year, •Nungester has not complied with equal on Sanibel growth control. blackout, even though many parents were the spokesperson said. employment opportunity and--affirmative, The articles were published in In his letter to ICMA, Maxwell lists 11 action policies. the issue of June 30,1978. , not told in advance of the school closing. Islands i«ceiw long 6^ specific complaints against Nungester, Ethics Board including: • continued on 15-A There were more than 30 . By Peter Larson year. The average monthly temperature was 76.2 degrees, entries from 25 weekly news- almost three degrees warmer than the normal temperature NEW PRIORITIES papers entered in the category Summer season for church Seven inches of rainfall soaked the islands during the past for April. The highest recorded'temperature for April'was for investigative reporting, two weeks, breaking the winter drought and leaving some 92 degrees; the lowest temperature was 55 degrees.