HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989 September 19,1989 Special - Mt Baker School District 507WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR'S OFFICE
OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD SEPTEMBER 19, 1989 IN MOUNT
BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE
OF SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO
ISSUE $8,200,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A NEW
JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO HARMONY, ACME
AND DEMING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS AND OTHER CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE FACIL-
ITIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OATH OF AUDITOR
STATE OF WASHINGTON)
) ss.
COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns
of Mount Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington have been
in no wise altered by additions or erasures and that they are the same as
when they were deposited in my office.
atcom County Auditor
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of September, 1989.
Whatcom County 11easure
CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD
STATE OF WASHINGTON)
) ss.
COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
The undersigned officers designated by law and constituting the Canvassing
Board for the County of Whatcom, State of Washington, hereby certify that
this is a full, true and correct copy of the Abstract of Votes Cast in the
Special Election held on September 19, 1989 in Mount Baker School District
No. 507, Whatcom County, State of Washington, and the results were as follows:
PROPOSITION NO. A
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS —
$8,200,000
For constructing and equipping a new junior/senior
high school and making capital improvements to
BONDS
Harmony, Acme and Deming Elementary Schools
YES 64
and making other capital improvements, shall Mt.
Baker School District #507 issue $8,200,000 of
general obligation bonds payable out of annual
BONDS
property tax levies in excess of regular property
NO 66
tax levies, maturing within a maximum term of 20
years, as provided in Resolution 89-4?
Number Persons Voting Last
General Election 3,124
40% 1,250
60% 750
VOTES -BONDS, YES 1,521
VOTES -BONDS, NO 518
PASSED: 74.6%
The canvass having been completed this 29th day of September, 1989.
WHATCOM COUNTY CANVASSING BOARD
/- County Auditor
County Treasur
County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
4 Absentee Voter Guide Rimmy Elecuon
September 19,19H Whatcom County, Washington
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 507
PROPOSITION NO. A
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.507
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS —
$8,200,000
For constructing and equipping a new junior/senior
high school and making capital improvements to
Harmony, Acme and Deming Elementary Schools
and making other capital improvements, shall Mt.
Baker School District #507 issue $8,200,000 of
general obligation bonds payable out of annual
property tax levies in excess of regular property
tax levies, maturing within a maximum term of 20
years, as provided in Resolution 89-4?
BONDS
YES 64 -�
BONDS
NO ss 4
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
RESOLUTION NO. 9-
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Mt.
Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County,
Washington, providing for the form of the ballot
proposition and specifying certain other details
concerning submission to the qualified electors of
the district at a special election to be held
therein on September 19, 1989, of a proposition for
the issuance of its general obligation bonds in the
aggregate principal amount of $8,200,000, for the
purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct,
equip and make certain capital improvements to the
facilities of the school district.
PREPARED BY:
ADOPTED JULY )3 1"i 1989
PRESTON, THORGRIMSON, ELLIS & HOLMAN
5400 Columbia Seafirst Center
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-7011
RESOLUTION NO. �9-
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Mt.
Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County,
Washington, providing for the form of the
ballot proposition and specifying certain
other details concerning submission to the
qualified electors of the district at a
special election to be held therein on
September 19, 1989, of a proposition for the
issuance of its general obligation bonds in
the aggregate principal amount of $8,200,000,
for the purpose of providing funds to acquire,
construct, equip and make certain capital
improvements to the facilities of the school
district.
WHEREAS, additional school facilities are needed in Mt. Baker
School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington (the
"District"), in order to provide the students of the District with
adequate, proper and safe educational facilities; and
WHEREAS, in order to provide part of the funds to enable the
District to acquire, construct, equip and make such necessary
capital improvements to its existing facilities, it is deemed
necessary and advisable that the District issue and sell its
unlimited tax levy general obligation bonds in the principal amount
of $8,200,000; and
WHEREAS, the Constitution and laws of the State of Washington
provide that the question of whether or not such bonds may be
issued and sold for such purposes must be submitted to the
qualified electors of the District for their ratification or
rejection;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of
Mt. Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, as
follows:
Section 1. Capital_ Improvements. The District shall make
the following capital improvements to the facilities of the school
district:
1. Construct a new junior/senior high school main
building on the site of the existing shop building
and main junior/senior high school building;
2. Construct a multipurpose room addition at the
Harmony Elementary School;
3. Construct a cafeteria at Acme Elementary School;
4. Renovate the gymnasium at Deming Elementary School.
The cost of all necessary architectural, engineering, and
other consulting services, inspection and testing, administrative
and relocation expenses, on and off -site utilities, and other costs
incurred in connection with the making of the foregoing capital
improvements, including demolition and removal of existing
structures, shall be deemed a part of the costs of such
improvements.
Such improvements shall be complete with all necessary
furniture, equipment and appurtenances.
If available funds are sufficient, the District shall acquire,
construct, equip and make other capital improvements to the
facilities of the District, all as the Board of Directors finds
necessary.
The District shall determine the application of available
moneys as between the various projects set forth above so as to
accomplish, as nearly as may be, all improvements described or
provided for in this section. The District shall determine the
exact extent and specifications for construction of structures or
other improvements. If the District shall determine that it has
become impractical to accomplish any of such improvements or
portions thereof by reason of changed conditions or needs,
incompatible development, costs substantially in excess of those
estimated, or acquisition by a superior governmental authority,
the District shall not be required to accomplish such improvement
and may apply bond proceeds as set forth in this section. If any
or all of the improvements have been completed, or their completion
duly provided for, or their completion found to be impractical, the
District may apply the bond proceeds or any portion thereof to
other portions of the improvements or to other capital purposes of
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the District, or to payment of principal of or interest on the
bonds, as the District in its discretion shall determine. In the
event that the proceeds of sale of the bonds, plus any other moneys
of the District legally available, are insufficient to accomplish
all of the capital improvements provided by this section, the
District shall use the available funds for paying the cost of those
improvements for which the bonds were approved deemed by the Board
most necessary and to the best interest of the District.
Section 2. Authorization of Bonds. For the purpose of
providing part of the funds necessary to pay the cost of the
improvements described in Section 1 hereof, together with
incidental costs and costs related to the sale and issuance of the
bonds, the District shall issue and sell its unlimited tax levy
general obligation bonds in the principal amount of not to exceed
$8,200,000. The balance of the cost of such improvements shall be
paid out of any moneys which the District now has or may later have
on hand which are legally available for such purposes and out of
possible state or federal grants of money. None of said bond
proceeds shall be used for the replacement of equipment or for any
other than a capital purpose. Such bonds shall be issued in an
amount not exceeding the amount approved by the qualified electors
of the District as required by the Constitution and laws of the
State of Washington or exceeding the amount permitted by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Washington.
Section 3. Details of Bonds. The bonds provided for in
Section 2 hereof shall be sold in such amounts and at such time or
times as deemed necessary and advisable by this Board and as
permitted by law, shall bear interest at a rate or rates not to
exceed the maximum rate permitted by law at the time the bonds are
sold, and shall mature in such amounts and at such times within a
maximum term of twenty (20) years from date of issue, but may
mature at an earlier date or dates, as authorized by this Board and
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as provided by law. Said bonds shall be general obligations of the
District and, unless paid from other sources, both principal
thereof and interest thereon shall be payable out of annual tax
levies to be made upon all the taxable property within the District
without limitation as to rate or amount and in excess of any
constitutional or statutory tax limitations. The exact date, form,
terms and maturities of said bonds shall be as hereafter fixed by
resolution of the Board of Directors. After voter approval of the
bond proposition and in anticipation of the issuance of such bonds,
the District may issue short term obligations as authorized and
provided by Chapter 39.50 RCW.
Section 4. Bond Election. It is hereby found and declared
that an emergency exists requiring the District to submit to the
qualified electors of the District the proposition of whether or
not the District shall issue such bonds for such purposes at a
special election to be held therein on the 19th day of September,
1989.
The Whatcom County Auditor as ex officio supervisor of
elections is hereby requested also to find the existence of such
emergency and to call and conduct said special election to be held
within the District on said date and to submit to the qualified
electors of the District the proposition hereinafter set forth.
The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and
directed to certify said proposition to said officials in the
following form:
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PROPOSITION NO. A 'J04 111,989 a
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507�' �Gp
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $8,200,000
For constructing and equipping a new junior/senior
high school and making capital improvements to
Harmony, Acme and Deming Elementary Schools and
making other capital improvements, shall Mt. Baker
School District #507 issue $8,200,000 of general
obligation bonds payable out of annual property tax
levies in excess of regular property tax levies,
maturing within a maximum term of 20 years, as
provided in Resolution S7-15:
BONDS, YES . . . . . . . . . . . . L/
BONDS, NO . . . . . . . . . . . . / /
The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00
o'clock A.M. to 8:00 o'clock P.M.
The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized
to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom
County Auditor.
ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Mt. Baker School District
No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special meeting thereof
held the day of July, 1989.
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
By
Board of Directors
ATTEST:
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Secretary, Board of Directors
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CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Directors of
Mt. Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, (the
"District") and keeper of the records of the Board of Directors
(herein called the "Board"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY:
1. That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy
of Resolution No. - Al of the Board (herein called the
"Resolution"), duly adopted at a special meeting thereof held on
the /gelday of July, 1989.
2. That said meeting was duly convened and held in all
respects in accordance with law, and to the extent required by law,
due and proper notice of such meeting was given; that a legal
quorum was present throughout the meeting and a legally sufficient
number of members of the Board voted in the proper manner for the
adoption of said Resolution; that all other requirements and
proceedings incident to the proper adoption of said Resolution have
been duly fulfilled, carried out and otherwise observed; and that
I am authorized to execute this certificate.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this � day
of July, 1989.
Lo
Secretary, Board of Directors
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PROPOSITION NO. A JUA 181989
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MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $8,200,000
For constructing and equipping a new junior/senior
high school and making capital improvements to
Harmony, Acme and Deming Elementary Schools and
making other capital improvements, shall Mt. Baker
School District #507 issue $8,200,000 of general
obligation bonds payable out of annual property tax
levies in excess of regular property tax levies,
maturing within a maximum term of 20 years, as
provided in Resolution X?-' :
BONDS, YES . . . . . . . . . . . . L/
BONDS, NO . . . . . . . . . . . .
The polls for such special election shall be open from 7:00
o'clock A.M. to 8:00 o'clock P.M.
The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized
to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom
County Auditor.
ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Mt. Baker School District
No. 507, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special meeting thereof
held the day of July, 1989.
MT. BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 507
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
By
J
Board of Directors
ATTEST:
'7 I
Secretary, Board of Directors
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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY AUDITOR
OF
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
WHEREAS, the undersigned as the duly elected, qualified and
acting Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, has jurisdiction of
and is required by law to conduct all special elections for school
districts within the county; and
WHEREAS, Mt. Baker School District No. 507, Whatcom County,
Washington, lies entirely within the boundaries of Whatcom County;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said district by resolution
adopted July J3�, 1989, a certified copy of which has been
delivered to the undersigned, has found that an emergency exists
requiring the holding of a special election on September 19, 1989;
and
WHEREAS, said district by said resolution has authorized and
directed the undersigned to assume jurisdiction of and conduct said
special election within Whatcom County;
NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby authorized and ordered as
follows:
The undersigned concurs in the finding of an emergency and
does hereby assume jurisdiction within Whatcom County of the above -
mentioned special election of Mt. Baker School District No. 5071
Whatcom County, Washington, authorized and ordered by resolution
of its Board of Directors adopted July /3 1989, and will conduct
said special election to be held September 19, 1989.
DATED at Washington, this/Y6-eday of
1989.
What om County Auditor
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