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OFFICIAL CANVASS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION HELD MAY 22, 1990 IN BELLINGHAM
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON FOR THE PURPOSE OF
SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT THE PROPOSITION TO
ISSUE $19,900,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS TO CONSTRUCT AND EQUIP A NEW
MIDDLE SCHOOL, ACQUIRE SITES, EQUIPMENT AND PORTABLE CLASSROOMS AND OTHER
NECESSARY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS TO DISTRICT FACILITIES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OATH OF AUDITOR
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
I do solemnly swear that the returns purporting to be the election returns
of Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington held on
the 22nd day of May, 1990, have not been altered by additions or erasures,
and that they are the same as when they were deposited in my office
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this 1st day of June, 1990
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CERTIFICATE OF CANVASSING BOARD
STATE OF WASHINGTON )
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COUNTY OF WHATCOM )
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT WE, as the Whatcom County Canvassing Committee
have completed our canvass of votes as it pertains to the Special Election
held within the various precincts within the boundaries of the Bellingham
School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington on the 22nd day of
May, 1990 and the results were as follows:
Propositlon No.1
General Obligation Bonds — $19,900,000
Number Persons
Voting
Last
For constructing and equipping a new middle
General Election:
16,553
school, improving Fairhaven Middle School,
acquiring sites, technology equipment and
4 0 % Turnout
6,621
portable classrooms, improving Geneva and
Silver Beach Elementary Schools, and
6 0 % Yes Vote
3,973
planning and making other necessary capital
improvements to District facilities, shall
BONDS,
Bellingham School District #501 issue
$19,900,000 of general obligation bonds
YES 9
VOTES — BONDS,
YES
7 , 919
payable out of annual property tax levies in
excess of regular tax levies, maturing within
VOTES — BONDS,
NO
4,441
a maximum term of 15 years, as provided in
BONDS,
District Resolution#2-90?
NO 114
BONDS PASSED:
64.17o
The canvass having been completed this 1st day of June, 1990.
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May 22,1990 Whatcom County, Washington
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.501
Proposition No.1
General Obligation Bonds — $19,900,000
For constructing and equipping a new middle
school, improving Fairhaven Middle School,
acquiring sites, technology equipment and
portable classrooms, improving Geneva and
Silver Beach Elementary Schools, and
planning and making other necessary capital
improvements to District facilities, shall
BONDS,
Bellingham School District #501 issue
YES 94
$19,900,000 of general obligation bonds
payable out of annual property tax levies in
excess of regular tax levies, maturing within
BONDS,
a maximum term of 15 years, as provided in
District Resolution #2-90?
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BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501.�7
COUNTY, WASHINGTON
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS<`
RESOLUTION NO. 2-90
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of
Bellingham School District No. 501, 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 May 22,
1990, of a proposition for the issuance of its
general obligation bonds in the aggregate
principal amount of $19,900,000, or so much
thereof as may be issued under the laws
governing the indebtedness of school districts
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 MARCH 28, 1990
PRESTON, THORGRIMSON, ELLIS & HOLMAN
5400 Columbia Seafirst Center
701 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-7011
TABLE OF CONTENTS*
Page
Recitals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 1. Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Section 2. Capital Improvements 2
Section 3. Authorization of Bonds . . . . . . . . . . 3
Section 4. Details of Bonds . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Section 5. Bond Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
*This Table of Contents is not a part
of the following resolution.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2-90
A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of
Bellingham School District No. 501, 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 May 22,
1990, of a proposition for the issuance of its
general obligation bonds in the aggregate
principal amount of $19,900,000, or so much
thereof as may be issued under the laws
governing the indebtedness of school districts
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 Bellingham
School District No. 501, 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 $19,900,000; 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
Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington, as
follows:
Section 1. Findi . This Board of Directors (the "Board")
hereby finds and declares that the best interest of the students
and other inhabitants of the District requires the District to
carry out the plans hereinafter provided at the time or times and
in the order deemed most necessary and advisable by the Board.
Section 2. Capital -Improvements. The District shall make
the following capital improvements:
A. acquire, erect, install and equip new portable
classrooms;
B. construct and equip a new middle school and improve
Fairhaven Middle School;
C. acquire necessary sites for new District
facilities;
D. Reconstruct and improve Silver Beach and
Geneva Elementary Schools;
E. Undertake project planning and design
work for other capital improvements to
District facilities; and
F. reconstruct, improve and make additions or other
capital improvements to other District facilities,
including, but not limited to, asbestos abatement,
roof improvements, safety improvements and
acquisition and installation of technology
equipment.
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 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
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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
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 3. Authorization of Bonds. For the purpose of
providing part of the funds necessary to pay the cost of the
improvements described in Section 2 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
$19,900,000. 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
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State of Washington or exceeding the amount permitted by the
Constitution and laws of the State of Washington.
Section 4. Details of Bonds. The bonds provided for in
Section 3 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 fifteen (15) years from date of issue, but may
mature at an earlier date or dates, as authorized by this Board and
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 5. 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 22nd day of May, 1990.
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
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directed to certify said proposition to said officials in the
following form:
PROPOSITION NO 1
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 501
GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS - $19,900,000
For constructing and equipping a new middle school,
improving Fairhaven Middle School, acquiring sites,
technology equipment and portable classrooms, improving
Geneva and Silver Beach Elementary Schools, and planning
and making other necessary capital improvements to
District facilities, shall Bellingham School District
#501 issue $19,900,000 of general obligation bonds
payable out of annual property tax levies in excess of
regular tax levies, maturing within a maximum term of 15
years, as provided in District Resolution # 2-90
BONDS, YES. . . . . . . . . . . . / /
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 Bellingham School Dis-
trict No. 501, Whatcom County, Washington, at a special meeting
thereof held the 28th day of March, 1990.
BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 501
WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Board of Directors
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ATTEST-:
Secret�ar'y; /Board of Directors
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CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Directors of
Bellingham School District No. 501, 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. 2-90 of the Board (herein called the "Resolu-
tion"), duly adopted at a special meeting thereof held on the
28th day of March, 1990.
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 28th day
of March, 1990.
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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, Bellingham School District No. 501, Whatcom County,
Washington, lies entirely within the boundaries of Whatcom County;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of said district by resolution
adopted March 28, 1990, 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 May 22, 1990; 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 Bellingham School District No. 501,
Whatcom County, Washington, authorized and ordered by resolution
of its Board of Directors adopted March 28, 1990, and will conduct
said special election to be held May 22, 1990.
DATED at Bellingham, Washington, this �_�day of
Whatcom unty Auditor
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ORDINANCE NO. 100�51,,j_
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF BELLINGHAM PROVIDIN& TQ-"TFiE SUBMISSION TO THE
QUALIFIED VOTERS OF THE CITY AT A SPECIAL ELECTION+ -TO BE HELD THEREIN ON MAY
22, 1990, OF A PROPOSITION AUTHORIZING THE CITY TO INCREASE ITS REGULAR
PROPERTY TAX LEVY BY $0.57 PER THOUSAND OF ASSESSED VALUATION TO BE COLLECTED
IN 1991 THROUGH 1996 OR SOONER AS NECESSARY TO PROVIDE AN AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
NOT TO EXCEED $7,000,000, ON ALL OF THE TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY IN
EXCESS OF THE REGULAR TAX LEVY OF THE CITY, THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH ADDITIONAL
LEVY RATE TO BE USED TO ACQUIRE AND IMPROVE REAL PROPERTY AND INTERESTS IN REAL
PROPERTY FOR GREENWAYS INCLUDING OPEN SPACE, PARKS, TRAILS AND WETLANDS; AND
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS OR BONDS PENDING THE
RECEIPT OF THOSE ADDITIONAL TAXES.
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Bellingham, Washington (the
"City"), has adopted an open space, parks and recreation plan as part of the
Bellingham Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, a citizen group has developed a proposal to implement part of
the Comprehensive Plan, specifically to acquire and improve a public greenway
system of open space, parks, trails and wetlands (herein, "greenways"); and
WHEREAS, presentations have been made in City neighborhoods, before the
Bellingham Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and at a City Council public
hearing on the need for greenways preservation; and
WHEREAS, the City is currently experiencing rapid growth and development
on existing private open space lands for a variety of uses which will reduce
the future opportunities for a public system of greenways; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that it is in the best interests
of the City and its taxpayers to acquire and improve real property and
interests in real property for greenways; and
WHEREAS, the City currently lacks sufficient funds with which to pay the
costs of acquiring and improving such real property and interests in real
property for greenways; and
WHEREAS, in order to pay the costs of acquiring and improving such real
property and interests in real property for greenways, it is deemed advisable
that the City use the proceeds of a temporary increase of the regular property
tax levy rate of the City as authorized by RCW 84.55.050; and
WHEREAS, nothing in such levy would relieve private developers or others
from obligations otherwise existing in applicable City development, subdivision
and shoreline ordinances; and
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City of Bellingham
CITY AT70RNEY
210 Lotlie St real
Bellingham. Washington 98225
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WHEREAS, the question of whether the City may collect such levy must be
submitted to the qualified electors of the City for ratification or rejection;
and
WHEREAS, the conditions and situation herein set forth create an
emergency which requires the holding of a special election in the City;
NOW, THEREFORE, THE BELLINGHAM CITY OF BELLINGHAM DOES ORDAIN as follows:
Section I. The City Council finds and declares that it is in the best
interests of the City and its taxpayers to acquire and improve real property
and interests in real property for greenways, including open space, parks,
trails and wetlands, the cost of which is to be paid from the increase of the
City's regular property tax levy rate for a period of six years or less, as
necessary to produce an aggregate amount of not to exceed 57,000,000.
Section 2. The City Council finds that an emergency exists requiring the
calling of a special election and the Auditor of Whatcom County, Washington, as
ex officio Supervisor of Elections, is requested to concur in that finding and
to call and conduct a special election to be held in the City in the manner
provided by law on May 22, 1990, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified
electors of the City for their approval a proposition authorizing the City to
increase its regular property tax levy by $0.57 per thousand of assessed
valuation from 1991 through 1996 or sooner as necessary to produce an aggregate
amount of not to exceed $7,000,000, on all of the taxable property within the
City in excess of the regular tax levy of the City, to pay the costs of
acquiring and improving real property and interests in real property for
greenways.
Pending the receipt of the money collected from the increased annual
regular property tax levies, the City may issue short-term obligations pursuant
to Chapter 39.50 RCW or limited tax general obligation bonds to provide funds
necessary to permit the City to acquire and improve real property and interests
in real property for greenways.
Section 3. The City Clerk is directed to certify to the Auditor of
Whatcom County, Washington, as ex ❑fficio Supervisor of Elections, at least 45
days prior to the May 22, 1990, special election date a copy of this ordinance
and the proposition to be submitted at that special election in the form of a
ballot title as follows:
City of Bellingham
GRN - 2 CITY ATTORNEY
210 Lottie Street
Bellingham, Washington 98225
Telephone (2os) 676.6903
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