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Home My WebLink About2018 - Blaine School District No. 503 Prop 2018-3 Technology and Capital Projects Levy - Special Election April 24, 2018Whatcom County 4C. M CO Auditor's Office Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 Phone: (360) 778-5100 Fax: (360) 778-5101 Email: auditor&o.whatcom.wa.us Internet: www.whatcomcounty.us/auditor Election Results Receipt Debbie Adelstein County Auditor Diana Bradrick Chief Deputy Auditor Copies of Blaine School District 503, Proposition 2018-3, Technology and Capital Projects Levy, election results from the April 24, 2018 Special Election, have been delivered to the Assessor's and Treasurer's Office. Receipt Acknowledged: Assessor's Office: Na Treasurer's Office: -9 Name Date S- 7 18' Date Licensing Recording Elections Administration Licensing@comhatcornma.us Recording@comhatcomma.us Elections@co.whatcomma.us Auditor@comhatcomma.us We gladly accept 360-778-5100 360-778-5100 360-778-5102 360-778-5105 relay calls. Statement of Votes Cast by Geography Page: 1 of 1 Whatcom County, Washington, April 24, 2018 Special Election 2018-05-04 All Precincts, All Districts, All ScanStations, All Contests, All Boxes 08:59:34 Total Ballots Cast: 4375, Registered Voters: 11801, Overall Turnout: 37.07% 15 orecincts reported out of 15 total Choice Votes Vote % All Precincts Blaine School District 503 - Proposition 2018-3 (Vote for 1) 4375 ballots 0 over voted ballots 0 overvotes, 3 blank voted), 11801 registered voters, turnout 37.07% Yes 2304 52.70% Na 2068 47.30% Total 4372 100.00% Section 4. Approval of Form of Ballot. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the Whatcom County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County, substantially in the following form: PROPOSITION � �618-3 BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT Dom. 503 TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY The Board of Directors of Blaine School District 503 adopted Resolution No. 1718-03 concerning capital projects and technology, 'IThis proposition funds acquisition of land, construction, modernization and remodeling of existing facilities, technology improvements including equipment, infrastructure and new technology systems for operations and instruction; and authorizes the following excess levies for such purposes on all taxable property within the District: r l J Approximate Collection Levy;Rate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2019 $0.51 $2,000,000 2020 $0.51 $2,000,000 2021 $0.51 $2,000,000 2022 $0.51 $2,000,000 2023 $0.51 $2,000,000 2024 $0.51 $2,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES......... ❑ NO......... ❑ The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. Section 5. Notices Relating to Ballot Title. For purposes of receiving notice of the exact language of the ballot title required by RCW 29A.36.080, the Board hereby designates (a) the District's Executive Director of Finance and Operations (Amber Porter), telephone: 360.332.0713 x.1713; email: aporter@blainesd.org; and (b) special counsel, K&L Gates LLP (Cynthia Weed), -5- P920287 CMW120287 BYI 01/19/18 Election Date: April 24, 2018 Name of Jurisdiction Submitting Measure: Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington Contact Name: Cynthia M. Weed Daytime Contact Phone Number: 206-623-7580 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT - PROPOSITION NO. 1 piolg -3 Passage of Proposition,10�-i' allows the levy of $2,000,000 in property taxes each year within Blaine School District N9. 503 for collection in each of the years 2019 through 2024. This levy, in accordance with District Resolution No. 1718-03, would be used to pay certain costs of acquiring and installing computer technology, related technology infrastructure, administrative expenses, and other necessary equipment purchases and facility improvements. Based on , estimated levy rates per $1,000 of assessed N,r e $0.51 each year to be ollected for each of six years beginning in 2019 and ending in 202 . kkVokf VA L �,1,; qua PA20287 CMVN20287 BYN 02/9/1B Ballot Measure Cover Fleet A completed cover sheet must accompany each ballot measure s e t�ih a m Count Auditor. It is the submitter's responsibility to ensure that re l n is Y p Y �� presented no later than the resolution deadline date. This form is available in a fillable form on the Auditor's website: www.whatcorncounEE8441018 District Name District Address: Contact Person 1 -B -Ab ►s�r;c-i" -7tA 5 -�c e+ Mat n -, WA 9 2,,2--,0 Ir Contact Person 2 Name & Title I I Name & Title ' L of V V _ Name 22 Phone & email Has your attorney prepared this ballot measure? Cow, 121111yes El No Phone & email Election Iinfarmation _ Type of Election: lew (e.g., Levy, Bond, Levy Lid Lift, etc.) Pass/Fail requirement(s) for the measure as determined by the District's Attorney: (e.g., Sims MajorA 60% Minimum Turnout, etc.) Attached the Resolution with original signatures or a certified copy of the original Resolution? Attached the Explanatory Statement (not to exceed 100 words) for the Local Voters' Pamphlet prepared by your attorney? Applicable Statutory References: cffZYes ❑ No y/Y- es ❑ No Attached the "For" and "Against" Committee Appointment 1 Ilr:+r rJsI Forms? Yes No A --DJ L � I-1 S i tiJ� Completed this cover sheet? Yes ❑ No FEB 21 2018 DEBBIE ADEL.STON WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR Missing document(s): I understand that the submittal deadline date for the missing documents is and the Auditor's Office will not begin processing this ballot measur-&,until all docuf e is have been submitted. Deputy Auditor's Signature Presenter's Signature Revised 3/13/2017 BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY RECEIVED FEB 21 2018 RESOLUTION NO. 1718-03 DEBBIEADELSTEIN WHATCOM COUNTY AUDITOR A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on April24, 2018, of a proposition to authorize the district to levy an additional tax to provide a total of $12,000,000 for the District's Capital Projects Fund for acquiring and installing computer technology, related technology infrastructure, administrative expenses, and other necessary equipment purchases and facility improvements, such levies to be made for six years commencing in 2018 for collection in the calendar years from 2019 through 2024. ADOPTED JANUARY 22, 2018 Prepared by: K&L GATES LLP Seattle, Washington RESOLUTION NO. 1718-03 A RESOLUTION of the Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the qualified electors of the district at a special election to be held therein on April24, 2018, of a proposition to authorize the district to levy an additional tax to provide a total of $12,000,000 for the District's Capital Projects Fund for acquiring and installing computer technology, related technology infrastructure, administrative expenses, and other necessary equipment purchases and facility improvements, such levies to be made for six years commencing in 2018 for collection in the calendar years from 2019 through 2024. WHEREAS, the educational facilities of Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington (the "District"), including technology facilities are in need of modernization, improvements and expansion to meet the current and future educational needs for its students; and WHEREAS, funds available to the District will be insufficient to enable the District to implement such projects; and WHEREAS, in order to support the cost of these projects as found necessary by the Board of Directors, it is deemed advisable that the District levy a tax upon all the taxable property within the District in excess of the annual tax the District is permitted by law to levy without a vote of the people, such levy to be made for six years commencing in 2018 for collection in the calendar years from 2019 through 2024, inclusive, as authorized by Article VII, Section 2 of the State Constitution and RCW 84.52.053; and WHEREAS, the question of whether or not such excess tax may be levied must be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection; and WHEREAS, the conditions here and above set forth require the holding of a special election in the District; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON as follows: Section 1. Finding. It is hereby found and declared that the welfare of the students and other residents of the District require the District to carry out the improvements hereinafter provided. Section 2. Authorization of Improvements. The District shall modernize and expand its school facilities through the acquisition of land on which improvements will be constructed, renovated and expanded (new and existing facilities), and improvements to technology equipment and training. In addition, the District shall also modernize its educational facilities through the acquisition and installation, implementation and management of computer technology and technology systems, facilities and projects, including but not limited to enhancing infrastructure, acquiring hardware, licensing software, and implementing online applications and training related to the installation of the foregoing as an integral part of the District's technology systems, facilities, or projects; and the application and modernization of technology systems for operations and instruction including, but not limited to, the ongoing fees for online applications, subscriptions, or software licenses, including upgrades and incidental services, and ongoing training related to the installation and integration of these products or services, and shall make other capital project expenditures as found necessary by the Board of Directors. The District may repay any obligations hereafter incurred for the foregoing purposes. 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; provided that such funds may be used only to support the construction, -2- P120287 CMM20287 BYI 01/19/18 modernization, replacement, and remodeling of school facilities or implementation of the District's technology facilities plan. If the District shall determine that it has become impracticable 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 levy 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 levy proceeds or any portion thereof to other portions of the improvements or to other capital purposes of the District, as the District in its discretion shall determine. Notwithstanding any provision of this resolution to the contrary, levy proceeds may only be used to support the construction, modernization or remodeling of school facilities or implementation of the District's technology facilities plan. Section 3. Authorization of Levies. It is hereby found and declared that the best interests of the District require the submission to the qualified electors of the District of the proposition whether the District shall make the Capital Projects Fund levies for their ratification or rejection at a special election to be held on April 24, 2018. For the purpose of providing funds necessary for the needs described in Section 2 above, the Whatcom County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County, is hereby requested to call and conduct such special election within the District on such day and to submit to the qualified electors of the District for their approval or rejection, a proposition providing for tax levies for the Capital Projects Fund for six years, commencing in 2018, producing dollar amounts at estimated tax rates per thousand -3- P120287 CMWN20287 BYI 01119118 dollars of assessed value to produce such amounts, in excess of the maximum amount tax levy permitted by law to be levied within the District without a vote of the electors, all as follows: A. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2018 for collection in 2019; B. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2019 for collection in 2020; C. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2020 for collection in 2021; D. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2021 for collection in 2022; E. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2022 for collection in 2023; and F. $2,000,000, said levy to be made in 2023 for collection in 2024. The estimated levy rate depends upon the final dollar amount of assessed value of the property within the District. At this time, based upon information provided by the Whatcom County Assessor's office, the estimated levy rate for the 2018 levy is $0.51 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the estimated levy rate for the 2019 levy is $0.51 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the estimated levy rate for the 2020 levy is $0.51 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation, the estimated levy rate for the 2021 levy is $0.51, the estimated levy rate for the 2022 levy is $0.51 per thousand dollars of assessed, and the estimated levy rate for the 2023 levy is $0.51 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation. The exact levy rate shall be adjusted based upon the actual assessed value of the property within the District at the time of the levy. -4- P:\20287-CMV\A20287-BYI 01/19/18 Section 4. Approval of Form of Ballot. The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized and directed to certify said proposition to the Whatcom County Auditor, as ex officio supervisor of elections in Whatcom County, substantially in the following form: PROPOSITION NO. 1 BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY The Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503 adopted Resolution No. 1718-03 concerning capital projects and technology.' This proposition funds acquisition of land, construction, modernization and remodeling of existing facilities, technology improvements including equipment, infrastructure and new technology systems for operations and instruction; and authorizes the following excess levies for such purposes on all taxable property within the District: ' Approximate Collection LevytRate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2019 $0.51 $2,000,000 2020 $0.51 $2,000,000 2021 $0.51 $2,000,000 2022 $0.51 $2,000,000 2023 $0.51 $2,000,000 2024 $0.51 $2,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES......... ❑ NO......... ❑ The Secretary of the Board of Directors is hereby authorized to deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the Whatcom County Auditor. Section S. Notices Relating to Ballot Title. For purposes of receiving notice of the exact language of the ballot title required by RCW 29A.36.080, the Board hereby designates (a) the District's Executive Director of Finance and Operations (Amber Porter), telephone: 360.332.0713 x.1713; email: aporter@blainesd.org; and (b) special counsel, K&L Gates LLP (Cynthia Weed), -5- P:\20287-CMVIA20287-BYI 01/19/18 telephone: 206.370.7801; email: cynthia.weed@klgates.com, as the individuals to whom the Auditor shall provide such notice. The Executive Director of Finance and Operations is authorized to approve changes to the ballot title, if any, deemed necessary by the Auditor or the Whatcom County Prosecuting Attorney. ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington, at a regular meeting thereof, held this 22nd day of January, 2018. ATTEST: ox-oga y- 4 Secretary, Board of DirXctolo BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON President and Director t Director Director DireaO- A Ce QEDirector -6- P:Q0287 CMVN20287 BYI 01/19/18 CERTIFICATE I, the undersigned, Secretary of the Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington (the "District"), and keeper of the records of the Board of Directors (the "Board"), DO HEREBY CERTIFY: 1. That the attached resolution is a true and correct copy of Resolution No. 1718-03 of the Board (the "Resolution"), duly adopted at a regular meeting thereof held on the 22nd day of January, 2018. 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 the Resolution; that all other requirements and proceedings incident to the proper adoption of the 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 22nd day of January, 2018. zema / - -�ZL L--1 Secretary, Mar f rectors P:%20287 CMVN20287 BYI 01/19/18 OFFICIAL BALLOT BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON April 24, 2018 INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS: To vote in favor of the following proposition, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the words "YES"; to vote against the following proposition, place a cross (X) in the square opposite the words "NO." PROPOSITION NO. I BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY The Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503 adopted Resolution No. 1718-03 concerning capital projects and technology. This proposition funds acquisition of land, construction, modernization and remodeling of existing facilities, technology improvements including equipment, infrastructure and new technology systems for operations and instruction; and authorizes the following excess levies for such purposes on all taxable property within the District: Approximate Collection Levy Rate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2019 $0.51 $2,000,000 2020 $0.51 $2,000,000 2021 $0.51 $2,000,000 2022 $0.51 $2,000,000 2023 $0.51 $2,000,000 2024 $0.51 $2,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES......... ❑ NO......... ❑ PA20287 CMVIA20287 BYI 01/19/18 NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON April 24, 2018 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 24, 2018, a special election will be held in the above -named school district for the submission to the qualified electors of said school district of the following proposition: PROPOSITION NO. 1 BLAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 503 TECHNOLOGY AND CAPITAL PROJECTS LEVY The Board of Directors of Blaine School District No. 503 adopted Resolution No. 1718-03 concerning capital projects and technology. This proposition funds acquisition of land, construction, modernization and remodeling of existing facilities, technology improvements including equipment, infrastructure and new technology systems for operations and instruction; and authorizes the following excess levies for such purposes on all taxable property within the District: Approximate Collection Levy Rate/$1,000 Levy Years Assessed Value Amount 2019 $0.51 $2,000,000 2020 $0.51 $2,000,000 2021 $0.51 $2,000,000 2022 $0.51 $2,000,000 2023 $0.51 $2,000,000 2024 $0.51 $2,000,000 all as provided in the Resolution. Should this proposition be approved? YES......... ❑ NO......... ❑ Whatcom County Auditor P120287 CMW120287 BYI 01/19/18 Election Date: April 24, 2018 Name of Jurisdiction Submitting Measure: Blaine School District No. 503, Whatcom County, Washington Contact Name: Cynthia M. Weed Daytime Contact Phone Number: 206-623-7580 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT - PROPOSITION NO. 1 Passage of Proposition No. 1 allows the levy of $2,000,000 in property taxes each year within Blaine School District No. 503 for collection in each of the years 2019 through 2024. This levy, in accordance with District Resolution No. 1718-03, would be used to pay certain costs of acquiring and installing computer technology, related technology infrastructure, administrative expenses, and other necessary equipment purchases and facility improvements. Based on projected information, estimated levy rates per $1,000 of assessed value may be $0.51 each year to be collected for each of six years beginning in 2019 and ending in 2024. R:20287 CMVM20287 BYN 02/9/18