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Home My WebLink About2024 - Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 Prop 2024-03 Authorizing Continuing Property Tax LevyWhatcom County Auditor's Office Whatcom County Courthouse 311 Grand Avenue, Suite 103 Bellingham, WA 98225-4038 March 15, 2024 Election Results Receipt Stacy Henthorn County Auditor Amy Grasher Chief Deputy Auditor Copies of the following proposition election results from the February 13, 2024 Special Election, have been delivered to the Assessor's and Treasurer's Office: • Bellingham School District 501: Proposition 2024-12 Replacement Educational Support and Operations Levy and Proposition 2024-13 Replacement Technology Capital Projects Levy • Ferndale School District 502: Proposition 2024-11, School Programs and Operations Replacement Levy 0 Blaine School District 503: Proposition 2024-07, Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy and Proposition 2024-08, General Obligations Bonds - $70,000,000 In Lynden School District 504: Proposition 2024-01 Renewal of Educational Programs and Operations Levy and Proposition 2024-02 General Obligations Bond - $157,500,000 • Meridian School District 505: Proposition 2024-09, Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy and Proposition 2024-1o, Replacement Technology Capital Projects Levy 0 Nooksack Valley School District 5o6: Proposition 2024-04, Replacement Educational Programs and Operations Levy 0 Mt Baker School District 507: Proposition 2024-05, Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy and Proposition 2024-o6, Renewal Capital Projects Levy ID Concrete School District No. 11: Proposition No. 1, Replacement of Expiring Levy for Educational Programs and Operations and Proposition No. z, Capital Levy for Safety, Security and Accessibility Improvements • Fire Protection District 8: Proposition 2024-14, Tax Levy for Maintenance, Facilities and Operations ■ Blaine -Birch Bay Park & Recreation District 2: Proposition 2024-03, Authorizing Continuing Property Tax Levy Receipt Acknowledged: Assessor's Office: Rely 4ccazar Date Treasurer's Office: Steven Oliver Da e Page 2 Statement of Votes Cast by Geography Page: 1 of 1 Whatcom County, Washington, February Special, Feb 13, 2024 2024-02-23 All Precincts, All Districts, All Counter Groups, All ScanStations, BBBP&R Prop 2024-03 Authorizing 09:26:06 Continuing Property Tax Levy, All Boxes Total Ballots Cast: 5533, Re istered Voters: 159750, Overall Turnout: 3.46% Choice Votes Vote % All Precincts BBBP&R Prop 2024-03 Authorizing Continuing Property Tax Levy (Vote for 1) 5533 ballots (0 over voted ballots, 0 overvotes, 320 undervotes), 13535 registered voters, turnout 40.88% Yes 3591 68.89% No 1622 31 11 % Total 5213 100 00% Overvotes 0 Undervotes 320 STATE OF WASHINGTON ) COUNTY OF WHATCOM ) ss This is to certify that on February 13, 2024, there was held a special election in Blaine -Birch Bay Park & Recreation District 2, Whatcom County, Washington, for the submission of a ballot measure to the voters for their approval or rejection. The results of the election were duly canvassed by the Whatcom County Canvassing Board on February, 23, 2024, and the results of said canvass are as reads above. Dated this 291h day of February, 2024, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington. 9Stacy Hentho County Auditor Final Language Ballot Title Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 Proposition 2024-03 Authorizing Continuing Property Tax Levy At their September 12, 2023 meeting, the Board of Commissioners of Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 adopted Resolution No. 2023-10 authorizing the District to maintain a regular property tax levy of $0.10 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for a six (6) year period (2025-2030). Shall the Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District 2 continue a property tax levy to fund community program support, operations, staffing, maintenance, and capital improvements? Yes No Explanatory Statement Resolution No. 2023-10 proposes a continuance of the current property tax levy of $0.10 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for a six -year period. The initial funding, approved by voters in 2017, has since enriched the community through increased recreational opportunities for people of all ages. The continuance of this levy is essential for the District to be able to develop parks, sports fields, classes, and trails, as well as to provide recreational and leisure activities for the community. It is necessary to preserve the continuance of existing services, and comes at without change to current tax levels. iatcom County Auditor's OC ?e Ballot Measure Coversheet r.. in Ti]ia t3br District Name: Blaine -Birch Bay Parr & Recreation District #2 District Address: 7511 Gemini St., Blaine, WA 98230 Contact Person t Heather Lindsay - Director Name & Title 360-656-6416 heather@bbbprd2.com bbbprd2.com Contact Person i Sheli Moore - Commissioner Chair Name & Title 360-223-7922 smoore@bbbprd2.com Phone & email Phone & email Name & Title Has your attorney prepared this ballot measure? Z " 000 } c7ln�i�� C.,� ® Yes Q No Phone & email -Ile �, a Kesolution with original signatures or a certified copy Explanatory Statement prepared by your attorney, not to exceed ioo words 'Tor" and "Against" Committee Appointment Forms Completed Ballot Measure Coversheet Complete If anything is missing... I understand that the deadline to submit the missing information is The Auditor's Office will not begin processing this ballot measure until all required documents have been submitted. ;enter's Signature pP.CP,'ve.k ' In Person Whatcom County Elections V Deputy Auditor's Signature This form is available in a fillable form on the Auditor's website: https.ljw. __ww_wbatcomcQunty,sJs13593IDis.tr_ictAesources, Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2 pPrp;vr-; !o OPrson Resolution No. 2023-10 NOV 2 2 9093 Resolution Provided for the Submission of Levy Whatcom County Elections A RESOLUTION of the Board of Park Commissioners of Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2, Whatcom County, Washington, providing for the submission to the voters of the District at a special election to be held on February 13, 2024, in conjunction with the state special election to be held on the same day, a proposition authorizing the District to maintain a regular property tax levy of $0.10 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for the District's general fund to pay for general expenses of staffing, operations, maintenance, capital improvements and community program support in the Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2, such levy to be made in 2024 and collection in 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, and 2030. WHEREAS, it is the judgment of the Board of Commissioners of the District that it is essential and necessary to fund staffing, operations, maintenance and capital improvement in the provision of recreational and leisure time activities, classes, sports and programs for people of all ages in the greater Blaine — Birch Bay area. WHEREAS, in order to provide recreational and leisure time activities, classes, sports and programs to people of all ages in the greater Blaine — Birch Bay area and develop parks, sports fields, trails and the like, funding; is necessary. WHEREAS, in order to provide the necessary revenue to pay the costs of providing recreational opportunities as described in Section 1 and to maintain reserve funds sufficient to assure continuation of such services, the District shall collect beginning in 2025, pursuant to RCW 36.68.400, a general tax on taxable property within the District at a rate of $0.10 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation subject to otherwise applicable statuary limits. This property tax levy would be collected for a six (6) year period, 2025 through 2030. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of the Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2, Whatcom County, Washington as follows: There shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the District for their ratification or rejection, at a general election in February 13, 2024 in conjunction with the state general election to be held on the same date, the question of whether or not the regular property tax levy of the District should be set at $0.10 per $1,000.00 of true and assessed valuation in 2024 and be collected for the following six years, subject to otherwise applicable statuary limitations. The Whatcom County Auditor as ex-officio Supervisor of Elections is hereby requested to call such special election, and to submit the following proposition at such election, in the form of a ballot title substantially as follows: Shall the Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2 continue a property tax levy of $0.10 per $1,000.00 of assessed valuation for a six 6 year, period 2025 — 2030 to fund community program support, operations, staffing, maintenance and capital improvements. ADOPTED, this 10th day of October 2023 and approved by the following (Board members. Sheli Moore - Chair ;S J—dt 4�1 UP 2t !• David Wilbrecht - Vice Chair Jesse Creydt Jeff Carringto Billy Brown Whatcom Law Group, Rajeev D. Majumdar, reviewed the guideline, the resolution, and other jurisdictions' explanatory statements. They proposed the attached statement for submission. Blaine -Birch Bay Park and Recreation District #2 Resolution No. 2023-10 Explanatory Statement Resolution No. 2023-10 proposes a continuance of the current property tax levy of $0.10 per $1,000.00of assessed valuation fora six -year period. The initial funding, approved byvoters in 2017, has since enriched the community through increased recreational opportunities for people of all ages. The continuance of this levy is essential for the District to be able to develop parks, sports fields, classes, and trails, as well as to provide recreational and leisure activities forthe community. It is necessaryto preserve the continuance of existing services, and comes at without change to current tax levels.