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HomeMy WebLinkAbout5A - Sept. 23 School Ref. AGENDA #: PREPARED BY: SUBJECT: DATE: INTRODUCTION: DISCUSSION: ALTERNATIVES: STAFF AGENDA REPORT ~~NK BOYLES, CITY MANAGER ~ ~\ PRESENTATION, DR. LES SONNABE - EPTEMBER 23RD SCHOOL REFERENDUM SEPTEMBER 5,1995 Dr. Les Sonnabend and a member of the CASE Committee will be present to make a presentation to the City Council regarding the proposed school referendum scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 1995. As the Council is aware, the school district has sought to receive approval for a number of referendums to provide the financial wherewithal to expand and improve school facilities commensurate with current and anticipated growth in the district. Attached is a copy of the referendum questions which will be voted upon. Also attached is a copy of a resolution which the Council has heretofore adopted supporting the school district. The Council could: 1. Adopt the attached resolution supporting the school district. 2. Take no action. RECOMMENDATIONS: Alternative # 1 ACTION REQUIRED: Motion and second to adopt the attached resolution following receipt of the presentation regarding the referendum. AG90595.DOC 16200 Eagle Creek Ave., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER RESOLUTION 95-88 A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THE PRIOR LAKE/SA V AGE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOTION BY: SECONDED BY: WHEREAS, strong effective schools are an essential precondition to a strong society; and WHEREAS, effective school districts are equally dependent upon an aggressive education oriented administration and teacher corps, coupled with facilities and equipment which are conducive to education; and WHEREAS, the explosive growth is now taking place and expected to continue over the next several years within the school district; and WHEREAS, growth will increase the demand for additional buildings and the necessity to have the land available for expansion; and WHEREAS, such construction projects, land acquisition and building improvements cannot be funded through the existing budget. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA, that it does support the efforts of the Prior Lake/Savage School District to maintain high quality education for our youth and facilities and equipment which are conducive to learning. Passed and adopted this 5th day of September, 1995. YES NO Andren Greenfield Kedrowski Scott Schenck Andren Greenfield Kedrowski Scott Schenck Frank Boyles City Manager City of Prior Lake {Seal} 1~~ljtj'~agle Creek Ave., Prior Lake, Minnesota 55372-1714 / Ph. (612) 447-4230 / Fax (612) 447-4245 AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER E~crOFM~OFAMEmmG OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICf NO. 719 (pRIOR LAKE/SAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS) STATE OF MINNESOTA JULY 31, 1995 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the School Board of Independent School District No. 719 (prior Lake/Savage Area Schools), State of Minnesota, was duly held in said district on July 31, i995, at 12: 30 o'clock E..m. for the purpose, in part, of calling an election to authorize the issuance of school building bonds. Member Clark moved the adoption of the following Resolution: RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS AND CALLING AN ELECTION THEREON BE IT RESOLVED by the School Board of Independent School District No. 719, State of Minnesota, as follows: 1. (a) The board hereby finds and determines that it is necessary and expedient for the school district to borrow money in an aggregate amount not to exceed $13,750,000 and not to exceed any limitation upon the incurring of indebtedness which shall be applicable on the date or dates of the issuance of any bonds, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition and betterment of school sites and facilities, including the construction and equipping of a new elementary school; the construction of additions to Hidden Oaks Middle School; and the acquisition of land for additional school sites. The question on the borrowing of funds for these purposes shall be Question No. 1 on the ballot at the special election held to authorize said borrowing. (b) The board also finds and determines that it is necessary and expedient for the school district to borrow money in an aggregate amount not to exceed $895,000 and not to exceed any limitation upon the incurring of indebtedness which shall be applicable on the date or dates of the issuance of any bonds, for the purpose of providing funds for the acquisition and betterment of school facilities, including the remodeling, repair and construction of improvements to Prior Lake Senior High School, Westwood Elementary School and Five Hawks Elementary School. The The school district's adopted capital expenditure facilities program is hereby amended to include each program component specified in the school district's Review and Comment application to the Commissioner and those components are incorporated in said program as though fully specified therein. The superintendent or the superintendent's designee is authorized and directed to prepare the necessary documentation to reflect these amendments to the program and to set forth the property tax effects of the program for each fiscal year. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause the Commissioner's Review and Comment to be published in the legal newspaper of the school district at least twenty (20) but not more than sixty (60) days prior to the date of the special election as specified in paragraph 3 of this resolution. 3. The questions on the borrowing of said funds in the maximum amounts specified above shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the school district at a special election, which is hereby called and directed to be held on Tuesday, September 26, 1995, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. 4. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 205A.11, the board may establish combined polling places to serve two or more precincts when no other election is being held in those precincts on the day of a school district election. The following polling places and combined polling places are hereby established for all school district special and general elections not held on the same day as a statewide election: POT T TNn PT ArF - City IIEMl Mol" 1'iil\'~ Un.te:i Me1~L,t Cku.(C.~ .bl~o Arcadao. 1629 D~vi4 Stl",~t S.L. p, ,(.I LQ.ka MU Prier !..aJre, },{}f t This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 719 located in the City of Prior Lake Precinct No.1. POT T INn PT ArF. - Minnesota Valley Community Church 5995 Timber Trail, S.E. Prior Lake, MN This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 719 located in the City of Prior Lake Precinct No.2. POT T INn PI ArF. - St. Michael's Church 16311 Duluth Avenue S.E. Prior Lake, MN This polling place serves all territory in Independent School District No. 719 located in the City of Prior Lake Precinct No.3. file a copy of the map with the County Auditor of each county in which the school district is located in whole or in part. The clerk shall also file a certified copy of this resolution with each said County Auditor. As required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 204B.16, Subdivision la, the clerk is hereby authorized and directed to give written notice of new polling place locations to all registered voters in the school district whose school district polling place locations have been changed. The notice must be a nonforwardable notice mailed at least twenty-five (25) days before the date of the special election. A notice that is returned as undeliverable must be forwarded immediately to the appropriate County Auditor, who shall change the registrant's status to "challenged" in the statewide registration system. 5. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause written notice of said special election to be given to the county auditor of each county in which the school district is located, in whole or in part, at least forty-five (45) days prior to the date of said election. The notice shall specify the date of said special election and the question or questions to be voted on at said special election. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said special election to be posted at the administrative offices of the school district and at each polling place at least ten (10) days before the date of said special election. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause a sample ballot to be posted at the administrative offices of the school district at least four (4) days before the date of said special election and to cause a sample ballot to be posted in each polling place on election day. The sample ballot shall not be printed on the same color paper as the official ballot. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause notice of said special election to be published in the official newspaper of the school district, for two .(2) consecutive weeks with the last publication being at least one (1) week before the date of said election. The notice of election so posted and published shall state the questions to be submitted to the voters as set forth in the form of ballot below, and shall include information concerning each established precinct and polling place. The clerk is hereby authorized and directed to cause the rules and instructions for use of the optical scan voting system to be posted in each polling place on election day. 6. The clerk is authorized and directed to acquire and distribute such election materials and to take such other actions as may be necessary for the proper conduct of this special election. 7. The clerk is further authorized and directed to cooperate with the proper election officials to cause ballot cards to be prepared for use at said election in substantially the following form, with such changes in form, color and instructions as may be necessary to accommodate a system other than a paper ballot system: QUESTION NO.4 D D NO IF QUESTION NO. 1 ABOVE IS APPROVED, SHALL THE SCHOOL BOARD OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 719 (pRIOR LAKElSAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS) ALSO BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,660,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND BETIERMENT OF SCHOOL FACll..ITIES, INCLUDING THE UPGRADING AND CONSTRUCTION OF IMPROVEMENTS TO PRIOR LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND FIVE HAWKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO MEET LIFE, FIRE, HEALTH, SAFETY, DISABLED ACCESS AND OTHER FACll..ITY REQUIREMENTS? YES BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. QUESTION NO.5 D D NO IF QUESTION NO. 1 ABOVE IS APPROVED, SHALL THE SCHOOL BOARD OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 719 (pRIOR LAKElSAVAGE AREA SCHOOLS) ALSO BE AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE ITS GENERAL OBLIGATION SCHOOL BUILDING BONDS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $270,000 TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR THE ACQUISITION AND BETIERMENT OF SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING THE ACQUISmON AND INSTALLATION OF INSTRUCTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND IMPROVED TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS IN VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE DISTRICT? YES BY VOTING "YES" ON THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY TAX INCREASE. INSTRUCTION TO VOTERS: Voters desiring to vote in favor of any or all of the above propositions put a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the 'Mlro "YES" next to that proposition. Voters desiring to vote against any or all of the above propositions put a cross mark (X) in the square opposite the word "NO" next to that proposition.