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Home My Public Portal About2021-03-30 Nauset Regional District Renovation Proj Election L ` ® ELECTION WARRANT The Commonwealth of Massachusetts C04W c., NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT 1959 Barnstable, ss . To the registered voters of the Towns of Brewster, Eastham, Orleans and Wellfleet, GREETINGS : You are hereby notified and warned that the inhabitants of the Towns of Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, and Wellfleet registered to vote in any of said Towns, said Towns being the member towns of the Nauset Regional School District, are to meet at their respective polling places, to wit, In the TOWN OF BREWSTER at the Brewster Baptist Church, located at 1848 Main Street in said Town, in the TOWN OF EASTHAM at the Town Hall, located at 2500 State Highway in said Town, in the TOWN OF ORLEANS at the Orleans Senior Center (Council on Aging) , located at 150 Rock Harbor Road in said Town, and in the TOWN OF WELLFLEET at the Wellfleet Senior Center, located at 715 Old King ' s Highway in said Town, on Tuesday, March 30 , 2021 , at 11 : 00 a.m . , to vote by BALLOT on the following question : "Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the Nauset Regional School District adopted on January 28 , 2021 , to authorize the borrowing of $ 131 , 825 , 665 to pay costs of renovating and adding to Nauset Regional High School, located at 100 Cable Road, North Eastham, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto , which vote provides , in relevant part, as follows : "VOTED : That the Nauset Regional School District (the "District") hereby appropriates the amount of One Hundred Thirty- One Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($ 131 , 825 , 665 ) for the purpose of paying costs of renovating and adding to Nauset Regional High School, located at 100 Cable Road, North Eastham, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto (the "Project") , I which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children for at least 50 years, and for which the District may be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority j ("MSBA") , said amount to be expended at the direction of the School Building Committee . To meet this appropriation the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and pursuant to G . L . c . 71 , § 16 (n) and the District Agreement, as amended, or pursuant to any other enabling authority. The District acknowledges that the MSBA ' s grant program is a non- entitlement, discretionary program based on need as determined by the MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the Nauset Believes . . . Every Child Matters 1 MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District ; provided further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of ( 1 ) forty-three and thirty- nine hundredths percent (43 . 39 %) of eligible, approved Project costs, as determined by the MSBA, and (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA, and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed between the District and the MSBA . Any premium received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes, may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with G. L . c . 44 , § 20, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. If the District were to receive an MSBA grant in the amount of 43 . 39% of eligible , approved Project costs, it is anticipated that the net principal amount of this debt allocable to each member town of the District, exclusive of interest, would be approximately as follows : Member Approximate Member Approximate Town Amount Town Amount Brewster $ 45 , 830 ,225 Orleans $ 18 , 157 , 605 Eastham $ 18 , 871 ,224 Wellfleet $ 12 ,290 , 135 The debt authorized by this vote of the Committee shall be submitted to the registered voters of the District ' s member towns for approval at a District-wide election to be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 71 , Section 16 (n) of the General Laws and the District Agreement . " Yes No The polls will be open from 11 : 00 a.m . to 7 : 00 p .m . The District Secretary is hereby directed to serve this Warrant by posting an attested copy thereof in at least one public place in each of the Towns of Brewster, Eastham, Orleans , and Wellfleet, and by I publishing a copy thereof at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the District, said j posting and publication to occur at least ten days before the day of election as aforesaid . The District Secretary shall make due return of this Warrant with his or her doings thereon to the District Secretary, on or before the day of the election aforesaid . I 1I 3 7 [The balance of this page is intentionally blank. ] 1 i i i Nauset Believes . . . Every Child Matters I I I I t , Given under our hands and the seal of the Nauset Regional School District this January 28 , 2021 . �a All r tw. H y Nauset Regional School District School Committee RETURN OF SERVICE The undersigned, Secretary of the Regional District School Committee of the Nauset Regional School District, certify that at least 10 days prior to Tuesday, March 30 , 2021 , I posted or caused to be posted, a true and attested copy of this warrant in at least one public place in each of the Towns of Brewster, Eastham, Orleans, and Wellfleet (collectively, the District ' s "Member Towns") , and in addition, that I caused a copy of the within warrant to be ,,ublished in a newser of general circulation within the Member Towns of the District on ' . , -pap , 2021 , which date was also at least 10 days prior to Tuesday, March 30, 2021 , all as re ` fired by Chapter 71 , pct on 16(n) oft General Laws . s Di/ strict S cretary i i i DATE : January 28 , 2021 3 I 3 ue Copy Attest : `A) t, District Secretary i DATE : January 28 , 2021 i l 1 I Nauset Believes . . . Every Child Matters Nauset Public Schools hCSS`� LSC 78 Eldredge Park Way, Orleans MA 02653 Phone : 508 -2554800 • Fax : 508 -240-2351 • h" : //nausetschools . org •� t K HH Thomas M. Conrad Superintendent of Schools 1959 �' Keith E . Gauley Mary E . Buchanan Assistant Superintendent Director of Student Services Giovanna B . Venditti Eileen Belastock Director of Finance and Operations Director of Technology Nauset Regional School District Suggested Votes for Proposed Addition/Renovation of NRHS (Vote of the Regional School District School Committee) I, the undersigned Secretary of the Nauset Regional School District School Committee (the " Committee ") of the Nauset Regional School District, Massachusetts (the "District" ) , hereby certify that the following is a true copy of excerpts from the minutes of a special meeting of the Committee duly called and held on January 28 , 2021 at 6 : 00 p .m , at the offices of the District, pursuant to due and proper notice of time , place and purpose of said meeting (the "Meeting" ) given to each member of the Committee . The meeting was attended by seven (7) of the nine (9) members of the Committee, constituting a quorum, which members were present and voting throughout; and the following vote was duly adopted by vote of seven (7) yeas , zero (0) nays and zero (0) abstentions : "VOTED : That the Nauset Regional School District (the "District") hereby appropriates the amount of One Hundred Thirty-One Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ( $ 131 , 825 , 665 ) for the purpose of paying costs of renovating and adding to Nauset Regional High School, located at 100 Cable Road, North Eastham, Massachusetts , including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto (the "Project") , which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children for at least 50 years , and for which the District may be eligible i for a school construction grant fiorn the Massachusetts School Building Authority ("MSBA"), said amount to be expended at the direction of the School Building Committee . To meet this appropriation the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and pursuant to G. L . c . 71 , § 16(n) and the District Agreement, as amended, or pursuant to any other enabling authority. The District acknowledges that the MSBA ' s grant program is a non- entitlement, discretionary program based on need as determined by the MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District; provided further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of ( 1 ) forty-three and thirty- nine hundredths percent (43 . 39 %) of eligible , approved Project costs , as determined by the MSBA, and (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA, and that the j amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount j set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed between the District and the E Page 1 of 2 i MSBA . Any premium received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes , may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with G. L. c . 44, § 20 , thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. If the District were to receive an MSBA grant in the amount of 43 . 39 % of eligible, approved Project costs , it is anticipated that the net principal amount of this debt allocable to each member town of the District, exclusive of interest, would be approximately as follows : Member Approximate Member Approximate Town Amount Town Amount Brewster $45 , 830 ,225 Orleans $ 18 , 157, 605 Eastham $ 18 , 871 ,224 Wellfleet $ 12 ,290 , 135 The debt authorized by this vote of the Committee shall be submitted to the registered voters of the District ' s member towns for approval at a District-wide election to be held on March 30 , 2021 in accordance with the provisions of G . L . c . 71 , § 16 (n) . The warrant calling the District-wide election to be held on March 30, 2021 , in the form presented to this meeting, is hereby approved, with such changes as bond counsel to the District shall approve prior to its posting . " WITNESS my hand as of this 29t1i day of Januarys2021 . g � k ' Ail, %t D ` trict Secretary (District Seal) j i i' l i 1 I i Page 2 of 2 i M cod . �Q59 y OFFICIAL BALLOT DISTRICT ELECTION NAUSET REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT March 30 , 2021 QUESTION Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the Nauset Regional School District adopted on January 28 , 2021 , to authorize the borrowing of $ 131 , 825 , 665 to pay costs of renovating and adding to Nauset Regional High School, located at 100 Cable Road, North Eastham, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto, which vote provides, in relevant part, as follows : "VOTED : That the Nauset Regional School District (the "District") hereby appropriates the amount of One Hundred Thirty- One Million Eight Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Five Dollars ($ 131 , 825 , 665) for the purpose of paying costs of renovating and adding to Nauset Regional High School, located at 100 Cable Road, North Eastham, Massachusetts, including the payment of all costs incidental or related thereto (the "Project") , which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility for the instruction of school children for at least 50 years , and for which the District may be eligible for a school construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority ("MSBA"), said amount to be expended at the direction of the School Building Committee . To meet this appropriation the District is authorized to borrow said amount, under and pursuant to G . L . c . 71 , § 16(n) and the District Agreement, as amended, or pursuant to any other enabling authority . The District acknowledges that the MSBA ' s grant program is a non- entitlement, discretionary program based on need as determined by the MSBA, and any Project costs the District incurs in excess of any grant approved by and received from the MSBA shall be the sole responsibility of the District; provided further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of ( 1 ) forty-three and thirty- nine hundredths percent (43 . 39 %) of eligible, approved Project costs, as determined by the MSBA, and (2) the total maximum grant amount determined by the MSBA, and that the amount of borrowing authorized pursuant to this vote shall be reduced by any grant amount set forth in the Project Funding Agreement that may be executed between the District and the MSBA . Any premium received upon the sale of any bonds or notes approved by this vote, less any such premium applied to the payment of the costs of issuance of such bonds or notes , may be applied to the payment of costs approved by this vote in accordance with G . L . c . 44, § 20, thereby reducing the amount authorized to be borrowed to pay such costs by a like amount. Nauset Believes . . . Every Child Matters i i a If the District were to receive an MSBA grant in the amount of 43 . 39% of eligible, approved Project costs, it is anticipated that the net principal amount of this debt allocable to each member town of the District, exclusive of interest, would be approximately as follows : Member Approximate Member Approximate Town Amount Town Amount Brewster $45 , 830,225 Orleans $ 18 , 157 , 605 Eastham $ 18 , 8715224 Wellfleet $ 12 ,290, 135 The debt authorized by this vote of the Committee shall be submitted to the registered voters of the District ' s member towns for approval at a District-wide election to be held on Tuesday, March 30, 2021 in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 71 , Section 16 (n) of the General Laws and the District Agreement, Yes No District Se etary Nauset Regional School District i i i i a 3 i i i i t i i f Nauset Believes . . . Every Child Matters i i