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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on February 14, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Rogers, Smith, DeSaulnier, Torlakson and Bishop
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Consolidate election of Walnut Creek School District, Acalanes Union High
School District, and Martinez Unified School District.
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDER that the County Clerk is authorized to consolidate
the election of Walnut Creek School District, Acalanes Union High School District,
and Martinez Unified School District with the June 6, 1995, Election.
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervis rs on the date shown.
ATTESTED: I
PHIL BATCHELOR, k of the Board
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of Supervisors and County Admi istrator
By Deputy
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
ACALANES UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 94-95=18
RESOLUTION ORDERING SCHOOL,BOND ELECTION, SETT—INN
FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF, AND REQUESTING
CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Education (the "Board") of the Acalanes Union
High School District (the "District") is generally authorized to order elections within the
District and to designate the specification- thereof, pursuant to Education Code Section:? 5304
and 5322; and
WHEREAS, the Board is specifically authorized to order elections for the
purpose of submitting to the electors the question of whether bonds of the District shall be
issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for the purposes hereinafter specified,
pursuant to Education Code Sections 15100 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Board is determined to complete the modernization of all
high school libraries; and
WHEREAS, the Board is determined to complete the rehabilitation and
expansion of all high schools so that all students may utilize a standard and equivalent
educational environment; and
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WHEREAS, the Board is determined to maximize the ability of all classrooms
in the High School. District to access and make full use of computers and technology as well
as to prepare students for the work-site of the 21st Century; and
WHEREAS, the Board deems it necessary and advisable to submit a bond
proposition to the electors which, if approved by two-thirds of the votes east, would permit
the District to issue the bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the election to determine whether said bonds
shall be issued and sold be consolidated with such other election or elections as may be held
on the same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Governing Board of Education of
the Acalanes Union High School District that the following order of election and
specifications of the elections order is hereby adopted:
1. Pursuant to Education Code Sections 5304, 5322 and 15100 et seq, a
special, election shall be held within the boundaries of the Acalanes Union High School
District on June 6, 1995, submitting to the registered voters of the District the proposition as
described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
All of the purposes enumerated in the foregoing proposition shall be united and
voted upon as one single proposition. Said bonds proposed to be issued and sold shall bear
interest at a rate not exceeding the statutory maximum, payable at the time or times
permitted by law, and the number of years the whole or any part of the bonds are to run
shall not exceed 25 years, or the maximum term as may be permitted by law, from the date
of the bonds or the date of any series thereof.
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2. Pursuant to Section 15124 of the Education Code and Section 18 of
Article XVI and Section 1 of Article XIIIA of the Constitution of the State of California, the
above proposition shall become effective only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
those electors voting on the measure.
3. The County Superintendent of Schools and the County Clerk of the
County of Contra Costa (the "County") are hereby requested to take all steps to call and hold
the election in accordance with law and these specifications.
4. Pursuant to Education Code Section 15121 and Part 3 (commencing
with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Flections Code, the County SuperintenE#f,-:nt of
Schools and the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County are requested to order
consolidation of said school bond election with such other elections as may be held of the
same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same.
S. The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County is authcfiz,.-6 (c.
canvass the returns of the election pursuant to Section 10411 of the Elections Code.
6. Pursuant to Section 10002 of the Elections Code, the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County is requested to permit the County Clerk to render all
services relating to the election specified by the Elections Code and the Education Code to be
performed by the official conducting the election, including appointing precinct boards and
designating polling places, fixing dates for submission of ballot arguments, assembling the
County Counsel's Impartial Analysis, the Tax Rate Statement required by Section 9401 of Z-he
Elections Code, the ballot arguments, the rebuttal arguments, printing and mailing sample
ballots and ballot pamphlets to registered voters, canvassing the election and certifying the
statement of election results to this Board, and all other proceedings incidental to and
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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
RESOLUTION NO. -o8KCONTRA COSTA CO.
RESOLUTION REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION WTIH OTHER
ELECTIONS FOR THE WALNUT CREEK SCHOOL DISTRICT
(1995 General Obligation Bonds)
RESOLVED by the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Walnut Creek School District
(the "District"), County of Contra Costa, State of California;
WHEREAS, in the judgment of the Board, it is advisable to call an election to submit to
the electors of the District the question whether bonds of the District shall be issued and sold
for the purpose of raising money for certain capital school improvements;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. 94-07 adopted on January 23, 1995, this
Board has heretofore ordered the Contra Costa County Superintendent of Schools to call an
election on Tuesday, June 6, 1995, at which there shall be submitted to the electors of the
District the following proposition: "Shall the Walnut Creek School District be authorized to
finance the repair, renovation and upgrading of neighborhood elementary and intermediate
schools, and district facilities, including safety upgrades, repair leaky roofs, upgrades to
inadequate electrical, heating and plumbing systems, site improvements, construction of
additional facilities, and the renovation of classrooms and libraries to prepare for technology,
by issuing bonds in the maximum principal amount of$21,000,000 with an interest rate not to
exceed the limit set by law?";and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the election to determine whether said bonds shall be
issued and sold be consolidated with such other election or elections as may be held on the
same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED as follows:
1. Pursuant to Part 2.5 (commencing with section 23300) of Division 14 of the California
Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa is requested to order
consolidation of said bond election with such other elections as may be held on the same day in
the same territory or in territory that is in part the same.
2. The Board of Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa is authorized to canvass the
returns of the election pursuant to section 23306 of the California Elections Code.
3. Pursuant to section 22003 of the California Elections Code, the Board of Supervisors
of the County of Contra Costa is requested to permit the County Clerk of the County of Contra
Costa to render all services specified by section 23314 of the California Elections Code relating
to the election, for which services the District agrees to reimburse the County of Contra Costa
such services to include the publication of the Formal Notice (as defined in said Code) and a
Tax Rate Statement containing the information required in section 5301 of the California
Elections Code pursuant to the terms of section 23511 of the California Elections Code.
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4. The Secretary of the Board shall, not less than 123 days prior to the date set for the
election, deliver a certified copy of this resolution to the County Clerk of the County of Contra
Costa.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 23rd day of January, 1995, at a meeting of the Board of
Trustees by the following vote:
AYES: Clarke, Flynn, Langon, Newell, Walden
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST:
Secretary
I hereby certify that on 1995, I received from the
District Secretary of the Walnut Creek School District, a copy of the within Resolution, signed
by the District Secretary.
COUNTY CLERK, COUNTY OF CONTRA
COSTA, State of California
By:
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
ACALANF.S UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 94-95=18
RESOLUTION ORDERING SCHOOL BOND ELECTION, SETMG
FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS TLREOF, AND REQUESTING
CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Education (the "Board") of the Acalanes Union '
High School District (the. "District") is generally authorised to order elections within the
District and to designate the specification-, thereof, pursuant to Education Code Section:, 5304
and 5322; and
WHEREAS, the Board is specifically authorized to order elections for the
purpose of submitting to the electors the question of whether bonds of the District shall be
issued and sold for the purpose of raising money for the purposes hereinafter specified,
pursuant to Education Code Sections 15100 et seq.; and
WHEREAS, the Board is determined to complete the modernization of all
high school libraries; and
WHEREAS, the Board is determined to complete the rehabilitation and
expansion of all high schools so that all students may utilize a standard and equivalent
educational environment; and
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WHEREAS, the Board is determined to maximize the ability of all classrooms
in the High School District to access and make full use of computers and technology as well
as to prepare students for the work-site of the 21st Century; and
V; LEREAS, the Board deems it necessary and advisable to submit a bond
proposition to the electors which, if approved by two-thirds of the votes cast, would permit
the District to issue the bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the election to determine whether said bonds
shall be issued and sold be consolidated with such other election or elections as may be held
on the same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Governing Board of Education of
the Acalanes Union High School District that the following order of election and
specifications of the elections order is hereby adopted:
1. Pursuant to Education Code Sections 5304, 5322 and 15100 et seq. a
special election shall be held within the boundaries of the Acalanes Union High School
District on June 6, 1995, submitting to the registered voters of the District the proposition as
described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
All of the purposes enumerated in the foregoing proposition shall be united and
voted upon as one single proposition. Said bonds proposed to be issued and sold shall bear
interest at a rate not exceeding the statutory maximum, payable at the time or times
permitted by law, and the number of years the whole or any part of the bonds are to run
shall not exceed 25 years, or the maximum term as may be permitted by law, from the date
of the bonds or the date of any series thereof.
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2. Pursuant to Section 15124 of the Education Code and Section 18 of
Article XVI and Section 1 of Article XMA of the Constitution of the State of California, the
above proposition shall become effective only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of
those electors voting on the measure.
3. The County Superintendent of Schools and the County Clerk of the
County of Contra Costa (the "County") are hereby requested to take all steps to call and hold
the election in accordance with law and these specifications.
4. Pursuant to Education Code Section 15121 and Part 3 (commencing
with Section 10400) of Division 10 of the Flections Code, the County Superintendent of
Schools and the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County are requested to order
consolidation of said school bond election with such other elections as may be held on the
same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same.
5. The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County is authorhr4o ici
canvass the returns of the election pursuant to Section 10411 of the Elections Code.
6. Pursuant to Section 10002 of the Elections Code, the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County is requested to permit the County Clerk to render all
services relating to the election specified by the Elections Code and the Education Code to be
performed by the official conducting the election, including appointing precinct boards and
designating polling places, fixing dates for submission of ballot arguments, assembling the
County Counsel's Impartial Analysis, the Tax Rate Statement required by Section 9401 of rhe
Elections Code, the ballot arguments, the rebuttal arguments, printing and mailing sample
ballots and ballot pamphlets to registered voters, canvassing the election and certifying the
statement of election results to this Board, and all other proceedings incidental to and
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OF THE
MARTINEZ UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESOLUTION NO. 95-22
RESOLUTION ORDERING SCHOOL BOND ELECTION, SETTING
FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF AND REQUESTING
CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees (the "Board") of the Martinez Unified School
District (the "District") is generally authorized to order elections within the District and to
designate the specifications thereof, pursuant to Education Code Sections 5304 and 5322;
and
WHEREAS, the Board is specifically authorized to order elections for the purpose of
submitting to the electors the question of whether bonds of the District shall be issued and
sold for the purpose of raising money for the purposes hereinafter specified, pursuant to
Education Code Sections 15100 et seq; and
WHEREAS, the Board deems it necessary and advisable to submit a bond proposition
to the electors which, if approved by two-thirds of the votes cast, would permit the District
to issue the bonds; and
WHEREAS, it is desirable that the election to determine whether said bonds shall be
issued and sold be consolidated with such other election or elections as may be held on the
same day in the same territory or in territory that is in part the same;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE FOLLOWING ORDER OF
ELECTION AND SPECIFICATIONS OF THE ELECTION ORDER IS HEREBY
ADOPTED:
Section 1. Pursuant to Education Code Sections 5304, 5322 and 15100 et seq. a
special election shall be held within the boundaries of the Martinez Unified School District
on June 6, 1995, for the purpose of submitting to the registered voters of the District the
following proposition:
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"Shall the Martinez Unified School District issue bonds in the amount of
$23,000,000 to renovate Martinez Junior High School, modernize, construct,
acquire or replace school facilities, improve school grounds, finance sewer and
drainage projects for school property, and provide for long term capital
improvements district-wide, which bonds shall bear interest at a rate not to
exceed the legal limit, and shall mature no later than August 2014, the final
maturity of the District's currently outstanding bonds?"
All of the purposes enumerated in the foregoing proposition shall be united and voted
upon as one single proposition. Said bonds proposed to be issued and sold shall bear interest
at a rate per annum not exceeding the statutory maximum, payable at the time or times
permitted by law, and the number of years the whole or any part of the bonds are to run shall
not exceed 25 years from the date of the bonds or the date of any series thereof.
Section 2. Pursuant to Section 15124 of the Education Code and Section 18 of Article
XVI and Section 1 of Article XIIIIA of the Constitution of the State of California, the above
proposition shall become effective only upon the affirmative vote of two-thirds of those
electors voting on the measure.
Section 3. The foregoing specifications of the Election Order are made pursuant to
Education Code Section 5322, and the County Superintendent of Schools and the County
Clerk of the County of Contra Costa(the "County") are hereby requested to take all steps to
call and hold the election in accordance with law and these specifications.
Section 4. Pursuant to Education Code Section 15121 and Part 3 (commencing with
Section 10450) of Division 10 of the Elections Code, the County Superintendent of Schools
and the Board of Supervisors of the County are requested to order consolidation of said
school bond election with such other elections as may be held on the same day in the same
territory or in territory that is in part the same.
Section 5. The Board of Supervisors of the County is authorized to canvass the
returns of the election pursuant to Section 10411 of the Elections Code.
Section 6. The Clerk of this District is hereby directed to deliver, no later than
February 3, 1995 (which date is not fewer than 123 days prior to the date set for the
election), two certified copies of this resolution and order to the County Superintendent of
Schools and one certified copy to the County Clerk, and shall file a certified copy of this
resolution and order with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County.
Section 7. The County Superintendent of Schools is hereby requested to prepare and
execute a Formal Notice of School Bond Election and consolidation order in substantially
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Formal Notice"), and to deliver the Formal
Notice and a copy of this resolution and order no later than February 6, 1995 (which date is
not fewer than 120 days prior to the date set for the election), to the County Clerk.
Section 8. The County Superintendent of Schools is hereby requested to call the
election by causing said Formal Notice to be posted in accordance with Section 5362 of the
Education Code no later than March 8, 1995 (which date is not fewer than 90 days prior to
the date set for the election), or to otherwise cause said notice to be published as permitted
by law.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Trustees of the Martinez Unified School
District of Contra Costa County, this 31St day of January 1995, by the following
vote:
AYES: Bonner, Hobert, Repicky, Tool, Ulmer
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
Presi ent, Board of Trustees
Martinez Unified School District
Secret o the Board of Trustees
Martinez Unified School District
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Ronald L. Stewart, Ed.D., Superintendent
CONTRA COSTA ' 77 Santa Barbara Road • Pleasant Hill, California 94.523
OFF,ICE of EDUCATION—.) (510) 942.3388
February 3, 1995
TO: Bob levati, Assistant County Registrar
FROM: Nadine dent, Director, Internal Business Services
SUBJECT: Martinez Unified and Acalanes Union High School Districts Special
Election
In accordance with California Education Code Section 5324, enclosed is Martinez
Unified and Acalanes Union School Districts' Governing Board Resolutions Nos. 95-22
and 94-95-18 respectively, providing specifications of the election order for an election
on June 6, 1995. This memorandum and enclosed Resolutions constitutes formal notice
of election.
Please call me; Scott Brown, Superintendent, Martinez Unified School District; or
James Perino, Superintendent, Acalanes Union High School District, if you have any
questions regarding the notice of the election or resolutions.
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Scott Brown
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construction and acquisition of the school facilities described in Exhibit A hereto.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Education of the Acalanes Union
High School District this 1st day of February, 1995, by the following vote:
AYES: Elizabeth Graves, Charles Priest, Elizabeth Rudnick,
Margot Tobias and Fred Weil.
NOES: None
ABSENT OR NOT VOTING: None
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Pr sident of the Board of Education
Acalanes Union High School District
ATTEST:
er f the Board of Education
Ac ares Union High School District
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EXHIBIT A
Shall the Acalanes Union High School District be authorized to finance the
renovation of its high schools, including but not limited to the modernization
of all school libraries and of classrooms and the modification of school
buildings and classrooms to accommodate computers and technology, by
issuing up to $12 million of bonds, at interest rates not to exceed the statutory
maximum?
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Ex BIT B
FORMAL NOTICE OF SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the Acalanes Union
High School District of Contra Costa County, California, that in accordance with the
provisions of the Education Code of the State of California, an election will be held on lune
6, 1995, at which election the following proposition shall be submitted to the qualified
electors of the District and voted upon:
Shall the Acalanes Union High School District be authorized to finance the
renovation of its high schools, including but not limited to the modernization
of all school libraries and of classrooms and the modification of school
buildings and classrooms to accommodate computers and technology, by
issuing up to $12 million of bonds, at interest rates not to exceed the statutory
maximum?
All of the purposes enumerated in the foregoing proposition shall be united and
voted upon as one single proposition. Said bonds proposed to be issued and sold shall bear
interest at a rate not exceeding the statutory maximum, payable at the time or times '
permitted by law, and the number of years the whole or any part of the bonds are to run
shall not exceed 25 years, or the maximum term as may be permitted by law, from the date
of the bonds or the date of any series thereof.
The County Superintendent of Schools of Contra Costa County, by this Notice
of Election, has called the election pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Education of the
Acalanes Union High School District, adopted February 1, 1995, in accordance with the
provisions of Education Code Sections 5302, 5322, 5361 and 15100.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand thisc�� day of
February, 1995.
unty Superintendent of Schools
Contra Costa County, California
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CLERK'S CERTIFICATE
I, Clerk of the Board of Education of the Acalanes Union High School
District, Contra Costa County, California, hereby certify as follows: j
The foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted at a
regular meeting of said Board of said District duly and regularly held at the regular meeting
place thereof on the 1st day of February, 1995, of which meeting all of the members of. sud
Board had due notice and at which a majority thereof was present; and that at said meeting
said resolution was adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Elizabeth Graves, Charles Priest, Elizabeth Rudnick,
Margot Tobias and Fred Weil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
An agenda of said meeting was posted at least 72 hours before said meeting at
1212 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette, California, a location freely accessible to members of the
public, and a brief description of said resolution appeared on said agenda.
I have carefully compared the same with the original minutes of said mccting
on file and of record in my office; the foregoing resolution is a full, true and correct copy of
the original resolution adopted at said meeting and entered in said minutes; and said
resolution has not been amended, modified or rescinded since the date of its adoption, and
the same is now in full force and effect.
WITNESS my hand this nth day of Feb. , 1995.
IC16Vof the Board of Education
calanes Union High School District
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BOARD OF EDUCATION
ACALA.NE.S UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
CONTRA, COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
RESOLUTION NO. 94-95--17
RESOLUTION CALLING PARCEL TAX ELECTION,..SETTING
FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF, AND REQUESTING
CONSOLEDATION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
WHEREAS, the Acalanes Union High School District ("District") is
determined to preserve the seven period day; and
WHEREAS, the Acalanes Union High School District ("District") is
determined to preserve small class sizes; and
WHEREAS, the Acalanes Union High School. District ("District") is
determined to maintain quality library and other support services for its students; and
WHEREAS, the Board is determined to maximize the ability of all classrooms
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in the High School District to access and make full use of computers and technology as well
as to prepare students for the work-site of the 21st Century; and
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WHEREAS, funding from the state has not been adequate to meet these goals;
and
WHEREAS, declines in state funding during this decade have ziod"—` the
ability of local funds to meet these goals; and
WHEREAS, the District has engaged in a variety of efforts to generate _lnds
for the District's educational program, including lobbying in the State Legislature, local
fund-raising efforts, and cost-cutting measures, but these efforts have not prodij^ed suf5cient
revenues; and
WHEREAS, Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitutior and
Government Code Section 50079 authorize a school district, upon approval of two-thirds of
the electorate voting on the measure, to levy a qualified special tax for specaf ed purposes,
following notice and public hearing; and
WHEREAS, the District submitted to the voters on June 4, 1991 a proposition
authorizing the levy and collection of a qualified special parcel tax in the amount of S42 per
year for 10 years, which parcel tax was approved by the voters (the "Qualified Special
Tax"); and
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WHEREAS, this Board believes that it is necessary to increase the Qualified
Special Tax for the remaining six years of its life in order to continue meeting the students'
basic educational needs; and
WHEREAS, this Board has held a public hearing after due notice regarding
this proposed increase to the Qualified Special Tax;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Board of Education of the
Acalanes Union High School District that:
1. This Board hereby determines to submit to the qualified electors of the
District a proposal to increase the Qualified Special Tax for the following specific purposes:
(a) to maintain and improve comprehensive educational and academic programs for students
of the district, including retaining the 7-period class day; (b) to provide and upgrade
additional library services, materials and equipment; (c) to provide funds to bring new
technologies into the classrooms; and (d) to maintain small class size.
2. Upon approval of two-thirds of those voting on the measure, the
increase in the Qualified Special Tax shall be in the amount of $20 per year for 6 years
assessed against each parcel of taxable land in the District. A parcel shall be defined as any
unit of land in the District which now receives a separate tax bill from the Contra Costa
County Assessor's Office. All property which would otherwise be exempt from property
taxes will also be exempt from the imposition of said special tax.
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3. In order to permit the District to expend the proceeds of the Qualified
Special Tax under the constraints of the Appropriations Limit established by Article XMB of
the State Constitution, this Board hereby further determines to submit to the qualified electors
of the District a proposal to increase the District's appropriations limit for 4 fiscal years, in
an amount equal to the Qualified Special Tax, as permitted by Article XIIIB, Section 4 of the
California Constitution. The proposal to increase the appropriations limit and the proposal to
increase the Qualified Special Tax shall be combined and voted on as a single measure.
4. This Board hereby requests the Contra Costa County Clerk ("County
Clerk") to submit to the voters of this District on June 6, 1995 the ballot measure as
described in Exhibit A attached hereto.
S. That the authority for the specifications of this election order is
contained in Section 5322 of the California Educational Code.
6. That the County Superintendent of Schools is hereby requested to
prepare a Formal Notice of Parcel Tax Election in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit B (the "Formal Notice").
7. That this Resolution shall stand as the order to the County
Superintendent of Schools to call an election within the boundaries of the District on June 6,
1995.
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8. That the Clerk of this District is ordered, not later than February 3,
1995, to deliver a certified copy of this resolution and order to the County Superintendent of
Schools, a certified copy to the County Clerk (elections department), and a certified copy to
the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors.
9. That the County Superintendent of Schools is requested to file, not later
than February 6, 1995, a copy of this resolution and order and the Formal Notice with the
County Clerk (elections department).
10. The Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County is authorized to
canvass the returns of the election pursuant to Section 10411 of the Elections Code.
11. Pursuant to Section 13004 of the Elections Code, the Board of
Supervisors of Contra Costa County is requested to permit the County Clerk to render all
services relating to the election specified by the Elections Code and the Education Code to be
performed by the official conducting the election, including appointing precinct boards and
designating polling places, fixing dates for submission of ballot arguments, assembling the
County Counsel's Impartial Analysis, the ballot arguments, the rebuttal arguments, printing
and mailing sample ballots and ballot pamphlets to registered voters, canvassing the election
and certifying the statement of election results to this Board, and all other proceedings
incidental to and connected with the election, including the publication of the Formal Notice
(defined herein), and the execution of such certificates and affidavits as may be requested by
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the District to evidence the performance or completion of said services, for which services
the District agrees to reimburse the County.
12. The Clerk of this Board is ordered and directed to cause all notices
required by law in connection herewith to be published and posh, as the case may be.
13. Subject to two-thirds approval of the voters, the Qualified Special Tax
shall be collected by the Contra Costa County Tax Collector at the same time as and along
with, and shall be subject to the same penalties as general ad valorem taxes collected by said
tax collector. The tax shall bear interest at the same rate as the rate for unpaid ad valorem
property taxes until paid.
14. The collection of the Qualified Special Tax provided for herein shall
not decrease the funds available from other sources of the District in any period from the
effective date hereof.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Education of the Acalanes Union
High School District on the 1st of day of February, 1995 by the following vote:
AYES: Elizabeth Graves, Charles Priest, Elizabeth Rudnick, Margot Tobias,
and Fred Weil
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly introduced, passed, and
adopted at the time and place and by the vote stated
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Presid ht of the Board of Education of the
Acalanes Union High School District
ATTEST:
Clerk f e oar of Education
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EXHIBIT A
Because the quality of the schools in our community is vital to the quality of life in our
community, shall the Acalanes Union High School District be authorized to increase its
Qualified Special Tax by $20 per year for six (6) years, and shall the District's
Appropriations Limit be adjusted accordingly, in order to help finance (a) comprehensive
educational and academic programs for students of the district, including retaining the 7
period class day; (b) additional library services, materials and equipment; (c) bringing new
technologies into the classrooms; and (d) maintaining small class size?
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EXHIBIT B
FORMAL NOTICE OF PARCEL TAX ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the qualified electors of the Acalanes Union High School
District of Contra Costa County, California, that in accordance with the provisions of the
Education Code and the Government Code of the State of California, an election will be held
on June 6, 1995, at which election the following proposition shall be submitted to the
qualified electors of the District and voted upon:
Because the quality of the schools in our community is vital to the quality of life in our
community, shall the Acalanes Union High School District be authorized to increase its
Qualified Special Tax by $20 per year for six (6) years, and shall the District's
Appropriations Limit be adjusted accordingly, in order to help finance (a) comprehensive
educational and academic programs for students of the district, including retaining the 7-
period class day; (b) additional library services, materials and equipment; (c) bringing new
technologies into the classrooms; and (d) maintaining small class size?
All of the purposes enumerated in the foregoing proposition shall be united and voted upon
as one single proposition.
The County Superintendent of Schools of Contra Costa County, by this Notice of Election,
has called the election pursuant to a Resolution of the Board of Education of the Acalanes
Union High School District, adopted February 1, 1995, in accordance with the provisions of
Education Code Sections 5302, 5322 and 5361.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this&q4
h day of February, 1995.
County Superintendent of Schools
Contra Costa County, California
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DECLARATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
Annette Quigley hereby declares that [s]he is a citizen of the United
States of America, over the age of 18 years; that acting for the Acalanes Union High School
District [s]he posted on January 2! „—, 1995, at 1212 Pleasant Hill Road, Lafayette,
California, an agenda for the regular meeting of the Board of Education of the Acalanes
Union High School District to be held on February 1, 1995, a copy of which is attached
hereto.
Dated: February 2 , 1995.
1 declare under penalty of perjury under
the laws of the State of California that the
foregoing is true and correct.
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ACALANES UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
1212 Pleasant Sill Road
Lafayette, CA 94549
REGULAR MEETING OF THE GOVERNING BOARD
Wednesday, February 1, 1995
Board Room, Administration Building
A G E N D A
I. CALL TO ORDER:
(6:00) A. Announce actions taken in Closed Session on 1/24/95
B. Announce Closed Session Items to be discussed
II . CLOSED SESSION:
(6:05) A. Negotiations: Conference with Agency Labor Negotiator--
Agency Negotiator: James Perino
Re: AEA and Local 790
B. Public Employees Performance Evaluations:
Administrative Employees
III. PUBLIC REPORT ON ACTIONS:
(7:30) A. Announce actions taken in Closed Session
IV. OPENING PROCEDURES:
(7:35) A. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag
B. Approval of Agenda
V. PUBLIC COMMENTS; This is the time for the public to comment on
(7:40) items of interest to the public which ere not on the agenda. Groups
are asked to limit comments to 10 minutes. Individual speakers are
asked to limit comments to not more than 3 minutes in order to allow
everyone who wishos to speak the opportunity to do so.
VI. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ASSEMBLY BILL 2600: Public Hearing
(7:50) TEXTBOOK INCENTIVE
VII. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A RESOLUTION OF THE Public Hearina_
(8:00) GOVERNING BOARD OF THE ACALANES UNION HIGH
SCHOOL DISTRICT CALLING PARCEL, TAR ELECTION,
SETTING FORTH THE SPECIFICATIONS THEREOF, AND
REQUESTING CONSOLIDATION WITH OTHER ELECTIONS
VIII . CONSENT CALENDAR: Approval of the consent calendar Jlcric::
(8:10) means that all items listed hereunder are adopted by
a single motion unless a member of the Board or the
Superintendent requests that any such item be remoired
Prem the consent calendar and voted upon separately.
A. Minutes: January 18 and 19, 1995
S. Warrants: Payments by the District for goods and services.
C. Personnel Reports. Certificated and
Classified. No. 94-95-14:
Report includes employment, resignations, retirements,
transfers, leaves for certificated and classified
employees, and it :.,ists consultants.
D. BP & AR 6142.8 Foreign Lanauag_e:
This will be the second reading for the new BP and AR
relating to granting credits for foreign language taken
with an outside agency.
E. Stale-Dated Warrant:
Reissuance of Stale-Dated Warrant No. 694690, $147.90
dated 4-19-94.
F. Change Orders for Reconstruction Projects:
Various change orders for the reconstruction projects
require approval.
G. Donation of CD-ROM Burning Device:
Acceptance of a monetary contribution to purchase a CD-ROM burning
device for Miramonte High School.
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H. Donation of Macintosh Computer:
Acceptance of a contribution of a Macintosh computer system
for Campolindo High School's Computer Science Program_
IS. PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT
(8:15) BETWEEN THE SETU, LOCAL 790 AND THE DISTRICT
X. COMMUNICATIONS:
(8:25) A. Student Representative - Mr. Tim Beggs
1. High School Reports
B. SEIU, Local 790 Representative - Mrs. Bev Johnson
C. AEA Representative - Mr. Ramsay Thomas
D. Letters received by Board Members regarding district
matters are acknowledged and summarized.
X1. SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT: IntormaLiQTI
(8:45) A. Superintendents' State Conference:
A report will be given on the Superintendents`
State Conference held in Monterey, January 25-27, 1995.
XII. NEW AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
(9:00) A. Resolution No. 94-95-14, Adoption of Seniority List: Roll Cali/
Approval of certificated seniority list--order of Actior.
employment.
B. Resolution No._94-9S-16, Textbook Entitlement: Rol? Call/
Resolution approving purchase of textbooks Action
using special funds allocated by the state.
C. Resolution No. 94-95-17, Calling for Tax Election, Roll •Call/
Setting Forth the Specifications Thereof, and Actior.
Requesting Consolidation with other Elections:
Shall the District be authorized to increase its
Qualified Special Tax by $22 per year for six (G)
years, and shall the District's Appropriations limit
be adjusted accordingly, in order to help finance
(a) comprehensive educational and academic programs
for students of the district, including retaining
the seven-period class day; (b) additional library
services, s=erials and equipment; (c) bringing
new technologies into the classrooms; and (d)
maintaining small class size?
D. Resolution No. 94-95-18, Ordering School Bond Roll Call/
Election, Sestina Forth the Sbecifications Thereof Action
and Requesting Consolidation with other Electicns:
Shall the District be authorized to finance the
renovation of its high suhools, including but not
limi•_ed to the modernization o; all school libraries
and of classrooms and the modification of school
bu_ldings ar:d classrooms to accommodate compute=s
and technology, by issuing up to $12 million of j
bonds, at interest rates not to exceed the statutory
maximum?
E. Certificate of Acceptance between Municival Leasing Discussion/
Associates and District covering computer hardware Action
and software at Miramonte Hiah School:
Miramonte High School has received all of the computer lab
equipment and related software. It is recommended that the
Governing Board accept this equipment and related software,
F. Resolution No. 94-95-19, Authorizinq_Lease Agreement Roll Call/
Signatories and Designation of Qualification- Actior.
Lease #94-1339 dated September 29, 1994 by and between
Acalanes Union High School District and Municipal
Leasing Associates, Inc. is hereby re-designated as
bank qualified for calendar year 1995 and a Designation
of Qualification form confirming same shall be executed
by the same person(s) authorized by Resolution No.94-95-04
and adopted on September 21, 1994.
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XIII. BOARD REPORTS AND COMMENTS: Information
(9:45) A. Board Member Reports:
/ Informational reports of participation at meetings,
t conferences and school visits.
B. ,hoard Presidents/Superintendents Meeting:
The Board President will report on the
meeting held with the feeder districts on
January 19.
C. Joint Committee Meeting:
A report will be given on the January 23
Joint Committee Meeting.
XIV. CALENDAR OF EVENTS:
(9:55) A. Wednesday . . February 15 . . . . . . Governing Board Meeting
• . • • . • . . . . . . District Office, 7:30 p.m.
B. Thursday . . . February lb . . . . . . Inservice Day
C. Friday . . . . February 17 . . . . . . Lincoln's BD Observed
D. Monday . . . . February 20 . . . . . . President's SD Observed
E. Wednesday February 22 . . . . . . Special Board Mtg. , 7!30 p.m.
• . . . . . . Re: Technology
F. Monday February•27 . . . . . . Joint Committee, 7:30 p.m.
. . . . . . . . . . District office
G. Tuesday February 28 . . . . . . Acalanes District Ed.Fund Mtg.
• • • . • . . . . . . . . . District office, 7:30 p.m.
H. Wednesday March a . . . . . . . . Governing Ed Mtg. , 7:30 p.m.
• - . . . . District Office
I. Wednesday March 22• . . . . . . . Governing Board Mtg. ,7.30 p.m.
J. Wednesday March 29 . . . . . . . "Directions" for Education
• • • • • • • . • • • • • • . . . . . Site and Time TBA
$V. RECESS TO RESUME CLOSED SESSION, if necessary
(10:00)
XVI. RETURN TO OPEN SESSION FOR ACTION, if needed
XVII. FINAL ADJOURNMENT
Dote: The audience way addrns item.,a.,they appear on the agenda. fiord uteaui)ers and stuff will diseu.ss un hc*„ first wd thea tl,;•
rra:ident w411 solicit comments from the sudieace on the tupic. Individual speakers are asked to limit their commcwts to not utore than three
suiuutes and L•rouPn are asked to limit comuuuts to 8 total of 10 ntiautes. 'ILC opee session of tills rueetittg is tape recorded.