HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-09-20-Minuteman-District-Referendum-Warrant ELECTION WARRANT
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
MINUTEMAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL
TECHNICAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
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To the registered voters of the Towns of Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough,
Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln,Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland
and Weston,
GREETINGS
You are hereby notified and warned that the inhabitants of the Towns of Acton,Arlington,
Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln,
Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland and Weston, registered to vote in any of said Towns, said
Towns being the member Towns of the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School
District, are to meet at their respective polling places, to wit, in the Towns of
ACTON at the RJ Grey Jr. High School, located at 12 Charter Rd., in said Town,
ARLINGTON at the customary 10 polling locations, in said Town,
BELMONT at the customary 7 polling locations, in said Town,
BOLTON at the Nashoba Regional High School Auditorium, located at 12 Green
Rd., in said Town,
BOXBOROUGH at the Town Hall, in the Grange Meeting Room, located at 29 Middle
Rd., in said Town,
CARLISLE at the Town Hall,in the Clark Room, located at 66 Westford St., in
said Town,
CONCORD at the Harvey Wheeler Community Center, located at 1276 Main St.,in
said Town,
DOVER at the Dover Town House, in the Great Hall, located at 5 Springdale
Ave., in said Town,
LANCASTER at the Town Hall Auditorium, located at 695 Main St., in said
Town,
LEXINGTON at the Lexington Community Center, located at 39 Marrett Rd., in
said Town,
LINCOLN at the Smith School Gym, located at 6 Ballfield Rd., in said Town,
NEEDHAM at The Center at the Heights, located at 300 Hillside Ave., in said
Town,
STOW at The Center School, located at 403 Great Rd., in said Town,
SUDBURY at the Town 1Iall, 322 Concord Rd., in said Town, -_
WAYLAND at the Town Building, located at 41 Cochituate Rd. in said Tosyn, and-
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WESTON at the Town Hall, in the Lower Level Meeting Room, located at 1-1 Town
House Rd., in said Town, _ ,
on TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20. 2016 from 12 NOON— 8:00 PM to vote by BALLOT on the
following question:
"Do you approve of the vote of the Regional District School Committee of the
Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District taken on June 27 2016,to
authorize the borrowing of$144,922,478 to pay costs of constructing a new district
school?"
The vote of the Regional District School Committee reads in relevant part as follows:
VOTED. That the Minuteman Regional Vocational Technical School District (the "District")
hereby appropriates the amount of$144,922,478 for the purpose of paying costs of designing,
constructing and originally equipping a new district school,to be located at 758 Marren Road,
Lexington. Massachusetts, and for the payment of all other costs incidental and related thereto
(the "Project"), which school facility shall have an anticipated useful life as an educational facility
for the instruction of school children of 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
Chapter 71, Section 16(n) of the General Laws and the Dislcict 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 and its member municipalities; provided
further that any grant that the District may receive from the MSBA shall not exceed the lesser of
(i) forty-four and three quarters percent(44 75%) of eligible, approved Project costs, as
determined by the MSBA, and (ii) 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.
The debt authorized by this vote shall be submitted to the registered voters of the District's
member towns for approval at a District-wide election in accordance with the provisions of
Chapter 71, Section 14D and Chapter 71, Section 16(n) of the General Laws and the District
Agreement. The date of such District-wide election shall be Tuesday September 20, 2016 from
Noon-8 PM.
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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 Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton,
Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln,Needham, Stow,
Sudbury, Wayland and Weston, and by publishing a copy thereof at least once in a newspaper of
general circulation in the District, said posting and publication to occur at least ten days before
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the day of election as aforesaid. _. _ __
The District Secretary shall make due return of this Warrant with his or her doings thereont they
office of the District Secretary on or before the day of the election aforesaid. D- -•
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