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Los Angeles County, CA November 6, 2012 Election
Measure Q
School Improvement Bonds
Redondo Beach Unified School District

School Bonds - 55% Approval Required

Pass: 18,786 / 64.27% Yes votes ...... 10,446 / 35.73% No votes

See Also: Index of all Measures

Results as of Dec 2 2:20pm, 100.00% of Precincts Reporting (43/43)
Information shown below: Impartial Analysis | Arguments | Tax Rate Statement |

To prepare students for success in high school, college, and the workforce; acquire, construct, upgrade, furnish, and equip school facilities, including career and technical facilities, improve classroom technology, and make energy efficiency improvements to reduce operating costs and put more money in classrooms; shall Redondo Beach Unified School District issue $63,000,000 of bonds at legal interest rates, have an independent citizens' oversight committee with no money taken by the State or used for salaries or other operating expenses?

Impartial Analysis from
John F. Krattli
County Counsel
Approval of Measure Q would authorize the Board of Education ("Board") of the Redondo Beach Unified School District ("District"), to issue general obligation bonds, in an amount not to exceed $63,000,000.

Funds received from the sale of the bonds shall be used only for the specific purposes set forth in the Measure, including upgrading computers, learning technology, and technology infrastructure to classrooms, science labs, and vocational and career facilities by upgrading or replacing electrical systems, data and communication equipment, wireless systems, telecommunications, Internet and network connections, hardware and software systems, and paper textbooks with electronic textbooks; installing energy efficient utility systems and health and safety projects such as lighting, irrigation, drainage, windows, sewer, water, gas, heating, ventilation, emergency and security systems; upgrading or replacing athletic fields; installing solar panels; providing new classrooms; and installing and upgrading security fencing, retaining walls, and gates. No funds may be used for teacher and administrator salaries and other school operating expenses.

Independent performance and financial audits will be performed annually to ensure that bond proceeds are expended only on the school facilities projects listed in the project list. An Independent Citizens Oversight Committee will be established within 60 days after the Board enters the election results in the minutes of the Board. The Board shall take actions necessary to establish an account in which bond proceeds will be deposited and as long as the proceeds remain unexpended the Superintendent shall file an annual report which shall state the amount of bond proceeds received and expended in that year, as well as the status of any projects funded or to be funded by the bond proceeds.

The bonds issued pursuant to the Education Code shall have a maturity not exceeding twenty five (25) years, and the bonds issued pursuant to the Government Code shall have a maturity not exceeding forty (40) years. The best estimate of the highest tax rate required to fund the bonds, based on the assessed valuations available at the time of filing the Tax Rate Statement, is $24.00 per $100,000 of the taxable property within the District.

This Measure requires a fifty-five percent (55%) vote for passage.

NOTICE TO VOTERS

Approval of Measure Q does not guarantee that the proposed project or projects in the Redondo Beach Unified School District that are the subject of bonds under Measure Q will be funded beyond the local revenues generated by Measure Q. The district's proposal for the project or projects may assume the receipt of matching state funds, which could be subject to appropriation by the Legislature or approval of a statewide bond measure.

Contact FOR Measure Q:
Yes on Q
Redondo Citizens for Quality Schools
Committee for Yes on Q
info@YesOnQ.NET

Contact AGAINST Measure Q:
pending

 
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Arguments For Measure Q
Everyone knows the importance and value of having quality schools. From higher achieving students, to training for future jobs, to greater neighborhood safety and improved property values, quality schools do make a difference.

However, because the State continues to reduce funding for public education, we must do more to protect and maintain the quality of education in Redondo Beach schools. This is why our students need your YES vote on Measure Q.

Measure Q will make the District more efficient and better able to withstand the State budget fluctuations. It will improve student access to educational technology, a key to 21st century learning. It will complete the investment in our classrooms, infrastructure, and facilities.

Measure Q will make our schools more energy efficient, allowing the District to use the money saved on utility costs in the classrooms.

With Measure Q, we can meet today's safety, technological, and educational standards as well as improve our community.

Measure Q will improve Redondo Beach schools by:

  • Improving student access to computers and modem technology
  • Upgrading inadequate electrical systems
  • Making energy efficiency improvements to provide relief to the District budget
  • Constructing new classrooms
  • Making health, safety, and security improvements Measure Q makes financial sense and protects taxpayers.
  • All funds must be spent locally and cannot be taken by the State.
  • By law, spending must be reviewed and annually audited by an independent citizens' oversight committee.
  • Funds can only be spent to improve local schools, not for teacher or administrator salaries.

Measure Q upgrades Redondo Beach schools, improves the education of local children, and maintains the quality of our community. That's something we can all support. Please join us and VOTE YES ON MEASURE Q!

ANITA AVRICK
President, Redondo Beach Board of Education

BRAD SERKIN
Business Owner/Parent

THERESE B. MARTINEZ
Retired Teacher (RBUSD)

JILL BRUNKHARDT
City Commissioner/Community Leader

CYNDI WICKS
Parent/Community Volunteer

(No arguments against Measure Q were submitted)

Tax Rate Statement from STEVEN KELLER, Superintendent, Redondo Beach Unified School District
An election will be held in Redondo Beach Unified School District (the "District") on November 6, 2012 to authorize the sale of $63,000,000 in general obligation bonds. The following information is submitted in compliance with Sections 9400-9404 of the California Elections Code.

1. The best estimate of the tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the first series of bonds, based on a projection of assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $.0240 per $100 ($24.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2013-14.

2. The best estimate of the tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue during the first fiscal year after the sale of the last series of bonds, based on a projection of assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $.0240 per $100 ($24.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation in fiscal year 2019-20.

3. The best estimate of the highest tax rate that would be required to fund this bond issue, based on a projection of assessed valuations available at the time of filing this statement, is $.0240 per $100 ($24.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation.

4. The best estimate of the average tax rate required to fund this bond issue, based on a projection of assessed valuations available at the time of filing of this statement, is $.0240 per $100 ($24.00 per $100,000) of assessed valuation.

These projections of assessed valuations and tax rates are based on experience within the District and are derived from information obtained from official sources. The actual tax rates and the years in which they will apply may vary depending on the timing of bond sales, the amount of bonds sold at each sale and actual assessed valuation in each year. The timing of the bond sales and the amount of bonds sold at any given time will be determined by the needs of the District. Actual assessed valuations will depend upon the amount and value of taxable property within the District as determined in the assessment and the equalization process.

Dated: August 6, 2012


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