LEGAL WARNING: R4 District Meeting/Public Hearing Wednesday, 3/29, 7pm at JWMS

WARNING

DISTRICT MEETING - PUBLIC HEARING REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4

TOWNS OF CHESTER, DEEP RIVER AND ESSEX WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 2023

The electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Towns of Chester, Deep River and Essex (the “Member Towns”) are hereby warned that a District Meeting of Regional School District No. 4 (the “District”) will be held on Wednesday, March 29, 2023 at 7:00 P.M. at the John Winthrop Middle School Auditorium, located at 1 Winthrop Road, Deep River, CT 06417, for the purpose of conducting a public hearing on the following recommendation of the District Board of Education:

That $9,966,000 be appropriated for the following projects:

Stadium Complex - Reconstruction of running track at Valley Regional High School

$769,000

Reconstruction of natural grass or conversion to Artificial Turf at the Stadium Complex, Upper Field and Practice Field at Valley Regional High School

$4,605,000

Baseball Field - Reconstruction of infield at Valley Regional High School

$223,000

Softball Field - Reconstruction of infield at Valley Regional High School

$291,000

Tennis Courts - Construction of Post Tension Concrete Courts at Valley Regional High School

$881,000

John Winthrop Middle School Soccer Field 1 - Reconstruction of natural grass

$566,000

John Winthrop Middle School Soccer Field 3 - Reconstruction of natural grass

$461,000

Construction of two (2) new natural grass fields and the development of property

$2,020,000

Administrative, Financing and Bond Issuance Costs

$150,000

TOTAL:

$9,966,000

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The projects shall be referred to herein collectively as the “Projects”. The appropriation may be expended for design, construction, renovation and installation costs, engineering and  professional fees, materials, equipment, purchase costs, legal fees, financing costs, interest expense on temporary borrowings, and other costs related to the Projects. The appropriation  shall include any federal or state grants received for the Projects. The amount authorized to be expended for each purpose shall not exceed the amount set forth opposite each purpose, provided that the Regional School District No. 4 Board of Education may, by resolution, transfer funds among purposes, so long as the total appropriation and bond authorization is not increased. The Regional School District No. 4 Board of Education shall be authorized to determine the scope and particulars of the Projects and may reduce or modify the scope of the Projects as desirable, and the entire appropriation may be spent on the Projects as so reduced or modified.

That $9,966,000 of bonds, notes or temporary notes of the District be authorized to finance the appropriation. The amount of the bonds authorized shall be reduced by the  amount of any federal or state grants received by the District for the Projects.

That the Chair of the District Board of Education and the District Treasurer, be authorized to make representations and enter into written agreements for the benefit of holders of the bonds or notes to provide secondary market disclosure information.

That the Superintendent of Schools and the Finance Director be authorized to contract with architects, engineers, contractors and others in the name and on behalf of the District with respect to the Projects, to approve design and construction expenditures for the Projects, and to exercise such others powers as are necessary or appropriate to complete the Projects.

That the authorization of the issuance of bonds, notes or temporary notes shall be submitted to a referendum vote by the electors and citizens qualified to vote in town meetings of the Member Towns of the District.

Dated at Deep River, Connecticut this 2nd day of March, 2023.