THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY

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1 THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY RESOLUTION RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A PROPOSAL TO THE VOTERS OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AT A SPECIAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2013 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE BOROUGH OF HADDONFIELD, IN THE COUNTY OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. A special election of the legal voters of The Board of Education of the Borough of Haddonfield, in the County of Camden, New Jersey ("Board" when referring to the governing body and "School District" when referring to the legal entity governed by the Board) shall be held on Tuesday, January 22, Section 2. The following proposal ("Proposal") is hereby approved and shall be submitted to the legal voters of the School District at a special election to be held on Tuesday, January 22, 2013: PROPOSAL The Board of Education of the Borough of Haddonfield, in the County of Camden, New Jersey ("School District"), is authorized to: (a) undertake for lawful school purposes, a capital improvement program consisting of: (i) the acquisition of up to approximately acres located along Kings Highway and divided by Hopkins Lane identified as Block 13, Lot 25 and Block 14, Lot 2 on the Official Tax Map of the Borough of Haddonfield, County of Camden, New Jersey and the demolition of certain existing facilities and buildings thereon; (ii) the construction of a Multi-Purpose Athletic Field and related facilities and site parking on a portion of Block 13, Lot 25, with the balance of the land reserved for future

2 educational purposes; (iii) the grading and seeding of Block 14, Lot 2 for future educational purposes, active/passive open space and additional site parking, together with the completion of all work and improvements necessary to make the existing property compatible with the proposed improvements and renovations; and (iv) the preservation of certain historic structures on Block 13, Lot 25; (b) acquire furniture, fixtures and equipment for said improvements and renovations; (c) expend for all the foregoing an amount not to exceed $12,500,000; and (d) issue bonds of the School District for said project in an amount not to exceed $12,500,000. The School District and the Borough have received a grant commitment from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Green Acres Program, the Camden County Open Space & Farmland Preservation Program and the Borough's Open Space Fund in the aggregate amount of $3,500,000, which funds will be used to acquire certain of the property described above for preservation as recreation and open space. The School District is authorized to issue its temporary notes in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000, on an interim basis, in anticipation of payment of the above-referenced grant funds. This project is not eligible for State support through the Department of Education. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT Approval of the Proposal will provide authorization for the School District, acting in conjunction with the Borough, the New Jersey Green Acres Program, the Camden County Open Space and Farmland Program and the Borough's Open Space Program, to acquire approximately 19.2 acres of property along Kings Highway (commonly known as the Bancroft Property) for educational use, athletic and recreational use and open space. The maximum amount of bonds of the School District to be issued is limited to $12,500,000, with the balance of the funding necessary for the land acquisition to be provided through the above-referenced grant programs. Approval of the Proposal will also authorize the School District to issue the short-term notes to complete the land acquisition pending payment of the grant funds. The School District and the Borough will enter into a Shared Services Agreement with respect to the utilization of the Bancroft Property and related matters. Under said agreement, the School District is also obligated, if and when required, to convey sufficient acreage to the Borough for the construction of ten (10) affordable housing units. Said land transfer will not impact the intended utilization of the remaining Bancroft Property. Notwithstanding anything in this Resolution to the contrary, the Superintendent of Schools and Business Administrator/Board Secretary, upon the advice of Bond Counsel, are each hereby authorized to approve any changes to the Proposal as may be advisable or as may be required pursuant to provisions of the New Jersey Educational Facilities Construction and -2-

3 Financing Act or other applicable law; provided, however, that no such changes shall result in the total appropriation for the project set forth in the Proposal to exceed $12,500,000. Section 3. The Board hereby acknowledges and confirms that, in accordance with Sections 16 and 17 of the School Bond Law, N.J.S.A. 18A:24-16 and 18A:24-17, a supplemental debt statement has been prepared as of the date of this resolution by the Chief Financial Officer of the Borough of Haddonfield, being the sole municipality comprised within the School District, giving effect to the proposed authorization of bonds of the School District in the amount stated in the Proposal set forth above and that the supplemental debt statement has been filed in the office of the Clerk of the Borough of Haddonfield and in the office of the Board Secretary prior to the adoption of this resolution. The Board hereby directs the Board Secretary to have the supplemental debt statement filed in the office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services in the Department of Community Affairs prior to the date of the special election. Section 4. The Business Administrator/Board Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to immediately forward a certified copy of this resolution and the Proposal approved herein to the Camden County Clerk, the Clerk of the Borough of Haddonfield and to the Camden County Board of Elections. Section 5. All actions heretofore taken and documents prepared or executed by or on behalf of the School District by the members of the Board, Superintendent of Schools, Business Administrator/Board Secretary or by the School District's professional advisors, in connection with the holding of the special election or the consideration of the Proposal at said special election, are hereby ratified, confirmed, approved and adopted. -3-

4 Section 6. The President of the Board, Vice President of the Board, Superintendent of Schools and Business Administrator/Board Secretary are each hereby authorized to determine all matters and execute all documents and instruments in connection with the holding of the special election or the consideration of the Proposal at said special election, and the signatures of the President of the Board, Vice President of the Board, Superintendent of Schools or Business Administrator/Board Secretary on such documents or instruments shall be conclusive as to such determinations. Section 7. All other resolutions, or parts thereof, inconsistent herewith are hereby rescinded and repealed to the extent of any such inconsistency. Section 8. This Resolution shall take effect immediately on adoption this 13th day of December,

5 Recorded Vote AYE NO ABSTAIN ABSENT The foregoing is a true copy of a resolution adopted by The Board of Education of the Borough of Haddonfield, in the County of Camden, New Jersey on December 13, SEAL DAWN LEARY, Business Administrator/ Board Secretary STEVEN WEINSTEIN, Board President -5-

6 STATE OF NEW JERSEY ) ) ss: COUNTY OF CAMDEN ) DAWN LEARY, being first duly sworn on oath, deposes and says: That deponent is Business Administrator/Secretary of the School District and the Board of Education of the Borough of Haddonfield in the County and State aforesaid and that the annexed extract from the minutes of a meeting of the Board of Education of the School District held on December 13, 2012 at the time and place therein stated has been compared by deponent with the original minutes of the meeting recorded in full in the official Minute Book of the Board and is a true copy thereof and of the whole of the original so far as it relates to the subject matters referred to in this extract. SEAL DAWN LEARY, Business Administrator/Board Secretary

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