The Stella Mare campsite is on the shores of Lacona, on the island of Elba, in the green surroundings of the Mediterranean forest in the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, at the foot of Capo di Stella. If both Onaway proposals had passed, property taxes in that district would have risen by an estimated 1.34 mills, costing the owner of a $100,000 house about $67 in additional taxes per year over the next 21 years.The Camping Stella Mare is one of the 20 selected campsites in Europe with a very attractive seaside location. The district also would have upgraded the school parking lot to improve traffic flow. The $6 million proposal would have allowed the district to build a new auxiliary gym primarily for elementary students and wrestling. The district would have also addressed site drainage issues at the school, improved the entrance to the school to make it more secure, renovated some classrooms, created spaces for career and technical education courses, including potential space for home economics, and improved the school playground. In Onaway, the $11.6 million proposal would have allowed the district to replace its aging heating and cooling system - installed in the early 1960s - in its school building. The bond proposal would have raised property taxes by an estimated 2.2 mills, costing the owner of a $100,000 house around $110 a year in additional taxes over the next 20 years. Outdoors, the district would have repaired the bus parking lane, replaced the parking lot, and improved the drainage around the building. The transportation building would have seen reworked plumbing, a new entrance drive, and new fences, gates, and concrete parking pads for the buses, among other improvements. The middle/high school would have seen updated classrooms, a remodeled woodshop, a weight room, and a science lab, investments in instructional technology, and a new heating and cooling system, among other improvements. The money also would have bought a new fire alarm system, gym floor, cafeteria seating, and boilers, among other improvements. The elementary school would have seen renovation of the entryway to make it more secure. Onaway Superintendent Mindy Horn did not respond to messages seeking comment late Tuesday.Ī majority of $20 million raised from the Alcona bounds would have gone toward renovating existing facilities within the district’s elementary and middle/senior high schools and transportation buildings, with some of the funding also going into the creation of new facilities, such as a multi-use educational/recreational facility at the elementary school and a livestock learning building for the agri-science program at the middle/high school. “We’ll continue to do our best to support students and try to continue to make Alcona schools an awesome place.” “I thank all the community groups who were welcoming to come to meetings and welcomed us in meetings, we appreciate their hospitality,” O’Connor said. O’Connor expressed gratitude to residents and groups who were part of the dialogue leading up to the vote. “We will continue to do the best we can with our half-million-dollar sinking fund each year, and respect the community’s decision.” “The district still has $20 (million) to $30 million in needs over the next 10 years that we’re gonna have to try to address,” O’Connor said. O’Connor said he will have to manage the repairs and renovations with its $500,000-a-year sinking fund.
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