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103 <br />Northern Human Services Center <br />The following information was gathered from attendees at the Northern Human <br />Services Center Public Input Sessions, held on March 19, 2012 at 5:00 and again at <br />6:00 pm in the cafeteria of the Center. <br />The format of the meeting was as follows: <br />• Staff Overview of Purpose of Sessions <br />• Status of Current Structure, Limitations and Costs <br />• Overview of "survey" and "dot- voting" exercises' <br />• Review of survey questions, community thoughts and ideas <br />• Closing remarks, next steps, website progress reports <br />• Survey turn -in, dot- voting <br />• Adjourn (repeated at 6:10 pm)2 <br />Future Facility Questions ("Survey") <br />At the public information session, attendees were given a list of questions and <br />asked to vote yes /no. Of the estimated 52 attendees, around 29 submitted <br />responses. <br />Mixed Opinions <br />1. The attendees seemed to have a mixed opinion between two options: <br />a. Deconstructing /demolishing the current 1952 building, with <br />appropriate "memorialization," and construction of a new facility; or <br />b. Retaining the middle portion of the existing facility (cafeteria and <br />gymnasium), and retrofitting and building new facilities (restrooms, <br />etc) around this. <br />Strong Opinions (greater than 3:1) <br />1. If a new building, it should be an enclosed facility and not an open "shelter "; <br />2. If new, it should be located near the current location (front) of property; <br />3. If new, the old building should be memorialized in some way (plaques, <br />retain a wall or some portion of the old structure, photo exhibit, etc) <br />4. Locating a cell tower on the property would be okay, if improved reception <br />1 It should be noted that some meeting attendees objected to filling out a survey or "voting" <br />at the meeting, and expressed a desire for 1) more information and 2) the ability to submit <br />surveys at a later date. Surveys were agreed to be accepted later, however only one such <br />survey was received. <br />2 Only four persons attended the 6:10 session, which followed the 5:00 format but became <br />more of a question and answer session. <br />