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Wednesday, June 10, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Committee presents survey results
By diane goble
Correspondent
At the May 21 meeting
of the Community Assets
Committee, Chair Bill Hall
presented the final results
of the public survey con-
cerning five potential com-
munity asset projects to the
committee.
A total of 206 completed
surveys were received by
the deadline. Approximately
60% of the respondents were
female and 40% male, and
were approximately evenly
split between those in the city
and those outside the city but
within the school district.
The committee mem-
bers arranged outreach to
the public through articles
an d an n o u n cemen ts in
The Nugget; KZSO radio
announcements; School
Loop; local Facebook
groups; local clubs, organiza-
tions and networks; and with
a Town Hall event. Among
the survey respondents,
those 50 and over were over-
represented and those under
50 were under-represented
with respect to their rela-
tive populations as estimated
by the city’s 2010 census
results.
Among all respondents,
the Combination Project
(Convention Center, Winter
Sports Park, Art/Science/
History Center) received the
highest percentage of the
“best project” votes; the Field
House came in a close sec-
ond. This order of preference
remained the same when the
percentage of the combined
“best project” and “okay
project” votes were tallied,
and also when the totals of
the “no” votes were consid-
ered (i.e., the Combination
Project” and “Field House”
had the lowest numbers of
“no” votes).
The project preferences
differed by age bracket.
For those 50 and over, the
Combination Project gar-
nered the highest percent-
age of “best project” votes
and least percentage of “no”
votes. But for those under
50, the Field House accu-
mulated the highest percent-
age of “best project” and
lowest percentage of “no”
votes.
If the “best project” totals
were pro-rated to account for
the actual populations of the
two age groups, the totals for
the Combination Project and
Field House would be essen-
tially a tie.
It was noted that, due to
the lower number of surveys
received from the group aged
49 and younger, those results
cannot be ascribed the same
level of statistical confidence
as the results from those aged
50 and over. To achieve equal
levels of confidence in the
results, more surveys would
need to be received from the
former group.
Over half of all respon-
dents felt that someone in
their household would ben-
efit from implementation
of the Combination Project
and just under 50 percent felt
that way regarding the Field
House.
The belief that someone in
their household would ben-
efit from the implementation
of a project varied by age of
the respondent. Over half of
those 50 and over expected
their household would ben-
efit from the Combination
Project while, for those
under 50, over half felt that
way regarding the Winter
Sports Park, Field House,
and Combination Project.
No project received a
majority of support for
financing through a bond
measure. One project, the
Art/Science/History Center,
had a majority express-
ing opposition to a bond
measure.
Summarizing the respon-
dents’ expectations of proj-
ect performance against
goals, the leader was the
Combination Project, fol-
lowed by the Field House.
The Art/Science/History
Center was last.
The respondents felt that
the analysis presented for
each project was fair, accu-
rate, thorough, and com-
plete by at least a 3 to 1
margin over those who felt
otherwise.
The Community Assets
Committee will meet on June
4 to fine-tune its presenta-
tion, which will be offered
to City Council at an 8 a.m.
workshop at City Hall on
June 18. The public is invited
to attend both meetings.
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SPRD planning
summer luau
“The buzz has already
started for the Sisters Park &
Recreation District Luau,”
said Shannon Rackowski,
adult programs coordina-
tor for SPRD. “On June 1 I
started getting questions about
the luau, when, what time, can
we buy tickets yet, and a lot of
individuals letting me know
that they did not make it last
year and they want to make
sure they do not miss it this
year.”
The luau will be held
at Village Green Park on
Thursday, August 13, at
6:30 p.m.
Sisters first luau brought
over 300 people to Village
Green Park last August, and
staff is wondering if num-
bers will exceed last year’s
attendance.
“In anticipation for an even
larger turnout I am gearing
up already,” said Rackowski.
“Last year hands went up for
wanting Lomi Lomi Salmon
on the menu, so I will make it!
Others asked why Bill Keale
was not singing. I was not
sure that people would come
out for the luau, but he will be
there this year!”
SPRD wants to continue
to create family and com-
munity dinners that help pro-
mote unity throughout Sisters
Country and help raise funds
for continual support for the
programs we provide to youth
and adults.
Advance tickets are now
on sale at SPRD. Call 541-
549-2091, stop by Monday
through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., or visit www.sisters
recreation.com and purchase
your tickets. There will be a
cut-off number for advance
tickets; only a limited amount
of tickets will be sold at the
door, so get your tickets early.