The committee agreed to revise the draft survey before release, including clearer and less biased questions about options for a new or renovated senior/community center. It also requested inflation-adjusted cost estimates for previously cited $27 million and $20 million figures.
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The meeting did not decide whether to build, renovate, or maintain the current senior center. Instead, members focused on making a future resident survey more neutral and useful, including questions about facility preferences, locations, costs, and voting districts. The committee plans to review a revised survey at a special meeting and seek updated financial calculations.
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Chairman Gaudiano will send committee feedback to Siena Research Institute before the survey is finalized.
A special Public Works Committee meeting will be scheduled within the next few weeks to review the revised survey.
The survey should simplify language, remove biased phrasing, separate "don't know" from "refuse," and clarify whether it refers to a senior center, community center, or new facility.
The survey should include an option for respondents who did not vote in November 2025 and seek voting district, polling place, or another location identifier for analysis.
Siena Research Institute will be asked to provide the complete survey dataset and backup files, a summary presentation, and public access to the results.
The Finance Director will calculate inflation-adjusted costs for the proposed new facility using the previously cited $27 million and $20 million figures.
The committee noted that the referendum threshold is adjusted for inflation to $18 million.
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