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2000-09-25CONTACT PROFILE: YOUTH The sample contact universe was composed of households in the city of Southlake with a child over the age of 11 with a telephone number. One list was purchased from Experion, a list management company located in Allen, Texas. A second list was of students with telephone numbers was purchased from the Carroll ISD. The two lists were compared and duplications were removed. The sample universe was divided into three subsectors. The following summarizes the effectiveness of telephone contact. TYPE OF CONTACT % (N=) TOTAL POSSIBLE CONTACTS 100% 1,721 TOTAL CONTACTS MADE 4,436 COMPLETED 9% 404 ANSWERING MACHINE 32% 1,441 REFUSED TO ANSWER 13% 556 NO ANSWER 14% 628 WRONG NUMBER 4% 158 CALLBACK 18% 792 BUSY 3% 147 DISCONTINUED INTERVIEW 7% 310 rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 8 ` rt LqW RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The City of Southlake, through the auspices of the Southlake Development Corporation, retained the public opinion research firm of Raymond Turco & Associates to conduct two scientifically valid samplings of residents (adults and youth) in the community to gauge their support or opposition to two specific recreation -related facilities currently under study. Attitudes were gathered regarding a potential community recreation center, as well as a facility geared towards youth in the community, described in the survey as a "Teen Center." The survey had three objectives: to provide city officials with information to determine whether a teen center should be constructed, in what manner, and what it should include if constructed; to provide citizen input into recreation needs in the community; and to serve as an additional public involvement tool to be used by the city in updating its comprehensive parks and recreation master plan. The telephone survey included the responses of 400 adults and 404 students from f grades 7-12. Below are listed the highlights from our analysis of the project: ,rr GENERAL RECREATIONAL ATTITUDES • Residents in Southlake were most satisfied with the recreation services provided children, ages 7-12 (61 %), adults, ages 19-45 (56%) and children under the age of 6 (55%). Youth in Southlake were more satisfied with the services provided people between the ages of 13-18 than were adults (74%-42%), although the satisfaction ratio was just slightly higher (3.2:1 to 2.8:1). Less than 50% of adults said they were satisfied with the services provided to children, ages 13-18 (42%, with 44% no opinion), and adults, ages 46-65 (41 %, with 47% no opinion) and over the age of 65 (33%, with 59% no opinion). • An aquatic center/pool (26%), a recreation center (19%) and trails were the three most popular recreational facilities adults would like to see constructed by the city of Southlake. Students prioritized a recreation center (23%), followed by a teen center (19%) and aquatic center/pool (14%). The second tier of responses from adults were expand/add parks (7%), soccer fields (5%) and an ice rink and golf course (both 3%), compared to students, who listed a skate rink/skatepark (8%), soccer fields (6%), ice rink (5%) PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH POLITICAL CONSULTANTS 2507 Elm Forest Circle • Arlington, Texas 76006 Metro (817) 695-1158 • Metro Fax (817) 695-1168 9 E-Mail rturco@ix.netcom.com • Three of four adults (76%) rated an indoor recreation center necessary or very necessary for the city to construct. Youth were even more aware of its perceived necessity, as 9 in 10 rated it necessary (60%) or very necessary (30%). By comparison, unnecessary ratings were 16% and 9% of adults and youth, with very unnecessary findings totaling 5% of adults and 0% of youth. Note that 30% of both groups rated the center very necessary. • Three out of five adult respondents (61 %) and more than one-half (51 %) of students sampled acknowledged having visited a recreation center in another city. Adults who visited the center (N=243), as well as students (N=207) were most complimentary about variety of programs (36% and 41 %). The second most popular response among both groups was nice facilities/equipment, although it was mentioned significantly more often by students (16% and 31 %). Similar percentages of adults (37%, of which 7% very familiar) and youth (36%, ■ 8%) expressed familiarity with the teen center project. By comparison, adults were 62% unfamiliar, of which 31 % were very unfamiliar, and students 64% and 27%. Adults would describe a teen center to a friend in a neighboring city as a place for teens to get together (39%), activities exclusively for teens (23%) and supervised teen activities (17%). By comparison, 70% of youth described the facility as place for teens to get together and 17% defined it as activities exclusively for teens. Additionally, eighty percent of adults, and an even higher percentage of youth (85%) said that their concept of a teen center emphasized both social and athletic activities. Adults more often gave the social activities response (16%-11%) and similarly small percentages emphasized athletic activities (1%-3%). RECREATION CENTER COMPONENTS AND PROGRAMS • Basketball (35%), aerobics/exercise (33%) and swimming (32%) were the 3 most popular activities adults would like to be able to participate in at a recreation center. The most popular youth activities mentioned were basketball (50%), swimming (32%) and soccer (18%). More than 10% of the adult sample identified these additional activities -- racquetball/handball (23%), volleyball and walk/jog indoors (both 14%) and weight lifting and dance/gymnastics (both 11 %). Items that achieved the 10% threshold from students were volleyball (16%), weight lifting and dance/gymnastics (both 14%), games and tennis (both 13%), racquetball/handball (11 %) and walk/jog indoors (10%). • From a list of 20 possible recreation -related activities, more than 7 of ten adults listed fitness or aerobics (78%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track and recreational classes (both 72%) and attending community meetings (71 %) as activities they or their family would like to participate in at a new recreation center. Students were most likely to participate in activities geared toward teens (85%), LOW lifting weights/cardio equipment (82%), swimming (81 %) rock climbing (80%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (75%) and indoor basketball (72%). From that listing, adults listed the most likely activity in which would most likely participate as jogging/walking around on an indoor track (17%), followed with indoor basketball (15%) and fitness or aerobics and swimming (both 8%). By comparison, youth respondents would most likely play indoor basketball (18%), rock climbing (13%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (11%) and swimming (10%). • From a comprehensive listing of 21 potential recreation components, adults were most supportive of including in a recreation center exercise/aerobics room and space for teen activities (both 90%), weight/cardiovascular room (85%), racquetball courts and indoor jogging track (both 82%), meeting rooms (81 %) and game rooms, with pool tables, and table (80%). The components most strongly supported by youth were basketball courts (97%), game room, space for teen activities and stage area for concerts (each 96%), leisure pool (95%), rock climbing wall (92%), exercise/aerobics room, kitchen/snack bar and exercise/lap pool (each 91 %) and an indoor jogging track (90%). • The most frequent program suggestions adults made to encourage more participation from older residents of the community were arts and crafts (23%), games (21 %) and dance (16%). Adults also suggested team sports (21 %), basketball (20%) and dance/gymnastics (18%) as types of recreational programs OW they would like to see offered to youth at the new recreation center. Students, who were also queried on this issue, listed basketball (21 %), swimming (17%) and dance/gymnastics, exercise/aerobics and team sports (each 14%) as programs they would like to see offered. • A monthly fee for an individual of between $20 and $25 was the point at which a majority of adult residents opposed (31 %) or strongly opposed (34%) paying for operational costs at the indoor recreation center. For a family of four, opposition exceeded 50% (65%) at a $30-$40 per month range. THE TEEN CENTER • Game room/social activities (44%), gymnasium/athletic activities (25%), basketball courts (19%) and a dance hall (18%) were the items adults most often expected to be included in a teen center. Youth listed similar items -- game room/social activities (53%), gymnasium/athletic activities (34%) and basketball courts (15%) for inclusion in a teen center. The dance hall, ranked 4th among adults, was actually 5th with teenagers (13%). LA U-1 • Asked to agree or disagree to attitudinal statements, adults most often agreed that a teen center would be a good place for youth to be able to gather for social activities (91 %) and to gather for athletic activities (80%). Majorities also agreed that a teen center would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake (62%) and is necessary because there currently are no facilities where just teens can gather (59%). Also, 2 of the 3 negative statements were disputed -- that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility (67% disagree) and that it would create safety concerns if in their neighborhood (59%). Also, a plurality of residents disagreed that the teen center was not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open (45%-32%). Students were more definitive in their comments, as 90%-plus agreed that the teen center would be good for social activities (97%) and for athletic activities (94%). Eighty percent or more agreed that the teen center would be a good tool for encouraging families to move (82%) and is necessary because there currently are no facilities available (80%). Also, 83% disagree that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility, 68% that it would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood and 67% that it is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open. • Nine of ten students supported constructing a teen center if the following items Of were contained: pool/billiard tables and swimming pool (96%), basketball courts Ago' � (94%), stage area for concerts (93%), casual area, including big screen television and couches (92%) and weight/cardiovascular room (91 %). Youth were supportive of including each of the items, as the ratio of support to opposition was lowest when discussing magazine/reading rooms (2.4:1). • A majority of adults (53%) would support or strongly support a teen center in Southlake that did not include athletic facilities, but not by a substantial margin. By comparison, a majority of students would oppose such a facility (51 %), although overall support was nearly as high (48%). For both adults (17%-13%) and youth (16%-15%), strong support was similar to strong opposition. • A majority of students were likely to participate in 11 of the 12 presented activities if held at the teen center. Likely ratings were highest for concerts (91 %), pool tables/ping pong tables (89%), dances/guest DJ nights (85%) and movie nights on big screen television (83%). By comparison, the activity least likely to draw participation from students were group meetings, at 49% likely or very likely. • If the teen center were constructed, adults would be most concerned with safety to youth (71 % major concern), lack of supervision (69%) and vandalism (56%). By comparison, lower concerns were expressed regarding loitering in the area (42%), %W loud noise (41 %) and having boys and girls of different ages together (26%). N" VJ L" • Two of three students either disagreed (51%) or strongly disagreed (16%) that a teen center is not necessary because the youth of the community can use the recreation center for their needs. By comparison, 32% either agreed (27%) or strongly agreed (5%) with this statement. • Regarding teen center location statements, adults were in agreement that the needs of youth in Southlake would be best met by teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance (71 %), or by teen activities in a designated area or on a designated evening (69%). However a majority disagreed that youth needs would be best met by a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility (37%-53%). Teens most often agreed that the needs would be best met by teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance (79%), by a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility (73%) and by teen activities included in a designated area or evening (72%). Additionally, youth more often disputed the statement that the needs of youth are being addressed now (42%-53%). Asked to select a preferred option, adults chose equally, a teen center, part of, but separate from recreation center and recreation center that included teen center activities (both 37%), while the primary choice of youth was a teen center, part of, but separate from the recreation center (50%). Additionally, students, more often than adults, selected the stand-alone facility option (23%-11 %). • Relative to a teen center, nearly 3 in 5 adult respondents believed it was important (42%) or very important (17%) to begin immediate construction of a teen center, compared to 37% who rated it unimportant (26%) or very unimportant (11 %), with the remaining 5% of the sample having no opinion on the matter. Additionally, 61 % either supported (46%) or strongly supported (15%) the construction of a teen center, based on an estimated cost of $1 million. However, support declined to 45% when informed that construction of the teen center could delay construction of the recreation center a few years. ilt RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES rr✓ A SURVEY OF ATTITUDES ABOUT RECREATION FACILITIES IN SOUTHLAKE 2000 Adult Recreation Facility Attitudinal Survey 2000 Youth Recreation Facility Attitudinal Survey SURVEY SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS DRAFT VERSION RAYMOND TURCO & ASSOCIATES PROJECT 2190202 SEPTEMBER 2000 EV41W PUBLIC OPINION RESEARCH • POLITICAL CONSULTANTS 2507 Elm Forest Circle • Arlington, Texas 76006 Metro (817) 695-1158 9 Metro Fax (817) 695-1168 • E-Mail rturco@ix.netcom.com 2000 CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ...] RECREATION FACILITY SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT Table Of Contents METHODOLOGY 1 ................................................. SURVEYACCURACY 3 ............................................ RESPONDENT PROFILE: ADULT SAMPLE 5 ....................... RESPONDENT PROFILE: YOUTH SAMPLE 6 ....................... CONTACT PROFILE: ADULT 7 ..................................... CONTACT PROFILE: YOUTH 8 .................................... AREA DESIGNATION MAP: CITY OF SOUTHLAKE ................ 9 OVERVIEW..................................................... 10 KEYFINDINGS .................................................. 12 SECTION ONE: General Recreation Attitudes ................... 30 CITY -RELATED VOTING TENDENCIES ...................................... 31 SATISFACTION WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED ............. 33 PREFERRED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES .................................. 37 NECESSITY OF CONSTRUCTING INDOOR RECREATION CENTER ........ 40 DESTINATION FOR INDOOR RECREATION NEEDS ........................ RECREATION CENTER 42 VISITATION ......................................... 45 RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY PREFERENCES ................................. 47 FAMILIARITY WITH TEEN CENTER PROJECT ............................... 50 CONCEPT OF TEEN CENTER ............................................... 52 SECTION TWO: Recreation Center Components and Programs.................................................... 57 FAVORED PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES .................................... 58 LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES ............................ 62 MOST AND LEAST PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITY .............................. 69 FACILITY COMPONENTS SUPPORTED FOR INCLUSION ................... 72 LIKELIHOOD OF UTILIZING FACILITY ....................................... ELDER AND YOUTH PROGRAMS 79 ............................................ LIKELIHOOD OF USING FACILITY BASED ON MONTHLY FEES 80 ............. 85 SECTION THREE. The Teen Center ............................. FAVORED ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN A TEEN CENTER 90 ......................... AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH ATTITUDINAL 91 STATEMENTS............................................................ 95 ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN A TEEN CENTER .................................. LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR TEEN CENTER VOID OF ATHLETIC 100 FACILITIES............................................................... LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES AT TEEN 103 ;,. CENTER .. ADULT TEEN CENTER CONCERNS 106 USING THE RECREATION CENTER FOR TEEN NEEDS .................... FACILITY LOCATION STATEMENTS 112 13 . IMPORTANCE OF IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF TEEN CENTER ....... SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTION ......................... 119 120 MEETING YOUTH RECREATIONAL NEEDS r ................................ APPENDIX: SAMPLE QUESTIONNAIRES ....................... 122 125 METHODOLOGY The techniques used in this survey adhere to professional standards used in the survey industry. The points to keep in mind when evaluating this report are: (1) The samples for these surveys were composed of 400 adults and 417 youth between the ages of 11-18 in the city of Southlake with available telephone numbers. The adult sample was drawn using a geographical segmentation scheme that divided the study region in three primary subsectors. The youth sample, although divided into the same three primary subsectors, was instead drawn using a grade -level segmentation that drew the survey participants from grades 7 through 12. For the adult survey, the three primary subsectors were assigned quotas proportional to the number of households with available telephone numbers. Regarding the youth survey, the six primary grades were also assigned quotas proportional to the number of Southlake students at those particular grades in the 1999-2000 school year at the following ISD's: Southlake-Carroll, Grapevine-Colleyville, and Keller. However, the total number of surveys (N=417) was weighted to accurately reflect the appropriate grade level. Both surveys have a random sample size of over 400 respondents and are accurate to within 5% at the 95% confidence level. This means there is one chance in twenty that the survey results may vary by as much as plus or minus 5% from the results that would be obtained by polling the entire population of both study areas. (2) All telephone interviews were conducted by Raymond Turco & Associates professional trained interviewers from our Bedford and Arlington, Texas, telephone call centers. Interviews were recorded under controlled situations to minimize measurement error. The length of interviews varied with the average adult survey lasting approximately 16 minutes and the average youth survey, 14. (3) Only complete surveys were accepted as part of the sample for the telephone survey, and interviewers were required to confirm the respondent's name and telephone number. More the one youth was allowed to participate within a household if they met the age and grade criteria. Only one adult in each household was questioned. (4) Certain questions were written to permit the respondent to answer "no opinion." This was done so as to avoid the artificial creation of attitudes on issues where the interviewee may not have had an opinion. (5) Telephone interviewing for the adult survey began on June 26, 2000, with the 400 interviews completed by July 10, thus, being in the field for 15 days. Interviewing for the youth survey began August 7, 2000 and was finished August 20 for a implementation period of 14 days. Both surveys were in the field for short enough time period to make them accurate readings during the time the studies were implemented. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 1 i� L�d H I L� rj r N A L Completed questionnaires were checked for compliance with interviewing open ended and sampling specifications. All editing and validation of interviews, Raymond Turco responses, data processing and computer analysis lysispwasessed by prepared by Ray Turco, & Associates of Arlington, Texas. The survey President. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 2 SURVEY ACCURACY Contrary to what may appear to be common sense, the accuracy of a telephone is not greatly influenced by the proportion of the total population that i survey Instead, within a controlled environment, survey accuracy is direct) r interviewed. number of individuals interviewed. That is, a survey of 400 people ou y related to the Population of 1,000 will yield results that are as accurate as a survey of 400t of a total a total population of 10,000. taken from For all practical purposes, the accuracy of "large" surveys (those involving 100 interviews) is approximately one divided by the square root of te more than interviews. For example, the error percentage or survey accuracyfor the number of people is approximately plus or minus 10 percent (1 divided b 10). a survey of 100 people will have an error level of approximately 4 percent (1 divided 25survey of 625 Y ) However, these error rates or accuracy levels must be applied and interpret three important caveats in mind. First, these are the 95 percent confide s. with means that given a sample of 400 people, 95 times out of 100 the "true" This within plus or minus 4% of the observed answer. t will lie Secondly, this error percentage applies solely to bins questions. For example, if 55 percent of a sample of 625 voters said the w binary (yes/no, agree/disagree) for candidate A, then you can be 95% sure that candidate A's "true" Y would vote between 51 and 59%. ue support lies Finally, the error percentage calculated as 1 divided by the square root of the number of responses is the "worst case error. That is, it is based on the initial assum the percentage that is being estimated via the survey is 50 percent. If fr ption that source, it is known or assumed that the "true" � om some other 50 actual survey error is less than that based on a 0%"true"e differs from percentage valluu percent, the e. Considering this information, a survey with a random sample size of 401 r accurate to within approximately 5% at the 95% confidence interval. This meann ents is is only one chance in twenty that the survey results ma va s there minus 5% from the results that would be obtained b Yby as much as plus or full study area. Y polling the entire population of the ry As previously discussed, the statistical error decreases as the proportion question in a given way moves away from 50% and as thenumber eying the responding to a given question increase. The sampling error confidence interval for various proportions responding in a given way and for vari persons sample responding are given in the following table: ous numbers in the full rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 3 Y h h rl-�] R, HI TABLE #1: SAMPLING ERROR AT 95% CONFIDENCE LEVEL NUMBER RESPONDING TO QUESTION PERCENTAGE GIVING ANSWER 50 100 250 500 600 50% 14.1% 10.0% 6.3% 4.5% 4.1% 40% or 60% 13.9% 9.8% 6.2% 4.4% 4.0% 30% or 70% 13.0% 9.2% 5.8% 4.1 % 3.7% 20% or80% 10% 8% 5% 4% 3% 10% or90% 9% 6% 4% 3% 2% In actual practice, survey results are frequently somewhat better than is indicated by the 95% confidence level sampling error estimate. 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surrey Report Page 4 RESPONDENT PROFILE: ADULT SAMPLE RESPONDENT GROUP SUBGROUP SURVEY SAMPLE (N=) FULL SAMPLE 100% 400 AREA Section I (north of SH 114) 18% 73 Section II (south of SH 114; east of White Chapel Rd.) 29% 117 Section III (south of SH 114; west of White Chapel Rd.) 53% 210 SEX Male 37% 147 Female 63% 253 AGE Under 25 Years 2% 9 26 - 35 Years 8% 32 36 - 45 Years 49% 195 46 - 55 Years 30% 121 56 - 65 Years 7% 26 65 and Older 4% 14 LENGTH OF RESIDENCE Under 1 Year 3% 13 1 - 3 Years 32%% 128 3 - 5 Years 22% 87 5 - 7 Years 16% 62 Over 7 Years 28% 110 CHILDREN UNDER AGE 18 LIVING AT HOME (MULTIPLE RESPONSES ALLOWED) No Children 30% 119 Age 3 or under 14% 56 Ages 4 - 6 16% 65 Ages 7 - 9 21 % 83 Ages 10 -12 24% 94 Ages 13 -15 24% 94 Ages 16 -18 22% 86 rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 5 F, C RESPONDENT P ROF/ I RESP0I DENT ORG Up FULL SAMPLE AREA SEX GRADE LEVEL LENGTH OF RESIDENCE rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES L SURVEY (N=) SAMPLE 100% 404 Section I (north of SH 114) Section II (south of SH 114; 47% 186 east of White Chapel Rd.) ° 20 �0 78 Section III (south of SH 114; west of White Chapel Rd.) 35% 140 Male Female 48% 193 52% 212 7th 8th 20% 80 9th 18% 72 10th 17% 68 11th 16% 64 12th 15% 60 15% 60 Under 1 Year 1 - 3 Years 3% 11 3 - 5 Years 27% 111 5 - 7 Years 32% 129 Over 7 Years 16% 66 21% 85 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 6 CONTACT PROFILE: ADULT The sample con tact universe was composed of a random listing of households in the st city of Southlake with a telephone number. The list was purchased waspdiv'ded into management company located in Allen, Texas. The sample universe three subse ctors. The following summarizes the effectiveness of telephone contact. TYPE F CONTACT TOTAL POSSIBLE CONTACTS TOTAL CONTACTS MADE COMPLETED ANSW RIE NG MACHINE REFUSED TO ANSWER NO ANSWER WRONG NUMBER CALL BACK BUSY FD�I�SCONTINUEDI TERVIEW 100% 3,130 6,579 6% 400 35% 2,304 1 11% 751 140 892 8 0 496 210 1,392 4% 253 1% 91 It RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 7 rt P CONTACT PROFILE: YOUTH The sample contact universe was composed of households in the city of Southlake with a child over the age of 11 with a telephone number. One list was purchased from Experion, a list management company located in Allen, Texas. A second list was of students with telephone numbers was purchased from the Carroll ISD. The two lists were compared and duplications were removed. The sample universe was divided into three subsectors. The following summarizes the effectiveness of telephone contact. TYPE OF CONTACT % (N=) TOTAL POSSIBLE CONTACTS 100% 1,721 TOTAL CONTACTS MADE 4,436 COMPLETED 9% 404 ANSWERING MACHINE 32% 1,441 REFUSED TO ANSWER 13% 556 NO ANSWER 14% 628 WRONG NUMBER 4% 158 CALLBACK 18% 792 BUSY 3% 147 DISCONTINUED INTERVIEW 7% 310 rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 8 mi:61[eiorvm[• •] M.`I• OVERVIEW The City of Southlake, through the auspices of the Southlake Development Corporation, retained the public opinion research firm of Raymond Turco & Associates to conduct two scientifically valid samplings of residents (adults and youth) in the community to gauge their support or opposition to two specific recreation -related facilities currently under study. Attitudes were gathered regarding a potential community recreation center, as well as a facility geared towards youth in the community, described in the survey as a "Teen Center." The survey was designed to examine resident interest in the facilities, likelihood of participating in related activities and other general attitudes relating to the facilities. The survey had three objectives -- to provide city officials with information to determine whether a teen center should be constructed, in what manner and what it should include if constructed; to provide citizen input into recreation needs in the community; and to serve as an additional public involvement tool to be used by the city in updating its comprehensive parks and recreation master plan. The information gathered in this report will allow elected officials and city staff to better understand specific recreational needs and desires, from the standpoint of both adult and youth residents, relative to these two potential facilities. aw The survey investigated the following areas of interest: 1. General Recreational Attitudes ® Frequency of voting in city -related elections (adults) ® Satisfaction or dissatisfaction with recreational services provided to residents in specific age groups (adults) ® Satisfaction or dissatisfaction with recreational services provided for people, age 13-18 (youth) ® Naming of recreation facility residents would favor being constructed to improve opportunities (both groups) ® Location of choice for indoor recreation needs (both groups) V Frequency of visiting a city -owned recreation center in another city (both groups) ® What was liked most about recreation center visited (subsample of respondents) ® Necessity of constructing indoor recreation center for city residents (both groups) ® Familiarity with teen center project (both groups) ® Explanation of teen center (both groups) ® Types of activities (social or athletic) to be emphasized at teen center (both groups) rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 10 2. Attitudes About A Recreation Center In Southlake ® Activities to participate in at recreation center (both groups) ® Likelihood of participating in recreation center activities (both groups) ® Activity most likely and least likely in which to participate ® Support or opposition to including recreational components in recreation center (both groups) ® Likelihood of using recreation center when constructed (youth) ® Types of programs or activities to encourage more participation from older residents (adults) ® Types of programs or activities to encourage more participation from youth (both groups) ® Likelihood of paying range of fees for operational costs at the indoor recreation center (adult) ® Likelihood of paying range of fees for family of four for operational costs at the indoor recreation center (adult) 3. General Attitudes About A Teen Center In Southlake VW1 ® Items expected to be included in a teen center (both groups) ® Agreement or disagreement to teen center attitudinal statements (both groups) ® Support or opposition to teen center if certain items contained within (youth) ® Support or opposition to teen center that did not include athletic facilities (both groups) ® Likelihood of participating in activities if held at teen center (youth) ® Level of concern with certain teen center related issues (adult) ® Agreement or disagreement with recreation -related statement (youth) • Agreement or disagreement to facility location statements (both groups) • Preferred facility choice for teen center and recreation center projects (both groups) ® Level of importance to begin immediate construction of teen center (adult) ® Support or opposition to construction of teen center, based on estimated cost (adult) ® Support or opposition to construction of teen center, based on potential delay of recreation center construction (adult) ® Agreement or disagreement with recreation -related statement (youth) The following is a summary of the key findings concerning these areas. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 11 H La, KEY FINDINGS Raymond Turco & Associates conducted a random survey of adult residents during the last week of June and first week of July and a random survey of youth during the first and second weeks of August. These public opinion polls captured attitudes on recreational facility issues in the community, specifically a recreation center and a potential teen center. The comment were generated from adult and student respondents randomly selected from phone matched households. The full sample of 400 adults and 404 weighted student participants were interviewed with a comprehensive questionnaire (see Appendix) that collected attitudinal data on issues relating to a new recreation center and a potential teen center, including programs, components, and ancillary issues regarding those facilities, which are currently under consideration by the Southlake City Council. The resulting tabulations were analyzed to assist elected and appointed officials in understanding public sentiment concerning these subjects. The telephone survey included the responses of 400 adults and 404 students from grades 7-12. Below are listed the highlights from our analysis of the project: a.r GENERAL RECREATIONAL ATTITUDES L • More than 6 out of 10 persons interviewed acknowledged voting in the 1999 school bond election (65%), as well as the 1999 city council race (62%). Those percentages were significantly higher than the group admitting to having voted in the 1998 city council races (49%). Note that in both 1999 elections, Area II residents (65% and 69%) were most likely to identify voting, a similar percentage to people in Area III (63% and 65%). Voting frequency in these two parts of the city were generally 10% higher than in Area 1 (53% and 59%). In all three elections, parents with teenage children (ages 13-18) were more active participants in the voting process than respondents with children in the pre -teen (ages 7-12) or young children (under age 6) subgroups. Plus-10% turnout variances were noted for the 1999 city council (72% of teenagers to 55% of young children) and school bond (78% of teenagers to 52% of young children) elections, as well as the 1998 city council race (58% of teenagers to 39% of young children. (See Tables #2 - #4, pages 31 and 32.) • Residents in Southlake were most satisfied with the recreation services in the city provided children, ages 7-12 (61 %), adults, ages 19-45 (56%) and children under the age of 6 (55%). Youth in Southlake were more satisfied with recreation services provided to youth in their age group (13-18), more so than adults (74%-42%), although the satisfaction ratio was just slightly rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake outhlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 12 t higher (3.2:1 to 2.8:1). Less than 50% said they were satisfied with the services low provided to children, ages 13-18 (42%, with 44% no opinion), and adults, ages 46-65 (41 %, with 47% no opinion) and over the age of 65 (33%, with 59% no opinion). The ratio of satisfaction to dissatisfaction was highest for the services provided young children, under age 6 (9.2:1), and those in the 7-12 age group (8.7:1) and lowest children, ages 13-18 (2.8:1) and adults, ages 46-65 (3.4:1). Sixty percent of residents in each of the three subsectors were satisfied with the recreational services provided children in the 7-12 age category (63%-60%-60%), as well as people in Area I regarding adults, ages 19-45 (60%). Majorities of people under 35 and 36-55 were satisfied with the services provided children under age 6 (59%-58%), ages 7-12 (55%-64%) and adults, ages 19-45 (57%-57%). The older the respondent, the more satisfaction ratings they assigned to the age 46-65 (18%-43%-53%) and over 65 (21 %-34%-53%) subgroups. Regarding student comments, overall satisfaction ranged from a high of 86% (7th grade) to a low of 59% (10th grade). Additionally, the more unfamiliar students were with the teen center project, the more satisfied they were with the recreation services provided by the city (61 % of very familiar to 67% of familiar to 79% of unfamiliar). (See Tables #5 - #7, pages 33 - 35.) • An aquatic center/pool (26%), a recreation center (19%) and trails were the three most popular recreational facilities adults would like to see constructed by the city of Southlake. Students prioritized a recreation center (23%), followed by a teen center (19%) and aquatic center/pool (14%). There was an 11 % variance in the suggestion of trails between the two groups (13%-2%). The second tier of responses for adults were expand/add parks (7%), and soccer fields (5%), compared to students, who listed a skate rink/skatepark (8%) and soccer fields (6%). Adults in Area I prioritized a recreation center over an aquatic center/pool (23%-19%). This was not the case in either Area III (30%-21 %) or Area II (22%-13%). Trails drew 13% in each subsector. Nonparents recommended trails over an aquatic center/pool (25%-21 %) and expand/add parks was nearly as important as a recreation center (10%-11 %). The aquatic center/pool was a more popular choice among parents of young children (35%, to 23% of parents of teenagers), as too were trails (19%, to 5% of parents of pre -teens). Parents of teenagers expressed a similar desire for an aquatic center/pool (23%), recreation center (21 %) and teen center (19%). By age, the items that declined in interest the older the respondent were aquatic center/pool (35%-25%-22%), expand/add parks (12%-7%-0%) and soccer fields (8%-5%-0%). Among students, the only grades rating a teen center ahead of a recreation center were 12th (25%-21 %) and 8th (15%-12%). Among those youth mentioning a recreation center more often than a teen center, there was at least a 10% variance in the minds of 9th (27%-16%) and 10th (31 %-15%) graders, followed by smaller differences for students in grades 11 (31 %-24%) and 7 (21 %-18%). As with adults, female students mentioned a teen center (23%-14%) more often than their male counterparts. Female students were also more interested in an aquatic center/pool (19%-8%) and a movie theater (5%-1 %), while rt RAYMOND T RCO and ASSOCIATES IATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 13 U F males more often listed a skate rink/skatepark (13%-4%) and an ice rink (8%-1 %). Also, in both groups, the more familiar respondents were with the teen center project, the more likely they were to mention it as the most important recreational project for the city to construct, although it was still not as popular as the recreation center. (See Table #8, page 38.) Three of four adults (76%) rated an indoor recreation center necessary or very necessary for the city to construct. Youth were even more aware of its perceived necessity, as 9 in 10 rated it necessary (60%) or very necessary (30%). By comparison, unnecessary ratings were 16% and 9% of adults and youth, with very unnecessary findings totaling 5% of adults and 0% of youth. Note that 30% of both groups rated the center very necessary. Adult residents in Area I had a greater desire for the facility, as a higher percentage claimed the center was very necessary (36%), compared to 26% in Area III. Combined necessary findings varied 6%, from 79% in Areas I and II to 73% in Area Ill. Very necessary ratings were higher among parents (36%-34%) than nonparents (22%). The age tabulations showed people in the 36-55 group expressing a higher necessary belief (77%) than under 35 (75%) or over 55 (64%) year olds. At the student level, the grade most likely to believe that a recreation center was very necessary was 12th (44%), a finding twice as high as the opinions expressed in the 8th (22%), or 9th (21 %) grades. Overall necessary ratings ,r exceeded the mean score (90%) at the 8th (94%) and 12th (97%) grade levels. •r Lower ratings, but still in excess of 80%, were expressed by students in the 7th (88%), 9th (84%), 10th (89%) and 11th (86%) grades. (See Figure 1, page 41.) • Adults generally went to private clubs (49%), schools (34%) and church facilities (28%) for their indoor recreation needs, whereas, students most often ventured to schools (51%), or their house or a friends house (44%), with an additional 28% split between private clubs and city facilities. Adult residents in Area I were most likely to venture to private clubs (54%, to 47% in Area III) and city facilities (32%, to 18% in Area III). Additionally, they were least likely to visit schools (26%, to 38% in Area III) and church facilities (26%, to 29% in Area 111). Men more often preferred private clubs (56%-46%) and women, schools (37%-30%). The parental subgroups most likely to use private clubs had children 13-18 (52%) and under 6 (51 %) years of age. That compared to 48% of nonparents and 43% of parents with pre -teen children. More than 40% of parents with pre -teens (48%) and teenagers (44%) acknowledged using schools for indoor recreation needs, both higher than parents of young children (38%) and nonparents (16%). The younger the respondent, the greater their tendency to visit a private club (55%-49%-41 %). However, middle-aged community members ventured to schools at a higher rate (37%, to 15% of seniors), and senior survey participants, city facilities (33%, to 19% of middle-aged persons). Among youth, EV4W schools tended to be more often utilized by younger students than older ones. For example, more than 50% of 9th (63%), 8th (59%), 10th (58%) and 7th (51 %) grade students when to schools. Students in the 12th (29%) and 11th (40%) rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 14 E 0 grades were the least likely. Students in the 12th grade most often visited private clubs (44%) for their indoor recreation needs. Also, the higher the grade level, the less likely students were to go to their house or a friends house for indoor recreation needs (56%-46%-44%-44%-39%-32%), as well as church facilities (37%-38%-34%-23%-15%-12%). Youth living in Area II were most apt to visit schools (62%, to 46% in Area III), as well as city facilities (23%, to 10% in Area 1). The more familiar students were with the teen center project, the more likely people were to simply go nowhere (18%-11 %-7%). (See Figure 2, page 43.) • Three out of five adult respondents (61%) and more than one-half (51%) of students acknowledged having visited a recreation center in another city. Comparatively, 36% of adults and 47% of youth survey participants answered negatively. Adults who visited the center (N=243), as well as students (N=207) were most complimentary about variety of programs (36% and 41%). The second most popular response among both groups was nice facilities/equipment, although it was mentioned significantly more often by students (16% and 31%). From the adult perspective, there was only a 4 point difference for visiting other recreation centers, from 62% in Area II to 58% in Area I. Nonparents were least likely to have visited a recreation center (52%), compared to percentages in the 60 percentile for parents with children 7-12 (67%), 13-18 (66%) and under 6 (63%) years of age. People who had lived in Southlake 3-7 years were more prone to have visited a recreation center (68%), 10 points higher than long-term (59%) or short-term (58%) residents. By age, middle-aged respondents visited a recreation center (64%) at a higher rate than younger (54%) or older (38%) survey participants. Students in the 12th grade had visited a recreation center in another city at an even higher rate than adult survey participants (71 %), with the next closest percentage being 55% of 8th graders. Male students were more likely than females to have visited a center, although the variance was not dramatic (55%-48%). Regarding programs at the recreation center, adults were more complimentary of children's activities (10%-6%) and convenient schedule (7%-1 %). The variety of programs was significantly more popular in Area III, where 46% mentioned it, than in Area I, where just 22% made note of it. And people in Area II were twice as likely to mention nice facilities/equipment (24%, to 11 % in Area III). Also, residents from Area I made significantly more note of year-round swimming (16%, to 4% in Area II) and low cost (13%, to 1 % in Area III). Men more often complimented the recreation center visited for variety of programs (44%-31 %) and nice facilities/equipment (20%-13%). On the other hand, women .made more note of good exercise/dance classes (13%-6%), children's activities (12%-6%) and year-round swimming (10%-4%). Among youth in the community, there was a 15% variance in the mention of variety of programs (47% in 8th, to 36% in the 11th), while students in the 11th grade made higher notice of nice facilties/equipment (48%), compared to a low of 21 % among 9th graders. The grade level most complimentary of good exercise/dance classes were 12th graders (14%, to 0% of 11th graders), and of year-round swimming, 9th graders (18%, to 0% of 12th graders). (See Figure 3 rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 15 and Table #9, pages 46 and 48.) • Similar percentages of adults (37%, 7% very familiar) and youth (36%, 8%) expressed familiarity with the teen center project. By comparison, adults were 62% unfamiliar, with 31% very unfamiliar, and students 64% unfamiliar, with 27% very unfamiliar. In terms of overall familiarity, there was no relative variance within the three subsectors among adult respondents (37%-38%-37%). Nonparents were 31 % familiar and 70% unfamiliar; however, the older the child, the more familiar their parents were, both in terms of overall familiarity (28%-38%-50%) and very familiar ratings (2%-8%-14%). Nonparents and parents of young children were most apt to be very unfamiliar with the project (41 % and 40%), compared to a low of 15% among parents of teenagers. The age tabulations showed middle-aged survey participants to be most familiar (38%, to 17% of young people), as well as most often very familiar (8%, to 2% of young people). Among student respondents, the grade levels most familiar with the project were 8th and 12th, at 55% and 47%, respectively. By comparison, the grades least familiar were 9th and 1Oth (26% and 28%). By subsector, respondents in Area I were least often very familiar (5%, to 14% in Area II), as well as being overall familiar with the project (30%, to 43% in Area III). (See Figure 4, page 50.) • A place for teens to get together (39%), activities exclusively for teens (23%) and supervised teen activities (17%) were how adults would describe a teen center to a friend in a neighboring city. By comparison, 70% of youth described a teen center as place for teens to get together and 17% as activities exclusively for teens. Additionally, eighty percent of adults, and an even higher percentage of youth (85%) said that their concept of a teen center emphasized both social and athletic activities. Adults more often gave the social activities response (16%-11%) and similarly small percentages emphasized athletic activities (1 %-3%). Nearly one-half (47%) of the adult respondents in Area I described the teen center as a place for teens to get together, a higher percentage than in either Area II (40%) or Area III (35%). Area II concentrated on activities exclusively for teens (30%), a definition not as readily provided in Area I and Area III (16% and 21 %). Men more often defined the center as a place for teens to gather (43%-36%) and activities exclusively for teens (26%-21 %), while women focused their definitions on supervised teen activities (21 %-10%). Parents of teenagers (45%) and nonparents (40%) were the parental subgroups most likely to describe a teen center as a safe place for teens to gather, compared to lower percentages of parents with younger children (29%) and pre -teens (33%). By age, activities exclusively for teens showed consistent response across the subgroups (24%-23%-21 %). However, there was a 10% variance regarding place for teens to get together (47% of seniors to 37% of middle-aged respondents) and supervised teen activities (20% of middle-aged to 6% of young respondents). For students, over 70% of respondents in the 1Oth (78%), 11th (77%), and 12th and 7th (both 72%) grades described a teen center rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 16 as a place for teens to get together. Individuals in the 8t (62%) and 9th (64%) grades were least likely to describe it in this manner, although they also had the highest percentage who used the activities exclusively for teens definition (27% and 20%, to 7% in 11th grade). Although just 5% of the respondents mentioned athletic activities, 62% were concentrated in the 7th and 80 grade. Regarding the emphasis on activities, the part of the city most likely to emphasize both were Area 1 (90%). There was more than a 10 point variance between Area I and Areas II (77%) and III (79%). Women were more likely to describe the center as both athletic and social (84%-75%), whereas, men more :)ften linked it to social activities (21 %-13%). Those with pre -teen and teenage children more often listed social activities (20% and 28%), compared to 12% and 14% of the other two subgroups. Among students, emphasizing both areas was a response given most often in the 7th grade (91 %) and least in the 10th grade (81 %). Youth very familiar with the teen center project were most likely to associate the facility with social activities (18%), compared with 15% of people familiar and 8% unfamiliar. (See Table #10 and Figure 5, pages 52 and 55.) RECREATION CENTER COMPONENTS AND PROGRAMS • Basketball (35%), aerobics/exercise (33%) and swimm n 32% were the 3 most popular activities adults would like to be able to participate in at a recreation center, when asked to give a "top of head" comment. The most popular youth activities mentioned were basketball (5 %), swimming (32%) and soccer (18%). More than 10% of the adult sample idE ntified these additional activities -- racquetball/handball (23%), volleyball and walk/ og indoors (both 14%) and weight lifting and dance/gymnastics (both 11 %). Items that achieved the 10% threshold from students were volleyball (16%), weight lifting and dance/gymnastics (both 14%), games and tennis (both 13%) , racquetball/handball (11 %) and walk/jog indoors (10%). Youth placed a greater emphasis on basketball (50%-35%), tennis (13%-9%), games (13%-7%), rollerblading (7%-3%), soccer (18%-3%) and baseball/softball (9%-1 %). Comparatively aerobics/exercise (33%-6%), racquetball handball (23%-11 %), walk/jog indoors (14%-10%) and arts and craft classes 7%-1 %) had a higher incidence of adult mention. The order of preference amo g adults in Area I was basketball (43%), swimming (34%) and racquetball/handball (30%). Note nearly a 10 point variance between the first and second most inentioned items. By comparison, the priority in Area II was for aerobics/exercise (35%), then basketball (34%), swimming (30%) and racquetball/handball (2 %), while Area III respondents prioritized aerobics/exercise (34%), basketba I and swimming (both 32%) and racquetball/handball (19%). Note that the further south (Areas I -II -III), the less likely people were to list basketball (43%-34%-32°/ ), racquetball/handball (30%-23%-19%) and walk/jog indoors (18%-14%-13%). Men preferred the , following activities at the new recreation center, especially when compared to %fit RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S Prvey Report Page 17 l women: basketball (47%-29%), racquetball/handball (37%-15%), volleyball low (18%-12%), and weight lifting (18%-8%). By comparison, women more often favored aerobics/exercise (39%-23%), dance/gymnastics (13%-7%), tennis MW (10%-6%), games (9%-4%) and arts and craft classes (10%-2%). The older the respondent, the less apt they were to wish to participate in basketball (42%-35%-23%), swimming (33%-32%-23%), racquetball/handball (27%-22%-18%), volleyball (18%-14%-9%), dance/gymnastics (18%-10%-9%) and tennis (12%-9%-0%). Conversely, increased interest was noted in walk/jog indoors (18%-13%-27%) , games (3%-7%-14%) and arts and craft (0%-7%-14%). Among students, basketball was mentioned most often by individuals in the 12th grade (62%), as well as by a majority of students in the 10th (54%) and 8th (50%) grades. Swimming scored its highest ranking from 10th graders (37%), compared to a low of 28% from 12th graders. Other activities that exhibited significant variances by grade level were weight lifting (25% of 10th grade to 3% in 7th), games (24% in 11th to 7% in 7th and 12th), tennis (20% in 9th to 7% in 12th), baseball/softball (20% in 7th to 3% in 9th), rollerblading (14% in 7th to 0% in 12th) and aerobics/exercise (14% in 12th to 0% in 7th). (See Table #11, page 59.) • From a list of 20 possible activities, more than 7 of ten adults listed fitness or aerobics (78%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track and recreational classes (both 72%) and attending community meetings (71%) as activities they or their family would like to participate in at a new recreation t center. Students were most likely to participate in activities geared toward E'Aw teens (85%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (82%), swimming (81%) rock climbing (80%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (75%) and indoor basketball (72%). Adults were least likely to participate in activities geared toward senior citizens (23%), gymnastics (29%), karate (34%) and rock climbing (38%), whereas, students were least likely to engage in gymnastics (33%), arts and craft classes (35%), kitchen/cooking classes (37%) and attending community meetings and karate (both 38%). Of the top 7 likely activities, 3 were similar. Those were jogging/walking around on an indoor track (2nd of adults, 5th of youth), lifting weights/cardio equipment (5th, 2nd) and swimming (7th, 3rd). Activities placing higher among adults were recreational classes (3rd), attending community meetings (4th), and arts and craft classes (4th), compared to students, who listed indoor basketball (6th), activities geared toward teens (1st), in -line or rollerblade skating (7th) and rock climbing (4th) higher on their priority list. Some of the activities in which students were more likely than adults to participate included indoor basketball (72%-50%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (82%-69%), indoor volleyball (61 %-45%) and activities geared toward teens (85%-50%). Comparatively, some of the items assigned higher ratings by adults included fitness or aerobics (78%-68%), recreational classes (72%-56%), arts and craft classes (64%-35%) and attending community meetings (71 %-38%). Among adults, 14 activities in Area I achieved a participation rate of 50% or higher, compared to 13 in Area II, but just 9 in Area III. The activities that achieved 50% or better participation ratings in all three survey sectors numbered 8 -- rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 18 L .- , i. jogging/walking around on an indoor track, fitness or aerobics, lifting weights/cardio equipment, recreation classes, arts and craft classes, attending `ow community meetings, swimming and community theate drama. A total of 8 activities showed a variance in citywide participation of rnore than 10%, among them indoor volleyball (51 % in Area I to 40% in Area III), dancing lessons (52% in Area I to 41 % in Area II), and activities geared toward teens (59% in Area II to 40% in area 1). The older the children of the parent, them re likely adults were to participate in activities geared toward teens (40%-76%- 7%), taking computer training or lab (37%-44%-56%), and activities geared -oward senior citizens (9%-17%-18%). On the reverse side of the participatory spectrum, reduced likelihood took place for arts and craft classes (72%- 7%-57%), gymnastics (52%-42%-23%), swimming (76%-69%-63%), karate (56%-45%-31 %), and community theater/drama (60%-58%-57%). (See Tables 12 - #14, pages 63 - 67.) • Out of 20 possible recreational activities, adults listed jogging/walking around on an indoor track (17%), indoor basketball (15%) and fitness or aerobics and swimming (both 8%) as the activity in which they would most likely participate. By comparison, youth respondents ould most likely play indoor basketball (18%), rock climbing (13%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (11%) and swimming (10%). Other populai activities identified by adults included lifting weights/cardio equipment and participating in arts and craft classes (both 7%), whereas, second tier answers among s udents included indoor �. volleyball (8%) and fitness or aerobics and in -line or rollerb ade skating (both 5%). When the top ten responses of both groups are compared the following activities scored high in both camps. Those were jogging/walkinc around on an indoor track (1st among adults, 8th among youth), indoor basketball (2nd, 1st), fitness or aerobics (3rd, 6th), swimming (4th, 4th), lifting weights/cardio equipment (5th, 3rd), in -line or rollerblade skating (9th, 7th) and clancinc lessons (10th, 10th). Adults in Area III were more likely to choose jogging/walking (21 %) than individuals in Area 1 (15%) or Area II (12%), where both indoor basketball (17%, to 10% in Area 1) and swimming (13%, to 5% in Area 11) were both chosen more often as the most likely participatory activity. Women more often preferred jogging/walking (19%-15%), fitness or aerobics (10%-5%), arts and craft classes (9%-2%), and kitchen/cooking classes (7%-3%). By comparison, the most likely activities mentioned by men were indoor basketball (18%-12%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (10%-5%), and racquetball 10%4%). Preferred activities that increased the older the respondent included jogging/walking (15%-17%-25%) and attending community meetings (2% 2%-8%). Conversely, declining preference was noted for fitness or aerobic (12%-8%-8%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (10%-7%-6%), racquetball (%-7%-3%), in -line or rollerblade skating (5%-5%-0%) and rock climbing (12° -1 %-0%). The most popular activities listed by students exhibited consistent rnention among all six grade levels, implying more universal participation. Mal students more often mentioned indoor basketball (29%-8%), lifting wei hts/cardio equipment rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility urvey Report Page 19 �i (16%-6%), and in -line or rollerblade skating (10%-2%) as their desired activities. The items that received higher mention from female students included swimming (14%-6%), indoor volleyball (14%-2%), fitness or aerobics (9%-3%), jogging (8%-2%), community theater/drama (7%-2%) and dancing lessons (7%-1 %). (See Table #15, page 70.) • From a comprehensive listing of 21 potential recreational components, adults were most supportive of including in a recreation center exercise/aerobics room and space for teen activities (both 90%), weight/cardiovascular room (85%), racquetball courts and indoor jogging track (both 82%), meeting rooms (81 %) and game rooms, with pool tables, and table tennis (80%). The components most strongly supported by youth were basketball courts (97%), game room, space for teen activities and stage area for concerts (each 96%), leisure pool (95%), rock climbing wall (92%), exercise/aerobics room, kitchen/snack bar and exercise/lap pool (each 91%) and an indoor jogging track (90%). The only items to draw less than 70% support from adults were sauna/steam rooms and rock climbing wall (both 58%), karate room (63%) and kitchen/snack bar (67%). Karate room and community theater/drama (both 70%) and a gymnastics room (72%) were the least supported facilities from student respondents. Items that ranked in the top ten, by support ratio, among both respondent groups were basketball courts (4th among adults, 1st among students), weight/cardiovascular room (5th, 2nd), .,� exercise room (2nd, 10th), game room (9th, 3rd), exercise/lap pool (10th, 9th) and space for teen activities (3rd, 4th). Among adults, 7 items achieved citywide support ratings of plus-80% -- basketball courts, weight/cardiovascular room, meeting rooms, exercise/aerobics room, space for senior activities, indoor jogging track and space for teen activities. Items that displayed support variations of more than 10% included sauna/steam room (66% in Area I to 54% in Area III), computer labs (80% in Area I to 70% in Area III), a leisure pool (82% in Area I to 69% in i Area II), a kitchen/snack bar (85% in Area I to 72% in Area III), exercise/lap pool (84% in Area I to 74% in Area III), gymnastics room (78% in Area I to 67% in Area II) and a stage area for concerts (81 % in Area II to 69% in Area III). Additionally, 8 components scored 80% support from each of the 3 parental subgroups. When the nonparent sample is included, basketball courts, weight/cardiovascular room, exercise/aerobics room, indoor jogging track and space for teen activities were the items to achieve support ratings in the 80 percentile from all four subgroups. The items that displayed a 10% variance among parents were sauna/steam room (62% of teenagers to 52% of young children), exercise/lap pool (85% of young children to 70% of teenagers), gymnastics room (81 % of young children to 65% of teenagers) and a rock climbing wall (67% of teenagers to 57% of young children). The older the child, the more supportive families were of racquetball courts (81 %-84%-86%), sauna/steam rooms (52%-56%-62%), kitchen/snack bar (78%-79%-80%), and a rock climbing wall (57%-64%-67%). By comparison, `rr► support declined, based on a child's age, for a leisure pool (80%-73%-70%), daycare/nursery (87%-75%-74%), exercise/lap pool (85%-74%-70%), and rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 20 gymnastics room (81 %-68%-65%). (See Tables #16 - #18, pages 73 - 78.) More than 9 of 10 students admitted being likely (341/) or very likely (61%) for themselves or their families to use a recreation center if constructed. Comparatively, just 1 in 20 would be unlikely (3%) or very unlikely (2%) to use the recreation center. Note that enthusiasm is veiy high, as youth were nearly twice as likely to express the most intense likely rating (61 %-34%). In terms of very likely ratings, the subgroup most likely to utilize the facility were 12th grade students (82%). In the 60 percentile were students in grade 7 (64%) and 10 (63%), compared to 50% findings in grade 11 (57%), and 8 (52%) and a 40% rating in grade 9 (49%). Also, the more familiar students we're with the teen center project, the higher the very likely ratings (69%-64%-59% regarding use of the recreation center if constructed. • The most frequent program suggestions adults made participation from older residents of the community (23%), games (21%) and dance (16%). Adults also sL (21%), basketball (20%) and dance/gymnastics (18%) as programs they would like to see offered to youth a center. Students, who were also queried on youth basketball (21%), swimming (17%) and dance/gymnasti and team sports (each 14%) as activities they woulc Other suggestions for senior programming included walking/jogging (15%), plays/concerts (12%) and swimmi computer classes (each 11 %). By region, the Area I subs more likely to mention arts and crafts (27%, to 17% in Ar (22%, to 11 % in Area III) and plays/concerts (16%, to 10% also less likely to suggest games (13%, to 29% in Area 1 16% of others). Men were more apt to suggest walkin seniors (19%-13%), whereas, women listed dance (20%-1; (17%-13%) at a greater rate. Activities that increased in respondent were arts and crafts (15%-22%-31%) (10%-14%-27%). Conversely, the younger the survey partii were to suggest plays/concerts (15%-13%-4%) and swin Regarding youth program suggestions, the responses whi response from adults were team sports (21 %-14%), danceh and games (12%-5%), while students more often sugge (14%-8%), volleyball (8%-3%) and rock climbing (7%-2%). most popular response in Area III (24%), while basketball both Areas I and II (25% and 21 %). Additionally, comp were significantly more important to offer in Area III (12%) the city (4%-2%). Among parents of teenagers, basketball (22%-21 %) were similarly important. People with pre-te( also prioritized basketball over team sports (230/ dance/gymnastics (16%). For parents of young children, to encourage more were arts and crafts ggested team sports types of recreational t the new recreation programming, listed cs, exercise/aerobics like to see offered. exercise/yoga (16%), ig, meeting/clubs and ample was significantly �a III), walking/jogging n Area III). They were 1) and dance (13%, to g/jogging activities for s%) and exercise/yoga mention the older the and walking/jogging Jpant, the greater they lming (15%-12%-4%). -h generated a higher lymnastics (18%-14%) ;ted exercise/aerobics Team sports was the was mentioned first in iter/education classes than in other parts of and dance/gymnastics ns in their household -16%) as well as team sports were as L 7 rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S�Irvey Report Page 21 1 H important as basketball (25%-24%). By age, basketball (19%-20%-29%), dance/gymnastics (6%-19%-29%), swimming (10%-13%-33%) and computer/education classes (6%-7%-13%) received more mention the older the survey participant. Suggestions with a reverse correlation included team sports (23%-20%-21 %), and after -school programming (10%-12%-0%). People who were satisfied with teen recreation services, more so than those dissatisfied, wanted programs such as basketball (27%-9%) and swimming (13%-7%) to be offered, while those dissatisfied looked more toward team sports (29%-17%), dance/gymnastics (33%-17%) and games (22%-12%), which may indicate a desire for more of these types of programs for youth. Among student respondents, basketball was a more popular program recommendation than swimming in the 12th (21 %-11 %), 11 th (24%-9%), 8th (26%-19%) and 7 (23%-20%) grades. In the 10th grade, it was as important (both 18%), while swimming dominated the minds of 9th grade students, along with exercise/aerobics (both 23%). Program suggestions that gained mention from 20% of a particular subgroup were dance/gymnastics in the 7th grade (20%), and exercise/aerobics in the 12th grade (21 %). Male students more often suggested basketball (29%-13%) and games (7%-3%), while females more often listed swimming (23%-11 %), dance/gymnastics (21 %-7%), exercise/aerobics (17%-10%), volleyball (14%-1 %) and theater/arts (8%-4%). (See Tables #19 and #20, pages 81 and 83.) • A monthly fee for an individual of between $20 and $25 was the point at which a majority of adult residents opposed (31%) or strongly opposed (34%) paying for operational costs at the indoor recreation center. For a family of four, opposition exceeded 50% (65%) at a $30-$40 per month range. At a monthly cost of under $20, 56% indicated they would be support or strongly support paying the fee to use the facilities. At the $20-$25 level, opposition ratings ranged from 68% of parents of teenagers to 58% of parents of young children. By area, opposition ratings at the $20-$25 amount varied 2% (60%-58%). For family memberships, opposition at the $30-$40 monthly fee ranged from 69% (parents of teenagers) to 58% (parents of young children). Opposition to pay the $30-$40 monthly fees exhibited a smaller variance when reviewed by geographic regions (67% in Area III to 60% in Area II). (See Tables #21 - #26, pages 86 - 88.) THE TEEN CENTER • Game room/social activities (44%), gymnasium/athletic activities (25%), basketball courts (19%) and a dance hall (18%) were the items adults most often expected to be included in a teen center. Youth listed similar items -- 1,111111W game room/social activities (53%), gymnasium/athletic activities (34%) and basketball courts (15%) for inclusion in a teen center. The dance hall, ranked rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 22 1 / • 1 1 4th among adults, was actually 5th with teenagers (13 0). Second tier adult responses included kitchen/snack bar (12%) and meeting rooms and supervision (both 11 %), compared to youth, who listed a swimming pool (9%), music (8%), and meeting rooms (7%) as their second tier component . Across the city, the two top items among adults showed only a minimal va dance -- 1 % for game room/social activities (45%-44%) and 0% for gymnasium/athletic activities (each 25%). Women suggested game room/social activities (460 -41 %) more often than men, as too a dance hall (20%-16%) and kitchen/snack bar (15%-7%). Conversely, men made more mention of supervision (1 %-9%), computer lab (7%-3%) and theatrical stage (6%-2%). The older the child, the greater the likelihood to expect a game room/social activities to be included in a recreation center, from 37% of nonparents, to 39%-51 %-52% of parents. Comparatively, gymnasium/athletic activities was more important to parents of younger children (32%) than those with teenagers (29%) or pre -teens (23%) as well as nonparents (18%). The older the adult respondent, the less apt they were to suggest including basketball courts (22%-19%-14%), meeting rooms (14%-11%-10%) and supervision (14%-11 %-3%) in a teen center. Conversely, greater mention was made for a dance hall (8%-18%-38%) and kitchen/snack bar (8%-12%-24%). Respondents dissatisfied with teen recreation services more often believed a teen center should include game room/social activities (50%-43%) and gymnasium/athletic activities (34%-22%). People who Were satisfied suggested basketball courts (17%-12%) and meeting rooms (18%-1 %) as items they felt should be included. Among students, those in the 7th grade were the only group to place gymnasium/athletic activities ahead of game room/social activities (48%-37%). All other grade levels ranked game roo /social activities first, including 60% of 12th (66%), 9th (64%), and 8th (60%) graders and 40% of 10th (46%) and 11th (48%) grade students. The older the tudent, the lower the priority placed on gymnasium/athletic activities (48%-360 -34%-31 %-36%-17%), although it ranked 2nd at every grade level. There was a 20 point difference in the suggestion game room/social activities between people very familiar (70%) and either familiar or unfamiliar (both 51 %) with the teen center project. More knowledgeable students made less mention of gymnasium/athletic activities (28%-30%-37%). (See Table #27, page 92.) • Asked to agree or disagree to attitudinal statements, adults most often agreed that a teen center would be a good place for youth to be able to gather for social activities (91%) and to gather for athletic activities (80%). Majorities also agreed that a teen center would be, a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake (62%) and is necessary because there currently are no facilities where just teens can gather (59%). Also, 2 of the 3 negative statements were disputed by a majority - that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility (67% disagree) and that it would create safety concerns if io their neighborhood (59%). Also, a plurality of residents disagreed that th teen center was not necessary because we will have sufficient recreation I facilities when the rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S�rvey Report Page 23 1 H P recreation center is open (45%-32%). Students were more definitive in their comments, as 90%-plus agreed that the teen center would be good for social activities (97%) and for athletic activities (94%). Eighty percent or more agreed that the teen center would be a good tool for encouraging families to move (82%) and is necessary because there currently are no facilities available (80%). Also, 83% disagree that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility, 68% that it would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood and 67% that it is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open. Regarding adult and youth agreement ratings, they were closest for the social activities statement (97%-91 %), compared to a 14% variance regarding athletic activities (94%-80%), 20% for encouraging families to move to Southlake (82%-62%) and 21 % because there are currently no facilities where just teens can go (80%-59%). The variance for negative statements was 9% for safety concerns in my neighborhood (68%-59%), 16% for most teens would not even use the facilities (83%-67%) and 22% because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened (67%-45%). For 6 of the 7 statements, adult ratings were consistent throughout the city. The only statement to demonstrate a citywide variance was that it would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake, from a high of 70% in Area II to 56% in Area III. Also, the variance for the statement that the teen center would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood received a higher .r disagreement rating in Area II (66%) than in either Area 1 (61 %) or Area III (54%). Fifty-one percent of nonparents disagreed (33% agreed) that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens wouldn't use the facility, compared to 70% of parents of pre -teens (76%-17%), teenagers (74%-21 %) and young children (73%-17%). Additionally, a majority of nonparents agreed that the teen center is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open, compared to 35%-36% of parents. (See Tables #28 - #30, pages 96 - 99.) • Nine of ten students supported constructing a teen center if the following items were contained: pool/billiard tables and swimming pool (96%), basketball courts (94%), stage area for concerts (93%), casual area, including big screen television and couches (92%) and weight/cardiovascular room (91 %). Youth were supportive of including each of the items, as the ratio of support to opposition was lowest when discussing magazine/reading rooms (2.4:1), coffee shop -like area (4.8:1) and meeting room for programs and kitchen/dining area (both 6.1:1). Strong support was highest for a casual area (45%) and pool/billiard tables (41 %). In the 8th, 10th and 12th grade levels, 7 items secured overall support ratings in the 90 percentile. That compared to 6 in grade 7, 5 in grade 11 and 4 in grade 9. Just 3 items scored 90% or better at all 6 grade levels. Those were basketball courts, EV4W pool/billiard tables and swimming pool. Three other items met the 90% criteria in 5 of 6 grades: stage area for concerts (all but 9th), weight/cardiovascular room rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 24 E (all but 9th) and casual area (all but 11th). (See Tables # 1 and #32, pages 101 and 102.) • A majority of adults (53%) would support or strongly upport a teen center in Southlake that did not include athletic facilities, bu not by a substantial margin. By comparison, a majority of students would ppose such a facility (51%), although overall support was nearly as high (4 %). For both adults (17%-13%) and youth (16%-15%), strong support was similar to strong opposition. The ratio of support to opposition among adults was slightly higher in Area II (54%-40%, 1.4:1) than in Area III (53%-44%, 1.2:1) or Area 1 (52%-45%, 1.2:1). Women were twice as likely as men to strongly support this type of teen center (21 %-11 %), although both men (52%-45%) and women (54%-43%) expressed similar support and opposition ratings. In terms of overall support, majority views came from people with pre -teens (56%) and teenagers (53%), as well as nonparents (54%), but not from parents with youn children (44%), who more often opposed the scenario (52%, to 42% of other hree subgroups). By age, the older the respondent, the higher the degree of support (49%-53%-60%). Among students, the grade levels in which a majority oppo ed the measure were the 7th (55%) and 12th (65%) grades. By comparison, majority support was voiced in grades 9 (55%), 10 (50%) and 11 (56%). In the 8th grade, as many supported as opposed (50%-50%) the concept. However, it should be noted that the higher the grade, the stronger the degree of strong support (11 %-14%-15%-16%-19%-24%), indicating that older students are more enthusiastic towards this concept. Male students mor often opposed the measure (54%-46%); females gave similar support and opposition findings (50%-48%). Students who were familiar with the teen center concept were 57% supportive and just 44% opposed to the idea. By comparison, those familiar (47%-54%) and unfamiliar (47%-51 %) with the project more often opposed the measure. (See Figure 6, page 104.) • A majority of students were likely to participate in 11 of the 12 presented activities if held at the teen center. Likely ratings were highest for concerts (91 %), pool tables/ping pong tables (89%), dances/guest DJ nights (85%) and movie nights on big screen television (83%). By co parison, the activity least likely to draw participation from students were gr up meetings, at 49% likely or very likely. Except for a 77% likely rating relative to sand volleyball, there was a 20 point drop-off between the top four and the bottom 4 activities: karaoke night (50%), computer labs and racquetball courts both 52%), and youth basketball leagues (58%). The participation ratio was highest for two items: concerts (91 %-9%, 10.1:1) and pool tables/ping pong table (8.9:1). Conversely, they were least likely to be interested in participating in kar oke night (1:1), group meetings (1:1), computer labs (1.1:1) and teen forums for speakers (1.4:1). Only 2 items secured 80% likely participation at all 6 grade levels: concerts and pool tables/ping pong tables. One other activity, dances/guest DJ night, scored in the 80 percentile in all but the 10th grade. Grade level variances that stood out rt. RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S rvey Report Page 25 I included karaoke night (56% in 7th to 43% in 10th), youth basketball leagues Lw (70% in 8th to 46% in 11th), concerts (95% in 8th to 85% in 12th), and teen forums or speakers (62% in 12th to 52% in 11th). (See Tables #33 and #34, pages 106 and 108.) • If the teen center were constructed, adults would be most concerned with safety to youth (71 % major concern), lack of supervision (69%) and vandalism (56%). By comparison, lower concerns were expressed regarding loitering in the area (42%), loud noise (41%) and having boys and girls of different ages together (26%). The issues with the highest percentage of no concern were having boys and girls of different ages together (25%), loud noise (15%) and loitering (13%). When major and minor concern responses are combined, 90% of adults in all three areas rated safety to youth to be of major or minor concern (90%-91 %-92%). The same was true for vandalism to the property (90%-90%-90%). The only item to display a citywide variance was regarding having boys and girls of different ages together, from a high of 80% in Area II to 68% in Area III). Parents of young children appeared to be the most apprehensive regarding the presented issues, as over 90% were concerned with vandalism and lack of supervision (both 93%), safety to youth (92%), loud noise (91 %) and loitering (90%). Ninety percentile ratings among parents with children in the pre -teen age group were expressed toward vandalism (93%), safety to youth (92%) and lack of supervision (91 %), while parents of teenagers were most 4W concerned with lack of supervision (91%) and safety to youth (90%). Nonparents were less concerned with these issues than parents, although a high percentage still considered safety to youth and lack of supervision (both 88%) to be of concern, as well as vandalism (87%), loud noise (82%) and loitering (80%). (See Tables #35 - #37, pages 110 and 111.) • Two of three students either disagreed (51%) or strongly disagreed (16%) that a teen center is not necessary because the youth of the community can use the recreation center for their needs. By comparison, 32% either agreed (27%) or strongly agreed (5%) with this statement. Agreement to this statement was more pervasive in the upper grades: 42% of 10th, 35% of 11th and 38% of 12th grade students agreed that the teen center would not be necessary. However, agreement in grades 7 (24%), 8 (29%) and 9 (26%) was 10% less than the others. Strong disagreement exhibited a significant variance, from a high of 22% in the 7th grade to a low of 6% in the 10th grade. Students very familiar with the teen center project were only 18% agreed that the teen center was not necessary. That compared to 32% who were familiar and 33% unfamiliar with the project. • Regarding teen center location statements, adults were in agreement that the needs of youth in Southlake would be best met by teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance (71%), or by teen activities in a designated area or on a designated evening (69%). However a rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 26 E majority disagreed that youth needs would be best met by a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility (37%-53%). Tees most often agreed that the needs would be best met by teen activities as art of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance (79%), by a teen ce ter constructed as a stand-alone facility (73%) and by teen activities included in a designated area or evening (72%). Additionally, youth more statement that the needs of youth are being addres often disputed the ed now (42%-53%). Asked to select a preferred option, adults chose equally, a teen center, part of, but separate from recreation center and recreation center that included teen center activities (both 37%), while the primary choice of youth was a teen center, part of, but separate from the recreation center (50%). Additionally, students, more often than adults, selected the stand-alone facility option (23%-11%). The disparity in agreement rat ngs between students and adults regarding the stand-alone center (73%) option indicate that adults do not support the stand-alone center, or at least, don't agree t at youth needs would be best met in this manner. Fewer adults agreed that the needs of youth are being addressed now (27%-58%), although a high percentage of adults had no opinion on the matter (16%). The stand-alone teen center option achieved similar agreement/disagreement ratings in Area II (46%-47%), whi h was not the case in Area III (34%-53%) or Area 1 (33%-61 %), where disagreement outweighed agreement by 20 points. Residents in Area II expressed the highest agreement regarding the stand-alone facility, as too the teen activities in designated area or designated evening and needs of youth being met now. However, regarding teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with separate entrance, Area II expressed the lowest agreement and highest disagreement ratings. The older the child, the higher the agreement with the stand-alone facility option (36%-39%-40%). Teen activities as part of the recreation c nter exhibited a rating variance between parents of 1 % (74%-73%), compared to 69% of nonparents. Comparatively, agreement to the teen activities in a desigr ated area varied 12% among parents (78% of parents with pre -teens to 66% of people with teenagers), and included just a 64% rating among nonparents. Rec arding their preferred facility choice, Area II respondents were 10% more lik ly to agree with the separate entrance statement than teen center activities option (41 %-31 %), indicating more of a clear preference. However, in Area 11, (34%-40%), the recreation center including teen center activities scored higher agreement, while in Area I, both options were accorded similar agreement ratings (37%-36%). Also, residents in Area I were twice as likely to prefer the stand-alone teen center option (16%-13%-8%) than people in Area III, with Area II residents more in line with Area I. Women more often agreed with the part of, but separate entrance statement over including teen center activities in a recreation center (40%-36%); men felt the opposite, more often agreeing with the activities within a recreation center option (31%-38%). Parents of young children (4096-40%) and pre -teens (39%-38%) were in similar agreement regarding both rec ation center options. However, parents of teenagers were more likely to choose the separate entrance , option (42%-31 %), as too nonparents (35%-31 %). The older the respondent, the rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S�Irvey Report Page 27 1 0 U more often they selected the stand-alone option (7%-10%-25%). Over one-half of the students in grade 7 (59%), 11 (54%) and 12 (50%) preferred the part of, but separate from recreation center. That compared to persons in the 10th (47%), 9th (45%) and 8th (43%) grade. Eighth grade students most often favored the recreation center that included teen center activities (32%, to 15% of 7th graders). (See Tables #38 - #40 and Figure 7, pages 114 - 117.) • Nearly 3 in 5 adult respondents believed it was important (42%) or very important (17%) to begin immediate construction of a teen center, compared to 37% who rated it unimportant (26%) or very unimportant (11%), with the remaining 5% of the sample having no opinion on the matter. Area II, the group most supportive of the stand-alone facility, expressed the highest very important rating (23%), 10 points higher than the low of 13% in Area III. There was also a 10 point difference in overall important findings (66% in Area II, to 56% in Area III). Parents of the oldest child subgroup expressed the highest degree of importance (72%) to the construction, compared to percentages of 65% (parents of pre -teens), 53% (parents of young children), and 47% (nonparents). In fact, nonparents were as likely to rate the immediate construction important as unimportant (47%-48%). People who were dissatisfied with teen recreation services were 46% likely to rate the immediate construction very important, compared to 13% of those satisfied and 12% who had no opinion. Overall importance was 80% of those dissatisfied, 62% of satisfied respondents and 50% .,. of people with no opinion about recreation services. • Three of 5 adult respondents either supported (46%) or strongly supported (15%) the construction of a teen center, based on an estimated cost of $1 million. However, support declined to 45% when informed that construction of the teen center could delay construction of the recreation center a few years. Regarding construction based on an estimated cost, strong support was similar to strong opposition (15%-13%). However, the delayed construction statement led respondents to be more strongly opposed than strongly supportive (22%-9%). Strong support, based on the estimated cost, was twice as high in Area II (21 %) than in Area 1 (10%) and also higher than in Area III (14%). Overall support among parents varied 4% (67%-63%), but was just 51 % for nonparents, who more often opposed the construction (42%, to 28% of parents of pre -teens). By age, the younger the respondent, the higher the overall support (68%-61 %-53%) and lower the opposition (29%-34%-35%). Adults dissatisfied with teen recreation services were most overall supportive (79%), especially when compared to satisfied individuals (54%). Regarding the delayed construction information, Area II respondents continued to be committed to the project, as a majority still supported the construction (54%-41 %). However, in both Area 1 (39%-54%) and Area II (43%-50%), a majority opposed construction of the center. Additionally, parents of teenagers (50%-43%) and pre -teens (53%-39%) continued to express majority support for the construction. Nonparents (56%-39%) and parents of young children (51 %-43%) more often rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 28 L opposed the construction. • Seventy percent of students either agreed (51%) or a reed strongly (19%) that if the city council decides to not construct a teen center, the needs of the youth in this community are not being met, compared to 26% that disagreed with this stance. Students in the 8th (74% , 9th (72%) and 12th (70%) grades expressed the most agreement to the statem nt. That compared to percentages of 68% (7th) and 67% (both 10th and 11th). Also, the more familiar with the teen center project, the higher the strong agreement (36%-17%-18%) and overall agreement (87%-72%-67%). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S�rvey Report Page 29 Low SECTION ONE: General Recreation Attitudes The first section of this summary report discusses findings from several general questions used to introduce the participant to the survey. These questions were utilized to introduce the primary issues: the recreation center and the teen center currently being studied in Southlake. The initial questions addressed the demographic profiles of both respondent groups (See Respondent Profiles). For example, adults were asked to identify their length of residence, age, size of household and their tendency to vote in city and school -related elections. Youth were asked how long their families had lived at their current residences and what grades they were in last year. Several of these questions were then used in the cross -tabulation report, to determine which demographic variables impacted respondent attitudes. The adult sample was then queried concerning its level of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with recreational services provided by the city for people in six age ranges, from young children under age 6, to adults over age 65. Youth were only asked to express their satisfaction and dissatisfaction with services provided for people in their age group, A between the ages of 13 and 18. Both respondent groups were then asked an Lt 01 open-ended question, a method in which pre -determined responses are not provided, thereby, encouraging 'top of the head' comments from those participating. The question presented asked what one recreational facility they would like to see constructed by the city to improve recreational opportunities. Several general questions sought to determine feelings about the recreation center, without discussing specifics. For example, adults and youth were both informed that the city was planning to construct an indoor recreation center in the next three years and asked how necessary or unnecessary they believed it was for the city to build such a facility. Then both groups were asked where they currently went for their indoor recreation needs. Following that, adults and youth were asked if they had visited a city -owned recreation center in another city. Those answering in the affirmative were asked what they liked most about the recreation center, in terms of programs or activities. fli Midway through the survey, the questioning shifted to the issue of the teen center, and several general questions were reviewed. For instance, both groups were told that the city was also studying the possible construction of a teen center for youth in the community. They were then asked how familiar or unfamiliar they were with the teen center project. To get a further idea of people's preconceived notions about the teen [taw center, both adults and youth were asked, in an open-ended format, how they would describe a teen center to a friend in a neighboring city. The final general question rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 30 reviewed in this section asked people if they felt their co emphasized athletic activities, social activities or both. CITY -RELATED VOTING TENDENCIES After interviewers asked adults the initial demographic qui presented that discussed voting activity. This question was in( banner, so that the findings to this question could be compared in the survey. This firm has found that people who identify then inactive voters are more supportive of spending city funds, therei determine this information from a potential electoral standpoin "Please tell me if you recall voting in the following elections ..." were discussed: the 1998 and 1999 City Council elections ar election. Respondents could give an affirmative (yes) or neg; they could inform the interviewer that they did not remember whe Table #2 shows the overall results to this question: of a teen center !stlons, a query was luded as an attitudinal o every other question selves as nonvoters or ire, it was important to . Interviewers asked, Three recent elections J a 1999 school bond tive (no) response, or Cher or not they voted. TABLE #2: OVERALL FREQUENCY OF VOTING IN CITY AND SCHOOL -RELATED ELECTIONS ELECTION YES NO DON'T REMEMBER 1999 City Council 62% 35% 3% 1998 City Council 49% 41 % 10% A 1999 school bond election 65% 32% 3% More than 6 out of 10 persons interviewed acknowledged voting in a 1999 school bond election (65%) as well as the 1999 city council election (62%). Those percentages were significantly higher than the group admitting to having voted in the 1998 city council races (49%). The findings to this series of questions were then used as an attitudinal cross -tabulation. Table #3 compares the findings by area, to locate any geographical voting trends: W-A'Li rl� I f K11 rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve Report Page 31 1 LW TABLE #3: FREQUENCY OF VOTING IN CITY AND SCHOOL -RELATED ELECTIONS BY SUBSECTOR ELECTION AREA I AREA II AREA III YES NO YES NO YES NO 1999 City Council 53% 45% 65% 32% 63% 33% 1998 City Council 51% 42% 52% 39% 46% 42% A 1999 school bond election 59% 38% 69% 30% 65% 31 % Note that in both 1999 elections, Area II residents (65% and 69%) were most likely to identify voting, percentage similar to those of people in Area III (63% and 65%). Voting frequency in these two parts of the city were generally 10% higher than in Area 1 (53% and 59%). It is interesting that a slightly higher percentage in all 3 subsectors admitted voting more often in a school bond election than the city council race. Between 1999 and 1998, there was a more dramatic decline in reported turnout in Area 111 (63%-46%) than in Area 11 (65%-52%) or Area 1 (53%-51 %). Contrary to studies conducted by this firm for other cities, Table #4 shows that the turnout is lowest among people without children, or whose children are over the age of 18: f TABLE #4: FREQUENCY OF VOTING IN CITY AND SCHOOL -RELATED ELECTIONS BY AGE OF CHILDREN ELECTION NO CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 AGES 7 - 12 AGES 13 - 18 YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO 1999 City Council 56% 39% 55% 44% 64% 34% 72% 26% 1998 City Council 47% 44% 39% 52% 51% 37% 58% 31% A 1999 school bond election 55% 40% 52% 44% 72% 25% 78% 21 % In all three elections, parents with teenage children (ages 13-18) were more active participants in the voting process than respondents with children in the pre -teen (ages 7-12) or young child (under age 6) subgroups. Comparatively, those least active were parents of young children. Plus-10% turnout variances were noted for the 1999 city council (72% of teenagers to 55% of young children) and school bond (78% of teenagers to 52% of young children) elections, as well as the 1998 city council race (58% of teenagers to 39% of young children). For parents of pre -teens (72%-64%) and it teenagers (78%-72%), there was a greater tendency to have voted in the 1999 school bond election than in the city council race. Nonparents (55%-56%) and parents of young children (52%-55%) were nearly as likely to vote in one as in the other. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 32 0 SATISFACTION WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED Interviewers next asked both adults and youth to evaluate, in a general sense, their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with services provided by the city. Adults were asked to evaluate services for all age levels, while youth were asked to gauge only those services offered to persons in their age group. Adult survey p rticipants were asked, "Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with the recreational services provided by the city of Southlake for people in the following agre groups...." The age ranges discussed were young children (under age 6), children ages 7-12 and 13-18, and adults ages 19-45, 46-65 and over the age of 65. As this was a satisfaction question, the available responses were very satisfied, satisfie , dissatisfied and very dissatisfied, or participants could choose a no opinion category if they lacked information or chose not to participate. Table #5 presents the overall finding to these questions, as wel as a satisfaction ratio, a method by which the no opinion responses are not incluc ed and the combined satisfied categories are compared to the combined dissatisfied a swers: TABLE #5: OVERALL SATISFACTION OR DISSATISFACTION WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY CITY FOR SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS AGE GROUP VERY SATISFIED SATISFIED DISSATISFIED VERY DISSATISFIED NO OPINION SATISFACTION RATIO Young children (under age 6) 14% 41% 5% 1% 40% 9.2:1 Children, ages 7-12 19% 42% 6% 1 % 34% 8.7:1 Children, ages 13-18 10% 32% 13% 2% 44% 2.8:1 Adults, ages 19-45 10% 46% 13% 1 % 30% 4.0:1 Adults, ages 46-65 6% 35% 10% 2% 47% 3.4:1 Adults over the age of 65 5% 28% 6% 1 % 59% 4.7:1 As the above table shows, residents in Southlake had generally one of two opinions regarding recreational services -- either they were satisfied or hey lacked information by which to formulate a rating. Respondents were most satisfied with the services provided children, ages 7-12 (61 %), adults, ages 19-45 (56%) and children under the age of 6 (55%). Less than a 50% said they were satisfied with he services provided to the following age groups: children, ages 13-18 (42%), and a ults, ages 46-65 (41 %) and over the age of 65 (33%). However, note that lower satisfaction ratings did not equate to higher dissatisfaction findings. Survey participants were most dissatisfied with he recreation services provided to children ages 13-18 (15%), adults, ages 19-45 14%) and ages 46-65 �I l rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 33 1 V (12%). Five of the six age groups drew no opinion responses from more than one of every three respondents, with the sixth, adults, ages 19-45, scoring 30% no opinion. The age groups which generated the highest no opinion responses were adults over the age of 65 (59%), ages 46-65 (47%) and children ages 13-18 (44%) and young children under the age of 6 (40%). The satisfaction ratio is produced by comparing only those people with an opinion. When reviewing this ratio, there were more positive than negative opinions for each age group. However, the ratio was highest for the services provided young children, under age 6 (55%-6%, 9.2:1) and those in the 7-12 age group (61 %-7%, 8.7:1). There was more than 4 times higher satisfaction than dissatisfaction for services provided adults over the age of 65 (4.7:1) and 19-45 (4.0:1). The ratio was lowest for services rendered children, ages 13-18 (2.8:1) and adults, ages 46-65 (3.4:1). Therefore, when reviewing all age groups, adults were most satisfied with the recreational services provided young children and least satisfied for those provided to teenagers. An additional method of review is compare the intensity of the response. For example, a high intense positive response implies an enthusiasm or commitment to a particular item, while a high intense negative response suggests active opposition. Very satisfied responses were highest for children, ages 7-12 (19%) and young children (14%) and lowest for adults over the age of 65 (5%) and ages 46-65 (6%). However, intense dissatisfaction did not exceed 2% (ages 13-18 and 46-65) for any age group, implying ow very little negativity among survey respondents. Table #6 presents the survey findings from the perspective of geography, to attempt to locate any significant variances: TABLE #6: SATISFACTION OR DISSATISFACTION WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY CITY FOR SPECIFIC AGE GROUPS BY SUBSECTOR AGE GROUP AREA I AREA 11 AREA III SATIS DISSAT SATIS DISSAT SATIS DISSAT Young children (underage 6) 59% 4% 54% 7% 55% 4% Children, ages 7-12 63% 4% 60% 9% 60% 5% Children, ages 13-18 41 % 10% 43% 18% 42% 13% Adults, ages 19-45 60% 11 % 57% 14% 52% 16% Adults, ages 46-65 46% 5% 39% 14% 41% 12% Adults over the age of 65 40% 6% 32% 6% 32% 8% Sixty percent of residents in each of the three subsectors were satisfied with the recreational services provided children in the 7-12 category (63%-60%-60%), as well as people In Area I regarding adults, ages 19-45 (60%). A majority of respondents rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 34 0 citywide were also satisfied with services provided young childre (59%-54%-55%) and adults, ages 19-45 (60%-57%-52%). By comparison, the ratings were lowest for adults, over the age of 65 (40%-32%-32%). Residents in Area I were most satisfied with the services provided young children (59%, to 54% in Area II), those ages 7-12 (63%, to 60% of others), 9-45 (60%, to 52% in Area III), 46-65 (46%, to 39% in Area 11) and over the age of 65 (40%, to 32% in others). Individuals from the Area II region were most satisfied with the services provided children, ages 13-18 (43%, to 41 % in Area 1). In terms Df dissatisfaction, twice in Area I and 3 times in Areas II and III, dissatisfaction exceeded 10%. Those were the 13-18 (10%-18%-13%) and 19-45 (11%-14%-16%) age groups in all three zones, and ages 46-65 (5%-14%-12%) in Areas II and III. Note that findings were consistent throughout the city. The v within the 19-45 and over the age of 65 (both 8%) age gro differences were lowest for children in the 13-18 age group (2%). Table #7 below reviews satisfaction and dissatisfaction ratings TABLE #7: SATISFACTION OR DISSATISFAI RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY CITY FI GROUPS BY AGE OF RESPONDEt riances were highest ps. Conversely, the R SPECIFIC AGE AGE GROUP UNDER 35 YEARS 36 - 55 YEARS OVER 55 YEARS SATIS DISSAT SATIS DISSAT SATIS DISSAT Young children (under age 6) 59% 7% 58% 5% 28% 3% Children, ages 7-12 55% 0% 64% 8% 36% 0% Children, ages 13-18 31 % 5% 44% 16% 28% 8% Adults, ages 19-45 57% 8% 57% 17% 36% 5% Adults, ages 46-65 18% 13% 43% 13% 53% 5% Adults over the age of 65 21 % 11 % 34% 7% 53% 5% When reviewing the findings in strict terms of satisfaction, your more satisfied than older ones. For example, majorities of peol were satisfied with the services provided children under age 6 (55-64%) and adults, ages 19-45 (57%-57%). However, regar, and over 65, majority satisfaction ratings were expressed by pec Also, note that older respondents were more likely to be sat services for the age 46-65 (18%-43%-53%) and over 65 (21 % Also, middle-aged respondents were much more satisfied with ti provided teenagers (44%) than either young (31 %) or senior (28' iger respondents were le under 35 and 36-55 159%-58%), ages 7-12 ling adults ages 46-65 pie over the age of 55. sfied with recreational 34%-53%) subgroups. e recreational services /6) respondents. rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve Report Page 35 F F r, C LOW Dissatisfaction ratings were higher among middle-aged individuals for teenagers (16%, to 5% of young respondents) and adults, ages 19-45 (16%, to 5% of young respondents). Dissatisfaction ratings for services provided for people in the 46-65 age range were identical between under 35 and 36-45 year old respondents (both 13%), and young respondents were most dissatisfied with what was being recreationally provided to adults over the age of 65 (11 %, to 5% of seniors). Note that no age group was assigned a dissatisfaction rating of more than 10% by senior respondents, compared to 3 among middle-aged and 2 among younger survey participants. Youth were also asked to comment on recreational satisfaction, although the interviewer only gathered comments directed towards their specific age group. Respondents were asked, "Please tell me how satisfied or dissatisfied you are with the recreational services provided by the city of Southlake for people between the ages of 13 and 187' The same 4 very satisfied to very dissatisfied responses were utilized for this question, along with a no opinion response. Whereas adults were 42% satisfied and 15% dissatisfied, a higher percentage of students were pleased, as nearly 3 in 4 said they were satisfied (61 %) or very satisfied (13%), compared to 21 % who were dissatisfied, 2% very dissatisfied and just 2% who chose not to comment on this question. The ratio of satisfied to dissatisfied responses was 3.2:1, only slightly higher than the parental rating (2.8:1). Satisfaction ratings varied dramatically by grade level, as overall satisfaction ranged from a high of 86% (7th grade) to a low of 59% (10th grade). Besides students in the 7th grade, ratings above the mean score (74%) were achieved in the 9th (84%) and 11th (78%) grades. Below mean scoring included students in the 8th (73%) and 12th (62%), in addition to the 10th grades. Although there was a 27% variance in overall ratings, intense satisfaction findings varied 10% (18% in 10th to 8% in 8th). Dissatisfaction ratings were highest in grades 12 (38%) and 10 (35%) and lowest in the 7th (12%) and 9th (15%) grades. There was just a 4% variance in satisfaction between male (72%) and female (76%) students. Additionally, the more unfamiliar students were with the teen center project, the more satisfied they were with the recreational services provided by the city (61 % of very familiar to 67% of familiar to 79% of unfamiliar). This could imply that the more knowledge generated about the teen center, the less satisfied students could become with city recreation services. This series of questions illustrates that both adults and youth are satisfied with recreational services provided residents, and especially those provided for teens. It is interesting that parents have a slightly lower ratio of satisfaction to dissatisfaction than students. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 36 0 PREFERRED RECREATIONAL FACILITIES After asking both respondent groups to rate their satisfaction wi h recreational services provided by the city, a facility -type question was presented. The open-ended question, a format that requires respondents to generate "top of head" comments, was, "What one recreational facility would you like to see constructed by Me city of Southlake to improve recreational opportunities?" Students were mo a likely to generate suggestions than adults (283-252). Therefore, more than 2 % of both respondent groups either could not or chose not to make suggestions. The responses of both groups were similarly categorized, in order to compare findings. Twelve suggestions were listed by adults, compared to 13 among students. The three most popular suggestions among adults were aquatic center/pool (26%), recreation center (19%) and trails (13%). An additional 10% suggested that the city construct a teen center. Students leaned first toward a recreation center (23%), followed by a teen center (19%) and aquatic center/pool (14%). Therefor, excluding trails among adults, both respondent groups expressed preferences for similar facilities although the priorities were different. Between the two groups, the variance between the aquatic center/pool was more dramatic (26%-14%) than for the teen center (10%-1 %) or recreation center (19%-23%). The variance in the suggestion of trails was 11% (13%-2%). The second tier of responses for adults in Southlake were e soccer fields (5%), an ice rink and golf course (both 3%) and skate rink (both 2%) and a disc golf course (1 %). By comparis skate rink/skate park (8%), soccer fields (6%), ice rink (5%), theater (3%), expand/add parks (3%), trails and baseball/softba golf course (1 %). Recommendations generated by students ai stadium, movie theater and baseball/softball fields. Compai students, suggested equestrian facilities and a disc golf course were similarly interested in soccer fields (5%-6%), an ice rii course (3%-1 %). Table #8 provides a comprehensive listing of both adult and the adult suggestions presented by subsector: Kpand/add parks (7%), equestrian facilities and an, students suggested a stadium (4%), movie I fields (both 2%) and a d not adults included a atively, adults, but not Note that both groups k (3%-5%) and a golf suggestions, as well R11 F L G rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 37 1 r 0 TABLE #8: RECREATION FACILITY SUGGESTIONS BY RESPONDENT GROUP AND ADULT sURSFrTnR nFc1f-_KJeT1nK1 SUGGESTION YOUTH ADULT AREA I AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Aquatic center/pool 14% 26% 19% 22% 30% 26% 26% Recreation center 23% 19% 23% 13% 21 % 17% 20% Trails 2% 13% 13% 13% 13% 17% 11 % Teen Center 19% 10% 10% 14% 8% 5% 13% Miscellaneous 10% 10% 23% 9% 5% 2% 13% Expand/add parks 3% 7% 4% 7% 9% 12% 5% Soccer fields 6% 5% 6% 9% 2% 7% 4% Ice rink 5% 3% 2% 4% 3% 4% 3% Golf course 1 % 3% 0% 4% 3% 7% 1 % Equestrian facilities NA 2% 0% 0% 4% 0% 3% Skate rink/skatepark 8% 2% 0% 3% 2% 0% 2% Disc golf course NA 1 % 0% 1 % 1 % 2% 0% Stadium 4% NA NA NA NA NA NA Movie theater 3% NA NA NA NA NA NA Baseball/softball fields 2% NA NA NA NA NA NA Among adults in Area I, a recreation center was deemed more important than an aquatic center/pool (23%-19%). This was not the case in either Area III (21 %-30%) or Area II (13%-22%). Note that the further south the sample, the greater the desire for an aquatic center/pool (19%-22%-30%). This was not the case for the recreation center, although there was a 10% citywide variance in the mention of this item (23% in Area I to 13% in Area II). Trails drew 13% in each subsector, while there was a variance of just 4% regarding the teen center (14% in Area III to 10% in others). Also note that interest in soccer fields increased the further south the sample (5%-6%-9%). Men were more apt to suggest the following facilities: trails (17%-11 %), expand/add parks (12%-5%) and a golf course (7%-1 %). Women were more frequent in their suggestions of a teen center (13%-5%) and equestrian facilities (3%-0%). Nonparents recommended trails over an aquatic center/pool (25%-21 %), while expand/add parks was nearly as important as a recreation center (10%-11 %). The aquatic center/pool was a more popular choice among parents of young children (35%, to 23% of parents of teenagers), as too were trails (19%, to 5% of parents of pre -teens). Persons with pre -teen children were equally split between the aquatic center and recreation center (26%-27%), while parents of teenagers expressed a similar desire for three facilities -- an aquatic center/pool (23%), recreation center (21%) and teen center (19%). Both voters and nonvoters selected an aquatic center/pool (25%-27%) and recreation center (19%-17%) as the recreational facilities most preferred. After that, nonvoters favored more trails (17%-12%) and expand/add parks (10%-6%), while voters leaned toward a teen center (14%-4%). Respondents who rated a recreation center necessary mentioned it as often as an aquatic center (23%-25%). Those who considered such a rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 38 facility unnecessary preferred an aquatic center/pool (24%), tr ils (20%), expand/add parks (10%) and soccer fields (7%) before a recreation center (7%). However, note that just 10% of the sample responding to this question rated a recreation center unnecessary. Individuals unfamiliar with the teen center project were more prone to list an aquatic center/pool (28%-23%) and trails (15%-10%) a d not a teen center (5%-18%) as preferred recreational facilities. Therefore, peopl who were familiar with the project were three times more likely to mention it than those less familiar. It should be noted that even among those familiar with the project, an aquatic center and recreation center were identified as more important. The longer the residency in Southlake, the less interest in an aquatic center/pool (30%-25%-23%) and the greater desire for a teen center (40-7%-18%). Long-term residents were as likely to list a teen center as they were a recreation center (18%-18%), whereas among short-term (15%-4%) and edian-term residents (27%-7%), a recreation center was significantly more favored. By comparison, trails were a consistent response (14%-10%). By age, items that declined in interest the older the respondent included aquatic center/pool (35%-25%-2 %), expand/add parks (12%-7%-0%) and soccer fields (8%-5%-0%). Just 18 over 55 year olds and 26 under 35 year olds contributed a response to this question. Mi die -aged respondents (N=205) preferred an aquatic center/pool (25%) over a recreation center (19%) and trails and a teen center (both 12%). Residents who were satisfied with the recreation services provided teens were not as likely to suggest a teen center as people dissatisfied (9%-25%). If fact, people satisfied were more likely to suggest an aquatic center/pools (25%-14%) and expand/add parks (9%-5%), whereas, dissatisfied persons listed a recreation center (27%-17%) and teen center as most important to construct. Additionally, people with no opinion on this issue chose an aquatic center/pool (31 %), recreation center and trails (both 18%) and then a teen center ( %) as most important. Among youth in the community, the only grades rating a teen center ahead of a recreation center were 12th (25%-21%) and 8th (15%-12%). TI iere was at least a 10% variance in the minds of 9th (27%-16%) and 10th (31 %-15%) C rade students, followed by smaller differences for individuals in grades 11 (31 %-24%) end 7 (21 %-18%). Also, an aquatic center/pool was more important to students in t e 8th grade than the recreation center (13%-12%). In the 9th grade, an aquatic c nter was more popular than the teen center (20%-16%). As with adults, female students mentioned a teen center (230/1-14%) more often then their male counterparts. Female students were also more iriterested in an aquatic center/pool (19%-8%) and a movie theater (5%-1 %). Males more often listed a skate rink/skatepark (13%-4%) and an ice rink (8%-1 %). Both groups were similar in their mention of a recreation center (25%-22%). Also, the more fa iliar students were with the teen center project, the more often they mentioned it as the most popular facility to construct (39%-28%-11 %). Students unfamiliar with the teen center project mentioned a recreation center (23%) twice as often as either the teen c nter or a skate rink or rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sur+ Report Page 39 skate park (both 11 %). And the recreation center was preferred by 27% of people very familiar, 22% familiar and 23% of youth unfamiliar with the teen center project. In both groups, the more familiar respondents were with the teen center project, the more likely they were to mention it as the most important recreational project for the city to construct. Among both groups, it was the female population that played a major roll in its choice of the teen center. However, the teen center, while important, was not as important as a recreation center among both groups. NECESSITY OF CONSTRUCTING INDOOR RECREATION CENTER The direction of the questioning next moved toward the issue of the recreation center. First, a general question was presented to determine perceived need for the facility. Both groups were informed that the city was planning to construct an indoor recreation center in the next three years. Than, participants were asked, "How necessary or unnecessary do you believe it is for the city to construct an indoor recreation center for city residents?" The four possible responses, excluding the no opinion answer, were very necessary, necessary, unnecessary and very unnecessary. Overall, 3 of 4 adults (76%) rated an indoor recreation center either necessary (46%) or very necessary 01 (30%). Youth were even more likely to believe in the necessity of such a facility, as 9 in 4W 10 rated it necessary (60%) or very necessary (30%). By comparison, unnecessary ratings were 16% and 9% of adults and youth, with very unnecessary findings totaling 5% of adults and 0% of youth. In addition, 3% of adults and 1 % of youth had no opinion on this matter. It is interesting to note that both groups had identical very necessary ratings (30%-30%). A. Figure 1 below presents the overall responses of youth, as well as the adult results by survey subsector: rtRAVMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 40 65 60 55 50 --------------------- 45 ' 40 ---- - ---- - -- 0 Very 35 ;Q ❑ Necessary 30 Unnecessary 25� 3 A 20r 15 , �. r- - - x' - - - 5 9 trm' V i Youth Area I Area II Area III Figure 1: Necessity Of Constructing Indoor Rec ation Center By Youth Overall And Adult By Subse for Adult residents in Areas I and II had greater commitment to the facility, as a higher percentage claimed the center was very necessary (36% and 4%), compared to 26% in Area III. Combined necessary and very necessary findings aried 6%, from 79% in Areas I and II to 73% in Area III. Conversely, unnecessary ratings were highest in Area III (24%) and lowest in Area 1 (16%), although residents there also assigned the highest very unnecessary rating (8%, to 2% in Area 11). Women were more likely to rate the facility both very necessary (34%-23%) and overall necessary (81 %-67%), while men more often believed the facility was unnecessary (33%-15%). Among the parental subgroups, there was only a 3% variance (79%-76%) in necessary ratings, compared to 73% of nonparents. However, very necessary ratings were higher among parents (36%-34%) than nonparents (22%). Voting activity did not appear to impact the belief that such a fa ility was necessary, as ratings bear out just a minimal variance (76%-74%). Additionally, just a 6% variance in necessary ratings existed between people who were familia (80%) and unfamiliar (64%) with the teen center project. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 South lake Recreation Facility Sur+ Report Page 41 MR Length -of -residence did not affect necessary ratings. The high rating was 76%, (under 3 years) and the low was 73% (3-7 years) and there was just a 2% variance in very necessary findings (31 %-31 %-29%). The age tabulations showed people in the 36-55 group expressing a higher necessary belief (77%) than under 35 (75%) or over 55 (64%) year olds. Senior respondents (over 55 years old) were the group most likely to rate the potential facility as unnecessary (31 %, to 18% of under 35 year olds). People dissatisfied with teen recreation services more often rated the recreation center necessary (82%) than those satisfied (77%) or having no opinion (73%) on this issue. The 12th grade level was most likely to believe that a recreation center was very necessary (44%). In fact, that percentage was twice as high as the opinion expressed in the 8th (22%) or 9th (21 %) grade level. In the 7th, 8th and 9th grades, very necessary ratings ranged in the 20 percentile, and increased to 30% among 10th and 11th graders, up to the 40% range for 12th grade students. Overall necessary ratings that exceeded the mean score (90%) occurred in the 8th (94%) and 12th (97%) grade levels. Lower ratings, but still exceeding 80%, were expressed by students in the 7th (88%), 9th (84%), 10th (89%) and 11th (86%) grades. The belief that the recreation center was necessary was similar among both male and female students (88%-91 %), as ratings varied by just 3%. As with parents, students in Area I assigned higher very necessary ratings (34%) than either Area II (30%) or Area III (23%) residents. And students who were very familiar aw with the teen center project were 91 % likely to rate the recreation center necessary, a belief held by 94% who were familiar and 87% unfamiliar with the teen center project. Clearly, both adults and youth rate a recreation center as necessary, although youth expressed a higher overall commitment to the necessity of the center, whereas a higher percentage of parents rated it unnecessary. DESTINATION FOR INDOOR RECREATION NEEDS Next, both respondent groups were asked, "Where do you generally go for your indoor recreation needs?" Possible responses among adults included church facilities, schools, private clubs or city facilities. Two additional answers were available for youth -- your house or a friends house and nowhere, for those who didn't address indoor recreation needs. Both groups also had a refuse to answer category, for those desiring not to participate in this line of questioning. As multiple choices were possible, the overall results total more than 100%. The leading location for adults was private clubs (49%), followed by schools (34%), church facilities (28%) and city facilities (21 %). Additionally, 8% refused to answer the question. Whereas a near majority of adults visited private clubs, youth most often ventured to schools (51 %) for their indoor recreation needs. A high percentage also went to their house or a friend's house rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 42 (44%). Additionally, 28% split between private clubs and city facilities, with the remaining 9% choosing the refuse to answer category. Figure 2 illustrates how destinations varied by youth and adults by city survey areas: El Youth Area Area 11 El Area III Figure 2: Destinations For Indoor Recreation Nee By Youth Overall And Adult By Subsector Adult residents of Area I were most likely to venture to private clubs (54%, to 47% in Area III) and city facilities (32%, to 18% in Area III). Conversely, they were least likely to visit schools (26%, to 38% in Area III) and church facilities ( 6%, to 29% in Area III). Note that between the three subsectors the variance was most significant for visiting city facilities (14%) and schools (12%). By comparison, the va ance for visiting private clubs was 7%, and for church facilities, 3%. Men more often preferred private clubs (56%-46%) and women, schools (37%-30%), for their indoor recreation needs. Both groups expressed similar utilization of church (27%-29%) and city (20%-22%) facilities. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sur+ Report Page 43 The parental subgroups most likely to use private clubs had children 13-18 (52%) and under 6 (51 %) years of age. The other percentages were 48% of nonparents and 43% of parents with pre -teen children. More than 40% of parents with pre -teens (48%) and teenagers (44%) acknowledged using schools for indoor recreation needs, both higher than parents of young children (38%) and nonparents (16%). Note that parents of pre -teens were the only group more likely to go to school than private clubs for their indoor recreation needs. Church facilities were utilized at a similar rate by all four subgroups (31 % of parents of young children and teenagers to 23% of nonparents), as too were city facilities (26% of parents of pre -teens to 18% of nonparents). Active voters more often used schools for recreation needs (37%-29%), but there was very little difference between private clubs (48%-52%), church (29%-28%) and city (21 %-19%) facilities. Residents who felt a recreation center was necessary currently use city facilities more than individuals who believed the facility was unnecessary (24%-11 %). This same group was also more likely to go to private clubs (50%-45%) and schools (36%-31 %) for their indoor recreation. People who were familiar with the teen center project were more active in recreation. This subgroup, compared with those unfamiliar, more often visited private clubs (52%-47%), schools (41 %-39%), and church facilities (35%-24%). How long a person had lived in Southlake did not affect the destinations for recreation. Similar percentages of all three subgroups visited private clubs (49%-50%-49%), low schools (33%-33%-36%), church (28%-28%-29%) and city (23%-21 %-21 %) facilities. The younger the respondent, the greater the tendency to visit a private club (55%-49%-41 %). However, middle-aged community members ventured to schools at a higher rate (37%, to 15% of seniors), and senior survey participants were more disposed to visit city facilities (33%, to 19% of middle-aged persons). Residents who were dissatisfied with teen recreation services more often went to private clubs (44%, to 48% of no opinion), schools (48%, to 27% of no opinion) and church facilities (33%, to 27% of no opinion). Interestingly, those satisfied with services provided to teens utilized city facilities at a greater rate (26%, to 17% of dissatisfied). Among the youth of Southlake, schools tended to be more often utilized by younger students than older ones. For example, more than 50% of 9th (63%), 8th (59%), 10th (58%), and 7th (51 %) grade students went to schools. Students in the 12th (29%) and 11th grades (40%) were the respondents least likely. In fact, students in the 12th grade most often visited private clubs (44%) for their indoor recreation needs. Individuals in the 10th (38%) and 11th (34%) grades also visited private clubs, compared to less than 25% of 9th (22%), 8th (19%) and 7th (18%) grade students. Also, the higher the grade level, the less likely students were to go to their house or a friends house for indoor recreation (56%-46%-44%-44%-39%-32%), as well as church facilities (37%-38%-34%-23%-15%-12%). The sex of the respondent did not impact their destinations, as both groups equally went to schools (49%-52%), their house/friends house (44%-44%), private clubs (27%-29%), church facilities (26%-29%) and city rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 44 I facilities (14%-13%). The ratings were even similar for (8%-10%). Students in Area II were most apt to visit schools (62%, to 460/ city facilities (23%, to 10% in Area 1). Youth in Area III went to house most often (51 %, to 37% in Area 1), and also utilized cl 24% in Area 1) at a greater rate. The more unfamiliar stude center project, the more prone they were to visit schools (44% clubs (17%-29%-29%). Individuals most familiar with the proje to get their recreation needs at their house/friends house (380/( church facilities (15%, to 32% familiar). Interestingly, the more 1 the more likely people were to simply go nowhere (18%-11 numbers are not significant, these findings may imply that thos, project are not as recreation -oriented than those less familiar. Ile who went nowhere in Area III), as well as :heir house or a friends lurch facilities (33%, to its were with the teen -49%-52%) and private ;t were also least likely , to 46% of familiar) or amiliar with the project, %-7%). Although the most familiar with the Adults more often ventured to private clubs for their indoor rec eation needs, whereas students preferred schools and their house or a friends house. Note that older youth went to private clubs and not a friends house, which was more the domain of younger students. Also, there were more of a variance of usage between adult male and female respondents, while no such variance existed among students ased on the sex of the respondent. RECREATION CENTER VISITATION To assess the level of public interest in and support for a re important to know whether respondents were familiar witf Therefore, both sample groups were asked, "Have you ever vis in another city?" An affirmative (yes) and negative (no) responsl a don't remember answer. Three out of five adult respondents ( had visited other centers, while 36% said they had not, and 3 smaller percentage of students also acknowledged having visit although it still was more than half (51 %), while 47% answered remembering. Figure 3 illustrates recreation center visitation among stud throughout the city: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su :reation center, it was this type of facility. Fed a recreation center were available, as too ;1 %) affirmed that they io didn't remember. A ,d a recreation center, iegatively, with 1 % not as well as adults Report Page 45 R Il �JI I I f Figure 3: Recreation Center Visitation Frequency By Youth Overall And Adult By Subsector From the adult perspective, there was just a 4% citywide variance for visiting other recreation centers, from 62% in Area II to 58% in Area I. Men and women also expressed a similar tendency to visit a city -owned recreation center in another city (60%-61 %). Nonparents were least likely to have visited a recreation center, although more than one-half still gave an affirmative response to the question (52%). That compared to percentages in the 60 percentile for parents with children 7-12 (67%), 13-18 (66%) and under 6 (63%) years of age. Also, 9% of nonparents didn't remember whether or not they had visited a recreation center. Active voters more often visited a recreation center, although there was not a significant variance (63%-57%). The necessity for having a recreation center explained a person's tendency to more often visit a recreation center (64%-49%). Similarly, those familiar with the teen center project were the group most likely to have visited a recreation center (68%-57%). People who had lived in Southlake for 3-7 years were the subgroup most likely to have visited a recreation center (68%), 10 points higher than long-term (59%) and short-term (58%) residents. By age, middle-aged respondents visited a recreation center (64%) at a higher rate than younger (54%) or older (38%) survey participants, although 10% of rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 46 . 1 individuals over 55 didn't remember having visited a center. Residents dissatisfied with teen recreation services visited a recreation center more ofte (70%) than satisfied respondents (61 %), and also more often than people who had no opinion on this issue (58%). Students in the 12th grade had visited a recreation center in another city at an even higher rate than adult survey participants (71 %). The next closet percentage was 55% of 8th graders. Visitation among the other grades ranged from 9% (9th grade) to 42% (10th grade). In contrast to adult respondents, where both groups were equally apt to visit a recreation center, male students were more likely than fe ales to have visited a center, although the variance was not dramatic (55%-48%). 1_ Respondents living in Area III (56%) had the highest rate of recreation center visitation, compared to lower percentages in Area 11 (51 %) and Area 1 (48%). By length -of -residence, long-term city inhabitants visited a recreation center at a 61 % rate, compared to a low of 48% among 3-7 year residents. And students vary familiar with the teen center project were the subgroup most likely to have vis ted a recreation center (62%), compared to 51 % who were unfamiliar and 49% familiar With the project. RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY PREFERENCES The subsamples of adults (N=243) and students (N=207) that in icated they had visited w a recreation center in another city were asked to comment on what impressed them about the experience: "In terms of programs or activities, what id you like most about the recreation center you visited?" A total of 8 categories gained mention from adults and 7 from students. The most common compliment from both adults and students was variety of programs (36% and 41 %). The second most popular response among both groups was nice facilities/equipment, although it was mentioned significantly more often by students (31 % and 16%). The third was also identical among both groups: good exercise/dance classes (8% and 11 %). Adults were more complimentary of children's activities (10%-6%), convenient schedule (7%-1 %) and low cost (4%-0%). Both groups similarly commented on year round swimming (7%-8%), as well as miscellaneous responses (6%-90/( Table #9 presents a summary of what impressed respondents fE youth responses with adult results by region and sex of respond( Drably, comparing the t: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve Report Page 47 I OF TABLE #9: PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES FAVORED BY ADULTS AND YOUTH RESIDENTS VISITING OTHER RECREATION CENTERS PROGRAM/ACTIVITY STUDENT ADULT SUBSECTOR GENDER AREA 1 AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Variety of programs 41 % 36% 22% 28% 46% 44% 31 % Nice facilities/equipment 31% 16% 13% 24% 11% 20% 13% Good exercise/dance classes 8% 11% 9% 10% 11% 6% 13% Children's activities 6% 10% 9% 10% 9% 6% 12% Miscellaneous 6% 9% 19% 9% 6% 7% 10% Year-round swimming 7% 8% 16% 4% 8% 4% 10% Convenient schedule 11 % 7% 0% 12% 6% 7% 7% Low cost I NA 4% 13% 3% 1 % 6% 2% The variety of programs was the most popular adult compliment generated by recreation center visitors, but there was a significant citywide variance among people who mentioned it. It was significantly more popular in Area III, where 46% mentioned it, than in Area I, where just 22% made note of it. And people in Area II were twice as likely to mention nice facilities/equipment when describing their positive experiences with the recreation center (24%, to 11% in Area III). Individuals in Area I made significantly more note of year-round swimming (16%, to 4% in Area II) and low cost (13%, to 1 % in Area III). The only comment that gained similar response from all three subgroups was children's activities (10%-9%). It was clear that residents in each part of the city had their favorite activities; there was no overall consensus, with the exception of children's activities. Men more often complimented the recreation center they visited for variety of programs (44%-31 %) and nice facilities/equipment (20%-13%). On the other hand, women made more note of good exercise/dance classes (13%-6%), children's activities (12%-6%) and year-round swimming (10%-4%). Parents of pre -teens were the parental subgroup most likely to note the variety of programs (43%). Responses from the other three subgroups varied 1 % (35%-34%). Nonparents were most complimentary of nice facilites/equipment (23%, to 10% of parents of teenagers) and good exercise/dance classes (13%, to 8% of parents of young children and pre -teens). Parents of older children were more apt to mention convenient schedule as what they liked most about the recreation center they visited (11%-13%), compared to 2% of parents of young children and 4% of nonparents. Active and inactive voters made similar mention of variety of programs (36%-33%), nice facilities/equipment (15%-18%) and good exercise classes (11%-8%), among the top responses. Individuals who rated a recreation center necessary more often listed variety of programs (36%-3%) and nice facilities/equipment (18%-11 %) as programs %w they liked, while people rating the center unnecessary listed children's activities rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 48 (19%-8%) and year-round swimming (11 %-7%). Respondeni center, more so than those unfamiliar, liked the variety of progr unfamiliar respondents more often listed good exercise/danc children's activities (12%-7%) and year-round swimming (10%-( most about the recreation center they visited. familiar with a teen is (40%-33%), while classes (13%-8%), as what they liked The longer the residency, the more residents were apt to com lement the recreation center for good exercise classes (7%-12%-13%) and children's activities (6%-8%-14%). Although just a 4% variance, more long-term inhabitants failed to mention variety of programs than newer residents (38%-37%-34%). Also, mention of nice facilities/equipment fluctuated by length of residence (20%-8%-17%). Based on age, declining notice was given to variety of programs (38%- 6%-33%) and good exercise/dance classes (13%-11 %-0%). These findings contrasted to those programs that exhibited an increase -- nice facilities/equipment (13%-150-25%) and convenient schedule (0%-7%-17%). However, it should be noted that just 16 under 35 and 12 over 55 year olds responded to this question. Respondents who were dissatisfied with recreation services provided youth more often listed variety of p ograms (50%, to 29% of satisfied) as what influenced them positively during their visit. ndividuals who had no opinion regarding this issue most often mentioned good exercis classes (14%, to 6% of dissatisfied), while both satisfied and no opinion persons listed nice facilities/equipment (both 17%, to 9% of dissatisfied) and tho a satisfied most often commented about year-round swimming (15%, to 3% of dissatisfied). Among youth in the community, there was a 15% variance in the mention of variety of programs (47% in 8th, to 36% in the 11th), with 12th (45%) and 11th (41%) grade responses in excess of the mean score (41 %). Students in the 11th grade made higher notice of nice facilities/equipment (48%), compared to a low of 2 % among 9th graders. The school levels most complimentary of good exercise/dan a classes were 12th graders (14%, to 0% of 11th graders), and of year-round swimming, 9th graders (18%, to 0% of 12th graders). Male students more often listed variety of programs (47%-35%) and nice facilities (34%-27%) as what they liked at the recreation centers they visited, while females commented more frequently about year-round s imming (10%-4%) and children's activities (10%-2%). Students in Area I were least complimentary of variety of programs (34%-46%-47%), but more often mentioned good exercise/dance classes (11%, to 2% in Area II) and children's activities (10%, to 2% in Area 111). The longer a student lived in Southlake, the greater the likelihood that those having visited a recreation center would positively identify the variety of programs (37%-43%-44%) and nice facilities/equipment (29%-31 %-35%). Conversely, they were less apt to list children's activities (10%-6%-0%) as what they liked most about the center. The ore familiar students were with the teen center, the more often they made mention f variety of programs (53%-51 %-35%), and to a lesser extent, nice facilities/equipme t (37%-22%-34%) and year-round swimming (11 %-2%-8%). %fit RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve� Report Page 49 0 aw FAMILIARITY WITH TEEN CENTER PROJECT After questioning both respondent groups at length regarding the recreation center project, the direction of the survey shifted to address attitudes relative to a potential teen center, under consideration by the City Council. Adults and youth were informed that the city was also studying the possible construction of a "teen center" for youth in the community. They were then queried, "How familiar or unfamiliar would you say you are with the "teen center" project?" A four -point scale was used, including very familiar, familiar, unfamiliar and very unfamiliar, as well as no opinion for those not wishing to participate in this particular question. Interestingly, similar percentages of adults (37%, 7% very familiar) and youth (36%, 8%) expressed familiarity with the project. By comparison, adults were 62% unfamiliar, with 31 % very unfamiliar; students were 64% unfamiliar, with 27% very unfamiliar. Figure 4 shows the overall youth familiarity, as well as adult ratings by subsector: 70 60 ' 50 ' 40 Aam m El Familiar r _ Unfamiliar 30 m 20 pow 10A ' ' K '3e(N 5 Youth Area I Area II Area III Figure 4: Familiarity With Teen Center Project By Youth Overall And Adults By Subsector People were generally unfamiliar with the teen center project. In terms of very familiar findings, the adult percentages were highest in Area III (9%) and lowest in Area 1 (5%), demonstrating that although they represent a minor percentage, residents in Area III acknowledged having the most intense familiarity with the project. In terms of overall rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 50 familiarity, there was no relative variance within the 3 subsectors (37%-38%-37%). The lack of familiarity totaled 2 of every 3 respondents, and was a consistent as familiar ratings (63%-61 %-63%). Respondents in Areas I and II were most unfamiliar (both 34%), compared to 29% in Area III. Women were more familiar with the project than men (41 %-30%), whereas, men were more unfamiliar (69%-58%). Nonparents were 31 % familiar and 70% unfamiliar. However, the older the child, the more familiar their parents were with the teen center project, both in terms of overall familiarity (28%-38%-50%) and very familiar ratings (2%-8%-14%). Nonparents and parents of young children were also the groups most apt to be very unfamiliar with the project (41 % and 40%), compared to a low of 15% among parents of teenagers. Active voters were much more familiar with the project than ina tive voters (48%-20%) and people who rated a recreation center necessary were more familiar with the project than the individuals who considered a center unnecessary residents were not as familiar with the project (30% of under 3 years) (39%-32%). Newer as more long-term city inhabitants (42% and 41 %). The age tabulations showed middle-aged survey participants to be most familiar (38%, to 17% of young people), 3s well as very familiar (8%, to 2% of young people). The group most likely to be very unfamiliar with the project were individuals under the age of 35 (56%). One-half of the respondents dissatisfied with the recreation services provided for teens were familiar with the project, compared to 43% who were satisfied and 28% who had no opinion on the matter. One in 3 students considered themselves familiar with the teeq center project. The ti... grade levels most familiar with the project were 8th and 12th, at 55% and 47%. By comparison, the grades least familiar were 9th and 10th (2 % and 28%). Very unfamiliar percentages, the least familiar response, were consi tent among the grade levels (34%-27%), with the exception of students in the Eth grade, who rated themselves familiar with the project and therefore less apt to clatimiliar to be very unfamiliar (12%). As with the adult sample, female students were more than their male counterparts (40%-31 %), while male students were more unfamiliar (69%-60% By subsector, respondents in Area I were least often very familiar (5%, to 14% in Area II), as well as overall familiar with the project (30%, to 43% in Area III). Therefore, among both adults and youth, Area III was most familiar with the project. By length of residence, youth who had lived in the city for 3-7 years were mos often familiar with the project (41 %), compared to 34% of over 7 and 28% of under 3 yerar residents. There was only minimal variance between adults and youth re( with the teen center project. Parents of older children were mor of young children as well as nonparents. Also, there was mor Area III than in other parts of the city, although overall, familiarity %•t RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su larding their familiarity familiar than parents e familiarity evident in was not significant. Report Page 51 CONCEPT OF TEEN CENTER After asking respondents from both samples to rate their level of familiarity with the proposed teen center project, two questions were asked to better find out just what individuals thought a teen center was. The response format for the first question was open-ended, and no specific answers were available from which to choose. It was, "If a friend in a neighboring city asked you to explain what a teen center is, how would you describe it?" Both respondent groups focused their definitions, as all the responses were categorized into 7 explanations. Among parents, the primary definitions were place for teens to get together (39%) and activities exclusive for teens (23%). Additional popular definitions were supervised teen activities (17%) and safe place for teens to gather (12%). Although the most popular definition given by adults was also most often mentioned by teens, youth focused on that definition, as 70% said it was a place for teens to get together. An additional 17% defined it as activities exclusive for teens. The remaining comments among adults were athletic activities (7%) and a negative comment (1 %). The remaining youth responses were safe place for teens to gather (6%), athletic activities (5%), and supervised teen activities and a negative comment (both 1 %). Table #10 presents the overall youth comments, as well as the adult comments broken out by subsector and sex of respondent: TABLE #10: TEEN CENTER DESCRIBED BY OVERALL YOUTH AND ADULT BY SUBSECTOR AND SEX OF RESPONDENT DESCRIPTION YOUTH ADULT AREA I AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Place for teens to get together 70% 39% 47% 40% 35% 43% 36% Activities exclusive for teens 17% 23% 16% 30% 21 % 26% 21 % Supervised teen activities 1 % 17% 16% 14% 19% 10% 21 % Safe place for teens to gather 6% 12% 8% 7% 15% 10% 12% Athletic activities 5% 7% 6% 7% 8% 5% 9% Negative comment 1 % 1 % 3% 1 % 1 % 3% 0% Miscellaneous 1 % 1 % 5% 1 % 0% 2% 1 % Nearly one-half (47%) of the adult respondents in Area I described the teen center as a place for teens to get together. That was a higher percentage than in either Area II (40%) or Area III (35%). Area II concentrated on activities exclusive for teens (30%), a definition that Areas I and III (16% and 21 %) didn't utilize as often. It is interesting to note that in Areas 1 (16%-16%) and 111 (21 %-19%), as many people defined the center as activities exclusive for teens as supervised teen activities. Also, individuals from the Area III subsector emphasized safe place for teens to gather (15%), whereas people in the other two parts of the city did not (7%-8%). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 52 Men more often defined the center as a place for teens to c activities exclusive for teens (26%-21 %), while women focus) supervised teen activities (21 %-10%). Parents of teenagers 1 (40%) were the parental subgroups most likely to describe a place for teens to gather, compared to lower percentages of children (29%) and pre -teens (33%). And supervised teen acti more often by parents of pre -teens and young children (22% ai subgroups (15% and 14%). ather (43%-36%) and ,d their definitions on 45%) and nonparents :een center as a safe parents with younger /ities was emphasized id 18%) than by other The most significant variance in definitions between active a d inactive voters was regarding the definition of supervised teen activities (19%-13%). Both voting groups similarly described the center as a place for teens to get together (39%-39%), activities exclusive for teens (21 %-24%) and athletic activities (8%-6%). Familiarity with a teen center did not impact how that center was defined. Similar percentages of people familiar and unfamiliar would describe the facility as place for teens to get together (36%-40%), activities exclusive for teens (24%-21 %) and supervised teen activities (20%-15%). Residents who had lived in Southlake 3-7 years most often emphasized place for teens to get together (42%, to 35% of short-term inhabitants), while newer residents more often described it as activities exclusive for teens (24%, to 20% cf 3-7 year inhabitants). Interestingly, supervised teen activities (19%-17%-16%) and safe place for teens to gather (14%-11 %-10%) were both more important to newer resi ents rather than more long-term community members. By age, activities exclusive for teens showed consistent response across the subgroups (24%-23%-21 %). However, there was a 10% variance regarding place for teens to get together (47% of seniors to 37% of middle-aged respondents) and supervised teen activities (20% ol middle-aged, to 6% of young respondents). The people dissatisfied with teen recreation services were as likely to describe the center as a place for teens to get together and activities exclusive for teens (31 %-31 %). By comparison, a place for teens to get together was the more prominent response from satisfied (41 %-23%) respondents, as ell as people who had no opinion on this matter (38%-20%). Additionally, people dissa isfied concentrated on athletic activities (12%) more often than others (6%-8%). Over 70% of students in the 10th (78%), 11th (77%) and 12th and 7th (both 72%) grades described a teen center as a place for teens to get togel her. Individuals in the 8th (62%) and 9th (64%) were least likely to describe it in this nanner, although they also had the highest percentage of participants who used the activities exclusively for teens definition (27% and 20%). The other findings ranged from 19% (12th grade) to 7% (11th grade). Also, 11th graders more often mentioned safe place for teens to gather (13%), compared to 8% and lower among the other grade levels. Although just 5% of the respondents mentioned athletic activities, 62% were doncentrated in the 7th and 8th grade. Both male and female students gave similar descriptions of a teen center: place for teens to get together (72%-69%), activities exclusive for teens (17%-16%), and safe place for teens to gather (5%-7%). %mot RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve� Report Page 53 [Vow The subsector variance for describing a teen center as a place for teens to get together was 5% (72% in Area I to 67% in Area II) and for activities exclusive for teens, 1 % (16%-17%). The longer a student lived in Southlake, the more likely they were to use the place for teens to get together definition (65%-70%-78%). The opposite was true for activities exclusive for teens (20%-17%-11 %), as too for athletic activities (8%-4%-2%). The more familiar students were with the teen center, the less likely they were to describe it as a place for teens to get together (65%-70%-71 %), however, they were more likely to describe it as a safe place for teens to gather (13%-6%-5%). Students who were just familiar with the project most often defined it as activities exclusive for teens (19%, to 13% very familiar). Adults defined a teen center as a place for teens to get together, with supervised activities exclusive for teens, but also a safe place. Youth described it as a place for teens to get together, as well as with activities exclusive for teens and a safe place. However, both groups had the same three most popular definitions. The second question used to determine how respondents defined a teen center focused on what type of activities people foresaw in a recreation center. Both respondent groups were asked, "Would you say that your concept of a teen center emphasizes athletic activities, social activities or both?" As described in the question, respondents could choose athletic, social or both as their responses, although there was also a refuse to answer response. Eighty percent of adults, and an even higher percentage of youth (85%) said that their concept of a teen center emphasizes both social and athletic. Adults more often gave the social response (16%-11 %), although the variance was not significant. Similar percentages of adults and youth said their concept emphasized athletic activities (1 %-3%). Therefore, both groups overwhelming described their concept of a teen center as emphasizing both athletic and social activities. Figure 5 illustrates how adults described the teen center, as well as youth, with adult results broken out by subsector: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 54 11 100 90 80 70 60 ---------- ------ ------ - Athletic 50 ❑ Social - -- Both 40 30 20 10 Youth Area I Area II Area III Figure 5: Teen Center Concept Emphasis By Youth Overall And Adult By Subsector The part of the city most likely to emphasize both was in Area 1 ( 0%). There was more than a ten point variance between this sector and Area II (77 0) and Area III (79%). The reason for the shift was that Area II and Area III residents felt their concept concentrated on social activities (21 % and 17%), a view sha ed by just 7% of the people in Area I. Practically nobody felt that the teen center should emphasize athletic activities, as overall responses didn't exceed 1 % in any part of the city. Women were more likely to describe the teen center as both athletic and social (84%-75%), whereas, men more often linked it to social activities (21 %-13%). Significant percentages of nonparents (84%) and parents of young children (83%), teenagers (79%) and pre -teens concentrated on emphasizing both types of activities. Those with pre -teen and teenage children most often listed social activities (20% and 28%), compared to 12% and 14% of the other two subgroups. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surve� Report Page 55 Both types of voting groups envisioned the teen center possessing both types of activities (80%-82%), although active voters listed social activities more often (18%-12%). Respondents who were familiar with a teen center more often gave the social activity response (20%-14%), while those unfamiliar with the project made more mention of the center having both activities (82%-77%). Having both social and athletic activities was the impression shared by 87% of median -term, 79% of short-term and 78% of long-term city inhabitants. People who had lived in Southlake a longer period of time felt the teen center should emphasize social activities (20%), more so than newer (15%) and more median (9%) length city inhabitants. Younger respondents listed both most often (93%-79%-80%), while middle-aged persons concentrated on social activities (5%-18%-15%) as how they defined their concept of a teen center. Satisfaction or dissatisfaction with teen recreation services in Southlake did not affect a person's belief that the concept should be both (78%-80%) before social (20%-18%). As has been stated, both groups predominantly identified their concept of a teen center as a place that emphasized both athletic and social activities. Ratings among students who said both varied 10%, from 91 % of 7th graders to 81 % of 10th graders. There was no correlation between both activities and grade levels. Regarding the social concept, ratings again varied 10%, from 16% of 10th graders to 6% of 7th grade students. Female students more often related the teen center to having both activities 4W (88%-81 %), while males identified social activities more often (13%-8%). By subsector, the selection of both varied 5% (89% in Area II to 84% of others), a similar variance to social activities (12% in Area I to 7% in Area ll). The longer their residence, the less apt students were to concentrate on both areas (85%-87%-79%), while social activities varied only 2% (12%-10%). Youth very familiar with the teen center project were the group most likely to associate the facility with social activities (18%), compared to 15% of people familiar and 8% of those unfamiliar. Comparatively, 88% of the people unfamiliar with the project focused on both social and athletic activities, a higher percentage than 82% of those very familiar and 80% familiar. Eighty percent or more of Southlake adults and youth believe that their concept of a teen center emphasizes both athletic and social activities. If the council decides to emphasize social activities, education strategies may need to be developed to overcome the sports emphasis preconceived by respondents. However, if the council believes that the concept should include both components, they have a listening audience. rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2O t 00 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 56 SECTION TWO: Recreation Center Components and Programs This section of the survey report reviews the potential recreatiorl center in more detail. Included were questions regarding activities, components to include in the facility and programs or activities which would encourage participation, not only from adults but also from youth. Both the adult and youth respondent groups were asked the same questions, except where noted. The first question reviewed was open-ended and asked both groups of respondents to name three activities in which they would like to participate at a new recreation center. This question was asked after evaluating the necessity of a recreation center, as well as visits to other centers and activities or programs that had been enjoyed. However, this question was presented prior to specific discussion about tt e new facility. Next, a comprehensive listing of 19 participatory activities was discussed, with participants urged to identify the likelihood of participating in each. The list of activities presented varied, from indoor basketball, to in -line or rollerblade skating and swimming. The same list was then repeated, although the thrust of the question at this juncture was for adults and students to describe the most and least likely activiti s in which they would participate. The next question addressed recreational components to be provided at the center. Individuals were asked how strongly they supported or opposed each, such as computer labs, exercise/aerobics room, martial arts room and indoor jogging track, being included in the recreation center. A total of 19 componerits was included in the question. Questioning then focused on programs and activities. For exa ple, adult respondents were asked to identify some programs that the city could offei that would encourage more participation from older residents in the community. A sim lar question was asked of both adults and youth to seek recommendations for programs for youth. The final questions reviewed in this section sought to establish a financial threshold, or a point at which people would refrain from using the recreation center based on a monthly fee. To do this, interviewers read several dollar ranges and asked r spondents to say how strongly they would support or oppose paying a monthly fee to ise the facility, both for an individual and as a family of four. At the point people said t ey would opposed the amount, questioning ceased. This question was asked of adults pnly. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su ley Report Page 57 C FAVORED PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITIES �w Both adults and teens were next asked the following open-ended question: "Please name three activities that you would like to be able to participate in at a recreation center." A comprehensive listing of 25 activities was developed from the 301 adults and 345 youth. Among adults, 3 responses were most prominent: basketball (35%), aerobics/exercise (33%) and swimming (32%). Basketball (50%) was named by one-half of the students, making it the most preferred activity in which teenagers would di like to participate. Other popular activities among youth included swimming (32%), soccer (18%), volleyball (16%) and weight lifting and dance/gymnastics (both 14%). .. More than 10% of the adult sample also identified racquetball/handball (23%), volleyball and walk/jog indoors (both 14%) and weight lifting and dance gymnastics (both 11 %) as activities in which they would like to participate at a recreation center. Between ,d 5%-10% desired to be able to play tennis (9%), games and arts and craft classes (both 7%), and ice skating/hockey (6%). Rollerblading, educational classes/lessons, attending meetings, soccer and yoga/pilates each received mention from 3% of the full sample. An additional 9 items were suggested by 2% or less, with the least mentioned suggestions being horseshoes/shuffleboard and cooking (both 1 %). Games and tennis (both 13%), racquetball/handball (both 11 %), and walk/jog indoor (10%) all earned recommendation rates of 10% or greater from youth respondents. 14W The 5%-9% ratings were assigned to baseball/softball and ice skating/hockey (both 9%), rollerblading (7%) and aerobics/exercise (6%). After rock climbing (4%), the remaining 10 items only scored a 1 % mention, with the least mentioned items among youth being martial arts (0%-1 respondent) and bowling (1 %-2 respondents). A review of Table #11 shows that youth placed a greater emphasis on basketball (50%-35%), tennis (13%-9%), games (13%-7%), rollerblading (7%-3%), soccer (18%-3%), and baseball/softball (9%-1 %). Comparatively, aerobics/(33%-6%), Ir racquetball/handball (23%-11 %), walk/jog indoors (14%-10%), and arts and craft classes (7%-1 %) had a higher incidence of mention from adults than from youth. Because respondents were allowed more than one answer, the statistics shown in Table #11 total to more than one hundred percent. This chart reviews, in descending order, the percentages of both adults and youth that selected each type of activity: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 58 R TABLE #11: ACTIVITIES FAVORED FOR PARTICIPATION AT A RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITY/PROGRAM YOUTH ADULT SUBSECTOR GENDER AREA 1 AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Basketball 50% 35% 43% 34% 32% 47% 29% Aerobics/exercise 6% 33% 27% 35% 34% 23% 39% Swimming 32% 32% 34% 32% 32% 31% 32% Racquetball/handball 11% 23% 30% 23% 19% 37% 15% Volleyball 16% 14% 16% 13% 14% 18% 12% Walk/jog indoors 10% 14% 18% 14% 13% 12% 15% Miscellaneous 11% 11% 11% 12% 11% 10% 12% Weightlifting 14% 11% 11% 14% 10% 18% 8% Dance/gymnastics 13% 11% 13% 10% 1 10% 7% 13% Tennis 13% 9% 4% 9% 1 10% 6% 10% Games 13% 7% 7% 4% 8% 4% 9% Arts and craft classes 1 % 7% 7% 5% 8% 2% 10% Ice skating/hockey 9% 6% 2% 9% 6% 5% 7% Rollerblading 7% 3% 4% 5% 1 % 2% 4% Educational classes/lessons 1% 3% 2% 2% 4% 2% 4% Attend meetings 1% 3% 5% 2% 3% 1% 4% Soccer 18% 3% 2% 3% 3% 5% 2% Yoga/pilates NA 3% 0% 3% 3% 0% 4% Computer classes 1% 2% 2% 3% 2% 1 % 3% Theater/arts 2% 2% 2% 3% 1 % 1 % 3% Rock climbing 4% 1 % 2% 2% 1 1 % 2% 1 % Martial arts 1% 1% 0% 3% 1% 2% 1% Baseball/softball 9% 1% 0% 1% 2% 3% 1% Bowling 1% 1% 2% 1% 1% 0% 2% Wrestling/feencing 1% 1% 2% 0% 1% 0% 2% Cooking NA 1% 0% 1% 1 1% 1% 1% Horseshoes/shuffleboard NA 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1 % Golf 1% NAI NA NA NA NA NA Cheerleading 1% NA NA NA NA NA NA Among the adult sample, the order of preference in Area I swimming (34%), racquetball/handball (30%) and aerobics/exer nearly a 10 point variance between the first and second n Comparatively, the priority in Area II was for aerobics/exercise (34%), swimming (30%) and racquetball/handball (23%), whilE prioritized aerobics/exercise (34%), basketball and swimm racquetball/handball (19%). Note that aerobics/exercise and b', preferred in Areas II and III, without the variance evident in Are (Areas I -II -III), the less likely people were to list baske racquetball/handball (30%-23%-19%), and walk/jog indo rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility vas basketball (43%), :ise (27%). Also note ost mentioned items. 35%), then basketball Area III respondents rig (both 32%) and sketball were similarly a I. The further south ball (43%-34%-32%), )rs (18%-14%-13%). Report Page 59 I L Comparatively, the only item where mention increased the further south the sample was '%W tennis (4%-9%-10%). Items where there was a citywide variance of more than 10% were basketball (43% in Area I to 32% in Area III), and racquetball/handball (30% in Area I to 19% in Area III). Men preferred the following activities at the new recreation center, especially when compared to women: basketball (47%-29%), racquetball/handball (37%-15%), volleyball (18%-12%), and weight lifting (18%-8%). By comparison, women more often favored aerobics/exercise (39%-23%), dance/gymnastics (13%-7%), tennis (10%-6%), games (9%-4%) and arts and craft class (10%-2%). Nonparents most wanted swimming (41 %), aerobics/exercise (40%), walk/jog indoors (22%), racquetball/handball (21 %) and than basketball (17%). Nonparents were more likely to desire aerobics/exercise (40%, to 28% of pre -teens), swimming (41 %, to 24% of young children) and walk/jog inside (22%, to 10% of pre -teens). Parents of young children were the parental subgroup most likely to desire to participate in basketball (47%, to 42% of pre -teens) and dance/gymnastics (15%, to 7% of pre -teens), while those with pre -teen children most often listed ice skating/hockey (12%, to 6% of others). Note that the older the grade, the greater the likelihood parents would want to swim (24%-25%-30%), play racquetball/handball (18%-23%-24%), volleyball (14%-16%-19%), and games (3%-6%-7%). Among the top preferred activities, inactive voters made basketball their primary choice y.,. (45%-32%), whereas, active voters led off with aerobics/exercise (38%-24%). The other activities drew similar comment from both groups, including swimming (32%-32%), racquetball/handball (22%-25%), volleyball (15%-12%), and walking/jogging indoors (14%-17%). Respondents who rated a recreation center necessary listed as their primary preferred activities basketball (37%), swimming (34%), aerobics/exercise (33%) and racquetball/handball (21 %. Those that believed a center to be unnecessary still listed aerobics/exercise (32%) and racquetball/handball (24%) before basketball (19%), an item that was at the same level as walking/jogging (19%). It would appear that people who place less of a priority on a recreation center were not as interested in basketball or swimming, activities that drew interest from people on the other side of the attitude spectrum. Interest in basketball was highest among newer residents (45%), declining among median -term (38%) and long-term (24%) city inhabitants. The same trend was evident for volleyball (19%-17%-8%). Swimming was favored twice as often by newer and older residents (36% and 34%) as by people who had resided in Southlake 3-7 years (17%), although this group was most likely to name aerobics/exercise as an activity in which they would like to participate at the new center (38%, to 29% of new residents). Walking and jogging indoors was more popular among long-term residents (17%), compared to a low of 11 % from median -term community members. The older the respondent, the less apt they were to wish to participate in basketball (42%-35%-23%), swimming (33%-32%-23%), racquetball/volleyball (27%-22%-18%), volleyball (18%-14%-9%), dance/gymnastics (18%-10%-9%), and tennis (12%-9%-0%). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 60 11 Conversely, increased interest was noted in walk/jog indoors (1 (3%-7%-14%) and arts and craft (0%-7%-14%). Individuals w teen recreation services listed basketball and swimming equ; dissatisfied persons (31 %-22%) and people with no opinion (3 basketball over swimming. Satisfied persons also mac racquetball/handball (25%-16%) and tennis (9%-2%), respondents more often wanted to participate in v dance/gymnastics (16%-11 %) and rollerblading (8%-1 %). 3%-13%-27%), games io were satisfied with illy (both 36%), while i%-30%) both favored e more mention of vhereas, dissatisfied )Ileyball (20%-12%), Basketball was mentioned most often by students in the 12th g ade (62%), as well as by a majority of students in the 10th (54%) and 8th (50%) grades. The remaining percentages were 45% (both 9th and 11th grade) and 48% (7th). Swimming scored its highest rating from 10th grade students (37%), compared to a low of 28% from 12th graders. Students in the 7th and 12th grades most often listed soccer (both 21 %), compared to 15% of students in the 10th and 11th grades. Other activities that exhibited significant variances by grade level included weight lifting (25% of 10th grade to 3% in 7th), games (24% in 11th to 7% in 7th and 12th), tenn s (20% in 9th to 7% in 12th), baseball/softball (20% in 7th to 3% in 9th), rollerblading (14% in 7th to 0% in 12th) and aerobics/exercise (14% in 12th to 0% in 7th). Male students more often preferred basketball (60%-41 %), w ight lifting (19%-9%), racquetball/handball (16%-7%), ice skating/hockey (15%-2 /o) and rollerblading (11 %-5%). By comparison, females desired to participate in swimming (42%-22%), volleyball (27%-5%), dance/gymnastics (19%-8%), tennis (18%-7%), and aerobics/exercise (11 %-1 %). Students in Area II had the highest percentage request basketba 1 (59%, to 46% in Area III), volleyball (17%, to 16% of others), dance/gymnastics (22%, to 9% in Area III), and ice skating/hockey (11 %, to 7% in Area 1). Soccer (22%, to 15% in Area 1), weight lifting (17%, to 12% in Area 1), tennis (17%, to 10% in Area 11), racqu tball/handball (16%, to 6% in Area 1), and baseball/softball (12%, to 5% in Area 11) we the items that scored highest participation rates in the Area III subsector. The on y items that exhibited reduced participation the longer that youth lived in the city were swimming (35%-32%-30%) and ice skating/hockey (10%-8%-7%). By comparison, activities that showed increased interest were racquetball/handball (9%-11 /0-15%) and walk/jog indoors (7%-11 %-12%). Items where preferences varied based on length of residence included basketball (56% of 3-7 to 45% of under 3 years), soccer (26% of over 7 to 13% of 3-7 years), and volleyball (19% of 3-7 to 12% of under 3 ears). rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 61 L LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES From open-ended suggestions, the interview moved next to questions about specific programs. First, respondents were read a list of activities that might be sponsored at a new recreation center and asked, "Please tell me how likely or unlikely you or a member of your family would be to participate in any of these activities at a new recreation center." The list of twenty activities included athletic (indoor basketball, indoor volleyball, gymnastics, karate, racquetball), recreational (walking/jogging around indoor track, fitness or aerobics, lifting weights/cardio equipment, in -line or rollerblade skating, swimming, rock climbing), and special interest (participating in recreational classes, teen, arts and craft classes, dance classes, computer lab, attending community meetings, community theater/drama, senior and kitchen/cooking classes) programs or activities. Opinions were recorded on a four -point scale ranging from very likely to very unlikely, plus no opinion. Activities which attracted the highest level of likely participants from adults were fitness or aerobics (78%), jogging/walking around an indoor track and recreational classes (both 72%) and attending community meetings (71 %). A second tier of activities, attracting between 50% and 69% likely participation, was composed of lifting weights/cardio equipment (69%), arts and craft classes (64%), swimming (63%), community theater/drama (54%), racquetball (52%) and indoor basketball, activities geared towards teens and kitchen/cooking classes (each 50%). The eight remaining '"M' activities listed earned less than a majority of likely replies. The activities with the iirt lowest likely participation rates were those geared towards senior citizens (23%), gymnastics (29%), karate (34%) and rock climbing (38%). Students surveyed formulated a different set of activities in which they would likely participate. Participation was highest toward activities geared toward teens (85%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (82%), swimming (81 %), rock climbing (80%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (75%) and indoor basketball (72%). Additional activities in which a majority of youth would participate, but at less of a degree than those previously mentioned, were in -line or rollerblade skating (69%), fitness or aerobics (68%), indoor volleyball (61 %), racquetball (59%) and recreational classes (56%). Eight activities scored likely ratings of less than 50%, and ratings were lowest for gymnastics (33%), arts and craft classes (35%), kitchen/cooking classes (37%) and attending community meetings and karate (both 38%). Of the top 7 likely activities, 3 were similar, although each placed differently. Those items were jogging/walking around on an indoor track (2nd of adults -- 5th of youth), lifting weights/cardio equipment (5th -- 2nd) and swimming (7th -- 3rd). Activities placing higher among adults were recreational classes (3rd), attending community meetings (4th) arts and craft classes (5th), compared to students, who rated indoor basketball (6th), activities geared toward teens (1st), in -line or rollerblade skating (7th) and rock climbing (4th) higher on their priority list. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 62 11 Table #12 reports the individual percentages of both adults andyouth: TABLE #12: OVERALL LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY VERY LIKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY VER UNLIKELY NO OPINION STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT Indoor basketball 26% 21% 46% 29% 23% 32% % 18% 0% 0% Jogging/walking around on an indoor track 27% 29% 48% 43% 23% 21% % 9% 0% 0% Fitness or aerobics 26% 29% 42% 49% 30% 16% % 5% 0% 0% Lifting weights/cardio equipment 35% 28% 47% 41% 16% 25% % 6% 0% 0% Recreational classes 9% 20% 47% 52% 40% 23% % 5% 1 % 1 % Indoor volleyball 21% 13% 40% 32% 35% 44% % 12% 0% 0% Dancing lessons 13% 10% 28% 37% 45% 42% 14% 11% 0% 0% Activities geared towards teens 16% 18% 69% 32% 14% 33% 1 % 14% 1 % 3% In -line or rollerblade skating 21% 18% 48% 31 % 28% 37% % 14% 0% 1 % Racquetball 12% 17% 47% 35% 37% 37% % 12% 0% 1% Arts and craft classes 6% 17% 29% 47% 52% 28% 1 % 8% 0% 0% Attending community meetings 3% 21% 35% 50% 53% 24% % 5% 1 % 1 % Taking computer training or lab 6% 11 % 38% 37% 50% 42% E % 10% 0% 0% Activities geared towards senior citizens NA 7% NA 16% NA 56% NA 18% NA 4% Gymnastics 8% 5% 25% 24% 56% 53% 12% 19% 0% 0% Swimming 22% 21% 59% 42% 18% 29% % 8% 0% 0% Karate 8% 5% 30% 29% 55% 49% E % 17% 0% 1% Community theater/drama 11 % 12% 30% 42% 51 % 37% % 9% 0% 0% Rock climbing 25% 10% 55% 28% 16% 43% % 19% 1 % 1 % Kitchen/cooking classes 6% 14% 31 % 36% 54% 39% % 11 % 0% 0% Students were more likely than adults to participate in the folk basketball (72%-50%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (82%-1 (61 %-45%), activities geared toward teens (85%-50%), in -line (69%-49%), swimming (81 %-63%) and rock climbing (80%-380, items scoring higher likely ratings from adults were fitness o recreational classes (72%-56%), arts and craft classes community meetings (71 %-38%), community theater/dra kitchen/cooking classes (50%-37%). Activities that generated s adults and youth were jogging/walking around on an indoor tra, ving activities: indoor 9%), indoor volleyball or rollerblade skating ). Comparatively, the aerobics (78%-68%), 64%-35%), attending is (54%-41 %) and nilar participation from c (72%-75%), dancing rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 63 C C ri r L, lessons (47%-41 %), racquetball (52%-59%), taking computer training/lab (48%-44%), WSW gymnastics (29%-33%), and karate (34%-38%). An additional method of review that helps focus on activities in which respondents are likely to participate is to examine the intensity of their response, as those items that generate higher ferver possess a greater degree of commitment. In this matter, we note that adults were most likely to participate in jogging/walking around on an indoor track and fitness or aerobics (both 29%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (28%), attending community meetings and swimming (both 21 %) and recreational classes (20%). Among students, the intensity was greater for lifting weights/cardio equipment (35%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (26%), rock climbing (25%), swimming (22%) and indoor volleyball and in -line or rollerblade skating (both 21 %). Note that no opinion responses were minimal. However, it is beneficial to compare the likelihood of participation through a ratio and compare the combined likely and unlikely ratings to generate a more accurate degree of participation. For example, five activities from adults and 6 from youth were 2 or more times more likely than unlikely to generate participation from respondents. Adults were most likely to participate in fitness or aerobics (78%-21 %, 3.7:1), recreational classes (2.6:1), attending community meetings (2.5:1), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (2.4:1) and lifting weights/cardio equipment (2.2:1). Activities that incurred a ratio of nearly as much likely as unlikely participation were arts and craft classes (1.8:1), swimming (1.7:1), community AW theater/drama (1.2:1), activities geared towards teens, in -line or rollerblade skating and racquetball (each 1.1:1) and indoor basketball and kitchen/cooking classes (both 1:1). For youth, the activities eliciting the highest participation ratio were swimming L (81 %-20%, 4.1:1) and rock climbing (4.0:1), followed by jogging/walking around on an indoor track (2.9:1), indoor basketball (2.6:1), in -line or rollerblade skating (2.2:1) and fitness or aerobics (2.1:1). Students were also more likely than unlikely to participate in indoor volleyball and racquetball (both 1.5:1), and recreational classes (1.3:1). The ratio among adults was lowest for activities geared toward seniors (23%-74%, 0.3:1), gymnastics (0.4:1) and karate (0.5:1). Youth in the community were least likely to participate in arts and craft classes, attending community meetings and karate (0.6:1), along with taking dancing lessons, computer training or lab and community theater/drama (each 0.7:1). Table #13 presents a review of projected participation rates in each type of activity by survey region among adults: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 64 TABLE #13: LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING I RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITIES BY SUBSECT R ACTIVITY AREA I AREA II AREA III LIKELY UNLIKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY Indoor basketball 52% 46% 52% 4 % 48% 52% Jogging/walking around on an indoor track 65% 35% 74% 2 % 73% 27% Fitness or aerobics 78% 22% 81 % 1 % 78% 22% Lifting weights/cardio equipment 75% 24% 70% 2 % 66% 34% Recreational classes 72% 27% 71% 2 % 71% 28% Indoor volleyball 51% 49% 49% 5 % 40% 59% Dancing lessons 52% 48% 41% 5 % 49% 52% Activities geared towards teens 40% 59% 59% 3 % 48% 49% In -line or rollerblade skating 41 % 58% 52% 4 % 50% 49% Racquetball 57% 44% 54% 4 % 48% 51% Arts and craft classes 65% 35% 68% 31% 62% 38% Attending community meetings 70% 30% 77% 22% 67% 33% Taking computer training or lab 52% 48% 48% 52% 47% 53% Activities geared towards senior citizens 22% 77% 30% 6 % 20% 75% Gymnastics 27% 73% 26% 7 % 30% 69% Swimming 69% 32% 67% 3 % 59% 41 % Karate 40% 60% 35% 6 % 31 % 68% Community theater/drama 55% 46% 60% 3 % 50% 51% Rock climbing 40% 59% 40% 59% 35% 65% Kitchen/cooking classes 1 52% 48% 50% 4 % 48% 52% In Area I, participation estimates ranged from 78% (fitness or al activities), in Area 11, from 81 % (fitness or aerobics) to 26% (gym from 78% (fitness or aerobics) to 20% (senior activities). I achieved a participation rate of 50% or higher. That compared 1 9 in Area III. Eight activities achieved 50% or better participa sectors: jogging/walking around indoor track, fitness or aerobic equipment, recreation classes, arts and craft classes, attendinc swimming and community theater/drama. Three items in Area better likelihood plateau, compared to 4 in Area I and 5 in Area II Individuals in the Area I subsector were most likely to participa (78%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (75%), recreational class community meetings (70%). By comparison, the activities in likely participate were activities geared toward senior citizens (2 and activities geared toward teens, karate and rock climbing ( percentages were highest for fitness or aerobics (81 %), attendi (77%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (74%), recl and lifting weights/cardio equipment (70%). Gymnastics (: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S robics) to 22% (senior iastics) and in Area III, Area I, 14 activities 13 in Area II, but just ion in all three survey lifting weights/cardio community meetings, II reached the 70% or in fitness or aerobics , (72%) and attending rich they would least ')), gymnastics (27%), ch 40%). In Area II, community meetings itional classes (71%) %), activities geared Report Page 65 towards senior citizens (30%), karate (35%) and rock climbing (40%) were the items V4W that scored the lowest participation rates among Area II respondents. People in Area III were most likely to participate in fitness or aerobics (78%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (73%), recreational classes (71 %) and attending community meetings (67%). Conversely, the lowest ratings from this subgroup were assigned to activities geared toward senior citizens (20%), gymnastics (30%), karate (31 %) and rock climbing (35%). A total of 8 activities showed a variation in citywide participation of more than 10%. Those were indoor volleyball (51 % in Area I to 40% in Area III), dancing lessons (52% in Area I to 41 % in Area 11), activities geared toward teens (59% in Area II to 40% in Area 1), in -line or rollerblade skating (52% in Area II to 41 % in Area 1), attending community meetings (77% in Area II to 67% in Area III), activities geared toward senior citizens (30% in Area II to 20% in Area III), swimming (69% in Area I to 59% in Area III), and community theater (60% in Area II to 50% in Area III). Similar participation rates were expressed regarding indoor basketball (52%-48%), fitness or aerobics (81 %-78%), recreational classes (72%-71 %), taking computer training or lab (52%-47%), gymnastics (30%-26%), rock climbing (40%-35%) and kitchen/cooking classes (52%-48%). Generally, most activities scored their highest likelihood ratings from residents in either Areas I or II. For example, Area I respondents were most likely to participate in indoor ,W basketball, lift weights/cardio equipment, recreational classes, indoor volleyball, dancing lessons, racquetball, taking computer training or lab, swimming, karate, rock climbing and kitchen/cooking classes. Residents from Area II assigned the highest likely ratings to indoor basketball, jogging/walking around on an indoor track, fitness or aerobics, activities geared toward teens, in -line or rollerblade skating, arts and craft classes, attending community meetings, activities geared toward senior citizen, community theater/drama and rock climbing. The only activity to score its highest likely rating from Area III survey participants was gymnastics. An analysis of participation interest by age of children is offered by Table #14: �W rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 66 11 0 TABLE #14: LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITIES BY AGE OF CHIL 3REN ACTIVITY NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 7-12 AGES 13-18 LIKELY UNLIKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY LIKELY UNL IKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY Indoor basketball 24% 74% 62% 39% 68% 32% 63% 37% Jogging/walking around on an indoor track 77% 23% 69% 32% 66% 34% 73% 27% Fitness or aerobics 76% 24% 83% 17% 76% 24% 80% 20% Lifting weights/cardio equipment 64% 35% 70% 30% 73% 27% 70% 30% Recreational classes 60% 40% 79% 20% 74% 26% 76% 23% Indoor volleyball 29% 71 % 46% 54% 55% 45% 55% 45% Dancing lessons 50% 50% 47% 53% 44% 55% 44% 56% Activities geared towards teens 15% 81 % 40% 53% 76% 23% 77% 22% In -line or rollerblade skating 14% 85% 60% 40% 76% 25% 60% 39% Racquetball 41% 60% 49% 50% 59% 40% 58% 40% Arts and craft classes 61 % 39% 72% 28% 67% 33% 57% 43% Attending community meetings 72% 28% 65% 33% 72% 28% 71% 28% Taking computer training or lab 53% 47% 37% 63% 44% 56% 56% 45% Activities geared towards senior citizens 39% 59% 9% 84% 17% 78% 18% 78% Gymnastics 11 % 89% 52% 48% 42% 58% 23% 77% Swimming 52% 48% 76% 31% 69% 31% 63% 37% Karate 16% 83% 56% 43% 45% 55% ' 31 % 69% Community theater/drama 45% 40% 60% 40% 58% 43% 57% 43% Rock climbing 20% 79% 36% 63% 50% 49% 49% 51% Kitchen/cooking classes 1 51% 48% 53% 46% 449/6 560X 48% 52% Respondents without children living at home were most likely to participate in jogging/walking around on an indoor track (77%), fitness or ae obics (76%), attending community meetings (72%) and lifting weights/cardio equipm nt (64%), followed by majority ratings for an additional 6 activities. They were least likely to participate in gymnastics (11%), in -line or rollerblade skating (14%), activitie geared toward teens (15%), karate (16%) and rock climbing (20%). Thirteen activities achieved majority likely ratings from parents with young children, compared to 14 for those with pre -teens and teenagers. The highest rated activities among those with the youngest children subgroup were fitness or aerobics (83%), recreational classes (79%), swimming (76%), arts and craft classes (72%) and lifting weights/cardio equipment (70%). For parents of pre -teen , fitness or aerobics, activities geared toward teens and in -line or rollerblade skating ( ach 76%), recreational classes (74%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (73%) and attending community %•t RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surv�y Report Page 67 I L I' Ll C 0 meetings (72%) were the most likely participatory activities from their perspective. �•► Among parents of older children, likely ratings in the 70 percentile were assigned to fitness or aerobics (80%), activities geared toward teens (77%), recreational classes (76%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track (73%), attending community meetings (71 %) and lifting weights/cardio equipment. Note that fitness or aerobics, lifting weights/cardio equipment, and recreational classes all scored likely participation ratings of 70% or higher among all three parental subgroups. The activities in which parents of young children were least likely to participate were activities geared toward senior citizens (9%), rock climbing (36%) and taking computer training or lab (37%). Parents of children age 7-12 had relatively low interest in activities geared toward senior citizens (17%), gymnastics (42%) and dancing lessons, taking computer training or lab and kitchen/cooking classes (each 44%). Additionally, parents of teenagers were least likely to participate in activities geared toward senior citizens (18%), gymnastics (23%), and karate (31 %). The older the children, the more likely the parent was to indicate participation in activities geared toward teens (40%-76%-77%), taking computer training or lab (37%-44%-56%) and activities geared toward senior citizens (9%-17%-18%). On the reverse side of the participatory spectrum, likelihood diminished with childrens age for arts and craft classes (72%-67%-57%), gymnastics (52%-42%-23%), swimming (76%-69%-63%), karate (56%-45%-31 %), and community theater/drama (60%-58%-57%). Among parents, plus-10% participation variances occurred for activities geared toward teens (77% of teens to 40% of young children), in -line or rollerblade skating (76% of pre -teens to 60% of others), racquetball (59% of pre -teens to 49% of young children), arts and craft classes (72% of young children to 57% of teenagers), taking computer training or lab (56% of teenagers to 37% of young children), gymnastics (52% of young children to 23% of teenagers), swimming (76% of young children to 63% of teenagers), karate (56% of young children to 31 % of teenagers), and rock climbing (50% of pre -teens to 36% of young children). When nonparents and parents are combined, the most significant variances in likely participation were indoor basketball (68% of pre -tens to 24% of nonparents), recreational classes (79% of young children to 60% of nonparents), indoor volleyball (55% of pre -teens and teenagers to 29% of nonparents), activities geared toward teens (77% of teenagers to 15% of nonparents), in -line or rollerblade skating (76% of pre -teens to 14% of nonparents), gymnastics (52% of young children to 11 % of nonparents), swimming (76% of young children to 52% of nonparents), karate (56% of young children to 16% of nonparents) and rock climbing (50% of pre -teens to 20% of nonparents). Among parents, those with children ages 0-6 generated the highest likely ratings for fitness or aerobics, recreational classes, dancing lessons, arts and craft classes, rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 68 gymnastics, swimming, karate, community theater/drama and kitchen/cooking classes. Respondents with children in the 7-12 age group were most likely to participate in indoor basketball, lifting weights/cardio equipment, indoor volleyball, in -line or rollerblade skating, racquetball, attending community meetings and rock climbing, while the parents of teenage children assigned the highest ratings to ogging/walking around on an indoor track, dancing lessons, activities geared toward teens, taking computer training or lab and activities geared toward senior citizens. When nonparents are included, they were most likely to want to participate in jogging walking around on an indoor track, attending community meetings and activities geared toward senior citizens. MOST AND LEAST PARTICIPATORY ACTIVITY To determine the activities in which both groups of respondents were most keenly interested, the list was read a second time, and adults and teenagers were asked to "Please tell me which activity you would most likely participate in as well as which one you would least likely participate in." Unlike the earlier cluestion that solicited suggestions for activities in a new recreation center, this query did not allow multiple answers. The activities that adults would most likely participate were jogging/walking along an indoor track (17%), indoor basketball (15%), and fi ness or aerobics and swimming (both 8%). By comparison, youth respondents would most likely play indoor basketball 18% , rock climbing 13% , lifting weights/cardio hts/cardio ( ) g ( ) g g ° quipment (11 /o) and swimming (10%). Other popular activities identified by adults included lifting weights/cardio equipment and participating in arts and craft classes (both 7%), racquetball and kitchen/cooking classes (both 6%), in -line or rollerblade skating (5%) and dancing lessons (3%). An additional 11 responses received mention from 2% or less of the adult sample, with the lowest mention involving activities geared toward senior citizens and activities geared toward teens (both 1 %). Youth responses that accumulated more than 2% of the total were indoor volleyball (8%), fitness or aerobics and in -line or rc Ilerblade skating (both 6%), jogging/walking around on an indoor track and community theater/drama (both 5%), dancing lessons (4%) and gymnastics (3%). Six addition I responses garnered less than 2% of the vote, with the least mentioned activities geared toward teens (1 %) and taking computer training or lab (2%). When the top ten responses of both subgroups are compared, the following activities scored high in both camps: jogging/walking around on an indoor track (1st among adults, 8th among youth), indoor basketball (2nd, 1st), fitness or aerobics (3rd, 6th), swimming (4th, 4th), lifting weights/cardio equipment (5th, 3rd), in -line or rollerblade skating (9th, 7th) and dancing lessons (10th, 10th). Activities more popular among adults than youth were participating in arts and craft classes (th, 14th), racquetball (7th, 12th) and kitchen/cooking classes (8th, 15th). By comparison, listed higher rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sum y Report Page 69 among youth were rock climbing (2nd, 13th), indoor volleyball (5th, 11th), and 1VW community theater/drama (9th, 15th). Table #15 itemizes the results for the most likely activity, in descending order of preference, for both respondent groups: TABLE #15: MOST LIKELY ACTIVITY IN WHICH TO PARTICIPATE AT NEW RECREATION CENTER ACTIVITY YOUTH ADULT SUBSECTOR GENDER AREA 1 AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Jogging/walking along indoor track 5% 17% 15% 12% 21% 15% 19% Indoor basketball 18% 15% 10% 17% 15% 18% 12% Fitness or aerobics 6% 8% 11 % 6% 9% 5% 10% Swimming 10% 8% 10% 13% 5% 7% 8% Lifting weights/cardio vascular 11 % 7% 6% 8% 7%1 10% 5% Arts and craft classes 2% 7% 10% 6% 6% 2% 9% Racquetball 2% 6% 8% 6% 6% 10% 4% Kitchen/cooking classes 2% 6% 10% 6% 4% 3% 7% In -line or rollerblade skating 6% 5% 3% 5% 6% 7% 4% Dancing lessons 4% 3% 1% 2% 4% 2% 3% Indoor volleyball 8% 2% 0% 3% 3% 2% 2% Attending community meetings NA 2% 1% 2% 3% 5% 1% Rock climbing 13% 2% 3% 5% 1% 3% 2% Computer training or lab 2% 2% 3% 2% 2% 1% 3% Community theater/drama 5% 2% 1% 2% 3% 3% 2% Gymnastics 3% 2% 1% 3% 2% 2% 2% Karate 2% 2% 1% 2% 2% 1% 2% Recreation classes NA 2% 0% 1% 3% 1% 2% Activities geared toward teens 1%] 1% 1% 1% 2% 0% 2% Senior activities NA 1% 3% 0% 1% 1 % 1% Adults in Area III were more likely to choose jogging/walking (21 %) than individuals in Area 1 (15%) or Area II (12%), where indoor basketball (17%, to 10% in Area 1) and swimming (13%, to 5% in Area II) were both chosen more often as the most likely participatory activity. Area I respondents most often chose fitness or aerobics (11 %, to 6% in Area II), arts and craft classes (10%, to 6% of others) and kitchen/cooking classes (10%, to 4% in Area III) as the activities in which they would most likely participate. Women more often preferred jogging/walking (19%-15%), fitness or aerobics (10%-5%), arts and craft classes (9%-2%), and kitchen/cooking classes (7%-3%). By comparison, the activities most often mentioned by men included indoor basketball (18%-12%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (10%-5%), racquetball (10%-4%), and attending community meetings (5%-1 %). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 70 l9 Nonparents prioritized jogging/walking (23%), followed by fitness weights/cardio equipment (both 11 %) and participating in arts Parents of young children were as likely to favor jogging/walkir (18%-17%), followed by swimming (11%) and arts and craft c (both 8%). Respondents with children in the 7-12 age subg basketball (26%) over jogging/walking (13%), and then in -line (11%) and swimming and arts and craft classes (both 7%). children, like those with younger children, were as likely to w" indoor basketball (17%-18%). Lower percentages were assigne and cooking/kitchen classes (both 7%) and swimming, lifting wei arts and craft classes and racquetball (each 6%). Swimming, and craft classes (8%-7%-6%) declined in preference the older tr Active voters were more likely to select jogging/walking (19%-11 participatory activity; all others drew similar ratings. Those incl (16%-13%), fitness or aerobics (9%-8%) and swimming (9%-8%, or not a recreation center was necessary didn't impact preferred mentioned jogging/walking (17%-15%), indoor basketball ( aerobics (6%-8%) and swimming (8%-7%). Interestingly, am mentioned responses, attending community meetings (6%- (6%-1 %) were more likely to be identified by people who felt a unnecessary. Long-term residents preferred jogging/walking twice as much (21 %-10%) and swimming (21 %-10%). They also more often classes. Newer residents chose indoor basketball over joggingA also wanted to participate in lifting weights (8%). Individual Southlake 3-7 years were least likely to mention jogging/walkin,, (5%, to 10% of over 7 years), but most frequent in their desire 1 4% of short term inhabitants). Preferred activities that in( respondent included jogging/walking (15%-17%-25%) and meetings (2%-2%-8%). Conversely, declining preference wa aerobics (12%-8%-8%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (10( (7%-7%-3%), in -line or rollerblade skating (5%-5%-0%) (12%-1 %-0%). Adults who were satisfied with teen recreation regarding preferred activities similar to those dissatisfied. included jogging/walking (17%-15%), fitness or aerobics (7%-60, arts and craft classes (4%-4%) and racquetball (4%-4%). D more often listed indoor basketball (19%-14%), lifting wei (11 %-6%), and kitchen/cooking classes (11 %-5%). Satisfied mentioned in -line or rollerblade skating (11 %-5%) and dancing le or aerobics and lifting nd craft classes (8%). g as indoor basketball asses and racquetball -oup prioritized indoor or rollerblade skating People with teenage nt to jog/walk as play i to fitness or aerobics ahts/cardio equipment, 11 %-7%-6%) and arts e child. %) as their most likely ided indoor basketball Additionally, whether activities. Both groups 5%-15%), fitness or mg some of the less 2%) and gymnastics recreation center was as indoor basketball ;elected arts and craft alking (19%-16%), but who had resided in (12%) and swimming )r racquetball (11 %, to eased the older the attending community > noted for fitness or -7%-6%), racquetball and rock climbing services had attitudes he items of similarity ), swimming (8%-9%), ;satisfied respondents Ihts/cardio equipment ndividuals more often ;sons (4%-0%). The most popular activities listed by students exhibited consistent mention among all six grade levels, implying more universal selection and participation. For example, the range of students selecting indoor basketball as the activity most likely to generate rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 71 F C C participation was 6% (21 % in 8th to 15% in 9th and 12%), while rock climbing varied 7% .► (17% in 10th to 10% in 9th), and lifting weights/cardio equipment, 7% (14% in 10th to 7% in 7th). However, second -tier choices showed a wider variance by grade, such as swimming, 11% (17% in 9th to 6% in 10th); indoor volleyball, 10% (14% in 7th to 4% in 9th); fitness or aerobics, 12% (13% in 10th to 1 % in 7th); and jogging/walking, 11 % (12% in 12th to 1% in 11th). Male students more often mentioned indoor basketball (29%-9%), lifting weights/cardio equipment (16%-6%), and in -line or rollerblade skating (10%-2%) as their desired activities. The items that received higher mention from female students included swimming (14%-6%), indoor volleyball (14%-2%), fitness or aerobics (9%-3%), jogging/walking (8%-2%), community theater/drama (7%-2%) and dancing lessons (7%-1 %). In Area III, students favored indoor basketball (20%) over lifting weights/cardio equipment (14%) and swimming (10%). Indoor basketball in Area II was more popular than either rock climbing (16%), indoor volleyball (12%) or swimming (10%). However, both indoor basketball and rock climbing were of similar importance in Area 1 (15%-14%), with both being more important than lifting weights/cardio equipment or swimming (both 11 %). The only item to show a participation variance of more than 10% was lifting weights/cardio equipment, listed by 14% in Area III but just 3% in Area 11. When reviewing the findings by length -of -residence, 3-7 year inhabitants were most apt to name indoor basketball (21 %, to 15% of long-term), swimming (12%, to 9% of others) and fitness or aerobics (9%, to 3% of long-term). Students who were newer to the community were most likely to mention lifting weights/cardio equipment (15%, to 8% of median -term) The activities adult respondents identified as being the least likely in which to participate were rock climbing (20%), activities geared toward senior citizens (18%) and kitchen/cooking classes (12%). Other activities identified as- least likely to draw participation from adults were karate (8%), indoor basketball (7%) and gymnastics (4%). Students identified kitchen/cooking classes (21 %), dancing lessons (15%), and karate (13%) as activities in which they would least likely participate. More than 4% of the sample also noted arts and craft classes (9%), gymnastics and computer training or lab (both 7%), community meetings (6%) and community theater/drama (5%) as activities in which they would least likely participate. FACILITY COMPONENTS SUPPORTED FOR INCLUSION The direction of questioning shifted from programming to components desired for incorporation into the new recreation center. Interviewers asked both respondent groups, "How strongly would you support or oppose the following being included in a recreation center... ?" Twenty-one potential items were tested. The list included basketball courts, racquetball courts, sauna/steam rooms, computer labs, leisure pool, weight/cardiovascular room, meeting rooms, exercise/aerobics room, space for senior rtRAVMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 72 activities, indoor jogging track, kitchen/snack bar, daycare/nursery, game room, with pool tables and table tennis, exercise/lap pool, space for teen activities, karate room, gymnastics room, community theater/drama, rock climbing wall and stage area for concerts. Respondents selected their answers from a four -point scale of strongly support, support, oppose and strongly oppose. A no opini n response was also available for people who chose to not participate in the questions g. Table #16 lists the overall support and opposition ratings to each component, as well as the support to opposition ratio for each item: TABLE #16: OVERALL SUPPORT OR OPPOSITIO�TO ITEMS BEING INCLUDED IN RECREATION CENTER ITEM STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPPORT OPPOSE STRONGLY CPPOSE NO OPINION STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STU N ADULT STUDN ADULT Basketball courts 41 % 35% 56% 50% 3% 10% % 2% 0% 3% Racquetball courts 24% 28% 56% 54% 17% 13% 1 % 2% 2% 3% Sauna/steam rooms 23% 14% 54% 44% 21 % 34% % 5% 2% 3% Computer labs 16% 17% 63% 56% 19% 21% 1% 4% 1% 3% Leisure pool 27% 19% 68% 55% 5% 20% % 4% 0% 3% Weight/cardiovascular room 39% 27% 56% 58% 4% 9% % 3% 0% 2% Meeting rooms 13% 21 % 66% 60% 19% 15% % 3% 2% 2% Exercise/aerobics room 25% 30% 66% 60% 9% 6% % 2% 0% 2% Space for senior activities 20% 25% 63% 58% 14% 12% 1 % 4% 2% 2% Indoor jogging track 28% 28% 62% 54% 10% 14% % 3% 0% 2% Kitchen/snack bar 22% 6% 69% 61% 8% 18% % 4% 0% 2% Daycare/nursery 16% 20% 66% 55% 17% 19% 1% 4% 1% 2% Game room, with pool tables, table tennis, etc. 40% 21 % 56% 59% 4% 15% % 3% 0% 2% Exercise/lap pool 29% 21 % 62% 56% 8% 18% % 4% 0% 2% Space for teen activities 30% 26% 66% 64% 4% 6% % 3% 0% 2% Karate room 12% 9% 58% 54% 28% 31% 1% 5% 0% 2% Gymnastics room 15% 12% 57% 58% 25% 23% 1% 5% 1% 3% Community theater/drama 16% 17% 54% 59% 16% 22% % 2 2% 2% Rock climbing wall 36% 10% 56% 48% 7% 29% 1% 8% 0% 4% Stage area for concerts 33% 19% 63% 55% 4% 20% % 4% 0% 3% Both adults and youth in Southlake expressed majority suppo for inclusion of each item in a recreation center. Overall support and strong support ranged from 90% rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su ey Report Page 73 rJ IN (exercise/aerobics room and space for teen activities) to 58% (sauna/steam room and VW rock climbing wall) for adults, and 97% (basketball courts) to 70% (karate room and community theater/drama) for students. In fact, 12 items among adults and 17 for students scored at or above 75%, with 11 student and 2 adult items amassing 90% support. [�W IN The items which adults were most supportive of including in a recreation center were exercise/aerobics room and space for teen activities (both 90%), weight/cardiovascular room (85%), racquetball courts and indoor jogging track (both 82%), meeting rooms (81 %) and game rooms, with pool tables, and table tennis (80%). An additional 7 components achieved 70% or greater support: exercise/lap pool (77%), daycare/nursery (75%), stage area for concerts and leisure pool (both 74%), computer labs (73%), and gymnastics room (70%). The only items to draw less than 70% support were sauna/steam rooms and rock climbing wall (both 58%), karate room (63%) and kitchen/snack bar (67%). stated, support among youth in the community was even higher. The items supported by 90%-plus were led by basketball courts (97%), followed closely by game room, space for teen activities and stage area for concerts (each 96%), leisure pool (95%), rock climbing wall (92%), exercise/aerobics room, kitchen/snack bar and exercise/lap pool (each 91 %) and an indoor jogging track (90%). In addition, more than 75% supported including in a recreation center space for senior activities (83%), daycare/nursery (82%), racquetball courts (80%), computer labs and meeting rooms (both 79%) and sauna/steam rooms (77%). Karate room and community theater/drama (both 70%) and a gymnastics room (72%) were the least supported facilities. The method of weighing support and opposition, minus the no opinion response, and creating a simple support ratio allows the reader the opportunity to judge how those people with definite opinions view items to include in a recreation center. For adults, 3 items achieved a ratio of 10 times more support than opposition, demonstrating a significant degree of support: an indoor jogging track (82%-7%, 11.7:1), exercise/aerobics room (11.3:1) and space for teen activities (10:1). Support for the next tier of items exceeded five times the level of opposition: basketball courts and weight/cardiovascular room (both 7.1:1), racquetball courts (5.5:1) and space for senior activities (5.2:1). The ratio of support to opposition was lowest toward sauna/steam room (1.5:1), rock climbing wall (1.6:1) and karate room (1.8:1). Those were the only three items that did not generate twice the percentage of support to opposition. The student support ratio again illustrates a greater degree of backing than adults. A total of 9 items scored a minimum 10 times more support than opposition for including in a recreation center. Those items were basketball courts (97%-3%, 32.3:1), weight/cardiovascular room, game room, with pool tables, table tennis, etc. and stage area for concerts (each 24:1), leisure pool (19:1), rock climbing wall (11.5:1), kitchen/snack bar and exercise/lap pool (both 11.4:1) and exercise/aerobics room (10.1:1). More than 5 times as much support as opposition was also registered for an rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 74 indoor jogging track (6.41) and space for senior activities (5.5:1). lowest for a karate room (2.4:1), gymnastics room (2.6:1) a (3.7:1). Items that ranked in the top ten, by support ratio, among both rE basketball courts (4th of adults, 1st of students), weight/cardiovE exercise room (2nd, 10th), game room (9th, 3rd), exercise/lal space for teen activities (3rd, 4th). Items that rated higher ; racquetball courts (6th), meeting rooms (8th), space for seni indoor jogging track (1st). And students set a higher priority 1 kitchen/snack bar (8th), rock climbing wall (7th) and stage area fi In terms of intense support, students were more strongly attL courts (41 %-35%), sauna/steam room (23%-14%), a leis weight/cardiovascular room (39%-27%), kitchen/snack bar (22 (40%-21 %), exercise pool (29%-21 %), space for teen activ climbing wall (36%-10%) and stage area for concerts (33%-19( were more strongly supportive of racquetball courts (28%- (21 %-13%), exercise/aerobics room (30%-25%), space for senic and daycare/nursery (20%-16%). Clearly, both adults and youth were very supportive of ii components in a new recreation center. Table #17 looks at from a geographic standpoint, to determine fluctuation in suppor rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su The support ratio was id sauna/steam room spondent groups were ;cular room (5th, 2nd), pool (10th, 9th), and mong adults included it activities (7th), and Ir a leisure pool (6th), r concerts (5th). ied toward basketball re pool (27%-19%), to-6%), a game room ies (30%-26%), rock ). Conversely, adults 4%), meeting rooms activities (25%-20%), cluding a number of ,upport and opposition based on location: I Report Page 75 1 U wfi L 1WW 11 TABLE #17: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO ITEMS BEING INCLUDED IN RECREATION CENTER BY SUBSECTOR ITEM AREA I AREA II AREA III SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Basketball courts 88% 10% 84% 14% 85% 13% Racquetball courts 78% 16% 82% 14% 83% 15% Sauna/steam rooms 66% 30% 60% 36% 54% 42% Computer labs 80% 18% 72% 24% 70% 28% Leisure pool 82% 15% 69% 27% 73% 24% Weight/cardiovascular room 89% 10% 84% 14% 85% 13% Meeting rooms 80% 17% 80% 19% 82% 15% Exerciselaerobics room 93% 4% 92% 7% 87% 11 % Space for senior activities 83% 13% 87% 12% 80% 17% Indoor jogging track 82% 15% 83% 16% 81 % 18% Kitchen/snack bar 85% 13% 79% 20% 72% 24% Daycare/nursery 79% 17% 80% 19% 71 % 27% Game room, with pool tables, table tennis, etc. 83% 17% 84% 13% 78% 21 % Exercise/lap pool 84% 15% 76% 22% 74% 24% Space for teen activities 93% 5% 91 % 6% 88% 11 % Karate room 68% 30% 62% 36% 61% 38% Gymnastics room 78% 19% 67% 32% 69% 28% Community theater/drama 80% 16% 78% 20% 74% 24% Overall support ranged from 93% (exercise/aerobics and space for teen activities) to 74% (stage area) in Area I, compared to spans of 92% (exercise/aerobics) to 67% (gymnastics) in Area 11 and 88% (space for teen activities) to 61 % (karate) in Area III. A total of 13 items in Area I scored support ratings of 80% or higher. That was a higher number than in either Area II (11) or Area III (8). Seven items achieved citywide support ratings of plus-80% -- basketball courts, weight/cardiovascular room, meeting rooms, exercise/aerobics room, space for senior activities, indoor jogging track and space for teen activities. Racquetball courts (all but Area 1) and game room (all but Area III) reached the 80% plateau in 2 of the 3 subsectors. The top 9 items in Area I exhibited an overall variance in support of 11 %: exercise/aerobics room and space for teen activities (both 93%), weight/cardiovascular room (89%), basketball courts (88%), kitchen/snack bar (85%), exercise/lap pool and space for senior activities (both 83%) and leisure pool and indoor jogging track (both 82%). The other four items that reached the 80% threshold were computer labs, meeting rooms and community theater/drama (each 80%). As noted previously, respondents were supportive of each component presented, as even the three lowest rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 76 items, rock climbing wall (62%), sauna/steam rooms (66%) ad karate room (68%) achieved support from nearly 2 of 3 residents. Components that received the highest degree of support exercise/aerobics room (92%), space for teen activities (9' activities (87%), basketball courts, weight/cardiovascular equir room (each 84%), indoor jogging track (83%), racquetball court: for concerts (81 %). Again, note the similar ratings for the 10 ite was 11 %. Lower support was expressed toward a rock sauna/steam room (60%), and karate room (62%). Addii gymnastics room (67%) and leisure pool (69%) was less than 70 The eight items that scored 80%-plus support ratings in Area II teen activities (88%) and exercise/aerobics room (87%), follows and weight/cardiovascular room (both 85%), racquetball court: (82%), indoor jogging track (81 %) and space for senior activitie the top 11, residents were also supportive of a game room (78 pool and community theater/drama (both 74%). A sauna/st( climbing wall (56%) and karate room (61 %) were the lowest rates in Area II included %), space for senior ment room and game (82%) and stage area ns, as the full variance climbing wall (59%), onally, support for a were led by space for d by basketball courts (83%), meting rooms (80%). To round out 16) and an exercise/lap am room (54%), rock items. Several items displayed a support rating differential of 10% r more. Those were sauna/steam room (66% in Area I to 54% in Area III), compute labs (80% in Area I to 70% in Area III), a leisure pool (82% in Area I to 69% in Area II), a kitchen/snack bar (85% in Area I to 72% in Area III), exercise/lap pool (84% in Area I to 74% in Area III), gymnastics room (78% in Area I to 67% in Area II), and a stage area for concerts (81 % in Area II to 69% in Area III). By comparison, the smallest supp rt variances dealt with the items meeting rooms (82%-80%), indoor jogging track (83 o-81 %) and basketball courts (88%-84%). Area I residents generally had larger percentages of support than in other regions. They expressed the most support for 13 items: basketball cou s, sauna/steam rooms, computer labs, leisure pool, weight/cardiovascular room, exercise/aerobics room, kitchen/snack bar, exercise/lap pool, space for teen activities, karate room, gymnastics room, community theater/drama and rock climbing wall. The tems that received the most support from Area II respondents were space for senior ctivities, indoor jogging track, daycare/nursery, game room and stage area for concert , while Area III survey participants were most supportive of racquetball courts and me e ing rooms. One might expect that having children would affect attitudes toy Table #18 compares support and opposition percentages, su children's ages: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility irds individual facilities. 9ividing the sample by Report Page 77 L I I I k L dw 11 TABLE #18: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO ITEMS BEING INCLUDED IN RECREATION CENTER BY AGE OF CHILDRFN ITEM NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 7-12 AGE 13-18 SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Basketball courts 80% 13% 88% 12% 86% 13% 88% 12% Racquetball courts 79% 16% 81% 16% 84% 15% 86% 12% Sauna/steam rooms 59% 38% 52% 44% 56% 41 % 62% 35% Computer labs 74% 21 % 70% 30% 71 % 28% 71 % 25% Leisure pool 73% 22% 80% 19% 73% 26% 70% 29% Weight/cardiovascular room 86% 11% 91% 7% 83% 15% 84% 16% Meeting rooms 76% 20% 80% 16% 84% 16% 83% 17% Exercise/aerobics room 88% 9% 93% 4% 89% 10% 92% 8% Space for senior activities 79% 18% 88% 11% 80% 17% 82% 15% Indoor jogging track 81% 16% 80% 17% 80% 19% 85% 16% Kitchen/snack bar 70% 21 % 78% 21 % 79% 21 % 80% 19% Daycare/nursery 68% 26% 87% 13% 75% 25% 74% 25% Game room, with pool tables, table tennis, etc. 74% 21 % 81% 16% 85% 14% 85% 15% Exercise/lap pool 77% 19% 85% 14% 74% 24% 70% 29% Space for teen activities 85% 12% 92% 6% 92% 7% 93% 8% Karate room 60% 37% 65% 33% 63% 36% 63% 37% Gymnastics room 68% 26% 81% 7% 68% 29% 65% 34% Community theater/drama 73% 22% 79% 19% 76% 24% 77% 23% Rock climbing wall 51 % 44% 57% 36% 64% 33% 67% 30% Stage area for concerts 67% 28% 76% 24% 78% 21 % 78% 20% Each of the 4 subgroups expressed majority support for every one of the items presented. Thirteen components achieved 80% support from parents of young children, compared to 9 from parents of pre -teens, 10 from parents of teenagers and 5 from nonparents. Eight components scored 80% support from each of the 3 parental subgroups -- basketball courts, racquetball courts, weight/cardiovascular room, meeting rooms, exercise/aerobics room, space for senior activities, indoor jogging track, game room, and space for teen activities. When the nonparent sample is included, basketball courts, weight/cardiovascular room, exercise/aerobics room, indoor jogging track and space for teen activities were the items to achieve support ratings in the 80 percentile from all four subgroups. Just several items demonstrated variance in support ratings between parents. Those were sauna/steam room (62% of teenagers to 52% of young children), kitchen/snack bar (80%-70%), exercise/lap pool (85% of young children to 70% of teenagers), gymnastics room (81% of young children to 65% of teenagers), and a rock climbing wall rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 78 (67% of teenagers to 57% of young children). Some of the items that displayed similar ratings included space for teen activities (93%-92%), karate room (65%-63%) and stage areas for concerts (78%-76%). The older the child, the more supportive families were of racquetball courts (81 %-84%-86%), sauna/steam rooms (52%-56%-62%), kitchen/snack bar (78%-79%-80%), and a rock climbing wall (57%-64%-67%). By comparison, support ' declined, based on a child's age, for a leisure pool (80%-73% 70%), daycare/nursery (87%-75%-74%), exercise/lap pool (85%-74%-70%), and gymnastics room (81 %-68%-65%). Ten items achieved their highest support irom parents of young ' children: basketball courts, leisure pool, weight/cardiovascular r om, exercise/aerobics room, space for senior activities, daycare/nursery, exercise/lap pool, karate room, gymnastics room, and community theater/drama. Those with to nagers expressed the most support for basketball courts, racquetball courts, sauna/steam rooms, computer labs (tied with pre -teens), indoor jogging track, kitchen/snack ba , game room (tied with pre -teens), rock climbing wall, and stage area for concerts (tied with pre -teens). Meeting rooms was the only item that elicited the highest support pre -teen children, although computer labs, game room anc among parents with stage area retained identical scores as parents of teenage children. Support among respondents without children was high, ranging from 88% (exercise/aerobics room) to 51 % (rock climbing wall). Although support ratings among nonparents were lower than those expressed by people with ch Idren under the age of,�,,. 18, in only 6 cases did ratings vary by 10% or more, with the ION rating expressed by nonparents. Those items were kitchen/snack bar (70%, to 80% of teenagers), daycare/nursery (74%, to 87% of young children), game room (74%, to 85% of pre -teens and teenagers), gymnastics room (68%, to 81 % of young children), rock climbing wall (51 %, to 67% of teenagers) and stage area for concerts (67%, to 78% of pre -teens and teenagers). The only item to score its highest s pport from nonparents was computer labs. LIKELIHOOD OF UTILIZING FACILITY After student respondents were asked whether they supp rted or opposed the comprehensive listing of items to include in a recreation center, a question was asked to determine their likelihood of using the facility. Interviewers asked, "If a recreation center were constructed, how likely would you or your family be to use it?" The available responses were very likely, likely, unlikely, very unlike y or no opinion. More than 9 in 10 students categorized their participation as being likely (34%) or very likely (61 %) for themselves or their families to use the facility. Com aratively, just 1 in 20 would be unlikely (3%) or very unlikely (2%) to use the recreaJon center. Note that enthusiasm is very high for utilization, as youth were nearly twi a as likely to express the intense likely rating (61 %-34%). rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 79 L U In terms of intense likely ratings, there was a significant variance between grade levels. WSW The subgroup most likely to utilize the facility were 12th grade students (82%). In the 60 percentile were students in grades 7 (64%) and 10 (63%), compared to 50% findings in grades 11 (57%) and 8 (52%) and a 40% rating in grade 9 (49%), the lowest intense rating generated. Ninth grade students were also least likely to use the facility, at 89%. The high rating was 97%, for students in the 12th grade. At or above the mean rating (95%) were students in the 7th (95%), 8th and 10th (both 96%) and 11th (95%) grade levels. There was not significant variance between male and female students, both in terms of very likely (61 %-60%) and overall likely (94%-95%) ratings. There was a 5% citywide variance in very likely ratings (63% in Areas II and III to 58% in Area 1), as well as overall likely findings (96% in Area III to 91 % in Area II). There was also just a minimal variance based on a students length -of -residence (95% of 3-7 to 94% of others). Also, the more familiar students were with the teen center project, the higher the very likely ratings (69%-64%-59%). Although a minimal percentage, students very familiar with the teen center were more unlikely to visit the facility (9%), compared to 3% of those familiar and 5% of those unfamiliar. ELDER AND YOUTH PROGRAMS A '*W An open-ended question was used to collect suggestions for activities that might appeal to both the older and younger segment of Southlake's population: "What type of activities at the new recreation center do you think the city should offer that would encourage more participation from older residents of the community?" This question was presented to the adult sample only, and a total of 235 persons gave a suggestion. Note that this question allowed respondents to submit more than one answer. The most frequent recommendations were arts and crafts (23%), games (21 %) and dance (16%). �W Other suggestions mentioned by 5% or more of the sample included exercise/yoga (16%), walking/jogging (15%), plays/concerts (12%), swimming, meeting/clubs and computer classes (each 11 %) and cooking (5%). Two percent suggested gardening, which was the least popular suggestion and 11 % gave a nonclassified, miscellaneous response. Table #19 lists the recommendations, which were grouped into 11 categories plus miscellaneous. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 80 I TABLE #19: TYPES OF ACTIVITIES TO OFFER AT RECREATION CENTER TO OLDER RESIDENTS ACTIVITY OVER ALL SUBSECTOR GENDER AGE OF RESPONDENT AREA 1 AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE INDER 35 36-55 YEARS OVER 55 YEARS Arts and crafts 23% 27% 17% 25% 25% 23% 15% 22% 31 % Games 21% 13% 29% 21% 19% 21% 15% 22% 19% Dance 17% 13% 19% 19% 13% 20% 25% 16% 23% Miscellaneous 16% 16% 19% 15% 13% 18% 10% 18% 12% Exercise/yoga 16% 16% 19% 14% 13% 17% 20% 14% 23% Walking/jogging 15% 22% 17% 11 % 19% 13% 10% 14% 27% Plays/concerts 12% 16% 10% 12% 11% 13% 15% 13% 4% Swimming 11 % 15% 15% 8% 11 % 12% 15% 12% 4% Meeting/clubs 11 % 9% 10% 13% 13% 11 % 5% 13% 8% Computer classes 11% 13% 12% 9% 14% 9% 15% 7% 27% Cooking 5% 4% 3% 6% 1% 6% 5% 4% 8% Gardening 2% 2% 2% 2% 1 % 2% 1 5% 2% 0% By region, the Area I subsample was significantly more likely to mention arts and craft (27%, to 17% in Area III), walking/jogging (22%, to 11 % in Area III), and plays/concerts (16%, to 10% in Area II). They were also the area less likely tc suggest games (13%, to 29% in Area II), and dance (13%, to 19% of others). he two most popular responses in Area I (27%-arts and crafts and 22%-walking jogging) and Area III (25%-arts and crafts and 21%-games) were similar. However, in Area 11, there was a 10% variance between the primary suggestion (25%-arts and crafts) and the others (19%-dance, and exercise/yoga). Men were more apt to s ggest walking/jogging activities for seniors (19%-13%), whereas women listed dance (20%-13%) and exercise/yoga (17%-13%) at a greater rate. Both groups similarly recommended arts and crafts (25%-23%) and games (19%-21 %). Twenty-nine percent of the parents with teenage children suggested arts and crafts (to 17% of parents of pre -teens) and 24% games (to 14% of nonparents). Nonparents were more disposed to list execise/yoga (22%, to 9% of teenagers) and walking/jogging (20%, to 9% of parents of pre -teens), while parents of pre -teens showed a preference for dance (240, to 14% of parents of teenagers). Active municipal voters more often suggested arts and Crafts (24%-20%) and exercise/yoga (18%-12%), while nonvoters were more likely to list games (24%-20%). Individuals who rated a recreation center necessary more often mentioned games (22%-10%), and meeting/clubs (12%-6%) as activities to offer to older adults at the new recreation center. Conversely, people who felt a recreation center was unnecessary more often suggested arts and crafts (32%-22%), and walking/jogging (23%-13%). People familiar with the teen center project suggested arts a d crafts (30%), dance rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 81 Wi L r� F F F I I 1 ILI r'' Wi (18%) and games (16%) as senior activities to encourage more participation, while "r those who were unfamiliar listed games (23%), arts and crafts (18%) and dance (17%). Newer residents were as likely to suggest arts and crafts as games (both 22%), as were 3-7 year residents (both 27%), although at a greater rate. Long-term residents listed arts and crafts (23%) most frequently, followed by walking/jogging (19%), and then games (17%) and dance (16%). Dance (21 %, to 12% of 3-7 years) and exercise/yoga (19%, to 13% of over 7 years) were most often suggested by newer residents. Activities that increased in mention the older the respondent were arts and crafts (15%-22%-31 %) and walking/jogging (10%-14%-27%). Conversely, the younger the survey participant, the greater they were to list plays/concerts (15%-13%-4%) and swimming (15%-12%-4%). Interestingly, a large percentage of senior respondents also suggested computer classes (27%, to 7% of middle-aged respondents) and exercise/yoga (13%, to 14% of middle-aged respondents) as classes to provide to older residents. People in the 36-55 age range most often mentioned games (22%, to 15% of young respondents) to encourage more participation from older adults. After generating suggestions for activities to encourage participation among seniors, a second question was presented to accept suggestions for persons at the other end of the age spectrum. As with the previous question, this was open-ended, which encouraged respondents to generate their own wish list of programs. The question It presented was "What type of recreational programs would you like to see offered to MW youth at the new recreation center?" This question was presented to adults, of which 277 participated and youth, for which 264 offered a suggestion. Twenty types of programs were suggested by adults, with the most popular ones being team sports (21 %), basketball (20%) and dance/gymnastics (18%). The most popular responses generated by the student sample were basketball (21%), swimming (17%), and dance/gymnastics, exercise/aerobics and team sports (each 14%). Therefore, four of the top five activities were similar among both adults and youth, although not in the same order. The activity in the top 5 among students but not adults was exercise/aerobics (14%), compared to the adult, but not youth suggestions of games (12%). Among other adult ideas were after -school programs (10%), exercise/aerobics and computer/education classes (both 8%), arts/crafts and theater arts (both 7%) and martial arts (5%). An additional 8 suggestions garnered less than 5% of the suggestions, with the least mentioned programs being tennis and summer camp (both 1 %). Students meanwhile, suggested computer/education classes (9%), volleyball (8%), rock climbing and after -school programs (both 7%), theater arts (6%) and martial arts and games (both 5%). The two least popular suggestions among youth were D.A.R.E. and music lessons (both 1 %). Overall, the responses which generated a higher response from adults were team sports (21 %-14%), dance/gymnastics (18%-14%), games (12%-5%), and arts/crafts (7%-2%). Students more often rtaw suggested exercise/aerobics (14%-8%), volleyball (8%-3%) and rock climbing (7%-2%). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 82 11 1 Up to two responses were allowed from each adult and youth r percentages shown in Table #20 total to greater than one hund Dndent, therefore the percent. TABLE #20: TYPES OF RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS TO OFFER TO YOUTH AT NEW RECREATION CENTER PROGRAM YOUTH ADULT SUBSECTOR GENDER AREA 1 AREA 11 AREA III MALE FEMALE Team sports 14% 21% 21% 14% 24% 19% 22% Basketball 21% 20% 25% 21% 18% 26% 17% Dance/gymnastics 14% 18% 19% 15% 19% 23% 16% Swimming 17% 14% 15% 15% 13% 16% 13% Games 5% 12% 12% 14% 11% 7% 15% Miscellaneous 12% 11% 15% 11% 1 9% 7% 13% After -school programs 7% 10% 6% 12% 11% 9% 11% Exercise/aerobics 14% 8% 12% 6% 8% 7% 8% Comptuer/education classes 9% 8% 4% 2% 12% 6% 8% Arts/crafts 2% 7% 6% 8% 6% 4% 8% Theater arts 6% 7% 8% 8% 1 6% 7% 7% Martial arts 5% 5% 4% 8% 3% 5% 4% Hockey 3% 4% 4% 7% 3% 7% 3% Volleyball 8% 3% 6% 2% 3% 4% 3% Rollerblading 2% 3% 0% 4% 4% 4% 3% Racquetball 4% 3% 8% 4% 1 1% 3% 3% Rock climbing 7% 2% 0% 7% 0% 1% 3% Music lessons 1% 2% 2% 1% 3% 1% 3% Tennis 4% 1% 0% 4% 1% 1% 2% Summer camp NA 1% 0% 1% 1% 1% 1 % D.A.R.E. 1% NA NA NA NA NA NA Team sports was the most popular suggestion for youth prog adults in Area III (24%), slightly more important than dance/, basketball (18%). However, in both Areas I and II, the nur basketball (25% and 21%). Both dance/gymnastics and swimrr programs than team sports (14%), whereas, in Area I, team (21%), followed by dance/gymnastics (19%) and swimming computer/education classes were significantly more important it other parts of the city (4%-2%). Suggestions listed more often t (26%-17%), dance/gymnastics (23%-16%), and hockey (7%-3' (15%-7%), and arts/crafts (8%-4%). Both groups were similarly (19%-22%), swimming (16%-13%) and after -school programs programs to offer to youth at the new recreation center. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su ri L E III' LI C amming, according to ymnastics (19%) and ber one offering was ng were more popular sports ranked second (15%). Additionally, Area III (12%) than in y men were basketball o); by women, games apt to list team sports 9%-11 %) as types of K Report Page 83 1 Among parents of teenagers, basketball and dance/gymnastics (22%-21 %) were similarly important, while games (18%) and team sports (15%) were also popular. People with pre -teens in their household also prioritized basketball over team sports (23%-16%) as well as dance/gymnastics (16%). For parents of young children, team sports was as important as basketball (25%-24%), swimming (17%), and dance/gymnastics (12%) as sports to offer to youth. Nonparents felt team sports was most important (24%), but so was dance/gymnastics (22%). Less mention was made of basketball (18%) and swimming (17%). The only difference between active and inactive voters was that people who voted more often suggested basketball (23%-15%). Both groups made similar mention of team sports (21 %-21 %), dance/gymnastics (18%-17%), swimming (14%-14%) and games (12%-10%). People who rated a recreation center as necessary placed a higher emphasis on providing team sports (26%-22%), swimming (15%-9%), exercise/aerobics (9%-5%), arts/crafts (8%-0%) and hockey (6%-0%). Respondents who considered the center unnecessary more often listed after -school programs (14%-10%) and volleyball (7%-3%) as programs to offer youth. Team sports was less important the longer a person lived in Southlake (26%-25%-13%). The same was nearly true regarding exercise/aerobics (15%-3%-4%). Conversely, games (10%-13%-4%), and to a lesser extent dance/gymnastics (15%-13%-24%), grew in importance the longer the city residency. .r► Basketball (21 %-17%-21 %), swimming (16%-5%-18%) and after -school programs (13%-8%-10%) were most often mentioned by short-term and long-term residents. By age, basketball (19%-20%-29%), dance/gymnastics (6%-19%-29%), swimming (10%-13%-33%) and computer/education classes (6%-7%-13%) received more mention the older the survey participant. Suggestions with a reverse correlation included team sports (23%-20%-21%) and after -school programs (10%-12%-0%), indicating more youth oriented suggestions. People who were satisfied with teen services, more so than those dissatisfied, wanted programs such as basketball (27%-9%), swimming (13%-7%) and hockey (6%-2%) to be offered at the new recreation center. Dissatisfied respondents looked more toward team sports (29%-17%), dance/gymnastics (33%-17%) and games (22%-12%), which may mean 0 that people dissatisfied desire more of these types of programs for youth Among student respondents, basketball was a more popular program recommendation than swimming in the 12th (21 %-11 %), 11 th (24%-9%), 8th (26%-19%) and 7th (23%-20%) grades. In the 10th grade it was as important (both 18%), while swimming dominated the minds of 9th grade students, along with exercise/aerobics (both 23%). Program suggestions that gained mention from 20% of a particular subgroup were dance/gymnastics in the 7th grade (20%), and exercise/aerobics in the 12th grade (21 %). Responses fluctuated, as the variance for dance/gymnastics was 13% (20% in 7th to 7% in 8th), for exercise, 18% (23% in 9th to 5% in 7th), for team sports, 9% (18% in 10th to 9% in 11th) and for computer/education classes, 13% (13% in 8th to 0% in 12th). Responses also fluctuated by the sex of the respondent. Male students more rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 84 often suggested basketball (29%-13%) and games (7%-3%), \ listed swimming (23%-11 %), dance/gymnastics (21 %- (17%-10%), volleyball (14%-1 %) and theater arts (8%-4%). Students from Area II most often suggested offering basketball ( and swimming (22%, to 15% in Area III) to youth at the new re respondents in Area I most often mentioned dance/gymnastics I team sports (15%, to 12% in Area III) and after -school prograrr III). The suggestion most often generated from Area computer/education classes (14%, to 6% in Area II). Suggestions that increased in popularity the longer the youth I team sports (13%-12%-20%), computer/education classes (5% arts (2%-5%-10%). By comparison, less emphasis was made, dance/gymnastics (19%-10%-13%), exercise/aerobics (18%-12 (9%-6%-4%) and after -school programs (9%-7%-2%). The more with the teen center, the more likely they were to suggest swir and volleyball (16%-10%-6%) at a recreation center, and le recommend offering team sports (4%-6%-18%) and theater arts LIKELIHOOD OF USING FACILITY BASED ON The final two questions on the survey addressed the cost to opei much adult respondents would be willing to pay on a monthly It question was expressed as a per user cost, although prefaced b became necessary to charge residents a monthly fee for operati recreation facility: "How strongly would you support or oppo; month for unlimited use." Then interviewers read a series of pri( a response for each one. The four categories began at un( through "more than $30." Answers were recorded on the farr support to strongly oppose scale. The objective of these determine what fees residents would pay, but at what "thresh become more opposed to than supportive of paying the higher fe Table #21 itemizes the full sample responses for each pricing ile females more often o), exercise/aerobics 25%, to 20% of others) -reation center. Youth 17%, to 9% in Area II), s (10%, to 2% in Area participants was ved in Southlake were 10%-14%) and martial lased on residency, on -10%), rock climbing familiar students were iming (28%-20%-14%) ,s likely they were to 4%-5%-7%). Y FEES ate the facility and how asis. The first pricing I the statement that if it mal costs at the indoor :e paying each :e ranges and obtained er $20 and continued iliar four -point strongly questions was not to DId," or point, did they rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 85 .vj L I I C C I R C V 1"W [a TABLE #21: OVERALL SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO PAYING MONTHLY FEE FOR FACILITY USAGE AMOUNT STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPPORT OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE NO OPINION Under $20.00 16% 40% 23% 17% 4% $20.00 - $25.00 6% 25% 31 % 34% 4% $25.00 - $30.00 4% 10% 36% 46% 4% More than $30.00 2% 5% 34% 56% 1 5% A majority of respondents (56%) indicated they would support or strongly support paying a monthly fee of under $20.00 to use the recreation center. The probability fell to about one-half that level (31 %) when the price was raised to the $20-$25 range. At a cost, of $25-$30, support again dropped in half (14%), and only 7% supported paying the most expensive range of more than $30. When the cost was presented as under $20, intense support (strongly support) for paying the fee to use the facility was 16%, the same level as strongly oppose (17%). When the cost was raised to $20-$25, residents were 5 times more likely to strongly oppose the fee (6%-34%). Therefore, a monthly fee of between $20 and $25 dollars was the point at which most respondents became unlikely to support the fee structure and at more than $30, a majority intensely opposed paying that level of fees. t Table #22 compares the findings to this series of questions by the age of the :.w respondent's children. However, note that the question only reviews the cost for an individual and not a family: TABLE #22: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO PAYING A MONTHLY FOR USAGE FEE BASED ON INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY FEE BY AGE OF CHILDREN L AMOUNT NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 7-12 AGE 13-18 SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Under $20.00 61% 36% 53% 41% 56% 41% 51% 45% $20.00 - $25.00 29% 67% 35% 58% 36% 62% 29% 68% $25.00 - $30.00 14% 84% 16% 78% 14% 82% 12% 84% More than $30.00 1 7% 91% 9% 84% 1 6% 90% 4% 92% As the above table indicates, at the lowest pricing tier, households with no children were nearly twice as likely to support as oppose paying that fee (61 %-36%). In fact, support was higher among this subgroup than the other parental subgroups, where support ratings ranged from 56% (parents of pre -teens) to 51 % (parents of teenagers). Note that a majority of all four respondent subgroups opposed paying the monthly usage fee of $20-$25, with opposition ranging from 68% (parents of teenagers) to 58% rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 86 (parents of young children). Also, at the $25-$30 range, Opp all but parents young children (78%). A comparison by subsector of support for paying fees to use summarized by Table #23: n exceeded 80% for recreation center is TABLE #23: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO PAYING A MONTHLY FEE FOR FACILITY USAGE BY SUBSE TOR AMOUNT AREA I AREA II AREA III SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Under$20.00 58% 38% 62% 33% 51% 45% $20.00 - $25.00 34% 60% 37% 58% 27% 60% $25.00 - $30.00 19% 76% 18% 77% 10% 86% More than $30.00 9% 85% 10% 86% 2% 93% Area II residents were the most likely to support paying the (62%), compared to people in Area 1 (58%) and Area 111 (51 %). support fell on average, 24 points. Support was still higher i other parts of the city, with the low being 27% in Area III. At the did not exceed 18% in any part of the city. Note that at the varied 10 points, but opposition, just 2 points, implying more the higher fees. nder $20 monthly fee At the $20-$25 range, Area II (37%) than in 25-$30 range, support i20-$25 level, support insistent opposition to The second question concerning price of membership phrased the cost as a single monthly amount for a family of four. The language was, "How strongly would you support or oppose paying each month for unlimited use of the indoor recreation center...." This time, the four price ranges were under $30, followed by $30-$40, $40-$50, and over $50. Table #24 presents the overall findings to the family fee structure questions: TABLE #24: OVERALL SUPPORT OR OPPOSITI DN TO PAYING FAMILY OF FOUR MONTHLY FEE AMOUNT STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPPORT OPPOSE STRC OP NGLY OSE NO OPINION Under $30.00 19% 38% 19% 17% 8% $30.00 - $40.00 7% 20% 33% 32% 9% $40.00 - $50.00 4% 8% 37% 43% 9% More than $50.00 1 % 4% 33% 53% 9% rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 87 LW F L L i E- C I L I 10 ,4ww [A 11 Overall support for paying the family fee of under $30 was 57%, almost identical to the probability of joining given an individual monthly charge under $20 (56%). Note that the percentages of "strongly support" answers were also similar (7%-6%). At a cost of $30-$40, support dropped in half, to 27%, while opposition climbed beyond the majority threshold (65%). The support rating diminished to 12% when the cost was raised to $40-$50. The percentage that offered no opinion ranged from 8% to 9%, twice the level of the question on individual memberships, suggesting that some respondents may have had difficulty applying the pricing scheme to their own families. Table #25 lists the percentages of each children's age group and how strongly parental subgroups supported or opposed paying the individual fees: TABLE #25: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO PAYING FAMILY OF FOUR MONTHLY FEE BY AGE OF CHILDREN AMOUNT NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 7-12 AGE 13-18 SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Under $30.00 57% 33% 64% 27% 59% 35% 53% 40% $30.00 - $40.00 27% 63% 31 % 58% 30% 62% 25% 69% $40.00 - $50.00 12% 78% 10% 79% 12% 81% 12% 81% More than $50.00 18% 82% 3% 86% 7% 87% 4% 89% When the cost was first presented as under $30, the range of support was 64% (parents of young children) to 53% (parents of teenagers). When the potential cost was $30-$40, likelihood among non -parents diminished to 27%, compared to ratings of 25% (parents of teenagers), 30% (parents of pre -teens) and 31 % (parents of young children). Support declined by half between the under $30 and $30-$40 range for all parental subgroups, and by one-half again at the $40-$50 range. The results demonstrate that people would pay more for a family membership, but not significantly more. The regional cross -tabulation of this question is shown in Table #26 below: TABLE #26: SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO PAYING FAMILY OF FOUR MONTHLY FEE BY SUBSECTOR AMOUNT AREA 1 AREA II AREA III SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE SUPPORT OPPOSE Under $30.00 61 % 33% 63% 31 % 52% 38% $30.00 - $40.00 29% 64% 34% 60% 23% 67% $40.00 - $50.00 117% 74% 13% 81 % 8% 81 % More than $50.00 6% 85% 8% 86% 4% 86% rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 88 The pattern presented is similar to that which occurred in response to the individual membership costs. Area III residents were less inclined than leighboring regions to utilize the recreation/aquatic facility at a price of under $30 (61 % 63%-52%). Residents were resistant to paying any higher fees, as again, support decl ned in half at the next level, $30-$40. At both the under $30 (38%-31 %) and $30-$40 67%-60%), opposition ratings varied 7%. Declines at higher price points were similar tc those observed in the earlier charts, indicating that the family pricing structure -- an estimated 50% higher than an individual membership -- had the same overall effect on pttitudes. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su y Report Page 89 L' F, C 1,4W SECTION THREE: The Teen Center The Southlake City Council was approached by residents with the idea of constructing a facility for youth in the community. To gather public input on this issue, the council agreed to finance a citizen survey in order to gauge sentiment on the issue. This firm was retained to conduct the survey. The original contract called for a scientific sampling of adult residents and a self-administered questionnaire from teens in the city. Based on discussions with council members, staff and the consultant, the decision was made to conduct two scientific surveys, one of adults and one of youth. This section of the survey report reviews both adult and youth attitudes regarding the potential "teen center." The first question reviewed was open-ended and asked both respondent groups to name one or two things that they would expect to be included in a teen center. Then, a series of attitudinal statements, issuing both pro and con views regarding the potential center was presented, with survey participants asked to express agreement or disagreement to each. Students in Southlake were then asked how strongly they would support or oppose the teen center, based on the inclusion of several general items. Arr Next, both groups were asked how strongly they would support or oppose a teen center that did not include athletic facilities. The likelihood of participating in activities at a teen center was tested, as youth rated how likely or unlikely they would be based on a general list of topics. Adults were also asked to judge their concern with issues related to the location of a teen center in their neighborhood. Interviewers asked student respondents to express agreement or disagreement with a recreation -related statement. Then both groups were asked how strongly they agreed or disagreed with a series of facility location statements relative to how the teen center was constructed and located. Then both groups were read a list of the teen center and recreation center construction options, and asked to select a preferred choice. Adults were then queried as to how important or unimportant it was to begin immediate construction of a teen center, as well as how strongly they supported or opposed the construction of this center, based on the estimated cost of $1 million. Because the recreation center may have to be delayed a few years should the $1 million be appropriated to construct the center, adults were probed as to their continued support or opposition to the construction. Finally, another recreation -related statement was read to students, at which point each was asked to agree or disagree. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 90 11 1 FAVORED ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN A TEEN CENTER Prior to this question, both adult and youth respondents were asked to discuss their familiarity with the teen center project, how they would desc ibe it to a friend and whether their concept of a teen center included social activities, iecreational activities or both. Therefore, the idea of a teen center had been discussec prior to this question. Interviewers asked, "What one or two things would you expect tc 1 be included in a "teen center." Fourteen categories was generated from the 324 adults who responded, and 16 from the 330 responding youth. Adults focused their 3uggestions on game room/social activities (44%), gymnasium/athletic activities (215N, basketball courts (19%) and a dance hall (18%). The top three student responses were identical to those expressed by adults -- game room/social activities (53%), gymnasium/athletic activities (34%) and basketball courts (15%). The dance hall, ranked 4th among adults (18%), was actually 5th among teenagers (10%). Therefore, the five m st popular items to be included in a teen center were identical. The second tier of responses, which were generated by less sample, were kitchen/snack bar (12%), meeting rooms and s music (9%), and counseling and computer lab (both 5%). T suggestions were education classes and a theatrical stage (bi pool (2%). By comparison, the 6th through 10th ranked items swimming pool (9%), music (8%), meeting rooms (7%), cc theatrical stage (3%). The five final responses failed to gain mE of the sample, with the least popular items being education cl (both 1 %). Table #27 reviews the comprehensive listing of items both you important to include in a teen center. Because more than one ai total percentages exceed one hundred percent: han 15% of the adult pervision (both 11 %), e three least popular :h 3%) and swimming nong students were a nputer lab (4%) and ition by more than 2% sses and a skate rink and adults rated as ver was allowed, the W, G C I LJ r] C R1, rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 91 1 I TABLE #27: ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED IN A TEEN CENTER ITEM YOUTH ADULT SUBSECTOR GENDER AREA 1 AREA II AREA III MALE FEMALE Game room/social activities 53% 44% 45% 44% 45% 41 % 46% Gymnasium/athletic activities 34% 25% 25% 25% 25% 24% 26% Basketball courts 15% 19% 23% 20% 16% 18% 19% Dance hall 10% 18% 17% 21% 17% 16% 20% Kitchen/snack bar 13% 12% 10% 13% 13% 7% 15% Meeting rooms 7% 11 % 5% 20% 9% 11 % 12% Supervision 1% 11% 12% 6% 13% 15% 9% Music 8% 9% 7% 6% 11% 8% 9% Miscellaneous 6% 6% 13% 8% 3% 7% 6% Counseling 2% 5% 8% 6% 4% 5% 6% Computer lab 4% 5% 8% 4% 4% 7% 3% Education classes 1% 3% 0% 3% 5% 4% 3% Theatrical stage 3% 3% 3% 1% 4% 6% 2% Swimming pool 9% 2% 3% 2% 2% 3% 2% Coffeeshop 1% NA NA NA NA NA NA Skate rink 1% NA NA NA NA NA NA Adults placed a greater emphasis on including in a teen center basketball courts (19%-15%), dance hall (18%-10%), meeting rooms (11 %-7%), and supervision (11 %-1 %). Comparatively, youth more often spoke of including game room/social activities (53%-44%), gymnasium/athletic activities (34%-25%), and a swimming pool (9%-2%). Note that for both groups, game room/social activities was mentioned nearly twice as frequently as gymnasium/athletic activities, indicating a greater interest in social activities than athletic activities. Other items attributable to social activities would include a dance hall, kitchen/snack bar, meeting rooms, supervision and music. The only athletic oriented items were gymnasium/athletic activities and basketball courts. Across the city, the two top items among adults showed only a minimal variance -- 1% for game room/social activities (45%-44%) and 0% for gymnasium/athletic activities (each 25%). Basketball courts were a higher priority in Area 1 (23%, to 16% in Area III), while in Area 11, more emphasis was made on a dance hall (21 %, to 17% of others) and meeting rooms (20%, to 5% in Area 1). Residents in Area III made the most mention for supervision (13%, to 6% in Area 11), as well as music (11 %, to 6% in Area 11). The only statistical anomaly across the city related to meeting rooms, which was mentioned twice as frequently in Area II as in other parts of the city (9%-8%). Women suggested game room/social activities (46%-41 %) more often then men, as they did a dance hall (20%-16%) and kitchen/snack bar (15%-7%). Conversely, men made more mention of supervision (15%-9%), computer lab (7%-3%) and theatrical stage (6%-2%). When the findings are compared to the age of parent's children, it is apparent that parents of older children look more toward social activities, compared to others, who rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 92 place more stock in athletic activities. For example, the older the child, the greater the likelihood for people to expect a game room/social activitiet to be included in a recreation center, from 37% of nonparents, to 39%-5 Comparatively, gymnasium/athletic activities was more important %-52% of parents. to parents of younger children (32%) than those with teenagers (28%) or pre -teens (23%), or nonparents (18%). Basketball courts drew more mention from nonparents and those with young children (23% and 24%) than it did from parents of older children (17%-16%). The need for a dance hall was identified by 22% of nonparents 20% of parents with teenagers and 13%-15% of the other two subgroups. Items that were noted more often by parents of teenagers were a kitchen/snack bar (16%, to 8% of parents of pre -teens), while those with pre -teen children most often recommended supervision (15%, to 6% of parents of teenagers) and parents with young children, comput r labs (10%, to 3% of nonparents and parents of pre -teens). There was a greater variance between game room/social activities and gymnasium/athletic activities between inactive voters (42%-19% than those who voted with greater frequency (46%-29%). Although inactive voters more often suggested supervision (17%-7%), thoughts about basketball courts (17%-19%), dance hall (19%-16%), kitchen/snack bar (12%-11 %) and meeting rooms 13%-9%) were similar. Familiarity with the teen center generated more interest in game room/social activities (52%-39%), a dance hall (21%-16%) and kitchen/snack bar (15%-10%). People unfamiliar with the teen center more often suggested including basketball courts (23%-11 %) and supervision (13%-8%). Although people unfamiliar with the project spoke more of basketball courts, both groups were similar in their perceived need for a gymnasium/athletic activities (24%-25%). Newer residents prioritized game room/social activities (400 ), gymnasium/athletic activities (27%) and dance hall (21 %) for having in a teen Center. By comparison, long-term city inhabitants listed game room/social activities (46 0), gymnasium/athletic activities (23%) and dance hall (19%). Individuals who had lived in Southlake 3-7 years most often mentioned game room/social activities (49%) and ba ketball courts (21 %, to 17% of under 3 year residents). The older the respondent, the less apt they were to suggest including basketball courts (22%-19%-14%), meeting rooms (14%-11 %-10%) and supervision (14%-11 %-3%) in a teen center. Conversely, greater mention was made for a dance hall (8%-18%-38%) and kitchen/snack bar (8 /o-12%-24%). Seniors were also the group least likely to suggest game room/social activities (38%, to 45% of middle-aged respondents) and gymnasium/athletic activities (14%, to 26% of middle-aged respondents). Adult respondents dissatisfied with teen recreation services more often believed a teen center should include game room/social activities (50%-43%), and gymnasium/athletic activities (34%-22%). People who were satisfied suggested basketball courts (17%-12%), and meeting rooms (18%-10%) as items they felt sh uld be included. Both groups wanted a dance hall (19%-22%) and kitchen/snack bar (12%-12%) and supervision (11%-10%). rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 93 IN Low Students in the different grade levels looked to include different things in the teen center. Among students, those in the 7th grade were the only group to place gymnasium/athletic activities ahead of game room/social activities (48%-37%). All other grade levels ranked game room/social activities first, including 60% of 12th (66%), 9th (64%) and 8th (60%) graders and 40% of 1Oth (46%) and 11th (48%) grade students. The older the student, the lower the priority placed on gymnasium/athletic activities (48%-36%-34%-31 %-36%-17%), although it ranked 2nd at every grade level. Basketball courts were mentioned by 21 % of 7th grade students, but less than 15% at all other grades. Mention of most other items fluctuated, with minimal correlation based on grade level. For example, the suggestions kitchen/snack bar varied 9% (18% of 8th graders to 9% of 11th graders); dance hall, 17% (17% of 10 graders to 0% of 12th graders); swimming pool, 18% (18% of 8th graders to 0% of 12th graders); and music, 15% (17% of 12th graders to 2% of 9th graders). It should be noted that a swimming pool was mentioned twice as often by 7th and 8th graders as among other students. W Male students prioritized game room/social activities (58%-49%) and kitchen/snack bar (19%-9%). The only item to receive more attention from female students was meeting rooms (11%-3%). Both groups were similarly interested in including gymnasium/athletic activities (34%-35%), basketball courts (13%-16%), dance hall (9%-11 %), swimming pool (8%-9%) and music (9%-7%). E By survey subsector, Area III students most often mentioned game room/social ow activities (57%), compared to 52% in Area I and 49% in Area 11. Gymnasium/athletic activities gained more mention in Area II (41 %, to 31 % in Area III), as did basketball courts (23%, to 12% in others) and kitchen/snack bar (20%, to 9% in Area 1). A swimming pool (9%-8%-9%) and music (8%-7%-9%) showed general consistency throughout the city. The suggestion game room/social activities declined in importance the longer the residency (59%-50%-49%), the only primary response to do so. There was only minimal variance for basketball courts (16%-13%), kitchen/snack bar (15%-12%), dance hall (11 %-8%) and swimming pool (9%-8%). Gymnasium/athletic activities varied, from a high of 37% among 3-7 year residents, to 31 % of short-term city inhabitants. There was a 20 point difference in the suggestion game room/social activities between people very familiar (70%) and either familiar or unfamiliar (both 51 %) with the teen center project, implying a greater knowledge among students very familiar with the project of the potential emphasis on social activities. In addition, more knowledgeable students made less mention of gymnasium/athletic activities (28%-30%-37%). Very familiar respondents also listed basketball courts (19%, to 14% of others) and kitchen/snack bar (22%, to 13% of others). Both parents and students expected a teen center to include game room/social activities before gymnasium/athletic activities. However, of the top six student suggestions, three items (gymnasium/athletic activities, basketball courts and swimming pool) were athletic recreational activities. Among the top 6 adult suggestions, just 2 (4�sw (gymnasium/athletic activities and basketball courts) were athletic in nature. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 94 11 AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH ATTITUDINAL STATEMENTS After asking respondents what types of items they wanted included in a teen center, the line of questioning shifted in an effort to gather some general feelings about a teen center. The method used was statement association. Four positive and three negative statements were presented, with each adult and student sury y participant asked to express a level of agreement or disagreement to each. The positive statements asserted opinions that the teen center is a good place for youth lo gather for both social and athletic activities, is necessary because there are currently no facilities where just teens can gather and would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake. The negative statements addressed the issues of nonuse of the facility by Southlake teens, safety concerns if constructed in one's neighborhood because of potentially large gatherings of teens and the belief that it would not be necessary because the city will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened. The scale used to measure these questions consisted of strongly agree, agree, disagree and strongly disagree, as well as a no opine n response for those lacking sufficient knowledge or who chose not to participate in th s form of questioning. Table #28 presents the overall student and adult ratings to each rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su the statements: Report Page 95 I L' I I I LIB r-� 11 e L 4W TABLE #28: OVERALL AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT WITH ATTITUDINAL STATEMENTS BY RESPONDENT GROUP STATEMENT STRONGLY AGREE DISAGREE STRONGLY NO OPINION "A teen center ...." AGREE DISAGREE STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT Would be a good place 44% 36% 53% 55% 2% 5% 0% 3% 0% 2% for youth to be able to gather for social activities Is not a good idea, 1 % 7% 14% 16% 65% 56% 18% 11 % 2% 11 % because most teens in Southlake would not even use the facility Would be a good place 29% 17% 65% 63% 4% 14% 0% 3% 1 % 3% for youth to be able to gather for athletic activities Would create safety 4% 7% 24% 37% 57% 51 % 11 % 8% 4% 5% concerns if it were constructed in my neighborhood because of potentially large gatherings of youth Is not necessary because 3% 8% 27% 34% 60% 40% 7% 5% 3% 14% we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened Adults were most likely to agree that a teen center would be a good place for youth to be able to gather for social activities (91 %), more so than for athletic activities (80%). Majorities also agreed that a teen center would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake (62%) and is necessary because there currently are no facilities where just teens can gather (59%). Therefore, according to adults, social activities are a more positive statement about the teen center than athletic activities, as well as the economic tool being more positive than building the facility because there aren't any facilities where just teens can gather. However, all four statements did secure majority agreement, implying that adult respondents expressed positive feelings about the teen center. Two of the three statements were disputed by a majority of adult residents: that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility (67% disagree), and it would create safety concerns if in their neighborhood (59%). A plurality of residents also disagreed that the teen center was not necessary because we rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 96 will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open (45%-32%), although the large no opinion response (14%) impacted the overall results. It should be vw3 noted that 44% of adults agreed that the teen center would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood, 32% that the teen center is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation ce ter is constructed and 23% that it's not a good idea because most teens would not eve i use the facility. Students were more definite -- both positively and negatively -- toward each of the presented statements. Ninety percent plus agreed that the teen center would be a good place to gather for social activities (97%) and for at letic activities (94%). Additionally, 80% or more agreed that the teen center would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake (82%) and is ne essary because there currently are no facilities where just teens can gather (80%) Note that when the statements are ranked by agreement ratings, the order is th same as with adults, although adults were not as likely to agree with each statement. A higher percentage of youth also expressed disagreement toward the negative statements. Eighty-three percent disagreed that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens would not even use the facility, 68% disagreed that it would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood and 67% disagreed that it is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open. Again, the rankings were identical to those expressed by adults. Additionally, 30% agreed that the teen center is not necessary because we will have .�,. sufficient recreational facilities when the teen center is open, 2 % that it would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood and 15% t at it's not a good idea because most teens would not use the facility. Agreement ratings among adults and students were closest for the statement that it would be a good place for youth to be able to gather for social activities (97%-91 %). There was a 14% variance regarding athletic activities (94%-80%), 20% for encouraging families to move to Southlake (82%-62%) and 2 % because there are currently no facilities where just teens can go (80%-59%). The variance for negative statements was 9% for safety concerns in my neighborhood (6 %-59%), 16% for most teens would not even use the facility (83%-67%), and 22% because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is constructed (67%-45%). Among the two groups, strong agreement with the statement that it would be a good place for youth to be able to gather for social activities (44% and 36%) was significantly higher than the statements about athletic activity (29% and 17 6), no facility available (21 % and 14%) and good tool for encouraging families to move 14% and 10%). When examining strong disagreement ratings, note that the level of intensity was not as high as the positive intensity for the agreement findings, demonstrating more committed support for the positive viewpoints than the negative ones. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury By Report Page 97 Having reviewed the overall results, it is beneficial to determine whether adults viewed 1VW the information differently, based on where they lived in the city. Table #29 presents the combined agreement and disagreement ratings among adults, broken down by subsector: L ow TABLE #29: AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT TO ATTITUDINAL STATEMENTS OF ADULTS BY SUBSFCTC)R STATEMENT AREA I AREA II AREA III "A teen center ...... AGREE DISAGREE AGREE DISAGREE AGREE DISAGREE Would be a good place for youth to 93% 4% 89% 11 % 92% 6% be able to gather for social activities Is not a good idea, because most 22% 70% 21 % 70% 24% 63% teens in Southlake would not even use the facility Would be a good place for youth to 84% 15% 79% 18% 80% 16% be able to gather for athletic activities Would create safety concerns if it 37% 61 % 32% 66% 39% 54% were constructed in my neighborhood because of potentially large gatherings of youth Is not necessary because we will 38% 49% 40% 48% 42% 40% have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened Is necessary because there 60% 27% 58% 33% 59% 30% currently are no facilities where just teens can gather Would be a good tool when 66% 25% 70% 26% 56% 32% encouraging families to move to Southlake For six of the seven statements, findings were consistent throughout the city, implying that geography did not impact statements. For the positive statements, the variance was 4% for youth to be able to gather for social activities (93%-89%), 5% for gathering for athletic activities (84%-79%), and 2% for no facilities where just teens can gather (60%-58%). The only positive statement to demonstrate a citywide variance was that it would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake, from a high of 70% in Area II to 56% in Area III. 16 There was a more significant variance when discussing the statements that gave a negative perspective of the teen center. For example, the variance for the statement that the teen center would create safety concerns if constructed in my neighborhood received a higher disagreement finding in Area II (66%) than in either Area 1 (61 %) or Area III (54%). The statement relating to having sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open varied 9% in disagreement ratings, from 49% in Area I to 40% in Area III, while not being a good idea because most teens would not even use rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 98 L the facility showed a 7% variance, from 70% in Areas I and II to 3% in Area III. When reviewing the statement that the teen center is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is open, note that the variance between agreement and disagreement was much greater in Area 1 (38%-49%) than in Area II (40%-48%) or Area III (42%-40%). This result suggests that the issue implied within this statement, that a teen center with recreational facilities is not necessary because of a new recreation center, has credence throughout the city, and more so in Area III than in other regions. In three of the four subsectors, the ranking by agreement ratings was identical to the overall results. However, in Area III, agreement was higher for the opinion that there were no facilities where teens can gather (59%) than for encouraging families to move to Southlake (56%). By comparison, in Area II, 70% felt it would e a good tool and just 58% that there are currently no facilities when teens can gath r, while in Area I, the difference was 6 points (66%-60%). Table #30 reviews the findings based on the age of a respondent's children: TABLE #30: AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT T� ATTITUDINAL STATEMENTS OF ADULTS BY AGE OF CHILDREN STATEMENT NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AG E 7-12 AGES 13-18 "A teen center ...... AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE AGREE AGREE AGREE Would be a good place for youth to be 90% 7% 94% 4% 89% 10% 89% 10% able to gather for social activities Is not a good idea, because most 33% 51 % 14% 73% 17% 76% 21 % 74% teens in Southlake would not even use the facility Would be a good place for youth to be 81 % 17% 83% 12% 81 % 17% 77% 20% able to gather for athletic activities Would create safety concerns if it 39% 58% 33% 62% 38% 56% 36% 60% were constructed in my neighborhood because of potentially large gatherings of youth Is not necessary because we will have 53% 33% 35% 50% 36% 50% 35% 54% sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened Is necessary because there currently 45% 38% 57% 28% 67% 27% 71 % 28% are no facilities where just teens can gather Would be a good tool when 56% 35% 63% 27% 64% 26% 65% 26% encouraging families to move to Southlake All four parents subgroups expressed similar agreement that the teen center would be a good place for youth to gather for social activities, from a hig of 94% of parents of ,.J I r L, rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 99 1 L young children, to 89% of the other parental subgroups. The variance for the athletic activity statement was 6%, from 83% of parents of young children to 77% of people with teenage children. Nonparents expressed majority agreement that the teen center is not necessary because we will have sufficient recreational facilities when the recreation center is opened (53%). Comparatively, a majority of parental subgroups disagreed with this statement, including 54% of parents of teenagers and 50% of people with pre -teens and young children. The statement relating to encouraging families to move to Southlake achieved higher satisfaction among parents (63%-64%-65%) than nonparents (56%). Note that parents of teenagers (71 %-65%) and pre -teens (67%-64%) more often agreed with the teen center because there are no facilities where teens can gather than because it would be a good tool when encouraging families to move to Southlake. Fifty-one percent of nonparents disagreed (33% agreed) that the teen center is not a good idea because most teens wouldn't use the facility, compared to 70% of parents of it good (76%-17%), teenagers (74%-21 %) and young children (73%-17%). Note that among parents, the level of agreement increases for this statement the older the child. The safety concern statement scored similar disagreement (62% of parents of young children to 56% of parents of pre -teens) as well as agreement findings (39% of nonparents to 33% of parents of young children). A plurality of nonparent respondents agreed that the teen center was not necessary because of available facilities. ,r Again, the social activity statement drew more agreement than any other positive statement, among both adults and youth, while adults most often disputed the statement that most teens in Southlake would not even use the teen center. Ratings throughout the city were similar. ITEMS TO INCLUDE IN A TEEN CENTER As with the recreation center earlier, respondents were asked to determine possible items in a teen center. This question was posed to students only. Interviewers asked, "Please tell me how strongly you would support or oppose the city constructing a teen center if it contained the following items...." Students commented on the following items: basketball courts, stage area for concerts, a coffee shop -like area, pool/billiard tables, a swimming pool, weight/cardiovascular room, meeting rooms for programs, exercise/aerobics room, casual area, including big screen televisions and couches, magazine/reading rooms and a kitchen/dining area. The four primary responses were strongly support, support, oppose and strongly oppose. A no opinion answer was also available for those not wishing to participate in the questioning. Table #31 reviews the overall responses of students participating in the survey: %fit RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 100 1-4 0 TABLE #31: OVERALL STUDENT SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTING TEEN CENTER IF ITEMS CONTAINED ITEM STRONGLY SUPPORT SUPPORT OPPOSE STRONGLY OPPOSE NO OPINION SUPPORT RATIO Basketball courts 33% 61 % 5% 0 /0 1 % 18.8:1 Stage area for concerts 38% 55% 6% 1 /0 0% 13.3:1 Coffee shop -like area 25% 56% 16% 1 /0 1 % 4.8:1 Pool/billiard tables 41% 55% 4% 01/0 0% 24.0:1 Swimming pool 39% 57% 3% 0% 0% 32.0:1 Weight/cardiovascular room 39% 52% 8% 0% 0% 11.4:1 Meeting rooms for programs 17% 68% 14% 0 /a 0% 6.1:1 Exercise/aerobics room 27% 61 % 11 % 0 /0 1 % 8.0:1 Casual area, including big screen televisions and couches 45% 47% 7% 1 /0 1 % 11.5:1 Magazine/reading rooms 14%1 560 28% 1 0 1 % 2.4:1 Kitchen/dining area 19% 67% 13% 1 0 1 % 6.1:1 Student respondents were very supportive of each of the itenris presented to them. Overall satisfaction ranged from a high of 96% (pool/billiard tabl s and swimming pool) to a low of 70% (magazine/reading rooms). Overall support exceeded 90% for 5 additional items, for a total of 7 of 11: basketball courts (94%), stage area for concerts (93%), casual area, including big screen television and couches (92%) and weight/cardiovascular room (91 %). At the 80 percentile wereexercise/aerobics room (88%), kitchen/dining area (86%), meeting rooms for progra s (85%) and coffee shop -like area (81 %). Note also that nearly all students werE willing to express an opinion, as the no opinion response did not exceed 1 % for any itern discussed. Because of the overall high support for each item, a review of the intensity by which students supported a particular item is very helpful, because it expresses the enthusiasm by which youth supported an item. Strong support was highest for a casual area (45%) and pool/billiard tables (41 %), again implying more commitment to non -athletic recreational items. However, just below that, 390 strongly supported a swimming pool and weight/cardiovascular room and 38% a stage area for concerts. In terms of strong support, 3 of the top 5 items addressed non -athletic activities and 2 athletic activities. One other item scored 30% strong support and that was 33% for basketball courts. Students were least strongly supportive of m gazine/reading rooms (14%), meeting rooms for programs (17%) and kitchen/dining are (19%). When reviewing the support ratio, 6 items gained 10 times more support than opposition. Those were a swimming pool (96%-3%, 32:1), pool/billiard tables (24:1), basketball courts (18.8:1), stage area for concerts (13.3:1), casual area (11.5:1) and weight/cardiovascular room (11.4:1). The ratio was lowest when discussing magazine/reading rooms (2.4:1), coffee shop -like area (4.8:1) nd meeting room for programs and kitchen/dining area (both 6.1:1). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Surv�y Report Page 101 'J I r i Table #32 examines the same support and opposition ratings, although this time displayed by grade level: TABLE #32: STUDENT SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTING TEEN CENTER IF ITEMS CONTAINED BY GRADE LEVEL ITEM 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE 10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE SUP OPO SUP OPO SUP OPO SUP OPO SUP OPO SUP OPO Basketball courts 96% 3% 91% 7% 93% 6% 99% 1 % 92% 6% 91% 9% Stage area for 95% 5% 94% 5% 89% 11 % 92% 8% 90% 7% 97% 3% concerts Coffee shop -like 76% 24% 82% 19% 86% 12% 79% 21 % 78% 19% 88% 9% area Pool/billiard tables 90% 10% 94% 5% 96% 4% 97% 3% 95% 3% 100% 0% Swimming pool 96% 4% 99% 1% 97% 2% 97% 3% 92% 6% 97% 3% Weight/cardiovas- 89% 10% 98% 2% 87% 12% 90% 9% 91% 7% 94% 6% cular room Meeting rooms for 80% 20% 78% 21 % 86% 13% 82% 16% 87% 12% 98% 3% programs Exercise/aerobics 91% 9% 84% 16% 89% 11 % 90% 9% 87% 11 % 88% 9% room Casual area, 91% 7% 96% 4% 95% 5% 90% 8% 85% 12% 91% 9% including big screen televisions and couches Magazine/reading 70% 30% 73% 27% 75% 25% 72% 5% 71 % 26% 56% 41 % rooms Kitchen/dining area 82% 17% 91% 9% 85% 15% 84% 16% 86% 11% 86% 12% In the 8th, 10th and 12th grade levels, 7 items secured overall support ratings in the 90 percentile. That compared to 6 in grade 7, 5 in grade 11 and 4 in grade 9. Interestingly, just 3 items scored 90% or better at all 6 grade levels. Those were basketball courts, pool/billiard tables and swimming pool. Three additional items met the 90% criteria in 5 of 6 grades: stage area for concerts (all but 9th), weight/cardiovascular room (all but 9th) and casual area (all but 11th). Relative to lower ratings, 2 items in the 7th, 8th, 10th and 11th grades scored in the 70 percentile. That compared to 1 in the 9th and 0 in the 12th grade, although just 56% supported the magazine/reading room. Variances of support of more than 10% were limited to coffee shop -like area (88% of 12th to 76% of 7th), pool/billiard tables (100% of 12th to 90% of 7th), meeting rooms for programs (98% of 12th to 78% of 8th), and magazine/reading rooms (75% of 9th to 56% of 12th). Students in the 7th grade expressed the most support if the teen center included exercise/aerobics room, while in the 10th grade, the highest degree was expressed for including basketball courts. In the 12th grade, the following Items rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 102 ' received the highest degree of support: stage area for concerts, coffee shop -like area, pool/billiard tables and meeting rooms for programs. The highe t supported items from the 8th grade were swimming pool, weight/cardiovascular room, casual area, magazine/reading areas and kitchen/dining area. LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR TEEN CENTER VO D OF ATHLETIC FACILITIES When the issue of the teen center was first brought before the council, people were undecided as to how the facility could be best utilized to meet the needs of youth in the community. This was especially true regarding the issue of athletic activities versus nonathletic activities at the facility, because when the recr ation center opened, athletic -type activities might be duplicated. To explore this issue in more detail, interviewers asked both adults and youth, "How strongly would u support or oppose a teen center in Southlake that did not include athletic facilities?" This question was prefaced by the statement that it had been suggested that a een center be geared towards nonathletic activities such as dances, karaoke nights, comedy nights, classes and meetings. The standard, 4-point, strong support to strong opposition scale was used to measure results to this question. A majority of adults would support or strongly support a teen center in Southlake (53%), but not by a substantial margin, as 43% would either oppose or strongly oppose, with the remaining 40 choosing no opinion. Note that strong support was similar to strong opposition (17%-1 %). By comparison, a majority of students would oppose a teen center that did not include athletic facilities (51 %), although overall support was nearly as high (48%). As with adults, intense support and intense opposition were nearly identical (16%-1 %). For students, as many people opposed a recreation center that didn't inclu a athletic facilities as supported it. Therefore, should the council decide to build a teen center, both adults and youth are split on the issue of including athletic facilities, although the difference between support and opposition among adults is more pronounc d. Figure 6 shows overall support and opposition ratings from te perspective of both adults and youth in the community: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su Report Page103 E U Lq f L -CAW C! 40 35 ' z 30 s --- - - - - ------- - - - - -- 25 � 3- - - - - - - -- 3 - - _. - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - 20 ❑ Youth M: " ElAdult 15 10 5 Strong support Support Oppose Strong oppose No opinion Figure 6: Support Or Opposition To Teen Center Void Of Athletic Facilities By Respondent Group A majority of adults in each of the three area subsectors supported the teen center as depicted. Intense support was highest in Area II (22%), 7 points higher than in other parts of the city (both 15%). Opposition to the description of the teen center was consistent throughout the city, as findings varied just 5%, from 45% in Area I to 40% in Area III. The variance in strong opposition was even less, from 14% (Area III) to 11 % (Area 1). The ratio of support to opposition was slightly higher in Area II (54%-40%, 1.4:1) than in Area 111 (53%-44%, 1.2:1) or Area 1 (52%-45%, 1.2:1). Women were twice as likely as men to strongly support a teen center that did not include athletic facilities (21 %-11 %), although both men (52%-45%) and women (54%-43%) expressed similar support and opposition ratings. The parental group most strongly supportive of the teen center as described consisted of parents of teenage children (21 %), followed by 18% of nonparents, 14% of people with pre -teen children and 12% of those with young children. In terms of overall support, majority views came from people with pre -teens (56%) and teenagers (53%), as well as nonparents (54%), but not from parents with young children (44%). People with children under the age of 6 expressed majority opposition to the plan (52%), compared to 42% of the other three subgroups. Fifty-two percent of active and 53% of inactive voters supported the construction of a teen center without athletic facilities. Interestingly, people who believed a recreation rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 104 J center was necessary more often supported the teen center (56%-41 %). By comparison, those who considered a recreE opposed not including athletic facilities in the teen center (r, more familiar with a teen center expressed more support for tl facilities (57%-51 %). Long-term and short-term city residents expressed majority (55% and 56%); median -term inhabitants did not (42%). In more strongly opposed than strongly supportive (15%-10%), among the other groups. By age, the older the respondent, 1 support (49%-53%-60%) and the lower the opposition (46%. satisfied with teen recreation services were 57% supportive of That compared to 50% who were dissatisfied and 51 % who issue, again, not a significant variance of opinion. ithout athletic facilities )n center unnecessary io-39%). Also, people center without athletic )port for this proposal ct, this subgroup was rich was not the case higher the degree of f%-38%). Individuals is type of teen center. ad no opinion on the Although parents supported this concept, a significant amount expressed opposition. The opposite was true among students -- a majority opposed it but a significant percentage expressed support. The grade levels in which a majority opposed the measure were the 7th (55%) and 12th (65%) grades. By comparison, majority support was voiced in grades 9 (55%), 10 (50%) and 11 (56%). In the 8th grade, as many supported as opposed (50%-50%) the concept. However, it should be noted that the higher the grade, the higher the degree of strong support (11 %-14%-15%-16%-19%-24%). This would imply that oldor students are more enthusiastic toward this concept, although the "soft" or gen ral support is not as evident. Male students more often opposed the measure (54 r- 46%); females gave similar support and opposition findings (50%-48%). By subsector, support declined the further south, although thE, overall variance was negligible (49%-48%-47%). Opposition was also consistent throughout the city (50%-51 %-51 %). Students who had lived in Southlake over 7 years expressed majority support for a teen center without athletic activities (52%-46%), but under 3 (45%-52%) and 3-7 (48%-52%) year residents more often opposed the concept. Additionally, students who were very familiar with the teen center were 57% supportive and just 44% opposed to this idea. By comparison, those familiar (470/ -54%) and unfamiliar (47%-51 %) with the project more often opposed the measure. If a decision is made to construct a teen center, not including lathletic facilities could cause opposition to the project. If not opposition, than a diver ence of attitudes, with some supportive and some opposed. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 105 I C r_� I 11 F C r� I RE, I� LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN ACTIVITIES AT TEEN CENTER The next series of questions addressed activities that might be held at a teen center. Therefore, just students were asked this series of questions. Each was asked, "Please tell me how likely or unlikely you would be to participate in this activity if it was held at the teen center...." Twelve activities were reviewed, including both athletic and nonathletic activities. The athletic activities were limited to youth basketball leagues, racquetball courts and sand volleyball. Nonathletic activities listed were more numerous, such as karaoke night, concerts, teen forums or speakers, dances/guest DJ night, movie nights on big screen television, pool tables, ping pong tables, computer labs, special interest classes, like taebo and swing dancing and group meetings. Responses students could choose from ranged from very likely to very unlikely, plus no opinion. Table #33 reports the individual percentages of youth respondents: TABLE #33: OVERALL LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN TEEN CENTER ACTIVITIES ACTIVITY VERY LIKELY LIKELY UNLIKELY VERY UNLIKELY NO OPINION LIKELY RATIO Karaoke night 15% 35% 40% 10% 0% 1:1 Youth basketball leagues 18% 40% 35% 7% 0% 1.4:1 Concerts 35% 56% 9% 0% 0% 10.1:1 Teen forums or speakers 8% 51 % 38% 3% 0% 1.4:1 Dances/guest DJ nights 33% 52% 13% 2% 0% 5.7:1 Movie nights on big screen television 29% 54% 16% 2% 0% 4.6:1 Pool tables/ping pong tables 34% 55% 9% 1% 0% 8.9:1 Computer labs 10% 42% 44% 3% 0% 1.1:1 Special interest classes, like taebo and swing dancing 20% 41 % 35% 4% 1 % 1.6:1 Group meetings 5% 44% 47% 3% 1 % 1:1 Racquetball courts 14% 48% 35% 2% 0% 1.7:1 Sand volleyball 26% 51 % 21 % 1 % 0% 3.5:1 Certain activities drew a higher degree of likelihood from youth than others. Overall, 11 of the 12 activities achieved majority likelihood, led by concerts (91 %), pool tables/ping pong tables (89%), dances/guest DJ nights (85%) and movie nights on big screen television (83%). Except for the 77% likely rating relative to sand volleyball, there was a 20 point drop-off between the top four and the bottom 4: karaoke night (50%), computer labs and racquetball courts (52%), and youth basketball leagues (58%). The activity least likely to draw participation from students was group meetings, at 49% likely or very likely. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 106 11 r Five activities scored very likely ratings of more than 25%, implying a higher degree of commitment than to other activities. Those were concerts (35%), pool tables/ping pong tables (34%), dances/guest DJ nights (33%), movie nights on big screen television (29%) and sand volleyball (26%). Intensity ratings were lowest for group meetings (5%), teen forums or speakers (8%), computer labs (10%) and racquetball courts (14%). Additionally, just 15% would be very likely to participate in a karaoke night and 18% in youth basketball leagues. However, note that only two items drew very unlikely ratings of more than 5%: karaoke night (10%) and youth basketball leagues (7%). This finding indicates that definite opinions about not attending a particular event have not been formulated, at least not when compared to a student's d sire to participate in a particular event. Overall unlikely ratings were highest for karaoke night and group meetings (both 50%), computer labs (47%), youth basketball le gues (42%) and teen forums or speakers (41 %). The participation ratio was highest for two items: concerts (91 °)-9%, 10.1:1) and pool tables/ping pong tables (8.9:1). Three other items scored likely atings at least 3 times higher than unlikely findings. Those were dances/guest DJ nights (5.7:1), movie nights on big screen television (4.6:1) and sand volleyball (3.5:1). Therefore, the items that drew the most interest from youth, if held at a teen center, were concerts, dances and movie nights, and than sand volleyball. Conversely, they were least likely to be interested in participating in karaoke night (1:1), group meetings (1:1), computer labs (1.1:1) and teen forums or speakers (1.4:1). Table #34 compares likely ratings by grade level, to see how ag impacted likelihood of participation: rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 107 a C C C� L 17 11; W, I IN L"W I L" IJ TABLE #34: LIKELIHOOD OF PARTICIPATING IN TEEN CENTER ACTIVITIES BY STUDENT GRADE LEVEL ACTIVITY 7TH GRADE 8TH GRADE 9TH GRADE 10TH GRADE 11TH GRADE 12TH GRADE LIKE UNLIK LIKE UNLIK LIKE UNLIK LIKE UNLIK LIKE UNLIK LIKE UNLIK Karaoke night 56% 43% 52% 49% 44% 55% 43% 58% 53% 47% 50% 50% Youth basketball leagues 67% 32% 70% 30% 54% 45% 50% 48% 46% 55% 59% 41% Concerts 91% 9% 95% 4% 90% 8% 90% 9% 90% 10% 85% 15% Teen forums or speakers 60% 39% 60% 41% 59% 40% 59% 40% 52% 49% 62% 38% Dances/guest DJ nights 89% 11% 89% 10% 90% 8% 76% 24% 80% 19% 82% 18% Movie nights on big screen television 88% 11 % 95% 5% 79% 19% 85% 16% 77% 23% 68% 32% Pool tables/ping pong tables 85% 15% 92% 8% 89% 10% 87% 13% 93% 5% 91% 9% Computer labs 54% 45% 55% 45% 51 % 48% 52% 47% 47% 53% 53% 47% Special interest classes, like taebo and swing dancing 49% 49% 54% 46% 68% 42% 58% 42% 68% 31% 74% 26% Group meetings 47% 52% 52% 47% 48% 51 % 53% 47% 47% 51 % 47% 53% Racquetball courts 55% 44% 62% 36% 55% 44% 67% 33% 59% 41% 82% 18% Sand volleyball 74% 25% 75% 24% 77% 22% 70% 30% 81 % 19% 88% 12% Likely ratings in the 7th grade ranged from 91 % (concerts) to 47% (group meetings), in the 8th, from 95% (concerts and movie nights) to 52% (karaoke night and group meetings) and in the 9th grade, from 90% (concerts and dances/guest DJ nights) to 44% (karaoke night). At the upper grade levels, likely ratings in the 10th grade were as high as 90% (concerts) and as low as 43% (karaoke night), compared to 90% (concerts) to 46% (youth basketball leagues) in the 11th grade and 91% (pool tables/ping pong tables) to 47% (group meetings) at the 12th grade level. Five items achieved an 80% likely participation rating among 12th grade students, compared to 4 items at the 7th, 8th and 11th grade and 3 at the 9th and 10th grade levels. Only 2 items secured 80% likely participation at all 6 grade levels: concerts and pool tables/ping pong tables. One other activity, dances/guest DJ night, scored in the 80 percentile at all but the 10th grade. Students in the 7th grade were most likely to participate in concerts (91%), dances/guest DJ nights (89%), movie nights (88%) and pool tables/ping pong tables (85%). Drawing higher ratings in the 8th grade were concerts and movie nights (both 95%), pool tables/ping pong tables (92%) and dances/guest DJ nights (89%). In the 9th grade, students rated concerts and dances/guest DJ nights (both 90%), pool table/ping pong tables (89%) and movie nights (79%) as the activities they would most likely participate. In the 10th grade, concerts (90%), pool tables/ping pong tables (87%) and movie nights (85%) drew the plus 80% likely ratings, along with dances/guest DJ nights (76%). Students in the 11th and 12th grade expressed similar ratings for rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 108 I concerts (90%-85%), dances/guest DJ nights (80%-82%), and tables (93%-91 %). However, seniors were more likely to partic (88%-81 %) and racquetball courts (82%-59%). pool tables/ping pong pate in sand volleyball `"� In the examination of grade level variances, ones that stood out included karaoke night (56% in 7th to 43% in 10th), youth basketball leagues (70% in 8th to 46% in 11th), concerts (95% in 8th to 85% in 12th), teen forums or speakers 62% in 12th to 52% in 11th), dances/guest DJ nights (90% in 9th to 76% in 10th), mov a nights (95% in 9th to 68% in 12th), special interest classes (74% in 12th to 49% in7th), racquetball courts (82% in 12th to 55% in 7th and 9th), and sand volleyball (88% 41 12th to 70% in 10th). Items that drew similar interest were pool tables/ping pong tables (93%-85%) and computer labs (55%-47%). Students in the 12th grade expressed the highest likelihood to participate in the teen center for teen forums or speakers, special interest classes, racquetball courts and sand volleyball. In the 11th grade, pool ables/ping pong tables achieved the highest likely ratings, as did group meetings i I the 10th grade and dances/guest DJ nights in the 9th grade. In the 8th grade, students were most likely to attend youth basketball leagues, concerts and movie nights, w ile 7th grade students were most likely to participate in karaoke night and computer lab . ADULT TEEN CENTER CONCERNS Several questions were geared toward a specific respondent questions was directed only to adults, and attempted to discern construction of a teen center. Interviewers queried, "If a teen c( would these issues be of major concern to you, minor concern of issues presented were safety to youth at the facility, vandalisr noise, loitering in the area, lack of supervision and having boy ages together. The scoring system was presented in the quest concern) or participants could choose the no opinion category. Table #35 presents the overall concerns leveled by residents constructed: %rt RAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Su group. This series of concerns raised by the Inter were constructed, of no concern...." The i to the property, loud s and girls of different on (major, minor or no if a teen center were I'] i F 11 11 Report Page109 1 Low 11 TABLE #35: OVERALL LEVEL OF CONCERN WITH TEEN CENTER ISSUES ISSUE MAJOR CONCERN MINOR CONCERN NO CONCERN NO OPINION Safety to youth at the facility 71 % 20% 8% 1 % Vandalism to the property 56% 35% 8% 2% Loud noise 41 % 43% 15% 1 % Loitering in the area 42% 43% 13% 2% Lack of supervision 69% 22% 8% 2% Having boys and girls of different ages together 26% 46% 25% 2% Three items were rated a major concern by more than half of the adults sampled. The number one major concern was safety to youth (71 %), followed closely by lack of supervision (69%). The only other issue to receive majority major concern status was vandalism to the property (56%). Fewer than one-half considered loitering in the area (42%), loud noise (41 %) and having boys and girls of different ages together (26%). Conversely, the issues with the highest percentage of no concern were having boys and girls of different ages together (25%), loud noise (15%) and loitering (13%). When using three point scales, to compare statistical validity, one must combine the middle response into both the positive attitude and the negative finding to get a valid feeling for peoples attitudes. In this matter, concern is highest for both safety to youth, lack of supervision and vandalism to the property (each 91 %), followed by loitering in the area (85%), loud noise (84%) and having boys and girls of different ages together (72%). Overall, safety, the lack of supervision and vandalism were identified as potential concerns should the teen center be constructed. Should the council decide to proceed with the project, strategies must be developed to help alleviate citizen concerns about these issues. Note that loud noise, loitering and having boys and girls of different ages together are not as important to residents as the preceding issues. For another view of the findings, the major and minor concern ratings have been combined, as well as the minor and no concern findings. They have then been broken down by subsector in Table #36, to better determine geographical influences on these potential issues: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 110 11 TABLE #36: LEVEL OF CONCERN WITH TEEN CE TER ISSUES BY SUBSECTOR ISSUE AREA I AREA II AREA III MAJOR MINOR MINOR NO CONCERN MAJOR MINOR MINOR NO CONCER MAJOR MINOR MINOR NO CONCERN Safety to youth at the facility 90% 28% 91 % 34116 92% 23% Vandalism to the property 90% 40% 90% 47116 90% 41 % Loud noise 87% 49% 84% 64 0 1 82% 61 % Loitering in the area 89% 55% 81 % 63146 86% 53% Lack of supervision 95% 30% 90% 36146 89% 24% Having boys and girls of different ages together 75% 74% 80% 76 6 68% 69% In all three areas, 90% of residents rated safety to youth to concern to them (90%-91 %-92%). The same was true for var (90%-90%-90%). Lack of supervision was more of an issue ii either Area II (90%) or Area III (89%). The only item to display regarding having boys and girls of different ages together, from to 68% in Area III. Note that when looking at minor and no concl least concern in Area I were boys and girls of different ages tog, the area (55%) and loud noise (49%). In Area II, these s respective percentages of 76%, 64% and 63%, and in Area III, E Table #37 examines the data by the age of respondent's major/minor and minor/no concern combined findings: TABLE #37: LEVEL OF CONCERN WITH TEEN CE AGE OF RESPONDENT'S CHILDRE be of major or minor dalism to the property I Area 1 (95%) than in citywide variance was high of 80% in Area II ern ratings, the items of ether (74%), loitering in ime issues generated 9%, 61 % and 53%. children, utilizing the ISSUE NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 12 AGES 13-18 MAJ MIN MIN NO MAJ MIN MIN NO MAJ MIN MIN NO MAJ MIN MIN NO Safety to youth at the facility 88% 32% 92% 23% 92% 24% 90% 23% Vandalism to the property 87% 46% 93% 34% 93% 38% 89% 43% Loud noise 82% 55% 910/6 51% 87% 59% 77% 63% Loitering in the area 80% 57% 90% 54% 89% 1 58% 83% 55% Lack of supervision 88% 31 % 93% 23% 91 % 23% 91 % 26% Having boys and girls of different ages together 67% 66% 77% 80% 78% 72% 75% 69% Parents of young children appeared to be the most apprehensive regarding the presented issues. They were most concerned with vandalism and lack of supervision (both 93%), safety to youth (92%), loud noise (91 %) and loitering (90%). Ninety percentile ratings among parents with children in the pre -teen age group were rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 111 C I �I F I U LOWexpressed toward vandalism (93%), safety to youth (92%) and lack of supervision (91 %) and to a lesser extent, loitering (89%) and loud noise (87%). Parents of teenage children were most concerned with lack of supervision (91 %) and safety to youth (90%). Concern was also expressed regarding vandalism (89%) and loitering (83%). Nonparents were less concerned with these issues than parents, although a high percentage still considered safety to youth and lack of supervision (both 88%) to be of concern, as well as vandalism (87%), loud noise (82%) and loitering (80%). The only item that exhibited any concern variance related to the issue of having boys and girls of different ages together, as findings varied from 78% (parents of pre -teens) to 67% (nonparents). USING THE RECREATION CENTER FOR TEEN NEEDS Often, statement association is a method of query by which people can indicate their opinions, simply by agreeing or disagreeing with a particular statement. Student respondents were given that opportunity, with a statement addressing both the teen center and the recreation center. The question was presented, "How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statement. A teen center is not necessary because the youth of the community can use the recreation center for their needs." The applicable response scale for this question was strongly agree, agree, disagree and MW strongly disagree, as well as no opinion. The results to this question definitely show that students are interested in a teen center, as just 32% agreed (27%) or strongly agreed (5%) that a teen center is not necessary, predicated on the new recreation center. By comparison, 2 of 3 either disagreed (51 %) or disagreed strongly (16%) with this statement, while just 1 % of the sample had no opinion on this issue. Note that in terms of intensity, strong disagreement was three times as high as strong agreement (16%-5%). Agreement to this statement was more pervasive in the upper grades: 42% of 10th, 35% of 11th and 38% of 12th grade students agreed that the teen center would not be necessary because youth can use the recreation center. However, agreement in grades 7 (24%), 8 (29%) and 9 (26%) was 10% less than the others, causing the findings to average out at 32%. Disagreement with this statement was highest among students in the 7th (75%), 8th (72%) and 9th (74%) grades. It was lower in the 10th (54%), 11th (63%) and 12th (62%) grades, although disagreement outnumbered agreement among each subgroup. Also, strong disagreement exhibited a significant variance, from a high of 22% in the 7th grade to a low of 6% in the 10th grade. By comparison, strong agreement varied 7% (8%-1 %). Male students may have looked more at recreation than females, as they more often agreed with the statement (34%-29%), whereas female students more often disagreed (69%-65%). By subsector, agreement was more evident in Area III (36%) than in other parts of the city (both 30%). Disagreement totaled 70% in Area II, compared to 64% in Area III. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 112 I Long-term residents also agreed with this statement (39%) mol and under 3 (27%) year city inhabitants. As agreement in declined, again based on residency in the city (72%-67%-61 %). with the teen center were only 18% agreed that the teen cen That compared to 32% who were familiar and 33% unfar Therefore, those who believe the teen center will address recr likely to agree that the teen center is not necessary because c Please note that all subgroups examined about this questi disagreement; the problem is that those who look toward a recreation facilities are more inclined to believe a teen center i recreation center. FACILITY LOCATION STATEMENTS often than 3-7 (35%) reased, disagreement Students very familiar :r was not necessary. iliar with the project. ration needs are more the recreation center. n expressed majority E)en center to provide not necessary with a Two types of questions were used to determine what adults arid youth thought about the teen center and how it would best work in conjunction with the recreation center being planned. The first question reviewed the four different location scenarios, with respondents able to comment on each site possibility. The second question asked each person to select their preferred location. Initially, both respondent groups were asked, "How strongly do you agree or disagree with the followfng statements...," with each item prefaced by the statement, "The needs of the youth of Southlake would be best met...." Once again, using the agreement/disagreement statement association method, three primary options were explored: a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility, by teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance, or by teen activities included in a designated area or on a designated evening at the recreation center. The final option was that the needs of youth are being addressed now. As stated, the strong agr a to strong disagree criterion was utilized, or persons could choose the no opinion response. Table #38 presents the overall views on the 4 options, from adults and youth: rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility standpoint of both Report Page113 r, l I 9 �I P LOW TABLE #38: OVERALL AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT TO TEEN CENTER SITE OPTIONS STATEMENT: STRONGLY AGREE DISAGREE STRONGLY NO OPINION The needs of the youth AGREE DISAGREE of Southlake would be best met. . STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT STUDN ADULT By a teen center 15% 8% 58% 29% 24% 42% 2% 11 % 1 % 10% constructed as a stand-alone facility By teen activities as 10% 11 % 69% 60% 19% 18% 0% 4% 1 % 7% part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance By teen activities 8% 12% 64% 57% 24% 24% 3% 2% 2% 6% included in a designated area or on a designated evening at the recreation center, The needs of youth are 2% 4% 40% 23% 47% 49% 6% 9% 5% 16% being addressed now Students expressed their highest agreement for the statement that the needs of youth of Southlake would be best met by teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance (79%). Over 70% also agreed that needs would be met by a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility (73%) and by teen activities included in a designated area or on a designated evening at the recreation center (72%). Additionally, youth more often disputed the statement that the needs of youth are being addressed now (42%-53%). Adults were similar in their agreement regarding youth needs met by teen activities as part of the recreation center (71 %) or by teen activities in a designated area or on a designated evening (69%). However, a majority disagreed that youth needs would be best met by a teen center constructed as a stand-alone facility (37%-53%). An interesting fact was the fewer adults agreed that the needs of youth are being addressed now (27%-58%), although a high percentage of adults had no opinion on the matter (16%). Between youth and adult respondents, agreement ratings were closer for teen activities in a designated area or on a designated evening (72%-69%) than teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with separate entrance (79%-71 %). The disparity in agreement ratings regarding the stand-alone center (73%-37%) indicates that adults do not support the stand-alone teen center, or at least, don't agree that youth needs would best be met in this manner. Also note that students more often agreed that their needs are being met now (42%-27%). rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 114 G I' In terms of enthusiasm for one particular option or another, agreed with the stand-alone statement (15%-8%), although adult with the part of the recreation center (11%-10%) and desigr (12%-8%) statements. Adults more strongly disagreed than , would best be met by a stand-alone teen center (11 %-8%), commitment to oppose this option rather than support. Table #39 reviews the data from the perspective of adults, bas to better determine the impact location may have on their views: tudents more strongly more strongly agreed ated area or evening greed that the needs indicating more of a on where they lived, TABLE #39: AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT T� TEEN CENTER SITE OPTIONS BY SUBSECTOR STATEMENT: AREAI AREA II AREA III The needs of the youth of Southlake would be best met. . AGREE DISAGREE AGREE DISAGRI E AGREE DISAGREE By a teen center constructed as a 33% 61 % 46% 4 % 34% 53% stand-alone facility By teen activities as part of the 75% 21 % 67% 2 % 72% 18% recreation center, but with a separate entrance By teen activities included in a 65% 33% 73% 2 % 67% 26% designated area or on a designated evening at the recreation center The needs of youth are being 23% 60% 29% 5 % 25% 56% addressed now The stand-alone teen center option achieved similar agreement/disagreement ratings in Area 11 (46%-47%). This was not the case in Area III (34%-53%) or Area 1 (33%-61 %), where disagreement outweighed agreement by 20 points. The remaining statements displayed minimal variance, indicating consistent support forte other options. The teen activities as part of the recreation center statement exhibited a variance of 8% (75% in Area I to 67% in Area 11), as too did the teen activities iri a designated area or designated evening option (73% in Area II to 65% in Area 1). Additionally, there was a 6% variance regarding the needs of youth being met now (29 o in Area II to 23% in Area 1). Residents in Area II expressed the highest agreement reg rding the stand-alone facility, as did the teen activities in designated area or designated evening and need of youth being met now. However, regarding teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with separate entrance, Area II expressed the lowest agreement and highest disagreement. Table #40 below examines the data based on the age of the r spondent's children, to 1.401 further review the different options: F F'r rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S Report Page115 LAW EVW L� 11 TABLE #40: AGREEMENT OR DISAGREEMENT TO TEEN CENTER SITE OPTIONS BY AGE OF RESPONDENT'S CHILDREN STATEMENT: NO CHILDREN AGE 0-6 AGE 7-12 AGES 13-18 The needs of the youth of Southlake would be best met. . AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE DIS AGREE AGREE AGREE AGREE By a teen center constructed as 35% 53% 36% 51 % 39% 52% 40% 55% a stand-alone facility By teen activities as part of the 69% 21 % 74% 19% 73% 22% 74% 25% recreation center, but with a separate entrance By teen activities included in a 64% 26% 75% 20% 78% 20% 660 31 % designated area or on a designated evening at the recreation center The needs of youth are being 31 % 43% 26% 46% 24% 65% 24% 72% addressed now Although there was just a 4% variance among parents, the older the child, the higher the agreement with the stand-alone facility option (36%-39%-40%). Additionally, nonparents were in least agreement with this statement (35%). Teen activities as part of the recreation center exhibited a rating variance between parents of 1 % (74%-73%), compared to 69% of nonparents. Agreement was much more consistent with the separate facility entrance than with the designated area statement, which varied 12% among parents (78% of parents with pre -teens to 66% of people with teenagers), and included a 64% rating among nonparents. People without children, or whose children were over the age of 18, more often agreed that the needs of youth are being met now (31 %, compared to ratings of 26%-24%) among the other parental subgroups. Note that among the two recreation center statements, parents of young children and pre -teens were in greater agreement toward teen activities included in a designated area or on a designated evening, while parents of teenagers looked more at teen activities as part of the recreation center, but with a separate entrance. This was also the feeling of nonparents, who expressed higher agreement with this statement than the others. After respondents were allowed to comment on each of the individual options, a question was asked to force them to make a preferred choice. Interviewers asked, "Regarding the proposed teen center and recreation center projects, which would be your preferred choice?" Five options were available: a stand-alone teen center, a teen -center part of, but separate from the recreation center, a recreation center that included teen center activities, a recreation center only or no recreation center or teen center. A no opinion response was also available. Adults equally chose part of, but separate from recreation center and recreation center that included teen center activities (both 37%). An additional 11 % chose a stand-alone teen center, 7% no rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 116 recreation center or teen center and 6% a recreation center only. The remaining 4% of adult respondents chose the no opinion category. The students preferred choice was part of, but separate from the recreation center (50%). Additionally, 23% chose the stand-alone teen center, 22% a recreation center including teen center activities, 4% a recreation center only and 1 % no recreation center or teen center. One percent of students gave no opinion. Therefore, when students were given the option to select their preferred choice, twice as many chose part of, but separate from the recreation center rather than a stand-alone facility. Adults could live with either recreation center -related option, whether a separate entrance or designated activities or evening. Figure 7 illustrates how adults and students expressed themsely s regarding this issue: I I I I I Stand-alone I I I I I II I II � II II I II I Separate entrance rpng l I I I I I I I Designated evening I I I I I I I I r I I I I Youth Recreation center I' 'I ', ', El Adult I I I II I I I I I I Neither ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I II I I I I I No opinion I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 Figure 7: Preferred Teen Center/Recreation Center Site Option By Respondent Group Although an identical percentage of adults supported both recreation center statements, agreement varied throughout the city. For example, Area II iespondents were 10% rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility SuRey Report Page 117 U more likely to agree with this statement than the recreation center including teen center activities statement (41 %-31 %), indicating a clear preference. However, in Area 11, (34%-40%), the recreation center including teen center scored higher agreement ratings. In Area I, both options were accorded similar agreement percentages (37%-36%). Respondents from the Area I subsector were twice as likely to prefer the stand-alone teen center option (16%-13%-8%) as people in Area III, with Area II residents more in line with Area I. A recreation center grew in importance the further south (1 %-6%-7%). Women more often agreed with the part of, but separate entrance statement over including teen center activities in a recreation center (40%-36%); men felt the opposite, more often agreeing with the activities within a recreation center option (31 %-38%). Also, male respondents were twice as likely to want no recreation center or teen center (10%-5%). When reviewing the data by parental subgroup, parents of young children (40%-40%) and pre -teens (39%-38%) were in similar agreement regarding both recreation center options. Parents of teenagers were much more likely to choose the separate entrance from the recreation center option (42%-31 %), as too did nonparents (35%-31 %). Nonparents more often chose the stand-alone option (13%), compared to higher percentages the older the children (6%-9%-10%). Voting activity did not impact preferences, as findings varied less than 3% for each option. That included the stand-alone facility (12%-10%), separate entrance �+ (36%-37%) and teen center activities included in recreation center (36%-36%). Respondents who rated a recreation center necessary were more committed to a stand-alone teen center (13%-6%), separate entrance in the recreation center (39%-27%), and recreation center including teen center activities (38%-32%). People who felt a recreation center was unnecessary more frequently chose the no recreation center or teen center option (27%-1 %). If one was familiar with the teen center project, they more often preferred a stand-alone center (17%-8%), separate entrance in the recreation center (41 %-34%), while those unfamiliar more often selected recreation center with teen center activities (38%-33%). More long-term residents preferred teen activities in a recreation center option (40%-33%) rather than separate entrance from recreation center. The opposite was true for under 3 (39%-36%) and 3-7 (39%-30%) year residents, each favoring the part of, but separate from recreation center. Each group was similar in their selection of the stand-alone teen center (11 %-11 %-10%). The older the respondents, the more often they selected a stand-alone teen center as their preferred option (7%-10%-25%). By comparison, younger respondents more frequently supported the part of, but separate from recreation statement (41 %-38%-20%) and teen center activities in recreation center (39%-36%-33%). Senior respondents were much less interested in the part of, but separate from recreation center, than they were the other statement (20%-33%). Middle-aged (38%-36%) or young (41 %-39%) survey participants were similar in their selections. Interestingly, the two preferred choices were impacted by their satisfaction or dissatisfaction with teen recreation services. For example, people dissatisfied were rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 118 0 much more likely to prefer the separate entrance statement (520i satisfied chose the other option (34%-42%). To conclude, peol as to teen recreation services could live with either option (35% Over 50% of students in the 7th (59%), 11th (54%) and 12th ( but separate from recreation center option. Lower percentac 10th (47%), 9% (45%) and 8% (43%) grade students. There the selection of a stand-alone teen center, from 30% in the 9th grade. There was also a significant differential between 8th (3; the rest of the sample (23%-15%). Female students express( stand-alone facility (25%-21 %), although the other options re( from both groups. By subsector, the further south, the less likely to favor t (28%-21 %-16%), and more conducive to the recreation cente activities 16%-26%-27%). Part of, but separate from recreation ratings throughout the city (52%-48%). Also, the less familiE project, the less likely students were to favor a starn (36%-22%-22%). Also, people very familiar with the teen c attuned to teen center activities included in a recreation c unfamiliar and 20% of very familiar). IMPORTANCE OF IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF Prior to asking adult respondents to select a preferred teen I option, several questions were presented to gauge additior potential teen center, including construction and cost issues. l by interviewers was, "How important or unimportant would immediate construction of a teen center?" The response optio important, unimportant or very unimportant, as well as no c believed it was important (42%) or very important (17% construction, compared to 37% who rated it unimportant (26' (11 %). The remaining 5% had no opinion on the subject. -18%), whereas, those le who had no opinion 8%). D%) chose the part of, �s were expressed by 3s an 11 % variance in rade to 19% in the 7th %) grade students and I more support for the rived similar treatment stand-alone facility including teen center inter, drew consistent with the teen center alone teen center iter project were not iter (9%, to 20% in CENTER )nter/recreation center it attitudes about the le first question posed ou say it is to begin s were very important, inion. Nearly 3 in 5 to begin immediate or very unimportant Area II, the group most supportive of the stand-alone facility option, expressed the highest rating of very important (23%), 10 points higher than the low of 13% in Area III. In terms of overall importance, the high rating was 66% in Area II, compared to lower ratings in Area 1 (57%) and Area III (56%). Also, the further south the sample, the higher the very unimportant rating (7%-9%-12%). Women rated the immediate construction more important than men (62%-53%), while men considered it more unimportant (42%-34%). The parental subgroup most likely to consider the immediate construction very important were those with teenage children (24%). Lower ratings were expressed by parents of pre -teens (15%), young children (12%) and nonparents rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Sury y Report Page 119 I C L� (12%). In fact, parents of the oldest child subgroup expressed the highest degree of '"' importance (72%) toward the construction, compared to percentages of 65% (parents of pre -teens), 53% (parents of young children) and 47% (nonparents). In fact, nonparents were as likely to rate the immediate construction important as unimportant (47%-48%). t' [A lA Sixty-four percent of active voters considered it important to begin immediate construction, but just 52% of inactive voters, who more often rated it unimportant (44%-31 %). Respondents who rated a recreation center necessary were 70% likely to rate it very important, while people who rated the center unnecessary were 68% likely to consider it unimportant. Adults familiar with the teen center project were more likely than those unfamiliar with it to rate the immediate construction very important (25%-12%) as well as overall important (71 %-51 %), exuding a greater degree of enthusiasm based on knowledge with the project. Individuals unfamiliar with the project more often considered it unimportant (42%-29%). Newer residents and long-term residents expressed the highest overall importance ratings (64% and 61 %), compared with less than a majority rating among 3-7 year city inhabitants (49%). The people most likely to consider the immediate construction important were middle-aged (62%), more so than younger (51 %) and older (43%) survey participants. Senior respondents expressed higher no opinion attitudes (15%, to 3% of middle-aged persons). People who were dissatisfied with teen recreation services were 46% likely to rate the immediate construction very important, compared to 13% of those satisfied and 12% who had no opinion on the issue. Overall importance was 80% among those dissatisfied, 62% of satisfied respondents and 50% of people with no opinion about recreation services for teens. SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTION The next two questions asked adult respondents to comment regarding their support or opposition to the construction based on additional information, namely cost and delayed construction of the recreation center. First, interviewers informed respondents that a proposed teen activity center, at an estimated size of 5,000 square feet, could cost approximately $1 million. Then participants were queried, "How strongly would you support or oppose the construction of this center, based on the estimated cost?" The four responses available were strongly support, support, oppose and strongly oppose, although people could also choose the no opinion category. The estimated cost does not appear to impact resident support, as 3 in 5 either supported (46%) or strongly supported (15%) the construction. Comparatively, one in 3 either opposed (21 %) or strongly opposed (13%) the measure, and 6% had no opinion on the issue. The fact that both positive and negative intensity ratings are similar (15%-13%) is of some concern, because it indicates that this issue could face resistance from either side in a public forum environment. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 120 Strong support was twice as high in Area II (21 %) as in Area 1 (10%) and also higher than in Area III (14%). Overall support ranged from 66% in Ara II to 58% in Area III. In Area II, strong support outpaced strong opposition (21 %-1 %). This was not the case in either Area 1 (10%-11 %) or Area III (14%-14%). Supporl ratings among women was 5 points higher than men (62%-57%), while men mo a often opposed the construction based on the price (38%-32%). The highest strong support rating came from parents with teen age children (25%), followed by parents of pre -teens (15%), young children (9%) and nonparents (11 %). Overall support arr ong parents varied 4% (67%-63%); but was just 51 % for nonparents, who more often o posed the construction (42%, to 28% of parents of pre -teens). Voters again were more supportive than people who voted with less frequency (63%-56%). And residents who rated a recreation center necessary were 68% supportive, whereas, people who considered the facility unnecessary were 59% opposed to the construction. Recall that people who rated a recreation center unnecessary represented less than one-fourth of the full sample. Individuals who were familiar with the teen center project were 67% in support and 26% opposed to the construction based on the price. People unfamiliar were less supportive (57%) and more opposed (39%), although a majority of both subgroups supported the construction of the teen center. Support was consistent based on length -of -residence in the city, both in terms of strong support (15%-15%-15%) and overall support (62%-60%-60%). By age, the younger the "�*► respondent, the higher the overall support (68%-61 %-53%) and lower the opposition (29%-34%-35%). Note that senior respondents were more than two times more apt to have no opinion on this issue (13%, to 2% of under 35 year of s). Adults dissatisfied with teen recreation services were most strongly supportive (380, to 10% of no opinion) and overall supportive (79%, to 54% of satisfied) of the con truction based on the estimated cost. Note that persons satisfied with teen recreation services more strongly opposed than strongly supported the construction (160/c-13%). Next, adults were informed that if $1 million is appropriated to construct a teen center, the recreation center construction may have to be delayed a few years. After providing that fact, interviewers again asked, How strongly would you support or oppose construction of the teen center, based on this information?" The same strong support to strong opposition scale was utilized, as too was a no opinior category for those not desiring to participate in the questioning. The delayed information affected respondent attitudes, as support fell from 61 % to 45%. By comparison, op osition rose from 34% to 48%. Also, where previously strong support and strong opposition were similar, residents were now more strongly opposed to the construction (22%-9%). Seven percent had no opinion on this issue, a similar rating to the pr or question. A survey with 400 respondents has an error rate of plus or minus 5%; therefore, considering the margin of error, residents must be considered split on this issue based on the information provided. rRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 121 Area II respondents continued to be committed to the project, as a majority still `"'' supported the construction (54%-41 %). However, in both Area 1 (54%-39%) and Area III (50%-43%), a majority opposed construction of the teen center. Also, in Areas I (25%-7%), II (21 %-10%) and III (22%-10%), strong opposition was twice as high as strong support. Women were as equally supportive as opposed to the construction (47%-47%), while men more often expressed opposition (47%-42%), or had no opinion (10%-5%). Additionally parents of teenagers (50%-43%) and pre -teens (53%-39%) continued to express majority support for the construction, even if it meant a delay in construction of the recreation center. Nonparents (56%-39%) and parents of young children (51 %-43%) more often opposed the construction. also, all four subgroups more strongly opposed than supported the construction. Voters were again more supportive than nonvoters (48%-42%), although neither subgroup expressed majority support for the construction. Residents who felt a recreation center was necessary expressed similar support/opposition ratings (48%-47%) regarding the construction, whereas, those who considered it unnecessary more often opposed the construction (54%-37%). Familiarity with the teen center project bred a higher degree of support for the construction (48%-47%) than did unfamiliarity (43%-49%). Based on the information presented, respondents were supportive of the construction based on the estimated cost, but expressed concerns when they learned that the funds AW earmarked for the teen center would cause a delay in the construction of the recreation center. However, several groups still expressed majority support for this item, especially parents of older students and respondents from the Area II subsector. MEETING YOUTH RECREATIONAL NEEDS The final question presented to students again used statement association to determine how students would view youth recreation needs if the teen center is not constructed. Using the strongly agree to strongly disagree response categories, interviewers asked, "How strongly do you agree or disagree with this statement: If the city council decides to not construct a teen center, the needs of the youth in this community are not being met." Should the City Council decide against the construction of a teen center, this issue could be brought up by residents, as 70% of students either agreed (51 %) or strongly agreed (19%) with this stance. Comparatively, 26% disagreed, 3% strongly disagreed and 1 % had no opinion on this issue. Students in the 8th (74%), 9th (72%) and 12th (70%) grades expressed the most agreement with this statement. That level compared to percentages of 68% (7th) and 67% (both 10th and 11th), generated by students at the other grade levels. Strong agreement was highest among 12th graders (29%) and lowest at the 11th (13%) grade rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 122 11 level. And there was just a 4 point difference in overall agree r� female students (72%-68%). between male and By subsector, agreement ratings ranged from 72% in Area II to 9% in Area I, indicating consistent agreement across the city. The group most likely to agree with this statement had lived in the city 3-7 years (73%). That compared to 69% of under 3 and 66% of over 7 year city inhabitants. Also, the more familiar with the teen center project, the higher the strong agreement (36%-17%-18%) and overall agreement (87%-72%-67%) that the needs are not being met. Students believe that if the City Council decides to not construct a teen center, their needs are not being met. However, recall that most stu ents believe that the recreational needs of youth are presently being met. rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility S Report Page123 APPENDIX SAMPLE ADULT QUESTIONNAIRE SAMPLE YOUTH QUESTIONNAIRE rtRAYMOND TURCO and ASSOCIATES 2000 Southlake Recreation Facility Survey Report Page 125 SAMPLE ADULT QUEST1014NAIRE PROJECT 2190100 RAYMOND TURCO & ASSOCIATES FEBRUARY 2000 MY NAME IS AND I'M WITH THE SUNRAY RESEARCH GROUP. OUR SURVEY THIS EVENING IS ABOUT RECREATION IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS? AREA ARE I . . . . . . . . 1 AREA II . . . . . . . 2 AREA III . . . . . . . 3 SEX MALE FEMALE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 1. THESE FIRST FEW QUESTIONS ARE TO GATHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. HOW LONG HAVE YOU LIVED AT YOUR CURRENT RESIDENCE? LESS THAN ONE YEAR 1 1 - 3 YEARS . . . . . 2 3 - 5 YEARS . . . . . 3 5 - 7 YEARS . . . . . 4 OVER 7 YEARS . . . . . 5 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 6 2. AND WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING AGE CATEGORIES DO YOUBELONG? UNDER 25 . . . . . . . 1 26 - 35 YEARS . . . . 2 36 - 45 YEARS .... 3 46 - 55 YEARS .... 4 56 OVER - 65 YEARS .... 65 YEARS . . . . 5 6 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 7 3. DO YOU HAVE ANY CHILDREN, LIVING IN YOUR HOME, UNDER THE AGE OF 18? (IF YES: OF THOSE, ARE ANY . . . .) NO CHILDREN . . . . . 1 AGE 3 OR UNDER . . . . 2 (CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY) AGE 4 - 6 . . . . . . 3 AGE 7 - 9 . . . . . . 4 AGE 10 - 12 5 AGE . . . . . 13 - 15 . . . . . 6 AGE 16 - 18 . . . . . 7 (DO NOT READ) REFUSED . . . . . . . 8 4. PLEASE TELL ME IF YOU RECALL VOTING IN THE FOLLOWING ELECTIONS? YES NO DON'T REMEMBER A) 1999 CITY COUNCIL 1 2 3 B) 1998 CITY COUNCIL 1 2 3 C) A 1999 SCHOOL BOND ELECTION 1 2 3 5. PLEASE TELL ME HOW SATISFIED OR DISSATISFIED YOU ARE WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING AGE GROUPS Lwk) VS S D VD NO YOUNG CHILDREN (UNDER AGE 6) 1 2 3 4 5 B) CHILDREN, AGES 7- 12 1 2 3 4 5 C) CHILDREN, AGES 13 - 18 1 2 3 4 5 D) ADULTS, AGES 19 - 45 1 2 3 4 5 E) ADULTS, AGES 46 - 65 1 2 3 4 5 F) ADULTS OVER THE AGE OF 65 1 2 3 4 5 6. WHAT ONE RECREATIONAL FACILITY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO IMPROVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES? b 7. THE CITY IS PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. HOW NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS FOR THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER FOR CITY RESIDENTS? VERY NECESSARY . . . . 1 NECESSARY . . . . . . 2 UNNECESSARY . . . . . 3 VERY UNNECESSARY . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 8. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY GO FOR YOUR INDOOR RECREATION NEEDS? CHURCH FACILITIES 1 SCHOOLS . . . . . . . 2 CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY PRIVATE CLUBS . 3 CITY FACILITIES . . . 4 �9. REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 5 AND HAVE YOU EVER VISITED A CITY -OWNED RECREATION CENTER IN ANOTHER CITY? YES . . . . . . . . . 1 (IF YES, ASK #10, ALL OTHERS NO . . . . . . . . . . 2 SKIP TO #11) DON'T REMEMBER . . . . 3 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 4 10. IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES, WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE RECREATION CENTER YOU VISITED? 11. PLEASE NAME THREE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AT THE NEW CENTER. A. L. B. C. 12. NOW, LET ME NOW READ YOU A LIST OF SOME ACTIVITIES. PLEASE TELL ME HOW LIKELY OR UNLIKELY YOU OR A MEMBER OF YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES AT A NEW RECREATION CENTER . . . VL L U VU NO A) INDOOR BASKETBALL 1 2 3 4 5 B) JOGGING/WALKING AROUND ON AN INDOOR 1 2 3 4 5 TRACK FITNESS OR AEROBICS �) 1 2 3 4 5 VL L U VU NO I) IN -LINE OR ROLLERBLADE SKATING 1 2 3 4 5 J) RACQUETBALL 1 2 3 4 5 K) PARTICIPATING IN ARTS & CRAFT CLASSES 1 2 3 4 5 L) ATTENDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS 1 2 3 4 5 M) TAKING COMPUTER TRAINING OR LAB 1 2 3 4 5 N) ACTIVITIES GEARED TOWARDS SENIOR 1 2 3 4 5 CITIZENS 0) GYMNASTICS 1 2 3 4 5 P) SWIMMING 1 2 3 4 5 Q) KARATE 1 2 3 4 5 R) COMMUNITY THEATER/DRAMA 1 2 3 4 5 S) ROCK CLIMBING 1 2 3 4 5 T) KITCHEN/COOKING CLASSES 1 2 3 4 5 13. AS I READ THE RESPONSES TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTI WHICH ACTIVITY YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY PARTICIPATE IN YOU WOULD LEAST LIKELY PARTICIPATE? (PRINT LETTER A. MOST LIKELY B. LEAST 14. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE FOI INCLUDED IN A RECREATION CENTER . . . . A) BASKETBALL COURTS B) RACQUETBALL COURTS C) SAUNA/STEAM ROOMS D) COMPUTER LABS E) LEISURE POOL F) WEIGHT/CARDIOVASCULAR ROOM G) MEETING ROOMS H) EXERCISE/AEROBICS ROOM I) SPACE FOR SENIOR ACTIVITIES J) INDOOR JOGGING TRACK K) KITCHEN/SNACK BAR L) DAYCARE/NURSERY M) GAMEROOM, WITH POOL TABLES, TABLE TENNIS, ETC. N) EXERCISE/LAP POOL 0) SPACE FOR TEEN ACTIVITIES P) KARATE ROOM Q) GYMNASTICS ROOM R) COMMUNITY THEATER/DRAMA S) ROCK CLIMBING WALL T) STAGE AREA FOR CONCERTS SS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 S 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 AGAIN, PLEASE TELL ME S WELL AS WHICH ONE F SPORT) IKELY LOWING ITEMS BEING 0 SO NO 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 , 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 15. WHAT TYPE OF ACTIVITIES AT THE NEW RECREATION C NTER DO YOU THINK THE CITY SHOULD OFFER THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE MORE PARTICIP TION FROM OLDER RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY? A. B. 16. AND WHAT TYPE OF RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE OFFERED TO YOUTH AT THE NEW RECREATION CENTER? A. B. 17. THE CITY IS ALSO STUDYING THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF A "TEEN CENTER" FOR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. HOW FAMILIAR OR UNFAMILIAR WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE WITH THE "TEEN CENTER" PROJECT? VERY FAMILIAR . . . . 1 FAMILIAR . . 2 UNFAMILIAR . . . . . . 3 VERY UNFAMILIAR . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 18. MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF JUST A FRIEND IN A NEIGHBORING CITY ASKED YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT A "TEEN CENTER" IS. WHAT A TEEN CENTER IF IS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? 19. WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR CONCEPT OF A TEEN CENTER EMPHASIZES ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OR BOTH? ATHLETIC . . . . . . . 1 SOCIAL . 2 BOTH . . . . . . . . . 3 REFUSE TO ANSWER 4 ' 20. WHAT ONE OR TWO THINGS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE INCLUDED IN A "TEEN CENTER"? 1. 2. 21, HOW NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY DO YOU BELIEVE YOUTH OF SOUTHLAKE? A "TEEN CENTER" IS FOR THE VERY NECESSARY . . . . 1 NECESSARY . . . . . UNNECESSARY . . . . . 2 . 3 VERY UNNECESSARY . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 22. LET ME READ YOU SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT A POTENTIAL "TEEN CENTER". AS I READ EACH, TELL ME HOW STRONGLY YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH EACH. A TEEN CENTER . SA A D SD NO A) WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOUTH TO BE ABLE 1 2 3 4 5 TO GATHER FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES B) IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE MOST TEENS IN 1 2 3 4 5 SOUTHLAKE WOULD NOT EVEN USE THE FACILITY C) WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOUTH TO BE ABLE 1 2 3 4 5 TO GATHER FOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES D) WOULD CREATE SAFETY CONCERNS IF IT WERE 1 2 3 4 5 CONSTRUCTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF POTENTIALLY LARGE GATHERINGS OF YOUTH E) IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE 1 2 3 4 5 SUFFICIENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHEN THE REC CENTER IS OPENED F) IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THERE CURRENTLY ARE NO 1 2 3 4 5 FACILITIES WHERE JUST TEENS CAN GATHER G) WOULD BE A GOOD TOOL WHEN ENCOURAGING 1 2 3 4 5 FAMILIES TO MOVE TO SOUTHLAKE 23. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT A TEEN CENTER BE GEARED TOWARDS NONATHLETIC ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCES KARAOKE NIGHTS, M G S, COMEDY NIGHTS, CLASSES AND MEETINGS. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A TEEN CENTER IN SOUTHLAKE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE ATHLETIC FACILITIES? S RONGLY SUPPORT 14 SUPPORT . . . . . . . 2 O POSE . . . . . . . . 3 S RONGLY OPPOSE . . . 4 NC OPINION . . . . . 5 24. IF A TEEN CENTER WERE CONSTRUCTED, WOULD THESE I SUES BE OF MAJOR CONCERN TO YOU, MINOR CONCERN, OR OF NO CONCERN? A) SAFETY TO YOUTH AT THE FACILITY 1 B) VANDALISM TO THE PROPERTY 1 C) LOUD NOISE 1 D) LOITERING IN THE AREA 1 E) LACK OF SUPERVISION 1 F) HAVING BOYS AND GIRLS OF DIFFERENT AGES 1 TOGETHER 3R MINOR NO C NO 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 25. HOW STRONGLY DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE OLLOWING STATEMENTS. THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH OF SOUTHLAKE WOULD BE BEST ME . . . . S A D SD A) BY A TEEN CENTER CONSTRUCTED AS A STAND-ALONE 1 2 3 4 FACILITY B) BY TEEN ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE RECREATION 1 CENTER, BUT WITH A SEPARATE ENTRANCE C) BY TEEN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN A DESIGNATED 1 OR ON A DESIGNATED EVENING AT THE REC. CENTER D) THE NEEDS OF YOUTH ARE BEING ADDRESSED NOW 1 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 NO 5 5 5 5 26. AND HOW IMPORTANT OR UNIMPORTANT WOULD YOU SAY IT IS TO BEGIN IMMEDIATE CONSTRUCTION OF A TEEN CENTER? IS IT . . VE Y IMPORTANT . . . . 1 IM ORTANT . . . . . . 2 UNIMPORTANT . . . . . 3 VE Y UNIMPORTANT . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 27. A PROPOSED TEEN ACTIVITY CENTER, AT AN ESTIMATED SIZE OF 5,000 SQUARE FEET, COULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1 MILLION. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS CENTER, BASED ON THE ESTIMATED COST? STRONGLY SUPPORT . . 1 SUPPORT . . . . . . . 2 0 POSE . . . . . . . . 3 S RONGLY OPPOSE . . . 4 N OPINION . . . . . 5 28. IF $1 MILLION IS APPROPRIATED TO CONSTRUCT A TE N CENTER, THE RECREATION CENTER CONSTRUCTION MAY HAVE TO BE DELAYE A FEW YEARS. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TEEN CENTER, BASED ON THIS INFORMATION? S RONGLY SUPPORT . . 1 S PPORT . . . . . . . 2 4,oj0 POSE . . . . . . . . 3 S RONGLY OPPOSE . . . 4 NC OPINION . . . . . 5 29. REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEEN CENTER AND RECREATION CENTER PROJECTS, WHICH WOULD BE YOUR PREFERRED CHOICE. STAND-ALONE TEEN CENTER 1 TEEN CENTER AS PART OF, BUT LAW SEPARATE FROM REC CNTR 2 REC CNTR THAT INCLUDES TEEN CENTER ACTIVITIES 3 A RECREATION CENTER ONLY 4 NO RECREATION CENTER OR TEEN CENTER . . . . . . . 5 NO OPINION . . . . . . . . 6 30. IF IT BECAME NECESSARY TO CHARGE RESIDENTS A MONTHLY FEE FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS AT THE INDOOR RECREATION FACILITY, HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE PAYING EACH MONTH FOR UNLIMITED USE. . . . VL L U VU NO A) UNDER $20.00 1 2 3 4 5 B) $20.00 - $25.00 1 2 3 4 5 C) $25.00 - $30.00 1 2 3 4 5 D) MORE THAN $30.00 1 2 3 4 5 31. AND WHAT ABOUT A FAMILY OF FOUR. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE PAYING EACH MONTH FOR UNLIMITED USE OF THE INDOOR RECREATION CENTER . . . VL L U VU NO A) UNDER $30.00 1 2 3 4 5 B) $30.00 - $40.00 1 2 3 4 5 C) $40.00 - $50.00 1 2 3 4 5 D) MORE THAN $50.00 1 2 3 4 5 THAT'S THE END OF OUR SURVEY BUT COULD I CHECK TO SEE IF I DIALED THE CORRECT NUMBER. I DIALED AND COULD I HAVE YOUR FIRST NAME, ONLY IN CASE MY SUPERVISOR HAS TO VERIFY THIS INTERVIEW? THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE EVENING. CALLER INI 11 SHEET # LENGTH OF SURVEY SAMPLE YOUTH QUESTIONNAIRE PROJECT 21901002 RAYMOND TURCO & ASSOCIATES JULY 2000 MY NAME IS AND I'M WITH THE SUNRAY RESEARCH GROUP. WE HAVE BEEN HIRED BY THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO CONDUCT A SURVEY OF YOUTH IN YOUR AREA TO DISCUSS RECREATION NEEDS AND DESIRES FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE A CHILD IN GRADES 7 THROUGH 12 WHO MIGHT LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN A TELEPHONE SURVEY. THIS IS NOT A SA ES CALL AND THE SURVEY SHOULD TAKE 10 MINUTES. IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE C ILD, WE CAN TALK TO THEM ALSO. DO YOU HAVE A CHILD WHO MIGHT LIKE TO PARTICIPATE? (IF YES: READ INTRO AGAIN. IF NO: THANK YOU.) SEX MALE . . . . . . . . . 1 FEMALE . . . . . . . . 2 HOW 1. THESE FIRST FEW QUESTIONS ARE TO GATHER DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION. LONG HAS YOUR FAMILY LIVED AT ITS CURRENT RESIDENCE? LESS THAN ONE YEAR 1 1 - 3 YEARS . . . . . 2 3 - 5 YEARS . . . . . 3 5 - 7 YEARS . . . . . 4 OVER 7 YEARS . . . . . 5 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 6 2. AND WHAT GRADE WERE YOU IN LAST YEAR? 7TH GRADE . . . . . . 1 8TB GRADE . . . . . . 2 9TH GRADE . . . . . . 3 10 H GRADE . . . . . . 4 11 H GRADE . . . . . . 5 12 H GRADE . . . . . . 6 RE USE TO ANSWER . . . 7 3. PLEASE TELL ME HOW SATISFIED OR DISSATISFIED YOU ARE WITH RECREATIONAL SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE FOR PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 13 AND 18? VERY SATISFIED . . . . 1 SATISFIED . . . . . . 2 DISSATISFIED . . . . . 3 VERY DISSATISFIED . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 4. WHAT ONE RECREATIONAL FACILITY WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE CONSTRUCTED BY THE CITY OF SOUTHLAKE TO IMPROVE RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNIT ES? R y L 5. THE CITY IS PLANNING TO CONSTRUCT AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER IN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. HOW NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY DO YOU BELIEVE IT IS FOR THE CITY TO CONSTRUCT AN INDOOR RECREATION CENTER FOR CITY RESIDENTS? VERY NECESSARY . . . . 1 VOW NECESSARY . . . . . . 2 UNNECESSARY . . . . . 3 VERY UNNECESSARY . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 6. WHERE DO YOU CURRENTLY GO FOR YOUR INDOOR RECREATION NEEDS? IF YOU DON'T GO ANYWHERE FOR INDOOR RECREATION, PLEASE TELL ME THAT ALSO. CHURCH FACILITIES 1 SCHOOLS . . . . . . . 2 CIRCLE ALL THAT APPLY PRIVATE CLUBS . 3 CITY FACILITIES . . . 4 YOUR HOUSE/FRIENDS . . 5 NOWHERE . . . . . . . 6 REFUSE TO ANSWER . 7 7. AND HAVE YOU EVER VISITED A CITY -OWNED RECREATION CENTER IN ANOTHER CITY? YES . . . . . . . . . 1 (IF YES, ASK #8, ALL OTHERS NO 2 SKIP TO #9) DON'T REMEMBER . 3 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 4 8. IN TERMS OF PROGRAMS OR ACTIVITIES, WHAT DID YOU LIKE MOST ABOUT THE RECREATION CENTER YOU VISITED? 0. PLEASE NAME THREE ACTIVITIES THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN AT THE NEW CENTER. A. a C. 10. NOW, LET ME NOW READ YOU A LIST OF SOME ACTIVITIES. PLEASE TELL ME HOW LIKELY OR UNLIKELY YOU WOULD BE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ACTIVITY AT A NEW RECREATION CENTER . . . . A) INDOOR BASKETBALL B) JOGGING/WALKING AROUND ON AN INDOOR TRACK C) FITNESS OR AEROBICS D) LIFTING WEIGHTS/CARDIO EQUIPMENT E) PARTICIPATING IN RECREATIONAL CLASSES F) INDOOR VOLLEYBALL G) DANCING LESSONS H) ACTIVITIES GEARED TOWARDS TEENS I) IN -LINE OR ROLLERBLADE SKATING J) RACQUETBALL K) PARTICIPATING IN ARTS & CRAFT CLASSES L) ATTENDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS M) TAKING COMPUTER TRAINING OR LAB r) GYMNASTICS SWIMMING P) KARATE Q) COMMUNITY THEATER/DRAMA R) ROCK CLIMBING S) KITCHEN/COOKING CLASSES E VL L U VU NO 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 11. AS I READ THE RESPONSES TO THE PREVIOUS QUESTI01S AGAIN, PLEASE TELL ME WHICH ACTIVITY YOU WOULD MOST LIKELY PARTICIPATE IN TS WELL AS WHICH ONE YOU WOULD LEAST LIKELY PARTICIPATE? (PRINT LETTER CF SPORT) A. MOST LIKELY B. LEAST IIKELY 12. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE FO LOWING ITEMS BEING INCLUDED IN A RECREATION CENTER SS S O SO NO A) BASKETBALL COURTS 1 2 3 4 5 B) RACQUETBALL COURTS 1 2 3 4 5 C) SAUNA/STEAM ROOMS 1 2 3 4 5 D) COMPUTER LABS 1 2 3 4 5 E) LEISURE POOL 1 2 3 4 5 F) WEIGHT/CARDIOVASCULAR ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 G) MEETING ROOMS 1 2 3 4 5 H) EXERCISE/AEROBICS ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 I) SPACE FOR SENIOR ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 J) INDOOR JOGGING TRACK 1 2 3 4 5 K) KITCHEN/SNACK BAR 1 2 3 4 5 L) DAYCARE/NURSERY 1 2 3 4 5 M) GAMEROOM, WITH POOL TABLES, 1 2 3 4 5 TABLE TENNIS, ETC. N) EXERCISE/LAP POOL 1 2 3 4 5 0) SPACE FOR TEEN ACTIVITIES 1 2 3 4 5 P) KARATE ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 Q) GYMNASTICS ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 R) COMMUNITY THEATER/DRAMA 1 2 3 4 5 S) ROCK CLIMBING WALL 1 2 3 4 5 T) STAGE AREA FOR CONCERTS 1 2 3 4 5 13. IF A RECREATION CENTER WERE CONSTRUCTED, HOW LI ELY WOULD YOU OR YOUR FAMILY BE TO USE IT? VE Y LIKELY . . . . . 1 LI ELY . . . . . . . . 2 UN I KELY . . . . . . . 3 VE Y UNLIKELY . . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 14. AND WHAT TYPE OF RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS WOULD YO LIKE TO SEE OFFERED TO YOUTH AT THE NEW RECREATION CENTER? A. B. 15. THE CITY IS ALSO STUDYING THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTION OF A "TEEN CENTER" FOR YOUTH IN THE COMMUNITY. HOW FAMILIAR OR UNFAMILIAR WOULD YOU SAY YOU ARE WITH THE "TEEN CENTER" PROJECT? VERY FAMILIAR . . 1 FAMILIAR . . . . . . . . . 2 UNFAMILIAR . . . . . . 3 VERY UNFAMILIAR . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 16. MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF JUST WHAT A "TEEN CENTER" IS. IF A FRIEND IN A NEIGHBORING CITY ASKED YOU TO EXPLAIN WHAT A TEEN CENTER IS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE IT? rl C 17. WOULD YOU SAY THAT YOUR CONCEPT OF A TEEN CENTER EMPHASIZES ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES, SOCIAL ACTIVITIES OR BOTH? L ATHLETIC . . . . . SOCIAL . . 1 . 2 low BOTH . . . . . . . . 3 REFUSE TO ANSWER . . . 4 18. WHAT ONE OR TWO THINGS WOULD YOU EXPECT TO BE INCLUDED IN A "TEEN CENTER"? 1. 2. 19. HOW NECESSARY OR UNNECESSARY DO YOU BELIEVE A "TEEN CENTER" IS FOR THE YOUTH OF SOUTHLAKE? VERY NECESSARY 1 NECESSARY . . . . . . 2 UNNECESSARY . . . . . 3 VERY UNNECESSARY . . . 4 NO OPINION . . . . . . 5 20. LET ME READ YOU SOME STATEMENTS ABOUT A POTENTIAL "TEEN CENTER". AS I READ EACH, TELL ME HOW STRONGLY YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH EACH. A TEEN CENTER . . . . SA A D SD NO A) WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOUTH TO BE ABLE 1 2 3 4 5 TO GATHER FOR SOCIAL ACTIVITIES B) IS NOT A GOOD IDEA, BECAUSE MOST TEENS IN 1 2 3 4 5 SOUTHLAKE WOULD NOT EVEN USE THE FACILITY �) WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE FOR YOUTH TO BE ABLE 1 2 3 4 5 'D) TO GATHER FOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES WOULD CREATE SAFETY CONCERNS IF IT WERE 1 2 3 4 5 CONSTRUCTED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF POTENTIALLY LARGE GATHERINGS OF YOUTH E) IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE WE WILL HAVE 1 2 3 4 5 SUFFICIENT RECREATIONAL FACILITIES WHEN THE REC CENTER IS OPENED F) IS NECESSARY BECAUSE THERE CURRENTLY ARE NO FACILITIES WHERE JUST TEENS CAN GATHER 1 2 3 4 5 G) WOULD BE A GOOD TOOL WHEN ENCOURAGING 1 2 3 4 5 FAMILIES TO MOVE TO SOUTHLAKE 21. PLEASE TELL ME HOW STRONGLY YOU WOULD SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE CITY CONSTRUCTING A TEEN CENTER IF IT CONTAINED THE FOLLOWING ITEMS . . . . SS S 0 SO NO A) BASKETBALL COURTS 1 2 3 4 5 B) STAGE AREA FOR CONCERTS 1 2 3 4 5 C) COFFEE SHOP —LIKE AREA 1 2 3 4 5 D) POOL/BILLIARD TABLES 1 2 3 4 5 E) SWIMMING POOL 1 2 3 4 5 F) WEIGHT/CARDIOVASCULAR ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 G) MEETING ROOMS FOR PROGRAMS 1 2 3 4 5 H) EXERCISE/AEROBICS ROOM 1 2 3 4 5 I) CASUAL AREA, INCLUDING BIG SCREEN 1 2 3 4 5 ) TELEVISIONS AND COUCHES MAGAZINE/READING ROOMS 1 2 3 4 5 ) KITCHEN/DINING AREA 1 2 3 4 5 e 22. IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT A TEEN CENTER BE GEARED TOWARDS NONATHLETIC ACTIVITIES SUCH AS DANCES, KARAOKE NIGHTS, COMEDY NIGHTS, CLASSES AND MEETINGS. HOW STRONGLY WOULD YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE A TEEN CENTER IN SOUTHLAKE THAT DID NOT INCLUDE ATHLETIC FACILITIES? S RONGLY SUPPORT lam` SUPPORT . . . . . . . 2 O POSE . . . . . . . . 3 STRONGLY OPPOSE . . . 4 NC OPINION . . . . . 5 23. PLEASE TELL ME HOW LIKELY OR UNLIKELY YOU WOULD THIS ACTIVITY IF IT WAS HELD AT THE TEEN CENTER . . VL L A) KARAOKE NIGHT 1 2 B) YOUTH BASKETBALL LEAGUES 1 2 C) CONCERTS 1 2 D) TEEN FORUMS OR SPEAKERS 1 2 E) DANCES/GUEST DJ NIGHTS 1 2 F) MOVIE NIGHTS ON BIG SCEEN TELEVISION 1 2 G) POOL TABLES/PING PONG TABLES 1 2 H) COMPUTER LABS 1 2 I) SPECIAL INTEREST CLASSES, LIKE 1 2 TAEBEO AND SWIMG DANCING J) GROUP MEETINGS 1 2 K) RACQUETBALL COURTS 1, 2 L) SAND VOLLEYBALL 1 2 24. HOW STRONGLY DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS CENTER IS NOT NECESSARY BECAUSE THE YOUTH OF THE COMM RECREATION CENTER FOR THEIR NEEDS?" BE TO PARTICIPATE IN U VU NO 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 3 4 5 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 3 4 5 STATEMENT:"A TEEN UNITY CAN USE THE STRONGLY AGREE . AGREE . . . . . DISAGREE . . . . STRONGLY DISAGREE NO OPINION . . . . 1 2 3 5 25. HOW STRONGLY DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS. THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH OF SOUTHLAKE WOULD BE BEST ME SA A D SD A) BY A TEEN CENTER CONSTRUCTED AS A STAND-ALONE 1 2 3 4 FACILITY B) BY TEEN ACTIVITIES AS PART OF THE RECREATION 1 CENTER, BUT WITH A SEPARATE ENTRANCE C) BY TEEN ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN A DESIGNATED 1 OR ON A DESIGNATED EVENING AT THE REC. CENTER D) THE NEEDS OF YOUTH ARE BEING ADDRESSED NOW 1 26. REGARDING THE PROPOSED TEEN CENTER AND RECREATIO WHICH WOULD BE YOUR PREFERRED CHOICE. STAND -A TEEN CZ SEPARA' REC CNT TEEN C. A RECRE. NO RECR. TEEN C NO OPIN 2 3 4 2 3 4 2 3 4 CENTER PROJECTS, NO 5 5 5 5 ONE TEEN CENTER . . 1 TER AS PART OF, BUT E FROM REC CNTR 2 THAT INCLUDES NTER ACTIVITIES 3 TION CENTER ONLY 4 ATION CENTER OR NTER . . . . . . . 5 ON. . . . . . . . 6 27. HOW STRONGLY DO YOU AGREE OR DISAGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT: "IF THE CITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO NOT CONSTRUCT A TEEN CENTER, THE NEEDS OF THE YOUTH IN THIS COMMITTEE ARE NOT BEING MET." STRONGLY AGREE . . . . 1 "� AGREE . . . . . . . . 2 DISAGREE . . . . . . . 3 STRONGLY DISAGREE . . 4 NO OPINION . 5 THAT'S THE END OF OUR SURVEY BUT COULD I CHECK TO SEE IF I DIALED THE CORRECT NUMBER. I DIALED AND COULD I HAVE YOUR FIRST NAME, ONLY IN CASE MY SUPERVISOR HAS TO VERIFY THIS INTERVIEW? THANK YOU AND HAVE A NICE EVENING. CALLER INI SHEET # LENGTH OF SURVEY .�J d �I P.M, u I