With a survey indicating support for a Municipal Building addition and renovation in hand, officials will bring the matter back to the public tonight.

The Board of Selectmen will conduct a public hearing on competing plans for the project tonight at 7 at Woolwich Central School.

Dana Lindsey, chairman of the Building Committee, will make a presentation and the committee will have charts available for viewing.

Of the 320 people who took a written survey — mostly on Nov. 6 — two-thirds supported one of two renovation plans while 29 percent opposed either plan and 5 percent were unsure.

“We were pleased and pleasantly surprised with the survey results, I’ve got to say,” Lynette Eastman, town administrator, said Tuesday. “The cost differential was $50,000 or in that neighborhood.”

Eastman said the Building Committee will weigh tonight’s meeting along with the survey results and make a recommendation to selectmen in January.

Space is cramped in the town office area of the building, and there is a community need for a large meeting space, town officials say. Both plans call for an additional bay to the adjoining fire station.

Plan A, at a cost of $850,000, would provide for a meeting space adequate for 50 to 75 people.

Plan B would accommodate 200 to 250 people, for $1 million. Such a space would accommodate gatherings such as the annual town meeting, elections and community events.

Eastman said she expects a good crowd tonight.

“They’re getting the word out there,” she said. “I hope there’s a lot of questions asked.”

In other news, town offi- cials learned late last month there are options for an improved public swimming area along Nequasset Stream that meet the state’s approval.

Eastman said a state Department of Environmental Protection official informed the town it probably can install a temporary float and pier next to the boat launch. The town also may clear some vegetation from the area to allow for a larger swimming space, so that children do not use the boat launch.

The DEP said temporary floats and piers would not violate the National Resources Protection Act, Eastman said.

“That was the least expensive way to go, to start with,” she said. “This way we can put in the float, put in the pier and see if that entices them to stay away from the boat launch.”

The Selectboard on Monday night voted to close the town office Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

lgrard@timesrecord.com