316 residents and 210 business completed surveys regarding the MSIC in 2005.. The community survey conducted by NSW Department of Health in Kings Cross area of NSW, Australia in 2005 evaluation indicated 73% of residents, (a reduction from 78% in 2003), and 68% of business operators supported the MSIC's presence. The evaluation commented that residents without landline telephones were excluded from the survey. Contesting the reliability of these evaluation surveys is a 2010 petition to the NSW Parliament by 63 business owners immediately surrounding the MSIC to move the facility elsewhere because it has adversely affected their businesses.