Highland High 3

� Develop a consensus in leadership of our educational institutions�avoid piecemealing� � �think tanks� for all levels..looking at big picture

� Promote the highest character qualities in one another; at school, jobs, community events, homes. Bakersfield be known as a family friendly town. Healthy (morally also) for moms, dads, kids. Promote honesty , diligence, courtesy, kindness, respect for property and persons because humans have value. Encourage patriotism, pride in America, and Kern County once again.

� Agriculture � to create incentive base programs to keep the farmers and ranchers a viable successful enterprise � remove restrictive governmental regulations

� Diversity for less dependence on oil/ag � More emphasis on tourism, high-tech industry, transportation

� Incentivize industries that add to the economic base (not those that divide the existing pie into smaller pieces)

� High tech organic chem to support and be supported by ag/food processing ( & oil)

� Model farms and ranches that set the standard for the world in production and environmental compatibility

� Public school educators that are highly motivated and qualified (attractive teaching positions, i.e.: good pay, respect, etc)

� Lots of cafes and street entertainment along the Riverwalk. Pedestrian access and seating @ 34^th & Union (along river)

� Light rail from Oak to Chester along Truxtun and then E on 24^th and N on Union Ave.

� Fill in all empty lots with architecturally interesting high density multiple use building

� Boys & Girls Clubs and Opportunities for older teens to work in the Lakeview area

� W of Union and S of California: quiet safe neighborhoods centralized around a �Market Place� type atmosphere

� Prosperous, attractive businesses lining Union Ave. Less traffic, safer at night.

� Beale Ave: develop vegetable and flower gardens in as many yards as possible with benches to make this area friendly & to invite occupants

� Developed green spaces in every neighborhood � lots of flowering shrubs and trees and lots of public restrooms

� Youth after school? Adults and older youth BE THERE: help to happen what needs to happen (sports, computers, music, drama) � make it happen for the kids

� Housing choices: high density but architecturally interesting. Infill, especially in downtown and in old neighborhoods

� Department stores representing �A� quality instead of �C� quality merchandise

� Leaf blowers

� So called �Adult entertainment�

� A second class citizenry made up of high school dropouts, unwed teen mothers, gang mentality

� The current trap of promoting �respect� in the guise of any behavior is healthy

� City development standards requiring lots of paving, walls and separation of uses (oriented to accommodate cars, not people)

� �Snake Oil� developers

� Bickering over city or �county islands� that divide. Metropolitan area needs universal vision and appearance

� Sprawl

� Why didn�t they take care of sprawl

� Congested roadways

� Underperforming schools

� No more ever-expanding rings of decaying homes/boarded up retail!

� Decline of agriculture

� Another Fresno (or San Fernando Valley or Santa Clarita)

� Tightly packed housing developments

� Blighted shopping centers/strip malls

� Poor design and low quality construction

� �Castle & Cooke� walls separating our communities making it impossible to walk to shopping, etc & forcing us to drive.

� Poor air quality

� Excessive commuting

� Not the bedroom community for So. Cal.

� Poor air quality

� Community Center � recreation/gym, and sidewalks, street lights, bike path in the Pioneer Drive area

� Growth SE of Hwy 58

� Stop growth near the Renfro Road area in Northeast

� Highway 58 and 46 combined and follow existing Hwy 46 � connector to I-5

� Light Rail System from river, along Stockdale Hwy, around California Ave., down Oak to Truxtun, circle downtown (Union Ave. and Chester Ave.) to E on Columbus to N on Haley to Alfred Harrell Hwy

� Sound Wall S side of Hwy 58 between Hughes and 99

� Better Park @ Pioneer Drive and approx. Brentwood

� Freeway 58 drops S past Commanche Rd to Panama Rd. to connect with I5 to the South

� Develop a green space trail for non-motorized use from Morning Drive @ China Grade, out to the river. Connect to the canyon. Bikers and walkers use this area all the time. Preserve the hawks and one eagle who inhabit the (sinking) basin along Morning Drive. Parking area like at Panorama intersection

� Develop Hart Park and maintain it (this can be a huge asset)

� Bike path along River to along Fairfax to Panama. Bike Path crosses river at Alfred Harrel Hwy, travels along Round Mountain Road out Manor to Hwy 43. Bike Path connects Nord Ave to the river with a spur along Johnson Rd. to the River. To the South the Bike Path travels along Pacheco. Downtown the bike path follows 99 to California to Truxtun

� Less urban growth to the Southwest � Another �Hart Park� @ Panama.

� Water in the river all the way thru town. Fully develop the river corridor

� Freeway 58 beltway travels North along RR to Golden State Hwy then out to 99

� Develop Riverwalk with lots of landscaping, cafes, entertainment, shade, through downtown to White Lane

� More Urban growth to the Northeast � quality

� Urban growth boundary at the canyon along Breckingridge to Morning Drive to Panama Lane to Cottonwood to Panama Rd to New Stine to McCutcheon to Buena Vista Rd. to Ming to Nord to Dratzmeyer to Jewetta to Snow to Calloway to &the Standard to edge of "�Oildale"�to N side of River

� Lots of big factories in Southeast undeveloped near Panama Lane. � Where should industry be located

� Less urban growth to the Northwest of town. Big Park in Northwest