Phase III
Association
of Realtors
April
14, 2000
Our
Slogan:
� Pride�Vision�Community
� A Place to Call Home
� A great place to live!
Our
Image:
� Example of a �turnaround�pride, progressive, thriving
� Oil & Ag
� Big city conveniences with small town feel
� We care!
Our
Reputation:
� Friendly � open to new people
� Safest place to raise children
� Low crime rate
� Variety of career opportunities
� Effective law enforcement
Business
Environment:
� Technology replaces oil as major employer
� KCSOS �Greater Bakersfield � California�s Education Headquarters/spills over into local schools as state�s BEST!
Arts
& Culture:
� Diversified music center not just country
� Broadway plays and musicals
� Opera House
Education:
� Students with high marks
� Lowest dropout rate in state
� Family involvement and value
� Charter schools
� One language
� Engineering classes
Heart
of the City:
� Cultural diversity
� Downtown � Riverwalk with water in river 365 days with shops and restaurants
� New art museum
� Baseball stadium/entertainment center adjacent to the Garden with parking
� Nordstroms
Our
Values:
� #1 Family
� Ethical positive business environment
� Churches � God
� Wholesome but, open-minded
Technology:
� Available
� Tech with/be on Internet � affordable
� Most homes have high speed internet access
Transportation:
� Bullet
� Complete freeway system
� New form of transportation (electric, or?)
� Downtown Trolley System
� 4 lanes to Taft
Biggest Changes:
� Highways that go somewhere
� Healthcare
� Retirement
� Trees
� 4 lanes for Hwy 46
� See Mountains!
Break Thrus:
� All cancers
� Implementation of circulation plan
Looking back I�m most proud of�
� Our growth
� Our leaders
What�s our Vision for our Economy over the next
10-20 years?
� More technology companies open here
� Booming with unemployment @ 3-4%
� More specialty agricultural businesses � like �baby carrots� � tomatoes, garlic, almonds
� UC campus
� Effective transportation: freeways with landscaping maintained; air traffic; mass transit
What kind of Economic Development Initiatives do
we want to create?
� Micro breweries
� Creation of mega industrial parks
� Bigger amusement and theme park
� IRS moved from DC to Bakersfield with all employees
� Large, integrated motor sports complex � testing, events � commence with no growth
� Good atmosphere for drive thru Bakersfield
What kind of jobs do we want to attract here over
the next 10-20 years?
� High tech
� Medical � tops in field
� Engineering
� Specialized clinics like � Stanford, Scripps, etc
� Teaching
� Medical research
� Pharmaceutical manufacturing
� Distribution facilities
� World wide ag distribution
� Lots of diversity in jobs
� Use talent we have
Our Vision for Downtown:
� Improve Kern County Museum and make it a special place
� Mega Recreational Facilities near museum
� Industrial complex/park N of Museum
� Under pass at 24th & Oak � direct route to hospital and route to 99 North. Take congestion and delay out of Rosedale and freeway intersection
� Tunnel to F Street
� Under river to Select
� Greenscaped cul-de-sacs to 24th � 21st one-way; 19th one-way
� Chester Ave. small unique shops
� Increased densification of commercial and housing downtown
� Gas Light District with horse and carriage � Better restaurants downtown around Riverwalk
� Riverwalk � trolley cars � closed off streets � outdoor recreation around Central Park
� Centennial Parkway along Truxtun with Horton Plaza type center
� Kern River Expressway connects to Centennial Parkway
� Baseball stadium at California and Union
� Horton Plaza type center on Truxtun
� California Ave. is landscape window to civic center
� Chester from Brundage to California is greenscaped to Civic Center\Re-energizing of neighborhoods
� Planned re-development streets, curbs, lighting, incentive to trash and rebuild W of Lakeview � Manufacturing jobs
� Landscape 58 and widen
In our Community�s Future We Wanted and We
Got�
� Landscaped medians
� More students @ Cal State
� Trash cans removed by owners � out of sight
� Higher test scores K-12
� Water in Kern River year �round
� Engineering @ Cal State
� Better restaurants
� INS in Bakersfield
� Downtown elementary
� Green city with trees
� Trade billboards for trees
� More community recreational facilities
� World class air transportation
� Every neighborhood � safe
� Quality & sanctity of life!
� High level of % of home ownership
� Retirement community
In our Community� Future We Didn�t Want and We
Didn�t Get�
� Gang activity
� Teen pregnancy
� Poor air quality
� Freeway rage!
� Tiny lots for our homes
Metropolitan
Bakersfield � 2010 General Planning Area
� Residential on East side
� Complete freeway to Lake Isabella
� Southeast: planned development streets-landscape � incentive to trash and rebuild
� South alignment Beltway to Taft Hwy.
� West beltway along Rudd Rd.
� Completion of 178, Truxtun, and 58 to tie in N of the Kern River and E along Stockdale Hwy to I 5
� Rosedale Hwy 6 lanes
� Agriculture outside the 2010 planning area
� City should buy Borba land for effluent water
Common Themes:
� Trees - landscaping
� Waterways
� Visual image
� Freeways - transportation
� Education
� High tech
� Safety for families
� Culture
� Quality of life
� Less shopping malls
� Recreation
� High paying jobs