Phase III

Visioning Meeting

High School Input � South High � March 30, 2000

Our Slogan:

� A United community that cares

� Hot spot + cool place

� Great place to live

� Bakersfield � the place to just chill

� High life in entertainment

� If we�re old enough to die for our country, we�re old enough to drink alcohol

� Bakersfield � City of Many Cultures

� Come for the clubs, stay for the people

� California�s hot spot!

Our Image:

� A quiet but nice town

� More drama

� Clean

� Not dangerous

� We�re all equal

� Advanced

� Safer places to live

� Fun cheap place to live

� Amusement parks

� Cheaper to live

� Boring old town -We want cute little community instead

� A clean & peaceful city

� People police others

� To go to a really nice school without paying tons of money

� Diverse city

Our Reputation:

� Clean cut and laid back people

� High self esteem

� Not a hick town

� Not a ghetto

� Boring � no jobs

� No clubs

� We live in the boondocks

� No entertainment � no place to hang out

� A fun place to come and see

� Clean environment

� More child care for young parents

� We want to stop being known as �the farmers�

� Friendly

� More courteous people

� Good wholesome people

� A place where people would like to come to

� Racing

Civic Culture:

� People who really care

� More libraries, better books, more books, computers, museums, zoos

Business Environment

� More growth in small industries or small companies

� Better shopping

� Cheaper gas prices, beings how we produce a lot of the oil

� More soul food restaurants

� More teen night clubs

� More engineering jobs for Hispanics

� More employment opportunities � for teens and single parents

� More variety of jobs for families

� Higher paying jobs for teenagers

� Business advantages for youth

� Companies should offer more than one job per person. This way people don�t get tired of working on the same thing

� Pay higher wages but less taxes

� Technology- computer based

� Motocross stadium

� Creative shopping areas

� Criminal justice

� Fair opportunities

� More jobs based on technology & computers

Arts & Culture:

� More places to go on the weekends

� More comedy clubs

� Multi-culture shows

� More clubs, pubs, movies, theaters

� More concerts

� Better concerts

� More places to learn the arts

� Historical museum

� Better museums, art galleries

� More melodramas

� Plays, shows like Broadway

� Dance clubs for teens only (virgin drinks only)

� Street concerts

� Clubs with tons of rooms with different dance themes per room

� Art Museum for local as well as known talent

� Zoo

� Coffee houses with live bands

� Karaoke bar

� Melodrama (more) plays that people can be in without having to be in drama

� Car museum

� Black history museum

� Mexican-American Museum

Heart of the City:

� Water slide � Parks

� A park where people can rid bikes, rollerblades, etc.

� More museums, mores hopping malls (24 hour)

� More culture

� More homes

� More homeless shelters

� More cruising lanes (Chester)

� Beach

� More factory 2 us

� Entertainment � music, plays, outside restaurants, full of culture

� Activities for teens � keep them out of: drugs, gangs and bad communities

� More attention to the young generation instead of blaming them for the things that the parents should of raised the children not to do

� Romantic parks with caves and streams

� Water parks

� Downtown

� Pro Sports team

� Top final dragsters

Our Values:

� A community for and about people and their children

� Keep the peace

� Respect

� Respect yourself

� A better place

� Be loved

� The cost of housing going down and there should be no interest to be paid for a year

� More schools

� Youth center

� Get off drugs

� More churches

� Kids

� Money

� Morals

� Ethnicity

� More help for people who are down on their luck

� Respect for the community and how it looks

� Cars

� Homes, education

Technology:

� Computer integration

� Give computers to the community

� More Tech companies that hire Hispanics

� Interactive TV

� Laptops at each desk for children

� Everyone has access to computers

� Cyber cafe

� Medical technology

� Space learning � planetarium

� Affordable computers �make available to everyone

Transportation:

� Bike

� High speed train

� Self-driven cars

� Lower gas prices

� Bullet train

� Solar powered cars

� Bigger streets � more stoplights

� International airport

� 24 hr GET bus

� Teen insurance goes down

� Cheaper cars

� Less cops

� Cars that don�t use as much gas � better for the environment

� Get on the GET bus

� Electric cars

� Trains

� Freeway to Rosedale

� Better controlled bus

� A more personalized bus system � smaller buses that work kinda like taxis but are inexpensive

� Subway

Biggest Changes:

� Better shopping

� More blacks & Hispanics in the White House

� Minimum wages of $10

� More parks in SW

� New Red Lobster, less McDonald�s

� Lower cost for gas!

� Better and more hospitals

� Clubs for children to stay out of trouble

� Cleaner more attractive to visitors

� Daytime activities for all ages

� Safety

� No speed limit

� Higher wagers

� Sky scrapers

� Grand Canal

� Expansion of Southside of town

� Less expensive healthcare

� Lake

� More clubs

� Respectful community

Break Thrus:

� Professional basketball team

� High speed train to L.A.

� Open minds, less hate!

� Cure to AIDS and STD

� No more gang violence � reduce gangs

� No discrimination to Latino�s

� More money for schools, bigger schools, smaller classrooms

� Education shouldn�t come with a price tag

� More home business � professional

� Cleanliness

� Paintball arena

� Concert hall

� Major league baseball team

� 120 Octane fuel

� Best education

� Good mass transit

� Cultural centers

Looking Back I�m Most Proud of�

� Centennial Gardens

� Nice & affordable houses

� Downtown improvements

� Better schools

� Bakersfield

� Centennial Arena

� Of the people who came to ask the younger generations� opinion

� Vision 2020 � thank you

In our Community�s Future We Wanted and We Got�

� Nicer jobs with good pay for some advancement for young people

� More equal opportunities for jobs

� More activities to keep youth entertained during the week and weekend

� More wealthier people with good jobs

� Nicer place to live

� More dance clubs

� More nicer restaurant � for ex: Red Lobster

� Teen summit

� Basketball gyms

� Theme parks

� Major arcades

� Increase minimum wage

� Football stadium

� Water parks

� Major clothing outlets

� Recreational parks

� Less drive bys

� More stuff for teens to do

� More money

� Better colleges in town

� Later public transit

� Nordstrom malls

� More shopping malls

� A reasonable prices for youth that are single and want live on their own independently

� Clean up the streets

� Cheaper gas

� Bullet Train

� Better jobs

� Skate parks

� Ice rink

� Later curfew on weekends

� Community activities

� Better education systems/schools

� Summer youth activities

� Better bus systems

� UC in Bakersfield

� Beach in town

� Lower drinking age to 18 years

� Legalize marijuana

� More recreational parks, places, areas for teens

� A big zoo

� Live Bands Caf�

� Sports entertainment

� Cheaper bowling

� Music

� Cleaner environment

� Better movies

� Snow

� More lights downtown

� More trees

� Better transportation

� More freeways

� Waterway � Venice

� Libraries

� Grand Canal

� Bakersfield Live Show

� Expressways

� Original Tommies

� Monorail

� IMAX Theatre

� Museum of Arts

� Remodel school

� New Plaza

� Town meetings (involve youth)

� New books in school

� Teachers that respect students and value opinions

� Drug rehab hospital/programs

� Better 911

� Better police response

� Later school hours

� Churches

� Music studios

� Drive-in movies

� Soul food restaurants

� Big library

� More concerts

� Etiquette awareness schools

� More romantic places

� Skyscrapers for job opportunities

In our Community�s Future We Didn�t Want and We Didn�t Get�

� No pollution

� Harassment � racial comments

� No dress codes

� The town to be all broke down

� Drive bys and gangs

� So many people on welfare

� Potholes

� Don�t want so many drugs on the streets

� Illiterate people

� Trash in the parks

� Old outdated buildings

� Homeless

� Guns

� Hate crimes

� Prostitutes/pimps

� People living on the streets

� Violence

� Teen pregnancies

� Security at South High

� Smog

� Vandalism

� Criminals

� Abandoned houses

� Union Avenue

� No Hatred �racial conflicts

� No more fast food jobs for teens

� Older people to take all the good paying jobs

� Graffiti

� L.A. people

� Ice cream trucks

� Bad attitudes

� Motorbikes

� Police

� Rich/poor part of town

� Empty fields (will produce clean space)

� Camelot

� No bad dads

� Less taxes

� Higher real estate prices

� No 3 strikes/electric chair

Our Vision for Downtown:

� Water Park and Amusement Park by Museum grounds � Zoo

� Concert Hall

� Teen dance clubs

� Ice Rink

� Fitness Club

� Mall

� Race Track

� Homeless shelter

� Expand downtown with shopping areas

� Amusement park

� Water Slide

� Lights everywhere

� Safer streets

� More greenery

� Clean up around Central Park - zoo

� Beale: Building with bowling, pool, skating all in one place

� Better parking downtown

� Better parks

� S. of California � clean up

� Resurface 34^th st.

� More business buildings

� Opera, theatre/Broadway

� Outdoor stage

� Trees

� Drive-in Movies

� Lakeview � clean up and better places for kids to go

� Better. Safer shops � Truxtun & California

� No more empty lots

� Cruising strip

� Parks

� Recreation area � E. on 34th

� Drag Strip

� Remodeling and clean up NE and SE

� Rebuild houses and clean up streets on E. Side

� Basketball Gym on Lakeview

� Redo the bridge

� Destroy the ghetto

� Clean up downtown

� Liquor store for minors

� Outside mall

� Strip Club for minors

� Skate Park in 5 locations including downtown, near Oak N. of Truxtun and also S. of California � on Truxtun and California, E of Union

� Waterslides, a lake, a park, and a skate park near Columbus

� Bike trails and Motorcross near Golden state

� Football stadium near Museum

� Teen Club with all kinds of music

� Walk of Fame on Chester below California

� Paintball course near Lakeview

� Lots of gyms and parks

� Nightclubs downtown

� Disneyland, Magic Mountain, Seaworld (all downtown)

� Family recreation E of Lakeview

� Entertainment park by Pioneer Village

� Water Park S of California

� Health Clinic and Country Club W of Lakeview

� School and Outdoor Music Stage N. of 34^th

� Art Museum and Music Museum with young and old talent, S of California

� Water Park, Theme Park, and Food Court bet. Chester and Oak, S of California

� Extend freeway

� Theater for Plays on California

� Sky scrapers downtown. Expand Central Park � street concerts every Saturday

� Trees everywhere

� 6 story Father Garces

� Dance club with different dances in every room

� Kern River with boating activities

� Better schools � better education

� Snow Park

� Blow up Union And everything East of it � not the people