Phase III

Visioning Meeting

Highland High School � March 28, 2000

Our Slogan:

� Bakersfield where the vision never stops!!

� Be all you can be

� It just keeps getting better

� Welcome to Bakersfield

� The light of California

� City of Creativity

� Bakersfield-the valley�s best kept secret

� We all can get along

� Best in the West

� Don�t hate, congratulate �East Side�

� The minds of the future

Our Image:

� A nice town to raise kids

� Civic Pride

� Somewhere people actually want to go

� Big city with a small town atmosphere

� Lots of Trees � more trees

� Clean streets �sidewalks everywhere

� Determined to succeed

� Caring

� Exciting

� The best �Clean�

� Pretty

� Kind

� Sweet

� Happy

� Joyful

� Clean streets! No bums!

� Good clean community

� Helpful when needed

� Fun

� A growing small town

� Safe and down to earth

� Not country hicks

� More parks

� Taller buildings

� Bigger Roads

� Use of canals

� Landscape Oildale

� Community entertainment

� Family oriented

� Tourist entertainment

� Come visit Buck!

� Dance clubs for under 18

� Calm

� Non-violence

� Less traffic

� Good place to live and have fun

� More lights

� Professional people

� Smarter, Nice, caring

Our Reputation:

� Clean city

� Low crime

� Business Conference

� Family values

� More than just cows & farms

� Good people

� Beautiful place to live

� Clean

� Diversity

� Trees

� Have lots of money

� Live parties

� Fun

� Smart kids

� Diversity

� Tolerance (we shouldn�t be worse than Alabama)

� Bigger city

� Less people

� Party city

� Better air quality

� Tourist friendly

� Not hot year round

� Buck Owens� Crystal Palace

� Agricultural area

� Education

� To be known for something!

� To be known to have family values

� Everyone is friendly

� To have lots of activities for youth � safe

� Environmentally conscious

� Less conservative-more accepting of all races and backgrounds

� Better shopping

� Smart

� Artistic

� Giving more of a hand for others

� More volunteering

� Fun, not boring

� Shadow of Los Angeles

Civic Culture:

� Even bigger libraries

� Museums � cultural/original

� More historical museums

� Involvement of community

Business Environment:

� More independently owned stores downtown

� More technology

� Give more to charity

� Clean up the streets

� Factory outlet

� Move toward technology in industries

� Better and more universities

� Better technical aid for schooling

� Internships for students

� Plant more trees

� More of a variety of restaurants

� More business on Eastside of B-town

� 24 hour activity/park

� More pay for jobs and better ways for high school students to get a job.

� Many different types of jobs

� Family oriented activities

� Job Shadowing

� Theme parks

� Zoos

� Water Park

� Paintball Fields

� Game shows

� High paying jobs

� Better jobs for teens

� Starbuck�s and Barnes & Noble � Eastside

� More business hiring Deaf

� More business in East: hardware store, In-n-Out. We don�t need any more Taco Bells out there. We have too many empty business buildings here. Save the East Hills Mall. Why don�t we have any fancy theaters on this side?

� City cleanup

� More jobs

� Leader in agriculture

� Huge Farmer�s Market

� More classy hotels (no more motels)

� Outlet mall

� More technological jobs

� More varieties of jobs

� Job opportunities (or program) for homeless, welfare, WICK

� Equal job opportunities

� Bigger & better

� More companies

� Minimum wages must go up � better benefits

Arts & Culture:

� Opera house

� More art galleries

� Dance Theatres

� More venues for local bands

� School Music programs

� Local, community Theatre

� More city plays

� More musical acts (concerts)

� Talks with important positive role models

� Free outdoor concerts for the public

� More events at parks with music

� More popular plays at the Civic such as The Phantom of the Opera

� More symphony and orchestras

� More famous artist and musicians coming to the Cent. Garden

� Cultural festivals

� We need a decent concert hall

� We need foreign films, not a bunch of screens all showing the same thing

� Decent fine arts center to educate in the fine arts

� More concerts

� Botanical Garden and large Zoo

� Museums

� Bigger parades

� Large music store outlets

� Blues or jazz club

� Strengthen the support the community gives agriculture and music school programs

� More plays & concerts

� Musicals!

� Showcases of amateur talent

� More foreign language opportunities

� Hall (Music)

� New museum�s (arts and culture)

� More music

� More International focus (International music)

� Broadway to Bakersfield

Heart of the City:

� The people

� Downtown

� Water park

� Stadium

� Grand Canal

� Downtown improvement

� Bakersfield Heart Hospital East Side

� Centennial Gardens

� Parks (some)

� Kern River

� Better police

� More child care programs

� Restaurants (healthy)

� Clubs

� Kid fun

� Friendliness for everyone

� Togetherness

� Safe town

� Oil industry

� Downtown old-fashioned

� Somewhere to shop downtown

� Something like downtown Sacramento! (outdoor markets, nice landscaping, etc/)

� Shopping!

� Safe place for kids to hang out

� More restaurants on the NE

� Better parks

� More teenage activities (concerts, clubs, etc.)

� Pride

� City Hall

� Diversity

� Small independent companies � encourage small businesses

� Move �Bakersfield� sign back

� Theme park

� Youth Rec. Center (24 Hours)

� Ice skating rink

� Water slides

� More concerts (better people)

� Agriculture

� Love

� Not judging people on their outward appearance

� Caring

Technology:

� Greater technology in schools

� Art work technology training

� More tech. Oriented companies

� Access for everyone

� Computer Factory

� Laptops for students

� More computers in schools and libraries

� T3 Connections for school for (free)

� Battery powered cars

� Colleges and lower prices on computers so it will be affordable for those who really need them

� Public computer labs

� Faster Internet connections

� Computers in the schools that work at least some of the time

� Brain chip � no more school

� Computer cafes � Cyber/Internet Cafe

� Intercall system at all schools

� News media (broaden coverage to not just local news)

� Computers that work, for the schools

� Advanced recycling program

� Solar power

� Computerized homes

� More ways to get to a computer

Transportation:

� Fix railroad downtown

� Bus station needs improvement

� Mini-rail

� Bullet Train

� More bike paths

� Better transportation to schools and colleges

� Trolley

� Encouragement of the use of bikes, skates, etc.

� Subway

� Airport bigger

� Buses

� Cabs, trollies, horsedrawn carriages, hayrides

� Hover crafts

� Anything that doesn�t use gas

� Transportation machine

� 24x7 all day and night rides

� Buses that run on the actual schedule

� Better mass transit

� Light rail on Chester Ave.

� Metro

� Monorail

� Belt route

� Constant conversion to electric cars

� Rapid transit to L.A.

� Safe for farm workers

� Better freeways (less pot holes)

� Car pool lanes

� Amtrak to take us: L.A., Oakland, across town

Our Values:

� Family

� Community

� Stay faithful to family

� Less divorces!!

� Religious tolerance

� Pride in our history

� Education

� Younger politicians

� Acceptance of diversity

� Respect authority figures

� Importance of family

� Safer neighborhoods

� Freedom

� Less teen pregnancy

� Safe sex

� Marriage for everyone

� Work ethic

� Conservative

� Family friendly

� Friendly people

� Family values

� Equality

� Teachers

� UC Bakersfield

� Pride in our city

� Children first

� More attention to Education!

� Good morals

� Responsible

� Respectful

Biggest Changes:

� Cleaner environment

� We want a better overall reputation for Bakersfield.

� Less pollution!

� Clean up Union

� Eclectic mix of people living in neighborhoods ( no more division)

� Low unemployment � 2 out of 3 employed

� Nonexistent poverty

� Expand East side neighborhoods

� Northeast Mall-fixer upper

� Clean up neighborhoods

� Fix the streets around our neighborhoods

� Reparation of old buildings

� More street lights

� Clubs

� More restaurants

� N.E. side of town needs improvement!

� IMAX

� Cheap gas

� More tourists

� Intro. Of amusement park

� Better freeways

� School facilities (pool, etc.)

� Public restrooms

� More trees & plants

� High schools making sure students can read before they�re graduated

� Cute downtown � safe

� Better parks �more of them and cleanliness-with lots of tees

� City-wide beautification

� Rename Buck Owens Blvd back to Pierce Road

� No Oildale � or totally rebuild

� Centennial Garden

� Lori Brock Museum

� Pioneer Village

� Sam Lynn Ballpark

� Stadium

� Amusement park

� Improve growth on East side of city

� Some kind of funky architectural structure (Eiffel Tower)

� Make downtown taller

� More grass, trees, flowers, etc.

� Bullet train

� More help for homeless

� Quality air

� Pay more attention to agriculture

� Stop expanding housing projects � its eliminating agriculture

� Schools

Break Thrus:

� Grand Canal

� Clubs!!!

� Waterpark

� Theme Park

� Garment District

� Outlet Stores

� Growth in schools (less disparity

� More Lakes

� More security in parks

� Cultural diversity in the SW 7 Oaks area

� Better parks

� Less teenage pregnancies

� More opportunity for cheaper entertainment for people under 21

� More medical facilities

� Cultural barriers

� Miniature golf

� Baseball stadium

� Cleaner water

� Zoo

� Cure for A.I.D.S.

� Music studio

Looking back I�m most proud of�

� Enforced voluntary Community Service

� To be an American

� The way everyone had a say in the future

� Being close to everything

� Growth

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

� New roads

� East side economic development

� Water Parks

� Shopping outlets

� Legalize Weed

� New baseball field

� Indoor football team

� Better malls

� More stuff that stays open 24 hours/day

� More clubs

� All night dance clubs

� Legalized gambling

� More entertainment for youths

� Attract more stores to East Hills � expand property

� Bigger or more skatepark(s)

� Another, bigger mall

� Less traffic problems

� Better paying mobs

� More recreation for young adults

� Landscaped freeways like L.A.

� Amusement Park

� More concerts

� Another crosstown highway, or connect 178 to 99

� Trauma & ICU hospital

� Cap the population

� Cap housing projects

� Arcades

� Bigger better music store

� Cleaner air � Strong government

� Highways

� Healthier restaurants

� City wide mist system

� Trees

� Guitar center

� Faster growth

� Rehearsal studios

� Hip Hop Caf�

� Cruising Lane

� Public racing spot

� Bigger gyms

� More family activities on the Eastside

� More theaters

� Discovery zone

� Lower drinking age

� Downtown restored

� More public transportation

� Support Mesa Marin

� Clean up SouthEast

� Clean up Union Ave.

� More variety of job opportunities

� Themeing in each district of city

� 18+ over Dance Clubs

� Indoor ski/snowboard park

� Renovation of Highland campus (more grass)

� More businesses on the Northeast side

� More agricultural opportunities

� Skate parks Free

� Eastside needs help! Stop Southwest!

� More rec. parks

� Fun restaurants

� We want parks fixed

� More jobs

� More opportunities for teens

� North to South Freeway on East side past Fairfax

� Smaller class sizes

� Development on Northeast side of town

� Clean up downtown

� More community organized activities

� Better recycle program

� Small businesses

� More housing developments on the East where you can�t grow anything anyway

� Do something about Union Ave. Invest some money into this neighborhood turning into a ghetto

� Public pools and parks open and accessable later, and more months out of the year

� More Ag classes

� Bigger school farm on Mt. Vernon

� More teachers

� Plant lots more trees!

� More jobs for teens, like internships

� All year round Fair

� More women�s sports

� Football team for Bakersfield

� Overpass @ 178 and Fairfax

� More Latino programs

� Basketball team

� Preserve our farmland

� Pro-sports teams: NBA, NFL, MLB, MLS, WNBA

� Major league sports arena

� Less discrimination

� Equal restoration for more run-down parts

� Homeless shelters

� Fix roads

� More recreation

� Better air quality

� More free clinics

� Green grass

� Higher paying jobs

� Bigger, better high schools

� More high school field trips

� Bowling alleys

� Marketplace & Edwards on Northeast (not Oildale)

� More scenic views

� Amusement park 24/7 at Hart Park

� Camelot Park

� UC Bakersfield

� After school programs

� Higher education for teachers

� Safe place to live

� Secured homes

� Better computer programs at school

� Clean/safe parks

� More developed downtown

� Golf courses

� More money for teachers

� IMAX Theater

� Zoo

� Clean lakes

� Cheap recreation ie mini golf

� More funding for schools (equal)

� Massive block parties � without police shutting it down

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

� Poverty

� Pollution

� East Hllls Mall

� Crime

� Mean Cops

� No more check points

� Discrimination

� 10pm curfew law

� Traffic problems

� High gas prices

� Racist comments

� Ghettos

� Fix up lower income parts of the city

� Housing projects

� Don�t build on country farmland

� Kids tried as adults

� People to serve a lesser jail time

� Pollution, litter

� Illegal immigrants

� Crowded neighborhoods

� Old run down neighborhoods

� Crime

� Drugs

� Gangs

� Holes in the roads

� Racism

� To be like L.A.

� Overpopulation

� Anymore building on farm land

� Everything moved to the South side

� Housing out in fields near Hart Park

� Canal Mall

� Gangs or tagging on the walls

� Any more laws

� No homeless

� Oildale slum

� Crack houses

� Stop sexual harassment

� Violence

� Southwest to be better than the East side of town

� Pot crops

� Discrimination

� Dirty air

� Class segregation by areas

� Any more building on the fabulous farmland in the Southwest

� Speeding laws (crack down on reckless driving)

� Hungry people/homeless

� Less separation between Southwest and Northeast � more unity rather than class comparisons � Need to Change!

� Run down sections of town

� Dairies

� Less involved customer service jobs

� Less school state testing

� Oildale ugliness

� Drug labs

� Bakersfield Police Dept.

� Pregnant teenagers

� Ugly Hwy 58 and 99

� Bums on Baker

� Anymore empty fields for lots in NE

� Ugly grass (yellow)

� Gangs, drugs, smog

� No more Walgreens or Rite Aids

� Mercado Latino

� Prostitutes

� Potholes

� Closed campus

� Fences at school

� Trashy neighborhoods

� Dilapidated buildings

� Dirty rivers

� Ugly parts of town

� Corrupt cops

� Rednecks

� Guns

� Welfare � less, much less

� Less country stuff

� Less police harrassing black people and Mexicans

Our Vision for Downtown:

� Bigger baseball field at Sam Lynn

� More business, restaurants & shopping downtown

� High speed train to L.A. & San Diego

� Better preservation of Old Town Kern

� Clubs for Teens along the So. Fork of River

� Better housing and renovation of public facilities in SE

� Affordable recreational facilities � SE

� Tear down old abandoned buildings to create better ones � SE

� Programs to help the youth get involved in helping their community

� Forest by Kern river

� Mall of America

� Trees everywhere

� Finish sidewalks � lake � park between Oak & Chester S of 24^th

� 3 story mall

� More freeways

� Theatre

� Restaurants

� Skate park and nice Mall S of California W of Union

� Outlet Center & trees near Lakeview

� Water Park N of 24^th

� Boats and river side shops along S. Fork

� Better School Systems � NE

� University � college � 34^th St

� Beale area: Lake, Mall � great, Cancer research hospital- pollution machine

� Cleaner water � plant lots of trees

� Water slide park by museum

� Zoo

� Free children�s arcade

� Clubs for 17 and under

� Stadium in E. Bakersfield

� Bigger park � Central Park

� Miniature golf

� IMAX theater

� 2 story school

� Theme park

� Indoor ski/snowboard park @ museum

� Eastside Marketplace

� Plant world

� Mall-more things to do on this side of town � S of California, bet. Union and Chester

� Lakeview: skate park, cop station, more stores, parks, jobs, no dope

� More homes and jobs in E. Bakersfield

� Indoor paintball field W of Beale

� Skate Park

� Use empty buildings N of 34^th

� Lakeview: Stop gang members and violence; better houses

� Museum on the E. side

� Library near museum

� Clean up Union Avenue

� More restaurants on California

� Hospital @ Chester & California

� Lakeview: soccer parks, super parks, 2^nd Magic Mountain, more police at nights, less trouble & violence, more stores

� Place for rodeos E of Beale

� Relieve traffic at 24^th and Oak

� More community functions E of Beale

� M.C.F. 3 on 3 tournaments

� More modern shops and stores Truxtun and Chester

� More business on Union

� A nice state-of-the-art park N of 34^th, more trees, & restaurants

� Canal walkway

� S of California bet. Union & Chester: more trees, arcade, improve this area � a park/community activity center � same @ Lakeview (really improve + more jobs)

� Close Chester: put light rail and make it old fashioned cute tourist attraction

� Get some parking complex building S of Truxtun � there�s no more room

� Restore and clean up Old Town Kern � accent our historical aspects � be proud of our history

� Restore low income apartments N of Columbus

� Better roads everywhere

� Develop Lake Ming area (campgrounds)

� Lakeview: Organize Neighborhood watch � get minority cops in here; kids activities; movie theater; clean up roads; more development in general

� Public skate park S of California bet. Union & Chester

� Between Haley & Mt. Vernon: more place to hang out and stay out of trouble

� Around Beale: Better parks (cleaner); more street lights; clean up Old Town Kern (help homeless)

� Make off ramps nicer with grass strips

� NFL football stadium

Build new shopping centers on NorthEast � get rid of empty lots