GROUP # 36 – TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2004
Facilitator: David Warren
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Richard Lewis

(10) Economic Development

• Downtown arena
• Decent workforce
• Promote small business development
• Clean river with recreational usage
• Strategic focus economic development
• Address ethnic issues
• Ark River navigation – Wichita – Tulsa – Great Bend
• Comprehensive marketing strategy & accountable sales organizations
• Bring back WSU football
• Stop subsidizing Air Tran
• Improve highway access to Town West from Kellogg
• Maintain current infrastructure
• Buy Wichita
• Bring medium-size growing companies to Wichita
• Less city-business collusion
• Promote Wichita as Regional Medical Center

(9) Quality of Life

• Smoke free
• Family stability
• Curbside recycling
• Downtown arena
• Support YMCA
• County wide public transportation
• Enhanced library facilities
• Support arts & culture
• Involve youth in adult decision making
• Clean river with recreational usage
• Address problems of ethnic groups
• Homeless strategy
• Better zoning – better architecture
• Improve big ditch – facilitate all types rec.
• Bike trails – rural too
• Preserve & restore historical sites and amenities
• Public restrooms in Old Town & parks
• Driver training – enforcement – courteous
• More trees & less pavement downtown

(8) Family – Social Issues

• Preteen sex education
• Parenting training
• Address ethnic issues
• Stop forced racial busing
• Parental discipline of children in schools
• Mandatory life studies courses in high school
• Aging issues (health, housing, etc.)
• Mandatory parent training for at-risk students
• Expand Parents as Teachers program

(7) Education

• Support YMCA
• Enhanced library facilities
• Improve education – college, secondary
• Better public communication, especially public newspaper
• Address ethnic issues
• Early childhood & Headstart program
• Higher learning expectations in early child hood
• Preteen sex education
• Mandatory parent training
• Stop forced busing
• Parental discipline of children in schools
• Technical & vocational schools – meet needs of students & employers
• Understand SWOT
• Expand Parents as Teachers program

(5.5) Image

• Support for arts & culture
• Clean river with recreational usage
• Invest in , preserve, improve quality neighborhoods
• Better public communication, especially public newspaper
• Consolidate willing city police forces under Sedgwick County sheriff
• Address ethnic issues
• Rename Z00 – “Z00 Wichita”
• Better zoning – better architecture
• Comprehensive marketing strategy – accountable sales organization
• Improve Big Ditch to facilitate all types of recreation
• Bring back WSU football
• Improve access to Town West from Kellogg
• More trees & less pavement downtown
• Sell Wichita
• Reduce visual clutter (signs tower)
• Make Wichita real Air Capital

(5.5) Government

• Curbside recycling
• Countywide public transportation
• Involve youth in adult decision making process
• Citizen responsive government
• Consolidate willing city police forces under Sedgwick County sheriff
• Address ethnic issues
• Consolidate city & county everything
• Improve drainage systems – control street flooding
• Non-partisan appointed judges
• Stop subsidizing Air Tran
• Improve access to Town West from Kellogg
• Maintain current infrastructure
• Less city/business collusion
• More citizen input on Comprehensive Plan
• Reduce taxes
• Code enforcement improvement

(4) Housing – Neighborhoods

• Decent workforce housing
• Invest in, preserve, improve quality neighborhoods
• Address ethnic issues
• Pave streets throughout Wichita
• Improve drainage system – control street flooding
• Homeless strategy
• Preserve & restore historical sites & amenities
• Infill housing development

GROUP # 37 – TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2004
Facilitator: Jeff Longwell
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Mike Relihan

(10) Economic Development

• Diversify job market
• Higher paying jobs
• Tourism
• Regional economic development
• Tourism partnerships/private business
• Capitalization of “Heartland” hub
• Downtown development
• Airline hub
• Traffic infrastructure (maintain/improve)
• Mass transit
• Marketing of Wichita to extl.
• Combat youth brain drain
• Medical service expansion/diversification

(9) Quality of Life

• Positive youth activities
• Neighborhood identities
• Adult sports leagues
• Encourage personal responsibility
• Smoke-free restaurants
• Intergenerational activities
• Volunteer opportunities
• Positive youth recognition, youth/seniors
• Internal self promotion, feeling good about ourselves
• Local folks tourism
• Enhancing mid. Income housing opps.
• Tax abatements for housing renov.
• Senior citizen issues (activities support, etc.)
• Ethnic diversity (neighborhoods)
• WSU football!!!

(8) Education

• Fine arts emphasis
• P.E. emphasis
• Excellence in higher education
• Teaching fiscal responsibility
• Ethnic diversity
• Business – works?

(7) Government/Leadership

• Consolidation of government services (efficiencies)
• Government do it all?
• Get along
• Communication of needs
• Efficiently citizens government
• Partnerships (civic, private, etc.)
• Lower taxes
• Tax accountability
• Cooperation/unification area communities
• Leadership development
• Character development – ethics
• Positive youth recognition

(6) Heath Care

• Access to
• Lack of
• Teen sex/pregnancy
• Obesity
• Drug & alcohol abuse, prevention & treatment
• Smoking, teens/adults
• Dental care
• Fluoridation
• Incentives for disease prevention (wellness)

(5) Environment

• Alternative energy sources
• Water management
• Utilizing/promoting national resources
• Recycling
• Environment responsibility
• Controlling urban sprawl

(4) Public Safety

• Prevent/treat teen rape
• Crime prevention

GROUP # 38 – TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2004
Facilitator: Lib Hooper
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Luke Luttrell

(10) Economic Development

• Expand overseas markets for Wichita/Kansas products
• Development of Cowley County Lake
• Wind power
• Alternative agriculture (land institute)
• Image & marketing
• Make Wichita “true” Air Capital
• Self image
• Revised economic model for service industry
• Chamber of Commerce more active in promoting Wichita activities
• Aircraft companies involved with air museums
• Look at total health care needs for region (study)
• Creating new jobs
• Keeping jobs in Kansas
• Big enough arena – 15,000
• Develop computer & electronic industry
• Wichita rank as pro business for all

(9) Quality of Life

• Promote unique social & retail culture opportunities
• Support for community wide core values
• More housing choices (smart growth, affordability)
• Better police traffic control
• Quality & quantity of high school extra curricular activities outside of schools
• Preserving historical assets
• Outdoor (urban) recreational facility
• Anti-smoking ordinance
• Arkansas River clean up
• Quality of drinking water
• Utilize current outdoor facilities
• Community ideas for Exploration Place
• Perception of Wichita – quality of life
• New arena – no block seats
• Diversify ethnic community involvement – different nationalities
• Pursue quality of life for handicap
• Theme parks
• Old Town development – increased
• Affordable health insurance for all including prescription drugs

(8) Education

• School district consolidation and alignment
• Expand entrepreneurship education (youth)
• Expand International Baccalaureate program (East High)
• Better graduation rates (minorities)
• Technical schools ? future
• Commercial pilot training
• Law school
• Increase number of college bound seniors
• Develop WSU as a top research institute
• Strategic marketing plan for higher education (utilize area colleges)

(7) Governments

• One unified city/county government
• Annual lottery financial report
• Reduce property tax for elderly
• Efficient use of resources – less waste
• Better pay for police/EMS/fire
• Shared public & private risk for economic development projects

(6) Growth Management Infrastructure

• Urban growth boundaries forcing redevelopment
• Downtown development
• Resolve long standing traffic issues
• Progressive trash management policy
• Recycling required

(5) Generational

• Increased young adult involvement
• Keeping and involving younger adults in Wichita (retention)
• Youth involvement on community/corporate boards
• Quality of life for elderly

(10) Economic Development

• Maximize private participation in visioning process – provide funding
• Free market principle
• Develop young professional opportunities
• Recruit/maintain minority professionals
• Downtown revitalization
• Small business development
• Planning a growth
• Incentives for corporations
• Recycling
• Diversify economy
• Public-private collaboration
• Job quality expansion
• Vertically integrate agricultural products
• Keeping youth in Sedgwick County workforce
• Re-zoning

(8.5) Education

• Youth & safety education
• Post secondary technical education
• Encourage private schools (voucher system)
• Education – health care for disadvantaged
• Equality of resources for disadvantaged
• Raising standards of expectations for education system
• Protection of citizen property rights – curriculum

(8.5) Government

• Government accountability/reform
• Strengthen social services
• Consolidate
• Not=consolidate
• Re-create democratic process (CPO’s)
• Eminent domain – public use only (not a business)
• Diversification of government
• Pool system for judges (not elected – not appointed)
• Unity of south central legislation delegation in Topeka
• City county coordination/communication improved
• Protect citizens property rights
• Law enforcement accountability

(7) Quality of Life

• Youth safety
• Re-zoning
• Public infrastructure
• Planning developments – smart growth – sprawl
• Greater equality among ethnic groups
• Entertainment
• Protect enhanced park system
• Community pride
• Focus on history & culture of Wichita – PR & marketing
• Green environment
• Area child hospital
• Activity for elderly (and care)
• Strengthen social services

(6) Infrastructure

• Public transportation
• 911 access (phone pool)
• landfill
• green environment
• strengthen social services