GROUP # 40 – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2004
Facilitator: Susan Smith
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Rhea Sloan

(10) Economic Development

• Job training/re-training
• More high tech jobs
• Government laws & regulations stifle new business
• Government subsidies in business
• Higher paying service jobs
• Conflict of interest between business & government/politicians
• Should government be in the development business
• Education to fill business needs
• Public apathy

(9) Government

• Concealed carry
• Public apathy re: low voter turnout
• Allow homelessness
• Public transportation
• Government subsidies in business – how long, when to stop, how much, what kind of businesses
• Smoking bans/areas
• Laws and regulations that stifle new business
• Consolidation of government services for efficiency
• Quality improvement
• Not taking personal property’s imminent domain
• Honesty & simplicity in taxation, e.g.: level tax base
• School government be in the development business?
• Do we need an arena?
• Conflict of interest between government & business

(8) Education

• Education standards “Basic Rs”
• Community resources for the middle school citizen
• End busing – devote resources to education
• Too much pressure on students e.g.: testing

(4) Media

• Parental accountability for student behavior
• Corporal punishment in schools pros & cons
• School teacher salaries
• Competition in public school system e.g.: privatization
• Common sense education
• Education vs. indoctrination
• Concern about phasing out fine arts in schools
• Job training/retraining
• Excessive administration in schools
• Education to fill business needs
• Increase partnership between education/business
• Education for anti-bias – race relations, diversity

(7) Quality of life

• Biking/walking trails
• Crime prevention
• Allow homelessness
• Address homeless problem e.g.: housing, employment, shelters
• Improve public t4ransportation
• Smoking ban
• Smoking areas
• Open spaces, e.g.: parks, recreation
• Do we need an arena?
• Cleaning the river
• Weak family structure
• Public apathy
• Education, re: race relations

(5) Infrastructures/Community Planning

• Public transportation
• Open spaces, e.g.: parks, recreation
• Cleaning the river
• Conserving of resources e.g.: suburban sprawl

(6) Health

• Medical care costs are outrageous
• Improve access to health care for uninsured, underinsured
• Access to mental health services

(4) Media

• Balanced reporting
• Show both sides of story
• Focus on local population
• Honesty in reporting

GROUP # 41 – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2004
Facilitator: Rachel Prine
Elected to the Vision Task Force: Aretha Heithaus

(10) Economic Development

• Hire Kansas graduates
• Reduce taxes
• Limiting outsourcing
• Kansas misuse of eminent domain
• Alternative tax structure
• No arena – auditorium
• Don’t – annexation of previous established neighborhoods
• More shopping venues – more parking
• Private ownership rights
• Cowley County dam & water (Anti!)
• Get money before beginning project
• Stop financing airlines
• No floating bonds
• Stop more “big box” stores
• No state owned casinos
• No slot machines
• Get more jobs – control taxation
• Make companies responsible to not hire illegal aliens
• Riverwalk – let users pay for
• Downtown parking
• Yes, slot machines by private enterprises

(9) Quality of Life

• Color Wichita visual/arts
• Affordable RX
• Enhancing health care systems
• English main language
• Legislators spend more time at home
• Parks & recreation
• Exploration Place – loosing money
• More community meetings & public discussion
• Retirement facilities
• Safety net for uninsured
• Develop something for teens & aging
• Legal issues for activities for children
• Ad voloreum tax – return to community
• No arena
• Homelessness
• Don’t build in our parks
• Town hall meetings
• Community mindedness
• Sample ballot before voting to study

(8) Education

• Education takes to much money
• Immigration – no benefits for 5 -10 yrs.
• Extreme expense of education
• Technical training
• Federal problems, i.e., Education Mandates (Immigration)

(7) Infrastructure

• Bring K-96 around
• Mass transportation
• Waste conversion
• Recycling
• Water quality/quantity
• Land use
• Roadways
• Rural water district

(6) Safety

• More executions
• Police force training
• Public safety
• Control gangs
• Rehabilitation of inmates
• Big signs (accidents)

GROUP # 42 – WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2004
Facilitator: Kris Schindler
Elected to the Vision Task Force: John Stevens

(10) Education

• Funding
• Teach basics (3 r’s)
• Arts
• Reallocate higher education funding to vocational
• Career development media centers (K-12)
• Vouchers
• Explain yearly cost per pupil
• Qualify & quantify level of education at graduation
• Increase up to date technical instruction per business need
• Teacher retention

(9) Economic Development

• Diversify manufacturing companies/bring in small companies
• Loss of agricultural business (preservation of)
• Address unemployment issues
• Less zoning & nuisance ordinances to encourage small business
• Preserve service industry

(8) Environmental Issues

• Environmental/water quality
• Solid waste/look at new technology
• Expand recycling
• City maintenance – keep areas clean

(7) Government

• Decide downtown development by public vote
• Annexation of established neighborhoods
• Judges picked by peers from pools of lawyers with term limits
• Do not consolidate city-county government
• Involve citizens in annexation planning to save tax dollars
• No fighting between cities

(6) Infrastructure

• Create southern loop by-pass (Andover, Mulvane, Haysville, Goddard, K-96)
• City maintenance
• Park maintenance & development
• Revitalize slums

(5) Quality of Life

• X games arena with motor sports
• Better coordination of service organizations city wide

(10) Education

• Focus on graduation
• Scrap school busing program
• Neighborhood schools
• More preschools
• After school educational activities
• Better funding of trade schools
• Teacher retention vs. state req.
• Teacher tenure incentives
• Grants
• Better career development in schools
• Expand entrepreneur resources
• Better fiscal education

(9) Business

• Business provide/partner daycare
• Business/government cooperatives for daycare
• Grants
• Career development/job skills
• Maximize central location U.S>
• Expand manufacturing beyond aircraft
• Expand entrepreneur resources
• Labor shortage in manufacturing
• Keeping workforce in Wichita
• Casinos to offset taxes
• Downtown development

(8) Government/Transportations/Infrastructure

• Clean river
• Drainage/flooding problems
• Grants
• Consolidation of fire, police & EMS
• Attract major airline
• Mass transit outside of city limits
• Keep McConnell AFB
• Get rid of turnpike tolls in metro area
• Recycling
• Stay ahead on major highways
• Elimination of property taxes
• Go to all sales tax
• Future water sources
• Wind farms
• Landfills vs. options

(7) Quality of Life

• Sex education
• Raise community self esteem
• Parental responsibility for adolescent actions
• Clean river
• Grants
• Investment in community quality of life
• Senior activities
• More cultural events
• Healthcare costs

(6) Entertainment/Recreation

• More after school activities
• Youth attractions
• Grants
• Motor sports complex
• Maximize U.S. central location
• Unique attraction not in neighboring state
• Downtown arena
• Make Coliseum a casino
• Expand dog track
• Pro basketball – no competing neighbor states
• More cultural events
• Casinos to offset taxes
• Create tourist attractions
• Downtown development
• More family entertainment
• Land of Oz theme park
• Senior attractions

(10) Economic Development

• Job training/retraining
• Energy costs
• Attract younger workers
• Attract jobs
• Diversification of business
• Casino
• Government incentives for small business
• Growth of medical industry
• Support Fair Fares
• Navigable waterway
• Expand airport

(9) Education

• Bureaucracy in schools
• Community support of arts
• Increase school funding
• Raise teacher salaries
• School district consolidation
• Educational pay for performance

(8) Quality of Life

• Single parent children programs
• Community image
• Young family attractions
• Community involvement
• Tourist attractions
• More lakes
• Build on our strengths
• Create a family oriented community
• Casino
• Cultural arts
• Community support of arts
• More parks
• Accessibility to parks
• Community park programs
• Smoking in buildings
• Availability of health insurance
• Home ownership programs

(7) Infrastructure

• Cost of energy
• Improved roads
• Navigable waterway
• More lakes
• Expand airport
• Clean river/environment
• Recycling
• Long term trash solution/incinerator
• Intelligent transportation system
• 47th & Broadway interchange
• Improving emergency services

(6) Government

• Allow community leaders to lead
• More cooperation between law enforcement & public
• Eliminate city manager position
• Affordability of health insurance
• Consolidate city/county emergency response

(10) Economic Development thru Entrepreneurship

• Zoning & nuisance laws (small business friendly)
• Invite entrepreneur spirit
• Partnering with WSU entrepreneur program
• Job revitalization
• Study what growing communities are doing (i.e. Johnson Co.)
• Economic development
• Business/education partnerships
• Regional business incubators

(9) Improving Education

• Increase parent responsibility
• Reading early
• Tutoring
• Refocus what we are training out children to do (in the job market)
• Business/education partnerships
• Emphasize foreign languages
• Educating our children for a global market
• Encourage informal mentoring
• Private schools
• Quality education for all
• Analyze “no child left behind”
• Increase graduation rate
• Increase access to technology for all
• Improve teaching & learning
• Better educate youth on need/importance of higher education
• Keeping college graduates

(8) Community Involvement

• Neighborhood association involvement
• Mirror “Parents as Teachers” program
• Encouraging voters voting
• Promote children involvement in community
• Pre-voters ballots/sample ballots with candidate data
• Clean up neighborhoods
• Increase parent responsibility
• Encourage informal mentoring
• Youth community involvement

(7) Marketing Regional Image

• Marketing a positive image of south Wichita
• Get rid of objectionable businesses
• Community pride
• Enforcement of existing ordinances
• Coordinating marketing programs to attract families to Kansas
• Marketing for Kansas
• Adherence to grandfather rules
• Keep high school & college graduates in Kansas

(5.5) Quality of Life

• Adherence to grandfather rules
• Promote arts in the community
• Higher quality of life
• Increased recreational opportunities for people in area
• Equity in available recreation activities
• Auto inspection policy
• Increase after school program budget
• Health care

(5.5) Improve Infrastructure

• Freeway connecting Haysville/Mulvane/Derby/Wichita area
• Recycle program
• Trash management
• Use landfill as mountain(s) for snow slopes

(4) Health Concerns

• Healthcare
• Health services
• Fluoride in water
• Teen pregnancy
• Substance abuse treatment
• Mental handicap programs for early intervention

(3) Positive Leadership

• Do not unite city & county government

(10) Economic Development

• Attract younger workers
• High tech jobs
• Balanced employment opportunities
• Attract high paying jobs
• Utilize college graduates from local institutions

(9) Infrastructure

• SW development implementation
• Restaurants & shopping within walking distance of hotels
• Nice entry, dress up entries
• Highway reconstruction
• Faster communication – improved technology
• Reduce street flooding
• Move traffic more efficiently

(7.5) Education

• Higher academic standards (all levels)
• Stop university tuition increases
• Adequate financing for suburban libraries
• Increase teachers salaries
• Cut administrative costs in schools

(7.5) Image and Marketing

• No major tourist attractions
• Promote local tourism
• 20,000 seat arena
• Increase convention space
• Indian bingo
• Improve tourism – casinos
• Restaurants & shopping within walking distance of hotels
• Support arts/culture museums with tax dollars

(6) Consolidated Government

• Government consolidation
• Government cooperation
• School consolidation
• Unify government – reduce discrimination

(5) Waste Management

• Solid Waste
• Effective recycling program

(3.5) Good Government

• Reconsider the need for consultants
• Overburden tax on business
• Tax abatement for all to make local business more competitive globally

(3.5) Public Transportation

• Airport hub
• Railway crossing delays
• Mass transportation
• Rail transportation coast to coast
• High speed rail transportation

(2) Environmental

• Renewable energy such as wind power
• Green space between Wichita & suburbs

(1) Job Skills

• Welfare to work programs
• Daycare assistance
• Promote government programs for businesses addressing expansion & training

(10) Quality of Life

• No dirt streets
• Arts for average Joe
• Family activities
• $15 - $20 arts events
• Clean environment
• Subsidized festivals
• Better RV parks
• More community arts
• More museums & support
• Parks
• Family dining
• Casinos
• Teen activities
• Neighborhood quality of life
• Lower noise pollution

(9) Education

• K-12
• Pre-K child education – high quality
• Better training for street maintenance crews
• Better knowledge of laws & regulations
• Drug & alcohol prevention
• After school programs
• Parental education

(8) Infrastructure

• Water quality
• Good streets
• Drainage
• Public transportation
• Better parking (downtown)
• Bridge over Big Ditch
• Better shuttles & access to downtown
• Recycling
• Better signage (maintenance)
• Herzog landfill into rec.
• Kid friendly transportation
• Passenger rail service
• Make it easier to get to Wichita

(7) Economic Development

• Better incentives fro small business
• Help small businesses

(6) Government

• Personal access to city/county government
• Honest government
• Merge city/county government
• Government entities meet in evening
• Better communication with community advocates
• User friendly listings for government departments
• Do away with special taxes
• Evaluate taxation procedures
• Stop bonds to biz that goes overseas
• Clawbacks
• Funding of library
• Focus on assets & strengths
• Access to government
• Expansion of downtown library
• Moving libraries to the information age

(10) Human Services

• Fun, safe activities for youth
• Care for aging population
• Improve runaway/youth shelter/care
• Youth employment training
• Knowledge management (mentor opportunity) older/younger
• Affordable health care
• Prevent sexual exploitation
• Increase homeless/youth shelters
• Improve social safety net
• Integration of senior citizens into community
• Drug abuse issues
• Suicide prevention/counseling
• Senior citizen activity/support infrastructure
• Family friendly environment

(9) Education

• Maintaining arts in education
• Accessible training opportunities
• Controlled child development
• Let kids play
• Decreased testing in schools
• Allow individual teaching styles
• Inspire youth development
• Teach citizenship skills to youth

(8) Government

• Not consolidating city/county
• No eminent domain private property
• Recycling/manage waste water
• Family value in local government
• Fair tax system
• Promote Visioneering to whole MSA
• Government cooperation
• City/county checks & balances
• Eminent domain only for public use
• Land use management/planning
• Good road system/traffic management
• Modify zoning ordinances to promote growth
• Public representation prior to ordinance in action
• Water supply/clean water
• Protect property nights
• Protection of citizen’s rights
• Reduce crime
• Increased personal security

(7) Media

• Fair and balanced media, bi-partisan

(6) Environmental

• Waste management
• Effective drainage/flood control

(5) Commerce/Private Industry

• Reasonable growth
• Redevelop internal markets
• Maximize private funding
• Minimum taxation