City History:
The City of Arvin is located in Kern County about 15 miles southeast of the City of Bakersfield, California and 86 miles Northwest of Los Angeles. The City is part of the Bakersfield Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) with a population of about 16,200, (Arvin website), (City of Arvin, 2011). In the 1907, citizens started to arrive to Arvin; however, the community was incorporated as a city in 1960. In the 1930s, the community labor was in the oil fields, but during the 1950s become an agricultural community, (City of Arvin, 2011). The city has a council/manager form of government and is governed by a five member elected council. The city manager is appointed by the city council. The city of Arvin provides the following services: Police, community services, street reconstruction and maintenance, planning and zoning, street cleaning, transit, sanitation, and general administration services. The Kern County Fire Department has a contract with the city of Arvin to provide service to the community.
As of today the city of Arvin has no established a mission statement for their community. The finance director David Powell explained that the reason for not having a mission statement was because the city has been under reconstruction for a period of time. Nevertheless, they had started one, but since the departure of the city manager, they have focused in areas regarding the city administration. However, since 2004-2005 the city administration set a list of goals to accomplish through a period of years. Since 2004, the city of Arvin has been reconstructing the streets and city buildings to invite more businesses to the city. They also have constructed a soccer park and a public swimming pool. The administration is also pl...
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...s during the last years and current year to achieve a better community in the city. The city has adapted to the idea of new business growth which will benefit the city and also will bring new opportunities for the community. The goals of improving the streets have been accomplished and they will continue to improve the business zone. The administration has been able to allocate money and have enough funds to provide services.
Works Cited
City of Arvin, (2011). Welcome to Arvin. Retrieved from http://www.arvin.org/
Enterprise Zone, (2011). Retrieved from
http://www.arvin.org/ez.html
Measure L, (2011). Sources and Uses. Retrieved from http://www.arvin.org/Public_Records/city_council_all_records/measures/measure-l-analysis.pdf
Public Records (Budgets). Retrieved from
http://www.arvin.org/Public_Records/records_city_council.htm
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