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Agenda Item No. 3A

November 12, 2024

TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members

Attention: Aaron M. Busch, City Manager

FROM: Don Burrus, Director of Economic Development Services

(Staff contact: Don Burrus (707) 449-5611)

SUBJECT: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MANUFACTURING INITIATIVE

UPDATE AND STATE OF THE BIOMANUFACTURING INDUSTRY UPDATE

ACTION FOR CONSIDERATION:

No action is required.

RECOMMENDATION:

The council receives the information.

BACKGROUND:

On June 25, 2019, the City Council authorized the development of the Biotechnology and

Advanced Manufacturing Attraction initiative. Since then the City of Vacaville, with the

assistance of consultant Matt Gardner, Principal of Innovation Counselors, LLC., has been

working to implement the newly developed Biotechnology and Advanced Manufacturing

Initiative. This initiative is an economic development investment strategy that plans to capitalize

on Vacaville’s strengths in life science and advanced manufacturing, which have become the

new economic drivers of the community. Implementation of this strategy has the potential to

grow the City’s tax base, create jobs, and strengthen the local and regional economy.

The Strategy was developed in three phases:

PHASE ONE: Plan Development.

This phase of the strategy, approved by the Council on February 25, 2020, involved a detailed

analysis of the two industries, recommendations for new branding efforts, and unique zoning for

Vacaville. It also included a proposed marketing plan and the development of new marketing

materials and tools. Following the approval of this phase, staff began working on its

implementation, which has now been completed.

PHASE TWO: Foundations.

Approved by Council on April 28, 2020. The primary tasks associated with Phase Two consisted