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Council renews Downtown Vacaville BID and approves $150,000 supplemental funding for 2026
Summary
Council approved renewal of the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District, the 2026 district management plan, and a one‑year draft management agreement that includes up to $150,000 in supplemental city funding to support events, marketing and merchant directories, while staff committed to outreach about BID boundaries and business engagement.
Vacaville’s City Council voted to renew the Downtown Vacaville Business Improvement District (DVBID) and approve a one‑year management agreement and assessment collection for 2026, including a staff recommendation to provide up to $150,000 in supplemental city funding.
Aaron Horace (Community and Economic Development staff) and Leanne White, the DVBID executive director, reviewed the BID’s 2025 accomplishments — a year‑round farmers market, the Downtown Shakedown event and rising sales‑tax momentum in downtown — and presented a 2026 strategic plan focused on events, marketing and business support. White said the farmers market grew from about 86,000 visits in 2024 to about 117,000 in 2025 and described a multichannel marketing plan and an events calendar designed to build downtown foot traffic.
Several downtown business owners told the council they feel the BID’s geographic boundary includes properties that receive little direct benefit from downtown events and asked whether the assessment footprint could be revisited. Staff acknowledged those concerns and committed to at least two business‑owner meetings and additional outreach, and noted that changing the BID boundary would be a separate statutory process governed by state law. The city manager and staff said they will work with the DVBID on vendor outreach, a strategic plan and a combined events calendar.
Council approved the management plan renewal and the proposed funding and asked staff to return with further vetting and business outreach results.
What happens next: staff will conduct business‑owner meetings and surveys as part of the BID renewal process, revisit outreach strategy and report back to council; the supplemental funding will be administered under a one‑year agreement with reporting requirements.
