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The thriving, vibrant City of Vacaville is located in northern Solano County, midway between Sacramento and San Francisco. The city limits encompass approximately 27 square miles of scenic landscape bordered by rolling hillsides. Nearly 100,000 residents call Vacaville home. Since the 1960’s, Vacaville has transformed from a small agricultural community into a dynamic city, but remains a “small town at heart”, with residents priding themselves on a friendly atmosphere and high level of community involvement. Major employers include Genentech, whose Vacaville campus will provide 1,500 jobs in the growing biotech industry when their expansion project is completed in 2009. Vacaville provides an ideal setting in which to live, work, and play. As one of California’s most attractive family communities, Vacaville offers affordable housing, high quality schools, a wide variety of programs for youth, and numerous community events. Vacaville is a safe community, enjoying the third lowest crime level in California when compared to cities of similar size. The ideal geographic location provides numerous “day trip” opportunities to visit beaches, redwoods, wine country, San Francisco, or Lake Tahoe. Arts and entertainment options and outdoor pursuits abound in the immediate area as well. Residents and visitors enjoy strolling, dining, or just relaxing in the revitalized historic downtown, with its scenic Creekwalk and recently completed Town Square. A thriving retail district along Interstate 80 offers excellent shopping options, including one of the largest factory outlet complexes in the states. The community has one existing hospital, a large medical clinic and Kaiser is slated to open a hospital in 2009. A recent survey found that 95% of residents rate Vacaville as a “good” or “excellent” place in which to live. THE CITY ORGANIZATION Vacaville is a general law city incorporated in 1892 and governed by a five-member City Council that includes the Mayor. The Council is elected at-large to four-year staggered terms. The Council appoints the City manager and the City attorney, while the City Clerk and City Treasurer are elected to four-year terms. City staff enjoy a mutually positive, professional, and respectful relationship with the Council. The City has four council-appointed commissions: Planning Commission, Housing & Redevelopment commission, Community Services Commission, and the Commission on Aging. The City is a full-service municipality with 582 full-time positions and several hundred part-time and seasonal employees assigned to the following departments: Police, Fire, Public Works, Community Development, Housing & Redevelopment, Community Service, Finance, Human Resources, City Attorney’s Office and City manager’s Office. The City organization is committed to providing outstanding customer service and maintaining Vacaville’s sense of community. Core values include responsiveness, inclusiveness, innovation, and accountability. These values are manifest in numerous partnerships with the community and within the organization. A collaborative relationship with employees is seen as fundamental to achieving the city’s mission. Employee advisory committees, management-labor cooperative committees, an active employee recognition program, and an extensive leadership development program are all indicative of the value that the organization places on its employees and their role as partners in enhancing the quality of life in the community. As a result of this commitment to customer service, the city organization enjoys a very high level of community support. When surveyed, 81% of residents said that their city government does a “good” or “excellent” job of providing services, and 92% described city employees as courteous and helpful. In November 2005, residents affirmed their confidence in their city by passing Measure G, which allows the city to continue an existing tax, helping to ensure that existing services to the community can be maintained. |
      
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