FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
Solano County is investing $36 million into new energy efficiency and reliability infrastructure. Pictured here is a solar array at the top of a parking structure in downtown Fairfield. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic)
Solano County to invest $38M into energy infrastructure
FAIRFIELD Solano County supervisors are banking on energy cost savings to pay for most of the $38.08 million in new and upgraded power infrastructure they recently approved.
Megan Greve, director of county General Services, said in an interview Friday that the county pays about $3 million a year in utility costs. That is the entire county and not just the project sites.
State says nearly 73% of fire debris removed from Solano, Napa, Sonoma
Terry Schmidtbauer, director of the Solano County Department of Resource Management
FAIRFIELD Nearly 73% of the debris left behind by last summer’s devastating wildfires – including the LNU Lightning Complex Fire – has been cleared away as part of the state’s Consolidated Debris Removal Program.
State contractors have removed debris from 101, or 87.8%, of the 115 participating properties in Solano County, according to a statement released by the state Office of Emergency Services and Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery. Crews thus far have completed erosion control operations on 16 of the cleared properties and said 15 are eligible to rebuild.
FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
A house burns in the LNU Lightning Complex Fire in rural Vacaville, Wednesday Aug. 19, 2020. (Robinson Kuntz/Daily Republic file)
LNU Fire recovery plan updated for Solano supervisors
FAIRFIELD One of the most terrifying characteristics of the LNU Lightning Complex Fire was the speed with which it blazed through the Vacaville hills.
But there is nothing fast about recovery, and to help keep on top of local planning and agency compliance, the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday received an update on the recovery plan.
It was actually the second quarterly update of the plan that was addressed. The first was in January.
LNU assistance center going up in Vaca; board OKs fee reductions
The county estimates it will lose nearly $1.69 million in revenue.
The board also agreed to place a temporary assistance center at the county property on Brown Street in Vacaville, next to the William J. Carroll Government Center.
Staff expects the center to be operational for three to five years.
The site was the proposed location of the Tiny Shelters project, and one area resident was concerned that the activity at the site, without any effort by the county to let area residents know what is happening, is going to cause some panic.