Opponents of the project very happy at company s withdrawal
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Sunwalker Energy has withdrawn its application with Alameda County for a conditional use permit to develop a solar energy project in northern Livermore.
The project was under appeal and set to return to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors on June 3, following the supervisors request for more information on the developer s agricultural management plan. In light of the company s withdrawal, there will be no further review of the project.
Looming legal and policy issues, the difficulty of maintaining investor interest in the project along with the time and additional resources that would be needed to fulfill the supervisors request without a clear outcome for the project, were among the reasons for Sunwalker s decision, according to county planning staff.
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LIVERMORE â The East County Board of Zoning Adjustments (BZA) last week voted to move forward with the smaller of two controversial solar utility-scale projects set for North Livermore.
Aramis, the larger 410-acre project also set for North Livermore, already gained approval from the BZA on Nov. 24.
At its Dec. 10 meeting, the BZA â absent board member Scott Beyer â approved the 59-acre Sunwalker projectâs conditional use permit (CUP) and certified the environmental impact report (EIR) with conditions. The project site sits at 4871 N. Livermore Ave., at the intersection of North Livermore Avenue and May School Road.
Board member Frank Imhof said the project should have a 100-foot buffer zone on three of the projectâs sides and landscape berms with agriculture along the perimeter. He added that a bond should be in place, obligating the applicant to restore the land to its original form if the project were never completed. Board member Derek Eddy said the pr