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Receive an update from the Incident Command Unit regarding the LNU Lightning Complex Fire emergency response and recovery efforts and current status of state and federal guidance regarding debris removal and funding requests.
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Incident Command staff recommends that the Board receive an update regarding the LNU Lightning Complex response and recovery efforts and current status of state and federal guidance regarding debris removal and funding requests.
SUMMARY:
The extent of damage attributed to the LNU Lightning Complex Fire has become clearer in the past few weeks. Cal Fire reports, which have affirmed by the Sheriff's Office and the Vacaville Fire Protection District, indicate 2 lives lost, 309 homes and 854 structures destroyed with additional loss or damage to related structures such as wells, septic tanks and perimeter fences. Other losses include 1426 PG&E power poles, 1818 feet of destroyed guardrail, 6 severely damaged culverts and 1000 burned trees within or along road rights of way. The loss of vegetative cover, wildlife and farm animals has also been extensive with a burn area extending north to south of over 15 miles and up to 7.5 miles wide. The extent of property loss and damage is unprecedented in recent Solano County history. In response to the fire and the destruction it caused, emergency declarations were made or confirmed by the Governor on August 18, 2020, the County Administrator on August 19, 2020, the President of the United States on August 22, 2020 and the Board of Supervisors on August 25, 2020.
The Board last received an update on the LNU Lightning Complex Fire on September 1, 2020. In conjunction with the update, the Board adopted an Urgency Ordinance establishing requirements for debris removal in the burn areas. The Board also adopted a resolution temporarily waiving fees for cert...
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