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Solano County accepts $19.84 million FEMA grant for justice campus flood protections; board approves compressed schedule
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 to accept a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award to fund flood-protection work at the county justice campus in Fairfield and authorized expedited contracting and delegated authorities to meet FEMA deadlines.
The Solano County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday accepted a $19,844,231 Hazard Mitigation Grant Program award from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to augment funding for an asset-protection project at the county justice campus in Fairfield.
The project, now estimated at about $33 million, seeks to shield the courthouse, jail and other campus facilities from repeated stormwater and tidal flooding. The board voted 5-0 to accept the grant, approve associated appropriations and give staff authority to move forward with procurement and limited contractual delegations necessary to meet the grant’s performance timeline.
The grant requires faster delivery than the county had planned. “The 36-month project length that we needed has been reduced to 20 months,” Solano County General…
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