The City Council heard updates on broadband internet service and water reliability Tuesday, beginning with a review by Economic Development Department Manager Mario Giuliani on the history and progress of bringing broadband internet service to the Industrial Park. In 2010, Giuliani reminded the council, the city commissioned a survey to determine the status of internet […]
Industrial Park zoning tops planning agenda
The subject of personal service uses in Benicia’s Industrial Park (BIP) made up the sole agenda item at last Thursday’s planning commission meeting – and it will likely remain a major theme for the 2017 commission term. The item was a continuation from the previous planning commission meeting of Oct. 13. The commission had requested […]
Leaking commercial water pipe to be repaired
(UPDATE: This leak has been repaired as of noon yesterday) Brad Woltz, a concerned Benicia resident, contacted the Herald Friday to report a leak he had observed over the past five weeks, issuing a steady stream of water from a pipe joint on Industrial Way, in the Benicia Industrial Park. Woltz claimed to have contacted […]
Car carriers derailed in Benicia Friday
A Benicia Industrial Park business owner told the Herald on Friday that three car-carrier rail cars had derailed that morning, some time before 10:30 a.m., and traffic was completely blocked on Bayshore Road at the driveway leading into the Amports parking lot near the Benicia Bridge. One lane of traffic was cleared by about […]
Planning Commission hears Industrial Park update
At its regular meeting Thursday, the Benicia Planning Commission heard a report back from the subcommittee charged with evaluating personal service uses in the industrial park. The commission also acknowledged the addition of one new commission member, Daina Dravieks Apple, and two additions to city staff, namely Assistant Planner Adrian Lopez and Interim Principal Planner […]
Candidate Spotlight: Planning Commissioner Steve Young will make bid for City Council
Steve Young, a current member of Benicia’s Planning Commission, is looking to make the leap to the City Council. Young’s decision to run was partly influenced by the Council’s decision to delay Valero’s Crude-By-Rail Project rather than deny the refinery a permit to have its crude oil delivered by railroad rather than by boat. The […]
From military to industrial: Benicia’s ‘overnight’ transition
How a refinery and the Industrial Park shaped the city In Benicia’s not-too-distant past, its financial situation was so dire that employees who were handed checks on Friday were told not to cash them until Tuesday. That was before the U.S. Army announced in the early 1960s that the Benicia Arsenal would be the first […]