AIRPORT MEASURE APPROVED VOTERS CAN HAVE LAST WORD ON ANY EXPANSION PROPOSAL.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer BURBANK - Along with helping pick the next U.S. president Nov. 7, Burbank voters will decide whether they should have final say over an expansion plan for the Burbank Airport. The Burbank City Council unanimously agreed at a meeting Tuesday night to place an ordinance A law, statute, or regulation enacted by a Municipal Corporation. An ordinance is a law passed by a municipal government. A municipality, such as a city, town, village, or borough, is a political subdivision of a state within which a municipal corporation has been on the ballot changing the municipal code to ensure that no agreements will be valid until voters approve. ``I think this is a step in the right direction,'' said Vice Mayor Bob Kramer. ``This should give the people of Burbank the knowledge and the ability to have the last say on whatever agreement we come up with.'' If voters pass the ordinance, the City Council would be forever bound to seek voter approval before signing any agreement with the Burbank- Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. or expand the 14-gate terminal. The ballot measure is expected to cost the city $47,000 for the county to put it on the ballot and other election materials as part of its general election. The idea came after the council's rejection of a petition by the activist group Restore Our Airport Rights, which wanted to place an initiative on the February 2001 ballot. The activist group had collected enough signatures to qualify its ballot measure demanding a night curfew curfew [O.Fr.,=cover fire], originally a signal, such as the ringing of a bell, to damp the fire, extinguish all lights in the dwelling, and retire for the night. The custom originated as a precaution against fires and was common throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. on flights and other restrictions, but the petitions were disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. for improper identification of the ROAR group's members. ROAR asked the council to put its measure on the ballot anyway, but some council members said it was too restrictive and would prevent the city from negotiating at all. ROAR officials are revising their petition and plan to submit the new document to the city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". early next week. They said they hope to be out gathering another round of signatures by early June. The council, meanwhile, chose to go ahead with its own initiative. By binding the city to put its airport agreement to a vote of the people, it would take another vote of the electorate to undo To restore the last editing operation that has taken place. For example, if a segment of text has been deleted or changed, performing an undo will restore the original text. Programs may have several levels of undo, including being able to reconstruct the original data for all edits or change any accord. At this point, the ballot measure would not include a specific expansion plan because the airport authority and the city are still negotiating an agreement for one. The parties are expected to meet with the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control in Washington, D.C., on Friday to discuss the agency's concerns about the tentative agreement unveiled last August. Howard Rothenbach, a ROAR representative, said he will apply to write the argument against the measure passed by the Council Tuesday. ``This is woefully woe·ful also wo·ful adj. 1. Affected by or full of woe; mournful. 2. Causing or involving woe. 3. Deplorably bad or wretched: inadequate. There are no protections for the people in it,'' he told the council. ``It's the absolute minimum that can be offered to the people.'' |
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