AIRPORT PANEL VOTES TO TRY SEIZING SITE OF FORMER PLANT.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer Airport commissioners voted Monday to attempt taking 140 acres of environmentally contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. Lockheed Martin land by eminent domain eminent domain, the right of a government to force the owner of private property sell it if it is needed for a public use. The right is based on the doctrine that a sovereign state has dominion over all lands and buildings within its borders, which has its origins in , claiming they must have the property for a proposed expanded terminal. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority and Lockheed Martin Corp. officials have been trying to cut a deal on the property for some 15 years. But negotiations reached an impasse in June when Lockheed Martin rejected a $39 million offer for the land, said Victor Gill, a spokesman for the authority. However, that offer came with the caveat that Lockheed would pick up the tab for the cleanup effort, which has an estimated price tag of $36 million. That means the net offer was just $3 million, Gill said. The authority instructed its lawyers Monday to file a condemnation proceeding in Los Angeles Superior Court. Carl Raggio, a Glendale appointee APPOINTEE. A person who is appointed or selected for a particular purpose; as the appointee under a power, is the person who is to receive the benefit of the trust or power. on the airport authority, said Lockheed wanted $100 million, but that was more than double what the airport's appraisers said the parcel was worth. The land in question is adjacent to Burbank Airport and is known as Lockheed's B-6 site. It was used for building aircraft for six decades before Lockheed moved its manufacturing operations to Marietta, Ga., and Palmdale in the early 1990s. The B-6 site is located north of San Fernando Boulevard, east of Hollywood Way, south of Winona Avenue and west of the airport's north-south runway. According to an environmental impact study completed to evaluate the effects of an airport expansion, both the soil and groundwater at the site are contaminated with volatile organic compounds volatile organic compound Environment Any toxic cabon-based (organic) substance that easily become vapors or gases–eg, solvents–paint thinners, lacquer thinner, degreasers, dry cleaning fluids , including trichloroethylene trichloroethylene /tri·chlo·ro·eth·y·lene/ (-eth´i-len) a clear, mobile liquid used as an industrial solvent; formerly used as an inhalant anesthetic. tri·chlo·ro·eth·yl·ene n. and perchloroethylene per·chlor·o·eth·yl·ene n. Abbr. PCE A colorless, nonflammable organic solvent, Cl2C:CCl2, used in dry-cleaning solutions and as an industrial solvent. . Lockheed Martin officials could not be reached for comment Monday on the decision. Besides battling with Lockheed Martin over the purchase price, the decision is also likely to raise the hackles hackles the hairs over the neck and back that are elevated by arrector pili muscles in response to fright or anger. A mechanism to threaten opponents, perhaps by appearing larger. of Burbank city officials, who have been trying to block the authority from selling the land. The authority is a separate governmental entity created by the state Legislature in the 1970s to run the airport. ``We're committed to pursuing our battle,'' said Burbank Councilman Bob Kramer, contending the city will counter any attempt the authority makes to take the land. He said a meeting has been set for Wednesday to discuss the airport's decision to try to condemn the property. |
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