AIRPORT WINS ROUND IN EXPANSION BATTLE.Byline: Lee Condon Daily News Staff Writer Burbank Airport officials said Wednesday that they have won an important order allowing them to take possession of 130 acres of Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. property 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 in 90 days. Airport officials hope to build a new terminal three times the size of the current one. The airport's plans are opposed by the city of Burbank, which is fighting expansion because of complaints by residents about noise, traffic and pollution at the airport. Burbank city officials have tried unsuccessfully to block the land sale. The latest court action comes in a dispute between Lockheed Martin and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. The authority filed an eminent-domain action against Lockheed Martin last summer, saying negotiations for a sale price had reached an impasse im·passe n. 1. A road or passage having no exit; a cul-de-sac. 2. A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate: reached an impasse in the negotiations. . The airport board was offering $39 million. Lockheed wants $100 million. Lockheed officials could not be reached for comment. Burbank City Manager Robert ``Bud'' Ovrom downplayed the significance of the airport's announcement. ``It's not a big deal. They are still a million miles away from Lockheed on price,'' Ovrom said. ``The judge is just saying you can have the power of condemnation Condemnation bell, book, and candle symbols of Catholic excommunication rite. [Christianity: Brewer Note-Book, 85] Bridge of Sighs passage from Doge’s court to execution chamber in Renaissance Venice. [Ital. Hist. .'' Airport spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. said the order signed Wednesday by Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Superior Court Judge Pro Tem [Latin, For the time being.] An abbreviation used for pro tempore, Latin for "temporary or provisional." A person who acts as a temporary substitute serves pro tem. Abby Soven gives the airport possession of the property in 90 days, full ownership and the right to build a new terminal on the property. ``Possession of this property is a very important step in the overall process leading to our new terminal, and it makes our recent commencement of conceptual design for the project all the more meaningful,'' said Thomas Greer, executive director of the airport. The court decision is the latest victory for the airport, which recently received tens of millions of dollars from 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 to support its expansion effort. The Airport Authority was created by the state to run the airport. The city councils from Glendale, Pasadena and Burbank each appoint three members to sit on the nine-member commission that oversees the airport. Pro-expansion commissioners from Glendale and Pasadena have been routinely out-voting the expansion opponents from Burbank on this issue. The eminent-domain lawsuit is one of several pending on expansion. The city and the airport are locked in a costly legal battle over whether the city has land-use jurisdiction over the expansion proposal. |
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