ANSWERS SOUGHT ON EXPANSION BURBANK AIRPORT DELEGATES GO TO WASHINGTON.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - Delegates from the city of Burbank and the Burbank- Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority boarded planes Thursday for a meeting in Washington, D.C., today with FAA chief Jane Garvey This article is about the aviation adminstrator. For the BBC Radio Five Live presenter, see Jane Garvey (broadcaster). Jane Garvey (Jane Famiano) was head of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration from 1997 to 2002. Garvey earned her B.A. . Officials said they hope to get the agency's support in working out an agreement over curfews and flight caps as the parties negotiate a terminal expansion plan. ``We need Jane Garvey's help to move this thing forward and we hope to get that tomorrow,'' City Manager Robert ``Bud'' Ovrom said Thursday. Ovrom, Mayor Bill Wiggins William David Wiggin (born June 4, 1966) is a British Conservative Party politician, Member of Parliament and Shadow Minister for Agriculture & Fisheries. He has held the seat of Leominster since the 2001 election. and Councilwoman Stacey Murphy will represent the city at the meeting. Airport Executive Director Dios Marrero and Airport Authority Chairman Carl Meseck are also expected to attend. 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 spokesman Paul Turk said the discussions will be casual in that there is no set agenda, and will be a ``further exploration of things that have been on the table for a while.'' The local delegates would not disclose their plan going into the meeting today, and Meseck said he didn't have one. ``We're going to have to go, meet and see what the positions of the FAA are,'' he said. The groups are expected to discuss issues such as whether the airport can impose a mandatory 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. as part of its expansion plan - a provision the city has suggested and its residents have pushed for. Opponents of the plan, who are concerned a deal will be struck without a curfew and a cap on flights, say the city and airport delegation is wasting its time with the FAA. ``It's good for people to meet, but I don't think they're going to accomplish anything,'' said Howard Rothenbach, president of Restore Our Airport Rights. ``I think we have a pretty good idea about where the FAA is and what's expected; I don't see what they're going to accomplish.'' The city and the Airport Authority had come to a tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. agreement in August, when the authority agreed to try to get a mandatory curfew if the city approved a relocation RELOCATION, Scotch law, contracts. To let again to renew a lease, is called a relocation. 2. When a tenant holds over after the expiration of his lease, with the consent of his landlord, this will amount to a relocation. plan for its 14-gate terminal. The authority approved the agreement but the City Council was still considering it when Garvey indicated there were several things wrong with it. Initially, the FAA chief was not specific, but over the last several months, Garvey has provided some insight into the problems, including the fact that no curfew can be made mandatory until a federally required noise study is conducted. The Airport Authority has agreed to do that and has put the first phase of the study in next year's budget. |
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