BURBANK AIRPORT CLOSER TO GETTING TITLE ON PART OF GROWTH LAND.Byline: Lee Condon Condon is a surname that originated in Ireland. The name is derived from a French surname de Caunteton, which came to Ireland with Norman settlers in the 12th century AD. In Irish the surname is Condún. Staff Writer Lawyers for the city and 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. Airport will ask a local judge Friday to give the airport title to more than one-third of the property the airport needs for an expansion. The Burbank City Council voted 4-1 this week to grant the airport permission to buy 49 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. land. The airport board has already paid more than $100 million for 130 acres of Lockheed Martin property, but is required by state law to get Burbank's blessing before taking ownership of any of the parcels. About 35 residents turned up Tuesday night to oppose the agreement on 49 acres, saying it was premature and expressing fear it would lock the city into approving the whole deal. Councilman Bob Kramer agreed with them and cast the dissenting dis·sent intr.v. dis·sent·ed, dis·sent·ing, dis·sents 1. To differ in opinion or feeling; disagree. 2. To withhold assent or approval. n. 1. vote. ``I don't think we should let the airport purchase the land until we approve the airport expansion,'' Kramer said. But city officials insist that the airport board, to build its proposed project, will need city approval to purchase the additional acres, as well as city approval of the expansion plan. Approval of the plan is not expected before April. The action on Tuesday, city officials said, helps the airport, which has no title for any of the property it has paid for. ``This moves forward the ultimate resolution of the airport dispute,'' said Peter Kirsch kirsch n. A colorless brandy made from the fermented juice of cherries. [French, short for German Kirschwasser; see kirschwasser. , a lawyer who handles airport issues for the city. Former Councilman Ted McConkey, an expansion opponent, said the city should not be approving expansion on a piecemeal piecemeal patchy, e.g. necrosis of the liver in which groups of hepatocytes are separated by small groups of inflammatory cells and fine, fibrous septa following extension of the inflammatory process beyond the limiting plate. basis. ``They have got the cart before the horse,'' McConkey said. ``The airport has made an application, but they are circumventing that process by giving the airport permission to buy land now.'' City officials said the terms of the title transfer include protections for the city. ``If the airport and the city can't reach an agreement, the property must be sold to the city or to a third party but can never be used for an airport expansion,'' Kirsch said. ``This is the airport's only chance to reach an agreement on expansion.'' The approval of the land purchase was expedited to appease ap·pease tr.v. ap·peased, ap·peas·ing, ap·peas·es 1. To bring peace, quiet, or calm to; soothe. 2. To satisfy or relieve: appease one's thirst. 3. Burbank Superior Court Judge Carl West. In the spring, West presided over a trial in which the airport took 130 acres of 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 . Since then, the airport has paid Lockheed Martin about $100 million for the land, but still does not have title to the property. Judge West has declined to give the airport title to the land because, until Tuesday night, the City Council had not yet given its blessing to the sale. Now that the city has approved the sale of the first 49 acres, lawyers for the city and the airport are expected to ask West to confer title. They will appear in West's courtroom again Friday. Until recently, the city and Burbank Airport were locked in a major legal battle over the proposed expansion. In August, they created what they dubbed dub 1 tr.v. dubbed, dub·bing, dubs 1. To tap lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood. 2. To honor with a new title or description. 3. a framework agreement, setting forth the terms under which the city of Burbank would likely approve an airport expansion plan. |
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