BURBANK OFFICIALS SCHEDULE AIRPORT TOWN HALL MEETING.Byline: Lee Condon Staff Writer As part of its review of Burbank Airport's expansion plans, city officials have scheduled a Town Hall meeting to answer questions and receive public comment on the framework deal they agreed to with airport commissioners. The event, to be held Aug. 19 at a time and place to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. later, is not a typical part of the city's review process, but was added to give residents the chance to comment early on, said Rick Pruetz. Pruetz recently left his job as the city's planning director but is now acting as a consultant to the city and is handling the airport's application. ``The framework agreement will be discussed. It's an opportunity to present the application and get some public comment,'' Pruetz said. ``It will also help us because we will know what we need to address in the staff report.'' More formal public hearings will be held in October before the city's planning board Noun 1. planning board - a board appointed to advise the chief administrator advisory board governance, governing body, organisation, administration, brass, establishment, organization - the persons (or committees or departments etc. and the Burbank City Council, he said. On Wednesday, city officials announced they had reached a framework deal with the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority on the issue of expansion. After weeks of talks on the issue, both sides agreed that the airport should be allowed to build a new 14-gate terminal at a 130-acre site adjacent to the current property. The current terminal also has 14 gates, but the new terminal would be 160,000 square feet larger. In order for the airport to expand the number of gates it would first have to secure federal approval for a 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 from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. The deal will not become final until it is put through a formal application process and is considered for approval by the Burbank City Council, likely in late October or November. Already, some residents have harshly criticized the agreement, saying the airport should not be allowed to proceed with any expansion at all until the curfew issue is resolved. The city and the airport have been engaged in a four-year legal battle over the issue of expansion. Residents pushed city council members to secure a curfew as part of any expansion deal because they are tired of being awakened a·wak·en tr. & intr.v. a·wak·ened, a·wak·en·ing, a·wak·ens To awake; waken. See Usage Note at wake1. [Middle English awakenen, from Old English at night by noisy Noisy is the name or part of the name of six communes of France:
On another front, airport spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. confirmed that the airport had fulfilled ful·fill also ful·fil tr.v. ful·filled, ful·fill·ing, ful·fills also ful·fils 1. To bring into actuality; effect: fulfilled their promises. 2. its obligation to make a $30 million payment to 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. by a Friday deadline. If the airport had not made the payment it could have faced losing the right to buy 130 acres from Lockheed Martin, which it needs for its new terminal. The airport must make another $30 million payment by Aug. 26 to complete the transaction. |
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