BURBANK RESISTING FAA'S DEADLINE.Byline: Nicholas Nicholas, Russian grand duke Nicholas (Nikolai Nikolayevich) (nyĭkəlī` nyĭkəlī`əvĭch), 1856–1929, Russian grand duke and army officer; first cousin of Czar Alexander III and grandson of Czar Grudin Staff Writer 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. - City leaders said Friday that a 60-day deadline set by the FAA for deciding the future of a Burbank Airport passenger terminal is unrealistic, but federal officials refused to back down from their ultimatum ultimatum (ŭl'tĭmā`təm), in international law, final, definitive terms submitted by one disputant nation to the other for immediate acceptance or rejection. . 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 officials set the deadline in a meeting Wednesday in Washington, D.C., telling delegates from Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena that the airport must repay $46 million if the decision to build a new terminal is not made. Burbank City Councilman Jef Vander Borght, who discussed the matter with colleagues in closed session Thursday night, dismissed the federal deadline as an empty threat. ``This is not a real ultimatum - this will be an ongoing process and this is just one more step along the long climb,'' Vander Borght said. ``It's completely unrealistic to do anything in 60 days, and we certainly should not do anything in the next 60 days that we may come to regret in the next 60 years.'' But in a telephone interview, FAA officials stood by their demand that the $46 million the agency gave the Airport Authority to buy land for the terminal must be repaid if the project is not built. ``The bottom line of the law is that if the land is not being used, then there must be repayment,'' said FAA spokeswoman Marcia Adams. The Burbank Airport Authority has abandoned plans to build a new terminal in the face of public opposition and has not publicly convened since the FAA ultimatum was given earlier this week. ``The authority would like to continue discussions with (Burbank, Pasadena and Glendale) to see how to move on,'' said Airport Authority spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. . Burbank residents have voted against a new terminal, fearing additional flights that would trigger more noise and congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . The City Council stipulated it would support a new terminal only if there is a nighttime flight 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. in place. A federal noise study, required before a curfew can be imposed, is still at least a year from completion. |
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