CITIES JOIN FORCES FOR NEW ARMORY.Byline: Susan SUSAN Smallest Univalue Segment Assimilating Nucleus SUSAN Sub Saharan African Network SUSAN Smart Ultrasonic System for Aircraft NDE Abram Staff Writer BURBANK - Plans to consolidate the National Guard armories in Burbank and Glendale are moving forward, and each city now must apply for state and federal grants to fund a new facility at Burbank Airport. The Burbank City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to work with Glendale in applying for up to $30 million in grants to relocate re·lo·cate v. re·lo·cat·ed, re·lo·cat·ing, re·lo·cates v.tr. To move to or establish in a new place: relocated the business. v.intr. the shared armory on a 10-acre parcel at Burbank Airport. Last month the Burbank Airport Authority submitted a proposal to 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 that included plans for the new armory. The FAA has yet to respond, Airport Authority spokesman Victor Gill gill, in weights and measures gill, in weights and measures: see English units of measurement. said. Glendale and Burbank officials agree the airport location would be a good one. It would provide more security for the airport, the freeways around it and other nearby facilities, they say. ``We would actually get better service if it was built there,'' said Elaine Aguilar, assistant to Glendale's city manager. ``It's still very close to our city.'' Glendale uses its armory during cold winters as a shelter for the homeless, and it is unclear how that service would be replaced. The current facilities - on 1.7 acres on Colorado Boulevard Colorado Boulevard (or Colorado Street) is a major east-west street in Southern California, United States. It runs from Griffith Park in Los Angeles east through Glendale, the Eagle Rock section of Los Angeles, Pasadena, and Arcadia, ending in Monrovia. in Glendale and 3.75 acres on Screenland Avenue in Burbank - are getting old, officials said, and there's a national movement to consolidate smaller armories to provide better homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . Officials in both Glendale and Burbank want to build public parks on those two lots. ``Both of (our cities) have better uses of the properties the armories are on,'' said Mike Flad, director of the Park, Recreation and Community Services agency in Burbank. ``Both armories are falling apart. It's also part of a plan to consolidate smaller armories into larger, regional ones.'' Susan Abram, (818) 546-3304 susan.abram(at)dailynews.com |
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