GROUP CLOSE ON AIRPORT REVISION PETITION SEEKS CURFEW, EXPANSION LIMITS.Byline: Sylvia L. Oliande Staff Writer BURBANK - Leaders for the citizens group seeking airport expansion limits said Friday they are finishing a revised petition they hope to get on the ballot next year. Restore Our Airport Rights expects to be ready as early as May 22 to submit its new petition demanding that 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. and flight cap be part of any airport expansion deal the city approves. ROAR leaders said they have tried to fix the identification and other problems that disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. their first petition and hope to be collecting signatures soon. ``We want to start that clock ticking One increment, or pulse, of the CPU clock. See clock speed and clock. so we can be out there by the first part of June,'' ROAR President Howard Rothenbach said. In a tentative tentative, adj not final or definite, such as an experimental or clinical finding that has not been validated. agreement reached last year, the airport would try to implement a curfew before the city approved plans to expand and 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. its 14-gate terminal, but the deal has subsequently fallen apart. A meeting next Friday Next Friday is the 2000 sequel to Friday , which depicts the neighborhood of South Los Angeles in a comedic sense. The hero, Craig Jones (Ice Cube), leaves home and moves in with his lottery winning and sex-crazed Uncle Elroy (Don "D.C." Curry) in Rancho Cucamonga. between officials from the city, the airport and 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 could bring a new direction to the negotiations, but ROAR isn't waiting for the outcome, Rothenbach said. ``We'd like to hear what they have to say before we hit the streets but we want to be out in front of this revision,'' he said. ``We're not going to react to what they're doing, we're going to do what is best for the community.'' Councilman David Laurell, who has opposed the ROAR initiative, said the renewed negotiations between the city and the airport authority are positive steps but, to him, ROAR is not. ``If there are individuals who want to go through the initiative process, knock yourself out,'' he said. ``The first time around I could understand what they were doing. We were having some rocky negotiations the first time around. . . . Now we have so many positive things going on. I feel good about the way we're moving forward.'' But ROAR members remain firmly opposed to any deal approved without an absolute promise of a curfew and caps. A draft of ROAR's new petition states that the city shall not approve a terminal of more than 14 gates and 200,000 square feet unless the authority agrees to various conditions. They include: --``A legally obtained irrevocable Unable to cancel or recall; that which is unalterable or irreversible. IRREVOCABLE. That which cannot be revoked. 2. A will may at all times be revoked by the same person who made it, he having a disposing mind; but the moment the testator is , enforceable and binding mandatory curfew.'' --A ban on aircraft that don't meet noise limits. --A cap on flights and passengers. In March, the group submitted 7,400 signatures, more than the 5,214 signatures needed to be put on the February 2001 ballot. But the petition was rejected by the city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". because the city's attorneys found problems with it, including failure to properly identify the group behind it and a statement of reasons for the petition. The city is expected to vote Tuesday to put a measure of its own on the November ballot that would give voters a chance to have the final word on any deal before the City Council can give its approval. |
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