Officials Agree to Downsize Terminal.Trying to reach a compromise, Burbank Airport officials agreed to cut the size of a proposed new passenger terminal but balked balk v. balked, balk·ing, balks v.intr. 1. To stop short and refuse to go on: The horse balked at the jump. 2. at a plan to limit the airport's "noise footprint The amount of geographic space covered by an object. A computer footprint is the desk or floor surface it occupies. A satellite's footprint is the earth area covered by its downlink. See form factor. 1. " to its current 290 acres. On a 5-4 vote, the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority approved a measure to cut the size of the planned 330,000-square-foot terminal to 275,000 square feet. The measure counters a proposal by the city of Burbank to scale down the terminal to 250,000 square feet in an attempt 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. residents concerned about an increase in airport operations. But while the airport's governing board Noun 1. governing board - a board that manages the affairs of an institution board - a committee having supervisory powers; "the board has seven members" appeared to be ready to deal over terminal size, it balked at other provisions. Burbank is proposing a cap on the airport's noise footprint -- the area where average noise levels exceed 65 decibels -- at its current size of about 290 acres. |
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