Burbank Ca Development And Redevelopment

Opponents on both sides of a long-running battle over the future of Burbank Airport will get separate but equal hearings Tuesday before the head of the Federal Aviation Administration, who will fly in from Washington in the latest attempt to mediate the feud.

Both sides in the long, bitter fight over a new terminal for Burbank Airport said they were heartened by private meetings Tuesday with Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey, who pledged that her agency would take an active--but not dominant--role as peacemaker.

Both sides in the long, bitter fight over a new terminal for Burbank Airport said they were heartened by private meetings Tuesday with Federal Aviation Administrator Jane Garvey, who pledged that her agency would take an active--but not dominant--role as peacemaker.

The much-anticipated deal to establish a Ford auto superstore in Burbank suffered a potentially fatal blow Thursday. City officials said the auto company has abandoned plans to build a network of such mega-dealerships in the San Fernando Valley, and the auto maker said it was never committed to such a plan to begin with. Earlier this year, Galpin Ford owner Herbert F. Boeckmann Jr. and Ford Motor Co.

A judge ruled Wednesday that the city of Burbank lacks the power to veto the expansion of Burbank Airport, leading proponents of growth to claim victory in a long political struggle. The ruling means that plans for a new, 19-gate terminal--which operators of the facility say is critical to meeting the needs of the 5 million passengers who use the airport each year--can go forward uninterrupted, airport officials said. In a 14-page opinion, Superior Court Judge Carl J.

Mayor Larry Zarian has urged both sides in the fight over a proposed new terminal at Burbank Airport to end their expensive legal battle and renew stalled negotiations. In a letter to the mayors of Burbank and Pasadena and the president of the Burbank airport authority this week, Zarian called the prolonged fight a "vicious cycle." "Each time there is a decision, the losing side vows to appeal the court ruling," he said.

After a five-month wait, federal officials announced Friday that the head of the Federal Aviation Administration will make a special trip to the San Fernando Valley on Aug. 11 in an effort to settle the long-running battle over growth at Burbank airport. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-Mission Hills) told members of the Valley Industry and Commerce Assn.

Lockheed Martin Corp. and other businesses have agreed to pay $60 million as part of a 20-year commitment to clean contaminated ground-water supplies under the city. Though the parties admitted no wrongdoing as part of a settlement with federal and state authorities, they signed off on plans to fund operation of the Burbank ground-water treatment plant for at least two decades.

In every economic turnaround, there's a new darling, a booming business that Southern California real estate developers claim will fill up the region's empty office buildings and justify a whole new round of construction. This time, that golden child is show biz.

The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday gave Burbank a small victory over the Burbank Airport Authority in one of the many legal battles between them over the authority's plans to build a bigger terminal. The court upheld a lower court's dismissal of the authority's challenge to a state law that gives Burbank a veto over the plans for a 19-gate terminal. The federal appeals court three-judge panel--Mary M. Schroeder, Alex Kozinski and Ronald M.