Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority

After years of squabbling, political leaders from the three cities that run Burbank Airport will meet face to face in a bid to jump-start stalled negotiations over a new terminal, officials said Friday. The city councils of Burbank, Glendale and Pasadena tentatively scheduled a summit for July 12 in Burbank, marking the first time in five years the three panels will have come together to discuss airport matters. "The time is right," said Glendale Mayor Gus Gomez.

Owners of noisy private planes that violate a nighttime curfew at Burbank Airport are now being fined $3,000. The nine-member Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority tripled the $1,000 fine for curfew violators last month. The increase took effect Thursday. The authority's curfew for older-model turbojets has been in place since 1981. It bans takeoffs and landings of those planes from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Threatening to further delay the new Burbank Airport terminal, the city of Burbank has told airport officials it will prepare a new environmental impact report on the project. The 1993 environmental study is out of date, said Peter Kirsch, special counsel for Burbank on airport issues. Since then, airline flights and ground vehicle traffic have increased, and there have been changes in aircraft noise patterns, Kirsch said.

Burbank officials said Tuesday that they would not buy 81 acres slated for a new Burbank Airport terminal, a decision that could force sale of the property for non-airport use. The decision further clouds the future of the $300-million terminal that officials have proposed to replace an existing facility that dates to 1930. By buying the land, the city could help ensure that it would be reserved for the terminal project.

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority unveiled plans Monday to study a nighttime noise curfew at Burbank airport with the goal of limiting flights at the facility between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m. The $4-million noise study is sought by Burbank residents and city officials who say they will not approve a new terminal without restricting the hours flights can operate at the facility.

Trying to reach a compromise, Burbank Airport officials agreed Wednesday to cut the size of a proposed new passenger terminal but balked at a plan to limit the airport's "noise footprint" 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.

With the new Burbank Airport terminal plan stalled, city officials are trying to renegotiate the compromise deal they agreed to last summer and are now demanding that airport officials drastically scale back the project. The Burbank City Council has proposed a 14-gate, 250,000-square-foot terminal to replace the existing 180,000-square-foot building. That is significantly smaller than the 330,000-square-foot terminal that city and airport negotiators agreed to in August.

With the new Burbank airport terminal plan stalled, Burbank city officials are trying to renegotiate the compromise deal they agreed to last summer--demanding now that airport officials drastically scale back the project. The Burbank City Council proposes building a 14-gate, 250,000-square-foot terminal to replace the existing 180,000-square-foot building. That is significantly smaller than the 330,000-square-foot terminal city and airport negotiators agreed to in August.

The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority has approved the hiring of land-use consultants and property appraisers for the possible sale of 81 acres of Lockheed Martin land for a proposed airport terminal, airport officials said Tuesday. The action, approved Monday on a 7-1 vote of the Airport Authority, comes after the city of Burbank and airport officials failed to make a deal for a new terminal by their self-imposed May 24 deadline.