Airport Authority Reelects President; Burbank Dissents

Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority commissioners Monday reelected Joyce Streator to a third consecutive one-year term as president, by a 6-2 vote, over Burbank’s opposition.

“I regret that Burbank commissioners have interpreted my desire to be fair and equitable and to adhere to the rules as animosity to Burbank,” Streator said.

Commissioners Phil Berlin and Charlie Lombardo, who represent Burbank, voted against Streator. The third Burbank representative, Ingolf Klengler, was absent.

The Airport Authority and Burbank have been in a years-long battle over airport terminal expansion and proposals for an operating curfew to cut down on late-night noise and a cap on daily flights.

“With Joyce Streator back at the helm, it pretty well assures that there will be no movement by [the Airport Authority] toward peace for at least another year,” said one Burbank official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

“There won’t be much consensus now,” Berlin said. “Joyce Streator has an attitude, with a capital ‘A.’ ”

Streator has been a member of the Pasadena City Council since 1995 and the Airport Authority since 1994. Burbank has taken the most active role in the fight to limit expansion of the terminal because the airport is located in Burbank.

“I think she’s done a good job,” said Carl Raggio, an airport commissioner representing Glendale who voted for Streator. “She has tried to work through mediation with Burbank and they don’t want to. Joyce is trying to compromise; the city isn’t.”

The election of a vice president and secretary was delayed until the commission reconvenes Aug. 3, said Sean McCarthy, Airport Authority spokesman.