2 Measures Would Put Airport Project on Ballot
The planned Burbank Airport terminal would be submitted to a public vote under two rival measures announced Monday--both of which threaten to undermine the fragile compromise forged by city and airport negotiators.
Burbank City Councilman Bob Kramer said he wants to put an advisory measure before Burbank voters on the proposed 14-gate terminal, which could be expanded to 19 gates if additional noise limits are put in place.
Kramer said he will ask the council to pass his measure at its Aug. 31 meeting. If approved, it would set a special election within 180 days.
Meanwhile, a group led by former City Councilman Ted McConkey filed papers with the secretary of state’s office for an initiative that would bar any expansion beyond 14 gates, place caps on the number of flights and institute a curfew from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.
McConkey’s group would have up to 180 days to collect 7,700 signatures to qualify the initiative for the municipal ballot, according to Burbank City Clerk Judie Sarquiz.
Both proposals come just three weeks after Burbank city officials and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority reached a tentative agreement to build a $330-million terminal in three phases.
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