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City attorney reports progress in suit against Burbank airport authority; council continues item for 90 days
Summary
The City Attorney told the council that a court sustained the city's demurrer in litigation against the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority but that the authority filed an amended cross-petition; the council continued the matter for approximately 90 days and requested updates.
The City Attorney's office updated the council on litigation dating to 1995 between the City of Los Angeles and the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority. The city's demurrer had been sustained on the ground that, as filed, the Burbank authority lacked standing to challenge Los Angeles operations, but the airport authority received leave to amend and has filed an amended cross-petition.
A City Attorney representative described additional developments: an application before the City of Burbank under the Public Utilities Code for a terminal replacement project (smaller than the 1993 proposal) and a pending election in Burbank on whether residents can require majority voter approval for certain airport changes.
Members of the public, including Marie Dinkins, urged the city to pursue the lawsuit and called for preservation of curfews, a cap on flights and mitigation for jet-fuel residue in neighborhoods near Burbank. The council asked the City Attorney to continue reporting and agreed to continue the item for about 90 days, with a tentative return date of Jan. 24 (the council noted the continued review and the possibility of earlier returns if the City Attorney had updates).
The council's action is administrative direction to continue monitoring and reporting on the litigation and to return to the council with updates; no settlement or final litigation disposition was announced at this meeting.
