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Residents press council on frequent helicopter flights; council asks police to share flight schedule
Summary
Several residents told council that persistent helicopter flights, which one speaker tied to a federal grant, are disturbing neighborhoods; council members asked police/staff to provide flight-schedule information and follow up with residents.
Valerie Schultz told the council she and other residents have tracked a police helicopter's frequent flights and called for more transparency about when and why helicopters operate over Glendale. Schultz said the noise disrupts sleep and daily life, cited an estimated maintenance and fuel cost for the aircraft, and asked whether federal grant conditions require frequent flight time.
Council members and staff responded that multiple helicopter operations (news, traffic, and police) occur in the region and that the Glendale police helicopter's operations are logged. Council members asked police and staff to provide the flight schedule and to follow up with the resident. "I will make it a priority to come as much as I can to really see this through because I'm not the only one that feels this way about the police helicopter," Schultz said in public comment.
Council discussion included staff offers to share aviation logs and noted that the helicopter may operate out of Burbank Airport at times; council members also expressed empathy for residents' loss of quiet. Staff did not adopt new restrictions at the meeting but committed to providing documented flight/schedule information to the commenter.
