Council Agenda - City of Burbank

Tuesday, August 24, 2004

Agenda Item - 2a

 

 

City Attorney�s Office

City of Burbank

Dennis A. Barlow, City Attorney

Memorandum

 

 
DATE: August 24, 2004
TO:

The Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

FROM: Mary F. Riley, Senior Assistant City Attorney
SUBJECT: Update on the California Environmental Quality Act Document for the Development Agreement between the Airport Authority and the City

The Council authorized staff to negotiate a development agreement with the Airport Authority which would be designed to help promote a joint and unified effort to seek nighttime noise relief measures at the Bob Hope Airport. The agreement would also eliminate on-going zoning disputes and any planning for a new terminal, while allowing the Authority to purchase an existing airport parking lot.

 

The Airport Authority is acting as the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (�CEQA�) and has prepared an Initial Study to evaluate the potential environmental effects of the proposed agreement. The City is a responsible agency, for it is a public agency with discretionary approval over the project. At the date of this distribution, the Initial Study has been prepared by the Authority but not yet released to the public.  The Airport Authority Commission is planning to review the document -- and start the public comment period -- on August 30, 2004. The Initial Study is also expected to be discussed by the Airport Authority�s Legal Committee on Wednesday, August 25, 2004.  Copies of the Initial Study will be available for the public and Council at the Council meeting of August 24, 2004. The Airport Authority's environmental consultant, ESA, will be present at the Council meeting to summarize and discuss the Initial Study. Additionally, Peter Kirsch will also provide a brief update of the status of the negotiations.  A schedule of some of the remaining items is attached to this memo.

 

 

Schedule for Public Review Proposed Development Agreement with the Airport Authority

 

 

Council Discussion of Initial Study                     August 24

 

Authority Consideration of Initial Study

(Commission Legal Committee)                       August 25

 

Full Commission Review of Initial Study           August 30

 

Public Comment Period on Initial Study            August 30 � September 21

 

Planning Board Meeting on Initial Study           September 13

 

Update Briefing for City Council                        September 21

 

Release of Draft Documents                              Mid-Late September

 

 

 

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