PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS

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1 PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority (the Authority ) has filed an application under California Public Utilities Code (PUC) Section requesting approval to acquire and use four properties totaling approximately 1-acre (43,150 sq. ft.) at 2712 and 2760 North Hollywood Way for Runway Safety Areas 1 purposes (the Project ). The PUC grants the City of Burbank (the City ) the right to approve the expansion of the Hollywood Burbank Airport (the Airport ) property and a Plan of Use for that property. The City adopted procedures for processing such a request, requiring a preliminary analysis of the request, which is the purpose of this report. BACKGROUND The Authority is presently leasing the four properties at 2712 and 2760 North Hollywood Way (the Hollywood Way Properties ), and has been in control of that property since 1990, using the Hollywood Way Properties for a parking lot (See Attachment 1). This use is consistent with safety zone restrictions, and is located within the safety zones for Runway 8 2. The Hollywood Way Properties is also referred to as Hollyona Properties, for it is located at the intersection of Hollywood Way and Winona Avenue. The 1990 month-to-month lease was initially with the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Burbank, and upon its dissolution, with the Successor Agency to the City s former Redevelopment Agency ( the Successor Agency ). The Airport presently pays $3,000/month in rent to the Successor Agency. The Successor Agency is required to sell the land 3, and the Airport would like to purchase it to continue the safety area use; however, negotiations cannot begin until the City Council provides PUC approval for the purchase and proposed use of the land by the Airport. Since March, 2000, when a Southwest Airlines aircraft overran the departure end of runway 8 and came to rest on Hollywood Way near a gas station off of the airport property, the Authority has continued to purchased properties on Hollywood Way in the safety areas for Runway 8, as well as taking other safety measures (such as installing engineered materials arresting system (EMAS) at the departure end of runway 8). PLAN OF USE The proposed plan of use for the Hollywood Way Properties is: 1 Runway Protection Zone (RPZ), Object Free Area (OFA), Obstacle Free Zones (OFZ) and Runway Safety Area (RSA) are areas close to runways which under FAA safety guidelines, airport proprietors are encouraged to keep these safety zones clear of structures to reduce risk of injury to persons on the ground or in the aircraft, in the unlikely event that airplanes undershoot, overrun, or veer off runways. A map of the eastern end of Runway 8-26 depicting each of the three safety zones and the location of the Hollywood Way Properties is attached. 2 Runway 8/26 is one of two runways (the other being 15/33). Runway 8 is used most of the time for landings. 3 The Successor Agency approved the Amendment and Long Range Property Management Plan which stated that the disposition of this property would be at a negotiated sale equal to fair market value. Page 1 EXHIBIT D-1

2 1. Interim plan: The Authority will treat the Hollywood Way Properties the same as Lot B. Namely, Authority will maintain existing public parking use on land until replacement parking facilities are available for use, which is when a replacement terminal (either on the Adjacent or Southwest Quadrant of the Airport) and its related parking is constructed and available for use. 2. Long term plan: After the interim plan period specified in Item No. 1 above, the Authority will have no future uses on the Hollywood Way Properties, except for an occasional use for public safety training. The existing access road through the Hollywood Way Properties to Lot B will be eliminated; and the Hollywood Way Properties will be maintained fallow and clear of all above-ground objects (except the existing perimeter fence for security) in compliance with Runway Protection Zone requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). No matter where the replacement terminal is ultimately located, the Development Agreement entered into between the Authority and the City in 2017 envisioned that all of Parking Lot B (which includes the Hollywood Way Properties) would be closed to any parking use and remain unused and undeveloped, once the replacement terminal and parking facilities are constructed and open (see Development Agreement Between the City and the Authority for the Replacement Terminal Project, Exhibit C and the FEIR for said Project, project description, Chapter 2). PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS The Authority determined that the PUC application was exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Given that the Plan of Use is at first to maintain existing facilities, and later to eliminate most uses, Section of the CEQA Guidelines which exempts existing facilities from CEQA review where no expansion of use is planned, is applicable. Although no CEQA environmental review is required, the City rules require the Preliminary Analysis to look at two areas: 1. Advantages to the public and the environment outweigh the disadvantages to both the public and the environment. The primary advantage to the public from approval of the Authority s plans for acquisition and use of the Hollywood Way Properties would be increased safety. Minimizing Airportrelated hazards is an important goal of the City s Burbank 2035 General Plan Safety Element. Based upon the Authority s proposed use of the Hollywood Way Properties as open space and occasional public safety training, the public interest in increased margins of safety would be advanced. Page 2 EXHIBIT D-2

3 There are no reasonably foreseeable disadvantages to the public and the environment to approving the Authority s plans for the Properties. No environmental review is needed since the Project is categorically exempt from CEQA review. 2. Approval of the Plan of Use is consistent with the objective of adopting land use measures that minimize the public's exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards within areas around public airports to the extent that these areas are not already devoted to incompatible uses. The Authority s proposed use of the Hollywood Way Properties is intended to reduce the public s exposure to safety hazards, and staff concurs that it would do so. Additionally, the Airport s plan to eliminate the public parking on the Hollywood Way Properties and maintain it as open space except for occasional public safety training would not increase Airport operations or otherwise contribute to or enable increased noise from operations at the Airport. PRELIMINARY CONCLUSIONS Based on this analysis, staff s preliminary conclusion is that the Authority s proposed acquisition and use of 2712 and 2760 North Hollywood Way meets the criteria for approval under Section (a) and (e). First, staff preliminarily concludes that the Authority s proposed use of the Hollywood Way Properties has no disadvantages to the public and the environment, and only is beneficial to the public and the environment. On balance, staff preliminarily concludes that the advantage of an improved margin of safety in Runway 8-26 s safety zone outweighs any potential disadvantages. Second, staff preliminarily concludes that approval of the Authority s proposed use of the Hollywood Way Properties is consistent with the City s objective of adopting land use measures that minimize the public s exposure to excessive noise and safety hazards. The Authority s use of the Hollywood Way Properties would not cause any increased noise or Airport operations. The Project s long term Plan of Use would increase the margin of safety in the area near the Airport. NEXT STEP This Preliminary Analysis is not intended to identify all possible impacts associated with the Application. All interested parties may submit comments on their views of the proposed acquisition of Hollywood Way Properties and related Plan of Use from fifteen days following the date of this Preliminary Analysis. Comments should be provided to the attention of: Leonard Bechet, Senior Planner. Council will be presented with the Preliminary Analysis and any comments, at a noticed public hearing, scheduled for May 15, Page 3 EXHIBIT D-3

4 ATTACHMENTS 1. Authority s Application Letter & Plat Map 2. Aerial Photo of the Properties 3. Map of Runway Protection Zone Page 4 EXHIBIT D-4

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11 ATTACHMENT 2 AERIAL PHOTO OF THE HOLLYWOOD WAY PROPERTIES WINONA AVE. B HOLLYWOOD WAY C D A Hollywood Way Properties The Airport Adjacent Parcels consist of the following addresses/apns: A N. Hollywood Way B N. Hollywood Way C N. Hollywood Way D N. Hollywood Way EXHIBIT D-11

12 Hollywood Way Properties ATTACHMENT 3 EXHIBIT D-12