Burbank City Council Meeting Preview

ENERGY PROGRAM PRESENTED

Burbank Water and Power staffers will present two new energy programs: a demand response program recommending the installation of 20 Ice Bear thermal storage units, which would provide ice for space cooling; and an air-conditioning efficiency program for residents and small businesses.

The staff recommendations follow Burbank’s continuing shift toward energy efficiency.

FREDERIC STREET CONSTRUCTION

The council will consider an appeal from a homeowner in the 1600 block of North Frederic Street, who wishes to expand her single-floor home by adding a living room and increasing the size of the kitchen.

The Planning Board unanimously denied the applicant’s appeal in June 2007, citing zoning law and concern over the applicant knowing “the unit was not legal yet [making] no attempt to legalize it until a complaint was made.”

WHAT TO EXPECT

Staffers will recommend that the council uphold the board’s decision.