The latest move by the authority could represent one of the last steps before the application is submitted, airport authority Executive Director Dan Feger said.
The unanimous vote Monday from Bob Hope Airport’s governing board includes a $155,000 allocation to Jacobs Consultancy Inc. to finish the nearly complete application that the Federal Aviation Administration has called into question.
The work to be done by Jacobs will include $125,000 to study how the proposed curfew could affect Van Nuys Airport if flights shift there, and an air-quality test for affected regions, which could also include Ontario, according to an authority staff report.
The authority also approved $30,000 for Jacobs to continue negotiations with the FAA on what else might need to be done to complete the application.
“We believe that there is additional work of noise and air quality, which must be prepared concerning . . . operations,” Feger said. “Based on the discussions we’ve had to date with the FAA, we believe that — and Jacobs is in agreement with — there is an additional $125,000 of work they need to do in order to permit us to complete the application to the FAA and have it deemed [complete].”
As the application process moves toward finalization, airport staff members could return to the authority with additional funding requests, he said.
The latest approval mirrored a July airport authority vote to approve more than $98,000 for Jacobs to work with the FAA in the wake of a July 12 correspondence from the federal government that questioned a number of facets of the proposed application.
