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OKAY.IT IS FOUR O'CLOCK JANUARY 18TH, 2024.
THE MEETING AT THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.
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SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLL? COMMISSIONER ZARIN.[1. 23-25746-01 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on October 19, 2023. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE? ITEM ONE RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 19TH, 2023.COMMISSIONER LARSSON OR VICE CHAIR LARSSON.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND CHANEY.
THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO.
[2. 23-25749-01 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Sustainability Committee. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM TWO.RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.
UM, I'LL BE GIVING THE REPORT FOR THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE AND WE'RE ACTUALLY COVERING TWO MEETINGS 'CAUSE WE DIDN'T MEET, UH, IN NOVEMBER.
SO I'LL BE COVERING OUR OCTOBER MEETING IN THE ONE WE JUST HAD LAST WEEK.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, STAFF, I'M SUPREMELY IMPRESSED BY YOUR EFFORTS ON SUSTAINABILITY AT THE AIRPORT.
YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK.
UM, ONE OF THE ITEMS THEY COVERED WAS THEIR ONGOING EFFORTS TO PUT TOGETHER A SUSTAINABILITY ACTION PLAN.
UH, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A CONSULTANT THAT RECENTLY SUBMITTED A REVISED DRAFT, AND YOU GUYS ARE INTERNALLY REVIEWING THAT.
UM, ORIGINALLY YOU WERE HOPING TO GET IT DONE BY THIS MONTH, BUT I UNDERSTAND IT MIGHT BE A ANOTHER MONTH OR SO BEFORE YOU GET THROUGH IT, BUT YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY TWO ITEMS THAT ARE RELATED.
UM, MANY OF YOU ON THE COMMISSION KNOW THAT THE AIRPORT ENTERED INTO AN MOU WITH THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER AIRPORTS.
UH, THE INTENT OF THE MOU IS TO PUT IN SOME TARGETED AIR QUALITY PRODUCTIONS, UH, AMONGST THE INDIVIDUAL AIRPORTS.
UH, AS STAFFER WAS EXPLAINING, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE MAINTAIN IT AS AN MOU AND WE MAINTAIN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
UH, THE LAST THING YOU WANT IS FROM A REGULATORY AGENCY TO START TURNING THAT INTO RULEMAKING AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ABSOLUTES, UH, ALONG THE LINES WITH THAT, AS THEY'RE WORKING WITH THAT.
UH, IN THE SPRING THEY FILED FOR A GRANT FOR ZERO EMISSION VEHICLES.
THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT IF THEY COULD GET THAT GRANT, THAT WOULD PUT 'EM ON THE ROAD TO MAINTAINING OR ACHIEVING THOSE AIR QUALITY GOALS THAT THEY'RE, UH, WORKING FORWARD.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS YOU STILL HAVE NOT HEARD FROM THE FAA ON THAT, THAT YOU'RE STILL HOPING FOR.
UM, THE OTHER THING WE TALKED ABOUT IS THE, UH, WASTE RECYCLING EFFORTS, UH, ON SITE.
UM, IF YOU GO TO THE AIRPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THEY'VE RELABELED THE BINS, SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION AMONG THE PATRONS AT THE AIRPORT AS TO WHERE THE RECYCLABLES GO VERSUS WHERE THE TRASH GOES.
UH, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER LARGE VENUE, PEOPLE GET CONFUSED.
AND THEN THE ORGANIC WASTE, AS WE ALL KNOW, THE CITY IS WORKING ITS WAY TOWARDS THAT THIRD BIN, UM, SEPARATING OUT OUR ORGANIC WASTE.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS AIRPORT STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING FOR A WHILE WITH THEIR ONSITE VENDORS.
THE RESTAURANTS IN PARTICULAR.
UH, THEY HAVE SOME TRIAL PROGRAMS WHERE THEY'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEPARATE THAT.
UM, EVENTUALLY IT MAY MIGRATE ITS WAY INTO THE, THE GENERAL AREAS.
BUT RIGHT NOW, UH, I UNDERSTAND IT'S WORKING WELL.
THEY, IT'S A LOT OF EDUCATION TEACHING THE VENDORS WHAT'S ORGANIC WAYS, WHAT'S NOT AND HOW TO SEPARATE IT OUT.
UH, WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM WORLD ENERGY.
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PRIMARILY FOCUSED ON THE ISSUE OF PRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE AIRCRAFT FUEL.UH, WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THEY HAVE A PLAN IN PARAMOUNT, UH, RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
AND THEY WERE IDENTIFYING FOR US HOW THEY'RE NOW PRODUCING AT THE PLANT SUSTAINABLE AIRCRAFT FUEL.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE IDEA WOULD BE TO INTRODUCE IT AND HAVE IT WIDELY USED, PARTICULARLY IN THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UM, WHAT WE WERE INFORMED IN THAT PRESENTATION IS THAT FUEL MEETS ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF A STANDARD FUEL.
SO REALLY THERE'S A LOT OF AIRCRAFT OUT THERE THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TYPE OF, UH, ALTERNATIVE FUEL SOURCE, UH, FOR THEM.
UH, THEN THERE IS THE ONGOING ENERGY REDUCTION IN GENERAL, UH, THE PARKING LOT.
UH, B THE LIGHTING IMPROVEMENTS ARE CONTINUING.
THE IDEA IS TO REPLACE THEM OUT WITH NEWER FIXTURES.
AND SOCAL RENT IS IN THE PROCESS OF PREPARING ANOTHER GRANT APPLICATION TO CONTINUE THAT EFFORT ON THE AIRPORT PROPERTY.
CAN I ASK, IS THERE ANY, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YEAH, YOU MAY.
BY SUSTAINABLE FUEL, DO YOU MEAN JET A? BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DIFFERENTIATE JA FROM GENERAL AVIATION FUEL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA ADD TO THAT 'CAUSE YOU GOT REALLY INTO IT, BUT YEAH, NO, THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, IT IS, WE DO HAVE IT AT LONG BEACH.
IT IS PROVIDED AND SOLD BY, UM, ATLANTIC AVIATION.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY PROCURE IT.
I'M NOT, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WHETHER THEY ACTUALLY USE WORLD.
UH, THEY DO GET IT FROM WORLD ENERGY.
UM, BUT PART OF THE, WE WANTED TO BRING WORLD ENERGY BECAUSE THEY'RE LOCAL AND HAVE THEM PROVIDE AN UPDATE AND, AND TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT UNLEADED AGAS RIGHT NOW IN THE INDUSTRY, AND THEN THEY'RE SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL.
AND BOTH ITEMS HAVE BEEN IN THE, IN THE NEWS.
AND SO WE WANTED TO PROVIDE THE COMMISSIONERS ON THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT SAF WAS.
ESSENTIALLY, THE, THE, WHAT I WAS I UNDERSTOOD OUT OF IS THE AVIATION FUEL IS A BIOFUEL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SEEING THAT SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE BOOK? COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES.
[3. 24-51791 Recommendation to consider the content of the Airport Advisory Commission 2022 Annual Report and take action to refer it to the City Council. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation ]
OKAY.SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? ITEM THREE, RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE CONTENT OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION 2022 ANNUAL REPORT AND TAKE ACTION TO REFER TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE VICE CHAIR LARSSON? SO I MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, AS, AS YOU'RE AWARE, EVERY COMMISSION IS REQUIRED TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT, UH, BEFORE YOU AS IN PREVIOUS YEARS IS A REPORT FOR 2022.
UH, WE RAN INTO SOME PRODUCTION PROBLEMS. UM, AND THEN JUST OBVIOUSLY SOME STAFF, UH, STAFFING CONCERNS AND ISSUES AND TRYING TO GET THE REPORT OUT.
UH, SO WE BRING THAT FOR YOU, UH, HERE TO PRESENT AND TO GET YOUR, UH, YOUR INPUT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY EDITS OR ANYTHING, UH, YOU'D LIKE TO, UM, DISCUSS.
SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A MOCKUP OF THE ONE THAT WAS PROVIDED FOR YOU TO, TO SEE BEFORE, UM, MOVING FORWARD INTO 2023, THE MAYOR HAS PUT FORTH A NUMBER OF, OF CHANGES TO THE COMMISSIONS AND TIMES AND DATES.
SO ALL REPORTS WILL BE DUE, UH, BY JUNE 30TH, UH, TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UM, FROM ALL THE COMMISSIONS.
SO WE, UH, AFTER THIS ONE IS APPROVED, UH, AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS ONE, WE WILL, WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER OUR 2023 REPORT.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
[4. 24-51787 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation ]
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WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER, ITEM FOUR, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO I ACTUALLY HAVE TWO SPOTLIGHTS TODAY.
ONE FROM THE NOVEMBER MEETING, AND THEN ONE FROM FOR TODAY.
UM, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE NOT TO SKIP THE NOVEMBER MEETING 'CAUSE UM, IT'S A SPOTLIGHT OF KEVIN LEBECK FROM JET ZERO, AND IT'S VERY, UM, TIMELY AND RELEVANT.
UM, KEVIN IS THE SENIOR MANAGING COUNCIL FOR JET ZERO.
AND AS YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, DURING THE MAYOR'S STATE OF THE CITY ADDRESS, UM, JET ZERO WILL BE MOVING FROM THEIR CURRENT SPACE ON AIRPORT PROPERTY TO A MUCH LARGER PROPERTY, THE FORMER GULF STREAM SPACE, WHICH IS LOCATED DIRECTLY SOUTH OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL.
UM, AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE THEM THERE, UM, IN THAT LARGE SPACE.
AND VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, WHAT THE COMPANY BRINGS AND WILL OFFER THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY.
UM, SO JUST SHARING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT KEVIN.
HE'S ALWAYS BEEN VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT AVIATION.
HIS DAD WAS AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER, AND HIS MOM WAS A HISTORIAN WHO WROTE A BIOGRAPHY OF EDDIE MARTIN, WHO LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR, UM, THE FOUNDATION OF JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT.
AND, UM, KEVIN HIMSELF WORKED AT JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT FOR MANY YEARS, UM, AT, WITH AN FBO AND ON THE RAMP AS A COMMERCIAL REFUEL.
THEN HE WENT ON TO LAW SCHOOL AND BECAME A TRIAL LAWYER FOR 20 YEARS.
AND HE SAYS HE THOUGHT HE WAS NEVER GONNA GET, GET BACK INTO AVIATION UNTIL THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP WITH JET ZERO.
UM, SO HE, UM, JOINED JET ZERO A COUPLE YEARS AGO AND WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GET BACK INTO THE AVIATION FIELD, UM, FIELD.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN A RENDERING OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING, UM, BUT IT'S A BLENDED WING BODY, UM, TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT AND IT'S, UM, VERY COOL AND FUTURISTIC LOOKING.
AND IN ADDITION TO LOOKING COOL, IT ALSO IS IMPORTANT IN MANY OTHER WAYS.
UM, JET ZERO ESTIMATES THAT IT BURNS APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE FUEL OF A TR TRADITIONAL TUBE AND WING AIRCRAFT.
AND ALSO, UM, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE AS LONG OF A RUNWAY AND ALSO IS SIGNIFICANTLY QUIETER.
UM, SO FOR THESE REASONS AND MANY OTHER REASONS, THE AIR FORCE RECENTLY AWARDED JET ZERO, A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT TO BUILD A FULL SCALE DEMONSTRATOR AIRCRAFT, UM, WHICH THEY ARE PLANNING ON FLYING IN 2027.
AND, UM, WE'RE THRILLED THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING THIS AIRCRAFT AND WORKING ON THIS AIRCRAFT RIGHT AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND, UM, KEVIN HAD A LOT OF REALLY GREAT THINGS TO SAY ABOUT WORKING AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UM, BUT HE PARTICULARLY HIGHLIGHTED THE PEOPLE THAT HE'S WORKED WITH, UM, AT THE AIRPORT, IN THE COUNCIL DISTRICT AND IN THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
UM, AND HE SAID THAT WAS A KEY FACTOR IN JET ZERO'S DECISION TO GROW THEIR OPERATION IN LONG BEACH.
SPECIFICALLY, UM, IN HIS LIMITED FREE TIME, I'M SURE HE'S VERY BUSY.
UM, KEVIN SPENDS TIME WITH HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTERS AND A VARIETY OF OUTDOOR PURSUITS AND, UM, WE JUST REALLY COULDN'T BE HAPPIER TO HAVE KEVIN AND THE WHOLE JET ZERO TEAM AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THEM OCCUPYING THAT SPACE IN THE FORM OF FORMER GULF STREAM PROPERTY.
UM, SO IF I COULD JUST ADD YES, GO AHEAD REAL QUICK.
YEAH, HE MENTIONS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW IT'S, ON THE ONE HAND VERY FUTURISTIC, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THERE'S BEEN DECADES OF RESEARCH, UM, ON THE BLENDED WING BODY AIRCRAFT, SO, YEAH.
WELL, SO FOR THE NEXT SPOTLIGHT, UM, I WANNA INTRODUCE YOU TO DON THOMPSON, PRESIDENT OF CHAPTER SEVEN OF THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION LOCATED OR BASED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND DON HAS BEEN A PRO PRESENCE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT SINCE 1976.
SO HE'S KIND OF AN INSTITUTION AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UM, SO IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EAA AS IT'S CALLED, AS IT'S CALLED, IT'S A NATIONAL ORGANIZATION.
IT STARTED IN THE 1950S FOR PEOPLE INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING, BUILDING AND FLYING AIRCRAFT.
AND, UM, THE EAA HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN YOUTH PROGRAMMING THROUGH THEIR YOUNG EAGLES PROGRAMS. AND SO, SIX TIMES A YEAR AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, THEIR CHAPTER TAKES YOUNG PEOPLE OUT ON DISCOVERY FLIGHTS.
UM, AND SO FAR, THE LOCAL CHAPTER HAS TAKEN MORE THAN 5,000 YOUNG PEOPLE UP ON DISCOVERY FLIGHTS AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND LAST SUMMER, THEY WERE KIND ENOUGH TO WORK WITH THE AIRPORT,
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WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND THEY PROVIDED FREE DISCOVERY FLIGHTS, UM, FOR OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNS, WHICH FOR MANY OF THE STUDENTS WAS THEIR FIRST TIME IN A PLANE.UM, AND SO DON'S WORK THROUGH THE EAA OVER MANY, MANY YEARS HAS BEEN DEFINITELY KEY TO INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE TO PURSUE CAREERS EITHER AS PILOTS OR IN THE AVIATION FIELD.
AND HE HIMSELF EARNED HIS PRIVATE PILOTS LICENSE IN HIS TWENTIES AND LATER BECAME A COMMERCIAL PILOT.
UM, HE SHARED THAT HE'S HAD VARIOUS JOBS OVER THE YEARS, FLYING, BUILDING, AND BUYING AIRPLANES.
AND, UM, HE TALKS ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, SO MANY CHANGES THAT HE'S SEEN AT THE AIRPORT SINCE 1976.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, LOTS OF THINGS HAVE CHANGED.
UM, BUT THROUGH ALL OF THE CHANGE, DON SAYS THE BEST PART OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS HOW IT ALLOWS HIM TO CONNECT TO THE WORLD, AND HOW HE APPRECIATES THE CONVENIENCE OF HAVING A COMMERCIAL AIRPORT, UM, SO CLOSE TO HOME.
AND HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS THAT HE'S BEEN A LONG BEACH AIRPORT SUPPORTER FOR 47 OF THE 100 YEARS THAT THE AIRPORT'S BEEN IN EXISTENCE, AND THAT HE LOVES THE AIRPORT HISTORY.
UM, BUT HE'S ALSO EXCITED ABOUT MANY OF THE NEW CUTTING EDGE COMPANIES THAT ARE COMING TO LONG BEACH AND, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE AIRPORT LIKE JET ZERO THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO DON THOMPSON FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF WORK WITH CHAPTER SEVEN OF EAA AND ESPECIALLY IN HIS WORK WITH YOUTH.
KATE, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, SECRETARY WILL PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES.
[5. 24-51788 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for November 2023 and January 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE? YES.ITEM FIVE, RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER, 2023 AND JANUARY, 2024.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
HI, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, IT IS MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING ON BEHALF OF CYNTHIA GIRI, OUR DIRECTOR WHO IS OUT OF, WHO IS OUT OF TOWN AT THE MOMENT.
UM, SO I WILL BE GIVING THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, AT, UM, FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, WE WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO REALLY REFLECT BACK ON 2023.
IT WAS A, IT WAS A TREMENDOUS YEAR FOR THE AIRPORT.
UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, TOO MANY TO TO MENTION, UM, SO MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT HAVE OCCURRED BEHIND THE SCENES, THINGS THAT, THAT OUR TEAM WORKS ON TO MAINTAIN SAFETY, MAINTAIN EFFICIENCY.
UM, BUT I DID WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT, UH, AND IT'S JUST KIND OF HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, UH, MEMORABLE MOMENTS, VERY MANY MOMENTS, BUT JUST, UH, SOME MOMENTS THAT, UH, YOU ALL
UM, WE STARTED OUT THE YEAR WITH THE UNVEILING OF THE $25 MILLION CONSOLIDATED BAGGAGE CLAIM FACILITY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO.
UH, THAT CELEBRATION, UH, BROUGHT, UH, OUR TENANTS TOGETHER AND IT REALLY WAS, UH, A KEY ELEMENT THAT NEEDED TO BE COMPLETED.
AND WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO AFTER OUR TICKETING LOBBY GRAND OPENING, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR.
SO, UH, THAT REALLY KIND OF KICKED OFF 20, UH, 2023.
UM, ALSO, UH, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR THEREAFTER, WE ADDED SERVICE TO EIGHT NEW DESTINATIONS.
UM, ALBUQUERQUE, BOISE, COLORADO SPRINGS, EL PASO, KANSAS CITY, NEW ORLEANS, ORLANDO, AND PORTLAND.
THOSE ARE ALL NONSTOP DESTINATIONS.
AND AT THIS TIME, OUR AIR CARRIERS ARE PROVIDING SERVICE TO MORE DESTINATIONS THAN WE'VE EVER HAD, UH, IN OUR A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY AT THIS POINT.
UM, THE OTHER THING TOO, WE WANTED TO MENTION WAS AIRPORTS COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL IN NORTH AMERICA ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION.
WE HOSTED OVER 2000 AVIATION INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES IN LONG BEACH DOWNTOWN AT THE CONVENTION CENTER.
UH, AND REALLY BROUGHT THE ABILITY FOR, UH, PEOPLE FROM OTHER, YOU KNOW, BRINGING, UH, A CONVENTION HERE TO THE CITY.
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE A SMALL AIRPORT, UH, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO, THIS WAS OUR THIRD TIME HOSTING AN ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
SO WE, OUR TEAM IS WELL VERSED, UH, IN THAT, IN, IN THAT PROJECT AND IN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
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I THINK IT ALSO HELPS THAT, THAT WE HAVE A, A TREMENDOUS GROUP WITH OUR CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU.UM, AND SO ALL OF THOSE ELEMENTS REALLY HELPED TO PUT ON A, A SPECTACULAR EVENT, UM, AND TO BRING NOTORIETY TO LONG BEACH, BOTH AS AN AIRPORT, UH, AND ALSO AS A CITY AND A DESTINATION, UH, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO, UH, DID WANNA MENTION THAT AS WELL.
UH, WE HELD OUR, A SPECIAL CENTENNIAL EDITION OF OUR BIGGEST EVER FESTIVAL FLIGHT.
AND THAT WAS TO LAUNCH OUR YEAR LONG 100TH ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN.
UH, THAT WAS A LONG, UH, A VERY WELL PLANNED, UH, VERY WELL COORDINATED WITHIN OUR STAFF AND ALL OF OUR PARTNERS.
UM, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, WE COULDN'T HAVE HAD A BETTER OR, AND MORE BEAUTIFUL DAY FOR THAT EVENT.
SO, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT FOR, UH, UH, FOR THE YEAR.
UH, LONG LGB PARTICIPATED IN 82 COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 2023.
SO THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF SEVEN COMMUNITY EVENTS EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND MANY OF YOU, YOU KNOW, ARE PART OF THAT.
SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THAT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, UH, IN THAT.
UM, AND WE ALSO KEEP TRACK OF INTERACTIONS.
SO OUR, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND, AND AIRPORT TEAM INTERACTED WITH APPROXIMATELY 35,000 COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, DURING THOSE EVENTS.
UH, SO, UM, THAT IS A BIG, THAT IS A BIG ACCOMPLISHMENT AND, AND A MILESTONE FOR US IN 2023.
UM, AND THEN AS WE ENDED THE YEAR AND WE CAME, UH, TO NOVEMBER, WE MARKED OUR 100TH ACTUAL BIRTHDAY, UH, WITH THE UNVEILING OF A BEAUTIFUL ART INSTALLATION ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
A, UH, WHICH MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN.
AND WE'VE GOTTEN, UH, LOTS OF GOOD PRESS.
AND, UM, WE EVEN, UH, OUR STAFF ACTUALLY WERE OUT, UH, IN FRONT OF THE TICKETING LOBBY, AND THE ARTIST WHO ACTUALLY PAINTED IT, UH, AND MADE THE IMAGE HAD NEVER SEEN IT, UH, ON THE PARKING STRUCTURE.
SO OUR TEAM WAS ABLE TO, THEY WERE ABLE TO SEE HIM AND, AND, UH, HE WAS VERY IMPRESSED.
SO, UH, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S A, A GREAT ART INSTALLATION AND REALLY KIND OF SOMETHING UNIQUE THAT WE'VE NOT DONE BEFORE, UH, IN THE PAST.
UH, AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A TENANT BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION THAT WE HAD ON THE OUTDOOR PLAZA.
AND THAT REALLY KICKED OFF, UH, OUR 100TH YEAR.
UH, IT WAS OUR BUSIEST YEAR, UH, SINCE, UH, SINCE COVID.
AND, UH, WE ANTICIPATE, UH, AS JANUARY HAS STARTED, IT'S ALREADY BEEN QUITE BUSY.
AND SO, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO BIGGER AND BIGGER THINGS, UH, AND MORE, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENTS, UH, FOR OUR AIRPORT TEAM, FOR OUR TENANTS, UH, AND, UH, AND JUST THE OVERALL, UH, LONG BEACH COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO MONI CHE, OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISOR, WHO WILL PROVIDE, UH, THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.
OH, UM, SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR NOVEMBER, 2023.
UM, STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, THE REPORT, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES.
WE HAVE AMERICAN AIRLINES WHO, UM, HAD NO ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, SINCE THEY EXIT, UM, OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT, UM, IN FEBRUARY.
UH, THEN DELTA AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT THEIR, UM, TOTAL EMPLOYMENTS WERE OVER 4,000, UM, ABOUT 29% LESS THAN THEY DID, UH, IN THE SAME PERIOD, UM, LAST YEAR.
UH, THAT'S BECAUSE THEIR FREQUENCY TO SALT LAKE CITY HAS DECREASED.
UM, WE ALSO SEE HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SEEING A DROP OF ABOUT 1%, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 9,500 OP, UM, EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH.
UH, THEIR LOAD FACTOR IS SLIGHTLY DOWN, BUT THEIR NUMBER OF FLIGHTS IS, UM, PRETTY CONSISTENT TO THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UH, AND THEN SOUTHWEST HAVING THE LION'S SHARE OF ACTIVITY, UM, WITH TOTALING 150, UH, THOUSAND, UH, 54,000, UM, UH, EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER.
THAT'S A 25% INCREASE COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, IN TOTAL, THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, THE AIRPORT SAW 168,000, UH, EMPLOYMENTS FOR THAT MONTH.
UM, AND THAT'S OUT OF TWO TH 227,000, UM, SEATS IN THE MARKETS, UM, UM, LEADING TO A ABOUT 74%, UH, LOAD FACTOR FOR THAT MONTH.
UH, MOVING ON TO THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, WE SEE THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WHICH IS 11 MONTHS OUT OF THE 12 MONTHS IN THE YEAR.
SO SIMILAR STORY, UM, AMERICAN AIRLINES CONTINUING TO SEE A DECREASE BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER OPERATING HERE.
UH, DELTA AIRLINES SEEING, UM, ABOUT A 20% INCREASE OVERALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH THEIR, UM, UH, REDUCED FREQUENCY TO THEIR, UH, IN THEIR ROUTES.
AND THEN FROM THEIR HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, SEEING ABOUT A 5% INCREASE, UM, FOR THE PERIOD SO FAR THIS YEAR.
AND THEN, UM, SOUTHWEST CONTINUING TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR A TOTAL ABOUT 20%, UM, TOTAL
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SO FAR IN THE YEAR.UH, SO FOR THE 11 MONTHS IN THE YEAR, UH, WE'VE HAD ABOUT, UH, NEARLY 1.7 MILLION IN EMPLOYMENTS THROUGH, THROUGH FOR THE 11 MONTHS.
UM, AND THEN MOVING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, WE SEE THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION.
SO UPS BEING THE, UM, MAIN AND ONLY, UM, CARGO CARRIER AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, WE SEE THAT THEY HAD TWO MORE LANDINGS.
UM, THIS, UM, UM, NOVEMBER COMPARED TO THE PRIOR, UM, YEARS, NOVEMBER, AND THAT'S ABOUT 8% MORE IN FLIGHTS.
HOWEVER, THEIR, UH, TOTAL CARGO TONNAGE PROCESS IS ONLY 2% MORE, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 1,266.
UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, WE SEE THIS A SIMILAR STORY.
UM, THEIR TOTAL LANDING SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN, UH, THEY HAD LAST YEAR.
UH, HOWEVER, THE TOTAL CARGO TONNAGE PROCESS IS ABOUT 11% LESS.
AND, UH, WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE NEXT REPORT, UM, WHICH IS THE FISCAL YEAR 2023 YEAR END REVIEW.
SO, UM, FOR THIS PRESENTATION, UM, ON SLIDE TWO, UH, WE GIVE A, AN OVERVIEW OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, WE'LL BE GOING OVER SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, FOLLOWED BY, UH, THE PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
UH, AND THEN WE'LL JUMP INTO SOME MORE DETAILED, UH, UH, STATISTICS ABOUT THE REVENUE RESULTS FROM VARIOUS, UM, REVENUE SOURCES.
AND THEN WE'LL COVER SOME OPERATING RESOURCE AND, UM, METRICS.
AND THEN FROM THERE, WE'LL TALK ABOUT, UM, THE STATUS OF SOME CAPITAL PROJECTS.
SO STARTING OFF ON SLIDE THREE, WE, UH, WANTED TO SHARE SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS, UM, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UM, AS JUAN MENTIONED, UH, IT WAS A, UH, SIGNIFICANT YEAR FOR US IN TERMS OF, UM, PASSENGER ACTIVITY, UH, WITH ABOUT 3.5 MILLION, UM, PASSENGERS RECORDED FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
AND THAT'S A 20, UH, THAT'S A 12% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, THIS IS A CONTINUED TREND OF RECOVERY, UM, SINCE THE PANDEMIC AND NOTABLY, UH, 3.5 MILLION PUTS US BACK AT PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
UM, AND SO THIS HAS RESULTED, UM, IN, UH, INCREASED REVENUES.
AND SO WITH THAT, WE ARE, UM, FINANCIALLY SELF-SUSTAINING AGAIN.
UM, AND SO NO RELIEF FUNDS WERE USED FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.
WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS, UM, RELIEF FUNDS WERE EXHAUSTED IN 2022, AND SO WE WERE GOING INTO 2023, UM, YOU KNOW, SORT OF WITH THE, UH, INTENTION OF BEING FULLY SELF-SUSTAINING.
AND WE, UH, WE ACCOMPLISHED THAT WITH THE, UH, INCREASED ACTIVITY AND INCREASED REVENUES.
UM, AND THEN ADDING ONTO THAT, UH, WE DID RECEIVE A $8 MILLION GRANT FOR OUR TAXIWAY, UH, TAXI LANE, KNU PROJECTS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY, UM, IN THE DESIGN PHASE RIGHT NOW.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MAINTAIN A CREDIT RATING OF A THREE AND A MINUS WITH OUR, UH, WITH FITCH AND MOODY'S, UH, WITH A STABLE OUTLOOK.
AND THEN, UM, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID COMPLETE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAGGAGE CLAIM FACILITY BACK IN MAY, WHICH WAS A HUGE, UH, MILESTONE IN OUR PHASE TWO PROGRAM.
UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE FOUR, WE SHOWED THE PRELIMINARY, UH, BUDGET PERFORMANCE, UM, RESULTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 23.
SO, UH, PRELIMINARY, UM, MEANS THAT, UH, THE DATA IS UNAUDITED RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT PROCESS IS ACTUALLY, UM, OCCURRING, UM, RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE FINAL DATA WILL BE, UH, REPORTED IN THE CITY'S, UM, ANNUAL COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT, WHICH SHOULD BE RELEASED, UM, IN APRIL.
SO, UH, IN THIS, UM, PRELIMINARY REPORT, UM, WE SEE AT THE TOP LEFT THAT, UH, PAST YEAR IN EMPLOYMENTS, UM, IN TOTAL WE HAD, UM, 1.7, UM, MILLION, UM, IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THAT'S SLIGHTLY UNDER BUDGET ABOUT, UH, 2%.
UH, THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE VARIOUS EVENTS THAT OCCURRED, UM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
HOWEVER, UH, BECAUSE OF A STRONG, UH, SUMMER SEASON, UM, WITH THE ADDED DESTINATIONS, WE DID, UM, CLOSE THAT GAP TO ABOUT 2%.
UM, AND AS A RESULT, OUR OPERATING REVENUES ALSO, UM, INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.
AS WE'LL SEE IN SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
UM, OUR REVENUE PERFORMANCE WAS, UH, VERY STRONG.
UM, IT EXCEEDED OUR PROJECTIONS.
AND, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL COVER THAT MORE IN DETAIL IN THE, UM, SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
UH, MOVING ON TO OPERATING EXPENSES.
HERE WE SEE THAT, UM, SALARIES AND BENEFITS OVERALL REMAIN FLAT.
UH, WE DID HAVE, UH, SIGNIFICANT VACANCY RATES, UM, THAT LED TO, UM, THE, UH, COST REMAINING FLAT AND, AND WELL UNDER BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN FOR OUR SERVICE AND SUPPLIES CATEGORY, UH, WE SAW ABOUT AN 8% INCREASE IN, UH, SPENDING.
UM, THAT'S THE RESULT OF THE INCREASED ACTIVITY AS WE USE MORE SUPPLIES, UH, ALSO WITH THE NEW FACILITIES COMING ONLINE, OPERATING CROSS GOES, AND WE ALL, UH, KNOW THAT INFLATION, UM, PEAKED LAST YEAR.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, THAT ADDED TO THE COST OF, UH, GOODS AND SERVICES.
UH, AND THEN ALSO CITY SERVICES CATEGORY, WE SAW A SLIGHT INCREASE IN THAT, UM, THAT ULTIMATELY REMAINED FLAT.
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BETWEEN THE LINE ITEMS IN THAT CATEGORY, WE DID SEE SOME, UM, UM, UPS AND DOWNS.AND SO ULTIMATELY THAT NETTED OUT TO JUST A SLIGHT INCREASE.
AND WE WILL COVER THAT MORE IN ON SUBSEQUENT SLIDES.
OVERALL, UM, UH, ONCE WE NET OUT, UH, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, WE YIELDED ABOUT A $14 MILLION POSITIVE RESULT, UM, WHICH WILL BE USED TO FUND, UM, DEBT SERVICE CAPITAL PROJECTS, AND BUILD UP OUR RESERVES.
UM, HERE WE TAKE A LOOK INTO, UH, MORE ABOUT, UH, WITH OUR MONTHLY EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
UM, SO HERE, UH, TWO YEARS WORTH OF EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.
UH, WE SEE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, SOUTHWEST, UM, WITH THE YELLOW ORANGE BARS AT THE BOTTOM, UH, THEY'RE THE MAJORITY OF ACTIVITY.
UM, AND OVERALL, AS YOU READ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS A GRADUAL INCREASE OVERALL IN EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WITH SOME BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.
UM, AND JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST SEVEN MONTHS, UM, WE DO SEE ACTIVITY ABOVE OR AT OR ABOVE, UM, 150,000.
UH, 150,000 IS PRETTY MUCH WHERE PRE PANDEMIC LEVEL WAS.
SO, UH, THIS DOES, UM, HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SORT OF OUT OF, UH, THE PANDEMIC AND FULLY RECOVERED AND OUR BACK AT PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
MOVING ON TO SLIDE SIX, UH, WE TRANSLATE THOSE ACTIVITY NUMBERS INTO DOLLARS.
SO, UM, HERE ON THIS SLIDE, UM, WE SHOW THE REVENUES, UM, THAT ARE RECEIVED FROM THE VARIOUS AIRLINES, UH, TO NO SURPRISE, SOUTHWEST, UM, ACCOUNTS FOR MOST OF THE REVENUES THAT 87% OF AIRLINE REVENUES, AND THAT'S ABOUT AN 18.3 MILLION, UM, REVENUE, UM, TO THE AIRPORT.
AND THEN FOLLOWED BY 1.4 FROM HAWAIIAN, ALMOST A MILLION FROM DELTA, AND, UM, A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND FROM, UM, AMERICAN OVERALL.
WE DID SEE, UH, UH, AIR, UH, AIRLINE REVENUES INCREASED BY 12% AS THE BARS SHOW, UH, THAT GRADUAL INCREASE, UM, BETWEEN, UH, THE AIRLINES.
ON SLIDE SEVEN, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CONCESSION SALES.
SO HERE, UH, WE BROKE IT OUT, UH, BY THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF CONCESSION SALES.
UM, OUR PRIMARY REVENUE SOURCES FROM CONCESSION SALES IS FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
UH, THAT, UH, ACCOUNTS FOR 73% OF ALL THE, UM, CONCESSION SALES, UM, AND IT INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.
THERE'S JUST A SIGNIFICANT DEMAND IN JUST SPENDING.
UM, AS, UM, UH, TRAVELERS ARE IN THE CONCOURSE, UH, THAT'S ABOUT 2.7 MILLION FROM THAT CATEGORY.
AND THEN WE RECEIVED ABOUT A MILLION DOLLAR FROM JUST OUR GIFT AND RETAIL, UM, SALES IN, IN THE SHOPS, UH, IN THE CONCOURSE.
AND THEN, UM, VENDING, UM, SALES, UH, MIX UP ABOUT 12,000, UM, OF ALL THAT ON, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.
UM, WE'LL SEE THAT, UH, THERE'S A BREAKDOWN OF CONCESSIONAIRES IN TERMS OF THE MARKET SHARE.
UM, PARODIES LAG DARE, OUR PRIME CONCESSIONAIRE MAKES UP OVER 99% OF OUR CONCESSION SALES, FOLLOWED BY THE VARIOUS VENDING, UM, UH, CONCESSIONAIRES THAT WE HAVE.
HERE, WE SEE THE RENTAL CAR REVENUES.
UH, THESE ARE OUR FIVE PRIMARY, UM, RENTAL CAR, UM, OPERATORS.
UM, LEADING THE PACK IS AVIS, FOLLOWED BY HERTZ AND BUDGET.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, ALAMO AND ENTERPRISE, UM, OVERALL IN, UH, REVENUES FROM THIS CATEGORY INCREASED BY 14%, UM, AND, UH, BUDGET INCREASE, UH, UH, MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN THE OTHERS.
AND SO THEY'RE SORT OF IN, UM, THE MIDDLE.
UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, WE SEE THE MARKET SHARE BETWEEN ALL THE, UM, RENTAL CAR COMPANIES, AND IT'S PRETTY EVEN, UM, AROUND 20%, UH, GIVE OR TAKE A FEW PERCENT BETWEEN, UH, THE COMPANIES.
UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE NINE, HERE WE SEE THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION REVENUES.
SO, UM, UM, TNCS, WHICH IS BASICALLY UBER AND LYFT, THEY MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF ALL THE REVENUES.
UM, TOTAL 1.4 MILLION, UM, RECEIVED FROM THEM, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, AND THEN FOLLOWED BY LONG BEACH, UH, YELLOW CAB, WHICH IS ABOUT 52,000.
AND THEN COURTESY SHUTTLES, UM, AND OTHER GT PROVIDERS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, THE TNCS, UH, DO MAKE UP 94% OF ALL THAT REVENUE.
UM, AND, UH, BETWEEN UBER AND LYFT, IT IS ABOUT A THREE TO TWO SPLIT.
UM, UBER COVERING ABOUT 60%, OR LYFT HAVING ABOUT 40% OF ALL THOSE REVENUES.
AND MOVING ON TO SLIDE 10, UH, WE JUMPED TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EQUATION AND TALK ABOUT, UH, EXPENDITURES.
SO, UH, THIS IS A VISUAL FOR THE, UH, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT WE SHOWED IN THE, UH, THE OTHER SLIDE.
UM, AND SO SALARIES AND BENEFITS, UM, AS YOU SEE HERE, REMAIN PRETTY FLAT.
UM, WE DID HAVE ABOUT A 20% VACANCY RATE, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, DUE TO THE DIFFICULT LABOR MARKET AND THE TURNOVERS THAT WE SAW.
UM, AND THEN FOR SERVICES AND SUPPLIES, UM, THAT, UM,
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CATEGORY INCREASED TO 10.2 MILLION, UM, YOU KNOW, CITING THE ADDITIONAL, UM, COST OF OPERATING THE NEW FACILITIES AND, UH, THE INCREASE IN ACTIVITY AND ALSO INFLATION.UM, AND THEN FOR CITY SERVICES, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT, IT REMAINED FLAT ABOUT 18 POINT, UH, 2 MILLION.
UM, THAT'S BECAUSE TECHNOLOGY COSTS DECREASE, HOWEVER, UH, FLEET PUBLIC SAFETY AND OTHER SERVICES DID INCREASE, UM, HOWEVER IT DIDN'T NET OUT AND, AND RESULTED IN A VERY MINOR INCREASE.
UM, ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE TALK ABOUT, UH, COST PER EMPLOYMENT.
SO COST PER EMPLOYMENT IS, UH, A CALCULATION, UM, OF THE AMOUNT OF REVENUES, UH, FROM THE AIRLINES THAT'S PAID TO THE AIRPORT, UM, DIVIDED BY THE EMPLOYMENTS.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THE METRIC IS USED TO, UH, QUICKLY GAUGE THE COST OF OPERATING AT THE AIRPORT.
SO IT'S COMPARABLE BETWEEN OTHER AIRPORTS, AND GIVES A QUICK, UM, UH, COMPARISON BETWEEN THE AIRPORTS.
IT DOES SAY FISCAL YEAR 22, PASSENGER, UM, CPE.
THAT'S CORRECT, BECAUSE THE FISCAL YEAR 23 DATA ISN'T AVAILABLE YET.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, LOOKING AT THIS, UM, THE TREND IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EXPECT.
UM, LONG BEACH AIRPORT AT THE GREEN BAR AT THE BOTTOM, TOWARDS THE BOTTOM, UH, WHERE, WHERE WE'RE, WE HAVE A VERY COMPETITIVE RATE, $11 AND 71 CENTS IN FISCAL YEAR 22.
UH, AND WE DO EXPECT TO BE, UH, SIMILAR TO THAT SLIGHT INCREASE, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 23 TO $11 AND 81 CENTS.
UM, UH, THERE'S ONLY TWO AIR, UM, AIRPORTS LISTED HERE THAT ARE, ARE BELOW US, UM, IN TERMS OF THE COST ONTARIO, WHICH HAS A VERY UNIQUE SITUATION WHEN THEY, UM, BROKE AWAY FROM WAWA AND INCREASED, UH, ACTIVITY SIGNIFICANTLY, PLUS THEIR HUGE, UM, CARGO OPERATION.
AND THEN BURBANK HAVING A VERY UNIQUE, UM, STRUCTURE, UM, HAVING, UH, SIGNIFICANT PARKING REVENUES AND ALSO, UH, LOWER COST OF, UM, OPERATIONS, UH, OVERALL, UH, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPECTS TO REMAIN WITHIN THIS RANGE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, UM, AND IS GONNA BE, UH, PRETTY COMPETITIVE, UM, IN THE MARKET.
ON SLIDE 12, UM, HERE WE JUMPED TO, UH, THE CAPITAL PROJECTS, UM, UM, GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, IN FISCAL YEAR 23, WE COMPLETED THE TECH, THE $26 MILLION TAX AWAY, A L IMPROVEMENTS, UM, WHICH IS OUR, ONE OF OUR, UM, PRIMARY TAX AWAY FOR OUR AIR CARRIERS.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO COMPLETED THE $10 MILLION, UH, 1230 ELECTRICAL PROJECT.
UM, ON TOP OF THAT, AS WE MENTIONED, UH, THE NEW BAGGAGE CLAIM AREA OPENED.
UM, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, OTHER PHASE TWO PROJECTS STILL ONGOING, UM, AND IS EXPECTED TO, UH, NEAR COMPLETION IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, WE ARE ALSO WAITING FOR THE ENERGIZATION OF OUR PARKING, UH, STRUCTURE SOLAR PANELS, UM, SOON WITH, UH, WITH THAT TURNING ON, UH, WE'LL BE CLEAN, UH, GENERATING MORE CLEAN ENERGY, UH, TO, TO USE AT THE AIRPORT.
UH, RIGHT NOW, UM, WE ARE, UH, BEGINNING THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT IS, UM, PRIMARILY, UH, FUNDED THROUGH THE, UH, UH, FAS A, UH, AIRPORT TERMINAL PROGRAM THAT WAS AWARDED LAST YEAR.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE ARE ALSO BEGINNING CONSTRUCTION ON OUR TAXIWAY KNU PROJECT, AS WE MENTIONED, THAT WAS, UH, RECEIVED AN $8 MILLION GRANT LAST YEAR.
UM, AND IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UM, WHICH IS RIGHT NOW IN THE, UH, DESIGN PHASE, WE'LL BE CONSTRUCTING THE GATEWAY SIGN, WHICH IS, UH, GONNA MIRROR, UH, THE MANY GATEWAY SIGNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, WITH THE UNIQUE, UM, COMPONENT OF ADDING, UM, THE ELEMENT FOR LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UM, AND THEN FROM THERE, ON SLIDE 13, WE CLOSE OUT BY JUST, UM, MENTIONING THAT, UH, OUR POST PANDEMIC OPERATION IS FINANCIALLY SELF-SUSTAINING AGAIN, UH, THANKS TO THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN ACTIVITY, UH, WHICH, UH, GENERATED, UH, STRONG REVENUE GROWTH AND, UM, ALSO OUTPACE, UH, UH, EXPENDITURE GROWTH.
UH, WE'VE MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN OUR PHASE TWO PROJECT, AND WE'RE HOPING TO MAKE MORE PROGRESS, UH, IN THE COMING MONTHS.
UM, AND THAT HIGHLIGHTS REALLY ALL THE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS THAT'S BEEN MADE INTO THE AIRPORT, NOT JUST ON THE TERMINAL SIDE, BUT ALSO ON OUR AIRFIELD WITH, UH, THE SUPPORT OF FAA, UH, GRANT FUNDING AND OUR PFC REVENUES.
UM, AND THEN OVERALL, JUST, YOU KNOW, A VERY POSITIVE OUTLOOK, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT AS WE GO INTO, UH, OUR 100, UM, YEAR.
OUR NEXT REPORT WILL BE FROM RON REEDS, OUR OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER WITH THE NOISE UPDATE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR PACKET THE SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER NOISE REPORTS.
UM, I WILL BE, UH, GOING THROUGH THE OCTOBER REPORT.
SO ON PAGE TWO OF THE OCTOBER REPORT,
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YOU SEE THE COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.YOU SEE, WE HAD A TOTAL OF TWO OPERATIONS, UH, ONE BY DELTA, ONE BY HAWAIIAN, BETWEEN 10 AND 11:00 PM AND, UH, NO OPERATIONS DURING THE, THE LATE NIGHT HOURS BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM.
AND, UH, THAT IS REALLY INCREDIBLE, PARTICULARLY GIVEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, UH, YOU MAY REMEMBER BACK A FEW YEARS WHEN, UH, WHEN WE WERE ROUTINELY FLYING LATE AT NIGHT, AND WE'RE FLYING EVEN MORE NOW.
SO THIS IS REALLY A TREMENDOUS EFFORT BY THE AIRLINES, UH, TO COMPLY WITH OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
AND THEY'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.
ON PAGE THREE, YOU NOTE THE, THE NOISE VIOLATIONS.
SO WE HAVE THE, THE LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.
NOT ALL OF THAT RESULTS IN, UH, IN A VIOLATION.
AND YOU SEE HERE THAT, UH, NONE OF NONE OF THE AIRLINES HAD A NOISE VIOLATION.
UH, WE DID HAVE 17 VIOLATIONS.
ALL OF THEM WERE BY, UH, GA OR CHARTER AIRCRAFT CATEGORIES.
AND, UH, NONE OF THOSE WERE REPEAT VIOLATIONS, UH, BASED ON THE VOLUME OF MONETARY FINES DOWN AT THE BOTTOM THERE, YOU SEE, WE DIDN'T COLLECT ANY, UH, ANY MONIES FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS.
THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, AIRPORT OPERATIONS FOR OCTOBER, 2023, UM, MONIE MENTIONED THE AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS AND THE INCREASE THERE, UH, SIGNIFICANTLY IN THIS CHART.
WE ALSO NOTE A, UH, A LARGE VOLUME OF GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY.
SO WE'VE EXPERIENCED A, UH, 24% INCREASE AS COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS OCTOBER, SO OCTOBER, 2022.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT OUR GA OPERATIONS HAVE, UH, HAVE GONE UP QUITE A BIT THERE.
I PAGE FOUR LISTS THE INDIVIDUAL VIOLATIONS OF THE 17.
UH, YOU CAN SEE MOST OF THEM WERE, UH, WERE PRIVATE OPERATORS.
UH, THEY'RE THE LARGE MAJORITY.
YOU DO SEE A FEW VIOLATIONS, UH, THAT ARE NOT NOISE VIOLATIONS, BUT THEY'RE MORE OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS, YOU KNOW, PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES, TOUCH AND GOES OUTSIDE OF, UH, OUTSIDE OF THE ALLOWED HOURS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WE DO NOTE THOSE, UH, AS WELL.
PAGE FIVE, LIST OUR NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE.
THERE'S TWO CHARTS HERE THAT WE THINK ARE, ARE SIGNIFICANT.
UM, OUR AIR CARRIER NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE.
SO WE, WE MEASURE OUR BUDGETS AT MONITORS, RMT NINE ON THE NORTH SIDE FOR DEPARTURES AND R MT 10 ON THE SOUTH SIDE FOR OUR ARRIVALS.
AND WE HAVE INDEPENDENT BUDGETS AT EACH MONITOR, AND WE MUST COMPLY WITH, WITH BOTH OF THOSE, BOTH OF THOSE BUDGETS FOR THOSE MONITORS.
THE BUDGET FOR MONITOR NINE IS 70.7 BUDGET UNITS FOR THE AIR CARRIERS.
AND, UH, WE ACTUALLY USE 37.9 BUDGET UNITS, OR APPROXIMATELY 54% OF THE BUDGET WAS USED AT MONITOR NINE ON THE DEPARTURE SIDE AT MONITOR 10, THAT'S THE ARRIVAL.
THE NOISE BUDGET THERE IS 84.6 BUDGET UNITS.
UH, WE USE 63.4 OR APPROXIMATELY 75% OF OUR NOISE BUDGET AT, UH, AT MONITOR 10 ON THE ARRIVAL SIDE.
SO, UH, THE QUESTION THERE, UH, EVERYONE, UH, ASK ABOUT FLIGHT SLOTS AND IF WE'RE ONLY USING 75% OF THE BUDGET, ARE WE GOING TO ADD FLIGHT SLOTS? AND, UH, THE ANSWER IS NO.
UH, WE, ON, ON THE FLIGHT SLOTS, WE PROJECT UP TO WHAT THE BUDGET USE WOULD HAVE BEEN IF THE AIRLINES HAD FLOWN ALL OF THEIR SLOTS.
SO THAT 75% UTILIZATION IS A RESULT OF NOT FLYING, OF THE AIRLINES NOT FLYING ALL OF THE AVAILABLE SLOTS.
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FLOWN ALL OF THE AVAILABLE SLOTS, WE WOULD BE RIGHT AT THE BUDGET LIMIT.SO, UM, THE BOTTOM CHART INDICATES THE TOTAL NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE.
UH, SO IN ADDITION TO INDIVIDUAL CATEGORY BUDGET PERFORMANCE, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE TOTAL, UH, AT RMT 10, THE NOISE BUDGET IS 102.7.
THE ACTUAL 45.6 OR APPROXIMATELY 44% OF THE BUDGET WAS USED ON THE NORTH SIDE.
THE ARRIVAL, UH, THE NOISE BUDGET THERE IS ONE 20.9.
WE USE 74.8 OR APPROXIMATELY 62% OF THE NOISE BUDGET THERE.
THE NEXT PAGE, PAGE SIX LIST OUR NOISE COMPLAINTS.
UM, NOISE COMPLAINTS ARE, UH, ARE COMPILED THERE BY ZIP CODE AND THE TABLE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAD 36,000 NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM 119 HOUSEHOLDS AND ZIP CODE 9 0 8 0 7, THAT'S THE AREA IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE AIRPORT.
SO THE DEPARTURE FOR, UH, RUNWAYS TWO SIX LEFT AND RIGHT, AND ALSO THREE ZERO.
UM, WE ALSO HAD A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS FROM, UH, ZIP CODE 9 0 7, 5 5, ALMOST 6,500 COMPLAINTS.
AND THAT'S, UH, JUST SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT UNDER THE DOWNWIND FOR TWO SIX LEFT.
SO, UH, SO AGAIN, UH, A LARGE VOLUME THERE.
UM, 2,800 COMPLAINTS FROM THE AREA IMMEDIATELY EAST OF THE AIRPORT.
THAT'S THE SOUTH OF CONANT COMMUNITY.
UH, AND, UH, 1700 COMPLAINTS FROM 9 0 8 1 5.
THAT'S THE APPROACH CORRIDOR TO RUNWAY THREE ZERO.
SO, UM, ON THE LEFT SIDE, COMPLAINTS BY AIRCRAFT TYPE, UH, WE SEE THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF COMPLAINTS AT THIS POINT IN TIME ARE FROM OUR GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS.
AND AGAIN, WE DID EXPERIENCE ABOUT A 25%, UH, INCREASE IN THOSE OPERATIONS COMPARING OCTOBER THIS YEAR TO OCTOBER LAST YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT'S IT FOR THE, UH, FOR THE NOISE REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU RON.
AND OUR LAST REPORT FOR THE EVENING IS, UH, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, KAY KIRKENDAL WITH THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE.
UM, SO I'M GONNA BE SHARING SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE NOVEMBER DECEMBER EDITION OF THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT IN YOUR BINDER.
AND THERE WAS A LOT IN THERE, SO I'LL JUST TRY AND GIVE THE HIGHLIGHTS.
UM, IN TERMS OF MARKETING AND ADVERTISING, WE'VE BEEN BUSY SHARING OUR COOL NEW HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY LOGO AND INCORPORATING THAT INTO OUR LATEST ADVERTISEMENTS, UM, WHICH HAVE MOSTLY BEEN GEARED TOWARDS LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION EVENTS.
UM, AND WE WERE, ONE THING I WANNA HIGHLIGHT IS WE WERE VERY PLEASED TO JOIN THE MAYOR'S FUND IN SPONSORING THE JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL BENEFIT CONCERT.
AND IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T HEARD THAT STORY, UM, JORDAN'S CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA HAVE BEEN INVITED TO PLAY AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK CITY.
AND WE WERE REALLY, UM, HAPPY TO HEAR THAT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AGREED TO COVER THEIR AIRFARE.
UM, I THINK THAT WAS ABOUT A $35,000, UM, SPONSORSHIP THAT THEY PROVIDED.
AND, UM, THE AIRPORT, UM, ALSO CHIPPED IN WITH THE SPONSORSHIP FOR THE BENEFIT CONCERT.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE AIRFARE, THEY STILL HAVE OTHER COSTS, OF COURSE, RELATED TO THE TRIP THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO COVER.
AND I, I KNOW THEY, UM, MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS AND WE CAN, UM, KEEP YOU UPDATED.
'CAUSE I I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHEN THE DATE IS THAT THE STUDENTS LEAVE FOR THAT, BUT WE'RE HOPING TO, UM, KEEP IN TOUCH AND STAY ON TOP OF THAT.
SO IT'S VERY EXCITING FOR THE STUDENTS.
UM, IN TERMS OF, UH, MORE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF COMMUNITY EVENTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER.
UM, IN EARLY NOVEMBER, WE PARTICIPATED IN THE GIRLS AND AVIATION DAY EVENT.
UM, IT WAS HOSTED AT ATLANTIC AVIATION.
THERE WERE 250, UM, STUDENTS WHO CAME OUT TO THE HANGAR FOR INTERACTIVE PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAD A PRESENTATION, A DEMO FROM THE LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, FROM THE TSA BOMB SNIFFING DOGS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THERE ARE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STATIONS AND STUDENTS GOT TO LEARN ABOUT AVIATION CAREERS.
UM, AND THEN WE WRAPPED UP OUR BUSY PARADE SE SEASON.
WE HAD THE DIA DE LOS MARTOS PARADE, UH, THE BELMONT SHORE
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PARADE, AND THE DAISY LANE PARADE.UM, THIS ISN'T IN THIS REPORT, BUT OF COURSE, UM, THIS PAST SATURDAY WE HAD THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.
AND SO THANK YOU TO ALL THE COMMISSIONERS WHO'VE BEEN ABLE TO COME OUT AND PARTICIPATE AND WALK ALONGSIDE THE FLOAT OR AWAY FROM THE FLOAT.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, AND THEN WITH NOVEMBER BEING OUR OFFICIAL ANNIVERSARY MONTH, UM, WE WERE PLEASED TO HOST, AS QUAN MENTIONED, THE UNVEILING OF THE NEW ART MURAL ON THE SIDE OF PARKING STRUCTURE.
A WE HAD A LITTLE MEDIA EVENT FOR THAT.
UM, AND THEN THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY, UM, AN EVENT WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 CITY OFFICIALS, BUSINESS PARTNERS, AND CIVIC LEADERS.
AND IT WAS WONDERFUL TO SEE MANY OF YOU THERE, AND I HOPE YOU HAD A, UM, A GREAT TIME AT THAT EVENT.
UM, AND THEN ALSO RELATED TO OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY, WE, WE, WE RELEASED A HISTORIC REPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH.
UM, WE RELEASED THAT REPORT IN DECEMBER, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY HAVING A TALK, UM, A HISTORY TALK AT THE BILLIE JEAN KING LIBRARY ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH AT 6:00 PM WITH A, A RECEPTION AT FIVE 30 IF ANY OF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING.
UM, AND WE'LL HAVE THE AUTHORS OF THE REPORT, UM, PRESENTING, UM, THEIR FINDINGS FROM THE REPORT.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 25TH, RECEPTION AT FIVE 30.
PROGRAM STARTS AT 6:00 PM AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION@LGB.ORG SLASH 100TH.
UM, AND THEN SWITCHING TO MEDIA, WE HAD 46 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN NOVEMBER, AND THE TOP STORIES WERE ABOUT THE UNVEILING OF THE ARTWORK, UM, PASSENGER TRAFFIC NUMBERS, AND ALSO THE CITY'S CYBERSECURITY INCIDENT THAT AFFECTED OUR LGB.ORG WEBSITE.
AND DECEMBER, WE HAD 61 MEDIA PLACEMENTS, AND THE TOP STORIES WERE THE INTRODUCTION OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL AT ATLANTIC AVIATION, BECAUSE WE DID HAVE, UH, WE DID DO A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THAT EXCITING NEWS, UM, WHERE THE AIRPORT NOW, UM, HAS, UH, THE AVAILABILITY OF SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL AND ALSO ABOUT THE HOLIDAY PASSENGER TRAFFIC.
AND THEN LASTLY, JUST TO TALK REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, WE HAD A, SOME VERY POPULAR POSTS IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND ACROSS ALL THREE OF OUR MAJOR POP, I'M SORRY, OUR MAJOR PLATFORMS, OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS RELATED TO OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY.
UH, ON, ON NOVEMBER 26TH, WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY, WE HAD, UM, A HUGE CAKE FOR TRAVELERS AND WE GAVE AWAY FREE CAKE.
AND THERE'S SOME PICTURES IN THERE.
UM, OTHER POPULAR POSTS WERE THE TSA CHOIR CAME BACK FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE COVID.
AND, UM, THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY FUN.
AND WE HAD A FUN VIDEO OF THEM PERFORMING IN OUR OUTDOOR CONCOURSE.
UM, WE ALSO HAD THE MILLIKEN HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF HIGH SCHOOL CONCERTS THAT PERFORM DURING THE HO HOLIDAYS.
UM, AND THEN OUR MOST POPULAR POST OF THIS WHOLE TIME WAS A GIVEAWAY CONTEST.
WE RAN FOR THE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY CHALLENGE COIN, AND WE'VE PUT CHALLENGE COINS, UM, AT THE TABLE FOR YOU THERE.
UM, WE SAID, OH, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN COLLEGE COINS.
LET'S GIVE FIVE AWAY ON FACEBOOK AND FIVE AWAY ON INSTAGRAM.
AND THEN WE GOT, UH, AND ALL YOU HAD TO DO TO ENTER WAS TO SAY WHAT YOU LIKE BEST ABOUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND THEN WE PUT IT IN A RANDOMIZED WEBSITE PICKER THING, AND WE HAD MORE THAN 600 ENTRIES.
AND, UM, A TON OF WONDERFUL THINGS THAT PEOPLE SAID ABOUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
AND, UM, SO THEN WE GAVE AWAY 25 ON FACEBOOK AND 25 ON INSTAGRAM, JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY PEOPLE, WE WERE OVERWHELMED, UM, WITH THE, UH, DEMAND AND EXCITEMENT FOR THAT CHALLENGE POINT.
CHAIR RUBIN, THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORTS FOR TODAY'S MEETING.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, FINANCIALS.
I NOTICED THAT THE AVIATION RENTS AND THE NON-AVIATION RENTS WENT UP SUBSTANTIALLY.
IS THAT DUE TO LESS VACANCY OR DID WE REASSESS THE MARKET RATES? I, OUR ADMIN AND FINANCE MANAGER, UH, CLAUDIA LEWIS, JUST CURIOUS, WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND FOR YOU BECAUSE IT WENT UP A LOT.
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP ON SOME OVERDUE FAIR MARKET ADJUSTMENTS, UM, THAT WERE, WE WERE NOT ABLE TO, UM, PROCESS DURING COVID, AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A NOTABLE INCREASE.
SO YOUR RENTS WERE FROZEN TOO, DURING COVID, ESSENTIALLY? YEAH.
AND THEN CAN YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN TO SOMEBODY LIKE ME THAT'S NAIVE ABOUT IT, THE GROUND TRANSPORTATION, HOW DOES THAT TRANSLATE WHEN AN UBER DRIVER INTO REVENUE FOR THE AIRPORT? SO, UM, WE HAVE BASICALLY WHAT I'LL CALL A PREMIUM.
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AUTOMATIC $3 DROP OFF AND $3 PICKUP FEE FOR ANY, UH, TRANSPORTATION NETWORK.AND THAT ALSO APPLIES TO, UM, THE TAXIS AS WELL.
SO WE JUST GET A STRAIGHT, UM, $6 PER ROUND TRIP IF IT'S A ROUND TRIP, UM, OR $3 EACH WAY.
IT IS, IT WAS A, A SIGNIFICANT REVENUE WHEN WE FIRST IMPLEMENTED THE PROGRAM IN 2016, IT WAS, UM, OVER A MILLION DOLLARS THE FIRST YEAR.
IS OUR $3 COMPARABLE TO OTHER AIRPORTS? IT, IT IS.
UM, SOME AIRPORTS ARE, ARE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER NOW.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE CONSTANTLY EVALUATING OUR, OUR RATES AND FEES, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MAXIMIZING PROFIT, BUT ALSO STILL PRESENTING A GOOD VALUE FOR OUR CUSTOMER.
UM, WE THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN WE, UM, ADJUST OUR RATES AND CHARGES FOR OUR AIR CARRIERS.
UM, BUT TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I WOULD SAY YES, THE $3 IS COMPARABLE FOR AN AIRPORT OF OUR SIZE.
UM, I HAVE TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THE BAGGAGE FOR SOMEBODY WHO WORKED IN THE LATE NINETIES, UH, PRE NINE 11 AND USED TO SEE THE CLUNKY ALT SYSTEM WE HAD AT THE AIRPORT.
WE HAVE COME A LONG, LONG WAY, YOU GUYS, IT'S REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO SEE WHAT YOU'VE GOT OUT THERE.
AND THEN JUST A FINAL COMMENT, WE STARTED THE WORK IN THE FRONT OF THE TERMINAL BUILDING FOR THE ROADWAY NETWORK.
HOW ARE YOU SHARING THAT INFORMATION WITH THE PUBLIC? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE CHAOTIC AS THEY WORK THROUGH THAT, IMAGINE.
SO WE ACTUALLY HAVE A, A DEDICATED WEBSITE THAT CUSTOMERS CAN GO TO TO, UH, GET INFORMATION.
UM, THE MA THE MAJORITY OF THE PROJECT IS OCCURRING IN THE EVENING HOURS.
UH, SO YOU WILL SEE IF YOU, IF YOU GO THROUGH DURING THE DAY RIGHT NOW, YOU'LL SEE THE, YOU'LL SEE BARRICADES AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE WORK HAPPENS.
UM, BUT MOST OF THAT HAPPENS IN THE EVENING.
THERE MAY BE SOME DAYTIME WORK, UH, BUT, UH, EV ALL OF OUR CUSTOMERS, IT, IT IS ON OUR LGB SITE AND THEN YOU CAN GET DIRECTED.
AND WE ALSO HAVE A DEDICATED CONSULTANT TO MANAGE THE COMMUNICATION PROGRAM FOR THAT PROJECT.
WHAT'S THE ESTIMATED TIMELINE FOR THAT? THE ORIGINAL ESTIMATE IS NINE MONTHS, BUT AS WITH MOST PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT COULD, IT COULD TAKE SOME TIME, BUT, UH, THE ORIGINAL, WE'LL, WE'LL SAY NINE TO 10 MONTHS.
AT THIS POINT,
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NO, GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY THIS IS MY FIRST YEAR ON THE COMMISSION, BUT IT APPEARS THAT YOU'RE DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB.
THE, UH, FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, YOU'RE IMPROVING THE EXPERIENCE AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE FINANCIALLY YOU'RE SUCCESSFUL.
SO I JUST WANNA SAY I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO MAKE SUCH A GREAT REPORT LIKE THIS.
WELL, I THINK THAT, UH, THE, THE REPORT, THE INFORMATION AND THE EFFORTS TRULY GO TO THE TEAM.
SO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS HERE EACH HAVE A VITAL ROLE IN THEIR PART OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.
UH, AND MONI KEEPS ON TOP OF US MAKING SURE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SPENDING TOO MUCH AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE, WE'RE BEING, UH, THRIFTY.
YES, I NOTICED, UM, ON THE OCTOBER REPORT OF AIRCRAFT NOISE VIOLATORS A A, A BIG CHUNK OF THOSE OCCURRED DURING THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT WEEKEND.
SO I'M WONDERING IF WHERE THOSE ARE PARTICIPANTS AND, AND UH, WITHOUT THOSE WE'D, WE'D HAVE FAR FEWER VIOLATIONS.
I THINK JUST DOING THAT ONE, BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M NOT, NOT, IS THERE SOMETHING YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, YEAH.
UH, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M NOT CERTAIN WHICH, UH, WHICH OF THOSE VIOLATORS WERE AIR SHOW WERE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT PARTICIPANTS AND WHICH ONE'S NOT.
WE DID GO TO A GREAT EXTENT THOUGH, TO ENSURE THAT THE VINTAGE AIRPLANES, THE B SEVENTEENS AND AIRPLANES THAT WE INVITED HERE, THAT B 17, BY THE WAY, WAS MANUFACTURED HERE, REALLY SPECIAL AIRPLANE TO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE KC TENS AND THING, AGAIN MANUFACTURED HERE, THE C SEVENTEENS.
SO OUR TEAM WENT TO A GREAT EXTENT.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE NOISE VIOLATIONS, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S A CORRELATION OR JUST WHERE OUR, OUR OWN OPERATORS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR WHATEVER REASON WE EXPERIENCED A LARGE NUMBER OF VIOLATIONS.
DOES THAT, IS THAT HELPFUL? YEAH, I
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MEAN IT SOUNDS, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S LIKE WHEELS UP PARTNERS AND MM-HMM.UH, WHEELS UP IS A SOMEWHAT OF A FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIP, UH, IN, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN PAY A FEE AND SCHEDULE TIME WITH THEM, UH, SCHEDULE FLIGHTS WITH THEM.
SO, UH, IT'S USED BY A LOT OF BUSINESS BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
SO ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE FRACTIONAL OWNERSHIPS WHERE YOU, YOU BASICALLY PURCHASE FLIGHT TIME AND THEN SCHEDULE? OKAY.
IT'S JUST A COINCIDENCE THEN, THEN JUST MORE OF A COINCIDENCE WITH THE DURING THAT, I THINK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS TAMMY SQUIRES AND, UM, I'M JUST A RESIDENT IN LONG BEACH IN THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, JUST COMMENTING ON THE REPORTS AND NOT ON ANYTHING ELSE AT THIS POINT.
UM, I WAS WONDERING, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT THAT'S PRODUCED AS PART OF YOUR REGULAR PROCESS.
AND I'M WONDERING, IS IT POSSIBLE, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION TO RECOMMEND TO THE AIRPORT OR RECOMMEND IT DIRECTLY TO THE AIRPORT, THAT UM, WE START PRODUCING SOME TYPE OF A REPORT THAT QUANTIFIES WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TERMS OF GENERAL AVIATION FLIGHT ACTIVITY? SO LIKE THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THAT ARE TAKING OFF, THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS THAT ARE LANDING, PERHAPS HOW MANY OF THOSE, UM, ARE SPECIFICALLY HOUSED IN LONG BEACH VERSUS THE ONES THAT ARE COMING FROM OTHER AIRPORTS? UM, BECAUSE AS A RESIDENT WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE THAT'S HAPPENING IN LONG BEACH, UM, THEY'RE REALLY, I MEAN, A 25% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF GENERAL AVIATION FLIGHTS, THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE A LOT MORE COMPLAINTS.
AND I MEAN, I'M, AS A RESIDENT, I'M VERY TIRED OF PUSHING THE AIR NOISE BUTTON TO TRY AND GENERATE THE COMPLAINT SO THAT YOU GUYS WILL TAKE WHAT WE'RE SAYING SERIOUSLY.
AND UM, SO I'M JUST ASKING IF YOU COULD CONSIDER, UM, EITHER INCLUDING IN THAT REPORT OR CREATING A SEPARATE REPORT THAT DEALS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT.
BECAUSE I MEAN, OF ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TALKED ABOUT TODAY AND ALL THE DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN GENERATED, NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE AROUND THE COMMUNITY.
I MEAN, YOU GUYS, HONESTLY, I MEAN, JUST TO SIT IN THESE MEETINGS AND HEAR ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU ACTUALLY ARE ACCOMPLISHING, I MEAN, IT'S REALLY AMAZING AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE AIRPORT IS LIKE REALLY FUNCTIONING WELL AND, UM, THERE'S ALL THESE UPGRADES THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT AS RESIDENTS, WE KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT'S HAPPENING AT OUR EXPENSE.
AND MAYBE WE WOULDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT IF THERE WAS MORE OF AN EFFORT TO, UM, TAKE OUR CONCERNS MORE SERIOUSLY.
UM, ESPECIALLY LIKE WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ON A SEPARATE REPORT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YOUR BUDGET AND, UM, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT REVENUES AND EXPENSES AND YOU KNOW, I HEARD THEM TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WHAT HAPPENS WITH TRANSPORTATION TAXIS, WITH UBERS AND LYFTS, WHAT'S HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, WITH RENTAL CARS, HOW MUCH MONEY YOU'RE MAKING WITH CONCESSIONS.
BUT NOWHERE IN THAT REPORT DID YOU SPOTLIGHT HOW MUCH MONEY IS COMING FROM, UM, GENERAL AVIATION.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE WATCH MY FIRST TIME.
I'M NOT GOOD AT PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT, UM, I LIVE IN SIGNAL HILL I, UM, I LIVE, UH, AT THE, UH, CROSS OF ORANGE AND 32ND.
SO I'M AT THE PATH, THE FOUR OR FIVE PATH WITH ALL THE LITTLE PLANES GO BY.
IT'S LIKE A LAWNMOWER IN HEAVEN.
I MEAN, YOU WOULDN'T WANT ME TO GO AROUND YOUR HOUSE WITH A CAR WITHOUT A MUFFLER EVERY TWO MINUTES, RIGHT? I WOULD BE STOPPED BY THE POLICE.
I WOULD BE PUT IN JAIL AND FINE.
SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WOULD DO THE SAME BECAUSE
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THEY'RE FLYING LIKE FROM 400 TO EIGHT, MAYBE 600 FEET ABOVE MY HOUSE.THIS IS ABOVE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ADJACENT RIGHT ON IT.
SO I, I'M JUST HOPING THAT SOMETHING IS DONE.
I KNOW YOU CARE BECAUSE, AND YOU KNOW, YOU WANNA SEE YOUR AIRPORT FLOURISH, BUT I, NOT ON OUR BEHALF, LIKE SHE SAID, YOU KNOW, NOT, WE DON'T WANNA FEEL VICTIMIZED, YOU KNOW? AND I FEEL VICTIMIZED.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SECRETARY, MAY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES.
[6. 24-51789 Recommendation to excuse Commissioners absent from the meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission on January 18, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SIX? ITEM SIX, RECOMMENDATION TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER'S ABSENT FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 18TH, 2024.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND, IS THERE NO MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? NO.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION ON THIS? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ZARIN? YES.
[PUBLIC COMMENT Opportunity to address the Airport Advisory Commission on non-agenda items. Each speaker is limited to three minutes to make their comments unless extended by the Chair.]
ANYTHING ELSE WE NEED TO RUN DOWN? WE CAN TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.AND THEN WE'LL, GREAT, SIR, ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS? WE RECEIVED TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT SIGNED UP.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS ANGIE BATES.
DID YOU WANNA PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THREE MINUTES? I
AND OUR SECOND SPEAKER IS TAMMY SQUI.
UM, AS A RESIDENT OF LONG BEACH, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE AND THE POISON GENERATED BY THE SMALL PISTON ENGINE AIRCRAFT AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A MARKED INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF FLIGHT SCHOOLS AND THE NUMBER OF SMALL AIRCRAFT THAT ARRIVE AND DEPART EACH DAY.
AND THE INCESSANT NOISE OF THESE AIRCRAFT ACCELERATING OVER OUR RESIDENCES AND SCHOOLS HAS CAUSED THE RESIDENTS IN OUR LOCAL CITIES TO FORM A GROUP IN PROTESTS.
AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE HEARD OF THE SAME GROUP, UM, WE'RE AWARE THAT THE FAA HAS ALL THE POWER, UM, BUT WE DO NEED THE INFLUENCE OF THE AIRPORT AND THE CITY GOVERNMENT TO WORK WITH THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS, UM, IN PARTICULAR TO BE BETTER NEIGHBORS.
UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S IMPORTANT TO TRAIN PILOTS, UM, HOW DOES THEIR DESIRE TO BE TRAINED TRUMP, UH, OUR NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS WHO RESIDE IN OUR CITY? AND THAT'S KIND OF THE PUSH POINT FOR US THAT WE DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT SEVERAL SMALL BUSINESSES ARE ALLOWED TO CREATE A PUBLIC NUISANCE.
UM, AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE MASTER TENANT SEEMINGLY HAS MORE AUTHORITY THAN THE AIRPORT MANAGER HERSELF.
THAT'S JUST FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
BUT CURRENTLY, SMALL PLANES BEGIN TRAINING AT 7:00 AM AND THEY CIRCLE ALL DAY AND ALL EVENING UNTIL 7:00 PM DOING TOUCH AND GO OPERATIONS ON 26 LEFT AND 26 RIGHT FROM 7:00 PM TO 10:00 PM THEY DO STOP AND TAXI BACK OPERATIONS CIRCLING OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ON 26 LEFT AND 26.
AND IF 15 HOURS ISN'T LONG ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DO THEIR TRAINING, THEN SOMETIMES AFTER 10:00 PM THEY TAKE OFF ON THE MAIN RUNWAY AND THEY TURN LEFT OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND THEY GO SOMETIMES TILL MIDNIGHT AND THEY TAKE OFF AND THEY FLY OUT OVER THE OCEAN AND THEN THEY COME BACK AND THEN THEY LAND AND THEY TAKE OFF OFF THE MAIN RUNWAY AND THEY TURN LEFT OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AGAIN.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MUST BE A LIMIT TO THE FREQUENCY AND DURATIONS OF THESE FLIGHT TRAINING SCHOOLS.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL MAY OR NOT BE ABLE TO GUIDE THE FAA, BUT THEY MOST CERTAINLY CAN ISSUE OR NOT ISSUE BUSINESS PERMITS.
AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WE THINK.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN ENFORCE PUBLIC NUISANCE STATUTES.
THE CITY COUNCIL CAN UNEQUIVOCALLY SAY PRIVATELY OWNED BUSINESSES RIGHT.
TO RUN A BUSINESS THAT POLLUTES THE CITIZENRY WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
THEY CAN ALSO CHARGE FEES TO DISCOURAGE FLIGHT SCHOOLS FROM OTHER CITIES TO COME AND PRACTICE OVER LONG BEACH.
AND, UH, THERE COULD BE A FEE CHARGED
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TO THESE SMALL AIRPLANES EVERY TIME THEIR WHEELS TOUCH THE GROUND AND EVERY TIME THEY TAKE OFF.AND THOSE FEES COULD BE USED TO MITIGATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS MAYBE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, LIKE ALLOWING, CREATING A FUND FOR PEOPLE TO PUT DOUBLE PANED WINDOWS IN THEIR HOUSE OR S OR PUT EXTRA INSULATION IN THEIR ATTICS, YOU KNOW, SO THAT THAT MIGHT HELP MITIGATE THE NOISE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE NOISE IS INCESSANT AND THE LEAD POLLUTION IS VERY TOXIC TO US AS CITIZENS TO THE KIDS THAT ARE IN THE SCHOOLS ON THE PLAYGROUNDS.
AND, UM, AGAIN, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHTS OF THESE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS WE'RE, WE'RE NOT IN A FIGHT WITH THE AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT, NOBODY IS TRYING TO GET RID OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT.
WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE'RE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE NOISE.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO COME TO SOME TYPE OF A SOLUTION THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THEIR JOB AND MAKE THEIR MONEY, BUT NOT MAKE IT.
MAY I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME? THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? CAN I MAKE A STATEMENT? YEAH.I WANTED TO, UH, CONGRATULATE CYNTHIA AND RON.
CYNTHIA'S NOT HERE FOR THE RESPONSE TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON DECEMBER 12TH.
I WATCHED THAT, UH, PARTICULAR MEETING, UH, THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION THAT WAS DONE BY THE AIRPORT.
AND IT WAS, UM, VERY COMPREHENSIVE, LAID OUT THE FACTS AND THE LIMITATIONS ON THE, THAT THE CITY FACES WHEN MAKING CHANGES TO THE AIRPORT.
UM, GENERAL OPERATIONS FOR J GENERAL AVIATION.
AND, UH, I DID SEE THAT ON THE LEADED FUEL ISSUE THAT THERE IS, UM, THE NEW INCENTIVE.
IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY, BUT I MEAN, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS ENCOURAGING GENERAL AVIATION TO BE ABLE TO, UH, USE NON-LEAD FUEL.
AND SECONDLY, I WANTED TO CONGRATULATE THE NEIGHBORS FOR THEIR COMMENTS BECAUSE THEY WERE VERY ORGANIZED AND THOUGHTFULLY PRESENTED.
UM, IT WAS THEN THE, THE COUNCIL ACTUALLY I THOUGHT HAD SOME VERY GOOD STATEMENTS AS WELL.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT FROM THIS, THAT THERE'S CONTINUED MOVEMENT AND THAT IT ISN'T JUST SOMETHING THAT, UH, HAPPENS ONCE, BUT THE COUNCIL ALONG WITH THE AIRPORT AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF SENSE OF, UH, UM, COMPROMISE TO MAKE IT WORK FOR EVERYBODY BECAUSE, UH, I THOUGHT THAT THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB THAT DAY.
ARE THERE ANY, UH, CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
[ADJOURNMENT]
UM, THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING IS GOING TO BE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, HERE AT THE MARRIOTT.AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT FIVE 13.