* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. CALL ORDER. IT [00:00:01] IS CURRENTLY 4:00 PM MARCH 21ST, 2024. MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION. [ROLL CALL] SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE CHAIR RUBIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER ARIAS. HERE. COMMISSIONER BROWN. HERE. COMMISSIONER CHENEY. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL. HERE. COMMISSIONER LAGA. COMMISSIONER ROSSI. COMMISSIONER ZARN HERE. VICE CHAIR LARSON. HERE. UH, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. SO JUST TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO THE STAFF. CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT OF THE TABLE. OKAY. [1. 24-52438 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on February 15, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] ITEM NUMBER ONE, SECRETARY. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON FEBRUARY 15TH, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. HAYDEN HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SAYING NO COMMENT, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. NEED JUST ONE MOMENT WITH MY SOFTWARE, PLEASE. , THANK YOU FOR WAITING. COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR LARSON? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. [2. 24-52439 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBIN AND COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE'RE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH'S, UH, LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT TO CHASTITY WILLS WITH, UH, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES. SHE'S THE GENERAL MANAGER, NEW GENERAL MANAGER TO, UM, THE LONG BEACH TEAM. UH, AND OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, KATE KIRKENDAL, WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, SO WE'VE BEEN DOING THESE BUSINESS PARTNER BRIEF SPOTLIGHTS FOR A COUPLE YEARS NOW, AND IT'S ALWAYS, UM, A SPECIAL TREAT TO INTRODUCE THE STATION MANAGERS, THE AIRLINE STATION MANAGERS TO YOU, BECAUSE THEY PLAY SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE, UM, OPERATIONALLY AT THE AIRPORT. AND THEY'RE OUR KEY GO-TO PERSON FOR ENSURING A, UM, A POSITIVE GUEST EXPERIENCE WITH THE AIRLINES. UM, AND SO I'M EXCITED TO INTRODUCE YOU TODAY. AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED TO CHASTITY FROM HAWAIIAN AIRLINES. SHE'S BEEN WITH US AT LGB FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW. AND, UM, SHE STARTED HER AVIATION CAREER AS A TICKETING AGENT FOR HAWAIIAN AIRLINES AT SEATTLE TACOMA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. AND, UM, SHE KIND OF GOT HOOKED ON THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY AND, UM, REALLY WAS EXCITED TO HAVE THE TRAVEL BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, WHICH ALLOWED HER TO GO BACK TO HER HOME STATE OF HAWAII OFTEN. AND SHE'S NOW MADE A CAREER OF IT. SHE'S ALSO WORKED AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND AS LAX MOST RECENTLY AS THE OPERATION MANAGER THERE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. AND, UM, CHASTITY LET ME KNOW, SHE LOVES THE OPERATIONAL WORK AND THE COMPLEXITY OF SOLVING PROBLEMS AND LOGISTICS, UM, AND ALSO JUST WORKING UNDER PRESSURE TOO. UM, SHE ALSO SHARED THAT SHE LOVES REPRESENTING HER HAWAIIAN HERITAGE, UM, HERE IN THE MAINLAND AND ALSO SHARING THAT HAWAIIAN HOSPITALITY AND ALOHA WITH THE LONG BEACH COMMUNITY. AND, UM, SHE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HAWAIIAN'S OPERATION AT LGBE. THEY, UM, THEY RUN THE NARROW BODY A 3 21 NEO, AND THEY HAVE THOSE DAILY FLIGHTS TO BOTH HONOLULU AND MAUI. AND YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE OPERATIONS, THE FLIGHTS TO MAUI WERE PAUSED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, UM, DUE TO THE WILDFIRE THAT HAPPENED THERE. UM, BUT THEY JUST RESTARTED A WEEK AND A HALF FOR TWO WEEKS AGO. UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, REGULAR AIRLINE STAFF ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE FLIGHTS, HAWAIIAN ALSO OPERATES A MAINTENANCE SPACE AT LGB. AND SO IN TOTAL, THEY HAVE MORE THAN 20 HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THEY ALSO HAVE CONTRACT EMPLOYEES WHO ASSIST WITH THE ABOVE AND BELOW THE WING OPERATIONS. [00:05:01] UM, CHASITY UM, TOLD ME THAT SO FAR SHE LOVES THE TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY AT LGB AND HOW EASY IT IS. SHE TOLD ME. UM, IT'S A BIG CHANGE FROM LEX IN TERMS OF JUST BEING ABLE TO TEXT THE STATION MANAGER FROM A DIFFERENT AIRLINE AND WORK OUT SOMETHING REALLY EASILY AND QUICKLY AND RESOLVE IT AND GET QUICK RESPONSES BACK. AND, UM, THE WORD COMMUNITY CAME UP A LOT IN TALKING WITH HER. UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HER WHEN I ASKED HER WHAT SHE LIKES TO DO OUTSIDE OF WORK, SHE'S VERY INVOLVED WITH THE ANGEL CITY FOOTBALL CLUB, WHICH YOU MAY KNOW IS LOS ANGELES'S WOMEN'S PROFESSIONAL SOCCER TEAM. AND SHE'S BEEN ONE OF THOSE BIG FAN CLUBS THAT, UM, DOES ALL THE CHANTING AND THE DRUMMING AND, UM, GOES AROUND AND FOLLOWS THE TEAM AROUND. SO THAT'S VERY COOL. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, IT WAS JUST A, A GREAT, UM, CHANCE TO GET TO KNOW CHASTITY BETTER. AND, UM, SHE'S ALREADY CONTRIBUTING TO THE, UH, TO THE AIRPORT COMMUNITY, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WOULD YOU LIKE TO CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR LARSON? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. DO YOU WANNA FIND OUT? COMMISSIONER ROSSI? YOU'VE BEEN LOOKING DOWN THE WHOLE TIME. . I WAS TRYING TO WEIGH YOU DOWN A FEW TIMES I'VE BEEN HERE. I'M SO SORRY THAT I DIDN'T SEE YOU. THAT'S OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSSI, I'M HERE. AND YOUR VOTE ON THE ITEM? YES. THANK YOU. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. WHEN [3. 24-52473 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Sustainability Committee.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOU'RE READY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? YES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE THAT REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO, UM, GILBERTO FOR SENDING IT TO ME. SO WE HAD A SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE MEETING LAST WEEK. THE AIRSIDE OPERATIONS TEAM TEST DROVE A FORD F-150 LIGHTNING EV WORK TRUCK TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW IT WOULD FUNCTION DURING THEIR WORK DAYS. THEY PUT IT THROUGH A SERIES OF TESTS INVOLVING TOWING AND RUNWAY TAXIWAY, FOREIGN OBJECT DEBRIS, FOD CONTROL. OVERALL, THE SENTIMENT WAS THE VEHICLE COULD PERFORM. THE WORK REQUIRED AREAS TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE INCLUDE SUFFICIENT EV CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE AND EV CHARGING CAPABILITY DURING EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. THE AIRPORT AND ITS CONSULTANT CDM SMITH ARE IN THE PROCESS OF GATHERING GROUND SERVICE EQUIPMENT, POPULATION INFORMATION TO ASSEMBLE THE AIRPORT'S ANNUAL GSE INVENTORY. THE INVENTORY, ALONG WITH FLEET EMISSIONS DATA, IS PROVIDED TO THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AS A RESULT OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE AGENCY AND OUR AIRPORT. THE THIRD ITEM IS THE AIRPORT RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF ITS ANNUAL STORMWATER TESTING, AND THE RESULTS WERE ALL BELOW CRITERIA THRESHOLDS. THESE RESULTS ARE A TESTAMENT TO THE AIRPORT'S MONTHLY VISUAL OBSERVATION INSPECTIONS AND ITS COMMUNICATION WITH ITS TENANTS ABOUT BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES PERTAINING TO STORMWATER. AND THE LAST ITEM IS THE AIRPORT IS A STEP CLOSER TO REPLACING THE FLUORESCENT LIGHTING IN PAR PARKING STRUCTURE B WITH LED LIGHTING. THE AIRPORT APPLIED FOR PROJECT ASSISTANCE AND A REBATE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGIONAL ENERGY NETWORK. THE ORGANIZATION RECENTLY BEGAN TO PROCESS THE AIRPORT'S APPLICATION. ONCE PROCESSED, THE AIRPORT IS READY TO START THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS FOR THE LIGHT FIXTURES. AND ONCE ACQUIRED, THE AIRPORT STAFF WILL INSTALL THE FIXTURES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW, THE TUNNELS TAKE UP ABOUT 15% OF THE ELECTRICAL BUDGET EVERY MONTH, SO THAT'S SOMETHING ON THE HORIZON AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSSI? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR LARSON? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. WHEN [4. 24-52472 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Noise Reports for December 2023 and January 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOU'RE READY. TERRY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY NOISE REPORTS [00:10:01] FOR DECEMBER, 2023 AND JANUARY, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. THIS ITEM, UM, IS, IS AN ITEM WE ARE PLEASED TO BRING FORWARD TO THE COMMISSION. WE HAVE, UH, THE DECEMBER AND THE JANUARY, UH, MONTHLY NOISE REPORT. WE HAVE MADE CHANGES TO THE JANUARY 24TH, UH, JANUARY 24TH NOISE REPORT. AND, AND REALLY I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION IS IN THAT WE ARE PROVIDING A LOT MORE INFORMATION ON GA ACTIVITY HERE AT THE AIRPORT. UM, A LOT OF THAT IS, UM, DUE TO SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE RECEIVED OVER TIME. AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN THAT MONTHLY REPORT, BUREAU MANAGER RON REESE WILL PROVIDE, UH, A WALKTHROUGH THROUGH THAT REPORT, UM, BOTH REPORTS, BUT HE'LL SPEND MOST OF HIS TIME ON THE JANUARY, 2024 REPORT, WHICH IS IN YOUR PACKET. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CYNTHIA. SO YOU SHOULD HAVE IN YOUR MEETING PACKET BOTH THE, UH, DECEMBER AND JANUARY REPORTS. AND, UH, CYNTHIA MENTIONED WE'LL BRIEFLY HIT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DECEMBER REPORT AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, THE JANUARY REPORT. AS SHOWN ON PAGE TWO OF THE DECEMBER REPORT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR LATE NIGHT AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER. ALL WERE PRIOR TO 11:00 PM AS SHOWN ON PAGE THREE, NONE OF THE, UH, NONE OF THE LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS RESULTED IN A NOISE VIOLATION. AND IF YOU REMEMBER WAY BACK WHEN, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE USED TO GET, UH, AIR CARRIER NOISE VIOLATIONS ALMOST NIGHTLY. AND, UH, THE CARRIERS NOW ARE JUST REALLY DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF MANAGING THEIR OPERATIONS. AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S A REAL TESTAMENT TO THE, UM, EMPHASIS THAT THEY PLACE ON LONG BEACH AND OUR NOISE ORDINANCE. SO WE'RE, WE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SO WE HAD A TOTAL OF 21 GA VIOLATIONS IN DECEMBER. UH, WELL, OH, DISCUSS THOSE IN IN A MOMENT. IN TERMS OF OVERALL OPERATIONS, WE HAD 3096 AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS, AND THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 24% AS COMPARED TO DECEMBER, 2022. WE HAD 22,252 GA OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER, WHICH IS A 17% INCREASE YEAR OVER YEAR. UH, IN TERMS OF THE VIOLATIONS, UH, THE 21 GA VIOLATIONS ARE DETAILED ON PAGE FOUR 15 OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE ASSOCIATED WITH A LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY AND SIX WERE ASSOCIATED WITH PROHIBITED OPERATIONS, SUCH AS TOUCH AND GOES AFTER HOURS. UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF EACH QUARTER, EACH CALENDAR QUARTER, WE CALCULATE OUR NOISE BUDGETS AS REQUIRED BY THE NOISE ORDINANCE, AND WE HAVE THAT DATA HERE IN THE, UH, DECEMBER REPORT. UH, THE, THE AIR CARRIER AND TOTAL NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE IS SHOWN ON PAGE FIVE. AND WE HAVE TWO NOISE BUDGET MONITORS. WE HAVE MONITOR NINE, WHICH IS NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, KIND OF NORTHWEST IN THE DEPARTURE CORRIDOR TO RUNWAY THREE ZERO. AND MONITOR 10 IS IN THE ARRIVAL CORRIDOR TO RUNWAY THREE ZERO IN LOS ALTOS. SO THE AT, IN TERMS OF THE AIR CARRIER NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE AT MONITOR NINE, THE BUDGET IS 70.7, AND OUR ACTUAL NUMBER WAS 39.5, OR WE'RE USING APPROXIMATELY 56% OF THE AIR CARRIER BUDGET AT MONITOR NINE. AT MONITOR 10. THE NOISE BUDGET IS 84.6. WE ACTUALLY USE 65.3 OR 77% OF THE BUDGET ON THE ARRIVAL SIDE. IN TERMS OF THE TOTAL BUDGET PERFORMANCE AT MONITOR NINE, THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS 102.7. THE ACTUAL WAS 46.1 OR, UH, RIGHT AT 45% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. AND AT MONITOR 10, THE, THE TOTAL BUDGET IS ONE 20.9. WE USED 74.8 OR APPROXIMATELY 62% OF THE TOTAL NOISE BUDGET. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING, LOOKING GOOD IN TERMS OF OUR, OUR NOISE BUDGET PERFORMANCE. AND AGAIN, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THAT LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, THE LACK OF LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, UH, BY THE CARRIERS. UH, COMPLAINTS BY ZIP CODE ARE SHOWN ON PAGE SIX. WE HAD A TOTAL OF 25,310 COMPLAINTS. AND THE VAST MAJORITY OF THOSE, UH, AS INDICATED, UH, ARE FROM THE 9 0 8 0 7 ZIP CODE. WE HAD 21,490 COMPLAINTS FROM 94 HOUSEHOLDS [00:15:01] WITHIN THAT ZIP CODE. AND THAT'S THE AREA IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE WEST OF THE AIRPORT. SO, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DECEMBER NOISE REPORT? OKAY, LET'S MOVE TO THE JANUARY REPORT. AND WE ARE REALLY EXCITED TO PRESENT THE JANUARY NOISE REPORT. WE'VE GOT SOME NEW THINGS TO SHOW YOU AND, AND WE, WE REALLY THINK YOU'LL, YOU'LL LIKE 'EM. UH, YOU'LL NOTICE RIGHT OFF THE BAT THAT WE HAVE A NEW COVER. UH, LINDSEY PHILLIPS FROM KATE'S TEAM, UH, DESIGNED THE CUP COVER AND THE COLOR THEME FOR US, AND REALLY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. WE'VE TONED IT DOWN, GOTTEN RID OF THE BRIGHT ORANGE, AND, UH, MADE IT A LITTLE EASIER ON THE EYES. SO, UH, HOPE YOU LIKE THAT. IN TERMS OF THE CONTENT, WE ALWAYS WANT TO BE RESPONSIVE TO YOU AND TO OUR COMMUNITIES AND PRESENT DATA THAT IS, THAT IS MEANINGFUL AND, AND REALLY RELEVANT. AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE REPORT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE KEPT THE BEST PARTS, WE THINK AND ADDED EVEN MORE INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO THE, UH, GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY. UH, WE STILL HAVE THE LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, THE VIOLATIONS AND OPERATIONS SECTION, ALONG WITH THE VIOLATION DETAILS, AND WE'VE ALSO KEPT THE COMPLAINT SECTION. ALL OF THAT DATA'S STILL THERE. UM, LET'S, LET'S SEE. SO LET'S, UH, LET'S GO THROUGH, UH, THROUGH THE REPORT HERE. UH, I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF THE, UH, CHANGES FIRST AND THEN WE'LL START. SO ON PAGE FIVE, THERE'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL CHART ON PAGE FIVE, TWO OF THEM, UH, OF THE GENERAL AVIATION ANALYSIS. AND, UH, IF YOU, UH, IF YOU LOOK ON PAGE FIVE, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DATA IN, IN JUST A MOMENT. BUT THIS IS THE GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS OCCURRING OFF OF RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT AND TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND, UH, THOSE ARE REALLY IMPACTFUL OPERATIONS, AND WE WANTED TO, TO GET THAT DATA TO YOU AT THE BOTTOM. UH, THAT THIS CHART INDICATES THE PERCENTAGE OF RUNWAY USE BETWEEN THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE WE, WE GENERALLY USE THE LEFT MUCH MORE THAN THE RIGHT IN THAT, IN THAT CHART, BUT WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT DATA. UM, ON PAGE SIX, WE HAVE A, A NICE MAP FOR YOU. UH, IT SHOWS THE, THE RUNWAY LAYOUT, UH, THE GENERAL AIRPORT VICINITY. BUT, UH, WHAT WE REALLY WANT YOU TO FOCUS ON IS THE NOISE MONITORS. THEY ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE, UH, THE, THE CIRCLES THERE. WE HAVE BLUE AND GREEN CIRCLES. UH, THE BLUE ARE THE ENFORCEMENT NOISE MONITORING SITES. AND THE GREEN ARE OUR COMMUNITY NOISE MONITORS. SO ALL OF THOSE NOISE MONITORS ARE USED, BUT AT THE BLUE SITES, WE HAVE THE, THE ABILITY TO ENFORCE PENALTIES THERE. SO, UH, UH, THE DATA SHOWN IS THE CNEL VALUE, THE COMMUNITY NOISE EQUIVALENT LEVEL VALUE FOR THE MONTH, IN THIS CASE THE MONTH OF JANUARY. AND THEN DOWN BELOW, WE, WE PROVIDE A FULL 13 MONTHS OF DATA AT EACH MONITOR. SO, UH, SO THIS IS DATA THAT WE THINK WILL, WILL REALLY BE HELPFUL. SO WE'RE SUMMARIZING THE OPERATIONS AND, UH, THE NOISE LEVELS BASICALLY FOR YOU THERE. AND THESE, THESE CHARTS, BY THE WAY, I CAN'T TAKE CREDIT FOR THEM. UH, JAMES DAVIES IS, UH, IN OUR NOISE OFFICE. JAMES PUT THESE TOGETHER, SEATED OVER THERE, RIGHT, RIGHT BESIDE MONIE. SO, UH, JAMES, THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS WORK. MY PLEASURE. ALRIGHT, UH, LET'S START WITH THE, THE JANUARY REPORT. AS SHOWN ON PAGE TWO OF THE REPORT, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE LATE NIGHT AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS IN JANUARY. AGAIN, UH, THANKFULLY ALL WERE PRIOR TO 11:00 PM AND, UH, NONE OF THEM RESULTED IN A NOISE VIOLATION. AND, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, A FANTASTIC JOB, PARTICULARLY DURING THE WINTER MONTHS. YOU KNOW, THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH, UH, WITH AIRLINE OPERATIONS. YOU KNOW, THE WINTER MONTHS CAN BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE IT'S JUST NOT OUR WEATHER THAT CAN IMPACT OUR OPERATIONS. IT'S WEATHER THROUGHOUT THE NATION. SO, UH, THEY, THEY REALLY WORK HARD. UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 10 GA AND CHARTER VIOLATIONS IN JANUARY, UH, OVERALL 3011 AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS, UH, SHOWN DOWN THERE IN THE CHART. UH, IN, IN THE LOWER SECTION, UH, THIS REPRESENTS AN INCREASE OF APPROXIMATELY 6% COMPARED TO JANUARY OF 2023. UH, WE HAD 25,370 GA OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER. UH, AN 11% INCREASE. THE 10 VIOLATIONS ARE NOTED ON THE FOLLOWING PAGE. PAGE FOUR NINE OF THE VIOLATIONS WERE [00:20:01] ASSOCIATED WITH LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, UH, OR NOISE LEVEL EXCEEDANCES. AND ONE WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A PRACTICE MISSED MISSED APPROACH DURING PROHIBITED HOURS. SO PAGE FIVE DETAILS ARE RUNWAY TWO SIX, OPERATIONAL ACTIVITY. THAT'S RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT AND RUNWAY TWO SIX. RIGHT. UH, THE GRAPH AT THE TOP REPRESENTS THE 31 DAY ROLLING AVERAGE OF DAILY DEPARTURES FROM THESE RUNWAYS. RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT IS SHOWN IN, IN GREEN. AND DEPARTURE OPERATIONS FROM RUNWAY TWO SIX RIGHT ARE DEPICTED IN BLUE THERE. UH, WE CHOSE TO SHOW 25 MONTHS OF DATA. BASICALLY, THAT'S TWO YEARS BACK, PLUS THE CURRENT MONTH, YOU KNOW, TO GIVE YOU, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS BACK OF JANUARY, FOR EXAMPLE. SO, UH, WE, WE HOPE YOU LIKE, LIKE THESE, THESE GRAPHS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY INFORMATIVE. UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE THINK WE, WE SHOW A LOT OF INFORMATION IN A, IN A SMALL SECTION THERE, AS DEPICTED IN THE GRAPHS. THE 31 DAY ROLLING AVERAGE DEPARTURE DATA FOR TWO SIX LEFT RANGES FROM A LOW OF APPROXIMATELY 75 AVERAGE DAILY OPERATIONS TO A HIGH OF APPROXIMATELY 260, UH, AVERAGE DAILY OPERATIONS. RUNWAY TWO SIX RIGHT RANGES FROM A LOW OF APPROXIMATELY 50 AVERAGE OPERATIONS TO A HIGH OF APPROXIMATELY ONE 50. UH, THE GRASS GENERALLY TRACK TOGETHER, UH, YOU CAN SEE THEY, THEY GENERALLY MOVE UP AND DOWN, UH, THERE TOGETHER JUST DEPICTING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A, UH, EVEN FLOW, IF YOU WILL, OF, OF THE OPERATIONS THERE. UH, THE SEASONAL VARIATIONS ARE ALSO DEPICTED THERE ALONG WITH SPECIAL OCCURRENCES SUCH AS, UH, RUNWAY CLOSURES AND SUCH, WHICH ARE, WHICH ARE EVIDENT. UH, THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM, AS WE MENTIONED, SHOWS THE RUNWAY USE PERCENT PERCENTAGES AS SHOWN IN BOTH OF THESE CHARTS. RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT IS USED FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF OPERATIONS, UH, USE RANGES FROM A LOW OF ABOUT 54% TO A HIGH OF ABOUT, UH, 74% IN ANY GIVEN MONTH. SO PAGE SIX, THE MAP OF OUR NOISE MONITOR. THIS, BY THE WAY, HAS THE MAP ACTUALLY SHOWS 16 OF OUR 18 NOISE MONITORS. UH, TWO OF OUR MONITORS RUN MONITORS THREE AND SEVEN ARE, UH, TOO FAR AWAY FROM THE AIRPORT TO FIT ON THE MAP. SO OUR CHOICE WAS TO EITHER SHRINK THE MAP OR JUST LEAVE THOSE TWO OFF. AND FRANKLY, THOSE TWO BEING FURTHEST AWAY ARE AT THE LOWEST NOISE LEVELS ANYWAY. SO, UM, I MENTIONED THE RMT NUMBER AS, UH, AS SHOWN IN THE GREEN OR THE BLUE CIRCLE. UM, AND, UH, THESE ARE THE, THE MONTHLY C LS. SO FOUR OF THE MONITORS ARE LOCATED ON THE AIRFIELD. UH, THE KEY MONITORS NINE AND 10. WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, BEING THE, THE BUDGET NOISE MONITORS, UH, THE OTHER MONITORS. SO AT ALL OF THE BLUE MONITORS, WE MONITOR THE INDIVIDUAL NOISE LEVELS. THOSE ARE THE SE NLS, I KNOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL. UH, SINGLE EVENT NOISE EXPOSURE LEVELS. AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE MAXIMUM NUMBERS. AND IF AN AIRCRAFT VIOLATES THOSE NUMBERS, UH, THEY'RE EXCEEDING OUR NOISE, NOISE ORDINANCE AND, AND THEY WILL HEAR FROM US. UH, MONITORS NINE AND 10 ARE THE BUDGET MONITORS WHERE THE AIRPORT IS HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE CUMULATIVE NOISE LEVELS IN ADDITION TO THE AIRCRAFT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE SINGLE EVENT LEVELS. SO, UM, AS, AS SHOWN IN, UM, IN THE MAP HERE, OUR HIGHEST OFFSITE NOISE LEVELS ARE DOWN, UH, SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AT MONITOR 10. THAT'S, THAT'S OUR ARRIVAL BUDGET MONITOR. UH, WE'RE AT 62.8 DB CEL AT THAT LOCATION. UH, THE DEPARTURE NOISE, NOISE LEVEL IN TERMS OF CNL IS AT 60.1. AND AGAIN, OUR CRITERION NOISE LEVEL, BOTH EXPRESSED BY THE ORDINANCE, UH, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND, UH, ALSO BY THE FAA IS 65 CNE. SO WE'RE, WE'RE WELL BELOW ANY OF THE CRITERION NOISE LEVELS THERE. UM, SO, UM, UH, LIKEWISE, YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, WE'RE CONSISTENTLY BELOW 65 AT ALL OF THE OFFSITE NOISE MONITORS THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, MONITOR 18 [00:25:01] AT THE FAR RIGHT. YOU DO SEE SOME EXCEEDANCES OF 65, AND THAT'S A NOISE MONITOR THAT'S LOCATED ON THE AIRFIELD. SO, BUT ALL OUR OFFSITE LOCATIONS REALLY LOOK GOOD. SO COMPLAINTS BY ZIP CODE ARE LISTED, UH, ON PAGE SIX, UH, A TOTAL OF 29,197 COMPLAINTS. AGAIN, THE VAST MAJORITY FROM 9 0 8 0 7, JUST WEST OF THE AIRPORT, UH, WITH 25,497 COMPLAINTS FROM 89 HOUSEHOLDS. SO, UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF IT. WE REALLY HOPE YOU LIKE THE, THE NEW FORMAT AND FIND THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION USEFUL. UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HOPE THAT WE'RE BEING TRANSPARENT AND PROVIDING GOOD INFORMATION THAT, UH, THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH OUR COMMUNITIES. SO, UH, THIS CONCLUDES THE, UH, THE NOISE REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON, ON JANUARY, THE CHAIR? GO AHEAD, RICK. YES, I DID YOU SAY WHERE THE OTHER MONITORS WERE THAT, UM, THAT DIDN'T FIT ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP? SURE. UM, MONITOR THREE IS ABOUT, IT'S, UH, ABOUT FOUR MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT IN THE APPROACH QUARTER. AND MONITOR SEVEN IS A KIND OF A SIMILAR LOCATION, UH, NORTH OF THE AIRPORT, NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT. BOTH ARE LOCATED IN THE ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE CORRIDORS TO RUNWAY THREE ZERO. THEY'RE JUST SO FAR AWAY. WELL, I, I JUST WANNA COMPLIMENT THE STAFF ON YOUR DATA COLLECTION. I MEAN, IT'S JUST, I'M JUST BLOWN AWAY. IT'S, IT'S AMAZING THE WHAT YOU DO, UM, AND, AND YOUR RESPONSIVENESS TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS AS WELL. SO, I, OOPS, SORRY, , I THOUGHT I HAD THAT OFF. UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THE STAFF. I THINK IT'S, IT'S AMAZING. THANK YOU. THAT'S, THIS IS A LOT OF JAMES, JAMES AND THE NOISE TEAM, THEIR WORK. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD COMMISSIONERS THAT THIS INFORMATION IS ALSO, UM, ON OUR WEBSITE. UH, WE HAVE, UM, THROUGH KATE'S TEAM HAS, UH, REALLY DONE A WONDERFUL JOB IN ADDING ADDITIONAL PAGES AND INFORMATION ON OUR PUBLIC WEBSITE@LGB.ORG. UH, THAT PROVIDES, UM, EXTENSIVE INFORMATION AND, UM, MAYBE WE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE REPORT, LGB.ORG/SLASH NOISE, GET IT RIGHT FOR THE RECORD. BUT, BUT IT HAS PROVIDED A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON GA ACTIVITY. A QUESTION PLEASE GO AHEAD. YEAH, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY GROUP SANER? UH, BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE IN THE 9 0 8, 0 7, AND IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF THEY DID SEE THIS KIND OF INFORMATION. I MEAN, THAT WOULD, UH, HOPEFULLY GIVE THEM MORE, UH, FACTS BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES THEY'RE DEALING NOT IN FACTS. THEY'RE DEALING OUT OF EMOTION. AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THEM TO SEE THIS KIND OF FACTUAL INFORMATION. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL, WE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS TO FURTHER COMMUNICATE, LIKE THE UPDATES ON THE WEBSITE AND LOOKING AT THE VARIOUS AVENUES WE COULD USE. AND I KNOW KATE'S KATE'S TEAM IS LOOKING AT THAT, BUT, BUT CERTAINLY THROUGH, UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNICATION THAT WE'RE DOING AND, AND NOTICES LIKE TODAY AND THE MEETING, UM, POSTINGS. AND WE HOPE THE WORK CONTINUES TO GET OUT, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO SPREAD THE WORD. I'D ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE STAFF BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE VERY HELPFUL GOING FORWARD FOR THE COMMISSION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BY THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFF? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSSI? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. [5. 24-52440 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for March, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] VICE CHAIR LARSON? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. THANK YOU. WHEN YOU'RE READY, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ NUMBER ITEM NUMBER FIVE. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR MARCH, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO START OUT, UM, ON OUR STAFF REPORT, REALLY JUST TALKING FIRST ABOUT OPERATIONS. AND, [00:30:01] AND AS YOU CAN SEE COMMERCIALLY, OUR, OUR NUMBERS ARE, ARE COMING BACK, YOU KNOW, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY WAS A LITTLE LOW AND MARCH. WE'RE ALREADY SEEING THE UPTICK IN SPRING TRAVEL. AND SO WITH SPRING BREAK AND, AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES GOING ON, WE SEE, UH, GOSH, 20% INCREASED IN LAST YEAR ON OUR, UH, FORECAST, UH, SPRING BREAK ACTIVITY. AND SO, UM, THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO, UH, REALLY ALL THE, UH, FLIGHTS THAT FOLKS ARE BOOKING OUT OF OUR AIRPORT. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED THAT WE CONTINUE TO BE THE AIRPORT OF CHOICE FOR MANY. AND SO JUST EXCITED TO SEE THE ROBUST ACTIVITY IN THE CONCOURSE AND IN THE GARDEN AREA. UH, AND, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED OF OPERATIONS AS, UH, WE, WE MOVE FORWARD THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BUT CERTAINLY ALSO SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT, UM, MAY SEEM SMALL, BUT THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY BIG, UH, WHICH IS WE RECENTLY OPENED UP A NEW PRE-SECURITY RESTROOM. UH, AND, AND SO IT'S, IT'S A BIG THING FOR US. WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A MODULAR, UM, TEMPORARY RESTROOM FACILITY THAT, UM, IS NOW GONE BECAUSE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FINISH A, A REAL BEAUTIFUL, UH, NEW SET OF RESTROOMS, UH, PRE-SECURITY. AND SO THEY ARE ADJACENT TO OUR NEW BAGGAGE CLAIM FACILITY. AND, UH, THEY'RE ALSO NEXT TO OUR FUTURE CONCESSION, UH, SPACE AT THE AIRPORT. AND SO IT REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND, AND EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE SIGNAGE UP THERE, THERE IS SOME SIGNAGE THERE AND, AND PASSENGERS ARE CERTAINLY FINDING THEIR WAY, UH, TO THAT RESTROOM. BUT IT, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE, UM, FOR US AT THE AIRPORT AND ALSO NEW, UM, OFFICES FOR OUR CARRIERS THAT ARE, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE BACK BAGGAGE CLAIM FACILITY. AND SO, UH, THEIR NEEDS, UM, UH, AND REALLY TO ADDRESS PASSENGER ISSUES WHEN IT COMES TO THEIR LUGGAGE. SO THEY'LL HAVE OFFICES RIGHT THERE IN THE BAGGAGE CLAIM FACILITY AS WELL. AND SO THEY'RE MAKING THAT TRANSITION NOW. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE KIND OF RECENT EXCITING THINGS ON CAMPUS. UH, BUT ALSO, UM, I'D LIKE TO TO POINT OUT JUST THE TREMENDOUS EFFORT, UM, BY OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM AND IN CONCERT WITH, UM, REST OF OUR STAFF IN, IN HOLDING A, A WONDERFUL, UM, BEAUTIFUL EXPERIENCE, UM, FOR NEURO NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN AT OUR AIRPORT. AND THAT WAS ON MARCH 2ND, UH, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE STRS CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT CENTER AT MEMORIAL CARE, MILLER CHILDREN'S, UH, FACILITY AND THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL IN LONG BEACH, UM, REALLY WORKING WITH US. WE HELP, UH, HOST, UH, 50 PLUS FAMILIES, IF YOU WILL, UM, WITH NEURO NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN AND GIVING THEM EXPERIENCE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GO THROUGH AN AIRPORT. UM, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT CAN BE A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR SOME, UH, AND, AND, UM, GIVING THEM AS CHILDREN, UM, A WALKTHROUGH EVEN THROUGH THE SCREENING CHECKPOINT. AND SO WORKING WITH OUR TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, UH, REAL CLOSELY ON GIVING THEM THAT EXPERIENCE, UM, ALLOWING THEM TO GO THROUGH THE, UM, SECURE AREA THROUGH THE CONCOURSE. THOSE, THOSE THINGS WERE VERY, UM, IMPORTANT PRACTICES. AND THE TITLE OF THE EVENT WAS TAKE FLIGHT WITHOUT FEAR. UH, AND, AND WE HOPE, UH, THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT OTHER AIRPORTS DO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UH, BUT REALLY PROVIDING, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CHILDREN TO, TO GO THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE OF TRAVEL AND, AND TAKE AWAY SOME OF THOSE ANXIETIES. UM, AS THEY TRAVEL. THERE'S A LOT OF NOISES, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN AN AIRPORT, AND SO THAT WAS REALLY A, A MAGNIFICENT EVENT, UM, BUT IT WAS ALSO VERY MEANINGFUL EVENT. SO WE WERE VERY, VERY HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THAT. WE ALSO, UH, WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WHO RECENTLY WAS INVITED TO CARNEGIE HALL AND THANKS TO OUR MAIN AIR CARRIER SOUTHWEST, WHO COMPED THE FLIGHT, UM, THEY WERE ABLE TO TRAVEL THROUGH LONG BEACH AIRPORT. I MEAN, THAT WAS JUST A TREMENDOUS, UM, GESTURE ON THEIR PART. UH, BUT THIS WAS PART OF THE MAYOR'S FUND AND, AND REALLY BEING ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, GOSH, ABOUT 70 SOMETHING STUDENTS, 75 STUDENTS, UH, THROUGH OUR AIRPORT. AND, AND SO WE HAD A LITTLE SENDOFF FOR THEM TOO. WE HAD SOME TREATS FOR THEM AND SUPPORT FOR THEM. SO WE WERE REALLY, UH, THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT. BUT CERTAINLY I LOOK AT THOSE EVENTS AS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN AIRPORT THAT, AGAIN, IT'S ABOUT, UM, THE COMMUNITY. AND SO BEING ABLE TO, TO DO THIS FOR JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONCE IN A LIFETIME AND YOU GET TO GO PLAY IN CARNEGIE, CARNEGIE HALL. AND SO, UM, BEING ABLE TO HELP SUPPORT THEM FINANCIALLY THROUGHOUT THAT, UH, JUST WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE WAS, WAS GREAT FOR OUR TEAM. SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD TO BE A PART. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU. SO NEXT WE HAVE OUR FINANCE UPDATE BY OUR OFFICER, CHE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, SO IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JANUARY, 2024. [00:35:01] SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, UH, WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ACTIVITIES STARTING OFF WITH AMERICAN AIRLINES, UM, WHO HAD NO ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE DELTA AIRLINES THAT HAD, UM, 90 FLIGHTS, UH, SIX LESS THAN THEY DID LAST YEAR. AND IN, UH, LOAD FACTORS WERE SLIGHTLY LOWER, BUT OVERALL THEIR EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WERE HIGHER BY 9%. AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY UP GAUGED ONE OF THEIR AIRCRAFT THROUGH A 7 37 AND, UH, WHICH HAS TWICE AS MUCH CAPACITY. AND SO THAT'S LED TO, UH, MORE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS. AND THEN, UM, NEXT IS HAWAIIAN AIRLINES. THEY OPERATED WITH, UH, ONE FLIGHT THROUGHOUT THE MONTH, UM, PER DAY. AND THAT'S HALF OF THE ACTIVITY THEY SAW LAST YEAR WITH THOSE TEMP, UM, FLIGHTS TO MAUI, UM, BEING TEMPORARILY HALTED. UM, AND SO OVERALL THEIR ACTIVITY WAS ABOUT 5,000 IN EMPLOYS. THAT'S 34% LESS THAN THEY SAW LAST YEAR. AND THEN FOR SOUTHWEST, WE HAD THE MOST ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT, UM, OVER 1300 FLIGHTS, UH, TOTALING 134,000 IN EMPLOYMENTS. THAT'S A 22% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR. IN TOTAL FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HAD 147,000 IN EMPLOYMENTS. UH, THAT'S OUT OF 235 SEATS, UH, 235,000 SEATS A ELBOW. SO THAT'S ABOUT A 63% LOAD FACTOR. UH, IN TOTAL, THAT'S A 14% INCREASE OVER THE PRIOR, UH, JANUARY. UM, AND THEN, UH, LOOKING AT THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, THAT'S THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, UH, SINCE IT'S JANUARY, UH, ONLY ONE MONTH HAS ELAPSED SO FAR IN THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS. SO IT'S, UH, EXACT SAME NUMBERS, LEFT COLUMN AND RIGHT COLUMNS. UM, MOVING ON TO THE AIR CO CARGO CARRIER SECTION, WE SEE THAT UPS HAD, UH, THE SAME NUMBER OF LANDINGS THEY DID, UM, AS THEY DID LAST YEAR. 21 LANDINGS IN JANUARY, UH, WITH ABOUT FOUR METRIC TONS MORE, UH, THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST. AND THAT'S IT FOR THIS, UH, SECTION THAT WORKED. THANK YOU MONI. AND FINALLY, WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, PROVIDE AN UPDATE. KATE, IT CAME TO ME QUICKER THAN USUAL, SO I WASN'T READY. UM, I WANTED TO SAY ABOUT THE EVENT, UM, FOR NEURODIVERGENT CHILDREN THAT, UM, PRIOR TO COMMISSIONER ZARN BEING A COMMISSIONER, HE WAS A VOLUNTEER AND HE REMAINS A VOLUNTEER, AND SO HE WAS ONE OF THE VOLUNTEER ESCORTS THAT DAY. SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ZARN FOR HELPING WITH THE EVENT. UM, OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS, AND I'M GONNA START WITH, UM, TALKING ABOUT MARKETING. UM, WE HAVE, UM, AS WE HAVE, UM, SPACE AVAILABLE IN THE NORTH AND SOUTH CONCOURSES, WE HAVE SOME NEW HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY GRAPHICS THAT ARE DEPLOYED THROUGHOUT BOTH CONCOURSES. AND THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE TOP OF THE REPORT THERE OF ONE OF THOSE. AND THEN ALSO RECENTLY WE BECAME, UM, A PRESIDENT'S CIRCLE SPONSOR OF LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE. UM, AND WE WERE FEATURED AT THEIR STATE OF THE COLLEGE EVENT. SO THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE SCREEN, UM, OF THE SPONSORS FROM THAT EVENT, WHICH WAS A GREAT EVENT. UM, AND THEN TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY MORE, WE'VE JUST REALLY HAD A HUGE, UM, SPIKE IN DEMAND FOR OUR TOURS. AND, UM, WE'VE BEEN KEEPING OUR VOLUNTEERS VERY BUSY WITH THOSE. UM, WE HAVE SOME KIND OF SPECIALTY TOURS SOMETIMES. FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD, UM, A PROFESSOR FROM USC WHO TEACHES A SUSTAINABILITY COURSE COME WITH HIS 30 STUDENTS AND LEARN ALL ABOUT OUR SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMS. UM, AND THAT WAS A, A GREAT DAY THAT WE SPENT WITH THOSE STUDENTS. UM, AND THEN SEPARATELY AS JUST PART OF OUR REGULAR TOUR PROGRAMMING, WE HAD 113 STUDENTS IN FEBRUARY WHO CAME AND VISITED THE AIRPORT. AND THEN WE'RE KIND OF DOING THIS NEW THING WHERE WE HAVE, UM, WE JUST HAVE A, A FEW, UM, THERAPY DOGS AS PART OF OUR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM. AND, UM, ONE TIME ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UM, A COUNSELOR FROM A MIDDLE SCHOOL, I THINK IT WAS WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL IN LONG BEACH UNIFIED, ASKED IF WE COULD BRING A THERAPY DOG TO HER WELLNESS CENTER AT THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND NOW THE WORD IS OUT. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF CALLS FROM LONG BEACH UNIFIED MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS, AND THEY WANT US TO COME ALL THE TIME AND BRING OUR THERAPY DOGS. AND, UM, SO JUST IN THIS MONTH ALONE, UM, THE THERAPY DOGS INTERACTED WITH 270 STUDENTS ON THE CAMPUSES OF LONG BEACH UNIFIED MIDDLE SCHOOLS. UM, AND THEN, UM, MOVING DOWN A LITTLE BIT LONGER, A LITTLE AHEAD THERE, UM, WE ARE VERY HAPPY THAT THE AIRPORT IS HOSTING TWO OF THE CITY'S NEW PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWS. UM, TY AND KATHY. TY IS ASSIGNED A PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND WE'VE BEEN KEEPING HER VERY VIS BUSY WITH A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT MARKETING PROJECTS. AND THEN KATHY IS, UM, SHARED BETWEEN, UM, FINANCE AND MONNIE'S TEAM AND ALSO OUR LEASING DIVISION. UM, AND SO THEN MOVING [00:40:01] ON TO TALK ABOUT MEDIA, WE HAD 63 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN THE MONTH. AND THE BIGGEST STORY FOR US WAS ABOUT THE, UM, REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS THAT, UM, WAS ISSUED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE WARDLOW PARCEL, UH, THEN GOING ON TO SOCIAL MEDIA ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. EVERY YEAR WHEN IT RAINS, WE FIND A GREAT PHOTO OF THIS NO COVERED MOUNTAINS IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE AIRPORT, AND WE FIND, ALWAYS FIND IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT SOMEONE EITHER FROM THE SPOTTERS PAGE OR ANOTHER USER USES, AND THEN WE ASK THEM IF WE CAN USE THEIR PHOTO, AND THEY'RE VERY EXCITED TO BE FEATURED ON OUR PAGE. AND SO THOSE, THAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM. AND THEN ON X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER, UM, WE FEATURED A POEM ABOUT, UM, ABOUT THE, THE POET WHO WE HAD COME OUT FOR VALENTINE'S DAY, WHICH WE'VE DONE A COUPLE TIMES ALREADY. WHO WRITES CUSTOM LOVE POEMS FOR OUR TRAVELERS ON VALENTINE'S DAY. UM, SO THOSE WERE THE, UM, UH, BIGGEST HITS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. AND THEN JUST, I WANTED TO SHARE ONE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ITEM WITH YOU THAT'S NOT IN THE REPORT. UM, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UM, REGARDING COUNCILMAN SUPER NA'S REQUEST, UM, AT THE JANUARY 23RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UM, IN WHICH HE ASKED, UM, THAT THE AIRPORT STAFF LOOK INTO THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN AVIATION HALL OF FAME. AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UM, WE'RE COMMUNICATING WITH THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH ABOUT THIS PROJECT AND ASKING FOR THEIR ASSISTANCE. AND THEY WILL BE HELPING TO DEVELOP SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A FEW THINGS FOR THE CRITERIA, UM, THAT WE USE TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR THE HALL OF FAME, UM, FOR THE COMMITTEE WHO SHOULD COMPRISE THE COMMITTEE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS, AND ALSO EVALUATING SOME POTENTIAL LOCATIONS AT THE AIRPORT. AND I'LL BE FOLLOWING UP WITH KEN, UM, SEPARATELY AFTER THIS MEETING TO REACH OUT TO YOU ALL TO SEE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CHAT WITH, UM, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND KIND OF DO A QUICK PHONE INTERVIEW, FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE THEY CAN SOLICIT ANY IDEAS OR THOUGHTS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED, OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY, UM, AROUND ESTABLISHING AN AVIATION HALL OF FAME. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR STAFF REPORT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. THAT SOUNDS VERY EXCITING. UM, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? YES, YES, I HAVE ONE ABOUT SETTING UP THE TOURS, HOW IS THAT DONE OR WHAT GROUPS CAN DO THAT? UM, WE DO HAVE ON OUR WEBSITE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT TOURS, SO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC CAN CONTACT US TO SET UP A TOUR. UM, AS WITH LOTS OF THINGS, IT KIND OF GOES AROUND VIA WORD OF MOUTH. UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF HOMESCHOOL GROUPS THAT COME. WE SOMETIMES DO HAVE, UM, PUBLIC SCHOOLS THAT COME, UM, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY USUALLY ARE ARRANGING THEIR OWN TRANSPORTATION FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD A NUMBER OF, UM, EITHER COLLEGE GROUPS, WE'VE HAD GROUPS OF DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLED ADULTS WHO'VE COME, UM, SO ANY VARIETY OF GROUPS, AND SO THEY JUST, UM, CAN REACH OUT. UM, TY THE BEST WAY IS JUST, UM, EITHER TO CALL THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS NUMBER, WHICH IS FIVE SEVEN ZERO TWO SIX SEVEN EIGHT, OR THEY CAN CALL OUR MAIN EMAIL ADDRESS, UM, WHICH ISLG B AR PT@LONGBEACH.GOV. AND WE'RE LOOKING ACTUALLY TO CREATE A FORM ON THE WEBSITE SO PEOPLE CAN SUBMIT THE FORM, SO WE CAN REDUCE SOME OF THE BACK AND FORTH. BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. CITY NONE. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSSI? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR LARSON? YES. CHAIR RUBEN? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. SECRETARY, WE PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONERS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON MARCH 21ST, 2024. [6. 24-52441 Recommendation to excuse Commissioners absent from the meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission on March 21, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ROSSI? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR LARSON? [00:45:01] YES. CHAIR RUBEN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SO I THINK THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I'M NOT SURE THAT WE HAVE [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.] ANYONE HERE FOR THAT. OKAY. SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON. IS THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS OR CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? [ANNOUNCEMENTS] GO AHEAD OF CO YEAH, I WANTED TO JUST, UH, MAKE A COMMENT. I KNOW WE RECEIVED THE UPDATE TO GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, AND, UM, I READ THIS REPORT, WHICH IS VERY DETAILED, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT YOUR STAFF HAS DONE A LOT OF WORK IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMUNITY AND, UH, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS I THINK, REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL. I MEAN, A LOT OF IT'S VOLUNTARY, BUT, UM, THERE ARE SOME THINGS IN HERE THAT I THINK WILL, UM, HOPEFULLY APPEASE THEM AND REALIZE THE AIRPORT IS SUPER RESPONSIVE TO THEIR CONCERNS. AND THIS IS OBVIOUSLY GOING OR HAS GONE TO THE COUNCIL, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UH, WITH THE GRAPHS, WHICH ARE, SOME OF THEM ARE INCLUDED IN THE NEW NOISE REPORT, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE REALLY GOOD AND RESPONDING TO WHAT THE, IT LOOKS LIKE THE COMMUNITY HAD SENT TO THE AIRPORT AND THEN WITH THE RESPONSES THAT ARE IN HERE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UM, BEING SO, UM, RESPONSIVE TO, TO THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. WELL, WITH THAT, WE WILL ADJOURN. NOW, KEEP IN MIND, THERE'S NO COMMISSION [ADJOURNMENT] IN APRIL. WE'RE DARK, BUT WE'LL SEE EVERYBODY IN MAY 16TH HERE AT THE MARRIOTT. THE CURRENT TIME IS 4 47. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.