May 16, 2024 Airport Advisory Commission

UNTIL THEN, LET'S GET STARTED WITH ITEM ONE.

UM, JUST FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMITS SPEAKER CARDS TO STAFF AND CARDS ARE AVAILABLE OUT FRONT AT THE TABLE.

AND THEN ALSO WE WILL BE TAKING ITEM TWO OUT OF ORDER, UH, TODAY.

SO, UM,

[1. 24-53116 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on March 21, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON MARCH 21ST, 2024.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.

I'LL SECOND.

SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE

[3. 24-53118 Recommendation to consider the content of the Airport Advisory Commission 2023 Annual Report and take action to refer it to the City Council. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MOTION CARRIES.

WE WILL DOUBLE BACK TO ITEM TWO.

ITEM THREE.

ITEM THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CONSIDER THE CONTENT OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION 2023 ANNUAL REPORT AND TAKE ACTION TO REFER IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

SO BEFORE YOU IN YOUR PACKETS IS THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION REPORT FOR 2023.

UM, AS, AS REQUIRED BY THE CITY, BY THE CITY CHARTER FOR THE COMMISSIONS.

WE PUT TOGETHER THIS REPORT TO DETAIL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, YOU MAY, UH, JUST IF A FEW MONTHS AGO, UH, WE WERE, WE WERE PLAYING CATCH UP AND SO WE SUBMITTED THE 22 REPORT.

UM, WITH THE NEW, UH, COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE COMING ONTO THE CURRENT COMMISSIONS, EVERYTHING HAS BEEN ALIGNED WITH JUNE 1ST.

SO ALL, UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS WILL BEGIN AND END THEIR TERMS, UM, IN THE MONTH OF JUNE.

UM, AND THEN ALL OF THE ANNUAL REPORTS WILL BE DUE, UH, BY JUNE 30TH.

SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS THE REPORT FOR 2023.

AND IT DETAILS THE ACTIVITIES, UH, THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE ON THE, ON, UM, WHO WERE ON THE BOARD DURING 2023.

UH, THOSE THAT LEFT AT A CERTAIN POINT, AND THEN THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME ON TO THE BOARD.

UH, SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS FOR YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING, UH, THAT, UH, NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.

THAT, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, AND THEN, UH, IF WE CAN HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO MOVE AND SECOND THE ITEM, UM, THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THIS TO THE CITY, THE COMMISSION.

MR. I MAKE A COMMENT.

IT'S A GREAT REPORT.

ANYONE ELSE? I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT IT'S AT A LARGER FONT IN THIS PRESENTATION.

THE ONE THAT WAS MAILED OUT TO US.

I HAD A VERY HARD TIME READING .

WE WILL NOTE THAT FOR THE NEXT, FOR THE 20 24 1.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN?

[4. 24-53120 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Sustainability Committee. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

YES.

THE MOTIONS CARRIED? CORRECT.

IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR

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IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVE.

AND I'LL BE GIVING THE REPORT.

GREAT.

SO WE HAD A PRESENTATION FROM JET ZERO, WHICH IS A COMPANY DEVELOPING A NEW VERSION OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT THAT WAS FROM A KEVIN BECK.

AND IT WAS A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE PRESENTATION.

IT'S AMAZING HOW FAR THEY'VE TAKEN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW TYPE OF COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.

UH, THEY DEMONSTRATED TO US THAT THE EMISSION REDUCTIONS ON THIS AIRCRAFT, IF IT WERE PUT IN PRODUCTION, WOULD BE 50% LESS THAN A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT.

BUT FROM OUR STANDPOINT, I THINK WHAT WAS EVEN MORE INTERESTING WAS THE NOISE REDUCTION.

UM, HE FIDDLED WITH THE PRESENTATION FOR QUITE A WHILE, BUT, UH, THE AIRCRAFT, YOU GUYS, THEY PUT THE ENGINES ON TOP OF THE WINGS RATHER THAN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WINGS.

AND SO IT DOESN'T REFLECT THE SOUND TO THOSE OF US THAT LIVE ANYWHERE NEAR AN AIRPORT.

AND THE NOISE REDUCTION WAS DRAMATIC.

UH, I WOULD EASILY SAY IF THEY WERE ABLE TO PUT THESE INTO PRODUCTION AND RUN THEM IN OUR AIRPORT, THAT IT WOULD BE A VERY NOTICEABLE DIFFERENCE FROM THE AIRCRAFT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE GOING IN AND OUT.

SO, UM, HOPEFULLY IT WILL, I KNOW IT'S A LONG LEAD TIME FOR THESE AIRCRAFT, BUT IT WAS, UH, VERY, VERY INTERESTING.

UM, ON OUR SOLAR CANOPY.

UH, NOT THAT THIS MEANS A LOT TO ME EITHER, BUT 373,000 KILOWATT HOURS OF ELECTRICITY WE'RE PRODUCED, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.

WHAT DOES MEAN SOMETHING TO ME? IT'S THE EQUIVALENT OF POWERING UP 34 HOMES FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR.

SO THAT'S A LOT OF JUICE THAT YOU GUYS ARE GENERATING.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND THEN THEY DISCUSS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME DISCRETIONARY GRANT APPLICATIONS, UH, PARTICULARLY GOING AFTER ANY TYPE OF IMPROVEMENTS LIKE EV VEHICLES, UH, EV CHARGERS, UH, THAT SORT OF THING.

AND I GUESS YOU'RE HOPING BY AUGUST TO HEAR ON SOME OF THESE GRANT APPLICATIONS.

SO WE'RE WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST.

YES, THERE'S SOME DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, UH, THROUGH THE FAA THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO TO, UH, TRY TO OBTAIN, UM, ALL OF THAT EQUIPMENT.

SO ANYWAYS, THAT SUMS UP MY REPORT.

YOU PLEASE CALL THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED IN SECOND.

AND IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, UH, SECRETARY, WILL

[5. 24-53121 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for May 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

I, UM, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR MAY, 2024.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION? I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

MM-HMM, .

UM, CYNTHIA IS AT A CONFLICTING MEETING AT THIS TIME, SO IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON HER BEHALF, UH, TO PRESENT THE MONTHLY STAFF REPORTS, UH, FOR TODAY'S MEETING.

UM, I DO WANNA ON THE EARLIER COMMENT REGARDING OUR, UH, ANNUAL REPORT.

I DO WANNA REALLY GIVE KUDOS TO OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM.

UM, SURPRISINGLY, A COUPLE OF THE REPORTS THAT HAVE COME FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS THAT HA THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED HAVE A VERY SIMILAR FLARE AND AND STYLE TO OURS.

SO, UM, KUDOS TO OUR TEAM AND, AND BEING THE TR THE TRENDSETTERS, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, MARCH HAS, MARCH WAS A VERY EXCITING, UH, MONTH.

VERY BUSY.

UM, WE DID IN THE MONTH OF MARCH HAVE OUR HIGHEST PASSENGER AND EMPLOYMENT DAY EVER IN OUR A HUNDRED YEAR HISTORY.

SO FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, THERE WERE 182,382 INDIVIDUALS THAT FLEW OUT OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

SO THAT IS A RECORD, UM, THAT, UH, BEATS THE PRIOR RECORD FROM JULY OF 2018 AT 178,836.

SO, UM, GREAT NUMBERS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

UM, WE DO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

UM, AND THAT IS EVEN DURING CONSTRUCTION, DURING A CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY PERIOD.

SO A LOT OF THANKS TO OUR TEAM WHO ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES TO KEEP THINGS MOVING, UH, AND OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS, UH, AS WELL.

SO THERE'S A LOT THAT IS HAPPENING.

UH, BUT IT IS, IT HAS BEEN AN EXCITING TIME AND WE DEFINITELY ARE POST COVID AT THIS POINT.

UM, IN ADDITION, SPRING BREAK TRAVEL, UH, HAS BEEN VERY BUSY.

UH, WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF BUSES AND GROUPS

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TRAVELING THROUGH, UH, WHICH HAS LED TO SOME DELAYS.

BUT, UH, QUICKLY, UH, OUR PARTNERS ARE, ARE WORKING, UH, IN WITH THEIR FACILITIES TO ADDRESS THAT.

TSA, MAKING SURE WITH THE STAFFING THAT THE STAFFING IS AVAILABLE.

UM, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE COMING THROUGH.

UM, AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE STILL DOING OUR ROADWAY, UH, CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.

UH, THE TEAM HAS WORKED VERY HARD, UH, TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO KEEP TRAFFIC MOVING.

UM, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO FLY THROUGH, BUT YOU WILL SEE, UH, THE LANES IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL, UH, CHANGING.

AND PART OF THAT IS TO BE ABLE TO ONCE AGAIN, PROVIDE A CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE THAT IS EASYGOING, THAT IS SMOOTH.

UM, AND, UH, WE'VE BEEN VERY THANKFUL THAT, UH, THE PROJECT IS MOVING ALONG.

WE'VE HAD SOME HICCUPS AND WE DO HAVE SOME, SOME DELAYS, BUT WE DO, WE HAVE MADE AND IMPLEMENTED, UM, ADDITIONAL STAFF, UM, UM, SECURITY TO ASSIST.

UH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THAT PROJECT GOING.

UM, THAT PROJECT WAS ORIGINALLY PART OF OUR PHASE TWO PROGRAM.

WE DID REMOVE IT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO GET A BIL GRANT IN 2022 TO DO THAT PROJECT.

AND SO WHILE THE TIMING, THERE'S NEVER A GOOD TIME, IT IS THE PROJECT THAT, UH, I THINK IS GOING TO MAKE THE BIGGEST SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, UM, IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC FLOW, PASSENGER EXPERIENCE, UM, AND JUST ALL, ALL AROUND CIRCULATION, UH, RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF THE, IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL.

UH, THE LAST ITEM I DID WANNA MENTION AND KEN DID SEND OUT TO ALL OF YOU, IS THE, UH, MEMO TO THE CITY COUNCIL ANNOUNCING THE F-A-A-L-G-B WEBINAR, UM, THAT IS IN THE WORKS AND IS PART OF WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR TFF REGARDING GENERAL AVIATION.

UH, THAT COMMUNITY MEETING WILL BE JUNE 25TH.

IT WILL BE AN ONLINE WEBINAR AND THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND.

UM, MORE INFORMATION WILL GO OUT AT THAT POINT.

UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE, UM, OUR TEAM AS WELL AS THE FAA, HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY DILIGENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF WORK THAT GOES INTO PUTTING ON A COMMUNITY MEETING.

UM, THIS WAS A COMMUNITY MEETING WAS DONE BEFORE, UH, UH, AT JOHN WAYNE, UH, WITH JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT FOR ONE OF THEIR PROJECTS.

SO, UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN IN THE WORKS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN TO HAVE IT, AND THE COORDINATION THAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, UM, IS SIGNIFICANT.

AND, AND I'M VERY IMPRESSED TO SEE, UH, THE WHAT THE TEAM, EVERYTHING THAT THE TEAM IS WORKING ON, UH, AND THE NUMBER OF DIVISIONS AND AREAS WITHIN FAA THAT GET INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND COORDINATE IN COORDINATION.

SO, UH, INFORMATION TO GET ONTO THE LINK AND, UH, TO GET ONTO THE WEBINAR WILL BE SENT OUT, UH, CLOSER TO THE DATE.

UH, BUT HOPEFULLY YOU GOT THOSE AND, AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO ATTEND, UH, IF YOU SO DESIRE.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

ALRIGHT.

SO, UH, ENOUGH FROM ME AT THIS POINT.

I WANT TO, LET'S START WITH OUR FIRST REPORT, UH, WITH MONIE CHA, UH, WHO WILL HAVE THE FINANCIAL UPDATE.

THANK YOU MONY.

SO IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY PORT FOR MARCH, 2024.

SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH, UH, DELTA AIRLINES OPERATED WITH 88 LANDINGS.

THAT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN THEY OPERATED, UM, IN THE, UH, SAME PERIOD IN 2023.

HOWEVER, THEIR TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYMENTS WAS ACTUALLY HIGHER BY 16%.

THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 7,531.

UH, THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE, UH, UH, CHANGE IN THE AIRCRAFT USED FOR ABOUT A THIRD OF THEIR FLIGHTS.

UH, THEY'RE FLYING, UH, SEVEN 30 SEVENS THAT HAVE TWICE THE SEATING CAPACITIES.

AND SO THAT'S ADDED INTO THE, UM, UM, AVAILABLE SEATS FOR THEIR, UM, SCHEDULES.

AND SO ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN MORE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.

UH, WE ALSO SEE HAWAIIAN AIRLINES OPERATING WITH LESS LANDINGS.

UM, AND THAT'S, UH, AS A RESULT OF, UM, THE FLIGHTS THAT WERE HALTED TO MAUI.

BUT, UM, UH, ULTIMATELY THEY, UH, RESUMED FLIGHTS BACK IN MARCH, UH, 10TH.

AND SO, UM, ACTIVITY HAS, UM, INCREASED.

UM, OVERALL THEY HAD, UH, 9,130, UM, EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH.

UM, THAT'S ABOUT 8% LESS THAN THEY DID THE PRIOR, UH, PERIOD LAST YEAR.

UM, AND THEN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SEEING THE LION SHARE OF ACTIVITY WITH 1,352 FLIGHTS SEEN IN MARCH.

UM, ADDING TO THAT RECORD ACTIVITY THAT WE SAW.

SO IN TOTAL, UM, WE SAW, AS JUAN MENTIONED, 182,382, A RECORD MONTH FOR, UH, THE AIRPORT.

UM, AND THAT'S 23%, UH, INCREASE COMPARED TO THE

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SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

LOOKING AT, UH, THE RIGHT HAND COLUMN, THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WHICH REFLECT BASICALLY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024, UH, WE SEE THAT, UH, DELTA AIRLINES SEEING, UM, ACTIVITY CONTINUE TO INCREASE, UM, THROUGHOUT THAT PERIOD.

UH, TOTALING 15% INCREASE, UM, FOR, UM, THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND THEN HAWAIIAN AIRLINES DUE TO THE, UM, UH, FLIGHTS THAT ARE HALTED TO MAUI, UM, THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT A 26, UH, PERCENT DECREASE COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

AND THEN, UM, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, UH, TOTALING 441,000 IN EMPLOYMENTS, UM, WHICH RESULTS IN A 25% INCREASE, UM, FOR THAT QUARTER.

UH, IN, IN TOTAL FOR, UH, THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2024, WE SEE, UM, 482,181 EMPLOYMENTS FOR THAT PERIOD.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE BOTTOM, UH, WE SEE AIR CARGO CARRIER ACTIVITY UPS SEEING ONE LESS LANDING, UM, THIS MARCH COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S MARCH.

UM, HOWEVER, THE CARGO TONNAGE DECREASED DOWN TO 986 FOR THAT MONTH.

THAT'S A 20% DROP IN ACTIVITY.

UH, ULTIMATELY SEEING THIS 11% DROP IN CARGO TONNAGE ACTIVITY.

AND, UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT REPORT, UM, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE, UM, BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT.

UH, THIS REPORT REFLECTS THE SECOND QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 24.

SO ESSENTIALLY WE ARE THROUGH 50% OF THE FISCAL YEAR FOR THIS REPORT.

SO LOOKING AT THE PASSENGER EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, UH, FOR THE, UH, QUARTER TWO, UH, WHICH RUNS JANUARY THROUGH MARCH, UM, WE SEE, UH, EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES INCREASING BY 19% FOR THAT PERIOD, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 482,000.

UM, AND SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MUCH BE, UH, MORE THAN WE HAD PROJECTED, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RECORD MONTH OF MARCH.

AND SO LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WE'VE ACTUALLY UPPED OUR PROJECTIONS TO OVER 2 MILLION.

AND SO WE EXPECT, UM, FISCAL YEAR 24 TO BE ONE OF THE TOP, UM, UM, PERFORMANCE YEARS FOR, UM, IN EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS.

AND SO THAT'S A 13% INCREASE, UM, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE REVENUE, UH, OPERATING REVENUES, WE SEE THE SAME, UM, INCREASES, UM, YOU KNOW, REFLECTING IN THE, UH, PASSENGER RELATED, UM, REVENUE SOURCES.

AND SO AIRLINE REVENUES EXPECTING TO INCREASE ABOUT 14% THIS YEAR.

UM, VERY, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SEEN IN THE, UH, QUARTER TWO, UH, 29% INCREASE.

UH, VERY STRONG PERFORMANCE THERE.

UH, CONCESSION SALES, UM, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER REFLECTS ONLY AT 3%, UM, THAT'S DUE TO SOME ACCOUNTING ADJUSTMENTS, UH, MADE IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

BUT, UM, OVERALL CONCESSION SALES IS VERY STRONG AND IT HAS INCREASED, UM, SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS IF, IF YOU MAKE THOSE, UH, EXCLUDE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

UM, AND THEN CAR RENTAL, GRAND TRANSPORTATION, ALSO SEEING, UH, VERY STRONG INCREASES ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.

UH, AND THEN MOVING ON TO AVIATION LAND RENTALS.

SO WE SEE A LARGE BUMP IN Q2 ACTUALS.

UH, THAT'S THE RESULT OF A RENT ADJUSTMENT THAT FINALLY, UM, WRAPPED UP.

AND WE RECEIVED A ONE-TIME LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF OVER THREE 500,000 FROM ATLANTIC AVIATION.

SO THAT'S, UH, UM, ADDED ONTO THE INCREASES IN RENTS, UM, SEEN FOR THAT CATEGORY.

THEN FUEL FLOWAGE FEES.

UM, WE SEE THAT, UM, UH, REMAINING PRETTY CONSISTENT, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

UM, AND THEN FOR NON-AVIATION LAND RENTALS, WE SEE A SLIGHT DECREASE ABOUT 6%.

AND THAT'S, UH, THE RESULT OF MERCEDES-BENZ LEASE ENDING, UH, FOR THE WEST WORKLOAD PARKING LOT AT THE AIRPORT.

SO THAT ENDED IN FEBRUARY, 2024.

UM, AND THAT, UM, WAS ABOUT A MONTHLY RENT OF 120,000.

AND SO WE WE'RE GONNA SEE THAT DECREASE, UH, REFLECTED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

SO THAT'S GONNA LEAD TO ABOUT A 12% DROP IN THAT CATEGORY.

AND THEN, UH, FOR OTHER REVENUES, WE SEE CONTINUED STRONG GROWTH IN THAT REVENUE SOURCE.

UM, MAINLY FROM THE, UH, UM, INTEREST INCOME, UH, WITH, UH, INTEREST RATES REMAINING VERY HIGH.

UM, THAT'S, UH, BEEN A BENEFIT TO OUR CASH BALANCES THAT WE'RE, UM, HAVE.

AND SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO SEE THOSE STRONG RETURNS IN THAT CATEGORY.

ULTIMATELY, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING OVER 60 MILLION IN OPERATING REVENUES FOR, UH, 2024.

AND THEN MOVING ON TO OPERATING EXPENDITURES, WE SEE THAT, UM, FOR AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, THE SALARIES AND BENEFIT EXPENSES ARE UP 15% FOR THE PAST QUARTER.

UH, THAT'S THE RESULT OF, UH, THE INCREASED STAFFING THAT WE'VE SEEN AND ALSO THE INCREASED WAGES THAT, UM, TOOK PLACE, UM, IN THE PRIOR QUARTER.

AND SO THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE ON FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.

WE'RE GONNA SEE, UM, PROBABLY ABOUT A 19% INCREASE IN TOTAL, UM, INCREASES IN, UH, THIS CATEGORY.

AND, AND THAT'S STILL WITH CARRYING OVER 10% VACANCY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, IN THE NEXT CATEGORY WE SEE SERVICES AND APPLIES, THAT'S INCREASING BY 12%, UM, AS, UM, INFLATION IS IMPACTED.

CO UH, COST OF COST ABOARD.

UM, ON TOP OF THAT WE HAVE A LOT NEW, UH, MORE FACILITIES AND, UM, ELECTRIC

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CITY COST HAS ACTUALLY GONE UP WITH, UM, THE NEW FACILITIES THAT WE'VE OPENED UP.

AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT WE SEE THE FULL ELECTRICITY COST FOR LIKE, UH, THE BAGGAGE CLEAN FACILITY.

UH, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE CITY SERVICES LINE.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA SEE ABOUT 11%, UM, INCREASE, UH, FOR THAT QUARTER.

UH, AND SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, UH, CONTINUING TO INCREASE.

AND BY THE END OF THE YEAR IN TOTAL WE'LL SEE ABOUT A 4% INCREASE IN THAT CATEGORY.

UH, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE ARE PROJECTING AT ABOUT A 45 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS, UM, OPERATING EXPENSE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

AND EVEN AS REVENUES INCREASES, SO AS EXPENSES.

AND SO, UH, NET OPERATING RESULTS, UM, WILL YIELD ABOUT 11%, UM, INCREASE OVERALL.

HEY, MONI, I HAVE A QUESTION REAL QUICK.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LUMP SUM PAYMENT OF 500 K, AND YOU SAID THAT'S, IS THAT DUE TO RENT ANNUAL INCREASE OR, UM, SO FOR THAT, UM, UH, RENT ADJUSTMENT, IT'S NOT ONLY JUST THE, UH, RENT ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE MONTHLY RATE, BUT ALSO THE NEW RENEGOTIATED, UM, LEASE OVERALL.

AND SO THAT WAS A SORT OF A LUMP SUM PAYMENT, UM, TYPICAL IN, IN A LOT OF THE LEASE, UM, RENEWALS THAT WE SEE.

THAT'S ACTUALLY MIDNIGHT, SIR.

THANK YOU MON.

AND OUR NEXT REPORT IS OUR NOISE UPDATE WITH, UH, JAMES DAVIES, OUR AIRPORT OPS SPECIALIST TWO, STILL TEST BETTER.

PERFECT.

THERE WE GO.

WE GOT 12.13 INCHES OF RAIN IN FEBRUARY.

AND AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT, THAT TENDS TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT THINGS OPERATE AT THE AIRPORT WHEN WE HAVE THAT WET MONTH.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN CERTAIN INSTANCES THROUGHOUT THE REPORT.

ON PAGE ONE, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WAS ONE LATE NIGHT OPERATION BETWEEN TWENTY TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE HUNDRED BY AN AIR CARRIER, AND WE STILL ARE AT ZERO OPERATIONS BETWEEN 2300 AND OH 700 FOR THE YEAR.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL MAKE IT THE WHOLE YEAR.

WE'LL SEE NEXT PAGE.

YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE VIOLATIONS, NONE FROM AIR CARRIERS, NINE FROM GENERAL AVIATION IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY FOR A SUM OF $300.

AND THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE ARE AIRPORT OPERATIONS, AS MONI TOLD YOU, UH, A RECORD BREAKING MONTH, BOTH FEBRUARY AND UH, MARCH.

WHAT YOU CAN SEE THERE THOUGH IS, UH, A LOT OF THE RAMIFICATIONS FROM THE RAIN.

AND ALTHOUGH, UM, LAST YEAR'S NUMBERS LOOK SMALL, IT'S DUE TO THE LED PROJECT THAT WAS KICKING OFF ON OUR RUNWAY.

AND YOU WILL SEE THAT IN MARCH REPORT AS WELL.

THESE LITTLE SUBTLE THINGS THAT HAPPEN AT THE AIRPORT AFFECT EVERYTHING.

NEXT PAGE IS A LIST OF THE VIOLATIONS FROM FEBRUARY, AND THE NEXT PAGE IS THE RUNWAY UTILIZATION OF OUR PARALLEL RUNWAYS, WHICH AFFECT, UH, THE EAST WEST FLOW FOR GENERAL AVIATION.

YOU CAN SEE THEM BROKEN DOWN BY OPERATION NUMBER AS WELL AS PERCENTAGES.

WE STILL ARE USING TWO SIX LEFT MORE THAN TWO SIX, RIGHT, TWO SIX RIOT THE RUNWAY, WHICH AFFECTS THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, UH, OBVIOUSLY VERY PROMINENT IN EVERYONE'S ATTENTION RIGHT NOW.

THE REVERSE FLOW DOES AFFECT COW HEIGHTS IN A POSITIVE WAY.

OKAY? SO WHEN WE HAVE A RAIN SYSTEM THAT COMES THROUGH, THE AIRCRAFT HAVE TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THEY OPERATE BECAUSE AN AIRCRAFT FLIES INTO THE WIND, THAT'S HOW IT GAINS AND LOSES ITS ALTITUDE.

AND SO ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS RESIDENTS SEE THE ARRIVALS INSTEAD OF THE DEPARTURES, AND THE ARRIVALS ARE SIGNIFICANTLY QUIETER THAN THE DEPARTURES.

NEXT PAGE IS THE NOISE LEVELS.

YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THEM HERE.

THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE REVERSE FLOW, THEY'RE FAIRLY CONSISTENT.

AND THEN THE FINAL PAGE IS THE NOISE COMPLAINTS FOR FEBRUARY 30,127.

UH, OF THAT 30,010 HOUSES ACCOUNTED FOR 14,000, ROUGHLY 46.5% OF THAT TOTAL.

MORE TO COME.

I'VE GOT A SECOND REPORT.

IT'S OKAY.

THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER REPORT.

MOVING ON TO THE MARCH REPORT

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WASN'T AS WET.

WE ONLY GOT 3.8 INCHES OF RAIN THAT DAY, WHICH ONLY MEANT FIVE DAYS OF THE REVERSE FLOW LIKE I JUST EXPLAINED TO YOU.

BUT YOU CAN SEE RAMIFICATIONS AGAIN AT THREE AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM TWO BY SOUTHWEST AND ONE BY DELTA.

AND STILL NO LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS BETWEEN 2300 AND OH 700.

GETTING CLOSER TO THAT FULL YEAR MAY BE, UH, MADE IT THROUGH A QUARTER OF THE YEAR WITHOUT A LATE NIGHT OPERATION.

HOW ABOUT THAT? NEXT PAGE IS THE VIOLATIONS.

AND AGAIN, NONE FOR THE AIR CARRIERS.

13 FOR GENERAL AVIATION.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE OPERATIONS CHANGES FROM THE RUNWAY PROJECT IN LAST YEAR.

SO WHILE THE GROWTH LOOKS EXTRAORDINARY FOR GENERAL AVIATION, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS IN THERE, SUCH AS THE RUNWAY CLOSER FROM LAST YEAR, A LOT OF THE GA COMMUNITY STOOD DOWN 'CAUSE OUR MAIN RUNWAY WAS CLOSED AND THEY JUST REDUCED THEIR OPERATIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE OPERATION TOTALS THERE.

NEXT PAGE IS THE PRINTOUT OF THE VIOLATIONS FROM MARCH, AND THEN WE GO INTO RUNWAY UTILIZATIONS.

YOU CAN STILL SEE MORE TWO SIX LEFT AND TWO SIX, RIGHT? BUT YOU CAN ALSO SEE, AS YOU SEE THE OPERATION NUMBERS IN THE TOP HALF GROWING AS WE COME THROUGH THE RAINY SEASON AS DAYLIGHT SAVINGS, THE HOURS OF SUNLIGHT INCREASE, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE OPERATIONS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT STARTING TO HAPPEN IN THE MONTH OF MARCH.

NOISE LEVEL IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT, VERY LITTLE CHANGE IN OUR NOISE LEVELS.

NEXT PAGE IS THE FIRST QUARTER NOISE BUDGET TOTAL, UH, 61% AT MONITOR NUMBER 10 AND 45% AT MONITOR NUMBER NINE.

YOU CAN SEE THOSE MONITORS ON THE, ON THE NOISE PAGE, WHICH IS THE PREVIOUS PAGE WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED.

WE STILL, WELL WITHIN OUR BUDGET.

AND THE LAST PAGE NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM MARCH 38,915 OUT OF THESE 14 OF THE COMPLAINANTS REGISTERED 22,234 COMPLAINTS FROM 14 HOUSEHOLDS OR 57%.

IF ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.

UM, EXCUSE ME, I, I HAVE SOME, UM, OBSERVATIONS HERE JUST ON THE, THE NUMBERS.

YES, SIR.

UH, GO TO PAGE THREE ON THE FEBRUARY.

YEAH.

UM, FOR THE NON-COMMERCIAL NOISE VIOLATIONS, YOU HAVE SIX FOR 20 23, 9 FOR 2024 AND A MINUS, THAT SHOULD BE A PLUS.

YOU ARE CORRECT, SIR.

I WILL, UH, CHANGE THAT AND I APOLOGIZE.

AND THE SAME THING FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR END TO DATE.

THAT IS AN INCREASE.

I WILL CHANGE THOSE NUMBERS.

I APOLOGIZE.

UM, ONE OF THE THINGS ON THE AIRCRAFT NOISE, VIOLA VIOLATORS AND STUFF, IS JUST A CONSISTENCY FOR THE DEFINITIONS.

UH, YOU HAVE DOWN IN DEFINITIONS, T IS EQUALING TOUCH AND GO, BUT YOU USE T SLASH G IN THE TABLE.

YES, SIR.

SO JUST CONSISTENCY.

YOU CAN USE T YOU CAN CHOOSE T AMPERSAND, GT SLASH G, JUST CONSISTENCY.

IT'S GOT MAKE THAT CHANGE.

WHATEVER YOU DEFINE IT AS.

YOU SHOULD USE IT IN THE TABLE.

UM, THERE WAS ALSO, UH, LET'S SEE, WHICH ONE I THINK IT WAS IN, UH, THE, THE MARCH THAT, UH, JUST A QUESTION MARK ON, UH, THE AIRCRAFT NOISE VIOLATORS.

YOU HAVE A PRIVATE AIRCRAFT ON 3 27 24 AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE NINE O'CLOCK AT 11 MINUTES, UH, ON AN APPROACH.

AND IT'S A C 1 72.

UH, YOU HAVE NO RECORD OR NO, YOU HAVE NA AS FAR AS THE, THE LIMITS AND, AND THE, UH, EXPOSURE.

AND THAT TO ME DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE AT NINE IN THE MORNING.

THE VIOLATION IN THAT CASE, SIR, IS NOT THAT AN ACOUSTICAL VIOLATION.

IT IS AN OPERATIONAL VIOLATION THAT AIRCRAFT SHOULD NOT BE OPERATING ON.

TWO SIX LEFT AT THAT HOUR.

A 1 72, CORRECT.

THAT RUNWAY'S CLOSED AT THAT HOUR AT NINE IN THE MORNING.

ZERO, ZERO, AH, ZERO NINE.

MY MIS I MISREAD IT.

AND WE SPOKE TO THAT PILOT DIRECTLY.

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SO THAT'S AN OPERATIONAL ONE.

OKAY, I GOT IT.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

GOT IT.

ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU.

THANKS.

THANK YOU JAMES.

AND OUR NEXT REPORT IS KATE KINAL WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE.

UM, SO I'M GONNA BE GOING OVER SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MARCH AND APRIL PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT.

UM, SO STARTING WITH MARKETING, WE RAN A NUMBER OF ADVERTISEMENTS AND PUBLICATIONS AND, UM, ONE OF THE ONES WE DID IS A ANNUAL ONE WE DO IN THE CALIFORNIA TRAVEL GUIDE.

UM, SO I JUST BROUGHT A HARD COPY HERE.

THIS IS THIS THING THAT, UM, IT LASTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND IS AT A LOT OF DIFFERENT HOTELS AND OTHER TRAVEL ESTABLISHMENTS.

AND SO WE HAVE THIS CALIFORNIA CASUAL AD, UM, THAT WE RAN.

UM, ALSO IN OUR REPORT, I WANNA DEFINITELY DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE PHOTO OF OUR ADMIN AND FINANCE, UM, MANAGER CLAUDIA LEWIS, THROWING OUT THE FIRST PITCH AT THE CAL STATE LONG BEACH DIRT BAGS GAME .

UM, IT LOOKS LIKE SOME PRETTY GOOD FORM .

AND, UM, IN THE BACKGROUND OF THE PHOTO, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT GOT A LITTLE FUZZY IN THE PICTURE, BUT OUR HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY, UM, LOGO ON THE JUMBOTRON, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR, UH, MARKETING AGREEMENT WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH ATHLETICS.

UM, AND THEN GOING DOWN TO THE NEXT PAGE, AT THE TOP OF THAT SECOND PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A SERIES OF, UM, GRAPHICS AND THOSE REPRESENT BANNERS, UM, THAT ARE NOW HANGING AT LOCAL LONG BEACH UNIFIED HIGH SCHOOLS.

UM, AND THIS IS PART OF A NEW PROGRAM WE'RE TRYING OUT TO SPONSOR LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN EXCHANGE FOR MARKETING THE AIRPORT ON THEIR CAMPUSES.

UM, SO WE'RE JUST KIND OF STARTING IT THIS, UM, SCHOOL YEAR AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND THE PROGRAM, UM, NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

AND, UM, THEN IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UM, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT SOME OF THE BIG, UM, DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE SHARED IN PAST MEETINGS.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HOSTING THE, UM, GROUP OF YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES FROM MILLER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR, UM, YOUNG FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE AUTISM, UM, SPECTRUM.

AND WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THAT BEFORE, BUT IT'S IN THIS REPORT, SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST MENTION IT AGAIN.

AND SAME THING WITH, UM, THE AIRPORT SENDING OFF 75 STUDENTS FROM JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL TO PERFORM AT CARNEGIE HALL IN NEW YORK CITY.

ALSO VERY EXCITING DAY AT THE AIRPORT.

AND, UM, AND THEN IN APRIL, WE BROUGHT OUR COLORFUL FLOAT ALONG FOR A RIDE IN THE CAMBODIA TOWN PARADE AND ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LONG BEACH SAN KARTA 2024 FESTIVAL.

AND THAT, AS YOU MAY KNOW, IS THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION THAT IS OBSERVED IN CAMBODIA, LAOS, THAILAND, MYANMAR, SRI LANKA, AND SOME PARTS OF INDIA.

AND THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONER CHENEY WHO INTRODUCED US, UM, AND MADE THAT INTRODUCTION FOR US TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT PARADE STARTING A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

UM, AND JUST ON SORT OF A TANGENT NOTE, BUT THIS SUNDAY, REMEMBER IS LONG BEACH PRIDE AND WE WILL HAVE A FLOAT ON SUNDAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD FOR SOME OF YOU TO JOIN US, UM, EITHER SITTING ON THE FLOAT OR WALKING IN THE PARADE WITH US.

UM, AND THEN ALSO STILL ON THE TOPIC OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WHEN WE COMBINE APRIL AND MAY, WE HOSTED 15 TOURS WITH, UM, ABOUT 200 VISITORS ON OUR TOUR GROUPS.

AND ONE OF THOSE GROUPS WAS A GROUP OF STUDENTS FROM THE CAL STATE, UM, LA BACHELOR'S IN AVIATION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.

AND WE HOSTED KIND OF A SPECIAL CUSTOM TOUR FOR THEM.

THEY GOT TO MEET WITH SOME OF OUR OPERATIONS STAFF AND LEARN ABOUT THE OPERATIONS CAREER FIELD.

AND THEN THEY ALSO MET WITH OUR PERSONNEL STAFF WHO GAVE THEM TIPS ON APPLYING TO CITY JOBS AND ALSO, UM, DID A LITTLE RESUME WORKSHOP WITH THEM, WHICH THEY REALLY APPRECIATED, UM, IN TERMS OF LEARNING HOW TO, UM, APPLY FOR CITY JOBS AFTER THEY GRADUATE OR ACTUALLY EVEN BEFORE THEY GRADUATE.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY ON COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HOST THE SPECIAL, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS GROUP.

THEY CAME BY THE AIRPORT TO PRESENT, UM, CYNTHIA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE TEAM WITH A PLAQUE IN RECOGNITION OF OUR MANY YEARS OF SERVING AS THE VENUE HOST FOR THE PLAYING POLE ANNUAL EVENT.

UM, AND SINCE 2006 TO THROUGH LAST YEAR, THAT EVENT AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT HAS RAISED MORE THAN $2 MILLION FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS ATHLETES.

AND SO IT WAS NICE THAT THEY TAKE A TOOK, UM, AT THE TIME TO PRESENT US WITH A PLAQUE.

AND, UM, THANKS FOR THAT EVENT.

AND, UM, NOW I'M MOVING ON TO TALKING ABOUT MEDIA.

AND, UM, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE DID HOST A PRESSED EVENT, EXCUSE ME, ON EARTH DAY THIS YEAR, APRIL 22ND, TO CELEBRATE THE ACTIVATION OF OUR NEW SOLAR CANOPIES ON TOP OF PARKING STRUCTURES A AND B.

UM, UH, I KNOW COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFF, YOU MENTIONED HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF ALL THESE NUMBERS

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WITH THE SOLAR PANELS AND EVERYTHING.

UM, AND SO, I MEAN, ONE THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS HELPFUL IS THAT THE, THE SOLAR PANELS COVER APPROXIMATELY 133,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, ON OUR PARKING STRUCTURES AT THE AIRPORT.

AND ALSO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THEY'LL GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO MEET 70% OF THE AIRPORT CAMPUS DEMAND, UM, EVERY YEAR.

SO IT IS REALLY A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.

AND I THINK BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO BE ON EARTH DAY, WE DID GET SOME GREAT, UM, TV COVERAGE FROM THAT, UM, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER COVERAGE.

AND, UM, SO THAT HELPED WITH OUR MEDIA NUMBERS THAT MONTH.

UM, AND IN MARCH WE HAD 55 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS, AND THE BIGGEST STORIES THAT MONTH WERE ABOUT OUR MILLER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL EVENT AND ALSO THE SENDOFF FOR THE JORDAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND THEN IN APRIL WE HAD 69 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS.

AND THE BIGGEST STORIES WERE ABOUT THE SOLAR CANOPIES AND ALSO ABOUT OUR RECORD RECORD BREAKING PASSENGER NUMBERS THAT, UM, JUAN MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING.

UM, AND THEN JUST CLOSING UP BY CHATTING ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA, OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

OVER THE TWO MONTHS WE DID A POST ABOUT, UM, IN HONOR OF WOMEN'S INTERNATIONAL DAY ABOUT THE ROSIE THE RIVETERS, AND WE HAD SOME HISTORIC PHOTOS AND THOSE WERE VERY POPULAR AND WIDELY SHARED.

AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO ANNOUNCED, UM, UPCOMING VISITS FROM THE FA 18 JETS.

AND THOSE ALWAYS ARE VERY POPULAR.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD A POPULAR POST WITH ONE OF OUR SUPERSTAR VOLUNTEERS THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS HAVE MET KEVIN MITO, KEVIN MINO.

UM, KEVIN IS VERY OPEN ABOUT TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE HIMSELF IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.

HE'S VERY INVOLVED IN OUR, UM, UM, VOLUNTEER PROGRAM AND GIVES A LOT OF TOURS AND WE WERE REALLY HAPPY TO HAVE HIM AS A GUEST SPEAKER AT OUR EVENT WITH THE MILLER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, UM, GROUP THAT DAY.

AND HE ALSO PROVIDED, UM, A TOUR FOR SOME OF THE GROUP AND, UM, COMMISSIONER ZA AND I KNOW YOU WERE THERE THAT DAY AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT.

THANK YOU KATE.

UH, CHAIR RUBEN.

THAT CONCLUDES THE MONTHLY STAFF REPORTS.

SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I JUST WANT TO SAY KEVIN'S THE BEST.

HE'S THE BEST VOLUNTEER WE HAVE.

HE REALLY IS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT EVERYTHING HE DOES, AND IT PASSES ON THE PEOPLE THAT HE INTERACTS WITH.

HE'S, AND HE'S BEEN DOING IT FOR I THINK ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW.

YEAH.

YES.

WE'RE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.

ANYONE ELSE? YES, GO AHEAD.

I, I JUST WANNA THANK THE STAFF, UM, AND CONGRATULATE THE STAFF ON THE WEBINAR IDEA.

I THINK THAT'S A GREAT, VERY RESPONSIVE WAY, UM, TO INTERFACE WITH THE COMMUNITY.

AND I THINK, UH, LOOKING FORWARD TO IT.

I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

MM-HMM.

, I, A QUICK COMMENT, IT'S KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO HIS ON THE VOLUNTEER.

UM, I'M ON THE BOARDS OF A LOT OF NON-PROFIT AND MANY OF 'EM ONLY SURVIVE ON THE BASIS OF THE VOLUNTEERS THAT PROVIDE SERVICES.

RIGHT.

UH, A LOT OF 'EM THEN REWARD THEM WITH THE HOURS OF SERVICE BY RECOGNIZING THEM AT SOME POINT.

DO WE DO THAT WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS? DO WE RECOGNIZE THEY'RE AT CERTAIN MILESTONES WHEN THEY PUT IN SO MANY HOURS? UM, SO IT'S, THAT IS A GREAT PROGRAM.

WE DO EVERY YEAR RECOGNIZE OUR TOP, UM, VOLUNTEERS IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS OF HOURS DEDICATED IN OUR OWN EMPLOYEE AND VOLUNTEER INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THEN WE ALSO, UM, HAVE, UH, AN ANNUAL, UH, GET TOGETHER LUNCHEON OR BREAKFAST FOR VOLUNTEERS.

UM, BUT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE KINDS OF PROGRAMS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

'CAUSE I PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE AND WE HAVE A WHOLE INCENTIVE PROGRAM.

RIGHT.

AND, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'M HOPING TO IMPLEMENT IN THE NEXT YEAR.

UM, AND PART OF WHAT I THOUGHT WAS REALLY COOL ABOUT THE PARK SERVICE PROGRAM IS WHEN YOU CAN GIVE VOLUNTEERS, UM, A SPECIAL RECOGNITION GIFT THAT YOU CAN'T GET ANY OTHER WAY, .

UM, AND THOSE ARE, UM, REALLY COOL TO HAVE FOR MILESTONES.

SO YES, IT IS SOMETHING I'D LIKE TO IMPLEMENT ON A MORE FORMAL BASIS.

YEAH.

IF WE CAN, IT, IT REALLY, IT IT'S A GREAT WAY OF THANKING THEM.

MM-HMM.

FOR, FOR THE COUNTLESS HOURS THAT THEY DEVOTE TO IT.

ANYONE ELSE? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPH? YES.

COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

UM, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SIX? DO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO NUMBER TWO? YOU WANNA GO BACK TO TWO? NUMBER TWO?

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KATIE'S NOT HERE.

OH YEAH, KATIE, UH, OH.

KATIE'S HERE DIVIDED FOR KATIE LARSON.

MY APOLOGIES.

SORRY.

LET'S, UH, DOUBLE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER TWO PLEASE.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

[2. 24-53117 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

CAN YOU INTRODUCE, SORRY, THAT'S MY FAULT.

NO FAULTS ALL TEAMWORK HERE.

THANK YOU CHAIR RUBEN.

UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE KATE KIRKENDAL WITH OUR, UH, BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FOR THIS MONTH.

THANK YOU JUAN.

AND THANKS FOR REARRANGING THIS SCHEDULE FOR ME.

WE'RE, UM, WE WERE CONDUCTING OUR INTERVIEWS FOR OUR SUMMER HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, SO THAT'S WHY I WAS A LITTLE BIT LATE IN GETTING HERE.

BUT, UM, THIS MONTH OR LAST MONTH, I INTRODUCED YOU TO THE STATION MANAGER FOR HAWAIIAN AIRLINES.

AND THIS MONTH I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE STATION MANAGER FOR DELTA, CHARLIE HILL.

AND, UM, CHARLIE'S HILL'S EMPLOYER IS UNIFY, WHICH IS CONTRACTED BY DELTA TO HANDLE THEIR OPERATIONS AT LGB.

AND I MET WITH CHARLIE LAST MONTH TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HIS BACKGROUND AND CAREER IN AVIATION, AND HE LET ME KNOW THAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR A NEW OPPORTUNITY AFTER TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY.

AND, UM, HE HAPPENED TO FIND AN OPPORTUNITY WORKING IN BAGGAGE HANDLING AT SAN DIEGO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.

AND THEN HE MADE HIS WAY UP, HIS WORKED HIS WAY UP FROM THERE TO AN AGENT AND THEN LEAD AGENT AND THEN PERFORMANCE MANAGER.

AND THIS POSTING, LGB IS HIS FIRST TIME IN THE STATION MANAGER ROLE, AND HE'S BEEN IN THIS POSITION FOR ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS.

UM, AND LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO END UP WORKING IN AVIATION, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT HE FORESAW IN HIS FUTURE, BUT HE REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY AND, UM, HE ESPECIALLY LOVES ALL THE TRAVEL BENEFITS THAT COME WITH IT, ALTHOUGH HE DID NOTE THAT HIS DAUGHTER TAKES MORE, MUCH MORE ADVANTAGE OF HIS TRAVEL BENEFITS THAN HE EVER HAS.

UM, BUT, UM, IN TERMS OF TALKING ABOUT THE DELTA OPERATION AT LGB, THEY CURRENTLY ARE OPERATING THREE DEPARTURES PER DAY, ALL NONSTOPS TO SALT LAKE CITY.

UM, HE SAID THEY HAVE JUST UNDER 30 EMPLOYEES THAT ARE SUPPORTING THAT DELTA OPERATION, AND HE ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THEY CONSIDER LGBA FULL HANDLING STATION.

SO EACH EMPLOYEE IS TRAINED TO PERFORM ALL POSITIONS FROM TICKET AGENT TO GATE AGENT TO BACKROOM AGENT, AND THEY CAN ALL STEP IN FOR ONE ANOTHER, UM, AS NEEDED.

AND, UM, AS WAS THE, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH MANY OTHERS WE'VE PROFILED.

UM, CHARLIE SAID THAT HIS FAVORITE THING ABOUT WORKING AT LGB IS THE CLOSE FAMILY FEEL AT OUR AIRPORT.

HE SAID THAT WHEN HE'S WORKED AT LARGER AIRPORTS, HE RARELY HAD THE SAME OPPORTUNITY TO COLLABORATE WITH OTHER AIRLINES.

AND HE POINT OUT THAT EV HE POINTED OUT THAT EVERYONE AT LGB LOOKS OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

UM, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THEY MAY ACTUALLY BE COMPETITORS IN THE INDUSTRY, THEY STILL LOOK OUT FOR ONE ANOTHER.

UM, AND I WAS ALSO REALLY INTERESTED OUTSIDE OF WORK.

CHARLIE SHARED THAT HE HAS, UH, A STRONG BACKGROUND IN MUSIC.

UM, HE'S PUT OUT SEVERAL CDS.

HE DIRECTED A CHOIR FOR A PAST MICHAEL BOLTON TOUR.

HE WORKED WITH RAY CHARLES IN THE PAST AND HE STILL ACTIVELY SINGS AND PLAYS THE PIANO AT CHURCH.

SO THAT WAS REALLY COOL TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT SOMEONE WHO, YOU KNOW, YOU WAVE TO EVERY DAY.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY SPOTLIGHT.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND MY APOLOGIES, WHEN YOU SAID WE'RE WAITING FOR KATIE, I THOUGHT WAS KATIE LARSON'S VERSUS KATE KIRKENDAL? .

UM, THE ITEM'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR? PARDON ME? CHAIR RUBEN? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

SECOND TIME AROUND.

ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONERS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON

[6. 24-53122 Recommendation to excuse Commissioners absent from the meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission on May 16, 2024. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

MAY 16TH, 2024.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? MOVE FOR APPROVAL? THANK YOU.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

COMMISSIONER

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ARIAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFF? YES.

COMMISSIONER LA? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

YOU GET EMAILS IN INDICATING YOU'VE BEEN ENROLLED IN AN E GOV COURSE? YES.

UM, IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS, I I HAVE ONE.

OH, SORRY, GO AHEAD.

FOR ON BEHALF OF OUR, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT DID

[ANNOUNCEMENTS]

UH, I WAS QUESTIONING STAFF ABOUT WHETHER THIS WAS MANDATORY AND THE REMINDERS I'M GETTING NOW ABOUT, IT'S ONLY 14 DAYS BEFORE I GOTTA COMPLETE THE COURSE.

APPARENTLY IT IS MANDATORY.

YOU GUYS, WE HAVE TO GET THROUGH THOSE THINGS.

SO, UM, AND YOU WANNA OFFER YOUR ADVICE REGARDING TAKING THE COURSES, UH, BASED ON, UH, SOME PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE BY SOME OF OUR OTHER COMMISSIONERS? UH, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE COURSE THAT YOU, UM, PAY ATTENTION TO THE TIMER THAT IS DISPLAYED ON THE PAGE.

UH, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SPEND A SPECIFIC AMOUNT OF TIME, AT LEAST A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE COURSE.

IF YOU DON'T, UM, THEN IT DOESN'T COUNT AND IT MAY SEND YOU BACK IN TIME TO DO THINGS AGAIN.

AND SO, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, COOPERATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE TO ASSIST IN.

SO IS THE SUPPORT TEAM FOR THE LEARN UH, PLATFORM.

UH, I DID SEE THAT ON ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS THERE WAS LIKE ABOUT 20 MINUTES OF DEAD AIR .

THE TIMER KEPT GOING, BUT THERE WAS NO PRESENTATION.

, THAT'S A NEW ONE.

UH, AND SO IF YOU DO RUN INTO ANY OF THOSE, THERE IS THE, UH, EMAIL LINK FOR THE SUPPORT TEAM.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, THE FOLKS, UM, THAT OPERATE THE PROGRAM AT CITY HALL WILL DEFINITELY GIVE YOU THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED FOR THAT.

AND THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? NO.