Jun 13, 2024 Economic Development and Opportunity Committee

FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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OKAY, I GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND.

OKAY.

ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC

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NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

[1. 24-53838 Recommendation to approve the minutes for the Economic Development and Opportunity Committee meeting of Tuesday, September 12, 2023.         Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ALL RIGHT, LET'S VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU KINDLY.

UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP, ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY, UH, A-M-A-A-A-M WORKING GROUP.

AWESOME.

AND, UH, WE DO HAVE A PRESENTATION, UM, ON THIS.

SO I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO BE THANK YOU CHAIR.

UM, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UH, BEAU MARTINEZ, DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S, UH, IT'S OUR HONOR TO PRESENT TO YOU, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY.

AND IT'S A NEW AND EMERGING, UH, INDUSTRY, WHICH FITS INTO THE GROW LONG BEACH.

UH, OVERALL INDUSTRY'S TARGET INDUSTRY SECTORS, WHICH ARE OUR FIVE, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FIVE, IT'S AEROSPACE, AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION, LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN

[2. 24-53839 Recommendation to receive and file report from Long Beach Economic Partnership Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Working Group.          Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND THIS ONE DEFINITELY FITS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT OTHER SECTORS AS WE LOOK TO, UH, UH, GROW AND DIVERSIFY OUR ECONOMY.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME, UH, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AND THEIR PARTNERS TO PRESENT THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ZENDEJAS, AND BASED VICE MAYOR ALLEN FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

SO, I AM LEAH GOULD HAES, THE CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP.

AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY EXCITING INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE UNDERTAKEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

UM, IN FACT, THIS VERY MORNING, I JUST GOT OFF A CALL WITH A GROUP OF OUR OEMS WHO ARE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION, UH, REGARDING A FEDERAL GRANT.

SO I'LL GIVE YOU A COUPLE OF HIGHLIGHTS ON THAT AS WELL.

I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS THE SLIDE THAT WE NEED A MILLION.

CAN YOU, UH, FORWARD THAT FOR ME? UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANNA POINT OUT IS OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT, UH, TWO YEARS NOW, WE HAVE CONVENED OVER 10, UH, AIR MOBILITY MANUFACTURERS, ENGINEERS, AND FOLKS WORKING IN THAT INDUSTRY, INCLUDING SUPERAL, AURA NETWORKS, SKYPORT OVER AIR, JOBY, MOBIUS, AND OF COURSE WHISK ARROW, WHO'S A SUBSIDIARY OF BOEING.

AND WE'LL BE SPEAKING TO YOU FURTHER THIS MORNING.

A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I DO WANNA SHARE IS THAT THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ENGAGED IN HAS INCLUDED MEMBERS OF THE FAA LA METRO CALTRANS GO BZ AMONG OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL PARTNERS.

AND LONG BEACH IS CONSIDERED OUT IN FRONT IN THIS DISCUSSION, WHICH HAS BEEN QUITE EXCITING AND OBVIOUSLY IS DUE IN LARGE PART TO OUR MAYOR, THE NEW ADMINISTRATION AND THE AMBITIONS AROUND CLEAN ENERGY, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, EXPANDING TRANSPORTATION.

AND I'LL ALSO POINT OUT, WHICH WAS MENTIONED ON THIS CALL THIS MORNING, THE 2030 LONG BEACH PLAN TO EXPAND MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPPORTUNITIES OF WHICH THIS WOULD BE AN IDEAL ASSET.

SO WITH THAT, I WANTED TO JUST SHARE VERY QUICKLY SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE.

UM, ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ELEMENTS OUTSIDE OF THESE CONVENINGS AND CONVERSATIONS IS, OF COURSE, A HOST OF PRESENTATIONS WE'VE MADE ALL AROUND THE COUNTY AND, UH, ACROSS THE STATE ABOUT LONG BEACH, ABOUT OUR CENTRAL LOCATION, ABOUT OUR AMBITIONS IN TERMS OF CLEAN ENERGY AND TRANSPORTATION.

AND IN THAT REGARD, UH, I'VE HAD THE GREAT HONOR OF BEING REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE DISCUSSIONS ON BEHALF OF AN ADVANCED IR MOBILITY AND THE GROUP THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH.

SO, UM, IN THIS, UH, QUICK TIMELINE, WHICH IS REALLY, UH, THROUGH PRIMARILY LAST YEAR, WE'VE, UH, CERTAINLY DONE MORE WORK THIS YEAR.

UM, ONE OF THE BIG OBJECTIVES THAT WE ACHIEVED WAS A COMMISSIONING, UH, CAL STATE LONG BEACH OFFICE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH TO DO AN IMPACT, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION.

I BELIEVE THAT'S BEEN SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBERS PREVIOUSLY.

I JUST WANT TO MENTION THAT THE OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF BOTH JOBS AND POTENTIAL TAX REVENUE VIA THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE TO NOT ONLY CONSTRUCT THESE VERTI PORTS, WHICH ARE THE TAKEOFF LANDING STRUCTURES FOR THESE E VTOLS, BUT ALSO THE INFRASTRUCTURE REQUIRED TO HOST THEM, COULD BE QUITE SUBSTANTIAL FOR THE CITY.

AND THE LAST THING THAT I WANNA MENTION, JERMAINE, TO THE CALL THAT WE JUST HAD THIS MORNING, IS THAT THIS GROUP HAS BEEN IN CONTINUED CONVERSATION WITH THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

THEY HAVE BEEN GREAT PARTNERS IN ALLOWING THIS

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SO ANOTHER ONE OF THESE, A A M COMPANIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NASA, WAS POINTING TO THE FACT THAT LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS ONE OF THE STRONGEST NOISE CONTROL AIRPORTS IN THE WORLD.

THAT'S CRITICAL IN THIS DISCUSSION BECAUSE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE CONCERNS, OBVIOUSLY, IS NOT ONLY EMISSIONS, BUT THE NOISE ISSUES.

SO AS WE PURSUE THIS NEXT SMART GRANT APPLICATION, THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE WOULD BE NOISE ABATEMENT AND BE ABLE TO ASCERTAIN BASED ON THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT'S OWN, UM, YOU KNOW, SYSTEMS THAT THEY USED TO ASSESS NOISE, THAT THESE A VTOLS COULD THEN INDEED BE FLYING AROUND CONCEIVABLY, SO THAT THE COMMUNITY, THE AIRPORT, AND OBVIOUSLY CITY OFFICIALS, WOULD BE ABLE TO ASSESS FIRSTHAND WHAT THE IMPACTS WOULD BE FROM A NOISE AND FLIGHT, UM, UM, EXHIBIT.

AND SO I JUST WANNA MENTION AGAIN, HOW CRITICAL LONG BEACH HAS BEEN IN ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS.

I'LL HAPPILY SHARE SOME ELEMENTS OF THIS REPORT WITH YOU AFTER TODAY'S PRESENTATION, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO AGAIN UNDERSCORE THAT THROUGHOUT, NOT ONLY HAS THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT BEEN SEEN AS A LEADER IN TERMS OF NEW AND EVOLVING TECHNOLOGIES AND AIR MOBILITY, BUT ALSO ITS GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION CONTINUES TO BE POINTED TO FOR LA ORANGE COUNTIES TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS NEW FORM OF MOBILITY BEING AN ASSET TO THE REGION.

SO I HIGHLY ENCOURAGE THAT.

UM, THE CITY OF LONG BEACH CONTINUES TO BE A LEADER IN OUR CLEAN ENERGY AMBITIONS, OUR, UH, ADVANCED MOBILITY AMBITIONS, AND OUR MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION GOALS THAT WE HAVE.

AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THAT OVER, UH, THE TIME OVER TO OUR CO-CHAIR, EMELIA AND MARSHAN OF WHISK ARROW.

THANKS, LEAH.

UM, GOOD MORNING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND REST OF THE COMMITTEE.

IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE AND SEE YOU AGAIN.

UM, SO I WILL, BY THE WAY, DOING A TIME CHECK.

JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IF I NEED TO SPEED IT UP, I WILL.

UM, I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF YOUR TIME.

UH, GO AHEAD AND YOU JUST TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED.

PERFECT.

SO, UM, NOW THAT, THAT LEAH HAS, HAS, UH, TALKED ABOUT HOW THE LONG BEACH THROUGH THE LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP HAS REALLY, UH, STEPPED IN, IN THIS SPACE AND, AND WORKING WITH THE INDUSTRY, UH, JUST SPENDING A FEW MINUTES ON THE OPPORTUNITY OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY AND WHAT, WHAT THIS REPRESENTS.

SO IT'S TACKLING TWO OF THE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH AVIATION, WHICH ARE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND NOISE.

SO THESE AIRCRAFT ARE FULLY BATTERY POWERED.

SO REALLY BEING, AS, UM, BO WAS SAYING IN TERMS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY TARGETS, UH, UM, SUPPORTING LONG BEACH ASPIRATIONS TO ADD NEW MODES OF TRANSPORT AND SUSTAINABLE MODE OF TRANSPORT.

THIS IS, THIS IS REALLY IN LINE WITH THIS, UH, WITH THE AIR COMPONENT, UH, AND, AND SUPPORTING RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION IN A VERY EFFICIENT MANNER, UM, IN A WITHOUT NOISE.

SO THESE AIRCRAFT ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO BE, UM, TO OPERATE IN DENSE URBAN AREAS, AND THEREFORE ARE DESIGNED TO BE EXTREMELY QUIET.

UM, THIS INDUSTRY IS COMING TO THE MARKET, I KNOW IT'S THE JETSONS AND FLYING CARS, BUT NOT IN A HUNDRED YEARS, NOT IN 50 YEARS, BUT IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS, THE FIRST COMPANIES THAT WILL BE PILOTED WILL BE CERTIFIED, UH, IN THE US AND WHISK, WHICH IS DESIGNING, UH, AN AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT, WHISK BEING A SUBSIDIARY OF THE, OF THE BOEING COMPANY.

AND SO WE ARE VERY PROUD WITH THE, THE HISTORY OF BOEING IN LONG BEACH TO BE CONTINUING THAT LEGACY.

UH, WE EXPECT TO BE CERTIFIED IN 2028.

UM, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT, WHY AUTONOMY IS IMPORTANT? UH, A IT'S BECOMING A KEY, UM, A STRATEGIC TECHNOLOGY FOR THE US GENERALLY, BUT IT'S ALSO WHAT'S REALLY GONNA UNLOCK THE POTENTIAL OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY IN SCALING THIS INDUSTRY.

UH, AND SCALING THE INDUSTRY WOULD MEAN REDUCING THE COST ON THE CONSUMER, REACHING, UM, A PRICE POINT, UM, WHICH WILL BE, WHICH RETARGETING TO BE THREE TO $4 PER, PER PASSENGER MILE.

SO THINK BETWEEN A LITTLE BIT OF UBER, UBER BETWEEN UBERX AND UBER BLACK, UM, WITH THE PROMISE TO GO FROM LONG BEACH TO LAX OR DOWNTOWN LA IN, IN 10 MINUTES.

UM, YOU CAN SEE, AND WE WERE, UM, TALKING IN THE, IN THE REPORT, THE ECONOMY IMPACT REPORT, UH, THE PROJECTIONS FOR THE JOB MARKET IN THIS INDUSTRY, UM, OVER A HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS IN, IN ANNUAL, UM, UM, GROSS REVENUE BY 2035 FOR THE INDUSTRY AND CLOSE TO 300,000 JOBS.

AND SO CALIFORNIA CURRENTLY IS THE EPICENTER OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS INDUSTRY WITH THREE OF FOUR OF THE MAJOR COMPANIES, UH, HEADQUARTERED IN CALIFORNIA.

AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT ONLY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE GET TO OPERATE THE SERVICE, UH, IN CALIFORNIA FOR THE BENEFITS OF THE RESIDENTS.

UM, AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT

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SO WE ARE VERY EFFICIENTLY CONNECTING A REGION WITHOUT THE NEED FOR BIG INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AS LEAH WAS POINTING OUT, THOSE VERTE PORTS WHERE THESE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF AND LAND IS RATHER PUNCTUAL, BUT IS A GATEWAY TO THE REST OF THE REGION.

AND THINK OF IT AS A, AS A GONDOLA ALMOST, UH, BETWEEN TWO POINTS.

UM, THOSE AIRCRAFT, THE, THE CORRIDOR IN WHICH THEY WILL FLY WILL BE PREDETERMINED WITH THE FAA, THERE'LL BE A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS LIKE THE, THE, THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE CONSULTED, UM, AND THEN IT WILL JUST BE LIKE A GONDOLA A TO B AND, AND, AND VAC, UM, IN, IN THE MOST, IN THE SAFEST MANNER TO TRAVEL.

SO WE ARE CERTIFYING THESE AIRCRAFT TO BE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF SAFETY AS COMMERCIAL AVIATION.

UH, SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS TO GO FROM A TO B, THIS WOULD BE THE SAFEST WAY TO GO SAFER THAN A CAR, UM, SAFER THAN IN ANY OTHER MODE OF TRANSPORT.

UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY, UM, AND OF COURSE SUPPORTING THE OTHER KEY METRICS OF THE CITY IN TERMS OF TRANSPORTATION AND SUSTAINABILITY.

UM, ONE THING WE, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW SAFE IT IS, OH, I'LL GO THROUGH THIS SLIDE FIRST.

SO THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT, UH, BRIEFLY.

SO FOUR PASSENGER AIRCRAFT, UM, HAVING A RANGE OF UP TO 90 MILES, FULLY ELECTRIC, UH, AND, AND AUTONOMOUS.

AS I WAS MENTIONING BEFORE.

ONE THING THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO US, UM, IS THAT NOT ONLY WE WANT THIS AIRCRAFT TO BE THE SAFEST AIRCRAFT, UM, UH, PEOPLE CAN USE TO, UH, GO FROM A TO B WITH, BUT WE ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS MODE OF TRANSPORT IS DESIGNED TO SERVE ALL OF THE POPULATION EQUALLY AND REALLY DESIGNED TO BE THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY FOR, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY, WHETHER IT WOULD BE, UM, FOLKS IN A WHEELCHAIR, UM, OR, UM, VISUALLY IMPAIRED, UM, UM, TRAVELERS.

AND SO WE DO A LOT OF, UH, USER EXPERIENCE RESEARCH TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE, THE BIG ISSUES THAT PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES HAVE, AND HOW CAN WE DESIGN OUR PRODUCT FROM THE START TO BE THE MOST CONVENIENT WAY FOR THEM TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT REPORT, UM, LAST YEAR, THE OTHER BIG, UM, UH, ITEMS THAT WE HAD THAT WE WERE VERY PROUD OF WAS TO DO A FLIGHT, A PUBLIC FLIGHT DEMONSTRATION AD THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT FOR THE HUNDRED ANNIVERSARY, UH, OF THE AIRPORT.

THIS WAS A FIRST, UM, IN THE US THE FIRST IN CALIFORNIA TO HAVE A, A PUBLIC DEMONSTRATION OF AN AUTONOMOUS EV TOLL AT A MAJOR COMMERCIAL AIRPORT.

WHILE THE AIRPORT WAS IN OPERATION.

UH, WE LEARNED A LOT.

WE'RE VERY PROUD TO FLY OVER THE PUBLIC THAT WE INTEND TO SERVE, UH, AND ALSO HAVE THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, HOST STUDENTS FROM, UM, LBCC, FROM, UH, BUSINESS STUDENTS AND, UH, TECHNICAL STUDENTS TO START OUR GRASSROOTS, UM, EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

UM, HERE SHOWING YOU HOW WE SEE THE INITIAL DEPLOYMENT, UH, OBVIOUSLY HAVING A, A TAKEOFF AND LANDING ZONE IN LONG BEACH IS THE START THAT WE NEED.

BUT WHERE TO, UM, 'CAUSE YOU NEED TWO OF THESE LANDING ZONES IN ORDER TO HAVE A ROUTE.

SO THIS IS A NETWORK THAT, THAT WE SEE STARTING, OPERATING WITH.

SO YOU SEE FOUR, WE, WE WOULD START MOSTLY AT AIRPORTS.

THIS WHAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO GET GOING AT THE AIRPORT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE FAA, UM, IS A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE STARTING OPERATIONS FOR THE NEW, THESE NEW TYPES OF AIRCRAFT IN, IN, YOU KNOW, CONTROL ENVIRONMENTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT NOISE ORDINANCE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ALREADY ESTABLISHED AT AIRPORTS THAT MAKE IT EASIER TO START THIS TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO BETWEEN LONG BEACH FULLERTON, LAX AND THE LOCATION IN DOWNTOWN LA YOU SEE THAT THE, THE MARKET THAT WE COULD ADDRESS IS HUGE.

HOW DO WE GET THESE NUMBERS? WE GET THESE NUMBERS BY COMPARING, LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS THAT EXIST TODAY.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING FROM A TO B WITH GROUND SURFACE TRANSPORTATION, YOU WOULD GO FROM A, TO THE CLOSEST VERTE PORT, THEN DO THE FLIGHT PORTION FROM ONE VERTE PORT TO THE NEXT, AND THEN DO THE FINAL LAST MILE, UM, WALKING, CYCLING OR GRAND TRANSPORT.

AND IF THAT, UH, WAY TO GO FROM A TO B SAVES YOU 20% OR MORE OF YOUR TIME COMPARED TO REGULAR CAR TRIP, THIS IS WHAT WE CONSIDER THE ADDRESSABLE MARKET.

AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ACROSS THE, THE GREATER LA OR, OR THE GREATER LONG BEACH, AS WE LIKE TO CALL IT, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF TRIPS THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM, FROM THIS SERVICE.

AND JUST WITH FOUR, UM, UH, VERTE PORTS WITH TAKEOFF AND LANDING ZONES, UH, WE COULD SERVE, UH, CLOSE TO 140,000 PASSENGERS.

AND THAT THAT WOULD JUST BE WITH CONSIDERING OUR MODEL THAT WE WOULD BE OPERATING TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER COMPANY.

SO YOU CAN DOUBLE THAT NUMBER.

UM, NOW YOU SEE HERE, UM, UH, THOSE, THOSE DEMAND ROUTES.

SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING A LOT WITH LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UM, WE'VE, WE STARTED HAVING THE LAX ISSUED AN RFI, UH, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION LAST YEAR, SO THEY CAN START PLANNING FOR

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UM, WE RECENTLY MET WITH THE FULLERTON, UM, CITY OF FULLERTON AND IN THE AIRPORT WHO, UM, JUST WANT TO GET GOING WITH AN MOU AND START PLANNING FOR THE VERTI PORT.

SO THIS IS REALLY, UH, TAKING SHAPE AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE WORK WE'VE DONE WITH LONG BEACH AND ALL THE MOMENTUM THAT WE'VE CARRIED SO FAR, UM, IS GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE AND, AND KICK IN IN SECOND YEAR.

UM, SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA, SO AS LEAH WAS MENTIONING, WE WERE, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING WITH THE AIRPORT, UH, FOR A WHILE NOW, IDENTIFY WHICH SITES COULD BE OF INTEREST.

SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE PICTURE, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS COULD LOOK LIKE AT SITE NUMBER ONE.

SO TWO TAKEOFF AND LANDING ZONES.

ONE WHICH WE CALL AN, UM, CONTINGENCY OR EMERGENCY LANDING ZONE THAT STAYS ALWAYS, UM, FREE, SO THAT IF THERE IS A NEED TO USE IT, UH, TO LAND EVERY AIRCRAFT COULD USE IT.

AND THEN THESE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE PARKED THERE CHARGING, UH, EMBARKING AND DISEMBARKING PASSENGERS.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THESE VERTE PORTS, UH, COULD LOOK LIKE IN THE FUTURE.

AND SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED THREE AREAS, 1, 2, 3, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DISCUSSING WITH THE AIRPORT TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WHERE COULD WE DEVELOP, UH, WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST, BOTH FOR THE INDUSTRY AND FOR THE CITY, UM, AS A SITE TO CHOOSE TO, TO DEVELOP THIS TECHNOLOGY.

SO THAT, THAT'S THE FIRST PART AND A CRUCIAL POINT THAT THAT, THAT WE NEED TO, UH, THAT WE WANT TO, TO GET GOING WITH.

AND THEN SECONDARY, IT WOULD BE, I THINK LONG BEACH DEFINITELY HAS THE CAPACITY TO HAVE TWO OF THESE TAKEOFF AND LANDING ZONES.

THE SECOND BEING SOMEWHERE IN THE DOWNTOWN, AND ESPECIALLY AS I THINK THE CITY IS, IS, IS LOOKING ITS VISION FOR THE FUTURE FOR PD SIX AND ALL THESE AREAS.

SO, UH, WHAT WOULD BE, AND IN LIGHT OF THE OLYMPICS AND BEING THE CITY THAT HOSTED, YOU KNOW, SECOND MOST, UH, OLYMPIC EVENTS OUTSIDE OF LA.

SO WHAT COULD BE ANOTHER WAY THAT WE COULD GET PEOPLE TO WHERE THEY WANT TO GO IN LONG BEACH WITHOUT NEEDING A CAR ON THE ROAD TO GET THEM THERE? UH, AND SO TO THAT CAPACITY LAST YEAR, WE STARTED, UM, AT HIGH LEVEL CONVERSATIONS WITH CITY PLANNING, NOT NECESSARILY TO JUST START VERTA PORT AT THESE SIZE.

THOSE ARE JUST EXAMPLES SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THE CITY ZONING CODE, JUST TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD NEED TO BE CHANGED, ADAPTED, OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS THAT WE SHOULD GO THROUGH TO PERMIT THOSE AND MAKE SURE WE CAN GET AHEAD AS, AS YOU HEARD, IT'S ONLY COMING IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

THE OLYMPICS ARE FOUR YEARS, UH, FOUR YEARS AHEAD.

UH, PLANNING AND CHANGING CODES CAN TAKE A WHILE, SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY EARLY ON, UH, TO DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

SO, JUST CONCLUDING ON THIS, UM, AND ALSO HAVE VIDEOS IF YOU WANT ABOUT FLIGHTS AND EXPLAINING AUTONOMY.

BUT JUST, JUST GOING TO THE, TO THE ESSENCE, UM, OUR ASK WOULD BE TO GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO PRESENT TO, UH, IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL, UM, UM, SO THAT THE, THE CITY, UH, DECIDES TO ACCELERATE THE EFFORTS AT THE AIRPORT AND ALSO, UH, WORK WITH THE GROUP AND THE INDUSTRY TO BUILD COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING FOR THIS NEW MODE OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, FOR THE CITY.

UH, I WAS MENTIONING, UM, DEVELOPING THE VERTICAL APPROVAL PROCESS.

SO CONTINUING TO WORK WITH CITY PLANNING SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH WHAT THE PROCESS WOULD BE AND THEN IN THE FUTURE BE ABLE TO, UM, UH, ACCELERATE THIS.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST POINT, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDIES ARE GONNA BE OBVIOUSLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND, UM, WE KNOW THE CITY IS CURRENTLY, UH, STARTING A PROCESS FOR THESE, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEWS.

AND SO IS IF THERE IS A WAY THAT WE COULD ADD THIS AS AN ITEM, UM, SO THAT WE CAN GET AHEAD AND, AND SAVE TIME AND, AND MONEY FOR THE CITY ASSESSING THOSE, UM, IN, IN THE PROPER FASHION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, THAT, UM, PRESENTATION.

UM, BEFORE I TAKE IT BACK FOR OUR QUESTIONS, UH, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM NOW.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT CHAIR.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

AND, AND THEN, SO I AM GOING TO, UH, HONORABLE, UH, COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS, ASK SOME QUESTIONS AND THEN, THEN I'LL ASK SOME QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

UM, ACTUALLY JUST HAD SOME COMMENTS.

UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT VERY, VERY IN DEPTH PRESENTATION.

UM, I REALLY AM EXCITED ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS SOMETHING SO INNOVATIVE, UM, AND WE'RE HAVING IT HAPPEN HERE IN OUR CITY.

SO I THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR CITY AND GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING.

WOW, AMAZING.

UM, I KNOW THAT IT, WHEN WE DID MEET, I WAS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT AND I, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS MOST EXCITED, AND YOU'LL KNOW WHY, UM, OBVIOUSLY IS THE ABILITY TO HAVE IT, IT A DA ACCESSIBLE.

AND SO, UM, AT THAT TIME, I

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AND YOU DID.

YOU, YOU CAME AND YOU WERE ABLE TO GIVE ME A VISUAL, WHICH I REALLY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE IT.

UM, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT, UM, SOMETHING INNOVATIVE COMES, UM, OUR WAY WHERE THERE'S THOUGHT THAT REALLY GOES INTO IT, ESPECIALLY TO MAKE IT A DA ACCESSIBLE.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

AND THAT JUST SHOWS ME THAT YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR MAKING IT VERY INCLUSIVE.

AND I KNOW WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT EQUITABLE, UM, PROJECT AND TO MAKE, BE ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY IS ABLE TO USE THIS.

AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO YOU, SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU FOR, FOR THAT AS WELL.

UM, I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS COME BEFORE US.

UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON IN THE PAST.

FOR EXAMPLE, IDEAS THAT COME BEFORE, OH, WE SHOULD DO THIS, WE SHOULD DO THAT, BUT TO ACTUALLY BRING SOMETHING AND PUT SOMETHING TO ACTION, UM, IT SPEAKS VERY HIGHLY.

SO I'M VERY GLAD THAT YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO, UM, COME TO OUR AIRPORT AND MAKE HISTORY IN OUR AIRPORT.

THAT WAS AMAZING.

UM, SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT TOO.

AND I LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, LEARNING MORE AS THE PROCESS GOES.

AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS HOPEFULLY COMING BEFORE US AND HAVING IT READY BEFORE THE OLYMPICS IN 2028.

AND OF COURSE, IT EXCITES ME EVEN MORE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, TO WHAT WE COULD DO, UM, TO DO, TO CONNECT THE DOWNTOWN TO ALL THE OTHER VIEW PORTS.

SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY AMAZING.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING AND BRINGING THIS PRESENTATION TO US.

THANK YOU, VICE MAYOR.

THANK YOU FOR THOSE COMMENTS.

YOU KNOW, UM, BOEING IS A, A LEGACY COMPANY, AND MAN, WHAT A WAY TO CONTINUE, UH, THAT LEGACY.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THIS CITY, YOU KNOW, GREENHOUSE GAS GASES AND, AND, AND WHAT THIS, HOW FRIENDLY THIS IS FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO ME.

UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST THAT, THAT IT'S ALL ELECTRIC AND NO NOISE.

YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST, ONE OF THE BIGGEST COMPLAINTS, UH, THAT, THAT WE GET AS FAR AS QUALITY OF LIFE FROM RESIDENTS IS NOISE.

YOU KNOW, I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

WE ARE ONE OF THE, IS THAT, IS THAT THE CASE? ONE OF THE, UM, WHAT YOU SAY, THE WORLD THE STRONGEST YEAH.

AS FAR AS NOISE POLLUTION, AIRPORT IN THE WORLD, E EVEN EVEN, UM, EVEN BETTER THAN ORANGE COUNTY, WHICH YOU HAVE TO FLY STRAIGHT UP AND DO ALL THIS STUFF THAT GIVES YOU A HEART ATTACK.

WE, WE EVEN COME BEFORE ORANGE COUNTY, HUH? I DIDN'T SEE THE COMPARATIVE, BUT I HAVE THAT STATEMENT AND I'LL SEND YOU THE DETAILS, OFFICER.

YEAH, THAT IS, IF YOU COULD, BECAUSE, UM, IN, UM, IN, IN MY ROLE IN, UH, IN SCAG AS FIRST PLACE PRESIDENT, I'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION.

'CAUSE UM, WHEN I'M OUT AND ABOUT IN THE, UH, IN DC OR SACRAMENTO, I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THOSE THINGS.

'CAUSE THAT IS, THAT'S HUGE.

UM, SO, AND, AND THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ARE IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, IN FRONT OF THIS DISCUSSION, YOU KNOW, IS, IS REALLY, UH, IS, IS HUGE.

UM, SO I DO HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, SOME QUESTIONS, YOU KNOW, THIS WHEN YOU GAVE THE PRESENTATION TO ME AND TO, UH, TO, UH, THE COMMITTEE TODAY.

WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE AFFORDABILITY OF THIS, IT'S ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY RUN SOMETHING LIKE THIS FOR, FOR THIS COST.

IS IT SUBSIDIZED? I MEAN, HOW IS THESE, THESE COSTS? I MEAN, YOU THINK ABOUT RIDING AT UBER, UM, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE TO DO SOME, TO, TO, UH, TO GIVE THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLOGY AND TRANSPORTATION FOR THOSE COSTS? THAT, BY THE WAY, I MEAN, EVERYONE CAN AFFORD THIS.

IT'S NOT JUST FOR OUR, OUR ELITE.

SO HOW, HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE? YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

UM, THE, THE WAY IT'S POSSIBLE IS A, BECAUSE, UM, WHAT WE CALL DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC PROPULSION OF THE FACT THAT NOW YOU HAVE THESE SMALL ELECTRIC MOTORS, RATHER THAN A VERY COMPLEX AND COSTLY TURBO MACHINE, LIKE IN THE, IN THE HELICOPTER, IF YOU WILL, UH, MAKES THE MAINTENANCE, UM, A LOT CHEAPER.

AND, AND YOU NEED A LOT LESS MAINTENANCE.

LIKE TODAY, WHEN A COMPANY SELLS A HELICOPTER, THEY MAKE HALF OF THE MONEY ON THE SALE AND HALF OF THE MONEY ON THE MAINTENANCE.

SO, SO THAT IS ELECTRIC PROPULSION REALLY HELPS REDUCE THE COST.

THE OTHER ELEMENT, AND THAT'S WHY WE, UH, MADE THE BET TO GO STRAIGHT TO AUTONOMY, IS BY REMOVING THE PILOT ON ONE END, WE INCREASE SAFETY.

'CAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A, A, A TOUCHY THING TO TALK ABOUT.

MM-HMM, .

BUT, YOU KNOW, MOST ERRORS IN FLIGHT OR HUMAN ERRORS, UH, AND ESPECIALLY AS WE WANT TO INCREASE THE TEMPO OF THESE AIRCRAFT, HAVING, UM, A LEVEL OF

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UM, SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO IS PREDETERMINED, UH, THE FLIGHT PATH, EVERYTHING, THE, IF, IF THERE IS A NEED TO GO TO AN ALTERNATE LANDING LOCATION, LIKE EVERYTHING IS PREDETERMINED.

SO THERE'S NO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN, IN OUR SYSTEM, BUT REMOVING THE PILOT MEANS THAT WE CAN PASS DOWN THAT COST REDUCTION TO CONSUMER AS WELL.

UH, AND THE AUTONOMY ALLOWING TO SCALE THE SERVICE IN THE TYPICAL, UM, TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION CURVE, UH, IF YOU WILL, WILL MEAN THAT AS WE SCALE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DECREASE THE, THE PRICE POINT.

SO, SO YEAH, FOR, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THREE AND $5 PER, PER PASSENGER MILE, IT'S, UH, IT'S, YEAH, I KNOW IT, IT'S SURPRISING, BUT, UH, IT THEN IT BECOMES, YOU KNOW, HOW DO YOU VALUE YOUR TIME? BUT BEING ABLE TO GO TO LAX IN 10 MINUTES FOR $90, UH, IT IS NOT THAT FAR FROM WHAT YOU'D PAY ON AN UBER TODAY, BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT REDUCES THE TIME BY SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, FOUR OR FIVE, SO.

AND SO WILL THIS BE THE FIRST, UH, PRO PROGRAM THAT YOU HAVE IN THE COUNTRY? IS IS THIS, IS, IS THERE ANY ANYBODY ELSE DOING THIS ANYWHERE ELSE? YEAH, SO, UM, THE STATE OF FLORIDA HAS BEEN, UM, EXTREMELY, IS IS ADVANCING, YOU KNOW, QUITE FAST.

UM, SIMILAR WITH TEXAS.

UM, AND SO WE ARE RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IN ORDER FOR THE COMPANY TO THRIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT SEVERAL OF THESE MARKETS TO START WITH.

UM, YOU KNOW, CALIFORNIA AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA IS, IS THE FIRST MARKET WE HAVE ANNOUNCED, AND WE ARE, UH, I'M VERY DETERMINED TO, UH, MAKE IT THE FIRST MARKET WE COME TO.

BUT, UH, BUT WE, WE'VE STARTED SEEING, UM, ALSO WITH OTHER COMPANIES THAT, THAT, UM, STATES LIKE FLORIDA AND TEXAS ARE STARTING, STARTING TO ADVANCE QUITE QUICKLY AS WELL WITH, UM, WITH, UH, HAVE YOU ALREADY DONE, UM, IS THERE ANY RESEARCH OUT THERE AS FAR AS LIKE THE CONFIDENCE LEVEL OF THE, UH, END CONSUMER GETTING IN, UM, TRANSPORTATION WITHOUT A PILOT, ANY, LIKE, USING TRANSPORTATION THAT DOESN'T LIKE, LIKE THIS, THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PILOT, UHHUH ? IS THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY RESEARCH LIKE TO SEE LIKE WHAT THE, WHAT, UM, UH, WHAT THE CONFIDENCE IS IN, IN THE END USER USING TRANSPORTATION LIKE THIS WITHOUT, UM, HAVING A PILOT? YEAH, THE, I MEAN THE, THE RESEARCH THAT WE DO SHOWS THAT, UH, WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF ENOUGH CUSTOMERS, UH, TO FILL AIRCRAFT.

THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, UH, I, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE AT THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHTS, UH, AND THERE'S A KIND OF AN OLD TIMEY PILOT THAT, YOU KNOW, CAME TO ME AND ASKED, WHERE ARE THE CONTROLS ON THE AIRCRAFT? AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT THE FLAPS, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT MOVE WHEN YOU TURN, OR, AND HE SAID, NO, NO, NO, WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE STICK? SO I SAID, THERE'S NO STICK.

IT'S AUTONOMOUS.

AND SO HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, UH, I'VE HEARD ENOUGH AND WALKED AWAY .

SO IT DEPENDS.

UH, I, I THINK THERE'S DEFINITELY A GENERATIONAL THING WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUNGER GENERATIONS ARE A LOT MORE COMFORTABLE.

UM, WE SEE THIS EVEN WITH CARS, LIKE NOT WANTING TO DRIVE, NOT SO, I, I PERSONALLY BELIEVE THAT, UM, FLYING IN AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT IS GONNA BE SUCH A BETTER EXPERIENCE THAN A PILOT AIRCRAFT FOR THE, THE FREEDOM THAT YOU'LL HAVE AROUND YOU TO JUST SEE, HEAR, MAYBE PLAY MUSIC.

I THINK IT'S GONNA MAKE THE FLIGHT SMOOTHER TOO.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE AIRCRAFT ARE GONNA FLY, IF THERE IS A, A LITTLE GUST OF WIND THAT WOULD JUST LIGHTLY MOVE THE AIRCRAFT, UM, THE, THE, UH, AUTOMATION OF THE AIRCRAFT WILL MAKE THE RESPONSE TO, TO THOSE WIND PATTERNS A LOT QUICKER AND A LOT SMOOTHER.

SO, UM, MY OPINION IS WHEN PEOPLE START FLYING AUTONOMOUS AIRCRAFT, THEY PROBABLY WON'T, WON'T GO BACK.

UH, ALSO, MOST OF THE PLANES THAT YOU TAKE TODAY, MOST OF THE FLIGHT IS AUTONOMOUS ALREADY.

UH, THE PILOT PRESSES A BUTTON AND, AND I'LL PICK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY DO, BUT, UH, ALSO, I WANTED TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS ON THE INAUGURAL FLIGHT.

I KNOW THAT, CAUSE I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT IT WAS A BIG DEAL.

SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

AND, UH, AND WHEN THIS GETS UP AND GOING, I WILL BE, UH, THE FIRST IN LINE TO A FLIGHT.

SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW.

UM, IS, IS THIS IN THE RECORD? MY HAND IS ON, I, I, WHERE DO I STAND IN LINE? .

UM, AND SO, SO, BUT THAT IS GREAT.

I MEAN, I THINK THAT REALLY IS THE STORY OF LIKE THE, THE PRICE POINT.

IT'S HARD FOR ME TO BELIEVE, UM, THAT YOU CAN, UH, GET A PROGRAM LIKE THIS OFF THE GROUND, UM, FOR, FOR THAT PRICE.

UM, SO YOU TALKED ABOUT THE FA, A DETERMINING, UH, FLIGHT, THE FLIGHT PATTERN.

SO ALL OF THAT'S DONE FROM, UH, FAA LEVELS AS FAR AS SAFETY.

THAT'S, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING.

NOW, AS FAR AS, UH, LANDING ZONES AND, AND WHERE YOU DECIDED WHERE THOSE WENT, HOW WAS THAT DETERMINED? SO THE, WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF MOBILITY DATA, UM, THAT, THAT WE ACQUIRE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT ARE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS, WHERE DO PEOPLE START THEIR JOURNEY, WHAT DO THEY END THEIR JOURNEY, WHERE, UM, UH, CAN THIS SOLUTION MOST BENEFIT, UH, THE, THE TRIP? UM, SO THAT'S DEFINITELY ONE KEY ELEMENT THAT, AND THEN WE LOOK AT WHERE, WHERE IS THE FEASIBILITY OF, OF SUCH AND SUCH AREAS.

AND OBVIOUSLY AT THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, NOT OBVIOUSLY, BUT, UH, PRIVILEGING

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SO STARTING FROM SCRATCH, THERE'S ALREADY THE ASPHALT, THE CONCRETE IS ALREADY POOR.

THE ENVIRONMENT, THE, THE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS, EVERYTHING IS ALREADY THERE.

AND SO IT MAKES IT, UH, EASIER TO START.

AND SO IT'S A, IT'S DOING THE RIGHT COMBINATION BETWEEN LOOKING AT WHAT ARE THE EXISTING AREA FACILITIES THAT WOULD MAKE IT QUICKER, UH, TO BUILD THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND, AND OVERLAP THAT WITH, WITH WHERE ARE THE DEMAND NODES.

UH, AND SO FOR THAT REASON, YOU KNOW, LONG BEACH AIRPORT, UH, DOWNTOWN OBVIOUSLY LIKE LAX ARE, ARE NATURAL, UH, UH, PLACES.

AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S HOW WE START LOOKING, LOOKING FOR, OKAY, CAN YOU BRING UP THE SLIDE THAT HAD THE LANDING ZONES ON IT? UM, I, WE, SOME ON THE BACK CAN PROBABLY DO THAT OR MAYBE NOT.

SO ON THESE, ON THESE ALSO, WHAT'S, UM, IF YOU LOOK AT ONE AND TWO IN PARTICULAR THREE AS WELL, UM, WE, WE, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT AND THE, THE EASINESS FOR, FOR FOLKS TO SWITCH FROM WHAT MODE TO THE NEXT.

UM, THIS IS WHY WE LOOK AT SITES ON THIS SIDE OF THE AIRPORT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COULD FLY IN AND THEN JUST WALK TO THE TERMINAL WITHOUT HAVING AN ADDITIONAL CAR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, CROWDING THAT LOOP.

AND IF YOU, ONE OTHER ELEMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WERE MENTIONING ON THE, ON THE COST, LIKE HOW, HOW CAN IT BE THAT PRICE? IT'S ALSO, AND, AND THAT WILL BE OUR RESPONSIBILITY, BUT TO ENSURE THAT WE CAN FILL THESE AIRCRAFT, 'CAUSE IT FOR ONE PASSENGER, ONE PASSENGER WILL PAY, YOU KNOW, ONE TICKET, BUT IF THERE'S ONLY ONE PASSENGER IN THE AIRCRAFT, WE'LL PROBABLY FLY THIS AT A LOSS.

AND SO IT'S BEING CLEVER AND HOW WE CAN PULL THOSE PASSENGERS AND MAKE SURE THESE AIRCRAFT ARE FILLED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BECAUSE THEN THAT MEANS IT'S NOT ONE CAR THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE, THAT IS NOT, IT'S FOUR CARS THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE BRINGING THESE PASSENGERS AND ARE NOT THERE.

AND SO, UM, THESE, THESE LOCATIONS ARE SOMEWHAT IDEAL BECAUSE REALLY SOMEONE CAN THEN GET THEIR CARRY ON AND WALK FOR TWO TO FIVE MINUTES AND JUST BE AT THE GATE.

ALRIGHT, SO I DO HAVE, MY, MY EYES ARE NOT THE BEST, SO I EVEN, I EVEN STRUGGLE LOOKING AT IT, THIS CLOSEUP.

SO NUMBER, UM, SPOT NUMBER ONE IS, UM, THAT IS WHERE IT'S, UM, ON LAKEWOOD, RIGHT BEFORE YOU TURN LEFT TO GET TO THE AIRPORT, THERE'S A OKAY, I KNOW, YEAH.

OKAY.

AND SPOT NUMBER TWO, UH, SPART NUMBER TWO IS THE, THE FORMER GULF STREAM HANGER.

OKAY.

UH, SO IT'S, IT'S THE, UM, OLDER RAMP SPACE THAT'S IN FRONT OF, UM, THAT, THAT HANGER THAT COULD POTENTIALLY AND SOMETHING THAT, UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING WITH THE AIRPORT.

OKAY.

AND SPOT NUMBER THREE AND SPOT NUMBER THREE, UH, IS CURRENTLY THERE.

THERE'S JUST NOTHING THERE.

IT COULD BE PUT FOR, FOR AN RFI OR AN RFP.

UM, SO I DUNNO, IT'S BEHIND THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION.

BEHIND THE FIRE ADMINISTRATION.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I HAD TO PHONE A FRIEND, BUT, UH, AND THEN WHERE WOULD, UM, WHERE WOULD HAVE YOU CONSIDERED SPOTS WHERE THIS, WHERE THEY WOULD BE DOWNTOWN? YEAH, SO THIS, AND AGAIN, THOSE ARE JUST AS EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THE, THE PARKING LOT THERE BY THE, BY THE AQUARIUM OR, UM, SO OUR INTENTION WAS NOT TO SAY THIS IS WHERE THESE THINGS SHOULD BE.

UM, WE HAD BEEN ASKED BY CITY PLANNING TO MAKE A PROJECT PROPOSAL THAT THEY COULD LOOK AT AND JUST TO BE A CONVERSATION STARTER.

AND SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT, THAT WAS JUST SHOWING EXAMPLES, UM, SHOWING WHERE THAT, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, THAT LOT IS WHERE THE GRAND PRIX AND, AND UH, WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FESTIVALS AND, UM, AND EVENTUALLY THERE'S, AND TALKS LIKE WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO WITH THAT ELEPHANT LOT, UH, IN THE FUTURE? SO WHEN THESE HELIPORTS ARE DECIDED, ARE THEY, I MEAN, ARE THEY EASY TO SAY, OKAY, UM, OLYMPICS ARE GONNA BE USING THAT AREA? SO ARE, ARE THESE SPOTS EASY TO SAY, OKAY, WE CAN RELOCATE THOSE? OR AS FAR AS AN INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT, IF, IF THOSE HAVE TO BE RELOCATED? SO ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE KEY ELEMENTS OF THESE, OF THESE VERTI PORTS, UM, IS SINCE OUR AIRCRAFT ARE ELECTRIC, THEY NEED TO BE CHARGED.

AND SO THAT WOULD LIKELY MEAN AN UPGRADE TO THE, TO THE GRID OR ARE ADDING TRANSFORMERS OR ET CETERA, SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE THE POWER.

THAT'S OBVIOUSLY, I MEAN, THEN IT'S THERE, YOU COULD ALWAYS BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT I THINK THAT INVESTMENT WILL MAKE A VERTE PORTS, YOU KNOW, SOMEWHAT SEMI-PERMANENT.

I THINK ONCE, ONCE THE LOCATION IS PICKED, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WOULD WANNA, WANNA OKAY.

WANNA MOVE.

SO THAT WAS MY ONLY CONCERN ABOUT ANYTHING IN THAT AREA BECAUSE IT IS, UM, THERE'S SO MUCH THAT GOES ON IN THAT, YEAH.

IN THAT AREA.

OKAY.

UM, AND THEN, UM, I, SO WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT THE, THE DEMAND 25 MILLION AS NUMBERS ARE, ARE PRETTY HUGE.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR, FOR GROWTH, BUT YOU SAID, UM,

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IS THAT LIKE, IS THAT A YEAR OR WHAT, WHAT, WHERE DID THAT NUMBER COME FROM? SO THAT, AND THAT WAS, UM, THAT WAS JUST WHAT, WHAT WHISK AS ONE OF THE COMPANIES TO OPERATE FOR THIS, WHAT WE, WE CALL OURSELVES THAT THE, THE INITIAL OR THE MINIMAL VIABLE PRODUCT, IF YOU WILL.

SO JUST THE, THE EARLIEST NETWORK THAT THAT WOULD START BEING, THAT WOULD BE MEANINGFUL.

UM, SO THE NUMBERS YOU SEE THERE IS ASSUMING THERE WOULD BE ONE OTHER COMPANY, WHICH THERE WILL BE, UH, PROBABLY EVEN MORE THAN THAT.

SO THAT THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO SERVICE WITH OUR AIRCRAFT, UH, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO, BUT THEN IT, IT SCALES ALMOST EXPONENTIALLY.

'CAUSE IF YOU THINK OF HAVING, YOU KNOW, UP TO 20 VERTE PORTS ACROSS THE REGION, WHICH IS NOT FARFETCHED AT ALL, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING THEN TO THE, TO THE VALLEY TOWARDS ONTARIO, A LITTLE SOUR IN ORANGE COUNTY, UM, THEN IT BECOMES, UH, POSSIBLE TO SERVE IN THE SINGLE DIGIT MILLION PEOPLE A YEAR.

OKAY.

GOOD.

ALRIGHT.

AND ONE LAST QUESTION.

SORRY, I HAD A LOT OF STUFF FOR YOU, .

UM, SO YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, UH, COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, I AM INTERESTED, AND IF YOU CAN'T ANSWER THIS, IT'S OKAY.

MAYBE, UM, YOU CAN WHEN IT GOES TO COUNCIL, BUT SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT WAYS TO GROW, UM, OUR TAX REVENUE.

SO DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, CAPACITY AND THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS? WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THIS MEANS TO US AS A CITY AS, AS FAR AS TAX REVENUE? SO IN THE, ON THIS SLIDE FOR THE, UM, ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, AND, AND WE'LL MAKE SURE IF, IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THE REPORT WITH, WITH, UM, LONG BEACH ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP TO SHARE IT.

SO THE NUMBERS THAT YOU SEE HERE HAVE BEEN PRODUCED BY CAL STATE LONG BEACH, BY THE, THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, UM, RUNNING THROUGH.

AND THAT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO US, UM, RUNNING THROUGH THEIR TRIAL AND TESTED METHOD, WHICH THE CITY ALREADY RELIES ON FOR OTHER ANALYSIS.

UH, AND SO, SO THESE ARE NUMBERS FOR NOT JUST FOR LONG BEACH, BUT FOR THE REGION.

UM, UM, SO IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION, UH, ECONOMIC IMPACT, AND THEN, AND THEN THE OPERATIONS AND THE JOBS CREATED BY THESE, UM, UH, BY, BY THESE FACILITIES AND THESE OPERATIONS.

UH, AND HERE YOU SEE THE TAX IMPACT.

SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE TAX, THE, THE, THE TAX IMPACT AND THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ACROSS THE REGION.

AND SO THEN IT WOULD JUST DEPEND, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OF THESE VERTE PORTS WILL LONG BEACH HAVE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, SCALE THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, UM, FORESEEING THAT HAVING TWO VERTE PORTS IN LONG BEACH AS PART OF THE NOSE IN THIS REGION, ONE IN THE AIRPORT, AND ONE CENTRALLY LOCATED, UH, WILL PROBABLY GONNA BE, UM, I DON'T WANNA SAY ENOUGH, BUT LIKE, AS THE, AS WE BUILD THESE FACILITIES ACROSS THE REGION, I THINK TWO IN LONG BEACH IS PROBABLY A, A GREAT NUMBER TO START.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN THESE AIRCRAFT WOULD LAND IN LONG BEACH, UH, THEY'LL BE PROBABLY A, A TAX MECHANISM THAT, UH, WOULD MEAN THE CITY WOULD COLLECT, UH, BASED ON THOSE LANDINGS AND THE ELECTRICITY AND ET CETERA.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, CONSIDERING LONG BEACH.

CAN I GO TO YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS PAGE? SO I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE AND ASK THAT, THAT THE EDO COMMITTEE, I RECOMMEND FOR THE FULL COUNCIL TO ADOPT A PLAN TO ADVANCE A A M, UH, IN LONG BEACH AHEAD OF THE OLYMPICS IN 2028.

THANK YOU.

SECOND.

OH, SO SORRY, SECOND.

WELL, AWESOME GUYS.

THIS WAS AMAZING.

THANK YOU.

COUNCILMAN ZENDEJAS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING, UH, AND, UM, AM, UH, PARTICIPATING IN THIS PRESENTATION.

WE ARE EXCITED.

LONG BEACH IS THE PERFECT SPOT TO DO THIS.

THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING US, AND, UH, I CANNOT WAIT TILL, UH, THE FULL COUNCIL HEARS ABOUT, UM, THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO THANKS A BUNCH.

OKAY.

UM, LET'S, UH, VOTE.

WE'RE JUST WAITING FOR THE COMPUTER TO WORK HERE.

? YES.

OKAY.

I'LL DO A VERBAL IF IT'S, IF IT'S FREEZING.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU.

AND, UM, SO THEN ITEM NUMBER THREE, I NEED TO PULL, UM, FOR PERSONAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

OUR PRESENTER, UH, IS, UH, IN THE HOSPITAL, UM, UH, HIS, HIS, UH, CHILD IS HAVING HIS FIRST GRAND BABY, WHICH WAS AN IMPORTANT TIME IN HIS LIFE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA PULL THIS ITEM AND, UM, WE WILL GET THAT BACK.

UM, OKAY.

SO THE MOTION FOR THE RECORD, UM, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM.

I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO WITHDRAW THE ITEM.

OKAY.

AND SO IF I CAN GET A

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OKAY.

ARE YOU FREEZING STILL? YEAH, I'M STILL FREEZING.

OKAY.

PUBLIC.

CAN YOU, SO, OKAY.

CAN YOU TAKE PUBLIC COMMENT SECOND IT OR? YES.

OKAY.

OH, YES.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS WITHDRAWAL? ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND THE MOTION TO WITHDRAW, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM.

NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

I AM WORKING NOW.

I OPENED IT FOR A VOTE.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

OKAY.

I HAVE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY.

ITEM, CAN YOU READ, UM, NUMBER FOUR PLEASE? ITEM FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE PRESENTATION FROM STAFF ON THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT, AND IF APPROPRIATE, PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO STAFF ON PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO, UH, TO, TO STAFF.

THANK YOU CHAIR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE.

SO, UM, I WILL HAVE STAFF, UH, GIVE YOU A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE LEGACY BUSINESS PROGRAM.

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AND WITH THAT, TURN IT OVER TO STAFF.

AWESOME.

HI, GOOD MORNING.

MORNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

UM, SO JUST, UH, YOU MIGHT WORK, THIS MIGHT SEEM, UH, FAMILIAR TO YOU.

AND IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT'S BECAUSE THIS WAS PRESENTED TO YOU LAST WEEK AT THE, UH, ARTS, UH, A CT COMMITTEE.

SO I'M JUST GONNA DO A QUICK REFRESHER JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR ANY ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK YOU'D LIKE TO PROVIDE.

THANK YOU.

MM-HMM, .

SO, I'LL SKIP A LITTLE HISTORY, BUT I DO WANT TO JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT OF TIME HERE ON THE PROGRAM'S PURPOSE.

UH, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS MADE VERY CLEAR BY COUNCIL TO US.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THE, THE, UH, LEGACY PROGRAM IS REALLY TO PRESERVE, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR LONGSTANDING BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY, REALLY TO MAKE SURE THAT WHAT MAKES LONG BEACH, LONG BEACH STAYS, UH, HERE AND, AND THAT WE PROVIDE THE RESOURCES THAT ARE NEEDED.