* 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. [00:00:03] SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE CURRENT TIME IS FOUR O'CLOCK JULY 18TH, 2024, AND THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. SECRETARY, [ROLL CALL] WILL YOU PLEASE TAKE THE ROLE? COMMISSIONER ARIAS HERE. COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. COMMISSIONER CHENEY. YES. HERE. COMMISSIONER LARSON. HERE. COMMISSIONER ROSSI. COMMISSIONER ZARN. HERE. VICE CHAIR. DID I SAY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFF? AND I MEANT TO SAY VICE CHAIR. NO, YOU'RE FINE. CHRISTOFF HERE. THANK YOU. AND CHAIR RUBEN HERE. . AND DID I INCLUDE EVERYONE THIS TIME? AND WE HAVE A QUORUM. OKAY. OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO STAFF. CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT OF THE TABLE. [1. 24-54140 Recommendation to receive and file presentation for recognition of service to the Airport Advisory Commission by Commissioner Wayne Chaney Sr.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE, UH, READ ITEM NUMBER ONE? ITEM NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION OF RECOGNITION OF SERVICE TO THE AIRPORT ADVISOR COMMISSION BY COMMISSIONER WAYNE CHENEY. SENIOR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I SO MOVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. WHOEVER. I'LL SECOND. SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBEN AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, IT IS CERTAINLY AN HONOR, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE THIS RECOGNITION OF SERVICE TO MR. WAYNE CHENEY SENIOR. UH, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT HIS HISTORY HERE ON THE COMMISSION, BUT HE WAS ORIGINALLY APPOINTED JANUARY 5TH IN 2016 FOR AN INTERIM TERM, AND THEN SERVED AS VICE CHAIR FROM JUNE OF 2019 TO JUNE OF 2021. AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY SERVED AS CHAIR, UH, ALSO IN JUNE, 2017 THROUGH, UH, JUNE, 2019. SO SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN THAT, THAT, UH, TIME OF SERVICE AND VICE AS VICE-CHAIR AS WELL. HE WAS SERVED AS CHAIR. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AIRPORT PUBLIC VIEWING AREA COMMITTEE. AND SO THANKFULLY WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE, UH, DURING YOUR TERM IN SERVICE. UH, BUT ALSO, UM, MR. COMMISSIONER CHENEY, UM, JUST, UM, A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY. UM, CERTAINLY A LONG BEACH FIREFIGHTER THAT, UM, HAS BEEN, UH, A SERVICE TO OUR CITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. UM, YOU SERVED AS THE OFFICIAL SPOKESPERSON, UM, IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND FOR, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT SOME TIME TOO, AS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER. UM, YOUR KNOWN, KNOWN COMMUNITY LEADER, UM, A GREAT AMBASSADOR, UH, FOR THIS AIRPORT. UM, I THINK I'VE SEEN YOU ALMOST AT ALL THE FESTIVAL, THE FLIGHTS THAT, THAT I'VE ATTENDED. AND I'M SURE EVEN PRIOR TO MY, UH, TIME AS DIRECTOR, YOU, YOU HAVE BEEN THERE, UM, YOU'VE BEEN AT PARADES, YOU'VE BEEN AT NUMEROUS EVENTS, BRILLIANT SUPPORT OF OUR GREAT AIRPORT. AND SO WE DO HAVE A, A LITTLE MEMOIR THAT WE WANT TO, TO GIVE TO YOU. UM, CERTAINLY, UM, WE'D LOVE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH, WITH YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS, UM, AFTER YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS IF, IF YOU NEED TO, UM, MAKE THOSE AT THIS TIME. BUT WE'D LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU THE GIFT THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ? YOU MAY AS ONE OF THE NEWEST COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU SET THE BAR REALLY, REALLY HIGH. . UH, YOUR SERVICE HAS BEEN AMAZING. UH, THE LONGEVITY'S AMAZING. YOU CARRY A LOT OF HISTORY WITH YOU, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL PAY US A VISIT EVERY NOW AND THEN. KEEP US IN ORDER. PROMISE. ANYONE ELSE? YEP. I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS WELL, COMM. OH, I SAID WAYNE. THANK YOU, . THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, THIS MOTION IS CARRIED. PERFECT. ALRIGHT. CAN WE GET DONE WITH [00:05:18] DO IT AFTER? YOU WANT A, IS THAT WHAT? SHE CAN DO IT AFTER. OKAY. CASE SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? OH, . OKAY. COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN. A HARDY YES FOR ME. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. [2. 24-54132 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on June 20, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] UM, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE 20TH, 2024. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. WILL [3. 24-54133 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? ITEM NUMBER THREE 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. ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE ARE PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT TO DEMETRIUS HARRIS. HE IS CEO OF THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION, AND OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, KATE KIRKENDALL, WILL PROVIDE THE PRESENTATION. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, YES, I'M HAPPY TO INTRODUCE YOU THIS MONTH TO DEMETRIUS HARRIS, UM, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED TO THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION. UM, BUT I'M ALSO HAPPY TO SHARE THE EXCITING NEWS THAT THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION WILL BE ESTABLISHING OFFICES AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND EXPANDING SOME OF THEIR PROGRAMMING TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT. UM, SO THIS WAS A VERY TIMELY SPOTLIGHT WITH DEMETRIUS. UM, DEMETRIUS HAS A VERY INTERESTING PROFESSIONAL HISTORY. HE MADE A MAJOR CAREER CHANGE, UM, WHEN HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD. HE WORKED IN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND THEN HE ACTUALLY SPENT 15 YEARS AS A POLITICAL CONSULTANT. AND THEN WHEN HE WAS 40 YEARS OLD, HE TOLD ME THE STORY ABOUT HE, HOW HE WAS BOARDING A COMMERCIAL FLIGHT, AND HE SAW THAT THE TWO PILOTS WERE BOTH AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN. AND HE TOLD ME HE HAD NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE, AND HE HADN'T EVEN REALIZED THAT HE HADN'T SEEN IT BEFORE. AND IT WAS A VERY POWERFUL MOMENT, MOMENT FOR HIM THAT ENDED UP BEING LIFE CHANGING. UM, HE ACTUALLY CONNECTED WITH THOSE PILOTS AFTERWARDS, UM, RECONNECTED WITH THEM AND SPOKE TO THEM AND DECIDED TO MAKE A MAJOR CHANGE IN HIS CAREER AND PURSUE A CAREER IN AVIATION. AND THEN THREE MONTHS LATER, HE WAS ENROLLED HERE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AT THE A TP FLIGHT SCHOOL. UM, AND HE EARNED ALL OF HIS CERTIFICATIONS AND BEGAN HIS CAREER AS A CONTRACT CORPORATE FLY PILOT, UM, FLYING A GULFSTREAM G FOUR 50 AND A HAWKER 800 XP. I HOPE I GOT ALL THOSE AIRCRAFT MODELS CORRECT. UM, AND SO YEAH, MAJOR, UH, CAREER CHANGE. AND, UM, DEMETRIUS, UH, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THIS CAREER CHANGE. HE WAS LIVING THE DREAM AS A CORPORATE PILOT, UM, MEANING ALL KINDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE AND CELEBRITIES. UM, BUT HE WAS BOTHERED BY THE LACK OF DIVERSITY, UM, AMONG PILOTS. AND DURING THE PANDEMIC, HE BEGAN SPENDING TIME JUST UP THE ROAD AT THE COMPTON WOODLEY AIRPORT AND CONNECTING WITH OTHER AFRICAN AMERICAN PILOTS AND TALKING WITH THEM ABOUT THE LACK OF BROWN AND BLACK PILOTS. AND, UM, HE DECIDED TO CO-FOUND THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION. UM, HE STARTED WITH A CLASS OF 20 STUDENTS, UM, THAT HAS NOW GROWN TO MORE THAN 100 ENROLLED PARTICIPANTS. AND THEY WILL SOON BE EXPANDING THEIR PROGRAMMING, NOT ONLY TO LONG BEACH, UM, BUT IN THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA AND ALSO IN HOUSTON. UM, AND AT LGB DIMITRIUS LET ME KNOW, THEY'RE PLANNING TO RUN, UM, VIRTUAL REALITY FLIGHT TRAINING, PROGRAMMING, UM, HOST FIELD TRIPS AND SITE VISITS, AND ALSO, UM, PROVIDE SOME REAL LIFE FLIGHT TRAINING AS WELL. UM, AND, [00:10:01] UH, DEMETRIUS, UH, THEY JUST MOVED IN, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS JUST THIS MONTH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UM, HE'S EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT COMMUNITY AND BE A PART OF A BIGGER AVIATION COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN PROVIDE YOUNG PEOPLE ADDITIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN A LARGER AIRPORT ENVIRONMENT. UM, I'VE PERSONALLY ALREADY HAD A CHANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH DEMETRIUS EVEN RIGHT BEFORE HE MOVED IN. UM, I HAD HIM COME AND SPEAK TO OUR CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM, AND HE SHARED, UM, THE STORY THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU. UM, AND, UM, IT WAS ONE OF THE MORE INSPIRATIONAL SESSIONS FOR SOME OF THE STUDENTS. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, HE OFFERED FOR THEM TO BE A PART OF THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION PROGRAMMING, AND MANY OF THE STUDENTS WERE INTERESTED IN THAT. UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE, UM, THE FLY COMPTON FOUNDATION AS A NEW MEMBER OF OUR AIRPORT COMMUNITY AND TO HAVE DEMETRIUS. UM, HE'S JUST LOCATED A SHORT WALK FROM OUR TERMINAL, AND I'M SURE THAT WE'LL HAVE MORE IN FUTURE MEETINGS TO SHARE ABOUT HOW WE CAN COLLABORATE TOGETHER. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COMMENT. OKAY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. [4. 24-54157 Recommendation to establish an ad-hoc Committee for the limited purpose of recommending methods to increase attendance at and develop sponsorship opportunities for the 2024 Festival of Flight Event, with such Committee terminating upon the completion of the event.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMMISSIONER RUBIN? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF RECOMMENDING METHODS TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AT AND DEVELOP SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 2024 FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVENT WITH SUCH COMMITTEE TERMINATING UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE EVENT. EXCELLENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE NEED TO APPOINT FOR UP TO FOUR COMMISSIONERS. IS THAT CORRECT? DO WE HAVE ANY VOLUNTEERS GO AHEAD AND SPEAK? YES. UH, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE TO BE A PART OF IT, UH, AS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AIRPORT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I'VE ATTENDED THE EVENT. UM, AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT EVENT TO INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE IT EXPAND IN SOME WAYS. AND I KNOW THAT, UH, SPONSORSHIPS CAN REALLY HELP BROADEN THE, UH, IMPACT BY GETTING MORE SPONSORS. SO YES, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THAT COMMITTEE. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ZARN, GO AHEAD. YES, I'D LIKE TO PUT MY NAME IN THAT HAT TOO. . OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? SO WE HAVE TWO VOLUNTEERS. OKAY. WHAT'S THE DATE OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT? OCTOBER 19TH. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE TO THE SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER ARIA? [5. 24-54134 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Sustainability Committee, regarding Airport sustainability efforts with air quality, energy conservation, water quality and waste management.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZA? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMM RATHER CHAIR. RUBEN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FIVE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS WITH AIR QUALITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, WATER QUALITY, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. AND, UH, CHAIR, I'LL, I'LL BE GIVING THE, UH, REPORT. OKAY. SO, UH, FIRST ON THE LIST IS THE AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION OR THE A CA. UH, THE AIRPORT SUBMITTED ITS, UH, LEVEL TWO RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR 2023, AND THE APPLICATION, UH, INDICATED A 32% REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS RELATIVE TO THE BASE YEAR OF 2016. SO KUDOS TO OUR AIRPORT FOLKS ON THE SOLAR CANOPIES, THE ONES ON THE PARKING STRUCTURES, UM, THEY'VE BEEN NOW GENERATING POWER AND COLLECTING THE DATA. AND, UH, OVER THE LAST, UH, WHAT IS IT, THEY HAVE THREE MONTHS WORTH OF DATA. UH, THEY'VE GENERATED 1.4 MILLION KILOWATTS [00:15:02] PER HOUR. UH, DUNNO IF THAT MEANS A WHOLE LOT TO EVERYBODY, BUT THE SIGNIFICANT THING TO ME WAS IT'S APPROXIMATELY 60 TO 70% OF THE ELECTRICITY USED BY THE AIRPORT. AND IF YOU ADD TO THAT NOTATION, THE FACT THAT, UH, WHAT WAS IT, 15 TO 20% OF YOUR USAGE IS THE TUNNEL UNDER SPRING STREET. UH, I BELIEVE THEY'RE CLOSE, LITERALLY CLOSE TO GENERATING ENOUGH POWER ON SITE TO OFFSET ALL OF THE ELECTRICITY USAGE BY THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU GUYS. UM, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT WORKING ON A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE DIVERSION. SO WHEN THERE'S CONSTRUCTION ON THE AIRPORT, THE IDEA WOULD BE THAT THAT MATERIAL WILL BE DIVERTED FROM LANDFILLS AND RECYCLED, AND THAT WOULD BE REPORTED AND THE AIRPORT WOULD GET CREDIT FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES. SO THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY CAN INCORPORATE THAT. UM, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE LIGHTING UPGRADES TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE. SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU GO INTO THE PARKING STRUCTURE, YOU GOT LIGHTING IN THERE. UM, THEY HAVE A PROJECT THAT IS EXPECTED TO REDUCE THE ELECTRIC USAGE BY 330,000 KILOWATTS PER YEAR, UH, OR BASICALLY, UH, 30 HOMES. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY TO US BUDGET WISE FOLKS, THAT'S ABOUT 64 GRAND A YEAR IN ANNUAL COSTS. THAT WOULD BE REDUCED SIMPLY BY CHANGING OUT THE LIGHTS. AND I THINK IT HAD A PAYBACK PERIOD THAT WAS AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, THEY HAVE A ZERO EMISSIONS GRANT. THEY GOT SIX VEHICLES PLUS THE SOLAR CHARGING UNITS, IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN THOSE. THEY'RE KIND OF, UH, SELF-CONTAINED SOLAR CHARGING UNITS WHERE THE CAR WOULD PARK AND THEN IT WOULD BE REGENERATED. SO NOT ONLY WOULD WE GET EMISSION FREE VEHICLES OUT OF THIS GRANT, BUT WE WOULD ACTUALLY GET THE SOLAR POWERING STATIONS ALONG WITH IT. AND I BELIEVE THAT GRANT IS UNDERWAY, IF I RECALL FROM STAFF. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER [6. 24-54135 Recommendation to received and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for July 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER C ZN? YES. VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SIX? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR JULY, 2024. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. SECOND HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED. AND SECOND, THANK YOU CHAIR RUBIN. AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO, UH, PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT THIS AFTERNOON. WE HAVE SEVERAL THINGS TO DISCUSS, BUT I WILL LIKE TO START OUT WITH JUST HOW WE'RE DOING OPERATIONALLY. WE ARE, UM, CONTINUING TO HIT SOME RECORD NUMBERS, UH, AT THE AIRPORT. AND WE JUST HAVE A FEW MORE MONTHS IN THIS FISCAL YEAR, BUT IT'S STARTING TO LOOK LIKE WE WILL HAVE A RECORD BREAKING YEAR. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. , WHICH, WHICH TRULY IS FITTING FOR OUR CENTENNIAL YEAR. UM, JUST TO, TO BE, UM, A PART OF THIS AIRPORT COMMUNITY AND, AND RECOGNIZE, UM, THAT WE'RE AT A, A PLACE AND A TIME WHERE OUR NUMBERS ARE HIGHER THAN EVER BEFORE. UM, IT'LL, IT MIGHT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEASONS IN, IN AVIATION, BUT IT MIGHT GO DOWN, UM, SOMETIME NEXT YEAR. BUT, BUT CERTAINLY WE ARE RECOGNIZING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RECORD BREAKING NUMBERS, UM, AND ACCOMMODATING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DEMAND, EVEN WHILE WE'RE STILL IN CONSTRUCTION. UH, SO IT IS, UH, TRULY INCREDIBLE. AND, AND ALSO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED ABOUT, UH, REOPENING OUR HISTORIC TERMINAL, WHICH I KNOW, UH, KATE WILL PROBABLY TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT LATER IN OUR STAFF REPORT. BUT, BUT CERTAINLY OPERATIONALLY A LOT IS GOING ON. UH, I DO WANNA SPIN A COUPLE OF SECONDS ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE F-A-A-L-G-B, UH, PUBLIC INFORMATION WEBINAR THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 25TH. UM, THE FAA, UM, REALLY PULLED TOGETHER MANY, MANY RESOURCES, UM, FOR, FOR US AS WELL AS, UH, MANY OTHER ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE A REAL COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS, SPECIFICALLY HERE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, BUT ALSO TALKED ABOUT THE REGION AND, AND THEIR ROLE, UH, REALLY NATIONWIDE. BUT, BUT THERE WAS A FOCUS ON LONG BEACH AS WELL AS THE REGION. UH, OUR, UM, FAA REGIONAL ADMINISTRATOR, UM, RAQUEL GERVIN, UH, FACILITATED THE PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LIVE Q AND A AFTERWARDS. I'M, I'M, I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU WERE PROBABLY ON THAT CALL, BUT CERTAINLY AFTER MONTHS OF PREPARATION, UM, THE FAA PARTNERED WITH US AND PROVIDED JUST A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF INFORMATION. [00:20:01] WE ALSO HAD OTHER COMMUNITY, UM, AVIATION LEADERS SUCH AS, UM, THE REPS FOR AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION, OR A OPA, UH, AND THE NATIONAL BUSINESS AVIATION ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS NBAA. UH, WE HAD A FLIGHT SCHOOL ON THERE. WE HAD A PILOT FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINE. UH, RON REEVES, OUR BUREAU MANAGER AND I WERE ON THAT PANEL AS WELL. BUT OTHER FAA, UH, SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS, UM, FROM, UH, THE CONTROL TOWER TO, UH, OTHER REGIONAL, UH, UH, LEADERS WAS, WAS DEFINITELY, UH, THERE TO PROVIDE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF VALUE AND INPUT. BUT IT WAS, UH, STREAMED LIVE AND RECORDED AND AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE. SO IT WILL BE MARKED IN HISTORY AND, AND THERE, UH, FOR, FOR OTHERS TO, TO WATCH AND US FOR ALSO TO GO BACK TO THAT AS A GREAT TOOL, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION ON, ON THE AIRPORT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, AS PART OF OUR MAYOR'S GROW LONG BEACH PRESENTATION LAST MONTH, HE NOTED SEVERAL MA MAJOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENTS AND AEROSPACE AND AVIATION. UH, BUT ONE NOTABLE MENTION THAT IS FOR US HERE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS A NEW TENANT CALLED AMP AIR. THEY ARE A GLOBAL LEADER IN HYBRID ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS, AND THEY HAVE RELOCATED THEIR CAMPUS TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT. SO WE'RE DEFINITELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UH, THE CEO, UH, NAMED KEVIN NORDIC, UM, ANNOUNCED HIS, UH, MOVED AT THAT GROW LONG BEACH EVENT. AND I CAN TELL YOU HE IS SUPER EXCITED ABOUT BEING AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. AND SO, UM, I'M, I'M SURE WE'LL HEAR MORE ABOUT AMP AIR, BUT, UH, IT, IT'S EXCITING TO SEE JUST THE CONTINUED INNOVATION AND OUR INDUSTRY, UH, AND THEIR COMPANY REALLY COMING FORWARD IN DOING SOMETHING ELECTRIC AND SUSTAINABLE, UM, IN OUR BUSINESS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA SEGUE TO, UH, MONI CHE FOR OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE. UM, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UH, SO IN YOUR PACKET, THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY, 2024. STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES OPERATED WITH 92 LANDINGS, ONE LESS THAN THEY DID IN THE SAME PERIOD, UM, LAST YEAR. UH, HOWEVER, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 8,200 IN EMPLOYMENTS. UM, THAT'S 34% MORE THAN THEY DID THE PREVIOUS YEAR, EVEN WITH LOAD FACTORS DOWN. UH, THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, A THIRD OF THEIR FLIGHTS ARE FLYING, UM, AN AIRCRAFT OF 7 37 THAT HAS DOUBLED THE CAPACITY OF THE OTHER AIRCRAFT THAT THEY'RE USING. AND SO THAT'S ADDED TO THE AVAILABLE SEATS ULTIMATELY, UM, ADDING TO THOSE EMPLOYMENTS. AND THEN WE HAVE HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, UM, OPERATING WITH ABOUT 61 FLIGHTS, UM, IN THE MONTH OF MAY. UH, THAT'S, UM, MORE THAN THE 45 OPERATED, UM, IN THE PRIOR YEAR, AND IF YOU RECALL THE PRIOR YEAR IN MAY, 2023, THERE WERE, UM, SOME RUNWAY CLOSURES THAT IMPACTED THEIR OPERATIONS. AND SO THIS YEAR THERE WAS NO IMPACTS FROM THAT. AND SO THEIR ACTIVITY HAS GROWN ABOUT 30%, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 10,469 EMPLOYMENTS. THEN WE LOOK AT SOUTHWEST AIRLINES OPERATED WITH 170,000 EMPLOYMENTS. THAT'S 22% MORE THAN THEY DID. UM, THE PRIOR YEAR IN TOTAL, WE HAD A RECORD, 189,435 EMPLOYMENTS. UH, THAT IS THE, UH, HIGHEST, UH, MONTH, UM, ON RECORD FOR THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT. UH, ECLIPSING THE PREVIOUS RECORD JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO IN MARCH, 2024 BY 4%, AND THEN THE PREVIOUS, UH, RECORD BEFORE THAT, WAY BACK IN JULY, 2018. UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES, UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, UM, CONTINUING ON WITH THAT TREND OF THAT ONE LARGER AIRCRAFT VENDOR FLEET MIX. AND SO THAT'S, UM, YIELDED ABOUT A 19% GAIN THIS, UM, CURRENT YEAR SO FAR, UH, WITH FIVE MONTHS, UM, ELAPSED SO FAR. AND THEN HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, UM, WITH THAT FIRST QUARTER SEEING, UH, A DECLINE IN ACTIVITY AS THEY SP SPEND AT ONE OF THEIR FLIGHTS. AND SO THAT'S, UM, RESULTED IN A 7%, UH, DECREASE IN ACTIVITY SO FAR THIS YEAR WITH, UM, NEARLY 40,000 IN EMPLOYMENTS SO FAR. AND THEN, UH, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SEEING THE LION'S SHARE OF ACTIVITY WITH 767,000, UH, SO FAR, UH, STILL CONTINUING ON THAT TREND, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR OF ABOUT A 22% INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN TOTAL. SO FAR FOR THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE'VE SEEN 843,000 IN CLAIMANTS. AND MOVING ON TO THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION, WE SEE THAT UPS OPERATED WITH 22 LANDINGS COMPARABLE TO THE 22 LANDINGS THEY HAD, UH, LAST YEAR. THOUGH TONNAGE, UH, PROCESS IS ACTUALLY MUCH MORE, UH, 19% MORE WITH A THOUSAND, UH, 36, UH, CARGO, UH, TONS PROCESSED. UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBER THOUGH, UM, THEY'VE ACTUALLY SEEN DECLINES IN THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR. UH, JUST THE MONTH OF MAY, THEY REVERSED THAT TREND. AND SO, UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, THEY'VE HAD A DECREASE OF ABOUT 6% IN, UH, TOTAL CARGO TONNAGE. THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION AIRPORT. [00:25:03] THANK YOU, MONI. NEXT WE WILL HAVE THE NOISE UPDATE PROVIDED BY OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, MR. JAMES, UH, DAVIES. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. WE'RE HERE TO, UH, PRESENT THE MAY, 2024 MONTHLY NOISE REPORT. FIRST PAGE, UH, DEALS WITH LATE NIGHT AND EVENING, UH, COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT SERVICE. THE DISASTROUS NEWS IS WE HAD OUR FIRST LATE NIGHT OPERATION BY AN AIR CARRIER IN MAY. WE ALMOST MADE IT HALF OF THE YEAR WITHOUT ONE, WE WILL TRY HARDER. UH, WE HAD FIVE LATE NIGHT, UH, EVENING OPERATIONS. FOUR WERE CAUSED BY WEATHER DELAYS AND ONE WAS CAUSED BY MAINTENANCE DELAYS BETWEEN TWENTY TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY THREE HUNDRED 10:00 PM TO 11:00 PM AND WE HAD ONE OP, AS I MENTIONED, BETWEEN 2300 AND OH SEVEN. IT'S THE FIRST OF THE YEAR AND WE'RE STILL WAY AHEAD OF WHERE WE WERE LAST YEAR. NEXT PAGE DETAILS ARE VIOLATIONS. YOU CAN SEE THE ONE, UH, VIOLATION BY THE AIR CARRIER. WE ALSO HAD 15 VIOLATIONS BY GENERAL AVIATIONS THIS MONTH, WHICH, UH, AMOUNTED TO A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN FINES FOR THIS MONTH. AND WE'RE UP TO $2,200, UH, FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, YOU CAN SEE OUR, UH, OPERATIONS HAS, EVERYONE HAS TOLD YOU WE ARE DOING VERY WELL OPERATIONALLY. UH, GENERAL AVIATION IS UP 25% FROM LAST YEAR AND COMMERCIAL AVIATION UP 11% FROM LAST YEAR. WE WILL SEE IN THE JUNE REPORT A LITTLE BIT OF A DECREASE OF OUR OPERATIONS TOTALS NOT TO BREAK THE SUSPENSE OR ANYTHING. THE NEXT PAGE BREAKS DOWN, UH, THE UTILIZATION OF OUR PARALLEL RUNWAYS, WHICH ARE PREDOMINANTLY USED FOR GENERAL AVIATION. AND WHICH PERCENTAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT THEY'RE USING, TWO SIX RIGHT VERSUS TWO SIX LEFT. TWO SIX RIGHT IS THE RUNWAY THAT AFFECTS, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOUSINGS IN CALIFORNIA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN FACT THERE ARE MORE TWO SIX RIGHT OPERATIONS THAN THERE HAVE BEEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. BUT RIGHT TOWARDS THE END, YOU CAN START TO SEE THAT EBB THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT COMING DOWN THE PIPE FOR NEXT MONTH. THE SPLITS ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT BETWEEN TWO SIX RIGHT AND TWO SIX LEFT. AND THE PERCENTAGES CAN BE SEEN IN THE BOTTOM. NEXT PAGE SHOWS THE NOISE LEVELS, WHICH AGAIN, ARE FAIRLY CONSISTENT. HAVE, UH, 12 MONTHS ROLLING HISTORY FOR EACH SITE AS WELL AS, UH, A MAP DEPICTING LAST MONTH'S SITES. THE FINAL PAGE IS THE NOISE COMPLAINTS FROM MAY, 2024. AND AS ONE MIGHT EXPECT WITH MORE OPERATIONS COMES MORE COMPLAINTS. UH, OF THESE 59,848 COMPLAINTS, ONE HOUSEHOLD REGISTERED 11,203, WHICH IS, UH, ROUGHLY 19% OF THE MONTHLY TOTAL. FURTHERMORE, 10 CALLERS OR 10 HOUSEHOLDS RESULTED IN 34,201 COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS ROUGHLY 57%. IF WE DELVE EVEN FURTHER, THE TOP 20 HOUSEHOLDS REGISTERED 46,242 COMPLAINTS, ROUGHLY 77% OF THE 59,848 FOR THE MONTH. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. THANK YOU, JAMES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE. HELLO AGAIN. UM, SO I'M GOING TO GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT, UM, STARTING WITH MARKETING. WE'RE CONTINUING TO MARKET OURSELVES THROUGH ADVERTISEMENTS AT VARIOUS EVENTS IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES. SOME OF THE SCREENSHOTS OR PHOTOS ARE ON THAT FIRST PAGE. UM, AND ALSO IT'S NOT MENTIONED IN THIS REPORT, BUT WE ARE, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIGITAL ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN TARGETING SOME OF THE CITIES WHERE WE FLY NONSTOP. AND THIS IS A MULTI MONTH DIGITAL ADV ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN. AND I'LL BE REPORTING BACK ON THE RESULTS OF THAT CAMPAIGN AT A FUTURE MEETING. BUT JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW. UM, AND THEN, UM, MOVING ON TO COMMUNITY OUTREACH. UM, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, BUT THE BIG NEWS IN COMMUNITY OUTREACH FOR US IS THAT WE RECENTLY COMPLETED THE FIRST COHORT THIS SUMMER OF THE CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM. SO LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST YEAR RUNNING THAT HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM, AND THIS YEAR WE EXPANDED TO TWO [00:30:01] COHORTS. SO FOR A TOTAL OF 24 STUDENTS. AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, THE STUDENTS SPEND, UM, ONE WEEK AT THE AIRPORT LEARNING ABOUT A VARIETY OF AVIATION CAREERS. UM, THEY GET TO VISIT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES. UM, WE HAD PRESENTATIONS OR TOURS FROM THE TSA AND FAA JET ZERO, ATLANTIC AVIATION FLIGHT SAFETY, SOCAL JET SERVICES, AND MANY MORE. AND, UM, ON THE LAST DAY, THE STUDENTS ACTUALLY GOT TO TAKE A FLIGHT, A DISCOVERY FLIGHT THROUGH THE YOUNG EAGLES, UM, PROGRAM. AND THAT WAS A, LIKE A 20 TO 30 MINUTE FLIGHT AROUND LONG BEACH, UM, WHICH IS REALLY COOL. AND SORT OF LIKE THE LITTLE CAPSTONE EVENT OF THE WEEK. AND I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT BECAUSE ALL THE STUDENTS HAD PERFECT ATTENDANCE AND NOBODY WAS LATE. THEY EACH GOT A CHECK FOR $500, UM, AS AN INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR COMPLETING THE PROGRAM. UM, AND WE HAVE, AS I MENTIONED, ONE FINAL GROUP THAT WILL BE COMING THIS SUMMER, UM, THE WEEK OF AUGUST 19TH. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN VERY BUSY WORKING ON IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH. UM, BUT AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, WE RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR ATTENTION IS TURNED TOWARDS THE GRAND REOPENING OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL. AND THAT'S, UM, A PUBLIC EVENT. I HOPE YOU CAN ALL ATTEND AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY. IT'S SATURDAY, JULY 27TH FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND AT 10 30 IS WHEN WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICIAL, UM, PROGRAM AND REMARKS. UM, AND WHEN WE'LL DO OUR RIBBON CUTTING FROM ABOUT 10 30 TO 11:00 AM UM, WE'LL HAVE HISTORY TOURS THAT DAY, UM, GUIDED HISTORY TOURS OR WE ALSO HAVE HANDOUTS IF YOU WANNA DO A SELF-GUIDED TOUR. UM, WE'LL HAVE SOME LIVE ENTERTAINMENT. IT'S KIND OF A 1940S THEME. UM, SINCE IF YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY, YOU KNOW THAT THE BUILDING WAS SUPPOSED TO OPEN ON DECEMBER 8TH, 1941. AND THEN BECAUSE OF THE PEARL HARBOR ATTACK THE DAY BEFORE THE OPENING WAS DELI DELAYED UNTIL 1942. SO WE'RE, UM, WE'RE THROWING A SORT OF 1940S THEMED, UH, EVENT. AND WE'LL HAVE THE ENTERTAINMENT AND SOME SWING DANCERS, UM, THAT WILL BE AROUND THAT THEME. WE'LL ALSO HAVE, UM, SOME HISTORIANS, UH, WE'LL HAVE SOME FOLKS FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY. WE'LL ALSO HAVE OUR HISTORIC RESOURCE CONSULTANT ON THE PROJECT AND ALSO THE REPORT AUTHORS FROM OUR 100TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORIC REPORT THAT WE PUBLISHED, UM, LAST FALL. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS ACTIVITIES, OUR NORMAL KIDS ACTIVITIES AND WHEN WE'LL ALSO HAVE SOME MOSAIC ARTS AND CRAFTS ACTIVITIES AS A TIE IN TO THE MOSAIC ARTWORK, TILE ARTWORK IN THE BUILDING. SO IT'LL BE A VERY FUN DAY. UM, WE'LL HAVE LIGHT REFRESHMENTS AS WELL, I FORGOT TO SAY THAT. UM, ALWAYS IMPORTANT AND WE HOPE YOU CAN MAKE IT. AND, UM, SWITCHING DOWN NOW TO TALK ABOUT MEDIA. WE HAD 47 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN JUNE. AND UM, THE BIGGEST STORY WAS RELATED TO OUR CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT THERE, UH, UM, PROGRAM, I'M SORRY. AND SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT ME PUT THAT IMAGE OF SCREENSHOT OF ME BEING INTERVIEWED BY ABC, A BBC SEVEN, ABOUT OUR CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT PROGRAM. UM, AND THAT WAS A GREAT PIECE THAT FEATURED NOT ONLY THE AIRPORTS PROGRAM, BUT IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTED A LOCAL BUSINESS, SO CAL JET SERVICES. UM, AND THEY WERE PROVIDING A TOUR FOR OUR STUDENTS. AND THEN ALSO ONE OF THE STUDENTS IN THE PROGRAM WAS ALSO INTERVIEWED. UM, THEN WRAPPING UP WITH SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, ON FACEBOOK, THE POST WITH THE HIGHEST REACH, WE DID A SUMMER VIBES POST IN FRONT OF THE TICKETING LOBBY WITH A COOL OLD CORSAIR VAN. AND I, UM, THAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR POST. WE DID THAT IN THE MONTH. AND I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY 'CAUSE I SAW SOMEONE TAG SOMEONE LIKE, HEY, UM, ISN'T THIS YOUR VAN ? AND THEN, AND THEN THE PERSON WROTE BACK AND SAID, YEAH, I WAS PICKING UP SO AND SO YOU CAN SEE HER IN THE PHOTO WITH THE BLACK SUITCASE OR SOMETHING. SO ANYWAY, THAT WAS KIND OF FUN. UM, AND THEN ON INSTAGRAM AND X, THE POST WITH THE BIGGEST REACH WAS THE POST, UM, PROMOTING THE F-A-A-L-G-B INFORMATIONAL WEBINAR. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU KATE. AND, AND I MUST SAY, UM, OBVIOUSLY THE, THESE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS WE'RE ALL HANDS ON DECK GETTING PREPARED FOR THIS HISTORIC MOMENT, UM, REOPENING THE, THE, UM, HISTORIC TERMINAL. AND I DO HAVE TO COMMEND OUR ENTIRE TEAM, BUT ALSO, UH, PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND JUST THE, THE ACTIVITIES PLANNED FOR THAT DAY. THE, UH, AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WE ANTICIPATE ROUGHLY, IS IT 750? AT LEAST A THOUSAND? SHE'S THINKING A THOUSAND. WOW. YEP. SO , IT WILL BE A, UH, A SIGNIFICANT DAY FOR, FOR ALL OF US AT THE AIRPORT. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, REALLY TRYING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WE SHINE, UM, ON JULY 27TH. AND SO, UM, [00:35:01] I, I DO APPLAUD OUR ENTIRE TEAM. 'CAUSE I KNOW, UH, WE'RE WORKING HARD AND I, MY LIST KEEPS GETTING LONGER AND LONGER FOR THINGS THAT WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE DONE BY THAT DAY. BUT, UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT, STAFF REPORT, UM, FOR THIS MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY, YEAH, I HAD A COUPLE THINGS. IF I CAN GET THROUGH THEM. PLEASE. UM, FIRST I'D LIKE TO COMPLIMENT, UM, MADAM DIRECTOR AND THE STAFF ON THE, UM, WEBINAR. I THOUGHT IT WAS EXCELLENT. UM, I SAT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING AND IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANYONE ELSE FELT THE SAME, I DIDN'T THINK THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE KIND OF REPETITIVE, I THOUGHT. BUT, UM, AND I'M AFRAID YOU HAD TO ANSWER THEM LIKE FIVE TIMES THE SAME QUESTION OVER AND OVER AGAIN. BUT I WANNA COMPLIMENT YOU. IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT, GREAT WEBINAR AND I'M GLAD THAT THE AIRPORT DID THAT. AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION. I, I WANTED TO, UH, HAVE ASK, UH, SOMETHING ABOUT THE NOISE MONITOR DATA, BUT I WAS HAVING A LITTLE DIFFICULTY AT THAT TIME. UM, DO WE EVER DO A TOTAL ACROSS THE, ACROSS THE BOARD OF ALL OF THE MONITORS SO THAT LIKE FOR MAY WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ALL THE CNEL VALUES FOR THAT MONTH AND A TOTAL FOR EACH MONTH, AND IS, AND IS THAT SIGNIFICANT AT ALL? A TOTAL? UM, OF THE, OF THE PER PERCENT? WELL, I GUESS IT'S, THESE ARE PERCENTAGES. SO I GUESS THAT DOESN'T MAKE NO COMMISSION A LOT OF SENSE. THESE, THESE ARE ACTUAL, UH, LEVELS OF NOISE EXPOSURE ATTRIBUTED TO OUR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AT THOSE PARTICULAR MICROPHONES. SO IT'S REMOVING THE ENVIRONMENTAL NOISE AND JUST THE, THE AIRCRAFT EVENTS. SO ON, ON MAY 23RD, I'M SORRY, ON, IN, UH, MAY OF 2023. YES. SO FOR THE FIRST MONITOR, MONITOR NUMBER ONE, YES. THAT 50.7 IS 50, IS IT A PERCENTAGE OF THE NOISE LEVEL? NO, MA'AM. NO, MA'AM. OH, I SEE. IT'S A 50.7 DECIBELS. DECIBELS OKAY. ON AN A WEIGHTED SCALE. GREAT. OKAY. AND THE METRIC THAT THEY USE IS A SINGLE EVENT LEVEL. OKAY. BUT WHAT THIS IS DEPICTING IS THE CNEL VALUE AT THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION, WHICH IS THE METRIC WHICH IS RECOGNIZED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL LAND USES IN THE VICINITY OF AIRPORTS. SO IT'S A, IT'S AN AMOUNT OF NOISE CORRECT. IN THAT IT'S A QUANTITY IN THAT MONTH FROM THAT MONITOR. YES, MA'AM. IT'S, SO DOES IT MAKE, WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO HAVE A TOTAL, SO THAT WE HAVE KIND OF A REGIONAL PICTURE BY MONTH? IN OTHER WORDS, DID WE HAVE MORE NOISE IN MAY OF 20 OF 2023 OR MORE, MORE NOISE IN MAY OF 2024? I THINK MAYBE THE BEST, IF YOU CAN'T TELL WITH THE WAY THAT THE CHARGES, I THINK MAYBE THE BEST WAY THAT WE COULD CAPTURE THE CHANGE, UH, THAT I THINK YOU'RE TRYING TO DESCRIBE WOULD BE A MONTHLY CHANGE FROM MONTH TO MONTH AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S GOING UP OR GOING DOWN. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU WANT ME TO INCLUDE? YEAH. AND, AND I GUESS YOU COULD DO THAT BY HAVING A TOTAL TOO AT THE END, OR JUST THE CHANGE OR THE CHANGE. THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE, YOU GET THE CHANGE FROM THE TOTAL. YEAH. SO YEAH. YEAH, I CAN INCLUDE THAT FOR NEXT MONTH. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. ANYTHING ELSE? ANYONE ELSE? I'D LIKE, OOPS, I CAN GET THIS TO WORK CORRECTLY. UM, I ALSO WANNA, UH, COMPLIMENT THE WEBINAR. I, I THOUGHT I ALSO SAT THROUGH THE WHOLE THING. I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE. THE BEGINNING WAS VERY INTERESTING. I UNDERSTAND THAT THOSE EXPLANATION VIDEOS WILL BE PRESERVED AND AVAILABLE. AND FOR THOSE, YOU KNOW, IF I, IF I JUST MOVED TO THE AREA AND I HAD ALL THESE QUESTIONS, SOME OF THOSE VIDEOS IN THE BEGINNING WOULD ANSWER A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS. SO I, I THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE. I AGREE. A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS WERE REPETITIVE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS. BUT YEAH. VERY, VERY WELL DONE. FOR THE, UH, TERMINAL, UH, EVENT, ARE YOU GOING TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO A CERTAIN AREA TO PARK OR HOW'S THAT GONNA WORK AS PEOPLE ARE COMING ON SITE TO, TO ATTEND THIS EVENT? YES. UM, PARKING STRUCTURE B UM, THERE IS FREE PARKING FOR, UH, THREE HOURS AND PARKING STRUCTURE B AND WE'LL HAVE SIGNAGE, WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, THAT, UM, THAT, UH, VISITORS ARE KNOWING WHERE TO PARK AND THEN WALK OVER TO THE HISTORIC TERMINAL. SO IF I TOLD MY MA NEIGHBOR, HEY, GO TO THIS EVENT. WHEN HE GETS THERE, THE SIGNS WILL TELL HIM WHERE TO PARK, RIGHT. PARKING AND STRUCTURE B. YEP. OKAY. COOL. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, ME [00:40:01] TOO. OKAY. JUMP ON IN. UM, ALSO COMPLIMENTS ON THE WEBINAR, IT WAS VERY, VERY THOROUGH AND IT'S GREAT THAT IT'S THERE FOR ANYBODY TO TAKE A LOOK AT. I THINK A LOT OF THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP WERE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T REALLY, THEY JUST HAD THEIR QUESTION. THEY MAY NOT HAVE LISTENED TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS PRIOR TO THAT. THEY JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT ONE QUESTION. UM, I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO ATTEND THE, THE EXTERN GRADUATION. I GUESS IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE, THE FACT THAT EACH ONE OF THOSE 12 STUDENTS GOT UP AND SPOKE. IT WAS OUR FUTURE IS IN GOOD HANDS WITH THEM. SO THANKS FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. YES. I JUST WANT TO JOIN MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS HERE AND SAY THAT I TOO WAS VERY, VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WAS SHARED AND THE EXPERTISE WAS AMAZING, THE VARIOUS PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE TO SPEAK AND GAVE US A TREMENDOUS OVERVIEW. THE ONE THING THAT I RECOGNIZED IS THE COMPLEXITY OF THE AIR SPACE HERE, AND THAT WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S, UM, LIMITATIONS OF WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT OUTTA GENERAL AVIATION. AND, AND I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT, UH, THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTED BY IT, HAD WATCHED IT, AND THEN UNDERSTAND BETTER, MAYBE IT DOESN'T LAY THEIR, UM, CONCERNS, BUT AT LEAST THEY WOULD HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHY ALL THIS TOOK PLACE. AND, UH, CYNTHIA AND RON DID A GREAT JOB AS WELL, AND I I WAS VERY IMPRESSED COMPLETELY. AND I THOUGHT, UM, IT'S NICE THAT IT'S ARCHIVED SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN BE REFERRED TO IT. SO CONGRATULATIONS. THE OTHER THING THAT I, I THINK I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION AND THAT WAS, UM, ABOUT THE EXTERNSHIP AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU HAVE, UH, A POSSIBILITY OF FOLLOWING UP WITH THOSE THAT HAVE GRADUATED FROM THE PROGRAM TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, INDEED THEY FOLLOW, UM, AND I KNOW MAYBE IT'S TOO EARLY, BUT TO SEE IF THEY ACTUALLY FOLLOW THROUGH AND MOVE TOWARDS A CAREER IN AVIATION AND WORKING WITH THE AIRPORTS. WELL, WE HAVE SOME EXCITING INFORMATION REGARDING THAT. AND KATE, TAKE IT AWAY. WHAT EXCITING INFORMATION THAT YOU WANNA SHARE. , MAYBE YOU SHOULD SHARE IT. WELL, CAN YOU SHARE ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE'VE DONE, LIKE WITH OUR FIRST COHORT AND, AND THE COUPLE OF GRADUATES WHO ARE ENGAGED NOW? OKAY, SURE. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE DIPPING OUR TOE INTO YOUTH PROGRAMMING WITH THIS ONE WEEK PROGRAM, BUT WE DO WANT TO EXPAND IT, AND WE DO HOPE TO DO SOME HIRING TO HELP EXPAND OUR YOUTH PROGRAMMING. AND ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS TO KIND OF PROVIDE A STEPPING STONE OF OPPORTUNITIES. SO, UM, THIS SUMMER WE SELECTED TWO PEOPLE FROM LAST YEAR'S EXTERNSHIP, UM, TO DO A SUMMER LONG INTERNSHIP. AND THEY, UM, ALL SUMMER LONG, THEY DO ONE DAY WITH PUBLIC AFFAIRS AND ONE DAY WITH LANDSIDE OPERATIONS. SO THEY GET TO SEE KIND OF TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE AIRPORT. AND, UM, WE ALSO PARTICIPATE IN THE CITY'S, UM, FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, PUBLIC SERVICE CORPS FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM, WHICH IS A COLLEGE LEVEL INTERNSHIP OR FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM AS WELL. SO WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD OUT KIND OF A LADDER OF EXPERIENCES. UM, AND I MEAN, I HAVE MANY, MANY MORE IDEAS FOR EXPANSION, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE PROPERLY SUPPORTING, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE STAFF TO SUPPORT ALL THAT. BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE DO, UM, HAVE ALL THE CONTACT INFORMATION. AND DEFINITELY ONE OF THE THINGS WE WANNA DO IS TO, UM, BUILD KIND OF AN ALUMNI NETWORK OF THE STUDENTS WHO'VE PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM, UM, AND POTENTIALLY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING OUTSIDE OF SUMMER. YOU KNOW, LIKE, UM, A FIELD TRIP TO THE CALIFORNIA SCIENCE CENTER OR OTHER KINDS OF ACTIVITIES, UM, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND, UM, DEFINITELY KEEP TRACK AND LET THEM CONNECT WITH EACH OTHER AND DEFINITELY KEEP IN TOUCH AND, YOU KNOW, PRO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. UM, ONE OF THE INTERNS WHO'S WORKING WITH US THIS SUMMER, UM, I WAS JUST TALKING TO HER ON TUESDAY AND SHE WAS, SHE'S GONNA BE A SENIOR AT COGO, AND SHE WAS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HOW SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT GOING AWAY TO COLLEGE AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS DONE THAT IN HER FAMILY. AND, UM, I WAS TELLING HER, WELL, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO DEFINITELY KEEP IN TOUCH WITH US, LET US KNOW WHEN YOU FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU'RE GOING. AND, UM, AND SO I THINK EVEN JUST TO BE ABLE TO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEM TO HELP WITH RESUME, TO HELP WITH OTHER KINDS OF MENTORSHIP, UM, THE AIRPORT PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, AND I'M, I'M SURE OTHERS, YOU KNOW, CYNTHIA AND JUAN HAVE MET WITH THE STUDENTS AND OFFERED THEIR MENTORSHIP AS [00:45:01] WELL. SO WE DEFINITELY WANNA KEEP IN TOUCH AND KIND OF CREATE, UM, A COMMUNITY AMONG THE STUDENTS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. THE VIDEOS THAT WERE AVAILABLE FOR THE FAA WEBINAR ARE THOSE LINKED TO THE LONG BEACH REPORT WEBSITE. SO WHEN PEOPLE HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMPLAINTS, THEY CAN AT LEAST FIND THAT ON THE LONG BEACH WEBSITE. SORRY, . YES, YOU EXCELLENT. , YOU SURE THEY ARE LINKED AND, AND YES. THEY'RE, THEY'RE, UM, NOT ONLY LINKED ON OUR WEBSITE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO ON THE FAA WEBSITE AS WELL. UM, AND, AND AGAIN, UH, IT WAS VERY, UM, FORTUNATE FOR US TO HAVE, UH, THE EXTENT OF FAA RESOURCES DEDICATED, UH, REALLY TO PREPARE ALL THE ANIMATED GRAPHICS, UH, THE SLIDESHOW, UM, THAT WAS PROVIDED. UH, BUT, UM, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TO HAVE THOSE ON OUR WEBSITE AND ALSO ON THE FAA WEBSITE. AND WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, PRODUCING LITTLE SNIPPETS, UM, OF THAT, UH, VIDEO, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT SHORTER, UH, FOR SPECIFIC QUESTIONS IN THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE USE THAT? AND WHEN I SAY WE LONG BEACH AIRPORT, HOW CAN WE USE THAT, UM, FAIRLY LONG, TWO AND A HALF HOUR WEBINAR, YOU KNOW, TO PROVIDE LITTLE SHORTER, UM, INFORMATIONAL SESSIONS AS WELL. YEAH, I THINK IT'D BE BENEFICIAL, INCLUDING THE CITY NOISE COMPLAINT WEBSITE, IF THAT LINK WAS AVAILABLE AND THEY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE EDUCATION BEFORE THEY COME FORTH WITH ANY KIND OF COMPLAINT OR CONCERN. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. YES, PLEASE, JUAN. WELL, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE, UH, TO NOTE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT RON AND CYNTHIA REALLY WORKED ON THIS. UM, THERE WERE MONTHS OF MEETINGS AND RUN THROUGHS. UM, AND SO, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT AS WELL AS THE COMMITMENT OF THE FAA AND ALL THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE ON, UM, AND I, AS I UNDERSTAND, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF SUPPORT STAFF THAT WERE ALSO PARTICIPANTS, BUT WERE BEHIND THE SCENES. UH, SO, YOU KNOW, UH, RON AND CYNTHIA, THERE WAS A LOT OF KUDOS, UH, FOR THE COMMITMENT TO THAT, UH, AND THE PRODUCT THAT WAS CREATED. WHY THANK YOU, . OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT BY THE COMMISSION? IS THERE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. UM, [7. 24-54136 Recommendation to excuse Commissioners absent from the meeting of the Airport Advisory Commission on July 18, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A RECOMMENDATION TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONERS ABSENT FROM THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION ON JULY 18TH, 2024. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. THANK YOU. MOTION HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? UH, YES. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING COMMISSIONER ROSSI HAS RESIGNED. I RAN INTO HER THE OTHER DAY. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSSI LET US KNOW THAT SHE DID NOT WISH TO SEEK, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TERM, AND SO THIS WOULD'VE BEEN HER FINAL MEETING FOR HER TERM. ANY OTHER COMMENT BY THE COMMISSION? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER CHENEY? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SO HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. [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.] IS THERE ANYONE HERE, WILLIE, WISHING TO MAKE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? [ANNOUNCEMENTS] THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING ANY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS? NO. I HAVE A QUESTION. NOT THERE YET. NOT [00:50:01] YET. I KNOW . OKAY. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSIONERS? ? I WOULD GIVING HER A HEADS UP. UH, CYNTHIA, YOU HAD INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE FILLING VACANCIES, VACANT POSITIONS. YOU HAD KIND OF ALERTED TO US THAT, AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION WE ALL HAD ABOUT THE HIRING FREEZE BECAUSE OF THE UPCOMING BUDGET DEFICITS WITH THE CITY. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THERE'S AN UPDATE, ARE YOU BEING ALLOWED TO FILL THOSE VACANCIES OR, ABSOLUTELY. YES, WE ARE. UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. VICE CHAIR. UM, WE HAVE BEEN, THANKS TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE AND HR TEAM LED BY BUREAU MANAGER CLAUDIA LEWIS. WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UM, ACTIVELY RECRUIT AND SO WE ARE FILLING THOSE POSITIONS. OKAY. SO YOU'RE NOT BEING SUBJECTED TO THE, THE HOLD THAT THE REST OF THE CITY IS. I GUESS WE ARE, WE'RE FILLING OUR POSITION. GOOD TO HEAR. SO IT'S GREAT HEAR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BY ANYONE ELSE IN THE COMMISSION? ALL RIGHT. UM, THE AIRPORT ADVISORY [ADJOURNMENT] COMMISSION WILL BE DARK IN AUGUST. THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9TH HERE AT THE MARRIOTT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 4 51. THANK YOU. ALL. PICTURE, PICTURE. * 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.