* 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. [00:00:06] . OKAY. YOU GOT OUR [CALL TO ORDER] GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. IT IS OCTOBER 17TH. THE CURRENT TIME IS FOUR O'CLOCK, AND THE, THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. SECRETARY, [ROLL CALL] WILL YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONER ARIA HERE. COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO. HERE. COMMISSIONER LARSON? HERE. COMMISSIONER ZN. HERE. VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL. HERE. CHAIR RUBIN. HERE YOU HAVE A QUORUM. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. JUST AS AN ANNOUNCEMENT, THE 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. 24-55223 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on September 19, 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] OKAY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER ONE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO IMPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? IS SECOND. THANK YOU. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NONE. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL. YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SECRETARY, WILL [2. 24-55224 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR REUBEN AND COMMISSIONERS. UM, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT LBS BUSINESS PARTNERS SPOTLIGHT, UH, TO, UH, THE COMMISSION TODAY. THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT IS ON CAPTAIN BLANCA AVALO OF THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE KATE, UH, CHENAL FOR OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. YES. UM, WE ARE HAPPY TO SPOTLIGHT BLANCA ARLO THIS MONTH. SHE IS THE CAPTAIN WITH THE LA COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE AERO BUREAU SPECIFICALLY. AND, UM, SHE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LOS ANGELES AND, UH, SHE SHARED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HER BACKGROUND. UM, AND HER EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND INCLUDES A MASTER'S DEGREE FROM CAL STATE LONG BEACH IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. AND, UM, SHE SHARED A BIT ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATED HER TO GO INTO LAW ENFORCEMENT. UM, SHE SAID IT WAS A RESULT OF THE ENVIRONMENT SHE GREW UP IN, WHERE SHE UNFORTUNATELY SAW A LOT OF NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF GANGS AND DRUG DEALERS, AND THAT MOTIVATED HER, UM, TO MAKE SURE OTHER CHILDREN DIDN'T HAVE TO, UM, GROW UP IN THAT SAME ENVIRONMENT. UH, AND SHE BECAME PART OF THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN 1999. UM, AND MOST RECENTLY IN 2022, SHE WAS PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN AND SELECTED TO BECOME THE UNIT COMMANDER OF THE ARROW BUREAU. UM, AND IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, UM, THE ARROW BUREAU IS HEADQUARTERS AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. IT'S KIND OF BEHIND FLIGHT SAFETY, SO VERY CLOSE TO THE COMMERCIAL TERMINAL. UM, BLANCA SHARED THAT THE AERO BUREAU CURRENTLY CONTROLS MORE THAN 4,000 SQUARE MILES OF TERRITORY. UM, AND, UM, THEIR MISSIONS FOCUS ON AERIAL GROUND CONTROL, UNIT SUPPORT, RECONNAISSANCE AND SURVEILLANCE. UM, AND APPROXIMATELY 85% OF THEIR 10,000 ANNUAL FLIGHT HOURS ARE FLOWN IN SUPPORT OF PATROL OPERATIONS. UM, SO THAT INCLUDES THINGS LIKE PURSUIT MANAGEMENT, SUSPECT SEARCHES, HIGH RISK CALLS, MISSING PERSONS, THAT SORT OF THING. SO SHE PROVIDED A LOT OF INFORMATION AND DETAIL THERE ABOUT THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE. UM, SO I WON'T GO INTO ALL THE DETAILS, BUT IT'S THERE FOR YOU IF YOU WANNA READ MORE ABOUT IT. UM, VERY VALUABLE SERVICES THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE AIRPORT THERE. UM, AND THEY DO HAVE A LARGE STAFF. THEY HAVE 89 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES THAT ARE BASED THERE. ABOUT HALF ARE SWORN MEMBERS AND HALF CIVILIAN. UM, THEY HAVE QUITE A FEW AIRCRAFT. OF COURSE, THEY HAVE A TOTAL OF 17 AIRBUS HELICOPTERS, INCLUDING A COUPLE OF THE SUPER PUMA RESCUE HELICOPTERS, WHICH ARE TYPICALLY AT FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVERY YEAR. I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE THIS WEEKEND. I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE ONE. AND ALSO THREE FIXED WING AIRCRAFT. AND THEY OCCUPY 310,000 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. SO THEY ARE A LARGE TENANT. AND [00:05:01] IN TERMS OF WHAT SHE ENJOYS WORKING ABOUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, SHE REALLY ENJOYS WORKING WITH THE OTHER TENANTS AND OPERATORS NEARBY. UM, AND ALSO SHE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE CENTRALIZED OPERATION, UM, NOT ONLY IN TERMS OF THEIR FLIGHT OPERATIONS BEING CENTRALIZED, BUT ALSO HAVING PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE REGION COMING TO REPORT TO WORK, UM, AS WELL. AND SHE ALSO MENTIONED THE EATING ESTABLISHMENTS IN LONG BEACH, WHICH IS IMPORTANT IN A WORKPLACE AS WELL. UM, AND THEN ON A PERSONAL NOTE, UM, SHE IS MARRIED TO A SERGEANT IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND IS THE STEPMOTHER TO FOUR ADULT CHILDREN. UM, AND SHE ALSO ENJOYS VISITING COLORADO. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BLANCA. UM, I'M SORRY SHE WASN'T ABLE TO BE IN PERSON TODAY. WE HAVE NOW BEGUN, UM, FOR THE FUTURE SPOTLIGHTS TO EXTEND THE OFFER FOR THOSE WHO CAN MAKE IT. AND SHE SENDS HER REGARDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES BY THE COMMISSION. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER VARGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARIN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SECRETARY, WILL [3. 24-55236 Recommendation to receive and file report from the 2024 Festival of Flight Event Committee, regarding planning activities accomplished in advance of this year’s event.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? ITEM NUMBER THREE AS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE 2024 FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVENT COMMITTEE REGARDING PLANNING ACTIVITIES ACCOMPLISHED IN ADVANCE OF THIS YEAR'S EVENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. EXCELLENT. I'D LOVE TO HEAR THE, OKAY. UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, GIVE THE, UH, FESTIVAL OF, UH, FLIGHT COMMITTEE'S REPORT, UH, FOR THE MEETING HERE. AND THAT'S COMING UP SATURDAY. WE'RE LOOKING REALLY, REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT ON SATURDAY. UH, WE, AS ALWAYS, WE ARE EXTREMELY GRATEFUL THE PORT OF LONG BEACH FOR THEIR, UH, SPONSORSHIP AND, UH, FOR ALL THE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE, UH, ON STATIC DISPLAY, UH, FOR SATURDAY. AND WE ARE EXPECTING, OH, MY, ALMOST 15,000 PEOPLE. UH, IT'S A BIG EVENT FOR THE AIRPORT AND WE'RE ALL LOOKING FORWARD TO IT. UH, SOME OF THE, UH, AIRCRAFT THAT, UH, I UNDERSTAND ARE GONNA BE THERE ARE, ARE, UH, A NORTHROP GRUMMAN, MODIFIED LOCKHEED DELL 10 11. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME, UH, US ARMY BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS, UH, A A CURRENT, UH, KC 46 AERIAL REFUEL. AND THE ONE I'D BE LOOKING FOR IS THE, UH, UH, DC THREE THAT HAS, UH, QUITE A, UM, ILLUSTRIOUS PAST IT. UH, IT'S, IT'S, IF I, IF IT'S THE ONE I'M THINKING OF, UH, IT ACTUALLY, UH, CARRIED, UH, WINSTON CHURCHILL AND THE MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL FAMILY IN, IN, UH, ENGLAND AND, UH, UH, DURING WORLD WAR II. AND SO THAT'S QUITE A, I MEAN, TO HAVE TO HAVE THAT IN ONE AIRPLANE AND STUFF IS JUST REMARKABLE AND IT'S STILL WITH US. SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO ALL THOSE AIRCRAFT THAT, THAT ARE GONNA BE THERE, PLUS ALL THE, UH, UH, AIRPORT TENANTS AND, AND, UH, MANUFACTURERS AND, UH, TO EVERYBODY THAT'S GONNA BE THERE FOR DISPLAYS AND SUCH. SO IT'S GONNA BE A FABULOUS EVENT. THANK YOU. EXCELLENT. WE'RE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, UH, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF. YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. MOTION'S CARRIED. THANK YOU, [4. 24-55226 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for October 2024.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] SECRETARY. WHEN YOU'RE READY, WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR OCTOBER, 2024. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS. UH, FIRST, UH, THANK YOU FOR ADJUSTING TO THIS NEW LOCATION. I THINK WE'RE ALL, UH, LEARNED A BIT ABOUT, UM, COMING TO A NEW PLACE HERE. UM, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE ALL BEEN ABLE TO, TO SWIFTLY CHANGE OVER TO, TO THIS, UM, FACILITY. BUT WE'D WANNA START OUT, OUR STAFF, UM, REPORT TODAY [00:10:01] WITH INTRODUCING TWO FAIRLY NEW OFFICERS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED TO OUR MANAGEMENT TEAM. UH, IF YOU RECALL, LAST MONTH WE INTRODUCED, I INTRODUCED, UM, OUR NEW NOISE OFFICER. WELL, TODAY WE HAVE TWO NEW, UM, OFFICERS I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU. ONE IS MALU HAHAN, WHO IS, UH, OUR NEW PROPERTIES OFFICER, AND ALSO PATRICK JACKMAN, WHO IS OUR NEW, UH, FAIRLY NEW, UM, UH, AIR SITE OFFICER. AND SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM TO YOU, BUT GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY AS WELL TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEIR BACKGROUND AND HISTORY. WE'RE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE THEM IN THIS MANAGEMENT LEVEL OF CAPACITY. UH, THEY CERTAINLY HAVE ALREADY, UM, ADDED SO MUCH VALUE IN THEIR NEW ROLE. SO, MALU, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU START FIRST. YOU CAN, UH, SPEAK UP AT THE PODIUM THERE AND SHARE YOUR STORY. OKAY. THANK YOU SOPHIA. UM, GLAD TO BE HERE. AND THIS IS MY FIRST, UH, MEETING. UM, I'M MALU HAGAN. I'M THE AIRPORT PROPERTIES OFFICER, HANDLING THE LEASING UNIT. UM, WE MANAGE APPROXIMATELY 60 AGREEMENTS, UM, AND MY PRIORITY IS, UH, KEEP OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH OUR TENANTS. UM, I HAVE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER TWO DECADES. I CAME FROM A COUPLE OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS. LAST DEPARTMENT WAS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. I WAS A CONTRACT AND PROCUREMENT MANAGER THERE WITH, UM, TECHNICAL BACKGROUND IN CONTRACTS, PROCUREMENT AUDIT, AUDIT RESOLUTION, UM, AND, UM, POLICY DEVELOPMENT. I MOVED TO THE AIRPORT, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO AND TOOK ON THE REAL ESTATE PROJECT COORDINATOR POSITION FOR OUR LEASING UNIT AND WAS APPOINTED THIS POSITION, UM, IN DECEMBER. I WAS FILLING IN WHEN MATT MATTHEW BROOKS LEFT IN MAY OF LAST YEAR. SO THAT'S MY BACKGROUND. I LIVE IN LONG BEACH AND LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE AIRPORTS, UM, FROM A TRAVELER PERSPECTIVE. THAT'S RIGHT. THAT IS TRUE. EVEN BEFORE I WAS AN LGB EMPLOYEE, I'VE ALWAYS DREAMED OF MOVING TO LGB BECAUSE I DO TRAVEL A LOT. I'VE BEEN TO MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES AND I TRY TO, YEAH, I TRY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, DO SOME DOMESTIC TRAVEL AS WELL. SO I, I LOVE IT HERE. I I ALWAYS GET EXCITED EVERY TIME I SEE LGB IN SOME OF THE CLASSIC MOVIES THAT WE WATCH. AND IT'S AMAZING BECAUSE IT, IT STILL LOOKS THE SAME EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS. THE INTERIOR IS THERE, UM, AND IT JUST CATCHES YOU. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, BUT THAT'S ME. THANK YOU. MALU. PATRICK, I'M A LITTLE BIT TALLER. . GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S PATRICK JACKMAN. I'M THE, UH, AIRSIDE OPERATIONS OFFICER NOW AT LONG BEACH REPLACING CARL ZAEL. I STARTED IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR. UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME. I GREW UP OUTSIDE OF DC, WOULD GO TO ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE AND WATCH THE AIR SHOWS THERE. UM, STOP BY DCA, THE PARKS THERE AND WATCH COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF OVERHEAD. THAT'S REALLY WHAT GOT ME STARTED IN AVIATION. I, UH, WENT TO EMBR RIDDLE IN DAYTONA BEACH, . UH, AND I DID JUST RECENTLY ALSO GET MY MBA FROM EMBER AT ALL AS WELL. UH, PRIOR TO COMING HERE, I WORKED AT DFW FOR FIVE YEARS IN AIR SET OPERATIONS. AND PRIOR TO THAT I WAS AT PITTSBURGH. UM, AND I GUESS YOU SAID YOU WENT TO 50 COUNTRIES? UH, I ALSO TRAVEL A LOT, UH, BUT I TRAVELED TO GO RIDE ROLLERCOASTERS, SO I GO ALL OVER THE PLACE TO RIDE ROLLERCOASTERS. I'VE RIDDEN OVER TWO, 300 ROLLERCOASTERS, INCLUDING THE TALLEST ONE IN THE WORLD, WHICH IS IN NEW JERSEY. NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, BUT, UM, NO, AND I'M REALLY EXCITED TO BE HERE AT LONG BEACH. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC TEAM AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME INTRODUCE MYSELF. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WELL, EXCELLENT. WELCOME TO THE BOTH OF YOU. UM, SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I HAVE MORE. OH, I'M SORRY. . I'LL STOP. YEAH, I HAVE MUCH MORE. WE HAVE MUCH MORE. SO, UH, BEFORE OUR, OUR INDIVIDUAL STAFF REPORTS, UM, I DO WANT TO SAY A FEW COMMENTS FIRST ABOUT, UM, OUR SUMMER TRAVEL AS FAR AS OPERATIONS ARE CONCERNED. UM, WE, UH, RECENTLY PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT, UM, GOSH, WE RECORDED OUR BUSIEST SUMMER EVER WITH OVER 1.1 MILLION TRAVELERS, UM, JUST IN THOSE SUMMER MONTHS. AND, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN AWE JUST IN OUR NUMBERS LATELY. AND, AND SO, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, IT EBBS AND FLOWS IN OUR INDUSTRY, BUT CERTAINLY APPRECIATIVE OF THE NUMBER OF TRAVELERS THAT ARE CHOOSING LONG BEACH AIRPORT. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, THEIR TRAVEL NEEDS. [00:15:01] AND SO, SO JUST, WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF, UM, PRESS ABOUT THAT AND A LOT OF, UM, ACCOLADES ON JUST, UH, HOW WELL THAT, THAT WE ARE, UM, PACING AS FAR AS EVEN COMPARED TO OUR, UH, INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND IN OUR REGION. AND WE'VE JUST BEEN REALLY, REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THE NUMBERS THAT, UH, WE HAVE, AND I HAVE TO ATTRIBUTE IT TO THE AWESOME STAFF THAT, THAT WE HAVE AT LGB. AND SO, UM, I KNOW EVERYONE TAKES GREAT PRIDE, UM, IN MAKING SURE OUR, OUR AIRPORT, UM, IS, IS TOPNOTCH AND SO WANTED TO MENTION THAT. UH, BUT ALSO ABOUT, UM, ANOTHER UPCOMING, UH, PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING ON, PROPOSED PROJECT, WE DID RECENTLY GO TO COUNCIL, UH, FOR A PROJECT THAT IS A CONCOURSE REFRESH PROJECT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO IF WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME AVAILABLE GRANT DOLLARS. AND WHAT THAT PROJECT WILL DO IS TO REALLY REFRESH THE NORTH AND SOUTH CONCOURSE AND PART OF OUR GARDEN AREA, UH, PRIOR TO THE LA I WANNA CALL IT LA LGB, I MEAN LA LG LB. THANK YOU. LA LB, UH, 28 OLYMPICS. SO WE ARE, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY OF DOING SOME KIND OF REFRESH, UM, TO, TO THE AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, THOSE PUBLIC SPACES, UM, IN PHASE ONE WAS COMPLETED IN 2012. UM, AND, AND WE'VE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY GOOD, YOU KNOW, WEAR AND TEAR IN THOSE SPACES AND, AND FEEL LIKE THERE'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY, UH, IF WE CAN TO OBTAIN SOME GRANT MONEY, UM, SOME, UH, BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE LAW, UH, DOLLARS THAT, THAT WE COULD USE TO REALLY, UM, REFRESH THOSE, THE CONCOURSE IN THE SPACE. AND SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT COUNCIL APPROVED THAT THAT CONTRACT. IT DOES INCLUDE, UM, UH, RENOVATING THE RESTROOMS AS, AS WELL. THAT WAS ONE OF THE KEY THINGS THAT, THAT WE PUT IN THERE. BUT REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN ALSO, UM, THE, THE FUTURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ALREADY ABOUT THAT. UH, BUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS A HEADLINE SPONSOR FOR, FOR THAT CONFERENCE. THEY WERE HERE LAST YEAR, BUT IT WAS ANOTHER AIRPORT THAT I WON'T MENTION THAT WAS A SPONSOR. AND THIS YEAR WE ARE. AND SO WE'RE EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, I WILL BE ON A PANEL, UH, DURING THAT, THAT CONFERENCE, BUT WE WILL HAVE INDUSTRIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD, UM, WHETHER IT'S THE AIRLINE REPS, UM, AIRPORTS, TECH COMPANIES, YOU KNOW, REALLY TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AIR TRAVEL. AND SO JUST TO HAVE THAT HERE AT THE CONVENTION CENTER IN LONG BEACH, TO ME, SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHO WE ARE AS A CITY AND THEN ALSO AS AN AIRPORT, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF OUR CITY, BEING ABLE TO BE ON THE STAGE WITH THEM AND, AND SHARE WHAT WE'RE DOING. BUT I ALSO LEARN, IT'S ALSO AN OPPORTUNITY TO NETWORK AND LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD WE ALL DO BETTER IN OUR INDUSTRY. AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THAT'S IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO, SO, UM, HOPE THAT SOME OF YOU WILL ENJOY THAT CONFERENCE AS WELL. AND THEN LASTLY, AS, UM, COMMISSIONER BROWN MENTIONED, AND, AND I KNOW KATE MIGHT TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT IT MORE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN ALL HANDS ON DECK, UH, FOR THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT. I MEAN, WE DO, UM, LOOK FORWARD TO THIS ANNUAL COMMUNITY EVENT EVERY YEAR, UM, WITH THE NUMBERS THAT WE HAD LAST YEAR AT 15,000 AND WHAT WE EXPECT FOR THIS YEAR, UH, THE SAME. AND, AND ALSO ON THE HEELS OF OUR, YOU KNOW, HUNDREDTH YEAR CENTENNIAL YEAR. IT'S REALLY JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW OFF, UM, JUST OUR AMAZING INDUSTRY WITH ALL THE STATIC DISPLAYS AND, AND ALSO, UM, JUST PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES AND PEOPLE TO COME TOGETHER AT THE AIRPORT AND BE ON THE AIR, YOU KNOW, PARTIALLY ON THE AIRFIELD AND SEE, SEE, UM, AIRCRAFT CLOSE UP AND, AND, AND JUST THE, THE FEEL AND VIBE OF, YOU KNOW, JUST BRINGING FOLKS TOGETHER, GOOD MUSIC, GOOD F FOOD AND, AND RIDES IF YOU WANT TO, ON, ON SOME THINGS. AND THEN ALSO FOR, FOR THE LITTLE ONES, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR THEM TO, TO JUST DO SOME CRAFTS AND ARTS AND ALL THAT. IT'S, IT'S REALLY GREAT. AND SO WE ARE, UH, AGAIN, ALL HANDS ON DECK, LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY'S EVENT. UH, SO THAT, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS AND I DO WANNA SEGUE INTO, UM, THE NUMBERS. AND SO I BET FINANCE OFFICER MON CHASE IS RIGHT BEHIND ME TO REALLY TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE FINANCIALLY. MONI. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, IN YOUR PACKET, THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2024. SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE REPORT, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES OPERATED WITH 93 LANDINGS, UM, COMPARABLE TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. UH, THEY HAD A TOTAL OF 7,500, UH, EMPLOYMENTS. THAT'S UP 19% COMPARED TO SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. EVEN THOUGH THEY OPERATE THE SAME NUMBER OF FLIGHTS, IT'S BECAUSE ONE OF THEIR FLIGHTS, UH, DID OPERATE WITH A LARGER AIRCRAFT. UM, [00:20:01] ADDING TO THAT, UM, SEAT CAPACITY OVERALL, GENERATING MORE CLAIMANTS. HAWAIIAN AIRLINES OPERATING WITH 62 FLIGHTS COMPARED TO 58, UM, LAST YEAR, IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME, UH, THE MAUI FIRES HAD IMPACTED, UM, TRAVEL TO THAT AREA. AND SO THAT, UH, WAS SEEN LAST YEAR. IT, UM, THIS YEAR, THEIR FLIGHTS HAVE RECOVERED, AND SO THEY'RE BACK IN FULL SWING. UM, SEEING OVER 10,000 EMPLOYMENTS FOR THAT, UM, PERIOD, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 29% INCREASE, UM, FOR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. AND THEN SOUTHWEST AIRLINES SEEING THE, UM, VAST MAJORITY OF THE ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT, UH, NEARLY 1300 FLIGHTS, UH, TOTALING 154,000 IN CLAIMANTS. UM, THAT'S A 9% INCREASE, UM, FOR THE SAME PERIOD. UM, LAST YEAR IN TOTAL, THE AIRPORT SAW 172,831 EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. UM, AND IN TOTAL PASTURE TRAFFIC WAS 345,000. SO THAT'S A REALLY, REALLY STRONG NUMBER FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. AND, UH, SORT OF CAPS OFF THAT SUMMER TRAVEL SEASON THAT, UH, CYNTHIA MENTIONED WHERE WE SAW A RECORD NUMBER OF TRAVELERS, UM, PASS THROUGH OUR AIRPORT, UH, THAT IS AN 11% INCREASE, UM, COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW THE PRE, PREVIOUS YEAR AND ACTUALLY BROKE THE RECORD, UH, THAT WAS PREVIOUS HELD BY 2018 BY MORE THAN 4%. AND SO, UM, IT DOES, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO THE NUMBERS THAT WE'LL SEE IN THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE. SO, UH, MOVING ON, UH, FOR DELTA AIRLINES ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE FOR YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CONTINUED TREND, UM, IS SEEN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, WITH THEM SEEING THAT INCREASE IN CLAIMANT NUMBERS, UH, WITH THE LARGER AIRCRAFT THAT THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING WITH, UH, SEEING AN 18% CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THEN HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, UM, THEY SAW A LITTLE DIP, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, BUT THEY'VE, UH, BEEN MAKING UP FOR THAT, UM, SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, NOW AT ABOUT A NEGATIVE 1%, UM, INACTIVITY, BUT BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE POSITIVE TERRITORY. AND THEN SOUTHWEST, CONTINUING TO SEE THOSE STRONG NUMBERS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH THE TOTAL 18% INCREASE FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. AND THEN IN TOTAL, UM, WE'VE SEEN ABOUT 1.4 MILLION IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE YEAR SO FAR. UH, AND THAT'S JUST TWO THIRDS OF THE YEAR ELAPSED SO FAR. UH, WHAT WE, UH, EXPECT FOR THE LAST, UH, FOUR MONTHS OF THE YEAR, WE WILL TOTAL, UH, PROBABLY OVER 2 MILLION, UM, UH, REACHING A RECORD NUMBER FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR. THAT'S OUR PROJECTION SO FAR. AND THEN MOVING DOWN TO THE AIR CO CARGO CARRIER SECTION, UH, WE SEE THAT UPS OPERATED WITH 24 LANDINGS COMPARED TO 23 LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, THEIR TOTAL CARGO TONNAGE, UH, DECREASED BY 8%, AND THAT'S, UM, BEEN CONSISTENT IN ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR FOR THEM. AS YOU SEE IN THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, THEY'VE CON CONSTANTLY, UH, SEE THE DECLINE WITH THE TOTAL OF 5% DECREASE, UM, IN THE YEAR SO FAR. THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION. THANK YOU, BONNIE. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. UM, WITH THE MERGER OF ALASKA AND HAWAIIAN, DO WE FORESEE, UM, THEM SPLITTING THE FLIGHT SLOTS INTO LONG BEACH OR IT'LL STILL BE, UH, LONG BEACH DIRECT? WE COULD TALK, WE CAN TALK, UH, THE FLIGHT SLOTS, UM, UH, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, IS IT, THEY'RE STILL, THEY'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THEIR PROCESS? MM-HMM, , UM, ALASKA HAWAIIAN AS FAR AS THEIR, THEIR MERGER, UM, TO BE DETERMINED ON WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU KNOW, BUT RIGHT NOW IT'S HAWAIIAN, UM, AND WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT. OKAY, THANKS, . NEXT WE HAVE OUR NOISE REPORT UPDATE. MR. JUSTIN COOK. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I'LL BE GOING THROUGH OUR MONTHLY NOISE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST. UH, IF YOU TURN TO PAGE THREE, THAT'S OUR COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY. AND, UM, THE FIRST TABLE PRESENTS THE ACTIVITY BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM YOU'LL SEE FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, WE HAD ONLY ONE, UM, UH, OPERATION FROM DELTA SKY WEST, UH, FOR AUGUST. AND THAT'S A DECLINE OVERALL BETWEEN THOSE HOURS FROM LAST YEAR. UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A TOTAL OF SIX IN AUGUST, 2023. UH, WE, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, ACTIVITY THIS YEAR, AND THAT'S A ROUGHLY A 85% DECLINE FROM LAST YEAR. WE HAD SEVEN OPERATIONS. SO ALL IN ALL, THAT'S, UH, REALLY GOOD NUMBERS. UM, FOR, FOR, FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST AND, AND THIS YEAR. AND OVERALL, I WOULD SAY THERE'S THE CALENDAR YEAR. IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL, WE'RE DOWN, UH, ABOUT [00:25:01] 50.7% IN TERMS OF ALL LATE, LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE'RE SHOWING NOISE VIOLATIONS. UH, THERE WEREN'T ANY VIOLATIONS, UH, FROM OUR AIR CARRIERS OR COMMUTER, UM, PARTNERS. UH, GA ACTIVITY, UH, INCLUDES CHARTERS, AND WE SHOW, UH, 11, UH, NOISE VIOLATIONS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, UM, WHICH IS A SMALL DECLINE FROM 15, UM, AT THIS TIME LAST YEAR, UM, OVERALL, WE, WE, THERE ARE, IS IS ABOUT ABOUT 14.8% INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF NOISE VIOLATION YEAR TO DATE. AND WE CONTINUE, UH, THE MONETARY FINES ARE SHOWN DOWN BELOW, UM, $300 FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 600 LAST YEAR. UH, OVERALL ACTIVITY IN THE LAST TABLE ON THIS PAGE, UH, YOU'LL SEE, UH, AIR CARRIER AND COMMUTER CARRIERS, UM, ROUGHLY A, A, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A 0.4% INCREASE, UM, MONTH OVER MONTH AND ABOUT A 9.8% INCREASE YEAR TO DATE. AND YOU COULD CONTINUE TO SEE AIR TAXIS AND GA'S GA ACTIVITY WAS DOWN SLIGHTLY, UH, MONTH OVER MONTH. UM, BUT WE STILL SEE OVERALL ACTIVITY. YEAR TO DATE, A 14.4% INCREASE. MILITARY OPERATIONS ARE, ARE DOWN, UM, FROM LAST AUGUST OF 2023. UM, BUT SLIGHTLY UP YEAR TO DATE, IT'S ABOUT THE SAME IN TOTAL. NEXT PAGE IS OUR NOISE VIOLATORS. UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, MOST OF THESE VIOLATIONS OCCUR FROM RUNWAY 30 OR THREE ZERO. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, RMT NUMBER NINE, THAT'S, UH, OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, WITH THAT LIMIT SET. UH, AND YOU COULD SEE THE SEL VALUES, UM, FROM THO THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, OPERATIONS. AND WE'RE, WE'RE MONITORING THOSE DAILY. WE GO THROUGH EACH DAY, WE GO THROUGH EVERY OPERATION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. NEXT PAGE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF GA ACTIVITY, PROP AND TURBOPROP, UM, SHOWING THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN UTILIZATION OF RUNWAY TWO SIX, RIGHT, AND TWO SIX LEFT. UM, I KNOW LAST TIME I MENTIONED KIND OF THE, THE INCREASE, UM, IN UTILIZATION OF TWO SIX, UH, LEFT, UM, SINCE JANUARY, FEBRUARY OF TIMEFRAME. BUT YOU COULD SEE THE SPREAD IS, IS GROWING AND IT'S KIND OF, UH, I WOULD SAY EQUALED OUT OVER TIME. UM, AND COMPARED TO LAST MONTH, THE UTILIZATION PERCENTAGES ARE ROUGHLY ABOUT THE SAME, 69% UTILIZING RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT AND ABOUT 30, 31% USING TWO SIX, RIGHT? FOR OUR NOISE MONITORING DATA. THIS, THIS FIGURE SHOWS THE AVERAGE, UH, DAILY CNEL, UH, VALUES FOR EACH NOISE MONITOR. THE NOISE MONITORING SITES THAT ARE USED FOR ENFORCEMENT OF OUR NOISE ORDINANCE ARE, ARE IN BLUE, AND THE OTHER ONES, UH, ARE IN GREEN. WE SHOW THE, THE ACTUAL DAILY VALUES BY MONTH, UH, FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR DOWN BELOW. AND, UH, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS ACTUALLY, UH, NOT TO JUST OVERWHELM YOU WITH A BUNCH OF NUMBERS, BUT, UM, REALLY TO SHOW CONSISTENCY. WE, WE LIKE TO LOOK THROUGH A ONE COLUMN AND SEE THAT THEY'RE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT, RIGHT? THEY, THIS IS AN AVERAGE VALUE SO THAT IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT. AND IF IT'S NOT, WE, WE TEND TO, WHAT THE NOISE OFFICE WILL DO IS LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR DAY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ABNORMAL THAT'S GOING ON. SOMETIMES IT'S CONTAMINATION OF A NOISE MONITORING SITE FROM A LAWNMOWER OR, UH, I KNOW THERE'S A BARKING DOG ON ONE OF THE SITES THAT I'M ALWAYS LISTENING TO. UM, SO WE WANT TO, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DATA IS CAPTURING JUST AIRCRAFT. OUR LAST PAGE SHOWS NOISE COMPLAINTS, UM, BY ZIP CODE, [00:30:01] UH, MOST OF THE COMPLAINTS THE CONCERN ARE, ARE JUST LOUD AND THAT, AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF, UM, THE BUTTON BEING USED AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. UM, HOWEVER, YOU'LL SEE IN, YOU KNOW, OUR MOST, UM, MOST HOUSEHOLDS ARE 9 0 8 0 7 AT 96 WITH ROUGHLY 36,000 COMPLAINTS. UM, AND THEN, UH, KIND OF DOWN FROM THAT IS 9 0 7, 5 5 AND 9 0 8 0 8. UM, MY ZIP CODE , UM, AT, AT A ROUGHLY THREE TO 4,000 COMPLAINTS FOR THE MONTH. NOISE COMPLAINTS BY HOUR OF DAY, YOU'LL SEE, UH, KIND OF FOLLOWS THE SAME TRENDS AS LAST MONTH. UM, HOWEVER, THERE WAS A INCREASE. YOU COULD KIND OF SEE A SPIKE AT NINE O'CLOCK, AT 2100 HOURS, UH, WHERE THERE WAS MORE ACTIVITY. AND THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THE NOISE OFFICE LOOKS INTO, JUST TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANYTHING. UM, THERE. THE REASON FOR THAT IS, UM, YOU KNOW, ATTRIBUTABLE TO AN INCREASE IN THE, IN INACTIVITY. UM, SO WE, WE DEFINITELY DRILLED DOWN ALL THIS DATA. KIND OF HELPS US LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, DRILL DOWN IN PARTICULAR AREAS AND, AND REALLY, UM, FIND OUT WHY. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. AND, AND YOU'RE IN MONTH TWO OR THREE, MONTH, TWO MONTH TWO MONTH TWO, MONTH TWO. BUT HE HAS ALREADY WRAPPED HIS ARMS AROUND, UM, THE NOYCE OFFICE, THE DATA, AND WE'RE JUST LOOKING FORWARD TO SOME, SOME THINGS THAT HE'S ALREADY WORKING ON. AND SO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE PROGRAMS HE'S GONNA BRING FORWARD. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE BY MS. AL. HELLO AGAIN. UM, SO JUST TO START, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT. AND WITH REGARDS TO MARKETING, UH, WE HAD A NUMBER OF ADVERTISEMENTS AT LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS YOU DEMONSTRATING TO OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY PARTNERS THAT WE ARE THEIR HOMETOWN AIRPORT, UM, ON, IN TERMS OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UH, WE CONTINUE TO DO A NUMBER OF TOURS AND IT'S GREAT NOW THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD THE HISTORIC TERMINAL BACK INTO OUR TOUR PROGRAMMING AND SHOW PEOPLE THAT SPACE. UM, WE WERE BUSY OUT IN THE COMMUNITY IN SEPTEMBER. ONE OF OUR BIG EVENTS OF THE YEAR IS THE ANNUAL BELMONT CAR SHOW, UM, BELMONT SHORE CAR SHOW. AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LONG BEACH STATE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT AS WELL. AND, UM, ONE THING I'VE, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, WAS THE, UM, SPECIAL WEBINAR THAT THE AIRPORT PARTICIPATED IN. UM, IT WAS AIR TRAVELERS WITH DISABILITIES, AND IT WAS HOSTED JOINTLY BY THE CITY'S OFFICE OF EQUITY AND ALSO THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DISABILITIES. UM, AND WE HAD OUR LANDSIDE OPERATIONS OFFICER, TERRY WARD, UM, SPEAKING. AND WE ALSO HAD, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM ONE OF THE AIRLINES AND ALSO FROM THE VENDOR THAT PROVIDES THE WHEELCHAIR SERVICES. AND IT WAS, UM, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO NAVIGATE NOT JUST LONG BEACH AIRPORT, BUT JUST AIRPORTS IN GENERAL, UM, IF YOU HAVE MOBILITY CHALLENGES IN A WHEELCHAIR OR OTHERWISE. UM, SO THAT WAS A VERY VALUABLE, UM, WEBINAR. AND THEN MOVING ON TO MEDIA, WE HAD 61 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN WHICH AGAIN, IS JUST NON-PAID ARTICLES ESSENTIALLY, UM, IN SEPTEMBER. AND, UM, WE HAD A LOT OF COVERAGE ABOUT THE HEAT. YOU MAY HAVE HEARD IT HIT 109 AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT WON'T HAPPEN EVER AGAIN, . UM, AND ALSO, WE ALSO HAD SOME GREAT STORIES IN COVERAGE ABOUT AMP AIR AND THE MOVE OF THEIR HEADQUARTERS TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT. AND THEN LASTLY, ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ACROSS ALL OF OUR CHANNELS, THE MOST POPULAR POST HAD TO DO WITH THE FINAL FAREWELL FLIGHT OF A K, OF THE KC 10. AND, UM, THIS WAS COORDINATED THROUGH THE AIR FORCE. AND, UM, IN THEIR PRESS RELEASE, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD BE DOING A FLYOVER OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS MADE. AND THERE WERE MANY, MANY PEOPLE AT OUR VIEWING AREA. AND THERE WAS ALSO, UM, A REPORTER, UM, FROM A LOCAL TV STATION. AND, UH, MANY GROUPS GOT TOGETHER, INCLUDING, UM, RETIRED FOLKS WHO HAD WORKED ON THAT AIRCRAFT ON, UNFORTUNATELY, TO THEIR GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT. UM, THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE FLIGHT PATH AND THE AIRCRAFT TOOK A DIFFERENT ROUTE AND DID NOT COME OVER. SO WE HAD SOME VERY EXCITED AND THEN DISAPPOINTED FOLKS [00:35:01] AT OUR VIEWING AREA. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, UM, THAT THERE WAS A HUGE CROWD THERE, AND I'M SURE FOR MANY OF THOSE FOLKS THERE, UM, IT WAS THEIR FIRST TIME GOING TO THE VIEWING AREA AND USING IT. SO ANYWAY, I, I DON'T KNOW IF, I THINK I MENTIONED ALREADY THAT THE KC 10 WAS OF COURSE, BUILT RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. AND SO, UM, WE WERE HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HELP SHARE THE STORY OF IT. AND UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T GET THE FLYOVER AS PLANNED, BUT WAS THAT ONE WAS OUT OF OUR CONTROL. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. DOES THE COMMISSION HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? , JUST A QUICK QUESTION WITH THE RECORD NUMBERS. UH, ANY LESSONS LEARNED THAT YOU WOULD WANNA SHARE WITH US AS YOU'RE DEALING WITH MORE PEOPLE GOING THROUGH A TERMINAL BUILDING THAN WE'VE EVER HAD BEFORE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE, WE CREATED A WHOLE NEW SHIFT, UH, WORK SHIFT PROGRAM, , UM, REALLY JUST TO KEEP UP WITH THE VOLUME, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS GOING THROUGH IN THE SPACE WITHIN AN HOUR OR TWO, WE, WE HAD TO, WE CREATED A WHOLE NEW SHIFT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES JUST TO KEEP UP WITH, KEEP THE RESTROOMS CLEAN, KEEP KEEPING THE, THE HOLD ROOM, THE SPACE, UM, UP TO A LEVEL THAT IT SHOULD BE. AND SO, UH, I'M JUST REALLY GRATEFUL THAT WE'VE ADJUSTED IN THAT. I MEAN, WE WERE, IF YOU RECALL LAST YEAR, WE WERE REALLY TRYING TO HIRE A LOT MORE STAFF AND IT WAS TOUGHER. IT WAS LONGER TIME TO ONBOARD FOLKS. AND, AND NOW WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO HIRE, WE'RE STILL HIRING, BUT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO HIRE A LOT OF NEW, UH, EMPLOYEES. AND SO REALLY TO HAVE THEM ON THERE TO, TO KIND OF TAKE ON THIS LEVEL OF, UM, OF, UM, GROWTH HAS BEEN REALLY GREAT. THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE A COMMON USE AIRPORT, WHICH MEANS WE ARE, WE ARE ABLE TO SWITCH AIRCRAFT AROUND AT DIFFERENT GATES IF WE NEED TO. AND SO WE'VE BEEN ALSO, UM, LEARNING FROM THE SUMMER OF, HMM, THERE'S SOME ADJUSTMENTS WE LIKELY NEED TO MAKE. UM, WHEN YOU'RE AT PEAK TIME IN THE CONCOURSE, IT IS REALLY CROWDED. AND, AND SO WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT, UM, WITH OUR LANDSIDE OPERATIONS TEAM, HOW CAN WE BETTER BALANCE OUT, UH, THE, THE, THE SPACE AND USE OF BOTH CONCOURSE? AND SO WE, WE HAVE A PLAN MOVING FORWARD TO DO THAT. SO, SO YEAH, IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN GREAT. IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL, BUT ALSO DEFINITELY LESSONS LEARNED AND, AND, AND PIVOTING ON HOW WE, UH, FACILITATE THIS CHANGE. I WAS CURIOUS, 'CAUSE AS WE ALL KNOW THAT CONCOURSE SIZE WAS SORT OF, UH, MITIGATED TO SAY YES FROM WHAT WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO DO OUT THERE. SO I'M CURIOUS HOW IT WAS HOLDING UP. YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE FILLING IT FOR SURE. WE'RE FILLING T TIGHTNESS, TA KEEP UP TOO. TSA HAS BEEN GREAT, UH, IN, IN KEEPING UP THEIR STAFFING. UH, WE MEET WITH THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS AND, AND THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT SCHEDULES AND TRYING TO PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE ADEQUATE STAFFING DURING PEAK TIMES. UM, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT OUR SECURITY CHECKPOINT AND TALKING WITH THEM AND SEEING, OKAY, WELL WHAT DOES THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE? YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS WE NEED TO BE TALKING ABOUT AND THINKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THIS CONTINUES, ESPECIALLY ANY ISSUES WITH THE BAGGAGE EQUIPMENT, DID THAT ALL HOLD UP? , THE BAGGAGE, THE, WE'RE THE BAGGAGE EQUIPMENT WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT. WE'RE LEARNING LESSONS LEARNED THERE TOO. UM, UH, WE'RE ALSO, YOU KNOW, IN OUR WORLD, UH, BAGGAGE IS A, IS A KEY AREA AND, AND IT'S CONSTANT TRAINING. UH, SO FOR INSTANCE, JUST WITH THOSE VOLUME OF PASSENGERS AND WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN, YOU KNOW, OUR MORNINGS ARE REALLY, REALLY CROWDED. AND SO YOU, YOU KNOW, IT'S TRAINING WITH THE AIRLINE PARTNERS, IT'S, IT'S WITH OUR STAFF AND EVEN HOW DO YOU PUT A BAG ON A BELT? IS, IS A, IS A BIG DEAL. UH, BUT THEN IT'S ALSO THE SCREENING MACHINES AND, AND MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MAINTENANCE IS, IS GOING ON THOSE MACHINES. 'CAUSE IF THEY'RE DOWN, IT IMPACTS THE ENTIRE AIRPORT. AND SO, UM, UH, IT'S A LOT OF TRAINING, A LOT OF CONVERSATION. AND AS, AS EVEN OUR AIRLINE PARTNERS GET NEW STAFF, WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM TO SAY, OKAY, THIS IS HOW YOU DO THIS. 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF OUR FACILITIES. SO YEAH, WE'RE LEARNING FOR SURE. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH AT TIMES, BUT WE'RE LEARNING . THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. WITH SOUTHWEST CHANGING THEIR, UH, IN EMPLOYMENT AND, UH, BOARDING POLICIES, HAVE YOU LOOKED INTO HOW THAT IS GOING TO AFFECT THE TERMINAL AREA ALSO? UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE CATTLE CALLS AND YEAH. A, B AND C, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE SEED ASSIGNMENTS. YEAH, SO, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ABOUT THEIR, THEIR UPCOMING CHANGE, WHICH IS PROBABLY LIKELY, UM, 25, UM, MAYBE INTO 26. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING TO THEM AND, AND THEY'RE QUEUING ALL OF THAT. THOSE DISCUSSIONS HAVE ALREADY STARTED. SO, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE WAITING TO, TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON IT. [00:40:01] BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AT BALANCING OUT THE NORTH AND SOUTH CONCOURSE AND HOW, UH, THE FLOW SHOULD BE IN THOSE, THOSE SPACES, WE'RE ALSO HAVING THE CONVERSATION WITH THEM OF WHAT BOARDING CHANGES ARE YOU MAKING THAT YOU KNOW OF OBVIOUS, OBVIOUS ONES THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT, BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE LAYOUT. AND SO THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT AND POSSIBLY PILOT, UH, MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY IN CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH OUR AIRLINE PARTNER. OKAY. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. SURE. YES. I HAVE A NOISE COMPLAINTS, UH, QUESTION, AND I HATE TO MAKE A SUGGESTION. IN MONTH TWO, , WOULD IT, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE, UM, TRENDS OVER TIME SO THAT WE COULD SEE IF, YOU KNOW, COMPLAINTS ARE UP, COMPLAINTS ARE DOWN, SO WE COULD JUST SEE THE TREND? YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY, WE COULD DO THAT. OKAY. YEAH. WELL, THANK YOU JUAN. YOU'RE WELCOME. , YES, YES. THAT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE COULD DO. WE, WE HAVE THOSE STATS IN THOSE FIGURES ALREADY, SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING WE COULD LOOK INTO INCLUDING. ALRIGHT, THANKS. NOT A PROBLEM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO. YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES. CHAIR RUBIN? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. CARRIED. EXCELLENT. [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 ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, [ANNOUNCEMENTS] IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING ANY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS? YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY YESTERDAY I SPENT 45 MINUTES AT THE LONG BEACH VIEWING AREA. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THE OBVIOUS IS THIS IS A VERY BUSY AIRPORT, AND LISTENING TO THE TOWER IS JUST AMAZING HOW QUICK THEY GET THE INFORMATION OUT AND THE RESPONSES. I MEAN, I WAS JUST LIKE, I COULD NOT BELIEVE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC WAS GOING IN AND OUT WITH, UH, COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT, PRIVATE. AMAZING. SO IT IS A BUSY AIRPORT WHEN YOU GO OUT THERE AND VIEW IT. IT'S A GREAT VIEWING AREA, SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN OUT THERE, GO VISIT IT. ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? YES, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO, TO HAVE, UH, COFFEE WITH, UH, ROBERT, UH, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR, UH, UH, UH, COUNCIL, UH, UH, FIVE MEGAN KERR, UH, THE COUNCILWOMAN. AND, UH, WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED A LITTLE BIT OF THE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN SOME OF THE, UH, ACTIVITIES, THE AIRPORT. AND, UH, UH, I JUST, UH, WAS HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO MEET WITH HIM FOR FOR THE FIRST TIME AND SINCE HE'S LEFT THE COMMISSION. SO, UH, THAT WAS, I JUST WANTED TO REPORT THAT. UH, I DID MEET WITH HIM AND TALK WITH HIM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. UM, SEEING NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT OR COMMENT FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, I [ADJOURNMENT] THINK WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION WILL TAKE PLACE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21ST AT THE LONG BEACH MARRIOTT. ALL RIGHT. THE MEETING IS ADJOURNED. IT IS NOW 4 44. THANK YOU. WE'RE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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