Feb 20, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

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OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IT IS CURRENTLY FOUR O'CLOCK FEBRUARY 20TH.

ARE WE GETTING FEEDBACK? FEBRUARY 20TH, MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONERS ARIAS, GALES AND LARSON ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE DO

[ROLL CALL]

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIA.

COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE.

COMMISSIONER GALES.

COMMISSIONER LA VARGA? YES.

COMMISSIONER LARSON.

COMMISSIONER ZARN.

HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

OKAY.

JUST A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT.

OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO STAFF CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE OUTSIDE.

OKAY.

[1. 25-54366 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on January 16, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND .

SECOND .

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? WAS THERE A SECOND? I MISSED IT.

YES.

THANK YOU.

IN A ROAR, .

OKAY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZA? YES.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

[2. 25-54367 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

NO .

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBEN AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, I AM PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH'S BUSINESS PARTNERS SPOTLIGHT, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.

UM, IT'S REALLY GREAT WHEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PERSON PRESENT IN OUR MEETINGS.

AND SO, UH, THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT IS ON JAIME GUTIERREZ.

HE IS LONG BEACH NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND HE IS HERE AND WE ARE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM BE ABLE TO COME UP TO THE MIC AND SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE COMMISSION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

SORRY ABOUT THAT.

SHORT PEOPLE PROBLEMS, I GUESS.

.

UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

PLEASURE TO BE HERE TODAY.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UH, AGAIN.

HI.

ME GUTIERREZ.

I AM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.

USED TO BE PACIFIC GATEWAY WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.

UH, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU'RE GONNA MAKE THE CONNECTION.

UH, I'VE BEEN IN THE ROLE FOR 30 DAYS NOW.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO BE HERE.

I LOVE LONG BEACH.

I'VE BEEN HERE JUST 30 DAYS, LIKE I SAID.

BUT EVERYTHING ABOUT LONG BEACH IS AMAZING.

UH, TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT LONG BEACH WORKFORCE INNOVATION NETWORK.

I ALMOST SAID PG WIN.

UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU KNOW ABOUT US, BUT WE ARE ESSENTIALLY EVERYTHING RELATED TO WORKFORCE.

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR RECRUITMENTS, IF YOU ARE LOOKING TO POST POSITIONS, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR TRAINING INFORMATION, IF YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ASSISTANCE AROUND INTERNSHIPS, UH, DEVELOPING APPRENTICESHIPS, PRE-APPRENTICESHIP, ALL OF THAT TYPE OF STUFF IS THE STUFF THAT WE HELP OUT WITH.

SO ANY PARTICULAR NEEDS THAT YOU MAY HAVE AROUND THE WORKFORCE ARENA, WE'RE HERE TO HELP AND WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE WHATEVER ASSISTANCE WE CAN, INCLUDING IN SOME AREAS, FUNDING AROUND DIFFERENT TRAINING PROGRAMS. THERE ARE SPECIALIZED TRAINING THAT SOMETIMES IS NEEDED BY ORGANIZATIONS, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOME STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING THAT CAN HELP WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING IF THERE IS A NEED IN THAT AREA AS WELL.

SO ANYTHING THAT YOU NEED AROUND WORKFORCE, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.

I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE WHATEVER SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO THE GREAT.

UH,

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I CAN'T REMEMBER IT NOW.

AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT.

THANK YOU, .

SO WITH THAT, UH, I WELCOME THE OPPORTUNITY AT SOME POINT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY, UH, ANY NEEDS, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO REACH OUT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, THANK YOU MR. GUTIERREZ FOR, FOR BEING HERE.

AND I'LL JUST ADD THAT, UM, UH, REALLY OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM IS, IS HAS BEEN, UM, REALLY GREAT AND OVER THE YEARS WE'VE DEEPENED OUR, UM, UM, RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH HIS TEAM.

BUT IT'S REALLY GREAT TO HAVE HIM NOW IN THE ROLE, UM, OFFICIALLY AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM ON A NUMBER OF ISSUES, UM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO RESOURCES AND, AND CONNECTING OTHER, OUR OTHER TENANTS WITH THE NEEDS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE FOR THEIR COMPANIES.

SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

IT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

AND WELCOME.

DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? PLEASE? GO AHEAD.

YES.

DO YOU HAVE BUSINESS CARDS WITH YOU? SO I HAVE.

SO YOU I DON'T HAVE THEM.

DON'T HAVE 'EM.

OKAY.

BUT I'M SURE WE, WE CAN FIND YOU.

YES, I AM.

YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.

THANK YOU.

SO I'M ACTUALLY LOCATED LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET OVER HERE, UM, AT THE PLAZA.

SO AIRPORT PLAZA, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

SO I, BUT I AM HAPPY TO CONNECT WITH YOU AFTERWARDS AND PROVIDE YOU ALL MY CONTACT INFORMATION.

AGREED.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.

SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

WE'VE HAD DISCUSSION.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE.

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

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

CAN WE BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

SECRETARY WILL PLEASE

[3. 25-54369 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for February 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY, 2025.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THE RECOMMENDATION? SHALL MOVE.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

CHAIR RUBIN AND COMMISSIONERS.

UM, PLEASE TO, TO BE HERE TO SHARE THIS MONTH'S, UM, STAFF REPORT.

UH, BUT FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE JUST A FEW THINGS.

UM, ONE, UM, HERE IN 2025, UM, ESPECIALLY THE LAST FOUR WEEKS, OUR INDUSTRY HAS SEEN, UM, SEVERAL MAJOR INCIDENTS AND, AND THE COLLISION, UM, THAT HAPPENED ON JANUARY 29TH, UM, LAST MONTH.

UM, AT DCA REAGAN AIRPORT IS HEARTBREAKING.

UM, THE INCIDENT, UH, IN TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT EARLIER THIS WEEK, UM, WHILE WE WERE SO THANKFUL FOR THE SURVIVORS, UM, OUR TEAM AND OUR INDUSTRY, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE GRIEVING TOGETHER AND WE'RE AT A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT LIKE THIS IN QUITE SOME TIME.

IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME OF SEEING THESE KIND OF MAJOR INCIDENTS AND, BUT I WANTED TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THESE THINGS REMIND US OF HOW IMPORTANT OUR ROLE IS.

UM, AS FAR AS IN, IN OUR INDUSTRY REGARDING SAFETY AND SECURITY AT OUR AIRPORTS.

AND, AND I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT, UM, THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE ALL LEARN FROM THESE EVENTS, UH, BUT CERTAINLY WE ALL ALSO PRACTICE IF THERE'S ANY TYPE OF INCIDENTS.

BUT IT'S JUST A REMINDER OF HOW MUCH, UM, WE ARE, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

AND, UH, AIRPORTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE, AGAIN, JUST GRIEVING, UM, WITH THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES LAST MONTH.

UM, AND AS WELL AS JUST THE NEAR, UM, POTENTIAL HORRIFIC INCIDENT AS FAR AS, UM, UH, TORONTO, UH, PEARSON'S INCIDENT EARLIER THIS WEEK.

AND SO I DO WANTED TO JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, UM, WITH THE COMMISSION THIS AFTERNOON.

UH, NEXT I'LL SEGUE A LITTLE BIT, UH, INTO KIND OF OPERATIONS HERE AT THE AIRPORT.

WE HAVE, UM, SEEN OUR COMMERCIAL TRAVEL, UH, FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY.

TYPICAL TO BE A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN, THAN WHAT WE WOULD SEE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, GOSH, UH, LAST WEEK WAS THE WEEKEND OF LOVE.

AND SO, UM, AS FAR AS VALENTINE'S, WE DID SEE A UPTICK IN TRAVEL.

AND, UH, WE ARE, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, MARCH BECAUSE WE'LL PROBABLY SEE A LITTLE BIT OF UPTICK THEN AS WELL FOR SPRING BREAK AND, AND SOME ACTIVITIES STARTING TO, TO HAPPEN AT THE AIRPORT.

BUT CERTAINLY, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST IT'S BEEN, BEEN A LITTLE SLOW.

BUT AGAIN, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING THAT UPTICK START START AT THE AIRPORT.

UH, NEXT I'D ALSO WANT TO MENTION,

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AND SO THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT THAT, UM, REALLY, REALLY SHARED ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS AND HAVING CLEAN VEHICLES.

UM, UM, AND, AND THE IMPORTANT PIECE FOR, FOR THE AIRPORT IS THAT LONG BEACH TRANSIT, NOT ONLY ARE THEY A TENANT HERE, BUT THAT THEY HAVE A, A STOP AT THE AIRPORT.

THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF, UH, STOPS AT THE AIRPORT, BUT ONE MAINLY THAT THEY'RE GONNA USE THE NEW CLEAN BUSES ON, UH, IS FOR THEIR U-C-L-U-C-L-A WESTWOOD COMMUTER, UH, BUS.

AND SO THEY HAVE DEDICATED SPACE FOR THEIR PASSENGERS AND, UH, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UM, PARK THEIR CAR AT THE AIRPORT AND TAKE THAT LONG BEACH TRANSIT COMMUTER BUS, UH, TO, TO THE WEST SIDE, WHICH IS MUCH EASIER THAN SITTING ON THE 4 0 5 FREEWAY, UH, FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

AND SO IT'S A GREAT SERVICE.

AND SO WE WERE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, UH, WITH THEM ON, UH, UH, ANOTHER SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVE AND PROJECT THAT, UM, THAT WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO SUCCEED IN.

SO, WANTED TO MENTION THAT.

AND LASTLY, ONE OF OUR OWN EMPLOYEES, JASON ERD KEMP, RECEIVED THE CITY OF LONG BEACH EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH LAST MONTH.

SO WE WERE DOWN AT CITY HALL CONGRATULATING HIM.

JASON IS ONE OF OUR AIRPORT OPERATIONS SPECIALIST TWO, UM, INDIVIDUALS.

AND HE HAS BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF REALLY PLANNING OUR FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT ON, ON A YEARLY BASIS.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY, WE'VE MENTIONED HIM BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT IS ONE OF, IS THE LARGEST COMMUNITY EVENT THAT WE AS AN AIRPORT, UM, UH, HOST.

AND SO, UH, JASON IS AT THE CENTER OF ALL OF THAT, MAKING SURE WE HAVE FUN, EXCITING, UH, A STATIC AIRCRAFT ON DISPLAY.

IT, IT TAKES A LONG, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A YEAR OF WORK.

UM, SO AS SOON AS WE GET DONE WITH ONE FESTIVAL FLIGHT, WE'RE WORKING ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND SO HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGED AT THE LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN, IN JANUARY.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY PROUD THAT, THAT, UM, THAT HAPPENED FOR HIM AND HE RECEIVED THE DUE RECOGNITION.

SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY, MY KIND OF POINTS.

BUT I DO WANNA SEGUE INTO OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE WITH OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER, MR. MONI CHE, WHO IS PROBABLY RIGHT BEHIND ME.

, YOU HAVE IN MON, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UM, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 2024.

SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT, UH, FOR THE DECEMBER 20, 24 MONTH, UM, THE AIRPORT SAW A TOTAL OF 174,000 IN EMPLOYS UP 3% FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT THERE IS THAT HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SAW A 45% INCREASE IN THEIR ACTIVITY.

UM, THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO OPERATE THEIR USUAL 12 DAILY FLIGHTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE MONTH COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR WHEN THEY HAD SOME REDUCTIONS TO THEIR MAUI FLIGHT.

UM, LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE COLUMN, UM, WE SEE THAT, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, UH, THIS COVERS A FULL CALENDAR YEAR.

AND SO FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 2024, WE SAW A TOTAL 2,068,742 IN EMPLOYS.

THAT'S A RECORD HIGH FOR THE AIRPORT, UM, THE FIRST TIME WE'VE EVER CROSSED THE 2 MILLION MARK, UH, FOR A CALENDAR YEAR.

UM, THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS BACK IN 2018 AND IT WAS JUST SHY OF 2 MILLION.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, WE SEE THAT THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION, UM, UPS SEEING A 1% INCREASE IN THEIR CARGO TONNAGE, UM, THEY HAVE A LOT MORE CARGO TONNAGE PER FLIGHT.

UM, SO OVERALL THEY HAD LESS LANDINGS, BUT UM, MORE, UH, CARGO TONNAGE RECORDED.

UM, THAT'S, UH, DIFFERENT FROM WHAT THEY SAW, UM, PRETTY MUCH TO THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR IN 2024, WHERE THEY SAW A TOTAL OF 5% DECREASE IN THEIR CARGO TONNAGE.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT REPORT IN OUR, UM, BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT.

UM, HERE WE SEE THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

UM, THIS IS 25% THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 25, UH, THIS COVERS THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, AND DECEMBER.

WE SEE THE ACTIVITY DECREASE, UH, SLIGHTLY BY 1%.

UM, WE EXPECT THAT TREND TO CONTINUE ON THIS, UM, QUARTER AND ALSO THROUGH THE SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR.

UM, LIKELY RESULTING, UH, A 3% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY THIS YEAR, UH, COMPARED TO OUR RECORD HIGH PREVIOUS YEAR, UM, FOR AIRLINE REVENUES.

UM, WE SEE THAT THAT REVENUE IS ACTUALLY INCREASING.

WE WERE ABLE TO INCREASE FEES THIS YEAR, YEAR TO OFFSET SOME OF THOSE DECLINES.

AND SO WE'RE SEEING, UH, THAT, UM, GAP CLOSE FOR PARKING OPERATIONS.

WE ARE SEEING, UH, CONTINUE TO SEE STRONGER, UH, REVENUE GROWTH THERE.

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UM, HOWEVER, FOR OUR RENTAL CAR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION, WE'RE SEEING THAT SLIGHT DECLINE, UM, COMPARABLE TO THE DECLINE IN ACTIVITY.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE FUEL FLOWAGE FEES, UH, WE SEE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THERE, UH, BY ABOUT 80% THIS QUARTER.

AND LIKELY IT'LL CONTINUE ON, UH, THROUGH THE REST OF THE YEAR.

WE ACTUALLY INCREASED OUR FUEL FLOWAGE FEES FROM 6 CENTS TO 9 CENTS THIS YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE SEEING THAT, UM, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE, UM, THIS YEAR.

UH, THE OTHER CATEGORY THAT'S I'M SEEING SOME SIGNIFICANT INCREASE SO FAR IS OUR OTHER REVENUES, WHICH IS MAINLY OUR INTEREST INCOME.

WE'RE SEEING REALLY STRONG YEAR YIELDS CONTINUE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES.

AND SO THAT'S, UH, LIKELY TO CONTINUE ON THIS YEAR, UM, BUT WON'T BE AS STRONG AS WE SAW LAST YEAR.

OVERALL, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT $63 MILLION IN OPERATING REVENUES THIS YEAR.

A SLIGHT DECLINE FROM, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE SEE THAT, UM, SALARIES AND BENEFITS ARE SEEING, UM, SIGNIFICANT GROWTH, UH, NOT ONLY FROM THE WAGE INCREASES, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UH, VACANCIES BEING FILLED.

AND SO THAT'S GONNA, UM, UH, SEE SOME PRETTY, UH, HIGH INCREASES THIS YEAR, UH, RESULTING IN ABOUT 16% BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UH, THEN WE ALSO SEE, UH, UH, SERVICES AND APPLIED, UH, CATEGORY INCREASING ABOUT 7%, UH, THAT'S DUE TO INFLATION AND ALSO INCREASE, UH, MATERIALS AND APPLIES AS WE HAVE, UH, NEW FACILITIES, UM, ONLINE THIS YEAR.

UM, AND THEN IN TOTAL, UH, WE ARE EXPECTING ABOUT 50 MILLION, UH, 0.6, UM, UH, FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR, UH, FOR OPERATING EXPENSES.

ONCE YOU NET THAT OUT, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ABOUT A $12 MILLION NET RESULTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

NOT AS HIGH AS THE PREVIOUS RECORD YEAR, BUT, UM, STILL VERY STRONG RESULTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION.

THANK YOU MONI.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE OUR NOYCE REPORT UPDATE BY OUR NOYCE OFFICER, MR. COOK.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, I'LL START ON PAGE THREE WITH, UH, AIR CARRIER LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

UH, YOU'LL SEE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM WE HAD A TOTAL OF 11, UM, OPERATIONS.

THAT'S A INCREASE FROM FOUR THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE ACTUALLY ALL 11 OF THOSE WERE, UM, NOT DEEMED, UH, VIOLATIONS.

THEY ACTUALLY, UH, FILLED OUT THE, UH, FORM FOR UNANTICIPATED DELAY.

UH, THEY WERE DUE TO WEATHER PRIMARILY.

UM, AND, AND WE'RE STILL DOWN ABOUT 25% YEAR TO DATE.

OVERALL BETWEEN THOSE HOURS, UH, BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, ACTIVITY, WHICH IS GOOD.

AND WE'RE ABOUT, UH, ROUGHLY 35% BELOW CALENDAR YEAR 2023, WE GO TO THE NEXT PAGE FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS.

UH, ONCE AGAIN, NO VIOLATIONS FOR OUR AIR CARRIERS.

UH, GENERAL AVIATION WAS DOWN ABOUT 71%, UH, FROM SIX DOWN FROM 21.

UM, OVERALL YEAR TO DATE WAS ABOUT UP 13%.

UH, WE SAW THAT NUMBER KIND OF, UH, START OUT HIGHER.

UM, BUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IT, IT BECAME LESS AND LESS, UM, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN FOR, FOR GENERAL AVIATION.

UM, AIRPORT SURCHARGES OR FINES.

UH, WE WERE, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER OF THIS YEAR, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AT $500.

UH, BUT OVERALL YEAR TO DATE WE WERE UP 17, ROUGHLY 17% AT $5,400.

UH, OPERATIONAL TOTALS, I THINK, UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH ALL THESE TODAY, BUT, UM, YOU'LL SEE IN GENERAL WE WERE, UH, YEAR TO DATE, UH, 8.7% HIGHER COMPARED TO 2023, UM, WITH GENERAL AVIATION BEING UP 7.8%.

UH, THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS OUR NOISE VIOLATORS.

UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

UH, THOSE WERE VIOLATIONS RELATED TO EXCEEDING THE NOISE LIMITS, THE SEL VALUES AS YOU COULD SEE, UH, FOR PARTICULAR TIMEFRAMES.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, UH, WE DO A, A GA ANALYSIS COMPARISON BETWEEN RUNWAYS TWO SIX RIGHT AND TWO SIX LEFT.

UH, YOU'LL SEE ROUGHLY

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UH, AND THEN NO, IT, STARTING IN NOVEMBER, DECEMBER TIMEFRAME, YOU COULD SEE THAT KIND OF LEVELING OFF.

UM, AND, AND MAINLY DUE TO, UH, WEATHER.

UM, WE SAW ABOUT THE SAME PERCENTAGE OF USAGE OF THOSE BETWEEN THOSE RUNWAYS.

SO A 70 30 SPLIT CONTINUES TO BE ABOUT THE, THE AVERAGE, UH, 70% BEING ON TWO SIX LEFT AND 30% BEING ON TWO SIX.

RIGHT? UH, THE NEXT PAGE, UH, KIND OF GOES OVER OUR NOISE MONITORING DATA.

YOU COULD SEE AVERAGE DAILY CNEL VALUES, UM, UH, EACH OF OUR NOISE MONITORING SITES, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, WE BREAK THOSE DOWN FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR, UH, FOR EACH OF OUR 18 NOISE MONITORS DOWN BELOW.

THEN WE'RE GONNA JUMP TO NOISE COMPLAINTS.

YOU CAN SEE OUR NOISE COMPLAINTS DECLINED IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER.

UH, CONTINUING THAT TREND BASICALLY SINCE AUGUST, UH, IS A FUNCTION OF THE NUMBER OF TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, UH, TYPICALLY WEATHER RELATED.

DURING THIS TIMEFRAME.

WE HAD, AS YOU COULD SEE DOWN BELOW, WE HAD, UM, DAYS WITH VERY FEW OPERATIONS.

AND, AND THAT WAS DUE TO, LARGELY DUE TO FOG.

UM, AND, AND BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, THE HOLIDAY SEASON ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE SHOW COMPLAINTS BY HOUR OF DAY.

UH, AND YOU COULD SEE KIND OF THE, THAT INCREASING WHERE BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 2:00 PM AND 4:00 PM ARE OUR PRIMARY HOURS OF ACTIVITY.

UM, AND RESULTING NOISE COMPLAINTS AT THAT TIME FOR GENERAL AVIATION.

AND THEN AROUND FIVE O'CLOCK IT DROPS.

AND THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO, UH, IT GETTING DARK OUT AROUND THAT TIME.

SO YOU GOTTA EXPECT THAT NUMBER, UM, TO MAYBE BE HIGHER AS WE GO INTO, YOU KNOW, LONGER DAYS WITH SUN AND THE NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS AND COMPLAINTS.

UH, 9 0 8, 0 7, UH, HAVING THE MOST AT 74 HOUSEHOLDS WITH OVER 20,000 COMPLAINTS, UM, KIND OF COMING IN SECOND IS, UH, NEAR HUNTINGTON BEACH, UH, WITH THREE HOUSEHOLDS IN 1100 OR SO COMPLAINTS.

UM, MUCH DIFFERENT, UH, REASONS FOR CONCERN.

HUNTINGTON BEACH MAINLY BEING, UM, ARRIVALS KIND OF FROM AIR CARRIERS COMING IN.

THERE'S MULTIPLE PATHS THAT KIND OF MERGE INTO THAT, THAT AREA FOR, UH, FINAL APPROACH.

AND THAT'S IT.

I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO NEXT MEETING IN TERMS OF, UH, GOING OVER NOISE 1 0 1.

WE'VE, UH, SPENT A GOOD DEAL OF TIME PREPARING, UM, WHAT I THINK IS A GREAT, UH, PRESENTATION.

SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT NEXT MONTH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, JUSTIN.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, UPDATE BY OUR OFFICER KATE AL.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, SO YEAH, I'LL JUST GIVE SOME HIGHLIGHTS, BUT BEFORE I GO INTO THE HIGHLIGHTS, I WANTED TO DO SOME INTRODUCTIONS.

UM, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS DIVISION AT THE AIRPORT HAS JUST HAD A GREAT NEW INFUSION OF TALENT.

UM, AND SO WE HAVE THREE NEW PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANTS AND THEY'RE HERE TODAY.

SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

JAMES MATONE IF YOU CAN WAVE.

AND, UH, SARAH MENDOZA AND HANNAH ORTIZ.

UM, AND ALL THREE OF THESE FOLKS HAVE A REALLY GREAT, UM, BACKGROUND THAT THEY'VE ALREADY STARTED CONTRIBUTING TO OUR TEAM.

THEY JUST STARTED ON JANUARY 27TH AND THEY ALL STARTED ON THE SAME DAY.

AND SO IT WAS NICE 'CAUSE WE COULD DO A LITTLE ORIENTATION AND KIND OF A LITTLE COHORT FEEL.

UM, BUT HANNAH COMES FROM ANOTHER CITY DEPARTMENT, UM, POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND, UH, SARAH HAS A BACKGROUND IN WORKING FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS AS A STAFFER.

UM, I'M JUST GIVING A VERY BRIEF SUMMARY OF THEIR MOST RECENT EXPERIENCES HERE, BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE TO IT.

AND, UM, JAMES IS COMING FROM WORKING IN COMMUNICATIONS IN A NONPROFIT.

UM, AND BEFORE THAT SOME CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS AS WELL.

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UM, SO JUST TO START WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT, STARTING WITH MARKETING, UH, WE HAD OUR, UM, ANNUAL JERSEY GIVEAWAY AT A LONG BEACH STATEMENTS BASKETBALL GAME, WHICH IS ALWAYS A FUN TIME.

WE SET UP A TABLE AND DO THE YOUTH JERSEY GIVEAWAYS, AND THEN YOU CAN SEE OUR AIRPORT LOGOS ON THE BACK OF THOSE JERSEYS.

UM, ALSO WE HAVE BEEN BUSY ROLLING OUT THE AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT MARKETING COLLATERAL IN NEW PLACES.

UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT WE HAVE OUR POLE BANNERS.

UM, THERE'S A PHOTO HERE AND THOSE ARE ALL ALONG THE DONALD DOUGLAS DRIVE LOOP AND THEY LOOK GREAT.

UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE THE AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT GRAPHICS NOW ON THE DISPLAYS AT THE GATES.

SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO PUT THAT EVERYWHERE WE CAN.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.

WE WERE PROUD TO BE ONE OF THE SPONSORS FOR THE STATE OF THE CITY EVENT IN EARLY JANUARY AT THE TERRACE THEATER.

UM, AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER, WE HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE ANNUAL DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR PARADE WITH OUR FLOAT AND SPECIAL THANKS TO COMMISSIONERS, UH, BROWN AND ZN FOR BEING ABLE TO JOIN US THAT DAY.

AND WE WERE ALSO ONE OF THE EVENT SPONSORS FOR THE DAY.

UM, IN THE MONTH OF JANUARY, WE HOSTED 165 YOUTH AND ADULTS ON A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF TOURS.

AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE VERY STRONG DEMAND FOR, UM, JUST DIFFERENT GROUPS, EITHER SCHOOL GROUPS OR SPECIAL AFFILIATION GROUPS COMING TO THE AIRPORT TO CHECK US OUT.

UH, WE DID WRAP UP OUR LGB LIVE HOLIDAY MUSIC PROGRAM WITH 17 LIVE MUSIC PERFORMANCES FROM LOCAL ARTISTS, INCLUDING SOME VERY TALENTED HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC GROUPS.

AND WE ARE GONNA BE ROLLING OUT, UM, A NEW AND MORE ROBUST, ROBUST SERIES OF MUSIC PROGRAMMING, UM, IN THE COMING MONTHS.

AND WE'RE GOING TO BE INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF LIVE MUSIC PROGRAMMING THAT WE HOST AT THE AIRPORT.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, IN THE COMMUNITY CATEGORY, UH, WE DID ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT, UM, THE AIRPORT'S EFFORTS TO DIVERT 35 TONS OF FOOD WASTE FROM LANDFILLS.

AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO PARODIES OUR CONCESSIONS PARTNER FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO MAKE THAT POSSIBLE.

AND WE WERE HAPPY TO SHARE THAT NEWS WITH OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, SO NOW I'M MOVING ON TO MEDIA.

IT WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A QUIETER MONTH IN FEBRUARY, I'M SORRY, IN JANUARY WE HAD 55 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS.

UM, AND THE BIGGEST STORIES THERE WERE RELATED TO AIR TRAVEL IMPACTS RELATED TO THE WIND AND THE FIRES THAT WERE TAKING PLACE IN JANUARY.

UM, AS WELL AS THAT FOOD WASTE STORY THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, CYNTHIA MENTIONED ABOUT THE EVENT WITH LONG BEACH TRANSIT TO COMMEMORATE THOSE NEW BUSES, UM, THAT IN LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS PART OF THAT SERVICE.

SO WE GOT A LOT OF COVERAGE FROM THAT AS WELL.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, MOVING ON TO THE SOCIAL MEDIA SECTION.

THE FACEBOOK POST WITH THE GREATEST REACH WAS THE STATEMENT THAT WE ISSUED ON SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHARE OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES ABOUT THE TRAGIC AIRCRAFT INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN WASHINGTON DC.

UM, I'M SURE YOU ALL HAVE FELT JANUARY WAS A VERY DIFFICULT MONTH IN SO MANY WAYS.

AND SO IN RELATION TO THAT, OUR, OUR TOP POST ON THE X PLATFORM WAS A SHORT VIDEO WE PROVIDED OF THE AIRPORT STATING THAT THE FIRE AND WIND EMERGENCIES IN THE LOS ANGELES REGION HAD NOT IMPACTED OUR COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS.

SO THAT WAS JUST AN UPDATE THAT WE PROVIDED TO TRAILERS, TO TRAVELERS.

UM, AND THEN LASTLY, IN HAPPIER NEWS, OUR TOP POST ON INSTAGRAM WAS ABOUT OUR FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM.

UM, AND I, I'M NOT SURE IF I SHARED THIS BEFORE, BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO GET MEDIA COVERAGE AND SOCIAL MEDIA VIEWS FOR OUR SUSTAINABILITY WORK.

SOMETIMES SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS YOU DO ARE HARD TO REACH PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY MAY BE, UH, NOT CONDUCIVE TO A CATCHY HEADLINE OR A GREAT VISUAL, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT WORK, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT REALLY A SNAPPY HEADLINE.

UM, BUT THE FOOD WASTE STORY WAS A NICE CHANCE WITH SUSTAINABILITY.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE A FELLOW IN OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH JAIME'S LB WIND SHOP.

AND HE DID AN INSTAGRAM REEL USING A LOT OF THE VISUALS WITH THE FOOD SCRAP PROGRAM, AND HE WAS ABLE TO SHOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE FOOD SCRAPS START, WHICH BASICALLY IS, UM, IN OUR DINING RESTAURANTS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE LEFT FOOD, FOOD SCRAPS BEHIND ON THEIR PLATES OR ALSO IN THE BACK OF HOUSE KITCHEN, AND THEN HOW THEY END UP IN THE BINS AND THEN THE BIN GOES TO THE K AND THEN WE GOT THE VISUAL OF THE TRUCK

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AND THEN WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY THAT IT CAN BE TURNED INTO COMPOST.

UM, AND SO THAT VIDEO THAT THE FELLOW DID HAS SO FAR, BEEN VIEWED MORE THAN 15,000 TIMES.

AND SO THAT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT SOME OF THAT SUSTAINABILITY WORK HAS ACTUALLY BEEN, UH, SEEN BY OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AND THE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE VIEWS, UH, WAS VERY HIGH FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OUR ACCOUNT FOLLOWERS.

I THINK IT WAS MORE THAN 90%.

SO IT WAS ALSO NICE TO KNOW THAT WE'RE BEING ABLE TO REACH AUDIENCES OUTSIDE OF OUR TYPICAL AIRPORT FOLLOWERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU KATE.

AND, UH, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE MORE INFORMATION NOW THAT YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL STAFF, UH, TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE ALL THE GREAT THINGS THAT, THAT'S GOING ON AT, UM, AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT.

AND SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR MONTHLY STAFF REPORT.

GREAT.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE.

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

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER VARGA? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

WAS THERE,

[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.]

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE

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ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, THEN I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN THE NEXT REGULARLY

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