May 15, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

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THE CURRENT TIME IS 4:00 PM MAY 15TH, 2025.

THE MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.

[ROLL CALL]

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? HERE.

COMMISSIONER GALES? HERE.

COMMISSIONER LAGA.

COMMISSIONER LARSON.

I AM HERE.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

PRESENT.

COMMISSIONER ZARN HERE.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

SO WE WANNA TAKE A QUICK MINUTE AND INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER.

WOULD YOU PLEASE, UM, FEEL FREE TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOURSELF.

TURN YOUR MIC ON.

OKAY.

THE GREEN LIGHT IS ON BEWARE.

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UM, MARVA THOMAS, YOUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER.

AND I AM ABSOLUTELY HONORED AND THRILLED TO BE PART OF THIS, UH, IMPORTANT GROUP.

UM, I COME FROM A BACKGROUND IN, UH, INSURANCE AND RISK MANAGEMENT.

UM, MOST RECENT JOB WAS AT JOHN WAYNE, AIRPORT INSURANCE RISK MANAGER THERE.

AND I HAD THE, UH, OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A LOT ABOUT AIRPORT OPERATIONS, PROJECTS, VENDORS, CONTRACTORS.

UM, AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT MOVING TO LONG BEACH THREE YEARS AGO, THAT IT WOULD BE REALLY NICE IN RETIREMENT TO HELP OUT AT JOHN AT, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

SO I VOLUNTEERED AND I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED THAT.

I CAME ABOARD RIGHT AT THE 100TH CELEBRATION, ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION.

IT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE.

NOT JUST THE HISTORIC, UH, ASPECTS OF IT, BUT JUST THE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

SO I HAVE BEEN HELPING OUT EVER SINCE WITH OUTREACH AND TOURS.

UM, FIRST JOB I HAD AT DISNEYLAND, BY THE WAY, WAS A TOUR GUIDE, SO IT KIND OF FEELS LIKE FULL CIRCLE .

UM, AND I THOUGHT WITH MY BACKGROUND, UH, IN RISK MANAGEMENT, PERHAPS THERE WAS A WAY I COULD BE OF FURTHER ASSISTANCE.

AND THAT'S WHEN THE COMMISSION, UH, CAME UP AS AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO I WAS VERY PLEASED TO MEET THE MAYOR AND BE ABLE TO JOIN THE GROUP.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND, UH, I'M, I HAVE STILL A LOT MORE TO LEARN.

EVERY AIRPORT IS DIFFERENT.

SO FOR THE NEXT FEW MEETINGS, I'M GONNA BE MORE EARS AND LESS TALK.

THANK YOU.

AND WELCOME.

[1. 25-54944 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on March 20, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

OH, THANK YOU.

AND ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON MARCH 20TH, 2025.

IS THERE A MOTION APPROVE? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

[2. 25-54945 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Shannon Bratton with The MODERN.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR RY.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR RUBEN AND COMMISSIONERS.

AND ALSO, UM, WE'RE WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER.

UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

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

THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT IS ON SHANNON BRATTON, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MODERN, UM, LOCATED RIGHT OFFICE SPRING STREET.

AND THAT'S THE BUILDING THAT HAS A LOVELY VIEW OF THE AIRFIELD.

UM, AND WE'VE, UH, HELD OUR TENANT APPRECIATION EVENTS AT THAT LOCATION.

AND SO I WILL ALLOW MS. KATE KIRKENDAL TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT OUR BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT.

HI.

AND, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, SO YES, EXCITED TO INTRODUCE SHANNON BRATTON TO YOU, GENERAL MANAGER OF THE MODERN.

AND AS CYNTHIA

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UM, ON THE GROUND FLOOR, THERE'S THE RESTAURANT AND BAR.

AND THEN ON THE TOP FLOOR IS THE EVENT VENUE, WHICH THEY USE QUITE FREQUENTLY FOR WEDDINGS.

AND AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, WE'VE ALSO USED IT FOR OUR ANNUAL TENANT APPRECIATION EVENT THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

UM, AND THE MODERN IS A FAMILY OWNED RESTAURANT.

IT'S ACTUALLY THREE GENERATIONS.

UM, SO SHANNON WORKS THERE WITH HER MOM, MARY, WHO'S THE CHEF, AND ALSO HER DAUGHTER.

AND IN TERMS OF HER PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND, SHANNON HAS HAD DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN THE RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, UM, AS A SERVER AND, UM, ON THE, UH, FOOD SITE AS WELL.

UM, AND THEY PREVIOUSLY OPERATED VENUES IN SAN, UH, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.

AND THEN IN 2020, WHEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, THEY LAUNCHED THE MODERN, UM, SO TOUGH TIMES IN TERMS OF THE TIMING, BUT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN DOING REALLY WELL.

AND FOR ANY OF YOU WHO'VE BEEN THERE, IT'S A VERY SPECIAL SPOT.

UM, THE EVENT SPACE UPSTAIRS IS 11,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT HAS A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OVERLOOKING THE AIRFIELD.

UM, AND SO SHANNON DESCRIBES IT AS A BLINK CANVAS THAT CAN BE CUSTOMIZABLE FOR ANY EVENT.

THEY ALSO HAVE DELICIOUS CATERING, WHICH WE KNOW FROM FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE, AND THEY ALSO OFFER OFFSITE CATERING.

UM, AND THEN FOR THE RESTAURANT AND BAR, UM, THEY DO HAVE A FULL BAR IF YOU'RE INTO THAT SORT OF THING.

UM, AND THEY'RE OPEN MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FOR BREAKFAST AND LUNCH, AND THEN THEY STAY OPEN A LITTLE LATER ON WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

UM, SHANNON SHARED THAT SHE LOVES WORKING WITH HER FAMILY AND SHE DOESN'T TAKE THAT FOR GRANTED BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SPECIAL TO GET TO WORK WITH YOUR FAMILY.

UH, SHE'S WAS BORN AND RAISED IN LONG BEACH AND SHE TALKS ABOUT THE SPECIAL ENERGY OF LONG BEACH, UM, WHICH SHE DESCRIBES AS QUOTE, A BLEND OF LAID BACK, BEACH CULTURE, AVIATION BUZZ, AND A SUPER DIVERSE, TIGHT-KNIT FOODIE SCENE.

UH, SHE'S MARRIED, SHE HAS A COUPLE KIDS, A DOG AND FOUR CATS.

AND, UM, I'LL JUST WRAP UP THIS SPOTLIGHT BY SHARING THAT.

UM, I DEFINITELY ENJOY, UM, THE LUNCHES AT THE MODERN.

AND MY GO-TO ORDER IS THE MODERN ITALIAN WITH SALAMI, ARUGULA, GOAT CHEESE, AND BALSAMIC VINEGAR WITH A LAVENDER LEMONADE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I LOVE THE MODERN.

THEY MAKE A GREAT PALOMA.

JUST PALOMA AND THEIR CHICKEN DIP .

OKAY.

ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? I ALSO HAVE EATEN THERE.

AND THEIR SOUPS ARE WONDERFUL.

SERIOUSLY? REALLY GOOD.

SO, OKAY.

NEXT MEETING.

WE'LL HAVE TO BRING IN ASSEMBLY .

OKAY.

NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.

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

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

UM, WHEN YOU'RE READY, WOULD YOU

[3. 25-54946 Recommendation to consider the content of the Airport Advisory Commission 2024 Annual Report and take action to refer it to the City Council.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND TAKE ACTION TO REFER IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

SO 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 CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

VICE CHAIR FELS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER CZAR? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

WHEN YOU'RE READY,

[4. 25-55113 Recommendation to review and update Commissioner assignments to City Councilmembers for the purpose of providing briefings to Councilmembers regarding activities of the Airport Advisory Commission.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

OKAY.

SO, UM, I SUPPOSE WE SHOULD OPEN THIS UP FOR DISCUSSION.

I THINK THE ONLY ONE IS DISTRICT TWO THAT CURRENTLY DOESN'T HAVE SOMEONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND SIX AND SIX, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

OKAY.

FROM THE ROSTER THAT WE PREPARED BACK ON 2023, WHICH WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE DID ASSIGNMENTS.

AND,

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WE HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER, BUT WE HAVE TWO SLOTS OPEN.

THERE'S TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT, THAT DO NOT HAVE DISTRICTS.

I'M SORRY.

THERE'S TWO COMMISSIONERS.

CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON PLEASE? THANK YOU.

THERE ARE TWO COMMISSIONERS THAT DO NOT HAVE DISTRICTS.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO, UM, SO DISTRICT TWO IS AVAILABLE AND DISTRICT SIX IS AVAILABLE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON WHICH OF THE NEW COMMISSIONERS WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE SPECIFIC DISTRICT? DO YOU EVER ASSIGN MORE THAN ONE COMMISSIONER TO A DISTRICT OR IS IT SIMPLY JUST ONE AT A TIME? YOU CAN JUST ONE.

OKAY.

UH, I CURRENTLY LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, SO I'LL TAKE TWO SINCE IT'S NEAR ONE.

WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY I'M, I'M DISTRICT ONE, BUT I DON'T LIVE IN DISTRICT ONE, SO OH, IT'S ALL YOURS.

OKAY.

.

THERE WE GO.

I'LL TAKE DISTRICT ONE.

YES.

TRAINING AS WELL.

UM, SO THEN WE STILL HAVE DISTRICT TWO AND SIX.

YEAH.

DO YOU WANT TWO OR I DUNNO WHERE YOU, IS THERE, UM, A DISTRICT THAT YOU NEED A COMMISSIONER ASSIGNED TO? YES, WE NEED SOMEONE FOR DISTRICT TWO OR DISTRICT DISTRICT SIX.

OKAY.

I'LL TAKE EITHER ONE.

, VICE CHAIR? UH, TWO OR SIX.

UH, YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE A NUMBERS GAME.

DOESN'T .

OH, WOULD YOU DRAW SOME STRAWS IN A MINUTE? I'LL TAKE DISTRICT SIX.

OKAY.

SO THEN DISTRICT TWO IS ALL YOURS.

OKAY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.

SEEING NONE, SECRETARY, WILL YOU PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? OKAY.

AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I'LL READ IN THAT FOR DISTRICT ONE WE HAVE COMMISSIONER GALES, DISTRICT TWO, COMMISSIONER THOMAS, DISTRICT THREE, CHAIR RUBIN, DISTRICT FOUR VICE.

UH, I IT WILL BE COMMISSIONER LARSON .

'CAUSE THAT'S HOW LONG AGO IT WAS.

DISTRICT FIVE, COMMISSIONER BROWN, DISTRICT SIX.

VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL, DISTRICT SEVEN, COMMISSIONER ZARN, DISTRICT EIGHT, COMMISSIONER ARIA AND DISTRICT NINE COMMISSIONER VARGA.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU.

DID YOU GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE PLEASE? CHAIR RUBEN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME.

LARSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

YOU, UH, THE MOTION HAS CARRIED .

THANK YOU.

WHEN YOU'RE READY, WOULD

[5. 25-54947 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. ]

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? .

THANK YOU.

MAY I PLEASE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

UM, FOR OUR NEWEST COMMISSIONER, WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS THERE'S, UH, VARIOUS COMMITTEES THAT WE HAVE AND THEN WE REPORT OUT WHEN WE MEET.

SO, UH, THERE IS ON, ON SUSTAINABILITY.

AND, UH, THE ITEMS WE COVERED THERE IS THE A CA OR THE AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION.

THEY JUST REFERRED TO IT AS THE A CA.

UH, THE APPLICATIONS BEING WORKED ON FOR OUR SUBMITTAL FOR, UH, THE ITEMS DONE IN 2024.

IT'S A 2025 SUBMITTAL.

UM, THEY'RE FINISHING UP THEIR GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY AND OTHER ITEMS THAT HAVE TO BE CONSOLIDATED INTO THE REPORT.

JUST TO REMIND EVERYBODY, UM, THERE WAS A BASELINE SET, WHICH WAS THE, BASICALLY THE, THE GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORY THAT WAS TAKEN FOR THE AIRPORT FACILITY IN 2016.

SO THAT WAS OUR BASELINE.

UH, THE GOAL WAS A 20% REDUCTION BY 2025, 40% BY 2030 AND NEUTRALITY BY 2045.

GOOD NEWS IS, IS WE WILL MOST LIKELY FOR THIS YEAR'S REPORTING FAR EXCEED THE 20% THAT IS ACTUALLY DUE IN 2025, UH, CADO TO THE AIRPORT STAFF AND ALL THEIR HARD WORK.

UM, YOU'RE JUST ABOUT ACTUALLY AT THE 2030 MARK.

YOU GUYS ARE SO FAR AHEAD, SO THAT, THAT'S WONDERFUL.

UH, WE'RE GONNA BE THERE.

UM, THE OTHER THING OF INTEREST IS THESE REPORTS ARE NOT ENTIRELY SELF-REPORTED.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY REQUIRE THAT

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SO, UH, THESE WILL EVENTUALLY BE VERIFIED AND SUBMITTED.

UM, ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION SIDE, AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'VE HEARD LOTS OF REPORTS ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL, UH, SOLAR PANELS THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS.

UM, OCCASIONALLY WE WERE TOLD THAT THEY'VE REPLACED EQUIPMENT WITH MORE ENERGY CONSERVATION TYPE EQUIPMENT.

UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT OUR ENERGY USAGE AT THE AIRPORT IS SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN FROM PREVIOUS YEARS.

I MEAN, SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN.

OBVIOUSLY, THE COMBINATION OF THE NEW EQUIPMENT AND THE SOLAR PANELS IS REALLY, REALLY MAKING A DIFFERENCE.

AND THAT'S GREAT TO HEAR.

UM, WATER QUALITY.

WE ARE REQUIRED TO GET RAIN SAMPLES FROM OUR AIRPORT FACILITY, UH, TEST THEM AND TURN THEM IN BASICALLY TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE WATER COMING OFF OF OUR FACILITY MEETS THE EPA STANDARDS.

UM, THEY ARE STILL TRYING TO GET RAIN SAMPLES THIS LATE IN THE YEAR.

IT REQUIRES A SPECIFIC STORM, STORM AT A CERTAIN RAINFALL, AT A CERTAIN AMOUNT, AT A CERTAIN TIME.

AND WHEN I FEEL SORRY FOR AIRPORT STAFF, BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE ON CALL, OH, IT'S RAINING, LET'S GO .

UM, THEY HAVEN'T GOT A COUPLE OF LOCATIONS WHERE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THEIR SUFFICIENT.

UH, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A FIRST FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS FOR YOU OF FOLKS FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO DO THAT.

BUT WE'LL SEE.

UM, SO FAR WHAT THEY HAVE COLLECTED HAS BEEN FINE, BUT WE'RE STILL SHORT.

AND THEN ON THE ONGOING WORK FOR DIVERTING OUR WASTE, UM, HERE TO DATE FOR THE AIRPORT, 7.4 TONS, UH, WHICH MEANS WE'RE NOT ONLY ON TARGET, BUT WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE OUR HIGHEST DIVERSION YEAR EVER IF THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE FORWARD.

UH, 7.4 TONS YEAR TO DATE IS HUGE COMPARED TO PREVIOUS YEARS, AND WE'RE DOING REALLY, REALLY WELL.

SO THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO 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 CHAIR RUBIN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU, SECRETARY.

[6. 25-54948 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for May 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

WILL YOU PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER SIX? ITEM NUMBER SIX.

SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR MAY, 2025.

NO MORE PORTUGAL TRIPS.

.

THANK YOU.

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

DIRECTOR GUIDRY.

YES, I, I, I MUST SAY WE'RE SO HAPPY TO HAVE, UM, MR. KEN MASON BACK FROM A WELL DESERVED TIME OFF.

UH, BUT FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, UM, JUST A FEW THINGS THAT I'LL START OUT WITH, UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO SPECIFIC, UM, AREAS.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT, UH, GOSH, WE'VE, WE'VE MADE IT THROUGH OPERATIONALLY THROUGH, UH, SPRING BREAK, BREAK, TRAVEL.

IT WAS, UM, SOME UP AND DOWN DAYS, BUT, UH, IT, EVERYTHING FARED WELL.

UH, RIGHT NOW THOUGH OVERALL, WE ARE TRENDING, UH, A LOT LOWER THAN, UH, THIS TIME LAST YEAR AS FAR AS OUR NUMBERS WE'RE ROUGHLY ABOUT EIGHT TO 9% BELOW, UM, MARCH, UH, AND APRIL, UH, 20, 24 NUMBERS.

AND SO, UM, THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPECTING JUST WITH, UM, WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE HUMP AND THE, UM, UH, THE PEAK IN TRAVEL FROM THE PANDEMIC.

AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THINGS SETTLE OUT.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING, UH, JUST CHANGES IN TRAVEL OVERALL IN OUR INDUSTRY.

UM, ECONOMIC DECISIONS, PEOPLE ARE REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANNA TAKE THAT NEXT VACATION OR NOT BEING, ESPECIALLY FOR US BEING A BIG, UH, LEISURE AIRPORT.

BUT, UM, THINGS ARE, ARE STILL MOVING, UM, FORWARD.

AND, UH, OUR FINANCIAL OFFICER, MONCHA WILL, WILL DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THAT IMPACT HAS BEEN ON OUR, OUR OPERATIONS AND OUR FINANCES.

NEXT, UM, ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS.

WE HAVE, UM, SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE TERMINAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

THAT WAS ALMOST, YES, A YEAR LONG OF WORK.

UM, IT IS ONE OF THOSE PROJECTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL, YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TRYING TO GET THROUGH THE PHASING, UM, WANTING TO MAKE AS LESS OF AN IMPACT AS POSSIBLE TO THE TRAVELING PUBLIC.

BUT THAT, UM, $16 MILLION PROJECT REALLY BROUGHT, UM, JUST SO MANY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, A DA IMPROVEMENTS, MORE CURB SPACE, UH, THE ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE, LIGHTING, UM,

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AND, UH, THE ENHANCEMENTS ARE ALREADY IMPROVING TRAFFIC FLOW IN FRONT OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL.

WE'VE PUT IN, UH, EVEN SPEED BUMPS THAT ARE OKAY, SPEED BUMPS.

I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SPEED BUMPS, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE REALLY NICELY DESIGNED AND HAVE, UM, DEFINITELY, UM, IMPROVED, IMPROVED THE, THE FLOW, UH, COMING THROUGH THE AIRPORT.

AND ALSO WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO UPGRADE A LOT OF UTILITIES.

AND, AND IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UTILITIES IS, IS NOT NECESSARILY A FUN PROJECT TO DO, BUT IT IS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT REALLY DRIVES A LOT OF, UM, COST OR EVEN HOW WELL YOUR, YOUR IMPROVEMENTS WILL FUNCTION.

YOU NEED THAT FOUNDATION.

YOU NEED THE UTILITIES OPERATING.

UH, WELL, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCOVER SOME UTILITIES WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT .

SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE, UM, DURING THIS PROJECT.

SO I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE TEAM FOR, FOR THE EFFORTS THERE.

UM, WE DID RECEIVE 10.6 MILLION, UH, IN FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS AND, UH, AS PART OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT AND JOBS ACT.

AND SO WE WERE REALLY PLEASED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT OPPORTUNITY.

UH, NEXT WAS A REAL ID.

OH, MY, SO, SO IT, THIS HAS BEEN, UM, GOSH, IT MAKES ME THINK ABOUT Y TWO KA LITTLE BIT, BUT THIS, THIS WHOLE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING WITH, UM, THE TRANSPORTATION SECURITY AGENCY, WELL, THE REST OF OUR NATION, AND REALLY PREPARING FOR REAL ID, UM, AS THE, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT THAT YOU NEEDED TO REALLY TRAVEL DOMESTICALLY.

UH, THERE ARE OTHER FORMS OF ID THAT'S, UM, ACCEPTABLE AS WELL.

BUT, UH, ENFORCEMENT DAY HAPPENED, UH, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND REALLY PLEASED TO SAY THAT, UH, THERE WAS REALLY NO, NO HITCH IN OPERATIONS.

EVERYTHING STILL WENT SMOOTHLY AT THE AIRPORT AS WELL AS MANY OTHER AIRPORTS ACROSS THE NATION.

AND SO REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT REAL ID.

UM, THE DAY CAME, IT HAPPENED, UM, CERTAINLY, UH, TSA PARTNERS HAD A LOT MORE STAFF THERE AT THE AIRPORT, JUST REALLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT DID NOT HAVE A REAL ID, THEIR SUPPLEMENTAL, UM, SCREENING AND THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO, TO GO THROUGH.

AND SO, UH, THAT'S STILL GOING ON AS FAR AS IF, IF ANY PASSENGERS DON'T HAVE A REAL ID, THERE'S ADDITIONAL THINGS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE TSA AND GETTING THROUGH THE CHECKPOINT.

BUT CERTAINLY JUST GLAD TO KNOW THAT WE DID NOT HAVE LINES ALL THE WAY TO THE ROADWAY, UM, UH, UH, DURING THAT, UH, ENFORCEMENT KICKOFF DAY.

SO, SO AGAIN, JUST HAPPY THAT TSA PROVIDED THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT THAT WAS NEEDED AND WAS READY.

WELL, THAT CONCLUDES MY, UH, COMMENTS.

AND NOW, UH, WE SHOULD HAVE OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER RIGHT BEHIND ME, MONI CHE, TO GIVE AN UPDATE.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SO IN YOUR PACKET, THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT.

THIS IS FOR MARCH, 2025.

STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, WE SEE ACTIVITY FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES.

UM, BOTH DELTA AND HAWAIIAN SAW INCREASES IN ACTIVITY FOR THAT MONTH OF MARCH COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

UM, HOWEVER, SOUTHWEST SEEING, UH, 10% DECLINE FOR THE MONTH, UM, AS A RESULT OF SOFTENING DEMAND AND IMPACTS FROM AIRCRAFT SUPPLY CONSTRAINTS.

AND SO THAT'S, UH, DRIVEN DOWN, UM, THE OVERALL ACTIVITY HERE AT THE AIRPORT FOR ABOUT, UM, 8% DECLINE, UM, IN MARCH, 2025 COMPARED TO 2024.

AND LOOKING AT THE RIGHT, UM, SIDE, WE SEE THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBER, WHICH COVERS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE CALENDAR YEAR, THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND SO THAT SAME TREND IS CONTINUING ON WITH BOTH DELTA AND HAWAIIAN SEEING INCREASES.

BUT, UM, THE DECLINE IN ACTIVITY IS LARGELY FROM SOUTHWEST'S ACTIVITY DECLINE, WHICH HAS BEEN CONSISTENT OVER THE FIRST QUARTER.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE BOTTOM LEFT FOR THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION, WE SEE THAT UPS, UM, SEEING ACTIV, UM, LANDINGS OF 39 IN MARCH, 2025 COMPARED TO 2020, UM, FORD'S ACTIVITY OF 22 LANDINGS.

UM, HOWEVER, THEIR, UH, TOTAL CARGO TONNAGE ONLY INCREASED BY 15%.

UM, THAT'S THE SAME THAT WE SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH THE, UH, FIRST QUARTER NUMBERS SHOWING ABOUT 110 LANDINGS COMPARED TO, UH, 64, NEARLY DOUBLING, UM, LAST YEAR'S ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE QUARTER.

UM, HOWEVER, UH, CARGO TONNAGE, UH, INCREASED BY ONLY 16%.

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

UM, THIS IS FOR FISCAL YEAR, UH, UH, QUARTER TWO.

AND SO, UM, STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, WE SEE PASSENGER ACTIVITY AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS REPORT, ACTIVITY DOWN ABOUT 10% FOR THE QUARTER.

HOWEVER, WE DO, UM, IN THIS FORECAST SHOW THAT, UH, ACTIVITY WILL LIKELY INCREASE, UM, WITH STRONGER SUMMER ACTIVITY, UM, HOPEFULLY BRINGING

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UM, SO WE'RE PROJECTING ABOUT A 2 MILLION, UM, PASSENGER TRAFFIC FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING REVENUE SECTION, WE SEE THAT ALTHOUGH ACTIVITY IS DECLINING, UM, OUR REVENUES ARE PERFORMING WELL, UM, OFFSETTING THAT DECLINE AND REALLY STABILIZING TO THE SAME LEVEL AS WE SAW LAST YEAR.

UH, THE ONLY TWO CATEGORIES ARE A RENTAL CAR AND GROUND TRANSPORTATION IS, WHICH IS SEEING PRETTY STABLE REVENUE GENERATION.

AND THAT'S FOLLOWING, UH, THE ACTIVITY LEVELS.

UH, WE ALSO SEE, UH, AVIATION LAND RENTALS, UM, UH, REMAINING, UH, PRETTY MUCH FLAT COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

UH, FOR FUEL FLOWAGE FEES BECAUSE OF THE FEE INCREASES THAT WE SAW AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FROM 6 CENTS TO 9 CENTS, WE'RE SEEING SOME PRETTY, UM, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES THERE.

NEARLY 50% IN REVENUE GENERATION SO FAR.

SO THAT, UM, FEE INCREASE HASN'T IMPACTED, UM, FUEL DEMAND.

UM, ON TOP OF THAT, WE SEE NON-AVIATION LAND RENTALS DECLINING.

UM, THAT'S THE RESULT OF LOWER REVENUES, UH, FROM THE, UH, PARKING LOT ON WARDLOW ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, NOT GENERATING THE REVENUES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN PRIOR YEARS.

UM, AND THEN FOR THE OTHER REVENUES CATEGORY, UH, WHICH IS LARGELY, UM, FROM, UH, INTEREST INCOME, UH, BECAUSE OF THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND THE STRONGER YIELDS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, UH, THIS AREA IS SEEING SIGNIFICANT GROWTH IN REVENUES AND HAS HELPED US OFFSET SOME OF THE REVENUE DECLINES.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING EXPENDITURE SIDE, WE SEE SERVICES AND SUPPLIES IN, UM, UH, REMAINING PRETTY CONSISTENT OVER, UH, THE PRIOR QUARTER.

UM, HOWEVER, FOR THE YEAR, WE DO EXPECT THAT TO INCREASE, UH, FOR THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

THAT'S THE AREA WHERE WE'RE SEEING THE MOST INCREASES SO FAR.

AND THAT'S THE RESULT OF WAGE INCREASES AND, UM, FILLING ALL THE VACANCIES THAT WE'VE HAD.

AND SO, UH, WITH, UM, THAT INCREASE, WE'RE GONNA EX, UH, EXPECT ABOUT ABOUT 16% INCREASE IN, UH, WAGES AND SUPPLIES.

OVERALL, WE'RE EXPECTING TO SEE ABOUT $52 MILLION, UH, UH, UH, OPERATING EXPENSES.

UH, AND THEN ONCE YOU NET THAT OUT WITH THE OPERATING REVENUES OF 63 MILLION, UH, WE HAVE A NET OPERATING RESULTS OF ABOUT 11 MILLION.

THOUGH IT'S NOT AS POSITIVE AS WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR, UH, IT IS STILL SUFFICIENT FOR US TO, UM, GENERATE POSITIVE NUMBERS AND ULTIMATELY FUND OUR DEBT SERVICE AND CAPITAL PROJECTS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE REPORT.

THANK YOU MONI.

AND I, I DO BELIEVE THAT MAYBE ONE PAGE WAS MISSING OUTTA YOUR FINANCE REPORT, AND SO WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE OUR NOISE UPDATE BY OFFICER JUSTIN COOK.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE MONTHLY NOISE REPORT WITH YOU ALL.

UM, WE'RE GONNA START ON PAGE THREE.

AND I KNOW WE HAVE A COUPLE NEW COMMISSIONERS, SO I'LL KIND OF BREAK THINGS DOWN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN SPEED THROUGH IT THIS TIME.

UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH THE AIR CARRIER LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

SO THAT'S ACTIVITY OCCURRING BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM AND THEN 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM.

UH, YOU COULD SEE FOR THE MAR MONTH OF MARCH.

UH, THIS YEAR WE DON'T HAVE ANY LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY BETWEEN EITHER OF THOSE TIMEFRAMES, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.

UH, YEAR, YEAR TO DATE, UH, WE ARE SLIGHTLY UP IN BOTH OF THOSE CATEGORIES.

UM, ONE OPERATION BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THREE OPERATIONS, UH, FROM 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM.

UH, AND, AND SOME OF THOSE LATE NIGHT ACTIVITIES, MOST THE MAJORITY OF THEM ARE DUE TO WEATHER.

UM, WEATHER CAN BASICALLY WEATHER DELAYS THAT OCCUR, UM, THAT THAT HAPPENED.

UM, AND THOSE ARE, UH, WE HAVE ANTICIPATE UNANTICIPATED DELAY FORMS THAT THE AIR CARRIERS FILL OUT, UH, TO LET US KNOW ABOUT THOSE.

ON PAGE FOUR, UH, THIS BREAKS DOWN, UH, NOISE VIOLATIONS.

UH, FOR US.

THE FIRST, THE FIRST TABLE, UH, YOU COULD SEE FOR THIS MONTH IN MARCH, WE HAD NINE VIOLATIONS FOR GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY, UH, COMPARED TO 13 LAST YEAR.

UH, YEAR TO DATE, WE, UH, ARE DOWN ABOUT 15, 16%.

UM, AND THAT IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE SECOND TABLE, RESULTED IN, UH, $200 FINES, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

AND, UM, WHY THAT NUMBER MAY NOT SEEM HIGH IS THAT NOT EVERY VIOLATION RESULTS IN A MONETARY FINE.

SO THE FIRST TIME IT'S, IT'S A, UH, LETTER.

NOTICE THIS

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AND THEN IT GETS, THE THIRD ONE GETS INTO A MONETARY FINE.

SO THAT'S WHY THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS DON'T JUST JUMP OUT WHEN YOU SEE NINE AND $200.

UM, THEN ON THE, THE BOTTOM TABLE, WE HAVE OPERATIONAL TOTALS.

UM, AS STATED, OUR OVERALL NUMBERS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BROKEN OUT INTO VARIOUS CATEGORIES, AIR CARRIER, AIR TAXI, GA, AND MILITARY.

THAT'S HOW THE FAA, UH, CATEGORIZES.

UM, AND OVERALL WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT SEVEN, 7% IN, IN TRA IN TRAFFIC IN MARCH AND CALENDAR YEAR TO DATE, ABOUT FOUR, 4% IN ALL THOSE CATEGORIES COMBINED ON THE NEXT PAGE.

UM, AS MENTIONED, UH, THERE WERE NINE, UH, VIOLATIONS FOR GENERAL AVIATION, AND THESE ARE THE NINE OWNERS, UM, WHO WERE ISSUED VIOLATIONS.

UM, IT TELLS YOU THE DATE AND TIME OF THE INCIDENT, UH, OF THE OPERATION, TELLS YOU WHAT TYPE OF OPERATION, WHAT RUNWAY AIRCRAFT TYPE.

IF IT WAS A NOISE VIOLATION, THAT IS, IT EXCEEDED A CERTAIN LIMIT IN NOISE, YOU WILL SEE THE RMT OR REMOTE MONITORING TERMINAL NUMBER IN THE TABLE.

AND IF NOT, IT WILL SAY NA AND NA MEANS IT WAS AN OPERATIONAL VIOLATION, NOT A NOISE VIOLATION.

SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A TOUCH AND GO, FOR EXAMPLE, PAST THE HOURS IN WHICH WE ALLOW TOUCH AND GOS.

GO ON TO THE NEXT, UH, PAGE.

THIS IS A, UH, ANALYSIS REALLY FOCUSED ON GENERAL AVIATION COMPARING OUR TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS, RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT AND TWO SIX, RIGHT? UH, YOU'LL SEE THESE ARE DEPARTURE TOTALS FOR TWO YEARS OF TIME, AND I'M GONNA FOCUS IN, UH, SORT OF STARTING IN JULY OF 2024.

YOU COULD SEE THAT WE KIND OF, THE, THE, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO LINES, WHICH ARE ONE IS EACH RUNWAY STAYS ABOUT THE SAME THROUGHOUT, UM, AS TRAFFIC GOES UP, TRAFFIC GOES DOWN, BUT THE, THE SPLIT IS ABOUT THE SAME.

UM, AND AS WE'RE GETTING INTO FEBRUARY AND MARCH OF THIS YEAR, THAT SPLIT IS KIND OF COMING TOGETHER A LITTLE BIT.

AND, AND TRAFFIC, UH, YOU'LL DEFINITELY SEE NEXT MONTH TRAFFIC WILL BE, IS INCREASING SO THAT, THAT LINE'S GONNA TREND UPWARDS.

IT SORT OF ALREADY IS A LITTLE BIT, BUT YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT MORE PRONOUNCED.

AND WHAT THAT KIND OF CORRELATES TO IS DOWN ON THE SECOND TABLE FOR A WHILE.

NOW WE'VE, SINCE JUNE OF 2024, WE'VE KIND OF MAINTAINED ABOUT 69, 70% ON RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT.

AND THEN YOU COULD SEE DOWN IN MARCH FOR THIS YEAR, WE'RE AT 63%.

AND WHAT THAT REALLY IS, IS, UH, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE MORE TRAFFIC ON RUNWAY TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO, UM, OVERALL GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY.

ONCE, UM, 26 LEFT IS PRIMARILY USED FOR GA.

AND AS IT BECOMES MORE AND MORE UTILIZED, YOU'LL SEE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL, UM, PUT STUFF MORE ON TWO SIX, RIGHT, TO BALANCE THINGS OUT, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH CAPACITY THEY COULD HANDLE SAFELY.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE STARTING TO KIND OF SEE IN THAT TREND.

ON PAGE SEVEN, UM, THIS IS SOME NOISE MONITORING VALUES.

UH, THIS IS, UM, IN WHAT WE CALL CS IS A 24 HOUR WEIGHTED NOISE LEVEL.

UM, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM WE HAVE 18 NOISE MONITORS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.

YOU COULD SEE THAT IN THE PICTURE ABOVE WHERE THOSE ARE MINUS TWO THAT KIND OF GO OFF THE, OFF THE MAP.

UM, SO YOU SEE ABOUT 16 OF 'EM, AND THIS JUST BREAKS DOWN, UH, MONTH BY MONTH WHAT THE AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL IS AT EACH OF THOSE SITES.

UH, AND WHAT WE LIKE TO LOOK AT IS WE LIKE TO SEE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY THERE BETWEEN THE, THE MONTH TO MONTH.

UH, YOU WOULD EXPECT IT TO BE RELATIVELY CLOSE IN NATURE.

UM, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE FLUCTUATIONS IN THINGS, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH.

UM, BUT OVERALL YOU COULD SEE THE, THE AVERAGE NOISE

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NEXT PAGE IS, UH, KIND OF BREAKING DOWN OUR NOISE COMPLAINTS THAT WE RECEIVE.

THIS IS A TREND, A MONTHLY TOTAL FROM APRIL, 2024 TO MARCH, 2025.

YOU COULD SEE THAT WE ARE, UM, THIS IS DEFINITELY A CORRELATION OF COMPLAINTS TO THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, SPECIFICALLY GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS.

UM, SO AS THINGS KIND OF DIED DOWN, UH, IN MAINLY WEATHER RELATED IN DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, ALTHOUGH WE HAVEN'T HAD THE RAINS THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD, UM, TRAFFIC DID DI KIND OF DIP, AND NOW WE'RE STARTING TO SEE IT INCREASE.

AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS ARE INCREASING, UM, ON THE SECOND TABLE.

THOSE ARE DAILY TOTALS.

AND REALLY WHAT THAT, WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT TO KINDA LOOK AT IS IT, IT HELPS US UNDERSTAND IF THERE'S CERTAIN TRENDS IN MAYBE THE DAY OF THE WEEK.

YOU KNOW, ARE WE NOTICING THAT FOLKS ARE COMPLAINING MORE ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY? UM, AND SOME OF THESE LARGER SPIKES ARE, ARE DIRECTLY CORRELATED TO THE NUMBER OF EVENTS.

SO IF, IF WE SEE THOSE SPIKES, WE, WE TEND TO LOOK AT IT, WE MAKE SURE, OKAY, IS IS THIS SOMETHING ABNORMAL THAT HAPPENED OR IS THIS JUST A FUNCTION OF THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS? AND, AND FOR THE MOST PART, IT, IT IS A FUNCTION OF THE NUMBER OF GENERAL AVIATION OPERATIONS.

AND THE LAST, UM, COMPLAINT GRAPH IS A BREAKDOWN BY HOUR OF DAY.

YOU COULD SEE ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK.

THAT'S, THAT'S TYPICALLY, UM, WHERE WE RECEIVE THE MOST COMPLAINTS FROM THAT, THAT KIND OF EVENING TIMEFRAME.

AND THINGS KIND OF, UM, OBVIOUSLY DIE DOWN IN THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME AND THEN MORNING HOURS.

AND AS I EXPLAINED BEFORE, DUE TO, DUE TO OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, THAT'S WHAT KIND OF KEEPS THESE VALUES LOW HERE.

UM, AT OTHER AIRPORTS YOU MAY SEE THESE, UH, KIND OF LEVELS GO OUT INTO THE EARLY MORNINGS AND, AND LATE NIGHT HOURS, UM, BECAUSE OF, OF THEIR ALLOWED ACTIVITY.

UM, I KNOW COMMISSIONER RYAN RIGHT, UH, MENTIONED LAST TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS, WHY ARE WE RECEIVING COMPLAINTS AT MIDNIGHT AND 1:00 AM ET CETERA.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE RECEIVE COMPLAINTS AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY, AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS FROM LONG BEACH AIRPORT TRAFFIC THAT THEY MAY BE, UM, UH, FROM OTHER AIRPORTS.

UM, WE DO FORWARD THOSE ALONG TO THE APPROPRIATE, UH, AIRPORT THAT THEY MAY BE HEADED TO.

UM, AND, AND A LOT OF TIMES TOO, THAT'S LIKE LATE NIGHT HELICOPTER ACTIVITY.

UH, WE, WE DO RECEIVE MANY COMPLAINTS REGARDING, UH, MAINLY, UM, POLICE HELICOPTERS AND LIFE FLIGHTS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAY BE FLYING LOW DURING THOSE TIMEFRAMES.

ON PAGE 10, WE HAVE A LARGER MAP NOW OF, UH, NOISE COMPLAINTS.

AND THIS IS BY ZIP CODE.

UH, THE MIDDLE NUMBER IS THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINANTS OR HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, AND THEN THE BOTTOM NUMBER IS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS RECEIVED FROM THOSE HOUSEHOLDS.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, 9 0 8 0 7 HAD 81 HOUSEHOLDS COMPLAINING AND OVER 22,000 COMPLAINTS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH.

AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, THOSE STATS, I THINK 9 0 7 5 5 HAD FIVE, UH, SIX, IS THAT FIVE OR SIX? MY EYES ARE, UH, FIVE, THANK YOU.

UM, AND, AND ABOUT 1800 COMPLAINTS.

UM, AND THOSE ARE TWO, WELL, TWO OF, UH, THE PRIMARIES ZIP CODES WITH THE MOST COMPLAINTS, AND THOSE ARE RELATED TO GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY OFF OF THE PARALLEL RUNWAYS.

NICE.

THE LAST, UH, TABLE IS, UM, YEP, THE LAST TABLE IS IN REGARDS TO THE NOISE BUDGET.

UM, SO EVERY QUARTER WE WILL BE PUTTING KIND OF A STATUS OF WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE NOISE BUDGET.

AS I MENTIONED IN THE NOISE 1 0 1 TRAINING.

UM, OUR ACTUAL NOISE BUDGET YEAR ENDS IN SEPTEMBER.

UM, AND THAT'S WHEN WE OFFICIALLY HAVE TO PUBLISH OUR, AND CALCULATE OUR BUDGET AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE PER THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

BUT THIS IS A WAY TO INFORM YOU AND EVERYONE ELSE WHERE WE STAND IF THIS WERE TO, IF OUR BUDGET WAS A YEAR, UH, ENDING IN MARCH.

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AND AT TWO DIFFERENT NOISE MONITORING SITES, THAT'S, THOSE MONITORING SITES ARE OFF THE END OF THE PRIMARY RUNWAY, OUR LARGE DIAGONAL RUNWAY.

AND SO, UM, PER THE ORDINANCE, YOU CAN, WE CAN EXCEED THOSE BUDGETS INDIVIDUALLY IN THESE CATEGORIES, RIGHT? BUT WE CAN'T, WHAT'S, WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT IS THAT WE CAN NEVER EXCEED THE TOTAL NOISE BUDGET.

SO, UM, IT, IT'S NOT TO SAY WE LIKE TO EXCEED THESE INDIVIDUAL NOISE BUDGETS, IT'S JUST MEANT TO SAY Y YOU KNOW, YOU CAN EXCEED IN ONE AREA, BUT AS, BUT AS LONG AS THE TOTAL NEVER EXCEEDS THE NOISE BUDGET TOTAL.

SO THAT'S WHY THAT ONE DOWN BELOW IS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT WE, UM, FOR REMOTE MONITORING TERMINAL NINE, UH, THE PERCENT OF THE BUDGET UTILIZED IS 47% AND 10 IS AT 68%.

SO WELL WITHIN THE, THE BUDGET ALLOTTED.

UM, AND THAT IS ALL FACTORED IN AT THE END OF THE BUDGET YEAR IN TERMS OF DETERMINING HOW MUCH ROOM WE HAVE TO POTENTIALLY ADD SLOTS OR EVEN REMOVE SLOTS IF WE WERE APPROACHING THOSE LIMITS.

UH, ONE THING WORTH MENTIONING IS THAT, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, DID APPROVE, UM, INCREASING PER, PER, UH, COMMUNICATION AND, UH, I GUESS I WOULD SAY APPROVAL BY THE FAA THROUGH OUR CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF INCREASING THE FINES WITHIN THE NOISE ORDINANCE, THE FINE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS, UM, PRETTY, UM, I WOULD SAY AMAZING .

UM, AND, AND MAINLY BECAUSE THIS IS A GRANDFATHER ORDINANCE THAT, UM, IS REALLY HARD TO CHANGE, RIGHT? YOU, YOU, YOU RISK LOSING THINGS AS YOU OPEN IT UP.

IT MAY GENERATE A PART 1 61 STUDY AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.

UM, AND THROUGH THE FAA, UH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, THEY FOUND WAYS TO INCREASE THE FINES, UM, BASED OFF A CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, UH, ADJUSTMENT FROM THE INITIAL TIME OF WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS CREATED.

SO, UM, THE A HUNDRED DOLLARS INITIAL FINANCIAL FEE, UM, OR FINE WILL GO FROM 100 TO $200, AND THEN THE SECOND FINE OF 300 WILL DOUBLE TO 600, $600.

UM, AND THEN EACH YEAR THAT FINE WILL BE REASSESSED, UH, BASED OFF OF CPI INDEX.

SO, UM, IT CAN BE ADJUSTED AND, AND INCREASED AS AS TIME GOES ON.

SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY FIXED IN TIME LIKE IT WAS.

UM, AND THEN AS WELL, WE, THERE WERE SOME, SOME ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES MADE TO THE ORDINANCE THAT DIDN'T CHANGE THE, THE MESSAGING OR THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE ORDINANCE.

IT WAS SIMPLY CHANGES LIKE THE RUNWAYS HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NO LONGER THE TWO FIVE LEFT AND TWO FIVE, RIGHT? UM, THEY'RE TWO SIX RIGHT, AND TWO SIX LEFT.

SO, UM, THOSE CHANGES WERE MADE, UM, AND APPROVED AND I BELIEVE THAT TAKES EFFECT MAY 25TH.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU JUSTIN.

NEXT WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT BY KAY KIRKENDAL.

HELLO AGAIN.

OKAY, SO, UM, STARTING OFF WITH ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, IN ADDITION TO THE NORMAL MARKETING STUFF THAT WE'VE CAPTURED THERE, UM, ONE THING THAT WE HAVEN'T ADDED ON THERE IS THAT WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING SOME PAID ADVERTISEMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA SPECIFICALLY TO INCREASE THE AWARENESS AND USE OF THE NEW FLY MY AIRPORT WIDGET THAT I MENTIONED LAST TIME, THAT'S THE FLIGHT PLANNING TOOL, UM, THAT WE'VE ADDED TO OUR WEBSITE.

AND SO IN OUR NEXT REPORT I'LL REPORT BACK OUT ON THAT, UM, AD CAMPAIGN.

UM, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, I DID WANNA TELL YOU THAT SINCE THAT FLIGHT PLANNING TOOL WENT LIVE ON OUR WEBSITE ON MARCH 10TH, UH, WE'VE HAD MORE THAN 13,000 SEARCHES PERFORMED, UM, ON THERE.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE USING IT AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO PROMOTING IT MORE WIDELY.

UM, SO TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY STUFF NOW, THIS IS A DOUBLE ADDITION, UM, WITH TWO MONTHS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF HERE AND I'LL JUST TRY AND GIVE YOU

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UM, JUST FIRST OF ALL TO SAY THAT WE'VE HAD HUNDREDS OF FOLKS OF ALL AGES ATTEND OUR TOUR PROGRAMS. SOME OF THE GROUPS INCLUDE THE GIRL SCOUTS, CARVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND LONG BEACH.

UM, LOTS OF DOGS.

WE'VE HAD SO MANY DOGS COME THROUGH.

WE'VE HAD THE GUIDE DOGS FOR THE BLIND.

WE'VE HAD, UM, THE GO, I FORGET WHAT THAT'S CALLED, BUT THE THERAPY DOG HANDLER GROUP CONDUCT A TRAINING HERE AND VETERAN AND FIRST RESPONDERS GROUP, UM, WITH THEIR SERVICE ANIMALS.

AND THOSE ARE OPPORTUNITIES WHERE WE COLLABORATE WITH THE TSA AND WE GIVE THE TRAINING GROUPS PRACTICE BRINGING THEIR DOGS THROUGH TSA SO THAT THEY AS A PART OF THE DOG TRAINING PROGRAM TO, UM, BE ABLE TO TRAVEL WITH THEIR, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU CALL THAT PERSON, THE ADULT, THE, UM, ADULT PARTNER.

THEY'RE HUMAN, I GUESS.

UM, SO LOTS OF DOGS.

AND WE'VE ALSO HAD THE CAL STATE LA AVIATION MANAGEMENT STUDENTS CAME THROUGH.

UM, AND WE ALSO HOSTED A NETWORKING RECEPTION AND TOUR FOR 75 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THAT WAS, UH, WE HOSTED IT AT THE HISTORIC TERMINAL AND IT INCLUDED A TOUR, UM, AND IT WAS THE CULMINATING EVENT FOR A SERIES OF CAREER WORKSHOPS THAT WERE ORGANIZED BY THE MAYOR'S FUND AND THE YMCA.

UM, AND SO STUDENTS GOT TO NETWORK WITH AIRPORT EMPLOYERS HERE FROM THE MAYOR.

AND, UM, COMMISSIONER ZARN WAS ONE OF OUR TOUR GUIDES, THANK YOU.

AND, UM, IN HIS CAPACITY AS AN AIRPORT VOLUNTEER.

AND, UM, UH, AS COMMISSIONER THOMAS MENTIONED, SHE IS ALSO, UM, BEEN DOING A LOT OF GREAT SERVICE, UM, IN OUR AIRPORT TOUR PROGRAM AS WELL.

SO THANK YOU BOTH.

UM, AND THEN IN MARCH WE ALSO HOSTED THAT TENANT APPRECIATION EVENT AT THE MODERN, WE HAD ABOUT A HUNDRED ATTENDEES.

AND AT THAT MEETING, CYNTHIA PRESENTED A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO FIRE AND, UM, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR THEIR FIRST RESPONDER EFFORTS AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

UM, AND STILL, STILL ON THE TOPIC OF COMMUNITY.

WE ALSO CELEBRATED NATIONAL VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION WEEK WITH A SPECIAL LUNCHEON FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS AT THE BOATHOUSE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

AND CYNTHIA JOINED US FOR THAT LUNCH.

AND, UM, UM, HAS DID OUR TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE ALSO VOLUNTEERS, COMMISSIONERS, ZORAN AND THOMAS.

UM, AND IN 2024, OUR VOLUNTEERS CONTRIBUTED, CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN 2,600 HOURS TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT IN A VARIETY OF ROLES, WHETHER THAT'S AS TOUR GUIDES OR AS AMBASSADORS, UM, HELPING PEOPLE NAVIGATE THE KIOSKS OR FIND THEIR WAY, VOLUNTEERING AT DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, ALL SORTS OF CAPACITIES.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANNA SAY IN THE COMMUNITY CATEGORY IS ABOUT OUR LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM, WHICH IS LGB LIVE, UM, AND THE LGB LIVE PROGRAM.

UH, WE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED, I THINK IT WAS IN LATE MARCH, WE HAD A PRESS RELEASE ABOUT THIS, THAT WE WERE QUADRUPLING THE NUMBER OF ANNUAL PERFORMANCES, UH, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING.

AND SO WE NOW HAVE LIVE MUSIC AT THE AIRPORT EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, AND SUNDAY.

AND, UM, YEAH, WE'RE JUST VERY EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO FEATURE MORE ARTISTS.

WE PUT OUT A PRESS RELEASE, SO WE CREATED A NEW WEBPAGE WHERE ARTISTS CAN, UM, SIGN UP.

UM, AND WE DO GIVE A SLIGHT PREFERENCE FOR LOCAL MUSICIANS.

UM, AND THEY CAN SUBMIT, UM, TWO VIDEOS OF TWO RECENT PERFORMANCES.

AND THEN WE HAVE AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE THAT RATES THEM.

AND SO SINCE THE PRESS RELEASE WENT OUT, WE HAVE HEARD FROM MANY, MANY MUSICIANS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN PERFORMING AT THE AIRPORT.

AND WE ARE WRAPPING UP ALL OF THOSE EVALUATIONS NOW.

UM, AND THEN MOVING ON TO TALK ABOUT MEDIA RELATIONS.

UM, WE HAD 66 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN MARCH AND 85 IN APRIL.

AND THE TOP STORIES WERE ABOUT OUR ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE FLY, MY AIRPORT FLIGHT PLANNING TOOL, UM, THE GRAND OPENING OF SLING PILOT ACADEMY, AND ALSO THE COMPLETION OF THE TERMINAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT.

UM, WE, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WE WERE LIKE, HMM, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS ROAD PROJECT CELEBRATION FUN? UM, AND SO I THINK WE HAD A NICE TIME AND WE CELEBRATED JUST NORTH OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL, AND WE HAD THE DRUM LINE FROM POLLY HIGH SCHOOL PERFORM, WHICH MADE IT MUCH MORE CELEBRATORY.