* 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. WE'LL CALL TO ORDER [00:00:01] THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH. THIS IS A SPECIAL MEETING 'CAUSE IT'S ONE DAY OFF OF WHAT WE WOULD NORMALLY MEET. WITH THAT, COULD WE [ROLL CALL] HAVE A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER ARIAS. COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. COMMISSIONER GALES HERE. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO. HERE. COMMISSIONER LARSON? HERE. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER ZARN. HERE. CHAIR RUBIN, VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL. HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. AND FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE DO HAVE CHAIR RUBIN OUT AS WELL AS COMMISSIONER ZARIA AND THOMAS. AND, UH, I'M ASSUMING THERE'S NO ISSUES WITH THEM BEING EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. GOOD. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO IF THERE'S ANYBODY HERE PRESENT THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. UH, WE ASK THAT YOU FILL OUT A CARD OVER HERE AND THEN WE'LL KNOW THAT YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION. [1. 25-55606 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on May 15, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] AND WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER ONE. COULD WE HAVE THE SECRETARY READ IT INTO THE RECORD? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON MAY 15TH, 2025. I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION ON THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE THE MOTION'S CARRIED. UM, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. [2. 25-55607 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight featuring Dr. Myles L. Baker with M4 Engineering.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO. CAN YOU READ IT INTO THE RECORD? I DUNNO IF YOU WANNA WAIT A SECOND, BUT , GO FOR IT. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING DR. MILES L BAKER WITH M FOUR ENGINEERING. SO MOVED SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. GO AHEAD FIRST. COMMISSIONER. SECOND, RIGHT? YEAH, COMMISSIONER. THERE YOU GO. READY? YEAH. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. UH, I HOPE YOU LIKE THE NEW LOCATION TODAY, . THIS IS QUITE DIFFERENT FOR US ALL, UH, BUT, UH, UH, HERE TO, TO, UM, CARRY ON AND WE'LL HAVE OUR OCCASIONAL NOISE, BUT IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A NOISE THAT WE'RE ALL USED TO. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, JUST WELCOME THIS, THIS MONTH'S, UH, BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT. UH, IT IS DR. MILES BAKER, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF M FOUR ENGINEERING. UH, THEY'RE LOCATED, UM, RIGHT HERE OFF OF SPRING STREET, AND WE, HE'S NOT HERE, BUT WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM HIS COMPANY, DAN ABIR. I HOPE I SAID HIS LAST NAME CORRECTLY, AND WOULD LOVE TO, TO INVITE HIM TO THE PODIUM TO SAY A FEW REMARKS, UH, REGARDING M FOUR ENGINEERING. THANK YOU. SO I WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, THIS IS PERFECT. FIRST OF ALL, MILES TEXTED ME ABOUT 25 MINUTES AGO. OH, DAMN. I WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT. CAN YOU GO ? THAT'S MILES. SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, HE'S A VERY BUSY MAN. UH, HE'S FOUNDED M FOUR ABOUT 24 YEARS AGO HERE IN LONG BEACH. PRIOR TO THAT, HE WORKED AT MCDONALD DOUGLAS AND THEN BOEING. AND SO HE IS A LONG BEACH NATIVE, NOT A NATIVE, BUT AT LEAST HE LIVES HERE. UH, HE LIVES IN THE BIXBY, UH, BIXBY KNOWLES AREA. THE COMPANY HAS TWO OFFICES IN LONG BEACH. ONE IS AT THE AIRPORT. IT'S OUR ADVANCED PROTOTYPING AND TEST CENTER, AND OUR HEADQUARTERS IS OFF OF LONG BEACH BOULEVARD. SO WE ARE INDEED A LONG BEACH, UH, COMPANY. UH, I'VE BEEN WITH THE COMPANY ALMOST EIGHT YEARS NOW. AND, UH, ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO JOHN KEISLER AT THE TIME AND I SAID, HAVE THIS IDEA. LET'S MAKE THIS KIND OF AEROSPACE COUNCIL THING. HE SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT? TALK TO LUCIUS. HE'S YOUR GUY. SO I SPOKE WITH LUCIUS MARTIN AND, UH, REALLY THE WHOLE, UH, SPACE BEACH, UH, UH, STARTED THEN, KIND OF LIKE EVEN BEFORE I JOINED, BUT KIND OF HELPED THROW FUEL THROUGH THE FUEL TO THE FIRE. UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST AEROSPACE COUNCIL, UH, JANUARY BEFORE COVID, AND THEN COVID HAPPENED, AND SO THAT WENT AWAY. BUT NOW THERE'S THE MAYOR'S COUNCIL, I THINK. AND, UH, REALLY IT'S, IT'S SUCH AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE PART OF THE LONG BEACH AEROSPACE COMMUNITY AND LONG BEACH AS A WHOLE. UH, I LIVE IN LONG BEACH. I LIVE IN THE WRIGLEY HEIGHTS AREA. I'M A BIG, BIG, BIG FAN OF LONG BEACH. I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 19, UH, 99 WHEN MY FIRST CHILD [00:05:01] WAS ABOUT THREE MONTHS OLD. AND I'VE LIVED IN THREE DIFFERENT PLACES IN LONG BEACH AT, UH, LET'S SEE, AT BELMONT HEIGHTS. UH, I LIVED IN EL DORADO PARK AREA, EL DORADO PARK ESTATES, AND NOW I LIVE IN, IN WRIGLEY HEIGHTS. SO, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I LOVE ABOUT LONG BEACH IS THAT M FOUR HAS, UH, UH, FOUR OFFICES, TWO IN LONG BEACH, ONE IN MINNESOTA, AND ONE IN PHOENIX IN MARICOPA AREA. AND MY JOKE IS THAT LONG BEACH IS THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THE WEATHER IS NORMAL YEAR ROUND. AND THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK HERE. UH, WHAT I'VE ALSO TOLD PEOPLE IS THAT IF OUR ENGINEERS DON'T PERFORM WELL, WE CAN SEND THEM TO MINNESOTA IN THE WINTER AND PHOENIX IN THE SUMMER. SO SOME OF OUR BEST PERFORMING ENGINEERS ARE ACTUALLY HERE IN LONG BEACH. UH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I DID WANNA EXTEND A PERSONAL INVITE TO ANY OF YOU GUYS IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND VISIT ANY OF OUR FACILITIES. AND WE'D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. WE'RE INVOLVED IN STEM, UH, WE DO OUTREACH TO HIGH SCHOOLS. WE TRY AND WORK WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UH, AND WE'D LOVE TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR LONG BEACH. SO THANK YOU FOR, UH, THE SPOTLIGHT. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. AND, UH, WE DO HAVE THE COOLEST AIRPORT IN THE COUNTRY, SO THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE AND NO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS, SEEING NONE, UH, WE DO HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. SO COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. OKAY. [3. 25-55609 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for June 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] CAN YOU DO ITEM NUMBER THREE, PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR JUNE, 2025. NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND DIRECTOR. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. UH, PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH'S, UH, UPDATE TO YOU ALL. UH, IT'S CERTAINLY HAS BEEN, UM, I WOULD SAY THE LAST MONTH, UH, JUST GETTING BACK INTO THE, THE SUMMER, UH, SCHEDULE NOW. AND SO FRIDAY IS OFFICIALLY SUMMER, UH, BUT WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OUR NUMBERS PICK BACK UP, WHICH IS GREAT. WE DID HAVE A LULL FOR A WHILE, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, UH, BUT CERTAINLY, UH, WHEN WE SEE, UH, THE SUMMER ACTIVITY AND THE WEATHER AS NICE AS IT IS, UH, TO, TO WELCOME OUR PASSENGERS AS THEY, UH, START THEIR SUMMER TRAVEL. SO, REALLY PLEASED WITH THAT. UH, DEFINITELY, UH, HAD A A BIT OF EXCITEMENT, UH, LAST MONTH WITH THE INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO BWI, BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, UH, AIRPORT. AND SO, UH, REALLY JUST APPRECIATE THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, THAT AIRPORT AND, AND OUR STAFF IN WELCOMING PASSENGERS, UH, FROM THAT AIRPORT ON THAT INAUGURAL FLIGHT, WE, WE REALLY MET THEM WITH A LOT OF GREAT FUN ACTIVITY, MUSIC, UM, UM, ENTERTAINMENT AND ALSO GOODIES. AND SO WE, WE HAVE A, A EXAMPLE OF THE GOODIE BAGS THAT WE PROVIDED TO ALL THE PASSENGERS ARRIVING IN LONG BEACH, UH, AND WHEN WE WELCOME THEM. AND SO CERTAINLY HAVE A, A LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOR OF BALTIMORE AND, AND A LITTLE BIT OF FLAVOR OF LONG BEACH AND IN OUR GOODIE BAGS. SO THAT WAS EXCITING. SECONDLY, UM, WE ALSO PROUD TO SHARE THAT LAST MONTH, THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT RECEIVED, UH, AN AWARD FOR THE REHABILITATION WORK ON THE HISTORIC TERMINAL. UH, JUST REALLY THE, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL, UH, LOVE THAT BUILDING, UH, CELEBRATING THE, THE 1940S ARCHITECTURAL STYLE OF, OF THAT STRUCTURE. UH, BUT WE RECEIVED THE REHABILITATION AWARD AT THE ANNUAL LONG BEACH HERITAGE PRESERVATION AWARDS. AND SO, UM, OUR STAFF WAS THERE, UH, TO BE RECOGNIZED FOR THE AMAZING WORK ON, ON THAT BUILDING. AND CERTAINLY IT'S, IT'S A GEM FOR, FOR OUR CITY, UM, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR AIRPORT. SO REALLY, REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN LASTLY, AS FAR AS MY COMMENTS, UH, THE GATEWAY SIGN. SO YOU MAY HAVE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A FLY LONG BEACH GATEWAY SIGN. AND SO, UH, THIS HAS BEEN MANY YEARS IN THE MAKING, AND WE HAD TO PAUSE THAT PROJECT OFF AND ON DURING THE PANDEMIC, BUT FINALLY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET APPROVAL TO INSTALL A NEW, UH, GATEWAY SIGN, WHICH WILL WELCOME TRAVELERS IN THE PUBLIC TO, TO LONG BEACH, TO FLY LONG BEACH. AND SO THAT SIGN WOULD BE LOCATED RIGHT OFF OF LAKEWOOD BOULEVARD NEAR SPRING STREET, UH, ON THE SLOPE BY THE 4 0 5 FREEWAY. A SIMILAR LARGER SIGN, UH, IS DOWN, UH, AT THE END OF THE SEVEN 10 FREEWAY. THE, THE WHITE BIG WHITE LETTERING, UH, THAT SAYS LONG BEACH. UH, SO IT'S A CERTAIN STYLE, CERTAIN FONT, UM, UH, FOR LONG BEACH. UH, AND WE'RE EXCITED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ADD FLY LONG BEACH AND, AND RECOGNIZE, UM, A LOT OF HERITAGE, UM, RIGHT HERE IN OUR, IN OUR AREA. SO YOU'LL HEAR MORE [00:10:01] ABOUT THAT. IT'S ROUGHLY A SIX TO EIGHT MONTH CONSTRUCTION PERIOD. UH, BUT, BUT WE'RE REAL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR COMMENTS. AND NEXT WE'LL HAVE MONI CHE, UH, HERE TO PROVIDE A FINANCIAL SERVICES, UM, UPDATE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN YOUR REPORT. THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR APRIL, 2025. UM, SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, WE HAVE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. UM, WE SEE THAT DELTA AND HAWAII SEEING INCREASED ACTIVITY, UM, WITH A SLIGHTLY BIT MORE, UH, FLIGHTS, BUT ALSO HIGHER LOAD FACTORS LEADING TO ABOUT A TWO AND A 4% INCREASE IN THEIR ACTIVITY. UH, WE ALSO SEE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, UH, WITH SLIGHTLY LESS, UH, FLIGHTS, UM, OCCURRING, UM, AND ALSO LOWER LOAD FACTORS LEADING TO ABOUT A 10% DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR APRIL. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO SEE, UH, IN TOTAL, UH, 156,000, UH, IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL. THAT'S A 9% DECLINE, UH, FROM WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR. UH, LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, UH, THIS COVERS ABOUT A THIRD OF THE, UH, CALENDAR YEAR SO FAR. UM, WE SEE THE SAME TRENDS CONTINUE ON, UM, CONSISTENTLY, UH, THIS YEAR SO FAR WITH DELTA AND HAWAIIAN, SEEING SOME INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, UH, WHILE SOUTHWEST IS, UM, SEEING SOME DOUBLE DIGIT, UH, DECLINES IN ACTIVITY. UH, ULTIMATELY SO FAR, UH, WE HAVE ABOUT 1.18 MILLION IN PAYMENTS, UH, FOR THE FIRST THIRD OF THE YEAR. AND THEN MOVING ON TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, WE SEE UPS HAVING 38 LANDINGS, UH, THIS MONTH. UM, THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER, UH, THAN WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. UH, THEY'RE FLYING ABOUT TWO DAILY FLIGHTS DURING THE WEEKDAYS. UM, AND THEN THAT'S LEAD LED TO A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN CARGO TONNAGE HERE AT THE AIRPORT. UH, ONE, UH, THOUSAND 344, UH, METRIC TONS PROCESSED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL. THAT'S A A 59%, UM, INCREASE IN CARGO TONNAGE. UH, AND THAT'S, UH, BEEN THE TREND, UH, SO FAR THIS YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT, UH, WITH THEM SEEING ABOUT 25% SO FAR, UM, IN INCREASED TAR UH, CARGO TONNAGE THIS YEAR. AND THAT'S, UH, CONCLUDES THIS PART OF THE REPORT. THANK YOU, MONI. NEXT WE'LL HAVE OUR AIRPORT NOISE AND CAPACITY PLANNING OFFICER, UH, JUSTIN COOK PROVIDE A REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, GOING OVER THE MONTHLY NOISE REPORT FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, UH, WE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, UH, IN APRIL. UH, YOU COULD SEE ON PAGE THREE, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAD TWO OPERATIONS, UH, BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM. UH, BOTH OF THOSE, UM, DID NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION. SO THEY FILLED OUT A, UM, UNANTICIPATED DELAY FORM. THEY WERE DUE TO WEATHER. UM, HOWEVER, WE DID HAVE ONE DELTA AIRLINES OPERATION BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM THAT DID RESULT IN A VIOLATION, UH, WHICH HAS SHOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE. UH, WE ARE A LITTLE BIT UP YEAR TO DATE BY, BUT NOT BY MUCH. UM, AND LARGELY THIS IS DUE TO, UM, WEATHER IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE YEAR, UH, THAT AFFECT SOME OF THOSE OPERATIONS COMING IN A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN NORMAL. UH, FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS ON PAGE FOUR, UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT ONE DELTA OPERATION THAT RESULTED IN A VIOLATION. WE HAD FOUR GA UH, VIOLATIONS. THOSE ARE DETAILED ON THE NEXT PAGE, UM, WHICH IS DOWN ABOUT 42, 40 3% FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. UH, RESULTING IN VIOLATIONS OF $600, UH, IN SURCHARGES. AND AS KIND OF MOEY WENT OVER IN TERM OF OPERATION TOTALS, UH, WE SAW A YEAR TO DATE CHANGE OF ABOUT AN INCREASE OF 4.6% IN TOTAL OPERATIONS. THAT'S AIR CARRIERS, AIR TAXIS, WHICH ARE KIND OF LIKE COMMUTERS, UH, GENERAL AVIATION AND MILITARY. THE NOISE VIOLATORS ON PAGE FIVE, UH, THREE OF THOSE ARE, ARE NOISE RELATED. SO, UH, THEY OCCURRED BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 6:00 AM. YOU'LL SEE THE LIMITS ARE 79 DECIBELS. THAT'S OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE, UH, NOISE LIMIT. AND PRETTY MUCH ANY OPERATION OCCURRING DURING THOSE TIMES IS GOING TO, UH, RESULT IN A VIOLATION. UH, IT'S JUST, IT'S, YOU CAN SEE SOME ARE, ARE ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE, BUT IT IS A VERY STRINGENT, UH, NOISE LIMIT REQUIREMENT. AND THEN ONE OF THOSE WAS, UH, UM, A MISSED APPROACH OR TRAINING OPERATION, UM, WHICH WE ACTUALLY DID SIT DOWN AND [00:15:01] HAVE A DISCUSSION WITH THAT, UH, CFI TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE ISSUES REGARDING THAT. AS WE LOOK AT OUR RUNWAYS, TWO SIX, RIGHT, AND TWO SIX LEFT GA ANALYSIS, WHAT YOU START TO SEE IS AN INCREASE IN OUR OPERATIONS STARTING, UH, PRETTY MUCH IN MARCH GOING THROUGH APRIL. HOWEVER, YOU'LL SEE THAT APRIL, WE'VE KIND OF, UH, KIND OF LEVELED OFF. UM, WE'RE STILL SEEING THAT ACTUALLY TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE ACTUALLY MORE LEVELED OFF IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY. HOWEVER, YOU WILL SEE THAT, UM, RUNWAY TWO SIX RIGHT, IS CONTINUING TO BE UTILIZED MORE. SO USUALLY, IF YOU REMEMBER, WE WERE ABOUT A 70 30 SPLIT. NOW WE'RE AT ABOUT A 62 38 SPLIT. SO THAT NUMBER'S COMING DOWN, AND WE ANTICIPATED THAT A LITTLE BIT OF 60 40 PERHAPS. UH, AND THAT'S JUST DUE TO A INCREASED ACTIVITY ON TWO SIX LEFT AND OUR TOWER AND JUST HOW MUCH ACTIVITY THEY COULD CONTROL SAFELY ON THAT RUNWAY. SOMETIMES THEY, THEY'LL PUSH, UH, THINGS OFF INTO TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SLING, UM, COMING INTO THE AIRPORT. TWO WHERE THEY TYPICALLY USE TWO SIX RIGHT? UH, FOR THEIR OPERATIONS JUST BASED OFF OF, UM, THEIR, THEIR FLOW AND THEIR, UM, ACTIVITY IN TERMS OF NOISE LEVELS. YOU'LL SEE OUR NOISE MONITORING DATA. UH, ONCE AGAIN, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE ENFORCEMENT SITES HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENT THAN COMPARED TO THE OTHER SITES. UM, OUR SYSTEM ACTUALLY, UM, WAS JUST CALIBRATED AFTER THIS. AND WE ACTUALLY DID GO TO EACH SITE, UM, INDIVIDUALLY. AND, YOU KNOW, BESIDES CHECKING THE NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR, THERE'S A WHOLE CLEANING PROCESS AND EVERYTHING JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS OPERATING, UH, YEAR, YEAR OVER YEAR FOR NOISE COMPLAINTS. UM, WE HAVE MONTHLY TOTALS, YOU'LL SEE KIND OF DIP TO OUR LOWEST IN JANUARY, FEBRUARY, WHICH IS TYPICAL. UM, AND THEN THERE'S A, THERE'S BEEN A REBOUND IN MARCH AND APRIL, UM, BUT FAR LESS THAN WHAT WE SAW LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. SO IN APRIL WE HAD OF THIS YEAR, WE HAD, UH, A LITTLE OVER 30,000 COMPLAINTS TOTAL. IN APRIL OF 2024, WE HAD 52,000. SO IT, THERE IS A, THERE IS A DECREASE IN THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS, AND I'LL, I'LL GO IN A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL LATER ON THAT. UH, THE NEXT GRAPH SHOWS DAILY TOTALS BY DAY OF WEEK. UM, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT, UM, COMPLAINTS ARE USUALLY DOWN ON THE WEEKENDS. UM, IT'S JUST LESS ACTIVITY, UH, DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL ON THE WEEKENDS. AND REALLY TUESDAY, THURSDAYS WERE TYPICALLY THE, THE BUSIEST OF DAYS, UH, WHERE TRAINING TYPICALLY OCCURRED THE MOST IN TERMS OF HOUR OF DAY. UH, WHEN COMPLAINTS, UH, WERE UP, REALLY SEE MOST COMPLAINTS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM I WOULD SAY BETWEEN 11 AND FOUR IS REALLY THE, THE, THE MOST COMPLAINTS ARE, ARE SEEN DURING THOSE TIMES. AND THAT'S JUST BASED OFF OF ACTIVITY OF, OF TYPICALLY TRAINING OPERATIONS. ON THE LAST PAGE ON OUR MAP THAT WE HAVE, UH, I'LL HIGHLIGHT 9 0 8 0 7 WITH 83 COMPLAINANTS AND ALMOST ABOUT 25,000 COMPLAINTS. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN LAST YEAR. AT THIS TIME WE HAD 96 COMPLAINANTS AND OVER 42,000 COMPLAINTS. UH, SO A LITTLE BIT OF HALF, ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINANTS HAS, UH, GONE UP. UH, THERE'S LESS, UH, PEOPLE COMPLAINING, UM, REPETITIVELY O OVER THE COURSE OF A DAY. UM, ANOTHER ONE TO HIGHLIGHT IS NANO 8 0 8. UH, THIS YEAR WE HAVE EIGHT COMPLAINANTS AND 740 COMPLAINTS. LAST YEAR WE HAD 12 AND ABOUT 2,700 COMPLAINTS. SO, UH, THE NUMBERS ARE LOWER THAN THEY WERE THIS TIME LAST YEAR. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE, UM, IT'S EXCITING. WE, WE ACTUALLY RELEASED OUR FIRST QUARTER 2025 FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM RECOGNITION. THIS IS A MEMO THAT YOU WOULD'VE RECEIVED, UH, IN THE MAIL, BUT IT COULD BE ALSO FOUND ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. UM, AND [00:20:01] EACH QUARTER MOVING FORWARD, INCLUDING THIS QUARTER, WE WILL SUMMARIZE, UH, RECOGNITION AND POST THAT ON OUR, OUR NOISE WEBSITE FOR YOU ALL TO SEE. BUT WE WILL ALSO BE INCLUDING IT IN THE MONTHLY NOISE REPORT MOVING FORWARD, SO THAT WE COULD HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT HAVE NOT ONLY GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND, BUT ALSO JUST HAVE MADE SOME PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE, THE COURSE OF THE QUARTER. UM, FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025, UH, BOTH ACES HIGH AND SLING PILOT ACADEMY WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND. WE IN THE, THE, THE MEMORANDUM. WE DETAIL THE THINGS THAT, UH, WHY THAT IS, WHY THE, THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND ALL THE DATA THAT RESULTED IN THAT RECOGNITION. UM, AND THEN ALSO SOME OF THE POSITIVE PROGRESS OF ARROW CITY GROUP, PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT SCHOOL AND LONG BEACH FLYING CLUB, THE THINGS THAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, IN THE FIRST QUARTER, WHICH, UM, I THINK IF YOU GO THROUGH IT, YOU'LL BE, UM, I THINK IT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD, UH, START TO A, A PROGRAM. UH, I'LL GIVE YOU JUST ONE EXAMPLE BEFORE I WRAP UP. UH, ACE IS HIGH AVIATION. UH, WE DETAIL THEIR KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS, AS WE CALL IT. SO ALTITUDE, NOISE, NUMBER OF EVENING OPERATIONS AND NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS. THEY INCREASED, UH, ON AVERAGE BY 63 FEET OR ABOUT 15% FOR THEIR FLIGHT OPERATIONS. THEIR NOISE LEVEL DECREASED BY 0.2 DB DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT ACTUALLY IT IS ANY DECREASE IN NOISE IS, IS, UH, WILL TAKE IT. UH, EVENING OPERATIONS, THEY HAD A DECREASE OF 101 EVENING OPERATIONS, OR 68% AND A DECREASE OF FIVE OR A HUNDRED PERCENT OF NIGHTTIME OPERATION. SO THEY DID NOT HAVE ONE NIGHTTIME OPERATION IN, IN THIS QUARTER. THEY'VE BEEN VERY ACTIVE IN PARTICIPATING, UM, WITH US OR ENGAGING WITH THE NOISE OFFICE. THEY SHARE OUR DATA WITH THEIR CFIS AT THEIR CFI MEETINGS, UH, AND THEIR ENTIRE FLEET CAN NOW USE UNLEADED FUEL. AND THEY PURCHASED OVER 2000 GALLONS OF UNLEADED FUEL JUST IN THIS QUARTER. SO THESE ARE JUST, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF WHAT THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS ARE DOING. UM, THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT PROGRESS HAPPENING AND, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO, UH, REPORT ON THAT. AND WITH THAT, IT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. I WANNA SAY TWO THINGS. FIRST, UH, I WANNA CLARIFY THE, THE NAME, THE NEW NAME OF JUSTIN'S, UH, GROUP IS THE NOYCE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICE, AND WE WANTED TO FIND A NEW NAME THAT CORRECTLY REFLECTS ALL THE WORK THAT HIS OFFICE DOES. AND, AND REALLY THE SECOND THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE, UH, MR. COOK WITH OUR TEAM. HE'S, IT, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR. IT PROBABLY FEELS LIKE A YEAR, BUT IT, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN, BEEN A YEAR, AND HE HAS ALREADY MADE, UM, SUCH GREAT EFFORTS, UM, IN HIS NEW ROLE. AND HAVING THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED WITH MEASUREMENTS, WITH DATA AND THINGS THAT WE CAN BUILD UPON MOVING FORWARD IS, IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE, WE'VE NEEDED. UM, AND, AND HIM COMING IN WITH HIS EXPERTISE, UM, IS RIGHT ON TIME. AND SO REALLY FORTUNATE, UH, TO HAVE HIM HERE WITH US. AND AGAIN, UM, PLEASED TO SEE, UH, THE WORK THAT THEY HAVE, UH, CURRENTLY PRODUCED AND LOOKING FORWARD TO MUCH MORE IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. AND THEN NEXT, UH, WE WILL HAVE OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT, UM, BY OFFICER, UH, KIRKENDAL. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, OKAY, SO THIS MONTH FOR OUR, I'M GONNA JUST MOVE THIS OVER HERE SO I CAN SEE YOU BETTER. UM, THIS AFTERNOON FOR OUR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, I WANTED TO SHARE SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT. UM, I WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A NEW PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED, UM, HIGH SCHOOLS AND THEIR ATHLETICS PROGRAMS. AND IT WAS MODELED AFTER A LONG RUNNING PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH LONG BEACH STATE. AND THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE PROVIDE, UM, SPONSORSHIP DOLLARS IN EXCHANGE FOR MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF THE AIRPORT. UM, AND THIS CAN BE ON THEIR CAMPUS THROUGH LIKE A PHYSICAL BANNER SIGN, WHICH MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN AT SOME OF THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS, OR IT CAN ALSO BE ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE'VE PROVIDED A TIERED, UM, LEVELS OF MARKETING THAT THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN. UM, AND WE RECENTLY HAD SOME [00:25:01] GREAT, UM, RECAP VIDEOS THAT THE SCHOOLS HAVE POSTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA, PRIMARILY ON INSTAGRAM. AND IN IT, THEY SHOW HIGHLIGHTS FROM THEIR SPORTS SEASON AND THEY BASICALLY SAY, THANK YOU, LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR SUPPORTING JORDAN ATHLETICS, OR WHATEVER THE SCHOOL MAY BE. UM, AND THOSE VIDEOS, UH, GAINED MORE THAN 46,000 VIEWS. AND IT WAS A GREAT, UM, SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, CAMPAIGN FOR US BECAUSE, UH, WE COLLABORATED ON THE POST WITH THE SCHOOLS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO REACH A LOT OF NEW AUDIENCE, UH, OR A LARGE PORTION OF FOLKS WHO ARE NOT ALREADY OUR FOLLOWERS FOR LONG BEACH AIRPORT. SO I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT A, UM, MODEST ADVERTISING SPEND WE DID RECENTLY ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, AND THAT WAS PRIMARILY IN SUPPORT OF TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO USE OUR FLY, MY AIRPORT, UM, FLIGHT PLANNING TOOL, WHICH I TOLD YOU ABOUT SOMETIME RECENTLY. SO WE HAD TWO ADS. ONE WAS AN OUTBOUND AD CAMPAIGN WHERE WE WERE TARGETING FOLKS LOCAL TO THIS AREA AND ALSO IN NORTHERN ORANGE COUNTY. AND THAT AD RECEIVED 58,000 VIEWS, AND THAT RESULTED IN 1300 VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE. UM, AND THEN WE HAD AN INBOUND AD WHERE WE TARGETED, UM, PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN A 20 MILE RADIUS OF ALL OF OUR NONSTOP AIRPORT DESTINATIONS. UM, AND WE USED A REGIONAL MAP, WHICH I BELIEVE IS IN YOUR PACKET THERE. AND THE POINT OF THAT IS WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, PEOPLE MIGHT BE THINKING OF FLYING INTO LOS ANGELES OR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REGION, BUT MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH OUR AIRPORT. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW THEM HOW CONVENIENTLY LOCATED WE ARE IN RELATION TO POINTS OF INTEREST IN THE REGION. AND THAT, UM, AD WAS VIEWED 78,000 TIMES AND RESULTED IN 1700 VISITS TO OUR WEBSITE. SO BOTH ADS, UM, OUTPERFORMED THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR COST PER CLICK. AND SO THEY WERE, YOU KNOW, A REALLY GOOD VALUE AND, UM, KIND OF A NICE EASY WAY TO TARGET FOLKS. SO WANTED TO SHARE THAT. UM, AND THEN MOVING ALONG, UM, TO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE HAD NEARLY 200 PEOPLE PARTICIPATE IN OUR TOURS IN MAY. AND SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THAT IS WE DID A SPECIAL PRACTICE RUN, UM, AT THE AIRPORT FOR SPECIAL NEEDS ADULTS TO PRACTICE GOING THROUGH TSA SCREENING. AND, UM, WE GAVE THEM LIKE A PRACTICE BOARDING PASS AND THEY WENT TO THEIR GATE. UM, AND THIS IS FOR FAMILIES WHO, UM, WHO HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO MAY NOT BE USED TO FLYING AND KIND OF ALL THE SENSORY ELEMENTS OF THAT. WE ALSO HOSTED A GROUP FROM, UM, THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AS PART OF THE CITY'S YOUTH WEEK. AND, UM, THEN IN ADDITION TO THE TOURS, I KNOW SOME OF YOU GUYS WERE ABLE TO JOIN US FOR THE PRIDE PARADE ON OUR FLOAT. UNFORTUNATELY, I WASN'T ABLE TO MAKE IT THIS YEAR, BUT THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT. UM, WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE CITY'S MARIACHI FESTIVAL AND ALSO BEACH STREETS. AND, UM, GOING ALONG HERE TO CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, WE'VE, UM, BEEN REALLY BUSY WITH OUR LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM AFTER OUR, UM, PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LGB LIVE THAT WENT OUT AT THE END OF MARCH. WE'VE, UM, RECEIVED APPLICATIONS FOR MORE THAN 20 PERFORMERS TO JOIN OUR PROGRAM. AND WE DO HAVE AN EVALUATION COMMITTEE MADE UP OF AIRPORT STAFF AND ALSO A COUPLE OF VOLUNTEERS THAT HAVE A MUSICAL BACKGROUND. UM, AND SO WE ARE, UM, WE ARE FULL OF PERFORMERS NOW. WE'VE HAD A GREAT RESPONSE TO THAT. AND, UM, WE ARE CONTINUING TO HAVE OUR LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM ON THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. AND SO THAT'S BEEN A BIG SUCCESS. AND THEN THIS ISN'T IN THIS REPORT, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU ALSO RECEIVED THE PRESS RELEASE ABOUT OUR NEW CONCERT SERIES FOR THE SUMMER CALLED AIRWAVES. AND, UM, THAT IS GONNA BE A PRE-SECURITY CONCERT, NOT JUST FOR TRAVELERS, BUT FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL. AND WE WILL PROVIDE A FOUR HOURS OF FREE VALIDATED PARKING, AND IT'S A BRING YOUR OWN SHARE KIND OF EXPERIENCE. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. UM, IT'S A FREE EVENT WITH ONLINE RSVP, AND WE HAVE QUOTE UNQUOTE SOLD OUT AS OF TODAY, UM, WITH, UH, A COUPLE HUNDRED RSVPS FOR OUR FIRST CONCERT. UM, BUT IF YOU, UM, AS COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, I MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET YOU IN. UM, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW. AND, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT EVENT. AND THEN, UM, CONTINUING ON TO TALK ABOUT MEDIA IN, UH, MAY, WE HAD 45 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS, AND THOSE TOP STORIES WERE ABOUT OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE CITY'S PRIDE PARADE. UH, THE PRESS RELEASE WE SENT OUT ABOUT THE ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE RESULTS FROM THE SOLAR CANOPIES, AND THEN ALSO, UM, AN ARTICLE ABOUT OUR FIRST QUARTER PASSENGER ACTIVITY [00:30:01] AND THEN WRAPPING UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UM, FOR FACEBOOK, THE MOST POPULAR POST WE HAD WAS A, I NEVER KNOW HOW TO SAY THIS. DISNEY MOVIE, LILO AND STITCH. LILO AND STITCH. I, LILO. OKAY, WELL, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES HAS A LILO AND STITCH NEW LIVERY TIMED WITH THE NEW MOVIE. AND, UM, PEOPLE LOVE NEW LIVERIES AND ALSO LOVE THAT MOVIE. SO THAT WAS VERY POPULAR AND IT CAME TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT. AND ON TWITTER, THE MOST POPULAR POST WAS, UH, ABOUT THE REAL ID DEADLINE. AND ON INSTAGRAM, THE MOST POPULAR POST WAS ABOUT, UM, THE LONG BEACH STATEMAN VOLLEYBALL TEAM WINNING THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WHICH I'M SURE YOU HEARD ABOUT, BUT THEY FLEW BACK INTO LONG BEACH AIRPORT. AND SO WE WERE EXCITED TO HOST A LITTLE WELCOME AND HOORAH RAH FOR THEM. AND SO THAT WAS THE MOST POPULAR POST ON INSTAGRAM. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, KATE. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, COMMISSIONERS, WE ARE, WE'RE UPPING OUR GAME AS FAR AS GETTING THE MESSAGE OUT ABOUT AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT AND WHO WE ARE, UM, AND REALLY ATTRACTING, UH, FUTURE PASSENGERS, UH, TRAVELERS TO, TO LONG BEACH, UH, CERTAINLY WITH, UH, LA 28, I WANNA CALL IT LA LB 28, UH, , YOU KNOW, JUST REALLY TRYING TO PUT THE WORD OUT ABOUT, UM, UH, OUR AIRPORT AND, AND A GREAT CHOICE. UH, THERE'S MANY AIRPORTS THAT TRAVELERS CAN CHOOSE FROM, BUT CERTAINLY KNOW THAT OURS HAS A SPECIAL, UM, ATTRACTION, A SPECIAL NICHE, AND THE LEVEL OF EXPERIENCE THAT WE PROVIDE, UM, OUR CUSTOMERS. AND SO DEFINITELY TRYING TO GET THAT WORD OUT ABOUT HOW EASYGOING IT IS TO FLY LONG BEACH. AND I DO WANT TO COMMEND KATE AND HER TEAM FOR DOING AMAZING WORK AND GETTING THAT MESSAGE OUT. AND SO THAT CONCLUDES, UH, STAFF'S REPORT FOR TODAY. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, AND JUST WONDERED IF THERE'S, UM, A WAY TO RECOGNIZE THEM AMONGST THE OTHER FLIGHT SCHOOLS SO THAT THERE MAY BE A, A SENSE OF COMPETITION IN TERMS OF FLYING FRIENDLIER THAN THEIR COMPETITORS. I, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU PROVIDE A REWARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT I, I'M JUST THINKING SOMEHOW, UH, BECAUSE I, I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE, THE STATISTICS THAT WERE THERE. YEAH. SO ANYWAY, YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, WE WILL, WE WILL DO ANNUAL RECOGNITION AND AWARDS, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WE DO HOST A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS, UM, AND WE REVIEW ALL THE DATA AND STATISTICS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE AWARE, BUT THEY'RE STILL IN A SAFE SPOT WHERE THEY COULD JAB AT EACH OTHER. LIKE, WELL, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCORE. I WILL SAY THIS IS THAT ONE OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS, AS SOON AS THIS MEMO WENT OUT AND BECAME PUBLIC, THEY ACTUALLY CALLED AND SAID, HOW DO I DO BETTER TO, SO GREAT. IT IS WORK, IT IS WORKING, IT'S, IT'S GREAT. AND, AND THEY'RE STAYING IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION GOALS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ARE YOU GETTING GOOD ATTENDANCE AT YOUR QUARTERLY MEETINGS? WE ARE, YEAH. WE ARE THE MULTIPLE PEOPLE, NOT JUST, THERE'S NOT JUST THE OWNERS OF THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS, BUT THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR CFIS AS WELL. THEY'RE INSTRUCTORS, HUH? CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTORS, , UH, AS WELL AS SOMETIMES THEY WILL BRING STUDENTS, UH, ALONG AS WELL, SO, OKAY. IT'S, IT'S WELL ATTENDED. GO AHEAD. FOR THE, THE NOISE COMPLAINTS. DO WE KNOW IF THAT'S MORE ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OR THEY'RE GENERAL AVIATION? IT'S DEFINITELY, UH, PROBABLY, LET'S JUST SAY 98% GENERAL AVIATION GENERAL, THE MAJORITY OF THE COMMERCIAL COMPLAINTS ARE FROM ARRIVALS COMING IN OFF THE COAST OVER HUNTINGTON. IT'S MAINLY HUNTINGTON BEACH THAT, UH, NOTICES THIS. AND I, I HAVE A, A QUESTION MORE OF A COMMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TRAVEL A LOT FOR WORK AND THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I WILL SIT IN A AIRPORT, UM, YOU KNOW, WAITING TO, TO BOARD MY FLIGHT AND OVERHEAR A CONVERSATION OF ONE PERSON TELLING ANOTHER HOW MUCH THEY LOVE GOING TO LONG BEACH AND FLYING INTO THE AIRPORT, IT'S NUMEROUS TIMES I'VE OVERHEARD THAT CONVERSATION. AND, YOU KNOW, PHIL JUST BEING A RESIDENT AND, AND THEN NOW, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER FILL A SENSE OF PRIDE AND GLOW WHEN I HEAR THAT. AND, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I CONVEYED THAT TO, TO YOU THE STAFF OF HOW WELL AND, UH, [00:35:01] JUST AMAZING YOU GUYS ARE DOING AND, AND HOW THE AIRPORT IS. SO, UM, JUST LIKE I WANTED TO PASS THAT MESSAGE ALONG TO, TO EACH OF YOU. YOU KEEP IT UP, YOU'RE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB. SO. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANYTHING FROM THE PUBLIC, I'M ASSUMING? NO. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE DO HAVE A FIRST AND SECOND WITH THAT. CAN WE HAVE A ROLL CALL? THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT ITEM [ELECTION OF CHAIR & VICE CHAIR] IS AN ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER. WHAT WE DO IS ONCE A YEAR, UH, WE ELECT A NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR. THEY SERVE A ONE YEAR TERM, AND THEN WE GET TO DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN NEXT YEAR AND YEAR AFTER AND AFTER. UH, THE WAY THIS WORKS IS I WILL REQUEST NOMINATIONS. YOU CAN NOMINATE EITHER A FELLOW COMMISSIONER OR YOURSELF WHEN ALL THE NOMINATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. WE WILL GO THROUGH A VOTING PROCESS. SO THE FIRST ONE WE HAVE IS FOR CHAIR. UM, I'LL START THE NOMINATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE COMMISSIONER LARSON AND THEN SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. UH, AT THAT POINT SINCE, UH, NORMALLY WE WOULD HAVE THE NOMINATOR SPEAK, BUT WE DON'T ONLY HAVE ONE. SO WE WILL, UH, CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER LAGA? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. ALRIGHT, WELL WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE VICE CHAIR. A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH TO CONTINUE IN THE SPOT FOR YEAR TWO. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE NOMINATIONS. AND AGAIN, SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE WE WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES. COMMISSIONER LARSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. [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.] ALRIGHT, AND WITH THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, WERE THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE THAT NEED TO BE SHARED? THERE'S NO CORRESPONDENCE AT THIS TIME. OKAY. [ANNOUNCEMENTS] AND THEN ANY FINAL COMMENTS BY MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS NOW AT THE END? YES. I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AS TO WHAT'S, UM, BEING CON CONSTRUCTED OVER BY GULFSTREAM RIGHT OFF OF SPRING HERE. THAT IS THE ONE OF OUR TENANTS, BONF DEVELOPMENT. THEY'RE CONSTRUCTING HANGERS FOR LARGE AIRCRAFT, LARGE JETS. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. AND THEN I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF. I GOT AN UNUSUAL QUESTION FROM ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WHO IS AN AVID CYCLIST. HE ACTUALLY GAVE, GOT RID OF HIS VEHICLE, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE SURVIVES, BUT HE DID. UH, HE WAS ASKING ARE THERE BIKE LOCKERS AT THE AIRPORT? IF HE WERE TO BICYCLE HIS WAY INTO THAT FACILITY, IS THERE A WAY TO LOCK IT UP FOR THE DAY? SO IF HE'S TRAVELING SOMEWHERE, WE DO HAVE LOCATIONS WHERE HE CAN LOCK HIS, HIS BIKE. WE DON'T HAVE ACTUAL LOCKERS, BUT WE HAVE, UM, A BIKE RACK WHERE WE HAVE, UH, SOME OF OUR EMPLOYEES ACTUALLY BIKE TO WORK AND, AND WE'LL LOCK, LOCK IT UP IN PARKING STRUCTURE A FIRST FLOOR. SO WHEN HE ARRIVES IT'S JUST, UH, HE JUST FINDS THIS THING, OR IT'S ON THE FIRST FLOOR PARKING STRUCTURE. A OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER LOCATION? I'M TRYING TO THINK. I THINK IT'S JUST, THAT'S THE MAIN ONE. IT'S A LARGE, AND THEN HIS SECOND QUESTION WAS, WILL WE EVER HAVE A DEDICATED BIKE LANE GOING INTO THE FACILITY? , I DON'T KNOW. TO ANSWER FOR ANOTHER DAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. YOU GOTTA ADMIRE HIM THOUGH. AT LEAST HE'S TRYING. SO, BUT IS HE CURIOUS? LUGGAGE? PARDON ME? HOW IS HE CURIOUS? LUGGAGE? HE'S, IT'S TRAVELING JUST FOR THE DAY. OH. SO HE JUST, YOU KNOW, RIDE BACKPACK, THAT SORT OF THING AND SPIKES AWAY. SO ANYWAYS, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR FELLOW COMMISSIONERS? AND WITH THAT, WE [ADJOURNMENT] ARE ADJOURNED. OH, YOU HIT THE GAVEL RIGHT? * 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.