Jul 17, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

COMMISSIONERS ZARN HERE.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF.

UH, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.

IT'S GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO THE STAFF.

CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE.

[1. 25-55727 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on June 18, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ALL RIGHT.

WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM ONE.

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON JUNE 18TH, 2025.

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

SECOND.

ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? PUBLIC COMMENT.

SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT.

UH, SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER'S ARM? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO.

AND THE SECRETARY WILL

[2. 25-55728 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Matt Liknaitzk with Sling Pilot Academy. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING MATT WITH, I EVEN PRACTICED THAT AND HE'S WITH THE SLING PILOT ACADEMY AND I KNOW THAT KATE KNOWS HOW TO PRONOUNCE IT, SO SHE'LL DO A BETTER JOB.

I OKAY.

DO WE, ARE WE READY TO MOVE? CAN OH, OKAY.

NO.

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

SECOND.

UM, OKAY.

ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? NOPE, I'M AHEAD OF MYSELF.

GO AHEAD.

OKAY, THANKS.

PILOTS TO COMPLETE THE SLING PILOT ACADEMY.

JUAN, WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO GO AHEAD AND LAUNCH IN, OR DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? OKAY, GREAT, AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

UM, SO YES, I'M HAPPY TODAY TO, UM, INTRODUCE YOU IF YOU DON'T KNOW HIM ALREADY.

TO MATT L , I AM AS, AS SOMEONE WHO ALSO HAS A DIFFICULT LAST NAME.

I CAN SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT.

SO HE IS THE CO CEO OF SLING PILOT ACADEMY.

AND, UM, I BELIEVE DURING OUR LAST COMMISSION MEETING, UM, UM, JUSTIN, I BELIEVE PROVIDED, UM, AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRST QUARTER RESULTS FOR THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM.

AND AS PART OF THAT, IT WAS NOTED THAT SLING WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE ABOVE AND BEYOND AWARD FOR THAT FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, WHICH WAS GREAT.

AND, UM, IF YOU KNOW MATT, YOU KNOW, HE WAS A BIG PART OF THAT RECOGNITION BECAUSE HE'S MADE, UM, HIS, UH, COMMITMENT TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, UM, REALLY A KEY CORNERSTONE, WELL, I'M SORRY, CORNERSTONE OF HIS ORGANIZATION.

UM, AND, UH, HIS PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND AT IS AS AN AVIATION ENTREPRENEUR.

HE'S ALSO A COMMERCIAL PILOT, A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR, AND AN FAA DESIGNATED PILOT EXAMINER.

SO HE HAS MORE THAN 30 YEARS OF AVIATION EXPERIENCE.

AND HIS ROLE IN THE ORGANIZATION AS CO CEO IS TO OVERSEE THE OPERATION OF WHAT HAS BEEN NAMED THE FASTEST GROWING FLIGHT SCHOOL IN THE NATION, ACCORDING TO ONE PUBLICATION.

AND, UM, SLING STARTED IN 2011 AND IT'S GROWN AND TAKEN ON DIFFERENT, UM, FORM.

UM, MOST RECENTLY IN 2022, UH, SLING PILOT ACADEMY BECAME A SKY WEST AIRLINES ELITE PARTNER.

UM, AND SO THAT PROVIDES, UM, A PIPELINE FOR

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AND THEN, UM, HAVE SOME HIRING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH SKYWEST AIRLINES.

AND SKY SLING IS RELATIVELY NEW AS A TENANT TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

THEY JUST HAD THE GRAND OPENING OF THEIR LONG BEACH AIRPORT FACILITY IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEY ARE A SUBTENANT OF JET ZERO.

SO THEY'RE LOCATED JUST A SHORT WALK AWAY FROM OUR COMMERCIAL TERMINAL.

UM, AND, UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, AND JUSTIN COULD SHARE MUCH MORE ABOUT, UM, THEY DO USE AIRCRAFT THAT ARE QUIETER THAN THE TYPICAL FLIGHT SCHOOL AIRCRAFT, AND THEY ALSO, UM, ARE USING 100% UNLEADED FUEL.

UM, SO WE'RE REALLY GRATEFUL, UM, TO THEM AND THEY'RE REALLY GREAT PARTNERS.

I'VE ALSO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, SINCE THEY MOVED IN IN MARCH, WE'VE BEEN, UM, REALLY BUSY TAKING SOME OF OUR TOUR GROUPS, OUR SPECIAL TOUR GROUPS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN AVIATION.

WE'VE TAKEN THEM TO SLING AND THEY PROVIDE TOURS FOR THEM, GIVE THEM A, GIVE STUDENTS A CHANCE TO SIT IN THE COCKPIT OF THEIR PLANES, TAKE A PHOTO AND KIND OF BE INTRODUCED TO THAT CAREER.

SO THAT'S BEEN WONDERFUL AS WELL.

UM, AND MATT SAID HIS FAVORITE THING ABOUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS JUST WHAT A THRIVING HUB OF ACTIVITY IT IS FROM ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS TO A VARIETY OF BUSINESSES AND INNOVATION THAT'S ALWAYS HAPPENING THERE.

UM, AND WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT HIS HOBBIES, IT TURNS OUT THAT AVIATION IS NOT ONLY HIS CAREER, BUT ALSO HIS HOBBY.

UM, SO HE SAID HE LOVES FLYING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN HIS SPARE TIME, AND, UH, WE'RE JUST GRATEFUL TO HAVE MATT AND SLING AS PART OF OUR AIRPORT COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

IF I COULD JUST ALSO ADD, UM, MATT WAS VERY INVOLVED, UH, WHILE, UH, WHILE NOT A FLIGHT SCHOOL HERE WITH US AT THE TIME THAT THE NOISE CONCERNS BEGAN.

UM, HE WAS FLYING, UH, AT, UH, AT TORRANCE.

UM, BUT HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN OUR DISCUSSIONS HERE.

UH, HE WOULD JOIN THE, UM, THE FBOS AND THE FLIGHT SCHOOLS THAT WERE HAVING THOSE DISCUSSIONS HERE.

UH, AND THEN HE WAS ALSO ONE OF THE PANELISTS FOR THE FAA WEBINAR.

UH, AND HE'S, SO, HE HAS, HE'S A, HE'S A VERY PROFESSIONAL, HE HAS A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE, UH, AND WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HIM AND HIS TEAM NOW ACTUALLY AT LONG, AT LONG BEACH, UH, AS KATE MENTIONED AT THE JET ZERO LEASE HOLD.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES.

YES.

, UM, HOW ARE THEY GETTING THEIR UNLEADED GASOLINE? ARE THEY DOING IT THROUGH THE, THROUGH THE AIRPORT? I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DEFER THIS ONE TO JUSTIN, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S KIND OF A COMPLICATED QUESTION.

ACTUALLY.

, I WAS WAITING FOR THAT .

UM, THEY ARE, SO THEY USED TO, UH, BASICALLY GET THEIR UNLEADED GAS THROUGH JUST LIKE YOU WOULD WITH YOUR CAR, RIGHT? THEY WOULD GO FILL UP, UH, THEY WOULD FILL A TANK, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE PROCURED, UM, A TANK THAT ALLOWS FOR, UH, UNLEADED FUEL THROUGH SWIFT.

UM, SO THEY'RE GOING THROUGH OUR, UH, PROVIDER AT OUR AIRPORT FOR THAT FUEL.

NOW WE ARE, I, I'M ASSUMING WE WOULD BE IF WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT.

YEAH, BUT THOSE ARE OH, OKAY.

YOU WANT TO WELL, WE'RE GONNA TRIPLE TEAM IT , SO, YES.

UM, UH, THEY ARE, UH, ARE BEING ASSESSED THE FEES, EXCEPT THAT THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC FUEL TYPES ARE BEING EXEMPT FROM THAT FUEL FLOW HP OKAY.

SO THEY, THEY HAVE THEIR PERMITS AND STUFF FOR ALL THEIR AIRCRAFT AND, AND THAT'S ALL ABOVE BOARD AND ALL THE FUEL IS BEING REPORTED? YES.

YEAH.

THE FUEL FLOWAGE FEES, UH, THAT, THAT HAS BEEN WAIVED DURING THIS PERIOD.

ARE THEY PART OF THE REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM ALSO BECAUSE THEY TALKS THERE ALLOTMENT IN A WEEK, ? YEAH.

UM, THEY'RE FUELED DEPENDING ON, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE GETTING IT FROM COULD BE PART OF THAT SUBSIDY PROGRAM THAT WE DO HAVE.

SO, OKAY.

YEAH.

THIS BEING RECORDED IS FINE.

COMMISSIONER BROWN, THE, UH, THE, THE FUEL FLOWAGE PHASE WERE WAIVED BY CITY COUNCIL AT, ON OUR FOR R PROGRAM FOR THE, FOR A THREE YEAR PERIOD.

UH, SO THE, THE FUEL SUPPLIER WHO IS RECEIVING THE FUEL FLOWAGE FEES, UH, THOSE FLU, WHO RECEIVES, WHO PAYS

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ANY MORE DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION FROM PUBLIC? SEEING? NO FURTHER COMMENT.

IS THERE ANY, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.

AND THE SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM THREE.

[3. 25-55733 Recommendation to establish an ad-hoc Committee for the limited purpose of recommending methods to increase attendance at and develop sponsorship opportunities for the 2025 Festival of Flight Event, with such Committee terminating upon the completion of the event. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO ESTABLISH AN AD HOC COMMITTEE FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF RECOMMENDING METHODS TO INCREASE ATTENDANCE AT AND DEVELOP SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE 2025 FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVENT WITH SUCH COMMITTEE TERMINATING UPON THE COMPLETION OF THE EVENT, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.

AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

COMMISSIONER BROWN, BROWN.

ARE THERE ANY COMMISSIONERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE? OKAY.

ANYONE ELSE? THAT'S GREAT.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? THANK YOU BOTH FOR DOING THAT.

SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

ITEM FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS WITH AIR QUALITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, WATER QUALITY, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT.

AND WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ

[4. 25-55729 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. ]

AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I SO MOVE.

I HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JUAN.

UM, AS OF JANUARY 1ST OF THIS YEAR, THE PARKING STRUCTURE SOLAR CANOPIES HAVE GENERATED OVER 1.5 MILLION KILOWATT HOURS.

THAT'S EQUIVALENT TO ELECTRICITY USE OF 138 HOMES A YEAR.

THAT'S IMPRESSIVE.

IN EARLY JUNE, UM, LGB COMPLETED WORK ON ITS AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION THAT THE A CA, THE RENEWAL APPLICATION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2024.

THE APPLICATION CURRENTLY UNDERGOING THIRD PARTY VERIFICATION, SO SHOWS THE AIRPORT HAS ACHIEVED A 56% REDUCTION IN SCOPE ONE AND TWO EMISSIONS, UH, RELATIVE TO ITS 2016 BASELINE.

THE REDUCTIONS, WHICH ARE AN INCREASE FROM THE 38% REDUCTION SEEN IN THE 2023 REPORT ARE DUE IN GREAT PART TO THE COMMISSIONING OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE.

SOLAR ARRAYS, IS THAT RIGHT? SOLAR ARRAYS.

BUT, UH, UM, NONETHELESS, WE WERE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, WE DID WANNA MAKE THAT AS PART OF OUR PROGRAM, UM, OTHERWISE TOO, IT WOULD, IT JUST GETS THROWN AWAY AND AT LEAST SOMEONE ELSE IS GOING TO RECYCLE IT RATHER THAN IT GOING TO A LANDFILL.

SOLAR ARRAYS.

UM, IN EARLY 2024 GBS CURRENT A CA GOALS ARE TO ACHIEVE A 20% EMISSIONS REDUCTION BY 2025, A 40% EMISSIONS REDUCTION BY 2030, AND CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2045.

AS OF JANUARY 1ST, 2025, PARODIES HAS RECYCLED OVER 212 POUNDS OF FOOD SERVICE GLOVES THROUGH AN ORGANIZATION NAMED TERRACYCLE.

ALSO, AS OF JANUARY 1ST, THE AIRPORT HAS RECYCLED APPROXIMATELY 1.2 TONS OF MIXED RECYCLING, WHICH INCLUDES PLASTIC BOTTLES, JUGS AND STEEL CANS, AND 10.24 TONS OF FOOD WASTE.

AS OF JUNE 17TH, WHICH IS TODAY, THE AIRPORT RECYCLED COPPER WIRE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE EFFORT RESULTED IN THE RECYCLING OF 450 POUNDS OF COPPER WIRE.

UH, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ON THE COPPER WIRE, DID YOU SELL THE COPPER WIRE ? IT'S VERY POPULAR.

YOU KNOW, UH, WE DID SELL IT.

UM, THERE IS, I, I SAID, LET ME THINK OF HOW, HOW BEST TO SAY THIS.

THE LESS WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE TO, TO SELL IT IN THE, IN ITS HIGHEST VALUE, UH, FORM, UH, THE HIGHER THE MONETARY VALUE, UM, WE, WE WERE NOT AT THAT POINT TO BE ABLE, WE JUST KIND OF GAVE THE, WE SOLD THE COPPER, BUT DID NOT STRIP IT AND GET IT INTO A DIFFERENT RATE.

WE DID THE MONEY, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT $250.

UM,

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THAT, THAT'S VERY GOOD.

UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, DID THE AIRLINES PROVIDE YOU WITH THEIR WASTE, UM, THE, FOR THE PROGRAM OF RECYCLING WASTE OR BOTTLES CANS? DO THE AIRLINES DO THAT? THEY, THEY DO THAT WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT COME IN AND THEY'RE CLEANING THE AIRCRAFT, UH, ALL OF THAT WASTE IS COLLECTED AS PART OF OUR, AS PART OF THE WASTE THAT WE, THAT, UH, WE TAKE IN AS THE AIRPORT OPERATOR.

AND THEN ALL OF THAT IS SORTED.

UH, SO IT DOES GET TO US.

AND, UM, PART OF THE RECYCLING THEN? MM-HMM .

IT'S ALL PART OF THE RECYCLING.

YES.

AND JUST, JUST LIKE YOU DO AT HOME EVERY WEDNESDAY, OUR RECYCLING IS LINED UP ON THE FRONT CURB RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, IT'S THE, IT IS THE, I'M, IT IS THE CUTEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN.

IT'S JUST LIKE .

IT'S LIKE, I TOOK A PICTURE ONE TIME AND I, I SEND IT.

I'M LIKE, LOOK, OUR RECYCLING'S OUT FOR THE DAY.

UM, AND WE, AND OUR, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WORKS DILIGENTLY TO BOTH SEPARATE RECYCLE, UH, GET IT ALL IN THE CONTAINERS, AND EVERY WEDNESDAY MORNING THE TEAM GOES OUT AND MOVES THEM OUT OUT FRONT.

SO IF YOU COME BY ON A WEDNESDAY, YOU'LL, YOU'LL SEE IT HAPPENING.

WE'RE JUST LIKE, WE'RE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANKS.

UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION? SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ITEM FIVE.

[5. 25-55761 Recommendation to receive and file report from the Wings of Fame Program Committee, regarding clarification of exhibit goals and inductee nomination criteria. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM THE WINGS OF FAME PROGRAM COMMITTEE REGARDING CLARIFICATION OF EXHIBIT GOALS AND INDUCTING NOMINATION CRITERIA.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I SO MOVE.

MAY I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE THAT REPORT TOO.

UH, THE WINGS OF FAME PROGRAM COMMITTEE WAS ESTABLISHED AT THE NOVEMBER 20, 24 COMMISSION MEETING.

THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSISTS OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF LONG BEACH AND THE AIRPORT STAFF.

SO, TO REMIND YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL ASKED THE AIRPORT TO EVALUATE THE FEASIBILITY OF ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL CORRIDOR AT LGB THAT WOULD PAY TRIBUTE TO OUR CITY'S AVIATION HISTORY.

LGB COMMISSIONED A REPORT FROM THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND THEN PUBLISHED A CITY MEMO OUTLINING A TIMELINE TO ESTABLISH THE WINGS OF FAME EXHIBIT IN THE LANDSCAPED AREA IN FRONT OF PARKING STRUCTURE.

THE WINGS OF FAME PROGRAM COMMITTEE HAS MET THREE TIMES, INCLUDING A VISIT TO THE PROPOSED SITE THAT WE DID LAST MONTH.

THE AIRPORT RECENTLY SELECTED STUDIO ONE 11 TO HANDLE THE DESIGN, WHICH WILL HELP REFINE CONCEPTS AND PROVIDE MORE DETAIL ABOUT PROJECT COSTS AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES AS A DESIGN PROCESS CONTINUES.

THE NEXT STEP FOR THE COMMITTEE IS TO CLARIFY EXHIBIT GOALS AND NOMINATION CRITERIA FOR INDUCTEES THAT MEET THE GUIDELINES IDENTIFIED IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S REPORT.

ACCORDING TO THE TIMELINE IN THE CITY MEMO, THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THE FIRST INDUCTION CEREMONY BY THE END OF FISCAL YEAR, WHICH WOULD BE THE JUNE 30TH, 2026.

RIGHT.

ALRIGHT.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED IN, SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? PUBLIC COMMENT.

SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, UM, THE SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

THE SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ITEM SIX.

[6. 25-55730 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for June 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? IS SECOND.

ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

UH, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, ALONG WITH THE TEAM, UH, THE STAFF REPORTS FOR THE JULY 17TH MEETING.

UM, I'D LIKE TO START OUT WITH JUST A COUPLE OF ITEMS, UH, REGARDING, UH, THE AIRPORT SINCE, SINCE WE WERE LAST TOGETHER.

UM, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM AND OUR STAFF,

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UH, REALLY WORK DILIGENTLY WHEN THERE ARE AWARDS OR ACCOLADES.

OFTENTIMES, MANY AWARDS ARE, UM, ARE BASED ON CUSTOMER VOTES AND, AND, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME, SOME TYPE OF METRIC.

UM, IT'S VERY EXCITING TO GET AN AWARD THAT YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW YOU WERE IN THE RUNNING FOR.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN, OR IF YOU HAVEN'T, WE WERE VERY PLEASED THAT THE WASHINGTON POST GAVE US THE NUMBER TWO BEST AIRPORT IN THE US AWARD.

AND SO THAT WAS VERY EXCITING.

UM, I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE TEAM WORKS VERY HARD BEHIND THE SCENES, AND SO TO REALLY GET THAT, THAT MENTION, ESPECIALLY FROM AN AIRPORT, I, EXCUSE ME, FROM A, FROM A PUBLICATION, UH, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR MYSELF, AND I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT A, A A, AN EXPERT, BUT VERY CREDIBLE PUBLICATION.

UM, IT'S JUST EXCITING AND A NOD TO NUMBER ONE, UH, PORTLAND.

UH, WE'RE COMING TO GET YOU PORTLAND ON THAT NEXT TIME.

UH, THE NEXT EXCITING THING, THIS PAST, THIS PAST WEEKEND, WE PREMIERED OUR AIRWAVE SUMMER CONCERT SERIES.

UM, UH, THERE WAS, UM, YOU WILL KNOW, YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE CITY IS, IS A, UM, IS KNOWN, WELL KNOWN FOR THEIR CONCERTS IN THE PARK.

UM, AND THEN WE ARE BUILDING AN AMPHITHEATER, UH, TO BRING MORE CONCERTS.

UH, ONE OF THE, UH, CHARGES THAT THE AIRPORT HAS TAKEN ON IS TO ALSO BRING CONCERTS, CONCERTS TO THE AIRPORT.

UH, THE TEAM DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB.

UH, WE TURNED, UH, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR AS YOU COME AROUND BY PUBLIC AFFAIRS, WE TURNED THAT AREA, THAT OPEN AREA WHERE WE, WHERE WE HAVE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS, WE TURNED THAT INTO A CONCERT SITE, AND WE HAD MUSIC.

UM, THERE WERE FOOD, UH, FOOD TRUCKS.

UH, THERE WERE GAMES FOR THE KIDS.

UH, AND IT WAS, IT JUST, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

UH, AND I, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE EVENT IN AUGUST AND IN SEPTEMBER, AND THEN WE TAKE A BREAK , AND THEN WE GO INTO THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT AFTER THAT.

BUT IF YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND, I ENCOURAGE YOU.

UM, I WILL SAY, UH, I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE QUALITY OF LAWN CHAIRS AND ACCOUTREMENTS THAT, THAT PEOPLE BRING TO CONCERTS.

THEIR, THEIR, THEIR CARPET, THEY LAY OUT FOR THEIR STUFF.

IT WAS, IT WAS VERY IMPRESSIVE.

THERE ARE SOME VERY, THERE ARE SOME PROFESSIONAL CONCERT GOERS, UH, COMING TO THESE EVENTS.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I WANTED TO MENTION, UH, UH, WE HAD OUR, WE'RE IN OUR THIRD YEAR OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP.

AND DURING THE WEEK THAT WE MET ON JUNETEENTH THAT WEEK, OUR HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FIRST OF OUR TWO HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIPS, UH, OCCURRED, UH, WITH THE GRADUATION.

IT'S VERY EXCITING, UH, TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THESE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, UH, COME TO THE CAMPUS.

UH, THEY PARTICIPATE IN NUMEROUS ACTIVITIES THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.

UH, MANY OF THEM, UH, PUT ON BY OUR PARTNERS AND OUR BUSINESSES FIRE, UH, THE FBOS.

UH, AND SO IT'S JUST EXCITING THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTINUE THAT INTO OUR THIRD SEASON.

UH, AND THEN THE TEAM IS GEARING UP FOR THE SECOND EXTERNSHIP, WHICH WILL OCCUR IN AUGUST.

AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UH, FIRST UP FOR THE TEAM, WE HAVE MONI CHE WITH A FINANCIAL UPDATE.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UH, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR MAY, 2025.

SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES OPERATING WITH 93 LANDINGS, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 7,915 IN EMPLOYS, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF MAY.

IN PARTICULAR, THEY HAD A DIFFERENT FLEET MIX USING, UM, A THREE TWENTIES INSTEAD OF THEIR USUAL SEVEN 30 SEVENS.

UH, THOSE AIRCRAFT ACTUALLY HAD LESS SEATING CAPACITY, AND SO THAT'S ACTUALLY LED TO A GREATER LOAD FACTOR FOR THAT MONTH.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WITH THE LOWER CAPACITY, IT IS, UH, A DECREASE IN EMPLOYMENTS.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE FOR, UH, 4% DECREASE.

UH, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SEEING 62 LANDINGS, UM, FOR THE MONTH, UH, FOR A TOTAL OF 10,340 EMPLOYMENTS, UM, THAT'S A DECREASE OF ABOUT 1%, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THEN WE SEE SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WITH, UH, 1,291 LANDINGS, UH, MUCH LESS THAN WHAT THEY SAW, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

UH, THAT'S, UM, COMPOUNDED WITH THE LOWER LOAD FACTORS LEADING TO A 15% DECLINING IN THEIR ACTIVITY.

UM, IN TOTAL, THE AIRPORT SAW 163,000, UM, IN EMPLOYMENTS THIS, UH, MAY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S A 14% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY.

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UM, WE'VE SEEN THAT TREND SINCE, UH, THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE YEAR TO DATE, NUMBERS THAT SHOW FIVE MONTHS, UM, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR SO FAR.

AND SO, UH, IT'S BEEN ABOUT 11% DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT SO FAR FOR THIS YEAR.

UM, MOVING DOWN TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, WE SEE THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION FOR UPS.

UH, THEY HAD 38 LANDINGS THIS YEAR, COMPARED TO 22 LAST YEAR.

UM, THAT'S LED TO A GREATER TONNAGE, UH, METRIC TONNAGE PROCESS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY, ABOUT 29% MORE.

UM, AND THAT'S BEEN THE TREND SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR WITH THEIR INCREASED NUMBER OF LANDINGS.

UM, IN TOTAL, WE'VE SEEN 6,000, OVER 6,000 METRIC TONS OF CARGO PROCESSED, UM, BY UPS THIS YEAR.

AND THAT'S, UH, CONCLUDES THIS PART OF THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, MONI.

THE NEXT STAFF REPORT, UH, THE NOISE UPDATE WITH JUSTIN COOK.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

SO FOR THE MONTHLY REPORT OF MAY OF THIS YEAR, WE'RE GONNA START OUT WITH ON PAGE THREE, AIR CARRIER LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

YOU'LL SEE WE HAD THREE OPERATIONS, TWO FROM DELTA, ONE FROM SOUTHWEST THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM AND THEN WE, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, LATE, LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM UH, YEAR TO DATE.

UM, WE ARE A LITTLE UP, UH, 18 COMPARED TO 17, UH, LAST YEAR FOR LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

UM, OF THOSE THREE, UH, LATE NIGHTS, THOSE WERE NOT CONSIDERED VIOLATIONS.

UM, THEY, THEY HAD, UH, VARIOUS RE REASONS, UH, MECHANICAL AND WEATHER RELATION RELATED, UM, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY EXCUSES.

UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE GO THROUGH SOME NOISE VIOLATIONS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOR AIR CARRIERS.

UH, WE HAD 12 GENERAL AVIATION, UH, VIOLATIONS FOR THE MONTH.

UH, THAT'S A LITTLE DOWN FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

AND OVERALL YEAR TO DATE WE'RE ABOUT 20% LOWER, UH, THAN WE WERE.

UH, THAT RESULTED IN ABOUT $600 IN, IN FINES FOR MAY.

AND, UM, YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UP.

WE'RE UP BY $200, $2,400 YEAR TO DATE ON VIOLATION FINES FOR OPERATIONS.

I KNOW MONIE, UH, KIND OF WENT INTO THIS, UH, YEAR TO DATE FOR AIR CARRIERS WE'RE DOWN ABOUT FOUR, 4%, UM, 4.4%, UH, FOR TOTAL OPERATIONS.

UM, 16% FOR MILITARY OPERATIONS.

AND GA IS ABOUT 0.6%, UH, DOWN, UH, AND AIR TAXIS ARE UP ABOUT 6.6%.

UH, AND THOSE ARE THE, THE SMALL COMMUTER PLANES, UM, THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR NOISE VIOLATIONS.

ON PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE ALL 12 OF THEM.

10 OF THE 12 ARE NOISE VIOLATIONS.

SO THOSE OCCURRED BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 6:00 AM AND WE HAD THE MOST, UH, STRINGENT NOISE LIMIT AT THAT TIME OF 79.

UH, AND YOU'RE PRETTY MUCH ASSURED TO VIOLATE THE NOISE ORDINANCE IF YOU FLY DURING THOSE TIMES.

UH, THERE'S PRETTY MUCH NO AIRCRAFT THAT COULD GO UNDER 79.

UH, THE OTHER TWO ARE JUST, UM, OPERATIONAL, WHAT WE CALL OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS.

THERE WAS A, A MISSED APPROACH AND A TOUCH AND GO.

UM, AND THOSE WERE, UH, RESULTED IN SOME, SOME VIOLATIONS.

UM, YEAH, MOVING ON TO LOOK AT, UH, GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY BETWEEN OUR TWO PARALLEL RUNWAYS.

TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND TWO SIX LEFT.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, UH, IT'S OBVIOUSLY THE FLUCTUATION THERE THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING IN APRIL, IN MAY.

UH, YOU COULD SEE THAT, UH, OPERATION ACTIVITY HAS KIND OF, UH, STARTED TO LEVEL OUT.

IN FACT, I I, YOU DON'T SEE JUNE YET .

UM, BUT I KNOW JUNE'S NUMBERS AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH AT THIS POINT, UH, RELATIVELY FLAT ON BOTH THE, THE RUNWAYS.

UH, SO WE'RE NOT SEEING A, A INCREASE.

UM, AND THEN THE SPLIT DIFFERENCE IS ABOUT 64%, UM, ON TWO SIX LEFT AND 36% ON TWO SIX.

RIGHT? UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S UP TO WHERE WE WERE BEFORE.

IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS REALLY KIND OF A 70 30 SPLIT.

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UM, AND THROUGH, UM, VARIOUS, UH, FOR VARIOUS REASONS, INCLUDING JUST THE NUMBER OF AIRCRAFT WE'RE SEEING, UH, TWO SIX RIGHT, BEING UTILIZED MORE.

UH, AND, AND LARGELY THAT'S ACTUALLY DUE TO SLING BEING BASED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

THEY PRIMARILY USE TWO SIX.

RIGHT? ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR NOISE MONITORING DATA, UM, FOR OUR SITES.

UM, EACH MONTH WE WERE REPORTING AVERAGE, UH, CNEL, UH, NOISE LEVELS.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THOSE ON THE MAP OF WHERE THOSE LOCATIONS ARE.

UH, AND, UM, THOSE ARE, THESE ARE ACTUALLY CNEL LEVELS.

SO, UH, I JUST WANT TO CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT THE REGULATORY, UH, STANDARD IS 65 CNEL.

SO YOU'LL SEE KIND OF THAT 65, UM, IS ACTUALLY NOT ON THERE, WHICH IS A GOOD THING THAT WOULD INDICATE WE'RE, WE'RE, UH, POSSIBLY, UH, EXCEEDING CERTAIN LIMITS.

UH, YOU'LL SEE 64 KIND OF AT THE END OF EACH RUN OF OUR DIAGONAL RUNWAY.

SO THE 65 IS, IS WELL CONTAINED WITHIN THE, THE AIRPORT PROPERTY ON ALL OUR RUNWAYS.

COMPARING, UH, LOOKING AT NOISE COMPLAINTS, UH, OVER TIME, YOU'LL SEE MAY KIND OF, WE HAD A SLIGHT INCREASE, UM, COMPARED TO APRIL AND MARCH.

IT'S KIND OF A INCREASE.

AND THIS IS DUE TO JUST THE NUMBER OF TOTAL GA OPERATIONS.

UH, AND THAT YOU COULD SEE THAT KIND OF FOLLOWS A SIMILAR INCREASE, UH, OVERLAID ON THE FIRST GRAPH.

THEN WE HAD SOME, UH, WE HAVE DAILY TOTALS DOWN BELOW.

UH, YOU COULD SEE A, LIKE A PEAK, UH, TUESDAY, THE 27TH, UM, OF 1800 COMPLAINTS.

UM, AND REALLY THIS IS JUST A RESULT OF WEATHER AND THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS WE'VE SEEN, UM, SOME DAYS WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF OPERATIONS, UM, ROUGHLY, UH, OVER 200 ON, ON TWO SIX, RIGHT? UM, WHEN, UM, I WOULD SAY A, A TYPICAL DAY MAY BE IN THE ONE 20 TO ONE 50 RANGE.

SO THERE'S SOME, SOME LONG, YOU KNOW, LARGE ACTIVITY, LARGE NUMBERS OF OPERATIONS THAT ARE OCCURRING.

AND IT'S DUE TO THE SUMMER, YOU KNOW, GOOD WEATHER, LONG DAYS.

UH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE.

UM, AND THEN AS WE APPROACH, UH, THE END OF SUMMER, YOU'LL START TO SEE, UM, THOSE LIKELY TO DECLINE.

WE BREAK DOWN THE HOURS OF DAY TOTALS.

UM, YOU COULD SEE, YOU KNOW, UH, THE MAIN ACTIVITY DURING THE, THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND ALSO FROM, FROM SEVEN TO 10.

UH, AND OF COURSE THERE'S A, UH, YOU COULD SEE A NINE O'CLOCK, UM, INCREASE THERE.

UM, AS, AS FOLKS ARE, UM, FLYING BEFORE, BEFORE 10 O'CLOCK AS THEY'RE GETTING IN, UH, SOME OF THEIR WORK.

WE'VE ALSO KNOWN THAT THERE'S, UM, A GOOD AMOUNT OF, UH, IT SEEMS TO BE A ROTATION IN FLIGHT SCHOOLS OF STUDENTS WHO ARE TRYING TO GET NIGHT CURRENCY.

AND SO WE'VE SEEN SOME OF THAT OCCUR, AND IT SEEMS TO KIND OF HAPPEN IN WAVES WHEN LIKE A STUDENT GOES THROUGH THEIR PROCESS AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE READY FOR, FOR DOING SOME NIGHT TRAINING.

UH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE, WHAT SOME OF THAT IS A RESULT OF.

FINALLY, ON THE LAST PAGE, WE SEE HOUSEHOLDS AND COMPLAINANTS, UH, BY ZIP CODE.

UM, YOU COULD SEE THE, THE VARIATIONS HERE.

UM, AND, UH, THE LARGEST AMOUNT IS OF COURSE, 9 0 8, 0 7, UH, WITH 89 COMPLAINANTS.

AND, UH, A LITTLE OVER 24,000 COMPLAINTS.

UM, COMPARING THAT TO LAST YEAR, 'CAUSE I LIKE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

UH, YEAR TO DATE, UH, WE HAD 111 COMPLAINANTS AND 47,000, UH, COMPLAINTS FROM 9 0 8 0 7.

UH, SO COMPLAINTS HAVE, UM, PRETTY MUCH LEVELED OFF ACROSS THE BOARD, BUT WE ARE SEEING LESS THAN WHAT WE HAD, UH, FROM A YEAR PRIOR TO, TO THAT.

AND THAT INCLUDES ALL COMPLAINT, UH, WAYS TO COMPLAINT FROM THE, THE BUTTON CLICK TO VOICE, UH, MAILS THAT WE RECEIVE TO, UH, EMAILS THAT WE RECEIVE, THAT WE ENTER INTO OUR SYSTEM.

SO THAT INCLUDES EVERY, UH, TYPE OF COMPLAINT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANKS.

WONDERFUL.

THANK YOU JUSTIN.

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UH, AND OUR LAST REPORT IS OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE WITH KATE KIRKENDAL.

IN THE NATION BY WASHINGTON POST.

SO JUST TO START WITH THE ADVERTISING AND MARKETING CATEGORY, UM, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THIS YEAR, THE LONG BEACH POST, UM, DEVELOPED A LITTLE PRINT BOOKLET THAT WAS A SUMMER GUIDE TO LIFE IN LONG BEACH.

AND WE HAD, UM, A FULL PAGE AD IN THAT LITTLE BOOKLET.

AND THEN ALSO IN THE REPORT I MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT OUR, UM, PARTNERSHIP, UM, WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF A, UM, NEW OR EVOLVING PARTNERSHIP, SIMILAR TO WHAT I'VE SHARED AT A PAST COMMISSION, REALLY PAST COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WITH LONG BEACH UNIFIED.

AND THAT'S WHERE, UM, WE'RE PROVIDING, UM, SPONSOR DOLLARS IN EXCHANGE FOR PROMOTION OF OUR SPONSORSHIP AND SUPPORT.

SO PROMOTION OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT ON THEIR CHANNELS.

AND IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REACH NEW AUDIENCES ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, AND SO THAT PRELIMINARY VIDEO THAT THEY, UM, COMPLETED, WHICH ESSENTIALLY IS LIKE A HIGHLIGHT REEL OF THEIR ATHLETICS PROGRAM, AND THEN SAYS, THANK YOU, LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR SUPPORTING LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE ATHLETICS, UM, HAS REACHED MORE THAN 8,000 VIEWS.

AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MORE COLLABORATIONS ONCE SCHOOL STARTS BACK UP AGAIN.

UM, THEN IN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, UM, AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH, AS JUAN MENTIONED, WE DID HAVE OUR FIRST COHORT OF THE CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT EXTERNSHIP.

IT WAS A VERY LIVELY BUNCH IN A GOOD WAY THIS TIME.

LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND, UM, INTEREST.

AND, UH, WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE NEXT COHORT THAT WILL BEGIN, LIKE JUAN SAID, IN AUGUST.

UM, AND THEN CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, WE HAD OUR, UM, I KNOW THAT CYNTHIA MENTIONED THIS AT OUR LAST MEETING, BUT IT ACTUALLY FALLS WITHIN THIS REPORTING PERIOD.

SO I JUST WANNA TOUCH UPON IT BRIEFLY.

OUR INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO BALTIMORE, WASHINGTON, OR BWEE AS THEY CALL IT, AND IT WAS A VERY FUN DAY.

UM, WE HAD A BRASS BAND THAT WAS SERENADING THE, UM, PASSENGERS FOR THE INAUGURAL FLIGHT AS THEY BOARDED ON THE RAMP.

UM, WE HAD A SPECIAL DRINK COUPON FOR PASSENGERS ON THE FLIGHT OF THE ORANGE CRUSH, WHICH APPARENTLY IS, UM, WAS RECENTLY NAMED THE OFFICIAL STATE COCKTAIL OF MARYLAND BY THE LEGISLATURE, AND IS JUST A FUN THING.

SO WE, UM, COLLABORATED WITH OUR CONCESSIONAIRE THERE AND, UM, WERE ABLE TO OFFER THAT TO THE PASSENGERS.

AND WE ALSO HAD SOME MEDIA OUT PROVIDING COVERAGE.

WE ALSO COLLABORATED WITH VISIT LONG BEACH AND SOUTHWEST AIRLINES TO HAVE AN INFLUENCER FROM BALTIMORE WHO HAS ABOUT 250,000 FOLLOWERS.

AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND WERE ON THE FIRST FLIGHT, AND THEN THEY HAD A WHOLE ITINERARY IN LONG BEACH WITH THE QUEEN MARY AND THE AQUARIUM AND ALL THOSE THINGS.

UM, SO THAT WAS EXCITING.

AND, UM, THANK YOU TO COMMISSIONERS ZARN AND THOMAS WHO WERE THERE IN THEIR CAPACITY AS VOLUNTEERS AND WERE ASSISTING AND ESCORTING MEDIA AND MUSICIANS THAT EVENING.

SO IT, SPEAKING OF EVENING, IT IS A RED EYE.

AND, UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME, UM, CUTE EYE MASKS FOR PASSENGERS WITH A LITTLE, UM, MARYLAND CRAB ON THEM.

AND, UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THAT WAS ABOUT.

AND THEN, SO MOVING DOWN TO MEDIA COVERAGE, IT WAS A BIG MONTH FOR US.

WE HAD 243 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS, AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT WAS DUE TO THE WASHINGTON POST RANKING AND ALSO COVERAGE OF THE INAUGURAL FLIGHT.

UM, AND I WANNA SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON POST RANKING THAT JUAN TOUCHED ON.

UM, WE DID RUN A MEDIA REPORT BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO KEEP TRACK OF WHERE ALL THE COVERAGE IS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S BROADCAST AND IT'S NOT ONLINE.

UM, AND SO SOME OF THIS REPORT FOR JUNE, THE, THE COVERAGE KIND OF FELL IN JUNE AND JULY, SO YOU'LL SEE SOME OF IT FOR THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD ALSO.

BUT WE HAD 286 MENTIONS IN BROADCAST AND PRINT AND ONLINE STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

AND THAT MEDIA COVERAGE REACHED AN AUDIENCE OF 931 MILLION READERS AND VIEWERS.

AND THE, YOU KNOW, THESE REPORTS THAT YOU RUN GIVE YOU, UM, OF AN ESTIMATED VALUE.

SO THE ESTIMATED PUBLICITY VALUE OF THAT COVERAGE WAS NEARLY $10 MILLION.

UM, MONI, JUST MAKING SURE YOU CAUGHT THAT.

UM, , JUST KIDDING.

UM, SO ANYWAY, IT WAS, UH, UM, IT'S AN HONOR TO BE NAMED THE NUMBER TWO AIRPORT

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AND IT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT A LOT OF MEDIA COVERAGE AND VALUE TO THE AIRPORT.

AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY AND MILK THAT FOR ALL IT'S WORTH IN THE FUTURE.

AND WE'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING TO INCORPORATE THAT RANKING IN A LOT OF OUR COMMUNICATIONS IN THE FUTURE, LIKE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOME OF OUR ADVERTISEMENTS AND IN SOME OF THE MARKETING COLLATERAL THAT WE HAVE AT THE AIRPORT.

UM, AND THEN THE LAST SECTION IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

AND, UM, THE TOP POSTS OF THE MONTH ON FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM WERE ABOUT OUR BALTIMORE INAUGURAL FLIGHT.

AND THEN ON X, THE TOP POST WAS ABOUT OUR AIRWAVES CONCERT SERIES.

UM, AND ON THAT NOTE, I'M SURE YOU SAW THAT I LEFT A FLYER AND A STICKER, UM, FOR YOU GUYS.

AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THE AIRWAVES CONCERTS, PLEASE LET US KNOW.

WE'VE SEEN AN AMAZING DEMAND, UM, FOR THOSE CONCERTS.

AND WE'VE, WE HAVE A WAITING LIST GOING, UM, FOR ALL THREE, FOR THE VERY FIRST CONCERT.

UM, WE WERE BEING A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE WITH HOW MANY PEOPLE WE WERE LETTING INTO THE CONCERT BECAUSE IT WAS OUR FIRST TIME DOING IT, AND WE WERE JUST BEING CONSERVATIVE IN TERMS OF MAKING SURE WE HAD ALL OF OUR SECURITY AND OPERATIONAL NEEDS COVERED.

UM, BUT WE DO PLAN ON MAKING MORE TICKETS AVAILABLE FOR THE NEXT TWO CONCERTS BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCE, UM, WITH THE FIRST ONE.

SO, UM, IF YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TELLING YOU, OH, THE CONCERTS ARE A WAITING LIST ONLY, WE DO PLAN ON OPENING UP SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TICKETS, UM, FOR THE AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER CONCERTS AND, UM, LETTING THE FOLKS THAT ARE ON THE WAITING LIST NOW, UM, WILL BE ABLE TO GET TICKETS.

SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UH, OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, OUR TENANTS, UH, AND, YOU KNOW, TO, AND OUR MARKETING, JUST HOW WE, HOW WE PROMOTE OURSELVES AND HAS REALLY TAKEN, UH, THAT, UH, WHO WE ARE TODAY AND THE IMPACT THAT WE DO TO ANOTHER LEVEL.

KATE, IF YOU COULD HOLD A SECOND, UM, COMMISSIONERS, UH, IT'S, I WANTED TO PROVIDE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

UM, THIS WILL BE KATE'S LAST MEETING WITH US HERE, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION.

SHE HAS ACCEPTED THE POSITION OF ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

UH, SO WE'RE VERY PROUD OF HER.

CONGRATULATIONS, KATE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THIS WAS A VERY COMPETITIVE PROCESS, UH, MANY APPLICANTS AND WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED, HONORED THAT OUR KATE, UH, IS, UH, HAS, HAS RECEIVED THE COM, THE, THE POSITION AND WILL BE STARTING WITH THAT.

IT IS, IT IS VERY BITTERSWEET.

UH, KATE HAS DONE, UH, HAS, UH, HIT SIGNIFICANT MILESTONES IN MOVING THE AIRPORT, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR PUBLICITY, OUR PROGRAMMING, UH, SHE, UH, HAS, SHE WILL LEAVE HER MARK, UH, AS SHE DEPARTS, UH, TO THE PORT.

UH, KATE JOINED US IN AUGUST OF 2019, UH, RIGHT BEFORE, RIGHT BEFORE, UH, YOU KNOW, 2020 AND, AND, AND THE EFFECTS OF, OF COVID.

I, UH, BUT SHE, UH, SHE REALLY CAME IN AND KI TAUGHT US HOW TO KEEP GOING, HOW TO, HOW, HOW TO PUBLICIZE.

I DO WANNA IDENTIFY A FEW THINGS THAT SHE, UH, DID AN INCREDIBLE JOB OF GUIDING US IN THESE AREAS AND LEAVES THESE AS, AS A MARK.

UH, SHE HELPED US STRENGTHEN OUR INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS DURING THE PANDEMIC.

YOU KNOW, WE WERE A 20, WE'RE A 24 7 OPERATION, SO WE DID NOT CLOSE.

AND, AND, UH, WE HAD, I'D SAY ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE ON SITE EVERY DAY.

AND SO THOSE OPERATIONS CONTINUED.

UH, SHE EXECUTED AN AMAZING AWARD-WINNING YEAR OF 100TH ANNIVERSARY ACTIVITIES AND ALL OF THOSE ACTIVITIES THAT WE HAD DURING THAT YEAR, UH, OUR ACCREDIT TO KATE AND HER TEAM, UH, SHE, SHE LAUNCHED THE CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT HIGH SCHOOL EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THAT WAS A NEW PROGRAM THAT KATE COORDINATED AND BROUGHT TO US, AND THAT SHE LEAVES THAT AS PART OF HER LEGACY, UH, SHE WAS KEY IN MAKING SURE WE TRADEMARKED AMERICA'S COOLEST AIRPORT AND GOING THROUGH THAT, UH, MORE THAN TWO YEAR PROCESS, LEGAL PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS NOT TRADEMARKED AND THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD BE OURS, UH, AS WELL AS REALLY INITIATED AND, AND TAUGHT US WHAT A ROBUST MARKETING AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CAMPAIGN CAN LOOK LIKE.

UM, AND I THINK THE OTHER THING, AND I THINK THE LAST THING I WANT TO SAY IS SHE REALLY DEEPENED HOW WE ORGANIZE, HOW WE PARTNER WITH CITY ORGANIZATIONS,

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SO, UM, KATE, CONGRATULATIONS.

YOUR, YOUR LEADERSHIP VISION AND PASSION, UH, WILL CONTINUE BOTH HERE AND AT THE PORT OF LONG BEACH.

SO, UH, KUDOS TO KATE.

THANK YOU, JUAN, FOR ALL THOSE FUN WORDS.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS WE STILL HAVE A WONDERFUL PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM OF TALENTED INDIVIDUALS.

WE'VE GOT MARLENE OVER THERE WHO COORDINATES THE AMAZING AND EXTREMELY LOGISTICALLY COMPLICATED FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVERY YEAR.

UM, SARAH HAD TO LEAVE EARLIER, BUT I HAD WANTED TO GIVE HER A SHOUT OUT.

SHE'S ONE OF OUR NEWER STAFF, BUT SHE'S THE LEAD FOR THE AIRWAVES CONCERT SERIES.

MM-HMM .

AND SO, UM, I'M CONFIDENT ALL THE GREAT WORK WILL CONTINUE, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU KATE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT, OBSERVATION, UH, FIRST OF ALL, WELL DESERVED, WELL DESERVED AS, AS, UM, A VOLUNTEER OVER THE PAST YEAR.

I ACTUALLY, MY FIRST EVENT WAS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

I WAS KIND OF BLOWN AWAY BY THAT EVENT.

IT WAS, UH, JUST REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE AND ALL, ALL OF THE THINGS SINCE THEN.

UM, AND I HAVE TO ADMIT, UH, WITH A RISK MANAGEMENT BACKGROUND, WHEN WE WERE GOING TO BE A MUSIC VENUE AT AN AIRPORT, I THOUGHT, WELL, THAT KIND OF GAVE ME SWEATY PALMS, .

BUT, UH, I DID ATTEND.

AND, AND THE PLANNING, PUBLIC AFFAIRS STAFF, SECURITY STAFF, EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND IT WAS ALMOST OVER-PLANNED, BUT IT WAS PLANNING FOR EVERY CONTINGENCY.

SO FROM A RISK MANAGEMENT STANDPOINT, KUDOS ON THAT.

AND UM, JUST HAPPY FOR YOU, SAD FOR US, , AND MUCH GOOD LUCK TO YOU.

YES.

I WANNA SAY THAT AS A VOLUNTEER, I THINK I'VE SEEN SINCE I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FOR NINE YEARS NOW, THAT THE ORGANIZATION HAS GROWN AND IN A EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL WAY.

I LOVE THE EXTERNSHIP BECAUSE I THINK ESPECIALLY OUR MAYOR HAS SHOWN A FOCUS ON YOUTH AND GETTING YOUTH AWARE OF ALL THE GREAT OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, INCLUDING THE AIRPORT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

UM, AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THE CONCERT TOO.

THIS WAS, UH, I, I WAS WALKING AWAY FROM THE CONCERT BECAUSE WE HAD WORKED QUITE LONG HOURS THERE.

AND, UH, THE LAST GROUP WAS COMING ON AND I'M LIKE, WAIT.

UM, I HEAR THEM AND I'M THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE.

I'VE HEARD THIS MUSIC BEFORE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU GOT THE DE PHONICS HERE, BUT THEY'RE THE ORIGINAL.

I THINK THEY WERE THE ORIGINAL GUYS, THE THREE GUYS, BECAUSE IT TOOK ME BACK TO MY, UH, YOU KNOW, DAYS.

I'M NOT GONNA MENTION WHAT YEARS, BUT, UM, NO, I ALL OF A SUDDEN GO, OH MY GOSH, I KNOW THESE GUYS.

AND THAT WAS WONDERFUL.

SO, I MEAN, CONGRATULATIONS.

AND I KNOW THE PORT IS, UH, WELL, UM, REPRESENTED AND, AND DOES WONDERFUL WORK AS WELL.

AND SO NOW YOU CAN TAKE YOUR WONDERFUL SKILLS AND, AND, UH, EXCITEMENT TO THE PORT, WHICH THEY'RE GONNA NEED IT FOR A WHILE, , FOR SURE.

UM, AND JUST A QUESTION ON THE, THE, UH, DECREASE IN, IN PLACEMENTS, IS THERE A REASON, DO YOU, DO YOU SEE IT AS THE ECONOMY IS SORT OF SOFTENING A BIT OR JUST WONDERING HOW YOU MIGHT, UM, LOOK AT THAT? YEAH, SO, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, HAS BEEN IMPACTED.

UM, FIRST BEING THAT, UH, THERE IS, UH, LESS FLIGHT ACTIVITIES BEING OPERATED BY SOUTHWEST DUE TO THEIR, UH, CAPACITY CHANGES, THEIR ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGES.

UH, BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE LOAD FACTORS FOR THOSE AIRCRAFT ARE DECREASING, UH, FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

UM, ONE BEING, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, UH, ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY.

UM, WE KNOW THAT DURING DIFFICULT ECONOMIC TIMES, UM, DISCRETIONARY, I MEAN, UH, LEISURE TRAVEL IS TYPICALLY A DISCRETIONARY EXPENDITURES.

AND SO THAT MIGHT BE THE TOP OF THE LIST TO CUT BACK.

IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, UH, WE POTENTIALLY SEE, UH, THE IMPACTS OF

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WHAT'S GOING ON HERE IN THE REGION.

UM, ALL THE FEDERAL ACTIVITY IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL WILDFIRES AND ALL THAT IMPACTING TOURISM.

AND SO ALL THAT'S BEEN SOFTENING THE DEMAND, UM, FOR THE REGION.

THANK YOU MONI.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? NO, I WANNA SAY THANK YOU AS WELL, KATE.

I'VE BEEN, IT'S BEEN DELIGHTFUL.

IT'S ALWAYS MY FAVORITE PART OF THE REPORT.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS IMPORTANT.

ALL THE FACTS AND FIGURES NOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THEM, BUT ALWAYS IT'S, IT'S JUST SO IMPRESSIVE.

SO BEST OF LUCK AT THE PORT.

THERE'S SOME GOOD PEOPLE OVER THERE.

NOT AS GOOD, BUT YOU KNOW, SO THANK YOU.

UM, NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, THEN PLEASE.

TO THE REPORTS? NO, TO KATE LEAVING US.

THANK YOU, KATE THERE.

LUCKY TO GET YOU.

COMMISSIONER BROWN.

YES, THE REPORT'S IN KATE.

YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.