* 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. 4:02 PM [00:00:01] THIS, OH, SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2025. MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONERS ARIAS, CHRISTOPH AND BROWN ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE. SECRETARY, WOULD YOU PLEASE DO THE ROLL [ROLL CALL] CALL? COMMISSIONER ARIA. COMMISSIONER BROWN. COMMISSIONER GALES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LAGA? HERE. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CZAR HERE. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF COM. CHAIR LARSON. I AM HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. UM, AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO THE STAFF. CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE. DO WE HAVE ANY CARDS? WE DO NOT. OKAY. [1. 25-56386 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on July 17, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WOULD YOU PLEASE READ ITEM ONE? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON JULY 17TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I SO MOVE. AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? LOOKS LIKE WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC HERE, SO SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I STEPPED AWAY. COULD I HAVE THE MOVER IN THE SECONDER COMMISSIONERS? ZARN MOVED. AND WHO SECONDED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. OKAY. I'M GONNA ADD COMMISSIONER CHRISTOFFEL. ONE MOMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO WE HAVE A MOVER AND A SECONDER. UH, LET'S SEE. OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YOU WANT ME TO, I'M SORRY. VOTING. VOTING. IS THAT NOT WORKING? NO, IT'S GOOD. OH, SORRY. YES. WE'RE, I'M VOTING ON ACCEPTING MINUTES. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. COMM CHAIR LARSON? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. [2. 25-56387 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Andy Apple from Odys Aviation.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] UH, THE SECRETARY WILL PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER TWO. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT, FEATURING ANDY APPLE FROM OTIS AVIATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVE. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. THE BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT WILL BE, WILL BE PRESENTED BY MARLENE ORONA, OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS ASSISTANT. GOOD AFTERNOON, IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SHINE THIS MONTH'S SPOTLIGHT ON ANDY APPLE, THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STRATEGY AT TIS AVIATION. UNFORTUNATELY, ANDY COULDN'T JOIN US TODAY, BUT HE HOPES TO MEET YOU IN PERSON NEXT MONTH. TIS IS DE DEDICATED TO BUILDING AND DEVELOPING VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING AIRCRAFT WITH HYBRID ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY. THEIR AIRCRAFT ARE PURPOSE BUILT TO SERVE CRITICAL NEEDS IN DEFENSE, LOGISTICS, AERIAL CARGO, AND REGIONAL MOBILITY. OTIS IS LEADING THE NEXT WAVE OF ADVANCED AIR MOBILITY FROM RIGHT HERE IN LONG BEACH. WHEN ASKED WHAT HE ENJOYS MOST ABOUT WORKING AT LGB, ANDY NOTED THE INFECTIOUS ENERGY AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT, WHERE YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY CUTTING EDGE STARTUPS AND PASSIONATE TEAMS. IT'S INSPIRING TO WALK INTO WORK AND BE SURROUNDED BY THE SIGHTS AND SOUND OF INNOVATION IN MOTION. ANDY IS PASSIONATE HOME COOK AND LOVES EXPLORING NEW CUISINES. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT THE BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT SHEET TO READ ABOUT HIS FAVORITE LOCAL SPOTS ON THE LONG BEACH FOOD SCENE. THANK YOU. [00:05:04] THANK YOU. UM, ITEM AS WE MOVED IN, SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT HERE. AND ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NOPE. UH, SECRETARY CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GALES? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER VARGA? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES. CHAIR LARSON? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. [3. 25-56388 Recommendation to receive and file report from the 2025 Festival of Flight Committee regarding attendance and sponsorship for the 2025 Festival of Flight Event.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER THREE? ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE 2025 FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT COMMITTEE REGARDING ATTENDANCE AND SPONSORSHIP FOR THE 2025 FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT EVENT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND, SHALL I READ? YES. SO HERE WAS THE SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS. COMMISSIONER BROWN AND I MET WITH STAFF IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LAST A A C MEETING HELD ON JULY 17TH, 2025. ON MY SUGGESTION, STAFF CONTACTED CARMEN'S GYPSY COFFEE AS A POTENTIAL FOOD TRUCK FOR THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT, AND I AM HAPPY TO REPORT AT THIS LOCAL LONG BEACH VENDOR WILL PARTICIPATE. AND I'VE TOLD THEM TO SPEED IT UP BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THERE, AMONG OTHER, UM, LOCAL AEROSPACE, NON ON-PREMISES COMPANIES THAT I CONTACTED. I REACHED ALSO OUT TO CAL STATE LONG BEACH AND WE DID HEAR BACK FROM THEM AND THEY ARE STILL IN PROCESS OF VETTING. UM, SO WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED. SO WE'LL GET THIS SPONSORSHIP, WHICH WILL, I GUESS BE NEW FOR THEM THIS MONTH. STAFF SHARED THAT THERE ARE MORE SPONSORS AND MORE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE EVENT, INCLUDING PORT OF LONG BEACH, 10,000 AERO PLEX ARROW LEASE GROUP, 5,000 LAZ AIRPORT SERVICES, 5,000 OFFSITE PARKING SHUTTLE PARTNERS, UH, JAMESON FOR PARKING, STRUCTURE ACCESS, AND LONG BEACH TRANSIT FOR THE TRANSIT SHUTTLES. AND THAT ENDS THE REPORT. THANK YOU. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? NO PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES. CHAIR LARSON? YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. WOULD [4. 25-56390 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for September 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM NUMBER FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANKS. ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS. WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED, UH, YOUR AUGUST AND THAT YOUR SUMMER, UH, HAS BEEN, HAS GONE WELL AND IS WRAPPING UP. UH, AS WE, AS WE ENTER INTO FALL. UM, DID WANNA PROVIDE A COUPLE OF UPDATES, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT. UH, AS YOU'RE AWARE, THIS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL DID APPROVE THE BUDGET, UH, FOR 2026. UM, I DID WANT TO NOTE THAT THERE IS, UH, A LOT OF WORK THAT HAS TO BE DONE AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND. WE HAVE OUR OWN TEAM THAT WORKS ON THE BUDGET. UH, THEY ARE CONCURRENTLY, UH, CREATING THE 26TH BUDGET, ALSO WORKING DILIGENTLY TO ENSURE THAT ALL DOCUMENTS, ALL PAPERWORK GETS TURNED INTO ACCOUNT FOR ANY EXPENDITURES, UH, DURING THE FY 25 PERIOD. UM, THIS DOES HAPPEN ACROSS THE CITY, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT AS AN ENTERPRISE FUND, WE HAVE OUR OWN TEAM THAT WORK DILIGENTLY BEHIND THE SCENES. UM, AND I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TECHNICALLY BALANCING OUR CHECKBOOK IN THE BACKGROUND. UH, SO I DO WANNA NOTE THAT MONI, THAT'S MOI'S TEAM THAT WORKS ON THAT. AND SO THEY DO A LOT OF WORK. UM, THAT TEAM ALSO HELPS US THROUGHOUT THE YEAR IN MEETING WITH US PERIODICALLY TO SEE WHERE WE ARE WITH OUR BUDGET TO HELP US PLAN, TO HELP US EXECUTE THAT AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE STAYING [00:10:01] WITHIN OUR BUDGET. SO I REALLY WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO, TO THAT TEAM. THEY WORK BEHIND THE SCENES IN A FACILITY, AND SO THEY'RE ALWAYS IN THE BACKGROUND, UH, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE ARE SPENDING OUR MONEY, UH, WISELY AND SAVING FOR A RAINY DAY. UM, THE OTHER ITEM THAT I DID WANNA MENTION IS WE HAD OUR SIXTH CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT EXTERNSHIP DURING THE SUMMER. UH, WANTED TO PROVIDE SOME STATISTICS FROM THAT. UH, THAT'S, UH, SIX TOTAL. THAT WAS TWO PER TWO PER YEAR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS. AND IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ALREADY, WE'RE ALREADY AT YEAR, WE'LL BE STARTING YEAR FOUR, UH, UH, OF THAT PROGRAM. WE'VE HAD 61 STUDENTS GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM. FOUR OF THOSE STUDENTS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN SUBSEQUENT, UH, INTERNSHIPS AS SUMMER INTERNS AND ALSO PRO. UH, SO THEY PROVIDE, THEY HELP WITH THE NEXT GROUP, AND THEN THEY ALSO WORK, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE AIR SI, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE LANDSIDE OPERATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, UH, DURING THE SUMMER, UH, TWO DAYS A WEEK. SO THEY HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY. UM, AND I DID WANNA REPORT THAT ONE OF OUR FIRST, UH, INTERN, UH, EXCUSE ME, ONE OF OUR FIRST, UH, STUDENTS FROM CAREERS TAKING FLIGHT, UH, JUNIOR GASKA. HE WAS A SOPHOMORE, UH, FROM CABRILLO. UM, HE WAS VERY EXCITED AFTER HE WENT ON THE AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL TOWER TOUR, UM, AND TALKED NONSTOP ABOUT WANTING TO BE, UH, AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS GOING TO BE WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO. UH, HE WAS A SOPHOMORE AT CABRILLO. UH, TODAY HE IS A FIRST YEAR STUDENT AT EMBRY RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY, UH, UM, IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA. UH, AND HE IS GOING TO BECOME AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. SO IT'S VERY EXCITING. UH, IT'S NICE TO HAVE TO SEE THAT IMPACT. UH, AND SO, UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE OF THOSE. WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME BACKGROUND ON, ON THOSE OPPORTUNITIES AND WHAT WE HAVE. UM, OUR FIRST REPORT THIS AFTERNOON IS THE FINANCIAL UPDATE WITH MONI CHA. TAKE IT AWAY. MONI. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN YOUR PACKET. THERE SHOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR JULY, 2025. SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR COMMERCIAL AIRLINE, WE SEE THAT BOTH DELTA AND AIRLINE, UH, HAD INCREASES IN THEIR ACTIVITIES, UM, IN TERMS OF PAYMENT COUNTS AND LANDINGS FOR JULY, 2025 COMPARED TO THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. UM, HOWEVER, FOR SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, UH, WE SEE THAT THEIR ACTIVITY HAS BEEN, UH, ON A DECLINE, UH, OPERATING WITH OVER 1300 IN EMPLOYS, OR 12% LESS THAN WHAT THEY HAD LAST YEAR. UM, AND THEN BECAUSE THEY, UH, ACCOUNT FOR ALMOST 90% OF THE ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT OVERALL, THE TOTAL, UH, ACCOUNT FOR THE MONTH IS AROUND 170, WHICH IS 10% LESS THAN, UH, WHAT WE SAW FOR THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR. UH, WE ALSO DID HAVE SOME CHARTER AIRLINE OPERATIONS, UH, THROUGH SUN COUNTRY WHO OPERATED AT THE AIRPORT, UH, FOR THE SEASONAL TRAVEL, UH, WHICH IS SHOWN HERE IN THE REPORT. UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, WHICH SHOW THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR, THE FIRST SIX MONTHS IN COMPARISON, YOU CAN SEE THAT JULY DOES CONTINUE ON WITH THE TREND OF WHAT WE SAW WITH BOTH HAWAIIAN AND DELTA SEEING POSITIVE NUMBERS. HOWEVER, SOUTHWEST CONTINUING THAT DECLINE. MOVING ON TO THE AIR CARGILL CARRIER SECTION, WE SEE THAT UPS, UH, HAD NEARLY DOUBLED THE LANDINGS THEY DID, UM, COMPARED TO THE LAST YEAR, UH, WITH OVER 1300, UM, UH, CARGO TONNAGE, METRIC TONNAGE. UH, AND THAT'S, UH, CONTINUING ON THE TREND THAT THEY'VE SEEN, UH, PRETTY MUCH THIS PAST YEAR. MOVING ON TO THE BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT HERE. UH, THE REPORT COVERS, UH, UP THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER OF FISCAL YEAR 25. SO OUR FISCAL YEAR RUNS OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER. UM, AND SO THIS REPORT DOES COVER THROUGH JUNE, 2025, UH, FOR THE PAST QUARTER, UH, QUARTER THREE, UH, WE SEE THAT 434,000 IN EMPLOYMENTS, UM, UH, WERE COUNTED, UH, WHICH IS A 10% DECLINE FOR THE QUARTER COMPARED TO THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. UH, WE DO EXPECT THAT, UH, DECLINE TO CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE FINAL QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, WHICH WILL LEAD TO ACTIVITY BEING AROUND A TOTAL OF 1.9 MILLION EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE YEAR, WHICH IS A 6% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. LOOKING AT OPERATING REVENUES, UH, WE SEE THAT AIRLINE REVENUES HAVE FARED PRETTY WELL, UM, RELATIVE TO THE DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENTS. UH, THAT IS BECAUSE, UH, WE DID IMPLEMENT FEE INCREASES, UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR TO ACCOUNT FOR THE, UH, DECLINE IN TRAFFIC, UH, PARKING OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, UH, IS, UH, DECREASING COMPARABLY, UH, TO THE, UH, DOWNTURN IN ACTIVITY, UH, SAME AS RENTAL CAR OPERATIONS. HOWEVER, CONCESSION SALE HAS, UH, FARED PRETTY WELL. UH, WE BELIEVE THAT CONSUMER [00:15:01] SPENDING IN THIS CATEGORY, ESPECIALLY FOOD AND BEVERAGE, HASN'T BEEN, UH, IMPACTED AS MUCH, UH, WITH THE DECLINING IN TRAFFIC. UM, AND ALSO, UH, GROUND TRANSPORTATION SEEING LESS OF AN IMPACT COMPARED TO, UH, TOTAL TRAFFIC DECLINE. UH, FOR GROUND RENTS. HERE WE SEE THAT, UH, GROUND RENT OVERALL IS DECREASING SLIGHTLY. UM, BUT FOR THE FUEL FLOWAGE CATEGORY, IT IS INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. UH, THAT IS THE RESULT OF FEE INCREASES THAT WE DID IMPLEMENT THIS YEAR, AS WELL AS HIGHER VOLUME OF, OF FUELS, UM, COMING INTO THE AIRPORT. AND THEN LASTLY, FOR OTHER REVENUES, UH, THIS CATEGORY IS LARGELY, UH, COMPRISED OF INTEREST INCOME, WHICH, UH, THIS YEAR, SIMILAR TO LAST YEAR, WE'VE, UM, GOT A REALLY LARGE WINDFALL IN TERMS OF THE, IN, UH, INTEREST INCOME GENERATED FROM OUR OPERATIONS. UH, DUE TO THE HIGHER INTEREST RATES THAT WE'VE SEEN COMPARED TO HISTORIC NORMS IN TOTAL, UH, WE EXPECT ABOUT 62 AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS IN REVENUES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 25. THAT'S A SLIGHT DECLINE OF 2%, UM, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY SOLID RESULTS, UH, WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE, UH, TRAFFIC DECLINE OF 6%. MOVING ON TO OPERATING EXPENDITURES HERE, WE SEE IN THE SALARIES AND BENEFITS CATEGORY THAT, UH, THESE COSTS HAVE INCREASED, UH, DOUBLE DIGIT. UH, AND THAT'S BEEN CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE, THE YEAR. UH, THIS IS THE RESULT OF NOT ONLY WAGE INCREASES AND, UH, PENSION CUTS INCREASES, BUT ALSO, UM, UH, THE HIRING, UH, ACTIVITY THAT THE AIRPORT HAS DONE. WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH ABOUT 25%, UM, VACANCY RATE, UH, THAT HAS COME DOWN TO ABOUT 18% CURRENTLY WITH ALL THE HIRES THAT WE'VE DONE THIS PAST YEAR. UH, MOVING ON TO THE SERVICES AND THE SUPPLIES CATEGORY, UH, WE DO SEE A SLIGHT DECLINE IN QUARTER THREE SPENDING. UH, THAT'S THE RESULT OF JUST TIMING OF INVOICES AND PAYMENTS. BUT OVERALL, WE DO EXPECT THIS CATEGORY TO INCREASE ABOUT 12%. UM, THIS IS DUE TO, UH, ACQUISITIONS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR AND, UM, PURCHASES OR REPAIRS OF CERTAIN, UM, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES AND ALSO THE PARK SYSTEM THAT WAS ACQUIRED, UM, THIS FISCAL YEAR. UH, AND THEN LASTLY, FOR THE CITY SERVICE CATEGORY, WE'RE SEEING A SLIGHT DECLINE IN THIS. UH, HOWEVER, I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT FOR MOST OF THE CITY SERVICE CATEGORIES, UH, OR CITY SERVICE THAT FALL UNDER THIS CATEGORY, WE DO SEE, UM, COST INCREASES, UH, FOR THOSE SERVICES SUCH AS, UH, TECHNOLOGY AND PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS. HOWEVER, UH, LAST YEAR WE DID ACQUIRE, UM, A NEW PAINT TRUCK, UH, THROUGH OUR CITY SERVICE FLEET. AND SO THAT'S ACCOUNTING FOR THE LARGE BUMP IN LAST YEAR, RESULTING IN THAT, UM, SORT OF COMPARATIVE DECLINE, UH, IN THIS CATEGORY. OVERALL, WE EXPECT OPERATING EXPENDITURES TO BE ABOVE ABOUT $51 MILLION FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25. AND ONCE YOU NET THAT WITH THE REVENUES, UH, WE HAVE AN OPERATING RESULT OF ABOUT 11.3 MILLION. UH, THAT IS A SLIGHT DECLINE OR A SIGNIFICANT DECLINE, FOUR AND A HALF MILLION COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. HOWEVER, UH, IT IS PRETTY SOLID RESULTS, UH, GIVEN THAT WE STILL HAVE, UM, SOME SIGNIFICANT, UH, ACTIVITY DECLINE, BUT THE RESULTS ARE PRETTY, UM, SOLID. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE REPORT. THANK YOU MONI. UH, THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE THE NOISE UPDATE WITH JUSTIN COOK, OUR NOISE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICER. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WILL BE GOING OVER THE JULY MONTHLY NOISE REPORT WITH YOU ALL. SO WE'RE GONNA START WITH AIR CARRIER LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY. ON PAGE THREE, YOU WILL SEE WE HAD A TOTAL OF 11 OPERATIONS BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM TWO FROM DELTA NINE FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES. THOSE DID NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION. UM, THEY WERE, UH, PROVIDED, UM, REASONS WHY THEY, THESE WERE MOSTLY WEATHER RELATED, UH, OPERATIONS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, SCHEDULED TO COME IN BEFORE 10, BUT ARRIVED, UH, SLIGHTLY OR, UH, BETWEEN THOSE, THOSE TIMEFRAMES OF 10 TO 11:00 PM WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, LATE, LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS BETWEEN 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM WHICH IS GOOD FOR THIS MONTH. UM, AND, UH, OVERALL FOR THE YEAR, WE'RE JUST SLIGHTLY UP OF 3% FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE ACTIVITIES REGARDING NOISE VIOLATIONS, LIKE I SAID, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FOR ANY, UH, FOR AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS THIS MONTH. UH, GENERAL AVIATION, WE HAD 10 VIOLATIONS. IT'S ABOUT 33% LESS THAN THE PREVIOUS, UH, YEARS. MONTH OF JULY, WE DID HAVE ONE CHARTER, UH, VIOLATION FOR THE MONTH. SO CHARTER OPERATIONS MUST GET PRIOR PERMISSION REQUIRED IN ORDER TO OPERATE HERE. SO THAT MEANS THAT THEY NEED TO BE SCHEDULED BETWEEN SEVEN AND 10:00 PM UM, WHICH THIS ONE WAS OF COURSE, SCHEDULED [00:20:01] DURING THAT TIME. UH, HOWEVER, IT, UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT ENDED UP OPERATING BEYOND THAT TIMEFRAME. UM, SO WHAT HAPPENED WAS A NOISE EXCEEDANCE, ESSENTIALLY, IT COULDN'T MEET THE NOISE LEVEL LIMITS OF THAT TIME. UH, THERE WERE NO AIRPORT SURCHARGES DURING THIS TIME, UH, FOR THAT. AND THAT JUST HAPPENS TO, YOU MIGHT LOOK AT THAT AND GO, OH, THERE WAS 10 VIOLATIONS, WHY AREN'T THERE ANY FINES ASSOCIATED? AND THAT REALLY IS JUST AS A REMINDER THAT THE FIRST VIOLATIONS OF WARNING, THE SECOND ONE'S A, YOU KNOW, WRITTEN REPLY. SO IT SOMETIMES IT TAKES TIME, RIGHT? IT EBBS AND FLOWS DEPENDING ON THE QUANTITY, UM, FROM THAT PARTICULAR OPERATOR. UM, BUT YEAR TO DATE, WE HAVE ABOUT $2,400 IN SURCHARGES FOR VIOLATIONS. REGARDING OPERATIONAL TOTALS, AS MONI SAID, UH, ERIC CARRIER ACTIVITY YEAR TO DATE HAS, HAS DECLINED SLIGHTLY THROUGH ABOUT 3.7% ACCORDING TO FA A'S OPERATIONAL NUMBERS, UH, AS WELL AS MILITARY, UH, A LITTLE BIT THREE, 3.6%. YEAR TO DATE, UH, GA HAS, UH, INCREASED ABOUT 0.8%. SO JUST A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, INCREASED ACTIVITY OF, OF GENERAL AVIATION YEAR TO YEAR. ON PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE, UH, ALL OF THE NOISE VIOLATIONS. UM, IF YOU SEE ON THE, THE ONE OF THE LAST TWO COLUMNS, THE SEL AND LIMIT, UH, IF IT HAS A NOISE LEVEL LIMIT AND A SEL VALUE, THAT MEANS THIS WAS A NOISE EXCEEDANCE VIOLATION. IF IT HAS NA OR NOT APPLICABLE, THAT MEANS IT WAS, UH, LIKELY AN OPERATIONAL VIOLATION SUCH AS, UH, PERFORMING A TOUCH AND GO AFTER, UH, HOURS SPECIFIED IN THE ORDINANCE. ON PAGE SIX, YOU'LL SEE A BREAKDOWN BETWEEN RUNWAYS TWO, SIX, RIGHT? AND TWO SIX LEFT THE DEPARTING TOTALS. AND THESE ARE ROLLING 31 DAY AVERAGES. SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. AS YOU LOOK THROUGH THE, THESE CHARTS, YOU COULD SEE THE OPERATIONS ON EACH OF KIND OF, UM, I GUESS LEVELED OUT, UH, IN TERMS OF ACTIVITY ON AVERAGE, RIGHT OVER THIS TIME, SINCE ABOUT APRIL AND SINCE APRIL, YOU COULD SEE THE SPLIT ABOUT, UH, 38% OF TRAFFIC ON TWO SIX LEFT AND 62% ON TWO SIX, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE WHERE WE HAD MORE OF LIKE A 70 30 SPLIT. SO DEFINITELY AN INCREASE, UM, IN, IN A SWITCH IN THAT ACTIVITY A LITTLE BIT, UM, TOWARDS, UH, TWO SIX LEFT NOISE MONITORING DATA, YOU COULD SEE THE VALUES FOR EACH OF OUR SITE. THESE ARE AVERAGE CNEL VALUES FROM OUR NOISE SYSTEM, UH, AND THEN BROKEN DOWN BY MONTH, UH, AND BY SITE LOCATION. UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, WE, WE COMB THROUGH THESE, THESE NOISE VALUES. UH, WE ARE LISTENING TO AUDIO, UH, CONFIRMING THE NOISE EVENTS OCCURRED AND THERE WEREN'T ANY CONTAMINATED NOISE EVENTS. UM, AND SO THESE CNEL VALUES SHOULD BE RELATIVELY CONSISTENT MONTH TO MONTH. UH, IF THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT JUMPED OUT TO US, WE WOULD PROBABLY TAKE A, A CLOSER LOOK, UM, AND, AND, AND REALLY FIGURE OUT WHY. USUALLY THAT WOULD INDICATE A CONTAMINATED EVENTS OF, OF SOME KIND FOR NOISE CONCERNS. UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT IN THE MONTH OF JULY, THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE FROM JUNE, UM, ALTHOUGH OPERATIONS KIND OF REALLY REMAINED THE SAME FROM JUNE TO JULY. UM, NOT A HUGE TREND THERE. UM, OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE COMPLAINTS, UM, OR CONCERNS FOLLOW THE, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, WHICH WE COULD SEE. UH, WE PROVIDE A BREAKDOWN OF DAILY TOTALS, UM, OF CONCERNS, UH, USUALLY WITH, WITH, UM, TOTALS THAT ARE LARGER ARE USUALLY JUST DUE TO THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, AND THEN AN HOUR BY DAY TOTAL. UH, SO YOU COULD SEE THE BREAKDOWN OF, OF REALLY THE CONCERNS OVER THE, THE COURSE OF A DAY. AND OUR LAST PAGE IS A MAP OF NOISE CONCERNS, UH, 9 0 8 0 7, STILL, UH, LEADING THE WAY WITH 96 HOUSEHOLDS AND, UH, 24,573 COMPLAINTS, UM, WITH [00:25:01] 9 0 8 0 8 9 0 8 0 9 0 8 1 5 9 0 7 5 5 KIND OF ALSO, UH, HAVING, UM, MORE COMPLAINTS, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR FOR 9 0 8 0 7, JUST FOR COMPARISON, UM, THERE WERE 190, 109 HOUSEHOLDS AND SLIGHTLY OVER 34,000 COMPLAINTS OF ABOUT 10,000 MORE COMPLAINTS. UH, AND THIS IS DEFINITELY, UM, THE TREND THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEING. UH, IN REGARDS TO, UH, CONCERNS. RIGHT NOW, IT'S THIS SUMMER MONTH, UH, AND WE'VE HAD A PRETTY LIGHT SUMMER IN TERMS OF WEATHER UNTIL RECENTLY. UM, AND SO, UH, THERE HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, SUMMER HAS MORE GENERAL GA ACTIVITY AS FOLKS GET IN THERE AND GET THEIR FLYING TIME. UH, AS WE APPROACH THE TIME CHANGE AND, UM, DIFFERENT WEATHER, UH, USUALLY WE START TO SEE A, A DECLINE, UH, OF GA ACTIVITY. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU JUSTIN. AND OUR LAST REPORT IS OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE, UH, WITH MARLENE. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN. IN YOUR PACKETS YOU'LL FIND THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS FOR JULY AND AUGUST OF 2025. THE AIRPORT CONTINUES TO MARKET ITSELF THROUGH A VARIETY OF MARKETING OPPORTUNITIES. IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THE PYRAMID AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, YOU MAY HAVE CAUGHT A GLIMPSE OF OUR NEW GRAPHICS ON THE SCORES. TABLE YOU'S VIBRANT BLUE BACKGROUND LOOKS FANTASTIC ON TELEVISED EVENTS. IN THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH SECTION, WHICH BEGINS ON PAGE TWO, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH, WITH STUDENTS OF ALL AGES AND SPONSORED SEVERAL COMMUNITY EVENTS IN THE AREA OF CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. WE WERE THRILLED TO HOST TWO FREE AIRWAVE SUMMER CONCERTS. THE FINAL SHOW WILL BE HELD THIS SATURDAY WITH A NIGHT OF CUMBIA AND TRIBUTE TO THE MUSIC OF SELENA. NEXT TIME YOU'RE ON CAMPUS, CHECK OUT OUR DIGITAL DISPLAY IN THE METER GREETER PLAZA PLAZA. THE NEXT, THE NEW VISUAL GRAPHIC SHOWCASES A CURATED COLLECTION OF WORKS, INCLUDING SEVERAL ANIMATED PIECES THAT BRING LONG BEACH'S CREATIVE ENERGY TO LIFE. YOU'LL CATCH A GLIMPSE THAT IS PICTURED ON PAGE SIX OF YOUR REPORT. IN JULY, THERE WERE 93 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS AND 194 PLACEMENTS IN AUGUST. THE TOP STORIES FOCUSED ON ANTICIPATED MILITARY AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AT LGB PASSENGER ACTIVITY AND A THUNDERSTORM RELATED GROUND STOP AT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS. AND LASTLY, REGARDING SOCIAL MEDIA, WE CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH OUR FOLLOWERS AND YOU'LL SEE OUR TOP SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS ON PAGES SEVEN THROUGH 10. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MARLENE. UH, CHAIR LARSON, THAT CONCLUDE. THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HEY, CAN YOU QUICK QUESTION FOR STAFF ON YOUR YEAR END PROJECTIONS, DO YOU GUYS STRAIGHT LINE THAT OR DO YOU HAVE, 'CAUSE THE ACTIVITY'S SO SEASONAL, I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU GUYS GET FROM WHERE WE ARE TODAY TO YOUR YEAR END PROJECTIONS. I WILL DEFER THAT TO MONI . OH, COME ON JUAN. I THOUGHT YOU'D ANSWER THAT . HE'LL, HE'LL GET UPSET AFTERWARDS WITH ME, . YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. UM, SO FOR, UH, PASSENGER TRAFFIC, UM, WE DO REVIEW, UH, MANY VARIABLES THAT, UH, CONTRIBUTE TO THE FLUCTUATION ACTIVITY THAT AFFECT OUR PROJECTIONS. AND SO, UM, IT IS NOT A STRAIGHT LINE. IT IS BASED ON THE PUBLISHED SCHEDULES THAT THE AIRLINES HAVE THAT GIVE US SORT OF AN INDICATION OF TO LOOK AHEAD. UH, AIR, UH, AIRLINES TYPICALLY PUBLISH SIX MONTHS WORTH OF LOOK AHEAD SCHEDULE, UH, DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF THE YEAR. UM, FOR EXAMPLE, RIGHT NOW, UM, THE AIRLINES, UH, DO HAVE TICKETS FOR SALE THROUGH SPRING OF NEXT YEAR. AND SO WE DO SORT OF KNOW WHAT THE AVAILABLE SEATS ARE IN THE MARKET AS OF RIGHT NOW. AND THEN FROM THERE WE SORT TOOK A LOOK BACK AT LIKE THE, UH, LOAD FACTORS THAT WE'VE, UM, PERFORM, UH, SEEN HISTORICALLY ON THOSE FLIGHTS AND THOSE ROUTES. AND THEN WE PROJECT, UM, BASED ON THOSE LEVEL OF ACTIVITIES AND THAT SORT OF GIVES US A BALLPARK OF WHERE, UH, WE WILL LAND, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR. OKAY, THANK YOU. I WAS JUST CURIOUS HOW YOU DID THAT. ALRIGHT, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES, I HAVE, YES. AN ITEM TO TAG ON WITH REGARD TO UH, FLIGHT ACTIVITY. AND I DO SEE THAT SOUTHWEST IS KIND OF THE ONE THAT'S EBBING A BIT. UM, ARE THEY STILL HAVING THEIR BWI FLIGHT? ARE THEY CANCELING THAT SOMEHOW? I HEARD THAT, THAT THAT WAS IN QUESTION. [00:30:01] THE CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT, IS THAT STILL STILL SCHEDULED? AND DID I READ IN OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT THAT YOU GUYS WERE MAKING SOME OUTREACH EFFORTS TO ATTRACT SOME, UH, NEW CARRIERS IN? DID I MISREAD THAT ? THAT'S RIGHT. OOPS. I DON'T KNOW. THE DEPARTMENT OVER WEST. SO YEAH, SOME OF, WITH THE CHANGES WITH SOUTHWEST AND SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON IN THE MARKET, UM, IT SOUTHWEST DOES PLAN ON, UM, TAKING THAT FLIGHT, UH, TO BBWI AWAY, UM, I BELIEVE IN JANUARY TIMEFRAME. UM, AS IT'S UNFORTUNATE OF COURSE, UM, THE, YEAH. UM, REGARDING, UH, LOOKING AT OTHER CARRIERS, WE ARE, UM, DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DO CONDUCT THAT OUTREACH IN TERMS OF JUST LOOKING, UM, UPDATING OUR WAITING LIST PER THE NOISE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S A PROCESS IN WHICH WE, UH, REACH OUT TO CARRIERS, SEE IF THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OPERATING AT LONG BEACH, UM, IF, WHEN, WHEN SLIGHT FLIGHT SLOTS ARE AVAILABLE, ESSENTIALLY. SO, UM, IN ORDER THEM FOR THEM TO BE, UM, I GUESS, UH, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECEIVE, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M HAVING SUCH A HARD TIME WITH WORDS TODAY. IN ORDER FOR THEM TO RECEIVE FLIGHT SLOTS, THEY NEED TO BE ON THE WAITING LIST. UM, AND THAT WAITING LIST WE GO DOWN AND DETERMINE, UH, WHEN FLIGHT SLOTS ARE AVAILABLE. UH, WE OFFER, UH, THOSE SLOTS TO THOSE CARRIERS IN THAT PARTICULAR ORDER. SO WE ARE GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UH, IN UPDATING OUR WAITING LIST. UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS IN, YOU KNOW, IN CONTACT WITH, WITH VARIOUS CARRIERS, UH, LOOKING TO COME TO LONG BEACH. THANK YOU. DOES THAT HELP? THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU'RE WELCOME. WAIT, BEFORE YOU HAVE A QUESTION ON NOISE. OKAY. OKAY. DID YOU SAY THAT, UM, LAST YEAR, 9 0 8 0 7 HAD AT THE SAME, UH, MONTH IN, IN JULY, THAT THEY ACTUALLY A YEAR AGO HAD MORE NOISE, UM, COMPLAINTS THAN THIS YEAR? CORRECT? ABOUT A 10, 10,000 MORE COMPLAINTS THAN THIS CURRENT YEAR, LAST YEAR TO THIS YEAR, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND WHAT WOULD YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO? UM, BECAUSE I WOULD GUESS GENERAL AVIATION IS ABOUT THE SAME AT THIS POINT IN TIME. AND, UM, IS IT YOUR FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM? I WOULD, IF YOU THINK THAT THAT IT IS RIGHT? I WOULD LOVE TO TAKE, TAKE THE CREDIT. NO. UM, A COUPLE THINGS 'CAUSE WE LOOKED INTO IT. UM, ONE, YES, ACTIVITY AVERAGE DAILY ACTIVITY SORT OF REMAINS THE SAME MM-HMM . YEAR TO DATE OPERATIONS REMAIN THE SAME. UM, AND WHILE WE DID REPORT, AND I KNOW IT'S IN THE JUNE REPORT THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO PRESENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE ADVANCEMENTS IN OUR, IN THE PER THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM THAT I THINK, UM, HAVE ATTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THAT, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH. RIGHT. UM, BUT WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UM, JUST THE QUANTITY OF COMPLAINANTS AND SOME OF THE COMPLAINANTS THAT ARE NO LONGER COMPLAINING. UM, WE FEEL THAT THEY, UH, DISCONTINUED THEIR, THEIR BUTTON SERVICE. SO WHEN YOU PAY FOR, YOU PAY FOR THAT BUTTON, UM, TO CLICK THAT BUTTON, UH, IT'S A ANNUAL OR MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION AND WE THINK THEY JUST DISCONTINUED THAT. AND SO SOME OF THE NUMBERS ARE FROM FOLKS THAT DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION? I HAVE JUST ONE MORE THING FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. I HAVE SO ENJOYED BEING A VOLUNTEER. UH, IT'S VERY, VERY REWARDING AND YOU HAVE STEPPED UP YOUR ACTIVITIES AND YOUR OUTREACH, WHICH IS TERRIFIC, AND THE MUSIC PROGRAM AND SITTING THERE AND WATCHING THE PASSENGERS COME THROUGH, DEPENDING ON THE GROUP, THEY KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, GROOVE ALONG AS THEY'RE LEAVING THE AIRPORT IS REALLY, REALLY FUN. UM, YOU HAVE A BROCHURE FOR SOLICITING VOLUNTEERS AND I THINK IT'S A GREAT ONE. AND, AND I GUESS MY SUGGESTION IS PERFECT OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE COME TO ME WHILE WE'RE AT THE TABLES AND ASK FOR US TO HAVE SOME SORT OF VOLUNTEER INTEREST BROCHURE AT THESE TABLES SO WE CAN SNAG SOME MORE TO ADD TO OUR GROUP. [00:35:03] ALRIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIR. UH, COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YEAH, WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR SATURDAY'S EVENT. THANK YOU. ANY MORE DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? NO. AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, THE SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOPH? YES. CHAIR LARSON? YES. MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. [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.] UM, NO REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. WERE RECEIVED. [ANNOUNCEMENTS] SO IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM COMMISSIONERS INCLUDING ANY CITY COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS? I I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. UM, DID I HEAR OR SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS COMING TO THE AIRPORT, UM, THAT THERE WERE FINANCIAL, UM, RESOURCES THAT ARE SET ASIDE FOR MORE IMPROVEMENTS? AND WHAT ARE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ZARN? YEAH, THERE IS, UH, THE AIRPORT RECEIVED A 24.4, UH, MILLION DOLLARS GRANT. UH, THE AIRPORT HAS BEEN PLANNING IN, IN ANTICIPATION OF THE OLYMPICS, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFRESH THE, THE, THE CONCOURSE. UM, WE, UH, IT IS A PROJECT, UH, THE, YOU KNOW, THE CONCOURSE IS 12, UH, WAS, IT WAS BUILT IN 2012. UH, IT HAS, AND IN WITH OUR NEWER FACILITIES AND WITH BEING A, A LOCATION FOR 11 OF THE OLYMPIC EVENTS, WE FEEL IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND WE SEE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PASSENGERS WANTING TO COME TO LONG BEACH, TO FLY INTO LONG BEACH, GIVEN THAT 11 OF THE EVENTS WILL BE HAPPENING HERE. UH, WITH THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME PLANNING HAS BEEN OCCURRING BEHIND THE SCENES AND WE DID RECEIVE THE GRANT. SO WE WILL BE GOING TO COUNCIL IN OCT IN OCTOBER TO ACTUALLY, UM, WE'VE RECEIVED THE GRANT. WE WILL BE GOING IN TO COUNCIL IN OCTOBER TO AWARD THE CONTRACT FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO A PRESS RELEASE AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DETAIL. UM, VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE GRANT. WE CUSTOMARILY DO NOT, UH, ADVERTISE UNTIL WE'RE ABLE TO GO TO COUNCIL AND GET COUNCIL APPROVAL. UM, BUT THE NEWS, UH, GOT OUT AND, UM, A A NUMBER OF OUR, UH, UH, CURRENT AND FORMER ELECTED LOCAL OFFICIALS, UM, UM, HAVE PICKED UP ON THAT AND ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE. IT'S FANTASTIC TO SEE THE ENERGY AND THE EXCITEMENT FROM BOTH THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND, AND, UH, JUST THE SURROUNDING COM, UH, AIRPORT, UM, OTHER, THE OTHER TENANTS AND WHAT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THAT WILL DO FOR US, UH, IN TERMS OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, AND WHO AND, AND WHAT, UH, WHAT, HOW WE, HOW WE PORTRAY OURSELVES AS AN AIRPORT, UH, IN 2028. THANK YOU. THAT'S GREAT. ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? THANK YOU. THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED [ADJOURNMENT] MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16TH, RIGHT HERE AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT MARRIOTT. THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 4:41 PM THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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