Oct 16, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS GIVEN TO THOSE PERSONS WHO SUBMIT SPEAKER CARDS TO STAFF.

CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE.

[1. 25-56644 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on September 18, 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, SEEING NO COMMENT WITH THE SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER BROWN.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL.

[2. 25-56646 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Pastor Danny Cortez from Long Beach Christian Fellowship. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

PLEASE READ ITEM TWO.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING PASTOR DANNY CORTEZ FROM LONG BEACH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

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

ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE WE GO.

OKAY, .

WELL, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR LARSON AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE PLEASED TO, UH, PRESENT THIS MONTH'S BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT WITH, UM, LONG BEACH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP.

UM, DANNY CORTEZ IS, UH, THE LEADER AND I HAVE ACTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER LINDSAY PHILLIPS TO PROVIDE THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, LINDSAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION.

SO, YES, WE'RE EXCITED TO SHINE THE SPOTLIGHT ON DANNY CORTEZ, ONE OF THE PASTORS AT LONG BEACH CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP, AND THEY ACTUALLY LEASE A PARKING LOT THAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THEIR CHURCH.

AND, UM, WE OWN THAT PARKING LOT.

SO, DANNY, UM, HE TEACHES, UM, WITH A COUPLE OTHER PASTORS LEADING MINISTRIES TEACHING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS.

AND HE HAS SAID THAT THE BEST PART ABOUT WORKING, UM, WITH LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS THE WONDERFUL STAFF AND ESPECIALLY GAVE A SHOUT OUT TO MALU HABA, THE LEASING OFFICER FOR HER EXCELLENT SERVICE.

AND THAT'S ALL WHAT WE GOT.

LEMME TRY THIS AGAIN.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I PUBLIC COMMENT.

SEEING NONE.

WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER BROWN.

COMMISSIONER LA VARGA.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THE SECRETARY, PLEASE READ ITEM

[3. 25-56648 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for October 2025. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

THREE.

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

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

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

AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS BEFORE WE GO INTO A DEEPER DIVE ON, UM, THE VARIOUS GROUPS IN OUR, OUR AIRPORT.

UH, REALLY OPERATIONALLY, JUST TO KIND OF SHARE WHERE WE ARE, UH, FROM, FROM AN OPERATIONAL STANDPOINT, WE ARE CONTINUING TO, UH, SEE A DECLINE IN OUR FLIGHT ACTIVITIES.

WERE ROUGHLY ABOUT 10 TO 11% DOWN, UM, IN 25 THAN WE WERE IN 24, THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR.

AND SO, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UM, WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOK AT.

WE, UH, HAVE ISSUED A, A MEMO THAT WENT OUT TO, UH, THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, AND IT'S A PUBLIC MEMO THAT DESCRIBES, YOU KNOW, WE ARE VERY MUCH, UM, LOOKING AT OUR FINANCES.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE FORECAST IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN

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WHAT WE ANTICIPATED FOR FY 26.

UM, HOWEVER, WE DO GO THROUGH OUR, OUR PROCESS AS FAR AS, UH, SLOT UTILIZATION, MONITORING THAT AND LOOKING AT, UM, VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES IF, IF THEY BECOME AVAILABLE.

UH, WE ARE, UM, DEFINITELY ALSO LOOKING AT THE SHUTDOWN THAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING ACROSS OUR NATION AND SEEING IF THERE ARE ANY OPERATIONAL IMPACTS WITH THAT AS WELL.

WE ARE IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH OUR, UH, FEDERAL PARTNERS IN THE TOWER, AS WELL AS THE, UM, TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AT THE CHECKPOINT.

UH, SO FAR WE HAVE NO ADDITIONAL IMPACT TO, OR DELAYS DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN, BUT WE ARE IN THE, GOSH, THIRD WEEK OF THE SHUTDOWN.

AND SO WE ARE MONITORING, UH, OPERATIONS AND THIS IS THE REAL TIME WHERE THERE COULD BE A POSSIBILITY OF NO PAY FOR, FOR THOSE FEDERAL PARTNERS.

UM, IN THE MEANTIME, OUR SUMMER TRAVEL WAS NOT BAD.

I MEAN, CONSIDERING WHAT'S HAPPENING OVERALL IN, IN THE REGION AS FAR AS THE DECLINE.

BUT, UM, IT, IT WASN'T A BAD SUMMER FOR, FOR US AT, UH, IN LONG BEACH.

AND SO WE'RE CONTINUING AGAIN TO MONITOR OUR OPERATIONS AND, UM, LOOK AT WAYS THAT EVEN THROUGH THOSE, THESE TIMES THAT OUR PASSENGER EXPERIENCE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IS AND REMAINS EXCEPTIONAL.

UH, NEXT I DO WANNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, CONCESSIONS AT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE THE CITY COUNCIL DID RECENTLY APPROVE AND EXTENDED, UM, A NEW AND EXTENDED, UH, CONCESSIONS AGREEMENT.

THIS IS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND RETAIL POST AND PRE-SECURITY AT THE AIRPORT.

AND SO WE ARE REALLY PLEASED TO HAVE A LONGER TERM AGREEMENT WITH ADE'S AIRE.

THEY ARE WELL KNOWN IN THE AIRPORT BUSINESS PROVIDING GREAT, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE ON, ON FOR RESTAURANTS AND, AND RETAIL SERVICES.

THEY'RE LIKE THE MASTER CONCESSIONAIRE, AND THEN THEY DO AGREEMENTS WITH SMALLER, SMALLER COMPANIES.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO AT, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS AVINO OLO.

AND SO MAYBE YOU HAVE SEEN AVINO OLO AT SOME OF THE OTHER AIRPORTS.

UH, BUT WE ARE EXCITED THAT THAT WILL WILL HAPPEN POST-SECURITY, UM, UH, IN LONG BEACH.

AND ALSO REALLY EXCITED ABOUT A PRE-SECURITY CONCESSION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, UH, CUSTOMERS OR PASSENGERS THAT ARE, UH, AT THE AIRPORT PRE-SECURITY AND, AND THEY HAVE NO PLACE REALLY TO GO AND, AND GRAB A MEAL OR A DRINK OR, OR SOMETHING.

SO PARITY'S LEG A DARE WILL BE WORKING ON THAT.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO, TO SEE THAT HAPPEN AND, AND HOPEFULLY, UM, SOMETIME IN 26, A FUTURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO, UH, HAVE THE FORTUNATE EXPERIENCE TO SIT ON A PANEL, REALLY, BECAUSE LONG BEACH AIRPORT WAS A HOST PARTNER, UM, WITH FTE, UH, THIS WAS THEIR THIRD, UM, YEAR HERE AT LONG BEACH.

AND SO THEY WERE, UM, AT THE CONVENTION CENTER WITH THIS AMAZING CONFERENCE.

AND SO I WAS ABLE TO SIT ON A PANEL AND BRAG ABOUT, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT, UM, AND TALK ABOUT HOW COOL WE ARE AND, AND WAS ABLE TO FIT THE COOL WORD IN SEVERAL TIMES.

BUT, BUT REALLY, UM, IT, IT IS WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS, UM, AIR CARRIERS, UH, UM, GOSH, UH, AIRPORT EMPLOYEES.

I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY DIFFERENT, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE PART OF OUR INDUSTRY THAT ATTEND THOSE CONFERENCES.

SO TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, TECHNOLOGY, WHAT'S TO COME IN THE INDUSTRY, UM, WHAT'S GREAT AT DIFFERENT AIRPORTS.

SO DEFINITELY ALL THE INNOVATIVE WORK THAT'S HAPPENING, UM, IN OUR INDUSTRY AND SHARE AND TALK ABOUT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES WAS, WAS CERTAINLY A TREAT FOR, FOR ME AND I KNOW FOR, FOR ALL OF US.

AND SO REALLY EXCITED THAT, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO BE THE HOST, UH, AIRPORT FOR THAT.

THEIR NEXT CONFERENCE IS IN DALLAS NEXT YEAR.

AND SO, UM, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO POSSIBLY ATTENDING THAT CONFERENCE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO SEGUE, UH, TO OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE AND OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICE CEREMONY.

CHA, WE WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SO IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THERE SHOULD BE THE FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR AUGUST, 2025.

SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT FOR DELTA AIRLINES, WE SEE THAT DELTA OPERATED WITH, UH, 8,100 IN EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

THAT'S UP 8%, UM, COMPARED TO, UH, THIS, UH, THE ACTIVITY THEY SAW IN SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR IN 2024.

UM, HAWAIIAN SEEING A SLIGHT DIP IN THEIR, UM, ACTIVITY BY 1%, UH, BUT STILL, UH, PRETTY STRONG SUMMER NUMBERS FOR, UM, THEIR TWO FLIGHTS.

AND THEN SOUTHWEST SEEING ABOUT A 9% DECLINE, UM, AS THEIR ACTIVITY, UH, UM, DROPS WITH, UM, FEWER LANDINGS AND FEWER, UH, LOWER LOAD, UH, LOAD FACTORS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

UH, AND THEN WE ALSO HAD TWO CHARTER, UH, AIRCRAFT OPERATED BY ALLEGION

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DURING THAT TIME.

UM, IN TOTAL, UH, THE AIRPORT SAW 160,000 EMPLOYMENTS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, UM, WRAPPING UP A PRETTY SOLID SUMMER, UM, PERIOD.

AS YOU CAN SEE, A 7% DECLINE COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE YEAR, AVERAGING ABOUT 10% DECLINE.

UM, AND SO LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, UM, WE SEE THAT ACTIVITY HAS BEEN, UM, PRETTY MUCH COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE SAW IN AUGUST.

UM, IN TOTAL WE SAW ABOUT, UH, 2.5 MILLION, UM, IN, UH, PASSENGERS SO FAR THIS YEAR, UH, WHICH IS A 10% DECLINE.

UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE COMPARING IT TO OUR, OUR PEAK, UM, RECORD YEAR OF 2024.

UH, BUT OVERALL, LOOKING AT THE HISTORY OF THE AIRPORT, WE'RE, WE'RE ON TRACK TO BE ABOUT MAYBE THE THIRD OR FOURTH BUSIEST YEAR, UH, FOR THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE PRETTY POSITIVE.

UM, AND THEN LOOKING, UH, DOWN TO THE, UH, AIR CO CARGO CARRIER SECTION, WE SEE UPS HAVING 38 LANDINGS, UH, WITH THE TOTAL, UH, 1,400, UH, METRIC TONS PROCESS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST.

THAT'S UP 54%.

UH, THAT'S BEEN THE TREND THAT THEY'VE SEEN THIS, UM, UH, MOST OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR AS, UH, YOU CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE UP 33% SO FAR THIS ENTIRE YEAR.

AND THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE REPORT.

THANK YOU, MONI.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE JUSTIN COOK OUR NOISE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICER TO PROVIDE A ROBUST NOISE REPORT.

SO I'M GONNA GO OVER THE AUGUST, UH, NOISE REPORT IN YOUR PACKET.

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

UH, SO WE HAD SIX OPERATIONS FROM SOUTHWEST THAT OPERATED BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 PM UH, AND 11:00 PM THAT YOU WILL SEE IN THE, THE FIRST TABLE.

THOSE WERE DUE TO WEATHER EVENTS.

UM, AND ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE DIDN'T RESULT IN, IN ANY VIOLATIONS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10 OR 11:00 PM AND 7:00 AM WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ACTIVITY, WHICH IS GREAT.

UH, OVERALL YEAR TO DATE, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, WE'RE, WE'RE SLIGHTLY UP IN BOTH CATEGORIES, BOTH TIMEFRAMES ABOUT, UH, 12% AND, UH, 18%.

UH, BUT OVERALL PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD NUMBERS.

WE TRY TO KEEP THOSE TO A MINIMUM.

UH, AND SO DO OUR, OUR PARTNERS, OUR AIR CARRIERS, UH, NOISE VIOLATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UH, WE HAD A TOTAL OF NINE GA UH, VIOLATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF AUGUST, SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM LAST YEAR AT 11, WHICH HAD 11.

UH, YEAR TO DATE WE'RE DOWN ALMOST 25% IN TERMS OF GA VIOLATIONS.

UH, AS MONI SAID, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM TABLE, YOU'LL KIND OF SEE OUR, OUR YEAR TO DATE, UH, ANNUAL OPERATIONS WE'RE, WE'RE SLIGHTLY DOWN, UH, VARYING DEGREES OF THESE CATEGORIES FROM 0.9% TO 3.3%.

UM, HOWEVER, YOU'LL SEE A A DEFINITELY A INCREASE IN MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE MONTH OF AUGUST, UH, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, WE ARE SEEING THAT KIND OF TREND.

UM, AND WHILE MILITARY OPERATIONS ARE EXEMPT FROM OUR NOISE ORDINANCE, WE, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO, UM, COMMUNICATE WITH THE MILITARY ON THEIR OPERATIONS, SEE THAT THEY COULD, UH, HOPEFULLY FLY WITHIN HOURS THAT ARE, UM, AT LEAST A LITTLE LESS SENSITIVE TO OUR COMMUNITY.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THE LIST OF NOISE VIOLATORS.

UM, YOU'LL NOTICE ALL, BUT ONE OF THESE ACTUALLY ARE ACOUSTIC VIOLATIONS WHERE THEY EXCEEDED A, A CERTAIN LIMIT, UM, FOR EACH OF THOSE NOISE MONITORS.

UH, THE ONE NON ACOUSTIC VIOLATION WAS A, WAS A TOUCH AND GO, UM, ON OUR RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT, UH, WHICH OCCURRED AFTER 3:00 PM UH, WHICH IS THE, THE TIME FOR ON A WEEKEND, UH, WHEN THOSE, UH, TRAINING ACTIVITIES, UH, OR A TOUCH AND GO IS PROHIBITED DURING THAT TIME.

UH, SO WE BREAK THAT DOWN FOR YOU.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR RUNWAY, OUR PARALLEL RUNWAY SPLITS, TWO SIX, RIGHT, TWO SIX LEFT.

UM, YOU'LL SEE SORT OF, UM, A CONTINUING KIND OF SLOW DECREASE, UH, TO WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT TWO SIX LEFT IS NOW ABOUT 60, 61% OF THE TOTAL GENERAL AVIATION, UH, UH, OPERATIONS.

SO IT'S KIND OF A 60 40 SPLIT.

AND THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN AS YOU COMPARE TO MAYBE A YEAR AGO, WHERE, WHERE WE WERE MORE TOWARDS THE, THE 70 30.

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UM, AND WE'RE KIND OF SEEING THAT LEVEL OUT, UH, RIGHT NOW.

SO IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY, I COULD FORESEE THAT, THAT THAT KIND OF 60 40 SPLIT IS PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE MOVING FORWARD.

ON THE NEXT PAGE IS OUR NOISE MONITORING DATA.

UM, NOTHING, UM, REALLY UNIQUE TO REPORT HERE.

OTHER THAN THAT, WE CONTINUE TO, TO MONITOR AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR DATA IS AS ACCURATE AS IT AS IT POSSIBLY CAN BE.

UM, WITH OUR NOISE EQUIPMENT, NOISE CONCERNS, WE HAVE MONTHLY TOTALS HERE ON THE FIRST, UM, FIRST GRAPH OF PAGE EIGHT.

UM, PRETTY MUCH HAVE LEVELED OUT SINCE, LET'S I SAY A APRIL.

UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S EBBS AND FLOWS AND, AND IT'S LARGELY BASED OFF OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF, UH, GENERAL AVIATION TRAFFIC.

UM, BUT IT'S, IT'S PRETTY MUCH HAVE HAS KIND OF LEVELED OFF AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE ALSO PROVIDE SOME GRAPHS ON THE DAILY TOTALS AND HOUR OF DAY TOTALS.

UM, AND, AND ONCE AGAIN, THE DAILY TOTALS ARE REALLY REPRESENTATIVE OF, UM, DAYS OF, OF HIGHER NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, RIGHT? UM, AND HOUR OF DAY TOTALS ARE REALLY, UM, SAME, SAME IN THE SAME REGARD, RIGHT? THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS HAVE MORE, UM, CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE COMMUNITY.

ON OUR LAST PAGE.

THERE'S AN OVERALL MAP, UH, BY ZIP CODE.

UM, LEADING THE WAY IS 9 0 8 0 7, UH, WITH 88, UH, HOUSEHOLDS.

UM, ISSUING COMPLAINTS ROUGHLY, UH, 24,571 COMPLAINTS FROM THOSE 88, UH, HOUSEHOLDS.

UH, THIS IS DOWN SLIGHTLY FROM LAST YEAR, UH, 96 HOUSEHOLDS IN, UH, A LITTLE OVER 36,000, UH, COMPLAINTS FROM THAT SAME ZIP CODE.

UM, OVERALL, IN, IN THESE VARIOUS ZIP CODES, WE'RE SEEING, UM, ROUGHLY SIMILAR NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, UH, LESS COMPLAINTS, UM, IN GENERAL, UH, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A COUPLE ZIP CODES.

UM, 9 0 8, 0 8 ACTUALLY HAS STILL HAS, UM, UH, THE SAME AMOUNT OF COMPLAINANTS AS LAST YEAR, BUT THEY HAVE LESS COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR.

UM, BUT 9 0 8 0 5, WHICH IS SOUTHEAST OF OUR DIAGONAL RUNWAY, UM, THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS COMPLAINANTS HAS GONE UP, UH, FROM 10 TO 20, UH, ROUGHLY AROUND THE SAME NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS.

SO THESE ARE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT WE'RE WATCHING, UM, AND WE STILL HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, CONCERNS THAT COME THROUGH VARIOUS CHANNELS, INCLUDING, UH, VOICEMAILS.

AND WE, WE DO CALLBACKS AND WE PROVIDE INFORMATION AND, AND TRACK WHAT'S GOING ON AND WHAT THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT AND, AND HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

UM, JET ZERO OVERALL JUST AN AMAZING PARTNER, SO IT WORKED OUT REALLY WELL.

THANK YOU, JUSTIN.

FINALLY, WE'LL HAVE, UM, LINDSAY BACK UP TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE.

ALL RIGHTY, SOME PUBLIC AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS AND INITIATIVES FROM SEPTEMBER IN ADDITION TO AN ADVERTISEMENT WITH THE GOLF TOURNAMENT, THE MAYOR'S GOLF TOURNAMENT, WE ALSO HAD A SPONSORSHIP WITH LONG BEACH CITY COLLEGE.

UM, AND WE DID A LOT OF COLLABORATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN, BUT WE HEAVILY PROMOTED OUR FESTIVAL FLIGHT, AND WE HAVE THE GRAPHIC UP ON THE MESSAGE OR THE BOARDS AROUND THE AIRPORT.

WE ALSO HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA BOOSTED, AND IT'S ON OUR WEBSITE.

AND THE FLYER WAS ALSO DISTRIBUTED TO ALL CITY OF LONG BEACH EMPLOYEES.

SO I'M HOPING WE GET A REALLY GOOD TURNOUT THIS YEAR.

AND THEN CYNTHIA ALSO MENTIONED THE FUTURE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE, WHERE WE WERE THE HEADLINE PARTNER.

AND THEN AS FAR AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS HELPED US WELCOME, UM, OVER 90 PEOPLE FOR OUR TOURS IN SEPTEMBER, UM, INCLUDING THE GIRL SCOUTS, UM, YOUTH LOS ANGELES, AND ALL, A LOT OF HOMESCHOOLS TOURS.

WE HAD A FEW EVENTS THIS SEPTEMBER AND WE DID THE BEAUMONT CAR SHOW AND AS WELL AS THE PLANE POLE.

AND IF YOU GUYS ATTENDED THE PLANE POLE THIS YEAR, YOU WOULD'VE NOTICED THAT IT'S, IT WAS IN A WHOLE NEW LOCATION THIS YEAR, WHICH IT WAS AT JET ZERO, SO IT WAS A WHOLE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR US.

UM, USUALLY THE AIRPORT, IT'S ON THE SAME LOCATION AS FESTIVAL, BUT THIS YEAR, JET ZERO KIND OF STEPPED IN AND THEY TOOK OVER THIS EVENT AND THEY WERE GREAT.

AND,

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SO WE'LL SEE IF THEY DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

UM, I WOULD ADD THAT IT WAS A LOT OF NEWS COVERAGE FOR THIS YEAR'S PLANE POOL AT THE JET ZERO SITE, JUST ALL DAY THAT SATURDAY.

YEP.

YEAH, THERE WERE, THEY GET A LOT OF MEDIA FOR THAT DAY.

UM, AS FAR AS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND TSA PARTNERED TO OPEN A NEW TSA LANE, UM, IN THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT.

SO INSTEAD OF FIVE LANES, THE AIRPORT NOW HAS SIX LANES AND THEY PRIMARILY USE THAT JUST WHEN IT GETS REALLY BUSY IN THE MORNINGS.

SO IT'S NOT OPEN ALL THE TIME.

BUT, UM, GREAT EDITION.

WE ALSO HAD THE FLORAL AMERICAN FLAG DISPLAY, WHICH WE'VE BEEN DOING AS A TRADITION FOR THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS.

AND, UM, OUR LIVE MUSIC LGB LIVE MUSIC PROGRAM CONTINUED AND WE HAD 13 PERFORMANCES IN SEPTEMBER, BOTH PRE AND POST SECURITY.

WE ALSO, IF I KNOW SOME OF YOU MIGHT HAVE ATTENDED OUR AIRWAVES CONCERT, WHICH WAS THE FIRST TIME WE DID, UM, THE AIRWAVES THIS YEAR WE HAD THREE CONCERTS AND WE FINISHED OUT THE LAST ONE IN SEPTEMBER.

SO THAT WAS GREAT.

LOTS OF FUN.

AND THEN AS FAR AS GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS, IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY LONG BEACH AIRPORT STAFFERS FEATURED AS, UM, SPEAKERS AT CONFERENCES.

SO IN SEPTEMBER, OUR VERY OWN MARLENE FROM PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPOKE ABOUT FESTIVAL FLIGHT, AND WE ALSO HAD MALU, UM, AT RAPPA.

UM, SO YEAH, GREAT TO HAVE OUR STAFF HIGHLIGHTED AS EXPERTS.

AND A LOT OF STAFF WHO, OR A LOT OF ATTENDEES OF THE CONFERENCE THAT MARLENE TALKED ABOUT FESTIVAL FLIGHT, SAID THAT THEY'RE COMING IN JUST FOR FESTIVAL FLIGHT TO SEE HOW WE DO IT.

'CAUSE THEIR OF AIRPORTS ARE INTERESTED IN DOING SOMETHING SIMILAR.

UM, AS FAR AS MEDIA, UM, LIKE CYNTHIA MENTIONED, WE GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC ABOUT JET ZEROS, UM, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, PLANE POLES, PLANE POLE.

UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE HAD SOME NEWS ABOUT OVERALL TOURISM DECLINING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

NOT SPECIFIC TO LONG BEACH AIRPORT, JUST OVERALL, UM, WE HIGHLIGHTED OUR NEW EXPANDED PARTNERSHIP WITH PARODIES AND THE NEW TSA LANE THAT I MENTIONED.

AND THEN YOU'LL SEE IN ON SOCIAL MEDIA, UM, OUR NUMBER ONE POST ON ALL THREE PLATFORMS WAS THE SAVE THE DATE FOR FESTIVAL FLIGHT.

AND, UM, LOOKING FORWARD, I BELIEVE THAT'LL PROBABLY BE ONE OF NEXT MONTH TOO.

ONE OF THE TOP POSTS IS ALL THINGS FESTIVAL FLIGHT.

THANK YOU, LINDSAY.

THAT CONCLUDES OUR REPORT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOT'S OF GOOD INFO.

ALRIGHT, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, IN YOUR ACTIVITY REPORT, YOU HAVE, UH, SOUTHWEST 2025 LANDINGS IN FUEL AND GO OPERATIONS.

CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT THAT IS? WHAT IS A FUEL AND GO OPERATION? SURE.

WHEN THEY, THEY ALL LAND IN FUEL LOVE, RIGHT? YEAH.

RIGHT.

AND SO, UM, YEAH, THIS YEAR WAS THE FIRST YEAR WHERE WE SAW SOUTHWEST, UM, HAVING FUEL AND GO FUEL AND GO OPERATIONS HERE, UH, IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, A PIT STOP HERE FROM, UH, NEIGHBORING AIRPORTS, UH, USUALLY VEGAS OR UH, UH, ARIZONA, WHERE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE SUMMER MONTHS, THE AIRCRAFT CAN, UM, HOLD TOO MUCH FUEL.

UM, AND SO THEY NEED TO MAKE A PIT STOP HERE AT LONG BEACH TO FILL UP THEIR TANK AND THEN THEY'LL BE OFF TO LIKE THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS.

AND SO, UH, WE DID SEE 15 IN JUNE, 10 IN JULY, AND 13 IN AUGUST.

AND I THINK, UM, IT'S SORT OF WRAPPED UP, UH, AFTER THOSE SUMMER MONTHS.

THAT'S INTERESTING.

SO THEY DON'T COME INTO THE TERMINAL AREA, DO THEY? NO, THERE'S NO, UH, DEPLANING OR INFLATING, UM, SIMPLY A, A PIT STOP.

CORRECT.

THEY DON'T, PASSENGERS DO NOT GET OFF THE PLANE.

INTERESTING.

AND THEN YOU MENTIONED THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN.

IS THAT GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON OUR FESTIVAL FLIGHTS? GREAT QUESTION.

SO RIGHT NOW, I MEAN, WE ARE, WE'RE BASICALLY HEARING THAT PROBABLY, UH, MILITARY, UM, PRESENCE WOULD BE IMPACTED AS FAR AS THEIR AIRCRAFT MM-HMM .

AND SO WE'RE NOT EXPECTING, UM, FOR MILITARY AIRCRAFT ALL BE THERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KEEPING OUR FINGERS CROSSED AND REALLY HOPING THAT THERE'S A CHANGE BY THE 25TH, REALLY THE 24TH.

UH, BUT YES, THERE WOULD BE AN IMPACT IF THE SHUTDOWN CONTINUES.

THAT'S, THAT'S TOO BAD.

NIBBLES FOR, UH, A VENDOR FOR THAT? WE HOPE ONE DAY AND IT'S PART OF THE PARODIES, UM, UH, AWARD.

MM-HMM .

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

UH, THIS IS REGARD TO THE, UM, PRE SECURITY, UH, VENDORS, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING NEWS.

I GET ASKED A LOT AS A VOLUNTEER ABOUT THE OLD LEGENDS, UM, FACILITY.

AND, AND I HAVE SEEN IT WHEN YOU HAD YOUR 100TH AND YOU REOPEN, UH, THE TERMINAL, THE OLD TERMINAL, AND IT'S, IT'S LOVELY.

IT'S REALLY GREAT.

ARE THERE ANY

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THAT WHOLE PROCUREMENT PROCESS, THE SPACE, THE LEGEND SPACE WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT PROCUREMENT, BUT THERE WAS NOT A SUCCESSFUL, UH, RESPONDER IN, IN THAT SPACE.

BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, PUTTING THAT BACK OUT AT SOME POINT, UH, AS AN OPPORTUNITY, THE RIGHT FIT.

THAT'S WHAT WE NEED, THE RIGHT FIT FOR THAT SPACE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OH, YOU KNOW, JUST ONE MORE QUESTION FOR OUR NOISE GURU.

SURE.

THIS IS ALWAYS THE COMMITTEE'S HOT BUTTON ISSUE AND, UM, THE MAP BY ZIP CODE AND THE COUNT HERE OF, OF HOW MANY, UH, CONCERNS MM-HMM .

AND THERE'S SOME PRETTY AMAZING NUMBERS UP THERE WHERE THE TWO RUNWAYS, UH, ALMOST CROSS.

DO THESE NUMBERS START OVER AGAIN? DOES THE COUNT START OVER JANUARY? SO IT'S A YEAR TO YEAR ACCOUNT, IT'S NOT A ROLLING TOTAL.

YEAH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE JUST MONTHLY.

SO THOSE ARE JUST THE TOTAL FOR THAT MONTH.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

, YES.

SO WE DO HAVE YOU AUTOMATED THE RESPONSE PROCESS? ? YOU KNOW, WE, SOME OF THE, MOST OF THOSE ARE, UM, WHAT WE CONSIDER BUTTON CLICKS.

SO THERE, THERE'S AN APP OH YEAH.

THAT THEY CLICK, THAT'S, THAT'S AN AUTOMATED, UH, IT GOES RIGHT INTO OUR SYSTEM.

WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

IT'S, THEY HAVE THEIR ADDRESS ASSOCIATED TO THAT, SO IT GOES INTO OUR SYSTEM.

UM, I, IF THEY EMAIL OR CALL OR THEY SEND, UH, THROUGH THE WEB TRACK, THE, THE ONLINE FLIGHT TRACKER, UH, THAT'S A, IT'S MANUAL.

IT'S A MANUAL PROCESS WHERE WE, WE TYPICALLY, UM, RESPOND BACK IF, IF, IF ASKED, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE'VE, WE GET TO KNOW THESE FOLKS OVER TIME AND WE KNOW, UM, IF SOMEBODY IS REALLY WANTING A CALL BACK OR, OR THEY JUST WANT TO ISSUE THEIR CONCERN.

UM, SO E ESPECIALLY AS NEW PEOPLE COME IN AND THEY, THEY MAY HAVE CONCERNS, UM, WE REACH OUT AND WE, WE, UM, PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS WE CAN FOR THEM.

WELL, MINE IS 25% IS GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

THAT'S, THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS.

DO YOU THINK THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE PENALTIES OR THE FLY FRIENDLY OR BOTH? YEAH.

I, I WOULD, I MEAN, I WOULD LIKE TO CREDIT TO IT TO FLY FRIENDLY AND, AND THERE'S CERTAIN ASPECT, I THINK, UH, THERE ARE SOME INITIATIVES THAT LIKE FLY FRIENDLY THAT I THINK HAVE HELPED.

UM, WE HAVE NOTICED A, UH, THAT A NUMBER OF FOLKS HAVE STOPPED.

UM, IT, THE BUTTON IS NOT FREE, SO THEY, IT'S A, UM, THIRD PARTY VENDOR THAT PROVIDES THAT BUTTON AND THEY CHARGE MONTHLY FOR IT.

UM, AND SO WE HA WE'VE SEEN A NUMBER OF FOLKS WHO HAVE JUST STOPPED PAYING FOR THAT, AND SO THEY'RE NO LONGER, UH, COMPLAINING AND SOME OF THOSE FOLKS WERE COMPLAINING, UH, QUITE OFTEN.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE DIP IN THOSE NUMBERS.

NOW WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IF THAT'S JUST IT WAS A FINANCIAL REASON OR IF THERE'S OTHER REASONS FOR THAT.

UH, BUT WE HAVE SEEN THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS DECLINE.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

REQUESTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? CORRECT.

I ASSUME THERE WERE NO

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IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE AT THIS TIME.

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