Nov 20, 2025 Airport Advisory Commission

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IT IS 4:01 PM NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025.

MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.

UM, FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONERS ARIA AND LA FARGO ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? SEEING

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COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE.

COMMISSIONER GALES? HERE.

COMMISSIONER LA VARGA.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

HERE.

COMMISSIONER ZARN.

HERE.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL.

HERE.

CHAIR LARSON.

HERE YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

RIGHT.

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

CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE.

[1. 25-56959 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on October 16, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2025.

I'LL MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ARE THERE ANY COMMENT CARDS THIS EVENING? NO.

OKAY.

SEEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, THE SECRETARIAL WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

SORRY.

ONE MOMENT WHILE MY COMPUTER RECONFIGURES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THE SECRETARY

[2. 25-56960 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Jake Heflin, Long Beach Fire Department Station 16 Operations Battalion Chief.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING JAKE HEFLIN, LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 15, OPERATIONS BATTALION CHIEF STATION 16.

I SHOULD BE CLEAR, BATTALION CHIEF, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU.

A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

THE I ITEM HAS BEEN, OH, THAT'S YOU.

OKAY.

OKAY.

WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR LARSON AND COMMISSIONERS.

WE ARE, UM, PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS MONTH'S BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT WITH, UH, GOSH, BATTALION CHIEF OF LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT, JAKE HEFLIN.

UM, UH, MANY OF YOU KNOW, HE'S AN AMAZING, UM, PERSON, UH, BUT TREMENDOUS, UM, UH, CHIEF AND WE WOULD LIKE, UM, ACTING PAO, LINDSEY PHILLIPS TO PROVIDE HIS REPORT.

HI COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO YES, OPERATIONS BATTALION CHIEF, UM, AT A FIRE STATION 16 AT LGB IS JAKE HEFLIN.

AND HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR OVER 25 YEARS IN VARIOUS ROLES AND POSITIONS.

AND HE SHARED WITH US THAT HE'S THRILLED TO BE STATIONED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

HE ALSO SERVED IN THE JOINT INFORMATION CENTER DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC WHEN I, I WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH HIM THERE.

AND HE, UM, YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY RECOGNIZE HIM.

HE ALSO KIND OF IS THE CITY SPOKESPERSON.

HE'S EXTREMELY TALENTED AT ON-CAMERA INTERVIEWS AND HE DOES A LOT OF TRAINING WITH OTHER STAFF.

AND, UM, YEAH, WE'RE JUST REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE HIM.

HE ALSO HAS BEEN PARTICIPATING IN SOME OF OUR TOURS WITH THE YOUTH, SO WE'RE JUST REALLY THANKFUL FOR HIM.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY, SO IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YEAH, JUST LET ME SAY THAT AS A VOLUNTEER AND WHEN WE TAKE GROUPS OUT ONTO THE TARMAC AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COMES OUT TO PRESENT, UH, TO THE, THOSE VISITORS, ESPECIALLY KIDS, UM, IT'S AN AMAZING, UH, PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES.

AND IT'S LIKE REALLY THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE TOUR.

THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN US TELLING THEM ABOUT THE HISTORY IN THE TERMINAL.

NO.

ONCE THEY GET TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION, UM, THEY ARE JUST CRAZY ABOUT IT.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COOPERATES AND SENDS OUT THE RIG.

UM, AND IT'S JUST AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE TO BE OUT THERE AND WITNESS IT AND WATCH THE, THE, THE, UH, VISITORS, ESPECIALLY

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AND THEN THE HIGHLIGHT IS WHEN THEY TURN ON THE WATER WORKS AND THE WATER GOES OUT, YOU KNOW, 200 YARDS.

SO ANYWAY, IT'S, I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT ABOUT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, HOW WONDERFUL, WONDERFULLY SUPPORTIVE THEY ARE OF OUR TOURS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

ZA, I, I KNOW THAT THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY.

YEAH.

THANK YOU.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES.

UM, HE HAS A, AN AMAZING BACKGROUND.

HE'S AN ASSET NOT JUST TO THE AIRPORT, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE CITY.

HAS, UM, HAS HE BEEN GIVEN ANY KIND OF ACCOMMODATION BY THE CITY? ANY RECOGNITION? WOULD IT BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AIRPORT TO PROPOSE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION FOR HIM? WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO THAT.

UM, GOSH, UH, BATTALION CHIEF HALE IS, HAS, GOSH, HE PROBABLY HAS RECEIVED MANY, UM, ACCOLADES, BUT LET US LOOK INTO THAT.

UH, HE IS DEFINITELY A TREMENDOUS HELP TO US, AND HE RECENTLY GOT ASSIGNED TO THE AIRPORT AS ONE OF HIS VARIOUS, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES, BUT, UM, DEFINITELY WORTH, UM, BEING APPRECIATED IN SO MANY DIFFERENT FORMS. SO WE'LL LOOK INTO THAT.

AND JUST REAL QUICK, UM, IF YOU'VE EVER WATCHED THEM ACTUALLY MOBILIZE FOR SOMETHING ON SITE, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.

AND I THINK MYSELF AND MAYBE KEN ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE HERE THAT REMEMBER, UH, JETBLUE HAD AN AIRCRAFT WHERE THE LANDING GEAR WAS NOT COMING DOWN, AND WE ANTICIPATED THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE TO MAKE A LANDING ON OUR RUNWAY WITHOUT THAT LANDING GEAR PROPERLY, UH, PLACED.

AND THE WAY THEY GOT READY FOR IT, THE WAY THEY MOBILIZED IT WAS SO PROFESSIONAL.

THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

THEY TRAIN ALL THE TIME.

I MEAN, FORTUNATELY THEY DIVERTED THEM TO LAX AND WE DIDN'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

BUT, UH, JUST TO WATCH THEM GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS, YOU GUYS IS, IS INCREDIBLE.

UM, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL, I'M SURE TO HAVE THEM HERE AS PART OF THAT, THE AIRPORT TEAM.

THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, GREAT.

WELL, NO FURTHER COMMENT.

UM, WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES, THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

WOULD THE

[3. 25-56961 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. ]

THANK YOU.

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

AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

SO, UH, YOU CAN CHIME IN IF YOU WANT, BUT , UH, WE HAD A REPORT, UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD A REPORT BY THE, UH, MIKE, I'M DROPPING HIS LAST NAME.

UH, HELP ME OUT HERE, YOU GUYS.

UH, I RECALL LAST NAME FROM THE CIVIL CORPS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE, UH, THE JOB CORPS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LONG BEACH.

AND, UH, THEY WERE EMPHASIZING THE WORK THEY DO, PARTICULARLY IN THE RECYCLING EFFORT.

UH, WE GOT A, UH, POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

APPARENTLY THEY DO US AS THE AIRPORT IN EXTENSIVELY IN THEIR TERMS OF THE RECYCLING EFFORTS.

AND IT WAS NICE THAT TO SEE THAT THE AIRPORTS COOPERATING WITH THESE GUYS, UH, WITH THE YOUNG MEN THAT ARE WORKING OVER THERE, UH, LEARNING JOB SKILLS.

AND, UH, THE NUMBERS WERE PRETTY IMPRESSIVE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING.

AND, UH, I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THAT PRESENTATION.

UM, BEYOND THAT, WE CONTINUE TO CONSERVE TREMENDOUS AMOUNTS OF ELECTRICITY.

OUR SOLAR PANELS ARE DOING THEIR JOB.

UH, WE'RE RETROFITTING OR CONTINUING TO RETROFIT THE LIGHTS IN THE PARKING GARAGE.

AND PRESUMABLY THAT'LL SAVE US EVEN MORE ENERGY AS WE GO HOME.

YOU STILL GOTTA GET THE TUNNEL DONE.

COME ON, YOU GUYS , BUT YOU'RE WORKING THROUGH IT.

UM, AND THEN THEY WORKED, UH, RECENTLY EXTENSIVELY WITH THE AIRLINES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THE FOOD AND OTHER ITEMS THAT ARE COMING OFF THE AIRCRAFT ARE BEING DISPOSED OF PROPERLY.

AND DID I MISS ANYTHING? YOU GOT IT ALL.

OKAY.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THAT WAS VICE CHAIR CHRISTOP.

IF ANYBODY NEEDED TO KNOW ITEM BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I THINK ABOUT THAT REPORT EVERY TIME I DRIVE THROUGH THE TUNNEL AS I DID TONIGHT.

QUICK QUESTION, WAS THAT THE, THE, UH, CONSERVATION COURT? YEAH, DAN KNAPP.

DAN KNAPP IS THE DIRECTOR OF, HE'S THE DIRECTOR, BUT THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE PROGRAM, HIS FIRST NAME WAS MIKE.

AND I'M SORRY YOU GUYS,

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HE'S, HE'S BEEN WITH HIM FOR 23 YEARS, HE SAID, WORKING WITH THESE YOUNG MEN.

SO IT'S INCREDIBLE.

YOU DO A GREAT JOB.

YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN, UM, IF THAT PRESENTS LIVE PRESENTATION, IF THAT'S, YOU CAN SHARE THAT WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, THAT WOULD BE REALLY NICE AT SOME POINT.

YES, WE CAN DO THAT.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE CAN DO THAT.

VICE CHAIR.

THAT'D BE REALLY GOOD.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT? PUBLIC OR COMMISSION? ALRIGHT.

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

YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS.

YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

WOULD THE

[4. 25-56962 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for November 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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

AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WE DO HAVE A FAIRLY LENGTHY, UM, STAFF REPORT THIS MONTH COMPARED TO OUR PREVIOUS MONTHS.

AND I DO WANNA START OUT BY SAYING A, A COUPLE OF THINGS.

I MEAN, ONE THAT, UH, OH MY GOODNESS.

UM, THE FEDERAL SHUTDOWN, WE, UH, ENDURED 43 DAY SHUTDOWN, UM, UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS.

AND I REALLY WANNA START OUT BY APPLAUDING THE FAA AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS AS WELL AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY.

TSA STAFF WHO THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY JUST AMAZING.

UM, WE HAD MINIMAL IMPACT AT OUR AIRPORT, UH, MINIMAL CALL OUTS, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO ENSURE THAT OUR OPERATIONS REMAINED SAFE AND, AND MOVING, UM, IF YOU WILL.

BUT TRULY JUST, UM, A GREAT AMOUNT OF SUPPORT BY OUR BUSINESS PARTNERS, UM, AROUND THE AIRPORT AS FAR AS DONATIONS PROVIDING, UM, DIFFERENT GIFT CARDS, YOU NAME IT, UH, TO BOTH OF THOSE, UM, UH, AREAS AND SO FAR, CONTROLLERS AS WELL AS OUR TSA STAFF.

JUST, UM, TREMENDOUS DEDICATION TO, TO OUR TEAM AND TO THE AIRPORT, AND ENSURING THAT PASSENGERS HAD, UM, MINIMAL IMPACT, UM, THROUGH, THROUGH OUR AIRPORT.

AND SO THANKFULLY THE SHUTDOWN IS O OVER FOR, FOR NOW, AND WITH THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION UNTIL JANUARY.

BUT CERTAINLY PLEASED TO SEE, UM, LITTLE IMPACT TO OUR OPS.

WE DID HAVE A FEW CANCELLATIONS.

SOME OF THAT WAS MORE WEATHER, WEATHER RELATED THAN ANYTHING.

UM, BUT, BUT TRULY I'M PLEASED THAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, TO GET THROUGH THAT DIFFICULT TIME WITH THEM.

THANKSGIVING TRAVEL, UH, WE ARE NOW IN THE HOLIDAY SEASON AND, AND WE DO EXPECT OUR NUMBERS TO BE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER OVER THE 10 DAY PERIOD.

UH, THERE'S SEVERAL DAYS WHERE WE'RE GONNA SEE PROBABLY A 20% INCREASE IN WITHIN OUR NORMAL ACTIVITY AT THE AIRPORT.

AND SO, UH, OUR TEAM IS PREPARED FOR THAT.

UH, AND WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING PREPARED FOR THE HOLIDAY TRAVEL IN THAT WE'VE ALREADY STARTED PUTTING IN SOME HOLIDAY DECORATIONS.

UM, AND SO JUST, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS BRINGS A SMILE, UH, TO, TO OUR PASSENGERS.

AND THEN THE NEXT, UH, COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS, UH, CITY COUNCIL RESENT APPROVAL OF A LONG TERM LEASE WITH JET ZERO.

THIS IS A 30 YEAR NEW TERM.

THEY ARE A EXISTING TENANT, BUT THEY ARE, UH, REALLY LOOKING AT MAKING LONG BEACH, THEIR SORT OF, THEIR DESIGN CENTER AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE CENTER, UM, UM, AT THE AIRPORT.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY PLEASED WITH THEIR WING, UH, BLENDED WING AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING THERE.

THEY'RE LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT WORKFORCE AND MAKE THAT FACILITY, UH, JUST EVEN MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHAT IT IS.

I MEAN, THEY'VE ALREADY DONE SOME IMPROVEMENTS WHEN THEY'VE MOVED INTO THE PLACE TWO YEARS AGO, AND THAT'S THE OLD GULF STREAM LOCATION IF YOU, IF YOU RECALL THAT AREA OFF OF, UH, DONALD DOUGLAS.

AND SO WE ARE REALLY PLEASED WITH BEING ABLE TO SEE THEM COMMIT TO LONG BEACH FOR A LONG TERM.

AGAIN, 30 YEAR EXTENSION.

THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A FITNESS CENTER, NOT AVAILABLE TO US, BUT A FITNESS CENTER AT THEIR SITE.

UM, REALLY JUST DIFFERENT ENHANCEMENTS TO SUPPORT THEIR GROWING WORKFORCE, BUT IT SPEAKS TO, UH, THEIR COMMITMENT TO LONG BEACH AND, AND THEIR VALUE AND, AND ALSO BEING NOT JUST A LOCATION OF, OF THEIR NEW DESIGN, BUT ALSO WELCOMING OTHER SUBTENANTS THAT ARE, UH, HAVE JUST INNOVATIVE IDEAS AND, AND REALLY PLEASED TO SEE, SEE THAT,

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THE NEXT ONE, UH, THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED MORE RECENTLY IS A LONG-TERM LEASE WITH SKY HARBOR.

THEY'RE ANOTHER, UH, DEVELOPER THAT IS NEW TO LONG BEACH.

THEY WILL HAVE THE SITE, THIS IS THE WARDLOW SITE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, WHICH IS, IF YOU RECALL, THIS IS WHERE, UM, ATTENDEES TO THE FESTIVAL OF FLIGHT WOULD TYPICALLY PARK.

UH, THAT IS THE WARDLOW PARKING LOT.

AND THEY WILL TAKE OVER, UH, THAT DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT SPACE, UH, OVER, GOSH, A 50 YEAR LONG TERM LEASE.

SO IT'S A PRETTY LENGTHY TERM, BUT THEY ARE INVESTING OVER 60 MILLION, UM, IN CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPECT TO REALLY DEVELOP STATE-OF-THE-ART HANGERS AT THAT SITE FOR CORPORATE, UH, JET TRAVEL.

UH, THEY'RE ALSO LOOKING AT A NEW RESTAURANT THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, THAT, UH, THEY HAVE SOME GREAT IDEAS ON THAT, BUT THAT, THAT IS A 17 ACRE SITE, I MEANT TO SAY, WHEN GOING BACK TO JET ZERO, THAT THAT'S A $50 MILLION PLAN INVESTMENT AT, AT THE JET ZERO SITE.

SO WE'VE RECENTLY HAD JUST TWO, UM, UH, BIG, UH, DEALS THAT, UM, ARE HAPPENING AT THE AIRPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE ABOUT $100 MILLION OF PRIVATE INVESTMENT.

SO IT'S REALLY GOOD, UH, TO SEE THAT IN THAT WE'RE AN AIRPORT THAT, UM, ATTRACTS THAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT.

THE, THE OTHER, UH, THING I'D WANNA SAY ABOUT SKY HARBOR IS THEY'RE LOOKING TO, GOSH, RETAIN ABOUT 650 LOCAL JOBS OVER THE COURSE OF THIS TERM.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WILL HAPPEN IN PHASES, BUT THEY, THEY DO HAVE A LENGTHY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS THAT THEY WILL GO THROUGH, UH, UH, OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND A HALF TO TWO YEARS.

BUT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THEY WILL REALLY BRING TO LIFE A VERY UNDERUTILIZED SPACE ON THE WEST SIDE OF, OF OUR AIRPORT.

LASTLY, I WANNA TALK ABOUT CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION FOUNDATION.

SO CTF IS AN ORGANIZATION THAT, UH, REALLY SUPPORTS THE GOSH, BRIGHT YOUNG, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A CAREER IN TRANSPORTATION.

AND, UH, AND THEY ALSO REALLY SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS AND WORKERS IN THE TRANSPORTATION BUSINESS.

UM, REALLY REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE, UM, UNFORTUNATELY FALLEN, UM, OR, OR HAVE PASSED AWAY AND ON, ON THE JOB.

AND SO THEY DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES REALLY TO SUPPORT THOSE FAMILIES.

AND LASTLY, LASTLY, THE OTHER THING THAT THEY DO IS HELP EDUCATE, UM, THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRANSPORTATION, UH, LEADERS AND PROFESSIONALS THROUGH DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND MENTORING AND SCHOLARSHIPS.

WELL, THEY RECENTLY HELD THEIR EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM HERE AT LONG BEACH MARRIOTT, RIGHT HERE IN THIS FACILITY.

AND WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO HAVE THEM COME AND TOUR THE LONG BEACH AIRPORTS.

IT WAS ABOUT 30 TRANSPORTATION STUDENTS, AND YOU REALLY, IT'S, IT'S HARD TO GET INTO THIS EDUCATION SYMPOSIUM.

SO THESE 30 STUDENTS ARE SMART, THEY'RE BRIGHT, THEY'RE INTERESTED IN ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.

AND, AND SO WE WERE REALLY FORTUNATE TO HAVE THEM COME AND VISIT US ALONG WITH 30 TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONALS.

AND ON TOP OF THAT, WE HAD OUR VERY OWN COMMISSIONER ZARN AND COMMISSIONER THOMAS THERE TO HELP PROVIDE, UM, TOURS AS VOLUNTEERS.

AND SO THEY, THE STUDENTS AND THE PROFESSIONALS, SOME OF THEM NEVER HAVE PLACED A FOOT ON LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND SAID THEY WERE ABSOLUTELY AMAZED AT, AT OUR AIRPORT AND THE FACILITIES THAT, UM, WE HAVE AND THE VIBE THAT IS, IS WELL KNOWN AT THE AIRPORT.

SO, WANTED TO SHARE THAT BIT OF, UM, NEWS TO YOU ALL.

UM, AS I CONCLUDE THE DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT.

AND NEXT WE WILL HAVE FINANCIAL AND A FINANCIAL UPDATE BY MONI CHA, OUR FSO FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER, WHO IS GOING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT LONGER OF A REPORT, UH, 'CAUSE HE HAS SOME, SOME GOOD THINGS TO SHARE.

YEP.

GO.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

UM, SO WE'LL START OFF BY, UH, COVERING THE COMMERCIAL FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER, 2025.

UH, STARTING AT THE TOP LEFT OF THE REPORT, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES OPERATING, UH, WITH 90 LANDINGS, UM, THE SAME NUMBER OF LANDINGS, UH, IN THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

HOWEVER, THEIR LOAD FACTOR, UH, INCREASED LEADING TO ABOUT A 5% INCREASE IN ACTIVITY.

UM, UH, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SEEING, UH, THE SIMILAR, UH, SCENARIO WITH THE SAME NUMBER OF LANDING, HOWEVER, THEIR LOAD FACTOR JUST SLIGHTLY DOWN, UH, LEADING TO A 1% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY FROM HAWAIIAN AND THEN SOUTHWEST, ALSO HAVING COMPARABLE NUMBERS OF LANDINGS, UH, TO LAST YEAR.

UM, AND A SLIGHTLY LOWER LOAD FACTOR LEADING

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UM, OVERALL, UH, ACTIVITY WAS 156,000 EMPLOYMENTS FOR, UH, THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

OH, OKAY.

UM, UH, SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION, UM, IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THERE MIGHT BE TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS.

ONE FROM LAST YEAR AND ONE FOR THIS YEAR FOR 2025.

UH, THERE WAS AN ERROR IN PRINTING, AND SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, REVISED SEPTEMBER, 2025 REPORT.

UM, AND, UH, SO YEAH, UH, ACTIVITY, UH, OVERALL WAS DOWN 2% FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

UH, THAT'S A TAPERING OFF OF THE DECLINE THAT WE SAW EARLIER THIS YEAR.

UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WITH THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, UH, THIS YEAR SO FAR, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN ACTIVITY DOWN 9%.

UH, SO, UH, A 2% DECLINE IN SEPTEMBER IS, UH, PRETTY MILD FROM WHAT WE SAW, UH, JUST OVERALL THIS YEAR.

UH, MOVING ON TO THE BOTTOM SECTION, UM, WE SEE THAT, UH, UPS UH, OPERATED WITH, UH, 36 LANDINGS COMPARED TO 19, UH, FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

THAT'S A 1300, UH, METRIC, TONS OF CARGO PROCESS FOR UPS, UH, 81% INCREASE FOR UPS COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

AND THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE COMPARED TO WHAT THEY'VE SAW, UH, THIS YEAR WITH ABOUT 37% OVERALL SO FAR.

THEN MOVING ON TO THE NEXT PART OF THE REPORT.

UM, SO THIS IS THE FISCAL YEAR, 25 YEAR END REPORT.

STARTING OFF WITH PAGE TWO, UH, WE GIVE A PRESENTATION OVERVIEW.

UH, WE'LL BE GOING OVER SOME FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS THROUGH THIS REPORT.

WE'LL ALSO GIVE A PRELIMINARY FINANCIAL REPORT THAT SHOWS THE, UH, RESULTS FOR THIS, UH, PAST FISCAL YEAR.

WE'LL ALSO COVER SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE VARIOUS REVENUE SOURCES THAT WE HAVE AND ALSO THE OPERATING RESULTS.

UM, AND THEN WE'LL ALSO CLOSE IT OUT WITH, UH, SOME UPDATES TO OUR CAPITAL PROJECTS.

ON SLIDE THREE, WE GIVE A BRIEF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHT OF, UH, THE BIG ITEMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, UH, STARTING OFF WITH THE TOTAL PASSENGER ACTIVITY TOTAL OF 3.8 MILLION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE THIRD HIGHEST FISCAL YEAR THAT WE HAVE ON RECORD, UH, ONLY SURPASSED BY LAST YEAR, WHICH WAS 2020 FOUR'S, UH, HIGHEST RECORD.

AND THEN A SECOND, UM, WITH 20, UH, 18 BEING THE SECOND, UM, HIGHEST YEAR.

UM, AND LAST, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 25, WE DID SEE A VERY STRONG, UH, REVENUE PERFORMANCE, UH, EVEN WITH ACTIVITIES SLIGHTLY DOWN FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

UM, AND THIS IS GREAT NEWS, GIVEN THAT, UH, EXPENDITURES DID GROW MODESTLY, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO MAINTAIN AN A THREE RATING WITH MOODY'S AND AN A MINUS RATING WITH, UH, FITCH CREDIT RATINGS, WHICH, UH, THEY BOTH HOLD A STABLE OUTLOOK AS OF RIGHT NOW.

UM, AND ALSO JUST MENTIONING THE COMPLETION OF THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH WAS THE LARGE PROJECT THAT WAS COMPLETED.

UH, RIGHT AFTER THAT, UH, WE COMPLETED THE TERMINAL AREA IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.

UH, THIS PROJECT WAS ABOUT A, UH, $16 MILLION PROJECT THAT WAS LARGELY FUNDED BY, UH, FAA GRANT MONIES AND, UM, HELPED TRANSFORM THE ROADWAY AREA IN FRONT OF THE TERMINAL, UM, ADDING TO THE CURBSIDE, UH, WHILE ALSO IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND ALSO, UH, THE EFFICIENCY OF VEHICLE MOVEMENTS IN THE TERMINAL AREA.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE FOUR HERE, WE GIVE A PRELIMINARY, UH, REPORT ON THE, UH, BUDGET PERFORMANCE FOR FISCAL YEAR 25.

SO STARTING OUT AT THE TOP, WE SEE THAT, UM, OVERALL EMPLOYMENTS ACTUALLY DECREASED BY 7% THIS FISCAL YEAR.

UH, THAT'S BECAUSE WE'RE COMPARING IT TO OUR RECORD HIGH YEAR, UH, PRIOR YEAR IN 2024.

UM, LOOKING AT THE OPERATING REVENUES, OVERALL REVENUES WERE PRETTY SOLID.

UM, FOR AIRLINE REVENUES, WE GENERATED 26 MILLION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST AMOUNT OF, UH, REVENUES WE'VE EVER RECEIVED FROM THE AIRLINES.

UM, EVEN WITH ACTIVITY DOWN, UH, 7%, UM, AIRLINE REVENUES ACTUALLY GREW BY 2%.

UH, THIS IS TIED TO, UH, THE RATE INCREASES THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR, BUT ALSO, UH, WITH THE INCREASED ACTIVITY BY UPS AND ALSO THE ADDITION OF THE FUEL AND GO FLIGHTS FROM SOUTHWEST.

UH, ONE OF THE, UH, OTHER CATEGORIES THAT DID, UH, SEE SOME PRETTY RESILIENT NUMBERS IS, UH, CONCESSION SALES, UH, WITH ACTIVITY DOWN, UH, CONCESSION SALE REVENUES REMAIN FLAT, UH, WITH NO CHANGES.

AND SO THAT, UH, REALLY HIGHLIGHTS THE, UH, RESILIENT, UM, DEMAND FOR, UH, CONCESSIONS HERE AT OUR AIRPORT.

UH, THE OTHER, UH, CATEGORY THAT SAW SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IS OUR FUEL FLOWAGE FEES NEARLY DOUBLE OF WHAT WE HAD IN THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, THAT'S AS A RESULT OF OUR FEE INCREASES FROM 6 CENTS TO 9 CENTS PER GALLON FOR FUEL FLOWAGE.

BUT ALSO, UH, OVERALL VOLUME OF, UH, FUEL DELIVERED TO THE AIRPORT ACTUALLY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

AND TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES, UM, WAS ABOUT 63.3 MILLION

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UH, MOVING ON TO THE OPERATING EXPENDITURE SIDE HERE, WE SEE BETWEEN THE THREE CATEGORIES, UH, SALARIES AND BENEFITS ACTUALLY INCREASED BY 16%.

THAT'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, THAT'S LARGELY DUE TO THE INCREASE IN COSTS OF WAGES FOR STAFF, BUT ALSO THE PENSION BENEFITS AND OTHER BENEFITS, UH, BUT ALSO AN INCREASE IN OVERALL WORKFORCE.

WE ACTUALLY, UH, FILLED MANY VACANCIES AND, UM, INCREASED OUR WORKFORCE.

AND SO THAT'S LED TO THAT 16% INCREASE.

UM, AND THEN BETWEEN THE, UH, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES AND CITY SERVICES, UH, THAT CATEGORY INCREASED BY 2%, WHICH IS, UH, PRETTY MODEST.

IT'S IN LINE WITH WHAT WE SAW FOR INFLATION RATES, UM, ABOUT TWO TO 3% OVERALL FOR THE ECONOMY.

AND SO, UH, IT'S PRETTY IN LINE WITH THAT.

UM, OVERALL TOTAL OPERATING EXPENDITURES WAS 50.6 MILLION.

UH, ONCE YOU NET THE TWO, WE HAVE A NET, UM, OPERATING RESULT OF 12.6 MILLION, WHICH IS PRETTY SOLID RESULTS FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

UH, MOVING INTO, UH, SLIDE FIVE, HERE'S WHERE WE, UH, START TAKING A LOOK, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED LOOK AT SOME OF THESE, UM, NUMBERS.

SO, UH, ON SLIDE FIVE, WE HAVE THE, THE, UH, EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS SHOWN HERE AS A VISUAL TO COMPARE, UH, THE MONTHLY ACTIVITIES.

AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, WE DO GO THROUGH SOME SEASONAL CHANGES, UM, FOR OUR ACTIVITIES WITH JANUARY AND FEBRUARY BEING, UH, THE LEAST BUSIEST YEARS.

AND THEN THE SUMMER MONTHS, WHICH IS TYPICALLY JUNE AND JULY, SEEING THE PEAK, UH, TRAVEL TIME FOR US.

UM, LOOKING AT THE BARS, UH, SOUTHWEST IS ACTUALLY THE ORANGE BARS, UM, SORT OF LIKE THE PANCAKES THERE.

UM, THEY ACCOUNT FOR ABOUT 88% OF THE ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT.

UM, ON SLIDE SIX, UH, THESE, UH, ACTIVITY NUMBERS TRANSLATE TO NUM, UH, TO DOLLAR VALUES.

AND SO, UM, HERE WE SHOW WHAT, UH, SOUTHWEST GENERATES, WHICH IS ACTUALLY $23 MILLION FOR OUR AIRPORT.

UH, THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR TOTAL OPERATING REVENUES.

AND THEN WE ALSO SEE HAWAIIAN AND DELTA GENERATING ABOUT A MILLION AND A HALF EACH, UH, FOR THE AIRPORT.

UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE SEVEN, UH, WE TAKE A LOOK AT CONCESSION SALES.

UH, AND SO, UH, IN, IN THIS SLIDE, WE BREAK OUT THE DETAILS OF THE CONCESSION SALES BY THE CATEGORIES OF, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, UH, RETAIL AND GIFT AND VENDING.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE ACCOUNTS FOR THE ABOUT THREE FOURTHS OF THE REVENUES GENERATED IN CONCESSION SALES.

UH, THAT'S FROM ALL THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN ALSO, UM, A GOOD MILLION DOLLAR IS GENERATED FROM THE GIFT SHOPS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE AIRPORT.

UH, THAT'S, UH, A TOTAL OVER $4 MILLION, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OPERATED BY PARODIES OUR PRIME CONCESSIONAIRE.

UM, AND, UH, THE LITTLE SLITHER RIGHT THERE IN THE PIE CHART ON THE RIGHT IS ACTUALLY MADE UP OF ALL THE VENDING OPERATORS THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE AIRPORT, UH, WHICH IS LISTED THERE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE EIGHT HERE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE CAR RENTAL REVENUES.

SO FOR CAR RENTAL REVENUES, UM, WE SEE THAT, UM, OUT OF THE FIVE RENTAL CAR OPERATORS, UH, WE, UH, FOUR OF THEM ACTUALLY DECREASED IN, UM, TOTAL REVENUES.

UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY PROPORTIONATE TO THE DECLINE IN TRAFFIC.

UH, THE ONLY ONE THAT ACTUALLY SAW AN INCREASE WAS ALAMO AND NATIONAL.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOW, UH, TAKING THE MARKET LEAD HERE AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT WITH, UM, A SLIGHT INCREASE, UH, THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

UM, WE ALSO DO WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, TURO, UM, IS A NEW OPERATOR.

THEY ACTUALLY BEGAN OPERATING HERE, UH, BACK IN MARCH.

AND THEY'RE NOT YOUR TRADITIONAL RENTAL CAR, UM, OPERATOR, BUT WE DO WANNA GIVE THEM A MENTION GIVEN THAT THEY ARE NOW, UM, OPERATING HERE, GENERATING ABOUT $25,000 IN REVENUES MONTHLY FOR US.

AND AS A MUCH WELCOME, NEW REVENUE SOURCE.

UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE NINE, UH, WE TAKE A LOOK AT GROUND TRANSPORTATION REVENUES.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CHART THERE, TNCS ARE THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANIES, WHICH IS PRIMARILY UBER AND LYFT.

UH, GENERATE THE BULK OF THE REVENUES FOR THIS CATEGORY, UH, FOLLOWED BY, UH, LONG BEACH YELLOW CAB WITH TAXIS, AND THEN, UM, THE HOTEL COURTESY SHUTTLES, AND THEN OTHER GT PROVIDERS.

UM, AND ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE THE PIE CHART OF SORT OF THE SPLIT IN THE MARKET, UM, BETWEEN UBER AND LYFT WITH UBER ACCOUNTING FOR NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE MARKET SHARE HERE, UH, FOR GRAND TRANSPORTATION.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE 10, UH, WE TAKE A LOOK AT, UH, THE EXPENDITURES, UH, WHICH GIVES AN OVERVIEW OF, UH, A VISUAL OF THE, UH, VARIOUS EXPENDITURES THAT WE HAVE.

AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, SALARIES AND BENEFITS, SEEING THE LARGEST INCREASE THERE.

UH, WE ACTUALLY STARTED THE FISCAL YEAR WITH 109, UM, STAFF, AND WE, UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE HAD A HUNDRED, UM, AND 19 STAFF, UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

UM, EVEN WITH THAT, WE STILL HAVE A 20% VACANCY RATE.

UM, AND AGAIN, THE COST, UH, INCREASES THERE IS ATTRIBUTED,

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UM, AND AS YOU CAN SEE FOR SUPPLIES AND SERVICES AND CITY SERVICES, UM, THOSE REMAIN PRETTY FLAT, UH, COMPARED TO, UH, THE PRIOR YEAR, UM, WHICH, UH, HAS GROWN JUST, UH, SLIGHTLY, UH, COMPARED TO THE INFLATION RATE.

MOVING ON TO SLIDE 11.

HERE, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE FISCAL YEAR 24 AIRLINE COST PER EMPLOYMENT FOR VARIOUS AIRPORTS.

AND YES, THAT IS FISCAL YEAR 24, UH, BECAUSE THAT IS THE LATEST OF DATA AVAILABLE.

UH, BUT WE DO WANNA GIVE THAT COMPARISON SO THAT WE CAN SHOW HOW LONG BEACH AIRPORT FARES, UH, COMPARED TO, UH, OTHER AIRPORTS.

AND, UH, FOR THIS METRIC, IT IS A SIMPLE, UH, METRIC THAT'S CALCULATED BY TAKING THE NUMBER, UH, THE AMOUNT OF REVENUES GEN, UH, GENERATED FROM AIRLINES AND DIVIDING BY THE NUMBER OF CLAIMANTS OF THAT AIRPORT.

AND SO IT GIVES A, A QUICK ESTIMATE OF REALLY WHAT THE COST TO OPERATE AT THE AIRPORT IS FOR AN AIRLINE.

AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT IS SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK.

UM, AT THE TOP ARE THOSE LARGE AIRPORTS SUCH AS LAX AND, UH, SAN FRANCISCO.

AND THEN RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE ARE THE MID, UM, MEDIUM HUB AIRPORT, SUCH AS, UH, JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT.

UM, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM WE SEE A BURBANK AIRPORT.

AND SO LONG BEACH AIRPORTS, UH, IN THE $12 RANGE IN FISCAL YEAR 24, WE DO EXPECT, UH, THAT TO INCREASE TO ABOUT $13 PER EMPLOYMENT, UH, THIS, UH, PAST FISCAL YEAR AS WE'VE INCREASED OUR RATES AND OPERATING COST GROWS.

UM, AND WE DO NOTE THAT, UM, THE OUTLIER HERE IS BURBANK, UH, WITH, UH, LESS THAN $2, UM, COST PER EMPLOYMENT.

UM, THEY HAVE A VERY UNIQUE OPERATION IN THAT THEY GENERATE SIGNIFICANT PARKING REVENUE THAT OFFSET THEIR, UH, LOWER OPERATING COSTS.

THEN, UH, MOVING ON TO SLIDE 12, HERE WE HAVE THE AIRPORT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT, UM, UPDATE WITH WHERE WE WANNA MENTION THAT AGAIN, THE TERMINAL ROADWAY PROJECT WAS COMPLETED THIS YEAR, UH, TRANSFORMING THE, UM, FRONT OF THE TERMINAL THERE.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO MENTION, UH, CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE LOT A AND B EV CHARGERS PROJECT THAT IS IN PROGRESS.

UH, THIS PROJECT IS, UH, ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED, UH, BY SUMMER OF NEXT YEAR.

IT IS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN, UH, AIRPORT AND PUBLIC WORKS WHERE WE ANTICIPATE, UM, ADDING ABOUT 158 NEW, UH, EV CHARGERS INTO OUR PARKING STRUCTURES.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PASSENGER CONCOURSE ENHANCEMENT PROJECT, WHICH, UH, RECEIVED SOME HIGHLIGHT RECENTLY IN THE NEWS.

UM, WE ACTUALLY GOT A $24 MILLION GRANT THIS PAST YEAR FOR THE PROJECT.

TOTAL PROJECT IS ABOUT $37 MILLION ESTIMATED, UM, AND CONSTRUCTION IS, UH, SLATED TO BEGIN IN A COUPLE MONTHS IN EARLY 2026.

AND THEN, UH, NEXT, UH, IN SCHEDULED, UH, FOR OUR CAPITAL PROJECT IS, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO MENTION HERE IS THE TAX AWAY F PROJECT, UH, WHICH IS THE TAX AWAY THAT IS, UH, TOWARDS THE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT, UM, NEAR SPRING STREET, UM, THAT SUPPORTS SOME OF OUR FBOS.

UH, SO THAT PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN DESIGN PHASE AND IS ANTICIPATED, UH, TO HAPPEN IN 2027.

IT IS A LARGE PROJECT THAT WILL BE LARGELY FUNDED BY FA GRANTS, AND IT'S ABOUT $26 MILLION RIGHT NOW AS ESTIMATED.

UM, AND WITH THAT, THAT, UH, WRAPS UP OUR, UH, PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANT TO RECAP THAT, UM, A STATE ON SLIDE 13, THAT, UH, FISCAL YEAR 25 WAS OUR THIRD HIGHEST FISCAL YEAR IN TERMS OF PASSENGER ACTIVITY.

UH, REVENUE PERFORMANCE REMAINED STRONG EVEN AS, UH, EXPENDITURE GROWTH WAS MODEST.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE COMPLETED THE ROADWAY PROJECT, UM, AND AS WE SAW THE ACTIVITY DECLINE, UH, THROUGH THE FISCAL YEAR, THAT ACTIVITY IS, UH, DECLINE IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON, UM, THROUGH THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR, WHICH, UH, WE DO FORECAST THAT SLIGHT, UH, DOWNTURN.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT WE'RE IN, UH, A GREAT FINANCIAL POSITION, UM, OUR FINANCIAL OUTLOOK DOES REMAIN, UH, STABLE.

WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU, MONI.

NEXT WE HAVE OUR NOISE UPDATE BY JUSTIN COOK, UH, OUR NOISE AND CAPACITY MANAGER OFFICE.

AND MAY I ALSO ADD THE NEW AIRPORTS COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA NOISE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, NOISE CO-CHAIR.

DID I SAY THAT CORRECT? CHAIR, CHAIR.

CHAIR.

CHAIR.

CHAIR.

CHAIR, CHAIR.

YEAH.

THANK YOU, .

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BRIEFLY ABOUT WHAT THAT IS, WHAT THAT MEANS? SURE.

YEAH.

SO THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE, UH, IS PART OF A CI AS THE STEERING GROUP.

UH, THEY HAVE ALL DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, UH, REPRESENTING AIRPORTS THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA.

UM, AND I WAS ELECTED CHAIR FOR NOYCE, SO I'LL BE REPRESENTING, UH, LONG BEACH AIRPORT AS, AS A, AS A NOYCE CHAIR.

UM, REALLY GOING THROUGH, UH, REALLY WORKING WITH THE FAA AND LEGISLATURES ON JUST POLICY, UH, THAT IS GOING ON.

UM, KEEPING APPRISED OF EVERYTHING, NOISE, NOISE RELATED, UM,

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SO, SO WE'RE REAL, REALLY PROUD FOR THAT.

THANK YOU ACCOMPLISHMENT.

SOMEONE TODAY ASKED ME OR CONGRATULATED ME AND SAID, THANKS, GOOD JOB ON THE PROMOTION, DID YOU GET A RAISE? AND I SAID, UM, NO RAISE , NO, NO PROMOTION.

JUST MORE WORK .

SO MORE NOISE.

MORE NOISE.

YES, MORE NOISE.

ALRIGHT, SO I'LL BE GOING THROUGH THE SEPTEMBER NOISE REPORT HERE.

UM, IF ON PAGE THREE FOR LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE HAD, UH, SOME ACTIVITY BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM UH, ONE OPERATION FROM DELTA SEVEN OPERATIONS FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

UH, THOSE DID NOT RESULT IN VIOLATIONS, SO THEY, THEY WERE DUE TO WEATHER RELATED ISSUES, I THINK ONE MECHANICAL ISSUE AS WELL, UM, WHICH WILL BE SHOWN ON THE NEXT PAGE.

AND THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY LATE, LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, 11:00 PM TO 7:00 AM WHICH IS GREAT OVERALL YEAR TO DATE, WE ARE UP A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, AND MOST OF THIS IS RELATED TO WEATHER, WEATHER ISSUES.

ON PAGE FOUR, YOU'LL SEE, UH, A SUMMARY FIRST OF VIOLATIONS.

UM, THE VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED WERE GE GENERAL AVIATION RELATED AT 10.

UH, THIS IS DOWN FROM 25 LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME.

UH, AND OVERALL, WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 32% YEAR TO DATE FOR GA GA OR GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY.

I'M GONNA GO DOWN TO OPERATIONAL TOTALS.

YOU'LL SEE THE OVERALL YEAR TO DATE WE'RE, WE'RE DOWN IN AIR CARRIER ACTIVITY, ABOUT 3%, UM, FROM, THESE ARE FAA STATISTICS, BY THE WAY, UM, 2% DOWN IN GENERAL AVIATION TRAFFIC.

UM, BUT I WILL MENTION THAT WE, YOU COULD SEE THE MILITARY IS UP ABOUT 10%.

WE HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE THIS YEAR.

UM, UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MORE COMMUNITY CONCERNS REGARDING THAT ACTIVITY.

SOMETIMES THAT ACTIVITY OCCURS LATE AT NIGHT, EARLY IN THE MORNING, UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT KNOWN, RIGHT? UH, IT'S NOT ON OUR FLIGHT TRACK VIEWERS BECAUSE OF SAFETY.

SO A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE UNSURE WHAT, WHAT JUST FLEW OVERHEAD.

UM, SO OUR OFFICE OFTEN, UH, RELAYS THAT INFORMATION THAT IT WAS A MILITARY OPERATION.

UM, AND WE DO OUR BEST TO, UM, ENCOURAGE THE MILITARY TO FLY DURING, UH, MORE DAY OR EVENING HOURS.

UH, THEY DO THEIR BEST, BUT SOMETIMES THEY JUST, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEIR SCHEDULE'S, THE SCHEDULE, AND IF THEY'RE FLYING FROM SAY, HAWAII, IT'S HARD TO ESTIMATE WHEN THEY'RE, WHEN THEY'RE GONNA GET IN.

SO, UM, WE'LL KEEP, KEEP MESSAGING THAT TO THEM.

ON PAGE FIVE, YOU'LL SEE THE, THE VIOLATIONS FOR THE MONTH, UH, ALL BUT ONE WERE WHAT WE CONSIDER NOISE VIOLATIONS.

UH, ONE OF THOSE, ONE OF THEM WAS AN OPERATIONAL VIOLATION, AND THAT WAS A PRACTICE MISSED APPROACH, UH, PAST 10:00 PM UH, THAT'S THE LAST, THE LAST ONE, UH, ON THIS LIST.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO PAGE SIX.

YOU'LL SEE A BREAKDOWN OF, UH, TRAFFIC, GENERAL AVIATION TRAFFIC ON RUNWAYS TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND TWO SIX LEFT.

UH, IN THE FIRST GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, PRETTY MUCH YOU COULD SEE THAT THE OPERATIONS ON TWO SIX RIGHT, HAVE RELATIVELY MADE CONSISTENT, UM, AND, AND PRETTY FOR THE PAST SIX, YEAH, SIX MONTHS OR SO.

UM, HOWEVER, ON THE SECOND SLIDE YOU'LL SEE, OR THE SECOND GRAPH, YOU'LL SEE THAT OUR NUMBERS, UH, CONTINUE TO, UM, INCREASE FOR TWO SIX, RIGHT? UM, IF, IF YOU REMEMBER BEFORE I'VE SAID THAT WE WERE HISTORICALLY ABOUT 70 30 SPLIT, AND NOW WE'RE, WE'RE CLOSER, WELL, WE WERE AT A 60 40, AND NOW YOU COULD SEE THAT IT'S ACTUALLY, UH, EVEN GOING, UM, LOWER, UH, FOR TWO SIX LEFT.

SO IT'S AT 57% COMPARED TO AND 42% FOR TWO SIX, RIGHT? SO KIND OF MORE OF A BALANCED OUT.

THIS IS, UM, JUST WHAT WE'RE SEEING WITH TOWER AND TRYING TO MANAGE THE, THE OVERALL ACTIVITY THAT'S OCCURRING AND SAFELY MANAGING THE PATTERN WORK THAT'S GOING ON.

I'M GONNA SKIP OVER NOISE MONITORING DATA AND GO TO NOISE CONCERNS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT ON PAGE EIGHT, UH, OPERATION LEVELS HAVE, HAVE PRETTY MUCH, THESE ARE OVERALL OPERATION LEVELS, BY THE WAY, HAVE KIND

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UM, BUT NOISE CONCERNS HAVE, UH, DECREASED, ESPECIALLY IN THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

UH, AND WE'RE STILL SEEING THAT, UH, SORT OF DECLINE, UM, IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER AS WELL.

I'M GOING TO JUMP TO PAGE 10.

UH, THIS IS THE MAP OF THE NOISE CONCERNS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT 9 0 8 0 7 STILL HAS THE BULK OF THE CONCERNS, UH, 81 HOUSEHOLDS AND, UH, 21,870 COMPLAINTS FOR THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER.

THIS IS, UH, DOWN FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME AT 93 HOUSEHOLDS AND A LITTLE OVER 29,000 COMPLAINTS FOR, FOR COMPARISON.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, WE'LL GO TO PAGE 11.

UH, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM RESULTS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

UM, SO I'M, I'M PLEASED TO, UM, SHARE THAT, THAT A COUPLE FLIGHT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND THIS QUARTER LONG BEACH FLYING CLUB AND PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT SCHOOL, UM, YOU'LL SEE SOME OF THE STATISTICS HERE, WHICH I THINK, UH, ARE SHOWS, UM, REALLY THAT THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM IS WORKING.

IT'S, UH, HELPING EDUCATE THEM ON THEIR ACTIVITY, UM, AND, AND REALLY HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM, UM, THAT NEED TO, THAT I THINK NEED TO OCCUR.

SO YOU'LL SEE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, LONG BEACH FLYING CLUB, THEIR AVERAGE ALTITUDE FOR, FOR TWO SIX, RIGHT, INCREASED BY 10%, UH, WHICH IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.

THAT LED TO A DECREASE OF 0.3 DB.

AND WHILE THAT MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE A LOT, UM, A DE DECREASE WHEN YOU'RE AVERAGING ALL THAT OF THAT LEVEL IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD.

UH, AND THAT'S A FUNCTION OF THEIR ALTITUDE INCREASING.

UH, YOU COULD SEE THEIR EVENING OPERATIONS DECREASED BY 42%, AND THEIR WEAKENED ACTIVITY ACTUALLY DECREASED BY 56%.

UH, PACIFIC AIR, THEIR, THEIR AVERAGE NOISE LEVEL, UH, FOR TWO SIX, RIGHT OPERATIONS DECREASED BY 1.6 DECIBELS, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT TO SEE, UH, THEIR EVENING OPERATIONS AND DAY OF WEEK OPERATIONS DECREASED.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WITH PACIFIC AIR IS THEY ACTUALLY INVITED ME TO THEIR CFI MEETING.

UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SHARE THAT.

WHEN I FIRST WALKED IN, THEY INTRODUCED WHO I WAS AND THE FIRST REACTION WAS, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? , UM, .

AND, AND, AND I'M NOT SURPRISED HISTORICALLY, RIGHT? UH, YOU, YOU GET IN CON WE GET IN CONTACT WITH THEM FOR A VIOLATION, OR WE WANT, WE WANT TO KNOW WHY SOMETHING HAPPENED.

UM, AND THIS IS THE PURPOSE I THINK OF THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, IS I WENT IN THERE, WE HAD GREAT DISCUSSIONS, I ASKED THEM QUESTIONS ON HOW AND WHY THEY DO CERTAIN THINGS, AND THEY ASKED ME QUESTIONS ON HOW AND WHY, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHAT CAN THEY DO TO IMPROVE? WE TALKED ABOUT THE TOWER, UH, THINGS, AND, AND IT JUST, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT DISCUSSION.

AND OVERALL IT JUST FELT LIKE, UM, THEY WOULD BE LESS AFRAID NEXT TIME WHEN I, WHEN I CAME AND VISITED, UM, AND, AND I BROUGHT AIRPORT SWAG, SO THAT ALWAYS HELPS TOO.

SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT AND I THINK THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO CALL YOU CHAIR COOK .

WELL DONE.

NEXT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE LINDSEY PHILLIPS ACTING PAO TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE.

OKAY.

HELLO AGAIN.

SO, UM, FOR ADVERTISING AND MARKETING IN OCTOBER, WE WRAPPED UP, UM, A LARGE DIGITAL MARKETING CAMPAIGN WITH A COMPANY CALLED AVIATRIX.

AND THAT MARKETING CAMPAIGN BROUGHT IN OVER 2 MILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE IT WAS MOSTLY TARGETED TO INBOUND TRAFFIC.

SO WE TARGETED SOME OF OUR LOWER PERFORMING DESTINATIONS, AND THEY GOT THESE ADS IN THEIR CITIES.

UM, THE TOP GRAPHICS ARE ONES THAT WERE IN THOSE DIFFERENT DESTINATIONS, AND THE BOTTOM ONES WERE LOCAL, WHICH WE DIDN'T SPEND TOO MUCH LOCALLY THIS TIME AROUND.

UM, AND THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF SOME OF THE GRAPHICS.

WE USED A LOT OF DIFFERENT PHOTOS AND WE WERE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT PERFORMED BEST, UM, THROUGH THAT CAMPAIGN.

SO THIS

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LAST YEAR WAS THE FIRST, SO WE'RE LEARNING AS WE GO.

AND ATRIX, THEY SPECIALIZE IN AVIATION SPECIFIC MARKETING FOR AIRPORTS.

SO IT WAS REALLY GREAT WORKING WITH THEM.

WE ALSO DID A LOT OF ADVERTISING AND MARKETING FOR OUR FESTIVAL FLIGHT, WHICH I'LL GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT FESTIVAL.

AND, UM, WITH CAL STATE LONG BEACH FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE HAD FIVE GROUPS TOUR THIS MONTH AND WITH OVER 120 PEOPLE.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE BIG FIRE RIG THAT COMMISSIONER ZARN MENTIONED, UM, IS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TOURS, PROBABLY THE BIGGEST HIGHLIGHT OF THE TOUR.

UM, AND THEN WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE LONG BEACH MARATHON, AS WE DO EVERY YEAR, WHERE WE GAVE OUT THOSE COOLING TOWELS, WHICH USUALLY HAVE A HUGE LINE OF PEOPLE THAT WANT THOSE TOWELS, AND SOME PEOPLE BRING THEM BACK FROM THE LAST YEAR TO SHOW US.

AND WE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE, UM, ONE OF THE FIRST, UM, L-B-U-S-D COLLEGE AND CAREER EXPOS WHERE WE SPENT SIX HOURS OVER DOWNTOWN AND THE L-B-U-S-D BUST IN A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND WE JUST CHATTED WITH THEM ABOUT INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AND DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS AND, UM, JUST ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM.

AND THEN WE'LL GET TO FESTIVAL FLIGHT.

SO THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW, FESTIVAL FLIGHT IS ALWAYS SUCH A HUGE ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR AIRPORT AND FOR OUR CITY.

AND, UM, THIS YEAR WE HAD OVER 9,000 ATTENDEES.

AND, UM, AS YOU MAY KNOW, I THINK SOME OF YOU GUYS CAME FOR THE, UM, PREVIEW DAY THE DAY BEFORE, AND IT WAS, WE NOTED THERE WAS A NOTICE OF LACK OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS THE CASE FOR THE DAY OF.

BUT I WILL SAY THAT THIS YEAR WE RECEIVED, I THINK, THE MOST PRAISE FOR THIS EVENT THAT WE EVER HAVE.

WE WERE RECEIVED THE LEAST AMOUNT OF COMPLAINTS.

UM, I THINK EVERY YEAR PUBLIC AFFAIRS, OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE ARE JUST GETTING BETTER AND BETTER AT PLANNING.

AND THIS YEAR WE REALLY FOCUSED ON THE KIDS ZONE, WHICH CAME IN EXTREMELY HANDY BECAUSE WE DID LACK SOME OF THOSE LARGER AIRCRAFT, BUT IT WASN'T MISSED.

UM, IT SEEMED, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT TIME.

UM, SO VERY HAPPY FOR A SUCCESSFUL EVENT THIS YEAR.

AND THEN AS FAR AS CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, THE AIRPORT LAUNCHED, UM, AN ONLINE PARKING RESERVATION SYSTEM WITH LA WHO PROVIDES THE PARKING SERVICES AT THE AIRPORT.

UM, THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST REQUESTED THINGS THAT WE HAD IN OUR GENERAL INBOX AND THROUGH PHONE CALLS, SO GLAD THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT SERVICE TO FOLKS WHO WANT TO MAKE THAT RESERVATION BEFORE THEY GET TO THE AIRPORT.

AND WE ALSO HAD, UM, FIRE STATION 16, YOU'LL SEE JAKE HEFLIN BATTALION CHIEF THERE HANDING OUT CANDY TO TRAVELERS.