* 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. [00:00:01] IT IS 4:00 PM THE 15TH OF JANUARY, 2026. THIS MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER FOR THE [ROLL CALL] RECORD. COMMISSIONERS ARIAS AND LA FARGO ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? COMMISSIONER ARIA. COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE. COMMISSIONER GALES? HERE. COMMISSIONER LAGA. COMMISSIONER THOMAS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ZARN. HERE. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL. HERE. CHAIR LARSON HERE. THE MOTION OR THE MOTION? . THE, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, 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. I SEE NO ONE HERE. OKAY. [1. 26-53973 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on November 20, 2025.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM ONE. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. AND A SECOND. I WILL. SECOND. THANK YOU. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? WE HAVE NO PUBLIC FOR COMMENTS, SO SEEING NO FURTHER COMMENT, 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 [2. 26-53974 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Michael Sprouse of Traffic Management International.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM TWO? ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING, FEATURING MICHAEL SPROUSE OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? I SO MOVE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. WELCOME. UH, WELCOME BACK. UH, CYNTHIA IS ON HER WAY. SHE, UH, HAD ANOTHER EVENT AND IT WILL BE HERE SHORTLY. UH, BUT IT'S MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE LINDSAY PHILLIPS, WHO IS OUR ACTING PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER, UH, WHO WILL PROVIDE THE REPORT, UH, FOR OUR BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT. OKAY. HI, COMMISSIONERS. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS SPOTLIGHT, IT'S ACTUALLY, UM, A REALLY GOOD ONE. MICHAEL SPROUSE. HE IS THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL, WHICH IS TYPICALLY I THINK THE KIND OF COMPANY THAT YOU SEE AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH, THEY'RE A BARRICADE COMPANY, BUT , THEY DO A LOT MORE. AND HE WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT THEY DO COMPLEX TRAFFIC PLANS AND WE ACTUALLY USE THEM, UM, FOR SEVERAL PROJECTS AROUND THE AIRPORT. WE USE THEM FOR FESTIVAL FLIGHT. SO WHEN WE HAVE ALL OF THE 15,000 ATTENDEES COMING DOWN WARDLOW, WE HAVE THEIR STAFF OVER THERE GUIDING THEM IN, HELPING THEM PARK. SO, AND THIS COMPANY IS ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THIS PLAZA RIGHT DOWN THE OTHER WAY OVER BY AAA. AND THEY HAVE 50 COMPANIES AROUND THE NATION. SO MICHAEL SPROUSE IS, HE'S QUITE UNIQUE. HE STARTED AT THE COMPANY IN LONG BEACH, UM, JUST AS A MINIMUM WAGE WORKER AND MADE HIS WAY ALL THE WAY UP TO MA MANAGE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM. AND HE LOVES LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND HAS, UM, HIS PILOT'S LICENSE THAT HE GOT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT. SO HE HAS A STRONG LOVE FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE AIRPORT. AND HE, UM, HE JUST MADE A INTERESTING POINT HERE THAT ONE OF HIS FIRST PROJECTS WAS BACK IN 1999 WHEN THE AHEAD OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO PUT ALL THE CABLE, THE CABLE FIBER OPTIC LINES IN THE STREETS. AND EVER SINCE THEN, HE'S BEEN JUST FIXING OUR, HELPING US OUT AND DOING A GREAT JOB, UM, FOR MOST OF OUR EVENTS. SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE, I WOULD GIVE THIS ONE A, A, A READ. AND THAT'S MICHAEL SPRUCE. THANK YOU. ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? STILL NO PUBLIC. OKAY. UM, WOULD THE SECRETARY 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. [3. 26-53975 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. ] WOULD THE SECRETARY [00:05:01] PLEASE READ ITEM THREE? ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTEE REGARDING AIRPORT SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS WITH AIR QUALITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, WATER QUALITY, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. AND I AM THE DESIGNEE FOR THE REPORT. SO, UM, JUST SAY LIKE YOU SEE IN THE TITLE, I DON'T, I'VE NEVER REALLY MENTIONED THIS BEFORE, BUT THEY DO COVER THOSE FOUR AREAS. AIR QUALITY, ENERGY CONSERVATION, WATER QUALITY, AND WASTE MANAGEMENT. AS THEY GIVE US A BRIEFING ON WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING, UM, FOR AIR QUALITY, THEY'RE CLOSING OUT LAST YEAR. THEY'RE, UH, THE YEAR REPORTING YEAR COINCIDES WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR. SO, UM, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF RENEWING THEIR CARBON ACCREDITATION, COLLECTING DATA FOR 2025. UM, THE OTHER THING IS THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT AND MOU, UM, THEY ARE REPORTING THROUGH DATA THAT IS ACTUALLY A COUPLE YEARS BEHIND BASED ON HOW THAT WORKS. 2023 DATA. UM, MOSTLY WHAT THEY'RE REPORTING ARE THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT AND THE EMISSIONS COMING FROM THAT. UM, THERE IS A GOAL UNDER THAT MLU TO REDUCE A CERTAIN REDUCTION IN THOSE EMISSIONS BY THE YEAR 2031. AND RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WELL ON TARGET TO MEET THAT GOAL. WAY TO GO STAFF ON THE ENERGY CONSERVATION SIDE, THE PARKING LOT UPGRADE THAT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED OVER TIME IS COMPLETED. THAT IS THE LIGHTING THAT DIMS ITSELF AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PARKING STRUCTURE. AND THEN BRIGHTENS ITSELF, UH, WHEN IT DETECTS MOTION. UH, THEY'RE ANTICIPATING A 30% ENERGY SAVINGS THROUGH THIS, UH, WHICH WE ESTIMATED WOULD BE A THREE YEAR RETURN ON INVESTMENT, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THAT KIND OF. AND ALSO, UH, THEY NOW HAVE A FULL YEAR OF THE SOLAR PANELS ON THE ROOF, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF WHERE THEY'RE GOING ON THAT. BUT THEY NOW HAVE A FULL YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE SEASONS, INCLUDING THE WINTER SEASON, WHAT HAVE YOU. UH, WATER QUALITY, THIS IS WHERE THEY'RE REQUIRED UNDER A, A REGIONAL PERMIT WHERE THEY HAVE TO COLLECT STORM WATER AND SEND IT TO A LAB AND THEN REPORT THAT TO THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY BOARD. UH, WE WOULD, WE WERE QUESTIONING THEM TO SAY, WITH ALL THE RAIN WE'VE HAD, YOU SHOULD HAVE PLENTY OF SAMPLES. BUT IT TURNS OUT THE SAMPLES CAME WHILE THE LAB WAS CLOSED FOR THE HOLIDAYS. SO , UNFORTUNATELY, THEY STILL NEED A FEW MORE RAINSTORMS TO, UH, COLLECT ALL OF THE REQUIRED SAMPLING FOR THIS YEAR. UM, THE OTHER THING THAT THAT PERMIT REQUIRES IS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS, YOU GUYS, IS TO KEEP ANY KIND OF POLLUTANTS FROM ENTERING THE STORMWATER SYSTEM. AND ONE OF THE OUTREACH EFFORTS THAT STAFF HAS BEEN DOING IS WITH THEIR TENANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING THESE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO AVOID ANY CHEMICAL RELEASES OR ANYTHING TO THAT EFFECT. UH, THEY PUT OUT A QUESTIONNAIRE AND THEY'RE SETTING UP INSPECTIONS AND THERE'S NOTHING TO ENHANCE COMPLIANCE WHEN YOU GET A QUESTIONNAIRE AND THEN ARE TOLD THEY'RE GONNA FOLLOW IT UP WITH AN INSPECTION. SO KUDOS TO STAFF FOR DOING THAT. UH, WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE AIRLINES ON THE ONBOARD TRASH, SO THAT WOULD BE THE STUFF THAT WE ALL DISCARD UNDERNEATH OUR SEATS THAT THEY HAVE TO COLLECT AFTERWARDS. UH, WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT AND TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT IS BEING HANDLED CORRECTLY. AND SO THEY'VE BEEN HAVING VARIOUS MEETINGS WITH EACH OF THE AIRLINES TO COORDINATE THAT. AND, UH, JUST TO REPORT OUT, UH, UNDER WASTE MANAGEMENT, LAST YEAR THEY COLLECTED 21 TONS OF FOOD WASTE. SO THAT'S KIND OF RELATED TO THOSE GREEN BINS THAT MAYBE EVERYBODY'S GOTTEN. UH, THEY MANAGED TO HAVE THEIR EFFORTS TO COLLECT 21 TONS OF THAT FOOD WASTE AND DIVERT IT FROM, FROM LANDFILLS. SO GREAT WORK ON THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, THEY REPORTED OUT ON SOME GRANTS, UH, IF YOU RECALL, THEY HAD GOTTEN A GRANT FOR EV TRUCKS. UH, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF NOW PURCHASING THOSE TRUCKS. THEY'RE WITH FLEET SERVICES TO GET EQUIPPED. UM, WHAT'S STILL OUTSTANDING AND THEY HOPE TO HAVE SOON ARE THE SOLAR TREES THAT CAME ALONG WITH THAT GRANT TO POWER UP THESE TRUCKS. SO MAYBE BY MARCH. RIGHT. ONE THAT YOU'LL EXPECT. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? OKAY. WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT. AND WOULD WE PLEASE, UH, SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE. COMMISSIONER BROWN. YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL. I'LL APPROVE BY OWN REPORT. YES. VERY [00:10:01] GOOD. CHAIR LARSON? ABSOLUTELY, YES. THE MOTION IS CARRIED. THANK YOU. [4. 26-53976 Recommendation to receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for January 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ] WE ARE ZOOMING THROUGH THIS AGENDA. WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM FOUR? ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR JANUARY 20, 26. AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. THANK YOU. AND IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. HAPPY NEW YEAR. . UH, I REALLY WANNA START OUT, UH, THIS NEW YEAR TALKING IN THIS, IN THIS MEETING IN PARTICULAR, TALKING ABOUT, UH, WHAT AN INCREDIBLE YEAR WE HAD IN 2025. UH, I DO LIKE TO REVIEW WHAT THE COMMISSION, SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF LAST YEAR. UH, IT A LOT CONTINUES TO GO ON, AND SO I WILL BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT SOME OF JUST INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE ITEMS. I MEAN, WE, WE SPENT THE, THE YEAR 25, UH, WORKING ON A LOT OF GREAT INITIATIVES AND PROGRAMS, BUT ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR WAS HEARING THAT WE WERE SECOND BEST IN THE NATION, UH, AMONGST ALL THE AIRPORTS, UH, BY THE WASHINGTON POST. AND, AND IF YOU RECALL, THAT WAS, UH, A GIFT IN THE SENSE OF, OF, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY ANYONE FOR THAT TYPE OF AWARD, BUT CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY I'M VERY PLEASED TO, TO HEAR, UM, FROM THE WASHINGTON POST THAT THAT LONG BEACH, YOU KNOW, RECEIVED THAT RECOGNITION. PORTLAND DID GET NUMBER ONE, BUT HEY, WE'RE GOING TO PORTLAND. WE WANNA HAVE A NONSTOP DESTINATION WITH, WITH PORTLAND. SO WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY WHERE THE TWO AIRPORTS CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK THAT OUT. BUT, UM, BUT CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY PLEASED TO KICK OFF 2025 WITH THAT BIT OF NEWS. UH, WE ALSO FINISHED THE YEAR WITH 3.8 MILLION, UH, TRAVELERS, UM, WHICH WAS GREAT. I THINK IT WAS OUR THIRD BUSIEST YEAR, CORRECT? YEAH. SEE, YEAH, THERE YOU GO. UH, BUT, BUT, UM, EVEN BEYOND THAT, WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN SECURING SET SEVERAL, UH, GRANT DOLLARS, UH, FOR SIGNIFICANT, UH, PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY THE CONCOURSE ENHANCEMENT, UH, WORK. AND SO OUR TEAM, UH, REALLY WORKED HARD AND WORKED WITH OUR PARTNERS WITH THE FAA AND IN BEING ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE NEW CONCESSION AGREEMENTS THAT HAD BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS YEAR AND, AND BRINGING THAT FORWARD. UH, CERTAINLY. UH, WE ALSO HAD RENEWED INCENTIVES TO ACCELERATE THE TRANSITION TO UN UNRELATED AVIATION FUEL AND, AND LAUNCHED, UH, WITH, UH, OUR, OUR TEAM AND WITH THE GA COMMUNITY, A NEW FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM. WE ALSO RENEWED OUR LEVEL TWO AIRPORT CARBON ACCREDITATION, UH, WITH AIRPORTS COUNCIL, INTERNATIONAL NORTH AMERICA. AND MOSTLY RECENTLY, WE, WE DID A MOVE WITH THE RENTAL CAR SERVICE, UH, COMPANIES AS THEY RELOCATED TO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL. AND IN OUR PARKING STRUCTURES, WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH OUR VENDOR IN DOING, UH, SEVERAL UPGRADES TO THOSE STRUCTURES, UH, BUT INCLUDING A NEW ONLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM, WHICH IS GOING EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY WELL. I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO BRING A, A REPORT SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE REGARDING HOW WELL THAT THAT IS GOING. AND WE ALSO HOSTED OUR FIRST SERIES OF AIRWAVES CONCERTS. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING WE HADN'T DONE BEFORE. UM, UH, BUT REALLY WE'RE PROUD THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY DID WE DO THAT CONCERT, BUT WE ALSO INCREASED OUR LGB LIVE, UH, PERFORMANCES. REALLY JUST A, A WONDERFUL, UM, ADDITIVE FOR THE TRAVELERS THROUGH THE AIRPORT, AND THEN ANOTHER GREAT YEAR OF CAREERS TAKING FLIGHTS OR REACHING OUT TO, TO THE YOUTH IN OUR COMMUNITY AND, UH, REALLY INTRODUCING AND ALLOWING THEM TO EXPLORE AVIATION AS A POSSIBILITY. AND SO REALLY PROUD OF THAT SUMMER EXTERNSHIP PROGRAM. WE ALSO INCREASED, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR NUMBER OF DEDICATED VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED AN INCREDIBLE 2,465 SERVICE HOURS IN THE YEAR 2025. AND OUR TEAM, ALONG WITH OUR VOLUNTEERS AND OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS TEAM, UH, REACHED MORE THAN WERE ATTENDED, MORE THAN 200 COMMUNITY EVENTS, BOTH OFF CAMPUS AND ON CAMPUS. LASTLY, OPERATIONALLY, SOUTHWEST AIRLINES, AS, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BUT THEY ANNOUNCED THEIR NEW NONSTOP DESTINATIONS TO PORTLAND AND SEATTLE FOR LATER THIS SUMMER. SO WE WERE CERTAINLY HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IN 2025. BUT NOW THE WORK CONTINUES FOR US TO, TO WORK ON, UH, THAT, UH, CONNECTION POINT, UH, WITH OUR [00:15:01] CARRIERS, BUT CERTAINLY EXCITED FOR THOSE TWO DESTINATIONS OUT OF LONG BEACH AIRPORT. AND WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO TRANSITION TO MON OUR FINANCIAL SERVICES OFFICER TO PROVIDE YOU ALL A FINANCIAL UPDATE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS, UH, IN YOUR PACKET. THERE SHOULD BE TWO FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORTS, UH, ONE FOR OCTOBER, 2025, AND, UH, ONE FOR NOVEMBER, 2025. UM, AND SO WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE NOVEMBER REPORT FOR THIS MONTH. UH, STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, WE SEE COMMERCIAL AIRLINE ACTIVITY FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. UH, WE SEE THAT DELTA AIRLINES OPERATING A COMPARABLE NUMBER OF LANDINGS, UM, AND THEIR LOAD FACTORS ARE, UH, SLIGHTLY UP. HOWEVER, OVERALL ACTIVITY IS DOWN 8%. UH, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY DID DOWN GAUGE, UH, SOME OF THEIR AIRCRAFT FOR THAT MONTH. UM, APPLYING, UH, SMALLER AIRCRAFT LEADING TO LESS SEATING, UM, DURING THAT MONTH, AND ULTIMATELY LESS EMPLOYMENTS. UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, WE SEE, UH, SAME 60 NUMBER, UH, 60 COUNT OF, UH, LANDINGS FOR THAT MONTH WITH JUST A SLIGHT UPTICK IN LOAD FACTOR LEADING TO AN OVERALL 4% IN, UH, TRAFFIC FOR, UH, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES AND THEN SOUTHWEST, UM, SEEING ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE FLIGHTS LESS, UM, DAILY, UH, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. UM, BUT A SLIGHT UPTICK IN, UH, LOAD FACTORS THAT ULTIMATELY LED TO ABOUT A 7% DECLINE IN THEIR ACTIVITY. OVERALL, IN TOTAL, WE HAD 157,000 EMPLOYMENTS, UH, ACCOUNTED FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. UH, A, A DECREASE OF 6% COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR. LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS, UH, WE DO SEE THAT BOTH DELTA AND HAWAIIAN AIRLINES CONSISTENTLY SEEING, UH, UPTICK IN ACTIVITY, UH, THROUGH THE YEAR SO FAR. UH, AND THEN SOUTHWEST SEEING A TOTAL DOUBLE DIGIT, UH, 10% DECLINE, UH, FOR THE, UM, YEAR TO DATE FOR, UH, 2025. UH, THAT SAID, UH, A TOTAL ABOUT THREE AND A HALF MILLION SO FAR, UH, IN TOTAL PASTURE COUNTS, UH, THROUGH OUR AIRPORT THROUGH NOVEMBER. UM, AND EVEN THOUGH IT IS AN 8%, UH, DECLINE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR, UH, LAST YEAR WAS A RECORD YEAR, AND AS CYNTHIA MENTIONED, UH, THIS YEAR IS ON TRACK TO BE THE THIRD BUSIEST YEAR WE HAD ON RECORD. AND SO THAT'S VERY POSITIVE NEWS, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE PERCENTAGE IS, UH, NEGATIVE. UM, THAT SAID, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE AIR CAR CARGO CARRIER SECTION, UH, UPS SEEING 31 LANDINGS IN NOVEMBER, UH, UP FROM 24 FROM LAST YEAR DUE TO THE ADDITIONAL SLOT THAT THEY HOLD. UM, AND THEN OVERALL, UH, OVER 1300, UH, METRIC TONS PROCESS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. UM, LOOKING AT THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS FOR THEM, UH, THEY ARE UP, UH, VERY POSITIVE, 39%, UH, A LOT MORE, UH, CARGO TONNAGE PROCESS THIS YEAR, UH, DUE TO THEIR EXTRA LANDINGS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR. AND THAT, UH, CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU, MONI. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE JUSTIN COOK NOISE INCAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICER TO PROVIDE THE NOISE UPDATE. ALWAYS GET THAT. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO WE'LL BE GOING OVER THE NOVEMBER, 2025 NOISE REPORT. WE'RE GONNA START ON PAGE THREE. SO WE HAD, UM, FOR THE MONTH FOUR, UH, LATE NIGHT OPERATIONS, UH, THREE FROM SOUTHWEST, ONE FROM DELTA AIRLINES. ALL FOUR OF THOSE DID NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION. THEY WERE DUE TO WEATHER OR A TC, UM, INSTRUCTION OR, UH, DELAYS. UM, SO THEY WERE NOT VIOLATIONS. UM, YEAR TO DATE, OUR NUMBERS ARE ABOUT 55% MORE, UH, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 10:00 PM TO 7:00 AM UH, FROM 40 TO 62 COMPARED TO 2024. AND THAT'S LIKELY JUST, IT'S, IT'S MAINLY DUE TO WEATHER, UH, WEATHER DELAYS THAT, UH, TRICKLE TO US. ON THE NEXT PAGE. WHEN WE LOOK AT, UH, NOISE VIOLATIONS, YOU'LL SEE THAT FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, WE HAD 16 GENERAL AVIATION VIOLATIONS. WE'LL BE GOING OVER THOSE IN THE NEXT PAGE. UH, THAT'S ROUGHLY UP 45.5%, UH, FROM LAST YEAR AT THIS TIME. AND, UM, FOR MONETARY VI VI FINES FOR THOSE VIOLATIONS, UH, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, WE WERE DOWN ABOUT 600% OR 33% YEAR TO DATE. UH, BUT WE DO EXPECT TO SEE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, START TO INCREASE. IF YOU RECALL, UH, IN JULY, UH, THE FAA APPROVED US INCREASING THOSE FINE AMOUNTS FROM $100 TO $200 AND $300 TO $600. SO YOU MAY SEE NEXT, OR I NOT NEXT YEAR, THIS YEAR, YOU MAY SEE, UH, THOSE, UH, [00:20:01] NUMBERS START TO BE HIGHER IN TERMS OF THE TOTALS THAT COLLECT, UM, FOR OPERATIONAL TOTALS, UM, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, UH, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE DOWN ABOUT 8% FOR AIR CARRIER, UH, 12% FROM GENERAL AVIATION FROM NOVEMBER OF LAST YEAR. AND OVERALL, 12% LESS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. YEAR TO DATE, NUMBERS ARE RELATIVELY, I'D SAY NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME, BUT ABOUT TWO TO 3% LOWER IN CARRIERS OF AIR CARRIER AND, AND, UM, OR CATEGORIES OF AIR CARRIER IN GENERAL AVIATION. ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR NOISE VIOLATORS FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER. UM, ALL BUT TWO WERE ACOUSTIC VIOLATIONS. UM, OF THAT 79, UH, AND 90, UH, NOISE LIMITS TWO WERE PROCEDURAL. AND, UH, YOU'LL PROBABLY, IF YOU, YOU TRACK THESE MONTH TO MONTH, LIKE I DO NOTICE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE, WE HAD MORE QUANTITY THIS, THIS MONTH, UH, THAT WAS ACTUALLY DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN. AND IN THAT, UM, WE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, GA JETS WHO WERE SCHEDULED TO GO TO LAX ACTUALLY COME TO LONG BEACH AND NOT KNOWING OUR NOISE ORDINANCE HERE, UH, THEY VIOLATED. AND WE THEN PROVIDED THAT EDUCATION. SO WE HAD A, A MIN, A LOT OF CALLS THIS, THIS MONTH TO, UM, EDUCATE THEM ON THE ORDINANCE. UH, WE HAVE SEEN A NUMBER OF THEM ACTUALLY CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUT AT LONG BEACH. I THINK THEY, THEY, UH, THEY WERE DIRECTED HERE AND THEY'RE LIKE, WOW, THIS IS GREAT. WE SHOULD COME BACK, . SO WE HAVE SEEN THEM COME BACK AND THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN COMPLYING. ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A, A SPLIT BETWEEN RUNWAY TWO SIX, RIGHT, AND TWO SIX LEFT GENERAL AVIATION NUMBERS. UM, IN, IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER, YOU'LL SEE THE SPLITS ARE ABOUT 65% ON RUNWAY, TWO SIX LEFT, AND 35% ON RUNWAY TWO SIX, RIGHT? WE HAD BEEN TRENDING, UH, TOWARDS ABOUT ALMOST A 50 50 SPLIT. BUT THE NUMBERS HAVE, UH, SHIFTED A LITTLE BIT BACK TO WHAT I WOULD CAN SAY IS PROBABLY MORE TYPICAL, UM, WHICH IS LIKE A 70 30 IS WHAT WE TYPICALLY HAVE HISTORICALLY SEEN. ON THE NEXT PAGE OF NOISE MONITORING DATA, I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AT ALL OF OUR 18 LOCATIONS, THESE NUMBERS, UH, CONTINUE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE SEE IN THE PAST. UH, SOMETHING THAT WE LOOK FOR AND MONITOR, UM, DAILY, ACTUALLY, WE, WE GO THROUGH THE SITES, UM, AND WE OFTEN LISTEN TO, UH, AIRCRAFT NOISE EVENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NO, UH, OTHER CONTAMINATION THAT IT'S JUST STRICTLY AIRCRAFT NOISE THAT WE'RE HEARING. UM, AND, AND IT, AS YOU KNOW, YOU GET FURTHER OUT FROM THE AIRPORT, THERE'S MORE POTENTIAL FOR CONTAMINATION. SO WE REALLY PAY A CLOSE LOOK. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, AMBULANCES OR SIRENS OFTEN TRIGGER SOMETHING THAT LOOKS SIMILAR TO AN AIRCRAFT. SO WE LISTEN TO THE AUDIO AND, AND WE MAKE THOSE CHANGES AS NEEDED. ON THE NEXT PAGE, YOU'LL SEE OUR NOISE CONCERNS, AND THIS IS, UH, A HISTORY SINCE DECEMBER, 2024. UM, YOU'LL SEE, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE PEAK IN ABOUT APRIL MAY. UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A DECREASE AND WE CONTINUE TO SEE A FURTHER DECREASE IN DECEMBER, UM, OF NOISE CONCERNS. UM, OUR OPERATIONS ARE, UH, LOWER AS YOU COULD SEE. SO AS I'VE STATED BEFORE, THERE IS A CORRELATION IN THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS TO CONCERNS. UM, BUT WE HAVE SEEN A MORE OF A DECLINE IN CONCERNS VERSUS, UH, OPERATIONS. SO, UH, CONCERNS ARE DROPPING FASTER THAN, UH, THE TREND OF OPERATIONS. UH, WE BREAK THAT DOWN INTO TOTALS BY, UH, DAY OF WEEK, JUST FOR YOUR, YOUR KNOWLEDGE. THAT USUALLY LINES UP RIGHT ON PAR WITH THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS, MAINLY GA. UM, AND THEN WE BREAK IT DOWN FURTHER BY HOUR OF DAY, UH, AND YOU COULD SEE THAT KIND OF, UH, CURVE. UM, AND, AND THAT'S BASICALLY IN CORRELATION AS WELL TO THE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS. ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A NOISE CONCERNS BY ZIP CODE AND, UH, THE, UH, CONTINUING 9 0 8, 0 7, HAVING THE MOST, THERE WERE 76 HOUSEHOLDS [00:25:01] THAT CREATED, UH, 14,911 CONCERNS. UM, AND FOR, AT JUST OUTTA COMPARISON FOR, FOR JUST CONTEXT, UH, IN OCTOBER, SO A MONTH PRIOR WE HAD 98 HOUSEHOLDS AND 20,020 COMPLAINTS. AND IN NOVEMBER OF 2024, SO A YEAR PRIOR, WE HAD 77 HOUSEHOLDS AND 22,133, UH, COMPLAINTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JUSTIN. FINALLY, WE'LL HAVE LINDSAY BACK UP, UH, LINDSAY, PHILLIPS FLORES TO PROVIDE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE. OKAY, SO AS FAR AS ADVERTISING AND MARKETING, YOU'LL SEE WE HAD SOME ADS IN, IN THE FIRST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE THAT WAS AN AD FOR UC, IRVINE. SO WE'RE HITTING THE ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE SOME ADVERTISING AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, AT THEIR VOLLEYBALL GAMES AND IN THEIR PYRAMID. AND AS WE CONTINUE ON FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH, WE HAD 140 STUDENTS AND PEOPLE TOUR IN NOVEMBER. AND IN DECEMBER WE HAD 94 STUDENTS TOUR. AND THAT'S ALL POSSIBLE THANKS TO OUR VOLUNTEERS. I KNOW WE HAVE TWO OF THEM ON THE COMMISSION, SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. UM, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THE TOURS WITHOUT YOU GUYS. AND IN DECEMBER, LIKE CYNTHIA MENTIONED, UM, WE, WELL, WE HAD, UM, 2,450 SERVICE HOURS FOR OUR VOLUNTEERS. SO IN TOTAL FOR THE YEAR. BUT BACK IN DECEMBER, WE HAD OUR TWO PARADES. UM, WE HAD THE DAISY LANE AND THE BELMONT SHORE CHRISTMAS PARADE, AND THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME, AND I KNOW THAT SOME OF YOU GUYS MADE IT OUT, SO THANK YOU AGAIN. WE ALSO ANNOUNCED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THE TWO NEW FLIGHTS FROM SOUTHWEST TO PORTLAND AND SEATTLE, WHICH DID VERY WELL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND PEOPLE ARE VERY EXCITED. WE ALSO PUT OUT THE NEWS OF CLEAR'S FIRST EVER LGBE GATE, WHICH OPENED AT LONG BEACH AIRPORT WHEN WE WERE ONE OF FIVE AIRPORTS TO HAVE THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY. SO IT WAS REALLY EXCITING FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DEBUT THAT. AND THEN WE HAD A SMALL RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY FOR THE RENTAL CARS WHO MOVED INTO THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE HISTORIC TERMINAL, WHERE WE INVITED SOME TENANTS, THE COMMISSION, OUR VOLUNTEERS AND STAFF JUST TO CELEBRATE THE MOMENT AND GIVE OUR RENTAL CARS SOME WELL-DESERVED TIME. UM, AND OTHER THAN THAT, IN DECEMBER, WE CONTINUED WITH OUR HOLIDAY DECOR. WE HAD OUR KWANZA, UM, DISPLAY AND OUR MENORAH. WE ALSO HAD 52 HOURS WORTH OF PLAY IN OUR POP-UP PICKLEBALL COURTS FOR 2025. IF YOU'RE CURIOUS . UM, AS FAR AS MEDIA PLACEMENTS, THERE WERE 127 EARNED MEDIA PLACEMENTS IN NOVEMBER. UM, SOME OF THE STORIES THAT GARNERED THE MOST ATTENTION WERE THE FAA REGULATIONS AND FLIGHT DELAYS DUE TO THE SHUTDOWN AND ALSO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY TRAFFIC, AND THE SKY HARBOR INVESTMENT AT LGB. IF YOU CAUGHT THIS ONE, THAT THERE'S A SCREENSHOT OF IT FROM NBC, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT FEATURE THAT THEY, THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT TO FOUR AIRPORTS, FOUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AIRPORTS TO DO A, UM, HOLIDAY TRAVEL STORY. AND THEY ENDED UP USING THEIR ENTIRE TIME ON AIR FOR LONG BEACH AIRPORT. SO THEY DIDN'T SHOWCASE ANY OF THE OTHER AIRPORTS, AND THEY JUST TURNED IT INTO A, MAYBE YOU SHOULD USE SMALLER AIRPORTS LIKE LONG BEACH INSTEAD OF GOING TO SOME OF THESE OTHER FOLKS. AND THEY JUST INTERVIEWED OUR TRAVELERS, AND I THINK THEY WERE HOPING TO GET SOME NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN AND DELAYS, BUT EVERYONE WAS LIKE, NOPE, WE'RE HAVING A GREAT TIME. NONE OF OUR FLIGHTS ARE DELAYED . SO THAT WAS NICE. AND THEN AS FAR AS SOCIAL MEDIA, WE, UM, SOME OF OUR MOST POPULAR POSTS WORE THE SKY HARBOR INVESTMENT POST, UM, RAINY DAY POSTS FOR SOME REASON ALWAYS DO REALLY WELL. AND, UM, THE NEW DESTINATIONS POST GOT OVER 175,000 VIEWS ON FACEBOOK, WHICH, UM, IS GREAT EXPOSURE AND DOESN'T COST US ANYTHING. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY STAFF REPORT FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS. THANK YOU, LINDSAY. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. IF, IF I [00:30:01] MAY, UH, JUSTIN ON THE, IF IT'S NOT TOO DIFFICULT SURE. ON YOUR CENA MAP, CAN YOU JUST PUT WHICH ONE, WHICH RUNWAY IS TWO SIX LEFT? OH YEAH, TWO SIX. RIGHT, BECAUSE I ALWAYS FORGET, SO , I'M JUST GONNA ASK YOU THAT. OH, THANK YOU, . AND, AND, AND MAYBE IT'S ON THERE, BUT MY EYES CAN'T SEE IT EITHER, SO. YEAH, NOT A PROBLEM. I'LL MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT. WONDERFUL, THANKS. YOU'RE WELCOME. ALL RIGHT. THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? ANYTHING ELSE, MARK? YEAH, KIND OF RELATED TO THAT, I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED AND NEVER ASKED, UM, THAT YOU ALWAYS TELL US THE SPLIT BETWEEN 26 5 AND 20. IS THAT A TOWER DIRECTED OR IS THAT A PILOT CHOICE? NO, IT'S, IT'S TOWER DIRECTED. THE PILOT PILOTS CAN REQUEST WHAT RUNWAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY WANT. UM, BUT IT, IT'S ULTIMATELY TOWER DIRECTING THEM AND AND APPROVING IT. UM, THEY TEND TO, OF COURSE GO TO THE RUNWAY THAT'S CLOSEST TO THEIR SCHOOL, RIGHT. OR WHEREVER THEIR, THEIR HANGER IS, RIGHT. JUST DUE TO TAXING TIME. AND, YOU KNOW, IF FOR STUDENT PILOTS, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'RE PAYING FOR ALL THAT TIME. UM, SO YOU, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE LOCATED ON THE, THE NORTH SIDE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAXI TO THE SOUTH 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE QUITE A BIT OF TIME. I GUESS WHERE I'M GOING IS WE AS AN AIRPORT REALLY DON'T HAVE A CHOICE HOW TO SPLIT THAT ACTIVITY, DO WE? UM, YOU, YOU COULD IN, IN POTENTIALLY, UM, FROM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE COMING FROM ELSEWHERE, DOING SOME, MAYBE SOME PATTERN WORK AT LONG BEACH, FOR EXAMPLE, A TOWER MAY DIRECT THEM TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTER THE PATTERN FOR TWO SIX LEFT OR ENTER THE PATTERN FOR TWO SIX, RIGHT? SO THERE IS SOME FLEXIBILITY THERE THAT TOWER, UH, DECIDES, 'CAUSE PATTERNS DO FILL UP, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DO WANT TO SPACE THEM IN THIS, THIS OVAL, RIGHT? THEY WANNA SPACE THEM IN A SAFE MANNER. UM, BUT THERE IS A POINT WHERE THERE'S TOO MANY PERHAPS IN THAT, THAT LOOP. SO THEY WILL WANT TO TRY TO, UH, MAYBE DIRECT THEM TO A DIFFERENT RUNWAY. SO IF WE'RE CONFRONTED BY A CONSTITUENT WHO LIVES IN THE PATHWAY OF THE ONE THAT'S USED THE MOST AND THEY SAY, WELL, WHY CAN'T YOU MOVE SOME OF THAT AIRCRAFT OVER? THE ANSWER IS IT'S REALLY DIRECTED BY THE TOWER. RIGHT? 100%. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. THANKS. I HAVE ONE. OKAY. I WAS GONNA SAY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, PLEASE. . OKAY. YEAH. , NO. UM, SKY HARBOR EXCITING DEVELOPMENT. THERE YOU GO. OH, YOU, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME FOR A CHANGE. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. I USUALLY CAN'T HEAR YOU. YEAH, SKY HARBOR IS EXCITING DEVELOPMENT ON WAY ON THE, UM, THE WEST SIDE. MM-HMM . AND I'M SURE YOU'VE VETTED THEM. IT'S BEEN MONTHS IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING WITH THEM, UM, LOOKING AT THEIR NOISE TRACK RECORD AND THEIR, UM, THEIR GOOD CITIZENSHIP, I GUESS. BECAUSE WILL THEY BE USING THE 10,000 FOOT RUNWAY GIVEN THAT WE'RE TALKING CORPORATE JETS? SO THEY'LL BE ON THE LONGER ONE? THEY WON'T BE ON, ON THE ONES, I WOULD ASSUME THEY WOULD MOST LIKELY BE OPERATING OFF THE RIGHT, THE DIAGON. RIGHT. DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ALL THEIR, THEIR NOISE IMPACT FOR OTHER PLACES THEY'VE BEEN? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I, I MEAN, I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY, I KNOW, AND I'M SURE WE WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM REGARDING, YOU KNOW, OUR NOISE ORDINANCE AND, UM, MAKING SURE THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY KNOW, THEY KNOW THE, THE, THE REGULATIONS OR, OR WHATNOT. UM, I WOULD ASSUME THAT WE'RE, I, I'M GUESSING THEIR FLEET IS GONNA BE SIMILAR TO FLEET THAT WE'RE USED TO SEEING. UM, AND SO WE KNOW WHAT THOSE NOISE LEVELS REALLY ARE. UM, SO I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY, ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? NO, NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES. COMMISSIONER GALES? YES. COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES. COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES. VICE-CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES. CHAIR LARSON? YES, THE 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.] AND I'M ASSUMING WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS, DO WE? WE HAVE NONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. [ANNOUNCEMENTS] WE'LL MOVE TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY CORRESPONDENCE? THERE IS NO CORRESPONDENCE. OKAY. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS, INCLUDING ANY CITY COUNCIL OR LIAISON COMMENTS? NO. [ADJOURNMENT] [00:35:01] ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION WILL TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY THE 19TH, 2026, HERE AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT MARRIOTT, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 4:35 PM. * 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.