Mar 19, 2026 Airport Advisory Commission

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ALL

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IT IS 4:00 PM AND THE MARCH 19TH, 2026 MEETING OF THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.

EXCUSE ME.

UH, FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER LAGA IS EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING.

ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, BECAUSE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A PRESENTATION TODAY, WE WILL FOLLOW ITEM NUMBER ONE ON THE AGENDA.

OKAY? ALRIGHT.

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COMMISSIONER BROWN HERE.

COMMISSIONER GALES? HERE.

COMMISSIONER LA FARGO.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS HERE.

COMMISSIONER ZARN.

HERE.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFFEL.

HERE.

CHAIR LARSON.

HERE YOU HAVE A QUORUM.

THANK YOU.

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

SPEAKER CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE FRONT TABLE.

DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS TODAY? OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

WOULD

[1. 26-54159 Recommendation to approve the minutes from the Airport Advisory Commission meeting on January 15, 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON JANUARY 15TH, 2026.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I NEED TO DISCUSSION.

NO ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

THE MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK

[5. 26-54161 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the first annual recognitions for the Long Beach Airport Fly Friendly Program.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

AND ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON WITH ITEM FIVE? DO WE HAVE, OKAY.

WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM FIVE? ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE FIRST ANNUAL RECOGNITIONS FOR THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.

THANK YOU.

AND A SECOND.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

THANK YOU.

UH, WELCOME BACK TO THE, UH, COMMISSION.

UH, WE APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING, WE DID NOT HAVE QUORUM, SO WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET LAST, UH, LAST MONTH.

SO WE'RE HAPPY TO BE BACK TODAY.

UM, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS AN AGENDA ITEM WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

UM, IT IS, UH, A PRESENTATION, UM, AND IT INVOLVES LOTS OF COMMUNICATION AND EFFORTS BETWEEN OUR STAFF AND OUR AVIATION COMMUNITY.

AND TO BE AT THIS ANNUAL MARK, UH, FOR PRESENTATIONS, UH, UH, IS, IS QUITE A, UH, A BOOKMARK IN IN THIS JOURNEY FOR THEM AND FOR THIS GROUP.

UH, SO I WILL TURN IT OVER TO OUR NOISE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICER.

JUSTIN COOK.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

ALRIGHT, SO WE LAUNCHED OUR FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, IF YOU REMEMBER JANUARY 1ST OF LAST YEAR.

UM, AS A REMINDER, THIS PROGRAM'S VOLUNTARY AND IT'S A INITIATIVE FOR OUR LONG BEACH BASED FLIGHT SCHOOLS, UM, TO ENCOURAGE AND RECOGNIZE IMPROVEMENT IN KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS, UH, ENGAGEMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

UM, AND THE TRANSITION TO UNLEADED FUEL AS WELL.

UM, IF YOU REMEMBER, THE KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS WERE BASED OFF OF CONCERNS BASED FROM OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, AND SO THERE'S, THERE'S A VARIETY OF THEM.

AVERAGE ALTITUDE, NOISE LEVEL, UH, TIME OF DAY.

UH, THIS COULD BE EVENING OR, UH, NIGHTTIME OPERATIONS AS WELL AS DAY A WEEK.

YOU KNOW, HOW MANY OPERATIONS ARE OCCURRING DURING THE WEEKDAY VERSUS THE WEEKEND.

UM, AND SO LOOKING AT THOSE WAYS TO PROVIDE MEANINGFUL IMPROVEMENTS TO THOSE, THOSE METRICS, UH, WE PROVIDED TO YOU ALL QUARTERLY, UH, RECOGNITION THROUGH OUR MONTHLY REPORTS.

UM, RECOGNIZING THOSE WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND, UM, AND THOSE WHO MADE SOME IMPROVEMENT, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING TO TRY TO IMPROVE EACH QUARTER, UH, ESPECIALLY AS WE LOOKED AT THE PERFORMANCE METRICS AND LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY IMPROVED ON TWO OR MORE OF THEM.

SO, BESIDES MAKING A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THEIR PERFORMANCE METRICS, I WANT TO RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, OUR LONG BEACH BASED FLIGHT SCHOOLS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED HAVE REALLY WENT ABOVE

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SO I WANT TO COMMEND THEM FOR THAT.

UM, SO I'M PROUD TO PRESENT OUR AWARDS TO THE FOLLOWING THREE LONG BEACH BASED FLIGHT SCHOOLS.

I'LL CALL THEM UP EACH AT A TIME.

UH, I THINK ONE'S HERE, ONE'S ON THEIR WAY.

UM, SO WE'LL SEE THE TIMING HERE IF I DELAY IT A LITTLE BIT.

UM, AND THEN MAYBE IF WE COULD TAKE SOME PHOTOS AFTER THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC.

SO, I'M PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR BRONZE AWARD OR MOST ENGAGING TO ACES HIGH AVIATION.

SO, SAM, THE OWNER OF ACES HIGH IS RIGHT HERE, SO, UM, YES.

SO ACES IMPROVED UPON TWO OF FIVE KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR RUNWAY TWO SIX LEFT SPECIFICALLY COMPARED TO 2024.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAD AN AVERAGE ALTITUDE INCREASE OF 65 FEET, WHICH IS, THAT'S QUITE A BIT ACTUALLY.

YEAH.

UM, THEY IMPROVED UPON THREE OUT OF FIVE METRICS FOR RUNWAY TWO SIX.

RIGHT.

UH, AND AN AVERAGE ALTITUDE INCREASE OF 36 FEET.

THEY SHARED OUR DATA AT THEIR REOCCURRING CFI MEETINGS.

IN FACT, MULTIPLE OF THEIR CFIS HAVE REACHED OUT CONSISTENTLY TO ASK HOW TO IMPROVE THE WAY THEY ARE PERFORMING, WHICH IS AMAZING.

UH, THEIR ENTIRE CESSNA AIRCRAFT FLEET CAN UTILIZE UNLEADED FUEL, WHICH IS GREAT.

UH, AND THEY'VE PURCHASED AND UTILIZED APPROXIMATELY 2000 GALLONS OF UNLEADED FUEL TO DATE.

SO, UH, SAM, WOULD YOU COME UP AND I'LL GIVE YOU YOUR CERTIFICATE HERE.

CERTIFICATE.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

I HAVE A FOR YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

OUR SECOND AWARD IS OUR SILVER AWARD AND IT GOES TO, UH, PACIFIC AIR FLIGHT SCHOOL FOR MOST IMPROVED.

UH, THEY'RE NOT HERE TODAY IT LOOKS LIKE, BUT PACIFIC AIR IMPROVED UPON FIVE OF THE FIVE KEY PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR TWO SIX LEFT.

UM, FOR EXAMPLE, THEY HAD A AVERAGE ALTITUDE, UH, DECREASE OR INCREASE OF 22 FEET.

THEY IMPROVED UPON FIVE, OUTTA FIVE ON TWO SIX RIGHT AS WELL.

UM, THEY ACTUALLY DECREASED EVENING OPERATIONS BY 86.

86 TOTAL OPERATIONS, UM, AVERAGE DECREASE OF NIGHTTIME BY 14.

UH, THEY ALSO INVITED US TO THEIR CFI MEETINGS AND SOME OF THE, I THINK THE GREATEST CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WERE AT THEIR MEETINGS JUST TALKING TO THEIR PILOTS AND CFIS AND JUST, UM, ABOUT SOME OF THESE KEY ISSUES.

SO, UM, YEAH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ONE.

UM, PLEASED TO PRESENT OUR GOLD AWARD OR MOST FRIENDLY TO SLING PILOT ACADEMY.

THAT'S MATT, THE OWNER OF SLING PILOT ACADEMY.

THERE, UH, SLING IMPROVED UPON FIVE OUT OF THE FIVE FOR TWO SIX LEFT, AND FOUR OUT FIVE FOR TWO SIX.

RIGHT.

THEY CREATED FLY FRIENDLY SOCAL.COM FOR CFIS AND PILOTS TO QUICKLY FIND REFERENCES TO NOISE ABATEMENT RESOURCES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

THEY DEVELOPED AND LAUNCHED WHISPER SLING, WHICH IS A NEW PILOT TRAINING AIRCRAFT, UH, DESIGNED WITH COMMUNITY CONCERN HAS LIKE, UM, BAFFLING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT.

THEY LOOKED AT THE PROPELLERS, THEY CH THEY ALTERED THE WAY THAT IS, UM, REALLY COOL STUFF IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO GO BY.

UM, THEY INCLUDED TRAINING SPECIFICALLY FOR NOISE ABATEMENT WITHIN THEIR CURRICULUM.

UM, EVERY AIRCRAFT BINDER THAT THEY GIVE OUT HAS THAT INFORMATION IN IT.

THEY INCORPORATED OUR NOISE ORDINANCE INTO THEIR RESERVATION SCHEDULE.

SO WHEN YOU RESERVE YOUR FLIGHT, YOU ACTUALLY SEE OUR NOISE ABATEMENT, UM, APPLICABLE FOR THAT TIME OF DAY.

THEY CREATED FLY FRIENDLY.SLING PILOT AIR ACADEMY.COM, UH, FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, NOT JUST OUR AIRPORT FOR MULTIPLE AIRPORTS.

THEIR ENTIRE FLEET USES UNLEADED FUEL AND HAVE, THEY HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT UNLEADED FUEL USAGE.

SO PLEASE JOIN ME AND WELCOME YOU UP, MATT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, JUSTIN.

APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

UM, AND THAT IS IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING THIS PROGRAM THROUGH THIS, THIS CALENDAR YEAR.

WE'RE GONNA,

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WE'RE GONNA TRY TO INCORPORATE NOT JUST OUR LONG BEACH BASED FLIGHT SCHOOLS, BUT OUR AIR CARRIERS, UH, HELICOPTER OPERATORS, ET CETERA, TO PROVIDE RECOGNITION FOR ANY NOISE, UM, REDUCTION THAT THEY COULD PROVIDE.

SO WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL CONCLUDE THAT.

AND IF WE COULD PAUSE FOR SOME PHOTOS.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'D LIKE TO PAUSE AND TAKE A, AND ASK THE COMMISSIONERS TO JOIN US FOR A PHOTO, UH, AT THE FRONT DOOR.

OKAY.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? I'D LIKE TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE EFFORT.

I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOT, AND THANK YOU, JUSTIN, FOR PULLING THAT ALL TOGETHER AND ONWARD AND LITERALLY UPWARD.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UM, ANY, LET'S SEE.

THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO.

THE SECRETARY WILL CALL FOR THE VOTE, PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

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.

[2. 26-54160 Recommendation to receive and file presentation regarding the LGB Business Partner Spotlight, featuring Giovanna Martinelli with Paradies Lagardère.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

WE WILL RESUME OUR USUAL SCHEDULE HERE.

BACK TO ITEM TWO WITH THE SECRETARY.

PLEASE READ THAT.

ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATION REGARDING THE LGB BUSINESS PARTNER SPOTLIGHT FEATURING GIOVANNI MARTINELLI WITH PARODIES LAGGARD AIR.

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND COMMISSIONERS, UH, LINDSEY PHILLIPS WITH OUR PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE WILL BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION.

HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

SO TODAY WE ARE SPOTLIGHTING GIOVANNA MARTINELLI, AND GIOVANNA IS A BARTENDER WITH PARODIES LA GAR, WHICH IS OUR CONCESSIONAIRE IN OUR CONCOURSE.

AND GIOVANNA.

WE'RE SPOTLIGHTING GIOVANNA BECAUSE SHE RECENTLY WON A VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD.

SHE WAS THE FIRST PLACE FOR FIRST CLASS SERVICE, PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP AWARD WITH PARODIES LA GAR, WHO HAS A, UM, A HUGE WORKFORCE.

SO THIS WAS A HUGE DEAL FOR LONG BEACH AND A HUGE DEAL FOR HER.

THEY FLEW HER OUT TO ATLANTA.

THEY ALSO FLEW IN A BUNCH OF, UM, HIGH LEVEL PARODIES CORPORATE FOLKS TO PRESENT HER THE AWARD AND GIVE HER A CHECK.

AND GIOVANNA, UM, TRULY IS A LIGHT.

IF YOU'VE HAD, UM, A MEAL AT BOATHOUSE, YOU MIGHT'VE RAN INTO HER.

AND SHE HAS ALL OF THE BEST, UM, BEST EVERYONE TALKS VERY HIGHLY OF HER ON YELP AND ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO THANK YOU, GIANNA.

OKAY.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, I READ THE, UM, OUTLINE OF WHAT SHE HAS DONE, AND I, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH, UM, TAKING A JOB, LIKE WORKING IN A HOSPITALITY POSITION AND JUST TAKING IT TO A HIGH LEVEL HERE.

AND IT JUST REMINDS ME OF THE QUALITY THAT WE HAVE HERE AT THE LONG BEACH AIRPORT.

WHETHER IT'S, UH, THE OPERATIONS PEOPLE OR EVEN A A, UM, A SOMEBODY THAT'S DOING, UH, HOSPITALITY WORK AT THE AIRPORT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE.

SO, I WAS JUST SO IMPRESSED WITH HER STORY AND, UH, YOU KNOW, SHE DESERVES THE RECOGNITION FOR SURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

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 SECRETARY PLEASE

[3. 26-54258 Recommendation to consider the content of the Airport Advisory Commission 2025 Annual Report and take action to refer it to the City Council.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

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OKAY.

THANK YOU.

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

AND DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO COMMISSIONERS IN YOUR PACKET IS THE 2025 ANNUAL REPORT.

UH, IT'S, IT'S THERE FOR, UH, YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND CONSIDER, UH, AS PART OF, UM, TONIGHT'S MEETING.

UM, WE, WE FEEL VERY PROUD AS AN AIRPORT.

UH, I THINK WE'VE, WE CREATED THE TEMPLATE THAT OTHER DEPARTMENTS ARE FOLLOWING .

THEY ALL, THEY ALL SEEM TO LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO OURS, BUT, UH, WE'RE PROUD OF THAT FACT.

AND, UH, WE'LL GIVE YOU THAT OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS AND, UM, MAKE A DETERMINATION.

THANK YOU.

THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES.

OH, YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

HEY, , NOW WE CAN ANY EVENT, UM, AIRPORT HAD AN EXCELLENT YEAR ALL THE WAY AROUND.

UM, THE, THE DATA THAT I'VE SEEN AND THE SPECIAL EVENTS, ET CETERA, IT'S MENTIONED THAT THIS REPORT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND IT'S PART OF THEIR PACKET AND THEY'RE ABLE TO REVIEW THIS.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE.

DO THEY GET IN SPECIFIC INFORMATION SUCH AS THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM AND, AND HOW WE'VE, UM, EVOLVED THAT, UH, THERE'S NO, THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT THEY RECEIVE, UH, IS, OR, UM, IS THE REPORT ITSELF, UNLESS IT, UNLESS THE REPORT CONTAINS SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT LIKE THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, UM, THAT WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE ADDED TO, TO THE PACKET.

I I THINK THE REASON I MENTIONED THAT WAS I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE THAT THERE WAS QUITE AN ACTIVE MEETING, UH, AT THE COM, AT THE, UM, UH, AT HERE MM-HMM .

AND THEN ALSO AT CITY COUNCIL WITH THE COMMUNITY, ABOUT A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, UP IN ARM.

SO I JUST WANTED TO FIND OUT IF WE'RE KEEPING THEM POSTED ON THE CONSISTENTLY, UH, UM, IMPROVED RESULTS FROM THAT.

YEAH.

SO, S SEPARATELY, UM, SEPARATE ITEMS THAT WE, UH, SUCH AS THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, WE WILL DO TWO FROM FOUR MEMOS TO THE, TO THE, TO THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL.

AND THOSE BECOME PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.

UH, SO, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE WANNA HIGHLIGHT THROUGHOUT THAT, THAT IS HAPPENING AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME DURING THE YEAR, WE'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS ITS OWN ITEM, AS A TWO FROM FOUR.

UM, THIS SPECIFICALLY THE REQUIREMENT, UM, THAT IS IN THE, THAT IS IN THE CODE THAT REQUIRES ALL, ALL OF THE COMMISSIONS TO, TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

AND SO WE HAVE TO MEET THE, UH, WE HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF, OF OUR, OF THE CODE RELATED TO THESE ANNUAL REPORTS.

BUT SEPARATE FROM THAT, WE CAN ALWAYS, UH, SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE, WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH OUR TWO FROM FOUR MEMOS.

SO I, I GUESS WE WANNA RECOMMEND THAT WE, THAT WE SHARE THE FLY FRIENDLY, UH, DATA AND THE AWARDS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL.

IS THAT WHAT WE WANT TO RECOMMEND? I THINK YES.

OKAY.

ABSOLUTELY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER ARIAS? YES.

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.

WHEN THE SECRETARY PLEASE

[4. 26-54400 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. ]

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

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

THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

THANK YOU.

UH, VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF.

I DON'T KNOW THAT HESITATION.

MY REPORTS THAT BAD.

YOU GUYS MY,

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WE DID MEET LAST WEEK.

UM, RIGHT NOW STAFF'S WORKING ON THEIR, UM, ACCREDITATION AND REPORTING FOR THE CARBON REDUCTION FOR LAST YEAR.

UH, RESULTS TO BE FORTHCOMING.

UH, ONE OF THE INTERESTING FACTS THAT WAS BROUGHT OUT IS IT INCLUDES THE EMISSIONS FROM OUR GROUND EQUIPMENT AND THE TENTATIVE NUMBERS THAT THEY'VE COME UP WITH.

WE HAVE A GOAL THAT WE HAVE TO REACH BY 2031, AND THEY ARE THIS CLOSE TO MEETING IT RIGHT NOW, SO WE'RE WELL AHEAD OF SCHEDULE IN TERMS OF GETTING THERE.

UM, FOR ENERGY CONSERVATION, PARKING, LOT B UM, ALL THE ENERGY LIGHTING PROJECTS THAT WE'VE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR THE LAST FEW MEETINGS IS OBVIOUSLY WORKING AND FULLY INSTALLED.

AND NOW THEY'RE REALIZING THEIR REDUCTION IN ENERGY COSTS.

THEY GOT A 35% REDUCTION IN ENERGY ON THAT PARKING STRUCTURE YEAR OVER YEAR.

SO THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FOR, FOR US UNDER WATER, WATER QUALITY, WHAT THAT IS, IS THAT, UM, THEY HAVE TO TEST THE WATER RUNOFF DURING STORM DRAIN EVENTS, AND, UH, THEY WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY COLLECT THIS YEAR, ALL OF THEIR SAMPLES, UM, PREVIOUS YEARS, SOMETIMES THAT WAS QUITE A CHALLENGE.

AND THE EARLY LAB RESULTS INDICATES THAT THE POLLUTANT LEVELS IN YOUR DISCHARGE ARE WITHIN THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY REQUIREMENTS.

SO THEY'RE MEETING THEIR PERMIT REQUIREMENTS IN TERMS OF, UM, RUNOFF FROM STORMWATER, UM, ON WASTE MANAGEMENT.

UH, THEY'VE BEEN CONTINUING TO PROVIDE TRAINING AND WORKING WITH THE VENDORS.

UH, ONE OF THE INTERESTING THINGS ON THE EARLY NUMBERS IS THAT THE RECYCLING FIGURES ARE WAY DOWN AND THEY'RE TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

UH, ONE ASSUMPTION IS THE LOWER PASSENGER LEVELS, WHICH MAY HAVE RESULTED IN LOWER RECYCLING, UH, YOU KNOW, STUFF BEING PUT INTO THE TRASH CANS AND THAT FORTH.

BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT AS TO WHY THAT NUMBER'S DOWN.

AND THEN, UM, A QUICK UPDATE.

IF YOU RECALL, THEY HAD GOTTEN A GRANT FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE TRUCKS.

UH, THEY'RE FINALLY GONNA PUT THEM INTO SERVICE HERE NEXT MONTH, IS MY UNDERSTANDING.

AND THEY, IF YOU RECALL, THERE WERE SOLAR TREES THAT WERE GONNA BE INSTALLED TO ACTUALLY CHARGE THE TRUCKS, AND THOSE ARE FORTHCOMING AS WELL.

UM, I BELIEVE THE HOLDUP WITH THAT WAS THE BUY AMERICA CLAUSE.

IF I RECALL.

, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND THE, UH, THE SOLAR SOLAR ARRAYS THAT ARE MANUFACTURED HERE IN THE US OR, OR GET AN EXCEPTION TO THAT.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE.

AND WE HAVE NO PUBLIC COMMENT CARDS.

WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE? YES.

JUST ONE MOMENT WHILE MY SOFTWARE DECIDES TO BEHAVE.

COMMISSIONER ARIA? YES.

COMMISSIONER BROWN? YES.

COMMISSIONER GALES? YES.

COMMISSIONER THOMAS? YES.

COMMISSIONER ZARN? YES.

VICE CHAIR CHRISTOFF? YES.

CHAIR LARSON? YES.

MOTION IS CARRIED.

THANK YOU.

AND NOW WE

[6. 26-54162 Receive and file Monthly Airport Staff Reports for February and March 2026.       Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]

SINCE WE COVERED FIVE.

WOULD THE SECRETARY PLEASE READ ITEM SIX? ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE IN FILE MONTHLY AIRPORT STAFF REPORTS FOR FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 2026.

THANK YOU.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS RECOMMENDATION, OR IS THERE A MOTION? SO, THANK YOU.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD EVENING ONCE AGAIN.

UM, I'D LIKE TO START OUT ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON BEHALF OF CYNTHIA.

UM, HIGHLIGHT A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL ITEMS. UM, MARK, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, THE JANUARY 20, 26 REDUCTION WAS 44% OUT OF PARKING STRUCTURE B, UM, NO, THE ONE YOU HAD WAS A, WAS A, UH, A COMBINED, UH, THREE, THREE MONTH OVERALL, BUT SPECIFICALLY JANUARY CAME IN AT 44%.

SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PROJECT AND THOSE NUMBERS.

UM, ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT LONG BEACH AIRPORT AND THE LONG BEACH COAST BASEBALL CLUB HAVE CREATED A PARTNERSHIP WHERE, WHERE THEIR FOUNDING SPONSOR, UH, WE HAD A LARGE EVENT, UH, IN, IN, UM, IN THE PASSENGER CONCOURSE.

WE WANTED, UH, PASSENGERS, UH, COMING, COMING THROUGH THAT EVENING TO KNOW, TO GET TO KNOW LONG BEACH COAST.

WE DID, UH, GIFT ITEMS FOR THE KIDS.

UH, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP.

UM, WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT WE WERE THE FOUNDING AND THE, THE FIRST, UH, UM, ENTITY TO WORK WITH THEM.

SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING, UH, MORE EVENTS.

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UM, AND WE'LL BE DOING SOME, UH, I THINK THAT THERE'S A COUPLE OF EVENTS WHERE WE WILL ACTUALLY BE AT THE BALLPARK.

UH, SO THAT'S EXCITING FOR US.

AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD, UH, TO, UH, TO MORE TO COME WITH LONG BEACH COAST.

UM, ALSO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, UH, LA PARKING OPERATOR.

THEIR MYSTERY SHOPPER PROGRAM CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE STRONG PERFORMANCE.

UH, THEY HAVE THEIR MONTH, THEIR MONTHLY MYSTERY SHOPPER EVALUATIONS.

LAZ HAS CONSISTENTLY SCORED 90% IN ABOVE REFLECTING THEIR HIGH STANDARDS FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE.

AND SO THOSE, UM, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE A WONDERFUL PARTNER TO BE WITH.

UH, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THEY WERE KEY IN, UH, DURING OUR CONSTRUCTION AND OUR ROADWAY PROJECT IN, UH, IN ASSISTING PASSENGERS.

UH, SO IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS ACTUALLY ALSO GIVING THEM A NOD IN TERMS OF, UM, THEIR ASSISTANCE.

AND THEN THE LAST ITEM I DO WANNA TOUCH ON IS THE, UH, DHS SHUTDOWN.

UM, AS AN AIRPORT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE SMOOTHLY DURING THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT DOWN.

UM, WE'VE NOT EXPERIENCED, UH, SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN IN THE NEWS WITH OTHER AIRPORTS.

UM, OUR STAFF AND PARTNERS ARE MAINTAINING REGULAR OPERATIONS, AND WE REMAIN IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR FEDERAL COUNTERPARTS TO STAY INFORMED AT THE, AS THE SITUATION DEVELOPS.

IT'S AN ONGOING, UH, ITEM.

UH, BUT ONCE AGAIN, UH, OUR OPERATIONS, UM, REMAIN, REMAIN STEADY, UM, AND, UH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, A CONCLUSION AT SOME POINT.

AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEXT PRESENTER, UH, MONI CHE WITH OUR FINANCIAL UPDATE.

OH, OKAY.

YOU'RE, YOU CAN GO OVER HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THE QUESTION WAS.

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UM, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS IN YOUR PACKET.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THE, UH, TWO FLIGHT ACTIVITY REPORT DECEMBER AND JANUARY.

UM, WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE JANUARY, UH, REPORT TODAY.

UH, SO STARTING WITH THAT, UM, AT THE TOP LEFT, UH, WE START WITH COMMERCIAL AIRLINE OPERATIONS.

UM, SO FOR DELTA AIRLINES, THEY OPERATED WITH, UH, OVER, UH, 92 LANDINGS, WHICH IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT THEY SAW THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

UM, HOWEVER, WITH LOAD FACTORS, UH, WITH ACTUALLY, UH, INCREASED, UH, CAPACITY AIRCRAFT, UM, THEY ACTUALLY SAW, UH, INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENTS, UH, LEADING TO A 6% INCREASE IN ACTIVITY, UM, FOR THEM, UH, HAWAIIAN AIRLINES SEEING COMPARABLE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS ALSO, UH, WITH, UH, HIGHER LOAD FACTORS FOR JANUARY.

AND SO THAT LED TO ABOUT A 13% INCREASE IN THEIR ACTIVITY.

UH, SOUTHWEST, UH, BEING, UH, DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER TWO, SEEING ACTUALLY REDUCTION IN, UH, THEIR AVAILABLE SEATS, UH, LEADING TO LOWER, UH, EMPLOYMENT COUNTS FOR THE MONTH, 114,000 COMPARED TO 118,000.

SO THAT'S A 3% DECLINE OVERALL.

THE AIRPORT SAW ABOUT A 2% DECLINE IN EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS, UH, WHICH ARE ACTUALLY F UH, FAVORABLE RESULTS GIVEN THE SITUATION.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE SEATS IN THE MARKET NUMBERS, WE ACTUALLY SAW A 9% DECLINE IN SEATS IN THE MARKET.

THOUGH ACTIVITY ONLY DROPPED BY 2%, THAT'S BECAUSE THE AIRCRAFT WERE ACTUALLY MUCH MORE FULL.

UM, AND SO THAT'S, UH, PRETTY POSITIVE RESULTS IN OUR, UM, EYES.

AND SO, UH, SINCE THIS IS THE MONTH OF JANUARY, THE SAME NUMBERS ARE SHOWN ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE YEAR TO DATE NUMBERS ALSO SO FAR FOR THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR.

UM, SO WE WILL SKIP OVER THAT.

UM, AND THEN GOING TO THE BOTTOM LEFT, UH, WE SEE THE AIR CARGO CARRIER SECTION.

UH, WE SEE THAT, UM, THE NUMBER OF LANDINGS IS 36, UH, COMPARED TO 35 LAST YEAR THOUGH THE AMOUNT OF, UH, CARGO TONNAGE THAT WAS PROCESSED WAS MUCH HIGHER, 18%.

SO THIS IS THEIR SECOND YEAR GOING ON WITH THEIR SECOND, UH, SLOT THAT THEY HAVE.

AND SO, UH, THIS TIME AROUND, THEY PROBABLY HAVE A BIT BETTER LOGISTICS HAPPENING, UH, LEADING TO, UH, BETTER, UH, CARGO TONNAGE BEING PROCESSED FOR THIS YEAR.

SO WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE, UH, BUDGET PERFORMANCE REPORT.

AND SO THIS REPORT IS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 26, FIRST QUARTER.

SO WE'RE ABOUT A QUARTER THROUGH THE WAY, UH, FOR THIS REPORT, UH, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO STARTING OFF AT THE TOP LEFT, WE SEE EMPLOYMENT NUMBERS FOR THE QUARTER.

WE'RE ACTUALLY DOWN 3% IN TOTAL ACTIVITY COMPARED TO, UH, THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.

UM, THOUGH THAT TREND IS GONNA CONTINUE ON TO BE LOWERED AS WE GO INTO THE SECOND QUARTER AND THE REST OF THE YEAR, UH, WE DO PROJECT ABOUT A 13% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

UH, THAT'S DUE TO THE REDUCTION IN CAPACITY FROM SOUTHWEST AIRLINES.

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UH, MOVING ON TO OPERATING REVENUES, WE'RE GONNA SEE THOSE NUMBERS, UH, THAT THAT ACTIVITY REFLECTED IN THESE NUMBERS.

UH, BY THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, WE DO EXPECT TO SEE SOME DECLINES IN AIRLINE REVENUES.

AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT, UH, BASED ON THE FIRST QUARTER, WE WERE EXPECTING ABOUT AN 8% DECLINE IN ACTIVITY, UH, IN REVENUES FOR AIRLINE REVENUE.

UM, HOWEVER, UH, TO ADDRESS THAT, WE'VE ACTUALLY, UH, PROPOSED A FEE INCREASE THAT IS TAKING EFFECT, UH, MARCH 1ST.

AND THAT SHOULD REALLY, UH, OFFSET SOME OF THESE DECLINES THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE IN THE OTHER CATEGORIES.

UH, ALSO DUE TO THE DECLINE, WE'RE GONNA BE SEEING PARKING, UH, REVENUES, CONCESSION REVENUES, UH, CAR RENTAL REVENUES.

ALL THE REVENUES THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON PASSENGER ACTIVITY ALSO DECLINE, UH, PROPORTIONATELY TO THE, UH, DECLINE IN ACTIVITY.

UH, AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, WE SEE SOME OF THE NON PASSENGER ACT, NON PASSENGER RELATED ACTIVITIES.

UH, UH, REVENUE SOURCES SUCH AS AVIATION, LAND RENTALS AND FUEL FLOWAGE, UH, SEEING THEIR NORMAL INCREASES YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, IN TOTAL, WE'RE EXPECTING ABOUT, UH, $59 MILLION IN REVENUES, UH, DOWN FROM 63 LAST YEAR.

MOVING ON TO OPERATING EXPENDITURES, WE SEE THAT, UM, THE FIRST CATEGORY, SALARIES AND BENEFITS IS SEEING A MODEST INCREASE SO FAR.

UM, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, WE EXPECT TO SEE ABOUT $17 MILLION, UH, IN SPENDING FOR, UH, THE, THE DIRECT LABOR WAGES.

UM, AND SO, UH, THAT'S A PRETTY, UH, DECENT, UM, INCREASE, THOUGH IT COULD BE MUCH HIGHER.

UH, WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN, UM, IMPLEMENTING REDUCED OVERTIME AND A HIRING FREEZE TO HELP, UH, LOWER THAT PERCENTAGE BY THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN WE ALSO SEE, UH, SERVICES AND SUPPLIES AND CITY SERVICES ALSO SEEING THEIR, UH, INCREASES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

WE'RE LIMITING THOSE COSTS GROWTH AND TRYING TO END THE YEAR ABOUT 4%, UM, INCREASE, UH, COMPARED TO THE PRIOR YEAR.

UH, ONCE WE NET THE REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES, WE'RE GONNA END THE YEAR ABOUT $6 MILLION IN, UH, NET OPERATING RESULTS.

THAT'S ABOUT HALF OF THE RESULTS THAT WE SAW, UH, LAST YEAR, THOUGH AGAIN, WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A RATE INCREASE THAT WILL HELP IMPROVE THESE RESULTS.

AND SO THAT CONCLUDES THIS PORTION OF REPORT.

THANK YOU, MONI.

THE NEXT REPORT WILL BE THE NOISE UPDATE, UH, WITH FROM JUSTIN COOK, OUR NOISE AND CAPACITY MANAGEMENT OFFICER.

ALL RIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.

WE WILL BE GOING OVER THE JANUARY, 2026 REPORT.

I KNOW THE DECEMBER, 2025 REPORT IS IN YOUR PACKET.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, FEEL FREE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT.

UH, AS WE GO THROUGH THE JANUARY REPORT, IF YOU GO TO PAGE THREE, WE'RE LOOKING AT LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

UH, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAD THREE AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN 10:00 PM AND 11:00 PM.

UH, THOSE DID NOT RESULT IN A VIOLATION.

UH, THEY WERE DUE TO, UH, WEATHER AND I BELIEVE ONE MECHANICAL ISSUE.

UM, AND PER, UH, OR ORDINANCE, UH, PENDING A, UH, UNANTICIPATED DELAY FORM COMPLETION, THOSE WERE WAIVED.

UH, THERE WERE NO, UH, OPERATIONS BETWEEN 11:00 PM UH, TO 7:00 AM.

UM, AND SO IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR, AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ABOUT 57% LESS IN TERMS OF LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY.

UM, FOR NOISE VIOLATIONS, WE HAD SIX TOTAL GENERAL AVIATION VIOLATIONS FOR THE MONTH OF JANUARY, RESULTING IN, UM, $1,237 IN FINES.

THAT IS A, UH, INCREASE FROM $600 LAST YEAR.

AT THIS TIME, OUR OPERATIONAL TOTALS, UM, JUST YEAR, YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON, WE ARE 10, 10% LESS IN AIR CARRIER OPERATIONS, 11.5% LESS IN AIR TAXI OR COMMUTER, UH, TYPE OPERATIONS, AN INCREASE OF 4.8% IN GENERAL AVIATION, AND AN INCREASE IN ABOUT 10.1% IN MILITARY OPERATIONS.

SO FAR.

ON THE NEXT PAGE, WE HAVE THE NOISE VIOLATORS.

UH, YOU WILL SEE WE HAD A TOTAL OF SIX VIOLATIONS, OF COURSE, AND ONE WAS A PROCEDURAL VIOLATION, UM, FROM A PRACTICE MISSED APPROACH.

THE OTHERS WERE ACOUSTIC VIOLATIONS THAT OCCURRED, UM, BASICALLY LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING HOURS.

UM, YES.

ALL RIGHT, IF WE GO TO COMPARING JUST GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY ON RUNWAYS, TWO SIX, RIGHT? AND TWO SIX LEFT.

YOU'LL SEE IN THE FIRST, UH, GRAPH

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THERE WAS A, A SLIGHT DECREASE THERE AND A LITTLE CHANGE, UH, LEADING UP TO SEPTEMBER.

UM, BUT IT'S PRETTY MUCH LEVELED OUT TO A 60 40.

UM, AND YOU COULD SEE, UH, OPERATIONS DIPPED IN JANUARY, MAINLY DUE TO WEATHER.

UM, AND, BUT THEY HAVE SINCE REBOUNDED AND ARE HEADING UP, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE NICER WEATHER THAT WE HAVE.

MAYBE NOT TODAY.

IT'S A LITTLE HOT AND THEY DON'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING IN A LOT OF THESE, UH, THINGS.

SO, UM, ON THE NEXT PAGE, THERE'S NOISE MONITORING DATA.

UH, WE JUST PERFORMED OUR ANNUAL PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE, WHICH IS, UM, GREAT.

EVERYTHING WAS RUNNING.

I WAS ACTUALLY ABLE TO ATTEND AND VISIT EVERY SITE THIS YEAR.

UM, YEAH, I GOT TO VISIT AND SEE ALL THE, ALL THE DOGS THAT DISTURB MY MEASUREMENTS AND ARE BARKING AT ME.

UH, GOT TO MEET ALL OF THEM, SO THAT WAS GREAT.

UM, BUT CONSISTENT NOISE LEVELS THROUGHOUT OUR, ALL OUR, UH, 18 NOISE MONITORS FOR NOISE CONCERNS.

UH, YOU'LL SEE THE MONTHLY TOTALS.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THE CONCERNS HAVE INCREASED AS OPERATIONS HAVE INCREASED FROM DECEMBER GOING INTO JANUARY.

UH, WE'VE HAD KIND OF A MILD WINTER.

I WOULDN'T EVEN CALL IT WINTER THIS THIS YEAR.

UM, SO YOU'LL SEE THAT, THAT THAT HAS INCREASED.

IT'S ABOUT, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 750 COMPLAINTS A DAY.

UH, YOU COULD SEE OUR DAILY TOTALS, UH, FOR THE MONTH, AS WELL AS KIND OF JUST HOUR OF DAY TOTALS, WHICH TYP, YOU KNOW, FOLLOW THE SAME TRENDS THAT WE USUALLY SEE.

RIGHT.

MORE, MORE CONCERNS WITH MORE GENERAL AVIATION ACTIVITY.

AND THEN ON THE LAST PAGE, YOU'LL SEE A MAP OF OUR NOISE CONCERNS BY ZIP CODE, UM, WITH THE MOST IN 9 0 8, 0 7 WITH 72 HOUSEHOLDS, AND A LITTLE OVER 15,000 COMPLAINTS THAT IN COMPARISON TO LAST YEAR.

THAT'S A, UH, THERE WAS 75 HOUSEHOLDS IN ABOUT A LITTLE OVER 20,000 COMPLAINTS.

SO RELATIVELY, UM, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY MORE CONCERNS, BUT PRETTY MUCH FROM THE SAME NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU, JUAN.

THANK YOU, JUSTIN.

OUR NEXT REPORT WILL BE THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE, LINDSEY, PHILLIPS FLORES.

OKAY.

SO I'M GONNA BE REPORTING ON THE FEBRUARY, 2026 PUBLIC AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS AND INITIATIVES.

WE WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT OUR, ONE OF OUR MARKETING EFFORTS, JUST BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE SWEETER ONES.

THIS IS OUR LONG BEACH UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, ATHLETICS MARKETING CAMPAIGN WHERE WE REACH OUT TO ALL THE HIGH SCHOOLS AND WE OFFER THEM A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN EXCHANGE FOR MARKETING LONG BEACH AIRPORT IN, UM, A COUPLE DIFFERENT WAYS.

THEY HANG A LARGE BANNER IN THEIR STADIUMS OR FIELDS, AND THEY ALSO POST ABOUT LONG BEACH AIRPORT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS WE'RE CONNECTING AND GIVING BACK TO THE KIDS.

AND THEN FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD ALMOST 200 FOLKS VISIT LONG BEACH AIRPORT FOR TOURS, AND WE COULD NOT DO THAT WITHOUT OUR INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEERS EVERY MONTH.

SO SHOUT OUT TO THE VOLUNTEERS.

UM, FOR CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE, YOU MIGHT BE FAMILIAR WITH THESE TRADING CARDS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS.

THEY'RE A SERIES, UM, THAT A CI DEVELOPED, AND MOST AIRPORTS PARTICIPATE ON PAGE FOUR, YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURE OF THE CARD.

AND WE REFRESHED IT THIS YEAR.

UM, WE GET PROBABLY A HUNDRED REQUESTS FOR THESE CARDS TO BE MAILED OUT AND FROM OUR GENERAL INBOX EVERY MONTH, .

SO WE DO A LOT OF MAILING OF THESE CARDS.

PEOPLE LOVE TO COLLECT THEM FROM EVERY AIRPORT THEY CAN, AND IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG JOB.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAD OUR VALENTINE'S DAY LOVE POEM POET.

UM, JOIN US ON THE DAY BEFORE VALENTINE'S DAY TO GIVE TRAVELERS FREE LOVE POEMS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A SUPER FUN AND SPECIAL EVENT.

WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

AND THEN SOME OF OUR TOP MEDIA PLACEMENTS

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AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SOME OF THE TOP POSTS WERE RELATED TO OUR DESTINATIONS MAP, WHICH ANNOUNCED THE NONSTOP OF PORTLAND AND SEATTLE THAT LAUNCHES IN AUGUST.

SO PEOPLE WERE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN WE GOT A LOT OF VIEWS ON THE VIRAL, UM, MONKEY, IF YOU'VE SEEN HIM PUNCH ON A PHOTO SERIES, IF HE CAME TO LONG BEACH, WHICH IS ON THE LAST PAGE.

AND THAT'S CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

THANK YOU.

THANK, UH, THANK YOU LINDSEY.

UH, CHAIR LARSON.

THAT CONCLUDES THE STAFF REPORTS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UH, THE ITEM HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION QUESTION? YEAH, IT'S ON THE FINANCIAL, UH, YOUR FUEL FLOWAGE FEES A HUGE INCREASE, RIGHT? 85%.

UH, IS THAT BASED ON GALLONS OR IS THAT BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE ACTUAL FUEL COST? YEAH, UM, SO OUR FUEL FLOWAGE FEE IS CURRENTLY 12 CENTS PER GALLON.

AND SO THESE REVENUES DO REFLECT, UH, THE FEE THAT IS COLLECTED ON THE GALLON OF FUELS THAT ARE SOLD.

UM, AND SO IT IS AN IN, UH, SIGNIFICANT INCREASE THIS YEAR BECAUSE WE DID INCREASE IT FROM 9 CENTS LAST YEAR TO 12 CENTS THIS YEAR.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, THERE MIGHT BE A LOT MORE FLU FUEL FLOW, WHICH HAPPENING, UM, THIS YEAR COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

OKAY.

JUST CURIOUS.

IT WAS A HUGE INCREASE.

CAN I FOLLOW UP ON THAT? PLEASE, GO AHEAD.

UM, FOR THE FUEL FLOWAGE FEES, UH, YOU'RE INDICATING, I, I KNOW THERE WAS A BIG INCREASE IN THE, IN THE COST, BUT THE GALLONS PUMP, THE, THE POUNDS OF FUEL, UH, IT WENT DOWN.

UH, THE, THE GALLONS OF FUEL LIKELY INCREASE AND, AND THIS DOES COVER, UH, UM, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF FUEL THAT ARE BEING, UH, BROUGHT INTO THE AIRPORT, INCLUDING JET FUEL, UH, APP, GAS, AND, UH, REGULAR, UH, LUBRICANTS AND FUELS TOO.

OKAY.

UM, I'M, I WAS JUST, UH, WONDERING OUT LOUD AND STUFF, UH, IF THERE WAS ANY PLANS DISCUSSED BECAUSE OF OUR NATIONAL SITUATION AND STUFF WITH THE PRICE OF FUEL GOING UP, IF THERE WAS ANY, IF ANYBODY APPROACHED YOU TO NEGOTIATE A, A NEW FLOWAGE FEE, UH, FOR TEMPORARY.

UH, THAT WAS JUST THOUGHTS OF MY OWN, UH, BECAUSE, UH, I, I JUST, I, I WONDERED WITH THE, WITH THE BIG INCREASE IN FUEL FOLIAGE FEES, I WAS WONDERING IF THAT REALLY DID AFFECT THE AMOUNT OF FUEL BEING PUMPED.

UM, AND THAT, UH, IS THAT, CAN, IS THAT FORECAST TO GO FORWARD, THE, THE, YOU SAID THERE WAS A SMALL INCREASE IN, IN FUEL FLOWAGE, AND SO WITH, DO YOU FORECAST WITH OUR CURRENT SITUATIONS, STUFF LIKE THAT, THAT FUEL FLOWAGE INCREASE PROJECTING THROUGH THE ENTIRE YEAR? YEAH.

UM, SO FOR THE FUEL FLOWAGE, UH, DEMAND, UH, BASICALLY THE, THE FUEL THAT IS DELIVERED, UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE, UM, ARE MONITORING, UH, THE REPORTS THAT ARE COMING IN, UH, AGAIN, UH, WITH THE RECENT SPIKE IN, UH, FUEL INCREASES, THAT'S PRETTY SUDDEN.

THAT'S PRETTY, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE.

AND SO WE HAVEN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, LOOKED THAT INTO OUR FORECAST YET.

BUT, UM, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY KEEP IN MIND AS WE LOOK INTO THE REST OF THE YEAR.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COMMISSION? YES.

I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT I LOOKED AT, UM, FOR JUSTIN'S, UH, REPORT, I LOOKED AT JANUARY 25 COMPARED TO JANUARY 26, THE NOISE COMPLAINTS.

AND IT APPEARED THAT THERE WERE 5,563 LESS COMPLAINTS THIS YEAR THAN JANUARY OF LAST, UH, LAST YEAR.

AND SO THAT'S A 27% REDUCTION.

AND I DON'T, I JUST WONDERED IF YOU CONTRIBUTE TO THAT TO PARTLY THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM AND THAT, UH, OR MAYBE PEOPLE ARE GETTING TIRED OF COMPLAINING, BUT I LIKE TO THINK THAT IT'S THE PREVIOUS ONE THAT THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM IS ACTUALLY WORKING.

SO, BUT I, I DID NOTE THAT, UH, THERE'S AN IMPROVEMENT IN LACK OF COMPLAINTS.

YEAH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER .

I BELIEVE YOU ALSO SAID THAT WAS DUE TO FEWER HOUSEHOLDS REPORTING WITH THE BUTTON, RIGHT? CORRECT.

YOU WOULD NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC MIC JUST FOR RECORDKEEPING PURPOSES, IF YOU DON'T

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OKAY.

UH, YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

I, I WOULD LOVE TO CONTRIBUTE IT TO THE FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM.

I THINK A PORTION TOO, AS I MENTIONED, I THINK THERE WAS, UH, WE NOTICED THAT, UM, THE BUTTON THAT IS BEING USED TO COMPLAIN, IT'S A YEAR LONG SUBSCRIPTION, AND WE THINK SOME OF THAT IS RELATED TO, THEY, THEY INITIATED THE S THE SERVICE MAYBE IN 2024, IT EXPIRED IN 2025, THEY DIDN'T RENEW, SO WE DIDN'T SEE CERTAIN CLICKS FROM CERTAIN PEOPLE.

MM-HMM .

I THINK THAT WAS A PERCENTAGE OF IT.

UM, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO, TO SAY YES FOR CERTAIN THAT IT WAS A FLY FRIENDLY PROGRAM, BUT YEAH.

AND, AND CONGRATULATE ALL THESE, THESE FLIGHT SCHOOLS.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

SO, UH, JUSTIN, WHILE YOU ARE THERE, SURE.

UH, CONGRATULATIONS.

OH, THANK, THANK YOU.

I UNDERSTAND THAT, AND MAYBE YOU CAN EXPAND.

HE, DID HE NOT GET, UH, SOME SORT OF RECOGNITION, INDUSTRY RECOGNITION FOR HIS OUTSTANDING WORK? UH, HE ACTUALLY DID, AND I'LL ALLOW, UH, JUSTIN TO MAYBE, IF HE'D LIKE TO SHARE.

SURE.

YEAH.

UM, NO, I DID RECEIVE LAST WEEK.

I RECEIVED, UM, THEY, THEY CALL IT THE WALT AWARD.

IT'S A LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT IN AVIATION NOISE FROM UC, DAVIS.

UM, AND SO I WAS REALLY HONORED.

I GAVE A LITTLE THANK YOU AND SHOUT OUT, AND IT WAS REALLY, REALLY GREAT.

UM, I THINK THEY'VE BEEN GIVING OUT THE AWARD SINCE 1975.

UM, AND IT WAS BASED FROM, WALT WAS A COMMUNITY PLANNER, UM, UP IN THE BAY AREA.

HE, HE DID SOME WORK WITH UC, BERKELEY, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE CONFERENCE ACTUALLY STARTED.

UH, HE WAS THE ONE THAT CREATED THE FIRST COMMUNITY NOISE ROUNDTABLE AND REALLY WAS AN ADVOCATE FOR TRYING TO BRING COMMUNITY TOGETHER WITH AVIATION AND AIRPORTS AND, AND WORKING TOGETHER, UM, TOWARDS A, TOWARDS A SOLUTION.

SO IT WAS REAL, IT WAS A REALLY GREAT HONOR.

I'M, I'M REALLY LUCKY, ASA CONGRATS.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES.

UH, FOR JUSTIN AGAIN, SORRY.

JUSTIN , UM, ON THE, THE YEAR, UH, COMPARISON, YEAR TO YEAR COMPARISON OF THE LATE NIGHT ACTIVITY, SURE.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT, UH, INCREASE IN 2025, UH, FOR BOTH, UM, 11, 10 TO 11 AND 11 TO SEVEN.

DID WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THAT? THERE WERE DEFINITELY, UM, A LOT OF WEATHER RELATED ISSUES, MORE SO THAN I WOULD THINK PRIOR YEARS.

I'VE, I'VE FELT, UM, BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T NECESSARILY, THERE WAS NOT A CORRELATION BETWEEN THOSE IN THAT INCREASE IN VIOLATIONS.

SO THERE, THERE, YOU KNOW, BASED OFF OF SCHEDULING AND JUST MOVEMENT OF AIRCRAFT, UM, WE, WE DID SEE AN INCREASE IN THAT, ESPECIALLY IN THAT 10 TO 11:00 PM WHERE THERE'S THAT WINDOW OF, UM, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO TELL US IF IT WAS AN A TC PER A TC DIRECTION OR THERE WAS A MECHANICAL ISSUE OR, OR WEATHER.

UM, AND WHETHER IS TYPICALLY THE, THE PRO PREDOMINANT ONE.

OKAY.

DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT GOING DOWN OR WE CAN'T PREDICT THE WEATHER, OBVIOUSLY, BUT YEAH.

YEAH.

UM, I WAS, YEAH, I, I'M NOT SURE.

I THINK THE TREND SO FAR HAS BEEN OKAY.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S CERTAIN TIMES IN THE, IN THE, UH, THE YEAR THAT YOU MAY HAVE MORE.

UM, BUT, UM, THE I HAVE NO IDEA.

YEAH.

HOPEFULLY NOT, HOPEFULLY NOT.

OUR GOAL IS TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT OF COURSE.

UM, AND WORK WITH THEM TO, TO BE, UH, ON TIME.

THANK YOU.

UH, GOING TO THE NOT FOR JUSTIN.

OKAY.

, UM, FOR THE BUDGET, UM, THE NET OPERATING RESULTS ARE 50% DOWN YEAR OVER YEAR.

UH, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, INCREASE IN FEES.

HOW MUCH, UH, ARE YOU ANTICIPATING THAT TO MAKE UP SOME UP, UH, MAKE UP SOME OF THAT, AND IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, AVENUES OR THOUGHTS ABOUT HOW TO, UH, MAKE UP ANY OTHER PART OF IT? YEAH, AND SO, UM, YES, AS YOU SAID, UM, THE OPERATING RESULTS, UH, IT'S ABOUT $6 MILLION IN NET, UM, REVENUES THIS YEAR COMPARED TO 12 LAST YEAR.

UH, AND SO WHAT WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED AND WAS ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, UM, IS A 13% FEE INCREASE TO THE AIRLINE REVENUES.

UM, THE, THE RATES AND CHARGES FOR THE AIRLINES.

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WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT TO GENERATE ABOUT $1.7 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL REVENUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

AND SO THAT SHOULD HELP, UH, OFFSET SOME OF THOSE DECLINES THAT WE'RE SEEING.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, UH, WE ARE LOOKING AT OTHER, UH, WAYS TO CUT COSTS, UH, THROUGH THE REDUCTION OF OVERTIME USAGE, UM, A HIRING FREEZE TO, UH, REDUCE SOME OF THAT LABOR WAGES.

AND ALSO JUST LOOKING AT, UH, SOME OF OUR VENDOR CONTRACTS TO RENEGOTIATE RATES, PAUSE ON CERTAIN ORDERS, UH, THE FIRST CERTAIN, UH, REPAIRS AND EX UH, UH, MAINTENANCE WORK AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO REDUCE OVERALL COSTS, UH, FOR THIS YEAR.

AND SO FAR IT HAS, UM, SHOWN SOME RESULTS TO REDUCE COSTS.

UM, AND WE DO ANTICIPATE THESE NUMBERS HOPEFULLY IMPROVING, UH, UH, FOR THE REST OF THIS FISCAL YEAR.

IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE INCREASED THE FEES TO THE AIRLINES, OF COURSE THEY'RE GONNA PASS IT OFF TO THE PASSENGER.

DO WE EVER, DO WE SEE A, UM, YOU KNOW, A HIT TO THE PASSENGER COUNT IN THAT HAPPENS? HAVE WE SEEN THAT IN THE PAST? UM, SO WE HAVEN'T, UH, REALLY SEEN A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE, UH, RATE INCREASES, UH, IMPACTING THE ACTUAL, UM, UH, PASSENGER ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS AT THE AIRPORT.