* 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. [00:00:04] HELLO. [1. CALL TO ORDER] UH, IT'S TIME OF, UH, EVENING ON, UH, JUNE 1ST. THIS IS THE JUNE 1ST AIRPORT COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING. FIRST THING, UH, ITEM ONE CALL TO ORDER. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH A ROLL CALL. IF, UH, YOU CAN PROVIDE THAT PENNY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. COMMISSIONER SHELLENBERGER HERE. COMMISSIONER ABSENT. COMMISSIONER FARLEY. HERE. VICE CHAIR DOMBROWSKI. HERE. CHAIR BISHOP HERE. ITEM NUMBER TWO, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. I'LL STAND PLEDGE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, THE FLAG, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC, WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. OR ITEM THREE, OPEN FORUM IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE BROWN ACT. NO AIRPORT COMMISSION ACTION CAN OCCUR ON ITEMS PRESENTED DURING OPEN FORUM. TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD WHEN YOUR NAME IS CALLED, WALK TO THE LECTERN TO ADDRESS THE AIRPORT COMMISSION. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. PER ITEM. THE CHAIR MAY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TIME BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK. O OPEN FORM WILL CONCLUDE AFTER 30 MINUTES. HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, OPEN FORM WILL RECONVENE AFTER MATTERS OF CONSIDERATION. I HEREBY EXERCISE MY POWER GRANTED TO ME UNDER POINT NUMBER THREE. AND, UH, LIMITING THE AMOUNT OF TIME TO ZERO MINUTES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE ATTENDING. ALL RIGHT, ITEM FOUR, CONSENT CALENDAR. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND ARE ACTED UPON BY THE AIRPORT COMMISSION WITH A SINGLE ACTION. MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT MUST SUBMIT A SPEAKER CARD. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? NO. NO, WE DON'T. UH, OKAY. ITEM 4.1, [4. CONSENT CALENDAR] APPROVAL OF AIRPORT COMMISSION. DRAFT MINUTES FOR APRIL 6TH, 2026. RECOMMENDATIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE AIRPORT COMMISSION APPROVE THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR APRIL 6TH, 2026. WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO THAT. WHAT? WE DON'T NEED MOTIONS TO APPROVE. DO YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES? NO LONGER FOR THE OPERATIONS? 'CAUSE THOSE ARE STATS ON COMMISSIONER FARLEY. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES. DOESN'T NEED APPROVAL, RIGHT. FOR YOUR STUFF. YOU CAN PROVIDE IT IF YOU NEED IT. THAT'S, THERE'S A MOTION SUPPOSED TO DISCUSS. UH, THERE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ? THERE, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF MINUTES IN OUR, IN THE PACKET? YES. ARE WE PUTTING BOTH OR JUST WE'RE WE'RE, YEAH, WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR DRAFT MINUTES FOR APRIL 6TH, 2026. YES. SO WE ARE, SO THERE'S A EXPERT. UM, THERE'S A, YOU ARE, YOU ARE APPROVING BOTH THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR FOUR APRIL 6TH AS WELL AS MAY 4TH. AND THE NEXT ACTION, APRIL 6TH, IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU BECAUSE THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS REQUIRES TO HAVE THIS MEETING NOTICED AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS. ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS WERE MISSED. AND SO THAT NULLIFIED THE ACTION OF ACCEPTING OR APPROVING THOSE MINUTES FOR APRIL 6TH. SO THIS IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU TO, UH, REAPPROVE THOSE WHAT LOCATION WAS MISSED? THE, IS IT LIKE A, THE, IT HAS TO BE POSTED OUTSIDE AT THE KIOSKS OUT IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. OH, OKAY. HMM. INTERESTING. HOW'D YOU FIND THAT OUT? SOMEBODY BRING IT UP. SOMEBODY BROUGHT IT UP. DID DAWN? NO, IT WASN'T IT WAS IT INTERNAL IN THE PUBLIC? NO, IT WAS INTERNAL STAFF. OH. OH, WELL THAT'S GOOD. WE GOT, UH, SHARP STAFF. ALL RIGHT. SO DID YOU, SO WE HAVE A, ANY DISCUSS DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER SHELLENBERGER? I WILL SECOND THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE APRIL MINUTES. OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE MINUTES? YES. OKAY, WELL, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE THEN. COMMISSIONER SHELLENBERGER. AYE. COMMISSIONER LEVINE, ABSENCE COMMISSIONER FARLEY. AYE. VICE CHAIR DOBROSKY. AYE. CHAIR BISHOP? AYE. OKAY. UH, MOVING TO ITEM 4.2, APPROVAL OF AIRPORT COMMISSION DRAFT MINUTES FOR MAY 4TH, 2026. STAFF RECOMMENDS AIRPORT COMMISSION APPROVE THE DRAFT MINUTES FOR MAY 4TH, 2026. UH, THIS COMMISSIONER SHELLENBERGER, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 4TH MEETING. [00:05:03] COMMISSIONER DOBROWSKI? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. ALL, UH, YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? DID YOU CHRIS? NO. OH, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. UH, UH, THERE'S NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, SO, UH, LET'S HAVE ANOTHER ROLL CALL VOTE THEN. COMMISSIONER SHELLENBERGER. AYE. COMMISSIONER FARLEY. AYE. VICE VICE CHAIR. DOMBROWSKI. AYE. CHAIR BISHOP. AYE. WITH L ABSENT. SO WE JUST PASSED THIS ONE AROUND. LITTLE LOUD. YEAH. ON OFF SWITCHES. I THINK THEY COULD HAVE, THEY WORKED AT, THEY COULD HAVE HID, HID THEM BETTER, MADE A MORE DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. ITEM FIVE MATTERS [5. MATTERS FOR CONSIDERATION] FOR CONSIDERATION. 5.1. REVIEW OF AIRPORT AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS ACTIVITY AND NOISE CONCERNS FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2026. OH, RECOMMENDATION STAFF RECOMMENDS THE COMMISSION RECEIVE THE INFORMATION ON AIRPORT AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU, BENNY. THANK YOU, CHAIR. BISHOP, AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE, UM, APPROVED SINCE YOU ARE ONLY RECEIVING THESE. BEGINNING THE MONTHLY STATISTIC SUMMARY FOR APRIL OF 2026, OUR AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS WERE AT 15,255 FOR A 19% DECREASE. OUR FUEL SALES WERE AT 86,756 FOR AN 18% DECREASE. OUR BASED AIRCRAFT WENT UP TO 470 FOR A 1% INCREASE IN OUR NOISE REPORTS WERE AT 175, WHICH WERE A 60% DECREASE OF THOSE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS. 1,875 WERE INSTRUMENT IFR 897. WERE AIR TAXI 5,564. WERE ITINERANT GENERAL 38 WERE ITINERANT MILITARY. AND 8,736 WERE LOCAL GENERAL FOR THE FUEL SECTION OF THE REPORTS, 6,916 GALLONS OF SELF-SERVE, 100 LOW LEAD WERE SOLD 17,060 GALLONS, UH, OF 100 LOW LEAD FROM THE ISLAND, UH, OR FROM THE TRUCK. ACTUALLY, UH, 223 GALLONS OF U 94 WERE SOLD AND 62,557 GALLONS OF JET A WERE SOLD. FINALLY, CAPPING OFF THE REPORTS IS THE PERCENT OF CONCERNS VERSUS OPERATIONS FOR THE NOISE REPORTS. THERE IS A TOTAL OF 15,255 TOTAL OPERATIONS AND A TOTAL NUMBER OF CONCERNS OF 175, WHICH REPRESENTS 1% OF TOTAL OPERATIONS OF NOISE CONCERNS THAT WERE GENERATED. AND THAT CONCLUDES THESE REPORTS. OKAY. COUPLE QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? YES, GO AHEAD. DAVID. OPERATIONS WENT DOWN, NOISE WENT SIGNIFICANTLY DOWN, BUT MILITARY WENT UP A LOT. AND I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER LAST YEAR DID WE DECIDE THAT THERE WAS LIKE A SUMMER VACATION AND THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THE NOISE WENT DOWN THE SAME TIME LAST YEAR. I THINK THE, THE NUMBER OF NOISE CONCERNS WENT DOWN FOR, UM, APRIL BECAUSE AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS THEMSELVES HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY DROPPED. THE SUMMER VACATIONS PORTION WOULD NOT START UNTIL NOW. SO YOU'LL BE GETTING THOSE, UM, UH, IN THE NEXT AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING, UM, TWO MONTHS FROM NOW. PLUS WE KIND OF HAD SOME, UH, WEATHER THE FIRST PART OF MAY THAT REALLY, I THINK MIGHT HAVE AFFECTED SOME OF THE OPERATIONS. YES. AT A, WE HAD SOME IFR DAYS. YEAH. AT A, A LITTLE OVER A, UH, 500 OPERATIONS A DAY WHEN WE'RE VFR. WHEN WE GO IFR THAT SIGNIFICANTLY DROPS. AND I THINK WE HAD THOSE DAYS FOR ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS. SO THAT'S ABOUT 2000 OPERATIONS RIGHT THERE. PLUS WE HAD THOSE COUPLE DAYS NEAR THE END OR IT'S REALLY WINDY. MM-HMM . YES. AND THEN OF COURSE WE GOT SOME REALLY HOT DAYS AND SO THAT ALSO WORKED. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. THAT'S, UH, ITEM 5.1 AND MOVING ON TO ITEM 5.2, AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT OF MAY 6TH, 2026. SO I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO BENNY, ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO START IT OFF WITH A COMMENT THAT I HAD NO IDEA THAT A LAWNMOWER COULD BE A FIRST RESPONDER . UH, YES. SO FOR THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT ON MAY 6TH, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 1:25 PM AT LIVERMORE AIRPORT, A TENANT OPERATING A SINGLE ENGINE SAYS NOW ONE 70 B MADE [00:10:01] A SAFE LANDING IN THE VEGETATED AREA NORTH OF WEST JACK, LONDON BOULEVARD, AND SOUTHWEST. END OF RUNWAY TWO FIVE, RIGHT. AIRPORT STAFF ASSISTED BY REMOVING VEGETATION TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY RESPONSE PERSONNEL ACCESS TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE NTSB RESPONDED, AND AFTER THEIR INITIAL REVIEW AUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT WHO WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT ON BOARD REPORTED NO INJURIES. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE BLADES OF THE AIRPORT'S TRACTOR MOWER, WHICH IS BEING HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS LEAK DEPARTMENTS. THAT CONCLUDES THAT INCIDENT REPORT FOR MAY 6TH. SO WHAT, WHAT DID, DO THE MOWER GOT DAMAGED. WOULD IT GO OVER A ROCK OR SOMETHING OR, YEAH, BUT THE, THE VEGETATION, IF YOU HAVE SEEN A PICTURE OF IT, UH, WAS THIS, THERE YOU GO. UH, MAKES IT LOOKED LIKE HE LANDED ON A NICE RUNWAY AND ALL THAT, BUT YEAH, WHEN THE TRACTOR WENT IN THE, I KNOW, I KNOW THE GUY THAT DID IT, HE'S, THE VEGETATION WAS ACTUALLY OVER THE TRACTOR, SO THEY COULDN'T ACTUALLY SEE WHAT WAS ON THE GROUND. AND THERE WAS APPARENTLY A CHAIN LINK FENCE. OH DANG. THAT WAS BURIED IN THERE AND IT WENT OVER THERE AND THE BLADES GOT ALL CAUGHT UP IN IT. OH, DANG. THAT WAS, THAT WAS ABOUT IT. YEAH. UH, HE DID A GREAT JOB WITH IT. ANY WORD ON WHY THE PLANE WENT DOWN? UH, YES. HIS ENGINE, UH, HAD A, UH, A CATASTROPHIC TRAFFIC, UH, LOOKED LIKE A CONNECTING ROD FAILURE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. OH. 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, IT STAYED THE CASES KIND OF TOGETHER, BUT IT, THE ENGINE CASES ALL CRACKED AND WHERE PARTS TRIED TO PUSH THEIR WAY OUT, SO. OKAY. UM, THAT'S ITEM 5.2 AND THEN IT'S A DOUBLEHEADER. THIS MONTH WE GOT ITEM 5.3, UH, AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT OF MAY 16TH, 2026. AGAIN. THANK YOU. I TURN IT OVER TO BENNY. THE AIRCRAFT INCIDENT REPORT FOR MAY 16TH, 2026 AT APPROXIMATELY 5:15 PM A LIVERMORE AIRPORT TENANT OPERATING AN EXPERIMENTAL RV 10 AIRCRAFT, STRUCK THE AIRPORT'S GENIE AERIAL LIFT WHILE TAXIING NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF THE NORTHWEST RAMP AND TAXIWAY JULIET. THE AERIAL LIFT WAS PARKED AT THE EDGE OF THE ASPHALT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE TIEDOWN AREA. AIRPORT STAFF NOTIFIED THE LIVERMORE PLEASANTON FIRE DEPARTMENT LVK AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AND THE NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD. THE NTSB DETERMINES THE EVENT TO BE A GROUND INCIDENT AND ADVISES THAT NO FURTHER ACTION WAS REQUIRED ON THEIR PART FIVE RIVERS MANAGED TO CLEAN UP OPERATIONS OR MANAGED THE CLEANUP OPERATIONS UNTIL THE AIRCRAFT BACK TO ITS HANGAR. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT, REPORTED NO INJURIES. DAMAGE TO THE AERIAL LIFT IS BEING ADDRESSED THROUGH THE CITY'S RISK MANAGEMENT DIVISION AND THE PUBLIC WORKS FLEET DIVISION. THAT CONCLUDES THIS INCIDENT REPORT. THE LIFT WAS PARKED IN THE PARKING AREA, SO NOT, NOT ON THE TAXI WAY. THAT'S AT THAT FAR END OF OVER THERE BY THE EUCALYPTUS TREES, WHERE THE NAVY, NAVY ON, IT'S ON THE, UH, JACKS AND ALL THAT. THAT O OH, KIND OF OVER ON THE END BY BEEBS. MM-HMM . OVER THERE. MM-HMM . THAT'S BRIGHT BLUE. I MEAN, , ANY, ANY WORD ON WHAT HAPPENED? JUST HE JUST DIDN'T SEE IT. UH, WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO ACTUALLY DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED, UM, THE PILOT TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE GENIE LIFT. SO IT'S UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. WELL, IN AVIATION, THERE'S AN OLD SAYING, IF THE PILOT SURVIVES, YOU'LL NEVER FIND OUT WHAT REALLY HAPPENED. OKAY. SO, ITEM, UH, SIX. THANK YOU BENNY FOR THAT. YEP. UH, COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MATTERS INITIATED BY STAFF AND COMMISSION MEMBERS. DO WE HAVE ANY OF THOSE? NO. STAFF HAS NONE. NO. THANK YOU. UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN, ADJOURNMENT TO A REGULAR AIRPORT COMMISSION MEETING ON MONDAY, JULY 6TH, 2026 AT 6:30 PM CIVIC CENTER MEETING HALL, WILLIAM H MENDEN HALL, COMMUNITY ROOM 10 16 SOUTH LIVERMORE. IT'S A BIG PLACE. LOOKS JUST LIKE THIS. * 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.